Gratiola
Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. IV, p. 491
Gratiola officinalis, Linn.
Nitxiralorder, Scrophulariaceoe. Common names (Germ.), Gnaden-kraut; (English) Hedge hyssop.
Preparation, Tincture of the whole plant.
Aidhorities. 1, Kenning, Hartlaub and Trinks, Reine Arzneira, 2, p. 1; 2, Trinks, ibid.; 3, Stoerk, Med. Prakt. Unterricht f. Wundiirzte, vol. ii, p. 63, ibid.; 4, Ehrhardt, Hannover. Mag., 1780, No. 23, effects of 20 grains of fresh herb on self, and of an infusion of half a drachm, 15 grains on another person, and of 10 grains on a woman, ibid.; 5, Gesner's, Epist. Med., L. iii, Ep. 31, p. 911, ibid., effects of a scruple with Sambucus; 6, Chomel, Usuelles, i, p. 48, general effects ibid.; 7, Burckel, Hiss, de Gratiola, ibid.; 8, Dr. Herrmann, Archiv f. Horn., 17, pt. 2, p. 165, a man, aged 39, took 1 to 3 drops of tincture, and afterwards 5 to 24 drops; 9, same, a man, aged 31, took 1 to 12 drops of tincture; 10, Dr. Krautzenstein took 2 to 20 drops of tincture twice a day, ibid.; 11, Dr. Muhleubein took 10 drops first day, 20 drops second day, 30 drops third day, 35 drops fourth day, 50 drops fifth and seventh days, ibid.; 12, same, a strong man, aged 30, took 1 drop daily for a week, then 3 drops daily for a week, then 6 drops same, then 10 drops same (this prover was “ stone blind ” from a cataract, which was yellow instead of white; symptoms commenced after three doses of 10 drops each), afterwards the same prover took doses of 20 drops of tincture and 10 grains of powdered root every second evening, and afterwards one dose of a scruple, ibid.; 13, Dr. C. G. F. Muhlenbein, aged 29, took 10 to 60 drop doses, ibid. ; 14, Dr. Nicol took repeated doses of 3 to 6 drops every three days for four weeks, ibid.; 15, Dr. Nicol’s wife took 3 to 6 drops of tincture for fourteen days, ibid.; 16, Dr. N.’s father, aged 72, took 3 drops of tincture four times, at long intervals, ibid.; 17, Dr. Spearman took 5 to 15 drop doses, ibid.; 18, Dr. Sternheim, repeated provings, with doses of 10 to 20 drops of tincture, ibid.; 19, Lembke, N. Zeit. f. Horn. Khu., 17, 97, took 10 to 50 drops of tincture.
Mind
iohXiil, Very much excited, and unable to fall asleep in the evening
Very talkative and joyous,b
So joyous and lively that she jumps and dances (after one hour),k
Sad mood (after one hour),k
Anxiety and heat in the whole body, with weakness, which disappear in the open air,k
Fretful mood (first day)
Fretful and ill-humored; nothing pleases her (first day),k
Fretful, irritated by every contradiction, angry outbreaks, misanthropic, with solicitude about his own health
Very ill-humored (first day),b
Great ill-humor and desire to be alone (first day)
Very much out of humor (after half an hour),k
Averse to everything at 1 p.m.,L no desire to talk or move,l
Intellect nal. Earnest, reflective mood,l
She is in deep thought and does not seem to hear what is said to her at 2^ P.M.,k
Disinclination to every mental work
Irresolute ; no persistency in work,I
He does not seem to apprehend objects as distinctly, but is much more confused than usual (after quarter of an hour)
Loss of thought; she does not seem to know what she will answer when she is asked a question, and is obliged to think for a long time first; in the afternoon
Head
Confusion find Vertifjo. Confusion of the head (after two hours),*; (second day)
Painful confusion of the head, which disappeared after breakfast, but frequently returned after dinner
Vertigo, as if she would turn in a circle (after five minutes)
Vertigo, as if objects wavered, more on the left side, lasting a quarter of an hour (after five minutes),h
Vertigo, as if the head moved back and forth, on reading; disappearing after reading,h
Vertigo on rising from sitting (after five minutes),h
Vertigo, like reeling, immediately after rising, lasting several hours
If she closes the eyes, it seems as though she would fall, on account of vertigo, and the whole room goes round ; disappearing in the open air (after quarter of an hour),h
Vertigo, as if it turned around to the right, disappearing in the open air (after five minutes)
Vertigo, as if he would fall forward, with weakness, in the open air; the vertigo disappears in the room (after one hour)
Slight attacks of vertigo at times, especially on walking rapidly
Vertigo disappears in the open air and returns in the warm room (after quarter of an hour)
Dizziness
Dizziness of the head, he stands long looking at one spot without thinking (soon)
As if intoxicated, during and after eating (after half an hour, and later)
She seems intoxicated ; disappearing in the open air (after three-quarters of an hour)
(preval Hcfld, Rush of blood and feeling as if intoxicated in the whole brain (after three-quarters of an hour)
Violent rush of blood to the head, with throbbing in the forehead, amounting to vertigo, with blackness before the eyes; aggravated by motion, especially on riding, and increasing even to loss of consciousness, only disappearing after several hours sleep
The head is very light and free (after a quarter and one hour)
Dulness in the head while standing and walking, only somewhat relieved by lying; between 7 and 8 p.m.
A dull sensation in the head in the evening (first day)
Heaviness of the head on stooping and on rising up again (after three-quarters of an hour)
Heaviness and sensation of pressing forward, from the nape of the neck into the head (after half an hour)
The head seems heavy, with nausea and sleepiness (one hour and a half after dinner)
Feeling of warmth in the head (after one hour and a half)
Heat in the head after rising from stooping (after half an hour)
Heat in the head, with redness of the face, disappearing in the open air (after one hour and three-quarters)
Much heat in the head, with great weariness and laxity of the body, in the evening (fifth day)
Great sensitiveness of the head to cold
Feeling of fulness in the head, and as if the brain would be pushed forward (after a quarter of an hour)
Feeling of fulness in the head and stoppage of the nose, which, however, does not last long, on going into the open air (after one hour and a half)
Feeling as if the brain was contracted, and the head would become smaller, with general discomfort; disappearing in the open air (after one hour)
Violent headache, with nausea and qualmishness, at 2 p.m.
Pressive headache, with heat in the face, the whole day (fourth day)
Violent pressive headache in the afternoon (fifth day)
Sudden attack; she feels a sudden vibration in the whole head while sitting, at 10 A.M., as if some one let go a stiff steel spring which had been made very tense, and which h-gummed and vibrated for some time, so that the hearing and sight vanished, but she did not lose consciousness ; the attack lasted two minutes (second day)
The headache is worse in the open air
The headache seems aggravated by motion of the body in the afternoon
The headache seems worse on rising from sitting, at 2.30 P.M.
The throbbing headache is at one time relieved, at another aggravated, and at another time disappears entirely in the open air
ForeJiefld. A feeling in the middle of the forehead, as if a hair hung down, which he constantly wanted to wipe away (after two hours),'_ Burning about the forehead, rather external, an hour and a quarter after dinner
Frequent sudden burning in the left frontal eminence as if one suddenly approached him with a glowing-hot iron, an hour and a quarter after dinner,h
Tension in the forehead, it is drawn in folds (after one hour),h
Sensation as if screwed together in the forehead, vertex, and occiput (after three-quarters of an hour),h
Drawing pain in the left frontal eminence (first day)
Pressure and burning in the forehead, more on the right side, lasting a long time (after two hours),h
Pressure in the forehead, with confusion of the whole head (first day)
Pressure in the right side of the forehead
Pressure in the right frontal region above the right eye (after one hour)
Pressive headache in the forehead, passing off towards noon (seventh day)
Pressive headache in the frontal region, with vertigo
Pressive headache in the skin of the forehead, lasting a long time (after five hours)
Sticking in the forehead, with warmth in it (after half an hour)
Sticking pains in the left frontal eminence, lasting only a short time (after five hours)
Painful sticking headache in the right frontal eminence (after four hours)
Violent sticking in the whole forehead at 2.30 p.m.
Violent sticking and heating in the forehead in the morning (second day)
Tearing, sticking headache in the frontal region (after four hours)
Tearing pains in the frontal region, not persistent (after four hours)
Very painful pressive tearing in the left side of the forehead (after two hours and a half)
Throbbing and tearing in the forehead (after one hour)
Beating and throbbing iu the forepart of the forehead, and tearing farther back towards the vertex, at 3 p.m.
Violent beating and sticking in the forehead at 3.15 p.m.
Temples. Boring and tearing in the temples, only in the afternoon and night, and still a little in the morning; the most violent pain lasts only half an hour; the pain is generally aggravated by cold and warmth, and the temples become very sensitive from the pain (ninth day)
Pressure in the temples, lasting a short time
Coarse sticking, at first only in the right, but soon after also in the left temple (after one hour)
Tearing in the upper part of the right temple, a simple pain iu this place on pressing on it (after five minutes)
Tearing pain iu the left temple, which soon disappears (after one hour and a half)
Transient tearing in the right temporal muscle (third day)
Pain, as if from a blow in the left temporal bone, when touched (after three hours)
Vertex. Frequent sensation of coldness on the vertex, at times somewhat painful, which, after covering with the cap, soon changed to a sensation of heat,'k
Short but painful throbbing and drawing in the vertex (after half an hour)
Pttvietcils. Feeling of heaviness iu the left half of the head, which, however, soon disappear (after three-quarters of an hour)
Headache over the whole right side (after one hour and a half)
Drawing in the left side of the head on going into the open air (after half an hour)
Pressive headache in the right side of the head, as if something heavy was lying upon the brain, lasting till evening (sixth day),'®. Sticking iu the right side of the head and in the occiput (after a quarter of an hour)
Fine stitches in the whole left side of the head, deep iu the brain, \which gradually disappear in the open air (after half an hour),'. Tearing in both sides of the head and in the occiput, at 2 p.m.
Tearing in the right side of the head, together with a bruised pain, extending down to the ear (after three-quarters of an hour)
Tearing iu the left side of the head, above the forehead, which disappears on rubbing (after three-quarters of an hour)
Tearing in the left side of the head, and as this disappears, fine painful stitches in the left side of the forehead (after three-quarters of an hour)
Occiput. Waking unusually early every morning, with a somewhat painful sensation in the occiput, which soon disappeared after rising, and oh lying upon the abdomen,’h
Pressure on the left side of the occiput, with a sensation as though something heavy was lying there (after five minutes),h
Fine sticking in the left side of the occiput; as this ceases, tearing in the left side of the chin (after three-quarters of an hour),h
A stitch in the left side of the occiput (after three-quarters of an hour),h
Bruised pain in the left side of the occiput after sneezing (after one hour and a half),h
J^external
Burning fine sticking on the scalp, which disappears on scratching (after two hours and a half),h
Biting in a small spot, first on the right, then on the left side of the head, which disappears on scratching, an hour after dinner,h
Biting on the right side of the occiput, which does not disappear on scratching (after three-quarters of an hour),h
[HO.] Itching biting on the scalp above the forehead, which disappears on scratching (after two hours),h
Itching biting on the vertex, which disappears only after long scratching (after two hours and three-quarters),h
Itching biting on the occiput, which disappears on scratching, but frequently returns (after one hour),h
Constantly recurring itching biting on the vertex, also after dinner
Itching on the scalp above the left frontal region, disappearing after scratching, at 2 P.M.,h
Itching on the vertex, which disappears on scratching (after one hour and a half),h
Itching in the right side of the occiput, which disappears after scratching (after three-quarters of an hour),h
Burning itching on the vertex, which disappears on scratching (fourth day),h
Eyes p. 494
Dryness of the eyes, with feeling as if sand were in them,h
Burning pains in the left eye, lasting half an hour (after six hours),b
Pressure upon the eyes, in the afternoon (first day)
Pressive pain in both eyes (after three hours), and frequently repeated the whole day (first day)
Tearing in the eyes, with mucous secretion in the lids, especially in the inner canthi
Erow, Twitching and jerking of the left eyebrow (after two hours)
Drawing pain in the left eyebrow (after a quarter of an hour)
Lida. Redness and itching in the canthi, more in the afternoon than in the morning,®.^Twitching of the left lids, after dinner
The eyelids fall together on account of weakness (after threequarters of an hour),l.
Agglutination of the lids, with dry mucus, mostly in the canthi
Tension in the external canthus, at 2 p.m., when reading
Pressure in the canthi, with inflammation of the conjunctiva
Stitching in the right inner canthus, with itching, disappearing on rubbing (after one hour)
Tickling in the left inner canthus, disappearing on scratching, after dinner
Constant itching in the eyelashes
Lachrymal Apparatus, Lachrymation, when reading, with feeling of weakness in the eyes
Pressure in the eyeballs (second day)
While reading it seems as if a fog were before the eyes, at 1.30 p.m. (after one hour and a half)
Sensation as of a cloud before the eyes, with a feeling as if they were drawn together, and were smaller than usual, after breakfast
She seems to see objects at a distance better than those near, with burning heat in the face (after two hours)
Shortsightedness, noticed on reading
While writing or looking at bright objects the sight suddenly vanishes; this symptom is relieved by closing the eyes, but constantly returns
All objects seem white on opening the eyes, even the green trees and turf
Ears p. 494
External, Burning before the left ear, which does not entirely disappear on rubbing (after two hours and a quarter)
Burning behind the right ear, at 4 p.m.
Tearing in front of the left ear, near the eye (after one hour)
Tearing and drawing upward and downward in a small spot near the left ear, soon disappearing on pressure (after half an hour)
hlternnl. Sharp sticking in the left ear, which immediately disappears on walking, at 1 p.m. (second day)
Fine tearing in the left ear, which soon disappears (after a quarter of an hour)
Crawling in the ears, immediately
Nose p. 495
Objective. Tendency to sneeze, which soon disappears (after a quarter of an hour)
Sneezing twice, each time with a stitch in the left side (after a quarter of an hour)
Sneezing, with stitches in the hypochondriac region, during dinner
Frequent sneezing, during dinner
A few drops of water run from the right nostril
Coryza, in the evening before lying down, disappearing in bed
Subjective. On vomiting the nose feels full and stopped ; relieved after vomiting
Feeling of stoppage of the nose (after half an hour)
Pressure in the left upper nasal region (after three hours)
Frequent fine tearings in the upper part of the left side of the nose (after two hours)
Irritation and tickling in the left side of the nose, as if one would sneeze (after two hours)
Itching biting in the right nostril, which does not entirely disappear on scratching (after two hours)
Itching in the right nostril, which disappears on rubbing (after three-quarters of an hour)
Face p. 495
Objective, Long-continued redness of the face (after half an hour)
Pale color of the face (after three-quarters of an hour)
The face burns like fire and is also externally warm and red, after dinner
Tensive feeling in the face, like a swelling (third day),l
Tearing in the right half of the face (third day)
Cheeks, Burning and crawling, with feeling of swelling of the cheeks (after one hour and a half)
Burning and crawling in the right zygoma, and after a quarter of an hour also in the left
A sudden burning in the right zygoma, which just as suddenly disappears (after one hour and three-quarters)
Lips. Swelling of the upper lip, every morning for four or five weeks, disappearing after a few hours
Sticking in the upper lip, as if it would crack, with thirst, in the morning (third day)
Chin. Painful crack in the left side of the chin (after a quarter of an hour)
Tearing in the right lower jaw, at 1 P.M.
Mouth p. 495
Teeth. Painfulness of all the teeth, especially on touch, and on taking cold things; lasting a long time
Feeling of coldness in the two right upper incisors (after a quarter of an hour)
A pain difficult to describe in both hollow eye-teeth, always on eating and drinking cold things, and also on drawing cold air into the mouth
Drawing in the upper incisors (after one hour)
In a left upper back tooth a transient sensation of coldness (after one hour and a quarter)
Frequently intermitting boring in the first left back teeth, in the afternoon, though worse at night, and with no pain in the forenoon (sixth and eighth days)
A stitch extending from the right upper back teeth up to the head (after half an hour)
Tearing in the anterior upper right back teeth, which frequently returns (after half an hour)
Two very painful tearings in the last left lower back teeth, which disappear on pressing upon them, at 4.30 F.^iJ
Gums. Inflammation of the gum of a hollow tooth
Tonfjlie. Slimy coated tongue, though with a natural taste to the food and great appetite, during the whole proving
Rawness of the tongue (after one \\oxr)
General 3Iouth. In the morning after waking, a feeling as if the breath were offensive, or as if he had not rinsed the mouth for a long time, disappearing after rising (second day)
Burning in the palate, with dryness and sensation of rawness, immediately, lasting half an hour (sixth 6ay)/l
An unpleasant sticking and cutting pain in the palate near the left side of the uvula, with a kind of stiffness, so that swallowing was difficult and painful; lasting the whole day (third day)
Crawling in the palate (after one hour)
Saliva., Accumulation of saliva
Great accumulation of saliva in the mouth ; he spits out clear water by the spoonful
Frequent, long-continued spitting of saliva (after one hour and a half),h
Accumulation of water in the mouth (first day)
Long-continued accumulation of water in the mouth (after half an hour),h
Constant accumulation of water in the mouth, which he is obliged to expectorate
Taste. Pasty taste in the mouth, as from meal, after breakfast (second day)
Bitter taste in the mouth (only in the forenoon)
Bitterness in the mouth and throat, with constant qualmishness, which continues even after vomiting (after one hour and a half)
Throat p. 496
Objective. Mucus collects in the throat, which she can neither swallow nor raise, because it constantly remains after swallowing or raising; it provokes a cough (after a quarter of an hour),'.-
Much hawking of mucus, especially in the morning
A nauseous fluid rises into the throat (after one hour)
Bitter uprising into the throat (after half an hour)
Subjective. Feeling of mucus in the throat, with rawness and inclination to hawk
Rancid feeling in the throat, after dinner
Slight aching in the throat, as if inflammation would follow, lasting four hours (after three hours)
An indescribable aching in the throat which causes constant swallowing, which however is difficult, as from constriction of the throat; food and drinks are swallowed without this sensation, indeed, almost without difficulty ; after eructations, especially if thereby a bitter fluid is evacuated, this sensation disappears, but returns after several hours
Pressure in the throat, as if mucus were in it, which she could neither hawk up nor swallow (after half an hour)
Sticking in the throat when swallowing and when not, from afternoon till midnight
Sticking pains in the left side of the throat, aggravated by swallowing, lasting four hours (after ten hours)
Painful sticking sensation in the throat, on the left side, when not swallowing, it is rather a clawing
Scraping in the back of the throat, immediately (first, second, third, and fourth days) ; it extended deeper down into the pharynx than on the preceding days (fifth day)
Scraping and nausea in the throat, as after vomiting, which is not changed by swallowing, soon after dinner
Rawness in the throat, with some hacking cough (after two hours)
Feeling of rawness in the throat, with hoarseness (after one hour)
Two sticking jerkings in the forepart of the throat, at 2 p.m.
Fauces, Pharynx, and Oesophagus. Crawling sensation in the fauces (after three-quarters of an hour)
Fine stitches in the pharynx, at 5 p.m.
Scraping and acidity in the oesophagus, during and after dinner
External Throat, Constrictive pain in the forepart of the neck (after one hour and a quarter)
Jerklike acute drawing in the forepart of the neck (twelfth and thirteenth days)
A feeling as if some one pressed a finger upon the right side of the neck (after two hours)
Stomach p. 496
Appetite. Hunger but want of appetite (first day)
Hunger with dread of eating, especially solid food, at 7 p.m.
Diminished appetite, bread tastes the best
She eats more from habit than from hunger; she can eat only bread with relish (first and second days)
The dinner does not relish, although he eats as usual and has his usual taste
Appetite and hunger have entirely disappeared (first day)
Aversion to all food, with a natural taste
Aversion and shuddering, with nausea in the stomach (after a quarter of an hour)/.
Aversion to the accustomed tobacco/.
Special aversion to fat, she eats even pork without appetite,h
Disgust and dread of all nourishment (after one hour and a
Thirst. Thirst in the evening; after drinking water the qualmishness was somewhat relieved
Increased thirst during the morning hours,h
Violent thirst at an unusual hour (after four hours),h
Mriictntioil and Hiccough, Inclination to eructate (first day)
Inclination to eructate, which changes to qualmishness (after five minutes)
Constant but ineffectual desire to eructate (after a quarter of an hour)
Tendency to eructations and pressure extending from the stomach up into the throat, so that it takes away the breath (after two hours)
Feeling as if she would eructate, followed by empty eructations (after five minutes)
Eructations, soon (second day)
Eructations, several times during the first hours/.
Eructations while eating, and regurgitation of the food
Empty eructations, after breakfast
Sweet eructations (after a quarter of an hour)
Bitter eructations when walking in the open air (after two hours and a half)
Frequent bitter eructations, soon (fifth day)
Bitter eructations tasting like bitter almonds (after three-quarters of an hour)
Eructations tasting of the drug, with pains in the chest like sticking (after a quarter of an hour)
Eructations tasting of the food (an hour after a meal),'; (at 3.30 p.m.), (fifth day)
Eructations of the meat which had been eaten at 2 p.m./.
Two forcible eructations, after breakfast, as of rancid fat, with feeling as if water would rise up with it (after two hours and a half)
Eructations tasting of juniper
Risings of tasteless water from the stomach into the mouth, at 1.30 p.m.
Hiccough, worse after dinner (after one hour and a half)
Hiccough, with eructations tasting of the drug, and heat in the head, during dinner
Frequent attacks of waterbrash, especially when fasting and after cold water
JS^auseaand Vomiting. Some nausea, lasting only a short time (second day)
Nausea in the stomach, with a feeling as though water would rise up (after three-quarters of an hour)
Nausea in the stomach, and rising of water into the mouth, at 1 p.m./.
Nausea in the stomach, with coldness and a feeling as though it were full of water (after two hours and a quarter)
Nausea, with accumulation of water in the mouth, lasting an hour and a half (half an hour after 10 grains)
Nausea and aversion
Nausea and qualmishness in the mouth, after dinner
Nausea and qualmishness in the stomach, with pressure on the chest (after a quarter of an hour)
Nausea and shuddering, though not before eating (after two hours and a half)
Great nausea, with accumulation of water in the mouth (from 1 scruple)
Such great nausea at noon that it constantly seems as though he would vomit, he could not eat a mouthful
Such violent nausea, with qualmishness in the stomach, that he is every moment threatened with vomiting (after one hour and threequarters)
Sudden attack of nausea and qualmishness in the stomach, in the morning, which gradually disappears after walking (third day)
Intermitting nausea, with discomfort in the stomach, without eructations, after dinner
The nausea is aggravated in the open air,'. The nausea is not relieved by vomiting; only relieved after three-quarters of an hour
Nausea is somewhat relieved after breakfast (after one hour and a quarter)
Nausea and qualmishness for the most part cease after dinner
The nausea is somewhat relieved after eructations, but soon returns (after one hour and a half)
Qualmishness in the stomach, without being able to vomit, after dinner
Qualmishness in the stomach, with sleepiness, after dinner, disappearing after stool,'. Qualmishness rises from the lower abdomen into the stomach and still farther up, with accumulation of water in the mouth, an hour and a half after dinner,. Qualmishness, which is not relieved by eructations, in the afternoon (first day),l
Qualmishness, with spitting of saliva, obliging him to lie down, better in the open air than in a room
Qualmishness in the stomach and bitter uprisings (after one hour)
Qualmishness, followed by eructations tasting of the medicine, after which the qualmishness disappears, at 3.30 p.M.
Frequently recurring qualmishness_ (after one hour)
During eructations it seems as though she would vomit (after one hour and a quarter)
Violent inclination to vomit, which at last disappears by eructations (after one hour and a half)
Constant heaving to vomit, lasting four hours (after one hour)
He is obliged to make haste to vomit though only empty retchings result (after a quarter of an hour), . Frequent retching without being able to vomit, with accumulation of water in the mouth ; the nausea was relieved for awhile after eating, but returned after half an hour
* Vomiting,vomiting
* Vomiting of bilious matter (after one hour)
* Two attacks of vomiting in quick succession of yellow, hitter, sour water, without exertion (after one hour),'. Stonifich. Constant movings and gripings in the stomach and abdomen, with feelings as though diarrhoea would occur, an hour and a half after dinner
Rumbling in the stomach for a long time, with movings in the abdomen, in the forenoon
Feeling of emptiness in the stomach, with complete loss of appetite, at 2 p.m.
Feeling of coldness in the stomach (after one hour)
Heat in the stomach, soon followed by coldness and pressure, with nausea; after a few hours two pasty stools in quick succession, after which all the symptoms disappeared (after 1 scruple of the tincture)
Burning in the stomach, soon
Discomfort and feeling of fulness in the stomach, an hour and a half after dinner
Feeling of great discomfort in the epigastric region (after half an hour)
Pain in the stomach, which feels very uncomfortable and qualmish (after two hours)
* Pain in the stomach, with nausea and general discomfort (after half an hour)
Feeling of fulness in the stomach
After every meal, especially after dinner, an unusual sensation of fulness in the epigastric region, frequently lasting four or five hours, speedily disappearing if a little bread was eaten during the third hour after dinner
Feeling of tension in the stomach, especially on inspiration, which soon disappears (after a quarter of an hour)
Contractive pain in the epigastric region, on pressing upon it; the pain seems to come from the abdomen (after one hour and a half)
Cramp in the stomach, in the morning, in bed, after a late supper (tenth day)
Digging in the epigastric region, sudden inclination to vomit, with shivering on the scalp, soon
Gnawing in the pit of the stomach as from hunger, an hour after the usual mealtime, which dis- ■appears on eating, but soon returns,'k
Pressure in the pit of the stomach, soon
Pressure in the stomach, as from a foreign body (after one hour)
Pressure in the pit of the stomach as from a stone which moves back and forth, with spasmodic drawings extending into the chest; together with frequent qualmishness and eructations ; this condition lasts several days and is always aggravated after eating (fourth day)
Pressure in the pit of the stomach, especially after eating (second and third days)
Pressure in the stomach, which is also sensitive to external pressure (after one hour)
Pressure in the stomach, extending into the chest, with nausea and feeling as if he would eructate, followed by eructations of a rancid taste, with relief of the nausea (after one hour)/.
Food causes slight pressure in the epigastric region and fulness, lasting several days,I
Feeling of heaviness in the stomach, an hour and a half after dinner
Transient sensation of heaviness in the pit of the stomach (after three hours)
Twisting and burrowing in the stomach, especially some hours after eating, with distension in the epigastric region so that the usually comfortable clothing causes pressure and must be opened; this increases so much that it causes eructations and even retching; thereby only bitter mucus or food is thrown up Avith violent exertion
Cuttings in the epigastrium (after half an hour)
Sticking extending from the left side of the chest to the stomach, after dinner
Tensive sticking in the epigastrium, with nausea and some eructations, in the evening (first day)
A stitch near the left side of the pit of the stomach, after a stool (after one hour and a half)
Dull stitches in the epigastrium, while Walking, especially on inspiration (fourth day)
A fine stitch in the epigastric region (after half an hour)
Twinging in the epigastric region
The stomach and abdomen are very sensitive to pressure (after one hour)
Rolling about in the epigastric region, soon
Abdomen p. 499
Hypochondvici, Burning in the left hypochondriac region, immediately disappearing on walking (after one hour)
Sticking in the right hypochondriac region, on sitting down, at 2.30 p.m.
Dull sticking in the right hypochondriac region, with constant cutting in the abdomen, an hour and a half after dinner
Violent sticking in both hypochondria, with fulness and feeling of distension ; relieved by passage of flatulence and stool
Sticking in the right side of the abdomen beneath the false ribs, at 2 p.m.
Dull sticking pain beneath the short ribs of the right side, in the evening (third day)
Pain, extending from the right hip to the hepatic region, as if I had for a long time bent far over to the opposite side (second day),'V
JJnibilicdl. Feeling of flatulence in the umbilical region, Without desire to pass it (after five hours)
When the great nausea had decreased, the pains in the abdomen began ; they extended from both sides towards the umbilical region
Griping about the umbilicus, after eating (second day)
Painful pressive sensation in the umbilical region, lasting a long time
Cutting pains in the umbilical region, Avhich, however, frequently remit (after two hours)
Cutting colic pains in the umbilical region (after three hours)
Sticking about the umbilicus, after the stool, in the afternoon
Sticking pain near the right side of the naA’-el, lasting only a short time
Violent stitches about the umbilicus, followed by the usual stool (after one hour and a half)
Violent twinging about the umbilicus, from 2 to 4.30 p.m. (fifth day)
Tearing and cutting in the umbilical region (second day)
Crawling sensation, as from a Avorm, in the umbilical region (after four hours)
Crawling and burrowing in the umbilical region (after tAvo hours)
General Abdomen. Distension of the Avhole abdomen, at 1 p.m.
Distension of the abdomen in various places from flatulence, Avhich soon passes and is very offensive (after three hours)
Distension of the abdomen, at times in the morning, during the first fourteen days
Distension of the abdomen, Avith heat in it, an hour and a quarter after dinner,'.-
Is obliged to loosen the clothes and bend together, on account of great distension of the abdomen, an hour and a quarter after dinner
Pressive distension in the abdomen above the umbilicus (after one hour)
Violent flatulence moves about the abdomen (after one hour)
Rolling and rumbling in the abdomen, in the evening, on lying in bed
Rumbling in the abdomen and soft stool, without colic (third day),^h
Rumbling in the abdomen (fourth day),^^; (fifth day)
Rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, after dinner (first day)
Rumbling in the abdomen and frequent empty eructations (first day)
Rumbling in the abdomen and soft stool (fifth day)
Rumbling and uneasiness in the abdomen, aggravated by eating (half an hour after 20 drops, second day)
Rumbling and griping in the abdomen, after every dose
Rumbling in the abdomen, pressure, and frightful nausea in the stomach, constant nauseous eructations and vertigo, lasting a long time (after one hour and a half)
Much rumbling and pressure in the abdomen
Audible rumbling in the upper abdomen, which frequently returns (after two hours)
Emission of flatulence, followed by relief in the abdomen, at 2 p.m.
Slight passage of flatulence, without relief of the pain in the abdomen (after one hour)
Emission of much flatulence, with rumbling and uneasiness in the abdomen (one hour after the dose, third day)
Emission of much odorless flatulence, in the afternoon (first day)
Passage of much offensive flatulence, followed by some relief of the fulness in the abdomen (after two hours)
Emission of very offensive flatulence, without relief (after two hours)
Uneasiness and rumbling in the abdomen (eighth day)
Uneasiness and rumbling in the bowels, with constant desire for stool and passage of only flatulence, after breakfast (fourth day)
Uneasiness in the abdomen, with desire for stool (sixth day)
Some uneasiness in the abdomen, without pain, in the afternoon (third day)
Feeling as of a purge in the abdomen, with moving about, at 1 p.m.
Pains in the abdomen,k
Pains in the abdomen, causing paleness of the face and nausea, disappearing after a stool, which was pasty and copious, and accompanied sometimes by very offensive flatulence,*k
Pain and moving about of flatulence in the left side of the abdomen (after one hour)
Pains in the abdomen, as in diarrhoea after taking cold, with twisting and burrowing, relieved by bending forward and by rest
Severe pain in the abdomen, driving heat into the head (after three hours)
Violent pains in the whole abdomen, lasting half an hour, at 9 A.M., after breakfast (second day)
Burning and moving about in the whole abdomen (after five minutes)
Transient burning in the right side of the upper abdomen (after two hours)
Burning and moving about in the right side of the abdomen ; it then suddenly extends into the right epigastric region, and there disappears (after three minutes)
Feeling of coldness in the abdomen, lasting half an hour (after three-quarters of an hour)
Fulness in the abdomen and emission of much flatulence of a bad odor
Fulness and distension of the whole abdomen, which last a long time (after two hours)
Waking after midnight on account of fulness in the abdomen, followed by diarrhoea five times, consisting of mucus, with tenesmus (ninth day)
Feeling of distension and hardness of the abdomen (alter one hour
Contraction and pressure from both sides of the abdomen towards the middle (after one hour)
Griping in the abdomen (after two or three hours)
Griping in the abdomen, in the evening, for several days
Griping in the abdomen after eating, in the morning and evening, for several days
Griping and cutting pains in the abdomen, lasting four hours (after one hour)
Griping in the abdomen after eating, soon followed by urging to stool, without passage
Griping in the abdomen, with rumbling (fifth day)
Griping in the abdomen and frequent eructations (second day)
Griping in the abdomen at 4 A.M., and at 9 two pasty stools; an emission of flatulence relieved the griping (from 1 scruple)
Frequent griping in the abdomen and eructations (first day)
Constant griping, drawing, and rumbling in the abdomen, in the afternoon (second day)
Frightful pinching pains in the whole abdon^en, which frequently intermit, and are relieved by bending together, with constant nauseous pain in the stomach, at 4 p.m.
Constant slight but painful digging about the upper abdomen (after two hours)
Pressure in the abdomen while walking, after each stool, disappears while sitting, half hour after dinner
Pressure and griping in the abdomen (after one hour )
Pressure in the abdomen and then stool, at first soft, at last hard, with pressure (after one hour)
Pressing inward in the abdomen, with qualmishness, an hour after dinner
Feeling as though something heavy fell down in the left side of the abdomen (after a quarter of an hour)
Cutting pains in the upper abdomen, which frequently remit and recur (after one hour and a half)
Cutting pain in the abdomen, while sitting (after six hours),l
Violent cutting but frequently remitting pains in the whole abdomen, so that she is obliged to bend up, with transient urging to stool (after three hours)
Intermitting cutting in the upper abdomen, during eating
Intermitting cutting pains extending around the abdomen, especially about the umbilicus (after three hours)
Sticking in the left side of the abdomen, on sitting down and while sitting, but not while walking (after one hour)
Fine sticking in the left side of the upper abdomen (after a quarter of an hour)
Three stitches in succession in the middle of the abdomen, an hour and a half after dinner
Violent stitches deep in the left side of the abdomen, which then extend to the left side of the chest and back again, at 5 p.m. (third day)
Violent stitches shoot from the left spermatic cord through the abdomen to the chest (second day)
Twinging in the upper abdomen, after dinner
Twingings and ravings about the abdomen, relieved by passage of offensive flatulence (after two hours and a half)
Twingings and movings in the whole abdomen, followed by stool, which is first hard, then soft (after one hour and a quarter)
Twinging and contraction in both sides of the abdomen, extending up into the chest, followed by sticking above the umbilicus and drawing inward of it, very painful (after three hours)
Twinging and cutting in the upper abdomen, so that he is frequently obliged to bend up, which frequently intermits, followed by a sticking beneath the left short ribs, at 2 p.m.
Frequent twinging in the middle of the abdomen, relieved by emission of flatulence, at 4 p.m.
Violent twinging in the upper abdomen, with ineffectual urging to stool, at 3.45 p.m.
Colic, with nausea, very transient
Rypofffistriiini oud Iliac Jlef/ioa. Sensation in the lower abdomen as if diarrhoea would follow, which is not the case (after four hour-s)
Burning sensation above the pubis, rather external; disappears in a short time on pressing upon it
Griping low down in the abdomen (after half an hour)
Griping, cutting, and sticking pains in the lower abdomen (after half an hour)
Pressing inward in the lower abdomen above the pubis (after two hours and a half)
Pressing inward in the lower abdomen, which disappears on walking and rubbing, but frequently returns (after three hours)
Cutting, pinching, and sticking pains in the lower abdomen (after three-quarters of an hour),'. Violent cutting in the lower abdomen and dragging downward in both groins, at 1 P.M.
Two stitches in succession in the right side of the lower abdomen (after three-quarters of an hour)
Pains, as from a fall or blow, on the left ilium, on pressing upon it (second day)
Crawling sensation in the lower abdomen
Burning in the right groin, followed by sharp stitches beneath the right breast, at 2.30 p.m.
Tension in the region of the left ilium, on bending the trunk to that side (third day)
Pressive tensive sensation in the left abdominal ring, when standing; it lasted a long time, was relieved when sitting and by passing flatulence; the place is not painful to pressure (fourth day)
Sticking-drawing pains, extending from both sides of the umbilicus into the inguinal glands
Sticking in the region of the left groin, which does not last a long time (after one hour and a half)
Very acute stitches in the region of the left groin (after one hour)
Rectum and Anus p. 502
Objective. The haemorrhoids, which had existed ten years previous, reappeared with a sticking-biting sensation
Spasmodic contraction in the sphincter ani (sixth day)
Subjective. A burning sensation in the rectum, after every stool
A burning sensation at the end of the rectum, during and after stool
Feeling of soreness deep in the rectum
A painful stitch in the anus (after two hours)
Some prickling in the anus, after the usual stool
Smarting in the anus, almost as from pepper, ten minutes after the diarrhoea
Throbbing pain in the anus, for several days (third day)
Itching in the anus, that disappears from scratching, immediately returns ; after further scratching, burning, at 5 p.m. (third day)
Itching in the anus, with much desire for stool, and alternately hard and thin stool
Itching and crawling in the anus; a hemorrhoidal pimple which was very painful disappeared after 2 drops, but returned after 12 drops, with violent burning-sticking pain, but only disappeared of itself after three days
Constant desire for stool (second day)
Urging to stool, followed by a partly soft stool, with some pressure, at night and in the morning
Urging to stool, with discharge of blood after the stool, in the evening (first day)
Much urging to stool, as if diarrhoea would follow, the stool, however, is very hard
Frequent urging to stool without passage (first day)
Transient urging to stool (after one hour and a half)
Ineffectual urging to stool (after one hour and a half)
Tenesmus ; painful contraction in the rectum, after every stool (after six hours)
Stool p. 502
Riurvhoen. Diarrhoea the next morning, without griping (after 10 grains)
Diarrhoea of very thin ffeces, without other symptoms, at 2.30 P.M.
Diarrhoea, consisting only of yellow-greenish water, followed by burning in the anus (after four hours)
Diarrhoea, consisting of mucus, with tenesmus, five times, preceded by fulness in the abdomen, waking from sleep, after midnight (ninth day)
Pasty diarrhoea of an offensive odor (after 10 grains)
Diarrhoea three times, consisting of green frothy water, which is forcibly evacuated without any pain, after dinner
Diarrhoea twice, with burning in the anus, without relief; the pains in the abdomen only disappear after the emission of flatulence (fifth day)
Two diarrhoea-like stools of thin fluid, bright-yellow forces, followed by chilliness}.
Purging
Hypercatharsis
Frequent evacuations, without colic
Frequent discharge of yellow, watery faeces (after one hourFrequent stools, consisting of thin watery faeces, with soreness in the anus (after one hour)
Frequent stools, with burning and pressure, and pressing out of great lumps, with sticking pains on drawing in the anus, and even at other times, followed by passage of offensive, brown, very corrosive mucus, without faeces; the irritation in the anus continues, and only after several attempts there pushes out a mass of pasty, dark-brown, very offensive faeces, mixed with mucus; the last exertion evacuates only white mucus, like the white of an egg, and only after this evacuation does the irritation in the anus cease, and the pains in the hypochondria and abdomen disappear
Three evacuations of yellow water, followed by ineffectual urging, without pains in the abdomen, at 2 p.m.
Three thin watery stools, always preceded by cutting about the umbilicus and followed by smarting in the rectum (fourth day)
Three stools, the first part always semifluid, and the last solid and passed with pressing, after dinner
Two watery stools at noon, followed, after four hours, by a third (second day after 1 scruple)
The first stool is usually followed by griping in the abdomen, and immediately afterwards two diarrhoea-like stools in succession (second day)
Two stools in the afternoon (first day)
• Thin, pasty stool twice a day; the next day constipation
Thin, dark stool, without previous symptoms, at 3 p.m. ; at 7 p.m., a small thin, dark stool, with much urging (first day)
Stool at first as usual, afterwards a copious thin evacuation, with violence, with pains in the abdomen, followed by tenesmus ; soon after the stool, the pains in the abdomen occur, followed by a liquid stool at 6 p.m., and frequently
Two soft stools
Two bilious-like stools of a yellowish-green color (after half an hour)
Copious stool, with transient griping in the abdomen, in the evening (second day)
After every dose (usually on the second day), a very copious stool perfectly normal, after the first of which his accustomed hypochondriac anxiety speedily disappeared, but after the others it became worse
Semifluid stool (third day)
Passage of semifluid ochre-colored fieces, with emission of flatulence, without other disturbances, half an hour after dinner
Stool at first semiliquid, then solid, with burning during the passage, in the morning after rising (second day)
A semifluid stool, the last part of which was more solid, but scanty and with pressure, at 7 p.m.
Thin, pasty, yellow evacuation (sixth day)
Pasty stool, with tension in the abdomen (eighth day)
A soft stool, without pain, followed by sore pain in the afternoon, lasting a quarter of an hour (after three hours)
A copious soft, dark stool, without pain in the abdomen, with flatulence (fourth day)
Dark, soft, copious stool (seventh day)
The stool remains hard and indolent the first weeks, then becomes softer, and occurs twice daily, contrary to custom
A small portion of the stool passed unnoticed
(Sixteen grains of the powder expelled a large quantity of ascarides),k
Constipation. Hard stool (second and third days)
Hard stool, which daily returns some hours later, preceded by frequent urging (from second to twelfth days)
A hard evacuation, after long urging, for several days
A hard evacuation, with pressure, preceded by much urging and rumbling, as though diarrhœa would occur
The stool is very hard and followed by twinging sensation in the anus (fifth day)
A scanty, hard evacuation in the morning, with great exertion (second day)
Stool scanty, with some griping in the abdomen (second day)
No stool (first, second, and fourth days)
Urinary Organs p. 503
Urethra. Burning in the urethra during micturition
Burning in the whole urethra after micturition
Urging to urinate
Micturition. It increases the urine (apparently the secondary action)
Frequent micturition in the evening
Frequent passage of much watery urine
* Urine diminished
Urine less than usual and seldom
* The urine is scanty and reddish, and becomes turbid on standing (first day)
Urine. Urine dark yellowish-red, with brickdust sediment (not an unusual symptom before the proving), (third (jay)/s.
The urine becomes turbid, like muddy water, on standing
The urine deposits a slight cloud (after one hour)
Mucus in the urine, with a cloudy sediment on standing
Sexual Organs p. 504
Wale. Drawing pain in the glans penis (second and third days),I
Emission in the morning after a lascivious dream, followed by long-continued, painful erections
Feniale. Menstruation eight days earlier and lasting two days longer than usual
Respiratory Organs p. 504
Severe scraping in the larynx, and paroxysms of dry cough, at 7 p.m. (first day)
Dry cough in the morning on rising, which soon disappears on walking (third and fourth days)
Dry cough wakes him towards midnight (after forty hours)
Dry cough, with oppression of the chest and chilliness, lasting two hours, about midnight (after forty hours)
Diy cough, consisting of two shocks, during which there is pressure in the left side of the abdomen, beneath the short ribs, in the forenoon (second day)
Scraping cough, with feeling of soreness in the whole of the air-passages (second and third days)
(The cough, which had continued for eight days previous, disappeared), (after twenty-four hours)
Chest p. 504
A kind of cramp in the chest; a sensation as if the whole chest were contracted, worse between the scapulae and beneath the sternum ; after rubbing the back, there were eructations and then the spasm disappeared (it occurred only once)
Pressure on the upper part of the chest, without affecting respiration (after one hour and three-quarters)
Constant pressure on the chest
Oppression of the chest and increased beating of the heart (after one hour)
Oppression of the chest on ascending a hill ; he was frequently obliged to stand still in order to get breath, in the evening (second day)
Feeling of oppression of the chest, disappearing after eructations (after eight minutes)
Heaviness and pressure on the chest during inspiration (after one hour and a half)
Sticking in the last left false ribs, at one time severe, at another slight, frequently and entirely remitting, in the morning on rising, after stool, and after dinner (second day)
Dull sticking beneath the right false ribs (after three-quarters of an hour)
Dull sticking pain in the region of the left short ribs (first and second days)
Fine sticking, from the left scapula across the shoulder towards the right female breast, at 2.30 p.m.
Dull stitches beneath the short ribs during dinner, intermitting (fourth day)
Fine stitches in the middle of the chest
Fine stitch in the right upper costal region (after three-quarters of an hour)
A small stitch in the right lung on every inspiration (after one hour and a half)
Throbbing pain in the region of the left short ribs for several days in succession (first day)
Sides. Pains beneath the short ribs, on the left side, after dinner
Burning in the upper part of the left side of the chest (after one hour)
Pressure in the left side of the chest during inspiration and on stooping
Transient pressure in the right side of the chest (fourth day)
Sticking in the left side of the chest on inspiration (after one hour)
Sticking pain in the fourth rib of the left side of the chest, which speedily disappears (after four hours)
A severe dull stitch in the right side of the chest, especially severe on inspiration (after five minutes)
Tearing and pressure beneath the cartilages of the last false ribs of the left side (fifth day)
A feeling of rawness in the right side of the chest, which provokes cough (first da.y)
3Iamnice. Sharp sticking in the left female breast
Fine sticking beneath the right mammary gland (after one hour and a half)
A long dull stitch behind the left breast (after three-quarters of an hour)
A sharp stitch beneath the left female breast, followed by painful twinging in the whole abdomen (after one hour and a half)
On bending the body together, a very violent stitch in the right mammary gland, which is very severe on becoming erect; on inspiration it is only sore, at 2.30 p.m.
Tearing in the right female breast, with fine sticking in the right costal region (after half an hour),h
Heart and Pulse p. 505
Feeling of pressure at the heart, as if there was some impediment to its beating
Violent and rapid beating of the heart (first day)
Pulse very rapid; once an intermission in the pulse, with a feeling of pressure at the heart as if its action were impeded
Falling of the beat of the pulse, especially in the head
Pulse before breakfast 62 (usually 75 to 80), (second morning)
Pulse s,somewhat small, otherwise normal,^l
Pulse small, sometimes intermitting, according to the palpitation
Neck and Back p. 505
N^eck. Feeling in the nape of the neck as though grasped with the hands (after one hour)
Drawing and tearing in the right side of the neck
Dorsal. Drawing downward between the shoulders (after five minutes)
Sticking pains in the lower dorsal vertebra on the left side (after forty-eight hours)
Lunihar. A frequent dull pain in the left lumbar region, especially on walking, which was relieved by external pressure
Dull but transient sticking in the region of the right kidney (after two hours)
Bruised pain in the loins
Bruised pain in the loins after a short walk (second day)
Scicral. Pressive pain in the coccyx, after the stool (second day)
Dull burrowing pain in the right ischium in the evening (first day)
Extremities in General p. 505
Objective. Laxity of the limbs
Weariness acid weakness in the arms and legs the whole day (fourth day)
Weakness of the hands and feet while walking (after one hour)
Subjective. Relaxed and paralyzed feeling in the limbs (after 10 grains)
Heaviness of the arms and legs when moving about (first day)
Suppurating pain in the right hand and left foot (third day)
Sajfcrior Extremities. Weakness of the right arm and trembling of the right hand during dinner, disappearing after awhile
Paralyzed feeling in the left arm in the evening (first day)
Drawing in the arms and tearing in all the joints
Tearing-drawing pains in the arms, especially in the left elbow and wrist (second and third days)
Shoulder. Sticking pains through the whole of the left shoulder-joint, lasting a long time (after thirty-six hours)
Rheumatic tearing in the shoulders
Tickling burning in both axillae, which disappears on scratching
Sticking near the right axilla (after one hour)
A)‘ni. Cramplike drawing in the lower portion of the left upper arm
A stitch in the left upper arm above the bend of the elbow (after three-quarters of an hour)
Tearing in the upper arm occurred periodically for some days after the proving (fifth day)
Tearing pains in the left upper arm just above the elbow
Momentary tearing in the flexor muscles of the upper arm (fifth day)
The right upper arm feels bruised and tired when moving it or when raised, not during rest (after three-quarters of an hour)
Elboiv. Sticking on the upper surface of the elbow on bending the right arm (after two hours)
A stitch from the bend of the left elbow through the arm to the tip of the elbow, afterwards only in the bend of the elbow (after one hour and a half)
Tearing in the right elbow, as if in the joints, at 1 p.m.
Tearing pains in the left elbow, which do not last long (after forty-eight hours)
Tearing throbbing pain in the left elbowjoint (third day)
Tearing pains in the left forearm, beneath the elbow, in the afternoon
Slight tearing on the anterior surface of the left forearm, near the elbow (after two hours)
Fine tearing iu the right forearm, extending from the bend of the elbow towards the index finger, as if in the bone (after three-quarters of an hour)
Wrist. Tearing drawing and itching in bones of the right wrist, extending to the tips of the fingers, lasting three hours, at noon
Tearing in the left wrist (fifth day)
Tearing somewhat above and below the right wrist (after half an hour)
Tearing and throbbing pain in the left wrist-joint (sixth day)
Maud. Cramplike drawing in several places in the hands (first day),l
Fiucfers, Stitches in the first joint of the left thumb
Tearing, extending from the two small fingers of the right hand towards the back of the hand (after three-quarters of an hour)
Tearing and sticking in the back of the right index finger in the afternoon
Fine tearing between the first and second phalanges of the thumb, when writing, so that he was unable to hold the pen, in the afternoon
Inferior Extremities p. 506
Ohjcctlve. Reeling gait (first day)
Weakness and heaviness in the limbs the whole forenoon
Weakness of the legs and sticking in the calves, while walking in the open air, disappearing in the room, after dinner
Subjective. Violent drawing in both legs, extending to the knees and down into the feet, like a pain from great weariness, at 7 p.m. (seventh day)
Mip. Fine stitch in the left hip at 2.30 P.M.
Tearing below the right trochanter in the bone (after half an hour)
Thiiih. Burning in the external surface of the right thigh while sitting down
Spasmodic drawing in the thighs extending to the knees (from 20 drops)
Coarse stitches in the bend of the left thigh, which disappear of themselves (after one hour and three-quarters)
Tearing from the middle of the left thigh to the knee (after three-quarters an hour)
Bruised pain in the thighs, which makes standing difficult; he is obliged to sit (after one hour and a half)
Knee, Burning in the bend of the right knee, while sitting, which disappears on walking, an hour after dinner
Painful tension in a small spot in the right knee (after three-quarters of an hour)
Drawing and tearing in the left knee-joint, which is very painful when walking, though disappearing after walking a long time (after two hours)
Sticking in the inner surface of the right knee, while walking, an hour and a half, after dinner
A stitch beneath the right patella, both on sitting down and on rising, disappearing on walking
Fine stitch above the right knee (after three-quarters of an hour)
Tearing on the inner margin of the left patella (fifth day)
Leg, While sitting, the left leg and foot go to sleep, with drawing inward of the toes, disappearing on motion (after one hour and a half)
Boring in the tibiae towards evening (second day)
Some boring pain in the tibiae towards evening (fourth day)
Sticking in the right calf in the afternoon
Sticking-tearing in the middle of the tibiae, while sitting, disappearing when walking, when there is sticking in the right calf, which disappears on sitting (after one hour)
Ankle. Violent, boring pain in the ankles and knees, only while sitting (first day)
Very violent boring in the ankles (second day)
Tearing in the malleoli and knee-joints of both legs (after eight hours)
Foot, Weariness of the feet, as if they would give out
The feet seem lighter than ever before (after one hour and a quarter)
Generalities p. 506
Objective. A cataleptic condition, with perfect consciousness, while lying down in the afternoon, followed by deep sleep, with an emission ; after waking, a bruised feeling of the whole body, especially of the back and left arm (first day)
Externally weary and sleepy in the morning on waking (fourth day)
Weak and powerless iu the whole body the whole forenoon
Weak and ill-humored the whole forenoon (first day)
Weakness and prostration seemed to be increased in the open air (after one hour)
Great weakness of the whole body
Great exhaustion of body and mind (first day)
Subjective. General discomfort and ill-humor t^first day)
Suffering, prostrated (after one hour and a half)
Depressed sensation in the whole body, with complete disinclination for mental labor (sixth day)
Sticking sensation in several places in the body, especially in the lower limbs
Feels bruised, in the morning, in bed, better after rising, but confused in the head (fourth day)
Violent pulsation felt through the whole body; it seems, however, to be seated lower down than the pit of the stomach, and lasts only a few moments, and is most violent immediately after a stool
■ Symptoms appear to be most prominent after dinner, from 2.30 to 3 oclock
Skin p. 507
Mviiptiiitis. Pimples as large as peas on the right chest, with yellow tips, without sensation, but burning after scratching
Two stitchlike tetters on the anterior surface of the left arm, above the elbow, which were scratched sore at night, without sensation
An stitchlike pustule beneath the left nates, which at night was unconsciously scratched off, and burned, and continued to burn for eight days
A small boil, with pus at the tip, only painful on pressure (sixth day)
Subjective. Tension and burning in the skin of the right side of the neck two hours after dinner
Frequent fine sticking, like fleabites, in various places, iu the nape of the neck, ankles (fourth day)
A row of fine stitches, like fleabites, from the left angle of the jaw down to the neck (after three-quarters of an hour)
1^70.] Biting on the left eyebrow, which disappears on scratching, at 3 p.m.
Biting in the tip of the nose, which disappears on scratching, at 3 p.m.
Biting iu the left side of the neck, which disappears on scratching, at 3 p.m.
Biting iu the left ankle, which disappears on moving (after three hours and a half)
Fine biting, as from fleas, iu the right flank (after three hours)
Itching-biting above the right temple, which disappeai’s on scratching (after two hours)
Itching-biting on both cheeks (after three hours)
Itching-biting on the right zygoma, which disappears on scratching, but immediately reappears above the left eyebrow (after two hours)
Itching-biting on the right lower jaw, which disappears after scratching (after three hours)
Itching-biting iu the right inner malleolus, which disappears after scratching (after two hours)
l680,] Frequent itching-biting above the right ear, which disappears after scratching (after one hour and a half)
Crawling, as from insects or cobwebs, iu the face, especially violent on the lower jaw, and provoking scratching; after this some pustules appear, which leave no scurf, but a desquamation of the skin
Tickling on the right eyebrow, which disappears on scratching, but soon returns (after one hour and a half)
Tickling on the posterior portion of the ball of the right hand, which disappears on scratching (after two hours and three-quarters)
Tickling in the first joint of the right middle finger, which disappears on scratching, but soon returns, and at first only entirely disappears alter long and violent scratching (after one hour)
Itching on the right temple, which disappears on scratching, and then appears in the left temple (after one hour)
Itching on the left lower margin of the eye, disappearing on rubbing, at 3 P.M.
Itching above the right eyebrow, which disappears on scratching (after a quarter of an hour)
Itching of the right eyelid, disappears on scratching (after half an hour)
Itching of the right ear, and after rubbing burning, at 2.30 p.m.
Itching on the left external ear, which disappears on scratching, at 6 p.m.
Itching on the left side of the nose, which disappears on scratching (after five minutes),h
Itching on the left side of the chin, which disappears on scratching, at 2.30 P.M.,h
Itching on the left clavicle, near the shoulder and in the nape of the neck, which disappears on scratching, but returns and changes to a burning, and afterwards to biting,h
Itching on the left scapula, which disappears on rubbing, at 2.30 P.M.
Itching on the sacrum, which disappears on scratching, at 2 PM.,h
Itching in the right axilla, which does not disappear on scratching
Itching in the palm of the right hand, which disappears on scratching (after one hour and a half),h
Itching between the left thumb and index finger; after scratching there are felt two small, almost imperceptible vesicles in the skin, which continue to itch, but soon disappear
Itching in the inner surface of the left knee at 2.30 P.M.,k
Itching in the right tibia above the ankle, which disappears on scratching (after three hours),h
Itching on the outer margin of the foot, which does not disappear on scratching (after one hour and a quarter),h
Itching, like a scraping in the right thigh, with burning after scratching (third day)
Biting-itching on the posterior surface of the thigh, above the bend of the knee, at 2 p.m.
Biting-itching in a small spot in the left tibia, in the middle of the inner side (after one hour)
Sleep and Dreams p. 508
Sleepiness. Yawning, with sadness and sleepiness, at 2.30 p.m.
Yawning and lassitude of the body, with inclination to lie down (first day),I
Much yawning and great weariness
Frequent yawning
Very frequent yawning and sleepiness during the day ; quiet, sound sleep at night
Sleepiness (second day)
Some sleepiness, and now and then yawning (fifth day)
The eyes close from sleepiness, while reading, at 2 p.m.
Could scarcely keep his eyes open on account of sleepiness, which does not go off in the open air, an hour after dinner
Excessive, at times overpowering, sleepiness, after every midday meal, with sensation of general weakness
Overpowered by sleepiness, in the evening (after second dose), and every morning and evening a feeling as if she had not slept enough, which disappeared if after rising she took again a short nap
Very sleepy two hours after dinner
She became very sleepy, as if she had not slept during the night
Falls asleep early
Sound, stu))defying sleep; he is confused on waking
Sleep ess ness. Very late falling asleep in the evening (second day)
If I remained up longer than the usual time in the evening, I was frequently unable to full asleep
Sleep at night is very light, during which she hears everything (second day)
Frequent waking after midnight, after which he is only half asleep (second day)
Dreams. Joyous, lively dreams
Foolish, disconnected dreams (third night)
Frightful dreams of serpents, etc. (first day)
Dreams of the death of his relatives
Fever p. 508
Chilliness. Chilliness over the whole body, even in a warm room (after five hours)
Chilliness and shivering, especially down the back, with very cold hands, in the forenoon (first day)
Chilliness in the evening after lying down, which she even believes continues during sleep (second day)
Chilliness, while vomiting, without subsequent heat
Chilliness and creeping chills (second day)
Chilliness, with cold hands, which returns several times during the day (after three hours')
Frequent chilliness (third day)
Great chilliness (from 20 drops)
Febrile chilliness, shivering, and gooseflesh after nearly every stool
Constantly more chilly than warm
Coldness on entering a room at 3.30 P.M.
She dreams that she is freezing; she wakes, and she is really cold, but falls asleep again, and wakes in the morning without chilliness
Shivering, with frequent shaking and nausea, during dinner
Shivering on going into the room after a stool (after one hour and a quarter)
Chilliness in the head, even in a warm room (after one hour and three-quarters)
Creeping chills over the back (second day)
Shivering over the head in the evening (first day)
Heat. Warmth of the whole body, especially of the head, passing oft in the open air (after a quarter of an hour)
Rising heat, with redness of the face and increased external warmth (after one hour and a half)
Feeling of warmth, and sweat of the head and hands (after one hour and three-quarters)
Warmth in the chest, above the pit of the stomach, then in the head, with redness of the face and hands, with only moderate warmth of the skin (after one hour and a quarter)
Warmth and swelling of the hands (after three-quarters of an hour)
Increased warmth of the hands, soon
Heat in the face and hands (first hours)
Feeling of heat and burning in the face, with perceptible coldness of it, at 2 p.m.
Feeling of heat in the face, with redness of it (after one hour and a half)
Siveat. Perspiration
Perspiration over the whole body
Constantly moist skin over the whole body
Profuse perspiration at night
Profuse perspiration towards morning (second night)
Sweat after breakfast, which soon disappears (after one hour and a half)
Conditions p. 509
Aggravation.
(Morning), Sticking, etc., in forehead; sticking in upper lip, etc.; hawking of mucus; thirst; nausea; in bed, after late supper, cramp in stomach ; on rising, dry cough ; in bed, bruised feeling.
(Forenoon), Bitter taste in mouth; weakness, etc., in limbs.
(Afternoon), Loss of thought; pressive headache ; by motion of body, headache ; pressure upon eyes ; redness, etc., in canthi; qualmishness ; pains in Forearm ; tearing, etc., in back of index finger; when writing, tearing in thumb.
(Evening), Heat in head, etc.; before lying down, coryza; sticking in throat; thirst; pain beneath short ribs; on lying in bed, rolling, etc., in abdomen ; griping in abdomen ; frequent micturition ; pain in ischium ; feeling in left arm; on lying down, chilliness; shivering over the head.
(Night), Perspiration.
(Open air). Vertigo ; fulness of head, etc.; headache ; drawing in side of head ; nausea ; weakness, etc.
( Walking in open air). Bitter eructations; weakness in legs.
(After breakfast). Cloud before eyes; pasty mouth; sweat.
(Closing eyes), Vertigo.
(Application of cold). Pain in eye-teeth.
(Drinking cold water). Water brash.
(During dinner). Sneezing; hiccough, etc.; weakness of arm, etc.; shivering.
[After dinner). Face burns, etc.; feeling in throat; soon, scraping, etc., in throat; hiccough; nausea, etc.; qualmishness in stomach, etc.; sticking from chest to stomach ; rumbling, etc., in abdomen; twinging in upper abdomen; from 2.30 to 3 p.m., the symptoms.
(Eating), Intoxicated feeling; pressure in pit of stomach ; griping about umbilicus; rumbling, etc., in abdomen ; in morning and evening, griping in abdomen; cutting in upper abdomen.
(Fast«y),Waterbrash.
(Pers/)iraiioa), Tension in stomach ; pressure in left chest.
(A/i5er every meal) Especially dinner, fulness in epigastric region.
(After 'midday meal), Sleepiness, etc. (Motion), Especially riding, rush of blood to head, etc.
(i^eadmy). Vertigo ; tension in outer canthus; lachrymation, etc.; fog before eyes; shortsightedness. (Rising from sitting). Vertigo; headache.
(/fisiny from stooping). Heaviness in head; heat in head.
(On entering room). Coldness.
(Sitting), Sticking in hypochondriac region; sticking in abdomen; burning in thigh; burning in bend of knee; tearing in middle of tibia; pain in ankles, etc.
(Standing), Dulness in head.
(After stool), Immediately, pulsation through body; chilliness ;‘on going into room, shivering.
(Stooping), Pressure in left chest.
( Walking), Dulness in head ; especially on inspiration, stitches in epigastrium; burning in hypochondriac region ; pressure in abdomen ; pain in lumbar region; drawing, etc., in knee-joint; sticking in calf.
(Rapid walking), Vertigo.
(In warm room), Vertigo.
Amelioration p. 510
mV), Anxiety ; vertigo; heat in head, etc.; feeling in brain, etc.; stitches in side of head.
(In bed), Coryza.
(Bending forward). Pain in abdomen.
(Eating 5read), Three hours after dinner, fulness in epigastric region.
(After breakfast). Nausea.
(After dinner). Nausea.
(Drinking water). Qualmishness.
(Lying on abdomen). Sensation in occiput.
(Pressure), Tearing in back teeth ; pain in lumbar region.
(Rest), Pains in abdomen.
(Rising from bed). Sensation in occiput.
(In room). Vertigo.
(After stool). Qualmishness, etc.
(Walking), Nausea; dry cough ; stitch beneath patella.
(After long walking). Drawing, etc., in knee-joint.