The Mnemonic Similiad

Veratrum Album verat.

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Mnemonic names

Ver. a. / (1st V.) / Vera.

Verse

Veratrum album,-cold and blue-
With cold sweat on thy forehead;
A cholera freak, thy favorite cue,
And mental frenzy horrid;
With utterance of startling cries-
Utterance of blasphemy or prayer;
Dark circles blue, are round thy eyes,
With features of despair.
Thy pains intolerable in bed,
In state of mind delirious;
With vomiting and purging, dread,
Or retching, straining serious.
While sinking as at door of death,
With clammy perspiration;
And stifled lungs, and panting breath,
Weak heart, and palpitation.
Cough thine, as from the abdomen,
That sets the urine flowing;
Excited most especially when
From cold to warm room going.
Desiring drink and victuals cold,
Which needs must seem surprising;
Since coldness all thy ails unfold
From whate'er cause arising.

Mnemonic sentences

Vera,-Has cold sweat upon the forehead.

Vera Tab is an Arab.

This Vera,- Who is subject to vomiting with purging,- Is with Aunt Iris Podo, the Imp of the wine cup.

Indications

Cold Sweat Upon the Forehead: Ver. a., Tab., Ars.

Vomiting with Purging - Cholera Morbus: Ver. a., Ant. c., Iris v., Pod., Ipe., Ars., Nux v., Cup.