Common names , Buckwheat; (Germ.), Bachweisen; (Fr.) Le blé noir.
Preparation , Tincture of the whole mature plant.
Authorities.
1 , Dr. Dexter Hitchcock, Am. Inst. of Hom., 1873, took 16th dil. daily, first to eleventh days, 3d dil., eleventh to twenty-third days; 2 , same, proving by E. E. Case, with 1st dil., first to sixth days; 3 , same prover took 16th dil., first to sixth and twelfth to seventeenth days; 4 , same, W. E. Rounds took 10th dil., first day; 5 , same, M. A. Wilson took 16th dil., two days; 6 , same, E. L. Kingsbury took 16th dil., first to seventh days; 7 , same, G. A. Adams took 16th dil. for eight days; 8 , same, H. W. Westover took 1st dil., two days; 9 , same, George E. Hitchcock took 1st dil., two days; 10 , same, Emma Scott took 15th dil., first, eighth, tenth, eleventh, thirteenth to seventeenth, twenty-fourth, twenty-eighth to thirty-fifth, then the 1st dil., forty-third, forty-fifth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, and forty-ninth days.
MIND
Emotional.
In an exceedingly happy state of mind (forty-fifth day), 10.
Don't want to speak or be spoken to, in the afternoon (fifteenth day), 3.
Mind depressed (eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth days), 1.
Never before felt much depression of spirits (twenty-seventh day), 15.
Feel cross and irritable all the evening (sixth day), 1.
Have not felt so cross and irritable since I can remember (fifth day), 1.
Intellectual.
Mind active, at 5 A.M. (twenty-third day), 1. [10.]
Have less inclination than usual to mental exertion, cannot settle my mind on one thing, cannot think clearly. Undertook to study this afternoon, but could not, I felt so uneasy (second day), 4.
At 11 P.M. do not feel as much like study as usual (first day), 4.
No inclination to mental labor (twenty-ninth day), 10.
Can't fix my mind on anything, or remember what I read even for a few minutes (twenty-fifth day), 1.
Am unable to study, in the evening (nineteenth day), 1.
Have for several days been entirely unable to listen to lectures (twenty-seventh day), 1.
Mind clouded, at 1 P.M. relieved by eating (twenty-third day), 1.
Severe pain in the head, which extends from the irritated surface of the nose through back of the eyes to the forehead (fifth day), 1. [30.]
Pain through the whole head and occiput, to the back of the neck, relieved by pressure and gentle motion, especially in the cool air (fifth day), 1.
Feeling of heat in the head, and as if the head was too heavy; temporary relief from bending the head back, but soon followed by pulsating and pressure in the head. At 2 P.M. one heat seems to increase, and yet but little redness of the face (sixth day), 1.
Head hot and neck tired; dull pain all through the head in the evening (thirtieth day), 1.
Heat of head and pain remaining in the forehead until evening, when it went to the vertex also. Late in the evening it extended to the root of the nose (forty-fifth day), 10.
For a few minutes a feeling of fulness in the head (second day), 8.
Bursting pains in the head and prostration, lasting for some time (eighth day), 1.
Pain in the head, bursting outward all the afternoon; bursting pressure, especially in the temples and forehead (fifth and thirtieth days), .
EYE
Objective.
Eyes red and swollen, but not agglutinated in the least (eighteenth day), 1. [120.]
Eyes get red and smart in the morning (thirty-second day), 1.
Eyes red, sting, and itch in the morning (twenty-eighth day), 1.
Eyes red and lids somewhat swollen as yesterday; outer canthi itch, as also the margins of the lids, in the morning (eighth day), 1.
Eyes red; lids swollen; pain through the back part of each eye, especially the left; itching of the eyes upon motion and of the margins of the lids, in the morning (sixth day), 1.
Eyes sore and smarting, closing them hurts, more under lid of left eye (thirty-third day), 1.
Smarting of eyes and lids commencing yesterday afternoon; may be owing to March wind (forty-fourth day), 10.
Eyes feel sore on moving them; hot and watery; pressure back of them, in the afternoon (eighth day), 3.
Eyes feels tender to the touch (sixteenth day), 3.
The eyes feel sensitive on closing them tightly, and there is a roughened feeling upon motion of the lids, especially of the left eye (first day), 1.
Eyes, roughened feeling; conjunctiva reddened, more of left eye; itching of the outer canthi (fifth day), . [140.]
EAR
External. [170.]
Left ear hot and burning, itches within (thirteenth day), 3.
Neuralgic pain in the ear (tragus) early in the evening (eleventh day), 10.
Shooting pain in the region of the right ear, going back to the occiput at 7.30 P.M. (second day), 3.
Internal.
Pain from right ear to throat in the afternoon (thirty-fourth day), 1.
Dull pain extending from the left ear to the throat upon swallowing (seventeenth day), 1.
Sharp pain in the right ear in the forenoon (thirty-third day), 1.
At 8 P.M., sharp pain, extending from the right ear down the Eustachian tube to the submaxillary gland; this continued several minutes (twentieth day), 1.
Soreness of left ear within the auditory canal; sensitive to the touch (eighth day), 1.
Ears itch, and sounds seem muffled and wavy, but only for a few minutes at a time (fifth day), 1.
Itching of the auditory canals in the forenoon (fortieth day), 1. [180.]
Itching of the right auditory canal at 2 P.M. (twenty-third day), 1.
Itching of external auditory meatus (sixteenth day), 10.
Itching of left external auditory meatus (seventeenth day), 10.
Itching from right ear along the Eustachian tube in the afternoon (fortieth day), 1.
Hearing.
A momentary buzzing in the right ear at noon; ringing in the left ear at 3 P.M. (seventh day), 3.
Ringing in the left ear at 3 P.M. (seventh day), 3.
NOSE
Objective.
Nose is red and sorer outside (forty-fifth day), 1.
Septum nasi deeply, cracked, and has a peculiar gnawing sensation, in the evening (thirty-fourth day), 1.
Sore in the right nostril, just within the nasal bone (sixteenth day), 3.
The sore in the right nostril noticed two days ago has been growing worse, is an ulcer, and has discharged some today (eighteenth day), 3. [190.]
Crusts in the nose, which is still somewhat sore, in the morning (seventeenth day), 1.
Crusts from in the nose, which is very sensitive, and bleeds when they are removed (twenty-eighth day), 10.
Have a watery coryza, which soon passes off, before rising (forty-second day), 1.
Fluent coryza from the nose; sneezing, from tickling sensation in the nose; nose sore internally, more upon left side; raw feeling throughout the nose, on rising (fourteenth day), 3.
Before rising, had a fluent coryza, which passed off about 7.30 A.M., and my nose feels dry again; the whole inner surface of my nose, as far back as can be seen, is ulcerated; occasionally a white mucous discharge, but soon dry again, in the afternoon; constant gnawing and heat; from it a bad feeling extends through the head (forty-third day), 1.
A sudden, most persistent fluid coryza, wholly from the left side, with burning, stinging pain in the left nostril, high up and very severe (second day), 6.
Slight watery coryza in the forenoon (fourth day), 3.
Through forenoon occasional thick, white coryza; at 1 P.M., nose very dry, and mucous membrane feels as if contracted (forty-sixth day), 1.
Coryza a little bloody in the morning (eighth day), 1. [200.]
Slight epistaxis soon after rising (thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth day), 1.
Subjective.
Nose feels stopped up, as if I had taken cold, in the morning (second day), 4.
Upon rising, nose soon becomes stuffed and full, with a feeling of pressure behind the eyes and through the anterior portion of the head; nose is alternately stuffed and clear through the day (fourteenth day), .
Face feels hot and dry, and as if it would peel all over, in the evening (third day), 3.
Neuralgic pain of the left side of the face (ninth day); in the face, with a bruised sensation on closing the teeth firmly, or on moving the jaw (tenth day), 10.
Cheeks.
The left malar bone becomes sore, and also the temporal region, towards evening. This causes pain and pressure in left eye upon closing the jaws firmly, as during mastication (eighteenth day), 1.
Thin white coating of tongue (eighteenth day); (in the morning), (twenty-first and twenty-second days), 1.
General Mouth.
Have a swelling in the roof of my mouth from the edge of the palate-bone forward; a diffuse swelling, not very sore, but feeling unpleasantly, in the afternoon (forty-first to forty-third day), 1.
Have vesicles on the lips and in the mouth, and yet have no indications of a cold (twenty-fifth day), 1.
For two mornings and evenings, dryness of the mouth and pharynx; also the lips are dry and scaly (sixty-first day), 10.
Dry mouth, with tough mucus in its back part, at 4 P.M. (thirteenth day), 3.
The inner surface of the mouth feels as if dry and parched, and yet more than an ordinary amount of saliva (fifth day), 1.
Have a swollen sore spot in roof of mouth (seventeenth day), 1. [260.]
In the afternoon, a rough, sore feeling of the whole roof of the mouth back to the pharynx (fourth day), 4.
Scraped feeling of the palate (second day), .
THROAT
Objective.
Thick mucus collects in the throat, on rising (fourteenth day), 3.
Throat is sore and aches just back of the isthmus of the fauces; feels as if raw and a bruised aching pain extends downwards (fifth day), 1.
Throat is sore and feels as if excoriated; swallowing aggravates (fifth day), 1.
Throat sore; stiffness and swelling of the fauces; feeling as if swallowing would relieve the soreness, but find it difficult, and also that it greatly increases the pain. Dull aching pain, extending to the pharynx. Throat very sore and inflamed (thirteenth day), 7.
Throat sorer and aches, especially the upper part of the pharynx, during the afternoon (fifteenth day), 1.
Throat is quite sore, commencing on left side, apparently at upper part of the œsophagus; feel as though a lump were in the throat; hurts to swallow. Cannot say it is pathogenetic (forty-first day), 10.
Throat very sore, not far back, but isthmus of fauces feels as if raw; constant aching pain aggravated by swallowing; this pain seems to diffuse itself through the head, especially affecting the ears (twentieth day), 1. [280.]
Throat very sore, especially the soft palate and the pillars of the fauces; this soreness does not extend back into the pharynx; there is an irritation which provokes swallowing, but this occasions a sore scraping sensation and a kind of dull pain (twentieth day), 1.
Great soreness and aching of the throat, which gets dry, and upon swallowing feels as if raw (seventeenth and eighteenth days), 1.
Dry soreness in the throat and back nasal fossæ, in the afternoon after eating (fourth day), 3.
Dry soreness in the throat; submaxillary glands are swollen (seventh day), 3.
Uvula and Tonsils.
Uvula is elongated, and there is a granular appearance of the soft palate (fourth day); the granular appearance lasts until twenty-first day; (had had nothing of the kind before), 4.
Feeling of constriction and a darting pain in the soft palate (after second dose, second day), 9.
Smarting of the under surface of the soft palate when swallowing, at 4.30 P.M.; a feeling of dryness of the under surface of the palate and back part of the mouth, soon after third dose; painful raw sensation of the palate while swallowing, at 11 P.M. (first day), .
STOMACH
Appetite.
Appetite good, and temporary relief of symptoms while eating supper, but soon return (fifth day), 1.
Canine hunger soon after eating; easily satisfied by eating a small amount of food (thirteenth day), 7.
Excessive thirst in the evening; drink large quantities (twentieth day), 10.
Excessively thirsty in the evening (also at meals); drank two or three goblets of water at short intervals, and still somewhat thirsty (eleventh day), 10.
Eructations in the afternoon (twenty-eighth day), 1.
Eructations, with general disturbed feeling of the stomach (seventh day), 6. [330.]
During the day, occasional eructations of scalding, acid, watery substance coming up into the pharynx, and so hot as to almost cause strangulation (second day), 4.
Pain in region of liver upon stooping, and a bruised, sore feeling, at 10 A.M. (thirty-second day), 1. [380.]
When lying on right side, quite severe pain in region of liver, and soreness (thirty-third night), 1.
Occasional sharp pain in the region of the liver in the forenoon (forty-sixth day), 1.
Sharp sticking pain through the liver from behind forwards (eighth day), 10.
General Abdomen.
Distension of the abdomen, with flatulence (ninth day), 5.
Abdomen distended, and have to loosen my clothes, as pressure increases the pain and uneasiness through the body; also the suffocative feeling, which believe starts from the heart, at 11.30 A.M. (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Abdomen distended and tympanitic over right side in the evening (thirty-first day), 1.
Abdomen distended and tympanitic; pain relieved by moving, and I believe would be by lying, in the afternoon (thirty-fourth day), 1.
Abdomen distended; tympanitic over the cæcum and ascending colon, elsewhere dull; aching pain deep in, and as if it might originate in the arteries; it extends to the region of the heart, and is aggravated by stooping, in the forenoon (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Abdomen very much distended, but no rumbling of wind, in the afternoon (nineteenth day), 1.
Occasional distension of the abdomen, and very little of the former feeling of suffocation (thirtieth day), 1. [390.]
Much flatus, distending the abdomen, in the afternoon (seventeenth day), 3.
Troubled with passage of flatus early in the evening (eleventh day), 10.
Constant discharge of flatus (forty-fifth day), 10.
Feeling of uneasiness in the abdomen; heavy, aching pain in the region of the right ascending colon, also transverse colon; pains extend through to the small of the back; dull, throbbing pain (thirteenth day), .
Stool, at 6 A.M., with tenesmus; during forenoon, two stools more, all thin, and the last watery, with great tenesmus (twenty-fifth day), 1.
Bowels quite free twice a day (sixty-fifth day), 10.
Stool at 8.30 as usual, but a little loose; at 11 A.M., with severe pain in the rectum, extending down the thighs and legs to the heels (eighth day), 1.
One stool to-day, brown and soft, easily expelled (sixteenth day), 3. [430.]
Stool at 8 A.M., large, dark, and soft, easily expelled; soon after, a dull pain through the abdomen, and a dull, aching sensation through the body (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Soft, dark stool at 9.15 A.M.; after it, pressure in the head somewhat increased (twenty-first day), 1.
Soft, pappy stool, with flatulence; very little tenesmus during stool, but after, it becomes quite severe at 11.30 A.M., again at 3 P.M., but smaller and thinner; had the usual stool at 8 (thirty-first day), 1.
Thin, pappy, and almost watery stool, with tenesmus (after two hours, fourth day), 1.
Watery stool, with considerable flatulence (fourth day), 1.
Stools very offensive, but normal in amount; oily look; easily voided; cadaverous smell of the discharge (fifth day), 7. [440.]
Frequent desire for stool, which was of a peculiar oily consistency, and extremely fetid, at 8 A.M.; stool the same, except more offensive, a smell of rotten eggs, in the evening (fifth and sixth days), 6.
Constipation.
Hard, difficult stool, at first light and then dark brown, in the afternoon (fourteenth day), 3.
URINARY ORGANS
Urethra.
At 10 1/2 P.M., a cutting pain in the urethra, feeling as if a knife was entering (second day), 4.
Urine rather increased in amount, chlorides abundant, slightly acid (twentieth day), 1.
Urine has been slightly increased all through (thirteenth day), 1.
Urine more profuse than usual, very light color (fifth day), 3.
Quantity of urine normal, but frequent desire, difficulty in voiding the last few drops; think I am done, and then several drops pass, wetting my linen, lasting four days; urine light-colored and clear (thirteenth day), 7.
SEXUAL ORGANS
Male.
Profuse sweating of the genital organs, and a very offensive odor (eighth day), 7.
Before proving this, I had been troubled with an offensive perspiration of the genital organs; this is now very slight, and not at all offensive (twenty-sixth day), 1. [450.]
The urine seemed to irritate, causing an erection, in the evening (first day), 4.
Pain from right testicle up through the abdomen at 9 P.M. (thirty-fourth day), 1.
Pain from the left testicle to abdomen at 3 P.M. (thirty-third day), 1.
Female.
On walking in afternoon, a severe pain in the region of right ovary (thirtieth day), 10.
In the evening, on walking about, a burning fulness in the right ovary (thirty-third day), 10.
After taking drug, a bruised pain in region of right ovary when moving about the house (thirty-first day), 10.
Suffered with pruritus (fifteenth and forty-fifth days), 10.
Pruritus, relieved by cold water (thirty-third day), 10.
Pruritus most of the time, with slight leucorrhœa, tinging the linen yellow (sixteenth day), 10.
Intense pruritus after going to bed (seventeenth day), 10. [460.]
Slight leucorrhœa all the time, noticed more when sitting quietly (fifty-fourth day), 10.
Leucorrhœa, yellow color, not profuse (seventeenth day), 10.
Leucorrhœa discharge, tinging the linen yellow; lately the discharge is passed sensibly, never before (forty-fifth day), 10.
Considerable leucorrhœa discharge of a bland nature, staining linen yellow; noticed more when quiet (twentieth day), 10.
Menses two days earlier than usual, and not so profuse; usually suffer with pruritus directly after menstruation, but this time came on during the third evening; relieved by bathing the parts in cold water (ninth day), 10.
Menses two days ahead of time, with colicky pains in abdomen (usual), but this time very much intensified, and came on just after the flow, usually not until several hours after the flow is established; unable to keep the body or hands quiet while the pains lasted; flow lasts the same length of time, but not so profuse as common (thirty-second day), .
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
Touching the neck just under the lobe of the right ear occasions a cough, with a smarting sensation extending to the ear and throat, in the afternoon (twenty-eighth day), 1.
Very offensive breath in the morning (thirteenth day), 7.
Feel as if I must take a long, deep inspiration, and yet this does not satisfy; have to loosen my clothes; soreness up through the left side, upon inspiration, at 5.20 P.M.; can breathe with more satisfaction, and yet, upon deep inspiration, a sore pain in the left side; occasionally, also, in the right side, at 6.30 (twenty-third day), 1.
CHEST. [470.]
Heavy feeling in the chest; pulsating pain all through, deepseated (thirteenth day), 7.
Slight pain in the left lung, on inspiration, at noon (seventh day), 3.
Stooping to write causes constant severe pain through the chest and in the region of the liver at 11 A.M. (thirty-eighth day), 1.
Dull aching all through the chest at 11 P.M. (thirty-third day), 1.
Sharp pain, just below the left clavicle, at 4.40 P.M. (thirty-second day), 1.
Occasional sharp pain in left lung (twentieth day), 10.
During afternoon, shooting pain through the left lung (twenty-eighth day), 10.
Bruised feeling extends up through the chest; this bruised pain is increased by deep inspiration, towards 6 P.M. (thirty-fourth day), 1.
Sides.
Pain through both sides of chest when writing (fifty-third day), 1.
A few pains in my left side (second day), 8. [480.]
Pain of upper inner side of left side (forty-fourth day), 10.
Neuralgic pains in left side of chest in evening (forty-eighth day), 10.
Constant dull, aching pains through both sides of my chest, but especially through the heart, at 1 P.M. (forty-sixth day), 1.
Oppression of left side of chest (forty-ninth day), 10.
Occasional dull, sticking pains in the left side, not affected by inspiration, in the evening; at 8 1/2 P.M., sharp sticking pains in the left side, which come suddenly and go suddenly, a kind of kind in the side, not affected by respiration (second day), 4.
Sharp stitches on left side of chest (forty-fourth day), 10.
Severe twinges of pain under the arm (sixty-fifth day), 10.
Mammæ.
After retiring (11.30), a severe sticking pain through the breast from the nipple backward, relieved by pressure (first day), 10.
Stitches in the right breast on inspiration (after three hours and a half, fifth day), 2.
Sharp stitch, like the prick of a needle, in the right breast on inspiration, at 9 A.M. (ninth day), 3. [490.]
HEART AND PULSE
Præcordium.
Sense of uneasiness in the region of the heart, at 5 P.M. (seventh day), 1.
Pain in the region of the heart on stooping to write; pains aggravated by going upstairs (sixth day), 1.
Dull pains in the region of the heart, which cause general depression of spirits (seventeenth day), 1.
Pain in the region of the heart dull and continued, at 10 A.M. (thirteenth day), 1.
Pain around the heart (at 9 P.M.), (thirty-fourth and fortieth days), 1.
Pain around heart; was obliged to lie upon my back (thirty-third night), 1.
Have pain around the heart come on soon after rising; this continues at intervals through the day. Comes on while sitting still, or while walking rapidly (fiftieth day), 1.
Pains around the heart come on while walking, also while sitting; relieved by gentle motion (fifty-sixth day), 1.
Pains around the heart upon walking far or sitting long (sixty-first day), 1. [500.]
Pain around the heart, and beat of head, greatly aggravated by riding on the ears, in the afternoon (fifty-fifth day), 1.
Occasional pains around the heart, in the forenoon; stinging pain on waking from sleep; oppression around it in the afternoon. Belching wind always relieves it temporarily (forty-third day), 1.
Much pain around the heart and through both sides of the chest, in the morning (thirty-eighth day), 1.
During the afternoon a great deal of pain around the heart (thirty-sixth day), 1.
Pressure upon the abdomen, from suddenly sitting down, causes severe pain around the heart, at 3 P.M. (forty-second day), 1.
Severe pain, which seems to pass through the heart, soon after waking (fifty-first day), 1.
Slight constrictive feeling around the heart (twentieth day), 10.
Dull pain around the heart, soon after rising (twentieth morning), 1.
Aching pains around the heart (fifty-fourth day), 1.
Dull aching pain around the heart, relieved by slight pressure, at 3 P.M. (thirtieth day), 1. [510.]
Gnawing pains around the heart, with quite severe stitches, at 8 P.M., relieved upon belching wind (thirty-third day), .
NECK AND BACK
Neck.
Stiffness of the neck and soreness of all the muscles of the neck (thirteenth day), 7. [580.]
Neck tired, at 1 P.M., relieved by eating (twenty-third day), 1.
Neck feels tired and as if hardly able to support the head, in the afternoon (twentieth day), 1.
Pain in the back of the neck extending forward (fifth day), 3.
Pain in the back of the neck, extending from the occiput; constant feeling of heat (third day), 1.
Dull pain in the back of the neck, at the base of the occiput, relieved by bending the head back, in the afternoon (seventh and eighth days), 3.
Back.
11 P.M. a tensive pain under the scapulæ, more the left, relieved when moving the arms, or drawing the shoulders back (second day), 4.
Pain in lumbar region, in afternoon (fifth day), 3.
Muscular pains in shoulders and calf of right leg, aggravated by motion (fifteenth day), 10.
Numbing pains in the axillæ and knees, on rising (fifteenth day), 3.
Aching pains deep in the limbs, more in right arm, extending to the hands at 4.40 P.M. (thirty-second day), 1.
Dragging pain in the joints; the right knee, hip, and elbow, and the left shoulder, are most affected, in the evening (sixteenth day), 3.
Streaking pains in hands and legs, and sharp pains in feet during the entire day (forty-eighth day), 10.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
Pain through the right arm, in the afternoon (thirty-fourth day), 1. [600.]
Dull pains through the arms, also through both sides of the chest, with an occasional sharp stitch, in the morning (fifty-first day), 1.
Shoulder.
Numbness in the right shoulder and arm (after three hours and a half, fifth day), 2.
Awoke about 6 with pain in my shoulders (fifty-first day), 1.
Woke between 5 and 6 with pain in my shoulders, going off on rising (thirty-fourth day), 1.
Awoke early with pain in shoulder and around heart (forty-seventh day), 1.
Awoke with some pain in the shoulders, but not severe during the forenoon (fifty-third day), 1.
Pain in my shoulders every morning, greatly aggravated by getting the least chilly (fortieth day), 1.
Pain in left shoulder, extending down the side (fifth day), 1.
Slight pain in shoulders before rising (fifty-fifth day), 1.
Severe pain in left shoulder and elbow (tenth day), 1. [610.]
Rheumatic pain in the shoulders, particularly over the spine of the right scapula. A sore bruised feeling when moving the arm. Early in the evening a sharp pain in superior angle of left scapula. Rheumatic pains in shoulders, felt more when quietly studying (sixteenth day), 10.
Since taking the Fagopyrum esculenta, have had rheumatic pain in my shoulders, towards morning, increased by getting cold, when severe moving relieves the pain. One year ago had similar trouble, which Rhus relieved; have not noticed this before, as I had it last year (twenty-ninth day), 1.
Awoke at 5 with severe rheumatic pain in my shoulders, which passed off after rising (thirty-first day), 1.
Aching pain in shoulders, which goes off after rising, in the morning (thirty-second day), 1.
Dull aching pains in the shoulders, about 4 A.M., which go off upon rising (thirty-eighth day), 1.
Tired aching pain in the shoulders after retiring at night (seventeenth day), 10.
From 5 to 6 P.M. pain in the left axilla, extending down the biceps muscles, and also into the pectoral muscles (fourth day), 3.
Dull numbing pain in the left axilla, extending down the arm, in the afternoon (seventeenth day), .
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
Pain from the hips up to the small of the back , also down to the feet (thirteenth day), 7.
After retiring at night great burning of the limbs, which seems deep in; feet especially burn; heel hot; this burning causes intense restlessness; can't keep my limbs still (twenty-ninth day), 1.
Dull aching pain in the legs. Stiffness of the cords of the legs; pain whole length of the legs when walking (eighth day), 7.
Dull aching pain in left leg, through its whole extent, at 10 P.M. (first day), 4.
Hip.
An especially marked pain in the left hip, in the evening (second day), 4.
Thigh.
Feeling in right thigh in the afternoon and evening, as if the limb was going to drop off; a tired heavy feeling (forty-ninth day), 10. [640.]
Slight twinge on under surface of left thigh (sixteenth day), 10.
Dull pain in the right knee (after four hours, fifth day), 2.
At 4 P.M. tearing pain in the right knee, extending up through the hip to the lumbar region (fourteenth day), 3.
Invariably feel the pain in the right popliteal space, when walking in the open air (seventeenth day), 10.
Leg.
Numbness of the legs, in the afternoon (fourteenth day), 3.
A diffuse pain in left leg from knee down (fifth day), 1.
Aching in the tibia of the left leg (thirteenth day), 7.
On walking in the afternoon, out of doors, experienced a tired aching pain in the calf of the right leg, which extended up to the popliteal space; after I had been rested for awhile it passed off; when walking out in the evening it came on again with renewed force, and on seating myself, felt a sore bruised feeling in the part affected, which did not pass off until after retiring; also experienced again on rising in the morning (fourteenth day); also on going out, though I rode in a carriage (fifteenth day), 10.
Foot.
Feet numb and pricking pain through them, more especially the toes. Upon crossing the legs feel the popliteal artery beat, so that it becomes necessary for me to change my position. Feet go to sleep, in the afternoon (twenty-third day), .
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
Objective.
Arteries throb during the evening (forty-eighth day), 1.
Usually walk a great deal every day, but lately desire to ride everywhere I go (twenty-ninth day), 10.
Lassitude and sleepiness in the afternoon, could hardly keep awake (third day), 3.
Extreme lassitude throughout (seventh to tenth days), 3.
Awoke in the morning very tired, and have feeling of great lassitude (third and fourth days), 3. [660.]
Awoke tired, with dull headache and slight vertigo (seventh day), 3.
For several nights past get tired and want to retire early (unusual); feel unusually tired tonight, and yet have neither studied nor walked out to-day (twentieth day), 10.
Very tired and languid at 10 P.M. (sixteenth day), 7.
Walk to the upper lecture-room in the college, and am fully exhausted (thirty-fifth day), 1.
When walking slowly upstairs, become greatly exhausted in the forenoon (fifty-second day), 1.
Restlessness of mind and body (twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth days), 1.
Am restless; have to walk around my room (forty-third day), 1.
During the afternoon, restless, hot, and cannot sit easy; dull pain all through the body, but more especially up through the left side; pain from behind the stomach to the hear; and shoulder, aggravated by stooping or compressing the abdomen (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Very restless, after retiring and through the night (thirty-seventh day), 1. [670.]
Very restless before rising (forty-fourth day), 1.
Am uneasy in mind and body; seem to grow worse rather than better, in the forenoon (twenty-eighth day), 1.
Can hardly sit still; at noon, have to walk constantly (thirty-eighth day), 1.
Subjective.
Languid, tired feeling throughout (fifth day), .
SKIN
Objective.
The skin of the arms and legs has a peculiar red appearance, as if it would all break out in an eruption, and the itching gets more severe, in the evening (thirty-fourth day), 1.
Red papillæ upon the face, which seems swollen, and also over the body (fifteenth day), 1.
During the evening, upon the radius of the left arm; the papillæ became red, hot, and elevated over a surface two by three inches; itching persistent (first day), 1.
Eruptions, Dry.
10 P.M., a red, itching eruption along the back and on the limbs, in fact, all over the body; generally, several red flea-bite elevations together. Scratching causes others to appear, until the surface is covered; they appear on the forehead and face; at 11 P.M., itching intense; skin abraded by scratching; red, elevated points (eighteenth day), 3.
Flea-bite eruptions; itching exceedingly (ninth day and continuing until seventeenth day), 5. [720.]
Sore, red blotches, which do not fester, but itch and induces scratching, which aggravates (eleventh to sixteenth days), 1.
Several red blotches upon the neck, which are sore and irritable (fifth day), 1.
Upon the face there is a red eruption upon an œdematous base; face swollen around; is hot, itches, and burns, if touched, in the afternoon (fourteenth and fifteenth days), 3.
During this proving an eruption which had been on my face and forehead for a long time has disappeared. Eruption looked like flea-bites, red, raised spots, very sore, but no suppuration (eighth day), 7.
More eruption on the back, and itching very persistent and severe, in the evening (thirty-third day), 1.
Papular eruption on the thigh, hot, itching, and burning (ninth day), 3.
A swelling has appeared on the back of my neck the size of a hen's egg, and another on my left shoulder just above the clavicle. Besides these I have several smaller ones. I suffer so much from them that I am obliged to discontinue the proving (third day). These swellings appear to be blind boils, and are now gradually disappearing, having no signs of suppuration. They, however, have occasioned great inconvenience, and in order to continue my business I have been obliged to secure a driver (eleventh day), 9.
A little pimple, very sensitive to the touch, making its appearance on the chin (sixteenth day), 10.
SLEEP AND DREAMS
Sleepiness. [760.]
From 5 to 6 P.M., a constant desire to yawn and stretch the limbs (second day), 4.
Drowsy at 10 P.M., which is unusual (eleventh day), 10.
Hands cold in the morning, but become hot and perspire about the middle of the forenoon; at 4 P.M. very hot, and finally perspire (fifty-first day), 1.
Feet cold and damp, in the forenoon (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Heat through the body, and especially through the hands, which at times are moist, and soon after dry; usually moist from 11 to 1 and from 4 to 6; feet hot (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Heat increased, followed by slight perspiration (sixteenth day), 1.
Heat increases from 5 to 6 P.M. (thirty-first day), 1.
Heat, with moist hands, in the afternoon (nineteenth day), 1.
At 4 P.M. heat increased, and soon a perspiration over the body, but especially of the hands, which feel uneasy all through (seventeenth day), 1. [800.]
Heat after retiring (thirty-second and thirty-fourth days), 1.
Heat and restlessness after retiring (twenty-ninth and fifty-second days), 1.
At times feel hot, and again cold; have done so all along. Hands and feet perspire. Get into a perspiration in the evening. Am cold upon retiring, but soon get hot, especially my limbs, which burn and itch (fiftieth day), 1.
Feel very hot and restless, and soon a slight moisture over the body (thirteenth day), 1.
Feeling of intense heat through the body, especially the head, neck, and hands (fifth day), 1.
Hot flashes and a slight moisture over the body; as this moisture comes on, heat continues for some time in the afternoon (twenty-eighth day), .
CONDITIONS
Aggravation.
( Morning ), On rising mucus in throat; at breakfast, nausea; pains in shoulders.
( Afternoon ), Soreness of nose; from 3 to 4 o'clock, all symptoms; from 3 to 6 o'clock, daily, the symptoms; from 5 to 6 o'clock, heat.
( Evening ), Thirst; all symptoms.
( Night ), At 11 o'clock after retiring, rising of fluid in œsophagus; thirst; after retiring, pain in shoulders; upon retiring, burning in limbs; after retiring, itching; after retiring, heat, etc.
( Walking in open air ), Pain in popliteal space; pain in calf of leg.
( Ascending stairs ), Pain in region of heart.
( Bending forward ), Head symptoms.
( Getting cold ), Pain in shoulders.
( Compressing abdomen ), Pain from behind stomach to heart, etc.
( After eating ), Headache; flatulence.
( Feeling pulse ), Pains through hands, etc.
( Inspiration ), Pain through breast; pains around heart.
( Deep inspiration ), Feeling through chest; pains at apex of heart.
( Walking in bright sunlight ), Symptoms of eye.
( Lying on right side ), Pain in region of liver.
( Mental exertion ), Pressure in head; fulness in forehead; pressure in forehead, etc.; pain through side of head; all symptoms.
( Motion ), Symptoms of head and eyes; frontal headache ; pain from nose to eyes; feeling in hypogastric region; pain in ovary; pains in shoulders, etc.; pains in fingers.
( Reading ), Symptoms of head and eyes; smarting of eyes; lachrymation.
( Riding in cars ), Pain around heart, etc.
( Scratching ), Itching over body.
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During the afternoon and evening, bursting out headache as usual, with inability to apply the mind on account of its increasing the pressure in the head (ninth day), 1.
Headache during the afternoon, pressing outward, especially in the occiput, relieved about 10 P.M. (third day), 1. [40.]
Pressure outward in the head, with steady pain in the morning (eighth day), 1.
After retiring head feels as if it would split (thirty-third day), 1.
Head feels congested and aches, in the afternoon (seventh day), 3.
Congestive headache after eating, in the afternoon (fourth day), 3.
Feeling of congestion and as if the eyes were pressed out from behind (fifth day), 1.
Through the day, aching of the head, more in the forehead, and especially back of the eyes, pressing outward (sixth day), 1.
Dull aching through the whole head, in the morning (sixth day), 1.
Woke with headache and pain behind the eyes (eighth day), 1.
Soon after rising, headache came on (tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth days), 1.
Headache with pressure, in the morning (fifty-first day), 1. [50.]
Headache increased after retiring (fifteenth night), 1.
Headache at 1 P.M., relieved by eating (twenty-third day), 1.
Headache and pain in my eyes come on; this is severe; slightly relieved by cold application, in the morning (forty-third day), 1.
Dull headache (thirteenth and twenty-first days), 1.
Dull headache and pains through the chest, in the afternoon (fifty-first day), 1.
Dull headache comes on at 8.20 A.M.; increased at 4 P.M.; neck feels very tired, and constant heavy aching pain from occiput down the neck, and dull pressing-out pain in the head (thirty-second day), 1.
Dull headache, and pain extending down the back of my neck, which feels very tired (forty-ninth day), 1.
Pressure in the head (twenty-third and thirty-seventh days), 1.
Pressure in the head and dull pain in the occiput, in the morning (twenty-fourth day), 1. [60.]
Pressure in the head, aggravated by mental exertion; difficult to listen, but not so difficult as yesterday, at 5 P.M. (seventh day), 1.
After retiring pressure in the head and some headache (thirteenth day), 1.
Pressure and heat in the head, at 3.50 P.M. (twenty-third day), 1.
Pressure in head; occasional sharp pains through the head, more through the right eye and temple, in the forenoon (fortieth day), 1.
Pressing headache, especially back of the eyes (seventh day), 2.
Pulsating in head severe, and nearly the whole scalp feels as if raised by the throbbing (thirty-fifth day), 1.
Throbbing all through my head, which now has a sharp aching pain all through, extending to the eyes, and through them; stooping aggravates, at 8.30 P.M. (thirty-first day), 1.
Head feels weary, at 2 P.M. (forty-second day), 1.
Head feels weary; dull pain from back of the eyes through the head and occiput, in the forenoon; pain in the occiput and severe pressure through the head and back of the eyes, in the eyes, in the afternoon (twentieth day), 1.
10.30 P.M., have a weary feeling in my head, also, at 11 P.M., a tensive feeling in the whole upper part of the head (first day), 4. [70.]
Surging through the head, which feels hot (fifth day), 1.
All head symptoms aggravated by bending the head forward (seventh day), 3.
Head and eyes worse, from motion or reading (fifteenth day), 3.
Head symptoms relieved by walking in the open air, in the afternoon (fourth day), 3.
Forehead.
Intolerable headache extending from the forehead to the roots of the nose (ninth day), 5.
Fulness of the front and upper part of the head (one hour after second dose, sixth day), 2.
Fulness in the forehead, somewhat aggravated by study (fifteenth day), 10.
Arose with a slight fulness in forehead, which soon passed away (ninth day), 3.
Sense of fulness in forehead and occiput, in the morning. Sharp, short-lasting pain in left temporal region off and on during the day; on walking out in afternoon, experienced a feeling of fulness in left frontal eminence (eleventh day), 10.
Up all night, which brought on congestive headache, frontal (thirty-fourth night), 10. [80.]
Congested headache and fulness in the front part of the head, with nausea; slightly relieved after a light-brown soft stool, with much flatus, in the afternoon (fifteenth day), 3.
Feeling as if the blood rushed to the forehead (forty-fourth day), 10.
Aching in the forehead, about the eyes and back of them, in the afternoon (third day), 3.
Frontal headache; head feels hot (twenty-eighth day), 10.
Frontal headache, with fulness and heat (thirtieth day), 10.
Slight frontal headache in the morning upon waking, and when first moving around (fourteenth and forty-sixth days), 10.
Slight frontal headache commencing soon after taking the drug, worse in afternoon, and still worse in evening (forty-fifth day), 10.
Severe headache back of the eyes; head hot and full, in the afternoon (eighth day), 3.
On first day of menstruation a severe frontal headache, more on felt side, congested and aggravated by movement (sixty-fifth day), 10.
Pressure in the forehead and back of the eyes aggravated by bending forward, also by mental application (sixth day), 1. [90.]
Dull pressing pain in the forehead, temples, and back of the eyes, at noon (seventh and tenth days), 3.
To-night throbbing headache in the left frontal region, aggravated by movement (fifty-fourth day), 10.
About 10 P.M. a sharp cutting from the outer angle of the frontal bone, left side, backward and inward (second day), 4.
Pain in the temples and back of the eyes, right side worse than left, at 7.30 P.M. (second day), 3.
Pain in the temples and back of the head upon rising, relieved by bending the head back, aggravated by stooping. Pressive headache, starting sometimes with shooting from the back of the eyes to the back of the neck, in the afternoon (fourteenth day), 3.
Feeling of fulness in the temples, lasting about three hours (after half an hour, first day), 9.
Feeling of fulness in the temples, and an occasional darting pain back of the left eye (after twenty minutes, second day), 9.
Pressing out in the temples and some pain back of the eyes, at 5 P.M. (seventh day), 1.
Darting pain in right temple (after four hours, fifth day), 2. [100.]
Bruised sore feeling of left temple, and pain on opening the mouth, at 1 P.M. (thirtieth day), 10.
Vertex.
Pain in top of head during the evening (forty-ninth day), 10.
Pressing-out pain in top of the head, soon (thirty-second day), 10.
Parietals.
Head, pain in left side, through left eye and in left parietal bone, all from within outward. Dull pain all through the left side of the head, greatly aggravated by sitting still or thinking; relieved in the open air, also by talking (fifth day), 7.
Dull pain in the left side of the head; pain extends from the left eye through into the occiput, and down the left side of the neck (thirteenth day), 7.
Slight headache, pressing outward in the fronto-parietal region, lasted about an hour (after one hour, first and second days), 2.
Pain in the occiput, with sense of weariness in the back of the neck (fifth day), 1.
A sharp and sticking pain in the occiput, right side especially (fifth day), 1.
Sharp darting pain in the left occipital region radiating to the left side, very persistent and very marked (second day), 6. **[110.]
External Head.**
Sharp threadlike pains of scalp (forty-ninth), 10.
Itching creeping sensation of the scalp, momentarily relieved by scratching, but followed by aggravation; lasted nearly two hours (after one hour and a half, third day), 2.
Itching of the scalp occurred frequently, with a sense of heat (first day), 1.
Itching of the scalp, and especially about the mastoid processes (sixth day), 2.
Itching of the scalp, especially back of the ears, at noon (second day), 3.
Meibomian glands of left lower lid inflamed; lids of both eyes very red and sore in the afternoon (thirty-fourth day), 1.
During the proving. I had drooping of the right eyelid, which I hardly think came from this, but it has now disappeared (thirty-third day), 1.
Lids feel much swollen; objects blurred, as if a thin secretion over the eyes obstructed the light; still the eyes feel dry and are red; have a kind of glassy look (seventeenth day), 1.
Eyelids sore and itch at 9 A.M. (twentieth day), 1.
Smarting of the eyelids in the forenoon (fourth day), 3.
Itching of the lids, arms, etc., at 5 P.M. (seventh day), 1.
Itching of the eyelids; smarting of the eyes at night, aggravated by reading; redness of the eyes (sixth day), 7.
Acute itching of the margins of the lids (sixth day), 1. [160.]
Sharp, cutting pain over external canthus of left eye (fifth day), 5.
The outer canthi itch and smart at 11 P.M. (seventh day); outer canthi itch, as also the margins of the lids (eighth day), 1.
Lachrymal Apparatus.
Eyes watery and swollen on rising, burning and sore; some bland lachrymation, especially of the left eye, does not flow over cheek, but eyes have a watery look, at 9 A.M.; hot, itch and smart; margins of lids smart; tears increased by reading; eyes feel sore, and as if pressed out, but held back by cords, at 10 P.M. (fourteenth day), 3.
Right eye watery in the evening, with smarting of the lids of both eyes, as if I had a cold in the head (sixteenth day), 10.
Aching pain deep within the eyeballs, and a pressing outward; also many shooting pains of short duration, both within and around the eyes; conjunctiva reddened; itching of the edges of the lids and burning; things seem obscure and wavy (fifth day), 1.
Feeling as if the eyes were pushed out and at the same time held back by cords (sixth day), 2.
Sharp stitches deep within the eyeballs (sixth day), 1.
Vision.
Eyes feel blurred, and objects appear indistinct (sixth day), 1.
Nose feels dry and is much sorer (seventeenth day), 1.
Whole internal surface of nose feels dry, and as if contracted; gnawing as before, at 2 P.M. (forty-second day), 1.
Whole inner surface of nose far back feels dry and as if parched; itches and burns; occasionally a watery flow, which dries up immediately (eighteenth and nineteenth days), 1.
Pain from the interior of the nose to the eyes, which feel rough; motion aggravates (eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth days), 1.
Pain, extending from the inner surface of the nose up behind the eyes upon inhalation, in the morning (eighth day), 1.
Pain in the nose, caused by breathing cool air, not sharp, but aching pain (fifth day), 1.
Pain from the raw dry surface of the nose up through the back of the eyes; nose hot and swollen, and filled with dry crusts, in the forenoon (thirty-first day), 1. [210.]
Nose burns, and there is a stinging-gnawing pain; can hardly keep my hands from it, in the forenoon (thirty-sixth day), 1.
Whole inner surface of my nose burns, with a gnawing and stinging, especially the septum nasi, in the forenoon (forty-first day), 1.
Nose and throat sore at 7 A.M. (twenty-third day), 1.
Nose sore, more on right side, in the evening (fifty-second day), 1.
Nose sore and excoriated within, slightly swollen (second day), 1.
Nose sore; formation of dry crusts in the nostrils, although a loose cold in the head constantly (twentieth and forty-fourth days), 10.
Nose still sore and filled with crusts, which are easily removed, but this is followed by itching and burning (fifth day), 1.
A sore nose for nearly three weeks; it is dry and parched, and the mucous surface ulcerated far back; fills with dry crusts; it improves, and then gets worse again (thirtieth day), 8.
Nose quite sore, and burns (seventh and eighth days), 1. [220.]
Nose is very sore, and pain extends from it to the head (seventeenth day), 1.
Nose very sore, swollen, and hot, with a burning sensation, in the evening (thirtieth day), 1.
Nose is very sore again; it never gets quite well; the whole internal surface far back is sore and covered with dry crusts (thirtieth day), 1.
Inner surface of nose continues sore, also septum far back; touch causes burning and itching (fifth day), 1.
Nose sorer at 9.30 P.M., which this afternoon seemed nearly well; cannot sit still on account of the dull pain and peculiar uneasy feeling it occasions (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Nose not as sore inside, but becoming so outside; nose usually less sensitive in the morning, but becomes sorer in the middle of the forenoon, and still sorer during afternoon (forty-fourth day), 1.
Soreness in the nostrils, which are dry, at 4 P.M. (thirteenth day), 3.
Can hardly touch the nose; the whole interior surface is dry and hot, and feels as if raw (seventeenth day), 1.
Upon breathing the cold air, a bruised pain extends from the sore interior surface of the nose up behind the eyes (tenth day), 1.
Itching of the alæ nasi, both externally and internally; sore and excoriated internally, also hot and swollen; septum nasi begins to be similarly affected (third day), 1.
About 4 A.M., great soreness in region of right tonsil. Succeeded in throwing off a hard, offensive, cheesy mass about the size of a pea; at 8, soreness much diminished (fortieth day), 1.
Fauces and Œsophagus.
Feeling of dryness in the fauces and posterior nares, causing an almost constant desire to swallow (after twenty minutes, second day), 9. [290.]
In evening, great dryness of the fauces, commenced at 8, and lasted for an hour or two (nineteenth day), 10.
Isthmus of fauces very sore, in the evening (twenty-second day), 1.
Fauces feel scraped and sore, aggravated by swallowing (seventeenth day), 1.
Rising of sour fluid in the œsophagus after retiring (11 P.M.), (twenty-ninth day), 10.
Burning in the œsophagus, at 1 P.M. (fourteenth day), 3.
Swallowing.
Frequent desire to swallow, in the afternoon (first day), 4.
External Throat.
Scarlet redness of neck below the mastoid process, in the afternoon (forty-fourth day), 1.
Swelling of the size of a pea over the trachea, which is very sore and hard has continued for several days (thirty-third day), 1.
Throbbing of the carotids plainly seen by one observing, on rising in the morning (twentieth day), 1. [300.]
Can look in the glass and count the pulse by observing the throbbing of the carotids, at 2 P.M. (twenty-third day), 1.
Carotids throb violently, and even a light pressure over them causes a bursting pressing in the head; neck feels tired and head heavy; pressure increased by going upstairs, in the afternoon (nineteenth day), 1.
Nausea and heat in the stomach, extending up to the throat; faintness and heat in the stomach later; in the afternoon (eighth day), 3.
Frequent nausea almost to vomiting, and a sore feeling in the stomach; all relieved by belching wind (sixth day), 1.
Soon felt a slight nausea, which may have been from taking the alcohol, at 7 A.M. (first day), 4.
Slight nausea during most of the day (sixteenth and forty-eighth days), 10.
Slight nausea every day, with thirst at night regularly (fifty-fourth day), 10.
Slight nausea, with itching here and there all over the body (forty-fourth day), 10.
Slight nausea in the abdomen, felt more or less continuously (fourth day), 10.
Faint nausea after dinner, at first slight, but increased towards evening; became excessive upon witnessing an operation which enlisted sympathies very much.
Nausea extended down into the bowels, with griping-cutting pains, followed by a diarrhœic stool. Eating relieved the nausea (thirty-fourth day), 10.
Faint nausea without hunger, in the evening (twenty-eighth day); morning, afternoon, and evening, without desire for food (twenty-ninth day), 10.
Faint nausea at epigastrium each night, at a late hour. The pain passes down into the bowels, and is wholly and invariably relieved by discharge of flatus (twenty-eighth and preceding days), 10. [350.]
Feeling of emptiness in the pit of the stomach (thirteenth day), 7.
At 12 M. stomach feels badly; an empty feeling, and as if something to eat would relieve (fifth day), 3.
An empty faint feeling in the stomach, at 6 P.M. (thirteenth day), 3.
Empty hot feeling in the stomach at noon (seventh day), 3. [360.]
Empty burning feeling in the stomach, flatulent distension, at 1 P.M. (fourteenth day), 3.
Heat and empty feeling in the stomach; heat extending up the œsophagus to the mouth, at 6 P.M. (fourth day), 3.
Burning in the stomach, and a chill in the back soon after stool, in the afternoon (fifteenth day), 3.
Stomach and back symptoms relieved by eating, but there is a great sense of fulness, at 2 P.M. (seventh day), 3.
Dull aching pain through the stomach and abdomen, which becomes severe as the stomach becomes empty; it is relieved by eating, but soon followed by a bruised pain, at times severe, lasting all the evening, greatly aggravated by sitting still; relieved by motion (twenty-seventh day), 1.
Stomach feels oppressed and as if empty, at 11 P.M. (seventh day), 1.
Stomach feels oppressed and as if empty, yet no desire for food, at 12 M. (sixteenth and seventeenth days), 1.
Stomach oppressed, and an empty feeling, in the afternoon (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Oppression of stomach very great, before rising (forty-third day), 1.
Oppression in the stomach, as if it had received some hot substance, no real pain; a bruised sensation and uneasiness (after one hour); it continues through the evening and (after four hours) it is almost impossible to remain sitting; a feeling as if something to eat would relieve. After belching wind this feeling passes off in part, but soon returns. Do no remember belching wind before; it is an entirely new symptom to me (third day), 1. [370.]
Feeling as if my breakfast rested heavy and undigested in my stomach, disappearing, but returning in a few minutes (second day), 8.
Cutting pain in my stomach after eating an apple, at 9 P.M. (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Symptoms mostly relieved while walking in the open air, but the stomach feels as if something was moving in it, causing a sore distressed feeling; belching wind relieves; never had a similar feeling before; it continues until retiring (fifth day), 1.
Tenderness over the stomach, in the morning (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Some bruised pain in the stomach (sixteenth day), 1.
Stomach feels as if bruised and hurt; oppression of the stomach and gnawing, no hunger, relieved by eructation (fifth day), 1.
There is a bruised sore feeling in the stomach, almost immediately (tenth day), 1.
I believe the whole digestive tract is affected (twenty-eighth day), 1.
After breakfast feel much better; coffee relieves (forty-third day), 1.
At 5 P.M., unpleasant feeling and rumbling in the intestines (fifteenth day), 3.
Sick feeling in the abdomen before rising, relieved by discharge of flatus downward (eleventh and twelfth days), 10. [400.]
Immediately after urinating, indefinite pain in the small intestines, in the evening (first day), 4.
Fulness of the abdomen, relieved by belching gas, in the evening (third day), 3.
Aching pain through the abdomen (twenty-eighth day), 1.
Aching pains through the abdomen, which came on after a large pappy stool, at 8 A.M. (twentieth day), 1.
Aching pain through the abdomen, with severe tenesmus, at 10.40 A.M. (thirty-first day), 1.
Aching pain through the whole abdomen and thorax, but especially in the region of the diaphragm, and up through the left side; have to loosen my clothes; have a sense of suffocation, not at all relieved by inspiration, in the morning (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Continued and uneasy aching pains in the abdomen (eighth day), 1.
Severe aching pains through the abdomen, with tenesmus; they come in paroxysms, with nausea; also hot flashes, with moisture over the body, lasting fifteen minutes, at 11 A.M., disappearing while walking; on sitting down tenesmus, with other pains, returns at once (thirty-first day), 1.
About 6 A.M., had a severe aching pain in the abdomen, which forced me to rise and go to stool; stool, dark and pappy, forcibly expelled, preceded and followed by tenesmus (twenty-sixth day), 1.
Sharp pain through the abdomen after retiring (twenty-third day), 1. [410.]
Severe cutting pain through the abdomen, obliged to sit down, lasting about ten minutes, in the evening (thirty-ninth day), 1.
Sore feeling in the abdomen region (thirty-third day), 10.
A sore feeling across the middle of the abdomen, remaining all day (thirty-first day), 10.
Abdomen tender upon pressure in the afternoon (thirty-fourth day), 1.
Tenderness over the whole abdomen on hard pressure, which occasions great uneasiness around the heart (twenty-seventh day), 1.
Pains are relieved, but cannot bear any pressure upon the abdomen; have to loosen my clothes, at 12.30 P.M. (thirty-first day), 1.
Hypogastrium.
Sore, bruised feeling in the hypogastric region when moving about in the afternoon (thirty-third day), 10.
Sharp pain through the hypogastric region, extending into the left inguinal region, in the evening (eleventh day), 10.
Menses delayed two days, with nausea at the breakfast table; discharge normal, profuse; mammæ not sore until the day before, and then only slightly; usually tender and very sensitive a week previous (sixty-first day), 10.
Severe twinges of pain streaking up and down the left breast, outer side (sixty-fifth day), 10.
Gnawing and sometimes stinging pains around the heart, extending to the elbow, in the forenoon (thirty-sixth day), 1.
Oppression about the heart, in the afternoon (twenty-eighth day), 1.
Oppression around the heart, and sharp aching pain, at 9 A.M. (thirty-first day), 1.
On walking out in the afternoon felt a slight oppression over the base of the heart, lasting only a few minutes (twenty-eighth day), 10.
Have to press hand over the heart, as it relieves the oppression and pain (thirty-seventh day), 1.
Pain in the region of the heart, extending to the left shoulder and arm; pain sharp (thirteenth day), 1.
Sharp pain in the region of the heart, seeming to go directly through it, at 11.30 A.M. (twenty-third day), 1.
Have occasional pains around the heart, causing great depression of spirits, at 8 P.M.; in ten minutes they become quite sharp, and are increased by inspiration (thirtieth day), 1.
Occasional shooting pains in the region of the heart (fifth day), 1. [520.]
Immediately upon rising in the morning, frequent and severe shooting pain seemed to pass directly through my heart, and my pulse at once became very irregular. Many pains around the heart during the forenoon (forty-first day), 1.
After retiring (midnight), suffered with sharp sticking pains at the apex of the heart, which lasted for fifteen or twenty minutes, aggravated by deep inspiration. Did not dare move, but finally turned over on my left side, and the pain gradually disappeared (twelfth day), 10.
Sharp stitches in the region of the heart (fifth day), 1.
A feeling of soreness in the region of the heart, in the forenoon (thirty-sixth day), 1.
Heart's Action.
Throbbing of the heart and pressure in the head (sixth day), 1.
Great throbbing of the heart and all the arteries comes on after retiring, even those of my lips; soon become covered with perspiration. Throbbing becomes intense; can hear it. Am finally obliged to get up and sit in a chair until 3 A.M. While sitting the pain and throbbing diminish (forty-seventh day), 1.
Palpitation of the heart upon rising after walking slowly, at 8.30 A.M. (thirty-first day), 1.
Palpitation of heart, with oppression at 10.30 A.M. (thirty-third day), 1.
Feel the heart beat; an occasional double beat, and a feeling of oppression about the heart, at 3.50 P.M. (twenty-third day), 1.
Pulse. [530.]
Great rise in the pulse, upon going upstairs (forty-seventh day), 1.
Pulse slow and almost imperceptible (forty-fifth day), 10.
On taking medicine pulse beats regular, but very pronounced, at 12 M., very slow but distinct (forty-seventh day), 10.
Pulse 153, but soon gets down to 120; in one hour, 103 (thirty-fifth day), 1.
Pulse rises greatly on walking; runs up over 150 upon walking slowly upstairs (thirty-seventh day), 1.
Pulse 123 after walking slowly; 140 after walking farther; beats seem to run into each other, in the morning; 102, standing, 87 sitting, at 9.15 A.M.; 144 at 10 A.M.; 98 at 10.30; runs together and can be counted only with difficulty; occasionally a few full distinct beats at 11; 82 and scarcely perceptible, at 11.30; 84 sitting, 92 standing, at 12.30; 96 sitting, 104 standing, at 3 P.M.; 103 standing at from 5 to 6; 66 at 11 P.M. (thirty-first day), 1.
Pulse 123, on walking slowly upstairs, in the forenoon; 98 at 7 P.M. (fifty-second day), 1.
Pulse 120, at 9 A.M., and yet have been quiet in my room; 90 at 1 P.M. (forty-sixth day), 1.
Pulse 68, at 6; 120, at 9, after walking a short distance; 110, at 2 P.M., after being quiet for three hours (forty-second day), 1. [540.]
Pulse 72, on rising; 87 sitting, 74 standing, at 8.20 A.M.; variable at 10; after a short walk in the morning, 120; 67 to 74, at 11 P.M. (thirty-second day), 1.
Pulse 102, in the forenoon; 86 standing, 70 sitting, in the afternoon (fifty-first day), 1.
Pulse, sitting, 80; standing, 102, in the forenoon; in the afternoon varies, but tends to go down; sometimes it tends to draw out into a tail, which holds on almost to the next beat; upon rising it constantly accelerates until it loses a beat (twenty-eighth day), 1.
Pulse 72, on rising; about 100 during forenoon (forty-third day), 1.
Pulse regular, rarely over 60 (before proving), 93 at 4 P.M.; 80 at 6; 66 at 9 P.M. (nineteenth day).
Pulse 72, at 7.40 A.M.; 97, and jerking, at 8; 76, small and jerking, at 9; afterwards 67; 81 at 1.20 P.M.; 66 at 6 P.M.; 60 at 6; 73 at 7.20; 73 sitting, 84 standing, at 11 P.M.; 68 at 12 M.; 83 at 1 P.M.; 70 at 5 P.M.; 80 at 6.30 P.M.; 72 at 11 P.M. (twentieth day), 1.
Pulse 84, at 7.45 A.M.; 72 at 9.15 A.M., before stool, after it 80 (twenty-first day), 1.
Pulse 84, at 9 A.M.; 68 at 1 P.M. (thirtieth day), 10.
Pulse 82, in the morning (sixteenth day), 1. [550.]
Pulse 78, at 7 A.M.; 66 at 8 A.M.; 80 to 90 at 8.30; 60 at 11; 74, sitting, standing 90, at 2 P.M.; 74 at 3 P.M.; 87 at 4. 30; 89 at 5.20; 72 at 6; 82 at 6.30, after supper; 108 standing, 88 sitting, at 8 P.M.; 74 standing, 67 sitting, at 11 P.M. (twenty-third day), 1.
Pulse varies from 74 to 80, at 9 A.M.; 60 at 12 M.; 58 at 10 P.M. (twenty-second day), 1.
Pulse 76 (at 11 A.M.), (thirty-second day), at 12 M. (twenty-eighth and thirty-fourth days), 10.
Pulse very irregular and not at all alike during the first and last half of a minute (eighth day), 6.
Pulse ran very fast for 10 to 20 beats and then suddenly changed, and gave two or three full long beats before rising (thirty-fourth day), 1.
Pulse 84 sitting, 102 standing, at 7.30 A.M.; it changes constantly in quality, at times full and round, and soon after can hardly be felt, a clinging pulse; the beats seem to hold on. Pulse, as taken by Dr. Wilson, 138, at 8.30, after walking slowly; 80 after sitting for half an hour; when another is taking my pulse, can feel the throbbing under my fingers and count the beats myself; 67, at 9.45; 65 at 11.30 A.M.; 97 sitting, 116 standing, very small, hardly perceptible, at 9 P.M. From 64 to 80, during three consecutive minutes, and yet have not moved from my chair during the time, at 9.30 P.M. (twenty-fourth day), 1. [570.]
Pulse rises high and is variable (fiftieth day), 1.
Pulse still variable and often over 100 during the forenoon (sixty-first day), 1.
Pulse variable; first high and then low; runs from 113 down to 90 in half an hour; very intermittent; at one time trembling and weak, then full and bounding (thirteenth day), 7.
Pulse variable, 80 and over, at 3 P.M.; 87 at 8 P.M., begins strong and becomes weaker and weaker until it can hardly be felt; 88 at 8.45; standing, 97; small, variable, and at times hardly perceptible; sitting, 72, round and full, at 11 P.M. (thirtieth day), 1.
Pulse through the day from 72 to 110 (fifty-seventh day), 1.
Pulse from 66 to 80 during three consecutive minutes, at 1 A.M.; 98 at 1 P.M. (fifty-fourth day), 1.
Pulse from 63 to 72, at 7.30 A.M.; 66 at 11 P.M. (twenty-fifth day), 1.
Jerking of the pulse (in a few minutes, first day), 10.
Tearing (one hour after second dose, sixth day), 2.
Forearm.
Pain through the arm, at 9 A.M. (twentieth day), 1. [620.]
Pain occasionally along the course of the radial artery (twenty-eighth day), 10.
Slight pressure from taking the pulse causes pain to extend up the arm and through the hand (twentieth day), 1.
Writing causes pain along the arteries of the right arm, from the elbow to the hand, at 9 P.M. (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Wrist.
Twitching of the tendons on the ulnar side of the wrist (first day), 10.
Hand.
Carotids do not throb violently this morning, and yet can see very distinctly the pulsating of the arteries on the back of my right hand, and some of the time can feel the throbbing so distinctly that I can count the pulse without looking or applying the fingers (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Twitching of muscles on ulnar side of the hand (sixteenth day), 10.
Pain through my hands and arms, at 11.30 A.M. (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Feel pains through my hands and arms, which seem to be in the arteries; these pains are of a peculiar stinging character; have felt them often before, especially when noting the pulse, at 7.30 A.M. (twenty-fourth day), 1.
During the evening pain in my hands, deep in, as if in the bones, forcing me to move them often (fifty-first day), 1.
Pain in my hands extending the whole length of the fingers, on both sides of the fingers, following the whole course of the arteries; can't keep my hands still, and the slightest motion is followed by great aggravation of the pain, a stinging-burning pain. Throbbing of the arteries upon the back of my right hand. Upon flexing the arm, pain extends from the shoulder to the hand (twenty-eighth to thirty-first days), 1. [630.]
Itching pains along the palmar arch upon writing, and down the fingers, at 4.40 P.M. (thirty-second day), 1.
Fingers.
Fingers get tired while writing and ache (sixth day), 1.
Pain along radial side of index finger in evening (thirty-third day), 10.
Gnawing, stinging pains from the ends of the fingers extending up the arms, more the left; cold table causes pain in my hand and arm as I write, in the forenoon (thirty-sixth day), 1.
Pain in os calcis of left foot (thirteenth day), 7. [650.]
My heel has blistered and suppurated; exceedingly sensitive to the touch and on walking; not felt at other times (sixty-first day), 10.
Toes.
For the past few days, on walking , a feeling in the right little toe as if a fine cord was cutting it through at the base of the nail (thirtieth day), 10.
Did not feel as if I could get up, and afterwards felt languid to an excessive degree (sixth day), 1.
During afternoon, constant sense of weariness (fifty-first day), 1.
Sick, tired feeling, which I cannot describe (sixth day), 3.
Upon rising, feel very tired, and have headache, fever, and sweating of hands, aggravated from 10.30 till near 1, then less severe (thirty-fourth day), 1.
Feeling of great exhaustion upon going upstairs (forty-seventh day), 1.
Pains all through the body; feel as if I had been sick a long time, in the morning (twentieth day), 1.
From 4 to 6 P.M., pain all through the body; a bruised, aching pain from left testicle up through the left side (twenty-sixth day), 1.
Occasional pain along the arteries; this starts up upon putting my hands into cold water, or upon bringing them into contact with anything cold, in the afternoon (thirtieth day), 1.
Indefinite, wandering pains throughout the body, which seem neuralgic, in the evening (second day), 1. [690.]
Rheumatic pains, awaking me at 6 P.M., then going off after rising, returning when sitting still at 10.30 A.M. (thirty-third and subsequent days), 1.
Dull pains through the body at 12.30 P.M. (twentieth day), 1.
Pains of a dull character through the body and around the heart at 10 A.M. (thirty-third and fifty-first days), 1.
During forenoon, pain of a dull character through various parts of the body upon sitting still (twenty-seventh day), 1.
Many aching pains through the head and body from 5 to 6 P.M.; aching pain through the body upon sitting, as if caused by its weight, during the afternoon (thirty-fourth day), 1.
Cannot sit still, as it starts stinging pains along the course of such arteries as are compressed, in the forenoon (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Feel sore and bruised all through the body; have been stooping, which increases it, at 11 P.M. (thirty-second day), 1.
Feel as if bruised all over, and a slight blow occasions great soreness (seventeenth day), 7. [700.]
Get better and then get worse again (thirty-sixth day), 3.
An aggravation between 10 and 11 A.M. (seventeenth day), 1.
All symptoms aggravated from 3 to 4 P.M. (sixteenth day), 1.
Symptoms aggravated between 3 and 5 P.M. (sixth day), 1.
Aggravation comes on at 4 P.M. (nineteenth day), 1.
Throughout the proving there has been a daily aggravation from 3 to 6 P.M., 3.
All symptoms, so far, worse in the evening (second day), 4.
Some old swelling, which had nearly gone, seem to have a very little pus in them, in the forenoon (fortieth day), 1.
Burning and itching after retiring (thirty-ninth day), 1. [730.]
Papillæ of the skin feel sore and itch; aggravated by touch and relieved by motion, and in the open air (tenth day), 1.
A peculiar crawling feeling over various parts of the body (tenth day), 1.
Feeling in afternoon, as if rubbed with rough flannel over the body (forty-eighth day), 10.
Itching in general (eleventh to sixteenth days), 1.
Itching over all parts of the body, especially the back, scalp, and eyes; scratching is followed by aggravation (fifth day), 1.
Itching over the whole body. Severe itching on the scalp, also on the upper lip. Tickling crawling feeling in spots over the body. Itching not relieved by scratching, sometimes relieved for a moment, and then followed by smarting and burning (fifth day), 7.
At 6 P.M., itching severe, especially of back and over pubic bone (nineteenth day), 1.
After retiring the itching is aggravated (fifth and fifteenth days), 1.
General itching after retiring, aggravated by scratching (third day), 1.
Before taking he was troubled with an itching after retiring at night, which has now ceased (second day), 8. [740.]
Upon retiring at 11 P.M., the same burning, itching, and terrible restlessness came on; this affects the lower extremities most (thirtieth day), 1.
Sit down in a warm room, and general itching starts up, at 6 P.M. (thirtieth day), 1.
The itching is increased on sitting by a warm fire, in the evening (twenty-second day), 1.
Itching in various parts of the body through the day, especially of the left arm and of the alæ nasi (third day), 1.
Itching of the scalp and of the face at the roots of the whiskers (third, fourth, and twelfth days), also of the back of the neck and along the back, in the afternoon (third day), 3.
Nose itches and has been sore on the inside for more than twenty-four hours (fourth day), 3.
Itching of the pubes was so great that he feared pediculi, and removed the hair and searched for them (seventeenth day), 7.
Itching about the right nipple (after four hours, fifth day), 2.
Itching below the scapula, on the inside of the forearm, and in the thigh; all right side, in the evening (sixteenth day), 3.
Itching of the limbs in the afternoon; of the knees and elbows upon sitting; in the evening (fifty-second day), 1. [750.]
After retiring, itching and excessive burning of the limbs (twenty-seventh day), 1.
Itching around the larger joints (fifty-third day), 1.
Itching of left arm continuous, also frequent along the back and lower extremities, at 6 P.M. (second day), 1.
Itching in the hands, which seems deep in; heat great, and great aggravation of the itching by scratching or pinching the parts. I believe this stinging-itching feeling is in the coats of the arteries. This thigh, both arms, and axillæ, also scalp and left ear, at 5 P.M. (ninth day), 3.
Legs and feet cool, but itch, in the afternoon (nineteenth day), 1.
Slight itching of dorsum of hand (sixteenth day), 10.
Excessive itching in the scalp and in the left ear, at 5 P.M.; unbearable itching of the head and face, lasting about an hour, at 7 P.M. (seventeenth day), 3.
Dreadful itching of the face at the roots of the whiskers; also of all parts of the body and limbs, especially of the hairy portion, at 5 P.M. (thirteenth day), 3.
Dream all night, waking frequently (tenth night), 1.
Unpleasant dreams during morning sleep (second day), 4.
Early in morning dreamed of prescribing for a person with wind colic, and of having it myself; shortly afterwards waked out of a sound sleep, about 3 A.M., with the most excruciating, griping, cutting pains in the hypogastric region. The whole abdomen felt sore to the touch. The pain lasted for over an hour; relieved a little by doubling myself up and pressing hard on the parts. With this severe colic the sharp pains of the heart come on, and last for ten minutes, though not so severe as before; Could not keep my feet quiet a moment during the paroxysms of pain (thirteenth day), 10.
In trouble all night; dreamed constantly (twenty-first and twenty-second days), 1.
Dream that everything goes wrong (forty-sixth night), 1.
After retiring great burning and restlessness; my chum complains of the heat; even if my limbs are cold before retiring, they get very hot and burn soon after; this has been so every night for some time (fortieth day), 1.
Heat in the head and back of the neck, which feel tired, at 5.20 P.M. (twenty-third day), 1.
Heat in the back of the neck, at 3.50 P.M. (twenty-third day), 1. [810.]
Heat and sweating of the hands; a feeling of heat through the body, in the afternoon (twenty-third day), 1.
After rising, feverish heat of head, with cold hands (eleventh day), 10.
Hands feel as if hot; all through burn and feel uneasy (sixth day), 1.
Hands get hot and sweat; feet still cold, but moist, at 11 A.M.; hands sweat from 3 to 8 P.M. (thirty-third day), 15.
Hands hot and sweaty, between 10 and 11 A.M. (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Hands feel hot and dry (seventh and eighth morning), 1.
Hands and feet alternately hot and cold, on rising at 7; hands cold at 7.40; hands hot at 8 A.M.; right hand cold and pain through the arm; left hand warm at 9 A.M.; left hand cold and right hand burning , at 10.30; hands hot, but no moisture, at 5 P.M.; feet cold at 11 P.M. (twentieth day), 1.
After retiring limbs very hot and more restless (fifty-first day), 1.
Hands very hot at 8 A.M., and in a perspiration at 10; great heat and burning in the fingers and hands, cannot keep them still, in forenoon; at 11 A.M. (twentieth day), 1.
After retiring limbs very hot and more restless (fifty-first day), 1.
Hands very hot at 8 A.M., and in a perspiration at 10; great heat and burning in the fingers and hands, cannot keep them still, in forenoon; at 11 A.M. heat increases, hands dry, but soon get moist. At 12, not as much heat. During the afternoon great burning in the hands, with stinging pain from ends of fingers upward; ends of fingers very hot and red (thirty-sixth day), 1. [820.]
Face, head, and hands burn, in the afternoon (nineteenth day), 1.
Back of neck and face burn, in the afternoon (nineteenth day), 1.
Hands, although moist and cool to another, burn all through, in the afternoon (nineteenth day), 1.
Walked slowly to the college and back to my room; am in a perspiration and heat, also feel exhausted; suffocative feeling, which seems to refer itself to my heart, at 8.30 A.M. (twenty-fourth day), 1.
Sweating profuse from 3.30 to 5 P.M. (eleventh day), 1.
Cold clammy sweat at night, very profuse (thirteenth day), 7.
Perspiration of the hands (afternoon), (nineteenth and twenty-eighth days), 1.
Sweating of the palms of the hands (sixth, seventh, and tenth days), 1.
Moisture of palms of hands (unusual), (eighteenth day), 10. [830.]
Hands are covered with perspiration from 3 P.M. until late in the evening (fifth day), 1.
Sweating of the hands at 9.15 A.M.; feet cold, hands hot, and both covered with perspiration at 10.30; feet ache with cold but are damp, at 11 A.M.; hands burn and soon become moist, from 5 to 6 P.M.; hands perfectly dry at 11 P.M. (thirty-first day), 1.
Hands sweat, as they do every day, at varying intervals; they are always dry upon rising; feet cold but perspire; they are now usually cold through the day. After retiring, soon get hot, especially my limbs from the knees down (forty-first day), 1.
Hands moist, but soon dry, in the afternoon (fifty-second day), 1.
Dryness and heat of the hands (twenty-first day), 1.
For some time past have noticed a moisture of the soles of the feet (very unusual); also disagreeable odor under the arms (twentieth day), 10.
( Sitting still ), Pain through side of head; pain in stomach; dull pain.
( Stooping ), Pain in region of liver; pain in abdomen; pains through region of heart; pain from behind stomach to heart, etc.; sore feeling, etc., through body.
( Quiet study ), Pains in shoulders.
( Witnessing surgical operation ), Nausea.
( Walking ), Pain in legs; feeling in little toe.
( Warmth ), General itching.
( When writing ), Pain through sides of chest.
Amelioration.
( Morning ), After rising, pain in shoulders.
( Open air ), Pain in side of head; soreness, etc., of skin.
( Bending head back ), Pain in temples, etc.; pain in back of neck.
( Coffee ), Stomach symptoms.
( Cold applications ), Headache, etc.
( Cold water ), Pruritus vaginæ.
( Motion in cool air ), Pain through head; head symptoms; most of the symptoms.
( Conversation ), Sleepiness.
( Eating ), Cloudiness of mind; headache; nausea; symptoms of stomach, etc.; fatigue of neck.
( Eructation ), Pain in stomach.
( Motion ), Pain in stomach; pain in abdomen; pain in shoulders; all symptoms; soreness, etc., of skin.
( Gentle motion ), Pains around heart; feeling in limbs.
( Pressure ), Pain though head; pains through breast; pain around heart.
( Sitting still ), Vertigo, etc.; pain, etc., of heart.
