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Crotalus cascavella (Crot‑c.)

Crotalus cascavella (Crot‑c.) appears in 262 rubrics in the Repertory. Of these, 16 are single-remedy rubrics in which only this remedy is listed, and 9 are small rubrics with no more than two other remedies. The emphasis lies on Delusions, far in the lead with 42 rubrics, and on Fear; Mania, Destructiveness and thoughts of death follow. The picture is that of a person besieged by voices, footsteps and ghosts, to whom violence comes readily.

Voices, Footsteps, Figures

The core lies in the perception of threat. The Repertory lists voices of strangers, the delusion that people are talking about one, footsteps behind one, skeletons, and death as a huge black skeleton. Two single-remedy rubrics add moaning and groaning that the patient hears. Fear follows this perception: fear of voices, fear of being captured and, as a single-remedy rubric, fear of divine punishment.

Being Looked Down On and Wounded

One group belongs to wounded self-esteem. Two single-remedy rubrics record that one is looked down on, once as a delusion and once as a delusion of being insulted. Behind this lies the sense of being held in low regard.

Violence

Violence grows out of the injury. Listed are the sudden impulse to kill those who have disturbed one, the desire to cut or maim with a sharp knife, and a destructiveness that alternates with fear of being hurt. This alternation of attack and fear is itself a single-remedy rubric. Thoughts of death come when the person is alone.

Alternating with Metrorrhagia

Three single-remedy rubrics link insanity, laughing and mania in alternation with metrorrhagia. Mental and physical outbreak take turns, which can be read as an illness moving back and forth between mind and body. A single-remedy rubric on sympathy directed at the Mafia boss also falls into this area of power and threat.

Summary

Crotalus cascavella shows a perception that turns against the person: voices, looks from above, and figures of death catch her in a pincer. She answers with fear and wavers between defense and sudden violence.

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