CICUTA VIROSA.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Objective. ► *Frequent involuntary jerking of
the lower limbs, [2]. ►
*Visible trembling of one leg, [2]. ► Great weakness in both legs, on sitting and standing, less in
the arms, relieved on walking about, [8]. ► *His legs refused to carry him, and he staggered; objects
seemed at one time to approach, at another time to recede from him, [22]. ► Lower extremities numbed,
not insensitive, but completely paralyzed, [22]. ► Painful stiffness and stiff sensation of the lower limbs, so
that he could not walk at all for three hours (after one hour), [2]. [390.] ►
Pressure in various muscles of the lower extremities, [8].
► Pressure and weakness in the legs, [8]. ► Hip. ► Burning-sticking in the left hip-bone, [3]. ► Thigh. ► Sudden great weariness in the left thigh, on rising, [8]. ► Tension in the
fascia of the anterior upper and outer part of the left thigh and in the hollow of the right
knee, towards the inner margin, while walking, [8]. ► Pressure on the right trochanter major, [8]. ► Tearing in the muscles on
the inner surface of the right thigh, [8]. ► Tearing pain in the thighs, while walking; they are heavy, [2]. ► Pain, like a
tearing, in the thighs, immediately after rising from sitting, with aching, as if beaten, in
the knees; the pain in the thighs is worse while walking, like a deepseated stiffness, [2]. ► Knee. ► While sitting, a feeling in the knees as after a long walk, [8]. [400.] ► Painful pressure in the right knee, [8]. ► Painful bruised sensation
in the knees, [8]. ►
Leg. ► Very violent trembling of the left
lower leg, [2]. ►
Great weakness in the lower legs, [8]. ► Painful sensation of weakness streams through both lower
legs, while sitting; it attacks also the knees, [8]. ► Stiffness in the right calf, [8].
► Feeling of stiffness in the tendo Achillis, with
painful pressure in the muscles of the posterior portion of the left thigh, while walking
slowly, [8]. ► Pain
in the left calf, [8]. ►
Tension in the calves, [8]. ►
Tension in the left calf; on walking, through the arm, [8].
[410.] ► Tensive
sensation in the lower portion of the calves, [8]. ► Compressive sensation in all the muscles of the left leg, as
if the whole leg were contracted, while walking, [8]. ► Jerking drawing on the posterior and lower portion of the
right leg, extending into the heel, [8]. ► Pressure in the calves, [8].
► Pressure in the left calf and tearing in the left toes,
[8]. ► Painful
pressure in the calves, [8]. ►
Tearing in the lower portion of the extensor of the left leg, [8].
► Tearing in the right peroneal muscles, [8]. ► Tearing pain in the sides
of the right tendo Achillis, [8]. ► Sudden tearing in the lower portion of the right calf,
extending to the tendo Achillis, [8]. [420.] ► Bruised sensation and
heaviness extend alternately through one and another leg, and become seated in the knee, [8]. ► Prickling
pulsation in the right calf, momentary, [8]. ► Ankle. ► Tearing about
the malleoli of the left foot, [3]. ► Foot. ► In walking she
does not step exactly on the soles of the feet, they turn inward considerably, [2]. ► Drawing on the
back of the right foot, rather towards the inner side, [8].
► Drawings in the tendons on the back of the left foot, [8]. ► Drawing in the
tendons on the back of the right foot and in the left sole, [8].
► Tearing in the tendon on the back of the left foot, [8]. ► Constant painful
tearing in the tendons of the back of the left foot, while walking and standing, [8]. ► Stitches, as with
needles, in the right sole, [8]. ►
Tearing deep in the inner margin of the left sole, [8].
[430.] ► Painful
tearings in the left sole, [8]. ►
Sudden tearing in the right sole, [8]. ► Frequent needle-like stitches in the heels, while sitting, [3]. ► Toes. ► Twitches in the left toes, [8].
► Slight stitches in the corns, which are usually never
painful, [8]. ►
Tearing on the inner side of the right great toe, lasting a long time, [8]. ► Drawing-jerking pains in
the toes, [3].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
► Objective.
► Veins very prominent, [8].
► Twitchings (in two children), [19]. ► *Spasm of all muscles,
[24]. [440.] ► The most violent (tonic) spasms, so that the fingers were
bent and could not be straightened, neither could the limbs be bent or straightened, [6]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ►
*Convulsions, [12], [13], [16]. ► *Convulsions; complete loss of consciousness, [15]. ► *Convulsions, with loss of
consciousness, frightful distortions of the limbs and
whole body, [7]. ►►
*Convulsions, with wonderful distortion of the limbs, head turned backward, back bent as in
opisthotonos; after the convulsions were relieved the child fled to its mother
for help, but was soon attacked by still more violent convulsions, which lasted till death, [7]. ► Convulsions, and
sudden death, [20]. ►
*General convulsions, [6]. ► Rapid convulsions in quick succession, with frightful
distortion, trismus, opisthotonos, and great swelling of the præcordial region, violent
hiccough, lasting half an hour without intermission until death, [7]. ►► *Frightful convulsions,
[5], [16]. ► He fell to the ground and passed urine with great force; was
attacked with most violent convulsions; mouth was firmly closed, so that it could not be
opened; he gnashed the teeth, distorted the eyes; blood spurted from the ears, and much
swelling was felt in the præcordial region, [7]. [450.] ► Epilepsy, [5], [6]. ► Frightful epilepsy, recurring at first at short, then at long
intervals; the limbs, head, and upper part of the body are convulsed in the most wonderful
manner, with clenched jaws, [6]. ►
Attack like epileptic spasms, [20]. ► *Epileptic attacks, with swelling of the stomach, as from violent
spasm of the diaphragm; hiccough; screaming; redness of
the face; trismus; loss of consciousness and distortion of the limbs, [7]. ► Epileptic attack,
with wonderful distortion of the limbs, upper part of the body and head, with blue face,
interrupted breathing for some moments, and froth from the mouth; after the convulsions, as
the respiration was freer, he had no consciousness, and lay as if dead, giving no sign of
sensation when one called out to him, or pinched him, [7].
[Not found. -Hughes. (In a man 20 years old, who died after two hours; the body remained
warm the whole day, without blueness or swelling; the limbs were stiff, the lungs full of
blue and yellow spots, blood red and fluid, the heart empty, the throat internally bluish
and dry)] ► Violent epileptic attack, which frequently
recurred during the night, in which the patient was frightful convulsed, [7]. ► Epileptic convulsions for
four or five minutes, [24]. ►
Epileptic convulsions in three children, one of whom recovered, [7]. ► Soon after eating, the
child began to stagger, fell down, and was seized with the most violent epileptic spasms,
with complete loss of consciousness, [17]. ► Catalepsy; the limbs hang down, relaxed as if dead, without
breathing, [6]. [Not found. -Hughes. (In a man 20
years old, who died after two hours; the body remained warm the whole day, without blueness
or swelling; the limbs were stiff, the lungs full of blue and yellow spots, blood red and
fluid, the heart empty, the throat internally bluish and dry)] [460.]
► Tetanus (three cased), [20]. ► Opisthotonos, [6]. ► Cramplike
stiffness of the whole body, with coldness, [7]. ► Child became rigid and sleepless, [12]. ► Great lassitude (second
day), [198]. ►
*Weakness, especially in the knees and in the muscles of the back, after standing only a
short time, [8]. ►
Staggering and intoxication, [15]. ► Faint and unconscious, [23].
► Exhaustion, [17].
► General prostration, [25]. [470.] ► He falls to the ground, unconscious, [19]. ► He is always falling to
the ground, [6]. ►
Falls to the earth and rolls about, [6]. ► He fell to the ground without saying a word, [9]. ► Fell down, as if struck by
lightning (soon after), [20]. ►
As often as she is spoken to, roused from her senseless staring and awakened by calling out,
just so often she falls back again, with pulse of only 50,
[2]. ► She lies as
if dead, with clenched jaws, [6]. ► They were all lying, weak, without consciousness or motion,
like logs or dead people, [6]. [Not found. -Hughes.
(In a man 20 years old, who died after two hours; the body remained warm the whole day,
without blueness or swelling; the limbs were stiff, the lungs full of blue and yellow spots,
blood red and fluid, the heart empty, the throat internally bluish and dry)] ► Subjective. ►
Insensibility of the whole body, [19]. ► Numbness, [6]. [Not
found. -Hughes.] [480.] ►
While lying in bed, a wonderful sensation, as if the whole body were swollen, with frequent
starting up, as though he would fall out of bed (after fifteen hours), [4].
SKIN.
► Objective. ► Black spots on the skin, [14].
► Eruptions, Dry. ►
Much eruption on the ears, [2]. ►► *An elevated eruption over the whole face (and on both hands) as large as peas, which
causes a burning pain when touched; it afterwards
becomes confluent; of a dark-red color, lasting nine days, followed by
desquamation, which lasts three weeks, [2]. [I have
cured chronic pustular, confluent eruption on the face, with only a burning pain, with the
aid of one or two doses of a small portion of a drop of the juice, but did not venture to
administer a second dose under three or four weeks, if the first was not sufficient.
-Hahnemann.] ► A cluster of sixteen or eighteen small red
spots on the back of the left hand, smooth, disappearing on pressure, [8]. ► A small red spot on the
dorsal surface of the first phalanx of the left thumb, [8].
► Eruptions, Moist. ►
A burning-itching vesicle on the left side of the upper lip on the vermilion border, [3]. ► Red vesicle on the
right scapula, very painful to touch, [3]. ► *Elevated eruption as large as peas on both hands, even on the balls
of the fingers, in which there is a burning pain when touched; afterwards it becomes
confluent, of a dark-red color, and moist (ninth day), [2]. ► Small itching vesicle on
the back of the right hand, [8]. [490.] ► FiVe vesicles, as
large as poppy-seeds, surrounded by red areolæ, without sensation, on the back of the left
hand, between the first and second fingers, [8]. ► Eruptions, Vesicular. ►
Much eruption on the temples, and in front of the ears, filled with pus at the tip, and
painful like a boil, [2]. ►
Subjective. ► Itching over the whole body, so
that he was obliged to scratch, [2]. ► Burning-itching all over, [1].
► Drawing beneath the skin, on the outer side of the left
thigh, [8]. ►
Drawing under the skin, just above the left tendo Achillis, [8].
► Sudden pressure in the skin of the right side of the
scrotum, [8]. ►
Crawling under the skin of the left upper arm, [8]. ► Crawling just under the skin of the thighs and legs, and
especially in the soles of the feet, as if the leg would go to sleep, only while sitting, [2]. ► Crawling in the
left toes, [8]. [500.]
► Creeping beneath the skin on the back of the right
foot, [8]. ►
Creeping sensation in the soles of the feet, with pressure in various places in the legs, [8]. ► Prickling in the
left great toe, [8]. ►
Tingling and worrying sensation in the left sole, [3].
► Itching, with a hot sensation, in the right side of the
chest, [3]. ►
Burning-itching on the right side, so that he was obliged to scratch, whereupon it
disappeared, [3].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
► Sleepiness.
► Frequent yawning, [3].
► Frequent yawning, as if he had not slept enough (after
one hour and three-quarters), [4]. ► Sleepiness, so that the eyes constantly closed, [3]. ► If she looks long
at one place she becomes sleepy, and feels as though her head were pressing downward,
although one sees nothing of it; she does not, with open, staring eyes, recognize letters, [2]. [510.] ► Very sleepy, even during the day, with weakness and great
thirst, [8]. ►
Sleep, [14]. ►
Sleep for two hours, immediately, [15]. ► Sleeplessness. ►
Frequent waking at night, with sensation as if he had slept enough; even on rising at 6 A.M.
he felt vigorous, and experienced no ill effects from too little sleep, [8]. ► Frequent waking from sleep,
with sweat all over every time, from which, however, he feels refreshed, [4]. ► Loss of sleep the
whole night (immediately), [2]. ►
Loss of sleep; he awoke every quarter of an hour, with a painful heavy sensation in the
head, [2]. ► Every
morning he has not slept enough, [2]. ► Dreams. ► Vivid but
unremembered dreams, [4]. ► Vivid dreams at night about the events of the previous day,
[1]. [520.] ► Many confused dreams, full of disquietude, [3]. ► Voluptuous dreams, with
drawing pain the navicular fossa, [8].
FEVER.
► Chilliness.
► Temperature diminished, [17].
► Frequent chilliness, [8].
► General coldness of surface, [21]. ► Icy coldness of whole
body, [20]. ► They all
long for a warm stove, [6]. [Not found.
-Hughes.] ► Chilliness in the whole abdomen, [8]. ► Slight chilliness
through the back from 2 to 3.30 P.M., [8]. ► Frequent chilliness through the back, [8]. [530.] ►
Coldness and stiffness of the arms and feet, [19]. ► Coldness creeps down the legs, then coldness in the arms
(coldness seems to come more from the chest), after which there is great inclination to
stare at one point, [2]. ►
Feeling of coldness creeping through the lower legs and arms, with alternations of heaviness
and lightness in these parts, [8]. ► Cold sensation streams through the lower legs, with tearing
in the toes; cold sensation is especially persistent in the right lower leg, [8]. ► Ears cold, [8]. ► The whole abdomen was cold,
[18]. ► Cold
extremities, [8]. ►
Heat. ► Sensation of increased warmth in the
whole body, [8]. ►
General heat and special heat in the chest, lasting
three-quarters of an hour, aggravated by the accustomed smoking, [3]. ► Excessive heat in all parts
of the body, from the beginning to the end of the proving, [3].
[540.] ► Skin hot and
dry, [22]. ► Heat
and heaviness in the forehead, [8]. ► Heat, extending from deep in the occiput to the vertex and to
one side of the head (always deep in the head), [8]. ► Heat low down in the occiput, [8].
► Heat and burning about the eyes, [1]. ► Heat in the abdomen (and
chest), [3]. ► Heat
in the chest (and abdomen), [3]. ►
Much heat and heaviness in the head, [8]. ► Frequent creeping heat over the back into the head and down
to the feet, as from hot water, in the upper arm, and a sensation as of hot water in the
chest, followed by pain in the muscles on the posterior portion of the right thigh, while
sitting, [8]. ►
Sensation of heat in both legs, [8]. [550.] ► Flushes of heat in
the face, especially towards the upper part, [8]. ► Flushes of heat over the back, [8].
► Forehead hot and heavy, skin puffy, with throbbing in
the temporal arteries, [8]. ►
Ears very hot, internally and externally, [8]. ► Burning and redness of the face, [8]. ► Constant desire to go out
in order to cool himself, [1]. ► Sweat. ► *Sweat
on the abdomen (first night), [1]; at night, [1]. ► Skin warm and dry, [22].
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (Morning), After
rising, confusion of head; on waking, headache; nausea, etc.; feeling in abdomen. ► (About noon), Anxiety,
etc. ► (Afternoon),
Thirst; from 2 to 3.30 o’clock, chilliness through back. ►
(Night), Urine scanty; difficult passage of urine. ► (While eating), Nausea. ► (After eating),
Immediately, pressure in pit of stomach; immediately, pain in abdomen, etc.; immediately,
griping in lower abdomen. ► (Deep
inspiration), Stitches in muscles of back. ► (Moving the part), Pain in throat. ►
(On reading), Pressure in eyes. ►
(Rest), Headache. ► (After rising from sitting), Immediately, pain in thighs. ► (In room), Roaring in
ears. ► (Sitting),
Objects seeming to move in circle; sensation in throat; pressure below larynx; sensation
through back; feeling in knees; sensation through lower legs; crawling in legs. ► (While standing), Tearing
in tendons of foot. ► (Taking
hold of part), Pain in throat. ► (Tobacco-smoking), General heat, etc. ►
(While walking), Vertigo; pressure, etc.; in end of
sternum; sensation as if heart stopped; tension in fascia of thigh; pain
in thighs; tension through arm; sensation in leg; tearing in tendons of foot;
stitches in heels. ► (On writing),
Weakness in muscles of arm; tearing in muscles of forearm. ►
Amelioration. ► (Afternoon),
Headache. ► (Passage of flatus),
Headache. ► (While sitting
upright), Headache disappears. ► (While standing), Stitches beneath ribs disappear. ► (While walking), Stitches
beneath ribs disappear; weakness in legs.® 2000
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