Caulophyllum

Caulophyllum thalictroides. Blue Cohosh. Squaw Root N. O. Berberidaceae. Tincture or trituration of root

Clinical

Abortion, threatened. After-pains. Amenorrhoea. Barrenness.

Relations

down pains. Chloasma. Cholera morbus. Dysmenorrhoea. False conception. Feet affections of. Gonorrhoea. Hands affections of, Inframammary pain. Labour abnormal ; false pains of. Leucorrhoea. Menstruation, disorders of. Ovarian neuralgia. Pityriasis. Pregnancy, disorders of Rheumatic gout. Rheumatism. Uterine spasm. Uterine atony.

Characteristics

Caulophyllum ''the Blue Cohosh," is closely related to Actea race., ''the Black Cohosh/' in its action, though belonging to a different family of plants. It acts most markedly on the female generative organs and on rheumatic states. It has only had one proving, that by Dr. Burt, the majority of the indications having been derived from tradition and clinical experience. It has been given with success for chloasma or pityriasis versicolor, curing incidentally dysmenia at the same time. Reflex symptoms having a uterine origin ; headache ; vomiting'; hoarseness ; rheumatism ; cramps and spasms. No other drug produces uterine spasms so markedly except Secale. Bearing-down pains. Paraplegia from disorders of the uterus. Left ovarian and left inframammary pains. Leucorrhoea in little girls. The pains are intermittent and paroxysmal, and fly about from place to place ; generally < at night Great nervous excitement ; tremulous weakness over whole body. Can scarcely speak. Sleepless, restless, nervous ; recalling the effects of coffee, which is incompatible with it. In rheumatic affections the special sphere of Caulo. is the small joints and muscles. Its action on the muscular tissue of the uterus (whether gravid or not) is to cause intermittent spasms or contractions (differing from the continuous contractions of Secale), Its special sphere in labour is : (i) when pains do not come regularly ; (2) when they disappear from exhaustion ; and (3) when they are too painful. Nash prescribed Caul. 3 for a lady of forty, seven months pregnant, who was attacked with severe pain and swelling of all the finger- joints ; wrapping them in mustard was the only thing that relieved her sufficiently to allow her to get sleep. Caul, relieved the finger pains, but caused such severe labour-like pains that it had to be discontinued for fear of causing miscarriage. The bearing-down then ceased, and the finger pains returned and continued till delivery, when they ceased for a few days. Then the lochia increased to a flooding — passive, dark, liquid ; with great weakness and internal trembling (not visible externally) ; and now the terrible finger pains returned. Afraid to give Caulo.y other remedies were tried, but in vain. At last Nash gave Caul, 200, which rapidly cleared up the whole case. Nash regards " internal trembling " as a strong characteristic when associated with the weakness ; he has cured long-continued passive haemorrhage associated with these symptoms. Relations. — Compare: Gels, in dysmenia (it is like Gels., and follows it well) ; Puls, in labour-pains, but the mental condition is opposite ; Act. r. ; Bell, in intermittent and paroxysmal pains ; Calc. (leucorrhoea in little girls) ; Lil. t., Lach., Sul., Ustil., and Vib. o. in left ovarian and inframammary pains ; Mag. mur. in uterine spasms ; Bry. in rheumatism ; Secale, Sep., Gossyp.

Mind p. 431

Fretful ; irritable ; apprehensive.

Head p. 431

Headache ; from uterine or spinal troubles ; over l. eye ; pressure behind eye ; severe by spells ; < stooping ; from light ; from noon tin night

Face p. 431

" Moth spots " on forehead ; with leucorrhoea.

Stomach p. 431

Frequent gulping of sour, bitter fluid with vertigo; spasmodic vomiting. — Spasms of stomach from uterine irritations.

Stool and Anus p. 431

Stool, soft white. — Watery stools, great quantity, runs a perfect stream from bowels, but no pain ; i a.m.

Male Sexual Organs p. 431

Every few minutes sharp, stinging pains in glans penis. 16. Female Sexual Organs.~Tension and fulness in hypogastrium ; sensation as if uterus congested. — Spasmodic pains in uterus. — Painful menstruation; spasmodic, intermittent pains in bladder, stomach, groins, even chest and limbs ; congestion and irritability of uterus ; scanty flow. — Before menses : pain in small of back ; great aching and soreness of lower limbs ; had breath ; bitter taste ; vertigo ; chilliness ; flow very scanty ; blood very light; with intense nausea and vomiting of yellow bitter matter; pain unremitting for several hours; habitual cold feet became warm under the remedy.-— Amenorrhoea, spasms, cramps or great atony. — Hysteric convulsions daring dysmenorrhoea. — Leucorrhoea sharp, acrid, very weakening; with heavy eyelids ; of profuse bland mucus ; in little girls ; with forcingdown pains ; with sterility. — Threatened abortion ; spasmodic bearing-down ; severe pain in back and loins, but uterine contractions feeble. — Habitual abortion from uterine atony. — Spasmodic rigidity of os ; pain like pricking needles in cervix. — Labour-pains short, irregular, spasmodic, patient very weak cold, < in morning. Aphonia : paralysis of vocal cords. Dry, hollow cough with mucus on chest; patient cannot expectorate, must swaSow phlegm raised. A characteristic is : " Cannot cou deep enough for reuef." Rawness and burning down throat and trachea. Rheumatism tends to stiffen joints and contract limbs. Warts are a notable feature in Caus/.— on hands, on face, and especially on margins of eyelids. When on hands they are usually found on finger-tips or close to nails. Nails are crippled. Old, large, inflamed and indurated warts. Burning itching on face, discharging acrid fluid which forms crusts. Guernsey commends Caust in the after-effects of bums and scalds. Patients say, " I have never been well since that bum." Its caustic properties may be its " signature " here. " Burning," indeed, is one of the notes of Caust. Guernsey gives " sensation as if lime were being slaked in the stomach." " Soreness " or '' rawness " are also very characteristic, appearing in piles and anal affections « walking or sitting), in which Caust. is in the very first rank among remedies. Soreness and rawness accompany cough symptoms and urinary symptoms. Malcolm Macfarlan confirms the following symptoms : " Forearms in front very sore to touch and pressure ; muscles of extremities sore generally." " Sudden severe pain commences in left hip-joint ; lasts a ort time ; feels as if it had been injured ; legs very sore, or rather the lower extremities ache and feel tired." Caust is a remedy to be remembered in intermittent fevers. One peculiar symptom is, '' sweat coming after the chill without intervening heat." Teste places Caust. at the head of a group (including Coccul, Coff. c, Corall Nux v,y Staph., Ars.) the common characteristic being according to him : " Two series of successive and opposite phenomena ; the former of short duration, consisting in a soil of universal exaltation of all the functions ; the latter, whidti succeed the former more or less rapidly, consist in a general depression of the vital f forces, and constitute the real and permanent action of the drugs of this group." Among instances, he gives mirthfulness followed by illhumour ; sleeplessness followed by yawning and drowsiness ; moisture of skin followed by dryness ; flow of saliva followed by dry mouth and throat ; coryza fluent, then dry. Teste found Caust. of great efl&cact in small-pox in alternation with Merc. cor. Periodicity is marked : Periodic, paroxysmal attacks ; twice a day to every two, three, or four weeks an attack ; at new moon. Symptoms are < at night (great restlessness of body, especially legs). < Early morning (cramp). < On waking. < In morning : hoarseness. < Evening : 6 to 8 p.m. heat. Causticum is one of Grauvogl's hydrogenoid remedies, hence is a chilly medicine; < washing, bathing, open air, draught, becoming cold, after wetting ; < every change of weather. Heat, especially getting warm in bed > (rheumatism ceasing on getting warm in bed, but beginning again as soon as he gets up.) C the other hand cold water > face and eruptions, and a swallow of cold water > cough ; headache is < entering a warm room ; damp weather > pains in scalp, ulcers ; rhinitis. Heat < eruptions. < In dark ; fear of darkness. < From coffee. < After stool. < From walking. < From taking hold of anything. < In clear, fine weather. Suited to dark-haired persons with rigid fibre ; decate skins ; lymphatic, torpid temperament. BdatiailS. — Caust. is antidoted by: Asal., Coff., Coloc, Dulc, Guaj. (rheumatic contractions) ; Nit. spin dulc, Nux. Is antidote to : Asaf., Chi., Coloc, Euphras., Plumb, (lead poisoning) ; type-poisoning ; abuse of Merc, and Sulph. in scabies. Incompatible : Acids, CofiF., Pho. Compatible: Before — Calc; Kali i. (facial paralysis from an abscess) ; Lye, Nux, Rhus, Ruta, Sep., Sil., Sul. Intercurrently — Ars., Cupr., Ign., Pod., Puls., Rhus, Sep., Stan. After — Calc, Coccul., Coloc, Cup., Hyo., Ign., Petrol., Petrosel., Rhus, Sep., Stram., Sul. Complementary : Petrosel. Merc cor. assists the action of Caust. and vice versa (in small-pox, according to Teste). Compare : Nit. ac is like Caust. in being at once antipsoric, antisycotic, and antisyphilitic Phos. touches Caust. at many points, and is too near it to be compatible with it. (This only applies to cases in which either of the two has done good ; if one has been given without any result the other, if indicated, will very likely succeed.) Both Caust. and Phos. are taciturn and distrustful, or inclined to fits of anger ; both are < at twilight ; both have sensations of tension. The hoarseness of Phos. (like that of Carb. V.) is < in evening. Phos. has extreme sensitiveness of larynx and dreads to cough or talk. The Caust. cough is > by cold drinks. Carb. V. has rawness and burning down throat (like Cans.) and hoarseness from damp evening air. Compare also : Calc (images on dosing eyes) ; Nat. m. and Sep. (spurting of urine with cough) ; Rhus (rheumatism from damp and cold ; but with Rhus there is restlessness and > from motion always — Cans, has restlessness at night only) ; Eup. perf . (hoarseness < in morning ; influenza with aching all over body ; has more soreness on chest than Caust.) ; Salic ac, Chi., Carbo. suL (Meniere's disease) ; Coloc (colic) ; Lye (sweat and heat < 6 to 8 p.m.) ; Bar. c (mental weakness, paralysis ; < damp weather) ; Sep. (enuresis in first sleep ; — in deep sleep. Bell., Sul.) ; Calc (sodding urine) ; Sars. (urine, especially in women, passed without patient's knowledge) ; Bell., Hyo., Ign., Lach., Lye and Pho. (difficult swallowing of Liquids) ; Calc, Carb. an., Stro. and Stram. (fear of darkness) ; Tarentula (restlessness) ; Gels, (ptosis, paralysis, faintlike weakness and trembling, blindness) ; Ant. t. (laryngeal anections) ; Lyc. (contraction of brow with pain in head) ; Cepa sore heel) ; Sep. (ness, especially before menses. Face yellow) ; Am. c (rawness and burning in chest) ; Aco. (paralysis from cold) ; Puls, (cystitis ; failure of milk after labour) ; Euphorb. (ptosis from cold ; Nat. c Sul. and Sul. ac (falls easily) ; Kali bi. (blindness with headache ; —Kali bl has blindness >, as headache <). CauBation. — Burns or scalds. Fright. Grief or sorrow. Nightwatching. Suppressed eruptions. Ulcers maltreated with lead.

Mind p. 435

Mirth fulness sometimes, and soon after, ill-humour. — Melancholy and vexatious thoughts, day and night, with tears. — Hypochondriacal sadness.— Restlessness, apprehension, and great anguish. — Anxiety of heart. — ¥fearfulness, esp. at night— Afraid at night (in the dark room ; the child does not want to go to bed alone). — Mistrust of the future. — Discouragement. — tosdbility and passion, with great sensitiveness of disposition. — Quarrelsome and wrangling spirit — Indisposition to labour. — Disposition to be frightened — Weakness of memory. — Absence of mind, — Tendency to make mistakes when speaking.

Head p. 436

Confusion in the head, as if it were compressed. — Feeling of intoxication, and as if momentarily on the point of falling. — Vertigo, with sensation of weakness in the head, and anxiety. — Attacks of headache, with nausea. — Headache in the morning, sometimes on waking, with sensation, as from a bruise, in the brain. — Nocturnal pain in the head, as if from an abscess in the brain. — Dull and pressive headache, which occasions gloominess, and is felt chiefly in the forehead or in the occiput. — Shooting pains, esp. in the temples. — Digging, with sudden shocks in the head. — Congestion in the head, with ebullition and noise internally. — Tensive or compressive pains in the head. — The headache sometimes exhibits itself only on one side (1.). — Heat and sensation of burning in the head. — Tightness and shootings in the head- Tension and tightness in the head, and of the scalp (forehead and temples).— Sensation of torpor in the occiput.

Eyes p. 436

Pain in the eyes, as if the eyeball were dilating. — Aching in the eyes, as if from sand, sometimes aggravated by the touch. — Itching, smarting, and burning pain in the eyes. — Inflammation of the eyes, with burning and itching of the eyes and eyelids. — Ulceration of the eyes. — Lachrymation. — Difficulty in opening the eyes, with a sensation as if the eyelids were swollen. — Visible quivering of the eyelids. — Obscuration of the eyes, often sudden, and sometimes as if the eyes were covered by a skin. — Sight confused, as if a gauze or mist were before it — Ophthalmia where there is opacity of the cornea which has spread over the pupil. — Movements before the eyes, as of a swarm of insects. — Dark nets, which seem to dance before the eyes. — Lights and sparks before the eyes. — Photophobia. — Warts of oldstanding in the eyebrows ; on the upper eyelid (and nose).

Ears p. 436

Otalgia, with pressive pain outwards, as if the inner parts were pressed out — Shootings, and pain, as of excoriation, in the ears. — Swelling of the ears, externally, with shooting and burning pain. — Stitches in the (r.) ear. — Discharge of fetid pus from the ear. — Itching in the lobe of the ear, as if from a tetter. — Words spoken and steps re-echo in the ear. — Tinkling in the ears. — Loud resounding noises in the ear, with hardness of hearing.— Rumbling and buzzing, rolling and murmuring in the ears, and in the head. — Sensation of stoppage in the ears.

Nose p. 436

Itching at the point, and the alae nasi. — Scaly nose, externally and internally, with burning and itching. — Eruption at the point of the nose. — Warts of long standing on the nose (orbits, upper eyelids). — Blowing of blood from the nose, every morning. — Epistaxis. — Loss of smell. — Obstruction of the nose. — Dry chronic coryza. — Coryza with hoarseness preventing loud

Teeth p. 436

Fluent coryza, with nocturnal cough, rough hoarseness and head-

Chest p. 436

Discharge of fetid mucus from the nose. — Sneezing in the morning.

Face p. 436

Yellow colour of the face, esp. in the temples, with bluish lips. — Burning sensation in the cheeks, and esp. in the cheek-bones. — Arthritic and tensive pains in the bones of the face, in the cheek-bones, and in the jaws.— Swelling of the cheeks, with pulsative pains.— Sensation of tension and of swelling under the jaw, which impedes its opening. — Itching eruption on the face.— Eruption of red pimples on the face. — Semi-lateral (r.) paralysis of the face, from the forehead to the chin. — Cramps in the lips. — Excoriation and eruption on the lips, and at the commissures of the lips. — Tetter on the lower lip. — Tensive, dragging pain in the jaws, with difficulty in opening the mouth. — Inflammatory swelling of the chin, with burning pain.

Teeth p. 437

Odontalgia, provoked by the introduction of air on opening the mouth. — Pain, as from excoriation, or tractive pains, and acute pulling, throbbings, or shootings in the teeth ; in the under jaw, in the lower teeth, (particularly on the (1.) side). — Painful loosening and elongation of the teeth (incisors).— Fistula in the gums. — Prolonged ulceration of the gums. — Painful sensibility, swelling, and ready bleeding of the gums. & Mouth. — Dryness of the mouth and tongue. — Accumulation of mucus

Mouth p. 437

Pain, as of excoriation and burning in the mouth, in the palate, and at the point of the tongue. — Stuttering, embarrassed, wheezing, and very indistinct speech. — Paralysis of the tongue. — Swelling of the inner side of the cheek ; he bites it when chewing. — Distortion of the mouth and of the tongue, when speaking. — Burning ulcer on the inner surface of the upper lip.

Throat p. 437

Sore throat on using exertion, as if it were lacerated internally.--Pain as of excoriation, roughness, scraping, and burning pain in the throat— footing pain in the throat on swallowing. — Audible cracking in the throat— Constant urging to swallow, with sensation of swelling or of contraction of the gullet—Difficulty in swallowing, from paralysis of the organs of deglutition. — Sensation of cold which ascends to the throat. — Dryness of the throat, without thirst — Accumulation of mucus in the throat, and behind the palate, with expectoration by hawking.

Appetite p. 437

Putrid, greasy, rancid, or bitter taste. — Burning thirst for coM drinks and for beer.— Sensation as if lime were being slaked in the

Stomach p. 437

Dislike to sweet things. — At the commencement of a meal, loss of appetite and disgust. — Fresh meat causes nausea; smoked meat agrees. — Sensation of suffering as from indigestion. — Pressure in the stomach, after eating bread. — After every meal, pressure on the whole abdomen, or on the stomach, or dse nausea and inflation of the abdomen, or else, again, shivering or heat in the face.

Stomach p. 437

Empty risings, with a taste of undigested food. — Abortive risings, with strangulation in the gullet. — Nausea, esp. after a meal, or during one, or else in the morning. — Sensation of f faintness, as though about to swoon. — Water-brash.— Vomiting of acidulated water, followed by acid risii— Vomiting of food. — Nocturnal vomiting of coagulated blood. — Pains in the stomach with heat in the head, increased by every quick movement, mitigated by a recumbent posture, and shuddering when the pains are aggravated. — Pressive squeezing, as if from claws, constriction and cramplike pains in the stomach, and in the epigastrium. — Shooting pains in the epigastrium.

Abdomen p. 437

Pressure of the clothes on the hypochondria painful. —Tension and shootings in the hepatic region. — Pains in the abdomen in the morning. — Pressure on the superior and inferior part of the abdomen. — Pain« fnl and tensive inflation of the abdomen.— Violent distension of the abdomen after a meal (breakfast). — Swelling of the navel, which is painful on being touched. — Enlargement of the abdomen in children. — Contractive pains in the abdomen. — Susceptibility to cold in the abdomen, whence results diarrhoea, or pressure at the stomach. — Incarceration of flatus, with hard fasces. — Frequent expulsion of offensive flatus, in small quantities.

Stool and Anus p. 438

Chronic constipation.— Frequent and ineffectual efforts to evacuate, with pains, anxiety, and redness of the face. — The faeces are passed more easily, in an erect posture. — Faeces knotty, or of a very small size. — Faeces hard, tough, covered with mucus ; viscid, and shining, as if with fat, or of a bright and whitish colour. — Diarrhoea in the evening and at night — Diarrhoea, with tenesmus and burning in the rectum. — Diarrhoea, after the abdomen has been chilled. — Flow of blood and incisive pains in the rectum, during the evacuation. — After the evacuation, anguish, with palpitation of the heart and burning in the anus. — Itching in the anus. — In the anus, appearance of haemorrhoidal tumors, which are hard, swollen, painful, and which impede evacuation. — Walking and meditation aggravate the haemorrhoidal pains, so as to render them insupportable. — Varices of the rectum, hindering stool ; large ; painful ; stinging ; burning when touched. — Pressure in the haemorrhoidal tumors of the rectum, so as to cause them to protrude. — Pulsation in the perineum. — Fistula in the rectum. — Abscess in the anus. — Pain of excoriation, and moisture in the anus.

Urinary Organs p. 438

Frequent inclination to urinate, with thirst and scanty emission. — More copious emission of urine. — Emission of urine at night, and wetting the bed. — Involuntary emission of urine (as in cases of children who wet the bed at night ; in women, when urine spouts from them in walking, coughing, &c.), day and night. — Acrid and corrosive urine, or pale, aqueous, of a deep-brown, or reddish colour. — Stringy mucus in the urine. — The urine becomes turbid, after settling. — Sensation of burning in making water. — Itching of the orifice of the urethra. — Flow of blood from the urethra.

Male Sexual Organs p. 438

Increase of sexual desu-e. — Absence of erections. — Frequent pollutions. — Escape of prostatic fluid after a stool. — Emission of sanguineous semen, during coition. — Pressure and shooting in the testes. — Ulcers and itching scabs on the interior part of the prepuce. — Red spots on the penis. — Copious secretion of smegma behind the glans penis. — Itching at the scrotum, glans, and prepuce.

Female Sexual Organs p. 438

Catamenia retarded, but more copious, with flow of blood in large clots. — Difficult first menstruation. — During the menses no blood is passed at night. — Before the catamenia, melancholy, sacral pains, and colic. — Catamenia too feeble ; sexual desire too weak. — During the catamenia, pains in the loins, cuttings, and paleness in the face ; yellowness of the face ; vertigo. — Excoriation between the legs, at the vulva. — Dislike to coition. — Cramps of the matrix. — Profuse leucorrhoea, having the smell of the catamenia, or which flows in the night. — Leucorrhoea flows at night and not during the day. — Nipples excoriated, cracked, and surrounded with tetters. — Want of secretion of milk.

Respiratory Organs p. 438

Rough hoarseness, morning and evening. — Prolonged hoarseness, with voice weak and stifled. — Aphonia from weakness of the muscles of the larynx. — Sensation of excoriation in the larynx, when not swallowing. — Hawking up of abundant mucus, esp. in the morning. --Cough, with short breath, and difficulty of respiration. — Cough, excited by

Neck and Back p. 439

Cough is worse : in the evening till midnight, from exhaling; drinking coffee; cold air; draught of air; when awaking from

Sleep p. 439

Cough is relieved by a swallow of cold water. — Matutinal or nocturnal coEigb.Short cough, provoked by a tickling and a sensation of excoriation in the throat — Cough, dry, hollow, shaking, with sensation of burning, and pain as of excoriation in the chest. — Rattling in the chest while coughing. — Pains in the hips while coughing. — Cough with involuntary passage of some drops of urine. — Inability to expectorate the mucus, which is detached by coughing (the expectoration comes up far enough apparently, but it cannot be spat out ; greasy taste of the expectoration. The inability to expectorate is found in every species of cough, whooping-cough, &c.).

Chest p. 439

Breath short. — Attacks of spasmodic asthma. — Asthma, esp. when sitting or lying down. — Fits of suffocation on speaking and walking quickly. — Oppressiveness of clothes on the chest. — Pressure on the chest. — Shootings in the chest and thorax, on making a full inspiration, and during corporeal exertion.— Burning, stitches, and soreness in the chest. — Attacks of cramp-like compression and of constriction in the chest, with feeling of suffocation.

Heart p. 439

Palpitation of the heart, with languor. — Oppression of the heart, with melancholy. — Shootings in the heart.

Neck and Back p. 439

Stiffness and tension in the nape of the neck. — Pain, as from a bruise in the nape of the neck. — Miliary eruption at the nape of the neck, between the shoulder-blades.— Itching and humid tetters at the nape of the neck. — Goitre-like swelling of the cervical glands. — Pains in the loins which render the least movement exceedingly painful. — Aching pains in the loins when seated. — Painful stiffness (between the scapulae and) in the back, esp. on rising from a chair. — Pulling and acute drawing pains in the shoulder-blades. — Itching and tingling in the back.

Upper Limbs p. 439

Pains in the arms at night. — Drawing pains and acute pulling, in the arms and hands. — Convulsive movements and shocks in the arms. — Itching and eruptions on the arms. — Warts on the arms. — Pressure on the shoulders. — Shooting puns in the front part of the arms, from the fingers to the elbow. — Paralytic feeling in the r. hand. — Sensation of fulness in the hands, on grasping an object. — Tearing in r. wrist-joint. — Drawing pains in the hands, and the joints of the fingers. — Spasmodic weakness and trembling of the hands. — Paleness and painful torpor of the fingers. — Tension of the posterior joints of the fingers when bending them. — Contraction and indoFstion of the tendons of the fingers. — Itching tetters on the fingers. Q. Lower Limbs. — Pain as from dislocation in the coxo-femoral joint, with inability to walk and to continue standing. — Pain as from a bruise in the thighs and legs, whilst in bed, in the morning. — Tensive stiffness in the joints of the legs, and of the feet.— Contraction and tension in the heel and tendo AchiUis. — Drawing pains and acute pulling in the thighs, the legs, the knees, and the feet, with swelling of the parts. — Unsteady walk, and tendency to fall in children. — Skin marbled, on the thighs and on the legs. — Tension and cramp-like pain in the legs and calves of the legs. — Cramps in the feet —Pains in the instep, in the ankle bones, in the soles of the feet, and in the toes, on walking. — Neuralgic pains in the soles of the feet. — Contraction in the instep, with tensive pain when stepping. — Coldness of the (ect — Swelling of the feet — Pains in the varices. — Tingling in the soles of the feet — Festering vesicles and ulcerations on the heels. — Whitlow on the great toe.

Generalities p. 440

Arthritic and rheumatic drawing and tearing pains, esp. in the limbs. — Acute and violent pulling in the joints and the bones, mitigated by the heat of a bed. — Contraction of the tendons, and stiffness in the flexor muscles of the limbs. — Cramp-like contraction of several limbs. — Torpor and paleness of some parts, or of the entire l. side of the body. — Paralysis. — Jerkings and convulsive movements. — St Virus* dance. — Convulsive attacks, with cries, violent movement of the limbs, grinding of the teeth, smiles or tears, eyes half -closed, fixed look, and involuntary emission of urine ; the fits are reproduced by cold water, and are preceded by pain in the abdomen and in the head, frequent emission of urine, irascibility, and tears ; after the fit the eyes are closed. — Epileptic convulsions (at night during sleep). —Aggravation of the symptoms, generally in the evening, or in the open air, while those which have appeared in the open air disappear in a room. — Coffee seems also to aggravate ail the symptoms. — Semi-lateral sufferings. — Insupportable uneasiness in the whole body in the evening, and when seated, with anxiety in the region of the heart. — In the evening, great dejection and oppression of the whole body. — Paralytic weakness, with trembling and tottering of the limbs. — Paralysis (one-sided). — Great sensibility to currents of air, and to cold.

Skin p. 440

Violent itching, esp. in the back, and in the calves of the legs. — Itching of the whole body at night (Itch). — Injuries of the skin, which had been healed, become sore again. — Itch suppressed by mercury or sulphur ; burning itch. — Tingling (or stinging) swelling (sometimes called "buzzing" swelling) (Guernsey). — Eruptions resembling scabies. — Miliary eruptions and nettle-rash. — Itching and humid tetters. — Ulcerative vesicles. — Burning ulcers, with yellowish-looking skin ; ulcers burning, with corroding pus, with thin or watery pus, suppurating ; jerking pains running through the ulcers. — Excoriation in children. — Pain id corns in the feet — Warts, also with pain and inflammation. — Panaris. — Painful varices.

Sleep p. 440

Drowsiness in the day, like coma.— Nocturnal sleeplessness, caused by anxiety, inquietude, dry heat, and other annoyances, with frequent starts. — Starts on going to sleep. — Frequent movements of the arms and legs during sleep.— Anxious dreams, about grievous things, or about quarrels, or confused and voluptuous, with talking and laughter.— At night, vertigo, headache, dryness of the mouth, and painful heaviness of the legs.

Fever p. 440

Pulse only accelerated towards evening. — Much shivering. — Chilliness predominating, frequently with coldness of the l. side.— Internal chilliness, followed by perspiration, without previous heat — Nocturnal shivering, with pains in the back, and followed by general sweat — Heat in the evening, from 6 to 8 p.m. — Flushes of heat, followed by chilliness. — Copious sweat while walking in the open air. — Nocturnal sweat, sometimes of an acid smell. — Morning sweat (smelling sour).