Tellurium


Proving Symptoms of homeopathy medicine Tellurium described by Richard Hughes in his book, A Cyclopedia of Drug Pathogenesis, published in 1895….


Introduction

The element so called.

Provings

1. HERING, after triturating t. On October 26th, 1850, at 7:45 p. m. washed off with some alcohol what adhered to mortar and pestle, mixed with water the blackish-grey fluid thus produced, and swallowed it. Immediately pressure upon a small place behind vertex. Soon violent pressing through metacarpal bone of right 4th finger, increasing; confusion in head 2posteriorly; disagreeable sensation in stomach; something seems to come up in pharynx, but nothing results, till at last there is difficult retching, and then accumulation of water in mouth, followed by yawning. 8. 3, at outside of right knee, interiorly, burning, aching. 8.5, peculiar pain in head above eyes, deeply within in a long line, like pressure from within outwards, worse on right side. 8:20, pain in r metatarsal bones, pressive. 8:30, dullness of head; headache has ceased; has at times a strange sensation as if round waves pushed against the pharynx below. Feels strange in whole body, but cannot describe the sensation. 8.44, violent linear pain in small spot above left eye, behind brow. Towards m., when waked up, same headache deep in left sinciput, in a small spot, pressing there like a hazel nut, continuing slightly through m. Next m. once again same pain in right metatarsus very distinctly. This m., and several subsequent m., tensive headache externally over whole left head when lying on right side, passing off when lying on I. Every day for a week a second stool besides his usual one. On 5th and 6th day, at anterior margin of left axillary cavity sensation as if it were thicker, as if there were a round tumor internally, the spot painful on pressure and motion; it went away without coming to anything. During this time he forgets and neglects much, finding things too much trouble to him. (An habitual cough at first became more violent, especially towards m., but then ceased altogether.) For one week a much more excited and powerful sexual instinct, with subsequent prolonged reaction. for six weeks continued sweat of feet, somewhat ill-smelling. During first week, and now and then during following, a peculiar twitching and distortion of left facial muscles, often when speaking. I. angle of mouth being drawn to left and upwards. (Amer. Hom. Rev., v, 125.)

2. RAUE took, Jan. 18th, at 10.30 p. m., a few gr. of 3rd trit. It caused only a little rough scratching sensation in throat, not passing off by swallowing, and coolness in mouth on inspiring as from peppermint. 19th. – At 10 a. m. repeated dose. PO. m. prickling itching at scrotum, thence visiting other neighboring parts. Towards evening dull ache over whole head. At 10 p.m. repeated dose. 20th. – In m. much saltish mucus from post. nares. 12:30 p.m., 1 gr. 221st. – 1 gr., fasting Early in. painful pressure or pain as if beaten in sacrum, worse when stooping, but not abating on rising again; it extends, after a time, into renal region; is relieved by walking in open air, but returns after a short time when sitting down. P.m., headache, worse on left side and in front; nausea before evening meal, ceasing on hearing, together with the headache. 22nd. – Prickly dry feeling in fauces, worse on left side; I nostril stopped, much mucus from right posteriorly, prickly feeling went off after breakfast, but state of nares continued same all forenoon. Pain in sacrum began again on first stooping, and continued all day, better when walking, worse while lying down (11:30 p.m.) that they hinder sleep, and make him very restless. 23rd. – Again sacral pain on stooping, almost intolerable if this position is maintained; increased also by pressure to stool, coughing and laughing; relieved as before by walking; when aggravated, pain extends from sacral plexus along sciatic into thigh, worse right side. Dryness in fauces in m., as yesterday; 11-12 a. m. it ceases, and right side instead becomes painful, worse on empty swallowing, pain extending into right ear, making it feel stopped; this last sensation recurred more than once in one or other ear. 24th. – Wakened with sweat about 4 a/m/ Much mucus in post. nares, obstruction of right nostril, dryness and prickling in fauces. While walking in open air a fluent coryza develops itself, with hoarseness, watering of eyes, short cough, pressure behind sternum; but it soon goes away again. 25th.- Recurrence of symptoms of nares, throat, and sacrum. 26th and 27th. – Same, also occasional catching of air in 1. Eustachian tube. (Ibid.)

3.a. OSCAR TIETZE took 3rd trit. (manner not stated). 1st day-Drawing and dull pressure at right scapula, soon afterwards at 1.; dull headache and dullness of head; sensation between roughness and pressure in region of larynx, which generally provokes cough, passing gradually into pure tickling; slight stitches in chest, transient, more on left side; internal chilliness with single shudderings; pressure at tonsils; drawing cutting pain around and in I nipple, extending towards scapula; single pressive stitches at forehead. The stitches inside (I) became more pronounced, lasting 3-10 m.; so also headache, feeling like the pressure over eyes felt after being awake for several n. Unpleasant drawing in r. hand, later involving whole forearm; sometimes tearing pains towards elbow and in palm towards thumb; sensation as if skin of hands, especially right, were contracted, from tips of fingers downwards; at same time at ends of fingers a feeling of deadness. 2nd day – Pains in head have for the most part disappeared, but a stuffy cold has set in; it ran a natural course during some day more.

3 b. After about 5 day appeared on left hand small red points, shining through skin, which sometimes itch; feet also itch, especially I. After several day more similar points appear on calves, and extend to thighs, then to epigastrium and over left breast to axilla. On rubbing itching spots these points become more visible. the itching now came in back, and later in head posteriorly and superiorly, not anteriorly. while sitting with head bent forwards a sudden rush of blood towards head, recurring irregularly, but almost daily twice. Itching at head lasted about 14 day, and rush of blood recurred for about the same period.. At same time every n., while getting to sleep, sensation as if he were wafted of drawn forth very quickly in the direction of his legs. He is always wakened by it, but it never returned later in m. (Ibid )

4. A female school teacher, aet. 40, took 3rd trit. Jan. 18th, at 10 p. m. After I hours dull pain deep internally in whole length of right thigh later for a short time in head above and behind left ear, then in pelvis at left side (pain in thigh continuing). A sharp pain passed quickly over toes of right foot, then into heel. she got to sleep, lying on left side, and woke once in n., with dull pain in region of heart, passing away on in thigh. 19th. – Very frequent urging to pass water, and unpleasant sensation if she cannot yield to it. She walked to – day 8 or 9 miles, and felt the effects so sensibly that she stopped the T, until the fatigue should have passed over 20th. – menses appeared p. m., one day too early. She still felt effects of her walk. 25th. – Again took 3rd trit. in evening first noticeable symptoms was pain in upper sacrum, which extended upwards. 26th. – Repeated dose. there is either pain or sense of weakness in back all d. At 10 p. m. another dose. After lying down, throbbing on right side of pelvis superiorly. 27th. – about 10 a. m. pain above left eye, coming suddenly and going as quickly; it seemed to have been caused by sudden rush of blood thither. As it was passing off, there was indescribable sensation along left neck, as if blood there had been suddenly retained in one of the large veins or had streamed backwards. Next followed weakness and faintness in stomach, and pain in. chest. All through day constant pain in chest, anteriorly, in middle, sometimes extending backwards between the shoulder; and dull unpleasant feeling in head, especially above eyes. Weakness and pain in back continued. 28th. – Pains change about more than yesterday – mostly on left chest, now and then in right chest and over right eye, once or twice in right shin. these pains (which were quite unusual) were so continuous and violent that they compelled prover to remain at home p. m. 29th. – After going out in m., pain above right eye towards temple, then in flanks, right pelvis and shin, over left eye and ear, last in right eye; at same time she is chilly. On 30th there was return of earlier symptoms but with less severity, and later constant pain in region of heart, and occasionally over left eye. (the heart pain, which seemed to be in the apex, is like something she had had 5 – 6 years ago, but then more severely.) While having this she had great disposition to bend forward, even so as to lie on face, without, however, experiencing any relief from it (Ibid)

5. Dr. KITCHEN took 3rd trit. Pain in left flank within ilium; pain in sacrum, sometimes stabbing worse on stooping or on rising up, passing down right sciatic, and making it almost impossible for him to press at stool; restlessness; fulness in upper abdomen. He had erections all n. long – a thing which had never before happened to him. (Ibid)

Richard Hughes
Dr. Richard Hughes (1836-1902) was born in London, England. He received the title of M.R.C.S. (Eng.), in 1857 and L.R.C.P. (Edin.) in 1860. The title of M.D. was conferred upon him by the American College a few years later.

Hughes was a great writer and a scholar. He actively cooperated with Dr. T.F. Allen to compile his 'Encyclopedia' and rendered immeasurable aid to Dr. Dudgeon in translating Hahnemann's 'Materia Medica Pura' into English. In 1889 he was appointed an Editor of the 'British Homoeopathic Journal' and continued in that capacity until his demise. In 1876, Dr. Hughes was appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the Organization of the International Congress of Homoeopathy Physicians in Philadelphia. He also presided over the International Congress in London.