7 c. Same prover, after an interval of one week, took at 10 a. m. 3:15, 5:10, 8, and 10:30 p. m., 3 pellets 30th. No effect. 2nd day – At 8:30 a. m., 2:40 and 5 p. m., took 3 pellets. Some slight uneasiness in abdomen, feeling as if bowels would move, something like diarrhoea; head felt tired, as if he was overworked mentally. Has noticed all day that he was irritable, easily provoked; feeling quite chilly this afternoon. 10 p. m., took 3 pellets. 3rd day-At 8 a. m., 2 and 6:15 p. m., took 3 pellets. Crampy feeling in bowels several times during afternoon; also faint feeling in stomach at those times. 9 and 11:30 p. m., took 3 pellets; had itching, burning pain on left side of nose almost all afternoon and evening, and bowels felt all this time as if he had diarrhoea, but such was not the case. For 6 day more took same dose 5 times a day, but no symptoms resulted. (Ibid.)
8. Dr. PITET took during 10 days repeated doses of 3rd dil. of Stannum mur. – 7th d. At n. sharp but transient pain in upper part of right thigh above crural canal. Sharp pain in left temple, less sharp in right temple. Sharp pains, consisting of rapid and jerking shootings at intervals, sometimes rather long, in anterior part of thigh; same pains in left thigh some instants thereafter. Painful feeling of weight at top of head near front. – 8th d. Feeling in velum palati like that caused by snuff when a strong inhalation brings it into throat, evening – 9th d. Stuffed nose, m. Feeling in velum palati as if a foreign body or phlegm were there that could not be detached or swallowed; same sensation on back part of nasal fossa. – 10th d. Expectoration of thick viscid phlegm, apparently from the velum palati, where it seems to be secreted. Coryza of left nostril. Painful heaviness of whole head, sometimes only in forehead or temples. Sensation of disagreeable roughness of velum palati. Sharp and deep lancination in inferior part of left lobe of brain, above orbital arch. – 11th d. Severe coryza all d. Dull intermittent pains in posterior aspect of left metacarpus, e. In middle of sternum a kind of small red pustule distinctly circumscribed, and causing for a few seconds great itching, two successive evening – 12th d. Coryza less. Occasional violent shootings on left side and back; had sometimes great heaviness of head, sometimes general, sometimes partial, sometimes in one spot, sometimes in another. – 13th and 14th d. Sharp pain in Ist right metacarpal bone for moments. Occasionally evening, n., and towards m., sharp pain in right wrist-joint, sometimes extending to forearm. – 15th d. Nocturnal emission when lying on back. – 17th d. Nocturnal emission. Phlegm in throat; the effort to detach it causes inclination to vomit. Blows blood from nose, m.; roughness in throat. Painful heaviness at top of head and shootings in right parietal region occasionally. – 18th d. Blows blood from nose, m. Roughness in throat, m. Expectoration of a thick mucous mass of globular shape, grey colour, containing a clot of black blood, and apparently coming from throat. Shooting pains, apparently seated in upper part of external aspect of left tibia near knee- joint. Sensation of roughness and dryness in throat without thirst. Voice low, veiled. Noise like a grasshopper in left ear. – 19th d. Frequent itching in tip of tongue. – 20th d. Roughness and dryness of throat, m. Boring in tongue, m. Thick, viscid, greyish phlegm, mixed with streaks of blood, attached to throat; great effort required to detach it. General heaviness of head, especially occiput. The deep muscles of back of neck are painful to touch near the occipital insertion. The action of raising or lowering the head causes pain in the muscles that do this. Every step causes pain in head. Coldness and bruised pain in all limbs. – 21st d. The symptoms of previous day seem to diminish. Painful heaviness in occiput. Several sharp shoots in right eyeball. Rough feeling in throat. – 22nd d. Erotic dream without emission. Perforating and gnawing pains in a point of left side of chest, sometimes in front, sometimes behind scapula. Thick phlegm adheres to throat, and the efforts to detach it provoke almost irresistible inclination to vomit. Persistent roughness and dryness in throat, and when swallowing painful feeling of burning. Occasional acute transient pains in right temple. – 23rd d. Extreme dryness and roughness in throat, without thirst, aggravated by swallowing. Thick grey or greenish phlegm adherent to throat, requiring great effort to detach it, which causes inclination to vomit. Respiration by nose is hindered by the permanent congestion of the palato-nasal m. m. During remainder of day constant efforts to detach greyish and bloody mucus from throat, which cause inclination to vomit. Shooting in right side of front part of brain. – 24th d. Shooting proceeding from metacarpo-phalangeal joint of left index extending to end of finger. Shootings in the second joint of right middle toe. Shootings in second joint of left middle finger. At n. persistent sharp pain on right shoulder in fibres of trapezius, hindering the raising of arm, pain aggravated by touch. Transient tearing pain in forehead, top of head, and occiput, then sometimes at one point, sometimes at another, and sometimes all through head, generally worst in forehead. Acute jerking pains in right anterior lobe of brain, above orbit. Acid eructations 5 hours after supper. Malaise in epigastric region as if digestion were slow, though he has eaten less than usual. – 25th d. The rheumatic pains felt yesterday on right side of nape in fibres of trapezius increased during n. Restless sleep, disturbed by the pain. Bruised feeling in all limbs; heaviness and tearing all through head. Pressive tearing on both sides of brain at the level of the protuberances. Painful almost constant heaviness in occiput. Bruised feeling and coldness of all limbs. Dull or acute pain in internal part of first phalanx of left index near metacarpo-phalangeal joint. Same sensation in right index. Dull pains in right wrist-joint. Acute drawing pains in second joint of left little finger. Acute shootings in tip of right big toe. – 26th d. Acute drawings in second joint of left middle finger. Dull pain in inner side of proximal extremity of first phalanx of left index. Violent needle-pricks in lower part of rectum extending to anus. – 27th d. Repeated acute and jerking pulsations at inner part of right inguinal canal, in the course of spermatic cord.- 29th d. Tearing on internal aspect of sternum at the level of 5th and 6th ribs, extending towards left side of chest. – 30th d. Acute pain in second joint of left little finger. Almost constant heaviness of whole head, sometimes only on crown.- 31st d. Acute shootings at end of rectum; wandering pains at different parts of chest, and drawing pain here and there. Sensation in thoracic wall at level of apex of heart as if an insect were gnawing the part. Same sensation next day – 32nd d. All day, but not continuously, sensation in a part of right flank as of a vessel through which a liquid quickly flowed. Shooting in right caruncula lachrymalis.-33rd day digestion slow, acrid fluid rises into throat a long time after dinner. Shooting in right caruncula. Shooting in upper eyelids, with slight swelling. Formication in trachea, causing dry cough, e. Sensation of internal gnawing in a point of anterior part of left side of chest. Constant tiresome formication in roots of lower incisors.- 36th d. Obtuse shootings in left side of sinciput. The secretion of mucus in throat, and inclination to vomit while making efforts to detach it, persist. Itching in upper eyelids with slight swelling. – 36th d. Shooting in left eyeball, evening – 37th d. Flatulent colic, m. – 40th d. Flatulent colic during d. Several times during day incisive penetrating pains in left side of anterior part of brain, they cease for some instants to return later. Colic, fetid flatus. A violent needle-prick in rectum. Sharp quick pains in first left metacarpal bone. Same pain in right wrist-joint- 42nd d. At upper part of right orbit shootings, which dart from before backwards in substance of brain. For several; successive evening soft stool, preceded by colic. – 43rd d. Pain in middle joint of left middle finger. – 44th d. Violent shootings in metatarso-phalangeal joint of right second toe. Soft stool, evening, preceded by colic only at the moment of urging to stool. – 45th d. During n. dull vague pains in anterior part of left side of chest and behind left scapula, with sweat on chest. Frequent colic in abdomen and rectum. In evening soft stool, preceded by colic when the desire to go to stool is felt; fetid flatus. Shootings in metatarso-phalangeal joint of right big toe. All through the proving frequent itching in anterior third of tongue. The following days the symptoms became less intense, and gradually went off. (PITET, Journ. de la Soc. Gall., iii, 209.)
9. In a young woman some doses of Stannum mur. caused after a few day itching in vulva, especially evening; constant inclination to vomit and vomiting a mucus, and hordeolum at internal canthus of right eyelid. (Ibid., 216.)
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.