APIS.
SEXUAL ORGANS.
[510.] ► A pustule, sore as a boil, surrounded by a red areola, and
maturated in the centre, arises in the hair of the pubes, remaining sore and painful some
days (eleventh day), [2]. ►
Sensation of weakness in the genitals, [24]. ► Uneasy sensation in the spermatic cord, [8]. ► Frequent and long-lasting
erections, [1]. ►
The testicle swelled to such a size “that it scarcely had room in the scrotum,”
with tension, and the most violent itching (after a sting in the scrotum), [1]. ► Desire to cohabit during
the day, while sitting at home and when driving (after five, six, and eight hours), [9]. ► Very much
increased sexual desire, in a hysterical woman, [19]. ► Hemorrhage from the uterus, occurring in a lady who was
always regular and healthy; coming on one week after the cessation of the usual menstrual
period, and three days after taking the medicine, [2].
► She feels as she does in the beginning of pregnancy, [4]. ► *Bearing-down
pains in the uterus, as if menstruation were coming on, with aching and pressure in the
hypogastrium, [3]. [520.]
► Bearing-down pains, as in the early stages of
parturition (in several cases), [4]. ► *Metrorrhagia at the second month, with profuse flow of
blood, heaviness of the abdomen, great uneasiness, restlessness, and yawning, [2]. ► Miscarriage at the second month
(from drop doses of the 2d dilution), [2]. ► Miscarriage at the third month, [2]. ► Abortion in the fourth
month, with very copious hemorrhage, in a young, perfectly healthy, recently married woman,
during a mild attack of fever, for which Apis [6] was
given, [2]. ►
Should be given to pregnant females with the utmost caution, [2].
► The numbness and dulness, beginning in the right
abdominal region (from the ovaries) to the hip, now extends to the ribs, and down over the
whole thigh; better when lying upon it, [19]. ► When stretching in bed, a fine cutting pain in the left side
of the abdomen, in the ovarian region, across to the right; first very faint, then stronger
and stronger, increased at every repeated stretching; four or five times the same, then
ceasing (evening, seventh day), [11]. ► Great increase of pain and tenderness in the ovarian region,
in two cases; one, of large induration, the other, in a supposed incipient stage of
development, [17]. ►
In the region of the diseased right ovary, soreness, hardness, and
burning heat, [19]. [530.] ► *Pain in right ovarian
region during menstruation, [20]. ► *The right ovarian region very sensitive during the period,
[20]. ► Drawings in
right ovarian region (twentieth day), [11]. ► Drawing in the right ovarian region (twentieth day), [11]. ► In the region of
the left ovary, pain as if strained, more when walking, evenings at 6 o’clock; after several
hours, also, a bearing down on right side, and a lame feeling in the shoulder-blades;
towards 11 o’clock, when walking, she is compelled to bend forward, on account of a
contractive, painful sensation in the abdomen; still felt the following morning, somewhat to
the left (first day), [11]. ►
A deep, penetrating pain begins in the clitoris, and extends down into the vagina; the labia
minora are swollen, and feel dry, hard, and covered with a crust; hindered passing urine at
first all day until it ceases, late in the evening, after the application of cold-water
compresses, [10]. ►
Much flow of mucus from the uterus and the vagina, with cessation of internal burning in the
abdomen, [19]. ►
Pressure in the abdomen, in the back, and sacrum, as if the periods were coming on; she
distinctly feels it running downward, [19]. ► She feels, for several days, as if her periods were coming
near the right time; but they remain away, and pregnancy has taken place (twentieth and
following days), [11]. ►
Bearing-down pains, and sensation as if the menses would come on (in several cases), [2]. [540.] ► As if the periods were coming on, [11]. ► The period flows two to
three days, then stops one day, and returns, and so on for ten days (in two cases), [20].
RESPIRATORY APPARATUS.
►
Sensation as of a rapid swelling of the lining membrane of the air-passages, [1], (B.). ► Feeling of rawness,
with inclination to hawk, [15]. ►
Speaking is painful; she feels as if it wearied the pharynx, in which there is drawing and
pain, [19]. ► He
grows hoarse, [1]. ►
Hoarseness and difficulty of breathing, [1]. ► Hoarseness and rough voice through the day and night (second
day), [2], [5],
(and others). ► Hoarseness, mornings, with dryness
in the throat and no thirst, and drinking is of no use; at the same time, soreness in the
suprasternal fossa, and sensitiveness to pressure, likewise, in the region above both
clavicles; later, violent stitches through the lungs, here and there, through the hips and
sides of the chest, with aching all over, but especially in the left breast; constantly, a
peculiar sensation as if cords were being pulled from the suprasternal fossa, downwards and
sideways, in different directions, [19]. ► *Irritation to cough in the suprasternal fossa, [9]. [550.] ► Severe cough, especially after lying and sleeping; the
tickling that causes it, in a little spot, very distinctly deep down on the posterior wall
of the windpipe (second day, before midnight); would like something to reach it with and
brush over it; his head aches while coughing; he must bend it back, and hold it so that the
shock cannot act with such violence; as soon as the least bit of mucus loosens, he is
better, [9]. ►
Hoarse cough, with evening heat, [1]. ► Cough prevents sleep, after lying down, and wakens him
towards midnight, with the same distinct clicking down back, which irresistibly irritates to
violent shocks that are felt in the head; ceases directly after the loosening of a small
lump of mucus, which is swallowed (third to fourth days); cough the fourth and fifth days,
only evenings, not at night, [9]. ► Cough, preventing sleep, [9].
► When coughing, pain through the chest, from the
clavicle, [19]. ►
Cough, more in warmth, and in repose, and rousing from first sleep, for several evenings, [9]. ► Cough, when
starting in sleep, [12]. ►
Violent shocks of cough, from a crawling irritation down in the windpipe, near the
suprasternal fossa; and, at every shock of cough, increased headache in the left side and
upper part. After half an hour, something loosens and is swallowed, when the cough ceases
directly (first day, when roused from sleep before midnight), [9].
► Expectoration of a great quantity of transparent, somewhat
frothy, bloody mucus (after an emetic), [1],
(B.). ► Dyspnœa; it seemed impossible to breathe;
had to fan him to keep him alive, [1], (A. R. M.). [560.] ► Sensation as though
he should not be able to breathe again, [3]. ► Sensation as if he would not be able to breathe, [6]. ► *Great feeling of
suffocation; it seems as if she could not long survive, for want of air, [1], (B.). ► Intense
sensation of suffocation; threw the collar wide open; could bear
nothing about the throat; with dusky hue to the face, and bluish lips, [1], (C. W. B.). ► Can
scarcely breathe from swelling of the tongue, so that the laborious inspiration can be heard
all over the house, [1]. ►
Difficulty of breathing, inclination to sleep, and increasing shortness of breath when
walking, [1]. ►
Breathing very difficult, and every drop of liquid nearly chokes him, [1]. ► *Hurried and difficult
respiration, with fever and headache (second day), [5].
► Difficult, anxious breathing, with constriction in the
throat; worse when lying, [22]. ►
Sensation of fulness, constriction, or suffocation in the throat, with difficult, anxious
breathing; worse in a horizontal position, [22]. [570.] ► Labored inspiration,
as in croup, [1]. ►
Breathing oppressed in pressure of chest, [12]. ► Breathing oppressed by pressure in the back, [11]. ► Short breath, [1], [3]. ► Short, quick breathing, nights, [6]. ► Breathing very slow, [1]. ► Closed rooms,
especially if overheated, are insupportable to him, [15].
► Pain in the heart that interrupts breathing, [3].
CHEST.
► At every pressure,
when holding the breath, pain through the chest, [19].
► Heat in the chest, [3].
[580.] ► Sensation of
burning heat in the chest and stomach, early in the morning (second day), [3]. ► Sensation of warmth or
burning in the chest (first day), [3]. ► Fulness, tension, and pressure in the chest (first day), [3]. ► Sensation of
fulness in the chest, [3]. ►
When coughing, and at every pressure, pain above the clavicle, and from there down through
the chest, [19]. ►
Sharp pains in the chest, at nights (fifth day), [2]. ► Sometimes, sharp pains and stitches through the chest, [15]. ► Stitches through
the chest and back, at night (sixth day), [2]. ► Stitches through the chest and back, at night, [5]. ► Pressure in the chest, [3]. [590.] ► Pressure in the chest (soon), [2].
► Pressure in the chest, after pains in the shoulders and
upper arms, [2]. ►
Slight oppression of the chest, with frequent desire to draw a deep inspiration, [5]. ► Like a pressive
pain in the upper part of the chest, [15]. ► As if the chest, near the last ribs, were crushed, pressed,
or beaten, [17]. ►
Sensation of heaviness, [2]. ►
Pain, as of a bruise, and sensation of weight in the chest (for several days), [4]. ► Trembling and
pressure in the chest, with oppressed breathing (forenoon, second day), [12]. ► Sensation of soreness, lame,
bruised feeling, as if from recent injury, from being jammed, bruised, or beaten
(confirmed in many provers), [4]. ► Pain in the chest, stinging, first left, then right, where
the cartilages of the ribs bend toward the hypochondria; at the same time, everything grew
dark before her eyes, in which she felt pain (forenoon, third day), [12]. [600.] ► Trembling in the chest, [12].
► Stitches in the side, [1].
► Sticking through the sides of the chest and through the
lungs, [19]. ► Pain
in the chest, only on the left side, near the last ribs, in or below the region of the heart
(second week), [12]. ►
Slight pain in the left side of the chest, under the short ribs, [5]. ► Sense of constriction or
lacing from the pit of the throat downwards and sideways, [19].
► *Dull, aching pains in the left side of the chest, near the
middle of the sternum, several times during the day, with sensation of fulness in the chest
and short breath (first day), [3]. ► Suprasternal fossa sensitive to touch, as if sore, [4]. ► Sticking under the
left arm, near the fourth or fifth rib, when breathing and when not (fourth week), [11]. ► Tearing drawing
from below on the left side, arising next to the sternum; drawing back and forth in the
chest upward, and finally in the lower jaw; at the same time, pain in the back, and
sensation as if the menses were coming on (at the monthly period, twenty-first day), [11]. [610.] ► Sensation as if cords were drawn along through the chest, [10]. ► Stitches in the left
side of the chest, [5]. ► Coldness in the middle of the sternum, [20]. ► Suddenly, a pain in a
little spot to the left, on the lower part of the sternum (fourteenth day), [11].
HEART AND PULSE.
► Slow
beating of the heart; scarcely perceptible radial pulse (wasp), [1]. ► Violent palpitation,
sensible to himself and audible to those in the room, [1],
(A. R. M.). ► Rapid, feeble beats of the heart, [1], (A. R. M.). ► Action
of the heart interrupted, [1]. ►
Pulse accelerated (first day), [3]. ► Pulse increased 20 strokes, full and strong (second proving),
[6]. [620.] ► Pulse 95, full and strong, [6].
► Pulse 88, with sensation of heat, evenings, [12]. ► Pulse increased
from 65 to 77 (first day), [3]. ►
Pulse decreased very soon, [1]. ►
Pulse hardly perceptible (wasp), [1]. ► Pulse feeble, scarcely discernible at the wrist, [1], (E. E. M.). ► No
pulse at the wrist, [1], (A. R. M.). ► Pulseless at wrist for twenty minutes, [1], (A. R. M.). ► Pain in the
heart, [1]. ► Pain
near the heart that almost arrested the breathing, continuing, at intervals, for some days, [3]. [630.] ► Sudden attack of acute pain just
below the heart, soon extending diagonally towards the right chest, [1], (B.). ► Several
stitchlike pains just below the heart, [5].
NECK AND BACK.
► Nettlerash
in the back of the neck, [6]. ►
Slight sensation of stiffness in the nape of neck and small of back, [5]. ► Swelling in the back of the
neck in gouty patients, [1]. ►
Swelling on the back of the neck, so that his head is pressed upon the chest, [1]. ► Back of neck stiff, [15]. ► Tension in the
right side of the neck, beneath and back of the ear (soon; 6th dil.), [2], (and others). ► Rheumatic
stitches in the muscles of the right side of the neck; worse when moving the head in that
direction; came on when rising in the morning; is very painful; less noticed when moving the
head in any other direction (second day), [2]. ► Rheumatic stitches in the right side of the back of the neck,
[15]. [640.] ► Violent piercing-burning pain in a small spot down on the
left of the back of the neck, also on the occiput and left arm (after two hours), [9]. ► Pains extending
from the shoulder up to the back of the neck, [2]. ► Sharp, tensive pain from the neck up back of the left ear,
extending forward over the left side of the head (first day), [1],
[2]. ► Tensive pain
in the left shoulder, extending up into the back of the neck (second day), [2]. ► Pain in the back, over the
shoulder-blades; worse on the right side (first and second days), [9]. ► Lame feeling in the scapulæ,
[11]. ► Dull
pressure under the scapula, with sore feeling on moving the parts, [5]. ► Pressure under the
shoulder-blades, painful when moving, [15]. ► Peculiar weakness in the back, [10].
► Peculiar excessive weakness along the whole back, on
both sides of the spine, as if she could not lie upon it for weakness, [2], [10]. [650.] ► Burning and heat,
like “prickly heat,” on the back, [1], (B.).
► Sudden flush of heat over the back, as though sweat
would break out, with a pain at the left ilio-sacral junction, [4]. ► Chills running over the
back, [10]. ►
Backache, [11]. ►
Stitches in the back and chest, [5]. ► Stitches through the back, [2].
► Back as if bruised, [9].
► Back feels bruised near the last ribs, on a place a
hand’s breadth in extent, as if the muscles internally were sore, especially on the left
side (the whole third day), [9]. ►
Pressure behind on the last ribs, on both sides of the spine, which somewhat hinders
breathing, about as in anxiety (twenty-first day), [11].
► Prickling on the back, [2].
[660.] ► Sensation of
stiffness in the sacrum, [15], [5]. ► Pain in the ilio-sacral
junction, [4]. ►
Urging in the sacrum, as if to the period, [19].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
►
Trembling of the hands and feet, [24]. ► He first swelled about the joints, where bunches were forming
that looked somewhat inflamed and itched very much, [1].
► Blood settled under the toe and finger-nails, [1], (A. R. M.). ► Cold
limbs, with chilliness, [1]. ►
His extremities grew cold, [1], (E. E. M.). ► A cutting instrument seemed to penetrate all his limbs at the
same time, like an electric discharge (wasp), [1].
UPPER EXTREMITIES.
► Red
and white spots on the arms, [1]. [670.] ► Burning and heat,
like “prickly heat,” on the arms and hands, [1],
(B.). ► Swelling of the whole arm, so that he could not
take off his coat without an effort, in the evening, and was only able to put it on next
morning with the greatest difficulty. ► The arm remained
very sensitive for some days (after a sting in the hand), [1].
► Unpleasant sensation in the inner side of both arms,
reaching from near the elbow to the axilla; also, a similar sensation in the anterior and
inner part of each thigh, reaching from near the knee to the inguinal region, which ceased
in the course of half an hour, [1], (S. D.). ► Drawing pains in the arm, that begin in the shoulders and
extend to the end of the fingers, [13]. ► Itching, and appearance of blotches, in arms and hands, like
nettlerash, on scratching, [1], (B.). ► Drawing pain through the arm, beginning in the shoulders, [13]. ► Hand and arm
swollen and painful for several days, [1]. ► Crawling, as if going to sleep, in both arms, especially in
the left, [10]. ►
Itching stitching in the back of the arm, [11]. ► Left arm affected (after fifteen minutes), [9]. [680.] ►
Burning stinging on the left arm, [9]. ► The upper part of the arm is painful, [2]. ► Aching in the right
shoulder and upper portion of the arm (soon), [2]. ► Dull pains, apparently in the bones of the arms and fingers, [5]. ► Aching in right
shoulder and upper arm, and pressure on the chest (first day), [2]. ► Great increase and
intensity of the odor from the axillary glands (fourth day), [8].
► Stinging pains in the left elbow, sudden, but not
lasting (third day), [8]. ►
*Œdema of the hands, [9]. ► The hand becomes purple, [1],
(B.). ► Nettlerash on the back of the hand, [3]. [690.] ► Hands tremble, [24]. ► Hands as if dead, during chill, [10]. ► Hot hands, [10]. ► Burning, as of fire, in
small circumscribed spots on the hands (lasting some minutes, second day; first dilution), [2]. ► Hot hands, during
chilliness, [11]. ►
Burning and stinging in the hands, especially the palms, that became very red; half an hour
after a sting in the neck. Cold water relieves, [1]. ► Prickling in the hands, palms, and back of the hands, [2]. ► The back of the
hand swollen to the finger-tips (after a sting upon it), [1].
► Sore and red spots in the palms, [1]. ► Itching in the palms,
mostly left, in little burning spots, [9]. [700.] ►
Itching and burning on the back of the hands, and on the knuckles, also on the first joints
of the fingers, especially of the right hand; the skin begins to chap finally, here and
there, as if from cold, to which she had not been exposed (evenings 9 o’clock, fifth day), [11]. ► The right hand
swells as if puffed up, and is slightly bluish-red; pressure of the fingers makes white
spots, that disappear slowly and leave no indentation, without heat and without pain, except
some tension; with nettlerash (sixth dilution), [19]. ► Itching and chapping of the right hand (still felt on the
seventh day), [11]. ►
Itching and chapping of the right hand; the lower lip also begins to chap (evenings, eighth
day), [11]. ► The
fingers swell and remain very sensitive for several days (after a sting), [1]. ► The stung finger was
swollen little, or not at all, [1]. ► The bones of the fingers are painful, [5]. ► *Very distinct sensation of
numbness in the fingers, especially in their tips, about the roots of the nails,
with a sensation as if the nails were very loose, and he could shake them off, [13]. ► Cold fingers, [11]. ► Cold hands, [1]. ► Drawing pains
extending to the ends of the fingers, [13]. [710.] ► Itching in the
fingers, [11]. ►
Tingling of the fingers of the left hand (soon), [2]. ► Burning twitching, like a pricking contraction, in the right
thumb, from without inwardly; also the same in other places (second day), [9]. ► After many stings, the
index-finger felt numb, but was neither sensitive nor swollen; in several days black spots
appear in the skin, [1]. ►
Inward burning about a hang-nail, on the outside of the right fourth finger; no redness
where it pains, inside, and not aggravated by pressure; continued burning in the tip (fourth
and fifth days), [9]. ►
Burning, like fire, in the finger-tips, [2]. ► Fine burning pricking in the finger-tips, [2]. ► Sensation as if the
finger-nails were quite loose, and as if he could shake them off, [13].
LOWER EXTREMITIES.
► Lower
limbs feel paralyzed, [24]. ►
Dull pains, as if in the bones of the lower extremities, [5].
[720.] ► Sore feeling
of the flesh of the lower extremities, disappearing on walking, and returning again while
sitting, [5]. ►
Itching and pricking in the lower limbs, [3]. ► Sore pain in left hip-joint (immediately after every dose of
the second dilution); later a weakness, unsteadiness, trembling in this joint, [20]. ► Drawing through
the thighs to the tips of the toes, with numb sensation in the latter, [13]. ► An itching stitch
posteriorly on the thigh, [11]. ►
Burning itching, especially posteriorly, on the left thigh (after four hours), [9]. ► Violent pain in
the left knee, outside, over, and under the knee, mostly half in front (after two and a half
hours); violent, short pains in front, below (after six hours); now and then violent on
outside (second day), [9]. ►
Fine burning stinging on the knee (first day), [2]. ► Crawling, as if from an insect, on the inner side of the
right knee (mornings, fourth day), [9]. ► From the left knee to the foot, crawling as if going to
sleep, [10]. [730.]
► Darting, transient pains in the external malleolus of
the left ankle (for four days), [8]. ► After the sting of bees, the former gouty concretions
appeared again, and then disappeared, [1]. ► Red and white spots on the feet, [1]. ► *When taking off the
foot-gear, evenings, frequent swelling of the feet, [15].
► *At night, on removing the boots and socks, he found that
his feet were swollen full, with a sensation of heaviness and stiffness; the
upper parts of the feet felt bungling and itched, and were of a bright red color; on the
soles of the feet and balls of the toes painful fulness, and as if he stepped on cushions
when he walked (sixth day, from many large doses), [8].
► Feet trembled, [24].
► Burning of the feet (first day), [3]. ► Burning and pricking in the
feet (after a sting on the neck), [1]. ► Cold feet, with burning cheeks, [10]. ►► *Sensation in the toes,
and the whole foot, as if too large, swollen, and stiff, [1]. [740.] ►
Heaviness and stiffness of the feet, [8]. ► Crawling and itching of the feet, as if she had frozen them
(sixth day), [12]. ►
Sensation of numbness in the toes, [13]. ► Burning of the toes, with erysipelatous redness and heat of a
circumscribed patch on the foot, while the rest of the foot is cold (lasting half an hour), [2]. ► Burning of the
toes, with redness and heat in them, while the feet are cold (for half and hour), [5]. ► Drawing pains,
extending into the toes, [13]. ►
Pricking in both little toes (first day, second dilution), [2].® 2000
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