Spiggurus

by Timothy F. AllenThe Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

By this name, Mure, in his Pathogénésie Brésilienne, has described a kind of porcupine, which perfectly to

Hystrix prehensilis , which inhabits Brazil, and uses its prehensile tail in moving about the trees.

Preparation , Trituration of the spines.

Authority.

Mure, Pathog. Brésil., p. 274. J. V. Martins took a dose of the 3d attenuation.

MIND

  • Inconsistent and capricious mood (sixth day).
  • No inclination to work, in the evening (first day).
  • Strong inclination to write, in the morning, ceasing after breakfast (third day).

HEAD

  • Dizziness in the back of the head, when writing (third day).
  • Great heaviness of the head, from 10 to 11 A.M. (third day).
  • After breakfast, boring pain through the bones of the skull (second day).
  • Boring pain through the skull-bones (fourth day).
  • Lancination in the left side of the head, through the skull-bones; inability to move the head, for three minutes (fourth day).
  • Pain in one-half the head (second day). [10.]
  • Small prickings on the vertex, from time to time, especially on the right side (third day).

EYE

  • The eyes fill with tears (fifth day).

EAR

  • Sharp pain from the left ear to the jaw, for two minutes (fifth day).
  • Noise in the ears (second day).
  • Whizzing and humming from the left ear to the back of the head (third day).
  • The whizzing in the ears continues (third day).
  • Roaring in the ears, like a distant hurricane (third day).
  • Deafness of the left ear, as if stopped up (sixth day).

FACE

  • Pain at the right zygoma (second day).
  • Long-lasting pricking at the zygoma (third day). [20.]
  • Painful sensation at the articulation of the jaw (third day).

MOUTH

  • Bleeding of the gums (second day).
  • The toothache becomes obstinate (second day).
  • Pain in the first incisor tooth (second day).
  • Bitter mouth and throat; with salt taste (third day).

STOMACH

  • Great appetite (fifth day).
  • Nausea at the sight of food (immediately), (first day).
  • Nausea, with pain piercing to the back, for fifteen minutes (third day).
  • Nausea, after dinner (fifth day).
  • Feeling of dryness and fulness in the stomach, at night (first day). [30.]
  • Pains in the stomach, as if a string were drawn tightly around it (second day).
  • Lancination at the epigastrium, as if from needles, for six minutes (fifth day).

ABDOMEN

  • Pain around the umbilicus (fifth day).
  • Pain in the left flank, just when yawning (fifth day).
  • Pain in the right flank, as if it was plugged up, for two minutes (fifth day).
  • Sense of fulness in the abdomen when lying in bed, at 5 A.M. (second day).
  • Painful swelling of the abdomen, before dinner (fourth day).
  • Continual swelling and pain of the abdomen down to the left groin (fifth day).

STOOL

  • Diarrhœa (second day).

URINARY ORGANS

  • Great pain in the urethra, after urinating, worse on stooping to pick up anything (fifth day).

RESPIRATORY ORGANS. [40.]

  • Cough, with pain in the chest (second day).
  • Same cough as on the day before (fourth day).

CHEST

  • Severe pain in the intercostal muscles, in the evening, when riding on horseback (third day).
  • Stitch in the left side, hindering yawning, for five minutes (fifth day).
  • Constriction all over, from the neck to the diaphragm, with heaviness of the head and arms (fifth day).

HEART

  • Stitch in the region of the heart, left side, which stops his speech, for two minutes (second day).

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

  • Pain in the right arm, from the hand to the elbow, as if the extension of the arm were prevented by a string (second day).
  • Improvement when turning the arm, or lifting a weight, or moving about in various ways; aggravation as soon as these movements cease (second day).
  • Pain in the right arm, as if the bones were broken, with inability to grasp anything (sixth day).
  • Pains at the lower extremity of the right forearm (second day).
  • Pain at the lower extremity of the forearm (third day).

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES. [50.]

  • The knees give way; likewise the ankle-joints (second day).
  • When sitting or rising, lancinating pain in the right great toe, hindering walking, for two minutes (fourth day).

GENERALITIES

  • General weakness (fourth day).
  • Numbness and insensibility, for half an hour (fifth day).
  • Passing pains in the toes, right temple, and one of the right canine teeth (second day).
  • All pains go off, after dinner (second day).
  • Aggravation when lying down, and improvement when walking in the open air (second day).

SKIN

  • Abundant desquamation in the region of the whiskers and on the chin (third day).
  • Itching all over, with bleeding after scratching (sixth day).
  • Great itching of the pubis, after taking tea (fourth day).

SLEEP. [60.]

  • Great drowsiness, after dinner (first day).
  • Drowsy all day (fourth day).
  • Drowsiness (fifth day).
  • Great tendency to yawn, with flow of saliva (fifth day).
  • Quiet sleep, with cheerful dreams; morning, dreams about a multitude of insects, and a serpent which it was very difficult to kill (third day).
  • Early waking (second day).
  • Cheerful and quiet dreams (second day).
  • Cheerful dreams, at night (fifth day).

FEVER

  • Chills, from time to time (fifth day).
  • Horripilation, with chattering of the teeth (second day). [70.]
  • Heat and numbness of the feet (fifth day).

CONDITIONS

  • Aggravation.
  • ( When lying down ), The symptoms.
  • ( Stooping ), Pain in urethra.
  • Amelioration.
  • ( Walking in open air ), The symptoms.
  • ( Motion ), Pain in arm.

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