22. W. J. MARTIN. – a. From 30th, on 2nd d., slight colic and burning in abdomen, relieved by loose stool; nausea, almost to vomiting, after a drink of cold water. On 7th d., pinching- burning pains in abdomen; desire for stool at 10 a.m., which is unusual with him, getting his evacuation at night; stool is relaxed, with some griping and burning at anus, but without flatulence, it relieves pain in bowels; ulceration, as from a cold, at commissure of lips, continuing 4 d.; desire to keep quiet.
22 b. From 15th, on 11th d., felt hot while in bed, and got up feeling tired, with skin hot and dry; epigastrium sore on pressure; discharge of unusual amount of offensive flatus; for 2 e., roughness larynx, causing disposition to hem, with spasmodic dry cough. On 12th d. dreamed much; feeling of lassitude, wanting to sit or lie down; head dull and heavy a.m., clear p.m.; skin hot and dry; right side of nose stopped up, and blowing of thick yellowish mucus from it; slight whitish coat on tongue; feel sore about back and abdomen; dull pain in bowels; appetite greatly increased, and digestion good; soreness in bladder, relieved by urinating; roughness in throat; constricted sensation about chest, and feels at times like taking a deep breath, but has no cough. On 13th d., tongue coated yellowish-white; bitter taste in mouth; a little soreness and some pinching in abdomen; no appetite for breakfast, but ate some, which became acid in stomach, producing very breakfast, but ate some, which became acid in stomach, producing very disagreeable eructations (an unprecedented occurrence); slight cough, with grayish or bluish- black expectoration. On 14th day, some cough and slate-coloured expectoration, tough and requiring much effort to disengage from larynx; stools have been mushy, and readily voided. Nothing is now noted until the 40th d., when the prover appears to be taking the same potency. He then had dull pain in bowels, relieved by a diarrheic stool; and after 2 h. reading, an aching pain deep in the eyeballs, aggravated by opening eyes widely and relieved by closing and resting them for a time. On 41st d., dull aching pain in eyes aggravated by sunlight; dull umbilical pain relieved by emission of flatus; nervous twitching in left, middle, and index fingers. On 43rd day, dryness of larynx, which feels as if inflamed; great difficulty in detaching mucus, which is scanty and of dirty slate colour; after supper a dry hacking cough. On 45th d., 5 p.m., pain in left temple, shifting to orbit; stooping aggravated; eyes very painful to pressure, and pain aggravated by light; neck feels stiff.
22 c. From 0/, on 49th d., having slept well, woke early with great pain in bowels and a dreadful headache; skin very hot and dry; throat rough and clogged with much mucus, difficult to dislodge and of dark slate colour; diarrheic stool at 4 p.m.; this, forcibly expelled, with much tenesmus, relieved pain in bowels. Went to bed sick at stomach. Arose on 50th d. at 8, feeling very miserable; bathed aching head in cold water without benefit, a little food and a cup of coffee at noon relieved it, but pain returned in all its violence on walking out in hot sun; eyes very painful, look swollen and hanged up; bitter taste in mouth, with belching and sour eructations for 2 or 3 h. after eating; entire absence of thirst or appetite; feel very weak at times, mouth waters, and I think I am going to vomit, but do not, nausea passes off with flash of heat and moisture on skin, which before was very dry; at 4 p.m. a diarrheic stool, with much flatus and slight tenesmus; pulse 88; dull pain in lumbar region; thighs are sore and joints stiff and cracking. At supper desire for pickles, which he rarely ate; taking these gave him taste for bread and butter, which he consumed freely, and by 8 p.m. felt much better, very little pain in head, and not so weak and sore. At 10 took a bath and went to bed, and was restless and could not sleep till after 3. Got up between 6 and 7 with some headache, which continued till evening; felt languid and worthless; skin hot and dry; occasional griping in abdomen; ate moderate dinner, which seemed to lie heavy on stomach. Within last 3 d. a number of hard, very red pimples, not particularly painful, on left cheek. (Ibid.)
23. Z. T. MILLER. – a. From 30th, 2nd day, transient drawing pain in right temple; 1 h. after dose (10 drops) felt very sensible constriction and burning in lower part of larynx, most on right side; in evening constriction and burning also in esophagus; heaviness of eyes, especially right, lids agglutinated, pupils dilated; eyelids burn and feel as if swollen; on lower right lid also itching as if stye would appear; rumbling in bowels as if diarrhea would occur, and occasional hypogastric pain; colicky pains, relieved by flatus, preceded natural stool; tearing pain at anus on passing feces; more copious urination than normal; severe soreness of chest; spasmodic cough, raising grayish phlegm in little lumps; pain over lower ribs, which are sore on pressure; resp. 16, pulse 80; rheumatic aching in right arm, chiefly shoulder and wrist. On 3rd d., occasional shooting pains through forehead and right temple; extremely sleepy; tongue slightly coated; pasty taste in mouth, and an ulcer there, very sore; hawking up of a grayish, viscid, tenacious mucus, with rough feeling in throat; constrictive choking feeling there still; eyes feel inflamed and swollen, with accumulation of mucus there; slight colicky pain in abdomen; was roused from sleep this m. with urgent desire to urinate, and during day had pain in right kidney, worse on walking; pulse 86, resp. 16; soreness under right mamma on pressure; rheumatic pains shooting from acetabulum down to knee, lasting but a few seconds, worse on moving about. On 5th d., great constriction in throat; heartburn, felt below thyroid cartilage; excoriated condition of anus, very painful at stool; pleuritic pain in right side over liver. On 7th d., shooting pain over right ear; again some constriction in throat; oppressive shortness of breath, compelled to take long breaths frequently, with occasional pains in right side of chest.
23 b. From 15th, -on 24th day, drowsy while at work, but woke often during n. On 25th d., shooting pains through frontal region; very chilly on retiring, was compelled to cover up, though his wife was perspiring by him. On 26th d., again frontal shootings; smarting in posterior nares; roughness of throat, with hawking of tenacious mucus; urine a little darker than usual. On 27th d., feeling of pressure over each side of occiput, as from a photographer’s head-rest; numbness of forehead in evening; wavering floating sensation on turning head quickly; scraping and raw tickling sensation in mouth; stiffness of eyeballs and lids; considerable pain in chest between nipples, with indescribably hydrogen gas; shooting pain under right mamma; rheumatic pain in right forefinger.
23 c. From same potency, presumably after an interval, -on 36th d., moderate feeling of constriction below thyroid cartilage, as if pressed between thumb and forefinger; urine a little dark, passed in greater quantity than usual and with urgent desire; pulse 80, resp. 20; sore bruised feeling under and to left of sternum, at junction of upper and middle third of bone, felt on throwing shoulders up and back, at times extending to inferior angle of scapula and to shoulder-joint; intercostals of left side, between 6th, 7th, and 8th ribs, are sore to touch; for last 5 d. a weary aching on raising left arm; shoulder-joint cracks on moving it; aching in whole arm, especially down median nerve to finger ends, worse from pressure or motion; flexor muscles readily become stiffness; dull rheumatic pain from right knee to ankle with cracking of knee-joint on motion; metatarso- phalangeal bone of right index-finger sore on pressure, so much so as to make it painful to hold a pencil for any time. On 37th d., sharp shooting pain between 6th and 7th ribs, about junction of ribs with cartilages, lasting but a few seconds, recurring after 1/2 h. On 38th d. woke with eyes somewhat swollen and agglutinated; eyeballs feel large when lids are closed; pulse 80, resp. 17; seat of yesterday’s chest-pain sore to pressure; shooting pains over liver frequent, but not severe; during m. aching at insertion of flexors of left forearm while riding. On 39th d., pain at root of nose, which was stopped up on right side and dry; eyes heavy, and balls sore and smarting, supra-orbital region very much swollen, and pupils a little dilated; burning when urine begins to flow; in afternoon boring headache in temples, from without inwards, chiefly on right side, but extending to left, with nausea; head feels hot, but on placing hand on forehead it seems cold; headache is aggravated by heat, pressure, and tobacco-smoke; throbbing of temporal artery; pulse 84, resp. 16; pain in lower abdomen, as if from a colic coming on; shooting pain from short ribs down across left hypochondriac region; supped principally on fruit; during n. some nausea, followed by chills in back, which made him shudder. On 40th d., severe pain in right temple on rising in m. (formerly subject to it but free from it for a long time), less after breakfast; orbital region much swollen and eyes very watery for some time after waking; at 11 a.m. copious papescent stool-sharp shooting in left hypochondrium just before it; a second stool (unusual) later in d.; no appetite for anything but juicy food and fruits; pulse 96, resp. 17; all evening dull heavy head, with slight nausea; unusually prolonged sleep at n. On 41st d., 8 a.m., dull headache in right temple; eyes puffy and dim, flickering before them when closed; slight nausea. (Ibid.)
Hughes was a great writer and a scholar. He actively cooperated with Dr. T.F. Allen to compile his 'Encyclopedia' and rendered immeasurable aid to Dr. Dudgeon in translating Hahnemann's 'Materia Medica Pura' into English. In 1889 he was appointed an Editor of the 'British Homoeopathic Journal' and continued in that capacity until his demise. In 1876, Dr. Hughes was appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the Organization of the International Congress of Homoeopathy Physicians in Philadelphia. He also presided over the International Congress in London.