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Generalities

Emaciation.

Weakness.

Periosteal pains, tearing, pinching ; generally > on motion, < at night.

Mind

Sadness.

Anxiety.

Head

Tearing or jerking pains in the forehead, particularly in the frontal sinuses, > pressure.

Pains, as if the temples would burst, with heat on the vertex.

Pains in the sides, as if screwed together ; better in the open air.

Eyes

Inflammation.

Dim vision.

Clinical

Inflammation of the iris and choroid, especially syphilitic.

Catarrhal inflammations, associated with similar trouble in the nose and frontal sinuses.

Bony tumors of the orbit.

Nose

Tearing pain in the upper part of the nose.

Stoppage, with running of clear water.

Sneezing and symptoms of violent coryza, complicated with inflammation in the frontal sinuses, with frequent inclination to cough, and inflammation of the eyes.

Discharge of hot, burning water, which is acrid.

Loss of smell.

Mouth

Teeth elongated.

Jerking toothache, < at night, > warmth.

Blisters on the tip of the tongue, with burning pain.

Tongue swollen ; shows the impressions of the teeth.

Salivation great, offensive odor from the mouth.

Throat

Swollen and ulcerated.

Sticking pain at the root of the tongue on swallowing.

Dryness and itching in the throat, with salivation, running from the nose, etc.

Stomach

Thirst.

Nausea and vomiting, with salivation.

Abdomen

Great distention, with movements of flatulence.

Stool

Constipation.

Clinical

Dysentery ; stools of jelly-like mucus, with painful tenesmus.

Stools yellow, watery, or greenish.

Pain in the small of the back and some tenesmus.

Urinary Organs

Urine profuse, especially at night.

Clinical

Inflammation of the kidneys, with pains in the back, chilliness, etc.

Sexual Organs

Atrophy of the testicles.

Clinical

Watery, corrosive leucorrhoea, reddish, offensive.

Respiratory organs :

Loss of voice, especially at night.

Hoarseness.

Dry cough morning and evening, with soreness of the larynx ; or with rawness in the throat.

Difficult respiration on waking at night, with loss of voice ; dyspnoea on ascending stairs, with pain in the region of the heart.

Clinical

Expectoration like soapsuds.

Asthma and asthmatic bronchitis.

Granular inflammation of the larynx.

Chest

Sticking pain in various parts of the chest, with asthmatic breathing, or with internal inflammations.

Clinical

Various diseases of the lungs and pleura, associated with exhausting sweats, salivation, etc., with dyspnoea, constant teasing cough.

Heart

Palpitation.

Pulse slow, weak, soft.

Neck and Back :

Enlarged cervical glands.

Pain in the small of the back, as if screwed in.

Pain in the coccyx, as from a fall.

Extremities

Arthritic or drawing pains as if in the periosteum ; < at night.

Gnawing, drawing pains in the thighs and legs.

Chronic inflammation of the knee ; pains < at night, could not remain in bed.

Sciatica ; < lying on the affected side ; worse at night.

Tearing pains in the toes (like gout).

Skin

Roseola.

Papular or tubercular eruptions.

Development of small pustules or acne, especially on the face.

Vesicular eruptions.

Itching, is generally > scratching, and worse at night.

Fever

Chill predominates ; worse at night, or from 4 to 7 P. M., with thirst.