Cannabis Sativa

C. sativa, Linn. Nat. order (Cannabinese), Urticacese. Preparation, Tincture of the twigs and young leaves of the fresh European (or American) plant, collected when in flower.

Authorities. 1, Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 1, 139; 2, Franz, ibid.; 3, Gross, ibid.; 4, Fried. H n, ibid.; 5, Hempel, ibid.; 6, Hugo, ibid.; 7, Staph, ibid.; 8, Hartlaub and Trinks, ibid. ; 9, Wahle, ibid.; 10, Haller, in Vicat's Mat. Med., a general statement, ibid.; 11, Morgagni, de sed. et causis morb., Ep. 7, 10, 15, 25, cases of disease occurring in adult male hemp-dressers, but not adduced as results of this occupation, ibid.; 12, Behold, Acta nat. cur., Ill, 150, effects of effluvia of hemp before being dried, therefore not mere local irritation, ibid. ; 13, Olearius, Orient. Reischeschreib, p. 529, general statement, but Cann. indica must be meant, ibid. ;f 14, Ramazzini, De morbis artifi, cap. 26, affections of workers in hemp and linseed, therefore mere local irritation, ibid.; 15, Dr. Schroeder, proving with the tincture, N. Archiv., 3, 1, 172 ; 15a, Dr. Schreter's wife, proving with the tincture, ibid.; 16, Dr. Knorre, effects of an infusion of the fresh herb, A. H. Z., 6, 34 ; 17, Wibmer, effects of 5 to 50 drops of the tincture, Wirk. der Arzneimittel, 1, 23; 18, Lembke, Z. f. H. KL, 4, 155, proving with 10 to 70 drops of the tincture. _ Mind.— Emotional. [At times raging delirium, so that he spits into people's faces],n.f— [In part joyous, in part earnest delirium],n.|— State of mind cheerful, serenely self-contented. (Curative reaction from the opposite condition),13.— Gayety, as from intoxication (after one hour),6.— * Sadness,'.— Depressed, out of humor,15.— For several days, especially at dinner, he has a desire for wine to enliven his depressed mood,15.— After taking wine and water he grew more excited, cheerful, but only while the effect of the wine lasted ; after that the former nausea and discomfort returned,13. — Anxious mood,1. — [10.] *He became anxious and apprehensive in the pit of the stomach, with oppression of the breath and pulpit ation ; rising of something warm into the throat, with arrest of breathing ; soon something became lodged in the trachea, with flushes of heat,3.— (Extreme fear of the bed, in which, however, he afterwards lay down),2.— Frightened at the slightest noise (after one and a quarter hours),6.— Fretful, especially in the afternoon,4. — He is very much angered and frenzied by trifles,7. — Unsteadiness and oscillation of mood,5. — Despondent in the forenoon, lively in the afternoon,1.— Mind calm,15a.— Nothing pleases him ; he is indifferent to everything,2. — Intellectual. Afternoon and evening, his thoughts are confused, so that he can no longer distinguish truth from imagination, with a kind of forgetfulness. Thus, he does not know all the evening what remedy he has taken, and is not certain the following day that it was Cannabis. He writes something in an entirely wrong place, and is not conscious of it till the next day. At the same time heat and congestion to the head, but he is cold as soon as he goes into the open air,15. — [20.] Wavering and uncertainty of the mind ; the ideas became overwhelmingly vivid,3. — He is very absentminded, cannot comprehend anything properly, often does not know exactly what to write, and says one thing for another when speaking,15. — The ideas seem to stand still ; he stares in front of him ; he is absorbed in higher thoughts, but is unconscious of them, with slight sensation of pressive headache in the parietal bone,2. — He makes frequent mistakes in writing,7. — He was able to recollect different things ; the ideas remained fixed, stationary, after fixing his mind a long time upon the subject he was preparing,2. — Loss of mind, senseless, without fantasies,7.

Head p. 493

Confusion and Vertigo, Confusion of head

Confusion, obscuration of the head

Confused head ; it feels heavy, and she feels a painful pressure in the forehead and on the eyelids, so that they threaten to close

Vertigo

Attacks of vertigo

* Vertigo when standing, with dizziness

* Vertigo when walking, with tendency to fall sideways (after one hour)

Dizziness and confusion of the head

She is always dizzy, as if everything would turn around with her,15a.

Head always as if dizzy, and it seems to her as if it moved from one side to the other

General Head. Congestion to the head when writing (first hour)

Rush of blood to the head, which causes a pleasant warmth in it, though with a pressive headache in the temples

Great rush of blood to the head

* Blood often rushes to the head, causing heat and flushes

Pleasant warmth in the brain

Dulness and whirling in the head (immediately)

A painful sensation in the head and neck on moving the head

Headache

Violent headache

A very piercing headache,12. f

Violent throbbing, xvith heat of the head and fever, with which he wan obliged to lie down

Uninterrupted headache the whole day

Throbbing and pressure in the head (after ten minutes)

Jerking, as if in the blood of the head, chest, and stomach

Forehead. Slight headache in the forehead (after five minutes)

Painful constriction in the forehead

* The forehead feels compressed from the margin of the orbits as far as the temples; not relieved by stooping

Drawing pain through the forehead (seven minutes after 50 drops)

Pressure beneath the frontal eminence, extending deep through the brain to the occiput

Throbbing from within outward beneath the left frontal eminence; soon afterwards a stupefying pressure in this place

Temples. In the morning, palpable and visible throbbing of the right temporal artery

A kind of tickling cramp in the temples (after three-quarters of an hour)

Pressure in the temples

Throbbing headache, extending forward into the right temple, together with warmth about the head, red and hot cheeks ; the nausea was increased in the warmth

Vertex. Continual headache in the top of the head, as though a stone were lying upon it

Pfirietftls. *A cold sensation in a small spot on the parietal bone (afterwards also in other places on the head), as if a drop of cold water had been dropped upon it

When leaning the head against a wall, a pressure internally in the other side of the head

Violent tearing and boring in the right cranial bones l a symptom which formerly I have often noticed when not proving)

Occiput. Heaviness and heat in the occiput, last till evening

Tension, first in the occiput, then also in the forehead, lastly in the temples (after half an hour)

Drawing pain in the occiput, extending to the ears

Pressive pain in the right side of the occiput

External Head. On the hairy scalp, in the nape of the neck, and behind the ears, painful pimples that heal after several days, without making scabs, and are painfully sensitive to the touch,]J.

Crawling in scalp

Eyes p. 494

Sensation of weakness in the eyes, with weakness of vision ; both far and near objects are indistinct (after one and a half hours)

Sensation in the right eye as if a grain of sand were in it ; he must rub it

Burning in the eyes, evenings

Sensation of spasmodic drawing in the eyes (after three-quarters of an hour)

* Pressure from behind the eyes forward (after three-quarters of an hour)

Orbit. Sensation as if the eyebrows were pressed down

Lids. Pressure in the eyelids that made it difficult to open them, and sticking in the orbits

Tearing pressure in the upper lid

Hall. The cornea becomes obscured; (filmoverthe eye)

[Gray cataract],12.}

Pressing and itching in the eyeballs; scratching and burning in the throat for several days, he is compelled to hawk, and cough hackingly and dry ; later much mucus is loosened in the morning, and he ejects a good deal without exertion (curative effect)

Pujfils. Alternating dilatation and contraction of the pupils in the same light (after one hour)

Vision. A circle of white flaming rays on the right side near the field of vision, so that only a portion of objects is indistinctly seen

Mornings on waking, nothing but vertical, shining, white points that move m lines from one eye to the other; they did not cease until some time after he was up ; later, occasionally flickering before the eves ; light and dark dots float in different directions before the vision

V'~ Pain behind the right ear, as if one pushed forcibly with a blunt point

Coarse sharp stitches in the mastoid process

Smarting pain in the external cartilage of the ear, which may have been pressed upon while lying at night in bed

Sensation as though a membrane were stretched before the ears

A throbbing dragging in the ear, which extends almost to the cheeks, disappearing immediately on stooping, and again returning on becoming erect (after three hours)

Momentary pain, as if the external ear were drawn out of the head

Sticking in the ears and pain in the throat, three hours after, at ten in the morning ; then cold and heat alternating with dull headache, increased by motion or stooping, and as if everything in the head were shaken; she was obliged to hold herself perfectly straight when walking or to sit still and lean back ; supporting herself on the right side was easier; besides she often had stitches in the head, on the left side, near the skull and opposite to it; behind the right ear the stitches were so violent that she involuntarily started ; this lasted even at nicdit during sleep, so that she constantly moaned and groaned and complained, and was frequently awakened

Stitches in the external meatus while chewing

Fine stitches in the left ear from within outward

Throbbing in the ears

A sensitive jerking pain in the right tympanum, extending thence to the shoulder

Hearing. Ringing in ears.16.- -Tinnitus aurium

Roaring in the ears

A sound in the left ear, as if the string of an instrument were struck, and reverberates a long time (after four days )

Nose p. 495

Objective. Itching-swelling in the wing of the nose fatter a few hours)

Sneezing and sensation of stopped coryza, although air passed through the nose

Bleeding of the nose

Blood spurts from the nose until one faints,12. f

Dryness and dry sensation in the nose (after Ave days)

Subjective. Dryness of the nose

Dryness and heat in the nose

Feeling of warmth in the nose, as though it would bleed

Stupefying pressure, as with a dull point, on the root of the nose

Face p. 495

Pale face

Paleness of the face

(Paleness of the face),11. |

Very decided paleness and sunkenness of the face for a long time

Slight palpitations in various portions of the face, especially in the left buccinator

Cheefcs. Her left cheek is red and the right one pale, with some pain in a right tooth ; the left cheek is not hot to the touch ; in spite of the redness, she experiences no internal heat,15a.

Drawing-pressure in the left malar bone

The right upper jaw swelled on the gum with a painful bunch on it, as if from an ulcerated tooth

(It in. Stupefying compressive pain in the left side of the chin, which affects the teeth of the same side

Fine pricking in the left ramus of the lower jaw; when this ceases it is always followed by drawing

Mouth p. 495

Teeth and Gums. A hollow tooth crumbled away, and the pieces are like hard leather

Teeth dull, as if after acid

Cramplike pain in the teeth of the left lower jaw

Drawing pain in a hollow tooth, with swelling of the gums ; worse evenings

Slight drawing in a hollow tooth, especially if something acid touches it

Toothache; drawing in a hollow tooth after some vexation ; after trying to suck the air from it with his tongue it changes to violent sticking

Shooting in several teeth at the same time, with fine pricking in them

The gums around hollow broken tooth inflamed, swelled, and painful; even a slight drawing in the root

Tongue. Thickly coated tongue

General 3£outh. A bitter sour liquid rises into the mouth, with eructations

Dryness of the mouth, throat, and lips

Dryness of the mouth ; the saliva is sticky, with loss of thirst, especially in the evening, and hot hands

In the morning, burning dryness of the palate

Taste. Loss of taste

Speech. [Speech difficult],11.!

He was utterly unable to speak as usual ; at one time he missed a word, at another he lost the voice (for four hours) ; towards evening these attacks were repeated ; there was at one time a torrent of words, as if one were driving him ; at another time he faltered in his speech, so that he sometimes spoke the same word ten times in succession in the same breath ; at times his whole idea was anxiously repeated, and it angered him if he was unable to repeat it in the same words

Throat p. 496

Tasteless water rises into the throat and gets into the trachea, so that he is obliged to swallow, without nausea or retching

Hawking of mucus ; it is raised with difficulty, and irritates his throat

[Burning in the throat],11.}

Pain in the throat, as if sore, with great sensation of dryness, worse mornings in bed; after rising a small lump of mucus is discharged from the throat, which afforded much relief (second day)

Stomach p. 496

Appetite. For several days he has a great deal of appetite, evenings ; eats more than he ought to, and feels uncomfortable in consequence

Loss of appetite

Complete loss of appetite

On taking food which he relished he soon became satisfied, with transient nausea rising into the throat

His breakfast-cocoa relishes tolerably, but he can take very little, and feels neither hungry nor satisfied ; growling aud rumbling in the abdomen, in the stomach like a slight cramp; when he thinks of what he could eat he has no desire for anything, and yet he feels as if his stomach were empty

Eructations and Hiccough. Eructations

Eructations of air?.

Eructations of a bitter acrid fluid?.

- Eructation, with taste of bread, after breakfast; later empty eructation

Violent hiccough in the morning

Heartburn

Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea, causing a desire to vomit

Nausea and inclination to hawk mucus, and vomiting, lessened after drinking coffee

Nausea, discomfort, and prostration all day ; frequent empty eructations, with fulness in the abdomen, no appetite with it, but tolerable relish when he eats

Waked December 12th with nausea and inclination to vomit, as the day before, although he had eaten little the evening before and only drank water ; uncomfortable all the morning ; yawns sleepily, indolent, not inclined to anything

When waking later he still feels nausea, which is increased by thinking of food he has eaten

December 11th, in the morning he awakes with great nausea and inclination to vomit, especially when lying on the right side; lying on the left relieved it; finally the excessive inclination to vomit ceased, and allowed him to sleep again

Gagging, with inclination to vomit

A retching sensation suddenly rises up into the throat, as from acidity of the stomach

A retching in the pit of the stomach rises thence into the throat

Excessive inclination to vomit, and vomiting, with great exertion, of mucus, bitterish at first, then flat, which left the teeth dull, directly after taking; immediately afterwards hunger; he eat something with relish

Vomiting of slimy, bitter water; with scraping in the throat, followed by dulness and confusion of the head in the occiput

Vomiting, directly after coffee, of tough acid mucus (after twelve days)

[Green bilious vomiting],11. t

Stomach.

It seems in the stomach as if he had taken cold, especially in the forenoon, with movings in the abdomen and gripings, though without diarrhoea

Several attacks of most violent pain in the stomach at various times, with paleness of the face and sweat on the face ; almost pulseless, with rattling breathing, as if dying,11.!

Cutting across the upper part of the stomach, after stooping

Cramp in the stomach

Cramplike pressure in the stomach during several mornings

The stomach is extremely painful to touch, as if ulcerating ; this disappears on eating

Pinching in the pit of the stomach

Pressure in the pit of the stomach

Cutting in the pit of the stomach

* Uninterrupted dull stitches in front near the pit of the stomach, just beloiv the ribs, which varied in intensity; they were momentarily relieved by bending the trunk forward or backward, but soon returned

Abdomen p. 497

Hi/pocJiondiia. Painful hard swelling of the right hypochondriura,n.§

* Dull sticking in the left side, just below the ribs, when breathing and when not

Beating as with a hammer in the left side below the lowest ribs, extending towards the back

Umbilical. Several mornings, from eight to ten, sensation below the navel as if he had taken cold, with movings in the abdomen, though without diarrhoea

Pain on the left side near the navel, and also posteriorly near the spine, as if the parts were pinched and compressed by pincers

Griping just above the navel (after eating)

Pain in the right side near the navel likeabeatiug from within outward

General Abdomen. [Sacklike swelling of the abdomen without swelling of the legs or feet],n.||

Complete loss of tone of the intestines; even the strongest cathartics in the largest doses did not suffice to overcome it

Shaking of the intestines in the abdomen, on violent motion of the arms, as if the intestines were quite loose

Movings in the abdomen, followed by dull stitches in the left side extending to the ear

Incarcerated flatus in the upper and lower abdomen, lasting until evening, with colic pains

Noisy passage of flatus in the morning

Pain in the abdomen, cutting; did not stop after rubbing, and only diminished after drinking cold water

Slight pain always before stool, as if before the menses

Fulness of the abdomen, which compelled deep breathing

Pinching in the abdomen as if to stool (after half an hour)

Griping in the whole abdomen

Colic-like pains in the upper abdomen, followed by diarrhoea-like stool aud smarting pain in the anus

A stitch from within outward in the sides of the abdomen

Dull stitches in both sides of the abdomen in the evening, in bed, they then extend up the back and stitch in like manner between the shoulder-blades, and again extend downward along the sides of the abdomen

Transient pinching stitches in the abdomen

All the intestines pain as if bruised

[The abdomen and chest are painful externally]

Anxious throbbing in the upper abdomen like a strong pulsation

Shivering in the abdomen as from the moving of cold water in it (after eight minutes)

Sharp shocks in the sides of the abdomen just below the ribs

* Painful jerks in the abdomen, moving from one place to another, as if something living were in it, accompanied by drawing from the left hip-bone across to the right and thence into the knee; still however the pain remained in the hip, where it seemed like a tearing, pushing pain,;i.

Hypogastric a m and Iliac Regions. Griping in the lower abdomen and cutting in the loins

Tickling sensation in the parietes of the lower abdomen (after half an hour)

Sensitive shocks above the left groin

Pain and pressing outward in the abdominal ring as if the parts would suppurate

Stool and Anus p. 498

* A pressing in the rectum and sacral region as if the intestines were sinking down and would be pressed out while sitting

Sticking in the rectum, with a kind of contraction of the sphincter; often during the day, especially when walking (first day)

Constrictive pain in the anus, together with a sensation as if the thighs were drawn together, so that she was obliged to close them

Sensation in the anus as if something trickled out on to the skin which was cold

Urgency to stool after dinner; later, itching in the rectum with slight stitches in it

Woke up at 6 with desire to stool ; went twice but only passed very much noisy flatus; urgency to stool continued. After taking a cup of coffee and smoking a pipe the sensation of disagreeable urgency ceased, and a somewhat hard stool succeeded ; but nausea and inclination to vomit set in, that was only allayed by keeping quiet

Urgency to stool ; tenesmus and urinating continued, so that he could hardly walk. After coffee and a pipe of tobacco some evacuation of crumbling stool, and decrease of the symptoms, but he was soon obliged to vomit up the coffee, which was strongly mixed with mucus

Stool p. 498

The usually regular stool appears irregularly, sometimes mornings, sometimes afternoons, sometimes evenings, usually with a kind of tenesmus ; only a little is evacuated by straining, and a sensation of tenesmus remains after it. Sometimes he is suddenly urged to stool, and forcibly evacuates a pappy or rather liquid substance with relief

-Stool sometimes like diarrhoea, sometimes hard,15a.

Stool quite 'thin and yellowish ; she thought it was flatus, but passed this stool

Stool scanty, crumbling, with passage of flatus

The usual stool for the first five days ; for the next two days it, was completely suppressed

Urinary Organs p. 498

Kidneys. ^Drawing pain in the region of the kidney extending into the inguinal glands, with anxious nauseous sensation in the pit of the stomach

Pain in the region of the kidneys as if ulcerated, when touched and when not

Urethra. Orifice of the urethra somewhat inflamed, painful, and somewhat hard to the touch

Painless mucous discharge from the urethra (a beginning of gonorrhoea?)

Painless discharge of clear, transparent mucus from the urethra, without erections

Watery mucous discharge from the urethra

The orifice of the urethra was agglutinated by moisture, which could be seen by pressing it out

* Pain extending from the orifice of the urethra backward, burning-biting, posteriorly more sticking, while urinating

* The urethra feels inflamed and sore to touch along its whole length ; during erections, tensive pain

Burning while urinating, but especially just after urinating

Burning while urinating, but especially afterward; worse in the evening

* Burning along the whole urethra, though only at the commencement and end of urinating

While urinating, at first burning from the glans backward ; after urinating, a biting pain

Simple, but violent burning in the forepart of the urethra, while passing urine

* When not urinating, some burning pain in the forepart of the urethra, which compels him to urinate almost constantly, even when there is no more urine to pass

Burning in the orifice of the urethra, while urinating

Pressure as if to urinate, especially in the forepart of the urethra, when not urinating

Cutting pain in the forepart of the urethra, when urinating,'-.

Stitches along the urethra, when not urinating

Stitching in the end of the urethra, which is repeated several times, but not on urinating

Burning stitches in the posterior portion of the urethra, while urinating (after ten hours)

* Jerking stitches in the posterior portion of the urethra, when standing

Itching-tickling stitches in the forepart of the urethra

* Tearing as if in the fibres of the urethra in the form of a zigzag?.

Sticking-biting pain on urinating; biting when not urinating

Very fine sticking-pricking in the forepart of the orifice of the urethra, when not urinating

Itching in the urethra

* Urging to urinate with pressive pain

Frequent desire to urinate, with pressure and urgency, occasionally some burning ; with the urine, especially mornings, quite whey-like and turbid

Micturition The stream of urine was forked1.

Less passage of urine than usual

Enuresis; he is obliged to urinate frequently at short intervals, and passes a large quantity of watery urine (immediately)

[Difficulty in urinating ; paralysis of the bladder (the urethra had at first to be evacuated by the catheter, but afterwards this could not be done, because it became clogged by mucus and pus <],u.t

Urine. White turbid urine

Urine red and turbid

Urine full of fibres, as of mucus, with pus

Sexual Organs p. 499

JSIale. Coldness in the genitals, with warmth in the rest of the body (on the same day, and lasting three days)

* The whole penis was swollen, without marked erections

Erections while coughing, followed by pain in the urethra

Frequent erections during the day, only when sitting, not when walking

* Frequent erections, followed by stitches in the urethra

Mornings, in bed, excessive erections without desire, and a cutting-sticking in the orifice of the urethra

He had an embrace in the evening without desire, followed at night by excessive and painful erections that roused him from sleep

Pain on the right side near the penis, like piercing shocks, during rest and motion

Very indifferent to sexual intercourse during the day, but after an embrace in the evening excessive erections followed in the morning, and again frequently during the dixy, especially during the forenoon

No proper erection during an embrace in the morning, especially towards the last; scarcely perceives the ejaculation

* The whole penis is painful, as if sore or burnt, when walking (he ivas obliged to have it suspended)

Swelling of the prostate gland

Moisture about the corona glands

The skin of the glans is covered with bright red spots of the size of a pea, brighter than the glans itself

* The glans itself is dark-red, as dark as the prepuce

Swelling of the glans and penis ; a kind of insensible erection

Swelling of the frenum and the prepuce, especially where it unites with the fraenum

The whole prepuce is dark-red, hot, and inflamed

Swelling of the right side and lower portion of the prepuce

Constant burning of the whole prepuce and glans for four days ; applications of cold water caused smarting

Corrosive burning and sticking in the outer parts of the prepuce and the urethra, in the region of the corona glands

Smarting on the border and inner side of the prepuce

The margin of the prepuce is sore

| In subject S. 180, eight days before death, after paraplegia had lasted some time. itching beneath the prepuce and on the fraenum, with some redness and moisture behind the corona glands

Agreeable itching on the border of the prepuce and in the orifice of the urethra

Disagreeable itching on the right side of the prepuce near the anterior margin, more internally, but becoming agreeable during and after scratching

* A pressive sensation in the testicles when standing, a dragging in them

A worrying sensation in the left testicle ; the epididymis and spermatic cord seem to swell and divide into various small lumps like soft beans, and to fill out the somewhat drooping scrotum. This worrying pain is felt only when walking (first day, afternoon)

A tensive pain in the spermatic cord, and contraction of the scrotum, with a contractive sensation in it when standing

* It excites sexual desire in men and animals

Aversion to coition

Female. Miscarriage at the eighth month, with frightful convulsions

Needle-like stitches in the right side of the mons veneris

Leucorrhcea, as usual, before the menses,15a.

She experiences much pleasure during an embrace

An itching-sticking in the vagina, and a good deal of leucorrhcea after an embrace

Very profuse menstruation (from external applications)

[The sexual desire was excited but sterility caused],13.]

Some desire during the morning sleep, but no pleasure during an embrace

Sexual excitement without desire; afterwards very much out of sorts, with aversion to sexual intercourse

Respiratory Organs p. 500

Trachea. *In the morning, tough mucus in the lower portion of the trachea, which cannot be dislodged by coughing and hawking ; he makes great exertions, bat only loosens a little, and even this does not come into the mouth, but he is obliged to swallow it ; after hawking and coughing a scraping sensation remains in the trachea, as if it were raw and sore ; finally the mucus loosens itself, and he is obliged to hawk it up repeatedly?.

-Towards the seventh day, the previously tenacious mucus is easily loosened in the morning, and the difficulty of breathing, which she had felt up to this time (as if a load were lying upon the chest), was immediately relieved

Voice. The voice is raised, with unusual anxiety and complaint of pain in the back

[Voice changed, more like a clangor than the human voice],n.§

Voice frequently inaudible

CoiKjh. Cough

[Constant cough],u.§

Dry, very violent cough

* A hacking cough arises at times from the pit of the throat, with which a cold salty fluid is felt deep down in the throat

[Expiration causes cough],'1. ||

Hes/rir at ion. [Respiration very much impeded]

[Difficult inspiration, without expectoration],nff

[Dyspnoea]

Oppression of breathing, and pressive pain over whole chest

* Oppression of breathing, from tense repressive pains in the middle of the sternum, which was also sore to touch, together with sleepiness

Oppressed breathing ; he feels anxiety in the chest, with stitches between the shoulder-blades ; is obliged to sit down, which relieves it; increased after dinner (after ten days)

Breathing was difficult ; a weight seemed to lie upon her chest

[Difficult breathing on lying down],11.4/!

[Orthopnoea ; he was only able to breathe with the

+ From lying all day on fresh hemp, preceded by S. 45.

% See Authorities \ Local effect.

|| See note to S. 311. f Part of S. 311.

ff Subject of S. 312; being tired with carrying a burden, he had S-s. 321, 449, and came into the hospital with this dyspnoea ; died of phrenitis; see Hahnemann's note to S. 1.

%X See note to S. 163. neck stretched upward, with whistling in the trachea and with great distension of the abdomen],u.f

Chest p. 501

[Inflammation of the chest and lungs six or seven times],11.!

[Inflammation of the lungs, with delirium],u.§

[Inflammation of the lungs, with vomiting of green, bilious substances]

* The chest feels oppressed, with a sensation of apprehension in the throat; she is obliged to breathe deeply?.

Cutting across the external parietes of the chest/.

Stitches in the external parietes of the chest

Chest rough, scratchy, and dry

Early in the morning, a sensation of scraping in the chest as from salt ; she is obliged to hawk to loosen something, which she swallows, because it is not raised into the mouth

The male nipple becomes inflamed, itches, and is painful to the touch ; beside the nipple a mattery pimple, that heals without opening, with the nipple

[Pain like needle stitches in the left nipple],n.||

Front. [An elevation and a nodule on the ensiform cartilage, which for two years had remained painless, afterwards caused difficulty in breathing]

Violent pinching under the sternum in the lower portion of the chest, which does not hinder breathing; it was relieved on bending backward, and was most violent on bending forward, when it was worse on inspiration

* A digging beneath the upper part of the sternum, without oppression of the breath?.

A sensation of hammering beneath one of the cartilages of the ribs, near the sternum

Sides. A tensive confusion of the left half of the chest, with slight jerkings, palpitation, and anxiety

Drawing pain in the left lowest ribs

A pushing, as with intermitting dull stitches, a kind of pressing inward in the left side of the chest, without oppression of breathing

Pushings or beatings in both sides of the chest, which frequently return and arrest the breathing; they are most painful in the region of the heart

Burning-sticking pain in the left side near the ensiform cartilage

Throbbing against the ribs in the left side

Heart and Pulse p. 501

Prcecordiarn. Pain in the region of the heart/Vff

Heart's A action. Pulsations of the heart felt below the natural limits,11."}"!

* On moving the body and on stooping, a few violent beatings at the heart, as if it would fall out, together with a warm sensation about the heart (after forty-eight hours)

Sudden, violent palpitation

JPillse. Very small pulse,11. ff

Slow, scarcely perceptible pulse

Neck and Back p. 501

Week. Drawing in the neck, extending upward into the cervical vertebrae,2-

Drawing from the neck to the ear, more like a pinching, externally

Painful pressure in the cervical muscles above the throat

Stitches in the lowest portion of the neck, as with a knife

Hack. The pain in the back frequently arrested breathing

Dorsal. Burning beneath the right shoulder-blade

An itching fine stitch in the right side near the shoulder-blade, which disappears after scratching

[In the lower dorsal vertebrae a heavy pressure and fine sticking pain (lasting fifty days), which sometimes extended down to the loins or towards the shoulder-blades], u/j;|

Lumbar. Pain in the middle of the back, as if one were pinched with pincers, which extends towards the abdomen

Slow, intermitting, dull stitches in the left side of the back, beneath the lowest ribs

Severe pain in the small of the back, especially aggravated after the slightest exertion, and obliging him to sit down and rest

Sacral. Pressure on the coccyx, as with a dull point

Pain on the left side near the coccyx in the bone, as if some hard body pressed forcibly against this part

Extremities in General p. 502

The weariness of the limbs lasted several weeks

Immediately after eating, all the limbs are tired, with tearing pressure in the left side, beneath the short ribs ; the spot is painful to pressure

Rheumatic drawing in the periosteum of the long bones of all the limbs, on motion, as if they were bruised

Superior Extremities p. 502

Shoulder. A severe pain on pressing between the end of the clavicle and the head of the humerus, which extends into the fingers

Tearing pressure upon the top of the shoulder, intermitting

Sensation in the shoulder, as if it were bruised, on stretching out the arm

Arm. Sticking in the upper arm and bones of the little finger; this condition lasted three days, diminishing daily

JVtist. (The wrist feels dead; he is unable to move it)

Hand. Heaviness and going to sleep of the right hand ; relieved by motion, writing, for instance

Sudden lameness of the hand ; he was unable to hold the fork with the fingers while eating; the whole hand trembled on taking hold of anything ; it seemed helpless, with painful loss of power in it

Cramplike intermitting contraction of the right hand

Cramplike contraction of the metacarpal bones

A dull stitch in the hollow of the hand, over the carpal bones

Fingevs. Cramp in the joints of the thumb, while writing

Stitches in the third finger of the right hand, as if with a needle (after three hours)

Crawling in the tips of the fingers, as if they had begun to go to sleep and were numb (immediately after taking)

Later in the afternoon, sensation as when severe cold causes tingling under the nails

Inferior Extremities p. 502

Weariness in the limbs, which disappeared when walking (after 40 drops)

He feared that he should sink down, such sudden weariness attacked the lower limbs especially ; he staggered on the slightest motion of the body, though when walking he seemed to be more steady (after three hours)

[The right leg is very difficult to move; afterwards paralyzed, with greater loss of motion than of sensation],n.f

Hip. A pinching jerking-digging pain in the right hip, which almost makes one cry out

Thigh. When stooping, cramp in the buttocks; must stand erect at once; on repeated stooping, repeated cramp in the same place (after 10 drops)

Sitting causes a pain in the right buttock, as if from strong pressure, with going to sleep of the right foot

Painless cramplike sensation in the posterior portion of the right thigh, as if a muscle would begin to twitch

Continued pressure in the middle of the forepart of the thigh, when sitting

In the flesh of the upper part of the thigh, near the groin, sensitive, sharp, needle-like stitches

In the bend of the thigh, at first some jerking shocks, followed by a sensation in the region of the abdominal ring as of distension, and a sensation as if the ring itself were pressed outward

Knee. When going upstairs, the patella snaps sideways

Prickling-burning in the left knee, intermitting

When walking, a drawing-like cramp in the hollow of the knee, which extends along the inner muscles of the thigh

Tearing constrictive pressure in the left knee, in the forehead, and over all parts of the body

Let/S. A burning in the right tibia, when standing

Beside the left tibia, in the flesh, a pain from within outward, as if after a severe bruise, and then sticking in the whole left extremity

Cramp in the calves, when walking

Ankle, Sticking and sore pain in the left ankle-joint, relieved by washing with cold water

Foot. Heaviness in the feet when ascending stairs, so that he feels them as he lifts them

After eating, the feet felt very heavy

Drawing to and fro in the left foot, from the toes to the ankle/.

Painful throbbing on the back of the feet

Painless tensive stretching in the instep

Drawing and pressure in the heel, when sitting

Toes. Like a cramp in the right toe

A prickling sensation under the left great toe, as when severe cold settles, so to speak, under the nails

Drawing in the ball of the right great toe

Stinging-itching in the ball of the left great toe

A stickingpressmg pain in the little toe of the left foot, where he formerly had a corn

Generalities p. 503

Secretions generally increased

[Hysterical attacks],12. f

[Cataleptic spasms of the upper limbs and trunk from time to time, which lasted a quarter of an hour, during which he vomited a yellow fluid, which was followed by some delirium]

- Indolence and weariness in the whole body

He is indolent and weary, yawns much, and stretches as if he desired to sleep

Weariness, tottering of the knees, and a dull pain in them (after one hour)

Great weariness after a slight motion ; after going upstairs he lay upon the sofa quite exhausted and unable to move or talk freely

He is more weary in the morning, after waking from an almost unbroken sleep, than he was the evening previous, on lying down

After eating, he was weary and indolent ; everything affected him, even talking and writing

Weakness

[Loss of power of the body],n.§

He felt very uneasy directly after taking ; what he wished to write was suddenly effaced from his memory

Subjective. She felt sick in her whole body, could not endure it, must lie down on account of weariness and heaviness of the limbs

An hour after breakfast, discomfort iu the whole body, especially in the abdomen, as if inflated, with sticking-cutting pains there, chilliness all over at the same time

Superficial pinching here and there in the flesh, asaf the parts were pinched with the finger

Tearing pushes and tearing deeply penetrating stitches in many parts, especially in the limbs

Skin p. 503

Eruptions. Dry. Large pimples on the nose, surrounded by red swelling, like acne rosacea

Eruption on the red portion of the lips and in the corner of the mouth

Pimply eruption, that itches and pains, on breast and back

Itching pimples on the neck, nape of the neck, and breast,loa.

Itching pimples (urticaria?) rise on the arms and nape of the neck, that, however, soon pass away (evening)

Eruptions, Moist. Eruptions on head and chest of vesicles filled with white serum, surrounded by a red areola; vesicles burn on touch

Papulous eruption on the nates and thighs; small white vesicles, with a large, red, smooth border, which burned like fire, especially when lying upon them or touching them ; they left brownish-red spots after two days, which were very painful to touch

Eruptions, Pustular. An inflamed pimple in the right ear, very painful to the touch, with swelling of the inner ear ; matter gradually forms that discharges after four days, mixed with blood, and it heals (after four days)

A mattery pimple on the nape of the neck, painful at night (sixth day)

Sensations. A very obstinate fine sticking, as with a thousand needle-points, over the whole body, so that he is unable to endure it, at night, in bed, when he became sweaty from warm coverings; at first it began in a few places, and when he scratched them it suddenly changed, and extended to several other places ; with this he had great anxiety of the heart, and a sensation as if hot water were thrown repeatedly over him ; this was relieved on uncovering himself

Crawling itching-biting, as from salt, on the face

Itching here and there on the face

Itching on the chin and tip of the nose

Almost sore, painful itching about the navel, for several hours, which pained as if sore, and was sensitive after rubbing

Itching in the perineum

Itching on the hands and fingers, without visible eruption

Itching around the knee

Sleep and Dreams p. 504

Sleepiness. Constant frequent yawning for a quarter of an hour (after one and a half hours)

Sleepiness

Sleepiness during the day

Sleepiness the whole day

Overpowering sleepiness during the forenoon

Sleepy after dinner for a quarter of an hour; after the sleepiness passed off he began to yawn and grew sleepy again

Sleeplessness. Sleeplessness after midnight

(Loss of sleep),n.f

Uneasy sleep

Uneasy sleep at night, frequent waking; confused, and at times anxious dreams; emissions, followed by light sleep

Dreams. Dreamy in the head for several days, as if the room were turning round with her

Very vivid dreams, of a rather agreeable kind

He had confused dreams every night, which continued even after waking, and were recollected

Dreams of mishaps to others

* Disagreeable and frightful dreams ; he is disappointed in everything, and is filled with great anxiety, s.

* He awoke at night from slumber with frightful dreams, without knowing where he was

Very vivid, horrid dreams, which, however, did not make him anxious, but he always retained a kind of presence of mind

Fever p. 504

Shivering frequently creeps upward from the soles of the feet

Shivering creeps over the whole body, but also reaches the head, and seems to draw the hairs together

[Febrile chill],11. J

Chill, with thirst, without subsequent heat and without sweat, in the afternoon (after fifty-two hours)

Chilly for several hours (immediately)

Evenings, chilliness, yawning, stretching of the limbs, and indolence; goes to bed early without being exactly sleepy

Fever, shaking chill, with excessive thirst and shuddering after drinking, together with cold hands, knees, and feet; accompanied by hurriedness, trembling, distortion of the face; at one time weeping, at another joyous, at another raging mood; everything angered him so that he got into a rage about it; during the chill some warmth in the back and in the feet, which perspired, but were not warm to touch

Shivering in the right thigh, as if goose-flesh would form

Creeping shivering in the thighs (immediately)

Creeping shivers over the trunk, with a sensation of a kind of discomfort, at short intervals

The whole body is cold, but the face becomes constantly warmer and warmer

The limbs are cold to the touch, and he trembles from chilliness

Coldness and cold sensation of the hands

Heat. Warmth, with warm sensation in the face

Excessive heat and fever; she glowed in the face, but was cold at every motion, with violent pains in the throat; throat swollen inside and out, with difficulty in swallowing; very much prostrated ; she was obliged to lie down all day, and the stitches in the head continued

He is very hot during the night, and begins to perspire slightly towards morning

Violent burning of the whole skin, especially feet, hands, abdomen, also in the palms; afterwards itching, that compels him to scratch all night, also early the following day (six days)

Orgasm of blood

Sweat. Sweat on the forehead and neck, at night

Conditions p. 505

Aggravation.

(Morning), Throbbing of temporal artery; on waking, white points before eyes ; dryness of palate; in bed, pain in throat; hiccough ; pressure in stomach; from 8 to 10 oclock, sensation below navel; passage of flatus; urine whey-like, etc.; in bed, erections, etc. ; early, sensation in chest.

(Forenoon), Despondent; feeling in stomach; sleepiness.

(Afternoon), Fretful.

(Evening), Burning in eyes ; pain in hollow tooth; dryness of mouth, etc. ; excessive appetite; in bed, stitches in sides of abdomen ; burning while urinating.

(Night), Heat ; sweat on forehead, etc.

(After midnight), Sleeplessness.

(Towards morning), Perspiration.

(Contact with acids), Drawing in hollow tooth.

(When ascending stairs), Heaviness in feet.

(After breakfast), Eructations, etc.

( While chewing), Stitches in external meatus.

(At dinner), Desire for wine.

(After eating), Feet feel heavy ; weary, etc.

(After an embrace), Itching, stinging in vagina, etc.

(During erections), Tensive pain.

(Exertion), Pain in small of back.

(Inspiration), While bending forward, pinching under sternum.

(On lying down), Difficult breathing.

(Lying on right side), Nausea, etc.

(On motion), Beating at heart; drawing in periosteum of long bones.

(While sitting), Pressing in rectum, etc.; erections; pain in buttock, etc.; pressure in thigh ; drawing, etc., in heel.

(When standing), Vertigo, etc. ; stitches in urethra ; pressive sensation in testicles; pain in spermatic cord ; burning in tibia.

(Before stool), Slight pain.

(After stooping), Cutting across stomach.

( Walking), Sticking in rectum, etc.; penis painful; pain in testicle; cramp in hollow of knee; cramp in calves.

( Warmth), Nausea.

(When writing), Congestion to head; cramp in joints of thumb.

Amelioration p. 505

(Afternoon), Lively.

(Bending backward), Pinching under sternum.

(Bending trunk backward or forward), Stitches near pit of stomach.

( Coffee), Nausea.

(Drinking cold water), Pain in abdomen.

(After eating), Pain in stomach disappears.

(Lying on left side), Nausea, etc.

(Moving the part), Heaviness, etc., of hand.

(Keeping quiet), Nausea, etc.

(After scratching), Stitch in side disappears.

(Sitting down), Oppressed breathing.

( On stooping), Dragging in ear disappears ; beatings at the heart, etc. ; cramp in buttocks.

( When walking), Weariness in limbs disappears.

( Washing with cold water), Sticking, etc., in ankle-joint.

(After wine), More excited, etc.

Footnotes

† Transferred to Cann. Ind. — A.

† After an application to the head, convulsions, subsultus tendinum, death. The post-mortem showed tubercles and pus in the lungs, inflammation of the pleura and diaphragm, firm polypi in the cavities of the heart. — H. Subject of S 304. % Subject of S. 304.

† Hoe S. 284. J " The original is suffasiones oculorum, and occurs in a list of observed effects of hemp. Though assuredly this phrase may mean cataract (Celsus VII, 7, 14), yet it seems very unlikely that the author means to hazard in this manner so startling an assertion as that hemp can cause it." — Hughes.

† From the odor alone. j Merely a statement that the man was pale, but otherwise in good health.

† In subjects, S. 311, q. v. % As S. 132.

† Local effect, see S. 314. X Subject of S. 332, 333, 310, 336; heart found much enlarged, post-mortem. ^ Liver found diseased, post-mortem. || Subject of S. 322, found on post-mortem to be due to spinal incurvation ; this occurred ei^lit days before death,

† As S. 132. vol. ii. — 32

† A man convalescing from an acute fever, after irregularities in food and drink and long handling of hemp, had this with Ss. 303, 132, 137, 196, and 302. % Local effect. g As S. 312. || See note to S. 304.

† See note to S. 180. ff See note to S. 163. %% See note to S. 180.

† See note to S. 180.

† In those predisposed to them. % Paralysis and death followed this; the post-mortem showed pus in the kidneys, thickened mucous membranes in the bladder, congestion of the bloodvessels of the diaphragm, water in the convolutions, but none in the ventricles of the brain. See note to S. 180. I See note to S. 180.

† In subject of S. 311. Much serum found in the bruin, post-mortem. % See note to S. 304.