EUPHRASIA.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Euphrasia officinalis, Linn.
Natural order , Scrophulariaceæ.
Common names , Eyebright; (Germ.), Augentrost.
Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant.
Authorities.
1 , Hahnemann, Mat. Med., 5; 2 , F. H-n, ibid.; 3 , Langhammer, ibid.; 4 , Wislicenus, ibid.; 5 , Bonnet, Merc. compil., 13, ibid. (not accessible, -Hughes); 6 , Lobelius, Advers., 210, from three months' internal use of Euphrasia for an ophthalmia with lachrymation, ibid.; 7 , Sim. Paullus, quadripart bot., Class 3, ibid. (only a citation of Lobelius); 8 , Müller, Zeit. d. Ver. Hom. Acrzte Œst., 1, 40, 1857, took 1st, 3d, and 6th dils.; 9 , same, took tincture, 20 drops first day, 40 second day, 60 third day, 80 fourth day, 100 fifth day; 10 , Adler, same journal, vol. 2, p. 504, took 3d dec. dil. daily for four days, 2d dil., fifth, sixth, and ninth days; 11 , same prover, took 1st dil. four days, then 10 drops of tincture, fifth day, 20 drops, sixth day; 12 , Dr. Koller, took 100-drop doses of 25th dil. five days, no effect, 20th dil., first to eighth day, 15th dil., ninth to thirteenth day, 12th dil., fifteenth to eighteenth day, 10th dil., nineteenth to twenty-fifth day, 8th dil., twenty-sixth to thirty-first day, 6th dil., thirty-third to thirty-seventh day, 4th dil., forty-third to forty-sixth day, 30th dil., forty-seventh to fifty-second day, 2d dil., fifty-third to fifty-eighth day, 1st dil., sixty-third day, ibid.; 13 , Hübner, took 30th dil. without effect, then 100 to 200-drop doses of all the dilutions from the 10th down, during six weeks, ibid.; 14 , Koller's child took the dilution from the 30th down to the 3d, ibid.; 15 , Reffer (formerly had inflamed eyes, cured by Euphrasia) took tincture for twenty-one days, increasing doses from 3 to 10 drops, ibid.; 16 , Kleinert, A. H. Z., 66, 196, took (during a fluent catarrh, from which he often suffered) 12 drops of tincture, first day, 30 drops, fourth day; 17 , Moritz Klaunig, took 12 drops, and after a week 30 drops, first day, 60 drops, third and fourth days, 60 drops, eighth day, ibid.; 18 , C. Krähe, took 60 drops, one dose, ibid.; 19 , Kleinert's wife, aged twenty, took 10 drops of tincture first day, smelled several times of tincture fourth day, ibid.; 20 , same prover, took 30 drops tincture and afterwards 1 drachm; after a week she took 6th dil., and afterwards 30th dil., ibid.; 21 , Kleinert again took tincture, 1 drachm at one dose, ibid.
MIND
- Reflective, with disinclination to speak, the whole day, 3.
- Very irritable mood (nineteenth day), 12.
- Fretful mood (twenty-sixth day), 12.
HEAD
- Confusion.
- Confusion of the head (fourth day), 12.
- Confusion and emptiness of the head, at 11 A.M. (third day), 12.
- Confusion of the head and pressive pain in the forehead, on waking, relieved after a cold sponge bath of the whole body (seventh day), 11.
- (Confusion and pressure externally on the top of the head), 1.
- On blowing the nose a sensation of painful confusion in the head and painfulness within the nose, so that he ventured to blow it only very softly (after fifteen hours), 3.
- Confused and empty feeling in the head, at 10 A.M. (third day), 11. **[10.]
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General Head.**
- Emptiness of the head, in the morning, disappearing on riding (eighth day), 10.
- Heaviness and confusion of the head after dinner; it was with difficulty that I could withstand the sleepiness after dinner (sixth day), 10.
- Much heat in the head, with pressure, 1.
- Headache, on waking in the morning, which is especially pressive in the forehead (thirty-third day), 12.
- Confused and bruised headache in the evening (with fluent catarrh), so violent that he was obliged to lie down earlier than usual, although the headache was much increased by lying (after fourteen hours), 3.
- Some stitches in the head and lungs (seventh day), 19.
- Some transient stitches in the head and arm (fourth day), 17.
- Forehead.
- Heat in the forehead, with headache in the temples, 1.
- Dull frontal headache, better in the open air, at 9 A.M. (fifth day), 10.
- Pressure in the frontal and orbital regions, with photophobia and lachrymation; I was obliged to have the room dark (after four hours, first day), 11. [20.]
- Pressive frontal headache (twenty-sixth day), 12.
- Pressive pain in the forehead, extending into the eyes, better in the open air (sixth day), 10.
- Pressive pain in the forehead, extending into the eyes, while walking in the open air, disappearing after five minutes; this symptom returned after half an hour, and again disappeared after a few minutes, at 9 A.M. (sixth day), .
EYE
- Objective.
- Vessels running through the white of the eye nearly to the cornea, 3 . [Therewith a pressure and a dark spot on the cornea, that had lasted for a long time, disappeared within two days, 3 ]
- Subjective.
- Dryness of the eyes (third day), 12.
- Distressing dryness of the eyes, as though he had lost his sleep, 2.
- The eyes are pained by the glare of light, as after insufficient sleep, 1, 8. [40.]
- While writing the eyes become very painful, is obliged to stop; on fixing the eyes upon any object for a long time vision vanishes and the eyes begin to water profusely (twenty-sixth day), 12.
- Burning in the eyes, with lachrymation , lasting till noon (half an hour after dose, fourth day), 11.*
- Burning in the right and then also in the left eye; on exertion by reading the letters run together; the burning of the right eye continues for an hour, in the left it ceases sooner (sixth day), 15.
- Slight itching tension, now in one, now in the other eye, mostly in the upper lid, which on scratching becomes a slight burning (sixth day), 15.
- Contractive sensation in the eyes from both sides, especially in the upper lids, obliging him to wink frequently, in the evening (after ten hours), 3.
- Pressure in both eyes, as if he was sleepy, 2.
- Pressure in both eyes, compelling me to blink frequently (ninth day), 10.
- Pressure in the eyes, with frequent winking as from twinging in the eyes, better in the dark (fifth day), 11.
- Pressure and violent lachrymation of the right eye, in the morning and evening (fifth day), 19.
- Violent pressure in the right eye, in bed, about 11 P.M. (fourth day), 19. [50.]
- Violent pressure in the left eye, with lachrymation; it again seemed weaker and smaller (after one drachm), 20.*
- Violent pressure in the right eye, extending from the inner canthus, with much lachrymation; therewith the lids seem smaller, the pupil dimmer, and the eye seems cold ; this condition lasts an hour and then affects the left eye, but in a slighter degree (first day), .*
EAR
- Pain in the right ear, with a sensation as though hot vapor penetrated it (sixth day), 19.
- Painful tension within the left ear (after six hours), 4. [110.]
- Very violent boring pain within the right ear in the region of the drum, as if from within outward (after seven hours), 4.
- Sensation of dragging from within outward in the ears (fourth day), 9.
- Sticking in the ear, feeling as though earache would set in (first day), 20.
- Violent stitch in the right mastoid process (three-quarters of an hour after dose, third day), 16.
NOSE
- Objective.
- Swelling of the mucous membrane of the left nostril, in the morning (nineteenth day), 12.
- Inflammation of the left half of the nose again returns (thirty-fifth day), 12.
- Sneezing and yawning (first day), 20.
- Sneezing, with profuse fluent coryza , whereby much mucus is discharged, not only through the nostrils, but also through the posterior nares (after nine hours), 3.*
- (Frequent sneezing, which she had not had on preceding days, wherewith much watery mucus was discharged from the nose), (first day), 19.
- Slight fluent coryza, with pressure in the forehead, near the root of the nose, on waking, at 5 A.M., disappearing after taking a cold sponge bath, at 6 A.M. (fifth day), 11. [120.]
- *Profuse fluent coryza, in the morning, with much cough and expectoration (after forty-six hours), 3.
- Subjective.
- Dryness of the nose (twenty-sixth day), 12.
- Dryness of the nose and eyes, so that he is obliged to close the eyes while reading or writing (forty-third day), 12.
- Great dryness of the nose and photophobia (thirty-third day), 12.
- Violent irritation to sneeze, during the whole day, without having taken cold and without cause (this symptom returned every day while under the influence of Euphrasia), 20.*
- Itching of the nostrils (sixth day), 11.
FACE
- Objective.
- Red, hot face for half an hour (after a quarter of an hour), 2.
- Pale color (second day), 20.
- Paleness of the face, lasting an hour, immediately, 2.
- Subjective.
- Violent pain in the facial nerve, below the eye, for a long time in the afternoon (a kind of tic douloureux), (first day), 20. [130.]
- Redness and heat of the cheeks, lasting an hour (after a quarter of an hour and half an hour), 2.
- Stiffness of the left cheek while speaking and chewing, with a sensation of heat and some transient stitches in it (after six hours), 4.
- Drawing pain transversely across the upper jaw (after two hours and a half), 3.
- Lips.
- Slight excoriations in the corners of the mouth (this day), 20.
- Chin.
- Stitches in the chin (sixth day), 10.
- Fine stitches in the chin, with a sensation of internal heat in the same place (after half an hour), 4.
- Violent drawing in the right side of the lower jaw, and slight indications of earache in the right side, in the afternoon (second day), 19.
- Stitches several times through the right side of the lower jaw (third day), 19.
- Violent stitches from behind forward beneath the right lower jaw, near the throat, quickly disappearing on touch (after eight hours and a half), 3.
- Needlelike stitches piercing forward in the left lower jaw, which actually hindered chewing, at noon while eating (after seven hours), 3.
MOUTH
- Teeth. [140.]
- Violent pain in a molar tooth, which had been sensitive several months, at times (first day), 15.
- Sticking in the lower teeth, 1.
- Sticking in a hollow tooth, while walking in the open air, lasting several minutes, and disappearing on entering a warm room; at 4 P.M. (second day), 11.
- Stitches in a hollow tooth and in the right lower jaw, while walking in the open air, becoming better on returning into a warm room; in the afternoon (fourth day), 11.
- (Throbbing in two teeth after eating and at other times), 1.
- Gums.
- (Inflamed swelling of the gum near the last back tooth, which had been painful for some weeks), (eighth day), 15.
- Profuse bleeding of the gum (after one hour), 2.
- Pain in the gum of the right lower jaw, immediately on rising, where there is an inflamed ring around the incisor (second day), 19.
- Tongue.
- Tongue thickly coated in the morning (thirty-sixth day), 12.
- Very thick coating on the tongue, in the morning, with an earthy taste (thirty-third day), 12.
- General Mouth. [150.]
- Dryness of the mouth (thirty-fifth day), 12.
- Taste.
- Insipid taste in the mouth, 1.
- Mouth tastes like clay (third day), 11.
- Unnatural taste to the food at noon (sixth day), 11.
- Bitter taste to the tobacco smoke in the morning (after fifty-two hours), 3.
- While speaking he recommences many times, not only repeating the first words of the sentence (a kind of stammering), but also after the periods he frequently recommences, in order to select another expression; formerly he used to speak connectedly, 2.
THROAT
- (The nose is quite free from catarrh, and the usual course of the disease has transferred it to the larynx and trachea, but the clearing of the throat is remarkably suppressed, and the difficulty of breathing very great), (fifth day), 16.
- Isthmus faucium somewhat painful (twentieth day), 15.
STOMACH
- Appetite.
- Hunger, without appetite, at noon (after fifty-four hours), 3.
- Loss of appetite (third day), 11. [160.]
- Appetite for breakfast and dinner less than usual, with pasty taste (eighteenth day), 15.
- Little appetite for dinner (ninth day), 10.
- The cigar was very little relished, and after a few puffs was laid aside (I usually smoke a great deal), (ninth day), 10.
- No relish for cigars (first and third days), 11 ; (fifth day), 10.
- Thirst.
- Thirst in the evening (twentieth day), 15.
- Increased thirst in the evening (ninth day), 15.
- Eructation and Hiccough.
- Eructations of food in the afternoon (fourth day), 11.
- Eructations of food at 1 P.M. (fifth day), 11.
- Frequent eructations of the food in the afternoon (third day), 11.
- Eructations, tasting of the food, 1. [170.]
- Eructations, tasting of the food, in the afternoon (first day), 11.
- Hiccough (after five minutes), 3.
- Heartburn, with frequent empty eructations (half an hour after dose, fourth day), 11.
- Nausea and Vomiting.
- Nausea soon after a dose (sixth day), 10.
- Nausea, and feeling of emptiness in the stomach (a quarter of an hour after dose, fourth day), 12.
- Transient nausea, soon after 5 drops (seventeenth day), 15.
- Qualmish nausea and griping in the abdomen (half an hour after the dose, third day), 11.
- Qualmishness and nausea, caused by the tobacco, smoke, which has a bitter, biting taste (after fourteen hours), 3.
- Qualmishness and nausea for a quarter of an hour (ninth day), 10.
- Qualmishness and nausea, relieved after a swallow of water (fourth day), 16. [180.]
- Transient sensation of qualmishness; I had just commenced to smoke a cigar, which I immediately laid aside on feeling the nausea (a quarter of an hour after second dose). During the day I smoked without any further sensation of nausea (third day), .
EUPHRASIA. ABDOMEN
- Hypochondria.
- Violent sticking in the hepatic region, extending to the back, at 6 P.M. (fourth day), 19. [190.]
- Stitches in the hepatic region, which sometimes extend to the abdomen, and sometimes to the right lung (third day), 19.
- Stitches in the spleen in the morning (fourth day), 21.
- Umbilical.
- Griping in the umbilical region in the afternoon (sixth day), 11.
- Griping about the umbilicus in the afternoon (fifth day), 11.
- Griping about the umbilicus, with qualmish nausea, transient, followed by rumbling in the intestines (second day), 11.
- General Abdomen.
- Rumbling in the bowels, with desire for food, that was satisfied by a bit of bread, at 11 A.M. (sixth day), 11.
- Painless rumbling in the abdomen, as from hunger and emptiness (after one hour and a half), 3.
- Distress in the bowels (fifty-seventh day), 12.
- Pains in the abdomen, frequently griping, with three soft stools and rumbling in the intestines (first, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth days), 13.
- Distension of the abdomen, as without flatulence, before dinner, 1, 8. [200.]
- Griping in the abdomen in short paroxysms (after three and four hours), 2.
- Awakened at night with griping and rumbling in the bowels, disappearing after much flatus (seventeenth day), 15.
- Transient griping in the bowels (in the morning he had had a difficult, unsatisfactory, and delayed stool), (first day), 15.
- A kind of oppression of the abdomen, a burning, pressive pain, extending transversely across the abdomen, during rest and motion (after five hours and a half), 3.
- Colic, lasting seven hours (after two hours), 2.
- Iliac Region.
- Sticking-drawing from the upper part of the thigh into the groin, worse while sitting (after forty-eight hours), 4.
- Sudden sticking-drawing pain along the left inguinal canal, extending down into the testicle, on rising from sitting, lasting two or three minutes (fourth day), .
RECTUM AND ANUS
- The hæmorrhoids began again to swell and become tense (on renewing the proving), (seventeenth day), 15.
- The hæmorrhoids are smaller, but painful in every position and on every motion (tenth day); next day, they are still troublesome, with sticking and burning, but are decidedly smaller and less painful, after a slight stool and towards evening (eleventh day); still somewhat troublesome (twelfth day), 15.
- Burning and itching in the anus, in the afternoon, with the appearance of two hæmorrhoids as large as beans (ninth day), 15. [210.]
- Burning in the hæmorrhoids, from afternoon till evening (perhaps the result of a small quantity of wine and water), relieved by a cold sitz bath (seventh day), 10.
- Violent burning in the hæmorrhoids, lasting the whole afternoon, gradually disappearing (fifth day), 11.
- Pressure in the anus while sitting, 1.
- Painful crawling in the anus in the evening (fourth day), 17.
- Itching and burning of the hæmorrhoids at 6 P.M. (fourth day), 11.
- The itching of the hæmorrhoids becomes more boring-sticking, and only disappears after an hour and a half, after going to bed, together with return of the shortness of breath and the sobbing on assuming a horizontal posture (fifth day), 16.
- Violent itching in the hæmorrhoids, which had not yet disappeared (nineteenth day), 15.
STOOL
- Diarrhœa.
- Diarrhœa three times (fifty-seventh day), 12.
- Stool formed and quite satisfactory, in the morning and evening (very unusual), (first day); this was repeated twice daily (third and fourth days), 15.
- Stool in the evening, in part pasty, though in the morning there had been an evacuation of nodular fæces (sixth day), 15. [220.]
- Stool at first solid, then pasty (second day), 15.
- Constipation.
- Constipation, 18.*
- No stool for two days (third and fourth days), 11.
- Stool delayed, hard, and scanty, 1.
- Stool did not occur at the usual time, and only in the evening, preceded by flatulence, with great urging; it was thick, pasty, followed by sensation of warmth and slight burning in the anus (third day); very scanty and hard, at an unusual time (fourth day); delayed but normal (fifth day); at the usual time and normal (sixth day), 15.
- Stool later than usual in the evening, nodular, hard, and unsatisfactory, followed after two hours by violent itching in the anus, with an irresistible desire to scratch, lasting a quarter of an hour (sixteenth day), 15.
- Stool scanty and dry, in spite of large quantities of fruit (thirty-third day), 12.
- Stool scanty (thirteenth day); for the last three days has been very dry and sluggish (eighteenth day), 12.
- The stool becomes daily dryer, the discharge more difficult (quite contrary to his habit; for many years he was accustomed to have a daily copious stool after coffee), (nineteenth day), 12.
- Increased secretion of urine; more was passed in the night than in all the preceding eight days (eighth night), 15. [230.]
- The secretion of urine was somewhat increased during the proving, 14.
- Frequent secretion of urine (eighth night); frequent urging to urinate (ninth and subsequent nights), 15.
- Profuse secretion of urine (after 60 drops), 17.
- Frequent micturition (after three-quarters of an hour), 3.
- Frequent micturition and profuse urine, in the evening (sixth day), .
SEXUAL ORGANS
- Cramplike drawing inwards of the genitals, together with pressure above the pubis; in the evening, in bed, 4.
- Feeling of burning heat over the whole glans penis (third day), 9. [240.]
- Several needlelike stitches on the tip of the glans penis (after one hour and a half), 3.
- Voluptuous, itching, needlelike stitches on the glans penis, which is painful after scratching; while sitting (after ten hours), 3.
- The testicles are drawn up, with crawling in them (after twelve hours), 4.
- Menstruation delayed four days, without other symptoms; continued a shorter time than usual, and was much more scanty, 19.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Larynx.
- No hoarseness in the evening, in spite of reading a long time; felt at last, however, a pressure in the larynx, as if its calibre were diminished (sixth day), 16.
- Irritation of the larynx, impelling him to cough, followed by tensive pressure beneath the sternum (first day), 15.*
- Voice.
- Voice somewhat hoarse, in the morning (tenth day), 15.*
- Cough and Expectoration.
- Cough only during the day, not at night, 1.
- Cough worse during the day, with mucus in the chest, which cannot be loosened, 1.
- Sudden violent cough, caused by tickling in the larynx, ceasing after a few seconds (six hours after dose, sixteenth day), 15.* [250.]
- *Profuse expectoration of mucus by voluntary hawking , for several days, 3.
- Difficult respiration, even in the room, 1.
- Deep inspiration is difficult, even while sitting, 1.*
- Shortness of breathing (fourth day), 16.
- Shortness of breathing, immediately on getting into bed and assuming a horizontal posture, whereby inspiration seemed to him to have a sobbing character, and sound similar to, but much weaker than, the sobbing of a child after crying (fourth day), 16.
- While coughing he has no breath, almost as in hooping-cough, 1.
- Constant waking from sensation of suffocation, so that he was obliged to sit upright and cough, during the midday sleep (apparently caused by mucus in the posterior nares), (third day), 16.
CHEST
- Increased tension, especially in the left side of the chest; was unable to sleep before midnight (first night), 15.
- Pressure upon the chest (thirty-fifth day), 12.
- Sticking in the left lung remained, but was slight and transient (seventh day), 16. [260.]
- Sticking sensation in the lung, in the region of the right nipple, which after it had disappeared was always renewed by deep inspiration, lasting ten minutes, at 8 P.M. (third day), 16.
- Stitches in the left lung (after 30th dil.), 21.
- Stitches in the right pectoral muscles (eighth day), 19.
- Sticking pulsation in the left lung, in the region of the nipple (fourth day), 16.
- Front.
- Pressive pain beneath the sternum, especially in the forenoon, with transient stickings here and there in the chest (ninth day), 16.*
- Some fine stitches beneath the sternum, especially on inspiration (after ten hours), 4.
- Sides.
- Stitches in the right side of the chest (first day), 20.
HEART
- Violent pain in the heart and palpitation, in the afternoon (fourth day), 21.
- Violent long-continued pain in the heart, with audible palpitation, in the afternoon (first day), 21.
- Sticking in the heart (third day), 20. [270.]
- Some fine stitches beneath the præcordial region, on inspiration and expiration, in the evening while sitting (after fifteen hours), 3.
- Palpitation, on walking rapidly (fifth day), 15.
BACK
- Cramplike pain in the back (after one hour), 2.
- Intermitting cramplike pain in the back, for half an hour (after one hour), 2.
- Constant pressive pains in the back, while sitting and walking (after fifty-four hours), 3.
- Violent sticking pain along the whole spine, gradually disappearing after moving about, in the morning on waking (thirteenth day, and every succeeding morning for three or four weeks), 13.
- Rheumatic drawing from the uppermost dorsal vertebra to the left clavicle; the place is painful to touch, in the afternoon (first day), 19.
- Stitches and burning pain in the left scapula, pit of the stomach, liver, and diaphragm; in the latter place, especially, renewed by deep inspiration (eighth day), 19.
- Distressing heaviness in the small of the back, on rising in the morning; this developed into a pain as if sprained, so that an hour after rising I could hardly stoop forward, and not at all bend to the right side; even stretching of the body to the right side was not easily possible on account of the increase of pain; this pain in the small of the back gradually disappeared in the forenoon, extending into the left hip, where it caused a similar sensation of heaviness and straining; after dinner there was much less of this pain, and in the evening it had entirely disappeared (third day), 9.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
- Weariness in the limbs, in the evening (first day), 11. [280.]
- Weary lassitude in the limbs and generally almost febrile condition (first day), 9.
- Weakness of the limbs, in the evening (sixth day), 11.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Sensation in the arms as if they had fallen asleep, 1.
- Dull pain in the right upper and forearm, extending to the fingers, in the afternoon (sixth day), 11.
- Shoulder.
- Sticking pain in the right shoulder-joint, in the afternoon (sixth day), 11.
- Arm.
- Stitches in the right upper arm (first day), 20.
- A benumbing stitch in the left upper arm (after half an hour), 3.
- Elbow.
- Rheumatic drawing and sticking in the right elbow, wrist, and hand, which latter is hotter than the left, with distended veins; the painful sensation extends to the middle finger and thumb, then suddenly jumps to the larynx, more to the left side, and then suddenly returns to the hand, in the evening (first day), 19.
- Dull tearing in the elbow and wrist-joints (after two hours), 4.
- Forearm.
- Pain in the right forearm and hand, as from being asleep (after one hour and a half), 2. [290.]
- Some dull stitches in the forepart of the left forearm close to the wrist (after thirteen hours), 3.
- Wrist.
- Paralyzed sensation in the right wrist, extending to the elbow (third day), 12.
- Pain like a cramp in the wrists, lasting half an hour (after twenty-four hours), 2.
- Hand.
- The hands fall asleep (first night), 20.
- Very piercing-pinching pain on the back of the hand (after three hours), 2.
- Cramplike pain in the metacarpus, 2.
- Pain like a cramp, alternately violent and slight in the metacarpus, lasting half an hour (after one hour), 2.
- Cramplike pressive pain in the left hand, changing to cramplike pressing pain in the fingers, 2.
- Fingers.
- Numbness of the thumb, index, and middle finger of the right hand, and also of the parts affected by writers' cramp, immediately on going out (second day), .
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Hip.
- Stitches in the left hip-joint, while walking, 1.
- Thigh.
- Pain in the adductor of the right thigh, while walking and sitting, lasting the whole day (and for several days), entirely corresponding with the pain she had had nine months previously when she pushed with the foot something standing on the ground (second day), 19.
- Much pain in the right thigh and right glutæi, a pain as if some one had applied burning tinder to the part (seventh day), 19.
- A mixture of sticking and burning in the fascia lata of the left thigh (fourth day), 16. [310.]
- Stitches in the right nates (twenty-sixth day), 12.
- Violent needlelike stitch in the posterior portion of the thighs, only when standing (after half an hour), 3.
- Violent needlelike stitches in the anterior muscles of the right thigh, while standing (after half an hour), 3.
- Knee.
- Weariness in the knees, as from a long walk (after four hours), 4.
- Painful tension in the tendons under the knee, while walking; they feel too short, so that walking is difficult (after three hours), 3.
- Jerking sticking in the left knee, while walking, 1.
- Leg.
- Pain drawing upward and downward in the periosteum in front of the left tibia, while sitting (after two hours and a half), 3.
- Tension extending from the outer malleolus, near the tendo Achillis, to the calf, while walking and sitting, 1.
- Cramplike pain in the calf, with feeling of heaviness, on standing a long time (after two hours and a half), 4.
- Constant boring stitches in the tibiæ from below upward (after one hour and a half), 3.
- Ankle. [320.]
- Cracking in the external left malleolus, while stepping, 3.
- Foot.
- Painless numbness of the left foot (not a falling asleep, with an unpleasant sensation when the circulation returned), (first day), 19.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
- Objective.
- Indolent, hypochondriac; external objects were no incentive, had no life for him, 1.
- Weariness, in the morning (third day), 20. [330.]
- Unusual weariness (third day), 15.
- Irresistible weariness obliges her to lie down towards evening, with great heat of the hands and accelerated pulse (as she thinks); the upper arms are as heavy as lead, and the wrists feel as though they had been forcibly squeezed; in spite of great weariness and partial sleep she heard everything, and on closing the eyes large heads appear which make grimaces; she wakes with chilliness over the whole body, especially the legs and knees; afterwards pressure in the stomach, as if it were overloaded (third day), 15.
- Very weary during the day, and he was unable to sleep at night lying in bed before 2 o'clock, for three nights in succession, 1.
- Weakness, lasting into the night (fifth day).
- Such great weakness of the whole body, especially of the lower limbs, that he is obliged to make unusual exertion while walking, the whole day (third day), 3.
- Great uneasiness at night; with much desire to urinate (first night), 20.
- Tossing here and there at night, the bed seemed harder than usual and I could find no place to rest (third night), 9.
- Weak feeling, as after fasting (third day), 11.
- General feeling of prostration, in the morning (second day), 20. [340.]
- Pain in the adductors (eighth day), 19.
- Pain in the right adductors (fifth day), 19.
- Stitches in various parts of the body, especially in the adductors of the right thigh and last phalanx of the finger which carries the thimble, and which she had violently bruised a few weeks previously (second day), 20.
- Some stitches here and there in the body (from 6th dil.), 20.
- Some stitches in the muscles, with lachrymation and contractive feeling in the right eye (from 30th dil.), 20.
- Some stitches constantly jumping about in the hands, spine, arms, legs, and genitals (first day), 20.
- Bruised sensation in the morning (second day), 20.
- Symptoms of Euphrasia are especially removed by coffee, 21.
SKIN
- Papulous eruption containing pus, on the wings of the nose (after one hour and a half), 3.
- (Sticking in the condylomata, even while sitting, worse when walking, with sore and burning pain when touched), 1. [350.]
- Transient, itching stitches here and there throughout the whole night; he tosses uneasily about the bed, and cannot get warm enough, 4.
- Frequent biting and itching over the whole body as from flea-bites (nineteenth and following days), 12.
- Formication beneath the left scapula, lasting two minutes, but returning after half an hour, in the afternoon (first day), 19.
- (Itching sensation in the condylomata), 1.
- Voluptuous itching on the margin of the prepuce, obliging him to scratch; after scratching and on pressure the place is painful (after two hours), 3.
- Voluptuous itching on the forepart of the thigh, obliging him to scratch, after which the part is painful; only while walking in the open air (after nine hours and a half), 3.
- Voluptuous itching on the right calf, obliging him to scratch, in the evening while walking (after twelve hours), 3.
SLEEP AND DREAMS
- Sleepiness.
- Yawning, at first in short, afterwards in long attacks (first day), 9.
- Yawning several times, followed by nausea, which continues some minutes, soon disappearing after a glass of fresh water (after two hours, first day), 11.
- Frequent yawning, at 5 P.M. (first day), 16. [360.]
- Frequent yawning and sleepiness; sleep only about 11 P.M. (sixth day), 11.
- Incessant yawning in the evening, without weariness (first day), 20.
- Unusual yawning while walking in the open air, 1.
- Violent yawning (first day), 12.
- Spasmodic yawning; before she had completely yawned a second yawning commenced, without any sensation of weariness, with lachrymation of the eyes, bubbling in the ears and pulsation internally in the throat (it seemed as though one could hear the noise of it); after which she saw indistinctly with the left eye; the whole lasted about ten minutes (second day), 19.
- Stretching and yawning, while sitting and reading, as if he had not slept enough (which was not the case), (first day), 16.
- Sleepiness, which seems to begin in the eyes and lasted ten hours (after half an hour), 2.
- Sleepiness, early in the evening; I went to bed earlier than usual and slept quietly (third day), 10.
- Sleepiness in the afternoon (fifth day), 10.
- Sleepiness, with activity, 2. [370.]
- Sleepiness, without being able to sleep, with much yawning, 2.
- Great sleepiness during the day, though he had slept throughout the previous night, 1.
- Overpowering sleepiness (in the afternoon), (fourth day); (at 8 P.M.), (ninth day), 10.
- Sleeplessness.
- Late falling asleep (twentieth day), 15.
- Went to bed early, but was unable to sleep till towards midnight; sleep was good till 5 A.M. (first night), 11.
- Was obliged to go to bed early on account of sleepiness, but on lying down sleep disappeared until about 11 P.M. (second night), 11.
- Frequent waking at night from feverish dreams, with sensation of chilliness, frequent urging to urinate, and emission of large quantities of urine (tenth night), .
FEVER
- Chilliness.
- Much chilliness in a warm room (second day), 20.
- Constant chilliness, 1.
- Internal chilliness, the whole forenoon, but in the afternoon (after 2 P.M.) violent chilliness in both arms, which were quite cold, 1.
- Febrile chilliness all over (after half an hour), 3.
- Coldness of the whole surface of the body, under the usual covering at night (first night), 15.
- Heat.
- Sudden flushes of heat, with redness of the face and cold hands (without thirst), (after quarter of an hour), 3. [390.]
- Slight febrile excitement, in the evening (ninth day), 15.
- Sweat.
- Sweat at night during sleep, disappearing on waking, two nights in succession, 1.
- General sweat three nights in succession, during sleep, of a strong odor, mostly on the chest (chilliness on rising from bed), 1.
- Distressing dryness of the skin; perspires with great difficulty, even after violent exercise (thirty-third day), 12.
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Morning ), On waking, headache; on waking, burning, etc., in margin of lids; lachrymation; feeling in cornea; tongue coated; on waking, pain along spine.
- ( Forenoon ), Burning of margin of lids, etc.; burning, etc., in eyeball.
- ( Afternoon ), Eructations.
- ( Evening ), Dimness of vision; thirst.
- ( Night ), Uneasiness; sweat.
- ( Walking in open air ), Pressure in eye; dimness of vision; pains in tooth.
- ( After dinner ), Heaviness, etc., of head.
- ( After eating ), Gnawing in stomach.
- ( Deep inspiration ), Stitches, etc., in scapula, etc.
- ( Lying ), Headache.
- ( In room ), Stitches in brain.
- ( Sitting ), Drawing from thigh into groin.
- ( Standing ), Stitches in muscles of thigh.
- ( Stooping ), Pain in side of brain; sensation in stomach.
- ( Walking ), Stitches in great toe; sticking in condylomata.
- ( Writing ), Pain in eyes.
- Amelioration.
- ( Open air ), frontal headache.
- ( Coffee ), Removes the symptoms.
- ( Cold sponge bath ), Confusion of head, etc.; fluent coryza.
- ( Darkness ), Pressure in eyes.
- ( Eating ), All symptoms.
- ( Riding ), Emptiness of head.
- ( Warm room ), Pains in tooth.
- ( Water ), Nausea.