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belching of wind ; loss of appetite ; mouth dry, pappy ; dirty white coating on tongue; abdomen distended, painful, very sensitive to pressure; stitches below r. ribs on inspiration; pain < on eating; on fourth night re- currence of chill ; unquenchable thirst ; skin burning hot and dry ; pulse rapid, small and hard ; pain in limbs as if constricted ; feet and ankles numb, as if asleep; eyes dull; face pale, pointed, expressive of suffering.

I I Enteritis ; tearing, stitching, burning pains ; grass-green

vomiting; cannot tolerate least touch; whitish stools containing pus ; burning fever, < 1 p.m. ; burning in and beneath eyes; dryness of gums; throbbing in tem- ples; tickling in throat; gurgling in abdomen followed by stools which are not fecal ; difficult urination ; ex- tremely sensitive spot, r. side, one inch below navel, which when touched causes nausea.

I I Enteritis or peritonitis, with typhoid symptoms ; invol- untary stools.

■ Incarcerated hernia.

I Inflammatory swelling of inguinal glands. ^° Stool and Rectum. iStools: watery, mucous and bloody, with nausea, tearing down thighs, and much tenesmus ; frothy; white; painless and undigested ; bloody water like washings of beef; yellowish brown, blood}^, cada- verous smelling and involuntary at night [typhoid] ; dark, yellow, watery ; thin, mucous, red or yellow ; jelly- like, streaked white and yellow ; greenish, mucous, with jelly-like globules or flakes; lumps of transparent mucus; yellowish white, fecal; yellow, fluid; dark red [brick-colored] fluid ; otter-colored fluid [typhoid] ; profuse, yellow, watery ; scanty, frequent bloody water ; alternating with constipation ; involuntary (at night while sleeping) ; fetid ; frothy and painless [yellow fluid] ; very offensive [dark yellow, watery] ; odorless [bloody, watery or yellow fluid].

I Before stool : constant urging, with nausea and tearing colic ; cutting colic.

1 During stool : cutting colic ; nausea ; urging ; tenesmus ; tearing pains down thighs ; shortness of breath.

I After stool: remission of pains and urging ; tenesmus.

■ Nightly diarrhoea, with violent pain in abdomen, > after

stool or while lying prone. I I Diarrhoea after marching through moist ground with

bare feet. I I Dark brown, thin, and very fetid stools eight or ten

times daily, especially in early morning and between 4

and 6 p.m. ; stools often contained mucus, occasionally

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pus and frequently lentil-shaped clots of blood ; very weak, could not sit up, except in bed, because hanging down feet always brought on urging to stool, with in- voluntary evacuation if not at once responded to. /? Chronic diarrhoea.

I I Intestinal catarrh during subsidence of cholera epidem-

ica ; twenty to thirty motions in twelve hours ; vomit- ing frequent; cyanosis of hands and face; corpselike coldness of forearms, forehead and cheeks; bowels emitted a splashing sound when pressed, showing an admixture of fluid and wind; asphyxia; prostration of strength; apathy of mind; liquid stools mixed with some firmer lumps, strong smelling ; vomiting of whit- ish fluid, with a shade of green, with a sickly smell and mixed with mucus; headache; incessant thirst; frequent sighing; tenesmus; bowels distended with wind ; sickly taste in mouth.

I I In voluntary stools, with great exhaustion. i^Typhoid fever. ^Gastro-enteritis.

■ Cholera infantum, typhoid t3^pe; very restless at night,

has to be moved often to get relief.

■ Dysentery; tenesmus, with nausea, tearing and pinching

in abdomen ; tenesmic stools, followed by involuntary discharges from bowels.

■ Dysenteric discharges since early in morning; extremely

severe and constant tenesmus ; great chilliness ; constant restlessness.

■ Hemorrhage of black blood from bowels. ^Typhoid.

■ Sense of constriction in rectum as if one side had

grown up.

■ Shooting pain up rectum.

I I Fissure of anus, with periodical profuse bleeding.

■ Hemorrhoids: sore, blind; protruding after stool, with

pressing in rectum, as if everything would come out. ^^ Urinary Organs. "Tearing pain in region of kidneys;

oedema ; after exposure to wet. I I In a miner exposed to much dampness, oedema of face

and feet developing into a general anasarca ; urine full

of albumen. ^Bright's disease. I I Severe tearing pains in small of back; urine contains

blood and albumen; anasarca; in a man exposed to

heat. ^Bright's disease.

■ Urine: hot; white; muddy; pale, with white sediment;

dark, becoming turbid ; high-colored, scanty and irritat- ing; turbid when passed ; red and scanty ; snow-white sediment [urate of ammonia] ; bloody, discharged drop by drop, with straining; diminished, though he drinks much ; passes in a divided stream.

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■ Tenesmus vesicse; discharges a few drops of blood-red

■ Retention of urine; backache; restless, cannot keep

quiet.

■ Urine voided slowly; spine affected; from getting wet. I I Urine escapes in drops, flow interrupted ; burning in

small of back; constipation; paralytic weakness with coldness and numbness of 1. arm and foot; during sixth month of pregnancy.

■ Frequent urging day and night, with increased secretion.

■ Urine involuntary, at night, and while at rest.

■ Weakness of bladder in girls and women, with frequent

desire to urinate ; also constant dribbling in boys. ^^ Male Sexual Organs. ■Erections at night with desire to urinate.

■ Pains in glans penis on account of swelling of prepuce,

causing paraphimosis.

■ ■Swelling of glans and prepuce, dark red, erysipelatous. Stinging itching on inner surface of prepuce.

■ Humid vesicles on glans.

■ Red blotches on inner surface of prepuce.

■ ■Humid eruption on genitals and between scrotum and

thigh.

■ Eruption on genitals, closing urethra by swelling.

■ ■Scrotum becomes thick and hard, with intolerable

itching.

■ ■(Edema of scrotum and penis.

I I Enormous oedema of scrotum and penis after scarlet fever, with recurrence of fever ; penis assumed a spiral form.

■ Humid eruptions or erysipelas of scrotum. I I Metastasis of mumps to r. testicle.

I I Gonorrhoea; repeated urging to urinate; burning in urethra ; scanty, very thick discharge.

1 I Sweat in second sleep for a month; aching in glans penis ; after urination a few drops escape. ^Secondary syphilis. *^ Female Sexual Organs. ' i Ovarian cyst, had existed eighteen months in a laboring woman set. 20 ; bru- nette ; fresh, rosy complexion ; strained herself lifting shortly after first appearance of tumor.

I I Consciousness of uterus feeling sore and low down in pelvis, so as to seriously interfere with walking ; mictu- rition frequent and painful ; much burning and itching of skin all over body ; soreness in back and hypogas- trium ; subject to rheumatism. ^Prolapsus.

1 I Bearing down in pelvis when walking ; itching in rectum ; desire for acids ; pains are most in r. ovarian

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region ; feels as if her back would break ; > by lying on a hard floor or with pillow under back ; stiffness in joints when at rest, goes o,ff during motion.

1 Prolapsus: after parturition ; from straining or lifting; in rheumatic women whose pains compel them to shift about in order to get relief; < in damp weather or before a storm.

I Laborlike pains and pressure in abdomen while standing.

■ Metrorrhagia, blood clotted with laborlike pains.

I I The flow following last confinement never ceased, at times amounting to a severe hemorrhage ; when lying or sitting quietly extreme vertigo came on, which only passed away on rising and walking.

I I Polypus of uterus after getting chilled from a sea-bath,

felt benumbed after the bath and had a pain in shoul- ders as if sprained, < at night toward 3 a.m.; lost her memory and was almost paralyzed in her limbs ; headache and vertigo ; soon afterward uterine hemor- rhage ; twice there had been removed from her womb masses of polypous growth, but the bleeding returned soon after ; uterus low down in pelvis and retroverted, its posterior wall softened and swollen, filling almost entire cavity of pelvis; os dilated, cicatriced, discharg- ing thin blood ; leucorrhoea ; turbid urine.

I I Menses : too early, profuse and protracted ; flow light- colored, acrid, causing biting pain in vulva.

■ Menorrhagia: from a strain; in rheumatic women;

< at night, demanding constant change of position to

find relief. I Membranous dysmenorrhcsa in rheumatic women. 1 I Obstructive dysmenorrhoea ; pains cramping, bearing

down ; backache, < in horizontal position and by lying

on back. lAmenorrhcea: from getting wet; with milk in breasts;

after catching cold, with frequent affections of chest

and epistaxis. I lAmenia, after getting wet in a rainstorm, followed by

hydroiTietra.

■ Discharge of offensive, blackish water from vagina, with

bursting feeling in head as if head was swelling out. _

■ Shooting pains by spells through head; < when lying

and > when head is raised.

■ Soreness in vagina shortly after an embrace, or hindering

an embrace. Sticking pain in vagina, not increased by contact. ■ ■■External genitals inflamed, erysipelatous, cedematous.

■ Uterine complaints resulting from exposure to cold, damp

weather, from getting wet, particularly while perspiring.

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■ Lochia vitiated and offensive, lasting too long, or oft re-

turning, she is well-nigh exhausted.

I A vitiated discharge from vagina with shooting upward in parts, with a bursting sensation in head.

I After-pains of too long duration, after severe labor, with much and excessive straining.

llMilk leg, also metritis after delivery; w^ith typhoid symptoms.

iMammse: swell from catching cold, streaks of inflam- mation; galactorrhoea ; milk vanishes with general heat.

I I For weeks after delivery has much pain in r. limb, with numbness from hips to feet.

I I For wrecks after delivery has a terrible cough, it seems as if something w^ould be torn out of chest. ^^ Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia. ■ ■ Hoarse- ness : with roughness, scraping, or raw sensation in larynx; roughness and soreness in chest; from over- straining voice.

iMuscular exhaustion of larynx from prolonged and loud exercise of voice ; hoarseness, after being silent awhile, > talking ; < in evening, and from change of weather.

Frequent tickling, irritability in air-passages, as if it w^ould provoke cough.

■ Cold sensation in larynx, when breathing. I I Burning rawness in larynx.

■ Hot air arises from trachea.

■ Influenza ; air-passages seem stuffed up ; aching in bones;

sneezing and coughing, < from uncovering body ; aris- ing from exposure to dampness; dry, hard, tickling cough, < evening until midnight ; stiffness in back and limbs. ^^Respiration. I Respiration hurried; very short at night.

■ Oppression: as if breath were stopped at pit of stomach ; <

after a meal ; anxious, as if not able to draw a long breath .

■ Dyspnoea from pressure and painfulness in pit of stomach.

■ Hot breath.

^'^ Cough. ■Cough: dry, teasing; caused by tickling in bron- chia ; from uncovering, even a hand ; with tearing pain in chest, stitches, profuse sweat and pain in stomach ; < evening until midnight, or in morning soon after waking, from talking, lying down or sitting still ; from tickling under sternum ; preventing sleep at night ; frequent hacking in evening after lying down,

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with bitter taste in throat till he falls asleep, and in morning a similar hacking cough and a similar taste, lasting till he rises ; short, from severe tickling and irri- tation behind upper half of sternum, followed by feeling of discouragement and apprehension ; whenever he puts his hands out of bed; spasmodic, shatters the head; short, anxious, painful, frequently awakens her from sleep before midnight with very short breath ; dry, during day, wrenching epigastrium, excited by talking or singing, shoulders and cervical muscles stiff and lame on first moving ; > during exercise.

i I During convalescence from pneumonia, when coughing, terrific pain in 1. shoulder, as if shoulder would fly to pieces, and his wife would have to hold his shoulder with her hand and pinch as hard as she could; pain was brought on by a fit of coughing, and he had to get out of bed and swing his arm back and forth as fast as he could to relieve it.

I Acute cases of cough with much prostration of whole system.

I Dry, hard, racking, rheumatic coughs ; the case is apt to take on a low tj^phoid form, and is greatly aggravated at night.

I lA dry teasing cough coming on before the chill and

continuing during it.

■ Nocturnal dry cough with insufficiency of mitral valve.

I I Cough with taste of blood, although no blood is to be seen.

■ Cough with expectoration of bright-red blood and

qualmish feeling in chest.

■ Sputa: acrid pus; grayish-green cold mucus of putrid smell ; pale, clotted or brown blood.

Inner Chest and Lungs. Oppression of chest : at night

with sticking pains, especially on breathing ; anxiety

with M^eight on lower portion of chest. Tension across chest, in evening very short breath and

weakness in all the limbs. In morning on rising, drawing and stitching pains in 1.

nipple through to scapula, gradually increasing until

it caused severe suffering ; face pale. ■Stitches in chest and sides of chest, especially when sitting

bent, talking, sneezing or taking long breath ; < when

at rest.

■ Tingling in chest, with tension in intercostal muscles.

■ Acute pleurisy with typhoid symptoms.

■ Acute catarrh; the nasal, laryngeal, tracheal and bron-

chial passages seem stuffed up, commencing at about sunset, with sneezing and dry, hard, tickling cough,

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continuing very severe until midnight, when all the sufferings are > ; renewed next morning.

I I After exposure, chilliness, headache, oppressed breath- ing, catching pains in r. side of chest, cutting off breath on deep inspiration ; anxiety and apprehension that unless relieved he would only be able to breathe but a short time; restless at night; plentiful crop of vesicles around mouth, which had appeared over night. ^In- fluenza.

I I Pneumonia after exposure to rain while overheated ; short, oppressed respiration ; cough with stitches in sides ; skin hot, dry ; tongue red, dry ; pulse rapid, hard ; urine dark, becoming turbid on standing, and depositing a sediment; diarrhoea; impaired appetite; considerable thirst ; sleep restless, full of dreams ; languid and weak.

I I Stitches in r. side of chest, < coughing and breathing ; short, anxious respiration ; deep respiration impossible ; severe cough with expectoration of mucus and brownish blood ; partly crepitant and partly bronchial relies ; bronchophony r. side and dulness on percussion ; lies upon back or on r. side ; burning, dry heat ; pulse tense, frequent; anxious sleep; transient delirium; circum- scribed redness of cheeks with yellowness of alse nasi, corners of mouth and sclerotica ; unquenchable thirst ; loss of appetite ; yellowish-brown coating on tongue ; bitter taste; nausea, inclination to vomit, diarrhoea; dark brown urine. ^Pleuro-pneumonia biliosa.

I I Pneumonia, relapse ; restless tossing about at night ; acute pain in r. side of chest in locality previously affected, very sensitive to touch ; pulse again rapid, strong and full ; cough severe, with scanty expectora- tion of bloody mucus ; on breathing, sensation as if air became imprisoned in epigastrium, causing great anxiety.

■ Pneumonia: adynamic type ; free expectoration of thin, puslike secretion stained deeply with blood.

Brickdust expectoration of bloody sputa, raised with great difficulty, and accompanied by high fever, invol- untary diarrhoea, in the worst cases ; with typhoid symp- toms, often from resorption of pus ; with tearing cough and restlessness, because quiet makes pain and dyspnoea worse; pneumonia nervosa.

I I Frequently recurring short cough, with blood-streaked expectoration ; stitches in 1. side and oppression of chest ; menses scanty but regular ; for last 8 days, after catch- ing cold, erysipelatous on dorsum of r. hand, with burn- ing and stitching, and formation of a flat ulcer which began as a vesicle. ^Haemoptysis.

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iHeemoptysis: expectoration of blood becomes nearly a habit, so that patient gradually becomes anaemic, weak, and the blood itself poor; from overexertion, blowmg^ wind instruments; blood bright; pain in lower part of chest; renewed from least mental excitement. '^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. iWeak and tremulous feeling about heart; chest and heart feel weak after a

walk. .

■ Dragging and stiffness of cardiac region, especially on

beginning to move.

■ Stitches in heart with painful lameness and numbness ot

1. arm.

■ Palpitation: violent, when sitting still, pulsations mov-

ing body ; anxious in morning on awaking ; following overexertion.

■ ■ Uncomplicated hypertrophy, from violent exercise.

I I Enlargement of heart with dilatation ; pam m i. .shoulder and down 1. arm, which felt cold and numb ; pain < at 4 a.m. faint, fluttering sensation m stomach and 1. chest ; sensation of gurgling in heart region, with soreness in 1. side ; lying on it causes severe palpita- tion and pain in heart.

I 1 Difficult breathing on ascending stairs ; a deep inspira- tion, or raising 1. arm suddenly, caused a momentary, acute, stabbing pain in middle anterior portion of fourth intercostal space on same side; heart beats slightly accelerated; some time previous was wet for several hours. . ,

■ ■Organic diseases of heart, with sticking pam and

soreness ; numbness and lameness of 1. arm.

■ ■Aching in 1. arm, with disease of heart.

■ ■Myalgia cordis.

■ Pulse: accelerated, weak, faint and soft; trembling or

imperceptible; sometimes quicker than heart's beat; irregular ; affected by beer, coffee or alcohol. ^ Outer Chest. Numb sensation in chest.

Pain in chest as if sternum were pressed inward.

■ Mvalgia or muscular rheumatism of chest.

''Neck"' and Back. ■■Stiff neck with painful tension when

moving; of rheumatic origin ; from a draft. Pain in cervical muscles as if parts were asleep, and as if

one had been lying for a long time in an uncomfortable

position, toward evening. Hard swelling on 1. side of neck under ramus ot lower

jaw increased to size of a man's fist, so large that it

turned face directly to one side, causing chin to rest on

r. shoulder. ■ ■Swollen or inflamed glands of neck, with red streaks, as

in scarlet fever.

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I I Carbuncle on nape of neck near spinous process of

upper cervical vertebra; swelling brownish-red, with several small openings, discharging offensive-smelling pus ; great pain : fever ; sleep disturbed.

I I Pains in shoulders and back, with stiffness as from a sprain.

I Pain between shoulders on swallowing food.

Sticking in back while stooping, in evening.

Pressive stitches in back, < while walking or stooping but more on rising up again.

Constrictive pain in dorsal muscles, while sitting, > bend- ing back, < bending forward.

Violent rheumatic pain between scapulae, neither > nor < by motion or rest, only > by warmth, < by cold.

I Painful tension between shoulder-blades. llStiffness in small of back, painful on motion. Sensation as if bruised, in r. side of lumbar vertebrae and

in small of back.

I I While sitting small of back aches, as after long stoop- ing or bending.

iiPain as if bruised, in small of back, whenever he lies quietly upon it or sits still ; > on moving about.

I Pain in small of back, on grasping it, as if the flesh had

been beaten.

I I Heaviness and pressure in small of back, as if one had received a blow, < while sitting.

Pressure as with a cutting edge, across small of back, while standing or bending backward.

■ I Pain in small of back, < when sitting still or when

■ Violent pain " as if back were broken" in lumbar region,

on least movement or coughing, from straining back by lifting.

■ Lumbago; pain < after, not during motion.

I I Lumbar pain of three weeks duration after a strain; great pain and soreness, < after getting warm in bed and on beginning to move.

I I Sensitive spot in spine between shoulder-blades ; when spot is touched, he has waterbrash, afterward nausea and vomiting; easily tired and then can swallow nothing without vomiting it up directly ; before vomit- ing, burning sensation in stomach and between shoulder- blades; must make great effort to vomit ; cannot eat

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meat, it distresses him ; numbness of middle finger of r. hand ; has not done a day's work for six years, on account of weakness, a kind of paralytic feeling in arms, and increased pain in back and consequent nausea; < in damp, rainy, cold weather, particularly east wind ; can only drink coffee, tea makes him worse ; vomits cold water immediately ; bowels move only every five or seven days, very costive; strained himself lifting an invalid wife eight or nine years ago, but felt no imme- diate symptoms after it, except pain in back ; Spring of 1862, during a northeast rainstorm, he endeavored to assist in moving a heavily laden team of lumber, after which felt something giving way between his shoulders.

I I Violent pain in head, from back to front and down spine ; lies on her back, head and back drawn back- ward ; slightest move or touch causes excruciating pain ; pulse slow ; action of bowels almost paralyzed ; urine voided daily but slowly ; complete sleeplessness ; pain in paroxysms ; caused by getting wet. ^Spinal irritation.

I I Great pain in small of back; < in bed, > on pressure. /^Spinal irritation.

I I Severe pain over crest of 1. ileum, between crest and posterior superior spine, > by pressure and heat. ^Spinal irritation.

llSpinal membranes inflamed, even myelitis; from get- ting wet or sleeping on damp ground.

Burning feeling in loins.

■ Stiffness and lameness in sacrum, < on resting after

exercise.

■ Curvature of dorsal vertebrse.

^^ Upper Limbs. Pressure on shoulders like a heavy weight.

Left shoulder seems paralyzed.

Sensation as if some one were pressing upon 1. shoulder, by the clavicle.

Rheumatic pain in 1. shoulder and arm in region of del- toid muscle.

Severe pain at top of 1. shoulder.

Tearing in shoulder joint and on top of scapula.

Shooting inward and throbbing in left shoulder.

Stitches in shoulders while lying, > on moving about.

■ Tearing and burning in shoulder, arm lame, < in cold,

wet weather, in bed, and at rest. I I Pain in muscles of 1. shoulder and arm, also in bones

of arm while joints remain unaffected ; numb sensation

about hands and fingers, after a wetting. I I Strain of 1. shoulder joint very painful for a long time ;

became at last immovable; sleepless at night.

■ Painful swelling of axillary glands; suppurating.

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■ Trembling of arms after moderate exertion.

■ Violent tearing pain in arm, most violent while lying

still. The arm upon which he rests the head in sleep becomes

numb. Shooting pains through arms.

■ Drawing, paralyzed sensation in 1. arm, at night.

■ Sticking and drawing in 1. arm extending downward to

tips of fingers. Drawing stitches in arms, from shoulders downward.

■ Tensive aching pains as if arms were luxated.

Pain in 1. upper arm as if muscles or tendons were unduly strained, when limb is raised.

■ ■Numbness or aching in 1. arm, with heart disease. Cramplike drawing or tension in elbow joint.

■ Chronic inflammation of articular structures, especially

when resulting from blows, sprains, etc. Drawing and tearing extending from elbow joint into wrist.

■ Jerking tearing in elbow and wrist joints, during rest,

> during motion. I I Loss of power and stiff'ness of forearms and fingers on moving them.

■ Paralysis of arm, with coldness and insensibility.

i I Sudden paralysis of 1. arm while in open air on a rainy; day ; arm cold without sensation or motion ; pulse on affected side small, almost trembling ; dull headache s roaring in ears ; lachrymation and pressure in eyes a from sand ; dryness of gums ; offensive taste in mouth clean, dark red tongue ; diarrhoea with tenesmus and frequent urging to urinate ; restless sleep ; constant chilliness ; melancholy.

■ ■Erysipelatous swelling of arms.

■ Pain in r. wrist.

■ Sensation on upper surface of 1. wrist on bending it as if

it had been sprained.

I I For six months stiff wrist joint, swollen and painful; pain < after rest when first beginning to move the joint, after washing in cold water, by cold generally, change of weather, in a feather bed, by exertion in morning after night's rest, and in evening.

I I Rheumatic pains darting through wrist joint from side to side after a sprain.

1 I Tenderness of carpal articulation ; could not bear any shaking of wrist from forearm, or any pressure over articulation of wrist or any sideway motions of hand ; inflamed state of articular surfaces of wrist, probably of synovial membrane ; after sprain.

Drawing pain in palm of r. hand.

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• Rheumatic pains in hands.

I Rheumatism with great swelling of hands, brought on by wet weather.

iHot swelling of hands in evening.

I i Burning in palm of r. hand and sensation as if hand were being held in hot water, < in rest, in cold, holding anything cold, but particularly from cold water, and from midnight toward morning ; > from motion, let- ting hand hang, warmth and warm water ; at 3 a.m. whole hand and forearm burn, driving her nearly to distraction, must get out of bed and walk about till morning ; hand as if lame and during day often " goes to sleep " for hours ; hand dr}^ as if withered, unless it is rubbed with fat ; must constantly carry something in hand.

iRhagades on backs of hands.

Swollen veins on hands.

I Warts particularly on hands and fingers.

I Cold, sweaty hands.

■ Fingers can be moved only with pain, on account of

great swelling.

Tearing in joints of all fingers.

A fine sticking pain in fingers.

Index and middle fingers of one hand feel numb and asleep in morning.

Severe pain at phalanges of several fingers, about mid- way between joints, in evening.

iWhen grasping anything, feeling as if pins were prick- ing tips and palmar surfaces of first phalanges of fingers.

■ Crawling as if asleep, in tips of fingers.

I 1 Strained middle joint of thumb severely eight days before ; had been quite sore and painful, < nights ; could not use it without increasing painful state.

■ Inflammatory swelling of finger tips with formication. I I Acute pain in middle finger of r. hand while working,

which disappeared as he continued his occupation ; thereupon a sensation of numbness and formication appeared in finger, which gradually extended along median nerve to elbow ; this sensation grew more pro- nounced from day to day, and hand began to lose its strength, middle finger particularly seeming lamed.

■ ■Swelling of fingers.

■ Hangnails.

I I Eczema impetiginoides ; angry eruption on r. forearm,

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extending from elbow to phalangeal joints ; surface raw and excoriated and covered with yellow scabs and eliminates a sero-purulent discharge ; infiltration of areolar tissue, with much swelling ; general health affected ; fever at night, with chilliness, etc.

iChronic psoriasis covering arms, especially left, exterior surface of arms and dorsa of hands ; violent itching, but not the cloud of branlike scales. ** Lower Limbs. Drawing pain in r. natis, just below small of back, > on pressure.

iPressive pain in hip joints at every step, and a paralyzed sensation in anterior muscles of thigh.

Tension and drawing in r. hip.

I Tension in 1. hip joint while sitting.

■ When lying upon side -hip hurts, and when lying upon

back small of back hurts.

■ Tearing and drawing from hip to knee while walking or

standing.

I I Sciatica: r. side, dull aching pain, < at night, in cold or damp weather ; > by rubbing, from heat and when warmed by exercise ; numbness and formication.

I I Severe attack every few weeks, crippling him for days at a time; r. thigh and hip affected; pains < when keeping still and on attempting to move, in wet, damp weather ; > after moving around and from warm appli- cations; attacks brought on by overwork and exposure. ^Sciatica.

I I Violent tearing, burning pain proceeded from tuberosity of r. ischium, followed course of sciatic nerve and spread * over thigh, knee and leg ; generally came at night, in-

creased in intensity every minute, until obliged to get up and walk about, when pain went off. ^Sciatica.

I I Acute pain in 1. hip, particularly when rising from a seat, pain then extending toward spine, into abdomen, and at times to knee ; shortness of breath ; pains about heart, at times very severe, as if something would burst in chest, hard pressure over painful spot, and entire quietness relieves. ^Sciatica.

1 I Sciatic neuralgia for twelve years ; pain occupied whole 1. lower limb, particularl}^ posterior part of thigh ; draw- ing, burning, lancinating pains, < at night, so as to prevent sleep ; also < in cold wet weather.

I I Sciatica, 1. side ; intense pains gradually increasing in severity ; lightning-like pains shoot through limb ; sen- sation of coldness in limbs ; < in rest, > from continued motion ; sleeplessness at night.

I I Sciatica with tenderness about knee joint ; pain constant when walking ; could rise from bed or chair only with great effort and care.

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I I Sciatica, r. side ; pain extremely violent, makes him scream, < when at rest; > by walking when able to walk.

I I Stinging pain, < during rest in bed ; has to turn over, or change position of leg every few minutes, which re- lieves pain for a short time ; heaviness, when he under- takes to run, leg lacks power ; cramps in calves obliging him to get out of bed and walk the floor.

I I Excessive nervousness ; sleeplessness ; inability to rest in any position ; muscular twitching in all parts of body, especially in affected leg, at night. ^Sciatica.

I 1 Rheumatic sciatica; pain < after rising from his box (he is a coachman) ; urine thick.

I iCoxalgia in r. hip-joint along ischiatic nerve to ankle ; > from warmth, < from cold ; first motion very pain- ful, gradually getting > from continued motion.

I After exposure, pain in hips, thence to lower part of thigh, only on external side; leg lame and stiff"; pain < in change of weather, from cold and exercise.

iPain as if sprained in hip, knee or ankle joint.

I A sense of stiff'ness in pelvic articulations on first attempt- ing to walk ; > after getting warm in walking.

■ Much pain continues in r. limb, with numbness from hips

to feet. ^ After parturition. I I Drawing pain with crepitation in hip joints; pain < by leaving chair after long sitting, by sitting down in the cold, by exerting leg during walking, in the Autumn and by change of weather ; > from warmth of stove, in sun, and by continued gentle motion ; leg is so lame that he is obliged to take hold of the pantaloons near knee, in order to lift it and .move it on ; when limping in this manner the leg was always bent in the knee-joint, and every attempt to extend it caused pain, complete extension was impossible; the limb being stiff in hip joint every motion was painful and imperfect; after exposure to snow-storm while overheated. ^Rheuma- tism.

■ Traumatic cases of inflammation of hip joint; frequently

after Arnica, in bad effects from contusion and from straining of capsular ligaments and of tendons and mus- cles of thigh, with swelling and great pain in affected parts ; or when caused by exposing perspiring skin to sudden cold, or by getting wet, or from lying on wet ground after body has been in perspiration ; aching, drawing, tearing, tensive pains with a sensation as if

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skin around diseased parts were too tight ; pain < in recumbent posture. I I Four years ago was thrown from a wagon and much injured about hips and small of back ; was very lame and unable to move much or sit up any length of time; has been in feeble health ever since ; it has affected her very much to stand or walk since the injury; thinks she has not been able to bear her weight on her limb since, without more or less suffering through the hips ; cannot endure walking, even for a short distance, with- out suffering for a week or more, and at times is con- fined to bed in consequence ; riding or any jarring affects her in much the same way ; much tenderness to pressure about heads of both femora and edges of ace- tabulum, joint of coccyx and sacrum ; pressing head of femur against acetabulum produces much pain and ach- ing, and she feels it so constantly while bearing any weight upon limbs ; sleep restless and unquiet, espe- cially first part of night.

1 I Man of sanguine temperament, had been injured by the caving in of a gravel bank, injuring his r. hip; no sleep for three nights; unable to move or have the leg stirred; groaning under severe pain and suffering ; whole hip and thigh quite hot and inflamed.

I Aching pain in both hip joints at every step, and a para- lytic feeling in anterior muscles of thighs.

Right rectus cruris muscle very sensitive on pressure, as if bruised.

Tension on posterior surface of thigh while riding one leg over the other.

Tension in 1. thigh, extending downward from hip-joint.

Jerking and tearing in r. thigh, somewhat above knee.

Tearing pain in middle of outer portion of thigh, while sitting, > on motion.

Tearing, dragging pains in muscles of 1. thigh.

iThe pain runs in streaks down limbs with every evac- uation.

1 I From a severe wetting all over, was seized with terrible pains in lower extremities, paroxysmal in character, driving him to desperation ; could remain in no position, but resembled a dancing monkey.

]^^ Lameness and stiffness and pain on first moving after rest, or on getting up in the morning, > by continued motion.

I I After becoming thoroughly chilled a year and a half ago during a long railroad journey, legs had gradually become stiff and weak ; numbness of feet with tingling; every now and then attacks of painful stiffness in back,

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which would lay her up for two or three weeks ; urine thick. ^Rheumatic paralysis. 1 1 Restlessness of lower limbs in bed at night, > by motion.

■ Spasmodic twitching in limbs when stepping out. Jerking in thigh, with tremor of knees.

1 1 Paralysis of lower extremities.

• Lower extremities feel bruised, they are so weary.

■ Heaviness of lower limbs.

■ Powerlessness of lower limbs, she can hardly draw them

up ; nurse has to move them. ^After j^arturition. I 1 On rising from seat after sitting about four hours, loss of power of co-ordination in lower extremities, staggers, takes longer strides than he intends, steps higher than usual ; feels strangely ; symptoms return after sitting or lying down.

■ Scrofulosis and rachitis ; tensive feeling in diseased limb^

as if tendons were too short ; bruising pains, causing patient to scream ; < when touched. I I For some years sw^elling of feet in warm weather ; finally limbs began to enlarge ; no evidence of any organic disease; both legs much swollen and pit upon pressure; prickling heat in limbs and after walking, surface of them becomes red and hot ; on first attempting motion limbs are stiff, but become more supple after continued exercise; tongue yellowish, with red points at tip. ^Anasarca.

■ After scarlet fever anasarcous condition of lower limbs,

with diminished secretion of urine.

■ Painful sw^elling above knee.

A pulling with tension in tendons on inner side of r. knee,

causing uneasiness in foot. ' Pains under patella. Burning pain in knee joints and lower extremities.

■ Tearing in knee and in ankle, < during rest. A stitch across knee on standing up after sitting.

A sticking from within outward in side of knee, while walking.

■ ■Stiff'ness, especially of knees and feet.

■ Tension in knee, as if it were too short.

Heaviness like a hundredweight, in hollows of knees and in calves, so that he could not move feet along.

A crawling with tension in tendons on inner side of r. knee.

I I After catching cold, swelling of knee, followed by sup- puration; after eight weeks surgical treatment, there were around the patella three openings with elevated edges, from which an unhealthy thin pus was discharged ;.

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fever ; continuous pain ; sleeplessness; looks as if he had consumption.

I I Swelling of knee, with violent gnawing pains. ^Rheu- matic gout.

I I Groaning with pain in 1. knee joint, which extends down leg; begged to have the limb cut off. ^Acute rheumatism.

iShooting and deep cutting pains in leg. ^Acute rheu- matism.

■I I Pain in r. knee ; < when straining knee ; often a cracking in joint when stretching limb ; exudation in joint ; change of wreath er, especially rain or storm < pain, when at rest there is no pain. ^Hydrarthrus genu.

1 I Painful swelling in popliteal space of one limb, oc- casioned by a cold, preventing extension of leg ; pain in tumor, particularly after walking and exercising leg.

I I After exposure to dampness, swelling of finger joints, followed by a pale, rather painless, somewhat fluctuating swelling of r. knee ; leg flexed, cannot be extended ; emaciation ; paleness of face ; no fever. ^ White swelling of knee.

I I Erysipelatous inflammation and swelling of both knee joints; second sound of heart impaired.

•11 Great heaviness, weakness and weariness of legs. Great inclination to stretch out leg and foot, in morning.

I I Aching pains in legs, inability to rest in any position but for a moment.

Tension in calves while walking and a sensation as if the

hamstrings were too short. Cramps in calves after midnight, while lying in bed and

while sitting after walking. Pain in inner, lower and posterior part of calf of leg, felt

-during earlier portion of a walk, whenever the heel was

raised by the action of the calf; > after walking a few

minutes. 'On rising from a chair, sudden and severe pain as from a

sprain, at insertion of ligamentum patellse into tibia. A stitch in hamstrings just above calves, on violent

motion, on rising from a seat and on touch. Stitches just below r. knee. •I Pain like a tingling, in tibise at night, while feet are

crossed ; she is constantly obliged to move legs back and

forth, and on this account is unable to sleep.

I When walking legs feel as if made of wood.

'I I Paroxysmal pains in legs from getting wet, especially when warm and sweaty.

II Cramps in legs and feet, must walk about.

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I Ulcers : on legs, discharging profusely ; on dropsical

legs, discharging serum.

I I Intolerable itching of legs and feet at night; old rash.

I 1 Erysipelas, red, itching, phlegmonous swelling, with vesicular eruption extending like a band around r. ankle ; large open ulcer on ankle ; pain < after, not during motion {Rhusrad. cured after failure of Rhus tox.).

I I Four weeks ago, while running fast, was suddenly taken with a very acute pain in ankle-joint ; pain > when at rest, but is felt as soon as he attempts to walk fast, obliging him to stand still.

I I Sprain of ankle, could not touch foot to ground for six weeks, or expose it to dampness, or be out nights.

1 Aching pains in ankles and hollow of feet on walking, so that he must lie down after the least walk.

■ Swollen about ankles after sitting too long, particularly

seemed made of wood.

■ Heaviness and tension of feet while sitting.

Feet painful as if sprained or wrenched, in morning on

standing, in morning. Sharp pain in heels at times, like running nails under

Stitching in heels when stepping upon them. Spasmodic contraction in inner side of sole of foot, > by

stretching it out and bending sole upward. Stitches in soles of feet as if he were walking upon needles,

in evening.

■ Fetid perspiration of feet in men of a rheumatic ten-

dency much exposed to weather and devoted to hard manual labor.

■ Corns, with soreness and burning.

■ Eczema on inner side of thighs after vaccination, much

itching and thirst.

■ Eczema rubrum ; leg, from knee joint to toes, exhibits a

dark, purplish aspect and emits a musty odor, together with copious serous discharge ; intense burning and

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itching, particularly on exposure to cold ; extreme irrita- tion of mind ; general debility ; sleeplessness ; loss of appetite ; distress when eating ; constipation ; headache. I I Child, set. 1|, has had hives, which were very itchy, scratching developed them into large blisters ; very uneasy and restless at night; has now erysipelas on 1. leg, which is swollen and dark purple.

I 1 Erythema nodosum on legs ; large painful protuber-

ances over each tibia. ^* Limbs in General. iGi-eat weakness in limbs; they tremble. All the limbs feel stiff and paralyzed during and after walking, with a sensation of a hundredweight on nape of neck.

I I Sensation of stiffness on first moving limb, after rest.

1 1 Limbs upon which he lies, especially arms, fall asleep. A sensation similar to a trembling in arms and lower

extremities, even while at rest. 1 1 Drawing or tearing pains in limbs during rest. 1 1 Pains as if bruised, or sprained, in joints. 1 1 Cracking of joints when stretched.

■ Tension, stiffness and stitches in joints ; < when rising

from a seat.

1 1 Pain, swelling and stiffness of joints from sprains, over- lifting or overstraining.

1 I Inflammatory rheumatism, from exposure to cold, fol- lowed by paralysis of r. side ; pains almost constant in r. side ; marked periodicity, coming on at 10 p.m. and lasting until 6 a.m. ; < in winter and before a storm, during a storm pains over whole body ; intense pain on moving after rest, but continued motion relieved.

■ Chronic inflammation of articular structures, especially

when resulting from blows, strains, etc.

■ Synovitis; spurious anchylosis.

■ Swelling of hands and feet.

■ Phlegmonous erysipelas of limbs.

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ing in knee and ankle joint <; no pain in knee; tearing and drawing in limbs ; weakness of limbs.

Lying : cough ; vertigo ; headache < ; diarrhoea > ; ex- treme vertigo ; shooting through head < ; cough < ; pain in small of back < ; stitches in shoulders ; tearing in arms < ; symptoms return.

Lying on back : colic > with legs elevated ; obstructive dysmenorrhoea < ; pain in small of back < ; pain in head and down spine ; small of back hurts ; rheumatic fever < ; trembling of paralysis >.

Lying in bed : cramps in calves.

Lies on back constantly : erysipelas.

Lies on its face with hands to head : sore eyes.

Lying on hard floor with pillow under back : backache >.

Ljdng on side : hip hurts.

Lying on 1. side : causes palpitation and pain in heart.

Side on which she lies : beating in temple ; scalp sensitive ; soreness of abdomen <.

Lying upon limbs : they fall asleep ; no sweat on parts.

Head low: heaviness <.

Head raised: shooting pains through head >.

Must hold head to relieve weight in it.

Bending head backward : pain in occiput > ; pain in head and down spine.

Bending back : pain in dorsal muscles > ; pressure in small of back.

Bending forward : pain in dorsal muscles <.

Sitting: headache < ; hunger > ; pains in abdomen < ; extreme vertigo ; cough < ; palpitation ; pain in dorsal muscles ; small of back aches ; heaviness and pressure in small of back < ; tension of 1. hip-joint ; symptoms return ; after walking, cramps in calves ; too long, ankles swollen ; heaviness and tension of feet ; paralytic drawing in whole foot.

Sitting bent : stitches in chest.

Could not sit still : on account of general uneasiness, must turn in every direction on chair and move limb.

Rising from seat : pain in hip < ; loss of power of co-ordination in lower extremities ; severe pain at in- sertion of ligamentum patellee into tibia ; stitch in hamstrings; tension, stiffness and stitches in joints.

Rising from bed : vertigo ; eructations <.

Rising from stooping: stitches in back <.

Stooping : vertigo < ; nosebleed ; pain in back ; stitches in back <.

Standing : vertigo < ; laborlike pains and pressure in abdomen; pressure in small of back; tearing from hip to knee ; after sitting, a stitch across knee ; pain in both

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heels; could not stand erect, or easily lift r. foot or propel it forward.

Raising 1. arm suddenly : causes stabbing pain in fourth intercostal space ; pain in arm.

Bending wrist : as if sprained.

Riding one leg oyer other: tension of thigh.

Bending sole of foot upward: contraction >.

Hanging down feet : caused urging to stool.

Change of position : > pain in back of neck ; frequent, in cholera infantum ; constant, to > menorrhagia ; > pain in leg ; rheumatic fever ; during typhoid ; zona, neces- sitates.

Beginning to move: soreness in abdomen worst; pelvic articulations stiff; shoulders and cervical muscles stiff, lame ; stiffness of cardiac region ; lumbar pain < ; pain in wrist joint < ; sciatica < ; limbs stiff; rheu- matism in limbs <. " Motion : stupefaction in head, with tingling and pains in limbs > ; rapid, > pain in temple; of eyes, painful; of eyes, < pain in head; headache >; pain in jaw; cracking of jaw ; stiffness of joints > ; painful tension of neck ; stiffness of back painful ; pain in small of back > ; lumbago < after, not during; slightest, causes excruciating pain in back ; stitches in shoulders > ; tearing in elbow and wrist joints > ; loss of power and stiffness of forearms and fingers ; sciatica > ; continued, > coxalgia; gentle continued, > pain in hip joints; restlessness of legs > ; violent stitch in hamstrings ; pain in ankle, < after, not during ; pain in ulcers on feet <^ ; continued, > rheumatism ; produces cold feel- ing ; causes shuddering ; slight chills.

Swallowing food : pain between shoulders.

Stretching : limb, cracking sound in knee joint ; incli- nation for, leg and foot ; sole of foot, contraction > ; cracking of joints.

Stretching : soreness of abdomen.

Turning : vertigo < ; pain in back of neck < ; soreness in abdomen <.

Swinging arm back and forth : > pain in shoulder.

Stepping out : spasmodic twitching in limbs.

Stepping : brain feels loose.

At every step: pain in hip joints; stitches in heels.

Walking : vertigo < ; burning in forehead ; pains in abdomen ; bearing down in pelvis ; vertigo > ; heart feels weak after ; stitches in back < ; tearing from hip to knee ; > sciatica ; surface of feet becomes red and hot; sticking in side of knee; tumor of knee, pains; tension in calves ; a few moments, pain in heel > ;

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pain in ankle returns ; pain in ankles and hollows of feet ; all limbs feel stiff and paralyzed.

Must walk bent over : pain in abdomen.

Must shift about to get relief : prolapsus.

Could remain in no position : terrible pain in legs ; tin- gling in tibise.

Cannot remain quiet a moment.

Inclination to move affected parts, continued motion: > soreness of nipples.

Ascending stairs : difficult breathing.

While running fast sudden acute pain in ankle joint.

Exercise : pain in cranial bones > ; stiffness of cervical muscles > ; violent, uncomplicated hypertrophy ; pain in small of back > ; trembling of arms ; stiffness and soreness of muscles pass off.

Unwonted exertion : paralysis.

Overexertion: palpitation; coxalgia <. ^''Nerves, ll Great restlessness: inclination to move affected parts ; at night ; has to change position frequently ; it seemed as if something forced him out of bed ; could not sit still on account of internal uneasiness, but was obliged to turn in every direction on chair and move limbs.

■ Weakness: with desire to lie down; over whole body;

weary as if deprived of sleep ; of limbs, mostly during rest ; in morning does not wish to rise and dress ; feels as if sinking through bed ; as if bones ached ; con- stantly desires to sit or lie down ; especially on walking in open air.

1 1 Great debility with soreness and stiffness, < on begin- ning to move ; > from continued motion, but soon fatigued, requiring rest again.

1 1 Numbness: in extremities, with previous twitching and tingling in them ; in the parts on which he lies.

■ Paresis of limbs with numb sensation and difficulty of

moving the back, in consequence of a wetting. 1 I Paresis of lower extremities, with commencing amau- rosis so that patient could not distinguish large objects.

I I Painless paresis in legs in a girl aet. 14.

I I Paralysis : after unwonted exertion ; after parturition ; rheumatic, from getting wet or lying on damp ground ; from sexual excesses; after ague or typhoid; parts painless, or painfully stiff and lame, with tearing, tin- gling and numbness.

I I Sudden paralysis of lower half of body, in a girl who was being treated by an extension apparatus for curva- ture of spine ; obstinate constipation ; legs numb, cold, emaciated.

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I 'On third day after a natural labor, the mother being only thirteen years and six months old, r. side became entirely paralyzed ; there was an apparent total aboli- tion of functions, of voluntary motion and special sen- sation ; could not articulate so as to be understood.

I Hemiplegia, right-sided ; sensation as if " gone to sleep."

I I Paraplegia in a woman following an attack of apoplexy five years previously; she was unable to stand or rise up.

I A cute spinal paralysis of infants.

I I Sits upon a stool and keeps it in constant motion ; can- not remain quiet a moment ; head and body hang for- ward, the former oscillating continually ; violent trem- bling of extremities ; cannot raise himself into erect sitting posture, or hold anything, so that he must be fed ; on attempting to walk legs are extremely unsteady, although he can stand a short time, the knees mean- while shaking constantly ; if he takes a few steps falls over his feet and is not able to rise again without assist- ance; trembling > in horizontal position; during sleep, frequent spasmodic starting unnoticed by him- self; muscles flabby; emaciation; constipation; urine clear as water ; pulse small, soft, 70. ^Paralysis agitans.

I I After falling down steps the following condition grad- ually developed : lies upon abdomen, with head re- tracted so that it almost touches spine; face pale, dis- torted, covered with cold sweat; goitre-like swelling of neck due to tonic spasm of cervical muscles ; spine drawn from normal position ; crackling sound on bend- ing lumbar vertebrae ; great swelling of bone in region of sacrum ; complete paralysis of lower extremities ; retention of urine, or discharge of bloody urine in drops with vesical tenesmus ; retention of stool ; no appetite ; great thirst ; fever with evening exacerbation ; but little sleep, and if he falls asleep is restless and dis- turbed by frightful dreams ; violent jerks through body awake him frequently.

llTwitchings of limbs and muscles.

I I Chorea-like twitching ; skin red, hard, itching, < from scratching ; great anguish.

i I Chorea with pruritus vulvae with intense itching, red- ness and hardness.

■ Chorea caused by a cold bath, getting drenched or after repression of measles.

1 I Epilepsy after childbirth, brought on by a fall immedi- ately before delivery. ^^ Sleep. 1 1 Spasmodic yawning, yet not sleepy, with stitching and pain as from dislocation of jaw.

I Great sleepiness and lassitude after eating.

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I Heavy sleep, as from stupor.

I Somnolence with snoring, muttering and grasping at

flocks. When intoxicated with beer, sleeps with mouth open and head thrown back.

I I Restless at night, has to change position frequently.

At night it seemed as if something forced him out of bed. After midnight, restless slumber filled with fretful, dis- agreeable thoughts and events.

■ Restless sleep, with tossing about, raising and throwing

off covers.

Was unable to sleep after 3 a.m., rose very anxious, restless and weak, constantly trembled, especially in knees.

Unable to fall asleep after 3 a.m., but after awhile fell asleep and then dreamed very vividly and on awaking it seemed as if he had not slept.

No sound sleep after midnight; she tossed about uneasily on account of a distressing sensation as if whole body were burning, without thirst ; with dreams fuH of anx- ious agitations.

She. did not sleep for half the night, was despondent, ap- prehensive and full of anguish about the heart.

■Sleepless for four nights; she could not remain in bed.

■ Sleeplessness: from pain, more before 12 p.m., must turn

often to find any ease.

As soon as he wished to fall asleep his business came to him in anxious dreams.

Fearful dreams, for example, that the world was on fire, with palpitation on awaking".

I I Dreams of great exertion ; rowing, swimming, walking, climbing or working hard. ^^ Time. 3 a.m. : sleepless after.

4 A.M.: pain in shoulder and arm <.

Morning: as if intoxicated; headache <; tearing pain near eye < ; lids agglutinated, photophobia and lachry- mation ; nosebleed ; tongue coated ; soreness in walls of abdomen ; cough < ; on rising, drawing and stitching pains in 1. nipple through to scapula ; anxious ; after night's rest stiffness of wrist joints < ; inclination to stretch leg and foot ; feet painful as if sprained; crawl- ing in feet while lying in bed and after rising ; pain in heels ; sweat.

9 A.M. : chill came on.

10 A.M. : drowsy, weary, with yawning.

All day: child lies with face resting on floor (ophthalmia). During day : dry cough ; anxious palpitation ; tenacious

expectoration. 1 P.M.: burning fever <.

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2 P.M. : red flush all over body.

5 P.M. : paroxysms appear.

Twilight: anxiety, timidity <.

Evening : inclination to weep < ; depression ; eyes < ; facial neuralgia < ; biting itching of face < ; tooth- ache ; oppression in stomach ; hoarseness < ; till mid- night cough < ; hacking cough ; tension and short breath ; pain in cervical muscles ; pain in back ; stiff- ness of wrist joints < ; feet swell ; stitches in soles of feet; fever < toward, creeping coldness all over; heat; chill < ; fever commencing with a short chill ; quartan fever in paroxysms,

7 P.M. : as if blood were running cold through veins ; severe chill.

10 P.M. : jerking toothache.

Night : great apprehension ; severe itching of scalp ; crusta lactea < ; pain in eyes < ; iritis < ; tearing pain near eye < ; otalgia ; sneezing ; nosebleed ; delirium ; biting itching of face ; shooting toothache < ; awoke with dryness in mouth ; fever < ; nausea < ; colic < ; involuntary stool ; involuntary urination ; pain in shoulders < toward 3 a.m. ; menorrhagia < ; oppres- sion of chest ; restless ; sleepless from pain in shoulder ; paralyzed sensation in arm ; sciatica < ; coxalgia < ; restlessness of legs ; tingling in tibise ; itching of legs and feet; pain between shoulders and stretching of limbs during fever ; rheumatic fevers < ; general per- spiration ; itching of rash in joints < ; itching <.

12 P.M.: rheumatism <.

About midnight : quotidian fever.

After midnight : cramps in calves; restless slumber ; great restlessness; itching of rash <. '^Temperature and Weather. Sensitiveness to cold open air.

Sufferings during raw, cold weather and the prevalence of northeasterly winds.

Sufferings after drinking cold water.

1 1 Bad consequences from getting wet, especially after being heated.

From cold bathing, convulsive twitches.

Heat : pain over crest of 1. ilium > ; sciatica > ; gives general relief.

Exposed to heat: tearing pains in small of back.

Hot application : pain in eyes > ; pain in teeth > ; shoot- ing toothache > ; sciatica >.

Warm weather : swelling of feet.

Warmth : headache > ; of bed, < sensitiveness of scalp ; biting-itching of face ; pain in jaw > ; rheumatic pains

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between scapulae > ; coxalgia > ; of stove > pains in hip joints ; burning and itching of erysipelas ; crusta lactea <,

Getting warm in bed: lumbar pain <.

Getting warm from exercise : sciatica > .

Feather bed : stiffness and pain in wrist joints <.

Whenever he puts his hands out of bed he is seized with a convulsive cough.

Uncovering body : influenza < ; cough.

In house : melancholy, ill-humor, anxiety < ; chilliness.

Open air : melancholy > ; lachrymation ; facial neuralgia < ; during rain sudden paral3^sis of 1. arm ; walking, weakness; acrid lachrymation.

Change of weather: stiffness of wrist joints <.

Damp, stormy weather : pain in cranial bones < ; con- junctivitis < ; paralysis of muscles of eyeball from exposure to cold or wet ; prolapsus < ; uterine com- plaints; paralytic feeling in arms <; rheumatism <.

Before a storm : inflammatory rheumatism <.

Putting hands in hot or cold water : eruptions on limbs <.

Exposure to wet: tearing pain in region of kidney; oedema of face and feet; burning and sticking in skin.

From getting wet : causes pain in 1. temple ; liability of taking cold ; iritis; conjunctivitis; arthritic ophthalmia ; colic < ; urine voided slowly; amenorrhoea; amenia; difficult breathing and pain ; pneumonia ; spinal irri- tation ; spinal membranes inflamed ; pain in shoulder and arm ; terrible pains in lower extremities; paroxysmal pains in legs; paresis of limbs; paralj^sis; erysipelatous inflammation.

Washing in cold water: pain in wrist joint.

Getting chilled: from sea bath, polypus of uterus;' on a long journey, legs become weak and stiff.

Lying on damp ground : paralysis.

Marching through moist ground with bare feet : diarrhoea.

Cold or dampness: mydriasis; ptosis; influenza; rheu- matic pain between scapulge ; tearing in shoulder ; pain in wrist ; sciatica; coxalgia; swelling of finger joints; erysipelatous inflammation <; urticaria <.

Exposure to cold : eczema rubrum itches and burns ; in- flammatory rheumatism ; erysipelatous inflammation <.

Cold air: pains in eyelid <.

Cold drinks: desire for; vomits water immediately.

Cold application : of hand, toothache > ; shooting toothache <.

Ice-water: causes pain in stomach and nausea.

After exposure to snowstorm when overheated : rheuma- tism.

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East wind : < paralytic feeling in arms and weakness.

In Autumn: dragging pains in hip joints.

In Winter: inflammatory rheumatism <. *Tever. l Chilliness: in house, toward evening, creeping coldness all over ; and heat in evening, face seemed very hot, though cheeks were cold to touch, and pale, breath hot; in back and head, heat on anterior part of body; as if cold water were poured over him, or as if blood were running cold through veins, 7 p.m., feels cold when he moves.

I Chill : over back, < evenings ; with pains in limbs, rest- lessness ; face pale, or alternating red and pale ; begins in the legs, usually in thighs, or between scapulae.

■ Shuddering on moving or uncovering.

■ Sensation of internal coldness in limbs. Coldness on 1. tibia.

I Stretching and pain in limbs, shivering over whole body, with much thirst, cold hands, heat and redness of face.

■ Shivering, heat and perspiration over body at same time.

I I Severe chill at 7 p.m., as if dashed with ice-cold wa- ter, or as if blood were running cold through vessels ; cold when he moves; < eating and drinking; be- came hot by lying down and covering up; pain between shoulders and stretching of limbs during fever at night, sweat in morning.

■ ■ Cough during chill ; dry, teasing, fatiguing. I I Great restlessness during chill.

During chill, pains in limbs, and during fever twitchings.

■ Chill increased by drinking.

■ Heat : with great thirst; after the chill, with sweat which

relieves ; general, as from hot water, or hot blood run- ning through veins ; general, with slight chills during motion, face livid; urticaria breaks out over whole body, with violent itching, < by rubbing.

■ During fever, nettlerash; thirst, drinking little and often.

■ Drowsy, weary, with yawning; 10 a.m. excessive heat,

without thirst.

■ Evening fever, with diarrhoea.

Sweat: with pains, often with violent trembling; even during heat, except on face; with violent itching of eruption; sour; musty, putrid; with or without thirst; from warm drinks; profuse in morning; profuse, odor- less, not exhausting; general, except on head.

■ ■During sweat: sleep; urticaria passes ofi' with violent

itching.

■ Night sweat, with miliary itching eruption.

■ Suppressed foot sweat.

Checked perspiration by rain or dampness, when patient

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has become warm from exercise and has been in a free perspiration.

I Dry, teasing, fatiguing cough, coming on sometimes hours before, and continuing during chill. ^Ague.

I I Chill comes on about 9 a.m.; during chill seemed almost frantic, frequently changing his position in bed, groan- ing and complaining of intense drawing, tearing, crampy pains in muscles of both hips running dow^n posterior thighs to calves of legs; fever intensely high, pulse ac- celerated but weak, face and whole body red; slight thirst during both chill and fever, most during chill ; fever followed by sweat and headache. ^Ague.

I I Fever commencing with a short chill in evening ; every day the chill and heat being mixed up at the commence- ment, the fever continuing during the night with rest- lessness and tossing about in bed and a profuse sour sweat toward morning; prostration, great weakness, loss of appetite, vomiting and inability to take food during day. ^Intermittent fever.

I I Chill every morning, 3 a.m., beginning in r. thigh, and thence spreading oyer whole body; during chill, dry, hacking cough; immediately after chill, vomiting fol- lowed by fever; during fever, thirst; no sweat; great exhaustion. ^Ague.

I 1 Paroxysms appear about 5 p.m., preceded by great yawn- ing and pain in the maxillary joint, as if dislocated; chill long and severe, with shivering and chattering of teeth; during chill pain in small of back, as if bruised, compelling him to change position constantly, also peculiar drawing in arms, with formication and numb- ness of fingers; heat great, with great dryness of lips and mouth, but lies quietly, without drinking, in a half stupid condition; answers questions slowly and despond- ingly ; there also occur regularly two or three diarrhoeic stools with some colic; passes night in sleep, disturbed only by thirst and* sweat; spleen enlarged. ^Quotidian ague.

I I Ague : double tertian ; diarrhoea during day of parox- ysm; high fever with lassitude and somnolence; spleen enlarged; loss of appetite ; constipation; had taken much Quinine.

I I First chill at 5 a.m., second at 6 a.m.; with chill pain in limbs, great restlessness and stretching; fever with thirst, drinks little but often; colic, diarrhcea; great nausea and vomiting of bile; during fever, nettlerash. ^Ague.

I I Chills coming on every afternoon, followed by heat and then sweat; dry, racking cough during chill. ^Ague.

I I Quartan fever : paroxysm came on in evening, with pre-

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dominating chill; much thirst during chill and heat: throbbing pain in forehead before and after heat; chronic miliary eruption on back of 1. hand.

I I Chill 7 P.M., very cold even to shaking, fever and sweat in regular succession; no thirst. ^Ague.

I I Quotidian fever about midnight, with pressure and swelling at pit of stomach and anxious palpitation during day.

I I First headache (throbbing in temples), afterward chilli- ness with thirst and tearing pains in limbs as from fatigue ; afterward general warmth, with slight chills during motion and livid face ; finally profuse, sour- smelling perspiration.

I I Tertian fever with nettlerash, which disappears after attack ; during apyrexia burning and redness of scle- rotica.

I I Ague commencing in r. side (first arm, then leg gets cold).

iHydroa on upper lip. ^Ague.

I Rheumatic fevers prevalent and characterized by draw-

ing, tearing pains in limbs ; < at night, with constant change of position, < lying on back ; lame feeling in lower extremities ; frequent desire to urinate ; fever < at night ; vertigo, occipital pain ; tension in nape of neck and between shoulders; diarrhoea; erysipelas bullosum. ilSlow fevers; tongue dry and brown, or red as if it had been skinned ; sordes on teeth ; bowels loose ; great weakness; powerlessness of lower limbs, can hardly draw them up ; great restlessness after midnight ; must move often to get relief.

I I Acute diseases take on a typhoid form. ^Dysentery. ^Peritonitis. ^Pneumonia. ^Scarlatina. ^Diphtheria.

I I For nine days great weakness and mental dejection; loss of appetite ; vertigo ; confusion of head ; sleepless- ness ; attacks of fever returning every afternoon, con- sisting of coldness, followed by heat lasting for a long time and abundant sweat ; delirium at night of eighth day; on ninth day fever; face red ; tongue dry, red ; breathing quickened, sharp; pulse 88; abdomen slightly tympanitic ; spleen enlarged, reaching to an- terior border of ribs ; no stool for three days ; urine scanty, turbid ; skin moist; several small red spots on chest, disappearing on pressure of finger ; vertigo ; roaring in ears ; confusion and heat of head ; pressive pain in region of forehead ; dryness of mouth and throat ; pappy, bitter taste ; loss of appetite ; great thirst; abdomen painful to touch; feeling of great

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weakness; general feeling of illness; sleeplessness on account of many and perplexing dreams, occurring at moment lie falls asleep. /^Typhoid fever. II Shivering followed by heat; feels himself very ill; pressive pain in occiput ; weariness and aching in all the limbs ; want of sleep ; on third day temperature, especially of head, elevated ; skin bedewed with per- spiration ; face very red ; tunica albuginea of a yellow- ish color; lips dry; tongue dry and coated; voice rough and hoarse ; some small red spots on chest, dis- appearing under pressure of finger, and some small pustules ; respiration quicker, sharper ; an occasional dry cough ; heart normal, pulse 108 ; abdomen tympan- itic ; spleen reaching nearly to anterior border of ribs ; stools liquid ; is uneasy ; reflects with difficulty ; answers very slowly but correctly ; complains of a feeling of great prostration and debility ; sleeplessness and dreamy doziness; aching of whole body; oppres- sion of chest and slight burning behind sternum ; in- clination to cough ; abdom.en sensitive to touch. ^Typhoid fever. • liTyphoid fever: patient is of a mild temperament; delirium mild and not violent ; at times may exhibit a disposition to jump out of bed or try to escape, but when more or less conscious, manifests little petulance or irritability ; mental or physical restlessness, constantly tosses about bed, first lying on one side then on other, one moment sitting up, the next lying down ; or, at be- ginning of disease, wants to lie perfectly quiet on account of the great weakness, feels completely pros- trated, is indifferent to everything, this sense of debility is out of proportion to all other symptoms ; hallucina- tions; fears he will be poisoned, refuses medicine and food ; as the stupor progresses, he answers very slowly, reluctantly, or petulantly, but is not violent ; violent headache, as of a board strapped to forehead, often associated with rush of blood to head and sudden flush- ing of face ; epistaxis, which relieves headache, blood dark ; pneumonic cough, dyspnoea, rust-colored sputum; tongue dark-brown, dry, cracked, cracks gape consider- ably and even bleed at times; sometimes tongue and mouth are covered with a brownish tenacious mucus ; at other times tongue takes imprint of teeth ; tongue shows a triangular red tip; disturbance of stomach and bowels ; diarrhoea with yellowish-brown stools of cadaverous odor ; involuntary stool during sleep ; urine escapes in- voluntarily, and sometimes leaves a reddish stain; tearing pains in limbs with almost intolerable back-

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ache ; if he falls asleep he is restless and dreams of roaming over fields and undertaking arduous labors ; sometimes dreams of business of day, surface of body dry and hot and often redder than natural ; red spots on skin ; if he has sweat, it is copious and sour-smelling and is accompanied by a miliary rash ; abdomen tym- panitic ; r. iliac region and region of spleen especially sensitive ; spleen swollen ; stools scanty and greenish, unattended by tenesmus; in women uterine hem- orrhages may appear, but give no relief to symptoms ; symptoms of pulmonary congestion appear ; rales all through chest ; lower lobes especially affected ; cough at first dry, then more frequent and loose, with expec- toration of blood-streaked sputa. ^* Attacks, Periodicity. Periodical attacks: of headache; profuse bleeding from anus.

Alternating : stool and constipation ; red and pale face.

Every few minutes : changes position of leg on account of pain.

Daily: for three months pain in temple and orbital region ; thin stools eight or ten times ; chill and heat mixed at commencement.

Every morning 3 a.m. : chill.

From morning till 5 p.m. : headache.

Every afternoon : attacks of fever. ^

Nightly : diarrhoea.

For four w^hole nights : sleepless.

For several successive nights: awoke after one hour's sleep with pain in 1. temporal region.

For tw^enty-four hours : neither speaks, eats, nor drinks.

Between 4 and 6 p.m. : thin stools.

5 to 7 P.M. : pain in eye <.

From 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. : inflammatory rheumatism lasts.

For six days : swelling on 1. lower lid.

Every 3, 5 or 7 days : bowels moved.

For nine days : great weakness and mental dejection.

Every week : paroxysm of headache.

For three weeks : lumbar pain.

Every few weeks : sciatica.

For a month : sweat in second sleep.

For six weeks : could not touch foot to ground on account of sprain.

For six months : stiff wrist joints.

Every year on 13th of May : seized with burning itching of skin, lasting twenty-four hours.

For six years: has not worked on account of weakness in arms.

For twelve years : sciatica.

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^^ Locality and Direction. Right: pressure in temple above and beliind orbit; burning pain in eye; oph- thalmia ; oedematous swelling around eye ; conjunc- tivitis granulosa ; burning in canthus ; upper lid swollen; pain in eyeball ; biting in eye; inflammation of e3^e ; ptosis of eyelid ; side of face covered with vesi- cles ; side of face covered with thick crust ; lid of eye red, swollen ; inflammation of tonsil ; tonsil covered with yellow membrane ; pain in hypochondriac region ; like a knife in abdomen ; side of abdomen very tense ; stitches below ribs; side, an inch below navel, sensitive spot ; metastasis of mumps to testicle ; pains in ovarian region; pain in limb; catching pains in chest; bron- chophony ; acute pain in chest ; erysipelas on dorsum of hand ; side of lumbar vertebrae as if bruised ; pain in wrist; pain in nates; tension in hip; sciatica; tear- ing from tuberosity of ischium spreading over thigh, knee and leg; coxalgia in hip joint; rectus cruris muscle ver37^ sensitive ; jerking and tearing in thigh pulling and tension in tendons on inner side of knee crawling with tension in tendons on inner side of knee fluctuating swelling of knee ; stitches just below knee eruption like a band around ankle; deadness and numbness of lower part of foot ; paralysis of side; con- stant pain in side ; chill begins in thigh, ague com- mencing in arm and leg ; zona, pain going down leg. Left: pain in temple and orbital region; nostril ex- coriated; eye felt enormously swollen; phlyctenules on edge of cornea; conjunctiva red and studded with small ulcers ; ulcers on cornea ; eruption on lower lid; swelling on lower lid ; lobule of ear swollen ; parotitis ; hot, burning beneath nostril ; mumps ; pressive drawing in hypochondrium ; coldness and numbness of foot and arm; terrific pain in shoulder; pain in nipple through to shoulder ; stitches in side ; numbness of arm ; flutter- ing sensation in chest ; lameness and aching in arm ; hard swelling on side of neck ; shoulder seems para- lyzed ; pain over crest of ileum ; as if some one were pressing upon shoulder; rheumatic pain in shoulder and arm ; severe pain in top of shoulder ; shooting and throbbing in shoulder ; pain in muscle of shoulder : strain of shoulder joint; paralyzed sensation in arm ; sticking and drawing in arm down to finger tips ; as if muscles of upper arm were strained ; numbness and aching in arm ; sudden paralysis of arm, wrist as if it had been sprained ; tension in hip ; acute pain in hip ; in whole lower limb ; tension in thigh ; tearing in muscles of thigh ; acute rheumatism in knee joint;

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erysipelas on leg; tibia cold; chronic miliary eruption on back of hand ; felt a shock in external orbital in- teguments ; excoriation at inner side of nates ; skin peeled from hand entirely; wheals more numerous on index finger ; on thigh there is a round elevated red blotch ; enlargement of parotid.

Right to 1. : erysipelas travels.

Left to r. : vesicular erysipelas of scalp ; erysipelas in face.

From front to back : pain in head.

From within outward : stitching in knee. *^ Sensations. As if intoxicated ; as of a weight behind r. orbit ; as if she were going to fall forward or backward ; as of a board strapped across forehead ; brain as if loaded ; as if brain were torn ; as if muscles in back of head were screwed together; back as if sprained; as if occipital tissues were screwed together ; as of a veil be- fore eyes ; as if it were difficult to move lids ; as if jaw would break ; as if teeth were being torn out ; teeth feel too long and too loose ; as if asleep ; as if pharynx were inactive or paralyzed ; stomach as if overloaded ; as of a stone in stomach ; as if pit of stomach were swollen or drawn together; hypochon- driac region and abdomen as if beaten ; as of a knife in r. abdomen ; as if something were torn loose in abdo- men ; as if a lump lay like a pressing heavy weight in abdomen ; limb as if constricted ; feet and ankles as if asleep ; as if one side of rectum had grown up ; as if everything would come out of rectum ; shoulders as if sprained ; as jf head were swelling out ; as if something would be torn out of chest; as if breath were stopped at pit of stomach ; as if not able to draw a long breath ; as if shoulder would fly to pieces ; as if air became im- prisoned in epigastrium ; as if sternum were pressed inward ; as if cervical muscles were asleep ; as if one had been lying in an uncomfortable position ; as if bruised in r. side of lumbar vertebrae and in small of back ; as if flesh of small of back had been beaten ; as if back were broken ; as if some one were pressing upon 1. shoulder ; as if arms wer^e luxated ; as if muscles and tendons of 1. upper arm were unduly strained ; as of sand in eyes ; as if wrist had been sprained ; as if hand were held in hot water; hand as if lame; hand dry, as if withered ; as if pins were pricking point and palmar surfaces of first phalanges of fingers ; finger tips as if asleep; as if something would burst in chest; hip, knee, or ankle joint as if sprained ; as if skin around diseased parts were too tight ; r. rectus cruris muscle as if bruised ; as if tendons of limb were too

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short; as if knee were too short; as if hamstrings were too short; legs as if made of wood; lower part of r. foot as if made of wood; feet as if sprained or wrenched ; heels as stepping upon pins ; as if run- ning nails under skin in heels; as if w^alking upon needles ; as of a hundredweight on nape of neck ; as of a trembling in arms and legs ; joints as if bruised ; as if sinking through bed; as if bones ached; as if jaw were dislocated ; as if something forced him out of bed ; as if whole body were burning ; as if cold water were poured over him ; as if blood were running cold through veins ; as if maxillary joints were dislocated ; as if back were bruised ; as if tongue had been skinned; as of a board strapped to forehead ; as if flesh were torn loose from bones, or as if bones were being scraped ; pains as if sprained in outer parts ; as if inner parts were grown together ; as if something in inner parts were torn loose ; face and hands as if covered with suggillations.

Pain : in 1. temple and orbital region ; in back part of head; in eyes; in r. eyeball; in temporal region of 1. side, thence to head, cheeks and teeth ; in maxillary joints ; in back of neck ; in back ; in stomach ; in region of ascending colon ; in abdomen ; in glans penis ; in r. limb ; in lower part of chest ; in 1. shoulder and arm ; in heart ; in cervical muscles ; in shoulder and back ; between shoulders on swallowing ; in muscles of 1. shoulder and arm, also in bones of arm ; in r. wrist ; in hips ; down thighs ; in streaks down limbs with every evacuation ; under knee-pan; in 1. knee joint; in inner, lower and posterior part of calf of leg ; in heels ; in jaw ; about umbilicus.

Terrific pain : in 1. shoulder.

Terrible pains : in lower extremities.

Violent pain : in abdomen ; in lumbar region ; in head ; in 1. leg.

Intense pain : in 1. leg.

Acute pain : in r. side of chest ; in middle anterior por- tion of fourth intercostal space, 1. side ; in small of back ; in middle finger of r. hand ; in r. hip ; in ankle joints.

Great pain : in small of back.

Severe pain : in jaw ; in r. hypochondriac region ; over crest of ileum ; at top of 1. shoulder ; at phalanges of several fingers ; sudden, at insertion of ligamentum patellae into tibia.

Sharp pain : in eye ; from eyes into head ; in heels.

Tearing : at small of back ; in periosteum of cranial

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bones; in neighborhood of diseased eye; in region of brows and malar bones ; in face ; in teeth ; down thighs, in region of kidneys; in chest; in shoulder joint and on top of scapula ; in shoulder ; violent, in arm ; from elbow joint into wrist ; in joints of all fingers ; from hip to knee ; from r. ischium following sciatic nerve in r. thigh ; in middle of outer portion of thigh ; in muscles of 1. thigh ; in knee and in ankle.

Bursting pain : in head.

Deep cutting pains : in leg.

Lancinating pain : in 1. leg.

Beating pain: in limbs; in temple.

Darting pains : in ulcers.

Jerking pain : in teeth ; in abdomen ; in elbow and wrist joints ; in r. thigh.

Catching pains : in r. side of chest.

Throbbing : in temples ; from teeth into temples and jaws ; violent, in epigastric region ; in 1. shoulder ; centrif- ugally in inflamed integuments of face and forehead.

Digging pain : in glands beneath angle of lower jaw.

Gnawing pain : in swelling of knee.

Ulcerative pain : in pit of stomach.

Laborlike pains : in abdomen.

Shooting pain : in teeth ; in eyelid ; up rectum ; through head ; in 1. shoulder ; through arms ; in leg.

Stupefying pain : in head.

Stitches: in head to ears, root of nose and malar bones; in eyes and temples ; below r. ribs ; in stomach ; in chest and sides of chest; in 1. side; in heart; in shoulders ; just below r. knee ; in soles of feet ; in joints.

Stitching pains : in throat ; in 1. nipple through to scapula; on dorsum of r. hand; in heels.

Drawing stitches : in arm.

Pressive stitches : in back.

A stitch : across knee ; in hamstrings just above calves.

Stinging pain : in leg.

Sticking pain : in throat; in vagina; in chest ; in 1. side ; in back ; in 1. arm ; in fingers ; in side of knee.

Constrictive pain : in dorsal muscles.

Bruised pain : in head ; in throat; in limb.

Burning pain : in knee joints and lower extremities ; in corns; of sclerotica; in eruption around mouth and nose.

Drawing pains : in cheek and head ; in limbs ; in region of brows and malar bones ; in face ; in 1. nipple through to scapula ; in 1. arm ; cramplike, in elbow joint ; from elbow joint into wrist ; in palm of r. hand ; in r. natis ; in hips ; from hip to knee in 1. leg; in hip joints; paral- ytic, in whole foot ; in arms.

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Rheumatic pain : violent, between scapulae ; in 1. shoulder and arm and in region of deltoid muscles ; through wrist joints ; in hands.

Pressing pain : in eyes ; in stye ; in glands beneath angle of jaw ; in hip joints ; in region of forehead ; in occiput.

Dull pain : in occiput, vertex and forehead.

Tensive aching pains : in arms.

Aching: in occipital protuberances; in eyes; in articula- tion of r. lower jaw; in teeth; in glans penis; in bones ; of 1. arm; in elbow joint; in r. limb; in legs; in ankles and hollows of feet; of whole body.

Paroxysmal pains : in legs.

Cramplike pain : in articulation of jaw.

Cramp : in calves ; in legs and feet.

Jerking: in thigh.

Stinging: in throat when swallowing; in tonsils; in stomach; on inner surface of prepuce; in ulcers; in skin.

Burning: in forehead; in eye; in and beneath eyes; in inner canthus, r. eye ; in eyelid ; in swollen lids; beneath nostril ; in face ; of eruption around mouth and nose ; in whole r. side of abdomen ; behind sternum ; in small of back; in urethra; in stomach and between shoulder blades; in loins; in shoulder; in dorsum of r. hand ; in palm of r. hand, forearm and hand ; in 1. leg ; of skin ; in pustules on chin ; in ulcers.

Burning rawness : in larynx.

Burning itching : here and there ; of skin.

Biting : in r. eye ; in vulva ; on lower lids.

Excoriation: feeling of, on. inner side of 1. natis.

Soreness: of head; of nostrils; of tongue; in abdomen ; of navel ; in walls of abdomen ; in back and hypo- gastrium; of vagina; in chest; in 1. side; of lumbar region ; in corns.

Pricking : from teeth into jaws and temples ; in swollen lids.

Prickling heat : in limbs.

Tenderness : of carpal articulation about knee joint.

Gnawing sensation : in teeth.

Dragging: of cardiac region; in muscles of 1. thigh.

Pressive drawing: in 1. hypochondrium.

Tingling : in head ; in limbs ; in stomach ; in chest ; of feet ; in tibia ; in limbs ; in skin.

Tickling: in throat; in air passages; in bronchia ; under sternum.

Pressure: at heart; behind eyes; in r. temple; on chest and about heart; in throat when swallowing; in rec- tum; in abdomen; in small of back; on shoulders; in eyes.

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Tension : of face ; across chest ; in intercostal muscles ; of neck ; painful, between shoulder blades ; in elbow- joint ; in r. hip ; in 1. hip joints ; on posterior surface of thigh ; of diseased limb ; in tendons on inner side of r. knee; of knee; of calves; of feet; in joints; of nape of neck and between shoulders.

Constriction : in rectum.

Heaviness: of head; of lids; in small of back; of lower limbs; in hollows of knees and calves; of legs; of feet.

Fulness : of stomach.

Anxiety: in chest.

Oppression : in stomach ; of chest.

Dryness: of mouth; of tongue; of throat; of gums; of eyes.

Restlessness : of lower limbs.

Pulsation : in pit of stomach.

Trembling : of arms ; of knees.

Tremulous feeling : about heart.

Fluttering sensation : in stomach and 1. chest.

Gurgling sensation : in heart region.

Swashing, jarring sensation: in brain.

Lameness : of 1. arm ; of sacrum ; of leg.

Paralytic feeling: in arms; in 1. shoulder; in anterior muscles of thighs.

Weakness : of low^er limbs.

"Weariness : of legs ; of feet.

Stiffness : of lids ; of jaws ; in back of neck ; of joints ; in back and limbs ; of cardiac region ; of shoulder and back ; in small of back ; of sacrum ; of forearms and fingers; in pelvic articulation; painful, of back; of knees and feet ; in joints.

Numbness : of 1. arm and foot ; from hips to feet ; in 1. chest ; of finger ; of hands and fingers ; from finger to elbow ; of r. leg ; of feet ; of lower part of r. foot ; in limbs ; of fingers.

Deadness : of lower part of r. foot.

Crawling : in finger tips ; from finger to elbow ; of r. leg ; in tendons of knees ; in feet.

Biting, itching : on scalp, forehead, face and about mouth ; of eruption on hand and face.

Itching : under scurfs on head ; in eyes ; of eruption around mouth and nose; inner surface of prepuce; of scrotum ; in rectum ; of eruption of arms and hands ; intolerable, of legs and feet ; of ulcers ; of eruption on limbs ; of urticaria ; intolerable, of rash all over skin ; of hairy parts ; of small pimples ; of eczema ; of erup- tion about nipples, breast, back, chest, forehead, scalp and hair.

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Chilliness : in back and head.

Coldness : of forearms, forehead and cheeks ; of 1. arm

and foot ; of larynx ; of arm ; of 1. leg ; of legs ; all

liSoreness and stiffness in muscles, pass off during any

exercise. 1 1 Flesh of affected parts sore to touch. 1 1 Pain as if flesh were torn loose from bones ; or as if the

bones were being scraped. 1 1 Pains as if sprained in outer parts; disposition to

sprain a part by lifting heavy weights, or stretching

arms high up to reach things. 1 1 Inflammation of tendons of muscles, from overexer- tion or sudden wrenching as in case of a sprain.

■ Affections of ligaments, tendons and membranes, con-

nected with joints.

1 1 Bad effects of getting wet, especially after being heated.

Iln inner parts sensation of fulness; or as if they were grown together (adhesion) or as if something in them were torn loose.

I Dropsy, with turbid urine.

i "Abdomen and legs greatly enlarged ; from some points of legs water trickles down ; appetite good, no thirst, passes little urine ; after eating, pains in stomach ; sen- sitive to cold, damp weather ; preferred to lie propped up in bed.

I 1 General dropsy; scrotum swollen, from prepuce there hung a long-shaped blister.

■ Dropsy resulting from amenorrhoea, caused by being

drenched in rain.

■ ■Smooth, red and shining swellings, the inflamed skin

being covered with small painful white vesicles.

■ Inflammatory swellings.

■ Cellulitis; accompanying diphtheria; orbital cellulitis

with formation of pus.

■ Boils and abscesses.

I I Child emaciated ; covered with abscesses, most of them of a bloody character ; child appeared as if it would shortly die.

■ Carbuncle, in beginning, when pains are intense, and

the affected parts are dark red ; if given early may abort whole trouble.

■ ■Glands swollen, hot, painful ; indurated; suppurating.

■ Abscesses of axillary and parotid glands, swelling pain-

ful to touch, and discharging a bloody serous pus, with stinging and gnawing pains. ■Scrofulous induration of glands of neck, nape of neck and lower jaw.

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I Prominent projections of bones, are sore to touch; as, for example, the cheek bones.

I Inflammation and swelling of long bones.

iCrusty caries, always combined with tetter, in rheumatic or gouty subjects.

■ Scrofulous and rickety affections. *^ Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries. Touch : head painful ; cannot bear slightest, on eye ; on sore spot below navel causes nausea; chest very sensitive ; sensitive spot in spine ; causes waterbrash ; causes excruciating pain in back ; scrofulosis and rachitis < ; stitch in hamstrings ; stitches in limbs ; abdomen sensitive ; flesh of affected parts sore ; abscesses of axillary and parotid glands painful ; prominent projections of bones sore ; eruption near corners of mouth on margin of lower lip sore ; pustules on chin pain, ^ ; ^

Pressure : pain in Jaw > ; abdomen painful ; pain in back > ; pain over crest of 1. ileum > ; drawing pain in r. natis > ; hard, on hip and leg > pain ; rectus cruris muscle sensitive ; pain in eruption <.

Resting head upon arm : causes numbness of arm.

Rubbing : > sciatica ; itching of urticaria < ; affected parts increases eruption.

Scratching : developed blisters from hives ; itching < ; causes burning ; causes an agonizing pleasure ; causes smarting and itching of pimples.

Grasping and pinching: > pain in I. shoulder; pain in small of back as if flesh bad been beaten.

Riding or jarring : affects injured hip. t Blows or sprains, etc. : cause chronic inflammation of articular structures.

After a sprain : pains in wrist from side to side.

A fall immediately before delivery : epilepsy.

Thrown from carriage : injured about hips and small of back.

Traumatic : erysipelas of lids. *^Skin. a Intolerable itching; red, measly rash all over skin.

iltching all over, < on hairy parts; burning after scratching.

Violent burning in skin, twitching, general perspiration at night; whenever he puts his hands out of bed he is seized with a convulsive cough.

Burning itching here and there.

■ Stinging and tingling in skin, burning after scratching. llBurning itching eruptions.

■ Humidity of skin.

■ Rubbing affected parts increases eruption. Red flush over whole body, at 2 p.m.

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Covered from head to foot with a fine red vesicular rash, itching and burning terribly, especially in joints ; < at night, causing constant scratching, with little or no relief, felt very hard upon pressure with finger; skin burning hot.

Some small pimples, coalescing into blisters the size of a split pea, filled with yellow watery fluid, with intense itching; < at night after 12 p.m.; the only relief he can get is to rub it with something rough until the blisters are open.

Numerous vesicles appear on different parts of body, vary- ing from two or three lines to one-fourth inch in diame- ter; vesicles dry and disappear by desquamation.

A burning eruption of small blisters, filled with water, with redness of skin of whole body, except on scalp, palms of hands and soles of feet.

Vesicles, most of which contain a milky, but some of which also contain a clear liquid, become confluent ; this con- dition lasts three days, after which the skin desqua- mates.

Clusters of vesicles, filled at first with a watery substance, near both corners of mouth on margin of lower lip, with a salty biting sensation, and soreness to touch.

Large blisters containing yellowish liquid, with swelling of arm ; blisters were ruptured carelessly and the liquid flowed over whole arm, after which a very large number of vesicles appeared, so that after eight days whole forearm seemed to be one mass of blisters; anointing with olive oil seemed to have no effect upon the com- plaint ; soon the upper arm and then r. arm and other parts of body became affected ; whole trouble lasted four weeks.

An eruption of an erysipelatous nature upon face ; the inflammation had extended over forehead and into scalp, both eyes were closed, both ears, cheeks and lips were very much tumefied and pitted on pressure, and the patient's features were so much disfigured that he was not at all recognizable.

Erysipelatoid eruption affecting hands and arms, feet and legs, face and sometimes the whole person ; it varied in extent and in severity from a small patch, with trivial itching, to an extended surface with enormous swelling and excruciating suffering; pruritus, tingling, smarting, stinging burning were the sensations described ; on a red and swollen base of inflamed skin, vesicles and blebs, from the size of a pin's head to a pea, were crowded together, and when these broke and dried, eczematous crusts remained ; sufficient irritation carried the in- flammation on to ulceration.

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Bright redness of scrotum and penis ; scrotum extremely- flaccid and relaxed, falling half-way to knee.

After the lapse of about twenty-four hours, itching and burning commenced, lasting from half an hour to two hours ; after about thirty-six hours, swelling of the parts, with violent itching and burning, increased on touching or moving parts affected, as if pierced by hot needles ; white transparent vesicles appeared on the highly red and inflamed skin.

I Erythema, rapidly progressing to vesication, often ac- companied with oedema and with the final formation of pus and scabs ; surface about eruption is red and angry- looking.

■ Eruption herpetic; with incessant itching, burning and

tingling; alternates with pains in chest and dysenteric stools.

I I Scalp, abdomen, lower portion of chest and part of legs and back covered with a moist, burning, itching erup- tion, which eats into surrounding parts ; large vesicles form which are filled with clear serum, later becoming turbid, which burst and become confluent.

1 I After being poisoned while gathering blackberries ; face presented a perfect picture of facial erysipelas of ve- sicular type; hands and forearms were covered with patches of vesicles.

I Herpes zoster (shingles); burning and neuralgic pains after it.

■ Herpes preputialis and axillaris.

■ Pemphigus, each bulla with a red areola.

I I Erysipelatous swelling under eyes and red blotches over body.

■ Erysipelatous inflammation: hardness of skin, with

■ Vesicular erysipelas ; scalp, face and genital organs par-

ticularly affected ; affected parts dark red; inflammation travels from r. to left. I I Capt. S., six years ago, kissed a child who had scarlatina, and felt it burn his lips ; in a few weeks had boils on his back ; after this was costive ; once fainted, bruising his forehead ; during faint had an involuntary stool ; soon erysipelas appeared on bruised forehead, spreading over face, appearing on scrotum and penis, which sup-

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purated ; has had several attacks since, impairing his sight for near objects; felt a shock in 1. external orbital integuments; about noon, red erysipelatous swelling- began there, extending over whole face, neck and scrotum ; vesicles form exuding a fluid which stains linen yellow ; affected parts burn and itch ; when lying at each beat of heart there is a throbbing centrifugally in inflamed integuments of face and forehead ; any moisture to skin brings out erysipelas there, as it al- ways did in those attacks ; must scratch parts, which causes an " agonizing pleasure;" scratching of scrotum causes sexual pleasure and an escape of semen, which weakens him ; photophobia ; very restless all last night, no sleep ; w^alking about stamping, shaking arms, and striking about ; large yellow crusts from discharge on chin ; eyelids closed from swelling ; hands and feet cold ; pulse 50, intermitting in volume and rhythm ; burning and itching < from warmth,

I I Zona, r. side, pain going down to r. leg, < at night, necessitating constant change of position.

Cutaneous inflammation and feeling of excoriation at inner side of 1. natis.

Scurfy eruption over body ; fine scurf on face.

Back of hand is covered with cracks and is hot ; skin hard, rough and stiff".

Epidermis peeled from cheeks, leaving parts hot and rough.

Skin peeled from 1. hand entirely; intolerable itching; skin peeled from all parts affected.

llEczema: surface raw, excoriated; thick crusts, oozing and offensive; if face is attacked there is oedema of loose cellular tissue about eyelids; burning, itching, tin- gling pains; incessant itching and scratching; the more they scratch the greater the urgency to scratch.

iCrusta lactea characterized by thick, heavy scabs, on an inflamed base, with much itching and restlessness, < at night and from becoming too w^arm; green slimy diarrhoea.

I I Very sore nipples after confinement and an itching, burning papular eruption about nipples on breast, neck, chest, forehead, scalp and hair; the itching kept just ahead of the scratching, disappearing and burning after, < during sweat; profuse sweat on exterior parts of body, but not on parts on which she lay; restless, continually sought new positions; > after moving about.

I I Forehead, face and particularly sides of neck, covered with red nodules, apices being filled with pus; severe burning.

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Pimples like the itch, with burning itching and smarting after scratching, on inner surface of wrist, and on lower portion of cheek.

Hard pimples on hands, with burning-biting itching.

Pimples large, deep-seated and irritable to touch, on nates, especially on median line near os coccygis.

Tetter-like eruption around mouth and nose, at times with jerking and itching burning pain in it.

Pustules, with pus at tips on side of chin, with pain only when touched, as from pressure of a sharp edge and a persistent burning.

■ Pustulous eruption.

Black pustules, with inflammation and itching, rapidly spreading over whole body.

llUrticaria from getting wet; during rheumatism; with chills and fever; < in cold air.

I I On the 13th of May, every year, for several years, had been seized with a burning itching of skin that drove her nearly to distraction ; eruption so confluent not a healthy spot could be seen; eyes closed with oedema of lids; seemed suffocating and threw ofi' bed coverings; whole paroxysm lasted twenty-four hours. ^Urticaria.

I I Upper and lower limbs and 1. side of throat covered with hard, dark-red, circular elevated blotches, in groups and isolated; skin of affected parts tense and shining, while surrounding skin is swollen and shows an erysi- pelatous redness; the wheals are particularly numerous on 1. index finger, dorsum of hand and forearm; on neck and 1. thigh there is a round, elevated red blotch, around which larger and smaller patches were closely crowded; intolerable itching in affected parts, particularly on index finger; fine stitching pain in the eruption itself, produced or aggravated by pressure; patient appears depressed; eyes closed as in sleep; fever; skin moist; respirations increased, at times rales;' cough not fre- quent, with tenacious expectoration during day; pulse 104; feeling of weakness; great heat of head; vertigo; nausea; vomiting; constant pain about umbilicus. /9 Ur- ticaria.

I I Bluish red, lentil-sized spots over body, with lassitude and repeated hemorrhages from nose and mouth. ^Pur- pura.

I I Face and hands appear as if covered with suggillations. ^Purpura.

I I After catching cold, by exposure to rain, burning and

, sticking in skin, which began to swell up here and there,

particularly on hands, arms and legs; bright red spots

appear, of various shapes and sizes; rheumatic tearing

pains in hip, particularly when at rest. ^Purpura.

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1 I Full of bluish dark blood, spots all over body except face and hands; bleeding from gums; ice-cold tempera- ture; pale face and skin; small pulse.

I Carbuncles, bluish, gangrenoiis.

■ Hardness of skin with thickening.

I Warts: especially on hands and fingers; large, jagged, often pedunculated, exuding moisture and bleeding readily.

I iRhagades, chaps; chilblains.

■ Ulcers: as if gangrenous, arising from small vesicles,

attended with violent fever; burning in them or sensa- tion of coldness.

■ Scarlatina : miliary, rash dark, fever high, drowsiness and

restlessness; especially adynamic forms, child grows drowsy and restless; tongue red, sometimes smooth; fauces dark red and have a peculiar oedematous appear- ance, cervical glands enlarged, and there may be en- largement of 1. parotid, there may even be impending suppuration of these parts; cellular tissue of neck in- flamed, cutaneous surface having a dark-red or bluish er3^sipelatous hue; delirium, mild in character; secre- tions altered, acrid; glands in all parts of body may become enlarged, especially those of axillae ; emaciation ; prostration ; the rash itches violently and there is much restlessness at night; there is an ichorous or yellow, thick discharge from nose, with sw^elling of glands of throat; a bright edge of inflammation surrounds every portion of eruption, and there is much itching, particu- larly at night; cases complicated with erysipelatous inflammation.

I I Skin dark red from head to foot and covered with small vesicles, containing a yellow pus-like fluid ; burning heat ; great thirst ; sopor ; starting and fright ; restless- ness ; painful ineffectual urging to urinate ; bowels con- stipated. ^Scarlatina.

1 1 A child, set. 13, threw a shawl, belonging to a child who had died of scarlet fever, over her shoulders ; next day she had high fever; pulse 140; sore throat; vomiting; backache; next day rash appeared on neck and chest, extending gradually over body and becoming red, after pressure, from periphery to centre. ^Scarlet fever.

■ Delirium, dry tongue, almost complete loss of sleep, re-

peated bilious vomiting, frequent diarrhoea, tempera- ture of skin 40° C. ^Measles.

■ Variola: eruption sinks and turns livid; typhoid symp-

toms.

■ Smallpox: typhoid condition; eruption illy developed;

livid; burning fever; extreme prostration; burning

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thirst ; roaring in ears ; dry, cracked tongue ; lips and

teeth covered with tenacious brown mucus; meteoric

distension of abdomen. ■ Variola: pustules tUrn black from effusion of blood

of straw, since then suffering ; lameness of leg. Girl, set. 12, slender, lymphatic, nervous, had rheumatic

swelling in elbow joint.

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C. P., set. 16, badly-nourished and overworked needle-girl;

two and a half years ago ; rheumatic lameness. Girl, set. 18, small, lateral curvature of spine; mental

strained herself lifting shortly after first appearance of

tumor, father had scirrhous tumor of groin; ovarian

cyst. Girl, set. 20, blonde, caught cold year and a half ago, since

then suffering ; amenorrhoea. Young woman, set. 21 ; parotitis.

Man, set. 23, weak, delicate, after typhoid fever; epistaxis. Baker, set. 23, of phthisical family, after severe labor in a

suffering since puberty ; dysmenorrhoea. Miss M., set. 24, slender form, lymphatic temperament,

never in good health, suffering four years; injury

weeks; swelling of foot. Artilleryman, set. 24, small stature, full habit, brown hair;

typhoid fever. Woman, set. 30, sanguineous temperament; inflammation

pleuro-pneumonia. Woman, set. 30, married, two years ago sprained wrist,

since then suffering ; pain in wrist.

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"Woman, set. 30, single; warts on hands.

Woman, set. 30, colored, suffering five years; rheumatism.

Man, set. 31, slender, muscular, dark complexion, after ex- posure ; rheumatic lameness.

Man set. 32, robust; erysipelas.

Man, set. 32, fifteen years after an attack of syphilis; syphilitic rheumatism and formation of soft nodes.

Woman, set. 33, negro, suffering five years ; rheumatism.

Woman, set. 35, rheumatic, after lifting heavy furniture ; affection of back.

Man, set. 35, sanguine, nervous temperament, suffering six months ; sciatica.

Woman, set. 35 ; erysipelas.

Man, set. 36, lively, intellectual, active, brown complexion, black hair, sparkling black eyes ; facial neuralgia.

Woman, set. 36; oesophagitis.

Woman, set. 36, single, blonde, delicate, irritable dis- position, lives by needlework; abdominal inflam- mation.

Woman, set. 36, poorly nourished, cachectic, six months pregnant; urinary difficulty.

Josefa Flucha, set. 36, married, born in Spain ; cardiac neurosis.

Woman, set. 37, medium height, corpulent, ill half year ; hsemoptysis.

Man, set. 37, professor, nervous temperament ; loss of co- ordination in legs.

Lady, set. 38, mother of six children ; ague.

Woman, set. 38, well built ; urticaria.

Woman, set. 40, hysterical ; headache.

Woman, set. 40 ; eruption on eyelid.

Man, set. 40, suffering several months, had rheumatism previous to attack ; diarrhoea.

Woman, set. 40, brunette, slender figure, mother of many children, suffered six months; rheumatic pain and stiffness in wrist.

Man, set. 40, sandy complexion, strong, athletic and vigor- ous constitution ; strain of thumb.

Man, set. 40, large, muscular, had former attacks, after walking fourteen miles ; sciatica.

Man, set. 40, suffering eight weeks; suppuration at knee joint.

Man, set. 40, after severe wetting; pains in legs.

Woman, set. 40, wife of clergyman, has had an attack annually for last seven years; urticaria.

Woman, set. 40, Irish ; eczema impetiginodes.

Man, set. 41, strong and healthy, works in sugar factory and is exposed to great heat; Bright's disease.

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Mrs. B., set. 42, six j'^ears previously took a sea-bath and became chilled through and through, since then suffer- ing ; polypus of uterus.

Man, set. 42 ; typhoid fever. ,

Man, set. 43, small, dark complexion, weight 90 pounds, cabinet-maker, suffering eight or nine years ; lameness of back.

Woman, set. 43, suffering eighteen years ; rheumatism.

Woman, set. 44 ; paralysis of arm.

Woman, set. 44, Irish, married, suffering four months; eczema rubrum.

Man, set. 45 ; opacity of cornea.

Man, set. 45, small, choleric temperament, nurse, after re- covering from an attack of typhoid ; paralysis agitans.

Man, set. 45, strong, confined to bed last three months after exposure ; pneumonia.

Man, set. 46-49, tall, slender, muscular, dark complexion, leather manufacturer, suffering several years with rheu- matism of 1. arm, after exposure to rainstorm ; rheu- matism.

Lady, set. 50 ; fear of being poisoned.

Woman, set. 50, pale, emaciated, for years has had a slight hacking cough in Winter, strained back by lifting a heavy weight fortnight ago, since then suffering ; lumbago.

Jewess, set. 51 ; melancholia.

Woman, set. 52, year and a half ago became chilled during a railway journey, since then suffering; rheumatic paralysis.

Woman, set. 53, mild disposition, small stature; suffering two weeks ; epistaxis.

Woman, set. 55, strong, stout, subject to erysipelatous swellings of face, suffering ten days; erysipelas bul- losum.

Man, set. 55, farmer, strong, large, muscular, sufferer from sciatic rheumatism, which was contracted in the army 1862-63, would have severe attacks every few weeks, induced by overwork and exposure ; sciatica.

Coachman, set. 55, some years ago had a similar attack ; rheumatic sciatica.

Man, set. 56, cabinet-maker, athletic figure, otherwise always well, suffering eight months ; sciatica.

Man, set. 62, five years ago similarly affected; dropsy.

Woman, set. 63 ; pneumonia.

Woman, set. 64; sciatica.

Man, set. 64; ague.

Man, set. 66, tall, thin, delicate frame; facial neuralgia, voii. IX. — 8.

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weeks, caused by a strain ; lumbago. Woman, large, strong, suffering six months ; burning in

hand. Stout phlegmatic man, frequently subject to attacks of

rheumatic gout ; gonagra. *^ Relations. Antidoted by Bellad., Bryon., Camphor., Coffea,

Crot. tig., Mercur., Tenacet, Sassaf., Sulphur, Verbena has-

Chamom., Gonium, Lach., Phos. ac, Pulsat., Sulphur. Incompatible: Apis.

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Grows in swampy localities in Canada and the United States.

The tincture is prepared from the fresh leaves and bark.

' Mind. Great sadness, no desire to live, everything seems

gloomy. Inability, at times, to connect ideas ; forgetfulness ; dull

of head. ^ Inner Head. Dull heavy, frontal headache, < walking and

stooping. * Outer Head. ' l Great swelling of head, face and hands, with

eyeballs.

I I Chronic inflammation of eyes.

^ Hearing and Ears, i Vesicular inflammation of ears, exud- ing a yellow watery serum.

^ Smell and Nose, i Erysipelatous redness of nose.

'Upper Face. iNose and r. side of face much swollen, espe- cially under r. eye. ■ Face hot, itching and burning in different parts of face, especially 1. cheek.

I I Vesicular eruption about face and hands accompanied

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by much swelling and an intolerable itching and burn- ing. ^Erysipelas. ^ Lower Face. Drawing pains in upper and lower jaw. '"Teeth and Gums, i i.Red vesicular eruption on gums of

followed by a soft diarrhoeic stool. Pains < before stool, but an evacuation does not stop the

and pain in larynx ; hoarseness. ^ Cough. Harsh, dry cough, continuing for more than two

weeks. ^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. Violent stitches through chest

with great suddenness. ^^ Outer Chest, l Stiff neck or "crick in neck" and rheu- matic pains between shoulders.

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I Lassitude ; very weak and languid ; stretching. ^^ Sleep. Many dreams during sleep.

Pain : in bowels ; in larynx ; in bones of 1. leg ; in ankles, wrists and elbows.

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Violent stitches : through chest.

Shooting pains : in bone of foot.

Neuralgic pains : of anus.

Rheumatic pains : between shoulders ; in heel.

Drawing pains : in upper and lower jaw.

Griping : of bowels.

Colicky pains : in bowels.

Dull, aching pains : in eyeballs.

Dull, heavy pain : in forehead.

Dull pains : in umbilicus.

Aching : in knees and ankles.

Paralytic drawing: in r. arm; in 1. leg. ■ Distress : in root of tongue and fauces.

Sore pain : in ball of foot.

Burning: in face; of mouth and throat; of anus; in urethra.

Bruised sensation : in legs.

Scalded feeling : of tongue.

Heaviness : of head.

Great weakness: of knees and ankles.

Trembling : of limbs.

Dryness : of larynx.

Itching : in face ; of anus ; under and about vesicles on forearms and hands of Rhus poisoning. *^ Tissues. Affects all parts of the body where bones are di- rectly covered with the cutis and nothing more ; back of fingers, forehead, etc.

Phagedenic ulcers of legs and arms, S3^philitic or scrofulous, having a dark red blush.

Pressure : abdomen exceedingly painful to least. *^ Skin. A fine white rash keeps under the skin.

! I Erythema nodosum : on r. leg below knee, seven such spots ; on 1. three, all in different stages, the largest one over two inches in diameter.

I I Erythema nodosum during an invasion of an attack of typhoid fever; pain in ankles, wrists and elbows, fol- lowed by an eruption of red patches, these also soon appear on anterior surface of thighs and forearms ; these spots are painful to touch, new ones are constantly form- ing, some of which are bluish.

I I On forearms and hands, especially on r. side, little vesi- cles formed, the contents of which soon changed to pus, but as itching was very violent, they were almost always destroyed by scratching, before the transformation into pus was complete ; these efflorescences were soon covered

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with thin, brownish, cracked, firmly adhering scabs, and increased in circumference ; the largest was about six lines in diameter ; under the scab is a sore, even with the skin and covered with a thin layer of pus ; violent itching under and about the vesicles. ^Impetigo.

I I Phlegmonous erysipelas.

I Rhus tox. poisoning: eruption on face, hands, genitals and thighs ; red and rough ; scabs at corners of mouth ; intolerable itching.

Boy, aet. 13; Rhus tox. poisoning.

Boy, set.' 16, suffering two years; ulceration of cervical glands.

Lady, set. 22, suffering several weeks ; impetigo.

Man, set. 30, fifteen months ago had rheumatism in shoul- ders and arms, pain disappeared from these parts and became fixed in heel ; chronic rheumatism.

Lady, set. 38, lymphatic temperament; erysipelas.

Anac, Clematis, Com.oclad., Crot, tig., Ranunculus, Rhus tax., radicans and vernix.

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