SABADILLA.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Asagræa officinalis, Lindley (Veratrum officinale, Schlicht.; Sabadilla officinarum, Brandt).
Natural order , Liliaceæ (Melanthaceæ).
Common names , Cebadilla, Cevadilla, Sabadilla.
Preparation , Tincture of the seeds.
Authorities. [With corrections by Dr. Hering.] (Nos.
1 to 18 , from Stapf's collection, Archiv f. Hom. (and "Beiträge"), 4, 3, 118).
1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Gross; 3 , Hartlaub; 4 , Hromada; 5 , Langhammer; 6 , Rückert; 7 , Schultz; 8 , Schönke; 9 , Stapf; 10 , "H.;" 11 , "W.;" 12 , "S. G.;" 13 , "Nn.;" 14 , Murray, Apparat. Med., p. 168; 15 , Athelius, in Struve's Triumpf der Heilk., p. 130; 16 , Pruhn, Mat. Venen., p. 162, Lentin; 17 , "Abraham;" 18 , Plenk, Mat. Chir., p. 339; [Symptoms from Hartlaub and Trinks, observed in a boy suffering from tapeworm, and which disappeared after Sabadilla 30th and the evacuation of forty-six ells of worm, are omitted. -T. F. A.]
19 , Weitenweber, Prag. Monats., 1, 33, effects of the powdered seeds, in a girl aged twenty.
MIND
- Rage, 18.
- He imagines all sorts of strange things about his own body, for instance, that it had shrunk like that of dead persons, that his stomach was corroded, that the scrotum was swollen, etc.; he knows that all this is fanciful; he continues to imagine it, 10.
- Absorbed in revery all day, 5.
- Cheerful mood, for half an hour (after three hours), 4.
- Cheerful disposition, which was not natural to her, continuing five hours (after three days), 4.
- Gloomy mood, as if he were the greatest criminal, for twenty-five minutes (soon), 4.
- Vexed at every trifle, 2.
- Vexed, inclined to be vehement, out of humor, 9.
- Not disposed to work, 9. [10.]
- Thought was difficult, and caused headache; otherwise she is inclined to laugh at everything; afterwards she feels indifferent, almost apathetic, 10.
- The mind seems overexcited, tense, the disposition however is little sensitive, cold; but after several days the understanding is decidedly depressed; he can with difficulty comprehend many things, thinks slowly; the disposition, however, is more easily excited, everything deeply affects him, 10.
- She lay entirely speechless and unconscious, or else sprang up with anxious restlessness and ran about the room, constantly pulling at the pit of her stomach and at her neck; face sunken, deathly pale, with features expressive of extreme anxiety, 19.
HEAD
- Confusion and Vertigo.
- Confusion in the head, 9.
- Vertigo, early in the morning after rising, greater when sitting than when walking; his head felt stupid, 9.
- He had to rest his head upon the table, the whole afternoon until after dinner, in order to keep off the vertigo, in which he succeeded; accompanied with constant nausea, without vomiting (after two days), 9.
- Vertigo, as if one would fall (second day), 7.
- Vertigo, everything turns in a circle (sixth day), 7.
- Vertigo, greater when sitting than when standing (seventh day), 7.
- Vertigo, as if everything were turning, especially when rising from a seat (after one hour), 6. [20.]
- Vertigo, as if he would faint, with obscuration of sight (third day), 6.
- Vertigo, when going to bed, so that he had to hold himself, continuing for five days (after three days), 4.
- Dizziness, as after a slight intoxication, without vertigo or pain, continuing two days (after three hours), 4.
- General Head.
- Dulness in the head, like vertigo, with some aching pain, continuing an hour and a half (soon), 4.
- His head feels dull and heavy , as if he were obliged to hold it all the time, for several days, 10.*
- Painful heaviness, first in the forepart of the right side of the forehead, whence it extends more and more towards the left side , and finally affects the whole head; increases during motion, when it becomes a sort of vertigo (first day), 10 . [Revised by Hering.]*
- Stupefaction of the head, without vertigo and real headache, 4.
- Constant headache like a heaviness; on the first day it was felt only in the forehead; on the following day in the whole day; less violent when staring or reflecting, 10 . [Revised by Hering.]
- Pressive pain with heaviness in the head, so that he can scarcely raise it, for half an hour (immediately), 4.
- Painful pressure in the whole head, as if it were forced asunder, lasting three-quarters of an hour (after half an hour), 4. [30.]
- Painful pressure in the right hemisphere, extending as far as the left lower molars, .
EYE. [70.]
- Blue rings around the eyes, 19 ; for many days, 6.
- Painful drawing from below upwards, in the interior of the right eye and in the temple, 2.
- Burning sensation in the left eye, as from something corrosive; intermitting and returning after a few pulsations (after one hour), 10.
- Burning crawling over the eyebrows, 3.
- Redness of the margins of the eyelids, and sensation in the eyes as if an inflammation would arise, 1.
- Hardened mucus in the outer canthi, about noon (after six hours and a half), 5.
- *Pressure upon the eyeballs, especially when looking upward; less when looking down, 2.
- Lachrymation as soon as the least pain is felt in some other part of the body, for instance in the hand, 10.*
- Lachrymation , when walking in the open air, when looking at the right light, when coughing or yawning, for several days, 10.
EAR
- Painful boring behind the left ear in the parotid glands, the lower jaw, and the submaxillary glands (after three hours), 3. [80.]
- Burning itching in the interior of the lobules of the ears, without external redness or heat, 1.
- Sticking in the lobule of the right ear (after two hours), 8.
- Violent sticking in the left ear (first day), 7, 9.
- Pressing pain internally in the ear, 10.
- Burning crawling sticking behind the ear, 3.
- Burning sensation on the right ear without perceptible redness, accompanied with a burning of the left temple, lasting an hour (after one hour), 4.
- Sensation as if the ear were obstructed by something, 6.
- Crackling in the ear; humming in the ear on forcing air into it, shortly before dinner, (Revised by Hering.), 10.
- Humming and buzzing in the ears, with sometimes a sensation as if something heavy had fallen upon the floor and burst, after which the ringing in the ears continues for a long time, 6.
- Otalgia and crackling in the ears, 6.
NOSE. [90.]
- Bleeding from the nose twice, profusely, 2.
- Copious, thin, and thickish, whitish, transparent, nasal mucus, sometimes coming out in large lumps, on blowing slightly, without catarrh, for several days; afterwards he has to blow his nose frequently, because it is filled with viscid, yellowish-grayish mucus, 10 . [Revised by Hering.]
- *Violent sneezing from time to time, shaking the abdomen; followed by lachrymation (after three hours), 10.
- Occasional sneezing, accompanied with sticking contractive headache over the eyes and red margins of the eyelids, as in catarrh, which, however, does not make its appearance, 10.
- Obstruction of one or the other nostril; the air has to be forced out with a snuffing noise, and is drawn in only with great effort, with dull snoring, for several days, 10.
- Sensitive dryness in the upper part of the nose, 10.
- Fine whistling in one nostril during inspiration, the other nostril is obstructed (after five hours), 10.
- Contractive biting sensation in the nose, as from mustard, 10.
- Itching tingling in the nose, 3.
FACE
- Redness of the face and hands, 10. [100.]
- Intermittent pressive pain in the inner side of the left cheek, where the teeth touch, unaffected by contact (after ten hours), 10.
- Sore pain in the median line of the upper lip, early in the morning after waking, as if there were a fine crack, or as if it were drawn together and upward with a fine string; the tension disappears after pressing the lip with the incisors, and there remains only a simple soreness; afterwards it is seen that the epidermis had been torn and had retracted, for several days, 10.
- Burning of the lips as if they had been scalded, 11.
- Burning, itching, tingling, and prickling in the upper and lower lip, obliging him to scratch, as if the parts were burned (after half an hour), 5.
- Rattling in the articulations of either jaw, as often as he opens his mouth, as if they were quite loose, especially the right; this is neither painful nor disagreeable, in the morning (second day), 10.
- Drawing in the jaws and teeth, 6.
- Beating and jerking in the muscles of the left upper jaw (after three hours and a half), 5.
- The lower jaws, when touched, are painful like swollen glands, for several days, 10.
MOUTH
- Teeth.
- A carious molar tooth becomes more hollow, a fourth part of the tooth breaks off suddenly without pain (after six weeks), 10.
- (Cessation of the toothache in the left lower row), 13. [110.]
- Sticking pain in one of the anterior left lower molars, extending towards the ear; lasting a few minutes (after four hours), 8.
- Small stitches from above downwards, in the right upper teeth, 10.
- Sticking pain in a right lower molar, extending into the submaxillary glands (after half an hour), 11.
- Slight beating and drawing in the teeth, not persistent, generally during a walk, 10.
- Gums.
- Frequent painful jerking in the gums, in paroxysms, every day, 6.
- Tongue.
- *The tongue is thickly coated; mostly whitish-yellowish, especially in the middle and posteriorly, for several days, 10 . [Revised by Hering.]
- The tongue is coated white, the tip is bluish, the gums also are bluish (second day), 10.
- *The tongue feels sore and as if full of blisters, 11.
- *The tip of the tongue and the buccal cavity felt sore and scalded, 11.
- Burning pain through the right side of the tip of the tongue, followed immediately by violent spitting, and a taste as of unripe fruit, for three hours (after four minutes), 4. [120.]
- Immediately after taking the drug, a violent burning in the tip of the tongue, in the throat and abdomen, with violent rumbling in the latter, followed in five minutes by an evacuation mixed with blood, and accompanied with burning of the anus; after this he felt weak and slumbered for about a quarter of an hour; upon waking he felt extremely well and comfortable, 9.
- Burning of the tip of the tongue, with great soreness of the throat, increased by swallowing saliva, and leaving a burning sensation when drinking, for an hour (immediately), 4.
- Burning on the tip of the tongue , lasting twenty minutes (after two minutes), 4.*
- Stinging sensation, with disagreeable bitterness and repulsive sweetness in the tip of the tongue, lips, and gums, 14.
THROAT
- He hawks up bright-red blood, coming from the posterior nares, 9.
- Mucus in the throat, before breakfast, 10.
- He is constantly obliged to swallow , with pain in the mouth and behind the larynx, as if something were lodged there, accompanied with scratching roughness; he hawks constantly, especially in the morning, afterwards all day, also when eating; more after eating (third day), 10.* [140.]
- Dryness in the throat when swallowing (after two hours), 3.*
- Dryness in the throat (after one hour), 13.*
- *Constrictive sensation deep in the throat, as if the fauces were constricted, as after swallowing an astringent drink, 3.
- The throat feels as if constricted by a string (third and fourth days), 6.
- Sore throat when swallowing, for three hours (after a quarter of an hour), 4.
- Roughness and scraping in the throat, has to hawk all the time (after a quarter of an hour), 2.
- Scraping in the throat, with accumulation of water in the mouth (immediately), 8.
- Scraping in the throat; when swallowing he feels as if the uvula were resting upon the tongue; the insipid sensation in the throat obliged him to hawk and raise a sweet flat-tasting mucus, 7.
- Scraping in the throat, as if one had swallowed something acrid, with dryness of the part where the nose opens into the throat (immediately), 11.
- Scraping and painful sensation in the throat, 9. [150.]
- Tensive clawing sensation in the parotid gland, with increased secretion of saliva on the same side (after one hour), 8.
- Sensation in the throat as if a lump were lodged there , which it was necessary to swallow, during and between deglutition, for an hour (after half an hour), 13.*
- Sensation as if a soft body were lodged in the throat, felt especially during deglutition (after one hour), 7.
- Sticking sensation in the throat, occasioned by tightness and sharp scraping; he has to hawk in order to breathe freely, 8.
- Sensation as if a vapor were rising in the throat, with bitterness, almost like heartburn (after ten minutes), 2.
STOMACH
- Appetite and Thirst. [160.]
- Canine hunger in the evening, after having no appetite all day (first day), 10.
- He eats his warm breakfast with great haste, and eats much more than usual, for several mornings in succession, 10.
- Aversion to food, with appetite (first day), 10.
- No appetite for dinner (after four hours), 10.
- No appetite, everything he eats tastes of the drug; but as soon as he has swallowed a mouthful the food has again its natural taste, for a quarter of an hour (after three hours), 4.
- Aversion to food and coffee; he eats, but without appetite, 9.
- Aversion to food, continuing until the next meal, 4.
- Aversion to meat, 11.*
- Increased thirst; he has to drink cold water in the morning, contrary to his custom, 10.
- Thirst, which can be quenched for only a short time, 9. [170.]
- Desire for cold water, especially towards evening (first day), 10.
- Thirst after the chilliness, 9.
- Eructations.
- Frequent eructations, having a rancid taste, or tasting of the drug (after one hour and a half), 13.
- Frequent painful eructations, which frequently ascend only as far as the middle of the chest, as if the air passed through the orifice of the stomach, with difficulty; for several days, 10.
- Eructations, 19.
- Eructations, partly tasting of the drug, partly having a bitter and pungent taste, for twenty-five minutes (after half an hour), 4.
- Sour eructations, rarely continuing many days, 10.
- Empty eructations, with a feeling of shuddering over the body, 8.
- Hiccough.
- Hiccough, several times (after one hour), 5.
- Heartburn.
- Slight indications of heartburn, 11. [180.]
- A kind of heartburn, a heat rising in the abdomen, extending through the stomach and as far as the mouth, accompanied with considerable ptyalism, the saliva appearing to be as hot as the heat felt in the abdomen, but it is not; for twenty minutes (after two hours), .
ABDOMEN
- Hypochondrium.
- Digging in the right lobe of the liver, extending as far as the left, accompanied with paroxysms of painful drawing in a transverse direction; when pressing upon it a pain as in an old sore; at the same time a similar digging in the forehead, relieved by pressure, 2.
- Sensation as if the region of the liver were scraped with the back of the knife, 3.
- Warm feeling in the right hypochondrium, not far from the pit of the stomach (soon), 8.
- Umbilicus and Sides.
- A sort of pinching sensation around the umbilicus, suddenly followed by a copious evacuation, which was soon followed by another; in a quarter of an hour he emitted a quantity of fetid flatus (after three-quarters of an hour), 4.
- Burning sensation around the umbilicus for about four days, 4.
- In the afternoon, while sitting, he is suddenly attacked with a violent stitchlike pain in the right side below the last rib, resembling splenetic stitches, accompanied with lachrymation; he rises and twists himself in every direction to alleviate the pain, when the pain suddenly attacks the left side, and it seems as if both pains met in the middle of the abdomen; he instinctively sat down again, stretched, bent the back forward, pressed his hands into his sides, after which the pain disappeared after having lasted twenty minutes (first day), 10. [220.]
- Sticking in the right side, especially in the region of the liver (sixth day), 8.
- Sticking in the right side below the short ribs for ten minutes, increased by deep inspiration (after ten hours), 9.
- Dull sticking pain on the left side, on one side of the pit of the stomach, 8.
- Dull sticking pressure in the left side of the abdomen, as from a sore, 1.
- Stitches in the left side of the abdomen, when sitting (after thirteen hours), 5.
- General Abdomen.
- Spasmodic contraction of the abdominal muscles of the left side, with burning pain; he bent towards the left side, 3.
- Violent rumbling in the abdomen, with urging; he passed a little after sitting five minutes and pressing violently, a quarter of an hour after taking the medicine; in half an hour he had a copious evacuation without pain, 4.
- Rumbling in the abdomen as if empty (after three-quarters of an hour), .
RECTUM AND ANUS
- Transient pinching tearing in the rectum, immediately, 10.
- Violent crawling in the rectum, of ascarides, 9.
- Dull pains in the anus and abdomen, lasting six hours (after two hours), 4.
- Burning pain in the anus before the stool, for six days; she imagined a burning coal there (second day), 4.
- Itching of the anus; violent burning after scratching, for five days, 4.
- Violent urging for stool, with noise like the croaking of frogs; he had to sit a long time; after this an immense quantity of flatus accumulated and was passed, followed by an enormous evacuation, which was followed by a second, mixed with much blood; from this moment he felt a sort of burning pain in the abdomen, which lasted about eight days, decreased gradually after that time, and left an itching which yielded to rubbing, and changed into a slight burning (after half an hour), 4.
- Violent urging to stool; he can scarcely go quickly enough; he thought much would be passed, then he was obliged to press more than usual, but very little passed, followed by more violent headache (five and seven hours after a strong dose), 10.
- Slightly increased urging for stool, accompanied with jerking drawing in the pubic region, as if coming from the spermatic cords, and extending as far as the hollow between the thigh and scrotum; afterwards short noiseless emission of flatus, followed by a shuddering across the back, in the afternoon (third day), 1.
STOOL. [250.]
- Diarrhœa; the stool looks fermented and brown, 11.*
- Several stools a day after a large dose; no stool for four days after a small dose, 10.
- No stool for several days; the first portion of the stool is harder, requiring much pressing at first, afterwards scanty, 1.
- The stool delays in proportion as he increases the dose, 10.
- No stool for five days; he felt one sudden urging, but it disappeared as soon as he sat down; three days after taking the last dose he had a stool, which required great pressing, 10.
URINARY ORGANS
- Dragging sensation as far as the tip of the urethra, when urinating, towards evening (after ten hours), 10.
- Burning in the urethra, only between micturition, with urging to urinate, 3.
- Scalding in the urethra, when urinating, 10.
- Constant desire to urinate, towards evening; she emits only a few drops, after which the urging is most violent, accompanied with drawing in the urethra from before backward; the urging is accompanied with violent burning in the urethra. (This troublesome symptom was soon removed by a small dose of Pulsatilla), 2.
- Increase of urine mixed with blood (second day), 4. [260.]
- Little urine, although he drinks more than usual (first and following days), 10.
- The urine becomes thick and turbid, like muddy water (after five hours), 11.*
SEXUAL ORGANS
- Male.
- Painful erections in the morning, without sexual desire (fifth day), 10.
- Drawing, beating, sticking, intermittent pain in the penis, towards the tip (after six hours), 10.
- Slow undulating motion in the testicles all day; sometimes a fine tingling, extending from the thighs to the testicles, after which the undulation commences again and is more violent (first and following days), 10.
- Intermittent bruised pain in the left testicle, towards evening (after ten hours), 10.
- Insensible to sexual excitement; he is even nauseated by amorous caresses (first and following days), 10.
- Almost no sexual desire for five days; afterwards (secondary action) it is increased; he can scarcely rid himself of voluptuous thoughts, though the penis remains relaxed (fifth, sixth, and seventh days), 10.
- Female.
- The menses appear one day late, more profusely than usual, and flow one day longer than usual; three or four days before they appeared she felt a painful bearing down, as if they would come on, 2.
- Decrease of the menses, which had just begun; they reappear irregularly and more or less profusely, 13.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS. [270.]
- Wheezing in the larynx, during inspiration in the recumbent posture, 6.
- Hoarseness, 6.
- Violent cough (immediately), 8.
- Nightly dry cough , which leaves him no rest; he feels hot and sweats, 8.*
- Short dry cough, produced by a scraping in the throat, 8.*
- A few light paroxysms of short cough, with lachrymation, 10.
- (The breathing is easier than usual) (in a person who generally suffered with shortness of breath); (curative action), 11.
- Shortness of breath all day (first day), 10.
- Short difficult breathing, especially in the afternoon, 6.
- Sudden oppression of breathing, in the pit of the stomach, with anxiety, 2.
CHEST. [280.]
- Great oppression of the chest; he imagines that he will fall, accompanied with anguish about the heart, continuing a full half hour, 4.
- Oppression of the chest when sitting or lying down, as if a heavy stone were lying upon the chest, 6.
- Oppression of the chest (after seven hours), 8.
- Strong painful pressure in the middle of the chest, 11.
- (His chest feels free and easy; he feels well all over), (after four days), (curative action), 8.
- Several fine stitches above the xiphoid cartilage (after half an hour), 13.
- Pain from the right shoulder into the chest, as if the circulation of the blood were arrested by a tight bandage; the pain is not relieved by opening the dress; it lasts almost uninterruptedly all day; increased by cold and in the open air; sometimes the pain is felt in the left shoulder (after three hours), 10.
- Sticking in the right side of the chest, between the third and fourth ribs (fourth, sixth, and seventh days), 8.
- Sticking in the forepart of the middle of the right side of the chest, during inspiration and when coughing; he is waked by the pain several times in the night; he is unable to lie on that side, has to lie on the back; has cough, with expectoration, frequently returning, at night, 8.
- Prickings externally in the right side of the chest, during expiration (after three hours and a half), 5. [290.]
- Pricking borings from within outward in the right side of the chest, during expiration (when sitting), and disappearing soon during slight motion (after seven hours), 5.
- Burning in the right side of the chest, as if he had swallowed hot water, 11.
- Burning pain in the left side of the chest (after five hours and a half), 3.
- Sticking in the left side, at first more in the upper, then in the lower part, in the region of the short ribs; worse when coughing and taking a deep inspiration (after half an hour), 8.
- Stitches in the left side of the chest (second day), 13.
HEART AND PULSE
- Great præcordial anxiety, with tossing about and groaning, 19.
- Warm sensation in the præcordia (after one hour), 8.
- Pinching stitch behind the heart, towards the left side deepseated; worse during inspiration (after six hours), 10.
- Palpitation of the heart, and sensation as if all the arteries of the body were beating, 6.
- Pulse irregular, 19. [300.]
- Small spasmodic pulse and coldness of the limbs, 17.
NECK AND BACK
- Pain in the nape of the neck when moving it (after twelve hours), 1.
- Bruised pain in the spine when sitting, 6.
- Simple pain in the whole of the back, as from weariness, more intense, however, going and coming at short intervals, for some time in the forenoon and afternoon; it comes on while walking; movement avails nothing, but it is relieved when he sits down, makes his back hollow, and leans firmly against anything (first day), 10.
- Burning-tingling stinging sensation between the scapulæ, 3.
- Stitches in rapid succession in the right side of the back (after four hours), 5.
- Violent pain in the small of the back, in the region of the left sacro-iliac symphysis, when bending double, 8.
- Pain in the small of the back, with chilliness, 8.
- Pain in the upper border of the os ilium, not far from the superior spinous process, relieved by walking about and pressing upon it, aggravated by sitting (after one hour), 8.
SABADILLA. EXTREMITIES
- Tremulous sensation and trembling in the upper and lower limbs (after one to two hours), 3. [310.]
- Great weariness and heaviness in all the limbs, especially the joints, 6.
- Weariness in the limbs ; he sweats on exertion; he sweats also at night in bed, which he never did previously, 2.
- Weariness and heaviness in all the limbs, especially the feet; she frequently lets her arms hang down, as if they had no strength; this commences after two hours and lasts some time, 10.
- Paralytic weariness in all the limbs, late in the evening (first day), 10.
- Continuous heaviness in the limbs, obliging one to lie down, all day, but especially in the latter hours of the forenoon and towards evening , for five days, 10.
- His limbs, especially the knees, feel bruised, also when sitting, 10.
- Pain in the limbs, especially in the lower extremities; a peculiar painful drawing in the middle of the bone, that caused him to stretch out the limbs; better during rest; heaviness and stiffness on every motion; lasting several days, especially affecting the joints, 6.
- Painful drawing in all the limbs; heaviness of the feet, so that walking was difficult, 2.
- Drawing through all the limbs, and sensation as if one were paralyzed (third day), 7.
- Cracking in the joints during motion, 6. [320.]
- Crawling in all the limbs, 1.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Tosses the right arm upward with a sudden and painful jerk, 2.
- Convulsions of the arms, 15.
- Stretching of the arms, 3.
- Trembling of the arms and hands, 6.
- Aching in the muscles of the upper arm when moving the arm (after fifteen hours), 5.
- Intermittent pinching in the flesh in the middle of the inner side of the right upper arm (after eleven hours), 10.
- Stitches in the muscles of the left upper arm during rest (after two hours), 5.
- Elbow.
- Aching pain below the elbow-joint when bending the arm (after fourteen hours), 5.
- Painful drawing in the right elbow-joint, 11. [330.]
- Spasmodic jerking in the elbow, 6.
- Forearm.
- Aching pain in the muscles of the right forearm, near the wrist, only during motion (after two hours), 5.
- Jerking pain on the inner side of the forearm, more towards the hands (after six hours), 10.
- Stitches in the muscles of the left forearm from within outward, disappearing on the slightest motion (after one hour and a half to nine hours and a half), 5.
- Wrist.
- The right wrist is almost painfully affected constantly, but most during motion (fourth day), 10.
- Hand.
- The hands are very dry during the whole proving, 6.
- Great dryness of the hands, 19.
- Violent trembling of the left hand, as after apoplexy, when writing or holding anything (after two hours), 5.
- Trembling of the right hand when writing, as from the weakness of old age (after three-quarters of an hour), 5.
- Sudden cramp in the right hand; he is unable to grasp anything (after two hours), 8. [340.]
- Cramp in the right hand, especially in the fingers, and so violent that the hand becomes quite stiff, and the fingers are quite crooked, during which nothing could be held, 7.
- Stitches in the right hand (third day), .
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Staggering motion the first days, afterwards he performs his movements with more grace than ever, 10.
- Weariness in the legs (fifth day), 7.
- Hip.
- Aching pain in the left hip when sitting (after fourteen hours), 5.
- Painful pressure in the right hip-joint, especially sensitive when lying upon it, for eight days (first night), 4.
- Thigh.
- Bruised pain in the anterior muscles of the thighs when walking, worse on touch, 1.
- Drawing pains in the right thigh and leg for eight days, 4. [360.]
- Violent pains in both thighs, as if they had been compressed, abating somewhat while the limbs are stretched, increasing during motion, but abating again by continuing to move, lasting four days (after five days), 4.
- Intermittent jerking-sticking pain in the inner surface of the right thigh, near the genitals, 10.
- Stinging sensation in both thighs at the same time, 3.
- Drawing-stinging pains in both thighs, 19.
- Intermittent stitches in the muscles of the right thigh, when sitting (after twelve hours), 5.
- Knee.
- She is unable to stand long because the knees are very weak, 10.
- The knees feel weary, as if they would give way, 2.
- Drawing, with pressure, in the outer side of the left knee-joint (after five minutes), 11.
- Tearing in the side of the right knee on every step, 2.
- A few stitches in the outer parts of the left knee, when sitting (after two hours and a half), 5. [370.]
- Sticking in the right knee (sixth day), 7.
- Burning in the knees, 6.
- Leg.
- Erysipelatous inflammation on the right tibia, with violent burning pain (after four days), 7.
- Tension in the right calf when walking, 11.
- Violent tearing-tensive pain in the calves in bed, soon after midnight, disappearing almost entirely after rising, eight mornings in succession, .
GENERALITIES
- Convulsions resulting in death, in a child, from the powder placed upon the head, 16.
- Violent trembling of the body, especially the third day, 6.
- A sort of slight jerking, once only, of the upper lip, then of the hands, fingers, or thighs, especially of the left side, and always from right to left (first days, then after a lapse of five days, and then again after several weeks), 10.
- Frequent weak yawning, with lachrymation (after one hour), 10.
- He feels so weak all the time that he comes near falling, 10.
- Weakness of the whole body, as if he would become very sick, 11.
- In the morning, when waking, more weary than ever; all her body feels painful, as if she had been resting on blocks of wood, 10.
- After a short walk he is suddenly attacked in the street with an uncommon weariness and with dulness of the head, as if he had taken liquor; his eyes closed; he was almost unable to get upstairs (after one hour), 10. [390.]
- Sudden extreme weariness, her eyes close involuntarily, 2.
- She felt tired and broken down, so that she wanted to lie down and sleep all the time, for two days (after seven days), 4.
- Lassitude in the forenoon, while sitting down, until he falls asleep; he is disturbed after three-quarters of an hour, and starts up as if in affright, whereas he generally wakes very calmly and easily; afterwards his head feels heavy (third day after a large dose), 10.
- Heaviness with lassitude, in the whole body, feels relieved by lying down, for three days, 10.
- Lassitude , for several days, 9.*
- Relaxation of the whole body, 6.
- Anxious restlessness, 9.
- He starts at the least noise, 6.
- Sensitiveness to cold (first day), 10.
- She feels bruised all over; would like to lie down all the time, walking and standing, are extremely distressing, 10. [400.]
- Intense but transient bruised pain in various parts of the body, 6.*
- He does not feel well, without pain, for eight minutes, 4.
- Intense pain in all the bones, especially in the joints, as if the interior of the bones were scraped and cut with a sharp knife , especially in the right arm; it continued uninterruptedly all day, more or less violent, increased by cold, relieved for a short time by moving the arm very fast; lasting some time in warmth and during the night, . [Revised by Hering.]
SKIN
- Objective.
- Abdomen, hands, and chest are covered with red spots, becoming redder in the open air, of the size of the point of a pin, but not elevated, 3.
- Red spots on the left arm, occasionally red points, which are not elevated, causing merely a hot sensation, not itching, and continuing in the open air (after two hours), 3.
- Red elevated streak transversely across the left forearm, 3.
- Both hands dotted with small red spots, the left more than the right, 3.
- Redness of one hand and red spots upon it, 3.
- The redness of the spots and streaks was always worse in the cold, 3.
- Yellow spots on the fingers, 6.
- The skin peels off on the sides of the finger-nails in several places (after five to six days), 10. [420.]
- The skin of the hands becomes dry and rough, in the forenoon; it becomes smooth again in the afternoon, 10.
- Small pimples behind the right ear, for five days (after three days), 9.
- Small burning-itching pimples in the skin, on both forearms, 11.
- White blister, with a red areola and burning pain on the forepart of the left knee, 3.
- A kind of itch between the fingers of the right hand, which itches considerably, but only at night when in bed; nothing could be seen in the daytime, 4.
- Subjective.
- Burning-creeping sensation, here and there, about the body, 3.
- Excessive itching all over, in bed at night; scratching causes a violent burning, for an hour (third day), 4.
- Itching of the skin, which woke him, after midnight, 10.
- A kind of hot feeling, and a slight painfulness in various parts of the skin, especially in the face, more perceptible when stooping; washing with cold water affords relief; afterwards that feeling changes to a slight tension, especially in the left side of the face (after two hours), 10.
- Violent itching of the left cheek; specks on the face, like herpes, disappearing after several days (first and second days), 10. [430.]
- Violent itching of the hands and feet, as if she had the itch, for three nights in succession (second day), .
SLEEP
- Drowsiness, which closed his eyes (after five hours), 3.
- Sleepiness all day ; the eyes constantly closed, as if he had not slept the preceding night, 11.*
- Great sleepiness, so that she could keep awake with the greatest difficulty; she sleeps as soon as she sits down, and is like one dead, 9.
- She is constantly obliged to stretch, with cracking in the shoulders and back, 10.
- Constant desire to sleep, even in the daytime, 6.
- Contrary to his habit, he sleeps in the afternoon, and feels extremely peevish on being disturbed from his sleep, 10.
- Very sound sleep without dreams, 10.
- His night sleep is disturbed by confused unremembered dreams, 5.
- In the morning he starts up from sleep as if in affright (after twenty-three hours), 5. [440.]
- Restless unrefreshing sleep, 9.
- Restless sleep, tosses about and dreams much, 2.
- Restless night, with an aching pain in the right thigh and right upper arm, for six days (after one day), 4.
- Towards evening, a general discomfort; he stretches and falls asleep; during sleep his mind seems to be worried by all sorts of strange thoughts; his sensations were quite weak; no images in his dreams (first day), 10.
- A crowd of ideas prevent his falling asleep, several evenings, 10.
- In the evening, when half dreaming in bed, he has strange thoughts, as if they were separate from him, and more important than he, and as if he could not drive them away (first day), 1.
- Confused dreams, 9.
- Vivid dream, with details about helping other people and making them feel glad (after one day), 10.
- Lascivious dreams, in the morning, with scanty emission of semen and relaxed penis; he is conscious of dreaming and of an emission; followed by painful erection and extreme lassitude; feels easier on getting into the open air (second and fifth days), 10.
FEVER
- Chilliness.
- Violent chilliness, at 5 P.M.; coldness over the back, as if dashed with cold water; his teeth chatter as from internal coldness; the coldness is relieved only by the warm stove; it lasts full two hours, and then ceases gradually; afterwards he feels warm all over, and some sweat breaks out at last, especially on the forehead; the lower limbs are simply warm; thirst; the warmth and sweat last three-quarters of an hour at most; in the following night stitching in chest, and cough, 8. [450.]
- Chilliness all over, followed by a kind of warmth, and as if a creeping would set in, especially in the thighs (after one hour), 10.
- Fever; chilliness, at 9.30 P.M., so that he goes to bed; followed by shaking chill, so that the feather bed which was usually too much for him, did not suffice; after half an hour, he became alternately hot and cold, for thirty minutes; afterwards he became oppressed, with profuse perspiration, so that he changed his shirt; sweat was accompanied by constant chilliness (first day), 10.
- Chilliness, without thirst, and without subsequent heat, 9.
- Chilliness, with gooseskin and moderate thirst, 6.
- Chilliness, all day, 10.
- He is shaken and waked from sleep by a momentary chill, at 1 P.M.; he feels warm without sweating, with fine pricklings in the forehead (second day), 10 . [Revised by Hering.]
- *Frequently recurring fits of shuddering, passing off quickly, without being immediately followed by heat or thirst; after which he suddenly feels hot, especially in the face; he feels as if a hot breath came out of his mouth and nose and heated the neighboring parts, without thirst , and with a very comfortable feeling in the whole body, and clearness in the head; the fits of shuddering recur eight or ten times at short intervals; the paroxysms of heat are less frequent, but they last longer, 8.
- Shuddering over the whole body, for ten minutes (immediately), 4.
- Shuddering over the whole back; he feels chilly through the whole body (after three hours), 8.
- Febrile shivering through the whole body (after half an hour), 5. [460.]
- *Extremities cool, 19.
- Cold feet, 6.
- Heat.
- *Febrile condition, an unwell sick feeling, restless anxiety, easy startings, short hot breath, trembling, great orgasm of blood, eyes weak and unsteady, as if everything were in motion, as if the air itself were in tremulous motion; irresistible desire to sleep, with yawning, icy-cold shivering without shaking, constant nausea, .
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Morning ), On rising, vertigo; when reading, pains in head; swelling of feet; on waking, weariness; after rising, heat.
- ( Forenoon ), Heaviness in limbs; pain in joints; weakness; drowsiness; flushes of heat.
- ( Afternoon ), Difficult breathing; 5 P.M., chilliness.
- ( Toward evening ), Heaviness in limbs.
- ( Evening ), Before falling asleep, pulsation in all vessels; 9.30 P.M., chilliness.
- ( Night ), Cough; after midnight, pain in calves; in bed, itching of rash; itching; heat; sweat.
- ( Open air ), Pain in chest; red spots.
- ( Fixed attention ), Headache.
- ( Bending double ), Pain in small of back.
- ( Bending arm ), Pain below elbow-joint.
- ( Cold ), Pain in chest; pains; uncomfortable feeling; red spots and streaks.
- ( Coughing ), Lachrymation; sticking in left side.
- ( While eating ), Nausea.
- ( During expiration ), Prickings in right side of chest; borings in right side of chest; stitch behind heart.
- ( Going upstairs rapidly ), Prickings in forehead.
- ( Grasping part ), Jerking darting in thumb.
- ( During inspiration ), Tightness in pit of stomach and chest; in recumbent position, wheezing in larynx; stitches in right side of chest; deep sticking in left side.
- ( Looking upward ), Pressure in eyeballs.
- ( When lying down ), Oppression of chest.
- ( Lying upon part ), Pressure in right hip-joint.
- ( After a meal ), Nausea.
- ( Between micturition ), Burning in urethra.
- ( Motion ), Heaviness of head; cracking in joints; pain in muscles of right forearm; pain in right wrist; pain in thighs.