Platinum

An element.

Preparation, Trituration of the metal precipitated on a steel rod, from a solution in Aqua regia.

Authorities. Hahnemann’s Chr. Krn.; 1, Hahnemann ; 2, Gross; 3, Dr. Musits, proving on a woman in perfect health, with one dose of the 200th dil. (MSS. to editor.)

Mind

Illusions of fantasy on entering the house, after walking an hour, as if everything about her were very small, and ail persons physically and mentally inferior, but she herself physically large and superior; the room seemed gloomy and unpleasant, with apprehensive, sad, fretful mood, whirling vertigo, and discontent with the surroundings of which she was usually fond; everything always disappears in the open-air sunshine

* Ji5 seems to her as if she does not belong in her own family; after a short absence everything seems entirely changed

She could not think what was the matter with her

* She thinks she is left wholly to herself, and stands alone in the world

At first very lively for two days, everything seems joyous, she eoxdd laugh at the saddest thing, then on the third day great sadness, in the morning and evening, xvith weeping even at joyous and laughable things, also if she is spoken tot

* Very lively mood, so that she could have danced, half an hour after weeping

Involuntary inclination to whistle and sing/.

Sensation of increased vigor, mental quiet, and inclination to think

Very earnest and taciturn the first day, on the next day she made jokes and laughed at everything

Arrogant, proud feeling

Contemptuous, pitiful looking down upon people usually venerated, with a kind of casting them off, in paroxysms, against her will

Reserved, cold, absent-minded in the company of friends, in the open air ; she only answers, when spoken to, in a semi-conscious way ; only after having answered does she reflect whether the answer was suitable ; she is constantly absentminded, without knowing where her thoughts are,l

Silence, with involuntary xveeping, even after the most friendly conversation, so that she was very much vexed with herself

* Weeping, sad mood, especially in the evening f

* Weeping mood and sadness, worse in the house, better in the open air

Repeated crying spells, with sticky tears

Weeping and laughing ; yawning, again weeping, aversion to everything

* Weeping mood, and crying after being mildly reproached

* Very lachrymose and fretful; she often weptinvoluntaxily,\ich relieved her

* Very lachrymose, and much too easily disturbed by slight causes,h

Sad and fretful the first morning, on the next indescribably happy, especially in the open air, so that she would embrace anything, and laugh at the saddest things

* Very restless disposition, so that she could not remain anywhere, with sadness, so that the most joyfid things distressed her; she thought that she had no place in the world, life was wearisome, but she had great dread of death, which she believed near at hand/.

Feeling as if he would die soon, with shuddering at the thought f

* Feeling as if she ivould soon die, with very lachrymose mood and actual weeping

She sits alone, sad and morose, without talking; she cannot keep awake; followed by inconsolable xveeping, especially avhen spoken to

Depressed, quiet, sad,l

Sudden great depression

^3Morose and discontented

Deathly anxiety, as if her senses xvould vanish, with trembling of all the limbs, oppression of the breath, and violent palpitation

Anxiety and apprehension about the heart, and fretful all day

Frequent sudden feeling of anxiety through the whole body

Great anxiety, with violent palpitation, when attempting to talk in company, so that talking was difficult

Anxiety, with palpitation, especially on walking

Anxiety

* Anxiety, with trembling of the hands acid flushes of heat over the whole body

* Out of sorts with the xvhole world, everything seems too narrow, with weeping mood

Quarrelsome/.

* Sensitive mood

* Very peevish and easily excited, he could have beaten any one without provocation

Very peevish and irritable aboxit innocent things and words, so that she could have beaten herself and friends, at fumes

Ill-humored for a long time, from a slight vexation; spoke only when obliged to, extremely unfriendly, abrupt, quarrelsome

Very ill-humored and indolent, in the morning (after forty-eight hours)

Vacillating mood

Indifference, he does not seem to care whether his absent wife dies or not

Disgust for everything, no desire for anything

Disinclination for mental work

Absent-minded, she hears a conversation, but after it is finished knows nothing of it

Memory deficient

Very absent-minded and forgetful, she does not hear what is addressed to her when repeated several times

Head p. 575

Confusion and VeHUjo. Confusion in the head

Dull, tensive confusion, like a board in front of the head, frequently

Vertigo, especially on sitting down or going downstairs

Transient paroxysms of vertigo in quick succession, as if he would lose consciousness, in the evening, while standing

Great vertigo, so that she did not dare to move the eyes, more during the day than at night, mostly with palpitation,h

Genevcil Head. Pressive headache, as if water were in the head, woke her about midnight, with great dryness and a sensitive scraping in the throat, great ill-humor and general perspiration, especially on the face, in large drops

* Headache, as if tense, painful, dull

Headache, as if torn and lacerated, after the vertigo,h

Dull headache

Painful drawing in various parts of the head,l

L®®-] Head very much affected, especially in the afternoon and evening

Forehead, Dull, painful confusion in the forehead

Dulness, especially in the forehead

Violent pressure in the forehead, as if everything would come out, with a feeling of a weight upon the head that presses the eyes together and forces tears out of them, aggravated by stooping and on the slightest motion of the head ; before the attack great anxiety about the heart, followed by a stupid sensation, so that she could not talk; with increased anxiety, burning heat, great redness of the face and excessive thirst, headache increasing till 10 p.m. ; it returns several days at the same hour

Pressive, dull burrowing in the left side of the forehead, after dinner, while walking in the open air, and afterwards continuing in the house

Pressure beneath the right frontal eminence, increasing and decreasing at intervals

Dull pressure inward suddenly in the left side of the forehead (after three hours)

Compression in the forehead at intervals

A numb sensation in the forehead, as if constricted, in a warm room full of people, soon increasing to a violent dxdl harrowing compression, with fretful impatience, and heat in the xipperpart of the body, especially in the head, as if anxious sweat would break out; in the evening in the cool air, an unusual heat, and on beginning to walk a painful shattering in the brain, as if a ball were beating against the skull ; afterwards, while lying in bed, there was an addition of whizzing in the ears, when, relieved of pain, he fell asleep

* Tensive, numb sensation in the whole forehead, as after a blow, extending to the nasal bouet

* 'Cramplike drawing constriction in the head, from time to time, especially about the forehead; commencing slight, increasing till violent, and ending slight f

Drawing from the left side of the forehead into the temple, where it is a pressure

Violent boring in the middle of the forehead, gradually becoming weaker and disappearing

Transient headache above the left eyebrow

* Craxxxplike pain in the forehead, as if screwed ixx

Transient pain, as if bruised, in the right frontal eminence

Some dull stitches in the forehead

Temples. Dull pressure, as from a bruise in the left mastoid process, on pressure

* Pressive cramplike pain in the left temple, beginning gexxily, increasing and decreasing

* Tense, numb sensation in the zygomata and mastoid processes, as if the head were screwed together

* Cramplike tension ixi the temples, as if screived in

Wavelike pressing inward in the left temple

Cramplike pressing inward in the temples f

* Sudden spasmodic, contractive shocks through the head, from the right temple to the left; followed by a numb sensation, as if too tightly bound, with tremxdoxisness of both sides of the head

* Cramplike pain in the right temple, in the afternoon

Vertex and Farietals. Transient pressing inward on the middle of the vertex

xxxxxnb pain on the top of the vertex, as if the scalp would be contracted, and as if a heavy weight were lying upon it (after half an hour)

Intolerable painfulness of the parietes of the head, at night, as if he were lying upon a hard stone ; he was obliged to sit up,h

Dull pressure in the right parietal bone, as if a jalug Averse sticking in it

Pain as from a blow on the right side of the head and in the forepart

Sudden bruise in a small spot on the left parietal bone

Jerklike drawing in the right and left sides of the head

Sharp stitches in the left side of the head, in the evening, in bed

Dull, corroding stitches in a small spot on the left parietal bone, at intervals

Cramplike drawing, extending from the leftside of the occipital bone through the head to the lower jaw.

OccApiit and External Head, Cold creeping in the occiput, extending down to the cheeks, where it was a dull burning pain ; afterwards drawing in a hollow tooth

Burning on the head

Burning, needlelike stitches in the left temple, disappearing on scratching

* Crawling, like formication, on the right temple, atte wards extending down along the lower jaw, with a feeling of coldness in it

Eyes p. 577

Qovnedi red and ver}- much inflamed

Sensation of burning heat in the eyes, with sleepiness, as if they would close; less pain on closing them; on looking sharply at anything a sensation as if they would water; more in the house than in the open air

Sleepy pressure in the eyes, in the forenoon, without inclination to sleep (after two hours)

Pain in the eyes in the evening by the light, and on exerting the vision, at first an itching,so that she was obliged to rub them, then they began to maturate, became very painful, with shimmering and trembling before the vision, so that she could see nothing, and was obliged to close the eyes, whereupon she fell asleep

Feeling as if a grain of sand were in the right eye; she Avas obliged to wink

Painless drawing about the left eye, with dimness of vision, as through a veil, and a feeling as if the eye were tightly agglutinated

Smarting and a feeling of coldness in the right eye

Eroiv and Orbit. Pain as from a blow on the arch of the right eyebrow

Wavelike benumbing pressure above the right orbiti

* Intermitting cramplike pain near the outer margin of the right orbit f

Sore biting, as if denuded, on the upper margin of the orbit

[HO.] Tensive pain in the upper margins of the orbits and in the eyeballs, as if pressed together

Lid Twitching of the lids

Frequent crawling in the right canthus ; he was obliged to rub it

Ears p. 577

Dull sticking jerking in the right outer ear, with numbness and a feeling of coldness extending through the cheeks to the lips

Corroding biting in the lobule of the left ear, was obliged to rub it

Burning warmth in the ears, even perceptible externally, with redness

Burning in the right, and jerklike drawing in the left ear

A feeling as if cold air entered the right ear

Cramplike pain in both ears

Thundering jerks, like distant cannonade, in the right ear

Tearing drawing and dull stitches in the right ear, a kind of earache

Dull stitches in the right meatus, at intervals

Biting crawling in the right meatus (after an hour)

Eeciriny, Roaring and dull rolling in the ear, every morning and afterwards, also every evening after lying down; for several weeks, at the same hour

Roaring in the ears, with stitches in the head

Roaring in the right ear, as from the fluttering of a large bird

Roaring in the right ear and cramplike pressive dulness the head

Roaring in the right ear

Violent ringing and crawling in the right ear, lasting a long time

Ringing in the ears

Ringing in the ears, followed by tearing in them

A sound of wind in the ears, as if they were stopped, aggravated by the slightest noise, so that it was difficult to understand what was spoken

Nose p. 577

Increased discharge of mucus from the nose

Stopped catarrh in one nostril, afterwards, on walking in the open air, profuse fluent catarrh, with sneezing, followed by stoppage of the other nostril, and subsequently again fluent coryza

Crawling in the nose, with ineffectual attempts to sneeze and lachrymation; he was obliged to rub it

A pulling above the left wing of the nose, as if it were pulled by a hair, followed by a sensation of numbness, as if a hair had been pulled out

Cramplike pain in the right side of the nasal bone, with a feeling of numbness

Cramplike jerking in the left wing of the nose, at rhythmical intervals

Biting 011 the nose, as from something acrid

Face p. 578

Face pale, sunken f

Pale suffering expression, for several days

Chei and Lips. Dull stupefying pressure in the right malar bone and whole half of the nose

Sharp neuralgic pain in left malar honef

* Painful cramplike sensation of numbness in the left malar bone

Biting on the cheeks, disappearing after scratching, which it provokes, soon recurring

Sore biting about the mouth, provoking scratching, as •after shaving with a dull razor

A fine burning stitch in the left cheek ; he was obliged to scratch

Desquamation and bleeding of the lips, for many days, with violent pain, smarting in the open air

A vesicle on the inner margin of the upper lip, with violent sticking pain, only when touched

Upper lip dry as if burnt

Great dryness and roughness of the lips

Intermitting cramplike jerkings in the upper lip, in the morning in bed

Smarting of the inner surface of the lip, with a painful feeling of looseness of the upper teeth

Smarting of the inner surface of the lower lip, and in the gums of both jaws

Smarting of the lower lip just below the red, as if denuded

Ch in and, Jaw. Small bluish veins on the chin, like varicose veins, without pain, for several days

Slow, intermitting, dull shocks beneath the chin

Dull painful sensation of coldness on the chin beneath the corner of the mouth

Dull jerkings in the chin, as if it had been knocked up

Sore, corrosive biting on the chin, was obliged to rub it

Tense, numb sensation in the chin, as if screwed in

Cramplike pain on the lower margin of the lower jaw, not affected by motion

Cramplike pain in the left side of the lower jaw

Mouth p. 578

Continuous burrowing drawing in a hollow, and in a sound tooth (incisors)

Drawing and throbbing in a molar, first upper, then lower, as if hollow

Numb pain in the left lower teeth, in the morning after rising

Transient toothache, a cramplike drawing through the upper and lower teeth

Feeling on the tongue as if burnt, very much aggravated by rubbing it against the teeth

Burning beneath the tongue, and also on tue right side

* Crawling on tie tongue f

The mouth is glutinous and slimy all day, especially after eating, also in the morning, with great ill-humor

Smarting, as if raw, and sore on the right half of the palate, with crawling in the left nostril

Collection of water in the mouth at times

Sweet taste on the tip of the tongue

Throat p. 578

Mucus in the throat, from time to time, with scraping; she was obliged to hawk

Painful sensation of rawness in the throat, as if a piece of skin were hanging down, on empty swallowing and at other times

Throat scraped, as if raw, in the evening after lying down, and on the next day, at times provoking a short cough

Scraping in the throat, as in catarrh, or as from biting food; she was frequently obliged to hawk, that caused sticking pain

Pressure on the throat, as if it were constricted

Cramplike drawing in the throat about the hyoid bone, as if everything were constricted

Slight pain in the throat, extends suddenly through the head as a drawing, heavy sensation

Slight aching and tickling in the goitre, especially on touch (immediately)

Sensation as if the uvula were elongated

Painful swelling of the right tonsil,h

Stomach p. 579

Appetite and Thirst. Almost always hungry

She is immediately satiated, in the evening, on account of great sadness ; afterwards she eats

The first morsels are relished, but there is speedy fulness and satiety

Loss of appetite

* During the conteniphwns mood suddenly ravenous hunger, and greedy, hasty eating; then at the usual mealtime she has no appetite and eats without desire

She is averse to eating, with a weeping mood

Though longing for tobacco, he does not relish it, soon becomes averse to it

No thirst

Thirst immediately after supper, so that she drank a great deal, which quenched her thirst

Frequent thirst for water, and frequent drinking

ErnctntioHS, *Loud eructations of air, when fasting and after eating

Frequent eructations, at any time

Empty eructations in the morning fasting

Empty eructations, with a hungry stomach (after three-quarters of an hour)

Eructations like hiccough and emission of flatus, after eating

Sudden eructations of a bitter-sweet liquid, during which he choked, so that he was obliged to cough, with long subsequent scraping in the throat; also even after dinner

Waif sea Constant nausea, with great weakness, anxiety, and tremidous sensation through the whole body, in the forenoon

Nausea, with appetite for food (that has a natural taste)

Nauseous sensation in the epigastric region

Qualmish sensation in the epigastric region, in the morning

Qualmish nausea, without vomiting, increased at intervals, with great inclination to vomit, and weariness of the extremities

Attacks of qualmishness, while walking in the open air, especially on walking against the wind, relieved in the house on laying the head upon a table; but on rising again, intolerably increased, with whirling vertigo, very much worse on looking up; with obscuration of vision, as from smoke; on laying the head down there is a condition midway between sleeping and waking, with vivid dreams ; on rising, everything disappeared

Nausea and qualmishness, as from fasting, in the pit of the stomach, followed by slight griping tension, extending into the abdomen

Stomach. Visible twitching, as if in the muscles in the epigastric region

Fulness in the stomach and abdomen, in the morning fasting, as if overloaded, with many empty eructations

Fermentation in the epigastric region

Gnawing and twisting in the stomach, in the morning, with ravenous hunger and collection of water in the mouth, not relieved by eating

Pressure in the pit of the stomach, even on touch

Pressure in the pit of the stomach, after eating (bread and butter), as from undigested food

Pressive drawing pain transversely above the pit of the stomach, increasing and decreasing at intervals, at the same time shooting into the middle of the upper arm as if it were violently pinched, with a numb and paralyzed sensation; the pain in the side was aggravated by laughing, inspiration, pressure, and every step caused a painful shattering

Pressive drawing pain beneath the pit of the stomach, as from a strain

Griping in the region of the pit of the stomach, immediately followed by pressure downwards towards the lower abdomen, like a sensation of flatulence; disappearing only after the collection of flatus, which was afterwards passed only with difficulty; the sensation in the hypogastrium constantly returned, with distension of the abdomen

Constrictive pain about the pit of the stomach, as if too tightly laced, as if she could not get her breath

A feeling in the pit of the stomach as if he had swallowed too much air, with uprisings, biting in the throat, and ineffectual efforts to eructate; also crawling, aggravated by empty hiccough

Oppressed about the pit of the stomach, not affecting respiration

Tension in the pit of the stomach and in the epigastrium, with a sensation of scraping and tearing in the stomach

A painful sensation about the pit of the stomach, as if too tightly laced, with inclination to eat, as if thereby it would be relieved

Violent sticking thrusts in the pit of the stomach, slowly coming and going (after a quarter of an hour)

Violent stitches, near the right side of the pit of the stomach

Dull thrusts in the pit of the stomach

Crawling about the pit of the stomach, extending up to the throat, as though feathers had been swallowed; she was obliged to hack

Dull hammering and throbbing on the costal cartilage, on and near the pit of the stomach (immediately)

Abdomen p. 580

Umbilicus and Sides. Griping in the umbilical region as in diarrhoea

Griping in the umbilical region as in diarrhoea, after eating

Cutting and griping about the umbilicus as from flatulence, that extended downward, with desire to pass stool and flatus

Twisting about the umbilicus, with oppression of breath and tremulous sensation through the whole body

Slight burning about the umbilicus

Jerklike griping in both sides of the abdomen, relieved by emission of flatus

Jerklike drawing in the right side of the abdomen, with some arrest of breath

Fine sticking in the right side of the abdomen, when lying down it extends forward into the umbilical region and into the left side, aggravated by lying on the left side

Sudden burning shooting from above downward in the right side of the abdomen

A burning sensation in a small spot in the left side of the abdomen, at intervals

General Abdomen. Abdomen very much distended, in the evening

Cramplike distension of the abdomen in several places, like large blisters; in other parts the abdomen is spasmodically retracted, causing depression

Abdomen tense, after dinner

Emission of much flatus during the day

Frequent emission of odorless flatus

Short, abrupt emission of flatus, not easily without exertion of the abdominal muscles

Only a little flatus is passed with difficulty, and always associated with desire for stool

Flatus is passed with a sensation as if diarrhoea would follow

Rumbling in the upper abdomen, in the morning fasting (after half an hour)

Gurgling as from a liquid, in the abdomen, in the morning fasting, with a griping uneasiness in the intestines (seventh day)

• Movement in the abdomen like accumulation of flatus

Colic, towards morning, aggravated by rising in bed, then gradually disappearing

Griping constriction in the whole abdomen, in the umbilical region, extending to the back

Paroxysmal griping, here and there, in the abdomen

Griping in the abdomen, on the second day of the menses, followed by pressing downward in the groin, alternately with pressure in the genitals, with increased congestion and flow of blood

Uneasiness in the abdomen, at night, as from taking cold

Cutting pains shoot suddenly through the abdomen, followed by weariness of the knees

Pain in the abdomen as after a fright, preceded by an anxious sensation in the whole abdomen ; together with urging as in diarrhoea, though only a small normal stool is passed, with great urging

Dull pain, as from a thrust, in the middle of the abdomen below the umbilicus

Transient jerking, like dull thrusts, in a small spot in the abdomen externally (immediately)

Drawing through the abdomen, extending from the chest to both groins, followed by painful constriction of the genitals

Sensation as if the whole abdomen were too tightly constricted

A very painful stitch deep in the abdomen above the navel, on suddenly rising after stooping

Dull stitches in the middle of the abdomen, in the navel,'f

Dull intermitting thrusts in the abdomen, just below the short ribs

Stitches in the abdomen, in the morning

Hypogastrium and Iliac Megion. Pressure in the hypogastrium, with qualmishness, like that preceding the menses

* Pressure the lower abdomen, with ill-humor, during the profuse menses

Cutting in the lower abdomen, as iu menstruation, with drawing headache (immediately)

Cramplike pain in the ilium, as if bruised, on pressure

Drawing and tearing from the middle of the groin towards both thighs, very much aggravated by touch, and also by inspiration

Painful drawing in both grobis, as if the menses would come on

Rectum and Anus p. 581

Violent dull stitches in the forepart of the rectum that made her cry out

Burning in the rectum, during a stool, followed by violent itching

Transient sensation, as iu diarrhoea, extending up the rectum, disappearing after the emission of flatus

Violent pressure in the rectum, without stool

Painful pressing-downwards towards the genitals, as during menstruation, at times with desire for stool, extending through the groin, above the hips, towards the small of the back, where it continued to pain for a long time

With the stool, that was not hard, there was great pressure, and it was always followed by a violent stitch in the anus, with subsequent spasmodic constriction of the nates, extending towards the small of the back ; she was obliged to stop pressing on account of the pain

Frequent urging, with scanty stool, that is passed only in pieces, after great pressure, with a painful sensation of weakness, and a tight sensation in the abdominal muscles

Constant desire for stool

Ineffectual urging to stool

Stool difficult, with much cutting, burning, and protrusion of hiemorrhoids

Discharge of much blood from the anus

Crawling tenesmus in the anus, as in diarrhoea, every evening, before going to sleep, about the same time

Crawling and itching in the anus, as from threadworms, in the evening, for three weeks

Stool p. 581

Stool forcible, with great noise, after dinner; at first thin, then hard, with increased urging, in pieces, each one of which he was obliged to press out, dry, so that it almost crumbled, followed by shivering and shaking, especially in the upper part of the body; and after rising from stool, slight pain and a feeling of weakness about the umbilicus

Stool thinner than usual, passed suddenly and forcibly

Stool rather thin, preceded and followed by slight tenesmus in the anus

Stool, in the evening, pasty, with threadworms

Stool, in the morning, pasty, partly digested and somewhat bloody, followed by increased tension in the left hypochondrium and small of the back

Scanty evacuation of tenacious, giutiuous, connected stool, with long pressure and exertion of the abdominal muscles (after two hours)

* Stool indurated, as if burnt, preceded and followed by slight pressure

A piece of tapeworm is passed, with desire for stool

Stool every two days, with much pressure, and at times with blood

* Constipation, even for several days

Urinary Organs p. 581

Urine very red, with white clouds

The urine became turbid and caused a red color on the sides of the vessel

The urine flows slowly, but he is frequently obliged to urinate

Urine, iu the morning, pale-yellow ; in the afternoon, as clear as water

Sexual Organs p. 581

Voluptuous crawling in the genitals and abdomen, with anxious oppression and palpitation, followed by painless pressure downward in the genitals, with exhaustion, and stitches in the sincipid

♦Painful sensitiveness and constant pressure in the mons veneris and genitals, with internal, almost constant, shaking chill and externally perceptible coldness Except of the face),I

Sore biting, as if denuded, about the genitals,l

Utlale. Constant erections, at night, without emissions or lascivious dreams

* Erections, always in sleep, with amorous dreams (after six days)

Erections, towards morning

Frequently a sore biting, as if denuded, on the scrotum, so that he was frequently obliged to change its position, even while lying in bed, for several days

Coition, with very little satisfaction, and very short

Female. Cramp and stitches in the indurated uterus,h

Stitches (severe) in the right ovary region

The painful urging to menses disappears immediately, in the evening, in bed, but returns in the morning immediately, on rising

* Emission of much clotted blood during the first day of the menses

Leucorrhoea, like the white of an egg, without sensation, only during the day, in part after the emission of urine, and partly after rising from a seat

* Menses about fourteen days too early and very profuse

* Menses six days too early (coming on immediately, in the evening), and lasting eight days, with drawing pain in the abdomen the first day

Menses six days too early, with diarrhoea

The menses, that had long been absent, appeared (after eleven days)

Respiratory Organs p. 582

A constrictive feeling in the trachea at the point of bronchial bifurcation

* Deep breathing, caused by a sensation as if a xveight were lying upon the chest

Frequent deep breathing, without apprehension or oppression of the chest

Oppression of breath, with warm uprisings, from the pit of the stomach to the pit of the throat; she was obliged to take a deep breath ; with a hoarse voice that disappeared after the oppression

Sudden arrest of breath, in the throat, as on walking against a strong wind

Want of breath, if she walks a little

Dyspnoea, as if she were too tightly laced, with heavy slow respiration

Chest p. 582

Great oppression and anxiety in the chest, with frequent warm uprisings from the pit of the stomach to the pit of the throat

Dull pressure, in a small spot, in the upper part of the chest

Dull pressure on the left short ribs; after pressing upon it, painful, as from a blow or fall

Pressive pain in the chest, as after a strain

Intermitting cramplike pressure in the chest, beneath the right clavicle

Weakness in the chest, as if respiration failed her; she breathed deeply, but could not breathe deeply enough; prevented by weakness of the respiratory organs

Beating, like dull thrusts, on a lower true rib

Sharp neuralgic pain in the clavicular region

Sensation of fasting in the chest, as after rising too early in the morning, lasting a long time after rising, gradually increasing, with nausea; disappearing towards noon

Painful constrictive griping beneath the left short ribs

Burning between two left ribs, at rhythmical intervals

Dull shocks of pressure in the left half of the chest, partly beneath the axilla, partly in the middle of the chest, not affecting respiration (after three hours, and the eighth day)

Cramplike pain in the left side of the chest, gently increasing and decreasing

Dull thrusts in a costal cartilage, in the lower portion of the left side, near the sternum

Cutting thrusts in the right half of the chest, extending from below upward

Frequent dull cutting stitches in the right side of the chest, especially on inspiration (after five hours)

Sudden stitch in the left side of the chest, beneath the shoulder, making him start

Jerking prickling, in a small spot, on the right side of the chest, soon disappearing after scratching

Heart p. 583

Bunting and sticking low down by the heart/.

A dull pressure in the region of the apex of the heart/.

JV^ech aild Jiaelv.

Weakness in the nape of the neck; the head sinks forward f

Weakness in the nape of the neck, as if he could not hold np the head

* A tense numb sensation in the nape, close to the occiput, as if tightly hound (after three hours)

Craraplike pain in the side of the neck, on turning it toward the shoulder

Cramp in the cervical muscles, as from a hard bed, worse on motion

Sore denuded sensation in the left side of the back, while sitting, with burning dull intermitting stitches

Dull pressure, and slowly intermitting dull thrusts, in the middle and left side of the hack

Dull pressure, as if caused by a plug, in the right side, near the middle of the spine ; on pressure, a pain, like that in a sore wound, lasting a long time

An intermitting, pressive, sore sensation on the outer margin of the right scapula (after three-quarters of an hour)

Pressure, with a cool sensation, in the lower extremity of the left scapula

Jerklike drawing in the right scapula, extending through the whole arm to the hand

Smarting stitches, as with needles, in the right half of the back (seventh day)

Pain in the back and small of the back, as if broken, after a walk of an hour

Pain in the small of the back, as if broken, especially noticed on bending backward

* While sitting, a sensation of numbness in the coccyx, as after a blow

Upper Extremities p. 583

Cramplike jerkings, here and there, in the extremities, like throbbing jerks

Superior Extremities p. 583

Shoulder. Great weakness in the shoulders

* Cramplike pain close to the shoulder, as if in the chest, as if everything were tightly constricted

Pressive pain on the top of the right shoulder, as if he had carried a great weight upon it

Pain, as from a blow, on the top of the left shoulder, beginning gently, gradually increasing and gently decreasing

Sharp stitches in the shoulder, so that it jerked the arm and almost made him sink down

Arm. Both arms relaxed, as if she had carried a heavy weight; relieved by moving back and forth, though it immediately returned during rest, with drawing, as by a thread, from the shoulder to the hand,l

Heaviness of the arms

Sudden paralysis, as from a blow, in a small spot, now in the right, now in the left arm

Paralyzed sensation in the left arm, so that she was obliged to let it hang down ; much worse when leaning the arm on a chair, while sitting; also only when leaning against the shoulder

Weakness and weariness in the left arm, with drawing in it

Pain in the arm, as if beaten and bruised

Pain, just above the elbow-joint, as if bruised or beaten, increasing and decreasing in waves (after ten minutes)

Pain in left arm, as if the flesh was torn off,'l

Dull pain, as from a blow, in the upper arm, most acute when moving or stretching it out

Burning in the right arm, extending from the shoulder to the wrist

Elbow. Pain in the right elbow, as if in the periosteum

Sore burning on the elbow, as if scraped or rubbed by woollen

Forearm. Paralyzed feeling in the right forearm, extending from above downward

Wavelike beating pain, in spots, on the forearm and leg

Pain in the right forearm, with drawing inward of the fingers on straightening out the arm

Jerking pain in the left ulna, in the tendons close to the wrist, in every position, at intervals

Cramplike pain in the forearm, on resting upon the elbow

Cramplike rigid sensation in the left forearm and hand

Cramplike intermitting pressure on the flexor surface of the left forearm

Cramplike rhythmical jerking just below the external condyle of the wrist

Hcuifl. Trembling of the hands and fingers, on holding them free,I

Cramp in the hand on exerting it,l

Cramplike pain in the hands, above the first two fingers

Cramplike pain on the ball of the left hand

Cramplike pain in the hands and fingers, especially in the joints, particularly on grasping firmly/.

Craraplike drawing in the right hand and index finger, jerklike

Fillfjet'S. Flexion of the fingers, with painful drawing, extending up the arm, on flexing the arm

* Senstive numb sensation and trembling of the right thumb, as if it were bruised, in the morning

* Numbness of the little finger, lasting a long tire

Pain in the first phalanx of the index finger, as if an ulcer would break

Jerklike cramp in the metacarpal bone of the thumb and in the joint, worse on violent motion

Fine burning stitches in the metacarpal articulation of the index finger, soon recurring, after scratching, which it compelled

Inferior Extremities p. 584

Staggering, while standing, as if there was no steadiness in the extremities (after two hours)

Muscular twitches in the lower extremities, especially in the legs, after walking

Inclined to uncover the lower extremities, at night, though they were not warm

Crawling, as if asleep, in the lower extremities, on riding one over the other, while sitting,I

Ihp and Thigh. Cramplike tensive pain, as from a blow, in the hip, just above the joint, increasing and decreasing at intervals

Sensation of weakness, with tremulous uneasiness, in the thighs, especially towards the knees, as from fatigue after walking; only noticed while sitting

Sensation of weakness in the thighs (and whole lower extremities), as if beaten, with tremulous uneasiness in them, while sitting and standing (after two hours),l

Tightness of the thighs, as if too tightly wrapped, with a feeling of weakness in them, while sitting

Jerklike drawing in the thighs, above the knees

Drawing in the upper part of the left thigh, so violent on stepping upon it that she sank down

Dull pain, as after a fall, in the upper part of the left thigh, while sitting (sixth day)

Pain, as if broken, in the thighs, while sitting with the legs stretched out, with undulating cramplike shooting through the extremities on drawing them up

Cramplike pain, at pulsating intervals, in the middle of the thigh, while sitting

Cramplike pain on the inner side of the right thigh

Cramplike pain on the posterior portion of the thigh, while sitting

Cramplike numb sensation, as after a blow, on the anterior surface of the right thigh,l

Bruised pain in the middle of the thighs, more while sitting than while walking

Bruised pain in the thighs

Bruised pain above the left knee

Knee. Sensation of great weakness in and about the kneejoint, more while standing than while sitting, with tottering

Weakness of the knee-joints, even to giving way, more while standing than while walking; worse on ascending steps

Sensation of weakness in the knees, while walking; while sitting, it is also felt in the thighs, as after fatigue from walking

Numb and weak sensation, and also a dull pressure, on the inner side of the hollow of the left knee, while sitting

* Tremulous numb sensation, as if too tightly bound, in the knees, extending to the feet,Violent tension in the hollow of the left knee, after walking rapidly in the open air

Fain, as from a violent blow, in the left kneef

Dull pressure on the inner side of the hollow of the left knee, while sitting with the leg drawn up

In the knee at first drawing, afterwards a burning, and on stepping upon it a pain as if dislocated

Burning prickling in the right knee

Leg. Weakness of the legs after a short walk, with oppressed respiration, more while beginning to walk than afterwards; at last nausea

Painful sensation of weakness just below the knees, while walking

Painful weariness in the legs, below the knees, while sitting

Acute shocks on the tihije, extending downward

Cramplike jerks extending down the legs, with a sense of rigidity, even in the feet, when sitting, especially in the evening

Cramplike drawing through the right calf, on sitting down after walking a little

Tension and beating in the right calf, so that the foot trembled, while sitting

Tremulous crawling uneasiness in the legs, while sitting, a sensation of numbness and rigidity, especially aggravated in the evening and also in bed

Smarting pulsation in the anterior surface of the middle of the right ieg

Alihle, Foot ami Toes, Pain in the ankle, as if sprained

A violent stitch above the ankle, not relieved by scratching

Tensive pain in the instep, especially when inclined forward, ■while standing

Sharp jerking pains at the left external malleolus, extending up to the hip and ilium

The feet are weary, with a swollen sensation about the malleoli; while sitting the weariness, with tension, extended into the calves, in the evening

* Numb and weary sensation in the feet, as after fatigue from standing, only while sitting

Hard pressure in the anterior portion of the sole of the right foot, near the toes

Painful tearing on the back of the left foot, with dull cutting transversely across it

Painful twitching in the sole of the right foot while standing, and a crawling pressure beneath it while sitting.

Cramp and flexion in the soles of the feet, at night, on rising,I

Sticklike biting in a small spot on the sole of the foot; he was obliged to scratch it

Stitches in the balls of both feet in the evening, after lying down, lasting till midnight

Tremulous pain, as from external pressure, in one spot on the back of the foot

Cramplike drawing in the right heel

Cramplike pain in the right metacarpal bones

Swelling of the balls of the toes, with nightly tearing pain

* Pain in the great toe, as if too tightly enveloped

Sore pain in the ball of the toe (that had formerly been frozen), especially while walking

Burning pain on the toes, at night

Burning-crawling sticking, as from many needles, beneath the great toe

Cramplike burning tension in the left great toe

Craraplike drawing in the toes, especially in the great toe

Cramplike throbbing in the left great toe at irregular intervals,l

Painful throbbing beneath the little toe

Tearing, with throbbing, as in an ulcer, in the right toes, especially in the great toe

Sticklike itching beneath the great toe,l

Generalities p. 585

In the morning, on waking, he lies with the legs spread out, the right hand under the head, the left on the pit of the stomach, that is uncovered, with inclination to uncover the legs and body, though without heat

In the morning, on waking, lies with the legs stretched oid, or with the legs drawn up and the knees spread far apart, or with both hands above the head ; always on the bock, with great inclination to uncover the legs, and always with erections

Weariness of the whole body, even to falling down ; she staggered while standing

Weariness in the open air, even to sleeping

* Weary, relaxed, prostrated f

Sensation of great weakness in the whole body, as if she had slept but little

* Weakness, especially while sitting; the feet seem tired out; full of tremulous Weakness, with a sensation as if cold sweat would break out on the face

In the morning very tired, weak, with excessive sexual desire, so that she covered her face and wept hard, in bed

Extreme exhaustion and sleepiness, immediately after dinner

At first a tremulous sensation in the hands and feet, followed by chilliness and violent trembling of the whole body, as in excessive shaking chill, with chattering of the teeth ; therewith the face was warm, the bauds cold

* Tremulous sensation at times through the whole body

* Painful tremulousness of the whole body, xvith throbbing in the veins

Bruised pain here and there, that, however, suddenly disappears

* Great numbness

* Painful numb sensation, as from a blow, here and there, especially on the head, always in small spots

Drawing in various parts of the body in succession, in the side of the chest, in the occiput, abdomen, shoulders, etc.

* Transient cramplike drawing here and there, as from taking cold

Jerklike drawing first on the right side of the neck, then in a hollow tooth, at last in the ear, where it was a jerklike dull sticking

Transient stitches through the whole body

* The parts affected by cramplike pain are painful to pressure, as if bruised

She was obliged to stretch, which made her feel better, in the afternoon

If the mind is joyous, the body is suffering, and vice versa; when the mind is depressed, he is physically well

All symptoms left-sided

Symptoms aggravated, in the evening, before going to sleep

Skin p. 586

Vesicles about the outer margin of the lower lip, with biting pain (after six hours)

A small blue painless spot on the left upper arm, soon becoming smaller and darker red

Burning here and there in the extremities

At one time burning, at another prickling itching, here and there, so that he was obliged to scratch (after half an hour)

Burning prickling here and there on the body, suddenly disappearing of itself (after one hour and a half)

Burning pricking, as from nettles, provoking violent scratching

A sensation of formication, or of the blowing of a cool air, on the hand

Formication and tickling in left finger tips

Itching biting, sticking pricking, and burning tickling here and there, especially in the arms, hands, and scrotum, so that he could not scratch enough; more violent, in the evening, on getting into bed

Itching sticking over the whole body, as from vermin, not relieved by scratching

Violent itching over the whole body, at night

Itching in the epigastric region, disappearing on rubbing

Itching and biting on the right wrist, so that he could not scratch it enough

An itching stitch, as from a splinter, in the skin of the cheek, disappearing immediately on rubbing

Itching prickling on the backs of both hands, disappearing after scratching

Itching (tingling) in the left index finger, provoking scratching

Crawling on the inner side of the right thumb

Smarting externally above the ankle

Sore biting and smarting about the malleoli, painful to the touch of the clothes, as if raw and denuded

Itching crawling on the right great toe, so that she was constantly obliged to scratch

Sleep p. 586

Sleepiness Great inclination to violent, almost spasmodic, yawning

Constant yawning

Violent yawning after eating, that makes the cervical muscles painful

Frequent yawning, in the afternoon, so violent that it strains the eyes

Yawning

Yawning, in the morning, on rising, though the sleep had been long and refreshing

Yawning, in the afternoon, without sleepiness

Great sleepiness, in the evening; she fell asleep, while reading, woke frequently, and asked “What?” because she indistinctly noticed the conversation of those about her; afterwards she slept soundly, at night, without being awakened by noise

Great sleepiness, in the evening; as soon as she closes the eyes she dreams of distant strange things, but immediately wakes

Unusual exhaustion and sleepiness, in the evening

Very sleepy, in the evening; she fell asleep while talking

She cannot follow her own thoughts for sleepiness

Still sleepy, in the morning, after a long sound sleep

Unusually long sleep, in the morning

Good sleep, with pleasant dreams, that could be remembered

Starting up, in the evening, on falling asleep while sitting

She woke at 3 a.m. without any pain, and fell asleep again, several nights

Sleeplesstiens. Sleepless after 3 oclock; no position was comfortable

Cannot fall asleep before midnight, sleep then short, with constant dreaming

Falling asleep late, only after midnight, with tearing in the balls of the toes

He woke about midnight with despondent thoughts and great thirst, but fell asleep after an hour

Woke at midnight with fixed ideas, to which he anxiously clung; no sleep till in the morning

Woke about midnight; tossed about; could not find the right place to lie

She woke at night as if dazed, and could not at all recollect where she was or what time it was

She woke at night very stupid, and could not collect herself for a long timet

He woke in the morning very anxious and fretful, as if in sleep he had received an injury, and cried ranch

Uveanis. Unremembered dreams

Confused dreams of ordinary events, even during the midday nap, with inability to exactly remember the dream on waking

Disconnected dreams, in the evening, while napping

Anxious dreams, and on suddenly waking, gloomy thoughts and sad visions

Anxious confused dreams of war and bloodshed

He dreamed of the death of a distant sister, and wondered that he had had no intimation of it

Dreams of fires ; she could not get ready to go to them

Fever p. 587

Chilliness, Frequent chilliness, extending from above downward over the arms and whole body, as if he would have gooseflesh

Trembling chill, in the evening

Shaking chill creeps over her on going from the house into the open air

Chilliness, in the forenoon, with sleepiness

Chilliness all over, shuddering

Chilliness, with shivering, mingled with flushes of heat, wherewith he is fretful and taciturn, in the open air; afterwards pleasant warmth through the whole body with return of cheerfulness

Shaking chill over the whole body, extending down to the feet,l

Chilliness, in the evening, before going to bed, also somewhat cold in the bed, with uneasy sleep, and frequent waking with anxiety. A tremulous sensation through the whole body, nausea, and headache

Chilliness, on undressing, in the evening, with chattering of the teeth

Febrile shivering creeps through the whole body after yawning

Shuddering after passing stool and urine, with shivering over the head, chest, and arms (after two hours),l

Sudden shivering in the head, chest, and arms, after going into a warm roora

* Sensation of coldness, crawling and numbness in the whole right side of the face

Cold creeping over the back

Constant sensation as if he would be chilly, with frequent shivering running down the lower extremities, especially in the open, even warm air,l

Constant sensation of shivering through the body, especially through the lower extremities

Iledt (Hid Sweat, *She suddenly became very hot and thought that she was looking very red, though her color was the same as usual

Great heat in the face, great burning and itching in the eyes

Burning heat in the face, with glowing redness, great dryness in the mouth and excessive thirst, pressive headache and vibrations before the eyes, causing vertigo, lachrymation ; several evenings, from 5 to 9

Heat of the face and whole head, a sultry sensation and a dull pain in the forehead ; she does not know what to do

Sweat during slG6p

Conditions p. 587

Aggravation.

(Morning), Ill-humored ; in bed, jerking in upper lip ; after rising, pain in left lower teeth; mouth glutinous and slimy ; fasting, empty eructations ; qualmishness in epigastric region ; fasting, fulness in stomach and abdomen; gnawing and twisting in abdomen and stomach, with ravenous hunger; fasting, rumbling in upper abdomen ; gurgling in abdomen ; stitches in abdomen; urine pale yellow; on rising, urging to menses; numb sensation and trembling of right thumb ; weakness, with sexual desire; yawning ; long sleep.

(Forenoon), Sleepy, pressure in eyes ; nausea, with weakness, etc.; chilliness, with sleepiness.

(.4//!ernoo?i), Head symptoms; pain in right temple; clear urine ; yawning.

(Evening), Weeping, sad mood ; while standing, paroxysms of vertigo ; head symptoms; in bed, stitches in left side of head ; by light, pain in eyes; after lying down, roaring and rolling in ears; abdomen distended; before going to sleep, tenesmus in the anus ; when sitting, jerks down legs; numbness and rigidity of legs; after lying down, stitches in balls of both feet; before going to sleep, the symptoms; on getting into bed, itchingbiting; sleepiness ; trembling chill; chilliness ; 5 to 9, heat efface, etc.

(Night), Vum in parietes; uneasiness in abdomen ; erections; inclination to uncover lower extremities ; on rising, cramp and flexion in soles of feet; tearing in balls of feet; burning pain in the toes ; itching over body ; waking, at 3 A.M.; about midnight, woke with headache.

(Open air). Smarting of lips; weariness.

( Walking in open air). Catarrh and sneezing ; qualmishness.

(After walking in open air). Tension in hollow of knees.

(Ascending steps). Weakness of knee-joints.

(Bending haekivard). Pain in small of back.

(Descending stairs). Vertigo.

(After dinner). Abdomen tense ; exhaustion and sleepiness.

(Drawing up parts). Shooting through extremities.

(After eating). Mouth glutinous and slimy; bread and butter, pressure in pit of stomach ; eructations of air; eructations like hiccough, with emission of flatus; griping in umbilical region ; yawning.

(On entering home after walking in the open aiV), Illusions of fantasy.

( On exerting hand), Cv&mp.

( /asiinjy). Eructations of air.

(Flexing arm). Painful drawing up arm.

(Grasping7'mly),Vam in hands and fingers.

(Hawking), Sticking pain in throat.

(Empty hiccough). Crawling in pit of stomach.

(Inspiration), Stitches in right side of chest; pain in side ; drawing tearing from groin to thigh.

(In house). Weeping, sad mood; pain in eyes.

(Laughing), Pain in side.

(Leaning arm against chair). Paralyzed sensation in left arm.

(Lying on left side). Sticking in side of abdomen.

(During contemptuous mood). Ravenous hunger, and herby taste.

(Motion of head). Headache in forehead.

(Motion), Cramp in cervical muscles; cramp in metacarpal bones of thumb.

(Moving or stretching arm oid). Pain in upper arm.

(Noise), Sound in ears.

(Pressure), Pain in right side of spine ; pain in side.

(After pressing upon left short ribs), Dull pressure.

(Besting upon elbow). Pain in forearm.

(Biding one extremity over the other). Crawling in lower extremities.

(Rising after stooping). Stitches in abdomen.

(Rising in bed). Colic.

(Rubbing tongue against teeth), Burnt feeling.

(Scratching), Biting in cheeks.

(On sitting down). Vertigo.

( IF/nye Numbness in coccyx; weakness and weariness in thighs ; tightness of thighs; pain in upper part of left thigh ; with legs stretched out, pain in thighs ; cramplike pain in middle of thighs; pain in posterior portion of thigh ; bruised pain in middle of thigh ; pressure on inner side of hollow of left knee; with legs drawn up, pressure in hollow of left knee; weariness of legs ; after walking, drawing through right calf; tension and beating in right calf; numb and weary sensation in feet; crawling pressure beneath sole of right foot; weakness.

(During sleep), erections.

( While standing). Staggering ; weakness in knee-joints ; pain in instep ; twitching in sole of right foot.

(Stepping), Shattering ; drawing in upper part of thigh.

(During stool), Burning in rectum.

(Stooping), Headache in forehead.

(After supper). Thirst.

(Touch), Sticking in vesicle on upper lip ; aching and tickling in goitre ; drawing and tearing from groin to thigh.

(Turning head toward shoulder). Pain in side of neck.

( While walking). Anxiety ; weakness just below knee ; pain in ball of foot.

(After walking). Muscular twitches in lower extremities; weakness of legs.

Amelioration p. 589

(Toward noon). Fasting sensation in chest.

(Evening), In bed, urging to menses.

(Open air). Fantasies.

(Emission of flatus), Griping in sides of abdomen.

(Laying head on table). Qualmishness.

(Moving back and forth). Relaxed sensation in anus.

(Rubbing), Stitch in skin of cheek.

(Scratching), Stitches in left temple; prickling in spot on right side of chest; prickling in backs of hands.