By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
VOMICA
Strychnos nux vomica, Linn.
Natural order , Loganiaceæ.
Common names , Poison-nut; Kuchila (Bengal); (G.), Kræhenaugen; (Fr.), Noix vomique; (also known as false angustura bark).
Preparation , Tincture or trituration of the seed.
Authorities. (Nos.
1 to 18 , from Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 1, fourth ed.).
1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Flaeming; 3 , Fried. Hahnemann; 4 , Stapf; 5 , Wahle; 6 , Bergius, Mat. Med. ("from 10-grain doses in a woman suffering from dysentery," -Hughes); 7 , Consbruch, Hufel. Journ., IV, p. 443 ("from 2 drachms of powder in a man," -Hughes); 8 , Hartmann, Diss. Spicileg. ad nucis vom. usum. Trag. ad Viadr., 1785, p. 20 ("not accessible," -Hughes); 9 , Hoffmann, Med. rat. Lyst., II, p. 283 ("from 15 grains in a girl of ten," -Hughes); 10 , Hufel. Journ., d. p. Arz., I, p. 125 ("from 9 grains, in two doses, given to a woman in dysentery," -Hughes); 11 , Jungnans, Diss. de nuce vomica, Hal., 1770, p. 13 ("general statement of effect of N. v. on patients," -Hughes); 12 , Matthiolus, Comment. in Diosc. libr., IV, Cap. 23 ("no such observation found in work mentioned, but other authors mention his case as that of an old woman killed by a small quantity," -Hughes); 13 , Rademacher, in Hufel. Journ., IV, p. 573 ("from 8 grains given to a man in dysentery," -Hughes); 14 , Seutter, Diss. de nuce vom., L. B., 1691 ("from a mixture of N. v. and Gentian, given to a girl in fever," -Hughes); 15 , Strandberg, in Kiernander's Med. lac., p. 269 ("not accessible," -Hughes); 16 , Thomas a Theussink, Waarnemingen, XXXIII ("not accessible," -Hughes); 17 , Veckoskrift för Läkase, II, p. 169 ("not accessible," -Hughes); 18 , J. P. Wiel, obs. de usu interne nucis vom. et vitr. alb., Viteb., 1771 (" not accessible," -Hughes); , Kind, Hufel. Journ., 1827 (from Hartlaub and Trinks, Reine Arznm., 3), effects of an indefinite quantity in a young girl who took it with suicidal intent; , Basedow, Hufel. Journ., 1828 (from H. and T.), effects of a spoonful of the powdered nut in a girl aged twenty; , Kopp, Denkwordigkeiten, I, 121, effects observed in a woman who had suffered for eleven years with vertigo (from H. and T.); , Gerson and Julius, Mag. de ausl. Lit. (from H. and T.), case of poisoning of a man aged fifty-six; , Robinson, Br. J. of Hom., 25, 325, effects of the 30th dil., three doses, at intervals of half an hour, in an old "male" (man?); , same, effects of 30th dil., every morning, in a young "female" (woman?); , same, effects of the 1000th dil., one dose, in an old "male;" , same, effects of 30th dil., night and morning, in a middle-aged "female;" , same, similar to last; , same, similar doses in a "male;" , same, similar to last; , same, one dose of 30th, in a "male;" , same, 30th dil., night and morning, in a "female;" , Cockburn, Month. Hom. Rev., 2, p. 49, effects of two pills, each containing 1 1/2 grain of N. v., in a man suffering from a slight nervous affection, "cramps began ten minutes after second pill," that was taken several hours after the first one; , Berridge, N. Am. J. of Hom., N. S., Vol. III, p. 500, effects of four doses of the 94m (Fincke); , Berridge, N. E. Med. Gaz., 9, p. 401, effects of the DM dil. (Bœricke), taken three times a day, for three days, for a cough (which it removed); , same, effects of the 3d dil., "only when taken in the morning;" , same, N. Am. J. of Hom., N. S., 4, p. 192, effects of the MM dil. (Bœricke), taken in the evening; , same, effects of 200th. dil. (Lehrmann), in a man; , same, Vol. V, p. 576, proving by Dr. Wilson, with one globule of 200th dil. (Lehrmann), taken in the evening; , same, effects of 3d dil., taken three times, at intervals of twelve hours, in a man; , same, effects of one globule of 200th dil. (Lehrmann), taken at 10.30 P.M.; , same, effect of 2m dil. (Jenichen), repeated doses, in self; , same, effect of 12th dil. in a man; , Ollier, Lond. Med. Repos., 1823, p. 448, a woman took nearly 1/2 ounce of the powder; , Tacheron, Lond. Med. Repos., 1823, p. 456, a woman took a drachm, in some wine; , Levie, Schmidt Jahrb., 30, 296, (1830), a man took part of a powdered nut; , Baynham, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1829, p. 445, a young woman took 1/2 ounce of the powdered nuts; , Bouillaud, Frank's Mag., 4, 649, a man, aged forty-five, took a considerable amount of the powdered nuts on his bread and butter; , Adelmann, Hygeia, 13, 3, 67, 1840, effects of a powdered nut in a pregnant girl, taken to cause abortion; , Leonhardt, Med. Zeit. yet Preuss., 1842, Frank's Mag., 1, 109, a woman suffering from various abdominal troubles, took a teaspoonful of a solution of 2 drachms of the alcoholic extract in 2 drachms of water; , Wardleworth, Prov. Med. Journ., 1844, p. 447, a woman, aged twenty-six, took an indefinite quantity; , Iliff, Lancet, 1849, p. 630, a woman, aged twenty-three, took about 1/4 of an ounce; , Lembke, N. Zeit. f. H. Kl., 13, 153 (1850), a man took a spoonful of the tincture, repeated after eight hours; , Hassall, Lancet, 1853, p. 385, a man, aged twenty, took about 1 1/2 drachm of the powdered nut; , Garre, Med. Times and Gaz., N. S., 7, p. 199 (1853), effect of "fifteen pills of the extract of N. v.;" , Pharm. Journ., 1853-4, p. 482, effects of about 1/4 of an ounce in a woman; , Parker, Lancet, 1856, a girl, aged eighteen, took about 1/2 ounce; , Davies, Med. Times and Gaz., 1856, p. 148, a girl, aged sixteen, took about 1/2 an ounce of N. v.; , Horn's Archiv, 1816, effects of 1 1/2 drachm of powdered Nux in a girl aged eighteen; , O'Reilly, Dubl. Med. Press, 1858, poisoning of a man by 6 grains of N. v.; , Ley, Med. Times and Gaz., 1858, a man (partly paralyzed and suffering from constipation and vertigo), took 5 grains of the extract, his wife took the same; , Harris, a man aged twenty-eight, took 6 or 8 grains, Am. Med. Times, 1860; , Danvin, Ann. d'Hyg., Jan. 1861 (Br. and For. Med.-Chir. Rev., 1861), a girl, aged seven, took 5 centigrams; , Chevers, a girl, aged eleven, took 3 grains, but spit some out, Br. and For. Med.-Chir. Rev. Jan. 1867; , Stevenson, Guy's Hosp. Rep., 1869, p. 264, effects of about 8 grains of extract in a boy aged twelve; , Baker, Trans. Med. and Phys. Soc. of Calcutta, 1825 (from Husemann), effects of a nut taken by a man on account of commencing leprosy; , Horn's Archiv, 1810, Vol. XX, effects of 50 to 60 drops of tincture in three women suffering from pains in the limbs; , same, effects of a solution of the extract injected into the veins of an hysterical girl; , Chauffard, Recueil period, 1824, effects of 4 grains in a woman of fifty-five (from Husemann); , Hecker's Annals, 7, 193, from Sobernheim and Simon, Toxicologie, effects of 1/2 an ounce of powdered Nux in a young man.
The following effects of "Angusturia spuria" bark are here included . The bark was obtained from Strychnos Nux vomica, L.
70 , Emmert, Hufeland's Journ., Jan. 1815, effects of three spoonfuls of a decoction of 6 drachms in 6 ounces of water, in a boy five years old (from Husemann); 71 , Marc, Journ. de Pharm., 2, 507, 1816, effects of an infusion for tertian fever (Husemann); 72 , Nombur, Journ. de Méd., 13, p. 133, 1807, effects when taken for intermittent fever (Husemann); 73 , Regnault, Journ. Univers. de Sc. Méd., 1818, vol. ix, effects of four doses taken for an intermittent neuralgia (Husemann); 74 , Wurzner, Hahnemann's R. A. M. L., 6, p. 30, effect of 10 or 12 grains of the extract on four persons.
MIND
Emotional.
(Anxious, delirious fantasies, in the evening in bed, in the ninth hour, as if some one would get into his bed, and there was no room in it; or as if some one had sold his bed, etc.), 1.
Rushed into the room, exclaiming that her mother had been murdered (after one hour and a half), 57.
He is hasty; looked angrily at any one who asked him a question without answering, as though he was obliged to restrain himself to avoid being insulting; he was in such an irritable and unrestrained mood that it seemed as though he would like to strike any one in the face who spoke a work to him, 1.
(Suicide; she throws herself down from a height), 1.
The usual pain seems intolerable; she would rather take her life, 1.
Very much inclined to violently reproach others for their faults, 1.*
He quarrels, reproaches, scolds, insults from jealousy, mingled with unchaste expressions, soon afterwards howls and weeps aloud, 1.*
Drawing sensation, with vertigo here and there, in the brain (after six hours), 1.
Extreme giddiness , obliging him to discontinue his work (after four to five days), 26.
While out on an errand was suddenly seized with giddiness, 51. [110.]
Giddiness, a kind of staggering feel (after several days), .
headache commencing in the morning while lying in bed, disappearing after rising (after a few hours), 1. [130.]
Headache commencing a few hours before dinner; worse after eating; followed by violent stitches in the left temple, with nausea and very sour vomiting; the symptoms disappear in the evening, after lying, down, 1.*
(Headache in the morning, a constant picking (dull sticking throbbing); worse on stooping, when it seems as though a piece of the forehead would fall out), 1.*
*Headache composed of heaviness and pressure, after dinner, especially on moving the eyes (after sixteen hours), 1.
Headache, like a heaviness, in the brain, in the morning, 1.*
Headache, on stooping, as if something heavy fell forward in it, 1.*
Headache, after the slightest thought, while lying down, as if the brain would be pressed asunder, 1.*
Headache; while lying in bed, in the morning, on the left side, a pain in the right hemisphere of the brain, as if torn to pieces; it disappears on lying on the right painful side (after fifty-two hours), .
Looseness of a sound tooth, that is only painful when knocked against, 1.
A sound tooth, that had never been loose, fell out, 1.
A loose tooth, with a dull pain caused by chewing, late in the evening and in the morning, before rising (after twelve hours), 1.
Several jerks in various teeth, always ending with a stitch, in the open air, 1.
Pain in a hollow-tooth, extending to the head, if air enters the mouth, 1.*
Constant sore pain in the teeth, aggravated by exerting the mind and by reflecting, 1.*
Pain as if air were entering a hollow tooth, on taking a deep breath (in the open air), 1.
Drawing pain in a hollow tooth, if sucked with the tongue, 1.
Drawing toothache, with stitches in an indefinite tooth, 1.*
Drawing toothache, caused by warm drinks and soup, 1. [350.]
Drawing toothache, with stitches in one row of teeth, especially on drawing in the air with open mouth (after a quarter of an hour), 1.*
Drawing toothache, now in an upper, now in a lower back tooth, then drawing in other teeth toward the front, especially just after eating, at night and in the evening, with red spots on the cheeks and throat, with a complaining mood, full of reproaches and despondency, 1.*
Burrowing toothache on exerting the mind and reflecting , followed by painfulness of a gland below the angle of the lower jaw, towards evening (after nine hours), 1.*
Boring-gnawing toothache, that is neither aggravated nor relieved by touch or chewing, but relieved by drawing in cold air, and aggravated by going into a warm room, 1.
Tearing toothache, that at first attacks a hollow tooth, then soon all the upper jaw, then all the lower, then extending through the bones of the face into the head and temple of the same side, returning by paroxysms, relieved for a time by sleep, renewed by cold water or a crumb of food getting into the hollow tooth (after two hours), .
Periodic ravenous hunger, in the afternoon, especially after drinking weiss beer, after a small swallow of which he became hungry; if he hunger passed away without eating, he felt quite full and satisfied, 1.
His appetite disappears after walking (for half an hour), 1.
Excessive thirst for small beer, after the morning sweat, .*
ABDOMEN
Hypochondria.
Constrictive pain in the hypochondria (after six, and twelve hours), 1.*
Throbbing pain in and below the hepatic region, as if an ulcer would form, 1.*
Jaundice, with aversion to food, and short attacks of faintness; after which he felt sick and weak, 1.*
Fine sticking pain in the hepatic re gion (after a few hours), 1.*
Umbilicus and Sides.
Pain just below the umbilicus, as from a stone, that always takes away the breath, so that he could breathe only with difficulty, immediately after dinner (after seventy, and ninety hours), 1.*
Sensation of pulling and kneading, as if something drawn from the limbs were being collected into a ball in the umbilical region, 1.
Violent stitches in the umbilical region (after a quarter of an hour), 1.
A pinching-pressive pain in the side of the abdomen, 1.* [610.]
During the menses a pressing-outward pain in the side of the abdomen (after ten hours), 1.*
Cramplike pain in the left side of the abdomen, associated with qualmishness, that is felt especially in the pit of the stomach, 1.*
Bruised pain in the side of the abdomen and in the loins, when touched, 1.
Pressive pain in the perineum, after dinner (after two hours), 1.
Burning and sticking in the rectum, with hæmorrhoids in the anus (after two hours), 1.* [700.]
Crawling and tickling itching in the rectum and anus, as from threadworms, 1.
Sticking in the rectum during the evacuation of stool, 1.
*Tearing sticking and constricting pain, as from aggravated blind piles, in the rectum and anus, after a meal and after exerting the mind and reflecting (after thirty-eight hours), 1.
Voluptuous intolerable itching in the rectum, as far as the anus (after three hours), 1.
Contractive sensation of the rectum at times, as if he would be obliged to go to stool, 1.*
Painful contraction in the rectum and anus, in the morning after rising (after ten hours), 1.
*After a stool it seemed as if some remained behind and could not be evacuated, with a sensation of constriction in the rectum, not in the anus, 1.
Constriction and tightness in the rectum, preventing the evacuation of stool, 1.*
* [710.]
STOOL
Diarrhœa.
Exceedingly sudden attack of diarrhœa at night, when least expected; he had to get up out of bed and run for his life; no premonitory symptoms whatever, 25.*
Involuntary discharge of thin liquid stool, followed by hard fæces, in the forenoon, with emission of flatus, 1.
Small diarrhœa-like stool, in the morning, corroding the anus, 1.*
*Diarrhœa, of a dark color, especially in the morning and immediately after dinner, 1.
Thin, green, slimy stool (after twenty-four hours), 1 . [Persistent, profuse, diarrhœa-like stool, which constitutes true diarrhœa never, so far as I have observed, occurs as the primary action of Nux vom.: and the diarrhœa expressed in this symptom consists either of very small stools, mostly of mucus, accompanied by straining ; or, when the evacuation is copious and thin, it is the secondary action, the curative effect in a patient who has previously suffered from constipation, with ineffectual desire for stool . -Hahnemann.] [740.]
Diarrhœa, in the morning after rising (and drinking), followed by weakness, yawning, sleepiness, chilliness, dulness of the head, and afterwards, refreshing sleep (after eighteen hours), 1.*
Erections of penis very frequent, but with no moral desire; it seemed quite physical (fourth day); in morning, a few hours after getting out of bed, his wife came into room; the erection was so sudden and intense for about half a moment, and appeared so ridiculous, that it made him laugh heartily (fifth day), 36.
Nightly emission without erection, followed by relaxation of the lower portions of the body (after thirty-six hours), 1.
Nightly emission, followed by a persistent coldness of the feet that does not disappear on moving about (after six hours), 1.
Nightly emission, with lascivious dreams (after forty-eight hours), .*
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
Larynx, Trachea, and Voice.
Dry painful catarrh in the larynx, very early in the morning, with increased warmth of the hands and feet, that at first requires uncovering, but after an hour he desires to be covered; followed by general perspiration (and relief of the catarrh), (after twenty hours), 1.*
Dry painful catarrh in the larynx, in the evening before going to sleep (after thirty-six hours), 1.*
*Roughness and a scraped feeling in the larynx, that provokes cough, 1. [830.]
Heat in the chest that rises into the mouth, and that causes uneasiness, anxiety and sleeplessness (after six hours), 1.*
Catarrhal accumulation in the chest, in the morning, so that he cannot loosen it by coughing, without pain in the trachea (after fourteen hours), 1. [900.]
Catarrh affects the chest, in the morning, in bed (like a felt); a hoarseness and roughness in the chest, and soreness in one spot in the trachea, from which mucus is loosened by coughing; relieved by rising from bed (after ten hours), .
HEART AND PULSE
Heart.
Some violent stitches in the præcordial region, an hour after rising, in the morning (after seven days), 1.
Spasmodic palpitation of the heart, with sense of fluttering at pit of the stomach (after four to five days), 26.
Constrictive and, at the same time, contractive pain in the back, 1.
Indescribable painful sensation in the back and lumbar region, soon followed by tetanic spasms (after one hour), 43.
Constant pain and bruised sensation in the back and small of the back (second day), 45.*
Bruised pain in the back, still more painful when touched and on pressure, as if congested with blood, .
EXTREMITIES
While the lower extremities continued outstretched, stiff, and cold, the other extremities were still under the control of the will, though somewhat cold and affected with cramps, 45.
Trembling of the limbs and jerking of the heart (after one hour), 1.*
Heaviness in the arms and lower extremities, so that she could not raise them, 1.
Spasmodic pains in the limbs, with chilliness, internal beating, after yawning after stretching, 1.*
Pain in the joints and in the middle of the long bones, as if bruised, in the morning, in bed (with incarceration of flatus low down in the lower abdomen, beneath the pubis); these both disappear after rising (after twenty hours), 1.*
Pain in all the joints, as if beaten, on motion (after four hours), 1. [1020.]
Pains in the knees and all the joints; worse in the morning, 37.
Complained of cramping pains in limbs when he moved them (second day), 53.
A simple pain, as from a bruise, associated with a tearing sensation in all the joints upon which he is not lying; only relieved and removed by turning over and lying upon the painful side, but after this the pain soon again commences in the other, sound side; this compels him frequently to turn over in bed, 1.
Pain, as if bruised, in the joints of the side upon which she is lying, very early in the morning, in bed, disappearing on turning over; on lying still it is gradually renewed in the side upon which she now lies, entirely disappearing on rising (after thirty hours), 1.
The longer he lies in bed, in the morning, the more pain he has in all the limbs, especially in the joints, as if beaten and bruised; relieved after rising (after eighteen hours), .*
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
Heaviness and weariness in the arms (and feet), in the afternoon, 1. [1040.]
Pain, like a bruise, in the shoulder-joint and scapula, on bending the head towards the opposite side, 1.
Pain in the shoulder-joint, as if wearied by work or as if beaten, if the arm hangs down, on walking in the open air (after four days), 1. [1050.]
Pain, as if bruised, in the shoulder-joint, so that he cannot raise the arm, 1.
Pain in the shoulder-joint, as if paralyzed, with heaviness and weariness of the whole arm, both while sitting and walking; after some motion he could no longer hold the arm up, 1.
An indescribable pain in the shoulder-joint upon which he was lying, gradually disappearing after turning over, with general perspiration, about 3 A.M. (after sixteen hours), 1.
Pain in the left shoulder-joint, in the evening, in bed; if lying upon the opposite side a sensation as if the ligaments were torn, which disappears if he lies upon the painful side (after forty-eight hours), 1.
Sensation of sudden loss of power in the lower extremities (and arms), in the morning (after twelve hours), 1.
Loss of power over the lower extremities, and falling down, 51.
On attempting to rise from the chair, he was unable to stand on his feet; could not raise his feet or walk a step, 52.
When walking, she was frequently obliged to stand still, because of a sudden sensation of holding back in the muscles of the lower extremities, that seem affected as by an electric shock, 21. [1100.]
Pain in all the limbs, as if beaten and bruised all over, 1.
Frequent sticking jerking extending from the feet upward to the hips, very early in the morning, while lying on the back; it disappears if he lies on the painless side (after five hours), 1.
While looking at a vexatious object beating, immediately in the lower extremities; the whole body then becomes affected and she almost loses consciousness for an hour, 1. [1190.]
Violent tetanic spasms; her head was drawn backward; the arms extended, the fingers flexed to the palms; the jaws firmly contracted; the countenance somewhat livid; the eyes open, fixed, and somewhat protruding; the trunk stiff; the legs extended, the feet turned outwards, and the toes flexed to the plantar surface; the skin dry and warm; respirations loud, almost amounting to stertor; this paroxysm lasted about two minutes; an interval of perfect sensibility ensued; the intermissions were of about five minutes when first seen; the paroxysms generally increased; the intermissions became shorter; during the last half hour of life the slightest movement caused a paroxysm; sometimes an attempt to speak or drink would cause one; she begged to be left alone on account of the pain she suffered, as the expressed, "when in a fit." Death in less than two hours after the first known spasm, 57.
Spasms, with tetanic rigidity of nearly all the muscles of the body, with interruptions of a few minutes, during which the muscles were relaxed ; the pulse became soft and the patient recovered consciousness and speech; the spasm was renewed by the slightest touch, though at times it would immediately cease when the patient was tightly grasped, or the elbow was straightened up, 48.*
Trembling, soon becoming a violent spasm; as soon as the arm was touched in order to feel the pulse he was suddenly seized with a frightful tetanic spasm, in which the eyes were widely open, protruding, rigid, and immovable; the jaws clenched; lips widely open; face distorted; the extremities rigidly outstretched, and the spine bent backward; the trunk, especially the lower part, was from time to time seized with violent jerks, like electric shocks, along the spinal columns, which raised up the body; respiration was checked; the face and cheeks became blue; after half a minute there was a pause, during which the child breathed with great exertion and in a catching manner; desired coffee; but on attempting to swallow lukewarm water he was again seized by a tetanic spasm; after awhile the pulse became 102, spasmodic, and irregular; the spasms were renewed whenever the lips touched the cup or whenever any one touched his person; even a noise caused a recurrence of the spasms, which sometimes occurred without apparent cause; after the paroxysms the eyes were usually closed; the forehead and face covered with perspiration; cheeks and lips blue; he groaned aloud without complaining of any special pain; afterwards the pulse became slightly irregular and soft; during all the paroxysms, even until death the mind remained unclouded, .
VOMICA. SKIN
A reddish eruption came out on the body , on the shoulders particularly (after five to six days), 24.
A crack in the middle of the lower lip (after twelve hours), 1.
The fingers are red in spots and seem frozen, at a mild time of the year, with burning itching, especially when he goes into a warm room or in bed, 1. [1310.]
Itching rash on the arms, with smarting after rubbing, 1.
Skin of face, neck, and chest, greatly congested (after three-quarters of an hour), 53.
Eruption, though without itching, lasting fourteen days, on the inner side of the right forearm, 5.
Almost irresistible sleepiness, for several hours after eating (after five hours), 1.*
Unusual sleepiness during the day, as from stupefaction of the head, 1.
Very pleasant, almost overpowering, sleep, late in the morning (after twenty hours), 1.*
Sleepiness, till midnight, with a sensation of heat, without thirst (after twelve hours), 1.
*Great sleepiness, in the evening, with yawning, two hours before bedtime; in the bed he immediately fell asleep; woke, after midnight, for a long time, then slept till late in the morning, with vivid dreams full of the events of the previous day; in the morning he did not wish to rise, 1.
Shivering and chilliness for an hour from the slightest contact of the open air (with pain in the back), (after one hour), 1.
She is chilly in the evening, in bed, before she falls asleep, and also if she wakes; it seems as if she could not get warm in bed; not chilly during the day, 1.
Violent shaking chill, without externally perceptible coldness, in the whole body, lasting half an hour, followed by cramplike contraction of the toes and soles of the feet, 1.
Violent shaking chill, lasting three-quarters of an hour, followed by violent heat and moist skin, 67.
Violent chill, in bed, but towards morning sweat, preceded by crawling in the skin, 1. [1460.]
Tossing about the bed and coldness, at night, not relieved by the warmth of the bed, .
VOMICA. CONDITIONS
Aggravation.
( Morning ), On waking, anxiety, with orgasm of blood; ill-humor; after rising, excessive flow of ideas; on waking, headache in middle of brain; headache above right orbit; headache over brain; after rising, headache in occiput; drawing-burning pain in head; jerking headache; after yawning, headache; heaviness of head; while yawning, eye full of water; external canthus agglutinated; redness of left external canthus; yellow mucus in canthi; in bed, smarting dry sensation in inner canthus; intolerance of daylight; obscuration of vision; margins of lids painful; pressure in upper lid; after rising, face hot; on walking in open air, heat of face and whole body; on waking, redness of cheeks; in bed, sharp stitches in ears; feeling of hollowness in ears; after rising, roaring in ears; on waking, twisting screwing in ears; discharge of clotted blood from nose; fluent coryza; dry coryza; catarrh; stoppage of nose; dryness of mouth; mouth and fauces covered with mucus; before rising, stitches in lips; loose tooth; on waking, jerking toothache; bad taste in mouth; bad taste from hollow tooth; sour taste; bitter taste; slimy taste; no taste for milk; taste of milk; taste of milk disgusting; bad odor from mouth; offensive breath ; accumulation of saliva; pressure in pit of stomach; burning in pit of stomach; great hunger; before rising, violent cough; expectoration of clotted blood; during sweat, qualmishness; nausea; cutting in abdomen; pain in abdominal muscles; incarceration of flatus in abdomen; rumbling and gurgling in abdomen; during morning sweat, colic; moving in abdomen; before stool, pressive pain in rectum; after rising, contraction in rectum and anus; diarrhœa; watery diarrhœa; after eating, stool of hard and soft fæces, with flatus; dark-colored diarrhœa; in bed, itching burning in neck of bladder; constrictive pain in forepart of urethra; in bed, forcing outward at the genitals; itching in glans penis; after rising, involuntary irritation of genitals and desire for emission; early, dry painful catarrh in larynx; on rising, mucus adhering to upper part of trachea; sore spot in trachea; in bed, dyspnœa; soreness in chest; catarrhal accumulation in chest; in bed, hoarseness and roughness in chest; drawing and burning in left side of chest; palpitation in chest; qualmishness about heart; early, orgasm of blood in heart, with palpitation; after rising, stitches in præcordial region; drawing pain in nape of neck; pain in small of back; chilliness in back; early, heat in hands; falling asleep of forearm to hand; sensation of sudden loss of power in arm and lower extremities; heaviness and weariness of lower extremities; chilliness in limbs; while lying on back, sticking jerking from hips to feet; pain in the limbs; pain in knee and joints; in bed, pain in joints and middle of long bones; pain in knees; itching in hollow of knee; on ascending steps, pain in patellæ; in bed, on flexing legs, cramp in calves; calves and feet fall asleep; heat in soles of feet; feet cold; skin painful; whole body tremulous; sleepiness; aversion to rising; stretching and yawning; in bed, stretching; chilliness; shivering; increased warmth; while waking, perspiration on upper part of body; general sweat.
SUPPLEMENT: NUX VOMICA. Authorities.
70 , Lancet, vol. x, 1826, p. 732, a young woman swallowed a pennyworth; 71 , John Horan, ibid., 1856 (2), p. 11, a man, aged thirty-five years, swallowed 1/4 ounce of the powder.
A strong general tetanic spasm, which was very much increased when an attempt was made to wipe the perspiration from the face, 71.
Paroxysms from time to time; the patient stretched out her arms, clenched her fists, and threw her head back, whilst at the same time the jaws were firmly closed, the countenance much distorted by the contraction of the muscles, and strongly expressive of agony, 70.
Extremely solicitous and inconsolable; breaks out into loud weeping, with complaints and reproaches that at times change to constant groaning, with very red, hot cheeks, without thirst, 1.
He weeps if the least thing is done contrary to his wishes, 1.
He is scarcely knows himself on account of excessive flow of ideas, in the morning after rising (after ten hours), 1.
She wishes to accomplish much, but thinks it will not succeed, 1.
The intellectual faculties apparently remained perfect to the last, 56.
*Dread of that kind of literary work at which one must think and employ the ideas, whether to be elaborated by writing or delivered orally, in the morning ; but he is not averse to reading or committing to memory (after sixteen hours), 1.
Inability for mental work ; the blood mounts to the head till towards evening, 1.*
The intellectual faculties appeared a little troubled, 44.
He is completely averse to work, though not to moving about (after two hours), 1.
He easily makes mistakes while talking and writing, omits syllables and even whole words (after six and twelve hours), 1.
Frequently makes mistakes while talking, has great trouble to find the words, and uses unsuitable expressions; he makes mistakes in weights and measures, 2.
Headache, a pressure in the occiput, outward from both sides, as if the posterior portion of the skull were forced asunder, with heat in the brain; relieved for a moment by pressure of the hands; lasting twenty hours (after eleven hours), 2.
Headache externally; pain in a raw wind, as if the head were sore externally, though the spot is not painful to external touch (after six hours), 1.
Headache in the morning, in bed, as if over the surface of the brain, as if the skull would burst (after ten hours), 1.* [150.]
*Headache, in the morning, in bed, as if the head had been beaten with an axe, disappearing after rising, 1.
*Headache, in the morning, as if he had not slept at night, 1.
Headache immediately after yawning, in the morning, 1.
Pain in one-half of the head from time to time, as if a nail were constantly forced deeper and deeper into the parietal bone from above downward, 1.* [160.]
Tearing in the vertex, forehead, eyes, with qualmishness and nausea in the region of the chest and weakness of the vocal organs (after two, and twelve hours), 2.
Tearing in the head, extending down to the ear (after forty hours), 1.
Roaring and whirling in the brain and in the ear, 1.
Shattering and quaking in the brain, when walking and running, 1.
Swashing and bubbling in the brain, while walking, 1.
Violent jerking or dull stitches in the left hemisphere of the brain, extending from the orbit towards the parietal bone and occiput, soon after eating (after ten hours), 1.*
Some violent stitches in the head (after six hours), 1.
It seems as though there were an obscuration in front of the head (in the forehead), in the evening, in the open air, as if consciousness would vanish for a moment (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Drawing movements back and forth in the forehead, extending to the root of the nose, 1.
*Pressive pain in the forehead, as if he had not slept enough, 5.
Pressive and throbbing headache in the vertex from fixed attention of mind, 1.*
Pressive headache above the right orbit in the morning in bed, if he lies on the right side, disappearing if he lies on the other side or back, 1.
Pressive headache in the forehead, relieved by laying the head upon a table, aggravated in the open air, with weariness in the feet after going upstairs (after three hours), 1.
Pressive headache over the left eye and pain in the bones, as if he had received a bruise; could not open the eye, 5.*
Pressing-downward drawing pain deep in the head, in the region of the vertex, 1.
Headache drawing upward in the right half of the brain, near the ear (after one hour), 1.
One-sided headache (from 4 P.M. till night), with weakness and weariness, 1.
Occiput and External Head.
Pain in the occiput, as if the brain were pressed forward or bruised, 1.
Pressive headache in the occiput, in the morning, immediately after rising from bed, 1.*
At the time of the menses headache in the occiput, as from an ulcer in the brain and as if suppurating; it was far more painful on lying down than when standing up, 1.
Drawing in the head posteriorly, as if she were chilly there (after one hundred and twenty hours), 6.
Drawing pain in the external parts of the head, 1. [190.]
Headache externally; pain in the scalp, aggravated by touch, 1.*
Headache externally; the scalp on the vertex is painful on touch, as if beaten, 1.
Headache externally, as if the hair on the occiput were painful, 1.
Headache externally; pain in the scalp, as if beaten; the hair stood up on this place and was painful to touch (after eight hours), 1.
Objects seem more distinct to the vision than usual, 13.
Flickering; glistening flickering on the outer portion of the field of vision, especially in the left side, in the forenoon (Herz's false vertigo), (after twenty-four hours), 1.
(Black and gray points float before the eyes, with a stupefaction of the head), 1.
*Intolerance of the daylight, in the morning, with obscuration of vision, 1.
Increased acuteness of smell (after one hundred and thirty-two hours), 1 . [Only the curative action succeeding the previous opposite condition. -Hahnemann.]
Bad odor from the mouth, that he himself does not notice, in the morning, after rising, 1.
Offensive breath and exhalations from the mouth, that he himself does not notice in the morning, with a clean tongue and unaltered taste (after a few hours), 1.
An ulcer on the inner surface of the lower lip, painful to touch, 1.*
A single hair of the beard on the lip is painful to touch, as if a splinter were sticking in (after five hours), 1. [330.]
Stitches in the upper and lower lips, in the morning, 1.
Sensation of soreness on the inner surface of the lower lip, 1.*
Jaws.
Tetanic rigidity of the jaw set in and the teeth became so firmly closed together as to render all attempts to introduce the stomach-pump unavailing, 56.*
Closure of the jaws, with complete consciousness, 13.*
Jerking toothache, rhythmical with the pulse, with swelling of the gum, 1.
Jerking toothache, with jerking in the ear, with twisting screwing in the ear, in the morning, immediately on waking, and in the evening, 1.
Jerking toothache, as if caused by the swelling of the gum, 1.
Sticking toothache in several teeth in both jaws, 5.
Dull sticking toothache in an upper incisor, 5. [360.]
Constant toothache while walking in the open air, like a quiet sore sensation, especially on opening the mouth, 1.
Toothache in the morning, as from soreness of the gum, 1.
Toothache after dinner, at first a sensation of beating or sticking, afterwards a tingling like a painful buzzing, that extends to the eyes, and is aggravated on walking in the open air, that also from time to time lasts into the night, when it is relieved if she wraps up the cheeks very warmly; when it reappears it always commences with needle-like stitches, 1.
Toothache, as if a tooth were out of place and were loose, with some coarse stitches, only noticed on drawing in the open air with the open mouth, 1.
Taking cold, and toothache like fire or fine burning stitches on the slightest exposure to the open air, 1.
The mouth and fauces are covered with mucus in the morning, with yellow hardened mucus in the canthi (after sixteen hours), 1.
Spitting of blackish, almost clotted blood, at first at 2 A.M., then about 2 P.M., with a peculiar taste in the mouth and an odor of blood in the nose, and at the same time a little blood is always blown from the nose, 1.
Swelling of the roof of the palate and uvula, as from adherent mucus, especially noticed on swallowing (after eight hours), 1.
Swelling of the palate, with pressive pain, even when not swallowing, and a biting sensation in the palate posteriorly (after thirty-two hours), 1. [390.]
Painful pimples on the palate anteriorly behind the upper incisors (after forty hours), 1.
The internal mouth, gum, tongue, and palate are slimy, and feel raw and sore, as from something acrid, 1.*
Dryness of the forepart of the mouth, especially on the tip of the tongue, 1.
Dryness of the mouth, in the morning, without thirst, as if he had taken alcoholic stimulants the previous evening, 1.*
Dryness of the mouth after midnight, as if the tongue stuck to the palate, without thirst, thoughwith much accumulation of saliva in the fauces (after five hours), 1.*
Sticking-drawing pain extending to the inner ear, almost like a cramp, on chewing and compressing the jaws (after four hours), 1.
Offensive exhalations seem to him to come from the mouth, after eructations, 1.
Burning and suffocating sensation about throat and chest (after three hours), 63.
Stitches in the upper part of the throat, in the afternoon (after seven hours), 1.
Itching stitches in the throat, extending to the ears, on swallowing or moving the jaws, 1.
Some stitches in the sides of the throat, when not swallowing, especially noticed on stooping and going upstairs (after one hour, and twenty-four hours), 1.
Qualmishness for an hour after dinner (after three hours), 1.*
Qualmishness with a clean tongue after palpitation, 16.
After dinner he suddenly became qualmish and nauseated; followed by vertigo and attacks of faintness, after many eructations without taste or odor (after thirteen days), 1.*
*After a meal he is qualmish, anxious, nauseated, and sick, as after a violent purge; the sensation rises up from the pit of the stomach, 1.
Complained of being very sick, made many attempts to vomit, 43.
*Vomiting of sour-smelling and sour-tasting mucus, towards evening, with headache like a tearing (?) around about the lower portion of the skull (after nine hours), 1.
*Vomiting of sour mucus, in the forenoon (after twenty hours), 1.
*Retching, as if to vomit, while hawking the mucus from the fauces (after four hours), 1.
Efforts at vomiting, 9 . [Original revised by Hughes.]
Pain in the stomach, as if beaten, shortly before eating, disappearing on eating, 1.
Woke about 2 A.M. (after three hours and a half), with constant pains at stomach-pit, sometimes cutting; fell asleep, woke again about 5 A.M., with the same pains, which went lower after a time; bowels felt sore; stomach and abdomen tender to touch; at 8 A.M., took Seidlitz power; at 8.30 A.M., pain in small of back, off and on; occasional pain-like twinges (as after a strong mercurial pill) in region of liver, and to a less extent in region of spleen; at 9.45, bowels feel easier from the pain and cutting if he lies on right side; not so easy when lying on left side or back ; still feel sore; a hot-water tin applied to stomach relieved the pains; lay in bed till noon; when dressing, felt very sore at pit of stomach, extending a little way up chest; also pain in small of back, also little (twinges) in both sides; about 12.30 P.M., after sitting down, after having risen from bed, pain felt around abdomen and small of back, but soon decreased; 1 P.M., only slight pains in abdomen, now and then, with slight soreness; now and then, slight cutting pains in bowels; all this soon went off. Seidlitz powders never cause these symptoms in him, 40. [570.]
Cramp in the stomach, clawing in the stomach, after midnight, towards morning, as from a purge, changing to a burning in the pit of the stomach, 1.*
Tension transversely across the epigastric region, above the stomach, about 3 P.M., followed by a pain as if everything in it were raw and sore, 1.
Pressure in the pit of the stomach, with distension, after eating, 1.
Spasmodic pressive pain from the pharynx to the pit of the stomach, in the morning, 1.*
*Pressure as from a stone, in the upper abdomen (epigastrium), in the morning, aggravated by walking, relieved while sitting (after fourteen hours), 1.
*Pressure in the stomach, after eating a little, in the morning, 1.
Bubbling in the side of the abdomen, with anxiety, 1.
General Abdomen. [620.]
Loud rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, in the morning, 1.*
Loud rumbling in the abdomen, with internal motions, as if a stool would follow; wherewith she became weak and was obliged to lie down, 1.
Rumbling and gurgling in the abdomen, in the morning in bed; spasmodic and griping flatulent colic, with heat in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet (after twenty hours), 1.*
Colic, with a sensation of dryness in the lips, and heat in the face, 1.
Colic, as from taking cold, during the morning sweat, on the slightest uncovering, 1.*
Colic, rather more cutting than griping, that causes nausea, 1.
Flatulent colic, in the upper abdomen, in the evening, after lying down (after five, ten, and thirteen hours), 1.*
Flatulent colic after a stool, as if the intestines, here and there, were pressed hard by stones (after four hours), 1.*
A kind of flatulent colic low down in the lower abdomen; a sharp pressure, as with a cutting or sticking instrument in the bladder, neck of the bladder, commencement of the urethra, perineum, rectum and anus, as if flatulence, with cutting pain, were forcing out all these parts; it was intolerable on every step (he was obliged to walk bent over because it so drew him together); speedily disappearing during rest, while sitting and lying, 1.*
Flatulence rises from the abdomen and becomes incarcerated under the short ribs (after twenty hours), 1.*
Pain in the abdomen, as from incarcerated flatus, 1.* [640.]
Flatulence, here and there, in the abdomen, causing pressure and anxiety, 2.*
Flatulence seems to mount up into the chest, to tighten it, and cause sticking pressure, here and there (immediately), 1.
Everything that he eats seems to cause flatulence, which rises up and causes anxiety, 1.
Pain in a small spot in the abdomen, when touched or from the pressure of the clothes, together with pain like fine needle-like stitches; after walking a long distance, 1. [650.]
Pain in the upper abdomen, as if the clothes were too tight, 1.
*Pain in the abdominal ring, in the morning, in bed, as if a hernia would become incarcerated, 1.
Drawing-tearing pain in the abdomen, that comes from both sides above the ossa innominata, 1.
Griping in the abdomen, as from worms, after drinking coffee, disappearing on bending the trunk backward, but returning on stooping (after one hour), 1.
On walking, a sensation in the abdomen as if the intestines swashed about, 1.
*Sensation of weakness in the abdominal ring, as if a hernia would occur (after twenty hours), 1.
Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions. [680.]
Pressure like a distension, in the lower abdomen, on taking a breath, talking, or external touch, 1.
Pinching-pressing colic, and fermenting rumbling in the lower abdomen, followed by watery diarrhœa, very early in the morning (after twenty-four hours), 1.*
Persistent cutting colic, in the lower abdomen, rising to the upper abdomen, where it amounted to a griping, 1.*
Cutting colic in the lower abdomen, with qualmishness, a sweetish disgusting taste in the mouth, weakness, and great sleepiness, in the morning, recurring after twenty-four hours (after half an hour, and twenty-four hours), 1.*
Pain as from incarcerated flatus, low down in the lower abdomen, with pain in the small of the back, in the morning, 1.*
Pressive pain in the lower abdomen, especially extending towards the anus, 1.*
Constriction in the lower abdomen and a forcing-down towards the genitals, while walking in the open air, 1.*
*Forcing-down towards the genitals, in the lower abdomen, 1.
Itching on the margin of the anus, becoming a smarting and sore pain, as from blind piles (after half an hour), 1.*
Stool daily, though always with a colicky sensation in the abdomen, and with the stool it always seems as if it were not enough, and as if the evacuation were incomplete, 1.*
*Frequent desire to urinate; constantly called out that he would feel better if he could pass water; urine turbid, as if muddy, with a dirty-yellow sediment, 45.
(There is a larger amount of urine passed than of drink taken), 1 . [The copious emission of urine is only the curative reaction of this drug in a patient who suffered previously from the opposite condition. -Hahnemann.]
During the menses, prostration (about 2 P.M.) and headache, as if the eyes would fall out of the head; she could not hold the head up; began to be chilly, even to shivering, and, an hour afterwards, was attacked with internal burning heat, with dry lips, 1.
*During the menses, nausea in the morning, with chilliness and attacks of faintness, 1.
After the menses had come on, faintness, in the morning after rising, preceded by spasmodic motion in the abdomen, and followed by weakness and chilliness, on rising from a recumbent posture (after ten days), 1.
She did not sleep well on account of cough; and if she thought she was falling asleep the cough returned and disturbed her till midnight, after which she slept quietly, 1.
Hawking of mucus from the trachea, without cough, 1.
Shortness of breath; she could not inspire sufficient air, even when lying down, with rapid pulse, 1. [870.]
Respiration irregular, superficial; it became more difficult every moment, and she feared that she would suffocate, 20.
Tightness of breath, and thereupon hacking cough, 1.*
The respiration, at first impeded, became suspended; and it was only by the continuance of long artificial respiration that it was restored, 58.
Dyspnœa, at night, on waking from frightful dreams; she could scarcely catch her breath ; with roaring in the ears, rapid pulse, and perspiration, 1.*
Dyspnœa, in the morning, in bed, while lying on the back, but after turning on the right side, headache, 1.
Dyspnœa, after dinner; was obliged to take a deep breath slowly; after some hours shortness of breath (rapid respiration), (after twenty-six, and thirty hours), 1.
Dyspnœa and anxiety gradually increased for several hours; the breath constantly became shorter, and from time to time sweat broke out over the whole body, 1.
If the clothes are fastened close under the ribs he is unable to get his breath while walking; if they are loosened somewhat, he breathes a little more freely, but if they are entirely removed the respiration again becomes difficult, 1.
Drawing in the back, extending down from the nape of the neck (while sitting), together with a violent pain in the pit of the stomach, like a crawling, so that she was obliged to sit bent over, in the afternoon, 1.
Dorsal.
Pain between the scapulæ and in the nape of the neck, on moving the head (after one hour), 1. [980.]
Pain, as if beaten, in the dorsal and abdominal muscles, even when not touched (after thirty hours), 1.
Pain between the scapulæ, as if bruised, and a drawing, especially on stooping, 1.
Drawing pain and a bruised sensation between the scapulæ, especially on stooping, 1.
Constant burning-sticking pain between the scapulæ, 1.
Pressive pain in the vertebræ (after one hour), 1.
Stitches between the scapulæ, on motion and on breathing, 1.
Some stitches between the scapulæ, at first independently, afterwards aggravated by breathing, 1.
A burning sticking extending from the small of the back through the thigh, on stepping and walking, 1.
Drawing pain extending from the loins up the back, associated with a paralytic stiffness, 1.
Lumbar. [990.]
Constrictive pain in the small of the back, that extends into the side, 1.
Throbbing pain in the small of the back, during the shaking chill, with eructations (after thirty-six hours), 1.
Pain in the small of the back, as if it would break, caused by a draft of air; was obliged to walk bent over, 1.
Pain in the small of the back, as if beaten or too weak, as after childbirth, only during the day, 1.
Pain in the small of the back and knees, as if beaten and bruised , mingled with some drawing pain, neither aggravated nor ameliorated by change of position, nor even by rest or motion, in the morning, in bed, 1.*
Pain in the small of the back, as if beaten , on bending far forward or far backward, though more from the former (after four hours), 1.*
Pain in the small of the back, at night, that prevents turning over in bed, 1.
The small of the back seems painfully bruised ; worse during motion than during rest, 1.*
A jerklike dull sticking in the small of the back and in the ischii; she was unable to turn in bed on account of it; also dull pain in the small of the back during rest; she could not lie still when coughing nor sneezing on account of the painful jerkings, 1.
(Violent stitches in the small of the back, that then extend into the sides and impede respiration, during the afternoon chill), 1. [1000.]
A coarse stitch in the small of the back on turning the upper part of the body sideways; it takes away the breath, 5.
The region of the small of the back and loins seems tense and sore on touch, 1.
Pain in the pelvic region, as if dislocated, on the slightest motion, 1.
Pain across the loins, passing to the hips (after several days), 27.*
Pressive pain in the loins, extending towards the spine, that cause anxiety, immediately after supper (after one hour), 1.
A somewhat pressive pain in the loins, extending towards the spine, immediately after drinking, in the morning, after which the pain extends towards the hypochondria, as from incarceration of flatus (after thirty-six hours), 1.
Tearing and pulling in the lower portion of the back, while walking and sitting, but not while lying, 1.
Paralytic pressive pain in the middle of the right forearm, from within outward, 5.
Drawing pain in the forearm, with a stitch in the fingers (after half an hour), 1.
Weakness of the forearms and hands, almost as if they were paralyzed, after the midday nap (after two hours), 1.
Falling asleep of the forearm as far as the hand; it seems lifeless (dead) with coldness, though with distended veins; every morning, or every other morning, after rising (after four days), 1.
Wrist and Hand.
Drawing sticking in the external condyle of the right wrist, in the evening, before going to bed, 1.
Pain, as from dislocation, in the right wrist, on moving or exerting the hand, 1.
Pale swelling of the hands and fingers (after twenty hours), 1.
One of her hands swelled up; she had no feeling in it for hours (after four to five days), 31.
(Hands frequently dark-red, full of distended veins), 1. [1070.]
Cramplike contraction in the palm of the hand, that cannot be spread open without pain (after twelve hours), 1.
Convulsive twitchings of the hands and fingers, 20.
Heaviness of the right thigh, so that he cannot well raise the extremity, 3.
Paralytic drawing in the muscles of the thighs and calves, painful on walking, 1.* [1110.]
Painful tension in the thigh; it seems too short, 1.
Paralytic pain in the head of the femur, extending down below the knee, while walking (after two hours), 1.
Drawing-tearing pain in the thigh, extending to the knee, on fatigue, 1.
Drawing pain extending from the abdomen through the thighs (after forty-eight hours), 1.
A bruised pain in the posterior muscles of the thighs; worse on rising from a seat, 1.
Pain, as after great exertion, in the flesh of the thigh, even when touched; pain as if beaten, 1.
Pain, as if beaten, in the middle of the thigh, in the muscles, on walking (after one hour), 1.
Gnawing biting-itching pain on the thigh and over the knee, in the evening, after lying down in bed, which is not relieved by scratching, 1.
Pain in the right nates, as if the flesh were beaten to a jelly, 3.
The muscles of the thighs and knees are painful, as if beaten , more on motion than during rest; the pain is also aggravated by touch, 1.* [1120.]
Bruised feel down the thighs (after several days), 27.
On walking in open air, a curious feeling in left thigh, as if a string was drawn right down the thigh; a very lame feeling, and a dread of taking the next step; he thought he must limp, but did not; an empty feeling about both knees (fourth day), 36.
Frequent jerking and twitching in the flesh of the thigh, 1.
Sensation of jerking, as if one pulled on a thread, in the side of the right thigh, 1.
Cramp in muscles of calf for a few seconds, produced by washing the feet (after three hours and fifty minutes); cramp in both legs for about a minute, produced by being removed into a warm bed (after four hours and ten minutes), 64.
Pressure on the outer side of the calf, as if cramp would occur, for two mornings, on rising from bed (after seven days), 1.
Sticking in the calves, when exposed to the cold air, as if the leg had been asleep (after two hours), 1.
Crawling in the calves, after walking in the open air, 1.
Ankle. [1160.]
Easy dislocation and cracking of the ankle, when walking (after four hours), 1.
Pain in the ankle, as if dislocated and sprained, while walking, in the morning, after rising; cannot step upon it without great pain, that shoots up into the leg (after sixteen hours), 1.
Pain in the ankles, only on moving about and walking, as if she had taken a fatiguing walk; the tendons are painful, as if drawn tight, and as if too short, 1.
Swelling of the sole of the foot, in the morning (of the leg that is affected with an ulcer), 1.
Weakness and tottering of the feet; he was obliged to sit down, 13.
Falling asleep (deadness) of the soles of the feet, 1.
Spasmodic contraction of the sole of the right foot, 1.
Painful cramplike contraction in the soles of the feet, when the thighs are bent, disappearing on stretching the legs, 1.
Peculiar drawing in the backs and soles of the feet, 62. [1170.]
Feeling, when walking, as if right foot would trip; after getting warm from a sharp walk, it quite passed off, and he walked more steadily (second day), 38.
Violent pain in a chilblain, in the summer, as from most excessive cold, a kind of beating in it, immediately, 1.
Pain as if the shoes were too tight and pressed the feet, and the soles of the feet had become weary and sore from walking, 1.
Pain like a burning, and as if the shoe pressed the foot, along the side of the foot and toes, as also on the tops of the toes, in the evening (after thirty-six hours), 1.
Dull numb pain (numbness) in the heels, as after jumping from a height, 1.
(Pain in the heels, on stepping upon them, as if he had walked till they were sore; worse when stepping on a stone), 1.
Cramp in the soles of the feet frequently during the day, on attempting to rise, after sitting; she is obliged to stretch out the feet and run about in order to obtain relief, when it disappears; at night she is unable to sleep on account of this cramp, which comes on as soon as she draws up the feet or bends the thighs, 1.
Tearing in the soles of the feet, while lying, in the afternoon (preceded by burning in the ball of the thumb), (after one hour), 1.
Tearing in the malleolus (after the midday nap), (after two hours), 1. [1180.]
Drawing and sticking in the right external malleolus, in the evening, before going to bed, 1.
Complete trismus and tetanus; the jaws were tightly clenched, and the lower jaw moved spasmodically from side to side; the arms were cramped towards the chest; the thighs drawn up against the abdomen; the fingers and toes flexed, with whining and groaning; loss of voice; anæsthesia of the skin, and no pain, 66.
Every two or three minutes she was shaken by a convulsive spasm, but it was only momentary, 31. [1200.]
The whole body was seized with symptoms of complete and violent tetanus; the jaws being firmly locked and the limbs rigidly extended; aggravated at intervals by violent convulsive movements, 44.
When lying on the sofa was seized with a most curious feeling from head to feet, as if his whole body inside the skin (brain included) was made of finest threads; it felt something like numbness, and the ecstatic feeling after a mutual and warm embrace; it lasted about two hours and then passed away at 6 P.M. (third day); returned in slighter degrees up to to-day (thirteenth day), 36.
A tetanic paroxysm came on suddenly; the man was thrown into a state of opisthotonos; all his muscles becoming rigid, and respiration for the time suspended. The fit lasted about half a minute, when the muscles became relaxed, and he was again able to answer questions (after nearly one hour), 53.
Well-marked opisthotonos, the spasms increasing and affecting respiration, which at one time appeared to cease; patient knew when the spasms were coming on, saying, "It's coming on;" and there was a sense of impending death, and he said, "Good-bye, I'm dying." Ice was immediately applied along the spine, and the spasms abated in severity. The intermissions were distinct (after one hour and a half). Spasms are brought on by touching the patient (after two hours and a quarter), 64.
Awoke in a spasm, uttering loud cries; on the cessation of spasm, fainted. On coming to himself, the first drop of water that touched his tongue induced a violent spasm, with loud shrieks and complete opisthotonos. In two hours and a half, had nine spasmodic attacks, more or less severe. The last of these, which seemed to be induced by the application of a cup to the lips, was very intense and prolonged. The patient started suddenly up in bed, his whole frame being in a state of complete rigidity. The limbs were rigid, and the fingers clenched. During the spasms, evident relief was afforded by forcible extension of the body. In the intervals there were constant twitches of the extremities, 58.
Permanent opisthotonos took place, and in this condition the girl remained until her death, which took place probably about seven hours after the poison was taken, 56.
She had violent spasmodic contractions of the voluntary muscles, but more especially of the limbs, with extreme pain in all the parts affected. The spasm was at times continued during three or four minutes, and then succeeded by some quick change of position or long succession of convulsive motions. The muscles of the back were so much affected by spasm as almost to render it a case of opisthotonos. Finding it impossible to retain her in her chair, she was place upon a bed and preserved in that position from local injury, 46.
Marked convulsive fits. Five strong tetanic convulsions. Extremities stretched out; hands grasping firmly the sides of the bed; legs a part; feet everted (after half an hour). A severe tetanic convulsion, involving nearly all the muscles of the body and extremities. Chest fixed; respiration difficult; body bent backward (opisthotonos). This was followed by an interval of rest and relaxation of all the muscles, but the patient seemed to be much prostrated. Slight convulsive starts and twitchings of hands and feet followed at various intervals. After this attack the patient became so sensitive that the slightest touch or movement of the bed, or a sudden noise, would cause a spasmodic jerking of the whole body, 63.
Convulsions, which ceased for a time, and then reappeared, and presented especially, first nervous excitement, and then violent spasmodic contraction of the jaws, with grinding of the teeth, bending backwards of the head, rigidity of the trunk, forcible extension and inversion of the feet, and subsultus of the muscles of the calves of the legs (after five minutes), 62. [1210.]
Convulsive attacks, lasting from one to two minutes, in which all the muscles became extremely rigid; jaws tightly closed; patient very restless, with short cries, 47.
Half an hour after the last dose, on rising from a chair, was attacked with vertigo, followed by convulsions of the extremities , relieved during rest, but renewed by a slight movement; speech hurried; while talking, convulsive contractions of the facial muscles; slight trismus; pale face; weak pulse; head covered with sweat; the attack lasted an hour and a half; the patient compared the spasms to electric shocks, 73.
Convulsions, with violent movements of the limbs; distension of the epigastric region; staring shining eyes, 72.
After two hours he suddenly became rigid and lifeless; the toes and feet turned outward; eyes open and staring; jaws tightly closed, 65.
Extremely painful muscular contractions, lasting three or four minutes, and interrupted by a violent spasm; the body was bent backward in opisthotonos; the impulse of the heart marked, the pulse small, scarcely perceptible, only 20 to the minute; the function of the brain undisturbed; in consequence of the spasm affecting the masseter muscles the patient bit at everything brought near the mouth, 69.
Rigidity of the muscles of the whole body, as in catalepsy (one of the persons fell suddenly to the ground while conscious); tetanic closure of the jaws, 74.
Tetanic rigidity, with violent, frequently repeated involuntary shuddering of the trunk and extremities, 68. [1220.]
Convulsions came on, beginning with slight twitches in the muscles of the lower extremities (after half an hour); violent convulsions every few minutes (after one hour), 61.
Slight transient convulsion; in a few minutes she had another and a more violent attack, and shortly afterwards another; I should estimate the duration of these fits at from a minute and a half to two minutes; in them she retained her grasp; her whole body was straightened and stiffened; her legs pushed out and forced wide a part; I could not perceive either pulse or respiration; the face and hands were livid, the muscles of the former, especially of the lips, violently agitated, and she made constantly a moaning, chattering noise. I thought she was not unlike one in an epileptic fit, but that she did not struggle, though as she forced herself straight out, it became difficult to keep her from falling on the floor; a fourth and most vehement attack soon followed, in which the whole body was extended to the utmost, and she was rigidly stiff from head to foot; insomuch that, with all the force I chose to exert, I could not bend the thigh on the pelvis to replace her in her seat; from this she never recovered; she fell after it into a state of asphyxia, 43.
Frequently recurring tonic spasms, drawing the body backward, lasting a minute, 7.
Stretched on back, frame shaken by frequent convulsive spasms; limbs rigidly extended, and head slightly bent backwards; the slightest touch brought on a spasm, 59.
Her appearance was that of one suffering from tetanic convulsions; her face was livid; the lower extremities extended and widely; the muscles of the chest rigid and very hard to touch; her breathing short and quick; pulse low and fluttering; pupils dilated; consciousness undisturbed. On attempting to pass the tube of the stomach-pump, it produced, on coming in contact with the teeth, a most violent convulsion, and the tetanic state of the whole muscular system returned from merely tapping any part of the body with the finger. She was seized, just two hours and a half from the time of taking the poison, with one the most awful convulsions it is possible to conceive. Her face was livid; teeth clenched; saliva flowing from the angles of the mouth; the eyelids widely separated; eyes protruded; the pupils fully dilated, so that the whole contour of the face assumed a most horrific aspect; the arms were violently agitated; the muscles of the chest hard and immovable; breathing suspended; the pulse not to be felt at the wrist; the legs were extended and widely separated, and no effort of mine could either approximate or bend them; there was slight opisthotonos; the fit lasted about two minutes, when the muscular system relaxed, and she was no more, 50.
Arms spasmodically flexed on the elbows; fingers tightly clenched, violently pressed against the pit of the stomach; the abdominal muscles spasmodically contracted, so that the abdomen felt stony hard, 48.
Head drawn backward, the mouth wide open (opisthotonos alternating with trismus); the tongue was then protruded from the mouth, and was frequently injured by the sudden closure of the jaws, 49.
"Drew her mouth about, and stretched herself out in all manner of forms, and was stiff" (soon after ten minutes); the spasms continued at intervals; the chest was fixed, and after the recurrence of such symptoms, increasing in degree, in about an hour and a quarter, or half, after its administration, death took place, 35.
Shortly afterwards they partook of their tea, and felt no ill effects for rather more than forty minutes. Dr. T. then rose from his chair to go into the garden, and proceeded as far as his parlor door when he felt the first symptoms, and exclaimed, "Hold me! hold me!" Mrs. T. sprung from her seat and ran to his assistance, but before she got to him, she also, as she afterwards termed it, "was fixed." The symptoms were most violent. Dr. T. in convulsive agonies, but perfectly calm and collected. They were both, as it were, fixed to the chairs in which they sat.
The symptoms in both were exactly similar. As the convulsions came on, the heads were drawn back, there was a spasmodic clenching of the teeth, the heels fixed to the ground, and the eyes as if protruding from their sockets, and both, curiously enough, kept exclaiming, "Hold me! hold me!" although there was a person on either side of each. Dr. T. afterwards told me "that if I had set fire to a bundle of straw under him, he did not think he could have moved," although at the same time he kept crying, "Hold me!" 60.
Drawing, crampy pains in the back of the neck, with paroxysms of internal stiffness and rigidity from the nape downwards; the paroxysms varied in intensity; during the mild attacks the muscles of the neck alone were affected, when he could all about and speak freely; during the more severe attacks, not only the muscles of the neck but those of the chest and throat were affected, causing great difficulty of breathing, and a choking sensation, especially when attempting to swallow anything; also the muscles of the head, and especially of the forehead, causing a contraction of the eyebrows, and giving him a peculiarly sullen expression of countenance; during the most severe attack, all the muscles of the back and legs were affected, and the entire body became rigid and turned backward; at times he was unable to keep his seat on the chair, and when he attempted to get on his feet he could scarcely stand or move his legs, as the muscles were so rigid; each paroxysm lasted from one to two minutes; he always made an effort to move about when the attacks came on, and to rest the affected parts, 32. [1230.]
An attack in the evening; it rose to the heart; he became sick and apprehensive trembled; was obliged to bend the head forward and rest it upon a table (after four days), 1.
An attack after midnight; crawling in the hands and feet, rising with heat into the face, to the heart (in the pit of the stomach) like a burning and pressure there, then rising into the throat; she then became nauseated and apprehensive; thence it rose into the head, with dulness in the head and ringing in the ears, 1.
A sudden attack soon after dinner; paleness of the face; nausea rising up from the pit of the stomach; he became anxious all over, with trembling and fine beating over the whole body, and increasing weakness, so that he was obliged to lie down (after eight days), 1.
Sudden attack; the body became spasmodically drawn sideways, with ineffectual efforts to hold himself erect with the hands; followed by vomiting and involuntary discharge of stool and urine, with perfect consciousness, 1.
Great excitement , with trembling of the bowels and nerves generally, 23.
Trembling of the whole body; she could not remain for a moment sitting still; it seemed as though she had received an electric shock; was constantly obliged to rise and walk about, 49.
Trembling of the bowels and nerves generally , with great excitement, 23.
She came all over in a tremble, then went into a kind of swoon , in which she remained for three-quarters of an hour, having no recollection whatever of it when it awoke; she was quite insensible and looked wild and staring (after five to six days), 26.
Debility and Faintness.
She feels very weary on rising, in the morning, after a good sleep; the lower extremities (and arms) are sore, as if she had slept upon a hard bed; (she was again invigorated after sitting quietly for half an hour), 1.
She was very much fatigued in the morning, on rising, after sound sleep; the arms (and lower extremities) were sore, as if she had slept upon a hard bed (again invigorated after sitting quietly for half an hour), 1.
Great weariness of the whole body, while walking in the open air (after twenty-eight hours), 1. [1250.]
Very sad and unusually weary, after walking in the open air, 1.
Exhaustion, after walking in the open air, in the evening, 1.
Exhaustion, in evening; the next day, although still feeble, she could walk from home, 46.
When walking in the open air, at first sleepiness, afterwards palpitation and great anxiety, with swelling of the veins on the hands, without heat (after thirty-six hours), 1.
He is awkward and clumsy; he stumbles easily or upsets things (after ten hours), 1.
Does not feel quite well in the morning, in bed; he dreads to rise, as if exhausted by a long walk; it disappears after rising, 5.
In the morning, in the open air, all at once the eyes became staring; there was loss of consciousness and a sensation of fainting, but only for a moment, 1.
Sensibility.
She is painfully sensitive and intolerant of the lightest step or jar of the floor, 1.
*Everything makes too strong an impression upon him, 1.
Pain, at first in the nape of the neck, that then extends into the wrists, on walking in the open air; a paralytic pain, as from weakness; he had not the power to grasp anything properly; disappearing in the evening, on lying down in bed, 1.
Pain in all parts of the body upon which he was lying, during the morning sweat, 1.
The pains of the voluntary muscles, especially of the neck and limbs, remain, and are greatly increased by attempts at motion (second day), 44.
Fine burning sticking here and there in the body, 1.
(The pains became intolerable from 8 to 9 P.M.), 1.
Old wounds that had healed pained anew, as if sore (immediately), 1.
Stitches, like jerking, in various parts, that cause shuddering of the whole body; they shoot simultaneously through the whole body (after four hours), 1.*
Burning sticking, or stitches here and there, that end in burning, 1. [1300.]
Some stitches, from time to time, in affected part, 1.
Some coarse stitches, associated with sore pain, here and there in the body, 1.
A sudden sensation, as of paralytic loss of power, in all the limbs, even while sitting, though most on motion (after one hour), 1.
Extremely oppressed sensation in the whole body, and painful in the legs, as if she had taken a long journey on foot, 21.
Complained of inexpressible oppression, that seemed to distress him, and from which he wished to be relieved, 45.
A mounting to the head, on walking rapidly in the open air; thought seemed to vanish; she was obliged to stand still; the blood rushed to the heart; the upper part of the trachea became constricted; sparks of fire played before the eyes; she could not see where she was, 1.
Hot swelling on the thumb, painful to touch, that by the joint develops into an abscess, 1.
A boil on the anterior portion of the thigh (after six hours), 1.
A boil on the thigh, with violent sticking pain (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Boils on the posterior portion of the thigh (after twelve and thirty hours), 1.
Tearing pain in the ulcer on the thigh if exposed to the open air, but if protected from the air and covered the pain disappears (after four and twenty hours), 1.
A kind of small boil on the knee, that makes the whole foot stiff, 1.
Inflamed redness about a previous ulcer on the leg, when walking and on other motions, 1.
Sensations.
Excessive itching all over the body , extending afterwards to the head (after four to five days), 26. [1340.]
Terrible pricking, stinging, and itching of the skin , so much so that she had to take off all her clothes to scratch herself (after four to five days), 31.
Jerking and twitching under the skin of the limbs, 1.
Burning-itching stitches in various parts of the body, 5.
Biting itching here and there, especially on the outer portions of the body, on the limbs and joints, in the evening, after lying down (after four hours), 1.
Burning itching over the whole body, in the evening, in bed, 1.
Fine burning-itching sticking (like needle stitches) here and there in the skin, as from fleas in the evening, after lying down (after five and a half days), 1.
Burning itching on the upper arms, thighs, abdomen, and back, in the morning, while dressing, and in the evening, while undressing, and even at night, 1.
(Sensitiveness of the skin of the whole body, as if it were sore; on touch, it seems as if different places were asleep), 1. [1350.]
Uneasiness and anxiety, in the evening, after lying down, so that he was constantly obliged to stretch out the limbs (after eight hours), 1.
Uneasiness in the arms, at night, which at one time he wishes to cover, at another to uncover, 1.
Uneasiness in all the limbs, before midnight, and an almost voluptuous, agreeable, but intolerable sensation that prevents falling asleep, that always wakes him if he tries to fall asleep, and compels him to alternately draw up and stretch out the legs, 1.
Very great uneasiness, at night, without pain (after twelve hours), 1.
He lies, at night, on the back, with one or both arms stretched above the head; talks in sleep, and wakes, after midnight, between 2 and 3 o'clock, 1.*
He lies on the back, during sleep, with head bent backward, the arms above the head, so that the hands lie on the nape of the neck, 1.* [1410.]
He always seeks to lie on the back, during sleep, especially to lie with the head low (after thirty-six hours), 1.*
He lies mostly on the back, during sleep, with one or the other arm under the head, 1.*
Snoring inspiration in sleep, before midnight, as if the posterior nares or palate were constricted and drawn together, 1.*
Loud snoring respiration, in sleep, before midnight, 1.*
The patient sleeps little and uneasily at night, 45.
Sleep agitated, and attended with convulsive movements from time to time (third day), 44.
The night seemed too long and wearisome, with a kind of stupid slumber (coma), with dreams full of strife and excitement, 1.
He falls asleep late in the evening, kept awake by many conflicting ideas, 1.
Slept after taking, but not very soundly, for an hour and a half, his rest interrupted by dreams, some of which were of a delightful description, 58. [1420.]
Sleepiness, only in the morning, after daybreak, 1.
He is able to sleep only from 11 to 1, and is obliged to rise as early as 3 o'clock, 1.
She was unable to sleep at night, or if she slumbered a little she had frightful dreams, from which she woke to remain awake for hours, and if she could fall asleep she had other frightful dreams, and after waking knew what she had dreamed, 1.
He woke frequently at night, and could not easily sleep again; when he slept he had very vivid dreams, 1.
Falling asleep late in the evening (after two hours), 1.
Complained of its bitterness, slept about five minutes, and then awoke, crying "I am burning," 62.
After the shivering, sleep, then again shivering, with coldness of the toes (after sixteen hours), 1.
Chilly sensation about the head from time to time, 1.
Creeping chilly sensation over the face, 1. [1470.]
Chilly sensation (coldness) of the face, and about the head, 1.
Creeping chills over the chest, with tensive pain, 1.
*Sensation of chilliness on the back and limbs, in the morning, with painfulness of the skin, as if it had been frozen, and a sensation of falling asleep in the limbs, like that caused by cold weather, in the morning, 1.
Chilliness in the back and over the arms (though not on the hands), in the evening after lying down (after three hours), 1.*
Chilliness in the back and heaviness in the lower extremities, after a vexation, 1.
Creeping chilliness in the hepatic region; a crawling sensation, 1.
Becomes easily chilly in the hands, is obliged to wrap them up, 1.
Chilliness of the feet, as if dashed with cold water, with trembling, 1.
Shivering and chilliness, immediately after drinking, 1.*
Shivering and horripilation in the morning, 1. [1480.]
Shivering over the whole body on the slightest motion, but not when lying quietly, 1.
Intense shivering; cold feet for twenty hours; the face, head, and neck being quite hot (after four to five days), 26.
Nightly febrile attack (during the third hour); before the chill, intolerable drawing pain through the thighs and legs, that obliged him to alternately draw them up and stretch them out, 1.*
Chilliness and great weakness, with internal and external heat, so that, especially in the afternoon, he desires to lie down and go to bed, or to be warmly clothed, 1.
Chilliness, in the evening before lying down; in bed, heat of the head and face, 1.*
At first shivering, then heat, causing anxiety; afterwards thirst for beer, 1.
Four accessions of cold rigors, followed by warm perspiration (third day), 44.
Alternations of cold and heat, especially much heat in the head, at 8.45 A.M., 52.
Fever, in the afternoon or evening, followed by chilliness and coldness, 1. [1490.]
*Fever, in the afternoon; chilliness and coldness, with blue nails, for four hours, followed by general heat and burning of the hands, with thirst, at first for water, afterwards for beer, without subsequent sweat, 1.
Trembling and chilliness, in the evening after lying down, followed by some heat of the face (after two hours), 1.
Violent chill, and sleep for an hour, in the evening after lying down, followed by heat, with headache, roaring in the ears, and nausea (after twelve hours), 1.*
Chilliness, mingled from time to time with general heat and drops of sweat on the forehead, towards 6 A.M., and again, towards 6 P.M., chilliness, 1.
The surface of the body cold and uniformly wet with perspiration, 46.
Heat, with thirst, and almost without sweat, at night, 2.
Increasing heat in the morning, on walking in the open air, with full pulse, without thirst, followed by sleeplessness (after eight, and sixteen hours), 1.
Dry heat over the whole body, that does not tolerate any covering , with dryness of the mouth, without thirst, immediately after coition (after five hours), 1.*
Dry heat, without thirst, about midnight, in bed, 1. [1500.]
Heat, with full rapid pulse; desire for bed, with thirst, 1.
Internal heat, increasing from hour to hour, with full pulse, without thirst, followed by sleeplessness (after eight, and sixteen hours), 1.
Sensation of internal heat, with dryness of the mouth, but with dread of drinking, together with internal chilliness, at night, 1.
Paroxysms of heat over the whole body, without redness of the cheeks, with pearly sweat on the forehead, and anxiety, 1.
Heat spread over the whole body, "running through all the veins," followed by vomiting with great relief, 67.
Intolerable sensation of heat over the whole body, or especially in the cheeks, hands, and lower portions of the feet, particularly in the palms and soles, so that he eagerly sought to cool himself by uncovering and for cool places in the bed, but he could not tolerate this because becoming cool caused partly a distressing sensation over the whole body, partly a momentary griping or cutting colic, very early in the morning, in bed, 1.
Heat in the head, as from coryza, with one red cheek, and discharge of mucus from the nose (after two, and three hours), 1.
Heat of the face, in the morning, after rising, with constipation and flatulent rumbling in the abdomen (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Heat of the face and whole body, in the morning, on walking in the open air (after forty-eight hours), 1.
Hot face, in the evening, in bed, and restless sleep before midnight (after eight days), 1.
Much heat, especially in the face, that seems to rise up from the abdomen, after dinner; perspiration, mostly over the whole back, 1.
Heat of the face, inner surface of the hands, and soles of the feet, after lying down, in the evening, 1.
Heat in the cheeks, externally, after a meal, with a violent sensation of heat, like a burning, within the cheeks, with very easy dilatation of the pupils; photophobia, and chilliness in the arms and gooseflesh (after three hours), 1.
Heat in the hands, which he needs to cover because coolness causes an intolerable pain, very early in the morning (after twelve, and sixty-four hours), 1.
Heat in the soles of the feet, very early in the morning, that he tries to cover up because cold causes intolerable pain (after twelve, and sixty-four hours), 1. [1520.]
Burning heat all over her body (after four to five days), 31.
Sensation of internal burning heat through the whole body (after six, and twelve hours), 1.*
Flushing heat of the face, toward evening (after forty-eight hours), 1.
Flushing heat of the face, more frequent than usual, while walking, 1.
Redness of the cheeks, in the morning, after waking, 1.
Face, formerly pale, became scarlet-red, cheeks glowing hot (immediately), 49. [1530.]
External heat, with red cheeks, and sensation of anxious, intolerable, internal heat (although he covered himself carefully); the mouth is full of saliva, though the lips are dry; there is no thirst or only apparent thirst; he desires to drink, but pushes the drink from him, does not relish it; during the heat, sleeplessness; he lies with the arms under the head; after the heat, thirst for beer, 1.
Unusual warmth, with thirst for water, in the morning (after twelve hours), 1.
Violent heat of the body, except of the hands, soles of the feet, and scalp, which are cold, with redness of the cheeks, without thirst, and without sensation of heat, though with recurring chilly sensations, 1.
Fever towards 6 P.M.; chilliness, with intercurrent attacks of heat, recurring the next day at the same hour, 1.
A kind of febrile attack at night (during the second hour); intolerable drawing pain through the thighs and legs, so that he did not know what to do, with thirst, 1.
Febrile heat, rather internal; it seems as though she steamed and smoked from the throat; during which she drank very much, 1.
A kind of febrile attack; shivering and drawing pains in the limbs, as if caused by pain in the small of the back, while lying down, during a nap after dinner, with subsequent heat, without thirst, 1. [1540.]
Sensation of heat in the face, with shivering over the rest of the body, 1.
Dry heat of the face, preceded by coldness of the feet, 1.
Internal and external heat of the head, with chilliness, 1.
Heat of the face, with coldness of other parts of the body, 1.
Redness of the face, with shivering and coldness of the limbs and thirst for beer, in the evening, 1.
Red cheeks, with heat of the head and chilliness over the rest of the body (after six hours), 1.
Redness of the cheeks and heat of the hands, with cold feet and recurring shivering, in the evening, 1.
Frequent attacks of perspiration, followed by dry heat, 1.
Perspiration, especially upon the upper parts of the body, in the morning, while waking and sleeping, followed by drawing pain in the left side (after sixteen hours), 1.
Slight general perspiration of the odor of musty straw (though not on the face), at night and in the morning, 1.
Broke out over the whole body with profuse warm sweat, while the lower extremities were moist, cold, and rigid; this perspiration was so profuse that his shirt had to be changed; he was constantly bathed in perspiration, 43.
Perspiration, especially below the nose, on the forehead (scalp) nape of the neck, throat, pit of the stomach, and between the thighs, with an anxious sensation of heat and dryness of the tip of the tongue, anterior part of the palate and lips, without desire for drink, very early in the morning (during the third hour), 1.
General sweat, with internal heat of the face and head, without thirst, in the morning, on waking, 1.
( Forenoon ), Flickering and glittering in left outer field of vision; itching and gnawing in scalp and nape of neck; vomiting of sour mucus; sticking in right side of abdomen; thin liquid stool, followed by hard fæces, with flatus.
( Noon ), After lying down, stitch in tip of tongue.
( Afternoon ), Buzzing in forehead; from 4 P.M., one sided headache; stitches in upper part of throat; 3 P.M., tension across epigastric region; crawling in pit of stomach; periodic ravenous hunger; weakness, with loss of appetite; nausea in pit of stomach; rumbling in abdomen; tearing pain in abdomen; drawing in back; during chill, stitches in small of back; urging to urinate; pain, like small stitches, in sternum; heaviness and weariness of arms; while lying down, tearing in soles of feet; tearing in left leg to toe; fever; shivering; 6 P.M., fever; yawnning and stretching.
( Towards evening ), Headache about lower portion of skull; stitches within ear; sick feeling in pit of stomach; vomiting of sour mucus; itching on inner surface of pudenda; soreness of margin of precipice.
( Evening ), Anxiety; in bed, fantasies; while walking, apprehension, depression, feeling of intoxication; in bed, obscuration in front of head; buzzing; buzzing in forehead; complaining mood; reproachful and despondent; twitching of right side of face; after lying down, twitching in muscles of face; redness of face; after lying down, heat of face; after lying down, vertigo; itching of lids; in bed, biting in inner canthi; illusions of smell; drawing toothache; loose tooth; after eating, red, hot spots in throat and cheeks; during menses, after lying down, crawling in pharynx; after lying down, stitches in pit of stomach; thirst; after lying down, flatulent colic in upper abdomen; after eating, pain in rectum; pain in rectum and anus; after stool, sore pain in anus; before going to sleep, dry painful catarrh in larynx; after lying down, paroxysms of cough; dyspnœa; oppression of chest; paroxysms of pain in nape of neck; in bed, jerking in limbs; coldness of limbs; in bed pain in left shoulder-joint; after lying down, chilliness in arms; before going to bed, sticking in condyle of right wrist; after lying down, itching pain on thigh and knee; in bed, when stretching legs, cramp in calves; tearing and sticking pain about knees; before going to bed, drawing and sticking in right external malleolus; burning pain on sides of foot and toes; after lying down, heat in soles of feet; while undressing, itching in several parts of body; trembling 9 P.M., faintness; exhaustion; 8 to 9 P.M., severe pains; sleepiness; chilliness.
( Night ), Headache; itching in ear through Eustachian tube; chirping and swishing in ears; stopped coryza; burning in pit of stomach; burning in throat; eructations of a bitter sour liquid; crawling in anus; sudden diarrhœa; aching and heaviness in right testicle and spermatic cord; emissions, without erections, followed by relaxation of lower portion of body, with cold feet and lascivious dreams; chest oppressed; tension and pressure in external chest; in bed, compression of chest; dyspnœa, with roaring in ears, rapid pulse, and perspiration; pain in small of back; arms and fingers fall asleep; cramp in soles of feet, on movement of thighs; delirious ravings increased; febrile attack; offensive perspiration; perspiration.
( After midnight ), Dryness of mouth; cramp in stomach; clawing in stomach; pressive pain in rectum; dry cough till daybreak; when lying on opposite side, boring pain in elbow-joint; cramp in fingers; in bed, cramp in calves, if thigh is flexed; in bed, cramp in toes; sweat on thigh and calves; sweat; convulsive attacks.
( Open air ), Stupid feeling in head; headache in forehead; jerks in teeth, ending with stitches; cough loosens; colic; pain in chest; tearing pain in ulcer on thigh.
( After taking open air ), Weariness and relaxation of all limbs.
( Draft of air ), Pain in small of back.
( Cold air ), Sticking in calves.
( Air entering mouth ), Pain in hollow tooth.
( After anxiety ), Nausea; rapid respiration.
( While asleep ), Discharge of saliva from mouth.
( Ascending stairs ), Stitches in throat; tightness transversely through chest; constriction through chest; tightness in chest; cramp and sticking in fingers; afternoon, heaviness and weariness of lower extremities.
( Deep breath ), In open air, pain in hollow tooth; toothache; in open air, stitches in one row of teeth; sticking in left side of abdomen.
( Breathing ), Stitches between scapulæ.
( Bending head to side ), Pain in opposite shoulder-joint and scapulæ.
( Bending head down ), Sensation of something heavy falling in forehead.
( Bending forward and backward ), Pain in small of back.
( Chewing ), Sticking pain, extending to ear.
( During chill ), Throbbing pain in small of back, with eructations.
( After coition ), Dry heat of whole body.
( Coughing ), On waking, dry fauces, and bad odor from mouth; sharpness in throat.
( Before dinner ), Headache; swelling of gums, with toothache; hiccough; nausea; jerking in hip-joint.
( During dinner ), Heat in head; nausea; faintness; flushes of heat.
( After dinner ), Hypochondriac mood; confusion of head; vertigo; headache; stitches in left temple; on moving eyes, headache; heat in face; coryza; dryness of throat; qualmish; nausea; sour vomiting; pain below umbilicus; diarrhœa; dark-colored diarrhœa; pressive pain in perineum; sticking pain in bladder; dyspnœa; offensive breath; chilliness; sided convulsive attacks; perspiration on back.
( Drinking coffee ), Griping in abdomen.
( After drinking ), Milk, sour taste; distension of abdomen; tightness of breath; in morning, pressive pain in loins; shivering.
( Warm drink ), Drawing toothache.
( While eating ), Vertigo; sweat on forehead and scalp; obscuration of vision; griping and pinching in abdomen about navel.
( After eating ), Hypochondriac mood; tearing headache; stitches in left hemisphere of brain; heat in cheeks; rising of matter into mouth; pressure in pit of stomach; pressive pain in epigastric region; qualmishness; sick feeling; distension of abdomen; fulness in upper abdomen; cough; pressive pain in chest; hands chilly.
( During emission ), Impotence; penis relaxed.
( Physical exertion ), Cough.
( Exerting mind ), After a meal or stool, pressive pain in rectum.
( During eructations ), Vertigo.
( Expiration ), Tickling in trachea.
( Expectorating ), From chest, bitter taste low down in mouth.
( Closing eyes ), Pressive pain in middle of brain.
( Holding head erect ), Stupid feeling.
( Lying down ), After dinner, palpitation; burning in ball of thumb.
( Lying on bed ), Pain in all limbs.
( Lying on back ), At midnight, dry cough.
( Midday nap ), Erections.
( After midday nap ), Weakness of forearms and hands.
( During menses ), Headache in occiput; headache; in morning, nausea; pain in side of abdomen; spasmodic motion in abdomen; after stool, weakness; after midday nap, tearing in left arm and thigh; itching rash on thigh; rising from recumbent position, weakness, chilliness; prostration; chilliness; chilliness, followed by internal burning heat.
( After a meal ), Heat in cheeks and chilliness in arms.
( Exerting mind ), Throbbing headache; sore pain in teeth; burrowing toothache.
( During micturition ), Tenacious mucus from bladder, with urine.
( Motion ), Pain in nape of neck; pain in abdominal muscles; stitches in side of abdomen; sticking pain in middle of chest; stitches between scapulæ; pains in pelvic region; joints painful; sensation of paralytic loss of power in all limbs; pain in voluntary muscles; chilliness; shivering of whole body; flushes of heat.
( Moving head ), Rush of blood to it, with sluggishness of rest of body; cervical muscles painful; cracking in cervical muscles; pain between scapulæ.
( Moving nose ), Soreness of margins of nostrils.
( Moving hand ), Pain in right wrist.
( Reading ), Cough.
( Reflecting ), Cough; constrictive pain in forepart of urethra.
( Rest ), Dull pain in small of back.
( Rising from seat ), Hollows of knees feel short.
( Standing ), Stiffness and tension in hollow of knee; jerking in hollow of knee; trembling of knee and foot; after sitting, leg falls asleep.
( Stepping on heel ), Sore pain in part.
( Sitting ), Respiration difficult, tight; pain in shoulder-joint, and heaviness of arm; falling asleep of lower extremities.
( Stooping ), Heaviness of head; headache; painless drawing in face; offensive exhalation from mouth; profuse discharge of water from mouth; stitches in throat; pain between scapulæ.
( During stool ), Contraction and constriction in rectum.
( After stool ), Burning pain in anus.
( After supper ), Hypochondriac mood; burning pain in pit of stomach.
( Swallowing ), Pain in throat; stitches in throat; sticking in uvula and submaxillary gland; sour taste to food.
( Thigh bent ), Cramp contraction in soles of feet.
( Touch ), Pain in nape of neck; stitches between scapulæ; pain in chest, beneath axilla; spasms renewed.
( Touching part ), Pain in scalp; pain in back; pain in muscles of thigh and knee.
( Turning body ), Coarse stitch in small of back.
( Before urinating ), Pain in nark of bladder; sticking or jerking in urethra.
( While urinating ), Burning-tearing pain in neck of bladder; burning in urethra; after dinner, burning-sticking pain in urethra; itching.
( After urinating ), Pressure in neck of bladder; pain in tip of glans penis.
( Walking ), After eating, vertigo and dizzy reeling; in open air rapidly, a mounting to head; shattering and quaking in brain; headache; in open air, toothache; in morning, sour eructations; long distance, stitchlike pain in abdomen; in morning, pressure in abdomen; in open air, constriction in lower abdomen; swashing in abdomen; in morning, itching in anus; in open air, cough and expectoration; tightness transversely through chest; constriction; tearing and pulling in lower portion of back; pain in shoulder and heaviness of arm; in open air, weakness of right lower extremity; holding back sensation in muscles of lower extremities; burning sticking extending from small of back through thighs; itching on thighs; paralytic pain in head of femur, extending below knee; pain in muscles of middle thigh; lame feeling in thigh; empty feeling about knee; dry sensation in hollow of knee; after sitting, legs fall asleep; in morning, spasmodic pain in ankle; pain in ankle; feet weary and sore; in open air, weariness of whole body; in evening, exhaustion, palpitation, anxiety, sleepiness; in open air, clammy sweat on forehead, perspiration on inner surface of hands.
( After walking ), Sad and weary; crawling in calves.
( Raw wind ), Sore pain in head.
( Drop of water touching tongue ), Violent spasms.
( Washing in cold water ), Smarting of red pimples on face and forehead.
( Yawning ), Spasmodic contraction of fingers and toes.
( After yawning and stretching ), Spasmodic pain in limbs, with chilliness; internal beating.
Amelioration.
( Evening ), Fulness in head; buzzing in head; after lying down, headache; stitches in temple; after lying down, nausea, sour vomiting.
( After midnight ), Cough.
( Drawing in cold air ), Boring toothache.
( Bending body ), Forward, griping in abdomen; backward, painful weariness in chest.
( Emission of flatus ), Pain in rectum; sticking pain in bladder.
( After eating ), Bad taste in mouth.
( Laying head on table ), Headache in forehead.
( Lying down ), Pains relieved, 1 ; nausea; faintness; flushes of heat.
( Lying in bed ), Respiration more natural.
( Lying on side ), Cough at midnight.
( Lying on left side or back ), Headache in right orbit, in morning.
( Pressure of hand upon part ), Sticking in right side of abdomen.
( Rest ), Colic in lower abdomen; sharp pressure in bladder, urethra, perineum, rectum, and anus.
( Rising from bed ), Hoarseness and roughness of chest; sore spot in trachea; pain in joints and middle of long bones; incarceration of flatus in abdomen.
( After rising ), Headache; anxiety; ill-humor.
( Standing still ), Vertigo.
( Sitting ), Tightness in chest; pressure in upper abdomen.
( Stretching legs ), Cramp in soles of feet.
( Urinating ), Constrictive pain in forepart of urethra.
