Veratrum album, Linn.

Natural order , Liliaceæ.

Common names , White Hellebore; (G.), Weisse-niesswurz, (Fr.), Le Varaire Blanc.

Preparation , Tincture of the root.

Authorities. (Nos.

1 to 32 , from Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 3)

1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Becher; 3 , Franz; 4 , Fr. Hahnemann; 5 , Stapf; 6 , Teuthorn; 7 , Alberti, Jurisp. Med., vi, 718; 8 , Alston, Lectures on Materia Medica ("2, 458, statement," -Hughes); 9 , Benivenius in Schenk, viii, obs., 174 ("observation of poisoning," -Hughes); 10 , Bergius, Mat. Med., p. 872 ("statement," -Hughes); 11 , Borrichius, Acta Hafn., vi, p. 145; 12 , Dessenius, Composit. Medicam., lib. x, p. 422; 13 , Dobolewsky in Eph. Nat. Cur. Dec., 1 ann. 2, p. 279 ("should be Dobzewsky; effects of root taken medicinally," -Hughes); 14 , Ettmueller, Op., Tom. II, p. 435 ("as last," -Hughes); 15 , Forestus, xviii, obs. 44 ("as Benivenius," -Hughes); 16 , Galenus, Comment. V. Aphor., 1 ("statement," -Hughes); 17 , Gesner, Epist. Med., p. 69 ("effects of infusion," -Hughes); 18 , Grassius, Misc. Nat. Cur., Dec. 1 ann. 4 ("p. 99, as Dobolewsky," -Hughes); 19 , Greding, Miscellanies, p. 87 ("effects when administered to maniacs, melancholics, and epileptics," -Hughes), [All symptoms of the mind and disposition, occurring in the first two classes, and all spasmodic and convulsive phenomena manifested by the third, have been bracketed, as the doses administered were too small to induce them. -Hughes.]; , Kalm, Nord-america, reise, III ("p. 93, of English translation, statement," -Hughes); , Ledelius, Misc. Nat. Cur., Dec. III, ann. I, obs. 65 ("effects of infusion in wine," -Hughes); , Lentillius, Misc. Nat. Cur., Dec. III, ann. I, app. ("p. 130; as last," -Hughes); , Lorry, De Melanch., II. p. 312 (effects of cooked root," -Hughes); , Müller Hufel. Journ., xii, 1 ("p. 160-6, observation on a patient," -Hughes); , Muralto, Misc. Nat. Cur., Dec. 2, ann. II, p. 240 ("as Dobolewsky," -Hughes); , Reimann, in Bresl-samml., 1724 ("p. 537, as Ledelius," -Hughes); , Rödder, in Alberti, Med. leg., obs. 15; , Scholzius, in Schenk, lib. viii, obs. 178 (as Benivenius," -Hughes); , Smetius, Misc. Med., p. 265 ("observation," -Hughes); , Smyth, Med. Communications, I ("p. 207; effects of tincture given for cutaneous disease," -Hughes); , Vicat, Plantes vénén. de la Suisse, p. 177 ("from powder taken by mistake for pepper, in soup," -Hughes); , Winter, in Bresl-samml., 1724 ("p. 269, observation," -Hughes); , Lembke, N. Z. für H. K., vol. vii, p. 73, took root in doses of 2, 4, and 6 grains; , Schelling, A. H. Z., 83, p. 19, took 1st dil. of a trituration of dried root in the evening (first day), 1 drachm 1st trit. (second day), a dose of 1st (sixth day); , same, took 12th dil. in water, a teaspoonful three times a day; , same, took 300th dil. (Jenichen), (first day), another dose (twelfth day); , same, took a dose of 300th, followed by frequent olfaction of trituration; , same, took 30th dil.; , same, took 1 drop 20th; to , Horn's Archiv, 1815 (Frank's Mag., 2), effects of the root; , a woman, æt. 60 years; , a man, æt. 60 years; , a man, æt. 28 years; , Wagner, Rust's Mag., 1823 (Frank's Mag., 1), poisoning by the roots; , Schuster's Med. Journ., quoted by Bernt (Christison on Poisons, p. 673), a man took twice as much as could be held on the point of a knife; , Barkenhausen, Casper's Med. Woch., 1836, No. 7, p. 35 (Hom. Vjs. 6, 97), a man drank some in brandy; , same, an elderly woman took a little of same; , Dr. Mavel, Gaz. des Hôp., 1851 (S. J., 71, 307), effects on a family, especially on a woman æt. 70 years, of eating soup cooked in a vessel in which an infusion of Verat. alb. had been made; , Dr. Smith, Journ. de Chim. Méd., 1857, p. 604. a man ate soup containing some of the root; , Pharmacologia, p. 716 (Cattel, Brit. Journ. of Hom., 11, p. 343), symptoms; , From the Arabic of Abbubete Rhazes (Peiper's Thesis, A. H. Z., 19, 196); , Dr. Waltl, Dr. Bruckner's Rep. (A. H. Z., 47, 48), made 1 ounce decoction of 2 scruples of the leaves, of which he took a dessertspoonful, and repeated the dose after an hour; , Dr. Blas, Verh. d. nat. Gesel, Freiburg (S. J., 109, 291), a child, æt. 3 1/2 years, drank an infusion; , Drs. Nivet and Giraud, Gaz. Hebdom., 1861. S. J., 112, 287, poisoning by the powdered root mixed with food; , second case of same; , Sharp's Essays on Medicine, 10th edition, a healthy young man took 1 drop of 1st dil. of tincture, night and morning, for four or five days.

MIND

Emotional.
[Delirium, he thinks that he is a hunter], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
Slight delirium; coldness over the whole body with open eyes, with cheerful, at times laughing expression, he prattles about religious subjects and about vows to be performed, prays, believes that he is not in his own house (after one hour), 1.*
Slight delirium, 18 . [The original is " vix mente constans." -Hughes.]
[He imagines that he is a prince and behaves in a very haughty manner], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
*Persistent raging with great heat of the body, 19.
[Rages, tears his clothes and does not talk], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
[Swallows his own fæces], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
[Bites his shoe and swallows the pieces], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
[Stamps his feet, with loss of appetite], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.] [10.]
[He is very noisy, tries to escape, and can scarcely be held back], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
Cursing and howling all night and complaining of being stupid, with headache and salivation, 19.*
[He thinks that he is dumb and blind, and has a cancer], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
[She kisses everybody that comes in her way, before the menses], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
[She imagines that she has labor pains], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
[She fancies herself pregnant], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
[She expects a speedy parturition], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
*She is inconsolable over a fancied misfortune, runs about the room howling and screaming, looking upon the ground, or sits brooding in the corner, wailing and weeping in an inconsolable manner; worse in the evening; sleeps only till 2 o'clock, 1.
[Screaming and running about, with paleness of the face and fear], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]

HEAD

Confusion and Vertigo.
Dizzy confusion of the head (first day), 34b.
Vertigo, 21, 30 , etc.*
Excessive vertigo, 26.
Very dizzy in the morning, 1.
Vertigo and intoxication (after twenty-four hours), 4.
Vertigo when walking (second day), 34b.
Incessant dizziness for three days, 1.
Vertigo with aversion to all food, 38. [90.]
Vertigo; everything turned about in a circle (after three hours and a half), 1, 19.
Dizzy, it seems as if there were nothing firm in his head, 1.
Vertigo, so that he was obliged to steady himself while walking, with the pulse at 65 (sixteenth day), 34b.
Vertigo, especially when walking, so that he is obliged to steady himself (third day), 34.
Vertigo towards noon, and perspiration at night, before the menses, 19 . ["Schwindel" represents "Drehen im Kopfe," whirling in the head. -Hughes.]
Vertigo, especially on rising from a seat, with violent pressure in the vertex, pain in the arms, vanishing of vision, creeping coldness through the arms, 33.
General Head.
Apoplexy, 13 . [By this symptom the reporter simply means unconsciousness, which supervenes upon much vomiting and purging-Hughes.]
Blood rushes violently to the head on stooping (after eight hours), 1.*
Head heavy (first and ninth days), 34b, 34c.
Head heavy, with pressing pain, 34c. [100.]
Head heavy, oppressed (third day), 34b.
Head heavy, confused, 33.
Head heavy, dull, 33.
Head heavy, dizzy on rising in the morning (sixth day), 34a.
The head seems heavy, and everything in it seems to turn in a circles, 21.

EYE

Objective.
Eyes distorted, protruding, 1.*
Eyes turned upward, so that only the white could be seen, for an hour, 11.
Eyes staring, 47.
Eyes without lustre, 42.
Eyes surrounded by black rings, 48.* [160.]
Violent inflammation of the eyes, 19.
Painful inflammation in the eyes, with excessive headache, on account of which he was unable to sleep at night (after six days), 1.
Inflammation of the eyes, with tearing pain, 1.
Inflammation of the white of the eye, with tearing pain, 1.
Redness of the white of the right eye, 19.
Inflammation of the right eye, with febrile heat, 19.
Inflammation of the right eye, 19.
Blueness of the left eye, with frequent eructations, 19.
The eyes have a weak look, are surrounded by blue rings, 1.*
Subjective.
Pain in the eyes, 19. [170.]
Pressing pain in the eyes, with loss of appetite, 19 . [Therewith the blood has the appearance of inflammation (buffy coat). -Hahnemann.]
Complained of pain in both eyes, and moved the hands over the head, 19.
Sensation of weakness in the eyes, 1.
Heat in the eyes, with headache, 19.
Violent, long-continued sensation of heat in the eyes, 1.
Sticking and burning in the eyes, increased in the open air (first day), 34b.
Heat in the eyes and face, with redness of the cheeks, as from a draught of hot steam, 1.
Lids.
Lids agglutinated, difficult to open, on rising (fifth day), 34.
Lids agglutinated during sleep (after two hours), 1.

EAR

Tearing in the lobule of the ear, 1.
Sharp stitches just behind the left ear and in the jaws, 1.
Sensation as if a membrane were stretched over the ear, 1.
In the right ear a sensation of a cold breath, followed by a sensation of great heat, then again cold and so alternately several times (after twenty-six hours), 5.
Pressing pain in the meatus auditorius, 1.
A pressure in the right ear, in the morning (after two days), 1. [220.]
Some stitches deep in the left ear, 6.
Hearing.
Diminished hearing (third day), 34b.
Dulness of hearing, one ear or the other seems stopped, 1.
Ringing in the ears, 1, 49.
He complains of deafness and pain in the chest, 19.
Roaring and rushing in the ears, immediately on rising from a seat, also there seems to be a bright fire before the eyes, lasting eight hours (after four hours), 6.
Roaring in the ears like a wind and storm, 1.
Whistling in the right ear, preceded by dulness of hearing; once after the whistling the hearing was clear; after two minutes it was again dull (first day), 34b.

NOSE

Frequent sneezing, catarrh, much nasal mucus (second day), 34a.
Frequent sneezing (seventh day), 34b. [230.]
Violent, very frequent sneezing, 25, 34c.
Catarrh (after eight hours), 1.
Violent and very peculiar catarrh (seventh day), 34b.
Acute catarrh, lasting five days, followed by secretion of mucus in the fauces and throat, the mucus gelatinous, with some membranes of yellow-brown mucus (ninth day), 34b.
Epistaxis, 44.*
Bleeding from the right nostril, 19.
Nosebleed before the menses, 19.
(Nosebleed during sleep, at night), 1.
His nose becomes dry and hot, as in dry catarrh (after six hours), 5.
Sensation as if the nose internally were completely dry, such as the dust of a dry road would produce (after three hours), 1. [240.]
Sensation of compression and pressing inward in the nasal bones, 1.
Sensation as if the nose were ulcerated internally, 1.
Sharp burning in the left nostril, 33.
Smell of dung in the nose (after sixteen hours), 1.

FACE

Swelling of the face for several days, 19.
*Face sunken, with anxious expression, 48.
Convulsive movements of the face and limbs, 47.
Face bluish, 1.*
Face dark colored, with an expression of anxiety, 42.
Face dark red, hot, 19. [250.]
Extreme redness and heat of the face, 19.
Red face, with great thirst and flow of urine, 19.
*Paleness of the face, 19.
Face and lips pale, 35.
*He became pale in the face, with the frequent stools, 19 . [Revised by -Hughes.]
Sudden alternations of paleness, with heat and redness of the face, 19.
(Painful jerking sensation in the muscular parts of the face), (after three hours), 1.
Drawing and tensive pain over the whole right side of the face and right ear, 1.
Burning in the face and head, 17.
Cheeks.
*Twitching in the cheeks, at noon, sparks before the left eye, paleness of the face and faintness, followed by vomiting of a quantity of white froth (the attacks recurring for three days), 19. [260.]
Stitches in the right cheek and right chest, with salivation, 19.
Lips.
Cracking of the skin of the lips, 1.
Dry lips and mouth, in the evening, not without thirst (after thirteen hours), 3.
Burning on and somewhat above the red of the upper lip, 1.
Jaws.
Jaws closed, 1.*
Stiffness of the masseter muscles, 33.*
Dull pressure in the muscles of the left side of jaw, like a violent pressure with a dull point of wood, .

MOUTH

Teeth.
Looseness of the teeth, 1.
Towards the end of the menses grinding of the teeth and bluish face, 19.
Grating of the teeth, 19.
Toothache, followed by swollen red face, 19.
Toothache consisting of pressure and heaviness in the left upper back teeth, as if they were filled with lead, 3.
Severe toothache and headache, 19.
Toothache at first pressive, afterwards when chewing, ending in a drawing streaming into the roots of the teeth, when something even soft was taken between the teeth, 3.
Teeth acutely affected by cold wind (seventh day), 34b.
Boring in the upper incisors, 33.
Gum. [280.]
Swelling of the gum of the lower jaw, 19.
Tongue.
Swelling of the tongue, 38.
Dryness of the tongue, 36.*
*Tongue cold, 42.
Burning on the tongue and in the throat, 17.
Sharp burning on the tip of the tongue, 33.
Stinging and burning of the tongue, 33.
General Mouth.
Frothing from the mouth, 1.
Running of mucus from the mouth towards noon, 19.
Inflammation of the mouth internally, 19. [290.]
Great secretion of mucus in the mouth, fauces, and throat, large lumps of mucus were expectorated without cough every minute (fourth day); constant mucus in the mouth and throat after eating (fifth day); constant spitting of mucus, for more than half an hour, with cold hands, in the evening after a glass of wine (fifth day), 34.
Tenacious mucus on the palate and in the mouth, which could scarcely be loosened, increased after drinking water (second day); (loosened and expectorated after a glass of water), (third day), 34b.

THROAT. [320.]

Tenacious mucus in the throat (fourth day), 34.
Throat somewhat swollen, 47.
Paroxysmal constriction and choking in the throat as if one had eaten unripe pears, 1.
Contraction of the throat as if caused by the pressure of a swelling, 1.
Violent pains in the throat, 49.
Pressure in the throat and œsophagus, as far down as the stomach, with burning stinging in the pharynx (fifth day), 34b.
Drawing and pressure in the left side of the throat, 3.
Drawing pain in the throat, thirst and colic, 19.
Dryness of the throat, which can not be relieved by drink (after six hours), 1.
Throat dry and burning (fifth day), 34b.* [330.]
*Scraping in the throat, 1, 33.
Scraping in the throat like catarrh, 1.
Roughness in the throat, 1.*
Burning in the throat, 1, 10, 47.*
Burning in the throat and stomach, 37.
Burning in the throat and tongue, 33.
Burning scraping in the throat, 33.
Violent burning in the throat, œsophagus, and stomach, 35.
Extreme burning in the throat, œsophagus, and stomach (after half an hour), 43.
Violent burning in the throat and stomach, 36.
Fauces and Pharynx. [340.]
Secretion of mucus in the fauces, but with a sensation of dryness and heat (third day), 34.
Distension of the pharynx, 26 . [Not found. -Hughes.]
Redness of the pharynx with some swelling of the tonsils, 49.
Burning in the pharynx and stomach, 33.
Sensation of warmth in the pharynx and upper abdomen, 48.

STOMACH

Appetite and Thirst. [350.]
Ravenous appetite without thirst, 19 . [Greding adds "unersattlich" (insatiable) -Hughes.]
Ravenous hunger, 19 . [Not found. -Hughes.]
Hunger and thirst with profuse flow of urine, 19.*
*Violent hunger , as on the previous days (sixth day), 34.
*Feeling of hunger in the stomach, with undisturbed appetite (eighth day), 34b.
*He eats much, but still complains of hunger and emptiness in the stomach, 19.
Desire for eating and drinking with the diarrhœa, 19.*
Longing for only cold food, herring, sardines, fruit, 2.*
*Appetite for fruit, 1.
Constant very greedy desire for gherkins, 4. [360.]
Desire for citric acid, 1.
Desire for acid things, 1.*
No desire for warm food , at noon, but more for fruit, 2.*
No appetite and no hunger; when eating nothing is relished, 6.
Little appetite; nausea when eating (fifth day), 34a.
Aversion to warm food, and on eating it he did not relish it, though he had not eaten for a long time; yet desire for fruit, 1.
*Excessive thirst, 48, 49.
*Excessive thirst during the perspiration, 19.
*Much thirst for cold drinks , Immediately, 4.
Much thirst in the afternoon and evening, 2. [370.]

ABDOMEN

Hypochondria.
Tensive pain in the hypochondria, as from flatulence, 1.
Pain in the hypochondria and in the chest, on account of the non-emission of flatus, 1.
Sticking in the region of the spleen while walking, after a moderate meal (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Umbilicus. [470.]
Colic in the umbilical region, 19.
Colic in the umbilical region, before pains in the back, 19 . ["After," should be "before." -Hughes.]
Cutting pains in the umbilical region, increased flow of urine and thirst, 19.
Colic about the navel, as from flatus, without marked tension of the abdomen or pain when touched (after six hours), 5.*
General Abdomen.
Distension of the abdomen. 26, 34d.*
Distension of the abdomen, with salivation, 19.
Swelling of the abdomen, with colic and emission of flatus, 19.
Rumbling in the abdomen (first day), 34.
Loud rumbling in the abdomen, 19.
Loud rumbling in the abdomen, with diuresis, 19. [480.]
Painless rumbling in the abdomen, as from flatus (after three-quarters of an hour), 5.
Flatulent rumbling and griping in the abdomen, infrequent and scanty emission of flatus, 5.
Rumbling in the abdomen, as if he would have diarrhœa, with frequent emission of flatus (after six hours), 6.
Emission of flatus (after seven hours), 5.
Frequent emission of flatus (first hour), 1.
Frequent emission of odorless flatus (first day), 34b.
An unusual amount of flatulence, in the evening (second day), 34.
Emission of much odorless flatus, with noise, at night (third day), 34.
Flatulence after dinner (fourth day), 34.
Emission of flatus, after dinner, unnoticed, with a thin stool; afterwards diarrhœa, of acrid fæces, with tenesmus (after one hour), . [490.]

RECTUM AND ANUS

Blind hæmorrhoids (after ten hours), 1.
Tenesmus of the rectum, 48.
Pressure towards the anus, with blind hæmorrhoids, 1.
Burning in the anus during stool (after twelve hours), 1, 19.
(Smarting pain in the anus), 5.
Desire for and urging to stool in the upper abdomen, but a stool follows with difficulty or not at all, apparently on account of inactivity of the rectum and absence of peristaltic action of the other intestines (after four and fifteen hours), 1.

STOOL

Diarrhœa.
*Diarrhœa, 22, 40, 48, 49. [530.]
Diarrhœa in the evening (after milk), (eighth day), 34a.
*Diarrhœa, with profuse perspiration, 19.
*Frequent and violent diarrhœa, 9.
Diarrhœa, with pain during and after the stool, 1.
*Very profuse and painful diarrhœa, 21.
Diarrhœic stool (after twelve hours), 2.
Violent bloody diarrhœa, 12, 14.
*Excessive evacuations, 27.
*Copious evacuations, 45.
Sudden involuntary watery evacuations of the bowels, 41.* [540.]
After the emission of flatus some thin fæces pass unnoticed (after four and sixteen hours), 1.
Frequent sudden soft stools (the first hours), 1.
Stool soft, scanty, brownish yellow (second day), 34b.
Stools much too soft, 4.
Frequent black bloody evacuations by vomiting and stool, 48.
Dry stool in the evening (third day), 34.
Bloody stools, 44.
Fæces acrid (after twelve hours), 1.
Stool, the first part of which was large, the latter part consisting of thin strings of fæces of the normal consistence and color, 5.
Stool very indolent, 33.
Constipation. [550.]
Constipation (first day), 6, 59.
Obstinate constipation, . [Not found. -Hughes.]

URINARY ORGANS

Tenesmus of the bladder, 35, 36.
Pressing pain in the bladder and burning while urinating, 19 . [Not found. -Hughes.]
Pain in the urethra, as if contracted, behind the glans penis, associated with ineffectual desire to urinate since the bladder was empty (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Pinching pain in the urethra, when not urinating, 1.
Burning of the urine, 1. [560.]
Burning in the forepart of the urethra, while urinating (after three hours), 6.
Itching of the orifice of the urethra after urinating, 1.
Desire to urinate, with somewhat difficult emission of pale watery urine in a weak stream (second day), 34b.
Frequent desire to urinate; urine at first retained, after fifteen seconds discharge of watery, with smarting pain in the forepart of the meatus (fourth day), 34b.
Involuntary micturition, 19.
Diuresis, 20.*
Diuresis with the constipation, 19 . [Not found. -Hughes.]
Diuresis, with violent coryza, 19.
Dysuria (second day), 43.
Urine colorless like water (third day), 34b. [570.]
Urine scanty, yellow, and turbid when passed (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Urine acrid, 1.

SEXUAL ORGANS

Male.
Acute sensation and sensitiveness in the sexual organs (after twelve and fifteen hours), 1.
Stiffness of the penis, 1.
Soreness of the prepuce, 1.
Drawing pain in the testicles, 1.
Female.
Abortion, 44.
Pimples on the right labia previous to the menses, 19.
Flooding, irrestrainable, 44.
Profuse menstruation, 19.* [580.]
Menses appeared much too early , indeed on the thirteenth and ninth days, 19.*
The menses, which had been suppressed for a long time, returned at the full moon, 1.
Menses suppressed for many years reappeared, 19.
Roaring in the ears, pains in all the limbs, and great thirst during the menses, 19 . [Not found. -Hughes.]

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

Larynx and Trachea.
Spasmodic contraction of the glottis, with contracted pupils, 1.*
Paroxysms of constriction of the glottis, attacks of suffocation , with protruding eyes (after half an hour), 1.*
Constriction of the larynx, 25, 32.
Suffocative constriction in the larynx, 23, 26.
Tickling very low down in the trachea provoking cough, without expectoration (after one and five hours), 1.
Tickling very low down in the trachea provoking cough, without expectoration (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Voice. [590.]
Complete loss of voice, 43.
Cough and Expectoration.
Violent cough for three hours in the evening with salivation, 19.*
Dry cough (fifth day), 34a.
Dry biting cough, with shivering, especially in the evening (second day), 34a.
Dry cough, with tickling in the pharynx (third day), 34b.
Dry hacking cough caused by tickling in the lowest portion of the sternum, immediately, 1.
Violent dry cough, at night and in the morning, 19.
Hoarse, dry cough, at night, 19.
*Hollow cough in long shocks, with cutting pain in the abdomen (after six hours), 2.
*Deep hollow cough, always in three or four shocks , which seem to come from the abdomen in the evening, 2. [600.]
Cough and much expectoration, with blueness of the face and involuntary micturition, 19 . [Revised by Hughes.]*
Frequent expectoration after the dry cough, 19.
Respiration.

CHEST. [610.]

Catarrh in the chest, without a real (involuntary) cough: the tenacious mucus must be raised by hawking (after eight hours), 1.
Oppression of the chest following a burning in the throat and a gnawing pain in the stomach, 10.
Much oppression of the chest, and on breathing a pain in the side, especially in the morning on rising (after five days), 1.
Oppression upon the chest when coughing, 1.*
Tightness of the chest, he cannot inspire sufficient air on account of contraction of the air-passages by tenacious firm mucus (after four hours and a half), 3.
*Tightness of the chest and difficult respiration, even while sitting , together with headache, 2.
Tightness of the chest, and pressure in it like a fulness while walking, so that his breath fails, 3.*
Such great fulness in the chest that he constantly tries to eructate, without nausea, 3.
Constriction of the chest (after one hour), 43.*
Painful constriction of the chest, 1.* [620.]
Spasmodic contraction of the intercostal muscles towards he left side, which impedes respiration (after three hours), 1.
Pressure upon the chest (tenth day), 34a.*
Soft pressure upon the chest while standing, with tightness of the chest (after eleven hours and a half), 3.
Pressure and heaviness in the chest and stomach, 34c.
Pain in the chest, with dry cough, 19.
Frequently recurring pains in the chest, 19.
Pain in all the ribs, 19.
Pain beneath the ribs, especially on expiration, 1.
Cutting pain in the chest (after fifteen hours), 1.
Tickling in the chest, as if it would provoke cough , in the middle of the sternum (after half an hour, and one hour), 2.
Front and Sides. [630.]

HEART AND PULSE

Præcordia.
Cutting pain in the præcordial region (first night), 34.
Pressure at the heart, 1.
Paroxysmal anxiety at the heart, which then beats very violently, and with a sensation as if it were very warm (after four hours), 6.
Heart's Action. [650.]
*Palpitation, with anxiety, and rapid audible respiration, 2.
Violent beating of the heart, which moves the ribs; the heart beats very forcibly and moves the hand, without pain, 1.*
Pulse.
Pulse very rapid (after six hours), 46.*
Pulse of the normal rate, but very weak and almost imperceptible (after eight hours), 2.
Very slow pulse, 33.*
Pulse very slow, even while walking, 33.
Pulse very slow and almost lost (after four, and several hours), 1.*
Pulse small, tense, 36, 47.
Pulse very small, irregular, at times intermittent, 43.*
Pulse almost lost, 31. [660.]
Pulse imperceptible, 27, 42.*
Pulse entirely lost for several hours, 35.

NECK AND BACK

Neck.
Stiffness of the nape of the neck, 33.
Rheumatic stiffness of the nape of the neck, which causes vertigo, especially on moving, 1.
Painful stiffness of the nape of the neck during the headache, 5.
Tension and sticking in the nape of the neck, on both shoulders and between the shoulders, aggravated by motion and by turning around (third day), 34.
Tension and tearing in the right side of the neck, which is drawn, bent, and painful on motion, less on pressure (sixth day), 34.
Tension in the nape of the neck (eighth day), 34b.
Heaviness in the nape of the neck; the cervical muscles no longer support the head, 1.
Pain in the neck externally, as if the skin were sore, 1. [670.]
Pains in the nape of the neck and shoulder, an waking in the morning (fourth day), 34e.
The muscles of the nape of the neck seem paralyzed, 1.*
Tearing pain and tension in the nape of the neck and occiput, 34e.
Sticking in the four cervical vertebræ (fifth day), 34.
Back.
Painful stiffness in the back (fifth day), 34a.
Pain in the back, pressing-painful, and as if broken, on stooping and on rising up, in the morning, 3.
The spine is painful while walking, and afterwards a drawing pressure as if bruised; this pain disappears on pressure (after eleven hours), 2.
Burning and stinging in the back (fifth day), 34b.
Burning sticking in the back, and tension in the small of the back (first day), 34b.
Burning and pressing sticking in the back and small of the back (first day), 34b.
Scapular. [680.]
Violent pressure as if bruised and beaten in the scapulæ, 1.
Pain in the scapulæ, extending over the whole back, with diuresis, thirst, and constipation, 19.
Pain between the scapulæ, even while sitting, on turning the pain becomes a decided tearing, .

EXTREMITIES

*Nails blue on account of the coldness, 33.
Paralysis of the limbs, 37.*
[Twitching of the limbs and profuse perspiration, followed by headache, vertigo, and much drinking], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
Trembling in all the limbs, horrible anxiety at the heart, and inclination to faint, 7.
Stretching ( tensio ) of the limbs, 21 . [With S. 104. -Hughes.] [700.]
Weakness of all the limbs, 1.
Weakness, with heaviness of the limbs, increased after breakfast (second day), 34b.
Painful lameness as from too long a walk, in the upper and lower extremities, only on motion; he could scarcely get along, 1.
Stiffness of the limbs, especially in the forenoon and after standing, 1.
Insensibility and rigidity of the limbs, 36.
Falling asleep of the limbs, 1.*
The arms and feet always fall asleep, even while lying (after eight hours), 6.
Electric-like shocks, followed by bruised pain in the knees and elbows, 1.
(Pain in the limbs upon which he lies, as of the bed were stony hard), 1.
Pain in all the limbs as if exhausted by excessive fatigue, 1.* [710.]
Drawing pain in the limbs, 1.
Violent drawing pain in the limbs when walking, which disappears at night on continuing to walk, 1.
Spasmodic drawing in the limbs, above the joints, on moving, 3.
Tearing pains in the extensor muscles while sitting, 1.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

Trembling of the arm when she takes hold of anything with the hand, 1.
[Twitching in both arms], 19 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
The arms were painfully lame, as if beaten, he could raise and hold them up only with effort and with pain, 1.
Right arm painful as if beaten, after a little effort (first day), 34b.
Paralytic feeling in the right arm (second night), 34b.
Drawing and stiffness in the muscles of the left arm, 33. [720.]
Sensation as if the arm were too full and swollen, 1.
Numbness of the right arm, 33.
Numb sensation in the right arm, with heaviness, 33.
Constant numbness of the left arm, with pain and stiffness of the muscles, 33.
Shoulder.
Stiffness of the shoulder and pain in the nape of the neck, in the morning (fifth day), 34.
Pressure in the shoulders, 33.
Pain in the shoulder (fourth day), 34a.
Slight indescribable pain in the right axilla 5.
Constant pain in the right shoulder-joint. 33.
Pain in both shoulders (first day), 34b. [730.]
The pains in the shoulders and arms continue for several days during rainy weather, cease with the rain, after a dose of Rhus, and on the appearance of warm weather all the symptoms cease (after twelve days), 34b.
Sensation of pain like lightning, extending from the shoulder to the head, followed by loss of vision, 27.
A cutting pain like a single cut on the shoulder, 1.
Sticking and tensive pain in the right shoulder; the sticking is at first slight but increases from minute to minute, extending from the shoulder to the back, impeding movement, even respiration is painful; the most violent pain in the shoulder is relieved by pressure of the hand; after this pressure is removed there is a burning in the skin; the pain in the shoulder is aggravated by hawking and coughing; sticking in the right shoulder and neck, with stiffness of the nape of the neck (second day), 34.
Violent sticking and tearing in the right shoulder, neck, and occiput, aggravated by motion, on waking in the morning (sixth day), .

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

Tottering gait, 1.
Heaviness of the lower extremities, 33.
Great heaviness of the lower extremities, 33.
Hip.
Walking very difficult, like paralysis, first in the right, then also in the left hip, 1.*
Tensive and pinching pain above both hips and in the loins, while walking and standing, at noon (second day), 34.
Cramplike drawing in the upper part of the gluteal muscles while standing, 3.
Thigh. [760.]
Weakness almost only of the thighs and knees, 1.
The thighs and hips give out and ache as if paralyzed, 1.
The thighs are painful as if broken, while sitting (after eight hours), 3.
Rheumatic drawing pain in the muscles of the thigh, while standing (after three hours), 3.
Cramplike pressing pain in the thigh or calf if he supports himself less upon that foot while standing (after three hours and a half), 3.
Visibly pulsating twitchings of the large external muscles of the thigh while sitting and standing; the muscles rose and fell rhythmically but without pain, immediately recurring after walking (after nine hours), 3.
Knee.
Cracking of the knees, 1.
Single, visible, raising high up of the knee while sitting (in the afternoon), ounce every quarter or half hour, without pain; she started up every time; it ceased in the evening after lying down, 1.
Bruised pain in the knees on going downstairs (after four hours), 1.
Tension in the hollows of the knees, while standing and walking, as if too short, 1. [770.]
Drawing at times in the knees, while standing and walking and sitting, 1.
Painful jerking in the right knee, 1.
Spasmodic drawing upward pain from the hollow of the knee into the right thigh, while standing (after twelve hours), 3.
A cold smarting sensation externally in the knee-joint, 3.
Cutting pain, as with a knife, in the knee, transient, like a single cutting, .

VERATRUM ALBUM. GENERALITIES. [810.]

It brings on a new attack of gout, 1.
*Cholera, 15, 16, 26.
Trembling of the whole body, 1.*
Spasms, 45.*
Spasms, convulsions, 21, 23, 26, 27, 32.*
Epileptic spasms, 22 . [ General spasms seem almost never to be produced by Veratrum album, except shortly before death, and to be the result of the great antagonism of nature. -Hahnemann.]
Chronic weakness, 1.*
Sleepy weakness in the morning which prevents his rising from bed, 1.
Attacks of weakness when walking, 33.
*Weakness, as from too great heat in the air, 1. [820.]
Weak a long time in the evening on account of mental excitement (first day); weakness (second day); weak and disinclined to work (fourth day); weak feeling as through he had not slept enough, head stupid; on attempting to rise he sank back in bed, overcome by sleep, a dreamy half sleep, with sweat and apprehensive mood (fourth day); weak and heavy, with a dizzy head and inability to work the whole forenoon, better after a glass of wine (seventh day); weakness in the morning (eighth day), 34a.
Great weakness in the afternoon, and in the evening, so that he went to bed early, followed by fatiguing, dreamy sleep (first day); weak in the evening; all work, especially mental work, is irksome, with great uneasiness, heaviness of the head, which is painful, followed by stupid sleep (second day); great weakness (fourth day); weakness (seventh day), 34b.
Weak and chilly in the morning, 34e.*
*Extreme weakness, 1 , [Iron seems to relieve it. -Hahnemann.] 36, 48, 49.
Great weakness, with toothache and inflammation of the tonsils, .

SKIN

Objective.
*Whole body and face pale, 43.
Desquamation of the epidermis, 29 . [After slight vomiting and purging. -Hughes.] [850.]
Copper-red eruption on the face, about the mouth and chin. 19.
Collection of painful pimples in various places (tetter), 1.
Red spots on the nose, 19.
Eruption like the itch, 1.
Nettlerash eruption, which itches whenever she is warm, even during the day (only about the joints); after scratching the spots burn and hives appear, as if caused by stinging nettles, 1.
Thick rash on the cheeks, with pain in the face, 1.
Red eruption about the mouth and on the chin, 19.
Eruption of pimples near the corner of the mouth, on the margin of the red, which was painful when not touched, and even more when touched, 1.
Red painless pimples on the backs of the fingers between the second and third joints (after twenty hours), 1.
(Dry tetter upon the hand between the thumb and index finger), 1. [860.]
Painful pimple on the lower jaw, which when touched causes a constricting pain, but which afterwards develops into a pustule with an inflamed areola, 3.
Vesicles close together on the nose, 19 . [The day after S. 852 in same subject. -Hughes.]
Vesicular eruption in the left corner of the mouth, 19.
Burning blisters like anthrax on the left thigh, elevated pustules with depressed tips, with dark-red swollen areola, with tensive pain, when walking, burning (second day); in the blisters on the thigh a burning-sticking pain, while walking, though less swollen (fourth day), 34b.
Subjective.
Sensitiveness of the skin, every part upon which he lies is painful (eighth day), 34b.
Burning sensation, 20 . [From external application. -Hughes.]
Crawling (creeping) itching on various parts of the face, rather biting than stinging, followed by the appearance of small red pimples, with hard red, elevated margins, and followed by brown tips, filled with yellow pus, which at first were painless, but when fully developed were painfully sore to touch, .

SLEEP

Sleepiness.
Yawning, 1 ; (fifth day), 34b.
Frequent yawning (first and eighth days), 34b.
Much yawning in the morning (third day), 34, 34c.
Frequent yawning and lachrymation (third day), 34b.
Much yawning and stretching, and weary with sleep in the evening, 34e.
Unusual yawning for more than an hour, in the evening, 34e. [890.]
Yawning and stretching after the midday nap, 5.
Yawning, frequently so violent that it causes roaring in the ears, 22.
Repeated yawning and stretching, with weakness and bruised feeling in the joints, as if he had not slept enough, in the morning, 3.
Sleepiness, especially in the afternoon (ninth day), 34b.
Sleepy and weak after breakfast (eighth day), 34a.
Sleepiness, with frightful starting up, which prevents sleep, followed by a febrile attack, 1.
Unusual sleepiness , so great that the head nods; even while making an effort to talk, the lids close and the thoughts vanish, at noon (seventh day), 34a.*
Falling asleep while reading, in the afternoon (eighth day), 34a.
He falls asleep, with partial consciousness, while sitting in a chair, 5.
Stupefying sleep, a waking coma, 1. [900.]
Quiet sleep, with thirst and diuresis, 19.
(Sleep too sound), 1.
Long, uninterrupted sleep, 19.
Long sleep for three days, even during the epileptic spasms, 19 . [In an epileptic patient. -Hahnemann.]
While asleep he lies with the arm over the head (first hours), 1.
Sleeplessness.
Sleeplessness, 49.
Sleeplessness for several nights, 48.
Late falling asleep on account of unusually cold feet (first night), .

FEVER

Chilliness. [930.]
*Chilliness in the whole body, 27.
Chilliness and shivering, in the morning, 19.
Chilliness and shivering the whole day, with drawing pain in the throat and back, 19.
*Chill and shivering with the frequent stools, 19.
Chilliness and heat alternately from time to time, with vertigo, constant anxiety, and qualmishness, 19.
Febrile chill, in the morning, immediately after rising, while dressing, 2.
*Febrile chill, with coldness and thirst , in the morning for half an hour, without subsequent heat, with weakness of the limbs, especially of the thighs (after twenty-four hours), 2.
*An internal sensation of chilliness running from the head to the toes of both feet, at the same time with thirst (immediately), 2.
*Chilliness (fourth day); the whole afternoon (fifth day); all day, with smarting pain in the skin (seventh day); with shivering over the back, shoulders, and arms all day, even in a warm room (eighth day); shivering and chilliness continued (ninth day), 34b.
Chilliness in the evening, 34b. [940.]
*Coldness of the whole body, 1, 31.
*Coldness and sensation of coldness over whole body (after eleven minutes), 2.
*Creeping coldness through the whole body (soon), 2.
Coldness at times, heat with unusual perspiration at other times (sixth hour), 46.*
Rigidity and coldness of the whole body, 35.*
Shivering and gooseflesh after drinking, 3.*
Shivering, crawling in the skin, for example, of the face (after two hours), .

CONDITIONS

Aggravation.
( Morning ), Anxiety; vertigo; during menses, tearing headache; after waking, pressure in crown of head; when smoking, hiccough; in bed, colic; dry cough; oppression of chest; stiffness of nape of neck; on rising, pain in back; on rising from a seat, pain in small of back; pain in legs; chilliness; heat and redness of face.
( Forenoon ), Stiffness of limbs.
( Afternoon ), Thirst.
( Evening ), Anxiety; thirst; while walking, drawing colic; dry cough; heat and redness of face.
( Night ), Anxiety; colic; before midnight, fever.
( Open air ), Sticking and burning in eyes; distress.
( Bending forwards ), Headache from temples to vertex.
( Coughing ), Sticking in right shoulder; oppression of chest.
( After dinner ), Anxiety.
( After drinking ), Pain in region of sternum.
( Eating ), Soreness of muscles of lower jaw.
( After eating ), Pain in region of sternum.
( Expiration ), Pain beneath ribs.
( Hawking ), Sticking in right shoulder.
( Inspiration ), Stitch beneath last right ribs.
( Before menses ), Nosebleed.
( Motion ), Tension and sticking in nape of neck, shoulders, and occiput; lameness in extremities; drawing in limbs.
( On rising from a seat ), Vertigo.
( On rising ), Most symptoms.
( Sitting erect ), Pressure in vertex.
( Standing ), Pressure in temples; pain in small of back; stitches in coccyx; stiffness of limbs; pain above hips and in loins; drawing in gluteal muscles; jerking in weak foot.
( Stooping ), Rush of blood to head; pain in back; pain in small of back.

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