JT Kent - Unpublished Materia Medica

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Antimonium tartaricum (1895)
Marked exudation from mucous membranes; thick mucus; heavy coarse rales in the chest; this when the complaints are not really chest complaints; bowel complaints in children; all at once coarse rattling begins in the chest; snuffles; filling up of mucus; then all at once copious flow of mucus from mucous membranes; these features will more or less modify all cases.

Aspect of Ant-t, child is striking; child is deathly gray, first forehead then face, then body; covered with cold sweat; nostrils flapping, dilating; sooty exudation from nostrils; looks as if child had been bedaubed with soot; face looks gray and unwashed; face drawn; mouth drawn; looks as if about to die; face bluish as in CO2 poisoning; coarse rattling in chest; strip child and find that abdomen is heaving tremendously; dimple over epigastrium; at the throat pit sinking in; larynx drawn up and down, but little or no movement in the chest itself; the little bronchial tubes are filled with mucus; there is a paresis of the lungs; great effort made by the diaphragm (use of accessory muscles of respiration-Ed.).

In what kind of diseases do we see this? In the later stages of pneumonia with hepatization, sinking, cold sweat, hippocratic countenance, abdominal breathing; nostrils flapping and look sooty.

Bronchitis; severe; there may be these very signs; this very appearance; filling up of the chest with mucus; Ant-t. does not break down the constitution in a hurry; it takes several days.

Bronchitis with coarse rattling in the first day is more apt to be Aeon, or Ipec. Ant-t. has a slower pace; you would not expect to find such violent symptoms in an acute cold; in Ant-t.. after several days; in Ant-t. the coarse rattling is due to the inability of the lungs to expel the mucus. Enormous quantities of mucus expelled in Ipec. and it fills up again.

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Author

Ahmed N. Currim

Ahmed N. Currim started his interest in Homeopathy on January 31, 1966 after receiving Kent’s Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy in the mail.

In September 1973, Dr. Currim had the opportunity to enter medical school and so started the study of medicine at the University of Brussels. He completed his MD in June 1979 and currently lives in Connecticut, in a state that allows him to hold both an MD and Homeopathic license.

Dr. Currim has trained with some of the most well known Homeopathic physicians like Pierre Schmidt, Sheilagh Creasy, L’Abbe Chabord, Farokh Master, George Vithoulkas and others. Dr. Currim is also the author and editor of The Collected Works of Arthur Hill Grimmer and Guide to Kent’s Repertory.

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Reviews

Ahmed Currim's book on the unpublished work of Kent gives us an insight into the notes that our master Kent painstakingly made, the notes which when made available to the profession will enlighten our practice and knowledge.
— Dr. Farokh J. Master, India

James Tyler Kent's Unpublished Materia Medica is a beautifully constructed and edited book by one of the homeopathy’s greatest prescribers. Reading through the various lectures on these remedies is pure joy. I recommend this book to anyone interested in developing a deeper understanding of our homeopathic materia medica.
— Kim Elia, USA

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Contents

Dedication -- iii
Acknowledgement -- v
The Story of this Book -- vii
Biographical Sketch of Ahmed N. Currim M.D., PhD -- ix
Publisher s Note -- xi

REMEDY
ABROTANUM (1894, 1895) -- 1
ACETIC ACID (1894, 1895) -- 10
ACONITE (1894, 1895) -- 14
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 20
Lecture 3 (1895) -- 24
ACTAEA RACEMOSA (March 26, 1894, 1895) -- 29
Lecture 2 (Dec. 21, 1894) -- 31
AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM (Dunham, 1902) -- 34
(1895) -- 45
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 47
March 28, 1894 -- 48
Lecture 2 October 12, 1894 -- 50
AETHUSACYNAPIUM (1895) -- 53
(Nov. 23, 1894) -- 55
Lecture 2 (Nov.23, 1894) -- 57
AGARICUS MUSCARIUS (Dunham 1902, 1895) -- 58
(1894) -- 70
April 6, (1894) -- 73
AGNUS CASTUS (Dec.7, 1894, 1895) -- 76
AILANTHUS GLANDULOSA (Dunham, 1902) -- 78
(1894, 1895) -- 79
ALETRIS FARINOSA (Nov.23, 1894, 1895) -- 85
ALLIUM CEP A (Dunham 1902) -- 87
ALOE SOCOTRINA (Dunham 1902, 1894, 1895) -- 93
ALUMEN (Dunham 1902, 1894, 1895) -- 104
ALUMINA (Dunham 1902, 1894, 1895) -- 118
AMBRAGRISEA (Dunham 1902, 1894, 1895) -- 141
AMMONIUM CARBONICUM (Dunham, 1902, 1894, 1895) -- 154
AN AC ARDIUM ORIENT ALE (Dunham 1902) -- 170
(1894, 1895) -- 177
ANTHRACINUM (1894, 1895) -- 183
ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM (Dunham 1902, 1895) -- 190
(Nov.5, 1894) -- 204
(April 23, 1894) -- 207
ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM (1895) -- 214
(April 25, 1894) -- 216
Lecture 2 (1894) -- 220
APIS (Dunham 1902) -- 222
(1894, 1895) -- 256
ARGENTUM METALLICUM (Dunham 1902) -- 260
ARGENTUM NITRICUM (Dunham 1902) -- 276
ARGENTUM MET. & NIT. (1895) -- 292
ARGENTUM NITRICUM (1894, 1895) -- 293
ARNICA (Dunham, 1902) -- 300
(1894, 1895) -- 314
ARSENICUM (Dunham, 1902) -- 318
Lecture 1 (1895) -- 340
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 351
Lecture 3 (1895) -- 356
Lecture 1 (Apr.30, 1894) -- 363
Lecture 2 (Apr.30, 1894) -- 365
Lecture 3 (Nov.26, 1894) -- 369
Lecture 4 (Nov.30, 1894) -- 373
ARUM TRIPHYLLUM (Dunham 1902) -- 377
(1895) -- 384
(1894) -- 386
ASAFOETIDA (Dunham, 1902) -- 388
(1895, 1894) -- 394
AURUM METALLICUM (Dunham, 1902) -- 399
(1895) -- 405
(1894) 408
BAPTISIA (Dunham, 1902) -- 411
(1895) 418
(1894) -- 420
BARYTA CARBONIC A (1895) -- 424
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 427
Lecture 3 (Feb.4, 1895) -- 433
(Nov. 16, 1893) -- 436
BELLADONNA (Feb.6, 1895, 1895) -- 440
BENZOIC ACID (Dunham 1902) -- 446
(1895) -- 454
BERBERIS VULGARIS (1895) -- 458
BORAX (Dunham 1902) -- 461
(1894, 1895) -- 468
BROMINE (Feb.27, 1895) -- 474
BRYONIA (Dunham 1902) -- 477
(Feb. 18, 25, 1895) -- 498
(1895) -- 509
BUFO (Nov.2, 1898) -- 522
CACTUS (1894/1895) -- 525
CADMIUM SULPH (Nov.7, 1898) -- 531
CALADIUM (Nov. 9, 1898) -- 534
CALCAREA ARSENICOSA (Nov.25, 1898) -- 537
CALCAREA CARBONICA/OSTREARUM (1895) -- 539
(March 4, 1895) -- 559
Lecture 2 (March 8, 1895) -- 562
Lecture 3 (March 11, 1895) -- 565
(1894) -- 569
CALCAREA FLUORICA (Nov.25, 1898) -- 572
CALCAREA PHOSPHORIC A (Feb.20, 1895) -- 573
CALENDULA (March 15, 1895) -- 577
CAMPHOR (Dunham 1902) -- 578
(March 15, 1895) -- 585
CANTHARIDES (Dunham 1902) -- 589
(1895) -- 595
(March 20, 1895) -- 597
(1894) -- 600
CAPSICUM (Dunham 1902) -- 603
(Mar. 18, 1895, 1895) -- 610
CARBO ANIMALIS (Dunham 1902) -- 615
(Mar.22, 1895, 1895) -- 619
CARBO VEGETABILIS (Dunham 1902) -- 626
(1895) -- 647
(March 25, 1895) -- 653
(March 19, 1894) -- 656
CARBOLIC ACID (1895) -- 658
CAUSTICUM (Dunham 1902) -- 660
(1895) -- 672
(March 29, 1895) -- 675
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 678
CENCHRIS (1895) -- 681
CHAMOMILLA (1895) -- 682
(Apr.l, 1895) -- 686
CHELIDONIUM (Apr.5, 1895) -- 690
(1894) -- 690
CINA (Dunham 1902) -- 695
(1895) -- 698
(Apr.8, 1895) -- 701
CINCHONA (CHINA) (Dunham 1902) -- 703
(1895) -- 711
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 714
(Apr. 10, 1895) -- 722
CINNABAR (Jan.23, 1899) -- 727
CLEMATIS (Dunham 1902) -- 730
COCCULUS INDICUS (Dunham 1902) -- 734
(1895) -- 743
(Mar.21, 1894) -- 745
(Spr. 12, 1893) -- 747
COCCUS CACTI (Dunham 1902) -- 751
COFFEA CRUDA (Dunham 1902) -- 757
(1895) -- 763
(Apr. 15, 1895) -- 766
COLCHICUM (Dunham 1902) -- 770
(1895) -- 778
(Mar.9, 1894) -- 780
COLOCYNTHIS (Dunham 1902) -- 783
(1895) -- 790
(Apr.26, 1895) -- 794
(1894) -- 796
CONIUM MACULATUM (Dunham 1902) -- 801
(1895) -- 810
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 812
CROTALUS HORRIDUS (Dunham 1902) -- 815
(1895) -- 820
(Dec. 14, 1892) -- 822
CROTON TIG. (1895) -- 824
CUPRUM (Dunham 1902) -- 827
(1895) -- 833
CYCLAMEN (1895) -- 837
(Apr.3, 1895) -- 838
DIGITALIS (Dunham 1902) -- 841
(1895) -- 846
DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIUM (1895) -- 848
DROSERA WHOOPING COUGH REMEDIES (1894) -- 849
DULCAMARA (Dunham 1902) -- 851
(1895) -- 856
(1894) -- 859
ELAPS CORALLINUS (1895) -- 862
EUPATORIUM PERFOLIATUM (Dunham 1902) -- 863
(1895) -- 868
(1894) -- 870
FERRUM METALLICUM (Dunham, 1902) -- 873
(1895) -- 878
(1894) 886
FLUORIC ACID (Dunham, 1902) -- 888
(1895) 893
GELSEMIUM (Dunham, 1902) -- 898
(1895) -- 910
(1894) -- 913
GLONOINE (Dunham, 1902) -- 915
(1895) -- 922
(1894) -- 924
GRAPHITES (Dunham, 1902) -- 926
(1895) -- 937
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 940
(Feb.21, 1893) -- 942
HELLEBORUS NIGER (Dunham, 1902) -- 945
(1895) -- 950
(1894) -- 952
HEPAR SULPHUR (Dunham, 1902) -- 955
(1896) -- 972
(1894) -- 980
HYDROPHOBINUM (1895) -- 983
HYOSCYAMUS (Dunham, 1902) -- 985
(1895) -- 997
(Feb. 27, 1893) -- 1000
HYPERICUM (Dunham, 1902) -- 1003
IGN ATI A (Dunham, 1902) -- 1010
(1895) -- 1016
(Mar. l, 1893) -- 1018
IODINE (Dunham, 1902) -- 1021
(1895) -- 1027
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1029
(1894) -- 1033
IPECAC (Dunham, 1902) -- 1036
(1895) -- 1043
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1046
(Mar.6, 1893) -- 1049
KALI BICHROMICUM (Dunham, 1902) -- 1052
(1895) -- 1056
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1059
(Mar.8, 1893) -- 1063
KALI CARBONICUM (Dunham, 1902) -- 1066
(1895) -- 1079
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1086
(Mar. 15, 1893) -- 1104
KALI IODATUM (Dunham, 1902) -- 1107
(1895) -- 1112
(Mar. 15, 1893) -- 1119
KALI MURIATICUM (1895) -- 1121
(Mar. 17, 1893) -- 1123
KALI PHOSPHORICUM (1895) -- 1126
(Mar. 20, 1893) -- 1127
KALMIALATIFOLIA (Dunham, -- 1902) 1130
(1895) -- 1136
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1142
(Mar. 22, 1893) -- 1144
KREOSOTUM (Dunham, 1902) -- 1146
(1895) -- 1151
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1157
(Mar. 24, 1893) -- 1160
LAC CANINUM (1895) -- 1162
(Mar.27, 1893) -- 1163
LACHESIS (Dunham, 1902) -- 1165
(1895) -- 1187
(1894) -- 1198
LEDUM (Dunham, 1902) -- 1204
(1895) -- 1210
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1212
(1894) -- 1215
LILIUM TIGRINUM (Dunham, 1902) -- 1217
(1895) -- 1222
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1224
Lecture 3 (1895) -- 1228
(Apr. 5, 1893) -- 1231
LYCOPODIUM (Dunham, 1902) -- 1234
(1895) -- 1260
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1269
(1894) -- 1282
Lecture 2 (1894) -- 1285
NOTES ON THE BACK OF THE COPIED LECTURE -- 1287
LYCOPUS VIRGINICA (1895) -- 1289
(Apr. 14, 1893) -- 1290
LYSSIN (April 17, 1894) -- 1293
MAGNESIA CARBONIC A (Dunham, 1902) -- 1295
(1895) -- 1301
MERCURIUS (1895) -- 1305
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1314
(Apr. 19, 1893) -- 1319
Lecture 2 (Apr. 21, 1893) -- 1322
MEZEREUM (1895) -- 1324
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1327
(Apr. 24, 1893) -- 1329
MURIATIC ACID (1895) -- 1332
(1893, 1895) -- 1335
NAJA (1895) -- 1339
(Apr. 27, 1893) -- 1342
NATRUM CARBONICUM 1895) -- 1345
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1349
(October 6, 1893) -- 1350
NATRUM MURIATICUM -- (1895) 1352
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1359
(Oct. 6, 1893) -- 1362
Lecture 2 (Apr. 28, 1893) -- 1364
NATRUM SULPHURICUM ( 1895) -- 1368
(Oct. 11, 1893) -- 1375
NITRIC ACID (1895) -- 1378
(Oct. 13, 1893) -- 1386
NUX MOSCHATA (1895) -- 1390
(1894) -- 1392
NUX VOMICA (1895) -- 1395
(Oct. 16, 1893) -- 1402
OPIUM (1895) -- 1407
(1894) -- 1412
PETROLEUM (1895) -- 1416
(Oct. 23, 1893) -- 1418
PHOSPHORUS (1895) -- 1421
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1429
(Oct. 30, 1893) -- 1435
PHOSPHORIC ACID (1895) -- 1439
(1894) -- 1441
PHYTOLACCA (1895) -- 1444
(1894) -- 1446
PLATINUM (1895) -- 1449
(Nov. 3, 1893) -- 1451
PLUMBUM (1895) -- 1453
(Nov. 6, 1893) -- 1455
PODOPHYLLUM (1895) -- 1457
(Nov. 8, 1893) -- 1458
PSORINUM (1895) -- 1461
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1463
(Nov. 10, 1893) -- 1467
PULSATILLA (1895) -- 1470
PYROGEN (1895) -- I486
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1488
(Apr. 27, 1894) -- 1490
RHODODENDRON (1895) -- 1493
(Nov. 22, 1893) -- 1494
RHUSTOX (1895) -- 1496
(Nov. 20, 1893) -- 1499
ROBINIA (1895) -- 1502
(1894) -- 1503
RUMEX CRISPUS (1895) -- 1504
(Nov. 24, 1893) -- 1506
RUT AGRA VEOLENS ( 1895) -- 1508
(1894) -- 1511
SAB ADILLA ( 1895) -- 1514
(Nov. 29, 1893) -- 1515
SABINA (1895) -- 1517
(Dec.l, 1893) -- 1519
SAMBUCUSNIGRA (1895) -- 1521
(Dec. 1, 1893) -- 1521
SANGUINARIA (1895) -- 1523
(Dec. 1, 1893) -- 1526
SARSAPARILLA (1895) -- 1528
(Dec. 4, 1893) -- 1531
SECALE (1895) -- 1533
(1894) -- 1536
SELENIUM (1895) -- 1538
(Dec. 8, 1893) -- 1540
SEPIA (1895) -- 1543
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1549
(Dec. 13, 1893) -- 1556
SILICA (1895) -- 1562
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1573
(Dec. 18, 1893) -- 1581
SPIGELIA (1895) -- 1588
(1893) -- 1589
SPONGIA (1895) -- 1590
(Dec. 20, 1893) -- 1592
SQUILLA (1895) -- 1594
(1894) -- 1596
STANNUM (1895) -- 1598
(Mar. 14, 1894) -- 1600
STAPHYSAGRIA (1895) -- 1603
(Feb. 5, 1894) -- 1606
STRAMONIUM (1895) -- 1610
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1613
(Feb. 7, 1894) -- 1617
SULPHUR (1895) -- 1620
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1628
(Feb. 14, 1894) -- 1639
SULPHURIC ACID (1895) -- 1647
(1894) -- 1650
SYPHILINUM (1895) -- 1653
TABACUM ( 1895) -- 1655
(Feb. 19, 1894) -- 1657
TEREBINTHINA (1895) -- 1661
(Mar. 7, 1894) -- 1663
THUJA (1895) -- 1666
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1669
(Feb. 21, 1894) -- 1675
VERATRUM ALBUM (1895) -- 1679
(Feb. 23, 1894) -- 1683
VESPAVULGARIS (1895) -- 1686
ZINCUM METALLICUM ( 1895) -- 1687
Lecture 2 (1895) -- 1692
(Feb. 29, 1894) -- 1697

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