Oleum Animale

Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica, 1879, Vol. VIII, p. 193

Dipper s Oil ; Rectified Animal Oil.

Dilutions in alcohol or trituration.

Provings by Kenning, Schroeder and Trinks, Hartlaub and Trinks, E. A. M. L., vol. 2.

Clinical Authorities. — Migraine, Zwingenberg, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 562; Greenish urine, etc., Dixon, A. H. O., vol. 9, p. 508, from Journal of Health, 1864, p. 180 ; Neuralgia of spermatic cord, Blakely, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 241, from H. M. P. H. Soc, 1859; Asthma nervosum, Zwingenberg, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 562.

Mind

Frequent vanishing of thought.

Fretful and ill-humored or sad.

Taciturn or thoughtful, absorbed in revery.

^Sensorium. Painful dizziness early in morning in bed, or in open air, when stooping.

Inner Head

Numb and paralytic sensation in 1. side of head.

Pressure on vertex shifting to occiput.

Boring in 1. frontal protuberance.

││ Migraine always day after a party, where she usually wore a heavy diadem ; polyuria of perfectly clear urine.

Sensation as if blood were rushing to occiput on entering a room.

Outer Head

' l Itching on r. side of occiput, > from scratching.

Sight and Eyes

Mistiness of sight, especially in afternoon when writing.

Burning in eyes, in open air, on waking, by candlelight.

Spasmodic quivering of lids.

││ Frequent twitching in 1. upper lid.

Hearing and Ears

Sticking or boring in ears, with dryness in throat.

Smell and Nose

Itching in nostrils.

Pimples on septum, with burning and oozing.

Itching and burning on tip of nose.

Oozing pimples on nose.

Upper Face

Pale, earthy complexion.

Redness of cheeks even when skin is cold.

Cramplike pain in 1. cheek.

Itching pimples and vesicles on cheeks.

Papulee on cheek and under skin of occiput.

Lower Face p. 194

Cracking in 1. articulation of jaw.

Itching of lips ; chapped lips.

Taste and Tongue p. 194

│▌ Sour taste in mouth.

Inner Mouth p. 194

Dryness: with sour taste in mouth; on waking, in morning.

Greasy feeling in mouth and on palate.

││ Profuse accumulation of saliva in mouth, sometimes snow white.

Throat p. 194

Dryness of throat, especially during empty deglutition.

Roughness in throat inducing dry, hacking cough.

Hawking of tenacious mucus after a meal.

Choking and constriction of throat, particularly morning and evening.

Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions p. 194

Desire for softboiled eggs.

Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting p. 194

Frequent empty eructations relieving nausea.

Scrobiculum and Stomach p. 194

Pressure in pit of stomach, also after drinking cold water.

Sensation as if stomach were full of water.

Sensation of coldness in stomach.

Burning and heat from stomach to chest.

Stinging in stomach.

Bruised pain about stomach.

Hypochondria p. 194

Pressure with sticking in region of liver and spleen.

'^Abdomen. Shifting of flatus in abdomen, w^ith rumbling.

Drawing from groins to testicles.

Stool and Rectum p. 194

Difficult stool ; after long urging ; even when natural

Burning and stinging in anus and rectum.

Urinary Organs p. 194

Urine: greenish, copious, clear, pale, also depositing a cloud ; greenish and smells fishy ; constipation; dilated pupils, and occasional rolling of eyes during sleep.

Much urging to urinate, with discharge of only a few drops.

Burning during micturition.

Itching in urethra.

Male Sexual Organs p. 194

Nocturnal erections and emissions.

BLong-standing neuralgia of spermatic cord; excruciating attacks three or four times every year ; pains as if testicles were seized by a hand and pulled very severely.

Both testicles are drawn up and very painful.

Pressing in prostate gland.

Burning stinging about root of penis (afternoon).

Female Sexual Organs p. 194

▌ Menses: too early, preceded and accompanied by cutting in abdomen and small of back and sticking in 1. side of head and vertex; scanty, black blood, languor of hands and feet.

Leucorrhoea of thin, white mucus.

Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia p. 195

││ Spasmus glottidis with disturbance of abdominal organs; flatulency, colic or diarrhoea ; tympanitis.

Hoarseness with inability to talk loud.

^^Respiration. chronic asthma nervosum, for which no organic basis could be detected, but which was caused by repelled foot sweat.

Inner Chest and Lungs p. 195

Rushes of blood to chest with dry heat of face.

Violent stitch in upper part of chest, near sternum, as with a red hot needle burning in that spot, continuing a long time after.

Darting in mamma when standing, from behind forward.

Heart, Pulse and Circulation p. 195

Pressure and crushing sensation about heart.

Neck and Back p. 195

Cracking of vertebrae on raising head.

A few pointed and painful stitches from 1. scapula to axilla.

Pain in small of back when sitting.

Upper Limbs p. 195

Pimples in bends of elbows.

Numbness of single fingers.

Drawing and digging in r. thumb as if it would ulcerate.

Lower Limbs p. 195

Excoriation in bends of hips.

Sticking in sole of foot.

Tingling in one spot in middle of sole in evening.

Cramp in toes.

Tearing in big toe, which is painful as if ulcerated, particularly near nail.

Limbs in General p. 195

Lameness of 1. limb and 1. arm.

^^Rest. Position. Motion. Raising head: cracking of vertebrae.

Standing: darting in mamma.

Stooping: painful dizziness.

Sitting : pain in back.

Nerves p. 195

Languor with indolence, inclination to sit.

Fainting.

Cramplike drawing in different parts.

^^Time. Morning: painful dizziness.

Choking and constriction of throat.

Afternoon: mistiness when writing; burning about root of penis.

Evening : choking and constriction of throat; tingling in one spot of sole.

Temperature and Weather p. 195

Open air: painful dizziness; burning of eyes; walk in open air, coldness of 1. leg.

On entering room : as if blood were rushing to occiput.

Fever p. 196

Shuddering from vertex to chest.

Coldness: after a walk in open air; of whole 1. lower limb.

Dry, pricking heat, particularly in face.

Perspiration during a meal.

Attacks, Periodicity p. 196

Every year three or four attacks : neuralgia of spermatic cord.

Locality and Direction p. 196

Left: numb and paralytic sensation in side of head; boring in frontal protuberance; twitching in upper lid ; cramplike pain in cheek ; cracking in articulation of jaw ; sticking in side of head ; stitches from scapula to axilla; lameness of lower limb and arm ; coldness of lower limbs.

Right: itching on side of occiput; drawing and digging in thumb.

From behind forward: darting.

Sensations p. 196

As if blood were rushing to head ; as if stomach were full of water; as if testicles were seized by hand and pulled severely; as of red hot needles in chest; as

. if thumb would ulcerate ; as if toe would ulcerate.

Pain : in small of back.

Excruciating neuralgia : of spermatic cord.

Violent stitch : in upper part of chest.

A few pointed, painful stitches: from 1. scapula to axilla.

Tearing: in big toe.

Darting: in mamma.

Cutting : in abdomen and small of back.

' Cramplike drawing: of different parts.

Cramp : in toes.

Cramplike pain : in 1. cheek.

Drawing : from groins to testicles ; in r. thumb.

Boring : in 1. frontal protuberance ; in ears.

Digging : in r. thumb.

Bruised pain : about stomach.

Crushing sensation: about heart.

Stinging: in stomach ; in anus and rectum.

Burning stinging : about root of penis.

Burning: in eyes; of pimples on septum; of tip of nose; from stomach to chest; in anus and rectum; during micturition; in chest; of skin.

Sticking : in ears ; in region of liver and spleen ; in 1. side of head and vertex ; in sole.

Dry, pricking heat: < in face.

Heat : from stomach to chest ; of face.

Excoriations : in bends of hips.

Painfulness : of both testicles.

Tingling: in one spot in middle of sole.

Roughness : in throat.

Dryness : in throat.

Pressure : on vertex shifting to occiput ; in pit of stomach ; in region of liver and spleen ; in prostate gland ; about heart.

Constriction : of throat.

Numb and paralytic sensation : in 1. side of head.

Numbness : of single fingers.

Lameness : of 1. lower limb and arm.

Biting-itching : of skin.

Gnawing-itching : of skin.

Itching : on r, side of occiput ; in nostrils ; of tip of nose ; of pimples on cheeks; of lips; in urethra.

Shuddering : from vertex to chest.

Coldness : in stomach; of whole 1. lower limb.

"Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries. After wearing heavy diadem : migraine.

Scratching : > itching on occiput.

Rubbing: burning of skin >.

*^Skin. Burning; biting-itching > from rubbing; gnawingitching.

Itching like flea-bites, disappearing suddenly or changing to burning and heat.

Vesicles like scabious pimples.

Red watery vesicles after scratching.

Stages of Life, Constitution p. 197

A lady, usually wore a heavy diadem upon head ; migraine.

Relations p. 197

Antidoted by: .Camj^hor., Nux vom., Opium.

Compare: Ignat. and Gelsem. in headache and polyuria; Agar, in twitching of eyelids; Arsen., Carbo veg. and Phosphor, in gastric symptoms after cold water; Pulsat in male sexual organs.

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