Mercurius iodatus ruber
Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. VI, p. 282
Mercuric iodide, HgU
Biniodide of mercury (Hydrargyrum biuiodatum).
Preparation for use. Triturations.
Authorities. Amer. Provers’ Union, 1856, revised by Dr. Hering in monograph, in which the authorities are noted after the symptoms, provings with 1st to 30th dils.; 1, Dr. Armor; 2, Mrs. A.; 3, Dr. Cowley’s proving on Mr. Rattner (one symptom); 4, same, on Mr. Kulm (no symptom found); 5, Dr. J. R. Coxe, Jr.; 6, same, in a woman ; 7, Dr. Singers, five provings, a to e; 8, Dr. Person; 9, Dr. Negendank ; 10, Drs. Miller and W. E. Payne; 11, Dr. Rane, from Hering; 12, Rieseberg, ibid.; 13, Honigberger, ibid., 14, Dr. Robinson, Brit. J. of Horn., 24, 517, effects of 2d dec. (hl., in a young woman.
Mind
(great cheerfulness, in the evening after pleasant things had happened (first day)
The head is worse; but he is good-humored, even merry (twelfth day)
Low-spirited, and disposed to cry (after four days)
111-humor about little things, in the morning (second day; not on fourth day, again on fifth day)
Ill-humor, and bad taste, on waking in the morning
Ill-humor, during toothache
Head
Vert iff O. Excessive giddiness; everything seems to reel round her (after four days),A
Getieml Hedd. Dulness in the head, occurring often in the course of the proving, in the afternoon
Dulness of the head, and slight pressing pain on the left side, like during a coryza (eighth day); relieved by walking in the open afr (tenth day)
A drowsy, stolid feeling in the head
Heaviness in the head, with soreness over the bowels (thirteenth day)
Dull, heavy pain in the head (fifth day)
Pain in the head, and heat
Pain in head ; and slight pain in throat and left eye (tenth to twelfth day)
Pains in the bones of the head, chiefly the occipital (aimer four days)
Fulness in the head (second day)
Dull pain in left half of brain, with the sensation in anus as from piles (fourth day)
Every day, some headache
In the morning, headache, disappearing with a coryza, which ceases at noon (tenth day)
Headache, worse in the forehead, afternoon, 4 oclock (seventh day)
Headache, particularly in the afternoon and evening; at the same time, a drowsy, stolid feeling in the head (third day)
Headache at night, continues in the morning; later only right side, congestion as with a cold ; in the afternoon changing sides (sixth day); next day still more congestive; during the evening on right side only, of unusual continuation till late (seventh day) ; towards morning the same in bed, less after rising (eighth day) ; better (ninth day)
Headache while sitting still, after sleeping during the day (second day)
Headache and sticking lips
Headache and sleeplessness
Severe headache all over, 8 pm. (first day); all day (second day^,’; the same (eighth day) ; slighter (ninth day)
Violent headache, with nausea, from n)morning till 2 p.m. ; returns in the evening, particularly in the forehead (twenty-first day)
Pressure in head, and pain in chest (the most on ninth day)
Pressive pain in the head, all day
Slight pressing pain in the left brain, 6 to 8 p.m. (third and fourth day.s)
Pressing aching in the head and ear (seventh day)
Forehe(f(l. Heavy feeling in the forehead all day, but more severe than the day before, and in the evening he had with it a severe beating throbbing in the right side of the head, from the front part of the head to the vertex
Slight heavy pain right through the forehead up to the vertex, also the same sensation in the outside of the skull (from 2 grains of 2d trit., taken in the evening^,*®.
Pain in the forehead (first day)
Burning in forehead, 2 p.m. ; eyes burn and are inflamed, till 10 p.m. ; next morning better (fourth day)
* Sedation in frontal region as if her head teas hound around with a tight cord (after four days)
Slight headache in the region of comparison (third day)
Dull pressing pain in forehead and left side, 9 p.m. ; drawing and sticking, 10 p.m. (first day)
Dull pressing pain in forehead, most severe in right side, continuing at intervals from 7 to 10 P.M. (second day) ; with sticking pain in the heart, till 9 p.m. (third day) ; slightly, 3 p.m. (fourth day) ; pain in head and heart, same as third day; forehead and heart (sixth day)
Sharp pain in sinciput, over both eyes, at 11 a.m. (first day)
Pressing-stitching pain in forehead, throat, left eye, and left cheek (seventh day)
Dull, rending, tearing, gnawing pains in forehead; increased during the night, disturbing sleep (third day)
Temples. Pain in temple and jaws (seventh dav)
Veetex. A great heat in the vertex, only objective, all day
Nthe evening, 11 P.M., felt the vertex very hot, and a slight pulsation in it (sixth day)
Faeietflls. Slight heaviness, and in the afternoon slight throbbing beating from vertex down to the nose, on the right side (sixth day)
Headache, left side (first day)
On rising, disappearing; headache in the right side of the head
Headache, after awhile one-sided; goes from right to left side (fifth day) ; disappears after dinner
On waking, pressing headache, left side; disappearing in the evening (eleventh day)
Pressing-stitching pain at sides of head, just above the ears, 4 p.m. (fourth day)
Occij^nt. Dull pressure in the cerebellum below the protuberance of the os occipitis; awhile after pressure over the eyes (inhaling the vapor)
External Head. Several small pimples on the hairy scalp, without itching; contain some pus, and form crusts (seventh to ninth day)
Small pustules on the head (fifteenth and sixteenth day.s)
Outside of skull feeling heavy
Fife p. 283
Ohjeetive. Eyes inflamed, particularly the right (eighth day)
Eyes inflamed; righteyeworse; bright light irritates greatly, so that he keeps it closed (third day)
Right eye inflamed, and slight lachrymation (first day)
Eyes much inflamed, and burn (twenty-first day)
Right eye much inflamed, bloodvessels injected (second day) ; both eyes; right eye weeps greatly (fourth day) ; still inflamed and weeping, while both eyes pain (sixth day)
After three months he found his right eye much stronger than he ever remembers it to have been ; he can bear a light directly on that eye, without pain or uneasiness, much stronger than he ever could before
Subjective. Pains in and over the left eye (second day)
Eyes burn, are inflamed, afternoon till evening (fourth day); less inflamed, but weak and hot (ninth and tenth days); after the urging to stool and strong itching disappear (thirteenth day) ; this inflammation returns (fourteenth day)
Pressing or sticking in the eye
livoiv mid Ovbit. A pain in the left supraorbital bone he had once before reappears (second day)
Pressing pain over left eye (fifth and sixth days)
Lids. Eyelids affected by the catarrh (eighth day)
Laehvtjnuil Apparnttis, Eyes watery, look slightly swollen,I
Vision. Dimness of sight (first day)
Lav p. 284
Increased secretion of the earwax (sixteenth day)
Occasionally rheumatic pains in left ear, as if it would prove a violent and long-continuing otalgia; lasting but a moment, but frequently returning
Earache in right ear, morning in bed (third day)
Pressure in ear, with headache
* All night, itching in both ears (third day) ; in the right ear (sixteenth day)
Continual itching in the right external auditory passage; with that, the improved hearing continues (tenth day)
Jleavilif/. Hearing dull (third, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth, and fourteenth days)
Hearing as usual, dull in the morning (fourth and fifth days)
Hearing dull in the morning, returns after going out of doors, 10 a.m. ; closing only for moments (fifth, tenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth days)
Dull hearing all day; several days (tenth to twelfth day) ; better in the evening (eighteenth morning, nineteenth day)
Hears better with the right ear, and the improved state continues longer while he takes every morning a shower-bath (first day)
Hears better with his right ear; disposed to put his finger in this ear to cause a pressure of air on the drum ; at the same time the right nostril runs, more in the evening while drinking tea (third day)
The right ear opens, 2 p.m. (eighth and fourteenth days); sudden return of hearing (first and twelfth days)
Hearing returns not till evening, after painful jerks in the teeth (fourth day)
Sudden return of hearing with the right ear, followed by itching in the meatus externus (fourth day)
Hearing improves with the coryza
Hearing improved at noon and afternoon, at 2 oclock
Singing in the ears, in the evening (tenth day)
Nose p. 284
Objective. Swelling; hot and inflamed state of right side of nose, with coryza (after four days)
Running of nose, with a good deal of sneezing (second day)
In the morning, after a good sleep, a great deal of mucus is discharged from the nose (tenth day)
Discharge of much clear phlegm from the nose, and also more tears, as usual, without a cold or coryza (second week)
Blowing the nose, some bloody phlegm is discharged (sixth day)
Fluent coryza from the right nostril, in the evening
Coryza and dull hearing disappear after getting warm from walking (eighth day)
Rumbling coryza in the forenoon, ceases at noon (tenth day); or afternoon, increasing till 11 a.m. ; ceased in the evening (sixth day)
Cold in the head (second, fifth, and eighth days'); better (ninth day)
* Cold in the head and hoarseness (seventh day)
The cold in the head disappears in the open air, but returns in the warm room ; with it there is a cough from irritation (ninth day)
Subjective. Right nostril stopped by a cold (fourth day)
In the morning nose is somewhat stopped, or in the forenoon, 9 to 10 (seventh and tenth days)
Nostrils and throat ache, are dry
Irritation of mucous membrane of nose, causing constant snuffing (after half an hour, first day)
Tickling in the nose, causing him to sneeze (from the trituration)
Tickling in the nose, irritating to sneeze (from the vapor)
Face p. 285
('heel‘S. Aching pain in left cheek and left eye, which appears slightly inflamed (sixth day),’; the albuginea considerably inflamed, and some pains (eighth day)
Pressing sticking in the cheek
Heavy, dull aching in the upper jaw, and then in the lower; mostly on the sides, worse in the right
Lips. *Lips slimy and sticky on waking (fourth day); sticking together, xvith headache (sixth day)
Chin. He pressed the teeth so much during sleep that the muscles were lame and tired on waking
[HO.] Pain in the jaws and temples (seventh day)
Mouth p. 285
Teeth. During dinner, pain in all the teeth from chewing (eighth day)
Hollow teethache, right side (ninth day)
Toothache in the right molars (eighth day)
Toothache, more on the left side ; heretofore more subject to get it on the right side (third and fourth days) ; both sides (fifth day); right side (sixth, eighth, tenth, and fourteenth days)
Toothache in right lower jaw, in a hollow tooth ; afterwards painful jerks in the left (fifteenth day); the same in the afternoon, 5 oclock (third day)
Toothache on the left side, at night before falling asleep ; unusually ill-humored with it (fourth and fifth days)
After the meals, toothache threatening (ninth day)
For several hours, acute rending pain in the teeth of the upper and lower jaw, towards the right (eighteenth day)
Fine stinging in the teeth, at times (seventh day)
During breakfast, teeth sensitive (eighth day)
Painful jerks in the teeth, afternoon, and better hearing
Gmn, Redness of gum (first day) ; better (second day)
The gums feel sore, as if he was going to be salivated
The gum of upper jaw, right side, over the second molar tooth, became excessively tender to touch, as if an abscess was forming; this tenderness continued for four days; on the sixth day it had entirely disappeared without forming an abscess
Tongue. A small blister on the point of the tongue (second and third days)
Tongue constantly dry, with desire to wet the mouth
The tongue and whole buccal cavity seemed sensitive, as if burnt with hot tea
Scalded feeling on tongue, one hour after breakfast (first, seventh, and twelfth days)
General 31oiith. Sensation in the mouth as if there were fibres in it (tenth day)
In the middle of the left cheek, soreness inside (second day)
In the mouth, on lower lip, a small sore spot (fourth day)
Sensation of being burned in the mouth, in the forenoon (fourteenth day)
Sftlivn, Salivation (fifth day)
About 12 oclock at noon, an increase of saliva in the mouth (sixth day)
Unusual afflux of saliva from the salivary glands for the first twelve hours, tasteless, after fresh taste; salivation returned later again ; mouth constantly filled with a decided metallic taste
Much saliva in the mouth (fourth day)
* Profuse flow of saliva, and aching pains in teeth of lower jatr (after four days)
Large collections of water in the mouth (third and fourth days); not so much, but obliged to swallow or expectorate (eighth day)
Taste. Unusually fresh taste, after an unusual afflux of saliva
Taste right, but flabby (sixth day)
Pappy taste in the mouth, but a good appetite (fifth and seventh days)
Slimy taste on waking (third day)
Bad taste on waking (third day)
Bitterness of taste (after four days)
In the evening (after second dose in the morning), metallic taste, and taste of Iodine in the mouth ; the gums feel sore, as if he was going to be salivated
Throat p. 285
Objective. Slight superficial ulcers in the throat, in patches, like islands in the ocean
* Phlegm in the throat
* Much phlegm in the throat and nose (eighth day) ; hawking it out of the throat (tenth day)
Hawking and spitting of a small quantity of white, tough expectoration through the day (second day)
Subjective, *Disposition to hawk (seventh day); sensation a.s if a tamp in the throat, lith a disposition to hawk it out all day; hawked up a hard greenish lump (eighth (Jay)
Throat and nostrils dry
Pain in throat, and head, and eye (tenth to twelfth day)
Sticking pain in throat (sixth day); pressing and sticking (seventh day)
On waking, sore throat; feels as if scalded; worse during empty swallowing; all day quite troublesome (sixth day)
Sore throat, worse during empty deglutition (third, fourth, seventh, and eighth days)
Slight sore throat; a disposition to cough (first day); quite sore and inflamed, cough frequent, and expectoration more than usual (second day); left tonsil inflamed and swollen, velum elongated, which seems to be the cause of coughing (third day); both tonsils swollen and inflamed, velum the same (fourth day); not so much, eyes also better, but headache very severe (fifth day) ; lessening (sixth day)
Tonsils, Painful swelling of tonsils and submaxillary glands (after four days)
■ Swulloiving, Almost constant desire to make an empty deglutition, apparently from a large collection of water in the mouth, and from a sense of fulness in the throat (third day)
Extevuul Tlivodt, Glandular swellings of the neck in scarlatina
During eructations, pain in region of right parotid gland for two hours; but for twenty-four hours there was soreness to touch of right parotid
Stomach p. 286
Appetite, Inclination to have the food more salted (twelfth day)
Thirst, Desire to drink but small quantities
Eructation. Eructation, with the desire for stool
He had to belch up wind frequently
Loud and bitter belchings (after four days)
Heartburn. Heartburn after dinner (fifteenth day)
JS^aiisea. Nausea while passing a diarrhoeic stool (after four days)
Nausea, with headache
Nausea and sore throat (after half an hour, first day)
A sensation of nausea and sinking at the stomach, or in the epigastrium ; with a general sick feeling (thirteenth day)
Squeamishness during the meals, several days
Squeamishness of the stomach, with uneasiness and laziness all over the limbs, at the same time with rheumatic pains
Inclination to vomit, and constant strong desire for stool
Stomach. Pain in the stomach, 10 a.m. (fourth day)
Pain on pressure at epigastrium (after four days)
Abdomen p. 286
Hypochondria, Pain in right hypochondriam (yesterday in the left), with a drawing sensation in the anus as if hjemorrhoids were coming (one hour after the dose), continues somewhat till the sixth day
A heavy, painful feeling in the region of the liver, pancreas, and spleen, which does not continue all the time (thirteenth day)
Aching and full feeling in right hypochondrium (third day)
At first, transient drawing pains in the left hypochondrium; afterwards a lame sensation there, in the morning (eighth day)
Sprainlike pain in the right hypochondrium, near the pelvis (thirteenth and fourteenth days)
Sudden cutting pain in the region of the liver (fourteenth day)
Left waist feels sore on bending (fifth day)
Enibilical, Distension of abdomen about the navel, with pain at part on pressure (after four days)
Pain around the navel (first day)
General Abdomen. Purring or rumbling in the abdomen (tenth day)
Loud rumblings in the bowels (second day)
From 6 a.m. till 3 p.m., weakness in the bowels, stomach, and partly extended into the chest; a feeling as if the bowels would be moved; during this time, he had to belch up wind frequently (first day)
Bellyache like before a stool, evening (seventh and ninth days)
Sensation similar to threatening colic, evening till fully asleep (first day)
Slight soreness all over the bowels; rumbling and soreness all over the bowels, with slight heaviness of the head (thirteenth day)
In the morning, after a good night’s rest, pain as if sprained in the right pelvic region, towards the back, disappeared while walking (fifth day)
Rectum and Anus p. 287
Pains in anus, as if Ineraorrhoids would appear
Frequent desire to stool, with pain in the abdomen
Motion in abdomen, and urging to stool, without an opening, from 11 oclock, the whole night through (thirteenth day)
Stool p. 287
Easier passage, and not so thick as usual (second day); with less difficulty than usual (fifth day)
Diarrhoea, in the morning
Diarrhoea, with pain in the abdomen
Pain in the abdomen, with diarrhoea, from 11 P.M., the whole night through (twentieth day)
Soft stool (sixth and eighth days) ; four firm stools in twenty-four hours, more at night (tenth day)
Severe griping and colic pains, forcing him to go to stool, followed by a very large, copious, but not loose discharge of rather a light-brownish color; could not make any water at all as long as the discharge lasted; after the discharge the urging and desire for an evacuation continued, with irritation and itching in the rectum, all around the sphincter ani, which felt as if it protruded a little. About 11 oclock he had again severe colic pains, which left him, after a pretty loose, light yellowish brown, somewhat watery discharge, coated with mucus, and of a slight bloody appearance ; after the discharge a slight tenesmus existed for awhile, but the colic pains disappeared more and more, and only great soreness of the bowels remained ; after dinner,at 2 p.m., the colic pains again returned, with a thin, loose discharge, and slight tenesmus afterwards ; in the afternoon and evening only a soreness in the bowels
Urinary Organs p. 287
Bladder, Ulcers in bladder followed its use
Pressure bearing down on the bladder (third day)
Urethra, During a normal stool in the morning, sensation in the urethra as if the urine were hot (fifth day)
3£micturition. Frequent desire to urinate; she cannot hold her water for a moment (after four days),'b
* Increased flow of urine (third, fourth, fifth, and sixth days)
Urine, Red urine (second and third days)
Urine thick and dark on being passed (after four days)
Sexual Organs p. 287
Towards 2 oclock, sensitiveness of the right testicle and spermatic cord (third day)
Sexual desire, particularly on going to sleep (fourth, fifth, and eighth days)
Nocturnal emission (second and fourth days) ; towards morning (seventh day)
Respiratory Organs p. 287
Voice, Voice covered and rough (eighth day)
Hoarse and husky, half an hour after getting a little wet in a very light shower, in the evening (fifth day)
Hoarse, with the coryza
Cough and Expectoration. Irritation to cough
During day spells of cough (fifth to seventh day)
Cough, with sore throat
Cough, with a little loose, whitish, slimy expectoration through the day, and accompanied with slight difficulty of breathing (tenth day) ; cough, with white, thick expectoration ; cough became dry in the evening (eleventh day); better afterwards, but prevented him from making another proving
Profuse yellowish expectoration (tenth day)
Respiration. Breathing more difficult than usual (ninth day)
Difficulty of breathing, with cough (tenth day)
Chest p. 288
Occasionally pain in chest or heart, most on left side (fifth (]ay)
Constriction across the chest (sixth day)
Stricture across chest (fourth day) ; most painful in the left side
Aching ain across chest (tenth to twelfth day)
Pressing pain across the chest (fifth day)
Sharp cutting pain in chest, and sticking pain in heart (eighth day)
Front. Pressure in the middle of the chest behind the sternum, irritating the cough (from the vapor)
.Su/es. In the afternoon he felt several times a sharp shooting through the right side of the chest, like rheumatism, going down the arm
During a walk, sudden sticking in the muscles of the chest, on the left side, exactly on the spot where two years ago he had the commencement of his acute rheumatism (eighth day),h
Sticking pain in the muscles of the ribs, left side, after walking out during thawing weather; 2 and 3 p.m. (ninth day) ; somewhat, 1 and 2 p.m. (tenth day)
Catching pain under right breast oppressing the breathing (after four days)
Awoke from a feeling of great soreness in the whole breast, but only a few minutes (fourth day)
Heart anti False. Dull aching pain in heart (tenth to twelfth day)
Shooting pain in heart all day (seventh day)
Sticking pain in the heart (second day); with pain in head (fourth day) ; sticking pains without headache (fifth day)
Pulse accelerated, beating stronger
Neck and Back p. 288
On waking, stiffness and pain in the neck, in the region of the first or second cervical vertebra, going off in a short time (fourth day)
Rheumatic pain, for a short time, in the muscles of the neck and back of neck (sixth day)
An aching and stiffening feeling in right splenius capitis (third day)
Stitching pain along left side of the neck and in heart, continuing until he falls asleep, from 7 to 10.50 (fourth day)
Severe pain in back of neck, as if he had been struck, at 7 P.M. (fifth day)
Pain in os coccygis (first, third, and eighth days); like a pain he had before the proving
Extremities in General p. 288
Stiffness of limbs; better after walking (ninth day)
Rheumatic pains, now here, now there, generally in limbs, and mostly muscular ; alternately in arms and hands, legs and feet; occasionally pains of a similar character in letter, as if it would prove a violent and long-continued otalgia; nevertheless it lasted but a moment at a time, but frequently returned (thirteenth day)
Superior Extremities p. 288
Rheumatic pains, soreness, and stiffness in the left arm, aggravated by motion, particularly on putting on his coat, and during the middle of the day; the pain is better in the evening, and at night; he could lie on the arm (Lyc. 3 relieved it)
Arm. Rheumatism in the joint of the left humerus (fifteenth day)
Dull, aching, strained sensation in the middle of the os humeri, as if about to break ; wavering stitches through all the muscles, and sensations as if they were sore; desire to stretch the limbs and body
Forearm. Aching and drawing pain in the bones of the left forearm
Fluff ers. Synovial inflammation of the left index
Pain in the left fingers, in the morning (second day)
Jerking in the fingers of left hand in the evening, until he falls asleep (first day)
Inferior Extremities p. 288
Rheumatic pain in the right knee and hip during the forepart of the day ; disappeared the latter part (nineteenth day)
At 8.30 oclock, when walking, was seized with an acute pain, which suddenly passed through and around the head of the right tibia at the knee-joint, in three or four successive throbs; about five minutes after this paroxysm passed off; it returned in the same form, and with like intensity; at the same time, pain in the right parotid gland; in half an hour the pain in the knee disappeared ; two throbs of a similar pain were felt in rectus femoris muscle of the left leg, about one-third the distance from the knee upwards, and in about five minutes a similar renewal of the pain in the same place (thirteenth day)
pains from hips to ankles, as though she had walked many miles, felt more particularly in the hoyies (after four days)
In the evening, almost insupportable pain and aching in the lower limbs, better on moving; went off during a walk in the evening (second day),l
Hip In the left hip-joint, pain as if sprained, in the evening (ninth day)
Knee. Weakness of the knee-joints (first day)
Foot. Feet pain (sixth day); particularly the soles (seventh day)
Pain in the ball of the foot and in large toe, ameliorated by walking (tenth day)
Toes. Towards morning pain in the right big toe, like in podagra, but without swelling and redness; disappear after rising (third day); returning (sixth to ninth day)
Sore pain between the toes of the right foot (nineteenth day)
Generalities p. 289
Ohjective. Weariness, nearly all day; a sore pain in left fingers, morning (second day)
Great weakness attending rheumatic pains in the forearm and hand
Subjective. From midnight till morning, a very restless feeling, with a constriction in the diaphragm, almost like cramp
Desire to stretch the body and limbs
Feels weary, and a sort of aching as if bruised in the whole body (fourth day)
Rheumatic pains, more in the forearm and hand of right side; sensation of great weakness attending the pain (third day)
Wearing stitches through all the muscles
The dull tearing-gnawing pains on the third day got in the night so violent that they disturbed his sleep
Skin p. 289
Fruptions. Skin on forehead pale-reddish color (first day); turning dirty gray (fifth day); afterwards over and overfull of thefinest wrinkles, peels offin small scales after seven days; numerous small cracks and rhagades in all directions on the forehead (after external application)
Nearly a month after the other symptoms, several days after the twelfth dose, two small pustules appeared in the outer side of the right leg, just below the knee, about two inches distant from each other, slightly itching, sore to touch, with inflamed bases; on the third day after their appearance they scabbed, but matter continued to accumulate under the scab; they were quite sore, and were not healed till thirteen days afterwards; after healing, another sore of the same character appeared in front or a little to the left on the same leg, just below the knee; in three days it healed, and no more appeared
A wen which had existed behind the right ear from infancy, in a young woman of twenty-four, burst open and discharged (nineteenth day after first dose, and eleventh day after last)
Sensations. Very strong itching on neck, dorsum of hands, particularly on the fingers of the right hand (thirteenth day)
A painful itching on several parts of the skin of the right forearm (ninth to twelfth day)
About 3 P.M., a pricking-itching sensation all over the right hand, lasted one hour (second day) ; followed by itching-pricking feeling at the lower part of the upper arm, all around it, lasted from 3 oclock, half an hour; the same pricking-itching sensation appeared on the upper part of upper arm, mostly in the arm-pit, and only lasted a few minutes; all this on the right side, at 6 P.M. (third day)
Sleep and Dreams p. 289
Sleepiness. Very sleepy and drowsy in the evening; at the same time squeamishness of the stomach, with great uneasiness and laziness all over the limbs (fifth day)
Deep sleep, after-
Fever p. 289
19 noon, several days in succession
Sleeplessness. Could not sleep well, very restless, headache
Lies awake, 5 to 6.30; sleeps till 8 a.m. (second day)
Dreams. Dreams a great deal (eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth nights)
Foolish dreams (third day)
Towards 5 A.M., lascivious dreams; prevented by his will a pollution (third day)
Dreams about gunning and farming (seventh day); gunning and travelling (eleventh day)
Anxious dreams (second day) ; about removing and his relations (fourth day)
Sleep disturbed by troublesome dreams, such as swimming and wading in water, and pushing through low places, and under ashed; half conscious sleep, with fearfulness; also dreamed of detecting robbers in the night in attempting to enter dwellings (twelfth day)
Frightful dreams (after four days)
Quarrelsome dreams (seventh day)
Fever p. 290
Chilliness. Chilly, and aching in the lower limbs, through the forenoon (second day)
Chilly at bedtime (first day)
Sometimes a chilly feeling, and a creeping sensation all over the skin, and a kind of uneasy sore feeling all over the bowels
Chilly, followed by a flush of heat over the face (first day)
Felt often chilly and then again quite warm, although his pulse was natural (second day)
Intense shivering, followed by feverishness (after four days)
Heat. Flush of heat and a sensation of being tickled over the whole body (fourth day)
Felt pretty warm all over, but not feverish; sometimes a slight chilly feeling and creeping over the back
Flushes in the face,’; flashes of heat and a tickling sensation in the face
Face hot and hands cold
Sweat. Very copious night-sweats, for more than two weeks
Hot perspiration (after four days)
Conditions p. 290
Aggravation.
(Morning), Ill-humor; on waking, illhumor; on waking, had taste; dulness of hearing; nose stopped.
(Forenoon), From 9 to 10 oclock, nose stopped.
(Noon), Pains in arm.
(Afternoon), Dulness in head; headache, etc.; from 6 to 8 oclock, pressing pain in left brain; sleep.
(Night), Sweat.
(After meals). Toothache.
(Motion), Particularly putting on coat, pains in arm.
(Going to sleep). Sexual desire.
(Empty swallowing). Sore throat.
Amelioration p. 290
(Open air). Cold in head.
(Walking in open air), Dulness of head, etc.
(Motion), Pain in lower limbs.
(Walking), Pain in ball of foot, etc.
(Getting warm from walking). Coryza, etc.