MEZEREUM.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Daphne mezereum, Linn.
Natural order , Thymelaceæ.
Common names , Mezereon, (G.) Seidel-bast, (Fr.) Le bois gentil.
Preparation , tincture of the bark of root and stem.
Authorities. (Nos.
1 to 26 , from Hahnemann, Chr. Kn.).
1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Franz; 3 , Caspari; 4 , v, Gersdarff; 5 , Gross; 6 , Hartlaub; 7 , Htn.; 8 , Rückert; 9 , Schönke; 10 , Teuthorn; 11 , H.; [These symptoms, by Hering, are revised and supplemented in Vjs. fr. Hom., 8, p. 43.]
12 , W.; 13 , Lange, Domest. Burnovic (not accessible, -Hughes); 15 , Acta Helvetia (from berries swallowed by a boy, after mastication, -Hughes); 15 , Hoffmann, Ephem. Nat. Cur. Cent., 5, 6 (from berries in a man, after mastication, -Hughes); 16 , Home Clin, Exper., p. 466 (effects of decoction when given for nodes, etc., -Hughes); 17 , Gazette Salutaire, 1761, Dec. (not accessible, -Hughes); 18 , Gmelin, Pflanzen-gefte (p. 168 of ed. of 1777, general statement, -Hughes); 19 , Russel, in Med. Bemerk, vol. 3 (observations on a syphilitic subject, who was taking decoctions for nodes, -Hughes); 20 , Wided, Min. Nat. Cur. Dec. II, ann. 2 (p. 323, from a purgative dose, -Hughes); 21 , Linnæus, flor, suec. (p. 128 of ed 1755, from 12 grs. of powdered root in a girl, -Hughes); 22 , Ritter, Nov. Act., N. C. III. App. (p. 234, from berries, -Hughes); 23 , Haller. C. Vicat, Mat. Med. (vol. 1, general statement, -Hughes); 24 , Vekas-crift for Läkare, III, p. 58 (from berries in a man, -Hughes); 25 , Bergius, M. M. (p. 305, from too long external application as exutory, -Hughes); 26 , "Mr." Meyer (?), (symptoms 600 in Hahnemann); (Nos.
27 to 34 , Hartlaub's provings, Hom. Vjs., 8, 1); 27 , Hartlaub, effects of chewing fresh bark, twigs, and flowers, of expressing juice, of smelling and tasting of the tinctures, and of getting tincture on hands; 27 a , same, the next year chewed bark and inhaled various preparations; 28 , R. W., a girl, aged twenty-six, effects of cutting and bruising the plant and inhaling tincture; 29 , effects in a woman exposed to the exhalations; 30 , Dr. Link, took 1st dec. dil. in water, repeated doses; 30 a , same, took of a mixture of 2 drops of tincture in 2 oz. of water a teaspoonful first and second morning; 30 b , same, repeated same, and also took from 2 to 5 drops of tinct, in water; 31 , a woman, aged thirty-two, took repeated doses of 1st dil. in water; 31 a , same, took 10 drops of 7th dil., first and second days; [This prover is subject to frequent atttacks of great weakness, with facial neuralgia.]
32 , Dr. Rückert, proving in a girl, aged twenty, took 12 drops of 30th dil. daily, for several days; [Is subject to chronic inflammation attacks of the conjunctiva, with photophobia and pains on exerting the eyes.]
33 , a girl, aged seventeen, took 30th dil, daily, for six days; [Is subject to rush of blood to head and chest, with cold hands and feet, and chilliness; frequent stitches in chest below heart, and loss of breath on walking rapidly; menstruates every four to five weeks, preceded by colic; inclined to constipation.]
34 , Dr. Speer, in a man, aged twenty, suffering from caries of the bone (?) though in good health, except a slight swelling of the ankle, took 1st dil. daily, increasing by 5 drops from 10 to 40 drops; (Nos.
35 to 38 , experiments of Dr. Theile on himself and on his friends, Inaug. Diss., 1838, A. H. Z., 14, 105); 35 , "Pr.," aged twenty-two, took 6 drops of tinct., and after fourteen days 18 drops, after which he observed symptoms for twelve days; 36 , "Ed.," aged twenty-three, took 1 drop first day, 3 drops second and fourth days, and after a month took 4 drops first and second days, and 12 drops eighth day; 37 , "Gr." took one dose of 5 drops of tinct., and had symptoms for eight days; 38 , "Te." took repeated doses of tinct., up to 24 drops at a dose; 39 , Dr. Lembke, N. Z. f. Kl., 13, 35, took 1st (1/20) dil, for five weeks, repeated doses of 2 to 30 drops, afterward the tincture for a week, 3 to 15-drop doses, proving with the tinct, repeated after ten days; 40 , Dr. Watzke took 5 drops of tinct. on sugar, A. H. Z., 74, 46; 40 a , same, subsequently took 5 drops in water; 41 , Dr. Etterling (from Watzke), took 3 drops tinct. (first day), 4 drops (second day), 6 drops (third day), 10 drops (fifth day); 41 a , same, two weeks later took one dose of 14 drops; 41 b , same, afterward took 20 drops; 41 c , same, afterward took 21 drops; 42 , Dr. Würstl (from Watzke) took tinct. for eighteen days, 10 to 15-drop doses; 43 , Dr. Wahle (through Dr. Dunham), Am. Hom. Rev., 2, 164; 44 , Dr. Gerstel. Article Mezereum, World's Congress of Hom. Physicians, 1876, took, at various times, 1st, 3d, and 7th dec. dil., and once some tincture, effects on skin only published; 45 , Blatin (from Hempel's Mat. Med.), a man took some of a decoction of the root; to , Dr. Griere, Lancet, 1837, three children ate some berries; , Squire, Pharm. Jourm, 1841, effects of inner bark; , same, effect of inhaling vapor from a decoction of the root; , Pluskal, Frank's Mag., 1, 775, effects in a girl, of fourteen, of rubbing the leaves on cheeks and adjacent parts; , same, effects in a man, of 30 berries for obstinate constipation; , Hahnemann's lesser writings (M. H. R., 13, 281), effects of continued use of Mezereum. [Note: A large number (569) of symptoms included in Hahnemann's schema were taken from Stapf's provings, Archiv f. Hom., 4, 2, 119; these were made with tinctures partly of the dried bark, but mostly of the fresh bark, gathered early in spring (expressed, and the juice mixed with an equal part of alcohol). "Few of the provers took more than 8 to 10-drop doses of this tincture,"... "for a few provers, even a few drops sufficed." Stapf's provers, were Hahnemann, V. Gersdorff, Gross, Hartmann, Casparé, Franz, Hartlaub, Schönke, Rückert, Tenthorn, "H.," and "W."]
MIND
- Emotional.
- Delirium, 50.
- No rest when alone; he desires company, 11.
- Inclined to weep (second day), 31.*
- Weeping for fourteen days, 1.
- Mood depressed (second day), 27.
- Low-spirited, 50.
- Sad (second day), 31.
- Very sad; every trifle affects him disagreeably; indifferent to the whole world; has no desire for anything; disinclined to work, 1.
- *Hypochondriac and despondent; takes no pleasure in anything; everything seems to him dead, and nothing makes a vivid impression upon his mind, 2. [10.]
- Great discontent with himself and his surroundings for several weeks; after which again mental equilibrium and perfect contentment, 11.
- Anxiety (seventeenth day), 42.
- Anxiety in the evening, with trembling of the limbs and of the whole body, 1.
- Great anxiety (after one hour, third day), 42.
- Indifferent to everything; he could scarcely compel himself to note the symptoms beyond brief annotations (as in sea-sickness), 27.
- Indifferent, but not ill-humored (second day), 30b.
- Unusually indifferent and disinclined to talk (third and fourth days), 30b.
- Great anxiety, with violent palpitation, at noon before eating; she was obliged to lie down and was unable to keep up, 1.
- Most violent attacks of anxiety, weeping, palpitation, coldness over the whole body, and such weakness and weariness in all the limbs that she could scarcely walk about the room; in the evening (fourth day), 31.
- Apprehensiveness and uneasiness in the left side of the chest, about the heart (first days), 30a. [20.]
- Apprehensiveness in the pit of the stomach, as though expecting something disagreeable, 3.
- Easily frightened, followed by palpitation of the heart (third day), 27a.
- Ill-humor, 41a.
- Very irritable mood; very averse to everything; desire to run away (third day), .
HEAD
- Confusion and Vertigo. [50.]
- Confusion of the head, 36.
- Confusion of the head, in the frontal region (first day), 30a.
- Confusion and a feeling of pressure over the whole head, especially above the eyes, 8.
- Head seems confused towards evening (first day), 42.
- Dizzy confusion of the head, with difficult thought, 4.
- Vertigo, 13, 41c ; (after a quarter of an hour), 35 , etc.
- Vertigo; he would fall to the left side, 12.
- Vertigo, with flickering before the eyes; could not walk straight, 1.
- Faintlike vertigo, 1.
- Dizziness, with contracted pupils, 3. [60.]
- Dulness, dizziness, whirling and dull, 51.
- Sensation of intoxication in the head (first day), 30a.
- Sensation over the whole head as if intoxicated (third day), 30.*
- General Head.
- Dulness of the head (second and fifth days), 41 ; better after eating, 11.
- Dulness of the head; reading was difficult, and he was obliged to read it over repeatedly in order to understand, 6.
- Dulness of the head, as if intoxicated; not the least disturbed by work, indeed relieved thereby, 30b.*
- Dulness of the head all day, with pressure in the temples, 8.
- Dulness and heaviness in the head, 12.
- Dulness of the head, so that he frequently did not know what he wanted, 6. [70.]
- Dulness of the sinciput and occiput, like a dull stupefaction; in the evening, 4.
- Whole head dull and heavy (second day), 27.
- His head feels dull, as if intoxicated, and as if he had been up all night ; as after excessive emissions, 6.*
- Numb sensation in the head, 12.
EYE
- Objective.
- Eyes dull; the pupils slightly dilated, and contracted sluggishly on the approach of a lighted candle; when allowed to fall asleep her eyes were turned up (after six hours), 48.
- Brown rings around the eyes, especially about the inner canthus; with yellowish color of the face, and at times hot circumscribed redness of the cheeks, during the proving, 27.
- Stares at one spot (second day), 31a.
- He stares in front of him without thought, 11.
- He constantly stares vacantly, with a morose expression, and is very peevish, 10.
- A peculiar painless twitching in the left external canthus, greatly interfering with the use of the eyes, lasting several hours (soon), (first day), 31. [200.]
- Twitching in the external canthus returns after preceding doses, 31.
- Symptoms of catarrh in the eyes and nose, with increased thirst, febrile warmth of the skin, and accelerated pulse (second day), 27.
- Subjective.
- The canthi feel agglutinated, obliging her to rub them (second day), 31a.
- The eyes were painful, in the evening, while reading by the light; he could not see as clearly as usual, 6.
- Heat in the eyes; the lids are painful (sixth day), 33.
- Eyes hot, inflamed, on rising in the morning; the conjunctiva of the ball very much injected, dirty red, especially in the vicinity of the external canthus; most in the left eye; with pressive pain, and a sensation of dryness (fourth day), 27.*
- Pressure in the eyes (second day), 27.
- Pressure in the eyes, as if the balls were too large; he was frequently obliged to wink, 12.
- Pressure and tearing on and in the eyes, especially in the orbits, 4.
- Much pressure in the eyes, with a sensation of dryness, as if the conjunctiva of the lids were very much inflamed (first day), 27.* [210.]
- Smarting in the eyes, compelling to rub them, .*
EAR
- External.
- Painful swelling of the right external meatus, especially of the lower and posterior portion (sixth day), 27a.
- Sensation as if the right external meatus were wide open, and air were in it, aggravated by yawning; somewhat relieved by boring the finger into it (first day), 27.
- *A sensation as though air were distending the right external meatus, and as though roaring in the ears would occur; afterwards in the left meatus, associated with a stopped sensation in the ear (third day), 27.
- Feeling of air and of distension in the right external meatus, in the evening (first day), 27.
- Tension behind the left ear, with tearing in alternating jerks, 4.
- Boring pains behind the right ear, 39.
- Twinging pain, and a swollen sensation the external meatus of the left ear, in the evening (first day), 27a.
- Pressure above the right ear, 39.
- Dull pressive pains above to right ear, as if superficially in the bone or skin, extending to the upper margin of the concha, gradually increasing, then decreasing; it seemed as though the upper ear was painful to pressure, which, however, was not the case, in the evening (second day), 30.
- Middle. [260.]
- Sensation of air in the ears, first in the right, then in the left, also twinging pain, more violent and persistent in the right ear (second day), 27.
- A peculiar sensation in the ear, that seemed to her stretched wide open, and the air seemed to penetrate, unpleasantly cold, in the evening (third day), 31.
- Very disagreeable persistent sensation of dilatation in the right ear, and of coldness, as if the drum were directly exposed to the cold air, in a very short meatus, with desire fingers into the ear, which, however, makes no difference; the sensation at last disappears of itself, 30.
- Sensation as if wind were blowing in the right ear (soon), (first day), 27.
- Sensation as though the left ear, were stopped, though hearing was good, 3.
- Momentary pain in or on the ear, 30.
- Earache and painful drawing in the left ear, 4, .
NOSE
- Objective.
- The nose seems thicker and shiny, 11.
- The external margin of the right nostril was very much inflamed, swollen and very painful (fifth day), 27.*
- Constant jerking at the root of the nose, even visible, 30b.
- Sneezing a few times, in the forenoon (second day), 27.
- Sneezing, with sore pain in the chest, 3, 12. [290.]
- Frequent sneezing (fifth day), 38.
- Frequent sneezing, and fluent coryza, 4, 12.
- Some violent sneezing, whereby granular mucus flies out of the fauces, 11.
- Continual, violent, and painful sneezing, 50.
- Some thin discharge from the nose (first day), 27.
- Discharge of yellow, thin, at times bloody, water from the nose, which causes a soreness and a burning pain, 1.*
- Discharge of mucus from the nose (after a quarter of an hour), 27a.
- The nasal mucus is increased and harder than usual; with great noise on blowing the nose; without coryza, 11.
- Nasal catarrh, with discharge of thin mucus, makes the nostrils sore, and is sometimes streaked with blood, 38.*
- Stopped catarrh, 1. [300.]
- Coryza, with sore pain within the right nostril, 12.
- Violent coryza (ninth day), 33.
- Very violent coryza, but not fluent (eighth day), 33.
- Fluent coryza (fourth day), 27 ; (ninth day), 33.
- Somewhat fluent coryza, together with stopped coryza, in the evening; the right nostril is completely stopped by scabs, and very painful (fifth day), 27.
- Excessive, violent, fluent coryza (after forty-eight hours), 1.
- Bloody coryza, with very tenacious nasal mucus, 1.
- Stopped coryza (tenth day), .
FACE
- Objective.
- Very suffering expression (fourth day), 31.
- He looks extremely ill-humored, pale, suffering, and prostrated, 5.
- The face and forehead are red and hot, with great restlessness and peevishness, 43.
- Gray, earthy complexion, 43.
- Face pale, sunken, with a suffering expression, 5.
- Paleness of the face, decided collapse of the face and extremities, 35.
- Remarkable paleness of the face (fourth day), 31.
- The whole right side of the face was somewhat puffed; frequently great heat in the face; with this the eyes were more than usually painful (after three days), 32. [340.]
- Countenance sunken and ghastly (after six hours), 48.
- Face shrunken and cold, 51.
- Subjective.
- Sudden very violent pain in the face during slee,p similar to an old faceache, waking her up, but soon disappearing, and not further disturbing sleep (first night), 31.*
- Burning pains and swelling of the face, more particularly of the nose, eyelids, and forepart of the head; speedily terminating in the formation of confluent blisters, 50.
- Tearing in the face below the left eye, 39.
- Woke towards midnight, with violent pain in the face, almost as severe as the real faceache, with which she usually suffered, with the difference that the tearing is not on one side but on both sides of the face; wherewith she felt very ill, and had a violent pain in the right side of the head, in the evening (second day), 31.
- Constant violent tearing in the face, in the morning (third day), 31.*
- Fine tearing in the face, amounting to a very acute pain (second day), 31.
- Constant fine tearing the left side of the face, and in the teeth, after the morning walk (second day), 31.*
- Cheeks.
- Frequent jerking and twitching in the right zygomatic muscles, 38.* [350.]
MOUTH
- Teeth.
- Offensive mucus on the teeth, 11. [380.]
- Carious odor of the mucus on the lower incisors, 38.
- The hollow teeth decay very rapidly, 27.*
- The hollow teeth constantly became sharper, and decayed rapidly (third day), 27.
- The hollow teeth are very much eaten away, quite down to the gum (seventh day), 27.
- The teeth seem too long and icy cold, in the afternoon (fourth day), 31.
- The teeth of the left side seem too long, 11.
- The hollow teeth seem very sharp (the remedy has a very marked action upon the hollow teeth), (sixth day), 27a.
- Sensation as though the teeth were dull and too long, 38.*
- Upper incisors painfully dull (second day), 27.
- A dull feeling of bluntness in the teeth, 6.* [390.]
- Bluntness of the teeth, as from acids, at night, 11.
- *Bluntness of the teeth; they feel elongated , especially those on the left side, with boring and sticking pains in them, though he had never suffered from toothache before, 34.
- Pain in a carious tooth, in the morning, 35.
- Pain in a hollow tooth, in the evening (fourth day), 27.*
- Pain in the last back tooth of the left side of the lower jaw, as if it should be pulled out, 12.
- Much toothache (second day), 27a.*
- Toothache in a hollow tooth, 30.*
- A simple toothache, a seated pain in a hollow back tooth, 6.
- Boring and sticking in one or another tooth, though more on the right side, sometimes changing into painful sticking in the right cheek-bone; therewith, the right side of the head was so affected that even to touch the hair was painful, with uneasiness, extreme fretfulness, and aversion to everything, 8.
- Fine drawing in the left upper teeth, . [400.]
THROAT
- Objective.
- Mucus in the throat for several days, making singing difficult; she could not utter a pure tone, 32.
- Secretion of mucus posteriorly through the choanæ, extending down into the air-passages, and causing hawking, with lachrymation (soon), 27.
- Easy hawking of granular transparent mucus, 11.
- Subjective.
- Sensation as if the throat were full of mucus; she was frequently obliged to expectorate, but the sensation continued, 32.*
- Pains in the throat (third day), 41.
- Burning in the throat, 3 ; (after a quarter of an hour), 41a.* [490.]
- *Burning in the throat and pharynx, 9.
- Burning pain from the throat to the stomach, 51.
- Burning in the throat with irritation to hacking cough in the larynx, like a dryness; anxious oppression of the breath, and loosening of scanty mucus on coughing, 6.*
- Burning and scraping in the throat, tongue, and palate (immediately), 41.
- Cooling burning in throat under tongue, extending to stomach, as after peppermint drops, 9.
- Constriction in the throat and stomach, 40a.*
- Pressing pain in the throat on swallowing, as if the palate-bones were separated, 12.
- Soreness and rawness posteriorly in the throat, even on inspiration; though mostly felt on swallowing, 1.
- Sore throat on swallowing, like a pressure from a plug, 12.
- Pressive sore throat, worse when not swallowing, 1. [500.]
- Scraping in the throat (second day), 31, 31a ; soon after tincture, 30b ; after bread and butter, in the evening (third day), 31.
- Scraping in the throat, palate, pharynx, and tongue, which increased for an hour, then continued for an hour and a half; associated with heat and a hot breath (after ten minutes), .
STOMACH
- Appetite.
- Incessant hunger, with a sensation of emptiness in the stomach, 37. [540.]
- Great hunger and appetite, noon and evening, 5.*
- Sensation of hunger in the stomach, with rumbling in the abdomen, at 6 A.M.; at noon and in the evening, the appetite was again diminished; in the morning he felt very sick at the stomach after eating, especially after fat food (third day), 27a.
- Violent sensation of hunger recurring at intervals, with accumulation of water in the mouth (immediately), 3.
- Constant longing for food, 36.
- Though without real appetite and hunger, yet constant desire to eat and take something into the stomach, whereby he has less pain, 11.
- Unusual desire for bacon, 11.
- Diminished appetite (first evening and second day), 27a.
- Very little appetite; he is soon satisfied (seventh day), 27.
- Remarkably little appetite, so that he ate very little (fifth day), 27.
- Loss of appetite, 45 ; (second day), 41.* [550.]
- Loss of appetite, as from too much mucus in the throat, 1.
- Neither hunger nor thirst, 41a.
- On eating, he does not relish the first morsels; meat is so repulsive to him that he will not eat it, 1.
- Aversion to meat, 1.
- Aversion to meat, though in other respects the appetite is undisturbed, 35.
- Thirst.
- Increased thirst (soon), 27.
- Increased thirst, though he was cool; in the forenoon (second day), 27.
- Increased thirst during the chilliness (second day), 27.
- Increased thirst for fresh water (first day), 27.
- Much thirst in the evening, with great dryness of the mouth, momentarily relieved by drinking, 5. [560.]
- Thirst very urgent (after seven hours), 48.
- Excessive thirst (first to fourth day), .
ABDOMEN
- Hypochondria.
- Dull pain beneath the left ribs, as from incarcerated flatus, aggravated by pressure, followed by eructations that afford relief, 4.
- Dull pain in the region of the spleen , in the left side of the chest; very acute; momentarily aggravated by deep inspiration, at times over the whole of the region of the false ribs (after one hour), 30.* [640.]
- Stitches in the left side, in the region of the short ribs, 39.*
- Umbilical and Sides.
- Twisting griping in the umbilical region, disappearing on emission of flatus, 7.
- Painful griping flatulence becomes incarcerated in both sides of the abdomen, 7.
- Twisting pain about the umbilicus, with nausea and a sensation as if diarrhœa would come on, or like a faintness (after a few hours), 27.
- Dull stitches in the right flank, from within outward, frequently repeated, 4.
- Colic pain in a small spot in the right side of the abdomen, as if apiece of intestine were incarcerated; after dinner, 12.
- General Abdomen.
- Distension of the abdomen, 35.
- Distension of the abdomen, with griping and emission of much flatus, 3.
- Painful distension of the abdomen, with short, anxious respiration, so that he was obliged to loosen the clothes; eructations, rumbling in the abdomen, difficult loud emission of flatus, chilliness, shivering, and excessive yawning, in the evening (first day), 6.
- The vomiting and purging were soon succeeded by considerable tympanitic distension of the abdomen, 47. [650.]
- Abdomen much sunken, so that one could reach far under the sternum, which seemed to stand out very prominently while lying down; during the proving, 27.
- Abdomen hard (after twenty-four hours), 1.
- Inflammation of the intestines, 17.
- Flatulence, 41c.
- Great flatulence (first day), 42.
- Loud flatulence in the abdomen, and loud emission of it (first day), .*
RECTUM AND ANUS
- Drawing pain in the rectum and anus, 27.
- Stitches in the rectum, 39.*
- After the stool, the anus is constricted around the protruded rectum, which is then incarcerated, sore, and painful to touch, 2.
- Pain in the anus and anterior portion of the penis (sixth day), 27.
- Pinching in the anus and left side near the anus, in the lower extremities, and on the scrotum, in the evening (first day), 27. [710.]
- Sticking and drawing in the anus, extending upward (sixth day), 27.
- A stitch in the anus, 27.
- A biting sore pain in the anus on walking, and a burning in the rectum, 8.*
- Crawling in the anus, as from ascarides, before and after the stool (fourth day), 27.
- Itching in the anus, 27.
- Itching in the anus, like a tenesmus (first to fourth day), 27.
- Much itching about the anus, several times during the day, and also in the evening before going to sleep (fourth day), 27a.*
- Acute tenesmus, tearing and drawing in the anus and perineum, and extending thence through the whole urethra, 4.
STOOL
- Diarrhœa.
- Frequent diarrhœa (fourth and fifth day), 30b.
- *Constant diarrhœa, with intolerable pains in the abdomen, 12. [720.]
- Excessive diarrhœa, 15.
- Violent hypercatharsis (soon), 46.
- Diarrhœa-like stools, preceded by anxiety in the pit of the stomach, 2.
- Almost uninterrupted pituitous stools, mixed with blood, and causing excruciating pains, 51.
- Small, soft, frequent stools, 1.
- Stools several times a day, though very scanty, 2.
- Five thin stools, preceded by pain in the umbilical region, and by straining (second day), 39.
- Stool rather hard, in the morning, at short intervals, and only after sitting a long time; immediately after eating, other pasty evacuations at short intervals, and in the evening, repeated desire as in diarrhœa, and urging, that, however, repeatedly disappeared after the emission of flatus, but at last resulted in a small stool, that was first natural and then pasty, during the evacuation of which the urging was very much increased, after which it immediately ceased, 5.
- Stool tenacious, daily, but scanty, 4.
- Stool thin for the first two days, afterwards soft; at times several stools as day; after about a month the stools became harder and more infrequent, sometimes omitting a day, 39. [730.]
- Evacuation of stool easy (first day), 30 . [For a long time the evacuations had been difficult, with an almost constant painful sensation in the rectum, which was very similar to tenesmus.]
- The evacuation of the bowels is very speedily accomplished, followed by a sensation of great relief, 11.
- After urging, there is passed a copious pasty stool at short intervals in quick succession without any trouble, immediately followed by tenesmus in the anus, as in diarrhœa (after half an hour), 5.
- Stool copious, very brown, hard, somewhat nodular (fifth day), 27.
- Excessive urging to stool, a very scanty, soft evacuation, effected only with difficulty and much pressure, followed by a distressing sore sensation in the rectum, in the afternoon (after 5 drops of the tincture), 30b.
- Stool very early in the morning, soft, brown, of a sour odor (second morning), 27.
URINARY ORGANS
- Kidneys and Bladder.
- Sticking in the kidney, and pain as if torn, 43.
- A pinching sensation in the bladder, 4.
- Urethra.
- Discharge of mucus from the urethra, 1.
- Discharge of watery mucus from the urethra, on moving about, 1.
- Discharge of tenacious transparent liquid from the orifice of the urethra before urinating, in the forenoon (ninth day), 35. [760.]
- (Blennorrhœa, with dark-red inflammation of the inner surface of the prepuce, with violent itching, without swelling, and with a sore sensation in the evening, and tearing and drawing in the glans penis), (after three weeks), 4.
- Burning urine, 1.*
- Some biting burning in the forepart of the urethra, near the close of micturition (during stool), (fifth day), 27a.
- Slight drawing in the urethra, 39.
- Acute drawing and cutting-drawing pain in the forepart of the urethra, and neck of the bladder, while walking in the open air (third day), 27.
- Some cutting in the orifice of the urethra, 39.
- Pain (cutting) in the forepart of the urethra after micturition, 27.
- Violent cutting in the orifice of the urethra after urinating, 39.
- Sticking in the orifice of the urethra and frequent desire to urinate, 39.
- A constant sticking painful sensation in the urethra, in the evening, 1. [770.]
- Sticking-crawling pain in the urethra, and emission of some fluid, 1.
- Some pain in the urethra, sometimes when touched, sometimes when urinating, 1.
- Itching sore sensation in the urethra, aggravated by pressure, 4.
- Slight itching in the urethra, while urinating, 37.
- Micturition.
- Rose to urinate towards morning (second night), 27.
- Woke with desire to urinate very early, towards morning (first night), 27.
- Frequent desire to urinate immediately after urinating, .
SEXUAL ORGANS
- Male. [800.]
- Swelling of the penis, with increased warmth (second day), 27.
- Frequent erections during the day, 6.
- Persistent violent erections, with yawning and sleepiness, in the evening (first day), 27.
- (Transient pain in the forepart of the penis), (after half an hour), 27a.
- Frequent acute pain in the glans penis, 27.
- Burning in the region of the glans penis while urinating, 1.
- Fine pricking stitches in the penis and tip of the glans penis, 3, 4, 5, 6.
- Tearing and jerking tearing in the glans penis, 4.
- Jerklike tearing in the penis, with a wavelike pain above, in the right side of the abdomen, 4.
- Sticking jerking on the back of the penis, 6. [810.]
- Itching internally on the prepuce, in the evening (third day), 27.
- Very acute itching on the inner surface of the prepuce, after urinating (fourth day), 27.
- Itching in the glans penis, 1.*
- Testicles painful to pressure, 38.
- Pressive-drawing pains in the spermatic cords, frequently, 38.
- Painless swelling of the left side of the scrotum, 6.
- A pressive stitch on the right side of the scrotum, 12.
- Excessive sexual excitement after an emission, with crawling over the whole body, as from excessive lasciviousness (after three weeks), 4.
- Female.
- Mucous discharge from the vagina, 1.
- Leucorrhœa like the white of an egg, 1. [820.]
- Menses too frequent , [And too profuse. [°]*
-Lippe.] and lasting too long, 43 )
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Larynx and Trachea.
- The larynx seems too tight, on deep inspiration he hears and feels the air pass through the larynx; in general, he is conscious that "he has a larynx," 11.
- In the larynx, a tickling as if with a feather, which causes coughing, 43.
- Inflammation of the trachea, with violent burning pain between the hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage, somewhat relieved by eating (sixth to night day), 36.
- Pain in the trachea were closed while breathing (second day), 33.
- Voice.
- Voice altered, trembling, 51.
- Voice rough, husky (soon), 27.
- Hoarseness (fifth day), 1 ; (eighth day), 33.*
- Hoarseness as far down as the pit of the throat, 1. [830.]
- Hoarseness, with cough and rawness in the chest (seventh day), 33.*
- Cough and Expectoration.
- Nightly cough, especially after midnight, 1.
- Sleep frequently interrupted by cough and colic (seventh day), 33.
- When he has eaten anything, he must cough until he vomits, 43.*
- Cough after walking (fifth day), 33.
- Cough, with retching and scratching, or scraping in the pit of the throat, as if something sweet lay there which could not be coughed up, 43.
- Moderate cough, between 6 and 7 A.M., at no other time, 43.
- Violent uninterrupted cough for some hours, causing vomiting (after one hour), 1.
- Dry cough, 39.
- Dry cough day and night, with emaciation and loss of strength, and tensive pains across the thorax, 43. [840.]
- Dry cough, with retching amounting to vomiting, in the afternoon and towards evening, 1.
- Dry cough, with scraping in the lower portion of the sternum, and sticking in the right frontal eminence, 9.
- Cough caused by an irritation low down in the chest, and which does not abate until vomiting and discharge of water saliva results, .
CHEST
- The exhalation from the lungs is offensive, like bad cheese, 1.
- A contraction of the diaphragm beneath the ribs, at times, 1.
- The chest feels affected and weak, especially the left side of the forepart, whence the bloody expectoration usually seems to come (it only occurs from special cause, from drugs, taking cold, etc.); this is located in the region of the fourth and fifth ribs, about four inches from the sternum (fifth day), 27.
- Anxiety in the chest, 3.
- Pain in the chest when coughing anything loose (ninth day), 33.
- Pain in the middle of the chest, extending up to the throat, on holding the head up (seventh day), 33. [870.]
- Pains in the pectoral and dorsal muscles of the right side, in the evening, 39.
- Tightness of the chest, better while standing, often intolerable while sitting, relieved by becoming erect, better toward evening, worse again after supper (first day), 33.
- On inspiration, a sensation as if the chest and trachea were too tight, not aggravated by running or going up stairs, 11.
- On deep inspiration, a feeling as if was too tight in the region of the third and fourth ribs, 12.
- The chest feels very tight on stooping and while sitting; he is obliged to loosen the clothes; respiration slow and short, 11
[Revised by Herring, l. c .]
- Tensive pains across the thorax, with dry cough day and night, emaciation and loss of strength, 43.
- Tension in the pectoral muscles, on stretching out the arms, 1.
- Sensation as if the chest were constricted (second day), 31a.
- Cramplike constrictive pain across the lower pectoral muscles, lower portion of the back, and upper arms, while walking in the open air, 1.
- Pressive constrictive pain in the back part of the chest on becoming erect, very much aggravated by deep inspiration, and then extending through the whole lower portion of the chest; on bending forward, the pain is scarcely noticed, but appears like a kind of rheumatism on moving the arms, while bending far backward, 7. [880.]
- Tensive pressure in various parts of the chest, 12.
- Pain in the chest on stooping; a pressive pain in the middle of the chest (tenth day), 33.
- Pressive pain within the chest, a dull pressure in a small spot, at first towards the right, then towards the left side, 4.
- Oppression of the chest (second day), 31a ; with palpitation, 1.
- Oppression in the chest, as from the heart, with long deep respiration (first day), 30a.
- Oppression and anxiety in the chest, especially about the heart, with very deep and frequent respiration (second day), 30a.
- Chest feels oppressed and constricted (second day), 31.
- Sticking pain in the chest, shooting to the right side after coughing (seventh day), 33.
- Sticking pains in the chest, commencing beneath the left breast and shooting through the breast out between the shoulders, occurring on or aggravated by inspiration and making respiration difficult (fifth day), 31.
- Sticking bone-pain in the clavicle, 1. [890.]
- Violent sticking in the pectoral muscles on inspiration, while sitting, and also in the left side, beneath the short ribs, near the spine, 39.
- Fine sticking pain in the chest, 1.
- A stitch deep in the chest on laughing, 6.
- Stitches in the chest on respiration (second day), 31.
- Violent stitches in the chest, 1.
- Violent intermitting stitches in the chest, more toward the right side, that scarcely permit breathing, .
HEART AND PULSE
- Præcordium. [920.]
- Cramps about the heart, 29.
- Dull sticking pains in the præcordial region, apparently in the intercostal muscles, with acute stitches when coughing and sneezing, most troublesome and most noticed in the evening on falling asleep, and in the morning after waking, lasting twelve to fourteen days (after two days), 40.
- A dull stitch beneath the præcordial region on deep breathing, 11.
- Heart's Action.
- Acceleration of the heart's action (seventeenth day), 42.
- Irregular beating of the heart, afterwards repeated at night, on waking, while lying on the back, 39.
- A peculiar rubbing sound in the præcordial region in the same spot where the pain had been noticed in the previous proving; the sound was distinctly heard by himself, less noticed while moving about especially in the evening after lying down, and indeed while lying on the left side, and on taking a deep breath; associated with a sensation as though the chest were too tight, and sufficient air could not be inspired; this rubbing sound lasted two or three weeks, with an indescribable sensation of heaviness and of an impediment in the region of the heart, 40a.
- Pulse.
- Pulse somewhat accelerated, in the forenoon (second day), 27a.
- Unusually accelerated pulse, 90, in the evening (first day), 27.
- Pulse accelerated by 20 beats, towards evening, with increased warmth of the body and general excitement, 4.
- Pulse more rapid after eating, and a feeling as if the heart were beating near the stomach on the left side, twitching of the eyelids, unusually distinct vision, with a sensation as if he were looking through concave glasses, and a kind of swimming before the eyes, 3. [930.]
- Pulse frequent, irregular, hard, and cordlike, 51.
- Feverish pulse, 50.
- Pulse rather slow (third day), 27.
- Pulse intermittent, full, tense, hard, 18 . [Not found. -Hughes.]*
- Pulse 44, very compressible, and occasionally intermitting (after six hours), 43.
- Pulse somewhat harder than usual, not accelerated, 41c.
NECK AND BACK
- Neck.
- Stiff pain in the nape of the neck, and external cervical muscles, 3, 12.
- Stiff pain in the right side of the nape of the neck and throat, mostly on motion, 6.*
- Rheumatic pain in the nape of the neck, throat, and occiput, 4. [940.]
- Tearing on the left side of the neck, extending into the left ear and near the clavicle, 4.
- Back.
- Pains in the dorsal and lumbar muscles, 39.
- Transient pain in the left side of the back, 30.
- Tensive constrictive pain in the back, extending down to the small of the back, 9.
- Sticking pain, extending from the left side of the back the chest, on inspiration, 12.
- Sudden sharp stitches near the spine, extending through the chest into the left costal cartilage, in the evening, 5.
- Tearing in the left side of the back, in the morning, 39.
- Tearing jerkings on the left side of the neck, 4, 5.
- Dull pulsating pain in the back, very near the middle spine, 4.
- Dorsal.
- Pain beneath the angle of the left scapula (third day), 30. [950.]
- Transient pains beneath the left shoulder, very acute, in the evening (second day), 31.
- Rheumatism in the left scapula and nape of the neck, aggravated by turning to the opposite side (sixth day), 30b.
- Rheumatic pain in the right scapula, in the morning after rising (fourth day), 27a.*
- Rheumatic pains in the muscles of the scapula, like a tension, and as if swollen, making motion difficult (soon), 27.*
- A tensive rheumatic pain on the right scapula (third day), 27.
- Boring pains in the dorsal vertebræ while sitting, 39.
- Frequent boring in the dorsal vertebræ, 39.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL
- Objective. [980.]
- Trembling of the extremities (seventh day), 42.*
- Unsteadiness of the joints, as if they would give way, 12.
- Weakness of the extremities, 41b.
- Great weakness of the extremities, 9.
- Subjective.
- Heaviness in all the limbs, on motion, 11.
- Heaviness in the limbs; he dreads motion, and cannot make up his mind to anything, 2.
- Heaviness and a bruised sensation in all the limbs, as in suppressed catarrh (after ninety-six hours), 1.
- Hands and feet constantly falling asleep (fifth day), 31.
- Pains in the periosteum of the long bones, especially the tibiæ, worse at night and in bed; at this time the least touch is intolerable, 43.*
- Boring and drawing pains in the toes, knees, forearms, 39. [990.]
- Very frequent violent boring in the knees, tibiæ, wrists, and behind the ears, while walking and sitting, lasting all day, 39.
- Constant boring pains in the wrists, ankles, and right shoulder, worse during rest, 39.
- Drawing-boring pain in the arms, knees, cranial bones, bones of the feet and ankles, especially above the ankle and above the wrist, returned and hour after a new dose, 39.
- Drawing and a weary sensation in the joints, especially of the knees, ankles, and wrists, 1.
- Drawing pain in the muscles of the limbs, 39.
- Drawing pains in various places in the soft parts of the upper and lower extremities, 39.
- Drawing in the flesh of the upper and lower extremities, and in the fingers and toes, 39.
- Drawing and pressive pains in various places in the limbs, especially in the bones of the feet, hands, fingers, 39.
- Painful drawing in the shoulders and knees, 39.
- Drawing in all the joints, as if they were dislocated (second day), 31a. [1000.]
- Drawing and tearing in the long bones of both the upper and lower extremities, associated with chilliness, shivering, and great sensitiveness to external air, so that he was unable to go out of the house, in spite of a warm temperature, .
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Shoulder.
- Painless cracking in the left shoulder-joint, with a paralyzed feeling in the upper arm, on raising the arm, and a tearing in the elbow-joint on bending it, in the evening in bed, 4.
- Pain in the right shoulder-joint, 39.*
- Pain in the left shoulder, in the night, 39. [1010.]
- Constant pain in the right shoulder-joint, lasting a long time, alike during rest and motion, but sometimes worse while the joint is quiet, 39.
- Paralytic pain in the right shoulder-joint, with pressive pain in the bones of the shoulder (immediately), 12.
- Pain in the shoulder-joint, as if the head of the humerus were too large for the capsule of the joint, 12.
- Burning in the right acromion, in the afternoon (second day), 27.
- Dull pain and jerking in the shoulder, as if he had carried a heavy weight, 5.
- Boring pains in the shoulders, 39.
- Boring in the shoulders, in the morning in bed, 39.
- Boring in the left shoulder, 39.
- Boring pain in the right shoulder, 39.
- Boring pain in the left shoulder and wrist-joint, while walking, 39. [1020.]
- Boring in the shoulder-joint, 39.
- Violent boring pain in the left shoulder, worse during rest, relieved by moving the joint, 39.
- Tension in the right shoulder, and drawing in the left, 4.
- Pinching and boring on the lower side of the right shoulder-joint, 4.
- Pressure in the shoulders, 39.
- Violent, painful, paralytic pressure on the right shoulder (acromion), while sitting quietly in the evening; he wished to let the arm hang down, though then the pain was aggravated by the weight of the arm, 27.
- A pressive pain on the margin of the shoulder-joint, 4.
- Burning-pressive pain on the right shoulder, afterwards also on the left, behind the acromion, in the evening (first day), 27.
- A sprained sensation in one spot on the top of the shoulder, at the point where the scapula unites with the clavicle, on moving the right arm (second day), .
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Objective.
- Involuntary jerking of the whole right leg, towards the inner side, a pulling and twisting, at 3 P.M. (while sitting and writing), (first day), 27.
- The lower extremities became tired easily (first day), 42.
- Weariness and uneasiness in the lower extremities; was obliged to move them from place to place, 12.
- Subjective.
- Uneasiness in the right lower extremity, so that he was constantly obliged to stretch it out and draw it up, in the evening, in bed (second day), 6.
- Pains in the lower extremity, with a feeling of coldness and falling asleep of it, in the evening (third day), 31.
- Pain in the bones of the thigh and leg, 1. [1120.]
- Rheumatic tension and drawing above the knees, and in the legs, 4.
- Tearing pains in the thighs and tibia, 36.
- Hip.
- Boring in the hip-joints, 39.
- Boring in the right hip-joint, 39.
- Violent boring in the left trochanter, 39.
- A feeling as if sprained in the right hip-joint, on the outer portion of the leg, in the region of the trochanter major, while walking, 27.
- Tearing and tensive pressure above and in the right hip, 4.
- Jerking pain in the hip-joint , extending down to the knee, 5, 12.*
- Thigh.
- Excessive weakness above the knees, especially on going upstairs, and also while walking upon a level (first day), 30b.
- Boring in the thighs, 39. [1130.]
- Drawing in the upper portion of the femur and in the nates, with colic, 4.
- Drawing in the muscles and skin of the thighs, 39.
- Tearing in the right nates, 4.
- Wavelike drawing pain, extending down the whole thigh, which leaves behind a painful weakness that impeded walking, 5.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
- Objective.
- All the flesh seemed to soften and waste during the proving, 27.
- Emaciation and loss of strength, with tensive pains across the thorax, and dry cough day and night, 43.
- Activity and desire to work (second day), 30.
- Tremulous condition, as after too much wine (first day), 30a.
- Irregular actions of the tendons, 45.
- Stretching (first day), 30a.
- Indolence, 41a.
- Indolent, phlegmatic and weary in the extremities; walking is not agreeable to him, 6.
- Indolent, not inclined to do any work; like to be completely inactive; is indifferent to everything; is obliged to force himself to take up his business (second day), 27. [1280.]
- Great indolence and weakness after a deep sleep, 35.
- Unusual indolence; every word is an effort (second day), 30b.
- Very lazy; no desire to work; with constant yawning, 8.
- Gradually become listless, languid, and drowsy, and exhibited other signs of approaching narcotism; after six hours she was lying on her back, her countenance sunk and ghastly, 43.
- Weariness (seventeenth day), 42.
- Great weariness (second day), 31.
- Great weariness, was obliged to sleep for an hour (fourth day), 31.
- Great weariness, with heaviness and dullness of head (ninth day), 33.
- Very weary, sick, and irritable (second day), 31.
- Very weary and unusually sick (soon), 30a. [1290.]
- So weary in the afternoon that she was obliged to lie down and sleep four hours; with agreeable dreams (with constant faceache, which frequently aroused, but never quite awoke her), (fourth day), 31.
- Extremely weary in the morning on rising, but not afterwards during the day (fifth day), 27a.
- Extreme weariness and anxiety (seventh day), 42.
- Overpowering weariness, without being able to sleep, in the evening (second day), 31.
- Unusual sinking of strength, .
SKIN
- Objective.
- Roughness of the skin, with here and there desquamation, 35. [1340.]
- The epidermis peeled off, 50.
- Desquamation of the skin of the whole body, 15.
- The usual liver spots on the chest and arms became very dark, with much desquamation (fifth day), 27.*
- Great suggillation on the back of the right hand, above the index finger, without cause from pressure or blow; it is an irregular spot, about an inch in diameter, bright-colored, without any pain; together with violent itching on this hard by not on the suggillated place, especially on the wrist, so that he was obliged to rub it until it was sore (second morning), 27.
- A fresh wound (on the knee) becomes inflamed, burns very much, with sharp stitches from time to time extending into the leg, 5.
- The habitual "liver spots" seemed to desquamate more than usual (second day), 27.
- Eruptions, Dry.
- Blotches break out over the whole body, 43.
- Itching eruption over the whole body, like fleabites, disappearing after three days, remaining for a long time only on the head, and becoming scurfy, 34.
- Red itching rash eruption on the arms, head, and over the whole body , partly isolated, partly in spots; very distressing, 25 . [Omit "and obstinate." -Hughes.]*
- Eruption on both lips, outside of the red, with violent fluent coryza, 1.* [1350.]
- Eruption of red spots on the chest, like fleabites, with violent burning and inclination to scratch; the burning remains for several days after the disappearance of the spots, 8.
- Brownish rash on the chest, arms, and thighs (fifth day), 35.
- Violent itching rash on the nape of the neck, 1.*
- Violent itching rash on the nape of the neck, back, and thighs, always worse and gnawing after scratching, and sticking as from needles, 1.
- Elevations as large as peas on the skin of the right forearm, with violent itching, becoming hard after scratching, 11.
SLEEP AND DREAMS
- Sleepiness.
- Yawning, 41b ; (second morning), 27.
- Yawning and stretching, in the forenoon (second day), 27a.
- Great yawning and stretching (immediately), 6.
- Excessive yawning and stretching of the limbs (third day), 27a.
- Sleepiness (after a quarter of an hour), 41c.
- Sleepiness during the day, 1.
- Sleepiness, while sitting and reading, 41b.
- Sleepy very early in the evening; while at work, the eyes involuntarily jerked, at least the right leg, in the evening (first day), 27.
- Unusually sleepy, with dullness of the head, in the evening (first day), 30a. [1460.]
- Very sleepy after supper (third day), 27a.
- Very sleepy, so that he fell asleep, in the evening (first day), 27.
- Very sleepy, fell asleep while reading, in the evening, 27.
- Very sleepy, with much yawning, could scarcely keep his painful eyes open, in the evening (first day), 27.
- Irresistible sleepiness, 27 . [From debility [°] . -Lippe.]*
- Irresistible sleepiness, five hours before the usual time, 2.
- Irresistible sleepiness after dinner, with very painful pressure in the eyes; the conjunctiva of the lids especially is very much inflamed, 27.
- Necessity to sleep (seventeenth day), 42.
- Sleep more prolonged than usual (second night), 27.
- Sleeplessness.
- Difficulty in falling asleep, in the evening, without special symptoms; at night, he slept longer than usual (third night), 27.
1470.,
- Difficulty in falling asleep, on going to bed at night; he woke several times during the night with pains in the bones, especially in the left wrist and knees (first night), 27.
- Difficulty in falling asleep, in the evening; he only slept and became warm after midnight or towards morning; previous to this he was constantly waking on account of great flow of ideas, and was always chilly; towards morning he became naturally warm, without sweat or heat (first night), 27.
- He could not fall asleep before 3 A.M., on account of great wakefulness, 8.
- Sleep restless, unrefreshing, 1.
- Sleep restless, full of dreams, 37.
- Seep restless, disturbed by confused dreams, 1.
- Sleep very restless, and disturbed by anxious dreams (second night), 31.
- Night disturbed by frequent waking and pain in the face (fourth day), 31.
- Frequent waking at night, with violent erections and sexual excitement, 27.
- Woke at 2 A.M., an unusual time, fell asleep again and woke at 5 A.M., with an emission, scanty and thin (second day), 27a. [1480.]
- Frequent waking after midnight till toward morning; he then lay upon the back with open mouth, dry tongue, tensive pain and heaviness in the occiput, 11.
- Woke at 3 A.M., with a feeling of great heaviness in all the limbs and head; was unable to fall asleep for a long time, and then was tormented by anxious dreams, 4.
- He woke at 2 A.M., after vivid dreams, and could not fall asleep again for a long time, on account of excessive irritability, 3.
- Frequent starting up in sleep, 5.
- Rose early in the morning, satisfied with a little sleep (second day), 27.
- Dreams.
- Sleep dreamy, restless, disturbed by formication in the fingers, 36.
- Sleep full of dreams, 1.
- Many unremembered dreams (second night), 27a.
- Unremembered dreams, 12.
- Numerous vivid and unremembered dreams (first night), 1, 27. [1490.]
- Very vivid unremembered dream (first day), 27a.
FEVER
- Chilliness. [1500.]
- Chilliness (second day), 27 ; (first evening), 27a ; especially towarde vening, 35.
- Chilliness and shivering, towards evening, 36.
- Chilliness, in the forenoon, with cold hands and feet, and somewhat accelerated pulse; the skin, at least of the hands, seemed dead and shrivelled, as if they had been in the cold a long time, and as if they would desquamate (second day), 27.
- Chilliness out of bed; heat in bed, 1.
- Chilliness, on motion, 1.
- Chilliness and coldness over the whole body, with asthmatic constriction and oppression of the chest, before and behind, 1.
- Chilliness in a warm room, with sleepiness, 4.
- Cold hands, with chilliness all over, without shivering, with dryness of the mouth posteriorly, and accumulation of saliva anteriorly, without desire for drinks, lasting two hours, 10.
- Chilliness, as if she were repeatedly dashed with cold water, especially over the arms, abdomen, hips, and feet, with yawning, lachrymation, and perfect warmth of the face and hands, 5.
- Constant chilliness, 37.* [1510.]
- Great chilliness over the whole body, 9.*
- Great chilliness, with very cold hands, at 9 A.M., 39.
- Great chilliness, in the morning (second day), 27.
- Very chilly all day, fretful and uncomfortable, sick and suffering, as before a severe illness; therewith some appetite, though discomfort after the slightest food, only tolerable in the open air, 5.
- Internal chilliness, 5.
- Before and after the stool shivering chilliness, prostration, and great sensitiveness to the cold open air, 11.
- Shaking chill, 9.
- Shaking chill, could not get warm all day (fourth day), 31.
- Constant shaking chill (fourth day), 31.
- Febrile chill, with thirst for cold water, 1. [1520.]
- He became cold in the night, although he went to bed warm in the evening, was cold also in the morning and during the day (third day), .
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Morning ), After waking, rawness, etc., in palate, etc.; between 6 and 7 o'clock, cough; in bed, boring in shoulders; after rising, pain in bones of wrist; in bed, pressure in gluteal muscles; chilliness.
- ( Afternoon ), Nausea; towards evening, cutting in abdomen; sticking in scapulæ; itching; towards evening, chilliness.
- ( Evening ), General feeling, 11 ; burning in lip; pains in lip; toothache in back teeth; in bed, cracking in shoulder-joint; in bed, tearing in tibia; in bed, burning in ulcers; in bed, stitches in skin; itching; shivering; warmth.
- ( Night ), Pressure in abdomen; especially after midnight, cough; in bed, pain in long bones; pain in shoulder; formication in great toes; perspiration.
- ( Walking in open air ), Pain across pectoral muscles, etc.; pain in muscles of forearm.
- ( After eating ), Fiery taste; scraping in throat; cough.
- ( In house ), Pain in occiput; nausea.
- ( Motion ), Pain in nape of neck; pain in lumbar vertebræ; pain in shoulder-joint; pain in wrist, etc.; chilliness.
- ( Rest ), The pains, 39 ; boring in wrists, etc.; boring in shoulder; pressure, etc., in elbow-joint; pressure in knees; pain about malleolus; pain in ankle.
- ( Sitting ), Tightness of chest; weakness in knees; pain in hollow of knee; jerking in knee ; tearing in different parts.
- ( After sleep ), Fretfulness.
- ( After supper ), Tightness of chest.
- ( After waking ), Pains always experienced, 39.
- ( Walking ), Pain in parietal bone; nausea in throat etc.; cough; pain in small of back; boring in shoulder, etc.
- ( Warm room ), Pressive headache.
- Amelioration.
- ( Afternoon ), Towards evening, tightness of chest.
- ( ), No pains, .
SUPPLEMENT: MEZEREUM. Authorities.
53 , Lesser Writings of Hahnemann (Dr. Adolph Gerstel, North Am. Journ. of Hom., New Ser., 9, 1878, p. 184); 54 , Pluskal, Oest. Woch., 1844 (ibid), effects of leaves; 55 , Dr. Schwebe, Caspar's Woch. (Lancet, 1849 (2), p. 637), two children, æt. four and two years, ate some berries; 56 , J. B. Carruthers, M.D., Lancet, 1859 (2), p. 378, a child, æt. three years, ate the berries.
- Somebody advised a young, pale girl, æt. fourteen years, to use the leaves of Mezereum in order to become fat and rosy. She went into the woods and made free use of them on her cheeks and surrounding parts. Burning pains soon appeared, her whole face swelled up enormously, especially the nose, eyelids, and hairy scalp. Severe and painful sneezing, deliria, dull, unbearable, pressing pains in the forehead, a nauseous dryness in the throat, and a constant irritation to dry cough, showed that the acridity of the poison by its inhalation affected the nose, and through the frontal sinuses the cerebral membranes, also pharynx and larynx. The face soon took on the expression of erysipelas bullosum, the nostrils closed, so that she could only breathe through her mouth; febrile pulse, burning urine. After external application of oil, cold compresses, and indifferent external remedies, the swelling decreased after the second day, and desquamated in large pieces. But health did not return. Debility, loss of vitality, and mental depression, bordering on idiocy, were since that time observed in her. A typhoid fever, lasting full three months, prostrated her so much that she finally succumbed to it, 54.
- Dryness and burning of the throat, with attempts to vomit; intense thirst; great heat of skin; great prostration of strength; pale countenance; and a feeble quick pulse, 56.
- The eldest complained of a burning sensation in the mouth and nausea; dryness of the throat and burning at the pit of the stomach; a reddish mucus was discharged from the mouth. In an hour both were plunged into complete narcotism, with coma, convulsive movements of the eyes and the superior extremities, dilatation and insensibility of the pupils, 55. [1570.]
- A robust person took some bark of Mezereum for some ailment, and continuing the drug after the disappearance of his troubles, he soon complained of unbearable itching all over the body, so that he could not sleep one moment. Even after leaving it off for thirty-six hours, he assured me that the itching still kept on increasing. A few grains of Camphor removed this itching, 53.