One of the first of all medicines Hahnemann experimented with, and the one which led him in 1800 to the discovery, greater than any other ever made in the domain of science, that the life altering influence of drugs and poisons is not like the chemical or physical, depending on the masses, but solely on the surface. This has now been mathematically proved and I we have a full right to laugh at the stupid stubborn who doubt it. In 1805, Fragm. de vin. med. posit, Hahnemann published of his own observa- tions 103 numbers, of others 312'; in 1811 Reine Arzneimiitellehre, Vol. I, as the first; of his own observations 176, of others 474 ; in 1829 E. Ami., Vol. I, second edition, his own 380, of others and his disciples, Hornburg, E. Kummer, Herrmann, E. Stapf, W. Gross, F. Hartmann, C. F. Lang- hammer, Riickert, J. E. A. Baehr, H. Lehmann, A. F. Mochel, 1042 symp- toms ; in all 1422 numbers ; in 1830 the third and last edition, Hahnemann had three more provers, and in all 1440 numbers, many had been contracted and several numbers united into one ; in 1875 Allen has included, besides the 85 authorities of Hahnemann, in all 241, and gives without any concen- tration, 2544 symptoms without a cured one. By the aid of at least 1455 cured symptoms we have been enabled to shorten the whole catalogue to somewhat less than 4000. The next following theme will be the separation of the symptoms obtained from berries, leaves and root, as far as it can be done. ^ Mind. The patient is conscious but tormented by terrible anxiety. Loss of consciousness. Stupefaction, with congestion to the head, pupils enlarged; delirium. ■ Memory lively ; remembers things long gone by. 355 BELLADONNA. ■ Memory imprired; forgets in a moment what he was about to do. I Absent-minded and forgetful. Likes to brood in silence, supreme indifference, nothing makes an impression. ■ Paroxysm of cerebral exaltation with abundance of ideas and images, generally fantastic and incoherent. Mental confusion. Confusion of head, aggravated by movement. I Her mind was disordered so that speech did not correspond to thought, nor thought to sense, nor sense to the objects present. Merry craziness; while laughing or singing she constantly touches things around her. ■ Timorous insanity; he is afraid of an imaginary black dog; of the gallows, etc. ■ Insanity: they stripped themselves and clad only in their shirts, ran out into the streets in broad day-light, gestic- ulating, dancing, laughing and uttering and doing many absurd things. n Became crazy ; got one leg over the window to kill himself, had to be tied down ; died next day; within 10 hours, two doses, d Consumption. Imbecility. Fantastic illusions (when closing the eyes.) ■ When closing the eyes, though not asleep, the patient sees fierce, wicked looking large animals with horns and bushy heads; the room seemed to be full of strange men passing in and out, who would snatch at her as they passed, which would frighten her very much, she thought the men wanted to take her away from home ; she then saw children sitting on low benches in rows as in a school-room. Hallucinations, and illusions of the senses. ■ ■Imagines he sees ghosts, hideous faces and various insects. ■ ■Fear of imaginary things, wants to run away from them. Frightful visions; she wishes to hide herself. He is afraid of an extraordinary black dog, the gallows, etc.; he sees ghosts and insects; gets vexed easily, and then weeps; he tears things around him, bites and strikes, and when restrained, spits at those around him, strikes himself, curses, and uses horrible words. (These symptoms of rage much resemble those of Stramon. and Hyosc.) Fixed ideas, thinks he is riding on an ox, uses a stick for a gun, growling and barking like a dog. ■ ■Delirium. ■ Lethargy and delirium, with pain in the head, d On the dis- appearance of the tumor. Delirious moaning, flushed face, hot head. BELLADONNA. 356 1 1 Delirium and heat. I Rambling delirium. Delirium, with frightful figures and images before the eyes. Delirium ; is afraid of imaginary things ; sees monsters. Delirious talk of dogs as if they swarmed about him. Furious delirium. I I Violent delirium; broke into fits of laughter, then gnashed the teeth ; disposed to bite and strike those around. ■ Delirium ; the boy jumped out of bed, talked a great deal, was lively and often laughed ; consciousness was entirely gone ; he did not recognize his parents. ■ In the evening he was seized with such violent delirium that it required three men to confine him; his face was livid; his eyes injected and protruding, the pupils strongly dilated; the carotid arteries pulsating most violently ; a full, hard pulse, with loss of power to swallow. ■ Delirium, either continuous or recurring in paroxysms, mirth- ful at first, but subsequently changing to frenzy. ■ Excited and delirious, with violent motions of the arms and legs, increasing to a raging delirium. ■ Furious delirium all night with pleasant hallucinations, fol- lowed by great prostration, and mental confusion. ■ Bites at his attendants and himself, screams furiously, d A boy aged 3. Mania, with desire to bite, strike and run away. ■ Highest degree of mania, complete restlessness ; he jumps on chairs, tables and stove. ■ The paroxysms of madness were occasionally interrupted by loud laughing and grinding of the teeth ; the head was hot, the face red, the look wild and staring ; pulse small and very frequent; pupils dilated; the arteries of the head and neck visibly palpitating, pulse hard and frequent. ■ Mania, at one time merry, again would spit and bite at those around. ■ Epilepsy and mania furibunda. ■ ■Rage, madness, disposition to bite, to spit, to strike and to tear things. ■ Fury, with grinding of the teeth and convulsions. ■ Fury; they pulled at the hair of the bystanders. ■ Such fury (with burning heat of body, and open, staring and immovable eyes) that she had to be held constantly, lest she should attack some one ; and when thus held so that she could not move, she spat continuously at those around her. ■ ■Desire to escape or hide herself. ■ ■Jumping out of bed, with fear, trying to run away and hide. She rather desires death than fears it. ■ She sought continually to spring out of bed. 357 BELLADONNA. I Inclination to bite those around him and to tear everything about him in pieces. She "wishes to strike, bite and quarrel. I Weary of life, with desire to drown herself. Desires light, but shuns company. Loquacity. ■ Speech rapid and hasty; they often utter inarticulate, con- fused sounds. Great loquacity, foolish talk, laughs without any cause. Talkative, then again mute. ■ Delirious, obscene talking. ■ Garrulity; he constantly uses foolish and absurd language, at which he often laughs aloud ; when addressed he turns toward the speaker, but does not answer correspondingly. ■ She talks like a maniac, with staring, protruded eyes. Loud laughter, wild abandon, singing, whistling, lascivious conversation. ■ Changes from quiet to gay and merry mood in which trills and sings ditties ; great thirst, violent motion of the arms. ■ ■Moaning. ■ Much moaning, distress, a sudden crying out. ^Retention of urine. Weeping and screaming, made worse by gentle comforting. ■ She was violently delirious, screamed and wept aloud, and was unmanageable, suffered the greatest anxiety and despaired of recovery. The child cries out suddenly, and after a while it ceases cry- ing as suddenly as it began, and appears as if nothing had been the matter. Crying and howling of children, as from rage. ■ ■Instead of eating, bit the wooden spoon in two, gnawed the plate, and growled and barked like a dog. ■ The boy was quite beside himself, struck at his mother, bit her, made terrible grimaces and contortions of the limbs, did not remain a moment in one place. ■ She attempted to bite and strike her attendants, broke into fits of laughter, and gnashed her teeth ; the head was hot, the face red, the looks wild and fierce. ■ She tears her night-dress and bed-clothes. Picking at bed-clothes as if looking for something lost, with confused muttering. In his delirium he picked at the bed-clothes, and threw them ofi", and sought continually to spring out of bed. Foolish, ludicrous antics and gestures ; they touch everything within their reach ; foolish laughing, excessive sensibility. Became wantonly merry, ran from the house, and exposed their nakedness. They behaved like drunken people. BELLADONNA. 358 Both children played with each other at hide and seek, calling each other in their sleep. I When put into bed, he sprang out again in delirium, talked constantly, laughed out, and exhibited complete loss of con- sciousness ; did not know his own parents ; this lasted the whole night. iThe boy ran around the room laughing immoderately, desired neither food nor drink ; a piece of bread, which he took to be a stone, he threw far from him ; his delirium was always merry, he became totally unconscious ; pulse very slow, full ; pupils widely dilated, not sensitive to light, abdomen some- what distended. Dancing, running and creeping about in shirt. The child became flushed, wanted to escape, struck at people, became delirious and restless. I She turns about in her bed in a perfect rage. I In his delirium he threw himself down from a height. Nearly all the symptoms lead to violence of action; the patient must do everything violently ; she wishes those around her to kill her. Sensation of floating or gliding along, as if in a boat ; as if the body, or a part of it were greatly enlarged. B (Aversion to noise and company. Aversion to all mental occupation ; indolence. Hands constantly in motion, trying to catch things in the air. I I She will sit and break pins into pieces, half a day at a time. She feels of those around her; at times she seats herself; at times she acts as if she were washing, or as if she counted money, or as if she were drinking ; she mutters as if asleep ; she talks like a maniac, with staring, protruded eyes ; talks about dogs that swarm around her ; converses with a late sister in a church-yard ; beautiful images present themselves to her as if by a charm. Disinclination to talk, or very fast talking. Very mirthful mood, singing and whistling ; frequent laughter. Depression, or too great hilarity. Sadness and dejection ; patients are indifferent to everything, seek solitude, and desire rest. Melancholy ; hypochondriasis ; hopelessness. She is very despondent. Tremulous despondency. Great distress, with inquietude. Despair. I Hysteria, with melancholic mood. Became fearful when some one approached him in the street, and when they had passed, he insisted on it that he had stabbed them. I Starts in affright at the approach of others. 359 BELLADONNA. 1 1 Fear of imaginary things, wants to run away from them. Cardiac anxiety, with anguish and restlessness. Anxiety and fear of imaginary objects and hallucinations, ghosts, soldiers which come to take them away, black anim- als, rats, dogs, wolves, etc. Anxiety, restlessness, nausea and pain in the back, with wind- colic. ■ Anxiety, anguish, trembling, constant restlessness. iBy day great anxiety ; she has no peace anywhere ; it seemed to her as if she must fly away. Anxious and confused, fears she is about to die. Tremulous, anxious, nervous. Anxious and timorous. Nervous anxiety, restlessness, desire to escape. Anxiety, followed by sweat. Intolerable anguish during the time she is free from rage, with desire to die. Loss of courage. I 1 Weary of life, with desire to drown herself. Very sensitive, irritable mood. ■ Very excitable mood, easily brought to tears. Weeping, irritable mood. iFretfulness ; nothing seemed right to him ; was vexed with himself. Weeping and vexation about trifles, with headache and pressure in the forehead, and great dryness of mouth. Morose and serious. I Anger, proceeding even to paroxysms of convulsive rage. 1 Quarrelsome, during exuberant mirth. Quarrelsomeness, cannot be quieted, with disposition to violent rage. Great inquietude, goes from place to place. Great restlessness and indescribable anxiety, cannot sit or lie long in any position ; they seek to fly. Mania : with intense craving for snuff"; voracious appetite, they swallow everything in their reach ; generally constipated ; wild, unsteady look, eyes brilliant, face flushed, breathing anxious, irregular; sexual excitement, inclined to masturbate ; sleepless and restless. Stupefying headache. ^ Sensorium. All the senses more acute. I Great irritability and impressionableness of the senses ; he tastes and smells everything more acutely ; the sense of taste, of sight, and of hearing is keener, and the mind is more easily moved, and the thoughts more active. Great irritability of the senses. ■ Excessive nervous excitability, with exalted sensibility of all the organs ; the least noise, the least light is annoying. BELLADONNA. 360 His senses deceive him. I Cloudiness or dullness as if drunken. Feeling of drunkenness, with reeling. Bewildered feeling in the head. Painful dullness of the head. Dullness and dazed feeling, made worse by moving the head, still more by walking. The whole head is muddled. Weariness of the head. I I Heaviness of head, seems about to fall asleep. B I Blood mounts to the head, which becomes heavy as if giddy, i Weight in head as if he would fall. Dizziness, with sensation as if a board were before her forehead, falling to the left or backwards. BVertigo, it appears to him as if objects around him swayed to and fro. Vertigo, as if she were being rocked. When in the act of lying down, it seems as if the bed was bouncing the patient up and down. Vertigo, as if everything turned around in a circle. I Vertigo increased on every movement of the body. . I I Vertigo when stooping, or when rising after stooping. II Vertigo, mostly at night on turning over in bed, or when getting up in the morning, also when walking, and on every change of position. Giddiness, with falling and loss of consciousness. Throbbing in the head, buzzing in the ears, dimness of vision, flushed face, anxiety and nausea, even vomiting. ■ Vertigo with rush of blood to the head, roaring in the ears, and slight mistiness of vision. BVertigo with dimness of vision, vanishing of sight or flickering before the eyes. BVertigo with perceptible pulsations in the head, dilated pupils, with nausea. Vertigo with tired feeling before and after the attack. BVertigo, then headache, then falling. ^ Inner Head. Frontal headache. iPressive headache, especially in the forehead. B Headache as if a stone were pressing the forehead, relieved by laying the head down, and stooping, with dilated pupils, and whining ill humor after trifles. I Painful pressure in the head, especially in lower part of fore- head, directly above the nose, intolerable on stooping or reading. B Sensation as if the brain were pressed to the forehead, which disappeared directly on bending the head backward. BPain in stooping forward, as if everything would issue at the forehead. 361 BELLADONNA. I Headache as if the brain would be pressed out, in the fore- head, just above the orbits, which prevents the ejes being opened, and obliges him to lie down. I Tensive pressure in right side of forehead. Pressive frontal headache so severe, when walking, that the eyes were drawn shut ; better when sitting, ceases when lying down, worse rising again or going into open air. ■ Severe shooting in right frontal eminence, < from bending forwards, >• by pressure. Pain ameliorated by strong pressure on forehead. Frequently obliged to stand still in walking, from violence of pam in forehead ; at every step it seemed as if brain rose and fell in forehead ; > by strong pressure on forehead. I Boring pain under right frontal eminence, early in morning soon after waking. Aching in forehead, during motion it increases so much as to cause the eyes to be closed. Violent frontal headache with heat and redness of face and throbbing carotids ; occasionally nausea. ■ Soreness in sinciput, stiffness in occiput. Headache above the orbits, as if the brain was compressed, so that he was obliged to close his eyes. She is very much troubled with 'throbbing headache, particu- larly over the eyes. One-sided pressure, or tensive pain moving from the temple or forehead to the orbit, spreading from there to the entire half of the brain, made worse by motion of the head and eyes from rays of light and from the slightest noise. I I Pain in head and eyeballs, eyes felt as if starting from their sockets. ■ Violent headache, chiefly in orbital region, with redness of the eyes and face. Headache aggravated by moving the eyes, by looking down and reading. BA drawing down in temples and in right orbit. I Half-sided headache extending into orbits and bones of the nose, with a pressing, bursting, wave-like sensation. ■ Fullness and pressure at temples and forehead, with pain, mak- ing him restless and uneasy. ■Violent shooting pain in right temple. The pains are tearing, drawing, begin in the right temple, spread over the orbit to the right cheek, and are aggravated by the slightest motion. ■ Pressive pain in right temporal region, which on supporting the head with the hand increases to a sense of bursting and extends into the right frontal eminence. ■ ■ Dull shooting in left temple, from in out. ■ ■Stabbing, as with a knife, from one temple to the other. BELLADONNA. 362 ■ Sharp cutting pain in right side of head, from frontal to occi- pital region, becoming general, and at last setting in left parietal bone. I Boring, tearing, cutting, shooting pains in various parts of head, generally worse on right side and in forehead, less in occiput. Dull pressive pain on one or other side of head. Violent throbbing in brain, from behind forward and toward both sides ; the throbbing ends on surface in painful shoot- ings. Tensive pressure in left vertex and in forehead. Tearing pain in right vertex. ■ Three violent stabs through head from forehead to occiput, whereupon all previous headache suddenly disappears. ■ Sensation of heaviness in head, with pressure in occiput, or pressing sensation in brain towards temples, with dimness of vision and dullness of hearing. ■ Incessant, dull, pressive pain on one or the other side of head. ■ Pressure in head, now here, now there, which occupies each time large areas. ■ Violent pressing in whole head, from within outward, as if it would burst. Continuous and forcible -distension of the whole brain ; head- ache close above the orbits, as though the brain were pressed out ; the eyes remain forcibly closed, on account of the pain, the pupils being contracted to the highest degree, and the voice scarcely audible. ■ Headache, as if the sutures of the skull were being torn open, and as if a lever were being applied, whereby the head was forced asunder. ■ Incessant drawing and expansive pain in head, as if something in it rocked and swayed in a jerking manner. ■ Headache in vertex, a kind of twisting, sometimes also dig- ging, sometimes tearing, becomes much more violent on external pressure ; the skull seemed to be quite thin, as if it could be pressed through. Stitches and tearing in the head. Boring, tearing, cutting, shooting pains in various parts of head, generally worse on right side and in forehead, less in occiput. ■ Stabbing through the head, as if with a double-edged knife, in evening. ■ Stabbings in right side of head, as if with a two-edged knife, which next are felt in front of head, then in vertex, then in occiput, so that she cannot lie on either side. Swashing in head as if full of water. Sensation as if the brain was shaken in the skull. ■ Feeling in brain like the swashing of water. 363 BELLADONNA. I Gouty headache, most half-sided ; flying stitches, felt very deep, sometimes commencing like a blow on a part of the head, passing over into a long and very painful stitch, draw- ing through whole half of head and lasting some minutes, often with loss of consciousness. I I Pains come on suddenly, last indefinitely, but cease suddenly. I Hysterical headache. Hemicrania; migraine. iVery intense headache. I Headache makes him first blind, then unconscious. ■ Headache increases at night, makes him crazy, he has to run up and down and often falls. ■ Attacks of headache, accompanied by pain in small of back ; cold feet; difficulty in swallowing; nausea and vomiting; frequent urination ; oppression of chest ; stifi' neck ; irrita- ble mood, and tired feeling in the limbs. Headache, with desire for lemonade. Headache, with sleepiness, but cannot sleep. The pains in head are aggravated by noise, light, motion, when moving the eyes, by shocks, contact, the least jar, from least exertion, and in open air. I Headache from heat of sun. Headache > during menses, from pressure, tight bandaging and wrapping up, but < from warmth. I In open air the sensation of bursting in head is very violent, and he is afraid to cough on account of the increase of pain. ■ Pressure deep in brain over whole head, during and after walking in open air. Jerking headache, extremely violent on walking quickly, or ascending stairs rapidly; at every step a jolt as if a weight were in the occiput. ■ He was frequently obliged to stand still in walking, from the violence of the pain in forehead ; at every step it recurred, as though the brain rose and fell in the forehead ; the pain was ameliorated by pressing strongly on the part. Head > from looking up and bending the head back. The pain decreased by strongly pressing the parts. ■ I Headache worse when leaning forward, better when bending backwards. ■ ■Headache with dizziness, aggravated by stooping. Pressure deep in brain, over the whole head, after stooping. After waking, throbbing in head. Headache generally comes in the morning after a restless night. Headache from abuse of cofiee, from overheating, and from cold. Congestion to the brain. Fullness and heaviness of the head. There is a general tendency of blood to the head, with redness BELLADONNA. ' 364 of eyes and face, which is still more developed in the spas- modic attacks. 1 1 Rush of blood to the head ; pulsation of cerebral arteries and a throbbing in interior of head. SThe feeling in the head was that of violent congestion, a full, tense and throbbing state of the cerebral vessels, incidentally the same sensation as would be produced by a ligature thrown round the neck and impeding the return of the venous circu- lation. Congestion to the head ; dry heat ; red face ; sleeplessness, or soporous condition, with starting, or crying out. 1 1 Congestion to the head, with delirium, d Typhus. B Strong rush of blood to the head, with beating in the temples and burning in eyes. 8 Congestion of blood to the head, with danger of apoplexy. Cold sensation in brain at middle of forehead. Much heat in head. Annoying pulsation of arteries of brain when lying. Strong pulsation of blood-vessels of forehead, and pain as if the bones were lifted up. Pulsating headache, with pressure at vertex. 1 1 Inflammation of the base of brain and medulla from expo- sure to the sun after having the hair cut. 1 1 Meningitis and encephalitis, first stage : throbbing carotids ; hot head ; flushed face ; glistening eyes ; nausea ; thirst ; scanty urine ; no stool ; sudden starting ; dry heat ; frequent full pulse ; drowsiness ; boring the head into the pillow, etc. BEncephalaemia; Ihypergemia from active congestion. I Hydrocephalus acutus, with boring the head into pillows. I I Apoplexy; flushed, hot, bloated face; dilated pupils; a fixed, threatening look ; nausea ; staggering ; drowsiness ; stertorous breathing during sleep ; grinding the teeth ; on waking throbbing in the head ; the prodroma are tired feel- ing in the limbs, lethargy and aversion to occupation, weak memory, stifiness of the tongue, etc. • Suitable for plethoric individuals disposed to phlegmonous in- flammations ; or for lymphatic, scrofulous persons, liable to glandular swellings. * Outer Head. Gnawing at frontal eminences. Sensation as if the skull was as thin as paper. As if the skull was transparent. B Drawing pains in frontal bone and in nape of neck, both when at rest and during motion. B Headache with not only visible but audible pulsation. BHead hot ; feet cold ; rolls head. 6 Cholera infantum. Hot head, sensitive to touch. Convulsive shaking and bending backwards of the head. IB Boring of head into the pillow. 365 BELLADONNA. Numbness in the temples. Contractive pain in the scalp. Painful swelling and redness of the head. Crampy pain in frontal eminence, extending to zygoma and lower jaw. I Great swelling of head with redness over the whole body. I Head swollen to double its size. Sensation, externally, as if the muscles of forehead and eyes were contracted. I I Takes cold in every draft of air, especially when uncovering the head ; complaints from cutting the hair. iHead externally so sensitive, that the least contact, even the pressure of the hair, gives pain. I Inclination to lean the head against something cold and hard. Headache mitigated if the hair hangs loosely, aggravated if it is "put up." The hair, which had been electric, ceased to be so. Children tear their hair. ' Sight and Eyes. Flightiness as soon as the eyes are closed. ■ Visions on closing the eyes. I On closing the eyes for sleep a sudden shock runs through the body from below up. Looking at shining or glistening objects aggravates. Pressive pain deep in ball when she closes eyes ; feeling as if eyes protruded. Oversensitiveness of sight. ■ Sensitiveness of the eyes, she cannot bear light. I I Intolerance of light. Convulsive movements of eyeball in light, with terrible pressive pain extending through whole head ; > in a dark room. Inclined to remain in a dark room. 1 1 Photophobia; worse from artificial light. Desire for light. Halo around light, particolored, red predominating ; at times light seems broken into rays. I Chromopsia. Everything he looks at seems red. I I Flickering before the eyes; sparks, or dimness of vision. I Bright sparks before the eyes. I I Flashes of light before the eyes. Far-sightedness. Every object in the room, both real and spectral, had a double or at least a dim outline, owing to the extreme dilatation of the pupils. The page appears covered with letters in great confusion. ■ Objects appear: double, and seem to revolve and run back- wards ; upside down or crooked. iTriplopia; sees a second dim representation of the object on BELLADONNA. 366 each side of it ; from candle proceed rays of same color as the flame, and outside the rays there is a variegated halo, inner circle being green, middle red, and outer white ; when walking he also sees a round black ball hovering, a little larger than a pea ; all this he sees before his left eye. I When reading lines appear crooked. She sees things wrong side up {Stramon. produces an oblique appearance of all objects). ■ Cannot look upwards. Weakness of the sight from doing fine work. Vanishing of sight on sitting up in bed. Partial blindness, cannot read anything printed. Vision obscured as from a white vapor. I I Dimness of vision, or actual blindness. Amblyopia caused by stoppage of menses; veil before sight; diplopia ; chromopsia ; dilated pupils and stitching in right eye. Irides insensible to light. I Blindness following severe congestive headaches after scarlet