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

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EYE.

►
Objective.
► *Redness at first
around the eyes, then also of the white of the eyes, with inflammation
and lachrymation
, [1]. ► *Redness of the whites of the eyes,
with pressive pain, [1], [3]. ►
Ulcer on the left eye, [1]. ► *Eyes weak (seventeenth day), [11]. ►
Subjective.
► Feeling as
if both her eyes were dragged back into the head with strings, [32]. ►
Pain as if the eyes were being drawn out (fourth day), [10]. ►
Painful cramp in both eyes, closing them so tightly that she can with
great difficulty open them, [1]. ► *The eyes are painful, as if too dry and full of
sand, in the morning
, [1].
[310.] ►
Sensation as if the left eye were full of water, [1]. ► Tension in
the eyes and forehead, with weakness of the body
, [1]. ►
Tension in the eyes (second day), [12].
► Pressure in the eyes every
afternoon at 4 o’clock, [1]. ► *Piercing-stinging pain in the left eye
(twenty-fifth day), [23]. ► *Sudden piercing pain in the left eye
(twenty-eighth day), [25]. ► *Tearing and burning in the eyes on pressing
them together
, [1]. ► Twittering sensation in the right eye
(thirty-third day), [25]. ► *Heat in the eye, [1]. ► *Smarting
of the eyes
, [1]. [320.] ►
Smarting and pricking of left eye, [23].
► Itching of the sore eye,
immediately, [1]. ► Itching of the right eye, in the evening,
[3]. ►
Brow and Orbit.
► Itching
in the eyebrows, [1]. ► Tensive pain above the eyes, [21]. ►
Pressive pain over left eye, about the size of a six pence, [2]. ►
Pressure and smarting in the orbits, [1].
► Great pressure and sensation of
tightness over the eyes, as if something heavy were lying there, before
the menses, [1]. ► Transient griping pain just beneath the
right eye, in the evening in bed, [4].
► Tearing and sticking above the
eyes, so that he was obliged to press the lids together (tenth day), [18a]. ►
Lids.
[330.] ► *Agglutination of the eyes at night, with
smarting of the lids
, [1].
► *Both eyes are agglutinated with mucus
in the morning
(second day), [8].
► *Agglutination of the eyes in the
morning
, [1]. ► Much hardened mucus in the inner canthi, [1]. ►
(After the erysipelatous swelling of the feet had disappeared, there set
in an eye trouble, consisting of swelling of the upper and lower lid,
especially violent in the morning, with burning and stinging pain,
especially in the morning and evening, with redness of the lids, better
in the middle of the day; in the evening great photophobia, so that the
candlelight could not be endured; reading by the light was very
difficult, as though there were a mist about the light and a red and
green halo; thick, slimy discharge, with agglutination of the lids), [15c]. ►
Twitching of the eyelids
(after four, and ten hours), [1]. ►
Heaviness of the eyelids, as if pressed upon, [13]. ► The
eyelids are very heavy, with sleepiness (twelfth day), [12]. ► Great
heaviness of the eyelids (sixteenth day), [12].
► Pressure and pressing in the left
canthus, [1]. [340.] ►
Pressure in the upper lid, with violent stitches, as from a splinter,
and vanishing of visual power (after four hours), [6]. ►
Pressure in the eyelids (after eight days), [1]. ► Tearing
in the margins of both lids, [13].
► Biting in the canthi, in the
morning, even when not lying down, [1].
► Soreness and smarting of the
eyelids; she cannot close them, [32].
► Burning itching of the eyelids, [2]. ►
Burning biting in the right lower lid, in the morning, [1]. ► Itching
of the upper lid, [1]. ► Lachrymal Apparatus. ►► *Swelling in the region of the right
lachrymal gland and lachrymal sac
(after six days), [1]. ►
Eyes and nose water, [29]. [350.] ►
Lachrymation in the outer canthi, [1].
► Lachrymation and a kind of dimness
of the eyes, [1]. ► Vision. ►
*Vision indistinct, misty, with flickering before the eyes

(twelfth day), [26]. ► *Dimness of vision, [12], [13].
► Dimness of vision all day (fifth
day), [12]. ►
She cannot open the eyes in the morning on account of painful
photophobia, [1]. ► Photophobia; the daylight blinds, [1]. ►
Paroxysms of photophobia, alternating with inflammation of the white of
the eye and lachrymation (after ten days), [1]. ► Muscæ
volitantes before the eyes, [2]. ► Blinding of the eyes by daylight, so that
for moments he can see nothing, in paroxysms, [1]. [360.] ► Slight fluttering before the eyes, [23]. ►
At first she lost the clearness of sight only momentarily, [32]. ►
Misty visions; she cannot see anything clear; this was constantly so for
two days, [32]. ► *She could neither read nor write; everything
ran together
, [1]. ► The eyes seemed veiled (second day), [1]. ►
Everything seems pale before the eyes during the menses, [1]. ► Seems
befogged after eating; the eyes seem blinded; cannot raise them (after
ten days), [1]. ► A persistent speck before the right eye, [30]. ►
It became black before the eyes after the headache, [3].
   

EAR.

►
*Swelling of the outer ear, with thin discharge from the inner ear, with
hissing, affecting the hearing
, [1]. [370.] ► Margins of the ears inflamed and moist, [1]. ►
Thin discharge from the left ear (after five days), [1]. ► Large
amounts of thin earwax (after nine days), [1].
► Fine tearing beneath and behind the
right ear, at 1 P.M. (fifth day), [3].
► Jerking cutting in the bone behind
the ear, [1]. ► Tearing behind the right ear, [3]. ►
Pricking, aching, and itching in the ears, left chiefly, [20]. ►
Cramplike drawing in the right ear (after twenty-four hours), [1]. ►
Pain in the right ear (first day), [17].
► Painful pressure in the meatus
auditorius, [1]. [380.] ►
Pressive pain in the left ear on blowing the nose, [1]. ► *Drawing
pain in the meatus auditorius, like otalgia
, [1]. ► Drawing
pain in the right ear and down the neck, [1].
► Tearing in and on the ear, [3]. ►
Jerking pain in the left ear, [1].
► Shooting pain in left ear, with a
feeling as if humor was flowing from it, [32].
► Stitches and tearing in the right
ear, [13]. ►
Stitches in the left ear, [13];
(thirty-third day), [25]. ► *Stitches in the ears (eighth day), [19]. ►
Sticking pain from the left ear to the left temple (fifteenth day), [22]. [390.]
► *Itching in the ear, especially on
swallowing
, [1]. ► Itching in both ears, [33]. ►
Throbbing in the ear shakes the eyes, so that objects move up and down, [1]. ►
Throbbing in the ear upon which he lies at night, [1]. ►
Throbbing in the right ear, [1]. ► *The ears seem stopped (after eight
days), [1]. ► Hearing. ►►
*Painful sensitiveness of the ear to loud sounds
, [1]. ►
*Oversensitiveness to noise
, even to starting up, [1]. ►
*The hearing is very sensitive
, [1]. ► Hearing
in both ears stopped for a short time, in the afternoon (second day), [8]. [400.] ►
Difficulty of hearing, suddenly coming and going (second day), [16]. ►
Difficulty of hearing, increased after eating, [1]. ► *Difficult
hearing of the human voice
, [1].
► *Diminished hearing from roaring in
the head, [1]. ► Bubbling in the right ear, as if
something were beating upon the drum, which tingles in the head and
makes him anxious, [1]. ► Bubbling in the right ear, [1]. ►
Chirping as of crickets in the ear, [1].
► Cracking in the ear on swallowing, [1]. ►
Rhythmical fluttering in the left ear, [1].
► Dull humming in the ear, with
difficult hearing and a sensation as if something were in the ear,
especially in the morning on rising, lasting four days, [6]. [410.] ► Fluttering noises in the ears, [1]. ►
Ringing in the ears, in the evening (thirty-first day), [25]. ► *Roaring
in the ears
, [1];
(sixteenth day), [15]; (second
day), [16]. ►
Roaring in the ears, like the sound of a bell, so violent that he could
not lie down at night on account of it, but was obliged to rise and walk
about for a quarter of an hour at a time (after five days), [1]. ►
Roaring in the left ear before and after eating, [5]. ►
Thundering, roaring, and grumbling in the ear (after thirty-six hours), [1].
   

NOSE.

► *A
smarting, painful scab deep in the right nostril
, [1]. ►
Constant sneezing, but she cannot do it satisfactorily, [32]. ►
Frequent sneezing in the afternoon and following forenoon (after five
days), [8]. ► *Frequent sneezing (after thirty-six
hours), [1]. [420.] ► A
sneezing cold, lasting several days, [29].
► *Frequent, but usually ineffectual,
efforts to sneeze
(after twenty-eight, and forty-eight
hours), [7]. ►
Coryza (eighth day), [18]. ► Constant coryza, [36]. ► Coryza
and cough, with swelling of the submaxillary glands, pain in the throat
on swallowing, great chilliness; she was obliged to lie down; an hour
afterwards, in bed, burning heat over the whole body, [1]. ► *Fluent
coryza
(after five, six, and twelve days), [1]. ►
*Violent coryza for several weeks (first days), [1]. ► Profuse
coryza (after a few hours), [1]. ► *Dry coryza (seventh day), [19]. ►
*Dry coryza; could not get air through the nose
(tenth day), [19]. [430.]
► Dry coryza, with rough voice (after
one hour and a half), [8]. ► *She could not get rid of a catarrh, that was at
one time dry, at another fluent
, [1]. ► Dry
catarrh, in the morning on waking, [3].
► *Discharge of much mucus from the nose,
without coryza
, [1]. ► Profuse, thick, mucous discharge from the
nose (eighth day), [23]. ► *Much acrid water runs from the nose, without
coryza, making the nose sore and bloody internally and externally
,
together with the odor of blood or of freshly slaughtered animals, for
five days, [1]. ► Stuffed sensation in and running from the
nose, as if he had a cold in his head, [29].
► Nose and eyes water, [29]. ►
Violent nosebleed during dinner; the blood flowed from the right
nostril, was profuse, dark red, followed by relief of the headache
(tenth day), [18a]. ► Profuse nosebleed (after twenty hours), [1]. [440.]
► Drops of blood fall from the nose
at times, only on stooping, [1]. ► Bleeding from the nose, [35]; (first days), [1]. ► *Nosebleed
after inserting the finger, with dryness of the nose
, [1]. ►
Blowing of bloody mucus from the nose, [1].
► *Complete stoppage of the nose,
so that she could scarcely speak; was obliged to keep the mouth open to
breathe (after twelve hours), [1].
► Nose somewhat stopped (fourth day),
[23]. ►
Obstruction of the nose in the morning, followed by coryza during the
after part of the day, [32]. ► Pressure over the nose, in the morning, [1]. ►
Biting pains, as if ulcerating, about the nostrils, streaming up into
the brain, causing a tense, throbbing pain in the forehead; tip of the
nose very painful to touch, as if suppurating, for two days (after ten
days), [1]. ► *Soreness on the back of the nose, as if the
nasal bone had been beaten
(second day), [16]. [450.] ► Tearing in the left wing of the nose, [3]. ►
*Drawing in the root of the nose and in the right malar bone
,
[3]. ►
Fine drawing tearing in the nose, [3].
► Painfulness of the septum of the
nose, [1]. ►
Burning-shooting pains in tip of nose, flying up to the forehead, [32]. ►
A burning stitch on the side of the nose, [1].
► Crawling and burrowing in the tip
of the nose, [1]. ► Itching and sore pain in the furrow
behind the ring of the nose (without soreness), [1]. ► *Itching in
the nose
, [3];
(twenty-sixth day), [25]. ► Smell excessively (curative action), [1].
   

FACE.

[460.]
► Swelling of the face, lips, and
submaxillary glands, with chilliness and icy-cold feet, [1]. ► She is
very pale, as after a long illness, for several days (after three days),
[8]. ►
Paleness of the face, [1]; (first
and seventh days), [18]. ► Her face burned painfully, [32]. ► Cheeks.
► Drawing pain in the bones of the
cheeks and behind the ear, worse on touch, [1]. ► Two
painful tearings in the left cheek extended upward, in the forenoon,
during the menses (tenth day), [8].
► Tearing in both cheeks for four
hours, followed by a sensation as if the left molars were on edge, [6]. ►
Lips.
► Swelling of the
upper lip and gum, very painful to touch, [1].
► Great swelling of the lower lip for
two days (after seventeen days), [1].
► *A very painful pimple on the margin of
the red of the lower lip
, [1].
[470.] ►
Blisters, with smarting pain in the red of the upper lip, [1]. ► Blisters on
the margin of the red of the upper lip
, at first with
itching, then, when scabby, only smarting pain, [1]. ► Itching
scab on the upper lip, in the margin of the red (after sixteen days), [1]. ►
Lips dry and cracked, [13]. ► Dryness of the lips, [38]; (fifth day), [18].
► Lips feel much parched; soreness of
the palate, [29]. ► Lips hot (seventh day), [15]. ► Jaws.
► Occasional aching in upper and
lower jawbones, [29]. ► Aching of both jaws, [40]. ►
Painful contractive cramp in the left submaxillary articulation, and
afterwards in the temple, [3]. [480.] ►
Bruised pain in the articulation of the jaw, in front of the left ear,
when touched and on chewing, [1]. ► Tension in the articulation of the jaw
(immediately), [16]. ► Pressive pain in the angle of the lower
jaw, extending into the ear, while yawning, [1].
   

MOUTH.

►
Teeth.
► Teeth loose and
sensitive when chewing, [1]. ► *The teeth become loose and the gum painful to
the slightest pressure
(sixteenth day), [12]. ►
*Inflammation of a molar with swelling and soreness of the gum
,
[3]. ►
All her teeth feel loose and elongated, [40].
► Her teeth feel too large and long
for her mouth, [23]. ► Teeth on edge for four weeks, [1]. ►
Upper teeth on edge as from acids, [1].
[490.] ►
Aching pain in all the teeth, [33].
► Constant aching in all the teeth, [29]. ►
A back tooth when biting pains as if ulcerating, [1]. ►
Toothache in the morning on waking, lasting till shortly after rising, [1]. ►
Dull pain, especially in the molars, after dinner and from drinking, [1]. ►
Constant simple toothache; disappearing while eating; most violent at
night, preventing sleep, [1]. ► Toothache after eating, [3]. ► Tensive
toothache, [1]. ► Toothache mostly when eating warm food
and on taking cold air into the mouth, [1].
► The boy was attacked with a kind of
teething fever; although he had all of his teeth he drooled, bored his
hands into the mouth, and had heat in the head in the evening, [1]. [500.] ► A
lower molar is painful, as if too long, [1].
► Two painful jerkings in the right
upper back teeth (first day), [8].
► Violent toothache and pain in the
whole lower jaw, pressure and jerking, so that he could not sleep the
whole night, [1]. ► Violent pressure in a hollow tooth, [1]. ►
Drawing pain in a hollow tooth, [1].
► Drawing in a hollow tooth in
paroxysms, [4]. ► Drawing in the lower incisors, [1]. ►
Drawing-tearing toothache with soreness of the gums, [40]. ►
Tearing toothache when eating, lasting a quarter of an hour afterwards, [1]. ►
The boy was attacked with a kind of teething fever; although he had all
of his teeth he drooled, bored his hands into the mouth, and had heat in
the head in the evening, [1]. [510.] ►
Sticking toothache, on account of which he could take nothing warm nor
cold into the mouth, [1]. ► Sticking toothache, that did not permit
him to sleep at night, with heat on the cheek; he could take nothing
warm into the mouth, [1]. ► Shooting into one incisor while eating
(after nineteen days), [1]. ► Stitches from a strong wind in a sound
tooth, which was painful as from an ulcer, followed by swelling of the
lower jaw (after eighteen days), [1].
► Burning stitches in several teeth,
which began to be painful after eating; the pain worse at night,
aggravated by inhaling cold air, with heat of the head and burning in
the cheeks, [1]. ► Gums. ►
*Painful inflamed swelling of the gum
(after six days), [1]. ►
Swelling of the gum; warm drinks cause burning, and when chewing the gum
is painful as if sore, [1]. ► The gums are quite inflamed, [29]. ►
Several gum-boils, [33]. ► *Small gum-boil on the swollen gum, [2]. [520.]
► Sore, painful blisters on the gum
and inside the lips, [1]. ► *Sore gum, [1]. ► The
gums are very sore, [32]. ►► *The gum is painfully sensitive on taking
cold water into the mouth
, [1].
► Cool feel in upper gums, [29]. ►
Sensation of constriction in the gum immediately, [27]. ►
Swelling of the right half of the tongue without pain (after five days),
[1]. ►
Tongue.
► Tongue coated, [3], [13].
► White-coated tongue in the morning
(tenth day), [22]. ► Tongue very dry, with sensation as from
pungent spices (eighteenth day), [14].
[530.] ►
*Tongue feels sore
(sixth day), [14]. ► Tongue
sore with painful spots on the tip, [3].
► Two or three times she had to wipe
her tongue, fancying there was a hair on it, lying length ways, and
coming up as it were from the windpipe, [32].
►► *Sensation as if a hair were
lying on the forepart of the tongue
, [1]. ► *Sensation
as if a hair were on the tip of the tongue and extended into the
trachea, where it caused a crawling, so that he was frequently obliged
to cough and hack
(after ten days), [1]. ►
Numbness of the tongue, [3]. ► General Mouth. ► *Bad odor from the mouth in the morning,
almost like the salivation of mercury, [1].
► *Painful ulcer in the corner of the
mouth
(after thirty-seven days), [1]. ► *Corner of
the mouth ulcerated with an itching sensation, with scabs for many days

(after twenty-four hours), [1]. ► A fungoid ulcer on the inner surface of
the lower lip, [1]. [540.] ►
An ulcer on the palate reaching to the gum, [1]. ► The
left sublingual gland was painful on deep pressure (third day), [25]. ►
Great heat comes from the mouth, [1].
► Slimy mouth with qualmishness in
the morning after waking (seventh day), [8].
► Acidity in the mouth always after
eating
(after three and ten days), [1]. ► Great
dryness and some bitterness of the mouth with thirst (sixteenth day), [12]. ►
Dryness of the mouth while walking in the open air, [1]. ► *Constant
dryness of the mouth
(after thirty hours), [1]. ► Mouth
and lips seem dry, [1]. ► Constant dryness of the mouth, [40]. [550.]
► Dryness of the mouth without
thirst, [33]. ► Mouth very dry, [32]. ►
Soreness of the palate, which assumed a pale-yellow color, [37]. ►
Soreness of the palate; lips feel much parched, [20]. ► Some
stitches in the curtain of the palate, [1].
► Itching on the hard and soft
palate, [1]. ► Saliva. ►
Water constantly collects in the mouth, is obliged to spit it out, [1]. ►
Much saliva in the mouth (after eight days), [1]. ► Taste.
► Sense of taste and appetite become
defective, [29]. ► Loss of taste and appetite, [32]. [560.]
► Bitterness in the mouth as if the
stomach were foul, [20]. ► Bitter taste in the morning, [1]. ►
Everything, even water, tastes bitter for several days (after three
days), [8]. ►
Bitter taste in the morning after rising (third day), [8]. ► Bitter
mouth, [13], [18], [32];
(sixteenth and twentieth day), [12].
► Taste of blood in the mouth in the
morning, [1]. ► Sour taste in the mouth with some
bitterness, [1]. ► Metallic taste in the throat while
sneezing (fifty-sixth day), [23]. ► Bad taste in the morning on waking, [3]. ►
Filthy taste in the morning as of rotten eggs, [32]. [570.] ► Foul, clammy, and putrid taste, [40]. ►
Taste as of soapsuds, [37]. ► Offensive, slimy taste in the mouth, [1]. ►
Oily taste in the mouth (after a few hours), [1]. ► Taste
of food in the mouth for a long time after eating, [1].
   

THROAT.

►
Throat swollen and painful, [32]. ► Swelling of the thyroid cartilage; the
spot itches, with sticking, when touched, [1].
► Hawking of salt mucus, [3]. ►
Frequent hawking of thick mucus (first day), [2]. ► *Hawking up
of yellow, very offensive balls of mucus
, [1]. [580.] ► Much mucus in the throat, which she was
constantly obliged to hawk up (after twenty-four hours), [1]. ► Rising
of mucus in the throat, without cough (twenty-third day), [24]. ►
Dryness of the throat, [32]. ► Dryness of the throat, as from a cold, [29]. ►
Throat very dry, with hoarseness, and itching in the meatus auditorius, [1]. ►
Rawness in the throat during cough (twenty-third day), [24]. ►
Rawness in the throat provokes cough after dinner (first day), [8]. ►
Throat very raw, [1]. ► Sore throat, with very much mucus in it
(after forty-eight hours), [1]. ► *Sore throat, as from a lump in the left side,
on swallowing
(after four days), [1]. [590.] ► *Soreness of the throat, as if he swallowed over
a sore spot, with at times stitches in i
t, [1]. ► *Pressive
soreness on the left side of the throat when swallowing
, [1]. ►
Swelling and tensive pain in the left side of the throat; fauces red and
irritated (seventh day), [14]. ► Scraping sore throat in the morning;
sticking in it in the evening, [1].
► Roughness and scraping in the
throat at night while lying on the right side in bed, on account of
which she coughed for half an hour, with expectoration of mucus, several
nights, [1]. ►
Scratching in the throat, that provokes hacking cough, with a sensation
of rawness in the bronchi, most distressing in the morning, on waking,
and in the evening after lying down, for four days, [28]. ►
Scraping sensation low down in the throat, in the evening (seventh day),
[16a]. ►
*Sticking sore throat only on swallowing, with pain in the throat, even
to touch
, [1]. ► Sticking in the throat when coughing, [15b]. ►
Feeling as of a lump in the left side of the throat; she could only
swallow with great difficulty, [32].
[600.] ► Pricking in the throat, as from a pin or
needle, causing her to cough, [33].
► Burning in the throat and chest
(after six days), [15a]. ► Burning and stinging in the throat,
especially when yawning and swallowing, [15c].
► Burning in the throat, [29]. ►
Violent ticking in the throat provokes cough, [15c]. ►
Tickling itching in the region of the pit of the throat, that threatens
suffocation until a deep shattering cough breaks out, which continues
uninterruptedly for several hours, and causes pain in the lower abdomen
and throat, [1]. ► Bitter taste in the throat, as if coming
from the stomach, [1]. ► Nauseous sensation in the throat, in the
afternoon, [1]. ► On swallowing, food gets into the
choanæ, [1]. ► Sensation as if pieces of food were in
the choanæ, [1]. [610.] ►
Sensation of great dryness in the choanæ, [1]. ► Uvula.
► Elongation of the uvula, with
dryness of the throat, [1]. ► *Uvula swollen, [4]. ► Pharynx.
► Soreness in the pharynx from
singing, [1]. ► Swallowing difficult; food descends only
slowly; at first a gurgling in the pharynx, that gradually descends to
the stomach, three seconds after which the food descends, [1]. ► External
Throat.
► Hard swelling of
both parotid glands, with tensive pain on moving the head and on touch, [1]. ►
Swelling of a parotid gland, with sticking pain, [1]. ► *Swelling
of the submaxillary glands, painful when touched, with drawing pain in
them, and with sore throat on swallowing, as from an internal swelling

(after twenty-four hours), [1]. ► (There recommenced a discharge from an
old abscess in the submaxillary gland that had discharged years before,
but was now covered with a scab), (third day), [24]. ► *Swelling
of the cervical glands
(after five, and twenty-five days), [1]. ►
Swelling of the glands of the neck and nape of the neck (after nine
days), [1]. [620.] ►
Swollen cervical glands
, [1].
► The cervical muscles of the right
side are swollen, [1]. ► The submaxillary glands are painful to touch but
not swollen
, [1]. ► Stitches in the swollen submaxillary
glands (after three days), [1]. ► Violent contractive pain in the
submaxillary glands (forty-first day), [24].

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