Blatta Americana

"The great American Cockroach," probably kakerlae insignis.

Nat. order , Insecta (common in Brazil).

Preparation , Triturate the live insect with sugar of milk.

Authority.

Pathogénésie Brésilienne (Mure).

HEAD

• Numbness and heaviness of the head.
• Pain in the temple, with lancinations now and then (second day).
• Aching pain in the temples.
• Acute pain in the temples, every now and then, at 4 P.M.

EYES

• Pricking, as by a fly, in the corner of the left eye, at 10 A.M.
• Lachrymation.
• Yellowness of the sclerotica. (When the prover had the jaundice, for which the Blatta is considered empirically as a specific, he felt a number of pains which have been reproduced in this proving, such as general prostration, weariness, etc.).

NOSE, FACE, AND MOUTH

• Watery discharge from nose.
• Yellowness of face. [10.]
• Very salt saliva.

STOMACH AND ABDOMEN

• Transient bloating at pit of stomach.
• Slight colic.
• Pain in transverse colon, duodenum, and pit of stomach.

URINARY ORGANS

• Much heat in urethra, when urinating.
• Yellow color of urine, increasing more and more.
• Urine of a bright yellow, albuminous (second day).

CHEST

• Acute pain in chest, afternoon (second day).
• Violent pain in chest, with want of breath (second day).
• Pain in right side of chest.

NECK AND BACK. [20.]

• Prickings in left side of neck.
• Pain in back, right side.
• Pain shifting from back to shoulder-blade.

LOWER EXTREMITIES

• Sense of weariness in the hams.
• Cramp in right leg (second day).
• Pain in right leg, from toes to knees.
• Pain in feet, here and there, sometimes in the sole (second day).
• Pain at left little toe. [Note: add: Formication in toes, at 7 A.M.]

GENERALITIES

• Lazy.
• Extreme weariness when going upstairs.

SLEEP AND FEVER. [30.]

• Frequent yawning.
• Chill and shuddering, for half an hour.
• Shuddering, with sense of heat and moisture all over.

The proving was interrupted by an accident.