7 b. April 11th, 3 p.m., 4 dr. of 1st dil. Vertigo in e.; before going to stool great burning of skin. – 12th. Vertigo m.; creeping in rectum and anus; tension in back. – 13th. All day vertigo; tearing and shooting in eyes. – 14th. No symptoms.
7 c. April 26th, 9 a.m., 4 dr. of 2nd dil. Vertigo. Afternoon, tearing in eyes; drawing in sacrum; haemorrhoidal sufferings. – 27th. Vertigo; pain in eyes; confused head; tightness across sternum. – 28th. Pressive pain in chest; cough with expectoration of mucus and blood; singing and roaring in ear. – 29th. Pressive pain in chest; mucous expectoration with streaks of blood. – 30th. Same symptoms, but slighter. No more symptoms. (Ibid.)
8 a. L. E -, servant-girl, aet. 16, quite healthy. – April 11th. In m. 6 dr. of tinct. No symptoms. – 12th, m., 6 dr. Tearing in frontal sinus; confused head; shooting in larynx; hoarseness; pinching in abdomen. – 13th. Shooting in left side of chest. Noon, when breathing stitches in chest and cough. – 14th. Headache so that she could not think.
8 b. April 25th, 5:30 a.m., 6 dr. of 2nd dil. 6 p.m., tearing in left knee. – 26th to 28th. No symptoms. – 29th, 9a.m., 6dr. 1/2 h. after dinner nausea lasting 1/2 h. then vomiting of sour fluid. – 30th. Pain in left shoulder-joint when arm hangs, all day – May 1st to 3rd. No symptoms. (Ibid.)
9. C. F -, a woman, aet. 25. – April 11th, m., 6 dr. of tinct. Vertigo; pinching in abdomen; hoarseness; feeling of roughness in windpipe. – 12th m., 6 dr. Hoarseness; cough; pinching in abdomen; weariness. – 13th. Vertigo; severe cough. – 14th. Feeling in head as though she would go mad. (Ibid.)
10. Mrs. R -, aet. 32, delicate constitution. – March 20th. Took a teaspoonful of tinct. Great confusion of head in front; vertigo; great weariness, stitches in chest; cough with some bloody expectoration; hoarseness; pains in throat; these symptoms lasted 4 d. (Ibid.)
11. E. N -, a servant-girl, aet. 20, healthy – March 20th. Took a teaspoonful, and in 1/2 h. half a teaspoonful. Severe chill; hoarseness and pain in throat, cannot swallow; violent headache; cough with stitches in chest; pinching in abdomen extreme exhaustion, must lie down. The throat symptoms and cough lasted 8 d. (Ibid.)
12. A woman, aet, 40, whom I had treated for arthritic disease, got aq. calcis 3iv, to take 2 teaspoonful every n. and m. After taking it for some time she said that it caused burning in fauces and oesophagus, and dryness of mouth. The inner m. m. of lower lip was slightly reddened and traversed by small blood – vessels; also burning in stomach. (KEIL. Z. f. h. Kl., iii. 149.)
13. Took aq calcis in teaspoonful dose. Chilliness for several weeks in summer. In doses of 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls daily it caused red and dry eyes- a kind of conjunctivitis, obstinate chilliness, sometimes constipation, falling out of hair. (LIEDBECK, A.h. Z., xlv, 38.).
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.