4. BAUER, from 30th dil. Dilatory, disinclined for any mental work. Confusion of head (after I hours), with heat and violent congestion (after 2 hours), lasting till afternoon; vertigo, with reeling towards left side, in m. immediately after rising; vertigo with pressure in eyes; rush of blood to head with confusion; rush of blood, with heat in head; headache, first over whole forehead, afterwards becoming more concentrated towards left frontal sinus; headache over eyes, extending to root of nose (after 2 hours), and lasting nearly all day; headache in left frontal sinus, as if sore; pulsating pain in right temple, that extends into right orbit; two transient stitches in right side of head, as if starting from a scar on that side (immediately); tensive pain in right occiput, afterwards extending to orbits and down into nasal bones; tension and then drawing pains in an old scar above right ear, at n., as though it were painful on sudden and sharp changes in the weather; painfulness of whole left head; painful sensitiveness in left temple from vertex down, and in left half of face, when touched, or on moving the muscles, as, for example, laughing, chewing, &c., a sensation as if skin had been burnt by great heat of the sun, which was not the case, lasting 3 day, gradually disappearing. Eyes seem to be thicker (swollen?) than usual, even to other people, they look as though one had been weeping, evening; pressure in eyes, aggravated on moving them, as though orbits were too small; pressure in and above eyes, also skin of forehead is painful externally to touch; itching in and about eyes, with heat in them, in afternoon and evening, was obliged to rub them a great deal; violent itching in left, with pressure in both eyes and dizziness, disappearing after coffee. Violent sneezing for about 2 m. (after 3rd dose), frequently (immediately after 4th dose); catarrh, dry in evening, which next m. on waking had disappeared, with burning in upper lip, – in n. towards m. again some catarrh, which on waking disappeared; some drops of blood from nose on blowing it in evening; a spot just above left ala nasi painful to touch without anything being visible; itching in nose, in e. Hot lips. Drawing in second upper right both tooth, which was sound; gum of two lower back teeth is painful; gum is painful from warmth in mouth; very transient prickling feeling on tongue immediately; transient pain on curtain of the palate, while yawning; accumulation of water in mouth. Slight pressure in throat at times. Diminished appetite; no relish for smoking; eructations of air; feeling as though heartburn would occur (after a few m.); pressure in stomach at n. and in morning; so that he was obliged to rise up and at last stand up, relieved by profuse emission of flatus, 3 n. in succession. Stitches in left hypochondrium; transient stitches in hypochondria from right to left side. Jerkings in anus in quick succession. urine of strong odour, with perspiration in axillae. Some jerkings in penis; testicles seem quite hard, with relaxed scrotum; increased irritability of sexual desire. Larynx feels obstructed by a foreign substance; pressure in larynx. While riding in a carriage, pain in chest and tickling in larynx, provoking hacking cough; bubbling sensation in chest; some jerks in chest. Painfulness of left scapula, as form a dull pressure. Heaviness of limbs. Sudden stitches in tips of fingers. Some tearing in left leg, from above downward; pain as from sprain in right knee; gouty drawing pain in left leg, from above downward; pain as form sprain in right knee; gouty drawing pain in left knee while sitting. Drawings in lower legs from above downwards. Inclination to lie down; feeling of weariness. Eruption on left upper lip; small pustules filled with matter on right brow and face; biting in various parts of skin, as from ants; sticking itching in various parts of body; itching as from burning nettles on left thumb and index – finger, followed by formation of two pimples, as form insect bites (though there had been no insect), with violent burning after scratching, lasting 3 d. Sleeps over usual time; restless sleep and many dreams and many dreams, with anxiety; many dreams of his home, with an anxious feeling as though some evil had happened to him; sleep restless. Disagreeable feeling of warmth over whole body without perspiration, in evening; [In a cold climate, and at a cold time of the year] strong smelling perspiration in axillae, smelling like garlic. (Ibid.)
5. BEHLERT, from 30th dil. Vertigo while sitting (Ist d.); headache extending into nose; fine – and deep – sticking headache; headache in forehead, at times (5th d.); writhing in forehead above right eye (Ist d.); sudden shooting in forehead (followed by throbbing headache that she has often had formerly); tearing – sticking in forehead, across, above eyebrows; tearing in forehead above eyebrows, also as if in the bones, in m. (5th d.); tearing extending upwards from ears to temples. Stitches in eyes, also hot burning stitches; something shoots form brow down into the lashes (3rd d.); sticking in right lid form above down to the lashes (Ist d.); hot stitches shoot internally from brows down to lashes, first in left, then in right side (4th d.); flickering before eyes, as from threads, or rays of sun. throbbing in bones behind ear; ringing in ears, and some whirring as form insects, and tearing; roaring in left ear (Ist d.); whirring, as from insects in ears (2nd d.), it seems to extend back into head (5th d.), and continues to 7th d. Tensive burrowing beneath right nostril, followed by biting across under nose (Ist d.); tearing from upper part of right forehead of nose (7th d.). Feeling of stiffness in malar bone coming from cervical glands; feeling as though something were screwing and burrowing in right zygoma, also in flesh (4th d.); tearing in zygoma extending into ear (7th d.); burrowing beneath left ear near jaw and in sterno – mastoid, as in erysipelas, followed by same sensation on other side, evening (4th d.). Fine constriction on left side of root of tongue (5th d.); burning and dryness on palate, with thirst (after taking acids); pressure in palate as if it came form stomach (5th d.). dryness in throat, with thirst and nausea; feeling as if tendons were drawing throat up to palate, with pressure as after swallowing astringent pears (3rd d.); pressure in throat, as though a plug were in it (after acids); pressure in throat as from something astringent; pressure in left cervical muscles, especially sterno – mastoid, extending upward and round head, like a headache; throbbing in front, in cervical glands, afterwards extending up into malar bones, which feel stiff. Burning eructations of dry air; nausea with vomiting and thirst; burrowing as from a worm in stomach; sensation as though something were drawn up into a ball in stomach and intestines, almost every day; pressure in epigastric region, extending towards heart; pressure in pit of stomach while lying down, but especially on moving; stitching extending from stomach to chest; feeling as though something were gnawing in stomach, though without pain, followed by gnawing in both sides, extending across under deep in abdomen (3rd d.); jumping throbbing in pit of stomach, and extending up under ribs, followed by sensation as though something pressed from pit of stomach towards heart (3rd d.) Sticking in the sides beneath ribs (2nd d.); gnawing on both sides beneath ribs, deep in abdomen; tearing in right of abdomen (7th d.); tearing from both sides of abdomen towards middle, deeply seated (3rd d.); stitch near right ilium extending internally through abdomen and chest into left shoulder, the same also on other side, form the left below to the right above (6th d.); gnawing pain in lower portion of inguinal region, near bone, disappears and returns through whole day (2nd d.). Pressure in anus as for stool, followed by a somewhat soft stool (after vinegar); throbbing in anus and small of back. Tickling – itching extending from thighs into genitals, which became swollen, with a voluptuous sensation, sexual desire, and tickling, then a cramplike contraction in uterus, extending into right side of abdomen, thence into breast (in a circular direction), with heat and apprehensiveness, – together with these sensations there is a tickling in anus, which extends into region of kidneys, and thence up to between the shoulders, as if between the skin and flesh. (She had a similar sensation several years before, which now reappeared after taking Lachesis.) Twisting or turning about in put of throat (4th – 6th d.). Pain extending inward in lower portion of ribs; pressing pain extending from chest to stomach; stitches through chest form abdomen to shoulder; soreness of chest; stitches in lower portion of forepart of chest, extending inward (Ist d.); burrowing like a worm in forepart of right side of chest, extending towards left side, and seeming to be in stomach, afterwards a stitch as if extending from stomach internally upward between the flesh and bones in middle of chest to vicinity of breasts; feeling as though labour pains extended up into the breasts, almost every day (causticum relieved); pressure beneath breast, and drawing extending upward (4th d.). Feeling of constriction about heart. Sticking in back from below upwards (Ist d.); tearing in scapulae, more in right, also in shoulders (7th d.); tearing between shoulders and in cervical vertebrae (4th d.); pain in small of the back, with yawning and stretching of the arms and legs, as in fever (after acids); burning, apparently between the skin and flesh, seeming as though it came from small of back (after acids); sticking – burning in small of back, extending upward; throbbing in small of back and anus, with drawing in all the limbs. Stretching of limbs and feeling about heart as if it were constricted (after acids); frequent tearing pains in both arms and legs, with cramp; twitching in arms and legs, and at same time creeping from left shoulder to head. Arms so weak that she is unable to rise them, they fall down again; pains in arms as if internally in bones (after acids); sudden tearing downward through arms (4th d.); turning about in the muscular margins of axillae, more towards right side, as in erysipelas (3rd d.); tearing through right arm, less in left (5th d.);, stitches from abdomen to shoulder; tearing in bone of upper arm, and outward though flesh (after acids); tearing in forearm (7th d.); aching in joints of wrists, extending to elbow (6th d.); cramp between metacarpal bones of 4th and 5th fingers (3rd d.); gnawing and crawling in bones and flesh or right 3rd and 4th fingers, also under nails, as though something were boring and burrowing form backs of fingers through and through and upward, but without pain. Drawing extending up legs; frequent tearing in thighs, extending to the knees, as if in bones; she was obliged to move feet up and down, otherwise legs would jerk up and cause uneasiness in whole body, together with tearing extending up leg (5th d.); sticking in legs with changes of wind and weather; tearing extending up leg (5th d.); sticking in legs with changes of wind and weather; tearing extending up the leg, with uneasiness in the knees; feeling in the right calf s if asleep, afterwards in whole leg (7th d.); she was obliged to move feet, otherwise legs jerked upward intolerably, followed by fine drawing extending up leg like a crawling; tension in tendons beginning at heel (before a snow – storm); cramp ion forepart of foot; cramp like feeling in foot, which draws up toes (4th d.); feeling as though something were digging beneath right toe – nails and pushing them up; drawing extending from toes upward; stitches as with needles in toes, extending upward (5th d.). Stretching of the whole body, commencing in the toes and going to the fingers; tearings, now in one place, now in another, on several d. Red pimples here and there on body, with at times tickling in them, scratching causes pain, tickling is worse in bed, she is unable to sleep on account of the biting – itching; biting in the lobule of the ear, afterwards pimples on it; several small pimples on forehead and cheeks (some day after dose); burning in skin (after taking acids); sticking – burning everywhere in skin, especially starting in small of back; sticking in skin commencing rather deep in flesh, and sticking outward through skin; very fine stitches deep in skin, extending outward though it. Yawning (3rd d.); yawning with stretching; yawning with nausea, and dryness of throat, as if thirsty. Chilliness in back, commencing in small of back; cold feeling on right ankle (7th d.) creeping form left shoulder to the head; a kind of fever commencing at 3 a. m., – drawing from the toes upward and urging to stool, with frequent soft stool during the whole time, then drawing in right side and in the anus, extending up into chest and right region of kidneys, with some sensation of warmth, together with pressure in the chest and right region of kidneys, with some sensation of warmth, together with pressure in the chest and sighing (and a pressure about the heart lasting a few d.), followed by chilliness and stretching, with some thirst, shaking chill in open air, afterwards a creeping from anus up into the head, with dulness, vertigo, roaring in ears, dazzling before eyes, weakness of the arms, crawling about and twitching in flesh, even in bones, together with yellow colour of face, – frequently recurring, always after taking vinegar; a feverish condition always after eating salt things. (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.