Spigelia
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Head EN
Vertigo : after having stood a few minutes he is in danger of falling.
Vertigo ; when looking down he imagines he will fall.
When walking he becomes giddy ; every thing turns with him in a ring ; he is obliged to stand still ; he feels like one drunk.
Weakness of memory ; he is unable to re- member the most familiar occurrences. — 5.
Obtuseness of the head.
Headache, confused feeling in the head.
Heaviness and pain in the head, when shaking it.
Ho cannot shake his head ; the shaking makes his brain ache, and makes him giddy.
When talking loud, or when coughing, his head aches as if it would burst. — 10.
He dares not stoop; if he does, his brain feels as if it expanded, and would fall out at the fore- head.
The occiput is heavy ; it feels as if it were drawn down by a load.
Headache, as if the head were too heavy ; when putting the facial muscles upon the stretch, the skull feels as if it would burst open at the top.
Long stitches in the forehead, coming and going like the pulse, from evening until morning, forcing him to exclaim ; accompanied by a hammer- ing in the ears.
Pain in the occiput, as if the arteries were pulsating across an obstacle. — 15.
After having stooped a Avhile he is unable to raise his head again, owing to a pain in the nape of the neck.
Severe pains in the outer parts of (in ?) the occiput (towards morning), and a sensation of stiffness in the nape of the neck ; in the morning he is unable to move the head, until he has risen from his bed, and has dressed himself; after that it disappears.
Pain in the nape of the neck early in the morning after rising ; when holding the neck still, the nape is painful, as if it had gone to sleep ; he is obliged to move the nape of the neck all the time, for it is not painful then.
The occiput is painful as if he had received a blow upon it.
The occiput is extremely painful ; he is not well able to lie upon it. — 20.
Ulcerative pain of the scalp in the region of the vertex, when touching it ; from time to time he feels a dull sticking jerk in that region, which seems to penetrate deep into the brain.
The scalp is fainfid, and the hairs are painful to the touch.
(The hairy scalp is covered with rash-pimples.) Creeping itching over the forehead, which obliges him to rub a good deal.
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[Vertigo.* Vertigo when sitting, standing, or walking — least when lying down — the head falls backward, with nau- sea in the palate, and uncomfortableness in the thoracic and abdominal cavity ; 'pinching pain in the abdominal cavity with sensation as if he had to go to stool ; this pain deprives him of consciousness.
Vertigo : when looking down he is on the point of falling down instantaneously.
Vertigo when turning the head while walking ; he does not feel any when looking into the air without turning the head (in the open air). — 5.
Vertigo: he staggers when walking, as if he would fall to the left side.
(a. 4 h.) Vertigo, as if he were intoxicated and were unable to tread firmly, (a. 14 h.) He sits as if absorbed in reverie ; he is staring all the time at the same place, (a. 3h.) Great for getf illness, want of memory.
Mental indolence and great forgetfulness. — 10.
His memory appeared to him more faithful and stronger than before, (a. 5 d.) Intoxication.
Obtuseness of the whole head.
(a. ^ h.
Obtuseness of the whole head, with pressure in the forehead from within out- ward, (a. 5 d.) Painful obtuseness of the head. — 15.
Drawing with obtuseness in the occiput, in the evening when walking in the open air.
(a, 10 h.) In the evening, his whole head feels obtuse, his head feels confused.
His head feels stupefied as from smoking, (a. | h.) Sensation in the head, when sitting, as if it were empty and reeling, (a. 1 h.) Co?istant stupidity in the head, so that every kind of labor which requires medi- tation, is difficult for him. — 20.
Every kind of labor which requires an exertion of the mind, is difficult for him.
Gloominess and aching in the forehead and temples ; accom- panied with a sensation as if both sides of the head were pressed together in the direction of the forehead.
In the upper part of the forehead the head feels confused and empty ; the scalp is sensitive to the touch, and the hairs feel as if standing on end.
(a. 3 h.) Pain in the forehead.
Aching pain in the whole of the sinciput. — 25.
Violent pressure in the right tem- ple, which gradually spreads over a larger surface, (a. 2J h.) Violent pressure in the temples, (a. 1 h.) Long continued sensa- tion in the brain as if something were tied round the head very firmly, (a. 28 h.) Pressure in the region of the left frontal protu- berance from without inward, accompanied with a similar pres- sure in the outer and inner parts of the brain.
Pressure in the region of the right frontal eminence, from within outward, (a. li h.) — Violent pressing from within outward, in the fore- head, (a. 2 h.) Pressure in the cerebrum and cerebellum,
' J. Linnins : he used the Spigelia from Maryland.
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causing dizziness.
Aching pain in the left hemisphere of the brain, immediately.
Aching pain in the left side of the fore- head, the pressure being from within outward, (a. i h.) Con- tinual aching of the head, tcorse when stooping, (a. 35 h.) — 35.
Pressing in the forehead from within outward, worse when stooping, (a. f h,) Painful pressure in the right side of the head, as if the head would burst, (a. 82 h.) Pressing in the forehead as if the brain would issue from it, abating for a few moments by pressing upon it with the hand.
Tensive-aching pain in the forehead, from within outward, (a. 34 h.) Violent pressure in both temples from without inward, especially in the right temple, (a. 56 h.) — 40.
Pain under the left frontal eminence, as if a heavy load were lodged there.
Violent ach- ing pain in a small spot of the vertex.
Violent pressure in the region of the left occiput from without inwards ; he could not stoop without increasing the pressure, unless he pressed upon the affected part strongly with the hand.
Drawing with pressure in the right vertex and occiput.
Pressure, with tearing in the head, from the left frontal eminence to the occi- put, (a. 34 h.) — 45.
Frequently recurring drawing in the re- gion of the left temple.
Pressure with tearing in the outer parts of the frontal bones, (a. 8 d.) Boring pain in the fore- head.
Boring pain in the region of the occiput and on the top of the head, as if he endeavored to draw the head backward.
Flappi?ig sensation in the brain lohen walking ; he feels every step. — 50.
Shaking and flapping sensation in the brain, even when merely moving the head.
While walking in the open air, he feels at every step a violent pressure in the head, from without inward, towards one point in the middle of the brain ; the pressure comes on with a shock, (a. 6 h.) Violent jerks in the occiput, afterwards in the temples, at every step, when walking in the open air.
(a. 28 h.) The headache is worse in the open air. — 55.
The headache is worse when lying down, better when walking about.' Shocks and jerks in the left side of the head (a. 54 h.).
Shocks, with tearing, in the right temple, (a. 50 h.) Tearing pain in the forehead, set- ting in with a shock, more violent in the right frontal emi- nence ; it causes an involuntary standing still of the globes of the eyes, when standing or sitting, (a. 27 h.) Violent tearing in the forehead, the occiput and the temples. — 60.
Tensive- tearing pain in the forehead, especially below the left frontal eminence, towards the orbits (a. 6 h.).
Fine, digging-up tearing in the brain, especially viole^it in the left parietal
' Alternate effect.
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bone, during motion, when walking, and more particularly when m,issing a step, towards evening ; several evenings in succession, (a. 11 h.) Digging-up and digging-up tearing pain in the occiput, in the left vertex and the forehead, dur- ing motion, and during every strong noise, and increasing in violence when speaking loud, or when merely opening the mouth a little ; can he most easily borne when lying down.
(a. 12 h.) Intolerable gurgling pain in the occiput, at first in- creasing by walking, and afterwards by the least motion, and is most relieved by leaning backward on a chair ; the pain be- came worse in the horizontal posture.
Slow tearing stitch in the left side of the head. — 65.
Intermittent, contractive, lanci- nating pain at a small spot of the left parietal bone, rather posteriorly ; the pain seems to be rather superficial.
Sticking, with pressure, at a small point of the left side of the occiput, (a. 49 h.) Sharp sticking directly behind and above the right frontal eminence.
Violent, but fine prickings, as of electric sparks, in the left temple.
A good deal of heat in the head. — 70.
Burning pain in the left frontal bone.
(a. 1 h.) Burning pain in the region of the left temple and forehead.
Burning in the left outer parts of the left temple.
Burning in the skin of the right temple, near the eye.
Burning pain in the outer parts of the right forehead, extending as far as the eyes, so that he is unable to turn them without suffering pain.]
Eyes EN
Swelling in the region of the temporal border of the orbit, aching when left alone, and feeling sore when touched. — 25.
Severe aching in the region of the left side of the orbital bone, near the temple, downward toward the zy- goma ; afterwards the bone in that region begins to swell ; this swelling is painful and sore when touched.
Pain as if the upper eyelids were hard or immovable ; he is not well able to raise them.
Ulceration and smarting soreness of the margins of the eyelids.
Profuse moisture in the eyes, without any sen- sation.
Bleareyedness ; the water which runs from the eyes is biting and acrid. — 30.
Pain in the eyes as if there were sand in them.
A quantity of eye-gum, and frequently the whole day.
Aching pain in the eyeballs.
The eyes are very weak ; there seems to be some inward obstruction ; they re- main in the position in which he places them, and he does not distinguish what he sees, like one whose sight is vanishing.
When looking steadily at any thing his sight vanishes.— 35.
He sees well at a distance, but not at a proximity.
[75.
Burning pain in the left eyebrow.
Burning itching in the right eyebrow, going off by scratching, (a. 26 h.) Itch- ing creeping on the left top of the head.
(a. 32 h.) Biting pain
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in the skin of the left side of the forehead, (a. 34 h.) The scalp feels as if it were contracted and tight. — 80.
Sensitive- ness of the whole head to the touch, especially when moving the scalp.
Pain in the left orbit as if it were pressed together from above.
Severe pressure above the right orbit, with a dull aching pain in the whole head.
(a. 2^ h.) Dull pressure above the orbits, (a. 10 minutes.) He feels constantly as if his eye- lashes were full of hairs or filaments ; or as if a fog were be- fore his eyes ; this sensation increases by rubbing the eye.
(a. 1 h.) — 85.
Creeping in the eyes.
Itching in the left eyeball, going off by rubbing.
Itching stitch in the right eyeball, re- turiiing after rubbing, (a. 1 h.) Continued sticking pain in the right eyeball, also when moving it.
(a. 24 h.) Violent dig- ging-up stitch in the middle of the eye and in the inner can- thus, not impeding vision, but pressing the upper eyelid down, (a. 74 h.) — 90.
Redness and inflammation of the whites of the eye, early in the morning ; his eyelids are so heavy that he is scarcely able to open them.
The whites of the eye are red and filled with turgid blood-vessels.
Pain in the eyes.
Pain in and above the eyes.
He was not able to turn the left eye without pain in every direction. — 95.
His eyes ache when moving them as if they were too large for the sockets.
Ten- sive pain in the left eyeball, (a. 49 h.) Sensation in the eyes as if they were running, which however is not the case, ac- companied with a weak pressure in the eyes ; the sight is al- tered during all this time, as if his eyes were really running, (a. 26 h.) Painful pressure from without inward, on the side of the right eye.
(a. 3 h.) Intolerable aching fain in the eye- balls, still more 'painful when turning the eyes ; when he at- tempts to roll his eyes to one side for the purpose of looking at a thing, he becomes giddy ; he has to turn the whole head in order to look to one side. — 100.
Contractive burning pain in the right eyeball.
Burning pain in the left eye, towards the temple, (a. 33 h.) Dry heat in the eyes, in the afternoon.
Burning pain in the outer canthus of the right eye.
Burning pain in both eyes, so that he is obliged to close them involun- tarily; for five or six minutes he is unable to open them, ac- companied with an anxiety that he will not be able to open them again ; after the pain had disappeared, he was able to open his eyes again ; but now he was prevented from seeing by a fiery appearance, which was towering before his eyes in the shape of blood-red masses ; the power of sight returned amidst a flow of tears and a considerable dilatation of the pupils, (a. 14 d.) — 105.
Sparks before the eyes, as previous to the eruption of the scarlet fever or measles.
Involuntary motion
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of the eyes, to the right and left, owing to irregular movements of the recti muscles, the external and internal.
Contortion of the eyes.
His sight is less distinct than usual ; when looking at a thing he has to exert his eyes as if they were full of water.
Transitory amaurosis. — 110.
Dilatation of the pupils.
Dilata- tion of the pupils (after a short time).
The smallest dose pro- duces dilatation of the pupils.
The pupils are unchanged^ hut they look weak and dim.
The eyes look faint and dim.
(a. 7 d.)— 115.
Yellow borders around the eyes.
The eyes look weak and dim, the pupils being unchanged.
The eyelids are so relaxed and paralyzed that they hang down very low, and have to be lifted up with the hand, the pupils being very much dilated.
Sensation under the right upper eyelid as if a hard body were lodged under it ; this went off by rubbing, (a. 4 d.) Burning pain under the right eyelid, (a. 3^ h.) — 120.
Fine painful cutting, as with a little knife, in the border of the left lower eyelid, (a. 9 h.) Sticking pressure under the lids of both eyes.
(a. 2| h.) Fine painful pricking in the border of the right upper eyelid, (a. 23 h.) Single, recurring stitches in the left eyelid.
Sticking pain in the internal right canthus.
(a. 11^ h.)]
Ears EN
Constant snapping as of electric sparks, and hum- ming in the ears, extending into the forehead, accompanied with undulating pulsations in those parts; he is obliged to hold his hand over his eyes to obtain relief.
Strong buzzing in the ears, especially in the evening.
Sensation in the ears as of the moving of "the wings of a bird ; after this a humor flows out of the ears and the hearing becomes extremely acute.
Talking sounds like the ringing of bells through both ears, and sounds through the whole head. — 40.
The ear closes when blowing the nose, he does not hear ; the ear opens again when shaking it with the finger inserted into it, the hearing returns likewise.
She thinks her ear is stopped up, even when she does not listen or talk.
Boring, dull-stitching jerk in the inner ear, from time to time, darting even into the throat (through the Eustachian tube).
[Early in the morning, when rising, the facial muscles look as if pushed out of their natural positions, and swollen.
When waking from his siesta, his whole face looked swollen, bloated, pale and disfigured, as in a person who is threatened with a heavy illness, without pain or tension, or any other trouble- some sensation; the swelling disappeared entirely after six hours, but returned again more violently on the following morning after waking, but more about the eyes.
Burning pain in the right malar bone.
Dull pressure in the region of the
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malar bones, exteriorly, (a. 4d.) Pressure, with tearing in the left zygomatic process, with indistinct sensation of swelling when the pain abates. — 130.
Darting tearing in the right malar bone.
(a. 30 h.) Violent drawing stitch from the right upper jaw to the vertex of the head.
(a. ^ h.) Fine stitch in the left cheek, (a. 4 h.) Burning pain in the left cheek, con- tinuous, (a. 27 h.) Burning in the skin, in the region of the temple, in front of the ear.
(a. 75 h.) — 135.
Drawing pain ifi the tragus of the left ear.
Otalgic pain in the region of the border of the left outer ear.
(a. 22 h ) Clawing pain in the region of the posterior portion of the outer right ear.
(a. f h.) Twitching in the right outer ear.
Itching of the right outer ear.
(a. 36 h.) — 140.
Itching in both outer ears at the same time.
(a. 5 days.) Burning pain of the right outer ear.
Burn- ing sensation in the whole of the left outer ear.
Gradually increasing painful pressure in the meatus auditorius.
(a. f h.) Sensation as if a plug were pressing into the left ear.
(a. ^ h.) — 145.
Aching pain in the left ear.
(a. 13 h.) Aching pain in the interior of the right ear, extending through the whole of the malar bone and in the right molar teeth, (a. 57 h.) Continuous pain in the right ear, as if it were being pressed asunder, (a. 59 h.) Drawing pain in the left ear, towards the malar bone.
Violent tearing shocks in the right ear, several times. — 150.
Paroxysmal darting pain in the ear, extending as far as the eye and the lower jaw.
(a. 12 h.) Beating in the left ear.
Boring stitch in the interior of the right ear.
(a. 49 h.) Itching stinging in the left ear.
Itching creeping in the right ear. — 155.
Itching prickling sensation in the right ear.
(a. 77 h.) When setting down the foot suddenly, a bounding sensa- tion is perceived in the ears, as if water were splashing in them.
(a.
J h.) Noise in the left ear, as if the wind were sud- denly passing along.
Whizzing in the ear.
Sensation in both ears as if he heard a ringing at some distance, with a sensation as if the ear were loosely stopped, or as if a strong fog were before it. — 160.
A strong sound affects the inner ear painfully, (a. several days.) In the open air when the wind rushes into the ears they feel closed as with a finger, (a. 5, 6 h.) In the evening the ears become closed as if something were lodged before the tympanum, which feels contracted, (a. 14 h.) Hardness of hearing in the left ear, as if the ear were closed with the finger, accompanied with a fluttering noise in the ears, (a 2 h.) Sensation as if the left ear were loosely stopped, but without hardness of hearing, (a. ^ h.)]
Jaws and Teeth : (Tensive pain in the articulation of the jaw.) — 45. In the lower jaw he feels a tearing in the
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direction of the ear, and around the ear as far as the nape of the neck, making it impossible for him to move his head with- out feeling pain.
Stinging pain in the right side of the neck ; when swallowing he feels a stinging in the parotid gland and in the interior of the ear, a sort of middling pain between otal- gia and sore throat.
Considerable swelling on the left side of the chin, itching during the siesta, (a. 12 h.) Burning in the upper lip.
Blackish painless pimple in the vermilion border of the lower lip. — 50.
Swelling of the cervical glands.
Beat- ing-tearing toothache ; it is made worse by cold water, but goes off when lying down.
Toothache, a sort of pressing from within outwards, most violent when lying on the right side ; he does not feel it while he is eating or drinking, but immediately after the toothache commences again, and he frequently wakes in the night from that pain.
Toothache preventing his night's rest ; it drives him out of his bed ; he does not feel that pain in daytime, except immediately after a meal, not during the meal.
Smoking in the evening gives him a toothache.
[165.
Disagreeable sensation in the root of the nose, as if there were an impediment.
Prickling in the nose, obliging him to scratch, and afterwards disappearing for a short while.
Itching of the whole side of the nose.
(a. 35 h.) Titillation of the dorsum of the nose, as if the little hairs on the nose were lightly touched, or as if a soft breeze were blowing over it ; this sensation was felt a long while.
Itching of the right wing of the nose. — 170.
Itching boring in the right nostril, obliging him to sneeze, (a. 78 h.) Herpetic eruption, with sore feeling to the touch, in and around the right nostril, (a. 12 d.) Burning in the right upper lip, also continuing while moving the lip.
(a. 52 h.) Continued burning tension in the upper lip, in rest.
Several small pimples on the chin, con- taining pus, almost without any sensation even while touched, (a. 4 h.) — 175.
Painful pressure on the right angle of the lower jaw.
Pain as if the right lower jaw were torn out of its joint, only during mastication ; between the acts of masti- cation only a dull pain was felt in the articulation of the jaw.
(a. 34 h.) Coldness in the upper teeth, with fine dartings in the same.
Drawing pains in the hollow tooth.
Intermittent dartings through both rows of teeth, especially in a hollow tooth, (a.
J h.) — 180.
Painful jerks in the nerve of a hollow tooth, from the crown to the root, at intervals of ten minutes, worse in the afternoon ; the pain increases when water or air is brought in contact with the nerve : the pain seems to de- crease by the smoke of tobacco, (a. 48 h.) Bubbling pain in
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one of the left molar teeth, (a. 20, 24 h.) Cramp-pain in the upper molar teeth, the lower jaw having the appearance of being spasmodically drawn against the upper. Gnawing pain in the hollow tooth.]
Mouth, Pharynx, and (Esophagus
Gastric Symp- toms : White coated tongue.
Putrid taste in the mouth, and he thinks that his mouth smells badly.
Fetid, putrid taste in he mouth.
Burning pain in the region of the palate.
Frequent empty risings, after every meal. — 60.
He has no desire to eat, but his thirst is great.
He does not relish his tobacco.
Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as if oppressed by a load.
Stitches in the pit of the stomach during an expiration, less when lying than when sitting or walking.
In the evening he had several stitches under the left ribs, causing him to bend double entirely.
[Itching-boring stitch in the right side of the tongue, from behind forward, with a sourish taste in the mouth. — 185. Fine stitches in the right side of the tongue. The tongue was covered with fissures, as if it would peel off; they disappeared again in the following night, (a. 5 d.) Vesicles, now on the tongue, now on the palate, burning when touched, (a. 4^ h.) The tongue was painful during mastication, as if the back part of it were swollen. Sensation in the bacK part of the tongue as if it were swollen, (a. 12 h.) — 190.
Swelling of the left side of the fauces, and fine stitches in that part when swallow- ing. Shuddering and chilliness, with tensive pain in the left side of the neck below the ear, in the evening ; next morning one of the glands of that same region was swollen, the swell- ing being hard and painful to the touch ; accompanied with stinging of the left side of the throat during deglutition, with swelling of the gums and a difficulty of opening the jaws ; the stinging during deglutition ceased when pressing the swelling in ; he perspired two mornings in succession, (a. 9 d.) Fre- quently recurring pressing stitch in the throat, in the region of the larynx; at first it is fine, then it becomes severer and big- ger, disappears during deglutition, but returns again immedi- ately after, (a. 28 h.) White-coated tongue.
Offensive smell from the mouth, the whole day, perceptible only to others. — 195. Early in the morning, when waking, he has a quan- tity of mucus in the fauces and mouth, which is alternately white and yellowish, without any peculiar taste, (a. 22 h.) Accumulation of a whitish, frothy saliva in the mouth, which he is frequently obliged to spit out. (a. 16 d.) Titillation in the pharynx, and sensation as if a half liquid body would as- cend from the pharynx into the fauces, accompanied with a hollow cough and with waterbrash ; all these symptoms were
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SO violent that he feared in his anxiety he would faint, for three minutes, (a. 4^ h.) He was not able to swallow the saliva ; it came up again every time he attempted to swallow, as if it nauseated him ; he had to spit it up.
Confluence of saliva in the fauces. — 200.
Flat taste in the mouth ; never- theless the food has a good taste.
Excessive dryness in the mouth, early in the morning after waking ; sensation in the mouth, as if full of needles, and as if glued together, with- out thirst ; there was even a good deal of saliva, (a. 24 h.) A good deal of thirst and no appetite.
(He becomes hot while eating somethingcool.) Great desire toeatanddrink, for fourdays. — 205.
Complete aversion to smoking and to use snuff.
Aver- sion to smoking and to coffee during the whole time of proving.
Eructations.
Empty eructations. — 210.
Sour eructations, the acidity being tasted as high up as the tongue.
Nausea, as if he had fasted too long ; a sort of canine hunger, with nausea.
Desire to vomit.
Pressure at the stomach.
Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as from a lump, disappearing after pressing with the hand, and changing to a tension and pressure in the chest. — 215.
Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as if he ought to eructate to obtain relief; but no eructation took place till he had swallowed air.
Troublesome feeling of fullness in the ab- domen after a moderate meal.]
Abdomen EN
65.
Cutting pain in the umbilical region, sev- eral afternoons (from five to six o'clock), with chilliness, diar- rhoea, and a good deal of micturition.
Colic as from a hard swollen lump in the umbilical region, in the evening.
Stitches above the groin, in the hypogastrium, with a stitch- like oppression of the chest.
Tensive pain in the right groin when touching it.
Cutting and sticking in the region of the abdominal ring ; the intestine protruded, which was rarely the case, and formed a sort of hernial sac; when touching the place it felt sore.
[Sensation in the abdomen as if a great load were falling down, especially during an inspiration, (a. 3 h.) Painful pressure in the abdomen, as if the walls of the abdo?nen would burst, especially in the evening, 'previous to the loose stool, after luhich the pressure abates someiuhat. (a. 9 d.) Shifting pinching, with pressure, in the abdomen, disappearing again after the emission of flatulence, three afternoons in succes- sion, at three o'clock. — 220. Pinching pain, with pressure, in the abdomen.
Pinching in the whole of the abdomen, in the recumbent posture, so violent that he was unable to stir. (a. 44 h.) Pinching- in the abdomen as if all the intestines were strung together ; this occasions a great anxiety, and makes
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the breathing troublesome, (a. 4, 7 d.) Violent pinching in the abdomen, followed immediately after by a loose stool, the looseness increasing gradually, but the evacuation being nev- ertheless somewhat difficult, (a. 49 h.) Now a pinching, now a grumbling or rolling is felt in the abdomen ; every paroxysm of this sort of pain is accompanied with a desire to pass his urine ; the urine was michanged, but it went off in greater qnantity, for six days.
(a. 14, 15 d.) — 225.
Pinching pain in the abdomen, (a. 11 d.) Pinching in the umbilical region, on the left side.
(a. 10 h.) Pinching stitch in the ab- domen, with emission of flatulence ; this is immediately fol- lowed by a desire for stool, (a. \ h.) Pinching in the abdo- men, which extended into the chest like a stitch, accompanied with emission of flatulence, (a. 84 h.) Sticking while walk- ing, on the left side of and near the umbilicus. — 230.
Dull stitch in the jyit of the stomach and oppression of the chest, worse during an inspiration.
Dull stitches during an inspira- tion on the left side of and near the umbilicus.
Dull, inter- mittent stitches on one side of and at a distance of a {qw fin- gers' breadth from the pit of the stomach, (a. 1 h.) Sharp stitches in the abdominal cavity, in the region of the os in- nominatum, resembling splenetic stitches, only while walk- ing ; they pass off after having made thirty or forty steps.
Intermittent, burning, sharp stitches on the left side and near the pit of the stomach. — 235.
Sharp stitches, occurring at regu- lar intervals like the beats in music, deep, internally, below the ribs, ceasing after a long and deep inspiration, and returning during an expiration.
Stitches in the region of the liver, dis- appearing when walking more slowly.
Severe cutting in the abdomen, from both sides towards the centre (early in the morning when in bed), with emission of flatulence, which af- forded no relief The cutting and digging in the abdomen which seemed to be occasioned by the sitting down, are much less painful after rising.
Tearing drawing through the abdo- men, (a. 5 d.) — 240.
Slight burning in the abdomen, with tasteless eructations that seem to be mingled with something watery, (a. 2^ d.) Itching in the left groin.
Dull stitch in the groin.
Tensiv^e stitch in the right groin, only during a walk.
Boring-digging pain in the right groin. — 245.
Itching- gnawing, fine stinging in the muscles of the left os innomina- tum.
Intermittent, dull stitches in the left side, directly over the OS innominatum.
Burning stitch, posteriorly, in the region of the border of the left os innominatum, on the side of the os sacrum, during an inspiration.
Boring stitch in the os ilium.
Boring stitch in the perinteum.
(a. 37 h.) — 250.
Crawling
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in the rectum and anus, as of ascarides. ' (a. 1 h.) Itching in the region of the anus and os coccygis, for many days, and not abating after scratching, Itchitig of the anus, abating after scratching, (a. 4^ h.) Dull pressure in the rectum, between the stools. Grunting in the abdomen, resembling the croaking of frogs, (a. 4 h.) — 255. Audible grunting, in the abdomen, (a. 40 h.) Loud grunting in the left, afterwards also in the right side of the abdomen, (a. i !i.) Rumbling here and there in the abdomen, as of flatulence, painful now and then.
Rum- bling in the bowels preceding an evacuation, of which several papescent ones occur early in the morning, and one in the evening, (a. 6 d.) The emission of flatulence is accompa- nied with a sensation as if a quantity of loose stool had es- caped, together with the flatulence ; which was not the case however. — 260. Flatulence having a smell as of rotten eggs, for several hours. The evacuations and the desire for them were accompanied with a painful bruising sensation in the re- gion of the first four ribs of the left side, going off after the evacuation.]
Stool EN
70.
White stool, every day.
Discharge of pieces of thick mucus by the anus, lor two days ; he felt as if he passed wind ; the stools were like sheep's-dung, and en- veloped in mucus.
Long, ineffectual desire for stool in the abdomen, after an evacuation.
[No stool on the first day ; on the second day (after taking another dose) he passed hard stools, after long pressing. Spas- modic pushing and pressing in the rectum, as if he could not retain the stool, (a. 3 h.) Frequent desire, without being able to pass any thing, (a. 4 d.) — 265. Desire for stool ; but he does not pass any thing, and the desire passes off again. Stool, the first portion of which is hard, the second loose ; after the evacuation he experiences a few pushes in the forehead, from within outward, (a. 26 h.) Discharge of loose stool, for two days, mingled with a yellowish tenacious mucus, two or four times a day, at irregular intervals, (a. 3 d.) One or two loose or even watery stools a day.
(a. 16 d.)]
Urinary Organs EN
The urine is emitted with difficulty in the night ; the emission is followed by burning. Ten copious emissions of urine in one night, with painful pressure on the bladder, going off after the emission was terminated, (a. 12 h.) — 75. (The urine spirted out of the urethra when pressiiig upon the bladder exteriorly.) In the afternoon, while rising from his seat, five or six drops of urine drop out of his urethra suddenly and involuntarily ; this takes place four times in succession ; every dropping is succeeded by burning in the forepart of the urethra.
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[Desire to urinate, as from a diuretic. — 270.
Frequent de- sire to urinate, succeeded by the emission of a quantity of urine, without any trouble, (a. 3^ h.) Two copious emissions of urine in succession, even after having emitted the urine previ- ous to taking the medicine, (a. 1^ h.) Frequent copious emis- sions of urine for three days and a half.
Watery urine, (a. 2^ h.)— 275.
Urine with whitish sediment, for several days.
Burning stitch in the urethra, with desire to urinate, (a. 59 h.)]
Genital Organs : One-half of the glans is swollen, (a. 7 d.) Creeping about the glans every day.
[Frequent erections, without any sexual desire, hut ivith thoughts about an embrace, (a. 17 h.) Discharge of pros- tatic juice, (a. 20 h.) Itching stitch in the left testicle, (a. 51 h.) — 280.
Itching stitch in the right testicle and in the penis, from behind forward.
Burning stitch in the right testi- cle and in the penis.
Twitchings in the scrotum, (a. 4 d.)]
Catarrh AND Respiratory Organs : Sudden coryza ; first dry, and in four hours fluent; the fluent lasts twenty-four hours. — 80.
Some cough early in the morning, when the coryza had passed off.
(a. 48 h.) She is attacked with cough and coryza in the night.
Catarrh, a sort of catarrhal fever ; he was hoarse, and felt hot to others day and night ; no thirst or sweat, the eyes protruding, with profuse coryza, violent headache and weeping mood.
Dry, violent, hollow cough, occasioned by an irritation deep in the trachea, especially when stooping; the cough arrests his breathing.
(Painful pressure in the chest, after hawking. — 85.
Sticking in the chest, contracting it, so that he was unable to breathe.
Stick- ing in the chest, from within outward, between the acts of respiration, which is easy.
[Frequent sneezing, (a. 4 h.) Sneezing early in the morning after waking, with discharge of bloody mucus. — 285.
Obstruction of the forepart of the nose ; with frequent flow of mucus from the posterior nares into the fauces, for eight days.
Obstruction of the nose for several days.
JExpectora- tion of a quantity of imicus from the fauces, the whole day, proceeding most of it from, the posterior nares.
(a. 24 h.) Spontaneous discharge of the nasal mucus by the mouth from the posterior nares ; only a little tenacious green mucus was discharged by blowing the nose ; the forepart of the nose was always dry (from the sixteenth to the twenty-sixth day).
The flow of mitcus from the posterior nares into the mouth was frequently so copious and perceptible that he had to hawk it up immediately to prevent suffocation ; this woke him at night. — 290.
When taking snuff", the nose was not irritated
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by the tobacco.
Discharge of mucus from the nose, which is now wliite, now yellov\', also from the back part of the mouth, (a. 7 d.) Increase of dry coryza, after a meal.
(a. 12 h.) Sudden violent cough from water having got into the larynx.
Sort of suffocative cough, as is occasioned by a quantity of water getting into the larynx. — 295.
Short and dry cough in the opeti air, making the chest feel sore.
Sensation as of excessive hunger in the chest, with confluence of saliva in the back part of the mouth, (a. 4 h.) Pain in the chest, at intervals.
Vi- olent pressure in the chest below the left clavicle.
Excessive hard pressure in the whole of the chest, towards evening. — 300.
Strong, 'painful^ oppressing pressure in the middle of the chest.
Pressure above the xiphoid cartilage when stand- ing.
Pressure and drawing in the chest when standing.
Tearing with constrictioti of the muscles of the chest when statiding.
Tearing vjith constriction of the lower part of the chest, above the pit of the stomach, with oppression : af- terwards the same pain is felt in the upper part of the chest, below the pit of the throat, accompanied with palpitation of the heart. — 305.
Violent pain in the upper part of the left side of the chest, resembling a pain as if sprained, only when turn- ing the body to the right side, when missing a step, or when turning the left arm, for a whole day.
(a. 7 d.) Lancinating pain commencing below the left nipple and extending into the region of the scapula and the upper arm, more violent dur- ing deep inspirations, (a. 11 h.) Tearing-boring pain from icithin outward below the right nipple, extending toward the stermirn, and changing to a sharp pressure with tearing, (a. 2 h.) Cutting constriction of the chest, with an- guish.
Sudden, drawing, stinging pain along the sternum from above downward.— 310.
Tensive stitches in the left chest, more violent during an inspiration, (a. 27 h.) Contin- ued tensive stitch in the right side of the chest and abdomen, continuing during inspirations and expirations, worse when walking, tor two hours, (a. 82 h.) Tensive-drawing stitch in the true ribs of the right side, continuing during an inspira- tion and expiration, more violent when pressing upon the parts externally.
Continuous tensive stitch in the right chest, more violent daring an inspiration and expiration.
Tensive-boring stitches in the left chest, continuing dining an expiration, (a. 57 h.) — 315.
Tensive stitch in the false ribs of the right side, continuing during an expiration.
Boring stitch in the region of the diaphragm, on the right side, continuing during an in- spiration and expiration.
Stitch in the chest, m a transverse direction, in any position, from within outwards ; the stitch is
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especially felt in the sternum. Sharp stitches above the left nipple from without inward, when sitting crooked while writ- ing, recurring at various ]>eriods ; tiie stitches disappeared speedily when he raised his chest, (a. 31 h.) Fine prickings in the right side of the chest, (a. 5 h.)— 320. Momentary, violent sticking pain in the left chest, toward the clavicle, pre- venting the breathing, in the evening, (a. 12 h.) Quick, painful darting in the front part of the chest, as of an electiic spark.
Darting pain in the outer parts of the upper portion of the chest, below the axilla, (a. 55 h.) Violent stitch in the left side, close below the heart, passing into a sort of creeping for a short while, and afterwards returning with the same vio- lence in the form of a stitch, (a. f h.) Pinching stitch in the left region of the diaphragm, so violent that it arrested his breathing, and he had to stand still, (a. 2^^*^ h.) — 325. Itching stitch below the clavicle. Itching, corrosive stinging near the left axilla, anteriorly, (a. 1^ h.) Itching stitch in the left pectoral muscles, (a. 10 h.) Dull stitch in the left chest, continuing during an inspiration and expiration.
Dull stitches in the right chest, contimiing during an inspiration. (a. 2 h.) — 330. Dull sticlcing-pincJiing pain below the right nipple, in the thoracic cavity, from within outward, ^nore vio- lent during an inspiration, (a. 8 d.) Dull stitches in the region tchere the beat of the heart is felt, a little more exteri- orly, recurring regularly as the pulse, (a. 3 h.) Dull sticking in the region where the beat of the heart is felt. (a. 56 h.) Dull, oppressive sticking in the heart, between the re- gion where the beat of the heart is felt, and the scrobiculus cor- dis ; the same sticking is felt in and above the scrobiculus cor- dis, and the chest is oppressed.
Unusually strong beating of the heart; he frequently hears the beating ; the beating could be seen externally through the clothes. — 335. Palpi- tation of the heart and anxious oppression of the chest. Pal- pitation of the heart, early in the morning after rising, when sitting, with anxious oppression of the chest ; the heart seems to be in a tremulous motion. The palpitation of the heart increases by sitting down, and by bending the cliest forward.
The anguish increases during a deep inspiration, and when arresting the breathing ; he has then palpitation of the heart and oppression ; the heart beats more violently, and he feels the pulsations of the heart when laying the hand on the pit of the stomach. As soon as he sits dowtt after rising, the heart begins to beat violently ; the part above the place tvhere the beating is felt faels as if painfully oppressed by a load ; at the same time he feels a cutting and diggiug-up in the
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abdomen, as if caused by incarcerated jiatulencej continuing longer than the palpitation.^
Back EN
[ — 340.
Stitches in the small of the back, worse during an expiration and inspiration, (a. 2J h.) Twitchings in the dorsal and intercostal muscles.
Stitches in the back, opposite the heart.
Prickings in the back when walking, shifting to the left side (a. 12 h.) Painful pricking in the upper dorsal vertebra?. — 345.
Itching stitch in the dorsal muscles of the right side.
Itching in the back, in the region of the right scapula, not going off by scratching.
Bruised sensation in the spine, even in rest.
(a. 38 h.) Sensation in the left scapula as of drops of blood pressing through a valve, a kind of bubbling, (a. ^ h.) Dull, boring stitch in the left scapula, (a. 70 h.) — 350.
Sharp stitches in the region of the light scapula, exteriorly, returning at regular intervals.
Single jerks in the muscles of the right shoulder.
Red pimple on the neck, sore to the touch, (a. 10 d.) Some red pimples on the neck, sore to the touch, (a. 5 d.) Intermittent drawing in the posterior cervical muscles towards the occiput. — 355.
Para- lytic sensation on the left side of the neck, not impeding the motion of the head, and going off very soon.
(a. 1 h.)J
Upper Extremities: Pain as if sprained in the shoul- der joint, and in the posterior joint of the thumb and index- finger.
His arm frequently went to sleep when writing, so that he was unable to hold his pen.
Severe stitches in the bend of the elbow, and in the fingers. — 90 Single sticking jerks above the wrist-joint.
Single sticking jerks near the pos- terior joints of the fingers.
Cold hands, with cold clammy sweat, especially in the palm.
[Twitching on the top of the right shoulder.
Tensive pain in the left axilla, in rest.
(a. 38 h.) Burning pain in the left axilla, (a. 31 h ) Itching in both axillae, especially the left, (a. 13 h.) — 360.
The left shoulder and the arm hang down very heavily when walking, with tension in the forepart of the upper arm.
Trembling of the upper limbs.
Feeling of weight in the right upper and lower arm, in rest; nevertheless he raises the arm very easily, (a. 3 h.) Drawing pain in the right deltoid muscle, more violent when pressing upon it strongly.
Cutting drawing across the deltoid muscle. — 365.
Pressure with tearing in the middle and the external surface of the right upper arm, more violent when touched.
Twitch- ing in the mnscles of the left upper arm.
(a. 7^ h.) Itching stitch in the tip of the left elbow, (a. 11 h.) Itching, prick- ing pains in the bend of the right elbow, obliging one to scratch, (a. 35 h.) Jerking in the muscle of the left lower
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arm, directly above the wrist joint, only in rest.
(a. 55 h.) — 370.
Aching in the right lower arm.
Pain in the right lower arm as if both bones were squeezed wilh pincers, in rest.
(a. 22 h.) Boring stitches in the right lower arm.
(a 52 h.) Itching in the outer parts of the right lower arm.
(a. 5 d.) Aching above the right wrist-joint, in rest.
(a. 34 h.) — 375.
Violent lancinating pains above the left wrist-joint, when mov- ing the index-finger while holding the arm close to the body, (a. 45 h.) Tearing in the carpal joints of the left hand, recur- ring at regular intervals; soon after a cramp-like tearing is felt in the palm of the hand, not impeding the motion of the hand.
Cramp-pain transversely through the metacarpal bones of the left hand, from the side of the thumb to the tip of the little finger, as if the whole hand were squeezed together, (a.
6 h.) Drawing pain transversely through the metacarpal bones.
Fine tearing in the phalangeal articulations, (a. 40 h.)— 380.
The hands are pale-yellow, as after a long illness.
The hands go to sleep in rest, with tingling in the tips of the fingers, going off when moistening them or when firmly seiz- ing any thing with them.
Creeping in the hands when press- ing them together, as if they had gone to sleep, (a. 12 h.) Boring creeping in a small point of the right palm.
(a. 79 h.) Itching in the palm of the hand and in the tips of the fingers, as if they had been frozen. — 385.
Burning itching in the middle of the palm of either hand.
(a. 24 h.) Involuntary drawing of the tendons of either hand, so that the fingers were drawn crooked, with cramp-pains in the hollow of the hand.
Reddish hard pimple in that spot of the palm of the left hand which had been burning and itching the day previous ; the pimple remained for several days with a burning itching sen- sation.
Painful drawing hi the metacarpal joint of the thumb.
Tearing pain in the joints of the right tJinmb.
(a.
7 d.) — 390. Tearing in the articulations of the fingers of the right hand, recnrring regularly as beats in music, (a. 12 h.) Burning pains in the dorsum of the posterior joint of the little finger, (a. 7^ h.) Burning pain in the enter parts of the ar- ticulation of the left thumb. Paralytic pain in the right index- finger. Pimple on the middle-finger of the right hand, painless of itself; when pressing upon it, it emits a yellow pus, and disappears on the day following, (a. 17 d.) — 395.
Tearing, Avith pressure, in the tip of the left little finger, (a. 48 h.) Itching stinging in the tips of the fingers, (a. 10 minutes.) Bubbling, dull stitches in the tips of the fingers, as if frozen, (a.ih.)]
LowEit Extremities: Bruising pain in the anterior mus-
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cles of the thighs, only when walking.
Single jerks in the outer parts of the patella. — 95.
Compressive pain in the knees, mingled with drawing and striking ; the pain increases the longer he walks.
The knee is painful when touching it, as if bruised.
Bruising pain in the interior of the knee-joint, when bending the knee.
Digging-up and great uneasiness in the left knee ; he had to change its position all the time, to bend it, to stretch it, etc.
(a. 4 h.) Creeping in the calves. — 100.
Drawing in the legs from above downward, with a feel- ing of warmth, or as if warmth were coming to the parts ; the feet were likewise warmer.
Single sticking jerks above the tarsal joints.
Early in the morning, when first setting the feet upon the floor, the soles are painful, as if ulcerated.
[Tensive pain in the left glutei muscles, when walking, (a. 5 d.) Great lassitude of the lower limbs, especially in the thighs, as low down as beyond the knees, as is felt after long running, even when sitting. — 400. Bruising pain in the groin and in the upper and inner part of the thigh, towards the peri- nseum, as after a long ride in a person who is not used to rid- ing, (a. 3, 4 h.) Drawing pain in the right hip, and in the muscles of the right thigh. Below the neck of the left fennir, in the external and posterior nuiscles, he ex])eriences, at a small spot, intermiitcnt. burning, sharp stitches when sitting, little diminished by rising, but more violent than before when sit- ting down again.
Itching in the skin, more, in the thighs than legs, frequently returning after scratching, (a. 11 h.) Continual corrosive itching of both thighs, as if an eruption would make its appearance ; scratching does not relieve it ; it is not perceptible in the body. — 405. Creeping itching of the right thigh, going off by scratching. Tension in the muscles of the anterior thigh, only when walking. Tension in the right thigh, only when sitting, (a. 36 li.) Itching, contirmous stitch in the left thigh.
Tensive, continuous stitch in the left thigh, when ivalking, ceasing rclien standing, and after- wards returning when, sitting down, (a 4. d.) — 410. Draw- ing tearing in the right thigh, ivhe?i sitting, (a. 29 h.) Tear- ing, with pressure in the outer parts of the left thigh, from the knees to the os innominatnm, as if in the periosteum ; the pain was more violent in those parts where pressure could be made upon the bone. (a. lid.) Aching in the right thigh, more violent when pressing upon it.
(a. 5i h.) Aching above the right knee when sitting, disappearing by motion, (a. i h.) Boring pain above the right knee-joint, oidy in rest. — 415. Tearing ten- sion in the outer side of the left knee-joint, when setting down the foot in going up stairs, (a 76 h.) Tearing pain, as if
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sprained, in the left knee-joint, only when walking., so that he is sometimes obliged to limp, in that he is not xoell able to be?id the leg.
Sharp, deep pricking in the outer parts of the right patella, when silting.
Strong prickings through the knee, when bending it ; only when walldng the pricking ceased for a few moments, (a. 5 d.) Short-lasting feeling of heaviness in the right leg, when sitting, (a. 9. h.)— 420.
Itchiiig digging- up in the left tibia below the patella, in rest.
Tensive stitch in the left tibia, in rest.
(a. 4 d.) Sticking in the calf, accom- panied with jerking and pulsations in the patella;, when the knees are stretched, (a. 13 d.) Sensation in the right calf as if drops of blood were pressing through a valve, a sort of bub- bling, (a. i h.) Digging-up pain in the right calf, interiorly, more violent when walking. — 425.
Cramp in the left calf.
(a. 11 h.) Tensive drawing in the left calf, when walking.
When sneezing he experiences a tremulous chilliness through the legs, from above downward.
Burning pain above the right malleo- lus internus.
(a. 37 h.) Fine boring stitch in the right malleo- lus internus. in rest.
(a. 33 h.) — 430.
Pain when bending the foot up and down as if the tendons around the joint were too short, a cramp-like sensation, (a. 10 h.) Smarting drawing in the tarsal-joint, with a feeling of soreness, (a. 4 h.) Hard pres- sure as of a hard stone in the tarsal-joint, accompanied with drawing in the joint, when standing.
Darting tearing in the dorsum of the foot.
(a. 45 h.) Intermittent tearing in the me- tatarsal bones of the left foot.
(a. 12 h.) — 435.
Intermittent tearing in the left foot, behind the toes.
Itching of the dorsum of the left foot, in rest, not going off by scratching.
Itching- boring stitch in the dorsum of the right foot, in rest, obliging him to scream violently, (a. 79 h.) Burning pain in the dorsum of the left foot.
(a. 56 h.) Digging-up, with pressure, in the right foot, behind the toes, only in rest ; 440.
Fine tearing in the muscles of the left toes.
(a. lOd.) Wart-like excrescence on the second toe of the left foot, without sensation, disappearing again after three days, and leaving a white cicatrix behind, (a. 3d.) Wart-like excrescence on the second left toe, painfully smarting, but burning when the shoe presses upon it, like a corn ; it left a white thick cicatrix, (a. 17 d.) Itching stitch in the second toe of the right foot- Creeping in the tips of the right toes, only in rest.
(a. 53 h.) — 445.
Itching stitch in the bottom of the right foot, continuing during motion.
Violent stitches in the bottom of the left foot, when silting, (a. 4 d.) Boring-itching stitch in the ball of the second and third toes.
Sensation in the bottom of the left foot, when treading, as if the parts were too much stretched and too short, occasioning a
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Stitch-like pain.
(a. 29 h.) Itching creeping in the bottom of the right foot.
(a. 77 h.)]
Generai, Symptoms: When walking, every step he misses causes a painful jerking through the limbs.
His lower limbs feel heavy ; he feels a humming in his lower limbs ; he has to drag them along. — 105.
He feels brnised all over ; when rising from a seat he feels giddy, his feet feel unsteady, as if he would stagger.
Pain, as if sprained or bruised in the right shoulder- joint and in the posterior joints of the thumb and index-finger.
Great lassitude of body and mind, especially after standing.
He feels extremely debilitated when hungry.
All the symptoms are worse in the afternoon.
[Trembling of the lower, and then of the upper limbs.
Small blotches on the lower limbs, after scratching them.
The whole body is very sensitive to the touch ; when knocking any part of the body against any thing, the part feels painful and shudder- ing ; even when treading, the body is painfully concussed, (a. 3 d.) Prickings in several parts of the body, after a moderate walk, when going up stairs. — 455.
All his limbs arc affected, especially when walking ; his spine feels bruised.
He does not feel well in any part of his body ; his limbs feel heavy and weary; he is not disposed to woik, although his mind feels cheerful, (a. 6 d.) Tearing in the limbs, either directly above or below the joints, close to the bones, as if they were scraped.
Great heaviness in the upper and lower limbs ; after going up stairs he breathes heavily.
Great lassitude, especially when going up stairs, (a. 2 h.) — 46Q.
Great lassitude in the morn- ing ; all his limbs feel heavy ; he dislikes to stir.
(a. 7 d.) Weariness when walking, standing or lying down ; he is al- most unable to do any thing with his hands, or even to dress.
Weakness of the body and tremor of the hands when seizing anything, (a. 13J d.) Heaviness of the arms and lower limbs.
He feels intolerably hot when taking but moderate exercise, es- pecially in the face ; the whole body perspires when the exer- cise is more violent, (a. 14 d.) — 465.
He is very sensitive to cool air.
Great lassitude after a walk.
When walking in the open air, he is at first strong, but soon feels weak, especially in the muscles of the thighs, with an anxious pressure on the chest, in consequence of which he would like to eructate, which he is however unable to do ; he obtains relief by a desire for stool and emission of flatulence, (a. 5^ h.) In the evening, while in the open air, he feels very sick and anxious, with internal heat, and has to hasten back to his room, where he does not feel much better, (a. 11 h.) After a moderate exercise, he feels so debilitated that he imagines that he is on the point of dying, (a. 24 h.) — 470.
Convulsions, death.]
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Sleep EN
Constant yawning (immediately).
No sleep be- fore midnight, every night, but no pain.
Constant restlessness in all the limbs, at night ; he has to change the position of his limbs all the time, to bend or stretch them.
(a. 10 h )' Restless sleep, frequently disturbed, full of anxious, frightful dreams, for example : that the lightning had knocked away his shoulder.
Weary early in the morning when waking. — 115.
He feels more weary in the morning than the evening previous.
[Yawning without drowsiness.
Frequent desire to sleep, which he is, however, able to resist.
Drowsiness, with yawning, as if he had not slept enough, (a. 5 h.) Irresistible drowsiness in the evening as long as he remained up ; but as soon as he had laid down, he was unable to sleep for a long time. — 475. ^f- ter lying down he remained awake until late in the night.
Weariness in the morning; shortly after rising he was unable to keep off sleep when sitting, (a. 7 d.) Irresistible desire to sleep, with yawning, the whole Ibrenoon.
(a. 2 h.) He feels so drowsy in the morning that he has to hang his head over, and his eyes closed, (a. 2\ h.) Long siesta, contrary to habit ; upon waking he could not prevail upon himself to get up, and he fell asleej) again. — 480.
Sleep, disturbed with many dreams which he does not recollect.
Stupefied sleep.'^ Sleep disturbed with vivid dreams, which he is iniable to recollect ; after mid- night he wakes frequently, and is in a half-waking state. — 485.
Confused dreams, during tvhich his mind is so busy that lie feels weary in the morning ; when waking he does not recol- lect his dreams.
Vivid dreams of known things, of one and the same object, for a long time.
Vivid dreams about lire and dispute; he thinks it is time to rise at one o'clock.
Anxious dreams of fire and ghosts. — 490.
Nocturnal emission, befoie waking in the morning, without occasioning any debility, dur- ing a dream about an embrace.
Dream about an embrace with emission, without erection.]
Fever EN
Violent thirst, late in the evening, (a. 28 h.) Severe chilliness over the arms and shoulders.
Severe chilli- ness through all the limbs, the whole day, without thirst, two days in succession.
Severe chilliness and coldness imme- diately after dinner. — 120.
Chilliness in the afternoon, followed by heat and thirst.
Fever : chilliness in the evening, with cold hands and distended abdomen, without thirst ; next night, while lying quietly on his back, all his joints feel bruised, he has vivid, pressing dreams, talks in his sleep, his body feels
' This restlessness was very soon relieved by Aurum. ^ From the smallest dose. — JOerffius.
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hot, mouth, nose, and eyes dry, without thirst.
ChiUiness for half an hour in the evening, when lying down, followed by heat and sweat all over, almost the whole night.
Alternate chilliness and heat the whole day, with redness of face.
Feel- ing of heat in the body, without any heat being perceptible to others. — 125.
Heat in the lower limbs, at night, without sweat or thirst.
Feeling of internal heat at night, with dryness of the mouth, without thirst.
He sweats when covering himself lightly.
[Weak and irregular pulse, now slow, now quick. — 495. His pulse, which is generally at 72, falls to 54. During the morn- ing, fever, (a. 24 h.) Chills every morning after rising. Thrills of shuddering over the whole body, at intervals of from two to ten minutes; they seem to commence especially in the region of the chest.
Sometimes the chills extend from the pit of the stomach only as far as the abdomen and the lower limbs, sometimes also as far as the back. (a. 24 h.) A slight move- ment of the body brings on chills. — 500. Shaking chills with- out thirst, early in the morning, with tolerable lightness in the movements of the fingers, and brightness of mind. Occasional chilliness every morning after rising, for a couple of hours.
Chilliness of the whole body without thirst, only in the morn- ing (a. 2 h.), several mornings in succession, returning at intervals, and extending from the feet upwards, ilvery inorning he has thrills of chilliness, now only over the feet, now over the head and hands, now over the back, or the chest and abdomen, now over the whole body, without thirst, (a. 72 h.) Slight chilliness in the back,toward the abdomen as far as the umbilical region, (a. 2 h.) — 505. Thrill of shuddering over the whole body, without heat or thirst, (a. 1 h.) Sensa- tion of goose-skin on the right thigh, without any chilly feel- ing.
Chilly feeling and goose-skin on the arms ; he dares not approach his arms to the body, for then he experiences a disa- greeable, shuddering sensation, (a. 4 h.) Thrill of cold shud- dering over the whole body, except the arms, with sensation as if the hairs stood on end. Thrill of shuddering over the whole body, with heat over the whole body, without thirst, (a. 7 ii.) — 510. Cold sensation over the whole body, without any coldness to others ; his skin was warm to the feel all over, es- pecially on the chest.
Internal fever early in the morning : cold thrills at intervals from five to ten minutes, with increased warmth of the skin ; the chilliness seems to start from the pit of the stomach, and to spread over the tnmk, head, and the upper limbs, without thirst, (a. 24 h.) Coldness of the tips of the fingers, the remainder of the hands being moderately warm.
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(a. 3 h.) Cold hands, hot face, no thirst, (a. 5 d.) Feeling of heat all over, and especially heat in the face ; nevertheless he longs for the warm bed in the evening, (a. 7 d.) — 515.
The hands feel cold to the face^ htit warm, to one another ; the pabjis are a little tnoist and clammy.
Feeling of heat in the face and hands ; whereas the hands feel cold to the face and the face cold to the hands, (a. 8 h.) Alternation of coldness and heat on the left side of the forehead, no change of temperature being perceptible to others.
For Jive days in succession he felt a chilliness in the morning after rising, at the same hours, and heat at noon (five hours afterwards), m,ostly on the trunk, but more so in the face, with redness but 7io 'par- ticular thirst.
Alternation of heat and chilliness ; the chilliness being especially felt on the back, the heat in the hands and face. — 520.
As soon as he lies down he feels chilly; after which he is covered with a profuse fetid sweat.
Heat, with great desire for beer.
Great heat, with sweat over the whole body, especially about the head, without thirst, (a. 1 h.) In- creased warmth in the back ; hands and abdomen feel to him burning hot ; he feels hot all over.
Flushes of heat over the back, after supper. — 525.
Feeling of heat in the spine.
Flush of heat over the face, without reddening it.
(a. \ h.)]
Moral Symptoms: Restlessness and apprehensiveness ; he was unable to remain quiet at any one place.
Sad and out of humor, with redness of face. — 130.
Extreme low-spirited- ness, in the evening ; he felt as if he could kill himself, with chilliness of the body.
(a. 8 d.)
[Want of attention.
He does not like to talk.
(a. 7^ h.) He is not able to join in the joy of others, although he is not sad.
(a. 7 h.) — 530.
Anxiety and apprehensiveness of the future, (a. 10 d.) Deep reflection about his future fate.
(a. 24 h.) Anxiety for the future, his mind being intractable and inclined to ill-humor.
He is sad, discouraged and timorous, (a. ^ h.) sad and out of humor. — .535.
Serious, taciturn ; he gets out of humor when one attempts in the least to jest with him.
He is out of humor about any thing that does not seem good to him, for many hours.
He gets easily angry.
At first he is gloomy for three hours, afterwards he feels bright and cheerful ; in the afternoon his gloominess returns.
He is cheerful, full of confi- dence, and satisfied ; his condition alternates with palpitation of the heart and oppressive anxiety of the chest. — 540.
In spite of his pains and troubles he feels cheerful, free from care, con- tented ; whereas he was usually apprehensive and suspicious (curative effect).
After the first day he is more cheerful and an- imated than usual (curative effect).
Extremely cheerful.
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SPONGIA MARINA TOSTA.
(Roast the sponge in a tin cylinder, by turning it over incandescent coal, until it is brown and can be rubbed into a powder, 20 grains of which are used to 400 drops of alcohol to make the tincture ; shaking the tincture twice a day for eight days, without warmth.)
The sponge which is burnt to a black coal appears to be much less powerful ; whereas the brown-roasted sponge commu- nicates to the alcohol all its great remedial virtues.
Water turns milky from the tincture, of which it holds a good deal in solution.
The sponge contains some Iodine.
The goitre, although originating in various causes combin- ed, yet is the same malformation generally, and ought to be cured by the same specific.
Medicine being unaquainted with specific remedies for spe- cific diseases, nothing was left to the common man than to ex- periment with drugs until he should have discovered the pro- per agent. This was indeed the longest road, but it is the only one which has led to the discovery of the only known safe re- medies for diseases which are permanently the same and spring from the same cause.
Thousands of years must have elapsed before the Spongia tosta was known as a specfic for goitre. Arnold von Villano- va has been the first to recommend it for that disease, in the thirteenth century.
Medicine appropriated to itself the discovery of the Spongia ; but thinking it beneath their dignity to use a simple drug, phy- sicians combined it with many other drugs ; the mixtures help- ed either little or nothing, until the remaining good effects at last were attributed to the accessory ingredients. The Spongia was at last entirely omitted from the pulvis ad strumas, and re- jected altogether by several modern pathologists.
I have found that one or two doses of the smallest portion of a drop of the potentialized drug is sufficient to cure goitre. For other purposes of healing, a small portion of the decillionth po- tency is suflicient.
Camphor is the most powerful antidote of Spongia.
Spongia is a specific against a certain form of angina mem- branacea (s. 145), the local inflammation being previously ap- peased by Aconite.* Hepar snip, will be seldom found necessary with Spongia tosta.
*This is most easily accomplished by making the patient smell of a
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