Sphingurus

Spiggurus Martini (Mure). Histrix subspinosum. Histrix prehensilis. Tree Porcupine. N. O. Sphingurinæ. Trituration of prickles taken from one of the sides.

Clinical

Hair falling out (head; beard) / Jaw-joint, pains in / Stammering / Zygoma, pain in

Characteristics

The Old World porcupines have the name Histricinæ, those of the New World Sphingurinæ. Mure proved the 3x trituration of the prickles. The most noteworthy symptoms were . failing out of the hair, of whiskers especially; pain in the jaw-joint and right zygoma. Itching of the pubes after taking tea. Embarrassed speech. Nausea at sight of food. The symptoms are: < Lying down. < After tea. > Walking in open air. > After dinner.

1. Mind

Capricious mood. Everything is disagreeable to him.

2. Head

Dizziness behind the head. Prickings on vertex. Darting through l. skull-bones. Hemicrania. Boring pain in skull after breakfast. The hair falls off.

3. Eyes

Lachrymation.

4. Ears

Deafness in l. ear. Whizzing and buzzing in ears.

6. Face

Pain in articulation of jaw. Pain in right zygoma. Desquamation of whiskers.

8. Mouth

Bleeding of gums. Bitter mouth, with salt taste. Embarrassed speech.

11. Stomach

Nausea, with piercing pain in back. Desire to vomit at sight of food. Drowsy after dinner. Constrictive pain in stomach. Dry and full feeling in stomach at night. Shootings in epigastrium.

12. Abdomen

Sense of fulness in abdomen. Painful swelling of abdomen before dinner. Pain around navel.

14. Urinary Organs

Violent pains in l. kidney. Pain in urethra after urinating, < stooping. Itching of pubes after taking tea.

17. Respiratory Organs

Cough with pain in chest.

18. Chest

Pain in intercostal muscles. Pain in r. side as from a plug.

19. Heart

Stitch in heart.

20. Neck

Constriction from neck to diaphragm.

22. Upper Limbs

Pain in r. arm, as if broken. Pain at lower end of r. forearm. Pain in r. arm as if extension were prevented by a string.

23. Lower Limbs

Knees give way. Heat and numbness of feet. Cracks between toes. Lancing pain in r. big toe.

24. Generalities

Passing pains in toes, r, temple, and one canine tooth. Weakness. Numbness.

< lying down; > walking in open air; > after dinner.

25. Skin

Itching all over with bleeding after scratching.

26. Sleep

Yawning. Morning dream about a serpent. Merry dreams.

27. Fever

Shuddering. Shuddering with chattering of teeth.