COLCHICUM.
ABDOMEN.
► Hypochondria.
► Increased secretion of bile, [69]. ► The secretion of bile was
constantly increased after Colchicum, as shown not only in the stools, which were always
very bilious and copious, but also in the bilious vomiting, [22].
► Pain, as from incarcerated flatus, immediately under
the short ribs of the right side, [52]. [460.] ► Inability to sleep,
on account of not being able to lie on the left side according to habit; it constantly
seemed as though a fold, or something of that kind, pressed against me; this however, was
not the case, and I found that a pain in the region of the spleen was the cause, and that it
was especially noticed on external pressure, [34]. ► Tensive sensation transversely across the hypochondria (after
four hours and a half), [39]. ►
Slight sticking in the left hypochondrium, [39]. ► Tearing in the left hypochondrium, [34]. ► Cutting-tearing pains in
the hepatic region, [34]. ►
Transient stitches in the spleen in the evening (first day), [33].
► Umbilical. ►
Sharp pressing-outward pain above the navel, somewhat to the left side, [52]. ► Violent sharp stitches in
the umbilical region, [52]. ►
Pressive colic about the umbilical region, with flatulence, before and at the commencement
of the midday meal, [52]. ►
Sticking colic here and there below the umbilical region, [52].
► General Abdomen. [470.]
► *Abdomen distended (third day), [33]. ► Abdomen distended, tense,
and hard, [19]. ►
Abdomen greatly distended, [85]. ►
Great distension of the abdomen, [63]. ► *Great distension of the abdomen, as if she had eaten too much,
although she had not taken the slightest food; after taking a moderate amount of very light
food this sensation became much more troublesome (after three hours), [55]. ► The abdomen became
extremely distended in a short time, [62]. ► Abdomen not distended but doughy, and painful on the
slightest pressure (after four weeks), [20]. ► Abdomen sunken, [80]. ► Violent enteritis, [79].
► Movings about in the abdomen, as though diarrhœa would
ensue, [51]. [480.]
► Rumbling in the abdomen, soon, [33]; (first day), [32]. ► Rumbling in the abdomen, as with diarrhœa (nothing unusual),
[39]. ► Rumbling in
the abdomen, as from wandering gases in the transverse colon (second day), [37]. ► Rumbling in the abdomen,
with griping colic, [70]. ►
Rumbling in the abdomen and urging to stool, [11]. ► Rumbling in the bowels, with urging to stool, [10]. ► Rumbling in the
intestines, followed by soft stool and after half an hour by a second still softer (second
day), [46]. ►
Slight rumbling in the abdomen, soon giving place to a sensation of hunger, [39]. ► Passage of flatus (second
day), [30]. ►
Passage of odorless flatus (second day), [32]. [490.] ► *Very offensive flatus in
the evening, [72]. ►
Much forcible offensive flatus, [35]. ► Discomfort in the abdomen (second day), [44]. ► Uneasiness in the abdomen,
with movings and urging to stool, [72]. ► An unpleasant sensation (ache) in the upper abdomen, on
pressure (second day), [25]. ►
Sensation of weakness in the abdomen, becoming hunger, [39].
► Feeling as though flatulence was incarcerated in the
abdomen, [39]. ►
Pains in the abdomen (after one hour and a half), [67].
► Pain in the abdomen, as from incarcerated flatus, [55]. ► Violent pain in
the bowels, [76]. [500.] ► Some burning in the
abdomen below the navel, with slight dragging towards the small of the back, [39]. ► Slight burning here and
there in the abdomen, which gradually became violent, and changed to a transient but severe
griping (after a few hours), [3]. ► Fulness in the abdomen, [39].
► Fulness of the abdomen after eating, relieved after a
copious, thin, pasty stool, [11]. ► Sensation of fulness in the abdomen (fifth day), [36]. ► Feeling of
fulness in the abdomen after supper, [10]. ► Slight tension in the upper abdomen, extending to the right
hypochondrium, [39]. ►
Painful constriction of the abdomen precedes vomiting, [51].
► Cramps in the muscles of the abdomen and flexors of the
limbs, [68]. ► Very
violent cutting cramplike pain in the upper abdomen, extending to the navel, in the evening,
lasting half an hour, similar to a colic or premonitions of diarrhœa, [34]. [510.] ► Griping in the abdomen, [18],
[69], [73]. ► Griping in the abdomen, with unsatisfactory stool (third
day), [33]. ►
Griping in the abdomen, followed by pasty stool (second day), [33].
► Gripings and movings in the abdomen (after
three-quarters of an hour), [18]. ► Slight griping, as from flatulence or diarrhœa (fourth day),
[46]. ► Griping
pains in the abdomen, [72]. ►
Pinching pain in the abdomen near the right hip, [52].
► Aching and discomfort in the whole abdomen, [51]. ► Constant slight
drawing sensation in the abdomen, as if colic would occur, [39].
► Dragging and moving in the transverse colon, [37]. [520.] ► Dragging sensation, extending from the abdomen to the chest,
with anxiety and heat, especially of the head, lasting two hours (after one hour), [54]. ► Gnawing in the
abdomen, [11]. ►
Some gnawing in the abdomen, [10]. ► Pressure in the abdomen, [55].
► Pressure in the left side of the abdomen, as from
incarcerated flatus; the place is also sensitive to pressure, [39].
► Pressure and discomfort in the region of the transverse
colon (sixth day), [43]. ►
Some pressure in the upper abdomen, in the morning, on waking, [52]. ► Sticking pressure in the
left portion of the transverse colon, momentary (second day), [37].
► A painful, uncomfortable sensation of pressure in the
abdomen, relieved by rubbing with the hand, followed by tasteless eructations and passage of
flatus, [43]. ►
Pinching-pressive sensation in the left side of the upper abdomen, extending to the region
of the hip, relieved for a short time by eructations, [52].
[530.] ► Cutting pain
in the lower right side of the abdomen, afterwards in the upper left side, though not like
the previous cutting in the intestines; indeed it was not in the intestines, [34]. ► Sensation of cutting in
the abdomen (fourth day), [36]. ►
Constant sensation of cutting in the abdomen (fifth day), [36].
► Transient stitches transversely through the abdomen, [39]. ► Tearing in the
abdomen just to the left of the right hip, [52]. ► Several cutting tearings in the right side of the upper
abdomen, [52]. ►
Colic, [60]. ►
Colic and diarrhœa, immediately after rising, [41]. ► Colic-like pains and vomiting, with diarrhœa, [77]. ► Violent colic, [80]. [540.] ► Violent colic and frequent vomiting through the night, [19]. ► A pressing-out
colic during supper, just beneath the pit of the stomach, relieved by eructations, [52]. ► A pain, as from
internal soreness, even on touch, between the left hip and ribs, [52]. ► Sensation of pulsation in
the abdomen and chest, like a great rush of blood to the chest (second morning), [40]. ► Hypogastrium.
► Irritation in the lower abdomen and anus, as from
diarrhœa, after dinner; urging to stool, with aching in the abdomen, [35]. ► Frequent and constant
colic in the lower abdomen, as with diarrhœa, and almost involuntary passage of slimy,
watery stools, [35]. ►
Pressure in the ileum to the left of the navel (after two hours), [37].
RECTUM AND ANUS.
► Rectum.
► Prolapsus of the rectum, [63].
► Sensation as of diarrhœa, preceded by cutting pain,
without watery or thin evacuations, [35]. ► Slight throbbing smarting in the rectum, [39]. ► Anus. [550.] ► *Spasms in the sphincter
ani, with chilliness running up the back, followed by urging to stool without being able to
sufficiently evacuate the bowels, [51]. ► Sensation in the anus as of diarrhœa; copious evacuations,
not thin, followed by sensation as of diarrhœa in the rectum, with sore pain in the anus, [35]. ► Sensation of
warmth and slight prickling in the anus, [27]. ► Very painful anus, [63].
► Burning in the anus, [52].
► Intermitting burning in the anus, [52]. ► Transient stitches in the
anterior part of the anus, in the urethra, and in the left hip, [27]. ► Fine sticking tearing in
the anus, [52]. ►
Pain in the sphincter, as if it would be torn, with a hard stool, [35]. ► Crawling and violent
jerking in the anus, [52]. [560.]
► Sudden severe itching in the anus, [27]. ► Urging. ► Urging to stool in the afternoon, followed by an evacuation
which was extremely painful, and had to be accomplished with great care, since it seemed as
though the whole sphincter would be torn asunder, [35].
► *Urging to stool, relieved by frequent passage of flatus,
[27]. ► Urging to
stool, with rumbling in the abdomen and pressure in the epigastric region (after eight
hours), [71]. ►
Urging to stool, with passage of flatus (third day), [27].
► Urging to stool, with passage of some hardened fæces,
or even no passage at all, with pain in the anus, several times during the day, [54]. ► *Considerable urging
to stool, which is unsatisfactory, [38]. ► Much urging to stool, which is difficult to pass, though
soft, and is followed by pain in the small of the back (fifth day), [36]. ► Frequent urging to stool,
without result, [10]. ►
Frequent urging to stool and some rumbling in the abdomen, but without result, [11]. [570.] ► Constant urging to stool, without result (third day), [26]. ► Constant urging
to stool, with very copious evacuation and very violent griping pain, followed, after a
quarter of an hour, by a sensation of much motion in the colon, after which there were six
copious, watery, yellow evacuations, [4]. ► Ineffectual urging to stool; the rectum seemed quite
inactive; nothing was accomplished, although the fæces were felt in the rectum, [35]. ► Very painful urging
to stool; at first only a little fæces passed, but afterwards there followed a transparent, gelatinous, and very membranous mucus, with some relief of the
pain in the abdomen (after three hours), [3].
► Inclination to diarrhœa, [55]. ►► *Tenesmus, [67], [77]. ► Constant tenesmus, with evacuation of only a small quantity
of fæces, [13]. ►
Much tenesmus with stool, [74]. ►
She was frequently obliged to go to stool, without being able to pass anything; preceded by
colic, [51].
STOOL.
► Diarrhœa. ► Diarrhœa consisting of mucus like rice-water, [84]. [580.] ► Incessant diarrhœa, [63].
► *Bilious diarrhœa, afterwards mixed with white membranous
pieces, [14]. ►
Watery diarrhœa, [51]. ►
Severe purging of bilious fluid (after three hours), [83].
► *Dysentery; the evacuations slimy and bloody, with tenesmus,
[68]. ► Frequent
stools, [9], [66].
► Frequent stools and vomiting, [18]. ► Frequent stools,
alternating with vomiting, [18]. ►
Frequent liquid stools, with gripings in the abdomen, [76].
► Stools watery, frequent, [85].
[590.] ► *Stool frequent,
offensive, consisting of orange-yellow slimy fluid, mingled with many bright yellow flakes,
without any fæces, [17]. ► Frequent evacuations from bowels, with pain; discharges large
and watery; colored with bile resembling the matter vomited (after four hours), [82]. ► Several large
watery evacuations, accompanied by severe griping pain at each discharge (after four hours),
[82]. ► Two stools
during the first night, [28]. ►
Two unusually easy stools (second afternoon), [25]. ► Two pasty stools during the day (third day), [37]. ► Four yellow, watery stools
(first day), [5]. ►
Stool and urine passed involuntarily (after three days), [20].
► Stool often involuntary during the first night, but not
bloody, [21]. ►
Frequent watery stools, without any sensation, [51]. [600.] ►
Stools profuse, liquid, becoming involuntary before death, of a black color, and of an
extremely offensive odor, [67]. ► *Copious yellowish watery stools, [69]. ► Stools yellow, bloody,
thin, [80]. ►
Stools watery, yellow, [77]. ►
Watery stools, without any pain, [8]. ►► *Discharges from bowels containing a large quantity of small
white shreddy particles (after twenty hours), [83].
► Stools without tenesmus, offensive, orange-yellow,
slimy fluid, with many bright-yellow flakes, without fæces, [65].
► Bloody stools, with gripings in the intestines, [61]. ► Semi-diarrœalike
stool in the morning following the usual stool (second morning), [46]. ► Very copious thin yellow
stool, preceded by some pain, with rumbling and sensation of moving about in the abdomen;
these sensations returned soon after the stool, with urging to stool without result, [11]. [610.] ► Soft stool, with slight tenesmus (after nine hours), [71]. ► Pasty stool, [39]. ► Pasty stool, with
flatulence, after dinner, followed by emission of offensive flatus (after six hours), [39]. ► Thin stool,
preceded by colic, [51]. ►
A thin watery stool passes, without any sensation, [51].
► Stool thin, watery, frothy, painless, [11]. ► Stool as thin as water,
frothy, without pain, [10]. ►
Stool thin, yellow, pasty, evacuated with force; during the stool and afterwards an
uncomfortable almost painful sensation in the abdomen, [11].
► Stool thin, yellow, copious, followed by some pain,
with rumbling and movings in the abdomen, together with some tenesmus, [10]. ► Stool thin, yellowish,
pasty, evacuated with great force, accompanied by an uncomfortable almost painful sensation
in the abdomen, [10]. [620.]
► Slimy stool, with great pressure and tenesmus, in the
afternoon (third day), [74]. ►
Stool watery, slimy, brownish-black, of a serpentine look, feculent, as though mixed with
fresh bile or fresh blood, [10]. ►
Stool very watery, slimy, greenish-black, offensive, smelling like fresh bile, or fresh
blood which has stood for some minutes in a water-bath, [11].
► *Stool offensive, rather liquid, containing small pieces of
a white membrane (after twelve hours), [18].
► Stool, with tenesmus and sensation as in diarrhœa, [71]. ► Passage of much
offensive fæces (third day), [26]. ► Constipation. ►
Constipation (third day), [33]. ►
Constipation for several days, and when the stool appeared it was very small, not in
proportion to the amount eaten, [52]. ► Constipation, with sensation of fulness in the rectum (third
day), [44]. ► Stool
very sluggish and scanty, [26]. [630.] ► Stool, soft difficult
to discharge; a portion of it remained in the anus, [34].
► Stool not hard, but more difficult to pass than usual
(second day), [44]. ►
The stool not hardened, but very scanty; was evacuated with great exertion, [52].
URINARY ORGANS.
► Urethra.
► Burning through the whole urethra, with slight
contraction of the neck of the bladder on urinating (after nine hours), [71]. ► Slight burning in the
urethra (third day), [33]. ►
Violent burning in the urinary passages, [63]. ► Intolerable crawling burning in the urethra, in the morning,
in bed, after urinating, with sensation as though more urine would pass, and burning when
passing a few drops, as if it were glowing hot; together with burning in the anus (same pain
repeat after eight days, also in the morning, in bed), [52].
► Burning sensation in the urethra, as if it were sore,
on urinating, [51]. ►
Drawing and tearing in the urethra, [51]. ► Pressive drawing in the urethra, [52]. [640.] ► Drawing sensation in the lowest portion of the urethra, [52]. ► Drawing pain in
the urethra, [51]. ►
Cutting in the forepart of the urethra, [52]. ► Slight cutting on micturition (third day), [33]. ► Tickling in the navicular
fossa, [39]. ►
Urging to urinate, [37], [55], [70]. ► Great urging to urinate, [27].
► Micturition. ►
Frequent micturition, [20]. ►
Frequent micturition, day and night (third day), [27].
► Frequent deep-yellow urine, more profuse than usual, [39]. [650.] ► Micturition more frequent than usual, [52]. ► Diabetic urine was passed
every half hour (after two weeks), [20]. ► Increased secretion of urine, [51].
► Increased dark-colored urine, [70]. ► Urine somewhat increased
during the first twelve hours, with some urging therewith, [54].
► Urine copious, golden-yellow, clear, afterwards with
white floating clouds (third day), [33]. ► Urine profuse and hot, [27].
► Urine profuse, turbid, with a specific gravity of 1034
to 1014, [69]. ►
*Diminished micturition, [63]. ► *Urine scanty, [85];
(after fifteen hours), [67]. [660.]
► Urine scanty, fiery red, and burning (after three
hours), [3]. ►
Urinary secretion scanty, [16]. ►
Retention of the urine, [77], [80]. ► No urine, [76]. ► Urine. ► *Urine darker than usual, [55].
► *Brown-black urine, [64]. ► *Bloody urine, with strangury,
[70]. ► Urine at
first turbid, then clear and yellow, [52]. ► Urine like lime-water; the turbidity caused by urate of
ammonia, [69]. ►
Colchicum has no remarkable action upon the excretion of urine; when a diminution of the
constituents of the urine is noticed, it is associated with increased evacuations of the
bowels, [10]. [670.]
► In two provers the solid constituents, and especially
the nitrogenous portions of the urine, were diminished; the fæces, however, were more
copious than natural during both provings, which may account for the diminished constituents
of the urine, [22]. ►
Uric acid was decidedly increased while using Colchicum, [24].
► Decided increase of uric acid (during four
observations), [23]. ►
Decided increase of uric acid, and also of the urea, [14].
► The uric acid disappeared entirely during the proving, [22]. ► The urea was in
three provings increased, as also the fixed salts, while the whole amount of urine was
diminished, [23]. ►
He excreted 1.02 grammes of nitrogen daily less than the normal, corresponding to 2.18
grammes of urea, [13]. ►
Fixed salts seemed to be increased, earthy phosphates diminished, [22].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
► Male.
► Tearing in the glans penis, [52]. ► Very sensitive fine pains
in the left testicle, as if crushed, only noticed when stepping on the left foot; apparently
caused by the jar, since it was not noticed on pressure, [34].
[680.] ► Tearing in
the left spermatic cord, [51]. ►
Excessive and unusual desire for coition (second day), [26].
► Excessive sexual desire, after eating, [27]. ► Female. ► Menstruation some days too early, [41]. ► Menstruation seven days,
earlier than usual, [53]. ►
Menstruation that had just appeared, disappeared, [51].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
► Larynx,
Trachea, and Bronchi. ► While swallowing the
tincture, the air-passages became irritated by it, causing a slight dry cough, [2]. ► Pain in the
larynx, with croupous expectoration from it, [35]. ► Pressive pain in the muscles above the larynx, somewhat to
the left side, internally and externally, [52]. ► Scraping in the larynx (soon), [33].
[690.] ► Tickling in
the larynx, [33]. ►
Crawling in the trachea and in the chest, with cough, [52].
► Voice. ►
Hollow, deep voice, [33]. ►
Slight hoarseness (soon), [33]; (second day), [32]. ► Loss of voice, as
in cholera, [76]. ►
Cough and Expectoration. ► (Cough alternating
with coryza), [26]. ►
Cough and deep respiration (second day), [25]. ► Frequent easy expectoration from the larynx, of mucus in
gelatinous or starchlike lumps, without any cough, [35].
► Respiration. ►
Notwithstanding the transpiration from the skin and the evacuation of the bowels were
increased in quantity, the carbonic acid expired by the lungs remained about the same, and,
on one day, was much above the normal, [11]. ► Irregular respiration (after three days), [20]. [700.] ► Respiration continued intermitting; convulsions became more
frequent involving, the neck and face, and the jaws became more firmly clenched, with
frothing from the mouth and distortion of the eyes (after six weeks), [20]. ► Desire to take frequent
deep inspiration, [27]. ►
Difficult breathing, [63], [65]. ► Difficult breathing, and
great anxiety (after eighteen hours), [17]. ► Dyspnœa, [63]. ► Dyspnœa, and contraction of the chest, [69]. ► Extreme dyspnœa, [75].® 2000
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