Argentum Metallicum

Pure Metallic Silver.

Hahneman published in 1813, in the fourth volume of his Materia Medica pura, the first proving made by him and his class, with the Argenium foliatum, or the silver leaf of the gold beaters, after having collected a few symptoms from the nitrate. But like he had experienced with thegold, and preferring always to prove the chemical elements, unaltered by their combi- nation with acids, he triturated the leaves from the shops, and proved the trituration on himself (40 symptoms) and his class, W.

Gross, C. Franz, Fr. Meyer, W. E.

Wislicenus, Ch. Fr. Langhammer, and E. Th.

Hermann (144 symptoms.) In 1825 appeared a second edition of the Materia Medica, when his own had increased only to 56 symptoms, and the others of his class by the valuable proving of F. A. Haynel with 24 symptoms, one symptom of W. Gross having been stricken out.

In 1846 appeared another and a masterly proving of Wm. Huber, made with a trituration of the precipi- tated metal, what the chemists had learned since 1820, when Stapf pre- pared Flatina in this way.

Several other provings, most with the higher, have been added and used, especially from one of our best men, who does not wish to be known except by the letter B, and have been very useful as coi roborations.

Some symptoms of the oxide and some of the arseniate have been kept back.

The symptoms marked 9 in Allen, are all from cures.

^ Mind. All the time as if drunken.

Without anxiety, again and again the idea comes as if he might have an apoplectic stroke, and could not finish this proving ; with the spasmodic contraction of heart.

Cannot occupy his mind regularly, as the imagination repro- duces former exciting events ; all afternoon.

Imagines things about the military which he never liked ; long forgotten old songs come into his mind.

I Mania.

■ Delirious rage, after epileptic attacks.

Great inclination to talk ; his mind is very clear, and he argues with great facility.

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Inclined to laughter and joking.

Inclined to play tenpins, which he never liked.

I I In society indisposed to talk ; he complains of rush of blood to the head and cheeks, singing in ears ; itching in the red- dened eyes.

Increased cheerfulness and disposition to talk.

When contented, very merry ; but any trifle sets her to cry a long while.

Great serenity, a heavenly sensation of peace.

He feels unpleasant and is lazy.

Depressed and very sleepy.

I Anxious about her health ; full of care, d Laryngitis.

In the forenoon inclined to melancholy, in the afternoon, to great merriment.

Anxious, as if his clothing got too tight, with feverish heat and languor, when walking out doors.

Fear of concussion, as if he might run against something, with the pain in testicles.

I I Displeased, aversion to talk. ^Exostosis of skull.

I Mental agitation induces headache and indigestion. ^ Sensorium. I l Dizziness on entering a room after a walk ; before midnight, while slumbering in bed, it seemed as if the head was falling out of bed ; followed by a violent con- vulsive starting of body.

I Felt suddenly giddy, and as if a mist were before the eyes.

■ Attacks of vertigo ; he cannot think rightly. iWhen looking at running water, giddy.

IIA crawling and whirling in the head, as if drunken. Vertigo when reading.

I I Complete dizziness on entering the room after a walk. ^ Inner Head. I Frontal headache of business men.

Congestion to the head, followed by redness of the cheeks. Cutting stitches from left ear into brain.

■ Pressing pain, with dulness in forehead, and drawing pressure

in occiput.

Dull pain in r. temple and r. side of head, lasting one hour.

iPainful sensation of emptiness in head, feeling as if it was hollow, with aching of the whole brain. 6 Exostosis of skull.

I Left sided headache, as if in the brain substance ; at first only slight drawing, but gradually becoming more violent ; at its culmination raging as though a nerve was being torn, ceas- ing suddenly.

I iDull, pressive, persistent headache, encircles the calvarium like a wreath.

I Bad effects of sunstroke.

■ Headache and dyspepsias induced by mental agitation, nurs-

ing the sick, etc. * Outer Head. Tenderness on top of head, painful to touch.

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■ Pressing, tearing pain in skull, principally in temporal bones,

renewed every day at noon, worse by pressure and touch, better in open air.

■ Aching of external parts of head. iPytiriasis.

^ Sight and Eyes. ■ Sight very weak. Sight vanishes.

■ Amaurosis of left eye, contracted pupil, insensible to light. Itching in outer canthi.

1 1 Violent itching of lids and corners of eyes, d Blepharitis. I Lids greatly swollen and thickened ; margins thick and red.

■ Pustules along edges of lids after measles, d Blepharitis.

■ Any effort to separate the lids causes their edges to be drawn

in ; lids raw, sore, red, slightly everted, without smarting or pain, d Blepharitis. Abundant purulent discharge.

■ Stricture of the lachrymal duct.

■ Infant, set. four weeks; since third and fourth day, abundant

purulent discharge, pus oozing in jets, lids could not be separated ; alarmingly swollen and thickened ; after Sulphur and Calc. carh., Arg. met. ^' every four hours ; next day to the mother at lengthening intervals. Affections of the tarsal cartilages.

■ Inflammation of 1. eye with lachrymation, great intolerence of

daylight and running at the nose ; after many medicines attacking the r. eye, pain was shooting, itching, aching; sometimes very violent, also without corresponding amount of redness, d After measles. * Hearing, Ears. ■ Buzzing in ears, with ebullitions and heat. d Palpitation of heart.

■ Corrosive itching; scratching until bleeding ensues. Itching, warmth and formication of the concha.

From the fossa under the right ear-lobe, drawing pain at short intervals, as if in the periosteum, to the cheek and lower maxilla ; when chewing, a cutting sensation into the eusta- chian tube towards the parotid, as from a sharp acid. See 13. ' Smell, Nose. ■Tickling, crawling sensation in the nose, fol- lowed by nosebleed.

When blowing the nose, violent bleeding.

■ Nosebleed, with tickling, crawling sensation in the nose. I I Violent fluent coryza, with frequent sneezing.

■ ■Most exhausting fluent coryza, with sneezing. ^Exostosis

on the skull. Throbbing in the left nostril, tension in the external skin, as if the nasal bones were compressed, with tickling, prickling in the left nostril, causing violent sneezing.

■ Affections of the nasal cartilages.

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^ Face. Face red.

I I Great redness of the face, d Exostosis on the skull. iPale and earthy face, d Diabetes mellitus. iFace straw-colored, down to the lips, inclusive, d Scirrhus of OS uteri.

■ Pressing and tearing of the facial bones ; drawing, tearing in

the right zygoma. Perceptible throbbing over whole left cheek, as if muscles

would be raised from the mucous membrane, with a feeling

as if cheek was larger; cheeks both red; chilly burning in

the skin. I Sudden heat in face. ^Palpitation of heart.

■ Burning, itching of face.

^ Lower part of Face. I Swelling of the upper lip, close under the nose. lA violent horrible pain in the bone of the right lower jaw. ^^ Teeth. Severe aching in the decayed last molar, left side.

Upper and lower teeth adhere together like from glue. " Speech, Tongue. Speech impeded by much viscid saliva in the mouth. Sore burning blisters on the tongue ; tongue dry. Red streaks in the middle of the tongue. Dryness in the middle of the tongue.

Tongue has a silvery coating, more dense than the transparent white of Arsen. ^^ Mouth. Dryness in the mouth. I Fetid breath. 6 Scirrhus uteri. Saliva sticky. ^^ Palate and Throat. I l Sore throat as from swelling of the pharynx, d Exostosis on skull. I Region of submaxillary glands swollen ; neck stiff; swallow- ing difficult, as from internal swelling ; has to force every mouthful down the oesophagus.

■ Scratching sensation in soft palate, as from something rough

sticking there ; felt most during empty swallowing, forcing him to swallow saliva.

■ Painful tension in fauces, as from swelling, when yawning.

■ ■Throat feels raw and sore during expiration, or when swal-

lowing or coughing.

■ ■ Viscid, grey, jelly-like mucus in pharynx, easily hawked up;

early morning.

I I Aneesthesia of the fauces. 6 Diphtheria.

I I Throat aches more with coughing than with swallowing, not- withstanding that the food goes down with difficulty. 6 Exos- tosis on skull.

Itching crawling in pharyngeal orifice of eustachian tube, ex- tending to tympanum.

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BA thick, viscous saliva sticks to the hard palate, causes a

scratching. • Mercurial angina. SB Tension in the fauces on r. side, felt only when gaping.

d Aphonia. ^* Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. Appetite very much

increased ; hungry after eating a full meal. BB Great hunger. ^Exostosis on skull.

B Hungry in the morning, making her nauseous, d Palpitation. I I Appetite pretty good, d Scirrhus uteri. I I At times loss of appetite, with aversion to smoking, for a

long time. I I Aversion to all food, even when thinking of it. I I Want of thirst, even during the hot stage of the fever. Desire for wine. ^^ Eating and Drinking. During and after meals, sweating ;

skin near sacrum feels cold. See 31. After dinner, nosebleed; Bdry stool. *® Nausea and Vomiting. Squeamish nausea in region of

sternum, with vertigo and burning in scrobiculum. Nauseous sensations with hunger ; nausea in his dreams. Vomiting, with the stool in afternoon. Bitter, acrid fluid rises up into throat ; heartburn. ^^ Stomach. B Digestion took place without pain at stomach.

6 Scirrhus uteri. B Oppression in scrobiculum. ^Diabetes mellitus. Anxiety and pressure in pit of stomach. Burning in stomach, ascending to chest. '^ Hypochondria. Cutting stitches under the last left ribs. ^** Abdomen. Tympanitic puffing of right side of abdomen.

Abdomen sore to hard pressure ; slowly lessened after wind

passes. I I Expansion and sensation of fullness in epigastrium, with

hunger. Loud croaking in abdomen, with hunger. I I Wind colic.

BE very moment lancinating pain in hypogastrium, like pin- pricks, d Scirrhus uteri. B Distension of hypogastrium, which was exceedingly sensitive

to contact, d Scirrhus uteri. See 23. Contraction and tension of the abdominal muscles ; has to walk

bent forward. B Bruised pain over the left hip, and on whole left side of pel- vis, with uterine weakness. See 23. BPainful soreness in the whole abdomen, worse when riding in

a carriage, d With uterine complaints. B Tendency to crampy pains in the groins, d Scirrhus uteri. B Sweat only on the abdomen and on the chest.

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I I Sweat on the abdomen. 6 Exostosis on skull. ^' Stool^ Rectum and Anus. ' l Soft, but each time scanty stool.

^Exostosis on skull. Diarrhoea, with constant pain in 1. side of stomach, all the

morning, afternoon and evening, and next day. Painless stools of undigested food. I Frequent urging in lower part of rectum, with discharge of

small quantities of soft stool. I Dry stool, like sand, after dinner. I Alvine evacuation irregular, often lienteric diarrhoea, d Scir-

rhus uteri. Diarrhoea with constant pain in left side of stomach. Sore between nates, around anus, and in groin, on moderate

walking. ^^ Urinary Organs. I Passed five or six pints of urine in one

night. 6 Diabetes mellitus. I Turbid, sweetish, profuse at night. ^Diabetes. I Profuse urine. B Urination copious. ^Diphtheria; scirrhus uteri, etc.

■ Polyuria.

I Urine like whey, slightly turbid, of a sweet taste, d Diabetes

mellitus. I Urine pale, fetid, profuse, especially at night. ^Scirrhus

uteri.

■ Enuresis nocturna, spasmodic form. I Albuminuria.

^^ Male Sexual Organs. I Seminal emissions almost every night, without erection, with atrophy of penis ; after onanism.

■ Yellowish greenish gonorrhoea, of an indolent character from

beginning ; of eight months' standing. I Very profuse gonorrhoeal discharge, with contusive pain in

testicle. Grayish ulcers, with shaggy borders, on the prepuce ; at the

same time in the throat. I Crushed pain in the testicles ; clothing increases the pain on

walking ; also evenings in bed.

I Scrotum and feet oedematous. ^Diabetes mellitus. Pruritus scroti.

^^ Female Sexual Organs. H Prolapsus with pain in 1. ovary.

II Pain in left ovary and back, extending to front and down- wards, d Prolapsus.

1 1 Pains in left ovary and loins.

I Purulent, ichorous, sometimes bloody matter flows from the

uterine ulcers, filling the room with an unbearable stench.

d Scirrhus.

■ Neck of uterus looks spongy, deeply corroded ; face straw-

colored ; bruised tense feeling in the groin ; urine copious ; cramps in the thighs.

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Metrorrhagia, large lumps with violent pains, increased with

every motion- Hemorrhages at the approach of the climacteric period. 1 1 Prolapsus uteri; pain in left ovary; pain in small of back,

extending to the front and dovvnwards. See 19. I Sore feeling, as if ulcerated, in the whole abdomen, worse

when riding in a carriage, d Uterine diseases. I Mucous membrane of the vagina wrinkled by the descent of

uterus, d Scirrhus uteri. I Purulent, ichorous, horribly smelling and at times bloody

matter filled the vagina, d Scirrhus uteri. I Ulcers of uterus discharging purulent, ichorous matter, some- times bloody water, with unbearable stench, d Prolapsus

uteri. iNeck of uterus very much swollen, presented a spongy mass,

deeply corroded with ulcers in different directions, it was

impossible to discover the os tincae.

I In less than three days the foul smell was lost almost entirely.

d Scirrhus of os tincae. ^* Pregnancy. I Palpitation during pregnancy. ^^ Voice, Larynx and Bronchia. ■ i Hoarseness ; especially of

professional singers, speakers, etc.

I I Total loss of voice with professional singers.

I Very hoarse, cannot speak a loud word. 6 Laryngitis.

I Hoarseness, aggravated by speaking for a length of time.

In the evening, hoarse, when reading aloud, has to hem and

hawk. I Cannot speak a loud word ; constant tickling in the throat,

provoking cough, d Laryngitis. I The sounds in singing came double.

■ Alteration in the timbre of voice with singers, speakers and

preachers, with feeling of constriction and rawness in the larynx.

■ Aphonia after angina, cannot sing and when gaping he feels

a tension in throat. I I The cricoid cartilage is painful, with a bruised sensation to the slightest touch, and a feeling as if stopped up with a foreign body.

■ ■Rawness and soreness in the upper part of the larynx, when

coughing, not when swallowing.

■ Laughing produces mucus in the larynx and excites cough.

• When stooping, or ascending stairs, mucus rises into the throat,

easily brought up by a single cough.

■ A gray, gelatinous phlegm is easily raised from the trachea.

■ ■Over the bifurcation of the trachea, a raw spot; worse when

using the voice, talking or singing.

■ I I Eating apples, a small piece seemed to stick in the larynx,

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leaving a spot which feels cool, irritates to cough, which does

not lessen the sensation. I A dull cutting pain rises in the trachea, becomes a shooting,

inducing single coughs, d Laryngitis. I Chronic inflammation of larynx with a teacher; 3d followed

by 2". Very sudden transient pain in larynx up through back of head

into vertex, and a little in r. ear ; after 1 p.m. I A roughness and soreness in the larynx when, coughing, not

when swallowing. ^Laryngitis. I A soreness " at the bottom of the windpipe."

■ Phthisis laryngea; clergymen, singers, public speakers, etc. ^^Respiration. iFoul breath. ^Scirrhus of os uteri.

I When reading aloud in the evening, he has to hem and hawk. I Stitches between sixth and seventh rib, worse when inhaling. With a deep inhalation, pressing-out pain below the second and

third rib. With every deep breath cutting on both sides on the last ribs. Violent stitches in chest impede both in and exhalation. I Want of breath. ^Diabetes.

I Deep sighing inhalations relieve the palpitation.

I I Laughing causes cough ; mucus in larynx. ^Laryngitis. Voice fails in singing.

^^ Cough. 1 1 Attacks of cough from laughing.

I Complains about a constant tickling in the throat setting her

to coughing, d Laryngitis. I Dull cutting, becoming a shooting, rising up in trachea and

forcing him to single coughs. Cough dry, caused by irritation in the bronchia, with a sore

pain ; drawing stitches in the lowest rib, near the spine.

I Cough in attacks, rattling by day and in the room, not at night

nor in the open air.

I I Cough with easy expectoration, white, thickish, looking like boiled starch.

I I Expectoration almost constant, day and evening.

I When coughing, a raw sore feeling in the throat, not in the

windpipe, also not when swallowing. BDry cough and easy expectoration.

■ Sputa like gelatine and gray.

■ Much gray, gelatinous phlegm in trachea, easily expectorated.

6 Exostosis on skull. I Sputa easy, white, thick, like boiled starch. ^.Laryngitis. BlThe cough is accompanied with an easy expectoration of

white, thick, starch-like mucus, without taste or smell. ^* Inner Chest. ■ Stitches in right chest from within outwards ;

he can neither inhale nor exhale.

■ Violent pain in chest and shoulders pressing inwards, return-

ing every winter.

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■ I Great weakness of the cliest, worse left side; as a concomi-

tant to other symptoms. ^^ Heart, Pulse. I Sensation as if heart suddenly was standing still, followed by a trembling at the heart, gradually passing into an irregular violent throbbing, disappearing after a few minutes. 6 During pregnancy.

■ Frequent palpitation with or without anxiety.

■ During pregnancy, increasing palpitation. Palpitation at night.

■ During the day or night frequent attacks of violent palpita-

tion of heart, with or without feeling of anxiety, d Third month of pregnancy. Oppressive burning in the region of the heart.

■ Trembling and palpitation of heart. I I Beats sometimes omit.

I I Full feeling in region of heart.

■ Frequent, spasmodic, though painless twitchings of the whole

cardiac muscle, especially on lying on the back ; fears apo- plexy. Pulse : often unchanged ; more frequent in evening in bed ; slow in the morning.

■ Pulse intermitting and very irregular during attacks of palpi-

tation. Periodic jerking; disorderly, irregular pulse. Very annoy- ing, action of the heart with an intermittent, irregular pulse, most when lying on the back. ^•^ Outer Chest. Cutting, left side, in cartilages of false ribs,

■ Chest feels sore to touch.

■ ■Boil near last rib.

■ ■Sweat on chest. ^ Exostosis on skull. Affections of the cartilages of ribs.

^' Neck and Back. The sterno-cleido-mastoid muscles hurt when

stretched by turning of head. Itching between the shoulder blades. On right of pelvis, near sacrum, skin feels cold, as if touched

with ice ; returns after eating. Dull stitches in the second lumbar vertebra. Feels as if the small of the back had been knocked away. Bruised pain in the small of the back, loins and neck, worse

from motion ; mornings on awaking. Violent pain, as if sprained deep in the left lumbo-sacral region ;

unenduraole on adduction of the left thigh, compelling

to limp.

■ Chill spreads from the back.

'^ Upper Limbs. Upper arms feel powerless, as after severe labor. Tension and tearing of the arms, especially in the bones of the hands and fingers.

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A short paralytic drawing on the outside of the left upper arm ; on pressure it pains as if beaten ; same in left ■wrist-joint.

I I Inflammation of arms.

Burning of the hands, itching. ^^ Lower Limbs. Stitches in the hip when walking.

I I Crampy pains in the thighs from time to time, d Scirrhus of OS uteri.

Inside of thighs pain as if ulcerated.

Weariness after rising, mostly in the region of the great tro- chanters, ligaments and muscles feel as if they had given way, with painful tension in the muscles about the tro- chanters and buttocks, as if sprained; worse walking; on hard pressure after using, feel bruised.

■ From time to time crampy pains in the thighs. ^Scirrhus

OS uteri. Stiffness in the hips in the morning. Knee pains as if bruised, while sitting. Knees knock together when walking.

■ Calves feel as if too short on going down stairs. iWhen stepping, feet feel sore, as if ulcerated.

I Feet oedematous, swollen. ^Diabetes mellitus. See 23. I Tearing in the feet, at times in the soles, dorsum, heels or toes,

in tarsal or metatarsal bones. Numbness in the heels.

■ Lower limbs get sometimes, especially in the morning after

rising, so weak and trembling that the knees often knock together, d Palpitation.

■ In left knee, when moving it, a pain as if beaten and as if out

of joint, like after much walking. ^Palpitation.

■ Left lower limb gets stiff and immovable, as if asleep.

d Palpitation. ^^ Limbs in General, Numbness in the limbs, as if asleep. All the limbs feel stiff.

■ I Loss of power ; after walking, unusual fatigue ; heaviness.

■ Joints of hands and feet feel sore; drawing in the joints.

■ Rheumatic pains in the extremities.

■ Burning, lancinating pain, like sting of a wasp at the knee

and elbow, worse at the latter. ^' Rest, Position, Motion. At rest : pains in limbs of all sorts, worse ; pressing, squeezing, below right axilla. Lying low with their heads.

■ Worse lying on her back, d Palpitation.

■ Lying: on the back brings on the attack of palpitation or

increases it, also twitching of cardiac muscles. Sitting: ■■pains in back and limbs increase. Standing : pain in the knee ; cutting in leg ; crawlings over

body.

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1 1 much inclined to move, feels as if she had more power; pains in monorrhagia (see 23) ; patella.

Rising from sitting: relieves pressure in abdomen (see 19); Aveariness.

Walking : after moderate walking, sore (see 20) ; has to walk bent forward (see 19, 31) ; dizzy coming in warm room after a walk ; stitches in hip ; muscles over trochanter sprained ; thighs give out; knees knock ; sore nates.

iStooping: mucus in air passages; stitches left ribs. See 18.

Ascending stairs : mucus in larynx. See 25.

Descending : joints weak, sore. See 44.

Sudden exertion : palpitation ; knees pain. '" Nerves. 1 1 After dinner, during siesta, a violent electric shock, first proceeds from the 1. afterwards from the r. hip-joint, disturbing the sleep ; having fallen asleep again (10 minutes later), with hands above head, another shock, much more violent in 1. arm, proceeds from arm-joint.

Painless twitching : around right shoulder and right thigh ; of right thumb, abducting it while writing.

Spasmodic, painful twitching of muscles on temple, forehead, and throat, near thyroid cartilage.

■ Convulsive shocks of whole body; after previous vertigo;

mostly when dropping off to sleep, preventing sleep.

■ Epileptic attacks, followed by delirious rage, jumping about,

striking those near. Weary, forced to lie down and sleep.

■ Paralytic weakness on motion ; bruised feeling. Paralytic weakness, with all pains.

■ Legs weak and trembling, mostly in the morning after rising;

knees give way. d Palpitation of the heart.

■ Sudden weakness, as if she should break down. /? Palpita-

tion of the heart.

'^ Sleep. I I In bed, while slumbering, seized with a dizziness, as \^ head fell out of the bed ; followed by a violent, convul- sive starting of body ; vertigo and desire to sleep had disappeared.

■ When falling asleep, an electric shock through the whole

body, d Palpitation.

■ Cannot fall asleep easily, and her sleep is very restless; as

soon as she sinks into a doze, an electric shock of the whole body or single limbs occurs and interrupts sleep. 6 Palpi- tation. Gaping, drowsy, depressed in mind.

■ Restless sleep ; anxious, frightful dreams, on awaking believes

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■ Many anxious dreams with screaming. ^Palpitation.

I No rest at night, has to urinate so often. ^Diabetes mellitus. '* Time. Many complaints < at noon.

Chill at 12, noon.

In the morning : weary in all the limbs; sneezing; I mucus in throat ; pulse slower ; hips stiiF.

In the forenoon : out of humor ; heat.

Every day at noon : pains in skull renewed ; chill.

Afternoon : nosebleed ; gastric symptoms ; vomiting with stool ; pains in joints ; chill.

Evening: mind depressed, sad; pains in limbs; Icrushed pain in testes ; two tones in larynx while inspiring ; hoarse read- ing ; pulse increased.

Night: profuse urine, etc. See 37.

Day and evening : expectoration.

Before midnight : vertigo, seems as if head was falling out of bed.

I Remission of complaints evening and night.

Night half and day half like 3 to 4.

Evening half and morning half like 5 to 3.

^^ Temperature and Weather. Averse to uncovering.

I After-effects of sunstroke.

Entering a room after a walk : dizzy. *° Fever. ■ Chill before midnight, every time the bed clothes are raised.

Coldness on small spots.

Chill : in the afternoon and evening, until sleep ; before mid- night.

Chilly, stupid ; chill spreads from the back.

Heat in the forenoon without thirst.

Heat all over, but less on the head.

I Heat of the body, except the head, with thirst. ^Exostoses on the skull.

I Heat in the forenoon, over the whole body, but less on the

I I Hectic, 11 A.M. to 12, or 1 p.m. ^In laryngeal and bron- chial troubles.

I I Sweats easily ; during and after eating ; upper part of body,

■ Symptoms reappear at noon.

■ Attacks brought on by lying on back. ^Palpitation.

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*^ Locality and Direction. Right : dull pain in temple and side of head ; fossa under ear-lobe painful ; zygoma ; ten- sion in fauces ; tight feeling in ear, see 25 ; stitches in chest ; under axilla ; pelvis as if touched with ice ; side of abdomen tympanitic.

Right to left : ear-lobes ; eustachian tube.

Left to right : hips, knees. See 33.

Head: like 3: 4.

Lower limbs : like 6:9.

Within outwards, stitches in chest ; dull pains.

Painful emptiness, or hollow feeling in head. f

As if 1. cheek were larger. See 8.

Sensation of something rough sticking in the soft palate.

.Feeling in larynx as if filled up with a foreign body.

As if small of back had been knocked away.

As if heart suddenly stood still, followed by trembling at the heart. See 39.

Raging pain as if a nerve were being torn in 1. side of brain.

Lancinating : in hypogastrium like pin pricks ; — and burn- ing, like sting of a wasp, knee and elbow.

Stitches : cutting from 1. ear into brain ; cutting under last 1. rib ; in air-passages ; between sixth and seventh rib ; in chest ; drawing — on lowest rib, near spine ; in r. chest, from within outwards ; dull — in second lumbar vertebra ; in hip.

Cutting : in eustachian tube toward parotid ; see 6 ; on last ribs ; rises in trachea, becomes a shooting ; see 25 ; 1. side in cartilages of false ribs.

Tearing pain : in skull ; in facial bones ; in arms, bones of hands and fingers ; in feet ; in long bones.

Drawing : in 1. side of brain ; from fossa under r. ear to cheek and lower maxilla ; and tearing in r. zygoma ; paralytic — on outside of 1. upper arm and in 1. wrist joint ; in maxillary and parotid glands ; in bones.

Pressing pains : in forehead ; and drawing in occiput ; and tearing in skull ; in facial bones ; inwards, in chest and shoulders ; in bones.

Dull pressive pain encircles the calvarium.

Pressing out pain : below second and third rib.

Pressure : in pit of stomach.

Aching : of whole brain ; of external head ; in I. molar.

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Scratching : in soft palate.

Rawness : in throat ; in larynx ; above bifurcation of trachea.

Burning : and itching in face ; blisters on tongue ; in scrubic- ulum ; in stomach, to chest ; — itching of hands ; — lan- cing, knee and elbows ; in corns.

Painful soreness in abdomen. See 19.

Soreness : in joints of hands and feet ; of the eruptions ; at bottom of windpipe.

Rheumatic pain : in extremities. *

Pain as if ulcerated : inside of thighs ; in feet, when stepping.

Dull pain : in r. temple and r. side of head.

Undefined pain: in forehead; in r. lower jaw, very violent; in 1. side of stomach, with diarrhoea; in 1. ovary and back, with prolapsus ; in loins ; in cricoid cartilage.

Contusive or crushed pains : in testicles.

Bruised pain : over 1. hip ; 1. side of pelvis ; in buttocks ; in knee.

Bruised sensation : in cricoid cartilage, in small of back, loins and neck.

Sprained feeling : in lumbo-sacral region ; see 31 ; in buttocks.

As if beaten and out of joint ; 1. knee.

Crampy pains : in groins ; in thighs.

Contraction : of abdominal muscles.

Constriction : in larynx.

Tension : in skin of nose ; in fauces ; of abdominal muscles ; in arms ; in muscles about trochanters.

Calves feel too short on going down stairs.

Ligaments and muscles in region of great trochanter feel as if they had given way.

Fullness: in epigastrium, with hunger ; in region of heart.

Throbbing : in 1. nostril.

Stiffness: of neck ; in 1. leg; in all the limbs.

Numbness : in heels ; in 1. leg ; in limbs.

Crawling and whirling, in head. See 2.

Electric shock : from 1. then r. hip-joint, then in 1. arm, dis- turbing siesta ; see 36 ; of whole body.

Spasmodic painless twitchings : of cardiac muscle ; see 29 ; around r. shoulder and thigh ; of r. thumb ; of muscles on temple, forehead, and throat, near thyroid cartilage.

Dryness: in mouth.

Heat: in face; of the body except the head.

Cold spot : in larynx ; see 25 ; on r. of pelvis near sacrum ; in hips.

Tickling: in throat.

Tickling and crawling: in nose.

Tickling and prickling: in 1. nostril.

Itching: incanthi; of lids ; of ears ; and crawling in pharyn- geal orifice of eustachian tube; of scrotum; between shoul-

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der blades ; burning — of hands ; and crawling on head and body ; here and there as from fleas.

Formication and itching in concha.

Weakness: upper arms ; in legs, in knees ; general; in joints. *^ Tissues, Drawing pains in the maxillary and parotid glands.

a I Acts on all cartilages.

a Joints feel weak, sore; especially on descending.

iJoints feel as if beaten. ^Exostosis on skull.

8 Emaciation, d Diabetes mellitus.

I I Drawing pressure or tearing in the bones, especially long bones.

a Articular rheumatism without swelling.

a Caries.

I I Tearing pain in the bones. ^Exostosis on skull.

8 a Tenderness, tearing pressure and pain in bones.

Pressure: pain in skull increased.

a Worse riding in carriage: painful soreness of the whole abdo- men, also uterine complaints.

a a Worse when touched : pain in muscles of upper arm ; bones of the thumb and the last phalanges of both big toes. See 46.

a a When pressed upon, parts feel sore as if bruised.

I I Every step hurts in hip-joint. *^ Skin. Intolerable itching, like from crawling on head and body.-

A sore burning itching here and there as from fleas.

Itching, unchanged by scratching.

Sore exanthemata, cannot bear to have them touched, even the motion of skin is almost unbearable.

A pimple on the left temple sore to the touch.

I I Eruptions feel sore as if excoriated.

Giayish ulcers with shaggy borders ; on prepuce and in throat.

a Woman, aet. 28, choleric, black eyes and hair ; pregnant in the fourth month. H Palpitation.

a Affections from onanism.

Girl, get. 1, after measles, inflammation of 1. eye.

a Woman, set. 50, tall, thin, emaciated, very irritable tempera- ment, d Scirrhus of neck of uterus. *^ Relationship. To be compared with Zincum in itching on inner canthi. [Zincum more the inner, and acts more on the muscular system and on the skin).

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Cured gonorrhoea, after Cannab., Copaiva and Mercur. failed. Cured scirrhus of os tincse, after Conium, Cicuta, Sepia and

Lycop. failed. Uterine and ovarian symptoms, similar to Pallad., the latter

after being cured in the third month of pregnancy by

Argent, met., was relieved by Rhus tox. Compare Stannum in cough excited by laughing.

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