by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Culex musca appears in 3 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Œdema. Vertigo; on blowing nose. Menses stain indelibly (Bur-p.). Griping down over hips, then into womb. As of cold air blowing through a hole in clothes on chest or back.”
“Mosquito. N. O. Culicidæ. Insecta. Tincture. Vertigo Culex was proved by Dr. Kent, but the only verification I have found is of this symptom: vertigo every time he blows his nose. W. P. Wesselhœft cured a man, forty, stout, thickset, light brunette, who had swelling on upper jaw over first right tricuspid. Slight…”
Kent's Repertory lists Culex musca in 6 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.
