KALI BICHROMICUM.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Potassium bichromate.
Preparation , Triturations.
Authorities.
1 , Dr. Drysdale, Br. J. of Hom., App. to vol. 1, and "Hahn. Mat. Med," part 1, provings with repeated doses of 1st, 2d, and 3d dilutions; 2 , Dr. R. Dudgeon, ibid., took saturated solution, 5 drops, half an hour after dinner; 10 drops at 11 P.M., first day; 15 drops at 11 A.M. and 1.15 P.M., second day; 3 , Dr. Edward Hamilton, ibid., took, of a solution of 4 grains to 1 ounce of water, at various times during a month, 10, 20, 60, and 100 drops; 4 , Dr. R. Russell took, of solution of 5 grains to 1 ounce of water, at different times, 20 to 40 drops, ibid.; 5 , John Wright, two provings, took from a few drops to 20 drops of the solution, ibid.; 6 , M. J., aged 21, [Subject to slight attacks in region of heart, particularly during warm weather.] took of the solution (5 grains to 1 ounce), 5 drops at bedtime, first day; 5 drops at 7 A.M. and 4 drops in evening, second day; 4 drops at 6 A.M., third day; 15 drops, evening, seventh day; 15 drops, 6 A.M., eighth day; 20 drops, morning, ninth day, ibid.; 7 , Dr. Neidhard took 3d trituration twice a day, ibid.; 8 , Dr. Norton took crude drug, 1/100th grain, four times a day, one to sixth days; 1/50th grain doses eight to fourteenth days; rubbed trituration on inside of thighs fourteen to sixteenth days; took drug internally nineteen to twenty-sixth days; took of solution (4 grains to ounce) twenty-ninth day; took 4 drachms of solution (equal to 2 grains of pure salt) thirtieth day, and continued the drug two days longer, ibid.; 9 , Dr. Walker took 3d dilution for a week, then 1 to 30 drops of strong solution, ibid.; 10 , J. Taylor took, five to six times a day, a few to 20 drops of the solution (5 grains to 1 ounce), ibid.; [No symptoms recorded.]
11 , H. Turner took doses of 1 to 6 drops of the same solution, ibid.; [No symptoms recorded.]
11 a , H. Turner, Jr., aged 4, took 2 to 4 drops of same solution, ibid.; [No symptoms recorded.]
12 , A. B., a woman, aged 23, took 20 to 40 drops of the solution sveral times daily for four days, ibid.; 13 , Mrs. F., aged 32, took doses of 1 to 6 drops of same solution, ibid.; [No symptoms recorded.]
14 , X. Y., a woman, aged 30, took doses of 10 to 60 drops of same solution for ten days, ibid.; 15 , Robert Bowers, aged 35, took 1st trituration for weeks for a chronic eruption, ibid.; 16 , J. W., a woman, aged 36, took 30 drops, ibid.; 17 , S. J., female, [Affected with lepra vulgaris, but otherwise in good health.] took 1 to 5 drops several times daily for several weeks, ibid.; 18 , "Ngt." took 45 drops of "1st dilution," ibid.; 19 , "---," took 4 doses of 1 grain on four successive days, ibid.; 20 , "K.," took 10 to 20 drops of "1st dilution" daily for ten days, ibid.; 21 , omitted; 22 , general effets on workers in "chrome works" (between sixty and seventy individuals), ibid.; ( Nos 23 to 36, Austrian provings, Oest. Zeit. f. Hom ., vol. 3); 23 , Arneth, took 100 drops of 12th cent. dilution (first day), 60 drops of 12th dilution A.M. and 60 to 10th dilution P.M. (second day), no symptoms, 60 drops of 7th dilution A.M. and 100 drops P.M. (third day), 100 drops of 7th dilution A.M. and P.M. (fourth day), same (fifth day), 100 drops of 3d dilution A.M. (sixth day), same P.M. (seventh day), same P.M. (tenth day), same A.M. (eleventh to fifteenth days), 100 drops of 2d dilution P.M. (seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth days), 130 drops of 2d dilution (twentieth and twenty-first days), 15 drops of 5 grains to 1 ounce of solution (twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh days), 30 drops of same solution (thirty-fourth day); 24 , Kæstler, took daily a drop of 1st dilution; 24 b , same, took daily 2 grains of 2d trituration for about ten days; proving repeated after a week, and five days after last dose took 1 grain of 1st trituration; , same, took 10th dilution in various doses; , Lackner, took daily for nine days 1 grain of 1st trituration, then for several days 2 grains of 2d trituration, afterwards 2 grains of 2d trituration, repeated fourth, eighth, and seventeenth days, afterwards 1 grain and 2 grains of 1st trituration repeatedly; , Marenzetler, took 10 grains of 2d cent. trituration (first day), 20 grains (second day), 40 grains (third day), 5 grains of 1st cent. trituration evening (fourth day), 6 grains (sixth day), 7 grains (seventh day), 9 grains (seventeenth day), 10 grains (eighteenth day), 12 grains (twenty-second day), 15 grains (twenty-third day), 20 grains (thirty-first day); , Dr. Mayerhofer, took 1 grain of 1st dec. trituration (first day), 2 grains (second day), 3 grains (fifth day); in a subsequent proving took 4, and afterwards 5 and 6 grains; , Dr. Muller, took 1 grain of 1st trituration (first day), 2 grains (second day), 5 grains (sixth day); , "N.," a lady, took 3 grains of 1st trituration (first day), 5 grains of 1st trituration (second day), 10 grains (sixth day); , same, subsequent proving, 10 drops of 3d dilution (first day); , "K. K.," a lady, took 2 grains of 1st trituration (first day); , Reisinger took 10 grains of 2d trituration (first day), 10 grains (second day), 20 grains (fourth and fifth days), 4 grains (seventh day), 5 grains of 1st trituration (ninth day), 10 grains (thirteenth day), 20 grains (sixteenth, twentieth, and twenty-second day); , same, took 15 grains of 1st trituration, a week after last proving; , same, took 80 drops of 1st dilution (first day), afterwards 50, and on a subsequent day 80 drops; , Dr. Schlesinger, took 10 drops of a solution of 20 grains to an ounce (first, second, and third days), a small spoonful daily from five to nine days, after four days took 2 spoonfuls (first and third days), 3 spoonfuls (fourth, seventh, ninth, fourteenth, and sixteenth days), 4 spoonfuls (eighteenth day), afterwards took 1st dilution (50 drops of a solution of 5 grains to 1 ounce, diluted with 1 ounce of water), 1 teaspoonful (first day), 2 teaspoonfuls (sixth day); , Dr. Schwarz, took repeated doses of 2d and 3d triturations, subsequently 1 drachm of 2d trituration, afterwards 1st trituration repeated; , Wachtel, proving with 12th dilution, 3 ounces (first day); , Zlatarovich, took 1st trituration, 1 grain (first, second, third, fourth, and fifth days), 3 grains (sixth day), 4 grains (seventh day), 5 grains (eighth day), 2 grains of 2d trituration (eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, and twenty-third days), 2 grains of 1st trituration (twenty-fourth day), 2 grains of 2d trituration (twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh, twenty-ninth, and thirtieth days), 2 grains of 1st trituration (thirty-third to thirty-eighth day), 2 grains of 2d trituration (thirty-ninth to forty-first day), 4 grains (forty-second and forty-fifth days), 5 grains (forty-sixth and forty-seventh days), 7 grains (forty-eighth day), 10 grains (forty-ninth to fifty-first day), 15 grains (fifty-second, fifty-third, fifty-fifth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, and sixty-first days), 20 grains (sixty-third day), 2 grains of 2d trituration (sixty-fourth day), 1 grain of 1st trituration (sixty-sixth day), 2 grains of 1st trituration (sixty-seventh day), 2 grains of fourth trituration (sixty-ninth day), 2 grains of 1st trituration (seventy-first, seventy-fifth, seventy-ninth, eighty-fourth, ninety-first, ninety-third ninety-ninth, one hundred and twelfth, one hundred and seventeenth, and one hundred and twenty-first days); , Zoth, took various doses of 2 to 4 grains of 2d trituration; , same, took 1st trituration, 10 grains, afterwards 3 grains, 5 grains, and 6 grains; , Berridge, N. Am. J. of Hom., 1875, p. 380, a lady, took 2 doses of "cm" (Fincke); , same, Mr. ---, "a patient," took repeated doses of 200th (Leipzig); , same, N. Y. J. of Hom., 1874, p. 460, Miss ---, "a patient," took 1 dose of "cm" (Fincke); , Schelling, effects noticed from inhaling dust while triturating crude drug, A. H. Z., 83, 189; , Dr. G. Oehme, effects noticed from pulverizing crude drug, Hahn. M., 11, p. 58; , Schindler, poisoning of dyer by a piece dissolved in water, Hygea, 2, 501; , Dr. William Cumin, effect on two dyers and others from having arms immersed in the solution, etc., Edin. M. and S. J., 28, p. 309; , Chevalier and Becourt, Annal. d'Hyg., 1863 (Br. and F. Med.-Chir. Rev., Oct. 1863), effects on workmen; , Phila. Med. Times, 1875, p. 528 (Br. Med. J.), a photographer drank a strong solution; , Dr. Wickens, West. Prov. Med. J., 1851, p. 700, a man swallowed a teaspoonful or less; , Dr. Ogston, Br. and F. Med.-Chir. Rev., 1861, p. 351, a girl swallowed "a good piece;" , same as 44; , Br. J. of Hom., 11, p. 139, a man aged 34 took 3 doses, probably a third of a solution of one-quarter of an ounce in a pint of water; , Dr. C. Alexander Gurnsey took inadvertently 1 to 1 1/2 grain of the 1/10th on tongue at midnight for slight sore throat, Am. Hom. Obs., 1868, p. 468; , Dr. Nankivell; a lady, aged 76, took 1 or 2 drops of 1/10th solution for hiccough, M. Hom. Rev., 14, p. 419; , Cattell, Br. J. of Hom., 11, 351 (Guy's Hosp. Rep., 7, p. 217); , Green, effects on workmen from exposure to dust, Bost. M. and S. J., Jan. 1874; , Dr. Heathcote, Lancet, 1854, p. 152, effects on a workman; , Schrader, Viertlj. Ger. and Off. Med., 1866, case of poisoning; , Jaillard, Gaz. Méd. de Strasburg, 1861, general effects of various doses; , same, effects of increasing doses of .01 to .05 gramme in secondary syphilis; , Dusterberg, same journal; a young man poisoned by bread and butter that had lain in the dust of the drug.
MIND
- Emotional.
- Very good-humored, and constantly inclined to laugh (first day), 34.
- Low spirits (during dyspeptic attacks), 22.
- Great melancholy in the evening (without physical cause), 25.
- Very gloomy (thirty-eighth to forty-second day), 23 ; (fifteenth day), 32.
- Discouragement, amounting to ennui (fourth day), 26.
- Anxiety, rising from the chest (third day), 29b.
- Anthropophobia (fourth day), 26.
- Ill-humor (eighth day), 26.
- Great ill-humor and irritability (twenty-third day), 26. [10.]
- Ill-humor; disinclination for the usual business (fourth day), 26.
- Irritable humor (after first dose), 2 ; (first day), 26 ; (fifth day), 2.
- Excessive irritability and ill-humor (sixth day), 26.
- Irritable, peevish mood, 26.
- Peevish mood, 26.
- Complete indifference, with distress in the stomach (twenty-sixth day), 23.
- Intellectual.
- Disinclination for mental work (ninth day), 26.
- Total aversion to all mental work after dinner (without physical indolence), 25.
- Unable to attend to his usual business; he was obliged to rest, and after sleeping and hour felt relieved, though the ill-humor and intolerable feeling of distress and sickness remained (twenty-third day), 26.
- (She found herself talking nonsense to herself, constantly repeating "Tulips and rhododendrons;" felt as if she was losing her reason, but was conscious of all that was going on all the time, lasting about an hour), (after one hour), 39.
HEAD
- Confusion and Vertigo. [20.]
- Confusion of the head, 1, 25 ; (tenth day), 35 , etc.
- Confusion of the head, especially in the region of the forehead and vertex, about noon (seventh day), 35.
- Confusion of the head, especially in the supraorbital region (after one hour), 31a.
- Confusion of the head about 6 P.M., sudden, with nausea, anxiety, and dulness of mind; on account of this confusion of the head and anxiety the night was almost sleepless (first day), 29b.
- Confusion in the right temporal region (twentieth day), 11.
- "Maziness" in the head in the morning (during dyspeptic attacks), 22.
- Vertigo, 31b ; (in evening), 23 ; (fourth day), 26.*
- Vertigo, going off in about six or eight hours (10, 20, and then 60 gtt. in the same day), 3.
- Vertigo lasting a long time after the proving, and (on account of my decided tendency to an apoplectic attack) preventing further proving, 27.
- Vertigo and nausea in the house, relieved in the open air (twenty-second day), 31a. [30.]
- Vertigo on rising up in bed (the room seemed to whirl around); on lying down again it became still worse and was immediately associated with inclination to vomit; this attack lasted a quarter of an hour (thirty-second day), 26.
- Vertigo on rising from his seat; everything appeared turning around, accompanied by pain in epigastrium, 22.
- Vertigo, while sitting writing, so that the pen trembled in the hand (followed by violent vomiting), (immediately after 80 drops), 31b.
- Frequent attacks of vertigo in the evening (second day), 27.
- Paroxysms of vertigo every two hours, lasting for twelve hours (30 gtt., 1st dil.), 16.
- Sudden attacks of vertigo (40 drops), 4.
- Frequent, sudden attacks of vertigo while standing or walking, 27.
- Transient vertigo (seventh day), 26.
- Transient attacks of vertigo on waking in the morning (thirty-third day), .
EYE
- Objective.
- Eyes glistening, sunken, with dark rings about them (third day), 29b.
- Several bright red spots and streaks in the white of the left eye, which change their form and place after a time and disappear in a few days (four days after last dose), 36.
- White of eyes became yellow, some hours before death, 42.
- White of the eye dirty yellow, discolored, congested, dotted here and there with yellowish-brown spots, of the size of a pin's head, especially in the left eye, which also showed a pale brown spot near the inner margin of the cornea, which looked like a resolving ecchymosis; the eyes were hot and he was frequently obliged to rub them (seventh day), 28. [160.]
- Inflammation of the eyes (in some cases), 43.*
- Inflammation of the eyes, with yellow discharge and agglutination, in the morning, 22.*
- Violent inflammation and loss of vision (from the solution of chrome getting into the eye), 22.
- Eyes inflamed, with adherence of lids in the morning, and yellow discharge, 22.*
- Ophthalmia; it commenced with itching for several days, followed by pain and heat in the eyes, and agglutination of the lids; the conjunctiva was red, 22.
- Leucoma on left cornea, 22.
- Pustule on left cornea, with surrounding indolent inflammation , attended with pricking pain, 22.*
- Eyes swelled up and heavy in morning, 22.
- Eyes sunken, 32.
- Accumulation of mucus in the canthi (one hundred and thirty-fourth day), 35.
- Subjective. [170.]
- Burning in the eyes, in the evening, 25.
- Itching and burning in both eyes, lachrymation and photophobia (twenty-second day), 26.*
- Pains in the eyes for the first fortnight, 22.
- Heaviness and soreness of the eyes, 22.
- Obtuse heavy pain above the eyes, aggravated by cold air and motion (first hour after second dose), .
EAR
- Objective.
- Slightly inflamed swelling at the entrance of the left meatus auditorius, which was more annoying than painful, and gradually disappeared (after four days), 36.
- Subjective.
- Stoppage of the right ear, and burning in the concha (fifty-seventh day), 35.
- Earache in evening (sixth day), 8.
- Drawing behind the right ear (sixth day), 35.
- Drawing behind the left ear and on the left side of the lower jaw; motion of the head is not quite free; the cervical muscles of the left side seem to be tense (twenty-third day), 35.
- A slow stitch like a drawing through the external meatus of the right ear; followed later by roaring in the whole of the head, as if a dull noise at a distance was heard (eighty-fourth day), 35.
- Pressure in the right ear in the evening (one hundred and sixth day), 35. [290.]
- Pressing-out feeling in the left mastoid process (second day), 28.
- Sticking in the ears, 24c.
- Stitches in the ear (one hundred and ninth day), 35.
- Stitches in the left ear and outer portion of the neck, on the left side (thirty-second day), 26.
- Stitches in the left ear and parotid gland (twenty-fifth day), 26.
- Stitches within the right ear, in the forenoon (sixty-first day), 35.
- Transient acute stitch in the right ear (ninety-seventh day), 35.
- Some transient but violent stitches in the left ear (nineteenth day), 26.
- Violent stitches in the left ear, extending into the palate and the same side of the head and outer cervical region, which latter was also painful to touch, and glands swollen (thirty-first day), 26.
- Dull stitches through the external meatus, extending into the right ear, twice repeated, in the afternoon, while walking (one hundred and seventh day), 35. [300.]
- Tearing pain in the ears, 24b.
- Hearing.
- Singing in the ears, 22.
- Roaring in the head, 35.
NOSE
- Objective.
- Swelling and pain of the nose, 22.
- Swelling of both alæ of the nose, 22.
- A scab in the left nostril, which on removal bled, immediately formed again and bled on every removal, without marked pain; it healed only after four days; on the second day after a new dose the same place began to bleed, and then only healed after fourteen days, 27.
- The whole membrane of the septum with minute ulcerations (one case), 53.*
- A large and deep ulceration on the septum, without perforation (one case), 53.* [310.]
- *Septum narium completely ulcerated away, 22.
- *Entire cartilaginous septum destroyed, and the whole nasal mucous membrane in a state of purulent inflammation; the disease had been mistaken for syphilis (one case), 53.
- Violent pricking in the nose and irresistible sneezing; in time the membrane begins to be thrown off, and portions of it are carried into the handkerchief used in blowing the nose; this process goes on, when once started, so rapidly, that after a period of six or eight days the septum becomes thin, permeated with openings, and is ultimately detached altogether; this process of ulceration occurs in every workman, excepting those who take snuff, 44.
- Fine particles entering the nose cause extreme irritation and incessant sneezing (after five or six days); some portions of the mucous membrane covering the septum become detached, and are found in the handkerchief, and after six or eight days the septum itself becomes thin, and at last it destroyed; a hole is formed, and as soon as this is the case, all symptoms cease, 48.
- Clinkers from in the course of a few days, and can then be easily detached; but if pulled away too soon, it causes soreness at root of nose, and intolerance of light, 22.*
- *Formation of plug in nostrils (called by the workmen clinkers, to a great extent), 22.
- Sneezing, 22 ; on lying down in bed (fifth day), 22.
- Sneezing, with lachrymation of right eye, 22.
- Sneezing, with a sensation of pressure in the upper part of the larynx, which extends through the choanæ into the nose (after half an hour, first day), .
FACE
- Objective.
- Expression of uneasiness (0.12 grains), 57. [460.]
- Countenance anxious, 52.
- General appearance anæmic, 22.
- Yellow color of the face (tenth day), 26.
- Face yellow and earthy, 26.
- Ashy gray color of the face (fourth day), 30.
- Face pale, 52 ; (after half an hour), 46 ; (0.12 grains), 57.*
- Complexion before ruddy and fresh, now pale and yellowish, 22.
- Color of the face pale, sickly, with sunken eyes (fifth day), 26.
- Great paleness of the face (third day), 29b.
- Face very pale and cadaverous, and covered with cold sweat, 52. [470.]
- Swelling of the face (in some cases), 43.
- Peculiar tension of the muscles of the face, which makes the features rigid, a very sickly expression (one hundred and twenty-first day), 35.
- Face drawn, pale, and covered with cold clammy sweat (after one hour and a half), 51.
- Subjective.
- Indefinite painful sensation in the right side of the face, especially in the zygoma and towards the ear (after one hour, second day); returned, but in the left side (tenth day), 35.
- Tension in the facial muscles (thirty-third day), 35.
- Aching like a bruised pain in the bones of the face, especially on the facial surface of both superior maxillary bones (ninety-ninth day), 35.
- (Felt and heard in left face and left neck a twanging like wires; this lasted forty-five minutes (after about an hour); then burning (subjective and objective) in entire left head and face, which relieved the twanging; the burning lasted fifteen minutes, and then all the symptoms went away), 39.
- Drawing pain in the bones of the face and of the right hand, in the morning (thirty-sixth day), 35.
- Dull pressure in the bones of the face, especially in the infraorbital region and in the nasal bones (fifty-seventh day), 35.
- Tearing in the bones of the face, at times during the day (eighty-fourth day), . [480.]
MOUTH
- Teeth.
- A carious tooth that had been filled, and upon which I accidentally bit at dinner, and which pained for a few minutes afterwards as usual, began to pain violently about 3 P.M.; the pain gradually increased, so that I was obliged to leave off work; at 6 P.M. it was drawn, after which it bled through the night and till the next noon, with very great swelling of the gum, so that no medicine was taken for the next three days (tenth day), 32.
- Toothache, with profuse accumulation of saliva, 32.
- Boring pain in the right upper molars, towards evening, 25.
- Dull burrowing pain in all the teeth of the left side, after midnight (eighteenth day), 25.
- Gnawing in the roots of all the teeth, at noon (ninety-first day), 35. [510.]
- Transient drawing and tearing pains in the left teeth and in various joints of the extremities, wandering and suddenly changing their location (nineteenth day), 26.
- Transient stitches in various hollow and sound teeth of the left side (third day), 26.
- Transient stitches in several back teeth of the left side, also in an anterior upper incisor (thirty-second day), 26.
- Dull tearing toothache in the back teeth of the left lower jaw, with stitches extending into the ears and corresponding temple (eighteenth day), 26.
- Sudden drawing-tearing pain in all the teeth of the left side, starting from no particular tooth, relieved by neither cold nor warmth, but only for a moment by pressure upon the lower jaw; lasting till towards midnight (seventh day); the next morning there was no pain in the teeth, but a decided swelling of the gum, which was painful in the vicinity of a last left lower hollow back tooth; at noon there was dull drawing-tearing toothache on the same side, with extremely acute stitches in the upper and lower jaws, extending to the ear, temple, and neck of the same side, lasting the whole day; the portion of the neck involved was sensitive to touch, the cervical glands swollen; wandering tearing pains in various parts of the upper and lower extremities; tongue coated yellow; in the evening there set in intolerable tearing-sticking headache through the whole head, at times cutting, as though it were cut to pieces with knives; chilliness and flushes of heat in the left side of the head and face, pulse accelerated (80 instead 70 as usual); on the next day the gum was less swollen, but towards noon there was a transient tearing pain in the teeth of the left lower jaw, accompanied by extremely acute, transient, sticking-tearing pain in the left ear, temple, and side of the neck, lasting, with intervals of freedom from pain, till evening; sleep that night was disturbed by pain in the teeth and head; after this the trouble in the teeth entirely disappeared, . (I had been subject twice a year, but especially in the spring and fall, to a similar rheumatic toothache, which seemed to be caused by taking cold, or a draft of air, characterized by violent tearing-digging pain involving now the right, now the left side of the lower jaw, relieved by neither cold nor warmth, especially violent at night, completely preventing sleep, and afterwards becoming worse for three or four days, suddenly ending with swelling of the gum, but this attack was quite different from the former ones.]
THROAT
- Objective.
- Throat looks red and inflamed, on waking in the morning (thirty-first day), 8.
- Much tenacious mucus in the throat , in the morning (second day), 26.*
- Hawking of thick mucus in the morning (one hundred and twenty-sixth day), 35.
- *Hawking of thick gelatinous mucus, in the morning (one hundred and thirty-second day), 35.
- *Hawking of a considerable quantity of tenacious mucus, in the morning (thirty-ninth day), 35.
- Hawking of mucus and copious expectoration of thick bluish mucus (eighteenth day), 26.
- Frequent hawking and expectoration of white frothy saliva (twentieth day), 11.
- Frequent hawking of mucus in the afternoon (twenty-second day), 26.
- Subjective. [620.]
- Dryness, scraping, and burning in the throat, especially in the upper portion of the larynx, as far as the hyoid bone, after midnight, (first night), 29b.
- Dryness in the throat, obliging her to swallow saliva; on swallowing there is burning, though the throat is not red internally (second day), 29b.
- Dryness in the throat, with pain on empty swallowing; immediately after washing this dryness alternated with the usual secretion of mucus and the saliva had a very salty taste, 33.
- Sense of dryness and heat in the throat, with excessive thirst, 52.
- Throat dry, with pain in swallowing on waking in morning (thirty-first day), 8.
- Feeling as of adherent mucus in the throat, in the morning (sixth day), 26.
- Pain in the throat in swallowing, especially on moving the jaw sideways (ninth day), 26.
- Great heat in throat and stomach (after a few minutes), 22.
- Burning in the throat (eleventh day), 31.
- Slight burning in the throat compelling dry hacking (twenty-second day), 31. [630.]
- Feeling of burning or soreness extending from the stomach up into the mouth, on waking (fourth day), 28.
STOMACH
- Appetite.
- Increase of appetite, 1 ; (third day), 6.
- Appetite and thirst increased (first day), 26.
- Great appetite (thirty-first day), 26.
- Appetite good for dinner, but little thirst, contrary to the usual habit; the largely watered wine was not at all relished and had a bitter taste; after eating all the symptoms disappeared and I felt quite well (twentieth day), 31.
- Ravenous hunger on seeing food; after eating the ill-humor disappeared; half an hour afterwards there was shivering with chilliness, especially in the extremities, alternating with flushes of heat and general perspiration; eructations tasting of the food, nausea, accumulation of water in the mouth, and qualmishness with desire to vomit, which did not take place, 33.
- Distressing sensation of hunger, though there were nausea and disinclination for the slightest food (sixth day), 26.
- Diminished appetite (10 drops), 4. [680.]
- Impaired appetite (with pain in region of kidneys, etc.), 22.
- Bad appetite, with foul tongue, 22.
- Capricious appetite, 22.
- For a few minutes, while eating breakfast, the appetite would be good, but soon turned into a sensation of disgust, so that he had to leave the table (after one hour, eighth day), 6.
- Little appetite for breakfast (ninety-first day), 35.
- No appetite for breakfast (seventh day), 35.
- At noon she ate without appetite and was soon satisfied (third day), 29b.
- No appetite for dinner, but food was relished (fifty-fifth day), 35.
- Desire to eat, though at dinner there was a want of appetite (twenty-second day), 26.
- Loss of appetite and no thirst, 12a. [690.]
- *Complete loss of appetite (eighth day), 26.
- Complete loss of appetite without aversion to food, at noon and in the evening (twenty-third day), 26.
- Appetite goes away (during dyspeptic attacks), 22.
- Appetite entirely disappeared, and the only desire was for rest, .
ABDOMEN
- Hypochondria.
- Aching at right hypochondrium, 1.
- Boring pain in left hypochondrium (third day), 2.
- Slight circumscribed, pressive pain in left hypochondrium (after first dose), 2.
- Stabbing pains in left hypochondrium, 22.
- Sticking in the left hypochondrium (after one hour, second day), 29a.
- Stitches in right hypochondrium (third day), 8.
- Tearing-shooting pains in right hypochondrium, of short duration, 1. [870.]
- Sensation of soreness in the right hypochondriac region, coming and going off at intervals during the day (after seven hours and a half, second day), 6.
- Dull pain in hepatic region, increased on taking a full inspiration, and in coughing (third day), 2.
- Dull, heavy pain in the hepatic region (fourth day), 2.
- Sticking-pinching pain in the hepatic region half an hour after dinner (tenth day), 26.
- Violent sticking in the region of the liver, aggravated by even slight pressure, in the evening (thirty-first day), 26.
- Slight shooting pain in region of liver (fifth day), 2.
- Dull, aching pain in liver posteriorly (fifth day), 2.
- Constant stitches in the liver while walking rapidly, increasing in violence and preventing farther walking, but soon disappearing, followed after two hours by a pain in the left knee, as from a sprain, which also soon disappears, 25.
- Violent stitches in the region of the spleen, extending into the lumbar region, aggravated by motion and pressure (thirty-thirst day), 26.
- Umbilical and Sides.
- Sensation of weakness above the navel (as if he had taken a cathartic), on waking at 5 A.M. (eighth day), 6. [880.]
- Peculiar aching above and to the left of the umbilicus (second day), 28.
- Pressive pain in a small spot in the intestines to the right of and near the navel (ninety-ninth day), 35.
- Slight, pressive pain in region of navel (after three hours, second day), 6.
- Cutting in the left side of the abdomen, increasing and decreasing in paroxysms, lasting half an hour (first day), .
RECTUM AND ANUS
- Painful retraction of the anus, especially violent on the days when there were no stools, lasting several months, 23.
- Burning in the anus after a normal evacuation, 35.
- Burning in the anus after a pasty stool (one hundred and twenty-seventh day), 35. [960.]
- Burning in the anus after the second rather thin stool (fifth day), 35.
- Burning in the anus for a long time after a scanty evacuation in the morning (sixty-ninth day), 35.
- Burning and pressure in the anus for a short time in the forenoon (thirty-fourth day), 35.
- Burning pain in the anus, 25.
- Fulness in the hæmorrhoidal vessels (thirty-fourth day), 35.
- Sensation of a plug in the anus while sitting in the afternoon (ninety-third day), 35.
- Dragging in the anus, 35.
- Dragging and biting in the anus at noon (ninety-first day), 35.
- Dragging in the anus and tenesmus of the sphincter at noon (seventy-first day), 35.
- Dragging and burning in the hæmorrhoidal vessels after active exercise (thirty-sixth day), 35. [970.]
- Much dragging in the anus after a somewhat hard stool, afterwards great pressure in the hæmorrhoidal vessels, still later, at times, dragging and pressure in the anus, which even amounted to acute pain; during dinner the pain was so violent that he could scarcely sit (ninety-fourth day), 35.
- Great dragging in the hæmorrhoidal vessels, with a feeling of soreness in the anus (ninety-second day), 35.
- Indescribable sensation of twinging and pressure in the anus, as though violent diarrhœa would ensue, and sudden relief after the emission of flatulence (seventeenth day), 26.
- Pressure in the anus at noon (ninety-third day), 35.
- Pressure in the anus after a normal stool (twenty-third day), 35.
- Pressure in the hæmorrhoidal vessels, while sitting after active exercise, in the evening (ninety-sixth day), 35.
- Great pressure and burning in the anus, with desire for stool, in the forenoon, but only emission of flatulence; while still at stool, sudden outbreak of perspiration over the skin, especially on the face, where it ran down in streams, disappearing as suddenly as it came on (ninety-fifth day), .
STOOL
- Diarrhœa.
- A little diarrhœa, 57.
- Diarrhœa constant, and the evacuations passed away involuntarily; the bed was perfectly swamped, 46.
- *Diarrhœa-like stool, consisting of brown frothy water, with excessively painful pressure, urging, and tenesmus in the anus (following a normal evacuation); these stools were repeated seven or eight times, accompanied by constant pain in abdomen and by nausea and inclination to vomit, after which there followed sudden complete rest (tenth day), 26.
- Very profuse diarrhœa-like stools at times (thirtieth to thirty-fifth day), 23.
- Stool in the evening, with some griping in the abdomen, tolerably consistent, followed by a diarrhœa-like stool, after which there was a feeling of tenesmus for some time (seventeenth day), 26. [990.]
- Evacuation towards evening somewhat formed, afterwards like diarrhœa (thirty-first day), 26.
- Purging, 49.
- In a small dose, a few centigrammes, it acts as a purgative, 44.
- Slightly purged, the evacuations being of a greenish-yellow color, 45.
- Violent purging, almost incessant, of mucus and blood; bowels evacuated as he lay in bed, 52.
- Stools bloody and extremely painful, 58.*
- Dysenteric attacks for several successive years , lasting about three weeks; frequent bloody motions, with gnawing pain at the navel, followed by ineffectual straining, 22.*
- Involuntary liquid stools had passed as she lay dressed on the bed (after one hour and a half), 51.
- Frequent dejections of dark coffee-colored stools, 47.
- Several stools natural color and consistence (second day), 42. [1000.]
- Two liquid stools in quick succession, in the morning, followed after some minutes by burning in the anus (eighteenth day), 35.
- For a long time after the proving there were two daily evacuations of the bowels, the first normal and the second diarrhœa-like, 26.
- Stool twice during the day, in the morning and also after dinner, very unusual; the evacuation was scanty and not thin (fifty-fifth day), .
URINARY ORGANS
- Urethra.
- Escape of prostatic fluid at stool (fifth day), 2.
- Burning in the urethra, in the forepart of the penis, when urinating and for a long time afterwards, 25.
- Burning in the bulbus urethræ, both when urinating and when not (twenty-seventh day), 35.
- Burning in the navicular fossa of the urethra while urinating (fifteenth day), 35.
- Acute drawing from the perineum into the urethra (ninety-fifth day), 35.
- Sticking pain in the prostate gland, extremely violent and preventing walking, in the afternoon, 25. [1040.]
- Transient stitches in the urethra, especially after urinating (third day), 26.
- Occasional smarting during micturition, which lasted two days (after fourth dose), 2.
- Irritation at the orifice of the meatus urinatus (male). "N---n." ("N--n." ought to denote Norton, but the symptom is not in his daybook.]
- Micturition.
- Frequent desire to pass urine, 22.
- Constant urging to urinate the whole day without change in the quantity of color of the urine, 25.
- Frequent micturition, with slight burning after urinating (eighth day), 2.
- Frequent emission of very watery but very strong-smelling urine; woke him during the night, contrary to habit (twentieth night), 31.
- Some time in passing urine (third day), 2.
- Did not pass a drop of urine (second day), 42.
- Urine.
- High-colored urine (third day), 2. [1050.]
- Urine red , with pain across back, 22.
- Urine scanty, 49.
- Scanty urine, with white film and whitish deposit, 1.
- At times, for about a week or a fortnight, he was scanty, high-colored urine and pain across the loins, 22.
- Urine scanty, high-colored, and deposited a pearly-white sediment, 3.
- Scanty reddish urine (with pain in region of kidneys, etc.), .
SEXUAL ORGANS. [1060.]
- Erections lasting over half an hour, 25.
- Slight pain in glans penis, which lasted two days (after fourth dose), 2.
- Painful sensation as though the penis were constricted at the root, after waking in the morning, 25.
- Itching on the glans penis and in the rectum, in the evening (ninth day), 32.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Larynx, Trachea, and Bronchi.
- Seized with bronchitis soon after coming to the works which continued in a chronic form for months, 22.
- Accumulation of mucus in the air-passages (twenty-third day), 26.
- Accumulation of mucus in the larynx, obliging hawking, 25.
- Accumulation of mucus in the bronchi, and also in the nose, without real catarrh (sixteenth day), 31.
- Great accumulation of mucus in the larynx and air-passages, in the morning, 25.
- Profuse secretion of mucus in the air-passages, in the morning, 25. [1070.]
- Ulceration and necrosis of the cartilages of the larynx, 53.
- Sense of dryness in the bronchia (immediately, first day); on waking in morning (second day), 8.
- Pressure in the larynx, aggravated by talking; speech refused its service (first day), 29b.
- Soreness in larynx, on waking in morning (thirty-first day), 8.
- Scraping in the larynx with hoarseness; after disappearing it frequently returned for a moment, the hoarseness constantly increasing, 25.
- Pain, as of ulceration in the larynx (fourth day), 2.
- At dinner, after swallowing the first few mouthfuls, great tickling in the larynx, which went off on eating more (fourth day), 2.
- Roughness in the larynx after rising in the morning, obliging frequent hawking (forty-eight day), 35.
- Feeling of irritation in the larynx, causing to hawk up mucus; in the morning (third day), 2.
- Irritation to cough (twenty-second day), 26. [1080.]
- Irritation to cough and expectoration of thick white mucus (thirty-first day), 35.
- Tickling in the larynx, extending into the mouth and ears (followed by a sensation of pressure), (first day), 29b.
- Tickling provoking cough (twenty-third day), 26.
- Tickling in larynx, causing cough and clearing of the throat (after first dose), 2.
- Much tickling in the larynx provoking short dry cough; tickling in the larynx was constant, and at times provoked cough or hawking (fifth day), 29b.
Phosphorus , and the spitting of blood did not return that day, 34.
- "Stuffing" cough with pain at the chest, and expectoration of yellowish heavy tough matter, 22.*
- Chronic loud cough from "stuffing" at the epigastrium, chiefly on waking in morning; he has then a fit of coughing and expectoration of tough mucus, with lightness in the head, 22.
- Cough, with expectoration of yellowish-green tough matter, 22.*
- Cough, at first dry, but speedily followed by expectoration of dark-colored very tough mucus, 22.
- A feeling of anxiety and warmth in the præcordial region woke me at 11 P.M., soon after which I expectorated rather a large amount of blood, with short paroxysms of cough and rattling in the air-passages; this cough and expectoration of blood were repeated regularly every two hours during the next twenty-four hours; the whole amount of blood was half a pound; it was always bright red, never mixed with mucus, and always expectorated easily and without exertion; next day the posterior wall of the pharynx was dark-red, glistening, swollen, injected with small bright-red vessels, and in the middle, somewhat to the left, a small fissure from which much blood issued (on account of this I took Hyoscyamus, which with a generous use of milk completely restored me); during this time, however, there was frequently felt on swallowing a sensation as though a morsel of dry food were sticking in the throat; also I frequently became suddenly hoarse, and then felt a scraping on the posterior wall of the curtain of the palate and in the choanæ; frequently tenacious mucus was drawn from these parts; it was difficult to loosen, and when loosened had a metallic taste; also I experienced boring, drawing pains in the bones of the upper and lower extremities (as often and these appeared the troubles in the throat were relieved, and vice versâ ), 34.
- Expectoration of mucus, 35.
- Expectoration of thick mucus (one hundred and thirteenth day), 35.
- Expectoration of tough light-colored sputa (after oppression at pit of stomach), 22.* [1130.]
- *Expectoration of very tough mucus, so viscid that it drew in strings down to the feet, 22.
- Frequent expectoration of thick mucus (sixty-first day), 35.
- Frequent hawking and expectoration of tenacious, yellowish-white mucus, which accumulates in large quantities in the air-passages, followed by relief of the hoarseness, .*
CHEST
- Chest painful on deep inspiration, 31b.
- Pain in the left chest, in the region of the seventh rib; next day, the place was sensitive to touch (twenty-fifth day), 35.
- Slight pains in chest, 22.
- Slight pain in right chest, penetrating to back, in evening (ninth day), 6. [1150.]
- The pains in the thorax become so severe that he is scarcely able to turn over in bed or take a few steps on account of the aggravation of the pains in the muscles and bones, all the latter of which seem to be broken; the next day these pains extend over the whole cervical region, and he is unable to turn the head or move the arm upward without greatly increasing the pains; respiration was very much impeded; these symptoms decreased very much from day to day (fifth day after last dose), 36.
- Sudden attack of violent burning pain as from a deep knife-cut in the centre of the chest, so severe that it compels him to throw away everything and to compress the chest firmly with both hands. After remaining quiet for two minutes the pain gradually diminishes, but returns with increased violence on every attempt to go on with his work. It begins on both sides under the clavicle, and extends over the whole chest down to the region of the lower ribs, but is most severe in the centre of the chest; the pain is somewhat like the burning felt when walking against a cold wind, but is not only burning but sharply cutting. Deep breathing increases the pain slightly, although the pain forces him to respire deeply. Warmth relieves the pain, without removing it. These pains in the chest keep on till noon, sometimes lasting for a quarter of an hour, then decreasing steadily on taking some warm soup, 40.
- Tension in the left chest, rather externally, while walking in the evening (seventeenth day), 35.
- Feeling of tension and constriction in the chest (seventy-ninth day), 35.
- Tightness of the chest, 25.
- Tightness of the chest, coming from the stomach; fasting in the evening (eighteenth day), 35.
- Tightness across chest (after two weeks), 22.
- Feeling of tightness across the chest; this tension lasted the whole forenoon but disappeared at noon (eighty-fourth day), 35.
- Pressive-pinching sensation in the upper portion of the right lung, which on violent motion increased to a sticking pain; next day, the sticking pain increased to such a degree that I was obliged to incline, in walking, to the right side, and take short steps, in order to avoid the sticking pain, 27.
HEART AND PULSE
- Præcordium.
- Dull, cold, heavy pain at cardiac region, with tightness in chest and dyspnœa, 18 ; (45 drops, third day), 5.
- Cramp in the region of the heart, 46.
- Pressive pain in the heart, with a peculiar aching in it (thirteenth day), 35.
- Pressive pain in the heart, several hours after dinner (seventeenth day), 35.
- Pressive pain in the region of the heart, lasting a quarter of an hour and preventing sleep (ninth day), 26.
- Distressing pressive pain in the region of the heart, accompanied by transient attacks of palpitation and anxiety (thirty-second day), 26.
- Distressing pressive pain in the heart for an hour, in the evening (twelfth day), 1.
- Sharp irritative fixed pain in region of apex of heart, unaffected by respiration or position, 1.
- Sticking in the region of the heart, 35. [1220.]
- Darting in præcordium (after fourth dose), 2.
- Heart's Action.
- On pressing upon the region of the heart there seemed to be a trembling of the heart, like an oscillating motion, disappearing after awhile (one hundred and twenty-sixth day), 35.
- Violent palpitation of the heart, with dull, pressive, distressing pain in the region of the heart, while in bed (eighth day), 26.
- Pulse.
- Pulse accelerated, rather full, 100 (reaction?), 52.
- Pulse 120, hard and full, 52.
- Pulse 120, small and sharp, 54.
- Pulse irregular, small, contracted (fourth day), 30.
- Pulse very weak (after one hour and a half), 51.
- Pulse very weak and fluttering, 45.
- Pulse exceedingly feeble, 52. [1230.]
- Pulse small and exceedingly depressed, so much so that I felt a little alarmed at his state, 46.
- Pulse scarcely perceptible, 52.
- Pulse scarcely perceptible; filiform and very slow (0.12 grains), .
NECK AND BACK
- Neck.
- Stiffness in the nape of the neck (sixth day), 26.
- Stiffness of the nape of the neck (third day), 26.
- Transient stiffness of the nape of the neck (eighteenth day), 26.
- Sensation of stiffness in back part of neck, when bending head downwards (after three hours and a half, third day), 6.
- Pain in sides of nape of neck and left shoulder, on waking in morning (thirty-first day), 8.
- Woke in the morning with drawing in the sheaths of the muscles, here and there, in the neck, back, and extremities, disappearing after rising (fifty-second day), 35.
- Tearing pain on the slightest motion of the neck (third day), 26.
- Back. [1240.]
- Pain across back (with red urine), 22.
- Pain in back, extending from lumbar region to nape of neck, striking through to the sternum, 22.
- Tension in the muscular aponeurosis of the back, especially noticed on bending forward or moving the arms (thirty-eighth day), 35.
- Aching pain in back, running down on the left side into the hip, 22.
- Drawing in all the muscles on the back, extending into the upper arm, loins, small of the back, and even into the thighs (thirty-ninth day), 35.
- Dull pressive pains in different parts of the back, going off in the evening, 1.
- Shooting pain in back and region of kidneys (second day), 42.
- Dorsal.
- A peculiar undulating contraction in the dorsal muscles of the right side on sitting down after active physical exertion (thirty-first day), 35.
- Transient dull pain under the right scapula (fourth day), 2.
- Deepseated, dull shooting pains under the scapulæ, at night (sixth day), 1. [1250.]
- Aching at inferior angle of right scapula, 22.
- Deepseated aching at upper angle of left scapula, 1.
- Drawing pain in the left scapula, left upper and forearm extending into the hand and thumb, especially affecting not so much the joint as the bone, completely disappearing on moving the arm (after three hours), .
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
- Objective.
- Cracking in the joints (twenty-third day), 26.
- Audible cracking in the joints (sixth day), 26. [1290.]
- Violent audible cracking, on slight motion of the wrists, ankles, and spine (third day), 26.
- Loud cracking in various joints (eighteenth day), 26.
- Loud cracking, on moving the extremities, or joints of the spine (twenty-second day), 26.
- Unusually loud cracking, on moving the joints of the extremities and vertebræ (thirty-first day), 26.
- Weariness in the limbs, 25 ; (twentieth day), 31.
- Weakness of all the extremities (second day), 31a.
- Prostration of the limbs, in the evening, 25.
- Subjective.
- Pains in the joints (twenty-first day), 8.
- Pains in shoulders, arms, finger-joints, hips, and knees (twenty-third day), 8.
- Rheumatic pains in nearly all the joints (twenty-fourth day), 8. [1300.]
- Rheumatic pains in the right hip and left elbow (thirtieth day), 8.
- Cramps in the limbs, 55.
- Drawing in the limbs (twenty-first day), 35.
- Drawing in various places in the long bones (one hundred and twenty-eighth day), 35.
- Drawing in the forearms and lower legs (twenty-first day), 35.
- Drawing on the backs of the hands and feet, 27.
- Drawing and jerking in various muscles in the thigh and upper arm, in the evening, 25.
- Violent drawing and boring pains in the bones of the left thigh and left upper arm, lasting several minutes and suddenly disappearing (third to ninth days), 34.
- Dull drawing pains in various joints of the upper and lower extremities, most severe in the right ankle (thirteenth day), 26.
- Dull drawing pain in left hip-joint and left upper arm from shoulder-joint to elbow (thirty-second day), 36. [1310.]
- Dull drawing pain in the left arm and in both lower extremities, becoming more violent in the right foot, and especially tearing, extending into the great toe, where it was most violent (second day), .
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Objective.
- The arms swelled, became painful, red, and inflamed as far as the shoulder (after three days), 22.
- Weariness and weakness of the arms (third day), 29b.
- Subjective.
- Feeling as though the right arm had fallen asleep or were paralyzed, disturbing sleep (ninth day), 26.
- Drawing in the bones of the arm (ninety-third day), 35.
- Tearing and gnawing in the bones of the right arm and in the thumb and index finger of the right hand; some indications of the same pain in the left hand; in the forenoon (ninety-first day), 35.
- Drawing-tearing pain from time to time in the joints of the upper extremities; these pains suddenly change their places (twelfth day), 26.
- Acute tearing pain in the bones of the arm, especially in the vicinity of the elbow and wrist (one hundred and twenty-sixth day), 35.
- Shoulder.
- The axillary glands suppurated but did not break (after three days), 22. [1340.]
- Pain in the right shoulder-joint on moving it, and at other times also a sensation as though the joint were separating from its attachments (though without any tearing here or in other parts), (fourth day); the disagreeable sensation in the arm increased, after prolonged inactivity of the extremity, to a stiffness, which was painful even if no attempt was made to move the arm, but it was increased to a high degree on raising the arm (eighth and ninth days); the pain in the arm was much worse, especially if the arm was bent at the elbow and drawn somewhat backward and outward, as for example, when putting on the clothes (fourteenth day), 23.
- Rheumatic pains in both shoulders, worse at night, 22.
- Rheumatic pain in shoulder and elbow on motion, with numbness from shoulder to elbow (after four hours, third day), 6.
- Violent tearing-aching pain in left shoulder, 1, 22.
- Paralytic drawing in the right shoulder (forty-ninth day), 35.
- Pressive pain in the left shoulder, extending thence into the left chest, aggravated on moving the arm, especially on raising it (seventeenth day), 35.
- Tearing in the right shoulder, afterwards in the left elbow and forearm, transient, while the other pains continue into the night, .
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Objective.
- Trembling of the lower extremities (fourth day), 30.
- Giving way of the legs, with necessity to sit down, 31b.
- Subjective.
- Sudden transient cramps in the lower limbs and back of the neck (0.12 grain), 57.
- Drawing-tearing pain in the lower limbs, especially in the right great toe (third day), 26.
- The whole right leg, especially the hip, was sensitive, so that I was unable to lie upon the right side at night; in the morning a burning pain on the inner side of the right lower leg; in the evening, after walking, a very distressing, tensive, drawing pain in the whole right leg (seventy-third day), 35.
- Hip. [1400.]
- Rheumatic pains in hip, coming on at night, 22.
- Aching pain in right hip-joint (after three hours and a half, third day), 6.
- Aching and jerking pains in the hip, felt only in the day, 22.
- Drawing pain in the right hip, extending to the knee, 31b.
- Pressive pain in the right hip-joint (fifty-fifth day), 35.
- Violent pressive pain in the right hip, after dinner (seventy-fifth day), 35.
- Drawing-tearing pain in the left hip-joint, lasting a quarter of an hour (thirty-first day), 26.
- When sitting, a bruised sensation in the right hip-joint, so that he limps in walking, 40.
- Thigh.
- Pain in the course of the sciatic nerve (twenty-first day), 8.
- Sciatica, 22. [1410.]
- Rheumatic pains in right thigh, 22.
- External burning and smarting sensation over the right trochanter major (fourth day), 1.
- Feeling of coldness in the right thigh, while the rest of the body was warm (fifteenth day), 35.
- Great tension on the anterior surface of the right thigh (fifteenth day), 35.
- Sudden tensive pain in the middle of the right musculus sartorius, worse when walking, and especially when ascending steps, relieved when sitting and lying, lasting till he fell asleep, .
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
- Objective.
- Emaciation, 22.
- General emaciation (twenty-second day), 26.
- Considerable emaciation, 52.
- Blood buffed and cupped, 52.
- Quite stiff, and could hardly rise in the morning, 22.
- Very languid (eighth day), 6. [1470.]
- Weariness and exhaustion (eighth day), 26.
- Weariness, in evening, 1.
- Great weariness towards evening, 25.
- Unusual weariness while walking in the open air; the limbs feel as heavy as lead, with prostration, indifference, fretful mood, aversion to the usual business, and desire for rest. I experience exhausting warmth, as after great physical exertion; the shortest walk overcomes me, and I always seek a seat, very exhausted, indifferent, and taciturn, am not able to collect my thoughts, distracted, and as far able I cut short conversation to avoid showing the fact; I seek to be alone and feel better in the open air, 33.
- Remarkable weariness in the evening (ninth day), 23.
- Weakness of the whole body, especially of the thighs (second day), 34.
- Weakness, particularly in the region of the navel (eighth day), 6.
- Constant weakness, 55.
- Great weakness, lasting till noon, 25.
- Weakness, even to sinking down (fourth day), 30. [1480.]
- Very decided weakness and sleepiness (though I had walked but little during the day), so great that I was unable to read or write; the eyes closed while sitting, and I nearly fell asleep while eating supper (fortieth day), 35.
- Great weakness, so that he was obliged to give up work, 22.
- The attacks of vomiting ceased after a sleep of an hour and a half, but there followed great weakness and exhaustion, 31b.
- Such weakness in the morning that he was obliged to lie down again (second day); very much weaker in morning; could scarcely rise, and trembled greatly in making the attempt, but without any increase of pain (third day); the debility increased to such a degree that the patient died sleeping calmly, as if from pure exhaustion (after forty-five hours), 42.
SKIN
- Objective.
- If there be the smallest wound (when applied to the skin) it acts as a caustic, setting up violent inflammation and destroying all the tissues down to the bone, 48.
- If the skin is torn or abraded, however slightly, a sharp pain is felt; and if the salt is left in contact with the wound the cutaneous tissue is decomposed and violent inflammation established; these symptoms are accompanied with intense pain, especially in winter, when the cold is severe; the action of the salt does not cease until cauterization has penetrated to the bone, 44.
- Several brown spots on the forepart of the neck looking like freckles, which I had never seen before, and which would scarcely be expected in a skin as dark as mine (seventy-seventh day), 35.
- Elevated painless induration, where an ulcer was four months before, 22.
- Hands completely covered with depressed cicatrices, which look as if they had been punched out with a wadding-cutter, 22.
- Two of the characteristic elevated cicatrices on the right thumb, 22.
- Roughness and slight burning of the whole skin of the forehead (fourth day), 35.
- Eruptions, Dry.
- Eruption generally comes on in the first fourteen days, 22. [1540.]
- Had eruptions, at first, 22.
- Solid eruption, like measles, over the body, 22.
- Rash commencing in hot weather, 22.
- Rash lasted only three days, 22.
- Papular rash lasting three months (after three months), 22.
- Was attacked with a papular rash, chiefly affecting the arms, which, however, lasted for two or three days only (after one week), 22.
- An eruption broke out on the eyelids and adjacent parts of the face, lasting two days (second day), 22.
- Eruption on the upper and lower lip (sixty-fourth day), 35.
- Pimples on the right half of the face (thirty-ninth day), 23.
- Appearance of a red pimple on back of hand (seventh day), 2. [1550.]
- Inflamed pimple on the forehead (fourth day), 35.
- Inflamed pimples on the back, in the evening (twenty-sixth day), .
SLEEP AND DREAMS
- Sleepiness.
- Great tendency to yawn and stretch (seventh day), 2.
- Frequent yawnings (sixth day), 2.
- Very frequent yawning, though he had slept very well the previous night (twentieth day), 11.
- Constant yawning, followed after half an hour by violent pressing pain in the stomach, great nausea, and efforts to vomit; vomiting could with difficulty be restrained (twenty-second day), 31.
- Sleepiness, 26.
- Sleepiness during the day (forty-third day), 23.
- Sleepiness earlier than usual, with some pressive headache, 25.
- Great sleepiness and yawning after dinner (fourth day), 2. [1630.]
- Great sleepiness, in the afternoon (one hundred and twentieth day), 35.
- Great sleepiness in the evening (one hundred and thirteenth day), 35.
- Great sleepiness and exhaustion, so that I was scarcely able to write a word, in the evening (one hundred and fourteenth day), 35.
- Very great sleepiness, constant closing of the lids, nodding, yawning, and weariness of the feet, towards noon, 25.
- Irresistible sleepiness, at times (twenty-second day), 26.
- Irresistible sleepiness before the usual time, with momentary dropping to sleep (third day), 26.
- Overpowering sleepiness after dinner, 25.
- Overpowering sleepiness in the evening; after sleeping for awhile upon a lounge I was waked by shivering, now in the upper part of the body, now in the whole body, now in different muscles (eighth day), 35.
- Sleeplessness.
- Loss of sleep, 54.
- Difficult falling asleep (fourth day), 26. [1640.]
- Was unable to fall asleep for a long time at night, afterwards slept quietly and soundly (ninety-fifth day), 35.
- Nights uneasy (thirty to thirty-fifth day), 23.
- Night restless, 31b ; (second day), 42.
- Night restless, interrupted by dreams, unrefreshing (twenty-seventh night), 22.
FEVER
- Chilliness.
- No sensation of superficial coldness, though the loss of temperature was very marked to the touch (after one hour and a half), 51. [1660.]
- Surface generally cold, especially of the limbs (0.12 gr.), 57.
- Unpleasant coolness of the whole body, after the nausea (sixty-seventh day), 35.
- Slight chilliness (with sickness of stomach), (after half an hour, eighth day), 6.
- Great chilliness in the evening (twelfth day), 23.
- Occasional attacks of chilliness and shivering (thirty-second day), 26.
- Coldness of the body (during vomiting), 12.
- Shivering and sensation of coldness, chiefly in the arms and shoulders, in afternoon (second day), 5.
- Shivering alternating with flushes of heat, slight sweat on the back and inside of the thighs (after one hour), 32.
- Shivering extending from the lower legs over the whole body, with a sensation in the pericranium as if it were being tightly constricted about the head, in frequent paroxysms; an hour after the chill there followed heat with dryness of the mouth and lips, so that she was constantly obliged to moisten them; the next morning she first had great thirst but no perspiration (third day), 29b.
- Coldness of the extremities, 47. [1670.]
- Feet and hands cold, 52.
- Feet cold, during the attack, with shivering over thighs and back, 40.
- Heat.
- Skin hot and dry, 52.
- Heat of whole body at night (with disordered stomach), 14.
- Heat over the body with feeling of cold (after vomiting), 12.
- Feeling of heat over the whole body, 26.
- Feeling of heat over the whole body, with increased thirst (soon after 40 grs., third day), 26.
- Feverishness in the first part of the night, 22.
- Febrile paroxysms, night and morning, 22.
- Heat of the face (fifteenth day); came on suddenly at 5 P.M., during rest (seventeenth day), 32. [1680.]
- Flushes of heat in the face, at 4 P.M. (fourteenth day), .
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Morning ), "Maziness" in head; on waking, vertigo; giddiness; on rising, heaviness, etc.; on waking at 5 o'clock, heavy pain in head; on waking, headache; on waking, pain in circumference of skull; pressive headache; lightness across forehead; on waking, pain in left side of forehead; pain in frontal bone ; soon after rising, pain over left eye; burning in eyes ; on waking, swelling of lids; dryness, etc., in lids; on waking, heaviness of upper lids; burning in margins of lids; lachrymation; sneezing; discharge from nose etc.; after waking, dryness of nose; obstruction of nose; bitter taste; on waking, pressive pain in throat; on waking, sore throat; feebleness of stomach; pain in stomach; griping in intestines, etc.; after waking, sensation in penis; on waking, soreness in larynx; after rising, roughness in larynx; irritation in larynx; on waking, hoarseness, etc.; hacking cough; dyspnœa; pain in side of chest; drawing in muscles of neck, etc.; pain in small of back; pain in sacrum, etc.; on waking, pain in coccyx; rheumatic pains; pain in limbs; on waking, pains in legs, etc.; on waking, pain in ulna; on waking, sticking in metacarpal joints; soon after rising, drawing in fingers, etc.; general discomfort, etc.; pains in various parts; on waking, tearing here and there.
- ( Forenoon ), Pinching in temporal bones; pressure in occiput; pain along orbital arch; burning, etc., on eyeball; stitches in ear; pressure on chest; venous excitement; symptoms in general.
- ( Afternoon ), Immediately after eating, pains in temple, etc.; pain over left eye; photophobia; heat of face.
- ( Evening ), Melancholy; vertigo; stitch in forehead; compression from both temples; burning in eyes; earache; pressure in ear; dryness of nose; soreness in nose; pain in cheek-bones; thirst; pain in right chest; prostration of limbs; burning in forearm; chilliness; perspiration.
- ( Night ), Pain in parietal region; itching, etc., in eyes; pains under scapula; rheumatic pains in shoulders; rheumatic pains in hip; in bed, shooting in great toe; in warmth of bed, heat, etc., of skin.
- ( After midnight ), Drawing, etc., in elbow.
- ( Open air ), Pain in forehead; burning, etc., in eye; smarting in eyes; fluent coryza; sore throat.
- ( Draught of air ), Twisting, etc., in abdomen.
- ( After breakfast ), Nausea.
SUPPLEMENT: KALI BICHROMICUM. Authorities. ( 59 and 60 , Taylor's Med. Jurisp., 1873, p. 323); 59 , Dr. H. C. Andrews reports a case of the poisoning of a man, æt. thirty-seven years, by about 2 ounces; 60 , Mr. Wood reports the case of a woman who was poisoned by 2 drachms, and died in four hours; 61 , Ducatel, Journ. de Chim. Méd., vol. x (Contribution a l'Étude de l'Acide Chromique, Henri Rousseau, Paris, 1878), a man sucked a little through a siphon.
- In about two hours he was apparently in a dying state, suffering chiefly from severe cramps, the pupils were dilated, the pulse was scarcely perceptible, and there was vomiting and purging of greenish-colored evacuations. In about nine hours the violent symptoms abated, and the man complained only of great pain in the shoulders and legs, 59. [1690.]
- In the first two hours she suffered from violent vomiting and purging, the vomited matters being of a yellow color. When admitted to the hospital she was in a dying state, pulseless, unconscious, and breathing slowly, with great effort. The skin was cold, the lower lip swollen and purple, and the tongue swollen, 60.
- Great heat in the throat and stomach, followed by vomiting of mucus and blood, which continued till death, five hours after the accident, 61.