Stannum

by Timothy F. AllenThe Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

The element, Tin.

Preparation , Trituration of the pure metal.

Authorities. (Nos.

1 to 12 , from Hahnemann, Chr. Kn.)

1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Franz; 3 , Gross; 4 , Guttmann; 5 , Hartmann; 6 , Haynel; 7 , Herrmann; 8 , Langhammer; 9 , Wislicenus; 10 , Alston, Mat. Med., 1, 152 (statement of a case reported to him, -Hughes); 11 , Gusschlæger, in Hufel. Journ. (effect of swallowing granulated Tin, -Hughes); 12 , Meyer, Abr. Diss. Cantel. de Anthelmint, Gött., 1782 (observation, -Hughes); 13 , Stahl, Mat. Med., cap. vi (not accessible, -Hughes); 14 , Dr. Pitet, Jour. de la Soc. Gall., vol. iv, proving of Bichloride of tin (fuming), 3d dil. in watery solution, repeated doses, and in progressive order, during ten days in January and February; 15 , a young woman took a few doses of fuming Bichloride of tin for pruritus of vulva; 16 , another woman took a few doses of the same; 17 , effects on a third woman immediately after a dose; 18 , G. W. Hazeltine, Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. xxxi, 1844, p. 38, T. A. E., æt. fourteen years, swallowed a draught of Bichloride of tin; 19 , Meinel, Deutsche Klin., 1851 (S. J. 74, 167), effects of Muriate of tin and salt; 20 , E. P. Angell, M.D., Ohio Med. and Surg. Rep., vol. ii, 1868, p. 152, a family ate a cold chicken-pie baked the previous day in a new tin pan; 21 , Dr. Angell ate a similar dish, very heartily, as a test; all the other members of the family had similar attacks, varying in degree with the quantity eaten; 22 , a family ate a custard cooked in a new tin pan the day previous.

MIND

  • Excited and inclined to storms of anger (fourth day), 3.
  • Violent, very transient anger, 3.
  • Remarkably joyful, 4.
  • Talkative; sociable, 8.
  • Quiet good-humor (after fourteen hours), 8.
  • Quiet, absorbed in himself, with great discomfort of the body, 4.
  • Quiet, absorbed in himself, solicitous for the future, 8.
  • Sad, hypochondriac mood, 1.
  • Discontented, 1. [10.]
  • Great anxiety and depression a week before the menses, ceasing on the appearance of the flow, 1.
  • Indescribable anxiety and despondency for several days, 1.
  • Discouraged, 1.
  • Contented with nothing without being fretful, 1.
  • Fretfulness disappearing, in the open air, the whole day, 2.
  • Quiet fretfulness; he answers unwillingly and abruptly ; easily vexed, and easily gets into a temper, 7.
  • Peevishness and transient sensitiveness (first three days), 3.
  • Vexatious; nothing goes to suit him, 8.
  • Aversion and dread of people, 1.
  • Restless and distracted; no persistence in work, immediately, 1. [20.]
  • Fruitlessly busy, as if a rush of ideas prevented him from completing his work at a certain time; all sorts of things occur to him to be done, 3.
  • Indolent and irritable, with heat in the face; would do everything, but really does nothing, 1.
  • Is inclined to do no work, and inability to think, 7.
  • Dulness of mind, indifference to external objects, indisposition, with paleness and darkness about the eyes, 4.
  • Disinclination to talk, 1.
  • Want of memory, in the morning on waking, 1.

HEAD

  • Confusion and Vertigo.
  • Confusion and dulness of the head, as before coryza, which, however, did not occur, with sneezing, 1.
  • Vertigo, as if the brain were whirling around; all thought vanished, and he could not continue to read, and sat as if without his senses, 7.
  • Sudden attacks of vertigo, while sitting down, 9.
  • Vertigo, as if all objects were at too great a distance, 9. [30.]
  • Stupefying vertigo, only when walking, in the open air; he reels as if he would fall, 8.
  • Dizziness in the whole head, 7.
  • Dizziness, while sitting, as if he would fall, 4.
  • Dizziness, in the morning on waking from a long sleep, as if he had not slept enough, 4.
  • General Head.
  • Heaviness and dulness of the head, worse in the evening, 1.
  • Heaviness of the head during rest and motion, in the evening, lasting two hours (after nine hours), 1.
  • Heaviness and tearings throughout the head (twenty-fifth day), 14.
  • Almost constant heaviness throughout the head, sometimes only at the top (thirtieth day), 14.
  • Painful heaviness throughout the whole head, sometimes in the forehead only, or in the temples (tenth day), 14.
  • Now and then, violent heaviness in the head, sometimes general, sometimes partial; sometimes at one point, sometimes at another (twelfth day), 14. [40.]
  • General heaviness throughout the head, especially in the occiput (twentieth day), 14.
  • Feeling of weakness in the head, and sleepiness, 1.
  • Pain and heat in the head, in the morning on waking, 1.
  • Headache mostly every morning, with loss of appetite; nausea and fretfulness, 1.
  • The action of raising or of bowing the head causes pain in the muscles which are involved in these movements (twentieth day), 14.
  • Painful sensation on shaking the head, as if the brain were loose and beat against the skull, 2.
  • Boring, pressive, stupefying pain in the left half of the brain, on the surface, 5.
  • Dizzy pressure through the whole head, 7.
  • Constriction and sudden pressure in the whole upper part of the head, slowly increasing and decreasing, 3.*
  • Painful pressing in the brain towards the vertex and occipital bones, in the evening, also after lying down, 6. [50.]
  • Frequent sensation, as if screwed inward in the head, with slow jerks or drawing pressure here and there at times, 3.
  • Pain, as if the brain were forced asunder, and were tense, 1.
  • Cramplike pain, as if the head were externally constricted by a band, 1.
  • Sharp jerking pains in the right anterior lobe of the brain, above the orbit (twenty-fourth day), 14.*
  • Pressive tearings from each side of the brain to the top of the skull (twenty-fifth day), 14.
  • Sharp and deepseated stitches in the lower part of the left anterior lobe of the brain (above the arch of the orbit), (tenth day), 14.
  • Tingling in the head; noise resounds in it, 1.
  • Forehead.
  • Headache in the frontal region, 20.*
  • Pain, as from a crashing, in the forehead, 1.*
  • Pressure in the forehead, 1. [60.]
  • Pressure in the forehead; aggravated by bending backward, relieved by pressure, 3.
  • Pressive stupefying pain in the brain, just above the eyebrows, during rest and motion, 8.
  • Pressing outward at the frontal eminence, 1.
  • Pressure outward at the forehead, with sleepiness, relieved by pressure, 3.
  • Dull pressure from within outward, in the forehead, 7.*
  • Pressure in the middle of the forehead, extending deep into the brain, 4.
  • Pressure in the forehead, temples, and vertex, relieved by external pressure, 3.
  • A sudden pressive jerk in the left forehead and temple, so that he cried aloud, 3.
  • Violent jerks in the forehead, alternating with dull pressure, 5.
  • Drawing through the forehead and vertex, with a pressive sensation, 3. [70.]
  • Burning pain, like fire, in one-half of the forehead, as also in the nose and eyes, with external heat in the parts all alike, during rest and motion; was obliged to lie down, with nausea and retching as to vomiting, from morning till evening, 1.
  • Pressive tearing in the forehead, 7.*
  • Pressive tearing in the right half of the forehead at intervals, aggravated by stooping, 5.*
  • Tearing pain, but transient, in the forehead, the top of the head, and the occiput; afterwards shifting now to one point, then to another, and sometimes affecting the whole head; generally more violent in the forehead (twenty-fourth day), 14.
  • Frequently during the day, cutting, penetrating pains in the left anterior portion of the brain; they last some moments, and cease, to be renewed subsequently (fortieth day), 14.
  • Shootings from the anterior portion of the brain to the right side (twenty-third day), 14.
  • Dull shootings in the left anterior side of the head (thirty-fifth day), 14.
  • Stitchlike headache, especially in the left side of the forehead, with fluent coryza, 8.
  • Sticking headache in the forehead, even during rest, for several days, on stooping, everything presses outward at the forehead, 1.
  • A long, dull stitch in the left frontal eminence, 3. [80.]
  • Fine stitches in the middle of the forehead, 2.
  • Temple.
  • Boring pain in the left temple all day, 1.
  • Boring pressive pain in the right temple, relieved by external pressure, 5.
  • Compression in the temples and occiput, 1.
  • *Pressure in the left temple beginning slight, then increasing and so again diminishing as if the forehead would be pressed inward, 3.
  • Pressive pain outward in the right temple, almost as if external, 4.
  • Pain, like a pressing inward in the temples all day, 1.*
  • Pressure in the right temple when lying upon it, disappearing on rising up, 4.
  • Pressive drawing in one temple and half of the forehead, causing confusion, 3.
  • Often-recurring, sharp, but transient pains in the right temple (twenty-second day), 14. [90.]
  • Sharp pains in the left temple; less severe in the right temple (seventh day), 14.
  • Pulsating stitches in the temples, with heat in the head, chilliness of the body and weakness of the head, so that he almost loses his reason, with slumbering and insensibility, 1.
  • Throbbing headache , in the temples, 1.
  • Vertex and Parietals.
  • Painful sensation of heaviness in the top of the head, almost at the forehead (seventh day), 14.
  • Sometimes painful heaviness in the top of the head; now and then shootings in the right parietal region (seventeenth day), 14.
  • Sudden sharp pressure on the vertex, with a sensation as if the hair moved, 3.
  • Pressive tearing in the left side of the vertex, 7.
  • Sudden dull stitches in the top of the head, 3.
  • Burning stitches on the vertex, 2.
  • Pressive heaviness, with a feeling of emptiness in the left half of the brain, 5. [100.]
  • Pressive pain outward, in the right side of the head, 4.
  • Drawing pressure from the right parietal bone to the orbit, 3.
  • Pressive tearing through the right side of the head, 9.
  • Tearing pressure in the right half of the head, 7.
  • Tearing in the left parietal bone, and in the forehead, 7.
  • From time to time, violent dartings in the left side of the head, or in its posterior portion (twelfth day), 14.
  • Occiput.
  • Painful heaviness in the occiput (twenty-first day), 14.
  • Painful and almost constant sense of weight on the occiput, 14.
  • Headache in the occiput, 19.
  • Boring in the occipital bones, with acute heaviness, 5. [110.]
  • Compression in the occiput, under the skull, 2.
  • Pressure outward, in the left side of the occiput, 6.
  • Pressive tearing in the left occipital bone, 5.
  • Pressive tearing in the left side of the occiput, 7.
  • Shooting in the left posterior portion of the head (twentieth day), 14.
  • Constrictive pain in the right side of the occiput, 4.
  • External Head.
  • Pain, as from suppuration on the head, externally, 1.
  • Burning tension on the forepart of the scalp, just above the right side of the forehead, 4.

EYE

  • Objective.
  • The eyes are prominent and painful, as after weeping, 1.
  • Nightly agglutination of the eyes, with weakness during the day, 1. [120.]
  • Dim, weak, sunken eyes (after two days), 7.
  • Eyes dim, 1.
  • Subjective.
  • Pain in the eyes, as from rubbing with a woollen cloth, removed by moving the lids, 1.
  • Pressure in the eyes, 1.
  • Pressure in the left eye, as from a stye on the lid, 2.
  • Jerking in the eyes, 1.
  • Twitching in left eye, lasting a week, 1.
  • Several sharp, dartings in the globe of the right eye (twenty-first day), 14.
  • Burning sticking in the right eye, toward the outer canthus, 4.
  • Burning in the eyes, 1. [130.]
  • Biting in the eyes, as after rubbing with a woollen cloth, 2.
  • Brow and Orbit.
  • A pimple on the left eyebrow, with burning by itself and with pressive pain when touched, 1.
  • Sudden sensitive dull thrusts in the outer side of the upper margin of the left orbit, 3.
  • Jerklike drawing tearing externally above the left eyebrow, 8.
  • Drawing pressure in the upper margin of the left orbit, 3.
  • Sudden jerks on the upper margin of the right orbit and in other parts, with sensitive stupefaction of the head, 3.
  • In the upper part of the right orbit, shootings which penetrate from before backward into the substance of the brain (forty-second day), 14.
  • Lids.
  • Stye in the inner angle of the right eye, 15.
  • Pustular swelling of the left inner canthus , like a lachrymal fistula, 1.*
  • Twitching in the right inner canthus, 6. [140.]
  • Pressure in both upper lids, 4.
  • Pressive pain in the right inner canthus, 7.
  • Pressure in the left inner canthus, as from a stye, with lachrymation, 7.*
  • Constriction of the eyelids, with redness of the white of the eyes and a burning sensation, 1.
  • Sensation as of a hard substance behind the right eyelid, 4.
  • Burning pain in the left lower lid, 4.
  • Small violent burning stitches in the lids of the right eye, more towards the outer canthus, 5.
  • Fine sticking burning in the left canthus, 4.
  • Itching in the upper eyelids on each side, with slight swelling (thirty-third and thirty-fifth days), 14.
  • Itching in the inner canthus, 1.
  • Lachrymal Apparatus. [150.]
  • Acute itching in the right lachrymal caruncula (thirty-second and thirty-third days), 14.
  • Ball.
  • Shootings in the globe of the left eye, in the evening (thirty-sixth day), 14.
  • Tensive stitch in the left eyeball, most violent on moving it, 4.
  • Itching in the left eyeball, somewhat relieved by rubbing, 4.
  • Pupil.
  • Pupils first contracted, then dilated, 8.
  • Vision.
  • Sees a rainbow about the candlelight, 1.

EAR

  • Ulceration in the hole for the earring in the lobule of the ear, 1.
  • Shooting in the cartilages of the right ear (twentieth day), 14.
  • A drawing stitch in the upper part of the left concha, 4.
  • Pressure externally on the bones behind the ear, 1. [160.]
  • Griping tearing through the cartilage of the lobule of the left ear, with at times a sensation as if a cold wind were blowing in it (after four hours), 9.
  • Earache; in the outer ear a drawing pain, 3.
  • Boring pain in the right ear, with cold feet, 1.
  • Frequent drawing in the left ear, like an earache, 3.
  • Drawing in the whole right ear externally and internally; painful on moving the lower jaw, 1.
  • Cramplike pain in the whole right ear, lasting eight hours, 4.
  • Tearing in the right meatus, like an earache, 7.
  • Itching in the left ear, 1.
  • Stopped sensation in the left ear, with deafness, which was relieved by blowing the nose, in the morning after rising, lasting four days, 6.
  • Hearing.
  • Screaming in the ear when blowing the nose, 1. [170.]
  • Rushing in the ears as from a stream of blood, 2.
  • Ringing in the left ear, 8.
  • Creaking in front of and in the left ear, as from a door, in the evening, 2.
  • Rustling noise of a grasshopper in the left ear (eighteenth day), 14.
  • The jarring of his steps (on walking) resounds painfully in the head (twentieth day), 14.

NOSE

  • Frequent sneezing without coryza, 8.
  • Violent sneezing, in the evening (eighth day), 14.
  • Profuse coryza (after four days), 1.
  • Intense coryza, alternating with stoppage of the nose, 16.
  • Coryza of the left nostril (tenth day), 14. [180.]
  • Violent coryza all day (eleventh day), 14.
  • Diminished coryza (twelfth day), 14.
  • Blood is blown from the nose, in the morning (seventeenth and eighteenth days), 14.
  • Nosebleed, in the morning, immediately on rising from bed, 6.
  • Violent nosebleed, in the morning, immediately on waking, 1.
  • Stoppage of the nose, in the morning (ninth day), 14.
  • Violent stopped catarrh; can get air through only the right nostril, at noon; on the fourth day the nose becomes free, 2.
  • Can get no air through the left nostril, which is excessively swollen, red, and painful to touch, 1.
  • Heaviness and a stopped sensation in the upper part of the nostril, 7.
  • Respiration through the nostrils is impeded in consequence of a permanently congestive condition of the palato-nasal mucous membrane (twenty-third day), 14.

FACE. [190.]

  • Face pale and sunken, sickly; features elongated, 1.*
  • Constrictive pain in the bones of the face and teeth in the right side, as if they would be drawn up shorter, 3.
  • Pressive gnawing in the left side of the face, especially in the malar bone, 9.
  • Stupefying pain in the face, especially in the forehead, 8.
  • Cramplike pressure in the muscles on the left malar bone, 9.
  • Drawing pressure in the bones of the right side of the face, especially in the malar bone and orbits, paroxysmal, 3.
  • Cheek.
  • Painful swelling of the left cheek, with an ulcer on the gum; the pain causes sleeplessness, 1.
  • Burning cramplike pain in the left cheek, in the evening, soon followed by swelling of the cheek, with cutting pressive pain only on drawing up the face, as if a splinter of glass were between the cheek and the teeth, 2.
  • Pain in the malar bone, on touch, before the menses; during the menses, pain, as from a blow, even on moving the muscles of the face, 1.
  • Tearing extending from the malar bone down into the lower jaw, near the corner of the mouth, 3. [200.]
  • Constriction and pressure internally beneath the right cheek, 2.
  • Burning pain in the right cheek, beneath the eye, 4.
  • Burning-itching sticking on the malar bones, 1.
  • Pain and swelling of the upper jaw; the cheeks are red, with sticking in them, 1.
  • Lip.
  • A sticking-tearing pain in a small spot in the lower lip, 1.
  • Chin.
  • Broad cutting stitches in the forepart of the chin, 9.

MOUTH

  • Teeth.
  • Looseness of the teeth, 1.
  • The teeth seem too long, 1.
  • Jerking toothache in all the teeth soon after eating (cold or warm food), with heat in the face, only better in the open air, 1.
  • Continual and annoying tingling in the roots of the lower incisors (thirty-third day), 14.
  • Tongue. [210.]
  • Tongue yellow, 20.*
  • Tongue coated with yellowish mucus (after five days), 4.*
  • Burning in the tongue, in the morning (twentieth day), 14.
  • Pretty frequent itching in the tip of the tongue (nineteenth day), 14.
  • During the proving, frequent itching of the anterior third of the tongue, 14.
  • General Mouth.
  • Mouth and fauces wonderfully corrugated; he could scarcely swallow, and his mouth felt hard and leathery, 18.
  • Tenacious mucus in the mouth, 1.
  • Bad odor from the mouth, 1.*
  • Sensation in the velum pendulum palati similar to that caused by taking a pinch of snuff, which, by a strong inspiration, is drawn down even to the throat, in the evening (eighth day), 14.
  • Sensation in the velum pendulum as if there were a foreign body there, or some mucus which could neither be hawked up nor swallowed; the same sensation in the posterior portion of the nasal fossa (ninth day), 14. [220.]
  • Sensation of disagreeable acidity at the velum pendulum (tenth day), 14.
  • Saliva.
  • Salivation, with bad odor from the mouth, 26.
  • Acid saliva runs from the mouth, in the morning on waking, 1.
  • Accumulation of saliva in the mouth, 2.
  • Taste.
  • Beer tastes stale and acid better, 1.
  • Insipid taste in the throat, 4.
  • Bitter taste to all food (solid and liquid), but not to water, but no bitter taste when not eating, 1.
  • Bitter, sour taste in the mouth, 1.
  • Herby taste to beer, 4.
  • Bitter and sour taste in the mouth (first and third days), 1.
  • Speech. [230.]
  • Talking was difficult, because the strength to talk was wanting, 3.
  • Talking was irksome, 1.

THROAT

  • Bad odor from the throat, 1.
  • Much mucus in the throat, 1.
  • Some mucus sticks in the throat, and the efforts which are made to raise it excite vomiturition (seventeenth day), 14.*
  • Thick gray-green mucus, mixed with blood, is detached from time to time in the throat by the efforts to expectorate (twentieth day), 14.*
  • Thick, viscid, grayish, blood-streaked mucus adheres to the throat, and is detached with great difficulty (twentieth day), 14.*
  • Thick mucus adheres firmly to the throat, and the efforts to raise it excites an almost resistless inclination to vomit (twenty-second day), 14.*
  • During the rest of the day, continual expulsive efforts to detach a thick, grayish, and bloody mucus from the throat, efforts which constantly produce an inclination to vomit (twenty-third day), 14.*
  • Secretion of a mass of thick, viscid, bloody mucus in the throat efforts to expel which were accompanied by attempts to vomit, 17.* [240.]
  • *Inclination to hawk up much mucus from the throat, in the evening, followed by a sore pain in the throat, 1.
  • Rawness in the throat (seventeenth day); in the morning (eighteenth day), 14.*
  • Sensation of rawness and of dryness in the throat, without thirst (eighteenth day), 14.
  • Rawness and dryness of the throat, without thirst, in the morning (twentieth day), 14.
  • Sensation of ulceration, of rawness, and of extreme dryness in the right side of the throat, without thirst (twentieth day), 14.
  • Sensation as if the right side of the throat were ulcerated, with such dryness that it seems as if the part had ceased to be lubricated by mucus (twentieth day), 14.
  • Permanent rawness and dryness in the throat, and during deglutition a painful feeling of being denuded (twenty-second day), 14.*
  • Extreme rawness and dryness of the throat, without thirst; these sensations are much more painful during deglutition; thick grayish or greenish mucus adheres to the throat; strong efforts are required to raise it, and these excite inclination to vomit (twenty-third day), 14.*
  • Scraping roughness below the pit of the throat internally, 3.
  • Scraping in the throat, in the evening, 1. [250.]
  • Sensation of dryness and sticking in the throat, in the right tonsil, which provokes cough, and is somewhat relieved by hawking and swallowing, 2.
  • Dryness of the throat, 16.
  • Sore throat, like a swelling, with a sensation of dryness and drawing-tensive pain, 1.
  • Pain in the throat, as if swollen, with sore pain, not affected by swallowing; after hawking of mucus, the voice is much higher than usual, 1.
  • Tickling crawling in the throat (larynx?), with a sensation of dryness, compelling to cough, 1.
  • Scraping in the throat, in the morning, 1.
  • Dull boring stitches extending from the fauces internally to the cervical muscles, 4.
  • Fauces and Pharynx.
  • Tobacco has a sharp and dry taste in the fauces, 1.
  • Stitches in the upper part of the fauces, causing dryness, when not swallowing, 2.
  • Cutting in the pharynx, as with knives, on swallowing, 2.
  • External Throat. [260.]
  • Painful swelling of the submaxillary glands (after eight hours), 1.

STOMACH

  • Appetite and Thirst.
  • Increased hunger and appetite, 7.*
  • Great appetite and hunger; he cannot satisfy himself, 3.*
  • Loss of appetite, 20.
  • Loss of appetite, with a natural taste of food, 4.
  • The child leaves the breast of the mother who has taken Tin, and will not drink anything more, 1.
  • Loss of appetite, with emptiness in the stomach, only one noon, 1.
  • Increased thirst, 7.
  • Eructations.
  • Eructations immediately, in the morning, at first like bad eggs, afterwards only of gas, 3.
  • Eructations of a flat taste, with much saliva in the mouth, 2. [270.]
  • Acid eructations, succeeded by rawness in the pharynx, while walking in the open air, 4.
  • Acid risings five hours after the evening meal; uneasiness in the epigastric region, as from slow digestion, although he had eaten less than usual (twenty-fourth day), 14.
  • Bitter eructations frequently after eating, 1.*
  • Frequent empty eructations, 3.
  • Sweet uprisings into the throat, 1.
  • Hiccough.
  • Frequent hiccough, 8.
  • Hiccough from time to time, 1.
  • Hiccough soon after eating, while smoking as usual, 2.
  • Nausea and Vomiting.
  • Nausea after eating, 1.
  • Nausea and qualmishness in the pharynx, 7. [280.]
  • Shuddering nausea several times, with nauseating fulness in the pit of the stomach, 1.
  • Nausea and bitterness in the mouth, 2.
  • Nausea in the fauces and pharynx, as if he would vomit, 7.
  • Nausea, with bitter bilious vomiting, after eating some soup, 1.
  • Retching, in the evening, followed at first by sour, then bitter, taste in the mouth (first day), 1.
  • Retching, with great nausea, and sensation of bitterness and disorder of the stomach (second and third days), 1.
  • Constant efforts to vomit and vomiting of mucus, 15.
  • Vomiting a quantity of thick slimy mucus of a dark-green appearance, soon, 19.
  • Vomiting of undigested food, preceded by violent retching (after two hours), 1.
  • Vomited a quantity of thick slimy mucus of a dark-green appearance, 16. [290.]
  • Sour vomiting, 1.
  • Vomiting of blood, 11.*
  • (The vomiting of blood is stopped by Stannum as by a charm), 10 . [Revised by Hughes.]
  • Stomach.
  • Fulness and distension of the stomach, yet with hunger, 3.
  • A swelling up under the skin in the epigastric region, with griping in the abdomen, when walking, 2.
  • It causes troubles in the stomach and intestines, 13.
  • Sensation in the pit of the stomach as if disordered, 2.
  • Digestion is accomplished slowly; acid water comes up even to the throat a long time after dinner (thirty-third day), 14.
  • (Hysterical and hypochondriac cramps in the region of the diaphragm and abdomen), 1.
  • Griping between the pit of the stomach and umbilicus, as if some one were pinching up the muscles, 3. [300.]
  • Spasmodic griping in the stomach and about the navel, with constant nausea and with anxious uprisings to the pit of the stomach, 1.
  • Great pain at stomach, 18.
  • Violent pain in the epigastric region, 20.
  • Intolerable pressure in the stomach, 11 . [Revised by Hughes.]
  • Pressure in the stomach, in the forenoon, 1.
  • Pressure in the stomach and discomfort after taking some soup, 1.
  • Pressure and obstruction in the pit of the stomach , which, when, touched, pains as if suppurating, 2.
  • Anxious pressure in the pit of the stomach, only when lying down, as if a gush of blood would occur, for several hours, relieved by pressure, 4.
  • Tensive pressure in the pit of the stomach, 4.
  • Violent pressure in the stomach, 1. [310.]
  • Dull hard pressure near the left side of the pit of the stomach, just beneath the cartilages of the lowest ribs, somewhat relieved by pressure, 3.
  • Cutting about the stomach, 1.
  • Very transient burning beneath the diaphragm, 2.

ABDOMEN

  • Hypochondria.
  • At first a simple pain in both hypochondria, afterwards dull thrusts from the left to the right side, seemingly aggravated by pressing upon the right side, 2.
  • Pressure in the hepatic region, 1.
  • Pressure in the upper part of the liver, 2.
  • Burning pain in the hepatic region, then dull pain in the rectum, with the stool, 1.
  • Cutting in the right hypochondrium, aggravated by sitting bent over, 9.
  • Pressive cramplike pain in the left hypochondrium, now better, now worse, 5.
  • Umbilicus and Sides.
  • Griping cutting in the umbilical region nearly the whole day, 1. [320.]
  • Griping in the umbilical region, as from taking cold, 3.
  • Spasmodic pain above and below the navel, soon relieved by lying over a table, without emission of flatus, 1.
  • Painful digging in the abdomen, above the umbilical region; on pressing upon it, pain, as if upon a sore spot, 3.
  • Sudden painful compression in both sides beneath the true ribs, 3.
  • A dull slow pressure near the right side of the navel, 3.
  • Burning pressure in the right side of the abdomen, 2.
  • Sensation as if stretched in the right abdominal muscles, above the anterior spine of the ilium, 2.
  • Stitches in the right side of the abdomen, followed by drawing in the right shoulder; she was obliged to lie down, with perspiration on the face and arms, followed by creeping chilliness, 1.
  • Several violent stitches in succession, in the right side of the abdomen, especially on coughing and breathing, 1.
  • Boring stitch in the left upper abdomen while walking, 4. [330.]
  • Crawling movements in the right side of the abdomen, as from a purge, 3.
  • A bruised pain in the left side, below the ribs, 1.
  • General Abdomen.
  • Distension of the abdomen, 1.
  • Painful distension of the abdomen, with painful sensitiveness to external touch, 1.
  • Fulness in the abdomen after eating, 1.
  • Frequent accumulation of flatus in the abdomen, 2.
  • Incarcerated flatus, 1.
  • Great rumbling in the abdomen, 3.
  • Rumbling, as from emptiness, in the abdomen on stretching the body, 8.
  • Loud rumbling in the abdomen after every meal, only while lying down, 4. [340.]
  • Bubbling in the abdomen, 3.
  • When a morsel is not far from the orifice of the stomach, there is a dull rumbling in the abdomen, 3.
  • Sensation of great emptiness in the abdomen (though without hunger), as if everything were crushed; food relished; he eats much and feels better afterwards, together with loss of strength in the body, 3.
  • Sensation of emptiness in the abdomen after eating, 7.*
  • The abdomen is painful to touch, as if suppurating, with shortness of breath, 2.
  • Sensation of soreness in the whole abdomen , aggravated by touch, 3.*
  • Wind-colic in the morning (thirty-seventh day), 14.
  • Wind-colic during the day (fortieth day), 14.
  • Colic; fetid flatulence (fortieth day), 14. [350.]
  • Griping in the abdomen at times, with rumbling, as if diarrhœa would occur, 2.
  • Griping movements in the abdomen, as from incarcerated flatus, 8.
  • Griping and pressure in the abdomen, especially in the umbilical region, with urging to stool, 7.
  • Frequent paroxysms of pain in the abdomen, 1.
  • Digging in the abdomen before every stool, 1.
  • Drawing pressure here and there in the abdomen, 7.
  • Tensive pain in the abdomen, more towards the small of the back, most violent on stooping, 4.
  • Pain in the abdomen, extending to the stomach and to both sides beneath the ribs, on pressing the hand upon the umbilical region, 1.
  • Smarting pain in the abdomen, 1.
  • Burning pain in the abdomen, 1. [360.]
  • Frequent persistent desire as for diarrhœa, in the evening, with griping and painful movements in the abdomen, as from taking cold, and with thrusts in the left side, as from a child in the uterus, with distension of the abdomen, soon followed by a thin stool, succeeded by urging, and persistent colic, lasting till she went to bed, 3.
  • A stitch, as from a knife, on breathing, suddenly shoots through the abdomen from the left to the right side, so that she starts up in affright, 3.
  • Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions.
  • Rumbling in the lower abdomen, 7.
  • Pressure in the lower abdomen, as before the menses, aggravated by pressure, 3.
  • Pressure here and there in the lower abdomen, with urging to stool, 7.
  • Fine sticking pain in the lower abdomen, 4.
  • Drawing cutting in the lower abdomen, close to the right ilium, 5.
  • Cutting, as with knives, transversely across the lower abdomen, 7.
  • Burning in the lower abdomen, 1.
  • Oft-repeated, strong, and jerking pulsations in the inmost part of the right inguinal canal, upon the track of the cord (twenty-seventh day), 14. [370.]
  • Pinching pain just above the left ilium, as if the intestines were overstretched, on stooping, 5.
  • Fine stitches in the symphysis pubis, to the left, 2.
  • Sensation as if a hernia would protrude in the left groin, 2.
  • Pressure in the inguinal glands, with some swelling, 1.
  • Fine griping in the left groin, 9.
  • Stitches in the right groin on stooping, as if he had sprained himself, disappearing on rising up, 3.

RECTUM AND ANUS

  • A pimple like a hæmorrhoid in the left side of the anus, with painful soreness, when touched, 3.
  • Pressive pain in the rectum, 4.
  • Sharp shootings at the end of the rectum (thirty-first day), 14.
  • Violent shooting, as if from needle-pricks, in the base of the rectum, extending even to the anus (twenty-sixth day), 14. [380.]
  • A violent thrust, as with a needle, in the rectum (fortieth day), 14.
  • Itching stitch in the rectum, 4.
  • Sensation of soreness and smarting in the anus, with fine stitches, immediately after a stool, 3.
  • A corroding pain about the anus, while walking and sitting, 1.
  • Burning in the anus, immediately after a stool, and at other times, 1.
  • Constant itching in the anus, 4.
  • Frequent urging to stool (which was otherwise natural), 7.
  • Frequent desire for stool, but a scanty evacuation, at times consisting of only mucus, 1.
  • Sudden desire for stool, the first part of which was natural, then pasty, at last thin, with shivering over the whole body, from above downward, and drawing from the small of the back down through the thighs; when he attempts to rise it constantly seems as though he had not yet finished, 3. [390.]
  • Renewed desire soon after a stool, 2.
  • Frequent inclination for stool, 3.
  • Frequent ineffectual desire for stool, 3.
  • Ineffectual desire for stool, 1.

STOOL

  • Diarrhœa.
  • Most violent dysentery; the stools were at first loose, with much urging and tormina (after fourteen hours); afterwards the discharge became bloody and mucous, with the most intolerable tenesmus, 21.
  • Severe attack of something like dysentery, 20.
  • Soft stool, in the evening, preceded by colic, only felt a moment before the urging to stool (forty-fourth day), 14.
  • In the evening, as on the preceding days, soft stool preceded by colic, only felt at the moment of the urging to stool; fetid flatulence (forty-fifth day), 14.
  • Several evenings in succession, a soft stool preceded by colic (forty-second day), 14.
  • In the forenoon a soft stool, in the afternoon a thin one, 4. [400.]
  • Stool greenish, scanty, 1.
  • Scanty stool, 1.
  • Dry large stool, with violent cutting pains, 6.
  • Stool dry, in lumps, 1.
  • Hard stool, which seems slippery, but is not, 2.
  • Evacuation of some hard pieces of stool, with pressure, 8.
  • Difficult evacuation of consistent but not hard fæces, as if the intestines had not sufficient power to expel them (after twenty-four hours), 9.
  • Evacuation of mucus in the form of worms, 1.
  • Evacuation of mucus after a stool, 1.
  • Constipation.
  • Constipation, 20. [410.]
  • Constipation for some time, in a mother and her infant, 1.
  • Retention of stool for twenty-five hours, 6.
  • Stool six hours later than usual, 4.

URINARY ORGANS

  • Kidneys and Bladder.
  • Dull stitches in the region of the kidneys, extending inward, 3.
  • Sensitive pressure in the neck of the bladder and along the urethra, after urinating; it constantly seems as though more urine would pass and some drops follow, when the pressure is still worse, 5.
  • Urethra.
  • A blister on the margin of the meatus urinarius, 1.
  • Soreness in the tip of the urethra, 1.
  • Burning in the forepart of the urethra, especially on urinating; he had a desire to urinate every minute and passed much, 1.
  • Micturition and Urine.
  • Frequent desire to urinate, even at night, obliging him to rise from bed, for three days; followed by more infrequent micturition and a smaller discharge of urine than during health, 8.
  • Desire to urinate, only like a feeling of fulness, in the bladder; urine scanty, offensive, and infrequent, but without pain, 1. [420.]
  • Retention of urine, 1.

SEXUAL ORGANS

  • Male.
  • Burning internally in the sexual organs, as in excessive irritation to discharge semen (after twenty-four hours), 1.
  • An intolerable voluptuous excitement in the genitals and in the whole body, even to emission of semen (after forty hours), 1.
  • Erections immediately; on the following days want of erections, 1.
  • Nocturnal erections, without lascivious dreams, 8.
  • Jerking in the penis, as far as the posterior portion, almost as when evacuating semen, 1.
  • Sticking sensation, as from needles, in the glans penis, 4.
  • Burning pain in the glans penis, immediately followed by desire to urinate, 4.
  • Burning stitch in the glans penis, 4.
  • Nocturnal pollution during sleep, while lying on the back (fifteenth and seventeenth nights), 14. [430.]
  • Emissions without lascivious dreams, 4, 8.
  • No sexual desire and no ability for coition, not even when excited thereto (secondary action?), 1.
  • Female.
  • Prolapsus of the vagina, aggravated during a hard stool, 1.
  • While transparent mucus in the vagina, 1.
  • Leucorrhœa ceases, 1.
  • Itching of the vulva, 16.
  • Menses more profuse than usual (twelfth day), 3.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

  • Rawness in the larynx, 1.*
  • *Mucus in the trachea, in the forenoon, easily expelled by a forcible cough, with great weakness of the chest, as if eviscerated, and with weakness of the whole body and of all the limbs, in which the sensation of weakness extended upward and downward, several mornings in succession, 3.
  • Tingling in the trachea, which provokes several fits of dry coughing, in the evening (thirty-third day), 14. [440.]
  • *Irritation to cough, in the trachea, as from mucus, on breathing, with neither a loose nor dry cough, felt more while sitting bent over than when walking, 2.
  • Voice.
  • *Hoarseness, weakness, and emptiness in the chest, on beginning to sing so that she was constantly obliged to stop and take a deep breath; at times a few expulsive coughs removed the hoarseness for a moment, 3.
  • The voice is husky, hollow (eighteenth day), 14.*
  • Cough and Expectoration.
  • *Scraping cough, with greenish expectoration of an offensive sweetish taste, worse in the evening before lying down, with a hoarse voice; a sore sensation in the chest and trachea after every cough (the irritation which provokes it is low down in the trachea), 1.
  • Frightful cough, with expectoration and spitting of blood, 1.*
  • *Fatiguing paroxysms of cough, so that the epigastric region was painful, as if beaten, 1.
  • *Violent, shattering, deep cough, 1.
  • *From time to time short cough, as from weakness in the chest, with a hoarse weak sound, 3.
  • Tickling cough, as from soreness, low down in the trachea; a scraping, extending upward into the throat, 1.*
  • Hacking cough, in three paroxysms, 2. [450.]
  • Constant inclination to cough caused by constant constriction in the trachea, 2.
  • Constant inclination for hacking cough, as if caused by much mucus in the chest, with an internal sensation of scraping and rattling, 2.*
  • *Much inclination to cough, before midnight, with scanty expectoration, for several nights, 1.
  • Yellow expectoration of a foul taste from the trachea, 2.*
  • Expectoration of viscid and thick mucus, which seems to come from the velum pendulum, where it may have been secreted (tenth day), 14.
  • *Expectoration of a globular, grayish lump of thick mucus, containing a clot of black blood, and appearing to come from the throat (eighteenth day), 14.
  • Salty expectoration from the chest, 1.*
  • Respiration.
  • *Short difficult respiration, caused by weakness of the respiratory organs, with great emptiness in the chest, though without dyspnœa, 3.
  • Respiration was shorter, in the evening, with anxiety; was obliged to breathe rapidly for a long time, until he could once take a deep breath, after which everything passed off, 1.
  • Paroxysms of dyspnœa, short breath, and anxiety, in the evening, 1. [460.]
  • Dyspnœa and want of breath, on ascending steps, and on the slightest motion, 4.*
  • Dyspnœa, as if the clothes were too tight; he was obliged to open them in order to breathe as usual, 7.*

CHEST

  • Oppression of the chest, as if it were internally constricted , with a sensation as if the inspired air were very dry, 2.*
  • Oppression of the chest, as if something rose up into the throat and took away his breath, 3.
  • Distressing oppression in the upper part of the chest, was frequently obliged to take a deep breath, with a sensation of great emptiness in the pit of the stomach, 3.*
  • *He was always very much oppressed when coughing, 1.
  • Constriction of the chest, with anxiety, in the evening, 1.*
  • Constrictive pain in the chest beneath the right arm; a sticking on moving about, 1.
  • Drawing pressure on the conjoined cartilages of the last left ribs, 3.
  • Pressure from within outward, in the chest, beneath the right nipple, 7. [470.]
  • Pressive cramp in the chest, while sitting, aggravated by inspiration, 5.
  • Pressure, low down in the chest, as from a weight, 2.
  • Tension and pressure across the upper part of the chest, in the morning on rising from bed, 1.
  • Aching in the whole of the chest, especially above the pit of the stomach, worse on inspiration, 3.
  • Wandering pains in different parts of the chest, and drawings here and there (thirty-first day), 14.
  • Bruised pain in the chest , during rest and motion, 1.*
  • *Sore pain in the whole of the chest , starting from the throat, 3.
  • Sensation as if mucus were in the chest , with rattling when breathing, perceptible internally and audible externally, 2.*
  • Burrowing pain in the chest, extending thence into the abdomen, with desire for stool, 3.
  • Drawing from the clavicle into the left axilla, 3. [480.]
  • At times, during rest, sensation as if the chest dilated, though with a feeling of anxiety, as in palpitation, 3.
  • Muscular twitches in the upper part of the chest by the left axilla, 4.
  • Twitching jerking in the muscles of the false ribs, 4.
  • Sharp piercing needlelike stitches in the clavicle, 3.
  • Stitches in the chest and shoulder-joint on breathing, 1.
  • Cutting stitches frequently through the chest, from below upward and outward, in the forepart of the uppermost ribs, not affected by respiration, 9.
  • Violent stitches in the chest and sides, preventing respiration , several forenoons; in the afternoon, distension of the abdomen, 1.*
  • Front and Sides.
  • Tearings at the inner surface of the sternum, in a line with the fifth and sixth ribs, extending a little way into the left side of the chest (twenty-ninth day), 14.
  • Tensive stitch in the sternum, persistent during respiration, 4.
  • A long fine stitch by the ensiform cartilage, soon after eating, 3. [490.]
  • Boring-gnawing pains in a point at the left side of the chest, sometimes before, sometimes behind the shoulderblade (twenty-second day), 14.
  • Sensation of internal gnawing at a spot in the anterior portion of the chest on the left side (thirty-third day), 14.
  • Sensation in the thoracic walls, in a line with the apex of the heart, as if an insect was biting the parts there (thirty-first and thirty-second day), 14.
  • During the night, dull wandering pains, in the anterior portion of the left chest behind the scapula, with sweat on the chest only (forty-fifth day), 14.
  • During the whole day, but not continually, sensation at a spot in the right side, as if a vessel were there into which a liquid was dropping rapidly (thirty-second day), 14.
  • Cutting pain in the right side of the chest, 1.
  • Cramplike cutting in the right ribs, while walking only on inspiration, 8.
  • Tearing cutting in the left side of the chest, while walking and standing, 8.
  • Stitches as from a flea, in the last right true and in the left false ribs, 2.
  • Burning stitches in the left chest, worse on expiration, while walking in the open air, 6. [500.]
  • Sudden, sharp, knifelike stitches in the left side of the chest, 3.*
  • Suddenly a long stitch in the left side of the chest, a hand's breadth beneath the axilla, causing fright, 3.*
  • Tensive stitch in the right side of the chest that almost took his breath, 4.
  • A tensive stitch in the left chest, persistent during respiration, worse on stooping, 4.*
  • Sudden drawing beneath the left breast, on rising up in bed, followed by sharp knifelike stitches, extending thence into the clavicle towards the shoulder, where the pain persisted, and in the left side, extending downward into the lower abdomen; aggravated by bending inward, pressing upon it, and especially by inspiration and hacking, which also caused a painful shock, 3.*
  • Violent itching on the nipple, 1.

HEART AND PULSE

  • Pain in the præcordial region and hiccough, 19.
  • Pulse 100, 19.
  • His pulse became indistinct and fluttering, 18.

NECK AND BACK

  • Neck.
  • The nape of the neck drawn upward, with a feeling of stiffness, so that she could not move the head easily, 3. [510.]
  • Cracking in the cervical vertebra, audible even to others, on shaking the head suddenly, 3.
  • Weakness of the cervical muscles, as if she could not hold up the head, with pain on moving the head, 3.
  • Pain in the nape of the neck, on bending the head forward, 3.
  • The deepseated muscles of the posterior region of the neck are painful to touch, near their insertion to the occiput (twentieth day), 14.
  • The pain (rheumatic) which I felt yesterday, at the right side of the nape of the neck, in the fibres of the trapezius, was aggravated during the night (twenty-fifth day), 14.
  • Itching stitches in the nape of the neck, in the morning in bed, 9.
  • Sudden acute stitch in the lower portion of the nape of the neck, 3.
  • Back.
  • Pain as if beaten, in the back and lower extremities, in the morning on rising; she is weary, as if she had slept too little, and her body was not sufficiently rested; somewhat relieved a few hours after rising, 3.
  • Stitchlike tearing in the left side of the back, and from below upward, while standing, 8.
  • Sharp jerking stitches in the left side of the back, and at the same time in the left thigh, 4. [520.]
  • Fine burning stitches in a small spot in the middle of the back, 5.
  • Fine stitches, from within outward, at the back, 4.
  • Dorsal.
  • Pressive drawing in the spine, below and between the scapulæ, worse on motion, especially on turning the body, 7.
  • On raising a weight, he was suddenly affected between the scapulæ as if sprained, more to the left side, with violent sharp knifelike stitches on the slightest movement, breathing, or yawning; intolerable pains on bending backward, 3.
  • Drawing tearing in the left scapula, partly towards the back, partly towards the shoulder, 1.
  • Sticking griping in the back by the false ribs, 9.
  • Burrowing stitches in the right dorsal muscles, persistent during respiration, 4.
  • Violent burning sticking in the upper part of the scapulæ, transiently relieved by rubbing, 6.
  • Broad dull stitches, from within outward in the spine, between the scapulæ, 7.
  • Slow, intermittent, dull stitches between the scapulæ, in the middle towards the spine, 1.
  • Lumbar. [530.]
  • Pain pressing from above downward, in the left side of the back above the hip, 3.
  • Pressive burning in the small of the back, somewhat to the right side, 2.
  • Violent crawling in the small of the back, 1.
  • Acute pain in the right lumbar region, in the morning, 17.
  • Violent tearing in the lumbar vertebræ, from both sides into the region of the kidneys, worse on every motion of the trunk, 7.
  • Dull thrusts in the lumbar region, with a sensation of external coldness against him, 1.
  • A wavelike shock in the back above the left ilium, so that he started in fright, 3.

EXTREMITIES

  • Great loss of power in the arms and lower extremities, as if there were no strength in them, and as if the latter would not support the body, 3.*
  • Paralysis of the left arm and foot, from fright, disappearing at night, 1.
  • Weariness in the arms and lower extremities; was obliged to let the arms sink down, 3. [540.]
  • Painful weariness in the extremities, while standing, with unsteadiness and tottering; they could not support the body, 3.
  • Heaviness in all the limbs, weakness of the chest, and alternating excessive anxiety, 1.
  • Bruised pain in the limbs, and especially above the small of the back, 1.
  • Bruised pain in all the limbs (twenty-fifth day), 14.
  • Bruised pain and coldness in all the limbs (twenty-fifth day), 14.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

  • Paralytic weakness of the arms if he holds a light weight for only a short time, 9.*
  • Paralytic weakness and heaviness in the arms , especially in the right arm, chiefly in the upper arm and joints; aggravated by every motion , at times associated with dyspnœa, 7.*
  • The arms easily become fatigued from moderate exercise, so that everything he holds is allowed to fall, 7.*
  • The arms and fingers are almost immovable, 1.
  • Acute jerking, now in the arm, now in the hand, now in a finger, as if he had received a hard blow upon it, 3. [550.]
  • Pain as from a sprain, in the joints of the arm; she could not bend them without great pain, 1.
  • Tearing in the left arm, especially in the upper arm, deep internally, 7.
  • Paralytic tearing in the left arm, especially in the wrist, aggravated by motion, 7.
  • Shoulder.
  • Pressure and drawing, as from a weight on the left shoulder, in the outer portion of the upper arm and extending from the elbow to the deep lying muscles of the forearm, gradually disappearing in the house, 3.
  • Paralytic pain, as from a sprain, just beneath the shoulder-joint, only during rest, only transiently relieved by motion, 4.
  • Sensation of compression in the shoulder, 1.
  • Tearing on the left shoulder, 4.
  • Paralytic tearing in and beneath the right shoulder-joint, more violent on motion, 7.
  • During the night, constant sharp pain in the right shoulder, in the fibres of the trapezius, aggravated by lifting the arm, and by touch (twenty-fourth day), 14.
  • Sudden acute hard beating on the right shoulder, 3. [560.]
  • Itching stitches in and beneath the axilla, 9.
  • A burning stitch in the top of the right shoulder, 4.
  • Arm.
  • Piercing pain, at intervals, in the bone of the left upper arm, as if it were compressed and crushed, during rest and motion, 1.
  • Bruised pain in the lower portion of the left upper arm, 1.
  • Twitching in the muscles of the upper arm, above the elbow, during rest (after five, and twenty-six hours), 4.
  • Muscular twitches internally in the left upper arm, while resting the arm upon anything; on changing the position it disappears, but in the former position it returns, 6.
  • Transient drawing, extending from the elbow to the upper arm, 3.
  • Drawing in the left deltoid muscle, as from loss of power, 2.
  • Pressive tearing in both upper arms, at intervals, 7.
  • Pressive tearing in the middle of the right upper arm, suddenly appearing and disappearing, 7. [570.]
  • Tearing in the anterior and upper part of the right upper arm, 7.
  • Tearing pressure in the middle of the left upper arm, posteriorly and internally, 7.
  • Burrowing stitch in the right deltoid, 4.
  • Elbow and Forearm.
  • Tension and sensation of soreness in the tip of the elbow, especially on bending the arm, 9.
  • Cramplike stiffness in the right forearm, 2.
  • Pressure on the right forearm, towards the anterior and outer portion, 7.
  • Paralytic tearing in the right forearm, 7.
  • Pain as from a sprain, above the left wrist, in the styloid process of the radius, 2.
  • Pinching just above the wrist, on the radial side, 3.
  • Pain as from a sprain, in the left wrist, 2. [580.]
  • Dull pains in the right wrist (twenty-fifth day), 14.
  • Every few moments, in the evening, at night and towards the morning, sharp pain in the right wrist-joint, sometimes extending even into the forearm (thirteenth and fourteenth days), 14.
  • Sudden drawing at short intervals, extending from the radial side of the wrist to the hand, 3.
  • Pressive tearing in the right wrist, aggravated during motion, 7.
  • Hand.
  • Swelling of the hands , in the evening, 1.
  • Chilblains on the hands, during mild weather, 1.
  • Trembling and sensation of heat in the left hand, 1.
  • Weakness and trembling of the hands, mostly when lying upon a table and when writing, which was very annoying, 7.
  • Cramplike contraction in the palm of the left hand, 2.
  • Cramplike pain on the back of the left hand between the index and middle fingers, 2. [590.]
  • Transient jerking in the left hand above the joint, 3.
  • At night, after waking, wavelike drawing jerks, deep in the hand, as if in the nerves, so that he could have cried out, 3.
  • Jerklike tearing in the hand, coming from the fingers, 3.
  • Intermittent pressive tearing in the bones of the hand and wrist, and also in the first finger-joints, 7.
  • Dull intermittent pains, in the posterior surface of the metacarpus of the left hand, in the evening (eleventh day), 14.
  • Sharp pains in the first metacarpus of the right hand, every few minutes (thirteenth and fourteenth days), 14.
  • Sharp and rapid pains in the first metacarpal bone of the left hand; the same pain in the right ankle (fortieth day), 14.
  • Fingers.
  • Very painful hangnails on the fingers, 1.
  • Pain in the middle joint of the left middle finger (forty-third day), 14.
  • Pain as from a sprain, in the whole of the left index finger, on bending, stretching it out, and during rest, frequently recurring for five days, 6. [600.]
  • Sharp pain in the second articulation of the left ring finger (thirtieth day), 14.
  • Dull or sharp pain internally, in the first phalanx of the left forefinger, near the metacarpo-phalangeal articulation; same sensation in the right forefinger (twenty-fifth day), 14.
  • Dull pain at the inner surface of the posterior extremity of the first phalanx of the left forefinger (twenty-sixth day), 14.
  • Sharp drawing in the second joint of the left middle finger (twenty-sixth day), 14.
  • Sharp drawing pains in the articulations of the first with the second phalanx of the left ring finger (twenty-fifth day), 14.
  • Drawing in the first phalanx of the left thumb and below the wrist, 2.
  • Cramplike drawing pain in the left middle finger, with jerking, so that the finger trembled, 3.
  • Cramp in the fingers, which remain contracted for a long time, 1.
  • Tearing in the first joint of the index finger, which gradually disappeared on moving the hand, 6.
  • Pressive tearing in the first phalanges of the right fingers, worse during motion, 7. [610.]
  • Acute jerking pain between the thumb and index finger, when holding a pen; when holding the pen loosely and when ceasing to write nothing was felt, but the jerking soon returned and lasted a long time, 3.
  • Cutting in the ball of the left little finger, worse on bending it up, 5.
  • Fine dull acute thrusts in the metacarpal bone of the left index finger, and in other parts of the hand, as if a tense nerve were struck with a little hammer, 3.
  • Shootings in the second joint of the left middle finger (twenty-fourth day), 14.
  • Shootings, which start from the metacarpo-phalangeal joint of the left index finger, and spread even to the end of the finger (twenty-fourth day), 14.
  • Stitches in the tips of all the fingers, 1.
  • Pressive sticking burning on the outer margin of the metacarpal bone of the left little finger, 7.
  • Fine needlelike stitches in the tip of the left middle finger, 2.
  • Drawing stitches in the first joint of the left index finger, towards the tip, 1.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

  • Sensation of weakness in the lower extremities, as if fatigued by a long walk, 3. [620.]
  • Weakness of the right lower extremity, especially in the thigh, as if in the bone, so that it was painful while standing, and he was obliged to rest upon the left limb, 6.
  • Great weariness and heaviness in the lower extremities after a two hours' walk, 3.
  • Uneasiness in the lower extremities; was obliged to move them hither and thither, in the evening, 6.
  • Great heaviness in the lower extremities; she could scarcely ascend steps, and was then obliged to sit down immediately, 3.
  • Paralytic heaviness and weariness in the lower extremities, especially in the thighs and knee-joints ; can scarcely walk; is obliged to sit and lie, 7.
  • Bruised pain in the lower extremities on ascending steps; on descending them, so powerless and weak that he was in danger of falling, 3.
  • Hip.
  • Violent pain in the muscles about the hip-joint, on raising up the thigh, 1.
  • Pain, as from a sprain, in the right hip while walking, so that he was almost obliged to limp, lasting several hours, 8.
  • Paralytic pain in the hip-joint, while walking, 4.
  • Drawing in the left hip, 2. [630.]
  • Transient dull pressure in the ischii, while sitting, 3.
  • Thigh.
  • Loss of power in the thighs, 3.
  • Muscular twitches in the natis, 4.
  • Pain, as from a sprain, in the thigh beneath the hip-joint, while walking, 3.
  • Pain, as from a sprain, on the thigh, just beneath the hip, only when walking, 4.
  • Dull pulsating pressure on the inner side of the middle of the thigh, 3.
  • Pressive drawing in the inner side of the left thigh, in the groin, from the ascending ramus of the ischium to the back part of the thigh, then from the hip over the small of the back to the right side; at times grumbling in the ischium, 3.
  • Pressive drawing in the outer side of the right thigh, which rests over the left, while sitting, 8.
  • Drawing tearing in the left thigh, during rest and motion, 8.
  • Drawing tearing from the bone, from the knee to the middle of the thigh, while sitting, 5. [640.]
  • Tearing pressure in the forepart of the right thigh-joint, extending inward and beneath the patella, 5.
  • During the night, sharp pain, but of brief duration, in the upper part of the right thigh above the crural canal (seventh day), 14.
  • Sharp pains in quick, jerking twitches, returning at intervals, which are sometimes quite lengthened, in the anterior part of the right thigh; similar pains in the left thigh some moments after (seventh day), 14.
  • Cutting internally in the left thigh, 2.
  • Stitches, as from a needle, on the inner side of the left thigh, 2.
  • Sticking pain in the muscles of the right thigh, only while standing, 8.
  • Itching stitch very high up in the inner side of the thigh, 4.
  • Constant itching stitches in the left nates, near the anus, 4.
  • Knee.
  • Stiffness in the hollow of the right knee, 1.
  • Sudden stiffness of the knee, so that he could bend it only with great pain, 1. [650.]
  • While walking, especially in the sun, the knees frequently give way, with weakness of the whole body, and the perspiration of weakness on the face, 3.
  • Weakness in the knee-joint, so that he could scarcely walk, with inclination to slumber, 2.
  • Bruised pain in the hollows of the knees, and in the calves, as after a long walk, in the evening during rest and motion, 1.
  • Tensive pain in the hollow of the left knee, 1.
  • Drawing, extending from the hollow of the right knee to the calf, 2.
  • Pressure in the right knee-joint, 7.
  • Burning scraping on the outer side of the left knee, 3.
  • Tearing in the ligaments, in the inner side of the left knee, 3.
  • Itching twitching beneath the patella, 4.
  • Fine painful stitches in the right knee, and in the hollow of the knee, while sitting, 6. [660.]
  • Dull stitches on the outer side of the right knee only standing, disappearing on moving the limb, and while sitting, 8.
  • Leg.
  • Great weariness in the legs, especially in the left leg, extending up from the feet, and jerklike drawing in the knees, especially while standing, with sore pain in the soles of the feet, 9.
  • A painful sensation, as if a heavy weight were hanging upon the left lower leg while sitting, if it rests over the other leg and hangs down, 3.
  • Tension in the left leg, 4.
  • Cramplike tearing in the right leg, while walking, 6.
  • Drawing tearing in the leg, while sitting, 8.
  • Sensation, as if the lower leg were tightly bound up, 1.
  • Small swelling on the tibia, with a red point; it was painful to touch, as if the flesh were loose from the bone, 1.
  • Pulsative pressure in the right tibia, 3.
  • Lancinating pains, which seem seated in the upper part of the outer surface of the left tibia, near the femoro-tibial articulation (eighteenth day), 14. [670.]
  • Violent cramp in the calves almost all night, 1.
  • Painful tension on the inner side of the left calf, while standing, 3.
  • Pressure in the whole right calf, 4.
  • Pressure in the left calf, during rest and motion, 4.
  • Painful drawing on the outer side of the calf, during rest and motion, 8.
  • Pain, as from heaviness, in the outer muscles of the left calf frequently, while walking, 5.
  • Pinching in the upper part of the inner muscles of the calves, 5.
  • Ankle.
  • Sudden swelling of the ankle, in the evening, 1.
  • Pain below both ankles, in the evening when lying in bed, as if the heel were torn out, 1.
  • Itching stitch beneath the left inner and outer malleoli, 4. [680.]
  • Sharp shooting in the tarsal bone, below the right ankle (twentieth day), 14.
  • Foot.
  • Red swelling of the feet, especially about the ankles, with a sensation as if the feet were tightly bound, 1.
  • Cramplike pain in the sole of the right foot, while sitting, 6.
  • Pain in the feet from above the ankles to the soles, when sitting, less when standing and walking, 3.
  • A dull sticking pressure in the outer side of the right heel, extending up into the calf, on stooping, only when walking; disappearing on raising the foot, 6.
  • Sharp pressure transversely across the sole of the right foot, while sitting, 3.
  • Tearing pressure in the right heel, 7.
  • Tearing and jerking in both malleoli of the right foot, extending thence to the toes, while sitting; while standing it seems better, but then a tearing extends from the toes upward, 3.
  • Crawling in the feet, as after a long walk, or as if they would fall asleep, gradually extending into the legs, 3.
  • Toes.
  • Drawing tearing between the metatarsal bones of the two last toes, 5. [690.]
  • Shootings in the second joint of the right middle toe (twenty-fourth day), 14.
  • Sharp shootings in the tip of the right great toe (twenty-fifth day), 14.
  • Violent shootings in the metatarso-phalangeal articulation of the right second toe (forty-fourth day), 14.
  • Shootings in the metatarso-phalangeal articulation of the right great toe (forty-fifth day), 14.

GENERALITIES

  • (Genuine epilepsy), 12 . ["In a boy who suffered frequently from convulsive attacks, especially in the morning fasting, Tin was given to destroy the worms, which were supposed to be present; and thereupon the fits increased and multiplied to perfect epilepsy." -Hughes.]
  • It causes emaciation and consumption, 13.
  • The whole body and limbs are tremulous and unsteady; yet the hand trembles more when resting it lightly upon anything than when grasping anything tightly, 3.
  • Weariness of the whole body, especially after ascending steps, for seven days, 1.*
  • Great weariness after descending steps, so that she could scarcely breathe; on ascending the steps she felt nothing, 3.
  • Very weak and sleepy, so that he could scarcely endure it, 1. [700.]
  • She was suddenly attacked by weakness so that she could scarcely breathe, while dressing, after rising from bed, 3.*
  • Great weariness during the day; he was obliged to lie down , but could not sleep, and when he slumbered was attacked with vertigo, vanishing of sense, and dulness of mind, for half an hour, 1.*
  • Great weariness, with constant inclination to sit down; it is most felt when walking slowly, so that he involuntarily walks rapidly, 3.
  • Excessive prostration; constantly wishes to sit or lie down, and when about to sit down falls upon the chair, because he has not the power to sit down slowly, 3.*
  • Most distressing debility , almost preventing my riding home, a distance of a few miles, 21.*
  • When walking rapidly he feels the exhaustion less, but all the more afterward, 3.
  • Loss of power, as if the limbs were beaten, 3.*
  • Extreme exhaustion of mind and body ; cannot continue at any work on account of irresistible sleepiness; is obliged to lie down and sleep, but frequently wakes in different dreams, 7.
  • Uneasiness in the whole body, with burrowing on the tibiæ, after waking from a deep sleep, at 1 A.M., 1.
  • Uneasiness, so that he cannot remain long in one place, 7. [710.]
  • A frequent agreeable sensation of lightness on deep breathing, 3.
  • Many pains, especially the pressive-drawing, beginning slight, increasing slowly, becoming severe, and just as slowly disappearing, 3.
  • Severe pain (second day), 19.
  • Heavy pressure, now in one, now in another bone, 5.
  • Sticking griping in various parts of the body alternately, 3.
  • All were affected in a similar manner to myself, and after a lapse of about the same time, 22.
  • While walking the symptoms seem to disappear, but immediately return during rest; only the weakness is most noticed, when walking, 3.

SKIN

  • Objective.
  • Itching eruption over the whole body, 1.
  • Itching pimples on the face, painfully sore to touch, or on washing, 1.
  • A red, somewhat elevated spot on the forepart of the neck, with a white, quite painless pimple in the middle of it, 9. [720.]
  • In the middle of the sternum, a kind of small, red, sharply circumscribed pustule, causing, for a few moments only, acute itching, two evenings in succession (eleventh day), 14.
  • A boil in the right ankle of the lower jaw, red, with drawing pain, aggravated by touch, lasting eight days, 1.
  • Small itching hives below the wrist, through the day; the itching was aggravated by rubbing, 1.
  • Small red, painless spots on the backs of both hands, 1.
  • Itching pimple on the left thigh, 1.
  • Round yellow spots on the left leg, lasting two days, 2.
  • Subjective.
  • Violent burning in the hands and feet, 1.
  • Fine needlelike stitches over the whole left side of the body; the next day only on the right side, 6.
  • Biting itching over the whole body on undressing; was obliged to scratch, 3.
  • Itching-burning stitches over the whole body, especially on the thumb, chiefly in the morning in bed, for several days, 3. [730.]
  • Burning itching, as from fleabites on the back of the hand for eight hours, not relieved by rubbing, 1.
  • Sticking itching on the outer side of the thigh, only transiently relieved by rubbing (after half an hour), 1.
  • Itching on the back of the left foot, 4.

SLEEP

  • Frequent yawning, as if he had not slept enough, 3.
  • Much yawning, when walking in the open air, though with oppression, as from a cord about the chest, 1.
  • Stretching of the arms and yawning (after a few minutes), 1.
  • He is excessively impelled to yawn, yet he cannot yawn sufficiently, however wide he opens his mouth, 1.
  • Sleepiness, after walking in the open air, especially caused by music, and a vivid dream immediately on closing her eyes, 1.
  • Sleepiness and inclination to yawn; the eyes close, 7.
  • Falls asleep early in the evening after lying down, and wakes late in the morning, 3. [740.]
  • Deep sleep, several nights, 1.
  • Frequent waking at night, as if he had slept enough, 8.
  • Frequent starting up, as from fright in bed, at night, 8.
  • Sleep restless, and interrupted by pain (twenty-fifth day), 14.
  • Slumbering in the evening hindered by constant uneasiness in the legs, 1.
  • At night, on waking, he was lying upon the back the right leg stretched out, and the left drawn up and half uncovered, 3.
  • The child moans in sleep, at night, cries, begs, and is frightened, 1.
  • (He talked in sleep, and spoke of the uselessness of an external remedy for an internal trouble, as if in a somnambulistic state), 1.
  • Dreams.
  • Very vivid anxious dreams, at night, 1.
  • Vivid dreams full of terror (second night), 8. [750.]
  • Pleasant dreams of earthly splendor and greatness, which keep her in good humor after waking, 3.
  • Lascivious dreams, with erections, without emissions, 4.
  • Lascivious dreams and emissions, without erections, 3.
  • Amorous dreams, with physical enjoyment, without a pollution (twenty-second day), 14.
  • Anxious dreams of quarrel, strife, and battles, 4.
  • Anxious dreams of neglected business, about the same subject, two nights, 2.
  • Dreams of fire, 6.
  • He heard a loud noise in a dream, 1.
  • Confused, unremembered dreams, 3.
  • Confused, vivid dreams in which many things are mixed up, sometimes she talks aloud, tosses about the bed, frequently wakes, and always finds herself sitting up in bed, 3. [760.]
  • Vivid, confused, half-remembered dreams, 3.

FEVER

  • Chilliness.
  • Chilliness, 20.
  • Chilliness over the whole body , lasting half an hour, 7.*
  • Coldness of the whole body, with bruised pain in the limbs (twentieth day), 14.
  • Very transient chilliness, especially along the back, 7.
  • Shivering several forenoons about 10 o'clock, with coldness in the hands, deadness of the fingers, and insensibility of their tips, 1.
  • Coldness and bruised pain throughout all the limbs (twentieth day), 14.
  • Gooseflesh over the arms and chattering of the teeth, as in convulsion of the masseter muscles, with only slight sensation of coldness and moderate shivering, 1.
  • Shivering only in the left arm, wherewith it jerked up, 1.
  • Shivering only in the left foot, extending half way up the thigh, in the evening, 1. [770.]
  • Very cold knees and feet, 1.
  • Heat.
  • Heat, 20.
  • Great heat over the whole body, especially on the chest and back, with a sensation as though hot sweat were running down, without externally perceptible heat, 7.
  • Sensation of heat over the whole body, especially on the thighs and back, 7.
  • Heat and perspiration over the whole body from 4 to 5 P.M., followed by chilliness; during and after the heat thirst, which recurred several afternoons about the same time, 1.
  • Anxious heat and perspiration broke out constantly, even on the slightest movement, 3.
  • Anxious heat, as though perspiration would break out, attacks him at intervals, 3.
  • Sensation of heat, especially internally, 7.
  • Internal heat, after walking in the open air, especially in the chest and abdomen, without thirst, 1.
  • Skin hot and dry, 19. [780.]
  • Great heat in the head, with heat of the forehead, with redness of the face, together with general though with slight heat over the whole body, worse in the evening, with much thirst, five evenings in succession (after five days), 1.
  • Heat in the forehead, even perceptible externally, 1.
  • Flushing heat in the face, perceptible internally and externally, 3.
  • Flushes of heat in the feet, 1.
  • Disagreeable heat in the feet, though little noticed externally, 1.
  • Sweat.
  • Hot sweat over the whole body and complete exhaustion, even on only slight movement, 7.
  • A cold, clammy sweat broke out, 18.
  • *Profuse nightsweat, for two nights (after forty-eight hours), 1.
  • Profuse perspiration after 4 A.M., every morning, 1.*
  • Morning-sweat , mostly on the neck, nape of the neck, and forehead, 1.*

CONDITIONS

  • Aggravation.
  • ( Morning ), On waking, weakness of memory, dizziness; pain and heat in head; headache; after rising, stopped sensation in left ear; nosebleed; on waking, acid saliva runs from mouth; scraping in throat; eructations; weakness; tension and pressure across chest; in bed, stitch in nape of neck; on rising, pain in back and lower extremities; pain in lumbar region; itching stitches over whole body; 4 A.M., sweat.
  • ( Forenoon ), Pressure in stomach; stitches in chest; 10 o'clock, shivering.
  • ( Afternoon ), 4 to 5 P.M., heat.
  • ( Evening ), Heaviness and dulness of head; pressing in brain; cracking in front of ear; scraping in throat; constriction of chest, with anxiety; swelling of the hands.
  • ( Night ), Pain in nape of neck.
  • ( Ascending steps ), Weariness of whole body.
  • ( Bending backward ), Pressure in forehead.
  • ( Bending finger ), Cutting in ball of left finger.
  • ( Breathing ), Stitches in abdomen; deep, feeling of lightness.
  • ( Coughing ), Stitches in abdomen; oppression.
  • ( Descending steps ), Weakness of body.
  • ( After eating ), Bitter eructations; nausea; fulness in abdomen; emptiness in abdomen; stitch by ensiform cartilage.
  • ( Expiration ), Stitches in left chest.
  • ( Inspiration ), Cramp in chest; aching in chest; cramp in right rib; drawing beneath left breast.
  • ( Lifting arm ), Pain in right shoulder.
  • ( Lying upon temple ), Pressure in it.
  • ( During menses ), Pain in malar bone.
  • ( Motion ), Drawing in spine; stitches between scapulæ; tearing in lumbar vertebræ; weakness of arms; tearing in left arm; tearing in right shoulder; tearing in right wrist; tearing in first phalanges of right fingers.
  • ( Music ), Sleepiness.
  • ( Pressing on right side ), Pain in hypochondria.
  • ( During rest ), Pain beneath shoulders; twitching in muscles of upper arm.
  • ( Rubbing ), Itching.
  • ( Shaking head ), Crackling in cervical vertebræ.
  • ( Sitting ), Pain in feet; pressure across sole of right foot.
  • ( Sitting bent over ), Cutting in right hypochondrium.
  • ( Soup ), Pressure in stomach.
  • ( Standing ), Stitches in muscles of right thigh; stitches on outer side of knee; tension in calf.
  • ( During hard stool ), Prolapsus of vagina.
  • ( Stooping ), Tearing in forehead; pain in abdomen; pain above left ilium; stitches in right groin; stitch in left chest.
  • ( Touch ), Soreness in abdomen; pain in boil.
  • ( Walking in open air ), Vertigo, eructations.
  • ( Walking ), Pain in hip; pain in thigh; tearing in right leg; slowly, weakness.
  • Amelioration.
  • ( Open air ), Fretfulness.
  • ( Pressure ), Pressure in forehead; pain in right temple; pressure in pit of stomach.
  • ( Walking ), Symptoms.

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