MATERIA MEDICA - Abies nigra (11)

[Ardavan Shahrdar]

Proving and a case
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Paragraph from 'A Manuel of Pharmacodynamics' - Hughes
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Abies nigra. A tincture made from the gum was proved
by Dr Seaman on himself and two girls without much
result. But Dr St.Clair Smith, chewing the gum, found
it produce a sensation of an undigested hard-boiled
egg in the stomach. This led Dr.Allen to give it in
dyspeptic conditions so characterised, and both he and
others have done so with great success. A patient of
my own, after a fall from a bicycle, vomited blood and
complained of a persistent sensation as if something
were sticking in the oesophagus, towards its lower
end. Arnica removed the haematemesis, but did not
touch the morbid sensation. Under Abies nigra 3x it
yielded immediately.
Sincerely,

Ardavan Shahrdar, MD

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