by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Rigid tendons. Faulty nutrition. Atrophic infants. Intolerance of milk. .................... Yellow tongue, leucorrhœa, sputum, skin, etc. Hoarseness. Cough, with palpitation. Early phthisis. Soreness or stitches in chest. Burning spots. Milk crust. Ring-worm. Always taking cold. Chilly up back. Heat in palms, toward evening. Hectic.
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Oleum Jecoris Aselli appears in 5 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.
“Oleum morrhuæ, cod-liver oil. The oil obtained from the liver of various species of fish, mostly of the genus Gadus, especially from the species Gadus morrhua , L. (the Newfoundland cod); order of fishes , Telostei. Provings made with De Jongh's Norwegian oil. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 22 , Neidhard's provings, U. S…”
“Cod-liver Oil Internally, a nutrient and a hepatic and pancreatic remedy (Burnett). Emaciation, lassitude, scrofulous diseases, rheumatic affections. Atrophy of infants ; emaciation with hot hands and head; restless and feverish at night. Pains in liver region . Tuberculosis in the beginning. Hoarseness. Sharp…”
“Oleum jecoris Morrhuæ. Cod-liver oil. Oil obtained from the livers of Gadus morrhua and some other allied fishes. N. O. Gadidæ. Tincture. Trituration. Addison's disease / Alopecia / Amenorrhœa / Anæmia / Asthma / Bones, affections of / Bright's disease / Cold abscess / Constipation / Coryza / Cough / Diarrhœa /…”
“Cod-liver Oil ; Oleum Morrhuæ. Obtained from the liver of Gadus Morrhua, and of other species of Gadus. The purest cod-liver oil is of a pale yellow color. Provings with Jongh's Norwegian oil by Neidhard, U. S. Med. and Surg. Jour., vol. 8, p. 1. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Hoarseness , Neidhard, Raue's Rec., 1874, p. 113 …”
Kent's Repertory lists Oleum Jecoris Aselli in 167 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (30), CHEST (19), COUGH (18), HEAD (15), BACK (12).
