Helleborus Niger

Helleborus niger, Linn.

Natural order, Ranunculacese. Common names, Black Hellebore; (G.) Schwarz-Christwurzel; (Fr.) La rose dhiver.

Preparation, Tincture of the root.

Authorities. (1-21 from Hahnemann.) 1, Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 3, 203 ; 2, Hartmann; 3, Homburg; 4, Summer; 5, Langhammer; 6, Mossdorf; 7, Rucker; 8, Staph; 9, Wislicenus; 10, Alberti, Jurisp. Med., tom. vi, p. 719, “not accessible;” 11, Becher (or Buchner), in Samml. f. pr. Aerzte, 1, p. 3, “observation ;” 12, Bisset, see H. foetidus; 13, John Cook, in Oxford Mag., March, 1769, “poisoning;” 14, Gesner, see LT. foetidus; 15, Grew, Anatomy of Plants, p. 280, “from chewing root;” 16, Van Hilden, Op. Med. Chir. Cent., 4, Obs. 12, “ from inhaling its odor;” 17, Morgagni, De sed. et cans, niorb., lix, 15, 16, “effects of extract on a melancholic18, Schulze, Mat. Med., p. 152, “ from continued use19, Scopola, Flora Carniolica, p. 557, “observation;” 20, Stedman, Diss. de saint, et nox. Elleb. nigri usu., Halse., 1751, p. 22, “not accessible;” 21, Tournefort, Voyage days le Levant, II, p. 189, “statement;” 22, Neuniug, symptoms from Hartlaub and Trinks, 1, 295; 23, Dr. Frank, effects of taking Hell. 1st for a blister on his tongue, and afterward repeated as an experiment, A. H. Z., 18, 115; 24, Lembke, proving with powdered root made into pills with licorice, each containing 1 grain, took first day 1, second 2, third 3, fifth 3, sixth 5, eighth 6, tenth 7, fifteenth 8, twentieth 10, twenty-fifth 10, twenty-seventh 12, thirty-sixth 12 pills; afterward took extract with licorice 1 grain doses; provings repeated next year, when he also took the one-tenth dik, 5 to 40 drops, N. Z. f. H. Kl., 7, 172 ; 25, Dr. Bruno Lind, took tincture, 6 drops first day, 10 second, 20 the sixth day, A. H. Z., 39, 282; 26, Schultz, aged 23, took tincture, first day 4, third 4, fourth 5, fifth 7, eighth 10, tenth and eleventh 10 drops, ibid.; 27, C. V. Schopf, provings on three healthy men with aqueous and ethereal extracts in doses of 5 to 15 grains; Viertlj. f. prak. Heilk., 16, p. 49 (1859); 28, same, experiment on a man, aged 31, suffering from insane melancholy, obstinate constipation, and diminished secretions, with aq. ext., ^ scruple morning and evening for four days, 1 scruple twice, fifth day ; 2 scruples twice, sixth day; 1 drachm, seventh day; 29, same, experiment on a woman, aged 26, suffering from imbecility following puerperal melancholy, otherwise healthy, took 2 scruples daily for seven days; 30, same, a woman, aged 42, emaciated, suffering from disturbances of digestion, secretions and excretions, took 2 scruples daily for six days (before experiment, skin dry, temp, low, pulse 68-72, no stool for one day) ; 31, same, a man suffering from religious melancholy, took 1 scruple daily for five days, then i drachm daily for four days; 32, Ferri, Journ. Univers., from Wibmer, two persons took a decoction of root in cider; 33, omitted; 34, Fahrenhorst, in Rust’s Mag. (Frank’s Mag., 1, 498), a young man took a tablespoonful of powdered root by mistake; 35, Hildanus, a woman just confined, took same, from Wibmer.

Mind p. 548

lEiJlotioricil. Delirium,^'k

Vivid fancies after lying down in bed, a hundred forms float before his eyes, which vanish as speedily}^ as they come,k

He groans and grunts,k

Reflective taciturn mood, the whole afternoon

Home sickness

Always joyous and in good humor (curative action),k

Sad mood, on account of his present condition, everything seems shallow and has no incentive for him

Depression and sadness, lasting several hours,^k

Despondent, believes he shall die (in a sufferer from religious melancholy), (fifth day),®k

He becomes melancholy on beholding a cheerful person, and then, for the first time, feels very unhappy,k

Such anxiety, nausea, and distress that he thinks he will die

* Extreme anxiety

Anxious mood, indifferent to joy or sorrow ; contented with nothing (second day),®k

Dread of death (in a sufferer from religious melancholy), (fifth day)

He is doubtful about bis own life

Extremely inclined to be irritable, the most trifling thing which goes contrary to his wishes excites anger (second day)

Fretful mood (twelfth day)

Very indifferent mood, without joy or sorrow (first day)

Iritellectaal. Inability to reflect (after ten hours)

Distraction of mind, when studying ; cannot hold his thoughts fixed

(He dresses himself unbecomingly)

(Irresolution V-

Weakness of memory, he is only able by exerting himself and after thinking for some time to remember what he wanted to say and why he had asked a question (after half an hour)

Weakness of memory ; he does not remember for a moment what he is read-

stupidity and slight vertigo (immediately)

* The patient answered much move slowly than usual when questioned; this condition of stupefaction bordering on insensibility lasted three hours (fourth day)

Head p. 549

Coafusioii oud Vettiffo. Confusion of the head,“k

Contusion of the head, which makes it dull; a dull pain every afternoon from 4 to 8,k

Confusion in the head, with increased warmth ; aggravated by stooping (twelfth day)

K. dull painful confusion of the head, relieved by pressing the head with the palm of the hand

Dizzy confusion of the head, with fluent coryza (after a quarter of an hour)

Head confused, heavy, lasting till evening (after twohours),^k

Head confused, heavy, and inclined to be dizzy, better in the open air, though even then there is almost constant feeling as though an attack of vertigo would come on (third day),^k

Confusion, heaviness, and painfulness of the forehead all day,^k

Dull, painful confusion in left side of head, during which the fluent coryza changes to a stopped coryza,^k

Vertigo

Vertigo in the morning on Awaking, lasting some minutes, on rising, with heaviness of the head, soon followed by nausea, which persists some time ; while sitting and bending the head he feels better, but on rising the nausea and vertigo return (first day)

Vertigo, on becoming erect (first day)

Vertigo, on stooping a little (first day)

Vertigo, on stooping and raising the head again, which immediately passes off after becoming erect (after ten hours and a half)

Vertigo, while Walking, so that he was obliged to stand still, to prevent falling (after four hours)

Vertigo, Avith indistinct vision, dilated pupils, roaring in the ears, and unsteady gait (fourth day)

Vertigo, with excess-e nausea, and so great prostration that he had to be put to bed (fifth day),®k

Vertigo, with pleasant Warmth in the stomach and abdomen (immediately)

Reeling vertigo, Avith inclination to fall forward (fifth day)

So dizzy that all objects seem to move in a circle; with stupidity

Reeling in the head

Reeling in the head, especially Avhen Walking,the Avholeday

Greiieral Head. Emptiness of thread, as if distracted, Avith fluent coryza (after five hours)

Dulness of head, as befogged, mostly in the forehead (after three-quarters of an hour)

Dulness and heat of the head ; burning in it,k

* Dull and heavy in the head

Stupefaction in the head (immediately)

Stupefaction of the AAhole head, Avith fluent coryza (after five hours and a half)

Dizzy stupefaction in the head in every position

Heaviness of the head

Heaviness of the brain and sensation as if it Averse surrounded by a tight skin, with inability to think or retain anything in his memory

Heaviness and internal heat in the head, Avith cold fingers and chilly feeling over the whole body, which were relieved by AArappiug up the hands and keeping them VAarm (after one hour),k

Very painful heaviness in the head, Avith tension and pressure as from without inward in the temples, but especially in the forehead; with every pulse a pressing-drawing as if the blood forcibly pressed through the head (the whole day, especially during the fever), relieved in the open air,h

Pain in the cranial bones (first day)

Pain and heaviness of the head, with pressive pain in the limbs, the whole day

He does not know how to hold the head on account of violent pain in it; he changes its position every moment; it is most tolerable when he forces himself to lie quiet and forgets his pain in a half doze with the eyes closed

Warmth rises from the stomach into the head, like a qualmish nausea

* Heat in the head (fifteenth day)

Heat and heaviness in the head, soon ^Heat deep within the head (fifth day)

Head very hot, heavy and painful, after a new dose

The symptoms of congestion of the brain became so marked that the drug had to be discontinued and cold applications made to the head

During the dull painful confusion of the head a grabbing sensation here and there in the head, without pain

Troublesome headache

Violent headache (fourth day); (fourth and fifth days)

Stupefying headache, as from drunkenness, the whole afternoon (after seven hours)

Pressive pain deep within the head (fifth day)

Pressure in the brain, as if it would be pressed from both sides towards the middle and upward (after nine hours)

Pain in the head, as though the whole brain were pressed inward, on every step in the open air (after one hour)

Constant headache the whole day, as if the head were compressed

Violent pressive headache, with great heaviness, especially in the occiput, on waking (after forty-one hours)

Piercing headache, which on sitting upright becomes a burning in the brain

Tearing in various parts of the head (soon)

Bruised pain, as if combined with dulness, now in one, now in another part of the brain ; worse when stooping

Foreheildm Stupefaction and pressure in the forehead, and especially in the eyes; as though something would fall out at the forehead and eyes (first day)

Heaviness in the forehead (after half an hour), (first day)

Heaviness in the forehead, lasting nearly the whole day (twentieth day)

Heaviness and transient pain in the forehead (second day)

Heaviness, heat, and pressure in the forehead, decidedly increased in the afternoon, and lasting till evening; then towards evening violent pressure appears in the right upper arm, and the trouble in the head almost entirely disappears, but immediately returns as the pain in the arm ceases, and then the pain in the head alternates with pain in the knee, in the right leg, in the left hand, and in the upper arm ; with these symptoms the pulse is rapid, the hands cold, the head and face feel hot; the trouble in the head is constantly predominant and does not leave till 11 p.m. ; the following night was full of anxious dreams

Forehead heavy, soon

Heat and fulness in the forehead (after one hour)

Constant heat deep within the forehead (third day)

Pain in the forehead (after a quarter of an hour)

Pain in the forehead, as if the head would burst (fifth day)

Dull pain in the frontal eminence, with vertigo, while sitting

Headache in the right side of the forehead, pressing from within outward

Dull headache in the frontal region and foreparts of the head

Dull headache in the forehead, in the evening, with pressure in the right temple

Boring in the forehead and along the coronal suture (second day)

Boring and sticking in the forehead and occiput

Boring, drawing pain in the forehead, fingers, forearms, and knees (first day)

Pressure in the forehead (soon), (fifteenth day)

Pressure and pain in forehead (sixth day)

Pressure and heaviness in the forehead (after a quarter of an hour)

Pressure in the forehead and forepart of the head, with heat and heaviness of the head (after half an hour)

Pressure, tearing and heat in the forehead, increasing in the evening (tenth day)

Constant pressure and heat in the forehead, the whole day (tenth day)

Violent pressure deep in the forehead (first day)

A painful pressure in the forehead, somewhat to the leftside

Pressive pain in the forehead, like a wild confusion

Confused pressive pain in the head, over the eyes (tenth day),™.

Pressive headache in the right frontal eminence, aggravated on walking in the open air

A pressing-asunder headache in the forehead (fourth day)

Boring stitches pass transversely across the forehead (after fourteen hours)

Several sharp stitches externally in the right, afterwards in the left side of the forehead (after three and four hours)

Very fine tearing, very acute pressive pain in the left frontal eminence, involving the left eye (ninth day)

Pulselike beating on the forehead and temples, with heat of the face (after six hours),®

The frontal muscles are drawn in folds

Dull drawing in the skin of the forehead, so that it is wrinkled

Compressive pain in both temples

Drawing pain in the upper part of the temple, towards the ear (immediately)

Pressing pain in the temples and cranial bones (first day),'A

Pressive headache in the right temple, after exerting the attention, aggravated by walking (after eight hours)

Pulselike throbbing always ending in a stitch in the left temple (after three-quarters of an hour)

Vertex. Drawing headache in the top of the head, in the morning in bed (after twenty-four hours)

Constant, violent pressure upon the vertex (tenth day)

Pressure on the crown, as if with a point

A sensation on the top of the head as if the skull were being pressed inward

Dull pressive sensation on the top of the head, like a clavus

Bruised pain externally in the vertex and occiput, especially during the febrile chill; on every motion, especially on stooping and ascending steps, the pain becomes a violent jerking in the scalp, relieved by external pressure (after forty-eight hours)

Vfirietlll. Pressive, stupefying, dizzy-like drawing, now in one, now in the other hemisphere, also in the whole brain

Pressure in the left side of the head and afterwards in the right knee (fifth day)

Violent pressure several times in the left side of the head (third day)

Drawing pressure in the left hemisphere of the brain from behind to the forehead, as if the brain-mass became accumulated there (immediately)

Stitches in the region of the coronal suture on the right side, as if rising up out of the brain

One-sided headache, a tearing, with chilliness

* Pain in the occiput (after a quarter of an hour)

Headache extending from the nape of the neck to the vertex

Pressure in the occiput (tenth day)

Uninterrupted pressive pain in the occiput, extending towards the nape of the neck

Headache as if bruised in the occiput, especially on stooping (after fortyeight hoviV^)

External Head. Sensation as if the scalp were drawn tight over the occiput (after forty-one hours)

The head is painful, as if beaten,®.

j5J,y^._Frequent inclination to involuntarily stare, fixing the eyes immovably upon an object

Violent boring deep in the right eye (first day)

Pressure in the eves

Pressure upon the eyes (soon),®.-Pres- suredeep in the right eye (fifteenth day)

Pressing pain deep in the right eye, soon

Feeling in the eyes as if they were pressed together by something heavy from above; he is obliged to exert himself in order to open them widely; in the open air (after seven and eight hours)

Sticking in the eyes, as if they would lachrymate (immediately)

Burning biting in the eyes, especially in the inner canthus

Erow and Orbit. Twitching in the muscles of the eyebrows and cheeks, with heat of the face

A sticking tension when touched on the left eyebrow, as if a pimple would form (after forty-six hours)

Pain in the eyebrows drawing backward and forward, with spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the eyebrows (after ten hours)

Violent pressure deep in the orbits (fifth day)

Pressure in the orbits, as if the eyes would fall out,k

A momentary pain, as if a dull needle were thrust injthe upper margin of the left orbit, rather towards the inner canthus; relieved by pressure with the fingers, but immediately returning when the pressure ceases, lasting a cpiarter of an hour (second day)

A very violent pressing-tearing pain in a small indefinite spot on the outer side of the left orbit, as if between the eyeball and the wall of the orbit, and affecting the eyeball; lasting about five minutes, and returning three times in the evening (third day)

Lids, (Swollen red eyelids)

He slumbers with half-open eyes, the pupils drawn upward (immediately)

Twitching of the lids

Twitching of the upper lids

Biting in the margins of the lids (first day),^k

Biting in the right eyelids (eighth day),^k

The inner canthi were full of dry mucus in the morning (after nine hours)

Painful pressure in the right inner canthus aggravated on closing the eyes (after nine hours)

Soreness in the left canthus, in the morning on waking, with some moisture in it

Itching in the canthus (after three-quarters of an hour)

Lflll. Pressure in the right eyeball (tenth day)

Acute pressive pain in a small spot on the left eyeball, between it and the external and upper portion of the orbit (seventh day)

Sticking in the eyeball from above downward

Violent sticking in the eyeball and its coverings, as with fine points, in the morning after waking, on pressing the eyes together (after nine hours)

Stitches in the left eyeball (twelfth day)

Several violent stitches in the left eyeball (after one hour)

Pupil Dilated pupils ; (during the first hours)

Pupils dilated, with violent headache (fifth day)

Pupils contracted (eighth day)

Vision. Eyes sensitive to light (eighth and tenth days)

Eyes sensitive to light, with contracted pupils (fifteenth day),■

Sensitiveness to daylight; he does not 'wish to see objects about him, and lies with closed eyes (during the fever)

Photophobia (after half an hour)

A sensation in the eyes as if everything was too clear and black (fifth day),'A

Flickering before the eyes

Much flickering before the eyes (after half an hour)

Floating specks before the eyes (fifth day)

Bright and dark spots before the eyes, soon

Black specks before the eyes (eighth day)

Black specks and rings before the eyes (tenth day)

Head p. 552

Drawing in both ears, as if the inner ears would burst, a kind of earache

Pressure in the ears

Burrowing boring-sticking in the right ear through the night, with sticking-tearing toothache; only"the earache remained in the morning and during the day

Pressure in the fossae behind the lobules of the ears

Roaring and ringing in the ears

Nose p. 552

Ohjective. Sneezing

Sneezing, in the morning, fasting (after twenty-six hours)

Sneezing, immediately after rising in the morning from bed, whereby the upper lip cracks in the middle

Died sneezing

Sneezing, with nausea (eleventh day)

Sabjeetive. A very peculiar sensation of heat in the nose, especially in the nostrils, lasting several minutes (third day)

Burning about the nostrils (tenth day)

Burning under the nose (twentieth day)

Itching burning in the left wing of the nose

Constriction in the nose, as though suffocation ■vyould follow

Pressive pain in the root of the nose,h

Spasmodic tickling irritability in the nose, as if it would provoke sneezing (which it does not), with yawning (after one hour),k

Biting itching beneath the nose and on the upper lip, as in coinmenciug coryza

Diminished sense of smell (twelfth day)

Face p. 553

Objective. *Redness of the face,^k

Yellow color of the face

Paleness of the face during the heat of the head

* Face pale and features distorted (uitev two hours)

* Pale, sunken face, loss of pulse, icy coldness, and cold sweat all over, so that a drop is on the end of every hair

External heat of the face, glowing of the cheeks, in the room (after six hours)

Subjective. Heat and heaviness in the face and head (first day)

Excessive heat in the face, after dinner, the face was burning red ; this was noticed frequently during the proving, but especially to-day (sixth day)

Chech's. Transient dull pain in the right zygohia, as if in the bone (third forenoon)

Pressure in the left zygoma, knees, elbows (tenth day)

Crawling in the left cheek, soon

lji])S. A vesicle in the centre of the red of the upper lip, in the morning after waking

Ulceration of the corners of the lips, with itching

Chin. A row of needlelike stitches behind the ascending ramus of the lower jaw near the ear (after thirty hours)

Mouth p. 553

Teeth. Tearing in the third back teeth above and below on biting them together, extending into the roots (immediately)

Sticking-tearing toothache in the right upper and lower back teeth, in the evening after lying down in bed, which endures neither warmth nor cold, and torments him the whole night, so that he sleeps only a little ; the lower back teeth seem longer, lasting during the day

Tonpflte. A sticking painful pimple on the tip of the tongue, when touched

Vesicles upon the tongue

Trembling of the tongue,".])

Tongue stiff, insensible

* Tongue very dry; white, in the morning on rising from bed (after twentyfour hours)

Stitches in the tongue (twentieth day)

Ccnevcil 3Louth. Sensation of dryness in the mouth

Dryness in the mouth and scraping in the throat, the whole day (after four hours)

Distressing dryness of the palate and cutting-scraping pain in the palate, on moving the mouth to swallow, lasting several days

A scraping feeling on the posterior portion of the palate

Constant scraping sensation in the arch of the palate and fauces (first day)

Sdlivn. Accumulation of saliva

Accumulation of watery saliva ; he is frequently obliged to spit,'. ■

Much watery saliva in the mouth

Constant accumulation of water in the mouth, which he is obliged to spit out (after one hour and three-quarters)

Taste. Dry slimy taste and excessive thirst, for two hours

Sourish taste, with increased saliva (eleventh day)

Bitter taste in the throat, but still more bitter on eating

All food has a bitter taste (fourth day)

Has appetite, but on eating has no taste, and becomes suddenly nauseated, which ceases immediately after eating

Throat p. 553

A flapping as of mucus in the throat, on every inspiration, but not on expiration, even if not forcible, which was like the opening and shutting of a valve (second day)

Burning and dryness of the throat (first day)

Sticking low down in the throat (first day)

Sore throat; on swallowing, a pressure and feeling of soreness in the throat

Rawness of the throat, as after acrid liquor (after half an hour)

Scraping in the throat

Scraping and sticking in the throat (twentieth day)

Fauces. Scraping in the fauces from 10 to 1, and again from 10 to 11 P.M. (tenth day)

Scraping and dryness in the fauces, lasting six hours (after one hour)

External Throat. Pain in the cervical glands

Stomach p. 554

Appetite. Great appetite; is constantly hungry, and everything relishes

Great appetite, with frequent tasteless eructations

Diminished appetite (fifth day)

Loss of appetite (first day),^*; (fifth day)

Aversion to food

Aversion to fat meat (for more than a week'i, while he relishes bread and lean meat

Aversion to green vegetables and sauerkraut, with good appetite for bread and meat (for more than a week),*. Thirst. *Thirst

No thirst, the whole day

Eructate >n and Hicconffh. Eructations (second day)

Empty eructations, without any taste (after half an hour)

Empty eructations, after breakfast

Empty eructations and qualmishness, yet he is unable to vomit

Many empty eructations (fifteenth day)

Frequent tasteless dry eructations, during the first hour, followed by completely suppressed eructations

Eructations tasting of the drug (immediately)

Gulping up of bitter fluid (twelfth day)

Hiccough; (aftertwo hours)

Nausea and, Vomit imj Nausea (first day)

Nausea and headache, relieved after breakfast (fourth day)

Nausea and inclination to vomit (second day)

Sensation of nausea in the whole abdomen, with frequent empty eructations

Feeling of nausea in the stomach; it frequently seems as though he were hungry, but food disgusts him, though at the same time there is no unnatural taste in the mouth, nor of the food (after twentyfour hours)

Qualmish nausea rising up from the stomach, with empty eructations

Qualmishness rising up from the pit of the stomach

Qualmishness and nausea, with constant inclination to vomit (fifth day)

Inclination to vomit (after forty hours),*; (in evening), (second day)

Great inclination to vomit, disturbing his sleep (fifth day)

* Foci7m(7,*® ®®; (soon), (fifth day)

Copious vomiting, sixty times within two hours (soon after taking)

Vomiting of food, followed by relief (fourth day)

Vomited mucus

Vomiting of greenish-black substances, with colic; the attacks return after a remission of three-quarters of an hour, and last an hour, followed by apparent rest for two hours; afterwards a loud cry and then death (after thirty-eight hours),*’.t

Stomach. Uneasiness in the stomach, as if vomiting would occur (eighth day)

Pains in the stomach and intestines, generally coming on two to six hours after the dose, generally accompanied by desire to vomit, which in no case amounted to real vomiting

Cardialgia

Sensation of hunger, in the forenoon, as if he had fasted a long time

A distressing feeling of fasting, like ravenous hunger (after four hours)

Agreeable warmth, extending from the pharynx to the stomach, as after spirituous drinks, soon

Heat in the stomach (fifteenth day)

Heat in the stomach, with many eructations (after one hour)

Burning, griping, and biting in the stomach, as from worms (after a quarter of an hour)

Pressive burning pain in the stomach, soon

Acute burning in the stomach rising up through the pharynx

Violent burning in the stomach and fauces, which he compared to the burning caused by a streak of fire (after two hours)

Distension of the pit of the stomach and upper abdominal region, which impedes respiration and is painful, as from an internal ulcer

Sensation in the stomach as if it were distended, with distending pains

Feeling of fulness in the stomach, with ravenous hunger (twelfth day)

Unpleasant feeling of fulness in the stomach, with grumbling in the abdomen as from frogs,^l

Griping in the stomach (after two hours and a half)

Very acute griping and biting in the stomach, lasting the whole day (second day)

Aching like a cramp in the pit of the stomach and just below it, obliging him to straighten up, by which it is relieved, with qualmishness ; while walking the feeling entirely disappears, but immediately returns on sitting: afterwards eructations without relief (eighth day)

Feeling as if the pit of the stomach were drawn inward

Pressure in the stomach (after one hour)

Every step causes a painful pressure upon the pit of the stomach

Great oppression of the stomach (fifth day)

Biting pain in the stomach, gnawing in it, with a kind of ravenous hunger, during a short walk, with great prostration of the lower limbs

Biting in the stomach, in the morning, fasting, then some pain in the abdomen, with rumbling, then only a slight soft stool, followed by dragging in the rectum (third day)

Violent biting pain in the stomach, with feeling of heaviness and distension, in the evening (sixth day\®®.

Scraping raw sensation in the stomach (as if rubbed with woollen)

Violent bruised pain near to and beneath the pit of the stomach and in the region of the pylorus, where it feels painful on every step while walking; the pain is aggravated by talking loud and on touching the place

Great sensitiveness, like a soreness, in the stomach, especially noticed when stepping and coughing

Pain in the stomach, as if it were completely ulcerated, after every meal; lasting seven days

The stomach is very painful to the shock of coughing

Abdomen p. 555

Hijpochondlda. Twisting griping commencing in the hepatic region, and constantly extending downward and forward (after two hours and a half)

Umbilical. Audible painless rumbling beneath the umbilical region (after one hour)

Pain several times deep in the umbilical region (fifth day)

Heat deep in the umbilical region (tenth day)

Feeling of heat deep in the umbilical region, with dull pressure in it (eighth day)

Pressure deep in the umbilical region (twentieth day)

Sharp pressure transversely across the abdomen below the umbilicus from without inward, especially severe while sitting (after twenty-four hours)

Violent pressive pain deep in the umbilical region, lasting more than an hour (third day)

Colic early in the morning, consisting of a kind of twisting and cutting about the umbilicus, somewhat relieved by lying bent together, gradually relieved after the passage of flatulence (first day),General Abdomen. *Excessive distension of the abdomen, in the evening (after five days)

Painful distension of the abdomen (first day)

Abdomen distended, but not very painful when touched (after two hours)

Movements of flatulence in the abdomen

Movements in the abdomen as if bubbles rose up and burst, followed by emission of offensive flatus (after eight hours)

Fermentation in the abdomen (twelfth day)

* Rumbling in the o6t/o/uen

Rumbling and uneasiness in the bowels

Excessive rumbling in the abdomen, and noises (immediately)

Flatulence rising up towards the short ribs, with empty eructations

Emission of much offensive flatus, soon after dinner (after one hour and a quarter)

Emission of offensive flatulence in the morning, after the customary milk (after half an hour)

Emission of very offensive flatulence (second day)

Discomfort in the abdomen, with sensation of coldness, as if diarrhoea would occur (one hour after dose, sixth day)

Discomfort in the abdomen, with some drawing pain, as if diarrhoea would occur, followed by urging to stool, and pasty stool (seventh day)

A disagreeable sensation of powerlessness in the abdomen, so that pressure was agreeable, in tbe morning (first day)

Feeling of coldness in the abdomen as if it would become a colic, but which passed off without (two hours after dose, second day)

Heaviness in the abdomen (after two hours)

Pain in the abdomen came on in the night of the eleventh day ; on the next morning after taking a drachm of the extract he walked as usual in the garden ; after some time his attendant noticed a remarkable paleness, with sunken features and staggering gait; the patient complained of excessive colic and weakness; he was found leaning against a tree, with his arms hanging down relaxed, hands cold, face pale, eyes deeply sunken, lids closed, pupils moderately dilated, scarcely sensitive to light, lips bluish, face covered with clammy sweat, pidse thready, 102; the patient was immediately put to bed, but had scarcely lain down when he was attacked with very violent, painful diarrhoea, followed by retching, with vomiting, twice, a slimy, yellowish fluid; the pain in the abdomen and the retching lasted three hours, during which time the patient had four liquid stools with violent tenesmus

Fulness and rumbling in the abdomen ; emission of flatulence relieved for only a short time

Feeling of distension in the abdomen, constant need for stool, without being able to pass anything (second day)

The whole abdomen seems to be distended; on slight pressure it feels as if ulcerated (third day)

Griping in the abdomen, on ascending steps (after thirty-two hours)

Violent, dysentery-like griping transversely across the abdomen (after eating)

Burrowing pain in the abdomen (fifth day)

Violent cutting in the abdomen, continuing in the evening (first day)

A few stitches in the abdomen and tearing pain transversely across it (after half an hour)

* Colic

Awoke at 5 a.m. with colic and great desire to urinate (it is true I have a desire to urinate every morning, but not such an irresistible desire), this time, however, I passed only a very small quantity (first day)

Coliclike pain in the abdomen, as if diarrhoea were imminent

Pain as if bruised in the anterior and lateral portions of the walls of the abdomen (eighth day)

Bruised pain in the anterior and lateral portions of the walls of the abdomen (eighth day)

HtfpoijdHtvium and Iliac Iteffion.

Audible rumbling low down in the abdomen, as if in the spine

Violent hard pressure on the middle of the pubis (after quarter of an hour)

Sticking in the hypogastric region, somewhat disturbing sleep (second day)

Pressure in the right inguinal region, becoming a stitch, a sensation as if a hernia would form

Pressing pain in the right groin (soon)

Successive jerking cuttings extending from the right iliac region (beneath and outward to the umbilicus) to the outer portion of the left iliac region

Pain in the outer surface of the os ilium, similar to sciatica, occurring at intervals, in the afternoon (seventh day)

Rectum and Anus p. 556

Inclination to Inemorrhoids

Feeling in the anus the whole day as if there were obstinate constipation (fourth day)

Burning, biting pain in the anus, for a minute after an evacuation

Dragging and pressing asunder sensation in the anus, followed by difficult evacuation of some frothy, mostly hard fseces in small balls (one hour after the dose, second day)

Sudden dull pressure as from a foreign substance in the anus, with desire for stool, though only some flatus is passed ; sometime afterwards the pressure returns, and a small amount of large feces is evacuated (eighth day)

Sudden pressing-asunder urging iu the rectum, as if a stool would immediately follow, but a thick dry evacuation was passed with difficulty, attended by smarting pain in the anus, which continued even after the evacuation (third day)

Desire for stool, which, however, was not satisfactory (first <lay)

Frequent inclination for stool

Sudden urging to stool, with cutting in the abdomen, followed by soft pasty stool, with disappearance of the discomfort in the abdomen (sixth day)

Inetlectual urging and long pressing, without a stool (first day)

Ineffectual desire for stool (ninth day)

All desire for stool was wanting at the usual time, with a sensation in the anus as if it were forever closed, followed by sudden pressure and sensation of distension and sudden urging to stool; at first only some flatus passed, then a hard large stool with difficulty, during and after which there was violent smarting in the anus (fifth day)

Stool p. 557

iJicirrhoea. Diarrhoea

Diarrhoea always preceded by colic, which is relieved after every stool

A little diarrhoea

Purging, with nausea and colic

Considerably purged

Frequent pasty, undigested stools (fifth day)

Six evacuations (second day) ; two liquid evacuations (the night of second day) ; twelve (third day) ; several stools in quick succession (fourth and fifth days) ; followed by some tenesmus (sixth day)

Two rathersoft evacuations, with violent colic (third day)

Two evacuations (second day); one (third day); two (fourth day); one (fifth and sixth days)

The stool is retained the whole day, but the next day is earlier than usual, and in the afternoon there is a diarrhoeic stool

* Stool consisting solely of clear, tenacious, colorless mucus

* A white gelatinous stool like frog spawn is passed three or four times a day, with much pressure

Stool not well digested (twelfth day)

Con St Ip (it toil Constipation (fifth day)

In none of the provings was there an increase of the stools; in several there was a decided indolence iu the evacuation of the feces

Stool large, difficult, with burning, smarting pain in the anus, which continues after the stool, and violently affects the sphincter (fourth day)

Hard, scanty stool, during which, and immediately afterwards, there is violent cutting sticking in the rectum, extending from below upwards, as if it drew itself tightly together, and something with sharp edges were sticking between its walls (after twelve hours)

During the stool a feeling as though the intestines had not the power to evacuate the feces though they were soft and in part thin (first morning)

Urinary Organs p. 557

Micturition Urging to urinate

Frequent urging to pass urine, with scanty discharge (after three-quarters, two and a half, three, and five hours and a half)

Some desire to urinate, with only scanty discharge, with violent burning through the whole urethra, in the afternoon

micturition

avhen urinating there is no stream or desire, as if the bladder had lost all its power to expel the urine ; during the whole proving

Urine. Some increase in the urine (tenth day)

Urine seems to be secreted in greater abundance than usual (seventh and eighth days); the bladder also expels the urine better

Passage of copious urine without much urging (after twenty-four and twenty-six hours)

Passage of much watery urine,. There seems to be less secretion of urine than usual, though not remarkably so, . Urine dark yellow, it passed without any stream (after five hours)

The urine decomposes in a few hours,''. _ _

Sexual Organs p. 557

Male. General relaxation of the genitals, without any inclination for coition

No erections, even when the urine has accumulated in the bladder, the penis constantly remains relaxed (after six days)

Several itching fine stitches at the tip of the glans penis (after half an hour)

It seems to forcibly suppress sexual desire,. Appearance of menstruation (after eight hours)

Respiratory Organs p. 558

Mucus in the air-passages, so that respiration was audible, lasting till noon, when it disappeared (sixth day)

Sensation on inspiration for some time, as if the air-passages were contracted, and thereby the usually imperceptible inspiration was audible ; as after long running, in a person suffering from catarrh (second day),A LfU^yildC, Constriction of the larynx

Coilffh, Cough (twelfth day),^®. Hacking cough

Constant hacking cough, appearing suddenly while smoking tobacco as usual, while sitting (after fifteen hours),®. Frequent dry hacking cough, with painful tension in the left short ribs (after five hours),^^- Respiration. Rapid breathing

Involuntary sighing

Difficult breathing, the thorax seems too tight (fifth day),^l

Difficult breathing; he is obliged to breathe slowly and deeply (after quarter of an hour)

Difficult breathing, with very frequent need to take a deep breath; especially noticed when walking in the open air,^l

Chest p. 558

Increased warmth in the lower portion of the chest

Pain in the walls of the chest (first day)

Pain in the left pectoral muscles (fifth and sixth days)

* Chest very much constricted, so that he gasps for breath with open mouth, bat cannot 6reaf/re

Tightness in the chest, as if the lungs were tightened, because the ribs do not seem to expand

Pressure in the walls of the chest, soon

Pressure in the pectoral muscles (tenth and twentieth days)

Sharp cutting on the lowest true ribs through the chest from within outward, aggravated by inspiration

Sticking in the Walls of the chest (first day)

Sticking in the left costal region (third day)

Stitches in the walls of the chest (first day)

Stitches in the top of the lungs (eighth day)

Stitches beneath the left ribs (after one hour)

Sharp stitches in the left short ribs, when walking

The left short ribs seem to be screwed to the spine (after four hours)

Front, Twinging pain at one time in the right anterior portion of the chest, at another in the left in the region of the heart (first day)

Scraping sensation in the upper portion of the sternum

Sides. A few slight transient stitches in the left side of the chest (fifth day)

Dull stitches in the last true ribs of both sides, on every inspiration

Dull stitches in the left side of the chest, on every deep inspiration, when lying down in the evening

Heart and Pulse p. 558

Palpitation

* Rapid pxdse (tenth, fifteenth, and twentieth days)

The pulse was constantly increased in frequency ; the action on the pulse was, however, transient, so that after two, or at most, three hours, it became normal

Pulse 100 or more, while sitting, at 9 a.m. (eighth day)

Pulse rose from 80 to 100 (second day) ; 100 (third day); 96 in the morning, 100 in the evening (fourth day)

Slow pulse (after one and sixteen hours)

Pulse 66 (second day); 60 (third, fourth, and fifth days); 84 (sixth day); 66 (seventh day) ; 78 (eighth day)

Pulse 66 in the morning, 76 in the evening (second day) ; 72, 76 (third day); 64 (fourth day) ; 64, 68 (fifth day) ; 66 (sixth day)

The rise in the pulse usually took place during the first half hour, or at most during the first hour, and amounted to from 5 to 25 beats in increase ; the retardation, however, lasted over two hours, and sometimes ended more speedily, and amounted to 5,10, or at most 15 beats below the normal

Violent pulse (after quarter of an hour)

* Pulse small and tremidous (after two hours)

Very small pulse

He feels the beat of his pulse vividly through his whole body, but mostly at the heart

Neck and Back p. 559

Neck, Stiffness of the muscles of the nape of the neck, as far up as the occiput, during rest, though mostly on moving the head, in the morning (after forty-one hours)

Rheumatic stiffness of the nape of the neck

On moving the neck, some of the muscles are painful and stiff’,®.

Pressing pain in the cervical b‘one, soon

Hack. Pain in various places in the back

Backache, as from flatulence, as if it could not pass, towards evening, while sitting

Constant dull stitches, with gnawing, in the middle of the spine

JJovsal. Dull pain in the left scapula, becoming a sharp pain on moving it

Boring stitches in the region of the spine, just below the shoulders (first day)

A bruised pain in the spine, between the scapulae

Luaihav, Contractive pain in the small of the back

Pressive pain in the lumbar muscles (first day)

Extremities in General p. 559

Objective. Stretching of the limbs (after one hour)

Relaxation of the arms and limbs (fifth day)

Subjective, Torpor of the limbs and unusual stiffnes3,'®.t

Heaviness in the limbs (twelfth day)

All the limbs feel so heavy, with painful sensitiveness of the muscles, that he can only move them reluctantly

Some pain in the arms, toes, and knees (second day)

Pressure in the knees, toes, and shoulders (after half an hour)

Pressure in the right knee and in the legs, in the tibiae, in the joints of the fingers, hands, and feet, lasting through the day till evening (first day)

Pressure and drawing alternating in the left fingers, calves, left elbow, beneath the right shoulder, in the left cervical muscles, in the right knee, and afterwards more seldom in the toes and left side of the head (eighth day)

Constant pressure in the left knee, right shoulder, and in the toes (tenth day)

Violent pressure in the lower portion of the thighs and in the elbows, soon

Pressing pain in the toes and fingers, soon

Pressing pain in the anterior muscles of the thigh and in the wrist reappeared after a new dose

Pressive pains in the fingers, knees, and shoulders

The pains in the joints change from one place to another

Superior Extremities p. 559

Pressure in the muscles of the arms, scapulae (first day)

Fine tearing in the bones of the arm

Shoulder. Pressure in the shoulders (second day)

Pressure in the shoulders, afterwards in the thighs and knees, after every dose

Pressure in the right shoulder (tenth day)

Violent pressure in the right shoulder, lasting a long time (twentieth day)

Tearing pain in the left shoulder (seventh day)

Arm. Visible twitching of the muscles of the left upper arm, with pain, as it something hard had violently knocked the place

Pressure in the upper arms

A sensation in the right upper arm, as after a blow, though nothing is felt on touching \i

Forearm. Violent drawing in the middle of the forearm, about the bend of the elbow

Violent pressive pains in the left forearm (sixth day)

Violent tearing pains in the right forearm (eighth day)

Fine tearing in the right forearm (ninth day)

Pressure in the wrists (tenth (Jay)

Violent pressure in the left wrist (sixth day)

Violent needlelike Pitches in the left wrist when walking in the open air in the evening (after thirteen hoivs),K

Hand. Loss of power in both hands, so liat he could not hold anything or clench his fists

Numbness of the j-ight hand, coldness through the whole arm, the tips of the fingers (soon)

Fuzzy feeling, with internal coldness in the right hand and arm tatter half an hour),'^f

Pressure in the metacarpal bones (twentieth day)

Especially violent pressure in the right metacarpal bones (fifteenth day

Pressive pain in the metacarpal bones (second evening),'■'f

Needlelike stitches transversely across the flexor tendons of the left hand when walking in the open air (after twelve hours and three-quarters)

Prickling ancl numbness of the right hand, a fuzzy feeling in it, with coldness through the whole right arm (soon),''‘f

Fingers. An inflamed spot on the nails of the left index finger and right thumb, with pain, as though suppurating, on touch (after twenty hours); on the next day, whitish moisture exudes, after which they heal

-Visible jerking in the left index finger towards the thumb, sometimes the thumb also jerks in a rapid motion towards the fingers, sometimes also a sudden jerking in the muscles lying between two fingers; this twitching was frequently repeated during the day, while walking, sitting, and reading, for several days,^f

Boring pain in the middle joints of the middle and index fingers (after twenty hours)

Drawing pain from the right wrist into the index finger (after ten hours)

Violent drawing in the fingers and toes,A

Painful pressure transversely across the right thumb

Tearing in the left middle finger, especially in the middle joint

Tearing on the backs of all the fingers of the left hand in the morning in bed (after eighteen hours)

Paralytic tearing and spasmodic stiffness in the fourth finger of the right hand, disappearing during rest

Rheumatic tearing in the right little finger (after twentyseven hours)

Tickling in the left index finger (after ten hours)

Inferior Extremities p. 560

Object ire. Frequent twitchings of the muscles of the legs (after two hours)

Unsteadiness of the limbs, weakness of the feet, tottering of the knees, he could only walk slowly

Great weariness in both limbs, especially when standing, with bruised pain in the small of the back (fifth day)

Great prostration in the legs, a feeling of weakness (after half an hour)

Subjective. Pain in the legs (first day)

Drawing pains in the legs (soon)

Hip. Sudden paralytic stiffness of the left hip-joint when walking in the open air (after twenty-three hours)

Pain in the left hip,'like sciatica (seventh day)

Continued burning in the left hip (ninth day)

A slight drawing pain in the right hip

Burning pressure several times in the left hip (after two hours)

Several stitches in the left hip, as if with needles

Some violent, somewhat sloiv stitches, as with several pins, in the left hip

Painful sensation in the left hip, as if rubbed sore or burnt, aggravated even by slight touch, the whole day (eighth day)

Thigh. Weariness in the thighs

Very great weakness of the thighs and legs (after one hour and a half)

Stiffness and tension of the muscles of the thighs

Stiffness of the hamstrings, especially the external, when walking in the open air (after twenty-five hours)

Pain in the anterior muscles of the left thigh (fifth day)

Violent pain in the muscles of the left thigh, lasting several minutes (first day)

A very decided painfulness in the whole anterior and outer portion of the right thigh, lasting only a short time, similar to sciatica, not extending to any other place, but consisting of a tearing-aching over the whole region (third day)

Boring and sticking in the thighs and legs

The same pain that had occurred in the left hip appears in the bend of the right thigh (seventh day)

Knee. ■Stiffness in the hollows of the knees

Pain in the knees

Pain in the knees, great toes, and legs (first day)

Compression above the left knee (twentieth day)

Aching and sticking in the knees (first day)

Violent boring several times externally in the right knee, afterwards in the left zygoma, and again in the evening in the knee (third day)

Burrowing pain in the right patella (after half an hour)

Pressure in the right knee (twentieth day)

[550.} Pressure in the outer portion of the left knee (eighth day)

Violent pressure in the muscles above the knee (fifteenth day)

Boring dull stitches through the left knee-joint, recurring several times in the open air when walking and standing (after twenty-six hours)

Pain as after a violent blow in the left knee and patella, aggravated by bending the knee and by pressure (sixth day)

Lett. Pain in the calf (after a quarter of an hour)

Pain in the right calf (fifth day)

Pressure in the tibiae

Sticking in the calves, shoulders, and toes (soon)

Sticking and pressing in the calves (twentieth day)

Sharp stitches shoot from below upward in the right leg, near the external malleolus (after three hours)

Anlle. Pressure in the ankles

Pressure in the right ankle, above and below (second evening)

Violent pressure in the right ankle and leg, then in the right shoulder, in the right fingers, between the metacarpus and fingers (soon)

Pressing pain in the ankle-joints (soon)

Pain, as if sprained, in the left ankle; he fears that the foot will turn over (after thirty hours)

Sticking and tearing in the ankles, extending to the toes (soon)

Pain in the inner malleolus of the left foot, as after a blow

Foot. Numbness of both feet (after two hours)

Feet heavy and weary

Pain in the back of the foot (after a quarter of an hour)

Pressive, painful sensation in the right instep in every position (after eleven hours)

Pressing pain in the dorsa of the feet (soon)

A fine painful pressure in the sole of the right foot, while sitting (after five hours)

Tearing in the ball of the left foot (after a quarter of an hour)

Pain in the heels (first day)

Pressing in the heels and calves (soon)

Toes, Pressure in the right toes (eighth day)

Frequent tearing in the toes and fingers (third day)

Stickingjerkiug in the left great toe

Pricklings in all the toes (soon)

Generalities p. 561

Objective. Remarkable unsteadiness in her actions (fourth day)

* Convulsions, spasms

* Horrible convulsions, accompanied with extreme coldness

Cramps and convulsive motions, together with shooting in the brain, as with an arrow

As soon as he opens his eyes in the morning in bed, he is obliged to stretch, after which he becomes weary and the eyes close again

Constant relaxation of all the muscles; he suddenly falls to the ground, with coldness of the body, cold sweat on the forehead, and stammers, but is conscious; the pulse is very slow, and the pupils very much contracted (after one hour)

He could neither sit, stand, nor lie, and constantly pointed towards his heart

Weariness

Weariness and sleepiness in the forenoon, with yawning (after two hours)

* IFeaicreess (fifth day)

Prostration,**; (fifth day)

Faintness *®*®.

Restless and anxious, apprehending misfortune (after five Subjective. General discomfort

In the open air, he feels as though he had been long sick; all objects seem changed and new to him

Feeling as after a fever, as if he had been long sick in bed

An agreeable warmth, extending from the pharynx to the stomach and over the whole body, as alter spirituous drinks

(A sensation in swollen parts as if they would burst and were too heavy)

Sticking-boring pains in the coverings of the bones

Sticking-boring pains in various parts of the body, aggravated by cold or by physical exertion, and after eating and drinking

Sharp tearing stitches in several places over the whole body, sometimes on the thighs, upper arms, chest, back, etc. (after eight hours)

In persons who took increasing doses of the drug, very few symptoms appeared after the first dose, but after several doses, they rapidly assumed great violence, so that the drug had to be discontinued ; a large number of cases exhibited a very marked cumulative action

Most of the symptoms seemed to appear in the evening

Skin p. 562

Objective. ^Sudden dropsical swelling of the skin,kt

The skin of the body desquamates

The hairs of the whole body fall out; the nails fall off',*®.

A small swelling in the skin of the forehead, which is painful, as if bruised or as if caused by a blow

Jilvuptious. A pimple on the left side of the forehead that pains on hard touch, as if beaten

Several small vesicles between the first joints of the fourth and fifth fingers, smarting when touched, moist for some time, and then covered with scabs for a long time

Small, moist, painless vesicles on the middle joint of the right fourth finger; on severe pressure, the bone seemed to be sore

Yellowish roundish tetter on both arms, exuding water on scratching

Subjective. Prickling in the left foot, soon

Corrosive itching on both arms, and biting, as from salt water, after scratching, after going to sleep in the evening and morning

Sleep and Dreams p. 562

Sleepiness. Frequent yawning (fifth day)

Sleepiness, followed by either uneasy sleep disturbed by dreams, or by coma vigil, followed by deep sleep,^b

Great sleepiness in the evening (second and third days)

Sleeplessness. Uneasy sleep towards morning, he turns himself from side to side; in this slumber there are dark, floating visions

Uneasy slumber, filled with historical fancies towards morning, during which he changes his position from side to side

1)1 ^eanis. Confused dreams at night, which are not remembered

Incessant, confused, frequently very anxious dreams at night, which he is unable to recollect

Anxious dreams (first night)

Fever p. 562

Chilliness. Skin cool (fourth day)

Chilliness ahvays on lying down in the evening; perspiration every morning (after ten days)

General shaking chill, with gooseflesh; painful sensitiveness of the external head to touch and ^notion; drawing-tearing in the limbs, and frequent sticking in the joints, especially of the elbows and shoulders; without thirst, for several days together, commencing in the morning (after twenty-five hours)

* Coldness of the body, especially in the morning

* Coldness over the whole body, with cold hands and feet, lasting several hours (first day)

Shivering, commencing in the arras

Shivering, for five days, without thirst, followed by thirst

He desires to lie in bed on account of shivering, and looks yellow in the face

Fever; constant chilliness over the body, without thirst; heat in the head, and headache like a bruised pain in the occiput

Fever for several days, more constant when not in bed; chilliness over the whole body, without thirst (while sitting, standing, and walking), with cold hands, with internal burning heat and dulness of the head, and with great sleepiness, heaviness and weakness of the feet, and stiffness in the hollows of the knees; after lying down in bed, immediate heat and perspiration all over, also without thirst,k

Chilliness in the back,''^l

Chilliness in the left side of the back, near the spine, extending up and down, and for a moment across the left shoulder towards the front (seventh day)

Feeling of coldness in the abdomen

Coldness of the hands, while the lace and rest of the body were warm (after a quarter of an hour)

Sensation of coldness and transient chilliness in the small of the back and loins during dinner; this sensation of coldness and chilliness was relieved by the warmth of the stove, but immediately returned (second day)

(Cold feet in the evening, which do not get warm even in bed),k

(great coldness through the back (after a quarter of an hour)

Internal coldness in the back (first day)

Heat. Heat and perspiration (after thirtysix hours),k

Burning heat over the whole body, especially violent in the head, xvith internal shivering and chilliness, without thirst, in the evening between 5 and 6, and especially after lying down; when he desires to drink, it becomes repugnant to him, and he is able to drink only a little at a time

Frequent alternating attacks of general dry heat, followed by shivering and coldness, after which there is concealed colic,k

Fever

Fever, with violent internal heat of the head, coldness of the hands and feet, followed by slight perspiration over the whole body, lasting an hour (after four hours)

Heat in the head, extending to the nape of the neck and down the back, with hot, red cheeks (eighth day),^k

Heat in the head and face, lasting an hour (tenth day),’*k

Heat in the face

Heat and redness of the face, with rapid pulse (after one hour)

Heat in the back (first day); till 12 oclock (twentieth day),^k

Heat in the back, extending to the sacrum

Much heat in the face, head, back, and whole body, with rapid pulse (after two hours)

Much heat in the back,^k

Great heat in the face and head (twentieth day)

Frequent flushes of heat, extending from the head into the back and down the small of the back (eighth day),^k

The head and face were at first hot and the extremities cold,^b

Sweat. Inclined to perspire, in the afternoon, without cause, by an open window (eighth day)

Perspiration at night more profuse than usual (fourth day)

General sweat towards morning, for several nights in succession, with only the ordinary warmth of the body (after forty-eight hours)

Cold sweat

* The whole body was covered with a cold, clammy sweat (after two hours)

Drops of perspiration on the forehead and back of the nose (fourth day)

Sweat of the palms, with coldness of the backs of the hands (after two hours)

Slight perspiration on the soles towards morning (first night)

Conditions p. 563

Aggravation.

(Morning), On waking, vertigo, etc.; on waking, headache; in bed, headache in top of head; soreness in canthus, etc.; after waking, sticking in eyeball; immediately after rising,, sneezing; after waking, vesicle on lip; on rising, tongue dry, etc.; early,, colic; sensation in abdomen; at 5 oclock, colic ; stiffness of nape of neck ; in bed, tearing in left fingers; perspiration; coldness of body.

(Afternoon), The symptoms; from 4 to 8 oclock, pain in head; heaviness, etc., in forehead ; pain in surface of os Ciam

(Evening), The symptoms ; after lying down in bed, vivid fancies; headache in forehead; pressure, etc., in forehead ; after Iving down in bed, pain in back teeth ; pain in stomach ; distension of abdomen ; when walking in open air, stitches in wrist; on lying down, chilliness; cold feet; between 5 and 6 oclock, and especially after lying down, heat all over, etc.

-(Night), Perspiration ; towards morning, general sweat; towards morning, perspiration on soles.

(Open air), Feeling in eyes; feeling as after long sickness.

(Walking in open air), Headache in frontal eminence; difficult breathing; stitches across tendons of left hand; stiffness of hip-joint; stiffness of hamstrings.

( On ascending steps). Griping in abdomen.

(After exerting attention), Headache in temple.

(Cold), Pains in various parts.

(After dinner). Heat in face.

(Eating), Bitter taste.

(After eating and dWn^m^r), Pains in various parts.

(Becoming erect), Yqvtigo.

(Physical exertion). Pains in various parts.

(Inspiration), Cutting in ribs; stitches in ribs.

(After meals), Pain in stomach.

(Motion), Especially stooping and ascending steps, external pain in vertex.

(Pressure), Confusion of head.

(Sitting), Pain in frontal eminence; pressure across abdomen.

(Stooping), Confusion in head, etc.; vertigo; pain in brain ; headache.

( Walking),\evt\gO’, headache in temple; stitches in short ribs.

Amelioration p. 564

(Open air), Qualmishness; headache; confusion, etc., of head; heaviness in head, etc.

(After breakfast). Nausea, etc.

(Pressure), External pain in vertex.

(Rest), Tearing in right fingers.

(Sitting with bended Head), Vertigo.

(Straightening up). Aching in stomach.

(Walking), Aching in stomach.

(Warm 6rota), Vomiting, etc.

Footnotes p. 549

† From various observations I conclude that stupor, blunting of the internal sense, sensorium commune (a condition in which one with good vision sees imperfectly and does not apprehend what is seen ; with the auditory apparatus in perfect condition, does not distinctly hear or does not take note of what he hears; with perfect organs of taste finds no taste in anything; is constantly or frequently without thought, imperfectly or not at all remembers the past or what has recently taken place; has no happiness in anything; only lightly slumbers without sound and refreshing sleep; has a desire to work without being able to pay attention to it or without having the strength for it) is the primary action of Hellebore.—Hahnemann,'k

† With S. 71.—Hughes. J Corrected by Hughes.

† After death the limbs were relaxed and shrivelled, the blood in the veins fluid, moderate inflammation of the left side of the pharynx and stomach, and also small intestines; brain very soft.

† Corrected by Hughes.

† This symptom, combined with 358, 395, 401, seems to correspond closely to many diseases accompanied by swelling ; such are certainly cured rapidly and permanently b}' Hellebore, when the other symptoms are homceopathic to it, that is, have the same peculiarity as those which this powerful vegetable specially causes in healthy people ; hereupon also depend the occasional curative effects of Bacher’s })ills, which seem to have been simply an accidental discovery in domestic practice, for medical art knew nothing hitherto of the homceopathic application of Helleb{)re to certain dropsical diseases, for the pathogenetic action of this plant was unknown ; medical art aBo had no intimation of the curative action that could be developed from it.—Hahnemann.