CLEMATIS.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Clematis recta, Linn.
Nat. order , Ranunculaceæ; Old name , Flammula Jovis; Common name (Germ.), Waldrebe.
Preparation , Tincture of leaves and stems.
Authorities.
1 , Hahnemann, Chn. Kr., 3; 2 , Franz, ibid.; 3 , Foissac, ibid.; 4 , Guttmann, ibid.; 5 , Fr. H-n, ibid.; 6 , Langhammer, ibid.; 7 , Stapf, ibid.; 8 , Kr., ibid.; 9 , Htm., ibid.; 10 , Störck, Lib. de Flamm. Jovis, symptoms appearing in patient's taking the drug (from Hahnemann); ( 11 to 32, Austrian provings , Z. f. V. Oest., 1857, p. 277), 11 , Franz Alb took the 2/100ths, first and second days; 12 , the same prover took tincture, first, second, and third days; 13 , Amelia Alb, aged 18, took 1st dil. on first, second, and fourth days; 14 , same prover took 10 drops of tincture; 15 , John Czrai, aged 40, took tincture, 5 to 40 drops; 16 , Dr. Eidherr took tincture, 5 to 40 drops; 17 , same prover took 1st dil., 5 to 36 drops daily for several days; 18 , Joseph Huber took tincture daily, 1 to 11 drops, no symptoms till after eighteen days; 19 , W. Huber, aged 26, took daily for a month 100-drop doses of the dilutions, beginning with the 30th and descending to the 1st; 20 , same prover took tincture, repeated doses of 10 to 300 drops; 21 , Janesek's wife, aged 28, took tincture, 5 to 30 drops; 22 , Kaezkomsky took tincture, 1 to 20 drops (three provings); 23 , Klinkowsky, took tincture, 5 to 25 drops; 24 , W. Low took 2 to 3 drops tincture daily; 25 , Dr. Marenzeller took 4 drops of tincture every other day for two weeks, then 8 drops a day for five days; 26 , N. N. took 4 to 20 drops tincture daily; 27 , Dr. Raidl took tincture, 5 to 40 drops daily; 28 , Dr. Reis took tincture, 5 to 30 drops daily; 29 , Dr. Schück, aged 41, took tincture, 10 to 30 drops a day; 30 , Dr. Caspar Walter took tincture, 5 to 90 drops a day; 30 b , a woman took tincture until she took half a drachm at once; 31 , Dr. Würstl took tincture, 5 to 60 drops, followed by proving with large doses of 1st dil. daily for two weeks; 32 , Dr. Gruenberg took 5 drops tincture, first and third days; 33 , Hencke, proving with 20 and 60 drops of tincture, A. H. Z. 67, 201; 34 , ibid., a female prover took tincture several times; 35 , Lembke, proving with tincture, 5 to 150 drops, Z. f. H. K., 2, 14; 36 , Plenk, toxicological effects of chewing leaves and applying them to the skin (Wibmer).
MIND
- Emotional.
- Great excitability; aversion for every mental work (fifth day), 15.
- General mental excitement for several days, 26.
- More excited than usual, his mood was very lively; he felt stronger and was more disposed to read and think than usual; this condition lasted nearly half an hour, followed by mental exhaustion, disinclination to read or think, and condition generally like intoxication (first day), 16.
- Mental exhilaration and desire for mental work, with profuse transpiration of the skin, followed after an hour by exhaustion, with a certain anxiety and depression of mind, irritable mood, fretfulness about things which he usually ignored, and disappearance of every desire for mental work, lasting three hours (second day); it was noticed also on the sixth day (after 20 drops), 16.
- Extreme liveliness towards 10 A.M., lasting till 4 P.M., then suddenly disinclination for work, morose mood, with lassitude in the upper and lower extremities (second day), 12.
- An hour after taking the drug, generally lively mood, motion was easy, agreeable transpiration of the skin, increased thirst, great redness of the face, pulse increased twelve beats, followed after another hour by confusion of the head, heaviness of the limbs, and an almost intoxicated condition, 17.
- Transient lively mood, followed by exhaustion of the mental powers (third day), 15.
- Disinclined to speak, this disappeared in the evening, 6.
- Depression of spirits (eleventh day), 16. [10.]
- Depressed mood, somewhat better after an hour's nap, 28.
- Very sad mood, with thoughts of suicide, 30b.
- Disposition extremely sad, with no desire to speak (fifth day), 27.
- Buried in sad thought and in dread of impending misfortune, 6.
- He seemed oppressed by some grief or sorrow, or the shadow of some impending misfortune (first day), 24.
- Loss of "moral strength," so that he shed tears for more than half an hour, followed by a three hours' sleep (sixth day), 23.
- Anxiety (eleventh day), 16.
- Anxious uneasiness, as though some evil would befall him, 22.
- Night anxious, disturbed by frightful dreams and tossing about, so that unconsciously his head exchanged places with his feet; frequent waking and dry heat of the whole body (third night), .
HEAD
- Confusion.
- Confusion of the head, 31 ; (after one hour), 17.
- Confusion of the head, as after a debauch (fourth day), 29. [40.]
- Confusion of the head, as if intoxicated (seventh day), 20.
- Confusion of the head, as from coryza, continuing until 1 1/2 P.M., not relieved in the open air (second day), 11.
- Confusion of the head in the morning, 22.
- Confusion and heaviness in the head, in the morning immediately on rising, 1.
- Confusion of the head, relieved in the open air (first day), 17.
- Confusion and emptiness of the head the whole day (seventh day), 16.
- Confusion and emptiness of the head in the frontal region, with tendency to vertigo, 1.
- Confusion of the head and vertigo, 31.
- Confusion of the head, with dull sensation in it (after two hours), 32.
- Slight confusion of the head, 28. [50.]
- Slight confusion of the head, on waking (fourth morning), 16.
- Great confusion of the head, with pressure and tension in the forehead, 30.
- Transient confusion of the head, on rising (third morning), 11.
- Head confused, at times painful, especially in temples (first day), 33.
- Head much confused (sixth day), 30.
- Head very much confused; head heavy, hot to the touch, 21.
- Vertigo.
- Vertigo at times, 22.
- Excessive vertigo, on holding the head erect or turning it (fourth day), 32.
- Excessive vertigo, on walking in the open air the gait became tottering and obliged the prover to hurry home (twelfth day), 32.
- Lasting dizziness of the head, with continued sleepiness, not relieved in the open air, and lasting till 2 P.M. (third day), 11. [60.]
- Head dizzy and thick, as after a night of debauch (seventh day), 30.
- Reeling from side to side, with heaviness of the hot head, so that he could scarcely keep erect; the prover went into a coffee-house, but in the close air was attacked by vertigo, so that he was obliged to sit down immediately and support his head and the whole body, which trembled violently; after a few minutes he was obliged to seek the open air, where he was somewhat relieved; the gait, however, continued to be unsteady, and it seemed to him to be unusually rapid, as in slight intoxication (after four hours), .
EYE
- He looked staringly before him, 4. [130.]
- Eyes red, 31.
- Eyes red and glittering, with sensation of burning heat and dryness (sixth day), 30.
- Sensation in the eyes, as though a veil were drawn before them, 21.
- Burning and a sensation of dryness in the eyes, 30.
- Burning in the eyes, as if fire were streaming out of them, with sensation of dryness (third day), 30.
- Severe burning and itching in the eyes, 21.
- Rather severe burning in both eyes, without redness, but with increased lachrymation, 21.
- Violent burning sensation in the eyes (fourth day), 30.
- Biting-burning pains in the eyes; conjunctiva red, 34.
- Eyes burning hot and dry, compelling him to close the lids (seventh day), 30. [140.]
- Severe pressure in the optic nerves, 22.
- Biting in the eyes, worse on closing them; if they are again opened after being closed they are extremely sensitive to the light, 2.
- Biting in the eyes like a soreness, with redness of the vessels, and lachrymation; the biting was worse on closing the eye, and the eye was so sensitive to air that he did not dare to open it again; it also became black before the eyes, 7.
- Biting pain in the eyes, especially in the margin of the lids, 1 . [From the exhalations of the freshly-pressed plant.]
- Orbit.
- Dull pressure in the orbits on moving the eyes, 35.
- Lids.
- Burning in the lids, 22.
- Burning pain in the right upper lid, 4.
- Yellowish crust in the inner canthi (sixth day), 27.
- Inflammation in the inner canthus, the vision is weak, 4.
- Burning pain in the inner canthus of the left eye, 4. [150.]
- Sticking pain in the inner canthus of the left eye, as from a sharp pointed body, lasting several minutes (after thirteen hours), 4.
- Stitches in the inner canthus, 1 . [From the exhalations of the juice of the freshly-pressed herb.]
EAR
- Burning pain in both external ears, with heat, which was even perceptible to the touch, 30.*
- Slight drawing, with transient stitches in the region of the right ear, cheek, and side of the neck, towards evening (third day), 17.
- Hearing.
- Difficulty of hearing (thirteenth day), 32.
- Diminished hearing at 7 1/2 A.M., relieved in six minutes (second day), 11.
- In the morning, diminished hearing for nearly a quarter of an hour, together with ringing in the left ear, which lasted nearly a minute (third morning), 11.
- Sounds as of a bell before the ears, 4.
- Roaring in the ears, 28, 31.
NOSE. [170.]
- Tip of nose red and swollen, at the root of the nose a small red painful pimple, 34.
- Sneezing in the morning (after twenty-eight hours), 6.
- Repeated sneezing as though coryza would set in, together with transient increase of the nasal discharge, 25.
- Frequent sneezing, 22 ; (sixth day), 30, 31.
- Violent sneezing eight times in succession, followed after six minutes by discharge of clear water from the left nostril, soon after breakfast (third morning), 11.
- Frequent violent sneezing, with watery discharge from the nose (third morning), 12.
- Severe fluent coryza, with frequent sneezing, 30.
- Violent fluent coryza, with which there was an involuntary watery discharge from the nose, 2.
- Nasal mucus somewhat streaked with blood (seventh day), 30.
- Stoppage of the nose, 31. [180.]
- Dryness of the nose (third morning), 11.
FACE
- Sickly yellow look (eighth day), 32.
- Sudden flush of the face, with dark redness of the cheeks, having a yellowish tinge, which is also noticed in the whites of the eyes (third day), 32.
- Yellow color of the face (fourth day), 32.
- Cheeks.
- Right cheek swollen and sensitive to touch, in the morning, 34.
- Drawing stitches in the left side of the upper jaw, extending upward, rhythmical with the pulse (after eight hours), 8.
- Lips.
- Burning, cutting stitches through the left side of the lower lip, as if it were being cut (after five hours), 4.
MOUTH
- Teeth.
- A hollow tooth seems longer than usual, and is painful to the slightest touch, with running of much water from the mouth, 28.
- Sensation as though the two teeth which had ached the previous night were too long; the gum was less swollen and pale; the pain extended on both sides to the incisors, and made chewing impossible (fourth day), 12.
- The toothache returned after reading half an hour in bed, not only in a carious hollow tooth of the right side, but also in one on the left side, not relieved by cold water; he fell asleep only towards 1 o'clock; at 10 P.M. (third day), 12. [190.]
- Toothache in a last lower back tooth, which pained in connection with the upper teeth, even if they were without pain, very much aggravated by getting bread into it, 8.
- Toothache, tolerable during the day, but as soon as he lies down in bed and assumes a horizontal position it increases to an unbearable degree , and is not relieved by any position, it only gets better by lying perfectly quiet and enduring the pain for several hours, 8.*
- Toothache which drives him to despair, with tossing about in bed; weakness in the limbs and anxious sweat, so that he cannot endure the covering, lasting the whole night, 8.
- The toothache extends over the whole temporal region, as far as the vertex, 8.
- Toothache unfits him for every work, especially for thinking, 8.
- Dull toothache in hollow tooth, 30.
- Dull toothache in a hollow tooth, only transiently relieved by cold water, also relieved by drawing in the air , which causes a stitch as if something pressed upward into the teeth, 8.*
- Sensation in the last upper molar (which was carious), as if it would ache (ninth day), 30.
- Drawing pains in the teeth, in the nasal bones, in the small of the back, in the toes, in the tibiæ; in each place they are only momentary and of variable intensity, 35.
- Jerking drawing toothache, during the day, aggravated by smoking tobacco, relieved for only a minute by firm pressure with a cloth, 8. [200.]
- Jerking sticking-drawing toothache in the left upper jaw, now in one, now in another tooth, often it is uncertain in which tooth of the whole row the pains is seated, 8.
THROAT
- Dryness of the throat, 21.
- Burning, redness, vesicles and ulcers in the throat (from chewing the fresh leaves), 36.
- Constant stitching in the throat, especially on swallowing, 35.
- Rawness in the throat, 22. [240.]
- Rawness in the throat, with hoarse voice, constant spitting of watery saliva (second day), 20.
- Uvula.
- Sensation as though the uvula were too long (third day), 29.
- Some sensitiveness of the uvula continues (fourth day), 29.
- External Throat.
- Swelling of the submaxillary glands, 31.
- Swelling of the submaxillary glands in the right triangle in the right side of the neck became more and more painful, motion of the head in any direction was more difficult; the gland on the left side seemed slightly enlarged and painful to touch; secretion of saliva was very profuse (sixth day), 17.
- Slight swelling of the submaxillary glands, which increased for eight days, and then gradually decreased (after eight days), 15.
- The submaxillary glands are swollen, with some lumps, and feel tense as if they would suppurate; they are painful to touch, and cause pains in the teeth, 8.
- Slight swelling in the right upper triangle of the neck, just under the lower jaw, with increased secretion of saliva (fifth day), 17.
- Great swelling of the thyroid gland (fourth day), 32.
STOMACH
- Appetite.
- Appetite increased, 21 ; (first day), 13 ; (second day), 11. [250.]
- Appetite increased; the prover ate double his usual amount, with haste (third day), 32.
- Appetite rather increased, 25.
- Constantly increasing appetite for some days after the proving, 16.
- Appetite exceptionally good (first day), 32.
- The more violent the attack was at the time of eating the greater the appetite seemed to be (eighth day), 32.
- Great hunger, towards evening (third day), 11.
- Appetite unnaturally great (twelfth day), 32.
- Ravenous appetite towards 2 P.M., followed by discomfort after eating (second day), 29.
- More appetite for dinner than usual (second day), 16.
- Diminished appetite (second day), 13. [260.]
- Little appetite (sixth day), 27.
- Very little appetite (fourth day), 24.
- Complete loss of appetite, 28 ; (third day), 29.
- No desire for food and speedy satiety, 30.
- No appetite at noon, 22 ; (first day), 14.
- No appetite at noon, on account of weakness, 22.
- No desire for breakfast, 22 ; (second day), 29.
- Very little appetite for supper (first night), 29.
- Does not relish tobacco (sixth day), 20.
- Does not relish the accustomed cigar (seventh day), 30. [270.]
- Long-enduring satiety; though he can eat much dinner and relishes the food, yet he immediately feels that he has eaten too much, and will never need food any more, 9.
- Thirst.
- Thirst, 21.
- Thirst, with longing for ice, which does not refresh him (third day), 29.
- Thirst increased, 16 ; (after three-quarters of an hour), .
ABDOMEN
- Hypochondria.
- Pains alternately in the region of the liver and spleen, but only on certain motions, and soon disappearing, without sensitiveness of these regions (third day), 29.
- Painful sensation in the region of the liver, aggravated by pressure, 30.
- Tension and sticking in both hypochondria, impeding respiration (seventh day), 30.
- Transient sticking in the left hypochondrium (fifth day), 32.
- The sticking pain in the left hypochondrium became definitely localized in the spleen, with a dull tensive sensation in the fundus of the stomach, aggravated by pressure (fifth day), 32.
- Sticking pain in the hepatic region from time to time, especially on certain motions and positions of the body (second day), 29.
- Stitches at times in the hepatic and splenic regions (third day), 30. [310.]
- Numerous transient stitches in both hypochondria (sixth day), 30.
- Frequent transient stitches in the liver and spleen, 30.
- The region of the liver is painful to touch and to stooping, as if bruised, lasting two weeks, 8.
- General Abdomen.
- Distension of the abdomen, with rumbling (first day), 13.
- Very great collection of air in the abdomen, during the first hours, 35.
- Rumbling in the abdomen, as if it were empty (after one hour), 6.
- Rumbling in the abdomen, which extends into a hernia (third day), 12.
- Rumbling in the abdomen, for two hours in the afternoon (second day), 20.
- Passage of much flatus, 22.
- Fulness of abdomen, afternoons (first day), 33. [320.]
- Fulness and tension in abdomen (first day), 33.
- Sensation of fulness and tension in the whole abdomen (in general free from flatulence), as after a full meal, between 4 and 5 P.M., increased until 9 P.M., when he went to bed, 11.
- Sensation of distension and tension in the abdomen, a painful tense sensation in the whole parietes of the abdomen, worse from touch (second day), 32.
- Sensitive tension and pulling in each abdominal muscle on attempting to move about the room; it is very painful when coughing (second day), .
had almost entirely disappeared (third day), 29. [340.]
- Dragging towards the right inguinal canal, with frequent protrusion of the hernia (which he had always had), (third day), 11.
- Transient burning stitches in the left inguinal ring now and then; the prover involuntarily grasped the spot, and was astonished to find that the glands were harder and larger than those of the right side (fifth day), 23 . [Swelling in the inguinal glands (bubo)], 10 . [In a syphilitic subject. -Hughes.]
- *Swelling of both inguinal glands, with sensitiveness while walking; the right inguinal glands become more swollen, with prickling pain in them, aggravated by walking, and worse in bed; afterwards with a tensive sensation in them, especially while walking (swelling of the glands commenced on the sixth day and continued more than two weeks), 26.
- *Swelling of the right inguinal glands, worse than the left, not painful, when rising after waking (sixth day), 17.
- Great pain in the right inguinal glands (fifth day), 26.*
- Tension and pain in the inguinal glands and inguinal rings (seventh day), 30.
- Tension in the left inguinal glands (sixth day), 30.
- Jerking pain in the inguinal glands, 1.
- Unpleasant prickling sensation in the right inguinal glands, lasting ten minutes (fourth day), 26.
RECTUM AND ANUS
- Rectum. [350.]
- Sudden sensation of warmth in the rectum, followed after a few minutes by urging to stool (after four hours), 32.
- Itching in the rectum and genitals, 22.
- Burning in the anus and swelling of the hæmorrhoids, during two stools, 22.
- Burning and itching in the anus, after an easy stool, 22.
- Itching in the anus (third morning), 12.
- The hæmorrhoids were swollen and covered with slimy mucus (third morning), 12.
- Violent itching in the hæmorrhoids, and slight discharge of mucus from them (third evening), 12.
- Urging.
- Frequent urging to stool, without effect (fifth day), 17.
- Violent urging to stool, without result (after nine hours), 32.
- Violent urging to stool, immediately after eating, stool profuse and thin, with painful burning in the anus, repeated after half an hour (third day), 32. [360.]
- Urgent desire for stool, which was pasty and accompanied by much flatulence (third morning), 12.
STOOL
- Diarrhœa.
- Diarrhœa-like stools (third day), 29.
- Two somewhat diarrhœic stools during the second forenoon, 29.
- Frequent stool, which always became thinner and thinner, without colic (after thirty-three days), 4.
- Stools increased and pasty, 30.
- Two pasty evacuations (second day), 23.
- Pasty stool, with burning in the rectum, which latter occurred several times during the day, 22.
- Very copious, thin, pasty stool (first day), 33.
- Three liquid stools in the course of the forenoon, 21 . [It is doubtful whether these were the result of Clematis, since the prover often suffered from pains in the abdomen, usually with liquid stools, before menstruation (which came on that night).]
- Stool easy, with sensation of heat, followed by burning in the rectum, 22. [370.]
- Some blood with the stool, 22.
- Constipation.
- Continued constipation , for several days after the proving, 16.*
- The stool continued constipated until the seventeenth day, after which he had two or three stools a day (very seldom one), without urging, 16.
- Stool became at first less frequent and harder, 31.
- Hard stool, after much urging (fourth evening), 16.
- No stool, contrary to custom (third day), 16.
URINARY ORGANS
- Kidneys and Bladder.
- The pain, which had hitherto involved the spleen, stomach, and heart, continued in an aggravated form, and involved the left kidney (eighth day), 32.
- Stitches in the bladder, 35.
- Severe transient stitches in the bladder, 35.
- Urethra.
- Slight mucous discharge from the urethra (thirteenth day), 32. [380.]
- Transient sensation of coldness in the urethra, 22.
- Burning in the urethra, on urinating (first day), 33.*
- Burning pain in the orifice of the urethra, when passing the last drops of urine (third day), 29.
- Slight burning in the navicular fossa, on urinating (third morning), 12.
- On urinating, slight burning in urethra, which is painful to touch (first day), 33.
- When beginning to urinate, it burns (bites)*
the worst, while urinating it sticks in the urethra, and after urinating it still continues to burn and bite ; when not urinating there is an irritation in the forepart of the penis, 1.
- Long-continued contraction and constriction in the urethra ; the urine could only pass by drops, as in spasmodic stricture, 1.*
- Stitches in the urethra, 35.
- Transient stitches in the urethra (tenth day), 32.
- Stitches in the orifice of the urethra, 35. [390.]
- Stitches, as with needles, in the orifice of the urethra, 35.
- At evening, twinging pains in the urethra, several times (second, third, and fourth days), 33.
- In the evening, twinging pains in urethra when not urinating, on standing, relieved on sitting, disappearing on lying in bed at night (third day), 33.
- The urethra is painful to touch, 1.
- Itching-tickling for several minutes after urinating, returning after a pause of half an hour, and renewed after every micturition (twelfth day), 32.
- Frequent tickling in the urethra, especially in the navicular fossa, 25.
- Itching in the navicular fossa of the urethra (seventh day), 27.
- Dull transient pain in the prostate, frequently repeated through the day (tenth day), 32.
- Urging to urinate, 35.
- Urging to urinate, without pain, 6. [400.]
- (Frequent urging to urinate), 35 ; (seventh day), 27.
- Frequent urging to rise and urinate, followed by some burning at the orifice of the urethra (seventh night), 32.
- Frequent urging to urinate, with slight discharge; urine clear, reddish; on urinating, an unpleasant pressing sensation in the genitals, also when not urinating, 34.
- Micturition.
- Frequent evacuation of normal urine (third day), 13.
- Frequent micturition followed by prickling-burning in the orifice of the urethra (tenth day), 32.
- Frequent urinating at night, 34.
- Increased passage of urine, 21.
- Profuse urine, 10 ; (first day), 23.
- Urine copious and turbid, 21.
[In a case of gonorrhœal rheumatism; as this appeared the arthritis disappeared. -Hughes.]
- Urine turbid, milky, streaked with floating flocks of mucus, with very thick froth (eleventh day), 32.
- Urine saturated, smelling of violets, hot, 22.
- Urine deposits a large quantity of crystals of "urate of soda" (ninth day), 30.
SEXUAL ORGANS
- Male.
- Strong erections lasting several hours, with stitches in the urethra (third day), 3.
- Frequent erections (seventh day), 27.
- Long-continued erections throughout the day, with aversion to coition (thirteenth day), 32. [430.]
- Involuntary erections during the day, 9.
- Unusual inclination to have erections, which were very troublesome (second day), 29.
- Burning pain in the glans penis, on the emission of semen, during coition, 1.
- Burning, irritable sensation, during an emission of semen, 22.
- Frequent stitches at the base of the glans penis (seventh day), 27.
- Burning-sticking and soreness of the frænum præputii, and in the orifice of the urethra, lasting three hours, with burning pain on urinating, after a warm bath (fifth day), 20.
- Swelling of the right half of the scrotum, which is thickened and hangs low down, together with the right testicle ; the swelling lasts twenty-four hours (after three hours), 9.
- Scrotum frequently drawn up, 30.
- Feeling as if the scrotum were contracted by cold, which was not the case (seventh day), 30.
- Sensation of pricking in the scrotum, for several days in a slight degree, which afterwards became very violent, 22.
- *Swelling of the testicles, 7. [440.]
- Swelling of both testicles, 1.*
- Both testicles hanging down, heavy, very painfully sensitive (fifth day), 32.
- Sensation of heaviness in the left testicle, towards 11 A.M. (third day), 12.
- Very troublesome pinching pains in testicles, which pain even on slight touch ; not swollen (first day), 33.*
- Pain in the testicles, drawing backward into the spermatic cord, 1.*
- Unpleasant pressure in both testicles, without increase in size, 31.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Larynx, Trachea, and Bronchi.
- Unpleasant dryness and burning along the whole trachea, increased on motion and in the open air; intolerable from smoking; not relieved by drinking water (11th dil.), 19.
- Irritation to cough, and tickling in the larynx, 31.
- Frequent irritation to cough (fourth day), 29.
- Cough and Expectoration.
- Very violent cough, with respiration sometimes accelerated, sometimes very slow (thirteenth day), 32.
- Hacking cough, with the accustomed tobacco-smoking, 6.
- Rough barking cough, leaving a burning along the whole inner surface of the sternum, and a sensitive sticking in both lungs (thirteenth day), 32. [470.]
- Dry cough from time to time (third day), 29.
- Cough, with a mucous expectoration at times, 25.
- Irritable cough, with scanty expectoration (seventh and eighth days), 30.
- Respiration.
- Inclination to sigh, 22.
- Very weak expiration (third day), 32.
- On climbing a small hill about 1 P.M. he was obliged to stand still three times, although he walked very slowly; it seems as though he could not get his breath if he took another step; it seems hot in the chest, with sensation as though he would spit blood, which afterwards was only a white frothy saliva; these attacks lasted only a few minutes, and after a quarter of an hour nothing more was noticed (eighteenth day); on the next day the same symptom was noticed after walking half an hour on an uneven road (nineteenth day), 18.
CHEST
- A hardened gland below the nipple, which is painful when touched, 1.
- Heaviness of the chest, 21.
- Chest constricted, with pains in both lungs, making him uneasy (thirteenth day), 32.
- Drawing pain, extending from the lumbar vertebræ forward around the lower portion of the thorax, 35. [480.]
- Oppression of the chest, 22.
- Oppression of the chest, in the præcordial region (second day), 24.
- Oppression of the chest, in the evening, 22.
- Oppression of the chest, with deep respiration, 22.
- Sensation of oppression and contraction of the chest, with frequent need to take a deep breath, 21.
- Stitches in the chest at times, aggravated by inspiration, 30.
- Dull stitches in the thorax, somewhat worse on respiration (after ten hours), 4.
- Slight, deep, transient stitches in the lungs, 21.
- Tearing pain externally in the chest above the heart, 4.
- Increased sensitiveness of both breasts, with transient stitches at times in them, and on the slightest touch a sensation as though they would suppurate; at the same time they seemed to the prover to be fuller and heavier than usual, 21. [490.]
- Great sensitiveness of both breasts, 21.
- Sides.
- Pain in the upper part of the left half of the thorax, on inspiration, 35.
- The intercostal muscles of the left half of the chest, on the anterior surface of the thighs, were attacked by pain (eleventh day), 32.
- Violent pain in the upper part of the left side of the chest, worse on every inspiration, on taking a deep breath the pain extends through the whole left side of the chest to the scapula, so that complete inspiration was impossible, and the attempt to breathe caused involuntary crying; the pain was not affected by external pressure; violent motion of the left arm, backward or upward aggravated the pain extremely, and could not be endured; pressing the left scapula against anything or inclining the body towards the left aggravated the pain; only on sitting quietly and breathing superficially was the pain scarcely noticed; walking in the open air aggravated it very much, 35.
- Dull, tensive pain across the left half of the chest, at 10 P.M., this increased to a cramplike pain (fifth day), .
HEART AND PULSE
- Præcordium.
- Violent oppression of the heart, now at the base, now at the apex; this symptom continued at uncertain intervals, more or less severe until 2 A.M., when he fell asleep exhausted (fifth day), 32.
- Sharp stitches in the præcordial region, from within outward, 8.
- Heart's Action.
- Palpitation which does not allow him to lie on the left side, 25.
- Pulse.
- Accelerated pulse, 22.
- Pulse accelerated, 82 (second day), 12.
- Pulse small, soft, accelerated, 96 (third day), 32.
- Pulse increased ten beats (after one hour, first day), 17.
- Pulse increased twelve beats, soon after taking (first day), 16. [510.]
- Pulse 88, strong, full (second day), 21.
- Pulse 90, full and somewhat irregular (second morning), 29.
- Pulse 95 (third day), 29.
- Pulse 96, full and tense (third day), 21.
- Pulse 100, strong, full, and tense (fifth day); 112 (sixth day); 106 (seventh day), 21.
NECK AND BACK
- Neck.
- Some pain in the previously indurated cervical glands, 22.
- Tension in the cervical muscles and glands, 22.
- Drawing in the side of the neck and below the knee; touching these places was painful; turning the head or bending the body backward increased the pain (fifth day), 17.
- Tearing and drawing in the neck (third day), 29.
- Tearing and drawing in the neck, at times (fourth day), 29. [520.]
- Cervical glands become sensitive, 22.
- Back, Dorsal.
- Pressive pain in the left scapula, especially on attempting to raise the arm (fifth day), 23.
- Pressive pain between the scapulæ, and in the lower portion of the thorax, 35.
- Transient stitches beneath the tip of the right scapula, impeding respiration (ninth day), 30.
- Lumbar.
- Painful weary sensation in the small of the back (second day), 32.
- Burning in the small of the back, involving the whole right side of the back and right shoulder (third day), 32.
- Burning, itching-drawing pains deep in the small of the back, loins, shoulders, and upper arms; the sensation was more in the bellies of the muscles (fifth day), 32.
- Pressure in the small of the back, and extending higher, frequently repeated, 35.
- Pressure and tension in the small of the back and kidneys, aggravated by stooping, which was for awhile almost impossible, 30.
- Bruised pain in the small of the back, kidneys, and thighs (sixth day), 30. [530.]
- Bruised pain in the small of the back, on both sides, above the region of the kidneys, extending to the gluteal muscles and thighs, aggravated by touch and motion, especially on stepping (fourth day), 30.
- Dull stitches in the right loin, only when not breathing, 4.
- Sacral.
- Sensation of heaviness in the sacral region, with painful swelling of the hæmorrhoids, two weeks after the proving, 22.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
- Objective.
- Weakness in all the limbs; the knees have no power, and easily knock together, after walking (after three hours), 8.
- Prostration of all the limbs, 22.
- Subjective.
- Extreme weariness and bruised sensation in all the limbs, especially in the morning, which disappear after moving about in the open air, 30.
- During the day, heaviness in all the limbs (first day), 33.
- Heaviness in the limbs, on walking and ascending stairs, 22.
- Limbs as heavy as lead, on waking (third morning), 11.
- Pains in the arms and calves as if beaten, immediately after eating, 35. [540.]
- Boring and pressive pains in the joints, with sensation of great weakness, 35.
- Drawing and tension in the joints, 22.
- Drawing in the joints of the hands and knees (second day), 13.
- Drawing and tension in the joints, 22.
- Very violent pressure in the ankles, toes, knees, shoulders, elbows, and upper arms, a sensation as if the parts were twisted or drawn asunder, 35.
- Pressive pains in various joints, rendering motion of the part difficult, 33.
- Pressive pains in the joints of the feet and hands, 35.
- Tearing-drawing in the right arm and knee, also in both ankles, and in the right toes (third day), 29.
- Tearings in the left arm and left ankle, 35.
- Tearing in the bones of the lower leg, and in the left elbow, 35. [550.]
- Sensitiveness in both ankles and in the wrists, 22.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Arms, back, and thighs seem bruised (third day), 30.
- Shoulder.
- Weary sensation in the muscles of both shoulders and in the upper arms, which afterwards involves all the pectoral muscles (second day), 32.
- Transient pain in the right axilla (fifth day), 26.
- Arm.
- Momentary twitching in the right upper arm, lasting several seconds and returning after three minutes (second day), 20.
- Pains in the arms, drawing from shoulders down to elbow, 34.
- Burrowing pressive pains in left upper arm, most severe in shoulder, so that motion of the arm is very much hindered, 34.
- Oppressive pain in the upper arm (after forty-eight hours), 1.
- Frequently recurring transient tearing pains in left upper arm, in the evening, 34.
- Elbow.
- Severe pressure and boring in the right elbow-joint, and also above and below it, 35. [560.]
- Pressive pain in the bend of the elbow on stretching out the upper arm, 1.
- Tensive sticking pains in both elbows and wrists (seventh day), 30.
- Sudden sharp stitches below the left elbow, 35.
- Pain in the outer side of the left elbow-joint, as after a blow or a fall upon it, aggravated by pressure and motion, 30.
- Forearm.
- Drawing pain on the right side of the forearm, extending from the elbow downward, with impeded motion (fifth day), 27.
- Pressure in the right forearm, in the left toes, and here and there in the cranial bones, 35.
- Violent drawing stitch in the left forearm, in all positions (after one hour and a quarter), 6.
- Tearing in the left forearm (after quarter of an hour), 35.
- Wrist.
- Slight drawing in both wrists and tarsal joints (first day), 14.
- Sharp, violent drawing-sticking in the wrist, while walking in the open air (after eleven hours), 6.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Violent sensation of weakness in the legs and in the back, on even slight motion of the arms, 35.
- Heaviness of the lower limbs, even in bed (seventh day), 32.
- Heaviness and weakness in the lower extremities, after waking from a nap, in the evening (second day), 12.
- Such heaviness in the lower limbs that he could scarcely get out of bed (ninth day), 32. [580.]
- The legs are especially heavy and weak; on the left lower leg a painless swelling as large as a pigeon's egg, analogous in situation, character, and color to one on the right leg; and also on both calves a remarkable accumulation of very numerous, prominent, and closely anastomosing cutaneous veins, between which a number of varicosities were noticed (eleventh day), 32.
- Drawing downward in the lower extremities, toward the soles of the feet, lasting half an hour, 31.
- Violent drawing in the bones of the legs, 35.
- Sticking-drawing pains in the right hip-joints and in the whole of the hip, lasting a long time, and extending forward into the right inguinal region (second day), 29.
- Pressure in the left leg, 35.
- Tearing and sticking in the hip-joint (fourth day), 29.
- Painful bruised sensation in the legs, 35.
- Hip.
- Pain in the hip, lasting three days (third day), 2.
- Frequently recurring transient tearing pains in left hip-joint and sacrum, 34.
- Thigh.
- Burning tensive pain in the posterior portion of the thigh (tenth day), 32. [590.]
- Drawing and tension in the right thigh, sometimes extending in painful jerks as far as deep into the penis (after eight hours), 9.
- Tearing pain in the right thigh, while sitting and lying, 5.
- Knee.
- Stiffness of the right knee-joint (seventh day), 30.
- On walking, pains attack the right knee (second, third, and fourth days), 33.
- Rheumatic pain for some hours in the outer left knee-joint and knee-pan; walking was difficult (sixth day), 30.
CLEMATIS. GENERALITIES
- Objective.
- Swelling of the lymphatic glands, especially of the right inguinal glands; they were swollen to the size of hazel-nuts, which only completely disappeared on the twentieth day, 16.
- Vividly perceptible pulsations of the bloodvessels throughout the whole body, especially in the heart (after seven hours), 8.
- Trembling over the whole body after lying down, especially the right side, upon which he lay, 8.
- Muscular twitching in almost all fleshy parts of the body, 8. [630.]
- Violent jerking, as of electric shocks, in the whole body, with great fright from a sensation as if he suddenly fell down (22d dil.), 19.
- The increased activity and lively mood were of shorter duration after the first day, while the reaction of depression, peevishness, etc., became longer and longer after repeated doses, 17.
- Disinclination for work, 22.
- Not inclined to exertion (first day), 33.
- Rising from bed difficult; he is very indolent (third day), 32.
- Desire to rest (fourth day), 24.
- Did not desire his accustomed evening walk (first day), 29.
- Weakness, 21, 22 ; (third morning), 12.
- Weakness of the whole body, 28.
- Weakness in the morning (sixth day), 27. [640.]
- Weakness on waking, 22.
- Weakness and sleepiness in the morning, on awaking from an unrefreshing sleep (seventh day), 17.
- Weakness and sleepiness after eating, so that he was obliged to lie down, with quickened pulsations of the bloodvessels; when he awoke he was not bright, and fell again into a slumbering condition, 8.
- General weakness (eleventh day), 16.
- General weakness and exhaustion (after 300 drops), 20.
- Great general weakness and prostration (third day), 29.
- Great weakness and exhaustion, so that he was obliged to lie in bed, 27.
- Great weakness and little appetite, at noon, 22.
- An attack of great weakness, followed by clammy sweat, after attending to much business, in the evening, .
SKIN
- Objective.
- Redness, vesicles and ulcers on the skin (caused by the local application of the leaves), 36.
- Eruptions, Dry.
- Many pimples come, especially on the forehead, appearing with fine sticking, and are somewhat painful to touch, 8.
- Pimples, by themselves painless, above the eyebrows, at the root of the nose, on the chin, and the tip of the nose; they suppurate, and are somewhat painful to touch, 8.
- Several pimples on the face, 25 . [Which I had formerly noticed, but not for a long time.] [690.]
- Painful eruption of pimples on the forehead, 2.
- Painful eruption of pimples on the upper lip, 2.
- Itching pimple above the right eyebrow (third day), 12.
- Papular eruption on the forehead (after five hours), 6.
- Eruptions, Moist.
- The eruption following the itching of the previous day developed as pimples of the size of a millet-seed; the itching pain changed to a burning; this eruption was thickest about the umbilicus, where several vesicles filled with lymph were found; it lasted two days, and desquamated with fine scurf and violent itching (second day), 14.
- Vesicular eruption appears on the thighs, with increased warmth and itching (sixth day), 24.
- Some itching vesicles on the neck (fourth day), 29.
- Itching blisters on the lower lip, just beneath the vermilion border; they discharge water, and then become covered with a yellowish crust, itching somewhat (after three days), 5.
- Eruptions, Pustular.
- [Pustules like the itch over the whole body], 10 . [In a syphilitic subject of sixty-five. -Hughes.]
- Eruption of large pustules, mostly about the loins, which are very painful to touch, 1. [700.]
- Several cutaneous glands in the face and upper and lower extremities frequently suppurate, 27.
- Four inflamed cutaneous glands in the left thigh, consisting of very red pimples, of the size of a millet-seed, surrounded by red areola; some of the glands suppurate, and discharge a thin fluid pus (after eleven days), 27.
SLEEP AND DREAMS
- Sleepiness.
- Frequent yawning, 30.
- Frequent yawning and sleepiness, relieved in the open air (first day), 13.
- Inclination to sleep after dinner (first and other days), 17.
- Desire to sleep, 31.
- Irresistible desire to sleep in the evening, but after going to bed falls asleep late and with difficulty, 29.
- Sleepiness on waking (third morning), 11.
- Sleepiness at night (first night), 13.
- Sleepiness after dinner, without being able to sleep (second day); the sleepiness returned every afternoon during the proving, quite contrary to his usual habit, 16.
- Sleepiness and yawning, while sitting (after three hours), 6. [730.]
- Sleepiness and much yawning (seventh day), 20.
- Some sleepiness after dinner (third day), 15.
- Great sleepiness and weariness at noon, 22.
- Great sleepiness after eating, 22.
- Great sleepiness, with not unrefreshing sleep, together with disinclination to rise from sleep, for several days, 16.
- Irresistible sleepiness from 2 to 5 P.M. (second day), 13.
- Irresistible sleepiness, so that he could not read after 5 P.M. (second day), 12.
- Such sleepiness that he was obliged to remain in bed; he slept quietly two and a half hours after breakfast (third morning), 11.
- The same overpowering sleepiness returns after supper, so that he is obliged to go to bed by 9 o'clock (second day), 12.
- Constant sleepiness, with disinclination for work (after four hours), 4. [740.]
- Heavy with sleep and weary, in the morning on waking; he wanted to rise but felt too weak, 2.
- Very much overpowered by sleep, in the morning (twelfth day), 32.
- Irresistible sleep after eating, lasting twenty minutes, followed by great indolence, 22.
- Sleep for two hours after the midday meal, at which he had eaten more than usual (eighth day), 15.
- Difficult waking from heavy sleep, in the morning, .
FEVER
- Chilliness. [780.]
- Shivering all over, after a slight uncovering, in warm air (after one hour and a quarter), 6.
- Frequent shiverings and creepings of coldness (third day), 30.
- Frequent sensation of shivering, especially on the back, even in a warm temperature, 30.
- Shivering across the shoulders, after 6 P.M., while walking in the open air, followed by transient heat, lasting a quarter of an hour (first day), 14.
- Transient shivering across the shoulders and back, with unchanged pulse, at 7 1/2 P.M. (first day), 13.
- Cool cheeks, 21.
- Unpleasant sensation of coldness in the stomach, 31.
- Heat.
- Increased temperature (second morning), 29.
- Increased temperature of the whole body, 21.
- Increased warmth of the whole body, followed by general coldness, while the head remained quite hot, 21. [790.]
- Continuous increased warmth and fulness of the whole body, 21.
- Subtile warmth over the whole body, 17.
- Sensation of warmth over the whole body, immediately (fifth day), 23.
- Increased sensation of warmth, especially in the face (second day), 12.
- Heat in the whole body, and confusion of the head, 22 . [After a glass of liqueur.]
- Heat, with headache, great thirst, pulse 100, scanty and dark urine, uneasy night, beginning between 3 and 4 P.M., reappearing the next day, and every day for four days, when he had a copious sweat at night, and the urine became loaded with chlorides, after which he experienced great relief (second week), 27.
- Great heat in the body, towards evening, 22.
- Repeated momentary attacks of heat, with red cheeks, 21.
- Frequent and very transient flushes of heat, 21.
- Sensation of heat, on urinating, 22. [800.]
- Orgasm of blood, with great sexual excitement, towards evening, 22.
- Warmth in the face, with unusual circumscribed redness of the cheeks, together with decided warmth externally in the small of the back, extending from the centre to the periphery, similar to the sensation imparted by a warm moist bandage (after five hours), .
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Morning ), Confusion of head ; on rising, heaviness in head , etc.; waking, dull headache; at 7.30 o'clock, diminished hearing; on waking, tongue dry; in bed, sensitiveness of testicle, etc.; weariness, etc., in limbs; at 3 o'clock, sticking in sole; weakness etc .; on rising, exhaustion; on waking, weary; sensation in body; pain in ulcer; on waking, heavy, etc.; at 3 o'clock, heat of feet, etc.
- ( Forenoon ), Headache ; towards 11 o'clock, sensation in testicles.
- ( Noon ), Weakness, etc.; sleepiness, etc.
- ( Afternoon ), Towards evening, drawing, etc., in region of ear; hunger; fulness of abdomen; after 5 o'clock, sensation in abdomen; after dinner, sleepiness; from 2 to 5 o'clock, sleepiness; after 6 o'clock, while walking in open air, shivering across shoulders; towards evening, heat in body; towards evening, orgasm of blood, etc.; at 2.30 o'clock, sweat.
- ( Evening ), Pain in head; while lying down, hammering in head; at 7 o'clock, tearing in tooth; oppression of chest; at 7 o'clock, pain in intercostal muscles; pains in arm; after waking from nap, heaviness, etc., in lower extremities; after going to sleep, sticking in sole; unusual weakness uneasiness, etc.; after lying down, itching on toes; at 7.30 o'clock, shivering across shoulders, etc.
- ( Night ), On closing eyes in bed, headache; at 10 o'clock, after reading in bed, toothache; frequent urinating; towards morning, sweat; profuse sweat.
- ( After midnight ), Headache.
- ( Open air ), Dryness, etc., along trachea.
- ( Walking in open air ), Vertigo; headache; pain in left chest; sticking in wrist.
- ( In bed ), Pain in inguinal glands.
- ( Getting bread into tooth ), Toothache.
- ( After breakfast ), Soon sneezing.
- ( Close air ), Vertigo.
- ( Closing eyes ), Biting in eyes.
- ( Coffee ), Renews the pains.