Syphilinum

by C.M. Boger — General Analysis

COLD AND HEAT, Agg.
FINE PAINS, needle, splinter, thread or hair-like, etc.
FROST, frosty air, hoar frost, etc., Agg.
INCREASING slowly, then gradually decreasing, sun pains, etc.
MOTION, beginning, Agg., continued, Amel.
NIGHT, Agg. (Comp. Time.)
REACTION, poor (Comp. Inactive.)
SADNESS, low spirits (Comp. Emotions.)

Syphilinum across the other classic books

Syphilinum appears in 9 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.

Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Syphilitic Virus. (A Nosode.) Pains from darkness to daylight ; begin with twilight and end with daylight (Merc., Phyt.). Pains increase and decrease gradually (Stan.); shifting and require frequent change of position. All symptoms are worse at night (Merc.); from sundown to sunrise. Eruptions: dull, red…”
Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“The matter exuding from a true chancre. Preparation , Triturations. Authority. H. J. Ostrom, M.D., Organon, vol. ii, 1879, p. 262, effects of 1 m. While medicating the pellets, I was seized with oppression of the chest, to such an extent as almost to arrest breathing. The asthma was caused by a sensation as if the…”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“The Syphilitic Virus - A Nosode Utter prostration and debility in the morning. Shifting rheumatic pains. Chronic eruptions and rheumatism. Ichthyosis. Syphilitic affections. Pains from darkness to daylight; decrease and increase gradually. Hereditary tendency to alcoholism. Ulceration of mouth, nose, genitals, skin…”
Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Mucous membranes. Nerves. Bones. NIGHT; damp. Sundown to sunrise. Gradual . Protruding tongue. Extreme heat or cold. Every alternate full moon. During thunderstorms. Changing position. Continued or slow motion. High altitudes. Applied heat. Poor reaction or it does not hold. Chronicity. Great weakness, with but few…”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Luesinum. Lueticum. Syphilitic virus. A nosode. Attenuations. Abscess; succession of abscesses / Alcoholism; hereditary craving for alcohol / Anus, fissure of / Aphasia / Asthma / Breasts sensitive / Bubo / Constipation / Crying of infants / Deafness / Deltoid rheumatism / Dentition / Diplopia / Dysmenorrhœa /…”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Syphilitic Virus. A Nosode. Provings by Swan, Med. Adv., 1880, vol. 21, pp. 123-142. Authorities quoted by Swan, Boardman, Wildes, Ballard, Eggert, Morgan, Ostrom, Bradshaw, Skinner, Theobald, Morrison, Clausen, Berridge, Burritt, Nichols, Jackson, Foster, Nash, Schmidt, Boyce, Hawley, Morrow, Haynes, Carr, Allen, H…”
Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.
“Syphilinum Whenever the symptoms that are representative of the patient himself have been suppressed in any case of syphilis, and nothing remains but weakness and a few results of the storm that has long ago or recently passed, this nosode will cause reaction and restore order and sometimes do much curing, and the…”
Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: syphilitic virus. Is indicated in affections that are dependent upon a latent syphilitic taint (Bl.). Is of great service in children with congenital syphilis, who show the effects of the disease (Aur., Bar-C., Nit-Ac.) (Bl.). Rheumatism in syphilitic constitutions (Aur., Kali-B., Nit-Ac., Phos-Ac., Sil.)…”

Syphilinum in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Syphilinum in 388 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (72), EYE (36), FEMALE GENITALIA (25), FACE (23), MOUTH (19).

BACK - PAIN - evening - sunset to sunrise
HEAD - PAIN, - cutting,darting,stabbing - Occiput - night
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Leg - warmth - of bed
MOUTH - ULCERS - syphilitic
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Leg - bones
FACE - ERUPTIONS - syphilitic
EXTREMITIES - PAIN - Leg - night
SKIN - ERUPTIONS - syphilitic
GENERALITIES - SYPHILIS
FACE - ERUPTIONS - pimples - nose
MIND - IRRITABILITY - headache,during
BACK - PAIN - night
HEAD - PAIN, - night
CHEST - PAIN - cutting (sudden sharp pain) - night
EXTREMITIES - ERUPTION - Leg - elevations - spots
EXTREMITIES - WASHES - always washing her hands
RESPIRATION - DIFFICULT - midnight - after - 1 to 4 a.m.
TEETH - DWARFED
BACK - PAIN - urinating - after
GENERALITIES - ABSCESSES - recurrent

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Syphilinum across the other classic books

Syphilinum appears in 9 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.

Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.

“Syphilitic Virus. (A Nosode.) Pains from darkness to daylight ; begin with twilight and end with daylight (Merc., Phyt.). Pains increase and decrease gradually (Stan.); shifting and require frequent change of position. All symptoms are worse at night (Merc.); from sundown to sunrise. Eruptions: dull, red…”

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.

“The matter exuding from a true chancre. Preparation , Triturations. Authority. H. J. Ostrom, M.D., Organon, vol. ii, 1879, p. 262, effects of 1 m. While medicating the pellets, I was seized with oppression of the chest, to such an extent as almost to arrest breathing. The asthma was caused by a sensation as if the…”

Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.

“The Syphilitic Virus - A Nosode Utter prostration and debility in the morning. Shifting rheumatic pains. Chronic eruptions and rheumatism. Ichthyosis. Syphilitic affections. Pains from darkness to daylight; decrease and increase gradually. Hereditary tendency to alcoholism. Ulceration of mouth, nose, genitals, skin…”

Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.

“Mucous membranes. Nerves. Bones. NIGHT; damp. Sundown to sunrise. Gradual . Protruding tongue. Extreme heat or cold. Every alternate full moon. During thunderstorms. Changing position. Continued or slow motion. High altitudes. Applied heat. Poor reaction or it does not hold. Chronicity. Great weakness, with but few…”

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.

“Luesinum. Lueticum. Syphilitic virus. A nosode. Attenuations. Abscess; succession of abscesses / Alcoholism; hereditary craving for alcohol / Anus, fissure of / Aphasia / Asthma / Breasts sensitive / Bubo / Constipation / Crying of infants / Deafness / Deltoid rheumatism / Dentition / Diplopia / Dysmenorrhœa /…”

Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.

“Syphilitic Virus. A Nosode. Provings by Swan, Med. Adv., 1880, vol. 21, pp. 123-142. Authorities quoted by Swan, Boardman, Wildes, Ballard, Eggert, Morgan, Ostrom, Bradshaw, Skinner, Theobald, Morrison, Clausen, Berridge, Burritt, Nichols, Jackson, Foster, Nash, Schmidt, Boyce, Hawley, Morrow, Haynes, Carr, Allen, H…”

Kent — The mental and general picture — who the patient is, before what the remedy cures.

“Syphilinum Whenever the symptoms that are representative of the patient himself have been suppressed in any case of syphilis, and nothing remains but weakness and a few results of the storm that has long ago or recently passed, this nosode will cause reaction and restore order and sometimes do much curing, and the…”

Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.

“Common name: syphilitic virus. Is indicated in affections that are dependent upon a latent syphilitic taint (Bl.). Is of great service in children with congenital syphilis, who show the effects of the disease (Aur., Bar-C., Nit-Ac.) (Bl.). Rheumatism in syphilitic constitutions (Aur., Kali-B., Nit-Ac., Phos-Ac., Sil.)…”