8. BETHMANN. After 4 hours must often spit out watery saliva. After 12 hours, in evening on lying down a very violent drawing cutting pain in left side of thorax and abdomen (on which he lay), which began above the diaphragm, seemed to bore through it, and extend down into abdomen, then passed, more of a cutting character, through small intestines to entrance into true pelvis, where it disappeared, but almost at the same moment again began in thorax; at same time respiration laboured and superficial; lying on back gradually took away pain. After 18 hours drawing in anterior part of urethra. – 1st d. Great appetite. – 1st and 2nd d. Must go to stool often than usual, but the stools are generally unsatisfactory and pappy. – 2nd d. In m. as if a stone lay in stomach. – No time stated. Disagreeable, disgusting irritation. Digestion not so good as usual. When urinating burning in urethra behind glans. Urine dilatory in coming away; he has urging, but must wait some m. before it comes. Altered smell, milk and bread smell like putrid flesh. Drawing deep in middle finger. (HARTLAUB and TRINKS, R. A. M. iii, 1949.)_
9. HARTLAUB. – No time stated. Disinclination for mental work. Confused head. Fine stitches in left temple. Painful pressure in upper orbital border as if in bone. Tearing pressure on upper surface of right eyeball. Ringing in left ear. Hot darts in left malar bone, which is painful when touched. Drawing pain in a hollow tooth. Firm, almost painless, swelling on hard palate near backmost molar, size of a pigeon’s egg. A sharp shoot in oesophagus. Belching. Painful pressure in a small spot on left side of abdomen. Rumbling in abdomen and discharge of flatus. Violent sneezing. Must always hawk phlegm from larynx and trachea. Dull pressure in right side of chest. Obtuse stitches in left side of chest. On bending head to left side paralytic pain on left side of nape. Burning feeling in left shoulder, as if in bone. Drawing in upper arm. Shooting in left palm. Drawing in metacarpal bones. Drawing pain in thumb and index. Violent tearing in proximal joint of right middle finger. Obtuse shooting on back of index. Throbbing – shooting in index, in bone. Paralytic drawing in whole right lower limb, when at rest and when moving. A stitch in left natis. Tearing in left knee. In bed, drawing in lower end of tibia. Slight drawing in outer ankle. Paralytic pain in left ankle – joint, as if the hip – joint was relaxed. Numb pain on inner ankle. Dull drawing in heel – bone. Painful shooting in fore part of right big toe. Weariness. Itching all over head, after scratching it burns. Violent itching on coccyx. Great itching of skin here and there. Single little scurfs on head. Day drowsiness. (Ibid.)
10. HERING. After 1 hour sensation in whole head as if it were blown out, or as if temples and eyes were forced outwards from within. – 1st d. Disposition to get angry and discontented with others for a trifling cause, and to express himself in a few contemptuous words. Silly; he speaks much on every subject, passes quickly from one to another, speaks for the sake of speaking, and would even do so if he were alone, has pleasure in his own frivolous and ridiculous chatter. Feeling in head as if the meninges of brain and brain itself were stretched, then a tensive feeling in peripheral region as if the skin was thicker there and could not form wrinkles. Scraping in throat. Less urine than usual. Drawing in lower extremities. – No time stated. Vertigo, everything goes round with him. slight pressure in left temple. After reading aloud, vertigo; speaking and looking closely at anything are difficult for him, and he feels as if he were going to have a violent headache; this is worse then walking; there occurs a pressure from within outwards in whole head, with feeling of intoxication. When going upstairs slight undulating and throbbing headache. The hair falls out, and is painful on crown. The eyes feel sunken and as if their orbits were too small; at same time he can look at nothing fixedly, objects appear to move. Slight boring and smarting in eyes (from vapour of juice). Much muco – pus in eyes, m. Transient cramp in left sterno – cleido – mastoid muscle. Pain in skin of palate, which exfoliates next d. Dryness and tickling – burning in hard palate. Burning and then scraping in oesophagus. In m. white slimy foam on corners of mouth. Flat, slimy taste. Fiery urine, which after standing shows in its middle a flaky substance, but later a reddish sediment, and a thin iridescent film on the top. Urine after standing quite turbid, with a greasy film on top. Increase of sexual desire, very stiff erections. Slight burning in larynx. After dinner drowsiness and sleep, with disagreeable dreams. Afternoon sleep, with many voluptuous dreams and seminal emissions, with stiff erection. (Ibid.)
11. NENNING. After 1 hour shooting in right side of head. While walking, cutting in left iliac region. After 1/2 hour heat and sweat on upper part of body, with quick full pulse. After 2 hours, stupid in head, like vertigo, going off in open air. Pulse slower by a few beats. After 3 hours urine pale yellow. – 1st d. Lively, talkative. Shooting and gnawing in left frontal region, then gnawing in left side of lower jaw, very painful. Pressure in stomach relieved by eructation. As it full in stomach. Gastric region distended, as from flatulence, and painful when touched. Urine increased. Heat and sweat on head, with nausea, after breakfast. – 2nd day diarrhoeic stool. Cold on lying down, e. After 3 day, painful drawing in a hollow molar, cold makes the pain jerking; worst a. m., relieved by walking, lasting 5 d. Toothache like tickling, chiefly p. m. worst n., aggravated by cold and hot things. Two diarrhoeic stools. – 4th d. Burning and watering of eyes. Half sleep all n. – No time stated. Sharp stitches on left side of vertex. Headache aggravated by thinking. Tearing in left ear. Feeling as if something burning hot came out of both ears. Painful tension under left eye. Tongue dry and rough. Tongue feels to her too large and too broad. Frequent flow of water into mouth after breakfast. Frequent empty eructation, with pressure on chest, a. m. Clear tasteless water comes up from stomach without nausea, m. Burning, like heartburn, and nausea, rising up from belly to chest, after breakfast. Violent pinching in stomach, going off by eructation, p. m. Burning from stomach into belly. Shooting in right hypochondrium. Cutting and rolling in belly, with 2 stools. After dinner, violent cutting in belly, and ineffectual call to stool. Pinching in whole belly, especially around navel, when sitting, p. m., relieved by walking. Audible rumbling from stomach up to throat. Ineffectual call to stool. Two ordinary stools in rapid succession. Urine rather scalding. Menses 3 day too soon. Breathing rather oppressed. Frequent deep breathing. Shooting in right side of chest, which goes thence into right clavicle, then into a right molar, and finally into right calf. Tearing in muscles of neck and nape. Shooting betwixt shoulders as if an bone. Long – continued shooting beneath left scapula. Shooting into back, when sitting. Tearing on coccyx when sitting. Tearing in left shoulders down to fingers. Weight in right arm. Tearing in right elbow and ankle. Tearing in right palm. Tearing in thumb. Gone – asleep feeling in fingers. Tearing in hip – joints. A severe sudden tear in right hip, when sitting. Tearing in outer side of right thigh to heel. When sitting gnawing in posterior side of thigh. Tearing in calves. Tearing in right outer ankle. Tearing in right heel and thence to outer border of foot to little toe. Long – continued formication in heel. Tearing in sole. Twitching in right big toe, when sitting, e. Such violent tearing in right big toe, she could cry out, when sitting. Feet as if beaten and trembling, when walking. Frequent yawning, with sleepiness. Sleepy early in e. Restless sleep for 3 n. Constant tossing about in bed, in half sleep. Anxious dreams all n. for several n. On awaking at n. imagines she is in a strange and solitary place. Often warm and anxious all over body. Frequently heat and sweat all over body. Sweat on awaking at 3 a. m. (Ibid.)
12. RUECKERT. – 1st d. Contractive pressive pain in forehead. His eyeballs feel too large. Cool feeling in right eye. Gums feel loose. Ball – like pressure in throat while and while not swallowing, frequently recurring. – 2nd d. All worse evening, headache involves whole sinciput, feels as if the skin of forehead were drawn together and the bone scraped raw; the eyelids have a red border and are heated; feels as if a thread were firmly drawn through eye to middle of head, very painful. Pain as if teeth were full of holes and the air blew cold into them, at same time gums feel corrugated and pain as if burnt. Trembling of hands. Constant feeling of coldness as if the inward parts were quite contracted by cold, and as if they trembled to and fro. – No time stated. Frequent persistent pressure in head, especially in both temples. Pressure in occiput. Shooting pain in centre of head and in temples, later heavy pressure on forehead, especially when stooping. Some stitches through middle of eye, the sight of which is misty. Swimming before eyes. Unsteady vision, as though he had been weeping. Ringing in ears and earache. Hot face. Shoots in upper lip, nape, hands and feet as if beneath skin. Chapped and swollen upper lip, and tetter about mouth. Every m. pain as if a knife cut into gums. Drawing and throbbing in teeth. Pain in palate as if excoriated. Pressure in right tonsil. Pressure outwards in throat on stooping and in evening, as if a ball were continually growing bigger and would burst the throat. Sharp shooting scraping in throat, mostly e. Nausea and sour taste. Sinking in stomach. Frequent sneezing. Some hoarseness. Frequent stitches through lungs. Frequent pinching in heart and lungs; on stooping feels as if a stone lay on back. On turning round neck feels stiff and swollen. Stitches through and through on both sides of back and nape. Paralytic pain in finger – joints, later in arm and other joints. The fingers are sometimes hot, sometimes cold, death coloured and dying away. Fingers often as if gone asleep. Drawing in inner side of left thigh. Drawing burning under toes, especially e. Many tendons are painful when touched. Cramp – like pinching in joints almost always. Constant stitches in all limbs, especially e. On every movement, feeling as if joints were broken, and on stretching out as if they had been pressed in, on twisting and turning as if swollen and sprained. All the skin feels sore when touched. Great heaviness in all limbs and increased cold, e. Short broken sleep. Chill as if he trembled inwardly, evening and also a. m. Feet always cold, especially n. Here and there icy cold spots, like finger – tips, on skin. Sometimes of an evening heat from nape along back. (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.