RHUS TOXICODENDRON.
EXTREMITIES.
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The left arm and both legs were very tensely swollen, and their surface
strongly resembled the denuded surface of a blister, scald, or burn, in
a suppurating state, [33]. ► *Swelling of the hands and feet, [11]. ►►
*The limbs tremble after exciting them, [1]. ►
Twitching in the limbs, [11]. ► *The left arm and lower extremity are somewhat
contracted and feel stiff, [2].
► *Great weakness in the limbs,
[44]. ►
*Limbs readily sprained (twenty-third day), [57]. ►►
*All the limbs feel stiff and paralyzed, during and after walking; with
a sensation of a hundred weight upon the nape of the neck, [3]. [850.]
►► *Sensation of stiffness on first
moving the limb after rest, [1].
►► *The limbs upon which he lies,
especially the arm, fall asleep, [1]. ► The
flesh on the limbs pained as if beaten to pieces, she did not dare to
touch it, since the pain was greatly aggravated thereby, [27]. ► *Pain, as
if bruised, in those limbs and joints upon which he does not lie, in the
morning in bed, [1]. ►► *A sensation similar to a trembling in
the arms and lower extremities, even while at rest, [8]. ►
*The pains in the joints are worse in the open air, [1]. ►►
*Drawing in all the limbs, while lying down, [1]. ► Fine
sticking pains in the limbs, [11].
► Stitches in the joints during rest
(while the limb is lying at rest, not while stretching it out), not on
touch, also not when lying down at night, [1].
► Stitches in a small spot on the
limbs, aggravated by lying down, [1].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
[860.] ►
*Painfulness and swelling of the arms, [4]. ►►
*Trembling of the arms after moderate exertion of them, [1]. ►
Jerking sensation in the left arm, [3].
►► *Violent tearing pain in the
arm, most violent while lying still, [2]. ►
Sensation as if something, neither warm nor cold, were rolling down in
the arm from the shoulder to the hand, [1].
► Sensation as if hot water were
running through the arms, [11]. ► *The arm upon which he rests the head in sleep
goes to sleep, [1]. ► *Shooting pains through the arms, [44]. ►►
*A drawing and paralyzed sensation in the left arm, at night,
[29]. ►►
*Sticking and drawing in the left arm, extending from above downward and
out at the tips of the fingers, [28]. [870.] ► *Drawing stitches in the arms, from the
shoulders downward, [1].
► Shoulder. ► *Swelling of the axillary glands, painful when
touched and when not, [1].
► *Pressure on the shoulders like a heavy
weight, [44]. ► *The left shoulder seems paralyzed, [3]. ►
*Sensation as if some one were pressing upon the left shoulder, by the
clavicle, [3]. ► *Rheumatic pain in the left shoulder and arm in
the region of the deltoid muscle (after twenty-four minutes),
[55]. ►
Transient pain in the right shoulder (after half an hour), [37]. ►
*Pain in the left shoulder when riding, in the forenoon
(fifteenth day), [37]. ► Pain in the left shoulder and behind the
right sacroiliac symphysis (twenty-seventh day), [37]. ► At 6
P.M., pain in the right shoulder, when walking (eighteenth day), [38]. [880.]
► *Severe pain at the top of the left
shoulder (twentieth day), [38].
► *Tearing in the shoulder-joint and on
the top of the scapula, [8].
► *Shooting inwards and throbbing in left
shoulder, [73]. ► Burning pain in the left shoulder, felt
when walking, at 1 P.M. (thirteenth day), [57].
► *Stitches in the shoulders while lying,
ceasing on moving about, [1].
► Arm. ►
Pain in the region of the biceps flexor of the right arm, then in the
ulnar edge of the metacarpus of the right hand (after one hour, second
day), [58]. ►
Semiacute pain about the middle of the left upper arm, with itching on
the back and at the anterior part of the chest, at 7 A.M. (sixteenth
day), [57]. ► *Pain in the left upper arm, commencing
immediately after lying down, on the right side, about noon
(seventeenth day), [57]. ► *Pain in the left upper arm (five
minutes after second dose, nineteenth day), [57]. ►►
*Pain in the left upper arm as if the muscles or tendons were unduly
strained, when the limb is carried by them far upwards and backward, at
2 and 3 P.M. (twenty-third day), [57]. [890.] ► *Pain at the biceps muscle of the left arm, and
in several phalanges of fingers of the left hand, about 6 A.M.
(thirty-fourth day), [57]. ► *Pain in the bicipital region of the left arm
(thirty-fifth day), [58]. ► Burning pain in the biceps of both arms,
when in bed, more severe in the left (after a month), [58]. ► *Tension
in the left upper arm, in the open air (after ten hours), [3]. ►
*Tearing in both upper arms, aggravated by work; she was obliged to let
the arms hang down; they also pained while in bed, and when taking hold
of them they hurt in the bone, [1].
► *A drawing extending from below the
left axilla to the middle of the upper arm, on raising the arm,
[3]. ►
*Burning stitches on the arm beneath the left axilla, [3]. ►
Needle-like stitches in the left upper arm (after five days), [3]. ►
Boring stitches in the upper arm (while standing), [1]. ► *A violent
stitch on the right upper arm, as if it extended from without inward,
[3]. ►
Elbow. [900.]
► *Tension in the elbow-joint on
stretching out the arm; she could with difficulty raise the arm,
[1]. ►
*A cramplike drawing in the left elbow joint on moving it
(after seventy-six hours), [3]. ► *Drawing and tearing, extending from the
elbow-joint into the wrist, [1].
►► *Jerking tearing in the elbow
and wrist-joints, during rest, better during motion (after
five and six hours), [8]. ► A painless throbbing in the left elbow, [1]. ►
Forearm. ► *Rapidly increasing
swelling of the forearm, which has acquired twice its normal volume; the
skin was rough, the itching intolerable, the heat very great, etc.,
suddenly appearing (after twenty-five days), [62]. ►►
*Loss of power and stiffness of the forearms and fingers, on moving them
(after twenty-five hours), [3]. ► *A digging pain in the bones of the left
forearm, and jerking in the right wrist, on motion; the whole forearm
seemed stiff, [3]. ► *Pain, as if beaten, in the left forearm
(after forty-eight hours), [3]. ► *Pain at the middle of the radius of the left
arm (after seventeen, twenty-eight, and thirty-five minutes),
[55]. [910.]
► *Pain in the middle of the ulna of the
left arm, at 1.5 P.M. (first day), [55]. ►► *A
powerless sensation in the upper part of the right forearm, on motion,
and a pain as if sprained, in the wrist, when grasping anything
(after twenty-seven hours), [3]. ► Biting burning in the forearm (after four
days), [3]. ► Wrist. ►
Aching in left wrist (twenty-third day), [57].
► *Pain in the right wrist
(after thirty and thirty-five minutes), [55].
► Tearing sticking in the left wrist,
[1]. ►►
*Sensation on the upper surface of the left wrist on bending it, as if
it had been sprained, [3].
► Sensation of coldness, as from a
cold wind blowing on the wrist, that was as warm as usual, [1]. ►
Hand. ► Hot swelling of
the hands and face, in the evening, [1].
► *Great swelling of the hand,
[32]. [920.]
► Aching at the ulnar edge of the
right metacarpus, before midnight, when at rest in bed, mitigated by
movement (after one hour and a half, twenty-second day), [57]. ► *Rheumatic
pains in the hands (fifth day), [54]. ► *Drawing
pain in the palm of the right hand, [1]. ► Pain in
the ulnar edge of the right hand (after about a quarter of an hour,
ninth day), [57]. ► Throbbing pain in the left hand, at
intervals (sixth day), [54]. ► (A bubbling in the right hand between the
thumb and index finger, lasting several hours), [1]. ► Fingers.
► Involuntary painless twitching
inward of both thumbs, only when laying the hands down, for example,
upon the table (after twenty-four hours), [2].
► *The fingers can be moved only with
pain, on account of great swelling (fourth day), [4]. ►
(Spasmodic drawing inward in the fingers), [1]. ► *Tearing in
the joints of all the fingers, [8].
[930.] ►
*A fine sticking pain in the fingers, [11]. ►
(Twinging and pinching on the back of the fingers, and on the outer
portions of the arms, and on the back of the head), [1]. ►
Sensation as if the tips of the fingers were engorged with blood, while
the backs of the hands were cold (in a warm room), (after ten hours), [3]. ►
*The index and middle fingers of one hand feel numb and asleep, in the
morning, [1]. ► *Sensation of falling asleep, in the left index
finger, [3]. ► Pain in the middle phalanx of the little
finger of the right hand (after a quarter of an hour, fifteenth day), [57]. ►
Aching on the ulnar side of the upper phalanx of the middle finger of
the left hand, in the morning in bed; followed by severe pain in the
corresponding, i. e., posterior
phalanx of the fourth toe of the left foot, felt on beginning to walk
and on pressure, between 6 and 7 P.M. (sixth day), [58]. ► *Severe
pain at the phalanges of several fingers, about midway between the
joints, in the evening (seventh day), [58]. ► Pain
in the middle joint of the left forefinger (after thirty-eight minutes),
[53]. ►
Pain in the metacarpal joint of the left forefinger, and in the middle
of the right upper arm (after forty minutes, [55]. [940.] ►► *When grasping anything, feeling as if
pins were pricking tips and palmar surface of first phalanges of fingers,
[68]. ►
Pain in the middle joint of the right ring finger (after forty-three
minutes), [55]. ► Woke with a burning, osseous, and
remittent pain, throughout the middle phalanx of the right little
finger, accompanied with pain in the right temple, at 5.30 A.M. (fourth
day), [37]. ►
Burning in the flesh between the left thumb and index finger (after
eleven hours), [3]. ► Stitches in the tendons on the back of
the index finger, [3]. ► A crawling and pinching on the last
phalanges of the second and third fingers of the left hand, [7]. ►►
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