A clinical materia medica : being a course of lectures delivered at the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia / by the late E.A. Farrington ; reported phonographically and edited with the assistance of the lecturer's manuscript, by Clarence Bartlett and revised by S. Lilienthal ; with a memorial sketch of the author by Aug. Korndoerfer.

  • Farrington, E. A. (Ernest Albert), 1847-1885.
Date:
1890
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    causes a pleasant sensation. Other symptoms of the drug which are worthy of notice are the following: Wandering pains, with pressure to urinate; fine nervous vibrations reaching to the bones, causing anxiety; awakes at night with congestions to the legs (see Aurum); legs uneasy, as if they would become insensible; vivid fancies, unfit- ting him for mental labor; talkative, as if intoxicated; violent pain in the head after a fulness which was pressing upwards; head dull and numb; head feels enlarged ; heaviness and pressure in the back of the head, as from a finger pressing; redness and injection of the conjunctiva; dimness of vision ; letters blur and run together. Below, we have the Oleum animate. This is similar in its origin to Castoreum and Moschm. It is the secretion of the mare, which tends to excite the passion of the opposite sex. Next we have the Castor equi, which is the red substance growing on the inside of the legs of the horse. The principal use that has been made of this in medicine has been in sore nipples, when they are cracked and ragged, almost hanging in fact. Now we come to the milk preparations. I am not going to uphold these. You are to be the judges. No editor of a journal, however brilliant he may be, should decide for you. Try them, that you may know them by your own experience. I have been making experiments with them. The first is Lac vaceinum or cow's milk ; the next is Lac defloratum or skimmed milk. The latter has gained such a foot-hold that less objection has been made to it than to any of the others. It has been used largely in the treatment of diabetes. Patients are directed to drink a pint of milk morning, noon and night, while all food con- taining starch and sugar is prohibited. The quantity of milk just men- tioned is gradually increased until the patient consumes four or fivequarts daily. Provings of Lac defloratum have been made. It has cured in- tense, headache, located principally in the fore-part of the head. The pains are of a throbbing character, and are associated with nausea, vom- iting and the most obstinate constipation. It is especially suitable in anaemic women. Remember these symptoms—anaemic women, throb- bing frontal headache, nausea, vomiting and obstinate constipation. Next we come to the dog's milk, Lac caninum. Of this, I can say nothing. It has been used largely in diphtheria by a New York phy- sician. Koumyss, another of the milk preparations, is certainly no humbug. It is prepared by fermentation from asses' milk. It is used largely on the plains of Asia. It is claimed that it is an excellent food