Uterine therapeutics

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THERAPEUTICS s.

Preface

This compilation, or study, of remedies was commenced in the year 1867, and presents the results of the author's efforts during this long period of time, to collect and arrange in a systematic and convenient form for ready reference all those symptoms of the materia medica that have any direct or specific bearing upon the subject of uterine disorders. To do this, with any degree of satisfaction, it has been necessary to consult a vast number of books, records, journals, magazines and pamphlets. Every spare moment of the author's leisure, since the inception of the idea, has been persistently devoted to its consummation. The partially completed manuscript has lain upon the author's library table for many years, subject to continuous revision and correction. It has also been submitted to the criticism of professional friends, and such erasions, additions, and corrections have been made, as extensive research and observation seemed to warrant. It will, therefore, readily be seen that this is no hasty production, but rather the result of many years of patient study. A large part of the symptomatology of this work was published hi the The American Journal of Homos-opathic Materia Medica, during the years of 1874-75. To Dr. A. R. Thomas, its editor, I am indebted for the suggestion of putting the matter I had collected into book form. In regard to the arrangement of its ditferent parts, I have pretty closely followed the one adopted by Dr. James B. Bell, in his invaluable work on Diarrhoea. This arrangement is both practical and simple and. needs no explanation, as reference to the context will at once disclose.

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In collating and arranging the symptoms and pathogenetic indications of the remedies we have endeavored to be full and explicit at the expense of repetition. For instance, under each heading, as "Menstruation," " Amenorrhea," " Leucorrhcea," etc., we have grouped the leading concomitant symptoms and indications so as to present a complete picture of the malady and its complications to which the drug is applicable. It so happens, therefore, that the same symptoms frequently appear under different rubrics, or headings, and again in the group of Concomitants. AVe hope no student may regard this peculiarity as an oversight, but rather as something essential to the plan of the work and, in the author's view, as adding to its utility.

The favorable reception met with by that portion of the work already published, warrants the hope that in its completed, though by no means perfected, form, it will be received with due measure of approbation by the profession. With the assurance that every care has been taken in its preparation tnat the work might prove a reliable, as well as a ready book of reference, it is submitted to the judgment of the profession.

H. M.

Brooklyn, N. Y.,

September I, 1883.

LIST OF REMEDIES.

Name.

Abbreviation.

Page.

Aconitum napellns,

Aeon.,

Acteea racemosa,

Act. rac, iEsculus hippocastanum,

JEs. hip.,

Agaricus muscarius,

Agar.,

Agnus castus,

Agn. cast.,

Aletris farinosa,

Alet,

Allium sativum,

All. sat.,

Aloe soccotrina,

Aloe,

Alum.,

Am bra grisea,

Amb.,

Ammonium carbonicnm,

Auim. c,

Ammonium muriaticum,

Amm. m.,

Anacardium,

Anac,

Anatherum muriaticum,

Anath.,

Antimonium crudum,

Ant. c,

Antimonium tartaricum,

Ant. t.,

Apis mellifica,

Apis,

Apocynum cannabinum,

Apocy.,

Aralia racemosa,

Aralia,

Aranea diadema,

Aranea,

Argentum nitricum,

Arg. n.,

Arnica radix,

Arn.,

Ars.,

LIST OF REMEDIES.

Name.

Abbreviation.

Page.

24. Arundo mauritanica,

Arun.,

25. Asafoetida,

Asaf.,

26. Asarum europaeum,

Asar.,

27. Aurum foliatum,

Aur.,

28. Baptisia tinctoria,

Bapt.,

29. Baryta carbonica,

Bary.,

Bell.,

31. Berber is,

Berb.,

32. Borax veneta,

Borax,

33. Bovista,

Bo vis.,

34. Bromium,

Brom.,

Bry.,

36. Bufo,

Bufo,

37. Cactus grandiflorus,

Cact.,

38. Oalcarea carbonica,

Calc. c,

39. Calcarea phosphorica,

Calc. ph.,

40. Oantharis,

Canth.,

41. Calendula officinalis,

Calend.,

42. Carbolic acid,

Carb. ac,

43. Carbo animalis,

Carbo an.,

44. Carbo vegetablis,

Carbo v.,

45. Castoreum,

Castor.,

46. Caulophylluin,

Caul.,

47. Causticum,

Caust,

48. Chamomilla,

Cham.,

49. Chelidonium,

Chel.,

50. Cicuta virosa,

Cicuta,

51. Cimicifuga (Aetata racemosa).

Act. rac,

52. Oina,

Ciiia,

LIST OF REMEDIES.

Name.

Abbreviation.

Page.

Cinchona officinalis.

Chin.,

Cinnabaris,

Cinnab.,

Cinnamouium,

Cinn.,

Cocculus,

Cucc,

Coccus cacti,

Coccus,

Colfea cruda,

Coff.,

Colchium autumn ale,

Colch.,

Collinsonia canadensis,

Collin.,

Colocynthis,

Coloc,

Conium macnlatum,

.Con.,

Crocus sativus,

Crocus,

Croton tiglium,

Crot. tig.,

Cubeba3,

Cub.,

Cuprum,

Cup.,

Cyclamen,

Cycl.,

Daphne mezerum,

Daph.,

Dictamus,

Diet.,

Digitalis purpurea,

Dig.,

Drosera rotundifolia,

Dros.,

Dulcamara,

Dulc,

Elaps coralliuus,

Elaps,

Epiera diadema,

E{)iera,

Erechthites hieracifolia,

Erec,

Erigeron canadensis,

Erig.,

Euphrasia,

Euph.,

Eupion,

Eupion,

Ferrum.

Ferr.,

Fluoricum acidum,

Fluor, ac,

LIST OF REMEDIES.

Name.

Abbreviation.

Page.

Gelsemium,

Gels.,

Glonium,

Glon.,

14;

Gossypium herbaceum,

Goss.,

Gratiola officio alis,

Grat.,

Guarea trichilorles,

Guarea,

Hamamelis virginica,

Ham.,

Helleborus niger,

Hell.,

Helonias dioica.

Helon.,

He[>ar sulphuris calcareurn,

Hepar,

Hydrastis canadensis,

Hydras.,

Hyosyamus niger,

Hyos.,

Hypericum perforatum,

Hyper.,

Ign.,

9(5.

Iodum,

Iod.,

Ipec,

98;

Kali bichromicum,

Kali b.,

Kali carbonicum,

Kali c,

Kali ferrocyanatum,

Kali ferr.,

Kali hydriodicum,

Kali h.,

Kali nitricum,

Kali ii.,

Kalmia latifolia.

Kalm.,

Kreas.,

Lac caninum,

Lac c

Lac dcnoratum,

Lac d.,

LSI*

Lachesis trigonocephalus,

Lach.,

Lachnanthes tiuctoria,

Lachn.,

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Lamium album,

Lam.,

Laurocerasus,

Laur.,

LIST OP KEMEDIES.

Name.

Abbreviation.

Page.

Ledum palustre,

Ledum,

Lilitim tigrinum,

Lil. tig.,

Lobelia inflata,

Lob.,

Lye,

Magnesia carbonica,

Magn. c.,

Magnesia muriatica,

Magn. m.,

Magnesia sulphurica,

Magii. s.,

Miinganum aceticum,

Mang.,

Merc,

Mezereum,

Mez.,

Millefolium,

Millef.,

Moschus,

Mosc,

Murex purpurea,

Murex,

Muriaticum acid urn,

Mur. ac,

Nat. c,

Natrum chlorinatum,

Nat. eh.,

Natrum muriaticum,

Nat. m.,

Natrum sulphuricum,

Nat. s.,

Niccolum,

Nice,

Nitricum acidum,

Nit. ae,

Nitrum,

Nitrum,

Nux juglans,

Nux j.,

Nux moschata,

Nux m.,

Nux v.,

Oleum animale,

Ole. an.,

Opium,

Opi.,

Palladium,

Pall.,

Petroleum,

Pet.,

Phellan driu ru,

Phel.,

LIST OF REMEDIES.

Name.

Abbreviation.

Page.

Phos.,

Phosphoricum aciclum,

Phos. ac,

Phytolacca decandra,

Phyt,

Plat.,

Plumbum,

Plumb,

Podophyllum peltatum,

Pod,

Pruiius spinosa,

Prun. s.

Puis.,

Ranunculus bulbosus,

Ran. b.

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Rafcunhia,

Rat,

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Rhododendron,

Rhod,

Rhus toxicodendron,

Rhus,

Ruta graveolens,

Ruta,

Sabadilla,

Sabad,

Sanguinavia canadensis,

Sang,

Sarsaparilla,

Sars,

Secale cornubiim,

Secale,

Senecio aureus,

Senecio,

Spongia tosta,

Spong,

Stannum,

Staphysagria,

Staph,

Stramonium,

Stram,

Strontiana curbonica,

Stron,

Sulphuricum acidum,

Sulph. ac.

Tabacum,

Tabac,

LIST OF REMEDIES.

Name.

Abbreviation.

Page.

Thuja occiden talis,

Trillium pendulum,

Trill.,

Us til ago,

Ust,

Vevatruin vivid e,

Verat. v.,

Viburnum opulus,

Vibur.,

Vinca minor,

Vinca,

Xanthoxylum fraxineum,

Xan.,

Zincum metallicum,

Zinc,

Zingiber,

Zing.,

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