Lac Felinum

The only use that I know as having been made of Lac. coag. is in the nausea

of pregnancy, the indication being "Nausea of pregnancy with desire for food and > by drinking

milk (Chel.)."

General nervousness, with depression of spirits, feeling as though about to hear bad

news.—Mental confusion, lasting a long time after proving.

The pains in chest, abdomen, hips, thighs, and knees were all felt on r. and 1.

sides simultaneously.—She was so suddenly prostrated mentally and bodily that she was unable

to collect her thoughts or use a pencil to write her symptoms I was therefore compelled to

witness and ask questions and record them after the proving was nearly over she said she had so

much mental confusion that she could not get mentally clear enough to feel her thoughts or

express them; she could only give direct short answers to questions; as for writing her symptoms,

she had no physical power to do it. In 2 h. all symptoms subsided gradually, but still there was a

general trembling or quivering of whole body as well as the fingers. In 6 1/2 h. nearly relieved,

except great physical prostration; mind is again normal.

Vertigo: falls backwards if she closes her eyes.—A creeping sensation, or screw-like or

vertical motion, began over |. eye, and continued upwards to vertex, next the same motion or

feeling began two inches behind 1. ear, and likewise went upwards to vertex; also a pressure on

vertex, with a sensation of heat when hand was applied (1h.).—Sensation like a fire-ball in each

temple simultaneously (20 m.).—All these symptoms passed away except pain on top of head,

which feels as though something heavy were laid there, and occasionally a sharp pain

simultaneously (3 1/2 h.).—Woke in morning with an aching pain all over head, most severe in

occiput.

• ▸Dull pain over r.
• ▸eye, and very, slight dull feeling over |.
• ▸eye.
• ▸—Eyes have a blur, or

dimness, or obscurity of sight, off and on for a few moments at a time.—Blindness of both eyes,

which came on three or four times in succession, lasting only a second at a time, then passing

entirely away, leaving a pain in each temple, on top of head, |. ear, and below I. ear in the neck (2

1/2 h.).

Ears felt stopped up; felt deaf in both ears, although she could hear as before.

Cannot bear the smell of clams, of which she is naturally very fond, and cannot eat

them.

Had a dirty, yellow-coated tongue, which felt parched.—Sour taste —Acid saliva

staining handkerchief yellow.

• ▸Had a swelling or bloating of stomach (3rd d.
• ▸).
• ▸—At 10.
• ▸30 a.
• ▸m.
• ▸sour taste; nausea,

but no rising or vomiting (1 h.).—Contractive, pressing pain in stomach-pit, > by external

pressure.

Pain proceeding from sternum, extending across abdomen about an inch below

umbilicus.

Natural stool, but very slow in passing, at 2 a.m.—Stool long, tenacious,

slipping back when ceasing to strain; seeming inability of rectum to expel its contents.

Urine was not increased in morning, but was dark red, without

sediment.—Filled a large iron spoon with the urine and boiled it for twenty minutes; it left quite a

mass of albumen, about a quarter of the whole; specific gravity 1030.—Yesterday the urine

turned blue paper red; to-day it turns the red paper blue (13th d.).—In afternoon was obliged to

urinate every fifteen minutes, in large quantity each time; was afraid to go across the street to a

store for fear it would overtake me before I could return; it all passed off the same night.—The

density of urine varied during a few days from 1,013 to 1,028, colour clear, odourless, acid

reaction.—Frequent discharge of clear urine, nearly colourless, no sediment.

A sharp pain appeared in a spot the size of a shilling on each side of sternum and

about middle of chest, with a sense of suffocation.—Later a burning sensation in same

region.—Same pain, extends across abdomen about five inches lower down (about an inch below

umbilicus); it did not seem to involve the bladder; no rumbling or passing of flatus.—Sharp pains

in |. lower chest, or in region of lower lobe of 1. lung; the pain was momentary, and did not return

• ▸(5th d.
• ▸).
• ▸—Sharp pain began in r.
• ▸chest, about three inches below clavicle; it passed upwards to

top of r. shoulder, then down arm and forearm to thumb, and then passed off.

Fingers of both hands, esp. when stretched out, tremble and quiver as from

extreme weakness.—A clammy sticky coldness in both hands and both feet

simultaneously.—Sharp pain under I. scapula, about three inches down from top; it then passed

upwards to top of |. shoulder, then down arm and forearm and hand to the four fingers of the 1.

hand and then passed off—Soon afterwards an aching pain was felt in 1. hip-joint, which soon

passed off.

Piercing or lancinating pain in each hip-joint, not severe.—Aching pain

along both thighs on outer side and terminating in both knees.—Aching pains in both knees like a

rheumatic pain; they began simultaneously in both knees, but the r. was most severe (5th

d.).—On going upstairs the knees trembled or quivered or were extremely weak, so as to be

unable to take a step forwards.—Aching pains in bones from both hip-joints to both feet;

simultaneously also burning sensation in both feet.

• ▸Slept well all night, and woke in morning free from pain (8.
• ▸30 a.
• ▸m.
• ▸).
• ▸—Head feels all

over heavy, dull, aching, drowsy, wants to go to sleep.—Gait is unsteady.—Must force herself to

keep awake.—Must force herself to keep her eyes open, for if she shuts them she cannot avoid

falling backwards and down to the floor. In 7 h. said she still felt sleepy, and could have fallen

asleep in a minute at any time during the whole day.—General restlessness and bad

dreams.—Dreams of trying to lay out a corpse, &c.

Hands became hot and dry, a decided fever heat of hands.—Also pain on I. side of

head, extending from neck to top of head, and a chilling sensation with it—A slight fever over

the entire body with a moisture in both hands, and aching in legs from thighs to knees, both sides

simultaneously.

Lac Vaccinum Coagulatum.

Curds.

All the joints of body, esp. knees, feel weak and powerless, as when half drunk.