Formica rufa, Linn.

Class , Hymenoptera.

Common name (Fr.), Fourmi fauve des bois.

Preparation , Tincture of live ants.

Authorities.

1 , C. W. B. took 1 drop of 30th dil., N. Am. J. of Hom., N. S., 1, p. 486; 2 , A. H. C. took same; 3 , J. P. H. took 1 drop of 3d dil.; 4 , W. H. H. N. took 1 drop of 6th dil.; 5 , same, took 1 dose of 30th dil.; 6 , C. W. B. took 1 drop of 30th dil.; 7 , same, took 1 dose 200th (Jenichen); 8 , W. W. took 1 dose 200th (Jenichen); 9 , C. G. took 200th dil.; 10 , same, took 30th; 11 , J. R. E. took 1 dose 30th; 11 b , same repeated; 12 , W. L. G. took 1 dose 30th dil.; 13 , Miss B., aged 35, took 200th (Jenichen); 14 , C. Hering, N. Am. J. of Hom., N. S., 2, p. 22, effects of inhalation of Formic ether; 15 , same, effects of inhalation of Formyl acid; 15 b , same, took several drops of Formyl acid; 16 , N. Koller, effects of inhalation of Spiritus formicarum, ibid; 16 b , same, took several drops; 17 , J. A. Stiles took of Spiritus repeated doses of 4 to 7 drops, on first, second, sixth, and seventh days, ibid.; 18 , Ch. A. B. took drop doses, then 30 and 60-drop doses, ibid.; 19 , effects of Spiritus Formicarum given to a man for rheumatic pains, ibid.; 20 , a young lady took Spiritus Formicarum several days, ibid.; 21 , a lady took 3 drops first day, 6 drops second day, and more fourth day, ibid.; 22 , L. N., effects when taken for a blister on face, ibid.; 23 , N. Koller took tincture of

Formica subsericea; 24 , E. W. Berridge, effects of bite of "

Formica rufa " (Australian black ant), N. Eng. Med. Gaz., 9, p. 402; 25 , C. Hering, N. Am. J., N. S., 2, 21 (Dr. Herz, Nass. Med. Jahrb., 1859 and 1861), effects of gathering ants with bare hands; 26 , C. Hering, ibid. (from Martina), an anæmic woman died from the effects of an ant vapor bath.

MIND

Emotional.
Mind unusually excited (after thirty minutes), 14.
An exhilarated condition, almost like that produced by champagne, began after the pain in the vertex had somewhat abated, and continued until after 9 A.M.; at the same time, a cold feeling inwardly when inhaling (as from mint), 14.
All day very happy and inclined to be jolly (second day), 7.
During the day remarkably happy and able to study; everything seemed easy to be accomplished (second day), 6.
Same happy state of mind and body, but easily depressed and by slight causes this happy state was changed for a short time to despondency; sudden, but momentary spells of unhappiness; everything looks dark (mentally), (third day), 6.
Easily depressed; things do not look as cheerful as on yesterday and before; little things cause lowness of spirits, yet soon return to cheerfulness (forty-fifth day); decidedly irritable and low-spirited without any cause (forty-sixth day), 1.
Sudden and unexpected return of sense of mortification and grief, with vivid recollection of circumstances long since passed, which had caused great mortification and pain, and which had rendered several years of his life unhappy; this was caused by the transactions of a near relative; this grief continues, and manifests itself whenever he is not occupied (after several weeks), 1.
Irritable feeling, with disposition to become angry easily and at slight things (first day), 18.
Morose and disinclined to work, fearful, and apprehensive, all the evening, 15.
Intellectual. [10.]
Remarkable and unexpected activity of the mind during the day, with absence of the usual dulness and sleepiness (second day), 1.
Unable to study long at night (first day), 12.
She begged earnestly to be removed, and then became unconscious, and with rattling in the throat died in three-quarters of an hour, 26.

HEAD

Confusion and Vertigo.
Dull, confused sensation in the head, which continued for twenty minutes (fifteen minutes after first dose); same sensation, but more distinct (after second dose); still more distinct and of longer duration (after third dose), (first day), 17.
Dizziness in the morning, after dressing, when writing (second day), 1.
Inclined to be giddy while eating (second day), 7.
Giddy, on attempting to rise, at 4 A.M. (third day), 7.
The head symptoms more marked than formerly; slight vertigo; confusion of ideas; difficulty of thinking (after fourth dose), 17.
General Head.
Great congestion of head and chest, 26.
A stupid feeling in the head, with a sensation of stiffness in the neck at the same time, 23. [20.]
Dulness of the head, and pressure on both sides between the temples and ears, 14.
Heaviness of the head, and a sensation as if the brain were too large and heavy (first day), 5.
Fulness and dulness of the head (part of S. 92), 23.
Headache daily, from 12 M. till 10 P.M., worse when stooping, 10.
Headache all day long, better after combing, 15b.
Headache in the posterior upper and inner part of the head, increased by drinking coffee, and each time during and after washing with cold water, in the morning (after a dose), (second day), 16b.
Headache, with nausea, 16b.
Headache, with vomiting of yellowish, bitter mucus, and stitches in left side of chest, in the morning when waking (fifteenth day), 13.
After a day of unusual exertion in the garden, had a severe sick headache, with nervous shudderings and vomiting; is subject to these sick headaches after overfatigue, but this was more severe than usual, and accompanied by shooting neuralgic pains in the temples, which she never had before; in the afternoon (fifth day), 21.
Headache, with occasional fluttering of the heart, in the afternoon (sixth day), 21. [30.]
Dull headache in evening (ninth day), 13.
Dull pain in the head (commencing at the base of the cranium and extending upwards), most in the temporal regions, .

EYE

Pain in the eyes mornings when awaking, which become better by washing, 19.
A cool burning in the eyes, as though snowflakes were falling on the conjunctiva and cornea, 14.
Feeling of fulness in eyes and ears, with fine stinging in ears (second day), 6.
Irritation in the eyes, as from sand, 23.
Brow and Orbit.
Inclination to pain about one inch above the left eye, alternating with pain in the left parotid region, accompanied with pain in the whole temporal region, when touching it with the hand (second day), 7.
Pain over both eyes, every day from 12, aching; earlier every day; the same also in the morning, 10. [60.]
Slight pressure over left eye for a few minutes (after fifteen minutes), 10.
A violent stitchlike tightening over the left eye, posteriorly and inwardly, as if a stick were pressing around something (after a few seconds); this is repeated for several minutes with greater violence, with a burning sensation; it is followed by a painful dulness of the head, except the upper back part, 16.
Pain in the left supraorbital region, with giddiness, when going to bed at 11 P.M. (second day), 7.
Pain (boring) in the right orbit, followed by pain in the left ear, 16b.
Dull, pressing pain deep in the orbits, 23.
Lids.
Spasmodic twitching of upper lid of right eye, lasting an hour (third day), 8.
Itching and soreness in the outer canthus of the right eye, with dimness of sight; sensation as of sand in the eyes, with much lachrymation and soreness of the lids, 16b.
Conjunctiva.
An intolerable itching in the conjunctiva in the morning, which burns when rubbed (first day), 5.
Ball.
Shooting pain in left eyeball (second night), 4.
Vision.
Appearance when looking at objects as if seen through a mist (second day), 3.

EAR. [70.]

All the parts around the ear swollen and uncomfortable, 22.
Pain in left ear (part of S. 63), 16b.
Pain in the left ear (after one hour); subsequently also in the right, but not so severe, 14.
Slight pain in left ear (third day), 8.
Slight pain in the deaf ear, extending up into the temple, with external sensitiveness, 22.
Slight earache for a few hours, almost immediately (after fourth powder), 22.
Pressive pain in both ears (with heat), 16b.
Stitches in left ear, in afternoon (eleventh day), 13.
Slight stitches in left ear (nineteenth day), 13.
Long, deep stitches in left ear, lasting two hours, afternoon (second, fifth, and thirteenth days), 13. [80.]
Shooting pain in left ear, at 10 P.M. (third day), 4.
A sharp shooting pain in the left ear, 23.
Ten or twelve sharp twinges of pain in the right ear (perhaps attributable to a thin muslin nightcap), in the morning before rising (fourth day), 21.
Deepseated itching in left ear, at times amounting almost to pain (fifth and sixth days), 11.

NOSE

Objective.
Sneezing and fluent coryza, followed by a severe pain in the vertex, like a stitch from a dull instrument, a little to the left of the middle, near 9 P.M.; the coryza lasted but fifteen minutes, the pain longer, 14.
A cold in the head coming on (sixth day), 21.
She was suddenly attacked with a cold in the head, without any other symptom of having previously taken cold; this passed away in about half an hour, in the evening (after fourth powder), 22.
Several days after ceasing to take the remedy she got a catarrh (cold in her head), very common to her, only on the right side of the nose, and affecting the right eye; it lasted two days, then suddenly disappeared without going to the left side, which had always been the case in former attacks, 20.
Coryza fluent, thin, acrid, causing a burning in the nose, 23.
Subjective.
Nose sore to the touch, feels as if stopped up, 23.
Smell. [90.]
Smelling Irish whisky, which contains a little creosote, he gets a decided aversion to it, 16.

FACE

The entire left side of the face and cheek feels as if paralyzed, as if everything were loosely hanging down, 16.
Very red cheeks, in the evening, which burn so much as to feel uncomfortable (first day), 5.
Lower lip dry and cracked (fourth day), 3.
Soreness at corners of the mouth (sixth day), 3.
Great stiffness of the articulation of the jaws, cannot open her mouth (tenth day), 13.

MOUTH

Teeth.
Dull pain in a carious tooth, with inflammation of the gums and swelled cheek (pain being of a dull, pressive character), 23.
Tearing, drawing, grumbling in the two incisor teeth, superior maxillary bone on right side; this pain was accompanied by much soreness; teeth felt elongated; about 5 P.M. (third day); recurrence of this pain at regular periods of the day for about five days, when it gradually disappeared, 2.
Tongue.
Root of the tongue sore, 2.
General Mouth.
Sensation of stinging in palate, worse from eating, smoking or contact, at 12 M. (second day); this stinging continued for two days, and then extended to the tip of the tongue, 4.
Taste. [100.]
Watery, to him very offensive, taste in mouth, 19.
After using with his meal some fresh and sweet fat he has a long after-taste, which finally turns into a decided rancid taste (sixth day), 16b.

THROAT

Dry huskiness and sore feeling in the throat, 23.
Very sore throat and earache in both ears, on getting up in the morning, several times, 22.
Fauces and Pharynx.
A cold feeling in the fauces and throat, as from mint-drops (after thirty minutes), 14.
Slight pain in right side of pharynx in empty deglutition, at noon (fourth day), 3.
Œsophagus.
Sensation of contraction in œsophagus, at 12 M. (third day), 4.
Swallowing.
Difficult deglutition, at 12 M. (third day), 4.
Food passes with difficulty and causes pain, this sensation continued for about twelve hours (third day), 4.

STOMACH

Appetite.
After 9 o'clock hunger (something quite unusual at this time), then pain below the knees and in the shins (twenty minutes after 9), 14.
Thirst. [110.]
Violent thirst, 26.
Eructation.
Acid eructations, rising of fluid from the stomach, which taste like sour food, causing the mouth and throat to smart (second day), 17.
Belching of wind tasting sour, 23.
Nausea and Vomiting.
Nausea (part of S. 26), 16b.
Nausea, in morning, followed by stitches in the left ear, lasting all day (eighth day), 13.
Nausea, and vomiting of yellowish, bitter mucus (sixth and tenth days), 13.
Nausea and vomiting, with oppression (after the sweat), 26.
Slight nausea, each time after taking the fluid, 21.
Vomiting of green, bitter mucus, with headache, at 9 A.M. (sixteenth day), 13.
Pain in epigastric region, extending from left to right, then shifting to top of head, and followed by creeping down the back, at 10 P.M. (third day), 4. [120.]
Severe pain in the stomach, in the evening, cramplike, with passage of flatus from the bowels, which gave relief, 23.
Sensation of heat in the epigastrium, extending over a large space, 23.
Burning pain in stomach, with oppression and weight (first day), 18.
A constant pressure at the cardiac end of the stomach, as if something had lodged there, at 6 P.M., four hours after dinner (first day), 16b.

ABDOMEN

Hypochondria.
Stitching pain in the right hypochondriac region, 23.
Pain beneath the short ribs when taking a deep inspiration, 23.
Dull pain beneath the short ribs, 23.
Stitching pain in the region of the liver, 23.
Dull pain in the region of the spleen, 16b, 23.
Umbilical.
Pain as if bruised in the umbilical region, extending across the abdomen, after taking a drink of cold water, 23.
General Abdomen. [130.]
Rumbling in the bowels, with a nervous feeling as from strong coffee, at 4 A.M.; compelled to get up; a loose diarrhœic stool followed, which left a desire for another stool, with an uncomfortable feeling in the anus, as if the passage were not all through and more must pass (third day), 7.
Small, very fetid flatus, almost putrid (had eaten for dinner only barley soup and beef), 14.
Difficult passage of small quantities of flatus, during the morning hours, afterwards diarrhœalike urging in rectum, 14.
Wind passes from the anus with more force than usual (third and fourth days), 16b.
Sensation, with much yawning, as if diarrhœa would set in, followed by a regular stool, the last part of which was thinner, having a very peculiar smell, known to the prover, but he could not define it, 15.
Dysenteric feeling (third day), 7.
On waking felt much pain in transverse and descending colon from incarcerated flatulence; was obliged to rise; stool papescent, followed by constriction of the anus; another stool at 9 A.M., with violent tenesmus, and constriction of the anus after the stool (fourth day), 3.
Hypogastrium.
Pain through the pelvis, as if from one acetabulum to the other (sixth day), 11.
Colicky pain in the lower part of the abdomen, with passage of flatus, which relieved but momentarily; subsequent passage of soft stool, with heat and burning irritation of the anus, accompanied by a sensation of great weakness in the bowels, 23.

RECTUM AND ANUS

On the third day she had for the first time in her life protruding painful piles; they appeared without constipation, lasted a week and then disappeared, 20.
Pressure in the rectum (second, third, and fourth days), 9. [140.]
Pressure in the rectum, worse in the evening and in bed, 9.
All the evening a sensation as though diarrhœa would set in; this sensation is, however, only in the anus, 14.
Sensation of constriction in the anus (second, third, and fourth days), 9.
Itching in anus, relieved by scratching, at 10 P.M. (second day), 4.
Intolerable itching about the anus, relieved by scratching, in the afternoon (third day), 3.
Painful desire in the anus and rectum for stool, which, however, will not pass (third day), 7.

STOOL

Diarrhœa.
Diarrhœa early in the morning, as soon as awake; compelled to go to stool at once, with rumbling in the bowels; the stool is soft and painless; another stool immediately after breakfast, with urging (fourth day), 1.
Diarrhœa, with some tenesmus; pain in lower umbilical and upper hypogastric regions before moving the bowels; relieved after stool (second day), 11.
Before taking the medicine was troubled with constipation, with sensation of constriction of sphincter ani; relieved of these symptoms entirely, afterwards the diarrhœa set in, 11.
Slight diarrhœa, two passages, small, and without pain, in the morning (fourth day), 4. [150.]
Two stools every day from the second to sixth days (one stool is the rule), 9.
Loose stool at 8 A.M. (second day), 6.
Soft pappy discharge from the bowels in the morning (second day), 7.
Soft pappy stool in the morning, with some inclination to sit at stool (forty-sixth day); the same kind of stool every morning, for four succeeding days, when it was natural; the passage was accompanied by a feeling as though the mucous membrane was thickened and stiff, 1.
Constipation.
Stool constipated; passed but two small balls after much straining, at 11 A.M. (second day), 3.
Evacuation of bowels with difficulty, ending in thin fæces, painless (second day), 8.
She had been very costive all her life; on the sixth day her bowels began to move regularly; have been getting a little worse since, but not so bad as before, 11b.

URINARY ORGANS

Sensation of pain in the forepart of the urethra (third day), 8.
Double the quantity of urine, even at night (third day); increased for two or three days, 6.
Urine like saffron; bright yellow; no sediment; passes urine often (fourth day); frequent urination, urine darker (fifth and sixth days), 12.

SEXUAL ORGANS

Male. [160.]
In the forenoon erections while riding in his carriage (fifth day), 16b.
In the morning after getting up to urinate, he lies down again, and has long-lasting erections (fourth morning), 16b.
In the morning strong erections, with increased sexual desire (sixth day), 16b.
During coition, insufficient erection, 16b.
Hot red swelling of the prepuce (fifth and sixth days), 12.
Secretion under the prepuce, much increased (fifth and sixth day); continuing for one week, 12.
On ascending the staircase leading to his chamber, he feels that the sexual parts have gone to sleep, 14.
A kind of nervous fluctuating (schuebend) and jerking pain in the left half of the penis, in the region of the prostate, very often repeated (fifth and sixth days), 16b.
Female.
Menses appeared eight days too soon, rather scanty and pale, with bearing-down pain in the back (third day); same, discharge darker (fourth day); the menses continue, with a crampy pain through the hip-joint and pelvis (fifth day); the discharge becomes scanty and pale again; the pain in the back is diminishing (sixth day); all the symptoms have ceased (eighth day), 11b . [She had always been regular before.]
Great sexual excitability (fifth day), 11.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS. [170.]

Hysterical attack of coughing, followed by shedding of tears, in the night (tenth day), 13.
Cough from irritation in the larynx, with loose expectoration during the day, 23.

CHEST

Pain in the chest when taking a full inspiration, 16b.
Sudden pain in the left lung, followed by a sensation as if I were falling (first day), 5.
Pain in right side of chest, could not breathe for a moment; stitching pain, at 4.30 P.M. (third day), 10.
Pain in left side of chest, in the afternoon, continuing one hour and a quarter; better when walking; worse when sitting and taking a deep breath, which causes stitches and the sensation of an adhesion (twelfth day), 13.
Pain in the lower part of left breast, followed in two minutes by the same sensation in right breast, accompanied by continued chilliness down the back, and extending down the inferior extremities, at 8 P.M. (third day), 4.

HEART AND PULSE

Uneasy pain in the region of the heart, lasting an hour or more (after two hours and a half), 8.
Slight palpitation of the heart, which lasted about five minutes, in the afternoon (first day); perhaps a slightly increased action of the heart (second day), 21.
Pulse 92, irregular (first day), 5.

NECK AND BACK

Neck. [180.]
Sensation of stiffness in the neck (part of S. 19), 23.
Pain in the neck, more on the left side when riding in the carriage, as if it would break in two, 16.
Pains in the neck in the evening, which become insupportable in looking upwards, 15b.
Pressing pains in the left side of the neck, sometimes a kind of itching or burning there, soon, 14.
Back.
The pains in the back and hips have increased, they are of a sharp shooting character, shooting down the thighs; also shooting pains in shoulders and down the arms to the hands and fingers, a sensation of pricking over the skin in the region of the pain; the pain is more on the left than right side (one hour after fourth dose, first day), 17.
Small jerks along the left side of the spine, in the region of the ninth rib, due to spasm of a small portion of muscles, 23.
Dorsal.
Acute pain in the inferior part of the scapula, at 12 M. (seventh day), 17.
Shooting pain in region of left scapula, from 11.30 to 12 P.M. (second day), 4.
Lumbar.
Stitches in left lumbar region, lasting only a few seconds (after fifty minutes), 10.
Sacral.
Severe pains in the crest and dorsum of the ilium, extending across the sacrum with a sensation as though there was powerful traction at the attachment of the muscles, at 12 M. (seventh day), 17. [190.]
At 5 P.M. very severe attack of pain across the sacrum and dorsum of each ilium; every movement caused very severe pain; could only rise with great difficulty from the chair, or walk, or move my body in any way; the sensation was as if the muscles were strained, and on the point of being torn from their attachment; much pain for awhile after going to bed (twelfth day), 17.

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL

Pain in arm and leg of right side; pains mostly in the joints; deepseated pains as though they were in the bones; the pains shifted about and did not remain long in one spot (third day), 18.
Aching of the bones, with a feverish state of the system, with fulness and dulness of the head, 23.
Tearing and drawing in left arm and leg from above downwards, at 10 P.M. (third day), 4.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

When riding in his carriage a sensation in both arms and hands, as if they had gone to sleep, more in the hands, 14.
On awaking his left hand and arm have gone to sleep (fourth morning), 16b.
Darting, sticking pains in the arm, neck, and chest of right side (second day), 18.
Shooting pains in the arms, extending to the elbows, at 12 M. (seventh day), 17.
Shoulder.
Continued soreness, very painful in the anterior part of the left armpit (third day), 16b.
Arm.
Twitching in triceps muscles of left arm, at 9 P.M. (fourth day), 3. [200.]
Severe pain in the middle of the left upper arm, like a pinching with dull wooden pincers, coming at intervals and lasting half an hour; subsequently very similar pains on various parts of the body lower down, 14.
Long, deep stitches in left upper arm; afternoon (second, fifth, and twelfth days), 13.
Elbow.
Pain in elbow and wrist of right side (second day), 18.
Severe pain above the right elbow, inwardly on the inner side, increasing in intensity in the direction of the upper arm, 14.
Rheumatic pain in the right elbow-joint, 16b.
Forearm.
Rheumatic pain in right forearm and wrist, 23.
Stitching pain in the course of the ulnar nerve down to the left little finger, 23.
Shooting pains in the forearms and hands, at 1 P.M. (seventh day), 17.
Biting pain in left forearm, lasting a short time (third day), 8.
Wrist.
Several slight indefinable sensations in and around the left wrist, followed in ten or fifteen minutes by a pain in the right tendo Achillis; at its height after one hour, and most in the right upper posterior part of the head, 16. [210.]
Rheumatic pain in the right wrist-joint and in the course of the ulna, 16b.
Great inflammation, redness, and swelling of the back of the hands; soon after, suppuration under the finger-nails, followed by loosening and falling off of the nails, .

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

Bruised sensation in the lower limbs (sixth day), 11.
Hip.
An uneasy painful sensation in the hips and thighs, with a desire to change often their position whilst sitting (seventh day), 17.
Pain in the hips (bruised) at night in bed, causing him to change from side to side, 16b. [220.]
Slight pain in the hips and small of the back and sacrum (three hours and a half after third dose, first day), 17.
Rheumatic pains in both hips from left to right, 23.
Slight shooting pains in the hips, shooting down the thighs at 7 P.M.; pains have increased and are more acute and sharp at 10 P.M. (sixth day), 17.
A severe bruised pain in the left hip-joint, so as to interfere with walking, 23.
Thigh.
Shooting pain in thighs down to the knees, at 12 M. (seventh day), 17.
Knee.
In the evening, when walking, the right knee gave way under him on account of a severe pain below the knee; the following day the same, and a hinderance in walking, from a similar severe pain in the middle toe of the left foot, 15b.
Pain in the knee-joints (rheumatic), most in the right, increased by walking, 16b.
Rheumatic pain in the left knee, 23.
Lancinating pain in the left knee-joint, waking him from sleep, 16b.
Ankle.
Sharp rheumatic pain in both ankles, much increased by walking, 23.
Foot. [230.]
He is troubled in the night with cramp in both feet, especially in the soles under the toes, and always in a very small spot (after two or three weeks), 16b.
He is woke up at 3 A.M. by a cramp in the soles of the feet, particularly in the forepart and under the toes; more in the right foot; he had the same when lying on the lounge in a warm room (fourth night), 16b.
Toes.
Sharp intermitting pain in fourth toe of left foot; soon after, a burning pain just behind the ball of the first toe of the same foot; soon after, slight pain in the lower part of the tibia of the left leg (fifth day), .

GENERALITIES

Objective.
In four hours, pink, flat, spreading swelling of bitten part, with itching; the swelling increased, so that it felt tender on bending the wrist; then the swelling went up arm, bright red, like erysipelas, with itching; the swelling pitted on pressure, leaving a white indentation, with crimson areola; itching in wrist at this time; the swelling was relieved by warm bathing, and the itching by Arnica, 24.
More than usual agility (second day), 6.
Great agility of mind and body (third day), 6.
Indisposition to exercise the muscles; they feel painful when exercised, especially the extensors of the legs, 16b.
General weakness of the whole muscular system; the muscles feel as if paralyzed, 16b.
Very weak in the morning (eleventh day), 13. [240.]
Attacks of faintness, lasting some minutes, at 8 P.M.; everything is black before the eyes; is compelled to sit down (fifth day), 13.
Subjective.
Very susceptible to cold, 23.
He could not bear as well as usual the cold weather (first and second day), 16b.
He is more affected by the cold than usual, especially when walking against the wind, in the evening (fourth week), 16b.
Great liability to take cold, and bad effects from it, 23.
General exaltation; wants to run, but soon becomes tired, in the evening especially (first day), 12.
General lightness (second day), 12.
Indisposed, forgetful, very sleepy and tired in the evening; unusually affected on hearing bad news of some threatening evil, 15.
Had a feeling of discomfort, immediately, and felt badly all day, 15.
He is dull, feels heavy and bruised, in the morning (second day), 14. [250.]
A wretched feeling of the whole system, causing one to gape and stretch, 23.
Languid feeling of the whole system, with pain in all the limbs, accompanied by chills and horripilations along the spine, 23.
A kind of sharp corroding, sore feeling or painfulness, here and there, more or less during the whole day, 15b.

SKIN

Violent itching on the inside of left arm and hand, followed by a rash, appearing in streaks on left arm and hand, as from the seams of a glove; in the afternoon (seventh day), 13.
After taking the first powder, the blister on the face for which the medicine was given seemed rather smaller and harder; after the second it was softer and felt sore; a small pimple appeared on the face; the morning after the third the surface of the blister was irregular, 22. [260.]
Here and there on the skin a pressing-burning sensation on small but not sharply defined places, 14.
Small but violent prickling-pressing stitches, particularly in the region of the right nipple, as from nettles, but without the long-continued sensation of an after-burning; after awhile the same on the left side of the back, and much more violent; still later the same sensation on other parts of the body, 14.
Tingling in the left fingers, 23.
Itching on the scrotum, 16b.
Itching in the left armpit, followed by a soreness; besides this, also a sore place inwardly (first day); the itching still continues, and the feeling of soreness is increased by scratching (second day), 16b.
Itching of the scalp, arms, abdomen, and the whole trunk and head; (this symptom was well marked), (first day), 5.
Several mornings in succession, instead of the itching in the inner and anterior part of the left armpit, he now has the same in the right armpit more outwardly (fifth day), 16b.
In the evening, night, and the following day, a violent itching on the left shoulder-blade and on the left thigh near the inguinal region; it comes again and again, and is each time relieved by scratching (sixth evening and seventh day), 16b.
A very violent itching in the palm of the left hand, for several days), 16b.
Burning itching in the bend of the left knee, which increased to an extraordinary degree, at half past nine; the same sensation, which is neither an itching, nor a burning, nor a pressure, but a union of the three, on many different parts of the body, now here, now there, 14. [270.]
Very violent penetrating itching at the right nipple, immediately, 14.

SLEEP AND DREAMS

Sleepiness.
Very frequent yawning at 1 P.M.; has to stretch out his limbs, 16.
Sleepy in afternoon (ninth, twelfth, and fourteenth days), 13.
Sleepiness in afternoon, then stitches in left ankle (fourth day), 13.
Great sleepiness for half an hour, in afternoon (third day), 13.
Great sleepiness in the evening, while reading, removed (second day), 8.
After eating some water soup, made from scalded rye-bread with cream, he all at once becomes very sleepy, and falls asleep in his chair; on awaking, does not as usual feel refreshed, but goes immediately to bed, and falls asleep at once, 14.
Dull sleepy feeling, with heaviness of the eyelids, and inability to study (first day), 18.
Sleeping easily in the evening (third day), 12.
He is disturbed several times during the night by the restlessness of the children, but each time he falls easily asleep again, which is very unusual, 14. [280.]
He does not feel like getting up; he has scarcely roused himself when he drops off to sleep again (second morning); this happened every morning for more than a week, 15.
Sleeplessness.
Sleeplessness the first twenty-four hours, with sleeping and waking alternately afterwards, 6.
Restless sleep at night (fifth, sixth, and tenth days), 13.
Restless night; sleep much disturbed (second day), 13.
Very wakeful after going to bed (first night), 8.
It is again a habitual thing with him to wake up and feel that he has had sufficient sleep (fifth day), 16b.
For several evenings, he drank beer and afterwards wine, and although he went to bed at 1 o'clock he woke at 3, and felt as if he had had enough sleep, 16.
When he is aroused by a patient he feels as though he had slept enough, and can do with less sleep (third night), 16b.
Very little sleep during the night, with much nausea (third day), 13.
Wakefulness all night, with very little sleep (first night); sleep well (second night); sleeplessness (third night), 1. [290.]

FEVER

Chilliness.
Chills (part of S. 251), 23.
Continued chilly sensations during the night (second night), 4.
Continued creeping down the back (third day), 4. [300.]
Cold feet continually, 23.
Heat.
Feverish heat all over the body, most in the scalp, 16b.
Feverish state of the system), 23.
Some fever (first day), 5.
Hand and face very hot (first day), 5.
A feeling of warmth in the lower part of chest and abdomen, 23.
Sweat.
A copious sweat broke out (after drinking whisky), 26.
Disagreeable sweat during the night, 19.
Woke up with clammy skin (had the same symptom years ago, but no since), 19.

CONDITIONS

Aggravation.
( Morning ), When writing, dizziness; at 4 o'clock, while attempting to rise, giddy; when waking, headache, etc.; when waking, pain in eyes; on getting up, sore throat, etc.; diarrhœa; stitches in right finger-ends; weakness; itching in armpit.
( Afternoon ), From 12 to 10 o'clock, worse when stooping, headache; from 12 to 5 o'clock, pain in incisors.
( Evening ), In bed, pressure in rectum; stitches in left finger-ends; general exaltation.
( Night ), In bed, pain in hips; sweat.
( Open air ), All symptoms.
( Coffee ), Headache.
( After drinking cold water ), Pain in umbilical region.
( Washing in cold water ), Headache.
( Contact ), Stinging in palate.
( Eating ), Inclined to be giddy; stinging in palate.
( Deep inspiration ), Pain in left chest.
( Looking up ), Pain in neck.
( Sitting ), Pain in left chest.
( Sitting up after a walk ), The pains.
( Sitting quietly ), The pains.
( Smoking ), Stinging in palate.
( Study ), The pains.
( Walking ), Pain in knee-joint; pain in ankles.
( Warm bathing ), Swelling of bitten parts.
Amelioration.
( Combing hair ), Headache.
( Walking ), Pain in left chest.
( Washing ), Pain in eyes.

FORMICA.