Crotalus Cascavella

Emotional.

Magnetic state; she hears nothing, and again sees the spectre of death, as a gigantic black skeleton.

Her weeping and mania increase (fifth day), [4] .

At 6 o'clock in the evening, another maniacal paroxysm.

Magnetic state, in which she does not answer questions, but hears a strange voice to her left, and behind her; she follows it, throws herself against closed doors, and scratches them with her nails.

Three very similar attacks succeed each other; they are occasionally interrupted by silly laughter, and always end with a flood of tears.

She again cries out;

"He is in the den, but the lions will not eat him" (sixth day), [1] .

He fancies he hears groans (third day), [1] .

He fancies he hears some one walking behind him (second day), [1] .

While in a clairvoyant state, he speaks to some one who does not answer (fourth day), [1] . [10.]

Depression; sadness (fourth day), [1] .

Dejection (after three hours and a quarter), [2] .

Her thoughts dwell on death; with great sadness (fifth day), [1] .

Thoughts of death haunt her everywhere, especially when alone (fifth day), [1] . [20.]

Feeling of fright, at night (fourth day), [1] .

Fright at night about indefinite things, [1] .

Sensitive mood (tenth day), [1] .

She answers all questions with "no" (tenth day), [1] .

Intellectual.

Total loss of memory (fifth day), [1] .

Headache attacking the forehead, and afterwards the rest of the head (fourth day), [1] .

Headache above the eyes, at 10 o'clock in the morning (fifth day), [1] . [40.] Headache as if the forehead would split (third day), [1] .

Temples.

Painful pressure in the temples (second day), [1] .

Very acute lancinations in the right temple (second day), [1] .

Vertex.

Sensation as if a red-hot iron were stuck into the vertex (fourth day), [1] .

Great headache at the vertex, with sensitiveness of the scalp to the touch (fourth day), [1] .

Occiput.

Bruised pain at the occiput (seventh day), [1] .

External Head.

Small pimples on the scalp (third day), [1] .

Eye.

Haggard eyes (fifth day), [1] .

Yellow rings around the eyes (second day), [1] .

Brow and Orbit.

Weight on the orbits, at night (fifth day), [1] .

Lids.

Heaviness of the eyelids (fourth day), [1] .

Sensation of a grain of sand in the outer canthi of the eyes, [1] .

Slight pain under the lids (tenth day), [1] .

Itching in the canthus (third day), [1] .

Cutting sensation all around the eyeball, as if it was being taken out with a penknife (second day), [1] .

Vision.

The sight is affected (after forty minutes), [2] .

Appearance of a dazzling blue light before the eyes (second day), [1] .

Stitches in the meatus auditorius (fifth day), [1] .

Titillating itching in the ears (second day), [1] .

Hearing.

Deafness (second day), [1] .

Nosebleed (after three hours), [2] .

Epistaxis of bright blood (tenth day), [1] .

Subjective.

The tip of the nose is drawn up as by a string, which follows its median line and is fastened in the centre of the forehead, [1] .

Smarting in the nostrils (second day), [1] .

Toothache, at night, in the upper molars, with inflammation of the gums (tenth day), [1] .

Gums.

Pain in the lower gums, as if touched by a red-hot iron (fourth day), [1] .

Pressive pain in the left gums, [1] .

Tongue.

Tongue scarlet-red (second day), [1] .

Pain in the tongue and larynx, extending to the abdomen (after one hour and five-sixths), [2] . [90.] Burning and prickling at the tip of the tongue (third day), [1] .

Itching of the tongue (third day), [1] .

Saliva.

Flow of saliva (after four hours and three-quarters), [2] .

White, viscid saliva (after seven hours), [2] .

Feeling as of dust in the throat (third day), [1] . [100.] Feeling of a lump in the throat (after seven hours), [2] .

Burning and constriction in the throat, [1] .

Constriction of the throat (after four hours and a quarter), [2] .

Constricted feeling in the throat (after one hour and a half), [2] .

Difficult deglutition (after two hours and a half and seven hours), [2] .

External Throat.

Feeling of fulness in the jugular veins, extending to the sides and back of the neck (after forty minutes), [2] .

First the blood is felt rising in the carotid arteries several times; then there is a faint feeling, and lastly a sensation as if a valve were suddenly opened (fourth day), [1] .

Pain in the jugular veins, when moving the neck (third day), [1] .

Constriction in the thyroid gland, [1] .

[110.] Great appetite, passing off suddenly at the sight of food (second day), [1] .

Anorexia all day, and great appetite in the evening (third day), [1] .

Repugnance for food (tenth day), [1] .

Loathing of meat (second day), [1] .

Thirst.

Burning pinching at the pylorus, [1] .

Stomachache, extending to the navel (second day), [1] .

Stomachache, when eating, as from emptiness (fifth day), [1] .

Twitching at the pit of the stomach (second day), [1] .

Excessive sensitiveness of the epigastrium, which cannot endure any clothing (eighth day), [1] .

Violent blow on the epigastrium (fourth day), [1] .

Excessive weight at the diaphragm (fourth day), [1] .

Umbilical.

Pain across the umbilical region, with alternate sensations of spreading out and pinching together (seventh day), [1] .

Bellyache, after drinking (second day), [1] .

Sensation as of bands around the abdomen (third day), [1] .

Pain as from a band around the abdomen, fastened at the navel, [1] .

Pressure in the whole abdomen, in the direction of the navel (second day), [1] .

Pressive stitches in the abdomen (fifth day), [1] .

The abdomen is exceedingly sensitive (second day), [1] .

Hypogastrium.

Intermitting metrorrhagia of bright-red blood twice a day, in alternation with the paroxysms of mania (seventh day), [1] .

Vermilion-colored metrorrhagia, which suddenly ceased in the course of the day (fifth day), [1] .

Leucorrhoea (third day), [1] .

Cough and Expectoration.

Dry cough, at night, from tickling in the throat (third day), [1] .

Green expectoration, in the morning (second day), [1] .

Spitting of black blood, [1] .

Impeded respiration (after four hours and a quarter), [2] .

Oppression of breathing, as though there were not air enough in the house (sixth day), [1] .

Suffocative feeling (eighth day), [1] .

Feeling of internal sores under the breasts (second day), [1] .

Pain in the right clavicle (fifth day), [1] .

Bone-pain and swelling of the left clavicle (sixth day), [1] .

The humeral extremity of the left clavicle continues to swell (seventh day), [1] .

Sides. [170.] Pain in the left side (tenth day), [1] .

Internal pain between the shoulders (fifth day), [1] .

Stitches as from pins in the dorsal spine (second day), [1] .

Bruised feeling at the inside of the right scapula (second day), [1] .

Bruised pain between the shoulders, and sometimes slow and measured lancinations when inclining backwards, as if a vertebra was fractured (fourth day), [1] .

Lumbar.

Lancinations under the right axilla, like two successive stabs with a dagger, arresting the breathing, and felt in the chest, [1] .

Elbow.

Pain in the elbows (third day), [1] . [200.]

The pain and swelling extend over two-thirds of the forearm (after one hours and a half), [2] .

Cramps in the arms, as if the nerves had been tied in a knot during venesection (tenth day), [1] .

Wrist.

Rheumatic pain in the left wrist (eleventh day), [1] .

Hand.

Swelling of the hand, with drops of blood from the wound, [2] .

Prodigious swelling of the hand, which feels cold, as also do the legs and feet (after one hour), [2] .

The whole hand is swollen and painful (after one hour and a half), [2] .

The hands tremble (fifth day), [1] .

Hip.

Pressure on the left hip, as with the blade of a knife (seventh day), [1] .

Thigh.

Acute pulling in the thigh, with momentary paralysis of the right lower extremity (second day), [1] .

Knee. [220.] While drinking cold water, the veins of the knee have a deep-black color (eighth day), [1] .

Pricking, as from needles, behind the knees (fourth day), [1] .

Foot.

Violent cramps in the heel (twelfth day), [1] .

Toes.

Swelling of the three last toes of the left foot (seventh day), [1] .

Great debility (fourth day), [1] .

Muscular prostration (after five hours and three-quarters), [2] .

Faintness, relieved in the open air (third day), [1] . [230.] Fainting from hunger, before eating (seventh day), [1] .

Increasing restlessness and anxiety (after three hours), [2] .

Desire to move about (tenth day), [1] .

Even while awake, he feels as if falling out of bed (sixth day), [1] .

She feels uncomfortable in consequence of having her courses, and is out of humor on account of having them (tenth day), [1] .

Pain in the bones, especially of the joints; at the shoulder-blades, elbows, phalanges of the fingers, at the knees, the hip, and under the toe-nails (seventh day), [1] .

Great pain all over (after four hours and three-quarters), [2] .

Lancinations in various parts of the body (sixth day), [1] .

[240.] General redness increases (after four hours and a quarter), [2] .

Circular spot between the breasts, which is black at the upper and red at the lower portion (eighth day), [1] .

Bright-yellow freckles, or spots of sunburn, on the upper part of the right hand (eighth day), [1] .

Excoriation and pustules on the left toes (seventh day), [1] .

Eruptions, Dry.

Small red pimples all over (tenth day), [1] .

Small red pimples with a white tip (eighth day), [1] .

The pimples begin with a red spot on the skin, like a fleabite; they then appear as conical elevations, which become the centres of an exfoliation, less extensive than that caused by the Elaps corallinus, with a small black speck remaining in the middle (third day), [1] .

Eruption of small red conical pimples on the wrist (second day), [1] .

Small red pimples on the left foot, like those which appeared on the hand, on the second day of the proving (eighth day), [1] .

Acute sensation of burning and redness of the skin, which is perceptibly depressed at the opening of the right nostril (third day), [1] .

Formication in the face (after forty minutes), [2] .

Formication in the feet, as far as the ankles (fourth day), [1] .

Itching at the epigastrium (sixth day), [1] .

Itching of the thighs (second day), [1] .

Constant yawning (third day), [1] .

Sleepiness in the morning, [1] . [260.] Somnolence, with moaning (after seven hours), [2] .

Drowsiness (after one hour and a half), [2] .

Drowsiness, the whole morning (seventh day), [1] .

Sleep (after nine hours and a half), [2] .

Sleeplessness.

Sleeplessness, [1] .

Sleeplessness, with restlessness (third day), [1] .

Piteous moaning in sleep (sixth day), [1] .

Dreams.

Dreams about evening parties, with illuminations, quarrels, battles (second day), [1] .

Dreams about enormous hairy spiders, which approach and try to climb up one's person (eighth day), [1] . [270.] Dream about a horse which bathes in a pool, and is gradually drowned (sixth day), [1] .

Coldness in the back, after eating (fifth day), [1] .

Coldness of the hands (fifth day), [1] .

The feet are cold (second day), [1] .

The feet are icy cold (fifth day), [1] .

The feet feel cold (after one hour and five-sixths), [2] .

Heat. [280.] Flushes of heat in the face (eighth day), [1] .

Burning in the thighs (sixth day), [1] .

Sweat.

Sweat and weakness, after eating (second day), [1] .

General sweat (after three hours and a quarter), [2] .

( Morning ), Froth about lips; green expectoration; drowsiness.

( Forenoon ), At 10 o'clock, headache above eyes; weight on orbits.

( Evening ), Great appetite.

( Night ), Fright; frontal headache; discharge from nostrils; toothache; dry cough.

( When alone ), Thoughts of death.

( After cold drinks ), Pain in hip.

( Washing with cold water ), Lancinations in uterus.

( While descending stairs ), Buzzing in ears.

Authority. 3 , S.

B.

Higgins, Ophidians, Philada., 1873, p. 112, the wound was inflicted in a man's finger.

Salivation (after four hours and thirty minutes), [3] .

Saliva thick, dark-colored, viscous; spits with difficulty (after five hours and thirty minutes), [3] .

Saliva whitish, viscous (after seven hours), [3] .

Finds it difficult to speak (after two hours and five minutes), [3] .

Sensation of constriction in the throat (after one hour and thirty minutes), [3] .

Constriction in the throat; respiration difficult (after four hours), [3] .

Sensation as of a knot in the throat (after seven hours), [3] .

Feels a pain in the oesophagus, which extends to the stomach and abdomen (after one hour and forty-eight minutes), [3] . [310.]

Swelling of the hand, and drops of blood escape from the wound, [3] .

Pain in the palm of the hand, which extends up to the wrist, [3] .

The hand is exceedingly swollen, accompanied by a sensation of cold, which is also felt in the lower extremities (after one hour), [3] .

Pain and oedema extend from the hand nearly up to the elbow (after one hour and twenty minutes), [3] . [320.]

The entire arm is swollen and very painful (after one hour and a half), [3] .

Swelling of the arms (after two hours and fifty minutes), [3] .

Pains in the arms (after three hours and fifteen minutes), [3] .

The pains cause frequent groans (after five hours and thirty minutes), [3] .

Inclination to sleep (after one hour and thirty minutes), [3] .

Profound sleep (after nine hours and fifteen minutes), [3] .

Somnolency (after seven hours), [3] .

He feels cold, and desires to cover himself (after one hour and thirty-eight minutes), [3] .

Sensation of cold in the feet (after one hour and forty-eight minutes), [3] .

General perspiration (after three hours and four minutes), [3] .

The skin is moist (after five hours and thirty minutes), [3] .

Copious perspiration in the chest (after two hours and twenty-five minutes).