Pecten

Scallop. N. O. Pectinidae. Trituration or tincture of the animal

Clinical

Asthma ; humid.

Characteristics

Swan (Org,, ii. 449), having learned " from a gentleman that every time he entered a room where scallops were being opened he had such a severe attack of asthma that he had to leave or suffocate/' potentised the Scallop, and used the preparation with success in similar cases. T. Franklin Smith (Ibid,) reports a case of humid asthma cured quickly and permanently with Pecten im. and cm., characterised as follows : Quick, laboured breathing ; cannot Ue flat or on left side ; constriction of chest, especially right side. Attacks preceded for two or three days by sneezing and excessive coryza ; burning sensation in throat and chest ; fulness of head ; pulse very quick and wiry ; subsequently copious expectoration of tough, stringy, and frothy mucus. Cough < after 6 p.m. Symptoms < at night. Arsen, did not relieve.