SECALE CORNUTUM.
HEAD.
►
Confusion and Vertigo. ►
Confusion of the head, [64]. ► Confused feeling in the head, [170]. ►
*Vertigo, [20], [64], [70],
[71], [76], etc. [80.]
► Chronic vertigo, [142]. ►
Vertigo and reeling, so that the patients could not stand upon their
feet, [100]. ►
Vertigo and reeling as if intoxicated, [100].
► Vertigo for twenty-four hours after
a dose, [84]. ► Reeling as from intoxication, [34]. ►
Vertigo, that often lasts more than a month, sometimes disappearing for
a short time, at other times more violent than ever, especially after
eating bread, [72]. ► Constantly increasing vertigo, [34]. ►
Vertigo, [74]. [Caused by the odor
of the fungus in the meal.] ► Vertigo
(after half an hour), lasting twelve to twenty hours, and even obliging
the patient to remain in bed several days, [75]. ►
Vertigo and stupefaction, [61], [70]. [90.]
► Vertigo and heaviness of the head, [34]. ►
Reeling, with inability to stand upright, [75].
► Dizziness and weakness (after two
hours), [166]. ► Dizziness of the head, on moving (sixth
and seventh days), [135]. ► Head dizzy and heavy (ninth day), [155]. ►
Dizziness and heaviness of head (tenth day), [155]. ►
Giddiness and whirling of the head (tenth day), [155]. ► Could
scarcely walk, owing to the giddiness which had succeeded to the
confusion of the head (fourth day), [124].
► Giddiness and sensation as if about
to fall, on the slightest movement (first day), [155]. ►
Intoxication, [22], [65], [75].
► General Head. [100.] ► Pendulum-like movements of the head, [147]. ►
Pendulum-like movements of the head, from side to side, [146]. ► Head
sometimes heavy and throbbing, and again so light and giddy that she
could scarcely stand, [114]. ► Weight of head (after one hour), [126]. ►
Uneasiness and heaviness in the head, [134].
► *Heaviness of the head
(after one hour), [64], [123]; (seventh day), [155]. ► Head
heavy and dizzy (eleventh day), [135].
► *Stupefaction of the head, [148]. ►
Congestion to the head, [98]. ► Great dulness of the head, [145]. [110.]
► Great dulness of the head and
vertigo, so that they could not keep erect, and either fell to the
ground or were obliged to hold to something, [72]. ► Great
oppression in the head, with incapacity for any mental exertion, [108]. ►
Dulness and stupefaction of the head, [35].
► *Dulness of the head, [47], [61],
[84], [127], [128].
► Dull headache, [64]. ► *Headache,
[64], [70], [71],
etc. ► Violent headache, [91], [92],
[99], etc. ►
Excruciating pain in head, [157]. ► Left-sided headache, [84]. ►
Burning headache, [140]. [120.] ►
Slight headache, [113]. ► Pain in the head (first day); became
intense, with transient delirium (second and third days), [156a]. ►
Peculiar feeling of lightness of the head, particularly of the occiput
(after a quarter of an hour); on the following morning, the confusion of
the head continued, [124]. ► An agreeable sensation in the head (seven
minutes after first two doses), followed by an unpleasant, heavy,
confused feeling, particularly in the posterior part of the head, and a
slight general exhilaration (after each dose), [94]. ► Head
seemed perfectly empty, and the sense of hearing had become so
heightened that every word spoken in the lowest tone reverberated
through the head, and passed through every nerve of the whole body, [97]. ►
Unpleasant sensation in the head, but no pain (fifth day), [155]. ►
Head vacant, with feeling as if something whirled round in it (ninth
day), [155]. ►
Sharp pain in the head, with dizziness after the chill, relieved by the
diarrhœa; the pain returned the next morning, after the diarrhœa had
ceased, [156]. ► Throbbing in the head (sixth day), [155]. ►
Biting sensation on the head, [89].
► Forehead. [130.] ►
Violent burning pain in the frontal region, so that he would willingly
die, with a sad expression, mouth drawn and constantly filled with
saliva from the submaxillary glands, which were swollen, [100]. ►
Burning pain in the frontal region, day and night, [100]. ►
Throbbing frontal headache (after one hour), [126a]. ► Vertex.
► Heaviness in the sinciput (after
two hours), [130]. ► Occiput. ►
Dull headache in the occiput, [64].
► Headache in the occipital region
(ninth day), [155]. ► Severe pain in the back of the head
(first day), [155]. ► Pressive pain in the occiput, [110]. ►
Lightning-like pain in the occiput, extending down the nape of the neck,
[146]. ►
External Head. ► The hair
fell out, became dry and gray, [132].
[140.] ►
Falling of the hair, [101]. ► Sensation as if the hair was pulled, [89].
EYE.
►
After the epidemic an unusually large number of cataracts occurred in
young people, twenty-three of whom gradually became blind
(fifteen men and eight women), associated with
headache, vertigo, and roaring in the ears; of the cataracts two were
hard, twelve soft, and nine mixed, [150]. [Out of 283 persons attacked, 198 died.] ►► *Eyes sunken and surrounded with a blue
margin (fifth day), [156].
►► *Eyes lay deep in the head
(fourth day), [124]. ► Eyes staring and wild, with dilatation of
pupils (second day), [135]. ► Eyes wild and distorted, with pupils much
dilated (first and second days), [155].
►► *Staring look, [139]. ►
Wild staring look; face red; inarticulate moans and movements of the
head to and fro; arms rigid and immovable the hands drawn over to the
chest, [87]. ►
Eyes wild, distorted, [42]. [150.] ►
Staring and blindness, [37]. ► Spasmodic distortion of the eyes, [63]. ►
Fixedness of the eye (soon after second dose), [117]. ►
Glistening eyes, [83]. ► Right disk decidedly paler, with retina
also of a paler tint. Left also paler (in one hour). Right disk paler;
on apparent inner side decidedly; on outer side also a little. Left eye
altogether a little paler (in one hour and twenty minutes). Retina and
disks of both eyes decidedly pale, and this is especially observable in
the right eye (in one hour). Retinæ not quite so pale; disks the same
as before (in one hour and a half), [167].
► Eyes very yellow (sixth day), [155]. ►
Rolling of the eyes about the orbits, [64].
► Squinting, [64]. ► Light
painful to the eyes (eleventh day), [155].
► Pain in the eyes (first day), [156a]. ►
Conjunctiva. [160.] ► Conjunctiva and sclerotic coat yellow and
injected (second day); conjunctiva bright yellow (fifth day), [155]. ►
Ball. ► Pressure in the
eyeball, [84]. ► Pupil. ►
Remarkable dilatation of the pupils, in a boy eight years old, [42]. ►
Remarkable dilatation of the pupils, [47].
► Pupils much dilated, [131]. ►
Dilatation of the pupils, during the remission, [61]. ►
*Dilatation of the pupils, [48],
[86], [94], [95],
etc. ► Pupils somewhat dilated and
rather sluggish, [157]. ► Slight dilatation of the pupils, [96]. ►
Pupils greatly contracted, in a girl eight years old, [70]. [170.] ► Spasmodic contractions of the pupils, [64]. ►
Pupils contracted, almost entirely closed, with frightful distortion of
the eyes, [64]. ► Vision. ►
Weakness of vision, [143]. ► Slight impaired (fourth day), [124]. ►
*Dimness of vision, [142].
► Greatly diminished power of vision,
[84]. ►
Dimness and confusion of sight (after half an hour), soon followed by
double vision and then entire blindness, [104].
► Troubled vision (soon after second
dose), [117]. ► Vision imperfect, at times almost total
blindness (second and third days), [156a].
► Partial blindness, after the chill,
[156]. [180.]
► Eyes blurred, with dimness of
vision (eleventh day), [155]. ► Dimness of vision, especially when rising
or moving in bed (tenth day), [155].
► Great darkness before the eyes, [48]. ►
Objects seen double, [34]. ► Objects seen double and triple, [75]. ►
Frequent double vision, [84]. ► Photophobia, [166]. ►
Blindness, [34]. ► Amaurosis, [62].
► Veil before the eyes, [61]. [190.]
► Everything looks black when moving
the head (tenth day), [155]. ► When rising up in bed everything turns
black before her eyes (seventh day), [155].
► Sparks appeared to flash before her
eyes, [114]. ►
Frequent flashes of light in the eyes (after forty-five minutes), [94]. ►
Flickering before the eyes, [63]. ► Mist and sparks before the eyes, [62]. ►
Sees stars, [48].
EAR.
►
Sensation as if the ears were stopped, [110].
► *Roaring in the ears, with great
difficulty of hearing, [61].
► *Roaring in the ears, [62], [84],
[145]. [200.] ►
Difficulty of hearing, [70], [84]. ►
Hearing impaired (fourth day), [124].
► Transient deafness with
insensibility of the fingers of the whole hand; frequent falling asleep
of the limbs, [48]. ► *Deafness (soon after second dose), [117].
NOSE.
►►
*Constant nosebleed, [12].
►► *Nosebleed, [28], [64];
(fourth day), [124]; (eleventh
day), [135]. ► *Hæmorrhage from the nose (third
day); worse than before (fourth
day); epistaxis (fifth day), [155]. ►
Dryness of the nasal mucous membrane, [139].
► Olfactory nerves very sensitive
(tenth day), [155].
FACE.
►
Shortly the palpebræ began to swell, likewise the lips and fauces; the
tears flowed copiously; the Schneiderian membrane seemed much
stimulated, and there was coryza, great difficulty of breathing through
the nose, and injection of the vessels of the conjunctiva. The lips and
palpebræ began to puff, as if stung by a bee, and gradually assumed a
livid appearance. The power of deglutition was nearly lost; the voice
became feeble; she said her jaws were fixed, and shortly after it was
with greatest difficulty that an answer of yes or no could be elicited.
Previous to arriving at this point, she had complained of pain in every
nerve, and a sensation of emptiness of the head, [97]. [210.] ► The face and head suddenly became
intensely congested, being of a purplish-red color, after stimulants and
warmth were applied, [166]. ► Face and abdomen swollen, [32]. ► Face
puffy, [98]. ►
Face sunken, often discolored, [47].
►► *Features sunken, [64]. ►►
*Face drawn, [142]. ► *Risus sardonicus, [165]. ►
Suffering expression, [48]. ► Face hippocratic, discolored, [61]. ►
Stupidity of expression (soon after second dose), [117]. [220.]
► Countenance had a remarkably heavy
idiotic expression (after second dose), [94].
►► *Expression of face most anxious,
[157]. ►
Face pale and haggard, [138]. ►► *Face pale and collapsed (next
morning); ashy (fourth day), [124].
►► *Face pale, [122], [125],
[151], [153]. ►►
*Face very pale, [108].
►► *Face pale, sunken, hippocratic,
[64]. ►
Transitory paleness (in one hour), [167].
► Face flushed and livid at times
(first day), [156]. ► Flushing of the face, [99]. [230.] ► Faces warm and red, [127b], [128b].
► Redness of the face, [83]. ► Face
red, with thirst and some delirium, in children, [76]. ► Face
dark red, [64]. ► Face yellow, [35]. ► Face
yellowish, sunken, and distorted, [47].
► Livid face (in six hours), [93]. ►
Countenance generally more livid at birth, [116]. ►
Cheeks pale (after three-quarters of an hour), [106]. ► The
lips were retracted so as to expose the teeth, [135]. [240.]
► *Lips bluish, [116]. ►
Distortion of the mouth, [37]. ► Trismus, [61],
[64].
MOUTH.
►
Teeth. ► Gnashing of the
teeth, [64]. ►
The teeth became loose and fell out, [101].
► Bloody sordes (tenth day), [155]. ►
Sordes on the teeth (seventh, eighth, and ninth days), [135]. ►
Toothache, to which he had been subject, on exposure to cold (after one
hour), [126a]. ► Tongue. ►
The patient frequently bites the tongue, [61].
► The tongue is often torn during the
most violent convulsions, [34]. [250.] ►
Tongue a good deal swollen (second day), [104].
► Twitching and swelling of the
tongue, with a suffocated voice and a constant flow of saliva, [34]. ►
Tongue heavy, tremulous, white, difficult to protrude between the teeth,
so that speech was almost unintelligible, [100].
► Tongue dry, scarlet at the edges,
crimson and black in the middle (second and third days), [156a]. ► *Tongue
white, [138]. ► Tongue white and moist, [135]. ►
Tongue heavily coated white at noon, dry and brown at the tip (first
day); coated with a heavy brown fur and pointed at the end (second day);
heavily coated with a brownish fur, dry at the tip, edges stiff and
swollen (third day); dry and brown (fourth day); dry, brown at the tip,
and lead-colored at the root (fifth day); covered with a brownish
lead-colored coat in the centre, red at tip and edges (sixth day);
clean, very dry, and red at the tip (seventh day); dry, glazed, and
stiff, appearing as if baked, to the touch, with a hard crust formed on
the surface (eighth day); clear, red, and somewhat more moist than last
night, pointed at tip (ninth day); red and dry (tenth day); red, dry,
cracked, and bleeding (eleventh day), [155].
► Tongue covered with a
whitish-yellow, dry, thick coating (next morning), [124]. ►
Tongue discolored brown, and at last quite black, [64]. ► Tongue
covered with mucus, [64]. [260.] ►
*Tongue clean, [42]. ► Prickling in the tongue, [84]. ► The
tongue was often terribly bruised and bitten, [37]. ► Tongue
slightly creamy on the surface, [131].
► Very painful crawling in the
tongue, the tip of which was spasmodically moved about, [42]. ► General
Mouth. ► Fetid breath and
exhalations, so that it was almost impossible to remain in the room even
with a constant circulation of air (eleventh day), [155]. ► *Fetid
breath (tenth day), [155].
► Mouth either spasmodically drawn or
closed, [63]. ► Mouth sore and bleeding; passive
hæmorrhage (ninth, tenth, and eleventh days), [155]. ►
Dryness of the mouth and nose, obliging him to drink much, not relieved
thereby, [127]. [270.] ►
Dryness of the mouth and nose, [127],
[128b]. ►
Scalding and burning in the mouth, throat, and stomach (eighth day), [155]. ►
Sensation as of boiling water running from the vulva up to the mouth
(seventh day), [156]. ► Mouth sore, as if salivated (ninth day), [155]. ►
Saliva. ► Constant
salivation, [139]. ► Accumulation of saliva (after one hour), [127]. ►
*Salivation, [127b], [128], [128b].
► Increased salivation, lasting two
hours (after one hour), [148]. ► Expectoration of bloody saliva (ninth
day), [155]. ►
Frequent running of water from the mouth, [84].
[280.] ►
Froth from the mouth bloody, yellow, or green, [34]. ►
Flowing of frothy bloody mucus over the lips, [47]. ►
Constant inclination to spit (after half an hour), [94]. ► Taste.
► Fetid taste in the mouth (tenth
day), [155]. ►
Nauseous taste, [152]; (after one
hour), [128]. ► Taste very much blunted, [84]. ► Taste
flat, disagreeable, [64]. ► Much sour-tasting salivation (fourth
day), [124]. ►
Taste bitter, spoiled, [12]. ► Nauseous bitter taste, [170]. [290.]
► A peculiar taste in the mouth, as
if he had smoked tobacco for a long time, or taken some ethereal oil
(after a quarter of an hour), [124].
► Inability to taste or bear food, [90]. ►
Bitter taste in the mouth, in the morning (second day), [126a]. ► Speech.
► Stammering and hesitation in
answering questions (first day); the same hesitation still observable,
but mind clear (eighth day), [155].
► Stammering speech, [139]. ► The
patient stammered unintelligible words between the teeth, [64]. ► Speech
difficult, stammering, [70]. ► Inability to speak distinctly, [70]. ►
*Speech slow and weak, with a feeling on every motion as if there were
always some resistance to be overcome, [48]. ► *Speech
difficult, [142].
THROAT.
[300.] ►
Hawking up of tenacious mucus, with pressive pain in the right tonsil, [109]. ►
*Dryness in the throat, [138],
[152], [170]. ► Great
dryness and irritation of the throat, which was intensely injected with
blood, and on the left side of the soft palate was a dark patch looking
as if blood was effused beneath the mucous membrane, [157]. ►
Throat sore, with difficulty of swallowing, at 10 A.M.; œsophagitis;
inability to swallow while lying down, at 8 P.M. (second day); not as
sore (third day), [155]. ► Soreness and tightness about the throat
(second day), [204]. ► Violent burning in the throat, [84]. ►
Intolerable crawling in the throat, [48].
► Burning in the fauces and along the
œsophagus to the stomach (second and third days), [156a].® 2000
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