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

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COCCULUS.


ABDOMEN.

► Hypochondria.
► Pain in the hypochondria, as from a bruise (after
twelve hours), [1]. ►
Excessively pressive pain beneath the last true ribs of the right side, aggravated by
bending the body forward, coughing, or by inspiration, but not by external pressure, [1]. ► Umbilical. ► Intermitting dull stitches in the left side near the navel, [4]. ► Fine twinges in
the right side above the navel, [4]. ► General Abdomen. ►►
*Great distension of the abdomen
, [1]. ► Whole abdomen distended, hot, and exceedingly painful (third
day), [15]. ►
*Abdomen excessively distended (seventh day), [15]. ► Flatulent troubles soon after supper; flatus moves here and
there in the intestines, and is passed with difficulty (after five hours), [1]. ► Flatus presses upward, [1]. [230.] ► Emission of hot flatulence previous to diarrhœa, [4]. ► It seems as though
the abdomen were empty and hollow, as though she had no intestines, [2]. ► Burning in the abdomen, [1]. ► *Pinching constrictive
pain in the upper abdomen after eating, which extends to the left side of the abdomen and
chest
(after one hundred hours), [1]. ► Pinching in the abdomen (after three-quarters of an hour), [6]. ► Pinching pain in
the left abdominal muscles, [9]. ►► *Griping in the upper abdomen (epigastrium), taking away the
breath
, [1]. ►
Drawing pain in the intestines, [1]. ► Pressure in the upper abdomen, [1].
► Continued stitch in the right side of the abdomen, [5]. [240.] ► Stitches in several parts of the abdomen, only when stooping
(after fifteen hours), [5]. ►
Several stitches pass through the abdomen to the lower part of the back, in the morning, in
bed, [1]. ► Several
needle-like stitches in the left side of the abdomen, [9].
► Tearing in the intestines, [1]. ► Violent colic after dinner,
while walking, with sensation of chilliness and vertigo (eighth day), [5]. ►► *Flatulent colic about
midnight; awakened by incessant accumulation of flatulence, which distended the abdomen,
causing oppressive pain here and there; some was passed without remarkable relief, whilst
new flatus constantly collected for several hours; he was obliged to lie on one side and on
the other in order to obtain relief
(after twenty hours), [1]. ► Hypogastrium. ► Audible rumbling in the lower abdomen, [5]. ► Constrictive pain in the
lower abdomen, with pressure towards the genitals, together with qualmishness in the pit of
the stomach, and inclination to waterbrash, [1]. ► Drawing pain in the lower abdomen from the right to the left
side (after four days), [5]. ►
Cutting in the lower abdomen, extending to the upper abdomen, relieved by standing, [5]. [250.] ► *Everything internally in the groins seems full and too thick, as if
stuffed; only in each side, not in front; when stepping forward it seems as if this
thickness were at the same time pushed forward, and everything would fall asunder

(after a few hours), [8]. ►
Drawing pain in the groins, as from menstruation, [8].
► Continued stitch in the right inguinal region, [5]. ► *Paralytic pain in the
right abdominal ring, as if something would force itself through; a pain as from hernia,
only while sitting, relieved on rising
, [4].
► Tendency to and premonitions of a hernia (after eight
hours), [1]. ► The
left abdominal ring becomes dilated, a hernia inclined to protrude, with sore pain (after
fourteen hours), [1]. ►►
*Painful inclination to a hernia
, especially after
rising from sitting
, [4].

RECTUM AND ANUS.

► Rectum.
► Crawling and itching in the rectum, as from ascarides, [5]. ► Violent urging in
the rectum after a stool, even causing faintness, [1].
► Anus. ►
*Contractive pain in the anus, preventing sitting, in the afternoon
(after twenty
hours), [1]. [260.]
► Burning-itching in the anus, [1]. ► Urging. ► Urging to stool, with diarrhœa of an offensive odor, [4]. ► Urging to stool
and to pass flatus at the same time, followed by diarrhœa-like stools, at short intervals,
in small portions, suddenly, with passage of flatus, [4].
► Ineffectual urging to stool, with constipation for
three days; on the fourth day a hard stool, only passed with difficulty, [5]. ► Desire for stool in the
rectum; the peristaltic motion is wanting in the upper abdomen, whereby the stool is delayed
thirty-six hours (after half an hour), [9].

STOOL.

► Diarrhœa. ► Alternations of diarrhœa, vomiting, sopor, and delirium
(seventh day), [15]. ►
Frequent small evacuations (after a few hours), [1]. ► *Frequent whitish-yellow and thinly fluid stools (third
day), [15]. ► Soft
stools daily (after half an hour), [1]. ► (Slimy stools), [1]. [270.] ► Very putrid stools
(seventh day), [15]. ►
(Very light-colored pale stool daily), [1]. ► Soft thin stool (after one hour), [6]. ► Constipation. ► Constipation for several days, [1].
► Hard stool, which is passed with great difficulty, only
every other day, [1].

URINARY ORGANS.

► Urethra.
► Pain in the urethra, on urging to urinate, [6]. ► Tensive-pressive
pain in the orifice of the urethra, when not urinating (after one hour), [1]. ► Sticking pain in the
urethra (after twelve hours), [1]. ► Sticking-itching in the forepart of the urethra (after
thirteen hours), [9]. ►
Frequent urging to urinate for a quarter of an hour, with very scanty discharge, for thirty
hours (after four hours), [7]. ► Micturition. [280.] ► (He passed very much watery urine at short intervals; there
was constantly renewed urging to urinate on account of fulness in the bladder), [4]. ► (Retention of
urine for ten minutes), [1]. ►
Urine.
► Urine red, without sediment (third
day), [15]. ► Watery
urine
(after two hours and a half), [1].

SEXUAL ORGANS.

► Male.
► Genitals relaxed in the night, with the prepuce drawn
back behind the glans (after twelve hours), [1]. ► Excitement in the genitals, with desire for coition, [1]. ► Increased
sensitiveness of the genitals, [3]. ► Sticking pain in the end of the prepuce, [1]. ► Itching-burning in the
scrotum, [5]. ►
Drawing pain in the testicles, [1]. [290.] ► Sticking pain in one
testicle, [1]. ►
Violent pain in both testicles, as if bruised, especially on touch (after third day), [5]. ► Nightly emissions
(after six hours), [1]. ►
Female.
► (Metrorrhagia), [1]. ► Leucorrhœa, [1]. ►► *Menstruation seven days
too early, with distension of the abdomen, and cutting-contracting pain in the abdomen on
every motion and every breath
; together with contraction
of the rectum
(after forty-eight hours), [1].
► *Menstruation eight days too early, with distension of the
abdomen, and pain in the upper region of the abdomen, not only on every motion (every
stooping was painful), but also while sitting, as if the inner parts were suffering from the
sharp pressure of a stone; the parts are painful to external touch
, as if there
were an internal ulcer, [1]. ►
Menstruation, that had been absent for a year, reappeared (in two cases), [8].

RESPIRATORY ORGANS.

► Larynx.
► Tough mucus hangs in the larynx and obliges him to hack
and hawk, [1]. ►
Irritation to cough, very high up in the larynx, [1]. [300.] ► Irritation to cough,
in the posterior portion of the larynx, in the evening, in bed; the cough was always in
short paroxysms, [1]. ►
Cough.
► Cough, with great exertion, on
account of oppression of the chest, which only appears on coughing (after forty-eight
hours), [3]. ►
Awakened by cough every fourth night, about 12 or about 2 o’clock (a quartan attack), with
dryness of the mouth; on coughing, the throat does not seem wide enough, [1]. ► Respiration. ► Whistling-snoring breathing, threatening suffocation,
especially on inspiration; it alternates with very slow breathing, at times almost
suppressed; therewith the face is distended as in apoplexy, [1].
► Breathing very quick (third day), [15]. ► Respiration rapid and
difficult (after one hour and a half), [18]. ► A suffocative sensation, arresting the breath and contracting
the air-passages; it almost constantly provoked cough, [1].
► Dyspnœa, and difficult breathing, [6]. ► She has no breath; must
always take a short breath, [8].

CHEST.

► Pressure on the
chest, on eructating, [1]. [310.]
► *Oppression of the chest, especially of the
upper part of the sternum, which impedes the breathing (after four hours), [1]. ► Stitches within the chest
rhythmical with the pulse, whilst sitting; uninterrupted for a quarter of an hour, [2]. ► Fine stitches in
both nipples (after half an hour), [1]. ► (Rawness and sore sensation in the chest), [11]. ► Reading aloud affects the
chest, so that he cannot continue to read without great exertion, [5]. ► Front. ► Sudden pressure upon the sternum, as if one pushed against it
with the fist, [6]. ►
Pain in the middle of the sternum, as from pressure with a blunt instrument, [4]. ► Pressive pain in the middle
of the sternum, with anxiety, followed by sticking pain in the sternum (after three hours), [1]. ► Fine sticking pain
in the sternum, while walking (after forty-eight hours), [1].
► Intermitting dull stitches in the right false ribs, in
front, [4]. ► Sides.
[320.] ► Audible
rumbling, as if in the left side of the chest, as from emptiness, especially noticed on
walking (after three hours), [7]. ► Tensive constriction in the right side of the chest, which impedes
the breathing
(after half an hour), [1]. ► Drawing pain in the side towards the back while talking,
walking, or stooping; while lying it became a drawing, worse for a few minutes; then ceasing
entirely, [1]. ► On
bending the body towards the right side, while sitting or standing, dull drawing pain in the
right side of the chest, continuing as long as he remains bent, [5]. ► Paroxysmal, fine sticking
pains in the left side of the chest, on inspiration, [3].
► Stitches in the right side (after one hour), [1]. ► Stitches in the
left side (after three hours), [1]. ► Some stitches in the right side of the chest (after two
hours), [6]. ► Some
stitches in the left side of the chest, in the pit of the stomach, in the evening (after
twenty-four hours), [1]. ►
An extremely violent stitch through the left chest into the back, while walking, [5].

HEART AND PULSE.

[330.] ► *Palpitation, [1]. ► Pulse very quick (third day), [15].
► Pulse small, but natural in frequency (after six
hours), [15]. ► The
pulse is not more rapid, but very small and hard, [1].

NECK AND BACK.

► Neck.
►► *Weakness of the cervical muscles, with heaviness of
the head, for several days
; the cervical muscles seem
unable to support the head; is obliged to lay the head now here, now there; even the muscles
are painful: most relieved when leaning backward
, [5].
► *Stiff pain in the cervical muscles, on moving the neck,
and on yawning
, [4]. ►
Painful cracking in the cervical vertebræ, on moving the head, [1]. ► Paralytic drawing in the
side of the neck, and other places; at times almost like an intermitting paralytic pressure,
[4]. ► Sticking
pain in the neck, on moving the head forward and backward, [5].
► Fine stitches in the outer parts of the neck (after one
hour), [1]. [340.]
► Fine stitches externally in the right side of the neck,
[5]. ► Pulsating
stitches externally, in the left side of the neck, [5].
► Back. ►
*Trembling in the back
, [1]. ► On standing, pain in the back, as if one were too much
fatigued or had strained himself (after twelve hours), [1].
► On moving the shoulders, the whole back became stiff
and painful, [4]. ►
Boring pains in the back, [1]. ►
Pain in the spine, as if it would break, [1]. ► Pressive pain in the back, especially on the left side, while
sitting (after five hours), [7]. ►
Paralytic pressive pain in the lumbar region, [4]. [350.] ► Piercing pain in the
articulation of the dorsal and all the vertebræ, as if they were sprained or spasmodically
drawn together, especially on motion (after twenty hours), [1].
► Tearing pains in the back, [1]. ► Dorsal. ► Intermitting, pressive, paralytic pain beneath the left
scapula, during rest, [4]. ►
Drawing pains just below the left scapula, while standing and lying, most severe in the
morning (after six hours), [3]. ► *Pressure in the scapulæ and nape of the neck, [1]. ► Stitches in the
scapulæ, extending from the right to the left, [1]. ► Tearing between the shoulders and in the spine, in the
evening, before lying down (after thirty-six hours), [1].
► Lumbar. ►
Pain in the small of the back, as if bruised, not aggravated by touch, [1]. ► *Paralytic pain in the small of
the back
, as if lame, [1]. ► *Paralytic pain in the small of the back, with spasmodic drawing
across the hips, which prevents walking, with anxious fearful mood
, [1]. [360.] ► Sharp hard pressure in the loins and region of the kidneys,
in the morning, while lying in bed, disappearing after rising, [1].

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.

►
Objective.
► *Trembling of all the limbs,
[1]. ► *Trembling in
all the limbs, always with chilliness, which does not disappear even in a warm room,
especially in the evening
, [3]. ► Painful stiffness in the joints (after eight hours), [1]. ► Painful stiffness
of all the joints, now in the hands and fingers, now in the knees and ankles, for two days
(after twenty-four hours), [3]. ►
Limbs became paralytic and stiff, with drawing pains in the bones and back, [15]. ► Paralytic immobility of
the limbs, (after twenty-four hours), [1]. ► Paralytic immobility of the limbs, with drawing pains,
feeling as if in the bones, [1]. ► *Painful lameness in the arms and legs; she could scarcely rise from
her seat, with loss of power
, [4]. ► Cracking in the joints, [1].
[370.] ► Cracking in
the joints, when walking, [6]. ► Subjective. ► The
limbs seem paralyzed, [1]. ►►
*At one time the feet are asleep, at another the hands
, alternately;
very transient attacks
, [1]. ► Such heaviness in the limbs, and such weakness in the whole
body, at 9 A.M., that she could not keep herself from sleeping; several days at the same
time, [2]. ►
Internal pains in the limbs, aggravated by touch and external pressure (after twenty-four
hours), [1]. ►
Internal burrowing bone pains in the limbs, [4]. ► Pain in the limbs, on motion, as if they would be crushed or
broken, [1]. ►
Sensitive paralytic drawing, constant and paroxysmal, here and there in the limbs, as if in
the bones
, [4]. ►
Drawing pain in the limbs and abdominal muscles, as after taking cold, [1]. ► Drawing pain in the limbs
of the left side, [1]. [380.]
► Slight noise shoots through all his limbs, [1]. ► The muscles of the
limbs are painful to touch (after twenty-four hours), [1].

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.

►
Objective.
► Convulsions of te arms, with
closing of the thumb in the fist, [1]. ► Subjective. ► *The arms
are asleep, with a crawling sensation
, [6].
► Sensation in the arms as if asleep and paralyzed,
during and after a meal (after three hours), [1]. ► Paroxysmal burning pain in the left arm, [1]. ► The arm aches while eating;
it is very heavy and tired if he attempts to raise it, [1].
► The arm upon which he lies in bed pains as if beaten, [4]. ► Sensitive
paralytic pain on violent motion of the arm, as if the bones were beaten asunder, [4]. ► Shoulder. ► Excessive drawing pain in the bones of the shoulder and arm,
on raising the arm after eating; on touch the parts are painful, as if bruised or beaten, [1]. [390.] ► Some stitches in the shoulder and muscles of the upper arm, during
rest
(after one hour), [1]. ► Pain consisting of a broken, tearing, and sticking sensation
in the shoulder and elbow-joints, also in the toes and between them, intolerable during
rest, with a sensation of heaviness; he dreads to move the arm, though the pain is relieved
by motion (after five hours), [1]. ► Arm. ► Jerking in the
muscles of the left upper arm, [5]. ► Pulselike, visible jerking in the muscles of the right and
left upper arms, just above the elbows, [5]. ► Pain in the upper arm, on raising it, as if the arm were
broken in two, [4]. ►
Drawing in the upper part of the humerus, with bruised pain, [4].
► Stitches in the right upper arm, [6]. ► Intermitting dull stitches,
like shocks, on the outer side of the left upper arm, blow its head, [4]. ► The humeri just above the
elbows seem beaten, and pain as if paralyzed, on motion, [4].
► A digging (wavelike drawing), bruised pain in the left
humerus, [4]. ► Elbow.
[400.] ► Sudden
paralytic pain in the bend of the right elbow, [4]. ► Continued sticking in the left elbow (fourth day), [5]. ► Forearm. ► A kind of paralysis of the arm while writing; is scarcely
able to hold his pen (after four hours), [6]. ► *The forearm is asleep, with sensation as if the hand were swollen,
with constrictive pain in the muscles; the fingers are cool, with an internal sensation of
icy coldness (after three hours), [1]. ► Pain as if dislocated in the radius, during rest and motion, [1]. ► Intermitting, very
sensitive, almost tearing, paralytic pressure in the anterior muscles of the forearm,
especially during rest, [1]. ►
Pressive pain in the right forearm, [9]. ► Sticking pain in the outer side of the left forearm,
extending into the little finger, [9]. ► Hand. ► Redness of the
left hand, with drawing in the middle finger (fourth day), [5].
►► *The hand trembles while eating, and the more the higher it is raised, [2]. [410.] ►► *Now one hand, now the other, seems insensible and asleep,
[1]. ► Cramplike
pain on the outer side of the right hand, and in the forefingers, with some heat of the
hand, [9]. ► Fingers.
► Painful paralytic jerking through the fingers (sixth
day), [4]. ►
Cramplike contraction of the fingers, [4]. ► Cramplike pain in the right little finger, while writing, [7]. ► Tearing, boring,
drawing pain in the fingers, [1]. ► Cramplike sticking pain from behind forward, in the right
index finger, [9].

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