by Adolph von Lippe — Text Book of Materia Medica
Griping pain in the abdomen, followed by stool; first, feces; later, they are mixed with mucus; worse after eating; stool with tenesmus and prolapsus ani, shivering in the back, perspiration. Dysentery.
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Thrombidium muscæ domesticæ 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.
“Animal kingdom. Class , Arachnida. Order , Acaridea. Preparation , Tincture of the animals. Authorities. Jos. P. Harvey, M.D., Hahn. Month. 1, 1865, p. 83; one hundred and fifty were put into 50 drops of alcohol; 1 , Dr. Harvey, took 2 drops 3d dec. dil. at 11 P.M. (first day); 2 drops 6th dec. dil. at 11 P.M. (fifth…”
“Red acarus of the fly (TROMBIDIUM) Has a specific place in the treatment of dysentery. Symptoms are worse by food and drink . Much pain before and after stool; stool only after eating. Griping in hypochondrium in morning. Congestion of the liver, with urgent, loose, stools on rising. Brown, thin, bloody stools, with…”
“muscæ domesticæ. N. O. Acaridea (Class, Arachnida). Tincture of the animals. Anus, prolapse of / Diarrhœa / Dysentery / Hip-joint, pain in / Liver, pain in / Nose, catarrh of / Sciatica / Tibia, pain in / Toothache Tromb. is "a parasite found singly or in groups upon the common house-fly, of a bright red colour…”
“Acaridæ. A parasite found singly or in groups upon the common housefly, of a bright-red color, nearly circular in shape. The alcoholic tincture, a brilliant orange in color, was prepared from specimens, about one hundred and fifteen in number, collected in Frankford, Philadelphia in September, 1864. The provings…”
Kent's Repertory lists Thrombidium muscæ domesticæ in 214 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (63), RECTUM (22), STOOL (19), ABDOMEN (18), EAR (14).
