ARANEA SCINENCIA.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
A gray spider found in Kentucky on old walls. "Does not spin a web."
Authority.
Dr. Wm. Rowley, N. Am. Journ. of Hom., 7, 64; two provings (1, "N. S." 2, "E. P.") with the 1st and 2d dilutions.
MIND
- Could not collect his thoughts (with slight pain in head), (second day), 1.
HEAD
- Vertigo worse when stooping (third day), 1.
- Vertigo, with nausea (after two hours), 2.
- Severe pain in head, affecting the eyes (immediately), 1.
- Slight pains in head (after fifteen minutes), 1.
- Dull, heavy pain in head all day (second day), 1.
- Dull, sluggish pain, but quite intense, all over the head (after one and a half hours), 1.
- After dinner, dull pain in head, rather increased till after supper, when it was relieved (first day), 2.
- Head dull, with heavy, painful fulness (fourth day), 1. [10.]
- Dull, stupid feeling in head, with feeling of fulness and dull, aching pain (after two hours), 2.
- Dull, heavy pain in postero-superior part of head (after twenty minutes), 1.
- Could not rest on account of pain in head, 1.
EYES
- Eyes feel weak and inflamed (second day), 1.
- Eyes felt heavy, with a blur over them (after one and a half hours), 1.
- Constant twitching of the under lids (second day), 1.
- Eyelids swollen (third day), 1.
- Eyes run a good deal (second day), 1.
- There seems to be a blur constantly collecting over the eyes (second day), 1.
- Glimmering before the eyes (immediately), 2.
MOUTH. [20.]
- Rather profuse flow of saliva (immediately), 2.
- Sweet taste in the mouth (immediately), 2.
- Dryness and prickling in throat (immediately), 2.
STOMACH
- Foul stomach (second day), 1.
- Slight pain in stomach (after two hours), 2.
- Sour eructations (after two hours), 2.
- Slight nausea (after one and a half hours), 1.
- Strange feeling in stomach, as if he had not eaten for a long time, continuing for about an hour (after half an hour), 1.
ABDOMEN
- Very unpleasant dull rumbling pains in bowels (second day), 1.
- Colic increased by bending forward (immediately), 2.
STOOL AND ANUS. [30.]
URINARY ORGANS
HEART AND PULSE
- Slight palpitation of the heart on waking, which soon passed off (second day), 2.
GENERALITIES
- Felt fatigued, physically and mentally, as though he had labored hard (had felt uncommonly well in the morning), (after two hours), 2.
- Felt uncommonly well in the morning, with good appetite for breakfast (second day), 2.
- The whole system appears deranged (second day), 1.
- Felt as if he had been drinking (immediately), 1.
SLEEP AND DREAMS
- Sleepy on sitting down (fourth day), 1. [40.]
- Slept well all night (usually restless and sleeps but little), (first day), 2.
- Uncommonly sound sleep at night (immediately), 2.
- Felt as if he had been broken of his rest, yet did not seem sleepy (after one and a half hours), 1.
- Very restless during night; could sleep but a few moments at a time, and then not soundly, 1.
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Bending forward ), Vertigo; colic.
- ( After dinner ), Dull pain in head.
- ( On waking ), Slight palpitation of the heart.
- ( Warm room ), All symptoms.
- Amelioration.
- ( Morning ), Felt uncommonly well.
- ( Open air ), Symptoms rather relieved.
- ( After supper ), Pain in head.