By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Coccus cacti, Linn.
Class , Insecta; Nat. order , Hemiptera; Common name , Cochineal.
Preparation , Tincture and triturations.
Authorities. ( 1 to 28, Austrian provings, Oest. Zeit. f. Hom ., 4, 500)
1 , Dr. Caspar, aged 30, took the 1st dil., morning and evening, for ten days; 2 , Dr. A. F., aged 30, took the "100th dil." (15th cent. dil. of Hahnemann); 3 , Dr. Frölich, "100th, 60th, and 30th dils.;" 3b , same prover took "3d and 1st trits.;" 3c , same prover took 10-drop doses of tincture; 4 , Theresa Kummer, aged 33, took "60th, 30th, 12th dils. and 3d trit.;" 5 , Fr. Gottwald, aged 33, took 3d dec. dil. every other day for ten days, then every three days for three weeks; 6 , Dr. Huber took repeated doses of 6th and 4th dec. dil.; 7 , the same prover took 3d, 2d, and 1st trits.; 8 , Dr. W. Huber took different dils., 30th to 7th; 9 , the same prover took triturations, 6th to 1st.; 10 , same prover took tincture, 40 drops first day, 50 drops second day; 10b , same prover, 60 to 120 drops tincture; 11 , Dr. Lach took 5 grains of Cochineal dissolved in hot water, on the third, eighth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth days, and 10 grains on twentieth day; 12 , Dr. J. G. M., aged 57, took repeated doses of the "100th dil.;" 13 , Dr. Marenzella took "100th, 60th, and 12th dils.;" 14 , Dr. J. O. Muller took 100th, 60th, 30th, and 3d dils.; 15 , Dr. Schweikofer took tincture, first day 10 drops, doubling dose each day to seventh day (640 drops); 16 , same prover took triturations (6th to 1st), doses of 45 to 200 grains; , Dr. Schweikofer's wife, aged 42, took 12th, 9th, 6th, 3d, and 1st dils.; , same prover took triturations, 6th to 1st; , Schweikofer's son, aged 15, took 1 to 30 grains of powdered drug; , Dr. Wachtel took 100th to 6th dils.; , same prover took 3d to 1st trits.; , Theresa N., aged 36, took 100th and 30th dils.; , Dr. Wurmb took tincture; , Prof. Zlatorovich took 1st dec. trit. daily from 8th of February to 7th of July; , Rudolph S., aged 21, took 10 grains of 1st dec.; , Eduard K. took 1st dec. trit.; , H., medical student, took 1st dec. trit.; , Adolph S., aged 25, took 1st dec. trit.; , Dr. Reil's provings, Hom. Vierteljahrschrift, 1, 194, having for eight days previously kept accurate records of his urine, took tincture, increasing from 5 to 100 drops daily; , Lembke, effects of the powder on point of knife, six doses, A. H. Z., 49, 185.
MIND
Emotional.
Great excitement after two glasses of beer, which was not relished; in the open air it seemed as though the pulses beat more violently than usual, with general sensation of heat; this lasted an hour, and gradually disappeared while walking (in the evening, beer caused no change in his condition), 8.
Unusual liveliness and clearness of mind (second day), 14.
Became lively for the first time towards evening (second day), 14.
Confusion of the head, as before the outbreak of violent coryza, relieved in the open air, 13.
Confusion of the head in the forehead, with pain extending across the left frontal eminence, involving a small portion of the left half of the forehead, the parietal bone, and the temple, and reaching to the zygomatic portion of the right jaw, leaving a general sensation along all those parts of a dull tearing or cutting, transient (after one hour), 14.
Constant pressive-tensive pain in the left mastoid process, 6.
Drawing pain on the convex surface of the left concha, especially severe on touch, 7.
Violent biting-sticking in the left antitragus, 6.
A pressive sticking pain above and behind the left ear, increased to a painful burrowing congestion, that only seldom remitted, and when worst extended not only to the left side of the neck and clavicular region, but also to the last back teeth of the left lower jaw and the left side of the occiput, 7.
Drawing-tearing pain upon and behind the left ear, followed by constant roaring in it, 6.
Severe and deep stitches in front of the left ear, between the antitragus and zygoma, 7.
Frequent biting stitches in the left antitragus, 7.
Violent, pressive, throbbing pain in the left mastoid process, which at times increases to a burrowing from within outward, when warm in bed before midnight; when most severe it extends into the left ear, in the left occipital region, the last back teeth of the lower jaw, and along the sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle to the left claviculo-pectoral region; on touch the parts pain as if suppurating, 7.
Pain in the region of the right parotid gland, followed by a similar pain in the submaxillary gland under the tongue, with constant accumulation of saliva in the mouth, 6.
Internal. [110.]
Stoppage of both ears, with sensation of pressure in the meatus auditorius (sixth day), 20.
Sensation as if the external auditory passages were closed, with crackling in the right ear (aggravation of the usual roaring in the ear), 12.
Feeling as though the left ear were stopped, or the hearing impeded, with tensive-pressive pain in the left mastoid process, extending to the clavicular region of the left side and to the last back teeth of the lower jaw; aggravated by lying upon the ear, lasting the whole day, with short intervals, 7.
Pressive pain in the right Eustachian tube, aggravated by turning the head to the right side and on swallowing; this occurred suddenly an hour before dinner, and suddenly and completely disappeared after warm soup (seventh day), 2.
Drawings in the right ear, and also at times in the left, 23.
Drawing in the right meatus auditorius, lasting the whole evening, .
NOSE
Objective.
Redness of the nostrils, with sensitive soreness in them (after 3d trit.), 4.
Crusts from on the outer margins of the nostrils, 5.
A yellowish pulverulent substance on the margin of the nostril, 24.
Very violent paroxysms of sneezing, with burning in the mucous membrane of the nose and on the margins of the wings, as from pepper; these attacks of sneezing occurred nearly every half hour, but the burning of the nose was quite constant (third day), 14.
Secretion of much mucus in the nose (third day), 10, 24.
Secretion of much mucus in the nose, without the usual catarrhal symptoms, 24.
Dryness of the mucous membrane of the nose and throat, somewhat relieved by water, 5. [160.]
Dryness of the mucous membrane of the nose and throat, so that no mucus could be loosened, either by blowing the nose or hawking, 20.
On account of the dryness of the posterior nares he was frequently obliged to draw water through the nostrils; after the water he was able to dislodge some hard masses of mucus by blowing the nose, followed by relief for a short time, 12.
Pressive pain above the arch of the nose and in the frontal sinuses, .
FACE
Redness of the face and hands, with distension and throbbing of the vessels (first day), 14.
Crawling and drawing in the left side of the face and nose, corresponding in extend to the infraorbital plexus of nerves, and resembling prosopalgia (second day), 14.
Crawling, beginning in the left malar bone, extending across the back of the nose to the right cheek, repeated three times during the day (third day), 20.
Crawling sensation, extending from the right malar bone across the back of the nose to the left cheek, in the evening (second day), 20. [170.]
Sensation of heaviness in the left upper jaw, as if the teeth were pressed out of their sockets (third day), 2.
Lips.
Small cracks in the lips, which seem covered with meal (eighth day), 20.
Sensation as though the lower lip were drawn from both sides towards the middle (frequently alternating with the pulsating beats in the heart), 9.
On chewing, pain in the left articulation of the lower jaw, with cracking in it when swallowing, 7.
Sensation of soreness in the toothless places of the lower jaw (sixth day), 20.
The toothache continued for several days, so that he was obliged to have the old roots taken out; although this relieved the pain somewhat there remained an aching in the cavities for some time; he noticed that they bled much longer than usual in such cases, 11.
Very sore pain in the teeth and gum of the left upper and lower jaws, with great sensitiveness to touch, which waked him from sleep; he had scarcely changed his position (he was lying on the left side) when the pain disappeared, 13.
Sensitiveness of the lower row of teeth, with sensation as though they were too long, 20. [180.]
Increased sensitiveness of the teeth for cold things, 14.
Great sensitiveness of the teeth, on rinsing the mouth with cold water, 23.
Great sensitiveness of the teeth to cold water, in the morning, 23.
Sudden drawing in the incisors and right meatus auditorius, 23.
Sensation in the lower row of the teeth, as if one of the lateral incisors were grasped by cold fingers and forcibly drawn upward (6th dil.), 20.
Momentary jerking pains in the left lower canine teeth, after smoking, 9.
Jerking toothache, especially severe in the left upper incisors and eye tooth, in the morning after waking, with a sensation as if cold air were blowing upon the teeth; this sensation continued the next day, increasing in severity, aggravated by inspiring air, or holding a cigar with the teeth; on the third day the teeth became very painful on biting them firmly together, 8.
Slight pain in the last teeth of the left lower jaw, 6.
Toothache in the hollow roots of a left upper third molar, which had been broken off a year before; this pain became a simple aching, relieved by neither warmth nor cold; the place was very sensitive to every touch (twentieth day), 11. [190.]
Slight burrowing dull pain in the upper posterior right molars, in the morning on waking, 6.
Good appetite for dinner and almost ravenous hunger for supper (second day), 10. [320.]
Great appetite, or rather ravenous hunger, but he had scarcely eaten a spoonful of soup when the appetite disappeared and he ate without desire, though without aversion, 13.
Great appetite for dinner, which, however, was eaten without relish and with speedy satiety; the food, though light and easily digested, caused discomfort and pressure in the stomach, and frequent eructations, which did not relieve; the stomach was only somewhat relieved after repeated uprisings of food, whereby portions of it were thrown off (second day), 14.
Hunger at an unusual time, at 6 P.M., obliging him to eat; in spite of this frequent taking of nourishment he was not strengthened, but felt weary the whole day, and disinclined to work (second day), 14.
Ravenous hunger, even soon after eating (second day), 14.
Ravenous hunger for dinner, which, however, is very soon satisfied (tenth day), 11.
Sensation of hunger, even after eating (second day), 16.
Sensation of hunger, even after eating (second day), 15.
Unpleasant sensation of hunger; was obliged to eat much and often (second day), 14.
Burrowing, tensive, dragging, and drawing pain in the hypochondriac, pubic, and inguinal region, 15.
Pains in the left hypochondrium, as from incarcerated flatulence; the pains extended to the left side of the back and lumbar vertebræ (sixth day), 29.* [410.]
Burning drawing in the left hypochondrium , waking him at night, relieved by application of the warm hand, so that he fell asleep (third day), 14.*
Dragging in the hypochondriac and pubic regions, with discharge from the vagina, 18.
Slight transient stitches in the left hypochondrium, extending up into the thorax of that side, in the forenoon, while walking (second day), 14.
Burning drawing in the region of the spleen , and extending up into the left side of the chest, with frequent, constant, violent stitches (third day), 14.*
Dull stitches in the spleen, which gradually change to a sensation of fulness in the left hypochondrium (second day), 14.
Transient severe stitches at times in the region of the spleen (sixth day), 20.
Pain in the navel, and deep in the cæcal region, 30.
Sticking pain in the right flank, extending from the border of the false ribs to the right side of the back, aggravated by pressure with the hand, relieved by passage of flatus, 6.
General Abdomen.
Distension of the abdomen, with sensitiveness of the pit of the stomach to touch (first day), 16.
Sticking pains in the rectum with every stool, for several days, much worse on the ninth day, with great exertion to stool, when it lasted several hours, always aggravated on walking (ninth day), 22. [460.]
Violent jerking and boring stitches in the rectum, constantly jumping to the neck of the bladder and along the ureters to the kidneys, and at last disappearing (fifth day), 20.
Anus.
Much secretion of moisture in the fissure between the nates and anus, 24.
Very profuse, pasty, not offensive evacuation, with much flatulence and decided relief, an hour after eating (follows constipation for a week), (eleventh day), 11.
Stool, with straining, with slight burning and protrusion of the hæmorrhoids, consisting of fæces enveloped in mucus (first and second day), 14. [480.]
Stool with straining, fæces gluey; stool followed by spasmodic, exceedingly troublesome pain in the rectum, just at the lower end of the sacrum, for a short time, 12.
Stool normal, first and second days; hard, third day; much pasty stool, fourth day; one normal, another thin, after four hours, fifth day; an unsatisfactory hard stool in the afternoon, sixth day; the same, seventh day; no stool, eighth day; very copious pasty stool, ninth day; scanty hard stool, tenth day; no stool, eleventh day; the stools before the proving were very irregular, sometimes hard, sometimes thin pasty; (normally they occurred twice a day), 29.
Very painful sensation in the region of the kidneys and bladder (eighth day), 29.
Drawing pain beginning in the right kidney and extending along the ureter to the bladder, at 5 A.M., waking him from sleep, 13.
Dull pressive pain in both kidneys, especially in the right, which was particularly noticed on pressure, or on moving the upper part of the body, during the day, disappearing towards evening; the next day it returned more severe than ever and extended to the bladder, relieved by frequent passage of flatus, 13. [490.]
Almost incessant sensation of soreness in the region of both kidneys, which gradually extended to the bladder, especially into the sphincter, accompanied by frequent urging to urinate, and increased secretion of dark urine, 2.
Much painful drawing in the region of the left ureter (seventh day), 29.
Pain in the region of the bladder, with ineffectual urging to urinate, waking him from sleep in the night (seventh day), 29.
Sensation of tension and fulness in the bladder, without leading to micturition; this tension remained even after micturition, 5.
Cramp, heat, and coldness constantly alternating in the region of the urinary bladder (fourth day), 22.
Severe pressure in the bladder, and constant urging to urinate, relieved after micturition (seventh day), 29.
Repeated attacks of severe pressure on the bladder; cutting pain in the hypochondriac region, whereby he became very hot in the face (sixth day), 29.
Sensation of pressure and heaviness in the bladder, especially in the forepart towards the urethra, with constant urging to urinate and frequent discharge, of normal color, slightly acid in the forenoon (soon after taking), 3.
Very violent twisting pain in the neck of the bladder, lasting a quarter of an hour, not relieved by micturition nor by passage of flatus, 23. [500.]
Severe, long-drawn stitch, extending from the kidney along the ureters to the bladder (twelfth night), 20.
Urethra.
Pain in the urethra on urinating, as from an obstruction, 13.
Burning in the urethra, during the passage of urine (eighth day), .
SEXUAL ORGANS
Male. [560.]
Erections towards morning, greater than usual, 12.
Emission, with diminished sexual desire at night (sixth day), 15.
Emission at night, without dreams, 20 . [A very rare occurrence, not noticed since my last sulphur proving.]
Female. [580.]
Great swelling of the pudenda, especially towards the front; they are very sensitive; it seems as though there were a swelling in these parts, for the orifice of the urethra seems so contracted that the urine flows slowly over the sore parts, often with very severe burning; frequent discharge of fluid which is very painful; it, however, does not seem to be leucorrhœa, since the discharge is very thin (first day), 22.
The swelling in the pudenda increased, became hard and hot (second day), 22.
The swelling of the labia, with the urinary troubles, lasted eight days, and gradually disappeared, .
Choking and sensation as if a crumb stuck behind the larynx, 10b.
Sensation as though a crumb of the size of a walnut were sticking behind the larynx, which obliged him to swallow constantly (second proving), 9.* [600.]
Irritation to cough in the larynx in the evening, interrupting sleep at night, 5.
Pain and rawness in the larynx, after speaking a short time, 3b.
Burning sensation behind the larynx, as from a corrosive fluid, 9.
Stitches in the larynx, with a hoarse voice (third day), 20.
Fine stitches in the walls of the thorax, especially in the epigastric region, on uncovering the abdomen, 3b.
Sensation of soreness in the apices of both lungs, with transient chilliness in spite of very warm temperature, when walking (first day), 10.
Sore pain in the chest beneath the clavicles, with much affection of the air-passages, 13.
Sore pain in the lungs became at times dull sticking or slightly boring, and sometimes seated in the pleura and pericardium; at another time it seemed deep in the lungs and heart, and at the same time seemed to be associated with stronger beats of the heart (second day), .
HEART AND PULSE
Præcordium.
An indefinite pain in the heart, which was not seldom interrupted by the beating of the pulse; sensation as if everything were forced towards the heart; towards evening of the same day throbbing pain in the heart, with at times pulsations on its upper surface, 9.
Pressive burrowing pain in the region of the heart, on rising, continuing the whole time he was driving, and only disappearing on leaving the carriage, 13.
Severe pressive pain in the præcordial region, with palpitation, at night, 13.
Dull stitches through the heart from time to time, with throbbing in it, which seemed to be audible, but was not perceptible to the hand (third morning), 10.
Constant sensation of soreness in the heart from morning till noon (sixth day), 10.
Throbbing, like a violent pulsation, now in the heart, in the middle of the chest, now in the apices of the lungs; throbbing, consisting of several beats in rapid succession, followed by five to ten minutes' intermission until it appeared at another place (first day), 10.
Sensation as though an artery were pulsating very rapidly on the upper surface of the heart, repeated several times while walking, 9.
Heart's Action.
Tumultuous action of the heart, while lying down after dinner (first day), 14. [750.]
Palpitation, causing anxiety, lasting several minutes (second day), 16.
Frequent palpitation at night, waking him from sleep, 13.
Sudden violent palpitation, as from great fright, lasting twenty to thirty seconds, whereby the whole body was shaken, waking him about midnight from doze, and recurring with constantly decreasing severity, 7.
Irregular beating of the heart in rapid succession, causing anxiety, after eating, 6.*
Pressure between the scapulæ, after a while extending towards the sacrum, and becoming seated in the region of the kidneys, 21.
Sticking pain in the scapulæ, continuing several days (after 12th dil.), 4.
Sticking pain in the region of the left scapula, extending into the left elbow, aggravated on moving the arm, associated with sticking pain in the left side (second day after 6th dil.), 4.
Dull stitches between the shoulders, extending in rays, 20.
Lumbar.
Pain in the loins and small of the back, towards evening, 18.
Pain in the loins, corresponding to the position of the kidneys, every evening, 14.
Tension and drawing, extending from the loins towards the rectum (fourth day), 16.
Drawing and dragging pains in the loins, small of the back, in the joints, and hips (sixth day), 15.
Severe pressive and drawing pain in the lumbar and sacral regions, 24.
Digging-sticking pain deep in the right lumbar region, corresponding in position and extent to the kidney, in the evening, in bed, soon followed by an extremely violent stitch, which made him jump, 6.
Two dull stitches in succession, beginning in the lumbar and ending in the cæcal regions (first day), 16.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
Weakness and tearing in the limbs (first day), 22.
Sensation of weakness in all the limbs, in the morning after rising (third day after 3d trit.), 4.
Slight drawing in the left shoulder, which gradually became a heaviness, and in the evening changed to a kind of painful lameness, as after taking cold in a draft of air when heated (second day), 14.
Tensive-pressive pain, now in the left shoulder, now in the finger-joints of the left hand, and in the right hip, never very definite, but frequently repeated till evening, when it quite disappeared (second day), 10.
Fine stitches, as from splinters of glass, now in the nail of the left great toe, now in the tips of the fingers and beneath the nails of the thumb and index finger of the right hand, 6. [800.]
Pain in the shoulder, much relieved by lying on the painful part and pressing it firmly against the bed (second night), 14.
Heaviness like a pressure on the right shoulder, extending down the back to the region of the kidneys (first day), 14.
Peculiar tensive heaviness across the shoulder and lower portion of the back of the neck (third day), 14.
Tension, drawing, and tearing in the right shoulder (seventh day), 15.
Drawing and tearing in the right shoulder, extending to the forearm and index finger (fourth day), 16.
Tearing pain in the right shoulder and small of back, which, in the evening, extended to the forearm, and at times became very violent, 15.
Arm.
Obstinate drawing in the right deltoid muscle, making motion of the upper arm, especially raising it, difficult, 23.
Dull sticking pressure in the middle of the right upper arm (first night), 20. [810.]
Violent tearing pain extending from the right scapula across the outer surface of the right upper arm, 6.
Drawing-tearing pain in the anterior surface of the muscles of the right upper arm, during rest, 6.
Transient sticking-tearing pain in the fleshy portion of the anterior and inner surface of the left upper arm, 6.
A kind of burning drawing in the condyles and joint of the left elbow, after waking in the night, and preventing his going to sleep for a long time (first night), 14.
Aching in both legs, along the course of the large vessels and nerves, 1.
Hip. [830.]
Drawing-sticking pain, extending from the left flank along the left hip, lasting several seconds, 6.
Thigh.
Aching in the thighs, as after a long walk (ninth day), 14.
Sudden drawing in the anterior portion of the right thigh above the knee, also in the right great toe and left thumb, 23.
Transient drawing pain on the upper and right great toe and left thigh (during rest), 7.
Tearing-sticking pain in the left sciatic nerve extending from the left gluteal muscles to the outer and posterior surface of the thigh, during rest, 7.
Tearing stitches in the anterior inner muscles of the thigh, 7.
Transient tearing pain along the anterior inner surface of the right thigh, afterwards a similar pain in the outer side of the right upper arm, followed by painful drawing in the metacarpal bone of the right thumb, and several fine stitches in the right inner malleolus, 6.
Bruised pain in the thigh behind the great trochanter, disappearing when walking, 12.
Knee.
Pressive pain in the left patella to the side, 6. [840.]
Pain in the right patella, during a long walk, especially marked in its inner margin, and so much aggravated by motion and pressure that, in the evening, walking was impossible; in the night, both knees and toes were swollen and hot to touch, the pain was pressive and prevented any motion, he was obliged to go to bed; this gradually disappeared during the next three days, 8.
Sudden sticking-tensive pain in the bend of the right knee, in the afternoon while walking, so that he could not stretch out the foot, and could scarcely walk for several minutes (second day), .
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
Objective.
General excitement on waking in the morning; the pulses beat so violently that it seems as though he himself hears them, 8.
General mental and physical excitement first four days, followed by a half-stupid condition, 14.
Fulness and heaviness of the whole body, as if he were stuffed (first day), 14.
Sensation as if the whole body were swollen while half awake at night; it seems as if his body were adherent to a woollen sack; everything that he touched seemed to be thicker than natural, 5.
Sudden sensation, as though something were distending within me, together with a severe sticking, apparently in the rectum (?); after the sensation of distension increased, warmth extended over the whole abdomen (ninth day), 22.
Drawings and tearings, here and there in the body, especially in the neck, between the shoulders and in the forearms, 24.
Painful tensive-pressive sensation in the bones, just above and behind the left ear, especially in the mastoid process, coincident with accumulation of tasteless saliva in the mouth, .
SKIN
Objective.
Here and there, small red spots and itching pimples, in various parts of the skin, 1.
Longish, bluish-red spot on the upper lip (eleventh day), 20.
Biting sticking, here and there in the skin, even of the scalp, when warm in bed; this sensation was followed by intolerable itching in the left external meatus auditorius, which could only be relieved by boring in with the fingers, 6.
Repeated sticking biting in various points in the skin, 6. [910.]
Biting stitches in different places in the skin, even in the prepuce, as from leeches, 7.
Annoying biting in various places in the skin, before going to sleep, 3.
Itching of the skin, especially of the extensor surface of the limbs, abdomen, and back, 1.
Feeling as though the skin of the lower lip were contracted (first day), 10.
Biting sticking in the skin of the right pectoral muscles and in the right groin, 6.
Biting in the feet above the malleoli, causing scratching; in the afternoon this extended up to the knee, afterwards returned to the other places, 12.
Transient sticking biting at various points of the abdominal wall, with sensation as if leeches were drawing at these points; after an hour a similar sensation near the right nipple and on the prepuce, 6.
Momentary sticking biting in the skin, in the region of the right clavicle, 6.
Intolerable itching biting, now in the right, now in the left antitragus, 6. [920.]
Prickling sensation on the anterior surface of the thigh while walking; sensation as if warmth were streaming through the skin, 9.
Prickling on the internal surface of the thigh, a sensation similar to that experienced on taking sparks from an electrical machine (this sensation in the thigh alternated with the heat in the chest with palpitation of the heart), .
SLEEP AND DREAMS
Sleepiness.
Indication to yawn and stretch the limbs, with tensive pain in the small of the back, 5.
Sound sleep the first part of the night, but on waking in the morning the mucous membrane of the mouth and throat was dry and the tongue stiff, with sensation of heat in it, relieved by cold water, 5.
Chilliness throughout the day; she does not feel the heat although the thermometer stood at 31° (C.), (after 3d trit.), 4.
Chilliness always coming on in the afternoon and lasting till into the night, with slight general weakness and heaviness of the limbs, 14 . ["Possibly to be ascribed to the damp cold weather."]
Chilliness all over, on going to bed, especially in the back, with thirst; the accustomed bed coverings seemed too cool for him; after half an hour dry heat of the head, with red face, while the rest of the body was chilly; after a while this dry heat became general and lasted till midnight, when sweat broke out, but only on the upper part of the body, which lasted till 5 A.M. (third night), 10.
Chilliness, immediately relieved in the open air, 23. [970.]
Constant chilliness, with increased thirst, in the afternoon; in the evening, chilliness, with dull throbbing in the heart, and sensation of soreness within the chest (fifth day), 10.
Great chilliness, followed by headache and coughing, from a sensation of rawness in the air-passages, while lying, at 10 A.M. (third day), 10.
Evening chill over the whole body (after 3d dec. trit.), 4.
Shaking chill, with heat of the head, before going to sleep, lasting half an hour, followed by general dry heat and sweat, which lasted the whole night, and brought relief (fifth night), 10.
Shivering over the whole body, at 9 P.M., lasting half an hour; pulse 100, 23.
Transient attacks of shivering over the whole body, 12.
Feeling of coldness, without chilliness (second day), 10.
Unusual sensation of coldness, without chilliness (soon after 50 drops, second day), 10.
Chilliness through all the limbs, immediately, . [980.]
CONDITIONS
Aggravation.
( Morning ), Confusion of head, etc.; on rising, confusion in forehead, etc.; on waking, dizzy confusion of the head; on waking, headache; after waking, headache; on waking, headache above right eye; soon after rising, pain in temporal region; on waking, pressure, etc.; in vertex; while lying in bed, headache in parietal bone; on waking, biting between eyeballs and lids; sensitiveness of teeth to cold water; after waking, worse on inspiring air, or holding a cigar with the teeth, toothache; on waking, pain in right molars; irritation in throat; burning in fauces; irritation in palate; thirst; nausea, etc.; on waking, sensation of nausea; on waking, retching, etc.; immediately after rising, distension in the stomach, etc.; on waking, griping in abdomen ; at 5 o'clock, pain beginning in right kidney; urging to urinate; at 4 o'clock, frequent micturition; on waking, sexual desire; lasciviousness, etc.; at 5 o'clock, emission; hoarseness; dry cough ; after waking, cough; at 6 o'clock, cough; after rising, short, etc.; cough; immediately after rising, especially on deep inspiration, pain in right lung; on waking, pain in clavicular region; on waking, tension in cervical muscles; after waking, pain in sacro-iliac region; after rising, sensation in limbs; weakness, etc.; on rising, itching of scrotum; coldness of feet, etc.; at 3 o'clock, dry heat, etc.; on waking, heat in cheeks; general sweat; perspiration on lower legs, etc.
( Forenoon ), Drawing in back teeth; while walking, stitches in left hypochondrium; especially from 10 to 11 o'clock, cough; cough; while speaking, oppression of chest; while walking, pressure in middle of sternum; at 10 o'clock, while lying, chilliness.
( Afternoon ), Towards evening, confusion of head; at 6 o'clock, in a warm room, pressure, etc., in occiput; the symptoms are most frequent and most violent; hawking of mucus; heartburn; lying down, pain in stomach; frequent micturition; towards evening, hoarseness; voice hoarse, etc.; towards evening, stitches in left chest; pain in loins, etc.; pain in small of back; while sitting quietly, pain in region of kidneys; while sitting, pain in tibia; weariness ; itching on legs, etc.; sleepiness; chilliness ; between 3 and 5 o'clock, chilliness; thirst; towards evening, febrile symptoms; at 5 o'clock, heat in cheeks.
( Evening ), Apprehensiveness; confusion of head, etc.; after walking, confusion of the head; pressive headache; after lying down, pain from eyebrow into forehead; difficulty in swallowing; great thirst ; eructations of air; itching at orifice of urethra; strangury; at 9 o'clock, urine thinner, etc.; irritation to cough; short hoarseness; cough; pressure upon chest; pain in the loins; in bed, pain in lumbar region; pain in small of back; sensation in lower legs; after a short walk, weariness of the feet; weariness, etc.; in warm bed, tearing, etc.; chilliness; on going to bed, chilliness; chill; at 9 o'clock, shivering; in bed, sensation of heat.
Rush of blood to the head, on going into a warm room after a walk; he was obliged to leave the room, when he felt better, repeated three times in one forenoon, 8.
Headache, not relieved in the open air (first day), 22.
Headache in the morning on waking; it soon ceased, but frequently returned for a short time through the day (sixth day), 22.
Headache, with such great weakness that she was obliged to sit down frequently during a hurried walk (after 3d trit.), 4.
Headache, consisting of fulness, with increased warmth and slight stupefaction (second day), 14.
Tearing pain, extending from the felt eye up into the forehead, in the evening after lying down, 9.
Temples.
Violent raging pain, extending from the right eye along the squamous portion of the temporal bone, on its inner side to the occiput; it seems a though a fluid were injected paroxysmally into a small blood-vessel, 8.
Pressive pain in the left temporal region soon after rising, which frequently extended to the left eye, and lasted nearly the whole day, 23.
Slight pressive pain, extending from the temples towards the vertex, which completely disappeared after the customary washing with cold water (second day), 11.
Sticking pain in both temples, with painful sensation of fulness of the whole head (3d trit.), 4. [70.]
Dull sticking pain in the left temporal region, lasting several minutes, disappearing on pressure, but returning on leaving off the pressure (seventh day), 16.
Violent throbbing and pressive pains in both temples, lasting more than an hour, equally during rest and motion, frequently alternating with heat and redness of the face (second day), 20.
Vertex.
A painful elevation on the vertex as large as a pea, lasting the whole day, 24.
Severe pressure and burning pain in the vertex, in the morning on waking, lasting an hour, but on rising after a short subsequent sleep it disappeared, 24.
Dull burrowing headache in the posterior portion of the right parietal bone, paroxysmal, continuing only a short time, while lying in bed in the morning (one hour after 25 drops), 6.
Rather severe sticking in the head, in the coronal suture of the right side, 24.
Occiput.
Sensation as though a hot constricting band extended from one mastoid process across the occiput to the other; this region seemed tense and constricted; the condition became worse, until at last it affected the whole skull, in which the pain seemed to fix itself, and it seemed as though the bones became drawn closer and closer together, also involving the whole scalp (in which the pain appeared to be seated), and which seemed to be drawn tighter and tighter about the skull (second day), 14.
Dull boring pain in the left side of the occiput towards the ear, 6.
Indefinite drawing and pressing in the occiput, temples, and right eye, 1. [80.]
Pressure and sensation of warmth in the occiput, at 6 P.M. in a warm room, 8.
Pressing pain in the occiput, with sensation as if the scalp were swollen; this sensation extended to the left cheek and side of the nose, 1.
External Head.
Gooseflesh at the roots of the hairs and bristling of the hair (second day), 14.
Sensation as if the scalp were drawn tightly over the skull (after one hour), 14.
Stitches in the occiput like the bite of a leech woke him from sleep and caused scratching, 6.
Crawling pain in the scalp on walking, which obliges him to scratch (eleventh day), 11.
Violent stitches within the right ear, followed by aching in the back teeth of the right upper jaw, 6.
Biting stitch in the right meatus auditorius, and in the right temporal region, 6.
Transient drawing-twinging pain within the left ear, 6.
Throbbing pain within the left ear synchronous with the pulse, 7.
Rhythmical throbbing in the ear upon which he was lying (first day), 14.
Tickling and itching in the left meatus auditorius, frequently repeated through the day, and afterwards becoming a pressure in the concha (third day), 20.
Tickling and voluptuous itching in both ears, from the external canal through the inner ear to the mouth, lasting only fifteen or twenty seconds, 6.
Itching in the right external meatus auditorius, obliging him to bore in with the finger, 7.
Cracking in the left ear and a sensation as though earwax would flow from it, on swallowing saliva, 7.
Loud ringing within the left ear, with bruised pain about the outer left ear, especially in the mastoid process; the pain extends down the left side of the neck to the clavicular and pectoral regions, 6.
Great roaring in the ears, as from a storm in a forest, 6.
Extremely troublesome roaring in the left ear, 7. [140.]
Sensation of stoppage of the nose, with watery discharge from it (3d trit.), 4.
Itching in the nose, followed by frequently repeated violent sneezing (ninth day), 16.
Awoke in the morning earlier than usual, after which he fell into a doze, which was interrupted by frequent painful shootings in the right hollow molar back tooth (second morning), 1.
The toothache, which awoke him two mornings in succession, increased in severity on the third day, 1.
Gums.
Biting-sticking in the gum of the right anterior incisor, with great dryness of the mouth and frequent itching in the left external meatus auditorius, 6.
Scraping sensation in the throat which caused frequent paroxysms of cough, with expectoration of considerable mucus, 13.
Rawness and scraping in the throat, as after highly seasoned food, 21.
Rawness and roughness in the throat throughout the day, with a deep hoarse voice, somewhat relieved in the warmth of the bed, at night (second day), 14. [290.]
Sensation of rawness in the throat, compelling frequent hawking of mucus, 3b.
Sensation of rawness in the throat and frequent expectoration of mucus, which was easily loosened, 23.
Sensation of rawness in the throat, and, in consequence, a very violent paroxysm of coughing, lasting nearly half an hour, 23.
Unpleasant sensation of rawness in the throat, the whole day (third day), 11.
Tickling in the throat, in the morning, not allowing him to lie in bed, causing loud violent paroxysms of cough without expectoration, although there seemed to be considerable mucus collected in the throat; only after warm drinks the mucus was loosened and expectorated in large loose masses; the irritation to cough seemed to be especially in the uvula, the soft palate, and the mucous membrane covering the posterior wall of the fauces, and was characterized by only occurring in the morning, in bed, and being loosened after breakfast (consisting of weak coffee and milk), so that throughout the forenoon there was only a slight hawking, with expectoration of loose mucus (second day), 14.
Tickling irritation to vomit, in the throat, in the morning, 5.
Sensation as if a thread were hanging down the throat, with constant hawking of mucus, 19.
Throat symptoms were aggravated in warmth, especially in bed, 20. [300.]
After the throat symptoms had lasted eleven days, I was obliged to take Lachesis as an antidote; within five minutes after the 7th dil., I experienced relief; with the paroxysms of coughing, easy expectoration of lumpy mucus, followed by relief, quiet night; swallowing was quite free; the next morning the roughness of the throat had disappeared, 20.
Uvula and Tonsils.
Sensation as if the uvula were elongated, causing constant headache (sixth day), 15.
Great thirst, in the evening, with longing for beer, after a glass of which he experienced pains in the whole of the head, with sensation of great weakness, so that he was unable to sleep before midnight (fourteenth day), 11.
Great thirst after eating; a large quantity of cold water caused unusual chilliness, 5.
Pressure in the stomach, as from indigestion, the whole day, 7.
Pressure in the stomach after a light dinner, as if it were overloaded with food; with a sensation as if this pressure extended upward to the fauces, lasting during the rest of the day until going to sleep, 8.
Pressure in the stomach, as after drinking mineral water; for several moments I thought I would vomit, then the stomach became glowing hot, which was frequently repeated for several hours, followed by a sensation as though I had drank too much water, which lasted the whole forenoon (first day), 22.
Pressive painful sensation in the epigastric region, 1. [400.]
Sticking pain in the pit of the stomach, on every inspiration, which, however, completely disappeared on expiration, 6.
Violent sticking pain in stomach, on lying down in the afternoon, so severe that it brought tears, at last was obliged to sit, and remained sitting until overpowered by sleep (second day), 22.
Two dull stitches in quick succession, first in the fundus of the stomach, then in the cæcal region (first day), 15.
Sensitiveness of the pit of the stomach to pressure (fourth day), 15.
Sensitiveness of the epigastric region, especially the pit of the stomach, to pressure, 17.
Sensitiveness of the pit of the stomach and the whole abdomen to pressure (eighth day), 16.
Great sensitiveness to pressure in the pit of the stomach, afterwards extending over the whole abdomen, 18.
Rumbling in the abdomen, with pain in the loins and small of the back (fourth day), 16.
Continual rumbling in the abdomen, beneath the right short ribs, 6.
Constant rumbling and gurgling of the bowels (fourth day), 14. [430.]
Painless rumbling in the intestines after eating, 24.
Painless, long-continued, annoying rumbling and gurgling in the intestines, 24.
Audible rumbling in the intestines, constantly troublesome, so that I was obliged to forego my midday nap; while walking up and down the room these borborygmi were relieved by short and slight passages of flatus (second day), 14.
Pains in the abdomen, extending towards the hypochondriac region (apparently to the bladder); not a sensation as though menstruation would occur, but sticking pains, here and there (fifth day), 22.
Hypogastrium.
Audible moving in the lower abdomen towards the genitals; followed by fine sticking as with needles, from the bladder along the whole urethra to the glans penis, while sitting, frequently recurring during three minutes), 3.
Sensation of fulness in the abdomen, mostly in the hypogastric region (fourth day), 16.
Sticking-drawing and dragging pains in the inguinal, hypochondriac, and pubic regions, 18.
Dragging downward, as during the first day of menstruation, with frequent urinating (ninth day), 22.
Cutting in the lower abdomen, with passage of much odorless flatus, 23.
Slight burning in the urethra, while urinating, 24.
Pain in the urethra on urinating, violent, burning, with a sensation as though there were a small stone in the urethra, 13.
Excessive burning along the urethra, with at times almost intolerable prickling at its orifice; after urinating the burning and tickling disappeared, but the latter occurred during the day previous to much micturition (third day), 11.
Stitches and constant dull pain in the urethra, in the region of the navicular fossa, 13.
Transient stitches in the urethra, in the forepart of the glans penis, at 11 P.M. (second day), 3.
Stinging and tickling at the orifice of the urethra, 30.
Very slight tickling in the forepart of the urethra twice before urinating, as if dull needles were suddenly forced into it (fifth day), 11. [510.]
Itching and biting at the orifice of the urethra, so that he was obliged to rub it (first evening), 14.
Itching in the orifice of the urethra (eleventh day), 11.
Violent itching in the orifice of the urethra (fifth day), 29.
Violent itching at the orifice of the urethra, in the evening (fifth day), 29.
Very violent jerking and dull sticking pain in the forepart of the urethra, especially in the glans penis, which caused loud complaints, lasting a minute and a half, 3.
Copious evacuation of urine as clear as water, followed in the afternoon by discharge of dark-colored urine, with much sticking along the urethra, especially near the glans penis, lasting several minutes, 3.
The amount of urine passed was greater than the amount of water taken, 13.
Micturition more seldom than usual (fourth day), 11.
The frequency of micturition was diminished in spite of frequent urging to urinate; ordinarily urine was passed eight times a day, but during the proving only six times, 29.
The quantity of urine during the proving was diminished, indeed soon after taking 15 to 20 drops in a day and a half; the diminution remained the same, even with the largest doses, from 100 to 400 drops and more in one day; (fourth day) there was relative increase in the quantity of urine (45 ounces); the diminution amounted to half the normal quantity, 29.
Urine scanty, dark-colored, very ammoniacal and very concentrated (second day), 14.
Very scanty secretion of urine through the night, 24.
Retention of urine until there is excessive urging, when it is passed very slowly and painfully; sometimes there is also sticking-jerking on urinating, extending into the sore pudenda (fourth day), 22.
Waiting a long time for the stream of urine (tenth day), 29.
The color of urine was at first straw-yellow, on the third day it became lemon-yellow, on the sixth light-brown, then brownish-red, and finally red, 29.
The freshly voided urine was always clear, and would stand several hours and even three or four days, without becoming turbid; on the fourth day it would become turbid after one to three hours; on the sixth day it began to decompose in half an hour, 29.
The first traces of mucus in the urine were seen on the fourth day, forming in part flakes, clouds, and threads, mixed largely with the sediment, 29.
Urine deposits a brick-red sediment (which on shaking the vessel mixes easily with the fluid), 28.
Brick-red sand deposits after the urine has stood a long time, 7.
Discharge of mucus from the vagina, preceded by drawing-dragging pain in the inguinal, hypochondriac, and pubic regions, 17.
Sensation as though the pudenda were swollen, as I believe they were (seventh day), 22.
Sudden burning and throbbing in the pudenda, with great sensitiveness, 22.
Shooting pain, like electric shocks, in the pudenda (first day), 22.
Menstruation three days too early, more profuse than usual, black and thick, 17.
Menstruration three days too early, lasting too long, with unusual sensation towards the close (which usually occurred at the beginning), a tensive constriction in the abdomen, rising up towards the stomach as though I should vomit water, 22.
Menstruation seven days too early, black and thick, 18.
Hoarse voice in the morning, with much mucus in the throat, which compels violent hawking, whereby some tenacious mucus is expectorated (ninth day), 11. [620.]
Voice hoarse and rough, in the afternoon (first day), 14.
Voice hoarse and rough, with irritation to cough, slight paroxysms of cough, and hawking of mucus, relieved by rinsing the mouth with tepid water or eating warm food, every morning, 14.
Voice somewhat as though he had not spoken for a long time, at first somewhat hoarse, but soon becoming clear (third day), 11.
Cough and Expectoration.
Cough caused by constant irritation in the bronchi and larynx, which made the soft palate so painful that even swallowing the saliva or food was difficult (fourth day), 10.
Cough woke him at 1 A.M., he was unable to fall asleep again on account partly of the cough, partly of a burning sore sensation in the lungs, and partly of the pressing headache; he slept uneasily from 6 to 7 A.M.; on waking the headache was less, but the chest troubles continued with their previous severity (second night), 10.
Cough especially from 10 to 11 A.M. (tenth day), 11.
Cough seldom, only in the forenoon, in single paroxysms, not racking (ninth day), 11.
Cough, especially severe in the evening, and troublesome on account of sensation of soreness and subsequent, burning in the chest (second day), 10.
Cleaning the teeth provoked violent cough, which was followed by vomiting of a slimy fluid, 5.*
Was unable to speak in a very hot room on account of excessive coughing (eleventh day), 11. [630.]
Dry cough in the morning, lasting several minutes, causing vomiting of mucus, 5.
Dry cough at night, lasting half an hour, caused by tickling in the air-passages; in the morning, the cough became looser, with easy expectoration (twentieth night), 11.
Dry cough, with some pain, especially in the apices of the lungs (third day), 10.
Dry cough, afterwards the cough became loose, with slight mucous expectoration, 1. [640.]
At times dry cough, at times expectoration of thick mucus, for several days, 24.
Frequent dry cough, with expectoration of offensive sweetish mucus, seldom yellow, 10b.
Frequent short dry cough, caused by irritation in the trachea, during the forenoon, 24.
Frequent dry hacking and hawking, with increased thirst, 1.
Wakened twice at night by dry cough (third night), 11.
The accustomed smoking repeatedly caused dry cough, 5.
Cough racking, dry, and painful (fourth day), 10. [650.]
Paroxysm of coughing, repeated in the warmth of the bed at night, lasting from 2 to 3.30 A.M.; the cough became again dry and left an aching in the throat, as if it were fatigued, with heat and sore burning (eleventh day), 11.
Violent, long-continued cough, without expectoration, after waking in the morning, 5.
Awoke at 6 A.M., cough intermitting for several minutes, at first barking, clear, and dry, afterwards becoming looser, with expectoration of some tenacious mucus, the hawking of which provoked vomiting several times ; with sensation of soreness in the throat and pressive frontal headache; the cough was relieved on rinsing the mouth with cold water and drinking a few swallows, which was very refreshing to the sensation of heat in the throat; this latter, however, returned after half a cup of warm milk, but was not as severe as before; although the weather was very unpleasant, yet did not cough in the street, and only a few times on going into a very hot room (fourth day), 11.
*Cough, with expectoration of a large quantity of viscid albuminous mucus, 23.
Cough, with constant tickling in the bronchi about their bifurcation, caused by a feeling as though a plug of mucus were moving in the chest, in spite of profuse expectoration of mucus (fourteenth day), 11.
Cough returned punctually at 6 A.M., as yesterday; it troubled him through the day and about 3 P.M. (an hour after eating), vomiting resulted in consequence of incessant coughing; previous to this he had drunk a glass of cold water without relief; after this renewed vomiting, followed by relief; there was considerable tenacious expectoration (fifth day), 11.*
Frequent cough, with expectoration, through the night (sixth night), 10.
Frequent cough, with considerable expectoration (towards the end of the proving), 1.
Paroxysm of cough, with easy expectoration of grayish, gelatinous, lumpy mucus, 21. [660.]
Short paroxysms, of cough, repeated three, times before going to bed, and followed by easy expectoration of globules of mucus (first day), 20.*
Cough in short paroxysms, with easy expectoration of greenish lumpy masses, 20.
Slight paroxysms of cough, with expectoration of round masses of grayish mucus (second day), 14.
Morning cough, with easy expectoration, which was slimy and mingled with very tenacious threads (eighth day), 11.
Expectoration increased, tough and sweet, on the fifth day; on the sixth day it became lumpy and of a grayish-blue color, and was expectorated with less exertion; on the seventh day it became still looser, 10.
Frequent expectoration of mucus, alternating with dry hacking cough, 24.
Frequent expectoration of thick nauseous mucus, 24.
Frequent expectoration of easily loosened mucus, in the afternoon, 23.
Frequent slight expectoration of white mucus in lumps as large as a pea from the larynx, with a dry sensation in the mouth, extending into the fauces (symptoms noticed even at the beginning of the proving and which constantly recurred), 3.
After making great exertion, some mucus was raised by the cough; this was greenish-yellow, and almost as sweet as sugar-cane (fourth day), 10.
Very sore pain, with pressure and tension in the chest and pulsating throbbing, especially in the apices of the lungs, following the sensation of heat (second day), 10.
The symptoms in the chest became gradually worse, the sore pain became burning, and frequently changed its seat, but it affected most the heart and apices of the lungs, with irritation to breathe deeply and to cough (second day), 10. [710.]
Frequent sensation as though a vessel were pulsating here and there in the lungs (first day), 10.
Painful pressure in the middle of the sternum, extending from before backward, coincident with a similar pain between the shoulder-blades, extending from behind forward, in the forenoon while walking (second day), 20.
Sensation of pressure in the middle of the sternum, extending to both scapulæ (after 3d trit.), 4.
Feeling as if the lungs were affected by fine stitches behind the middle of the sternum, 3b.
Sensation of soreness and pressure beneath the sternum, 24.
Sides.
Slight burning and sticking between the ribs, first left, then right (fourth day), 16.
Tensive pain in the upper part of the left chest (first day), 20.
Tensive pain in the upper part of the left chest near the clavicle, especially noticed during the day, and aggravated by moving the left arm (eighth and ninth days), 20.
Drawing pain in the region of the left clavicle, aggravated by lying upon the left shoulder, 6. [720.]
Sticking, not very painful, in a small circumscribed spot in the middle of the first false rib of the left side, after going into the street, ceasing when quiet in the room, 3.
Sticking pain in the left side, extending forward towards the sternum, with pressive pain on the chest, 4.
Sticking pain in the left side of the chest, in a circumscribed spot, aggravated by walking, but not by deep breathing, 3.
Pressive sticking pain in the lower portion of the right lung, immediately after rising in the morning; the pain was very severe, especially on deep inspiration, but was not affected by motion, 23.
Stitches in the left half of the chest, especially on rapid walking, 20.
Stitches in the left upper half of the chest, aggravated towards evening, 21.
Stitches in rapid succession in the region of the left nipple, which disappear on paying attention to them, and do not return (fourth day), 2.
Stitches in quick succession at the greatest curvature of the last true ribs of the left side (60th dil., second day, also second day after 30th dil.); they appeared while sewing and were aggravated by walking or ascending steps, but not by deep breathing; relieved during rest, 4.
Some stitches in quick succession in the lower left side of the thorax, in the forenoon when walking in the street, also returning in the evening (second day), 3.
Transient, very painful stitches, at times in the left, at times in the right side of the chest, 27. [730.]
Very transient stitches between the sixth and seventh ribs, first in the left and then in the right side (sixth day), 15.
Dull stitch in the lower lobe of the right lung, on deep inspiration, at 4 P.M., 23.
Fine stitches in the right half of the chest along the sternum, 21.
Frequent fine stitches between the fifth and seventh left ribs, disappearing on deep inspiration, and immediately returning on expiration (third day), 16.
Deeply piercing sharp stitches in the upper part of the left chest near the clavicle, followed by long-continued ulcerative pains, frequently repeated for several days, and seeming similar to a commencing tuberculosis (third day), 20.
Severe piercing stitches near the left nipple, 20.
Several biting stitches on the margin of the left false ribs between the stomach and left flank (deeply seated), 7.
Sensation of soreness at the apex of the left lung, with at times pulsating sensation that constantly alternated with slight contraction of the lower lip (like cramp in the skin), 9.
Bruised pain in the region of the left clavicle, which pains as if sprained, on moving the head or left arm, or when lying on the left shoulder, 6.
Bruised pain in the region of the left clavicle, aggravated by moving the arm, and changing while lying to a pain in the left shoulder, as if sprained, 6. [740.]
Bruised pain in the left clavicular region, on waking from sleep in the morning, 6.
Bruised pain in the left lumbar, sacral, and hip regions, 7. [780.]
Pains in the small of the back and loins (fifth day), 15.
Pains in the small of the back and region of the kidneys (tenth day), 29.
Pain in the small of the back in the evening, increasing in severity through the night, 5.
Pains in the small of the back, while eating (seventh day), 22.
Severe pain in the small of the back in the afternoon (second day), 22.
Sudden, extremely violent pain in the region of the kidneys, in the afternoon while sitting quietly, it streamed out from both sides; this pain was distinguished from the other kidney pains by its spasmodic character and its extent, as well as its drawing or pressive nature, and could only be compared to the cramplike pain which is experienced after an injury of the testicles; he endeavored to ameliorate the pain by springing from his seat, by sudden motion, by bending up, and by rubbing the abdomen, but it only disappeared after a few minutes, on the passage of much flatus, 13.
Dull pain in the region of the right kidney (second day), 14.
Drawing spasmodic pain in the right calf; this pain, together with a similar one in the shoulder, foot, etc., frequently returned with more or less severity, 1.
Slight drawing-pressive pain in the left tendo Achillis, only when walking, and then noticed when stretching out the foot; touch of the painful part (about an inch above the insertion of the tendon into the os calcis) showed no morbid change, the tendon could be pressed or pulled here and there, or stretched without pain; when the foot was quiet in any position, the pain immediately disappeared, but returned on walking, and then only on stretching out the foot (twentieth day), 11.
Very transient stitches in the right lower leg, towards the ankle, after eating, 24.
Tearing stitches along the muscles of the right calf, frequently repeated, 7.
Frequently returning throbbing stitches in both lower legs, 20.
Sticking-tearing pains on the inner side of the right tibia, rather severe, 24.
Scraping pain in the tibiæ and in the elbows, 24. [860.]
The pain in the tendo Achillis did not appear through the whole night, was only slightly felt on walking about the room; walking in the street was very difficult, so that he limped; he was obliged to turn the foot outward, frequently stop and hold it up in order to moderate the pain, was only able to walk slowly and with short steps; the next day the pain continued so that he was unable to go out; pressure upon the tendon was somewhat sensitive; ascending steps was especially painful; the following day the pain became somewhat less; after this it gradually improved until the twenty-seventh day, when he noticed very decided cracking in the tendon on moving the foot up and down; it seemed as though the tendons were dry; he was unable to stretch out the foot completely, and walking for some time caused pain; the trouble lasted some days and gradually disappeared, 11.
Ankle.
Severe stitches in the inner malleolus of the left foot, 6.
Pain as after a bruise on the malleoli, and on the inner surface of the heel, on bending the foot (fourth day), 16.
Foot.
Great weariness of the feet, in the evening, after a short walk, 24.
Excessive weariness in the feet, especially troublesome so long as he was sitting quietly in the room, but disappearing immediately on going out, 23.
Forepart of the left foot became somewhat painful on walking; it seemed as though the mobility of the joints were impeded by the swelling of the articular surface, 9.
The soles of the feet are painful, especially the forepart, even after a moderate walk, lasting several days; the pain is for the most part burning; after sitting a short time it becomes a sensation of heat and gradually disappears, 24.
Fine stitches in the sole of the felt foot, near the toes, 6.
Violent cramp in the three last toes of the right foot, lasting several seconds, on lying down at night, 1.
Pressive pain, swelling, and redness of the great toes; this prevented walking, and seemed almost like gouty inflammation, lasting four days, but not very violent (nineteenth day), 10.
Pressive pain in the left great toe, which became worse, so that by evening he could not step upon that foot; he became chilly, which continued some time after going to bed, 8.
Slight sticking, as from a splinter of glass, beneath the nail of the left great toe, at 4 A.M., 7.
Fine sticking as from splinters of glass, on the lower surface and in the tip of the left great toe, 6.
Severe pain in a corn on the right little toe, so that he limped while walking, 24.
Sticking-tearing pains, here and there in the muscles, especially violent in the right hip-joint; often intolerable on rising or on sudden motion, 1.
Tearing or drawing sticking as from splinters, especially in the warm bed, in the evening and at night when at rest, sometimes from slight exertion of certain muscles, as for example, holding a book in the hand caused them in the upper arm, 7.
Frequent biting stitches in various places in the body, in the scalp, concha, right side of the neck and throat, on the margin of both rami of the lower jaw, near the nipples, in the back, pit of the stomach, axillæ, bends of the thighs (inguinal region); all of which symptoms were completely relieved as soon as he left the warm bed, 6. [900.]
The action of the drug was so persistent, that on the twenty-eighth day he took Lachesis as an antidote, 11.
Uneasy dozing at night, from which he was frequently awakened by chilliness in the thighs (first night), 14 . ["This symptom may have been caused by increased coldness during the night."]
Shivering across the scapula, extending down the arm, with sensation as if the skin would be loosened from the flesh; repeated several times, but disappearing on moving in the open air, after dinner, 12.
Coldness of the stomach, with a sensation as if cold air were blowing in it (fifth day), 15.
Coldness of the feet, with perspiration of the upper half of the body, in the morning, 23.
Sensation of coldness in the occiput, as though he were in a draft, 5.
Sensation of coldness and discomfort in the stomach, 24.
Frequently recurring cold sensation in the skin, on the right shoulder, and across the back, 1.
Peculiar cooling sensation, extending up the œsophagus of the mouth (first day), 14.
Heat.
Increased warmth of the body (first day), 14. [990.]
General heat over the whole body, followed by slight perspiration (first night), 20.
On entering an ordinarily warm room the temperature seemed intolerably hot, with confusion of the head, which increased till evening to a moderate headache, relieved in the open air, 3.
Prickling heat in the cheeks, without redness (first evening), 14.
Sensation of heat in the chest, abdomen, and thighs; in the thighs it was associated with a prickling sensation, while walking (second day), 10.
Sensation of heat in the lungs, while walking, lasting half an hour, and suddenly disappearing; on the next day, a quarter of an hour after another dose, the same sensation, with a feeling as though the expired air was warmer than usual, 8.
Sensation of internal heat in the chest, especially severe in the præcordial region and in the lower half of the right side of the chest, 9.
Frequently increasing warmth in the stomach (first day), 22.
Sensation of increased warmth in the region of the stomach and ileum; it seems as though these parts were bathed in warm water (first day), 14.
Sensation of increased warmth in the whole abdomen, 9.
Feeling of unpleasant warmth in the glans penis and in the left testicle, 23.
Sweat.
Profuse sweat, with great weakness, on rapid walking, 8. [1010.]
( Night ), Heartburn; at 11 o'clock, stitches in urethra; towards morning, erections; at 11.30 o'clock, tickling in larynx; dry cough ; cough; pain in præcordial region; palpitation; on lying down, cramp in toes; when at rest, tearing, etc.; sweat on back, etc.
( Before midnight ), When warm in bed, pain in mastoid process.
( Open air ), Lachrymation; after being in warm room, huskiness of voice.
( Ascending a height ), Oppression of chest, etc.; stitches at left ribs; pain in tendo Achillis.
( After beer ), Great excitement; temporary aggravation; pains in head, etc.; sensation in thorax.
( At breakfast ), Frontal headache.
( After breakfast ), Confusion of head.
( On the cars ), Lassitude in lower limbs.
( After coughing ), Nausea.
( After dinner ), Griping in abdomen; tumultuous action of heart; after short nap, weakness, etc.; chilliness; on moving in open air, shivering across scapulæ, etc.
( Driving ), Pain in region of heart.
( While eating ), Flatulence; pain in small of back.
( After eating ), Dizziness; thirst; distension of stomach; rumbling in intestines; griping in intestines; beating of the heart; stitches in lower leg; sleepiness.
( Heat of room ), Cough.
( On deep inspiration ), Stitch in right lung.
( Lying upon part ), Feeling in ear.
( Lying on left shoulder ), Pain in region of clavicle.
( Motion ), Pain in umbilicus; pains in little finger, etc.; pain in patella.
( Violent motion of part ), Dull headache.
( Moving head ), Pain in forehead.
( Moving arm ), Pain in region of left clavicle.
( Pressure ), Pain in flank; pain in patella.
( During rest ), Pain in sciatic nerve; weariness in feet.
( Smoking ), Pain in canine teeth; dry cough.
( Stepping hard ), Pressive headache.
( After stool ), Pain in rectum.
( After going into street ), Sticking in left false ribs.
( Empty swallowing ), Pressure in pharynx.
( Talking ), Sensation in soft palate.
( Turning head to right ), Pain in Eustachian tube.
( Uncovering abdomen ), Stitches in walls of thorax.
( Walking ), After smacking, heartburn; deep respiration; difficult respiration; soreness in apices of lungs; pains in rectum; copious stools; pain in left chest; stitches at left ribs; stitches in left thorax; sensation in heart; pain in tendo Achillis; pain in foot; sensation on surface of thigh; sensation of heart of chest, etc.; sensation of heat of lungs.
( Rapid walking ), Stitches in left chest; profuse sweat.
( Warmth ), Especially in bed, throat symptoms.
( In warm bed ), Stitches in various places; sticking in skin.
( In warm room ), After a walk, rush of blood to head; after being in cold air, itching within ear.
( Warmth of stove ), Cough.
( After wine ), Heartburn.
Amelioration.
( Towards evening ), Became lively.
( Evening ), Cough.
( Night ), In warmth of bed, rawness, etc., in throat; cough.
( Open air ), Confusion of head; chilliness.
( On paying attention to the pain ), Stitches in left nipple disappear.
( Change of position ), When lying, pain in teeth, etc.; disappear.
( Cold water ), Cough.
( After washing with cold water ), Pain from temples towards vertex disappears.
( After dinner ), Scraping in throat.
( Passage of flatus ), Pain in flank; griping in abdomen.
( Lying down ), Headache, etc.
( Lying on painful part and pressing it firmly against bed ), Pain in shoulder.
( Micturition ), Pressure in bladder, etc.
( On pressure ), Pain in temporal region disappears.
( Rest ), Stitches in left ribs; pain in left tendo Achillis.
( On rising after short sleep ), Pressure on vertex disappears.
( Stool ), Griping in bowels.
( From Chinese tea ), Relief.
( When walking ), Pain in thighs disappears.
( Warmth ), Drawing in left hypochondrium.
( After warm soup ), Pain in Eustachian tube disappears.
( Water ), Pain in arches of palate.
( Wine ), Inclination to vomit.
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