Cantharis - Appendix symptoms - T.F. Allen
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Below are the main rubriks (i.e strongest indications or symptoms) of Cantharis in traditional homeopathic usage, not approved by the FDA.
APPENDIX
Authorities
1, Hahnemann, Fragmenta de viribus med., p. 57; 1a, Hahnemann, additional, from Archiv. 13, 1, 157; 2, Baudis, Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. M. L., 1; 3, Bethmann, ibid.; 4, Giacomini, Farmacologia 11, 152, experiments of students with repeated doses of from 5/8 of a grain to 4 grains; detailed account in Revue Crit, et. Retrospect, 5, 265; 5, Hering, H. and T., R. A. M. L.; 6, N-g, ibid.; 7, Rückert, ibid.; 8, Hartlaub, ibid. (vol. 1 and vol. 2); 9, Shreter, ibid. (vol. 2); 10, Baccius in Schenk, Obs., 126 (from H. and T., vol 1); 11, Baglivi, diss. de vesicant. op., p. 654 (ibid.); 12, Bernt, Rettungsmettel. p. 181 (ibid.); 13, Barrichius, Act. Hafn. IV. (ibid.); 14, Brassabolus de Med., 1555 (ibid.); 15, Joach. Camerarius, in Schenk (ibid.); 16, Cardanus, de Subtilit., lib. ix (ibid.); 17, Cullen, Arzneimittell. II (ibid.); 18, De Forell, diss. sist. hyperdruresin ex pervers, Canth. usu Externo ort. (ibid.); 19, Dioscorides (ibid.); 20, Fabric v. Hilden, cent VI (ibid.); 21, Forestus, Obs. (ibid.); 22, Gmelin, All. Geschichte d. Gifte (ibid.); 23, Greenfield, Treatise on Canth. (ibid.); 24, Guldenklee, Cas. Méd. et Observ., etc. (ibid.); 25, Hecker, Arzneim. 1 (ibid.); 26, Horn, Archiv. fur die Med. Erf., 1815 (ibid.); 27, J. L. Hoffmann, in Forsten, Hist. Canth., effects of half a drachm of tinct. on a woman (ibid.); 28, Home, Clinical Experiments, p. 405 (ibid.); 29, Jahn, Arzneim. (ibid.); 30, Lanzoni, opera, tom, iii (ibid.); 31, Lange, in Schenk, lib. vii (ibid.); 32, Lindestolpe, de venenis, effects of external use (ibid.); 33, Ledelius, in Misc. Natrum Carbonicum Nat. Cur. Dec. I (ibid.); 34, Ludovici, in Forsten, Hist. Canth., effects of external use (ibid.); 35, Misc. Natrum Carbonicum Nat. Cur. Dec., II (ibid.); 36, Pallas, in Froriep Notizen (ibid.); 37, Parmentier, Annal. de Chimaphila Umbellata Chim., effects of the dust from bruising the beetles (ibid.); 38, Paschalius and Occo, in Schenck, Obs., 125 (one symptom), (ibid.); 39, Stalpaart van deer Wiel, effects of external use (ibid.); 40, Spielmann, Mat, Med. (ibid.); 41, Stockar a Neufarn, Diss. de Canth., 1781, effects of 12 "Spanish flies" (ibid.); 42, Tarrie, from Lond. Med., and Phys. Journ., 1825, effects of poisoning in a man of 40 (ibid.); 43, Tralles, de usu vesicant, 1795 (ibid.); 44, Wierus, de praestig, daem. III., c. 35 (ibid.); 45, Wendt, in Hufeland's Journ., effects of an electuary of pulv. Canth., and of 90 drops of the tincture (ibid.); 46, Werlhoff, opera (ibid.), also in Christison; 47, Wilbrecht, Geschichte und Versuche, Copenhagen, 1774, effects of a drachm of pulv. Canth., taken in one dose, on a woman aged 35 (ibid.); 48, Leviani, Mem di. Matem., etc., 1803 (ibid.); 49, William Batt, Mem. de la Soc. Méd. de Genes. (detailed in Revue Crit. et Rétrospect. 5, 256), effect of five flies; 50, Biett, from Orfila Tox., 228, effects of 1 dr. of powder on a young man; 51, Gaz. de Santé, 1819, effects of two doses, each of 24 grains, with an interval of a day (from Christison); 52, Giulio, Mem. de l'Acad. de Turin, 1802, tetanus and hydrophobic symptoms produced by Canth. detailed in Rev. Crit. et Retrospect, 5, 250; 53, Dr. Maxwell, Lancette Franc., 1838, effects of the powder in rum, in three cases, from Revue Crit. et Retrospect, 5, 257; 54, Ambroise Paré, "Des Venen," effects of fly-blister, Rev. Crit. et Rétrosp.; 55, as last, an abbé took Canth. in sweetmeats; 56, Piquet d. [left] Houssiette, detailed in Rev. Crit. et Rétrosp., 5, 249, effects of 8 grs. of powder; 57, Recueil, Period, etc. (in Rev. Crit. et Rétrosp., 5, 256), effects of powder in chocolate; 58, Graaf, Hufeland's Journ., 1821 (Rev. Crit. et Rétrosp., 5), effects of the tincture drank from a flask; 59, Seiler, Horn's Archiv., 27 (from Roth's Mat. Med., article Cantharides); 60, Champy, Diss. sur Canth., 1809, effects of the fumes (ibid.); 61, Montagnana, Schenk a Graffenberg, Obs. Méd. de Venenis (ibid.); 62, Occo, Médicament., effects of carrying Canth. in the hand (ibid.); 63, Rust, Salz. Med. Zeit., 1811 (ibid.); 64, Pareus, in Schenk, Obs. Med. (Hartlaub and Trinks); 65, Omitted; 66, Weisse, Petersburger Abhandl., 5, 427, effects of a blister applied by mistake over swollen cervical ganglia (from Roth's Mat. Med.); 67, Harder Petersb. Abhand., 4, 166, effects of a blister (ibid.); 68, Robertson, Ed. Med. Journ., 1806, effects of a blister (ibid.); 69, Hartte, Ed. Med. Jour., 1806 (ibid.); 70, Benedictus, De Curand Morbis, 24 (ibid.); 71, Grainger, Hist. Febris anom. Edinburg, 1753 (ibid.); 72, Clinch, Diss., London, 1726 (ibid.); 73, Schroeder, Pharmacop. (ibid.); 74, Lafitte, Rev. Thérap. du Midi., 1858 (ibid.); 75, Rouquaryrol, Annales de la Méd. phys., 1829 (from Christison); 76, Dr. Ives, Am. J. of Med. Sc., 1833, a boy of 17 took one ounce of tincture (from Christison and Taylor); 77, Werlhof, Mem. della Soc. Med. di Genoa (Christison); 78, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1841, a woman took 1 oz. of tinct. (ibid.); 79, (same as 77); 80, Report of inquest, girl anointed whole body with ung. Canth. for scabies (Christison); 81, Fisher, Med. Gaz., 39, p. 855, a man took 60 grs. of powdered Canth. (Taylor on Poisons); 82, Ed. M. and S. Journ., 1844, some plaster containing two drachms of powdered Canth. was taken by a lunatic (ibid.); 83, Journ. de Chimaphila Umbellata Chim. Méd., 1847, six students tool powdered Canth., by mistake, instead of pepper, with their food, for six months (ibid.); 84, Schlegel, Material, 1819, effects of a teaspoonful of tinct. on a child nine years old (Frank's Mag., 3, 465); 85, Duprest Rony, Diss. sur Satyriasis, 1570, two men too each two drs. of pulv. Canth. for ague (Wibmer); 86, Oest. Zeit., 3, 629 (gaz. Med. di Milan), a priest of 80 years and a sexton of 60 years, took a mixture of half an ounce of tinct. Canth. in six ounces of alcohol; 87, Podrecca, Omod. Ann., 1843 (Schmidt's Jahrbucher, 42, 290), a dancing-master aged 32 was given twenty grs. of pulv. Canth.; 88, La Fitte, Rev. Theridion Ther. chemichi, 1853 (Schmidt's Jahrb., 78, p. 167), a man aged 25 took one gramme of pulv. Canth. in two doses; , but differently reported. 89, Jaffe, Schm. Jahrb., 91, p, 297, two flies in brandy for loss of sexual desire; 90, Palladium Pallé, Journ, de Brux., 1870 (Schm. Jahrb., 148, p. 276), poisoning of ten soldiers by a solution of Canth. in coffee; 91, Morel, A. H. Z., 33, effect of blisters; 92, Zeit. f. v. Oest., 1857, 1, 561, effect of eight "flies" taken internally; 93, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1847 (from A. H. Z., 73, 189), a man took two teaspoonfuls of pulv. Canth.; 94, La Lancette, 1843, (from Oest. Zeit.), 3, 629, effects on a man of a gramme of pulv. Canth. mixed with food; 95, Radecki. Inaug. dis. on Canth., Dorpat. 1866, effects on a man suffering from chronic rheumatism, of Canth. ointment rubbed into a blister; 96, Cattell, fragments from various sources, B, J, of Hom., 11, 159; 97, Med. Times and Gaz., 1864 (in B. J. of H., 23, 131, as girl of 13 ate a Spanish fly in jam tart); 98, Dr. H. G. Dunnell, Hom. Exam., 3, 145, effects on a boy of 12 of a Spanish fly in an apple; 99, Am. J. of Med. Sc., 1, 368, a lad swallowed one ounce of the tincture; 100, Kline, Phil. Med. and Surg. Rep., 1872, a women took more than 50 grains; 101, Chalvigirac, de l'empoison. par la teint. de Canth., effects of about 100 grammes (from Tardieu, L. empoisonnement, 2d ed., 1875); 102, Same author and source as the last (the six victims of 101 recovered), this one died (ibid.); 103, Schwerin, Rev, des. Sc. Méd. de Hayem. 1874, an hysterical women took 15 drops of Canth. collodion (ibid.); 104, Dominico Nardo, Antolog. Med., 1836 (from Am. J. of M. S., 1837), proving with two grs. of Cantharidin taken in two doses, and after a fortnight two grains in four doses; 105, Gaz. des Tribunaux (from Am. J. of M., 3, 1847), a man poisoned by Canth. in soup; 106, Dr. Baehr, Zeit. f. H. Kl., 4, 125, provings, effects of repeated doses of the 6th, 3d, 2d, and 1st dils.; 107, ibid., proving with the tinct.; 108, ibid., with the 1st and 2d trits.; 109, ibid., with one grain of pulv. Canth.; 110, Dr. M. Macfarlan, Am. J. H. M. M., 4, and 5, effects of the 400th, Fincke, given in water three times a day for two weeks; 111, W. M. Williamson, Proc. Hom. Med. Soc. Penn., 1873, effects when used to relieve chilblains; 112, Thos. Souttell, Pharm. Journ., 2, 655, effects of fumes inhaled while preparing ung. Canth.
113, J. M. Fontanelle (Rev. Med.), Lancet, vol. ix, 1826, p. 233, a man, aged twenty years, took 1/2 ounce; 114, (Midland Reporter, No. 11), Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. v, 1831, p. 75, two young men took some lytta in raspberry brandy; 115, W. Miller, Lancet, 1834-5 (2), p. 114, a woman, aged twenty-five years, swallowed some blistering plaster; 116, Med. Gaz., March 26, 1836, three negroes took some tincture; 117, G. Smith, Lancet, 1840 (1), p. 733, a woman, aged sixty years, took a piece of blister plaster about the size of a Juglans Regia walnut; 118, Brit. Journ. of Hom., vol. iv, 1846, F. T., aged seventeen years, was engaged all day in making "Emplastrum Cantharidis"; 119, Dr. C. H. Hildreth, Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. lii, 1855, p. 80, a man took a quantity of powdered Canth. in gin; 120, W. R. Spence Jeffries, Brit. Med. Journ., 1876 (1), p. 190, a lumatic took 3 fluid ounces of tincture; 121, J. M. Schley, M.D., Hahn. Month., 1878, p. 641, Mr. J., aged twenty years, took 2 drachms made into a fly-blister, at 5.30 P.M., during treatment Camphora Camph., Can. sat., Arsenicum Album Ars. and Ipecacuanha Ipecac. were given; 122, M. Rosolino Braga, Med. de Rio de Janeiro (Lond. Med. Rec., 1879, p. 80), M. C., aged twenty-three years, drank Canth. in wine.
Preparation
Cantharis vesicatoria, Geoff. (Meloe vesicator, Linn.; Lytta vesicator, Fabr.), Insecta, class, Coleoptera. Common name, Spanish Fly. Preparation, Tincture (or triturations, used for some of the provings) of the imported dried beetles.
Supplement
EYE.
STOMACH, ABDOMEN, AND URINARY ORGANS.
CANTHARIS.
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