(To the foregoing we may add that some have thought that the proving was too sensational, but other evidence that has not appeared in print leads to the conclusion that it is essentially true, and that the proving was made by one peculiarly susceptible to the remedy. We know of one gentleman who laughed at it and in bravado took a number of doses during an afternoon. He felt no immediate effects, but during the night awoke with some very peculiar feelings that he could attribute to nothing but the _Heloderma_, and they were of such a character that he refused to take any more. It would be well to use the remedy with caution until the practitioner has gauged its powers.)
(Dr. Charles E. Johnson wrote as follows to Dr. Boocock concerning the remedy):
"I have had under treatment a case that has been pronounced incurable by many physicians. She has had most of the symptoms developed in your proving, that awful coldness being most pronounced. She has had two doses of the 200th. I learn through a neighbor that she is delighted with the result of the last medicine. The coldness has nearly disappeared, leaving a comfortable glow upon the body. She tells her neighbors this without having been informed by me what results I expected from the medicine."
(Dr. Erastus E. Case contributed the following detailed clinical case to the _Medical Advance_, July, 1897):
An auburn haired woman, 55 years of age, had numbness in the feet two years ago. It has gradually extended upward until it now includes the lower part of the abdomen.
Tingling, creeping sensation on the legs as if from insects.
Worse from touch; she cannot endure to place her bare feet together.
Legs wasting away, skin very dry and inelastic.
Numbness of the arms from the hands to the elbows.
Worse when thinking of her ailments, cheered by company.
Pain in the forehead in the morning, aggravated by turning the eyes.
Empty eructations, especially before breakfast.
Dislikes sweet things and worse from taking them.
Sensation of constriction about the whole abdomen.
Burning in the urethra during and after micturition.
Palpitation and dyspnoea from slight exertion.
Drawing sensation in all the extremities.
April 11, 1895. _Heloderma horridus_ four powders, one every four hours.