Cantharis
Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. II, p. 505
Cantharis vesicatoria, Geoff. (Meloe vesication, Linn.; Lytta vesication, Fabr.), Insecta, class, Coleoptera. Common name, Spanish Fly. Preparation. Tincture (or triturations, used for some of the provings) of the imported dried beetles.
Authorities. 1, Hahnemann, Fragmenta de viribus med., p. 57; la, Hahnemann, additional, from Archiv. 13, 1, 157; 2, Bauds, Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. M. L., 1 ; 3, Beth-maun, ibid.; 4, Giacomini, Farmacologia 11, 152, experiments of students with repeated doses of from f of a grain to 4 grains ; detailed account iu Revue Crit. et. Retrospect, 5, 265; 5, Hering, H. and T., R. A. M. L. ; 6, N— g, ibid.; 7, Rucker, ibid; 8, Hartlaub, ibid. (vol. 1 and vol. 2); 9, Schroeder, ibid. (vol. 2); 10, Baccius in Schenk, Obs., 126 (from H. and T., vol. 1) ; 11, Baglivus, <li-s. de vesicant, op., p. 654 (ibid.); 12, Berus, Rettungsmettel, p. 181 (ibid.); 13, Barrichius, Act. Hafn. IV. (ibid.); 14, Brassavolus de Med., 1555 (ibid.); 15, Joach. Camerarius, in Schenk (ibid.); 16, Cardanus, de Subtilit., lib. ix (ibid.); 17, Cullen, Arzneimittell. II (ibid.); 18, De Forell, diss. sist. hyperdruresin ex perverse, Canth. usu Externo ort. (ibid.); 19, Dioscorides (ibid.); 20, Fabric v. Hilden, Cent VI (ibid.); 21, Forests, Obs. (ibid.); 22, Gmelin, All. Geschichte d. Gifte (ibid.) ; 23, Greenfield, Treatise on Canth. (ibid.); 24, Guldenklee, Cas. Med. et Observ., etc. (ibid.); 25, Hecker, Arzneim. 1 (ibid.); 26, Hour, Archiv. fur die Med. Erf., 1815 (ibid.); 27, J. L. Hoffmann, in Torsten, Hist. Canth., effects of half a drachm of tinct. on a woman (ibid.); 28, Home, Clinical Experiments, p. 405 (ibid.); 29, Jahn. Arzneim. (ibid.); 30, Lanzonus, opera, torn, iii (ibid.); 31, Large, in Schenk, lib. vii (ibid.); 32, Lindestolpe, de veneris, effects of external use (ibid.); 33, Ledelius, in Misc. Nat. Cur. Dec. I (ibid.); 34, Ludovici, in Torsten, Hist. Canth., effects of external use (ibid.) ; 35, Misc. Nat. Cur. Dec, II (ibid.) ; 36, Pallas, in Froriep Noticed (ibid.) ; 37, Parmentier, Annal. de Chim., effects of the dust from bruising the beetles (ibid.) ; 38, Paschalius and Coco, in Schenck, Obs., 125 (one symptom), (ibid.) ; 39, Stalpaart van der Will, effects of external use (ibid.) ; 40, Spielmann, Mat. Med. (ibid.) ; 41, Stockar a Neufarn, Diss, de Canth., 1781, effects of 12 "Spanish flies " (ibid.); 42, Tarrie, from Lond. Med., and Phys. Journ., 1825, effects of poisoning in a man of 40 (ibid.) ; 43, Tralles, de usu vesicant, 1795 (ibid.) ; 44, Wierus, de prasstig. dsem. III., c. 35 (ibid.) ; 45, Wendt, in Hufeland's Journ., effects of an electuary of pulv. Canth., and of 90 drops of the tincture (ibid.); 46, Werlhoff, opera (ibid.), also in Christison ; 47, Albrecht, Geschichte und Versuch, Copenhagen, 1774, effects of a drachm of pulv. Canth., taken in one dose, on a woman aged 35 (ibid.); 48, Leviani, Mem. di. Matem., etc., 1803 (ibid.) ; 49, William Batt, Mem. de la Sac. Med. de Genes, (detailed in Revue Crit. et Retrospect, 5, 256), effects of five flies; 50, Brett, from Orfila Tox., 228, effects of 1 dr. of powder ou a young man ; 51, Gaz. de Saute, 1819, effects of two doses, each of 24 grains, with an interval of a day (from Christison) ; 52, Giulio, Mem. de l'Acad. de Turn, 1802, tetanus and hydrophobic symptoms produced by Canth., detailed in Rev. Crit. et Retrospect, 5, 250 ; 53, Dr. Maxwell, Lancet Franc, 1838, effects of the powder in rum, in three cases, from Revue Crit. et Retrospect, 5, 257 ; 54, Ambrosia Pare, " Des Vener," effects of fly-blister, Rev. Crit. et Retrosp. ; 55, as last, an abbe took Canth. in sweetmeats; 56, Piquet d. 1. Houssiette, detailed in Rev. Crit. et Retrosp., 5, 249, effects of 8 grs. of powder ; 57, Recueil, Period, etc. (in Rev. Crit. et. Retrosp., 5, 256), effects of' powder in chocolate ; 58, Graaf, Hufeland's Journ., 1821 (Rev. Crit. et Retrosp., 5), effects of the tincture drank from a flask; 59, Seiner, Horn's Archiv., 27 (from Roth's Mat. Med., article Cantharides) ; 60, Champy, Diss, sur Canth., 1809, effects of the fumes (ibid.) ; 61, Montagnana, Schenk a Graffenberg, Obs. Med. de Veneris (ibid.) ; 62, Coco, Medicament., effects of carrying Canth. in the hand (ibid.); 63, Rust, Salz. Med. Zeit., 1811 (ibid.); 64, Parens, in Schenk, Obs. Med. (Hartlaub and Trinks) ; 65, omitted; 66, Weisse, Petersburger Abhandl., 5, 427, effects of a blister applied by mistake over swollen cervical ganglia, (from Roth's Mat. Med.) ; 67, Harder. Petersb. Abhand., 4, 166, effects of a blister (ibid.); 68, Roberts -on, Ed. Med. Journ., 1806, effects of a blister (ibid.); 69, Hartte, Ed. Med. Journ., 1806 (ibid.); 70, Benedictus, De Curand Morbis, 24 (ibid.) ; 71, Granger, Hist. Febris anora., Edinburgh, 1753 (ibid.); 72, Clinch, Diss., London, 1726 (ibid.); 73, Schroeder, Pharmacop. (ibid.); 74, Lafitte, Rev. Therap. du Midi., 1858 (ibid.) ; 75, Rouquaryrol, Annales de la Med. phys., 1829 (from Christison) ; 76, Dr. Ives, Am. J. of Med. Sc., 1833, a boy of 17 took one ounce of tincture (from Christison and Taylor) ; 77, Werlhof, Mem. della Sac. Med. di Genoa (Christison) ; 78, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1841, a woman took 1 oz. of tinct. (ibid.) ; 79 (same as 77) ; 80, Report of inquest, girl anointed whole body with ung. Canth. for scabies (Christison) ; 81, Fisher, Med. Gaz., 39, p. 855, a man took 60 grs. of powdered Canth. (Taylor on Poisons); 82, Ed. M. and S. Journ. ,^1844, some plaster containing two drachms of powdered Canth. was taken by a lunatic (ibid.) ; 83, Journ. de Chim. Med., 1847, six students took powdered Canth., by mistake, instead of pepper, with their food, for six months (ibid.) ; 84, Schlegel, Material, 1819, effects of a teaspoonful of tinct. on a child nine years old (Frank's Mag., 3, 465); 85, Duprest Rouv, Diss, sur Satyriasis, 1570, two men took each two drs. of pulv. Canth. for ague (Wibmer) ; 86, Oest. Zeit., 3, 629 (Gaz. Med. di Milan), a priest of 80 year-s and a sexton of 60 years, took a mixture of half an ounce of tinct. Canth. in six ounces of alcohol ; 87, Podrecca, Omod. Ann., 1843 (Schmidt's Jahrbucher, 42, 290), a dancing-master aged 32 was given twenty grs. of pulv. Canth. ; 88, La Fitte, Rev. Ther. chemical, 1853 (Schmidt's Jahrb., 78, p. 167), a man aged 25 took one gramme of pulv. Canth. in two doses ;f 89, Raffe, Schm. Jahrb., 91, p. 297, two flies in brandy for loss of sexual desire ; 90, Palle, Journ. de Brux., 1870 (Schm. Jahrb., 148, p. 276), poisoning of ten soldiers by a solution of Canth. in coffee; 91, Morel, A. H. Z., 33, effect of blisters; 92, Zeit. f. v. Oest., 1857, 1, 561, effect of eight " flies " taken internally ; 93, Lond. Med. ( raz. , 1847 (from A. H. Z., 73,189), a man took two teaspoonfuls of pulv. Canth. ; 94, La Lancet, 1843 (from Oest. Zeit.), 3, 629, effects on a man of a gramme of pulv. Canth. mixed with food ; 95, Radecki, Inaug. dis. on Canth., Dorpat, 1866, effects on a man suffering from chronic rheumatism, of Canth. ointment rubbed into a blister; 96, Cattell, fragments from various sources, B. J. of Horn., 11, 159; 97, Med. Times and Gaz., 1864 (in B. J. of H., 23, 131, a girl of 13 ate a Spanish fly in a jam tart); 98, Dr. H. G. Unwell, Horn. Exam., 3, 145, effects on a boy of 12 of a Spanish fly in an apple; 99, Am. J. of Med. Sc., 1, 368, a lad swallowed one ounce of the tincture; 100, Line, Phil. Med. and Surg. Rep., 1872, ■ a woman took more than 50 grains ; 101, Chalvigirac, de lem poison, par la tint. de Canth., effects of about 100 grammes (from Tardieu, L. empoisonnement, 2d ed., 1875); 102, Same author and source as the last (the six victims of 101 recovered), this one died (ibid.); 103, Schein, Rev. des. Sc. Med. de Haem, 1874, an hysterical woman took 15 drops of Canth. collodion (ibid.); 104, Dominion Narco,' Antolog. Med., 1836
-j- This is probably the same case as No. 74, but differently reported. (from Am. J. of M. S., 1837), proving with two grs. of Cantharidin taken in two doses, and after a fortnight two grains in four doses ; 105, Gaz. dea Tribunanx (from Am. J. of M., 3, 1847), man poisoned by Canth. in soup; 106, Dr. Baehr, Zeit. f. H. Kl., 4, 125, provings, effects of repeated doses of the 6th, 3d, 2d, and 1st dils. ; 107, ibid., proving with the tinct. ; 108, ibid., with the 1st and 2d trits. ; 109, ibid., with one grain of pulv. Canth. ; 110, Dr. M. Macfarlan, Am. J. H. M. M., 4 and 5, effects of the 400th, Fincke, given in water three times a day for two weeks; 111, W. M. Williamson, Proc. Horn. Med. Sac. Penn., 1873, effects when used to relieve chilblains; 112, Thos. Souttell, Pharm. Journ., 2, 655, effects of fumes inhaled while preparing ung. Canth.
Mind p. 508
Emotional. Apparently intoxicated (first day)
Appears intoxicated and crazy
Excited mood
General excitement; they rose from bed and ran about the room, racked by vomiting and copious stools
Frenzy
Raging frenzy
Violent frenzy of three days continuance (during convalescence^, (one case)
Delirium (after two days)
Delirium in evening
Delirious at night (second day)
Delirium and convulsions
Furious delirium?6.
* Constant, complete, furious, almost frenzied delirium
He talked deliriously when lying, sitting, and walking, disconnectedly of his business and of people who had long since been dead,la.
Senseless talking
Visions at night, when half awake ; she heard soft steps in the room, then knocking under the bed, and the bed was raised up (midnight)
Visions at midnight, while awake, lying with the right hand on the left shoulder ; something took hold of her hand, and bent it several times up and down, then it seemed as if some one took her by the throat with ice-cold hands (fourteenth night)
Everything affects him more profoundly than usual, so that he is obliged to cry very much (second day)
Screaming, with legs drawn upon thighs
Piercing screams and frequent loss of consciousness
Incessant groaning (second day)
Very active, happy ; she feels as if newly born ; the room and all the objects appear clearer to her and more pleasant (sixth day)
Great depression, incessant moaning (third day)
Extreme despondency and faintheartedness ; she says she must die
Melancholy and anxious after dinner, soon disappearing
Distrust of himself, like a hypochondriac (in the afternoon)
Anxiety
Anxiety, which increases from moment to moment
Anxiety in the morning, as if he expected something very important (after twenty hours),la.
Great anxiety
Great anxiety
Extreme anxiety
Increasing anxiety, with trembling over the whole body ; the trembling continues while walking in the open air (after two hours)
Internal anxiety,la.
She is anxious, without knowing why (after a quarter of an hour)
He is as anxious as if he had committed a murder ; it seems to arise from the stomach (after half an hour)
Easily irritated by offenses
Ill-humor,la.
Fretful only in the morning, when rising,la.
Discontented, talkative (after three hours)
Discontented, morose, peevish (after two hours)
Discontented, absorbed in thought (after two hours)
Very peevish, irritable during the pains, in the evening
Very peevish, brawling ; nobody does anything to suit her (second day)
Extremely passionate and angry
Churlish mood (second day)
Morose disposition
Very morose, anxious, lachrymose (third day, forenoon)
Very morose, lazy, sleepy, melancholy, peevish
* An insolent and contradictory mood, in the afternoon
Alarmed and agitated (after three weeks)
Fright and dreams of falling (ninth and tenth nights)
Instability
Intellectual. In the morning, great depression of the mental powers (second day)
Mental confusion
In the morning, some hours after rising, very distracted in mind, and many ideas of various kinds run through his mind, which he cannot keep away,la.
When he wishes to think of anything, he immediately loses his thoughts ; his gaze remains fixed in silence on one object (which, however, he scarcely notices), and he has trouble in recollecting himself in order to express a few words coherently (second day)
Dulness of perception, followed by stupidity and a loss of the reflecting faculty
Very forgetful
Loss of consciousness (second day)
Completely unconscious (fourth day)
Coma (after fourteen days)
After a sudden attack of severe pain in head, pain in right side, chilliness, trembling, and universal spasms, he again sunk into a comatose state ; then, until death, alternately lethargic, comatose, rational, or convulsed
Head p. 509
Confusion and Vertigo. Confused head (second day)
Confusion of the head, and especially a sort of heaviness in the vertex (after half an hour)
* In the morning, confusion of the head, with pulsation in the forehead, for several hours
Head very much confused and dull
Confusion of the forehead, as well as a slight pressing and drawing in it (after twelve hours)
Vertigo 5i 104.
Vertigo and staggering
Vertigo and fainting
On walking in the open air, vertigo, with very transient attack of unconsciousness, during which there seemed to be a fog before his eyes, returning several times in half an hour (first day)
Dizzy and weak in the head,la.
Giddiness (after half an hour)
Tottering about, as if dizzy (tenth, eleventh, and twelfth days)
General Head. Brain congested
Heaviness of the head
Head heavy, with dull pressing, worse on motion
Head and hair feel stiff to him (after three weeks)
Pain in the head, trembling, and universal spasms, followed by coma (seventh day),76-
Dull pain in the head
His head is heavy and confused
Headache
Headache
Headache, the whole day
Headache, disappearing after breakfast (one hour)
Headache, sometimes with delirium
Headache and shivering (after fourteen days)
Headache, boring, drawing, tearing, throbbing, and pressing, all together
Headache, with heat in the forehead, which is also perceptible externally (after three-quarters of an hour)
Headache, with dizziness (after three weeks)
Headache, dragging and tearing only on motion ; on stooping and turning the head, immediately, a sensation starting from the neck and pressing the head forward, with a feeling as if everything would press out at the forehead, la.
Headache, very severe, like a pressure in the vertex, alternating with sensitive throbbing, aggravated by every motion, at 8 p.m. (third day)
Increased headache, with, at intervals, slight delirium
Violent headache (eleventh day, forenoon)
Pressing-sticking headache in the forenoon and evening, which disappears on walking
Head oppressed
Sticking-pressing and pain as if sore in the whole head, with sensation as if the pains would extend through the eyes
Cutting stitches in the head, which wake him from sleep
Violent pain, as if sore, internally in the head
Forehead. Heaviness and dulness in the forehead, deep in the brain, with a sensation as if her head were being pressed forward (after two hours)
Headache, like a heaviness, in the forehead (fourth morning)
Dull pain in forehead (second day)
Headache in the forehead, extending to both temples
Slight aching in the forehead, like a tearing (after one hour)
Slight headache in the frontal and suborbital regions
He was wakened at night by headache, a pressing-out in the forehead, which disappeared on sitting up in bed,la.
Stitching in the right frontal region (after two hours and a half)
Tearing in the forehead
[HO.] Tearing in the forehead and in the nape of the neck
Tearing, first in the forehead, next in the region of the right ear, then in the lower jaw, and finally on the ear again, where it disappeared (seventeenth day)
A stitch in the left frontal eminence, on standing
Pressive headache in the region above the nose
Temple. Compression of both temples towards each other
A pain in the right temple, as if it would be forced out, whence the sensation passes down toward the teeth,'J.
Gnawing in the periosteum of the right temporal bone (after one hour)
Stitching in the left temple (after two hours aud a half)
Fine stitching in the right temple, which becomes a painful throbbing, disappearing on rubbing
Several small stitches in the right temple, in the afternoon
Tearing in both temples (second day)
Tearing in the right temple (after a meal)
A tearing in the right temple (after four hours)
A couple of tearings in the right temple (after three hours)
Throbbing externally in the right temple, aud a painful drawing in the bone at the same place (after two hours and a quarter)
Vertex. Pressing on the vertex and in the temples, with stitching in the temples, especially the right
Painful tearings on the vertex, with sensation as if a lock of hair were being drawn upward (fourth forenoon)
Parietals. Drawing pain in the left side of the head and in the forehead
Stitching in the left side of the head (second morning")
Stitching in the right side of the head, in the afternoon
Tearing and stitching in the right side of the head
Dull headache in the left half of the head
Stitching in the left parietal bone, and at the same time tearing in the same jaw, while speaking (one hour after dinner)
Stitching in the upper part of the right parietal bone (after seven hours and a half)
Very violent, painful stitching in the left parietal bone, then boring in the left ear (after seven hours)
Very acute stitches in the right side of the head, with throbbing, in the evening, when sitting and when standing
Tearing in the right parietal bone, disappearing of its owm accord (after two hours)
Painful throbbing in the right side of the head, deep internally (after two hours and a half)
Occiput. Painful twitching in the right occipital bone, externally (after two hours and a half)
In the evening, on lying down, a sticking-pressing pain in the occiput
Stitching in the left occiput, after dinner
In the upper part of the occiput, intolerable stitching aud tearing from both sides inward (after three hours and a half)
Stitches deep into the brain on the right occipital bone, more in the upper part, iu the afternoon
Many dull violent stitches in succession in the occiput, so that the pain extended into the forehead, deep internally, in the afternoon
Tearing from the left side of the occiput into the forehead on the left side, with vertigo, which lasted longer than the pain (after half an hour)
External Head. The hair falls out very much on combing
On the right occipital bone, several fine stitches in the skin (after two hours and three-quarters), then several tearings as if in the. left parietal bone
Eyes p. 510
Objective. Inflammation of the eyes
Inflammation of the eyes, so severe that he was blind for several days (after several hours)
Protruding eyes
The eyes protrude
Sunken eyes
Eyes sunken, surrounded by blue rings (second day)
Lustreless eyes
Redness of eyes (soon after)
Eyes red
Eyes red and suffused with tears (after one hour)
Subjective. His eyes give out, and pain on writing as usual
The eyes pain on exertion
The eyes pain, as after excessive weeping
Glowing heat of the eyes, as from coals
Burning of the eyes
The eyes burn
Pressing in the eyes
Pressing in the eyes, so that the lids close, in the afternoon
Biting sensation in the eyes, as if salt were in them
Cutting in the eye, while writing
Sticking and itching in the left eye
Teaming in the right eye (alter one hour)
Smarting in the right eye, in the afternoon
Smarting in the eyes, as if salt were in them
Itching in the right eye, in the afternoon
Orbit. Pain in the left orbital arch, as if it was pressed violently with a blunt instrument
Lids. The lids more closed than usual ; the eyes look small
Quivering and stitching on the right lower lid
Twitching in the left lower lid (after two hours)
Twitching in the right upper lid, in the afternoon at 2 oclock
Lachrymal Apparatus. Lachrymation
Lachrymation (soon after)
Lachrymation and tension in the upper lids (from the vapor)
Lachrymation in the open air; was obliged to close the eyes ; if he opened them the margins of the lids pained as if sore, like raw flesh,la.
Conjunctiva. Conjunctiva slightly suffused (after three weeks)
Sudden cure of a chronic conjunctivitis (second day)
Halt. Painful drawing in the right eyeball, before dinner/
Pupil. Dilated pupils
Dilated pupils, with dim vision
Remarkably contracted pupils (after three hours)
Vision. Dimness of vision ; was obliged to make great exertion in order to see clearly either near or distant objects
(Dimness of vision on writing; he could not see the places at which he looked ; followed by headache), la.
Cannot distinguish an object till he nearly closes the lids and shakes the head two or three times (after three weeks)
Everything at which she looks is yellow (for an hour in the morning), (second day)
Eyes weak and watery, to which he is subject ; but now the letters on the paper are green and yellow (after three weeks)
Ears p. 511
A hot vapor frequently issues from either ear, alternately
Pressing behind the right ear
Sticking in the ears (after one hour)
Stitching in the left ear (after seven hours)
Tearing deep in the right ear, and at the same time tickling in the left ear
Tearing externally in the right meatus auditorium, then the left shoulder
Tearing and stitching in the right mastoid process, so that she believed that it must tear the bone out; she had to cry out (in the evening for one hour)
Single tearing in the right mastoid process, very painful and frequently repeated
Painful tearing in the right mastoid process below the ear, as if with a knife, not disappearing on rubbing; at the same time headache in the forehead, like a heaviness; frequently, even at night (after half an hour)
Violent, painful, sudden tearing in the right mastoid process, extending into the lobule of the ear, and at the same time stitching in the ear, frequently disappearing on rubbing (after three-quarters of an hour)
JEieari/hff. Incessant drumming in the ears (after three weeks)
Ringing and humming before both ears
Roaring in the ears, after supper
Nose p. 511
Objective. Inflammation of the tip of the nose
Inflammation on the edge of the right wing of the nose, especially toward the end, appearing at irregular intervals red and shining, with a little swelling and some pain (after several hours); disappeared only on the second day
Inflamed, spotted nose, with pain, as if sore; several crusts form, which fall off after three days
Red, swollen nose, with sensation as if it would fester, especially internally; on touch and on talking the pain is increased
The nose red and hot, with a festering pustule
Nose swollen ; red and sore in the interior (after three weeks)
He has a violent catarrh, which makes itself apparent by the secretion of much tenacious mucus from the nose, without sneezing, by hoarseness and hawking of tough mucus from the chest, and (which was never the case in catarrh with him) by nightly dry, cutting-stitching along the trachea externally (second day)
Sneezing (after three hours)
Sneezing, followed by sticking in the left wing of the nose
Violent sneezing (second morning)
Bleeding of the nose
Bleeding of the nose (ninth day, a.m.)
The nasal mucus is mixed with blood
The mucus from the nose in an old catarrh becomes bloody
Pain and tension in the nose and throbbing, with sensation as if it were swollen ; it is also painful to the touch (fourth and fifth days)
Pain at 3 a.m. above on the top of the nose, so that he thought he had pressed it, followed by tension and erysipelatous inflammation and swelling from the back of the nose down both sides into the cheeks, especially on the right, like great redness of the cheeks, becoming white under the pressure of the finger, then rapidly again red ; hard to the touch. It continued to increase on the following days and decreased on the third day, followed by slight desquamation (thirtieth day). After several weeks, without marked cause, a similar inflammation, especially on the right upper lip, the sides and tip of nose
Transient, stitchlike pain above the root of the nose
Several stitches in the left wing of the nose, from within outward
Drawing and tickling, with ineffectual irritation to sneeze, in the right nostril (after three and a half hours)
Stitches in the nostrils
Nostrils sore
Itching of the nostrils, uvula, and throat
Smell. Constant stench before the nose, that passes down his throat (after three weeks)
Face p. 512
Objective. Animated expression
Expression of extreme suffering?.
* Very suffering, pale look (fourth, fifth, sixth, etc., days)
Sickly look, sunken, pale face
Sickly look, with dim eyes, surrounded by dark rings (second day)
* Deathlike look, during and after the pains (second day, afternoon)
Countenance anxious
Very anxious countenance
Hippocratic countenance
On stooping he immediately becomes very red in the face, the blood shoots forcibly into the head ; even when sitting the head becomes very hot, not when walking
Red spots in the face, which glow like fire (after three hours)
Flushed face (soon after)
Flushed face (after one hour)
Face flushed, anxious expression
Flushed, anxious countenance (second day)
Glowing of the whole face
The right side of the face glows, while the left is a waxy yellow
Face cyanotic
Cyanotic color of the face
Yellow color of the face and eyes (tenth day)
Earthy color of the face
Pale looks (after one and a half hours)
Paleness of the face
Faces pale, sunken, expressive of terror
Face pale, sunken, haggard, expressive of anxiety
Face pale as plaster, and covered with sweat
During the chill very pale
Pale face, with red flushes (second day)
Pale in the face, with internal sensation of coldness
Deathlike pallor
Face disfigured
Swollen face
* Face very much swollen and puffy (after three months)
Face, neck, and abdomen swell
Right half of face quite swollen (after three weeks)
The right side of the face swollen, with tension without redness or heat (eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh days)
Sunken, hippocratic face
Subjective. Spasmodic stitches, drawing downward, from the eyebrows to the chin, with a hot sensation in the palate, as if he had eaten something burning (first day)
Pain, as if sore, in the facial bones, which extends into the ear, more on the right side
Cheek. The right cheek is swollen and inflamed, with drawing toothache in the upper jaw
Lips. Lips much swollen (second day ),9-.
Desquamation of the lips, with moderate thirst (nineteenth day)
Dry lips, without thirst (after eight days)
Dryness of the lips and thirst during and after the pains
A cutting pain *in the middle of the margin of the lower lip, which passes toward the right ear and ceases behind it (after four hours)
Ch ill. Twitching in the middle of the left lower jaw while speaking (after two and a half hours)
Stitching in the external chin, somewhat on the right side, in the afternoon
Gnawing in the middle of the right lower jaw (after two hours)
Painful gnawing in the centre of the lower jaw, spreading to the teeth (after three-quarters of an hour)
Tearing in the right lower jaw (second morning), on walking
Tearing in the left lower jaw, extending backward, in the afternoon
Violent tearing in the centre of the right lower jaw, and in a tooth there
Pain as if sore on the inner margin of the lower jaw, where there is also an eruption of tetter, which itches somewhat; on speaking and touch, the bone aches still more
Mouth p. 513
Teeth. Drawing, followed by sticking, in the teeth, especially in the evening, after lying down, so that it is an hour before she falls asleep
In the upper teeth a drawing pain, worse on eating, in the afternoon
Tearing in the right lower molars (ninth day)
-A few tearings in a carious molar, on the lower right side
A root of a tooth on the right lower side rises up and can easily be drawn out, without the tearing ceasing (ninth day)
Gums. Gums red and swollen
Gums red and swollen (one case), (third day)
On the gum above the left upper incisor there appears a red, somewhat painful spot, which constantly grows more painful, and finally becomes a small, round, elevated, inflamed spot, of a yellow-reddish appearance, which is sore and also painful to more severe pressure externally ; the whole upper lip is swollen
On the gum there appears, after six hours, a small blister, with red points ; after fifteen hours the blister disappears, and leaves only a red spot; at the same time the upper lip is remarkably swollen, but little painful
After several weeks a dental fistula, lasting many weeks; a red spot above the carious root of an upper incisor, somewhat painful, of the size of a pin's head, with a small opening in the centre, from which, if it is pressed, pus discharges
Gums and mucous membrane of cheeks swollen (second day)
Pains in the gums
A quivering in the gum of the left upper eye tooth
Painful drawing in the right gum extending outward on the right upper incisor, with sensation as if something were drawing across the lip (after four hours)
A sudden painful tearing in the gum and left lower incisor (after three hours)
Tongue. Tongue red at the edges, with a thick yellow coating on its anterior two-thirds.102.
Tongue bluish-red, covered with white blisters containing bile-like fluid (second day)
Tongue rather pale and dry
Tongue coated white
Tongue coated white during the attack
The tongue white, taste bitter, with nausea and aversion to everything
* Tongue highly furred, red at the edges (third day)
Tongue much coated, with red edges (one case), (third day)
Tongue swollen and thickly coated,81 93 etc.
* Sublingual gland szvollen and red
Tongue, throat, and gum were festering
* Tongue and back of mouth in part excoriated, in part covered with blisters
A large blister along centre of tongue reaching far back, painful (second day)
Trembling of tongue
Dry, pale tongue (second day)
Tongue dry and coated with mucus, in the morning
Long-lasting burning on the tongue and palate
Throat p. 513
33 (after quarter of an hour")
Stitch on the tip of the tongue, as if she had bitten it (first day)
Tickling on the tip of the tongue
Gene nil Mouth. Inflammation and considerable swelling of the buccal raucous membrane, with very profuse salivation (after a few hours)
Inside of mouth inflamed and ulcerated (third day)
The lips, tongue, palate, and pharynx, as far as could be seen, inflamed and full of blisters
* Mucous membrane of the mouth red and covered with small blisters (after two hours l, Bz.
Mucous membrane of lips and mouth peels off in large flakes (after one hour)
Mouth excoriated
Back of mouth swollen and red, as if from erysipelas ; the tissues crossed by enlarged veins (second day )
A swelling, large as a hazel-nut, of a purple color, on the inside of the mouth near the last lower molar, painless (ninth day) ; on the third day it breaks, and clotted blood is discharged, without pain
Aphtha? in the mouth
Blisters in the mouth and pharynx
* Lining of mouth and throat covered with white blisters from the size of a pin's head to that of a bean,8i.
Toward morning a piece of clotted blood comes into the mouth (fourteenth day),6
Early in the morning, in bed, a clot of blood comes into her mouth (eleventh day)
From the mouth, breath like cedar pitch
Very nauseous odor from the mouth, many days
Dryness in the mouth (second evening)
Dryness in the mouth, with violent thirst
Remarkable dryness in the mouth and nose (first hour)
Mouth slimy, bitter (fourth day, a.m.)
Mouth slimy, tongue white (fourth day, a.m.)
At night, on waking, slimy mouth
Painful heat of the mouth (soon after)
Burning heat in mouth and oesophagus (after one hour)
* Burning pain in the mouth, throat, and stomach
Burning of whole mouth and throat, which are hot, obliging him to drink often without quenching the thirst (second day)
Burning in the mouth, pharynx, and stomach 29, etc.
■ Burning of the lips, tongue, and palate (immediately )
Exceedingly violent burning in the mouth, pharynx, and oesophagus
Mouth and tongue seem deprived of their mucous membrane
On the right side of the mouth sensation as if the membrane were being raised with a needle (after one hour and a half)
Biting pain in the palate (especially after eating), (after six hours)
Saliva. Flow of saliva
Profuse flow of saliva, so that the patient constantly had to lie on his side
Much secretion of saliva
Much saliva accumulates in the mouth
A disgusting sweet saliva accumulates in large quantities and constantly fills the mouth, on account of which he must spit incessantly for a quarter of an hour (after half an hour)
Much expectoration of saliva
Salivation 9r>.
Salivation, without coppery taste (third day)
Salivation and mucus from mouth
Salivation ; constant spitting of mingled mucus and saliva, of a dark color (second day)
Much salivation
Salivation profuse
Profuse salivation ; margin of tongue and gums covered with aphthse ; teeth loosened (increasing for two days, lasting seven days), (after five hours)
Copious salivation, gums red (third day)
Flow of water into the mouth (eighth day, a.m.)
Mouth constantly full of tasteless water (after a quarter of an hour)
Frequent accumulation and spitting of tasteless water (after one hour and a half)
Mucus and blood from mouth and nose
Taste. Insipid taste, as of sweet cheese (immediately after 6 drops l
( Bitter taste)
Bitter taste in the mouth (ninth day)
Sour taste
Taste nauseous, bitter (second day)
Nauseous taste and much saliva (after three hours)
Foul taste in the mouth, on rising
Filthy, disgusting taste in the mouth, several afternoons in succession
Taste as of cedar pitch
Bloody taste in the mouth (tenth day)
Loss of taste during the attack
The food seems unsalted to her
Throat p. 515
* Throat inflamed, and covered with plastic lymph (one case), (third day)
He draws much tough mucus into the mouth through the posterior nares (in the first hour)
The throat dry, without thirst, in the afternoon
Roughness and hoarseness in the throat (third forenoon)
Burning heat in the throat soon after
* Burning sensation in throat (after half an hour)
Sense of burning in throat and stomach (soon after)
Burning sensation in the throat, especially at the entrance of the oesophagus, extending to the epigastrium (second day)
Burning sensation in throat and pit of stomach, increased by pressure
Sense of constant burning in throat, most intense at top of oesophagus, and descending down towards stomach (third day)
* Throat feels on fire (third day i
* Throat swollen (third day)
* Constriction and intense pain at the back of the throat
Burning soreness of the throat, which is inflamed (after three weeks)
Intolerable scraping in the throat, with necessity for hawking up mucus after meals
Uvula. Uvula relaxed
Tonsils. The tonsils are somewhat inflamed
Tonsils swollen
Fauces, Pharynx, and (Esophagus. Erysipelatous blush of inflammation and turgid veins run across fauces (third day)
The fauces red, painful, with a pressing sensation, which on swallowing changes to a sticking
Fauces abraded and blistered
* Aphthous ideerat back part of fauces, size of a sixpence, covered with a whitish adherent crust; a similar one on side of right tonsil (third day)
Dryness in the pharynx, with occasional sticking
With hunger, a sort of pain in the pharynx (the fourth day)
Burning in pharynx and mouth (first day)
Burning in the pharynx on swallowing
Burning and constriction in the pharynx
Oesophagus felt as if on fire (second day)
Constrictive pain in the pharynx (after seven hours), (sexton)
Contractive sensation in the pharynx
Burning-scraping sensation in the pharynx, and sweetish, disgusting taste on the tongue and in the whole mouth as far as the pharynx
A large cylindrical mass, apparently the inner membrane of the gullet, was discharged by vomiting (second day)
Burning sensation along oesophagus, intolerable while drinking
Burning mud constriction of the (esophagus
Swallowing/. * Dysphagia (second dny
Difficulty of swallowing, for several months
* Swallowing very difficult (third day)
Difficult, or rather impossible, deglutition
Painful and difficult deglutition
Stomach p. 515
Increased appetite (some provers)
More appetite than usual
Appetite not diminished during the whole action of the medicine
Hunger immediately after relief of the pains (seventeenth day)
Awakened at night by sensation of hunger (which had never happened before), (second night)
Without feeling hungry, he would eat now this, now that (first day)
Diminished appetite
Loss of appetite
Loss of appetite (after three weeks)
Loss of appetite, evening and morning; he relished nothing
Loss of appetite for food, la.
Appetite lost; weakness; she becomes bedridden (eighth day)
The appetite, which had been somewhat excited, disappeared after coffee
No appetite (second day)
No appetite for supper (third day)
No desire for food
Disgust for food (second day)
Disgust for everything ; she cannot bear to see or hear about food ; in the evening during the paroxysm
Disgust and ill-humor
Disgust, with frequent gathering of water in the mouth
Constant disgust and nausea
Aversion to tobacco,la.
Thirst. Thirst (first day)
Thirst (fifteenth day, a.m.)
Thirst when not in pain (ninth and tenth days)
Thirst during dinner (unusual)
Thirst after the shaking chill, 8 p.m.,6.
Thirst after the chill. After the chill neither heat nor sweat (second day, 5 p.m.)
Thirst is very trifling, and appears to come only from dryness of the lips ; drink easily dispensed with
Some thirst during the coldness (ninth day)
Increased thirst (after six hours)
Increased thirst, with much drinking; the urinary secretion does not compare with the quantity of liquids taken ; the secretion of quite scanty thin urine occurs first in the evening, four hours after the drinkin'g, and without any unpleasant sensation in the urethra; the provers usually obliged to urinate immediately, however little she had drank
Much thirst during the day
Great thirst
Great thirst (one case), (third day)
* Great thirst, constant
* Urgent thirst, xvith burning pain in throat and stomach96.
Intense thirst
Intense thirst, but liquids can hardly be swallowed, and are at once vomited up again
At night, intense thirst and fever
Excessive thirst, but could not swallow any liquid without unutterable anguish
Violent thirst
Violent thirst (first day)
Unquenchable thirst,27 29, etc.
Burning thirst
Loss of thirst during the whole action
No thirst; water does not taste good to her
No thirst during the chill, or heat
JEVUC- tations and Hiccough. Eructation (after half an hour)
Eructations becoming daily more frequent and violent (eighth and ninth days, afternoon)
Eructation, with taste of the food, after dinner
Frequent empty eructation (after three-quarters of an hour)
Eructation of air, with relief (fourteenth day)
Eructations of air, even on the third day, with relief of the chest symptoms
Eructations of sour, frothy mucus, tinged bright-red
Frothy and acid eructations (two cases), (third day)
Hot eructation; heartburn; she has no thirst, and the burning sensation in the pharynx is increased by drinking water
A sort of incomplete eructation, almost like hiccough, which passes backward from the pharynx toward the stomach, before dinner (after three hours)
Frequent hiccough (second day)
Hiccough in the afternoon
Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea
Nausea (one prover), (after two hours)
Nausea (soon after)
Nausea (second day)
Nausea toward evening
Nausea in the stomach, on walking and standing (after one hour)
Nausea, like a weakness in the stomach (after fourteen days), after coffee in the forenoon
Nausea and inclination to vomit
Nausea, increasing to vomiting (second day)
Nausea and disgust, when eating
Nausea and disgust for everything (fifth day)
Nausea and disgust for all food (eighth day)
Nausea and vomiting (first day)
Nausea, aud vomiting of bloody mucus
Nausea and repeated vomiting without exertion ; the matter vomited consisted of mucus and ingesta
Nausea, with trembling of the feet (fourth day)
-In the morning, nausea with coldness, without thirst ; in the afternoon heat, without thirst, and without subsequent sweat
Slight nausea, with insipid taste and dryness of the throat (seventh day)
Much nausea, soon followed by vomiting of blood to the extent of half a pint (second day)
In the morning, great nausea, almost to vomiting
Violent nausea
She feels remarkably nauseated, as if she would vomit (after five minutes)
Qualmishness in the stomach, frequently disappearing and returning (after two hours)
Qualmishness and vomiting
Frequent inclination to vomit (eighth day)
Great efforts to vomit and excessive gagging
Retching and vomiting
Violent retching, and vomiting of the contents ■of the stomach and bilious mucus
* Vomiting
Vomiting, nausea in the stomach, with pressing, followed by cutting
Vomiting, with strangury, followed by inflammation of the kidney
Vomited and urinated incessantly
Vomiting of ingesta
He could not retain anything, vomited everything
Takes a glass of water, which is returned again
Vomits the water he drinks, with a considerable quantity of blood
Vomiting of greenish, offensive matter
Vomited greenish and peculiarly offensive matter
What was vomited was of a greenish color and an unpleasant smell
Vomits membrane
Vomiting of membranous flakes (a morbid secretion of the alimentary canal)
After an emetic, vomited membrane-like fragments, looking as if detached from the walls of the stomach and oesophagus
Vomiting of tenacious mucus, taking the form of the gullet, or often of the mucous membrane itself
Vomiting of bile and ingesta
Vomits frothy mucus, tinged bright-red (bloody), (third day )
Vomits, sometimes with, sometimes without, blood
Bloody vomiting (four cases)
Vomiting of blood, with strangulation
Frequent vomiting
Repeated vomiting
Constant vomiting
Incessant vomiting
Copious vomiting of bile (after one hour)
Severe vomiting
Violent vomiting of bloody and frothy mucus (soon after)
Stomach. Inflammation of the stomach
Acute inflammation of the stomach
Weakness of the stomach (third and fourth days)
Sensation of weakness in the stomach (second day)
An indescribable sensation in the epigastric region ; she feels hungry without being really so
On stooping, or on inspiration, a sensation of resistance in the epigastric region
Had scarcely journeyed half a mile, when obliged to dismount from distressing sensation in stomach and strong desire to vomit
Pain in the stomach
Pain in the stomach (sexton)
Pains in the epigastrium
Sharp pain in stomach and bladder
Acute pain in stomach and bladder (after one hour)
* Acute pain in the region of the stomach and bladder, with such exquisite sensibility that the slightest pressure produces convulsions™.
Severe epigastric pain (cramps in the stomach), (after one hour)
Violent pain in stomach and bowels (soon)
Violent pains in the epigastric region and in the groins
Such violent pains in the region of the stomach and kidneys that the patient tossed about in his bed, beat the walls with his hands, and scratched off the lime
The most violent pains in the stomach in the whole abdomen, in the kidneys, in the whole body
Excessive pain at the epigastrium and umbilicus, aggravated by pressure
Cardialgia and sour eructations, especially after drinking
Heat and pain in the epigastric region
Sensation of burning heat in the stomach, and, in a less degree, in the oesophagus
Burning in the stomach
Burning at the orifice of the stomach
Burning pain in gastric region (second day)
Violent burning in the stomach
Violent, but not painful, burning in the stomach, with taste of wine in the mouth ; the whole forenoon (first days)
Fulness, with pressure in the stomach, as if he would eructate, without its amounting to anything (after three-quarters of an hour )
An uncommon sensation of fulness in the epigastric region, together with anxiety and restlessness (after one hour )
Sensation in the stomach as if screwed together, very painful ; before dinner
Violent spasmodic pains in stomach, accompanied by free emesis
Pinching and stitching in the right epigastric region (second morning)
Sense of heaviness, heat, and slight smarting at the epigastrium and umbilicus
Violent pressing in the stomach, most when it was empty (second day)
Painful pressing in the stomach, extending backward from both sides into the spinal column, where it seems to her as if screwed together ; continuing for a long time in all positions (after two hours)
Pressure in the pit of the stomach, in the afternoon
A crushing in the pit of the stomach, which diminishes as soon as she takes anything warm or drinks anything cold
Cutting pain in the stomach (after half an hour)
Drawing pain in the stomach
Cutting pains at intervals in the pit of the stomach and about the umbilicus
Sharp lancinating pains in the stomach (soon after)
The epigastric region is sensitive, internally and externally (second day)
The stomach internally sensitive, with good appetite (second forenoon)
Abdomen p. 518
Hypochondria. Incarceration of flatus under the short ribs (as of offensive flatus), (after two hours)
(Inflammation of the liver and erosion of the intestines)
Sensation as if something held her together below the right false ribs (after two hours)
Umbilical find Sides. Burning pain above the navel on coughing, sneezing, and blowing the nose, whereby the abdomen seems very hot ; in the region of this pain externally are several yellow spots, which when touched ar.e more stinging than burning
Pinching about the navel (one hour after dinner)
Before and during the stool, griping in the abdomen, below the navel
Pinching in the left side of the abdomen (after four hours)
Pressing pain in both sides below the ribs (after two hours)
On both sides of the lower abdomen, sensation as if something were compressing them there, but in the left side farther downward (four hours)
Cutting in the right side of the abdomen (three hours)
Stitching in the left side of the upper abdomen, and in the centre of the sternum
General Abdomen. Inflammation of whole alimentary canal, ureters, kidneys, and internal organs of generation
Violent intestinal inflammation
The pains in the intestinal canal change to inflammation and gangrene,-9.
Erosion of the intestines
The abdomen was prominent
Abdomen swollen and tympanitic
Abdomen swollen to the size at full period of utero-gestation, tense and tympanitic
Diffusive swelling, extending over the whole abdomen
Abdomen distended, M.
Abdomen much distended (second day)
The abdomen is very much distended, with much moving about in it, as if flatulence would pass
Distension and constant pain in the abdominal region
Distension of the whole abdomen, with the pains
* Great distension and tenderness of the belly (second day)
Movings in the abdomen and yawning
The flatulence moves about the whole abdomen, with violent pinching ; the pain extends into the chest (first evening)
Flatulence moves about in the abdomen, and gives rise to lumps, as if a child were there (fourteenth day)
Rolling in the abdomen, with sensation as if diarrhoea would appear
Rumbling and rattling in the abdomen (after one hour and a quarter)
Audible rumbling in the abdomen while sitting (after half an hour)
Growling, audible rumbling, and gurgling in the bowels (third day)
Very loud growling, more on the right side of the lower abdomen, passing backward (after three-quarters of an hour)
Much flatulence
A very large amount of flatulence (first day)
Discharge of much flatulence
Profuse discharge of flatulence (eighth day, evening), with noise
Passage of very much flatulence
After frequent urging, some flatulence, with relief
Sensation in the abdomen as if the menses would appear, after midnight
Pain in the upper part of the abdomen (second day)
Pain in the abdomen
Severe pain in the abdomen, increased by pressure
Violent pain in the abdomen
Renewal of the violent abdominal pains after coffee (fourteenth day)
Excruciating pain over abdomen, worse over hypogastric region and scrobiculus cordis; increased by pressure
Excessive abdominal pain until death (from 4 grains)
Pains in the bowels (some provers)
Pain in the bowels
Excruciating pain in bowels (second day)
Pains in the intestinal canal aud in the anus, especially with the stool, which is increased thereby
Severe pains in the intestines
In the intestines, a sensation of warmth, as if he had drank strong wine
Great heat along the whole course of the alimentary canal,™.
* Burning sensation along the alimentary canal
Burning and twisting in the abdomen, until he had been to stool a few times, especially in the morning
In the abdomen, sensation of fulness and flatulence
Griping in the abdomen, which extended upward, and became stitching; then stitching backwards on both sides, so that it hindered her respiration (eighth day)
Griping in the abdomen, followed by liquid stool, without pain
Violent griping pain in abdomen
Violent griping in the abdomen, at 3 a.m. (eighth day)
With the stool, pinching in the abdomen ; after the stool, shivering, in the afternoon
Sensation in the abdomen as after a drastic purge
Cutting in the abdomen
Cutting in the abdomen, the whole day
* With the stool, cutting in the abdomen ; towards evening, and after the stool, shivering
Slight cutting in the upper abdomen (fourth day)
Violent cutting in the abdomen
Violent cutting pain in the abdomen and boring pains in the knees, so that she cried aloud : Camphor brought no relief; after coffee she vomited bitter stuff, after which it remained bitter in her mouth ; after repeated doses of Camphor, there at last came relief of the intolerable pains
Fearful cutting pains from 5 p.m. till morning; she had to roll about (third night)
Colic; some sudden gripings in the sides of the abdomen, rather external, when standing
Violent colic, nausea, aud abundant vomiting of ingesta
Colic, followed by ten diarrhoeic stools
Since taking the medicine, daily colic, followed by diarrhoea
Tearing and pinching in the abdomen
Tearing in the abdomen, with diarrhoea and pain in the anus
Most extreme sensitiveness of the abdomen to touch (tenth day)
Hypogastrium. Fermenting in the intestines of the lower abdomen (after a quarter of an hour)
Pain ,in the hypogastrium
Slight pains in the hypogastrium and in the lumbar region
Excessive pains in the hypogastrium
Excessive pains in the hypogastrium, followed by mental confusion and death
Pain in hypogastric and lumbar regions
Severe pain in the hypogastric region
-Violent pain in the lower belly (after one hour)
Gnawing pain in the lower abdomen
Griping in the lower abdomen, with pressing towards the genitals (fourth day, in the morning, till 1 p.m.)
Excessive cutting pains in the lower abdomen, which constantly wander about and intermit but a short time
Slight pains above the symphysis pubis, and downward along the ureters, which constantlybecomeworse (after five hours)
Drawing and tearing in the pubic region
Bearingdown pains (second day)
Painful tension along the inguinal canal and the testicles, around the pelvic region (after three weeks)
Cutting pains in the groin all day, less when sitting and standing, but more when walking
Cutting-sticking and burning in the groin ; on urinating, violent cutting
Stitching in the left groin, extending downward (fifteenth day)
Acute stitching in the right groin (third day)
Rectum and Anus p. 519
Tenesmus (some provers)
Very great tenesmus
A violent cutting pain attacked her in the rectum, such as she had never experienced in her life before; on standing and walking, discharge of flatulence with relief, but immediately afterwards the same pain, with urging to stool, followed by soft stool, with cessation of the pain, at 8 p.m.,6.
Crawling in the rectum
Burning, like fire, in the anus, after the diarrhoea (tenth day)
After the stool, burning and stitching, as with needles, in the anus (first day)
* Pain in the perineum, seemingly arising from the neck of the bladder rather than from, the root of the penis
Pressure in perineum.
Frequent desire for stool,la.
Urging to stool
Urging, without stool (fourth day)
Urging to stool, and then copious discharge of soft faeces
Increased painful urging to stool
Frequent urging to stool, with scanty discharge of fseces,la.
Constant as well as ineffectual urging to stool
Ineffectual urging to stool (after two hours)
Ineffectual urging to stool, soon after the first stool
When he passed water, was obliged at the same time to go to stool, though nothing passed ; this desire for stool ceased after the bladder became empty
Stool p. 520
Diarrhoea. Diarrhoea
Diarrhoea, without colic
Diarrhoea, by which the colic was somewhat relieved (after thirteen hours)
* Diarrhoea, with burning in the anus,m.
Diarrhoea three times a day, with very violent colic
Diarrhoea, without any pain, several times during the day
Diarrhoea of frothy fasces (twenty -second day)
Watery diarrhoea
Mucous diarrhoea
Diarrhoea of green mucus (tenth day), after constipation for three day?,6.
* Diarrhoea, consisting of blood and mucus
* Violent diarrhoea, with intolerable burning in the anus
Diarrhoea-like stool of brown liquid faeces, twice (nineteenth day)
In the morning, usual stool, and at 6 p.m. two diarrhoeic stools (third day) ; also one diarrhoeic stool (fourth day)
Two morning stools, with some tenesmus
In forenoon, two natural stools.6.
Two natural stools in quick succession (after four hours), in the afternoon
- A natural stool four times in the day
Two liquid yellow stools during the day, with cutting in the abdomen after every stool, biting pain in the anus, without tenesmus
Copious stools (some provers)
Stool thin, pasty (third day)
Thin stool, with much irritability in the rectum
Slight., somewhat hard stool, passing with difficulty, with cutting pains in the rectum (first day)
Stool hard, and only passed by pressing, so that she could have screamed (first day)
Discharge of hard faeces, with protrusion of the rectum
In the morning, hard stool, but afterward soft, with colic
Urging to stool, which consisted of hardened faeces ; soon afterward, liquid stool, preceded by colic, in the afternoon
After constipation for five days, two very hard stools, with pressing ; after the second, tAvingiug in the anus (eighteenth day)
Difficult evacuation of stool ; he must press much more violently than usual, and still does not pass a sufficient stool (third day)
Stool, with vomiting of herby-tasting food (first day)
* Faeces red, slimy
Evacuation of red, mucous, fecal masses
* Passage of white tough mucus xvith the stool, like scrapings from the intestines, with streaks of blood, seven times in one night
* Slimy and bloody stool (after six days),Ia.
Passage of pure blood from the anus and urethra
After violent efforts, he succeeded in passing by the anus and urethra only a few drops of blood
Looseness of the bowels, like dysentery
Fatal dysentery
Constipation. The primary action of Cantharides is to retard and harden the stool
No stool, but passage of flatulence (second day)
The whole first forenoon, neither stool nor urine
Urinary Organs p. 520
Bladder and Kidneys. Inflammation of the uropoietic organs
-Inflammation of the urinary organs, and bleeding from them
Great irritability and severe pain of the urinary organs, attended by frequent micturition
* Cutting and contracting pains from the ureters down toward the penis ; at times the pains pass from without inward; pressure on the glans relieves the pain somewhat
Kidneys inflamed
Inflammation of the kidneys
Inflammation of the kidneys, the bladder, and the penis, which becomes gangrenous
Inflammation of the kidneys, the ureters, the bladder, and the urethra
Renal congestion
Pain in kidneys
* Dull pressing pains in both kidneys (second day)
Pain in the ret/ion of the kidneys
* Pains in the region of the kidneys and urging to urinate (after three hours), steadily increasing in severity,™.
Pain in region of kidneys and bladder
Severe pain in the region of the kidneys and bladder (after two days)
* The region of the kidneys is affected by a continued didl painful sensation, late in the evening
Pains in the kidneys and whole tract of the ureters, extending to the bladder
Pains in kidneys and bladder
Violent paroxysmal cutting and burning pains in both kidneys ; the region was very sensitive to the slightest touch ; this alternated with equally severe pain and burning in the tip of the penis, urging to urinate, and extremely painful evacuation, by drops, of bloody urine ; at times also he passed pure blood with some clots
Pain in right kidney (soon after)
A couple of very violent stitches in the region of the right kidney, so that she could have screamed (after two and a half hours)
A twitching and throbbing sensation in the region of the right kidney (after nine hours)
Inflammation of the bladder
Inflammation of the bladder ; burning on urinating, finally bloody urine (in a woman, from the application of a fly-blister to the nape of the neck)
Ulceration of the bladder
-(At the post-mortem, the bladder, urethra, and kidneys were found ulcerated)
Exulceration of the bladder and the urethra
Gangrene of the lining of the bladder
Discharge of much dirty, purulent matter from the bladder
* Irritation of the urinary organs, so that he can bear scarcely more than a spoonful of urine in the bladder, without urging to urinate the whole day
Pain in the bladder
* Violent pains in the bladder, with frequent urging to urinate ; intolerable tenesmus
* Fearful pains in the bladder
Great heat in the bladder
Extraordinary heat at the bladder (after four hours)
Burning of the bladder
Tenesmus vesica?,48.
* Intense vesical spasm (after one hour)
* Tenesmus of the bladder
Tenesmus and strangury
1 Most excessive tenesmus of the bladder and rectum™.
Painful pressure downward toward the bladder
A sort of paralysis of the neck of the bladder ; the urine passes without the slightest power to force ; this attack lasted for some time, and gradually increased to such an extent that the urine could scarcely be retained without effort (first days)
Great pain in the neck of the bladder
Violent pain in the neck of the bladder
* Violent burning, cutting pains in neck of bladder, extending to the navicular fossa of urethra, especially worse before and after urinating (second day)
* When there is urgency to urinate there is a sticking pain in the forepart of the neck of the bladder, and on continued urging to urinate only a few drops of urine are passed
Pressingstitching pain in the neck of the bladder
Pressing-tearing, pain in the neck of the bladder
Urethra a. Mouth of urethra inflamed,84 18 45 2.
The urethra is swollen internally
Urinary flatulence
White, watery discharge, like gleet
Discharge from the urethra of a small quantity of pasty, colorless liquid (fourth to fifth day)
Discharge from the urethra like gleet, accompanied by constant desire to urinate
Yellow-colored gonorrhoea, which stains the linen yellow
Bloody gonorrhoea (after four days),la.
Passage of blood from the urethra
Flow of blood from the urethra; in a short time five drops of blood passed, (from external use)
Passage of bright-red blood, with the most violent urging to urinate, and cutting, burning pains through the whole urethra (after nine hours)
He passes five pounds of blood from the urethra
(Removes the urgent, inflammatory symptoms of incipient gonorrhoea)
Every time on urinating there is a sensation in the forepart of the urethra, at the tip of the glans, as if the urine was retained at that point and could not come out, with a pressive pain there; the urine, however, passes freely
Painful sensation along urethra
Pain in urethra
On urinating, he has pain only toward the close ; if much urine has collected, this pain is much less than with little urine
A few pains on urinating, with continual urging to urinate (after four and five hours)
A peculiar pain on urinating, as if it were impossible to evacuate the urine, with an unpleasant pressure in the region of the bladder (first day)
* Could not pass urine without extreme pain; the quantity discharged was sum// and bloody
Violent pain, with continual urinating (from external use), (after a few hours)
* The most violent pain on urinating; it seems to her as if one were cutting with knives, with frequent urging, and yet she always passes but a few drops
Slight heat in urethra (soon after)
Feeling of heat in urethra, with slight constriction at the prostate (after two hours)
Burning in the forepart of the urethra, as if a drop of urine remained there (sixth day),10fi.
(Burning before and during urinating)
* Ar<!or wmce,60 6S, etc.
Burning, when urinating, and when not (after two hours)
Burning when urinating, and a white sediment in the urine, before the menses
Burning while urinating,10 21 , etc.
In the morning on urinating, he had a tensive sensation along the urethra, as if the urine were checked in its course (second day)
Pressive pain in the urethra with the gonorrhoeal discharge
Cutting pain, extending from the back and the abdomen out through the urethra
Violent cutting before, during, and after urination (after six hours)
* Before, during, and after urinating fearful cutting pains in the urethra ; she must double herself and scream from pains ; in the afternoon
At times, an unlooked for sticking in the urethra, and burning, during the passage of urine
Coarse stitches in the orifice of the urethra, extending to the anus, in the evening and night (after ten hours)
Biting pain in the urethra, while urinating
Twitching and burning pain on urinating
Smarting in the urethra during urination
The urethra is painfully sensitive (after twelve hours)
Great soreness on urinating (after three weeks)
A crawling and itching in the urethra, after urinating
Unpleasant tickling and voluptuous warmth in the urethra
Burning while urinating; urine yellow (fifth day)
* Violent burning on urinating,'1
Burning on urinating, so violent that he could not pass a drop of urine without tears and blood (from the application of Cantharis powder, with yeast, to a cold swelling)
Urine burns severely in passing (this symptom was very troublesome in the case of two or three provers who had drank very little at dinner)
Continual burning of the urine
* Urine scalds him; it is passed drop by drop (third day)
Burning along the urethra, after urinating
Slight burning in the urethra
Troublesome burning in the urethra, at night, with passage of a few drops of blood (one prover)
Constant burning sensation in the urethra, even when not urinating (after ten hours)
Itching in the urethra
Itching sensation in the external meatus urinarius, which at times is almost a cutting sensation, but without voluptuous sensation
Urging to urinate
Urging to urinate, with great pain at every attempt
* TJrging to urinate, with burning sensation in the urethra
Urging to urinate, immediately ; if the urine is passed at all, some of it passes in small quantities, at several times (from the vapor)
* Every moment urging to urinate, and always but one teaspoonful passes (after four hours)
Urging to urinate, without being able to pass any (first hour) ; later, there passed several drops, with bloody streaks, and the most violent pains (after five and six hours)
* Urging to urinate, with strangury and ischuria™.
Urging to urinate, with increased secretion of urine, priapism, pain in stomach, and dysuria
Awakened at 3^ a.m. by urging to urinate ; after the discharge of some urine, an extremely tormenting burning in the urethra. I could not remain in bed ; on sitting, the trouble was somewhat relieved ; was obliged to pass urine every three or four minutes, with almost unendurable pains. I drank three glasses of cold water in rapid succession, and after thirty minutes, passed a large amount of urine, with relief of the pain
* He has far greater urging to urinate when standing, and still more when walking, than when sitting (after five hours)
* Frequent urging to urinate,1 !l, etc.
Frequent urgent need to urinate, always preceded by severe pain at the end of the penis; the passage of urine is always attended by severe scalding; urine turbid, and slightly tinged with blood
Frequent urging to urinate, renewed every two or three minutes
Frequent urging to urinate, with scanty urine, without pains ; only toward the end of micturition, pressing pain in the base of the urethra, extending to the external meatus (after eight hours)
Excessive urging to urinate
Violent urging to urinate (after two hours)
Violent urging to urinate, whereby two spoonfuls, at the most, of dirty, tenacious mucus pass, with violent cutting
* JEverythree to four minutes the most violent urging to urinate, but at the most only a teaspoonful passes, and at the end of this scanty micturition, most intolerable burning-cutting pains in the urethra (after nine and a half hours)
Constant urging to urinate, with intolerable pain
* Constant urging to urinate; only a small amount passed, with frightful pains (first day)
Constant urging to urinate ; urine was passed drop by drop, with extreme pain
* Constant urging, and always but one spoonful of urine, with great pain, in the morning
* Constant urging to urinate, with which but a few drops pass, xvith such violent pain that she is forced, to cry out
Constant urging to urinate, with passage of a few drops, causing severe smarting and burning along the urethra, especially in the neighborhood of the fossa navicularis. Finally, after long and painful straining to pass a. few drops of bloody and albuminous urine, a convulsive tremor attacks all the limbs, the forehead and chest are covered with cold sweat, and he sinks on his bed half-exhausted ; he cannot get a moment's rest, on account of the immediate return of these sufferings
* Constant paint ul urging to urinate, with dribbling discharge, reddish, sometimes mixed with blood (second day)
Pressure and urging to urinate
Frequent desire to urinate
Violent desire to urinate
Very urgent desire to urinate, which must be attended to (fifth day)
* Painful efforts to pass urine and faces
Every now and then she strains most painfully, and with all her might, only to pass a few drops of urine (after four hours)
* Fruitless efforts to urinate
At noon, ineffectual urging to urinate ; at one oclock, a few drops of blood-streaked urine
Increased secretion of urine
Urine increased (fifth day)
Urine increased (fifteenth and sixteenth days), becoming cloudy immediately after passing (fifteenth day)
Increased urine, which at times passes with difficulty (from small doses)
The first hours, increased urination, without difficulty
Urine increased in quantity, containing organized lymph, and a substance resembling mother of vinegar
Urine more seldom, but increased (sixth day)
Urination is increased ; at times restrained
Urine, in an hour and a half, scarcely a pint and a half, with coagulated blood
The amount of urine passed varied between 311 ounces and 37| ounces
The urine amounted to 59 ounces in five discharges (first day), (probably the effect of the tincture taken the previous days) ; 32? ounces (second day) ; 35 J ounces (third day) ; 35 ounces (fourth day) ; 38 ounces, 1 dose of 1st. trit. ; 34 ounces (second day) ; 37 ounces (third day)
42 ounces of urine (third day) ; 33 ounces of urine (fourth day) ; 43? ounces in only three passages (fourth day) ; 35 ounces of urine in three passages (fifth day) ; 35 ounces in three passages (sixth day)
24? ounces of urine (first day), (from 4 doses of 6th dil.) ; 29 ounces (second day) ; 28? ounces (third day), (from 4 doses of 3d dil.) ; 33-j ounces (fourth day)
333 ounces (sixth clay) (from 4 doses of 2d dil.) ; 34^ ounces (second day), (from 2 drops of 2d dil.) ; 35^ ounces (fourth day), (from 25 drops of 6th dil.) ; 48 ounces (fifth day), (from 30 drops twice, and 5 drops once of the 1st. dil.) ; the quantity passed at each time this day was as follows: 13, 10, 9, and twice 7 ounces; 39-^ ounces (sixth day), (from 50 drops of 1st dil., morning and evening) ; 34i ounces (seventh day), (from 50 drops of 1st dil. three times)
The daily quantity of urine, while taking the tincture, varied between 33? and 43^ ounces ; in order to obtain the average amount, I included the quantity passed on the day after this proving (the first day of taking the 2d tri titration), which amounted to 59 ounces, because it seemed to be the effect of the tincture, and not that of the trituration taken that day ; the average thus amounted to 41 1 ounces
Copious urination (after two hours)
Copious, painful, and even bloody flow of urine
Very copious urination
Urine copious (after quarter of an hour)
Urine copious and scalding, though but little fluid had been taken
Immoderate flow of urine
Frequent urinating
Frequent and copious uri noting (fifth day)
-* Urination more frequent and more copious than usual (five provers), (after two hours)
Urine more frequent, but not increased (sixth day),6. •
-Frequent urination, always with a small discharge
Frequent bloody urine
The bloody urine was passed more frequently, but always in smaller quantity (eight to ten hours)
Frequent discharge of scanty, watery urine ; at first it passes with pain, and, towards the end, with violent cutting pain ; at last some passes by drops, or in a weak, intermitting stream
Micturition frequent and painful
* Frequent, painful urination, constantly preceded by violent pain in the glans
Very frequent urinating (soon after)
Makes water continually during the day, especially when walking; not at night; (urinated one day about forty times)
Must rise twice at night to urinate
As many as sixty urinations in one hour
Fatal flow of urine (from external use on the nape of the neck)
Dysuria
Dysuria (from a blister on the nape of the neck)
Ischuria,™ 21, etc.
Difficult and painful micturition (ischuria)
Urinating difficult and seldom
Difficult evacuation of clear, bloody urine
* 'Strangury,6'0 71 87, etc.
-Strangury (in a woman)
Drops of bloody urine ; strangury
Strangury; ischuria
Strangury with burning sensation
Strangury, very painful and distressing, accompanied by a strong and disagreeable smell in the nostrils (third day)
Frequent strangury, and pain in the back (from large doses)
Severe strangury
* Intense strangury; urine passed in small quantities (third day)
Very obstinate strangury (two cases)
* Painful urination the whole day, with painin the kidneys (third day)
Extremely painful urination
* Extremely painful urination of blood (from twelve Spanish flics)
Painful discharge of a few drops qf bloody urine, causing very severe sharp pain, as if a redhot iron were passed along the urethra; this pain was most acutely felt at the membranous portion of the Canal, and in the meatus uriuarius
Painful dribbling discharge of albuminous urine, with membranous pieces, which are rolled up, grayish-red, covered on both sides with blood-streaked mucus, and some large pieces, white on one side, red on the other, firm and elastic
* The urethra is contracted internally, hence the urine passed in a thin stream (after twenty-four hours)
* The urine passed in a thin and divided stream., and with difficulty, especially at 9 A.M.,la.
The urine is passed in drops
* Urine is passed only in drops
* The urine passes only in drops, with cutting pains (after seven hours)/
While he is going to pass urine, he can only with difficulty prevent some from passing
Incontinence of urine (after six to eight days)
Involuntary dribbling of urine (after seven hours)
A few drops of watery blood followed the urine
Urine rather diminished than increased
Urine scanty and high-colored (second day)
Very scanty urine, with violent cutting pains in the urethra, especially in the front part
Very scanty emission of bloody urine
He passes less urine in the morning than usual (second day)/.
Inability to urinate,™9
* Retention of urine
Retention of urine (second day)
Retention of urine, the urine was discharged every time by means of a catheter
Retention of urine (removed by local application of ice)
Retention of the urine, without priapism (sexton)
Retention of the urine, causing pain
Retention of the urine ; only a few drops are infrequently discharged after violent exertion
Retention of urine, on account of too great fulness of the bladder, and consequent inability to pass the urine
Retention of urine ; even the smallest and most flexible catheter could not be passed further than an inch
Urine and stool retained (first day)
Suppression of urine
Urine suppressed for thirty-six hours
Suppression of urine on one occasion for four days
Urine. Hot and bloody urine
The urine seemed acrid
Discharge of white urine
Urine light and clear in the afternoon and evening, very light-colored in the morning (third day) ; somewhat darker (fifth day) ; very colorless, turbid when discharged (sixth day)
Urine pale yellow, during the chill, with pain in the evening
Very pale yellow urine (second day, A.M.)
Reddish urine (soon after taking)
Urine red (second day)
Urine red, bloody
* Red-colored urine, as if mixed with blood ( after eight hon rs)
* Urine dark,si.
The urine was dark-colored,™.
The urine is again colored darker, and the pain on urinating is less (after twenty-four hours)
* Bloody urine,10 1521,etc.
Bloody urine (from external use)
Bloody urine, which is passed with great pain, and only in drops
Bloody urine, with great pain
Bloody urine, convulsions, and death (in a girl, from the application of a salve containing Cantharides1.
Bloody urine till death
Urine mixed with blood
Urine mixed with blood and mucus, with great pain (even after the use of Camphor)
Urine mixed with blood ; somewhat gravelly
Discharge of blood and urine
He passes blood, or bloody urine
* Urine turbid and scanty
Urine turbid and slightly bloody
* Urine during the night cloudy like mealy water, with white sediment (second day)
The urine was always very cloudy, from mucus
The urine frequently became cloudy immediately after passing, and frequently deposited a fine white sediment, which adhered to the glass (something I had never noticed before) ; an iridescent film was at times noticed on the surface of the urine, a short time after it was passed
Mucous urine
In the urine passed during the first hours, there was floating, after it had stood, some thready mucus
Mucus and sand at times discharged with the bloody urine
Albuminuria (after six to eight days)
Urine deposits albumen, or contains it in solution™.
With the urine there passed at first bloody filaments, then blackish, coagulated masses of blood, and at last much mucus
Urine loaded with sediment and fibrinous matter (second day)
Reaction of urine on the whole about normal ; in the morning decidedly acid ; in the evening slightly acid ; and in the afternoon, neutral ; twice it was slightly alkaline
The reaction of urine during the proving with the dilutions was slightly alkaline ; neutral, however, always after meals, and often at other times, especially in the morning and late in the evening
Reaction of urine, three times alkaline, eight times neutral, at other times slightly acid
The sp. gr. was very high, varying between 10.18 and 10.29,108.
The sp. gr. was very high for the amount of colorless urine; it varied from 10.09 to 10.28; in general the amount seemed to be higher than the normal sp. gr.,107.
Sp. gr. 10.14, 10.05, in the morning; 10.26, 10.28, in the evening (third day); sp. gr. high (fourth day) ; 10.20, 10.28 (fifth day)
Sp. gr. of the urine while taking the dilutions varied between 10.05 and 10.34 ; it increased, especially during the first and second days, when 10.05 was the lowest point marked,106
On the appearance of the urinary difficulties, all the other symptoms cease ; in the evening
The urinary symptoms are permanently removed by Camphor (fourth day)
Sexual Organs p. 526
3Iale. Genitals inflamed
Feeling of weakness in the genitals (first hours)
Burning heat and itching of the genitals
Pressing pain from the lower abdomen toward the genitals, in the afternoon
Fatal gangrene of the penis,bi.
The penis is swollen,13. Swelling and heat of the penis, without erection, and without sexual desire
* Swelling of the glans, which is very painful, even to external pressure
About the corona glaudis, a brown, cheesy mass accumulates, without any special sensation, in the morning
A tumefaction of the prepuce, of a red, hot, and diaphanous nature, with phimosis; there issues from beneath it a purulent secretion (after three weeks)
Swelling of the fraenum of the prepuce
Total absence of the usual smegma preputial
Blood passes out of the rigid penis and from the anus
Instead of semen, blood flows
Erections
Erection and involuntary emission (from smelling the powder)
* J. strong and persistent erection of the penis, painless, ami without voluptuous sensation
Very persistent erection every morning, immediately on rising
Continued erection of the penis, with some painful sensation, for three hours
Difficult erection of the penis
* Severe erections at night, during which there is contraction and sore pain in the whole of the urethra
Painful erections,25 26 29.
Painful erection, lasting fifteen minutes (one case)
Very painful erections
Nightly erections
* Priapism,35 50, etc.
Priapism occasionally
Traces of priapism at times
Priapism, with pain about bladder, and wild delirium (third day)
Severe priapism, with swollen genitals
* Painful priapism,*?.
Painful, obstinate priapism
Most violent priapism, with fearful pains
Penis lax (second day)
Penis lax and drooping, with total absence of erections
Constant pain in the penis
Severe burning pain iu the penis, especially at the tip of the glans, with frequent urging to urinate
A drawing pain in the penis, and in the back and thighs, relieved by passing flatus upward and downward (after seventy-two hours)
Pruritus of glans penis
Pruritus of the glans penis, with desire to urinate and ardor urine (three hours after a meal) ; the desire for micturition continued two to four hours, and then gradually ceased, leaving some irritation in the urethra
Burning in the excretory ducts of the vesiculae seminales iu the urethra, during and after coition (after twenty -four hours )
A drawing pain in the spermatic cord while urinating (after three to six hours)
Painful swelling of the right testicle (after nine hours)
Excitement of the genital organs
* Sexual desire disturbed sleep at night
Satyriasis
Satyriasis, and desire for coition, so that he forgot all modesty and reason
Violent satyriasis, with overpowering, insatiable desire for coition, making him furious,85.!
Sexual desire entirely absent (second day)
Emission of semen ; in the morning while lying in bed awake, discharged from the relaxed penis, and almost without sensation, a considerable quantity of semen, of natural character (in a strong young man) ; this attack was repeated, after twentyfour hours, exactly in the same manner
-A slight emission in the night (third night), 10J.
Nightly emissions
Emission very profuse, without dreams and without waking (fourth night)
A copious emission seemed to have taken place during the second night, although one had happened but two nights previously ; the next morning an uncommon weariness, so that I lay down again immediately after rising, and fell into a restless, unrefreshing slumber
Feinale. Swelling of the neck of the uterus; burning in the bladder; abdominal pains; continued vomiting, and hot fever (in a woman from a fly-blister)
- Great swelling of the neck of the womb, with much tenesmus
A woman, who had not conceived in fourteen years, became pregnant within four months after the use of an essence, which consisted mainly of Cantharides
Miscarriage, after symptoms of irritation in bowels and urinary organs
Abortion,™
* Swelling and irritation of vulva (second day)
Burning in the female genitals
■ Bloody, mucous discharge from the vagina, for three days after the menses
Burning in the vagina, with a thick, white discharge,68.-
Intolerable itching in the vagina
Menstruation appears four days too soon, with great nausea and colic (she usually had colic)
The menses appear three days later than usual (eighth day)
Menstruation, which had ceased one day, reappeared, with pain (in the forenoon), and lasted till noon (fourth day)
Menstruation somewhat increased and painful (ninth day;,6.
More profuse flow of the menses
Menstruation, which appeared the night before taking Cantharis, is more profuse than usual, but without pain (after one hour and a half)
Menstruation appears too early, but scanty (third day)
Black blood with the menses (this was often the case)
Menstruation ceased almost altogether on the second day (it usually lasted three to four days)
Menstruation ceased on the third day
Menstruation entirely ceased during the illness, although it had occurred on three occasions previously. It was not re-established till seven months
Respiratory Organs p. 527
Larynx and Trachea. Hawking of tenacious mucus from the larynx (after half an hour)
Intense pain in larynx (one case), (third day)
Burning in the larynx and stomach
Tickling, provoking cough
Contraction of the trachea
Voice. Rough voice (second day)
Hoarse voice
Hoarseness in the chest
Voice feeble
* Speech very low, with sensation of weakness of the vocal organs (twelfth day)
On deep respiration, and on speaking, she feels as if she dare not exert herself, on account of extraordinary weakness of the respiratory organs; she therefore speaks only in a weak and frightened tone
Inability to speak (sexton)
Coilf/fl and Expectoration. Cough, with pain in the abdomen, la.
Hacking cough, frequently (second day)
Frequent dry hacking cough (fifteenth day)
Several short paroxysms of dry cough, caused by irritation in the larynx, with more rapid respiration and a sort of tightness in the chest (immediately after taking)
Cough in the morning on rising, with difficult expectoration
Sputa frothy and bloody
Bloody expectoration, after short cough (eighth day)
Respiration. Hurried breathing (soon after)
Respiration hurried
Hurried respiration ( after one hour)
Hurried and difficult respiration
Difficult respiration
Respiration becomes difficult
Difficult and oppressed respiration, partly, as it appears, on account of contraction of the larynx and the trachea, partly also on account of dryness of the nose (soon after)
Respiration labored
Breathing laborious
Gasps for breath
On ascending a mountain he gets out of breath ; it catches him in the chest ; he becomes nauseated (third day)
Oppression of breathing (second day)
Threatening suffocation (sexton)
Chest p. 528
Pneumonia
(Is drawn together at times when coughing; the lungs themselves are contracted)
The side of the diaphragm is inflamed
Feeling of dryness in the chest, for several days,la.
Burning in the chest
Burning on the chest like fire; and again a small clot of blond in the mouth, in the morning (seventeenth day)
Hot burning on the chest, and pinching in the abdomen, with constipation (fifteenth afternoon)
Violent burning, with stitches over the whole chest, externally and internally, as if in the bones
Sensation of fulness in the chest, stomach, and abdomen, after coffee (fourteenth day)
Pressure on the chest for a long time
* Sticking in the chest, from one side to the other
Slight stitches in the chest, which do not affect respiration (after three hours)
* A fine stitch extending from the right axilla into the chest (after one hour)
Several fine needlelike stitches, deep in the left lower ribs, in the afternoon
Tearing in the thorax, especially in the region of the heart (after half an hour)
Extreme sensitiveness of the chest to touch (tenth, eleventh, and twelfth days)
Relief of habitual oppression of chest (one prover)
Front. Burning on the sternum (after eight hours)
Squeezing and contraction in the forepart of the chest, with impeded respiration, and stitching in the whole chest, from 11 a.m. till 8 p.m. ; relieved on lying, but returning again (third day)
Pressure on the sternum
Pressure from the heart toward the sternum, toward evening, increased by speaking and deep respiration
On the right side of the sternum, deep internally, a pressing, with stitching from within outward (after four hours)
Stitching in the centre of the sternum (third evening)
Frequent stitching in the forepart of the chest, especially on inspiration
Several acute stitches in succession in the sternum, so that she screamed with pain, in the afternoon
Many fine needlelike stitches in succession, in the lower part of the sternum (after three-quarters of an hour)
* Pain in the chest, like a shooting, from the front toward the back, which impedes respiration
Sides. In the morning in bed, a violent pressure in the side of the chest, which disappears on rising
* Stitching pain in the Jon part of the right chest; it then passes downward into the right lower ribs (after one hour and a half)
* Stitching in the right side of the thorax
* Stitching in the right side of the chest (after two hours and a half)
* Stitching in the lower part of the right chest, extending toward the middle of the sternum (alter eight hours)
Stitching in the right side of the chest, on each inspiration, after midnight, and also on the following day
Stitching in the right costal region, after dinner
Stitching in the right false ribs (after seven hours)
Very fine stitching in the right chest, more in the upper part; immediately afterward in the left side ; three-quarters of an hour after dinner
Stitching in the left chest (after two hours and n half)
Stitching in the left side of the chest, more externally on the ribs (after ten hours)
Stitching in the left chest, after dinner
Stitching, inward, below the left breast, extending up under the axilla (after half an hour)
Stitching in the lowest left ribs, extending toward the back
She cannot lie on the left side, on account of stitching on inspiration (midnight), (third night)
Acute stitching in the left side of the chest under the arm, extending to the middle of the sternum
Acute stitching in the left lower ribs, followed by a tearing near the right wrist, and then acute stitching in the left upper arm
Very painful stitching in the left chest, and immediately afterward below the right breast
During slight, somewhat sudden, turning of the body, violent stitching in the left side, below the arm, on inspiration, extending through the whole body, just as if some one violently pierced him with a fine spear, with a jerk, so that it arrested the breathing for a moment ; it occurred but once on the other side with the same violence, and less violently during rest, but not at all on respiration or motion (second day)
(Stitches in the sides, during motion and rest)
A violent, stitchlike pain in the left side of the chest in the region of the heart, or in the heart itself (after five hours)
After the stitching in the sternum, several similar stitches in the last right false rib
Fine stitches in the left side of the chest, below the axilla (after four hours)
A few fine stitches in the middle of the right clavicle (after four hours)
Several fine stitches in the right lower ribs, in the afternoon
Many fine stitches in the region of the left axilla on the side of the chest (second morning)
Painful, acute stitches in the right costal region below the arm, frequently repeated, in the afternoon
A stitch under the right arm extending into the chest
In the right lower false ribs a painful stitch, while yawning (after four hours)
A pointed stitch in the right side of the chest; then tearing between the shoulder-blades; then acute stitching in the right shoulder; then stitching in the right hypochondriac region ; then in the right shoulderblade, whence it then passes into the right hypochondriac region, in the afternoon
Heart and Pulse p. 529
Anxiety in the praecordium
Extreme precordial anxiety
Anxiety about the heart in the afternoon
Pain in the heart
Drawing pain in the region of the heart
Stitch in the heart, followed by a crawling sensation
Heart's Action. Violent jerking of the heart, that runs quite to the head (after three weeks)
Palpitation of the heart/.
Violent palpitation, toward evening
Violent palpitation of the heart, for several minutes (soon after taking)
Habitual palpitation of the heart entirely ceased (one prover)
Pulse. Uneasy beating of the pulse in the whole body, so that the limbs tremble, several days
Hard full pulse, as in inflammatory fevers
Pulse contracted
Pulse thready (second day)
Weak pulse
Pulse feeble
Stool p. 529
34 and scarcely perceptible (after two days)
Pulse scarcely perceptible
Scarcely perceptible pulse (second day)
Pulse imperceptible
Pulse scarcely changed during the chill
Rapid pulse
Hard, rapid pulse
Pulse full, bard and rapid, as in inflammatory fever
Pulse rapid, full, tense (second day)
Pulse weak, trembling, rapid
Pulse quick and bard
Small, quick pulse (after one hour)
Pulse quickened by two beats (two provers)
Pulse quickened by two beats, but evidently softer (two provers)
Pulse increased, fuller, after disappearance of the pains, in the morning (fourth day)
Pulse accelerated, full (third day)
Pulse accelerated twenty beats per minute (third day)
Frequent and small pulse
Frequent, small, and weak pulse
Small, frequent pulse
Pulse weak, compressible, frequent (110)
Pulse full, 80,89.
Pulse 98, full and soft (third day)
Pulse 100 (two cases), 80 (one case), (second day)
Pulse more than 100 to the minute
Pulse 104, full and regular (third day)
Pulse 130, weak and tremulous
Pulse slightly diminished (in some), (after two hours)
Progressive diminution of the pulse; the maximum of this diminution was twenty-two beats
Pulse remarkably diminished (after three hours)
Remarkable diminution of -pulse (five to sixteen beats), (after two hours)
Pulse slow and full (after two hours)
Pulse slower, by from two to forty beats (eight provers), (after two hours)
Pulse fell five beats
The pulse, after violent action, lost seven beats in a minute
Pulse fell to about fifty per minute
Pulse 45 (after vomiting)
Pulse 35, small and intermittent
Pulse 20 and small (second day)
Pulse irregular and intermittent
Small, hard, intermitting pulse
Pulse 130, weak and paroxysmal
Neck and Back p. 530
Neck. Thick neck
Twitching in the left cervical muscles
Stiffness in the neck, with tensive pain on stooping
Fine but sharply drawing pain in a narrow line extending downward, deep in the right cervical muscles (after two hours)
Several dull stitches in the left cervical muscles, in the afternoon
Tearing in the left cervical muscles, with headache, like a heaviness, on walking (second day)
Tearing in the nape of the neck, extending upward toward the vertex (sixth day, A.M. )
Tearing in the nape of the neck and stitching in the right cervical muscles, on moving the head, whence it extends into the upper part of the head (after six hours)
Swollen cervical glands painful to touch
Hack. Pain in the back, in the vertebral column
Pains in the back and limbs
Violent pain in the back
Dragging in the back,as if about to be "unwell which period she had passed about ten days before; slight show, but the pains the same
Sticking-cutting pain through the back and abdomen, which speedily passes off (after nine hours)
Tearing pain in the back
Tearing pain in the back, especially in the morning
Dovsal. A stitch inward, below the right shoulder-blade (after four hours)
Several violent dull stitches in the upper part of the right shoulder-blade, with burning on the skin in the same place, in the afternoon
Extremely violent acute stitches in the right shoulder-blade, in the evening
Tearing in the shoulder-blade (after one hour)
Tearing and stitching in the right shoulder-blade, in the upper part (after three hours)
Pain between shoulders (after half an hour)
Continued stitching between the shoulders on every motion, as if the parts were sprained, la.
Tearing between the shoulder-blades (after two hours and on the third day )
A throbbing sensation on the right side of the spine, near the eleventh and twelfth dorsal vertebrae, disappearing for a few moments, and returning again, increased by every motion, extending by single jerks downward to the right thigh, at 11 p.m. (sixth day)
Lumbar. Pain in lumbar region
Dull pain in the lumbar region and hypochondria, increased by pressure
Dull heavy pain in the lumbar region, increased by pressure
Large pointed stitches in the left lumbar region, with the cutting in the abdomen
A stitch extending into the right lumbar region (after four hours and a half)
In the right lumbar region painful stitching, then tearing in the left hypochondriac region internally, unchanged on rubbing (after a quarter of an hour)
Pains in the region of the loins and the lower abdomen
* Pain in the loin*, kidney*, and in the whole abdomen, with such pain on urinating that he could not pass a single drop without moaning and screaming (from a flyblister on the knee-joint)
* Pain in the loins, with incessant desire to urinate ; he passes only a small quantity
Intolerable pains in the loins, kidneys, and the whole abdomen,-0.
Boring pains in the loins (after one hour)
Cutting pain iu both loins, which extends to beneath the shoulders, where it becomes stitching (third afternoon)
Great weariness in the small of the back, with a peculiar pressing pain in the region of the last rib, in the back, while sitting (second day)
Pain across the small of the back, on motion, as if he had injured himself (first days),,a.
Pressing pain in the small of the back for two days
Almost constant cutting pain in the small of the back, especially on sitting (first day)
Stitching in the small of the back, after rising from sitting or on walking
Pain like biting in the small of the back (the whole second day)
Biting and gnawing in the small of the back (third day)
Tearing, with stitching, in the small of the back (after one hojir)
Sacral. Gnawing in the sacrum, in the evening (second day)
Stitching and gnawing on the right side of the sacrum, as if in the bone (after two hours and a half)
> A stitch and a tearing in the coccyx, so that she was frightened; frequently repeated
Extremities in General p. 531
Objective. Great weakness of limbs (second day)
In the morning, laxness and lassitude in all the limbs, so that he remains in bed much longer than usual (second day)
Weariness in the hands and feet (fourth day)
Collapse of limbs
Trembling of the limbs/ 87.
Trembling of the limbs
Trembling and weakness of the limbs, lasting a long time
Trembling of the hands and feet, during the chill, in the evening
Unconscious tossing about of the limbs
Convulsions in all the limbs,93.-
Numbness of arms and legs (after three weeks)
Subjective. A feeling of dryness in the joints of the arms and limbs, for twelve days
Pain and stiffness of limbs (after three weeks)
Contracting, almost paralytic, pain in the limbs
Drawings in the extremities
Drawing, almost paralytic, pain in the limbs
-The forearms and lower legs feel bruised (third, fourth, fifth, and sixth days)
Superior Extremities p. 531
Shoulder. Drawing pain in the left shoulder-joint
Stitching below the right chest, extending into the right shoulder, on inspiration
Stitching-tingling in the axilla.
Tearing in the axilla
Arm. Boring pain in the middle of the upper arm
Drawing and stitching in the right upper arm, as if in the bone, after dinner
Gnawing in the right humerus in the middle, and at the same time stitching farther above
Gnawing in the middle of the upper arm, on the external surface (after four hours)
In the middle of the right upper arm, a painful gnawing (after one hour and three-quarters), then stitching in the left knee, on the inner surface/
Tearing on the inner surface of the right humerus, disappearing on pressure, during breakfast (one hour)
Tearing in the middle of the right upper arm, in the afternoon
Tearing from the bend of the right elbow into the shoulder
Pain, as if bruised, in the right upper arm (after two hours and a half)
Elbow Sensation in the right elbow as if something were holding her fast there
A drawing pain in the right elbow
Tearing in the bend of the elbow ; on rubbing, it passes into the outer side of the upper arm, after dinner
Tearing in the bend of the right elbow
Forearm. Tearing from the middle of the left forearm to the middle of the upper arm
Painful tearing from the middle of the right upper arm to the middle of the forearm, relieved by rubbing (after one hour and a half)
Violent tearing in the middle of the right forearm, and at the same time in both calves (in the evening and also the second day, frequently repeated)
Wrist. Stitching from the right wrist up toward the elbow, and with each stitch a throb, in the afternoon
Hntifl, Drawing pain in the bones of the hands and forearm (after eighteen hours)
Tearing in the left hand (second day)
Tearing on the inner margin of the right hand, toward the little finger, disappearing on rubbing (after two hours)
Tearing on the back of the right hand, together with stitching extending into the left upper arm
Fingers. Pain and tension in the little finger for several •days
Burning in the tips of the fingers
Painful drawing and tension from the right hand into the fingers (after three hours and a half)
Stitch in the bones of the right shoulder, through and through, repeatedly during the first afternoon, then not again
Tearing in the left little finger, in the afternoon
Inferior Extremities p. 532
Inability to stand or walk
Paralysis of the lower extremities
Paralysis of the lower limbs
Paralysis of lower extremities and weak arm, without apparent spinal tenderness
The pains on the legs become ameliorated on violent rubbing
Hip. Large stitches in the right hip, in the afternoon
Tlliffh. Falling asleep now of one, now of the other thigh
Feeling of weight in the muscles of the thighs
£1320.] Tearing and stitching in the posterior portion ■of the left thigh
Tearing from the left hip-bone into the knee, followed ■by a very painful drawing in the right mastoid process, frequently (after one hour)
Tearing from the right hip to the knee, down along the posterior surface, not disappearing on rubbing (after a quarter of an hour)
Painful tearing from the right nates down to the knee on the posterior surface, not disappearing on rubbing (after half an hour)
In the flesh of the middle of the thigh, posteriorly, a fine twitching, together with itching in it, in the afternoon
Knee. On ascending steps, the knees totter
Painful feeling of extreme weariness in the knees and legs
Lamenting and whining on account of fearful pains in the knees (the whole day), (ninth day)
Tension on the right knee
Pain in the knee, as if it were swollen which impedes walking; in the left it is transient, in the right remaining several days
Boring pain in both knees, so violent that it contracted both her lower legs (third day)
Drawing pain in the hollows of the knees,la.
(Cutting in the knees, when walking)
Frequent painful stitches deep into the right knee (after three hours and a half)
Tearing about the right knee (after nine hours)
Tearing in the right knee, disappearing on rubbing (after a quarter of an hour)
Tearing in the right knee, extending to the middle of the lower leg (after three hours)
Tearing on the external surface of the left knee, and sensation like falling asleep, after sitting down (after one hour and a half)
Tearing from the middle of the right thigh into the hollow of the knee, in the afternoon
Boring-tearing pains, with sticking, now in both knees, now in the right only ; the pain extends backward and downward into the feet, upward into the right hip, and thence into the left hip ; only warm dry applications somewhat relieve the pains; Camphor gave no relief on this day (eighth day)
The knee and lower leg can scarcely bear to be touched (ninth day)
She dare not bend the knees, on account of great pain and sensitiveness
Leg. Trembling of the legs on motion
Weariness in the lower legs
Painful drawing on the external surface of the left leg, a hand's breadth above the knee, as far below the knee, and also fi -om the right elbow to the middle of the forearm, on the inner surface (after two hours and a half)
Gnawing in the bone on the external surface from the middle of the right thigh into the calves (after two hours)
Tearing and stitching from the right instep up to the middle of the thigh ; when this ceased a tearing in the left side of the head, renewed, after it had ceased, by touching the spot
A feeling as if the flesh and skin were loosened from the bone ou the tibia, just above the ankle, not noticed on touching it, for fourteen days
Renewal of the pain in the calves; it disappeared on walking violently till she sweated (at 2 p.m.), (third day
Tension in the right calf, one hour after dinner
Tearing in the left calf, one hour after dinner
Painful tearing in both calves, worse walking than while sitting
Intolerable tearing, so violent that it seems to her as if the flesh were being forcibly torn from both calves, not disappearing on rubbing, lasting a long time, at 10 a.m. (second day)
The legs feel bruised when walking (fourth forenoon)
Foot. Lassitude in the feet, so that she can scarcely go upstairs
Drawing in the right foot, inner surface (after three hours and a half)
In the right foot, at first a feeling of formication, then it feels completely dead, like a piece of wood
On the back of the left foot a swelling which burns; the burning ceases on rubbing
Tearing on the back of the right foot (the seventh afternoon)
* Fearful pain in the soles of the feet, like an ulcer ; she could not step for four days (ninth day)
Toes. A tearing and stitching in the second left toe (after two hours)
Tearing in the right toes toward the tips, disappearing on rubbing; it then appears in the right external malleolus, disappearing on rubbing (after three-quarters of an hour)
Generalities p. 533
Marasmus
Complete emaciation ; she can scarcely sit any more, because the tuberosities protrude
The body is bent almost double, and the arms are folded across the hypogastrium (after four hours)
The plasticity of the blood drawn from the veins is increased
Increased discharge from the diseased part, in the ulcer on the feet, from the nose in chronic catarrh, from the urethra in gonorrhoea
Erosion of the mucous membrane from the mouth to the anus
Twitchings of tendons
Convulsive motions
Convulsive motions
Convulsive agitation and trembling (after one hour)
Convulsions (after fourteen days) gradually increasing, till death
Convulsions, which returned at short intervals
Convulsions in paroxysms, accompanied by painful priapism
Convulsions, followed by severe pain in head and coma (fourth day)
Convulsions, with horror of liquids
Violent convulsions
Violent convulsions, followed by insensibility and death (fourteenth day)
Frightful convulsions, and death on the second day
- Horrible convulsions, with writhing of the limbs
Terrible convulsions; sometimes he tossed about and rolled on his bed in despair; sometimes he got up and rushed like a madman to a friend's bed in an alcove of the same room, seized the iron curtain rods and bent them like reeds, screaming and howling dreadfully ; eight strong men could scarcely hold him ; the convulsions succeeded each other almost uninterruptedly, and lasted for hours at a time, with a few minutes quiet interval ; sometimes they took the form of emprosthotonos, sometimes of opisthotonos; sometimes he opened his mouth, and sometimes the violent trismus closed it tightly, with very hard grinding of the teeth, and running of frothy, at times blood-streaked saliva; his face was expressive of fright and despair. In the convulsions, his hair was seen to stand on end ; his gaze was fixed, his eyes sparkled and flashed, and as their muscles were successively thrown into spasmodic movements they rolled frightfully. The temperature of the skin was natural, the pulse full and slow, 55 per minute. When a hand was pressed upon the umbilical region, the abdominal muscles entered into contraction, and that portion of the abdomen seemed glued to the spine, especially the recti, which were like tightened cords; suddenly the disturbance extended all over the body, the spasms became general, and the head was thrown backward in a manner fearful to behold. When we sought to apply a sponge, dipped in a warm and oily embrocations, to the most painful part of the abdomen, the patient instantly broke away like a madman ; he frothed at the mouth more than ever; his eyes became fiercer; the constriction of the throat almost choked him ; he howled frightfully, like the barking of a dog; and immediately after these symptoms fell into general eon visions, which ended in fainting and profound sopor. These attacks were renewed frequently ; pressure upon painful places in the hypogastrium, or the mere sight of liquids, was sufficient to produce them
Sudden attack of epilepsy, which lasted a very long time and was very severe (after seventeen days); a second fit, eight hours after, complicated with hysterical symptoms ; and during the following two days fits came in quick succession
Falls at intervals into a cataleptic state (after four hours)
Sluggish, dejected (after three hours)
Indolent, indifferent, pensive
Great lassitude in the whole body
Great lassitude, especially of the legs (second day)
Such lassitude that she could hold nothing in her hands
Continually tired, more especially on right side of body (after three weeks)
Very weary, as after much physical exertion
* Weakness
Weakness of whole body (first day)
* Weakness and sinking of strength
Such weakness that she could not leave the bed
Extreme weakness (second day)
Extreme weakness and wasting
■ General debility
Extreme debility (one prover was unable to leave his room)
Loss of strength
Sinking of strength
The strength is very much exhausted
General prostration of strength
Considerable prostration (second day)
Considerable prostration of strength, a sort of progressive languor (relieved by drinking freely of alcoholic liquors, which produced no symptoms of intoxication)
Extreme prostration; muscles almost unable to contract
A kind of restless prostration, at night (one prover )
Felt as if dying (second day)
Threatened syncope
Faintness,21 41 , etc.
Paraplegia more or less decided, with cramps and itching of the skin
Restlessness
Great restlessness
Great general restlessness
Very great restlessness; walks the room screaming (after four hours)
Anxious restlessness, so that he cannot lie in bed (second day)
Extreme restlessness while sitting or lying ; she must constantly move up and down, here and there, day and night (for eight days)
At all times, restless and uncomfortable
Extremely restless at night ; falls asleep late on account of unusually anxious thoughts; afterwards nightmare after a short sleep (seventh night)
He has no rest, constantly seeks another place, together with internal heat in the head, la.
General uneasiness, seeming to originate in the stomach, soon increasing, and accompanied by prostration, slight shiverings, restlessness, and desire to vomit (after half an hour)
Threw herself about, as if in a fire
Sensation of weakness in the whole body, as in the beginning of a nervous fever
Sense of prostration of strength, with feeling of emptiness in stomach, and irresistible desire for food (third day)
The whole body feels as without joints and heavy; ascending steps is very troublesome, the legs then feel as if filled with lead. This condition continued almost eight days
General discomfort in the whole body (fourteenth day)
* Eaw and tore pain over the ivhole body, internally and externally
Violent pains
Violent pains generally
Most violent pains in the stomach, the abdomen, the kidneys, in fact every portion of the body (from twelve Spanish flies)
All the cavities of the body burn as if raw and sore
General tense condition, with dryness in the mouth, thirst, anxiety, and pains in the limbs
* The whole body feels crushed to pieces ; every part is sensitive, internally and externally, with such weakness that she can scarcely rise from bed
Stitching and tearing, now here, now there (fifth day)
Stitching, now here, now there, in the trunk (tenth day, afternoon)
The stitching pains are generally combined with tearing
The stitching pains all extend inward
Stitches over the whole body
Intermitting, painful twitching, now on the right side of the occiput, now on the external surface of the left knee, continuing for a long time, always alternating, not disappearing on rubbing (after two and a half hours)
Tearing pain in the affected parts; for example, ulcers,1 la.
The attacks, except the urinary symptoms, reappear every seven days
Most of the symptoms appear on the right side
Camphor first relieves the icy coldness; after frequent doses the pains in the abdomen are relieved, while the terrible cutting urinary symptoms are relieved later
Oil seems to dissolve the active principle, of Cantharides, and hence to increase its action, on which account oil should not be given as an antidote in cases of poisoning by large doses of Cantharides
Skin p. 535
Eru}>tio)ts, Dry. Skin pale
Goose-flesh during the chill
Yellow spot the size of a two-shilling piece on the abdomen near the umbilicus, and another on the inside of the left thigh (after three weeks)
An itching swelling on the last phalanx of the finger,la.
On the first phalanx of the left thumb two small red spots, without sensation, as if a pimple would form, at 2 p.m.,6.
Psoriasis
Eruption in the corners of the mouth
Eruption on the breast-bone, which pains on touch like an ulcer, ,a.
A burning eruption on the left buttock
An eruption on the knee, which pains, especially on touch, and impedes free motion
A papulous eruption on the side of the neck; burning pain in it,,a.
Eruption of pimples on the forehead and cheeks, burning only on touch (sixth day)
A pimple on the right upper lid (after seven days)
Two pimples on the right mastoid process burning on touch (after one hour)
In the left nostril a small pimple, burning on touch (third day)
A pimple seated deep in the cheek, which itched when touched
A pimple upon the cheek near the corner of the mouth, which felt tense, but when touched caused burning pain,u.
Pimples on the margin of the upper lip (second evening)
Pellucid pimples between the chin and lip, from one angle of the mouth to the other, without sensation ; in the afternoon
A large pimple on the nates, painful to touch (burning)
The inner surface of the arms and the middle of the chest are full of itching pimples, which burn after scratching (eighth and ninth days
Pimples on the back of the hands (sixth day)
Pimples on the back of the right hand between the fourth and fifth fingers (second day)
A small pimple on the right hand between the thumb and index finger (preceded by tickling in this place), burning on touch ; one hour after dinner
A pimple, with red areola, between the right thumb and index finger, after dinner, disappearing after twenty-four hours
A pimple on the right little finger, on the external surface, sticking on pressure
Eruptions, Moist. Vesication
Redness, inflammation on the skin, and collection of serous fluids below the epidermis, which is raised in blisters therefrom (from external use)
Several itching-burning vesicles upon nose (after three weeks)
Small blisters on the right cheek, itching, burning after scratching, in the evening
Blisters between the chin and lips, and on the forehead, lasting twenty-four hours, burning on touch (fourth day)
A blister on the palm of the right hand (sixth day)
Eruptions Pustular. Eczema
A pustule on the chin, which burned on touch
Ulcers on the leg,u.
Increased discharge from an ulcer on the foot, from the nose, in an old catarrh, and of the mucus of an old gonorrhoea
Sensations. Dryness of the ^kin
Burning and some itching-tearing here and there in the skin
Violent burning pain of the integuments
If he bruises himself anywhere, the spot burns for some time
Itching
Itching of the skin
Itching in the skin,la.
Itching, now here, now there, as if from lice (tenth, eleventh, and twelfth days)
Violent itching and sticking in the skin
Stitches in the skin of the abdomen
A few fine needle stitches on the skin below the right breast (after three-quarters of an hour)
Fine stitching in the skin of the neck
Twitching in the skin of the left knee, inner surface (after two hours)
Itching and tearing in an ulcer,la.
Itching in the forehead, obliging him to rub
Itching at the perineum, with a sort of tenesmus at the anus (some provers)
Itching about the genitals
Itching on the genitals
Violent itching on the right side of the chest under the right arm, in the afternoon
-Itching on the coccyx above the anus,la.
A painless itching and twitching at night, now in the hands, now in the feet (after four hours)
Tickling and biting in the skin, on the outer side of the left upper arm, disappearing on rubbing (after two hours),-6.
Crawling itching in the bends of both elbows
Sleep and Dreams p. 536
Sleepiness. Stretching and yawning (after two hours)
Much stretching and yawning (soon after)
Yawning, without sleepiness (after one hour and a half)
Repeated yawning (after one hour and three-quarters)
Constant yawning, after dinner
Great sleepiness, with lassitude; she could hardly help falling asleep; without yawning, in the afternoon
Almost unconquerable sleepiness, for three days
She can scarcely keep up on account of sleepiness, two hours after dinner
Sleepy the whole day, especially after meals
Sleepy after dinner
Very sleepy and depressed in the morning
She fell asleep while spinning; her eyes closed involuntarily, followed by smarting in the eyes (after three hours)
Very good, sound sleep (first night)
Sleeplessness, Sleep bad
Half sleep (seventeenth night)
Before midnight, only light sleep (third night)
Little sleep
Little sleep at night
Restlessness (first day )
Passed a restless night
At night very restless, frequent waking (first night)
Extremely restless nights (fifth, sixth, and seventh days)
Starting up in sleep (ninth day, A.M.)
Frequent waking, at night
Slumbering sleep, from which she constantly woke (ninth day)
Waking after midnight, and remaining awake till morning
Cannot fall asleep for a long time in the evening
* Loss of sleep
Sleeplessness
Sleeplessness in the evening on account of excitement, followed by remarkably vivid, confused dreams (fifth night)
Total sleeplessness for several nights,6. -Sleepless (seven nights)
Night restless, sleepless (first day)
No sleep after midnight; constant tossing about, without real pain (third night)
Dreams Dreams during the night, active, confused, not anxious (second night)
Vivid dreams of deer, walks in the woods (second night)
Many confused dreams (fourth night)
Frequent, confused dreams (ninth day, a.m.)
Voluptuous dreams
Anxious dreams (third night)
Very anxious dreams during the whole night
Unremembered dreams (first night)
Dreams of business
Dreams of quarrels (twelfth night)
Fever p. 537
Chilliness. Great coldness of the surface
Skin cold and clammy
Skin cold and covered with sweat
Great coldness of the surface, with imperceptible pulse (after seven hours)
Cool, moist skin
Temperature averaging two degrees less than normal
General coldness of the body
Coldness of the whole body, especially of the limbs (second day)
Coldness and chill from 5 to 7 p.m.; she could not even get warm in bed for a long time (seventeenth day)
As soon as the icy coldness had ceased, there always appeared coldness on rising from bed, which was always followed by transient heat
After she has gradually become warm in bed the coldness immediately attacks her again as soon as she puts but one limb out or rises
Fever, consisting only of coldness, three days in succession, at 1 p.m., somewhat later each day
Constantly cold ; cannot sleep at night on account of the cold, although quite sleepy (after three weeks)
Shivering and shaking chill, beginning in the back, the whole afternoon, from 2 till 8 p.m., followed by heat, after which shivering again follows
Universal shivering and chill down the spine
At first shivering and great weakness
Chilliness
The chilliness awakes him at two in the morning, and he cannot sleep any more (after three weeks)
Chilliness, irregularly alternating with heat and sweat (second day)
General chilliness
Slight chilliness till toward 1^ p.m., when a violent shaking chill appeared, with creeping in the hands and feet, for half an hour, disappearing by a very warm stove, without subsequent heat, at 11 a.m. (fourth day)
Frequent chills ( first day)
Chill in bed at 10 oclock for half an hour, followed by natural warmth (sixteenth day)
Chill immediately on getting out of bed (eighth day)
Chill and shivering from 11 till 1 oclock, without subsequent heat (fifteenth day)
Chill and shivering, at 3 p.m., for an hour; relieved by warming with cloths (after seven hours)
Chill and shivering, for half an hour, at 4 p.m. (second day)
Shaking chill from 3 p.m. till 3 a.m., followed by warmth, without thirst (fourteenth day)
Short shaking chill and tossing, as if from electricity; immediately after sticking in the shoulder-blade, without perceptible coldness, about 6 j p.m.
Severe chill at night in spite of increased covering (one prover)
Violent chill after rising at 3 a.m., disappearing on lying down (seventh day)
Violent chill after stool, with sensation as if she were dashed with icycold water, with internal warmth ; toward evening
-Violent chill from 11 till 3 p.m., when she took Camphor, with the most violent pains in the knees and calves, which continued till lying down (seventh day)
The chill can be relieved neither by the warmth of the stove nor by covering during the severest paroxysm, lasting three hours in the evening
Cold face
Shivering runs up her back, in the afternoon
Feeling of coldness in the vertebral column
A sensation of coldness on the left side of the lumbar vertebrae, in a spot as large as the hand, together with a feeling of formication, which was often very violent and unpleasant ; especially worse in the evening while sitting
Cold extremities (second day )
Coldness of the limbs
Limbs cold and covered with cold sweat
Very cold hands, which look yellowish
Icy coldness of the hands and feet, with fearful pains in the urethra
Heat. Temperature increased
-After the coldness a transient warmth
Warmth and slight sweat over the whole body (after seven hours)
External heat from 10 to 3 p.m., three days in succession (eleventh day)
Skin hot (second day)
Heat of the skin, which she herself does not feel, with some thirst (tenth night)
Heat, with some thirst (eleventh day )
Heat in the whole body
Heat in the whole body, with accelerated pulse
Heat in -the whole body at night, especially in the anus and genitals (after a few hours)
After every somewhat violent or continued motion the whole body is very much heated, also at other times very hot, especially in the afternoon
The whole afternoon heated, as after much walking on a hot day, together with red face and increased perspiration (after eight hours)
Suddenly rising heat, with redness in the face and thirst (third evening)
Transient heat
Great heat, with thirst and redness all over the body
Burning heat at night, which she does not feel; three nights
Very unpleasant heat
Fever
(Fever, a mixture of heat and chill ; heaviness of the feet; a paralytic immobility of the limbs; loss of appetite; pain in the eyes; must lie in bed) (after five days)
Fever, at first scanty and very painful ; emission of blackish urine; then secretion of urine increased to fourfold the amount of liquids taken, with great thirst and much desire for meat; after a few hours the urine lost its blackish color, and tasted like rather salt water
General fever (with the usual urinary symptoms)
Burning fever
Violent fever
Extremely violent fever
Feverish condition (from small doses)
-Feverish condition, with dryness in the mouth and thirst, anxiety, restlessness, and pains in the limbs (from external use)
More or less marked febrile condition
Feverish and beside herself
Head burning hot (third day)
Rising of heat into the head ; sweaty hands, with burning in them (one hour after dinner)
Anxious rising of heat into the head
Warm forehead, with sensation of coldness in the body, in the evening
During the coldness very warm forehead, without internal sensation of warmth (ninth day)
Glowing of the ears and chin for one hour (after eight hours)
Heat in the face
Burning in the face, with normal warmth to touch (fourth afternoon)
Abdomen hot
Sensation of heat on and in the abdomen (fourth morning)
The palms of the hands burn like fire
Burning in the soles of the feet, in bed (the whole fourth day)
Burning ou the soles of the feet, while the hands are icy cold
Sweat. Sweat
Some sweat on waking before midnight
In the beginning, when lying, violent motion caused sweat, but especially warmth relieved the fearful pains
Slight sweat at night,'1
Much sweat for two nights in succession, followed by weariness in the morning
Copious sweat
Profuse sweat
Profuse sweat on waking at night
Profuse sweat when walking (after three days)
Cold sweat
Cold sweat (second day)
Surface covered with cold and viscid sweat (second day)
Surface covered with cold clammy sweat (third day)
Very profuse perspiration, on a cool day
Profuse perspiration towards morning
Forehead covered with cold sweat
Profuse sweat on the external pelvic region and in the groins, in the morning (second day)
Sweat on the genitals
Sweat on the chest, on waking at night (tenth and eleventh days)
* Cold sweat of the hands and feet
Conditions p. 539
Aggravation.
(Morning), Anxiety ; when rising, fretful ; mental depression ; some hours after rising, distracted in mind, etc. ; confusion of head; tongue dry, etc. ; on rising, foul taste; nausea, etc. ; burning, etc., in abdomen ; at 9 oclock, urine passed in a thin stream, etc.; immediately on rising, persistent erection ; while lying in bed, awake, emission of semen ; on rising, cough ; clot of blood in mouth ; in bed, pressure in side of chest ; after disappearance of the pains, pulse increased, etc. ; pain in back; laxness, etc., in limbs; sleepy, etc.; on rising, at 3 oclock, chilly; sweat on the pelvic region, etc.
(Forenoon), After coffee, nausea; from 11 till 1 oclock, chilly, etc.
(Afternoon) Insolent ; stitches in right temple; stitches in side of head ; stitches in occiput ; pressing in eyes ; itching in eye ; stitching in chin ; tearing in lower jaw ; on eating, pain in teeth ; filthy taste; pressure in pit of stomach ; pain from abdomen tow7ard genitals; stitches in lower ribs; from 11 to 8 oclock, squeezing, etc., in front chest ; stitches in sternum ; stitches in ribs ; anxiety about heart ; stitches in shoulder-blade ; tearing in upper arm ; stitching in arm ; tear ing in little finger; twitching in thigh, etc. ; tearing in hollow7 of knee ; shivering, etc.; at 3 oclock, chill, etc. ; at 4 oclock, chill, etc. ; at 6.30 oclock, short chill, etc.; from 11 to 3 oclock, violent chill; shivering up the back ; from 10 to 3 oclock, external heat.
( Toward evening), Nausea; pressure toward sternum ; palpitation ; after stool, violent chill, etc.
(Evening), On sitting and standing, stitches in side of head; after lying dow7n, drawing, etc., in teeth; during paroxysm, disgust for everything; stitches in orifice of urethra ; stitches in shoulder-blade; gnawing in sacrum ; tearing in forearm, etc. ; while sitting, sensation on side of lumbar vertebrae ; warm forehead, etc.
(Night), Delirium ; on waking, slimy mouth ; thirst; stitches in orifice of urethra; burning in urethra ; erections; chill; restless prostration ; restless ; from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m., shaking chill ; heat of body; sweat; sw7eat on chest.
(Before midnight), Sweat.
[Midnight), Cannot lie on left side.
( Toward morning), Perspiration.
(In air), Worse.
(In open air), Lachrymation.
(On ascending steps), Knees totter.
(In bed), Burning of soles of feet.
(Coffee), The symptoms; abdominal pain; sense of fulness in chest, etc.
(During and after coition), Burning in ducts of vesiculae seminales.
(During the cohhiess), Thirst.
(During dinner), Thirst.
(After dinner), Eructations, etc. ; stitches in costal region ; drawing, etc., in upper arm ; tearing in bend of elbow; tension in calf; tearing in calf; yawning; sleepy.
(After drinking), Cardialgia, etc.
(When eating), Nausea, etc.
(After eating), Tarn in palate.
(Inspiration), Sensation in epigastric region; stitching in chest; stitching in left side; stitching below right chest.
■(Liquids, sight or contact of), Convulsive attacks.
(After meals), Scraping in throat; sleepy.
(Motion), Head heavy, etc. ; headache; throbbing in side of spine; pain across small of back.
(Moving head), Tearing in nape of neck, etc.
(Pressure), Pain at the epigastrium, etc.; pain in abdomen; jjain in lumbar region, etc.
(Deep respiration), Pressure towards sternum.
(Sitting), Rumbling in abdomen ; weariness in small of back, etc.; pain in small of back.
(After sitting down), Tearing on surface of knee, etc.
(Speaking), Pressure toward sternum.
(Standing), Nausea; urging to urinate.
(After stool), Burning, etc., in anus.
(On stooping), Sensation in epigastric region ; tensive pain in neck.
(Talking), Sensation in nose.
(Touch), Sensation in nose.
(While urinating ), Pains in, urethra; pain in spermatic cord.
(After urinating ), Crawling, etc., in urethra ; burning along urethra.
( Walking), Tearing in lower jaw; nausea; pain in groin; urging to urinate; headache; after rising from sitting, stitch in small of back ; cutting in knees ; tearing in calves ; legs feel bruised; sweat.
( Writing), Cutting in the eye; dimness of vision. (While yawning), Stitch in ribs.
Amelioration p. 540
(Morning), In bed, the pains.
(Evening), On the appearance of the urinary difficulties, the other difficulties cease.
■(Night), In the beginning, pains, except those of the abdomen, cease.
(Alcoholic liquors), Prostration of strength.
(After breakfast), Headache disappears.
(Camphor), Pains in abdomen disappear; urging to stool ; coldness; urinary symptoms.
(Lying), The symptoms; squeezing, etc., in chest.
(On lying down), Morning chill disappears.
(Pressure on glans penis), Pains from ureters downward.
(On rising), Pressure in side of chest disappears.
(Rubbing), Stitch in temple; stitching in ear ; tearing in arm; tearing in hand; pain in legs; tearing in knee; burning in swelling on foot; tearing in toes.
(Sitting), Pain in groin.
(On sitting up in bed), Headache disappeared.
(Standing), Stitch in frontal eminence.
(On walking), Headache disappears; pain in calves disappears.
(Warm applications), Relieve; pains in knees, etc.
( Wine), Refreshes.
Footnotes p. 527
† Followed by death.