Introduced by Franz, Stapf 's Archiv, vol. 13, p. 182 ; Gundelach's provings, containing observations by Hering, Eaue and Lippe. Clinical Authorities. — Asthma, C. Hg., MSS. ; Diarrhcea, Hoopes, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 271; C. Hg., Tafel, MSS. ; Suppression of urine, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 2, p. 27. ^ Mind. Cheerful, good-humored, a pleasing sensation in his system. 1 iNot in the least anxious, in physical suffering from threatened suffocation. ^Asthma. Increased activity of brain. 1 I Forgetful ; weak memory. Irritable and chilly, in evening, also during menses. Nervous and fidgety. I I Felt very uncomfortable, did not know what to do. ^Sensorium. iiComa. Vertigo, limbs heavy. Head feels too large. Feels confused and empty in his head. I I Dizziness ; vertigo. Dizziness and heaviness in all her limbs. ' Inner Head. Frontal headache in morning. Sensation as if contents of head pressed into forehead and root of nose, when stooping. Drawing : frontal headache, especially over root of nose, at 6 A.M. Frontal headache over eyes and root of nose ; also when he exerts himself. Very fine, but violent stitches in forehead. Headache when he exerts himself; a drawing pressure on frontal bone. Frontal headache, especially over eyes; < when laughing, talking or stooping. 563 ZINGIBER. Pressing-drawing headache, as if r. eye were pressing out. Headache, at first over 1. forehead, then changing about, at 11 A.M. Slight dull pain over 1. eye, v;ith stitches now and then ; < by going into cold air, afternoon and evening; dull, heavy, with stitches now and then during day. Stinging pain over 1. eye, at 5 p.m., when it passed off she had a pressing frontal headache, eyes somewhat sensi- tive to light. Drawing-pressing pain over 1. eye, at 7 p.m. Over 1. eye a dull headache, from 9 till 10 p.m. Twitching over r. eye and in muscles of neck. Sharp aching, drawing pain over eyebrows ; followed by nausea, lasting but a few moments in a warm room ; later, more aching with heavier sensation than in morn- ing, extending all around head, more heavy on 1. ver- tex ; afterward heavier over r eye and in 1. occiput ; this diagonal direction it took after circular pain passed off; later pain over r. eye, and heavy pressing pain in 1. occiput, all in a warm room, continuing in cold, damp air, and in motion, and by sitting at rest. Dull pressing headache, more in forehead and temples, with same pain in 1. eye. ;rPressing pain and numbness in both temples, pressure on eyes, heat in face, fainting weakness. TiHeavy pressure in forehead, especially in temples ; head feels too large, with heat in face, and humming in ears. Rush of blood to head, especially in temples. A beating pain in 1. temple. Drawing pain in 1. temple and over 1. eyebrow, at 5 p.m. Dull aching-pressing pain in 1. temple till she went to sleep, 8 p.m.; pressing headache in temples in after- noon and evening. Headache internally, above temples, like a pressing-draw- ing while walking iixopen air, with head covered; > when standing still, uncovering head, and in a warm room. Slight headache in both temples ; dull and sore feeling over 1. eye at 11 p.m.; dull pressing-drawing headache, which at last settled in r. temple. After eating bread, immediately a pressing headache in temples. Headache in temples, and stiff neck. Left vertex sore, < on touching. Dull heavy pain in 1. vertex and in arms and legs, at 11 a.m. Pulsating pain in vertex, r. side ; < by rising. Dull, pressing headache on 1. side, with heat in head and much thirst, in evening. ZINGIBER. 564 Pressing-drawing frontal headache, more on L side, at noon; dull drawing with oppressive heat; afterward pain over eye; dull, pressive, heavy all over, but more on forehead, with stiff neck. When in church, pain over 1. eye, drawing extended a little to r., and then settled in r. occiput, where she felt heavy drawing pain for about two hours, with head- ache in front, with nausea, and as if she were going to faint; at same time very chilly. Beating pressure in 1. occiput. Pain encircling head; dull, heavy pain, like a board pressing through w^hole head, continuing for one and a half hours, at 11 a.m. Circle of pain extended in a line around head through cerebellum ; shifting. Dull, heavy pain encircling head above eyes, to occiput. Headache, with stiffness of neck on 1. side. Head feels as if pressed. Heavy pressure in head from without inward, when walk- ing in cold, damp air. Pressing pain with heat all over head, in morning. Headache < from moving, stooping and noise; > after dinner and in a room. Headache, with heat in head. Head feels sore 'to touch; dull headache. iHemicrania; nervous headache. Outer Head. Itching on scalp, head and cheeks. Sight and Eyes. Sudden glimmering before eyes. Eyes sensitive to light: with headache; in evening; with stinging pain in eyeballs. Weakness of sight ; dimness of cornea. Smarting burning in eyes. In 1. eye a sensation as from a grain of sand, ceases on rubbing. Sharp, drawing pain through and around eyeballs and superciliary ridges. Pressure: on eyes; in 1. eye; dull, in 1. eye, with head- ache; in and over 1. eye; beating pressure in 1. occiput, in evening. Watery eyes. Fine stitches inside eyelids. Transient sensation on margin of eyelids, like a cutting from above downward. ^Hearing and Ears. During day more sensitive to noise, increases her headache. TrHumming in ears. Drawing tearing in r. ear; tearing at 7 p.m. ^ Smell and Nose. Sneezing and ineffectual attempts to sneeze. 565 ZINGIBER. While her cough is worse, streaks of blood in watery dis- charge from nose. Discharge of pure water from r. nostril, later all symp- toms of a cold in head ; running from r. nostril seems < ; 1. nostril is becoming affected like r. ; watery dis- charge from both nostrils, especially in open air. Sense of painful dryness in nose. Dryness and obstruction in posterior nares, with discharge of thick mucus. I I Ozsena. Intolerable itching of nose, not > by scratching. Red pimples on both sides of alse nasi. Nose feels obstructed; much thirst, dryness in mouth, cannot breathe through nose ; when obstruction passed off she had more watery discharge. ^ Upper Face. TrFace red and hot. Exhausted look, blue under eyes, before menses. Two large red pimples on 1. cheek. Drawing in 1. upper jaw to temples. " Lower Face. Soreness in r. lower jaw, with a little swell- ing, in morning. Drawing pain : in 1. lower jaw; in two molar teeth ; from second molar tooth to first incisor ; in all teeth, at 5 p.m. ; at 9 P.M. ... iDrawing, stinging pain from 1. lower jaw to first incisor at 10 P.M. and in night. Dry lips and mouth in morning. Itching in beard. Large scarlet-red pimples on face, on forepart of head and on neck. ^° Teeth and Gums. Pressure and drawing in roots of teeth. All teeth of lower jaw began to be painfully sensitive with a pressing-drawing in roots. Drawing pain in 1. lower teeth, has a decayed tooth in this side, at 7 p.m., returns after being in air. _ "Taste and Tongue. Taste of food remains, especially that of bread. Slimy bad taste in morning, with diarrhcea. ^^ Inner Mouth. Breath smells foul to herself, as from dis- ordered stomach. Great dryness of roof of mouth and posterior nares, which are entirely stopped. Slimy mouth, in morning; very slimy taste on rising. Burning in mouth. Much saliva, with little vesicles on tongue and gums, which feel sore. ^^ Throat. Choan^ stopped up ; increased mucous secretion, no fever. ZINGIBER. 566 Tickling in throat, more on 1. side, irritates to cough. Soreness in throat and pit of stomach, with looseness of mucus in throat. On awaking, dryness of throat and difficult swallowing, it is as if there were an obstacle in the way ; same dry- ness in throatpit in swallowing ; there is something in way over which it has to pass, raised thick, hard mucus. Dryness of throat, feeling of swelling externally, constant desire to swallow, and pressure with slight stinging pain. ^'Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. Much thirst; mouth dry; with heat in head and headache; at night; in morning ; dry lips and mouth. No desire to smoke. Drinks water on account of rancid feeling, with cough. ^^ Eating and Drinking. After bread : headache, pressure in stomach. 1 1 Complaints from eating melons, particularly canteloupes. ^Colic. ^Diarrhoea. ^''Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Eructa- tions: of wind; incomplete eructations; in evening; with diarrhoea. Nausea : on rising ; much rumbling ; after morning stool ; with empty feeling in stomach ; with headache ; with backache ; after a short unrefreshing sleep, could not get to sleep again ; with colic after drastics. Sickness, sick feeling through whole day and night. Frequently a nauseous rising from stomach into chest. On rising, qualmishness; much wind and rumbling in bowels, preceded by a slight drawing pain in lower part of abdomen, at 7 a.m. Nausea ; vomiting of mucus in drunkards. '^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. Acidity of stomach, eructa- tions. ■ Weak digestion; stomach heavy like a stone; retarded stool. Soreness in pit of stomach and in throat. Pressure in stomach after eating bread. Pain in stomach and back. Heaviness, like a stone in stomach, cannot sleep, feels nervous and fidgety, with cramps in soles and palms, and hoarseness such as she had in cholera; drawing pain from pit of stomach under sternum, w^here it feels like flatulence. ^^ Hypochondria. Heavy pain in r. hypochondrium, toward back, < from deep breathing. Stitches in spleen and pressure in 1. eye ; slight headache, < by moving. Stitching pain in 1. hypochondrium. 567 ZINGIBER. Stinging pain in 1. hypochondrium at night. '^Abdomen. Sensation of nausea in abdomen two hours after usual stool in morning. Abdomen distended ; moving, rolling in bowels. Rumbling in 1. side of abdomen; flatus; sometimes a slight pain through bowels. A sudden drawing-stinging pain in 1. iliac region, going upward, at 3 p.m. Sore pain in a small place in r. side of abdomen. Contracting colic passes through abdomen, while stand- ing; soon followed by desire for stool. I I Colic and nausea after drastics. Colic whole night, feeling of weight and drawing, with much wind. Slight cutting pain in 1. umbilical region. Pressing-stinging pain in bowels, especially m 1. iliac region, at 6.15 p.m. Pressing pain in 1. inguinal region, with superficial sore- ness in a small spot at 2 p.m., over Poupart's ligament at 8 P.M. Pressure in 1. and r. iliac region till he sleeps, 5 p.m. ; pressing pain in 1., in evening ; sore with pressing pain at 5 P.M. Drawing pain in lower abdomen and back, had to go to