roughly in intervals of one month. Before the attack began, the boy always felt a drawing in the left arm (aura epileptica), and this arm involuntarily moved towards the trunk; now a violent attack occurred…’ (Schrön).
‘A child lost its breath totally each time when crying; unconscious with spasmodic drawing of lower limbs to the buttocks, the fit often lasted a quarter of an hour. The child was not angry, as other children who often cry themselves breathless when angry; rather this complaint came on whenever the child cried’ (Gross).
‘Five to six times per day for three days, the following state occurred, sometimes also waking the patient from sleep: sitting on the sofa, her head falls back upon the pillow, and at the same time a slight shaking of the head occurs, as in negation, in a speed of approximately 60 movements per minute. The eyes are closed, the face has a friendly look, the lids are somewhat twitching, and behind them the eyeballs are seen and felt spasmodically rolling. Towards the end of the fit, when the lids are already open again, the motions still continue for a short time. Besides a rather violent pain in the eyeballs, the patient doesn’t complain about anything’ (Battmann).
Recently it has been shown that spasmodic attacks in dogs can also be successfully treated with Cuprum.
Cuprum in cases of cholera should also be mentioned here. It was Hahnemann’s remedy in cholera when spasms, particularly cramps of the calves, were the dominant feature of the disease. In modern trials in South America to treat cholera and similar diseases with rehydration salts and homeopathic therapy, Cuprum also proved a useful remedy. In Rückert’s Clinical Experiences (Supplement Volume 1, p. 472) some important symptoms of the remedy in cholera are collected; they are also significant and useful