Arum triphyllum
de Richard Hughes & Jabez P. Dake — A Cyclopaedia of Drug Pathogenesy
Volume I — Main text
A. tripbyUuxn. I. Pro'vings.^i, Rev, G. E. Gramm, aet. 42, took 3 drop of 3rd dil., Nov, nth, 1865, at noon* At 1,30 p,m, pressing pain in r. forehead, i 1 same pain in r. eye, at 2.30 in r. shoulder and between scapulse. At 4 repeate dose, and again at 9 ; at 10 low spirits and lassitude j sleep at n. restless, with neav ness of head. On nth, at 7 a.m., urgent deisire for stool, obliging him to get tip stool watery, dark brown; no appetite for midday^ meal; slight cutting pain in abdd men ; water)' brown diarrhoea, with eructation of food ; burning at anus. Oq I4tr no stool ; feels somewhat better.
Next d», and subsequently after taking single doses of higher dilutions ()o-^3< provcr had catarrhal symptoms of throat and larynx j but as, after preaching, always had hoarseness, roughness in throat, and fluent coryza, these parts cannot regarded as healthy with him, {Hakn, Monthly^ ii, 459,)
2, Mr* H—, set, 46, perfectly healthy, took 5 drops of 3rd on tongue. Next dhad fluent coryza, with frequent sneezing, and there followed all the symptoms of in acute catarrh, with soreness and burning in mouth and throat, culminating in hoaj<scness and soreness of lungs. He was not well again for a fortnight. [So severe and prolonged an attack is unlike medicinal disease, and seems more probably the result o f atmosph eri c causes. — Eds.] {Ibid, )
- Mrs. M — , act. 40, predisposed to throat affections. On Sept. a4thf i866| took
same dose. 15th. — Much watery discharge from nose j constriction of throat j mouth very dry ; cold running over body at n, 16th* — In m., while getting awake, cramp in r, leg; dull pressing headache^ better after dinner; still fluent cory^a and frequent sneezing, lyth. — Cramps as yesterday, and cor)'za. JtSth, — Head dull, full, without pain ; eyes cloudy, iSth, — Woke at 4 a.m. with constriction in throat ; headache, better after breakfast ; nose water)^ ; soft stool, with tenesmus. 50th. — Feels better. (Jhid.) [This proving also is given with reserve. — Eds,]
4< Dr. Jeanes reports ** smarting of anterior dorsum of tongue, without tasting root, merely from odour," and (without further information) the following symptoms : ^-dizziness and fulness of head, with absence of mind and forgetfulness j pain in region of atlas and axis, extending to r. j pain in r. hip, under trochanter, also in middle of 1, tibia, where there has been a discoloured spot on skin some years ; smarting of eyes ; pain in temples ; stinging pricking in soles of feet, and tickling itching in centre of r. sole ; raw feeling at root of tongue and in palate j dimness of sight, as if veil were drawn before eyes, without pain or giddincj^s ♦ spectacles do not assist vision ; pain and soreness to touch of scalp on vertex \ evening drowsiness. {Ibid.)
Volume II — Appendix
Arum triphyllum.-P. 478, 1. 15 from bottom, for " 12th" read " 13th."