4 c. Miss. R -, aet. 10, blonde, sensitive to drugs when sick, after taking first dose perceived pungent heat on skin, pulse feverish, tongue coated white, vertigo on sitting up; rush of blood to head, throat, and upper chest; violent and slightly spasmodic cough; dull pulsation at base of right lung and liver; pulse up to 90 in evening; sweat at night Mother of child became frightened, and proving was discontinued.
4 d. Mrs. X -, aet 32, blonde, not very sensitive to drugs. Experienced only following symptoms: – excessive and continued apathy, a sort of aversion to exercise, spirits remaining unaltered; neuralgic pain about right eye, especially while reading by candle – light, also a sort of fluttering before his eye, scarcely permitting her to red; embarrassed breathing, especially while reading without coughing; pulse more frequent than commonly cool and dry skin. (TESATE, Mat. Medorrhinum, sub voce.)
NENNING “From the root” [no further information]. Vertigo, and immediately thereafter shuddering all over body, he loses consciousness for a moment, and feels as if he had been turning round and round (1.1/2 hours); much itching about head and face; no distinctive or noteworthy symptoms elsewhere. (HARTLAUB AND TRINKS, Arzneimittellehre, i and iii.)
6. Dr. LIEDBECK took a teaspoonful of the pure juice. He only felt a little excited by it. 2 days later he took another teaspoonful. This caused painful accumulation of flatulence about umbilical region, followed by slimy diarrhoea for 3 days. Thereafter was well, but for some weeks was so much affected by smoking tobacco, that he had to give it up. Although in the habit of smoking a couple of cigars or pipes per diem, it now brought on violent cardialgia at night, with burning pain and acidity from cardia up into throat. He had formerly suffered from similar cardialgia when he used to chew tobacco. He believed this sensitiveness to the action of tobacco after the C. was due to the irritated state of the m. m. of stomach and bowels caused by the diarrhoea. He afterwards made a proving of C. – May 19th, 7 a. m., 5 dr. tinct. 10 a. m., pressure in stomach aggravated by external pressure for several hours, 11 a. m. great quivering of right upper eyelid. – 21st, 7 a. m., 10 dr. 9 a. m., pressure of stomach commenced. 11 a. m., nausea and flow of saliva, severe stitches in pit of stomach. 1 p. m., a prick in left nipple. – 24th, 6 a. m., 20 dr. 7 a. m., contractive spasm in gullet, followed by nausea and salivation. 7:45 a. m., pressure in stomach as from a blunt instrument, increased by external pressure, at same time an obtuse pain like urging deep in bladder; urging to urinate constant, and cutting in urethra for 2 or 3 hours, even after urinating. 8 a. m., drawing in cervical muscles and in dorsum of left foot; the stomach – ache lasted several hours 28th, 7:30 a. m., 30 dr. Soon, nausea. 8 a. m., urging to urinate, lasting 22 hours; pressive pain in left knee left leg and forehead; shooting in orifice of urethra. 8:30 a. m., much rumbling in abdomen; wandering pains in joints of lower extremities, especially the left, almost only when at rest, also in upper extremities, especially the left, almost only when at rest, also in upper extremities, forehead sides of nose and bones of superior maxilla. – June 3rd, 7:45 a. m. 50 days No symptoms. – 4th, 6 a. m., on rising violent cutting in stomach and umbilical region increased by pressure, for 2 hours nausea. – 6th, 7 a. m., 100 dr. 9 a. m. pressure in sinciput and occiput. 9:30 a. m., great coldness in back for 5 morning, also cold hands for 1 hour. 10 a. m., soft stool. 3:30 p. m., stool after dinner, soft and bright coloured, with straining, followed by cutting in anus; severe shooting in larynx with constrictive sensation, flow of saliva and tears; dry cough. 11 p. m., soft stool – 7th, 6 a. m., on rising copious liquid, bright yellow stool with much mucus, no pain. 10 a. m., stool; pressive drawing in right knee, especially when bending it, and inner bones of left side of face. – In the evening of 6th, when he stooped low, there was a compressive pain deep in chest towards vertebrae, very violent. The same pain occurred on 7th, when walking quickly, blowing nose, sneezing or stooping, but was more external along the spinous processes of thoracic vertebrae. – 8th, 10 a. m., soft stool, later normal stool. – 12th, 7 a. m. 150 dr. Nausea, much saliva; pressure in stomach, increasing later. 9 a. m., pressure and heaviness in forehead, also later occasionally. 9:15 a. m., obtuse pain on left side under ribs, later on right side, and more severe there, it comes and goes. 9:30 a. m. shooting in right side of chest, about nipple, when sitting, not affected by breathing, without cough. 10 a. m., same pain on left side. bruised pain in right shoulder; stool normal, pain in forehead like what occurs from a very costive stool. 10:30 a. m., pain in right shoulder very severe, worse when arm is at rest, lasted 1/4 hour. 11 a. m. shooting in orifice of urethra. 3 p. m., after dinner, soft greenish stool; cutting pain in rectum and higher 4 p. m., pressure in right ankle. Woke at night 200 dr. 8:30 a. m. boring in bones of right leg; heaviness in forehead; severe pressure on sternum, afterwards in left index. Soft stool at 10 a. m. and 5 p. m. (Allg. hom. Zeit., xlv, 26.)
7. Dr. BUCHMANN, aet. 43; sanguino – nervous; l very fair; powerful muscular system, with tendency to corpulence; appetite good. Fruit in every form causes slight acidity of stomach, especially after meals; so does light wine, as Rhenish and Moselle. Coffee only agrees well with plenty of cream and sugar; after acid food it causes flatulency. Anamnesis: catarrh and toothache after catching cold; excepting the eye,, all senses very acute; tendency to soft stools; spirituous drinks cause slight headache, weariness, ebullition of blood, yet are a necessity after bodily and mental exertion; no particular pre- disposition to any disease; approach of change of weather produces languor, indisposition to work, and low spirits.
7 a.1861, October 27th, 9 a. m. took 10 dr. of tinct. In 10 minutes pain in left meatus auditorius externus; ears as if stooped; drawing pain in upper and under left molars; burning in mucous membrane of nose towards tip, as in coryza; drawing pain in mucous membrane of nose towards tip, as in coryza; drawing pain in left leg from hip to foot; tensive pain from upper part of left pectoral is up to neck; stitch through left upper jaw; pressive pain on left side in ribs, and in nape muscles of left side; then between ribs and hip-bone on left. When pain commences in a new place it ceases in the previous place. Itching of anus; sensation of heat in left half of head, beginning from left ear; drawing pain from left shoulder down to 4th finger. In 1/2 hour pain in ribs, right and left on bending thorax to that side; paralytic sensations left leg pricking pain in left hip-joint; tearing pain over left eye; burning in intestines on left, close to navel, and also in left hypochondrium; lachrymation, repeated quivering and blinking of eyelids; pressure in hind part of right temporal bone; drawing pain in left shoulder blade, and from thence to left side of chest; feeling of cold in abdomen; burning and itching on a part of skin of hand that had been pierced by a thorn; tension in front of chest; pain between 6th and 7th ribs on right side on moving chest towards opposite side; sudden strong inclination to urine; burning pain in skin over left corner of mouth. After dinner sufferings ceased. 3 p. m., pain again in left side of chest; sensation of paralysis and cold in legs till evening – 28th. After rising pain on outside of left arm above elbow. 9:15 a. m., took 30 dr. In 5 minutes drawing pain through teeth of upper jaw; pain above and behind right ear; pressure on left side of chest. 9:30, burning in eyelids; quivering and blinking of eyelids, with tears; pain on outer edge of left shoulder-blade; tearing pain over left eye 10, sensation of stopping in ears; dull stitch through left hypochondrium; frequent eructation of wind. 10:15, pain over left ear; drawing through upper molars of that side; pain as if bruised in left side of chest and left hypochondrium, aggravated by movement; pain over left eye The pains are not violent, last only a short time, change their place, and return to the former places, till midday.
7 b. November 5th, 9:30 a. m., took 90 dr. In 2 minutes drawing pain through all teeth; intoxication, with vertigo; drawing in muscles of nape; pain through both hypochondrium, and in right shoulder – blade. 9:45, burning pain about navel, in intestines, soon passing off; hands swollen through prominence of superficial veins; drawing pain through right shin – bone to instep; blinking of eyelids; stitch through inner side of left forearm; continued drawing through upper jaw and teeth; shivering; sleepiness In writing, the letters run into each other and are more legible when further from eyes. 10:30, nausea; sudden call to urinate; burning in urethra, near glans; pain in temporal bone behind ear; pressive pain close under left shoulder – blade, and in ribs of left side, on moving. II, the back, on moving, as if bruised; feet cold; undulating pain in left side of chest; pricking pain through abdomen; paralytic feeling and heaviness of arms, as if weights were hung on them; pains in knees as if after a long walk; pricking and drawing pains in left forefinger, and on under side of left great toe, and lower extremity of left ulna-the skin, on these parts, smarts as if burnt; uncomfortable feel all over; stiffness in neck; drawing pain through vertebral column forwards to chest and from thence to abdominal integuments as far as navel; cold shivering all over, frequently repeated, upon which confusion of head ceases, though pains in chest and spine continue; pain close over left elbow; itching in terminal phalanx of right middle finger at behind of joint; pain in right knee-pan; helplessness of hand in writing; unusual hunger before meals; in walking, powerlessness or lower extremities, especially below knee; no suffering for a whole hour after dinner. 2 p. m., drawing pain in spermatic cords; pain at every step under left heel and under right inner malleolus; pains in chest, nape, and spine return as in forenoon, and last till evening 6, pressive pain in occiput extending round to forehead; paralytic drawing in knees and legs; tensive and pressive pain in whole of back, aggravated by stooping, and extending round towards chest. 8:30, pricking pain in right meatus externus; pressive pain on left instep. – 6th. Unusual awaking at 4 a. m. with slight twitching of muscles here and there; third and fourth fingers on each hand “asleep; ” as if after excessive muscular exertion, on turning in bed; pressure in upper eyelids; soon fell asleep, but in a short time awoke again, in a gentle perspiration all over; felt friction of upper eyelid one eye ball on moving both; itching of anus; chilliness; pressure on front of chest with difficulty of breathing. 8 a. m., great weariness and sleepiness on awaking; hands and feet cold; drawing pain through muscles of chest, quite to umbilical region, varying in intensity; pain close over left elbow, then in right shoulder, in left side, and in right forearm, drawing from one part to the other; feeling in muscles of neck as if neck cloth were tightly tied. On going into another room to fetch a book had to spend some minutes in thinking what he had come for. No symptoms all day; but 2 hours after supper pain in fore part of parietal bones. In thorax and extremities wandering pains as before. About 11 p. m., on going home, whilst making water, a sudden fit of asthma; can only breathe quickly and with exertion, as if he must choke wit anguish; thereupon, nausea, alleviated by eructation. Difficulty of breathing continues still after going to bed. – 7th. Immediately after midnight awoke with oppression of chest and short breathing; itching on left instep; violent pain for 1/2 hour, sound asleep till 4:45 a. m. Awoke with gentle perspiration all over; violent itching over scrotum; pain in head, as in evening before; drawing pain through upper teeth on left, in left shoulder – blade, and through left arm; chilliness; paralytic pain in thighs, close above knees; drawing pain through whole back. 8 a. m., four lax stools in quick succession, of ordinary colour; moist coryza for 2 hours with hawking of mucus; quite well all rest of day. Great inclination for wine; drinking it brings on neither determination of blood to the head nor headache, both which, at other times, followed from taking the same quantity. – 8th. On waking in morning, heaviness in head; dull headache in forehead all day; stiffness in neck. 4 p. m., drawing pain in back, and tensive pain in sides of chest; drawing pain over navel; pain in right shoulder; anguish and oppression of chest; difficulty of breathing; longing for fresh air, in order to breathe more easily; increased feel of heat over whole body. Pulse 90 (usually (60 – 65). Serious indisposition; heat in head; hand trembles in writing; feeling all over as in influenza (having once had it formerly). Towards evening gradual disappearance of symptoms, all except confusion of head. – 9th, 4 a. m., on waking, gentle perspiration all over, with normal pulse; slight, merely tearing pain in head over left eye, and in it; lids of each eye agglutinated with dry mucus, and can only be opened by a strong efforts; pain like a wound in last lumbar vertebra, as if dislocated or broken; stomach-ache for an hour, with eructation of air, relieved by lying on left side with legs drawn up (this symptom has shown itself before, after eating shortly before bedtime); tonic cramp in flexors of fingers, the closed hand can only be opened with difficulty, whereupon no more cramp occurs; immediately on awaking, frequent stretching and yawning, with pain in fauces, as in catarrh; frequent dry cough. Sound sleep from 5:30 to 8. At breakfast a remarkably yellow tinge of face was observed, especially on forehead, nose, and cheeks. Looked in face like a jaundiced person, white of eye being dingy yellow; red of the cheeks has dark tinge from mixture of yellow; stool thin, pappy, bright yellow, as in infants. Quite well all day except some pain in right testicle – 10th. At 4:30 a. m. on awaking, gentle perspiration all over; pains in the lowest lumbar vertebra; pressive stomach – ache, relieved by erection, for 1 hour; then yawning and stretching, with cessation of pain after discharge of flatus. Slept till about 8. Yellow colour of face is only slightly perceptible. 6 p. m., pressive headache all over; drawing pain in occiput, through right upper molars, and through two middle incisors of lower jaw, over left eye, and in right fourth finger; stitches in left side towards shoulder – blade tensive pain in whole thorax; pain in right hip on rising from seat; the toothache extends high up into right temple; drawing pain in left middle tensive pain in whole thorax; pain in right hip on riding from seat the toothache extends high up into right temple; drawing pain in left middle finger, and in front of chest towards abdomen down to navel; all day long itching in inner canthus of left eye. Stool pappy, bright yellow – 11th. Awoke as usual about 7. Skin less moist; shivering; drawing pain in testicles and spermatic cords; pressure in abdomen close over pubes; tension and pressure in perineum; pressure in eyeballs, and burning in lids; drawing pain in inside of right tendo Achilles. After rising, drawing pain through abdomen and left forearm; pressure in nape. In writing, the letter run into each other Pain on outer side of left wrist. No more suffering after 9 a. m. Colour of face normal; stool bright yellow, pappy. – 12th. On rising, about 4:30 a. m. skin somewhat moist; drawing, pressive, tensive pain in testicles and cords, with pressive pain in occiput for 1/4 hour; then, drawing pain in under part of rectus femoris, and from there to knee, especially in knee-pan, upon which it gradually ceases; eyelids; heavy perceptible friction of the lids with the eyeballs on opening them. At 8 a. m. pappy dark brown stool – 13th – 17th. No symptoms.
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.