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

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ANACARDIUM.


ABDOMEN.

► Pressure in the
region of the liver, an hour after a meal, [1]. ► Stitches in the hypochondria, when inspiring, sometimes on
the right side, sometimes on the left, [4]. ► Stitches in the left hypochondrium, [1]. ► Dull stitches in the region
of the spleen; they seem partly in the chest, partly in the abdominal cavity, [2]. ► Pressure in the region of
the navel, as if something hard had formed there, with a sensation when breathing, speaking,
and especially when coughing, as if the abdomen would burst; when touching the part it pains
like a pressure and tension, [1]. [270.] ► *Pain around the navel,
as if a
blunt plug were squeezed into the intestines,
[4]. ► Dull,
intermittent stitches at the navel, [4]. ► Sensitive, sharp stitches over the navel on the right side,
which cause him to start, [4]. ►
Hard pressure at a small spot above and below the navel, and in the left side of the
abdomen, [2]. ►
Dull pressure just below the navel, worse by pressing upon it, and by breathing; shortly
after a meal, [4]. ►
Pinching contraction at a small spot on the left side near the navel, when breathing (after
half an hour), [3]. ►
Dull stitches in the abdominal cavity, not far from the navel, [2]. ► One quick cutting in the
abdomen, on the right side, [1]. ►
Burning prickings, as regular as beats, externally, on the right side of the abdomen, below
the short ribs, [4]. ►
Transient, short stitches in the muscles of the left side of the abdomen just below the
short ribs, [4]. [280.]
► *Thrusts as from a blunt tool, on the right side near the
navel
(after six hours), [4]. ► Stitches which are very sensitive and dull, on the left side
near the navel, [4]. ►
Inflation of the abdomen, shortly after dinner, as if he had eaten too much, [4]. ► After a meal, flatus moves
about in the abdomen, as from a purgative, [1]. ► Continual rumbling and pinching in the abdomen, [4], [2]. ► Continual rumbling in the abdomen, especially in the
region of the navel, [1]. ►
Cutting and pinching in the abdomen, as from flatulence, or cold, with tenesmus (after four
and twenty-two hours), [6]. ►
Pinching in the abdomen during stool, [2]. ► Pinching and griping in the abdomen (after twelve hours), [5]. ► Griping pain in
the abdomen, apparently in the intestines (after seven hours), [2]. [290.] ►
Attacks of colic more cutting than pinching, coming on when flatus becomes incarcerated in
the abdomen, [1]. ►
Hypochondriac dejection after a meal; there is a pressure in the abdomen, from below
upwards, and he feels extremely weak both in body and mind (after six hours), [5], [8]. ►
A sudden, wavelike shooting into his abdomen, like lightning, [4].
► Pain, as if something in the abdomen would become
twisted together, with subsequent pressure (after thirty-two hours), [6]. ► Upon bending the body
backwards, the intestines are painful, as if spasmodically shortened, in the forenoon, [1]. ► Single, sharp
stitches in the lower abdomen, [1]. ► Intermittent dull pressure, from within outwards, over the
abdominal ring, [4]. ►
Dull, deeply penetrating stitches, at the spinous processes of the left iliac bones, [4].

STOOL AND ANUS.

► The
varices of the rectum become smaller, and cease to be painful, except soreness when the
person begins to walk (curative effect), [1]. ► *Tenesmus; he cannot expel anything; the rectum seems to be plugged
up
, [5]. [300.]
► *Frequent tenesmus during the day, for many
days, without ever being able to expel anything, [1]. ► Constant tenesmus;
the expulsion not taking place immediately; there is a painful twisting and turning in the
intestines, transversely across the abdomen, [3]. ► Frequent itching in the anus, [1].
► Itching of the anus, after an embrace, [1]. ► Desire for stool three
times a day; he had a desire, but upon going to stool and sitting down, the desire had gone;
the rectum would not perform its functions; he had to strain considerably, even when the
stools were very soft, [1]. ►
He was frequently obliged to go to stool; however, he expelled but little every time; the
stools were first soft, then hard, [1]. ► Every day, two or three ordinary stools, passing with great
difficulty, [1]. ►
*Urging to stool, after a meal, more in the upper part of the intestines
, [1]. ► Diarrhœa at
night, with subsequent constipation, [1]. ► Frequent watery diarrhœa; the expulsion being, nevertheless,
with much exertion, [1]. [310.]
► During the act of expulsion of fæces, and especially
after, dull pressure in the abdominal muscles, increased by inspiration, just below the
navel, [4]. ►
Yawning and eructations after stool, [1]. ► Stools of a very pale color (after forty-eight hours), [1].

URINARY ORGANS.

► Itching
of the urethra, [1]. ►
Constant desire to urinate, [1]. ►
Frequent desire to urinate, but little urine passing (first four hours), [6]. ► Frequent emission of clear
watery urine in small quantities, [3]. ► Early in the morning, before breakfast, frequent clear watery
urine, [4]. ► He is
obliged to rise at night to urinate; nevertheless, he urinates again at the usual period, [4]. ► The urine, while
being emitted, is turbid, deposits a dirty sediment, and, when shaken, looks like clay, [4].

SEXUAL ORGANS.

[320.] ► Cutting pain along the penis, [1].
► Discharge of the prostatic juice, with natural stool, [1]. ► Discharge of the
prostatic juice, with difficult stool, [1]. ► Discharge of the prostatic juice, after emission of urine, [1]. ► Continual
voluptuous itching of the scrotum, which excites the sexual desire (after two hours), [1]. ► Extreme sexual
desire, [1]. ►
Sexual desire early in the morning, after waking, with erection of the penis, [3]. ► Want of excitability of the
sexual desire (first ten days), [1]. ► Emission of semen at night, without amorous dreams (after
twenty-seven hours), [6]. ►
Tearing in the mons veneris, [1].

RESPIRATORY APPARATUS.

[330.]
► Cough, commencing with titillation in the larynx, and
suffocation, [1]. ►
Shaking attacks of cough, resembling fits of hooping-cough, excited whenever he talks, [1]. ► Shaking cough,
which does not permit him to sleep at night, [1]. ► Short cough, mostly in the afternoon, with expectoration of a
tenacious gray-yellow substance, [1]. ► Short cough, with purulent expectoration, [1]. ► Short hacking cough, after
a meal, affecting the throat as if it were raw (after three days), [5]. ► Hacking cough, after a
meal, affecting the throat as if it were raw (after three and a half days), [5]. ► Periodical attacks of
cough, only in the daytime; he gets out of breath; every three or four hours, [1]. ► Cough early in the morning,
[1]. ► Severe
attacks of cough, with shivering, lasting for hours, beginning at 4 A.M., and occurring
several times during the day (after fourteen days), [1].
[340.] ► Violent
cough after dinner, with vomiting of the food, [1]. ► Severe cough in the evening, when in bed, causing the blood
to rush to the head, [1]. ►
Nightly cough
, with rawness of the throat, [1].
► Cough, almost only during the night, and more severe
than during the day, [1]. ►
Cough, more severe at night than by day; several days, [1].
► Cough, with stitches in the forehead or in the side of
the head, [1]. ►
Cough, with pain in the occiput, [1]. ► Cough, with usually vain desire to sneeze, [1]. ► Cough, with yawning after
the attack, [1]. ►
He spits blood when coughing (fourth day), [1]. [350.] ► Short breath,
especially after a meal and when sitting, [1].

CHEST.

► Uneasiness in the
chest, apparently about the heart, especially in the forenoon (fourth day), [1]. ► Pressure on chest,
especially when sitting, with fulness; he would like to get rid of this symptom by vomiting
(after ten hours), [2]. ►
Pressure of the chest, like oppression, extending toward the axillæ, with difficulty of
breathing (after twenty-four hours), [2]. ► Oppression of chest, with weeping, which relieves it, [1]. ► Asthma; oppression
of chest (after ten hours), [1]. ►
Oppression of chest, during and expiration, with pressure upon the sternum (after one and a
half hours), [5]. ►
Oppression of chest, with internal anxiety and heat, [1].
► Drawing pain in the muscles of the chest, [1]. ► Twitching
sensation in pectoral muscle when raising the arm, [1].
[360.] ► Feeling of
soreness and rawness in the chest, increased by inspiration (immediately), [4]. ► Single sharp stitches in
the chest, [1]. ►
Sharp pulsating stitches in the chest, above the heart (after eighty hours), [4]. ► Itching upon the chest, [1]. ► Corrosively
itching prickings, as from pins, at the last false rib, [2].
► Sudden, quick pressure in the right side of the chest,
close by the axilla; he feels it at the same time on the opposite side of the back, without
any influence upon breathing, [1]. ►► *Dull pressure, as from a plug, in the right side
of the chest, [4]. ►
Pressure from without over the right nipple, [2]. ► Wavelike drawing in the let side of the chest, [4]. ► Dull stitches in the left
side of the chest, a hand’s breadth below the axilla, [4].
[370.] ► Sharp
stitches in the upper part of the left mamma, which prevented her for a long time from
rising from her seat; afterwards, a sensation of a pressive weight at that place, [1]. ► Tearing, with some
pressure, on the left side of the chest, reaching as high as the heart, as though the whole
side were being crushed, especially when stooping (after ten hours), [5]. ► Intermittent throbbing
pricking, as with needles, on the left side of the chest, close to the throat (after three
and a half hours), [6]. ►
Constrictive prick, as from a pin, at the left false ribs, externally (after four hours), [6]. ► Oppressive anxiety
in the region of the sternum, without pain, as if he could not remain in the room, but must
go into the open air, and be very busy, [1]. ► Quick pressure upon the sternum, as from a blow, when falling
asleep during the day, [1]. ►
Sensation behind the sternum, as if there were a sore place in the chest, [1]. ► Dull pressure upon part of
the right border of the sternum, [4]. ► Short breath; he feels oppressed in the region of the
sternum, [1]. ►
Cutting in the præcordial region, [4]. [380.] ► *Sharp stitches in the
præcordial region, extending thence to the small of the back
, [4]. ► Stitches on the left side
of the præcordial region, increased when breathing and walking, and coming on anew when the
walking was recommenced, [4]. ►
Severe stitches in the præcordial region when breathing
, [1]. ► Stitch in the præcordial
region at night, when breathing, [1].

HEART AND PULSE.

► Short
stitches piercing through and through the heart, succeeding each other two by two, [5].

NECK AND BACK.

► After the
head, the neck began to swell, [10]. ► Stiffness of the muscles of the neck, with tensive pain,
especially when moving the head quickly after keeping it still; less during constant motion
(after fifty-two hours), [7]. ►
Stiffness of the nape of the neck
, [1]. ► Stiffness and pressive tension in the nape of the neck, in
the occiput, and between the scapulæ, on waking, both when at rest and in motion, [1]. ► Painful stiffness
of the right side of the neck, two days in succession, early in the morning on waking; he
had been lying on that side; the pain was brought on by the slightest motion, and especially
upon turning the head towards the painful side (after four to five days), [3]. [390.] ►
Painful contractive stiffness on the left side of the neck, close to the occiput; the pain
is felt when at rest; it neither interferes with nor is increased by the motion of the head
(after two hours), [3]. ►
Dull intermittent pressure, as from a heavy burden, on
the right side of the neck and on the top of the left shoulder, apparently in the bone, [4]. ► Slowly
intermittent pressure in the angle formed by the neck and the top of the shoulder, [4]. ► Cramplike pressure
under and near the shoulder-blades, from without inward (after half an hour), [2]. ► Formication in the
shoulder-blades, or sensation as if they had gone to sleep, [4].
► Cracking in the scapula upon lifting the arm, [1]. ► Pain in the right
side, near the vertebral column, in the shoulder-blade, as from continually sitting bent, [4]. ► Tearing stitches
near the right shoulder-blade, extending outward, [1].
► Violent lancinating pressure close under the left
shoulder-blade, without influencing breathing (one and a half hours), [3]. ► Sharp stitches in the
external side of the left shoulder-blade, [4]. [400.] ► Dull stitches in the left
shoulder-blade, returning slowly
, and causing a tearing pain to extend to all
sides, [4]. ► Fine
and dull thrusts in the right half of the external surface of the left scapula externally,
at short intervals, [4]. ►
Painful tearing between the scapulæ, [1]. ► Cracking in the cervical vertebræ, when stooping, [1]. ► Painful stiffness
in the back when raising one’s self while sitting; the pain disappears when sitting bent, [1]. ► Rheumatic drawing
along the back, [5]. ►
Blunt stitches in the small of the back, [4].

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.

►
Repeated tearings, in paroxysms, simultaneously through the upper and lower extremities, [4]. ► Heaviness in the
left arm and leg, when walking, [1].

UPPER EXTREMITIES.

►
Itching-pricking, as with needles below the shoulders, passing off by rubbing, [4]. [410.] ► Itching and tickling in both axillæ, forcing him to rub
(after quarter of an hour), [4]. ►
Painful lancinating tension in the arms, upon stretching and extending them; from the joints
down the flexor muscles; on bending the arms back there is a cracking in the joints,
especially in the shoulders, with pain, as if the arm were dislocated, [4]. ► At night he cannot lie long
on one side because his arms then feel a pain as if bruised, [4].
► Pressure in the right arm, apparently in the muscles
and bones simultaneously, with lassitude in them, [2].
► The left arm goes to sleep, [4]. ► Tearing and drawing in the
left arm, [1]. ►
Pimples with red areolæ and pus at the tip, on the lower portion of the upper arm, with
painful itching during motion of the arm, irritating to scratching (after twelve hours), [6]. ► (Spasmodically)
pressive pain in the muscles of the upper arms, when walking in the open air, and when
sitting, in the evening, [6]. ►
Pain as from a bruise, frequently, in the right scapula and upper arm, so that she can
scarcely lift up her arm, [4]. ►
Rheumatic drawing pain in the right upper arm, from the shoulder to the bend of the elbow,
with a feeling of stiffness in the arm, [5]. [420.] ► Painful jerking in
the left upper arm, above the bend of the elbow, [4]. ► Dull pressure, like a grumbling, in the left upper arm,
apparently in the marrow of the bone, very painful and intermittent, [4]. ► Beatings, as with a heavy body,
very painful, in the middle of the left upper arm
(immediately), [4]. ► Pressure from without inwards,
in the forearms here and there, short, painful
(immediately), [4]. ►
Cramplike twitches all over the forearm, a hand’s breadth above the left wrist
(immediately), [4]. ►
Pressive scratchings upon the bone of the forearm, when at rest, [5]. ► Cramplike drawing in the
right forearm, from the wrist to the elbow, [4]. ► Pressive pain in the muscles of the right forearm, when
writing (after thirteen hours), [6]. ► Cramplike pressure at the left forearm, more violent on
pressure, and becoming a tearing pressure on motion, [2].
► Cramplike violent pain in the left forearm and the back
of the hand, unaffected by motion, at night in bed, [4].
[430.] ► Pressure in
the bend of the left elbow, which draws the arm down as if heavy, and makes its motion
difficult; when walking in the open air (after thirteen hours), [5]. ► Twitches in the flexor
tendons at the wrist, [1]. ►
The hands, even the palms of the hands, are covered with warts, [1]. ► Great feeling of dryness of the
hands
, [1]. ►
Dry, hot hands, [1]. ►
Long, violent, painfully tearing stitch in the ball of the right hand, [3]. ► Stinging, with itching, of
the external knuckle of the right hand, which does not pass off till the parts have been
scratched a long time, until they become red, [4]. ► Cramplike contraction of the left hand, so that she cannot
make her finger straight, [4]. ►
Intermittent, dull, lancinating, cramplike pain on the external border, of the left hand,
where the little finger unites with its metacarpal bone, [4].
► The palms feel hot, while the backs of the hands are
cold, [1]. [440.] ► Simple pain in the palm of the hand, on moving it, [4]. ► Small blisters on
the backs of the hands, [10]. ►
Pressive tearing on the back of the hand (after nine hours), [5].
► Pressive, spasmodic pain in the muscles transversely
across the back of the left hand (after half an hour), [6].
► Prickings, as from pins, upon the back of the left
hand, [4]. ►
Cramplike, twitching, dull pain in the anterior extremities of the metacarpal bones,
unaffected by motion, [1]. ►
Cramplike pain in the right hand
, where the metacarpal bones joint the phalanges
(after half an hour), [2]. ►
Repeated tearings in the right thumb, as far as the elbow, in the evening after lying down;
relieved only by strong pressure and friction, since it does not appear to be in the muscle,
but deeper, [4]. ►
Contractive, lancinating pain in the muscles of the left thumb, passing off by motion and
touch (after two hours), [6]. ►
Cramplike twitches in the fingers
of the left hand, synchronous with the pulse,
in the lowest phalanges, [4]. [450.]
► Intermittent, cramplike pain in the lowest joints of
the right thumb and index, [2]. ►
Grumbling pain between the metacarpal bones of the left index and middle fingers, just
behind the knuckles, [4]. ►
Pustules upon the index-finger, with red areolæ, and a stinging sort of voluptuous itching,
which spreads into the whole of the palm; the itching forces one to press and squeeze; red
and white lymph, and afterwards a scurf appear, beneath which is formed a plug of pus; in
the evening a drawing sore pain in the ulcer; it lasts eight days, [4]. ► On the side of the left
index-finger a pimple, which opens on the day following, and then passes off; is formed
after nightly itching in the hollow of the hand and between the fingers; violent friction
relieves, without removing it, [4]. ► Violent cutting at the metacarpal bone of the right
index-finger, [3]. ►
Cramplike pain in the joints of the left hand, where the index-finger joints the metacarpal
bone, [4]. ► Sharp,
burning stitches at the external border of the left hand, where the little finger joints the
metacarpal bone (after thirty-six hours), [4]. ► Frequently repeated tearings in the little finger, [4]. ► Cramplike pain in
the hand, in the region of the metacarpal bone of the little finger, [2]. ► Pain, as from a sprain, in
the metacarpal bone of the right little finger, [1].

LOWER EXTREMITIES.

[460.] ► Weariness of the limbs, as from walking too much, and
sleepiness, as from great weakness (after nine hours), [6].
► Loud cracking in the right hip-joint, on moving it
while sitting, [4]. ►
Pain as from a sprain and a bruise over the right hip, when rising from the seat; the pain
is lasting; it also comes on when moving the trunk while sitting, rising is then
intolerable, and he has to walk stooping, [1]. ► Slight twitchings and drawings in the thighs, especially
about and in the knees, as after a long journey on foot, with painful uneasiness when
sitting, resembling a tremulous agitation (after three-quarters of an hour), [4]. ► Burning prickings, as with
pins, which oblige one to scratch; here and there, in the muscles of the thighs, [4]. ► Painful, dull pressure in the thighs, sometimes intermittent, rhythmical, [4]. ► Burning itching
upon the thighs, in the evening, [1]. ► Drawing pain down the outer side of the right thigh, [4]. ► Pressure, with
sensation as of twitching, at the inner side of the right thigh, [4]. ► Boring stitch in the
muscles of the lower part of the right thigh, in front (after ten hours), [6]. [470.] ►
Dull pressure, as from a plug, in the left glutei
muscles, [4]. ►
Cramplike pressure in the left thigh, anteriorly and posteriorly, [2]. ► Tearing contraction on the
external side of the left thigh, at a small spot; subsequently a pain as from subcutaneous
suppuration (after eleven hours), [5]. ► Itching prickings of the left thigh, which pass off by
rubbing, [4]. ►
Painless feeling of weakness above the knees, when walking, with painful aching when
sitting, as after great fatigue of the legs (after half an hour), [4]. ► Drawing pain above the
knees, when sitting; in walking felt as mere weakness (after half an hour), [4]. ► Violent pressure in the
middle of the external side of the right thigh, synchronous with the pulse, and always
accompanied with a lancination (after ten and a half hours), [2].
► Dull pain in the left thigh, just above the knee, [4]. ► Dull pain, with
soreness, above the knee, on lifting the feet high, with a painful feeling of weakness about
the knees, and cramplike pinching between the bend of the knee and calf, [4]. ► Itching eruption around the
knees, as far as the calves, [1]. [480.] ► *Painful uneasiness
around the knees, with sensation of stiffness, as if bandaged or made tense, when sitting
,
[4]. ► Long
stooping is followed by severe pains in the knees, and in the muscles above and below them, [4]. ► *The knees feel
paralyzed, with stiffness and great lassitude, so that he is scarcely able to walk
,
[1]. ► After a
meal, when standing, very weak in the knees, at the same time sleepy and not disposed to any
kind of work, [5]. ►
Pressure at the internal side of the knee, when walking, [5].
► Pressure and drawing at the inside of the knee, when
walking, [5]. ►
Dull, pressive drawing at the internal surface of the right knee when sitting, [4]. ► Drawing pain in
the right knee, apparently behind the patella, unaffected by position (after one hour and a
half), [3]. ► Blunt
stitches in the right knee, [4]. ►
Dull stitches, or thrusts, just below the right knee, when treading with the feet, [4]. [490.] ► Burning sore pain, as if scraped, at the external side of the
left knee, [4]. ►
Painful drawing in left knee, when bending it (while sitting); passing off when stretching
the leg, [4]. ►
Wavelike twitches, here and there, in the legs (when sitting), [4]. ► Frequent pulsations and
twitches in the muscles of the legs, [5]. ► His legs totter when standing; painful weakness in the feet,
when sitting, [4]. ►
Uneasiness in the legs, when sitting, as if everything were alive in them, and descended in
a turning motion downward into the feet, which felt heavy and almost as though they would go
to sleep, [4]. ►
Restlessness in the legs on sitting, extending up and down, causing a painful pressing
inward at several places; disappears on walking, and returns on sitting (immediately), [4]. ► Burning pain at a
small spot in the middle of the legs, as of red-hot sparks, [1].
► Heaviness in the legs, [1].
► Dull, indistinct drawing in the legs, [4]. [500.] ►
Here and there, drawing, pressure, and sense of heaviness in the legs, after a walk; the
sense of heaviness is diminished by extending the foot, [2].
► Frequent drawing downward in the legs, when sitting, [4]. ► Twitches in the
left tibia, just over the malleolus, intensely painful, and occurring at short intervals,
resembling electric shocks, [4]. ► Painful drawing in the tibia (after three-quarters of an
hour), [2]. ►
Pressive pain upon the left tibia when sitting, with uneasiness of the whole limb, which
decreases upon the leg being drawn in, [5]. ► Rheumatic, tensive pressure at the leg, transversely across
the tibia, only when extending the leg in walking, [5].
► Pressive, lancinating pain, sometimes with boring in
the tibia, and muscles of the legs, [6]. ► Tearing pressure at the anterior surface of the tibia, just
above the ankle, [4]. ►
Cramplike pressure in both calves
, more towards the external side, towards the
tibia (after third day), [2]. ►
Dull stitches, very sensitive, on the surface of the tibia, over the right ankle, [1]. [510.] ► Cramp of the calf, when walking, [1]. ► Cramp in the calves, at
night, [1]. ►
*Cramplike, intermittent drawing in the legs, from the heels into the calves
, [2]. ► *Painful tightness in
the calf, when walking
, as if the muscles were too short, also when in bed at
night, with sleeplessness, [1]. ►
Painful tightness in the left calf, [1]. ► Drawing pain in the tarsal articulation when he seats himself
(after thirty-two hours), [5]. ► In the tarsal articulation of the left leg, pain as from a sprain,
on setting the foot upon the ground
, [1]. ► Drawing downwards over the external malleoli, when standing,
with pain in the soles, so that standing becomes very difficult for him, [4]. ► Burning sore pain above the
heel, [4]. ►
Cramplike pressure at the left heel (after thirty hours), [2].
[520.] ► Tearing and
grinding pain in the heel, early when in bed, [1]. ► Cold feet, early in the morning, [1]. ► The feet, which had been
warm, became intensely cold when walking; the cold feet become still colder, [1]. ► Painful jerkings internally
upon the back of the foot, [4]. ►
Prickings, as with pins, on the back of the left foot, [4].
► Itching, with scratching, as if rubbed with a woollen
cloth, upon the back of the foot (after six hours), [5].
► Burning in the soles of the feet, when sitting, [4]. ► Cramplike drawing
of the sole of the right foot into a curve, [4]. ► Dull, intermittent pressure at the internal border of the
sole of the foot, [4]. ►
Tearing, while standing, transversely across the roots of the toes, passing off by moving
them (after five hours), [5]. [530.]
► Repeated tearings in the big toe, [4]. ► Sensitive, intermittent
twitching in the right great toe, [4]. ► Spasmodically drawing and tearings pains from the toes into
the back of the feet, [5].

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