CARBOLIC. ACID.
FACE.
► Objective. ► Pale and unconscious, [34].
[170.] ► The boy was
very pale, weak, and cachectic, [35]. ► Face blanched and bathed in perspiration (after five
minutes), [31]. ► Face
pale, [37]. ►
Face pale and covered with cold perspiration, [25]. ► Face pale or livid, [44].
► Face and neck livid, [46].
► Face livid, with cold, clammy sweat, [32]. ► Face livid, covered with
cold, clammy sweat, [36]. ►
Face flushed (second day), [7]. ►
Face flushed, and “burns” (after fifteen minutes), [6].
[180.] ► Slight
lividity of the lips and tips of the fingers (after five minutes), [31]. ► State of intense trismus
(after eighteen minutes), [45]. ►
At the attempt to examine his throat he closes his teeth tightly, [40]. ► Subjective. ► Pain in face and neck (after seven hours), [46]. ► Drawing pain in jaw, right
side, [3].
MOUTH.
► Teeth. ► Aching in teeth of right upper jaw (after a few moments), [3]. ► Tongue. ► Burning on the tongue, especially on the tip, [17]. ► Biting sensation on tongue
(immediately), [17]. ►
Mouth. ► Mucous membrane of mouth, lips,
throat, white, [28]. ►
Swelling and soreness on internal side of left cheek opposite the molars; the cheek is in
the way of the teeth when biting (the whole day), (after two days), [2]. [190.] ►
Strong tarry odor to the breath, [25]. ► Burning mouth, [44]. ► Burning on lips, throat, and œsophagus, with heat rising up
from the stomach (immediately), [17]. ► Saliva. ►
Hypersecretion of saliva, and he could not help spitting all the time, the spittle having a
bluish-white, frothy appearance, [13]. ► Constant discharge of saliva from the pale lips, [34]. ► Mouth open,
filled with mucus, [32]. ►
Taste. ► Very sharp taste; tongue burned and
tingled, and felt as if a thousand pins were sticking in it (immediately), [15]. ► Nasty taste in mouth, [3]. ► Horrid taste in
mouth, pungent and metallic, which he could not get rid of; it made him feel sick and
squally all over (immediately), [14]. ► Taste of carbolic acid in mouth and throat (after seven
hours), [46]. [200.]
► Coppery, metallic taste on tongue and upper palate, [17]. ► Speech. ► Inability to speak or to walk, [28].
THROAT.
► A good deal of
hawking of clear white mucus while in the open air (second day), [7]. ► Pain in throat on
swallowing (after one and five-sixths hours), [3]. ► Choking feeling in throat, with disposition to hawk up
phlegm, [14]. ►
Irritation of throat (for some days), [45]. ► Irritation of throat causing short, dry cough (after one hour
and five-sixths), [3]. ►
Burning in throat and œsophagus (immediately), [40]. ► Sense of burning in throat on swallowing the draught, [26]. ► Pricking-burning
in throat, as if she had eaten something strong (after half an hour), [5]. [210.] ►
Very sharp stitches in throat; the pain grows worse and worse; it is sharp and pricking
(after fifteen minutes), [3]. ►
Weather changed (?); throat sore, felt some hoarse, as if had taken cold (second day), [7]. ► Evening, throat
some sore, right side (second day), [7]. ► Soreness of throat on empty deglutition (after fifteen
minutes), passed off after one and one-sixth hours, except when swallowing and pressing on
the upper larynx; worse on the right side, [3]. ► Throat sore only when swallowing (after two hours and
five-sixths), [3]. ►
While smoking, after tea, throat better for a time; not so sensitive to pressure (after two
and a half hours), [3]. ►
Fauces, Pharynx, and Œsophagus. ► Much mucus
in pharynx (fourth day), [7]. ►
Hawking from pharynx and posterior nares of much white mucus (third day), [7]. ► In morning, on waking,
pharynx and posterior nares very dry indeed (fifth day), [7].
► Burning in the œsophagus and stomach, [17]. [220.] ► Spasmodic contraction of œsophagus, [32]. ► Spasmodic contraction of
the œsophagus prevented the insertion of the stomach-pump, [36].
► Spasmodic and painful contraction of the œsophagus
just behind the pomum Adami; while drinking ice-water, was painful for several minutes, [21]. ► Feeling of
constriction about midday of the œsophagus (from 20 drops), [13].
► Spasmodic stricture of the œsophagus prevented the
patient from swallowing, and caused great difficulty in introducing the tube of the
stomach-pump, [31]. ►
Swallowing. ► Inability to swallow, [44]. ► Could not take
medicine, [40]. ►
External Throat. ► While walking rapidly after
dinner had spasm of carotid artery (common, left),
(third day), [7].
STOMACH.
► Appetite.
► More appetite, but not normal yet; more appetite in
morning (fourth day), [7]. ►
Unusual appetite for supper, [21]. [230.] ► Wanted to smoke a
cigar, and thought that would relieve him, [14]. ► Diminished appetite, [18].
► *Loss of all appetite, [35]. ► *Total loss of appetite, which
had previously been excellent, [19]. ► Anorexia, [8]. ► Not so much appetite for dinner (second day), [7]. ► No appetite for tea, [3]. ► No appetite for
tea (supper), (after half an hour), [10]. ► No appetite for supper, [5].
► Thirst. ►
Thirst, [28]. [240.]
► *Felt as if a little more whisky would do him good
(habits perfectly temperate), [14]. ► Eructations and Hiccough. ►
Eructations, [42], [43].
► Eructation of tasteless air (second day), [3]. ► Eructations after
a light breakfast (second day), [17]. ► Headache disappears while moving about, but the eructations
became more frequent (after one hour), [3]. ► Constant disposition to rift up, but could not (from 20
drops), [13]. ►
Belching (after three-quarters of an hour), [5]. ► *Belching up of wind (after a few moments), [3]. ► Belching up of wind
(after one hour and a half), [3]. ► Belching of wind from stomach (after ten minutes). Constant belching (after fifteen minutes), [6]. [250.] ► Constant belching up of wind from stomach (after two and
five sixths hours), [3]. ►
Constant belching up of large quantities of wind (after twenty minutes), [3]. ► Regurgitation from
stomach, which tastes like buttermilk and cabbage. (At dinner drank glass of milk; milk
never disagrees with him), (after thirty-five minutes, [3].)
► Ate heartily at lunch, but, though the stomach is full,
the heat keeps rising from the stomach, with the taste of Carbolic acid, [17]. ► In afternoon, after
dinner, long-continued hiccough, [2]. ► Nausea and Vomiting. ►
Nausea at stomach (after fifteen minutes), [4]. ► Nausea most of the morning (second day), [3]. ► After tea, nausea returned,
and was increased by taking a little sherry wine. The nausea lasted until noon next day, [5]. ► After tea, the
nausea was much better, but she was very drowsy, which was unusual (after twenty-five
minutes), [4]. ►
Nausea, with desire to eructate (very soon), [17]. [260.] ► Nausea and vomiting, [44]. ► Slight nausea in
throat (after thirty-five minutes), [3]. ► Slight nausea, with prostration, [8]. ► A great deal of nausea;
shuddered and shook her head, made wry faces, spat frequently, etc., [15]. ► Intense nausea
(immediately), which continued with but little abatement for nearly an hour, and until he
had drank several copious draughts of water (from 1 drop). Again the nausea followed, and
almost reached the point of vomiting (from 5 drops), [13].
► Aggravated feeling of sickness about stomach (soon
after 10 drops), [13]. ►
*While eating a little breakfast, felt every now and then as if he had to get up and vomit
(from 20 drops), [13]. ►
Vomiting and dysphagia, [35]. ►
Stomach. ► Slight gastritis (for some days), [45]. ► An attack of
acute gastritis followed the immediate symptoms, [47].
[270.] ► Slight
gastric catarrh, for several days, [43]. ► Wind in stomach very troublesome; better after raising a sort
of sweetish-sour liquid, [3]. ►
Dull uneasy feeling in stomach (after one hour and a half), [3].
► Uncomfortable feeling in region of stomach and liver
(soon after), [20]. ►
Distress in stomach, as from indigestion, [18]. ► For about two days, his feelings represented a first-class
type of acute dyspepsia (from 20 drops), [13]. ► Instead of feeling hungry at meals, an empty, gone feeling in
the stomach, with a fulness in the throat, and a constant desire to swallow, [19]. ► A great deal of gastric
irritation (after seven hours), [46]. ► Pain and dragging feeling in stomach and low down in abdomen,
[14]. ► Warmth in
the stomach, [43]. [280.]
► Sensation of warmth in the epigastrium, [42]. ► Burning in the stomach, [17]. ► Burning in the
stomach (after twenty minutes), [5]. ► The burning feeling in the stomach, as from a corrosive acid,
is felt all the time; still the appetite is good and food digests well, [17]. ► Burning feeling in
stomach, steadily increasing, with heat rising up the œsophagus (after three hours), [17]. ► Burning,
ulcerating feeling in stomach and œsophagus, with nausea; this sensation reminded him of
lobelia or tobacco; in fact, he had been smoking his pipe before going to bed, [17]. ► Stomach seems
full of wind (after a few moments), [3]. ► Sensation as if stomach was filled with wind which ought to
come up, [3]. ►
Aching pain in stomach (after a few moments), [3]. ► Felt as if he had eaten too much, and was suffering in
consequence, [14]. [290.]
► Appetite good, but food lies heavily on the stomach
(second day), [17]. ►
Feeling of pressure at pit of stomach (very soon), [17].
► Heavy weight in the epigastrium, as though burdened
with flatulence, with a constant inclination to relieve himself by fruitless efforts at
eructation, or by pressing the hand into the pit of the stomach, [13].
ABDOMEN.
► Hypochondria.
► Dull pressing pain in hypochondria, [17]. ► Soreness of hypochondria,
aggravated by motion (very soon), [17]. ► Pain in right hypochondrium; also in iliac region of both sides,
[15]. ► Aching
feeling over right hypochondrium and along back (from 20 drops), [13]. ► Premonitions of pain in
region of liver, [20]. ►
Dull pain in right side, over the region of the liver, and in the back, across the fifth,
sixth, and seventh dorsal vertebræ, [13]. ► General Abdomen. ►
Abdomen bloated, especially in the epigastric region, but neither hard, nor tense, nor
sensitive to pressure, [40]. ►
Bowels bloated and full of flatus after (three hours) a meal (second day), [7]. [300.] ►
Rumbling in bowels; a feeling as if diarrhœa would come on, after walking about, [3]. ► *Rumbling and rolling
in abdomen, with a sense of distension (after one hour), [3]. ► Emission of large
quantities of flatus all the evening, [3]. ► Emission of fetid flatus (after one hour and a half), [3]. ► Emission of large
quantities of putrid flatus (third day), [3]. ► Sinking feeling all over the abdomen, a feeling of goneness,
with yet a heavy weight about the stomach (from 20 drops), [13].
► Pain in bowels, [20].
► Sensation of fulness, with burning on outside of
abdomen (soon after), [20]. ►
Constantly a sensation of distension in the abdomen as if it were full of wind, but I was
never able to discharge any, [23]. ► Bowels feel bloated and sore (third day), [7]. [310.] ►
Feel as if the gas in the abdomen was incarcerated (after one hour), [3]. ► Abdominal muscles feel sore
(second day), [7]. ►
Bowels feel sore on walking, [17]. ► Jolting during riding affects unpleasantly the abdominal
parietes also, which feel hot and sore, [17]. ► Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions. ►
Burning pain in lower part of abdomen and top of head (after fifteen minutes), [3]. ► While sitting,
crampy stitch in left inguinal region (after two hours), [1].
RECTUM AND ANUS.
► The anus
itches and feels as if the skin was rubbed off (after forty-five minutes), [3]. ► Desire for stool all day,
though he had had a natural movement in the morning (third day), [3]. ► Constant feeling of desire
to pass a stool, and a sensation as if there was a quantity in the rectum, but I never had
more than one regular stool every morning, [23].
STOOL.
► Diarrhœa. ► Diarrhœa; three watery evacuations within a short space of
time, accompanied with pain and sick stomach, [16]. [320.] ► Ever since beginning
of proving, and for some time after, two natural stools per day, which is very unusual with
the prover, having generally but one passage in two days, [2].
► In evening, copious and consistent stool, entirely free
from pain, though the stools had been constipated and painful for some time previously, [13]. ► Towards evening,
evacuation from bowels copious and consistent, but almost inodorous, [15]. ► Constipation. ► Bowels rather constipated, which is unusual (seventh day), [17]. ► Bowels seem
torpid, but not costive (fourth day), [7]. ► My bowels moved regularly every morning, but the stool was
insufficient, and they seemed somewhat more sluggish than normal, [23].
URINARY ORGANS.
► Micturition.
► Frequent micturition, [18].
► The urine was voided about once in two hours, and was
large in quantity, quality normal (second day), [11]. ► Passed urine oftener than usual during the night, but
observed no change in color (second day), [3]. ► Slept well, but had to rise about 5 o’clock to urinate, a
very unusual thing, also passed a larger quantity than usual, [21].
[330.] ► Unusually
free flow of urine, normal in color, in odor, and quality (third day), [11]. ► Copious flow of limpid
colorless urine, which lasted several hours. The amount of the urine was enormous, though no
measurement was resorted to. Its odor was slight, but peculiar, not that of Carbolic acid
nor that of normal urine (after fifteen minutes), [30].
► During the night, passed a large quantity of pale
urine, nearly three quarts (fifth day), [22]. ► During day the urine was increased in quantity, and had a
very strong smell (second day), [3]. ► Urine less in amount (fourth day), [7]. ► Urine diminished in
quantity and heightened in color, [24]. ► Straining at passing urine, followed for two hours by
uncomfortable feeling, [24]. ►
Fruitless efforts to urinate, [28]. ► Ineffectual attempts to pass urine, [28]. ► Urine. ► Greenish tinge in the urine, and disappearance of all
deposits of lithates, [26]. [340.]
► Urine very dark-colored, [28]. ► A dark greenish-brown color to
the urine is a characteristic sign of the incipient poisoning, [42]. ► Urine dark smoky color,
alkaline; it deposited a sediment of granular urate of ammonia; it also showed a mixture of
different colored pigments, which apparently came from the coloring-matter of the dissolved
blood-corpuscles; this pigment appeared always after an application of Carbolic acid, and
disappeared after the removal of it, [35]. ► The urine passed the day after the accident was almost black, but was free from turbidity, and no trace of
Carbolic acid, blood, or albumen could be detected in it, [47].
► By nitric acid there is deposited a large quantity of
brown pigment in the urine, [35]. ► Evacuation of offensive very dark-colored urine, depositing
urate of ammonia, sometimes phosphates, but no albumen, [35].
► Urine smells strongly of carbolic acid, [37]. ► Urine more acid than
normal, [46]. ►
Urine alkaline, dark-brown, [42].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
► Male.
► Prickling pains through the glans penis and in urethra,
[24]. [350.] ► During all this time I noticed my sexual organs to be in an
unusually relaxed, weakened state during the day, but regularly every night I would have
lascivious dreams, with seminal emissions, which weakened me greatly and filled me with
horror, [23]. ►
After going to sleep, was awakened by unusually strong sexual excitement, which continued
some time (first night), [11]. ►
Sexual appetite very much decreased (second day), [7].
► Loss of sexual desire for thirteen days, [24]. ► Female. ► Pain in region of left ovary, when walking in the open air, soon
subsiding, [18]. ►
Menses more profuse than usual, [10]. ► Menses much more profuse and darker-colored than usual,
followed by headache and great nervous irritability for twelve hours (sixth day), [10]. ► Menses came on
two days later than usual, and were more profuse, [5].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
► Larynx
and Trachea. ► Inflammatory condition set in,
with much soreness of respiratory organs, and more hoarseness (third day), [22]. ► Feeling of soreness in
larynx and bronchial membrane, with some hoarseness (second day), [22]. ► Left side of larynx very
sore when pressed upon, not true of the right side (after one hour and a quarter), [3]. ► Constant
inclination to cough (after one hour and a quarter), [3].
► Tickling-irritating sensation in upper part of trachea
and fauces, which excited an occasional short, hacking, dry cough, [13]. ► Cough and Expectoration.
[360.] ► Cough
(fourth day), [22]. ►
Short hacking cough, with tickling in the throat (after one hour and a quarter), [3]. ► Cough, without
expectoration (sixth day), [22]. ►
Some cough and expectoration (eleventh day), [22]. ► Coughed to clear the bronchi; expectorated a little (fourth
day), [7]. ►
Expectoration of large quantity of thick whitish mucus (second day), [3]. ► Respiration. ► Stertorous respiration, [28],
[30], etc. ►
Breathing stertorous (after eighteen minutes), [45]. ► Respiration stertorous and rapid (80), [44]. ► Respiration stertorous,
and smelling strongly of the fluid (after five minutes), [31].
[370.] ► Respiration
accelerated, [28]. ►
Respiration agitated, [27]. ►
Respiration free and deep; inclination to take a deep breath, [1].
► Respiration difficult, [37].
► Respiration much impeded, [25]. ► Room feels close and hot
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