A text-book of materia medica and therapeutics, characteristic, analytical and comparative, by A. C. Cowperthwaite

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Preface To The Tenth Edition

Again there is a call for a new edition, the Tenth, of this "Text-Book of Materia Medica." The subject of the book (the recorded effects of drugs on the human body) is not one that changes from year to year as is the case with too much else in medicine ; hence it is that the pathogenesies of the book are quite as advanced as though written today ; further provings, let us say, for example, of Aconite, may develop some additional features of the drug, but its character is changeless — and no new provings have been made. The provings, drug effects and uses of medicines, given here are those verified by time and the clinical experience of generations of homoeopathic physicians, and are sound to the core.

For reasons needless to relate the publication has been entrusted to another firm than that heretofore handling the book, and it is hoped by the author that this, his child, will thereby receive a still wider attention than has been accorded it in the past, because of the larger and more cosmopolitan facilities of the new publishers.

A few new drugs have been added to the Appendix, but the book remains essentially the same — a practical, working, Homoeopathic Materia Medica, with verified and dependable therapeutics for the homoeopathic physician.

In conclusion : May the book retain the friendship of old friends and make many new ones among those who yearly recruit the ranks of the Grand Army of Homoeopathic Plrysicians.

A. C. COWPERTHWAITE.

Chicago, July 15th, 1909.

Preface To Ninth Edition

It is now twenty-five years since the first edition of this book appeared. I well remember the anxiety and trepidation with which the young author then awaited the verdict of the profession, and his relief and satisfaction when he learned that the edition had been closed out within a few weeks and another was required at once. It is with equal satisfaction, though with less youthful elation, that the author now, after the lapse of a quarter of a century, spent largely in teaching and writing on Materia Medica, finds that his first work along these lines is still popular with many and remains a standard Text-Book upon this important subject. In presenting the ninth edition I desire to again express my thanks for the many kind words of appreciation that have come to me from all over the world, and which have given me great encouragement in my work.

This edition does not differ materially from the preceding one, except that it has an appendix containing a number of remedies not heretofore included, the use of which has grown to such an extent as to demand their presence in order to make the book complete and up to date for both practitioner and student.

A. C. COWPERTHWAITE.

Chicago, December 10th, 1904.

Preface To The Seventh Edition

In presenting to the profession a seventh edition of this book, the author desires to express his gratitude for the almost numberless kind words of appreciation that have been showered upon him since the appearance of the last edition, and which have encouraged him to spare no labor in striving to make this edition, as far as it goes, absolutely perfect and thoroughly reliable.

The present edition differs from the sixth edition only in that a number of typographical errors have been corrected and a few eliminations and additions have been made to correspond witk our constantly growing knowledge of drug action.

A. C. COWPEETHWAITE.

Chicago, JaDuary 1st, 1896.

Preface To The Sixth Edition

In the present edition the entire text has been completely rewritten and thoroughly revised. Every symptom of doubtful origin has been expunged, and a few authentic symptoms not appearing in former editions have been added.

The ''General Analysis" of each drug has been rewritten, and in many instances changed to conform to ideas resulting from more recent investigations in drug pathogenesy. Only those clinical symptoms that have been repeatedly verified, and which are undoubtedly reliable, are retained, and these are given a distinguishing mark (°), so that the student can tell at a glance whether a symptom is of pathogenetic or clinical origin.

An important feature consists in the section on " Therapeutics" under each remedy. The brief u Therapeutic Range " of former editions is omitted, and in its place is given a resume of the clinical uses of the drug, and which, while comparatively brief, is intended to cover the entire range of therapeutic action, so far as at present known, together with the chief symptomatic drug indications in all important diseased states. The author has endeavored to include everything reliable in Therapeutics, as found in modern homoeopathic literature; but he is especially indebted in this connection to Farrington's Clinical Materia Medica, and Allen's Hand-book of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, from both of which excellent treatises he has derived valuable material.

Other new features have been included in this edition, which, it is thought, will commend themselves to the reader without prefatory comment.

The author desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to Leora Johnson, M. D., for valuable assistance in thoroughly revising the Clinical Index, which latter, it is hoped, will prove more than ever an attractive and valuable feature.

With many thanks to the Profession for their cordial reception and appreciation of former editions, the present volume is submitted, with the hope that it may bind still closer the professional and social relations existing between them and

THE AUTHOR.

Iowa City, June 1st, 1891.

Preface To The Third Edition

In preparing this edition the author has not deviated from the plan adopted in the second edition. It is hoped, however, that the careful revision to which the work has been subjected may have eliminated most of the errors appearing in former editions. The text has been entirely rewritten, and many symptoms, especially clinical, have been added, while nearly one hundred remedies, not included in the second edition, have been incorporated.

For the sake of uniformity in the literature of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, the author has changed the nomenclature of Actea Racemosa and Calcarea Ostrearum respectively to Cimicifuga Racemosa and Calcarea Carbonica.

The thanks of the author are due to Dr. Jas. E. Gross for the valuable Pronouncing Dictionary he has prepared for this edition. It has been compiled from the most recent and reliable authorities, and it is hoped may materially aid in making the pronunciation of these terms more uniform.

Hoping that these additions and changes may add to the usefulness of the book, and render it still more acceptable, it is again submitted to the Profession, with the thanks of the author for the many expressions of favor and appreciation which the former editions have elicited.

A. C, COWPERTHWAITE.

Iowa City, August 1st, 1885.

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Preface To The First Edition

In presenting to medical students and to the Profession another Text-book of Materia Medica, a few words of explanation may not be inappropriate.

Homoeopathic literature already abounds with valuable compilations of Materia Medica obtained from the most authentic sources, and it is not the ambition of the author that the present volume shall, in any sense, supersede these or render their use unnecessary, but rather does he desire that it may, by presenting in a clear and concise manner the prominent feature of our most important remedies, furnish the beginner with a systematic basis of knowledge, that may facilitate his study of the complete Materia Medica, and enable him the more readily to comprehend the wider application of drug action as there afforded. How well this task has been performed the reception of this book alone will tell. Certainly no one is more conscious of its defects than is the author himself, who can only bespeak the charity of such as may not realize the difficulties to overcome in condensing the symptoms of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica, retaining only those which are essentially characteristic, and sifting out only those which are of less importance.

Up to the present time even the most condensed works on Materia Medica present to the mind of the student only a vast array of unmeaning symptoms, with nothing to point out their comparative value, or to assist in their practical application, so that, as a result, he stands discouraged at the outset, with little prospect but that the subject which should be to him the most entertaining, and of necessity the most important, will ever remain a confused mass of symptoms, which he surveys with mysterious awe, but which, in fact, he scarcely attempts to unravel or to comprehend. In view of this fact it has been the aim of the author to present in this volume only the characteristic points of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica, and to include

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these as full and complete as possible. In so doing he has first given in brief the action of each drug from a physiological standpoint, hoping thus, by presenting the general action of the drug, to better prepare the student for a detailed study of its special action as afforded by its pathogenesis.

For practical study the symptoms of the Materia Medica may be readily divided into four groups. First: Those which occur very often in provings, and which have been repeatedly verified in practice; these we may designate as "grand characteristics." Second: Those which occur less often in provings, but which have been frequently verified in practice; these we may designate as "characteristics." Third: Those which come next in order, being important, yet falling short of characteristic expression; and, fourth: Those which occur seldom in provings, and which lack clinical verification. All these groups of symptoms find their place in an "Encyclopaedia," while it is usually intended to incorporate the first three groups in manuals and text-books. The present volume, however, only includes the first two, and of these the first group or " grand characteristics " are printed in italics, while the second group are given in ordinary text.

While most of the symptoms given are pathogenetic— that is, are the result of provings on the healthy — yet it has not been deemed advisable to throw out altogether those distinctively curative symptoms which have been so repeatedly verified as to render them unquestionably characteristic, and such only of curative symptoms are given.

To facilitate the use of this volume, the names of remedies possessing similar symptoms have been recorded in the text for comparison.

In presenting the therapeutic range of each drug only those diseases or morbid conditions have been named in which the symptoms of the drug are most apt to occur, and in which clinical experience has most often verified its use, yet it must ever be remembered that diseases are not treated by name, and that it is only when the totality of the symptoms presented by the patient correspond to those of the drug that its use becomes Homoeopathic.

In the preparation of the material for this volume, reference has been freely made to every available work on Materia

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Medica published, and to some which have long been out of print; yet the author- desires to especially acknowledge his indebtedness to Hahnemann's Materia Medica Pura, Hahnemann's Chronic Diseases, Allen's Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica, Hering's Condensed Materia Medica, Lippe's Text-book of Materia Medica, Jahr's New Manual, by Hull, Hale's New Remedies, Hughes' Pharmacodynamics, and Dunham's Lectures.

With the hope that the work may assist in accomplishing the purpose whereunto it was conceived, it is now submitted to the Profession.

Iowa City, December 10th, 1879

PRONOUNCING INDEX.

Abie* Canadensis {a'bi-es can-a-denf sis) 1

Abies Nigra (a'bi-es ni'gra) • - 2

Abrotanum (a-brot' an-um) ------- 3

Absinthium (ab-sin'thi-um) ------ 5

Acalypha Indica (a-cal'i-pha in'di-ca) 7

Acetic Acid (a-set'ic as' id) ------- 8

Aconitum (ac-o-ni'tum) -------- 9

iEsculus (es'cu-lus) -------- 19

Agaricus {a-gar'i-cus) - - - - , - - - - 23

Agnus castus (ag'nus cas'tus) ------ 28

Ailanthus {ai-lan'thus) --------30

Aletris (al'e-tris) __--._.. 32

Allium Cepa (al'li-um se-pa) - 32

Aloe (aZ'oe) - 34

Ammonium Carbonicum {ajrb-jno'nium car-b on' i-cum) - 43

Ammonium Causticum (am-nio'ni-um- caus'ti-cum) - 47

Ammonium Muriaticum (am-mo'ni-um mu-ri-at' i-cum) 48

Amyl Nitrosum (am'il ni'tro-sum) 51

Anacardium {an-a-car' 'di-um) - 53

Antimonium Crudum {an-ti-mo' 'ni-um crud'um) - - 56

Antimonium Tartaricum {an-ti-mo' ni-um tar-tar' 'i-cum) 60

Apocynum Cannabinum {a-pos'se-num can-na-bi' num) - 71

Apomorphinum {ap' o-mor' fi-num) ----- 72

Aralia Racemosa (a-ra'le-a ras-e-mo' sa) 73

Aranea Diadema (a-ra'nea di-a-dem'a) - 74

Argentum Metallicum (ar-gen'tum me-taV 'i-cum) - - 76

Argentum Nitricum {ar-gen'tum ni'tri-cum) - - 79

Arnica (ar'ni-ca) 85

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Arsenicum Album (ar-sen'i-cum al'bum) ... 92

Arsenicum Iodatum (io-dat'um) ....... 103

Arum Triphyllum (a' rum tri-phyl'lum) - - - - 104

Asclepias Cornuti (as-kle'pe-as) 110

Asclepias Tuberosa (as-Me'pe- as tu-be-ro'sa) - - 112

Asparagus (as-par'a-gus) ------- 114

Asterias Rubens (as-ter'i-as ru'bens) - 115

Aurum (au'rum) - 116

Badiaga (bad-i-a'ga) - - - 120

Baptisia {bap-te'sia) ----.... 122

Baryta Carbonicum (ba-ri'ta car-bon'i-cum) - - 125

Belladonna (b el-la-don' no) ------- 129

Berberis (ber'ber-is) -- 141

Bismuthum (biz-muth'um) 144

Bromium (bro' mi-urn) - - - 161

Bufo (buffo) 163

Caladium (ca-la' di-um) 166

Calcarea Carbonica (cal-ca're-a car-bon'i-ca) - - - 169

Calcarea Pkosphorica (cal-ca're-a phos-phor'i ca) - - 177

Camphora (cam,-phor'a) 181

Cannabis Indica (can'na-bis in'di-ca) - - - - - 185

Cannabis Sativa (can'na-bis sa-ti'va) - - - - 189

Cantharis (can' tha-ris) -------- 191

Capsicum (cap' si-ciun) ------- 196

Carbo Vegetabilis (Jcar'bo veg-e-tab'i-lis) - 203

Carbolicum Acidum (kar-bol'i-hum as'i-dum) - - - 209

Carduus Marianus (kar'du-us mar-i-an'us) - - - 212

Caulophyllum (hawl-o-phyl'lum) - - - - - - 213

Causticum (kaus'ti-cum) 215

Cedron (ce'dron) 220

Chamomilla (karn-o-mil'la) ------ 221

Chelidonium (chel-i-do'ni-um) 226

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Chimaphila (chim-a-fil'la) 230

Chininum Arsenicosum(&£?z/£-?&w,7w, ar-sen-i-co' sum) - - 230

Chininum Sulphuricum (kinfi-num sul-phur'i-cum) - 233

Cicuta Virosa (ci-ku'ta vi-ro'sa) - 238

Cimicifuga {sim-i-sifu-ga) ------- 241

Cina (ci'na) - - 245

Cinchona (ciTi-kho'na) 248

Cistus (cis'tus) ---. 257

Clematis {kle-ma'tis) ........ 259

Cocoa {ko'ka) 261

Cocculns (kok'u-lus) ........ 263

Coccus Cacti (kok'kus kak'ti) - - - - - - 269

Colchicum (kolch'i-kum) 274

Colocynthis (koV -o-sin'this) - ..... 280

Couvallaria (con-val-la'ria) - - - - - . 290

Corallium Rubrum {kor-aVli-um ru'brum) ... 291

Crocus (kro'kus) 292

Crotalus Horridus (kro'tal-us hor-ri'dus) - - - - 295

Croton Tiglium {kro'ton tig'U-um) ----- 298

Cuprum Metallicum (ku'prum me-tal'i-kum) - - - 300

Cyclamen {sik'la-men) .---... 303

Digitalis (dig-i-ta'lis) -----..- 306

Dioscorea {di-os-ko're-a) ------- 309

Dolichos (doVe-kos) 312

Dulcamara (dul-ca-ma'ra) 316

Elaterium (el-a-te'ri-um) - - - - - - - 319

Equisetum (ec-we-se'tum) 320

Erigeron Canadense (e-rig'er-on can-a-den'se) - - 321

Eryngium Aquaticum (e-rin'ge-um a-quat'i-cum) - - 322

Eucalyptus (u-ka-lip'tus) 323

Eupatorium Perfoliatum {u-pa-to'rium per-fo-li-a'tum) - 324

Eupatorium Purpureum {u-pa-to'ri-umpur-pur'e-um) 327

Euphorbia Corollata (u-phor'be-a cor-ol-la'ta) - - 328

Euphorbium (u-phor'bi-um) ------ 329

Euphrasia (u-fra'sia) ---..-.- 331

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Ferrum ( fer'rum) - 333

Ferrum Iodatura ( fer'rum i-o-da'tum) - - 339

Ferrum Phosphoricum ( fer'rzun fos-for'i-cum) - - 340

Fluoricum Acidum (flu-or'i-cum as'i-dum) - - - 341

Gambogia (gam-bo' gi-a) 344

Gelsemium (gel-se'mi-um) ....... 346

Glonoine (glonfo-ine) 352

Gnaphalium ( na-phal'i-um) - - - - - -356

Graphites (graf-i'tees) - - 356

Gratiola (grash'e-o-la) 363

Guaiacum (gwa'ya-cum) - - - - - - - 365

Hamamelis (ham-a-me'lis) 366

Helleborus (hel'le-bo-rus) 369

Helonias (he-lo'ni-as) - 372

Hepar Sulphur (he'par sal' fur) 373

Hydrastis (hy-dras'tis) -------- 379

Hydrocotyle (hi-dro-ko'ti-le) ------ 383

Hyoscyamus (hi-os-si' a-mus) 384

Hypericum (hi-per'i-eum) 389

Ignatia (ig-na'sha) - 390

Iodium (i-o'di-um) 397

Ipecacuanha (ip-e-cac-u-an'ha) ------ 402

Iris Versicolor (i'ris ver'si-hul-er) - 406

Jaborandi (jab-or-an'di) 408

Kali Bichromicum (ha'li bi-chro'mi-cum) ... 409

Kali Bromatum {ha'li bro-ma'tum) ----- 415

Kali Carbonicum {ha'li car-bon'i-cum) - 418

Kali Chloratum (ha'li chlo-ra'tum) ----- 425

Kali Iodatum (ha'li i-o-dat'um). 427

Kali Nitricum (ha'li ni'tri-cum) 430

Kalmia (hal'mia) - 434

Kreosotum (hre-o-so'tum) ------- 437

Lachesis (lah'e-sis) 440

Lactic Acid (lah'tic as'id) 451

Lactuca Virosa (lah-tu'ca vi-ro'sa) 453

Laurocerasus (lau-ro-cer' a-sus) 455

Ledum (le'dum) 457

Leptandra (lep-tan'dra) 460

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Lithium (lith'i-um) - 464

Lobelia Inflata (lo-be'li-a in-fla'ta) ----- 466

Lycopodium (li-ko-po'de-um) ------ 468

Lycopus Virginicus (li'ko-pus vir-gin'icus) - - - 476

Magnesia Carbonica (mag-ne' 'zhe-a car-bon'i-ca) - 478

Magnesia Muriatica (mag-ne' zhe-a mu-ri-at'i-ca) - - 480

Manganum (man'ga-num) ------ 483

Melilotus (mel-i-lo'tus) -486

Menyanthes (me-ny-an'thes) ------ 488

Mephitis (me-phi'tis) -------- 490

Mercurius (mer-cu're-us) 491

Mercurius Iodatus Flavus (mer-cu're-us i-o-dat'us fla'vus) 507

Mercurius Corrosivus (mer-cu're-us cor-ro' si-vus) - 502 Mercurius Iodatus Kuber (mer-cu're-us i-o-dat'us ru'ber) 509

Mezereum (me-ze're-um) ------- 510

Millefolium (mil-le-fo'li-um) - - - - - - -516

Muriaticum Acidum (mu-ri-at'i-cum as'idum) - - 518

Myrica Cerifera (me-ri'Jca ce-rife-ra) - - - 521

Naja (na'ya) - 523

Natrum Arsenicatum (na'trum ar-sen-i-ca'tum) - - 526

Natruin Carbonicum (na'trum car- b on' i-cum) - - 529

Natrum Muriaticum (na'trum mu-ri-at'i-cum) - - 534

Natrum Sulphuricum (na'trum sul-fur'i-cum) - - 542

Nitricum Acidum (ni'trieum as'i-dum) - 546

Nuphar Lutium (nu'far lu'te-uwi) - - - - - 553 Nux Moschata (nux mos-ka'ta) ------ 554

Nux Vomica (nux vom'i-ca) - 558

(Enanthe Crocata (o-nan'the cro-ha'ta) - - - - 571

(Enothera (o-no-the'ra) 573

Oleander (o-le-an'der) -573

Opium (o'pe-um) -.. 575

Origanum (o-rig' a-num) - - - - - - -580

Oxalicum Acidum (ox-al'Ucum as'i-dum) - - - - 583

Paris Quadrifolia (par'is quad-re-fo'lia) - 587

Petroleum (pe-tro'le-um) - 589

Petroselinum (pefro-se-U'num) - 594

Phosphoricum Acidum ( fos-for'i-cum as'i-dum) - 595

Phosphorus ( fos' for-us) - 600

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Physostigma ( fi-zo-stig'ma) r 612

Phytolacca ( fi-to-lak'ka) 616

Picricum Acidum (pic'ri-cum as'i-dwm) - - . 621

Platinum (plat' e-num) - - - - - - ' - - 625

Plumbum (plum/bum) 629

Podophyllum (pod-o-fil'lum) 634

Ptelea Trifoliata (te'le-a tri-fo-li-a'ta) - - - 637

Pulsatilla (pul-sa-til'la) -------- 639

Ranunculus (ra-nun'ku-lus) ------ 650

Rhododendron (ro-do-den'dron) ----- 655

Rhus Toxicodendron (rus tox-ico-den'drori) - 658

Robina (ro-bi'na) - - 666

Ruta (ru'ta) 669

Sabadilla (sab-a-dil'la) -------- 672

Sabina (sa-bi'na) - 674

Sambucus (sam-bu' cus) - • 677

Sarsaparilla (sar-sa-pa-ril'la) 682

Secale Cornutum (se-ka'le cor-nut'ujn) - - - - 684

Selenium (se-le'ni-um) -------- 689

Senecio Aureus (se-ne'she-o aw're-us) - 691

Senega (sen'e-ga) 693

Spigelia (spi-ge'lia) - - 713

Squilla (squil'la) - 720

Stannum (stan'mom) 722

Staphisagria (staf-i-sa'gri-a) ------ 726

Sticta Pulmonaria (stic'ta pul-mo-na'ri-a) - 731

Stillingia Sylvatica (stil-lin'ge-a syl-vat'i-ca) - - 732

Stramonium (stra-mo'ne-urn) - 734

Sulphur (swl'fur) - 739

Sulphuricum Acidum (sul-fw'ri-cum as'i-dwm) - - 751

Tabacum (ta-bak'urrb) 754

Taraxacum (ta-rax'a-cum) ------ 756

Tarentula (ta-ren'tw-la) - - - - - - -758

Tellurium (tel-lu're-um) 759

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Terebinthina (ter-e-bin'the-na) * 760

Teucrium (tu'cri-um) -------- 762

Theridion (the-rid'i-on) ------- 764

Thuja (thu'ya) - 766

Trillium {tril'li-um) - 771

Uranium Nitricum {u-rafne-unb ni'tri-cum) - 773

Urtica Urens (ur-U'ka v/rens) ----.. 773

Ustilago (us-ti-la'go) 774

Valeriana (va-le-re-a'na) ------- 776

Yeratrum Album (ve-ra'trum al'bum) - 778

Veratrum Viride (ve-ra'trum ver'e-de) - - - 784

Verbascum (ver-bas'cu7n) - - - - - - . 787

Viburnum Opulus (vi-bur'ninn o'pu-lis) - 789

Viola Tricolor (vi'o-la tri'col-or) - - - - - - 791

Zincum (zink'Tcum) - ~ 795