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PHOSPHORUS. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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EYE.

►
Objective.
► *Blue rings about
the eyes
, [34c], [38a]. ►
Broad blue rings around the eyes, [1].
► Puffiness of the eyes (second day),
[114]. ►
Puffiness and swelling about the eyes
, [1]. ►
Swelling of the parts about the eye, [1].
► Eyes much sunken (fourth day), [165]. ►
*Eyes sunken
(fourth day), [140].
► Eyes sunken, with a general sickly
look (after ten days), [36]. [470.] ►
Puffy about the eyes, [113]. ► Inflammation of the eyes, with
burning and itching in them (after a few hours), [1]. ►
Inflammation of the eyes, with stitches, [4].
► Inflammation of the eyes (after
twenty-seven days), [1]. ► Inflammation of the right eye, while the
left was weak, [1]. ► Redness, inflammation, swelling, and
agglutination of the right eye, with burning pain, for two days, [1]. ►
Inflammation and redness of the eye, with itching and pressive pain, [1]. ►
Rush of blood to the eyes; he is sensible of the eyeball, though not
disagreeably so, [3]. ► Redness of the white of the eye, with
itching and smarting, and discharge of much burning-smarting water, [9]. ►
Eyes and skin of the forehead yellow (seventh day), [103]. [480.]
► White of the eye deep yellow (third
day), [142]. ►
Jaundice of the sclerotic (ninth day), of the whole body (tenth day), [191]. ►
Jaundice commencing in the sclerotic (second day), [205]. ►
Yellowness of the white of the eye, [27].
[Not found in Voigtel. -Hughes.] ►
Slight icteric color of the white of the eye (third day), [156]. ►
Sclerotic was yellow (fourth day), [165].
► Jaundice of the sclerotic (fourth
day), [192]. ►
Icteric color of the sclerotic (fourth day), [198]. ►
Twitching of the muscles beneath the right eye, [1]. ► Eyes
dull and expressionless, [232]. ► Subjective. [490.]
► Sensitiveness of the eyes to the
candlelight, in the evening, [1]. ► Eyes weak and sleepy, [1]. ► Great
weakness of the eyes, especially in the morning on waking, somewhat
better on rising (after five days), [1].
► Eyes weak and unsteady (sixth day),
[217]. ►
Inclination to look with only one eye, [1].
► Burning pain in and about the eye, [1]. ►
Eyes heated, with burning in them, for four or five minutes frequently
during the day, [1]. ► Dryness of the eye, soon disappearing, [10]. ►
Dryness of the eyes, in the morning, on waking, [10]. ► Dry
sensation in the eyes, [1]. [500.] ► Sensation of pressure in the eyes,
aggravated by the light (after fifty-one hours), [156]. ►
Pressive pain above the eyes, [97].
► Pressure and heaviness in the eyes,
like an inclination to sleep, [1].
► Pressure and sticking in the eyes;
they are dim and weak, [1]. ► Pressure in the eyes, with dimness, [1]. ►
Pressure in the eyes, [1]. ► Pressure and burning in the eyes for two
days, [1]. ►
Pain in the eyes; it seemed to the patient as though grains of sand were
under the upper lids (fifteenth day), [227].
► Pressure inward above the margin of
the left eye, after dinner, [10]. ► The eyes are painful when reading by
daylight or candlelight, [1]. [510.] ►
Deepseated pain in the eyes (third day), [30].
► Burrowing pain in the eyes, [1]. ►
Tension in the eyes, [10]. ► Stiffness in the eyes, with
lachrymation, [44]. ► Sensation of sand in the eyes, [1]. ►
Sticking and dryness in the eyes, [10].
► Sticking behind the eyes, [1]. ►
Stitches in the left eye, and a stye on the lower lid, [1]. ► Biting
and dryness in the eyes, while reading, [1].
► Biting in the left eye (after three
hours), [10]. [520.] ►
Itching in the eyes, [1]. ► Itching in the left eye, relieved by
rubbing, [10]. ► Orbit. ►
Violent tearing in the lower margin of the orbit, as if the flesh would
be torn loose, [10]. ► Dull pressive pain in the orbits, [1]. ►
Flashes of pain in the upper part of the orbits (third day), [30]. ►
Tickling in the periosteum about the eyes, [1]. ► Lid.
► Agglutination, in the morning, with
burning and sticking in the eyes, and dimness of vision, as from a veil,
[1]. ►
Agglutination, in the morning, on waking, and difficult opening of the
eyes, [10]. ►
Eyes gummy, on waking, in the morning (after twenty hours), [90]. ►
Agglutination of the inner canthi, in the morning, [1]. [530.] ► Agglutination of the lids, followed by
watering of the eyes, [10]. ► Agglutination in the morning, with
suppuration and lachrymation during the day, [1]. ►
Swelling of the right upper lid, with itching and pressure, [1]. ►
Swelling of the left eyelid, with painfulness of the bones of the orbit
when touched, [1]. ► A kind of gaseous swelling of the right
upper lid, [1]. ► Puffiness, especially of the lids and
face, so that a depression, caused by the pressure of a finger, was but
slowly obliterated; on other parts of the body, nape of the neck, back,
etc., the relaxed tissues, when pinched by the fingers, but slowly
regained their smoothness, [96]. ► Twitching in the lids and external canthus of
the left eye
, very frequently repeated, [3]. ►
Sensation in the right external canthus as if something sharp, salt, or
biting were in it, without redness, [6].
► Burning in the upper lids (after
three hours), [7]. ► Pain in the margins of the lids, [1]. [540.]
► A feeling in the right eye as if
the edge of the lid had been roughly grazed or rubbed, [44]. ►
Pressure in the upper lids, [1]. ► Fine sticking in the inner canthi, worse
in the open air, in the morning, [10].
► Itching in the lids,
frequently during the day, [1]. ► Lachrymation. ►
Profuse lachrymation, even at night, [1].
► Profuse lachrymation (after several
days), [46]. ►
Lachrymation very easy, in the open air, [1].
► Lachrymation, in the morning, while
at work, with dimness of the eyes (after four days), [1]. ►
Lachrymation, [6]. ► Lachrymation, biting, and mucus in the
right eye, in the evening, [1]. [550.] ►
Watering of the eyes
, in a warm room, [10]. ►
Watering and dimness of the eyes, while reading, [10]. ►
Conjunctiva.
► Redness of
the conjunctiva, with a feeling as if something were in the eye, that
obliged constant wiping and rubbing, [9].
► Conjunctiva and whole body slightly
jaundiced, but on the face there were portions of the skin of a deeper
and redder color, as if from circumscribed erythema or from subcutaneous
effusion (fifth day), [161]. ► Icteric color of the conjunctiva and of
the whole skin, [148]. ► The conjunctiva had a deep-yellow tint
(seventh day), [56]. ► Conjunctiva yellow (after eight days), [175]; (third day), [178]; (second day), [215]. ►
Conjunctiva dirty yellow, [97]. ► Slightly jaundiced color, especially of
the conjunctiva; this icterus increased until the seventeenth day, after
which it steadily diminished until the forty-eighth day, [201]. ►
Icterus of the conjunctiva and skin, with enlargement of the liver and
spleen, and appearance of bile in the urine, [170]. [560.]
► A little yellowish
tint appears in both conjunctivæ, especially at the internal angles;
the icteric coloration of the eyes became more and more manifest, and
extended also to the face and extremities (third day); jaundiced hue very evident all over the body
(fourth day), [99]. ► Ball. ►
Icteric color of the eyeballs (third day), [141]. ►
Burning in the eyeball for half a minute, [1].
► Sticking and tearing extending into
the right eyeball, in the afternoon, while sitting, [1]. ► The
eyeballs are painful, as if pressed; looking aggravated the pain, [1]. ►
Darting pains in the eyeballs (fourth day), [101]. ► Pupil.
► Pupils of both eyes were greatly
contracted, [216]. ► *Pupils very much contracted, [5]. ►
Pupils contracted under the influence of light (fourth day), [165]. ►
The pupils were so dilated that only a narrow ring of the iris was
visible, and they were uninfluenced by light (fourth day), [101]. [570.]
► Pupils were widely dilated, and
reacted feebly to light (third day), [88].
► Pupils very much dilated, [129]. ►
Pupils dilated; the patient did not perceive objects brought near the
eyes (fifth day), [221]. ► Pupils dilated, sluggish, [181]. ►
Pupils dilated before death (fifth day), [136].
► The pupils were equal, but dilated,
[151]. ►
Pupils dilated
(third day), [178];
(after nine days), [179]. ► Pupils slightly dilated, sensitive to
light (fourth day), [163]. ► Vision. ►
*He sees more distinctly in the morning, in the twilight, than during
the day
, [1]. ► The patient, who retained perfect
consciousness, stated that in the horizontal position he could perceive
a feeble ray of light, but that when he sat up he could not see at all
(fourth day), [101]. [580.] ►
The sister stated that there had been a loss of sight during the evening
(fifth day), [161]. ► She said at times her sight left her
(third day), [183]. ► Shortsightedness; contours of distant
objects are undefined (as if washed), [1].
► *Giving out of the eyes while reading,
[10]. ►
Obscuration of vision, followed by death (eighth day), [225]. ►
Vision very weak, dazzling of the eyes; she was unable to thread a
needle (twenty-first day), [227]. ► *She was obliged to hold objects near in order
to see distinctly; at a distance everything seemed enveloped in a smoke
or mist
, but she could long retain distinct vision by holding
objects near her; she could see better when the
pupils were dilated by shading the eyes with the hand
, [1]. ►
Dreamy and indistinct sensation, as if objects were passing to and fro
before the eyes (after one hour and a half), [90]. ► Vision
lost during delirium (fifth day), [136].
► Frequent sudden blinding, and a
sensation as of a gray covering before the eyes, [5]. [590.] ► Blinding of the eyes by the daylight, [5]. ►
The patient complained that she was constantly blinded by the light,
although the room was darkened, with dilated pupils almost insensible to
light, [111]. ► *Cloudiness or dimness of vision, [52]. ►
The eyes are very dim; he sees little, [5].
► *Everything seems in a mist,
with some loss of consciousness, [1].
►► *A green halo about the
candlelight, in the evening
, [1].
► Trembling objects in front of
vision, in the morning, on waking; they seem to have indistinct
contours, [1]. ► *Flickering before the eyes and roaring in the
head
, [1]. ► *Sparks before the eyes, in the dark,
[1]. ►
*It seems as though a back veil were before the right eye
, [1]. [600.] ►►
*Black floating points before the eyes
, [1]. ►
Floating dark points before the eyes; these points change their position
from time to time, [39b].[This
prover took Phosphorus on account of internal hyperæmia of the eyes,
with sensitiveness to lamplight and inability to work long by the light;
even during the day she could not sew long without pressure in the eyes
and photophobia; this was not relieved by Phosphorus, but she
subsequently improved by repeated bloodletting.] ► *Dark objects and spots before the eyes,
[10]. ►
Large black spots float before the eyes, after eating, [1].
   

EAR.

►
Discharge of pure blood from the ears, [224].
► Swelling of the concha, [96]. ►
Pimples, with stitches in the ears, [4].
► Sticking in the lobule of the right
ear, [10]. ►
Dull drawing pain in the lobules of the ears, [1]. ► Violent
sticking throbbing behind the ear, in the lobule, [10]. [610.] ► Frequently very acute needlelike stitches
in the right external meatus auditorius, [10].
► Painful tearing just beneath the
right ear, while sitting, disappearing on rubbing, [10]. ►
Painfulness in the outer ear, at night, waking him from sleep, [1]. ►
In the lobule of the right ear pain like a hard pressure with the hand,
and such sensitiveness that she could not tolerate a cloth upon it,
disappearing in the evening, [10].
► Moisture within the ear, [1]. ►
Earache
, [1]. ► Pressure in both ears in a warm room,
disappearing in the cold, [10]. ► Pressure in both ears, [1]. ► Dry
sensation in the ear, with and without roaring, [1]. ► Burning
sore pain within the ears, [96]. [620.] ►
Acute drawing pain in both ears, [1].
► Sudden shooting in the left ear and
then roaring in it; soon afterwards difficult hearing and then discharge
of yellowish moisture for several weeks; after external pressure upon
the ear, she hears better for a moment, [3].
► Jerking in the left ear, [10]. ►
Violent tearing beneath the right ear, [10].
► Frightful sticking and tearing in
the ear and in the head around it; it seems as though it would split
open, [1]. ►
Tearing in the right ear, also in the forenoon, while sitting, [10]. ►
Violent stitches through the ear and teeth, at night, [1]. ► A
violent jerking stitch from the left ear into the lobule, while sitting,
[10]. ►
Stitches in the ear, [1]. ► Sharp stitches deep in both ears, [7]. [630.]
► Pulsation in the right ear, after
rapid walking, [1]. ► Tickling in the ears, as if a veil
were drawn over them, [1]. ► Violent itching in the ear, [1]. ►
*Something seems lying constantly in front of the ears
, [10]. ►
*At times something seems to be in front of the right ear
, [1]. ►
Hearing.
►► *Hearing
difficult
, [181]. ► Difficult hearing, with a feeling as if a
foreign body were in the ear, [1].
► Sense of hearing was lost (fourth
day), [101]. ►
Hyperæsthesia of all the senses, especially of hearing and smell, [1]. ►
*Re-echoing of every tone that is spoken distinctly in the same pitch
,
[1]. [640.]
► *Strange and peculiar words re-echo
loudly in the ear like an echo
, [3]. ► Noises
and ringing in the left ear, [1]. ► Noises in the ears, [137]. ► *Loud
re-echoing in the ears, in the morning
, [1]. ► *Ringing in
the ears
, [39b], [52]. ►
Frequent ringing in the ears, that at times reminded her of lovely
melodies, [41]. ► Constant singing in the ears, worse when
lying down, [1]. ► Constant whizzing in both ears, [10]. ►
Violent roaring in the ears (sixteenth day), [197]. ►
Violent roaring in the ears (after twenty-three days), [1]. [650.] ► Roaring, buzzing, and ringing in the
ears, impairing the hearing, [96].
► *Roaring in the ears, [89]; (fifth day), [155]. ►
Roaring in the right ear, [52].
   

NOSE.

►
Objective.
►► *Swelling
of the nose, that is painful to touch
, [1]. ► *Swelling
of the nose, with coryza
, [1].
► *Swelling of the nasal bones,
[96]. ►
Vesicles in the right nostril, burning only when touched, [10]. ► *Soreness
of the Schneiderian and mucous membranes, with bloody scabs on the
margins of the nostrils
, [96].
► *Ulcerated nostrils (sore
nose), [1]. ►
Dark redness of one wing of the nose, with a smarting pain when touched,
[1]. [660.]
► Itching and pimples in the nose, [4]. ►
*Internal inflammation of the nose, with a sensation of dryness
,
and slow bleeding of the nose, [1]. ►
*Chronic inflammation of mucous membrane of the nose
; nose swollen and dry; cannot draw air through it,
[116]. ►
*Polypus in the nose
, [4].
► Violent sneezing towards evening,
with dulness of the head and heaviness of the limbs (seventeenth day), [31]. ►
Frequent sneezing, without discharge, [33a].
► Frequent sneezing several evenings
in succession, without coryza, [1].
► *Frequent sneezing, [1]. ►
Frequent sneezing (after half an hour), [3].
► Spasmodic sneezing, with violent
pain in the head and distortion of the limbs, with constriction in the
chest, [9]. [670.] ►
Sneezing, immediately after dinner, [1].
► Ineffectual efforts, then
afterwards complete sneezing and eructations, [10]. ►
Frequent inclination to sneeze and frequent sneezing, with dread of it,
on account of violent pain in the throat, as if something would be torn
out, several mornings, [10]. ► Sneezing, with rumbling in the left
flank, [10]. ►
Sneezing, with watering of the nose, [42].
► *Occasional sneezing, which aggravates
the unpleasant and stuffed feeling of the breast
(after first
dose, second day), [30]. ► Very transient attacks of sneezing,
followed by stoppage of the nose, without having taken the slightest
cold, [40]. ►
Fluxion from the nose, which soon became permanent, [65]. ► Three
were laboring under permanent fluxions, [66].
► Running from the nose, especially
when near a window where air is entering, for two days, [49]. [680.] ► Much discharge of mucus from the nose,
without coryza, [1]. ► Water, without mucus, runs from the nose,
in the open air, [1]. ► Membranous clots in the nose, without
itching and stoppage, [4]. ► *Greenish yellow discharge from the nose,
[1]. ►
Yellow mucus in the nose, in the morning, with blowing of blood, [1]. ►
Violent fluent coryza, with great dulness of the head, loss of appetite,
and general sick feeling (after forty-eight hours), [1]. ► Fluent
coryza, with much sneezing, [33a].
► Fluent coryza, and discharge of
much mucus, [10]. ► Fluent coryza from one nostril and
stoppage of the other, [10]. ► Fluent coryza, [3]. [690.] ► Fluent coryza of only water, [10]. ►
Very persistent coryza, [1]. ► Frequent coryza, that suddenly appeared
and as suddenly disappeared, [40].
► Coryza, with much heat in the head
(after eight days), [1]. ► Profuse coryza, with stoppage of the
nose, [10]. ►
Coryza, after a walk, [1]. ► Coryza, in the evening, [1]. ► *Frequent
alternations of fluent and stopped coryza
, [10]. ►
Coryza, with frequent sneezing and pressive pain in both sides of the
head, [36]. ► *Coryza, with inflammation of the throat and
great dulness of the head
, [1].
[700.] ► Sensation as though coryza would come on,
disappearing after sneezing a few times, [40].
► Sensation of coryza and fulness in
the nose, especially in the upper part of the left side, with loose
mucus, [10]. ►
Violent catarrh, with hoarseness, [1].
► She is inclined to catarrh; is
constantly obliged to blow the nose, [1].
► Nasal and bronchial catarrhs, [72]. ►
Serous catarrhs are common, [66]. ► Stopped catarrh, [1]. ► Very
profuse epistaxis
(second day), [227]. ► Profuse
bleeding from the nose
(seventh, eleventh, fourteenth,
twentieth, and thirty-third days); the later
attacks were always accompanied by profuse sweat
, [201]. ►
Very profuse nosebleed (after twenty-four days), [1]. [710.] ► *Frequent and profuse nosebleed, [1]. ►
Violent nosebleed, in the evening (after seven days), [1]. ► *Frequent
blowing of blood, with yellow mucus, from the nose, in the morning
,
[1]. ►►
*Frequent blowing of blood from the nose
, [1]. ► Bleeding of
the nose
(immediately, also after seventeen days), [1]. ►
*Epistaxis
(sixth day), [115];
(tenth day), [117]. ► *Bleeding of the nose several times a day, often
quite profuse
(ninth day), continuing
very obstinate
, even after three weeks, [198]. ►
Nosebleed, especially during stool, [1].
► *Bloody mucus from the nose,
[51]. ►
*Blowing of blood from the nose, with purulent mucus
, [96]. [720.]
► *Some drops of blood are discharged
from the nose
, [1]. ► *Bloody streaks in the nasal mucus, [1]. ►
Subjective.
► Stoppage of
the nose, now of the right, now of the left side; the nose was stopped,
with sneezing, in the house, in the evening, [33a]. ►
Stoppage of the nose, with pain extending to the middle of the forehead,
[37b]. ►
*Stoppage of the nose
, [40].
► Stoppage of the nose and difficult
breathing woke him, at night, [1].
► Nostrils stopped every morning, [1]. ►
*Stoppage of the nose, so that she could breathe only with the mouth
open
, [10]. ► *Sensation of stoppage of the nose, with dulness
of the head, as if coryza would develop
, [1]. ► *The nose
feels stuffed up
(after several days), [46]. [730.] ► *Feeling of fulness in the nose, [10]. ►
Heat and dryness of the nasal fossæ (first night), [115]. ►
*Sensation of dryness in the nose
, [6]. ► *Sensation
of dryness in the nose, with a constant sensation as if it would be
stuck together
, [10]. ► Frequent desire to blow the nose (fourth
day), [10]. ►
Frequent sensation as if drops of water passed from the nose, [10]. ►
*Sore pain in both nostrils, even when touched
, [1]. ►
Violent pain in the nose, in the forenoon, [1]. ►
Pressive sensation in the nose, as in coryza, [10]. ► Boring
in the nose until blood comes, [4].
[740.] ►
Itching in the nose, [1]. ► Frequent itching in the left nostril, in
the morning, [10]. ► Itching in the nose and bleeding after
rubbing, [4]. ► Itching tickling in and on the nose, also
after dinner, [10]. ► Smell. ►
*Smell especially acute, with the headache
, [1]. ► Smell
more acute than usual, especially for offensive odors, [3]. ► The
smell of the drug was constantly with him (after two days), [217].

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