MAGNESIA MURIATICA.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Magnesium chloride, MgCl2.
Preparation , Solutions in water or alcohol.
Authorities.
1 , Hahnemann, Chron. Krankh.; 2 , Hartlaub, ibid.; 3 , Jahr, ibid.; 4 , Schreter, Hartlaub and Trinks's Annalen, 4, p. 134; 5 , Nenning, Hartlaub and Trinks's Arzneimittellehre, 3, 237.
MIND
- Emotional.
- She is very much excited the day before the appearance of the menses (fourteenth day), 1.
- Illusions of fantasy; as she was reading a book it seemed as though some one were reading after her, and she were obliged to read more rapidly; with humming and buzzing before her ear; on rising it seemed as though she were looking over great clouds and rocks, which gradually disappeared; then she was attacked with anxiety, apprehension, and uneasiness, so that she did not know what to do; on farther looking about, all these illusions disappeared, but returned on beginning to read again, until at last she was drawn away and averted by several people coming to her (the prover remembers having a similar illusion in her early youth, over which she wept violently and could not be quieted for a long time), (sixth day), 5.
- Unhappy; disinclined to mental labor, 3.
- Joyless and suffering; everything at which she looks becomes repugnant; she does not wish any one to talk to her, lest she should have to answer, in the morning (twenty-eighth day), 5.
- Anxiety in the house, better in the open air, in the morning (fourth day), 5.
- Anxious and apprehensive, with ennui, towards evening, 5.
- Was apprehensive, despondent, and lonesome; was homesick and wept (twenty-eighth day), 5.
- Apprehensive and lachrymose, after dinner (fifteenth day), 5.
- Ill-humored, fretful, 1. [10.]
- Ill-humor, with internal restlessness, 1.
- Fretful and peevish mood (first and thirtieth days), 5.
- Fretful, morose, disinclined to work, 4.
- Very fretful (almost immediately), 1.
- Very fretful and ill-humored, in the morning after rising (sixth day), 5.
- Unfriendly mood, 5.
- Very morose and fretful; but very cheerful after a happy event (second day), 4.
- Lively during the day, but fretful and ill-humored in the evening, 4.
- Apathetic and distracted, as from loss of sleep, in the morning (second day), 5.
- Intellectual.
- It was irksome to talk; he wished to be alone and busy with his own thoughts, . [20.]
HEAD
- Vertigo.
- Vertigo, even when walking in a room, and if she hangs the head a little, 1.
- Dizziness in the head (after thirty days), 1.
- Dizziness, even to falling forward, on rising in the morning (fifth and twenty-eighth day), 5.
- Dizziness and reeling in the morning, disappearing after moving about (first day), 5.
- The head was dull and dizzy at dinner, she was obliged to go into the open air, when it disappeared; after returning to the house, heat in the head (second day), 5.
- Feeling of intoxication and dulness in the head, 5.
- General Head.
- Dulness in the head, in the morning after rising (thirteenth day), 5.
- Dulness in the head, as if everything were too full, in the morning (first day), 5. [30.]
- Dulness and heaviness of the head, the whole forenoon (first day), 5.
- Stupefaction and dulness in the head; with painful sensitiveness of the left leg (first day), 5.
- Heaviness of the head, with confusion (after three days), 1.
- A feeling of heaviness in the head, in the morning (second day), 5.
- Heat in the head after dinner, apparently rising from the stomach, disappearing in the open air (second day), 5.
- Violent, painful orgasm in the whole head, and pressure in the occiput, disappearing in the open air but recurring in the house (fifth day), 5.
- Dull pain in the head, with sensitiveness of the scalp to touch, and sore burning in the eyes, after dinner (seventeenth day), 5.
- Headache relieved by wrapping up the head, 5.*
- Headache, as if he had not slept enough; therewith the feet are weary and seem exhausted, in the morning (twentieth day), 5.
- Much pressure, also sharp and pinching, especially on the vertex and in the occiput (through the whole proving), 3. [40.]
- Headache as if the whole brain pressed against the forehead (fifth day), 5.
- Sharp stitches in the left side of the head, and in the occiput (fourth day), 5.
EYE
- Objective.
- Inflammation of the eyes, with pressure, biting, burning, especially on looking at a bright light, and lachrymation in the evening; they were full of purulent mucus during the day; the lids swollen and red; with nightly agglutination, 3.
- Some red vessels, in the white of the left eye; after several days, also in the right, 5.
- Subjective.
- Burning in both eyes, on which account she could not look at the sun, 5.
- Burning and dryness of the eyes, on looking at the fire, in the evening, 5.
- She was unable to open the eyes on account of burning and great sensitiveness of them; at least, she was obliged to close them (twenty-eighth day), 5.
- Violent burning in the eyes, especially on looking at anything bright, 5.
- Pressure in both eyes, especially in the left, as from a grain of sand; disappearing after rubbing, but returning, 5.
- Pressure in the eyes, as from dust, with dimness of vision, 5.
- Pressive pain in the eyes and canthi, 3. [100.]
- Sticking and burning in the eyes, lasting a long time, 5.
- Violent sharp stitches in the inner canthus, that brought tears to the eyes, 5.
- Itching in the eyes, 4.
- Itching in the eyes, that disappeared only on violent rubbing, in the morning after rising (sixteenth day), 5.
- Itching in the inner canthus of the right eye, disappearing on rubbing, but soon recurring in the left eye (after six hours), 4.
- Orbit.
- A bruised pain in the lower margin of the left orbit, 5.
- Lids.
- Twitching of the upper lids, which seem swollen, heavy, and half closed, 3.
- The eyes are agglutinated in the morning, and burn on opening them (eleventh day), 5.
- The eyes are agglutinated with matter in the morning, and he is unable to open them for a long time, 5.
- Great dryness of the lids, especially in the morning, and after the midday nap, 3. [110.]
EAR
- Agreeable warmth, with tickling, in the right ear, 5.
- Painful boring and throbbing, like a pulse, in the right ear, for five minutes (fifteenth day), 5.
- Sticking boring in the ears, 5.
- Feeling as though something were in front of the ear; disappearing for a few minutes on boring in with the finger, but soon returning; with impairment of hearing, during menstruation, 5.
- Stitches in the right ear (after twenty-seven days), 3.
- Sharp stitches, as with an awl, in the left ear, 5. [120.]
- Sharp stitches and tearings in the left ear, that made her start, on inclining the body to the right side (sixth day), 5.
- Frequent sharp stitches, now in one ear, now in the other (fourth day), 5.
- Tearing in the right ear, and also externally in front of it, 5.
- Two jerking-tearings in the left ear, 5.
- Fluttering in the right ear, 5.
- Painless jerking in the right ear, 5.
- Tickling in both ears, that disappears on boring in with the fingers, 5.
- Hearing.
- It seems as though something were lying before the ears, whereby the hearing is diminished; together with burning and buzzing in the ears, lasting all day (eighteenth day, and frequently), 5.
- Almost complete deafness in both ears, though most in the left, frequently remitting and returning, 5.
- Great roaring in the ears (after twenty-eight days), 1. [130.]
- Feeling like roaring, or as of water boiling, but not painful, in the left side of the head, upon which he was lying, in the morning in bed, 5.
NOSE
- Objective.
- The right wing of the nose is red, swollen, and painful to touch (thirteenth to fifteenth days), 5.
- Ulcerated nostrils, 3.
- A scab in each nostril, that pains violently when touched, with loss of smell, 5.
- Frequent sneezing, whereby water flows from the nose (second and third days), 5.
- Much discharge of nasal mucus, almost like coryza, 1.
- Blowing of much mucus from the nose, without coryza, 1.
- Discharge of offensive purulent mucus from the nose (after five days), 5.
- Nasal mucus mixed with specks of blood, 3.
- Catarrh, with diminished smell and taste, and yellow nasal mucus (after eight days); with the coryza, she was obliged to sit up in bed a long time, in the evening, could not lie down nor fall asleep, and was obliged to open the mouth in order to breathe, 5. [140.]
- Coryza, with stoppage of the nose, and talking through the nose, 5.
- Violent coryza, with hoarseness and a stopped sensation in the nose, from which water flowed profusely for several days (after twenty-three days), 5.
- Violent coryza, at one time stopped, at another fluent, with dulness of the head and complete loss of taste and smell, for two days (after forty days), 3.
- Profuse, fluent coryza (after twenty-two days), 5.
- Blood comes from the nose on blowing it (fifth day), 5.
- Subjective.
- A feeling as though she would have coryza, with an increased secretion of mucus in the nose, 5.
- Stoppage of the nose; she was obliged to blow it hard (second day), 5.
- Stoppage of the nose in the morning, 3 ; in evening, 4.
- Stoppage of the left nostril (after sixteen days), 3.
- Burning in both nostrils, as if sore (eleventh day), 5. [150.]
- Pressive sensation in the nose, as if it were stopped (eighth day), 5.
- Violent tearing in the upper part of both nostrils, that causes suffusion of the eyes, .
FACE
- Objective.
- Suffering, sickly look (after twenty-eight days), 5.
- Great yellowness of the face, especially of the white of the eye, and about the mouth (after a few hours), 1.
- Pale, yellow color of the face, 4.
- Paleness of the face (first day), 4. [160.]
- Pale in the face, sad, and irritable, during menstruation, 5.
- Subjective.
- Violent paralytic-like pain in the bones of the face (after seventeen days), 1.
- Tensive sensation in the face, 5.
- Cheeks.
- Tensive pain in the right zygoma, 3.
- A sharp stitch in the right cheek, 5.
- Tearing in the left zygoma upward to the left side of the head (thirtieth day), 5.
- Lips.
- Lips cracked, 4.
- Chin.
- Twitching on the chin (seventh day), 5.
- Sharp painful tearing in both sides of the lower jaw, and in the roots of the teeth, extending up in front of the ear, where it was a jerking, 5.
MOUTH
- Teeth.
- Great sleeplessness, on account of violent toothache, 5. [170.]
- Two transient tearings in the sound teeth, during dinner (first day), 5.
- Throbbing in the root of a tooth, 5.
- Jerking in the teeth of the right side, from 8 to 12 P.M., with a feeling as if the cheek would become swollen (after twenty-two days), 5.
- The upper incisors seem too long and very sensitive (fourth day), 5.
- Tearing in the right eye-tooth, extending into the zygoma, disappearing on pressing upon it (first day), 5.
- Frequent sudden tearing in the upper front teeth (thirteenth and fourteenth days), 5.
- Boring or digging pain in the next to the last back tooth, frequently intermitting, and frequently a tearing in it; aggravated by cold, relieved by warmth; always worse from pressure, and especially violent if food gets into it; in the morning and after dinner (second day), 5.
- Painful boring in several back teeth, only transiently relieved by biting on them (first day), 5.
- Painful digging, as from a worm, in the last back tooth, disappearing when pressing upon it, followed by tearing in a hollow back tooth, 5.
- Painful boring and tearing in a hollow back tooth, and a sticking pain in the same place in the tooth on touching the cheek; relieved by cold and open air, aggravated by warmth, lasting all day, 5. [180.]
- A pain pressing upward from the left clavicle, as from a thread, into a lower back tooth, in the tip of which it was a crawling, 5.
- Tearing in a lower back tooth, disappearing on biting on it (fourth day), 5.
- Gums.
- The upper gum was very much swollen and painful, especially on eating, with throbbing in it (after thirty-three days), 5.
- Painful swelling of the lower gum and cheek for three days (after five days), 5.
- Bleeding of the gum (after six hours), 3 ; (sixth day), 5.
- Tongue.
- Tongue coated white in the morning, 1 ; (sixth day), 5.
THROAT
- Objective. [210.]
- Mucus in the throat, that when raised was mixed with blood, in the morning (eleventh day), 5.
- Tenacious mucus collects in the throat, which she can hardly raise, in the morning (second day), 5.
- She frequently raises thick tenacious mucus, that draws itself out in long threads, in the morning on rising (seventh day), 5.
- Hawking of some tenacious mucus, several mornings in succession (after four days), 4.
- Frequent hawking of acid mucus that collects in the throat (first day), 5.
- Subjective.
- Dryness and rawness in the throat, with a hoarse voice , so that she could scarcely talk (soon after a dose), 5.
- Stitches in a small spot in the left side of the throat, worse on swallowing, in the forenoon (sixth day), 5.
- Sore throat, as if raw and sore at the entrance of the fauces, with sticking, extending into the ear when coughing and on swallowing saliva, worse in the evening, 3.
- Sticking sore throat in the upper part of the pharynx, on breathing and talking, in the evening and night, 3.
- External Throat.
- Small glandular swellings in left side of neck; tense on motion, and painful on pressure (forty-fifth day), 5. [220.]
- A pressive pain beneath the left lower jaw, as if a gland were swollen, which, however, was not the case (second day), 5.
STOMACH
- Appetite.
- Appetite at dinner, but it was soon satisfied, 5.
- Hunger increased (third day), 5.
- She was hungry, but knew not for what; did not desire her usual food (twentieth day), 5.
- Ravenous hunger, and a frightful sensation of hunger in the stomach, followed by great nausea, 1.
- Inclination to nibble; he sees a piece of cake and slyly breaks off some to eat, 4.
- No appetite all day; only in the evening she ate with a relish (after five days), 5.
- No hunger in the evening (sixteenth day), 5.
- Thirst.
- Thirst in the forenoon (seventeenth and twenty-seventh days), 5.
- Thirst at noon, with dryness of the throat and mouth (sixth day), 5. [230.]
- Thirst in the evening, 5.
- Thirst before and after midnight (after sixteen days), 1 ; (sixteenth day), 5.
- Thirst after dinner and in the afternoon, 5.
- Excessive thirst day and night, with coryza, 5.
- Eructation and Hiccough.
- Eructations and risings of food, while walking, after dinner, 4.
- Frequent eructations tasting of the food (second day), 5.
- Empty eructations after dinner (first day), 5.
- Empty eructations, and afterwards a sharp stitch above the ensiform cartilage, 5.
- Frequent empty eructations, in the afternoon (fourth day), 5.
- Eructations of white froth, 1. [240.]
- Bitter-acid eructations (after five days), 1.
- Eructations tasting of onions, after a spasm (sixth day), 5.
- Much acidity in the stomach, after dinner, 1.
- Acid risings of food, and especially of milk, taken in the afternoon, after dinner, mostly while walking, 3.
- Water rises from the stomach into the mouth, with nausea, .
ABDOMEN
- Hypochondria.
- Burning and tensive sticking in the right hypochondrium, relieved by pressure (second day), 5.
- Sharp drawings in the hepatic region, 1.
- Violent sharp sticking in the left hypochondrium, like "spleens;" in the afternoon while walking, worse on inspiration, and disappearing while sitting, during menstruation, 5.
- Sharp stitches in the left hypochondriac region (eleventh day), 5.
- Umbilical and Sides.
- Constrictive pain in the umbilical region (after seventeen days), 1.
- Pinching and cutting below the umbilicus, with shivering over the back, afterwards heat in the head and desire for stool, at 1 P.M., 5. [280.]
- Violent pinching about the umbilicus, extending towards the stomach, disappearing after emission of flatus, after dinner (twenty-fifth day), 5.
- Frequent attacks of acute colic below the umbilicus, in the afternoon, 5.
- Pressure in the left side of the abdomen, 1.
- Cutting in a small spot in the left side of the upper abdomen, in the morning (sixth day), 5.
- General Abdomen.
- Distension of the abdomen after dinner, 1.
- Flatus was not passed as usual, but there was distension of the abdomen here and there (after eleven days), 5.
- Abdomen somewhat distended, with emission of flatus with relief, in the afternoon (second day), 5.
- Abdomen very much distended, 1.
- Great distension of the abdomen up into the throat, so that it took away her breath, with anxiety, in afternoon till evening (eleventh day), 5.
- Hardness of abdomen, with painfulness to touch, and distressing pressure towards rectum, 1. [290.]
- Incessant formation of flatus, 5.
- Incarceration of flatus in the abdomen, 1.
- Constant moving about in the upper abdomen, 5.
- Fermentation in the abdomen, 1.
- Rumbling in the abdomen before eating (first day), 4.
RECTUM AND ANUS
- Prolapsus of the rectum during diarrhœa, 5.
- The hæmorrhoids pain during a natural, not hard stool, 1.
- Burning deep in the rectum, 5.
- Burning in the anus after the usual stool, 5.
- Burning and smarting in the anus, during and after a stool, 3.
- After the stool, the first part of which was hard and the last soft, burning in the anus and violent sticking externally in both sides of the upper abdomen, together with painful constriction in the stomach, extending to the back, 5.
- Stitches in the rectum (after a few hours), 1.
- Piercing stitch in the rectum, extending to the abdomen, 1. [340.]
- Smarting in the rectum after a soft stool, 5.
- Stitches in the perineum, 1.
- Urging.
- Pressure to stool all day, though only flatus was passed, 3.
- Urging to stool, but only flatus was passed, which burnt like fire (second day), 5.
- Frequent urging to stool, with a scanty discharge, 1.
- Frequent urging to stool, though only a little thin and slimy stool was passed (after seventeen days), 1.
- Frequent and great urging to stool, with pain in the abdomen, nearly all day, 3.
- Renewed urging after a stool, 1.
- Renewed pressure in the rectum after a diarrhœa-like stool, as though more should pass, though only mucus was evacuated, 3.
STOOL
- Diarrhœa.
- Griping in the abdomen, in the morning after rising; then diarrhœa accompanied and followed by burning in the anus; soon afterwards repeated diarrhœa mixed with thick blood (eighth day), 5. [350.]
- Frequent diarrhœa-like stools daily, with discharge of scanty, thin, liquid, brown stool (after sixteen and seventeen days), 3.
- Frequent, greenish, pasty, diarrhœa-like stools (after eighteen and nineteen days), 3.
- Several diarrhœa-like stools, during which mucus and blood passed, with tenesmus in the anus (twenty-fifth day), 5.
- Four stools within an hour, the first rather hard though diarrhœa-like, with soreness of the anus and cutting pain in the abdomen, that continued even till the next stool, 1.
- Three diarrhœa-like stools in quick succession, with cutting in the whole abdomen (seventh day), 5.
- Soft fæces are frequently evacuated, with a feeling as if flatus would pass, 3.
- Soft stool (after the usual one on the same day), with shivering over the whole body, and followed by burning in the anus and sensitiveness in the rectum, 5.
- Soft stool, with cutting pain in the abdomen, in the morning, preceded by great anxiety and vertigo, 1.
- Although she had to hurry to stool, she was obliged to make great pressure before some soft fæces were evacuated, followed by transient shivering, 5.
- Soft stool, followed by tenesmus and burning in the anus, 5. [360.]
- A piece of tapeworm an inch long passed with a soft stool (the prover had never observed the like before), (after six days), 5.
- Griping about the umbilicus and dragging towards the small of the back, followed by sudden desire for stool, and a very soft stool, with yellow mucus and a piece of tapeworm nine inches long, after which a desire for stool, continuing a long time, 5.
- Violent incessant desire for stool; though there was great pressure only a little soft and afterwards thin stool in small portions was passed, with shivering and pain in the abdomen, 5.
- Thin stool that forcibly spurted from her, followed by tenesmus and burning in the anus, and continued desire for stool, after which again a small portion of thin stool was passed (second day), 5.
- Incessant desire for stool, which was thin, towards noon (fifth day), 5.
URINARY ORGANS
- Micturition.
- Urging to urinate during the day (fourth day), 4.
- Urging to urinate, yet she passed but little, with burning in the urethra (second day), 5.
- Frequent urging to urinate, with scanty emission, 1.
- Wakened at night by urging to urinate, but he repressed it and fell asleep (second day), 4.
- A feeling as though he was unable to retain the urine, 1.
- Frequent micturition during the day, always in small quantities, 2.
- Frequent micturition, with burning in the urethra, and frequently with erections (after ten days), 5. [390.]
- She was obliged to rise five times at night to urinate, but passed little, 5.
- Involuntary micturition while walking, yet on attempting to urinate when standing nothing passed, 1.
- While urinating he did not feel the urine in the urethra, 1.
- Urine passed seldom and in small quantities (after three days), 5.
- The urine passed only by drops, and some always seemed to remain behind, 1.*
- *Emission of urine accomplished only by exertion of the abdominal muscles, 1.
- Urine.
- Urine pale yellow; micturition followed by burning in the urethra, 5.
- Urine almost opaque, as if mixed with yeast, depositing a cloud, 5.
SEXUAL ORGANS
- Male.
- Erections in the morning in bed, with burning pain in the penis (after seven days), 5.
- Itching on the glans penis, in the evening on going to bed, 4. [400.]
- The testicles hang down relaxed (first eight days), 1.
- After violent erections and neglecting to have coition he experienced, after rising and moving or touching the testicles, a dull sensitive pain in them, as also in the spermatic cord and small of the back, lasting all day, 1.
- Frequent emissions, even two days in succession (last days), 1.
- Female.
- Some leucorrhœa, in the morning after urinating (after twenty-seven days), 5.
- Leucorrhœa, disappearing immediately after a stool (after twenty-three days), 1.
- Discharge of leucorrhœa, with cramp in the abdomen, 1.
- Much leucorrhœa, especially on moving the body, 1.
- Profuse leucorrhœa almost uninterruptedly for eight days (after twenty-three days), 5.
- Watery leucorrhœa, 5.
- Thick leucorrhœa; immediately afterwards, discharge of some blood, fourteen days before the usual time and three days before the full moon (after nine days), 5. [410.]
- Stitches in the mons veneris, some stitches towards evening, 4.
- Discharge of blood five days before menstruation, 1.
- The menses reappeared in a woman 50 years old; they had been absent seven months; with some pain in the small of the back, 5.
- Menses more profuse than usual, though without pain, and five days too early, 5.
- Menstruation two days too early, lasting two days longer, and more profuse than usual, 5.
- Menstruation delayed four days, with violent pain in the small of the back, and lasting a shorter time than usual, 5.
- Menstruation eleven days too late, at first watery, then more colored, with dragging in the groins and frequent yawning, 5.
- The menses are scanty for the first three days, but profuse and continuous the fourth and fifth days, 5.
- The menses passed in black clots, more while sitting than while walking, .
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Larynx and Trachea.
- Heat and dryness in the larynx (fourth day), 5. [420.]
- Violent sore pain in the larynx, worse on swallowing, with coryza, 5.
- Rawness and dryness in the larynx, 5.
- Cough caused crawling in the trachea, with expectoration of mucus, 1.
- Voice.
- Hoarseness, every morning after rising (after fifteen days), 5.
- Hoarseness, with a feeling of soreness in the chest (after ten days), 5.
- She became suddenly very hoarse, with a dry cough and pressure on the chest; on coughing, a violent sore pain in the chest, on account of which she dreaded to cough, although afterwards she felt easier; only after coughing a long time was some mucus loosened (in bad weather), (after twelve days), 5.
- Cough and Expectoration.
- Short paroxysms of cough, followed by dull pressive pain in the chest (after seventeen and eighteen days), 3.
- Dry cough, frequently only in the evening and at night (after ten days), 5.
- At night she was frequently awakened by dry cough, on account of which she was obliged to rise up (after eleven days), 5.
- Dry cough, with pains in the pharynx, 3. [430.]
- Cough, with some expectoration (after fifteen days), 5.
- Cough, with expectoration of gray salty mucus, caused by scratching in the throat or itching in the chest, 3.
- Cough, from crawling in the pit of the throat, with expectoration of tenacious mucus of a fatty taste, 1.
- Deep, rough, racking cough, with a rough voice, whistling in the larynx, and easy expectoration of mucus from the chest, having a salty, sweetish taste, also at night, even amounting to retching, 3.
- Expectoration of blood after sea-bathing, 1.
- Respiration.
- Snoring in sleep (after ten days), 5.
- Tightness of the breath, more after dinner than in the forenoon (second day), 4.
- Want of breath on ascending a mountain; she was frequently obliged to stop and take breath (after twenty days), .
CHEST
- Violent burning in the chest, while coughing, 3.
- Violent burning and throbbing here and there in the whole chest, 5. [440.]
- Rush of blood to the chest, from a sea-bath, 1.
- A feeling of rush of blood to the chest, on walking in the open air (after nineteen days), 5.
- Tensive pain in the thorax, most acute on taking a deep breath, lasting several days, with tightness of the breath, 4.
- Constriction in the chest, tightness of breath and stitches, as with a dull instrument, in the right side of the chest near the nipple, after supper (second day), 4.
- Constrictive pain in the chest and scapulæ, 1.
- Violent pressive pain in the chest, 1.
- A feeling low down in the right chest as if a sharp body were sticking there, without affecting respiration (after three hours), 5.
- Fine sticking externally in the upper part of the left chest (second day), 5.
- A sharp stitch in the right lower rib, towards evening (fifth day), 5.
- On coughing, a pain in the chest as from ulceration, in the evening and at night, 5. [450.]
- The chest feels worse in the open air, every inspiration provokes cough (after twelve days), 5.
- Front.
- Dull pressive pain on the ensiform cartilage, externally, 1.
- Sides.
- Tension extending transversely from the right axilla forward to the chest (after twelve days), 5.
- Stitches as with a needle between the ribs of the right side, 4.
- Stitches internally in the left side of the chest, with pain as if sore on pressing on it, 4.
- Stitches deep in the left side of the chest, not affecting respiration (after one and twelve days), 5.
- A dull stitch in the right lower ribs, close to the back (after four hours), 5.
- Some dull stitches beneath the right breast, not affecting respiration (after six days), 5.
HEART
- Præcordium.
- Stitches in the heart, taking away the breath (after twelve days), 1.
- Heart's Action.
- Palpitation (after eight minutes), 4. [460.]
- Palpitation while sitting, for three days (after twelve days), 1.
- Palpitation while sitting and on rising from a seat, disappearing on moving about, in the afternoon, 5.
- Violent palpitation, with pulsation in all the arteries, 3.
- Depression of the heart (immediately), 4.
NECK AND BACK
- Neck.
- Painful tensive drawing in the right side of the neck, as if in the tendons (second day), 5.
- Tearing in the nape of the neck, in the right shoulder, and down the outer side of the arm, 5.
- Back.
- Pain in the back and small of the back, disturbing the morning sleep, and constantly renewed when he fell asleep, 1.
- Burning, and still more a sticking, as if in the spinal cord, lasting a quarter of an hour, followed by coarse sticking as with a borer between the shoulders; relieved by motion, 5.
- After the evening coition, there occurs in the morning a burning pain in the back that wakes him from sleep, always more violent during rest, relieved by motion and completely disappearing after rising, 1.
- Violent burning pain, and constant itching on the back, 1. [470.]
- Severe bruised pain in the whole spine, at night (after twenty-eight days), 5.
- Severe bruised pain in the back, during menstruation, 5.
- Pain over the whole spine, as if beaten to a jelly, in the morning on waking, while lying on the back (third day), 5.
- Gnawing pain in the small of the back and whole back, as if in the spinal cord, extending up to the neck, in the evening after lying down; she was unable to sleep on account of the pain and constantly tossed about (after five days), 5.
- Dorsal.
- Burning and a bruised feeling between the shoulders (seventh day), 5.
- Tensive feeling between the shoulders and down the back (second day), 5.
- Pressive pain upon the right scapula, which extends across the shoulder to the clavicle; worse on moving the arm or head, and relieved by pressure, 5.
- Tearing between the shoulders, 5.
- Tearing, at first in the right scapula, then in the hip (after thirteen days), 5.
- Violent tearing in both scapulæ, 5.
- Lumbar. [480.]
- Paralytic feeling in the small of the back, in the evening, 1.
- Pain in the small of the back, 1.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
- Objective.
- Trembling of the hands and feet, 1.
- Hands and feet weak and tremulous, after dinner (twenty-fifth day), 5.
- Constant weakness of the limbs, in the afternoon and lasting till evening, 5.
- Subjective.
- Painful falling asleep of the hands and feet at night, 15.
- The limbs feel as heavy as stone, and weary, as after a long journey, in the afternoon (after seven days), 5.
- While walking, pain and a sensation as if something were drawing the right middle toe, and immediately afterwards also the right thumb, inward, in the morning after rising (fourth day), 5.
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- The arm falls asleep, in the morning in bed, when lying upon the left side (thirteenth day), 5.
- The right arm falls asleep every night, especially towards morning, when lying on the left side (after fourteen days), 5. [500.]
- Falling asleep of the right arm, mostly of the fingers, in the evening on lying down, 5.
- Burning from the shoulders to the scapulæ, and down the arms to the fingers (first day), 5.
- Tearing on the outer surface of the right arm, with a feeling as if falling asleep, extending into the fingers; in the morning when lying on the left side, disappearing on rubbing (after five days), 5.
- Tearing in the forepart of the right shoulder, and down the arm to the palm of the hand, 3.
- Tearing pain in the right shoulder, extending down to the tips of the fingers, so violent that she thought she could not hold anything; she could not raise the arm, but on allowing it to hang down it was somewhat relieved (after fourteen days), 5.
- Shoulder.
- Violent pain in the left shoulder-joint, almost like a heaviness; she dared not move the arm on account of the pain, yet the pain disappeared on motion; afterwards the place remained sensitive for a long time, even when not touched (first day), 5.
- The shoulder-joint is so painful that she is unable to raise the arm to the face (after sixteen days), 1.
- Tension beneath the right axilla, while standing, disappearing while sitting (tenth day), 5.
- Drawing and tearing in the left shoulder-joint, most acute on moving it, 4.
- Drawing and sticking pains in the shoulder-joints, alternately, most acute on raising the arms, 4. [510.]
- Dull drawing pain in the left shoulder, 1.
- Pressure upon the left shoulder (after seven days), 1.
- Pain in the left shoulder-joint, as if dislocated, 1.
- Sticking and burning in the left shoulder, extending to the hip (first day), 5.
- Feeling as if something like a wedge were sticking in the left shoulder, so that she thought she could not move the arm, yet on moving it she felt nothing (first day), 5.
- Tearing in the right shoulder (after nineteen days), 5.
- Tearing in the left shoulder (after six days), .
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Objective.
- Reeling gait (after twenty-eight days), 1.
- Great weariness of the lower limbs (during nearly the whole proving), 5.
- Constant weakness of the limbs, while walking in the open air; she was frequently obliged to sit down, 5.
- Great weakness of the lower limbs, even while sitting, during menstruation, 5.
- Subjective.
- The long bones are very painful while walking (after fifteen days), 1.
- Tension in the limbs, as if the muscles were too short, disappearing on continuing to walk, 1.
- Hip. [550.]
- Burning posteriorly in the right hip, 5.
- Tearing in the right hip, in the evening after lying down, on account of which she does not know how she shall lie; though she feels best lying on the sound side (after fifteen days), 5.
- Tearing in the right hip, and soon afterwards in the left thigh, extending to the knee, as if in the marrow of the bone, in the evening in bed (after nineteen days), 5.
- Tearing and bruised pain in the right hip, aggravated by walking in the morning (second day), 5.
- Painful tearing in the right hip, extending to the knee (fourth day), 5.
- Painful tearing in the right hip-joint, on pressure and rubbing, the pain extends farther down, in the evening in bed (nineteenth day), 5.
- Violent jerking tearing in the hip-joint posteriorly, that causes him to cry out; frequently intermitting, in the evening in bed (after five days), 5.
- Both hips are very sensitive externally to touch for a long time (fourth day), 5.
- Throbbing in the left hip, 5.
- Thigh.
- Weakness of the thighs while standing, disappearing while walking, 1. [560.]
- Violent pain in the middle of the thigh, in the morning in bed, immediately before menstruation (after eleven days), 5.
- Uneasiness and tension in the thighs, so that he was frequently obliged to move the legs in order to relieve it, 1.
- Spasmodic pinching pain in a small spot on the inner side of the right thigh, in the morning (third day), .
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
- Objective. [610.]
- Weary immediately while walking, and while at rest pain in the hips as if dislocated, 5.
- Great weakness after three days, 1.
- Weakness, even to falling down, and all the limbs painful, as if bruised, in the forenoon (after twenty-eight days), 5.
- After a bath of five minutes in the sea, she became so weak that it seemed as though all vitality was leaving her; she could scarcely speak from weakness (after a few hours), 1.
- The first two days of menstruation she was astonishingly weak, even to faintness; the limbs felt weary, and she could not fall asleep until late in the evening, 1.
- Very much prostrated, weary, and fretful in the forenoon (second day), 5.
- Attack of faintness during dinner; she became anxious, with nausea and paleness of the face; it became red and green before the eyes, and her whole body trembled, followed by eructations, when she was relieved (twenty-seventh day), 5.
- Subjective.
- Feeling of weakness, with vertigo, in the morning (after sixteen days), 5.
- General sensation as if everything were too heavy (eleventh day), 5.
- Heaviness of different parts, thighs, knees, calves, hips, etc., 1. [620.]
- General uneasiness in the evening in bed as soon as she closes the eyes (after eleven days), 1.
- He felt very sick (after seventeen days), 1.
- During menstruation, which was more profuse and longer than usual, pain in the small of the back and in the thighs; in the latter it was worse while sitting, in the former while walking, 5.
- Burning tension here and there in the body, as, for example, in the right ribs, left shoulder, etc. 5.
- A cramplike nervous pain here and there, now a boring, now a constriction, especially in the scapulæ and chest; together with violent, nervous headache, commencing in the forehead, with drawings in the ears; at times a sticking-tearing in the head, 1.
- Tearing here and there in the whole body, only transient, at night, 5.
- Bruised pain over the whole body in the evening after lying down (after five days), 5.
SKIN
- A red spot, with burning, above the condyle of the wrist, 5.
- Broad wheal in the skin, between the upper lip and nose, without pain, 3.
- Eruptions, Dry.
- Some pimples near the corner of the mouth, 5.
- Several large pimples on the back, that soon disappear (after thirty-five days), 5.
- A small pimple deep in the skin on the chin (after six days), 5.
- An itching pimple between the shoulders, 5.
- An itching pimple on the right nates, with burning after scratching, 5. [640.]
- Two red itching pimples on the forepart of the thigh, 5.
- Very small itching pimples on the back, 5.
- Some small pimples on the forehead that itched in the evening, and after rubbing itched still more, 5.
- Small pimples between the shoulders and on the chest, that itch violently and burn after scratching, 5.
- Two very painful pimples, like boils, on the outer, side of the right forearm, which after twenty-four hours disappear, 5.
- Incessant itching on the outer side of the thigh, and after scratching small itching pimples (second day), 5.
- Eruptions, Moist.
- A vesicle on the margin of the red of the lower lip, at first itching, then burning, 3.
- Several small vesicles on the nose, that feel tense when touched, 5.
- A number of large clear blisters suddenly appear in the red of the upper lip, which are tense and burn (fifth day), 5.
- A tetter that had previously existed behind the ear, itched violently and burned after scratching, 5.
- Eruptions, Pustular. [650.]
- A spot on the zygoma covered with yellow pimples, with drawing, throbbing, crawling pain, covered with a scab, 3.
- A pustule filled with matter at the tip, on the left temple (after twenty-five days), 5.
- A pustule on the right clavicle, that suppurates (after twenty-five days), 5.
- A small boil on the nose, that suppurates after twenty-four hours, .
SLEEP AND DREAMS
- Sleepiness.
- Inclination to yawn all day, worse after dinner, 4.
- Yawning, with eructations and accumulation of water in the mouth, in the forenoon, 5.
- Frequent yawning, with laxity and disinclination for mental work, 1. [680.]
- Almost constant yawning, 5.
- Constant yawning, during menstruation, 5.
- Difficult waking, with yawning, as though he had not slept enough (first day), 4.
- Wakes late, pulling the eyes open with difficulty, 4.
- She could not open her eyes in the morning on account of sleepiness (after two days), 5.
- In the morning she was constantly very sleepy, and could hardly be aroused for a long time, 5.
- Sleepiness during the day, 1.
- Great sleepiness in the forenoon, 5.
- She became sleepy early in the evening, and at first slept well, but after midnight perspired and was thirsty (after thirteen days), 5.
- Very sleepy, indolent, and afraid of work (after twenty-five days), 15. [690.]
- Desire to sleep after dinner, and on falling asleep, jerking in the whole body, 1.
- Sleeplessness.
- She fell asleep very late in the evening (after five days), 5.
- He could scarcely get to sleep, was restless, tossed about the bed, 4.
- In the evening, it was difficult to fall asleep, and he tossed uneasily about the bed, waking late in the morning, and opening the eyes with difficulty (first days), 4.
- Restless sleep, on account of a sensation of heaviness in the abdomen, 1.
- Night sleepless and restless, on account of violent pain in the small of the back, which constantly compelled her to move (after six days), 5.
- Sleep very restless, with frequent waking (after twelve days), 5.
- Great restlessness at night; she tossed about and was unable to sleep, on account of heat (after fourteen days), 5.
- Great uneasiness at night; she was unable to fall asleep in any place, and was constantly obliged to toss about (after twenty-seven days), .
FEVER
- Chilliness.
- Chilliness at 4 P.M., lasting half an hour, two days in succession (after twenty-six days), 5. [720.]
- Chilliness, with shaking, that did not disappear by the warmth of the stove, in the evening, lasting half an hour (sixth day), 5.
- Chilliness in the evening, that disappears after lying down, followed before midnight by heat, and after midnight, sweat, with thirst, lasting till morning (after six days), 5.
- Chilliness, with yawning, at 8 P.M. (first day), 5.
- Chilliness at 8 P.M., with thirst and great dryness of the mouth, for half an hour, 5.
- Chilliness at 9 P.M., after lying down, followed by sleeplessness (after ten days), 5.
- Chilliness, with goose-flesh, frequent yawning, and constant desire for stool, with cutting in the abdomen, an hour after dinner, 5.
- Frequent chilliness alternating with heat (seventh day), 5.
- Shaking chill from 6 to 8 P.M., that disappears in bed (fourth day), 5.
- Shivering over the whole body, with icy-cold feet, in the morning (fifth day), 5.
- Shivering in the morning on rising, so that she was obliged to return to bed several times (after twenty days), 5. [730.]
- Shivering over the whole body several times, so that the hair stood up, in the forenoon, 5.
- Shivering in a warm room, with constant desire for stool, soon after dinner, 5.
- Shivering in bed in the evening, only in the upper part of the body, almost without chilliness or heat, 1.
- Shivering and shaking at 7 P.M., on going into the open air, but heat on returning to the house (after six days), 5.
- Frequent shivering in the forenoon (after seven days), 5.
- A feeling of shivering in the evening before lying down, and after midnight profuse perspiration all over, without thirst, lasting till morning (after eleven days), 5.
- Heat.
- Generally increased warmth of the body, with thirst, in the afternoon, 5.
- She was warm and anxious in bed (after twenty-seven days), 5.
- Internal warmth, not perceptible externally, after a breakfast of warm milk (first day), .
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Morning ), Joyless, etc.; on rising, dizziness; disappearing after moving about, dizziness, etc.; on waking, pressure in forehead, etc.; after rising, during menstruation, pain in occiput; in bed, roaring in left side of head; during menstruation, mouth feels burnt; mucus in mouth; hawking of mucus; after rising, hoarseness; sweat, etc.
- ( Afternoon ), At 4 o'clock, chilliness.
- ( Evening ), Fretful, etc.; sore throat; in bed, during menstruation, pain in calves, etc.
- ( Open air ), Feeling in chest.
- ( Walking in open air ), Feeling of rush of blood to chest.
- ( Cold ), Pain in back tooth.
- ( During dinner ), Heat, etc.
- ( After dinner ), Disappearing in open air, dullness, etc., in head; dull pain in head, etc.
- ( Sitting ), Palpitation; tearing in knee; trembling of feet; tension on back of foot; during menstruation, pain in thighs; most symptoms, 5.
- ( Standing ), Tension beneath right axilla; weakness of thighs.
- ( Walking ), After dinner, rising of food; tearing, etc., in hip, tearing in nates; cramp in calf; tearing across instep, etc.; during menstruation, pain in small of back.
- Amelioration.
- ( Open air ), The symptoms, excepting those of chest, 5 ; anxiety; dullness, etc., of head; orgasm in head; boring, etc., in back tooth.
- ( Cold ), Boring, etc., in back tooth.
- ( Motion ), Burning, etc., in spinal cord, after evening coition, burning in back; trembling of the feet; tension on back of foot; most symptoms, 5.
- ( Walking ), Weakness of thighs.
- ( Warmth ), Pain in back tooth.
- ( Wrapping up the part ), Headache.