7b. Oct. 3rd – 8th, took 1 dr. of Ist dil. once or twice daily. On 7th, 10 a. m., distinct dull shooting in various localities in left chest, and slight pricking pain in left pharynx. 8 p. m., chest better, but throat much worse. 8th. – left side of throat is red, with considerable pain on swallowing. 8 p. m., throat very painful; took dose of belladonna. 9th. – Left tonsil inflamed and painful. No further record. Nov. 7th – 18th took same (new preparation) in same way. On 7th, at 2 p. m., while writing, sudden attack of fluttering at heart, with rising in throat. On 12th, extreme coldness of feet, and on 13th same of hands also; on 14th, same of feet, with aching at vertex capitis. On 15th, evening, uneasy aching about chest, particularly left side; and on 16th, evening, same with heat. 17th, quite free from any symptoms during day, but uneasiness about heart again in evening 18th. – Woke with soreness of left throat. 8 p. m., after riding some distance considerable pain in heart, extending through to left scapula, not affected by deep inspiration; lasted some hours and was very marked. (Ibid., p.221.)
8. W. right -, aet. 27, took Ist dil. in Oct., 3rd in Nov., and 6th in Dec. There was so much amiss with his health on commencing proving, and so little fresh occurred, save some catarrh and a gingivitis which may well have been accidental, that no record of his experiences need be given here. (Ibid., p.223.)
9. Mrs. R -, wife of above, aet. 23, proved 3rd dil. in usual way during Nov. Was suckling an infant 4 – 5 mo. old, and at same time had profuse menstruation, with much leucorrhoea during periods; also liable to congestion of head. She became ill while taking drug, – feverish, thirsty, diarrhoeic (as was infant also), and colicky, with frequent sick turns; but the detailed symptoms are so blended with those of her previous far from healthy state that they cannot here be given. (She did not enjoy very good health after taking the medicine, but the leucorrhoea she formerly suffered from entirely disappeared.) (Ibid., p.246.)
10. a. WILLIAM GILLOW, aet. 27, affected with pityriasis of scalp, haemorrhoids, and frequent severe attacks of flatulence; otherwise healthy. Oct. Ist – 6th, took m. and evening i dr. of Ist dil. 2nd. – Passed a wakeful n. (very uncommon, and no reason for it); dreamed vividly, and woke up very frequently with very dry mouth. 3rd. – On going to bed peculiar headache, dull constricted feeling across forehead, with heaviness of eyes; slight nausea, dry mouth and very cold feet, though he had been sitting in a warm room. This m., after dose, had some slight headache, with dryness of mouth and cold feet. 7:30 p. m., very sudden and relaxed motion, with return of m. symptoms. On 4th no symptoms, and none on 5th till after evening dose, when on going to bed he felt peculiar morbid condition of body and mind; constant violent sexual desire, with little physical power. Thus n. was passed most miserably, – frequent waking, with vivid imaginations and most painful state of mind. [No. 8 notes unusual excitement of genital instinct and power more or less throughout proving. – EDS.] There were involuntary emissions, followed by great prostration and distress. He never felt these symptoms in the same way before. 6th. – Felt prostrate and miserable in body and mind; dulness about head, heavy aching over eyes, dry mouth. This continued more or less all day |In evening felt better, and (though n. was restless) continued so till evening of 7th, when symptoms came on which eventuated in a severe cold.
10b Nov. 14th – 22nd took same, at first m. and evening, later at noon only. Was then in his usual health. 15th. – M., mouth very dry, and headache over eyes, peculiar oppressive and constricted feeling; went off after breakfast. 16th. – Same. 17th. – Peculiar distress about generative organs, with great depression of mind; sexual desire morbidly strong, yet no physical power. 18th. – In 2 hours after (midday) dose, return of dry mouth and headache. No moral symptoms to – day 19th. – One hours after dose slight heaviness over eyes, with constricted feeling and dryness of throat. 20th. – M. still for some day getting scantier, and to – day less than ever. 21st and 22nd. – Same costiveness. No further effects. In Dec. took doses of Ist, 2nd, and 3rd trits. without effect. (Ibid.)
11. a. Dr. POPE, aet. 23, took, Oct. Ist – 7th, I dr. of ist dil. m. and e. On 2nd slight aching in both temples for 2 – 3 hours, and on 3rd similar pain all day, and tightness in larynx on getting into bed. He felt this again on waking next m., and it continued all day, with slight headache. On 5th same, with cough, and oppressive aching in temples. On 6th and 7th felt tightness in larynx immediately after evening dose, and in m. of 7th aching in temples and across forehead recurred.
11b. Nov. 6th – 12th took same (new preparation). 8th. – Severe aching across forehead, particularly over each temple, and weight over eye lids. Tightness over vertex. Depression of spirits, inability for exertion, everything seemed going wrong. Pain lessened as day advanced, nut was aggravated by motion or exertion of any kind. 9th. – Pain in head of same kind, but less severe; was at once dissipated by a very little alcohol or tobacco. 10th. – Headache like that on 8th came on after m. dose, and remained for 2 or 3 hours 11th. – Slight headache over right eye and in right temple; spirits better. 12th. – Same.
11c. Dec. 4th – 10th, took 1 dr. of 6th dil. m. and e. On 6th slight headache and great restlessness; on 9th slight headache and great depression of spirits; on 10th, aching over whole head and depression of spirits, continuing during following day without any more medicine. The foregoing is Dr. Pope’s revision, in his present lights, of the record of his proving. To latter he adds the following remarks: – “On reviewing the abnormal symptoms which have succeeded my taking the N. poison, I find that the most persistent and best marked have been severe headache, usually accompanied by intense depression of spirits. The headache was very severe, at times almost unendurable, and the melancholy equally distressing. The headache was most marked, and usually began, in the right temporal region (also occupying the left, though in less degree), and involved the eyes of the same side. The pain was a deep – seated, severe aching, occasionally shooting; it gradually extended to a sense of dull aching over forehead and vertex, but always remaining most severe in each temple. The least motion aggravated it intensely. It was relieved by going into the open air, though but slightly; smoking procured more marked relief, and alcoholic liquors completely dissipated it. This pain was present whenever the poison was taken, though most severe on Nov. 8th and 9th. it was, as before remarked, accompanied by great depression of spirits. This melancholy was of peculiar kind. I felt that everything that was done was done in a wrong way, and could not be rectified. If I felt that I had some duty to perform, I had at the same time a strong impulse not to do it, and was extremely restless in consequence. These moral symptoms were not present at all during Oct.; they were very distressing while taking the Nov. doses, and, though present, were much less severe in Dec.” He goes on to say that he only once felt this headache and depression before, viz. when – some 6 – 7 years previously – residing in the relaxing atmosphere of Torquay] (Ibid., p. 234.)
12. a. JOHN LANDELL, aet. 26, took 1 dr. of Ist dil. n. and m. Oct. 2nd – 8th. – Had coryza at beginning of proving, and had had rheumatism of shoulders 6 weeks previously. This last recurred after ist power. The usual frontal headache of N. began on 3rd, and continued all day on 4th. On evening of 5th felt sick, almost to vomiting; irritable, restless; frontal headache, throbbing of temples, and disagreeable fulness of head when lying; feeling of weariness and frequent yawning. On m. of 7th tearing pains in abdomen for 2 hours; still headache, weariness, and yawning; chilblains have appeared on feet last 3 day, very painful, cannot put boots on, has not had them before for 3 or 4 years.
12b. Nov. Ist – 7th, took n. and m. I dr, of 3rd, and, 11th – 17th, I dr. of Ist dil. From first, no effect save slight headache and transient though sharp abdominal pains. On 12th, sharp shooting pains from one temple to the other; nausea with pain and beating in stomach, and feeling or prostration. On 17th, gum of left canine inflamed, and opposite to it an ulcer of under lip, which did not disappear till 12 day after finishing med. in Dec. took 6th dil. in same manner for a week, but without result. (Ibid., p. 241.)
13. Dr. DRYSDALE took Ist dil. for a week in Oct. without result, and the same may be said of his trial of the 3rd dil. in Nov. In Dec. he took the fresh preparation of Ist dil., without noticing any deviation from health save that on 6th, while driving, he felt a sudden pang of pain through left side of head, from behind forwards, lasting only a. m. or two. (Ibid., p. 243.)
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.