Kent's cases 65: Pulsatilla case

L. M., lady, single, age 28. Has always been
sickly.
Reaching up with the arm brings on a peculiar
pain that runs from the pelvis to the throat.
This pain also comes on after exertion, especially
after climbing stairs.
After walking any distance or climbing the stairs
she has a desire to urinate.
She has horrible dreams of robbers. She dreams
of her lover who disappointed her.
She wakens from sleep in tears, even sobbing.
She has had a dark, yellow, thick leucorrhoea
since puberty.
Constipation alternates with diarrhoea.
Aching in the lumbar region of the spine.
Despondent before the menses.
Inability to sustain a mental effort.
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Headache, with severe pains on one or the other
temple that makes her blind.
She is very fidgety and generally nervous.
Melancholy and tearful.
Cannot lie on either side, only on the back.
Menstrual flow dark, clotted, offensive.
She is greatly prostrated from any warm air,
warm room or slight exertion.
Aching in the back that compels her to lie with
her arms under it, as the pressure relieves.
She feels a desire to go to bed and sleep in the
daytime.
Oct. 22, 1884.-She took Pulsatilla 51 m, one dose.
Nov. 19.-She had improved in every way and
improvement ceased. Pulsatilla 51m, one dose.
She has been perfectly well ever since.
Every symptom removed by Pulsatilla, two doses.
An invalid was restored to usefulness. A more useful lady cannot be found.