MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS.
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Male. ► *Swelling of the
prepuce and inflamed redness of its inner surface, with painful
sensitiveness, [1]. ► Swelling of the prepuce, with burning,
biting, and redness; tearing and smarting on its inner surface, but
externally a red fine eruption, [4].
► *Great swelling of the prepuce, as if
it were distended with air or water to a blister, [4]. [690.]
► Inflammation of the prepuce, with
burning pains in it, [4]. ► *Vesicles on the forepart and sides of the glans
penis; they eat deeply in and spread; several small white blisters,
which also ooze fluid but soon disappear, [6]. ► The
glans penis is very cold and shrivelled (after three hours), [1]. ►
Incomplete erections, with tension of the pubic region, seeming to be
caused by much flatulence, [5]. ► Painful erections, [1]. ► Falling
asleep (deadness) of the penis, lasting a quarter of an hour, [4]. ►
Burning about the glans penis, in the evening, followed by blisters on
the inner surface of the prepuce, which become ulcers (soon healing of
themselves), [1]. ► Tearing-sticking pain in the forepart of
the glans penis, extending through the whole penis back to the anus,
also at times in the groins, [5]. ► Itching sticking in the glans penis, if
it is pressed, [1]. ► Itching sticking in the glans penis,
after urinating, [1]. [700.] ► Spasmodic tearing pain beginning between
the testicles, extending into the penis, and causing decided itching in
the ulcers, [5]. ► Soreness between the genitals and thighs,
[1]. ►
A crawling on the frænum of the glands, and on the scrotum, [1]. ►
Itching on the glans penis, [1]. ► Voluptuous itching on and in the prepuce,
compelling scratching, [7]. ► Voluptuous tickling itching on the
forepart of the glans penis, provoking scratching (after nine hours), [7]. ►
Sticking itching on the frænum preputii, [4].
► Crawling itching on the glans
penis, [3]. ►
Violent stitches in the scrotum, [1].
► A drawing in the spermatic cord,
paroxysmal, [1]. [710.] ►
*Feeling of coldness in the testicles, in the afternoon and evening, for
fourteen days, [4]. ► A pressive drawing in the testicles,
though a drawing rather than a pressure, [1].
► Drawing pain in the testicles and
groins, [1]. ►
The swollen testicles are sensitive to air, not painful, before the
emission of flatus, [5]. ► Emission, without a voluptuous dream, [7]. ►
Emission during the midday nap, followed by burning pain in the orifice
of the urethra while urinating, [1].
► Nightly emission, [1]. ► Nightly
emission mixed with blood, [1].
► Female. ► Internal inflamed swelling of the vagina,
as if it were raw and sore, [1]. ► Great prolapsus of the vagina, [4]. [720.]
► Nodes on the labia, [4]. ► Coition
unusually easy, with certain receptivity and conception, [4]. ►
Discharge of flakes of mucus and pus as large as hazelnuts from the
vagina, [4]. ►
Leucorrhœa, with a biting sensation, [1].
► *Leucorrhœa, especially from 8 to 10
P.M.; it does not drop, looks
greenish, and causes a biting in the forepart of the genitals, so that
she is obliged to scratch much, especially in the evening and night,
with violent burning after scratching, [4]. ► Bland
leucorrhœa, [4]. ► *Corrosive leucorrhœa, [1]. ►
Purulent leucorrhœa, [1]. ► Pressure in the genitals, whereupon she
was obliged to urinate much, [1]. ► Menstruation too profuse, accompanied
by colic, [1]. [730.] ►
Menorrhagia for three weeks, [4]. ► Discharge of blood renewed six days after
menstruation, [4]. ► Discharge of blood from an old woman
whose menstruation had ceased eleven years before, [4]. ► Menses
suppressed, [4].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
► Cough and Expectoration. ► (Cough wakes him about 2 or 3 A.M.), [1]. ►
*Violent cough, for several nights, caused by an irritation
which seemed to come from the stomach; it occurred while awake and
during sleep, but did not oblige him to rise, [1]. ► Hacking
cough, [1]. ►
Most violent racking paroxysm of cough every other evening, as he was
about to fall asleep; it seemed as though the chest and head would
burst, lasting half an hour; the cough was followed by excessive
stretching, [1]. ► *Dry cough, [4]. ► *Cough
which sounds and feels as if everything in the chest were dry; with pain
in the chest and small of the back, [4]. [740.] ► *Short, dry, fatiguing cough, caused by tickling
beneath the upper portion of the chest, which was especially
excited by talking, so that scarcely a word could be uttered, [1]. ►
Cough, with expectoration of blood, [4].
► Cough, with expectoration, [4]. ►
*Salty expectoration, [4].
► Expectoration of bitter, tenacious
mucus, [1]. ►
Bloody expectoration, while working, [4].
► Bloody expectoration, while walking
in the open air, [4]. ► He expectorated over a pound of blood in
three hours, while lying down in the forenoon, [4]. ►
Respiration. ► Wheezing at
the chest, with dry sore throat (after five to six days), [15]. ►
Difficult respiration, as from want of air, in the morning, [4]. [750.]
► *Shortness of breath; suffocation,
[1]. ►
*Shortness of breath on going upstairs, [1]. ►
Shortness of breath, while walking, as if he could not inspire
sufficient air, [1]. ► While coughing, it seemed as though he
would lose his breath, [1]. ► Dyspnœa after eating, [4]. ► If he
lay upon the left side in bed (in the evening) he was attacked with
dyspnœa, and was obliged to breathe very deeply, when, however, he
experienced an intolerable pain in the left inguinal region, [2].
CHEST.
►
Twitching in the right pectoral muscles (after twenty-four hours), [3]. ►
Anxiety about the chest, a kind of dyspnœa, [9]. ► Burning
sensation in the chest, extending up to the throat, [4]. ►
Pressure in the left chest, that prevents deep inspiration, [4]. [760.]
► A pressure extending from the left
side of the pit of the stomach to the thyroid cartilage, where there is
a most severe pain, on moderately rapid walking, [4]. ►
Pressive pain in the right thorax if he holds his breath, but
disappearing during inspiration and expiration, [3]. ► The
chest is painful, as if oppressed, [4].
► Constricting stitches in the upper
and anterior portion of the chest, extending through to the back on
breathing, [1]. ► Some stitches in the chest, on stooping, [1]. ►►
*Stitches in the right chest, on sneezing and coughing, [4]. ►
Dull stitches in the right thorax, lasting several minutes, only on
expiration, while lying and stooping, [3].
► *Some sharp stitches (each
lasting five minutes) in the chest
(in the knee, zygoma, and external condyle of the elbow), generally in
the forenoon, and when walking, [1].
► Five or six sharp stitches in the
left chest, when breathing and not, [1].
► Frightful tearing in the pectoral
muscles, near the left shoulder, [2].
[770.] ►
*A sore pain in the chest, [1].
► Pain as from a blow in the upper
part of the chest, in the evening, [4].
► Front. ►
An anxiety beneath the sternum; he was obliged to take a deep breath, [1]. ►
Tightness in the region of the sternum, [1].
► Tensive pain about the forepart of
the chest, impeding respiration (while sitting), lasting several days), [7]. ►
A pressive pain in the side of the sternum, that extended through the
back, even during rest, but worse while walking, in the evening;
afterwards the spot was painful as if bruised, [1]. ►► *A
stitch in the anterior and upper portion of the chest, extending trough
to the back, only on sneezing and
coughing, not when breathing; it constricts the chest, [1]. ►
Violent bruised pain across the forepart of the chest; he did not know
how he should sit or move in order to be free from it, [7]. ► Sides.
► Burning in the left side below the
last rib, [4]. ► A painful sensation, as from a swelling,
in the left side beneath the last ribs, [4].
[780.] ►
A pinching and tension in the left side just below the ribs, a sensation
that, although not very painful, seems to endanger life; he has great
dyspnœa, and he dares not move, for on the slightest motion, for
example, of the arm, or on speaking a single word, it seems as if the
soul would leave the body (after one hour), [4]. ►
Sticking in the left side, [4]. ► A stitch as if with a knife, in the side
beneath the left short ribs, on every inspiration, [2]. ► Bruised
pain in the left side of the chest, when touched, [4]. ► Mammæ.
► *Unnatural swelling of the female
mammæ, especially of the nipples, which were also harder than usual,
[4]. ►
Pain in both mammæ, [4]. ► A jerklike griping beneath the mammæ,
after eating, [4]. ► Periodic pain in the mammæ, as if there
would be a suppuration, [4].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Heart’s Action. ►
Palpitation, [1]. ► Palpitation on walking, [1]. ► Pulse.
[790.] ►
Rapid, violent beating of every pulse, [1].
► Double rapidity of the pulse, [1]. ►
Pulse slow, weak, [7].
NECK AND BACK.
►
Neck. ► Neck swollen and
so stiff that he could hardly turn it, [6].
► Stiffness in the nape of the neck,
and sticking in it on moving it, [4].
► Painful stiffness of the neck, so
that he was unable to turn the head, with a feeling of heaviness in it, [4]. ►
Rheumatism in the nape of the neck, like a pressure, even during rest;
mostly on bending the head backward, [1].
► Back. ►
Burning hot sensation all over the back, [4].
► Fine and coarse stitches in the
muscles of the back, while walking, [4].
► *Pain in the back as if bruised,
[1], [4]. [800.]
► Bruised pain on the left side of
the back, as from much stooping, on motion, especially in the open air,
for several days, [7]. ► Dorsal. ►
Violent pain between the shoulders at the point where the neck joins the
back, on turning the head, or if when lying he turns the rest of the
body; if he raises up somewhat, it becomes so violent that he has to
clench his teeth, [4]. ► Burning between the shoulders extending
down the back, [1]. ► A pinching pain in the scapula, on
motion, after midnight in bed, [1].
► Twitching in the right scapula, [3]. ►
Sharp needle-like stitches in the spine between the scapula, [2]. ►
Tearing in the scapulæ, [1]. ► Bruised pain with sticking and tension in
the left scapula, so violent on turning the head that he cried and
screamed (in the morning, immediately after waking), [4]. ► A
painless throbbing in the scapula that ends in a trembling, [1]. ►
Lumbar. ► Pain in the
small of the back, relieved while sitting, [1]. [810.] ► Griping in the small of the back,
especially when standing, relieved by walking, [1], [4]. ► Sticking pain in the small of the back
and thighs, with unsteadiness in the small of the back, knees, and feet,
[4]. ►►
*Sticking in the small of the back, on breathing as usual (after one hour), [4]. ► A
cutting tearing above the region of the left kidney, [2]. ► *Pain in
the small of the back, as if bruised, [1]. ► Bruised
pain in the small of the back, especially while sitting (for several
days), [7]. ► Sacral. ►
Fine stitches on the right side of the sacrum, near the false spinal
processes, [2]. ► Tearing pain in the coccyx, relieved by
pressure upon the abdomen, [4]. ► Pain in the sacrum, as from a hard
uncomfortable bed, [1]. ► Sharp stitches posteriorly on the right
ilium (after two hours), [2].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
► Objective. [820.]
► Trembling of all the limbs, after a
chill, [1]. ► *Involuntary jerking in the limbs, [4]. ►
Constant uneasiness of all the limbs in the evening, as if there were a
jerking in them, as after a long walk; he cannot keep them still, [1]. ►
(Cracking of all the joints), [1].
► Rigidity of all the limbs, so that
he could not raise them in the slightest degree for hours, though they
could easily be moved by others, [4].
►► *Weakness and weariness in all
the limbs, [4]. ► Subjective. ►
Goutlike pain in the joints with swelling of them, [1]. ► Drawing
pains in the limbs, especially at night, [1].
► *Drawing and tearing in all his limbs,
[1]. ►
All the limbs are painful, as if dislocated, more while sitting, [1]. [830.]
► Almost uninterrupted pain in the
joints, as from a dislocation, consisting of a compression and crushing,
which did not allow him to remain quiet in any place, so that while
sitting and lying he moved the limbs and was obliged to turn and twist
in every direction, [1]. ► Tearing here and there in the limbs, more
in the muscles, very greatly aggravated by pressure, [2]. ► *Tearing
and jerking here and there in the limbs, [9]. ►
Soreness about the nails of the fingers and toes, with itching, [4]. ►
Bruised sensation in the limbs, weakness in the thighs, [1]. ►
Attacks of painless throbbing in the joints, [1].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Objective. ►
The right arm was shaken and thrown about, all night, [4]. ► Jerking
of all the muscles of the right arm, [8].
► Cracking in the shoulder and
elbow-joints, [1]. ► Subjective. ►
The right arm and hand seem asleep, relieved by motion, [4]. [840.] ► The left arm seems heavy on raising it
high up, and pains as if sprained, [4].
► Cannot let the arm lie long in any
place, there arises and intolerant weary pain in it; he is obliged to
alternately flex and extend it, though it is better when extended, [1]. ►
Tearing on inner surface of right arm, [2].
► Shoulder. ► Tearing in the right shoulder-joint,
bones of the upper arm, and in the wrists (in the knee and hip-joint and
in the thigh-bones), [1]. ► The left shoulder was decidedly higher
than the right, without, however, any increase of size of the side, with
pain in it, that even woke him from sleep, especially felt on motion, [4]. ►
The shoulders and upper arm seem to be asleep, in the morning, in bed, [4]. ►
Burning pain on the right shoulder up to the nape of the neck, while
sitting, [4]. ► Pain in the shoulders like a pressing
down, [1]. ►
Frightful stitches in the shoulder-joint, in the evening, [1]. ► Jerking
rather than throbbing in the shoulder-joints once every quarter of an
hour, [1]. ► Arm. [850.]
► Crushing pain in the humeri, [1]. ►
A jerking tearing in both upper arms; afterwards the flesh was sore to
touch, [1]. ► Elbow. ►
Large red, hot swelling on the left elbow, extending down to the hand,
with extreme burning and tearing, also with a pain as from the crawling
of ants (after six hours), [4]. ► Burning in the elbow-joints, [4]. ►
Stitches in the elbows, [4]. ► Some sharp stitches, each lasting five
minutes, in the external condyle of the elbow (also in the zygoma,
chest, and external condyle of the knee), more in the forenoon and while
walking, [1]. ► Slow tearing stitch in the elbow-joint, [1]. ►
Tearing in the elbow-joints, [1]. ► Forearm. ►
Pain as from fatigue in the bones of the forearms (and tibiæ), but not
when touched, [1]. ► Burning on both arms, so that everything
falls from the hands, and he must let the arms sink down, [4]. [860.] ► Dull sticking cramplike pain in the inner
portion of the right forearm, in all positions (after three hours), [7]. ►
Dull sticking cramplike pain in the periosteum of the inner side of the
right forearm (while walking), [7].
► Dull sticking cramplike pain in the
muscles of the outer portion of the left forearm, in all positions, [7]. ►
Wrist. ► The left wrist
was swollen and painful when tightly seized and on motion, [4]. ►
Painful stiffness of the right wrist, [4].
► Loss of power and paralysis of the
left wrist, with cracking and sticking in it, [4]. ►
Cracking sticking and powerlessness in the wrist, [4]. ► Attacks
of painless throbbing in the wrists, [1].
► Hand. ►
The hands and fingers easily become rigid while at work, with cramplike
pains (seventh day), [8]. ► Considerable swelling of the left hand, [4]. [870.]
► The hands seem stiff and rigid, [8]. ►
Pain in the left hand (in the bones) on stretching it out; on closing it
a pressure as if paralyzed and stiff, [8].
► Tension in the whole hand, [4]. ►
Violent cramplike pain in the left hand, especially in the fingers (on
moving the hand), [7]. ► A burrowing pain in the ball of the right
hand on the outer side below the little finger; worse during rest, [3]. ►
Drawing pain in the hands, with coldness of fingers, [4]. ► Fingers.
► Painful swelling of the first
knuckles of the fingers, [4]. ► *Scaling off and exfoliation of the finger-nails,
[4]. ►
Cramplike contraction of the fingers and hands; they become flexed, [1]. ►
*The fingers of both hands become flexed, especially the thumb, so that
it is completely drawn inward, as in epilepsy; without assistance he is
unable, with great exertion, to open the fingers farther than about
two-thirds; with trembling of the
hands, [4]. [880.] ►
The thumb becomes drawn to the index finger (of the left hand, which,
while sitting, in the afternoon was held horizontally); the thumb and
index finger remained tightly compressed together for several minutes,
as by a violent cramp; together with fine sticking in the thumb;
afterwards the thumb moved involuntarily from the index finger, from
which before it could not be separated by great force, [4]. ► Painful
cramp in the fingers and hands; at first they are extended so that he
can hardly flex them, but after flexing them, a cramp firmly draws the
fingers inwards, [1]. ► Visible jerking in the tendons of the
fingers (toes and tendo Achillis), in the evening, with violent shaking
chill that even tossed him into the air, [1].
► Deadness of the fingers, [4]. ►
The fingers fall asleep in the morning, afterwards there is a tickling
in them and then a tearing, extending half way up the forearm, [4]. ►
Dull sticking cramplike pain in the left index finger, [7]. ►
Pressive pain in the middle joint of the middle finger, on flexing it, [1]. ►
Tearing here and there in the finger-joints, [2]. ► A
burning jerking beneath the thumbnail while writing, [1].® 2000
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