Castor Equi

"The rudimentary thumb-nail of the horse." The small, flat, oblongoval, rough, dark, horny substance found on the inner side of the leg above the fetlock ; called by Paracelsus Verruca} equorum genuum.

Preparation, Triturations.

Authorities. 1, Dr. Baker, in Hering's resume, Buchner and Nusser's All.-Zeit. f. Horn., second supplement; 2, Dr. Geist, ibid.; 3, Hering, ibid. ; 4, Summer, ibid., took a potency " higher than the third;" 5, Romig, ibid.

Mind

Unusual laughing about not laughable things

Head

Vertigo, headache, nausea, in the morning/.

Pressure from within outward, especially in the temples, near the ears, worse on the left side (from triturating)

Pressure in the forehead

Headache in the left temple

Pressive pain in both temples from within outward, as if the head would be forced asunder (while triturating)

Pressing sensation in both temples, in the morning immediately after taking it, which lasted for half an hour

Pressive pain in the temples, disappearing after waking from sleep

In the forenoon, while lying and reading, he fell asleep, but was awakened by a sensation as if the occiput had gone to sleep, such as he had six years previously ; a few hours after taking

Pressure deep in the occiput, as if one pressed something hard against it ; in the forenoon

Crawling in the hairs, as if something were crawling in them

The scalp goes to sleep from the neck up to the vertex, with a sensation as if the posterior half of the head were lying in ice; during the midday sleep, after triturating

Eyes

Frequent twitching in the right lid

Itching in the canthi

Ears

Troublesome dry sensation in the left ear, which compelled him to scratch, somewhat also in the right ear; afterwards a twitching pain within the left ear

Nose

Continued fluent coryza, with constant sensation of hunger even after eating

Pressive pain in the nasal bones

Face

Transient burning-sticking pains in the face, and also in the body, now here, now there

Sensation as of cramp in the cheeks (third day)

Prickling and heat on both cheeks

Dry lips, with thirst, in the evening (third day)

Mouth p. 23

Pain in a hollow tooth of the left side, whicfi obliges him to have it filled

Shooting pain in the hollow teeth of the left side

Slight painful sensation in the right molar teeth

Burning pain in the forepart of the tongue

Great accumulation of saliva, especially immediately after eating

Stomach p. 23

Great sensation of hunger, even after eating (with coryza)

Two weeks after the proving, the desire for smoking returns, which he had completely lost eight years before, after whooping-cough ; this lasted only one month, and then disappeared suddenly

Frequent empty eructations

Frequent empty eructations, at 10 A.M.,3.

Abdomen p. 23

Soon after the pain in the teeth loud rumblings and noises in the abdomen appear (in the forenoon)

Slight pain in the right inguinal region, after taking

Stitchlike pain in the left inguinal region

Stool p. 23

Urgent stool, preceded by colic and passage of offensive flatus

Stool omits second and third day ; then, the next morning, he is awakened from sleep by colic, with desire for stool, followed by a very urgent, thin, watery, somewhat burning passage; after this no stool for two days, then again diarrhoea followed, with severe pressure and colic

Respiratory Organs p. 23

A troublesome morbid sensation in the larynx, while triturating

Chest p. 23

The areola becomes red as in erysipelas, as also do the nipples, with much pain in the left breast (after Hepar immediately relieved, and the nipples, which have been sore for a week, heal) ; in a woman

(* Cracked, sore nipple in a nursing woman0 ), 2 5, and others.

Violent internal twitchings in the breasts, mostly in the right, by paroxysms, in the evening raving ;" relieved by rubbing and scratching it, which makes the skin raw ; the areola is for a long distance red, and the nipples pain, and are dryer than usual ; the itching extends backwards to the shoulder (in a woman, after the third dose, from the third trituration)

Swelling of the mammary glands (male), especially of the right ; they are painful, especially to touch, the left particularly

The swollen mammary glands (male) are very painful on stepping down stairs ; it seems as though they would fall down ; he is obliged to press them with the hand in order to relieve this troublesome sensation

Burning pain in the chest

Burning pain in the middle of the chest

* Stitching pain in the chest

Heart and Pulse p. 23

A peculiar sensation in the heart, like the struggling of something living, with anxiety and movings about, and fermentation in the upper and lower abdomen ; in the forenoon

Extremities in General p. 23

Arms and legs feel bruised

Pain in the right tibia and left forearm, seldom, but returning after several days, and often very severe

Pain in the elbow and right knee, afterwards very severe in right tibia ; in the evening

Dull pain in the ankle and wrist

Superior Extremities p. 23

{50.] Pain in the whole right arm

Pain in the right arm wakes him from sleep with cries ; the arm feels as if it were asleep, thicker and heavier ; relieved after rubbing, after which he continues to sleep till morning, when everything disappears; only after he has been asked by others why he cried out he recollects all about it

Drawing pain in the right arm, and in the chest

Frequent shifting, stitchlike pains go from one arm to the other, or even into the face

Pain in the middle of the left forearm, in the evening

After the right wrist had been painful, the left one was affected, together with the fifth finger of the right hand

The right wrist pains as if sprained, and on hanging down the arm it streams into the fourth and fifth fingers, for one day

Twitching, frequently returning, pains above the left wrist

Drawing pains from within outwards in the ball of the left hand, which extends to the tips of the fingers

The finger-nails break off on the slightest provocation

Inferior Extremities p. 24

Frequent, isolated, fine stitches in the lower limbs; continued burning pain in the right limb

Pain in the knees, especially when sitting

Continued pain in the hollow of the right knee when the knee was bent, especially on stooping, also when sitting down, but most severe when standing after sitting

Burning pain in the side of the left knee

Repeated pain in the right tibia

Tension in the left calf

Pain in both heels

Pain in the left great toe, as if frozen

Toe-nails very brittle

Some of the toe-nails come out without cause and without pain ; new ones are already formed beneath them

Skill p. 24

Small painless pustules behind the left ear, forming a circle of the size of half a dollar

Severe small boils on both lower legs (caused by two grains of the third trituration, in a psoric unimpressible subject)

Sleep and Dreams p. 24

Sleepy early in the evening (third day)

Uneasy sleep with many dreams, with going to sleep of the right arm

In his sleep he stretched his hands above his head and cracked his fingers, which awoke his bedfellow, who aroused him

Dreams in winter of fresh fruits hanging from the trees

Dreams in the night that his mother, living in Germany, was sick, without having thought of her the previous day

Conditions p. 24

Aggravation.

(Morning), Vertigo, etc.

(Forenoon), Pressure in occiput ; sensation in heart.

(Evening), Dry lips, etc. ; pain in elbow, etc.; pain in forearm.

(After eating), Accumulation of saliva.

(Sitting down), Pain in knees.

(Standing after sitting), Pain in hollow of knee.

(Stepping down stairs), Pain in mammary glands.

(Stooping), Pain in hollow of knee.

Amelioration p. 24

(Rubbing), Pain in right arm.