9. SCHULZ. – 1st day, violent shooting in left ear. 2nd day, vertigo, as if he would fall. 3rd day, stitches in right hand; drawing through all limbs, and feeling as if paralysed. 4th day, shooting in right chest, between 3rd and 4th ribs (recurring 6th and 7th d.); erysipelatoid inflammation over right tibia, with violent burning pain; flying stitches in whole body, now here, now there. 5th day, weariness in legs. 6th day, vertigo, everything goes round; shooting in right knee. 7th day, vertigo, more while sitting than while standing; shooting pain in head, especially in forehead. Without note of time, – cramp in right hand, especially in fingers and so violent that hand is quite stiff and fingers crooked; shooting in right index. (Ibid.)
10. STAPF. – On rising in m. vertigo, worse in sitting than in moving, he feels stupid in head; he had to rest head upon table whole forenoon till after dinner to keep off the vertigo and constant nausea (2nd d.); gloomy in head. Painful scratching sensation in throat; thirst, which can only be quenched for a short time; aversion to all food and to coffee; he eats, but without appetite; continual desire to vomit; internal shudder through abdomen; violent creeping in rectum, as from thread – worms. Tension on chest about epigastrium, especially in breathing. From soon after midnight, very violent tearing – tensive pain in calves, going off almost entirely on rising (8 day in succession). Lassitude for several d. Restless, unrefreshing sleep. Complicated dreams. Chilliness without thirst or subsequent heat, but itself followed by thirst; profuse sweat after midnight. Dislike to work; vexed, inclined to be vehement, out of humour. (Ibid.)
11. W. [described as “a young physician”]. – Painful pressure in right hemisphere of brain, extending as far as left lower molars; pressive pain about right temporal bone; itching (sic) pressive headache, most violent in forehead; evening while reading, pains in head, as if single parts of brain were pressed against sharp corners; burning of lips as if they had been scalded. Shooting pain in a right lower molar, extending into submaxillary gland (1/2 hours); tongue smarts as if sore and full of vesicles; tip of tongue and buccal cavity felt sore and scalded; disgust for meat; slight indications of heartburn; dull shooting pressure in left abdomen, as if it were somewhat sore; diarrhoea, stool looking fermented and brown. Urine becomes thick and turbid, like loam – water (5 hours). strong, painful oppression on middle of chest; burning in right chest as if he had swallowed hot water. Painful drawing to right elbow – joint; on both forearms small burning – itching pimples; paralytic drawing painful rigidity in left thumb and index; very painful jerking in right thumb, relieved by grasping it; pressive drawing on outer side of left knee (5 m.); pressive pinching as along marrow of right tibia, while walking; tension at right calf, in walking. Walk all over, as b before a severe illness. Sleepy all day, eyes constantly closing, as if he had not slept on previous n. (Ibid.) [ There are also symptoms in this pathogenesis referred to “S.G. and Nn”, and some quite anonymous; but as no mention is made of these sources in the preface, we have thought it better to omit the symptoms belonging to them, lest they should prove as worthless as those cited from Hartlaub and Trinks, which were observed in a body suffering from tape-worm before he took Sabadilla 30, and which (naturally) disappeared after 46 eels of the worm had been passed EDS.].
Poisonings
1. Rosalie K -, aet. 20, cook, took on the morning of April 18th, 1842, for headache and pain in stomach, which she thought was caused by worms, a quantity of powdered sabadilla seeds. Seen at noon, she was suffering from great precordial anxiety, was tossing about in bed, any groaning and eructating. She did not answer when spoken to, lay speechless and unconscious, or jumped up to run about the room, plucking at her dress over the region of the scrob. cordis. Her face was haggard and deathly pale, her features distorted with an expression of extreme anxiety; she appeared drowsy her eyelids were firmly closed, livid rings around the eyes, forehead covered with cold sweat, breathing free and quick, pulse irregular and quick, heart’s beats strong, gastric region sensitive to touch and feeling as if a heavy stone lay there. For more than 1 hours nausea, flow of saliva, and vomiting of a clear, slimy fluid. Everything that was given her, such as camomile tea, Tokay wine, eau di Cologne, was immediately vomited. The extremities were cold; she had drawing and shooting pains in both thighs and great dryness of hands. On giving her a few spoonfuls of clear soup, it was immediately ejected from the stomach. Some almond milk was then given, which was retained, and she gradually recovered. The great thirst persisted for a few hours, but she felt very exhausted and prostrated. When seen again in the evening she was enjoying refreshing sleep, had taken a little beef – tea without sickness, and had passed a hard stool. She passed a quiet n., and next m. was able to return to her ordinary duties. (WEITENWEBER, Prager Monatschrift, i, 33).
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.