Severe pain passing through abdomen during stool, felt very sore inside. Stool preceded by shooting pains across abdomen, which are better by stool. Before stool pains in breasts and upper abdomen. Before stool hands and whole body exhaled a faecal odour, which passed away after stool. Urgent inclination to stool, felt as though there were a great ball in rectum, much straining, and some flatulence, but no stool and no better from the flatulence. Stools smell like rotten eggs. Great soreness round anus, extending three inches up rectum inside. Constant pressure and soreness at anus, waking her at night. Creeping, itching, and crawling round anus, extending three inches inside rectum, better for a short time by rubbing. Shooting pains in rectum.
Urinary Organs
Urination followed by a thick yellow discharge. Soreness of urethra during urination. Very severe pain in right side of abdomen before urination, and sometimes, but not often, lasting during urination, ceasing with it. Constant and urgent inclination to urinate, with cutting pain streaking up urethra after each passage. Frequent and violent urging to urinate, with passage of a large quantity each time. Urine causes intense pain when coming in contact with the labia, which are very sensitive. Sound of running water produced urination, no power to restrain it. Urinates very frequently large quantities. (Involuntary urination in large quantities several times during night). (Delay of urination for some time, though desire and opportunity occur.) Urine stains a dark yellow.
Female Sexual Organs
Menses commenced too early, no pain. Menses very dark. Profuse greenish-yellow leucorrhoea. At times bloody leucorrhoea. Pain in region of right ovary. L. (and r.) ovarian region very weak and painful when walking. Dragging-down sensation in pelvic region. Lobulated growths on each side of vagina, nearly filling it, extremely sore and sensitive to touch, or from the pressure caused by sitting, coming on gradually and lasting more than three months. Itching of labia. Extreme soreness and rawness of labia and entrance to vagina, with profuse greenish-yellow leucorrhoea.
Respiratory Organs
Sharp pain passing into upper right breast, about an inch deep, very sore to touch after the pain. Pain in right breast. Constant pain under left breast, worse when bending forward. Lancinating pains under left breast, which took away the breath. Severe pains under left breast at every inspiration.
Heart and Pulse
Sensation in heart as if a fire were there, with a feeling as if heart would burst, or at times as if a heavy weight were lying on it, all of which spreads from this region over whole inner and outer chest. Awoke at midnight with severe pains about heart, which seemed as if it had almost stopped beating, with a numb pain about heart, lips, and tongue, great fear of death, when the pains passed off they left great soreness round heart, tingling in lips and tongue, could not lie on left side, felt numb and strange all over, pulse intermittent.
Back and Neck
Pain passing up and down along right side of neck. Hot flashes all over back of neck and shoulders. Pain with soreness at upper vertebral border of right scapula. Pain in right side of back between scapula and sacrum. Pain in left side of back from scapula to sacrum. Pain in sacrum. Pain each side of sacrum. Pain in sacral region, worse when taking a long breath. Pain in back from sacrum to scapulae. Pain passing up back from sacrum. Pain passing up and down from tip of coccyx to right shoulder. Sharp pain passing from middle of scapula down outside of arm to end of middle finger, and sometimes to end of little finger. Pain below left scapula. Severe pain under left scapula. Pain running up back from waist, left side. Constant pain all day in region of left kidney. Pain in back part of waist, passing from right to 1. Pain in lumbar region. Pain or aching in small of back worse by leaning backward, for three or four days. Pain passing from lumbar vertebrae to half way up dorsal, and then shooting off into both scapulae. Dull ache all over back and in right arm, cannot bend body far forward as it causes intense pain in coccyx, when stooping, as in picking anything from floor, has to incline body to one side or other. Back aches the whole length of spine.
Upper Limbs
Swelling in right arm below elbow, sore to touch, and pains when she moves arms in certain directions. Pain in forepart of right upper arm. Pain from top of right shoulder to nape of neck. Pain from right shoulder passing down to waist. Pain in right shoulder passing a short distance down back. Pain in top of right shoulder passing to back and upper part of neck. Pain passing from right shoulder to elbow. Pain in back of right shoulder. Pain from right shoulder to left breast. Pain in axillae. Sharp pain in all right fingers except little finger. Pain in both hands passing to ends of fingers. Skin under nails looks dirty, it cannot be washed or scraped off for two days. Pain in dorsal surface of right hand. Pain in palm of right hand. Itching in palm of right hand. Pain all through right hand. Grasping anything with right hand causes pains to pass from all the fingers into palm. Violent itching of a liver spot on right hand. Pains in hands passing in all directions. Pain in palmar surface of right wrist passing into thumb. Pain passing from tip of right little finger to elbow. Pain in right wrist. Pain passing from right wrist to elbow. Pains in both wrists, encircling them. Pain with slight stiffness in both wrists.
Lower Limbs
(Inflammation and awful pain extending down whole trunk of right sciatic nerve) Pains in thighs and hips. Soreness of gluteal muscles on pressure. Soreness in streaks, extending from anus down back of legs to heels, can feel a rigidity (not raised) where the soreness is. Hot flashes in lower limbs. Pain from forepart of right knee to anterior-superior spine of right ilium and passing back to middle of sacrum. Pain in right instep when bending foot (Pain like gout in right toe, sometimes slight pains upwards in right limb, toe will not bear contact of any shoe, pain always the same standing, walking, or lying down, continued exercise worse it.) Balls of feet covered with little corns, which are very painful when walking. All her corns become painfully sensitive.
Generalities
Sensitive in every part of body. Small shooting pains all over her in morning. Throbbing in various parts of body. (Short flying, darting stitches in different parts of body, quite painful, but bearable, appearing in head, ears, and face, as well as in extremities, not confined to any especial locality.) (Great physical exhaustion, caused by overwork, completely relieved, repeatedly verified by Swan and others). The pains during the proving were worse by a coming storm, the approach of which was felt some twelve hours previously. Pains were worse in damp room or basement, but better if there was a fire. All symptoms better after 4 p.m. Pains were generally worse morning and evening. Symptoms worse by blue and yellow colours, better by red. Prostration from mental excitement (Rushmore).
Skin
Very restless at night from itching all over body as soon as she is covered in bed. Itching of both shoulders.
Sleep
Continual yawning all day. Sleeplessness after midnight. Cannot sleep on right side. Cannot go to sleep without putting arms over head. Impossible to lie straight in bed, finds herself continually lying diagonally across bed. Has to lie on left side as she is comfortable in no other position. Awoke with the impression that she had dreamed of dreadful pains in chest, does not know whether it was a dream or a reality. Fatiguing dreams all night.
Fever
Great coldness as if a chill were coming on, hands, particularly fingers, feet, toes, icy cold, could not keep warm in bed covered with clothes, and during day sat near a stove but could not get warm. Hot flashes inside body pressing from below upward. Strange restlessness at night, feeling of great heat all over, body covered with a light perspiration, just enough to feel uncomfortable.
