Generalities
(Affections in general of any kind appearing chiefly in light- haired people, in right side, left side, back, left lower extremity, scalp, external head behind the ears, external surface of inguinal ring, inguinal ring and hernia of long standing, finger-nails, especially if there are white spots on the nails. – Griping pains with a tearing away feeling, of twisting or of writhing, or as if something were being torn away. Sensation of heaviness in inner parts. – Jerking pains. – Debility, weakness of joints, especially of ankle-joints.- Worse in night, chiefly in latter part, in open air, in children of *Silica temperament where they are sickly, have worms, & c. when single parts are cold, from taking cold in the feet, with profuse salivation, on uncovering, from a draft of air, after eating, after drinking, lying on painful side, looking fixedly at an object, from wine, from outward pressure, from reading, stepping heavily on ground or floor, in stonecutters, when the weather changes, from getting feet wet, from worm troubles of any kind, when writing, from uncovering head.- Better from wrapping head up, in the room. H. N. G. -Tendency to strain back. – Swelling and induration of glands, generally without pain, only sometimes with troublesome itching.- Acid, corrosive discharges. – Trembling when writing.- Epileptic fits, starting, distortion of eyes, twitching of lips, lolling of tongue, stretching and distortion of head and limbs. – Several affections and pains are worse, and manifest themselves, at night, and in evening, also during movement. – Symptoms worse at new or full -moon. Pains on change of weather.-Feeling as if knives were running into her. Uneasiness in whole body, after having been long seated.- Ebullition of blood, and thirst, after drinking wine. -Excessive emaciation. -Children are slow in learning to walk – Careless, slovenly gait.- General inertia and great nervous debility. -Syncope, when lying on side. -Great fatigue, lassitude, and drowsiness, on approach of a storm. – Strong tendency to suffer from chills, even from the mere uncovering of the feet.- Want of vital warmth even when taking exercise.
Skin
Painful sensibility of skin.- Itching over whole body, which is of a crawling or shooting kind (worse at night).-Eruption like varicella over whole body.- Tuberous spots on skin, of a light red colour.-Lymphatic swelling and abscesses, even with fistulous ulcers.- Engorgement, induration, and suppuration of the glands.- Painless swelling of the glands, they only cause very unpleasant itching.-Bones very sensitive and tender to touch, bending and caries of bones.- Abscesses which do not break, but burrow under the skin, exanthemata in general which corrode and spread, old and difficult to heal, which itch, fungus articularis, haematodes, spongy excrescences.- Tetters in general, corroding and spreading.- Ulcers in general, wherever pus is discharged from any part of the body, or when appearing in the urine, ulcers burning, scabby, indolent, when circumscribed with redness, very high, hard ulcers, with proud flesh, with corroding pus.-Ulcers of all kinds, also after the abuse of *Mercury.-Ulcers smell very offensive.- Cancerous ulcers.- Inflammation, softening (swelling), and ulceration of bones.- Scirrhous indurations.- Ulcers, which are fistulous, putrid, phagedenic, fungous, etc., with vegetation, or fetid and corroding sanies.- Fistulous openings, parts around hard, swollen, bluish-red.-Mild and malignant suppurations, especially in membranous parts.- Unhealthy skin, every injury tends to ulceration.-Small wounds heal with difficulty, and suppurate profusely. Painful pustular eruptions, at last forming suppurating ulcers, on forehead, occiput, sternum, and spine.- Aching, itching, smarting, and boring shootings in the ulcers.- Furunculi.- Carbuncles of a malignant kind. Ganglions. Warts.- Panaritium.
Sleep
Great sleepiness after eating.- Sleepiness all day.-Excessive sleepiness, without being able to go to sleep.- Frequent yawnings.- Sleep early in the evening.- Retarded sleep.- Sleep too late at night, like dozing.- Not being able to sleep again after waking.-Sleeplessness in general, especially after midnight.- Talking in sleep. Sleepless after 2 a.m., with rush of thoughts. Sleeplessness, caused especially by ebullition of blood, heat in head, and great flow of ideas.- Frightful visions at night, and many anxious and fantastic dreams, with tears, talking, cries, and frequent waking with a start.-Awakens with erections and desire to urinate.- Jerking of body during sleep.- Lascivious dreams (with emissions).-Snoring while sleeping.- Nightmare. Somnambulism (gets up while asleep, walks about, and lies down again).- Dreams of robbers, assassins, dogs, voyages, spectres, etc. -At night, congestion of blood in head, with pulsative pains, and throbbing in brain, pain in stomach, nausea and vomiting, or shootings in all the joints, dryness of nose and many other sufferings.
Fever
Pulse: small, hard and rapid, frequently irregular and then slow.- The circulation is easily agitated.- Violent chill, evening, in bed, worse from uncovering oneself.- Continuous internal chill, with want of animal heat.- Chill in evening with sensation as if cold air were blowing around waist, not better by wrapping up, followed by severe fever and perspiration.- Constant chilliness, even when exercising or in a warm room. -Excessively chilly disposition, and shuddering, with frequent shiverings, also on the least movement.- Heat predominates.- Frequently during day short flushes of heat, principally in face. – Violent general heat, with violent thirst in afternoon, evening, and all night.- Periodically returning heat during day, without any previous chill, and followed by slight perspiration.-Perspiration from slight exercise, most profuse on head and face.- Perspiration only on the head. -Fever, with violent heat in head, afternoons, at night, with thirst and catching inspiration.-The perspiration comes periodically, is worse 11 p.m., 6 a.m., or 3 to 5 p.m. Intermittent fever, heat predominating.- Frequent heat, sometimes transient. -Fever, with excessive heat, generally without shivering, and with little perspiration, commonly from 10 a.m. till 8 p.m.-Perspiration during a moderate walk. -Profuse perspiration at night, sometimes of an (offensive or) acid smell.- Debilitating perspiration in morning.
