Iris Versicolor

Authority. 18, Dr. C. H. Weaver, Hale’s New Remedies, 2d edition, p. 1103, proving by Dr. Weaver; 19, same, proving by N. F.

July 25th. At 1 A.M. took 8 drops, an immediate feeling as though the brain was partially narcotized, soon followed by sharp, cutting pains darting through the temples ; also in the elbows and biceps muscle; also feeling of contusive lameness in the last-mentioned parts.

4 P.M., took 10 drops; acid, peppery taste in the forward half of the tongue; sore and raw feeling in the throat, especially around the epiglottis, with hoarseness ; a stuffed-up, smarting sensation in the posterior nares, as from a recent cold, increased secretion of nasal mucus; griping in the bowels, with several light, but somewhat acrid stools. The proving was continued two or three days, but about the same sensations were produced.

August 31st, 5 P.M., took 10 drops; peppery taste in mouth ; stinging, sharp pains in temples, but dull in vertex and over the eyes; very sharp acrid feeling near epiglottis, with hoarseness. At 8 p.m., 10 drops ; passed a very restless night; was troubled with frightful dreams and fancies. 7 A.M., feeling as if intoxicated; stinging, rheumatic pains in elbows and forearms, and in knees; pulse slow and labored, but considerable heat of skin; up to 12 m., headache of a nervous, gastric character; stinging pain in right shoulder; constriction in chest and at middle of sternum ; acute, distressing pain in stomach ; continued stuffed-up feeling in posterior nares, and nasal sinuses, with discharge of thin, clear mucus; continual snuffing and occasional sneezing throughout the day, and hoarseness ; passed considerable limpid urine frequently. About 4 p.m., began to feel very weak ; griping in the bowels and soreness over the surface of the abdomen ; also great soreness and harshness of the muscles of the neck ; somewhat feverish, with intense itching in various parts of the body.

September 1st. Arose feeling weak, passed a very copious, mushy, lightcolored stool ; have still a dull headache, with some sharp stitches through the temples; but the most marked symptom is a sharp, raw, excoriating feeling in both nares, with constant inclination to eniptv the nose; discharge of nasal mucus is very free; sneezing constant for the space of twenty minutes.^ 6 a.m. took 15 drops ; sharp, aching pains in shoulders, aims, and especially the first finger of the left hand ; increased hoarseness; nausea ; almost constant weakness, so increased towards evening, with terrible headache and giddiness, that I was obliged to cling to my horse for support in the saddle; fell two or three times in walking to my room, but after a cup of warm tea and a little Nux vomica am able to get about ; next day headache continues, and not until the expiration of a week does it feel quite easy ; also the discharge of mucus from the nose is very profuse, in fact, almost incessant for ten days, the bronchia being also affected in a similar manner, but less severe; it felt and acted like a severe attack of catarrh, with influenza, and had I ever been affected in a like manner before I should think it the result of a severe cold.

Nose p. 553

A marked symptom observed in three former provings, upon as many persons, was troubled and lascivious dreams, with a profuse, involuntary emission of seminal fluid

Took three pellets medicated with the 1st dec. dilution four times daily. The following were the principal sensations : Constrictive, pressive feeling about the sternum ; shortness of breath ; sharp cutting pains through the temples, with dimness of vision ; griping in the bowels, with profuse light-colored diarrhoea, so prostrating that he is obliged to discontinue the proving