MERCURIUS.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Objective. ► Emaciation,
[18], [31], [33].
► He was emaciated and cachectic, and
looked prematurely old, [7], [4]. ►
Considerable emaciation (after thirty-eight years), [70]. ► Great
emaciation, [18], [21]. ►
Excessive emaciation, [18]. ► Body wasted, [15]. ►
Cachectic condition, [5]. ► It is certain that the children of the
workers are affected with the mercurial poisoning; although it may be
from the poison carried in the clothing, [23].
► One child of a woman-worker was
badly nourished, and when a year old had no teeth, [23]. [630.] ► The children of the workers were pale,
cachectic, and scrofulous; while, in the same locality, the workers were
pale, cachectic, and scrofulous; while, in the same locality, the
children of those who did not work at silvering mirrors were usually
healthy, [20]. ► The children of the workers are very
commonly affected by scrofula, rachitis, and tuberculosis, [39]. ►
Her child had the rickets, [21]. ► A daughter, born during her
mercurialismus, was very small, only learned to walk when there years
old, and never grew to be more than four feet in height; there was
kyphoskoliotic curvature of the spine, the head was drawn to the chest
and somewhat to the left side; there was very imperfect development of
the muscle and bone, [18]. ► This worker had four children by his
first wife, who was also employed in the factory; all were sickly; one
son died of gangrene of booth feet; the three other children and the
wife died of consumption; the second wife and her children also died of
consumption; the children of the third wife were healthy, except the one
born after she was employed in the works; all three wives died in
consumption; of the first wife’s children one was thirty-one years old,
the second twelve, and the third three or four years, [21]. ► A
child of one of the workers, a year old, had trembling of the arms
moderate stomatitis, and ptyalism; the child was pale, but well
nourished, even fat, and intelligent, [23].
► Fatal consumption, [43]. ► One
woman, who had been healthy and had three healthy children, died of
tuberculosis, [18]. ► Chlorosis and amenorrhœa, palpitation,
weakness, loss of appetite, [18]. ► Chlorosis; skin of the face and mucous
membrane pale, white like a corpse, eyes watery, pulse small, rapid,
great thirst, palpitation, dyspnœa, pains in the head and stomach,
œdema of the lower extremities, general weakness, depressed mood,
blowing sounds in the carotids, [35].
[640.] ►
Exostoses, especially on the tibia, seldom on the upper arm or head;
these were accompanied by swelling and sensitiveness of the periosteum,
especially aggravated at night, and by the warmth of the bed and in cold
damp weather, thunderstorms, etc., [20].
► Periostitis and subsequent
necrosis, [19]. ► Among five hundred patients suffering
from caries, necrosis, or exostosis of the bones, there is no case known
of it occurring among the workers in Mercury, [18]. ►
Syphilis was extremely rare among the workers, [20]. ►
Syphilis was extremely rare among the workers in Mercury, especially
remarkable since the sexual desire is usually excited; several
physicians who practiced in Fourth, where the factories are, and who had
a large practice among syphilitics, could not remember a single case of
syphilis among the workers, [39]. ► Syphilis is exceedingly rare; but one
case was treated by Prof. Thiery, in Brussels; a man, suffering from
mercurial poisoning, tremors, salivation, etc., had an indurated chancre
with swelling of the inguinal glands, but developed no other symptoms of
constitutional syphilis so long as he was under observation, within
thirty years, more than two hundred persons in Erlangen, and four or
five times as many in Fourth, have been treated for constitutional
mercurial poison; and though these cases have increased sexual desire in
consequence of Mercury, and, without doubt, are not particular about
their associations, since among them the belief is universal that
Mercury protects them from syphilis, no case has been known to occur.
Cazenave has never seen secondary symptoms among the workers, [18]. ►
No case of syphilis was ever known to occur among the workers, though
they were no more continent than other people, [25]. ► The
caries affects the bones and joints that are never or rarely affected by
syphilis; among five hundred and sixty workers in Mercury, there was not
a single case of caries of the scalp, tibia, clavicle, or sternum, which
parts are especially affected by syphilis, [19]. ► When
the system begins to evince that it is under the control of the
medicine, various symptoms are exhibited; sometimes they are of a mild
nature, at others very violent; the mouth sometimes first displays the
constitutional affection, but it is most generally preceded by some
degree of acceleration of the pulse, a degree of feverish excitement,
and various nervous affections. If the ptyalism be suddenly established
without much previous admonition, the excitability of the system is very
commonly much greater, and general constitutional disorder is evinced,
and the soreness of the mouth causes an irritability of the whole frame;
considerable absorption of the fatty matter, attended by a great
attenuation of the body, is quickly visible, and the stoutest person
generally becomes thin and emaciated; the excretions from the various
organs are altered in appearance, and, oftentimes, in odor; the alvine
evacuations become of a brighter yellow, the urine is higher colored; a
peculiar state of the skin, evinced by a very singular fetor, which is
quite diagnostic of the mercurialization, and of which it is impossible
to convey any impression by language. It materially differs from the
smell that issues from the body after sweating has been produced by
Dover’s powder, or that which occurs after some eruptive fevers, or upon
mental derangement; it is a peculiar characteristic which occasionally
lasts after ptyalism ceases. When the action is very severe upon the
mouth, the misery which taking any food produces is enough to prevent
the indulgence of the appetite, which is sometimes not at all
diminished; but when the ptyalism has completely ceased, the appetite is
of the most ravenous character, which nothing appears to satisfy; then
nutrition recommences, the depositions of the well-digested secretions
in the various parts of the body, which have lately lost their usual
quantity of fatty matter, is very rapid, and the frame speedily acquires
even a greater bulk than it previously had, and oftentimes the standard
of health is more firmly fixed than it was before; but this is not
always the case; some individuals are left in a state of great
feebleness, and liable to every shock that would, under ordinary
circumstance, be light. Sometimes local disease has lasted for some
time, and even run to a very outrageous extent; ulcerations of the
tongue, exfoliations of the alveolar process, [41]. ► The
first symptom was persistent diarrhœa, which lasted profusely eight
days, and ceased after she stopped work; after a year and a half there
appeared tremors with loss of appetite and diarrhœa, followed by
falling out of the hair; on stopping work and using baths the tremors
disappeared in four weeks, and the hair grew again; after returning to
work the teeth began to be gray, though she daily scoured them with
charcoal; afterwards she was attacked with weakness, vertigo, uneasy
sleep with heavy dreams, loss of memory, affections of the mouth, which
she treated with alum, and increased decay of the teeth; after a time
the tremors reappeared and gradually became worse, as also did the
headache and sleepiness; afterwards she had palpitation of the heart and
hiccough, at times so violent that she had to be held by several people;
after leaving the work she became better, but the tremors did not
entirely leave her, and were especially aggravated by any vexation or
other emotional excitement; the gums were somewhat atrophied and
retracted from the teeth; teeth of a grayish-brown color; copper color
of the roof of the palate and uvula; slight tremors of the extremities
and of the tongue, especially noticeable in speech; the right posterior
cervical gland swollen; rheumatic pains in both upper arms; profuse
perspiration at night and easily becoming chilly; the patient had two
children, the first four weeks too early; the child was weak, and died
when a year and a half old, [22]. [650.] ►
One day when he was getting better I met him suddenly became very much
affected, staggered, could scarcely, could scarcely speak, and nearly
fell down; pulse 120, small; respiration rapid, with violent trembling;
after keeping quiet for half an hour the trembling disappeared and he
was able to speak; pulse 80; complained of great weakness of the limbs
and oppression of breath, especially at night, [18]. ► *Breath
and whole body smelled foul, [17].
► *Peculiar hastiness of all motions,
[18]. ►
*Involuntary motions of the head and hands, [80]. ► The
arms and especially the hands, when kept in a horizontal position, are
soon thrown into a constant jerking movement. This is independent of the
will, and the patient is not only unable to stop it, but it even becomes
more frequent when she tries to restrain it; and slight emotional
disturbance has the same effect. All manual labor, all prehensile
movements of any delicacy, are nearly impossible; she can hardly pick up
a needle lying on a table. The lower extremities are similarly affected;
she can scarcely stand; walking is difficult and staggering; she has to
support herself every moment (after thirty-eight years), [70]. ►►
*Trembling, [21], [75]. ►
General tremors, [18]. ► *Involuntary tremors, [2a], [31].
► *General involuntary tremor,
[47a]. ►
*Mercurial tremors affect the muscles which are usually under the
control of the will, so that one is never master of his own motions;
the affected muscles exhibit normal electrical irritability, but are not
able to respond to the will; on attempting to respond the muscles begin
to tremble and twitch excessively; they frequently make all sorts of
motions, as in chorea, before the desired motion is effected, or are
sometimes affected with violent convulsive motions, which also involve
neighboring groups of muscles; these muscles are better able to hold
heavy objects than light ones, as for example, a knife or fork cannot be
used because they are jerked out of the hand, while a heavy object may
be held firmly for a long time; the hands and arms are first affected,
the lower extremities next, while the head becomes affected later and
only in violent cases; the general trembling of the body seems to
alternate with the stammering of speech; sometimes the speech is very
stammering and unintelligible, while the rest of the body is not
affected; at other times the whole body trembles, twitches immoderately,
while the speech though tremulous and interrupted is yet intelligible;
sometimes one-half of the body is more affected than the other;
sometimes the patients are unable to walk, drink, eat, dress, undress,
speak intelligibly, or indeed to utter an articulate sound; sometimes
patients are able to ascend and descend steps, though with difficulty,
like patients with tabes dorsalis, but are not able to eat or drink,
while in others these conditions are reversed; some are no longer able
to drink without assistance because the water is spilled before it
reaches the mouth, while they are still able to carry food to the mouth
by supporting the arm; one patient was obliged to be held by several
people whenever he attempted to drink; sometimes chewing is absolutely
impossible; in the convulsive form patients are obliged to be tied in
bed to prevent their being thrown out by the convulsions. At times
tremors occur in paroxysms of varying severity and duration; these
paroxysms are brought on by emotional excitement, physical exertion, and
sometimes occur without assignable cause. At times the paroxysms
resemble the violent shaking of ague. One case presented the following
remarkable symptoms: the whole body was tossed to and fro, while every
muscle and each group of muscles seemed to be in incessant activity; the
head rolled about on the shoulders, jerking backward and forward and
from side to side, the eyelids opened and closed, the eyeballs rolled
from side to side, the wings of the nose and the corners of the mouth
twitched, grimaces distorted the face, the jaw moved backward and
forward, the upper a and lower extremities jerked as a whole and each
muscle by itself; the convulsions were even so violent that several
strong men were unable to hold the patient; it tossed him to and fro or
threw him out of bed. In another case the patient suffered from general
tremors with stammering, at times amounting to most violent convulsions,
in which she screamed loud, and had to be bound, consciousness, however,
was not completely lost; the paroxysms seemed to be worse in the
evening, and only in very violent cases did the trembling continue
during sleep; the tremors usually prevent sleep, or as soon as the
patient falls asleep a convulsive shock wakes him, and the tremor begins
anew (tetanic spasms have never been observed), [18]. [660.] ► Altogether disabled from work by
paralytic tremor and debility, [51].
► Trembling not only of the limbs but
of the whole body, of the tongue when protruded; speech was stammering, [33]. ►
General convulsive tremors; his arms and head trembled even while
sitting; speech was tremulous; the tongue trembled when protruded; all
the muscles of the body gradually became affected, and all in constant
motion; the head, arms, etc., were never quiet for a moment; the eyelids
twitched as if affected by chorea; constant twitching of the muscles of
the face; sometimes for a moment there were more violent tremors of the
right half of the body, amounting to clonic convulsions affecting one or
several groups of muscles and certain fibres, as for example, of the
pectoralis major, were at times affected by violent shaking; speech
difficult, stammering; he spoke only short syllables; it was frequently
impossible to pronounce these; the patient was so weak and dizzy that he
could not leave the bed, [18]. ► The limbs tottered, and the man, though
young, moved like one advanced in years. He
could not convey any liquid to his mouth in consequence of the severity
and constancy of the tremors. So great was the violent of the
trembling of his whole frame that he was nearly thrown out of a bath by
it; much of the water was driven over the side of the tub, and it
required the force of two men to prevent him from being actually
ejected, [15]. ► Tremor, beginning in the hands, and soon
becoming general, [43]. ► Trembling of the hands, afterwards of the
extremities, and gradually of the whole body, [37]. ► This
was his third attack of tremor, the first having occurred seven years
ago. Now affected with general tremor, the head being involved as well
as the limbs, and the arms so much agitated that he could not cut up his
dinner. At first he used to shake most at night. His spirits were
greatly depressed by the attack. Felt dreadfully nervous at times,
especially during change of weather, [72].
► *The symptoms first experienced were
unusual nervousness and trembling of the hands, as well as
tremor when standing; and this rapidly increased, so that he was unable
to feed himself. At the time I first saw him, he stated that he was
infinitely more steady than he had been a few months before, but still
he had tremor of every part, and difficulty of speaking; and the more he
was questioned about his ailments, the more agitated he became, till he
was quite unable to stand, to assist himself, or to speak, [48]. ►
*General tremors, with stammering of speech, most violent
convulsions at times, during which the patient scarcely ever completely
lost consciousness; relieved by tightly binding the body and limbs, [37]. ►
Formication, drawing pain, and a fuzzy feeling in the upper extremities,
followed by trembling, first in the upper, then also in the lower
extremities, and at last of all the voluntary muscles, so that she could
neither stand, walk, speak, nor chew; this trembling was aggravated on
every attempt at voluntary motion and by emotional excitement, [68]. [670.]
► General tremor. Almost the whole
locomotive apparatus was shaken by regular and spasmodic vibrations,
apparently caused by alternate muscular relaxation and contraction. The
tremor was more marked in the upper than the lower limbs, and on the
left than on the right side. It became worse when the patient attempted
certain movements, especially if of a tonic character; and these became
more disordered in proportion as they required precision and voluntary
effort. Walking was difficult and hesitating. Eating and dressing
without assistance, and, a fortiori,
legible writing, were impossible. The abnormal muscular action extended
to the organs of speech, causing a precipitate and indistinct mode of
utterance, which did not, however, amount to stammering, [74]. ► The
tremor chiefly affected the limbs, especially the thighs, legs and
forearms. The dorsal and gluteal muscles, and those of the pelvis and
shoulder were less affected-those of the upper abdomen, anterior chest
and face, not at all, [47a]. ► When laboring under one of his numerous
attacks of convulsive trembling, he was liable to break whatever he
touched, and the movements of his legs were so irregular that in going
downstairs he was sometimes obliged to jump over two or three steps at
once; to avoid this, he was in the habit of crawling backwards, and on
his hands; he drank out of a dish, in order to bring the liquid more
readily to his mouth, and because a glass would be crushed by the
spasmodic clenching of his jaws, [43].
► Tremors, always commencing in the
fingers, gradually increasing in violent and extending until
the whole body was involved, [34].
► Trembling of the corners of the
mouth, tongue, and hands, [23]. ► Tremor of neck and hands, [6]. ► Tremors
beginning in the hands, especially when attempting to hold anything,
gradually increasing, attacking the knees, and rarely the neck, [30]. ►
Trembling of the extremities and head, [43].
► Tremors first attack the fingers,
arms, and then the knees, extremities, and tongue, [31]. ►►
*Trembling of the hands and tongue, [18]. [680.] ► *Tremor of the hands, so that could not lift
anything, eat, or write; marked tremor of the neck and lower extremities,
[69]. ►
Trembling, which disabled him from writing, drawing, or working, and
even from eating or drinking without assistance, [1]. ► Had to
be assisted in everything like a child, [1].
► Tremors so that she could not drink
without assistance, [18]. ► Trembled so badly that he could do no
work, and could not go upstairs without great danger of falling; had to
be fed, dressed, and assisted in every other way like a child; could not
go out of doors for three months; and, when the weather became warmer,
began to creep rather than walk about the streets, [1]. ► Sudden
tremors, [18]. ► Tremors occurred suddenly and
unexpectedly, amounting to frightful convulsions, which throw her out of
bed if she did not have tight hold of something; was obliged to be fed;
speech entirely lost, [18]. ► The attack is sometimes sudden, at others
gradual; with unsteadiness and shaking of the arms and limbs, which
prevent walking, speaking, or masticating; for the tremors become
frequent, may, almost constant; every action is performed by starts; if
the occupation be continued, sleeplessness, loss of memory, and death
terminate the scene; a peculiar brownish hue of the whole body and dry
skin generally accompany the disease. In its first attack it may be
taken for St. Vitus’s dance, in its later stages for delirium tremens, [52]. ►
Very great tremors, [21]. ► Violent tremors, so that she was obliged
to lie down, [18]. [690.] ►
Violent tremors, with jerking of the hands, feet, and head (rats and
mice inhabiting the mines became affected with tremors and convulsions,
like men), [27]. ► Violent tremor, which at times made it
impossible for her to take food or work, [18].
► Violent trembling, first of the
hands, afterwards of the whole body. Shaken by continual spasm; he could
not speak, nor could he carry his hand to his mouth without striking
himself; he was obliged to be fed, [10].
► Tremor very violent; especially on
any excitement, preventing speech, [18].
► Such violent general trembling that
she was confined to her bed for nine months, when she was frightened out
of it by an alarm of fire, which endowed her with momentary strength, [1]. ►
A sudden violent attack of tremor, without vertigo, so violent that
speech was difficult and he was obliged to keep his bed, [18]. ►
Frightful tremors, with inability to speak, take food, etc., accompanied
by sleepiness, with stupefaction, vertigo, starting up, violent
headache, great weakness of memory, great anxiety, tightness of the
chest, roaring in the ears, flickering before the eyes, constant motion
of the eyeballs, and bends of the limbs, [18].
► Frightful convulsive tremors, with
unintelligible speech, inability to walk, violent attacks of vertigo;
the tremors prevented sleep, [18].
► Trembling at first came on at long
intervals; but finally, after a feverish attack that lasted five days,
it became continuous, and so bad that he could neither talk, work, nor
eat, [1]. ►
Tremors in paroxysms almost daily, often several times a day, generally
worse in the morning than in the evening; these paroxysms interfered
with his work; they often occurred spontaneously without known cause,
but were especially violent after emotional excitement; the whole body
and head trembled violently; he could scarcely stand upon his limbs; it
was difficult to speak; he was like a man shaking with the most violent
chill, only there was no cyanosis, [18].
[700.] ► Tremors aggravated by emotional
excitement, [37]. ► Tremors recurred for years from any
emotional excitement, [18]. ► During rest the patient did not tremble,
but on the slightest emotional excitement, even when spoken to, there
was trembling of the arms, legs, and head, so that she was obliged to
sit down, and the pulse became accelerated, [18]. ► When
the women were asked why they did not speak they, almost without
exception, answered that the visit frightened them, excitement seemed to
cause trembling, [23]. ► Tremor, not constant, but especially
noticed when under the influence of surprise or fear, [4]. ► Every
attempt at voluntary motion in creased the tremors, [37]. ► On
every attempt to exercise the voluntary muscles, the tremors take place,
[53]. ►
In general, so long as he does not attempt the performance of an act of
volition, the muscles are not agitated, but on attempting any motion the
tremors and jactitation occur, [54].
► Trembling after standing or walking
a long time, disappearing during rest, [18].
► Tremors, not during rest, but on
attempting to make any muscular exertion, except of the neck and face;
the tremors lasted as long as the muscles were exercised, when they also
extended to the groups of muscles not in motion; so the outstretched
hand trembled; especially on stretching out the fingers and on repeated
pronation and supination of the arm the whole body trembled; the
protruded tongue trembled very violently. All the muscles reacted
completely to the galvanic current, [38].
[710.] ►
While walking and standing, the trembling is not so marked, but as soon
as the patient closes the eyes the trembling becomes much worse, when it
is noticed even in the feet, [80].
► Trembling of the muscles of the
head and spine, so that on account of the general tremors can neither
stand nor sit on a chair without danger of falling; the tremors ceased
only while asleep in bed, [28]. ► Those suffering from salivation rarely
had tremors, [2a]. ► Tremors alternating with violent general
convulsions, [37]. ► Shaking palsy, which lasted all his life,
[65]. ►
General clonic spasms of all muscles of the body, ushered in by violent
spasmodic pains; the paroxysm was so violent and accompanied with so
much raving that the patient was placed in the delirious ward; after a
year, a second similar attack occurred; the consciousness was never
lost, the tongue never bitten; the attacks were preceded by vertigo and
confusion of the head, [79]. ► Violent spasmodic affection. The head,
arms, and fingers, particularly on the left side, presented a succession
of quick, convulsive, jerking motions. The angles of the mouth were
retracted, the eyebrows twitching, the head constantly thrown back, but
the agitation scarcely raised the arms. The nostrils were spasmodically
dilated. The sterno-mastoid, trapezius, scaleni, diaphragm, and the
abdominal muscles were similarly affected. Their contractions were
short, rapid, and painful. From the constant hiccough with which the
spasms of the diaphragm were attended, and the jerking motion of the
tongue, his speech was interrupted and indistinct. He was occasionally
free from spasms altogether, but whenever he transmitted volition to any
part of the muscular system, it became instantly affected. When he
endeavored to raise his foot from the ground it quivered and fell quite
powerless and useless. Whenever he attempted to carry a vessel to his
lips he generally overshot the mark, carrying the vessel towards his
ear, nose, or forehead, and spilling its contents on his face or neck,
so that it was a common saying among the patients in the ward, that he
did not know the way to his mouth. But if a vessel was applied to his
lips by another person, he could swallow easily. A sudden blast of cold
air, the application of a cold hand to the skin, or the abrupt entrance
of any person into the ward brought on an attack of spasms. The muscles
of the left hand and left side were affected much more than those of the
right. After a few days, the spasms of the left side continued, though
much less severe. Those of the purely voluntary muscles of the right
ceased, while the spasms continued in the respiratory muscles on the
side, [16]. ►
Irregular and gradually increasing spasmodic action, affecting more
particularly the hands, which were in almost constant motion; the left
was most convulsed, and the moment he was spoken to the convulsive
action increased. If he attempted to make any voluntary exertion, as
taking hold of anything, the hand was thrown in every direction with
short but violent convulsive catches. When lying quite undisturbed, the
motion was often for a time suspended; he had also a hurried,
convulsive, and indistinct mode of articulation, [50]. ►
Frightful convulsive spasms; inability to speak or leave the bed, with
great anxiety and roaring in the ears, [18].
► Paralysis, [5], [8]. [720.] ►
All, sooner or later, became paralytic and die hectic, [2]. ► Died
with symptoms of apoplexy, one side
and the tongue being paralyzed, [7]. ►
Decay of the bodily and mental powers went on unceasingly, [17]. ►►
*Weakness, [18], [28], [31],
etc. ► A child born during the
mercurial disease was weak, had to be fed because the mother had no
milk, and died after seven weeks, this woman afterwards had eleven
confinements but only five living children, [18]. ► *Great
weakness, [21]. ► *General weakness, approaching to palsy,
[66]. ►
General weakness, at first affecting the left and afterwards the right
arm, weariness, with general tremors increasing very rapidly, so that
she was obliged to keep her bed; this was followed by violent pains and
cramps in the right arm that lasted three days, followed by complete
paralysis; for this weakness the patient was kept in bed; this was
associated with great mental weakness, hallucinations, delirium,
aphonia, and almost complete blindness and loss of hair; her mind
returned slowly and gradually, and her right arm regained a portion of
its former power, but was never strong; after some years the arm was
emaciated and at times affected by violent tremors; sensibility was
perfectly acute; the slightest touch or the prick of a pin was instantly
felt, and followed by reflex motion, and the muscles reacted perfectly
to electrical stimulus, [18]. ► Sudden attacks of weakness and trembling,
[2a]. ►
Progressive weakness, until the patient is no longer able to walk, [30]. [730.]
► Weakness that increased so that he
was unable to walk about the room alone; was constantly obliged to keep
his bed, [18]. ► Debility, at first of the lower limbs,
afterwards affecting the arms and hands, then becoming general, and soon
succeeded by visible tremor (after eighteen years), [70]. ► Much
debility, [13]. ► Enfeebled, [49].
► General exhaustion, [18]. ►
Collapse; with swelling of the gum, fetid breath, hiccough, agrypnia,
retention of urine, [78]. ► Some were obliged to sit or lie the whole
day, and on attempting to stand they fell to the ground, [2a]. ►
Attacks of faintness, during which she did not entirely lose
consciousness, accompanied by a peculiar distressing sensation in the
right hypochondriac region (after some years), [18]. ► Three
attacks of faintness in one day; the first was caused by starting at
something falling to the floor, [18].
► Restless, nosy (younger), [56]. [740.]
► *A universal uneasiness of body, so
that he could not remain one moment in the same posture, [42]. ►
Subjective. ► General
bodily torpor, [5]. ► General anæsthesia, with a sensation of
numbness and fuzziness, especially of the fingers, [18]. ►
Cutaneous sensibility more obtuse in the limbs than in the trunk, and in
the right lower extremity than in the left, [55]. ►
Diminution of the sense of touch, [18].
► The sense of touch became blunted, [24]. ►
General state of troublesome excitement, [43].
► Very easily startled, [18]. ►
Startled and flurried by slight causes (one), [51]. ►
General sense of great debility (one), [51].
[750.] ►
Painfulness of the affected parts, [57].
► All affected parts painful (after
nine days), [59]. ► All affected parts very painful (after
eight days), [60]. ►► *Bone-pains, [19], [29].
► Pain in the head and bowels, [42]. ►
Much pain in limbs and loins (one), [51].
► Severe pain all over, worse at
night, [47a]. ► Wandering pains, [75]. ►
Rheumatic troubles, [18]. ► Rheumatic pains, especially in shoulders
and forearms, [18]. ► Drawing in the bones, [45]. [760.] ► Nightly drawing pains in the head and
extremities, [20]. ► Shooting pains and a sense of formication
in various parts of the body, [16].
► Tearing pains in the face, head and
neck sometimes accompanied the stomatitis, [33]. ► Young
people are more easily affected than old, [18].® 2000
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