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PHYSOSTIGMA. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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PHYSOSTIGMA.


SLEEP.

►
Sleepiness.
► Yawning
(second day), [58]. ► Continual yawning, with a drowsy feeling
all day (second day), [60]. ► For three or four days I felt
irrepressible drowsiness, especially from early morning till 2 P.M.;
this continued for a week. The drowsiness was diminishing (after two
weeks), [27]. ► In the worst cases there was great
drowsiness, while others complained of giddiness, [14]. ► Became
drowsy, and slept for two hours, but the mind was so active all the
while that I was not conscious of having been asleep (two hours after 12
grains), [1]. ► Drowsy at 11.30 A.M.; lay down and slept
in afternoon (which I am not accustomed to); dreamt my head was full,
and as if brain was revolving upwards from frontal sinus to occiput, and
that I was almost blind (fifth day); drowsy, at 9 A.M. (sixth day), [37]. [810.]
► Sleepy (second day), [41]. ►
Irresistible desire to sleep; soporific sleep
, extremely
distressing, with the headache (second day); felt drowsiness and desire
to sleep all the forenoon, even while driving; after dinner the
drowsiness, instead of passing off by exercise, increased, and for two
hours he slept soundly, without dreams, in an uncomfortable position; he
could arouse himself only with great effort; the sleepiness continued
for an hour, even while walking in clear, cool air and bright sunlight;
slept well all night (this is never the case after having even a short
nap in the afternoon), (third day). He awoke at 6 A.M., and felt bright
for two hours, when he became sleepy again while driving, with dull
pressure encircling the head; after a light dinner, sleepiness became
irresistible, and he slept some time; went to bed early and slept well
(third day); drowsiness all the day, until after two hours’ work in the
garden, causing profuse perspiration, which expelled the drowsiness in
part (fourth day); felt it slightly (fifth day), [26]. ► Felt
sleepiness while riding, for two mornings; after dinner he felt great
drowsiness, which was very difficult to shake off; his desire for sleep
was uncontrollable; he would fall asleep so quickly that he was
surprised on waking up that he had slept; a few hours of hard exercise
would remove the drowsiness; he slept just as well at night as if he had
not slept in the afternoon, [26b].
► Such sleepiness that the attempt to
keep awake produced nausea, with the headache, [66]. ►
Intense sleepiness, which I thought came from the medicine (sixth day), [33]. ►
I am not usually a heavy sleeper, but was intensely sleepy in the
morning; almost impossible to get myself up, as if drugged (sixteenth
day), [33]. ►
I went to bed an hour and a half earlier than usual; was so sleepy I
could not keep my eyes open; slept till after daylight, an hour later
than I usually do (first night), [46b].
► Very sleepy at 3 P.M., hardly able
to keep awake, till finally relieved by sleep (after five hours, third
day), [62]. ►
Heavy sleep; feel tired before rising; profound sleep; does not see why
he should sleep so soundly, [65]. ► (Slept better than for six months before
(first night); slept very soundly (second night); slept unusually well
(third night); curative? C. W.), [61].
[820.] ►
During the proving I awoke every morning to hear the clock strike 2, and
generally fell asleep after 5, [43].
► Sleeplessness and Dreams. ► Sleeplessness before midnight; disturbed
sleep after (second night), [68]. ► (In the evening I was no drowsy as usual,
but wakeful), (first day), [28]. ► Falling asleep frequently, but always
awoke suddenly, without relief; the following night scarcely closed the
eyes in sleep; thoughts very active; an idea started, kept on with
unusual persistence (tenth day), [34a].
► Sleep rather restless (first
night); slept restless the whole night (sixth night), [38]. ► Sleep
disturbed; wide awake about 2 A.M., and remained awake till about 5,
then a very deep, short sleep of about an hour; on awaking a very
disagreeable feeling, as though I had slept too sound, with pain on
right side of head and right side of neck, [52]. ►
Conscious of having remained awake for some time in a dreamy state
(first night), [5]. ► Vivid, pleasant dreams, [65]. ► He
dreamed that he was a lion, [24]. ► Sleep was disturbed by lascivious dreams,
and by emissions early in the morning, [64].
[830.] ►
Horrid dreams all night (fourth day), [45].
   

FEVER.

►
Chilliness.
► Very cold, [14]. ►
Chills in paroxysms (second day), [33].
► Felt chilly, in the evening (first
day), [31]. ►
The heat of the bed was agreeable, as I could not throw off the
sensation of chilliness which followed me the whole day (third day), [38]. ►
Chilly creeps passing up the back, with the slight nausea, at 2 P.M.
(fifth day), [71b]. ► Chilly sensation in my back, soon
commenced to yawn and have bad feelings, a sort of bruised feeling in my
joints; every draft of air seemed to make me shudder; every time I moved
the same bad feeling come upon me (second day), [58]. ► Chilly
on the right side of the back, at noon (second day), [60]. ► My
limbs become chilly, with a vague feeling of discomfort; but warmth to
the feet relieved this, and a sinapism over the whole abdomen was
peculiarly grateful when it began to act (after 12 grains), [1]. ►
Feverish, with chilly creeps up the back (fourth day), [71a]. [840.]
► Hands are cold, then hot and red, [65]. ►
Feel cold all the time (after nine hours and a quarter), [36]. ► Cold
and clammy skin, [14]. ► Heat. ►
Slight chills and fever, with the violent frontal headache, at 8 P.M.
(third day); with hot and dry skin, at 10 A.M.; symptoms constantly
growing worse, at noon (fourth day), [71a].
► Temperature about 100 (second day),
[38]. ►
Feverish, at 2 P.M. (third day), [71a].
► Dry heat all over, with the
uneasiness and distress about the heart, [43].
► Much heat in head and face, with
heavy headache and pain in eyes, at 2 P.M. (tenth day), [33]. ► Heat
hot and throbbing in temples, at 2 P.M. (third day), [71a]. ►
Forehead hot and feverish, at 2 P.M. (fifth day), [71b]. [850.]
► Face hot, flushed, and suffused,
together with a feeling as if a change into a lower temperature would
produce chill, continuing through the afternoon (after five hours), [34]. ►
Sensation of heat in face and down the back, as when the sun shines
directly upon you on a cold day, while lower extremities were rather
chilly, in the evening (second day), [66].
► Hot cheeks (after seven hours and a
half second day), [62]. ► Dry heat in the hands (first night), [43]. ►
Paroxysms of burning in palms of hands (third day), [61]. ► Sweat.
► Profuse sweat on the least exertion
(after three hours and three-quarters, second day), [49a]. ►
Perspire very easily, [65]. ► Perspiration over the whole body, on
waking in the morning, brought on by any excitement during the day
(second day), [49]. ► Cold sweat in drops over the whole body,
after the vomiting, [18]. ► A little perspiration, with the head
symptoms (after sixty-five minutes); copious perspiration all over the
body (after seventy-five minutes), [2].
[860.] ►
Strong-smelling sweat around the genitals; prepuce tender and swollen,
with some eruption on the glans penis, which was easily excited, with a
burning-itching sensation (these all disappeared in about forty-eight
hours), (fourth day), [38]. ► Slight perspiration over the body, with
the headache (second day), [54]. ► Skin moist, at 8 P.M. (fourth day), [71a].
   

CONDITIONS.

►
Aggravation.
► (Toward morning), Very restless. ► (Morning),
Early, symptoms, [71];
exhilarated; headache, with epistaxis; constriction around top of head;
9 A.M., pain in forehead; before rising, dull headache in forehead; on
awaking, dull frontal headache; early, lateral headache; eye symptoms,
with burning of the balls; 7 A.M., on rising, darting pains in both
eyes; mydriasis; itching of left nostril, with moisture; tired look;
teeth felt rough; on waking, taste in mouth like creosote; bad taste; on
waking, nausea; pain in region of liver; 4 A.M., on rising, soreness in
left side of abdomen; uneasiness in bowels; 4 A.M., griping pain in
bowels; 7.30 A.M., before stool, pain in abdomen; offensive breath; pain
in left of sacrum; 7 A.M., shooting pain in left shoulder; 7.30 A.M.,
trembling of the hands; 8 A.M., confused feeling; early, till 2 P.M.,
drowsiness; while riding, drowsiness, sleepiness; early, sleep disturbed
by lascivious dreams; on waking, perspiration over whole body. ► (Forenoon),
8 A.M., dull heavy feeling in head; 8 and 10 A.M., dull headache; 8
A.M., heavy headache; congestive headache; while walking, pain in head,
with dizziness; 10.15 A.M., headache in left frontal region; 10 A.M.,
heavy frontal headache; 11 A.M., while in church, aching in temporal
region; shooting pains through right side of head; 11 A.M. to 8 P.M.,
drawing-twisting sensation in eyes; eyes bloodshot and burning; 11 A.M.
to 8 P.M., partial deafness; 9.30 A.M., pricking sensation in stomach;
sharp pains in stomach; 10.30 A.M., soreness at pit of stomach; 9.50
A.M., pain in left hypochondrium, thigh, and forearm; 10.25 A.M., pain
in region of liver; 10 A.M., griping pain in transverse colon; 8.10
A.M., diarrhœic stool, with burning at the anus; secretion of urine;
with difficult retention; erections, without sexual desire; in fresh
bracing air, choking sensation, with fluttering of the heart; 11 A.M.,
burning-throbbing sensation in left arm and hand; pain in left wrist;
11.30 A.M., numbed sensation in hands; 9 A.M., pain in lower limbs;
weakness in right knee; gnawing sensation in left tibia; 9.30 A.M.,
trembling all over; 10.30 A.M., trembling of the hands; 9 and 11.30
A.M., drowsy; 10 A.M., dry, hot skin. ►
(Toward noon), Gloomy. ► (Noon),
Nausea in throat; chilly on right side of back; all symptoms. ► (Afternoon),
4.30 P.M., vertigo and nausea; 1 P.M., on moving, dizziness; till 10
P.M., pain in head; headache; 5 P.M., headache; 2 P.M., headache and
pain in eyes; 1 P.M., pain in forehead; 4 P.M., on motion, exercise, or
mental exertion frontal headache; pain over right eye; 3 P.M., aching
pain over left eye; 2 P.M., headache over right eye; 4 to 10 P.M.,
headache, with qualmishness; 1 P.M., headache over left eye; 2 P.M.,
dull frontal headache; 5 and 8 P.M., weight over eyes; 4 P.M., pain
through temples, with throbbing of the arteries of the side of the neck;
numbness of the temples and crawling sensation over the head; 1 P.M.,
headache in temporal region, with sleepiness; 2 P.M., eyes dull and
heavy; 3 P.M., drawing-twisting sensation in eyes; 4 P.M., twitching of
upper lids; 3 P.M., shooting pain in left ear; 2 and 8 P.M., sensation
as if nose were going to bleed; itching of left nostril; with dryness; 4
P.M., tongue sore on tip and rough; 6 P.M., collection of mucus in
throat; 2 P.M., soreness in throat; 4 to 10 P.M., throat sore, studded
with ulcers; 3 P.M., when swallowing, pain extending from throat to left
ear; thirst; 4 P.M., eructations; 5 to 8 P.M., hiccough; 3 P.M., sense
of emptiness and weakness in stomach; 6 P.M., soreness in the umbilicus;
3 P.M., looseness in bowels; pain in abdomen; 4.30 P.M., cutting pain in
abdomen; 5.50 P.M., bowels feel uneasy; 6 P.M., pain in groin; 2 P.M.,
pain extending from left hip into groin; 3 P.M., sensation of fulness
and distension of the bladder; urine high-colored and smelling strong; 4
P.M., leucorrhœa and weakness; 6 P.M., dry cough; 5 P.M., sticking pain
in apex of right lung; 6 P.M., soreness around the body, at the waist;
3.45 P.M., pains beneath clavicle; pain at base of brain; 2 P.M., pain
in back; 1 P.M., stiffness and pain down spine; while sitting, pain
under right shoulder-blade; 6.30 P.M., pain in back, between hips; pain
in left of sacrum, 5 P.M., numbness of left forearm, with pain; pain;
pain in right wrist; 2 P.M., pain in right knuckles; 6.30 P.M., weakness
of legs; 6 P.M., left hip and right knee stiff; when walking, stiffness
in both rectifemoris muscles; 6.30 P.M., sensation as of a drawing of
cords behind leg and knee; 2 and 6 P.M., gnawing sensation in left
tibia; sense of fatigue; 4 P.M., weakness and leucorrhœa; 1 P.M.,
languid feeling; just before 6.30 P.M., sudden access of vigor; nervous
motions through body, with palpitation of the heart; 3 P.M., sleepy; 2
P.M., chilly creepings up back, with nausea; feverish; heat in head;
face hot and flushed. ► (Toward evening), Headache. ► (Evening),
7 P.M., all symptoms, [50], [71]; in passing people, dizziness; 7
P.M., head feels stupefied; headache; 7 and 8 P.M., headache; 8 P.M.,
frontal headache; dull frontal headache; 6 P.M., drawing sensation in
eyes; eyes sore and painful when moved; 61/2 to 10 P.M., pain in right
eyeball; 10 to 12 P.M., pain in right supraorbital ridge; 7 P.M., on
studying, darting pain in left eye and superciliary ridge; pain and
stitches of ball of right eye; 7 P.M., twisted sensation in right
eyeball; 8 P.M., twisted sensation in the eyeballs; uncomfortable
sensation in right ear; 6.45 P.M., sharp shooting pain in right ear; 7
P.M., buzzing and ringing ear; hammering in right ear; external ear felt
as through hot air were blowing on it; 9 P.M., partial deafness in right
ear; itching of left nostril, with moisture; 8 P.M., twitching of the
mouth and eyebrows, etc.; 9 P.M., roof of mouth feels as if covered with
patches of loose skin, and has a yellowish appearance; metallic taste in
mouth; swallowing of saliva painful; throat sore; tonsils and soft
palate inflamed; 7 and 8 P.M., throat sore; 10 P.M., throat dry; when
swallowing, constricted feeling of throat; 9 P.M., scrapy burning
sensation in throat; desire for cold water; 7 P.M., empty eructations,
8.30 P.M., hiccough; 9 to 11 P.M., hiccough; 10 P.M., nausea; rumbling
in bowels; 8.40 to 11 P.M., rumbling and gurgling, with heat, in
abdomen; 8.30 P.M., rattling in abdomen; colicky pains low down in
abdomen; 8 P.M., pain in groin, with swelling; 7 P.M., pain in groin;
profuse urine; highly colored and strong-smelling; 10 P.M., dyspnœa; 7
P.M., pain in right side; chilly creeping sensation passing up back; 8
and 9 P.M., numbness over back of head and down spine; 8 P.M., pain in
left shoulder; 7 P.M., numbness in left arm and ring finger; 8 P.M.,
pain in muscles of right forearm; 8 P.M., pain in left wrist; while in
warm room, cramp in left foot; 10 P.M., restless in bed; chilly; 8 P.M.,
chills, with frontal headache; heat in face and back; 8 P.M., skin
moist. ► (Night),
Dizziness; constriction around top of head; 3 A.M., pressive headache;
aching of eyelids and inner canthus of right eye; after lying down,
singing; 2 A.M., awakened by pressive pain in epigastrium; on awaking,
hiccough; pain in region of arch of colon; pain in right deltoid muscle;
uneasiness and distress about heart; woke with rapid tumultuous action
of the heart; after 3 A.M., dragging pain over left hip; dart of pain
through right thumb; restless sleep; horrid dreams. ► (Before midnight),
Sleeplessness. ► (Midnight), Palpitation of the heart, with
throbbing over the body. ► (After midnight), Disturbed sleep. ► (Going into open
air
), Headache. ► (Mental activity), Symptoms. ► (Bending forward
or throwing shoulders forward
), Headache. ► (Closing lids),
Sensation as if they were too tight. ►
(Cold or change of temperature),
Sensitiveness, with headache. ► (After dinner), On going out of doors, pain in
stomach; heavy pain in back, under left shoulder; sound sleep; great
drowsiness. ► (After drinking new milk), Headache. ► (While driving),
Sleepiness, with dull pressure encircling head. ►
(Exercise), Symptoms, [50]. ► (Exertion), Profuse sweat. ► (During
expiration
), Stitches under interior angle of scapula. ► (Feeling of
pulse
), Benumbed sensation in hands. ►
(Flexing knees), Pain in part. ► (On going up and
down stairs
), Stumbling. ►
(Going upstairs), Exhaustion;
muscular weakness. ► (Going downstairs), Pain in patellæ of both
knees. ► (When
looking at an object
), Bright marks. ►
(On lying down), Nausea. ► (Lying down),
Headache. ► (Lying
on back
), Griping in abdomen in right iliac region. ► (Lying on left
side
), Pain in right iliac region. ►
(Making heavy or misstep), Pain in
head. ► (Motion),
Heavy feeling in head and pains through temples; pain in head; pain in
frontal and temporal regions; darting pain in temporal region; griping
pain in upper abdomen; pain in sacral region; all symptoms. ► (After
micturating
), Pain in the urethra. ►
(Noise), Lateral headache. ► (Pressure),
Epigastric region sore. ► (Reading), Pain in posterior part of orbit. ► (When reading),
Dark-yellow spots on book. ► (While riding in carriage), Lateral headache. ► (Riding)
Soreness in left side of abdomen. ► (Before rising), Tired feeling. ► (Rising up),
Shooting pain through right side of head. ►
(Rising from sitting position), Pain
and flushing of the face. ► (Sitting down), Paroxysms of muscular
twitchings in vastus externus muscle. ►
(While sitting), Still, pulsation
felt through whole body; pulse very painful; numb pain in knees and
ankles. ► (Sound
of organ
), Headache in temporal region; nausea. ► (Standing erect),
Pain in bowels. ► (Before stool), Griping pains. ► (Before and
after stool
), Tenesmus. ►
(After stool), Exhaustion. ► (With stool),
Burning at the anus. ► (While at supper), Epistaxis, right side, with
headache. ► (When
swallowing
), Soreness of throat; throat painful. ► (While taking
morning cold bath
), Stiffness in right side of neck. ► (Traveling in
cars
), Headache, sleepiness, etc. ►
(Turning head), Headache. ► (After vomiting),
Cold sweat over whole body. ► (On waking), Headache; stitches in left
breast; from midday nap, brain felt confused. ►
(Walking), Dizziness; headache;
shooting pains through right side of head; vision hazy or misty; piles
painful; on raising foot, floating-like feeling; on foot touching
ground, shuddering sensation; unsteadiness from knees downwards; pain in
left thigh and both knees; stupid giddy feeling, with sensation of
feebleness; became very tired. ► (Walking downstairs), Dizziness and dimness of
vision. ► (Walking
in open air
), Headache. ►
(While writing), Pain in right ear. ► Amelioration. ►
(Morning), Headache. ► (Evening),
10 P.M., pain in head. ► (Open air), All symptoms. ► (Open air and
while lying down
), Symptoms, [71].
► (Mental
application
), Headache. ►
(Close attention to a sermon),
Headache. ► (Closing
eyes
), Symptoms, [50]. ► (While in midst
of crude camphor
), All symptoms. ►
(Eating), Lateral headache; pain in
right iliac region. ► (Hard exercise), Drowsiness. ► (Exertion of
will
), Unsteadiness from knees downwards. ► (Going out),
Symptoms, [49]. ► (Leaning head
toward right side
), Pain in clavicle. ►
(Lying on right side), Gripings
bowels. ► (Motion
out of doors
), Pain in forehead and eyes. ► (Moving about),
Pain in eyes. ► (Violent motion), Pain in right deltoid
muscle. ► (Continued
motion
), Pain in left popliteal space. ►
(Outdoors and walking), Symptoms, [63]. ►
(Pressure), Pain in right iliac
region; pain in upper part of lung. ►
(Pressing on eyes), Pain in right
eyeball; pain in eyes. ► (Keeping quiet), Symptoms, [50]. ► (On retiring), Hiccough. ►
(After rising), Headache. ► (Sitting up in
bed
), Pain in top and forepart of head. ►
(Sleep), Hiccough. ► (In warm room),
All symptoms. ► (Walking), Pains; in open air, pain in right
iliac region.

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