Ferrum

Ferrum, The element.

Common names, Iron ; Eisen.

Preparation, Triturations of pure metallic iron ; solutions of the Acetate and triturations of the Carbonate.

Authorities. (1 to 11 From Hahnemann.') 1, Hahnemann, Mat. Med. Pura, vol. 2; 2, Fr. H-n., ibid.; 3, Gross, ibid.; 4, Kasazemsky, ibid.; 5, Harcke, in Hufel. Journ., xxv, not found (Hughes); 6, Lentil, Beitr., vol. I, p. 75, symptoms not found (Hughes); 7, Nebel und Wepfer, Diss. de Med. Chalyb., Heidelb., 1711, not accessible (Hughes); 8, Ritter, in Hufel. Journ., xxvi, I, effects of Pyrmont and Schwalbach waters; 9, Scherer, in Hufel. Journ., iii, D. 620, effects of Iron given in chorea; 10, Schmidt's- Miller, in Horn’s Archive, 9, 2, from finest powdered Iron (Hahnemann); II, Zacchioli, in Ivuhn’s Magazin fur Arzneim., 1, 1794, from a few grains of Iron filings (Nos. 10 and 11 not accessible, Hughes); 12, Provings by the Amer. Provers’ Union (Drs. Cox, Dubs, Howards, Person, Duffield, Miller, Xegerdauke, Payne, Rane, and Mr. Koller), “with triturations and dilutions from the first dec. to thirtieth cent., and one with the 200th dil. of Jenichen;” no day-books nor details furnished; 13, Petruschky, aged 21, took 6 drs. and 2 scruples of Liq. ferri acet., within fifteen days, in doses of 4 to 24 drops, four times a day; Loeffler’s provings, Bernard and Loeffler’s Zeit., 1847 (from Frank’s Mag., 4, 161); 14, Loeffler, aged 31, took 1 oz. and 3 drs., in twenty-five days, in doses of 10 to 25 drops, three times a day; then 30 drops, four times a day, followed by a pause of four days, and then commencing with 1 drop, and increasing 1 drop each dose, ibid; 15, Rast, aged 25, took 1 oz. in doses of 2 to 26 drops, four times a day, ibid.; 16, Storm, aged 21, took 2 ozs., in twenty-five days, in doses of 5 to 30 drops, ibid.; 17, Herzer, aged 20, took 1^ oz., in doses of 5 to 40 drops, ibid.; 18, Abel (omitted, not in good health); 19, Dr. Alb took 60th dil. first day, at 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. ; third day, at 7.30 a.m. and 11.30 p.m. ; afterwards, 10 drops of 20th dil.; Z. f. Ver. Horn. Aetz. Oest., 2, 213; 20, Dr. Laa took 1 grain of 1st trit., ibid.; 21, same, a proving on a healthy Avoman Avith 1st trit.; 22, Dr. Gonzaler, chronic poisoning of a lady by different preparations of Iron prescribed for general debility, El Arterio Med., 10, 273 (L’Hahnemanuisme, 2, 435); 23, Dr. Knorre, effect of 1 grain of 3d dil. of Ferr. carb., A. H. Z., 6, p. 35; 24, v. Schroff.

Mind

Eniotioiicil. Intoxication,®.]

In the evening became exceedingly lively

“My surroundings seem very large and capacious,and I am inclined to attribute great importance to trifles, and am generally in an unusually earnest mood, without external cause

Constant desire for solitude; horror of conversation, noise, visits, and even the society of her cherished friends

Not inclined to talk; disinclined to AVork,'l

Temper more equable all through the proving

Feels very sober and uncomfortable, but not gloomy

(Depression of spirits, as from too loose bowels)

A gloomy depression of spirits and a nervous excitability during the whole time of the menses

Mental depression previous to menses

Gloomy feelings after menses/

She never complained or wept, and was always plunged in deep melancholy Avhen no one was about her

Anxiety

Anxiety, as if something evil had happened to her,h

Anxiety at night, as if some evil had happened to her; she could not sleep; tossed about in bed,h

* From slight cause, anxiety, with throbbing in pit of stomach

Ill-humor; disinclined for everything; indifferent even to subjects in which he usually took an active interest; joyfulness was impossible

The ill-humor appeared not only during the period of the greatest aggravation of the abdominal affection, but like that it was also worse soon after taking the drug; it, however, continued after the abdominal trouble disappeared, and increased in the last days of the proving when the abdomen was almost free; it even continued after stopping the drug, and gradually disappeared,'h

My usual lively disposition changed without any cause; I became ill-humored, morose, and disinclined to every mental and physical labor (second day)

Excited by the slightest opposition; everything irritated or depressed her; even her children’s caresses increased her bad temper; she was often rude to those about her, because she hated to see or talk to them, and wanted them to leave her in solitude, which alone was pleasing to her

Violence, quarrelsomeness; insists that he is right (after four hours),h

Moroseness after menses

Too gay one evening, sad and melancholy the next,h

Intellectual. Indisposition to think, and confusion of head,h

Very dull and heavy all day

The mind wandering and discontented

The memory was weakened, but the head was free from unpleasant sensations

Stupor, with giddiness

Stupor, with headache

Head p. 304

Confusion and Vertigo. ^Confusion of the head. (seventh day),’^; (thirteenth day),V

Confusion of the head, as after a sleepless night (second day)

Confusion and stupefaction of the head,®.f

Slight, but transient confusion of the head

Vertigo on descending, as if she would fall forwards

On lying down, vertigo, as if he were shoved forwards or were driving in a coach (especially on shutting the eyes)

One very decided symptom was a vertigo or dizziness in the head; after sleeping in the afternoon, on suddenly rising, vertigo came on to such a degree that everything appeared black, as if a dark curtain was slowly let down before the eyes, and he had to lean against the door for support, or he would have fallen ; this vertigo was accompanied by nausea, prostration, and a lethargic dulness; went to sleep again, and found great difficulty in arousing himself; in the afternoon, two momentary attacks of vertigo; a sensation of balancing to and fro, as when on water

Head feels dizzy, or rather swimming, for half an hour

* On looking at running water she became dizzy and giddy in the head, as if everything went round with her

Giddy, with headache

Giddy, darkness before the eyes

* Whilst walking, giddy and as if drunk, as though she woxdd fall over obstacles

Giddiness of the head, with great stupor and restlessness, it being impossible to confine or apply the mind to study

Head swimming, hands cold

* beer rises to her head

General Head. Great congestion towards the head

* Bash of blood to the head; the veins on the head were swollen for two hours, with flushes of heat in the face

Emptiness of head

Head empty and stupid

A sensation of dulness in the head, at 8 A.M., gradually subsiding towards night

Dulness and heaviness iu the head on waking in the morning, as after a wakeful night (fourth day)

Head felt dull and full, eyelids heavy

The head is dull and stupid

Very dull iu the head in the morning

Heaviness ol head

Feeling of heaviness of the head on waking in the morning (third morning)

Feeling of heaviness iu the head, stupefaction of the frontal region, and pressure in both temples (second clay)

Pain iu the head, lasting two hours, when it changed from an acute to a dull and oppressive pain, accompanied by stupor, less perceptible towards night

Head constantly full and heavy, every pulsation is felt iu the temples (fifth day)

Sensation of excessive fulness iu the head in the afternoon (second day)

Headache at times during the day

Headache, with fever, in the afternoon

Headache, dulness over the root of the nose, every evening

Headache after menses

Headache; head languid and stiff

Slight headache all day

Severe headache all day, greatest in the evening, worse on the right side of the forehead, going down to the right nostril

Dull headache, with coryza

Confused, thick, muddy headache

Sick headache a few days after menses; head hot, feet cold

Undulating headache for an hour (after half an hour),h

A momentary giddy}’’ shock in the brain (immediately)

Headache is aggravated when walking or stooping, relieved while sitting

Writing causes the headache to reappear

On waking iu the morning the head felt freer, especially the frontal region, while the pressure in the temples continued (third day); the sensation of fulness of the head increased after another dose of four drops

The symptoms of the head, with the exception of the congestive fulness, relieved after a sleep

ForeUeail. The forepart of the head feels dull and heavy, but no real pain

Slight dull, heavy feeling in forehead all day

Pain extending over whole forehead, beginning in the temples

* Severe frontal headache all day, xvith cold /eef

Headache over the eyes

Drawing pain in forehead, head hot, and feet cold

In a few days (after menses) had a sick headache, which formerly always preceded or followed the menses, until within the last six months (after taking Veratrum); it was accompanied this time by throbbing iu the top of the head, as of a vein too full iu the brain, and a palpitating sensation in the stomach, extending through the oesophagus, as if a nerve was quivering, and gave, at times, a sensation of suffocating, as if something rose in the throat like a valve; sensations seemed like those in hysteria

Drawing headache

Some pressing in the head, in the evening, after a walk in the open air

The pressure in the head disappeared toward evening, while bathing in the river, but soon returned more violent than ever (sixth day)

Headache, as if the brain were torn (also in the morning during slumber before awaking)

inching, tearing pain in head, on and off, for an hour

Before catamenia, shooting headache and singing in the ears

Sensation in the head as of the heatings of the pulse, with slight sticking (ninth day)

(*Every two or three weeks, headache for two, three, or four days, hammering and beating, so that she must sometimes lie down in bed; then aversion to eating and drinking f

* Pressure in both frontal eminences, after rising and dressing, in the morning, after a quarter of an hour, extending over the whole forehead to the vertex, and becoming more intense, and after twenty minutes changing to a pressive pain from within outward; on going downstairs, the pain increased so much that I involuntarily pressed the palm of the hand on the painful spot, which momentarily relieved the pain, but it was only decidedly relieved in the open air; about 2.45 p.m. it changed to a dull pressure, which lasted till 8 p.m. (second day)

i*Press(ve headache in the forehead, as if it ivould hurst')f

Awoke at 1.30 A.,M. with pressive pain in the whole of the forehead, and rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen (first night)

Dull, pressive sensation, at first in both frontal eminences, but after half an hour over the whole forehead; it became less after twenty minutes, and gradually ceased after four hours (after five hours)

Dxdl, pressive sensation in the frontal eminences, which, after eight minutes, spread over the tvhole forehead, and, after half an hour, to the vertex; relieved by pressure of the hands, and also in the oj)en air, but again aggravated on descending steps; the violent pain only disappeared after 4 p.m., when it changed to a dull, pressive pain in the frontal eminences as at first, lasting till 6 p.m. (third day)

Sharp, drawing, pressing pain in forehead

Cutting-shooting in forehead

Stitches in the whole forehead from without inwards

A slight pulsating, tickling pain in forehead and head

Slight prickling in the left frontal eminence, which, after a quarter of an hour, shifted to the right, and, after four hours, changed to a dull pressure; this was not relieved in the open air, and was gradually increased in both these places; about 1 p.m. the pressive sensation became less, and after 3 p.m. disappeared (from 20th dil.)

Temples. Heaviness in the temples (twelfth day)

The unpleasant pressure in the temples was better on lying quietly; was not affected, however, by cold air, or by applying cold substances to the forehead

A pressive sensation in one or the other temporal region, with a slight confusion of the head, immediately disappearing after motion (first day),'k

Sharp, sticking, pressing pains in both temples

Awoke at 3 A.M. with severe stitches, as from a penknife, in both temples, gradually extending over the tvhole forehead, with chilliness, rendering her unable to go to sleep again

Vertex. Awoke shortly before 3 a.m. with pressive pain on the vertex, aggravated by every change of position and preventing falling asleep, which I only did at 4 a.m. (fourth morning)

The cool, open air caused a peculiar pressure on the top of the head, which went off gradually in the room

Throbbing in top of head, as if a vein were too full in the brain, a few days after the menses

A throbbing pain in top of head whenever he moved suddenly or walked quickly upstairs

[HO.] Soreness on top of head, especially to right side

Pdrietals. Pain in right side of head, with itching in eyebrows and nose

A left-sided headache all day

A slight headache all day, occupying the whole left side of the head

* Violent shooting headache in left side, in the afternoon, for five hours

Oceipdt. Heaviness of the occiput, for half an hour, in the afternoon (from 20th dil.)

* A drawing from the nape ujnvards into the head, in which there is then shooting, roaring, and humming

At 8 a.m. an oppressive and somewhat acute pain in the back part of the head and neck, gradually extending to the forehead

Weight in back of head from ear to ear

Pain in head more acute, of a beating character, seated in the back part of the head and neck, gradually extending to the sides and forehead, the pain being almost insupportable, and greatly aggravated by moving or stooping; these acute pains lasted about three hours, when they gradually abated, but having periodical returns through the day, brought on by stooping

External Head. ^Falling out of the hair, whereby the scalp is paint ul, with formication

Pain externally in the head, as if blood were extravasated; the hairs are painful when touched,'._Head and scalp sore

Scalp sore, especially in front

Scalp and hair feel sore; drawing pain in chest and around the heart

Soreness in the hair, and pressing pain in the forehead

Itching in scalp all day

Slight itching ill scalp and cold feet for ten days,'I

Head itches very often during the day, compelling him to scratch

Eyes p. 307

Objective. For five days red eyes, with burning pains (after third da>0/

The white of the eye was discolored (second day)

White of the. eye yellow (third day)

Weakness of eyes, with great lachrymation

Eyes weak, with lachrymation, and watery discharge from the nose for eight or ten days

Subjective. Eyes are painful, as if he w^ere very sleepy, and they would close; also burning in them

Burning in eyes

An aching in right eye; eyelids agglutinated in the night

Pressing in the eyes, as if they would protrude, especially the right

(Shooting in left eye)

In the evening, itching in eyes, and aching as from a grain of sand in them

livoiv aud Ovbit. Very singular sensation above left eyebrow; towards the nose an iron pain

A slight heaviness over the eyes and forehead, in the morning

Pain over left eye coming very suddenly, and lasting a short time, returning for several days

An occasional severe pain over the left eye, with lachrymation

Sharp pain over right eye

Sticking pain over left eye, lasting fi fteen minutes

A slight painful sensation in the orbit of the left eye, with heartburn

Stitches in the external corner of the right orbit

Lids. Redness aud swelling of upper and lower lids; on upper a kind of stye filled with pus; the lower lids are full of hard matter (purulent mucus)

If he writes for only two hours, he cannot open his eyes wide; they become Watery, as if he had not slept enough

Can scarcely open the eyes; the eyelids are pressed down

Eyelids heavy in the morning

LflcJlvynial Apparatus. Great lachrymation of the left eye; most in the open air

Lachrymation so great he could not read long

Tears and weakness of eyes, with pain over left eye

Pupil. Pupils capable of only slight dilatation

Yisiou. Much darkness before the eyes, especially when rising after stooping

In the evening, it became dark before his eyes; he had an aching pain over the orbits, and some blood dropped out of his nose

Unable to see the stitches in sewing

Letters run into each other, when reading or writing

Ears p. 307

Painfulness of left external ear, as if there were an ulcer on it (after twelve hours)

Stitches in right ear, in the morning (after twelve hours)

Heaviuff, Humming in ears, which, as well as the disagreeable feeling in the brain, is relieved by laying the head upon the table

Ringing in the right ear

Chirping before the ears like crickets

Nose p. 307

Objective. At 1 p.m., four very painful spasmodic sneezes in rapid succession

Watery discharge from the nose all day, with dull headache

the morning on stooping, some bleeding from nose,'-.

Several drops of blood fell from the right nostril, a circumstance never before occurring, in the forenoon

Bleeding from the left nostril (four times in ten hours-

Subjective. Nose numb aud stith'

Pain in nose from the eyebrows

Pain in nostrils from the head

Face p. 307

Objective. Expression by turns melancholy'-and fretful

Flushed face, with burning cheeks

Flushed face, with burning cheeks, while riding in the open air on a cloudy day

* Face somewhat yellow (second day)

* Cadaverous jaundiced complexion

Cadaverous, also blue-spotted face

The fresh redness and fulness of the face is very perceptibly diminished (eleventh day)

(She became pale, had rumbling in the bowels, the chest was contracted, congestion to the head; she was affected with spasmodic violent eructation; then heat in face, particularly the right cheek, aud pain in the head on the crown, like shooting)

Decided turgescence of the face (second day),^. The fulness and bright redness of the face decidedly decreased daring the proving, PiucJ^ied features

Subjective. Sensation in face as if swollen and bloated

Cheeks. Cheeks slightly flushed

Pale Paleness ot the lips and face,®.t

Lips dry and pale

Mouth p. 308

Teeth. The tooth back of right eyetooth feels longer than the others, and very sore, for eight days

* Toothache, all the morning

CrUltlS. All the gums discolored

(Swelling of gums and cheeks),k

Tonejiie. Tongue red at the tip, and thickly coated; white on the anterior portion, yellowish-white on the back,^k Tongue thickly coated yellowish-gray (thirteenth day)

Tongue with a white coat, mouth dry, taste bad,^k

Tongue slightly white during the last part of the prov-

the back and in the centre of the tongue a constant painfulness, like fine uninterrupted stitches, aggravated by the contact of food and drink; when not eating and drinking the part feels as if it had been burnt and were numb

Tongue more natural after eating,’^. Ce^ieVClZ 3Joilth. Mouth dry in the morning,>k

When he has slept for an hour before midnight, a heat comes up as if from his abdomen; the mouth becomes dry, and a bad vapor and putrid taste rise up into his mouth,k Teste, Bad disagreeable taste,'k

Taste not good on rising,Pasty taste (third day),'k

Sometimes an earthy taste in mouth,k

Slimy taste in the mouth, with white-coated tongue, without loss of appetite (thirtyeighth day),'k

Sweetish taste in mouth, as from blood

(In the morning, sourish taste in the mouth),k

In the afternoon a putrid taste rises into his mouth that takes away all his appetite

Constant taste of iron in the mouth; masking all other flavors

Taste like rotten eggs

Drinking cold water improves the taste, in the morning

* All solid foods taste dry, as if they contained neither juice nor strength; they have, to be sure, their natural taste, but nothing is agreeable; he likes warm liquid food best

Everything she eats tastes bitter

Throat p. 308

Rising of phlegm

(Sometimes a sensation like a plug in the throat; not when swallowing, but when not swallowing)

A sensation as of a lump in left side of throat, below tonsil; painful during empty deglutition, but not when eating or drinking

Feeling of constriction in throat

Choking in the throat

Burning in the throat, with eructations of an acrid gas

On swallowing, aching pain in throat, with heat in fauces; the cervical muscles are stiff and painful on movement

Sore throat, not painful when eating

Sore throat, with dulness and heaviness all day

(Raw and sore throat, with hoarseness)

Fauces and CEsoj/ha(/US. Violent constriction of the fauces (after every dose of the Iron and water)

Sensation extending through the oesophagus from the stomach

(On coughing, an aching, with sore sensation in the oesophagus, as when a blister bursts and leaves a sore place)

External Throat. Chronic glandular swelling on the neck

Stomach p. 308

Appetite. Increase of appetite (first days)

Appetite still vigorous ; after every light meal pressure in the stomach (ninth day),*k

* Unusually great appetite (fifth day)

Very greatly increased appetite, with good digestion during the whole proving

Appetite so voracious that double the amount of an ordinary meal in the evening was hard;il sufficient (^\Bile taking the Iron)/

Sensation of great hunger (second day)

Sensation of great hunger, so that she was obliged to eat at an unusual time; she had, however, lost the sense of satisfaction, for in spite of eating several times a day, and not a very small quantity each time, she was unable to ap{)ease her hunger (first and second days)

Appetite mucJi dhnmisJied,^^; (thirteenth day)

Little appetite (third day)

Little appetite, especially for meat; she felt so full

Little appetite with a clean tongue (eleventh day)

Complains of loss of appetite

He has ho appetite, far he always feels full; but drinks taste good, and are taken with relish

* Anorexia ; extreme dislike to all food; everything tasted of Iron

* Anorexia, without bad taste or thirst

Even when she has apj^etite, she can eat but little; she is immediately full, and the food oppresses her

* Ne can eat only bread and butter; meat disagrees with hini

Th int, Thirst in the evening after chills and fever have vanished

Thirst in the evening, followed by heat, with perspiration

Thirst after chill (3 p.m.), before heat

After dinner he has thirst; he knows not for what

Excessive thirst after day sleep

In the evening unquenchable thirst for an hour

Adipsia

Complete absence of thirst

JEvuctdtion. Eructations, without relief of abdominal feelings

Frequent eructations

Constant eructation, as soon as she has eaten anything f

Acrid eructations

Eructations, acrid and burning

Foul eructations

* i?e eats with proper appetite and taste at noon, but after eating there comes in jerks erwiation and regurgitation of food, without nausea or inclination to vomit

Heartburn

After sourish beer (in the evening), heartburn

Considerable heartburn, with painful sensation in left orbit

When rising, nausea, without vomiting

Nausea, continuing throughout the forenoon

Nausea at 8 p.m., with flushes over the whole body, as if perspiration would break out

Nausea before or after eating

* Nausea after food

Nausea slightly increased after food

Whilst walking nauseated and sick; it seems as though the head would constantly incline to the right side

Nausea, with vertigo

Great nausea in the throat, as if vomiting must ensue; it ends with eructation

Sickness of stomach, with diarrhoea at night

She is always qualmish and nauseated

When she eats anything she has heaving like the nausea of disgust

Inclination to vomit, for three hours

Felt at times as if he would vomit, but without nausea or qualmishness

Vomiting, having a taste of Iron, immediately on eating, or else of clear, frothy water

On taking acids and beer she vomits much

Vomiting of food immediately after midnight, followed by aversion to food and dread of open air (after six hours)

* Vomiting of food only immediately after eating, for eight days

* As soon as she eats anything it is thrown tip again

She vomits every morning, and after eating, only mucus and water (no food); a sort of waterbrash; the water runs out of her mouth, and her throat feels drawn together

Everything she vomits is sour and acrid

The vomiting is worst before midnight, when she is lying, and especially when lying on the side

Stomach. ’^'Distension of epigastric region

Region of stomach and abdomen distended (after taking powdered Iron)

Indigestion, with heat of stomach

Feeling as if something rose in the stomach

A feeling in stomach as from a hard body, or as from undigested food, followed in about two hours by burning and acrid eructation

Occasional uneasiness at the left extremity of the stomach, not amounting to pain

Discomfort in the stomach, with bitter eructations, smelling like foul eggs, mostly disappearing after dinner (after ten minutes)

Great discomfort, immediately after every meal (thirty-eighth day)

Pain in pit of stomach,'%

Sensation of warmth and fulness in the epigastric region (immediately after four drops), (first day),'*. Constant sensation of warmth in the epigastric region, which is not painful to pressure (eleventh day)

After eating, heat in stomach

Heat and burning in the stomach, with momentary cramplike pain in splenic region,'". During physical exertion, heat from the pit of the stomach upwards, like apprehension; she must lie down

(Burning in stomach)

After eructations, decreased burning in stomach

He feels full

After walking he felt full, as if he would eructate ; this goes off after eating,'. Sensation of fulness and warmth in the stomach (ten minutes after 10 drops, first day)

Tension and warmth in the epigastric region came on soon after the first dose, increased on the second day, diminished on the third, and disappeared on the fourth; returned on the ninth and increased to a distressing sensation of pressure and heaviness, which seemed to start from the epigastric region and extend over the whole abdomen, becoming a griping ; especially severe in the morning and evening, and at times associated with an inclination to vomit; this whole condition reached its greatest severity on the twelfth day, but afterwards gradually diminished in spite of increasing doses, till there was only a sensation of slight tension in the epigastric region

In the morning in bed (about six oclock) painful contraction of everything at the pit of the stomach, followed by a kind of spasmodic cough with mucous expectoration

Cramplike stomachache

Severe cramplike and pressive pain in the stomach

Spasm in stomach

Stomachache from eating meat, '.- After eating and drinking, violent stomachache

An unple^sant drawing in the epigastric region (twelfth day'i

* Whenever she eats she has pressure

Pressure in the stomach, after every meal (tenth and eleventh days)

Slight pressure in the epigastric region, at 2 p.m. (second day)

Heavy pressure in the pit of stomach

Violent pressure in the stomach and extraordinary tension,''.!

Violent pressure in stomach and unusual tension (after a few grains of Iron filings)

Pressing and very intense pain in stomach

Pressive, very acute pain in stomach,‘®.J

Pain in pit of stomach on touching it

Palpitating sensation in stomach, extending through the oesophagus, as if a nerve was quivering, giving occasionally a sensation of suffocation, as if a valve rose in the throat, with headache, after menses

All sensations in stomach are experienced at the cardiac extremity and in the si)lonic region

Abdomen p. 310

liyjmchondria. Feeling of fulness in both hypochondria (fourth dayPressure in the right hypochondrium

Shooting pain in left hypochondrium

Pain in liver and chest

Cramplike sensation in splenic region

A slight dull pain and heavy feeling in the splenic region

Geiicval Abdomen. Distension of abdomen

Hard distended abdomen

Quiet distended abdomen, ■without flatulent symptoms

Extension, or a swelling of abdomen

Abdomen somewhat tympanitic

Movement in bowels, as if diarrhoea would ensue, but stool natural

Rumbling of bowels, with headache

All day rumbling of the bowels, with pain in small of back and kidneys, and a slight soreness in the urethra when urinating

In the evening rumbling in the bowels, and feeling of soreness in them, with sensation as if they

From a few grains of Iron filings.

Hahnemann.

j From the finest pulverized Iron.

Haunemann. were about to be raved/l

Rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, at 1.30 A.M. (first night)

Rumbling and gurgling in the whole abdomen, as if diarrhoea would come on; there was however the regular daily stool (second day)

Rumbling and gurgling in the transverse colon, especially in the coecum (fourth day)

Awakened from an uninterrupted sleep of five hours by rumbling and griping in the abdomen, which is full and tense; violent attack of colic for ten or fifteen minutes, always relieved by emission of flatulence; very greatly relieved after a copious evacuation of the bowels, so that the colic was only distressing while sitting up (thirtyeighth day),'k

Great rumbling in abdomen day and night

A flatulent condition of bowels all day, extending through the Avhole abdomen; no perceptible change in a warm room, in the open air, while riding, or sitting quiet

Flatus in right side of abdomen, while riding in a carriage; soon passing ofi','l

A quantity of flatus is discharged

Very noisy flatulence

Frequent emission of offensive flatulence, after rising in the morning (fourth day)

Feeling of increased warmth in the abdomen, especially in the epigastric region, with j)pressure, tension, and griping in the abdomen, which speedily disappeared, or did not appear at all if he took a walk immediately after taking the drug

Marked discomfort in the abdomen, increasing to a sick feeling, together with bitter foul eructations and griping in the abdomen, followed by copious, for the most part liquid stool

A severe pain all over the bowels (at 2^ a.m.); had scarcely time to go to stool; had a free and loose passage, with griping, cutting pain and severe straining; straining lasted some time; at same time felt sick at stomach, and a disagreeable taste in mouth, relieved by drinking cold water; at 6 a.m., another loose, brownish-yellow stool, with colic pains before, and straining during the passage

Pain like iron pain in left side of abdomen, not very severe, but nearly constant

Great sensation of fulness in abdomen for several days (ninth and tenth day)

Very disagreeable tension and fulness in the abdomen the whole day (thirty-eighth day)

Violent contractive pains in abdomen and back

Acute griping and rumbling in the abdomen, with a pasty taste in the mouth, dryness in the fauces, and some nausea, the abdomen not painful to touch ; disappearing in a few hours and after a copious evacuation of the bowels (thirty-sixth day),'k

A sharp aching pain in upper portion of abdomen and pit of stomach, for an hour

Paroxysmal drawing pains throughout the whole abdomen (sixteenth day); woi-se (seventeenth day)

A. pressure in abdomen, just below the stomach, as soon as she eats or drinks anything

An extremely distressing pressive sensation in the abdomen, especially in the epigastric region, increasing to a pain on touch, usually disappearing within an hour after a dose, returning after every new dose, especially severe in the evening; in spite of an undisturbed sleep the next night and increased appetite the next day, the pain increased until it was prevented by a walk immediately after taking the drug, or at least it was essentially diminished though each dose was increased ; but whenever the walk was omitted, either intentionally or accidentally, the distress returned in all its severity (seventh day)

Especially when walking, painful weight of the bowels, as if they would fall down

Sharp pains in abdomen

Sharp pains in abdomen, bearing down in uterus, with aching below it

Some stitches in abdomen

Colicky pains (immediately)

Colicky pains, followed by diarrhoea, after midnight

Almost constant, distre,ssing colicky pain, varying in severity, scarcely influenced by motion, during the first four days after the proving, aggravated by eating and somewhat relieved by stool; it always appeared after rising in the morning, even after an undisturbed night’s rest; abdomen not distended nor sensitive to touch

Attacks of colic awaking him from sound sleep, relieved after passage of much flatulence and after profuse stool, but recurring after every dose (thirty-seventh day),’h

Flatulent colic at night; much flatulence is generated in his abdomen, which causes pain, although much escapes

Fine shooting colic

Slight soreness all over the bowels, with rumbling

* (Om feeling the abdomen and on coughing, the bowels are sore as if beaten, or as if they had been acted upon by purgatives), (after twentysix hours)

Hypo(fast‘iam, Much flatus in lower abdomen, and in its left side slightly incarcerated; a large amount escaped per mouth and anus, without sound or smell, with very little relief

Pain in the hypogastrium

In the morning labor-like pains in abdomen, as if the catamenia would come on (after twelve hours)

Rectum and Anus p. 312

Objective. Protrusion of large hsemorrhoids from the anus

Violent haemorrhoidal flux

Contractive spasm in rectum, for some minutes

Subjective. Tearing in rectum

Itching and gnawing in rectum, and ascarides are passed in the slimy stool

The ascarides seem to increase by its %ise; he cannot sleep at night on account of the itching in the rectum; the worms creep at night out of his anus,'.t

Pressing-tearing through anus, with hard stool

Urgent desire for stool, followed by a frothy stool, accompanied by much loud flatulence, at 9.30 A.M.; after which and before 4 p.m., there were three watery almost odorless stools, always followed for six minutes by griping in the pit of the stomach, but by relief of the feeling of fulness in the hypochondria (fourth day)

Frequent urging to stool, with burning in anus, and pain in back on moving

Straining at stool, all day

Severe straining with stool, and after

Stool p. 312

Diawhcea. Diarrhoea, with nervous spasmodic pain in abdomen, back, and anus

* Frequent diarrhoea

Frequent diarrhoea; stools watery, with or without tenesmus, and preceded or not by pain, but always with much flatulence and more frequent after taking food or water

Violent diarrhoea

Vei’y profuse watery diarrhoea, with cutting pains in the abdomen, lasting one day

Strong purging

Frequent diarrhoeic stools

Stool changed to greenish and black on the third day, at the same time it became harder, indeed very hard ; but after a dose of 26 drops and more it gradually became softer, so that during the last days of the proving there were copious pasty stools

Constipation was at no time induced; during the first proving there was daily a copious and only at times a partly hard evacuation, for the most part delayed for two or three hours; the normal brown color changed on the second day to a greenish and greenish-black

Diarrhoeic stool

Yellow stool

* At 8 A.M., a very sudden discharge from bowels, watery, without pain or smell

Fisces consisting mostly of small hard pieces, evacuated with much straining, at first brown, then greenish and greenish-black ; only once in the day was there a copious soft evacuation (third day)

Stool without smell

At every stool mucus and sometimes blood is passed

Constipation. "^Constipation; the stool before the proving was regular every twenty-four hours, but after the second day of the proving it occurred only every two or three days, with frequent urging to stool; freces after the fifth day always dry, more or less dark-green; three days after the last dose they became again pasty and brown as usual/

Constipation and haemorrhoids, which cause a painful pressure when he goes to stool,h

Bowels rather constipated (thirteenth day)

Obstinate constipation

Excessive constipation of bowels for three mouths; during that time never had a natural evacuation; after that period bowels returned to their natural condition

Stool before taking dark, usually twice a day, soft and pasty; during the proving it frequently omitted, once, indeed, for three days; the evacuation was formed, and even after three days greenish, then becoming dark green, and at last quite black ; three days after the proving it again became brown and soft, as formerly

Stools harder and delayed, very unusual ; (from fifth to ninth day)

Scanty stool for several days

A small, rather hard stool, with pressing and tearing through anus

Only a very small stool, though had much pressure and straining, as if the bowels would be moved freely

A very small stool, rather harder than usual,^'f

Bowels not moved (third day), very unusual,^'f

No passage, although the bowels felt as if they would be freely opened

Stool omitted (third day)

No stool (twelfth and thirteenth days); hard stool (sixteenth day); soft stool (seventeenth day); hard (eighteenth day); copious and soft (nineteenth day)

Urinary Organs p. 313

TMadder. Pains in bladder

Extremely distressing tenesmus vesicle, commencing with tickling in the fossa navicularis, obliging him to urinate very frequently (sixteen times a day, on the previous day only ten times, passing from 1 to 2 ounces at a time) ; this became veiy severe, and from 7 to 10 p.m. was associated with a tormenting tenesmus recti in the evening (third day)

UrrtJlva. (Gonorrhoea) mucous discharges from the urethra after a chill

(When urinating, burning pain in urethra, as if the urine was hot)

Slight soreness in urethra when urinating

Tickling in the urethra, especially in the fossa navicularis, in the afternoon ; this is associated with urging to urinate (fifth day)

Sensation of tickling in the urethra, gradually extending along the whole urethra, on commencing to urinate, continuing for several seconds afterwards; this increases during the subsequent days, and during the whole proving was associated with persistent and unusually frequent desire to urinate, with no noticeable increase of the quantity of urine passed daily

* Continual desire to ‘urinate, with ■pain in liver, chest, and kidneys

* Urging to urinate, with tickling in the urethra extending to the neck of the bladder Cixiln day)

Urging to urinate continues from the fifth day, during the proving

Urging to urinate seldom, with unusually frequent micturition

Urging to urinate entirely absent during the night, but occurring regularly during the day, about 8 a.m. and towards 5 p.m., lasting two or three hours very severely, relieved while sitting and lying, but when walking becoming intolerably aggravated, reaching its greatest severity on the seventh day (sometimes occurring every five or ten minutes), continuing during the eighth and ninth days (when omitting the medicine), and after the total suspension of the medicine it quite speedily disappeared, although it could still be felt after fourteen days ; the character of the trouble varied somewhat, since it became more and more plainly a neuralgic affection; usually there appeared twice in the day, between 8 and 9 A.M. and 6 and 7 p.m., a sensation of tickling and warmth in the glans penis, which was associated with an irresistible desire to urinate, and, on urinating, as soon as the urine reached the glans, there was felt in it an exceedingly distressing pulsation, even continuing several minutes after micturition, together with constantly increasing tenesmus vesicle; the distress was relieved by rapidly drinking a large quantity of water, but especially by strong compression of the glans penis with the finger, the longer it lasted the more easily relieved; this appeared for the last time one month after commencing the last proving, after a copious dinner, and then disappeared entirely

31ictliritiO}l. Throughout the proving an increased activity of the kidneys was manifested ; the amount of urine passed daily was larger than the fluid drunk, which might be explained by the temperature of the season ; the color of the urine changed during the last six days of the proving from a deep wine-yellow to reddish ; its sp. gr. rose, with some variations, from 1005 to 1025, the reaction always acid, but towards the end of the proving only slightly so

On several different days perceived urine increased in quantity, more colorless than usual, accompanied by a sensation of prostration and relaxation, rendering him extremely nervous

* Involuntary urination, especially by day

Occasional slight, involuntary discharge of urine when standing,’'k

Involuntary wetting the bed, at night (two provers)

On the night of the seventh day, involuntary wetting the bed, quite copious, which never occurred before,‘I

Ut‘Ute. Urine light-colored and depositing a whitish sediment

Urine dark yellow (second and third days)

It makes the urine blood-red and plentifully charged with blood-corpuscles,^k

Sp. gr. of the urine rose from 1005 or 1010 to 1025, and the straw-yellow color gradually changed during the first proving to a wine-yellow and reddish

A sediment in the urine appeared on the third day

Increased mucous secretion in the urinary passages, as shown by the turbidity of tbe urine,"

Profuse mucous sediment in the urine (eighteenth day)

Sexual Organs p. 314

31ale. Erections of enis,k

Erections of penis by day, almost without cause

Nocturnal emissions

A seminal emission,*'-

A pollution, not followed by weakness,*l

Fenuile. Sterility without abortion

Abortion

Pain near mouth of uterus when lying down,*'k

Sticking, shooting pain in uterus

Leucorrhcea like whey, which (at first) caused smarting and soreness

A previously painless white discharge becomes painful as if the parts were raw

Prolapsus of vagina only during pregnancy, not at other times

Less dryness in vagina on commencing coitus, and more pleasure in it

Painfulness of the vagina during coition

Menstrual flow amounting to menorrhagia, and lasting six days; considerable discharge of pale blood, obliging her to keep perfectly stel, as the least movement increased it prodigiously

Metrorrhagia

The catamenia, which were about due, came immediately after the iron bath, and twice as copious as usual,*.]

Catamenia came on one day later ; the discharge is scantier, consists of watery blood, and is accompanied by violent cutting in abdomen (after six days)

Menses some days retarded

The catamenia leave off for two or three days and then reappear

Menses cease for eight weeks

Menses cease for three years,*.]]

Before the occurrence of the catamenia, discharge of long stringy bits of mucus from the uterus, during which she had the sensations in the abdomen usually attending the catamenia

Menses came on, with feeling of wretchedness, a prostration of physical power and a mental depression united, which rendered it nearly impossible to rise and go through the duties of the day; was compelled to make the effort, and the exertion conquered the languor and depression ; the latter part of the day felt well, better than usual, and the pain usually suffered at the commencement of the menses entirely disappeared

During menses, felt no pain, nor any of the distressing sensations in the limbs, extending from the back to the knees, which heretofore were always present

Respiratory Organs p. 315

JLcirynx. A hot vapor rises out of the wind pi pe,”.'}

Painful sensation in the larynx, provoking coughing and hawking, aggravated by pressure upon it, on waking in the morning, but towards noon giving place to a similar sensation behind the upper third of the sternum; on hawking and coughing, expectoration of frothy, tenacious mucus, mixed with black blood, frequently till 4 p.m. (fifteenth day),’l

In the evening, in bed, her glottis contracts, the blood rushes to the head, she feels a burning externally in the throat and between the shoulderblade, and on the upper part of the body generally, whilst the feet are cold; in the morning, perspiration

Voice Hoarseness, with sensation of toughness in the larynx (after eight days), lasting two weeks

* Voice almost extinct, utterance difficult, and panting

Control <i}ul JExpectordtioil. Cough all day and also after lying down in the evening

Night-cough

Cough worse when moving

(Increased dry cough)

Dull cough without expectoration, and when he coughs it seems as if he could not get air

Whilst suckling the child, cough, with expectoration of blood

Cough dry in the evening after lying down, but with expectoration on waking

In the morning, he expectorates much pus (with putrid taste)

A large quantity of white purulent expectoration after slight coughing, increased by smoking tobacco and drinking brandy

On waking in the morning, much greenish purulent expectoration, with sickly taste

Scanty, thin, frothy expectoration, with streaks of blood

By hacking he expectorates bloody mucus (after five days)

Coughing up of blood in the morning on rising from hed

Nocturnal coughing up of blood, followed by increased dyspnoea

After a tickling in the throat, with a slight dry cough, a spoonful of bright-red blood came up

Haemoptysis

Respicdtioil. Panting respiration

Wheezing under the sternum, with slight inclination ‘to cough through the night; disappeared after rising

Some mucous rales behind the manubrium sterni (fifteenth day)

Difficult breathing, from heaviness in left lung

Difficult breathing and oppression of the chest, as if some one pressed wRh the hand upon it

* He cannot get any air; even when seated his breathing is difficult

* Uneasy breathing, from pain across chest

Dyspnoea

Dyspnoea; difficult, slow respiration, relieved by walking and talking, or by constant employment in reading or writing; it is worse when he sits quiet and idle, and still worse when lying, especially in the evening; he must take several breaths before he can fill the lungs with air,k

Dyspnoea and weariness of the limbs, generally worse in the forenoon ; often better when he has walked a little; only sometimes it becomes intolerably bad when walking in the open air

Sometimes he must sit up in bed after midnight on account of dyspnoea

Suffocating sensation, from a quivering and palpitation in stomach

asthma (among workmen in needle manufactories), (Buchner)

A kind of asthma; anxiety in the pit of the stomach, preventing respiration

Chest p. 315

Consumption of lungs, from iron filings given for a tapeworm

■}■ With Ss. 502 and 485.

Hughes.

I With Ss. 502, 406, 517.

Hugh i s. (L. W. Sacs)/

Rush of blood to the chest/.

Sensation of dryness and mucus on the chest; the dryness is relieved for a short time only by drinking/.

Pain in chest and liver/

Pain in the chest and stitches and tension between the scapulae; he could not move/.

Pain in right chest, liver, and kidneys, with constant desire to urinate

Pain in left clavicle, as if it had fallen asleep

An old pain in left lung revived, not accompanied by a cough, and passed away in one or two days

A slight dull heavy pain across upper part of chest, rendering breathing uneasy, continuing many days

Fulness and contraction of the chest

Contractive cramp in the chest

* Contractive cramp in the chest, and cough only avhen moving and walking

Tightness of the chest, as if it was constricted ; anxious asthma, aggravated by walking

Drawing pain in chest and heart

Dull drawing pain across the chest

Some oppression of the chest (sixth day)

Oppression in the chest, as if it were constricted

Oppression of the whole chest, with need of taking a deep breath (seventh day)

(The child is oppressed in the chest; rattling)/.

Weight across the chest

A slight heaviness in upper part of left lung, rendering breathing rather difficult, and feels sore below the clavicle and left nipple, hindering him from taking a long breath

Sticking-cutting pain in chest

Stitches all over the chest

Stitches in right chest

Slight stitches through the lungs (seventh day)

Pain in the chest, as if bruised

Full inspiration increased pain in chest

Ft'Olt, Pain below sternum

Burning at the upper part of the sternum, after coughing/.

A pressure superiorly under the sternum, with catarrh and cough

At night, in bed, stitches in the sternum

Sides. A dull sticking pain in right side, with sore feeling of neck, as if bruised

During bodily exercise, stitches in the side

A violent stitch in the side under the rib (after twenty-four hours),Wandering sticking pains in breast

Heavy sore pain below left nipple

Heart and Pulse p. 316

Prcecovdiiiiit. Bruit de souffle perceptible now and then at the heart

Tension in the precordial region (seventh day)

Drawing pain around heart and in chest

Heart’s Fiction, ^^Rapid action of the heart (fifteenth day)

Slight palpitation, especially on movement

Palse, Small weak pidse, sometimes intermittent, sometimes uneven

Scarcely perceptible pulse,®.f

Pulse 61, tense (seventh day); 55, full and tense (eleventh day); 54, small and tense (fifteenth day); 60, rather fuller and still tense (sixteenth day); 67, still tense (eighteenth day); 68, less tense (nineteenth day); 70, moderately large and soft (twenty-first day); 75, normal, as before the proving (twenty-second day)

Pulse 68 to 72, soft, not full

Pulse 72, with fever/

Between 4 and 5 P.M., pulse 68 to 70, not hard, pretty warm, and a slight headache/

Pulse 68 to 72, with fever

Pulse 68 (first day) ; 60,natural (third day); natural (eighth day)

Pulse usually 76, gradually fell to 70, but afterwards returned to the normal; the tension of the pulse increased

Pulse before the proving 75 ; during the proving it decreased two to four beats a day; on the last day it was only ; immediately after stopping the medicine it became more frequent, but only reached its normal after eight days; coincident with the slowness of the pulse there was diminution of fulness with remarkable rise of the tonus in the walls of the arteries; the character of the pulse corresponded to the rapid action of the heart; this condition is the more noteworthy since the summer temperature has exactly the opposite effect upon health)’- people

Pure normally 76, becoming reduced during the first eight days to 62, rapidly rising during the intermission between the first and second provings to 73, but again sinking on renewing the proving in three days to 63, after the fourth day becoming much more frequent in spite of the continuance of the medicine (probably dependent upon the distressing urinary troubles),”"-.

Pulse, normally 70 to 74, gradually diminishing to 62; during the first half of the proving there was a great variation, but it never rose to 70,*®.

The pulse was decidedly harder during the latter part of the proving, and retarded (60, the normal, 75 to

Neck and Back p. 317

iVec/**. Neck and back of head stiff and sore

At 8 A.M. neck feels stiff, hands and feet cold, hands most so; feet quite cold all night, but not so much so as night previous (fourteenth day),*l

• Pain in neck,*-.

When lying on the right side, neck and shoulder severely painful

Soreness and stiffness of neck,*l

Neck sore, as if bruised

JBcicJ*. Pain in back, with menses

The distressing pains in back and limbs, from which she suffered during her whole life, have never returned with the menses

A kind of tearing in the back, even when sitting and lying

Dorsal. A kind of paralysis; inability to raise the arms on account of painful tension between the scapulae and in the sternum

When she works with her arms she has stitches in the scapula?

Between the scapulae a kind of tearing, even when sitting, which is aggravated by walking

Ltmihav, Lumbago all night, goes off on rising

Lumbago in left lumbar region

Pain in small of back

Pain in small of back and liver

On rising, a slight soreness in the small of the back, with rumbling in bowels

Pain in region of the kidneys

Pains in kidneys

Sficral. Pains in sacrum, on rising from a seat

An aching pain on each side of the sacrum, at its junction with the ossa innominata

Whilst walking, stitchlike jerks in the sacrum, Avhich extend more towards the hips than upwards; more painful after sitting or standing, almost as if he had strained himself

Bruised pain in sacrum

Extremities in General p. 317

Objective Swelling of the hands, and legs up to the hieesf

The fingers and toes are drawn up with cramp, Avith great pain

Stiffness in fingers and toes

Toes and fingers stiff,*-.

Sllhjeetive. Feeling of exhaustion and heaviness of the limbs (thirteenth day)

Heaviness of limbs for forty-eight hours

Heaviness of the limbs, Avith general exhaustion (thirty-eighth day)

Heaviness, Weariness, and relaxation of limbs

Distressing sensations in limbs, from back to knees, Avith menses

Pains in the joints

Limbs sore and languid ; quite restless

Pain in limbs from touch

Superior Extremities p. 317

Objective. A lameness in right arm, Avith disinclination to moA’C it, involuntarily assisting it Avith the left hand

Arms nearly rigid

Arm entirely stiff, and severe pain

Arm immovable, fixed in a straight position, Avith trembling and chilliness all over; took a dose of Ran. bulb.®“, Avhich aggravated all the symptoms in tAA’o hours to an extreme height; soon after improvement gradually occurred from the fingers upwards, being greatly relieved about 11 p.m. ; much better next day (but the pain continued for fifteen days, and Avas ahvays Averse in the morning)

Cannot keep his arms still, but must sometimes flex and sometimes extend them

Pains AAorse, arms more stiff; a bending position of the arm towards the chest renders it more tolerable; pain increases, motion and change of position aggravate it; the Aveight of the bedcover makes it intolerable/

Subjective, An irresistible desire to bend the arm was followed by such intense pain as to drive him out of bed at 2 A.M.; after walking about for an hour and a half, went to bed again, and fell asleep in a sitting position

Downward-shooting pains (in shoulders and arms), more severe than the shooting upwards

Drawing in the arm, whereby it feels heavy and as if paralyzed

SJiOuldev. Creaking in the shoulder-joint, which feels bruised on being touched

Shoulder and neck painful

Boring pain in shoulder, passing down to finger ends

Boring pain in right shoulder-joint, passing down the biceps to the elbow-joint; motion aggravates the pain, heat relieves it; pain worse at irregular intervals

Shoulder sore to the touch

A continual soreness in front part of right shoulder, and also in right arm

Pain changes its location, at one time the shoulder, at another the elbow-joint is most affected

Arm. *He cannot raise the right arm; has shooting and tearing in the shoulder-joint, which pains as if bruised when touched, down through the upper arm, and his shoulder-joint creaks

slight pinching pain in deltoid muscle of the right arm

Shooting and tearing in the upper arm from the shoulder-joint, so that he cannot raise his arm

* Pain, shooting and tearing, from the shoulder-joint into the upper arm and farther downwards, which makes it impossible to raise it

Arms feel sore and stiff; weight across chest, and back of bead from ear to ear

Elbow. Sticking pain in elbow-joint of left arm (tenth day)

Sharp sticking pain in left elbow

Wrist. Pain in left wrist, as if sprained

Sharp shooting pain in left wrist and back of hand, thumb most painful when moving it

Hand. Swelling of hands, afterwards the skin desquamates

In the morning, on trying to work, she has trembling in the hands

In the evening, the hands tremble so much she cannot sew

While writing, no power over the pen, the hand trembles ; writes better when writing fast; when reading and writing the letters run into each other

Left hand nearly numb, right hand cold

Hands sore and stiff

Thumb of right hand very stiff, painful on moving

Pain in fingers from the shoulder

A rheumatic pain in the phalangeal joints of left hand

On moving, pain in thumb

Cramp in fingers, which are numb and insensible

Inferior Extremities p. 318

Lower extremities weak

A kind of paralysis; a tearing with violent stitches from the hip-joint down to the tibia and sole of the foot (the ball is always painful when touched, as if bruised) ; by day he cannot step on account of pains, which, however, diminish when he walks ; in the evening after lying down they are worse; be must get up and walk about in order to relieve the pains until midnight

Hip. ^Shooting and tearing in the hip-joint, which pains as if bruised when touched, down along the tibia; worse in the evening, in bed; he must get up and walk about.

Thiffh, Numbness in thigh

Paralytic pains in thigh, also when sitting ; after sitting some time in a crouching position, she has to relieve herself by stretching out the feet: when she rises from her seat the paralytic pain is worse; it goes off, however, on walking

Tonic cramp of thigh and leg.^.f

Aching pains, extending from ri^ht heel into thigh

Knee, Swelling of knees and ankles and pain therein, especially on extending the knee in bed

On rising from a seat relaxation and weariness in the hollows of the knees, especially when walking ;t after standing still/.

Weakness of knees, so that he sinks down (immediately)

On account of pains in the knees, as if over-fatigued, he must sometimes flex, and sometimes extend them, he cannot keep them still

-A contractive pain in knee- and ankle-joints/.

Lc(f. The varicose vein in the left leg continued to extend itself downward, more painful to the touch,’l

The legs tremble, and pain on walking, as if bruised

Calves very weak, as if bruised

Legs feel as if gone to sleep

A very disagreeable sensation between the knee and ankle of the left leg, as of a swollen vein, very painful to touch, and occasionally inconvenient when walking

When walking in the evening]; contractive paplike cramp in the tibia and calves

When standing, cramp in the calves, going off when walking (after twenty-eight hours)

On rising from bed in the morning, painful cramp in the calf (after sixteen hours)

A painful drawing in legs

Acute pain, like moving a screw through the right leg, on Walking

Bruised pain in legs in the morning, in bed, that goes off soon after rising

Foot. Feet swollen to the ankles

Has to take off boots

Varicose veins in the feet

After resting from walking, stiffness in the feet, on attempting to move them again

After eating, weariness in feet

Her feet will not support her

Cram])s in right foot

Cramps in the feet, in the evening, first in the left, drawing up the limbs

Cramps in the feet, relieved by pressing them against the footboard

Feet sore and stiff

Shooting pricking pain in right instep

* Cramp) in the soles of the feet f.

Painful cramp in soles/.

Heel pains.

Toes Frequent cramp in toes and soles

Generalities p. 319

Objective Considerable emaciation

The blood before the proving bright red, colorless corpuscles few, unusually large, coagulated in seven minutes and fifty seconds, serum yellowish, clear, alkaline, coagulum moderately firm; after the proving the blood still unusually bright, corpuscles very deeply colored, colorless corpuscles few and small, coagulated in eight minutes and twenty seconds, coagulum firm and elastic

Blood before taking was bright red, with numerous colored corpuscles, and few colorless, coagulated in five minutes and thirty-eight seconds; serum yellowish, clear, alkaline; coagulum rather soft; after the proving blood dark red, very deeply colored corpuscles, very numerous colorless corpuscles; coagulated in five minutes and thirty seconds ; serum clear, yellow ; coagulum soft

Before taking, the blood was bright red, with few small, colorless corpuscles, and a remarkable number of elementary corpuscles; coagulates in five minutes and fifty-four seconds; serum clear yellow, alkaline; clot firm and elastic; after taking the Iron fifteen days, blood dark red, corpuscles intensely colored and very sharply margined; numerous large colorless corpuscles, almost no elementary corpuscles ; coagulated in eight minutes and fifty-four seconds ; serum remarkably dark yellow, alkaline ; clot compact and elastic

Blood before the proving rather bright red, with faintly colored corpuscles, and few colorless ones; coagulated in six minutes and fifty-seven seconds; after the proving a deep dark red; corpuscles intensely colored ; very numerous colorless corpuscles

Analysis of Blood; in 1000 parts were found

Provers.

Petruschky.

Loeffler.

Eost.

Sturm.

IIerzer.

Time.

Before.

After.

Before.

After.

Before.

After.

Before.

After.

Before.

After. Serum, . . .

“ dried

“ ashes, . Coagulum

“ dried.

“ ashes. Ked Sediment, . Fibrin, . . . "VV after. Dry residue, Fat, .... Ashes

Sol. salts

Iron

Calc, phos.. Trembling and chilly all over, with stiff arm/

Frequent attacks of trembling throughout the body

General imperceptible trembling, alternating with spells of weakness, accompanied by remarkable anxiety

Great trembling throughout the body, lasting several weeks

General increase of vigor (sixth day)

Physicallyand mentally stronger while taking the Iron

Diminished desire for physical or mental exertion (thirty-eighth day)

Inclination to lie down

Irresistible inclination to lie down (after one hour)

Very languid, drowsy, disinclined to talk, or work

Lassitude in the afternoon

Great lassitude, increasing towards evening

Easily fatigued by walking

Constant weariness and sleepiness by day (sleep affords but slight relief)

Weak and sleepy all day

General weakness, caused by merely speaking

Loss of strength, so that she could hardly walk

He is very weak and thin

Very weak and sleepy (after two hours)

Very weak and sleepy all day,’l

* Great weakness

Very great weakness, like weariness (immediately)

Weakness of fatigue, alternating with anxious trembling

Debility; falls asleep

Great debility in the afternoon

Exhaustion gradually increasing during the course of the day (tenth General exJumstion (eighteenth day),’l

Prostration of strength, with menses

Prostration and lethargic dulness, with \evtgo

* General prostration

[700.'] Relaxed and prostrated, with increased urination

Physical and mental energy increased during the first days of the proving, but after the fourth day a sensation of weakness and heaviness in the limbs

During the first fourteen days the physical and mental energy seemed to be increased, during the last half of the proving there was at first a periodical, but afterwards a persistent feeling of weakness, relaxation and disinclination for physical and mental exertion ; weariness on the slightest exertion, especially on walking

Attacks of syncope

Attacks of syncope, which leave behind them weakness, lasting all day

Great restlessness, cannot study or go through the daily duties

Anxious tossing about in bed after midnight

Unpleasant and uneasy feeling through the entire body

Wretched feeling with menses

On awaking, sensation as if magnetized; wished to resist inclination to sleep, but did not succeed,”._ Feeling of fatigue

Feeling of extreme fatigue, aching in all the limbs,'l

When walking, faint feeling; darkness before eyes, felt as if she would have an attack of apoplexy; at every step roaring in ears and head

All night wandering about on account of pain,'l

A kind of tired ache, like that consequent upon lying in one position a very long time

Nervous excitability after menses

Extremely nervous

The most abiding symptom was nervous hysterical feeling, a proneness to weep, or to laugh immoderately, accompanied by a choking sensation in the throat, as if it were swelling outwardly, so that the provers frequently examined the throat, to ascertain whether goitre was not being developed; this symptom continued in a greater or less degree for at least three months

For three successive monthly periods the excessive nervousness, the headache, and the varicose vein in the left ankle, all returned ; but never after that time

Periodical return of pains (many provers)

Walking in the open air affects her

Vinegar does not increase the sympt(jms

Skin p. 321

Objective ^ Great paleness of skin

Icteric discoloration around eyes, lips, and nails

Eyuptioit. On top of right shoulder a round, red, itching spot (size of a dollar), which peels off like dust in the evening and night

Spot peeling off on shoulder

Very fine dust on the left hand, like flour; the skin peels off in this dustlike form till the next morning

(Scarlatina during desquamation corresponds to the peeling off of skin)

Dark hepatic spots (e. g., on the dorsum of the hand) inflame and suppurate

SllbJeetitX'. Parts of the skin (e.g., on the dorsum of thumb, of toes, etc.), which are the seat of burning pains when not touched, smart intensely on the slightest touch

Eyebrows itch

Nose itches

Slight itching, and sticking, stabbing feeling above right knee

Sleep and Dreams p. 321

Sleepiness. Frequent gaping all day,'I

In the morning, attack of stretching and yawning, during which the eyes are full of water (after eight hours)

After dinner (noon), sleepiness and dizziness, also some headache over the root of the nose; he could not undertake any mental employment

Sleepy, with thirst, in evening

Disposed to sleep more than usual

Great disposition to sleep, it being almost impossible to keep awake while reading

Apt to fall asleep when seated at any time of day

Very apt to go to sleep

Almost irresistible inclination to sleep during the last days of the proving

Falls asleep while sewing, she must lie down; sleeps one hour, and awakes with excessive thirst, and cramps in right foot

Sat down to study, fell asleep; slept an hour or more, still felt very sleepy, and again went to sleep till 11 P.M.; went to bed, fell asleep immediately

Must retire early

Heavy morning sleep till 9 oclock, from which he can scarcely rouse himself

Sleep) in the afternoon

He sleeps with halfopened eyes

Sleep)lessness. Almost entire sleeplessness both day and night; whenever she got to sleep, she would wake up in a quarter of an hour, bathed in sweat, and suffering from extreme prostration and epigastric anxiety; she felt as if life was leaving her, and then followed a state of nervous excitement

She lies long before going to sleep

He lies for half and whole hours before falling asleep

She must lie for two or three hours before she falls asleep

She falls asleep tired and sleeps, though restlessly, and lies awake for a long time before again going off to sleep, and yet is not tired when she gets up in the morning

Light, not sound slumber-like sleep

* At night restless sleep

Restless, dreamy sleep, with seminal emissions

Repeated waking at night, with quiet sleep only after 2 A.M. (second night)/®.

He wakes every hour during the night, and only falls into a light slumber again

At night she can lie only on her back; she cannot sleep oil either side

DfedllthS. *At night disturbed by dreams; on rising in the morning much weariness

* At night vivid dreams

Sleep disturbed by very vivid and anxious dreams (sixth day)

Sleep disturbed by many confused dreams

Sleep sounder than usual, but with unpleasant dreams

Very unpleasant dreams

Hid not sleep well, as sleep was much disturbed by dreams of old friends

Unpleasant dreams during the whole night of friends and relatives deceased twenty-five years since

Dreams he is in battle, that he has fallen into the water, etc.

Severe attack of nightmare (first day)

Rested well, but dreamed a great deal of meeting with old schoolmates, of student life, etc.

Fever p. 322

Chilliness, Chilliness, with headache, in the morning

Chilliness and trembling all over, with stiff arm

General chilliness the whole day

More or less chilly all day, especially in the afternoon, then a little feverish in the evening; quite chilly again, and did not get warm for a long time, after going to bed

Between 1 and 2 p.M. rather chilly for a short time

At 5 p.m. a little chilly, then feverish for a short time (fifteenth day)

Must go to bed in the afternoon with a chill

In the afternoon violent chill for half an hour, then thirst, must go to bed, followed by heat, with perspiration (fourteenth day)

At 7.3^0 A.M. general coldness over whole body, hands and feet very cold (second day)

In the evening in bed he became cold all over, instead of getting warmer

In the afternoon a little cold for a short time, then a little feverish (fourteenth day)

A creeping feeling, slight chilliness all over, more in the back, commencing at 7 A.M.

At noon rather chilly, creeping sensation all over

(Rigor, and during the chill his face got glowing hot)

In the evening, before going to sleep, rigor, without external coldness; in bed he was chilly all night

Back feels chilly

Coldness of hands and feet

From thirteenth to twenty-third day hands and feet cold and numb

Hands quite cold and stiff all day

Hands cold and numb

Hands and feet cold and numb, chilly all over, does not go off by walking, though had free perspiration

Feet colder than usual the whole time

Cold feet for ten days

Cold feet for eighteen days

On getting into bed, feet cold; lies awake some time

Feet cold and numb

Feet cold all night and numb, as after skating

Feet cold and fingers stiff

Feet very cold; lay awake, thinking feet were bars of iron

Very cold feet, which she can scarcely use on account of fatigue

Toes cold as ice and painful

Seat. At 3 P.M. felt warm

At 3 p.m. rather warm, feverish, but not thirsty

After a drink of beer, heat and anxiety

After the siesta, heat

Heat in the body, with red cheeks, but the head is free (after twenty-four hours)

Sensation of heat all over the body, which was cool to the touch, with sensation in the face as if swollen and bloated

Heat, with perspiration, after chills, at 3 p.m.

Heat, with perspiration, follows thirst, at 8 p.m.

Heat, without thirst

Febrile heat

Flushes over the whole body, as if perspiration tvould break out

By day, ebullition in blood, and heat in the evening, especially of hands

Feverish -at 3 p.m.

Fever less at 7 p.m.

Heat of head, cold feet

(In the morning, heat of face)

Heat in the stomach, and an unpleasant feeling throughout the entire body, being symptoms of a febrile character; also a soreness and languidness of the limbs; the heat in the stomach increased up to the third day, and was very intense, so that he thought the stomach was partially inflamed, causing indigestion and eructations; heat in stomach, worse before eating, better after eating

Palms of the hands hot,'l

Great heat in palms of hands and soles of feet

Soles of feet hot,'l

Sireat, General sweat

Sweating and anxiety during digestion of the retained nourishment

Perspiration in the morning for a long period,h

In the morning, at daybreak, perspiration till towards noon on alternate mornings, and each time preceded by headache

Nocturnal sweat, with weariness

About midnight, frequent perspiration during slumber

Perspiration by day when walking

Perspiration, after rapid walking, not relieving the chilliness

Much perspiration when walking and sitting during the day

Profuse perspiration in the morning after rising, whereby the head was very much relieved (eighteenth day)

A peculiar odor to the perspiration (third day)

Conditions p. 323

Aggravation.

(Morning), On waking, dulness in head; heaviness in head; eyelids heavy; sour taste; after rising, colicky pain; on rising from bed, cramp in calf; pain in leg; at 7.30 oclock, general coldness; beginning at 7 oclock, creeping feeling; heat of face; after rising, perspiration.

(Forenoon), Dyspnoea, etc.

(Afternoon), On suddenly rising, after sleeping, vertigo; putrid taste; towards evening, lassitude; debility; chilliness; at 3 oclock, feverish.

(Evening), The symptoms; headache, etc.; after walking in open air, pressing in head; in bed, pain in hip-joint; when walking, pain in tibia, etc.; in bed, cold all over; before going to bed, rigor.

Night), Nauseated; in bed, stitches in sternum; lumbago.

(Before midnight), hen lying, especially on side, vomiting.

(Midnight), Perspiration.

(Alternate mornings). At daybreak, perspiration.

(Open air), Lachrymation.

(Change of position). Pain on vertex.

( Conversation), All symptoms.

( Cool, open air). Pressure on top of head.

(Descending), Vertigo; sensation in frontal eminences.

(After dinner). Thirst.

(Drinking water), All symptoms.

(Before eating). Heat in stomach.

(After eating). All symptoms; nausea; vomiting of food ; immediately, discomfort; heat in stomach; pressure in stomach; colicky pain; weariness in feet.

(Heat), The symptoms.

(Full inspiration). Pain in chest.

(Lying), Vertigo; in evening, dyspnoea.

(Looking at running water). Dizzy, etc.

(Meat), Stomachache.

(Movement), All symptoms; pains in head; cough; cramp in chest, etc.; pain in arms; pain in shoulderjoints; pain in thumb.

(Noise), All symptoms.

(Bising), Nausea.

(Rising from seat). Pain in thigh ; especially when walking after standing still, relaxation, etc., in hollows of knees.

(Sight of people). All the symptoms.

(Sitting), The symptoms.

(Sitting quiet and idle). Dyspnoea.

(Standing), All symptoms.

(Stooping), The symptoms; headache.

( Thinking of /row). All symptoms.

( Walking), Giddy, etc.; headache; nauseated, etc.; feeling of fulness; immediately after dose, sensation in abdomen; urging to urinate; tightness of chest; tearing between scapulae; jerks in sacrum ; pain through leg; weariness; faint feeling, etc.

( Writing), Headache.

Amelioration p. 323

(Morning), After rising, wheezing under sternum.

(Open air). Pressure in frontal eminences.

(After dinner). Discomfort in stomach.

(After eating). Heat in stomach; feeling of fulness.

(Constant employment in reading or writing). Dyspnoea.

(After evacuations). The symptoms.

(Heat), Pain in shoulder-joint.

(Laying head on table), Humming in ears.

(Lying), The symptoms ; pressure in temples ; urging to urinate.

(Movement), The symptoms ; confusion of head.

(Pressure), Sensation in frontal eminences.

(Rest), The symptoms.

(In room). Pressure in top of head.

(Silence), The symptoms.

(Sitting), The symptoms ; headache; urging to urinate.

(Sleep), Head symptoms, except congestive fulness.

(Solitude), The symptoms.

(Talking), Dyspnoea.

(Walking), Dyspnoea.

Footnotes

† Under this head are included symptoms from Ferrum metallicum pulveratum and Ferrum aceticum, since both were used by Hahnemann without distinction. (Ferrum carbonicum is also included; see authority, No. 23.) J Not found.—Hughes.

† Observations referring to the waters of Pyrmont and Schwalbach, where the Carbonic acid must also have had some effect.—Hughks.

† Effect of uterine hsemorrhiige induced by Iron, not of the metal itself. Compare S. 543.—Hughes. X With Ss. 502 and 485.—Hughes.

† Prom drinking Pyrmont water.—Hahnemann.

† This is the iirimury action of Iron; the following symptoms (458 to 462) are secondary effects, therefore it is only in those cases of suppression of the menses wherein the other symptoms correspond homoeopathically to Iron that this metal can be curative.—Hahnkmann. J From constant use of ferruginous water.—Hahnemann.

† See note to S. 187.—Hughes.

† From iron applied to the soles of the feet.—Haunemann. “In a case of chorea.”—Hughes.

† On commencing to walk.—Hahnemann. j When beginning to walk.—Hahnemann.