SPONGIA.
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Male. ► Painful drawing
stitches in the body of the penis out through the glans (after four
days), [5]. ►
Voluptuous itching on the tip of the glans penis, lasting several hours,
and provoking rubbing (after fifty-two hours), [7]. [210.] ► Itching and burning on the scrotum and
body of the penis, several times, [5].
►► *Pressive painful swelling of
the testicles (after ten and twenty-four hours), [1]. ►
*Simple pain in the testicles, also when touched, [1]. ►►
*A pinching, bruised, squeezing pain in the testicles, [1]. ►
*Large, somewhat blunt stitches shooting from the testicles into the
spermatic cords, [1]. ►► *Spermatic cords swollen, painful,
[1]. ►
Female. ► Twice after a
few doses, she miscarried at about six or eight weeks, but she did not
suspect the cause until she noticed afterwards that, whenever she took a
few doses, it brought on a flowing like the menses, which would continue
several days, [13]. ► Menses much too early and profuse
(immediately), [10].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
► *Dryness in the region of the larynx,
aggravated by hawking (after half an hour), [8]. ► A
pressive pain in the region of the larynx, while singing (after six
hours and a quarter), [4]. [220.] ►
Painful pressure above the thyroid cartilage, aggravated by touch
(immediately), [6]. ► Pressure in the larynx, in the evening
(fifth day), [12a]. ► *Immediately after taking the drug,
drawing towards and contraction in the larynx; in moving, severe
pressing in the larynx, as if with a nail; voice
cracked; hoarseness increasing, so that she can speak only with
difficulty; the larynx feels painful to the touch, as if swollen,
[12a]. ►
Scraping, burning, and constriction in the larynx, [11]. ► Fine
jerking stitches externally in the region of the larynx, at various
times, [5]. ►► *The region of the thyroid gland seems
indurated (after four days), [9].
► Sensation in the thyroid and
cervical glands on breathing, as if air forced in and out, [1]. ►
Voice. ►► *Hoarseness,
[1]. ►
*Voice cracked; hoarseness increasing, so that she can speak only with
difficulty (first day); voice
cracked (second day), [12a].
► Cough and Expectoration. ► *Cough and coryza, very violent, [1]. [230.]
►► *Incessant cough, from a place
low down in the chest, where it pains as if sore and bloody, from
coughing (after half an hour), [1].
► (Frequent cough, at night, for two
minutes, with a fretful look), [1].
► Hollow cough with some
expectoration, day and night, [2].
►► *Dry cough (after a
quarter of an hour), [1]. ►► *Dry cough, day and night, with burning
in the chest, as from something hot internally; after eating and
drinking the cough disappears, [1].
► *Expectoration of saltish-tasting slime
(second day); of much adhesive mucus, at 8.30 A.M. (third day), [12a]. ►
Respiration. ► Slow deep
respiration, as after exhaustion, lasting several minutes (after half an
hour), [1]. ►
After dancing, violent catching of the breath, very rapid sobbing
respiration, [1]. ►► *Difficult respiration, as if a plug were
sticking in the larynx, and the breath could not get through on account
of the constriction of the larynx (after half an hour), [11]. ►
(Great dyspnœa), (after ten days), [1].
CHEST.
[240.]
►► *Pain in the chest and bronchi,
with rawness in the throat, when coughing, [1]. ► Sudden
pain in the muscles of the chest and back, left side, at the same time
as if a broad pointed substance were being forced out (a broad
pressure), with many fine stitches (after three days), [9]. ► Painful
pressure beneath the short ribs, on coughing (after one hour), [4]. ►
Fine stitches on the chest externally, and on the arms, for several
days, [1]. ►
Sticking itching in the left chest, extending towards the shoulder
(after a quarter of an hour), [1].
► Pressure in the left side of the
chest, together with several stitches, during motion and rest, [3]. ►
A pinching jerk, from within outward, in the left side of the chest
(after twenty minutes), [9]. ► Sticking-pinching crawling in the left
side of the chest, in the region of the sixth and seventh ribs, which
are painful on external pressure (after ten hours), [9]. ► A
pressive-cutting pain in the left side of the chest, on deep
inspiration; felt but little at other times (after three days), [9]. ►
Boring stitch in the right costal muscles, persistent during inspiration
and expiration (after seven hours), [3].
[250.] ►
Violent needlelike stitches, from within outward, in the right side of
the chest (after fifty-six hours), [7].
► Transient painful stitches in the
right side of the chest; when rubbing the place it seems as though a
weight were drawn downward under the skin (after fifty hours), [7]. ►
Drawing stitches in the left side of the chest, while sitting, with the
back somewhat bent, but especially on deep slow inspiration (after five
days), [5]. ►
Drawing stitches beneath the second left rib, only when walking (after
eight hours), [3]. ► Violent intermittent stitches in the left
side of the chest (after one hour and three-quarters), [7]. ► In the
evening, induration of the left breast, at a space of two inches length
by half an inch thickness, painful to the touch, disappearing in the
morning (eighth day), [12a].
HEART AND PULSE.
►►
*Palpitation of the heart and rush of blood to the chest
(soon), [12a]. ► *Pulse increased in fulness and rapidity
(after half an hour), [3].
NECK AND BACK.
►
Neck. ► Stiffness of the
neck, when stooping or turning the head, [11].
► *Painful sensation of stiffness in the
left side of the neck on turning the head to the right side
(after half an hour), [4]. [260.] ►
Pain as if the cervical glands near the larynx and trachea were swelling
(after three hours), [1]. ► Sensation as if the cervical glands would
become swollen (after fourteen hours), [1].
► After opening the mouth wide, and
biting the teeth together hard, a painful cramp in the cervical muscles,
which forcibly drew the jaw downward, with a heaviness in the
articulation, as if it would be put out of joint, [5]. ►
Frequently recurring pressive-cracking pain in the left side of the nape
of the neck close to the scapula, not affected by any motion (after
seven hours and a half), [4]. ► Cracking in the nape of the neck on
stooping (after sixteen hours), [5].
► Slight intermittent pressure in the
right side of the neck, as if the skin were pressed between the fingers;
the region of the jugular vein is also painful to external touch, [6]. ►
Tension in the cervical muscles, especially on the right side, on
bending the head backward (after three days), [9]. ► Painful
tension in the left side of the neck, near the larynx, on turning the
head to the right side (after one hour and a half), [9]. ► Jerking
in the right cervical muscles, while lying down (after twenty-four
hours), [3]. ►
A transient stitch in the left side of the neck (after one hour and a
quarter), [9]. [270.] ►
Large slow stitches in the right cervical muscles, immediately on waking
from sleep, disappearing on swallowing, and then immediately returning
(after twenty-three hours), [4]. ► Drawing needlelike stitches through the
left side of the neck (after sixty hours), [9]. ► Back.
► Pain in the back, followed by
palpitation all day, previous to the menses, [1]. ► A
pressive sensation, extending upward and downward through the spine,
while sitting erect (after six hours), [4].
► Dorsal. ► Pain in the scapulæ, as if pierced by
something sharp, a constant sticking pain associated with soreness
(after a quarter of an hour), [9].
► Extremely painful fleeting stitch
on the right scapula (after seventeen hours), [3]. ► Lumbar.
► The small of the back and nates are
very numb, [1]. ► Pressive pain in the small of the back,
only when walking, especially on stepping with the left foot (after a
quarter of an hour), [5]. ► Violent stitch in the small of the back, [1]. ►
During stool, pressure in the lumbar region, caused by flatus (after
thirty-six hours), [9]. [280.] ►
Dull stitches in the right lumbar muscles (after six hours), [3]. ►
Sacral. ► Fine tearing on
the sacrum, from right to left, and from below upward, only while
sitting (after five days), [5]. ► Dull pain at the union of the right ilium
and sacrum, while standing (after twenty-seven hours), [5].
EXTREMITIES.
►
Stretching of the upper and lower extremities (after a quarter of an
hour), [1]. ►
Constant weakness and bruised sensation in all the limbs, especially in
the muscles of the lower extremities (after two hours), [8].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Stretching of the arms (after
three-quarters of an hour), [1]. ► (Burning in the arms and hands), [1]. ►
Shoulder. ► Twitching of the
muscles about the left shoulder-joint, [3]. ► Fine
stitches in the axilla, while sitting (after one hour), [9]. ► Burning
on the left shoulder (after sixteen hours), [5]. ► Arm.
[290.] ►
Sticking drawing through the upper arms (after a quarter of an hour), [9]. ►
Elbow. ► Pressive pain in
the tip of the left elbow (after three-quarters of an hour), [1]. ►
Stitches in the elbow-joint, on motion, [1].
► On flexing the arm, a stitch in the
tip of the elbow, followed by tearing in the joint, so long as the arm
remained bent, [1]. ► Forearm. ►
Trembling of the forearms and hands (after a few minutes), [9]. ►
Heaviness of the forearms (after half an hour), [9]. ►
Cramplike pain, with slow bubbling on the upper part of the forearm,
below the elbow, especially when leaning upon the arm (after three
days), [9]. ►
Drawing pain in the forearms, [1].
► Pain in the left forearm, as if the
bones were compressed (after one hour), [1].
► Violent boring-outward stitches in
the internal muscles of the right forearm (after half an hour), [7]. ►
Wrist. [300.] ► Drawing pressive pain upon the right
wrist (after six hours), [4]. ► Violent drawing in the left wrist (after
three days), [1]. ► A decaying sensation in and above the
wrists (after three-quarters of an hour), [9].
► Tensive pain in the left wrist,
during rest and motion (after a quarter of an hour), [1]. ► Several
stitches in the right wrist, during rest (after a quarter of an hour), [1]. ►
Hand and Fingers. ►
Swelling of the hands; she could not bend the fingers, [1]. ►
Pressive pain in the first finger-joints of the right hand (after a
quarter of an hour), [1]. ► Pinching drawing inward in one point in
the middle of the palm of the hand (after a few minutes), [9]. ► The
middle joint of the left middle finger was thick and red, and tense on
bending it, [1]. ► Cramplike pain in the ball of the right thumb,
lasting all day, and on moving the hand, also extending into the thumb
(after one, fourteen and a half, and twenty-five hours), [7]. [310.] ► Cramplike pain in the ball of the left
thumb, only on moving the hand, all day (after six hours), [7]. ►
Painful drawing in the first phalanx of the left thumb, extending into
the forearm (after one hour and a half), [5].
► A constant stitch, associated with
sore pain, in the last joint of the thumb (after one hour and a half), [9]. ►
The tips of the index fingers lose sensation without becoming pale
(after three-quarters of an hour), [9].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► The lower extremities seem quite stiff, [1]. ►
Weariness of the lower extremities (after half an hour), [8]. ► Thigh.
► Sudden jerkings of muscular fibres
in the right nates, [5]. ► Tension in the upper end of the thigh, on
every step, as though a muscle were too short, always accompanied by a
stitch (after a quarter of an hour), [9].
► Drawing in the thighs and legs,
during the menses, [1]. ► Pain on the inner side of the thigh above
the right knee, a pressure extending backward (after a quarter of an
hour), [1]. [320.] ►
Sharp pulsating stitches through the right thigh, above the knee, in the
morning in bed (after twenty-two hours), [9].
► Constant drawing stitches in the
upper part of the thigh, just below the left groin, especially when
walking (after two hours and a half), [5].
► A violent stitch boring outward in
the forepart of the right thigh, near the hip (after eight hours), [7]. ►
Fine excessive acute stitch in the inner side of the right thigh (after
fifty-four hours), [5]. ► Knee. ►
Weakness of the knees, as if they would give way while walking, though
he stood firmly upon his feet (after four hours), [4]. ►
Heaviness in the knee-joints, noticed when walking (after one hour), [9]. ►
Jerking, like drawing pressure, in the hollow of the left knee, only on
bending the knee, and alternating with a similar sensation in the axilla
(after six hours), [4]. ► Violent drawing in the left knee,
followed by profuse perspiration, at night, [1]. ►
Pressive pain in external tendons of the flexors of the right popliteus,
worse while walking than while sitting (after seven and nine hours), [5]. ►
Sticking, with pressive pain above the right knee (when sitting), (after
four hours), [4]. [330.] ►
Dull sticking in the left knee, in the evening when lying down (also
continuing during motion), lasting a quarter of an hour (after forty-one
hours), [7]. ► Leg. ►
Great excitement and uneasiness in both legs; was frequently obliged to
change the position (after sixteen hours and a quarter), [5]. ► Falling
asleep, first of the right, then of the left leg, after a slight nap at
noon; on attempting to walk, the left leg was spasmodically drawn up
towards the thigh; even while sitting he was unable to hold it
outstretched, for it became spasmodically drawn backward (after five
days), [5]. ►
Sensation on the lower portion of the left tibia as if a weight were
hanging upon it, while walking rapidly (after three days), [9]. ►
Tearing sensation of heaviness in the left tibia, close to the ankle
(after thirty-four hours), [4]. ► Tearing in the tibia the whole afternoon,
[1]. ►
Sharp stitches in the right calf, while walking (after one hour and a
half), [9]. ► Ankle. ►
Drawing tearing, extending from the right ankle to the knee (after eight
hours and a half), [5]. ► Tearing in the malleoli; the feet are as
heavy as lead, extending up into the tibiæ, [1]. ► Foot.
► Drawing pain, extending from the
sole of the right foot up into the thigh (after eleven hours and a
half), [5]. [340.] ►
Crawling in the sole of the left foot, coming on while walking, and not
disappearing while sitting (after one hour), [9]. ►
Pressive pain in the right heel, aggravated by walking (after one hour
and a half), [7]. ► Violent needlelike stitch, extending out
of the right heel, while standing (after half an hour), [7]. ►
Needlelike stitches, extending upward, in the right heel, while sitting
(after six hours), [7]. ► Violent intermittent needlelike stitches
from within outward, in the left heel, while standing, disappearing on
motion (after one hour), [7]. ► (Needlelike stitches in the heels, while
sitting after a long walk, lasting an hour), [1].
GENERALITIES.
►
*After some exertion she suddenly became weak; the chest was especially affected, she could scarcely
talk; became hot in the face and
nauseated; after a few hours heaviness of the head, [1]. ►
*After moderate motion in the open air she suddenly became weak and sank
upon a chair; with great anxiety, nausea, paleness of the face,
short sighing respiration, with surging of the
heart into the chest, as if it would force out upward; with
involuntary closing of the eyes, almost spasmodic, and forcing out of
tears from between the closed lashes; she was conscious, but unable to
make the will act upon the body, [1].
►► *After every even slight motion
of the body she became weak, with orgasm of blood in the chest, the face
became hot, the body began to glow, the vessels were hard and distended,
and her breath left her; only after resting a long time could she again
recover herself, [1]. ► Great weariness and inclination to sleep
(after one hour), [5]. [350.] ►
Weariness of the whole body, especially of the arms, [1]. ► *Extreme
exhaustion of body and mind; she prefers to be perfectly indolent, and
to rest, [1]. ► *So great heaviness of the body, that while
walking in the open air, he was obliged to sit down upon the ground,
without sleepiness (after nine hours), [7]. ► He
awoke, with bruised pain over the whole body, [1]. ► Bruised
feeling in the upper part of the body (after twenty-four hours), [1]. ►
Feeling of numbness of the lower half of the body, [1]. ► Painful
stitches in various parts of the body, provoking scratching (after
forty-nine hours), [5]. ► *She feels best when resting in a horizontal
position, [1].
SKIN.
►
Objective. ► Causes an
itching eruption on the skin, and red itching spots, [1]. ► Red
swelling of the right antitragus, with a pimple which discharges like an
ulcer for nine days; the ear is painful to external pressure (after
twenty-four hours), [1]. [360.] ►
Eruption on the tip of the nose and on the lips, [1]. ► An
inflamed node in the left concha, just at the entrance of the meatus,
which at last becomes covered with a scab and is painful to touch, for
several days, [5]. ► Several large pimples, painful to
pressure, on the neck beneath the chin (after twelve hours), [1]. ►
Boil, painful to touch, on the left ear (after one hour), [11]. ► Large
blisters on the right forearm, [1].
► Subjective. ► Creeping in the skin, always in a small
spot, often lasting a minute, in different parts of the body at any time
of day, after which the spot becomes red and hot, followed by biting
itching, as from a flea (without stinging), followed by development of
urticaria-like blisters, not relieved by scratching, but rather seeming
to last longer after scratching (after two hours), [1]. ►
Constant violent burning on the chin beneath the right corner of the
mouth, as if an eruption would appear; aggravated when the skin is made
tense (after six hours), [5]. ► A burning itching which provokes
scratching, especially on the back, at night; he only slumbers, and
constantly tosses about, with thirstless heat over the whole body,
especially towards morning, [9]. ► Here and there over the whole body,
persistent itching stitches, as from a very fine needle, which provoked
rubbing, but was not relieved thereby, [9].
► Constant prickling itching in the
left axilla, while sitting (after five hours), [5]. [370.] ► A constant prickling itching provoking
scratching in the hollows of the knees, while walking (after five
hours), [5]. ►
Tickling itching of the left thigh, close to the groin, obliging him to
rub it (after two hours and a half), [7].
► Biting itching on the chest,
especially when feeling cold, on the pit of the stomach, on the back,
lower portion of the upper arms, at other times only on the feet; on
rubbing, the spots became red, and for a short time the biting is
aggravated then blisters formed, but soon disappeared, [1]. ► If she
scratches the itching spot, the itching occurs in many other parts, [1]. ►
Itching over the whole body, as on the outbreak of perspiration, which
provokes rubbing, and constantly recurs, in the morning on waking (after
forty-eight hours), [7]. ► Itching on the left cheek (after half an
hour), [1]. ►
Itching on the ball of the left thumb, not relieved by rubbing (after
three-quarters of an hour), [1]. ► Voluptuous itching on the backs of the
toes of the right foot, provoking scratching, in the morning on waking
(after twenty-four hours), [7].
SLEEP.
►
Sleepiness. ► Sleepiness with
yawning, without inactivity, in the afternoon (after eight,
and thirty-three hours), [7]. ► Sleeplessness. ►
At night almost wholly sleepless, with frightful dreams of death and
murder (sixth night), [5]. [380.] ►
Sleepless till midnight, [1]. ► Frequent waking, as from fright, at
night, [7]. ►
Very short sleep, with many dreams, four nights in succession; he woke
about midnight, but could not fall asleep again on account of
uneasiness, since, till morning, he only needed to close his eyes to be
wide awake; the most vivid images passed before him; at one time it
seemed as if a battery were discharged; at another, everything was
enveloped in flames; at another; scientific subjects crowded upon his
mind; in short, numerous subjects were mingled in his fancy, which
immediately disappeared on opening his eyes, but returned on closing
them, [5]. ►
He could not sleep; as soon as he fell asleep he was full of reveries
and fancies, his forehead seemed thick and sore to touch, a pressive
pain over the eye, aggravated by stooping, as if everything would press
out at the forehead; he seemed chilly and cold in the back; this lasted,
with chilliness, for twenty-four hours, [1].
► Towards morning, starting out of
sleep from a shock experienced in the direction from the trachea
upwards, as if she would be suffocated, passing off on sitting up in bed
(first night), [12a]. ► Attacks; starting out of sleep from a
sudden lacing together in the larynx, as if she would be smothered, so
that she must sit up quickly and hawk strongly and hastily, after which
the attack goes off, at 10.30 P.M. (second night), [12a]. ► A
little after 5 A.M., starting out of sleep from sudden burning,
compressing drawing towards the throat, accompanied with anxiety,
disappearing on sitting up in bed (fourth morning), [12a]. ►
Several times she spoke aloud during sleep, though not anxious, [1]. ►
Dreams. ► Sleep interrupted by
dreams, [7]. ► Vexatious and lachrymose anxious dreams, [1]. [390.]
► Fatiguing dreams, [1]. ► Sad
dreams, [1].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► Shivering
and chilliness over the whole body, especially on the back, though he
stood by a warm stove, without thirst, lasting two hours (after half,
and twenty-two hours and a half), [5].
► Cold feeling on scalp of vertex, at
11.15 A.M. (second day), [14]. ► Coldness, paleness, and sweat of the
face, with heat of the whole body, [1].
► Violent chilliness in the back, not
relieved by the warmth of the stove (after one hour and a half), [5]. ►
A feeling of coldness on the back, in the region of the last ribs (after
three-quarters of an hour), [9]. ► Cold hands, [1]. ►
Sensation of coldness in the lower extremities, [1]. ► Heat.
► Fever; in the morning, first pain
in the head and abdomen, followed by violent shaking chill, with cold
blue hands and some thirst; afterwards, while lying down, a dry burning
heat, with some thirst and much restless slumbering, for thirty-six
hours; throughout the night, while awake and moving, nausea and vertigo;
at intervals of twelve hours slight perspiration, when from time to time
the heat moderated; afterwards, tearing and sticking in the left eye and
left cheek, and eruption on the lips, [1].
[400.] ►
*Several attacks of heat, with anxiety, daily; pain in the præcordial
region; weeping an inconsolable; she longed to die on the spot,
[1]. ►
*Sudden apprehensive warmth over the whole body, with heat and redness
of the face and perspiration (after half an hour), [10]. ►
Increased warmth of the whole body, with thirst, [1]. ► Violent
heat on the forehead, alternating with shivering on the back, without
thirst, in the afternoon (after ten hours), [8]. ►
Sensation of burning heat in the forehead, without externally
perceptible heat, with hard rapid pulse, for half an hour (after a
quarter of an hour), [8]. ► Violent one-sided heat of the face, that
was renewed even on thinking of it, [1].
► Flushing heat of the face and in
the blood, and nervous excitement, [1].
► He was feverish in his limbs and
inclined to stretch (after thirty hours), [3].
► Sweat. ►
He lay in perspiration all over, in the morning on waking (after
twenty-five hours), [7]. ► Cold perspiration on the face, and at the
same time increased sensation of warmth through the whole body, in the
evening while sitting, [1].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Outward-pressive sensation in
throat; after eating, cutting in upper abdomen; in bed, stitches through
right thigh; on waking, itching, perspiration all over. ► (Afternoon),
Headache; pressure in pit of stomach; tearing in tibia; heat in
forehead. ► (Evening),
Sticking in eyes; while eating, pain from left articulation of jaw to
cheek; in bed, stitches from jaw into ear, outward-pressive sensation in
throat; thirst for cold water; after eating, cutting in lower abdomen. ► (Night),
Cough; itching on back. ► (Bending head backward), Tension in cervical
muscles. ► (Coughing),
Pain in chest and bronchi. ► (After eating), Sticking in throat; difficulty
and fulness in abdomen. ► (Entering warm room from open air), Headache
in right half of brain. ► (Expiration), Stitches in lower abdomen. ► (Hawking),
Dryness in larynx. ► (Deep inspiration), Pain in left side of
chest; stitches in left side of chest. ►
(Lying down), Headache in right
parietal bone; jerking in right cervical muscles. ►
(During menses), Drawing in thighs
and legs. ► (Motion),
Stitches in forehead and occiput; bristling of hair on vertex; stitches
in elbow-joint. ► (Moving eyes), Sticking pain in left external
canthus. ► (Moving
hand), Pain in ball of left thumb. ►
(Pressure), Strangulated feeling in
left side of abdomen. ► (Sitting), Vertigo; pain in left side of
forehead; contraction in left side below stomach; pain in abdominal
rings; pain in upper abdomen; griping in abdomen; pain in left groin;
tearing on sacrum; stitches on heels. ►
(Staring at a point), Headache and
lachrymation. ► (Before stool), Stitches in anus and rumbling
in abdomen. ► (Stooping), Heaviness and fulness in head;
pain in upper abdomen; stitches in lower abdomen; stiffness of neck;
cracking in nape of neck. ► (Swallowing), Pain in goitre. ► (Touch),
Pressure above thyroid cartilage. ► (Turning head), Stiffness of neck. ► (Walking),
Stitches in forehead; heaviness in occiput; pain in right groin; drawing
stitches beneath second left rib; pain in small of back; stitches in
upper part of thigh; pain in tendon of right popliteus; stitches in
right calf; crawling in sole of foot; pain in left heel. ► (Walking in open
air), Pain in left ear. ►
Amelioration. ► (Emission of flatus), Griping in abdomen. ► (Resting in a
horizontal position), Feels best. ►
(Rising from sitting), Pain in left
side of forehead. ► (Touch), Pain in left of external canthus.® 2000
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