An element.

Preparation , Triturations of the metal.

Authorities. (No.

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

1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Franz; 3 , von Gersdorff; 4 , Hartlaub; 5 , Hartmann; 6 , Haubold; 7 , Lesquereux; 8 , Nenning; 9 , Rückert; 10 , Rummell; 11 , Schweikert; 12 , Staf; ( 13 to 21 , from Franz, Archiv. f. Hom., 6, Part 2, p. 188); 13 , Hahnemann, from external use of preparations of Zinc; 14 , Fr. Hahnemann; 15 , Rust's Mag., 21, 563, effects on an apothecary of inhaling the dust when making the flowers of zinc, ill for three weeks; 16 , Robol in Samml., aus Abh. f. pr. Ærzt., vol. vii, p. 449; 17 , Reil, Mem. Clin. Fasc. 4, pr. 5, exp. 2; 18 , Hart, Diss. de Zinc, 1772; 19 , Loeske, Abh. von Aus. Arzn., 1754, p. 484; 20 , Dr. Scherer, in Struve's Triumph; 21 , Dr. Goodsir, Edinb. Med. and Phil. Comment.; 22 , Hahnemann, ibid., effects on himself and others of long-continued holding of zinc plates between the hands (Perkinismus); 23 , Schreter, New Archiv. Hom., vol. iii, p. 187; ( 24 to 32 a , from Wernek, Hygea, 14, 481, fifteen persons had no results from 4 grs of the flowers); 24 , effects of 6 grs.; 25 , doses of 8 grs; 26 , a man, æt. twenty-four years, took every two hours doses increasing by 1 gr., so that he took 21 grs. in twelve hours; 27 , Wernek took repeated doses of 4 grs.; 27 a , same, took 7 grs. in the morning, increasing the dose every two hours, so that he took 57 grs. in the hours; 28 , a woman, æt. twenty-nine years, took 2 grs. every two hours, for three days, 36 grs. in all; 29 , a woman, æt. thirty years, took every second days a dose of 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 grs; 30 , a girl took 2 grs. in the evening; 31 , B., æt. twenty-seven years, took 4 grs. (first day); 5 grs. (second day); 31 a , same, took 6 grs., and after two days 8 grs; 32 , M., æt. twenty-six years, took 4 grs. in the morning; 32 a , same took doses of 6, 7, and 10 grs. at different times; 33 , Dr. Elfes, Rust's Mag. 1 (Frank's Mag., 1), effects of the vapor; 34 , M. Shueler, Journ. de Méd. (Christison on Poisons, p. 389), effects of a very large dose; 35 , Dr. Sigmond, Lancet, 1837-8 (1), p. 884, an apothecary's apprentice filled the laboratory with smoke in preparing flowers of Zinc; 36 , M. Blandlet, Journ. de Méd., 1845 (Lond. and Edind. Med. Journ., 1846 (1), p. 153), effects on brassfounders exposed to vaporized Zinc; 37 , Œst. Med. Woch., 1847 (A. H. Z. 74, 117), effects on workers; 38 , Reboulleau, ibid., observations on workers and on himself; 39 , Landouzy and Maumené, Gaz. Méd. de Paris, June, 1850 (Lond. and Edinb. Med. Journ., 1850 (2), p. 182), effects of the dust upon workmen employed in twisting galvanized wire; 40 , Dr. Bouvier, Compte de l'Acad. des Sci., May, 1850 (ibid.), a man, æt. forty-two years, was employed in barrelling oxide of Zinc; 41 , Cattell, Brit. Journ. of Hom., vol. xi, 1853, p. 173, Zinc metallicum; 42 , same, Zinc oxydum; 43 , Pereira, Month. Hom. Rev., vol. vi, p. 23, effects of the oxide on a healthy subject; 44 , Dr. Greenhow, Med. Times and Gaz., 1862 (1), p. 227; effects of the fumes of Zinc on brassfounders; 45 , Robert T. Cooper, M.D., Month. Hom. Rev., vol. xv, 1871, p. 392, symptoms in a Zinc engraver, æt. thirty-six years; ( 46 to 49 , from J. Heber Smith, M.D., New Eng. Med. Gaz., 1871, p. 333); 46 , effects on two girls of drinking water, brought through seventy feet of galvanized iron pipe; 47 , additional symptoms in the younger girl, æt. five and a half years; 48 , effects on a brother of same, æt. thirteen years, fatal; 49 , symptoms observed in other patients; 50 , Boston Journ. of Chemistry (Hahn. Month., vol. vi, 1871, p. 436), effects on a man and his wife of drinking water brought through a galvanized iron pipe; 51 , ibid. (Hahn. Month., vol. vii), symptoms in a lady from a similar cause; 52 , Dr. Leo Popoff, Berlin Klin. Woch., 1873, No. 5 (Brit. and For. Med.-Chir. Rev 1873 (2), p. 254), symptoms in a man, æt. thirty-six years, who had been a brassfounder for twelve years; 53 , L. W. Berridge, Am. Journ. Hom. Mat. Med., New Ser., vol. iv, 1874, p. 125, took 10 glob. cm. (Fincke) at 10.25 A.M.; 54 , same Mr. H., took 200 (Lehrman); ( 55 to 57 , from J. W. von Tunzelmann, M.D., Brit. Journ. of Hom., vol. xxxii, 1874, p. 610, effects of drinking well-water containing 58 grs. carbonate of Zinc per gallon); 55 , a young lady, who three months before had been cured of diplopia, languor, etc., which were the effects of drinking water impregnated with lead; 56 , sister of above, who had been cured of rachialgia running into incipient paraplegia, which also was the result of drinking lead-water; 57 , The mother of the above; 58 , Dr. Michaelis, no effects from 2 grs. daily, afterwards took repeated doses of 3 to 6 grs.

MIND

Emotional.
Fanciful illusions when holding the head down, as though she had a large goitre, which she could not see over, 8.
Attacks of great loquacity, 3.
Much talking of other people, even of those of whom he is fond, affects his nerves, and makes him morose and impatient, 3.
Talking and listening were distressing, 31a.
Lively and excited, 4.
Very joyful, excited mood, especially towards evening, 3.
He is frequently able to laugh excessively over a trifle, but he is just as easily vexed, 1.
Good-humored and talkative, 8. [10.]
Very happy at times, 7.
Easily excited to anger, and very much affected thereby, 3.
Easily excited to anger, but quiet, 1.
Easily becomes angered, 1, 8.
Vexation and anxiety, 1.
He wishes that the might get hold of some one on whom he could vent his anger (though irritated by nothing), 7.
Great sensitiveness to noise, 1.
Sobbing on account of vexation , without obvious reason, with pressive pain in the op of the head, 1.
Overpowering sadness, 7.
Despondent, 1. [20.]
Mood depressed and sad, 8.
Somewhat depressed (after six days), 1.
Anxiety, 18, 26, 30.
During the menses anxiety, 1.
Anxious mood, as from a misfortune (first eight days), 23.
Anxiety that made her restless, in the morning (after eight days), 23.
Very uneasy mood, as through he had committed a crime, 27.
Mood uneasy, unsteady (after two days), 1.
Anxiety on account of thieves or horrible apparitions while awake, like a feverish fancy, .

HEAD

Vertigo. [60.]
Vertigo, 15, 27, 33 , etc.*
Dizziness after dinner, 10.
Vertigo and flushing heat, 27a.
Vertigo, with headache in the morning (third day), 28.
Dizziness, as if he saw through a mist, after eating, 10.
When standing on a height, vertigo as if I should fall to the right (seventh day), 53.
Vertigo, with weakness of the head and abdomen, so that she is obliged to lie down (after three days), 1.
Vertigo while sitting and standing, which disappears on walking, 1.
Dizzy, nauseating weakness on remaining up rather long in the evening, as after smoking too strong tobacco, 10.
Vertigo in the whole brain, especially in the occiput, as if he would fall over, without affecting the eyes; while standing (after one, two, and four hours), 2. [70.]
Dizzy drawing deep in the right side of the occiput, while sitting, 2.
In the morning on waking, vertigo as if the head were moving up and down, with a similar floating of the images of his fancy all during a semi-consciousness, 10.
Frequent attacks of vertigo, preceded by sharp pressure at the root of the nose, and a sensation of drawing together of the eyes, as if by a cord, followed immediately by excessive nausea, faintness, and trembling of the hands, 49.*
Vertigo, as if he would have apoplexy, with anxiety and fear of falling headlong, 1.
Vertigo in the occiput in the evening while sitting and smoking as usual, with desire for stool, 2.
Vertigo in the occiput, as if he would fall to the left, while walking (immediately), 2.*
Vertigo from morning till noon, it frequently seems as though she would fall (after three days), 23.
Great vertigo while sitting up in bed, as if the bed were constantly swaying back and forth (after seven days), 1.
Violent vertigo after rising up from stooping, as though everything were whirling around, with buzzing in the head, even in the morning, .

EYE

Objective.
Violent inflammation of the eyes, without photophobia (during the menses), 1.
Inflammation and redness of the conjunctiva of the right eye; suppuration in the inner canthus; the eyes are most painful in the evening and night, as from sand, with frequent lachrymation; even the upper lid towards the inner canthus is red and swollen, 1.*
*During the menses inflammation of the eyes, 1.
Profuse moisture of the eyes during the day, in the morning they are agglutinated, 1.
Eyes turned outward, 47.
Eyes constantly affected, 1, 7.
Subjective.
Weak, sick feeling in the eyes, 2.
Eyes feel a though she had wept much (after fourteen days), 23.
*Constant burning in the eyes, in the afternoon, 8. [220.]
*Much burning in the eyes and lids, in the morning and evening, with feeling of dryness and pressure in them, 10.
Pain in the eyes, as if pressed inward, 7.
Great uneasiness and intolerable pain in the left eye frequently, with great weakness of the head (after six days), 7.
Heavy pressure on the eyes, 49.
Pressure upon the eyes towards evening, 3.
Tensive pressure in the right eye, like rheumatism, 3.
Very frequent pressure upon the eyes, 7.
Constant pressure in the left eye, in the evening, 2.*
Violent pressure in the right eye and in the temples, 1.
Violent pressing pain in the left eye, while walking in the open air, 1. [230.]
Pressing tearing in the left eye, 3.
Burning and biting, with photophobia of the eye, which waters, especially in the evening, and is agglutinated in the morning, .*

EAR

Much purulent discharge from the left ear day and night; the orifice of the ear is swollen and hot, with left-sided headache (after twenty-four hours), 1.
An offensive moisture comes from the left ear (after eighteen days), 1.
Discharge from the left ear (after twenty-four hours), 1.
In the left ear increase of earwax, which was thinner than usual and impeded hearing; the beating of the pulse is very distinct, and causes roaring in the ear, 32a. [280.]
With the pain across the frontal sinuses, extreme sensibility of the cartilages of the ear and nose, so severe that the least friction or bending of the ear or the nasal cartilages would cause acute pain, 30.
Painful cramp in the lobule of the left ear, 10.
Violent cramplike pain in the lobule of the left ear, extending down into the neck, on boring the finger into the ear, 1.
Pain, as after a blow on touch, beneath and in front of the right ear, in the bone, 3.
Tearing in the bone in front of the left ear, 3.
Pressing constrictive pain in the bone beneath and in front of the right ear, with dulness in the forehead, 3.
Pinching drawing behind the left ear, extending into the lower jaw, 3.
Pain in the ear, 22.
Earache, jerklike, from the mouth along the Eustachian tube, 22.
Tearing in the ears, 3.* [290.]
Tearing in the ears at various times, at times with itching or in the morning with crawling, or in the evening with burning, 8.
Frequent persistent cutting-tearing stitches deep in the right ear, near the drum (first and second days), 2.*
Violent stitches in the ears, 7.
Sticking and itching in the ear, 1.
Sticking in the right ear (seventh day), 3.
Sticking and tearing in the left ear, close to the lobule, 8.
A kind of pinching jerking within the ear, 22.
Tickling in the left ear, not relieved by rubbing, 8.
Itching in the right ear, relieved by boring into it, .

NOSE

Swelling on the right side of the nose (after forty-eight hours), 1. [310.]
Swelling and painfulness of the left wing of the nose, 10.
Freezing of the tip of the nose and lobule of the ear in slight cold (after thirty-six hours), 1.
Sneezing after a meal, 4.
Sneezing, preceded by cutting crawling in the nose , in the evening, 3.
Frequent sneezing, without coryza, 3.
Sneezing in the morning and afternoon, 8.
Fluent coryza (first days), followed by dry coryza, 1.
Fluent coryza, with crawling in the nose, and frequent sneezing, 1.
Profuse coryza and raw throat (fourth day), 1.
Increased coryza, with stoppage of the nose, but running from the nose, 32a. [320.]
Fluent, alternating with dry, coryza, especially in the evening, 1.
Sudden coryza, in the evening, after lying down, 8.
Fluent coryza towards evening, with pressure in the right tonsil an swallowing and yawning, 1.
Violent dry coryza all day, with pain in the back, especially while sitting, 1.
Increased discharge of mucus from the nose, without coryza (after twelve hours), 1.
Feeling of coryza, with sore sensitiveness of the nostrils, 8.
Nosebleed for a short time on blowing the nose, after dinner, followed by stupefaction in the forehead, as from a stroke (of apoplexy), with swimming of objects before eyes, 1.
Frequent blowing of blood from the nose (first days), 1.
Stoppage of the nose (after fourteen days), 18.*
Stoppage of both nostrils; she could get no air through them, and was obliged to sleep with the mouth open (after five days), 1. [330.]
Irritation of the nasal mucous membrane, impeding respiration, with coryza, 32a.
Feeling of soreness high up in the nostrils, in the right nostril a tearing, 3.*
Pressure upon the root of the nose, as if it would be pressed into the head, almost intolerable ; frequently, mostly at noon, .*

FACE

Cachectic look, complexion bluish white, 47.
Expression vacant and apathetic, or irritable, 47.
A peculiarly cadaverous, pinched, unnatural expression of the face, 51.
Face earthy, as after a long illness, 8.
Face pale, 2, 6, 27a.
Face flushed, 48. [350.]
Spasmodic twitching of the musculi risores, with constant inclination to laugh, 32a . [See Eitner, Hufeland's Journal, 61, 161.]
Contraction and spasmodic twitching of the muscles of the face, with constant nausea and incessant vomiting, 32a.
Bruised pain in the bones of the face and orbit (after a few hours), 1.
Jerklike stitches as from needles in the face, 1.
Cheek.
Swelling and itching of the left cheek, 1.
Pressing pain in the upper jaw, near the left wing of the nose, 3.
Tearing in the malar bone, extending into the upper jaw (after half an hour), 22.*
Tearing in the left cheek, 8.
Tearing in the right malar bone, with bruised pain in that spot on pressure, 8.
A sudden pressing stitch from the right zygoma to the upper margin of the orbit, deep in the bone, followed by great sensitiveness of the spot, in the evening, 8.*
Lip. [360.]
Swelling of the lips, 1.
Swelling of the upper lip (after a few hours), 1.
Thick glutinous moisture on the lips, without odor or taste (sixth day), 7.
Lips dry, cracked, 1.*
Dryness of the lips, 31.
Violent muscular twitches in the left side of the upper lip, 3.
Upper lip sore, ulcerating in the middle, 10.
Pain in the lips, a jerking tearing in the right side of the upper lip, .

MOUTH

Teeth.
Bleeding of the teeth and gum, 3.
The teeth feel on edge, 10.
Teeth seem on edge, but on separating the back teeth a sensation of softness and agglutination, 32.
Painful sensitiveness of the upper molars, with drawing sore pain in a left lower molar, which protrudes from its socket and is loose; with swelling of the submaxillary gland of the same side, 2.
Frequent toothache, a drawing pain in the roots of the incisors, 3.* [380.]
Painful burning in all the front teeth, with biting on the lower surface of the tongue, 3.
Drawing in the left upper incisors, 3.
Drawing, now in the right, now in the left side of the lower farther back teeth, 3.
A pressing drawing in the right lower back teeth. 3.
Drawing pains in the roots of the upper front teeth, and at the same time in the pharynx, extending into the cervical muscles, 3.
Acute drawing in the upper front teeth , with a feeling of soreness on the gum, towards noon (after nine days), 1.
Sharp jerklike drawing suddenly in all the incisors, 3.
Painful jerking in a tooth (after one hour), 1.*
Jerking, violent tearing in the last lower back teeth of the right side, 3.
Sharp jerking drawing in the two last back molars, at various times, 3.* [390.]
Jerking in the right lower molars, in the evening, after lying down till falling asleep, 8.
Jerking in the left teeth, from time to time, 8.
Tearing and drawing in the left lower teeth, especially in the incisors, 3.
Tearing in the roots of the right upper teeth (soon), 8.
Tearing extending from the root of a right upper tooth towards the temple, in the evening after lying down, 8.
Tearing in a hollow molar ; on sucking it blood comes, and on pressure the pain is for a time aggravated, .

THROAT. [460.]

Raising of much black clotted blood, preceded by rawness and dryness in the throat, and hawking of mucus, in the morning while walking, with sore pain low down in the throat; followed all day by sweet taste in the mouth, dryness in the throat, and bloody saliva, 8.
Large lumps of white mucus pass through the posterior nares into the mouth, without hawking, 3.
Greenish mucus seated low down in the throat is expectorated, with sore pain in the upper part of the chest, 1.
Something like blood, with a sweetish taste, comes into the throat, in the evening after lying down, 8.
A peculiar and persistent inflammation of the throat, with extensive ulceration of the pharynx and tonsils. The ulcers were round, sharply defined, with red, averted edges; they gradually coalesced. They were filled with a yellowish-white matter, 46.
Dryness of the throat, 16.*
Dryness of the throat, in the evening, 1.*
Dryness of the throat when swallowing and when not, after dinner, 8.
Throat dry, with accumulation of mucus in the larynx, and constant inclination to hawk up tenacious mucus, which soon again collects and again causes irritation, 32a.*
Burning sensation in the throat, 16. [470.]
Burning like heartburn in the throat, even on swallowing, 8.
A hot vapor rises in the throat, 16.
Sensation of internal choking in the right side of the throat, only when not swallowing, 8.
Rawness in the throat, even on swallowing, 8.
Rawness and dryness in the throat and larynx, frequently and at various times , especially in the morning or after dinner, compelling to hawk or cough, at times disappearing after food, 8.*
Hoarseness and rawness in the throat, so that she could scarcely breathe, 8.
Sore throat, swelling and ulceration of the tonsils, 39.
Anxious sore feeling in the throat especially at night, 1.
Sore pain in the throat and a feeling of fulness in the œsophagus, 1.
Pain in the throat on swallowing, with swelling of the throat externally and in tonsils, [°]. [480.]

STOMACH

Appetite and Thirst.
Ravenous hunger, 1.
Hunger scarcely to be satisfied , in the evening, 3, 7.*
Insatiable at noon and in the evening, but after eating a feeling of full distension, 1.
Haste while eating, 1.
Great greediness and hasty swallowing, 1.*
Insatiability, but no taste to food, 1.
Desire to eat in the pharynx, even after a meal, and after satisfying it an overloaded feeling in the stomach, and pressure in the head, 1.
Dinner is better relished than usual, 8.
Hunger diminished at noon, increased in the afternoon, 8. [510.]
Appetite small, capricious, and at times even altogether failing, 52.
The dinner is not relished, with pain in the stomach as from fasting, 8.
No hunger in the morning (after one hour and a half); in the evening, 4.
Little appetite during dinner, 7.
Appetite diminished, 2 ; at noon, 4.
Aversion to fish, of which he is usually very fond, 1.
Aversion to veal , which she usually liked, in the evening; the morsels swelled up in her mouth. 8.
Disgust for and aversion to the sweetness of sugar, 4.
Aversion to meat and to warm cooked food, 1.
Repugnance to food and colicky pains, 42. [520.]
Loss of appetite, with the disgust at the sight of food, 48.
No appetite, and almost no taste, 1.
Loss of appetite, 25, 36 , etc.*
Almost total anorexia, 39, 57.
*Anorexia, 39, 57.
Thirst, , , , etc.

ABDOMEN

Hypochondria.
Liver voluminous, 52.
At first a sensation of heaviness and pain in the hypochondria and loins, followed by prostration, 38.
Feeling of a heavy weight in both hypochondria (after seven days), 23.
Cramplike pains in the hypochondria alternating with oppression of the chest and difficult breathing, 11.*
Pinching griping pressure upon a small spot in the hepatic region, 3.
Pinching pressure in the hepatic region, 3.
Pressure upon the left hypochondrium, 3. [660.]
Pressing pinching in the left hypochondrium (splenic region), at intervals, 3.
Pressure in a small spot in the right hypochondrium, 3.
Pressure with stitches, in the left hypochondrium, 10.
Jerklike tearing-drawing and pressure in the right hypochondrium, 3.
Intermittent tearing in the hepatic region, 3.
Sharp jerking stitches in the hepatic region after supper, 3.
Pinching in the right hypochondrium and right side of the abdomen, as from incarcerated flatus, aggravated by motion, 3.
Sticking in the right hypochondrium at various times, sometimes also in the region of the hip violent, even to crying out, or with burning or biting externally; at times also in the evening or after dinner, 8.*
Sticking in the right hypochondriac region during sour eructations and on inspiration, 8.
Sticking in the right side and middle of the hepatic region, 29. [670.]
Sticking in the hepatic region and right hip, 3.
Dull sticking in the region of the spleen, 3.
Stitches in the left hypochondrium, also in the evening, while walking and standing, 8.
Pressing sticking deep in the region of the spleen, aggravated by pressure on the spot, 3.
Stitches in the left hypochondrium (splenic region), 3.

at various times, sometimes when yawning, or after breakfast, or with cutting pain after dinner, 8.

A tensive griping in the abdomen, followed by dull sticking towards the pit of the stomach, noticed on a jar or on retracting the abdomen, 3.
Griping or cutting in the abdomen on different days, sometimes in the morning, often followed by soft or diarrhœa-like stools, 8.
A good deal of griping pain at times in the abdomen, with tendency to diarrhœa, 57.
Very violent griping in the anterior portion of the abdomen, with emission of flatus, in the evening, 3.
Twisting pain in the abdomen before the emission of flatus, in the morning in bed, 10.
Pains in the abdomen, 33, 34, 51.
Pains in the diaphragm and between the shoulders, extending to the sacrum, 27a. [750.]
Fulness in the abdomen, immediately after eating, as if filled with flatus (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Heaviness in the abdomen, 1.
Pressure in the whole abdomen (fourth day), 3.
Pressing colic, as from flatulence, 3.
Pressure in the middle of the abdomen, soon after a moderate supper, 3.
Pressure in the abdomen, which is distended (usually not so), towards evening, with emission of much odorless flatus, 3.
Pressure in the abdomen, with much tympanitis, after a light meal (second day), 3.*
Pressure and gurgling in the upper abdomen after eating, 3.*
Pressure in the abdomen and distension, extending from the pit of the stomach to below the navel, with sensitiveness of the right upper lid, 3.
Compression in the abdomen, that appears after dinner and supper, changes to a sticking while walking, as from flatus, and is at last relieved by emission of flatus, 3. [760.]
Cramplike drawing in the middle of abdomen, with dull colic, 32a.
Dragging pains and rumbling in the abdomen, 32a.
Acute drawing and crawling from the abdomen into the urethra, 3.
Severe stabbing pains in the abdomen , without diarrhœa or constipation, continuing several hours, and returning periodically every seven days, or once in three weeks, .

RECTUM AND ANUS

Rectum.
Heaviness in the rectum while standing, disappearing on emission of flatus, 1.
Soreness in the rectum, 1.
Pressing and boring from the rectum into the abdomen, on account of which she could not sit down, 1.
The rectum seems pressed by flatus, though none passes, 7. [810.]
A feeling in the rectum as though flatus were pressing against the coccyx, by which it was retained, in the evening, 1.
Drawing pain in the rectum, extending into the abdomen (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Cutting and smarting in the rectum, 1.
Jerking stitches extending from the rectum into the root of the penis, 3.
Itching in the rectum, 1.
Itching in the rectum, he constantly wanted to scratch (after ten days), 23.
Anus.
Protrusion of hæmorrhoids, with smarting pain, 1.
Discharge of blood from the anus (tenth day), 1.
Jerklike cutting in the anus, 3.
Tearing in the anus, 3. [820.]
Burning in the anus (eleventh day), 1, 8.*
Burning in the anus during a stool, 8.*
Feeling of burning soreness in the anus, in the evening (first day), 3.
Burning in the anus immediately after a stool, 1.
Burning sticking in the anus, in the evening, while walking, 4.
Sore crawling in the anus, 3.
Crawling pressure in the anus (sixth day), 3.
Crawling, as from worms, in the anus, 3.*
Crawling stitches in the anus, in the morning, 3.
Stitches in the anus (tenth day), 1. [830.]
Stitches extending into the anus, 8.
A twinging stitch like lightning from the anus into the rectum, causing him to start (after three days), .

STOOL

Diarrhœa.
Diarrhœa, 19, 34, 39.
Profuse evacuations of the bowels, 33.
Considerable action of the bowels, 52.
Offensive diarrhœa, alternating with constipation, 47.
Pasty diarrhœa for several days, without pain, only some straining after the stool, as though more were to pass, 12.
Diarrhœa in the evening, with griping in the abdomen (second day), 8. [850.]
Two diarrhœa-like stools in two hours, followed by leucorrhœa (seventh day), 8.
Involuntary evacuation of a thin stool, in the morning, on waking, 10.
Thin stool, 28, 58.
Loose stool, with griping and tenesmus in the anus, at night, 27a.
Two soft stools a night, 1.
Thin bilious stool (after four hours); no stool for twenty-four hours, 25.
Thin bilious stools, followed by great relief, 27a.
Stool very thin, diarrhœa-like, with emission of much flatus (the second time in the day), 4.
Soft stool after dinner, with cessation of the pains in the abdomen, 8.
Several soft mushy stools a day, enveloped in bright red frothy blood, and preceded by colic (first day), 2. [860.]
Stool thinner, easier than usual (after six hours), 3.
Stool large in size and formed, evacuated only with great effort of the abdominal muscles, 10.
Difficult evacuation of soft stool, with emission of prostatic fluid, 1.
The first part of the stool large and hard, the last part soft, the whole light-colored, 1.
Stool scanty, hard, succeeded by several very small and soft evacuations, in the evening, 4.
Stool at first solid, then liquid, 58.
Stool in the morning hard, without pressure; immediately after dinner very soft, accompanied and followed by vertigo and roaring in the head, .

URINARY ORGANS

Kidneys and Bladder.
Pain in the region of both kidneys, 57.
Sore pain in the region of the left kidneys, 3.
Pressure in the region of the left kidney , at times violent pinching, 3.*
The region of the left kidney is sensitive to touch, 3.
Sharp intermittent tearing in the region of the left kidney, 3.
Pinching in the region of the kidneys, 3.
Tearing in the region of the right kidney, at times sticking, 3. [890.]
At times cutting tearing, at times drawing pressure, in the region of the right kidney, 3.
Sticking pressure in the region of both kidneys, 3, 7.
Stitches in the region of the kidneys, at times extending towards the chest, in the evening or after dinner, 8.
Dull stitches in the region of the right kidney (ninth day), 3.
Stitches in the region of the left kidney at intervals, 3.
Sticking and bruised pain in the region of the left kidney, while standing and walking, 2.
Feeling of cramp in the bladder, preceded by colic, 10.
Pressure upon the bladder but not to urinate, 1.
The urine in the bladder presses her greatly (after four days), 1.
Urethra.
Flow of blood from the urethra after painful micturition, 1. [900.]
Much blood flows from the urethra, 1.
Profuse emission of prostatic fluid, without apparent cause (after nine days), 1.
Sore pain in the forepart of the urethra, when not urinating, 3.
During the menses burning micturition, 8.
Burning in the urethra after urinating, 1.
Burning before and during micturition, 8.
Tearing burning in the urethra (sixth day), 1.

SEXUAL ORGANS

Male.
On evening of first day an excoriation appeared on upper surface of glans penis near the tip, just to left of mesial line, sore to touch; it healed next day, but the scab remains on it till to-day (eighth day), 53.
Strong erections (tenth day), 1.*
Persistent erections, with pain, 32a.
Long-lasting, strong erections, with pressure in the abdomen, 3.
Penis painfully sensitive when walking, as if the shirt were rough and rubbed it, 10.
Tearing drawing in the root of the penis, preceded by dull sticking in the lower abdomen, near the genitals, 3.
Tearing in the tip of the glans penis, 3.
Painful jerking in the root of the penis, 3.
Dull stitches in the glans penis, coming up from the scrotum, 1. [950.]
Shrivelling of the scrotum (second day), 11.
Pain in the right side of the scrotum, especially when touched (third day), 11.
A sore sensation on the side of the scrotum and contiguous parts of the thighs, 1.
Drawing pain in the testicles, 1.
Frequent drawing, extending from the testicles up along the course of the spermatic cord (second and third days), 11.*
Drawing up of the right or left testicle, with some pain and swelling, 11.*
Drawing pain in the left, afterwards in the right testicle, 11.
A prickling-drawing pain in the testicles, mostly while sitting and stooping, lasting several days, 11.
Prickling pressure and drawing in the left testicle, at times extending up along the spermatic cord, 11.
Transient pressing stitches in the left testicle during rest, 5. [960.]
Great irritation in the genitals for coition, but difficult and almost impossible seminal discharge (after forty-eight hours), 1.
The sexual organs and desire are too much excited in the company of women, and the semen is discharged much too soon, 10.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

Accumulation of mucus in the larynx and posterior nares, with obstruction of both nostrils, and with nasal speech, 47.
Accumulation of mucus, causing tickling in the larynx, 32a. [990.]
Tickling on the larynx, together with sticking in it (third day), 7.
Frequent acute tickling in the region of the larynx (third day), 7.
Voice.
Weakness of the vocal organs while talking loud, 1.
Hoarseness , with burning in the trachea, 1.
Hoarse, as if the chest were filled with mucus, 1.
Cough and Expectoration.
Cough, 33.
An incessant tendency to cough and spit, 39.
Cough and oppression, 36, 41.*
Violent cough, 15, 35.*
Cough, with stitches in he head, 1. [1000.]
Cough, which does not permit him to sleep the whole night, with sticking in the chest, and slight thirst (after twenty-two days), 1.
Hacking cough, but seldom with persistent rawness in the throat, in the evening, 8.
Tickling cough very fatiguing during the day, worse at night, 1.
Short cough, caused by tickling beneath the sternum (fourth day), 3.
Dry spasmodic cough, 48.*
Frequent dry hacking cough, without pain, 8.
Dry cough in the evening, with heaviness on the chest, which disappears after lying down, in the evening, 8.
Dry cough frequently woke her at night during the menses, 8.
Dry cough, with violent stitches in the chest, and a feeling as if it would burst; she could only breathe and talk with difficulty (Gr.), [From Hahnemann.]
Suffocative cough; a tickling irritation takes away the breath, 1. [1010.]
Cough and expectoration, 39.

CHEST

The left lung seems affected, 32.
Much mucus is loosened from the chest by hawking, 1. [1030.]
Roughness and rawness in the chest , with heat and sweat, at night (after thirteen and fourteen days), 1.
Great anxiety in the chest, 20.
Anxiety in the chest , which disappears in the evening, with headache (after thirteen days), 1.
Angina, 39.
Oppression of the chest (first day), 15, 33.*
Oppression of the chest , in the morning, 7, 11.
Oppression and pressure upon the chest (after seven hours), 2.
Oppression of the chest, with cough, 36, 37.
Tightness in the chest, 35.
Tightness of the chest, on walking in the open air, as if constricted by a hand transversely across it, 2. [1040.]
Tightness like a constriction about the chest, with pain in it as if cut to pieces, 8.
Tightness of the chest, two evenings in succession, with dull sticking and pressure in the middle of the sternum, with small rapid pulse (second and third days), 2.*
A feeling of constriction or tightness of the chest, 44.
Tensive pain in the chest, 7.
Pressure on the chest, 27a.
Pressure in the whole thorax, 32a.
Pressure, here and there, upon the chest and back, 1.
Cramplike pressure in the chest and pit of the stomach, 32a.
Pressure upon the chest, as from rheumatism and incarcerated flatus, 3.
Pressure upon the chest, in the morning, at the right extremity of the left clavicle (tenth day), 3. [1050.]
Pressure upon the chest coming up from the pit of the stomach, relieved by eructations (eighth day), 3.
Pressure upon the chest, extending into the throat, as if a foreign substance were rising up, .

HEART AND PULSE

Præcordium. [1120.]
When the second proving occurred, a severe pain in the region of the heart was experienced, with a slight swelling externally, and great tenderness over the cardiac region, 50.
Pressure, spasmodic tension, and heaviness in the heart, 32.
Cramplike feeling in the heart and lungs, 32a.
Tension and stitches the præcordial region, 8.*
Stitches above the heart, in the evening (twenty-fourth day), 7.
Sharp stitches in the præcordial region, aggravated by violent expiration (ninth day), 3.
Heart's Action.
The first cardiac sound was hoarse and rather prolonged, 52.
Impulse of the heart increased, like palpitation, 32a.
Palpitation, 27, 28.*
Momentary palpitation (after eight hours), 26. [1130.]
Frequent momentary palpitation, 27.
Frequently recurring palpitation, 27a.
Frequent palpitation without special anxiety (after two days), 1.*
Painful palpitation, and a stitch with every beat of the heart, 1.
Pulse.
Pulse more rapid (72, 79, 85)

in the evening ; at times with a feeling of increased warmth, 8.

Pulse tense, accelerated, irregular, hard, 32.
Hard pulse, 24, 30.
Pulse small and hard, 27, 27a.
Slow pulse, easily compressed under the finger, 51.
Pulse slow, very feeble, 42. [1140.]
Pulse 40 and intermitting, 48.
Pulse wiry and irregular, averaging 112 per minute, 47.

NECK AND BACK

Neck.
Stiffness and pain in the cervical and upper dorsal muscles , in the morning for several days, not during the day, 11.*
Cramplike stiffness in the left side of the neck (first day), 2.
*Weariness in the nape of the neck, in the evening while writing, 1.
Pain in the nape of the neck, as if it could no longer support, the head, while sitting and riding, 1.
Pains as if beaten, and as if wearied by too great effort, in the neck and back, 10.*
Pain in the cervical muscles, at night, as though the head had been held in an uncomfortable position, even felt during sleep (sixth, seventh, and eighth days), 7.*
Pain in the side of the neck, extending to the shoulder, with stiffness of the part, several mornings in bed, disappearing during the day, 11.
Tension in the left side of the neck, 1. [1150.]
Tension and drawing in the right side of the neck, during rest and motion, 8.
Tension in the anterior cervical muscles (after half an hour), 11.
Pressure as with a finger, on the right side of the neck, while talking, 8.
A pinching feeling up both sides of the neck, near the trunk, 3.
Cramplike drawing down the cervical muscles, while chewing, 10.
Cramplike drawing in the right side of the neck on holding the head erect, as if the neck were stiff, 11.
Tearing stitches, which pass into each other, in the neck and chin (sixth day), 7.
Dull tearing in the right side of the neck posteriorly, 3.
Tearing in the right side of the neck , posteriorly, and also just below the jaw, and behind and beneath the ear, 3.
Tearing in the left side of the neck, extending behind the left ear, 3. [1160.]
Frequent violent tearing in the left side of the neck, always disappearing on pressure, in the morning (thirteenth day), 8.
Sticking tearing, posteriorly and inferiorly, in a small spot in the right side of the neck, .

EXTREMITIES

Stiffness of the limbs, 15, 33, 35.
Tetanic stiffness and rigidity of the limbs, with soreness, 41.
Stiffness of the joints, with sharp lancinating pains above the joints, always transverse, not lengthwise the limb . Pressure on the joints produced soreness and pricking pains, which would last some minutes. Slight stiffness of the knee-joints remained after discontinuing the use of the water, 50.* [1220.]
Trembling of the limbs, 27a.
Trembling of the limbs, with twitching of the muscles of the thighs, 32a.
Violent trembling of all the limbs, 9.
Sudden general weakness of the limbs at noon, with trembling and feeling of ravenous hunger, more when standing than when sitting (twelfth day), 11.
Sudden feeling of weakness in the upper and lower extremities, with ravenous hunger, 1.
Weakness and weariness of the limbs, 31a, 32a.*
Great weakness in all the limbs, 1.*
Great heaviness of the limbs, while walking in the open air, 1.
Aching of the limbs, 44, 51.
Cramp in the extremities, and especially in the calves of the legs, 52. [1230.]
Cramp in the upper and lower extremities (after five days), 1.
Bruised feeling in all the limbs and weariness, in the morning, on waking, 1.*
Bruised pain in the extremities, especially violent and persistent in the left thigh, 32a.
Acute darting pains through all the joints, especially the ankles, knees, and elbows, with numbness of the adjacent part, and an exhausted paralyzed sensation in the muscles of the upper arms and thighs, worse on the right side, 49.
Drawing in all the limbs (second day), 27, 27a.
Drawing here and there in the limbs, ending in slow dull stitches, 22.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

Prostration of both arms, with tension, 32a.
Loss of power in the arm, and pain in the wrist, 22.
Twitching of the left arm, in the morning, during sleep, 8.
Desire to move himself with the arms, 1.
Drawing pain extending from the tips of the fingers up both arms (though the passes were downward), 22.
Bruised pain in the arm, mostly in the morning and evening, 1. [1250.]
Bruised pain in the left arm, he is unable to raise it on account of pain in the deltoid muscle, 1.
Tearing in the arms, and hands, 1.
Shoulder.
Pressure and heaviness on both shoulders, on waking, 32.
Bruised pain in the left deltoid muscle, 31.
Feeling of soreness, as after a bruise, in a small spot in the axilla, 3.
Falling-asleep sensation in the shoulder-joint, 1.
Rheumatic pains in both deltoid muscles, aggravated by raising the arm, 2.
Acute rheumatic drawing extending from the top of the shoulder, in the deltoid muscle, down both arms, aggravated by raising the arms (second day), 2.
Jerking in the right shoulder, followed by bruised pain in the left scapula, 8.
Tension and tearing in both shoulder-joints, 3. [1260.]
Rheumatic tension in the head of the left humerus, 3.
Painful tearing in the shoulder, 8.
Tearing arthritic pain in the shoulder-joint, extending down to the finger, 22.
Tearing pain deep in the right shoulder (second day), 3.
Tearing on the right shoulder, with pressure in the middle of the upper arm, disappearing on scratching, 8.
Tearing pressure upon the left shoulder, about the beginning of the neck, 3.
Tearing, extending into the axilla, beneath the left arm (fifth day), 3.
Violent tearing in the shoulder-joint upon which she was lying, deep in the bone, in the evening, in bed, 8.
Sticking tearing on the top of the right shoulder, .

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES. [1350.]

The power to use and control the lower extremities continued to embarrass her exceedingly for six weeks, 51.
Attacks of tremulous weakness in the lower extremities, with great paleness of the face; which disappeared on walking (fifth day), 1.
Weakness of the lower extremities, especially of the calves, as after a long walk, on rising from a seat, 8.
Paralytic weakness and heaviness of the lower extremities, in the afternoon, on beginning to walk, disappearing on continuing to walk, 1.
Weakness and pain in the lower extremities, so that she could scarcely step, with sensitiveness to every draught through the room, in the evening, 8.
Weakness of the lower extremities for a long time, 31a.
Feeling of weakness in the left lower extremity in every position, in the evening, 8.
Heaviness of the lower extremities, immediately, 1.
Heaviness of the lower extremities , with tearing in them, so that she could scarcely raise them, 1.
During the menses great heaviness of the lower extremities, with violent drawing about the knees, as though they would be twisted around, 1. [1360.]
Uneasiness in the lower extremities at night, so that the could not keep them still (after ten days), 1.
Rheumatic drawing in the right lower extremity, 3.
In the morning in bed he cannot allow one lower extremity to be bent on account of discomfort; he is obliged to stretch it out, 10.
Feeling of congestion of blood in the left lower extremity, especially in the leg, frequently. 11.
Hip.
Bruised pain, with pinching, heat, and burning in the region of the left hip, extending to the middle of the thigh, with weakness of the lower extremity, and persistent sensitiveness in the hip, while walking and standing; the pain disappears while sitting, 8.
Bruised pain in the hip-joint, as if the flesh were loosened from the bone, 1.
Bruised pain in the gluteal and posterior femoral muscles for two days (fifth and sixth days), 11.
Violent pain in the hip-joints, as if beaten; a tension and pain on motion, 32a.

GENERALITIES

Emaciated, 42.
Great emaciation, 47.
He presented an emaciated feeble appearance, the face wrinkled and bluish, 48. [1520.]
Paleness of the mucous surfaces, with disappearance of the subcutaneous cellular tissue, and atrophy of the muscular system, much more marked on the right side in the face as well as in the limbs, 32.
Much visible twitching of the body and face (after five day), 1.*
Visible jerking in both arms and hands (after sixteen days), 1.
*Twitching and jerking in various muscles, 11.
Twitching in various muscles, 10.*
Muscular twitching, here and there , in the body, 10.*
Long-continued trembling, as from chilliness, after every slight emotional excitement, 3.
Stretching of the body and limbs, with pale, sunken face, 4.
Great inclination to stretch arms, 58.
On waking in the morning, for about ten days, there was entire inability to move the head and limbs, with extreme sensibility to contact over the whole surface. After about an hour, this paralytic state improved enough to permit walking, but with a staggering uncertain gait, and a marked tendency to fall to the left side, 47. [1530.]
Heaviness in the morning, 56.
Feeling of heaviness in the body and weariness in the lower extremities, in the morning in bed , as after too heavy sleep, 3.*
Dulness like slight nausea, with a tremulous feeling in the chest, headache in the forehead and diminished intellectual power, so that he could not understand what he was reading, two hours after dinner, 3.
Is obliged to lie down during the day, 14.
So weary in the morning on waking that he thought he could not rise, 2.
Weariness, frequent yawning, and great exhaustion in the whole body, 6.
Tired in the evening, 58.
Great weakness (third day), , .*

SKIN

Objective.
Skin dry, 42.
A slight injury of the skin bleeds very profusely (after third day), 1.
Large chilblains on the hands which swell and itch violently (after ten days), 1.
The epidermis of the hands cracks from slight cold, becomes fissured and painful, 1.
Roughness of the skin on the back of the right hand, accompanied by very intense irritation when rubbed, that seems to go through the whole body, and by discharging vesicles; if is always worse when he catches cold, and in cold weather, 45. [1580.]
Small round red spots on the hands and fingers, 8.
Right hand very much broken out, with well-marked tendency to the formation of painful fissures, 45.
A red, hard, painful swelling on the left wing of the nose, painful to pressure, lasting three days, 8.
Pimples on the forehead, back and third left toe, with sore pressing pain when touched, 3.
Papular eruption on the face, 10.
Large, yellowish-white itching pimples on the lower lip, 1.
Papular eruption on the upper lip (after fourteen hours), 1.
Flat red pimples in the middle of the upper lip, in the margin, painful to touch, 1.
Very itching pimples almost in the middle of the chin, 1.
A pimple with ulcerative pain on pressure, on the right side of the neck, 8. [1590.]
Red pimples on the chest and face, 4.
A small, red, painfully sore pimple at the root of a hair on the scrotum, lasting three days (after five days), 3.
Papular eruption on the forearm, itching violently during the day, 1.
Itching pimple on the back of the hand, 1.
A pimple beneath the skin of the bend of the last joint of the ring finger, 8.
Small pimples on the thigh, calves, and about the knees, with violent itching, which ceases immediately after scratching, 2.
A red spot on the leg becomes covered with a scab, with itching, 1.
Clear water-blisters or suppurating pimples on the upper lip, .

SLEEP

Sleepiness.
Constant yawning, 9.
Frequent yawning, all day (first day), 2.
Much and frequent yawning, with and without sleepiness, even in the morning or evening, 8.
Yawning and constant inclination to yawn, in the forenoon, after a good night's sleep, 3.
Feel drowsy most of the time, 51.
Sleepiness, 42. [1660.]
Sleepy, in the morning, 8.
Sleepy, and indolent, immediately after dinner, 8.
Sleepiness, with spasmodic dulness of the head, without being able to sleep, 1.
Constant desire to sleep, even in the morning; he could scarcely keep awake, 9.
She is unable to keep awake, about 2 P.M., and sleeps at her work; disappearing in the open air, 8.
Falls asleep late in the evening, but sleeps soundly, 8.
Much sleep, 1.
Deep, exhausting sleep, with many dreams, 7.
Sleeplessness.
Sleeplessness, 15, 33, 40, 58.
Almost total sleeplessness, at night, followed by heaviness, in the morning. 56. [1670.]
Falling asleep prevented by mental activity, 1.
Falling asleep late in the evening, but wide awake early in the morning, 8.
Frequent waking at night on account of anxiety, 8.
Woke on back (second night), 53.
Waking about midnight from vivid dreams, with a feeling of great heat over the whole body, without being warm, without sweat, with a feeling of dryness and without thirst, in obliged to uncover the arms and limbs, 22.
She frequently woke during the night, with anxious dreams of water and of drowning (first days), 23.
She woke frequently at night, could not sleep after 5 A.M. (first eight days), 23.
Frequently awakened by frightful dreams (first night), .*

FEVER

Chilliness.
Chilliness, with nausea, 32a.
Febrile chill over the whole body, 32a.
Chilliness and coldness of the whole body, 32a.
Rigors, trembling of the limbs, 41.
During the menses, chilliness all days, 8. [1720.]
Chill after dinner, lasting till evening, 8.
Chilliness on waking, in the morning, in bed, 10.
Chilliness in the forenoon; frequent rising of heat, with redness of the face, in the afternoon, 8.
Shaking chill, from 4 to 8 P.M., on lying down, without subsequent heat, sweat, or thirst; even in bed she was unable to get warm for a long time yet he sleep was sound, 8.
Chilliness for a quarter of an hour, while writing, with a sensation as though a foreign stony hard substance were in the throat, with constant yawning, 8.
Constant chilliness, with increased internal warmth, 6.
Chill, which disappears in the house, creeps over her immediately on going into the open air, 8.
Chilliness, followed by febrile symptoms, over the whole body, with chilly creeping and drawing through the whole back, 32.
Constant chilly feeling, with general sick feeling, 32a.
Violent chill, lasting till evening (after one hour), followed by nausea, eructations, and accumulation of sour water, 29. [1730.]
Shaking chill in the evening , on taking hold of anything cold; also shaking chill by itself, so that she was obliged to lie down, after which it disappeared, 8.
Shaking chill, with pale sunken face, weak, rapid, and irregular pulse, often with nausea and vomiting; at last the pulse became large and full, with general heat, red face, skin swollen, followed by very restless sleep, with distressing dreams and exhaustion, followed at last by copious sweat; the whole attack usually lasted from eight to ten hours, generally began at the end of a day's work, continued through the night, and ceased in the morning, so that the man was able to return to work, 38.
Creeping chills over the whole upper and lower part of the body, 32a.
Great sensitiveness to cold, especially in the tips of the fingers and in the feet, .

CONDITIONS

Aggravation.
( Morning ), Morose; gloomy; pressive headache in forehead; burning in eyes; on waking, lachrymation; bitter, slimy taste; stiffness and pain in cervical muscles; bruised pain in arm; pressure and heaviness in shoulders; in bed, weakness of feet.
( Noon ), Pressure at root of nose.
( Afternoon ), Morose; fretful.
( Toward evening ), Most symptoms.
( Evening ), Morose; gloomy; pain in eyes; burning in eyes; pressure in eye; sticking in left lower molar; emission of offensive flatus; after lying down, urging to urinate; bruised pain in arm; itching; shaking chill; heat.
( Night ), Headache; pain in eyes; roaring in right ear; tickling cough; stiffness and pain in upper dorsal muscles; drawing pain in knees; itching; sweat.
( Open air ), Lachrymation.
( Breathing ), Stitches in left side of abdomen; stitches in left side.
( Deep breathing ), Griping in pit of stomach.
( Cold ), Throbbing pain in a hollow tooth.
( After dinner ), Most symptoms.
( Drawing in abdomen ), Pressure below navel; pressure between pit of stomach and navel.
( Eating ), Pain in blisters on tongue.
( Emotional excitement ), Internal trembling.
( Violent expiration ), Pressing stitch in right side of chest; stitches in præcordial region.
( Heat ), Throbbing pain in hollow tooth.
( After being heated ), Sticking and tearing in limbs.
( In the house ), Pain in head.
( During menses ), Anxiety; peevish and lachrymose; heaviness in forehead; inflammation of eyes; tightness and oppression in epigastric region; burning micturition; trembling of hands; weakness of hands and feet; unconscious starting in sleep; chilliness.
( Motion ), Pinching in right hypochondrium; stitches in right side above navel; chest symptoms.

ZINCUM.