Mezereum

Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. VI, p. 330

Daphne raezereum, Linn.

Natural order, Thymelacese.

Common names, Mezereon, (G.) Seidel-bast, (Fr.) Le bois gentil.

Preparation, tincture of the bark of root and stein.

Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 26, from Hahnemann, Chr. Kn.') 1, Hahnemann ; 2, Franz; 3, Caspar ; 4, v. Gersflarff; 5, Gross ; 6, Hartljiuh ; 7, Htn.; 8, Ricker; 9, Choke; 10, Teuthorn ; 11, H. ;t 12, W.; 13, Large, Domest. Brunovic (not accessible, Hughes) ; 14, Acta Helvetia (from berries swallowed bv a boy, after mastication, Hughes); 15, Hoffmann, Ephem. Nat. Cur. Cent., 5. 6 (from berries in a man, after mastication, Hughes) ; 16, Home Clin. Exper., p. 466 (effects of decoction when given for nodes, etc., Hughes); 17, Gazette Salutary, 1761, Dec. (not accessible, Hughes; 18, Gmelin, Pflanzen-Gefte (p. 168 of ed. of 1777, general statement, Hughes); 19, Russel, in Med. Bemerk, vol. 3 (observations on a syphilitic subject, who was taking decoctions for nodes, Hughes); 20, Widel', Min. Nat. Cur. Dec. II, ann. 2 (p. 323, from a purgative dose, Hughes); 21, Linnseus, flor. snee. (p. 128 of ed. of 1755, from 12 grs. of powdered root in a girl, Hughes) ; 22, Ritter, Nov. Act., N. C. HI, App. (p. 234, from berries, Hughes'); 23, Haller, C. Vicat, Mat. Med. (vol. 1, general statement, Hughes); 24, Vekas-crit for Liikare, HI, p. 58 (from berries in a man, Hughes) ; 25, Bergius, M. M. (p. 305, from too long external application as exutory, Hughes); 26, “Mr.” Mezer (?), Symptom 600 in Hahnemann) ; (Nos. 27 to 34, Hartlaub’s provings, Horn. Vjs., 8, 1); 27, Hartlaub, effects of chewing fresh bark, twigs, and flowers, of expressing juice, of smelling and tasting of the tinctures, and of getting tincture on hands; 27 a, same, the next year chewed bark and inhaled various preparations ; 28, R. W., a girl, aged twenty-six, effects of cutting and bruising the plant and inhaling tincture; 29, effects in a woman exposed to the exhalations; 30, Dr. Link, took 1st dec. dil. in water, repeated doses ; 30 a, same, took of a mixture of 2 drops of tincture in 2 oz. of water, a teaspoonful 1 fi*’st and second morning; 30 5, same, repeated same, and also took from 2 to 5 drops of tinct. in water; 31, a woman, aged thirtytwo, took repeated doses of 1st dil. in water; 31 a, same, took 10 drops of 7th dil., first and second days ;t 32, Dr. Ricker, proving in a girl, aged twenty, took 12 drops of 30th dil. daily, for several days ;| 33, a girl, aged seventeen, took 30th dil. daily, for six days ;1| 34, Dr. Speer, in a man, aged twenty, suffering from caries of the bone (?) though in good health, except a slight swelling of the ankle, took 1st dil. daily, increasing by 5 drops from 10 to 40 drops; (Nos. 35 to 38, experiments of Dr. Theine on himself and on his friends, Inaug. Diss., 1838, A. H. Z., 14, 105); 35, “Pr.,” aged twenty-two, took 6 drops of tinct., and after fourteen days 18 drops, after which he observed symptoms for twelve days; 36, “Ed.,” aged twenty-three, took 1 drop first day, 3 drops second and fourth days, and after a month took 4 drops first and second days, and 12 drops eighth day; 37, “ Gr.” took one dose of 5 drops of tinct., and had symptoms for eight days; 38, “Te.” took repeated doses of tinct., np to 24 drops at a dose; 39, Dr. Lembke, N. Z. f. H. Kl., 13, 35, took 1st dil. for five weeks, repeated doses of 2 to 30 drops, afterward the tincture for a week, 3 to 15 drop doses, proving with the tinct. repeated after ten days ; 40, Dr. Watzke took 4 drops of tinct. on sugar, A. H. Z., 74, 46; 40 a, same, subsequently took 5 drops in water; 41, Dr. Etterlin (from Watzke) took 3 drops tinct. (first dav), 4 drops (second day), 6 drops (third day), 10 drops (fifth day); 41 0, same, two weeks later took one dose of 14 drops; 41 b, same, afterward took 20 drops; 41 c, same, afterward took 21 drops ; 42, Dr. Wiirstl (from Watzke), took tinct. for eighteen days, 10 to 15 drop doses, 43, Dr. Wahle (through Dr. Dunham), Am. Horn. Rev., 2, 164; 44. Dr. Gerstel, Article Mezereum, World’s Congress of Horn. Physicians, 1876, took, at various times, 1st, 3d, and 7th dec. dil., and once some tincture, effects on skin only published; 45, Blatin (from Hempel’s Mat. Med.), a man took some of a decoction of the root; 46 to 48, Dr. Grieve, Lancet, 1837, three children ate some berries ; 49, Squire, Pharm. Journ., 1841, effects of inner bark ; 49 a, same, effect of inhaling vapor from a decoction of the root; 50, Plural, Frank’s Mag., 1, 775, effects in a girl, of fourteen, of rubbing; the leaves on cheeks and adjacent parts ; 51, same, effects in a man, of 30 berries for obstinate constipation ; 52, Hahnemann’s lesser writings (M. H. R., 13, 281), effects of continued use of Mezereum.

Ill in I p. 331

Emotion}ial. Delirium

No rest when alone ; he desires company

Inclined to weep (second day)

Weeping for fourteen days

Mood depressed (second day)

Low-spirited

Sad (second day

Very sad; every trifle affects him disagreeably; indifferent to the whole world ; has no desire for anything; disinclined to work

* Hypochondriac and despondent; fakes no pleasure in anything; everything seems to him dead, and nothing makes a vivid impression upon his mind

(10.] Great discontent with himself and his surroundings for several weeks ; after which again mental equilibrium and perfect contentment

Anxiety (seventeenth day)

Anxiety in the evening, with trembling of the limbs and of the whole body

Great anxiety (after one hour, third day

Indifferent to everything; he could scarcely compel himself to note the symptoms beyond brief annotations fas in sea-sickness)

Indifferent, but not ill-humored (second day

Unusually indifferent and disinclined to talk (third and fourth days)

Great anxiety, with violent palpitation, at noon before eating; she was obliged to lie down and was unable to keep up

Most violent attacks of anxiety, wee|)ing, palpitation, coldness over the whole body, and such weakness and weariness in all the limbs that she could scarcely walk about the room ; in the evening (fourth day)

Apprehensiveness and uneasiness in the left side of the chest, about the heart (first day)

Apprehensiveness in the pit of the stomach, as though expecting something disagreeable

Easily frightened, followed by palpitation of the heart (third day)

Ill-humor

Very irritable mood; very averse to everything; desire to run away (third day)

Great peevishness and sensitiveness

Fretfulness

Fretful mood

Fretful mood, disinclination to work

Sensitive, fretful mood

Constantly fretful and peevish

He has only disagreeable and fretful thoughts

Extreme fretfulness after sleep

* Is inclined to get angry with others about trifling and perfectly harmless things; everything vexes him, and he wants to say all kinds of annoying and vexatious things

Violent outbreak of anger about trifles, which he soon regrets

Inclined to reproach others

Inclined to quarrel

Intellectual, Quiet and contemplative; weary of life, and longing for death

Feeling of great mental and emotional quiet (hitherto there had been the opposite condition of mind), (first day)

It becomes difficult for him to make a resolution

Disinclined to work (second day)

He does not work with his usual freedom of mind; his thoughts vanish, and he is obliged to make a great effort to collect his ideas, in order not to dwell upon other things

Thought difficult, with pressive dulness of the head (fourth day)

* Thought is difficult; he takes no interest while reading or listening; whatever happens affects him less than usual; mental dulness

* Very much distracted ; he is unable to dwell long upon ariy subject; his thoughts carry him away

Feels as though much intoxicated; speaks without reflection, though really good-humored and generally lively (first day)

While she was talking with some one, her thoughts vanished

He is unable to properly comprehend an3Thing; cannot reflect upon anything; cannot repeat a single thing from memory; his thoughts vanish as often as he begins to think of anything, and there comes a confui-ion, with pressure in the sinciput

He looked out of the window for hours without thought, and without knowing what he was looking at

* He was unable to recollect what had very recently occurred; every intercurrent remark of others disturbed and confused his ideas

He awoke as if stupefied after a sound sleep

Mind p. 332

Confusion and Vertigo. Confusion of the head

Confusion of the head, in the frontal region (first day)

Confusion and a feeling of pressure over the whole head, especially above the eyes

Head seems confused towards evening (first day)

Dizzy confusion of the head, with difficult thought

Vertigo,****'; (after a quarter of an hour),**, etc.

Vertigo; he would fall to the left side

Vertigo, with flickering before the eyes; could not walk straight

Faintlike vertigo

Dizziness, with contracted pupils

Dulness, dizziness, whirling in the head, so that he did not know what he was doing

Head giddy and dull

Sensation of intoxication in the head (first day)

Sensation over the whole head as if intoxicated (third day)

General Head. Dulness of the head (second and fifth days),**; better after eating

Dulness of the head; reading was difficult, and he was obliged to read it over repeatedly in order to understand

Dulness of the head, as if intoxicated; not the least disturbed by work, indeed relieved thereby

Dulness of the head all day, with pressure in the temples

Dulness and heaviness in the head

Dul ness of the head, so that he frequently did not know what he wanted

Dulness of the sinciput and occiput, like a dull stupefaction ; in the evening

Whole head dull and heavy (second day)

* His head feels dull, as if intoxicated, and as if he had been up all night; as after excessive emissions

Numb sensation in the head

Heaviness of the head (seventh day)

Heaviness of the head ; inclination to support it (second day)

Sensation of heaviness in the head without real pain or vertigo

Throbbing and pressure behind the right ear, changing into the most violent pain in the whole head, forehead, nose, and teeth, aggravated on the slightest motion of the head, for several hours

* Pain in the bones of the skull, mostly aggravated by touch

Headache in the nape of the neck, extending to the forehead

Headache seemed dull at times (after nine days)/

Boring in various parts of the head

Boring in the cranial bones

Boring in various places in the cranial bones

Boring and pressure in the cranial bones

Frequent boring in several parts of the head

Very frequent boring and drawing in the cranial and frontal bones

Violent boring in the bones of the skull

Very violent boring in the cranial bones, es])cially on the vertex, in shocklike paroxysms

Drawing in the cranial bones

Transient pressive pains here and there in the head (fourth day)

Pressive headache, with frequent shivering

Slight pressive headache, especially in the forehead and sinciput, worse in a warm room, near a warm stove (first day)

Pressive headache, very acute, as if everything would fall out at the forehead (after eight hours)

A burrowing pressive headache, superficially in the middle of the forehead (.first day)

Stupefying pressive pain through the right hemisphere of the brain, extending from the occiput to the forehead,’.]

Headache just beneath the skull, as if the brain pressed hard against the bones

Very acute boring pressive headache on the right side of the top of the head, afterwards also in the left side of the forehead, and afterwards external to and above the right eye; this pain could be compared to the driving of a plug into the head (third day)

Sticking pain in the left half of the brain

Tearing pains in the head

Tearing and pressure in the cranial bones on waking at night, and also on waking and rising in the morning

Very violent headache; the head was so affected that it was painful on the slightest touch (after a slight vexation), in the afternoon (first day)

Headache all the afternoon on suddenly moving the head, as if the brain were shaken

Headache, as if the brain, hanging loose in the skull, hit against the bone here and there on moving the head (eighth to twelfth day)

Sudden headache, with inclination to close the eyes, discomfort in the stomach, and vertigo (second day)

Headache on waking in morning,’*; in afternoon (second day); increased towards evening,”; worse in open air

Headache after moving about and talking much, especially in the temples, and on both sides of the vertex,^^.t ■

Headache relieved by stooping low

Fot’Chedd. Pain in the forehead (second dav)

Pain in the right frontal eminence, for several hours

Headache in the frontal and temporal regions

Frontal headache in the afternoon (second day)

Con-stann compressive griping headache, extending from the temples into the forehead and nose

Boring in the forehead

Boring in the forehead, especially in the left side

Boring in various places in the frontal bones

Boring and pressure in the forehead

Boring and tearing in the left side of the forehead, extending towards the temples, frequently repeated, and afterwards extending to the occiput

Boring pain in the left half of the forehead

Boring pain in the left side of the forehead

Violent persistent boring in the left side of the forehead

Boring-drawing pains in the frontal bones

Boring-drawing pains in the left side of the forehead and temples

Pressure in the forehead in the morning, as if the brain thereby became too hard, with inability to collect his senses

Pressure and pressing beneath the frontal bone, extending into the nasal bone

Constant pressure and drawing in the forehead on waking in the morning

Violent pressingasunder pressure in the whole forepart of the head, gradually appearing and disappearing

* Headache, extending from the root of the 7iose into the forehead, o.s if everything coidd press asunder, with pain in the temples when touched, with great heat and perspiration on the head, with chilliness and coldness in the rest of the body, in the mor7ung

Pressive pain transversely through the forepart of the head/l

Pressive pain on the right frontal eminence

Dull, intolerably pressing pains in the forehead

Pressive headache in the upper part of the forehead, not in the lower part over the eyes (after one hour)

Sticking headache above the right eyebrow (after half an hour)

Tearing-sticking headache in the left frontal eminence

A long dull stitch in the left side of the upper part of the forehead, in the morning in bed

Tearing pains in the forehead; (third day); in morning, while sitting

Tearing in the right side of the forehead, and in the head

Tearing in the forepart of the forehead, with jerking stitches

Pressive tearing in the forehead

Fine acute tearing through the head, from one temple to the other, frequently recurring, but very transient

On pressing on the frontal bone, it pains and draws down to the feet

A pressive throbbing in the forehead

Temj/les. Headache in the temporal and frontal regions

Headache in the temporal and frontal regions and above the eyes (fifth day)

Headache in the temporal and supraorbital regions

Compression in the temples from both sides after violent motion ; thereby he forgot the word he was just about to speak, and could hardly collect his thoughts

A pinching sensation in the temples and forehead, with pressure on the eyes and jaws, as before a violent coryza

Boring pains in the temples

Boring in the tem))les, especially in the right

Boring-drawing pains in the temples

Acute pressure in the left temple, as if the head were pressed inward, extending to above the orbits, while sitting reading; apparently relieved by motion

Pressive pain in the temporal region (after two hours)

Pressive pain from within outward in the left temple

Stitches and fine tearing in the left temple (second day)

Tearing pain in the left temple, while sitting in the evening before going to bed (fourth day)

Vertex. Sticking headache in the vertex and forehead

Stitches on the vertex, extending down to the forehead, with great heat of the face

Constant very sharp stitch near the vertex

Varietals. Violent boring in the cranial bones of the right side

Dull headache in the left parietal bone, relieved by pressure, aggravated on removing the pressure

Dull drawing in the head, above the right ear; was transient but very acute, and seemed to be in the bones (first day)

Pressive pain beneath the left parietal bone,®

Pressive headache in the right parietal region, as though the brain were pressing against the bone ; the pain was aggravated by inclining the head to the right; this pain frequently returned, and was the most constant symptom even after eight weeks,®®.f

Acute drawing-pressive pain in the lower portion of the right parietal bone, above the ear, somewhat posteriorly, as if violent headache would occur (first day). Pain in the parietal bone, returned at night and on going out (which he was obliged to do, to visit a patient), and was very much noticed on every step (first night)

Tearing in the cranial bones of the right side

Tearing in the left side of the head, several times

Rheumatic pains in the left side of the head, a kind of tearing as if broken ; afterwards a similar pain on the top of the head, and also continuing in the left ear (first day)

Pain in the right parietal bone, with a sensation as if it were suppurating, and as if the bone must be painful to pressure, on moving, which was not the case; pain aggravated by walking (first day)

Occiput Sensation ot heaviness in the whole occiput

* Boring in the bones of the occiput

Acute drawing pain in the right side of the occiput

Pressive pain in the occiput, especially on entering the house from the open air

Pressive pain in the occiput and nape of the neck, on moving the head

Dull pressure from within outward in the left side of the occiput, in the evening

Sharp pressive pain and tension in the left side of the occiput

Tearing pains in the occiput

Tearing back and forth in the bones of the occiput

Pressive sore pain in the occiput

A tearing throbbing in one spot in the occiput above the nape of the neck

Ejctecuul Head, *I)ry scurf on the scalp f

The scurf on the scalp was whiter, more profuse and dryer than usual,”.!

* The head is covered with a thick, leather-like crust, under which thick and white pus collects here and there, and the hair is glued together

* On the head, great elevated white scabs, under which ichor collect in quantity, and which begins to be offensive and to breed vermin

* The scabs on the head look chalky, and extend to the eyebrows and to the nape of the neck

Twitching in the scalp near the right side of the vertex; it ceased for a short time when touched

The hair was very much inclined to bristle

The hair of the head hangs soft (fourth day)

The long hairs were troublesome to him ; they seemed rough ; after some weeks the hair seems to become curly, and to grow more rapidly

Scalp hot; was obliged to scratch it

* 2Vie scalp on both sides of the vertex teas painful to touch

The hair was painful to touch, as if sore

Violent biting on the head, as from lice, only transiently relieved by scratching, and always recurring in another place ; in the evening

Itching on the vertex and occiput, provoking scratching

Fine sticking itching on the head, removed by scratching

Eyes p. 335

Objective, Eyes dull ; the pupils slightly dilated, and contracted sluggishly on the approach of a lighted candle; when allowed to fall asleep her eyes were turned up (after six hours)

Brown rings around the eyes, especially about the inner canthus; with yellowish color of the face, and at times hot circumscribed redness of the cheeks, during the proving

Stares at one spot (second day)

He stares in front of him without thought

He constantly stares vacantly, with a morose expression, and is very peevish

A peculiar painless twitching in the left external canthus, greatly interfering with the use of the eyes, lasting several hours (soon), (first day)

Twitching in the external canthus returns after preceding doses

Symptoms ot catarrh in the eyes and nose, with increased thirst, febrile warmth of the skin, and accelerated pulse (second day)

Subjective. The canthi feel agglutinated, obliging her to rub them (second day)

The eyes were painful, in the evening, while reading by the light; he could not see as clearly as usual

Heat in the eyes; the lids are painful (sixth day)

* Eyes hot, inflamed, on rising in the morning; the conjunctiva of the ball very much injected, dirty red, especially in the vicinity of the external canthus; most in the left eye; with pressive pain, and a sensation of dryness (fourth day)

Pressure in the eyes (second day)

Pressure in the eyes, as if the balls were too large; he was frequentl) obliged to wink,’I

Pressure and tearing on and in the eyes, especially in the orbits

* Much pressure in the eyes, with a sensation of dryness, as if the conjunctiva of the lids were very much inflamed (first day),'^b

Smarting in the eyes, compelling to rub them

Biting in the eyes (while expressing the juice),'*’’; (soon)

Biting in the canthi, especially the inner

Itching of the right eye (first day),™

Itching in the right external canthus, and agglutination as from mucus, very disagreeable, obliging him to wipe and rub without relief (first day),™.

Violent itching of the left inner canthus (fifth day)

liroiv (md Orbit. Pain in the middle of the right eyebrow (after half an hour),■■

Burning and itching in the left eyebrow,™.

Boring in the region of the eyebrows,™.

Violent boring above the left eye and in the nasal bone,™.

Boringdrawing pains above the eyes, especially on the left side,™.

Pressive pain about the left eye

Tearing above the eyes,™.

Lids. Some agglutination of the external canthi of the eyes, with pressure and itching; with somewhat fluent coryza, and some lachrymation through the day (second day)

Obstinate jerking of the muscle of the left upper lid, for eight weeks

Twitching of the left upper lid (first day),™’; (second day)

The eyes frequently close while writing

Inclination to close the eyes (second day)

Inclination to blink the eyes (second day),^b

Sleepiness in the eyes (second day)

Burning-prickling stitches on the margins of the lower lids

Biting in the margins of the lids,™.

Itching biting on the margin of the lids and skin near the nose

Itching on the margins of the lower \k\s,f

Lachrymal AjfJ^arrifiiS. *Lachrymation, with biting in the eyes (after a quarter of an hour)

Hall. Pressure upon the eyeballs, with heat in the eyes

Pressive pain in the eyeball (first and second days)

Pressive pain in the eyeballs, as if they were too large,™.

Pressive pain in the eyeballs and lids, especially in the light,™.

Violent pressive pain in the whole right eyeball, at noon, on closing the eyes (seventh day)

Llljfil. Pupils dilated (after one hour)

Pupil dilated and vision obstructed

Pupils contracted

Vision}l. Far-sighted

More short-sighted than usual

Cannot see well till towards 4 p.m. ; the lashes seem too long (fourth day),™.

Numerous black points before the eyes on rising after stooping (sixth day)

Muscle volitantes, in a dreamy way (second day)

Sparks of fire in front of the eyes

White glistening spots before the eyes,™.

Flickering before the eyes (fifth day)

Ears p. 336

External. Painful swelling of the right external meatus, especially of the lower and posterior portion (sixth day)

Sensation as if the right external meatus were wide open, and air were in it, aggravated by yawning; somewhat relieved by boring the finger into it (first day)

* A sensation as though air were distending the right external meatus, and as though roaring in the ears would occur; afterwards in the left meatus, associated with a stopped sensation in the ear (third day)

Feeling of air and of distension in the right external meatus, in the evening (first day)

Tension behind the left ear, with tearing in alternating jerks

Boring pains behind the right ear,*™.

Twinging pain, and a swollen sensation in the external meatus of the left ear, in the evening (first day)

Pressure above the right ear,™.

Dull pressive pains above the right ear, as if superficially in the bone or skin, extending to the upper margin of the concha, gradually increasing, then decreasing ; it seemed as though the upper ear was painful to pressure, which, however, was not the case, in the evening (second day),™.

31middle. Sensation of air in the ears, first in the right, then in the left, also twinging pain, more violent and persistent in the right ear (second day),^h

A peculiar sensation in the ear, that seemed to her stretched wide open, and the air seemed to penetrate, unpleasantly cold, in the evening (third day),*h

Very disagreeable persistent sensation of dilatation in the right ear, and of coldness, as if the drum were directly exposed to the cold air, in a very short meatus, with desire to bore the fingers into the ear, which, however, makes no difference; the sensation at last disappears of itself

Sensation as if wind were blowing in the right ear (soon), (first day)

Sensation as though the left ear were stopped, though hearing was good

Momentary pain in or on the ear

Earache and painful drawing in the left ear,*'I

(Twinging pain in one ear), (soon)

Twinging pains in the right ear (first day)

Sticking in the ears, especially in the left, very transient, but constantly returning (second day)

Sticking in the left ear (third day)

Stitches in the ears and teeth, at times (second day)

Pain in the right ear, deep in the external meatus or still deeper (a stitch) ; on putting the finger into the ear, the external meatus seems more open than the other, or as if relaxed (fourth morning)

Itching stitch within the right ear

Tearing deep within the left ear

Itching in the right ear, relieved by rubbing

Hearing, Difficult hearing,'; (after nine days)

Sudden humming or roaring in the right ear (sixth day)

In the left ear, a sound as of a distant mill, while lying down; a very distant beat, disappearing on rising (second day)

Sound of bells in the right ear, while yawning (first day)

Ringing in the ears (after nine days)

Ringing in the ears, with great sleepiness

Ringing in the right ear, in the morning, on rising (third day)

Loud ringing in the left ear, in the morning, after dressing (after twenty-two hours)

Constant rushing noises in the ears (ninth day)

Nose p. 337

Objective. The nose seems thicker and shiny

* Thee~ ternal margin of the right nostril was very much inflamed, swollen and very painful (fifth day)

Constant jerking at the root of the nose, even visible

Sneezing a few times, in the forenoon (second day)

Sneezing, with sore pain in the chest .

Frequent sneezing (fifth day)

Frequent sneezing, and fluent coryza

Some violent sneezing, whereby granular mucus flies out of the fauces

Continual, violent, and painful sneezing

Some thin discharge from the nose (first day),®®

Discharge of yellow, thin, at times bloody, water from the nose, which causes a soreness and a burning pain

Discharge of mucus from the nose (after a quarter of an hour)

The nasal mucus is increased and harder than usual; with great noise on blowing the nose ; without coryza

* Nasal catarrh, with discharge of thin mucus, makes the nostrils sore, and is sometimes streaked with blood

Stopped catarrh

Coryza, with sore pain within the right nostril

Violent coryza (ninth day)

Very violent coryza, but not fluent (eighth day)

Fluent coryza (fourth day); (ninth day)

Somewhat fluent coryza, together with stopped coryza, in the evening; the right nostril is completely stopped by scabs, and very painful (fifth day),®'. ■

Excessive, violent, fluent coryza (after forty-eight hours)

Bloody coryza, with very tenacious nasal mucus

Stopped coryza (tenth day)

Stopped coryza; the right nostril was very scabby (first day)

Slight nosebleed (seventh day)

Bleeding of the right nostril, in the evening before going to sleep; blood brick-red (first day)

Trickling of blood from the right nostril (soon), (first day)

Complete closing of the nostrils

Subjective, Ineffectual inclination to sneeze

* Almost con-

Face p. 337

22 slant dryness of the nose, with diminished smell

Biting, dry sensation, and crawling, in the left nostril, with stoppage of the right, and vice versa

Burning in the nose

Burning in the wings of the nose

• Burning near the wings of the nose

Burning near the right side of the nose

Violent persistent burning and biting on the back of the nose, extending towards the left side, at 8 p.m.,®®.

Boring in the nasal bones

Boring and drawing pains in the nasal bones and neighboring parts of both sides

Drawing pains in the nasal bones

Drawing p lins in both sides of the nose

Drawing pains about the nose

Tearing pains in the nasal bones

Tearing pains near the left side of the nose

The nose was raw and sore, internally

Biting, like mustard, in the nose

Smell. Very disagreeable, peculiar odor in the nose, like warm offensive exhalations, in the evening (third day)

Diminished smell, with almost constant dryness of the nose

Face p. 338

Ohjeetive. Very suffering expression (fourth day]

He looks extremely ill-humored, pale, suffering, and prostrated

The face and forehead are red and hot, with great restlessness and peevishness

Gray, earthy complexion

Face pale, sunken, with a suffering expression

Paleness of the face, decided collapse of the face and extremities

Remarkable paleness of the face (fourth day)

The whole right side of the face was somewhat puffed; frequently great heat in the face; with this the eyes were more than usually painful (after three days)

Countenance sunken and ghastly (after six hours)

Face shrunken and cold

Subjective, *Sudden very violent pain in the face daring sleep, similar to an old faceache, waking her up, bat soon disappearing, and not further disturbing sleep (first night)

Burning pains and swelling of the face, more particularly of the nose, eyelids, and forepart of- the head ; speedily terminating in the formation of confluent blister.-i

Tearing in the face below the left eye

Woke towards midnight, with violent pain in the face, almost as severe as the real faceache, with which she usually suffered, with the difference that the tearing is not on one side but on both sides of the face ; wherewith she felt very ill, and had a violent pain in the right side of the head, in the evening (second day)

* Constant violent tearing in the face, in the morning (third day)

Fine tearing in the face, amounting to a very acute pain (second day)

Constant fine tearing in the left side of the face, and in the teeth, after the morning walk (second day)

ChceIvS. ^Frequent jerking and twitching in the right zygomatic muscles

* Violent, frequent distressing jerking of the muscles in the middle of the right cheek for eight weeks

Burning in the right cheek

Burning in the left cheek

Burning and boring in the left cheek

Violent burning in the right cheek

Dull cramplike pain and tearing in the right cheek-bone

* Boring in the bones of the upper jaiv

Boring pains about the left side of the upper jaw

Boring in the bones of the upper and lower jaws

Cheeks {)painful to pressure, externally, and painfully swollen (second day)

Lips, ^Swelling of the upper lip, for several days

Swelling of the upper lip below the left nostril, with burning pain

The lower lip thick, dry, cracked, scaly, and painful,'*.f

* The Ups stick together

* Lips dry (second day)

* Lips very dry and scaly externally, and very painful, in the evening, sore, burning; especially along the boundary between the internal and external portions (third day)

Burning in the upper lip

Burning in the red of the lower lip, especially on closing the mouth, as if it would crack; for the most part only in the evening, or at least worse then

Burning in the right corner of the mouth, as if the skin were cracked, in the evening

Hot, burning feeling on the upper lip

Constant burning in the upper lip and below the left eye

Fine needle-like stitches in the upper lip by the right corner of the mouth (first day)

Sore pain and inflamed redness of the red of the lower lip, with burning when touched, relieved by moistening with saliva or bv drinking, worse in the evening, lasting two days

Pricking in the lips as if a blister would develop (third day)

Ch ill. Boring in the sides of the lower jaw

Boring pains in the left lower jaw

Drawing from the right mastoid process down deep into the lower jaw, as far as the teeth

Tearing pains in the lower jaw

Drawing-tearing pains in the left lower jaw and in the teeth (second day)

Mouth p. 339

Teeth, Offensive mucus on the teeth

Carious odor of the mucus on the lower incisors

* The hollow teeth decay very rapidly

The hollow teeth constantly became sharper, and decayed rapidly (third day)

The hollow teeth are very much eaten away, quite down to the gum (seventh day)

The teeth seem too long and icy cold, in the afternoon (fourth day)

The teeth of the left side seem too long

The hollow teeth seem very sharp (the remedy has a very marked action upon the hollow teeth (sixth day"^Sensation as though the teeth were dull and too long

Upper incisors painfully dull (second day)

feeling of faintness in the teeth

Bluntness of the teeth, as from acids, at night

* Bluntness of the teeth ; they feel elongated, especially those on the left side, with boring and sticking pains in them, though he had never suffered from toothache before

Pain in a carious tooth, in the morning

* Fain in a hollow tooth, in the evening (fourth day)

Pain in the last back tooth of the left side of the lower jaw, as if it should be pulled out

* Much toothache (second day)

* Toothache in a hollow tooth

A simple toothache, a seated pain in a hollow back tooth

Boring and sticking in one or another tooth, though more on the right side, sometimes changing into painful sticking in the right cheek-bone; therewith, the right side of the head was so affected that even to touch the hair was painful, with uneasiness, extreme fretfulness, and aversion to everything

Fine drawing in the left upper teeth

Drawing jiain in the left teeth, as if it would become a tearing, soon disappearing (after one hour)

Toothache, drawing, burning, and sticking in upper back tooth (which, since taking the drug, has become hollow with remarkable rapidity), all day, especially in the evening, for several weeks

Transient drawings in eyeteeth of the right lower jaw, like incipient tearing (second day)

Violent cutting in the hollow teeth, like a soreness, in the morning while half awake, also after waking the pain in the teeth continued, especially on biting; also recurring the next night, and waking from sleep (relieved by Nux vomica)

Pressive sticking pain in the left upper back teeth

Sharp stitches in the roots of the right and left lower incisors

Teeth very sensitive on pressing them together, especially the upper incisors (second day)

Teeth very sensitive, in the morning on rising, especially on pressing them together, particularly the front teeth (second morning),*'. Teeth, especially the upper incisors, have a very painful sensation on pressing them together, in the morning on rising (fifth day)

Teeth very painful on biting xipon them or from the fresh air, as if they were too long, with drawing pains, lasting all day, though worse here and therein different teeth, especially worse in the left upper teeth, and in the upper incisors (second day)

* The teeth are painful when touched with the tongue (fourth day)

Painful jerking in the upper incisors

Toothache in the left upper jaw, especially in the broken teeth, a jerking pain with a pale swelling; bleeding and suppurating of the gum ; the cheek externally became very painful to touch (she frequently suffered from toothache, especially after taking cold, but this time there was no special cause)

Acute jerking pains in the last right back teeth, in the afternoon (second day)

Tearing jerking extending from a right upper hollow back tooth into the temple

Gums. The gum back of the upper front teeth became swollen like a blister; subsequently a swelling formed which involved the forepart of the hard palate, therewith the upper incisors were painfully blunted, in the evening (first day)

The gum bleeds very easily (second day),*A

Drawing in the alveolar processes of the left upper jaw (second day)

TolUJue. Tongue and mouth still red and inflamed (fourth day)

Tongue somewhat coated (fifth day)

Tongue coated whitishyellow

Tongue coated whitish

Tongue coated white (second morning)

Tongue swollen and red, with a white coating (third day)

Tongue swollen, thick, especially at the tip, with a thick white coating (almost like that of Mercury), and prominent papillae, each one of which looked red on a white ground; the tip of the tongue was very red (denuded of epithelium), in the middle of the tongue was a deep fissure (second day)

Tongue thick, with large elevated papillae, especially on the forepart, no longer white, but clean and very red (third day)

Burning painful blisters on the tongue and gums

On moving the tongue, a sensation on the forepart as if it were soft, like butter

Feeling of heat and a dry rawness in the forepart of the tongue

-^Burning on the tongue, extending to the stomach

Burning and boring in the tip of the tongue

A biting burning on the tongue, as after pepper (soon), (immediately)

The tongue and hard palate feel burnt (second morning)

Sensation as if the tongue were burnt, the tip sore, the tongue coated white (second day)

Tip of the tongue continues painful, as if burnt (fifth day)

Fine sticking pain on the tongue (after half an hour)

Biting on the tongue posteriorly

Violent biting and burning on the tongue (immediately)

Violent itching of the tongue and lips (immediately)

General 3IoutJi. The anterior part of the lips, gum, and tongue were quite denuded of epithelium (second day)

Wherever the bark touched the mouth when chewing it the mucous membrane became denuded (the inner surface of the lips and anterior portion of the gum), also the whole mouth was very painful (second day)

Small white blisters like ulcers within the corner of the mouth and on the right cheek, without pain

Heat in the mouth and throat

Highly acrid, creating in the mouth and fauces a burning sensation

Burning in the mouth, not exactly in the places where the bark (when chewed) touched the mouth, but more particularly in the pharynx, relieved or dissipated by inspiration, returning violently on expiration (after a few minutes)

Burning in the mouth, extending to the stomach

* Burning in the whole mouth, somewhat relieved by eating; frequently returning for a short time, in the afternoon (first day)

* The burning in the tongue extended over the whole mouth, especially over the hard palate, together with great dryness of the hard palate, especially of the posterior portion, and in the upper portion of the pharynx (soon)

Burning in the forepart of the mouth and on the tongue, with accumulation of saliva (soon)

* Burning of the lips and tongue, no longer like pepper, but as if quite sore, though the skin was still uninjured, at 5 p.m. (first day)/

Violent burning in the mouth/

Violent burning in the posterior portion of the palate and uvula, lasting two hours, until dinner (immediately)

The burning in the palate and throat was somewhat relieved after eating, except the persistent sensation as though the parts had been burnt with hot soup, which continued all the afternoon and even next morning; during the next day there was a sensation of rawness, roughness, and dryness, which continued very troublesome for several days, and was especially annoying, in the morning after waking

The biting burning extended over the lips, especially they became dry and swollen (after one hour),^k

Scraping, burning, peppery sensation on the palate and in the fauces (soon after the tincture)

Persistent peppery burning in the mouth soon after the tincture (second day)

Scraping and burning in the palate and fauces

Biting and burning in the mouth, with spitting of much watery saliva (from the bark, not from the flowers), (soon),®k

Biting on the lips and tongue, not immediately, but coming on gradually in about half an hour or an hour; it became a violent burning, like pepper, on the forepart of the tongue, and still more on the lips, internally and externally, wherever the tincture had touched

Prickling on the posterior portion of the palate and at the base of the tongue; this with a feeling of warmth gradually increased, with dryness of the tongue, that after a time amounted to a real heat and burning ; this sensation involved only the posterior portion of the palate and tongue ; the anterior portion remained normal; at first the sensation was thought to be the effect of the Alcohol, but the burning became so violent that it seemed as though he must have chewed several pepper-seeds; during the next hour 'he frequently endeavored to relieve this heat and burning by small quantities of water; as long as the water was held in the mouth there was a slight remission of the burning, but after the water was swallowed the burning returned as violent as ever; after another half hour, he took a cup of white coffee with relish ; after this, the symptoms became worse and more extended, and then the heat and burning involved the tip of the tongue, inside of the lips, cheeks, and gums; at the same time there was increased transpiration of the skin, especially of the face, without previous heat

Salira. Increased secretion of saliva (immediately)

Increased secretion of saliva, and subsequently an alkaline salty taste, with a metallic, offensive odor from the mouth

Increased salivation, with a sweetish taste,®k

Increased salivation, of a salty taste

Some accumulation of saliva

Accumulation of water (watery saliva) in the mouth

Much spitting of saliva and hawking of mucus; the mucus loosening easily (soon)

Much saliva constantly in the mouth, and constant spitting of water

Dryness of the mouth, especially the tongue, in the morning on waking (second day)

Taste. Taste somewhat tart, with roughness in the mouth

Catarrhal taste on the tongue

Nauseous taste posteriorly in the fauces, as if from hollow teeth, and a perception of an odor exactly similar to it, far back in the nose,". (?)f

Fiery taste in the mouth always after eating, for several days

Bitter taste in the mouth, and nausea, all day

Very bitter taste and accumulation of water in the mouth, which relieved the scraping burning

Flat sourish taste in the mouth, with natural taste to food

Sweetish-salty taste in the mouth, especially after becoming somewhat heated

Sourish-salty taste in the mouth

Peppery taste on the tongue

Taste diminished; tongue as if

•f Revised by Hering, 1. c. burnt (soon)

Taste almost completely lost; the usual cow’s milk has a smoky taste (second day)

Beer has a bitter taste/.

Tobacco tastes like straw

Spell, Speech difficult and less fluent than usual; at one time, as if the breath or saliva were wanting; at another, as if the tongue were too thick

Throat p. 342

Objective. Mucus in the throat for several days, making singing difficult; she could not utter a pure tone

Secretion of mucus posteriorly through the choanse, extending down into the air-passages, and causing hawking, with lachrymation (soon)

Easy hawking of granular transparent mucus

Subjective. ^Sensation as if the throat were full of mucus; she was frequently obliged to expectorate, but the sensation continued

Pains in the throat (third day)

Burning in thethroatf; (after a quarter of an hour)

Burning in the throat and pharynx

Burning pain from the throat to the stomach

Burning in the throat, with irritation to hacking cough in the larynx, like a dryness; anxious oppression of the breath, and loosening of scanty nmcus on coughing

Burning and scraping in the throat, tongue, and palate (immediately)

Cooling burning in throat under tongue, extending to stomach, as after peppermint drops

Constriction in the throat and stomach

Pressive pain in the throat on swallowing, as if the palate-bones were separated

Soreness and rawness posteriorly in the throat, even on inspiration ; though mostly felt on swallowing

Sore throat on swallowing, like a pressure from a plug

Pressive sore throat, worse when not swallowing

Scraping in the throat (second day); soon after tincture; after bread and butter, in evening (third day)

Scraping in the throat, palate, pharynx, and tongue, which increased for an hour, then continued for an hour and a half; associated with heat and a hot breath (after ten minutes)

Constant scraping and burning in the throat for two hours

Disagreeable scraping in the throat that at times provokescough, not relieved by hawking, and becoming worse after eating, lasting till about 9 p.m. (first day)

Fauces PhcivyuXf uud CEsoplinguK Disagreeable dryness in the fauces, and an irritation causing a dry, fatiguing cough

* Heat and scraping in the fauces

Burning in the fauces, as if he had swallowed pepper

Burning in the fauces, pharynx, and stomach, was relieved even by swallowing food; as were also the anxiety and sensation of diarrhoea

Burning and pain in the fauces, extending to the corners of the mouth and lips, where the epidermis desquamated

Long-continued burning in the fauces, after every dose

f;?light drawing and tickling in the fauces and pharynx posteriorly

Soreness and rawness in the fauces, and on the palate

A feeling of soreness in the fauces, on inhaling the open air

Scraping in the fauces (soon)

Scraping in the faitces with tenacious mucus, which he is obliged to loosen by hawking, with burning in the pharynx

Scraping in the fauces posteriorly, with accumulation of saliva in the mouth, and constant inclination to relieve the pepper-like burningscraping sensation by swallowing saliva (after half an hour)

Scraping and a burning sensation in the upper part of the fauces posteriorly, soon after a dose; disappearing after drinking milk and eating bacon

* Scraping and biting j)posteriorly m the fauces and pharynx, as in violent coryza, worse on empty swallowing

Constant scraping and burning in the fauces and warmth in the stomach (immediately)

* Rawness of the fauces (even after twenty-four hours)

Inflammation of the pharynx

After talking, the posterior portion of the pharynx feels very much affected

Burning pain in the pharynx, for several hours, aggravated by inspiration

* Comtaiit burning in the 'pharynx and oesophagus (immediately)

* Violent burning in the pharynx

A biting burning gradually extending from the pharynx over the whole mouth and outer margins of the lips; in the evening there was pain in the pharynx on swallowing, as if swollen or sore, or like a scraping; afterwards, severe sticking in the pharynx on empty swallowing; this condition became very violent and general; swallowing was very painful, es[)cially to the uvula and arches of the palate (first day)

Tensive pain on empty swallowing, as from a sore throat, on the left side of the pharynx

Constriction and tightness in the pharynx

Feeling of constriction in the pharynx, with crawling, not preventing eating

The. pharynx seems constricted ; morsels of food cause pressure on swallowing

Pressive pain in the pharynx, as soon as he swallows only a morsel, and sudden shuddering, seeming to start from the pit of the stomach, with nausea and shaking of the head and chest

Violent pressive pain posteriorly on the pharynx when not swallowing; at times only on one side

Rawness and burning pain in the pharynx, aggravated by expiration with open mouth (after a few minutes)

Burning, extending up the oesophagus (immediately)

Burning in the whole lining of the oesophagus and stomach ; with some individuals, this burning sensation continues only a few hours, while others feel it as long as two days

Burning in the oesophagus if he swallows water

Swallowing difficult; with a feeling as if a foreign body were sticking in the pharynx; for several days (after seven days)

E.KtePiial Tht'Odt. Swollen glands as large as one or two peas, somewhat painful to pressure on the margin of the ramus of the lower jaw, below the left ear, in the evening (first day)

Sticking pains in the submaxillary glands

Stomach p. 343

Appetite, Incessant hunger, with a sensation of emptiness in the stomach

Great hunger and appetite, *1100n and evening

Sensation of hunger in the stomach, with rumbling in the abdomen, at 6 A.M.; at noon and in the evening, the appetite was again diminished; in the morning he felt very sick at the stomach after eating, especially after fat food (third day)

Violent sensation of hunger recurring at intervals, with accumulation of water in the mouth (immediately)

Constant longing for food

Though without real appetite and hunger, yet constant desire to eat and take something into the stomach, whereby he has less pain

Unusual desire for bacon

Diminished appetite (first evening and second day)

Very little appetite; he is soon satisfied (seventh day)®

Remarkably little appetite, so that he ate very little (fifth day)

* Loss of appetite,*^; (.second day)

Loss of appetite, as from too much mucus in the throat

Neither hunger nor thirst

On eating, he does not relish the first morsels; meat is so repulsive to him that he will not eat it

Aversion to meat

Aversion to meat, though in other respects the appetite is undisturbed

Thirst. Increased thirst (soon\®

Increased thirst, though he was cool; in the forenoon (second day)

Increased thirst during the chilliness (second day)

Increased thirst for fresh water (first day)

Much thirst in the evening, with great dryness of the mouth, momentarily relieved by drinking

Thirst very urgent (after seven hours)

Excessive thirst (first to fourth day)

Extreme thirst

Asked feebly for cold water (after six hours)

Loss of thirst (immediately); next day, great desire to drink, without dryness of the mouth or really excessive thirst

Knictation (Iml Hiecouffh. AVuctatw/JS (after half an hour); immediately

Eructations from drinking cold water

Eructations, with uprisings of liquid, which, however, do not reach the mouth (first day)*®®.

Frequent eructations, without taste

Frequent eructations and ineffectual efforts to eructate, while the burning in the throat continued, only momentarily relieved by a swallow of cold water

Empty eructations (third day)

Empty eructations, with burning and anxious sweat,“.(?)t

Repeated empty eructations (first day)

Tasteless eructations

Frequent einpty and tasteless eructations

Eructations of gas and acrid fluid

Eructations in two paroxysms; first a shock having a hiccough-like forcing out of gas

Eructations tasting of the meat; sour and scraping (seventh day)

Many sour, rancid eructations after supper, with very distressing pressure in the stomach (third day)

Gulping, with a clean taste of the food and drink that had been taken

Violent, almost painful, hiccough lasting a few minutes (after two hours)*®.

Wttnsefl and Voniitimj. Nausea ^ ^ immediately,””’’; worse in house (fifth day)

Nausea and eructations (after a quarter of an hour)

Nausea, with empty eructations (seventeenth day)

Nausea, with pain in the stomach, as from overdistension

* Nausea in the throat (third day)

Feeling of nausea in the throat, like the first effect of an emetic (first day)

Increased nausea in the throat, as if it would amount to vomiting, followed by nausea and the sensation of intoxication ; increased while walking (first day)*®

Very disagreeable sensation of nausea in the throat, as if she would vomit, without disturbances in the stomach or mouth (taste perfectly normal); the nausea disappeared after eating (soon), (first day)

Frequent nausea in the afternoon

Slight nausea and pressure in the epigastric region

Qualmish nausea in the afternoon, disappearing on eating

Qualmish nausea, with shuddering and shivering over the whole body, and accumulation of water in the mouth, so that he could not sufficiently spit it out

Violent qualmish nausea while walking, with burning heat in the forehead

Nausea, amounting even to qualmishness (immediately)

Shuddering nausea (soon)

Qualmishness

He woke at night with qualmishness

Great qualmishness, with efforts to vomit, and rising of water from the stomach to the mouth ; relieved by motion

Excessive vomiting daily, for six weeks

Violent vomiting; (soon)

Frequent and violent vomiting

* Vomits beer (which has a bitter taste), but not water

The vomited matter is sour or bitter

Easy vomiting of green bitter mucus, with great confusion of the head, and throbbing pain in the right frontal eminence, lasting several hours

Bloody (fatal) vomiting,*’.§

Stomach. Inflammation of the stomach

Twitching of the muscles of the pit of the stomach, and transient jerks in its vicinity

A sensation of too long fasting; the stomach hangs down

A sensation in the stomach and lower portion of the pharynx after long fasting, though without longing for food ; after eating the sensation was immediately relieved, but returned after a few hours

Stomach easily disordered from eating a little too much, or from fat (fifth day)

Great feeling of satiety and indigestion, as if undigested food were lying in the stomach, after a light breakfast, with a very uneasy sensation over the whole abdomen, that at the same time makes him depressed and indifferent (second day)

Great pain in the stomach and chest after eating (second (day)

Warmth in the stomach (immediately)

Sensation of heat in the stomach, frequently/®.

* Burning in the sfomae/i,® “Burning and pressure in the pit of the stomach on pressing upon it

Burning and pressure in the stomach, extending transversely at intervals, aggravated by pressure,".;}

Fulness in the stomach, and pressure after eating (seventh

Stomach very much affected; much tensive and spasmodic pain, specially before eating, for several weeks

Pulling tensive pain in the pit of the stomach on inspiration, as if a portion of the diaphragm had become adherent

Contraction in the stomach

Pain in the stomach, as if the arteries were beating against the abdominal muscles as far up as the precordial region

Violent pains in the stomach and intestines, accompanied by a stinging-burning sensation in the skin, restlessness, loss of appetite, intense fever, and irregular actions of the tendons

Dull pain in the stomach, lasting a long time (immediately')

Pressure in the stomach

Pressure in the stomach, not aggravated by eating

Pressure in the stomach, as from fulness, after eating

Pressure in the stomach after eating, and long afterwards a sensation as of undigested food in the stomach

Pressure in the stomach after eating cooked fruit at noon (sixth day)

Pain in the stomach and chest; pressure and sticking in the stomach ; after dinner (first day)

Pressure iu the pit of the stomach ; (seventeenth day)

Pressure in the pit of the stomach, in the evening, aggravated by paroxysms

Pressure in tbe epigastric region; (after a quarter of an hour),"*; (third day)

Persistent pressure in the stomach

Very uncomfortable pressure in the stomach and abdomen (fourth day)

Dull pressure in the stomach for a long time at night

Dull pressure in the stomach, lasting two hours, with nausea, and much saliva in the mouth

Abdomen p. 345

HyfPOchoHdvid, Dull pain beneath the left ribs, as from incarcerated flatus, aggravated by pressure, followed by eructations that afford relief

* Dull pain in the region of the spleen, in the left side of the chest; very acute; momentarily aggravated by deep inspiration, at times over the whole of the region of the false ribs (after one hour)

* Stitches in the left side, in the region of the short ribs

JJnib ilicnl and Sides. Twisting griping in the umbilical region, disappearing on emission of flatus

Painful griping flatulence becomes incarcerated in both sides of the abdomen

Twisting pain about the umbilicus, with nausea and a sensation as if diarrhoea would come on, or like a faintness (after a few hours)

Dull stitches in the right flank, from within o upward, frequently repeated

Colic pain iu a small spot in the right side of the abdomen, as if a piece of intestine were incarcerated ; after dinner

General AbdofllOt. Distension of the abdomen

Distension of the abdomen, with griping and emission of much flatus

Painful distension of the abdomen, with short, anxious respiration, so that he was obliged to loosen the clothes; with eructations, rumbling in the abdomen, difficult loud emission of flatus, chilliness, shivering, and excessive yawning, in the evening (first day)

The vomiting and purging were soon succeeded by considerable tympanitic distension of the abdomen

Abdomen much sunken, so that one could reach far under the sternum, which seemed to stand out very prominently while lying down ; during the proving

Abdomen hard (after twenty-four hours)

Inflammation of the intestines

Flatulence

Great flatulence (first day)

* Loud flatulence in the abdomen, and loud emissions of it (first day)

Rumbling in the

f 11 added by Hering, I, c.

Revised by Hering, 1. c. abdomen during and after eating

Rumbling and noises in the abdomen, sometimes with more, sometimes with less flatulence

Audible rumbling in the abdomen, with a feeling of hunger or hiccough-like eructations (second day),''‘k

Loud rumbling in the abdomen, and loud emission of flatus without odor (first day'^k

Flatus constantly passes, brit in a short and interrupted manner

* Much short, very offensive flatus; especially before the stools

Emission of flatus, after violent colic pains in the small intestines

Frequent emission of flatus, always with a little soft stool (second day)

Emission of offensive flatus; he was once obliged to take care that no soft stool passed with it (second day)

Emission of very offensive flatus for several days after the proving

Feeling as if the intestines and stomach were empty, and swashed about on walking; in the morning, after sufficient breakfast

A sensation of diarrhoea, extending to the rectum, followed by creeping shivering over the whole body, and the sensation disappears

Heaviness in the abdomen, with anxiety

A simple pain in the abdomen

Pain in the abdomen, in order to relieve whi(*h he was obliged to rise and stretch

Chronic })ains in the abdomen,”, f

Burning and a sensation of heat in the abdomen (soon)

Feeling as if the whole abdomen were full of flatulence

Coliclike pains, as if the intestines were seized, one by one, and constricted

Compression in the abdomen, and a sensation as of a weight in it

Griping in the upper abdominal region

Griping and drawing in the abdomen, especially about the umbilicus

Griping colic, spasmodically increasing and decreasing at short intervals; a pressive-sticking pain low down in the lower abdomen, starting from the middle of the abdomen, at times extending into the left side, with hard tension of the abdomen, transiently relieved by the emission of flatus, with weakness of the body, especially of the lower extremities, with frequent paroxysms of aggravation, when it is intolerable

Pressure at night in the hard tense abdomen, aggravated by every position except lying on the back, with distress for breath, and rapid pulse

General pressure over the whole upper abdomen, with tension day and night

Painful pressure in the abdomen woke him at night after very vivid dreams, with an anxious sensation as if the abdomen would become rigid, hard, and adherent to the chest, though there is a moving about in it as of flatus that frees itself

Pressive pain in the abdomen with anxiety, so that he did not know what to do

Painful twisting in the abdomen before the accustomed stool; the stool was pasty and copious; afterwards colic continued, and pressure in the anus as if more would follow (first day)

Cutting and twisting in the abdomen

A pressive cutting in the abdomen,always toward evening

Tearingstitches in the right half of the upper abdomen, followed by pressure

Tearing pain in the abdomen

Colic for a month

Colic, in the morning, in bed, as from cold, wet weather

Colic, apparently after taking cold in the night under light covers, at last preceded by chilliness in the abdomen, with a very offensive evacuation, at first pasty, nodular, and brown, afterwards a thin trickling evacuation, with much dragging in the rectum (fourth day)

Violent colic; for two days

Pressive colic on walking in the open air after eating; followed by perspiration and anxiety, as if he were struggling with death; relieved by eructations

Cutting colic below the umbilical region, for several days

A sensation as if bubbles of air formed in the upper abdomen between the pit of the stomach and navel

Painful movings about in the abdomen, as if diarrhoea would occur

T1 ypoffaMvlnm ainl Iliac TkCffioilS, Pressive pain, extending towards the abdominal rinse, frequently

Sticking pain in the hypogastrium, extending to the ilium

Constant dull sticking in the left side of the lower abdomen, aortrravated b}’ pressure and by walking

Frequent dull stitches low down in the abdomen, especially just above the penis

Pressing asunder in the right inguinal ring on urinating; disappearing on bending up the knee, returning on becoming erect

Dull sticking pain in the right inguinal region, f)llowed by tearing

Violent stitches in the left side above the crest of the ilium, more towards the back, that take away the breath

Sudden pain in the left groin like a pressure upon a sore spot, worse on expiration and on bending over

Drawing pain in the inguinal glands

Heart and Pulse p. 347

Drawing pain in the rectum and anus

Stitches ill the rectum

After the stool, the anus is constricted around the protruded rectum, which is then incarcerated, sore, and painful to touch

Pain in the anus and anterior portion of the penis (sixth dav

Pinching in the anus and left side near the anus, in the lower extremities, and on the scrotum, in the evening (first day)

[710.'1 Sticking and drawing in the anus, extending upward (sixth day)

A stitch in the anus

biting sore pain in the anus on inking, and a horning in the rectum

Crawling in the anus, as from ascarides, before and after the stool (fourth day)

Itching in the anus

Itching in the anus, like a tenesmus (first to fourth day)

* J/(tc/i itching about the anus, several times during the day, and also in the evening before going to sleep ("fourth dav)

Acute tenesmus, tearing and drawing in the anus and perineum, and extending thence through the whole urethra

Stool p. 347

Diarrhoea. Frequent diarrhoea (fourth and fifth days^,®®^>.

* Constant diarrhoea, with intolerable pains in the abdomen

1720.] Excessive diarrhoea

Violent hypercatharsis (soon)

Diarrhoea-like stools, preceded by anxiety in the pit of the stomach

Almost uninterrupted pituitous stools, mixed with blood, and causing excruciating pains

Small, soft, frequent stools

Stools several times a day, though very scanty

Five thin stools, preceded by pain in the umbilical region, and by straining (second day)

Stool rather hard, in the morning, at short intervals, and only after sitting a long time; immediately after eating, other pasty evacuations at short intervals, and in the evening, repeated desire as in diarrhoea, and urging, that, however, repeatedly disappeared after the emission of flatus, but at last resulted in a small stool, that was first natural and then pasty, during the evacuation of which the urging was very much increased, after which it immediately ceased

Stool tenacious, daily, but scanty

Stool thin for the first two days, afterwards soft; at times several stools a day ; after about a month the stools became harder and more infrequent, sometimes omitting a day

Evacuation of stool easy (first day),®®.f

The evacuation of the bowels is very speedily accomplished, followed by a sensation of great relief

After urging, there is passed a copious pasty stool at short intervals in quick succession without any trouble, immediately followed by tenesmus in the anus, as in diarrhoea (after half an hour)

Stool copious, very brown, hard, somewhat nodular (fifth day)

Excessive urging to stool, a very scanty, soft evacuation, effected only with difficulty and much pressure, followed by a distressing sore sensation in the rectum, in the afternoon (after 5 drops of the tincture)

Stool very early in the morning, soft, brown, of a sour odor (second morning)

Stool for the first time in the evening before going to sleep, copious, soft, as if fermented and not completely digested, color brown, passing into grayish-yellow, of a very offensive, sourish odor (second day)

A second stool in the evening, before going to sleep, but unsatisfactory and hard (third day)

Stool (after thirty-three hours) copious, soft, very offensive, scarcely formed, less fermented than previously (fourth day)

Second stool in the evening, soft, dark, indeed grayish and black, with loud fermentation and rumbling movements in the abdomen during and after the stool (second day)

Stool very much fermented, neither soft nor quite consistent; in part dark, in part yellowish, with undigested portions, and with very offensive odor (third day),". Stool thick, pasty, smeary, preceded by sudden violent pressure, and followed by biting in the anus,".t

Stool scanty, very soft (second morning)

Stools scanty and clay-colored, being remarkably devoid of bile (after nine hours)

Stool very dark, nodular, though not very hard, with great pressure

Stool hard, slow, in the evening, accompanied by great pressure

Stool yellowish-brown, somewhat streaked with blood (fifth to sixth day)

Stool very unsatisfactory, with some bright blood

Discharge of much bright blood during and after the stool, without pain or straining

Discharge of thin bright blood during and after a stool

Evacuation of thin dark blood, with a thin stool, without pain or h:einorrhoids

* Small white shining grains in. the brown fceces

tion Constipation (a.fer eight days)

No stool (sixth day)

No stool (first and second days); stool for the first time in three days and a half, dark brown, nodular, evacuated with much pressure, but without much pain, in the evening (third day)

Urinary Organs p. 348

Kidneys and Bladder. Sticking in the kidney, and pain as if torn

A pinching sensation in the bladder

JJrethi a. Discharge of mucus from the urethra

Discharge of watery mucus from the urethra, on moving about

Discharge of tenacious transparent liquid from the orifice of the urethra before urinating, in the forenoon (ninth day)

(Blennorrhoea, with dark-red inflammation of the inner surface of the prepuce, with violent itching, without swelling, and ■with a sore sensation in the evening, and tearing and drawing in the glans penis), (after three weeks)

* Burning urine

Some biting burning in the forepart of the urethra, near the close of micturition (during stool), (fifth day)

Slight drawing in the urethra

Acute drawing and cutting-drawing pain in the forepart of the urethra, and neck of the bladder

while walking in the open air (third day)

Some cutting in the orifice

of the urethra

Pain (cutting) in the forepart of the urethra after mic-

Conditions p. 348

Violent cutting in the orifice of the urethra after urinating

Sticking in the orifice of the urethra and frequent desire to urinate

A constant sticking painful sensation in the urethra, in the evening

Sticking-crawling pain in the urethra, and emission of some fluid

Sore pain in the urethra, sometimes when touched, sometimes when urin-

Aggravation p. 348

Itching sore sensation in the urethra, aggravated by pressure

Slight itching in the urethra, while urinating

31ictnvition. Rose

to urinate towards morning (second night)

Woke with desire to urinate

very early, towards morning (first night)

Frequent desire to urinate. immediately after urinating

Urgent desire to urinate (third day)

Urgent desire to urinate, several times during the forenoon (second day)

Very urgent desire to urinate (fourth morning)

Very urgent desire to urinate after waking and rising, for several mornings (that had existed before taking the IVIezereum), disappeared during the proving

Frequent micturition

Frequent emission of much watery urine, in the forenoon (third day)

Emission of urine more indolent than usual, in the morning after rising (second day)

After urinating, a few drops of blood are passed f

Had not voided urine (sixth hour)

Urine. Urine dark

Urine somewhat red (seventeenth day)

Urine dark wineyellow, becoming turbid after au hour ; later, floating flocculi and a reddish sediment,”.t

Urine copious, pale

Profuse pale urine, even at night (third to eighth day)

Urine pale, evacuated only once or twice a day (usually six to eight times), (first to fourth day)

Secretion of urine scanty (second morning)

Urine scanty, in the morning, with increased thirst (third day)

Urine scanty, dark-colored, hot when passed, of a strong odor, in the morning (second day)

Urine much more scanty than usual, even after drinking much

Urine very scanty, with slight desire (second day)

Burning and red urine

* Urine hot, with a reddish sediment

Bloody urine

Sexual Organs p. 349

Alale. Swelling of the penis, with increased warmth (second day)

Frequent erections during the day

Persistent violent erections, with yawning and sleepiness, in the evening (first day)

(Transient pain in the forepart of the penis), (after half an hour)

Frequent acute pain in the glans penis

Burning in the region of the glans penis while urinating

Fine pricking stitches in the penis and tip of the glans penis,^

Tearing and jerking tearing in the glans penis

Jerklike tearing in the penis, with a wavelike pain above, in the right side of the abdomen

Sticking jerking on the back of the penis

Itching internally on the prepuce, in the evening (third day)

Very acute itching on the inner surface of the prepuce, after urinating (fourth day)

Itching in the glans penis

Testicles painful to pressure

Pressive-drawing pains in the spermatic cords, frequently

Painless swelling of the left side of the scrotum

A pressive stitch on the right side of the scrotum

Excessive sexual excitement after an emission, with crawling over the whole body, as from excessive lasciviousness (after three weeks)

Female. Mucous discharge from the vagina

Leucorrhoea like the white of an egg

* Menses too frequent and lasting too long

Respiratory Organs p. 349

Larynx and Trachea. The larynx seems too tight, on deep inspiration he hears and feels the air pass through the larynx ; in general, he is conscious that he has a larynx

In the larynx, a tickling as if with a feather, which causes coughing

Inflammation of the trachea, with violent burning pain between the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage, somewhat relieved by eating (sixth to ninth day)

Pain in the trachea, in the morning (seventh day)

Sensation as though the trachea were closed while breathing (second day)

Voice. Voice altered, trembling

Voice rough, husky (soon)

Hoarseness (fifth day),’; (eighth day)

Hoarseness as far down as the pit of the throat

* Hoarseness, with cough and rawness in the chest (seventh

■}■ Corrected by Hering, 1. c.

Heart and Pulse p. 349

Lippe. day)/

Cough and Expectoration. Nightly cough, especially after midnight,h

Sleep frequently interrupted by cough and colic (seventh day)

* When he has eaten anything, he must cough until he vomits

Cough after walking (fifth day)

Cough, with retching and scratching, or scraping in the pit of the throat, as if something sweet lay there which could not be coughed up

Moderate cough, between 6 and 7 A.M., at no other time

Violent uninterrupted cough for some hours, causing vomiting (after one hour)

Dry cough

Dry cough day and night, with emaciation and loss of strength, and tensive pains across the thorax

Dry cough, with retching amounting to vomiting, in the afternoon and towards evening

Dry cough, with scraping in the lower portion of the sternum, and sticking in the right frontal eminence

Cough caused by an irritation low down in the chest, and which does not abate until vomiting and discharge of watery saliva results

* Violent inclination to cough, in the evening in bed, and in the morning, lower down in the trachea than can be reached by the cough; hence its violence and the impossibility to loosen anything by coughing

Much dry cough, at night

Frequent short dry cough, caused by tickling in the larynx, both day and night; on one day the cough was especially distressing, during which the symptoms in the limbs were less noticed

Constant inclination to cough, preceded by rattling in the chest on breathing, and a sore pain on coughing anything loose (tenth day)

Cough, at first dry, with a feeling of soreness beneath the sternum, and a distressing headache; subsequently, profuse expectoration of mucus

Much expectoration of mucus (first day)

Some streaks of blood in the expectoration, in the morning (second day)

Expectoration somewhat bloody, in the morning (fourth day)

Bloody expectoration, in the afternoon and night, with moderate cough and restless sleep, with heavy frightful dreams

Hesjfiration, A kind of whistling in the nose on inspiration (immediately)

Respiration slow (after six days)

Inclination to take a deep breath (second day)

Respiration full, not free, not so easy as usual

Respiration short, difficult

Great irritation, and it was difficult to carry on respiration

Slow difficult respiration, with anxiety; is unable to inspire sufficient air, and thinks he must suffocate

Tightness of breath because the chest seems to be constricted from both sides

Wh ile talking, he easily loses his breath in the middle of his speech, and is obliged to begin again

While washing his hands, he filled his mouth with water and stooped forward; he then lost his breath, so that he was obliged to let the water run out of his mouth

Dyspnoea, for several hours

Paroxysmal dyspnoea, as if something heavy were lying upon the chest

Chest p. 350

The exhalation from the lungs is offensive,like bad cheese

A contraction of the diaphragm beneath the ribs, at times

The chest feels affected and weak, especially the left side of the forepart, whence the bloody expectoration usually seems to come (it only occurs from special cause, from drugs, taking cold, etc.); this is located in the region of the fourth and fifth ribs, about four inches from the sternum (fifth day)

Anxiety in the chest

Pain in the chest when coughing anything loose (ninth day)

Pain in the middle of the chest, extending up to the throat, on holding the head up (seventh day)

Pains in the pectoral and dorsal muscles of the right side, in the evening

Tightness of the chest, better while standing, often intolerable while sitting, relieved by becoming erect, better toward evening, worse again after supper (first day)

On inspiration, a sensation as if the chest and trachea were too tight, not aggravated by running or going up stairs

On deep inspiration, a feeling as if it was too tight in the region of the third and fourth ribs

The chest feels very tight on stooping and while sitting; he is obliged to loosen the clothes; respiration slow and short,”.t

Tensive pains across the thorax, with dry cough day and night, emaciation and loss of strength

Tension in the pectoral muscles, on stretching out the arms

Sensation as if the chest were constricted (second day)

Cramplike constrictive pain across the lower pectoral muscles, lower portion of the back, and upper arms, while walking in the open air

Pressive constrictive pain in the back part of the chest on becoming erect, very much aggravated by deep inspiration, and then extending through the whole lower portion of the chest; on bending forward, the pain is scarcely noticed, but appears like a kind of rheumatism on moving the arms, while bending far backward

Tensive pressure in various parts of the chest

Pain in the chest on stooping; a pressive pain in the middle of the chest (tenth day)

Pressive pain within the chest, a dull pressure in a small spot, at first towards the right, then towards the left side

Oppression of the chest (second day) ; with palpitation

Oppression in the chest, as from the heart, with long deep respiration (first day)

Oppression and anxiety in the chest, especially about the heart, with very deep and frequent respiration (second day)

Chest feels oppressed and constricted (second day)

Sticking pain in the chest, shooting to the right side after coughing (seventh day)

Sticking pains in tbe chest, commencing beneath the left breast and shooting through the breast out between the shoulders, occurring on or aggravated by inspiration and making respiration difficult (fifth day)

Sticking bone-pain in the clavicle

Violent sticking in the j)pectoral muscles on inspiration, while sitting, and also in the left side, beneath the short ribs, near the spine

Fine sticking pain in the chest

A stitch deep in the chest on laughing

Stitches in the chest on respiration (second day)

Violent stitches in the chest

Violent intermitting stitches in the chest, more toward the right side, that scarcely permit breathing

Acute tearing pain in the right clavicle and neighboring parts of the neck (second day)

Sore feeling in the chest (seventh day)

Rawness and scraping in the chest and throat, on coughing and breathing, it seems as though something would be loosened, but it is not; constant inclination to cough (sixth day)

Front, Sore burning on the bone of the sternum, in a small spot on the right side, near the pit of the stomach

A pressive burning behind the ensiform cartilage, recurring at intervals

Constricting and contracting pains transversely across the forepart of the chest, not very deeply seated, accompanied by and alternating with the same sensations across the back, in the region of the scapula} (soon after cutting the bark)

A cramplike pressure in a small spot on both sides of the sternum, while sitting, disappearing on walking

Pressive pain in the forepart of the left chest, in the region of the fourth rib, in the evening (first day)

Sharp pain in a small spot in the anterior wall of the chest and region of the heart (second day)

Tearing pain transversely across the forepart of the chest (after a few hours)

Sides, Pain in the sides of the chest on deep inspiration, as if the lungs were adherent and could not be freely distended

Jerking twitching in the right side of the chest, by the lower ribs, afterwards below, ou the lower portion of the right scapula, in the evening (fourth day)

Pressive pain in the left side of the chest

Sticking in the right side of the thorax

Sticking beneath the right axilla, between the ribs

Fine sticking pain in the right side of the chest, mostly on breathing (after nine days),k

Violent sticking pain in the right side of the region of the last ribs, especially on deep breathing, so that she held the hand over the spot for a long time

Stitches in the left side of the chest, below the clavicle, at rhythmical intervals, extending deep into the chest; soon followed by a dull aching, aggravated by every inspiration, and recurring several days (third day)

Dull stitch in the left side of the chest, back of the heart, apparently in the lung (first day),^k

Jerking in the left side of the chest, transient and painful like electric

Mdmmce. Sudden burning pain between the mammae

Pressure in the region of the left nipple,k

Constant stitches beneath the left breast (second day)

A sudden acute stitch from within outward, in the right mamma

Heart and Pulse p. 352

Prcecordiani. Cramps about the heart

Dull sticking pains in the precordial region, apparently in the intercostal muscles, with acute stitches when coughing and sneezing, most troublesome and most noticed in the evening on falling asleep, and in the morning after waking, lasting twelve to fourteen days (after two days)

A dull stitch beneath the praecordial region on deep breathing

Hearths Aetiou. Acceleration of the heart’s action (seventeenth day)

Irregular beating of the heart, afterwards repeated at night, on waking, while lying on the back

A peculiar rubbing sound in the precordial region, in the same spot where the pain had been noticed in the previous proving; the sound was distinctly heard by himself, less noticed while moving about, especially in the evening after lying down, and indeed while lying on the left side, and on taking a deep breath ; associated with a sensation as though the chest were too tight, and sufficient air could not be inspired ; this rubbing sound lasted two or three weeks, with an indescribable sensation of heaviness and of an impediment in the region of the heart

J*pulse. Pulse somewhat accelerated, in the forenoon (second day)

Unusually accelerated pulse, 90, in the evening (first day)

Pulse accelerated by 20 beats, towards evening, with increased warmth of the body and general excitement

Pulse more rapid after eating, and a feeling as if the heart were beating near the stomach on the left side, twitching of the eyelids, unusually distinct vision, with a sensation as if he were looking through concave glasses, and a kind of swimming before the eyes

Pulse frequent, irregular, hard, and cordlike

Feverish pulse

Pulse rather slow (third day)

* Pulse intermittent, full, tense, /mrd,'®.f

Pulse 44, very compressible, and occasionally intermitting (after six hours)

Pulse somewhat harder than usual, not accelerated

Pulse hard, though not accelerated (fifth day)

Neck and Back p. 352

Neeh. Stiff pain in the nape of the neck, and external cervical muscles *®.

* Stiff pain in the right side of the nape of the neck and throat, mostly on moO'o»,®.-^Rheumatic pain in the nape of the neck, throat, and occiput

Tearing on the left side of the neck, extending into the left ear and near the clavicle

Pack. Pains in the dorsal and lumbar muscles

Transient pain in the left side of the back

Tensive constrictive pain in the back, extending down to the small of the back

Sticking pain, extending from the left side of the back through the chest, on inspiration

Sudden sharp stitches near the spine, extending through the chest into the left costal cartilage, in the evening

Tearing in the left side of the back, in the morning

Tearing jerkings on the left side of the neck

Dull pulsating pain in the back, very near the middle spine

Doi'Sdl, Pain beneath the angle of the left scapula (third day)

Transient pains beneath the left shoulder, very acute, in the evening (second day)

Rheumatism in the left scapula and nape of the neck, aggravated by turning to the opposite side (sixth day)

Rheumatic pain in the right scapula, in the morning after rising (fourth day)

* Rheumatic pains in the muscles of the scapulae, like a tension, and as if swollen, making motion difficult (soon)

A tensive rheumatic pain on the right scapula (third day)

Boring pains in the dorsal vertebrae, while sitting

Frequent boring in the dorsal vertebrae

Drawing pains in the dorsal muscles

Drawing pain in the left scapula

Drawing pain beneath the left scapula (first day)

Drawing and pressive pains in the dorsal muscles

Frequent drawing in the dorsal muscles

Pressure on the scapulae

Pressure in the right scapula

Pressive pains in the dorsal muscles

Sticking pains in the scapula, especially in the afternoon, for several days

A burning stitch and violent muscular jerkings below the left scapula

Dull stitch in the back near the right scapula, impeding respiration, most felt on motion

Dull drawing stitches between the shoulders, extending downward, less on moving the part

Tearing on the right side of the scapula

Transient tearing pain in the tip of the left scapula

Lumbar. Pain in the small of the back, extending over all parts of the body (after forty-four hours)

Pain in the small of the back, wor.«e while walking than during rest

Pains in the right side of the small of the back

Drawing in the lumbar muscles

Frequent drawing pains in the lumbar muscles

Violent drawing pain near the left side of the small of the back

A pressivesticking pain in the outer portion of the right side of the lumbar vertebrae,, aggravated by motion

Tearing pains in the lumbar muscles

Cutting tearing very low down on both sides of the small of the back

Extremities in General p. 353

Objective Trembling of the extremities (seventh day)

Unsteadiness of the joints, as if they would give way

Weakness of the extremities

Great weakness of the extremities

Subjective. Heaviness in all the limbs, on motion

• Heaviness in the limbs; he dreads motion, and cannot make up his mind to anything

Heaviness and a bruised sensation in all the limbs, as in suppressed catarrh (after ninety-six hours)

Hands and feet constantly falling asleep (fifth day)

* Pains in the periosteum of the long bones, especially the tibiae, worse at night and in bed; at this time the least touch is intolerable

Boring and drawing pains in the toes, knees, forearms

Very frequent violent boring in the knees, tibiae, wrists, and behind the ears, while walking and sitting, lasting all day

Constant boring pains in the wrists, ankles, and right shoulder, worse during rest

Drawingboring pain in the arms, knees, cranial bones, bones of the feet and ankles,; especially above the ankle and above the wrist, returned an hour after a new dose

Drawing and a weary sensation in the joints, especially of the knees, ankles, and wrists

Drawing pain in the muscles of the limbs

Drawing pains in various places in the soft parts of the upper and lower extremities

Drawing in the flesh of the upper and lower extremities,, and in the fingers and toes

Drawing and pressive pains in various places in the limbs, especially in the bones of the feet, hands, fingers

Painful drawing in the shoulders and knees

Drawing in all the joints-,, as if they were dislocated (second day)/

Drawing and tearing in the long bones of both the upper and lower extremities, associated with chilliness, shivering, and great sensitiveness to external air, so that he was unable to go out of the house, in spite of a warm temperature

Paralytic drawing pains in various parts of the hands and lower extremities

Pressure in the wrists and ankles

Pressure and boring in the left upper arm, right thumb-joint, left ankle, and right temple, after waking in the morning

Tearing in the fingers and toes

Drawing-tearing pain below the right knee, towards the outer portion ; also in the metacarpal bone of the left thumb and in the last phalanx of the right fourth finger; also in the right wrist, at the articulation of the metacarpal bone of the index finger, as if it had been injured by being grasped (second day)

All the joints pain as if beaten or weary

Inferior Extremities p. 354

Shotildep. Painless cracking in the left shoulder-joint, with a paralyzed feeling in the upper arm, on raising the arm, and a tearing in the elbow-joint on bending it, in the evening bed

* Pain in the right shoulder-joint

Pain in the left shoulder, in the night

Constant pain in the right shoulder-joint, lasting a long time, alike during rest and motion, but sometimes worse while the joint is quiet

Paralytic pain in the right shoulder-joint, with pressive pain in the bones of the shoulder (immediately)

Pain in the shoulder-joint, as if the head of the humerus were too large for the capsule of the joint

Burning in the right acromion, in the afternoon (second day)

Dull pain and jerking in the shoulder, as if he had carried a heavy weight

Boring pains in the shoulders

Boring in the shoulders, in the morning in bed

Boring in the left shoulder

Boring pain in the right shoulder

Boring pain in the left shoulder and wrist-joint, while walking

Boring in the shoulder-joint

Violent boring pain in the left shoulder, worse during rest, relieved by moving the joint

Tension in the right shoulder, and drawing in the left

Pinching and boring on the lower side of the right shoulder-joint

Pressure in the shoulders

Violent, painful, paralytic pressure on the right shoulder (acromion), while sitting quietly in the evening ; he wished to let the arm hang down, though then the pain was aggravated by the weight of the arm

A pressive pain on the margin of the shoulder-joint

Burning-pressive pain on the right shoulder, afterwards also on the left, behind the acromion, in the evening (first day)

A sprained sensation in one spot on the top of the shoulder, at the point where the scapula unites with the clavicle, on moving the right arm (second day)

Constant burning stitches on the right shoulder

Tearing pains in the shoulders

Tearing pains in the left shoulder (third day)

Tearing in the right shoulder (third day)

Pain in the shoulder joint as if it coidd be torn asunder, with throbbing, burrowing, and tearing, in the evening, aggravated by motion

A sore sensation in the right axilla

Arm. Weakness and lassitude in the arms, when writing

Left arm feels completely out of joint, almost as if paralyzed (second day)

A weary pain in the arms, especially in the shoulder-joint

Dull pain in the lower portion of the upper arm

Drawing in the arms

Drawing in the upper arm

Paralytic pressive pain in the left upper arm, extending into the elbow-joint, aggravated by bending the arm outward

Sticking-pressive pain, from time to time, in the left humerus

Tearing pains in the arms

Tearing pains deep in both arms, as if in the bones

Tearing pains in the muscles of the left upper arm

Bruised feeling in the arm

Bruised pain in both upper arras and shoulders

Bruised pain in the upper arras when touched

The upper arm pains as from a blow, with heaviness and drawing downward iu the bones

Frequent jerking in the left upper arm, worse when touched

Tearing jerks iu the right arm and fingers

h-lhoiv. A tensive paralytic sensation in the elbow-joint on raising the arm, a sticking pain on straightening it out

Boring iu the left elbowjoint

Rheumatic drawing and tension iu the region of the right elbow

Pressive drawing iu the elbow, extending to the ^^angers

Violent and persistent pressure and drawing iu the right elbow-joint, worse while the joint is at rest, relieved for a moment by motion

Tearing iu the elbow and forearm

Tearing pains in the elbows

Tearing pains in the right elbow

Foveavin. Pains in the periosteum of the right radius, aggravated by pressure

Constrictive pain iu the muscles of the forearm, during and after walking in the open air

Drawing pains in the soft parts of the forearm

Violent and persistent drawing and pressure in the right forearm

Violent pressure in the lower portion of the left forearm

Tearing and sticking iu the left forearm and fingers, iu the morning

Violent tearing in the left ulna

Drawing tearing in the right forearm, close to the wrist

Drawing-tearing pain in the forearm about the left wrist (first day)

Pain as from a blow on the ulna, by the elbow (third day)

Wrist. Great weakness iu the wrists (first day)

Paralytic sensation in the right wrist, during rest and motion (first day)

Burning about both external condyles of the wrists, in different circumscribed spots, after working with the hands in cold water, lasting half a day (eighth day)

Pressive-burning pain in the bones of the left wrist, in the morning after rising

Boring iu the wrists

Boring pains in the wrists and fingers

Drawing pain in the wrists

Drawing pains in the wrists and fingers

Drawing pain iu the left wrist

Pressure iu the left wrist

Pressure and drawing in the right wrist and finger-joints

Paralytic pain as from dislocation, in the wrist and whole right arm, more iu the muscles, only on motion (immediately)

Tearing in the left wrist *®'’ *®.

Drawing-tearing pain iu the right wrist (first day)

Hand. The veins on the hands are distended., the skin soft and pliant, in the afternoon and evening

Swelling wf the hand, with crawling in it as if asleep

Swelling and heat of the hand and arm, with muscular jerks and prickings iu it

Swelling of the back of the hand, with bruised pain in the metacarpal bones and little finger

Trembling of the hands (third day),**; towards evening

Trembling of the right hand, with loss of power iu the tips of the fingers, so that she could hold nothing firmly (second and third days) ; violent trembling of the right hand, in the afternoon (fourth day)

Trembling of the left hand (second day)

Loss of power in the hand, so decided that she could do nothing with it; writing was the most difficult (fourth day)

The hands were quite dead on waking from the afternoon nap (fourth day)

Paralytic and pressive j)ain in the right metacarpal bones

Very violent boring in the palm of the left hand

Violent pressure in the whole hand, causing weakness, with a feeling as if it were swelling

Violent jerking stitches on the back of the hand, between the metacarpal bones of two fingers (first day)

Fine slow jerking stitches in the left hand

Tearing on the back of the left hand, and between the knuckles of the fingers

Dull wavelike tearing in the back of the left hand

Futf/ers Extraordinary paralysis of the flexors of the fingers (third to fifth day)

Paralytic pains in the bones of the thumb, extending from behind forward

Boring pains in the fingers and finger-joints

Tearing boring in the third phalanx of the right middle finger,h

Frequent drawing in the fingers

Frequent drawing in the fingers and shoulders

Pressure in the fingers

Sharp cutting, as with a sharp knife, in the flesh, on the anterior surface of the last phalanx of the right thumb, repeated several times, very acute, compelling me to look at it (first day)

Fine needle stitches in the tip of the thumb, especially noticed on taking hold of anything

Tearing pains in the fingers

Tearing in the left index finger, in the evening in bed

Tearing and biting burning on the inner margin of the left index and middle fingers

A sore pain beneath the nail of the right thumb, especially noticed on pressure

Painful jerking and grumbling in the bones of the fingers, at intervals

Inferior Extremities p. 356

Objective, Involuntary jerking of the whole right leg, towards the inner side, a pulling and twisting, at 3 p.m. (while sitting and writing), (first day)

The lower extremities became tired easily (first day),*l

Weariness and uneasiness in the lower extremities; was obliged to move them from place to place

Subjective. Uneasiness in the right lower extremity, so that he was constantly obliged to stretch it out and draw it up, in the evening, in bed (second day)

Pains in the lower extremity, with a feeling of coldness and falling asleep of it, in the evening (third day)

Pain in the bones of the thigh and legf

Rheumatic tension and drawing above the knees, and in the legs

Tearing pains in the thighs and tibiae

Hip, Boring in the hip-joints

Boring in the right hip-joint

Violent boring in the left trochanter

A feeling as if sprained in the right hip-joint, on the outer portion of the leg, in the region of the trochanter major, while walking

Tearing and tensive pressure above and in the right hip

Jerking 2)ain in the hip-joint, extending down to the knee *®.

Tb i(/h. Excessive weakness above the knees, especially on going upstairs, and also while walking upon a level (first day)

Boring in the thighs

Drawing in the upper portion of the femur and in the nates, with colic

Drawing in the muscles and skin of the thighs

Tearing in the right nates

Wavelike drawing pain, extending down the whole thigh, which leaves behind a painful weakness that impedes walking

Pressure in the muscles of the thighs

Pressure in the gluteal muscles, in the morning, in bed

Pressure in the muscles of the left thigh, extending into the knee

Sudden dxdl pain on attempting to walk, as after a sprain, below the right nates, and afterwards on every step, recurring for several days

Sticking and burning in the flesh of the thigh, frequently repeated

Sharp pressive pain externally above the left knee, disappearing on pressure, but immediately appearing on the inner malleolus

Tearing in the thin part of the right thigh

Tearing in the right, and drawing in the middle of the left, thigh

Tearing, with sticking in the upper portion of the right thigh ; and at the same time in the right half of the lower abdomen

Tearing pains above the right, afterwards above the left knee, while walking

Paralytic tearing in the thigh, very high up on the outer portion, while standing

Burning sore pain on the posterior portion of the right thigh, as from a fresh bruise

Long-lasting bruised pain on the inner side of the thigh, when walking rapidly

Dull jerking in the lower portion of the thigh and in the left patella, while standing

Muscular jerkings in the left thigh, as if bubbles of air were forming

Knee, There appears a movable, hardish swelling above the left knee

Cracking in the right knee while walking after sitting, in the evening (first day)

Stiffness in the tendons of the left popliteus,’l

Unusual weariness in the knees ; they are even painful (third day)/®.

^weakness of the knees/

After rising from bed was unable to use the right leg in walking, as if the knee-joint were too weak (perhaps also the hip), (third day)

Unusual weakness and weariness in the knees (third day)

Excessive weakness of the knees (second day)

Excessive weakness in the knees; especially while sitting, not while standing and walking (first day)

Pain below the left knee, while standing and walking ; in the evening (first day)

Rheumatic pain in the right knee on stepping, in the morning after rising; soon afterwards sticking pain in the right foot, back of the third and fourth toes; afterwards also in the left metatarsus (second morning)

Tension in the left knee-joint and thigh, as if he had walked too much

Boring in the knees/®.

Boring and pressure in the knees

Boring pains in the knees while sitting

Much boring in the knees

Violent drawing pains in the knees and legs while sitting, with a sensation of prostration and fatigue

Boring-drawing pains in the knees

Pressure in the knees

Very great pressure in the knees while sitting

Violent pressure in the knees during rest

fll70.] Pain as from a sprain in the left knee, especially in the inner side, in the evening (second day)

.Sprained sensation below the left patella, while walking, in the evening (first day)

Sudden sharp pain between the articular surfaces of the left knee-joint, so that it seemed as though he would fall down, on getting into a cold bath in the morning (third day)

Sudden dull stitch in the right knee that begins to ache in a short time

Tearing pain in the knee

Tearing pains in the left knee

Violent tearing in the right popliteus, extending up into the thigh

Pain in the right knee, in the outer and anterior portion, near the patella, as from a blow (first and second days)

Sudden acute pain in the knee, as after a blow, or as from a bruise

Very disagreeable pain in the hollow of the right knee, as if bruised and lame, every motion is painful, though it feels worse while sitting (second day)

Acute jerking in the left knee, while sitting

L€f/> Some swelling of the left leg, which was somewhat varicose

The lett lower leg, as far down as the malleolus, was always somewhat swollen in the evening for several days

The left leg became somewhat swollen from long standing, especially towards ev'^ening

Weariness in the legs; (seventh day)

Frequent falling asleep of the leg and foot (fourth day)

Drawing pains in the legs

Violent drawing in both legs while standing

Rheumatic drawing in the lower portion of the right leg, extending into the ankle

Tearing pains in the lower legs

Tearing in the leg, especially about the malleolus

Violent pain in the tibia, even wdiole walking

Burning in the left tibia

Pinching in the lower portion of the right tibia

Boring pains in the tibiae, especially in the left, even while walking

Boring in the left tibia on waking at night

Much boring in the tibiae, especially in the left

Violent boring pain in the tibiae

Pressive pain in the right

frequently recurring

Slow, jerking, needle-like stitches in the right tibia

Tearing pains in the left tibia

Frequent tearing pains in the tibiae

The tearing pains in the tibiae were the most acute and frequent of all the symptoms

Paralytic tearing in the lower portion of the tibia, in the evening, in bed

* Violent pain in the tibia, as if beaten, or as if the periosteum were torn off, after midnight, disturbing sleep, with chilliness penetrating the whole body, and constant violent thirst

A dull pain in the leg, as if the tibia were broken in the middle, on every step

Slow jerking in the lower portion of the left tibia

Dull jerking and painful drawing in the middle of the tibia,h

Transient sticking jerking in the upper part of the left tibia while sitting with the knee bent

Hard swelling of the calf, on walking in the open air, with burning pain,h

Burning in the left calf

Boring in the calves

Drawing in the calves

Drawings and muscular jerkings in the lower portion of the calf

Jerking drawing in the calf, very transient but very frequent (after one hour)

Tearing pains in the calves

Anhie. The ankle-joints are weak and painful, as if they would break, when stepping upon them to run

Paralytic weakness of the outer side of the ankle, while walking in the open air (first day)

Cramplike and dislocating pain around the left external malleolus

Boring pains in the ankles

Boring in the ankle-joints

Boring and pressure in the left ankle

Boring in the bones of the left ankle and toes

Violent boring in the ankles and bones of the feet, while walking

Violent boring in the malleoli of the ankles and bones of the feet

Violent boring above the ankle

Painful stretching and pulling beneath the left inner malleolus, extending into the sole

Twitching about the right external malleolus

Pressure above the ankle

Pressive pain about the left external malleolus, disappearing during rest

Tearing in the ankles

Bruised pain in the ankle during rest

Foot. Feet fall asleep (second day)

* Violent pain in the bones of the feet

Violent pain in the right metatarsus, as if in the bones, on attempting to stand, after a nap over his work from 10 to 11 P.M., from which he woke quite senseless; therewith the pulse was accelerated (first day)

A hot or burning pain, as from glowing coals, on the right foot, frequently and momentarily recurring

Boring in the bones of the feet

Pressure in the right foot

Pressure in the bones of the feet and toes

(Sticking and crawling in the feet)

Great pain in the right foot; violent sticking in it, especially in the toes, in the afternoon (fourth day)

Tearing in the right side of the left foot, extending towards the sole and heel,b

Fiery red inflammation of the knuckles of the left foot extends over the calf and instep, and hard tubercles form in the cellular tissue, which itch on the slightest touch, and violent burning pains ensue

Boring pains in the back of the foot

Tearing on the back of the right foot,b

Drawing pain in the sole of the right foot when stepping upon it (sixth day)

Burning like fire in the ball of the left foot, with stitches, more while standing than while walking (fourth day)

Boring in the sole of the right foot

Pressive pain in the process of the right os calcis

Tearing in both heels, and in the right tendo Achillis

Toes. When walking, the toes ache, as from hard, tight boots

Boring in the left toes

Drawing in the toes

Drawing and pressure in the left toes

Tearing drawing through the right great toe (soon)

Twitching in the knuckle of the right great toe, like muscular jerkings, or like the bursting of bubbles

Pain in the right great toe, like a dislocation (second day)

Pain as if sprained in the left great toe, while walking, with cold feet (second day)

Sticking in the tips of the left toes

Violent persistent sticking, as from a needle, in the tip of the left great toe

Stitches in the tip of the left great toe

Rhythmical burning

prickling stitches in the tip of the left great toe

Tearing pains in the toes

Tearing in the right toes

Tearing in the left middle toe

Tearing in the last phalanx of the left great toe, and in the right side of the left sole

Violent tearing in the ball of the left little toe, extending thence to the sole

Sore pain between the toes; the epidermis becomes whitish and shrivelled, like an empty vesicle (fourth day)

Pain like a bruise, sometimes a grumbling, in the tip of the left middle toe

The toes are painful even on walking a little, as from the pressure of hard boots

Painful nervous-like jerkings in the great toe, in the morning, in bed

Generalities p. 359

Ohjeetire. All the flesh seemed to soften and waste during the proving.

Emaciation and loss of strength, with tensive pains across the thorax, and dry cough day aud night

Activity and desire to work (second day)

Tremulous condition, as after too much wine (first day)

Irregular actions of the tendons

Stretching (first day)

Indolence

Indolent, phlegmatic and weary in the extremities; walking is not agreeable to him

Indolent, not inclined to do any work; likes to be completely inactive; is indifferent to everything; is obliged to force himself to take up his business (second day)

Great indolence and weakness after a deep sleep

Unusual indolence; every word is an effort (second day)

Very lazy; no desire to work; with constant yawning

Gradually became listless, languid, and drowsy, and exhibited other signs of approaching narcotism ; after six hours she was lying on her back, her countenance sunk and ghastly

Weariness (seventeenth day)

Great weariness (second day)

Great weariness, was obliged to sleep for an hour (fourth day)

Great weariness, with heaviness and dulness of head (ninth day)

Very weary, sick, and irritable (second day)

Very weary and unusually sick (soon)

So weary in the afternoon that she was obliged to lie down and sleep four hours; with agreeable dreams (with constant faceache, which frequently aroused, but never quite awoke her), (fourth day)

Extremely weary in the morning on rising, but not afterwards during the day (fifth day)

Extreme weariness aud anxiety (seventh day)

Overpowering weariness, without being able to sleep, in tbe evening (second day)

Unusual sinking of strength

Weakness, relieved after a short nap (second day)

Great weakness, as in faintness (after a few minutes)

Great weakness, with inclination to sleep (third day)

Great weakness while walking

Weakness, exhaustion

[ISOO'.] General exhaustion, with great inclination to sleep, at least to lie outstretched (second day)

Debilitated, low-spirited, and listless, to such an extent that she almost seemed imbecile

Very much worn out and pale all day, as though he had not slept enough

Restlessness

Unusual restlessness (seventh day)

Great restlessness and peevishness, with redness aud heat of the face and forehead

Subjective. Sensitiveness to cold air

Sensitiveness to cold water while washing, in the morning; aud also in the teeth, while drinking (second morning)

On washing, in the morning, the water seemed too cold (as after taking cold); he was also very averse to cold air, especially sensitive on the head, even noticed once while sitting in the house, as if cold air were blowing on his head (second day')

Great desire for walking in the open air (soon), and soon after dread of the open air

Awhile walking, he is inclined to go with the upper part of the body bent forward, to hurry and to sing, though everything is performed with difiiculty and constraint,”.t

Inclination to stretch,”. Unusual desire for rest, in the afternoon (second day)

Inclined to be indolent (second day)

Falls asleep late, and after a short nap wakes shortly before midnight, with a sensation as of diminished sensibility of all the extremities, even of the penis and abdomen

Feeling of great lightness of the 6oc/^,h

Uncomfortable feeling in the whole body, with yawning and stretching, pain in the abdomen and eructations

General uncomfortable feeling; better towards noon (seventh day)

General sick feeling (second day),®b

General indescribable sick feeling; on going into a close room this amounted almost to nausea, which disappeared on going into the open air (first day),^b

Very sick and weary (second day)

Pains in the tibiae and other parts of the body, even while walking

The parts affected feel, on being touched, as if swollen, which js not the case

Violent boring in the ankles, especially in the left, and in the left side of the forehead

Transient drawing or jerking here and there, after which a constant aching remains

Drawing pain through the whole left side of the body, with a sensation of falling asleep, especially acute in the hand and foot

Wandering-drawing pains in the lumbar region and occiput, also in the shoulders, in the flesh of the thighs, and in various parts of the head

General oppression, without seated pain (third day)

Stitches in various parts of the body, especially in the left chest, in the evening (third day)

Momentary stitches over the whole body (fourth day)

Slight stitches in various parts of the body side, shoulder, arm, fingers ; soon disappearing (first day)

* Hot jerking stitches in various parts of the body

Tearing pains in different parts of the body, while sitting

Crawling and some stitches in various parts of the body (second day)

Incessant shifting of the pains, which, however, are much inclined to return to the original spot

In general, the left half of the body seems more affected than the right

(The effects of wine seem to be increased by Mezereum)

Symptoms not affected by rest or motion

Wine and coffee do not seem to affect the action of the drug

Skin p. 360

Objective. Roughness of the skin, with here and there desquamation

The epidermis peeled off',®

Desquamation of the skin of the whole body

* The usual liver spots on the chest and arms became very dark, with much desquamation7i (fifth day)

Great suggillation on the back of the right hand, above the index finger, without cause from pressure or blow ; it is an irregular spot, about an inch in diameter, lightcolored, without any pain ; together with violent itching on this hard but not on the suggillated place, especially on the wrist, so that he was obliged to rub it until it was sore (second morning)

A fresh wound (on the knee) becomes inflamed, burns very much, with sharp stitches from time to time extending into the leg

The habitual “liver spots seemed to desquamate more than usual (second day)

l£vU]>tions JOvy, Blotches break out over the whole body

Itching eruption over the whole body, like fleabites, disappearing after three days, remaining for a long time only on the head, and becoming scurfy

* Red itching rash eruption on the arms, head, and over the whole body, partly isolated, partly in spots; very distress! ng,®®.f

* Eruption on both lips, outside of the red, with violent fluent coryza.

Eruption of red spots on the chest, like fleabites, with violent burning and inclination to scratch ; the burning remains for several days after the disappearance of the spots

Brownish rash on the chest, arms, and thighs (fifth day)

* Violently itching rash on the nape of the neekf

Violent itching rash on the nape of the neck, back, and thighs, always worse and gnawing after scratching, and sticking as from needles

Elevations as large as peas on the skin of the right forearm, with violent itching, becoming hard after scratching

Small elevations on the skin, preceded by itching, about the scapulae and on the right nates, with biting pain when touched, soon opening on rubbing, and discharging some blood (third day)

A few pimples on the chest (second day),^k

Some elevated pimples on the lower extremities, with sticking pain when touched (after one hour)

Small red pimples on the forehead, that only at times itch, but are not painful

A smooth red pimple on the right side of the neck, painfully sore to touch, becoming flat under the skin after a few days, and so remaining for several weeks

Eruptions, 3Ioist. *The skin of the face is of a deep inflammatory redness, and the eruption is “fat and moist (impetigo)

Heat blisters on the ball of the right hand, lasting several days

Vesicles full of clear serum on the back of the nose; the skin beneath the ruptured vesicle was inflamed, followed by the formation of a brown scab

Burning vesicles, surrounded by a red areola, on the s^ides of the fingers, rather in the skin than elevated above it; they dry up and either leave a bright-red spot, or the epidermis desquamates in round scales

Vesicles appear around the ulcers, itching violently and burning like Are; after eight days these vesicles dry up, leaving scabs, the tearing off of which causes great pain and retards the healing

Erujttions, Pushilar. Eruption of red pustules on the outer portion of the arms and lower extremities, with tickling burning, only on undressing

A small pustule on the lower portion of the left side of the chin, in the beard (second day)

Small painless pustules, like millet seeds, on the forehead, at the margin of the scalp

Burning, red, rashlike pustules on the thighs

The ichor from the scratched face excoriates other parts

* The whole skin is covered with elevated white scabs

Eruption pale red, itching after scratching; the scabs are adherent and depressed in the centre

* The child scratches the face continually; it becomes covered with blood; in the night the child scratches its face so that the bed is covered with blood in the morning; and the face is covered with a scab which the child keeps constantly tearing off anew, and on the spots thus left raw, large (“fat”) pustules form

Between the glutei, four large scabs, surrounded by dark redness, and on hardened bases

Posterior surfaces of both wrists, in the region of the radius, have been scratched sore, with violent itching, and there form small, dry, very superficial dark-brown scabs, scarcely a line in diameter; the itching has ceased (fifth day)

* A honey-like scab around the moxdh

Small comedones were easily scratched out of the nose and cheeks, but others formed in their places

Boils on the face

A boil on the left arm

Cutaneous ulcers form over the boxiy protuberances

* [^Ulcers on the upper lip, extending to the nose],*®.f

Eruption on the wrists, which appeared after violent itching, healed after about three weeks ; while scratching there were no distinct pimples; after scratching there formed several small superficial dark-brown scabs, a line in diameter; these at last became quite white and scaly, and seemed conical; the ulcers when healed had a brownish color, as large as the scab, surrounded by a brownish areola

A pimple on the left lower portion of the chin became a small ulcer, with a thin oily discharge and very painful (fifth day)

* Ulcers covered with thick, whitish-yellow scabs, under which thick yellow pus collects

Papular, ulcerating eruption (on the finger-joints), itching mostly in the evening

Around the ulcers, fiery-red areola, shining like a mirror

Linen or charpie sticks to the ulcers; when it is torn away

Face p. 361

Hughes. they bleed/

Subjective. A slight cut pains excessively for a long time (fourth day)/h

Burning in the skin in different parts, especially the nape of the neck

In the ulcers, burning pain, in the evening, in bed,^®

Stinging-burning sensation in the skin

Drawing-sticking pain in the margin of an ulcer

Stitches, especially in the evening, in a previously existing ulcer

Fine, at times itching, stitches here and there in the skin, especially in the evening, in bed

Burning-stinging sensation, as from the stings of insects, in various parts of the body (first day)

Violent gnawing and throbbing in a bruised wound

Throbbing around the ulcer, and, encircling it, a bright-red areola, with burning pain

• Itching over the whole body, very obstinate, lasting several days

Itching on several parts of the body, especially the scrotum and margins of the nostrils ; in the evening (third day\®

Itching, ns from vermin, on the head and over the whole body, after scratching, soon recurring in another place

• Itching as from fleas, mostly in small spots, after some time disappearing, and appearing in other places, especially in the evening, less during the day, scarcely at all at night

Itching and burning here and there, with increased warmth of the body, in the evening

Itching, with redness, about an ulcer

Itching and pain about an ulcer on the slightest touch

Oft-recurring severe itching, compelling to scratch, now here, now there, on almost all parts of the body, and very soon after taking the drug; especially on the scalp above the forehead, in one or the other eyebrow, also under the eye; and especially a persistent, oft-recurring itching on the external ear, and in the left concha. The itching often extended over the whole body ; I felt it simultaneously on back, abdomen, and scalp, impelling to scratch, and relieved by scratching. I could perceive no difference in the time of day. At times it was a burning itching, or a tickling, as from insects, on the chin, the shoulder, the clavicle, the right thorax, along the lower ribs, and the back; also, the thumb and right middle finger. The later the itching began, the greater the inclination to scratch

Extremely distressing itching of a wound, even after it is closed

Extremely violent itching in almost every part of the skin, now in the throat, now on the chest, extremities, obliging scratching, after which it changes to another part, especially towards evening, for several weeks

Intolerable itching over the whole body, which did not allow him an hour’s sleep; the itching increased every hour

Sensation of a cobweb, or a draft of cool air, in the beard on the left side of the face (third day)

Burning in the skin of the forehead

Burning in the skin of the right temple, extending to the right cheek

Burning in the skin of the cheek

Burning in the skin of the right cheek

Burning in the skin on the inner surface of the upper arm

Burning in the skin in various parts of the leg

Burning of the skin of the nates

Burning in the skin on the inner side of the right thigh, and on the scrotum, with slight itching

Burning in the skin of the right tibia

Burning in the skin of the left calf

Burning and sticking in the skin of the inner side of the left upper arm

Burning and sticking in the skin of the axilla

Violent burning in the skin of the left cheek, as from a hot substance

Violent and persistent burning in the skin of the right cheek, as if something hot were applied to it

Violent persistent burning in the skin of the right cheek, and in the tip and septum of the nose

Constant violent burning in the skin of the nose, above the tip and towards the wings

Sticking in the skin of the left side of the forehead

Sticking pain in a scar on the tip of the right middle finger, in which nothing had been felt for two year?,®®.

Frequent sticking and burning in the skin of the right cheek, and on the back of the nose, where it was associated with boring

Sticking, as with a needle, in several places in the skin of the palm of the left hand and tips of the fingers

Violent stitching and burning itching on the outer aspect of the right shoulder, as if in the flesh, as though an eruption would appear there,^h

Burning stitches in the skin, now in the arm, now in the lower extremity (first day)

Prickling and biting in the axilla, recurring violently after scratching

Constant burning prickling on the left scapula and shoulder

Crawling in the foot,h

Sensation ot formication in the great toes, recurring every night, and disturbing sleep; once also a similar sensation in the fingers, as if starting from the surface of the bones, lasting eight days

Itching in the eyebrows

Itching in the beard, on the left side (first day)

Itching on the small of the back, chest, throat, and neck, with sore pain and soreness after scratching

Itching and burning in the arms and legs, and on scratching, violent stickings as with needles

Itching on the backs of the hands, especially on the right, so that he was obliged to scratch until it was sore (first day)

Itching in the hollow of the right knee

Itching on the inner side of the right calf, so that he must scratch it, after which it smarts

Itching on the inner side of the calf, not relieved by scratching, and not ceasing until it is scratched bloody, followed by burning; after twelve hours swelling of the calf, and a bloody scab on the spot that had been scratched, beneath which was yellowish matter, and bruised pain

Violent itching on the margin of the left side of the lower lip (soon)

Violent itching posteriorly on the margin of the lower jaw (fifth and following days)

Violent itching on the legs, so that he was obliged to scratch, in the evening, on going to bed ; it became very painful in an unusual manner, and continued so the next day (first day)

Woke at night with violent itching of the legs; after scratching, the parts were very painful (second night)

Very violent itching in the hollows of the knees and vicinity, so that I rubbed until it was sore, in the evening, before going to sleep), indeed before undressing (third day)

Constant acute itching behind the ears; after much scratching small pimples appear that are scratched sore and painful; lasting several weeks

Burning itching and tension on the posterior surface of the lobule of the left ear; on scratching, the epidermis desquamates in scales half an inch in diameter

Burning itching appeared on the nape of the neck, and on the calves

Sexual Organs p. 363

S7eex)iiicss, Yawning,"’’; (second morning)

Yawning and stretching, in the forenoon (second day)

Great yawning and stretching (immediately)

Excessive yawning and stretching of the limbs (third day)

Sleepiness (after a quarter of an hour)

Sleepiness during the day

Sleepiness, while sitting and reading

Sleepy very earl}"^ in the evening ; while at work, the eyes involuntarily closed, and the lower extremities involuntarily jerked, at least the right leg, in the evening (first day)

Unusually sleepy, with dulness of the head, in the evening (first day)

Very sleepy after supper (third day)

Very sleepy, so that he fell asleep, in the evening (first day)

Very sleepy, fell asleep while reading, in the evening

Very sleepy, with much yawning, could scarcely keep his painful eyes open, in the evening (first day)

* Irresistible sleepiness

Irresistible sleepiness

Respiratory Organs p. 363

Lippe. five hours before the usual time

Irresistible sleepiness after dinner, with very painful pressure in the eyes; the conjunctiva of the lids especially is very much inflamed

Necessity to sleep (seventeenth day)

Sleep more prolonged than usual (second \\\g\\i)

Sleeplessness, Difficulty ill falling asleep, in the evening, without special symptoms; at night, he slept longer than usual (third night)

Difsculty in falling asleep, on going to bed at night; he woke several times during the night with pains in the bones, especially in the left wrist and knees (first night)

Difficulty in falling asleep, in the evening ; he only slept and became warm after midnight or towards morning ; previous to this he was constantly waking on account of great flow of ideas, and was always chilly; towards morning he became naturally warm, without sweat or heat (first night)

He could not fall asleep before 3 a.m., on account of great wakefulness

Sleep restless, unrefreshing

Sleep restless, full of dreams

Sleep restless, disturbed by confused dreams

Sleep very restless, and disturbed by anxious dreams (second night)

Night disturbed by frequent waking and pain in the face (fourth day)

Frequent waking at night, with violent erections and sexual excitement

Woke at 2 a.m., an unusual time, fell asleep again and woke at 5 a.m., with an emission, scanty and thin (second day)

Frequent waking after midnight till towards morning; he then lay upon the back with open mouth, dry tongue, tensive pain and heaviness in the occiput

Woke at 3 a.m., with a feeling of great heaviness in all the limbs and head ; was unable to fall asleep for • a long time, and then was tormented by anxious dreams

He woke at 2 A.M., after vivid dreams, and could not fall asleep again for a long time, on account of excessive irritability

Frequent starting up in sleep

Rose early in the morning, satisfied with a little sleep (second day)

'earns. Sleep dreamy, restless, disturbed by formication in the fingers

Sleep full of dreams

Many unremembered dreams (second night)

Unremembered dreams

Numerous vivid and unremembered dreams (first night)

Very vivid unremembered dream (first night)

Many very clearly remembered dreams, towards morning,**.t

Vivid dream, with starting up as if he were falling from a height

Very vivid dreams, before midnight, anxious ; after midnight, ludicrous

Woke at night from a very vivid dream ; could with difficulty collect his thoughts and find that he had only been dreaming, afterwards he fell asleep (sixth night)

Voluptuous dream, and a sensation as if he had had an emission

Many dreams of the most varied character; he was journeying but did not know where he was; could not recollect the names of the places where he was or wished to go; the character of the dreams was especially uneasy, with complete confusion of ideas (first night)

Frightful dreams

Dream that his back was covered with warts and excrescences

Nightmare after midnight, and after waking falling asleep of the limbs, and powerlessness of the hands

Fever p. 364

Chilli ness. Chilliness (second day) ; (first evening); especially toward evening

Chilliness and shivering, towards evening

Chilliness, in the forenoon, with cold hands and feet, and somewhat accelerated pulse; the skin, at least of the hands, seemed dead and shrivelled, as if they had been in the cold a long time, and as if they would desquamate (second day)

Chilliness out of bed; heat in bed

Chilliness, on motion

Chilliness and coldness over the whole body, with aeth-

-j- Revised by Hering, 1. c. matie constriction and oppression of the chest, before and behind,h

Chilliness in a warm room, with sleepiness

Cold hands, with chilliness all over, without shivering, with dryness of the mouth posteriorly, and accumulation of saliva anteriorly, without desire for drinks, lasting two hours

Chilliness, as if she were repeatedly dashed with cold water, especially over the arms, abdomen, hips, and feet, with yawning, lachrymation, and perfect warmth of the face and hands

* Constant chilliness

* Great chilliness over the whole body

Great chilliness, with very cold hands, at 9 a.m.,®

Great chilliness, in the morning (second day)

Very chilly all day, fretful and uncomfortable, sick and suffering, as before a severe illness; therewith some appetite, though discomfort after the slightest food, only tolerable in the open air

Internal chilliness

Before and after the stool shivering chilliness, prostration, and great sensitiveness to the cold open air

Shaking chill

Shaking chill, could not get warm all day (fourth day)

Constant shaking chill (fourth day)

Febrile chill, with thirst for cold water

He became cold in the night, although he went to bed warm in the evening, was cold also in the morning and during the day (third day)

Quite cold externally for thirty-six hours, with great thirst, without longing for warmth, without dreading the open air, and without subsequent heat

Shivering, in the evening

Shivering over the whole body, after the stool

Occasional shiverings, transient, but frequently returning (second day)

Frequent shivering over the whole body, and also in different parts, down the left leg, in the evening (third day)

Frequent shivering over the whole body, with gooseflesh and icy-cold hands and feet, in a warm room

Constant shivering, in the forenoon (third day)

Very disagreeable sensation of shivering (third day)

Creeping shivering over the whole body, with yawning and great warmth of the body, in a very warm room

Shuddering of the whole body, while awake and asleep

Violent shuddering of the body during sleep, so that he even bit his tongue

Chilliness over the abdomen and arms, with dilated pupils (after thirty-five hours)

Chilliness over the back, with cold hands, at 8.30 a.m.

Chilliness and coldness in the arms and legs

An unusual chilliness in the hollow of the left knee, in the afternoon (second day)

Much chilliness in the back

Forehead cool, moist (third day)

Extremities cold

Coldness of the arms and legs, without a feeling of chilliness

Hands and feet cold, like those of a dead person

Cold hands, at 4.30 p.m.

Sensation of coldness and perspiration on the legs, followed by heat all over, mostly in the head

Cold feet, that, however, became warm in bed

Coldness of the whole foot; the foot frequently falls asleep, in the afternoon (second day)

Hands extremely cold (first day); both hands cold (second day) ; hands very cold, for some time (third day)

Cold creepings on both sides of the upper arms, over the back and teet, with yawning

Shivering over the back and arms

Shivering and shuddering in the back, chest, and upper abdomen

The right hand becomes cold while writing, the left warm, in a warm room (second day)

Hcdt, Increased warmth over the whole body

Increased warmth of the body towards evening; was less sensitive to cold air (first day)

Feels too warm, in the evening, with creepings of cold shivers, especially in the back and down the lower extremities, in the evening (first day)

General intolerable heat, with breaking out of sweat (first evening)

Intense fever

Violent hot fever

Typhoid fever, which lasted twelve weeks (after a few weeks) ; she remained quite feeble, and finally died with hectic fever

Increased warmth and pulsation in the right shoulder

Unusual warmth of the hands, with coldness of the feet and legs as far as the knees, and accelerated pulse (third day),^h

The face was hot and sweaty, in the house in the evening

Great heat and warmth through the whole hand and arm, even perceptible to touch

Siveflt. Increased transpiration of the skin (seventeenth day)

Perspiration (second night)

Some perspiration, towards morning tfirst night)

Excessive perspiration (first night)

Skin dripping with cold perspiration

Cold moist feet, while sitting in a warm room

Conditions p. 366

Aggravation.

(Morning), After waking, rawness, etc., in palate, etc.; between 6 and 7 oclock, cough; in bed, boring in shoulders; after rising, pain in bones of wrist; in bed, pressure in gluteal muscles; chilliness.

(Afternoon). Nausea; towards evening, cutting in abdomen; sticking in scapulae; itching; towards evening, chilliness.

■ (Erenmy), General feeling,”; burning in lip; pains in lip; toothache in back teeth; in bed, cracking in shoulder-joint; in bed, tearing in tibia; in bed, burning in ulcers; in bed, stitches in skin; itching; shivering; warmth.

(Night), Pressure in abdomen ; especially after midnight, cough; in bed, pain in long bones; pain in shoulder ; formication in great toes; perspiration.

(Walking in open air). Pain across pectoral muscles, etc.; pain in muscles of forearm.

(After eating). Fiery taste; scraping in throat; cough.

(In house), V‘A\n in occiput; nausea.

(3Lotion), Pain in nape of neck; pain in lumbar vertebrae; pain in shoulder-joint; pain in wrist, etc.; chilliness.

(Rest), The pains,boring in wrists, etc.; boring in shoulder; pressure, etc., in elbow-joint; pressure in knees; pain about malleolus; pain in ankle.

(Sitting), Tightness of chest; weakness in knees; pain in hollow of knee; jerking in knee; tearing in different parts.

(After sleep), Fretfulness.

(After supper). Tightness of chest.

(After waking). Pains always experienced

(Walking), Pain in parietal bone; nausea in throat, etc.; cough ; pain in small of back; boring in shoulder, etc.

( Warm room), Pressive headache.

Amelioration p. 366

(Afternoon), Towards evening, tightness of chest.

(Night), No pains

( Walking in cool open air). General feelings

(In bed). Pains less frequent

(Eating), Burning in mouth ; nausea in throat; pain in larynx.

(Motion), Pressure in temple ; qualmishness.

(Standing), Tightness of chest.

( Work), Dulness of head.

Footnotes

† These symptoms, by Bering, are revised and supplemented in Vjs. fr. Horn., 8, p. 43. J This prover is subject to frequent attacks of great weakness, with facial neuralgia.

† Is subject to chronic inflammation of the conjunctiva, with photophobia and pains on exerting the eyes. II Is subject to rush of blood to head and chest, with cold hands and feet, and chilliness; frequent stitches in chest below heart, and loss of breath on walking rapidly ; menstruates every four to five weeks, preceded by colic; inclined to constipation.

† Corrected by Hering, 1. c. I Authority corrected by Dr. H(fring. See Horn. Vjschft., 8, p. 43.

† The editor states that this headache still continued after two months, and at times was so extremely violent that he thought inflammation of the brain would ensue, and that he would require medical aid; the headache seemed to have a remittent type.

† Revised by Bering, 1. e.

† Revised by Bering. 1. c.

† Interrogation mark inserted by Bering, 1. c. j A frequent effect. — Hughes.

† The original is “ purpurea evomit animal.”—Hughes.

† Add “ with burning in the throat and diarrhoea.”—Hughes.

† For a long time the evacuations had been difficult, with an almost constant painful sensation in the rectum, which was very similar to tenesmus.

† Revised by Hering, 1. c.

† Revised by hering, 1. c.

† Not found.—Hughes,

† Revised by Hering, 1. c.

† Omit “ and obstinate,”—Hughes.

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