mag-c. Homeopathy — Allen TF Materia Medica | Similia
MAGNESIA CARBONICA.
Magnesium carbonate, hydrated, MgCO3
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
3H2 O
Magnesia alba precipitata.
Preparation , Triturations.
Authorities.
1 , Hahnemann, Chron. Krank., 4; 2 , Schreter, ibid.; 3 , Wahle, ibid.; 4 , Nenning, from Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. M. L., 2, 257; 5 , Hartlaub, ibid.
MIND
Emotional.
Unwilling to talk, gloomy, and apprehensive (after one hour and a quarter), 4.
She is gloomy and unwilling to talk (after two hours), 4.
Very talkative; everything prospers (first afternoon); not so good-humored (second day), 4.
Sad and apprehensive (after two hours and a half), 4.
Anxious and prostrated, with stitches in the whole body, after rising from bed, lasting several minutes, 4.
Anxious and too warm in bed for several nights; she could not fall asleep for a long time (after twenty-nine days), 4.
Very anxious, with perspiration, all day, especially on moving about, 4.
She was very anxious several nights in succession, and the bed felt as hard as though she were lying upon stones, so that she constantly tossed about (after twelve days), 4.
Anxiety and warmth over the whole body, especially in the head, while eating soup, 4. [10.]
For several nights was unable to fall asleep for a long time on account of anxiety; was frequently obliged to uncover herself, which she could not long endure on account of coldness, 4.
Anxiety and uneasiness at night in bed; she could not bear to have a limb covered, and yet out of bed it immediately became too cold (after four days), 4.
Anxiety for several nights; she could not bear to have her hands under the covers, though if she put them out they immediately became too cold (after twenty-three days), 4.
Tremulous anxiety and fright, as if she apprehended some misfortune, disappearing in the evening in bed (sixth day), 4.
Ill-humored, and yet singing, soon disappearing (after two hours), 4.
Very ill-humored, everything frets her; worse while walking (second evening), 4.
Very ill-humored at 7 P.M., everything is disagreeable, 4.
Very ill-humored all day, everything that she looks at vexes her; better in the evening, 4.
Better humored in the afternoon than in the forenoon, 4.
The head was confused and heavy, as after insufficient sleep, in the morning on rising, disappearing after washing and moving about (seventh day), 4.
Vertigo, so that everything turned around with her, and she felt like falling forward (after two hours), 4. [30.]
Vertigo in the morning after rising, as if everything turned around with her, with qualmishness and profuse accumulation of saliva in the mouth (twenty-sixth day), 4.
Vertigo, even to sinking down, in the evening while sitting (sewing), with nausea; afterwards, while lying down, she became unconscious (after four days), 1.
Vertigo while standing; objects seem to go round; therewith an intoxicated feeling and heaviness of the head, lasting two minutes, at 11 A.M., 4.
Dizziness when kneeling, as if she would fall into a heap (after two hours), 4.
Faint dizziness, with qualmishness; yellow and blue rings about the eyes, followed by two attacks of vomiting of food and bitter and sour mucus; after the vomiting, relief of the stomach, but violent headache and weakness at 7 P.M. (fifteenth day), 4 . [The prover had before the vomiting great nausea in the stomach and pressure as from a stone; she, however, drank some black coffee and her condition became worse, until it amounted to the preceding -H. and T.]
Frequently reeling in the head, like a loss of consciousness (twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth days), 4.
General Head.
Heaviness and dizziness in the head in the morning on rising, disappearing after an hour while walking about (twelfth day), 4.
Heaviness of the head, yawning, and nausea in the stomach (third morning), 4.
Heaviness of the head while lying down, after waking from the midday nap, wherewith the saliva was colored with blood, 1.
Great heaviness of the head in the afternoon, with pain in it (second day), 4. [40.]
Feeling of heat in the head, without external heat, at 1 P.M., 4.
Rush of blood to the head , especially when smoking as usual (after five days), 1.
Great rush of blood to the head in the forenoon, 1.
Feeling as though the head were screwed together from both sides, afterwards also in the occiput, lasting a very long time, at 5 P.M., .
EYE
Matter in the eyes in the morning on waking, with burning and dimness of vision (tenth day), 4. [120.]
Dryness of the eyes, with burning (thirtieth day), 4.
The eyes are very dry in the morning (ninth day), 4.
The eyes seemed swollen in the morning after waking, and for a long time she could not open them, for half an hour (third day), 4.
The eyes seemed swollen in the morning after waking, with dizziness, 4.
Pain in the left eye, as if it would burst or were forced outward, with profuse lachrymation; at times much water runs from the left nostril, with aggravation of the drawing-sticking headache above the left eye, on blowing the nose, 1.
Burning in both eyes from morning till evening (twenty-fifth day), 4.
Burning in the inner canthus of the right eye, which was somewhat inflamed, at 5 P.M., 4.
Constant burning and dryness of the eyes (ninth, tenth, and eleventh days), 4.
Sticking and burning in the eyes, with red vessels in the whites (eleventh day), 4.
Tearing in the eyes, followed by lachrymation, in the morning in bed, disappearing after washing (tenth day), 4. [130.]
Tearing in the right upper margin of the orbit, 4. [140.]
Vibrating jerking above the left eye, extending through the head, on motion and when walking (eleventh day), 1.
Lids.
EAR
External. [160.]
A painful, dull stitch behind the right ear, ending with tension, which disappears only for a short time on pressure, at 3 P.M., 4.
Violent sharp stitches in front of the left ear, for two minutes, at 5.30 P.M., 4.
Tearing in the right external concha, at 10 A.M., 4.
Painful tearing in the whole left concha, lasting two minutes, at 7.30 P.M., 4.
Sore pain behind the lobule of the right ear when pressed upon (seventh day), 1, 4.
During the menses, a burning-smarting below the lobule of the left ear, 4.
Middle.
Burning like fire in the right ear, for a second, 4.
Painful boring in the left ear, with stitches, in the forenoon, lasting three minutes, 4.
Boring pain in the right ear, as with a corkscrew, 4.
Pain like a suppuration in the right external meatus, which is red and inflamed; this continued three days, after which it remained sensitive to pressure for several days, 4. [170.]
During the menses, very pale color of the face, 4.
Very pale and of a bad color, with general discomfort (twelfth day), 4.
Very pale suffering look (nineteenth and twentieth days), 4.
Suffering, pale, earthy look for a long time (twentieth day), 4.
Redness and burning in the face, with external heat, from 5 to 7 P.M., 4.
Great redness of the face with heat of the whole body, frequently recurring, 4.
Subjective.
She was obliged to run from room to room all night on account of pain in the face, to hold the painful side and constantly wag the head; as soon as she remained quiet the pains returned with the same severity, 3.* [230.]
Tension in the whole face, as if the white of an egg had dried upon it (ninth day), 4.
Violent tearing pain in the left side of the face, in the afternoon, 4.*
Cheeks.
Nightly tearing, burrowing and boring as with a red-hot iron in the zygoma, somewhat relieved by sitting up in bed; or driving her out of bed, with frightful anxiety, 3.*
Throbbing pain in the antrum of Highmore, with swelling of the right malar bone, 3.
Lips.
Dry lips without thirst, in the morning, disappearing by noon (twenty-seventh day), 4.
Burning and tension in the middle of the upper lip and also somewhat farther above, 4.
Fine painful tearing in the middle of the lower lip, somewhat to the left side, 4.
Burning and twinging in the centre between the chin and lip, lasting a long time, at 6 P.M., 4.
Violent pain as from suppuration in the right lower jaw, and also in the cheek, with redness and swelling; especially painful when pressed upon, a jerking in it on talking, sneezing, and yawning, for six days, .
MOUTH
Teeth. [240.]
(The lower wisdom teeth come through), (after thirty days), 4.
Looseness of the teeth, with swelling of the gums, 1.
The lower back teeth of both sides are painful, though worse on the left side, in the evening and morning, 4.
Sensation of elongation of the back tooth, with pain in the morning if cold water touches it, as if it would be torn out, also on chewing, 1.
Toothache at night; the teeth seem too long, with rather a tearing than throbbing pain, 1.
Toothache on the right side, daily in the morning, after waking, or after rising, disappearing after moving about for a long time (fifty-ninth day), 4.
Toothache extending from the teeth to the temples, commencing only in the evening in bed, and at night driving her out of bed, several nights in succession, 1.*
Toothache while riding in a carriage, aggravated by cold (thirtieth day), 4. [250.]
Raging toothache in a hollow right back tooth, relieved by nothing (sixtieth day), 4.
Burning, throbbing and tearing, with a sensation of elongation, now in one, now in another tooth, upper or lower, relieved by movement of the body at night, worse in bed, and also during the day, renewed by eating and chewing (after sixteen days), 1.
Burning toothache, in the evening in bed, with pain as if the teeth were loose, 1.
Drawing in all the teeth, with swelling and redness of the gum, 1.
Sticking and tearing in the roots of three left upper teeth, not relieved by pressing upon them; in the open air the teeth seem too long and sensitive, with a kind of tickling sensation, about 3 P.M., 4.
Tearing in a right lower back tooth, afterwards in an upper back tooth, as if it would be twisted out, at 1 P.M. (ninth day), 4.
Tearing in the roots of the teeth of the left lower row, afterwards also in the right lower row, 4.
Tearing in both right lower anterior molars, at 4 P.M. (fifth day), 4.
THROAT
Objective.
Frequent collection of mucus in the throat, which she attempts to raise by hawking (fourth day), 4.
Mucus sometimes gets into the throat, which she is obliged to swallow, with rawness and dryness in the throat, 4.
Expectoration of tenacious blood-streaked mucus, which had oppressed the throat a long time, and which she could not hawk up (sixteenth day), 4.
Subjective.
Frequent desire to hawk, without being able to raise anything, in the afternoon, 4.
Dryness in the throat in the morning, with sticking in the left side, when swallowing and when not (tenth day), 4.
Dryness in the throat on swallowing, soon disappearing (after two hours and a half), 4. [310.]
Great dryness in the throat, with a feeling as if it would be split, on swallowing, in the afternoon, 4.
A sensation in the throat as if it were stopped, or as if no air could pass through, in the morning after rising (thirty-fifth day), 4.
Sensation as of a hard substance in the throat, with burning and choking, when not swallowing; also a raw sensation, with inclination to hawk, 4.
Pain in the throat on swallowing, as if a thick substance lay transversely across the throat, which she ought to swallow, in the forenoon (seventeenth day), 4.
Burning and a feeling of rawness in the throat, soon disappearing, 4.
Spasmodic retching in the throat, at 8 P.M., as if it were distended; she was obliged to open the mouth, but without relief, for half an hour, 4.
Dull stitches in the right side of the throat, on empty swallowing, in the evening, 4.
Sore feeling in the right side of the throat, with stitches and burning in the left side, on talking, sneezing, and yawning, and also worse when swallowing than when not, 4.
A prickling sore sensation in the right posterior nares, as if coryza, while swallowing, and also at other times, 4. [320.]
Rawness in the throat and burning acidity (soon), 4.
Rawness in the throat, almost like a sticking, on swallowing, as if a grain of barley were sticking in it (soon), .
Aversion to food and qualmishness, from 6 to 7 P.M., 4.
Aversion to food, and nausea, as from a disordered stomach, lasting an hour, 4.
Great disgust for food; the stomach was painful and cold (soon), 4.
Great disgust for food, with shuddering, followed by eructations (soon), 4.
She does not relish warm food, has no inclination for bread and butter, 4. [350.]
Aversion to green food; rather relishes meat (eighth day), 4.*
Thirst.
Thirst towards evening , she drinks much, contrary to habit; is obliged to rise at night to urinate, 4.*
Thirst for cold drinks since the diarrhœa, and she drinks much, 4.
Thirst for water; she drinks much after 1 P.M., 4.
Thirst for water in the forenoon; in the afternoon, dryness of the mouth, without thirst, .
ABDOMEN
Hypochondria.
Paralytic pain in the left hypochondria region, at 8.30 P.M.; she could not lie on that side on account of the pain, 4.
Pinching and constriction in both hypochondria, towards the umbilicus, frequently appearing and disappearing, in the forenoon, 4. [410.]
A fine pinching externally beneath the lowest right ribs, extending upwards into the ribs and disappearing, soon followed by a burning in the face, and taking the same direction, 4.
Dull stitches in the right hypochondrium, half an hour after dinner, 4.
Sharp stitches in the left hypochondrium, like stitches in the spleen, while standing, at 2 P.M. (second day), 4.
A violently painful stitch in the right hypochondrium, as with a knife, making her start; on stooping; disappearing on rising, at 7.30 P.M. (fourth day), 4.
Fine stitches in the left hypochondrium (after one hour and a quarter), 4.
Umbilical and Sides.
Audible rumbling beneath the umbilicus, two hours after dinner, 4.
Pain, griping, and grasping about the umbilicus, in the morning (twenty-fifth day), 5.
Griping about the umbilicus, with thin, scanty leucorrhœa (thirteenth day), 4.
Violent griping about the umbilicus, with distension of the abdomen, followed by a stool, which at first was hard, but at last soft, in the morning, 4. [420.]
Excessive griping in the abdomen about the umbilicus, followed by a thin stool and succeeded by burning in the anus, at 5 P.M. (third day), 4.
During the menses, painful dragging beneath the navel frequently wakes her at night, 4.
After micturition, violent twinging beneath the umbilicus, extending into the small of the back and left hip, with a sensation as if an emission of flatus would follow, but it did not; in the open air, 4.
Cutting in the abdomen, beneath the umbilicus, with some dragging, as before menstruation (twenty-second day), 4.
During the menses, cutting pains about the umbilicus, followed by frequent emission of flatus, with relief, in the forenoon, 4.
It seems as though there were something hard in the right side of the abdomen, or in the hepatic region, with frequent griping in the abdomen (after two hours), .
RECTUM AND ANUS
Objective.
Passage of round-worms from the anus, when not at stool, 1.
Pressure in the rectum when not at stool, 1. [480.]
Pressure as if diarrhœa would come on, but only flatus passed, 4.
Woke about 4 A.M. with intolerable pain in the rectum, as if pierced by numerous needles ; somewhat relieved by emission of flatus; very painful, then after awhile she gradually fell asleep again (sixth day).*
Extremely painful stitches as with needles in the anus, occurring in the morning after waking , lasting a minute, and relieved by emission of flatus (seventh day). Frightful pain in the anus as from needles, with urging to stool, though only flatus passed, with relief (eighteenth day), 4.
Tearing in the rectum, extending into the abdomen, during a stool, 1.
Pain in the anus as if sore or ulcerated, while sitting and walking, between 2 and 3 P.M. (fifth day), 4.
Urging.
Desire for stool, soon disappearing after breakfast, 4.
Desire for stool, but only a little fæces are evacuated, followed by ineffectual urging, and then by burning in the anus; after five minutes the desire returned, but there was emission of only flatus, again followed by desire and burning, at noon, 4.
Constant urging to stool, though but little passes, and it is only like a fermentation, 1.
Frequently an ineffectual urging to stool, in the forenoon (twenty-third day), 4.
She was awakened about 4 A.M. to urinate, which was followed by griping in the abdomen; and in the morning pain in the stomach and qualmishness (eighth day), 4.
Urine passes involuntarily while walking (after eleven days), 1.
Inability to retain the urine, on rising from a seat and when walking, 1.
Leucorrhœa discharge of white mucus preceded by cramp in the abdomen, 1.
Menses fourteen days too early, at first scanty, then profuse, dark-colored, lasting three days, 4. [560.]
Menses fourteen days too early, at 6 A.M., with violent pains in the small of the back, worse while sitting, most tolerable while walking, 4.
Menses nine days too early, very scanty, without any trouble, and lasting only two days (twelfth day), 4.
She changed her chemise in the evening and took a foot-bath; the night afterwards the menses appeared, eight days too early, without pain; at first very scanty; next day more profuse and dark-colored; on the third day still more profuse, with dragging in both groins, and during these dragging pains there was no discharge of blood, but always a flow on each emission of flatus, and it was most profuse at noon and in the afternoon, 4.
Menses about six days too early, coming on in the afternoon while walking; at first scanty, then increased for three days, at last very profuse, though without the usual accompaniments, and in all lasting six days (after forty days), 4.
Menses three days too early, more scanty, but lasting three days longer than usual (twenty-sixth day), 4.
The menses, usually very scanty, commenced immediately, two days too early, with tearing toothache and distension of the abdomen, lasting four weeks, 1.
Menstruation three days too late, scanty, and lasting but a short time (fifty-sixth day), .*
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
Contraction in the trachea, with pressive pain in the pit of the throat, 1.
Voice.
Hoarseness, lasting two days (after twenty-two days), 4.
Cough from becoming heated in the slightest degree, 1.
She expectorates mucus and clots of blood of a sweetish taste, at 5 P.M., 4. [600.]
Soft, pea-yellow, very offensive nodules, which he is obliged to hawk up, frequently get into the larynx from the fauces, as if he had swallowed the wrong way, 1.
Constriction about the chest, weariness in the shoulders, and pain as if dislocated in the right middle finger, all of which disappeared on eructations, at 6 P.M., 4.
Constriction about the middle of the chest, as if pressed together, with short breath, at 6 P.M., 4.
Feeling of constriction and pinching in the chest, with difficult and short respiration, while sitting and walking, at 3.30 P.M., 4.
Tightness of the chest; the feet are weary and painful on ascending (eleventh day), 4.
Great tightness of the chest in the afternoon, as if screwed in, with short breath, though not constantly (fifteenth day), 4.
Pressure and heaviness on the chest, as if tight, which, however, has no effect upon respiration and does not last long; in the evening, 4.
Sudden painful pressure upon the chest takes away her breath (sixty-eighth day), 4.
Great oppression of the chest and at times deep respiration (after six days), 1. [610.]
Very acute cutting and sticking in the middle of the chest, which, however, has no effect upon the respiration, from 6. 30 to 7 P.M. (fourth day), 4.
A sensation as if cut to pieces in the chest, and in the morning yellowish purulent expectoration, for several days (after sixty-seven days), 4.
Extremely painful sticking and cutting deep in the middle of the chest, not affected by walking or inspiration, lasting from dinner till towards 5 P.M., 4.
A stitch in the left costal region on inspiration, extending upward beneath the left scapula, while standing at 5 P.M. (thirteenth day), 4.
A long sharp stitch while standing, extending beneath the right breast and up through the shoulder, at 1.30 P.M. (fifth day), 4.
Some violent stitches in the lowest left ribs, obliging her to cry out, mostly while sitting (after ten days), 1.
Bruised pain in the pectoral muscles, on motion and touch (after eight days), 1.
Front.
Violent sharp stitches in the sternum above the ensiform cartilage, at 1 P.M., 4.
Fine stitches lasting a long time in the lower portion of the sternum, with short breath, at 9 P.M., while walking, 4.
A painful stitch extending inward to the right of the ensiform process, .
HEART
Præcordium.
A stitch in the præcordial region at 1 P.M. (tenth day), 4.
Sudden very sore pain in the heart, with distinctly audible creaking (after a meal), together with tormenting nausea, 1.
Tension extending from the shoulder to the angle of the lower jaw, so that he could not stoop on account of the pain, nor close the jaws, 1.
Severe sharp stitch in the nape of the neck while sneezing, 4.
Tearing and drawing in the tendons of the right side of the nape of the neck, at 6.30 P.M. (thirteenth day), 4.
Violent tearing and jerking in the neck, afterwards extending down the back, and gradually ceasing, 4.
Back.
Violent pain in the back and small of the back at night, so that she was unable to lie (second day), 4. [640.]
Two painful dull stitches in the back, extending inwards, but very transient, at 2 P.M., 4.
Violent pain in the back, at night in bed, as if beaten to pieces, worse on motion, though also during rest, 1.
A tightened feeling in the back above the hips, 1.
Lumbar.
During the menses, frequently intermitting pains in the small of the back, 4.
During the menses, drawing pain in the small of the back, relieved by stooping and aggravated by stretching, 4.
Preceding the menses, dragging, cutting, and pains in the small of the back, as if contracted and beaten, especially while sitting, relieved by walking; the flow was at first scanty, but next day very profuse and brown, with relief of the pains; on the third day very scanty, and on the fourth ceased entirely; the flow in general was especially profuse at night, 4.
A sharp stitch in the small of the back in the right side, followed by jerking in the same place, at 1.30 P.M., 4.
Two violent tearings causing shuddering in the lower portion of the spine, so that she was bent backward; followed by stitches in the same place, at 5 P.M., 4.
Bruised pain in the small of the back, from morning till 2 P.M. (twenty-seventh day), 4. [650.]
Violent pain in the small of the back, as if bruised, from 4.30 until lying down at 9 P.M. (eighth day), 4.
After the menses, violent pain in the small of the back as if beaten, when stooping and when not, in the afternoon and evening, .
A kind of paralysis of the left leg with pain in the hip and knee-joints; next day it occurred in the right leg and in the arms; when walking he had a constant pain and was obliged to plant the feet far apart, 1.
A crawling uneasiness in the limbs in the evening, so that she must keep the feet in constant motion, 1.
All her limbs were sore, and she turned from side to side, 4.
If she raises the right arm without thinking of it, it pains as if dislocated; on raising it voluntarily (probably meaning cautiously), it is not painful (nineteenth day), 4. [660.]
If she holds the right arm somewhat elevated and still, she experiences fine stitches under the arm extending to the axilla; they are not felt on moving the arm, 4.
Pains in the shoulder as if dislocated, in the afternoon on moving the right arm; also in bed, but not on every motion (sixteenth and seventeenth days), 4.
The right shoulder-joint pains as if dislocated, with a feeling as if the arm should be allowed to hang down, in the evening, 4.
During the menses, pain in the right shoulder as if dislocated, so that it was difficult to raise the arm, in the morning and afternoon, 4.
Tearing in the right shoulder, gradually extending to the lower portion of the scapula, at 8 A.M., 4.
Tearing in the left shoulder extending to the elbow, at 5 P.M. (sixth day), 4. [670.]
Tearing in the left shoulder, extending to the middle of the upper arm, in the forenoon (eighth day), 4.
Painful tearing in the right shoulder, extending thence to the right clavicle and chest, 4.
Painful tearing in the right shoulder, extending into the wrist; on turning over the hand, the pain also occurred in the finger-joints, in the forenoon (twelfth day), 4.
Paralytic bruised pain in the left shoulder, only on moving the arm and trunk, and on yawning (fifty-eighth day), 4.
Arm.
Some very painful cramplike grips in the upper arms, above the elbows, appearing by paroxysms and intermitting, with stony hardness of the muscles, by day and night, relieved for a time by compressing with the other hand (twentieth day), 1.
Violent tearing pains extending from the left shoulder down to the wrist, both on raising the arm and during rest (twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth day), .
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
A sudden jerk in the left lower extremity, in the evening after falling asleep, so that she started up in fright and was unable to fall asleep again for a long time, 4.
Great weakness of the lower extremities while sitting and on rising from a seat, disappearing on moving about, 4.
Uneasiness in the extremities in the evening after sitting a long time, 1.
The lower extremities, especially the knees, are very painful in the afternoon (fourteenth day), 4.
Tearing continuing a long time, mingled with stitches, from the middle of the thigh down to the middle of the leg, disappearing after rising from a seat, 4.
Violent twinging in the left hip and sacral region, while walking after dinner; followed after five minutes by desire for stool, which was natural, though preceded and accompanied by violent cutting in the rectum, 4.
Becomes easily sprained and strained; on bending the arm backward, the shoulder pains as if dislocated, and when touched feels bruised; she is unable to turn the head to the left without great pain, 1.
In the morning after a good sleep, he is more weary than in the evening on lying down, 1.*
Easily becomes weary while walking (after six days), 1. [760.]
Weakness and weariness of the whole body, especially of the feet (seventh day), 4.
She was unable to sit up in the evening, on account of weakness (forty-second day), 4.
General weakness, suffering expression and some qualmishness (twenty-seventh day), 4.
Very weak and prostrated after vomiting (forty-second day), 4.
Very weak while sitting and walking, less so while standing, in the afternoon (sixth day), 4.
During the menses, great weakness, so that she could scarcely walk, 4.
Exhaustion of mind and body (after twenty days), 1. [770.]
Sudden exhaustion when walking in the open air, 1.
Completely exhausted and a bruised feeling in the hands and feet, with trembling and weakness, in the morning on waking; she was obliged to lie down again, after which she became better, though she felt cold immediately on getting out of bed, 4.
So exhausted, weary, and sleepy after dinner (of rather undigestible food), that he suddenly fell asleep while standing and talking, with confusion of the head, which made all thought impossible, 5.
Prostrated, weak, uncomfortable, with anxious warmth and perspiration (twenty-fifth day), 1, .
SKIN
Eruptions, Dry. [790.]
A number of small red spots on the chest, neither elevated nor itching (thirtieth day), 4.
On the left side of the navel, spots not larger than could be covered with one digital phalanx, which on pressure pained as if ulcerated (eleventh and twenty-fifth days), 4.
Large nodes beneath the skin, with sticking pains, in the axillæ and above the elbow-joints, 1.
Eruption of large pimples here and there on the body, 1.
A pimple beneath the right, and another beneath the left ear, with itching, but not maturating (fourteenth day), 4.
Eruption of pimples on the left arm, which after scratching disappear, but do not itch; they last two days (after ten days), 1.
A number of small pimples on the right side of the chin, almost daily disappearing to give place to fresh ones (after nine days), 4.
Numerous small pimples above the knee, not sensitive, that dry after twenty-four hours, 4.
Red pimples above the knee, soon disappearing, without sensation, 4. [800.]
Eruption of hard pimples in both corners of the mouth (eleventh day), 4.
A hard pimple on the right temple above the ear, painful only when touched (forty-third day), 4.
A hard pimple deep in the skin in front of the left shoulder, which is painful, and stings like a boil only on pressure, with redness, that increases the second and disappears on the third day; above this pimple there is also a smaller one, with red areola, 4.
An itching pimple on the inner surface of the left forearm (twelfth day), 4.
Swelling, redness, and heat in the right middle finger, with itching pimples upon it, on the days when he had no stool, 1.
Itching on the shoulders, on the outer surface of the thigh, and on the throat in the evening before going to sleep and in the morning while dressing; after scratching there appeared on several places-as, for example, on the thighs-itching pimples, which did not last longer than twenty-four hours (eleventh day), 4.
Violent itching on the nates and inner surface of the forearm in the evening while undressing; after scratching violently, itching pimples appeared, which also itched worse after scratching, but disappeared in bed (twentieth day), .
SLEEP AND DREAMS
Sleepiness.
Yawning, accompanied and followed by frequent hiccough, 4.
Frequent yawning and sneezing in the forenoon (twenty-seventh day), 4.
Frequent yawning in the afternoon, without sleepiness, 4.
Frequent yawning towards evening, after 6 P.M., 4.
Constant disagreeable yawning after rising till 9 A.M., 4.
Great inclination to sleep, from which he frequently started up, 1.
Sleepiness and indolence, yawning and stretching half an hour after dinner (sixth day), 4.
Sleepy and indolent; she frequently yawns and stretches in the forenoon, 4.
Very sleepy in the morning though she had slept well all night (second day), 4.
On the second day of the menses very sleepy and weak 4.
(Falls asleep easily and soon, and sleeps well), (fourteenth day), 4.
Sleep, was always good, and better than usual (first nights), 4.
She became sleepy and very late in the evening, 4.
Sleeplessness. [900.]
She became sleepy only very late in the evening, 4.
She was unable to fall asleep for a long time in the evening (thirty-first day), 4.
She was unable to fall asleep in the evening for a long time on account of great uneasiness in the blood; afterwards she slept badly, and was obliged to turn constantly from side to side, without getting rest (second day), 4.
Thirst after dinner, afterwards chilliness; in the evening, burning heat of the face, with cold feet and great mental excitement, 1.
During the menses, whenever she woke or uncovered herself, she was very chilly, 4.
Shaking chill; a coldness in the evening, which also continued for a long time in bed (sixteenth day), 4.
Shaking chill without externally perceptible coldness, at 8 P.M., beginning in the feet, disappearing in bed; the next morning perspiration (second day), 4. [980.]
Shaking chill at 9 P.M.; even in bed she was unable to get warm for an hour (second day), 4.
Feeling of coldness in the evening on undressing, passing off in bed, 4.
Feeling of coldness at 9.30 P.M., before lying down, passing off in bed, 4.
Shivering, at 10 P.M., in bed, for quarter of an hour, without subsequent heat, sweat, or thirst (fifth day), 4.
Chilliness extending up the back, every afternoon from 4 till going to sleep, 1.
Coldness of the feet, as though she were wading in cold water, 1.
Febrile shivering down the back every day at 9 A.M., with some nausea, without subsequent heat, 1.
Heat.
A feeling of warmth streams through her whole body, 4.
Sensation of warmth with perspiration on the head, at noon, lasting till 2 o'clock, 4.
Increased warmth of the body at night, without perspiration (after forty-eight hours), 4. [990.]
Increased feeling of warmth in the morning after rising, lasting till towards noon, 4.
Heat of whole body, with great redness of face, frequently recurring, .
CONDITIONS
Aggravation.
( Morning ), On rising, head confused, etc.; vertigo, etc.; on rising, heaviness, etc., in head; after rising, sticking headache; pressive pain in forehead; after waking, eyes swollen, etc.; in bed, tearing in eyes; sneezing; on waking, dryness of nose; dry lips; burning in palate; bitter taste; after rising, stopped sensation in throat; pain about umbilicus; relieved after warm soup; pain in abdomen, in bed, ceasing after eating; pressure in lower abdomen; after waking, pain in anus; contraction in shoulders, etc.; while walking and stepping upon it, but disappearing after walking a long time, pain from ankle to middle of tibia; in bed, cramp in heels; in bed, disappearing after rising, tremulous, etc.; weariness ; on waking, exhaustion etc.; on rising, stiffness of body; sweat.
( Forenoon ), Numbness, etc., of inner mouth; nausea, etc.; pinching, etc., hypochondria; tearing in ear, etc.; at 9 o'clock, shivering down back, etc.
( Afternoon ), Worse towards evening, headache, etc.; from 1 to 5 o'clock, headache; lasting till evening, and disappearing in bed, tearing in forehead, etc.; tearing, etc., in centre of forehead; at about 3 o'clock, sticking, etc., in roots of teeth; pain in lower extremities; from 4 o'clock till going to sleep, chilliness up back.
( Evening ), While sitting, vertigo, etc.; before menses, ravenous hunger; griping in abdomen; uneasiness in limbs; in bed, drawing about elbow; after falling asleep, jerk in lower extremity; pain in legs; in bed, cramp in calves; after lying down, itching over back; on falling asleep, perspiration.
( Night ), In bed, anxious, etc.; toothache; in bed, worse on motion, pain in back; itching ; warmth of body; internal heat ; towards morning, perspiration; profuse sweat; offensive sweat; sour-smelling, etc., perspiration; towards morning, in bed, dryness of skin.
( In bed ), Pain in teeth.
( Cold ), While riding in carriage, toothache.
( In doors ), Pain in bend of knee.
( Eating ), Burning, etc., in teeth; sticking toothache; sensitiveness of gum, etc.; weakness, etc.
( Becoming heated ), Cough.
( Knitting ), Tearing in elbow-joint.
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Pressure over the whole head, in the house with many people (after fifteen days), 1.
Sticking pains in the whole head, making her very ill-humored, lasting from 8 P.M. till falling asleep, 4.
Sticking headache in the morning after rising, with pressure over the eye (after eighth days), 1.
Stitches in the head, followed by pain like a bruise, in the right and afterwards in the left side of the head, with a feeling as if it would become worse if she moved the head, which, however, was not the case; it occurred while standing at 10.30 A.M., and lasted five minutes, 4.
A deep, dull stitch through the brain, from the vertex to the right side of the occiput, at 10.30 A.M., 4.
Acute, needle-like stitches here and there in the head, from dinner till 3 P.M. (third day), 4.
During the menses, violent, persistent tearing pains, now in both sides of the head, now in the vertex, now in the nape of the neck, only relieved at night, 4. [60.]
Extremely violent tearing and sticking, as with knives, in the whole head, she thought it would take away her senses; in the evening before lying down, and lasting all night, 4.
Vibration in the whole head on slight motion (after fifteen days), 1.
Violent jerking headache, with a feeling of heaviness, at 1 P.M., after a vexation; it constantly increased till it disappeared in the evening in bed (fifteenth day), 4.
Forehead.
Heaviness in the forehead while standing, for half an hour (after two hours), 4.
Heaviness of the forehead, with pain, as from suppuration in the left side of the occiput, at 5 P.M., 4.
Drawing pain in the forehead all the forenoon (tenth day), 4.
Drawing pain in the forehead, with nausea in the stomach (sixth morning), 4.
Great pressure in the forehead, with pain in the eyes, 1.
Pressive pain in the forehead on waking, disappearing at 4 P.M. (twentieth day), 4. [70.]
Pressive pain in the forehead from 8 A.M. till noon, 4.
Pressive, stupefying pain in the left side of the forehead, and also at times in the eyes, lasting a minute, at 3 P.M. (fourteenth day), 4.
Violent sticking about the forehead, frequently repeated, at 6 P.M., lasting an hour, 4.
Pressive-sticking headache in the forehead, frequently intermitting (tenth day), 4.
Fine stitches from within outward in the right side of the forehead, more externally, preceded by some tickling in the same place, at 3.30 P.M., 4.
Tearing and heaviness in the forehead and top of the head after dinner, 4.
Headache; a tearing in the forehead, in the brain, as if benumbed and heavy; from 1 to 5 P.M., 4.
Tearing in the forehead, and drawing backwards in the nape of the neck, lasting from afternoon till evening, and disappearing in bed, 4.
Incessant tearing and beating in the centre of the forehead in the afternoon, 4.
Very painful tearing deep in the brain, in the forepart of the forehead, then in the right and afterwards also in the left frontal region, at last also in front of the left ear, at 4 P.M., 4. [80.]
She felt the beat of an artery in the frontal region (after one hour), 4.
Temples.
Sticking in the left temple (after twelve days), 1.
Painful stitches in the right temple after dinner (tenth day), 4.
A dull stitch in the left temple, and soon afterwards above the right ear (after one hour and three-quarters), 4.
Painful tearing in the right temple, involving the eye, 4.
Painful, but only transient tearing in the left temple at 5 P.M., 4.
Tearing pain in the left temple, disappearing on pressure (fifth afternoon), 4.
Tearing pain in the left temple in the evening on lying down, always immediately disappearing on pressure, but renewed after some time (third day), 4.
Violent tearing in the left temple from below upward, with toothache in the last back teeth (seventeenth evening), 4.
Vertex.
Some sharp stitches in the vertex about 2 P.M., 4. [90.]
During the menses, and for two days afterwards, bruised pain on the vertex, which was also sensitive to touch towards evening, 4.
After the jerking-tearing, the vertex was as sensitive to pressure as if beaten, 4.
Parietals.
Pain in the left side of the head so violent that it woke her at night; she experienced the pain even while asleep; it was worse in the temples, and disappeared on raising the head (second day), 4.
Sticking in the right side of the head, together with throbbing internally, five minutes after dinner, 4.
A sticking inwards externally on both sides of the head, together with an internal painful tearing, at 5 P.M., 4.
Violent sticking in the right side of the head, upon which she lies at night, from within outward, disappearing if she turns upon the other side (second day), 4.
Stitches here and there in the left side of the head, lasting half an hour, at 7 P.M., 4.
A violent stitch extending from the upper part of the right side of the head through to the right side of the occiput, as if caused by a dull borer, at 8.30 A.M., 4.
Several dull stitches in succession in the right side of the head, extending forward, while standing (after one hour and three-quarters), 4.
Some dull, painful stitches in the anterior angle of the right parietal bone at 7 P.M. (fifth day), 4. [100.]
Some sharp stitches in the left side of the head, at 3 P.M., while standing, 4.
Some fine stitches in the right side of the head at the vertex; when it ceased at that place, and she moved the head towards the left side, there was a tearing in the right side of the occiput, 4.
Two sharp and fine stitches in the left parietal bone, extending backward, and at the same time in the upper and forepart of the right parietal bone, so that they extended toward each other (after one hour and a half), 4.
Violent tearing and sticking inwards in the right side of the head, worse while sitting, an hour and a half after dinner, 4.
Occiput.
Tension and drawing in the occiput, as if something would draw the head backward, during and after swallowing; worse while standing, so that she was obliged to sit down, when it disappeared (after two hours), 4.
Violent stitches in the occiput in the evening, 4.
External Head.
The hair falls out more than usual (eighteenth day), 4.
Roaring in the right ear for two minutes, at 3 P.M., 4.
Roaring in the right ear as if she were near rushing water, at 7 P.M. (twenty-fifth day), 4.
Roaring in the right ear, with diminished hearing, and a feeling of intoxication in the open air, so that she did not understand a question put of her, still worse in the house (twenty-ninth day), 4.
Roaring and noises in the left ear like a storm of wind, with diminished hearing, lasting a second, at 4.30 P.M. (tenth day), 4.
Roaring, fluttering, and whizzing in the right ear, with hardness of hearing, for a minute, at 11 A.M., 4.
Stoppage of the nose, which, however, does not last long, at 5.30 P.M., 4.
Stoppage of the nose, frequently alternating with fluent coryza (fourth day), 4.
Inclination to blow the nose, and a feeling as if it were full of mucus, but on blowing it nothing is discharged, and it remains stopped, at 8 A.M., 4.
Tearing in the last left back teeth, without being able to distinguish exactly whether in the upper or lower, in the evening, in bed, lasting till falling asleep, and also in the morning on waking, disappearing on rising (seventeenth day), 4. [260.]
Tearing and drawing in the right lower back teeth, lasting a minute, at 8 P.M. (thirteenth day), 4.
Tearing and drawing in the right lower back teeth, lasting half an hour; she put salt upon it and the pain ceased, at 4 P.M., 4.
Violent tearing in the lower right teeth, extending into the temples, an hour after dinner, 4.
Such violent tearing, drawing, and gnawing toothache in a right lower hollow tooth that she moaned; nothing relieved her; after applying cold water or lying upon the painful side the pain was for a short time relieved, but immediately returned and lasted with varying severity till 4 A.M.; it was worse in a warm room, with uneasiness, ill-humor, and tensive pain over the whole right cheek, after menstruation (after forty-four days), 4.
The teeth are very sensitive, and seem too long (twenty-ninth day), 4.
Jerking toothache, and also jerking in the fingers and feet almost daily, in the morning after rising, and in the night, both while awake and asleep (sixtieth day), 4.
The teeth pained much more violently as soon as he got into bed, with great accumulation of water in the mouth, 1.
Gums.
Constant and almost painless swelling of the gum, even in the sockets of the teeth (after thirteen days), 1.
Frequent burning blisters on the gum, internally to the cheeks, on the lips and palate, in the afternoon, 4. [270.]
The gum internal to the upper lip is painful, as if cut to pieces in the middle, from morning till afternoon; on touching it with the tongue it burns, 4.
Great sensitiveness and burning of the gum at noon, while eating; therewith, the teeth seem too long, and feel as if they would fall out, especially the two lower front incisors; in the evening it disappears, but is always renewed on eating (thirty-second day), 4.
Tongue.
Small burning, painful blisters on the forepart of the left margin of the tongue and lower lip, suppurating on the third day, 4.
Tensive painful blisters on the anterior margin of the tongue, and right corner of the mouth, 4.
General Mouth.
A small reddish-blue spot on the left cheek internally, without sensation, but bleeding when rubbed (thirty-first day), 1.
A number of pimples like millet-seeds in the mouth; not only on the tongue, but on the sides of both cheeks; they bleed on the slightest touch and burn while eating, especially acids, lasting four days (after thirty-two days), 4.
Blisters on the palate in the morning; on eating bread, a feeling as if the skin were loosened; next day, a feeling as if the spot were denuded and sore (fifty-eighth day); these blisters and this raw sensation disappeared on the appearance of the menses (fifty-ninth day), 4.
The whole inner mouth, especially the palate and anterior half of the tongue, feel numb, in the morning on waking, and the whole forenoon (twenty-third day), 4.
Shortly before menstruation, frequent eructations and nausea, 3.
Empty eructations (soon); also, in morning, after soup, 4.
Empty eructations, during which there is a painful tearing or cutting above the umbilicus, extending from the left to the right side (after two hours), 4.
Rising of water into the mouth, without eructations (twenty-seventh day), 4.
Frequent collection of tasteless water in the mouth, with frequent risings, together with vertigo and qualmishness, after eating plums (twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth days), 4.
Hiccough, though incomplete, together with a spasmodic pain in the stomach, soon disappearing, 4.
Frequent hiccough, followed by eructations, in the morning after rising, 4.
Nausea and Vomiting.
Nausea and general discomfort in the forenoon, disappearing after dinner (twenty-first day), 4.
During the menses, nauseated and qualmish from morning till noon, 4.
Nausea, with eructations of the odor of bad eggs, all night (fifteenth day), 4.
Nausea in the stomach, without aversion to food, with heaviness in the head and ill-humor, 4. [380.]
Nausea, and a feeling as if the stomach were full of water; she wished that she could eructate, 4.
Nausea and qualmishness, with constipation, for three days (after fifty-three days), 4.
Nausea in the stomach, even to vomiting, with empty eructations, 4.
At noon, while eating soup, she was suddenly attacked with excessive nausea and vertigo, so that she almost fell down; followed by retching, and at last vomiting, at first of salty water, then of the soup, and afterwards again only water, which lasted for a quarter of an hour, with deathly anxiety, so that sweat stood on the forehead; this lasted an hour, was followed by white diarrhœa, after which there were cutting pains in the bowels and distension of the whole abdomen (forty-second day), 4.
Pressure in the stomach, extending up into the chest, disappearing after empty eructations, 4.
A dull stitch to the right of the pit of the stomach, extending into the right chest, 4.
A sharp stitch in the pit of the stomach, so violent that it made her start, 4.
About ten sudden stitches, as with a knife, somewhat to the right of the pit of the stomach, so that she thought she could not endure it, at 2 P.M. (second day), 4.
Pain like a soreness in the stomach and both hypochondria, when touched, even at night in bed (forty-second and forty-third days), 4.
The stomach is very sensitive to pressure, almost like an ulcer, and a feeling internally as if it would fall out, with coldness and prostration; she could not walk across the room on account of weakness; somewhat relieved by drinking coffee (twenty-sixth day), 4.
Great distension of the abdomen, after dinner (eleventh day), 4.
Great distension of the abdomen, with tension, from 3 P.M. till evening (twenty-fifth day), 4.
Great distension of the abdomen, only somewhat relieved by emission of flatus, in the evening, 4.
The abdomen is excessively distended, afterwards also at night; with profuse emission of flatus, with relief, 4.*
Abdomen excessively distended and tense, in spite of three loose movements, in the afternoon (second day), 4.
Movings and slight griping in the whole abdomen, followed by emission of flatus, with relief, and at last a soft stool, 4.
Much motion in the abdomen before the stool, and he became hot before the stool passed, 1.
Pinching movings in the upper abdomen, somewhat to the left side, at 5.45 P.M., 4.
Rolling and gurgling in the bowels on inspiration, as in cramps, disappearing after eating, in the evening and the following morning (tenth and eleventh days), 4. [440.]
Audible though not perceptible rumbling in the abdomen, as in cramps, at 9 A.M., 4.
Audible rumbling and gurgling, on motion, without even knowing where, in the forenoon, 4.
Violent audible rumbling, gurgling, and moving back and forth, with fine cutting in the abdomen, all day, 4.*
Painless rumbling and movements in the abdomen, at 1 P.M., 4.
Emission of flatus while walking, soon followed by the usual stool, 4.
Frequent loud emission of flatus, in the afternoon and at night, 4.
Frequent emission of flatus of a penetrating odor (twenty-eighth day), 4.
The abdomen seemed empty in the morning after rising; the intestines seemed empty and contracted, together with a pain as if they had just been torn out, 4.
Pain in the abdomen, followed by leucorrhœa like water, in the forenoon (twenty-fifth day), 4.
Pain in the abdomen, with dragging towards the genitals, in bed; next morning, the menses appeared, six days too early, at first very scanty and without pain, in the afternoon more profuse, 4.
During the menses violent pains in the abdomen , in the forenoon, 4.*
Violent pain in the abdomen, especially about the umbilicus, in the morning while in and out of bed, relieved after warm soup, 4.
Cramplike pain in the abdomen, like a constriction, followed by diarrhœa and relief, at 8 P.M. (twenty-second day), 4.
Griping in the abdomen , three days in succession (after eighteen days), 1.*
Griping in the whole abdomen, at 10 A.M. (seventh day), 4.
Griping in the abdomen, even in the forenoon, and only transiently intermitting; in the afternoon it became worse, and in the evening worse still, with distension of the abdomen; emission of flatus afforded relief (twenty-eighth day), 4.
Griping or grasping in the whole abdomen, as before menstruation, with profuse emission of offensive flatus, at noon; the griping was worse in the evening, and preceded by rumbling in the abdomen, 4.
*Griping and rumbling in the whole abdomen, followed by diarrhœa, thin and green, without tenesmus (after one hour); renewed after an hour and a half, and also a quarter of an hour after dinner, and about 1 o'clock, 4. [460.]
Frequently intermitting griping and movings in the abdomen, with the usual stool; on moving the body to and fro she at last got into a position in which the pain disappeared for a time; it also occurred in the morning in bed (thirtieth day), 4.
Pinching in the forepart of the abdomen, in the morning, without stool, 4.
Violent pinching in the middle of the abdomen, relieved by emission of flatus, and followed by stool, the first part of which was very scanty and as hard as stone, with great pressure, but the last was soft and passed without pressing; after the stool burning like fire in the anus, at 2 P.M. (fifth day), 4.
A feeling as if everything were twisting about in the abdomen, with stitches beneath the umbilicus, at 2 P.M. (second day), 4.
Cutting in the intestines, in the evening, lasting till falling asleep, 4.
Cutting and griping in the abdomen, before the stool, 1.*
Violent pain in the abdomen, as if the intestines would be torn out, lasting three days, not relieved by smelling Camphor, but completely relieved by smelling Hepar sulph. (twenty-ninth day), 4.
Colic and distension of the abdomen, after eating, 1.
Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions.
Fulness in the lower abdomen, relieved by walking, at 2.30 P.M. (second day), 4.
Painful griping in the lower abdomen, beneath the umbilicus, frequently intermitting; afterwards the pain extends to the stomach, in the afternoon, 4. [470.]
Pains and griping in the whole lower abdomen, and dragging towards the genitals, at 9 A.M., that continually became worse till 11 A.M.; during which, after 9 o'clock, the menses reappeared, but disappeared in the afternoon (sixty-seventh day), 4.
During the menses, violent dragging pains in the lower abdomen, all night and in the morning, 4.
Pressure in the lower abdomen, every morning in bed, ceasing after eating (after twenty days), 1.
Violently cutting colic, extending from the small of the back to the pubis (after four hours), 3.
Acute constricting-griping pain, as with pincers, in the right groin, so that she was obliged to cry out, at 11 A.M. (twenty-eighth day), 4.
Pinching pain in the right groin, disappearing on rubbing, while walking, at 3.30 P.M., 4.
Painful cutting and dragging in the abdomen, in both groins; it woke her from sleep at night (after forty-eight hours), 4.
Hard stool first in the evening, with pressure and pain, 4.
Hard stool at 2 P.M., followed by excessive burning in the anus, lasting till 5 P.M., 4.
The stool was so hard that she could evacuate it only with great effort, immediately after dinner, 4.
Stool hard and crumbling; it troubled her a long time before a portion passed (twenty-seventh day), 4.
Hard scanty stool in the morning, with some pressure, 4.
Desire for stool, instead of which there was an emission of flatus, with cutting and twinging pain in the anus, after which there is a hard evacuation with pressure, though it seemed as though diarrhœa would occur, 4.
The first portion of the stool was hard, the last thin, followed by excessive burning in the rectum, 4.
Stool very hard in the morning (second day), 4. [520.]
Menstruation delayed three days; at first it was scanty in the evening, but became more profuse in the night, and still more so on the following day, when large clots of blood were passed; it all lasted only three days (after forty-two days), 4. [570.]
Menstruation four days later than usual, and more profuse (thirteenth day), 1.
Menstruation delayed seven days, and preceded by sore throat, 4.
The menses showed themselves somewhat (fifteenth day), 4.
Discharge of blood seven days before the time for menstruation, which afterwards occurred on the twenty-eighth day, as usual, 1.
Menses more profuse and lasting about a day longer than usual, 4.
The menses, which had disappeared for several years in a woman past the menopause, returned and flowed profusely for four days, 1.
The menstrual flow was dark-colored and very profuse, 4.
Menses very profuse on the fourth and fifth days, associated with headache, worse in the evening, 4.
The menses returned the third day very profusely, with cutting colic, and continued for several days, 3. [580.]
Menses very profuse on the second day, though without pain, less on the third, and stopped on the fourth day, 4.
Menstruation came on in the night, was at first scanty, more profuse the following forenoon; in the afternoon it suddenly ceased (fifty-ninth day), 4.
*The menses flow more profusely during the night than in the day, which was not usually the case, with dragging pains; relieved on pressing on the abdomen and on stooping, 4.
The menses were most profuse, while walking and standing, 4.
Menstruation at the right time and without pain, which was not usually the case; in the forenoon, with ill-humor, which became better in the afternoon, 4.
The menstrual flow was very glutinous, dark-colored, almost like pitch, and very difficult to wash off, 4.*
No menstrual discharge during the pains, only after them, and also at night in sleep, 4.
Sticking-burning and bruised pain above the left hip, extending up to beneath the shoulder, aggravated on stooping towards that side, and generally worse for three days, when it gradually decreased; together with dry cough, with violent stitches in the side; it was somewhat relieved by pressing the hand upon the painful spot and bending herself together; from 7 to 9 P.M. (after sixty days), 4.
Stitches in the left side of the chest beneath the shoulder, at 3.30 P.M., 4.
A cutting stitch in the ribs beneath the right axilla, not affecting breathing, 4.
Throbbing in the left side of the chest, in the evening on falling asleep, 1.
Mammæ.
A burning internally beneath the left breast, and a sweetish taste in the throat, followed by cough and expectoration of a piece of tenacious brown mucus, at 10 A.M. while sitting (tenth day), 4.
Violent dull stitches in the left breast, extending to the shoulders on breathing, lasting two minutes, at noon, 4.
Sharp stitches beneath the right breast, extending towards the navel, at 10 A.M., 4.
Some sharp stitches beneath the left breast, not affecting respiration, half an hour after dinner, 4.
A sharp stitch beneath the right breast, on inspiration, 4.
Fine stitches beneath the left breast, at 9 P.M. while sitting; disappearing, but returning in the sternum, 4. [630.]
Several fine painful stitches in succession beneath the left breast, while sitting at 7 P.M., 4.
Cutting stitches beneath the left breast, while yawning at 1 P.M., 4.
The first joint of the right middle finger is painful, as if dislocated, at 6 P.M., 4.
Tearing in the first joints of the fingers of the right hand, at 5 P.M. (thirteenth day), 4.
Violent tearing on the dorsal surface of the first phalanx of the right little finger, at 9 A.M., 4.
Violent tearing in the tips of the fingers of both hands, extending to the backs of the hands, lasting half an hour, in the morning after rising (thirteenth day), 4.
Fine tearing in the first joint of the right thumb forward to the nail, 4.
Tearing pain about the left thumb and index finger, followed by transient paralysis of both fingers, for two evenings, 1.
Violent boring-gnawing pain in the first phalanx of the left thumb, as if in the marrow, in the forenoon, 4. [700.]
Throbbing pain as from an ulcer in the tip of the left thumb, ceasing on pressing upon it, soon after dinner, 4.
Hard swelling in the hollow of the knee; he was unable to stretch out the leg on account of the pain in it, 1. [720.]
Heaviness and painfulness of the knees while walking, from afternoon till evening, 4.
A weary pain in the knees, while sitting and still more while walking (third day), 4.
The knees are painful, as after a long walk; he can scarcely walk without a cane (after four days), 1.
A pain in the bend of the left knee on stepping, as if the tendons were too short, twice in succession, on going into the house from the open air, 4.
Tension in the hollows of the knees (after three days), 1.
Drawing pain in the knees, extending to the soles of the feet, like a burrowing in the marrow, 1.
Pain in the hollow of the left knee, while walking, like a drawing or tension, at 8 A.M. (sixth day), 4.
Fine boring in the right knee, frequently intermitting, 4.
Tearing in the right knee, while standing, 4. [730.]
A painful tearing in the right knee, more towards the outer surface, 4.
Painful tearing as if in the bone, extending outward in the bend of the left knee; it frequently intermits, and at last extends upward into the thigh; while walking, it feels tense, as if the tendons were too short, 4.
Violent boring-tearing pain in the left knee, as if it would be torn open, at 8 P.M. (second day), 4.
During the menses, a bruised pain in the knees, while walking, 4.
Leg.
Great uneasiness in the left leg at night; she was constantly obliged to put it out of bed into a cool place, 1.
Drawing pain in the legs from above downward, in the evening (after twenty-four days), 1.
Bruised pain extending from the left ankle to the middle of the tibia, in the morning while walking and stepping upon it, but disappearing after walking a long time (second day), 4.
Foot.
During the menses, painfulness of the feet, even in bed, 4.
Violent pain in the feet as if they were too heavy and weary, especially on ascending steps, from 5 to 8 P.M. (seventh day), 4.
A piercing stitch in the bone of the right great toe, extending to its dorsal surface, so violent that it makes her start and jerk the feet upward, at 7 P.M. (third day), 4.
Tearing in the right great toe, extending from the first phalanx to the tip, 4.
Violent tearing in the left little toe, afterwards also in the fourth toe, at 3 P.M., while walking, 4.
During the menses, very prostrated and weak all day; with perspiration, without thirst, 4.
Internal restlessness, with distraction of mind, so that while writing a letter he was obliged to stand up several times and write the letter over three times; with trembling of the hands (after three weeks), 4.
He tossed from side to side in bed for two nights, and if his body lay quiet the arms and legs jerked all night, even while awake, but without pain; on waking he knew nothing of the occurrences of the night (after eight days), 1.
Subjective.
Great sensitiveness of the skin of the head and body, especially to cold; cold creeping though the skin, and chilliness through and through, from every slight draft, 1.
Stiffness of the whole body, in the morning on rising, 1.
Feels weak in the morning in bed (after seventeen days), 1. [780.]
General heaviness and prostration all day (soon), 4.
Extremely uncomfortable, apathetic and weak, in the morning (second day), 4.
Pains here and there, in all parts of the body, 1.
Violent jerking-tearing, now in the vertex, now in the occiput, upper arms and thighs, all day (twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth days); while in bed she was free from pain, but on rising the jerking pains here and there began again (twenty-eighth day), 4.
She was attacked with frightful dizzy faintness, with coldness at 9 P.M., after lying down; after which she was qualmish for half an hour; she then fell asleep, but frequently woke; with great nausea from the slightest motion, less when quiet; in the morning after rising it was worse; wherewith she had a very disagreeable taste, almost like bad eggs, and similar eructations, with a pale face and coldness (twenty-fifth day), 4.
The symptoms seem to reappear after three weeks, 4.
The symptoms which occur while sitting are usually relieved by walking, and the symptoms seem better in the open air than in the house, 4.
Small pimples between the fingers of the left hand, that contain no liquid, but itch so much that she could scratch them off; in the afternoon they disappeared (twentieth day), 4.
Violent itching on the inner surface of the left forearm while washing with cold water and soap; after scratching, the whole place became filled with red itching pimples, which soon disappeared after drying; in the afternoon (nineteenth day), 4.
Eruptions, Moist.
On the wrist an itching pimple, exuding clear water on pressure (thirteenth day), 4. [810.]
A vesicle on the back of the nose, without sensation, in the morning (sixth day), 4.
A vesicle on the first joint of the left index finger (after ten days), 1.
A vesicle on the left index finger, near the nail, 1.
A vesicle on the lower lip, near the right corner of the mouth, which desquamates on the third day (sixtieth day), 4.
Numerous vesicles on both sides of the forehead and the right corner of the mouth (sixteenth day), 4.
Clear vesicles, with tensive pain in the left corner of the upper lip (seventeenth day), 4.
Clear vesicles on the left side of the nape of the neck, without sensation, in the morning (second day), 4.
Clear vesicles above the right breast and on the right shoulder, in the morning (tenth day), 4.
Violent itching of the palm of the left hand, and after scratching a long time some clear vesicles appeared; even on the following day the itching continued (after fourteen days), 4. [820.]
Crawling and itching, as from vermin, in various parts of the body, especially on the shoulders; after scratching, small, clear vesicles appear, which dry up in twenty-four to forty-eight hours; in the afternoon, evening, and morning (after thirteen days), 4.
Violent itching between the third and fourth fingers of the right hand; after violent scratching, there appeared two vesicles containing clear water, but not itching, and on the spot that had been scratched on both sides of the fingers, there appeared long white streaks (nineteenth day), 4.
Violently itching vesicles on the sides of the nose two days before menstruation (fifty-seventh day), 4.
Eruption of tetter all about below the whole mouth, 1.
Small, red, somewhat elevated, smooth tetter, that afterwards desquamates, without sensation, on the chest and calves (twenty-first day), 5.
A blister formed in the scar of an old burn, from which he suffered for six weeks, 1.
A small scab, as after a vesicle that had been scratched off, on the left side of the forehead, without sensation, lasting eight days, 4.
A pustule on the tip of the nose (ninety-seventh day), 4. [830.]
A pustule beneath the right nostril; at first it itches, on the second day it suppurates, and afterwards leaves a burning scab (thirteenth day), 4.
A number of small boils on the posterior surface of the lower portion of the right thigh, with redness, but without itching; next day, most of them had disappeared, and the skin was rough in the evening (fifteenth day), 4.
A small pustule in front of the right ear, without sensation (twenty-eighth day), 4.
A small boil on the left side of the forehead, and another on the right side of the throat (eighth day), 4.
A small boil on the left side of the chest, suppurating on the following day (eighteenth day), 4.
Subjective.
Itching here and there over the whole body, from evening till 3 A.M. (after twenty-three days), 4.
Itching here and there over the whole head; after scratching it always appears in other places; in the evening (tenth day), 4.
Incessant itching at night, like a biting through the whole body, so that she often started, 1.
Violent itching, especially above the hips, 1. [840.]
Violent itching here and there over the whole body, that after scratching always appears in another spot, three nights in succession, lasting till 5 A.M. (after forty days), 4.
Itching-burning above the upper lip, towards the left corner of the mouth, at 1 P.M., 4.
An itching stitch above the right hip, obliging scratching and then disappearing, 4.
Extremely fine itching-burning stitches, as from fleas, now in the right, now in the left hip, left sacral and right hypochondriac regions, 4.
Violent itching-biting in the nape of the neck and on the throat, which burn after scratching, in the evening, 4.
Crawling, as from ants, on the under surface of the first joints of the toes of the right foot; afterwards, the same on the dorsum of the foot, 4.
Itching in various places, especially on the forehead, nose, throat, forearms, removed by scratching (second day), 4.
Itching on the nape of the neck, removed by scratching, at 6 P.M., 4.
Itching on the right side of the neck, with burning after scratching (ninth day), 4.
During the menses, itching on the neck and shoulders in the afternoon, 4.
Itching on the back, as from vermin, removed by scratching, at noon and in the evening (thirteenth day), 4.
Itching over the whole back, and burning after scratching, in the evening on lying down (twenty-fifth day), 4.
Itching in the middle of the back; on scratching, it appears on the left shoulder, where it disappears after scratching; an hour and a half after dinner, 4. [860.]
Itching here and there on the posterior portion of the trunk, 4.
Itching between the shoulders, and after scratching burning there, at 6 P.M. (third day), 4.
Itching on the shoulder, removed by scratching, but returning after half an hour, 4.
Itching in the left axilla (twenty-seventh day), 4.
Itching on the right forearm, from the first joint of the thumb extending up along the radius, removed by scratching, at 1.15 P.M., 4.
Itching on the anterior surface of the right forearm, below the elbow; after scratching it disappears, but a red spot appears, 4.
Itching on the inner surface of the left wrist, 4.
Itching of the palm of the left hand, removed by scratching, in the morning after rising (second day), 4.
Itching on the right hip while standing; after scratching, burning (after three-quarters of an hour), 4.
Itching of all the toes of the left foot, so violent that she could tear them out, an hour after dinner, 4. [870.]
Transient itching beneath the right ear, removed by scratching, 4.
Constant itching on the nates, not at all relieved by scratching, 4.
Violent itching on the left side of the throat at night; she woke in order to scratch, after which a red spot appeared (fifteenth day), 4.
Violent itching on a spot as large as the hand in the right groin with internal burning, both disappearing after scratching, with chilliness of the body (fifth day), 4.
Violent itching on the back, removed by scratching, but frequently returning, 4.
Violent itching of the left hand, so that she could scratch it to pieces, at 10 P.M. (second day), 4.
Violent itching of the palm of the left hand, she could not scratch it enough, from 7 P.M. till lying down, 4.
Violent itching on the right shoulder; after scratching the spots burns; in the afternoon (third day), 4.
Violent itching on the right calf, removed by scratching, at 4 P.M., 4. [880.]
Violent, prolonged itching between the fourth and fifth toes of the left foot, 4.
Voluptuous itching externally about the throat, removed by scratching, but frequently returning, 4.
Painful itching of the upper part of the left side of the nose, near the eye (twenty-fifth day), 4.
Burning-itching in the small of the back, above the nates, 1.
She woke about 2 or 3 o'clock, and could not sleep again, 1.
She woke at 3 A.M., and was unable to fall asleep again (fifty-ninth day), 4.
Restless night; she woke at 1 A.M., and was unable to fall asleep again till 5, 4. [910.]
Many very restless nights, with little and unrefreshing sleep, 4.
Very uneasy sleep, with frequent waking (thirteenth day), 4.
Starting up in the afternoon sleep for several days, 1.
When falling asleep, he started up and was attacked with uneasiness in the limbs, 1.
Starting up twice in succession, about midnight; then she became wide awake, and was unable to fall asleep again (after one hour, twenty-eighth day), 4.
A pleasant dream of receiving money (twenty-fifth day), 4.
Dream that she invested money in a lottery (ninth day), 4.
Dream of very small horses, that she exerted herself to reflect upon, after midnight (fourth day), 4. [930.]
Dreams of masks in fools' clothes, which they soiled (ninth day), 4.
Dream that she was at a ball where they did not dance enough; also at first she could not get ready with her dress (twenty-fifty day), 4.
Dream of flowers, clothes, and other things; she had to make up the clothes, but had no inclination to do it, and besides did not understand how; she also saw many foreign plants, but during this she became soaked with rain (fourteenth day), 4.
After midnight she dreamed that she was to marry one she did not like, which she violently resisted; she cried aloud, wept, and sobbed, without waking (thirty-second day), 4.
Sad, but unremembered dream (thirty-third day), 4.
Dream of her hair falling out, which made her very sad (seventh day), 4.
Dream of the dangerous carrying of glasses (seventh day), 4.
Dream that she had something contraband, and wanted to snatch it away from those looking at it, and lock it up (eighth day), 4.
She slept somewhat better from 10 to 1; but afterwards till 4 slept with heat and perspiration, so that she could tolerate no covering; then till 6 good sleep, without perspiration (twenty-sixth day), 4.
Great internal heat at night, so that he could scarcely remain in bed, with great dread of the slightest exposure (after four days), 1.
Frequent transient feeling of heat through the body, in the forenoon, without perspiration and thirst, 4.
Great warmth in the head, and perspiration on the face, 4.
Heat in the head and hands, with redness of the face and increased external warmth (seventh day), 4.
Heat of the face and hands, redness, burning, and thirst for half an hour, at noon, 4.
Sensation of heat in the head, with external heat and redness of the face, soon followed by paleness; and so on, frequently recurring (tenth afternoon), 4.
Frequent sensation of heat in the head, though very transient, at 6 P.M., 4. [1000.]
Frequent flushes of heat in the head without subsequent sweat, 4.
Sweat.
Perspiration towards morning, lasting five days (after fourteen days), 4.
The child perspires in the evening on falling asleep, 1.
