ARSENICUM ALBUM.
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Appearance, Etc. [2510.] ► *Skin became very white; complexion white and pasty-looking,
[224]. ► *Excessive
whiteness of the skin, as in infants, which, as the arsenical influence increased, became
yellow and scaly, producing in J. E. and baby the most
irritating eruption all over the body, with a strong and peculiar smell, [225]. ► The skin became
gradually yellow, and afterwards of a dusky brown color, [224].
► Jaundice, [47]. ► *The whole skin became blue, [102].
► The veins, especially the jugular veins, very much
dilated, hence the skin became bluish, [102]. ► Cyanosis, [173]. ► He became red and moist over the whole body, [144]. ► Smutty, mottled skin,
especially in the extremities, [218]. ► Skin became a smutty brown, especially on uncovered portions,
[217]. [2520.] ► Dry, cracked state of the skin, [224]. ► Skin dry and scaly,
cracked all over, and very sore, with a strong and peculiar smell from it, [224]. ► *Deep mortification of
the skin, [214]. ►
On the toes, especially both little toes, and extremely hard, horny skin gradually appeared,
which pained like a burning, and made walking very painful, [105].
► The skin from the head to the feet comes off, [120]. ► [The skin of the
whole body peels off in large scales], [5]. ► The thickened epidermis comes off, [217]. ► The skin of the whole
body, except the head, came off, [145]. ► Desquamation of a large part of the body, especially on the
forearms, and return of a just cured herpes on the chin, which remains five to six days, [151]. ► Exfoliation of
the cuticle and skin of the tongue, [171]. [2530.] ► The thick skin of
the soles of the feet came off, [145]. ► Spots on the skin, here and there, [38]. ► Little blotches on the
forehead, [43]. ►
Thick-set, white blotches; about the size of a lentil, a little larger or smaller; skin
colored, smarting and painful, the pain being generally worse at night, [3]. ► *Blue spots on the abdomen,
genital organs, and white of the eye, [19]. ► Large red spots over the whole skin, [131]. ► Inflamed, measle-like
spots over the body, especially about the head, in the face, and on the neck, [32]. [“After opium had been given as antidote.”] ► On the left side of the face, answering to the parotids, and
inflamed spot, red, firm, solid, painful on pressure with the finger, appearing yellow, [116]. ► (The parts
around the ulcer become inflamed; the ulcer bleeds when bandaging it, and becomes covered
with a dry, superficial crust), [83]. ► Dry Eruptions. ►
Eruption on the skin, [47]. [“Not found.”] [2540.] ► Eruption over whole
body, [217]. ► *Very
painful black eruption, [22]. ► *Small ecchymoses, or rather petechiæ, [102]. ► Rash over the whole body
falling off in scales, [26]. ►
Red, scorbutic rash, [79]. ►
(Slight eruptions resembling nettlerash), [49]. ► Rashlike eruption on the skin, especially on the abdomen, [110]. ► Rash, profuse,
diagnosed as scarlatina, with such severe pains all over that he could not turn in bed, [224]. ► Elevations
similar to those caused by nettles; also small pimples, as in rash eruptions, [143]. ► *Pimples burning violently,
causing almost unendurable anguish, [1]. [2550.] ► Small, pointed
pimples make their appearance, with itching, going off after scratching, [1]. ► Miliary eruption, with
white tips, over the whole body, even the hands and feet, [80].
► [Fine, sand-shaped, itching eruption all over the body.
-H.], [55]. ►
(Eruption on the forehead), [37]. ► (Innumerable, very red pimples on the scalp), [41]. ► Pimples, difficult to
cure, [29], [“Not found.”] ► Small pimples on several parts of the body, even on the
forehead and under the jaw, causing a burning pain and
not much itching, [1]. ►
A pimple, covered with scurf, in the left side of the scalp, obliging him to scratch, and
painful when rubbed, as if ulcerated (after two hours), [7].
► Pimples over the whole scalp, painful when rubbed or
touched, as if ecchymosed or ulcerated; the same pain is felt in the whole scalp (after
eleven hours), [7]. ►
There appeared upon the face and neck a number of large red blotches, at first the size of a
silver dollar, of an intensely red or scarlet color, and partially raised in wheals; this
rash gradually extended, and in a day and a half covered the entire body (fifth day), [216]. [2560.] ► On the lips, an eruption similar to herpes labialis, [103]. ► Eruption on the
lower lip, with a thick crust and a lardaceous base, (Sr.) ►
Painless eruption on the margin of the vermilion border of lip (after fourteen days), [1]. ► *Red, herpetic skin
around the mouth, [1]. ►► *Eruption around the mouth, burning and painful, [1]. ► Colorless, biting
eruption around the whole neck, upon the shoulders, and on the sides, [3]. ► Pimples on the hands, the
thumb, and the forehead, [139]. ►
Purple petechiæ on chest and neck, [201]. ► Skin of neck, bosom, and shoulders covered with a rough,
cracked, dirty, brownish-red eruption, with burning and itching, [223]. ► *Herpes-like spot
on left side of neck extended rapidly over whole side of neck, and upon face, with itching and burning, then a similar spot on the right side, [211]. [2570.] ► Blotches and pimples on the hands, [43]. ► Dense eruption of small,
red, conical pimples all over the hands and fingers, with itching,
which is increased by scratching, [92]. ► Moist Eruptions. ► Eczema, [220]. ► *Eruption resembling red petechiæ, from the size of a
flea-bite up to that of a lentil, sharply circumscribed, in the evening, painful, dry, moist, and burning after scratching (Sr., from
Hahnemann). ► *Black vesicles, causing a burning pain,
[81]. ► Rash over
the whole body, except the limbs; numberless small, white blisters covered the skin, with
appeared to be inflamed between them, [105]. ► Pimples in the region of the left temple; when scratched they
exude bloody water, and become painful and sore when rubbed, [7].
► Scabby eruption on the occiput, [104]. ► On the red, inflamed
portion of the skin of the face, numerous vesicles filled with yellow fluid; the redness and
inflammation spread about the nose and mouth, [116]. ► Eruption on the face, covered with blisters, [116]. [2580.] ► The eruption on the face dried into scabs; nose and lids
scale, [116]. ► The
eruption on the face dries, here and there scabs fall off, and on the left concha new
blisters form, [116]. ►
Whitish, pointed pimples, the tips filled with a watery fluid, with
burning itching, as of mosquito-bites, on the hands, between the fingers, and on
the abdomen; the fluid flows out when scratching the pimples, and the itching goes off, [1]. ► [Fleshy
excrescences spring up from the ulcers on the fingers; they speedily become decayed blue,
and green, with viscid ichor, spreading an intolerably bad odor. -H.], [5]. ► [Blisters form in the night
all over the soles, as if caused by fly-blisters; they open and pour out a light-yellow,
fetid water. -H.], [5]. ►
Ulcers and Pustules. ► The ulcer has very high
edges, [1]. ► *Much
black, coagulated blood comes out of the ulcer, [1].
► Ulcer which is especially painful in the morning, with
dark-brown, thin, bloody pus under a thin scurf, and with single stitches while sitting, the
stitches being diminished when standing, and still more when walking, [1]. ► Severe suppuration and
swelling of the skin around the spreading ulcers, especially on the abdomen, genitals, and
inside of the thighs, [214]. ►
Cancerous ulcer, making the amputation of the limb necessary, [82].
[“In a refiner of A.”] [2590.] ► Sores broke out over the head and neck, [198]. ► *Two large pimples on the
forehead between the eyebrows, obliging him to scratch, exuding bloody water, and becoming
filled with pus on the day following, [7]. ► Pustule on forehead and left cheek, [99]. ► Pustules on forehead and
chest, [99]. ► On
the forehead, about the eyes, on the cheek bones, the shoulders, the upper part of the arm,
and the chest, an eruption of white pustules, in large number, which, in form and progress,
were similar to small-pox; these pustules were partly isolated, partly confluent, were very
easily torn, changed to thick crusts, and left very perceptible scars behind, [160]. ► (Pustulous eruption on
the scalp and face, with burning pain), [39]. ► Ulcers in the whole face, [43].
► The face became covered with pustules, [139]. ► Ulcerated eruption around
the lips, [50]. ►
[Large, broad, pale-red, and excessively painful boil on the hand, between the thumb and
index finger, especially in the evening. -H.], [5]. [2600.] ►
Abscess on the posterior side of the arm above the wrist; on opening it a very copious
discharge of thick yellow pus followed, with denudation of the surface of the ulna, as shown
by the probe, [169]. ►
Gatherings (abscesses), on her hands, which she never had had before, followed by severe
pains in her wrists and arms, so as almost to disable her, [225].
► [Ulcer on the left leg below the knee. -H.], [5]. ► *Ulcer on the leg,
covered with a gray crust, and surrounded with an inflamed border; it is burning and painful, [1].
► [Itchlike eruption, especially in the bends of the
knees. -H.], [5]. ►
Ulcers on both heels, which discharge ichorous matter, [140].
► The trunk and upper extremities are covered with a
discrete papulo-vesicular eruption, very troublesome, causing him to scratch till he bled;
itching much aggravated at night, [92]. ► Great sensibility or irritation of the skin, accompanied by a
vesicular eruption; sometimes this has assumed the form of nettlerash, or of the eruption of
scarlet fever, for which disease arsenical poisoning has been mistaken, [171]. ► [The skin of the soles
becomes insensible, thick as cork, and breaks. -H.], [5].
► Sensation, when moving about, as if the whole skin were
rough and about to burst, [99]. [2610.] ► The skin of the
whole body is painful, [1]. ►
The hard, horny skin on the toes is very troublesome, and burns much, [105]. ► Horrid burning in the
skin of the finger, as if the part had been burnt with boiling grease (after dipping the
hands into a cold solution of Arsenic), [1]. ► *Intolerable burning in the skin, [39]. ► Much disturbed at night by
smarting and itching, which forced him to keep applying cold water compresses; he got a
little sleep about 4 o’clock in the morning, [92]. ►► *Burning pain in the ulcers, [1], ([83]). ►► *Burning in the ulcers as from glowing coals, [1]. ►► *Burning like
fire around the ulcer, which is fetid and suppurates,
accompanied with faintness and drowsiness in daytime, [1]. ► *Burning in the border of the
ulcer and itching in the ulcer itself, [1].
► (Burning in the ulcer follows the itching), [44]. [2620.] ► Tearing pain in the ulcers, [1].
► Stitching over the whole skin, [139]. ► *Slow stitches, as with a
red-hot needle, in the skin here and there, [1].
► Prickings in the skin, [43].
► *Painful sensitiveness of old ulcers previously painless,
[1]. ► Creeping
sensation, as of fleas, in the thighs, as far as the abdomen, also in the loins and nates,
obliging him to scratch, [1]. ►►
Burning itching of the body, [1]. ► Burning itching, the parts being painful after scratching,
[1]. ► Unpleasant
itching and eruption of small, itchlike pustules, which soon desquamate, [141]. ► At night, itching on the
head and several parts of the body, lasting all night, and preventing sleep, [92]. [2630.] ► Itching of the neck below the maxilla, [1]. ► Itching and soreness of the
anus and privates, with sometimes sharp pains there, [225]. ► Frequent itching
on the backs of the fingers, sometimes so severe that she scratches the skin off, with an
eruption of pointed papulæ between the fingers (after three days), [91]. ► A good deal of itching of
the right thigh and arms, [1].
SLEEP AND DREAMS. ► Yawning and Sleepiness. ►
Yawning, [99]. ►
Frequent yawning, [1]. ►
Yawning almost uninterrupted, [1]. ► Yawning and stretching as though he had not slept enough, [7]. ► Yawning and
weakness after eating, so that he must lie down and sleep, [1].
► Inclined to sleep, [217].
[2640.] ► No sleep,
but inclination to slumber, [136]. ► She became sleepy, without being able to sleep or rest, [134]. ► Sleepiness,
[103], [116],
etc. ► Frequent attacks of somnolence in the daytime,
when sitting, [1]. ►
*Drowsiness, [202], [204]. ► Excessive drowsiness; he
falls asleep again immediately after taking; for four days, [3],
[6]. ► *Drowsiness
interrupted by uneasy dreams and great anxiety, [1]. ► Irresistible desire to sleep, alternating with great
restlessness, [19]. ►
Soporous condition, from which she often awoke, but only for a short time, [134]. ► Sleep. ► Slept a little at times; when awake, was inclined to converse
in a quiet and agreeable way, more particularly in reference to her own history; this
continued for the next forty-eight hours, she being all the while in a state of extreme prostration (first day), [216].
[2650.] ► The little
patient slept, except when awakened by vomiting, [103].
► Slumber and slight delirium, [136]. ► At night, sleep,
alternating with raving and different visions, [113]. ► He lies on his back during sleep, with his left hand under
the occiput, [1]. ►
Quiet sleep, [122], [123]. ►► *Startings of various
kinds, when falling asleep, in the evening, [1].
► *Much violent starting while asleep, [32]. ► *Frequent starting
from sleep, [99]. ►
General sick feeling, in sleep, two successive nights, [1].
► Uneasy nights; felt as if a chill was coming on, [92]. [2660.] ► Disturbed sleep, [218].
► *Sleep uneasy, and disturbed by dreams, [224]. ► *Restless sleep,
[113], [132]. ► *Sleep restless; disturbed by attacks of cough, anxiety,
and general heat, until 1.30 P.M. ►► *After midnight
(from 3 o’clock on), she tosses about, and sleeps only at times, [1]. ► Loud moaning in the
evening, while asleep, [1]. ►
Moaning, while asleep, with tossing about in bed, especially about 3 o’clock in the morning,
[1]. ► He talks and
quarrels while asleep, [1]. ►
During sleep, loud talking and indistinct murmuring, with half-closed eyes, [99]. ► During sleep, he complains
of headache, now in the forehead, now in the occiput, [103].
[2670.] ► *The pains are
felt in the night, during sleep, [1]. ► Sleep very restless, she wakes very early, [2]. ► *The pain of the affected part
wakes him in the night from time to time, especially before midnight, [1]. ► She is awakened
from sleep by vomiting, [121]. ►
He wakes while dreaming, and while an emission is taking place, without being able to
remember what he dreamed of, [10]. ► *In the morning, she feels as if she had not slept enough,
[5]. ► *Feels as though
she had not slept enough, mornings; eyes are weary; she cannot get out of bed, [1]. ► Cannot go to
sleep, although fatigued, [99]. ►
Sleeplessness till 3 A.M., [99]. ►
No sleep, [96]. [2680.]
► Sleeplessness ([31]),
[37], and others. ►
Sleepless for forty-eight hours, then had a good night’s sleep, which quite refreshed her;
felt comfortable for twelve hours, [216]. ► Sleepless, with restlessness and moaning, [1]. ► Sleepless, tossing about,
nights, with creeping in the abdomen, [1]. ► Sleeplessness, with fainting fits from time to time, [14]. ► (Nightly
fancies), [40]. ►
During his morning slumber he hears every sound and noise, yet continues dreaming withal, [1]. ► Heavy dreams, [4]. ► Heavy dreams and
nightmare; the dreams hovered before his mind even during the day, and disquieted him, [159]. ► Dreams full of
fatiguing thoughts, [1]. [2690.]
► Sleep disturbed by anxious dreams, [99]. ► Dreams full of care; he
wakes, and when asleep again continues his dream, [1].
► Anxious dreams while falling asleep; he wants to cry
out, but cannot utter his cry, and is suddenly waked by that cry, which he hears yet, [1]. ► Vivid, vexatious
dreams, [7]. ►
Frightful, anxious dreams, [1]. ►
Nightly dreams full of threats, apprehensions, or repentance, [1].
► Dreams full of care and danger; he wakes with a
cry, and, when asleep again, dreams of something else, [1].
► *Dreams full of care, sorrow, and fear, disturb his sleep,
[1]. ► *Uninterrupted
dreams about thunderstorms, fire, black water, and darkness, [1]. ► Dreams about death, [99].® 2000
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