Cicuta Virosa

Cicuta virosa, Linn. ("Cicuta aquatic" is Phellandrium aquaticum.)

Nat. order, Umbelliferae. Common names, Water Hemlock, Cowbane ; (G.) Wasserschierliug, Wiitherich ; (Fr.) La eigne vireuse.

Preparation, Tincture of the fresh root, collected when the plant begins to flower (Hahnemann).

Authorities. 1, Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 6, 263 ; 2, F. H— n, ibid. ; 3, Horn burg, ibid. ; 4, Langhammer, ibid. ; 5, Allen, Synopsis, poisoning, ibid. ; 6, Bresl. Samml., 1729, poisoning, ibid.; 7, Wepfer, de cicuta aquatic, ibid., with additions from Wibmer's details of the cases of poisoning ; 8, Lembke, proving with repeated doses of 10 to 200 drops of tincture, A. H. Z., 51, 109; 9, Tragus, effects of an infusion of root in a woman, Wibmer; 10, Scaliger, effects of eating root, Wibmer ; 11, Remain, ibid.; 12, Giiritz, two girls, aged 4 and 6, ate the root, ibid.; 13, Box, in Schwenke, from Wibmer ; 14, Blom, a man ate the root, ibid. ; 15, Ettinger, effects of eating the root, ibid.; 16, Trew, ibid.; 17, Beunewitz, child ate the root, Frank's Magazine, 1, 39 ; 18, Mezer, ibid ; 19, Allihn, Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. M. L., 3, 359, poisoning; 20, Velten, seven children ate the root, Casp. Woch., 1840, No. 19 ; 21, Schneider, a girl ate the plant, Hempel's Mat. Med., 2, 183; 22, Wilson, effects of eating root, Lancet, Sept. 1871 ; 23, Leaden, three boys ate the root, B. and F. Med.-Chir. Rev., April, 1866; 24, a student took 15 grammes of root in half an hour, Schmidt's Jahrb., 1 ; 25, L'Art Med., 20, 460, case of poisoning by an omelette containing Cicuta.

Mind p. 282

Emotional Aberration of mind, singing, performing the most grotesque dancing-steps, shouting

Delirium,91022; (in two hours)

Delirium ; after an unusual sleep heat of the body ; she sprang out of bed, danced, laughed, and did all sorts of foolish things, drank much wine, jumped about, clapped her hands, and grew very red in the face; the whole night

Intoxication

Feels as if intoxicated, while sitting, standing, and walking (after five minutes)

Drunkenness

Drunkenness, reeling

* Excited,with apprehension concerning the future ; everything which could befall him seemed to be dangerous

He did not believe that he was living under ordinary relations ; everything seemed strange and almost fearful to him ; it seemed as though he had awakened from an acute fever and saw all kinds of visions, though without physical sick feeling

- It seemed as though he was a child of 7 or 8 years, as if objects were very lovely and attractive to him, as toys to a child

Likes to be alone and is disinclined to speak, with diminished power of comprehension

Laughing and biting

* Weeping, moaning, and howling?.

Lively mood, inclined to work, with a feeling of lightness on walking or making any other muscular exertion

Quiet disposition; he was exceedingly contented with his condition and with himself, and was very happy, *.f

Sadness for several days,6. |

When others were lively he was sad

(Gloominess for two days after the headache)

Dejection (second day)

Anxiety

Anxiety ; he is excessively affected by sad stories'.t

(Anxiety, sweat on the face, and trembling of the hands about noon ; a feeling at the heart, in the middle of the chest, as if he would become faint)

* He thought of the future, with anxiety, and was constantly sad

Great fearfulness ; she feels stitches in the left side of the head, from fright, on every opening of the door, and every word, though not spoken aloud

He believed he would die

Contempt and scorn for mankind ; he avoided them, abhorred their follies excessively, and his disposition seemed to tend towards misanthropy ; he withdrew himself into solitude

Want of confidence in mankind, with misanthropy ; he forsook society, remained alone and reflected everything, and began to doubt whether he was really in the condition in which he found himself

Insensibility

Intellectual. Weakness of mmd,™.

* Mental torpor*.- * Dull and stupid (after ten minutes)

Disinclined to work, morose, ill-humored

Zona of ideas; loss of sensation

Confusion of ideas, and rapid change of thought from one to another subject

He confuses present events with the past

Stupor 18

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Loss of consciousness

Loss of consciousness and delirium lj.

Complete loss of consciousness

Became insensible, and convulsed generally.23.

Quite insensible1,21.

Head p. 283

Confusion and Vertigo. Confusion of the head, in the morning after rising

Confusion of the forehead

More or less confusion of the forehead

Stupefaction and heaviness of the head (after seventvfour hours)

* Vertigo,1 18 ; (second day),19; (soon after)

Vertigo, while walking, as if he would fall forward to the left (after seventytwo hours)

Vertigo, reeling;.j

Vertigo; he fell to the earth

Giddiness (after half an hour)

Fell down from giddiness

Dizzy

Reeling

Reeling, so that she believes she would fall (after six hours)

Reeling and tottering, while walking (after eighty-two hours)

General Head Jerking and twitching of the head;2.

{60.] Head bent backward (a kind of opisthotonos)

If she is allowed to sit quietly a long time her head gradually sinks down, while her eyes remain stariiiig at the same point, so that when the head has sunk low down the pupils lie almost under the upper lid ; when she has ceased with a kind of internal jerk, whereby she suddenly returns to consciousness for a short time, she again falls into a similar insensible condition, wherefrom she is aroused from time to time by an internal shivering, which seems to her like a chill

Dulness in the head, with a shaking chill ; with stiffness of the neck, and sensation as if the muscles were too short

Anxiety in the head

Strange feeling in head

Heaviness in the head, while sitting

Heaviness of the head and chest

On stooping, it seems as though the head would fall forward (after eighty hours)

Headache

Head feels too full and heavy

Compressive headache from both sides

Headache, in the morning on waking, as if the brain were loose, and shaking on walking; when he thought how the pain should be described it had disappeared

(Violent headache for two days, followed by a sick feeling in the abdomen, a sticking which extends from the nose and the right eye to the occiput), (after fifteen days)

Pressure deep in the brain in various places

Sticking headache

The headache is relieved by passage of flatus

The headache disappears while sitting upright

Forehead. Heaviness in the forehead

Heaviness and heat in the forehead

Heaviness and pain in the forehead

Heaviness in the forehead, with pressure deep in the brain

Pain, with fulness in the forehead and right temple, afterwards in the left

Pressure in the forehead

Pressure in the left frontal bone

Pressive pain beneath the left frontal eminence

Pressure in the forehead and in the muscles of the left upper arm

Pressive pain beneath the bones in various places in the forehead

Pressive, stupefying headache, external in the forehead, more during rest (after one and thirty-six hours)

Sticking pain in the frontal bone

Tearing pain beneath the bones in the upper part of the forehead, extending to the vertex

Pulsation in forehead, with heat and violent action of the heart

Hammering pain in the forehead from morning till evening (after two hours)

Temples Strong pulsation of the temporal arteries, perceptible to the finger

Painful pressure in the right temple, between the skin and bones

Tearing in the left temple

Vertex. Pressure on the vertex beneath the bones

Parietals. One-sided headache, like a pressure, rather external

Repeated pressure beneath the bones of the left side of the head

Tearing beneath the bones of the head on the right side

Tearing in the bones of the head of the left side, with internal pulsation and confusion deep in the brain

Tearing pain through the left side of the brain, more towards the top of the skull, extending from before backwards

Occiput. Heaviness in the occiput

Heaviness deep in the occiput

* Severe headache in the occiput, like a dull pressure, and as with some coryza (after forty-eight hours)

Tearing in the bones in the right side of the occiput

External. Profuse eruption on the scalp and face

Crawling, as from ants, in the forehead (after two minutes)

Eyes p. 284

Objective. Eyes prominent

-Eyes protruding from the head,e.f

Staring look,6.f

[HO.] Staring look, almost without winking; it seems as though a gray fog were before the eyes

Staring look at one and the same point, whereby everything looks like black cloth (after six minutes)

* Staring (after quarter of an hour) ; she stares xvith unaltered look at one and the same place, and cannot help it, although she wishes to do so very much, wherewith she has not entire control of her senses, and must be very much excited to answer correctly ; she makes a visible effort by turning the head to abandon objects with her eyes, but by so doing she loses her consciousness, and everything becomes black before her eyes

Subjective. *Very much inclined to stare at objects

Slight pressure in the eyes on reading

Brow and Orbit. Twitching of the orbicularis beneath the lower lid

Pressive pain beneath the left brow, in the bones ; it then extends towards the temple and left zygoma

Drawing stitches in the eyebrows (after twelve hours)

Lids. Pressure upon the lids

Pressure in the right inner canthus, so that he was obliged to close the eyes and press them together, in order to relieve it

Sticking in the left lids

Stitches in the eyelids

Tearing in the eyelids

Pupil Pupils dilated soon after taking

* Pupils dilated and fixed?1.

* Pupils dilated and insensible

Pupils much dilated?.

Pupils very large

Pupils contracted

* Pupils sometimes contracted, sometimes dilated

* Pupils at first contracted (after one hour and a half to two hours and a half), afterwards much dilated (after eight to nine hours)

Pupils at first excessively contracted, soon afterwards excessively dilated

Pupils small; pressure in the eyes, with sensitiveness to light (in very foggy weather), with at times bright gray spots before the eyes

Vision. *Eyes sensitive to light

Eyes sensitive to daylight

Everything seems very distinct and brighter than usual ; with small pupils

When she fixes her gaze upon an object she does not see it distinctly; everything runs together as after looking too long at one and the same object ; when, as we say, the eyes give out

Obscuration of vision

Black points obscure the vision while reading

The white snow is blinding, and on looking away from it to a dark wall, a gray curtain seems to cover the left portion of the vision

All objects seem to move to and fro, from one side to another, although everything has its proper form (after ten minutes)

She believes she is wavering to one side or the other, or that still, but everything was moving from side to side, like a pendulum

All objects seem to move in a circle, especially while lie is sitting, lasting several hours (after two hours)

She thinks she is obliged to remain or sit very still, because she sees nothing steady or firm before her, and she also thinks that she herself wavers; everything blinds her (after fifteen minutes)

II hen she attempts to stand, she rvishes to hold on to something because objects seem now to come nearer, and now to recede from her 2

* At one tone objects seem double, and of a black color; at another time she hears with difficulty

Bright spots before the eyes, at times

Bright points and stripes before the vision

A bright point seemed to float before the right eyes, mingled with dark streaks and specks

Bar. Flow of blood from the ears

Sore pain behind the left ear

Sore sensation behind the left ear, as after a bruise or blow

Pain behind the right ear, such as would remain from a bruise or blow,3. Hearing. *She does not hear well unless one speaks loudly to her, and she pays attention

Cracking in the right ear, on swallowing

Violent ringing in the left ear

Roaring in the ears

Roaring in both ears, worse in the room than in the open air

Stomach p. 285

Very frequent sneezing, without coryza (after twenty-nine hours)

X ose stopped

Stoppage of the nose.8.

Stoppage of the nose, together with profuse secretion of mucus in it

Yellow discharge from the nose

Discharge of bright-red blood from the right nostril (three teaspoonfuls)

Slight touching of the nose renewed the bleeding from the right nostril

Dryness in both nostrils, as if they were stopped, without any mechanical hindrance

The right Having of the nose pains, as if sore, as after a blow or bruise

Face p. 285

Objective. Anxious expression

Redness of the face,fi.|

* Face red

* With the spasms, the face became dark-red, lips blue, with bloody froth from the mouth

Flushed countenance

* Cadaverous p>paleness (two children)

* Face pallid, n.

* Face pale and drawn

Face puffy

Face (and throat) swollen,6.!

Muscular movements of the face (in a boy of fourteen)

Cheeks. Pressure beneath the right malar bone

Liver Jaw. Gnashing of the teeth

* Teeth clenched, lockjaw

Lockjaw;6.

Firmly closed mouth, with froth from it

Mouth p. 285

Teeth. Toothache in the nerves of the lower row of teeth

To)if/ne. *A whitish sore (sore place) on the margin of the tongue, very painful to touch

General Month. Sensation of dryness in the mouth

Saliva. Much salivation

Frothing at the mouth

Froth in the mouth,6. t

Mouth full of froth,6.§

Water, tinged with blood, flowed involuntarily from his mouth

Speech. Tried to speak, but could not move the tongue,1,1.

While speaking a few words, he can articulate the first five or six words without hesitation, but while speaking the rest of the words he is seized by slight jerking of the head backward, even noticed by others, sometimes also the arms jerk, so that he seems compelled to draw backward and swallow a syllable, and to articulate almost as in hiccough

Completely dumb

Throat p. 285

Dryness of the throat

Dryness and scraping in the throat

Great dryness of the throat (after half an hour)

Fine stitches in the throat

Sensation in the throat and chest, as if something as large as the fist were lodged there, and were pressing the throat asunder, impeding respiration, worse while sitting than while walking

The throat seems grown together internally, and is painful externally, as if bruised, on moving or taking hold of it, becoming worse for several hours, with eructations from noon till evening

Swallowing Unable to swallow

Entire loss of power of swallowing

Stomach p. 286

Appetite. Constant hunger and appetite, even if he had just eaten

Appetite for eating at noon, but the appetite disappeared with the first mouthful

* Great longing for coal ; he swallowed it,6.f

Loss of appetite on account of a dry sensation in the mouth ; food has not a bad, but still not its complete, taste

Does not relish his breakfast; it filled up his abdomen, as if he had eaten too much

Thirst Third

Great thirst for cold water in the afternoon

Great thirst (with the cramps),6.f

Eructations and Hiccough. He raises, as by eructations, a very bitter yellow fluid, while stooping in the open air; it rises from the stomach to the mouth, and causes a burning in the throat, the whole forenoon

* Hiccough? 6 7.

Frequent hiccough

Loud sounding hiccough,6. f

Nausea and Vomiting. Nausea,19; (after half an hour)

Nausea in the morning, with sticking-tearing headache

Nausea, while eating

Nausea, with stitches in the forehead, the whole day

Vomiting,5 11 13 18 23 2

Vomiting, without relief of the lockjaw

Copious vomiting

Difficult vomiting, followed by relief

Vomiting of blood,7 1U.

Stomach. Gastritis

Anxiety at the pit of the stomach,6, f

Sensation of waterbrash rising up from the stomach ; is qualmish and hot all over, and accumulation of saliva rises from the stomach to the mouth (after nine and thirteen hours)

* Burning in the stomach

Sensation as of hot water in the stomach

Tightness in the pit of the stomach and anxiety, for eight days

Pressure in the pit of the stomach immediately after eating, which compelled her to take a deep breath, with inclination to eructations

Burning pressure in the stomach?.

Sticking pain and burning in the pit of the stomach

Sudden tearing in the epigastric region

Scraping sensation in the stomach

Burning-scraping sensation, extending from the throat into the epigastric region

Throbbing in the pit of the stomach, ivhich was raised up, of the size of the fist

Unusual throbbing in the pit of the stomach ,6."f

Shock in the region of the pit of the stomach, as with the finger, immediately spreads, and then only he becomes collected and returns to his senses

Abdomen p. 286

Objective. Abdomen distended

Abdomen distended by gas, with passage of much flatulence

* Rumbling and roaring in the abdomen (after a quarter of an hour)

Much accumulation of flatulence; constant anxiety and fretfulness

Much persistent moving of flatulence in the abdomen

Frequent emission of flatus

Profuse discharge of flatus

Subjective. Sick feeling in the abdomen in the morning, and as this disappeared in the afternoon, headache, sticking in the right side of the head, extending from the right eye and nose (in both of which it was most violent) to the occiput, lasting three days, followed by running from the nose and discharge of yellow mucus (after nine days)

Dull, painful sensation in the abdomen

Pain in the abdomen

Pain in the abdomen and sleepiness, immediately after eating

Most fearful pains in the abdomen

Tearing pains deep in the abdomen, increased by pressure

Most violent colic

Hypogastrium. Distension lower abdomen, immediately after eatings-Sudden, sharp stitches, extending from the navel to the neck of the bladder,8.-A kind of sore pain in the tight pelvic region, in the margin of the ilium, as after a violent blow a pulsating, drawing sensation

Sensation in the right groin as if an ulcer would break through (while sitting)

Rectum and Anus p. 287

Protrusion of the rectum, with thin stool8

Sensation as of liquid stool in the rectum

Itching internally in the rectum, just above the anus; after rubbing, pain as if burnt ; the pain always causes shuddering; after walking, while sitting still and during a stool

Swelling on the right side of the anus, as from hemorrhoidal tumors under the skin, whereby the orifice is contracted, with annoyance during stool

Burning in the anus, with soft stool

Sudden ui rgmg to stool, without warning ; he was scarcely able to retain it, together with bruised pain in the back and general loss of strength ; the stool was passed suddenly, and was followed by urging, with great desire to urinate

Stool p. 287

Diarrlia?a

Stool almost hourly, consisting of black offensive mucus in small portions, with urging at 2 p.m.,8.

Stool softer than usual

* Thin stool (at 2 and 5 a.m.), xvith violent urging to urinate, ivhich could not be withstood

Thin slimy stool at 7 and 8 p.m., with profuse urine

Constipation

Urinary Organs p. 287

Urethra. Sticking in the navicular fossa of the penis

Dull sticking pain in the navicular fossa of the urethra,8. Stitches in the urethra

Dull stitches in the urethra

Tickling in the navicular fossa, with frequent erections

Violent itching ju the navicular fossa

Urging to urinate

Frequent urging to urinate

Frequently repeated desire to urinate, with difficulty in retaining the urine

Micturition. Frequent micturition

Very frequent micturition

Involuntary micturition

{280.] Violent spurting out of the urine

Urine scanty and dark

Urine more scanty than usual during the night

Difficult passage of urine at night,8.f

Retention of urine,6.|

Sexual Organs p. 287

JIale. Erections, without desire

Frequent erections, without desire

A sore drawing pain beneath the penis, extending to the glans, which compels him to urinate (after twelve hours)

Testicles drawn up against the abdomen

Testicles drawn up tightly into the abdominal ring

Emission, without voluptuous dreams

Three emissions in the night

Female. Menstruation delayed

Respiratory Organs p. 287

Larynx. Pressure below the larynx, while sitting (after four hours)

Voice. Hoarseness,6.§

Cough mid Expectoration. Cough, with much expectoration, especially during the day

Rcspi ration. Respiration stertorous

Slow, difficult respiration

Respiration deep, labored

Deep inspiration, while sitting

Deep inspiration at times, more while sitting than while walking

Respiration feeble and rattling

Respiration very weak and scarcely perceptible

Respiration uneven, stertorous, at times interrupted by hiccough

* Oppression of breathing?.

* Want of breath the whole day (immediately)

Chest p. 287

Burning about the nipple (after three hours)

* Tightness of the chest, so that she could scarcely breathe, the whole day (immediately)?.

Pressure upon the chest, with at times deep inspiration

Oppressed sensation in the chest, with deep respiration

Jumping in the chest, about the pit of the stomach (after one hour)

Front. Pressure, as after a blow, and sore sensation on the lower end of the sternum, while walking

Sides. Pressive pain in the right pectoralis major, while walking slowly, afterwards in the left pectoral and intercostal muscles, without affecting respiration, then in the left knee, in the external malleolus, in the right pectoral muscles, right forearm, and radial side of the right wrist and dorsal surface at the base of the right fingers

Some needle-like stitches beneath the last false ribs of the left side, on inspiration and expiration, which disappeared while standing and walking (after three hours)

Heart and Pulse p. 288

Prcecordtwm. Sudden sensation, as if the heart stopped, while walking

Pain in the precordial region

Pain in the precordium

Sticking and burning pains in the precordial region

Pulse. Pulse 90,22.

Pulse slow and full

Pulse small and slow

Pulse weak

Pulse soft, small, and scarcely perceptible

Neck and Back p. 288

Neck. Swollen neck,6.f

Tension in the cervical muscles

Sore tension in the left cervical muscles, on bending the head backward

A kind of cramp of the cervical muscles; if he looks around, he cannot bring the head back again, the muscles do not yield, and when he attempts to force them it hurts very much

Drawing pains in the left side of the neck (after six hours)

Tearing (immediately) in the muscles of the right side of the neck

Hack. *The back bent backward like an arch

Painful stiffness in the back, on stooping

Peculiar sensation, extending through the back along the posterior surface of the legs, similar to that experienced on lying down after a fatiguing walk ; felt while sitting

Dorsal. Painful sensation on the inner surface of the scapulae3.

Painful tension across the right scapula

Stitches in the muscles on the right scapula

Sensation as if there were an ulcer on the right scapula

Transient stitches in the muscles of the back, in the region of the eleventh and twelfth dorsal vertebrae, aggravated on deep inspiration

Shock in the dorsal vertebra?,3.

Pain in the lumbar muscles

Pain in the lumbar and dorsal muscles

Frequent pain in the lumbar muscles

Sacral Tearing -jerking in the coccyx

Extremities in General p. 288

Objective Trembling in the upper and lower limbs3.

The limbs were tossed about hither and thither

He tossed his limbs now to one, now to the other side

Spasmodic distortion of the limbs, throwing himself to the distance of two feet

* Great weakness in the arms and legs, after slight exertion

Limbs palsied

Complete paralysis of the limbs; sensation was benumbed, but not completely lost; paralysis of the arms was incomplete

Subjective. Sensation of great weakness, now in the right shoulder, now in one or the other knee, or in the ankle

Alternating painful pressure in various muscles of the extremities, mostly in the lower legs, with prickling in the toes

Tearing in the extensor of the left forearm and at the base of the three last toes of the right side

Bruised sensation of the forearms and legs

Painful bruised sensation, alternately in the arms and legs, with heat streaming through them, making motion difficult

Superior Extremities p. 288

Objective. *Frequent involuntary jerking and stitches in the arms and fingers (lower limbs and head)

■ Jerking in the left arm, so that the whole body is jerked (after four minutes)

Loss of power of the whole arm and fingers

Subjective. Sensation as if there were no power in the left arm, with a sticking-tearing pain in it

Arms felt numbed, and their movements were weak

The arm seems very heavy on raising it, with sticking in the shoulder, so violent that she cannot raise the arm to the head without crying aloud ; she cannot even move the fingers

Painful sensation beneath the right arm

Drawings in the left arm

Pressive pain in the muscles of the right upper and forearm

Tearing pain in the whole of the left arm, as far as the fingers

Shoulder. Twitching in the left shoulder (after twenty minutes)

Sensation of cracking in the shoulder-joint, not audible

Tearing in the muscles of the left shoulder

Sore pain, as from a blow, in the right shoulder-joint

Arm. Painful weakness in the muscles of the lower portion of the left upper arm

Painful weakness in the muscles of the right upper arm, on writing,s.

Tearing in the inner side of the lower portion of the right upper &vw

ElboiV. (Swelling on the inside of the left elbow-joint, as if an ulcer would form ; on moving the arm it pains as if one pressed on an ulcer)

Painful sensation and heaviness in the left elbow

.Forearm. Sticking-like tearing in the muscles of the right forearm, while writing, disappearing during complete inactivity of the body (after one hour and a quarter)

A sore pain, as from a blow or bruise, in the left forearm

Wrist. Sensation of cracking in the wrist, which is not audible

Severe pressive pain in the ulnar side of the left wrist

Hand. Veins of the hands distended

Drawing on the dorsal surface of the left hand at the base of the fingers

Pulsation on the hand, on straining at stool

Fingers. Dark color of the fingers and thumb of the right hand

* Nails blue

Deadness (going to sleep, numbness, coldness) of the fingers

Drawing in the tendons of the dorsal surface of the left fingers

Inferior Extremities p. 289

Objective. *Frequent involuntary jerking of the lower limbs

* Visible trembling of one leg

Great weakness in both legs, on sitting and standing, less in the arms, relieved on walking about

* His legs refused to carry him, and he staggered ; objects seemed at one time to approach, at another time to recede from him

Lower extremities numbed, not insensitive, but completely paralyzed

Painful stiffness and stiff sensation of the lower limbs, so that he could not walk at all for three hours (after one hour)

Pressure in various muscles of the lower extremities

Pressure and weakness in the legs

Hip. Burning-sticking in the left hip-bone

Thigh. Sudden great weariness in the left thigh, on rising

Tension in the fascia of the anterior upper and outer part of the left thigh and in the hollow of the right knee, towards the inner margin, while walking

Pressure on the right trochanter major

Tearing in the muscles on the inner surface of the right thigh

Tearing pain in the thighs, while walking; they are heavy

Pain, like a tearing, in the thighs, immediately after rising from sitting, with aching, as if beaten, in the knees ; the pain in the thighs is worse while walking, like a deepseated stiffness

Knee. While sitting, a feeling in the knees as after a long walk

Painful pressure in the right knee

Painful bruised sensation in the knees

Leg. Very violent trembling of the left lower leg

Great weakness in the lower legs

Painful sensation of weakness streams through both lower legs, while sitting ; it attacks also the knees

Stiffness in the right calf

Feeling of stiffness in the tendo Achillis, with painful pressure in the muscles of the posterior portion of the left thigh, while walking slowly

Pain in the left calf

Tension in the calves

Tension in the left calf; on walking, through the arm

Tensive sensation in the lower portion of the calves

Compressive sensation in all the muscles of the left leg, as if the whole leg were contracted, while walking

Jerklike drawing on the posterior and lower portion of the right leg, extending into the heel

Pressure in the calves

Pressure in the left calf and tearing in the left toes

Painful pressure in the calves

Tearing in the lower portion of the extensor of the left leg

Tearing in the right peroneal muscles

Tearing pain in the sides of the right tendo Achillis

Sudden tearing in the lower portion of the right calf, extending to the tendo Achillis

Bruised sensation and heaviness extend alternately through one and another leg, and become seated in the knee

Prickling pulsation in the right calf, momentary

Ankle. Tearing about the malleoli of the left foot

Foot. In walking she does not step exactly on the soles of the feet, they turn inward considerably

Drawing on the back of the right foot, rather towards the inner side

Drawings in the tendons on the back of the left foot

Drawing in the tendons on the back of the right foot and in the left sole

Tearing in the tendon on the back of the left foot

Constant painful tearing in the tendons of the back of the left foot, while walking and standing

Stitches, as with needles, in the right sole

Tearing deep in the inner margin of the left sole

Painful teariugsinthe left sole

Sudden tearing in the right sole

Frequent needlelike stitches in the heels, while sitting

Toes. Twitches in the left toes

Slight stitches in the corns, which are usually never painful

Tearing on the inner side of the right great toe, lasting a long time

Drawingjerking pains in the toes

Generalities p. 290

Objective. Veins very prominent

Twitchings (in two children)

* Spawn of all muscles

The most violent (tonic) spasms, so that the fingers were bent and could not be straightened, neither could the limbs be bent or straightened,6. f

* Convulsions,12 13 18.

Convulsions ; complete loss of consciousness

* Convulsions, with loss of consciousness, frightful distortions of the limbs and whole body

Convulsions, with wonderful distortion of the limbs, head turned backward, back bent as in opisthotonos ; after the convulsions were relieved the child fled to its mother for help, but was soon attacked by still more violent convulsions, which lasted till death

Convulsions, and sudden death

* General convulsions

Rapid convulsions in quick succession, with frightful distortion, trismus, opisthotonos, and great swelling of the precordial region, violent hiccough, lasting half an hour without intermission until death

* Frightful convulsions

He fell to the ground and passed urine with great force; was attacked with most violent convulsions ; mouth was firmly closed, so that it could not be opened ; he gnashed the teeth, distorted the eyes; blood spurted from the ears, and much swelling was felt in the precordial region

Epilepsy 6.

Frightful epilepsy, recurring at first at short, then at long intervals ; the limbs, head, and upper part of the body are convulsed in the most wonderful manner, with clenched jaws

Attack like epileptic spasms

Epileptic attacks, with swelling of the stomach, as from violent spasm of the diaphragm ; hiccough ; screaming ; redness of the face ; trismus ; loss of consciousness, and distortion of the limbs

Epileptic attack, with wonderful distortion of the limbs, upper part of the body, and head, with blue face, interrupted breathing for some moments, and froth from the mouth ; after the convulsions, as the respiration was freer, he had no consciousness, and lay as if dead, giving no sign of sensation when one called out to him, or pinched him/.f

Violent epileptic attack, which frequently recurred during the night, in which the patient was frightfully convulsed

Epileptic convulsions for four or five minutes

Epileptic convulsions in three children, one of whom recovered

Soon after eating, the child began to stagger, fell down, and was seized with the most violent epileptic spasms, with complete loss of consciousness

Catalepsy ; the limbs hanodown, relaxed as if dead, without breathing,6.f

Tetanus (three cases)

Opisthotonos

Cramplike stiffness of the whole body, with coldness

Child became rigid and sleepless

Great lassitude (second day)

* Weakness, especially in the knees anfl in the muscles of the back, after standing only a short time

Staggering and intoxication

Faint and unconscious

Exhaustion

General prostration

{470.] He falls to the ground, unconscious

He is always falling to the ground

Falls to the earth and rolls about

He fell to the ground without saying a word

Fell down, as if struck by lightning (soon after)

As often as she is spoken to, roused from her senseless staring and awakened by calling out, just so often she falls back again, with pulse of only 50,2.

She lies as if dead, with clenched jaws

They were all lying, weak, without consciousness or motion, like logs or dead people,6.f

Subjective, Insensibility of the whole body

Numbness,6.|

While lying in bed, a wonderful sensation, as if the whole body were swollen, with frequent starting up, as though he would fall out of bed (after fifteen hours)

Skin p. 291

Objective. Black spots on the skin

Eruptions, Dry. Much eruption on the ears

* An elevated eruption over the whole face (and on both hands) as large as peas, which causes a burning pain when touched; it afterwards becomes confluent; of a dark-red color, lasting nine days, followed by desquamation, which lasts three weeks,2.§

A cluster of sixteen or eighteen small red spots on the back of the left hand, smooth, disappearing on pressure

A small red spot on the dorsal surface of the first phalanx of the left thumb

Eruptions, 3foist. A burningitching vesicle on the left side of the upper lip on the vermilion border

Red vesicle on the right scapula, very painful to touch?.

* Elevated eruption, as large as peas on both hands, even on the balls of the fingers, in which there is a burning pain when touched; afterwards it becomes confluent, of a marked color, and moist (ninth day)

Small itching vesicle on the back of the right hand

Five vesicles, as large as poppy-seeds, surrounded by red areola?, without sensation, on the back of the left hand, between the first and second fingers

Eruptions, Vesicular. Much eruption on the temples, and in front of the ears, filled with pus at the tip, aud painful like a boil

Subjective. Itching over the whole body, so that he was obliged to scratch

Burning-itching all over

Drawing beneath the skin, on the outer side of the left thigh

Drawing under the skin, just above the left tendo Achillis

Sudden pressure in the skin of the right side of the scrotum

Crawling under the skin of the left upper arm

Crawling just under the skin of the thighs and legs, and especially in the soles of the feet, as if the leg would go to sleep, only while sitting

Crawling in the left toes

Creeping beneath the skin on the back of the right foot

Creeping sensation in the soles of the feet, with pressure in various places in the legs

Prickling in the left great toe

Tingling and worrying sensation in the left sole

Itching, with a hot sensation, in the right side of the chest

Burning-itching on the right side, so that he was obliged to scratch, whereupon it disappeared

Sleep and Dreams p. 292

Sleepiness. Frequent yawning

Frequent yawning, as if he4iad not slept enough (after one hour and threequarters)

Sleepiness, so that the eyes constantly closed

If she looks long at one place she becomes sleepy, and feels as though her head were pressing downward, although one sees nothing of it; she does not, with open, staring eyes, recognize letters

Very sleepy, even during the day, with weakness and great thirst

Sleep

Sleep for two hours, immediately

Sleeplessness. Frequent waking at night, with sensation as if he had slept enough ; even on rising at 6 a.m. he felt vigorous, and experienced no ill effects from too little sleep

Frequent waking from sleep, with sweat all over every time, from which, however, he feels refreshed

Loss of sleep the whole night (immediately)

Loss of sleep; he awoke every quarter of an hour, with a painful heavy sensation in the head

Every morning he has not slept enough

Dreams. Vivid but unremembered dreams

Vivid dreams at night avoid the events of the previous day

Many confused dreams, full of disquietude

Voluptuous dreams, with drawing pain in the navicular fossa

Fever p. 292

Chilliness. Temperature diminished

Frequent chilliness

General coldness of surface

Icy coldness of whole body

They all long for a warm stove,6. f

Chilliness in the whole abdomen

Slight chilliness through the back from 2 to 3.30 p.m.,8.

Frequent chilliness through the back

Coldness and stiffness of the arms and feet

Coldness creeps down the legs, then coldness in the arms (coldness seems to come more from the chest), after which there is great inclination to stare at one point

Feeling of coldness creeping through the lower legs and arms, with alternations of heaviness and lightness in these parts

Cold sensation streams through the lower legs, with tearing in the toes ; cold sensation is especially persistent in the right lower leg

Ears cold

The whole abdomen was cold

Cold extremities

Heat. Sensation of increased warmth in the whole body

General heat and special heat in the chest, lasting three-quarters of an hour, aggravated by the accustomed smoking

Excessive heat in all parts of the body, from the beginning to the end of the proving

Skin hot and dry

Heat and heaviness in the forehead

Heat, extending from deep in the occiput to the vertex and to one side of the head (always deep in the head )

Heat low down in the occiput.8.

Heat and burning about the eyes

Heat in the abdomen (and chest)

Heat in the chest (and abdomen)

Much heat and heaviness in the head

Frequent creeping heat over the back into the head and down to the feet, as from hot water, in the upper arm, and a sensation as of hot water in the chest, followed by pain in the muscles on the posterior portion of the right thigh, while sitting

Sensation of heat in both legs

Flushes of heat in the face, especially towards the upper part

Flushes of heat over the back

Forehead hot and heavy, skin puffy, with throbbing in the temporal arteries

Ears very hot, internally and externally

Burning and redness of the face

Constant desire to go out in order to cool himself

Sweat Sweat on the abdomen (first night),1; at night

Skin warm and dry

Conditions p. 293

Aggravation.

(Morning), After rising, confusion of head ; on waking, headache ; nausea, etc. ; feeling in abdomen

(About noon), Anxiety, etc.

(Afternoon), Thirst; from 2 to 3.30 oclock, chilliness through back.

(Night), Urine scanty ; difficult passage of urine.

( While eating). Nausea.

(After eating), Immediately, pressure in pit of stomach; immediately, pain in abdomen, etc.; immediately, griping in lower abdomen.

(Deep inspiration), Stitches in muscles of back.

(Moving the part), Pain in throat.

(On reading), Pressure in eyes.

(.Res*), Headache

(After rising from sitting), Immediately, pain in thighs.

(In room), Roaring in ears.

(Sitting), Objects seeming to move in circle; sensation in throat; pressure below larynx; sensation through back; feeling in knees; sensation through lower legs ; crawling in legs.

( While standing), Tearing in tendons of foot.

(Taking hold of part),Vnu in throat.

(Tobacco-smoking), General heat, etc.

( While walking), Vertigo ; pressure, etc., in end of sternum ; sensation as if heart stopped ; tension in fascia of thigh ; pain in thighs; tension through arm; sensation in leg ; tearing in tendons of foot ; stitches in heels.

(On writing), Weakness in muscles of arm ; tearing in muscles of forearm.

Amelioration p. 293

(Afternoon), Headache.

(Passage of flatus), Headache.

(While sitting upright), Headache disappears.

(While standing), Stitches beneath ribs disappear.

( While walking), Stitches beneath ribs disappear ; weakness in legs.

Footnotes p. 282

† Curative action. — Hahnemann. J Not found. — Hughes.

† Not found.— Hughes.

† Not found. — Hughes.

† With S. 450.— Hughes. \ Post-mortem. — Hughks. % Not found. — Hughes.

† Not found. — H ugh ks,

† Not found. — Hughks. % With S. 266. I Not found —Hughks.

† Not found. — Hughes.

† Not found. — Hughes.

† Not found. — IIughks. (In a man 20 years old, who died after two hours; the body remained warm the whole day, without blueness or swelling; the limbs were stiff, the lungs full of blue and yellow spots, blood red and fluid, the heart empty, the throat internally bluish and dry ) % Not found.— Hughes. \ I have cured chronic pustular, confluent eruption on the face, with only a burning pain, with the aid of one or two doses of a small portion of a drop of the juice, but did not venture to administer a second dose under three or four weeks, if the first was not sufficient. — Hahnemann.

† Not found.— Hughes.