DIGITALIS.
HEART AND PULSE.
► Præcordium.
[690.] ► Uneasiness
in the heart all day (sixth day), [70]. ► Uneasiness at the heart in the afternoon (fifth day), [66]. ► Throughout the
day frequent uneasiness amounting sometimes to pain, in the region of the heart (fourteenth
day), [66]. ►
Slight uneasiness in the region of the heart (sixth day), [66].
► Continued to suffer much from uneasiness in the heart
and disorder of the stomach (nineteenth day), [66]. ► *Dull uneasiness in various parts of the region of the heart, with a
sensation of weakness in the forearm, all the evening (second day), [66]. ► Feeling of slight
confusion of the heart, especially on moving, with painful sensation of weakness in the
wrists and forearms (half hour after second dose, second day), [66]. ► Dull, disagreeable
sensation in the region of the heart (after second dose, second day), [66]. ►► *A sudden sensation as
though the heart stood still, with great anxiety, attack lasting about half a
minute, not returning; pulse and heart not affected, at 9 P.M. (after 10 drops in the
morning), [64]. ►
*Sudden sensation as though the heart stood still, with great anxiety and necessity for
holding the breath, after dinner (sixth day), [64d].
[700.] ►
*Peculiar sensation in the chest, as of the heart standing still; single,
violent, slow heart-beats, with sudden violent heat in the occiput, and transient
unconsciousness, the whole lasting only a moment, [95].
► Pain in the heart, with which I had been troubled, was
more severe than ever this morning, and from the ensiform cartilage upward my breast was
sore to touch (fifth day), [70]. ►
Slight pain, apparently in the heart, and in half an hour the pulse was softer, smaller, but
more rapid than natural (second day), [63]. ► Felt uncommonly well, except that I thought I sometimes felt
shifting pains in the heart, for the first three days, [70].
► Oppression of the heart (second day), [71b]. ► Oppressive sensation in
the heart, and need to inspire deeper, [95]. ► Attack of the so-called heart-worm (“herzwurm”),
with intermitting pulse and congestion of the head, especially in the occiput, somewhat to
the left side, and inclination to vomit (after twelve hours), [71b].
► Heart’s Action. ►
Action of the heart stronger than usual (fourteenth and fifteenth days), [65b]. ► Beating of the heart
stronger than usual (thirteenth day), [65b]. Movements
of the heart a little more forcible, and it appeared to act with difficulty (twenty-first
day), less labored, and its contractions more brisk (twenty-second day), [65b]. [710.] ► Force of the action of the heart nearly natural, but its
constrictions were more brisk and rapid (eighteenth day), [65b].
► The action of the heart was irregular, and appeared to
have increased in force a short time after taking Digitalis, but soon after it approached
nearer its natural state (sixteenth day), [65b]. ► Action of the heart strong and energetic; this increased
action extended over entire left side; first sound dull and prolonged, the second clear;
beats intermittent and irregular (second day), [76]. ► Action of the heart was strong and more violent (second day),
[65]. ►
Contractions of the heart strong and violent, accompanied with pulsations when I walked in
my room (second day), [65]. ►
Action of the heart was more violent, and was more easily felt internally, and could be seen
externally (first day), [65]. ►
Action of the heart remarkably violent (ninth day), action stronger than in a natural state
(twelfth day); action very violent, the general strength was very inconsiderable, without
however being much diminished, [65c]. ► The force of the hearts action and arteries gradually
increased to such an extent and caused such great orgasm of blood, with palpitation, that he
was obliged to rise from bed in the night, for three or four days, walk about the room and
open the window; pulse was strong, accelerated (100), [63b].
► Congestion of the head, and roaring and ringing in the
ears lasting several days, [63b]. ► Violent beating of the heart, almost audible, with anxiety
and contractive pain beneath the sternum, [2]. [720.] ► Single, violent, slow
heart-beats, when sitting, [95]. ► *Action of the heart more feeble and constantly accompanied by
palpitations (third day), [65]. ►► *The hearts action has lost its force; its beats are more
frequent and intermittent, and sometimes irregular (fifth day), [76]. ► Beating of the heart much
weaker and softer than usual (second day), [63]. ► *Scarcely perceptible beating of the heart, [23], [49]. ► Movements of the heart more rapid, especially the systole;
this organ appeared to dilate but slowly, and it experienced palpitations at each movement
of the body. I felt again at this organ slight uneasiness, and at times cold sweats
(nineteenth and twentieth days), [65b]. ► Palpitation (soon), [77].
► Palpitation of the heart returned with less severity
several times the next night, and caused him to start up from commencing sleep, [63b]. ► Palpitation and
uneasy feeling at heart, readily excited by even moderate exercise (after first dose,
sixteenth day), [66]. ►
Palpitation easily excited on going up even a slight ascent, which in health would produce
no effect (fourth day), [66]. [730.]
► Oppressive, pressing, contractive heat of the heart,
with anxiety and spasmodic pain in the sternum and beneath the ribs, [2]. ► *The heart-beats are
accompanied by a gentle “bruit de souffle,” [81].
► Pulse. ►
Acceleration of the pulse (after half an hour); after the larger doses the pulse was at
first more rapid, afterwards smaller and slower, [59].
► Small, rapid, hard pulse, [1]. ► Pulse rapid, soft and
without vigor, the arteries also dilated more or less irregular (sixth day), [58]. ► Pulse small, weak, and
more rapid than usual (fourth day), [62]. ► Pulse decidedly small and weak, but not slower than usual, on
the contrary, sometimes more rapid (fourth and fifth day), [61].
[740.] ► During the
flow of urine and diarrhœa, the pulse is small and rapid; with cold hands and feet, [51], [Not found. -Hughes.] ►
Pulse 90, strong and full (after 120 drops); 100, strong and full (after 180 drops), (first
day). 120 strong and full (after 240 drops); 125, strong and wiry (after 300 drops), (second
day). 150, strong, hard and wiry (after 420 drops), (third day). Pulse never less frequent
than in the natural state. 60, small and feeble, but regular (fifth day), [65]. ► Rapid pulse, 100 before
death, [51] [Subsequent to S. 763. -Hughes.] ► Pulse 68 before taking; 68 (after five minutes); 72 (after
ten minutes); 74 (after fifteen and twenty minutes); 70 (after twenty-five minutes); 68
(after thirty minutes); after which no farther change was observed, although attention was
paid to it for some time longer. It was not only excited in frequency by the simulating
power of the pill, but also considerably in force, [93].
► Pulse 80 after gentle exercise (fifth day); 80 when at
rest, but rose to 85 or 90 when I had walked for a few minutes (eighth day); 85 whether
lying or sitting, 90 to 95 when I had walked a little (thirteenth day); 100 full and strong
(fourteenth day); 85 while I remained quiet, although it rose to 100 after gentle exercise
(sixteenth day); 80 (seventeenth day); 80 full and strong (eighteenth day); 85, rather weak
and irregular, especially after having taken exercise (nineteenth day); 70, softer and
fuller (twenty-first day); softer and fuller, 60 but rose to 75 upon slight exercise
(twenty-second day); 50 to 65, when I remained quiet, but rose to nearly its natural number
when I used much exertion; still it was full, although soft and easily depressed
(twenty-third day); it never fell below the degree just indicated, and nearly a week after
it had resumed its natural rhythm, [63b]. ► Pulse before taking, 56 while sitting, at 10 A.M., ten
minutes after dose no change; after twenty-eight minutes, 55 or 56; but on standing, it
immediately rose to 72; at 6 P.M. 54 to 56 sitting, 68 standing; at 11 P.M. 69 sitting, 88
standing (first day); at 10 A.M. 61 sitting, 69 standing (second day); at 11 P.M. 82
sitting, 90 standing, small, weak, and somewhat irregular, the beat of the heart is stronger
and more distinctly felt than usual (fourth day). In the morning, 57 sitting; at 7 P.M. 74
sitting, 86 the first minute, 94 the second, on standing, without perceptible irregularity
it remains for a few minutes at this rate and then becomes slower (fifth day); at 9 A.M. 52
sitting, 60 standing; at 11 A.M. 50 sitting, very full, strong, and regular (sixth day); at
9 A.M. 59 sitting, 72 standing (seventh day), [64h]. ► Pulse in the morning before exercise was uniformly 60,
feeble; at night after sitting for about two hours 56, feeble, before taking. 70 in the
morning; 66 in the evening (first three days). Pulse before breakfast 76, strong; in the
evening 70 (fifth and sixth days). 80 in the morning, 90 in the evening (seventh and eight
days), continuing nearly 70 the same for three days, 78, pretty full (tenth day). returned
to its natural standard (seventeenth day), [76]. ► Pulse averaged in the forenoon 68, abound in the evening 75,
before taking; 68 after sitting quietly for an hour; 68 sitting quietly (after half an
hour), (first day); 66 (twenty minutes after first dose); 76, of natural strength, after
walking four or five times up and down the room; 83 (two hours and a half after first dose),
75 (five hours and a half after first dose), 80 (half an hour after second dose), 76,
counted several times in gave the first half minutes 36, the second 40, and 3 beats failed
to be felt (one hour after second dose), 80 (nine hours after second dose), 78, weak, beating strong from twelve to twenty times, and then very weak of four or
five times (ten hours after second dose), (second day); 62, small and weak in the
morning, 72 in the evening (third day); 80, full and regular before taking; 90, weak, three
or four pulsations in a minute hardly felt (after three-quarters of an hour); 82, nearly
natural in strength, not steadily so (after twelve hours), (fourth day); 76 before taking,
84 (after half an hour); 76, rather weak in the evening (fifth day); 72 before taking, 88
irregular (after one hour), 84 less irregular (after two hours), 72 regular (after four and
a half), (seventh day); 72 regular (eight day); 73 in the morning (ninth day); 78 at 6.30
P.M. (tenth day); 73, natural, before taking, 80 (one hour and a half after first dose), 76
(three hours after first dose), 62 (five hours after first dose), (fourteenth day); 72 in
the morning (fifteenth day); 75, a little irregular after walking before taking, 84 (one
hour after first dose), 86, slightly irregular (one hour and a half after first dose), 100,
irregular, but full in the evening (after second dose), (sixteenth day); natural, but very
readily excited (nineteenth day), [66]. ► Pulse before taking 72; 84 (after half an hour); 74 (after
one hour), [68]. ►
Pulse previous to taking 58, 59 while sitting, 61 standing; in the afternoon three hours
after dinner, 73 while sitting, 78 standing; at 11 P.M., 82 sitting, 94 standing (first
day). in the morning in bed 59; at 9.30, 72 sitting, 79 standing; at 10.15, 66 sitting, 85
standing; while sitting it was strong, full, and regular, while standing, small, weak,
irregular, in both rate and strength; at noon, 65 sitting, 81 standing; at 11 P.M., 68
sitting, 84 standing, irregular as before (second day); at 11 A.M., 60 sitting, 72 standing
(the slightest motion made it immediately more rapid); noting the
pulse while leaning backward in a reclining clear and then raising myself to slowly sitting
upright, the pulse become in a moment jerky and very much smaller and weaker
(third day). At 10 A.M., 61 sitting, 65 standing (fourth day), [64c]. [750.] ► Pulse previously 61 to 62, while sitting, 68 standings, not
changed in first half hour after taking; at 6 P.M., 68 sitting, 85 standing, rapid and
weaker than usual (first day); 9 A.M., 69 sitting, 75 standing; at 7 P.M., 67 sitting, 74
standing (second day), [64f]. ►
Pulse 68 before taking; 68 (after five, ten, and fifteen minutes); 74 (after twenty
minutes); 70 (after thirty minutes); 64 (after thirty-five minutes); 66 (after forty
minutes); 68 (after fifty and sixty minutes); pulse was increased in force, [23]. ► Pulse before taking 56 to
57 while sitting, 54 (after half an hour); 51 (after one hour); 66 in the evening (first
day); 59 in the morning while sitting, 58 in the evening while sitting (second day); 58 at
11 A.M.; 68 while sitting, 81 while standing, 62 while lying, at 10 A.M. (seventh day), [64d]. ► Slow pulse, [32]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ►
Pulse slow during the first forty-eight hours; but afterwards quicker and proportionately
weaker, [33]. [Original revised by Hughes.]
[This symptom (the most frequent and important of Digitalis), that after the primary
slowness (primary action), the reaction of the organism after some days makes the pulse
lastingly more rapid and smaller, shows how much the physicians of the old school err when
they endeavor to make the pulse permanently slow by Digitalis, and thus frequently kill
their patients. -Hahnemann.] ► Slow but strong pulse, [5]. ► Pulse slow, full
and large, soon afterwards small and more frequent, [93].
► Pulse somewhat slower and fuller (second day), [72]. ►► *Thready,
slow, and intermittent pulse, [77]. ► *Pulse very slow (after four days), [84]. [760.] ► Slowing of the pulse almost one half, [16]. ► Slowing of the pulse about
one half, lasting several days, [1]. ► Pulse slow (falls 30 beats), [74].
► Pulse slow, falling to 50 and then 35, [51]. ► Pulse slow, 40, [51]. ► Pulse 41 or 42
(fourth day), [81]. ►
Pulse one beat slower (in five to fifteen minutes after each dose of 15 drops of tinct.,
twice in one day), [75]. ►
Slowing of the pulse from 82 to 39, with weakness and lassitude of the body, [2]. ► Slowing of the pulse from
100 to 40, [38]. ►
Pulse averaged 68 for three weeks before taking, 65 while taking, 60 for ten days after
taking, 63 from the tenth to the thirty-fifth day after taking; the minimum pulse was 53, on
the seventh day after the last dose, [75]. [770.] ► Pulse at 11.30 P.M.
slower by one or two beats; in the evening, between 10 and 11.70 while sitting, 82 while
standing (first day), at 10 A.M., 75 while sitting, 85 standing; at 11 A.M., 62 sitting, 71
standing; twenty minutes after taking 30 drops of the tincture, 64 sitting, 72 standing; in
the evening, 72 sitting, 80 standing (second day); in the morning, in bed, 70 at 6 P.M., 68
sitting (while at 10 A.M. it was 64), in the evening, 74 while sitting (third day); at 10
A.M., 58 sitting (fourth day), [61g]. ► The slow pulse becomes accelerated on the slightest physical
exertion, [34]. ►
The pulse is least slowed on standing and sitting, mostly while lying, when it falls to
about 40, while on standing it is 100, [15] [Original
revised by Hughes.] ►► *Pulse irregular, [74]. ► Irregular pulse;
Unequal distension of the arteries, [41]. ►► *Irregular, small pulse, [23], [49]. ► *Pulse small, slow, irregular, [74],
[82]. ► Small
irregular pulse, continuing six days, [78]. ► *Pulse slow and irregular, [83].
► Slow irregular pulse from 48 to 56, [16] [Original revised by Hughes.] ►
Pulse late in the evening 58, irregular; after a time slower and fuller, then again more
rapid and smaller (second day); 61 in the evening (third day), [64c]. ► Pulse 52, quite strong,
irregular, and strinkingly intermittent, [81]. ► Pulse full and strong (fifth day). ►
Pulse 50 (ninth and twelfth day); strong, full, 46 pulsations; their shock was rapid and
separated by considerable intervals, when at rest, but on very slight exercise rose to 70,
and even 80, became irregular and less full (fifteenth day), [65c].
[780.] ► Pulse slow,
50; it quite irregular; always a full hard beat after every three or four soft ones (first
day); 75 (third day), [3]. ►►
*Pulse decidedly irregular, three to four rapid small
beats were followed by several slow, strong, and full beats; no regularity in this
disturbance could be discovered (seventh day), [64d].
► Pulse extremely low, three or four feeble pulsations
being succeeded by a complete intermission occupying several seconds; the whole number of
beats not exceeding 38 or 40 in the minute; each stroke, though very weak, was given with a
peculiar explosive shock; this condition of pulse lasted for several days, [85]. ► *Pulse slow, thready, and
intermittent, [74]. ►
Pulse fell from 60-70 to 54, and frequently intermitted;
with every intermission an oppression as if the heart were slowly grasped with the hand
(after two hours), [71b]. ►
Slight intermission in pulse, [87]. ► Small, slow pulse, frequently making shorter or longer
pauses, [2]. ►
Pulse suddenly quickened for a few beats, then slow again; or it loses a whole beat, [34] [Original revised by Hughes.] ►
The pulse changes rapidly from 65 to 75, and 80 (also on times when no medicine is taken), [95]. ► Pulse varies from
one beat slower to two beats faster (during half an hour after taking 30 drops of tinct), [75]. [790.] ► Pulse undulating; the different beats are not all distinct
and clearly defined as usual, but shading off at the beginning and end, at noon (second
day), [64c]. ►
Pulse regular, and moderately strong (second to seventh day while taking), [73]. ► Pulse regular and
moderately strong throughout the proving; including the period of “intoxication,”
the effect on the pulse lasted about a month, [75]. ► Pulse hard and strong (second day), [76]. ► Pulse full, [74]. ► Irritable pulse, [30]. ► Pulse small and
soft (two hours after two grains), [57]. ► Pulse smaller than usual, of the usual rapidity (first day), [54]. ► Pulse smaller
than usual, but not slower (first day), [36]. ►► *Beating of the pulse and heart seemed rather smaller and
less energetic than usual (fourth day), [58].
[800.] ►
Almost pulseless (after twelve hours), [76].® 2000
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