Alumina Or Argilla

Pure Clay. Aluminium Oxide. Al^.O^.

Used by the Old School, but only according to very poor indications. Hahnemann had proved the pure earth when Hartlaub edited a collection of 975 symptoms, obtained from four provers, in his Mat. Med., in 1829. The year after, Hahnemann published his own observations in Stapfs Archiv., viz., 215 symptoms, from a much better preparation.

Hartlaub simply purified his preparation by washing it, which never can sufiice, but Hah- nemann subjected his to red heat. A careful comparison of the symptoms will show that there is a difference. In 1835, in the second edition of his Chronic Diseases, Hahnemann gives it place among the antipsorics, adding a few symptoms from Dr. Bute, and condensing Hartlaub's collection to about 900 symptoms.

Boenninghausen published very remarkable cures with the pure metal, in the A. H. Z., being guided by the symptoms of the oxide.

The symptoms of a remarkable cure of spinal disease with Alum, metal- licum, by Kehfuss, translated by Dunham, and distinguished by the abbre- viation met., are here included.

^ Mind. Consciousness not clear.

Consciousness of his personal identity confused.

■ Great weakness or loss of memory.

Inability to recollect things or follow up a train of thought.

d Cephalalgia. I Confusion and obscuration of intellect ; met. d Spinal disease. Makes mistakes in speaking, using words not intended.

■ Time passes too slowly ; lintolerable ennui; an hour seems

half a day.

Difficulty of thinking.

Mania to kill himself with a sharp weapon.

^Seeing blood on a knife, she has horrid ideas of killing her- self, though she abhors the idea.

Crying, against his will.

No desire to do anything, especially anything serious, d Ce- phalalgia.

■ Depressed and lachrymose. ^Melancholia. Fearfulness.

Sad thoughts in the morning, is joyless and comfortless on

waking. Low-spirited, trifling things appeared insurmountable. 6 Liver

complaint.

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Apprehensiveness.

■ Apprehensive of losing his reason. Uneasy evenings, as from impending evil. Fears he is not to recover.

Dread of death, with thoughts of suicide.

Great anxiety, is fearful and peevish.

Anguish, oppressive and vague fearfulness, or uneasiness, as if

he had committed a crime, d Cephalalgia. Anxiety as if threatened with an epileptic fit ; depressed with

grief.

■ Variable mood, at one time confident, at another timid.

■ Disposition quiet and resigned; met. ^ Spinal disease. Moroseness.

■ Peevish and whining, with hot earlobes. Easily startled.

Sufferings following anger.

■ Mental symptoms worse in the morning on awaking. ^ Sensorium. Quickly passing vertigo in the morning.

I I Vertigo : ■everything turns in a circle ; with nausea ; worse

before breakfast ; ■on opening the eyes. Vertigo on stooping ; better after breakfast, and from wiping

the eyes ; nausea, faintness, pain in the nape of the neck. B Stupefaction, with dread of falling forward. Heaviness of the head, with pale, languid face. Dullness and numbness of the head. Vertigo as if drunken. Vertigo with seeing white stars. Vertigo when closing the eyes.

■ Inability to walk, except with the eyes open, and in day-

time, d Locomotor ataxia.

■ Cloudiness and drunken feeling, alternating with pain in the

kidneys. Easily made drunk, even by the weakest spirituous drink.

■ When his eyes were closed, his whole body tottered ; if not

firmly held, he fell to the ground ; met. d Spinal disease. ^ Inner Head. Headache attended with nausea, pressure in the

forehead and congestion to eyes and nose, with nosebleed. Pressure in forehead from without inward, or rather outward,

or over the eyes ; in the evening, sometimes with a chill, or

nocturnal heat or sweat. Throbbing, frontal pain, worse going up stairs, or stepping. Burning, pressive pain, with heat in forehead, while standing

or sitting, better in open air. Headache sometimes in 1. side, < by walking in open air. Lacerating pain in head. Severe stitches in the brain, with nausea and dullness of the

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Sensation in the head as if its contents were in a vice, with a weight on the top.

■ Headache resulting from chronic catarrhs of the head.

■ Headache with constipation.

Headache, relieved by lying quiet in bed, or resting the head upon a cushion.

■ Heaviness of the head, with pale, languid face; the vertex

■ Headache in region of both parietal bones, d Spinal disease. Pulsative headache in vertex, over right temple, early on

waking.

Pain in vertex, < on moving head or stooping, > by pressure ; shooting in vertex on coughing.

Tightness, with drawing and beating in r. side of occiput.

Pain in head and nape of neck, it increases on going to bed, and only leaves off in the morning on rising.

Semilateral affections of the head, old rheumatic affections, al- ways appearing on the same side.

■ Increased pulsation of the temporal arteries, d Spinal disease. * Outer Head. Itching of the scalp, with dry, white scales.

Humid scurf, worse about the temples, bleeding when scratched ;

■ Headache as if the hair was pulled; with nausea.

I I Falling off and excessive dryness of the hair ; scalp sore

when the hair is touched ; creeping and titillation of scalp.

■Pain in the head and nape of the neck worse on going to bed ;

leaves on rising in the morning. Itching on forehead.

Exanthema on the forehead, feels as if glue had dried on it. ^ Sight and Eyes. Far-sightedness.

■ Vision dim and eyes dry in the evening, d Chronic catarrh.

■ Seeing fiery spots ; met. 6 Spinal disease. White stars before the eyes, with vertigo.

■ Dim-sightedness, like looking through a fog, or as if feathers

were before the eyes ; must rub the eyes. Objects appear yellow. ^ Liver complaint.

■ Burning and pressure in the eyes. I I Red eyes with lachrymation.

■ ■Eyes inflamed, itching at the inner can thus; agglutination

at night, and lachrymation by day ; yellow halo around the candle ; burning and dryness, smarting, but with very little ulceration. Sensation of coldness in eyes when walking in open air.

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■ Spasmodic closure of the lids at night, and burning in the

eyes in the morning and evening. 6 Ophthalmia. Inclination to stare.

I I Strabismus of either eye ; especially from loss of power of

the internal rectus. Sensation of coldness in the eyes, in the open air.

■ Pressure in the eyes which are sensitive to the light. Stitches in the eyes.

In evening pressure in canthus as from a grain of sand.

I I Eyelids thickened, dry, burning.

■ Chronic granular lids.

Eyelids stick together with matter ; lachrymation.

■ Upper lids seem to hang down as if paralyzed, especially the

left, d Old, dry granular lids.

■ Burning and dryness in the lids every evening, with pain in

the internal canthus of left eye, with much dry mucus in the morning on waking.

■ Burning, dryness; burning on waking, especially on looking

■ Tottering and falling when closing eyes ; met. d Spinal dis-

■ Redness and heat of one ear ; evenings. Hot earlobes with peevishness and whining.

Sensation as if something lay before the ear ; on blowing the nose it is felt, swallowing removes it.

■ Stitches in the ears, evening or night.

■ Purulent otorrhoea.

Crepitation in the ears on swallowing or chewing. ^ Smell and Nose. ■ Sense of smell weak.

Nosebleed with pressure in forehead and congestion to eyes. Disposition to colds in head.

I I Nose stopped up, more 1. side, with glairy mucus. Fluent coryza, with frequent sneezing, free from one nostril, the other obstructed ; lachrymation.

■ Chronic nasal catarrh, with scurfy sore nostrils, and discharge

of thick yellow mucus.

■ Catarrhs of long standing with old people.

■ Discharge of dry, hard, yellow-green mucus from nose; nose

swollen, red and sore to touch, worse in the evening. ■Nose dry ; met. d Spinal disease.

■ Violent pain in root of nose, d Ozgena.

■ Copious, yellow, sour-smelling mucus, with sore nostrils.

d Ozgena.

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■ Swelling and hardness of the left alse nasi. I iPoint of nose cracked.

After blowing the nose, glittering before the eyes. ^ Face. Sallow skin.

Pale languid face with heaviness of the head. Tearing and lancinating in the malar bone.

■ Tension of the skin of the face, as though white of egg had

dried on it. Itching of various parts of the face ; of the forehead, with rough

Blood-boils on face and nose.

■ Tetter on temples and forearm. ^ Leucorrhoea. Gloomy, pale, or alternately red and pale.

■ Heat and redness ; met. d Spinal disease. Coppery cheeks.

■ ■Involuntary spasmodic twitching of lower jaw, with haemor-

rhage of bowels ; dark offensive stools. I I Trismus. ^^ Teeth and Gums. ' l Teeth feel long and sore.

■ Toothache; teeth feel loose and elongated, < from chewing,

in open air, evening.

■ Drawing toothache, extending to other parts, as down the

larynx, neck, or shoulders. 6 During pregnancy. Teeth covered with sordes.

■ Tongue coated with a thin slimy fur ; met. d Spinal disease.

I I acrid, sweetish, or fatty; almost lost; like blood. Tingling, itching on the tongue, must scratch it. d During

Bites his tongue while asleep. ^^ Inner Mouth. ■ Musty, bad odor from mouth.

■ Small ulcers in mouth.

■ Saliva increased, although mouth may feel dry. Sensation of soreness in mouth when eating.

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■ Transient stitches in throat.

■ Dryness of throat, as if parched.

I Rawness and roughness in throat, inducing hawking or coughing in the evening, with secretion of mucus.

I Pressure in throat as from a plug, with soreness and dry- ness.

Sensation of swelling in sides of throat.

■ Sense of constriction from pharynx down to stomach, as if

food could not pass.

■ Great dryness of throat, especially on awaking, voice husky;

constant hawking, and sensation of a lump in throat. d Chronic catarrh.

■ Feeling of a splinter in throat, ■stinging on swallowing.

Copious, thick, tenacious mucus in throat, evening and morn- ing on awaking ; can be expectorated only in lumps, with great effort.

■ Thick mucus, dropping from posterior nares.

■ Ulcers in fauces, spongy; secreting a yellowish-brown, badly

smelling pus ; with boring pains from fauces to right tem- ple and head.

Painful soreness in throat and upper part of oesophagus, worse swallowing empty.

I Throat feels relaxed.

■ Feels the food the whole length of the oesophagus.

■ Swallowing painful, better after warm drinks; swallowing saliva

or liquids often relieves ; but swallows solids with difficulty. On waking in the morning pharynx feels narrower than usual, as if contracted and lame.

■ Violent, pressive pain, as if a portion of the oesophagus were

contracted or compressed, in the middle of the chest, especially during deglutition, but also when not swallowing, with oppression of the chest, alternately with palpitation of the heart, especially after a meal.

Swallowing causes crepitation in ears. See 6.

■ Has no appetite, food has no taste. I I Irregular appetite.

Longing for fruit and vegetables, ■potatoes disagree.

■ Aversion to meat; to beer; meat has no taste. Thirst all day.

■ Appetite for starch, chalk; clean white rags; charcoal,

cloves, acids, coffee or tea-grounds, dry rice, and other in- digestible things, d Chlorosis. See 44, 47.

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1 1 Worse from eating potatoes, d Colic, d Indigestion. Worse from tobacco-smoke.

■ All irritating things, like salt, wine, vinegar, pepper, etc.,

immediately start cough. Throat sore after using onions in food.

Worse after eating soups.

After eating : languor in the evening ; must lie down at noon ;

water from the mouth. Nausea : with vertigo ; stitches in brain ; chilliness ; pale

Vomiting of food, mucus or bile ; met. d Spinal disease. ^^ Stomach. Distension of stomach.

■ Constriction and twisting in stomach, extending up oesopha-

gus to throat. See 13.

Stitches in pit of stomach, extending upwards to chest.

Drawing, or oppressive pain, going upwards to chest and throat ; after potatoes. ^^ Hypochondria. I l Pains in the epigastrium and hypochon- dria when stooping.

Contractions in both hypochonders.

Spasmodic pains in the hypochondria and stomach with dyspnoea almost to suffocation.

I Liver pains, as if bruised, when stooping; stitches when rising again.

Tearing from the liver to the hip.

Shooting pain in the region of the spleen.

Stitches in both hypochondria ; < from motion.

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Shooting in left hypochondriura going upwards and forwards to cardiac region, worse on deep inspiration. ^^ Abdomen. Seems to hang down heavily, like a load, when walking, afternoons.

Reaching too high strains the abdominal muscles.

Pains ■< sitting bent.

■ Pressing in both groins, toward the sexual organs, evenings.

I Stitching, pressing pain in region of abdominal ring, like

from hernia, with tension as far as the side of the ab- domen.

Flatulent colic, bellyache.

Colic in the morning.

I I Painters' colic.

I i Soreness and twitching of the r.^ inguinal glands.

^*^ Rectum and Stool. Il Inactivity of the rectum; even the soft stool requires great straining.

I I No desire for, and no ability to pass stool, until there is a large accumulation.

After each dysenteric stool, involuntary urination.

1 1 Severe hemorrhage from the bowels with flow of urine.

sheep's dung, with cutting in the anus, followed by blood ;

like pipe stems. Constipation from great dryness of the mucous follicles of the

rectum, with long-lasting pain in the rectum. I Diarrhoea, with urging in rectum, also with bloody, scanty

tender to touch. llSoft and thin stool, passing with difficulty.

I Chronic diarrhoea; <C on alternate days ; from walking ; >

from a short sleep or warm applications.

I I Diarrhoea whenever she urinates. Chronic diarrhoea. 6 Chlorosis.

I Blind piles protrude, become moist, with lancinating pain ; are hard and itch.

During stool : I rectum as if constricted and dried up ; throb- bing in the small of the back; I excoriated feeling in the rectum ; chills all over ; discharge of prostatic juice.

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I I Varices become moist, sting and burn.

■ Itching with burning excoriation and great sensitiveness.

d Hemorrhoids.

■ Fistula ani.

Sensation of weakness of sphincter ani. Pulsating in the anus.

road ; alternating with cloudiness as if drunk ; dancing

makes worse.

■ Frequent micturition. ^Prolapsus uteri. I I Tenesmus vesicse. d Dysentery.

■ I Urine voided while straining at stool; or, cannot pass urine

without such straining. See 20.

Frequent urination at night.

Frequent emissions of very small quantities of light colored urine with great straining, severe smarting and burning, with a feeling as though a few drops remained in urethra, which could not be expelled.

Urine : scanty, with red sediment, in arthritic affections ; copious and pale, in nervous diseases ; with thick, white sediment ; more frequent, copious and dark.

■ Urine red without sediment ; met. ^ Spinal disease. Feeling of weakness in bladder and genitals, in evening, with

fear that he will wet the bed.

Pouting of the meatus urinarius, with swelling and discharge of light yellow pus from urethra.

During urination : burning, wiih discharge of urine and de- sire to evacuate the bowels ; the stream assumes a spiral shape.

■ Urine smarting, corroding. ^Prolapsus uteri.

^^ Male Sexual Organs and Perineum. 1 1 Excessive sexual desire. I I Frequent and painful erections, < at night.

■ Involuntary emissions, followed by all his old symptoms. Sexual desire lessened. 6 Impotence.

■ Feeling of weakness in bladder and genitals ; he fears he will

■ Pressure in the perineum at the beginning of an erection or

during coitus. ^^ Female Sexual Organs. Sexual desire decreased.

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Weakness of the sexual parts.

■ Prolapsus uteri.

iBland, painless ulcers upon the os. ^Prolapsus uteri. Severe painful swelling in either or both ovaries, very sensitive

to touch, d Metritis. During an evacuation before the menses, she has pinching,

writhing and pressing like labor-pains. Menses : too early, short, scanty, and of pale blood ; too early,

preceded by headache ; delay, finally appear, being pale and

scanty. iMenses scanty, pale and painful. ^Prolapsus uteri. Before menses : many dreams, on awaking face hot, headache

sensation as if everything would fall out of the abdomen. I Leucorrhoea : acrid, corrosive; profuse, relieved by cold

the temples.

■ Leucorrhoea corroding, profuse, running down to the heels,

often only in the daytime, relieved by cold washes, d Pro- lapsus uteri.

Painful throbbing in left side of vagina, like the tick of a watch.

Stitches in left side of vulva, extending up to chest.

I I Free light yellow excoriating discharge from the vagina.

I I Itching and burning pimples on the labia.

I I Inflammation and swelling of the vagina.

I Stitches, throbbing and itching in vagina. 6 Prolapsus uteri. '* Pregnancy and Nursing. I Gastric and abdominal symptoms

I I Constipation of sucklings.

^^ Voice and Larynx. Voice : has a nasal twang ; husky ;

rough. Hoarseness, evening and night, especially toward morning;

Hoarse afternoons and evenings, with roughness and dryness. I Voice hoarse, rough, hollow, almost aphonic ; met. ^Spinal

disease. Much talking, particularly in lively company, makes her

hoarse. Talking or singing makes him cough.

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Talking increases soreness of chest. Rawness in the larynx on awaking.

■ Tickling in the larynx, with irritation to cough. Sensation of tightly adhering phlegm in larynx, not removed

Oppression < when sitting stooped ; > straightening up, or

walking in open air. Talking or singing makes him cough.

Cough: from sensation as of loose skin hanging in throat;

talking or singing. Cough short ; causes pains in right temple and top of head,

sometimes also difficult breathing.

I I soon after waking in the morning; llevery morn- ing a long attack of dry cough, ending in difficult raising of

a little white mucus.

I with tearing pain and involuntary emission of urine,

■ Continued dry hacking cough, with vomiting and arrest of

breathing.

Sudden, violent irrepressible cough in the evening while sit- ting.

Cough sometimes yields a piece of mucus mixed with blood.

Coughing causes shooting in vertex. See 3.

Sputum difficult and of a putrid taste. ^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. Chronic bronchitis with inclination to sing.

Constriction of the chest, with apprehension.

Oppression of chest, with constriction in oesophagus.

Violent, oppressive pain in chest, worse at night.

Chest feels constricted, worse from sitting bent or stooping, better on straightening up, or on walking.

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Congestion of blood to chest and head, with redness of face and

one ear, caused by suppressed hemorrhoidal flux. Shooting stitches right to left in the afternoon, worse on going

down stairs. I Talking increases soreness of chest; lifting aggravates or

produces soreness in left chest. Riding in a carriage gives pain in chest. iWhen stooping, a stitch from left side of abdomen to middle

■ Palpitation irregular, large and small beats intermixed. Pulse either unchanged, or full and accelerated. iPulse hard, 90 to 100; met. ^Spinal disease.

^' Neck and Back. Itching in the nape of the neck and of the

back, which made her feel for the moment as if she could

not straighten the spine. I Cervical muscles drew head back during sleep ; met. d Spinal

disease.

^^ Upper Limbs. Skin of the hands peels off.

Red rhagades on hands, worse in Avinter and from washing. Panaritium, with brittle nails, lancinating pains and tendency

the arm. Sense of tightness in the arm, as from cold.

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Burning on the arms and fingers, and in elbow, as from a glow- ing iron.

Arms feel heavy, as if paralyzed ; they go to sleep.

Arms feel shorter.

I Tetter on forearm. ^ Leucorrhoea.

Veins of the hands distended.

Gnawing beneath the finger nails, with crawling along the arm, as far as the clavicle.

Stitches in the wrist while working. ^^ Lower Limbs. Tearing in the legs, the thighs and legs, when sitting and lying, especially at night.

■ Long continued tension in thighs and legs, almost like a

■ Great heaviness in the lower limbs, can scarcely drag them ;

when walking he staggers, and must sit down ; evenings. Burning and smarting itching on the thighs, better from

■ Trembling of the knees.

■ Numbness of the heel when stepping. Soles of feet too sore to step on.

■ Pain in the sole of the foot, on stepping, as though it were

■ Pains in the limbs as if the bones were squeezed narrower,

with pressure in the joints.

■ Drawing in the extremities.

■ Raising head : increases vertigo, nausea and vomiting; met.

Complaints from carrying on the back ; bodily exertion. Pain in chest from lifting or carrying things.

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I When attempting to walk, great weakness and uncertainty in

blood from the rectum ; fluor albus more profuse. Talking or a short walk fatigues very much; causes numbness

Sitting bent: pain in abdomen <; oppressed respiration;

constriction in chest. Stooping causes vertigo ; pain in vertex ; constriction of chest ;

pain in scrobiculum, liver, hypochondria and abdomen ;

Great exhaustion of strength, especially after walking in open

air; accompanied by yawning, stretching, drowsiness and

inclination to lie down ; lying, however, increases the lassi- tude.

■ Much fatigued by talking. See 25, 28.

I I Faint and tired, must sit down.

■ Involuntary movements of single parts.

I Spasms, with attacks of laughing and weeping.

■ Paralysis from spinal disease; cannot walk with the eyes

tingling tongue, constriction in internal parts, involuntary

jerks, all alternating with dullness of sight, loss of smell,

pale face, lassitude and drowsiness. Tremor, d Leucorrhoea and prolapsus.

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Trernulousness, when he touches anything, he feels electrified. Suddenly jerks the head backwards ; involuntary motions ; laughing and crying.

■ Slow tottering gait, as after severe illness. ^^ Sleep. Drowsiness by day.

Lies awake from crowding of ideas or fancies, or from heavi- ness in the arms.

the morning as if he had not slept enough, d Cephalalgia.

Restless sleep ; turns frequently ; feels too warm ; lies uncov- ered in unrefreshing slumber, I with many dreams and fre- quent awaking ; starts in affright ; muttering or crying.

I Restless sleep, always awaking with palpitation of heart.

Dreams : anxious ; of boat foundering ; ghosts ; thieves ; con- fused.

Bites his tongue during sleep.

During sleep, lies on the side.

Frequent urination in the night.

I During sleep the cervical muscles drew the head backwards; met. 6 Spinal disease.

Remission from evening until morning.

Worse evening and night : throat complaints.

Toward morning : hoarseness.

Before breakfast : vertigo, faint nausea, relieved after eating.

Morning : mental depression ; transient vertigo ; pain in head and neck better ; burning in eyes ; dry mucus in eyes ; cough and sputa ; pressure on chest ; colic.

Worse morning and evening : burning of eyes ; mucus in throat.

Worse all day : mucous leucorrhoea ; drowsiness.

Worse alternate days : constipation ; chronic diarrhoea ; pro- lapsus uteri ; chlorosis.

Worse afternoon : hoarseness.

Worse evening : apprehension ; tetter on scalp ; dim sight, dry- ness, pressure and burning in eyes ; spasmodic closure of eyelids ; one ear red and hot ; tearing and stitches in ear ; ozsena ; toothache ; pains in throat ; eructations ; hemor- rhoids ; weakness in bladder ; hoarseness ; languor ; heavi- ness in lower limbs ; heat.

On going to bed : pains in head and neck.

From A p.m. till going to bed she feels well. ^Melancholy.

At night : headache < ; spasmodic closure of lids ; pains in throat worse ; frequent urination ; pain in chest <.

New and full moon ; tetter on scalp ; heat.

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■ She feels better in open air. ^Prolapsus uteri.

Takes cold easily sitting in the room, gets hoarse ; this lessens

eyes ; toothache worse ; hoarseness ; oppressed breathing

with stretching and bending of limbs, worse after warm

ffice, sometimes of only the right side. I Chill appeared after eating the soup at dinner, d Intermittent

■ Slight chill in the evening; met. ^Spinal disease.

Sweat at night, toward morning most profuse in face, frequently

d Prolapsus uteri. *^ Locality and Direction. Complaints chiefly in external

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Drawing toothache, extending to other parts, as down to the larynx, neck, shoulder, etc.

Left : headache ; upper lid hangs down ; pain in internal can- thus ; side of nose stopped up ; throbbing from hypochon- dria to heart ; throbbing in vagina ; stitches in vulva.

Right : heat and sweat of face ; inguinal glands sore and swollen ; shooting in side of neck.

Right to left : stitches in lungs. *^ Sensations. Illusive sensations ; some parts of the body feel as if they had become larger.

Sensation of constriction in internal organs (oesophagus, stomach, rectum, bladder).

Cutting in outer parts.

Lancinating in head ; malar bone; hemorrhoids; panaritium.

Boring : from fauces to temple.

Dryness : inner parts.

Gnawing : in back ; beneath fingernails.

Throbbing : in back.

Heaviness : in arms, legs and feet.

Creeping and titillation : on hairy scalp.

Crawling : on arm.

Pressure : in forehead ; eyes ; canthus ; throat ; groins ; peri- neum and joints.

As if squeezed together : bones of limbs.

Pricking : in muscles, from within outward.

Stitches : in brain ; eyes ; ears ; throat ; scrobiculum ; liver ; hypochondria ; abdominal ring ; from vulva extending to chest; back; wrist and corns.

Pulsation : in inner parts.

Soreness : (excoriation) outer and inner parts ; inguinal glands.

Drawing : from stomach to chest and throat ; in extremities.

Tearing : in outer parts ; most in soft parts ; in malar bone ; from liver to hip ; in thighs and legs ; on knees.

Shooting in spleen : in left hypochonder ; in side of neck.

Bruised pains : outer parts.

Burning : in forehead ; in eyelids ; with pressure in eyes ; in anus ; when passing water ; on arms, fingers and elbow ; on thighs ; under toes.

Coldness : in eyes.

Numbness: in scalp ; in legs ; in nates; of heel.

Sprained feeling: in shoulder-joint.

Complaints predominate on outer part of thighs ; patella ; wrist ; leg ; forearm ; sole of foot, etc.

Tension : in jaws and cheeks ; in groin ; in arm ; thighs and legs.

Of hot iron : through lower vertebrse ; on arms, fingers and elbow.

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Sensation as if white of egg had dried on the skin : forehead ;

■ Scrofula.

Sensitive to touch : vertex ; scalp ; perineum ; ovaries.

Better from scratching, but bleeding follows.

Pressing teeth together aggravates.

Better from wiping the eyes. See 5.

Riding in a carriage gives her pain in chest. *® Skin. Skin yellow, d Liver complaint,

■ Intolerable itching of whole body, especially when getting

warm and in bed ; scratches until the skin bleeds, which is then painful.

Eruptions humid, scabby, sore, gnawing.

Ulcerated surface secretes a yellow-brownish, badly smelling pus.

iDry, tettery, itching eruption.

Tetter itching in the evening. See 23.

Formication in the skin. ^^ Stages of Life, Constitution. Suitable to persons of a scrofulous habit who suffer from chronic diseases.

Constitutions with diminished animal heat.

Infancy : constipation, especially when artificial food is used. See 24.

Cholera infantum, llstools green; acidity of primse vise. 6 Strabismus.

Puberty : chlorosis, with longing for indigestible substances. See 14, 44.

Dark complexion, excitable.

Mild disposition : mild, tearful, anxious. 6 Constipation and ca- tarrh.

Spare habit; dry thin subjects.

Old people, hypochondriacal, or suffering from chronic dis- eases, especially catarrhs.

Vertigo in old people, with atheromata or earthy deposits on the cerebral or cardiac arteries.

I Chronic catarrh of the head.

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Compare with the following in clergyman's sore-throat : Arg. nitr., Kali hich., Lycop., etc.

Alumin. follows: Bryon., Laches., Sulphur ; and is followed by : Bryon.

Alumin. and Bryon. are complementary.

Antidotes to Alumin.: Bryon., Camphor, Chamom., Ipec.

Alumin. antidotes : lead-poisoning, as in painters' colic ; ail- ments from lead.

AMANITA. 144

AMANITA, OR AGARICUS fflUSCARIUS.

Fly Fungus. Nat. order, Fungi.

One of the most poisonous fungi known as Agaricus muscarius, abused by Asiatic tribes of savages in the form of a real intoxicating drink, the effects of which have been reported by numerous travellers.

The usual name of " Agaricus " given by Linnee is too vague.

Persoon and Fries have split this Linnean geniis into seven families, and the numerous species received forty-four d liferent generic names, of which Amanita is one. Before long we may have a few relations introduced on account of their essential difference in effect.

In 1831 the best proving of all, that of Apelt, was published in connection with many reliable provings on the sick, and some valuable cured symp- toms.

In the same year Hartlaub published in the third volume of his Materia Medica, two provings by very trustworthy men, Drs. Woost and Seidel, with some of the observations of travellers in Asia.

In 1835 Hahnemann incorporated it in the second edition of his Chronic Diseases, as one of the antipsories, adopting only 715 symptoms.

In 1859 in Clotar Miiller's Quarterly, Vol. x., p. 217 to 260, a so-called crit- ical review was made ; it is enough to say that nearly every symptom there condemned to be stricken out, has been confirmed by the Vienna provings published since ; in the list of toxic symptoms, given with great pretension, one of the main sources was overlooked, the report of Langsdorf (therefore not in Allen), and 15 symptoms of it belong to an entirely different Agaricus.

In 1869 Zlatarowich published the provings of the Vienna Society, un- dertaken with great zeal and courage. We may say Amanita has suffered an overproving, similar to what our Thuya and Lycopodium had to undergo.

An addition has been made of Th. Riickert's essay, comparing the symp- toms of this remedy with the symptoms of incipient tuberculosis, they are marked ]

The carefully dried cap (pileus) is triturated in the regular way.

Cannot find the proper word, uses wrong words ; worse

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Falls into a delirium as with high fever ; becomes now gay, now melancholic.

■ Delirium, tries to get out of bed. ^Typhus.

1 1 Delirium with constant raving; without exacerbation. d Typhus.

■ Delirium constant, does not know his relations and throws

his wine and medicine at his nurse, d Typhus. Fearless, menacing, mischievous frenzy ; also, frenzy causing him to assail and injure himself, with great exertion of power.

■ ■ Delirium tremens. Silly merriness.

Great loquacity, convulsive motions of facial and cervical mus- cles, mostly right side, drawing head down to shoulder; merry, incoherent talk, I followed by malaise.

■ Sings, talks, but does not answer questions ; strength aug-

mented. Laughs at his attempts to stand and walk.

■ Disinclined to answer questions.

■ Aversion to work. ^Prolapsus uteri. Indisposed to perform any labor, especially mental.

■ She is indij[ferent, though naturally very solicitous.

■ Very much out of humor. Takes offence easily.

Mental solicitude about his condition, d Incipient tubercu- losis.

■ Cross, self-willed, stubborn. A child. ^Chronic spasms of

■ His mind much depressed. ^Chorea. Great selfishness. ^Nymphomania.

■ Morose, self-willed, stubborn, slow in learning to walk and

talk ; on trying to walk stumbled singularly often, d Nys- tagmus.

■ Protracted mental application or exciting debates brought on

Complaint after getting angry.

• Epilepsy after fright.

While meditating : vertigo.

When thinking of the pain : undefined disagreeable sensa- tion. ^ Sensorium. Vertigo with stupefaction and burning in the vertex.

Attacks of vertigo, combined with a tottering gait and indis- tinct sight, even of near objects ; better when thinking of something else.

Vertigo : when walking in the open air, reeling as if drunk ; long-lasting, with great sensitiveness to cold air ; momen- tary ; I I from strong light of the sun.

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When walking he does not arrive at the point he sets out for. 6 Chorea.

Vertigo in attacks; objects whirling; tendency to fall for- ward.

■ Constant dizziness. ^ From overwork at the desk. Vertigo brought on by protracted mental application or ex- citing debates.

■ Lay almost always unconscious, though he could be raised

aromatics or perfumeries, even smelling vinegar. ^ Inner Head. Nervous headache.

I I Great weight in the head, a.m. d Chorea.

■ Throbbing, beating cephalalgia, with a sensation of stiffness

pierced it. Dull pain, especially in the forehead ; must move the head

constantly to and fro and close eyes as for sleep. Violent oppressive pains, chiefly in forehead, with delirium.

6 Headache.

■ Fullness and pain in temples, d From overwork at desk.

In temples : burrowing pain ; drawing ; shooting cramp-like pain.

■ Pressing in r. side, as if a nail was thrust in ; worse sitting

quietly ; better moving slowly about.

■ Tearing and pressure in 1. half of brain.

Heaviness or sense of bearing down ; weight in top of head,

of neck.

■ ■Dull, drawing headache in the morning, extending into root

■ ■Headaches of those who are subject to chorea; or who

readily become delirious in fever or with pain ; twitchings or grimaces. * Outer Head. Various sensations in 1. half of occipital bone, when seated.

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Sensation of coldness on right side of frontal bone, though

warm to the touch. I I Icy coldness in region of coronal suture after itching and

scratching.

■ Sensation of icy coldness on the head.

Icy coldness of scalp after itching and scratching.

Twitching in the skin of forehead, above r. eye.

Twitching of head and cervical muscles on right side ; drawing

of head towards the shoulder, d Pregnancy. I I Drawing or stitching pains in the head, shifting from side

to side. 6 Neuralgia. Such a violent shock of the whole head, starting in the first

cervical articulation, that he involuntarily bit his tongue. Drawing from both sides in frontal bone as far as the root of

Chronic tenderness of scalp, like that with spinal irritations. Chorea-like muscular motions of the galea aponeurotica (scalp),

rising. Itching nettle-rash on the scalp with stupefaction and vertigo.

d Climacteric years. I Tinea capitis with crusts sometimes spreading to other parts

of the head grew almost entirely even, d Clonic spasms of

grows shorter then longer. 1 I Dim sight ; things look obscured as from turbid water ;

Imuscse volitantes ; vibrating spectra; with vertigo.

■ Reads with difiiculty, type seems to move. Flickering before the eyes while writing.

Ilf she grasped at any object held before her, her hand did

not generally come near it. d Nystagmus. Yellow, brown, or black spot before the 1. eye.

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I Brown muscae volitantes.

I I Pupils dilated ; light glares.

Black mote before 1. eye.

Optical illusion in dark colors.

Sees things double ; Idiplopia. ^ From overwork at the desk.

Eyes feel weak, without any exertion.

I Myopia, dependent upon spasm of the ciliary muscle, especi- ally if complicated with twitching of the lids.

Floating muscse and vibrating spectra, with vertigo and loss of sight.

I I Muscular asthenoipia consequent upon uterine disorders and spinal ansemia ; cannot fix the eyes long even on distant ob- jects, could not converge them ; lids heavy, as if stuck to- gether, but are not.

iMuscular asthenopia, with weakness of the internal recti, and consequent inability to keep the eyes fixed on reading (van- ishing of sight), with pain around the eyes, soreness of the balls, twitchings and jerkings of the balls and lids.

I Pupils dilated, eyes dull, tarsi reddened; constant lachryma- tion ; 1 I balls and lids twitch, d Chorea.

I Pupils rather contracted. ^Typhus.

Exertion of eyes makes a pressure in the balls, fiimmering and mistiness.

I Black motes hover before the eyes, everything surrounded by mist, as if covered by cobweb, eyes hurt ; dizzy ; disposed to shut eyes, d Headache.

I I Viscid yellow humor gluing the lids ; gum in the canthi.

Heat in eyes.

I 1 Burning most in the inner canthi ; they itch, burn, and are I I red ; < from touch ; stitch together, d Lachrymal fis- tula.

Frequent slight twitching in the eyelids.

I Spasmodic twitching in eyes and lids, clear water runs out of them.

Twitching in the eyeballs ; while reading, frequent twitching and pressing in the left eyeball.

I I Moving eyes hurts, burns and presses, and brows are sore to the touch.

Jerks and pressing pain in 1. eyeball at all times of the day, and under all conditions.

Jerks in the eyeballs frequently following each other.

While reading, frequent jerking and pressing in the eyeballs.

Trembling and jerking of eyelids.

I The child usually stared blankly and without taking notice of things, also squinted. 6 Clonic spasms of eyes.

I As soon as she opens her eyes in the morning, both eyeballs, no matter whether they are fixed upon an object or not, be- gin to revolve toward the r. and 1. with a velocity of half a

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second, and this continues the whole day, with but few in- termissions. 6 Clonic spasms of eyes.

Spasms, with aching in the left eyeball.

Narrowing of space between eyelids.

Clonic spasms ; lids open and close in quick succession ; I I quivering of lids.

I Eyes suffused, d Typhus. Swelling of tear-glands.

■ Increasing deafness, seventeenth day. ^Typhus. Creaking in both ears, as from a wooden screw at each attempt

to swallow.

Jumping of the tensor tympani, sounding like a leather-cov- ered metal valve.

Twitching, rattling, fluttering in tympanic cavity.

Tearing in the r. ear.

Painful stitches in 1. ear.

Twitching stitches inside of the r. ear.

Itching in 1. external auditory tube, with a stitch in inner ear, as of an ice-cold needle.

Stitches in 1. mastoid process.

Stitches from fauces along the eustachian tube, r. side.

Excessive secretion of wax.

I I Redness, burning itching of the ears, as if they had been frozen.

■ Profuse fetid discharge from the nose; epistaxis. ^From

overwork at the desk. Mucous membrane very sensitive.

nasal catarrh. I Running coryza, with bad odor from the nose and running of

water from the eyes.

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I I I Accumulation of dry mucus in nose, with sensation as if

the nose was entirely filled with it. I I Stoppage of the nose, especially when stooping.

■ Constant copious and ofiensive discharge from the nose, no

one could inhale his breath without disgust. d Chronic

nasal catarrh. Nose turns bluish.

I Chronic inflammation of external nose. \ Frost-bitten nose with itching. Little hard pimples break out on side of her nose and about

nasal mucus, followed by dropping of water from nose. ^ Face. Face red and hot. 6 Headache.

\ Heat in face and upper part of body, in spells lasting from five

■ Lancinating, tearing and drawing pain in the right cheek. iFaceache with toothache.

Itching in the face, with redness and burning, as if frost-bitten.

■ Paralysis of muscles of face, so that one or both corners of the

mouth drop down, allowing the saliva to run out upon the pillow, d Typhus. lExpression of face somewhat idiotic; child had a senseless stare right before her and sometimes squinted. 6 Nystagmus.

■ Expression of the face wore the appearance of idiocy.

d Clonic spasms of eyes. ^ Lower Part of Face. ■Froth at the mouth, face bluish and pufi"ed. d Epilepsy.

Jaws clenched.

Sensation as if splinters had been run into the right lower jaw.

Trembling vibration in lips and muscles of lower jaw; convul- sive shaking.

Pricking in the chin, as from needles.

On awaking, so violent a pain in 1. articulation of jaw, he could scarcely open his mouth.

Violent tearing in r. side of lower jaw.

• Chaps and fissures of lips.

Herpetic eruption principally on upper lip.

Many little blisters on the skin. '^^ Teeth and Gums. ■Pains in the superior maxillary bones and teeth.

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Teeth feel too long.

Teeth sensitive to touch, pressure, or while chewing.

Painful jerk in teeth each time he drinks cold water.

Tearing in lower molars, worse from cold air.

I I Swelling and bleeding of the gums, with pain.

iBIeeding gums.

I Shooting from r. lower teeth up to r. side of head.

• Inflammation of the lining membrane of the alveolar pro-

cesses. ^^ Taste, Speech, Tongue. Disgusting sweet nauseous taste in mouth, with a painless mushy stool.

■ Inarticulate speech, like from trismus. ^Typhoid fever.

■ Learned to speak with diflSculty. d Clonic spasm of eyes. I I Left side of tongue numb, with vertigo.

Tongue : I I coated white, mornings ; smarting, burning in tip, as from pepper ; coated with thick, tough mucus in the morning.

Tongue very tremulous and quite dry and bluish, d Typhus.

■ i Tongue dry. d Typhus. Soreness of the tongue.

• Tip of tongue studded with small dirty yellow aphthas. d In-

cipient tuberculosis. I I Papillge enlarged, sensation of dryness and contraction like after an astringent, the tongue covered with a tough viscid phlegm, especially in the morning.

■ Phagadenic ulcers on the ligament of the tongue.

I I Water accumulates in the mouth, with pain in the abdomen.

■ Mercurial aphthae on the roof of mouth and tongue. Sometimes in erecting the head saliva gets into the windpipe,

causing a violent ejecting cough.

■ Frequently suffering from aphthae, want of appetite, diarrhoea.

d Clonic spasms of eyes. '^ Hard Palate to (Esophagus. ■Feeling of dryness of fauces extending into pharynx, causing contraction, as when drinking an astringent.

■ Great difficulty in swallowing, with ravenous appetite.

6 Chorea.

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I Throws up some flocculi or solid lumps of phlegm, almost

without cough. Pressure in the fauces as though a foreign body stuck there,

which could not be removed by swallowing. 1 I Angina tonsillaris with great dryness in throat and general

weakness, d Cured by Pulsat.

A burning-cooling feeling along the oesophagus to the stomach, as after eating cress.

Increased appetite ; could hardly wait for breakfast.

Ravenous appetite but difficult swallowing, d Chorea.

I I Much hunger, but no appetite ; early in the morning ; sto- mach feels as if empty.

I I Violent thirst.

■ Burning thirst. ^Typhus.

Thirst rather rare, particularly in throat during the chill. '^ Eating and Drinking. Before breakfast : better ; before din- ner : bitter taste but eats with appetite.

During breakfast: nausea ; very soon satisfied while eating, and pressure and bearing down in stomach.

I I After breakfast : headache, a very offensive taste, dryness, burning in throat, nausea and vomiting, and pressure in the stomach.

After dinner : inability to think ; inner uneasiness ; disgust for work ; pressing in forehead and temples ; painful drawing in occiput ; the same in the eyeballs ; buzzing in ears ; ear- ache; uneasiness in the muscles of the lower jaw and lips; unpleasant taste ; biting behind on the left edge of the tongue ; a tearing sensation in the pharynx, when swallow- ing saliva ; very soon hungry again ; belching ; nausea and gagging ; vomiting ; sore feeling under the ribs ; I 1 fullness in stomach, even after using light food moderately ; pressure and fullness in abdomen ; expansion, bloating; wind passing off; a stool with pain in anus ; short dry cough or sneezing, causing violent pain ; tension in the sides of chest, and burn- ing ; pain in back : convulsive shaking of left shoulder ; a cold feeling as from quicksilver on the left nates, in the hollow of the knee, on a small spot towards the right ; tear- ing pain in left tibia ; prostration of the lower limbs ; burn-

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ing in thighs ; violent burning in a corn on the right little

toe, which does not allow him to take his siesta. 1 1 Very drowsy after dinner, quite unusual; he sleeps very

navel ; pappy stools ; tension across chest ; nervous sensation

running through the body. Better for an hour after eating while he is so exhausted ; but

great sleepiness remains. After a meal : nausea, eructations ; abdomen distended (even

after moderate eating). Eating is most always followed by heartburn ; prunes by

pressure in stomach ; after a swallow of cold water, nausea ;

the same quiets vomiting of phlegm ; wine indisposes to

work ; coffee accelerates the pulse. B Daily about three hours after a meal she has a burning at the

stomach, which changes into a dull pressure with nausea. After smoking : peeling off inside of lips ; saltish bitter, exceed- ingly offensive taste ; belching and hiccough alternating ;

sudden nausea and vomiting ; attacks of violent cough. ^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. 1 1 Hiccough

abdomen, rapid breathing, great weakness ; in the chest. I I Heartburn.

headache and irritation to sneeze. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. B Sensitive to pressure in pit of

a foreign body, with nausea. I Heavy sensation in the stomach ; faintness, with an empty

feeling, sometimes alternating with a jerking sensation as of

some heavy object. See angina pectoris, 29.

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I I From 12 to 2 p.m. daily, cramp from the middle of the spine through into the stomach ; severe gagging and vomiting ; legs feel as if pricked all over with ice-cold needles. ^^ Hypochondria. ■ Liver enlarged, congested.

Sensation of pain and drawing in the right hypochondrium, as if the liver had increased in weight and dragged at its liga- ments.

I I Sharp stitches, as from needles, in the region of the liver ; dull stitches during breathing.

I I Stitches under short ribs, left side.

I Pain in stomach and liver, burning from acidity.

\ Enlargement of the liver.

I Pain in 1. hypochondrium, with rumbling in the region of left superior flexure of the colon. ^^ Abdomen, Loins and Groins. 1 1 Violent colic, cutting, griping, pinching.

I Popular medicine for colic with the Korjakes.

I I Great noises in abdomen.

Rumbling, with constant pain deep in umbilical region; < from pressure.

I Loud rolling and rumbling in bowels, with constipation. d During pregnancy.

I Flatulency of stomach and bowels.

Pinching below the umbilicus, attended with a bloated condi- tion of the abdomen.

iPain in abdomen with fetid discharges, d Typhus.

1 Burning in abdomen.

l Ulceration of stomach and bowels, d Typhoid fever.

A great heaviness like from a weight, most below the navel.

I A pressure as from a swelling from the left hypogastrium to the back. See 24.

I I In region of coecum, violent stitches, with sneezing.

Sensation of emptiness, hollowness, or coldness in abdomen.

I I Distension of abdomen.

Undulatory jumping of the upper abdominal muscles.

Twitching, tension, tearing and stitches in the loins.

I I Subsultus of abdominal muscles.

Bruised feeling in loins, in sitting and lying.

Laming pains in loins, <C walking and standing.

] Abdominal plethora.

■ Weakness in loins. ^Rheumatism.

In groins, peculiar tensive sensation as if wrenched, less when walking, I quivering in the left. ^^ Rectum, Stool and Anus. In rectum : a sharp itching, in- vites to drawing upwards, but is only relieved by pressing down ; burning and loss of blood ; biting after wind passes ; bearing down, tenesmus.

Prickling, itching in the rectum and anus, as from worms.

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Passes much inodorous flatus, every day for weeks ; more after

I I Stool mushy, most after breakfast, oftener than usual. Stool pappy and at the same time passage of a large quantity

much rumbling ; crampy colic and passing of wind.

■ Diarrhoea in children; liver involved, with grass-green, bil-

ious stools. Diarrhoea, with cutting in the abdomen ; bowels loose, stools light and offensive, d Typhus.

■ Looseness commencing in the morning, immediately after ris-

ing, returning after each meal with much rumbling, passing wind and spasmodic bellyache ; crampy colic. 6 Chronic diarrhoea.

Yery hard stools ; at first hard and knotty, then soft, finally diarrhoetic.

iCostiveness. ^Rheumatism.

Before stool: pinching and cutting in the abdomen; urgent tenesmus ; painful straining in the rectum.

During stool : colic and passing of flatus ; burning soreness, smarting and cutting in anus ; sweat ; pain in loins to legs, continuing after stool.

After stool : headache > ; biting in anus ; straining in rectum ; cutting pain in anus ; griping in hypogastrium ; distension of abdomen ; heaviness in abdomen and around navel ; pain in chest.

A copious mush-like stool, followed by burning in anus.

Hemorrhoidal tumors burning, inflamed, swollen. ^^ Urinary Organs. Pressing pain in region of kidneys, disturb sleep.

Stitch in r. kidney.

1 Lameness in left kidney, sore to touch, with cramp extending into the thighs.

Tensive pain while riding.

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Twitching pain in the bladder.

I I Paralytic weakness in the sphincter, can hardly hold the

The desire to urinate is urgent. Sphincter vesicae weak, with dribbling.

■ The urine passes at intervals and dribbles away, I I with a cold

to promote the flow. Urine: watery, clear, lemon-colored, I I bright yellow; dark

yellow and hot ; red ; red flocculent or powdery sediment ;

watery in the forenoon, I I in the afternoon milky; like

whey ; turbid ; with a red or white sediment (phosphate

of magnesia) ; iridizing on surface. I Urine profuse, colorless, d Chorea.

■ Urination lessened. ^Rheumatism.

A little shimmering pellicle on the urine.

Urine with red, flaky sediment ; sediment white, of phosphate of magnesia.

Viscid, glutinous mucus from the urethra. ^^ Male Sexual Organs. I ' Excited sexual desire, most mornings.

After siesta, an irresistible urging, and after emission, tensive pressure in the hypochondria.

Erections night and morning.

Great desire for coition, with relaxed penis.

1 I Pollutions several nights ; I in siesta.

I After emission, pains and weakness in thighs.

I I Sexual power much diminished, apathy, nothing can pro- duce an erection.

I During coition: burning in urethra; most painful with the ejaculation ; insufiicient ejaculation, or very late ; volup- tuous ecstasy wanting.

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burning itching of skin, with sweat on upper chest and shoulders, afterwards on abdomen and arms.

1 1 Complaints after sexual debauches.

I I Drawing in testicles, with a sense of discomfort, heaviness and drowsiness ; evenings.

Spasmodic drawing in left testicle and spermatic cord.

I I Excessive and painful retraction of the testes toward the in- guinal ring, has to palliate it by pressing them off with the fingers.

Disagreeable sensation in the urethra, only in front part of penis, like a crawling, has to squeeze the penis.

Penis cold and shrunken.

Itching in penis, on foreskin and scrotum.

On left side of scrotum red swelling, tickles and itches.

I Old gleets and other sequels of gonorrhoea.

I I Excessive itching of the genitals, in mons veneris; unbear- able for several days.

Cramps as if she must have a child, obliged to lie down.

I Itching and irritation of the parts, with strong desire for an embrace.

I I Menses too profuse, with tearing, pressive pains in back and abdomen.

At beginning of menses : nightly restlessness on account of troublesome rigors ; toothache and wakefulness.

During menses : headache, toothache, pain and itching in left ear, lessened by boring ; pains like those of labor, in belly and back ; pains in left arm ; itching here and there, par- ticularly about genitals ; rigors ; palpitation ; running of water from mouth.

■ Swelling of vagina and several nodules (with horses).

After menses : pain as from exhaustion ; palpitation ; head- ache and dizziness; i prolapsus after cessation of menses; interrupted sleep with anxiety.

Leucorrhoea very profuse, dark colored. ^Prolapsus uteri.

Leucorrhoea, with much itching internally and externally. 2^ Pregnancy and Parturition, i Constipation with rumbling in bowels during pregnancy.

I Four weeks after childbirth a pressing pain like a swelling from the left side of hypogastrium, extending towards the back ; motion aggravates ; thirst, but loss of appetite.

■ Metastasis of milk to the brain. ^Epilepsy. Nipples itch, burn, look red.

" Voice, Larynx and Trachea, i "Worse from singing.

■ During singing a scratching in throat; after the "grippe."

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Oppression and constriction of larynx ; he fears suffocation. Tickling along the windpipe, with a violent, raking dry cough.

■ Tickling in trachea. ^ Laryngo-phthisis.

• Frequent tickling irritation in the windpipe, d Incipient tu- berculosis. ^'^ Kespiration. lAt night breathing was impeded, owing to the closure of the nose by the thick mucus, d Chronic nasal catarrh.

I I Oppression of chest with pain in stomach.

During inhalation : stitches in left side and I I below the short ribs ; increasing pressure on the middle of sternum ; dull stitches in liver.

With a deep inspiration : pains in different parts of chest and abdomen ; shooting from heart to shoulder-blade.

I I Frequent deep inspirations.

Rapid breathing, evenings, with heat all over and sweat, most in face.

I I Great inclination to sighing, involuntary, with rapid beating of heart.

Suffocative fits with anxiety and fainting ; t.

I I Difficulty in breathing, as if the chest was too full ; he must breathe more deeply.

I I Chest as if too narrow, pressure on both sides of sternum.

I I Difficult and noisy respiration.

: Short breath in walking, has to stand still to get breath. d Incipient tuberculosis.

Constriction of the chest, with deep inspirations at times, and visible beating of the heart, and a kind of oppression, espe- cially behind the two borders of the sternum, along its whole length.

In region of diaphragm painful drawing with difficult breathing. ^^ Cough. Dry cough with whistling behind the sternum.

[ Frequent dry cough, after meals, d Incipient tuberculosis.

I I Cough with rattling of phlegm, without expectoration.

I I Dry cough from a tickling in trachea at night, shaking the whole body violently.

1 I Constant irritation to cough which can mostly be suppressed, but, if he cannot resist it, several violent convulsive shocks of cough succeed one another, which are very painful, tears run from eyes and he has to double up.

■ Violent cough in isolated attacks, ending in repeated sneezing. ': Hacking cough, d Incipient tuberculosis.

I I Convulsive, hacking cough, with oppressive sweat.

■ ■Sudden convulsive coughs, worse forenoons, or during the

worse towards evening.

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I I Dry cough after dinner.

During cough : burning in chest; stitches in leftside; palpi- tation.

I Convulsive cough with anxious sweat.

I I Has to sit up in bed or the cough takes his breath.

With the cough pressure in 1. head, running in the scalp ; burn- ing in eyes, tears run from eyes.

Spasmodic contraction of chest, threatening suffocation ; raw- ness of chest, shooting in left side of chest ; some saliva flies out of the mouth; nausea, retching; burning in stomach; heaviness in abdomen ; colicky pain impedes coughing.

I Cough towards evening with frequent pulse (100) intermitting.

I I After each cough violent sneezing ; sometimes so rapidly that he does not know if he coughs or sneezes.

■ Frequent hemming and bringing up small, firm lumps of

phlegm, without cough, d Laryngo phthisis. I 1 Mucous sputa most in the morning.

• Mucus is loosened by slight clearing and comes up in small,

hard, round balls, d Incipient tuberculosis.

• Expectoration of small flakes of mucus raised almost without

the back.

■ Chronic catarrh.

• Incipient tuberculosis.

Stitching behind sternum most at the end of expiration. Very painful stinging pressure in chest, below the shoulder

blades, and on corresponding places in front ; has to breathe

breath in left chest; between sternum and nipple, pulse

drawing pains, d Angina pectoris. I I Pressure on chest and heavy sensation. \ Sense of constriction in the cardiac region, as if the chest

were too narrow or too full of blood, d Incipient tubercu- losis. Sprained sensation in chest, increased by taking a deep breath,

evenings.

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I I Tension in the lower part of the chest during motion and

All the symptoms of incipient phthisis.

Sticking, under the nipple. 6 Incipient tuberculosis.

Twitches running across the chest in rapid succession, accom- panied by prickling, d Incipient tuberculosis. I Consumption of lungs ; 1 1 tuberculous consumption.

Heart, Pulse and Circulation. Sticking pain in apex of

Stitches in region of heart, through to the shoulder-blade ; <

from cough. 1 I Violent stitches in region of heart, with an intermitting

pulse and great weakness. I I Burning, shooting pains in region of heart, extending to

left shoulder-blade ; caused by deep inspiration and much

worse from coughing, sneezing and hiccough. I Sense of oppression in the cardiac region as if the cavity of

the thorax was narrowed ; confined feeling. I Constant feeling of a lump in the epigastrium, with pain un- der the sternum ; drawing in region of diaphragm, sharp

pains in left side, d Angina pectoris, gastralgic form. "When he laid down at night he felt several blows in the heart

with trembling in the pit of the stomach and anxiety, caused

by every slight noise. Several twitching shocks of the heart.

At night transient painful shocks at the heart, with anxiety. Oppression at the heart on bending the body down, with

■ Palpitation most in the evening. ^ Real convulsio cordis. After a feeling of compression with omission of the beats of

heart, some very quick irregular beats. Palpitation violent, strongly felt, worse evenings, with redness

of face ; on sitting down, some irregular, strong beats ; anx-

iqus oppression. Attack of violent palpitation of heart, with anxiety breaking

out in a sweat. I I Forcible beats of heart, lifting the hand lying on the chest

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and moving a newspaper she had in her hand up and

stomach; dull headache; vertigo; red face; oppression. I I Paralyzed feeling in left arm and hand ; shudders, crawls ;

water runs together in mouth ; all the limbs are weary. I I Pulse : frequent, 100 in a minute, irritated, full, strong, beats

quick, 87 ; weak, small, 60 ; felt in all parts of body, most

day, more frequent in the morning ; small, uneven, very

feeling. : Painful pressure on the middle of the sternum, worse when

inhaling. 6 Incipient tuberculosis. Sharp stitches : like splinters in pectoralis near the nipple, first

r. then 1., later on the lowest ribs ; on difiierent parts of

• Throbbing aching pain in small spots on the chest, d In- cipient tuberculosis. Soreness deep in chest in two spots, four inches on either side

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I I Stiff neck.

I I Tension and stiffness of muscles of neck.

1 I Sensation as if sprained in the neck when turning head to the left.

Extending to nape of neck: crick in back.

Itching pimples on the neck.

In the back below the shoulder-blades, a gnawing, shooting, tearing pain.

• Sticking between the shoulder-blades, d Incipient tubercu- losis.

Frequent sharp stitches like from splinters on dorsal vertebrae.

I I Feels as if large splinters were pushed into the back.

■ Violent shooting, burning pains, deep in the spine. Spasmodic, pressive, drawing pain starts from back, extends to

middle of chest and into oesophagus.

I I Painful pulsation in the spinal canal. • I I Ankle muscles feel as if beaten or bruised; Ion bending forward they feel short.

I 1 Backaches disturbing sleep at night ; cannot find a posi- tion to lie in, with heat.

I I Aching along spine and limbs.

Pain in the back, as after continued stooping.

I Pain along spinal column, < when stooping.

Every motion, every turn of the body, causes pain in spine.

I I Crepitation in the vertebrse of the neck when stooping and crackling all along the spine when moving the body, in the loins when stooping.

Crick in back extending from sacrum to nape of neck.

■ After dinner, pain in the spine, especially a spot the size of

■ Great sensitiveness of single vertebrae to the hot sponge.

d Chorea. I I I The whole spinal column is very sensitive to touch, even

by a sponge, or leaning against a chair. Biting burning in a small place on the spine.

■ Spine sensitive to touch ; worse mornings.

Pain along the spine in several places, tender to touch. Sensation as if cold air was spreading from the spine over the

body, like an aura epileptica. Coldness below the shoulder-blade, as if touched by a piece

163 AMANITA.

iNumbness and weakness in the back, d Chorea.

1 Great uneasiness and weakness in spine, with twitchings.

I I Great weakness in the muscles of the back, can hardly sit straight.

Peculiar sensation of weakness and stiffness between shoulders ; extends to neck.

I When stooping, spine pains as if too weak to support.

Sensation of ants creeping along spine.

Burning, biting on the back.

Itching on back ; suppurating pimples.

Yiolent pains in first and second lumbar vertebrae when turn- ing the body.

Pain in the first two lumbar vertebrae, with sense of coldness in the glutei muscles, spreading down the legs, and formi- cation in the feet.

I Spinal column sensitive to pressure of a hot sponge in the region of the second and third lumbar vertebrae. 6 Chorea.

■ Sensitiveness of lumbar vertebras. ^Chorea.

llPain in lumbar region and sacrum, lespecially during exer- tion in the daytime Hand while sitting; pain, sore ach- ing ; back not sensitive to touch.

Pressure in sacrum like a heavy load, as if it would burst.

Pain in sacrum ; a sort of crick in the back ; extends along to the nape of the neck.

Pain in sacrum extending through the whole spine up to neck.

I Sudden violent stitch in sacrum while walking in the open air. Pain in back and sacrum so violent that he has to keep in bed,

some palpitation, no appetite, no stool, but frequent dis- charge of pale yellow urine. Pain in sacrum, < in the evening, or goes into lower limbs.

■ Rheumatism of r. deltoid worse when moving the joint back-

wards, with great weakness in the loins, costiveness and less

urination. Spasmodic pains in 1. upper arm below the deltoid, followed

by a similar pain in r. upper leg. Sprained feeling in the deltoid and as if thousands of splinters

were in it when lifting the arm ; at 5 p.m.

■ Drawing pain from 1. upper arm to forearm ; drawing in

muscles of 1. forearm and down over the elbow.

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Tearing in 1. upper arm, lower teeth and 1. ear, with violent

itching in the ear ; pains worse from lying on the sore side ;

with the hands. Violent shock of the left arm, followed by wave-like twitchings

Has to put his arms often into another position. Violent laming pain in left hand and arm after palpitation

pain in left hand and arm.

I I Prostration weariness and paralytic feeling in left arm. Burning above the 1. elbow.

Itching on the arms.

I I Burning itching on both hands, as if frozen; parts hot, swollen, red.

■ Burning itching pimples on the arms.

afternoon, in rest. 1 I Drawing in forearm, in left, or both. Tearing drawing pains in 1. elbow-joint.

■ Rheumatic or gouty stiffness of left hand and elbow-joint. Electric stitches in the olecranon of each arm.

In the point of elbow, coldness like from ice.

Forearm : I I tearing in the bones of the left ; tearing between

the bones ; strong painless pulsation near and above r.

olecranon ; tension, lameness and numbness ; starting and

quivering on upper surface of r. hand, extending to the ball

of the hand ; pressive trembling in r. hand. In the extensor side of r. forearm, sudden awful pain like

thousands of splinters, with a momentary sensation as if he

himself. Burning itching on r. forearm ; after scratching, white nodules,

size of millet seed, and furfuraceous peeling off.

165 AMANITA.

Burning sore pain in the skin of r. hand from the wrist to thumb and index finger; even slightest touch with finger painful.

I Trembling and coldness of hands, d From overwork at the desk.

I I Trembling of hands. ^Typhus.

Right hand unsteady while writing ; arm feels paralyzed from much writing.

I I Left hand up to forearm asleep at night in bed ; from lead- ing a little boy during a walk.

Cold hands.

Hands chilly, nails blue, with a small, hard pulse and prostra- tion of the whole body, at noon.

Face and I I hands blue and icy cold.

Sometimes a warm sweat on palms.

I I Itching on r. wrist.

Itching, redness and burning in the hands like chilblains.

I I Tearing burning in thumbs, stitches like needles.

I I Spasmodic pain in thumb.

come. Icy cold sensation in joint of middle finger ; somewhat reddened

and sensitive to touch ; violent tearing. Finger deadens often and remains a long time very sensitive

I I Stiffness in fingers from gout.

the bones were pulled from the sockets. Violent ischiatic pain ; neither touch nor pressure, neither

walking nor rest has any influence, but < by stooping or

hip-joint. Coldness in the region of trochanter ; at intervals shaking,

pushing concussions now in the 1. hip now in the r. hand,

commencing in the joints of lower limbs.

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I Pains in legs, especially in region of right hip-joint, like

muscles. ^

I I In the 1. buttock violent tearing with sensation of coldness,

wakening him out of sleep.

I I Twitching of the gluteal muscles.

I llcy coldness from glutei down to the feet, most in big toes.

Coldness spreading from glutei down the legs, with numbness and twitches.

Furuncle on r. gluteus, size of hen's egg, very painful, dis- charging black blood on the seventh day, with the most violent burning pains ; lasted five days.

Pressing in thighs, ■< in right.

Sensation of a plug on outer side of thigh, I I above the knee.

Rending drawing in thigh, extending to the knee.

Tendons of thigh are stretched.

From groin down to middle of anterior thigh,' violent contrac- tion in the flexors.

Tearing from hip-joint to knee, with numbness.

I I Crossing the legs causes pain in thighs.

Thighs pain as after a long journey on foot.

Painful weariness and heaviness in thighs.

I 1 Electric stitches or spasmodic pain in anterior part of thigh.

Burning, itching on inner and anterior portion of thigh.

Biting and burning pimples above the knee.

All along flexor side of thigh violent burning, and later a thick rash like from nettles.

On front of thigh and on buttocks very painful furuncles.

Tearing drawing in knee ; < sitting, > walking.

I I Violent stitches in both knees, followed by weakness. Muscular twitches, or I I weakness in knees, I I they knock

together. Itching, violent pain, a tremulous feeling, or coldness on a small spot in bend of knee.

I I Pain in the bones of lower legs, sometimes as if in the peri- osteum.

Pains in the bones of the legs, as if in the marrow.

I I Violent pressing pains in 1. tibia beginning in the morning,

worse at noon, lessening afternoon and evening. Pains similar to syphilitic bone-pain not worse in the warmth

167 AMANITA.

I Pains in legs most marked when standing or sitting ; > when walking or from motion.

I I Dull pain along the tibia ; drawing pains in the shin.

In the calves, I I tearing, I I painful contraction, I I stitches, I burning, heaviness. • While walking, alternate stretching and flexion in lower limbs, causing a strange lifting and sinking of the body, accompa- nied by merry, incoherent talking ; t.

Heaviness, weariness, or a tearing with a paralytic numbness in lower legs.

Painful prostration in legs, cannot go up stairs.

The legs ache as after a prostrating sickness.

I 1 Lower limbs weak, weary, cannot support the body, cannot stand, has to sit.

I 1 Heaviness, as if lead was hanging on the legs.

I I Heaviness in the legs with languor.

■ Weight in the legs; they feel weary and as if they had been knocked from under the person.

I Weak and heavy in the legs all day; yellow urine, clearer than usual.

On crossing the thighs he feels a violent pain in them.

I I Trembling of lower limbs.

Electric shock through lower limbs, most in left, suddenly awaking him.

Jerking motion in lower limbs.

Sudden concussions in legs.

Muscular twitching, followed by biting itching on the soles.

In lower limbs: coldness, I i burning, evening and night copi- ous sweat.

At night in the warmth of bed an itching forcing to scratch, leaving bloody streaks.

I I Burning on the r. lower leg.

Burning itching, skin dry and peeling or small nodules.

I I Sweats much on the lower leg.

• Drawing, press ive pains in legs ; especially in ankles.

Pain worse in standing, has to walk or sit.

Pains in ankle-joint waken him at 2 a.m.

I I Crampy pain in ankle-joint extending over the heels ; shoot- ing burning pains.

I I Crawling and itching on dorsi of feet.

I I Shooting in metatarsal bones and feet while walking.

I I Feet cold like ice up to ankles.

Burning in feet, as if blood was glowing in the veins.

I I Great weakness, I heaviness, or formication in feet.

Stiffness in tendo-achillis.

Heels : as if beaten, when standing.

In soles: tearing, I I shooting, like splinters, I I biting itching.

I Cramp in the soles at night.

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Right little toe pains as from narrow shoes, and in the left second toe the same sensation in a corn.

In big toe: I I tearing, jerking pain, digging, sudden stitches like splinters.

In all the toes : I I drawing, I digging, 1 I shooting, crawling or prickling; painful swellings, like nails growing in; I I itch- ing, burning and redness, as if frost-bitten.

1 1 Pain and inflammation of frost-bitten toes.

1 1 Chilblains.

I I Violent pains in a corn on right little toe.

^* Limbs in General. Tearing in 1. forearm and r. thigh.

I I Tearing in limbs, ■< in rest or sitting, >> moving. Shooting pains in all the limbs ; most in the knees and nape

I Pain in right knee and left hand; pain shifts about every

third day ; during attack cough only on moving about ; pains

worst when he begins to move about in the morning.

shaking and twitching. iSubsultus tendinum.

■ All the limbs as if beaten, after slight exertion.

After repeated and severe epistaxis, great soreness and bruised

feeling of joints of limbs. Muscular soreness as it remains in some cases after the fever,

in attacks of influenza.

■ Violent ulcerative pains in limbs prevent sleep at night, from

1. elbow to the little finger, and from the calves to the heel, with beating pains in little toe ; general heat. See 40. 6 A young leprous lame girl.

I Feels as if her limbs did not belong to her.

I iPains in limbs with lameness and numbness.

iWeakness and coldness in limbs, d Chorea.

Limbs cold, blue ; t.

■ Livid limbs. ^Typhus.

169 AMANITA.

tion ; pain in sacrum, loins, thumb, Hegs, knees, heels and toes ; legs weak.

I Uncertain footing when standing, d From overwork at desk. I I Stooping : nose stopped up ; stitches under ribs ; oppression at heart ; spine pains.

I After using flexors : most after stooping or bending forward, painful tension and soreness in difiFerent places.

When sitting : vertigo ; I I headache ; pressure in stomach ; cutting in diaphragm ; colic-like spasm in stomach ; tension in groin ; itching on scrotum ; dry cough ; pressure on chest ; sudden violent stitches in chest ; tension lower part of chest ; anxious, irregular beats of heart ; sore as if beaten in neck, loins, back, I I sacrum, I hips, I I thighs, I knees, shin- bone, I I buttocks and I I lower limbs ; stitches on outer ankle ; tearing in inner heel, foot, big toe, little toe and corns ; cramps in muscles.

Has to sit down when cough comes.

While sitting : painful sensations in the anus disappear.

I I After changing position, most when rising from sitting and using extensor muscles : different painful and other sensa- tions in the limbs.

Lying on back : rattling in chest ; pain in occiput through to glabella.

Pain in sacrum and loins lying on r. side, >• turning to left.

Worse lying on the suffering side.

Lying in bed : headache, extending to left ear.

Lying down : rushing in r. ear ; palpitation ; shocks at heart ; pains in loins, sacrum, knees ; shaking chill ; twitches of muscles.

I With every attempt at voluntary motion the twitches are in- creased ; no twitchings at night, d Chorea.

Moderate motion : relieves pain in limbs, in head and limbs, in small of back, in knees, in corn, also weakness.

Motion: moving head neck hurts; any motion of body, back pains ; chilly ; joints crack ; pressure in eyes ; eye balls burn ; hands tremble ; tension lower part of chest.

I I From the slightest exertion : copious sweat.

In going up stairs : greatest weariness in lower limbs.

Walking up hill : makes him faint.

Worse in walking : vertigo ; headache ; thirst ; stitches in

chest ; pain in knees, they give way ; pain in lower limbs,

in ankle-joint, heel, metatarsus, soles. From walking : vertigo ; oppression of stomach ; colic ; difficult

breathing ; stitches in lungs ; stitch in sacrum ; pressure

in upper part of chest. See 35 and 39.

I I Uncertainty in walking, tumbling over everything in the way ■ Unsteady walk. ^Chorea.

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While walking, the pains in lower limbs and groins disappear.

I Thighs most affected and painful after walking.

In writing : lameness in upper arm ; weariness in forearm ;

uncertainty in hand; cramp in ball of thumb. I If she reaches for an object, she usually misses her mark.

■ Learned to walk and to speak with difficulty, and at a late

date, d Clonic spasms of eyes.

In turning around : pain in back or neck. 2® Nerves. Increase of strength during delirium ; t.

The slightest influence of the will seems to have the most pow- erful effect ; t.

All motions are much easier and are made with much more dexterity ; t.

■ Extraordinary strength of muscles. ^Epilepsy.

They lift up heavy loads and carry them with great facility for

distances ; t. It seems as if they were dancing, they make the strangest

all voluntarily muscles, followed by a trembling and finally

■ Great weakness and trembling, d Prolapsus uteri. I I Tremulous sensation in the whole body.

■ Tremor of the whole body, d Typhus.

■ Trembling of parts or all over, d Chorea. Trembling, with anxiousness and prostration.

Trembling of legs and hands, with debility: soreness of spine;

worse at approach of thunder-storm. I I Twitching of muscles in different places, now here, now

there ; subsultus tendinum. Twitching and spasms during sleep.

■ Muscular twitchings grow more violent; only a few hours

sleep, d Chorea.

■ ■Twitchings: of eyelids and eyeballs; of cheeks; in chest

posteriorly ; in abdomen.

■ The twitching of the arms ceased when the patient used them

in his work of shoemaking. d Chorea.

■ ■Involuntary movements (especially with children) while

awake ; ceasing during sleep, d Chorea.

171 ' AMANITA.

lAs soon as she opened her eyes in the morning, the two eye- balls began to turn to the right and left at intervals of half a second, and this continued all day.

1 8 Spasmodic motions, from simple involuntary motions and jerks of single muscles, to a dancing of the whole body. 6 Chorea. 6 Hysteria.

■ Eclampsia.

I Frequent attacks of slight convulsions. 6 Clonic spasms of eyes.

I Cramps in the hands and feet; body convulsed, as if a gal- vanic battery was applied to the spine.

■ Convulsions and tremor.

B Convulsions, fever with hot head, lying in a lethargic state; distortion of the eyes and crying out in sleep. 6 Nyctogmus.

■ Catalepsy.

■ Epilepsy, with great exertion of strength.

■ Epilepsy from fright, every seven days ; he falls and lies al-

most motionless.

■ Epilepsy from suppressed eruptions.

■ Epileptic attacks two or three a week, after suppression of

tinea capitis.

■ Epileptic attacks increase at first and lessen gradually.

I I Discomfort and heaviness in the whole body ; general inde- scribable malaise.

Great debility.

Powerlessness and great weariness, had to remain in bed on account of great weakness.

Great prostration and inability to think.

Exhaustion with the delirium ; t.

Debility : after coitus ; with trembling of limbs.

Weak from the least exertion, with frequent palpitation ; with vertigo. See 15.

I I Gets tired from a short walk.

\ Greatest lassitude with irresistible drowsiness, better after eat- ing.

Great lassitude and heaviness in the limbs, after a short walk,

• or even in bed, accompanied by anxiety and trembling. d Incipient tuberculosis.

Great weakness and viscous sweats ; t.

■ Sense of languor as if the body were bruised and the joints

dislocated, d Headache.

Sense of uneasiness and weakness all down the spine, d Head- ache.

Paralysis of lower limbs, with slight spasms of arms.

■ ■Paralysis of upper and lower limbs. ^ Incipient softening

of spinal marrow. Paraplegia from congestion of the lumbar part of the cord.

AMANITA. 172

A child, set. 15 months, paralyzed all over, eyes turned, face bluish pale, puifed up, small, irregular pulse, slight tearing and twitches in upper limbs ; t.

In all paralyzed parts, violent pains. ^^ Sleep. I I Very frequent gaping all day.

Gaping : followed each time by involuntary laughter ; makes him giddy; — and sneezing, with pain in maxillary-joint; with stretching, most of arms ; — and shaking chill.

Frequent yawning : before spasms, or paroxyms of headache.

I I Drowsiness, cannot resist sleep, even soon after getting up in the morning.

I Irresistible drowsiness in the day time. ^Prolapsus uteri.

Early in the evening very sleepy ; he has to go to bed, but a peculiar fear as if somebody could come and disturb him, prevents the sleep for hours.

Great drowsiness and weariness during the day ; at night a rush of ideas prevents sleep.

Sleepy and heavy headed, mist before eyes, pressure in eyes, lower limbs very tired.

Sleepiness, especially after or even while eating.

Afternoon drowsy and weary, with sexual desire.

I Weary and drowsy by day, sleepless at night. ^From over- working at desk.

I On falling asleep : starts, twitches ; sudden complete awaken- ing, d Chorea.

Sopor and convulsions ; t.

I Coma, with paralysis of face and limbs. ^Typhus. Convulsive affections, which cease during sleep.

I I During sleep, one does not notice any motion of the eyes whatever. 6 Clonic spasms of eyes.

Uneasy, restless sleep ; from violent itching and burning of the skin.

1 I Restless night and chilliness.

Tosses about from annoying crawls over whole body, head, chest, abdomen and feet.

Restless nights, suffers pains in back, chest, loins and thighs.

Restless night, a burning itching pain on different parts, wak- ens him.

Restless night, a heaviness in the whole body in head, chest, abdomen and feet, induces him to toss about.

Unpleasant dreams waking him from sleep.

Dreams he could not open his mouth on account of pain in maxillary-joint, and that they made him smell caustic am- monia which wakened him.

Dream as if he was walking up and down in his room and read- ing,, while he was sure he was in his bed ; could not over- come it.

In his dreams, anxiety as if suffocating.

173 AMANITA.

Morning : itching of scalp ; spasm of eyes ; tongue coated ; hunger without appetite ; diarrhoea ; excited sexual desire ; cough > ; mucous sputa ; rattling of phlegm in chest ; pulse more frequent ; spine more sensitive ; pains in tibia begin ; pain in right knee and left hand <.

At noon : I I headache ; pressure like a piece of sand under the upper lid ; trembling of 1. upper lid ; II very unpleasant, saltish, bitter, sweetish metallic taste, most on root of tongue ; cramp in stomach ; sudden stitch in region of liver ; colic ; pressure, heat and itching in anus ; cough with sneezing ; pain in chest, in region of heart ; stitch in sac- rum ; in 1. tibia ; burning runs all along corn in little toe.

Afternoon : dizziness and dull head ; pain over the eyes, I I in vertex, in occiput ; painful sensitiveness in upper part of nose ; coryza ; toothache and pain in lower jaw ; nauseous sweetish taste ; violent thirst ; frequent belching ; pressure or burning and digging pain in epigastrium ; dull pressure in hypochondrium ; stitches in region of spleen ; I I rumbling in abdomen ; I I cutting in upper and later in lower abdomen ; soft, dark green stool ; stool with copious urination ; urine milky ; fiery ; drawing in both testicles ; violent cough; press- ure here and there in chest ; sudden stitches deep in chest ;

I I soreness in chest ■< ; constant pressure near the heart and uninterrupted palpitation ; irregular beats of heart ; the neck puffed up ; sudden violent stitch in sacrum ; pain and lameness in arm ; I I pains in elbow ; in forearm ; burn- ing in r. thumb ; in r. hip-joint, and along the outside of lower leg, annoying pains ; drawing, tearing in the thigh ; electric shock through the legs ; giving way of the knee with painful drawing on the back of 1. lower leg ; stinging in r. little toe ;

II pains in the corns ; epileptic shock of the body ; sleepiness ; crawling all over.

AMANITA. 174

scrobiculum, with a spasmodic drawing up into the chest ; digging, pinching cutting in abdomen ; cutting itching in rectum; tension in r. groin; I unpleasant sensation in ure- thra ; drawing in testicles ; I I < cough with blowing the nose or expectoration of phlegm ; stitches in lung ; I I violent palpitation ; burning or itching on sternum ; quivering in muscles of r. loin ; tension along the whole spine ; pains in back of sacrum ; itching on back and inflamed nodules ; tear- ing in 1. upper arm ; stitches like needles in 1. thumb ; in r. hip-joint and outside of r. lower leg very tormenting pains ; electric shock in lower limbs ;

I I pains in lower limbs ; burn- ing in upper part of foot and violent pains in little toe ; pains in corns ; gaping ; weakness ; I I crawls and chills, shaking chill ; attack of heat ; sweat without heat.

^^ Temperature and Weather. 1 1 Very sensitive to the cool air.

Cold air increases earache ; looking out of an open window, toothache and pains in limbs ; easily chilled, the least cool air makes "goose-skin."

Easily chilled on slight movement, and in a cooler air, or if the cold finger touches a warm part of the body.

Very sensitive to the cold, mostly hands and feet ; his face is pale and haggard.

In cold weather worse, especially headache.

I I When lifting the bedcovers at night, crawling and shaking chill.

I I To drink cold water after it increases the effects and length- ens it; t.

I I After a swallow of cold water, toothache and nausea. Washing or bathing palliates.

■ Itching, burning and redness of fingers, toes and other parts,

as though they had been frozen. Complaints from frost, d Headache. 6 Chilblains.

I I Chilblains, frost-bite, and all consequences of exposure to cold, particularly in face.

In open air : vertigo > or < ; pressing in eye ; momentary attacks of drunkenness ; headache ; nausea ; colic, stitches in sacrum ; I I dullness ; drowsiness.

Walking in open air : I 1 staggering ; a stitch like lightning through the brain ; half-sided digging headache; vanishing of sight ; singing in r. ear ; pressure in stomach ; sensation like a dislocation in the groin ; sudden violent stitches in sacrum ; painful drawing in r. foot ; I I tired in the feet, weak ; a painful pressure in region of right nipple, feeling as if a deep breath would remove its cause ; frequent gaping.

After walking in open air : such a sudden weakness that he can hardly get along ; severe fluid stools with burning in anus, and a copious sweat even on scalp ; pulse frequent and small.

175 AMANITA.

In room : vertigo < or > ; nausea ; chilliness ; all symp- toms < in-doors and in rest.

In the bright sunshine : as if drunken.

Heat of sun caused violent vertigo.

In the warmth of bed feet burn.

I Vertebrae sensitive to a hot sponge, d Chorea.

■ Worse before a thunder-storm, d Chorea. *^ Fever. UShiverings over the body, running from above down- wards.

Shudders : with bitter vomiting after supper, lasting all night.

I I Feels chilly with headache, giddiness, cold hands and feet ; the chilly feeling runs along the limbs.

Chilly feeling : with gaping : blue hands ; want of strength ; bad humor; dull senses and no appetite; at noon, 12 to 1 o'clock.

Feels chilly all the time, cannot get warm in the room, early in the morning.

After sleep a chilly sensation all over, but most in the feet.

Chilly on slight movement, or from raising the bedclothes.

Great chilliness in the open air, strikes through the whole body.

Inner chilliness : with cool skin ; with natural warmth of skin ; in evening.

Sensation as if touched by ice, keeping time with the pulse.

Sensation of coldness on r. side of frontal bone, though the sur- face is warm to touch.

Coldness on buttocks.

Cold hands and toes, with contracted pulse.

Cold and blue limbs ; t.

Coldness and heat in alternation, towards evening.

Unpleasant coolness in whole body after going to bed.

Body cold, head hot.

Partial chill on upper part of body.

Chill with warm face, hands and feet.

I I Shaking chill with gaping ; chill continues until he shakes.

Chill in back as if cold water was running down, if he leans back in the chair.

Feverish chill every evening without thirst and without heat.

Shaking chills when lifting his bedcover.

During the violent shaking chill, after undressing in the eve- ning, a peculiar inclination to laugh.

A gradually increasing rigor, face and hands bluish, icy cold ; pulse very small and hard, forenoon 10 to 11.

Attacks of rigor, shaking the whole body ; cold hands, tremble when writing ; face warm, no thirst, and no heat following.

Violent rigor with goose-flesh, followed by heat in head, pain- ful throbbing in forehead and sweat.

After dozing awhile, violent rigor, chattering of teeth, hedies doubled up, violent headache, hands blue, no thirst.

AMANITA. 176

Heat slight, chiefly on upper part of body.

Heat in face and upper half of body in repeated attacks, last- ing five to ten minutes.

Heat all over : becomes burning, he has to uncover the lower limbs ; blood seems to run glowing through the vessels ; pulse strong, hard, tense and more frequent, disappearing gradually after midnight.

Heat at night ; turning in bed or lifting the covers makes her chilly.

Violent attacks of heat, evenings ; cheeks glowing, hands cold, continual thirst, no sweat.

■ Frequent attacks of fever with heat in the head, associated

with a soporific state, rolling of eyes and screaming during sleep, d Clonic spasms of eyes. Heat and sweat in attacks, all afternoon, with a dull headache, no thirst.

■ General heat with cold finger ends, dry lips, thirst, clean

tongue, want of appetite, with violent pains in upper and

I I Cold sweats ; t.

Viscous sweat and great prostration ; t.

With sweat exhausted feeling and trembling of limbs, canine

hunger. Sweat : greasy, but not offensive, all night, during sleep ;

from the least exertion ; I I often only on front of body ; at

night, especially about the legs ; cold, on face, neck and

chest; 1 1 profuse.

I I Sweat when walking or I I with the slightest exertion.

j Slight exercise causes sweat ; oily night-sweats, d Incipient

tuberculosis. I Coma following the febrile excitement of dentition ; eyes half

open, showing the white ; breathing not hurried, but often a

deep inspiration, followed by a sigh and slight convulsive

eyeball upward and outward ; coughing ; pain in sternum ;

177 AMANITA.

After the toothache lessens, the complaints in abdomen re- turn.

Periodical drawing up into the os hyoideum.

Gets awake exactly at midnight three nights in succession.

lEvery seven days. ^Epileptic attacks. ^ Locality and Direction. I l Very often the complaints ap- pear diagonally, that is appear in upper left and lower right side.*

From in out : stitches in chest and belly.

From out in : pressing, boring, drawing pains.

From below up : a cutting boring from nostrils up to the frontal bone ; drawing from the pelvis up to the hypochondria.

From back to front : violent momentary tearing through the chest.

From left to right : shooting headache ; painful drawing in fore- head ; pressure above the eyes ; pain in temples ; running coryza ; I I griping in belly ; pain in tibia ; splinter sensa- tion in lower limbs.

From right to left : stitches in temples ; burning soreness in back.

Worse left side: inner head, external ears, teeth, abdomen, groin, male parts, shoulder, upper and forearm.

Worse right side : outer head, hypochondrium, loins and lower limbs.

Very few semilateral symptoms. ^^ Sensations. Icy cold feeling on a small place on 1. side of chest, near shoulder-blade.

Cold sensations, or as of a plug in external parts.

Cooling sensation, as from living quicksilver in different parts of body.

I I Formication and burning in glutei muscles.

Sensation as if the whole body was shaken inwardly.

I I Electric concussions and twitchings in all the limbs.

Neuralgic pains as though sharp pieces of ice touched the parts, or cold needles ran through the nerves.

It seems as if the whole body would dwindle to nothing.

■ Internal burning, as well as external.

Burning itching and redness of various parts : ears, nose, face, upper and lower limbs, like chilblains.

I Pricking, as from pins, and burning.

* If we compare the symptoms of our Materia Medica with regard to right and left sides, we will find that in many of them there is a decided differ- ence between the upper and lower limbs as regards the sides, one or the other side predominating. Amanita is one of the few remedies in which the symptoms appear at the same time on opposite sides, but diagonally. If, after giving a medicine, the symptoms do not disappear in a reverse di- rection to their origin, we may know it is not the right remedy.

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I Itching and burning all over with great distress. ^Chorea.

Soreness and sensation of rawness : nose, mouth, etc.

Corrosive biting now and then on the skin.

Formication, crawling.

Cramp-like pains in muscles, erratic, when sitting.

Tearing pains in face and legs, continues while at rest, disappear- ing while moving about.

1 1 Pains as from splinters.

A prickling running through fingers, toes and head, like that in frost-bitten limbs, with change of weather. ** Tissues. Induration of glands.

Pains in bones of the face, eyes, cheeks, tubular bones, and in tibia, sometimes in elbow.

In all the joints, stitching pain, stiffness in arms, back of neck and both hip-joints.

All the joints stiff on getting up.

Sudden tearing in the tendinous tissues of diflFerent parts.

Makes the blood thin.

Veins swollen, with cool skin.

Mucous membranes coated with a yellow mucus.

I Muscles feel bruised from touch; better from walking. d Chronic rheumatism.

Pain in long bones, as if bruised, after motion.

Pains in bones morning and forenoon, especially left tibia, con- dyle of left elbow (like syphilitic pains ; but better, rather than worse, in warmth of bed).

I Joints feel as if dislocated. 6 Chorea.

Obesity.

■ Emaciation. ^Chorea.

Slight touch causes shooting, even the coming near of some one.

Touch of hair : < pressure on temple.

When touched : pain in parietal bones, in eyeballs, above eyes, maxillary joint, tip of tongue; stitch in throat; abdomen sensitive; convulsive dartings if arms or chest are touched; small spot in the middle of spine very sensitive ; wrist pains ; back of hand sore ; stitches in thumb ; meta-carpal joint of index and middle finger.

When touching or feeling with the fingers : < headache ; pain in groins ; pain in vertebrae ; all parts sensitive.

When but feeble pressure is applied to any spot, it pains a long while after.

Pressure : < pain in scalp, in 1. temporal bone, pain in stomach and in hypochondria.

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Sensitive to pressure : dorsal and lumbar vertebrae.

Better from pressure : pain in temples ; boring headache ;

colic in abdomen ; painless pulsation in the eighth and

I I While riding in a carriage : tensive pain in region of

bladder. *^ Skin. General jaundice after convulsion ; t.

I I Burning itching, redness and swelling, as from frost-bites. Itching stitches in various parts.

Violent itching between thumb and forefinger, left hand.

I Itching and burning all over the body, causing great distress. 6 Chorea.

Miliary eruptions ; close and white, with burning and itching.

Feeling in the skin as if it was pasted on.

Skin very smooth, most in face.

I I Prickling as from needles on different places.

Itching stitches on different parts of body.

Electric stitches, stitches as from splinters ; corroding biting ; itching, burning, biting, stinging.

Itching all over ; changing place ; disturbing sleep ; without any eruption.

Itching eruption of easily bleeding whitish nodules on abdo- men and lower limbs, spreading.

■ Miliary eruption in blotches.

Small suppurating pimples between index finger and thumb ; on neck ; on sternum.

Very painful furuncle in front of thigh and on buttock, very large, discharging blood, no pus.

Little red, hard pimples scattered all over the body, like flea- bites.

• Lichen pilaris urticatus.

Chronic eruptions.

Indurations and tumors ; carbuncles ; fistulous ulcers ; carious ulcers ; phagedenic ulcers.

■ Lichen simplex.

■ Sebaceous tumors.

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I Crusty eruptions.

■ Ulcers corroding and excavated.

■ Indolent and fistulous ulcers.

■ Gangrene.

■ The hard, rough small-pox of sheep.

■ Nodules in the skin on the neck, with cough (horses and

cows).

■ Itching from small nodules deep in skin, especially when eyes

■ ■Drunkards ; especially for their headaches. Thin, spare girl, set. 18. d Chorea.

Girl, set. 2J, born with malformation of head. d Clonic spasms of eyes.

Vinegar and Eau de Cologne induce fainting. Sal Ammonice also aggravates ; t.

Mushrooms will not grow in ground containing either iron or coal.

181 AMANITA— AMBRA GRISEA.

Atropine is said to be antagonistic to Muscarine, but they both, when topically used, dilate the pupil.

Follow well : Bellad., Calc. ostr., Mercur., Opium., Pulsat., Rhus tox. and Silicea.

Acted well after Dulcam., PJiosph. ac, Pulsat., and Cuprum had failed, d Chronic diarrhoea.

Cured where Bellad., Stram. and Hyosc. failed, d Clonic spasms of eyes.