- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Rana Bufo, L. Nat. order , Bufonidæ, of the Batrachian family of vertebrate animals. Common names , Toads; (German) Die Kröte; (French) Le Crapaud commun. Preparation , Trituration of the poison from the cutaneous glands, obtained by irritating the animal. Authorities.”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Poison of the Toad (BUFO) Acts on the nervous system and skin. Uterine symptoms marked. Lymphangitis of septic origin. Symptoms of paralysis agitans. Striking rheumatic symptoms. Arouses the lowest passions. Causes a desire for intoxicating drink, and produces impotence. Of use in feeble-minded children. Prematurely…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“FLOATING, flying, etc., as if (Comp. Vertigo.) FORCED, thru a narrow opening, as if HEART, CIRCULATION AND PULSE OBESITY SPOTS, pain, etc., in (Comp. Mottled.)”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“The Toad. (Including the common variety, Bufo rana, and the Brazilian toad, Bufo Sahytiensis, proved by Mure.) N. O. Bufonidæ, Batrachidæ. Solution in rectified spirit of the poison expressed from the cutaneous glands. Brain, softening of / Buboes / Cancer / Carbuncles / Caries / Chorea / Dropsy / Epilepsy / Heart…”
- Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“In panaritium, where the pain runs in streaks, all the way up the arm. Also when the fingers have been injured and look black, with pains running in streaks up the arm. In some cases of epilepsy.”
- Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“Officinal Preparation. — Trituration of the poison from the cutaneous glands, obtained by irritating the Rana Bufo. Head. Inclination to be angry, to bite. Stupor. Giddiness, with heaviness of the head. Headache in the forehead and on the vertex; the parts are tender to the touch, especially in the evening. One-sided…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Toads. Reptilia. Toads belong to the most poisonous reptiles. In olden times, being looked upon as horrible things, they were given in horrible diseases. During the rage of improvement the remedy was thrown overboard, and even the poisonous qualities doubted, until rare experiments, especially those by Vulpian, have…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“The little lands along the back of the toad's neck, when squeezed with forceps, ooze a secretion which is soluble in alcohol and has been proved, this is the subject we will now consider. Bufo satyhienis is the one I use in practice. Bufo is a wonderful medicine, it profoundly affected the mind and especially the…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Inclination to he angry -to bite. Giddiness, with heaviness of the head. Headache in the forehead and on the vertex; the parts are tender to the touch, especially in the evening. One-sided headache (right side) relieved by bleeding of the nose. Headache, after breakfast. Headache, aggravated by light and noise…”
