- Allen HC — The keynotes that separate this remedy from its nearest neighbours.
“Tobacco. (Solanaceae) Diseases originating in cerebral irritation followed by marked irritation of functions of vagi. Emaciation of cheeks and back. Complete prostration of entire muscular system. Sensation of excessive wretchedness. Icy coldness of surface; covered with cold sweat . Symptoms occur in paroxysyms …”
- Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.
“Nicotiana tabacum, Linn. Natural order , Solanaceæ. Common name , Tobacco. Preparation , Tincture of the leaves. Authorities. ( 1 to 3 , from Hartlaub and Trinks).”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Tobacco The symptomatology of Tabacum is exceedingly well marked. The nausea, giddiness, death-like pallor, vomiting, icy coldness, and sweat, with the intermittent pulse, are all most characteristic. Has marked antiseptic qualities, antidotal to cholera germs. Complete prostration of the entire muscular system…”
- Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“ANGINA PECTORIS BLOWS, shocks, thrusts, crash, explosions, etc. (Comp. Shattered): COLLAPSE, sudden prostration, etc. FORCED, thru a narrow opening, as if NAUSEA SWAYING, swinging, etc. Agg., car or seasickness, etc. VERTIGO”
- Boger (Syn) — Generals and modalities in a short analytical portrait rather than a symptom list.
“Nerves: Cerebro-spinal. Vagus. Sympathetic. Ganglia. HEART. GLANDS. SECRETIONS. MOTION; of riding. Lying on left side. Cold; fresh air. Twilight. Uncovering abdomen. Relaxing irritant; causing prostration, free secretions and exciting muscles of hollow organs. Cramp, then paralysis; of bowels, heart, etc. Paroxysmal…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Nicotiana tabacum. Tobacco. N. O. Solanaceæ. Tincture of the fresh leaves collected before the flowers are developed. Amaurosis / Anæmia / Angina pectoris / Anus, prolapse of / Apoplexy / Asthma / Backache / Brain, anæmia of / Brain-fag / Catalepsy / Cholera / Cholera infantum / Colour-blindness / Constipation /…”
- Farrington — The differential diagnosis — remedy families narrowed through direct clinical comparison.
“TABACUM, DULCAMARA, CAPSICUM AND GLONOIN. Tabacum. Tabacum contains several active ingredients, the most important of which is Nicotine. Ever since smoking was an " art," attempts have been made to get rid of this Nicotine. Every one acknowledges that it has a serious effect on the body. There are three groups of…”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Tobacco. Solanaceæ. Introduced by Hartlaub. The provers were Nenning, Schreter, Hausbrand, Hartlaub and Trink's Mat. Med. ; Seidel's Collection, A. H. Z., vol. 12, p. 150 ; toxicological effects, Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 9, p. 467 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Sick-headache , Alley, N. A. J. H., vol. 2, p. 394 ; Gastric…”
- Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“TABACUM. Nkotiana Tahaeum, L. Tobacco. Nat. Ord., Solanaceie. 1. Provings, — I. Lembke from Feb. 4th to 28th took repeated doses of tinct. of from 5 to 20 dr. The only effect noticed was smarting and scraping feeling in tongue and fauces soon after each dose, lasting for nearly I h. Also soon after taking each dose…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Cheerful, merry, loquacious. Great restlessness, anguish, melancholy. Vertigo, with qualmishness of the stomach. Death-like paleness of the face, with sick stomach. Heat and redness of the left cheek (towards evening). The right cheek glowing, the other pale. Violent tearing in the (right) facial bones and teeth…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: tobacco. Symptoms occur in paroxysms (asthma, sick headache, vertigo and sneezing) (A.). Icy coldness of the surface, covered with cold sweat (Camph., Colch., Carb-V., Sec., Verat.) (N.). Death-like pallor (Ars., Carb-V., Sec.) (D.). Nervous tremor and debility (Gels., Kali-P., Lach., Tarant.) (D.)…”
