PHYSOSTIGMA.
NOSE.
►
A small boil appeared on the inside of the right nostril; it was very
painful, the pain extending up to the eye and right side of the head; it
broke on the fourth day, with but little discharge (after five days), [24]. [250.]
► Slight epistaxis, right side, in
evening (fifth day); left side, with the headache, in the morning, and
while at supper (sixth day), [37].
► Nose and throat filled with mucus;
have had a similar sensation within a week (second day), [45]. ► Fluent
discharge of clear coryza (after two days), [71d]. ►
Frequent sneezing (after one day), [71d].
► Sneezing (sixth day), [33]. ►
Twitchings in the nose, and involuntary expansion of the nostrils
(sixteenth day), [33]. ► A sensation exactly as if the nose was
going to bleed, and the peculiar taste which goes with it, at 2 and 8
P.M. (fifth day), [33]. ► Burning heat in the nose, and sensation
as if it would bleed, at 4 P.M. (nineteenth day), [33]. ► Nasal
passages feel as if a fresh cold were coming on; smarting and tingling
in the nose, and several times sneezing (after fourteen hours), [34]. ►
Sensation of contraction in the alæ nasi and upper lip, with frequent
desire to rub them, which relieved for the time; this lasted about
twenty minutes (third day), [23a].
[260.] ►
An intolerable itching and tingling of the left nostril, in the morning,
with moisture of the same nostril;
return of the itching, in the afternoon, with dryness
of same nostril; again, in the evening, with moisture (fourth day), [67]. ►
Nose stuffed and hot, [65].
FACE.
►
Face flushed and red, [65]. ► Paleness of the face, with the headache
(second day), [26]. ► Countenance very pale (after 12 grains), [1]. ►
Pale face, [13], [15]. ► Very
pale, [14]. ►
Looked tired, in the morning (second day), [42]. ► Pain
and flushing of the face, on rising from a sitting position (fourth
day), [58]. ►
Neuralgic pain in the right side of the face (second day), [60]. [270.]
► Had a curious feeling in my face;
felt better when my mouth was open; at times this feeling extended down
into my neck; I cannot describe it, but it seems to be of a cramping
nature, or in spasms; at the time when this was the worst, my left hand
became quite numb, and it bothered me to hold on to anything; this I
noticed most when I went to look at my watch (fourth day), [58]. ►
*Sensation of contraction of the whole left side of the face,
with slight numbness (after one hour, second day), [23]. ►
Occasionally severe pain in the right side of the upper jaw, like
toothache, although the teeth on that side have all been extracted, with
difficulty in keeping the eye open (second day), [23]. ► Pain
in the side of the jaw where there were teeth (first day), [23a]. ►
Fierce pains in lower jaw, right side (second day), [34].
MOUTH.
►
Teeth. ► Teeth felt rough,
which brushing did not remove, in the morning (second day), [58]. ►
Quivering sensation in the teeth, as if they were resting on a
sounding-board of a piano (nineteenth day), [33]. ► Tongue.
► Tongue coated white, and having an
oily feel, with a very bad taste in the mouth (fourth day), [58]. ►
Tongue coated slightly, more heavily towards the root (second day), [46b]. ►
Tongue feels rough to the touch (after half an hour, second day), [49a]. [280.]
► Tongue dry and rough and sore
(fourth day), [61]. ► Dryness and smarting of the tip of the
tongue and lips continued all day (first day); dryness and smarting of
the tongue the same as yesterday (second day), [23]. ► A raw
feeling of the tongue, very disagreeable in swallowing, [52]. ► Tongue
felt as if scalded (after twenty minutes, fourth day); the scalding
sensation was all on the left side (fifth day); continuance of scalding
(sixth day); felt on right side (seventh day); the scalding of tongue
still continued, although the surface felt well (eighth and ninth days),
[23a]. ►
The tongue became very sore on the left side, quite back to the root,
and it was very hard to move it, as if it was stiff, lasting nearly a
day (fourth day), [33]. ► Tongue felt sore on tip and rough, at
4 P.M. (third day), [61]. ► Smarting of end of tongue; feels as
if burnt by hot liquid, [65]. ► Numbness and tingling smarting of the
tongue and lips, with a constant desire to moisten them (after fifteen
minutes), [23a]. ► General Mouth. ►
Involuntary twitching of the mouth, also of the eyebrows,
and beating or throbbing and twitching between
the eyebrows, also numbness from between the eyes down through the nose,
at 8 P.M. (sixth day), [33]. ► The roof of the mouth feels as if covered
with patches of loose skin; has a yellowish copper-colored appearance;
at 9 P.M. (fifth day), [71c]. ► Taste. [290.]
► Metallic taste in the mouth, at 9
P.M. (fifth day), [71c]. ► Taste in the mouth like creosote, on
waking, in the morning (second day), [49].
► Very bad taste in mouth; have had
similar symptom within a week (second day), [45]. ► Bad
taste in the mouth, full of saliva (after half an hour, second day), [49a]. ►
Bad taste all day (third day), [61].
► Arose in the morning with a bad
taste in my mouth, as though I had been confined in a close room all
night (second day), [38]. ► Saliva. ►
Profuse salivation (second day), [58].
► Thick lathery saliva from whole
buccal surface, though drug at once swallowed, [6]. ► Mucus
ran from the mouth, [20]. ► Speech. ►
Power of speech retained long after inability to swallow, [20]. [300.]
► Felt a sluggishness of
articulation, and to avoid any show of this, made a strong effort of the
will to speak slowly and firmly (after 12 grains), [5].
THROAT.
►
Throat and nose filled with mucus; had a similar sensation within a week
(second day), [43]. ► Collection of clear mucus in the throat,
at 6 P.M. (third day), [71a]. ► Throat became very sore, with a feeling
of a fishbone lodged in throat; swallowing of saliva very painful; at 9
P.M. (second day), [44]. ► This evening (9 P.M.) my throat is very
sore; tonsils and soft palate inflamed, dark-red, with stinging pain
(fifth day); throat not so much inflamed (sixth day); smarting of left
tonsil (after a quarter of an hour); left tonsil slightly inflamed;
radiating redness of tonsil (after half an hour, eighth day); back part
of throat very sore this evening (ninth day), [46]. ► Throat
very sore, especially when swallowing, at 8 P.M. (fourth day), [71a]. ►
Back part of throat very sore, at 8 P.M. (tenth day), [48]. ►
Sensation of soreness in the throat, at 2 P.M. (second day), with
constricted feeling when swallowing (fourth day); throat quite sore, at
5 P.M. (fifth day), [71b]. ► Throat began to be sore on the right
side; seemed to be a little spot not larger than a pea, which bothered
me a great deal in swallowing (second day); still sore at right side
(third day), [56]. ► Throat quite sore; burning-scraping raw
feeling, with a constrictive feeling when swallowing; at 7 P.M. (first
day); throat much improved (fifth day); slightly sore (thirteenth day), [71d]. [310.]
► Slight soreness of the throat, when
swallowing (fourth, fifth, and eighth days), [71]; (8 P.M., second day), [71c]. ►
Slight soreness of the throat, worse when swallowing (second day), [71]. ►
Throat full (third day), [61]. ► Had a feeling as if a ball were coming up to the
throat, [7]. ► A painful constriction of throat;
soreness felt all through the posterior portion of pharynx, with painful
swallowing of saliva, at 7 P.M., throat became dry by 10 P.M. (fourth
day). The pain and constriction of pharynx still continued, and
examination showed small ulcers, with yellow centres, on right side of
pharynx, behind tonsil; posterior nares also dark-red, at 4 P.M. (fifth
day). Throat very sore; very difficult to swallow; surface studded with
fine ulcers, especially on right side, where the pain is greatest, from
4 to 10 P.M. (eighth day). Uvula considerably elongated, and though I
have discontinued medicine for two or three days, the throat symptoms
continue, though less violent (tenth day), [44]. ►
Constriction of throat and difficulty of swallowing (after five
minutes); during the whole afternoon the throat was very sore,
examination showing enlarged tonsils and elongated uvula; swallowing of
saliva or speaking very painful; the posterior part of tongue also very
painful to touch; saliva was not increased (sixteenth day), [44]. ►
Constricted feeling of the throat, when swallowing, in the evening
(second day), with great soreness at 6 P.M. (third day), [71a]. ►
Throat felt constricted, as before, except that it was higher up (second
day); very much constricted, and great difficulty in eating, passing
away before breakfast was eaten; examination shows the posterior
superior portion of mouth injected (third day), [41a]. ►
Throat very painful, when swallowing; raw scrapy burning sensation in
the throat, at 9 P.M. (fifth day), [71c].
► Pain extending from the throat to
the left ear, when swallowing, at 3 P.M. (fifth day), [71b]. ►
Œsophagus and External Throat. [320.]
► All gone feeling along the
œsophagus (third day), [44a]. ► There was noticed, while he was sleeping,
an unusual pulsation of carotid arteries; upon examination, the action
of the heart was found to be irregular (third day), [32]. ►
Submaxillary gland very tender and tumefied (fourth day), [58].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. ► Appetite
increased (fifth day), [67]. ► Hunger, but can find nothing to satisfy
it; disposed to try one thing after another; food has a flat taste, [65]. ►
No appetite (fourth and sixth days), [46].
► Loss of appetite (sixth day), [67]. ►
Appetite not very good for breakfast (second day); no appetite for
breakfast (third day), [54]. ► Appetite not so good as usual, with
occasional nausea (first day), [34].
► At times I noticed that I did not
care for eating; appetite previously good at any time, [52]. [330.] ► Less appetite since taking the medicine
(seventeenth day), [33]. ► Bad appetite (second morning), [5]. ►
Morbid appetite (fourth day), [71b].
► Declined food (second day), [12], [13].
► Disinclined for breakfast; no
appetite (second day), [42]. ► Perfect disgust for food of every kind,
during the whole proving, [58]. ► Disgust for food, for tobacco, and
coffee, and especially for cold drinks
(I am a great water-drinker), (third day). There is not so much disgust
for food, still I do not relish my usual cup of café
au lait, and the toast remains untouched; no appetite (fourth
day). Ate some light breakfast from mere habit, but still no desire for
food (fifth day). Ate a very light breakfast, with very little relish
(sixth day), [38]. ► Thirst. ►
Began in ten minutes to have thirst, which increased till they begged
for water, then the power of swallowing was lost, [20]. ► They
suffered greatly from thirst, and drank readily large quantities of warm
water, [14]. ►
Very thirsty, in the afternoon (seventh day), [48]. [340.] ► Have had no thirst at all to-day; usually
drink considerable with my meals; drank scarcely any to-day; somewhat
thirsty this evening, which may be due to eating beans at tea (second
day), [46b]. ►
Great desire for cold water all the evening; the more I drink the more I
want (second day), [46a]. ► No thirst (sixth day), [46]. ►
Disgust especially for cold drinks
(third day); no thirst (third to sixth day), [38]. ►
Eructations. ► Repeated
eructations from stomach of warm air, tasteless, [39]. ►
Eructations (after six minutes), [4].
► A good deal of tasteless
eructations, without relief (tenth day), [34a].
► Tasteless eructations, [65]. ►
Empty eructations, at 7 P.M. (third day), [71c].
► Several empty eructations (two
hours after second dose, second day), [61].
[350.] ►
Eructations, without the epigastric sensations, considerable nausea, and
dizziness (after one hundred minutes), [2].
► Some eructations at 4 P.M. (second
day), [44]. ► Hiccough. ►
Violent and very unusual hiccough for forty-five minutes, with great
distress for breath; relieved at once by sleep, at 8.30 P.M. (second
day); on waking again, violent hiccough, half hour, at 2 A.M. (third
day), [44]. ►
Three distinct hiccoughs, followed by belching of tasteless gas;
something unusual, but don’t know that it is a symptom (after one hour),
[54]. ►
Hiccough, from 5 P.M. until 8 P.M., of violent character (third day);
hiccough from 9 P.M. till 11 P.M.; ceased on retiring (eighth day), [50]. ►
Nausea and Vomiting. ►
Nausea, and sinking feeling in the stomach, immediately, [6]. ► Nausea
(after seventy-six minutes), [1], [15]; (after one hour), [36a]; (after half an hour, second day), [49a]. ►
Constant nausea, but no vomiting, only some waterbrash (third day), [38]. ►
Nausea and qualmishness, with the headache, [54]. ► On
waking, in the morning, nausea (second day), [49]. [360.] ► Nausea on lying down, though none was
felt before (after two hours, second day), [44a]. ►
Nausea (third day); constant, with some relief after vomiting (fourth
day), [71a]. ►
Nausea, at 10 P.M. (second day); in occasional attacks (fourth day);
slight nausea, with chilly creeps passing up the back, at 2 P.M. (fifth
day); slight nausea and vertigo, at 4.30 P.M. (seventh day), [71b]. ►
Nausea, caused by the pain in the orbit (second day), [55]. ►
Breakfast caused slight nausea (second day), [46]. ► The
sound of the organ caused nausea (second day), [66]. ► Slight
nausea, in the morning; very distinct nausea in throat, feeling as if he
would be sick, at noon; could not eat much dinner, at 1 P.M., on account
of the nausea; he had to lie down, which relieved the nausea, after
which he could eat a little more; after again resting, all symptoms
passed off (second day), [42]. ► Slight nausea; this nausea does not seem
to have any reference to eating, as it sometimes has come before and
sometimes after eating (eleventh day), [23].
► Slight nausea (at 10 A.M.,
fourteenth day), [33]; (after one
hour), [36]; (after fifteen
minutes), [36a]; (at 3.40 P.M.,
third day), [45]; (at 3 P.M.,
second day), [68]; (at 7 P.M.,
third day), [71c]. ► Sick at the stomach (third day), [41]; (eighth day), [48]. [370.] ► The smell of Havanas was disgusting and
sickening (third day), [38]. ► Should nausea or vomiting set in, they
often recover, [20]. ► Inclination to vomit (after a quarter of
an hour); after copious draughts of water and mechanical irritation he
produced vomiting, with great retching, followed by collapse, with cold
sweat in drops over the whole body, [18].
► Copious vomiting; he was so feeble
as to be unable to completely eject the vomited water, [13]. ► Short
attacks of vomiting and diarrhœa (first day), [28]. ►
Vomiting commenced soon in most of the cases, [14]. ►
Vomiting of acrid fluid (second day), [60].
► Stomach. ► Pricking sensation in the stomach and
abdomen, followed by rumbling, and slight colic pains in the region of
transverse colon, lasting nearly an hour (after one hour); pricking
sensation in the stomach and bowels, at 9.30 A.M. (second day), [54]. ►
During the pain, sensitiveness over the region of the stomach to
pressure (tenth day), [34a]. ► Hard pain in the stomach (the next day), [35]. [380.]
► Sharp pains in the stomach,
shooting upwards, at 9.30 A.M. (second day), [54]. ► After
dinner, upon going out of doors, had a pain in my stomach, which caused
me to feel sick at the stomach; this pain was followed by a crampy
feeling in fundus of bladder (second day), [46]. ►
Griping pains in the stomach and great oppression (after two hours and a
half), [36a]. ► Crampy pain in stomach, with the desire
for stool (eighth day), [48]. ► Transient pains in stomach, with
sensation as of undigested food (after seven hours and a half), [36a]. ►
Burning sensation in the stomach, with hot eructations (after three
hours), [36]. ► Heaviness in the stomach (after half an
hour), [41]. ►
Weight in the stomach, as from undigested food (after one hour), [36]. ►
A feeling as if a hard body were lying in the stomach, like undigested
food (after fourteen hours), [34].
► Stomach pressed (third day), [61]. [390.]
► My food lay hard in my stomach all
day (third day), [46b]. ► Stomach effectually emptied after
drinking the shaving water which I had just used; later, I could not
vomit; the abdominal muscles acted too feebly; the sickness ceased, and
never returned (after 12 grains), [1].
► Feeling of emptiness in stomach and
bowels (sixth day), [67]. ► Sense of emptiness and weakness at
stomach, without hunger, at 3 P.M. (seventeenth day), [33]. ► Felt
as though (mucous coat?), (of) stomach swelled, continuing all day (two
hours after second dose, second day), [61].
► Felt slight contraction in region
of stomach (second day); contraction [It is to be noted that what one
prover distinguished as contraction, another describes as swelling of
stomach.] in region of stomach more plainly marked, continuing four or
five days, attended with dull pain in left side and forepart of head;
not relieved by food; appetite as usual (after three days); the symptoms
began to diminish on the sixth day, and had disappeared about the eighth
day, [63]. ►
Stomach unsettled (after four hours and a half), [36a]. ► Slow
digestion (second day), [60]. ► Griping pain in the pit of the stomach
(after four hours and a half), with soreness to pressure (after ten
hours and a half), [36]. ► Sensation at the pit of the stomach as if
undigested food oppressed it (after one hour, third day), [34]. [400.]
► A breathless sensation at the pit
of the stomach, with a hard feeling as of undigested food; a disposition
to make deep inspirations: these sensations were momentary, coming and
going (after one hour and a quarter, second day; after one hour, third
day), [34]. ►
Trembling of the nerves at the pit of the stomach, accompanied with
slight nausea, and a sensation of faintness (fifth day), [33]. ► Felt
the nervousness at the pit of the stomach, in
front of the body most (ninth day), [33]. ►
Soreness at the pit of the stomach, at 10.30 A.M. (seventeenth day), [33]. ►
Much weakness at the pit of the stomach, with the nervous symptoms
(fifteenth day), [33]. ► Violent epigastric symptoms (after three
minutes), [4]. ► Epigastric sensation perceived (after
five minutes), [5]. ► Epigastric sensation, accompanied with
eructations (after five minutes); slight sensation in the epigastric
region (after fifteen minutes); more intense and accompanied with
eructations (after twenty minutes); epigastric sensation recurs, without
eructations (after thirty minutes); sensations in epigastric region
occur in quick succession (after fifty-five minutes), [3]. ►
Epigastric region sore to pressure (after seven hours and a half), [36a]. ►
Violent oppression in the epigastric region (after a quarter of an
hour), [18]. [410.] ►
Complained of severe pain in the epigastric region, and begged that he
might be laid upon the bed, [12]. ► At 2 A.M. was awakened by a pressive pain
in the epigastrium, just under the ensiform cartilage, extending up into
the chest and down the arms; pain in epigastrium seemed to be produced
by hard pressure against the lower end of the sternum, and extended all
along the lower edge of the ribs, at the attachment of the diaphragm,
and through to the back to about the third dorsal vertebra; the
sensation was as if the pain was squeezed out into the arms; the pain
seemed to alternate between an ache and an acute quick pain, but was
occasionally pulsative (after ten days), [34].
► Darting pain in epigastric region
(after four hours); have felt the pain in the epigastric region all the
time, except when asleep (after twenty-five hours and a half), [36]. ►
Soreness and transient pains in epigastrium (after four hours and a
half), [36a]. ► A slight degree of peculiar sensation in
epigastrium (after ten minutes); recurred (after forty minutes); much
increased; it now resembles the somewhat painful sensation which is
produced when large pieces of food are suddenly swallowed, and recurs at
intervals; it is at first slightly indicated by a sensation in the
thorax, near the upper part of the sternum; this extends downwards,
becoming more and more intense until it reaches the epigastrium, when it
is almost painful, and eructations usually occur; there is a distinct
escape of gas, and this is followed by a reversal of the direction of
the pain from the lower sternum to the throat, so that eructations occur
at the middle of this sensation (after fifty minutes), [2].® 2000
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