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MEDICAL ASTROLOGY

compelling one to bend double; gripping, pinching pains; ailments brought about from grief or anger; stiffness of the joints; beer intoxicates easily. All ailments worse from rest and in the afternoon.

CONIUM.

Duration of action, 30 to 50 days.

Antidote,—Coffee.

Especially adapted to the diseases of old people; bad effects of sexual excess; easily intoxicated; apoplexy with paralysis; swelling and induration of the glands.

DIGITALIS.

Duration of action, 40 to 50 days.

Antidotes,—Nux vomica, Opium.

Vertigo with trembling: various colors before the eyes; morning vomiting; diarrhoea during jaundice; violent palpitation of the heart; swelling of the feet during the day, diminishing at night; ailments worse in the evening, at night, while standing, lying with the head bent back, from eating.

DULCAMARA.

Duration of action, 1 to 2 months.

Antidotes,—Ipecac., Mercury.

Complaints brought about from cold

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