Baptisia Tinctoria

Wild Indigo. - Leguminoscp..

An old Indian drug, first used by the eclectics until introduced into our school by N. L. Thompson in 1857. The first useful proving was given by J. S. Douglas and others, followed by Hadley, Burt, Harpel and Schenck, in 1871; by Wallace, in 1873; C. Wesselhoeft, in 1875. The most impor- tant symptoms from practice have been given us by Dr. J. B. Bell.

^ Mind. B Unconsciousness. ^Typhus.

11 Stupor; falls asleep while being spoken to, or answering; heavy sleep until aroused ; awakes only to again fall asleep in the midst of his answer, which he vainly endeavors to finish, d Typhus.

1 1 Confusion of ideas ; confused as if drunk.

■ Cannot confine his mind ; a sort of wild, w^andering feeling. 1 1 She cannot go to sleep, because she cannot get herself to- gether, d Orchitis.

I iFeels scattered about, and tosses about to get the pieces to- gether, d Typhus.

I He thinks his legs are holding a conversation with each other ;

a man, set. 60. d Gout. Mind wanders as soon as the eyes are closed.

I I Delirium, especially at night, or constant, low; stupor. d Typhus.

■ Delirium and incoherent talking. ^Typhus.

I Delirious stupor or fierce delirium. ^Typhus.

I Low muttering. ^Typhus.

I I Indisposed to think, want of power; mind seems weak.

1 1 Aversion to mental exertion. 6 Spasmodic stricture of oeso- phagus.

Perfect indifierence, don't care to do anything; inability to fix the mind on anything.

■ Hopeless of recovery, and certain of death. ^Typhus.

■ Mentally restless, but too lifeless to move.

■ Restless and delirious for three weeks. ^Typhus.

■ Want of mental force, d Typhus.

Worse when thinking of pains in various parts of body. ^ Sensorium. ■ Vertigo and weak feeling of entire system, espe- cially of lower limbs and knees. Dizzy when stooping. Vertigo with paralysis of the eyelids.

■ Giddiness and severe nausea, d Typhus.

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Head feels heavy, as if he could not sit up. I Dull, heavy sensation in head with drowsiness ; unfit for men- tal labor. I Frequent fainting; tongue dry, brown, in the morning. ^ Inner Head. I Peculiar feeling in head, which is never felt except during fever, excitement of brain, such as precedes delirium.

Head feels heavy as if he could not sit up, day and night, causing a wild feeling ; worse from noise.

Dull, stupefying headache with fullness ; sensation as if a band were around the forehead ; confusion of ideas ; stupor; dull, heavy looking eyes, besotted expression ; feel as if had been drunk and were just recovering from its effects; general de- bility and nervous prostration. I I Head feels large and heavy, with numb feeling of the head and face ; stitches or shocks in various parts of head.

Dull, heavy, pressive headache.

A dull, heavy feeling in head, especially forehead and malar bones ; ears feel hot, yet cold to touch ; head feels swollen ; giddiness, as if had taken liquor, worse when walking.

Dull, heavy feeling in the head with general languor; eyes pain while reading by gas-light ; 2d day.

Dull, heavy, full feeling in forehead with slight frontal head- ache, with sensation as if temples were pressed by thumbs ; 1st day.

Pain in forehead over left eye in region of supra-orbital fora- men ; darts of pain in different parts of body ; 2d day.

Slight frontal headache after having been up a while ; forehead hot ; 4th day.

I Frontal headache, weighty. ^Typhus.

Dull, heavy headache, better from pressure on the nasal bones and worse from mental labor.

Fullness of the head, with fluctuation when walking.

Frontal headache : I with pressure at root of nose ; with feel- ing of fullness and tightness of the whole head.

Pressive pain in forehead as if it would be pressed in, with sharp pains in both temples ; much worse from motion.

I Sharp darts of pain in supra-orbital nerve at foramen.

Dull pain in anterior lobes of brain and right frontal sinus ; afternoon.

Severe pain passing from insertion of r. sterno-mastoid muscle through head into orbit, causing a dull, heavy feeling in head, especially the forehead, relieved by pressing below the mastoid process.

Beating headache in forehead, with soreness in back of head, immediately below occipital protuberance, followed by hot stitches in temples.

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Frequent pain in right temple ; sharp pains by spells in both

temples. Heavy pain at base of brain, with lameness and drawing in

cervical muscles. Fullness in head with pain behind right ear ; better having

lain quiet for a short time. Headache and pain behind right ear, > after dinner ; 1st day. Severe pain in occiput with dull, stupid feeling all over head ;

sharp pain over the eyes. Dull feeling in occiput, with pain and fullness of the vessels. Throbbing in head, over the eyes, with weakness in the limbs

on going up stairs.

I Dull bruised ache in the head. 6 Typhus.

I I Dull, bruised feeling in occiput, d Diphtheria.

Soreness as if in the brain, frontal region, with pain, heat, ver- tigo; worse on stooping. * Outer Head. Top of head feels as if it would fly off.

Great tightness of the forehead.

Scalp feels sore.

Sensation as if head was swelling (slowly growing larger and larger), with pain at insertion of sterno-cleido-mastoid mus- cle, accompanied by a sensation as if the head was swollen behind the ear, right side.

I Dull, bruised ache in the head. 6 Typhus.

Several sharp thrusts of pain in head over r. eye.

Fullness of external vessels of head and face.

Neck feels so tired, she can't hold her head easy in any position. ^ Sight and Eyes. I l Cannot bear light ; eyes burn, but do not water, d Chronic sore eyes.

Eyes weak.

I Occasionally delirium with confusion of sight. ^Diphtheria.

Feeling as if eyes would be pressed into head; I eyeballs feel sore with great confusion of sight ; cannot place anything, until after looking at it a few seconds ; everything appears to move.

Severe pain in eyes while reading, compelled to stop.

Severe pain in left eye, worse from pressing on crown of head, with dull headache.

lEyes dull, d Typhus.

Left eye for a moment feels very weak, followed by stitches in upper eyelid.

Stitches in right eye ; also in left as from needles.

Sharp pain over right eye, then over left. - 1 Weight over the eyes, d Typhus.

Bloated feeling of eyes, glistening ; disposition to have them half closed.

Eyes feel swollen, slight lachrymation with burning.

I I Eyeballs feel sore ; sore and lame on moving them.

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Soreness in front of head when moving eyes or turning them

upwards. Vessels congested, eyes look red, inflamed. Eyes still injected with burning pain in them, causing running

of the right nostril ; worse from reading and from the light

of the candle. Eyes in the morning still injected and pain, and contain thick,

yellow pus, which cause them to burn ; worse while reading.

I Chronic sore eyes.

Partial paralysis of lids ; diflBculty in keeping them open. Pain in region of supra-orbital nerve, >• from pressure. Pain in orbital plate of superior maxillary bone (left eye), re- lieved by pressure. ® Hearing and Ears. I Dull hearing. /? Typhus. Roaring in ears with mental confusion.

I I Delirium with almost complete deafness. ^Diphtheria. Ears feel hot and barn, yet cold to touch.

Right ear sore and neck tired.

■ Soreness in right ear, running down the neck.

Pain below left ear, midway between mastoid process and angle

of lower jaw. Slight pain in left parotid gland. ^ Smell and Nose. Soreness extends to posterior nares. Severe drawing pains along the nose. Right nostril stopped up. Nose stopped up as if had taken a bad cold ; when sneezing

and blowing nose, slight bleeding from left nostril of bright

red blood (thick) ; 2d day. Thick mucus from nose.

■ Dull pain at root of nose, d Catarrh. Sneezing and feeling as after taking cold. Crampy sensation at root of nose.

Unpleasant sensation at root of nose (especially the left), as if water had passed through posterior nares while drinking; 1st day.

I Epistaxis and oozing of dark blood from the nose for two or three days, d Typhus.

I I Sensation of great fullness, oedematous swelling of the affected parts, especially in choanse. 6 Diphtheria.

^ Face. B Looked ill for two weeks. ^Typhus.

■ Anxious, frightened look. 6 Cough-

I Yellowish cheeks; central deep flush. ^Typhus.

I sallow ; I ■ dark red, with a besotted expression ;

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■ Cracked lips, with bleeding and ulceration of the bowels.

d Typhus.

Pain in region of right mastoid process. ^^ Teeth and Gums, ' Teeth and gums sore ; by pressing with finger, large quantities of blood ooze out.

Filthy taste with flow of saliva.

I Foul or bitter nauseous taste in the mouth, d Typhus.

I Tongue feels swollen, thick, making talking diflicult.

Slight heat or burning at root of tongue.

■ Tongue red and dry in middle, d Typhus.

Tongue feels dry on rubbing against the roof of mouth ; smarts,

■ Dry, parched, thickly coated tongue. ^Typhus. I Tongue dry, brown down the centre, d Typhus.

I Tongue covered with a thick, brown crust. 6 Typhus.

I Tongue baked down the centre. 6 Typhus.

I Tongue at first white with red papillae here and there, fol- lowed by a yellow-brown coating in centre, edges being red, shining.

I Tongue coated white, yellow or yellowish brown, and feels as if burned or scalded, 6 Diphtheria.

■ Tongue yellowish white, deeply furred. ^Typhus. I Tongue yellow along the centre.

I Foul tongue. ^Typhus.

■ Mouth and tongue very dry. d In fevers. Filthy taste, with flow of saliva.

Saliva rather abundant, somewhat viscid, tasting flat. Copious saliva : followed by sore throat, scraping, burning ;

slight pain in right lung. Copious flow of saliva ; ulcers in the mouth. iCancrum oris, copious saliva; gums loose, flabby, dark-red,

or purple ; fetid.

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I Ulcerations extending from mouth, through alimentary canal, with watery discharges from the bowels.

I Putrid ulceration of the buccal cavity, with salivation; well

developed ulcers, slight pain. ^^ Palate and Throat. ■ ■ Pain and soreness of the fauces. d Diphtheria. Hot feeling in the fauces, passing up into ears ; sensation as if had eaten pepper.

I I Fauces dark-red; dark, putrid ulcers; tonsils and parotids swollen ; unusual absence of pain, d Diphtheria. 6 Putrid sore throat, etc. d Typhus, d Variola.

Scraping and burning, raw sensation in pharynx ; much viscid mucus ; copious flow of saliva ; ulcers in the mouth.

Dry scraping in the throat when swallowing ; tongue coated white, especially at root ; fetid perspiration of body, and es- pecially hands; eyes much injected; face and ears hot and very red ; absence of thirst ; heaviness in chest, with dull pain in region of spleen.

Burning and heat in fauces, as from heart-burn, extending into the ears ; worse from belching, which causes the pain to ex- tend into the chest, and there producing a weak feeling.

I Tonsils and soft palate swollen, with constant inclination to

swallow, 1 1 not accompanied by pain. ^Diphtheria. Stitches in right tonsil.

I I Tonsils and soft palate very red, but not painful. Pricking in upper part of pharynx ; raw sensation.

■ Tickling in throat provoking cough; uvula elongated. I Sore throat.

I I Throat sore ; averse to open air.

Mucus abundant and viscid, can neither be swallowed nor ex- pectorated.

I Mucus rattles in throat, d Typhus.

I I (Esophagus feels as if constricted from above down to stom • ach ; can only swallow water.

■ Constrictive feeling causing frequent eiforts at deglutition;

■ throat sore, feels contracted. I I Throat feels swollen, full ; tonsils and soft palate congested ; frequent inclination to swallow, causing pain in root of tongue.

■ Spits out liquids put in, mouth, d Typhus.

■ ■Can swallow liquids only; the least solid food gags.

I Children cannot swallow solid food ; the smallest solid sub- ' stance causes gagging, thus they cannot use anything but

milk ; sometimes thin, watery, offensive passages day and

night. (Compare Silicea).

■ Unable to swallow, d Typhus.

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■ Paralysis of organs of deglutition, d Typhus.

"Appetite, Thirst, Desires, Aversions. iLoss of appetite.

d Typhus. I Averse to nourishment and stimulants. 6 Typhus.

■ Constant desire for water, with nausea and want of appetite.

d Typhus. Spitting out of liquids put into her mouth.

■ Great thirst. ^Typhus.

■ A good deal of thirst. 6 Typhus.

^® Eating and Drinking. All symptoms worse from beer.

After breakfast, dull feeling. ^® Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea, with inclination to vomit, relieved for a short time by eruc- tations. '

I 1 Feels as if she wants to raise a great deal.

Pressure at stomach, belching of large quantities of wind.

Nausea with eructations, followed by painful vomiting.

Feeling as if he would vomit, but no nausea, with severe shoot- ing in left kidney and to left of umbilicus.

■ Retching and vomiting. ^Typhoid fever. Feeling as if it would be a relief to vomit.

" Scrobiculum and Stomach. At night frequent pain in epi- gastric region ; ■< from turning over, which he had to do all the time.

Full feeling in stomach.

Heavy gnawing in stomach; 3d day.

Burning heat in stomach rising up towards throat ; 2d day.

■ Sinking, "gone" feeling at stomach, fainting; tongue brown

in morning, d Dyspepsia after typhus.

Constant burning distress in epigastrium, severe colicky pains in umbilical, and especially hypogastric region ; rumbling in bowels ; desire to vomit, but without nausea.

Cramp in stomach ; evening.

Severe pain every few minutes in cardiac region of stomach.

Sinking feeling in stomach, with shoulder pains.

■ Sinking sensation in stomach. /? Typhus.

Pains in stomach ; feeling there as of a hard substance. ^* Hypochondria. Sensation of weight and oppression in prge- cordial region, with a feeling of unsatisfied breathing ; after- noon.

Pull pain at pit of stomach, with constriction of diaphragm.

I I Constant pain in stomach and liver ; worse walking ; hot sensation; heavy aching "in stomach and liver.

Pain in region of liver on going up stairs.

■ Pain in liver, from right lateral ligament to gall-bladder; can

scarcely walk, it so augments pain in gall-bladder.

■ Must stir about, yet motion is painful ; pain over gall-bladder. I I Constant aching distress in stomach and umbilical region,

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■with great deal of pain in region of gall-bladder ; pain ex" tends to the spine.

Pain in region of spleen, with darts of pain in body, especially in carpus, metacarpus and phalanges ; 2d day. ^^ Abdomen, Loins and Groins. Severe colicky pains in um- bilical and hypochondriac regions, recurring every few sec- onds ; rumbling desire for stool.

I Pain in abdomen, with diarrhoea, d Typhus.

Griping pain in bowels while at stool.

I I Distress, dull pain in umbilical region.

Distended abdomen ; fullness ; flatulence, rumbling, feels as if

vomiting would relieve ; mushy stools. Sharp, shooting pains in bowels, with constant pain in hypo-

chondric region. Dull aching, distress in bowels.

I I Right iliac region sensitive, d Typhus.

1 1 Abdominal muscles sore on pressure, with acute intermitting pain, d Typhus.

1 1 Abdominal tenderness, with flatulency ; 10th day. d Typhus.

Cutting in bowels, relieved for a short time by passage of flatus, which causes burning at anus.

Pain in abdomen on pressure, with dull aching in lumbar re- gion on going to bed.

Sharp rheumatic stitches in right groin, lasting but a little while, but after a short interval returning as before.

Severe pain in left groin ; worse from walking, better from rest, but returning again on motion.

Glands of left groin swollen ; painful on walking. ^"Rectum and Stool. I Diarrhoea, with pain and soreness in bowels, d Typhus.

I Soft, papescent stool, with large quantities of mucus. Stools of pure blood, or bloody mucus.

II Fetid, exhausting diarrhoea, causing excoriation.

Thin, watery, offensive diarrhoea day and night ; child can swallow nothing but milk ; smallest quantity of solid food gags.

■ Aphthous diarrhoea.

I Involuntary diarrhoea ; 9th to 11th day. d Typhus.

■ Evacuation light-yellow or brown, thin and watery, d Typhus. Stools soft, papescent, with large quantities of mucus.

I Dark-brown mucous and bloody stools, with typhoid tendency ;

■ Dysentery: rigors, pains in limbs and small of back ; stools

small, all blood, not very dark, but thick ; tenesmus ; great prostration, brown tongue, low fever ; in the Autumn, or in hot weather.

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I Colicky pains before stool. 6 Dysentery in old people.

Stool very small and difficult to pass, it resembles sheep dung ; pain in bowels after stool ; 2d day.

Constipation ; stool very small, passed only by very great strain- ing and urging ; 3d day.

Stool like sheep dung, dry and crumbling ; pain before stool, weakness after stool.

■ Constipation and diarrhoea; stools dark and blood-streaked.

d Diphtheria.

Before stool : severe colic, more in hypogastrium.

During stool : tenesmus ; colic.

After stool : tenesmus ; relief of colic.

Constipation ; hemorrhoids in afternoon.

I Stricture from piles. ^^ Urinary Organs. Stitches in region of right kidney.

Shooting pains in region of left kidney.

Urine : scanty, dark-red.

Burning when urinating.

Passage of light-green urine.

I Urine very highly colored and scanty, d Typhus.

I B Urine alkaline, fetid, d Typhus.

Passes water often with a great deal of fiery pain, water is clear, scum on it in variegated colors ; red sand is passed with the urine, and is seen at once on the bottom of the vessel.

Increased secretion of urine at night. ^^ Male Sexual Organs. Dull drawing in right groin and testi- cle, also in legs and knee-joints.

■ Orchitis ; cannot sleep because he feels as if his body was scat-

tered about the bed. Pressing pain in left testicle, as if it had been squeezed, lasting

■ Threatened abortion. ^Typhus.

■ Lochia acrid, fetid ; great prostration.

■ Puerperal fever, with typhoid symptoms.

■ ■Stomatitis materna.

■ Aphonia. ^Diphtheria.

Increased secretion from bronchial tubes and fauces, with ex- pectoration of mucus. As if she wanted to raise a great deal.

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"Respiration. I Fetid breath. ^Typhus.

Asthmatic oppression of chest, with frequent yawning ; < from motion ; ^ after rest.

Snoring respiration.

Oppressed breathing, 6 p.m., with cough; right lung sore; sneezing.

I Awoke with great difficulty of breathing; lungs felt tight, compressed ; I I could not get a full breath ; must open win- dow and get his face to the fresh air ; burning heat of the skin; dry tongue; accelerated pulse; peculiar feeling of brain.

I On lying down difficult breathing, but no constriction of chest, must rise ; afraid to go to sleep, fears nightmare and suifo- cation ; arises from want of power in the lungs, not constric- tion.

I Dyspnoea, with a tight cough.

Pain in right lung ; less pain in the left, with soreness.

Pain through left chest.

Sharp pains when taking a long breath.

Dull, oppressive pain in \ chest at origin of serratus magnus ; worse on inspiration and motion ; pains in metacarpal bones. ="' Heart, Pulse and Circulation. Throbbing of heart so as to be distinctly heard.

Compass and frequency of heart's pulsations seem increased ; pulsations seem to fill the chest.

Pulse at first accelerated, afterwards slow and faint.

Pulse 70 ; rises about 2 p.m. to 100.

I Pulse 100—125, hard in the evening, d Typhus.

Pulse slow, round, full.

I Pulse 110, variable, weak, thready, d Typhus.

Pulse slow and weak.

I Pulse small and quickened. 6 Typhus.

I Pulse 100 and feeble, d Typhus.

iPulse 120 and thready.

I Pulse 120, small and weak, d Cough.

I I Pulse accelerated or slower than in health. ^Diphtheria. ^^ Outer Chest. Sharp pain in centre of sternum.

Dull stitches in left nipple.

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I iDull lumbar backache, worse walking.

Dull sacral pain, compounded of a feeling as from pressure and fatigue, from long stooping ; soon extends around hips and down the right leg.

■ Feels as if lying on a board ; changes position often, bed feels so hard; worst part is region of sacrum. 6 Typhus.

Rheumatic pains in muscles of back, followed by a burning sensation.

Pain in right subscapular muscle ; worse on motion of arm ; better from pressing the part against something hard ; 3d day.

Pain under right scapula ; better on motion.

I Pain in the sacrum, d Typhus. ^^ Upper Limbs. Severe pain in left shoulder-joint, causing a dis- agreeable, sickening feeling at stomach ; also darts of pains in various parts of body ; worse during rest and when thinking of them.

Pain in left shoulder, extending down the arm.

Feels sore and stiif about shoulders and chest.

Pain in right elbow, causing a weakness in arm and hand, scarcely able to hold the pencil while noting this symptom.

Rheumatic thrusts in left ulna (lower part), with pain in differ- ent parts of body ; worse at rest.

Severe rheumatic stitches in metacarpal bone of left index fin- gor, lasting several minutes.

Rheumatic stitches in 1. radius, lasting but a little while.

Numbness of left hand and forearm, with prickling ; worse from movement ; sharp darting pains through fingers.

Hands feel large, tremulous.

Rheumatic pains in 1. wrist and stitches in r. eye.

Tearing pains in carpal bones of r. hand, lasting but a short time, followed by several sharp pains in phalanges of 1. hand.

A sharp dart of pain in first phalanx while writing.

Pain running up and down the bones of left forearm; 3d day.

Tearing pain in palm of left hand, and also darts in various parts of the body ; 2d day.

Terrible rheumatic pains in metacarpal bones of left hand, last- ing but a few moments, though very severe ; also pain in left knee and shoulder ; 1st day.

Tearing pain in right metacarpus ; 2d day.

Rheumatic pain in metacarpal bone and phalanges of left thumb (long, severe thrusts), lasting several minutes, every thrust causes a momentary sickness at pit of stomach ; 1st day.

Sharp stitches under the left thumb-nail, lasting but a few mo- ments, bnt returning in a short time as before ; 2d day.

Rheumatic pain in phalanges of middle finger right hand, and also in right shoulder -joint ; 1st day.

Pain in metacarpal bone of right little finger ; 1st day.

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^ Lower Limbs. Lower limbs feel weak and vascillating when walking.

Soreness in anterior of thighs ; worse after sitting awhile.

Drawing in hips and calves.

Several rheumatic stitches in outer ham-string.

Severe pain in left knee (outer side), running down into fibula.

Rheumatic pain in left knee-joint.

Dull pain in right patella and right tarsal bones.

Cramp in calves whenever he moves them.

Pains in lower part of left ulna and tarsus.

I 1 Left foot numb, prickling.

I I Burning of top of right foot, from toes to the back of foot.

Rheumatic pain on inner side of right os calcis ; 1st day.

Tearing pains in os calcis of right foot, lasting about half a minute ; 1st day.

Rheumatic pains in phalanges ofr. great toe; 1st day.

Rheumatic pain in right shin-bone, also in bones of left wrist and hand ; 1st day.

Aching in limbs.

Drawing in arms and legs.

Rheumatic pains in left elbow and knee, and also right ankle and heel ; 1st day.

Rheumatic stitches in right subscapular muscle, with pains in different parts of body, especially in metacarpal bones and phalanges, lasting but a few moments ; the pains in the hand seem to be deep in the bones ; 1st day.

Rest : pain 1. groin > ; asthma >- ; darts of pain through body << ; pain in 1. ulna <C ', pain in great toe worse.

After sitting : soreness in thighs.

Lying down : difficult breathing.

Motion : pain in forehead <1 ; eyeballs sore ; asthma ■< ; pain in 1. chest < ; pain under r. scapula > ; cramp in calves ; pain in r. great toe better.

Ascending : limbs weak ; pain in liver.

Descending : arms and calves feel sore.

On rising : faintness.

Turning over : pains in epigastrium worse.

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Stooping : dizziness ; soreness anterior brain worse.

Walking : fluctuation in head ; pain in stomach and liver ;

pain 1. groin < ; lumbar backache < ; lower limbs weak. "Nerves. ■ Restlessness. ^Typhus.

I Morbid irritability of the nervous system, preventing sleep.

d Typhus.

■ Restless, uneasy, could confine himself to nothing ; wanted to

be moving from place to place, evening, d Typhus. Dull, heavy feeling in whole body, with indifference to every- thing.

■ General malaise for several days, d Typhus.

■ General weak feeling, but especially of lower limbs.

[ ■Feels weak, tremulous, as if recovering from sickness, and yet incapable of vigorous mental or physical exertion.

■ Entire system feels weak, especially lower limbs, knees weak ;

A weak, languid feeling in body (especially the arms, and ex- tending into hands and fingers), scarcely able to hold the pencil while writing, causing one to feel as limber as an old dish-rag ; perfect indifference ; no desire to do anything.

Feel weak and languid, sore and bruised, especially the arms and calves of the legs feel sore on going down stairs.

Feel weak and exhausted after a little labor, soon becoming tired.

Feels weak, tremulous, as after severe sickness.

■ Faintness on rising. ^Typhus.

■ ■Great languor; wants to lie down.

Lassitude and weakness of whole body, with indifference ; 3d day.

■ Great prostration and restlessness. 6 Cough.

■ Prostration and trembling, d Typhus.

■ Prostration, ^Diphtheria.

■ Disagreeable prostration, with soreness of muscles. ^Typhus. Great prostration of strength, as during convalescence from

some severe sickness, when treated by strong drugs and medicine ; 1st day. Indescribable sick feeling all over.

■ Slides down in bed; feels as if sinking away, d Typhus.

■ Lay in semi-conscious condition when she appeared dying.

^Typhus.

I I Paralysis of whole 1. side; 1. hand and arm numb, power- less. ^'' Sleep. B Excessive drowsiness.

Feels very drowsy, can hardly keep awake ; 3d day.

Drowsiness, can only keep awake by a great effort ; pains in body still continue ; 1st day.

■ ■Drowsy, stupid, tired feeling; disposition to half close eyes. Feels dull and sleepy: with slight headache ; 3d day.

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Feels sleepy and drowsy ; laid down to doze, but soon the lower limbs suddenly start as if had been frightened.

Feels drowsy ; while sitting on a chair and lying with head on arms, and arms on table (dozing, yet conscious), had a sensation as if some person touched him very gently in both sides ; followed by a want of power to sit up, made sev- eral efforts to do so, but was perfectly helpless; in a short time had a similar attack of about the same duration, but more severe ; felt weak for some time afterwards,

1 1 Delirious stupor; falls asleep while answering a question or while being talked to.

I Lies semi-comatose, looks as if dying. ^Typhus.

I Slept well until about 3 a.m., then restless until morning, tossing about.

I Restless; does not sleep quietly.

■ Restless sleep. ^Typhus.

Sleep restless, frequent wakings ; 3d day.

I Wants to get up and yet does not want to. d Typhus.

■ Sleepless, with wandering of mind. ^Typhus.

■ Delirious disturbance at night, varying from a mere uneasi-

ness and inability to sleep to delirium proper. 6 Typhus.

■ I Cannot sleep ; head or body feels scattered about the bed ;

tosses about to get the pieces together, d Typhus and other diseases.

■ Wants to get out of bed. 6 Typhus.

■ Restless, with frightful dreams. ^Typhus.

Sleep restless and troubled with dreams, but inability to re- member what had been dreamed, and weariness, as if had not slept enough ; 2d day.

Sleep restless, troubled by vivid dreams, and also frequent wakings ; 2d day.

Sleep last night restless, tossing about, troubled with continual dreams, they continuing up to moment of awaking, yet un- able to tell, or even to remember what had been dreaming of; 3d day.

Sleep very restless, dreams ; heavy gnawing at stomach ; pains in the hands ; 4th day.

1 Nightmare.

■ Sleeplessness. ^Typhus.

Worse on awaking : difficult breathing ; parts rested on feel

very painful ; flashes of heat. 2^ Time. 3 a.m.: restless, tossing ; flashes of heat.

Morning: tongue brown and dry ; pain and injection of eye;

praecordial region ; hemorrhoids < ; fever increases.

2 P.M.: pulse rises from 70 to 100.

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6 P.M.: oppressed breathing.

Evening : cramp in stomach ; pulse hard ; chilly.

Night : delirium ; increased secretion of urine ; fever ; heat, burning in legs prevents sleep. ^' Temperature and Weather. Autumn or hot weather : dysen- tery worse.

1 1 Great aversion to open air. d Spasmodic stricture of oesoph- agus.

■ Chilled by standing in cold wind; fever returned, with rapid

■ Shivering preceded by a sense of weakness, d Typhus. 1 1 Chilly all day ; whole body feels sore.

I Chilly on going into the open air ; chills over the back and lower limbs ; evening.

Chilly over the back while sitting by a fire ; forenoon.

I Chilliness alternated with heat, d Typhus.

I Chilliness of lower limbs and back, with fever at night. 6 Diphtheria.

I Chill followed by fever, with severe aching in muscular por- tion of body, d Typhus.

I Whole surface hot and dry, with occasional chills, mostly up and down the back.

Extremities feel hot, except the feet, which are cold.

Flashes of heat from small of back in all directions ; dull, heavy aching, great prostration.

On awaking at 3 a.m., flashes of heat, feeling as if sweat would break out.

I Gentle flashes of heat over the whole body.

I Fever set in with headache, d Typhus.

■ General fever and malaise.

D Heat of the face, flashes over the face.

■ Burning, pungent heat over whole body, especially in face.

d Typhus. Heat at night ; burning in legs preventing sleep.

■ Heat of the skin, d Typhus.

Uncomfortable burning all over surface, especially face ; had to move to a cool part of the bed, and finally to rise and open a window and wash his face and hands.

Gentle flushes of heat over the whole body, followed by a slight perspiration.

■ Frequent sweats. 6 Typhus.

■ Causes sweat to break out and relieves ; critical sweat on fore-

head and face, d Typhus.

■ Fetid sweat.

Chills, fever and sweat every other afternoon. Fever cases, with peculiar delirium ; dullness of intellect and abdominal tenderness.

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■ Sensation as if there was a second self outside of the patient.

■ General fever and malaise. ^Typhus. I Aspect of low fever. ^Typhus.

I Determination of blood to the surface and profuse sweating. d Typhus.

I Early stages : white tongue, red edges ; or brown, or yellow- brown down centre; bitter or flat taste; cannot digest food; stools frequent, yellow ; gurgling and slight sensitiveness of right iliac region ; pulse high ; fever tends to increase ; parts rested on are sore. 6 Typhus.

I Typhus and typhoid fever, with a tendency to putrescence.

I Fever originating from confinement on shipboard, without good care or foo^.

I iBeginning of typhus, when the so-called nervous symptoms

predominate.

I I Cerebral forms, especially with excessive drowsiness, deli- rium, confusion of ideas, stupefying headache ; restless sleep, head feels scattered about ; frightful dreams ; great debility and nervous prostration, with erethism, etc.

1 1 Typhoid and cerebral forms of fever : delirium, drowsiness, confusion, gives slow answer or falls asleep attempting a re- ply ; erethism ; tries to escape from bed ; sleepless because she cannot get herself together ; head feels scattered, and she tosses about to get the pieces together ; sensation of a second self outside of the patient ; indifferent ; low delirium, stupor ; sordes on the teeth ; face dark, besotted-looking ; hearing dull ; epistaxis ; involuntary, scanty stool ; difiicult breathing ; fever increases each afternoon. *^ Locality and Direction. Right : pain in temple ; pain be- hind ear ; pain over ear ; stitches in eye ; running from nos- tril ; ear sore ; nostril stopped ; pain in mastoid process pain in lung ; stitches in tonsil ; iliac region sensitive stitches in groin ; stitches in kidney ; pain under scapula pain down leg ; pain in elbow ; pain in eye ; pains in hand pain in shoulder-joint ; pain in little finger ; pain in patella burning top of foot ; pain in os calcis ; pain in great toe. Left : pain over eye ; pain in eye ; eye weak ; stitches in eyes ; pain in orbit ; pain below ear ; pain in parotid gland; bleed- ing from nostril ; burning side of face and head ; shooting in kidney ; pain in groin ; pain in testicle ; pain through chest ; stitches in nipple; pain in shoulder-joint; pain in ulna; stitches in radius ; numbness of hand and forearm ; pain in waist ; pain bones of forearm ; pains in hand; pain in knee and shoulder ; pain in thumb ; stitches under thumb-nail ; foot numb ; paralysis of whole side.

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Above downward: pain in shoulder.

Below upward : heat in stomach. *^ Sensations. As if there was a second self.

As if scattered about.

As of a band around forehead.

As if temples were pressed by thumbs.

As if top of head would fly off.

As if water had passed through posterior nares.

As of a hard substance in stomach.

As if lying on a board. 6 Typhus.

As if hair on first phalanx of r. great toe was pulled.

Peculiar feeling of brain.

Sharp pain : in temples ; in bowels ; in 1. groin ; in chest ; in sternum ; in 1. knee.

Sharp thrusts : over r. eye ; in 1. ulna ; in 1. thumb.

Darting : in body ; in carpus, metacarpus and phalanges.

Cutting : in bowels.

Hot stitches : in temples.

Stitches : in head ; in upper eyelid ; in r. eye ; in left, like needles ; in r. tonsil ; in r. groin ; in r. kidney ; in ster- num ; in 1 nipple ; in metacarpal bone of 1. index finger ; in 1. radius ; under 1. thumbnail ; in outer hamstring ; in r. subscapularis muscle.

Shooting : in bowels ; in 1. kidney.

Pricking : in pharynx.

Prickling : of 1. side of face and head ; in 1. hand and forearm ; of 1. foot.

Tearing : in r. metacarpus ; in r. os calcis.

Drawing : in cervical muscles ; along nose ; in r. groin and testicle; in legs and knee-joints; in hips and calves; in arms and legs.

Fiery pain : when urinating.

Burning : of eyes ; of 1. side of face and head ; of cheeks ; at root of tongue ; in throat ; in fauces ; in stomach ; at anus ; when urinating ; in muscles of back ; dorsum of r. foot ; in legs ; all over skin.

Soreness : in back of head ; as if in the brain ; of eyeballs ; in front of head ; of r. ear ; from nose to nares ; of teeth and gums ; of fauces ; of abdominal muscles ; of larynx ; of r. lung; down the neck; about shoulders and chest; in an- terior of thighs.

Pressure : in forehead ; at stomach ; in 1. testicle.

Aching : in stomach and liver ; in bowels ; in lumbar region ; of back and hips ; in limbs ; from finger-ends to toes.

Bruised ache : in head ; in occiput ; in pectoralis minor. Squeezed pain : in 1. testicle.

Rheumatic pain : in back ; in 1. wrist ; in 1. thumb ; in r mid- dle finger and shoulder-joint; in 1. knee; on inner side of

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r. OS calcis ; in r. ulna ; in muscles of posterior part of r. thigh ; in metacarpal bone of r. index-finger ; in r. shin- bone ; in bones of 1. wrist and hand ; in 1. elbow ; in r. an- kle and heel.

Cramp : at root of nose ; in stomach ; in testes ; in calves.

Colicky pains : in umbilical and hypogastric region.

Griping : in bowels.

Scraped feeling : on tongue ; in throat.

Gnawing : in stomach.

Dull pain : in anterior lobes of brain and frontal sinus ; at root of nose ; in spleen ; at pit of stomach ; in umbilical region ; in 1. chest ; in sacrum ; in r. patella and tarsal bones.

Undefined pain : over 1. eye; below 1. ear; in 1. parotid; in r. mastoid process; in articulation of jaw; in r. lung; in root of tongue ; in epigastric region ; in cardiac region of stom- ach ; in liver ; in gall-bladder ; in spleen ; in abdomen ; in r. lung ; through 1. chest ; under r. scapula ; in sacrum ; in ' 1. shoulder, down arm ; in r. elbow ; in metacarpal bone of r. little finger ; in lower part of 1. ulna and tarsus.

Throbbing : in head ; over eyes.

Beating : in forehead.

Fullness : of head ; in stomach.

Heaviness : of head ; over eyes ; in chest ; in whole body.

Weight : in prsecordial region.

Oppression : in prsecordial region.

Tightness : of head.

Constricted feeling : in oesophagus ; of diaphragm ; of lungs.

Bloated feeling : of eyes.

Swollen feeling : of head ; of tongue.

Large feeling : of head and hands.

Tired feeling : in neck.

Weak feeling : general ; in chest.

Weakness : in arms and hands ; of lower limbs ; in knees.

"Gone" feeling: at stomach.

Shocks : in head.

Numbness : of hand ; of face ; of tongue ; of 1. hand and fore- arm ; of 1. foot.

Tickling : in throat.

Heat : in ears ; in forehead ; in face ; in fauces ; in stomach ; in liver ; of the skin.

Dryness : of the skin. " Tissues. 1 1 Prostration, with disposition of fluids to decompose.

Stiffness of all the joints, as though strained ; rheumatic pains and soreness all over the body.

11 Discharges and exhalations fetid; breath, stools, urine, sweat, ulcers.

1 1 Ulceration of mucous membranes, especially that of the mouth ; also with tendency to putrescence.

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■ Enlarged glands.

■ Diseases of mucous membranes.

■ Derangements of the mucous surfaces, generally with vomit-

Livid spots over body and limbs, not elevated, of irregular shape, size of a pea up to bean, without any sensation.

■ Rose-colored spots on 9th day. 6 Typhus. Eruption like measles or urticaria.

■ Pimples thick on palatine arch, tonsils and uvula; breath

fetid ; salivation ; prostration, d Variola.

■ Foul, gangrenous, eating syphilitic sores.

■ Small-pox confluent, tardy eruption.

■ ■Gangrenous sores, aphthae, sore nipples (locally).

^^ Stages of Life, Constitution. Lymphatic temperament.

Children : offensive diarrhoea.

Old people : dysentery.

Girl, set. 7, after being physicked, etc., for a cough, with great prostration, etc.

When Arsen. has been given in typhus improperly.

Silic, like Baptis., has ability to swallow only liquids, (like milk), but, unlike the latter, it has also aversion to the milk. See 13.

■ Terebinth, and Nitr. ac. acted well after Baptis. d Typhus. Hamam. speedily checked copious, repeated epistaxis.

d Typhus.

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