Rhododendron

Yellow Snowrose. Ericaceae.

A native of Siberia, grows in the mountains and flowers in July.

The tincture is prepared from the fresh leaves.

Provings by Seidel and others, Arcliiv fiir Horn., vol. 10, p. 139.

Clinical Atjthokities Dysecoia, Tinnitus aurium, Schulz, Kallenbach, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 379 ;

Prosopalgia, Hirschel, Eane's Eec, 1870, p. 292 ; B. J. H., vol. 27, p. 149 ;

Ussher, A. H. Z., vol. 106, p. 191, from Horn. World ;

Toothache, Gutmann, Altschul, Elb, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 473; Villers, Oehme, Eiick.

Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 209; Eidherr, B. J.

H., vol. 19, p. 133; Fains in stom- ach, Goullon, Meyer, Horn. Clin., vol. 3, p. 117 ; Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 22;

Dysuria, Wilson, Med. Adv., vol. 5, p. 375; Ovarian cyst is caused to discharge into abdomen, Ozanam, Bulletin de la Soc. de France ; Balanitis, Gilchrist, Surg.

Therap., p. 532 ; Induration of testicles, Hartman, Schreter, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 210 ;

Berridge, Horn. Phys., vol. 8, p. 553 ; Hydrocele, Seidel, Kallenbach, Eiick. Kl.

Erf., vol. 2, p. 214; Gross, Euck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 585;

Lilienthal, N. A. J. H., vol.14, p. 138;

Hastings, B. J. H., vol. 18, p. 351; Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 242;

Orchitis, hydrocele, Ussher, A. H. Z., vol. 106, p. 191 ; Cough, Kafka, Eiick.

Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 694; Pain in arm, Allen, A. H.

Z., vol. 112, p. 77; White swelling of knee (2 cases), Henke, Seidel; Pain in periosteum, Waddell, Hom. Phys., vol. 7, p. 427;

Rheumatic pain in I. side, Goullon, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 172, from A. H. Z., vol. 80, p. 75 ; Rheumatism, Gross, Hartmann, Eiick.

Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 537 ; Smith, N. E.

M. G., vol. 8, p. 220 ; Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 254.

^ Mind. Leaves out whole words in writing.

Great indifference, with aversion to all occupation. While talking easily forgets what he is talking about; does not recollect what he had been talking about till he has thought awhile. ■Nervous persons who dread a storm and are particularly afraid of thunder. ^ Sensorium. Sensation of stupefaction and drowsiness in head on rising in morning. Intoxicated from a little wine.

I iDulness of head. •^ Inner Head. Pain in forehead and temples when lying in bed in morning; < from drinking wine and from wet, cold weather ; > after rising and moving about.

Early in morning in bed, headache which almost deprives

him of his senses, > after rising. I I Tearing, boring pain in 1. temporal region. * Outer Head. The scalp feels sore and as if bruised.

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Violent drawing and tearing in bones and periosteum of cranial bones; < when at rest, in morning; during a thunderstorm and during wet, cold, stormy weather; > from wrapping head up warmly ; from dr}^ heat and from exercise.

Biting itching on scalp, especially in evening. ^ Sight and Eyes. Dimness of vision when reading and writing.

I I A man about 40 complained of a gradual failure of sight, accompanied by periodically recurring violent pains, involving eyeball, extending to orbit and head, < at approach of storm, > when storm broke out; rheumatic diathesis; pupils somewhat dilated and slug- gish, T + Mn both eyes; pulsation of retinal veins, but no excavation of optic nerve ; field of vision not circum- scribed ; Hm. gY; vision improved by glasses, but could not be brought above |§ ; pain recurred until relieved by the medicine.

Periodical, dry burning in eyes, < in bright daylight and from looking intently.

I I Burning pain in eyes; when reading or writing he has

a feeling of heat in them.

I I Ciliary neuralgia, < before a storm.

I I Insufficiency of internal recti muscles; darting pains like arrows through eye from head, < before a storm. ^Asthenopia muscularis.

I I On staring or writing, very hot lachrymation from r. eye, and at same time shooting in r. eye from within outward.

Spasmodic contraction of eyelids. ® Hearing and Ears. Otalgia (r. ear) ; violent twitching pain.

Sensation in ear as from a worm.

Buzzing in ear, < when swallowing.

Violent pain in r. external ear, commencing in morning and continuing nearly all day.

Tearing sensation in and about r. ear.

Constant buzzing in ears and a sensation as if water were rushing into them ; loud sounds re-echo for a long time ; humming and ringing before ears.

I 1 Constant tearing pain in ears ; roaring ; stitching, tear- ing headache; shortness of breath, < from least motion ; for several years hardness of hearing.

I I Tinnitus aurium, < r. side; feels pulsation of heart in ear ; sounds in ears as of a gentle downpour of rain, < toward evening; hears wath difficulty the talking around him ; tick of watch not heard 14 inches from r. ear and 11 from 1. ; flushes of heat at night, pressure in forehead and vertex.

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I I After an arthritic affection of head, twenty years ago, constant ringing and roaring in ears, followed by hard- ness of hearing, which gradually grew worse, so" that for the last ten years could hear nothing unless one called loudly into her ear. ^Dysecoia.

I 1 After catching cold, roaring and ringing in ears ; can hear in morning on rising, but as day advances the noises in ears gradually grow more intense, so that in evening can scarcely hear those about him ; buzzing in ears like that of a bee, or noise like that following the tolling of a bell, at times interrupted by cracking sounds ; noises cease for a time, then begin again ; tick of watch heard on both sides at distance of two feet and two inches. ' Smell and Nose. Diminished sense of smell.

Bleeding of nose, 1. side.

Soreness of inner nose, with yellow or black scurf.

Violent sneezing, when rising in morning, with heat in face.

Thin, fluid and profuse discharge from nose, with rheu- matic or gouty symptoms.

I I Stoppage of 1. half of nose, near root, < in morning be- fore rising ; during day stoppage of 1. nostril alternates with that of r., but nose is never stopped entirely ; > in open air. ^ Upper Face. Chilliness over face.

Violent tearing, jerking faceache ; < in wind and changes of weather ; > while eating and from warmth.

I I Prosopalgia ; pain begins in temple and extends to lower jaw and chin; acute pain extending from temple to temple, < from motion, talking and cold applications.

1 I Violent faceache, spreading over r. side of face from teeth and gums, radiating over .mouth, eyes and ears, equally violent day and night, during motion and rest ; pains drawing, tearing, jerking; < by wind and changes of weather ; > from warmth, entirely relieved while eating and for some time after ; commonly trouble- some in Spring and Autumn, the present very severe attack in Winter. ^ Lower Face. Lips dry, burning.

Vesicles on inner side of lower lip, sore when eating. ^^ Teeth and Gums. > ■ Toothache : with earache ; teeth loose ; snags ; gums swollen ; < from change of weather ; > from warmth and after eating ; great weakness after pain.

■ Toothache; the approach of a thunderstorm or cloudy, windy weather is always preceded by a drawing, aching or cutting pain.

Occasional grumbling and tearing in four first anterior

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molars for a short time ; now in upper, now in lower jaw ; now on r., now on 1. side.

■ Transient pain in single teeth, recurring especially in

damp weather and before a storm.

I I Toothache appearing every Spring and Fall during prevalence of a sharp east wind, lasting several weeks; constant boring in a single tooth ; stitches extending into ear; pain < on touching tooth; pain at times in- termits, < at night from cold drinks, especially inhala- tion of cold air ; > from external heat.

I I Toothache especially after a chill, begins with a dis- agreeable pricking in teeth of one side, gradually in- creases to a drawing, tearing pain over face and temples on same side; < from warmth, especially warmth of bed ; teeth perfectly sound.

I 1 Toothache; pain began in a carious tooth, but finally affected also neighboring teeth ; pain > while chewing and for a short time afterward.

I I Rheumatic or gouty pains in teeth ; drawing tearing in molars, < in cloudy, stormy, rainy weather, also in rest; pain often intermits, generally appears in morning.

■ Arthritic toothache, < at night, from cold or warm

drinks; > from external application of heat. I 1 Neuralgia in inferior and superior dental nerves for seven weeks; woman in agony, sleepless; gums had been swollen; had three sound teeth taken out, without relief I 1 Rheumatic toothache radiating from r. lower jaw to teeth. ^^ Taste and Tongue. Taste lost ; food has no taste.

Smarting vesicles under tongue. ^^Inner Mouth. Increase of saliva in mouth, with dryness of

^* Throat. Sore throat.

Constriction and burning in throat.

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Pressing in pit of stomach during and after eating.

1 I After a thorough wetting, pressing pain in 1. side under short ribs ; > by eating.

I I Periodical crampy pain under short ribs; pressing and " drawing, with fulness in pit of stomach, with oppression in breathing; pain as from flatulency in different parts, but especially in 1. hypochondrium.

I 1 Bellyache after eating; in umbilical region after supper, obliquely over hypochondria; pressing in pit of stom- ach after dinner, during and after eating. ^^ Hypochondria. ' ' Pain as from tension under short ribs ; periodical crampy pains.

■ Painful incarceration of flatus in hypochondria and in

small of back.

Pressing and drawing, with feeling of repletion in stomach, and oppression of breathing.

Stitches in spleen from walking fast; tension from stooping. ^^ Abdomen. Distension in upper part of abdomen, with dysp- noea ; evening and morning.

Much rumbling in abdomen, with eructations and dis- charge of fetid flatus.

iDiarrhoea: after meals; after fruit; from wet, cold weather; before a thunderstorm; in morning, with much flatus ; with pains in limbs.

I I Dysentery in summer, renewed before a thunderstorm.

Drawing extending from rectum to genitals.

Pulsation in anus. ^^ Urinary Organs. Frequent urging to urinate, with draw- ing in region of bladder.

Greenish urine.

I 1 Somewhat increased pale urine has an offensive, acrid odor.

■ Frequent desire to urinate ; pain in urethra as from sub-

■ Testicles: especially epididymis, intensely painful to

touch ; soreness extending into abdomen and thighs ; drawn up, swollen, painful ; drawn up when walking, contusive pain. Violent sticking in r. testicle, as if violently contused, in evening, while sitting; pain disappears when walking, but returns immediately upon sitting down.

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I Violent, painful drawing in hard, somewhat swollen testes, extending as far as abdomen and thigh, especially on r. side.

Drawing, sticking pain in r. testicle and spermatic cord, > from motion ; sometimes pain is pricking, commenc- ing in r. testicle and spreading in a zig-zag manner along perineum toward anus, lasting some seconds, and so violent that it arrests breathing.

I Balanitis; prepuce distended like a bladder, with integu- ment thin, no pain or fever, little discharge, and no annoyance apart from the increased size.

I I Scanty, painless, thin discharge from urethra; swelling of 1. testicle, with tearing pains therein, extending up spermatic cord; severe, periodic, tearing, throbbing, digging pain in 1. hip bone, extending to middle of thigh, becoming almost intolerable when at rest, so that he could not sit or lie in bed at night ; after cohabiting with wife who had fluor albus.

I I Orchitis, "1. side, smooth, hard swelling; preceded by hydrocele.

llChronic orchitis; testicle indurated, wdth tendency to atrophy ; feeling in gland as if it were being crushed.

I I Seventeen years ago had orchitis, r. side, after which testicle remained somewhat enlarged, after severe exer- tion severe pain in small of back, followed in evening by drawing, pressing pain in r. testicle which became swollen ; pain > lying with knees drawn up, < stand- ing ; 'pain sometimes extends into abdomen and causes tension at r. inguinal ring.

I 1 Orchitis with fever, from catching cold while dancing,

while recovering from an attack of gonorrhoea ; 1. testicle swollen to size of hen's egg.

I I Induration and swelling of testicles after gonorrhoea, or with blennorrhoea.

1 I Swelling and hardness of 1. testicle, following gonor- rhoea ; formerly had headache before a thunderstorm.

I I Farmer, aged 40, without known cause, had orchitis, treated six months without benefit, swelling increased in size and hardness, so that he could not walk, and penis lay hidden in the tumor; 1. testicle size of three fists, very tense, hard, painful to least touch. ^Hydrocele.

llHydrocele: from birth, r. side, in a child aged 4 weeks; as large as a hen's egg, since birth, in a boy aged^ 1| years ; left-sided, in a scrofulous child set. 3 years ; r. side, in an infant set. 1 year; 1. side, in a boy set. 4 years; from birth, increasing from year to year, in a boy set. 7 years; 1. side, in a hemorrhoidal subject set. 60.

■ Itching and sweating of scrotum.

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Soreness or sore sensation between genitals and thighs. ^ Female Sexual Organs. Menstruation too profuse and too early ; fever and headache at each menstrual period.

Suppressed menstruation.

Pain in ovaries ; < in changes of weather.

Serous cysts in vagina.

A country-woman, set. 35, suffered since five years from a voluminous cyst in r. ovary ; Rliodod.^ was employed in- ternally and externally ; about sixth day patient was taken with acute pains in stomach, with a feeling of fluid pouring into abdomen; vomited bile; for three days high fever; the cyst filled up again; repeated Rhodod. next month, again a rupture took place in about eight to ten days, with symptoms of subacute peritonitis, after cure of which patient refused to continue treatment. 2i Pregnancy.

Parturition. Lactation. After parturition, burning in uterine region, alternating with pains in limbs, fingers spasmodically flexed. ^^ Respiration. Dyspnoea from constriction of chest. _ ^^ Cough.

Cough : dry, exhausting, morning and evening, with oppression of chest and rough throat; with escape of urine; dry, excited by tickling in trachea. I 1 Attacks of dry cough ; after an attack has lasted four to five hours, during which time she coughs constantly, there follows either vomiting of a serous, bitter, some- what slimy fluid, containing no particles of food, or she is so prostrated that she has to lie down and sleep ; for the next four or six hours feels well and has no cough ; suddenly and without apparent cause sensation of severe pressure and constriction in region of stomach, as if some one was pressing forcibly with fist against stomach, accompanied by a constant and uncontrollable irrita- tion to cough, arising from epigastrium ; with the press- ure in stomach there is a similar, but less severe, sen- sation in lumbar region of spine, from which place extend drawing, tearing pains at one time into upper, then into lower limbs ; appetite impaired. ^^ Inner Chest and Lungs.

Shooting through 1. chest to back, when bending back and to right. I I A very transient dull pain extending from chest to 1. hypochondrium, almost like splenetic stitches, when walking fast. I I Breath and speech fail from the violence of pleuritic stitches running downward in anterior 1. chest, after standing on cold ground and getting chilled. I I Rheumatic pain in 1. side below short ribs, continuous and of a pressing nature, after taking cold by getting wet;

> from eating.

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■ Stiff neck, gums and teeth sore, pains fly about every-

■ Small of back pains, < when sitting and in wet weather. ^^ Upper Limbs. Paralytic, rheumatic pain in r. shoulder

upon which he rests, sometimes extending below elbow and going off by turning to other side.

■ Violent tearing, boring pain in 1. shoulder joint.

I I Severe pain in deltoid muscle, < from motion and from

feel warm. ■Sensation of weakness and formication in arms, as if they

were asleep, < from heat of bed, exposure to cold and

stormy weather.

■ Tearing: in 1. forearm, at night; in r. forearm.

I I About 6 P.M., tearing, cramplike drawing in forearm, as if in periosteum, during wet, cold weather; violent tearing, boring pain in 1. shoulder joint, with prickling in fingers. ^Chronic rheumatism.

■ Sensation as if wrists were sprained.

■ Pain as if sprained in r. wrist joint, impeding motion,

< when at rest, in rough weather.

Intensely painful drawing and digging in 1. wrist joint, in evening, when at rest.

I I Sudden swelling with tearing pains in r. wrist, extend- ing to dorsum of hand ; in a man suffering from con- dylomata.

Increased warmth in hands.

Itching, obliging to scratch, of middle and ring fingers of 1. hand, with erysipelatous redness. '^ Lower Limbs. Sensation of soreness in thighs near genitals.

I I Severe tearing pains beginning in upper and posterior portion of r. thigh and extending down into foot, with sensation of formication in whole limb; pain < during rest, drives her out of bed early in morning ; foot im-

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mediately "goes to sleep" when sitting down after walk- ing; must move foot constantly; pain and stiffness of

leg,'< mornings. . . , ,. , ,• i i

I I Periodical tearing pams m lower hmbs, particularly about hip joint, < in stormy weather, in rest and at night ; at times swelling and painfulness of finger joints.

llStftching pains in knee and ankle joints ; tension m legs when walking; constant sensation as if feet and legs were asleep; < after sitting still, and early in morning on rising ; after an attack of influenza.

1 I White swelling of knee, with intolerable tearing pains, < during rest and at night. .

• I Rheumatic pains in lower extremities and feet, as if in periosteum, < when at rest and during wet, cold weather.

Sensation of coldness, skin wrinkles on legs.

Dropsical swelling of lower legs and feet.

■ Sensation in lower legs and feet " as if asleep." Unusual coldness of feet. , .

I Gout, when there is a fibrous deposit in great toe joint, not the usual deposits of urate of soda.

■ Affection of great toe joint, often mistaken for bunion,

■ Drawing, tearing pain in periosteum, < at night, in wet,

stormy weather and in rest; > in motion; mostly m

fingers and toes; they soon pass off, and resemble a

cramplike drawing.

■ Pains in limbs seem to be seated in bones or periosteum ;

they are mostly confined to small spots and reappear on change of weather.

I I Tearing pain beginning at outer side of r. arm, extend- ing to nape of neck and into back, then down into thigh, where it becomes stitching in character ; heels are par- ticularly painful; walking difficult, feels as if heavy weights were hanging to feet ; < in rest and change of weather. ^Rheumatism.

1 I For twelve years, periodical, severe, tearing pams m limbs; for six days r. forearm and foot affected; no swelling or redness ; < at night, she cannot remain m

bed. ,

I I Severe tearing pains in limbs, with swelhng and red- ness of several joints; r. knee, elbows, 1. finger joints

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affected ; pains < at night, particularly toward morn- ing, with tension and stiffness in joints ; after syphilis

treated with large doses of Mercury. I I After catching cold, paralytic condition of limbs ; severe

drawing, pinching, stitching pains in limbs ; fever ;

could not walk or stand, neither could he move his arms

or hands ; sleep disturbed at night by pain. ■ Chronic rheumatism affected the smaller joints and their

pain in hip bone intolerable ; pain in wrist < ; pain in

thigh ; pains in lower limbs < ; paralytic weakness ;

turning. Cannot get to sleep or remain asleep unless her legs are

muscle; pains in limbs >; in open air causes profuse

testicles > ; tension in legs. Chewing: pain >.

Exertion: pain in back; slight, causes great weakness. Exercise: headache >, Could not walk or stand, neither move his arms nor hands

of a storm. ^^ Sleep. Awakes as if called.

Great sleepiness during day, with burning in eyes. Deep, heavy sleep before midnight, with sleepiness early

in evening, but sleepless after midnight ; morning sleep

disturbed by pain and restlessness in body. I I Cannot get to sleep or remain asleep unless her legs are

crossed.

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^' Time. Morning: on rising, stupefaction and drowsiness in head; when lying in bed, pain in temples and forehead pain in external ear; violent sneezing when rising toothache generally ; distension in abdomen ; diarrhoea dry cough ; stiffness of nape of neck ; tearing in thigh stiffness of leg <; in bed, chilliness.

During day : alternate stoppage of 1. and r. nostril ; great sleepiness; if cold air blows on him, chilliness.

All day : severe pain in external ear.

About 6 P.M. : tearing, cramplike drawing in forearm.

Toward evening: sounds in ears <. •

Evening : itching of scalp < ; distension in abdomen : pain in testicle ; dry cough ; pain in wrist joint ; early, sleepiness; persistent ice-cold feet ; heat.

Night: flushes of heat; toothache <; pressure in stom- ach ; emissions ; pain in hip bone ; pains down back < ; pain in lower limbs <.

Before midnight: deep, heavy sleep.

After midnight : sleepless. ^' Temperature and Weather. Almost all symptoms re- appear with rough weather.

Open air: stoppage of nostril >; moving in, profuse sweat.

Dry heat: headache >.

Heat of bed : formication in arms <.

Warmth : faceache > ; toothache > ; toothache < from warmth of bed.

Wrapping up warmly: head >.

Wind and changes of weather : violent faceache < ; tooth- ache < ; pains in ovaries < ; painful sensitiveness.

After thorough wetting: pressing pain in 1. side; rheu- matic pain in 1. side.

Wet, cold weather : pain in head < ; transient pain in single teeth; gouty pains in teeth <; diarrhoea; small of back pains < ; drawing pain in arms < ; exposure to, weakness and formication in arms; tearing in forearm.

Cold : prosopalgia < ; toothache < from cold drinks and inhalation of air; water, vomits after; standing on ground, stitches in chest ; increased warmth of hands.

External heat: toothache >.

Stormy weather: rheumatic pains <.

Before a storm : ciliary neuralgia < ; pains through eye from head <; toothache; diarrhoea; dysentery; pain in deltoid muscles < ; paroxysmal chorea in 1. arm, leg and face.

After catching cold while dancing: orchitis. *^ Fever. Chilliness in morning in bed and during day if cold air blows on him.

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Chilliness alternating with heat.

Persistent ice-cold feet in evening, continuing long after lying down in bed.

Heat in evening with cold feet.

Sensation of heat, especially in hands, although they feel cold to touch.

I I Frequent increase of warmth of hands, even in cold weather.

Feverish heat in evening, with burning in face.

Profuse debilitating sweat, especially when moving about in open air.

Offensive smelling sweat in axillae.

Formication and itching of skin, with sweat.

Perspiration has an odor of spice. ^^ Attacks, Periodicity. Alternate: 1. and r. nostril stopped; burning in uterine region and pains in limbs; chilliness and heat.

Periodical : pains in eyeballs ; crampy pain under short ribs in 1, hip bone ; tearing pains in lower limbs ; in limbs.

Spring and Autumn: faceache; toothache during sharp east wind.

For several years : hardness of hearing. *^ Locality and 'Direction. Right: hot lachrymation ; shoot- • ing in eye ; otalgia ; pain in external ear ; tearing sen- sation in and about ear ; tinnitus aurium < ; violent faceache; toothache from lower jaw to teeth; sticking in testicle ; tension at inguinal ring ; voluminous cyst in ovary ; rheumatic pain in shoulder upon which he rests; tearing in forearm; pain in wrist joint ; tearing in thigh ; knee and elbow, tearing pain.

Left: pain in temporal region; bleeding of nose, side; stoppage of side of nose ; pain in hypochondrium ; swell- ing of testicles; pain in hip bone; orchitis; testicle swollen to size of hen's egg ; testicle size of three fists ; shooting through chest to back ; stitches in anterior chest ; rheumatic pain in side bek)w short ribs ; boring pain in shoulder joint; tearing in forearm; digging_ in wrist joint; itching of fingers; finger joints, tearing pains; chorea in arm, leg and face.

Within outward : pain in r. eye. *^ Sensations. Scalp as if bruised ; as of a worm in ear ; as if water were rushing into ear; as if throat were lined with mucus; as from tension under short ribs; testicle as if violently contused ; or as if it were crushed ; as of fluid pouring irrto abdomen ; as if some one were forcibly pressing with fist against stomach ; as if blood ceased to circulate in arms; as if arms were asleep; as if wrists

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were sprained ; as if feet and legs were asleep ; rheuma- tism as if in periosteum of lower extremities; as if heavy weights were hanging to feet.

Pain : in forehead and temples; in limbs; in urethra; in ovaries ; from small of back into arms ; in r. wrist joint ; of leg.

Violent pain : in eyeball, orbit and head ; in external ear.

Severe pain : in small of back ; in deltoid muscle.

Acute pain : from temple to temple ; in stomach.

Cutting : in teeth.

Darting pains : like arrows through eye from head.

Shooting : in r. eye from within outward ; in upper and lower limbs ; through 1. chest to back ; from back to pit of stomach.

Stitching: in head; from teeth into ears; in knee and ankle joints.

Tearing : in 1. temporal region ; in bones and periosteum of cranial bones; in and about r. ear; in head; in molars; in testicle and spermatic cord; in 1. hip bone; in nape of neck ; in 1. shoulder joint ; in forearms ; in upper posterior portion of r. thigh into foot ; in lower limbs.

Jerking, tearing pain : in face.

Violent, twitching pain : in r. ear.

Boring : in 1. temporal region ; in a single tooth ; in region of heart ; in 1. shoulder joint.

Digging : in 1. hip bone.

Throbbing : in 1. hip bone.

Pulsation : in anus.

Crampy pains: under short ribs.

Cramplike drawing : in forearm.

Drawing, sticking pain : in r. testicle and spermatic cord.

Sticking: in r. testicle.

Burning pain : in e3^es.

Rheumatic pain : in 1. side below short ribs ; in back and shoulder.

Rheumatic or gouty pains: in teeth.

Transient dull pain : from chest to 1. hypochondrium.

Drawing: in bones and periosteum of cranial bones; in teeth ; from rectum to genitals ; in stomach ; in region of bladder ; in arms.

Pressing pain : in 1. side under short ribs.

Pressing : in pit of stomach ; in stomach.

Pressure: in forehead and vertex; in stomach.

Soreness: of inner nose; of throat; extending into ab- domen and thighs ; between genitals and thighs ; of teeth.

Burning : in uterine region ; in face.

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Dry burning : in eyes ; in lips ; in throat.

Heat : in eyes.

Warmth : in hands.

Stiffness : of nape of neck ; of leg ; in joints.

Tension : in legs.

Constriction : in throat ; at pit of stomach.

Fulness : in pit of stomach.

Dulness: in head.

Stupefaction : in head.

Pricking: in teeth.

Scraping : in fauces.

Dryness : of throat.

Formication : in whole limb ; in back and limbs.

Biting, itching : on scalp.

Itching : of scrotum ; of middle and ring fingers of 1. hand.

■ General rheumatic pains, brought on by damp, cold

weather and < during wet. I Rheumatism of cervical and thoracic muscles; rheumatic

neuralgia of extremities ; pains < at rest and in cloudy

and stormy weather. iRheumatic pains especially in all the aponeuroses, < in

rest ; < at night ; pains do not admit of the limbs being

at rest; desire to move, and moving relieves; < before

change of weather, particularly before a thunderstorm ;

especially r. side ; pains < in night, but more toward

morning ; in hot season.

■ Arthritic nodes.

■ Orchitis and hydrocele. Dropsical swellings.

Boy, set. 14, good constitution; swelling of knee.

Woman, set. 22, delivered a short time ago, after an attack of influenza; rheumatism.

Girl, set. 26, servant; toothache.

Man, set. 28, strong, after catching cold while dancing, while recovering from an attack of gonorrhoea ; orchitis.

Man, set. 30, thin, tall, good constitution ; w^eakness and formication in arms.

Man, set. 31, strong, under treatment for condylomata; pain and swelling of wrist.

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Man, set. 33, printer, for last six months suffered from

syphilis, after being apparently cured by large doses of

mercury present attack came on ; swelling and pain in

joints. Woman, get. 34, working out by the day, suffering six

fifteen years, suffering three weeks; tearing in leg. Man, set. 37, good-humored, well built, seven days ago

caught cold, since then suffering ; rheumatism. Man, set. 38, strong and health.y, after cohabiting with

wife who was suffering with fluor albus ; orchitis and

pain in leg. Farmer, set. 40; hydrocele.

Man, £et. 41, two years ago caught cold, since then suffer- ing; dysecoia. Man, set. 48, laborer, had orchitis seventeen years ago ;

Rhus tox.

Aurum, Bryon., Calc. ost., Clematis, Conium,

Kalmia, Ledum, Lycop., Mercur., Nux vom., Phosphor. y

Pulsat., Ranunc, Rhus tox.

VOL. IX. — 4.

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