Volume 2

Chronic diseases : their specific nature and homoeopathic treatment / Samuel Hahnemann ; translated and edited by Charles J. Hempel ; with a preface by Constantine Hering.

  • Hahnemann, Samuel, 1755-1843.
Date:
1845-1846
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Credit: Chronic diseases : their specific nature and homoeopathic treatment / Samuel Hahnemann ; translated and edited by Charles J. Hempel ; with a preface by Constantine Hering. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    rath Dr. Stapf, Dr. Schreter; name not known ; Woost of Oschatz.* AGARICUS MUSCARIUS—AMANITA. Moral symptoms.—Depression of spirits.—Discour- agement-Anxiety, as though something unpleasant were fToinff to happen to her.—Restlessness and uneasiness ot bodv and mind, (after the lapse of half an hour.)—His mnid is uneasy and anxious; he was constantly concerned only about himself and his present and future condition.—He does not feel disposed to speak, though he is not lU-hu- j^oured.—He forces himself to speak ; but he answers on- ly in a few words, though his general disposition is cheer- ful at the time.—It seems as though he were at a loss to discover the words he wishes to \x^q.—Disinclination to speak, combined with ill-humour, peevishness and disincli- nation to work.-Fretfulness of mind. Extremely peev- ish and irritable.—Ill-humoured and indifferent.-bhe who felt so extremely solicitous about every thing, is now quite indifferent.—Indifference and moody taciturnity, repug- nance to work. Disinclination to toor/c.—He trifles with every thinff, to save himself the trouble of workmg. A- version to all those kinds of labor that occupy the mind; if he undertakes them in spite of that aversion, there is a rush of blood to the head, throbbing in the arteries, flushes of heat in the countenance, and the thinking faculty is dis- turbed.—Forgetful; he finds it difficult to recollect the things which he had heard and imagmed before.—Loss ot * Note —As regards the symptoms of other observers, T have often found it necessary for the convenience of my readers, to abre- ?Se ong-winded accounts and to adopt more intelligible expres lions in the place of unknown and unintelligible idioms. I have not knowingly made any -sential ahe^anon^s. ^^^^^^^^ Note of the translator :-In this translation the ff<l^ing ab- breviations have been used : a. for after ; d. for day ; h. fo hou^ » w. for week. A stop behind a number, means that this number is an ordinal number, for instance, 2. d. means the second day.