HAMAMELIS.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
► Larynx. [390.]
► Epiglottis lengthened (twenty-first
day), [14]. ►
Epiglottis relaxed so as to irritate the tongue (twenty-second day), [14]. ►
Voice. ► Arose at 7.30
A.M., with hoarseness as from cold (second day), [21]. ► Some
cough (eighth and twenty-eighth days); at 8 A.M. (tenth day), [14]. ►
Cough and Expectoration. ►
Dry cough; sometimes expectoration of thick yellowish or greenish-gray
mucus (sixth day), [24]. ► Some phlegm raised in morning
(twenty-first day), [14]. ► Respiration. ►
Very difficult breathing; when lying down felt a smothering sensation
for three days (after two months), [28].
► In the evening, a return of the
symptoms of an inflammation of the diaphragm with which I had been
troubled fifteen years before, and which was then caused by running
until exhausted; this medicine apparently caused all the original
symptoms, labored respiration, oppressive tightness of the lower part of
the thorax, inability to take a deep and full inspiration; when
attempting to assume the recumbent position found it impossible to
breathe in that position, experienced a crowding fulness of blood in the
neck and head, and such a sense of suffocation that I could not lie down
and was actually obliged to sleep that night in a rocking-chair with the
neck free of any covering; all these symptoms passed off the next
morning (after 10 drops); much more severe a week later; found it very
painful to ride or walk; continuing two days and nights, and not
mitigated by antidotes, Camphor, Hyoscyamus, etc. (after a teaspoonful);
like effect; unable to breathe comfortably except when sitting or
standing erect, and the unable to make a long full inspiration (after a
tablespoonful), [1].
CHEST.
►
Objective. ► Spasmodic
movements of diaphragm (twenty-third day), [13]. ► An
alarming hæmorrhage from the lungs set in suddenly, [6]. ► Subjective.
[400.] ►
Pain in right lung (third day, and at 10 A.M., first day), [15]. ►
Pain in right lung, perceptible in deep breathing (fourteenth day), [27]. ►
Sense of constriction across the chest, increased by taking a long
breath or breathing rapidly (eighth day), [14].
► Cramp pains in chest (nineteenth
day), [12]; at 11 P.M.
(seventeenth day), [13]. ► Stitches in chest for a few minutes
occasionally (twenty-third day); also (twenty-fifth day), [13]. ► Dull
aching pain, constant in muscles of left side of chest; at first high
up, then lower down, now under the edge of short ribs; this pain
aggravated by using arm much, worse in the afternoon and evening, [26]. ►
The pains on the left side ceased and gave place to pleuritic pain on
the right side of chest (twenty-fourth day); the pains were severe, but
gradually abated; replaced by pains in left arm and chest (twenty-sixth
day), [26].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Præcordium. ► Pricking
pain in the region of the heart, which lasted two days, and was
accompanied with pricking pain in the veins of the arms, [10]. ► Heart’s
Action. ► Palpitation of
heart, [30]. ►
Can count beats of heart by lying still, and feel pulsations through
ball of fingers very distinctly (twenty-seventh day), [13]. ► Pulse.
[410.] ►
Pulse accelerated (thirteenth and fourteenth days), [18]. ► Pulse
80 (usually 65 to 70), (fourth day), [11].
► Pulse 88 at 8 A.M. and 8.30 P.M.;
92 at 1 P.M.; 80 at 10.30 P.M. (ninth day); 96 at 8 A.M., 80 at 10 P.M.
(tenth day); 92 at 8 A.M., 72 at 1 P.M.; 76 at 10 P.M. (eleventh day);
76 and full at 8 P.M. (twelfth day); 80 and full 10 P.M. (thirteenth
day); 72 at 10 P.M. (fourteenth day); 88 on rising, 84 and full at 9
P.M. (fifteenth day); 84 at 1 P.M., 80 at 10 P.M. (twenty-first day); 70
at 10 P.M. (twenty-second day); 76 at 10 P.M. (twenty-third and
twenty-fifth days); 80 at 10 P.M. (twenty-eighth day); 88 and wiry
(thirty-first day), [14]. ► Pulse 56, 58, 62, irregular (twelfth
day); 62, 64 in the morning, 60, 62, full, at 11 P.M. (thirteenth day), [13]. ►
Pulse 78, irregular in beat, full and hard, then soft almost
imperceptible (seventh day); 78 (eighth day); 86 at 8 A.M., 78 at 8 P.M.
(fifteenth day); 76 at 9.30 A.M. (sixteenth day); 76 at 7.30 P.M.
(twenty-fourth day); 60 and full, in evening (twenty-fifth day); 60 in
morning, 66 in evening (twenty-sixth day); 56, 60, 62 in morning, 76 in
evening, full, occasionally becoming weaker (twenty-seventh day), [12]. ►
Pulse 60, every fifth, sixth, or seventh beat a little faster and
stronger, at 11 P.M. (seventeenth day); 60 (eighteenth day); 60 at 8
A.M., 68 at 10 P.M., (twenty-seventh day); 62 at 8 A.M., 68 in the
evening (twenty-eighth day), [13].
NECK AND BACK.
►
Neck. ► Sore pain down the
cervical vertebræ (eighth day), [24].
► Back. ►
Pain back of the stomach along the spinal column, about 4 P.M. (sixth
day), [15]. ►
Back and legs ache severely all day (second day), [9]. ► Very
severe backache; without a doubt it was caused by the emission (fourth
and fifth day), [9a]. [420.] ►
Constant backache (seventh day), [9a].
► A tearing pain across the back,
lasting about an hour, [8]. ► Dorsal. ►
Dull pain, constant under lower angle of left scapula, felt first
fifteen day, [26]. ► Lumbar. ►
Pain in the lumbar region very severe all day (first day), [9]. ►
Dull pain in lumbar region (after three hours, second day, and second
and third morning), [9a]. ► Immediately after the sensation of heat,
a tearing pain across the small of the back, and a painful fulness of
the joints of the legs as if they would burst, which soon extended to
all the joints of the body, [7]. ► Severe pain in region of kidneys when
getting up in the morning (fifth day), [24].
► Sacral. ► Dull aching pain in the sacrum and hip,
quite severe when walking, lasting all day (after one hour, first day), [9].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
► Weakness of limbs (fifteenth day), [14]. ►
Limbs easily go to sleep, in afternoon (eighteenth day), [13]. [430.] ► Tired feeling in right arm and leg (ninth
day), [12]. ►
Tired feeling in arms and limbs when walking (seventh and eighth days), [13]. ►
A number of rheumatic symptoms in the arms and legs, through the day
(eighth day), [9a]. ► Limbs ache, with a tendency to go to
sleep (second day), [19]. ► Painful fulness of the joints, as if they
would burst, lasting an hour, [8].
► Drawing pain in the hands, legs,
and feet (fifth day), [9a].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Weariness of right arm (fifteenth day), [14]. ►
Tired, weary feeling in arms (twenty-third day), [13]. ►
Rheumatic pain, constant aching in left arm, [26]. ► The
flexor muscles of the right arm have constant, very severe, dull drawing
pains in them (after nine hours, third day), [9a]. ► Shoulder.
[440.] ►
Dragging pain, constant in left shoulder-joint, [26]. ► Arm.
► Stiffness of arms and shoulders,
after horseback riding (twenty-fifth day); continuing (twenty-sixth
day); wearing away (twenty-seventh day), [13].
► Pain in humerus, extending down
arms to elbow, causing stiffness at that joint, [25]. ► Very
severe sore pain in head of right humerus, extending down to
elbow-joint, accompanied by slight stiffness of elbow-joint, during the
morning (second day); pain very severe from shoulder to elbow in right
humerus; increased stiffness of elbow-joint (fourth day); pain in both
humeri (fifth day); pain in right humerus intense (eighth day), [24]. ►
Bruised feeling in upper arms and shoulders, worse from motion (third
day); continues, but not so violently, accompanied by drowsiness (fourth
day), [18]. ►
A tenderness of right biceps, increased by pressure (second day), [14]. ►
Shooting pains running down the forearm along the flexor muscles into
the palm of right hand (second day), [15].
► Wrist. ►
Right wrist and fingers stiff (second morning), [9a]. ►
Lancinating pain in left wrist-joint, once (third day), [26]. ► Hand.
► Hands become chapped (nine day),
more so (tenth day), [13]. [450.] ►
Violent pain in back of right hand, extending to the shoulder-joint
(third day); has disappeared (fifth day), [18].
► Hand and fingers ache, and are
quite stiff (third morning), [9a].
► Fingers. ► Fingers stiff, with sharp sticking pains
in the first joint of the right index finger (first night), [9]. ►
Sore pain in right thumb-nail after slightly hitting it against a table
(seventh and eighth days); it becomes more severe, worse towards night,
and exceedingly painful whenever waking up during the night (ninth day);
with sensation as if nail was growing into flesh (twelfth day);
discharge of pus relieved the pain for a few minutes (thirteenth day), [13]. ►
Excessively sore finger, from which a small piece of skin was rubbed
(third day); continuing (seventeenth day), [13].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► (Apparent diminution of varicose veins above
knee), (fifteenth day), [12].
► Weary feeling in right limb
(twenty-fourth day), [12]. ► Tired, weary feeling in right limb, in
which are varicose being; changing position while sitting affords no
relief; slight improvement from placing it on a chair, removed entirely
by walking about (sixth day), [11].
► Tired feeling in inferior
extremities (fifth and sixth days), [13].
► Tired feeling in both limbs from
hips down to feet; inability to run fast (third day), [13]. [460.] ► Tired feeling in right leg (thirteenth
and fourteenth days), [12]. ► Tired feeling, right limb; forcing
feeling in varicose veins, at 6 P.M. (eighth day), [12]. ►
Weakness of lower limbs, at 1 P.M. (ninth day), [14]. ►
Rheumatic pains in the legs (after three hours, first day), [9a]. ►
Painful fulness of the joints pains of the legs, as if they would burst,
followed by a dread of moving the limbs, as if it would cause suffering,
with a weary, stiff, full feeling, [7].
► Bruised feeling in arms has
entirely vanished, but appeared to have descended into the lower
extremities; left leg more painful than right (thirteenth day), [18]. ►
Peculiar sensation in varices (twelfth day), [12]. ►
Varices very sensitive (thirteenth day), [12].
► Varicose veins very sensitive;
weary pain in limb (right) more marked, better when moving about; worse
when sitting; better from lying down, or placing limb in horizontal
position; changing its position while sitting does not relieve (eighth
day), [11]. ► Hip. ►
Stitching pain in left hip and under left patella, while walking (eighth
day), [15]. ► Thigh. [470.]
► Rather stiff in upper part of
thighs (twenty-seventh day), [13].
► Weary feeling in thighs (ninth
day); less marked in right limb (tenth day), [11]. ► Tired,
weary feeling, right limb (thigh), as if he had walked a long journey,
at night; pain particularly in middle and lower third of thigh, and in
popliteal space; dilatation of varicose veins (seventh day), [11]. ►
Stitching pain along the left sciatic nerve (sixth day), [15]. ►
Soreness of femoral vessels to middle third of thigh, [30]. ► Severe
sore pain running down thighs, particularly right (second day), [24]. ►
Sore pain in right femur, very severe (fifth day), [24]. ► Knee.
► Weakness of knee (formerly affected
by rheumatism), in afternoon (twenty-second and twenty-third days), [14]. ►
Some pain in the left knee (sixth day), [15].
► Lancinating pain in felt knee-joint
and felt ankle-joint, once (fifth day), [26].
[480.] ►
Soreness of knee-joint (second day), [24].
► Sore pain in popliteal space (fifth
day), [24]. ► Feet. ►
Feet go to sleep easily while out driving in cold wind (twenty-second
day), [13]. ►
Tired feeling when walking, instep feels strained (third day), [12]. ►
Dull pains in the feet and toes (after nine hours, third day), [9a]. ►
Toes. ► Severe pain in
right great toe (second day), [16].
► Sudden pain in right great toes
while running, which she never felt before, [17]. ► Sharp
pains in the corns of the toe (sixth day), [15]. ►
Stitching in corns on right foot, at ten P.M. (second day); pain in the
corns as soon as the boots are put on in the morning (rainy day),
becoming permanent during the day, occasionally pulsating (fourth day), [11]. ►
Pulsations in the corns on both feet all day, after paring them in the
morning (eleventh day), [13]. [490.] ►
Extreme pulsations in corns on left toes, at 10 P.M. (twenty-third day),
in evening (twenty-sixth day), [13].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Objective. ► Much
depressed, on rising (sixth day), [14].
► General languor, rendering study
irksome (second day), [22]. ► Very languid (sixth day), [9a]. ► *General
lassitude and feeling of weariness, at 3 P.M. (second day), [19]. ►
*Easily becomes tired (seventh day), [12]. ► Easily
becomes fatigued while walking (fourth day), [13]. ► Weak
and giddily on rising (fifth day), [18].
► Could not keep quiet, although
motion makes him feel worse (fifth day), [18].
► Subjective. ► Disposition to take cold easily
(thirteenth day), [12]. [500.] ►
Easily takes cold; being exposed for a moment causes him to take a fresh
cold; cold feeling creeping over body upon standing a moment in open
air; chill runs up legs, head stopped up, dull pain over orbits (seventh
day), [12]. ►
Had fewer colds than any winter for a long time; as a general rule is
very subject to colds and sore throat, taking cold, which affect the
throat upon the least exposure, [28].
► Indisposed to exercise, but study
is not disagreeable (eighth day), [12].
► Feelings of languor, [25]. ►
Feeling of languor all over body (second day), [23]. ►
General feeling of languor and depression (fourth day), [24]. ►
Feeling of lassitude in afternoon (eleventh day), [14]. ► Easily
feels tired from standing, in the evening (fourth day), [11]. ► Rose
at 6.30 A.M. feeling tired (twenty-first day), [14]. ► Desire
to lie down (second day), [29]. [510.] ►
Dull feeling when awaking (thirteenth day), [12]. ► The
feeling for a short time after taking the remedy was anything but
pleasant, but the effects were good, [28].
► General feeling unwell, at 10 P.M.
(eleventh day), [14]. ► He felt wretchedly, [18]. ►
Smoking greatly aggravates all the symptoms, though the desire for
smoking is increased (third day), [24].
SKIN.
►
Objective. ► Eruption of
fine pimples all over body (ninth day); not so sensitive (tenth day), [13]. ►
Pimples behind ear, and on body, very sore upon touch or pressure;
(fourth and fifth days), [11]. ► The nocturnal emissions cause his face to
break out in pimples, and to feel badly, [18].
► Elevation of the skin between the
thumb and forefinger in little pimples, the right hand worse than the
left (twelfth day), [13]. ► Herpes on nose in afternoon, disappearing
in evening (twenty-seventh day), [12].
[520.] ►
Herpes on lower part of nose (seventh day); disappearing towards evening
(ninth day), [12]. ► The swelling near the nose of left side,
or rather of lip under left nostril, has come out in the form of
pimples, and proves to be herpes, but it is not on the left side
(sixteenth day); even or eight pimples, watery, or a yellowish white
secretion, first appeared on the eleventh day in form of swelling of the
upper lip (sixteenth day), [14]. ► An eruption on the face was much lessened
while taking the medicine, and the skin appeared clearer and finer after
the proving; an ulcer on the inside of lower lip, which had been there a
few weeks before commencing the proving, was unchanged by the remedy,
but occasionally bled, and assumed a more bloody appearance during the
proving, [28]. ► Subjective. ►
Feeling a if vermin were running over the body (seventh, eighth, and
tenth days), [13]. ► Feeling as of vermin all over hairy parts
of body (twenty-eighth and thirty-first days), [13]. ►
Itching all over the body when undressing (twenty-ninth day), [13]. ►
Pimples on nates are very sore on touch (twenty-ninth day), [13]. ►
Suffered severely for two days from a peculiar pricking pain from the
wrist to the shoulder, along the course of the superficial veins, which
pain increased on pressure, [10]. ► Tingling in foot while counting femoral
(artery) pulse (eighteenth day), [13].
► Itching of limbs, felt from
beginning of proving, [14]. [530.] ►
Itching in axilla, more severe in the right (seventh, eighth, and tenth
days); slight itching (twelfth day), [13].
► Itching on inferior extremities
when undressing (eleventh day), [12].
► Slight itching of hands (fourteenth
day); itching, not so rough and uncomfortable (fifteenth day), [13]. ►
Desire to scratch the hands violently on awaking in the morning, the
itching is so intense, relieved temporarily by rubbing them together,
made worse by scratching (eleventh day); irresistible desire to scratch
them, on awaking at 6 A.M.; relieved by rubbing them, and putting them
in cold air, but washing them in cold water does not after the sensation
in the least (twelfth day), [13]. ► Itching of right arm increased, with a
slight pimple here and there (ninth day), [14].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Sleepiness. ► Drowsiness
(fourth and twelfth days), [18]. ► Drowsy feeling, two hours after dinner
(seventh and eighth days), [13]. ► Sleepiness every afternoon, [26]. ►
Sleeps longer than usual (eighth days;), [27].
► Sleeplessness. ► Less inclination to sleep than usual;
slept well all night (second day), [11].
[540.] ►
Was unable to sleep for over an hour, but having fallen asleep, rested
well until morning (eighth day), [14].
► Could not sleep well (second and
third nights), [15]. ► Uneasy sleep in morning (twenty-fourth
and twenty-fifth days); with tossing and turning continually
(twenty-seventh day), [13]. ► Sleeps uneasily, wakes up continually
from thinking of business of the day, terming over in bed to get relief;
wants to sleep, but cannot, on account of thoughts pressing upon him;
unrefreshed feeling when awaking (twelfth day), [12]. ► Sleep
somewhat disturbed (first night), [15].
► Slept well until about 4 A.M., when
he had short light naps until 6.30 A.M. (twelfth night), [14]. ► Rest
uneasy during the night; dreams quite vivid towards morning, unusual
(first night), [14]. ► Restless sleep and dreams (fortieth and
forty-second days), [27]. ► Restless night (first night), [9]; (fourth night), [9a]. ► Could
scarcely sleep at nights; heard the town clock strike nearly every hour
(fifth night), [15]. [550.] ►
Cannot go to sleep at night, thinks too much (seventh night), [24]. ►
Dreams. ► Before retiring,
had strange dreams, and great restlessness after going to sleep; but, as
a general thing, arose more refreshed, and with a clearer mind, [28]. ►
Sleep disturbed by dreaming of the business of the day (second night), [12]. ►
Unpleasant dreams (first night), [27].
► Unpleasant dreams at 5 A.M.; uneasy
sleep afterwards (fourth day), [11].
► Unpleasant, fearful dreams (third
day), [11]. ►
Dreamt there was a bat flying in the room, with fear of bodily injury
therefrom (sixth night), [12].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► Felt very
chilly on going to bed, and dreaded an attack of fever (sixth day), [12]. ►
Immediate coldness of the whole body, not followed by any sudden
reaction; no heat or fever followed, but the system gradually recovered
its accustomed heat, [7]. ► Flashes of chilliness over the back and
hips, extending down the extremities, at 9 A.M. (second day), [19]. [560.]
► Chill runs up legs (seventh day), [12]. ►
Heat. ► Skin hot and dry
(sixth day), [9a]. ► Feverishness (fourteenth day); in
forenoon (eighth day), [14]. ► Slight feverishness at night
(twenty-seventh day), [14]. ► Feverish (fifteenth day), [14]. ► Slight
fever (thirteenth day); still remains (fourteenth day), [18]. ► High
fever during the night (after two months), [28]. ► Hands
hot (sixth day), [9a]. ► Hands hot and dry (fourth day, and after
three hours, first day), [9a]. ► Burning in the eyelids on closing them,
with fever in the hands, at 4 P.M. (second day), [22]. [570.] ► Fever in the hands, with burning in the
eyelids on closing them, at 4 P.M. (second day), [22]. ►
Perspired freely at night after lying down (fourth day), [18]. ► Whole
body felt very dry and hot (first night), [9].
► The scrotum perspired freely
through the night (fifth day), [13].
► Profuse cold perspiration all over
the scrotum, but not of the body (seventh night), [9a]. ► Great
dryness and burning feeling in the palms of the hands (first day), [9].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), On rising, headache; after second
sleep, headache; headache in temples; pain in temporal bone; pain in
side of neck; on rising, feeling in stomach; on rising, pain in region
of kidneys; on rising, depression. ►
(Afternoon), Dullness, etc.;
headache; from 4 to 10 P.M., coryza; pain in muscles of left chest;
sleepiness. ► (Evening), Headache; rawness in throat, etc.;
thirst; when undressing, itching. ► (Night), Eructations; fever; after lying down,
perspiration. ► (Bending forward), Vertigo; headache. ► (Eating),
Nausea; pains in stomach, etc. ► (Lying down), Vertigo, frequent micturition. ► (Lying quiet),
Headache over eye. ► (Reading), Vertigo. ►
(Rising after stooping), Vertigo. ► (In room),
Headache. ► (Sitting),
Frontal headache. ► (Smoking), All symptoms. ►
(Standing up), Frontal headache. ► (Walking),
Pain in sacrum, etc.; pain in hip, etc. ►
(Warmth), Pain in molar teeth. ► (In wind),
Pain in temporal bone; on first going out, pain in mastoid process. ► Amelioration. ►
(Afternoon), Towards evening,
headache. ► (Evening),
Despondency. ► (Eating), Pain in side of head. ► (Friction),
Frontal headache. ► (Lying down), Frontal headache. ► (Outdoors),
Headache. ► (Pressure),
Frontal headache; pain about ear. ► (Reading), Headache. ►
(Talking), Headache. ► (Thinking),
Headache. ► (Walking),
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