Proved with groat assiduity by Dr. Hesse, and published in the journal for Materia Medica in 1834 ; translated and added in extracts to the Allentown editions of Jahr's Manual, hence frequently used in the United States. In 3843 Noak published a much better extract, no cures followed this. In 1854 Dr. J. H. Weber in Allg. Horn. Zeitung analyzed its symptoms. In 1879 H. V. Miller published cases in Lilienthal's Quarterly ; these were translated into German and printed in the Allg. Horn. Zeiiung, July, 1879. ^ Mind. Defective recollection and weak memory. Terrifying apparitions in the twilight. Mental labor, requiring close thinking, very difficult ; the least interruption breaks the chain of thoughts. Melancholy, inclination to weep. Indifference, apathy. Indifference and pensiveness, with disinclination to speak. Anxious and fearful. Anxiousness while sitting, standing, or moving. Fretful humor, with weariness of life. ^ Sensorium. ■ > Vertigo and dizziness in the head. Vertigo: with danger of falling; when stooping and when rising ; struggling with the arms when rising ; with dizzi- ness, faintness, pressure in the forehead, succeeded by chills. B Dullness and heaviness in head. Tensive pain, also with pressure in temples and forehead. Feeling of drunkenness, dizziness, vacuity, confusion, I heavi- ness in head, especially in front, with pressure in sinciput, at- BERBERIS. 422 tended with alternating chillinefs and heat from morning till afternoon, succeeded by a nasal flux and sneezing, as if catarrh would arise, but which does not appear. ^ Inner Head. Dullness of head like from coryza. Heaviness in head, when stooping, as if the brain would fall forward, with a sensation of bubbling, as if all would pro- lapse from forehead. Pressure from within outward, particularly in forehead, but also in temples and occiput. Tensive pain, also with pressure in temples and forehead, or with dullness of whole head. Pressing, straining, bursting headache, especially in sinciput, chiefly in morning, increased by stooping, relieved in open air; with weariness and exhaustion. Tearing in forehead and orbits. Shooting, wringing, rending stitches above forehead and temples. Rending in different parts, particularly in temples and occiput, arising from neck or extending to it; from edge of orbit towards nose or upwards to forehead, or into orbits. I Tearing pain in whole head, now here, now there, in forehead and temples. Stitches in forehead. Sudden stitches from the eyes to forehead. Darting and shooting pains in head, often changing their locality. ■ A peculiar cold sensation in right temple. Heat in head after dinner, or in the afternoon, and from exertion. I A puffy sensation in whole head. I A feeling in head as if it were becoming larger. Fullness in head with sensation as if the head were enlarged. Headache aggravated by movement or stooping, relieved in open air. Headache : accompanied by hepatic, or rheumatic arthritic complaints ; or with aff"ections of the urinary organs ; or with menstrual derangements. * Outer Head. In skin of head and face a tension as if it were bloated, or covered with a cap, or benumbed, with difficulty to move it. Tension of scalp and skin, as if swollen. Itching, with burning and stitches on scalp and face, more on the occiput, especially in the evening, and changing its place after scratching. Hot temples and cold cheeks. Biting, gnawing on scalp and face. Burning, pricking along the edge of hair on head. Single pimples on scalp and face, more on occiput, forehead and temples. ^ Sight and Eyes. Shuns the light. 423 BERBERIS. Illusions ; in the twilight objects appear twice as large as natural. Dim sight, all objects looking dark, as if through a veil, run- ning together, with itching around eyes and in face, preceded by incipient catarrh, succeeded by itching on legs. Pressure in eyes. Tearing in 1. eye ; also in lids. Tearing in the forehead and orbits. Tearing near orbits with lachrymation ; eyes and nose moist. Painfulness of eyes. Sudden shooting; arising from forehead and temples, or ex- tending to them. I Violent shooting pains through eyes into brain, or from tem- ples to eyes; sometimes into arms, or from knee to eye. 6 After operation for strabismus. Biting, burning, or itching sensation in eyes. Dryness of eyes, with burning and redness of the conjunctiva. Irritation in eyes, as if from sand, heat and burning, with a cloudy appearance. Conjunctivitis, with inflamed lachrymal caruncle. Cold feeling in eye, like from a cool wind, with lachrymation when closing eyes. Coldness of eyes. Eye symptoms < out-doors, < moving eyes. Quivering of the eyelids when reading by candle-light. Sensation of sand between lids; dryness of internal canthus and sensation as of a foreign body there. Sticky feeling and white scum on dry eyelids, morning. Itching, burning and smarting in lids, or in canthi, frequently only on small spots. Red spot on left eyelid, feels like a mosquito bite, but swelling nearly closes the eye; next day other spots on face, behind the ear, and on neck; third day on chin and nose, with itching and burning; in evening covered with small vesicles, oozing watery fluid. Itching in canthi, eyebrows, and eyelids. Inflammation of lachrymal caruncles. Dryness in internal canthus. Tearing, especially in lids. ^ Hearing and Ears. Beating, and fluttering noise in ear. Stopped up feeling in ear, with pressure. Throbbing and roaring in ears. Drawing, pressure, urging with stitches in ears. Stitches in the ear. Tearing and stitching in ears, through the membrana tympani, as if a nail were thrust through, or like from the sting of an insect. I Shooting behind r. ear in attacks, < every evening. BERBERIS. 424 Outward piercing in ear, as if with a sharp pointed instrument. Tearing, alternately in ear and other parts of body. Alternating heat and coldness on external ear. Pimples in front of ear. Pimples; nodosities, size of hemp seed, on auricle, painful to touch. Tumor behind ear, size of a hazel-nut. ^ Smell and Nose, Crawling, smarting, or itching in nose Titillating irritation to sneeze. From the left nostril a few drops of clear blood. I iDrjfness of nose. ^Epistaxis. Dry nose, succeeded by a chronic catarrh with an offensive discharge. iThe nose and eyes moist, with sneezing, as if catarrh were commencing. Indication of catarrh, succeeded by violent ophthalmic com- plaints. During flowing catarrh, oppression on chest, particularly at night. Catarrh of the nose, lasting for months, with catarrh of the antra Highmori and frontal cavities, with moderate secre- tion of a yellowish or greenish mucus, more copious in morning, and having a pungent smell or taste. Chronic coryza on left side, extending to Highmorian cavity. I Purulent yellow or greenish discharge. 6 Coryza. I I Obstinate catarrh of left nostril, with secretion, first of yellow water, later purulent white, yellow or green mucus; empy- reumatic smell and taste, particularly in morning. Pricking in point of nose. ^ Face. Tearing and stitches in cheek and jaw bones. Squeezing, rending and stinging pain in facial bones, and in upper and lower jaw, as if from a blow, extending to temples. 1 Pains extending into Highmorian cavity; 1. side. ^Coryza. Dark red, painful spot on right cheek. Greenish face, with blue rings and the pink eyes. For a long time has a fatigued, worn-out expression of coun- tenance. llPale, earthy complexion, with sunken cheeks and hollow, blue encircled eyes. 6 Fistula in ano. Chilly feeling on cheek. Sensation of chilliness, succeeded by deep red spots on the cheek, attended with heat extending over face in afternoon. Heat and redness in face. Heat and burning of face with red cheeks. Dark red spot on cheek, after a chilly feeling, then spreading over whole face. Burning and itching on the cheeks. Cold shivering sweats on face. 425 BERBERIS. Sensation as if cold drops were spurted into face when going into open air. Tension of scalp and skin of face, as if swollen. Bright red, inflamed pimples on cheeks and lips, ulcerated in centres. ^ Lower Part of Face. Dingy red, bluish spot on inner side of lower lip. Lips bluish on inside. Formication in upper lip, around mouth and chin. Burning, itching, crawling and quivering in the lips. Lips dry, viscid, peeling off, with thin scabs. Dryness of lips, with scaling and formation of thin brown scurf on edges. Pea-shaped vesicles on lower lip. ^^ Teeth and Gums. Scraping, gnawing pain in the teeth. The teeth as if too long, sensitive to touch and to air. Tearing in left upper molar. Piercing pain in hollow teeth of lower jaw. Teeth as if too large. Compare Niccol. Stitches in teeth; they feel too long or dull. Pain as if gums were torn, or tooth pulled out. Dingy red edge of gums ; small white nodules on gums. 1 I Gums bleed easily. Ulcer at an upper molar or incisor. Sore gums during dentition. Suppurating ulcers above incisors and molars. " Taste, Speech, Tongue. Taste: of blood; bitter; sour. Tongue smarts when touched. I Slimy furred tongue, d Hemorrhoids. Painful white blisters on tip of tongue. ^^ Inner Mouth. Offensive metallic odor from mouth. Mouth and fauces dry and sticky, especially in morning, re- lieved after eating. The mouth and fauces dry and viscid, especially in morning, with a white tongue and frothy saliva; >- after eating. I Saliva sticky, like soapsuds. I Sticky, frothy saliva, like cotton. Ugly bluish-red spots in mouth. The under lip on the internal surface bluish-red. On the internal surface of the cheeks and lips, red, painful, deeply suppurating pimples and watery pustules of the size of a pea. I Aphthae. ^^ Palate and Throat. Increased redness of palate and tonsils ; tonsils pain when speaking or swallowing; stitching like from an awn in throat. Sensation of a plug in side of throat, with dryness, roughness and scraping ; severe pain from empty deglutition. BERBERIS. 426 Inflammation of tonsils and pharynx, with swelling and fiery redness, and a sensation as if a lump were lodged in side of throat; expectoration of a quantity of thick, yellow, jelly- like mucus ; white, sticky tongue ; viscid saliva resembling soap-suds. Empty swallowing hurts in throat. A sensation of stiffness in throat, in some cases only on one side as if there were varicose veins. Compare Pulsat. Scratching in throat, which compels hawking, especially in morning. Scratchino; and burning as if from sand in throat. Pain in 1. tonsil, as if a husk were sticking there, particularly when speaking and swallowing ; the interior of the throat red, the exterior very sensitive to touch and motion. Sensation as of a lump in throat. ^^ Appetite, Thirst, Desires, Aversions, i Great thirst, al- ternatino; with aversion to all kinds of drinks, d Jaundice. Thirst, with dryness of mouth. Great thirst, alternating with aversion to drink. Appetite either increased or decreased. I Want of appetite. 6 Hemorrhoids. Increased appetite. I Canine hunger, alternating with loathing of food. 6 Jaundice. ^® Eating and Drinking. Nausea before breakfast, gone after it. Before dinner chilliness. Heat in the head, after dinner and from exertion. After eating solids, belching for hours, and soreness, continu- ing the whole night. Worse after spirituous drinks. Mouth and fauces dry and sticky, especially in morning ; relieved after eating. ^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Hiccough. Frequent eructations, alternating with yawning. Bitter eructations. After eating solids, belching for hours, and soreness continuing the whole night. Eructation and gaping, abating the complaints and pains. lEructations without bad taste, or smell. ■ Frequent belching. ^Hemorrhoids. ■ Bilious eructations. ■ Violent heart-burn. Nausea: before breakfast; after dinner. Nausea in the morning. Vomiting of the meals. ^'' Scrobiculum and Stomach. Very slow digestion. ■ Pressure in stomach. /? Hemorrhoids. Pressure in stomach, as if it would burst, also stinging and burnino;. 427 BERBERIS. Chilliness in region of stomach, ceasing after vomiting. iViolent stinging, burning, peculiar pain in stomach, similar to heart-burn but much worse, also extending upward into the oesophagus. Pit of stomach puffed up. ^* Hypochondria, l Diseases of the liver. Pressure, also stitching in region of liver. ■ In hypochondriac region, near the border of the false ribs, about three inches from the linea alba, violent sticking pains for a quarter of an hour, increased by pressure, extending across into the region of the stomach. B Sticking, pressive pain in region of liver, increased by pres- sure, corresponding to the region of the gall-bladder, on a small spot, coming on spasmodically. Shooting, pressing in region of gall-bladder after two hours; often later, even on the forty-sixth day. 1 1 Colic from gallstones. iBilious colic, followed by jaundice. lAt a point about midway between right ant. sup. spinous process and umbilicus, a sudden, sharp, severe pain, often extending towards the groin, sometimes extending upwards to r. hypochondrium, exceedingly severe, lasting 3 to 12 seconds, coming frequently, induced by exercise, e. g. walking, and more frequent and more Hevere the greater the amount of exercise; the day before the prescription was made, he had had thirty or forty attacks, having walked and stood a great deal. ■ Violent stabbing pain in region of the liver took his breath, had to bend over. ■ Sharp, pinching pains in liver, which come suddenly and with great severity; at times caused him to hold his breath, to bend over, and to get red in the face; pink sediment in urine; feces black, or very dark, very adhesive to the com- mode; frequent urging to urinate; feces scanty, requiring an effort to expel. Drawing-tearing in 1. hypochondrium, with sensation during inspiration, as if something were torn loose. ■ Pressure in left hypochondrium, backwards, drawing down- wards. ■ Contracting, forcing sensation in 1. abdomen, upper part, worse in left hypochondrium towards navel. Tearing, drawing, stinging and jerking in left hypochondrium. ;rCramp-like contraction in splenic region. TT Violent burning, like heart-burn, in 1. hypochondrium, extend- ing upward into the oesophagus. " Abdomen, Loins and Groins. Rumbling in bowels. ■ Constant troublesome bloatedness of abdomen, with occasional forcible and noisy discharges of flatus, d Jaundice. BERBERIS. 428 Pain in colon descendens. Colic-like pains, especially about navel. I Pain in region about three inches to the side of the navel, corresponding to a place in front of the kidneys, and rather to the sides, mostly sticking, often extending to the lumbar region or to groins, liver, spleen, or stomach. Burning pain in or under the skin of the abdomen. Shooting pains in epigastrium, particularly left side, increased by inspiration, motion, or touching, attended with short breath and distension of the abdomen. Periodical pressure from inside outwards, in left side, near navel. Pain on a small spot in left side. Compression and contraction in sides of abdomen, particularly in the left one. Biliary colic, followed by jaundice. Whirling in stomach and abdomen. Visceral motions, like efforts to stool. Wandering, tearing, stinging pain in abdominal muscles. Stitching tearing or burning in skin of the abdomen, mostly about navel. Turgid veins. Old yellow spots around the navel peeling off. Pressure and tension in groins, as if a hernia would develop; especially when walking and standing. Itching, or pressure in region of inguinal glands, with pain from touch as if they would swell. In the inguinal region a pressing, squeezing tension, stinging and cutting, extending towards the thighs, or proceeding from the hips to the inguinal region and thighs. I Burning, smarting pain in right inguinal fold, with tension on motion. I In the right inguinal region near the abdominal ring, some varicose veins. ^" Rectum and Stool. Frequent ineffectual urging to stools. I Constant feeling as though she must go" to stool. I Looseness, with viscous slime. ^Hemorrhoids. Watery evacuations. ;rPainful diarrhoea with rumbling; a sensation of burning and pain in descending colon; it burns down and out at the anus ; never at night. Easy, soft, copious evacuation, like diarrhoea. 8 Several copious, thick mushy stools. iDiarrhoea; mushlike yellowish discharges, with rumbling and passing of wind; squeamishness, much thirst; heat in face, and dullness of head; afterwards in the evening, increased