Hand Book of Materia Medica and
Homśopathic Therapeutics.By T. F. Allen.
Presented by .
Argentum Metallicum.
Pure precipitated silver is prepared for use by
trituration with sugar of milk.
General Action :- ►
Silver exerts
a marked and general action on the mucous membranes from the pharynx
through stomach and bowels, genito-urinary tract and respiratory
apparatus. ► Independently also it seems to cause spinal
irritability, with numerous pains in body and extremities, with tendency
to spasmodic action of muscles.
Allied Drugs :- ►
Aluminium,
Ferrum, Zincum,
Lyc., Chin., Sulf., Gelsem., Hyperic., Agaric.
Generalities :- ►
Electric
shocks, through upper part of body, in forenoon, exploding close to
foramen magnum (Compare Chin., Sulf.).
► Twitching and pulsation of several muscles, especially in right
thigh ; of right temporal, right frontal muscles, muscles of neck
near thyroid cartilage and towards nape, it repelled the hand, with
quivering pain.►
Burrowing, tensive, stiff, bruised and
broken feeling in bones. ► Drawing pain, now in left forehead, now
in occiput, now in left elbow, when a rest ; alternately in different
joints, upper arm, calf and forehead, when at rest. ► Soreness
between nates, around anus and in groin, when walking. ► Painful
tension alternating between tendon of right psoas and triceps humeris,
with bruised pain on pressure.►
►
Weakness in morning on waking (Chin.,
Alumin.), with depression ; after waking, especially of
upper arm ; at 11 A.M., especially of upper
arms, with sleepiness ; when sitting or walking, especially of
thighs, with sleepiness ; when walking in open air, with heat and
anguish as if the clothes were too tight ; paralytic weakness on
motion ; in limbs in morning, amel. rising, with tensive bruised pain
in nape. ► The attacks recur every day at
noon (Gelsem.).
Clinical :- ►
General
tendency to emaciation, with sallow, pale complexion. ► General
anćmia, with śdematous feet. ► Rheumatic pain in limbs and back,
generally agg. lying down. ► General loss of power, threatening
paralysis.
Mind :- ►
►
Cheerful and talkative (reaction). ► Merry when pleased,
but crying long about a trifle. ► Ill-humored.
Head :- ►
(Stitches in morning,
with redness of one eye.). ► Shooting and tearing. ► Stinging
burning pain in head. ► Intoxicated condition ; dizzy sleepy
intoxication. ► Creeping and crawling as if tipsy. ► Dizzy
stupefaction. ► Confusion ; at 10 A.M. ;
as from smoke in brain ; as from vertigo. ► Hollow feeling,
with aching in brain and chilliness. ► Soreness on pressure. ►
Vertigo, with difficulty in controlling his senses ; when
sitting and reflecting ; on coming in from a walk, with
shivering ; suddenly, with mist before eyes
(Gelsem.).
Forehead :- ►
Tearing in
right ; deep in right eminence, extending towards right temple ;
in left eminence ; under left eminence, with compression in globe of
eye. ► Aching, with
drawing pressure in occiput and stupor ; over brown ;
deep in right eminence extending obliquely to right temporal region ;
drawing, in eminences. ► Intermittent boring anteriorly in left
side, agg. evening after lying down.
Temples :- ►
Cutting stitches in
skull or on surface of brain, in front of left ear, forward. ►
Tearing in left ; region of right and left bone,
agg. tough ; in left bone and over left mastoid process. ►
Aching in left ; externally in bones ; over right ear,
extending backward, with drawing ; drawing, in left temple, also at
rest, also when sitting. ► Pinching
in right, with intermittent stitches extending inward. ► Drawing
downward from mastoid process for an inch, amel. on pressure when at rest.
Parietals :- ►
Aching externally
in bones ; externally in left bones ; drawing throbbing, deep in
right half of brain during rest ; drawing, in left side of head, as
if in brain substance, at 8 P.M. when crossing the
room, becoming a tearing as if a nerve were torn out, ending suddenly.
► Drawings deep in right half of brain in evening, increasing to
tearings and extending towards forehead and occiput.
Occiput :- ►
Drawing pain in left
when at rest, alternating with the same in ball of left thumb ;
drawing pain externally from bone obliquely across right temporal bone to
middle of frontal bone ; between left protuberance and mastoid
process when at rest.
Clinical :- ►
Attacks
of vertigo, with crawling and whirling in head as if intoxicated ;
on looking at running water ; feeling of emptiness in head.
Eyes :- ►
(Redness and thickness
of lids.). ► Sticking vertically through left upper lid in
afternoon ; in canthi ; left inner canthus at 3 P.M. ;
left canthi, with itching. ► Itching in inner canthi ;
stinging, in canthi.
Clinical :- ►
Sometimes useful in blepharitis, but rarely in purulent ophthalmia, the
edges of the lids thickened.
Ears :- ►
►
Stitches in fossa behind right lobule, penetrating head ;
inward in fossa behind left lobule ; cutting, in left middle, as far
as brain. ► Tearing over left. ►
Drawing pain within left ; in fossa behind right lobule,
extending downward in a crescent form, during rest ; drawing pain
from fossa under right lobule to skin of cheek, extending to lower jaw, as
if in periosteum ; intermittent drawing, in fossa behind left
lobule ; drawing, extending downward from mastoid process, amel. at
rest on pressure. ► Stopped sensation in right.
Nose :- ►
Throbbing in fore part
of left nostril, with tension in external skin of nose as if bones were
compressed and tickling prickling in left nostril, causing violent
sneezing. ► Biting in left nostril. ► Irritation as if a cold
would come on. ► Obstruction in fore part. ►
Tingling and itching in, then bleeding. ► Fluent coryza ; with
frequent sneezing. ► Bleeding on blowing nose.
Face :- ►
Stitches in right
malar-bone. ► Tearing on left zygoma ; drawing
T. in right zygoma. ► Gnawing pressure in bones of right
side, especially malar bone. ► Drawing pain in muscles, especially
in region of cheek-bones. ► Throbbing over left cheek, as if muscles
would be raised, with swollen feeling in left cheek, chilly burning in
skin, and redness of both cheeks. ►
Swelling of lip under nose (Hep.,
Merc. c.). ► Cutting stitches inward under right lower
jaw, apparently in gland.
Mouth :- ►
Teeth :- ►
Lower row sticks to
upper, as if covered with sticky cement (Zinc.).
► Aching in the hollow left lower wisdom tooth ; in an incisor
on pressure forward. ► Gum painful, agg. touch. ► Tongue, sore
and burning vesicle (Lyc.) ;
dryness, and of hard palate ; dry in middle ; dry feeling, with
moisture ; burning on tip, in afternoon. ►
Mouth dry. ► Salivation morning in bed during afternoon
nap, then dryness of mouth so the tongue stuck to the palate ; with
shaking chill ; viscid, impeding speech.
Clinical :- ►
Sticky,
tough saliva on palate, causing scratching.
Throat :- ►
►
Swelling of region of submaxillary gland, making neck stiff, with tension
on motion and difficult swallowing as from internal swelling of throat.
► Mucus, viscid, gray, jelly-like in
morning, easily hawked up (Alumina).
► Cutting towards parotid gland as after an acrid acid, when
chewing, felt in Eustachian tube. ► Boring and digging. ►
Drawing pain in right submaxillary and parotid glands ; drawing pain
in left parotid gland. ► Rawness and
sourness ; during expiration and deglutition. ►
Roughness, with scratching. ► Scraping constantly in
velum pendulum palati, as if a rough body were glued to it, worse during
empty swallowing than when swallowing a morsel, forcing him to swallow
saliva, afterwards descending deeper into fauces. ►
Painful tension when yawning, as from a swelling. ►
Itching crawling in pharyngeal orifice of right Eustachian tube, extending
to tympanum, right then left (Compare Gels.).
► Pulsation of carotids, agg. left. ► Nausea, then general
heat, especially about head with red face, without thirst.
Clinical :- ►
Catarrhal sore throat. ► Chronic pharyngeal catarrh, with hawking
of jelly-like mucus which is viscid and gray, agg. morning. ►
Rawness and soreness when coughing, not on swallowing.
Stomach :- ►
Hunger in
morning ; at 6.30 on waking ; in forenoon, with nausea as from
emptiness of stomach and scraping irritation in bronchial tubes, causing
dry cough ; during afternoon nap, with nausea ; with nausea,
contraction of pharynx and inclination to swallow saliva ; with
drawing-in of pit of stomach. ► Excessive
appetite ; even when stomach feels full (Lyc.) ;
in paroxysms. ► Appetite gone ; in morning ; gone, with
loathing of food when thinking of it. ► (Great desire for wine).
► Hiccough when smoking. ► Nausea ; caused by anxious
dreams. ► Retching, by which a bitter, acrid, bad-tasting liquid is
brought into mouth, leaving behind scratching, roughness and burning in
fauces. ► Vomiting in afternoon during stool.►
Pinching over S. and in left
hypochondrium. ► Pressure in pit. ► Burning ; sudden in
pit, when standing and reading, with dull compression of brain from all
sides, approaching vertigo, nausea in region of sternum, sudden heat in
whole body, but more in face, and sweat on chest and face.
Abdomen :- ►
Painful distention
at night, amel. emission of flatus (Lyc.).
► Rumbling ; at night, with emission of flatus ; with
fermenting, as if water were poured from one intestine to another. ►
Cutting transversely across internally. ► Contractive
pain when sitting after morning stool. ► Pain as in diarrhśa.
► Tension in muscles when walking, so that he has to stoop, with
contraction. ► Burning in morning as far as chest.►
Flatulence in upper, with fulness and
hungry feeling (Lyc.). ►
Tympanic distension of right side of A., with bruised pain in hard
pressure, amel. emission of flatus. ►
Rumbling in left like the croaking of frogs. ► Stitching
between right hypochondrium and epigastrium, then hunger and rumbling in
bowels ; cutting in rings, extending outward in muscles near two last
ribs, ending in pinching, amel. rubbing. ► Bruised feeling on left
surface when walking, with sprained feeling.
Hypogastrium :- ►
Stitches
extending backward. ► Pressure after beginning to ear, extending
towards pubic region, agg. during inspiration, amel. rising from the seat.
► Drawing pain through right inguinal ring, down to testicles, at 4 P.M.,
during rest, with pasty stool ; drawing tensive in right inguinal
region, along psoas muscle when at rest. ► Straining during and
after a soft stool ; sensation in bend of left groin as if tendon of
psoas muscle were strained, with bruised pain on pressure. ►
Bruised pain in groin over left hip and on left side of pelvis.
► Boring just over right groin. ► Tension in left iliac
region, along psoas muscles ; in left groin and thigh, with drawing.
Pelvis :- ►
Drawing stitches in
right towards back part, during rest. ► Drawing pain externally on
left posterior part, during rest. ► Drawing on right side of
posterior brim, and in small of back. ► Sprained pain around back of
left, on motion ; on external posterior rim on motion after
rising ; on left posterior surface of outer rim (at insertion of
gluteus maximus) in afternoon after walking, renewed at every step ;
at back, agg. left side, caused by difficult stool and micturition.
► Bruised pain around back of left ; bruised and sprained pelvis on
left surface when walking.
Rectum :- ►
►
Frequent and successful desire for stool in lower part, with small soft
stool.
Anus :- ►
Sensation as if a worm
forced its way through sphincter (Ferrum).
► Sensation as if a living thread-worm hung out, which on stooping
caused itching (Sulph.), but no need
to scratch. ► Itching at 8 P.M. while walking,
and along fossa between nates. ► Feeling as if small bubbles of air
escaped.
Stool :- ►
Brownish-yellow,
pasty, with ineffectual pressure at end. ►
Dry and like sand after dinner. ► Hard, insufficient.
► Frequent, preceded by pinching and urging, the last almost diarrhśic.
► Difficult.
Urinary Organs :- ►
►
Micturition frequent ; and copious (Gels.).
► Burning when urinating. ► Stitch forward in urethra.
Clinical :- ►
Polyuria, diabetes insipidus and possibly glycosuria, urine very profuse
and turbid, of sweet odor.
Sexual Organs :- ►
Tearing along
spermatic cord into testicles at 4 P.M., when
resting after a walk. ► Crushed pain in
right testicle when walking, agg.
pressure of clothes (Rhod., Zinc.) ;
in testicles in evening in bed. ► Bruised
pain in left testicle. ► Digging deep in substance of
right testicle when at rest, with fear and anxiety. ► Desire
diminished. ► Emissions at night ; without lewd dreams ;
incomplete, in sleep.
Clinical :- ►
Seminal
emissions without sexual excitement or with loss of sexual power.
► Chronic fleet. ► Affections of left ovary, it feels as if
it were very large. ► Prolapsus of uterus with great being down
and pain in left ovary, pain extending up back and down left thigh, with
leucorrhśa, yellow, excoriating, ichorous, of an intolerable odor.
► In women suffering from uterine disease, pain in joints and
limbs. ► Ulceration of uterus, cervix swollen, spongy, corroded,
with foul discharge. ► Palliative in scirrhus of uterus. ►
Sore feeling extending to the whole abdomen agg. riding in a carriage.
Respiratory Organs :- ►
Crashing,
shattering, with a reverberation (like that heard from ice breaking up in
the spring). ► Mucus on laughing, causing
cough. ► Mucus in air-passages on stooping, expelled by a single
cough. ► Pain in cricoid cartilage, caused by a draft,
with feeling of a stopper in throat and bruised pain on pressure. ►
Cutting in windpipe, becoming a stitch, causing shocks of cough,
watery expectoration with the cough.►
Cough (in morning). ► Hacking, dry
cough in morning after rising. ► Attacks of
short rattling C. by day, amel. at night and in open air, with thick,
white, easy expectoration, looking
like boiled starch (Agar.).
► On inspiration two tones (as from a bassoon, low and high), at the
same time low down in throat, in evening before sleep.
Clinical :- ►
Loss of
voice after singing or talking. ► Chronic hoarseness, cannot
speak ; larynx feels sore, and there is expectoration of gray
gelatinous mucus, the rawness extends as far as the bifurcation of the
trachea. ► When eating fruit it seems as if a little piece
stuck ; it feels in upper and front part as if something lay in a
little spot, almost as if chilling and somewhat pressing, which
constantly irritates him to cough, without being removed by doing so. ►
Rawness and soreness in upper part of larynx when coughing, not when
swallowing (Brom.).
► Feeling of a raw spot in windpipe, in region of suprasternal
fossa, agg. speaking, talking or singing. ► Cough from laughing.
► Cough caused by irritation in larynx and trachea and from
accumulation of mucus, the expectoration is characteristic, looking like
grayish, boiled starch or like gray jelly. ► A valuable remedy for
the chronic laryngitis of singers and speakers, the expectoration is
characteristic.
Chest :- ►
Twitching from right
anterior clavicular region towards shoulder-joint (in a fibre of
pectoralis major) during rest. ► Stitches under left third true
rib ; between right sixth and seventh true ribs, agg. deep
inspiration ; under left last ribs ; near right nipple ;
beneath right nipple ; on right side near handle of sternum ;
under xiphoid cartilage, outward in right side,
when sitting, arresting breathing ; boring stitches in
right axilla ; cutting transversely across below left last rib, when
stooping sideways and leaning on arm ; drawing, as in an ulcer, in
lowest rib near spine ; extending outward inside upper part of
sternum ; intermittent, under cartilages of left last true ribs, over
pit of stomach, evening in bed, as if in pleura, in prćcordial
region ; pressing, on right side of chest and sternum, agg. deep
inspiration.►
Tearing beneath right axilla. ►
Cutting on left side, near pit of stomach, in cartilages of false ribs,
morning in bed, changing to a pain in same place of right side, which is
more like an indistinct pressure ; on left of pit of stomach,
extending across cartilages of false ribs, morning after waking, with
bruised pain on pressure ; outward in both sides, in region of lowest
ribs, agg. deep inspiration ; horizontal, on left side, in cartilage
of false rib, when quiet after breakfast. ►
Pinching in spot below right axilla at noon while at rest, with
bruised pain after pressure ; sticking pinching in left side of
sternum, agg. sitting bent. ► Aching externally in sternum ;
internally on middle of sternum, agg. motion, especially stooping and then
rising again ; over heart, with oppression ; spasmodic, in ribs,
with tension ; drawing below right axilla during rest after dinner,
with bruised pain on strong pressure ; as if something pressed hard
on right ribs ; pressing outward in spot under second or third right
rib, during deep inspiration ; cramplike in left ; then soreness on
touch. ► Oppression. ► Sprained feeling in posterior wall of
right axilla on exertion, amel. rest ; cutting sprained feeling in
cartilage of left false rib, horizontally across rib, near pit of stomach.
► Gnawing scratching on left side when at rest. ► Mucus, with
cough and expectoration.
Heart :- ►
►
Spasmodic twitching of cardiac muscle, agg. lying on back, with
the thought that he would have apoplexy. ► (Oppressive burning in
region.). ► Pulse quick in evening in bed, with thirst.
Neck :- ►
Pressure on left outer
side when walking in open air. ► Drawing pain in right side close to
foramen magnum. ► Tensive bruised feeling along sterno-cleido
muscles in morning when stretched, on sitting in open air. ► Stiff
feeling in nape, with drawing and pressing on occiput. ► Painful
tension on both sides of foramen magnum in morning after waking, agg.
motion.
Back :- ►
Cutting stitches at
ends of right ribs, near spine, agg. curving back. ► Bruised feeling
in morning after waking, and in loins. ► Tickling itching stitches
between scapulć. ► Tearing in upper part of left scapula when
sitting, amel. rising from a seat ; in glenoid cavity of scapula,
extending to clavicle. ► Pressure inside scapulć. ► Sprained
feeling in uppermost muscles of right scapula on exerting the outstretched
arm.
Loins :- ►
Stitches in second
lumbar vertebrć ; burning stitches in right loin when sitting, but
when rising and on pressure the pain is burning without stitches. ►
Pressure in side of back opposite bowels, then oppressive stitches on
least motion or when breathing, so that he had to walk bent, when lying
still with gripping as in a malignant ulcer and with oppression of chest.
► Drawing tensive pain in left loin and below inguinal ring at 7 P.M.,
after walking, extending to thigh. ► Bruised feeling in small of
back ; morning on waking, agg. motion, and in loins and nape. ►
Deep-seated sprained feeling in lumbo-sacral region, agg. adduction of
left thigh, compelling limping, then bruised pain on outer side of left
knee.
Extremities :- ►
Tearing in ends
of long bones ; in metacarpal bone of thumb and in metatarsal bone
and proximal phalanx of big toes, agg. touch, with aching. ► Drawing
and tensive pain in bends of elbows and knees, amel. strong pressure.
► Cramplike drawing in back of right hand and foot. ► Sprained
feeling in top of right shoulder on walking, and in left inner malleolus.
► Discomfort and weakness. ► Weakness in morning ; amel.
after rising.
Upper Extremities :- ►
Shoulder.
► Electric shocks, extending through left arm, when sleeping, with
hands under head. ► Twitches around right joint at one time in
posterior margin of axilla, at another in front of clavicle extending to
top of shoulder. ► Tearing in right joint ; on top of shoulder
and in region of head of humerus ; on articular eminence of right at
5 P.M. while at rest ; from articular eminence
of right to nape during rest ; pressive tearing below joint. ►
Tearing drawing pain in right joint at rest, with paralytic
weakness ; drawing pain in right deltoid ; drawing pain in left
deltoid at rest, with bruised pain on pressure ; drawing digging pain
under right deltoid ; boring scratching pain in right shoulder-joint
in morning when walking. ► Bruised pain on top of left when walking.
► Sprained feeling in left joint during rest. ► Weakness on
waking at 6.30.
Arm :- ►
Tensive drawing, like
stitches, in different places. ► Inclination to fall asleep in
morning when lying on it. ► Paralysis of right arm and hand. ►
Paralytic feeling during motion, especially in elbows.
Upper Arm :- ►
Cramp in middle,
agg. lifting arm. ► Burning stitch anteriorly in middle of left.
► Tearing in left ; drawing tearing near condyles of left elbow at 3
P.M., at rest. ► Pinching in right. ►
Aching in flesh, agg. touch ; drawing in muscles of right, near bend
of elbow, during rest, with paralytic weakness ; drawing, in anterior
surface of right when at rest, with
paralytic weakness in the same place and inclination to stretch arm.
► Paralytic drawing on outside on left, with
bruised feeling on pressure. ► Weakness ; in morning
after waking, amel. after rising, with stiffness of neck ; about
shoulders in morning on waking.
Elbow :- ►
Twitching in left at 3
P.M. during rest ; in bend of right during rest
and bruised pain on top of right shoulder. ► Stitches in tips ;
in tip of left during rest. ► Burning pain in a spot at 6 P.M.
during rest. ► Drawing pain through radial joint of right at noon
during rest ; spasmodic, in bend on right, as if arm had been
sprained, during motion, agg. extending arm. ► Tension externally at
tip when bending arm.
Forearm :- ►
Stitches at
beginning of radius, behind wrist ; intermittent, in right radius,
more in muscles. ► Tearing in posterior muscles between bones of
left elbow and radius, as far as wrist ; drawing, above wrist at 2 P.M. ;
jerking, in middle of radius, right then left, then in proximal joint of
right middle finger. ► Spasmodic pressure in inner side of left,
with drawing pain. ► Drawing pain in radius, beginning above wrist,
in morning in bed, then the same pain in right shoulder. ► Paralytic
drawing pain from middle of flexor side of left radius to elbow during
rest ; from condyles of elbow, along ulnar side in evening in bed,
right then left. ► Paralytic drawing in right radius, beginning
above anterior condyle in evening.
Wrist :- ►
Tearing in bones.
► Drawing pain in radial part of left during rest, amel. moving
hand, with bruised pain on pressure.
Fingers :- ►
Twitchings of whole
right thumb while writing so that it is abducted from fingers. ►
Tearing in middle joint of right little ; in proximal joint and
metacarpal bone of left fourth, agg. seizing something, with spasmodic
clenching of finger ; drawing T. in middle joint of left index, in
bed, afterwards throbbing. ► Paralytic pain in right joints. ►
Drawing pain in middle joint of right index at 1 P.M.
during rest, with sudden paralytic weakness in it ; drawing P. in
ball of left thumb, during rest, alternating with the same in left
occiput ; in bone of proximal joint of ring finger at noon, during
rest. ► Drawing in joints of left three middle.
Lower Extremities :- ►
Stiffness
in evening. ► Weakness after waking ; with giving way of knees
when walking ; after rising from bed, especially in region of
trochanters, with painful sprained
tension around trochanters and buttocks, agg. walking, with bruised
pain on pressure.
Thigh :- ►
Electric shocks
starting from left then right hip-joint during after-dinner nap. ►
Twitches above left patella. ► Tearing stitches over left
patella ; throbbing stiffness in left trochanter, synchronous with
pulse, along neck of femur to socket in morning in bed. ► Pressure
in right hip-joint when he steps on left foot in running. ► Drawing
pain in left hip at noon during rest. ► Paralytic drawing in right
hip-bone. ► Bruised feeling in gluteal muscles on walking,
stooping ; adducting thigh and lying on parts ; behind left hip
during motion ; in anterior surface of left thigh and knee. ►
Sprained pain in right hip-joint ; left hip, caused by
sneezing ; in hip-joint on every step. ► Burning soreness
between nates after walking. ► Tingling humming in left thigh, with
drawing in anterior muscles. ► Stiffness of muscles about hip-joint
on dressing. ► Weakness of thigh when walking in street ;
paralytic, in thigh and hip ; paralytic, in right hip-joint when
walking, agg. moving leg forward, with stitches when setting foot down,
causing limping.
Knee :- ►
Electric shock in
right, in forenoon, then two similar shocks through upper part of body,
exploding close to foramen magnum, preventing sleep. ► Twitching in
outer side of left when sitting, with a clucking sensation. ►
Tearing in left when sitting. ► Aching when sitting, and extending
outward in muscles of left leg ; cramp-like incisive, over left, on
both ides, when he does not move ; drawing, in condyles of left.
► Drawing from right popliteal space through knee to outer margin of
patella at 10 P.M. in bed. ► Bruised feeling,
agg. sitting ; on inside of right ; left patella ; on left
side of right patella, agg. walking, amel. sitting, with weakness of
limbs, in right on motion with pain as
if dislocated ; throbbing, on anterior and inner surface of right
knee when standing. ► Sprained pain in left patella, on
motion ; in right knee in morning on walking, with cramp in
calf ; inward in right knee, amel. during rest. ► Knees give
way on ascending stairs ; on walking.
Leg :- ►
Cramp in left calf, agg.
rest. ► Burning corrosive stitches in left tibia, not far from knee
in evening in bed, causing twitching of foot. ► Tearing in and below
head of fibula, now left, now right ; throbbing, in middle of right
tibia. ► Cutting in left fibula on standing. ► Pain consisting
of digging, tension, rigidity and bruised feeling, in fibula, at 3 P.M.
when walking, with weakness, repeated at 6 P.M. ;
pain in muscles of calf as if too short when descending stairs ;
drawing throbbing, in middle of left tibia at rest ; paralytic, in
periosteum or bone of left fibula during rest ; drawing paralytic,
through marrow of right tibia at 6 P.M. when walking
across the room. ► Paralytic drawing in middle of left tibia, as if
in periosteum, during rest ; cramplike drawing in lowest part of
right calf at 10.30 A.M. ► Sprained pain in
inner condyle of right tibia on walking in open air.
Ankle :- ►
Cutting-outward
stitches in outer malleoli when sitting, amel. walking, agg. resting foot
on a small support. ► Tearing in left inner malleolus, extending
upward, during rest. ► Bruised pain on left
inner malleolus. ► Sprained pain in left outer malleolus
when walking ; in right inner malleolus on motion after rising.
► Paralytic drawing pain near left outer malleolus at rest. ►
Feeling as if left foot were detached, and cartilage of joints did not
touch when walking.
Foot :- ►
►
Tearing, at times on soles, at times on dorsa, or on heels, toes
(especially proximal joints), in tarsal or metatarsal bones, with
sometimes a tearing extending beyond malleoli. ► Pain in
a corn ; in heel when stepping, feeling as if pithy ; drawing,
in left metatarsal bones and ankle, with burning in corn of left
toe ; drawing, on dorsum of right, in metatarsal bones, while
sitting, then throbbing pain. ► Bruised feeling in joints, agg.
sitting, with throbbing. ► Pulsation in joints of feet and lower
part of legs, as from weakness, agg. rest, amel. motion, with tingling and
stinging in skin of leg. ► Toes. ► Tearing on back of left
middle toes at 6 P.M. ► Burning pain in a corn
on left little toe in evening.
Skin :- ►
Furuncle on left last
rib, sensitive to touch. ► Pimple on left temple, with pain on
touch ; (P. on tibia, with burning pain.). ► Sticking as from
fleas ; here and there, as from electric sparks ; in middle of
extensor side of left forearm at 11 A.M. then in
skin of right chest. ► Titillation in right palm. ► Crawling
in fold of external ear ; on left scapula as if asleep. ►
Itching over whole body ; external ear ; left ear ; inner
surface of left lobule ; between scapulć ; on elbows ; corrosive,
in lobules in morning after rising ; corroding, in fossa
of right auricle ; biting, on forehead ; biting, on right
elbow ; biting, on inside of left knee ; in folds of concha,
afternoon, with burning sore pain after scratching ; burning, here
and there.
Sleep :- ►
Inclined to, fore part
of night, but could not on account of heat and stinging in skin, with
vertigo when half awake, so that he thought the head would fall out of
bed, then shaking of body as in epilepsy, with vertigo and sleeplessness.
► Sleepless after 3.30 A.M. ►
Restless at night. ► At beginning of afternoon nap
electric shocks of left lower limb, starting from knee. ► Waking
frequently. ► Dreams anxious ; of care and fright ; that
he was followed by a large, powerful enemy, then early waking and
weakness, especially in hip-joints ; unremembered, of loathsome
things ; of the day’s business ; of the events of the day ;
vivid.
Fever :- ►
Chilliness ;
under skin morning in bed ; in afternoon till he fell asleep, then
sweat after midnight ; over upper part of body at night on lifting
covers ; under skin of upper part of body morning in bed, with
weakness of limbs, especially upper arms hunger and nausea ; on back
and on feet, extending above ankle ; on right side of pelvis, near
sacrum, when sitting, returning after dinner. ► Creeping chilliness
in skin on uncovering upper part of the body. ► Shivering ;
over right side of scalp ; creeping through outer side of left lower
limb when standing in a room.►
Heat in forenoon, with feeling of heat
over whole body, less about head, without thirst, with sweat on abdomen
and chest. ► Hot sensation in face without redness. ► Burning
on right side of small of back when rising and on pressure ; on tip
of right elbow ; paroxysmal ; in a corn ; in right heel and
tendo-achillis as if asleep ; itching, under skin of inner side of
left wrist, with stinging. ► Warmth in concha of left ear, with
itching.►
Sweat, easy, agg. during and after
eating.
Clinical :- ►
Hectic
fever every day from 11 till 12 or 1 o’clock.
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