CUPRUM.
HEART AND PULSE.
► Præcordium.
► Considerable dulness on percussion of the præcordial
region, [28]. ►
Anxiety about the heart, [17]. ►
Boring pain in the præcordial region, [1]. ► Heart’s Action. ►
Interval between the first and second sounds of the heart shortened by one-half; “bruit
de rappel,” [28]. ►
Very rapid action of the heart, lasting a quarter of a hour; soon after a light supper, [1]. ► Palpitation of the
heart, [14], [28].
► Contractions of heart weaker, [51]. ► Pulse. ► Pulse frequent, [39]. ► Pulse frequent and weak, [23].
[400.] ► Pulse small,
frequent, and intermittent, [28]. ► Pulse quick and thready, [38].
► Pulse 90, [30]. ► Pulse ranged from 58 to 62, rather slow, moderately full and
regular, but weak, [55]. ►
Weak and small pulse, [14].
NECK AND BACK.
► Neck.
► Considerable enlargement, with induration of right
cervical glands, [38]. ►
Tensive pain in the nape of the neck, [1]. ► A pain arises in the muscles at the point where the neck and
back unite, on moving the head backward, [5]. ► Intermitting sticking-tearing in the cervical muscles, [4]. ► Back. ► Sharp cutting drawings in the left side of the back, [1]. ► Dorsal. [410.] ► A violent pressive
pain in the back beneath the right scapula, which on respiration changes to a sticking pain,
[1]. ► Broad
knife-like stitches beneath the scapula, on the left side near the spine, not affecting
respiration, [4]. ►
Lumbar. ► A stitch transversely across the
small of the back, [1]. ►
Most of them complain of pain in region of kidneys, [39].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
►
Objective. ► Weakness of the limbs, [11], [14]. ► Difficulty of moving the limbs, [48]. ► Subjective. ► Numbness in different parts of both the superior and inferior
extremities, which, under certain circumstances, was attended by intense pricking pains in
various part of the body, [55]. ►
Feels sick in all the limbs, as though a coryza would come on, [1]. ► Great painfulness of the
limbs, [3].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Objective. ► Paralysis of upper limbs not
distinguishable from that of lead (some cases), [37]. ► Subjective. [420.] ► Pains in joints of upper extremities, [30]. ► Pain in the arms,
especially the right, while at rest, [3]. ► Stitch through left arm, especially from elbow-joint to
finger’ ends (fourth day), [19]. ► Shoulder. ► Pains in
shoulders, [32]. ►
Drawing pain in the shoulders, [1]. ► Pains, as if swollen and sore in right axillary joint;
afternoon (second day), [19]. ►
After rising in morning, pain as if beaten in right axillary joint, as if she had fallen
upon it. Later, same sensation from right elbow-joint into fingers, lasting all day (fourth
day), [19]. ► Arm.
► Pressive pain in the upper arm, [1]. ► Pain in the upper arm, as
if broken or bruised, [1]. ►
A thrust or jerk in the left upper arm, [1]. [430.] ► A sensation in the
upper arm as if bubbles of air were issuing forth, [1].
► Forearm. ►
*Jerking in the arms and hands, [1]. ► Drawing pain, first in the right, then in the left forearm,
extending to the thumb, [4]. ►
Pain, as if something were broken in the left forearm, [1].
► Tearing in the ulna, especially in the wrist,
aggravated by touch, [4]. ►
Jerking tearing in the ulna, [4]. ► Hand. ► The internal
or flexor muscles of the hand remained in a contracted state, [52].
► Complete lameness of right hand; right forearm in
constant pronation, hand bent at right angle to arm, thumbs drawn into palm, fingers flexed;
motion of elbow remains good, but in the hand, and especially the joints of fingers,
extension is impossible, flexion only partial; upper extremities much emaciated, right more
than the left; right hand nothing but skin and bone, [51].
► Weakness and paralysis of the hands, [7]. ► Peculiar sensation of right
hand and forearm, consisting in a sense of constriction of the different parts, and of great
increases of size, it seeming to him at times to be larger than his whole body, and its
motions not fully under the control of his will, [55].
► Twitching in the hands, in the morning, after rising, [1]. ► A hard pressure in
both metacarpal bones, aggravated by touch, [4]. [440.] ► Pain in the ball of
the hand, as if something were thrust through it, [1].
► Fingers. ►
Numbness and shrivelling of the fingers, [1]. ► Tensive pains in the balls of both thumbs, [1]. ► Fine tearing in the tips of
the fingers, [4]. ►
Jerking tearing in the metacarpal bones and first joint of the thumb, worse when touched, [4]. ► Pain as if
dislocated in the joints of the thumb, [1]. ► A shoot in palmar surface of ungual phalanx of right middle
finger, [53]. ►
Pain, as after a blow, beneath the joints of the thumb, [1].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Objective. ► Œdema of legs, [28]. ► At noon, stitch along the
whole left leg from hip down, but mostly in joints of knee and foot (second day), [19]. ► Thigh. [450.] ► Drawing pain in the
right thigh, [1]. ►
Pressive drawing pain in the nates, [1]. ► Pain, as if broken or bruised, in the thigh just about above
the knee, [1]. ► Knee.
► *Weakness of the knees, with painful drawing when walking
and standing, which is very difficult; the knees will give way, [4]. ► The knee-joint pains as if
broken, [1]. ► Leg.
► The lower legs fall asleep, and are very heavy as far
as the knee, [1]. ►
The calves are painful, especially when keeping them quiet, [3].
► Burrowing pain in and below the calf, [1]. ► *Cramp in the leg from the
ankle up into the calf, [5]. ► Cramps in the calves, [1].
[460.] ►
Tensive-drawing cramplike pain in the calf, [1]. ► Drawing pain in the lower portion of the calf, [1]. ► Tearing pressure in the leg
just below the knee, [4]. ►
Pain, as from a jerk or thrust, in the lower portion of the calf, [1]. ► Ankle. ► *Painful heaviness in the ankle, [1]. ► Foot. ► Drawing pains in feet, [48].
► Drawing pain in the left sole, worse when walking, [4]. ► Severe pressive
pain on the inner margin of the left sole, [1]. ► Jerking tearings in the sole and on the back of the foot, [4]. ► Pain in the left
sole, as if sprained, [1]. ►
Toes. [470.] ►
A blowing sensation in the toes, as if a wind were issuing from them, [1]. ► Drawing pain in the
metatarsal joints, at the root of the great toe, not affected by motion or touch, [4]. ► Pressive pain in
the toes, [1].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
► Objective.
► Emaciation, [14].
► Emancipation; his flesh wastes away, [33]. ► Whole body emaciated, [51]. ► Slightly
emaciated, [31]. ►
Much emaciated (third day), [41]. ► Remarkable emaciation, [48].
► Rapid emaciation, [54].
[480.] ► Some of them
were exceedingly thin and pallid, [45]. ► Nutrition is mostly impaired; the muscles badly developed, [39]. ► Very slow
recovery; physical development retarded; remained small, weak, and poorly nourished, [48]. ► Slow
convalescence from a simple fever, [29]. ► Consumption, [12]. [Not
found. -Hughes.] ► Apoplexy, [14]. ► Relaxation of the whole
body, [4]. ►
Constant dorsal decubitus, [40]. ► *Trembling, [15]. ► General convulsions, [8].
[490.] ► Convulsive
paroxysms during sleep, twitching of the fingers, arms, and hands backward and inward
towards the body, drawing back of the feet, at one time she opened the eyes and distorted
them, at another closed them and distorted the mouth, [1].
► The child was lying upon its stomach, with spasmodic
jerking of the pelvis upward, [1]. ► *Epileptiform convulsions; he trembled, staggered, and fell down
unconscious, without crying, [1]. ► Epileptic attacks, returning at short intervals, [10]. ► Epileptiform attacks,
with frothing from the mouth; the trunk was bent outward, the limbs, were
forcibly thrust outward, with open mouth, [1]. ► Tiredness all day (second day), [19]. ► Great weariness after
walking, so that all the limbs seem to tremble, [1]. ► Lassitude, [26]. ► General languor and prostration, [54]. ► Strength reduced, [34]. [500.] ► Loss of strength, with great increase of corpulence, [40]. ► Great loss of
strength, [30]. ►
Gradual loss of strength, [32]. ►
Muscular strength greatly diminished, [33]. ► Great weakness of the body, especially of the knees, which
will give out; standing and walking were almost impossible, as after a long walk, [4]. ► Extreme muscular
weakness (third day), [41]. ►
He is unable to keep about; is obliged to remain lying for a day and a half without being
able to rise, [3]. ►
State of extreme exhaustion, [38]. ► Took to her bed, [38]. ► Complete prostration; had to keep her bed, [40]. [510.] ► Paralyses, [14]. ► Restlessness, [38], [47]. ► Restless tossing
about and constant uneasiness, [1]. ► Uneasiness of the body, with jerking of the limbs, [1]. ► Struggled
violently, [46]. ►
Subjective. ► Sensibility of paralyzed parts
remains, [51]. ►
Sense of fatigue, [40]. ►
Pains between the scapulæ, in the knee and elbow-joints, [6].
► Rheumatic pains, [15].
► Neuralgic pains in various parts of his body, stomach,
intestines, hips, and lower extremities, [55]. [520.] ► Shooting pains
through body, [33]. ►
Painful jerks or thrusts in various parts, [1]. ► Child 3 years old swallowed copper coin; a few days
afterwards attacked: Bellyache, crying, restless, great thirst, sleeps little and very
restless; face pale, yellowish, copper color; region of stomach puffed up, sore to touch;
blue margins around eyes, dry tongue, abdomen stretched like a board; skin not with standing
the heat of summer, dry, and, as it were, lifeless; obstinate constipation; very little
appetite; pulse small, hard, spasmodic; expression of suffering on face, [49]. ► The attack is generally of
short duration, and in most cases it is over by the next morning, rarely extending over two
or three days. The workmen do not apply to a medical man, but treat themselves by drinking
large quantities of milk. They are not all affected in the same degree, and some escape
entirely, [44].
SKIN.
► Objective. ► Yellow tinge of skin, [24].
► Eruptions, Dry. ►
Eruption similar to leprosy, [14]. [Effect of
continued small doses. -Hughes.] ► Red spots on the arms,
not sharply defined, with burning itching, especially at night, [1]. ► Right hand and arm covered
with an eruption from the back of the hand to the elbow, beyond which it never extends,
while that on the left hand is limited by the wrist. The irritation is very great, being
worse at night in bed and near a fire. There is an occasional but insignificant oozing,
which he does not complain of until asked about it, [54].
► A tetter on the bend of the elbow, causing a yellow
desquamation, itching violently, especially in the evening, [1].
► Eruptions, Moist. ►
Vesicles on the tips of the fingers, which exude water, [1].
► Subjective. ►
Violent itching on the soles, [1].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
► Sleepiness.
[530.] ► Much yawning
in the evening, [4]. ►
Frequent yawning, without sleep, [4]. ► Sleepiness and much weakness, [4].
► Deep after the cessation of the colic, [13]. ► Deep sleep after weakness,
lasting two to three hours, [16]. ► Deep sleep for many hours, with twitching of the limbs, [1]. ► Sleeplessness.
► Sleeplessness, [14].
► Difficult falling asleep, followed by sleep full of
dreams, with frequent waking, [1]. ► Sleeps little, [49]. ► Dreams. ► Merry dreams
at night (curative action, the prover being somewhat inclined to melancholy), (first and
third days), [19].
FEVER.
► Chilliness.
[540.] ► Chilliness
(after four hours), [5]. ►
Chilliness, especially of the hands and feet, [1]. ► Constant feeling of chilliness over him, [30]. ► Complained of feeling cold
in all seasons, although her skin was hot to touch, and at night fairly burning, [40]. ► Shivering over
the whole body, immediately, [1]. ► Coldness of the extremities, [27].
► Cold hands, [1]. ► Fever. ► Skin hot, [39]. ► Skin hot and dry,
[23]. ► Febrile
heat for several days, [13]. [550.]
► Febrile symptoms, [15],
[38]. ► Fever, [26]; (many cases), [39].
► Occasionally some fever, [44].
► Continuous fever, almost typhous, [40]. ► Hectic fever, [14]. ► Face hot, without
sensation of heat (after two hours), [4]. ► Sweat. ► Perspiration
green, [26]. ►
Their perspiration had a bluish-green tinge, I examined the flannel waistcoats of several,
and found them deeply stained, especially under the arms. One of the men stated that, even
after a hot bath on Saturday night, his white shirt next day, if in hot weather, would be
quickly discolored. I noticed too that the wooden handles of all the hammers were stained
green from the perspiration of the hands, [45]. ► Night-sweats, [31]. ► Profuse sweat at night, [1],
[55]. [560.] ► Skin clammy, pale, and doughy-looking, [38]. ► Skin in summer dry,
lifeless, [49].
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (Morning), In bed,
drumming in ear; on rising from bed, spitting of blood from mouth; mucus in mouth; sour
taste in mouth; very early, cough. ► (Forenoon), About 10 o’clock, tearing around navel; pressing
together the intestines, etc. ► (Evening),
Laughter; itching on bend of elbow. ► (Night), Cough; in bed, irritation on hand, etc.; sweat. ► (Damp weather), Sense of
suffocation. ► (After drinking),
Constriction of the chest. ► (After
eating), Immediately, griping in abdomen. ► (Fatigue), Sense of suffocation. ►
(Near a fire), Irritation on hand, etc. ► (On inspiration), Pain in
hypochondrium. ► (On looking up),
Vertigo, etc. ► (After warm milk),
Griping in abdomen. ► (Motion),
Vertigo; pains in temple. ► (Pressure),
Pressing together of intestines; pain in abdomen; pain
in iliac region. ► (Reading),
Vertigo. ► (Stooping),
Pain in forehead, etc. ► (Touch),
Pains in temple; pressure in lids; drawing beneath chin;
pressure on jaw; stitches in jaw; pain in abdomen; pressure in lower abdomen; pressure on
cartilage of rib; tearing in ulna; pressure in metacarpal bones. ►
(Walking), Pressing together of intestines, etc.; sense
of suffocation; pain in sole. ► Amelioration. ► (Night), Cheerful. ► (Drinking cold water),
Vomiting. ► (Lying),
Vertigo; griping in abdomen. ► (Rest),
Griping in abdomen.
SUPPLEMENT: CUPRUM.
Authorities.
56, R. A.
Stafford, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1844-5 (Amer. Hom. Obs., 1876, p. 77, E. W. Berridge’s
Collection), Margaret P., æt. sixty-eight years, pricked her right thumb with a pin, which
ran into the flesh about one-eighth inch; she often scoured out a dirty copper; 57, same, poisoning of Hester J., æt. sixty-five years; 58, E. W. Berridge, U. S. Med. Invest., vol. iii, 1876, p. 282,
took ten doses of 3 glob. each of 100, 000th (Fincke), at intervals of one to one and a half
hours.
HEAD.
► Afternoon, giddy
when standing indoors (ninth day), [58].
THROAT.
► In morning mucus
in throat, not to be detached by hawking causing hoarseness of voice (second and third
days); at times hoarse voice when reading aloud, caused by mucus in the throat, relieved by
hawking; in the evening after sunset, when reading aloud, much saliva in mouth (sixth day);
in evening after sunset, when reading aloud, hoarseness and much saliva in mouth (ninth
day); hoarse voice in the morning (fifteenth day), [56].
GENERALITIES.
► The thumb
immediately swelled to double its natural size. Next day the whole hand and arm became
immensely swollen and inflamed. She had great pains; fever came on, with quick pulse, thirst
and furred tongue; the inflammation rapidly spread in the cellular integument of the
forearm, or on the humeral part; leeches, fomentations, poultices, etc., were applied, but
extensive abscesses formed, both in the hand and arm; these were opened, but others appeared
in different parts of the cellular integument, and under the fascia; large incisions were
made in them, and a profuse discharge of pus followed. This state of things remained for at
least two months, when the inflammation of the arm gradually abated, and the wound healed;
but the hand, and more particularly the fingers, remained humid, and more resembled the foot
of an elephant (or the disease called elephantiasis) than the natural limb. The fingers and
back of the hand were œdematous, and it was necessary to make frequent punctures in them to
let out the fluid, which was transparent; abscesses still formed in the palm and wrist,
which were opened when necessary; at length it became necessary to make an extensive
incision from the middle of forearm along the wrist, over the tendons, into the palm. From
this time the swelling went down, and the wound discharged freely; after four months’
treatment she got well, and ultimately will have a tolerably free use of the hand, [56]. ► She was admitted
January 21st, with abscesses in right hand, a diffuse cellular inflammation, extending a
considerable way up forearm; both hand and arm were immensely swollen; and painful; she says
the copper wires of the brush she was using, which were “cankered,” ran into her
palm; on the same evening her hand was extremely painful, and she could not use it; it began
to swell to nearly double its natural size; and abscess formed in the palm, which was opened
and poultices applied; other swellings formed, both on the back and palm of hand, containing
pus; these, as fast as they occurred, were opened, but sloughing took place over the tendons
of the wrist, which were exposed. This state lasted two months; at length the wounds healed,
and in March she was discharged cured, [57].® 2000
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