Dulcamara

Solanum Dulcamara, Linn.

Natural order, Solanaceae. Common names. Woody Nightshade (not De dly Nightshade, Belladonna), Bittersweet (not Climbing Bittersweet, Celastrus). German, Bitterness. French, Douce-mere, Morelle.

Preparation, Tincture of plant above woody portion, gathered just before flowering.

Authorities. 1, Hahnemann, Chronischen Krank.; 2, Ahner, ibid.; 3, Cubiti, ibid.; 4, Gross, ibid.; 5, Muller, ibid.; 6, Leaning, ibid.; 7, Hartlaub and Trinks, ibid.; 8, Rucker, ibid.; 9, Staph, ibid.; 10, Wagner, ibid.; 11, Wahle, ibid. ; 12, Altho, ibid., from Murray, Appar. Med., statement from observation ; 13, Carrere, Traite des Properties, Usages, et Effects de la Douce-mere. Paris, 1787. Effects of Dulcamara when given for chronic rheumatism, suppressed secretions, and cutaneous diseases.f 14, Gowan, Mem. de la Sac. de Montpell., not obtainable, ibid.; 15, De Haen, Rat. Med., iv, p. 288, Observation in Disease, ibid.; 16, Linne, Diss. de Dulcani., not accessible, ibid.; 17, Piquet, Sainml. br. Abhandl., statement from observation, ibid.; 18, Starke, Translation of Carrere into German ; Both says that his symptoms are of the same kind, ibid.; 19, Tode, ibid., not found ; 20, Fritze, Annal. des Khu. Inst, in Berlin, statement from observation, ibid.; 21, Dr. Rockwith, proving with 5 drops of tinct. taken at 9 p.m.. Am. J. Horn. M. M., N. S., 1, 289 ; 22, Knorre, symptoms from juice and first dil., A. H. Z., 6, 35; 23, Berridge, Mr.-took one dose of 3 m. (Jenichen), N. Y. J. of Horn., 2, 460; 24, Robinson, ])roving with tinct., and (246), with the 1000th dil. of Jenichen, B. J. of Horn., 24, 513; 25, Prof. Hope, effects of 2^ drs. of infusion of Herba Dulcamara daily for three days, on a woman suffering from uterine trouble and affections of both hip-joints, A. H. Z., IM. B., 2, 14; 26, ibid., a boy, aged 20, suffering from “ coxarthrocace,” took a tea of Dulcamara ; 27, Dr. J. S. Douglas, symptoms. Am. Horn. Obs., 1867, p. 32; 28, Dr. Bodeumuller, Frank’s Mag., 2, p. 80, a boy ate a quantity of the berries ; 29, Schlegel, Frank’s Mag., 2, 720, a man took an infusion of the herb and also half an ounce of the extract; 30, Plsetschke, Caspar’s Wochenschrift (Am. J. of M. Sc., 1851), a man took one forenoon, for a cough, three to four quarts of an infusion of a peck of the stalks; 31, Journ. de China. Med., 6, 143 (from Orfila, Toxicologic), poisoning of three children by the berries ; 32, Heiutz (from Orfila), poisoning of two children by the berries.

Mind p. 179

Emotional. Delirium

Delirium at night, with increased pains,^^i

Delirious fantasies and delirium

She awakes early, as if called, and sees the form of a ghost, which keeps enlarging until it disappears

Constant picking in the air and at his clothes

Restlessness of mind

Screaming, as in hydrocephalus

Anxiety and fear of the future after midnight

Very ill-humored, discontented with everything, for several days

Quarrelsome mood in the afternoon, without, however, being vexed thereby

* Impatient in the morning; he stamps the feet, throws everything away from him, begins to Lave, and at last to cry

Intellectual. Patients did not seem to know what was going on about them

Took no notice of his surroundings, and heard nothing when spoken to

Head p. 179

Confusion and Vertigo. Stupefaction of the head

Violent stupefaction

Vertigo f *', etc.

* Vertigo m the morning on rising from bed, so that he almost jell, with trembling of the whole body and general weakness

Vertigo while walking at noon, before eating; it seems as though all objects in front of him stood still, and it became black before his eyes

Momentary vertigo

Slight, very ti-ancient vertigo

Dizziness of the head, with rising warmth in the whole of the face

She staggers and reels

General Head. Dulness in the head, as after intoxication, disappearing in the open air

Dulness in the head, with drawings in the frontal eminences

Dull and confused in the head in the evening

* Dulness and painful stupefaction of the head

* Heaviness oj the head

Heaviness of the head, with a boring-out pain in the temples

■{• The author says that he has, after seventeen years experience with the drug, seen no inconvenience result frt)m full doses, save those described in S. 83, 112, and 347; S. 25G, 403, 451 (sometimes the precursors of a new eruption, and then associated with S. 413 and 414, H. 27 and 88, and 8. 141.)

Hughes.

X Hot found.

Hughes. and forehead, as after a debauch

Heaviness of the whole head throughout the day, iis if the scalp were tense, especially in the nape of the neck, where the sensation became a crawling

Heat in the head

Head hot, dizzy, with obscuration of vision, which changed to flickering of black spots before the eyes on waking in the morning

Pressive tensive pain in the head, above the right eye (after three hours)

Headache

Headache in the morning in bed, aggravated on rising

Headache, making him stupid, lasting ten days

Headache, with indolence, icy coldness of the whole body, and inclination to vomit

Dull headache, especially in the left frontal eminence

Boring headache from within outward, before midnight

Drawings in the head, extending from both temples inward

Slow drawing pain through the whole brain, especially in the evening (after quarter of an hour)

Pressure, as with a dull instrument internally, only upon very small places of the head

Pressing-out headache on walking in the open air towards evening

Dull pressive headache, becomes worse in the evening, with increasing coryza

Stitches in the head, so that she became angry about them, mostly in the evening, relieved by lying down

FoveJieful, Heaviness in the forehead (after twelve hours)

Heaviness in the forehead for several days, with stitches in the temporal region from within outward

Bursting pains extending from the forehead to the bridge of the nose (after third day),^'b

Dull headache in the forehead and root of the nose, as if he had a board in front of the head,h

Boring pain from within outward, now in the forehead, now in the temples

Boring pain from within outward in the right half of the forehead, above the superciliary ridge

Burrowing and pressure over the whole of the forehead

Burrowing headache deep in the forehead, with gloominess and feeling of distension in the brain, in the morning, in bed, worse after rising

Rapid, jerking drawings in the frontal eminences down to the tip of the nose,k

Drawing in the left frontal eminence, especially on stooping

Pressive drawing in the left frontal eminence

Pressing-out pain in the left frontal eminence very late in the evening

Jerk-like pressing outward in the forehead, worse on motion

Violent stitches in the forehead, deep in the brain, with nausea

Painful, pressive throbbing in the left side of the forehead, with dizziness

Temple. Boring in the right temple

Pressure as with a dull instrument, now in the right, now in the left side, in the temples,f

Tearing in the left temple at intervals,k

Pressive drawing in the left temporal region in the afternoon

Pressive tearing in the temples at intervals

Vertex. Drawing pain on the vertex, extending to the nasal bones, where it became a constriction, in the evening while eating

Pressure as with a dull instrument, by paroxysms, on the left side of the vertex, from without inward

Pressive stupefying pain in the left side of the top of the head

Tearing pressing together in the top of the head

Paiietals. Stupefying headache just above the left ear, as if something blunt were pressed into the head

Occlp^lt. Heaviness in the occiput, lasting three days

Sensation as though the occiput was enlarged

Headache in the occiput in the evening, in bed

Pressive pain in the left occipital bone

Pressive stupefying pain in the occiput, rising up from the nape of the neck

Slow sticking in the occiput, as with a needle constantly drawn in and out

Fife p. 180

Objective. Eyes wide open, moist, and glittering

Infiainmation of the eyes

Subjective. Feeling of dryness and tension in the eyes

Feeling as though fire darted from the eyes, while walking in the sun, and in the room

Pressure in the eyes, very much aggravated by reading

Sensation as though his eyes would he pressed out and be protruded from the orbits

Oihit, Contractive pain in the border of the orbit,h

Lids, Twitching of the lids in the cold air

A kind of paralysis of the upper lid, as if it would fall down

Pttjnf. Piipik very much dilated

Pupils extremely dilated

Pupils alternately contracted and dilated

Vision, Dimness of vision,'®.!

Scarcely able to. see

Commencing amaurosis, and so much dimness vision that he seemed to see only through a veil

Sparks before the eyes

Eat p. 181

Earache the whole night, so that he was unable to sleep; in the morning the pain suddenly disappeared, except some continued rushing noise

A transient drawing in the external meatus auditorium

* Stitches in the meatus auditorium and parotid gland

A pinching stitch in the left ear, extending towards the drum

Twanging in the right ear, with small stitches

Twanging pain in the left ear, with great nausea

Tearing in the left ear, with stitches from within outward, wath drumming and bubbling, so that he could not hear distinctly, and with crackling on opening the mouth, as if something snapped asunder

Prickling in the ears, as if cold air were in them,Hear inf/. Ringing in the ears

Clear ringing in the ears (after four and eight days)

Nose p. 181

Sneezing

Stopped coi-yza, with confusion of the head, and sneezing

Bleeding of the nose

Bleeding of the nose, wath profuse discharge of bright red very warm blood, and pressure in the region of the longitudinal sinus, which continued even after the bleeding

Very dry nose, in the evening

Face p. 181

Face puffy, anxious, distorted

* Face puffy, burning hot

Cramplike contraction in the face beneath the left ear, extending to the ramus of the lower jaw (J. R., from Hahnemann).

ClieeUs. [HO.] Drawing and tearing in the whole cheek

Painless pressure upon the left malar bone (immediately),k

Lips. Twitching movements of the lips, in the cold air

Chin. Trismus

Pinching in a small spot on the lower portion of the chin

Mouth p. 181

Teeth. The teeth are dull and seem insensible

Gums. The gums are loose and spongy

Tout/ne. Tongue very white

Tongue is swollen stiff, and seems paralyzed; was unable to articulate a word, and has to make his desire known by writing

Paralysis of the tongue

Paralysis of the tongue, after long use,'®.|

Paralysis of the tongue, in the ev^ening; this symptom increased "so much in the course of three or four hours that he could scarcely move his tongue

Paralysis of the tongue, hindering speech (in cold damp weather)

Tongue could not be protruded

* Pry tong ue

[Dry, rough tongue],'®.§

Itching crawling on the tip of the tongue

General 3loath. Pimples and ulcers in the mouth, on the inside of the upper lip, on the anterior portion of the palate, with tearing pain on moving the parts

Mouth dry

Saliva, *Accuimdation of saliva

Accumulation of saliva, with loose, spongy gums

Constant grasping at the mouth, as though he would take something out of it; constantly spitting about

Saliva tenacious and soaplike

Tenacious, soapy saliva is discharged in large quantities

Taste, Flat, soapy taste in the mouth, with loss of appetite

Speech. Stammering from time to time, as if delirious or intoxicated, . Indistinct articulation, although he constantly endeavored to speak,^*. Loss ot speech

Speech impossible, followed by rattling respiration, ciamjis, tetanic stiffness, and death,'’b

Throat p. 182

Constant hawking of very tough mucus, with much scraping in the pharynx

Dryness of the throat, in the evening. . Pains in the throat

Pressure in the throat, as if the uvula were^too long

I*ha}a/nx, Feeling of increased warmth in the pharynx,. SivaUoiviufj. Inability to swallow,®*. ^ i r i

Stomach p. 182

Apjtetite. Good appetite and natural taste to the food, though soon satiated and full, with much rumbling and roi^ring in the abdomen

Hunger, with aversion to every kind of food,'. ^Aversion to food, whh shivering as though he would vomit,®. Thirst. Very great thirst, but drink was immediately vomited

* Unquenchable thirst, Erurtatioii and Hiccoaffh. Eructations, accompanied by hiccough

* Many eructations

Repeated eructations, while eating, so that the soup just swallowed rose again into the throat,b

Frequent eructations, with scraping in the oesophagus and heartburn

Empty eructations, with shuddering as from nausea

Frequent empty eructations, . Waterbrash

and Vomitinff. *Nausea,'®'®, etc.

Nausea and qualmishness

Nausea, with inability to bring up anything,®'. Great qualmish nausea, with chilliness

Retching

Frequent but ineffectual efforts to vomit

* Fowiffni/,'®.

Vomiting, with nausea, heat, and anxiety

Vomiting of only tenacious mucus

Vomiting of mucus, in the morning, preceded by warm uprisings in the pharynx,'. Vomiting, first of mucus, afterwards of a thick blackish-green liquid,®'. Stoniarh. Feeling of distension in the pit of the stomach, with an unpleasant sensation of emptiness in the bowels

Tensive pain in the region of the pit of the stomach to the right side, as if he had strained himself, or received an injury

U70.] Griping in the stomach, even to taking aw^ay the breath

Constant griping in the epigastric region, in the evening after lying down, lasting till falling asleep

Pressure in the stomach, extending lip into the chest

Sensitive pressive pain in the pit of the stomach, as from a thrust, worse from pressure

Sticking pain in the pit of the stomach

Dull sticking in the region of the pit of the stomach to the left

Abdomen p. 182

Umbilical. Pinching pain about the umbilical region, as if he should go to stool, though without desire

Pinching pain in the umbilical region and above the left hip, which obliges him to go to stool, although only a little hard faeces is passed with difficulty, after the passage of some flatus, with relief of the pains

Twisting, burrowing, and griping about the umbilical region (after ten hours)

Forcing-out pain beneath the umbilicus on the left side, as if a hernia would occur, ».

Sticking pain in the umbilical region (after one hour)

Griping-sticking pain on the right side near the umbilicus (after four days)

Dull short stitches on the left side near the umbilicus, in the evening

Gnawing throbbing just above the umbilicus

General Abdomen. Abdomen large and moderately hard

Distension of the abdomen, immediately after a moderate meal

Distension of the abdomen, as if he would burst, after a moderate meal

Rumbling in the bowels, immediately

While eating, distension of the abdomen, with repeated griping

Rumbling in the bowels, pain in left inguinal region, with a sensation of coldness in the back

Rumbling in the bowels, with urging to stool

Rumbling in the bowels, as if stool should follow, with some pain in the small of the back

Much emission of flatus

Flatulence of the odor of assafoetida

Sensation of emptiness in the abdomen

Almost directly, coldness iri the abdomen (internally), which went off on walking? in open air

Feeling of distension and uneasiness in the bowels, with frequent eructations of gas

A sudden cutting contraction in the left side of the abdomen

Dull pinching in the bowels, as if diarrhoea would occur

Griping pain in the abdomen just below the navel, on sitting bent, relieved and disappearing on becoming erect,l

Transient griping and jerking cutting here and there in the bowels

Transient griping and cutting in the bowels and chest, as from incarcerated flatus

Transient griping and cutting in the bowels, with distension of the abdomen, even in the morning, fasting

Violent griping in the bowels, as if a long worm were crawling up and ■down in them, gnawing and pinching

Fine griping in a small spot in the bowels, to the left above the umbilicus

Burrowing, griping cutting, and moving in the bowels, as if diarrhoea would follow

Pressive pain in the abdomen, with rumbling before and after the stool

Dull stitches in the right side of the abdomen beneath the ribs, arresting the breathing

Dull stitches in the left side of the abdomen at intervals, aggravated by pressing the finger upon the painful spot

Dull stitches in a small spot in the left side of the abdomen, in rapid succession from within outward, arresting the breathing, and with a sensation as if something would force itself out; the spot was painful on pressure

Colic, immediately

* Colic, as from taking cold

* Colic, such as is usually caused by wet and cold weather

Colic and urging to stool

* Colic, as if diarrhoea would occur

Colic, as if stool should follow, with rumbling in the bowels and pain in the small of the back

Colic, like an inclination to diarrhoea, disappearing on emitting flatus

Colic, as after a purge, moving about in the intestines, always on stooping

Violent colic

Violent pricking in the abdomen, as if worms were crawling up and down in it, and were gnawing and pinching the parts

lligpofjastrluni ami Iliac Griping in the whole lower abdomen, with desire for stool, in the evening

Burrowing pain above the left crest of the ilium, disappearing on pressure

Tension in the groin, in the region of the pubis, on rising from sitting

[Swelling of the inguinal glands],*®.f

Swelling of the left inguinal gland as large as a walnut

Inguinal glands hard and swollen as large as a white bean, though without pain

Pressive pain in the inguinal glands, now in the left, now in the right side

Severe burning (and some sticking) in the bubo, on the slightest motion and touch

dictam a/i%(l A'Ultff

Some pressing, with the usual stool (after three-quarters of an hour)

Sudden excessive pressure upon the rectum, so that he could scarcely retain the stool, yet only after some time very hard faeces were slowly passed, with great pressure and transient griping and cutting here and there in the bowels

Desire for stool, in the evening, with griping in the whole lower abdomen, followed by a large, moist, at last very thin, sour-smelling stool, after which he was relieved, but felt weak; in the afternoon he had already had his usual stool, though very hard and difficult

Urgent desire for stool that could hardly be retained, though only small hard faeces passed (after half an hour)

Urging to stool, with griping in the abdomen, yet he is very constipated and evacuates but little with great pressure (after eight hours)

Ineffectual urging to stool, the whole day, with nausea (after half an hour)

Stool p. 184

Tyiavrlioea Yellow watery diarrhoea twice in a day, with tearing-cutting colic before every evacuation, as after taking cold From 1 drop of the juice)

[Slimy diarrhoea, with weakness^^y [White slimy diarrhoea]

* Slimy, alternately yellow and greenish diarrhoea *Thin stool, several afternoons in succession, with flatulence (after three days),h

Soft stool, immediately

Soft stool, in small pieces,”. Constipation, Difficult, dry, infrequent stool,'I

Stool infrequent, sluggish, hard ; even when the stool is necessary the urging in the rectum is wanting, and very thick hard faeces are only passed slowly, with great exertion,*. Suppression of the stool

Urinary Organs p. 184

Bladder Catarrh of the Madder

* Burning in the meatus urinarius, while urinating.

Pulsating (stitches?) in the urethra, from within oii\\aYdf

3Micturition, Copious discharge of urine, at first clear and limpid, then thick, milky white,*^.t

Involuntary passage of urine

Strangury, painful micturition

JJidno, Urine reddish, burning,*®.§

Urine turbid,fl.

* Urine turbid and whitish/i,,*®.!!

Urine turbid, offensive, with offensive perspiration,*®.||

Slimy at one time red, at another white sediment in the urine,*®.||

Urine at first clear and limpid, then white, then turbid, then clear, with white, glutinous sediment,*®.]!

Sexual Organs p. 184

Heat and itching of the genitals, with desire for coition

Menstruation hastened and increased,*®.^)

Menstruation delayed even twenty-five days

Increased menstruation

Diminished menstruation

Respiratory Organs p. 184

Short, hacking cough, as if caused by deep inspiration

Cough, with expectoration of tenacious mucus, and sticking in the sides of the chest

Ha3moptysis,*®.ft

Respiration rapid

Chest, Tension of the chest on deep inspiration

Pinching pain in the whole chest, aggravated by inspiration

Digging pain in the chest, or a sensation as though he had strained himself

Oppression of the chest

Oppression of the chest, as after sitting bent over

Transient cutting and pinching in the chest, as from incarcerated flatus

Dull, benumbing stitch, extending into the chest, beneath the right clavicle

Front, Intermitting squeezing in a small spot beneath the upper part of the sternum

Drawing and tension externally over the forepart of the chest

Pressure beneath the whole surface of the sternum at intervals

Great oppressive pain in the whole chest, especially on breathing

Sticking pain on the sternum

Dull stitch, similar to a thrust, on the sternum

Sticking-tearing pain from the middle of the sternum through to the spine, while sitting, disappearing on rising

Jerking and drawing beneath the sternum

Sides. Feeling as if something would be forced out of the left side of the chest

Digging pain in the right side of the chest, disappearing on pressure

Dull, painful pressure on the left side above the ensiform cartilage, on sitting bent over, afterwards when in an upright position, at intervals, like thrusts penetrating deep into the chest/.

Surging, tearing-pressing pain drawing through the whole left side of the chest at intervals,h

Deeply cutting pain in the left side of the chest, just beneath the clavicle, disappearing on pressure

Sticking pain in the left side of the chest, as from a dull knife, in the region of the fifth and sixth ribs

Dull, sticking pain in the right side of the chest, in the region of the third rib, on pressing upon it; thereupon it extended into the small of the back and to between the scapulae, where it became sticking on the margin of the left scapula, on inspiration

Intermitting pain in both sides of the chest, beneath the axillte, as if a fist were forcibly thrust in,h

A painful stitch in the right side of the chest, suddenly coming and going

Dull, slow, intermitting stitches in the left side of the chest,h

Some pulsating stitches beneath the left short ribs, while sitting, disappearing on rising

Heart and Pulse p. 185

Heart’s Action. Great cardiac excitement,^h

Palpitation, especially at night, violent and perceptible externally

Violent palpitation, as if he felt the heart beating outside of the thorax

Pulse. Pulse accelerated, moderately full

Pulse small, very rapid

Pulse slow, intermitting

Frequent irregular pulse

Pulse quiet, but small and rather hard, in the evening

Neck and Back p. 185

^ech, ^Stiffness of the muscles of the nape of the neck

Pain, as from stiffness in the muscles of the nape of the neck, on turning the head to one side

Fain in the nape, as if the head had been lying in an uncomfortable position'-.

Constrictive pain in the muscles of the nape of the neck, as if the neck would be twisted about

Drawing pain in the right cervical muscles

Pack. Dull, throbbing stitches in the left side, near the spine, at intervals

Porsal. Intermitting pressure on the left side of the upper part of the spine, in the nape of the neck, while lying on the back in the morning in bed

Tearing thrusts on the outer side of the right scapula at intervals

Painful stitches in the middle of the spine on breathing

Tickling stitch in the middle of the right scapula

Drawing-tearing on the external margin of the right scapula (sixth day)

Luinhar. Burrowing sticking in the left loin, disappearing while walking, returning while sitting

Dull stitch from within outward in the left loin, just above the hip, on every inspiration

* Deeply cutting pain in the right loin, transiently disappearing upon pressure, afterwards disappearing of its own accord

Dull sticking, like a forcing out in both loins, on every inspiration, while sitting bent (after a short walk)

* Pain in the small of the back, as after stooping a long time

Sacral. Burrowing sticking on the left side near the sacrum

Extremities in General p. 185

Ohjeetive. ^Trembling of all the limbs

Violent trembling of the limbs,’®./

Jerking of the limbs,’®./

Slight jerking of the hands and feet

Snhjeetire. Lassitude, heaviness, and weariness of all the limbs, compelling him to sit and lie

He was suddenly seized with numbness in his limbs, and pains in the knees and elbows, in the evening; these symptoms increased so much in the course of three or four hours, that he could scarcely move his limbs

Heaviness of the arms and thighs

Pain in the limbs

Sensation of pain in all her limbs (after third day)

Cramplike pain here and there in the limbs, especially in the fingers

Sharp, shooting pains in left toes and thumb

Very bruised sensation in all the limbs the whole day

Superior Extremities p. 186

Paralytic, bruised pain in the left arm, almost only during rest, less during motion, none when touched; yet the arm had the usual strength,h

Dull, violent pain in the whole of the right arm, as after a blow, with leaden heaviness, immobility, stiffness of the muscles, and coldness of the whole arm, as if paralyzed ; on a,attempting to bend it, and even on touch, pain in the elbow-joint, as if bruised ; the icy coldness of the arm returned the next morning after twenty-four hours (after half an hour)

She could bend the arm neither backward nor forward, because it caused jerkings in it,^. ■Shoillller, Drawingtearing in the right shoulder, above the right hip-joint, and above and below the right knee-ioint,k

Pulsating pain in the left axilla, disappearing on motion,I

Jerking pain in the right axiUaf

Arm. Paralytic sensation in the right upper arm, disappearing on violent motion

Pain in the upper arm in the evening in bed, and in the morning after rising,. Jerking in the upper arm on bending it and drawing it backward ; on stretching it out, there was no jerking, but the fingers were stiff, so that she could not close them

Elhoir. Corrosive gnawing on the outer side of the elbow at short Forearm. Loss of power of the left forearm, with lameness, especially of the elbow-joint

Drawing pain in the right forearm (third day)

Dull drawing from the left elbow to the wrist, especially noticed on bending it

Sensitive drawings in the left ulna, frequently repeated

Slow, twisting boring, drawing downward from the elbow-joint to the wrist, disappearing on moving the arm, arid immediately returning during rest,l

Sudden, jerking, pinching-tearing in the middle of the left forearm (twelfth day)

TFi'/.sf. Wakened next morning with a violent pain in the left wrist, developing what a number of physicians called an inflammatory rheumatism Anatomically, the centre of pain seemed to emanate from the pisiform bone, extending forward along the branchings of the ulnar nerve to the end of the little finger, and again upward along the main tract of that nerve until it became lost near the inferior origin of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle. The pain increased until 9 or 10 oclock next evening. There was redness and swelling of the integuments; the little finger was flexed, and more or less involved in the inflammatory process

A dull stitch on the right wrist, disappearing on motion

Hards. Redness of the backs of the hands; burning pain if he becomes warm on walking, in the open air,h

Trembling of the hands (in cold, moist weather)

Frequent stretching of the hands, as if they would take hold of something; hands hastily carried to the mouth, with motions like chewing or swallowing

Violent cramps in the hands, so that he could not hold the least thing firmly

Fingers, Cramplike drawing in the ball of the left thumb, so that he could scarcely move the thumb

Cramplike jerking in the first phalanx of the right middle finger

Inferior Extremities p. 186

Inability to walk or stand

Falling asleep and weakness of the legs

Hip. Drawing-pinching in the right hip (after six hours)

Drawing-sticking in the left hip-joint, extending into the groin, only while walking, with a sensation on every step as if the head of the thigh-bone would be dislocated; violent stretching out of the leg relieved the pain, with a sensation as if the limb were reduced; still the bruised pain remained for some time, which obliged him to walk lame (for fourteen days)

Jerklike, isolated, severe stitches, as with a fork, just above the right hip, near the lumbar vertebrae

Drawing-tearing in the left hip

Pain, as from a blow above the left hip, close to the lumbar vertebrae (after half an hour),Thigh. Pain in the thigh

Drawing here and there in the muscles of the thigh, with sensitiveness to touch

Drawing pain on the anterior portion of the right thigh,l

Paralytic drawing on the anterior portion of the right thigh,l

Some small stitches on the right nates,l

Drawing-tearing from the middle of the posterior portion of the thigh to the knee-joint

* Drawing-tear hig pain, or constant pain, at one time sticking, at another pinching, in both thighs, disappearing on walking, then changing to weariness, and immediately returning while sitting

Sticking as with needles, on the posterior portion of the left thigh, close to the knee

Sticking-tearing in the whole of the thigh, not relieved by pressure

Knee, Knees weary, as after a long walk

Rhythmical, undulating pressure on the inner side of the knee,k

Tearing in the knee-joints while sitting

Sticking-tearing from the knee-joint up to the thigh while walking in the open air

Leg, Puffiness and swelling of the leg and calf (not of the foot Avith tensive pain and sensation of great weariness, towards evening,k

Feeling of numbness in the calves in the afternoon and evening

Pain, as from weariness in the tibiae, as after a long walk

Violent cramps in the calves, so that the legs were drawn up against the thighs

Painful cramp in the left calf while walking

Cramplike, almost cutting drawing down through the left leg,k

Sudden needle-like stitches in the left calf, followed by a sensation as if warm water or blood were flowing over that place

Tearing, extending up the right tibia, in the morning

Tearing on the posterior portion of the left calf, disappearing on moving the foot

Pain, as from ripping, extending down the left calf, posteriorly

Anhle. Severe cramp in the inner i-ight malleolus, waking him at night; he is obliged to walk about, when it disappears,k

Tearing from the external malleolus towards the forepart of the foot

Drawing-tearing near the right inner malleolus

Foot. Burning of the feet

Cutting pain in the sole of the right foot, not disappearing on stepping upon it

Toes. Intermitting sticking-burning in the toes,k

Pulsating tearing in the first and second left toes

Generalities p. 187

Ohjeetive. ^Sudden swelling of the body and puffiness of the limbs, at times painful or accompanied with a sensation as if going to sleep

Emaciation

Lassitude ; he avoids motion

Weariness

Great, continued weakness,'®.f

Trembling

Twitchings of the tendons

Sudden jerkings like electric shocks through the whole body, with piteous cries ; the jerkings seemed to be caused by violent pains in the abdomen; they did not last a long time, after which the boy began again to mutter

Spasms

Convulsions from time to time

Convulsions, first of the facial muscles, then of the whole body

Almost immovable

Sudden attacks of weakness like faintness

He is obliged to lie down

Unrest

Extremely restless, could scarcely be held; scratched his father

Subjective. She has to get up at night and Aval about the room; sinking sensation all over; she fancies she would sink through the bed

Pain in various parts of the body, as after taking cold

Pain as if the body would be cut off above the hip, obliging him to move back and forth, though without relief

Dull stitches here and there in the limbs and other parts of the body, mostly from within out- Vard

Itching pinching stitches in various parts

Symptoms subsided forty-eight hours from first incursion of pain

The symptoms seem inclined to occur especially towards evening/.

No relief from coffee

Skin p. 188

Mvuptioiifi, Dry. Red spots on the body

Red spots like flea-bites

Red spots like scarlet rash over the whole body,®'". Red, elevated spots, as from burning nettles,'^/

Eruption of red spots, with vesicles itching violently,^^.J

Bright-red pointed pimples on the skin, which after a few days fill with pus

* Nettle-rash over the whole body, without fever (from one drop of the 1st dib, in a child)

* Eruption like nettle-rash over the whole body

[Tetter-like rash, especially on the hands],'®.§

[Tetter-like crust over the whole body],".l|

Eruption of white wheals with red areola; sticking, itching, and with burning after rubbing, on the arms and thighs

Elevations, lines on the forehead, with sticking pain wdien touched

Pimples in the angles of the nose

Pimple in the inner side of the left wing of the nose, with an ulcerative pain

Pimples and ulcers about tbe mouth, with tearing pains on moving the parts

Red pimples in the bend of the elbow, noticeable morning and evening, in the warmth of the room, with fine sticking itching and burning after scratching, lasting twelve days.

Itching pimples on the chin

■ Small, moderately itching pimples on the chest and abdomen

Tetter-like rash on the labia majora,'®.*)[

Warts cover the hands

Drtti/fioiis 3loisf. Moist eruption on the cheeks

Snhjeciire. Agreeable tickling on the outer margin of the right scapula

General itching over the body, which gradually increased and soon became intolerable; the itching was worse on the nates, where the skin was red, partly of itself and partly from rubbing, and showed a striped swelling like wheals; this swelling was always renewed on going to bed, without regard to the time, when also sweat broke out over the whole skin; the rest at night wms greatly disturbed; the patient was able to sleep only towards two or three in the morning. After the sixth day the eruption began to break out over tbe whole body, reaching its greatest severity on the tenth day, when the patient was attacked with chilliness and heat, with inclination to sweat, with which the eruption became very prominent; it was especially marked on the back, less violent on the arms and legs. The character of the eruption and the annoying sensations were different in different parts of the body; on the back the skin was covered with red points as large as the head of a pin, and there the patient had a sensation as though a thousand fine needle-points were sticking in between the shoulder-blades; on the arms the eruption was in different spots; where the epidermis desquamated in fine scales, the red points which existed at first disappeared, and the patient experienced a biting itching; on the legs red spots formed, and there the patient had a sensation as though she were lying in burning nettles up to the hips; this remained for two days, with copious transpiration, on account of which she kept herself warm and in her room ; the eruption continued for several days. The cooler the patient kept the better she felt, and the less she went to bed the better the itching and eruption ; especially the warmth of the bed and sweat greatly aggravated the eruption; it was also aggravated by coffee and every kind of food ; as soon as the patient had taken only a frugal meal great heat of the body developed, soon followed by itching in all parts

[Violent itching of the whole body],'^.t

Burning, suddenly creeping itching here and there as from ants; he is obliged to scratch violently, which at first aggravates, but afterwards relieves; less during the day, generally at night, and mostly between twelve and three oclock ; he is awakened thereby after a short sleep (fourteenth day)

Sticking itching in various parts of the body 'K

Itching of the cheeks close to the wings of the nose,h

Itching on the outer side of the left leg, soon returning after scratching

Itching, ending with an itching stitching on the outer side of the right leg

No sleep at night on account of itching, as from flea-bites, on the anterior portion of the body and thighs, together with heat and offensive transpirations, without moisture

Unpleasant itching in the middle of the right forearm, soon returning after scratching, which he is obliged to do

Burning itching externally on the right upper arm, provoking scratching; the place was red, with a burning pimple upon it

Burning itching on the thighs, so that he was obliged to scratch

Sleep and Dreams p. 189

Sleep)ness. Frequent, violent yawning,k

Sleepiness the whole day, with much yawning

Great sleepiness, indolence, and yawning

Deep coma

Violent snoring in his sleep, with open mouth immediately

Sleeplessness, Sleeplessness, uneasiness, jerking

Sleeplessness, orgasm of blood, sticking and itching of the skin

* Uneasy sleep, tossed about in discomfoi't

* Uneasy sleep after 4 A.M., no matter how he lay

Restless, anxious, interrupted sleep, full of heavy dreams

Restless sleep, with profuse sweat, and interrupted by confused dreams

Tossing about in bedthe whole night, with dillness of the head

In the evening while falling asleep he started as from fright,k

A kind of waking, with closed eyes, towards morning

Awakened early, was unable to fall asleep again, stretched himself with great weariness, and turned from one side to the other, because the muscles of the occiput seemed lame and he could not lie upon them

No sleep towards morning, and yet weary in all the limbs and lame, as after enduring great heat

Dreams. Fearfully confused dreams

Frightful dreams, which made him jump out of bed (first night)

Fever p. 189

Chilliness. Skin cool, in the evening

[Frequent chilliness, heaviness of the head and general exhaustion, after taking cold],**.J

Shivering as from chilliness and nausea, with sensation of coldness, and coldness of the whole body, so that he could not get warm by a hot stove, with shuddering from time to time (immediately)

Chilliness and discomfort in all the limbs

Chilliness of the back, without thirst, in the open air, but especially in a draft

Chilliness over the back, nape of the neck, and occiput, towards evening (with a feeling as if the hairs stood on endj, lasting ten days

Heat. Increased warmth of the skin

Hot, dry skin, with orgasm of blood,**.§

Heat and uneasiness,**.§

Heat of the body, burning of the face, with constipation,**.§ Heat and sensation of heat over the whole body, especially of the hands, with thirst, and even, slow, full pulse, followed by chilliness

Dry heat at night,®. Dry burning heat of the whole body

Increased warmth of the body, with sweat and great redness of the skin, annoying sensation of heat, with itching and burning, and an eruption, especially on the face, of numerous thick

X See note to S. 223.

Hughes.

Conditions p. 189

Hughes. pimples, so that the face seemed to be decidedly swollen,[Violent fever, with violent heat, dryness ot the skin and delirium, daily, returning every fifteen or sixteen hours],'^t

[Double tertian fever], Burning in the skin of the whole back, as if he were sitting by a hot stove, with sweat in the face and moderate heat,^k

SlVCflt, \_^weat, lasting more than five days'] Body covered with sweat

Sweat all over at night, during the day in the axilla3 and palms of the hands,'"*.1| General sweat, especially on the back

Profuse sweat in the morning over the whole body, but mostly over the whole head (after twenty hours),'. Cold sweat covered the skin

Offensive sweat, together with copious discharge of transparent urine,'"*.||

Dryness and heat of the skin, constipated stool and painful retention of the urine, with soft, full, slow, jerking pulse,'"*.11 [Dryness, heat, and burning of the skin],'^T[

Much sweat upon the palms of the hands,".

Conditions p. 190

AggTSiVQ,tiou.

(Morning), Impatient; on rising, vertigo ; on waking, head hot, etc.; on rising, headache; after rising, headache in forehead ; vomiting of mucus; in bed, while lying on back, pressure on spine; tearing in tibia; sweat.

(Noon), While walking, before eating, vertigo.

(Afternoon), Quarrelsome mood ; towards evening, on walking in open air, pressing-out headache; drawing in temporal region ; thin stool, etc.; towards evening, puffiness, etc., of leg, etc.; towards evening, the symptoms; towards evening, chilliness over back.

(Evening), Dulness, etc., ill head; pain through brain; headache; stitches in head; pain in frontal eminence; while eating, pain in vertex ; in bed, heaviness in occiput; dry nose ; paralysis of tongue ; dryness of throat'; griping in abdomen, etc.; desire for stool, etc.; numbness in limbs, etc.; skin cool.

(Night), Delirium, etc.; palpitation ; dry heat.

( Walking in open air), Tearing from knee to thigh.

(Bending elbow). Drawing from elbow to wrist.

(Coffee), Eruption.

( While eating), Eructatxous.

(Food), Eruption.

(Inspiration), Pain in chest; stitches in spine; pains in loins.

(Motion), Pressing outward on forehead.

(Pressure), Pain in pit of stomach.

(Rest), Pain in arm ; drawing from elbow to wrist.

(On rising from sitting). Tension in groin.

(Reading), Pressure in eyes.

(Bitting), Pain from sternum to spine ; stitches beneath ribs; sticking in left loin; pain in thighs; tearing in knee-joints.

(Stooping), Drawing in frontal eminences; colic.

(Walking), Cramp in leg.

( Warmth of bed). Swelling of nates; eruption.

Amelioration p. 190

(Open air), Dulness in head.

(Becoming erect). Pain ill abdomen ; pain from sternum to spine.

(Lying down). Stitch in head.

(Motion), Pain in axilla ; sensation in upper arm ; stitch in wrist.

(Moving foot). Tearing in calf.

(Pressure), Pain above crest of ilium; pain in chest.

(Rising), Stitches beneath ribs.

(Walking), Sticking in loin ; pain in thighs.

Footnotes p. 181

† With S. 27.—IluQHKS. j Only a citation from Gowan (S. 119), according to Murray.—Hughes. ^ See S. 489. || Not found.—Hughes.

† During treatment of scrofula by Dulcamara there supervened S. 465, going on to 479, and followed by swelling of the inguinal glands, and also those of the neck and axillae. The continued use of Dulcamara removed all.—Hughks.

† Critical.—Hughes. J Critical.—Hughes. Original revised by Hughes. I See S. 489. || Critical.—Hughes. ]f Curative effect.—Hughes. ** Ascribed to abundant evacuations.—Hughes. ft Not found.—Hughes.

† Not found.—-Hughes.

† After much sweat.—Huquks.

† On the seat of vanished dartre. — Bughes. j On parts affected by dartre.—Hughes. I Critical.—Hughes. II Critical. See S. 489.—Hughes. ^ During dartrous vagina and ulcers.—Hughes. ** Not found.—Hughes.