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

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SPIGELIA.


EAR.

►
External.
► Otalgic pain on
the margin of the left concha
(after twenty-two hours), [6]. ►
Drawing pain in the antitragus of the left ear
, [4]. ►
Twitching in the right concha, [5].
► Pinching pain on the posterior
portion of the right concha (after three-quarters of an hour), [6]. [180.]
► Burning pain in the whole of the
left concha, [5]. ► Burning pain in the right concha, [5]. ►
Middle.
► Constant pain in
the right ear, as if it would be pressed asunder (after fifty-nine
hours), [5]. ► Pressive pain within the right ear,
that extended to the whole malar bone and the right molar teeth (after
fifty-seven hours), [5]. ► Pressing inward pain, gradually
increasing in the auditory canal (after three-quarters of an hour), [6]. ►
Pressure as with a plug in the left ear
(after half an hour),
[4]. ►
Pressive pain in the left ear (after thirteen hours), [5]. ► Drawing
pain in the left ear, extending towards the malar bone, [12]. ►
Violent thrusting tearing in the right ear, several times, [6]. ►
Jumping sensation, as from the swashing of water in the ears, on
stepping suddenly (after a quarter of an hour), [3]. [190.] ► Recurrent paroxysms of jerking pain in
the ear, extending to the eye and lower jaw (after twelve hours), [13]. ►
Boring stitch within the right ear (after forty-nine hours), [5]. ►
Boring dull sticking jerk within the ear, from time to time, that even
shoots into the throat (through the Eustachian tube), [1]. ►
Itching-prickling sensation in the right ear (after seventy-seven
hours), [5]. ►
Itching crawling in the right ear, [5].
► Itching sticking in the left ear, [5]. ►
Beating in the left ear, [5]. ► The ears seemed closed, [1]. ►
Sensation as if the left ear were loosely stopped, though without
difficulty of hearing (after half an hour), [7]. ► Closure
of the ears, as with a finger, in the open air, when the wind blows into
them (after five six hours), [3]. [200.] ►
Ears closed, in the evening, as if something were lying in front of the
drum, which seems contracted (after fourteen hours), [3]. ► The
ears seem stopped, even when she is not listening or not talking, [1]. ►
Hearing.
► The inner ear
is painfully sensitive to loud noises (after several days), [14]. ►
Difficulty of hearing in the left ear, as if the ear were closed with
the finger, together with a fluttering noise in it (after two hours), [6]. ►
Closure of the ear and loss of hearing on blowing the nose; on boring
the finger into the ear it disappears and the hearing returns, [1]. ►
Sound as if the wind were rapidly blowing across the left ear, [5]. ►
Sudden crackling and roaring in the ears, extending into the forehead,
and a wavelike pulsation in them; is obliged to hold the hand over the
eye in order to obtain relief, [1].
► Fluttering as from a bird in the
ears, followed by a moist discharge and very clear hearing, [1]. ►
When talking, ringing as of a bell in both ears, and re-echoing through
the whole head, [1]. ► Sensation of distant ringing in both ears, with
a sensation as if the ear were loosely stopped or a thick mist were in
front of it
, [7]. [210.] ►
Roaring in the ears, [11]. ► Violent roaring and whizzing in the ears,
especially in the evening, [1].

NOSE.

►
Objective.
► Tetter-like
eruption, with soreness to touch, on and in the right nostril (after
twelve days), [7]. ► Frequent sneezing (after four hours), [10]. ►
Sneezing with discharge of bloody mucus, in the morning after waking, [12]. ►
Catarrh like a catarrhal fever; he was hoarse and hot to touch, day and
night; without thirst and without perspiration, with prominent eyes;
with profuse fluent coryza; violent headache and weeping mood, [1]. ►
Dry catarrh, after eating (after twelve hours), [10]. ► Sudden
coryza, at first dry and after four hours fluent, lasting twenty-four
hours, [1]. ►
Fluent coryza, [21a]. ► Mucus, at one time white, at another yellow, is
discharged from the nose, at the same time also much mucus is discharged
from the mouth
(after seven days), [7]. [220.] ► Stoppage of the anterior part of the nose, with
profuse discharge of mucus through the posterior nares into the fossæ,
for eight days
, [7]. ► Nose stopped for several days, [4]. ►
Subjective.
► Disagreeable
sensation as from an impediment in the root of the nose, [11]. ►
Burning in the wings of the nose, provoking rubbing, but not relieved
thereby, [21a]. ► Tickling on the back of the nose, as if lightly
touched by hairs, or as if a gentle wind were blowing across it, lasting
a long time
, [4]. ► Sticking crawling in the nose, that
obliges scratching, and then disappears for a short time, [3]. ► Itching
boring in the right nostril, so that he was obliged to sneeze (after
seventy-eight hours), [5]. ► When snuffing he had no irritation from
tobacco in his nose, [2].

FACE.

►
When she awoke from the midday sleep the whole face was swollen, puffy,
pale, and looked as if she had had a severe illness, without pain,
tension, or other distressing sensation; the swelling entirely
disappeared only after six hours, but reappeared greater than ever the
next morning after waking, but more about the eyes, [12]. ► The
facial muscles seem distorted and swollen, in the morning on rising from
bed, [3]. ►
Cheek.
[230.] ► Dull pressure on the malar bone (after
four days), [14]. ► *Burning pain in the right malar bone,
[5]. ►
A fine stitch in the left cheek (after four hours), [5]. ► Burning
pain in the left cheek, persistent (after twenty-seven hours), [5]. ►
A violent drawing stitch, extending from the right upper jaw to the
crown (after half an hour), [6]. ► Lip. ►
Burning in the upper lip, [1]. ► A blackish painless pimple in the red of
the lower lip, [1]. ► Constant burning tension in the upper lip,
during rest
, [5]. ► Burning in the right side of the upper lip, even
on touch
(after fifty-two hours), [5]. ► Chin.
► A great swelling on the left side
of the chin, which itches during the midday nap (after twelve hours), [1]. [240.]
► (A tensive pain in the articulation
of the jaw), [1]. ► Painful pressure on the right ankle of
the lower jaw, [1]. ►► *Tearing in the lower jaw, extending to
the ear and about it
, as far as into
the nape of the neck, so that he could not move the head without pain
,
[1]. ►
*Pain as if the right side of the lower jaw would be torn out of its
joint
, only when chewing; when not chewing there remained a
dull pain in the articulation of the jaw (after thirty-four hours), [7].

MOUTH.

►
Teeth.
► Toothache, so
that he was unable to sleep at night; it drove him out of bed; not
during the day except just after eating, not while eating, [1]. ►
*Toothache like a pressure outward
, worse when lying on the
right side; while eating and drinking he noticed nothing of it, but
immediately afterward the tooth began to ache again; the pains
frequently woke him at night, [1].
►► *Toothache caused by the
customary smoke, in the evening
, [1]. ►
*Throbbing-tearing toothache, which is especially aggravated by cold
water, disappearing on lying down
, [1]. ► Pain in
the left molars, [21a]. ► Cramplike pain in the upper molars, so
that when the mouth was closed the lower jaw seemed spasmodically
pressed against them, [3]. [250.] ►
Gnawing pain in a hollow tooth, [3].
► Coldness of the upper teeth, with
fine sticking jerking in them, [8].
► Drawing pains in a hollow tooth, [12]. ►
*Painful jerks in the nerve of a hollow tooth
, from the crown
to the root, alternating with intervals of about ten minutes, worse in
the afternoon; pain aggravated by taking water or drawing air into the
mouth; tobacco-smoke seemed to relieve
(after forty-eight hours), [14]. ► *Intermittent jerking through both rows of
teeth, but mostly in a hollow tooth
(after a quarter of an
hour), [14]. ►
Bubbling pain in a left back tooth (after twenty and twenty-four hours),
[13]. ►
Tongue.
► *Tongue full of
cracks
, so that it seemed as if it would scale off, which,
however, disappeared the next night (after five days), [2]. ►
Blisters with burning sensation when touched, now on the tongue, now on
the palate (after four hours and a half), [2].
► Tongue coated white, [1], [11]. ► Tongue painful, as if swollen
posteriorly, when chewing, [11]. [260.] ►
Sensation as if the tongue were swollen posteriorly (after twelve
hours), [11]. ► *Fine stitches in the right side of the tongue,
[5]. ►
An itching-boring stitch from behind forward, in the right side of the
tongue, with acid taste in the mouth, [3].
► General Mouth. ► Offensive odor from the mouth all day,
noticed only by others, [5]. ► In the morning there was much mucus, at
one time white, at another yellow, without special taste, in the fauces
and mouth (after twenty-two hours), [7].
► Burning pain on the palate, [1]. ►
Excessive dryness of the mouth, in the morning, immediately after
waking; it seemed as though the mouth were full of pins and needles, and
as if stuck together, without thirst, even with much saliva (after
twenty-four hours), [12]. ► Saliva. ►
White frothy saliva of the ordinary taste collected in the mouth, which
he was frequently obliged to spit out
(after sixteen days), [2]. ►
Taste.
► Insipid taste in
the mouth, though food has a good taste, [5].
► Bad taste in the mouth, and it
seems as though there were a bad odor from the mouth, [1]. [270.] ► Offensive bad taste in the mouth, [1]. ►
Does not relish his smoke, [1].

THROAT.

►
Frequently the discharge of mucus from the posterior nares into the
mouth was very perceptible, and of so large amount that he was obliged
to hawk it up to avoid suffocation, on account of which he was awakened
at night, [2]. ► The nasal mucus passes off itself only
through the posterior nares into the mouth; on blowing the nose
violently a very little exceedingly tenacious greenish mucus is
discharged; at another time, the forepart of the nose is constantly dry
(from sixteenth to twenty-sixth day), [2].
► Frequent pressing stitch in the
throat, in the region of the larynx, that at first was always fine, then
more violent and coarser; on swallowing, it disappeared but immediately
returned (after twenty-eight hours), [6].
► Much mucus is raised from the fauces
all day, consisting mostly of a discharge from the posterior nares

(after twenty-four hours), [7]. ► Accumulation of saliva in the fauces, [3]. ►
Swelling on the left side of the fauces and fine stitches while
swallowing, [13]. ► Tickling itching in the pharynx, and a
sensation as if a semifluid substance would rise from the pharynx into
the fauces, associated with a hollow cough and with waterbrash, also
violent, so that he was anxious and feared that he would faint, lasting
three minutes (after four hours and a half), [5]. ► He was
unable to swallow saliva, because it was always brought up again as by
nausea; was obliged to spit it out, [2].
[280.] ►
Cervical glands swollen, [1].

STOMACH.

►
Appetite and Thirst.
►
Very great desire to eat and drink for three days and a half, [6]. ►
Total aversion to smoking and snuffing tobacco, [2]. ► Much
thirst and no appetite, [11]. ► He has no desire to eat, but is very
thirsty, [1]. ► Great thirst in the evening (after
twenty-eight hours), [1]. ► Aversion to coffee and to smoking tobacco
through the whole action of the medicine, [2].
► Eructations. ► Eructations, [10]. ►
Eructations of only gas, [12]. ► Frequent eructations of gas always after
eating, [1]. [290.] ►
Sour eructations as far as the tongue, [11].
► Empty eructations, [3]. ► Nausea.
► Nausea, as if he had fasted a long
time, a kind of ravenous hunger, with nausea, [11]. ►
Qualmishness, [19]. ► Stomach. ►
Pressure in the stomach (after thirteen hours), [11]. ►
Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as from a lump, that disappeared
after pressure with the hand, and changed to pressure and tension in the
chest, [3]. ►
Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as if he would eructate and be
relieved thereby, but no eructations follow until he has swallowed air, [11]. ►
Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as from a weight lying upon it, [1]. ►
Stitches in the pit of the stomach during expiration, better while lying
than while sitting and walking, [1].
► Intermittent burning, sharp
stitches near the left side of the pit of the stomach, [4]. [300.] ► Dull intermittent stitches two fingers’
breadth to the left of the pit of the stomach (after one hour), [4]. ►
*Dull stitches in the pit of the stomach and oppression of the chest,
worse on inspiration
, [4].

ABDOMEN.

►
Hypochondrium.
► Stitches
in the hepatic region on walking rapidly and jumping, disappearing on
walking quietly, [9]. ► Umbilicus and Sides. ► Colic, as from a hard conglomerated
swelling in the umbilical region, in the evening, [1]. ► Cutting
colic in the umbilical region, several afternoons from 5 to 6, with
chilliness, diarrhœa, and much micturition, [1]. ► Griping
in the left side of the umbilical region (after ten hours), [11]. ►
Dull stitches to the left of the navel on inspiration, [4]. ► When
walking, a sticking near the left side of the umbilicus, [4]. ► Loud
rumbling in the left side of the abdomen, afterwards also in the right
side (after a quarter of an hour), [9].
► Violent cutting in the abdomen,
extending from both sides towards the middle, in the morning in bed,
with emission of flatus without relief, [2].
[310.] ►
Sharp rhythmical stitches deep internally in the right side below the
ribs, that cease when he takes a deep breath and return on expiration, [4]. ►
General Abdomen.
► Audible
rumbling in the abdomen (after forty hours), [5]. ►
Rumbling in the abdomen like the croaking of frogs (after four hours), [10]. ►
Rumbling, as from flatus, here and there in the lower abdomen, now and
then painful, [12]. ► Rumbling in the intestines before the
stool, that occurred twice in the morning and once in the evening, thin
and pasty (after six days), [14]. ► Flatus of the odor of bad eggs (after
several hours), [9]. ► Distressing sensation of fulness in the
abdomen after a very moderate meal, [12].
► Griping in the abdomen, that
extends like a stitch to the chest, with the emission of flatus (after
eighty-four hours), [5]. ► Griping in the whole abdomen when lying
down, so violent that he could not rest (after forty-four hours), [5]. ►
*Griping in the abdomen, as though all the intestines would be
constricted, that caused great anxiety and made respiration difficult

(after four, and seven days), [6].
[320.] ►
At one time griping, at another rumbling and gurgling, in the abdomen,
and during every paroxysm of pain of this kind, desire to urinate, which
was unchanged, though large quantities of urine were passed, for six
days (after fourteen, and fifteen days), [2].
► Violent griping in the abdomen,
immediately followed by a soft stool, that constantly became thinner,
which, however, was not effected without effort (after forty-nine
hours), [5]. ►
Wandering pressive griping in the abdomen, relieved after the emission
of flatus, about 3 P.M., three afternoons in succession, [6]. ► A
cutting and burrowing in the whole abdomen, that seems caused by sitting
down and dependent on incarceration of flatus; is felt less painfully on
rising from his seat, [4]. ► Pressive pinching pain in the abdomen, [5]. ►
Pinching stitches in the abdomen, with emission of flatus, immediately
followed by desire for stool (after half an hour), [5]. ► *Sharp
stitches, like spleens, in the abdomen, in the region of the os
innominatum, only when walking, and disappearing after thirty or forty
steps
, [7]. ► Slight burning in the whole of the
abdomen, with tasteless eructations, as if mingled with some water
(after two days and a half), [2]. ► During the emission of flatus, a
sensation as if a thin stool would pass at the same time, which,
however, did not happen, [12]. ► Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions. ► Painful pressure in the lower abdomen, as if it
would burst, especially in the evening before a soft stool, after which
it was somewhat relieved
(after nine days), [14]. [330.] ► Griping pain in the lower abdomen
(after eleven days), [3], [7]. ►
Sensation as if a great weight fell down in the lower abdomen; it seemed
especially to fall down on inspiration (after three hours), [11]. ►
Tearing drawings through the lower abdomen (after five days), [4]. ►
Stitches in the lower abdomen, above the pubis, with stitchlike
oppression of the chest, [1]. ► Cutting and sticking in the region of the
abdominal ring; the intestines protrude and remain protruding, like a
hernia (which formerly was seldom the case); the spot is painfully sore
on touch, [1]. ► Bruised pain in the groins and on the
upper portion of the inner side of the thigh, towards the perinæum, as
after a long ride on horseback in one unaccustomed to it (after three,
and four hours), [9]. ► A tensive pain in the right groin when
touched, [1]. ► Boring-digging pain in the right groin, [5]. ►
Dull stitch in the groin, [5]. ► Tensive stitch in the right groin only
when walking, [5]. [340.] ►
Boring stitch in the ilium, [5]. ► Dull intermittent stitches in the left
side, just above the ilium, [4]. ► A burning stitch on the margin of the
left ilium posteriorly, near the sacrum, on every inspiration, [4]. ►
Itching biting, fine stitches in the muscles of the left os innominatum,
[7]. ►
Itching in the left groin, [5].

RECTUM AND ANUS.

►
Pieces of thick mucus pass from the anus for two days; it seemed as
though flatus passed; the evacuation was composed of masses like
sheep-dung, and enveloped in mucus, [1].
► A cramplike pressure and straining
in the rectum, as if it were impossible to retain the stool (after three
hours), [9]. ►
Dull pressure in the rectum when not at stool, [6]. ►
Crawling in the anus and rectum, as from threadworms (after one hour), [11]. ►
*Itching in the anus and on the coccyx for many days
, with
difficulty relieved by scratching, [5].
[350.] ►
Itching in the anus, disappearing on scratching (after four hours and a
half), [5]. ► *Boring stitch in the perinæum
(after thirty-seven hours), [5]. ► Ineffectual urging in the abdomen for a
long time after a complete evacuation, [1].
► Frequent urging to stool, but he
was unable to pass anything (after four days), [2]. ►
Ineffectual desire for stool, after which the urging ceases, [12].

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