Carbo Vegetabilis

Authorities. 5, G. Nelson Smith, M.D., Am. Journ. of Horn. Mat. Med., vol. V, New Ser., 1876, p. 183, Mrs. Dr. J. L. C. began with eating bits of charcoal for “ heartburn,” and to “sweeten the stomach,” but latterly she had been in the habit of triturating it to an impalpable powder, and taking about one half of a teaspoonful two or three times a day ; {6 to 2o, Conrad Wesselhoeft, M.D., Trans. Am. Inst, of Horn., 1877, p. 119); 6, E. E. Holman took eight doses of 3d trit. iu one day ; 7, L. W. Todd took one dose of 3d trit. ; 8, Mrs. F. H. Stanford took repeated grain doses of 1st trit. for six days; 9, same, took repeated doses of 2d trit. for nineteen days; 10, R. R. Trotter took repeated doses of 1st trit. for twelve days; 11, J. A. INIarshall took repeated doses of 1st trit. for five days, then after an interval of four days for five days more ; 12, Mrs. H. H. Cobb took repeated doses of 1st trit.; 13, S. J. Aldrich, jet. forty years, took 2 powders (first day) ; 3 powders (second day); 4 powders (third day); 13a, same, took 5 powders at intervals; 14, M. Mason took repeated doses of 1st and 2d trit. for ten days; 15, Mrs. F. J. M. Whitcomb took 4 powders of 1st trit. in one day ; 15a, same, took 3d trit. repeated doses; \bb, same, took 1st trit. 4 grains twice; 16, S. M. W., a young man, took 3d trit., repeated doses, for five days; 17, W. B. AV. took 3d trit. without effect, afterwards took 4 grains 1st trit., morning and noon ; 18, Mrs. M. D. Crane, jet. sixtytwo years, had a cough caused by cold, took several powders; 19, Miss M. M. took repeated doses fora week ; 20, Mrs. L. G. B., jet. thirty-eight years, took repeated doses; 21, Mrs. C. D. R. took 1 grain at 7 p.m. (first day); same at 7 and 11 a.m. (second da)"); 22, C. I. L., £et. twenty-two years, took repeated doses for three days; 23, Mrs. J. H. Marshall, set. thirtyseventh years, took repeated doses; 24, Mrs. F. H. took repeated doses; 25, Miss S. W., set. thirty-one years, took repeated doses.

Mind p. 433

Great anguish, especially in the evening

Feel doleful (eighth day),'h

Depressed (after 6 grains)

Very depressed (twentyfourth day)

Hard work not to shed tears (twenty-third day)

Irritability

Very irritable (third day)

Cross about trifles

Peculiar mental weakness and confusion

Ideas slow, confused ; memory lost periodically

Head p. 433

Vertigo on slightest motion of head

Slight headache (after 5th powder)

General headache ; pronounced in the region of the brain (third day)*,'®.

Terrible headache, similar to one described

Pressure in the head (third day)

Oppressive headache above eyes, with nausea

Dull pain in frontal region (fifteen minutes after 6 grains)

Slight pain in the left temple (after third dose); pain in left temple much increased, and rapidly extending over the top and sides of the head, very excruciating in character ; a continuous, dull, almost unbearable pain (after fourth and fifth dose)

(Crazy feeling in right side of head, and steady pain in right orbital region. Can’t study, head feels so badly; a sort of tired-out sensation in front and top of brain), (eighth day)

Sticking pain through right parietal region, in the evening (ninth day)

Violent itching of the scalp for many days

Eyes p. 433

In eyes itching, smarting, burning

Twitching of eyelids

Stiffness of eyelids, when moved (second day)

Nearsighted

Ears p. 433

In ears ringing, humming, pressure

Nose p. 433

Sneezing (first day)

Fluent coryza (fifth day)

Coryza during the day (seventh day)

Watery discharge from the nose (after seventh dose)

I had a slight chronic catarrh before taking medicine, which has aggravated all the symptoms (twelfth day)

Violent coryza

Face p. 433

Face pale

Face worn-looking

Aching in superior maxillary bones

Drawing tearing in facial bones

Twitching of upper lip

Dry, cracked, swollen lips (tenth day)

Mouth p. 433

Teeth, drawing and tearing pain ; chronic looseness of the teeth; soreness of gums

Fissure of the tongue, with vesicles around the edges, that smart as though burned (tenth day)

Tongue sore

Canker sore on inside of lip (tenth day)

Alternate dryness of mouth, with salivation (sixteenth day)

Dryness of mouth, with thirst, alternating with salivation (seventeenth day)

Secretion of viscid and thin watery saliva (sixteenth day)

Taste bitter

Throat p. 434

Throat slightly sore (second day)

Soreness in throat, with tickling (eighth day)

Pain in throat when swallowing

Raw feeling in posterior nares (thirteenth day)

Burning of fauces, with desire to cough (sixth day)

Difficult deglutition

Stomach p. 434

Chronic aversion to meat; very marked; appetite lost

Thirst, alternating with slight salivation (seventh day)

Sour, bitter eructations (after fifth dose)

Heartburn

Constant nausea, with trembling feeling

Felt sick in a few minute.s, with eructations of wind (seventeenth day)

Bloating of stomach (fifth day)

The simplest food caused distress

Feeling of goneness in stomach tatter fourth dose)

Tenderness of the stomach and a faint feeling

Hard sensation in the stomach, as though something were there that ought not to be ; relieved by sour, bitter eructations (after fifth dose)

Pressive pain in epigastric region (seventeenth day)

Abdomen p. 434

Pain in hypochondria, as if from a bruise.®.

Pain in the region of the spleen, followed by a dull heavy ache

Abdomen bloated, in the evening (fourth day)

Symptoms of flatulency (after 3d powder)

Fetid-smelling wind per rectum (first day); (eighth day)

Passage of wind with a loose stool (fourth day)

Feeling of tight band around the waist; passes off at 8 oclock, with discharge of very offensive flatus (second day)

Pressure and cramp in lower abdomen

Rectum and Anus p. 434

Piles protruding one-half inch and very sore; they troubled him about three days (after five days); never had them before

Painful bearing down in rectum and labia (third day)

Constriction of the rectum

Pain in rectum during entire evening (second day)

Dragging pain in rectum (second day)

Severe tenesmus and pain

Stool p. 434

Diarrhoeic stool, ending in a gushing watery evacuation (third day)

Loose stools, with tenesmus (second day)

Constipation, but with stool soft

Constipated (seventeenth day); (fourth day); (first day)

Bowels constipated, with urgent desire to urinate, passing large quantities of pale urine (fifth day)

Urinary Organs p. 434

Desire to urinate nearly all the time (seventh day)

Desire to urinate, with passage of a large quantity of pale urine (fourth day)

Urine less and not so often, as is my habit

Urine diminished; frequent urging to urinate

Urine light, nearly colorless; urging to micturate (ninth day)

Much sediment in urine (third day)

Sexual Organs p. 434

Os to touch is unusually open (twentyfourth day)

Contraction of genital organs (third day)

Wretched nervous feeling originating in uterine region and culminating in the inner thighs; lasting thiough the evening (seventh day),'h

Feeling of weight in uterus and right ovary, and nervous, fidgety feeling extending down right thigh (eighth day); heaviness in uterus (ninth day)

Feeling as though menses would appear (fifth day)

Character of leucorrhoea changed from an acrid greenish yellowish-white to the color of albumen streaked with milk (second day),®.^Menses appeared, preceded by several quite sharp pains through uterus (seventh day)

Very profuse flowing (eighth and ninth days)

Menses increased in quantity, thin and pale

Menses delayed or were very slight, three or four days, then unusual amount of pain and profuse flow. Menses appeared without premonitory state of discomfort, lasted less time than usual (after three weeks),'I

Clots in menstrual flow, which is thicker than usual (first day)

No membrane in menstrual flow (third day)

Respiratory Organs p. 435

Can bear no pressure on thyroid gland (fifth day)

Hacking cough raising a little white tasteless mucus from throat (second day)

(Cough quite improved; have less collection of nuicus),'®. Respiration increased, 32 on lying down (second day),^b

Stopping of breath

(Liest, Oppression in lungs and heart

Lungs and throat feel raw, as if they had been scraped (after seventh dose)

A hot constricted feeling in the chest, causing dyspnoea and a dry short cough ; very much troubled for breath ; passed off in about an hour (fourteenth day),’h

Sticking pain in chest (third day)

Mea vt ((till 1*11 Ise.

Palpitation

Palpitation marked (fifth day)

Heart’s action disturbed (fifth day)

Throbbing of heart relieved for a few minutes, by taking a deep breath (sixth day

Could feel distinctly the pulsation of the heart (third day)

Heart seemed to stop beating at night (first day)

Decrease of pulse, with tendency to intermit

Neck and Back p. 435

Painful stiffness from neck down entire spinal column

Posterior cervical muscles painful to touch (fifteenth day)

Pressure between shoulderblade (seventh and ninth days)

Pressure between scapulae on rising (eighth day)

Pain along the spine (fifteenth day)

Sharp stitch in lumbar region (after two hours and ten minutes),*h

Pressure on sacral region continues, though slight (ninth

Generalities p. 435

Rheumatic pains and lameness; worse in arms and thighs

Superior Extremities p. 435

A continuous, rather sharp pain in right shoulder, worse on motion ; two hours and a half later can scarcely move right shoulder, because of a knifelike pain from shoulder through to chest (third day)

Feeling as if the wrists were too short, numb, and “go to sleep all the time,”®. >

Inferior Extremities p. 435

Tired around hips and sacrum (eighth day)

Continuous tingling in Scarpa’s triangle of left leg in place of old abscess (tenth day)

Lame feeling in region of sciatic notch (deep), while standing and walking, more on right side than left; lameness extends across sacrum (sixth day)

Knees stiffened going to sleep all the time

Creeping pains in knees (sixth day)

Legs tired, especially the calves (fourth day)

Aching of tibia about its middle

Feet grew tender and Were swollen

Numbness of feet

Pains in the great toe (third day)

Generalities p. 435

Restlessness

Very restless

Anguish in all the vital organs

General lassitude (after fourth dose)

General weak and faint condition of body, especially in the morning, preventing rising till late

Skill p. 435

Alarming numbness in all the external parts

Formication all over

Skin burning

Sleep p. 435

Drowsy (second day)

Very drowsy in the day ; falling asleep very late at night; frequent starting in sleep, with strange fancies, etc

Sleepy (tenth day)

Sleepy at 2.30 p.m. (sixth day)

Sleeplessness (eighth and ninth days)

Half awake all night, and awoke in the morning feeling tired, cross, sleepy, my mouth having a peculiar feeling, as though painted or covered over with something, and tasting, as near as 1 can describe, as one’s mouth does when having the measles (first day)

Sleep full of dreams of hard work

Horrid dreams (fifth day)

Fever p. 436

Chilliness, with flashes of heat

Chilly feeling (fifth day)

Very cold (first day); cold, obliged to sit beside the fire (second night)

Very cold feet

Feet cold in a warm room (sixth day)

Feet feel like ice and feel damp (ninth day)

Feet feel as though dipj)ed in cold water (eighth day)

Hot flushed face (third day),'''l

Burning heat in left foot (sixth day)

Feet quite moist