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General
(acting nine days.)
Roaring in the head, half an hour after dinner and in the evening before going to bed ; this makes him dizzy. Sensa- tion in the outer parts of the head as if they were standing out, only in daytime. The outer skull is painful when feel- ing the head, even the hairs are painful.
(Inflammation of the right eye ; itching, pressure and sting- ing in the inner canthus and lower lid, with constant lachry- ination when looking at a thing, and violent fluent coryza.)
5. Contractive, burning sensation in the palate. Contrac- tive aching pain in the throat, during empty deglutition. Dry- ness and heat in the mouth and throat at night ; he was fre- quently obliged to drink ; felt some pricking in the posterior part of the lower surface of the tongue.
Stinging itching in the front part of the throat and in the anterior part of the chest, with slight swelling of the cervical glands ; red stigmata make their appearance, running together and forming round spots covered with hard, granular pimples ; the eruption becomes burning when scratched, and then itches still more ; finally the spots become painful. A good deal of appetite for eating and drinking, and great desire for an embrace. — 10. Great desire for food and for an embrace.
No appetite ; he loathes every kind of food. Inclination to vomit, immediately. As- cension of heat from the stomach into the throat and head, in the night while lying in the bed, and going off when sitting
up.
Two easy, loose evacuations every day, preceded by pinch- ing, which is less after the evacuation.
15. Pain like soreness in the urethra, during micturition, although the urethra is painless when pressed. Swelling of the penis. Jerking in the penis. Itching pain directly behind
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the glans, with exudation of pus of a disgustingly sweet smell. — 20. Small, red spots on the glans. Lancinations in the glans. Red stigmata shine upon the glans, as if pimples would make their appearance.
Burning-stinging itching of the corona glandis, in the evening, disappearing after friction, but recommencing shortly afterwards so much more violently. Redness and swelling of the prepuce ; it looks sore, with itch- ing pain.— 25. (Little warts on different parts of the prepuce, bleeding when touched.) Leucorrhcea, occasioning a pressing in the vagina while it escapes. Violent erections in the eve- ning while in bed.
A good deal of coryza. (When lying down, she is obliged to cough uninterruptedly, she coughs less when sitting down ; the cough consists in single dry turns.) — 30. Pulsative beat- ing and stitching here and there near the sternum and under the short ribs, most when walking, least when sitting and lying down. Tearing pain in the side of the back, and as if every part of it were broken, especially in the night while in bed and making the least movement, or in the arm while writing ; both those pains may be diminished by the warmth of the stove.
Severe stitches in the arm, occasionally. Sweat between the thighs while walking, corrosive, and smelling badly. Painful jerking in the leg, in the evening after falling asleep, waking him. — 35. Feeling of pressure in the foot, as if the foot would go to sleep.
(Rheumatic pain in the big toe.) Un- comfortable sensation in the body after a meal, as if distended and puffed up ; sense of oppression across the chest and stom- ach. Coldness in the joints ; shuddering and drawing in the upper and lower limbs. Paralytic sensation in all the limbs ; he feels lazy and drowsy.
40. Nightly sleeplessness, without pain or lassitude ; in the morning he felt strong, and as if he did not require any sleep. He wakes suddenly after midnight as from a dream, being un- able to breathe ; a sort of nightmare.
EFFECTS OF A FUMIGATION WITH VERMILION.
Excessive headache. Pain in the cervical vertebras as if dislocated. Nightly diarrhoea for two weeks, without colic. (The border of the ulcers becomes painful and tensive.)
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Head
Weakness of mind (from the smoke of Mercury). Self-deception : he imagines he is well (from the smoke of six-
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teen grains of vermilion).
Craziness (from the internal use of various mercurial preparations in Egypt).
She complained that she lost her senses and did not know what she was doing (from the external application of corrosive sublimate as a plaster).— 5.
Great want of memory ; he frequently forgot the first part of a sentence, when he was about to utter the second (from employing the oxyde of Mercury, at the same time gurgling the throat with a decoction of nut-shells).
Aching pain in the temples.
Paroxysms of excessive headache, requiring the head to be compressed externally in order to relieve the pain (from the smoke of vermilion).
Swelling of the head, the cervical glands, the gums. — 10.
Falling off of the hair (different mercu- rialia, especially calomel).
Face and Eyes : Alteration of the features (from the inter- nal use of the mercurial oxydes and salts).
The face becomes lead-colored.
Swelling of the face, neck and all the inner parts of the mouth.
Ears
Excessive sensitiveness of the organ of hearing ; he starts by the least noise (from the fumes of mercury).
Nose
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Bleeding from the nose.
Violent bleeding from the nose.
Jaws and Teeth : Caries of the upper jaw.
Spasmodic movement of the lips (from friction with the mercurial oint- ment).
The tendons of the muscles of the jaws are affected and make the opening of the mouth painful. — 20.
The gums are swollen and bleed at the slightest touch.
Swelling of the gums and fauces (from friction with the mercurial ointment).
Violently burning pain in the nerves of the teeth.
The teeth are raised from their sockets, become loose and fall out.
Vacil- lation of the teeth. — 25.
The teeth become black, vacillate, and finally fall out.
Mouth and Pharynx : Trembling of the tongue inducing stammering; it could not be relieved by electricity.
Swelling of the tongue.
Stiff, swollen tongue.
Swelling of the tongue ; it has scarcely room enough in the mouth. — 30.
The tongue is swollen, intensely painful, it protrudes from the mouth one handbreadth, and is squeezed in between the teeth (from fric- tion with the mercurial ointment).
The tongue is coated white, thick, almost immovable, with ulcerated edges.
Aphthae upon the tongue (from the internal use of calomel and frictions with the mercurial ointment).
Aphthae in the mouth.
A number of spreading ulcers in the mouth.— 35.
Painful, spreading ulcers in the mouth.
Bleeding of the ulcers of the inner mouth, espe- cially at night.
Fetid odor from the mouth.
Cadaverous smell from the mouth.— 40.
The palate or jaw-bones are frequently
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destroyed.
Incipient ptyalism (from the internal use of the ar- tificial vermilion).
Excessive ptyalism, immediately.
Ptyalism (from the internal use of the natural vermilion). — 45.
Bloody ptyalism.
Haemorrhage with the ptyalism.
Corrosion of the orifices of the Stenonian ducts.
The saliva, which has an in- tolerably fetid smell, corrodes the lips and cheeks, sometimes disorganizing them completely.
The Eustachian tube is fre- quently compressed by swelling, inducing deafness.
Inflam- mation of the fauces, almost preventing deglutition.
Burning pain in the fauces, as of incandescent coal.
Trembling of the pharynx and the oesophagus ; the swallowing was spasmodic, the spasm being frequently so violent that he came near suffo- cating.
Appetite, Stomach, Abdomen, etc : Want of appetite (from using a solution of the corrosive sublimate for several weeks).
Inclination to vomit. — 55.
Vomiting with convulsive movements.
Anxiety in the pit of the stomach.
Great disten- tion of the abdomen (from friction with the mercurial ointment).
Excessive pinching in the abdomen.
Intolerably stitching pain in the abdomen. — 60.
Affections of the liver.
Perfect jaundice.
Dangerous diarrhoea.
Green stools.
Stools accompanied with burning and smarting at the anus. — 65.
Frequent stools smell- ing like the fetid odor from the mouth.
Constant tenesmus with frequent discharges of blood by the stool.
The urine is emitted drop by drop, accompanied with burning (from the use of crude mercury which had been triturated with liquorice- wood.) Burning and acrid sensation while emitting the urine.
Diabetes with excessive emaciation. — 70.
Inflammation of the orifice of the urethra, (from the internal use of the corrosive sub- limate).
Gonorrhoeal discharge from the urethra.
Respiratory Organs : Continuous hoarseness.
Cough.
Spitting of blood. — 75.
Violent spitting of blood (from the inter- nal use of the corrosive sublimate).
Violent oppression of the chest and region of the heart.
Violent asthma returning in pa- roxysms ; he was neither able to walk nor stoop, lest he should suffocate.
Suffocation.
General Symptoms : Trembling.— 80.
Violent trembling of the hands, and afterwards of the whole body.
Fits of spas- modic contraction of the arms and legs.
Local or general teta- nic spasm.
Pains in the loins and knees, and afterwards in the other limbs, which were at first transitory, but afterwards be- came fixed and piercing.
Excessive pains in the muscles, ten- dons or joints, resembling rheumatic or arthritic pains. — 85.
Rheumatic pains, followed by a liability of the bones to break.
Corrosive ulcers.
Spongy, bluish ulcers, readily bleeding.
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Ulcers which are excessively painful when touched, emit- ting an acrid, corrosive ichor, spreading quickly and forming- unequal elevations and depressions as if corroded by insects, accompanied with an unequal, quick pulse ; the patient has no sleep or rest, is dripping with sweat in the night ; he is irritated and made impatient by the least cause.
Eruption upon the skin, resembling the measle-eruption, accompanied with burn- ing and itching (from friction with the mercurial ointment). — 90.
The skin of the chest, thighs and the lower part of the back is covered with a rash-eruption.
Spots over the whole body, having the appearance of scorbutic spots, intermingled with an itch-like eruption, herpes and boils.
Peeling off of the epider- mis, especially on the hands and feet.
Erysipelas (from the external use of the mercurial ointment).
Thickening of the periosteum. — 95.
Exostoses.
Caries and abscesses in the joints.
Excessive emaciation.
Exsiccation of the whole body.
Gen- eral emaciation and exhaustion of strength. — 100.
Excessive sensitiveness to electricity.
General immobility, a sort of cata- lepsy.
Paralysis of various limbs.
Apoplexy.
Fainting fits (from the fumes of quicksilver). — 105.
Repeated internal feint- ing fits.
Want of strength.
Continued sleeplessness.
Fever
The pulse is at first quick, intermittent, strong ; afterwards trembling and weak.
Fever ; general irritability of the nervous system. — 110.
Fever, with painful local inflam- mations, terminating in gangrene.
Lentescent fevers.
Lentes- cent fever, with evident emaciation of the body (removed by selters-water and milk).
Hectic fever.
Acute, putrid fevers. — 115.
Exhausting sweats.
Moral Symptoms : Oppressed breathing, great aversion to liquids, afterwards a sort of rage, during which he tore every thing he could get hold of (from frictions with the mercurial ointment for nine days, in the case of a young man who was supposed to be affected with syphilis).