8b. November 5th, 9:30 a. m., took 90 dr. In 10 morning pain in occiput more violent than in first proving; pains in eyes as if lids were forcibly anguish in chest; breath hot; mouth and lips dried. In 1/2 hour twice obliged to pass water, with cramp – like pains in urethra; bruised feel in legs; stumbling gait; shivering, unusual sense of hunger; sudden pricking in left eye, with feeling as if it were torn out, 5 times in succession; feel in left lower teeth as if they were all loose, shaky, and too long. At noon, restlessness and agony of conscience as if she had committed a great crime and must run away, and yet could find no rest; trembling all over body; glowing heat all over head; both cheeks with well – defined patch of dark red; thirst; pulse full, 90; nausea, as if fainting; can only get into bed tottering; violent pulsation in arteries, with violent pains in all over head, from ear to ear, with dread of light; speaking becomes difficult; all limbs as if bruised; heat in face lasts 1/2 hour; feet icy cold; cold shuddering, as if drenched with cold water; during rigor, short quick breathing; legs as if paralysed and dead; violent pain in all teeth in speaking, and in both jaws; frequent yawning; nausea on attempting to take broth for diner, she can get nothing down; frequent dry short cough; provocation to cough in the larynx; frequent stitches and jumping pains in left temple; looks ill and suffering; pale sunken face; on closing eyes, whereby pain in head is somewhat alleviated, singing and ringing in ears; believes she cannot think, and has lost her intellect. A fit of anguish, with nausea and retching, about 3 p. m.; during anguish bright glittering specks before 4 p. m., the tearing pains in head transversely crossing crown become intolerable, forcing tears; from walking she is so faint as to be obliged to go to bed again; she raises herself in agony, and tears clothes from her neck and chest; vomits some mucus, without relief from headache, and thinks she must die; faints for a long time; extremities feel cold; pulse and beating of heart imperceptible; rubbing soles of feet restores consciousness, but she declares she does not feel the rubbing; continuance of rubbing relieves headache; she says it is as if all her intestines were torn out of abdomen, producing loss of senses; attack spite of warmed covering cannot get warm in bed; pulse 50, the intervals not quite uniform. About 7:30 able to leave bed; head less painful from time to time tearing in left eye and temple; can eat some bread and butter; feels very languid and drowsy, and cannot move at all; wishes room to be quite hot, heat is a comfort to her; twitching in arms and legs and head on moving arm; pain like a bruise in sacrum on moving. About 8:30 p. m. pressure on pit of stomach; frequent waking at night; cannot think bright on any subject; pains in occiput; incoherent dreams; awaking with short cough. 6th. In morning weight in head, and, on moving, pain in lumbar vertebrae as if they were crushed. No symptoms then till 5; inclination for acids; pulse 90. About 5 pains in the lumbar vertebrae become more violent, and extend forwards to chest; trembling all over; anguish, restlessness, oppression of chest; clothes feel too tight on chest glowing heat in face; burning in cheeks, which are coloured with dark red patches; dryness of mouth and throat; thirst; cannot take deep bath for pains in front of chest; at each inspiration pain inside chest, with short dry cough, which increases pains, and troubles her at short intervals; violent pain at every breath all round lower angle of shoulder-blades. She is obliged to sit upright, and dares not to move, because it makes pain in chest intolerable; is obliged to breathe short and quick to enable her to endure chest and back pains in any measure; heat and anguish till 7; chest pains increase in violent till 9, after which they cease. She could take nothing at super-time but water. About 11 a little more appetite again. All through night awoke often from short cough, with pains in back, and strong itching in occiput. – 7th. No symptoms till 2 p. m.; then pains in back and sacrum; 4 stools in 1/2 hour, pappy, with some pains in intestines. From to 4 violent pains around navel; pains again in chest on inspiration, aggravated by movement; spasmodic pains close over pubes, with frequent urging to pass water; pain across above navel, as if abdomen were constricted with a string, till 6-8th Sound sleep all night; cannot rouse herself properly; inclination for vinegar and sour food; vinegar tastes less sour; pain in right shoulder all day, worse when moving. 9 p. m. on getting her clothes ready for the wash, attack of faintness, with feeling of anguish in chest, trembling, and short cough; is obliged to go to bed, and soon falls asleep. – 9th, 8 a. m., continual pain in right shoulder, more violent than yesterday; fits of anguishing evening, with feeling as if perspiration were breaking out on forehead; felt quite well in open air. – 10th. From 8 a. m. to 2 p. m., drawing pain in the occiput, with anguish in chest, through which appetite is gone at dinner time, with tendency to weeping; pains in left shoulder-blade and sacrum whole day. At night, frequent awaking from toothache in left upper jaw. – 11th. Since the proving she has never been able to recollect in morning what she has dreamt; often awoke in night from toothache; hair comes off in quantities from occiput by combing. – 12th. Lower lumbar vertebra and shoulder blades painful under pressure; pustules on right cheek like chicken-pox; toothache in night as last night. – 17th. Every night till today, toothache; daily loss of hair from occiput; l hair over right ear matted from breadth of 4 fingers; hair drier than usual; pustules on bosom; pain in sacrum and headache in occiput, from morn till noon. About 3, dull pain in both jaws on left side, extending up towards eye close to nose, and even to temple; throbbing pain there; close to nose throbbing as when a boil is going to form (she once had a gumboil on this spot); pain is increased by touching left side of face. From 6 to 8 above – mentioned pain increased to great violence (chilly weather commence with mid – day breeze); this pain in relieved by magnetic pass with hand; continued chills; often wakening in night from these severe pains; should sleep from 5 a. m. – 18th. About 2 p. m., pressive pain in region of liver, on edge of ribs; pressure of clothes there causes severe pains; much eructation; coffee distasteful to her. About 5, same pains in teeth as yesterday; they feel to long; painful spot on cheek appears to her swollen and gathering, though no swelling is perceptible; pains in knee – joints, calves, and lower part of thigh, till 9; calves are painful when grasped; she cannot advance her legs to walk without fatigue, and often knuckles at the knee. – 19th. She awoke with strong coryza; as she sometimes suffers in this way, it may easily be due to other influences, so that the subsequent symptoms have no longer any value. She has grown thinner during the proving.
8c. December 3rd, 10 p. m., took 2 dr. of tinct. in half a glass of water. In 10 morning pricking pain in region of larynx, with sensation as if neck were swollen externally in region of larynx; stitches in quick succession through larynx, externally and internally in throat; sensation as if air could not pass owing to swelling of larynx; dryness in throat; the throat seems constricted; eructation. In 5 minutes more, the sudden pain in throat better; copious discharge of water by drops from left nostril (less from right) with burning of outer edge; in 1/2 hour pain in region of liver, quickly spreading downwards transversely above navel through intestines; she feels as if on this place abdomen was constricted by a cord; in bed, much flatus. – 4th. Slept well; urine in morning turbid directly after passing; stool more lax than usual; less appetite for breakfast. About 9 a. m., two spoonfuls of mixture of 5 dr. in half a glass of water. In 5 minutes, pain in left shoulder, extending down to deltoid. In 1/4 hour pain in lower part of thoracic wall on right, reaching to side, a hand’s breadth in extent, aggravated by each inspiration. sudden call to pass urine twice in quick succession. In 1/2 hour pains of chest increasing; pressed to pass water every 1/4 hour. – five times in 1 1/2 hours. 11 a. m, took a tablespoonful. In 10 morning pain in right knee – joint, aggravated by movement. At 2 p. m., two dr. at once in water. In 10 minutes pains over navel in intestines, with constriction across; oppression in chest; want of breath; pressure in front of stomach; pain, like a bruise, from right shoulder-blade down back; pain in last lumbar vertebra, as if broken. tensive pain in forehead, as if from band over eyes; pressure and pain in eyes as if they were squeezed in, on upper part of eyeball, more in left than right; she keeps her eyes closed because of the relief it affords them; sudden severe anguish with palpitation of heart; heart’s beats not more frequent nor irregular, but so intensified that clothes are lifted by movement communicated to thorax, and she hears beating of heart so plain that she fancies others must hear it, for 5 m. pain in inguinal region which prevents her from walking, about 4 o’clock. Several times persistent stitches for some morning in right side of thorax, which compel short breathing, and are intolerable when deeper breathing is attempted; great cold in face; cheeks pale and feel quite cold for 2 hours; pulse generally 70, now 50; stool loose, bright yellow; great weakness; frequent yawning; languor and prostration all over body; total loss of appetite. Slept from 7 till 9 sitting on a sofa; cessation of headache on awaking; pressure on stomach; oppression of chest; in nape and shoulder-blades sensation as if bones were torn out of their place; cold feeling all over without diminution of temperature; frequent eructation, whereby stomach is somewhat relieved; taste somewhat bitter; continued dry cough in two fits in quick succession; when coughing, pains in chest and sacrum pain in larynx; pain in right knee as if broken. At night on awaking often confusion and heaviness in occiput; if she wished to sit upright, occiput seems to be fastened on pillow. – 5th. After getting up muddled and beclouded; pain in the sacrum on moving. About 5 p. m., confusion of head and vertigo; nausea, as if she must vomit; palpitation of the heart, as yesterday, with anguish
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.