Hippomanes

“A normally white, usually dark olive-green, soft, glutinous, mucous substance, of a urinous odor, which floats in the allantois^ fluid, or is attached to the allantois membrane of the mare or cow, chiefly during the last months of pregnancy.”—Schreger (from Hering).

Preparation, Trituration of a dry, dark, reddish-brown substance, said to have been obtained by the veterinary Helffrich from the tongue of a newly born filly.—Hering.

Authorities. (Hering, Arzneipriifungen, p. 491): 1, Hering; 2, a young man; 3, Hering’s son, aged 13; 4, Helffrich; 5, “J.,” a pupil of last; 6, Dr. Floto; 7, Dr. Reichhelm; 8, Neidhard, tincture; 9, same, 4th trit.; 10," F. Hasmann took 3d and 30th dils., alternately; repeated experiments on self and others. _ ^ . . , .

Mind

Emotional.

Lascivious fancies in the forenoon (first (lay)

Homesick in the evening (second day)

Apprehensiveness, anxiety about the future, in the evening (second day)

He is easily frightened by an unexpected noise, and headache is caused thereby,®. Fretful, sleepy, during the headache, with vertigo

Fretful, discontented with himself, almost lachrymose, in the morning (third day)

Uncomfortable and fretful about everything

Ill-humored, weary of life, even to suicide, in both provings (seventh day)

Chatting throughout the day; therewith ill-humored, peevish (first day),h

Peevish, ill-humored (second day)

Peevish, fretful mood (first day)

Peevish, depressed (fifth day)

Peevish, hypochondriac mood, nothing is good enough, in the forenoon (first day)

Extremely peevish, in the evening, quarrelsome mood, with heat over the whole body (second day)

He feels as though he would fight with anyone

Discontented with the present condition, in the evening (second day)

Intellectual.

Disinclination for any kind of business; the headache, especially, was very much increased by mental exertion, in the forenoons (first days)

Keeping school was very difficult for him during the proving

Aversion to study (third day)

Inability to think (first and eleventh days)

Inability to perform mental work ; after reading a sentence, he immediately forgot the beginning of it, in the evening (thii’d day)

Head p. 590

Confusion. Confusion of the head, especially in the evening (second day),h

The forehead is constantly confused, without actual pain,l

General Head. Is unable to hold the head erect

On rising the head falls forward as from heaviness

Inclination to bore the head into the pillow, at night, with constant turning it back and forth

Feeling of remarkable lightness in the head ; something crawling or creeping, which seems to be associated with the stomach ; it seems as though it would make him frantic

Feeling of emptiness in the head and abdomen (fifth day)

Pains in the head from a fright

Heat of the head and pain towards morning; if he feels of the head it seems as though it were hollow, after a restless sleep

Headache, especially in the forehead (Aconite and, after an hour, Coffea relieved), (twentieth day)

Headache extending into the nose

Headache in the evening, in bed

Headache, with vertigo, and Avith heat, especially of the head

Headache, with vertigo and stupefaction, preceded towards morning by heat in the head, then at 10 P.M., chilliness, afterwards flatulence, aversion to tobacco, thirst, illhumor, sleepiness and frequent yawning; a few cups of coffee relieved (immediately)

Headache, with nausea, as if the head were compressed (he feels it in the whole head), worse when Avalkiug slowly, disappearing on walking rapidly and on running, also on sitting and during rest

Dull headache, with heat (fourth day)

Drawing, digging pain in the head, jerklike sticking, with sticking in the eyes, in the evening, in bed (first and second days)

Jerklike drawings across the head, more towards the left side (ninth day)

Pressive headache, in the morning (first and second days)

Pressive or pressing headache, especially in the evening (eighth day) ; the same pain in the forehead, in the evening (ninth day)

Dull, pressive headache, worse in the upper part, beneath the parietal bones; in the evening after lying down, immediately after the dose

Feeling as though very fine electric shocks were shooting through the brain

Throbbing in the head, after lying down in the evening, soon

Mental exertion aggravates the headache

The headache is aggravated on walking when the sun shines in the face, it becomes better in the shade

Headache more continuous in the room than in the open air

forehead. Dull drawing })ain in the forehead and temples, continuing a long time, especially in the forenoon ; it seems as though the forehead had been beaten, together with pains in the eyes if they become moistened ; only relieved in the evening,®

Pressive pain in the whole forehead, which is worse over the eyes and towards the temples, in the afternoon (third day)

Dull pressive headache across the whole forehead, especially in the left side, towards evening (first day)/.

Crawling, burrowing, throbbing in the frontal sinuses, above the nose, extending thence into the nasal bones (sixth day)

Tentpfes. Compression of both temples

Pressure first in the left and then in the right temple

Pressive pain in the temples (first and second days, evening of the third and morning of the fourth day)

Pressive pain in the left temple, also extending across the forehead and the right temple, especially on motion, towards noon (third day)

Vertex, Violent headaches ; heaviness on the vertex, on walking it seems as though the head would fall forward

JParletaJs, Pressive headache on the right side, with vertigo and aching in the eyes, worse on motion and stooping; with much saliva in mouth and no appetite

An undulating, swinging, pressive headache under the parietal bone, in the morning ; later in the forenoon the same pain extending from the vertex to the right temple, where it becomes fixed (first and second days)

He could lie better on the aching than on the other side of the head

Occiput. A inching pain in the left side of the occiput, at 10 p.m.,*®.

J£xtevual Head. Many white hairs on the head of a young man (second week)

The hair is dry as if dead (after second week)

The hair is much dryer and harsher than usual

Falling of the hair

Itching eruption on the scalp,*; in the evening (third day)

Itching on the scalp, in the morning (second day)

Eyes p. 591

Objective. Staring look (fourth day)

Subjective. The eyes are painful on moving them, with pain in the forehead

Burning in the eyes and lachrymation during the headaches

Burning in the eyes; it constantly seems as though he should go to sleep, at first more in the left than in the right eye

Aching of the eyes, during the headache

Very acute pressure in the right eye, as from a grain of sand, in the evening, lasting two or three hours

Sticking in the eyes during the headache

He constantly places the body and especially the head in such a position that he can involuntarily turn the eyes with greater freedom, in the morning (fourth day)

livow. Pain like a heaviness above the eyes and in the forehead

Sticking pain above the right eye, in the evening

Eids. Frequent twinging in the left lower eyelid (eleventh day)

Lnchvyutal Apparatus. Lachrymation on drawing air through the nose

Vision. Candlelight seems to have a blue color

Red, blue, green, round spots before the eyes, on walking iii the street, a very much larger one in the middle with smaller ones about it; they disappear on going into the house, and it becomes dark and black before the eyes

Ears p. 591

Feeling in the left ear, in the afternoon and evening, as if it would discharge, obliging him to bore into it (after three weeks),®. Stitches ill the left ear, with boring tearing pain

Crackling in the left ear, in the evening while sitting; it comes on about every five minutes and then disappears

Nose p. 591

Objective. Twitching and itching of the nose,*®. -Vibrating or sho-ht twitching in the left side of the nose

Nosebleed, in the raoruino- (fifth day)

Small blackish clots of blood come from the nose and

Subjective. Feeling of coldness in the nose, during inspiration (tenth day)

The air passes cold through the nose into the airiia.s^ages; he feels as if the mucous membrane ot the nose and larynx was wanting or raw, and as though much more air than usual passed through the nostrils

Feeling of stopped coryza, chilliness, thirst, and he^ac^h^^,^paleness weakness

Heat of the face, in the morning *(f«urt day); also in the evening (third day); with aggravation of the mental symptoms

Involuntary jerking of the lower lip riirst day)

Mouth p. 592

Toothache in the left maxilla (first day)

Tongue coated white, red at the tip

A fixed, burning sore pain in the mouth above the incisors, by the upper jaw, lasting several days (second week)

Much saliva in the mouth with headache,^; with sore throat

Bitter taste in the mouth

Throat p. 592

Pains in the throat, with chilliness, in the evening,®. - Pains in the throat; feeling of a lump in the left side of the throat, when swallowing and on talking, in the morning

Pain in the throat, extending from the palate to the larynx, in the evening (third day)

Tickling irritation low down in the throat

Tickling in the throat, which provokes cough

Tickling in the throat, during inspiration

The tonsils, especially the left, begin to ache, from morning till 10 A.M., together with much saliva in the mouth

Tenacious mucus in the fauces, in the morning

Stomach p. 592

Ajipctite. Craving for sour, acrid things and aversion to sweet things, with a white coated tongue, red at the tip

Loss of appetite, coated tongue and ill-humor (first day)

Want of appetite, during the whole proving

[HO.] No appetite, with saliva in the mouth and headache

Aversion to eating, especially in the morning

Aversion to tobacco; in forenoon (first and third days)

Disgust for smoking, in the morning (second day)

Thirst. Thirst, with a sick feeling and headache, even in the forenoon

Eructations and Hiccough. Eructations, in the morning (third and fourth days)

Eructations, with chilliness, in the forenoon (fourth day)

Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea, especially in a draft

Nausea, with headache

Vomiting, with soft stool

Stomach, Icy coldness in the epigastric region, in the left side on the ribs and in the abdomen (fourth day)

Abdomen p. 592

Slight pulsating pain beneath the left ribs

Violent colic about the umbilicus (second day)

Rumbling in the abdomen

Flatulence and ill-humor in the forenoon

Offensive flatulence, with colic

Emission of flatulence (fourth day), and in the forenoon (first day)

Abdomen hard, not relieved even after stool

Feeling of emptiness in the abdomen and head (fifth day)

Coliclike pains in the abdomen, especially about the umbilicus, with emission of much offensive flatus, in the morning (second day)

Anus p. 592

Spasm of the sphincter anilin the forenoon (third day)

Pain in the upper part of the anus (second day)

Pressure in the upper part of the anus

Stool p. 592

JJiarrhoia. Diarrhoea with discharge of some fluid from the urethra after micturition, in the morning (third day)

Diarrhoea-like stool in the evening, with emission of flatulence (thirteenth day)

Soft stool follows the headache after drinking coffee

Soft stool, with vomiting and discharge of fluid (prostatic?) from the urethra after micturition ; in the evening, after he had had a hard, lumpy stool in the morning (second day)

Stool irregular, not at the usual time (eighth, ninth, and tenth days)

Constipation. Constipation; small, nodular stool (second day)

Hard, irregular stool (second week)

Small, hard, crumbly stool (fourth day)

Thick, hard stool, in balls, with tenesmus, preceded by cutting colic in the morning (second day)

Hard, thick stool, after much dragging, in the forenoon (first day)

Urinary Organs p. 592

TJrethru, Discharge of fluid (prostatic?) from the urethra after micturition, with a soft stool (second day); during diarrhoea (third and tenth days)

Drawing, extending from the anus through the urethra, in the evening (third day)

Sudden drawing pain from the anus thi-ough the urethra in the morning (third day)

31ictlivitiori. Urging to urinate in the morning on waking; the urine does not pass with the usual large stream, it seems as though it were retained by a swelling

Profuse emission of clear watery urine (first day)

Dribbling of the urine after the emission in the morning (third day)

JJrhte, Urine scanty, clear (first day)

Sexual Organs p. 593

3Pale, Pain on the top of the penis in the morning (third day)

Tensive pain in the testicles (second day) and in the lower part of the testicles in the forenoon (second day),®.

Drawing pain in the testicles (fourth and tenth days)

Crawling sensation in the testicles

Drawing in the right spermatic cord in the region of the external ring

Increased sexual desire in the forenoon (third day)

Increased sexual desire in the evening (fifth day)

Great sexual desire, with erections, in the forenoon (second day)

One or two profuse emissions at night, caused by dreams (apparently towards morning), followed by constant tossing about from side to side, with loud groans, so that he called aloud (fourth day)

Female. It expedites menstruation, especially at the climacteric period

Menstruation fourteen days too early, without any pain ; she feels better than usual two days (in a woman thirty years old)

Respiratory Organs p. 593

Pain, extending from the palate to the larynx, in the evening

The larynx feels raw, as if the air was too cold

Cough during sleep, without waking

Barking cough

Expectoration of loose mucus in the morning (fourth day)

Mucous expectoration from the lungs, especially in the morning (which he had not had for six months)

Chest p. 593

A pressing-outward and drawing-upward from the right hypochondrium to the left shoulder

Dull, pressive pain in the chest and on both sides, lasting the whole day

Stitches in the chest in the forenoon (second day)

Pressive pain in the right side of the chest, between the third and fifth ribs (where the prover had had tubercles in the lungs)

Stitches in the left side, so that respiration is difficult (tenth day)

Repeated stitches in the left side

Some dull stitches in the left side of the chest, more towards the back

Pain in the left side of the chest, shooting from below upward (ninth day)

A hard, movable swelling of the size of a hazel-nut, full a finger’s breadth beneath the left nipple, between the ribs and skin, in the evening, in bed, disappearing the next day (tenth day),®. .

Heart and Pulse p. 593

Heart. On every turning of the body, especially on rising from sitting, some hard, violent beats of the heart,. Fie- Quently a pain whenwalking, as though the heart would be toin out, generally there are frequent, very hard beats of the heart

Pulse rapid in the forenoon (second day)

Pulse slow and weak during the chill in the forenoon (fourth day),®. , . , • /r- i

Back p. 593

\l^0■^ Pains, as if in the spinal cord, in the morning (fourth

Pain in the back beneath the left scapula

Pain between the left scapula and the spine on swallowing or on deep breathing, and on bending towards the left side, in the evening

Stitches beneath the left «scapula lasting a long time

Jerking across the spine, between the shoulder-blades, in the forenoon (fourth day)

Drawings in the region of the upper lumbar vertebrae in the morning (first day)

Pain in the small of the back (third day)

Extremities in General p. 594

Weariness of the arms and limbs, at first for one day, more on the left side; and then for two days, more on the right

Weakness and weariness in the limbs

The limbs were so weak that he believed that he could not get from the place where he was, yet it disappeared on rapid walking

Heaviness of the limbs (tenth day)

Tearing pain in the arms and limbs on stretching them out

Superior Extremities p. 594

The left arm frequently feels paralyzed from the shoulder down

Feeling of heaviness in the left shoulder, as if a heavy weight were lying on it and pressing the shoulder down, only disappearing while lying

Twinging in the bones of the left upper arm (fifth day)

Paralysis of the wrist (right ?) every morning, in heel, and only at this time, commencing on the eighth day, and after three months had not entirely disappeared (Causticum relieved),®.f

A sprained feeling in the wrists, especially in the left, as though he had sprained the hand

Pain in the left wrist, as if sprained, on rising in the morning

Feeling of lameness and heaviness of the hands, wrists, and fingers (tenth day)

Stiffness and a feeling of lameness in both hands, as if swollen and asleep (sixth day)

The greatest weakness of the hands and fingers, so that he could not hold them tightly together

Great weakness of the hands, so that he could not hold anything with them

Stiffness of the right middle finger in the morning

Inferior Extremities p. 594

Weariness and aching in both thighs and calves (fifth day)

In the evening, jerking in the inside of the right thigh above the knee; after two days the same in the left

Feeling as though the knees were sprained, with great weakness in them on standing

Sticking above the left knee (fifth day)

Pressive drawing tearing above the left knee in the morning, in bed; the same feeling in the right leg below the knee (sixth day)

Jumping throbbing pain on the outer side of the left calf in the morning (first day)

Lameness, drawing, and tension in the right ankle in the morning (ninth day)

Weakness and dryness in the ankles and soles of the feet, so violent that he dreaded to step (first day) ; disappearing after washing with brandy

Tension in the sole of the left foot in the morning (eleventh day)

Cramp in the foot (tenth day)

Cramp in the metatarsus in the forenoon (second day)

Cramp in the soles of the feet in the evening when sitting (first day)

Cramp in the sole of the left foot in the evening, in bed (thirtieth day),k

Cramplike pain in the ball of the left foot in the evening when sitting (thirty-first day)

Pain, as though sore on the ball of the foot and above it on the toes on bending the foot

Sticking in the corns in the forenoon (fourth day)

Generalities p. 594

Objective. Starting at noises

Laziness in the forenoon (first day)

Weakness, general prostration, physically and mentally

Weakness, general exhaustion, physically and mentally (seventh to ninth days)

General weakness and constant inclination to lie down and sleep (eleventh day)

Great weakness and prostration, with pale face

On waking, was so weak that he was obliged to lie down

Physical and mental exhaustion, very noticeable from the beginning of the proving, and very decided after the eleventh day

Uneasiness; is driven from place to place

Tossing about the bed towards morning after an emission

Subjective. Desire to lie down, but was not relieved thereby

Inclination to lie down ; while lying, the bead feels better, at noon (first day)

On rising, the whole body feels heavy and uncomfortable, especially the head, in the morning (fourth day)

Feels heavy and uncomfortable over the whole body, especially in the head, on rising in the morning (fourth day)

He feels sick, weak, and fretful the whole of the fourth day

Bruised sensation and weakness of the whole body

Appearance and aggravation of all the symptoms towards evening (first day)

The mental symptoms especially are woi-se in the evening, with heat of the face (third day)

Violent symptoms relieved by two or three cups of coffee

Symptoms appear mostly while sitting

Skin p. 595

Objective, Papulous eruption in various places (first day)

Eruption on the back and shoulders (fourth day)

Itching, burning, dry eruption, like teeter, on the middle of the tibia (first day)

A spot of nettlerash as large as a bean, with red areola and with violent itching, not relieved by scratching, on the lumbar vertebrae (fifth day); also on the right side of the forehead, with large areola (seventh day); then one on the right nates, in the evening, in bed, which itches until it makes him furious (tenth and eleventh days); on the calves and loins, itching just as much after scratching, disappearing on the thirteenth day, though still itching as much ; on the fourteenth day on the right forearm ; a small spot in the right hand on the side of the thumb, lasting only sixteen hours (twenty-first day),^.-

Eruption of many poisonous vesicles on the arms and thighs (first day)

Pustules on the thighs, with red areola (first day)

A small pustule on the right middle finger (first day)

Subjective, Formication on the right hand, in the morning (fourth day)

Itching as from flannel on the skin, relieved by rubbing, on the chest, upper arms, sides, beneath the axillee, then on the thighs, afterwards on the shoulders and back, lasting an hour and a half; at noon when riding, again in the evening when riding, but not on the arms (first day); returns repeatedly on riding in the evening (fourth day); morning, forenoon, noon, and evening (sixth and subsequent days to tbe thirty-first day); mostly upo7i the chest and between the shoulders, sometimes extending across the shoulders or under the arms

Itching of the feet (fifth day),h

Violent itching, as from cobwebs under the nose, more towards the right side, two evenings in succession ; afterwards an eruption on the left side of the face

Fine itching on both sides of the chest, in the forenoon (third day)

Sleep and Dreams p. 595

Slee2)guess. Frequent, almost spasmodic yawning (first day)

Inclination to sleep, generally the whole day (ninth (jay)

Sleepiness and burning in the eyes

Sleepiness, early in the evening (first day)

Constant sleepiness; the sleep is quiet but not refreshing,i

Great sleepiness

Falls asleep without much thought and cogitation, which is not usually the case (second day)

Sleepletisiiess. Sleepless

Falls asleep late, preceded by unconscious slumbering without thought (soon after taking)

Half-waking condition the whole night; restless, without, however, waking from sleep ; she had many obscure fancies about her daily duties (3d dil.)

Sleep restless, and in the morning heat in the head (following a repeated dose in the evening)

Night extremely restless, full of dreams

Dreams, Much dreaming at night, without remembering it (fourteenth day)

Lascivious dreams (sixth day)

Lascivious dreams, without emissions

Anxious dreams during the night, of an angry ox chasing a child ^tenth day)

Frightful dreams; he heard many alarms during the night; was in delirium

Fever p. 596

ChiUhiess, Chilliness and shaking all over

Chilliness over the whole body, in the forenoon (first day)

Chilliness, beginning in the back

Chilliness and eructations, in the forenoon

Chilliness and a feeling of stopped coryza, at 10 A.M., followed by thirst, sleepiness, headache, etc.

Chilliness at 10 a.m., preceded by heat of the head and vertigo, followed by emission of flatulence

Chilliness, especially in the posterior portion of the upper arm, with a weak, slow pulse, in the forenoon (fourth day)

Chilliness and pain in the throat, in the evening (first day)

Great chilliness of the whole body, in spite of very warm weather, not relieved in the warmth of the bed

Chilliness on the back of the upper arm

Cold feet (fourth day)

Heat. Heat, in the evening, with hypochondriac mood (fourth and fifth days)

Heat over the whole body, in the evening, with peevish, irascible mood (second day)

General heat, heaviness in the limbs; is scarcely able to hold the head erect (tenth day)

Fever heat, towards evening, with aggravation of all the symptoms (first day)

Conditions p. 596

Aggravation.

(Morning'), Fretfulness; after uneasy sleep, heat in head ; pressive headache ; nosebleed ; mucus in fauces ; aversion to eating ; disgust for smoking ; pains in abdomen ; diarrhoea ; urging to urinate; in bed, paralysis of wrist; pain in wrist; stiffness of middle finger; in bed, tearing above knee; on rising, body feels heavy, etc.; formication on hand.

(Forenoon), Disinclination for mental exertion; pain in forehead, etc.; chilliness.

(Afternoon), Towards evening, all symptoms ; mental symptoms; towards evening, fever heat.

(Even??^), Confusion of head; in bed, headache; in bed, pain in head; pressing headache; in bed, pain in head; pressure in eye; pain above eye; pain in throat, etc.; jerking in inside of thigh ; cramp in feet; on riding, itching of skin ; chilliness ; 'heat.

( Coffee), Headache.

(Mental exertion). Headache.

(Motion), Pain in temple ; headache on right side, etc.

(In room). Headache.

(Sitting), The symptoms.

(Stooping), Headache on right side.

( Walking with sun in face). Headache.

(Turning body). Especially rising from seat, beating of heart.

( Walking), Pain in heart.

( Walking slowly). Headache.

Amelioration p. 596

(Evening), Pains in eyes.

(Coffee), Violent symptoms.

(Lyi'n^), Heaviness in shoulder; pains in head.

Headache.

(Running), Headache.

(In shade). Headache.

(Sitting), Headache.

(Walking rapidly). Headache.

Footnotes p. 594

† Similar, only more violently painful and persistent, after Oxalic acid in '■which Causticum also relieved.—Hkrinq.