All this time, inclination for wine and dislike to cheese. During the proving he was obliged to make a heartier breakfast, to avoid the sensation of exhaustion and craving hunger, which other wise came on. Spirits from 13th to 17th lively.
7 c. Change of weather on 17th brought back some of the symptoms, but by 20th they had again disappeared. December 3rd, 10 p. m., took 2 dr. or tinct in water. In 5 minutes burning in left nostril; drawing pain in left upper incisors, and from thence to left upper and lower molars; drawing pain in right lower extremity, through left leg, on the inner side of right thigh, and in whole of back; stitch in tip of tongue on left; sensation as if skin of the forehead was contracted over left eye; burning on that part; on rubbing it, sensation as if one were pressing a spot which had been violently bruised the day before; sensation in throat as if it were compressed; short fit of coughing; swollen feel of left hand, sensation of heat on its back, veins of both hands prominent; left hand feels heavier on lifting; drawing through left side of occiput. In bed, drawing pain behind and above right ear. – 4th. Slept well. Much flatus at usual stool in morning; stool of brighter colour than usual; tormenting pricking itching of small spot of sin on outside of left arm, close over wrist. 10 a. m., took two spoonfuls of a solution of 10 dr. of tinct. in a glass of water Drawing pain on outer edge of left shoulder-blade; frequent yawning. Spirits lively. More exact observation were interrupted by journey into country. One hour after dinner, great sleepiness. Pressure on under side of glans and orifice of urethra. On awaking from a siesta of 2 hours (at other times only 1/2 hour), dryness of throat, remarked on accidental empty swallowing, which disappeared after one deglutition; drawing in lower extremities; pressure on occiput. In evening, drawing in back, and in front in lower half of thorax, with difficulty of breathing, and pressure in throat as if it were compressed; pain in patellae on walking. About 12, just before bedtime, 3 dr. of tinct. Weariness disappears again, so that he spent 1/2 hour longer much interest him. IN 1/2 hour after dose, painful and tormenting sensation in glans, similar to what he had felt after strong erections; burning in orifice of urethra for 1/4 hours, followed by discharge of a drop of fluid. In morning, pain in deltoid and biceps of left arm on moving it, so that he cannot put coat on without help; distraction of thoughts, so that he forgets to pull on drawers, and in shaving rises from chair before lips and chin are shaven. Pain in arm all day. – 5th. At 8 p. m. took 5 dr. in water. In 10 m. confusion of head; piercing pain over left eye, in left molars; burning in intestines around navel; (laziness, letters seem less distinct, as if lamp did not burn bright enough; (inclination to lie down). (The bracketed symptoms occur also when the weather is about to change. The same sensitiveness in glans and urethra as the days before, but not so much. At night frequent sudden starting out of sleep with violent pains in left upper molars; teeth seem too long, the pain is aggravated by chewing; nostrils surprisingly dry, as if stooped up.; eyelids can only be opened with difficulty, as if they were swollen, and smart when this is attempted, as if sand were in them; burning in left upper lid; nausea; cutting in intestines. In again waking, pressure on chest and constriction, he cannot draw in enough of breath at each inspiration, and therefore soon expels the air, to inspire more; a few very deep inspirations, relieve this distress. Towards morning gentle perspiration all over; pains in left side, drawing from thence to back, aggravated by movement. – 6th. Pain in last two upper left sound); drawing pains here and there in left side and back. The pains in left arm gone. – 7th. Toothache in same molars all day, also at night waking him out of sleep. Does not know whether pain is in upper or lower jaw; any the two upper teeth painful to touch. – 8th. Just as 7th. – 9th. The two teeth are only sensitive when touched. 10th. – At 12 p. m., 5 dr., shortly before bedtime. Before going to sleep, sensation of warmth all over body, with oppression; drawing through upper incisors. Restless sleep, frequently awaking, when he had dreams of various symptoms, of which he had no recollection in morning. – 11th. On awaking, burning itching in eyelids; gentle perspiration all over; stoppage of left nostril; drawing in back; weariness. – 12th. At 10 a. m 10 dr. In 1.1/2 hour drawing pain in teeth; burning in nostrils; drawing pain through hypogastrium; cutting pain through epigastrium. nausea, diminished by eructation; pinching in intestines as sometimes before stool; spirits lively; increased briskness; pressure on eyelids on awaking in night; paralytic symptoms in limbs, especially in legs; drawing pain in left forearm and on back of hands; pressure and tension in perineum. – 13th. Drawing in back, and on outer edge of left shoulder-blade; tension and pressure in perineum; drawing in nape; coldness in legs.
7 d. March 13th, 1862, 10 a. m., chewed small leaf of vernal shoot and swallowed juice. it coloured saliva sulfur – yellow; taste disagreeable, rather sweetish bitter, much more acrid than leaves of plant when flowering with slightly acid after taste; burning in whole cavity of mouth, as if after Cayenne pepper; burning of lips, most of all on tip of tongue, with feeling of heat in mouth; burning down oesophagus quite into stomach. In 10 minutes sensation of swelling in larynx, with pressure on it and trachea; nausea; sense of fulness in abdomen; grumbling in intestines; vertigo and reeling. In 1/2 hour unusual urging to urine; clonic spasms in eyelids; on trying to keep them open they are forcibly closed; loss of power in walking; pressive pain in middle of right rectus femoris; hot feel in teeth; oppressed respiration; after dinner weakness, and sound sleep 1/2 hour. In afternoon till 4, great weariness and indisposition to exertion; about 5 a very hot cup of coffee was taken eagerly, when the high temperature of the beverage was beneficial; pressive, drawing pains in left side of occiput, and also over mastoid process of same side; periodic pricking pain in left parietal bone; paralytic pain in left shoulder and whole of arm; stiffens in back and between shoulders; drawing pain in left forefinger; frequent fits of coughing; sense of stoppage in ears, with singing in them; burning pain on cheeks near ears; cutting in intestines close over navel; frequent yawning. Just before bedtime itching burning close under pit of throat. In night awakened by his wife, who was disturbed by his loud toned, rapid, whistling respiration; had just dreamt that he had escaped in a dead house from a naked corpse, who sprang from the bench and seized him with his hands by the neck to throttle him; though he was not wont to dream at other times, nor had anything happened which could excite such a dream. Besides, he could not remember that in the dream he had suffered any anguish. After awaking, sensation as if trachea and larynx were narrowed by swelling, with tickling in larynx and short, dry cough; difficulty of breathing with great calmness of mind; slight shivering; sourish taste in gullet, as if after chewing liquorice or Dulcamara; perspiration, especially in palms of hands; frequent discharge of flatus; sensation as if eyelids were swollen, with sand in them. In morning. itching on small spot in middle of forehead; red inflamed, elevated spot there with central tubercle, as when a small boil is forming; in a few hours it disappeared.
7 e. 14th, 10 a. m., chewed a bit of peeled root, having just previously chewed a little leaf. The root, of the colour of carrot, had also at first a carroty taste; soon after very bitter, much bitterer than the plant; and afterwards, like the plant, acrid. Symptoms of mouth were the same as the day before, to which was added painful drawing in teeth. In 1/4 hour, on fetching a deep breath, painful tension all around on inner side of thorax at its base. Some morning after, stitches, first in left, then in right of thorax; education; fit of coughing.. 2 p. m., drawing pressure in back spreading to sides of chest, in left molars left temporal and left parietal bone; sensation of heat in left side of head, left cheek, and right meatus auditorius.
7 f. 24th. – Took 5 dr. of fresh tinct. at 10 a. m. It burns more on tongue than that prepared in flowering time; directly after, nausea, and sense of emptiness in stomach, as in bulimia; obliged to eat white bread to remove nausea; anguish and oppression; scene of heat all over; griping in intestines above navel; drawing in teeth; stitch in left parietal bone; feeling of determination of blood towards chest; giddiness in head. IN 1/4 hour cold feel on inside of right calf in skin, extending to hough, as if these parts were stripped of clothing; cold feel in toes; sensation of heat and swelling in hands; prominence of superficial veins of hands; feeling of stiffness in nape. Burning on tongue has ceased, and instead of it sensation is as if one had tasted vinegar some time before. In 1/2 hour burning in left cheek with sensation of heat there; drawing in back and sensation of heat in intestines below navel; feeling heat in left eye, and pricking in inner canthus; cold feeling in knees; nausea rising up from stomach commenced again; prickling on left cheek; itching in anus; burning itching on right cheek, ear; sensation of heat in stomach, coldness of legs; sense of stiffness in left knee with burning in joint; severe fit of coughing without expectoration; collection of wear in the mouth; pricking in left side of lower lip repeatedly; pricking in orifice of urethra; pressures occiput; hollow feel in stomach; burning of skin in temple towards left eye; pressure in root of nose; itching on scrotum, and then in concha of right ear.
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.