Veratrum Album
Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. X, p. 73
Veratrum album, Linn.
Natural order, Liliacese.
Common names, White Hellebore; (G.), Weisse-Niesswurz, (Fr.), Le Aviaire Blanc.
Preparation, Tincture of the root.
Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 32 from Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 3.) 1, Hahnemann; 2, Becher; 3, Franz; 4, Fr. Hahnemann; 5, Staph; 6, Teuthorn ; 7, Alberti, Jurisp. Med., vi, 718; 8, Alston, Lectures on Materia Medica (“ 2, 458, statement,” Hughes) ; 9, Benivenius in Schenk, viii, obs., 174 (“observation of poisoning,” Hughes); 10, Bergius, Mat. Med., p. 872 (“statement,” Hughes) ; 11, Borrichius, Acta Hafu., vi, p. 145 ; 12, Dessenius, Composit. Medicam., lib. x, p. 422; 13, Hobolewsky in Eph. Nat. Cur. Dec., 1 ann. 2, p. 279 (“should be Dobzewsky; effects of root taken medicinally,” Hughes) ; 14, Ettmueller, Op., Tom. II, p. 435 (“as last,” Hughes); 15, Forests, xviii, obs. 44 (“as Benivenius,” Hughes); 16, Galen’s, Comment. V. Aphor., 1 (“statement,” Hughes); 17, Gesner, Epist. Med., p. 69 (“ effects of infusion,” Hughes) ; 18, Grassius, Misc. Nat. Cur., Dec. 1 ann. 4 (“ p. 99, as Dobolewsky,” Hughes); 19, Greding, Miscellanies, p. 87 (“ effects when administered to maniacs, melancholics, and epileptics,” Hughes) ;f 20, Kalm, Nord-america, reise, III (“ p. 93, of English translation, statement,” Hughes); 21, Ledelius, Misc. Nat. Cur., Dec. HI, ann. I, obs. 65 (“effects of infusion in wine,” Hughes) ; 22, Lentilius, Misc. Nat. Cur., Dec. HI, ann. I, app. (“ p. 130 ; as last,” Hughes); 23, Lorry, De Melauch., H, p. 312 (“ effects of cooked root,” Hughes) ; 24, Muller, Hufel. Journ., xii, 1 (“ p. 160-6, observation on a patient,” Hughes); 25, Mulatto, Misc. Nat. Cur., Dec. 2, ann. II, p. 240 (“ as Dobolewsky,” Hughes); 26, Remain, in Bresl-Samml., 1724 (“ p. 537, as Ledelius,” Hughes); 27, Rodder, in Alberti, Med. leg., obs. 15 ; 28, Scholzius, in Schenk, lib. viii, obs. 178 (“as Benivenius,” Hughes); 29, Smetius, Misc. Med., p. 265 (“ observation,” Hughes) ; 30, Smyth, Med. Communications, I (“ p. 207; effects of tincture given for cutaneous disease,” Hughes); 31, Vicat, Plantes vener. de la Suisse, p. 177 (“from powder taken by mistake for pepper, in soup,” Hughes) ; 32, Winter, in Bresl- Samml., 1724 (“p. 269, observation,” Hughes); 33, Lembke, N. Z. fur H. K., vol. vii, p. 73, took root in doses of 2, 4, and 6 grains ; 34, Schelling, A. H. Z., 83, p. 19, took 1st dil. of a trituration of dried root in the evening (first day), 1 drachm 1st trit. (second day), a dose of 1st (sixth day); 34 a, same, took 12th dil. in water, a teaspoonful three times a day ; 346, same, took 300th dil. (Jenichen), (first day), another dose (twelfth day); 34 c, same, took a dose of 300th, followed by frequent olfaction of trituration; 34(/, same, took 30th dil.; 34e, same, took 1 drop 20th; 35 to 37, Horn’s Archiv, 1815 (Frank’s Mag., 2), effects of the root; 35, a woman, set. 60 years; 36, a man, £et. 60 years ; 37, a man, set. 28 years; 38, Wagner, Rust’s Mag., 1823 (Frank’s Mag., 1), poisoning by the roots ; 39, Schuster’s Med. Journ., quoted by Bernt (Christison on Poisons, p. 673), a man took twice as much as could be held on the point of a knife ; 40, Barkenhausen, Casper’s Med. Woch., 1836, No. 7, p. 35 (Horn. Vjs. 6, 97), a man drank some in brandy; 41, same, an elderly woman took a little of same; 42, Dr. Navel, Gaz. des Hop., 1851 (S. J., 71, 307), effects on a family, especially on a woman set. 70 years, of eating soup cooked in a vessel in which an infusion of Verat. alb. had been made ; 43, Dr. Smith, Journ. de Chem. Med., 1857, p. 604, a man ate soup containing some of the root; 44, Pharmacologia, p. 716 (Cattell, Brit. Journ. of Horn., 11, p. 343), symptoms; 45, from the Arabic of Abbubete Rhazes (Peiper’s Thesis, A. H. Z., 19, 196) ; 46, Dr. Walt!, Dr. Bruckner’s Rep. (A. H. Z., 47, 48), made 1 ounce decoction of 2 scruples of the leaves, of which he took a dessertspoonful, and repeated the dose after an hour ; 47, Dr. Bias, Verb. d. nat. Gesel, Freiburg (S. J., 109, 291), a child, set. 3J years, drank an infusion; 48, Drs. Nivet and Giraud, Gaz. Hebdom., 1861, S. J., 112, 287, poisoning by the powdered root mixed with food; 49, second case of same; 50, Sharp’s Essays on Medicine, 10th edition, a healthy young man took 1 drop of 1st dil. of tincture, night and morning, for four or five days.
Mind p. 74
JLmotio^xal. [Delirium, he thinks that he is a hunter],'®.!
* Slight delirium; coldness over the ivhole body with open eyes, with cheerful, at times laughing expression, he prattles about religious subjects and about vows to be performed, prays, believes that he is not in his own house (after one hour)
Slight delirium,'®.|
[He imagines that he is a prince and behaves in a very haughty manner],'®.§
* Persistent raging with great heat of the body
[Rages, tears his clothes and does not talk],'®.§
[Swallows his own f8eyes],'®.§
[Bites his shoe and swallows the pieces],'®.§
[Stamps his feet, with loss of appetite],'®. §
[He is very noisy, tries to escape, and can scarcely be held back],'®.§
Cursing and howling all night and complaining of being stupid, with headache and salivation
[He thinks that he is dumb and blind, and has a cancer],'®.§
[She kisses everybody that comes in her way, before the menses],'®.§
[She imagines that she has labor pains],'®.§
[She fancies herself pregnant],'®.§
[She expects a speedy parturition],'®.!
* She is inconsolable over a fancied misfortune, runs about the room howling and screaming, looking upon the ground, or sits brooding in the corner, wailing and weeping in an inconsolable manner; worse in the evening; sleeps only till 2 oclock
[Screaming and running about, with paleness of the face and fear],'®.§
[Frequent paroxysms of running about the room till sinking down],'®. §
[Screaming and running about, with dark-blue face],'®.§
[She clasps her hands over her head and sings, with cough and very tenacious mucus in the chest],'®.§
Sensation in his whole being as if he were gradually nearing his end, though with tranquillity
* He groans, is beside himself; does not know what to do with himself (after two or three hours)
When he is busy his head is freer, but when he has nothing to do he seems dazed, cannot easily think, is quiet and absorbed in himself (after two and fifteen hours)
[Laughter, alternating with whining],'®.§
[He sings and trills very joyously at night],'®.!
Joyfulness, sharpness of mind,".l|
Very lively, eccentric, excessively joyful
Taciturn
[Talkative],'®.!
Taciturnity, it vexes him to speak a word, talking is very irksome; he speaks in a low and weak voice
Melancholia, with chilliness, as if dashed with cold water, and with frequent qualmishness
Mild despondent mood, even to weeping (after twenty-four hours)
Depression of spirits, despondency and discouragement, with involuntary weeping and running of tears from the eyes, and inclination to hang the head,h
Mood gloomy, depressed, can scarcely talk (fifth day),^S
Anxiety
Great anguish
Anxiety and vertigo
Anxiety causing crawling in the fingers
* Extreme anxiety taking away the breath
Great anxiety in the morning
[Anxiety, screaming and running about],'".f
Great anxiety through the whole night
Extreme anxiety in the evening and after dinner, so that he did not know whither he should turn
Anxiety as from a bad con science, as if he had committed a crime
Anxiety as if he dreaded a misfortune, as if some evil were impending
(Anxiety after going to bed in the evening, lasting until almost midnight, with waking coma, and drawing movement in the abdomen, which causes roaring in the head)
* He is utterly unable to rise for eight hours, is obliged to either sit or lie ; if he stands he is tormented by the most frightful anxiety, wherewith the Forehead becomes covered xvith cold sweat, and he becomes sick even to vomiting (after three hours)
Anxiety with fear of apoplexy during an evacuation of the bowels
* Eeaj’
[Fearful and easily startled],'*.t
[Fear ending with frequent eructations],'*.f
* Loss of courage, despair
Ill-humor (first day)
* Ill-humored when provoked (after four hours)
He says nothing except when irritated, and then he scolds
Irritable, inclined to be vexed with every interruption at work (sixth day)
Illhumor in the forenoon; no inclination to work (seventh day)
He becomes very peevish, every trifle excites him (after one hour)
[Cannot endure to have any one speak to hura],'®.f
Vexation from the slightest cause, with anxiety and palpitation, with rapid, audible respiration
He seeks out faults in others and contemplates them
A certain indifference all day, so that he frequently rubs the forehead in order to think clearly and to collect his thoughts
Indifferent, depressed mood, irritated by every work which does not go to suit him, with weakness (second day)
Restless mood, oppression and anxiety (after one hour)
Busy restlessness, he undertakes several things, but is always soon weary and accomplishes nothing
IntellectllCll, Oversensitiveness; increased mental power
Inclination and desire to work
Disinclined to think, answers with difficulty, cannot apprehend quickly what he hears, use his judgment, nor find the right answers (second day)
He cannot get on with mental work; there is very soon a loss of ideas
Loss of ideas
[He does not recognize his relatives],'®.t
Memory leaves him
[Almost complete loss of memory, he forgets the word he was about to speak],'*.f
Stupefaction
Stupidity, difficulty of thought, distraction (first day)
Almost complete loss of senses
His reason leaves him
Is conscious only as in a dreamt.
Loss of consciousness
Waking coma; one eye is open, the other closed or half open, and frequent starting up as if frightened (after half an hour)
Head p. 75
Confusion and Vertigo, Dizzy confusion of the head (first day)
* Vertigo f ®®, etc.
Excessive vertigo
Very dizzy in the morning
Vertigo and intoxication (after twenty-four hours)
Vertigo when walking (second day)
Incessant dizziness for three days
Vertigo with aversion to all food
Vertigo ; everything turned about in a circle (after three hours and a half)
Dizzy, it seems as if there were nothing firm in his head
Vertigo, so that he was obliged to steady himself while walking, with the pulse at 65 (sixteenth day)
Vertigo, especially when walking, so that he is obliged to steady himself (third day)
Vertigo towards noon, and perspiration at night, before the menses,‘®.f
Vertigo, especially on rising from a seat, with violent pressure in the vertex, pain in the arms, vanishing of vision, creeping coldness through the arms,^l
General Head. Apoplexy,^lJ
Blood rushes violently to the head on stooping (after eight hours)
Head heavy (first and ninth days),^^*
Head heavy, with pressing pain
thoo-] Head heavy, oppressed (third day)
Head heavy, confused,^l
Head heavy, lull
Head heavy, dizzy on rising in the morning (sixth day)
The head seems heavy, and everything in it seems to turn in a circle
Head heavy, confused, empty, with peevishness and disinclination to do anything the whole forenoon (fourth day)
Head heavy, dull, talking is difficult, as if he could not think of the words (fifth day)
Head dull (tenth day),3\-Dul ness of the head, with nausea for two days
Painful dulness of the head, with tensive pressure, now in the temples, now in the whole of the vertex, most violent when sitting erect and standing, relieved by stooping, and also by lying upon the back, with rather contracted pupils
Headache,^'; (fifth day),®'*'k
Headache, with vomiting of green mucus}
Headache, with some stiffness
Headache and pain in the back, with colic and qualmishness
Headache increased even to reeling while walking, but it diminished again while sitting (after two hours)
Headache as if the brain were broken
Headache, heavy, tense, and stupefying (second day)
Constrictive headache, with constrictive pain in the pharynx
Violent headache (second day)
Violent headache with flow of urine
Violent headache, which disappears on the appearance of the menses
Sudden violent headache and intolerable pain in the occiput (after six hours)
During menstrua,tiou (which had riot occurred for six weeks), headache (tearing f), especially in the morning, with qualmishness; diminished in the evening
Paroxysmal pain here and there in the brain, consisting of a bruised sensation and pressure
Stupefying pressing pain in the head (fifth day)
Pressing, tensive headache over the whole head (seventh day)
Tension in the head between the temples (after half an hour),®'®
Drawing pain in the head and small of the back
[Shattering in the head and jerking in the left arm, with paleness of the fingers],'*.§
Sensation of a cold wind blowing through the head
Pressing throbbing headache
Intermittent throbbing headache (after six hours)
Forehead. Throbbing headache over the left eye for a quarter of an hour (after one hour)
Pressure in the forehead,®®.---Pressure, heat, and heaviness in the forehead
Pinching pain in the forehead (first day)
Single stitches in the forehead, even while sitting (after four hours)
Sticking pain in the left side of the forehead (fifth day)
Buzzing and roaring in the forehead, with dull internal headache (after four hours)
Tension in the sinciput (first day)
Temples. Dull pressing headache, which extends from the temples to the forehead, aggravated by bending forward, relieved by bending backward and by external pressure, on the contrary recurring on rising up (after three hours)
(A sensation extending downward in the temples as if a drop of water were running down, though not a cool sensation)
Stinging in the temples (seventh day)
Sticking in the temples (sixth
f Schwindel represents Drehen im Kopfe whirling in the head.
Hughes.
j By this symptom the reporter simply means unconsciousness, which supervenes upon much vomiting and purging
Hughes.
Bracket p. 76
Hughes. day),^^».
Vertex, "^Headache in the vertex like a flattening pressure, which becomes a throbbing on movement
Dull pressure on the crown of the head in the morning after waking
Internal cutting in the vertex (after four hours)
Pressing headache in one side, associated with the pain in the stomach (after four hours),h
Occipilt. Tension in the occiput and forehead (fifth day),®V
Constant sticking pain deep in the occiput, with tension of the occiput (first day)
ExteniCll Head. Sensation in the hair on the right side of the head; as if a bunch of hair were electrified crawling and bristling of the hair, with slight shivering in the skin under the hair (after five hours, and afterwards)
Tension in the skin of the forehead, with a feeling as if difficult to move, and a pressure (first day)
(Itching on the head), (first day)
Itching, biting stitch on the scalp, provoking scratching (after ten hours and a half)
Itching on the forehead A
Eyes p. 77
Objective. *Eyes distorted,protruding
Eyes turned upward, so that only the white could be seen, for an hour
Eyes staring,A
Eyes without lustre,A
Eyes surrounded by black rings
Violent inflammation of the eyes
Painful inflammation in the eyes, with excessive headache, on account of which he was unable to sleep at night (after six days)
Inflammation of the eyes, with tearing pain
Inflammation of the white of the eye, with tearing pain
Redness of the white of the right eye
Inflammation of the right eye, with febrile heat
Inflammation of the right eye
Blueness of the left eye, with frequent eructations
* TAe eyes have a weak look, are surrounded by blue rings
Subjective. Pain in the eyes
Pressing pain in the eyes, with loss of appetite,**.t
Complained of pain in both eyes, and moved the hands over the head
Sensation of weakness in the eyes
Heat in the eyes, with headache
Violent, long-continued sensation of heat in the eyes,k
Sticking and burning in the eyes, increased in the open air (first day)
Heat in the eyes and face, with redness of the cheeks, as from a draught of hot steam
Lids. Lids agglutinated, difficult to open, on rising (filth day)
Lids agglutinated during sleep (after two hours)
A kind of paralysis of the lids, they seem too heavy, can scarcely raise them with the greatest effort
* Extreme dryness of the lids
* The lids are dry, especially after sleeping; are painful as if rubbed sore; are stiff and agglutinated f
Acute sensation of dryness in the upper lid, as if salt were between it and the ball, without great redness of the eye, at noon, after dinner
Sensation of dryness of the lids
Pressure in the eyelids, as from too great dryness, after a short midday nap, followed by watering of the eyes (after six hours and a half)
Burning in the eyelids (sixth day)
Painful pressing stitches in the upper lid by the outer canthus (after ten hours)
Fine sharp stitches in the canthi
Fine sticking itching internally in the coverings of the eyes (after two hours)
LachJyillation. Eyes watery,®*<=.
Lachrymation, moisture in the eyes (third day)
Lachrymation, with dimness of the eyes (third day)
Frequent lachrymation, with redness of the eyes, as in coryza (after six hours)
The eyes seem watery, as if covered with albumen
Violent running of water from the eyes and cutting pain, together with a sensation of dryness and heat in them (after half an hour)
Pupil, Pupils dilated ®®, etc.
Pupils greatly dilated (after four hours) ® *®.
Pupils excessively dilated. with very decided weakness of vision ; he could not recognize persons standing near him, or only very slowly, at 7 p.m. (after eight hours)
Pupils at first contracted, afterwards dilated, with weakness and inclination to sleep, even while walking
Pupils inclined to contract
Contraction of the pupils, with constant compressing pain in the eyes (after one hour and a half)
Contracted pupils (immediately and after six hours)
Pupils very much contracted during the first six hours
Hall, Eyeballs have a rotary motion
The right eyeball is painful at the outer canthus, as if beaten, in repeated paroxysms; when pressing upon it ceases to ache (after three hours)
Vision. Vision vanishes, he cannot see
Vision somewhat obscured
Vision at times indistinct
Complete blindness
Complete loss of vision ; restored next day
Double vision
Sparks before the eyes
On rising from a seat black spots and sparks before the eyes, on account of which he could not stand for eight hours, but was obliged to either sit or lie (after three hours)
Numerous shining spots flit before the eyes
Hav p. 78
Tearing in the lobule of the ear
Sharp stitches just behind the left ear and in the jaws
Sensation as if a membrane were stretched over the ear
In the right ear a sensation of a cold breath, followed by a sensation of great heat, then again cold, and so alternately several times (after twenty-six hours)
Pressing pain in the meatus auditorium
A pressure in the right ear, in the morning (after two days)
Some stitches deep in the left ear
Hearing. Diminished hearing (third day)
Dulness of hearing, one ear or the other seems stopped
Ringing in the ears *®.
He complains of deafness and pain in the chest
Roaring and rushing in the ears, immediately on rising from a seat, also there seems to be a bright fire before the eyes, lasting eight hours (after four hours)
Roaring in the ears like a wind and storm
Whistling in the right ear, preceded by dulness of hearing; once after the whistling the hearing was clear; after two minutes it was again dull (first day)
Nose p. 78
Frequent sneezing, catarrh, much nasal mucus (second day)
Frequent sneezing (seventh day)
Violent, very frequent sneezing
Catarrh (after eight hours)
Violent and very peculiar catarrh (.seventh day)
Acute catarrh, lasting five days, followed by secretion of mucus in the fauces and throat, the mucus gelatinous, with some membranes of yellow-brown mucus (ninth day)
Epistaxis
Bleeding from the right nostril
Nosebleed before the menses
(Nosebleed during sleep, at night)
His nose becomes dry and hot, as in dry catarrh (after six hours)
Sensation as if the nose internally were completely dry, such as the dust of a dry road would produce (after three hours)
Sensation of compression and pressing inward in the nasal bones
Sensation as if the nose were ulcerated internally
Sharp burning in the left nostril
Smell of dung in the nose (after sixteen hours)
Eyes p. 78
Swelling of the face for several days
* Face sunken, with anxious expression
Convulsive movements of the face and limbs
* Face bluish
Face dark colored, with an expression of anxiety
Face dark red, hot
Extreme redness and heat of the face
Red face, with great thirst and flow of urine
Paleness of the face
Face and lips pale
* He became pale in the face, with the frequent stools,*®.f
Sudden alternations of paleness, with heat and redness of the face
(Painful jerking sensation in the muscular parts of the face)
•f- Revised by Hughes. (after three hours),h
Drawing and tensive pain over the whole right side of the face and right ear,h
Burning in the face and head
♦Twitching in the cheeks, at noon, sparks before the left eye,paleness of the face and faintness, followed by vomiting of a quantity of white froth \t\\Q attacks recurring for three days)
Stitches in the right cheek and right chest, with salivation
Cracking of the skin of the lips
Dry lips and mouth, in the evening, not without thirst (after thirteen hours)
Burning on and somewhat above the red of the upper lip,'._ Jaws. *Jaws closed
* Stiffness of the masseter m?6SC('es
Dull pressure in the muscles of the left side of the jaw, like a violent pressure with a dull point of wood
While eating all the muscles of the lower jaw become sore, as if bruised, so that he is obliged to stop chewing
Smartinopain on the forepart of the lower jaw (after nine hours)
Sticking pain in the articulations of the jaws, on opening them, which prevents his drawing down the jaw as usual (after four hours)
Needlelike stitches in the right jaw, frequently through the day (second day)
Mouth p. 79
Teethe Looseness of the teeth
Towards the end of the menses grinding of the teeth and bluish face
Grating of the teeth,'®._ Toothache, followed by swollen red face
Toothache consisting of pressure and heaviness in the left upper back teeth, as if they were filled with lead
Severe toothache and headache
Toothache at first pressive, afterwards when chewing, ending in a drawing streaming into the roots of the teeth, when something even soft was taken between the teeth,®._ Teeth acutely affected by cold wind (seventh day)
Boring in the upper incisors
6?Mwi. Swelling of the gum of the lower jaw
Tongue. Swelling of the tongue
♦Dry» ess of the fo??,yne
* Tongue cold
Burning on the tongue and in the throat
Sharp burning on the tip of the tongue
Stinging and burning of the tongue
6mem? 3Iouth. Frothing from the mouth
Running of mucus from the mouth towards noon
Inflammation of the mouth internally
Great secretion of mucus in the mouth, fauces, and throat, large lumps of mucus were expectorated without cough every minute (fourth day); constant mucus in the mouth and throat after eating (fifth day) ; constant spitting of mucus, for more than half an hour, with cold hands, in the evening after a glass of wine (fifth day)
Tenacious mucus on the palate and in the mouth, which could scarcely be loosened, increased after drinking water (second day); (loosened and expectorated after a glass of water), (third day),®">.
♦i/ouf4 dry and sticky, without special Extremely distressing sensation of dryness in the mouth and stickiness, for an hour in the morning, after waking and rising, without thirst, only slightly relieved after rinsing the mouth (after twenty hours)
Dryness and stickiness in the mouth, alternating with watering of the mouth (after twenty-four hours)
♦Dryness of the mouth, palate, and thirst for water
Warm sensation posteriorly in the mouth and fauces
Burning in the mouth as if rubbed with pepper, though it was not dry (after one hour)
Burning heat in the mouth, especially in the fauces and pharynx (first day)
Sensation of cooling with burning and sticking in the mouth and tip of the tongue
Pain in the mouth, followed by violent inflammation, and at last a very red swollen tongue, preceded by nausea
Numb sensation on the palate, as if a burnt spot had healed and become covered with a thick skin, or as if the palate were covered with the skin of a plum
Mouth seemed sore,Saliva. Salivation
Saliva salt (second day)
* Much tasteless water collects in the mouth
Salivation increases. with an acrid, salt taste in the mouth and on the tongue, and great heat in the palms of the hands and pit of the stomach
Uninterrupted running of saliva from the mouth, like waterbrash
Tenacious salivation
Tasteless saliva, tastelessness in the month
* Much saliva in the mouth for several hours together
TastCm *A biting taste as of peppermint in the throat, with a sensation of rising heat from the pharynx into the mouth, which persisted and became associated with qualmish nausea
(Constant sour taste in the mouth, with collection of much watery saliva)
Taste and coolness in the mouth and throat as from peppermint
Foul, herby taste in the mouth, almost like pestwurzel (after three hours),’.f
Foul taste as of dung in the mouth
Diminished taste; a pasty taste in the mouth (after a quarter of an hour)
Speech. Stammering,’'’.|
Is unable to talJcf.
Loss of speech
Throat p. 80
Tenacious mucus in the throat (fourth day)
Throat somewhat swollen
Paroxysmal constriction and choking in the throat as if one had eaten unripe pears
Contraction of the throat as if caused by the pressure of a swelling
Violent pains in the throat
Pressure in the throat and oesophagus, as far down as the stomach, with burning stinging in the pharynx (fifth day)
Drawing and pressure in the left side of the throat
Drawing pain in the throat, thirst and colic
Dryness of the throat, which can not be relieved by drink (after six hours)
Throat dry and burning (fifth day)
* Scraping in the throat
Scraping in the throat like catarrh
* Roughness the throat
Burning in the throat
Burning in the throat and stomach
Burning in the throat and tongue
Burning scraping in the throat
Violent burning in the throat, oesophagus, and stomach
Extreme burning in the throat, oesophagus, and stomach (after half an hour)
Violent burning in the throat and stomach
Fauces ated Fharynx. Secretion of mucus in the fauces, but with a sensation of dryness and heat (third day)
Distension of the pharynx,®®.§
Redness of the pharynx with some swelling of the tonsils
Burning in the pharynx and stomach
Sensation of warmth in the pharynx and upper abdomen
A coldness comes up into the pharynx (but a spot far back on the palate is also cold), followed by a large amount of warm, sweetish, salt-tasting, slimy liquid, rising up like waterbrash, when the coldness in the throat and palate is relieved for the moment, but returns (after twentyfour hours)
Oesophagus. Distension of the oesophagus, with a feeling as if he would suffocate,”.l|
Swallowing. Swallowing impossible
External Throat. The left submaxillary glands swollen, associated with a sure throat internally, especially in the left side, with a kind of choking and constriction in the throat on swallowing, which lasts a short time after swallowing (after one hour)
Pain in the submaxillary glands as if pinched (after three hours)
Stomach p. 80
Appetite and Thirst. Ravenous appetite without thirst
Ravenous hunger,’®.ft
Hunger and thirst with profuse flow of urine
Violent hunger, as on the previous days (sixth day)
* Feeung of hunger in the stomach, with undisturbed appetite (eighth
eats much, hut still complains of hunger and emptiness in the stomach
* Desire for eating and drinking xvith the diarrhoea
Longing for only cold food, herring, sardines, fruit f
* Appetite for fruit
Constant very greedy desire for gherkins/.
Desire for citric uc\(
* Desire for acid things
* No desire for inarm food, at noon, but more for fruit,I
No appetite and no hunger; when eating nothing is relished
Little appetite; nausea when eating (fifth dayAversion to warm food, and on eating it he did not relish it, though he had not eaten for a long time; yet desire for fruit/.
* Excessive thirst ‘®.
Excessive thirst during the perspiration
* Much thirst for cold drinks, immediately
Much thirst in the afternoon and evening
* Great thirst with hunger
Evnctatious. Eructations of gas
* Violent eructations, mostly of air (after six hours and three-quarters)
Frequent eructations (fifth day),®'^ - Sour eructations
(Eructations even while fasting; sour eructations in the afternoon)
Eructations of wind frequently repeated after eating, with pressure in the stomach and tension of the whole upper abdomen (third day)-'**-
Eructations of odorless flatus (first day),®'b.
Eructations after breakfast, chilliness and weakness (eighth day)
Bitter eructations
(Eructations tasting of the food)
Constant qualmish eructations with terrific cough
Empty eructations of gas after eating
* Empty eructations, immediately
Empty eructations in the evening after lying down in bed, followed by a scraping, scratching sensation in the larynx, almost as after heartburn (after twelve hours)
Frequent efforts to eructate
Hiccough in the morning with the customary smoke (after twenty-four hours)
Hiccough, for half an hour
Long-continued hiccough
A large amount of water suddenly comes into the throat (waterbrash), he cannot swallow it quickly enough and it gets into the air-passages, and frequently chokes him (after twelve hours and a half )
Cardialgia
Nausea and Voinitinf/. *Nausea
Nausea, with great thirst, flow of urine for three days
* Nausea, with weakness, so that he was obliged, to lie down (fifth day)
* Nausea, followed by violent and frequent vomiting (after half an hour); constant and bloody vomiting (alter one hour)
Nausea, pressure, and heaviness in the stomach after eating a little
Nausea, with hunger and pressure in the epigastric region while eating, disappearing immediately after eating
* Great nausea before vomiting
Great nausea, with profuse salivation
Great nausea, with red sweaty face
* Co)istant nausea and salivation, xvith great appetite and thirst
Qualmishness, with a bilious taste in the nioidh
Qualmishness arose from the breakfast, which disappeared after eating meat, at noon (after twelve hours)
Qualmishness with closure of the jaws
Qualmishness in the pit of the stomach
* (Qualmishness xvith frothing from the mouth f
Qualmishness and hoarseness, much cough
* Qualmishness and salivation, with closure of the jaws
Excessive qualmishness, with great thirst,'®. - Very qualmish, he would gladly have eaten something but had no appetite
Sick and weak (first day)
Nausea after dinner (second day) ; nausea and crawling in the stomach (fifth day)
Feels very sick and weak after a short walk
Excessive inclination to vomit, even to faintness
* Vomiting; immediately
* Violent vomiting of a slimy acid liquid with food, with paint ul distortion of thence
* *‘Forcible excessive vomiting ''® ®
Attacked with violent and incessant vomiting, and lived only from morning till night
Vomiting and diarrhoea as many as ten times, with pale sunken face, covered with cold sweat (after six hours)/®.
If there he vomiting the strength pid pulse sink/®.
Two paroxysms of vomiting, in each of which he vomited three or four times; the nausea continued even in the interval of a quarter of an hour between the paroxysms ; the ejecta had a sour smell,hf
Longcontinued vomiting
* Vomiting of food,'®.--*Violent vomiting/®.
* Even at the beginning of the vomiting he was obliged to lie down, and at its close he was so exhausted that it seemed as though the thighs would separate from the hip-joints
Before vomiting cold hands, after the vomiting hot hands, withorgasm of blood
Vomiting of food with green mucus, Vomiting of all food and long sleep
Vomiting of food with mucus and green substances
Vomiting, with heat of the body
Nightly vomiting of very tenacious mucus
* Vomiting of mucus, and cold sweats
* Green i;o?mtin^,‘®.
* Vomiting of green mucus,'® ®® Profuse throwing off of mucus, with frequent eructations
Vomiting of green mucus, and afterwards of much froth
Vomiting at first of froth, afterwards of yellowish-green, sour-smelling mucus
Vomiting of green mucus, followed by chilliness
Vomiting of black-green mucus
_ Vomiting of dark-green mucus with diarrhoea, and yet appetite fbr eating and drinking
Vomiting of white mucus, at night
Vomiting of white mucus, with good appetite
Vomiting of much mucus, with extreme weakness
Vomiting, at first of bile and mucus, afterwards of black bile, at last of blood
Vomiting at first of bile, then of very tenacious mucus
Vomiting of bitter, sour, brown mucus with food, two hours after coffee, in the evening (third day)
[Black vomit],®.]
Stomach.
Pain fid distension of the pit of the stomach
(Sensation of weakness in the stomach, with internal coldness in the epigastric region and slight pressure)
Fulness in the stomach after eating a little (third (jay)
Pains in the stomach
* Fains in the stomach and bowels
* Acute pain in the epigastrium
* Pain in the stomach, as from raveno^is hunger
Complained of stomachache, but eats, drinks, and sleeps much
Pressing and drawing pains in the pit of the stomach
Violent pressure in the pit of the stomach, which extends into the sternum, the hypochondriac region, and as far as the ilia (after eight hours)
Pressure in the stomach after dinner (sixth day)/
Pressure in the pit of the stomach,'®.§
Burning in the stomach
Heat and burning in the stomach, throat, and tongue, together with a sensation of coldness in the mouth, as from peppermint drops
A burning pressure in the pit of the stomach and middle of the chest, with cramp in the stomach, and eructations after breakfast (sixth day),®*».
Burning (incendium) in the epigastric region
Burning sensation in the stomach in the evening, and in the chest, like heartburn, with cold shivering over the back
Burning in the epigastrium and along the oesophagus
Pinching pain in the pit of the stomach, more when walking
Abdomen p. 82
Hypochondria. Tensive pain in the hypochondria, as from flatulence
Pain in the hypochondria and in the chest, on account of the non-emission of flatus
Sticking in the region of the si)been while walking, after a moderate meal (after twenty-four hours)/.
Umbilicus. Colic in the umbilical region
Colic in the umbilical region, before pains in the back,Cutting pains in the umbilical region, increased flow of urine and thirst
* C'o/tc about the navel, as from flatus, without marked tension of the abdomen or pain when touched (after six hours)
GciieVdl AhdoitlC'H, ^Distension of the abdo^nenfl
Distension of the abdomen, with salivation
Swelling of the abdomen, with colic and emission of flatus
Rumbling in the abdomen (first day)
Loud rumbling in tbe abdomen
Loud rumbling in the abdomen, with diuresis,'®. Painless rumbling in the abdomen, as from flatus (after three-quarters of an hour)
Flatulent rumbling and griping in the abdomen, infrequent and scanty emission of flatus
Rumbling in the abdomen, as if he would have diarrhoea, with frequent emission of flatus (after six hours)
Emission of flatus (after seven hours)
Frequent emission of flatus (first hour)
Frequent emission of odorless flatus (first day)
An unusual amount of flatulence, in the evening (second day)
Emission of much odorless flatus, with noise, at night (third day)
Flatulence after dinner (fourth day)
Emission of flatus, after dinner, unnoticed, with a thin stool; afterwards diarrhoea, of acrid fseces, with tenesmus (after one hour)
Flatus passes upward and downward with violence
Pain here and there in the abdomen, as if it w^ere cut with knives, immediately
Twitching in the abdominal muscles, with a not disagreeable warmth in the chest (after half an hour)
The intestines are sore, as if bruised, because the flatus refuses to pass
The patient com plained of terrible pains in the abdomen
Pressing in the intestines
Painful pressure in the coecal region, as from spasmodic incarcerated flatus (after one hour)
Drawing pressing colic in the evening, while walking
Feeling of drawing in the intestines, as from a purge (first day)
Drawing-tearing pains for minutes deep in the lower abdomen, mostly above the pubis (after one hour)
* Twisting in the abdomen and back, preceded by great weakness, before the stool; after the stool he felt easier and more vigorous
Griping in the abdomen, as in diarrhoea, though without desire for stool (after two hours)
Drawing griping colic, followed by emission of flatus and evacuation of tenacious faeces, which greatly adhered to the rectum
* Griping in the abdomen, at times above, at times below the navel, in the afternoon, soon after eating, which while standing changes to another place than while walking, and the reverse
* Colic, with a feeling as if the intestines were twisted into a knot
Colic, thirst, increased flow of urine
Colic, from the back towards the navel
Colic, with loud rumbling
Sudden colic (griping?) in the morning in bed, after waking, immediately followed by desire for stool; an evacuation of yellowish-green, pasty faeces, the last part of which consisted of mucus; the desire continued even after the evacuation, after which almost clear mucus followed ; there remained in the intestines above the pubes a feeling as if they had been beaten, and there was an unsettled feeling in the pit of the stomach (after twenty hours)
* Flatulent colic, which involves the intestines and whole abdomen, here and there; the longer delayed the emission of flatus the more difficult it is to pass (after six to twelve hours)
Nightly colic, with sleeplessness
Dull colic, from distension of the abdomen by flatus, as if there were constipation, with uneasiness
In part sticking colic, in part sticking pains here and there in the body, with peppery biting in the throat
’'"Cutting pain in the abdomen (after twelve hours)
* Cidtmg colic, with diarrhoea, very
f “After should be “before.
Hughes. early in the morning (ahoui ‘\i oclock)/.
A stitch extending from the abdomen through the abdominal ring along the spermatic cord, when coughing (after three hours),h
Frequent sensation in the abdomen as if diarrhoea would come on, without desire for stool, but only a qualmishness and rumbling in the abdomen
Hlfpogastvium and Iliac legion. Cutting-sticking pain in the lower abdomen, soon after eating (after twentynine hours)
Pressing dull pain as from a bruise in the viscera, in the pubic region, all the morning, together with a sensation in the left groin, as if a hernia would form, mostly while sitting
Sensation low down in the abdomen, as of impending faintness, before stool
Protrusion of an inguinal hernia
Violent and painful protrusion of the intestines; an unusual hernia protrudes, with rumbling of flatus (third day),®h
Symptoms as if a hernia would become incarcerated
Rectum and Anus p. 84
Blind heemorrhoids (after ten hours)
Tenesmus of the rectum
Pressure towards the anus, with blind htemorrhoids
Burning in the anus during stool (after twelve hours)
(Smarting pain in the anus)
Desire for and urging to stool in the upper abdomen, but a stool follows with difficulty or not at all, apparently on account of inactivity of the rectum and absence of peristaltic action of the other intestines (after four and fifteen hours)
Stool p. 84
Diarrhcea. *Diarrhoea/
Diarrhoea in the evening (after milk), (eighth day)
Diarrhoea, with profuse perspiration
* Frequent and violent diarrhoea
Diarrhoea, with pain during and after the stool
* Very profuse and painful diarrhoea
Diarrhoeic stool (after twelve hours)
Violent bloody diarrhoea
* Excessive evacuations
Copious evacuations
* Sadden involuntary watery evacuations of the bowels
After the emission of flatus some thin foeces pass unnoticed (after four and sixteen hours)
Frequent sudden soft stools (the first hours)
Stool soft,scanty, brownish yellow (second day),®*^ Stools much too soft
Frequent black bloody evacuations by vomiting and stool
Dry stool in the evening (third day)
Bloody stools
Fseces acrid (after twelve hours)
Stool, the first part of which was large, the latter part consisting of thin strings of faeces of the normal consistence and color
Stool very indolent
Constipation. Constipation (first day)
Obstinate constipation,'®.f
Constipation, with heat and pain in the head
Constipation on account of the hardness and large size of the evacuation (after three and fourteen hours)
All the evacuations are suppressed,'.!
Urinary Organs p. 84
Tenesmus of the bladder
Pressing pain in the bladder and burning while urinating,'®.§
Pain in the urethra, as if contracted, behind the glans penis, associated with ineffectual desire to urinate since thebladder was empty (after twenty-four hours)
Pinching pain in the urethra, when not urinating
Burning of the urine
Burning in the forepart of the urethra, while urinating (after three hours)
Itching of the orifice of the urethra after urinating
Desire to urinate, with somewhat difficult emission of pale watery urine in a weak stream (second day)
Frequent desire to urinate; urine at first retained, after fifteen seconds discharge of watery urine, with smarting pain in the forepart ofthe meatus (fourth day)
Involuntary micturition
* Diuresis
Diuresis with the constipation,'®.||
Diuresis, with violent coryza
Dysuria (second day)/
Urine colorless like water (third day)
Urine scanty, yellow, and turbid even when passed (after twenty-four hours),h
Urine acrid
Sexual Organs p. 85
Male, Acute sensation and sensitiveness in the sexual organs (alter twelve and fifteen hours)
Stiffness of the penis
Soreness of the prepuce
Drawing pain in the testicles
l^'euiale. Abortion
Pimples on the right labia previous to the menses
Flooding, irrestrainable
* Profuse menstruation
Menses appeared much too early, indeed on the thirteenth and ninth days
The menses, which had been suppressed for a long time, returned at the full moon
Menses suppressed lor many years reappeared
Roaring in the ears, pains in all the limbs, and great thirst during the menses,’”.f
Respiratory Organs p. 85
Larynx and Trachea. ^Spasmodic contraction of the glottis, with contracted pupils
* Paroxysms of constriction of the glottis, attacks of suffocation, with protruding eyes (after half an hour)
Constriction of the larynx,’
Suffocative constriction in the larynx
Tickling very loin down in the trachea provoking cough, without expectoration (after one and five hours)
Tickling very low down iu the trachea provoking cough, without expectoration (after twenty-four hours)
Voice. C<,replete loss of Voice
Cough and Expectoration Violent cough for three hours, iu the evening, with salivation
cough (fifth day)
Dry biting cough, with shivering, especially in the evening (second daj,^^*-
Dry cough, with tickling in the pharynx (third day)
Dry hacking cough caused by tickling in the lowest portion of the sternum, immediately
Violent dry cough, at night and iu the morning
Hoarse, dry cough, at night
* Hollow cough in long shocks, xvith cutting pain in the abdomen (after six hours)
* Deep hollow cough, always in three or four shocks, which seem to come from the abdomen, in the evening
Cough and much expectoration, with blueness of the face and involuntary micturition f.
Frequent expectoration after the dry cough
Respiration, *illis breath leaves him,'-
* Shortness of breath on the slightest movement, even in the house (a kind of oppression of the chest), which is only relieved if he sits still and quiet
* Respiration weak, interrupted
* Extremely difficidt and distressing respiration
* They seem in danger of suffocation, the respiration is so restricted
Respiration unnoticed, almost lost
* Dyspnoea
At times respiration stopped for several minutes, was spasmodic and rattling
Chest p. 85
Catarrh iu the chest, without a real (involuntary) cough ; the tenacious mucus must be raised by hawking (after eight hours)
Oppression of the chest following a burning iu the throat and a gnawing pain in the stomach
Much oppression of the chest, and on breathing a pain in the side,especially iu the morning on rising (after five days)
Oppression upon the chest when coughing
Tightness of the chest, he cannot inspire sufficient air on account of contraction of the airpassages by tenacious firm mucus (after four hours and a half)
* Tightness of the chest and difficult respiration, even xvhile sitting, together with headache
* Tightness of the chest, and pressure in it like a fulness while walking, so that his breath fails
Such great fulness in the chest that he constantly tries to eructate, without nausea
Constriction of the chest (after one hour)
Painful constriction of the chest
Spasmodic contraction of the intercostal muscles towards the left side, which impedes respiration (after three hours)/.
Pressure upon the chest (tenth day)/^».
Soft pressure upon the chest while standing, with tightness of the chest (after eleven hours and a half )
Pressure and heaviness in the chest and stomach
Pain in the chest, with dry cough
Frequently recurring pains in the chest
Pain in all the ribs
Pain beneath the ribs, especially on expiration
Cutting pain in the chest (after fifteen hours),’. Tickling in the chest, as if it would provoke cough, in the middle of the sternum (after half an hour, and one hour)
Front and Sides. Pressure in the region of the sternum (after two hours)
* A pressing pain in the region of the sternum, after eating and drinking
A painful rhythmical pressure on the upper part of the sternum
Pinching pain in the region of the sternum, more after drinking than after eating
Constrictive pain like cramp in the left side of the chest, recurring periodically (immediately)
Pain in the sides and headache, with an almost dry cough
Pains in the side, with pains in the epigastric region
Pain in the sides, breasts, and in the thighs
Griping pain in the right side of the chest (after twenty hours),k
Pain in the left side of the chest, then in the back
Pain in the left side, with cough, with weakness and difficult respiration
Pulselike pressure as with a dull point in the left side of the chest and region of the fourth rib; the spot was painfully sore to touch, as if suppurating
During the day some paroxysms of stinging pain in the right side of the chest which took away the breath
Stitches in the right side
A stitch ending with pressure beneath the last right ribs, worse on inspiration (after twenty-four hours)
A fine stingingthrobbing pain in a small spot in the left chest (after five hours)
Slow sharp stitches near the nipples, which at last itch
Heart and Pulse p. 86
Prceeordia, Cutting pain in the precordial region (first night)
Pressure at the heart
Paroxysmal anxiety at the heart, which then beats very violently, and with a sensation as if ]t were very warm (after four hours)
Hears Action. *Palpitation, with anxiety, and rapid audible respiration
* Violentbeating of the heart, which moves the Libs; the heart beats very forcibly and moves the hand, without paint
Pulse. *Pidse very rapid (after six hours)
Pulse of the normal rate, but very weak and almost imperceptible (after eight hours)
Very slow pulse
Pulse very slow, even while walking
Pulse very sloiv and almost lost (after four, and several hours)
Pulse small, tense
* Pidse very small, irregular, at times intermittent
Pulse almost lost
* P pulse imperceptible
Pulse entirely lost for several hours
Neck and Back.^Neck. Stiffness of the nape of the neck
Rheumatic stiffness of the nape of the neck, which causes vertigo, especially on moving
Painful stiffness of the nape of the neck during the headache
Tension and sticking in the nape of the neck, on both shoulders and between the shoulders, aggravated by motion and by turning around (third day)
Tension and tearing in the right side of the neck, which is drawn, bent, and painful on motion, less on pressure (sixth day)
Tension in the nape of the neck (eighth day)
Heaviness in the nape of the neck ; the cervical muscles no longer support the head
Pain in the neck externally, as if the skin were sore
Pains in the nape of the neck and shoulder, on waking in the morning (fourth day)
* The muscles of the nape of the neck seem paralyzed
Tearing pain and tension in the nape of the neck and occiput
Sticking in the four cervical vertebrae (fifth day)
Back. Painful stiffness in the back (fifth day)/
Pain in the hack, pressing-painful, and as if broken, on stooping and on rising up, in the morning
The spine is painful while walking, and afterwards a drawing pressure as if bruised ; this pain disappears on pressure (after eleven hours)
Burning and stinging in the back (fifth day'),®‘b.
Burning sticking in the back, and tension in the small of the back (first day)
Burning and pressing sticking in the back and small of the back (first day)
SvajyttJffr. Violent pressure as if bruised and beaten in the scapulae
Pain in the scapulfB, extending over the "whole back, with diuresis, thirst, and constipation
Pain between the scapuljB, even while sitting; on turning the pain becomes a decided tearing
A perceptible rkeianatic pain between the scapxilce, and extending from the nape of the neck to the small of the back, which is especially, distressing on going to stool
Burning in the region of the scapule
Llinibftr. Pains in the loins
Pain in the small of the back, shoulder, and back, with sticking and tension (second day)
The left side of the small of the back is painful as if beaten, on stooping as well as on rising up
Pain in the small of the back, while walking upon a level, not while sitting, in the morning
Tensive pain in the small of the back (fifth day)
A paralytic and bruised pain in the joints of the small of the back and knee, on moving after rising from a seat
A pressing pain in the small of the back, while standing
A stitch in the small of the back on stooping, which continues a long time
Pains in the loins and arthritic tearing pains in the lower limbs
Intermittent stitches in the coccyx while standing, rather itching than sticking
Upper Extremities p. 87
* Nails blue on account of the coldness
* Paralysis of the limbs
[Twitching of the limbs and profuse perspiration, followed by headache, vertigo, and much drinking],*®.f
Trembling in all the limbs, horrible anxiety at the heart, and inclination to faint
Stretching (teusio) of the limbs,®*.]
Weakness of all the limbs
Weakness, with heaviness of the limbs, increased after breakfast (second day),®*k
Painful lameness as from too long a walk, in the upper and lower extremities, only on motion ; he could scarcely get along
Stiffness of the limbs, especially in the forenoon and after standing
Insensibility and rigidity of the limbs
Falling asleep of the limbs
The arms and feet always fall asleep, even while lying (after eight hours)
Electric-like shocks, followed by bruised pain in the knees and elbows
(Pain in the limbs upon which he lies, as if the bed were stony hard)
* Pain in all the limbs as if exhausted by excessive fatigue
Drawing pain in the limbs
Violent drawing pain in the limbs when walking, which disappears at night on continuing to walk
Spasmodic drawing in the limbs, above the joints, on moving
Tearing pains in the extensor muscles while sitting
Superior Extremities p. 87
Trembling of the arm when she takes hold of anything with the hand
[Twitching in both arms],*®.§
The arms were painfully lame, as if beaten, he could raise and hold them up only with effort and with pain
Right arm painful as if beaten, after a little effort (first day)
Paralytic feeling in the right arm (second night)
Drawing and stiffness in the muscles of the left arm
Sensation as if the arm were too full and swollen
Numbness of the right arm
Numb sensation in the right arm, with heaviness
Constant numbness of the left arm, with pain and stiffness of the muscles
Shoulder. Stiffness of the shoulder and pain in the nape of the neck. in the morning (fifth day)
Pressure in the shoulders
Pain in the shoulder (fourth day)
Slight indescribable pain in the right axilla
Constant pain in the right shoulder-joint
Pain in both shoulders (first day)
The pains in the shoulders and arms continue for several days during rainy weather, cease with the rain, after a dose of Rhus, and on the appearance of warm weather all the symptoms cease (after twelve days)
Sensation of pain like lightning, extending from the shoulder to the head, followed by loss of vision
A cutting pain like a single cut on the shoulder
Sticking and tensiv'e pain in the right shoulder; the sticking is at first slight but increases from minute to minute, extending from the shoulder to the back, impeding movement, even respiration is painful ; the most violent pain in the shoulder is relieved by pressure of the hand ; after this pressure is removed there is a burning in the skin ; the pain in the shoulder is aggravated by hawking and coughing; sticking in the right shoulder and neck, with stiffness of the nape of the neck (second day)
Violent sticking and tearing in the right shoulder, neck, and occiput, aggravated by motion, on waking in the morning (sixth day)
■ Sticking in the right axilla, extending to the elbow (first day)
Sticking in the left shoulder-joint (first day)
Sticking in the right shoulder and head (eighth day)
Single stitches the left shoulder-joint, even during rest (after four hours)
Ann. Pain in the muscles of the right upper arm,”.-
Pain in the muscles of the left, afterwards of the right upper arm
Arthritic pain in the deltoid muscle, in the upper arm and in the knee,k
Paralytic bruised pain in the left upper arm on stretching it out,k
A persistent drawing downward pain in the middle of the left humerus (after half an hour)
Smarting on the inner side of the upper arm as from sore flesh (seventh day)
ISilhoiV, Drawing pain in the bend of the elbow on flexing it; it seems swollen, on account of which it cannot be completely flexed ; together with a paralytic feeling in the arm (after fifteen hours)
Foiearni. Pain in the middle of the left forearm as if the bones were pressed
JVris'f. Jerking in the right wrist and farther up towards the elbow
Hands. Crawling in the hands as if they had been asleep
FilHfevs. Deadness, falling asleep of the fingers (after one hour)
Fingers insensible, rigid
Tensive pain in tbe middle finger on moving it (after twenty hours)
Pain, as if dislocated, in the joints of the thumb
The second phalanx of the finger is painful in the bone when grasping anything (after twenty hours)
Upper Extremities p. 88
Tottering gait
Heaviness of the lower extremities
Great heaviuessof the lower extremities
Hip. ^'Walking very difficult, like paralysis, first in the right, then also in the left hip
Tensive and pinching pain above both hips and in the loins, while walking and standing, at noon (second day),®k
Cramplike drawing in the upper part of the gluteal muscles while standing
TJiigfl, Weakness almost only of the thighs and knees
The thighs and hips give out and ache as if paralyzed
The thighs are painful as if broken, while sitting (after eight hours)
Rheumatic drawing pain in the muscles of the thigh, while standing (after three hours)
Cramplike pressing pain in the thigh or calf if he supports himself less upon that foot while standing (after three hours and a half)
Visibly pulsating twitchings of the large external muscles of the thigh while sitting and standing; the muscles rose and fell rhythmically but without pain, immediately recurring after walking (after nine hours)
Knee, (cracking of the knees
Single, visible, raising high up of the knee while sitting (in the afternoon), once every quarter or half hour, without pain ; she started up every time ; it ceased in the evening after lying down
Bruised pain in the knees on going downstairs (after four hours)
Tension in the hollows of the knees, while standing and walking, as if too short
Drawing at times in the knees, while standing and walking and sitting
Painful jerking in the right knee
Spasmodic drawing upward pain from the hollow of the knee into the right thigh, while standing (after twelve hours)
A cold smarting sensation externally in the knee-joint
Cutting pain, as with a knife, in the knee, transient, like a single cutting
(Sticking in the knee and ankle), (after five days)
Pain as from heaviness of the legs, as from weariness
Pain as from heaviness in the leg, as if paralysis were impending, in the morning
Pain in the hone Just below the knee, as if it had been broken and there not perfectly firm, while stepping upon it
Stiffness and pain in the right calf
* Cramp in the calves
Violent cramp in both calves, in the outer portion, lasting half an hour in the evening, after a fatiguing walk (seventh day)
Pain in the calves and tibitB as if they would break down
Drawing and stiffness in the calves
Violent tearing in the muscles of the left leg
Crawling in the legs as fur up as the knees; a painful surging
Biting itching and crawling sensation in the calves, while standing (after four hours)
A tearing pain in the tibiae extending downward
Burning in the tibiae, in the evening, as if they had come from too great cold (after fourteen hours)
Auh‘le, Pressure in the ankles and legs
Pressure at the ankle, momentarily, as if the bones were directly touched and pressed (after eight days)
Violent pressure in the right ankle
The ankles are painful as if sprained, while walking, when previously while sitting the soles of the feet had been stretched far backward, so that they rested upon the backs of the toes, in the evening (after fifteen hours)
Burning in the malleoli of the ankle
Foot and Toes, The feet suddenly swell, and then after a few hours become again thin
While walking he feels a clumsiness and heaviness in the feet and knees
Pain in the feet, especially in the knees, as from great fatigue, as if large stones were tied upon them ; in order to obtain relief he was obliged to move them hither and thither (after fortyeight hours)
Painful drawing transversely through the joints in the forepart of the foot, while sitting (after one hour and a half)
Cramp in the feet (fourth day)
Cramplike pain on stretching out the foot (twelfth day)
Violent pressing pain in the right foot as though the root of the foot and metacarpal bone of the little toe were dragged downward ; the pain lasted several minutes, during both rest and motion (twelfth day)
Awakened as if by a painfully cold wind blowing from both feet to the knees, relieved only after long rubbing, after midnight (second night)
Jerkings in quick succession in the weak foot, while standing, but not while walking (after three days)
Violent stitch in a corn on the left foot, while sitting (after fourteen hours)
Sore pain in a corn when raising the foot, so that he stood only on the toes, in the evening (after fifteen hours)
Tensive pain in the external tendons of the toes, when walking
Pains in the corns
Stinging pain in the great toe (after five hours)
Transient stinging pain in the toes of the right foot, while standing, lasting two hours (after fourteen hours)
Sticking and burning in the right great toe
Generalities p. 89
It brings on a new attack of gout
* Cholera
Trembling of the whole body
* Spasms
* Spasms, smus
Epileptic spasms,®®.f
* Chronic weakness f
Sleepy weakness in the morning; which prevents his rising from bed/.
’^Attacks of weakness token walking
* Weakness, as from too great heat in the air,h
Weak a long time in the evening on account of mental excitement (first day); weakness (second day) ; weak and disinclined to work (fourth day) ; weak feeling as though he had not slept enough, head stupid ; on attempting to rise he sank back in bed, overcome by sleep, a dreamy half sleep, with sweat and apprehensive mood (fourth day) ; weak and heavy, with a dizzy head and inability to work the whole forenoon, better after a glass of wine (seventh day); weakness in the morning (eighth day)
Great weakness in the afternoon, and in the evening, so that he went to bed early, followed by fatiguing, dreamy sleep (first day) ; weak in the evening; all work, especially mental work, is irksome, with great uneasiness, heaviness of the head, which is painful, followed by stupid sleep (second day) ; great weakness (fourth day) ; weakness (seventh day)
* Weak and chilly in the morning
Extreme weakness,hU®
Great weakness, with toothache and inflammation of the tonsils
* Excessive weakness on going to stool
Extreme weakness
* While lying, his weakness does not disappear, but all his other symptoms do, and they return only on rising; while sitting they also disappear, and only the headache remains
* Weariness
Desire to lie down
Weariness over the whole body, as if he had walked too far (after two hours)
Movements slow
Muscles relaxed
General loss of power in the body, as if he had not slept enough, with an otherwise active mind, in the morning
* Paralytic sinking of the strength
* Rapid sinking of all the forces, which invites sleep, in the forenoon
* He sinks down exhausted
Complete muscular prostration
Prostration and weariness of the whole body, especially of the arms and hands, so that it was impossible for him to hold freely in front of him a book which was not at all heavy
* Faintness
Restless (first day)
Busy restlessness
Activity and mobility on the diminution of the pains and emotional disturbances
Sensation in the bones as if they had been beaten (after two hours)
* Pain, consisting of a pressure and bruised sensation in the muscular parts of the body,'.Sensation of itching in the bones
Transient stitches, here and there, in the body
He is affected by the open air, it distresses him, as if he were convalescent from an acute illness
Skin p. 90
Objective. *Whole body and face pale
Desquamation of the epidermis,®®.||
Copper-red eruption on the face, about the mouth and chin
Collection of painful pimples in various places (tetter)
Red spots on the nose
Eruption like the itch
Nettlerash eruption, which itches whenever she is warm, even during the day (only about the joints); after scratching the spots burn and hives appear, as if caused by stinging nettles
Thick rash on the cheeks, with pain in the face
Red eruption about the mouth and on the chin
Eruption of pimples near the corner of the mouth, on the margin of the red, which was painful when not touched, and even more when touched
Red painless pimples on the backs of the fingers between the second and third joints (after twenty hours)A
(Dry tetter upon the hand between the thumb and index finger)/.
A painful pimple on the lower jaw, which when touched causes a constricting pain, but which afterwards develops into a pustule with an inflamed areola
Vesicles close together on the nose,'®.t
Vesicular eruption in the left corner of the mouth,V
Burning blisters like anthrax on the left thigh, elevated pustules with depressed tips, with dark-red swollen areola, with tensive pain, when walking, burning (second day); in the blisters on the thigh a burning sticking pain, while walking, though less swollen (fourth day)
Subjective. Sensitiveness of the skin, every part upon which he lies is painful (eighth day)
Burning sensation,™ I
Crawling (creeping) itching on various parts of the face, rather biting than stinging, followed by the appearance of small red pimples, with hard red, elevated margins, and followed by brown tips, filled with yellow pus, which at first were painless, but when fully developed were painfully sore to touch
Crawling on the hands and fingers,b
A fine stinging, as from burning nettles, about the throat and on the chest, relieved by stroking with the hand (with redness and elevations of the skin like urticaria, which is noticed only on touch of the hand),b
(Itching here and there) (fifth day)
Corroding itching of the skin (after twelve hours),b
Itching here and there on the fiice and behind the ears, as if pimples would appear (without redness), with sensation of soreness behind the ears (after twenty-three hours)
Biting itching and crawling beneath the lobule of the right ear
(Itching on the face) (third day)
(Itching on the face, more than usual) (first day)
Itching on the arms and feet, as if an eruption would appear, without redness (after two hours)
Itching and burning, with shivering on the shoulders, back, face, arms, and fingers (seventh day)
Corroding itching on the inner side of the wrist (after twenty-four hours),b
Itching and biting on the left middle finger, on the palmar surface, and on the ball of the thumb, with stinging as from nettles (first day)
Burning-itching pain in the first phalanx of the little finger, as if it had been frozen,b
Violent itching on the legs, on rubbing small painful pimples appear in the skin (fifth day),*b
Itching in the hollows of the knees (fourth day),*‘b
An almost burning itching under the left heel, deep internally (after two hours),b
Itching on the great toe (first day)
Sleep p. 91
Sleepiness. Yawning,^', (fifth day)
Frequent yawning (first and eighth days)
Much yawning in the morning Third day),*
Frequent yawning and lachrymation (third day),*b.
Much yawning and stretching, and weary with sleep in the evening
Unusual ’yawning for more than an hour, in the evening
Yawning and stretching after the midday nap
Yawning, frequently so violent that it causes roaring in the ears
Repeated yawning and stretching, with weakness and bruised feeling in the joints, as if he had not slept enough, in the morning
Sleepiness, especially in the afternoon (ninth day)
Sleepy and weak after breakfast (eighth day)
Sleepiness, with frightful starting up, which prevents sleep, followed by a febrile attack,b
* Unusual sleepiness, so great that the head nods; even while making an effort to talk, the lids close and the thoughts vanish, at noon (seventh day),*^b
Falling asleep while reading, in the afternoon (eighth day),*‘b
He falls asleep, with partial consciousness, while sitting in a chair
Stupefying sleep, a waking coma/.
Quiet sleep, with thirst and diuresis
(Sleep too sound)
Long, uninterrupted sleep
Long sleep for three days, even during the epileptic spasms,’®.t
While asleep he lies with the arm over the head (first hours)
Sleeplessness. Sleeplessness
Sleeplessness for several nights
Late falling asleep on account of unusually cold feet (first night)
He falls asleep late
He is unable to fall asleep before midnight, on account of excessive activity of mind, two nights in succession ; together with an intolerable sensation of heat in the bed (he desires to uncover), with restless tossing to and fro
Frequent waking from short naps, with pressing pain in the forehead and temples, and heavy head (second night)
(Waking at night, with much chilly trembling of the right arm)
Restlessness at night (ninth day)
Restless, dreamy sleep (seventh day)
Sleep restless, from 12 to 3 oclock, then pain in the shoulder (sixth night)
Sleep interrupted by anxiety and emotional disturbances, with complaints that the blood burns in all the veins, especially of the head, and of a spasm rising from the chest to the throat, with special heat of the head and hands ; the heat and anxiety disappeared in the open air, and was followed by frequent yawning
Constant change of position at night, no sleep, though the feet were warm ; after awhile the knees began to be cold ; about 10 oclock a drawing in the legs began, followed by cold creeping as from snow-water, from the knees down to the feet, with great restlessness till 3 oclock ; in the morning only two hours of restless sleep (fifth day)
Whining during sleep
z>; 'edlUS. Sleep full of dreams (second day); (first, fifth, sixth, and seventh nights)
Sleep heavy, dreamy
Confused dreams at night
Dreams at night of hunting (fourth day)
Sleep with heavy dreams, with great effort and great anxiety, with perspiration at night (third day)
Vivid anxious dream of robbers; he awoke with fright, and then believed that his dream was a reality
Fatiguing dreams at night, followed by weakness on waking in the morning, with heaviness of the head and limbs (second day)
Quarrelsome dreams at night
Dream that he was violently pursued
Frightful anxious dreams at night, for example, that a dog was biting him, and he could not get away
Frightful dreams, followed by vomiting of a very tenacious green mucus
Indistinct dreams; he wakes unusually early in the morning
Fever p. 92
Chilli^less.
Chilliness in the whole body/
• Chilliness and shivering, in the morning
Chilliness and shivering the whole day, with drawing pain in the throat and back
* Chill and shivering with the frequent stools
Chilliness and heat alternately from time to time, with vertigo, constant anxiety, and qualmishness
Febrile chill, in the morning, immediately after rising, while dressing
* Febrile chill, with coldness and thirst, in the morning for half an hour, without subsequent heat, with weakness of the limbs, especially of the thighs (after twenty-four hours)
* An internal sensation of chilliness running from the head to the toes of both feet, at the same time with thirst (immediately)
Chilliness (fourth day); the whole afternoon (fifth day); all day, with smarting pain in the skin (seventh day) ; with shivering over the back, shoulders, and arms all day, even in a warm room (eighth day); shivering and chilliness continued (ninth day)
Chilliness in the evening
* Coldness of the whole body ®
Coldness and sensation of coldness over whole body (after eleven minutes)
Creeping coldness through the whole body (soon)
* Coldness at times, head xvith unusual perspiration at other times (sixth hour)
* Rigidity and coldness of the whole body
Shivering and gooseflesh after drinking
Shivering, crawling in the skin, for example, of the face (after two hours)
Shivering over the whole body,ahvays before vomiting
Unusually sensitive to the air, every draft causing not only shivering but a painful drawing through the back, shoulders, and arms, like a cold wind
Shivering, with a sensation of coldness in the limbs, especially in the shoulders and arms, as if ice-cold air were streaming through the bones, in a warm room
* Cold skin
Coldness of the head
* Feeling of coldness in the head, followed by heat
Very frequent creeping coolness over the head, especially over the vertex
Peculiar feeling of coolness in the head, especially in the forehead
Chilliness on the crown and at the same time in the feet (after one hour)
* Face cold, collapsed
Alternations of coldness and heat in the back
Coldness over the back,**; (fifth day)
Coldness in the back, followed by violent heat in the back
Coldness extending from the back through the shoulders into the arms, several times
* Constant shivering in the back and through the arms
* Extremities cold
Chilliness in the limbs and drawing pain in them
Cold hands and feet after breakfast (second day); in the evening (sixth day)
Coldness of the hands and feet preventing sleep until 3 a.m.
• Constant painful coldness of the upper extremities (ninth day)
Shivering in the arms and back, with warmth of the lower extremities and feet (second day)
Sensation of coldness in the arms on raising them
* Great coldness of the hands *’®.
Woke from sleep (after sleeping quietly for four hours) with cold feet, shivering, and drawing up the legs (first night)
Night greatly disturbed by very painful cold feet, frequent waking and changing of the position (fourth day)
(In the afternoon took a walk in the melting snow; sensation of coldness and moisture of the feet; in the evening cramplike pain in the feet while walking), (twelfth day),*’b.
Coldness of the feet, as if cold water were running into them, with trembling
Painful coldness of the soles of both feet, intolerable in the bed, obliging him to rise and walk about, in the evening
Heat. Febrile symptoms
Fever daily before midnight
Fever recurring for several days, sometimes lasting a long time,’.f
Heat and crawling over the whole body, extending into the tips of the fingers and toes
Heat over the whole body and general perspiration, without thirst, with pale face (after two hours)
Internal heat, and yet he refuses drink
Heat and perspiration, in the evening, in bed, though more heat
[Burning in the skin beneath the perspiration],A|
Burning heat of the body (after three hours), followed by a copious perspiration, which lasted five hours (after three hours and a half) ; the room seemed quite obscure, he could no longer tolerate the daylight, and could not hold up his head, but was obliged to press it against the chest (after six hours)
Sensation of warmth and cold at the same time on the head, with sensitiveness of the hair
Heat of the head
Head hot, dull
Head hot, confused, and intoxicated
Heat in the forehead and sinciput, which changes at first to warm, then to persistent cold perspiration on the forehead
Heat streaming up the back into the occiput
Redness and heat of the face, with slight febrile shivering
Heat and redness of the face (and shivering over the body), in the evening, also in the morning in bed heat in the face,h
Heat and redness of the face, and heat of the hands, with indifferent mood, caring only for the things just about him, with fearfulness (after one hour),h
[Bright heat and redness of the face, with constant laughing],^Heat and burning in the cheeks, with redness, with contracted pupils and cold feet (after ten hours),l
Sensation of heat, extending from the upper abdomen over the chest to the throat
Heat in the back, as if sweat would break out, in the evening, while walking slowly in the open air
Sweat Perspiration all over, in the evening, when he wishes to fall asleep,h
Very profuse perspiration over the whole body, towards morning
Excessive perspiration, with great thirst and good appetite
Persistent profuse perspiration during long sleep
Easy perspiration on every motion
Sour perspiration
Profuse sour perspiration
* Cold sweat,'*®‘I
* Cold sweats and vomiting of mucus
* Cold perspirations,^^'^\X
* Cold perspiration over the whole body
* Cold perspiration breaks out over the whple head and chest,^.%
Perspiration of a bitter odor, towards morning
Long-continued nightsweats
* Cold sweat on the forehead
* Profuse cold perspiration on the forehead, with the evacuation
Cold perspiration on the forehead, immediately on rising from a seat
(Perspiration on the face and in the axillae, when walking)
Some perspiration, especially on the face, in the morning; the face is inclined to perspire even during the day
Perspiration only on the hands
Conditions p. 94
Aggravation.
(Morning), Anxiety ; vertigo; during menses, tearing headache; after waking, pressure in crown of head ; when smoking, hiccough ; in bed, colic; dry cough; oppression of chest; stiffness of nape of neck; on rising, pain in back ; on rising from a seat, pain in small of back; pain in legs; chilliness; heat and redness of face.
(Forenoon), Stiffness of limbs.
(A/ferula),Thirst.
(Evening), Anxiety; thirst; while walking, drawing colic; dry cough; heat and redness of face.
(Night), Anxiety ; colic ; before midnight, fever
( Open air). Sticking and burning in eyes; distress.
(Bending forwards), Headache from temples to vertex.
(Coughing), Sticking in right shoulder; oppression of chest.
(After dinner). Anxiety.
(After drinking). Pain in region of sternum.
(Eating), Soreness of muscles of lower jaw.
(After eating). Pain in region of sternum.
(Expiration), B-edn beneath ribs.
(Hawking), Sticking in right shoulder.
(Inspiration), Stitch beneath last right ribs.
(Before menses). Nosebleed.
(Motion), Tension and sticking in nape of neck, shoulders, and occiput; lameness in extremities; drawing in limbs.
(On rising from a seat). Vertigo.
(On rising). Most symptoms.
(Sitting erect), Pressure in vertex.
(Standing), Pressure in temples; pain in small of back ; stitches in coccyx ; stiffness of limbs ; pain above hips and in loins ; drawing in gluteal muscles; jerking in weak foot.
(Stooping), Rush of blood to head; pain in back; pain in small of back.
( Walking), Vertigo ; pain in spine; pain in small of back.
(Rainy weather). Pain in shoulders and arms.
Amelioration p. 94
(Bending backward). Headache from temples to vertex.
(Pressure with hand), Pain in shoulder.
(Stooping), Pressure in temples and vertex.
( While sitting and lying). Most symptoms.
Footnotes
† All symptoms of the mind and disposition, occurring in the first two classes, and all spasmodic and convulsive phenomena manifested by the third, have been bracketed, as the doses administered were too small to induce them.—Hughes.
† Bracket.—Hughes. J The original is “ via; me/i<e constant.”—Hughes. I Bracket.—Hughes. || Not found.—Hughes.
† Bracket.—Hughes.
† Therewith the blood has the appearance of inflammation (huffy coat).—Hahnemann.
† Tussilago petasites.—Hahnkmann. j Insert “ temporary.”—Huqhks. I Not found.—Hughes. II Tender “ Schlundes ” oesophagus (on page 91 of same author is “ Huttar, ” that is, throat).—Hughes. ^ Greding adds ‘‘unersattlich” (insatiable) —Hughes. ff Not found.—Hughes.
† The vomiting was relieved by drinking cold milk, but there followed in bed an astonishing chill.—Hahnemann. + When administered to maniacs and melancholics.—Hughes. g “ Magendrucken ” is the original —Hughes.
† Not found —Hughes. J For several days after too large a dose.—Hahnemann. I Not found.—Hughes. || Not found.—Hughes.
† Not found.—Hughes.
† Revised by Hughes.
† Bracket.—Hughes. J With S 104.—Hughes. g Bracket.—Hughes.
† General spasms seem almost never to be produced by Veratrum album, except shortly before death, and to be the result of the great antagonism of nature.— Hahxemank. + Iron seems to relieve it.— Hahnemann. I Smyth says, “especially in the lower extremities.”—Hughes. II After slight vomiting and purging.—Hughes.
† The day after S. 852 in same subject.—Hughes. j From external application.—Hughes.
† In an epileptic patient.—Hahnemann.
† I have noticed it sometimes in the evening, sometimes in the morning.— Hahnemann. J Bracket.—Hughes.
† Bracket.—Hughes. j Keirnann says “on the forehead.”—Hughes. \ Revised by Hughes.