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Limbs

Rheumatism of r: side, motion of right side almost impossible.- Bruised pain in all bones in morning in bed, after waking, disappears after rising.- Relaxation of all the muscles.- Drawing pains in limbs.- Pain as if broken in all joints on waking in morning.- Trembling of limbs.

Upper Limbs

Slight trembling of arms, dyspnoea.- Rheumatism of upper limbs, deltoid, of right carpal and metacarpal joints.- Drawing pain in elbow-joint and back of hand.- Pressive, aching pain in the wrists, especially r.

Lower Limbs

Oedematous swelling of lower limbs with stitching pains.

Generalities

Congestion of blood to single parts.- Troubles of or on left ear.- Burning and flushes of heat in different parts.- Great nervous debility.- The sufferings are mild, but still well defined, and the same in all positions.- Yawning every morning, with lachrymation.- The patient lies on the back while asleep at night, with the left hand passed above the head and the knees bent, contrary to his habit.

Skin

Dry, warm skin, want of sweat, only palms moist, measles running an irregular course.- Transient burning here and there in small spots.

Sleep

Yawning: and stretching without sleepiness, every morning so that eyes fill with water.- Sleepiness in eyes, lids will close.- Lies on back in sleep with left hand over head, knees bent and lying far to side.

Fever

Chilly disposition.- Forehead hot.- Transient burning, here and there, as if it concentrated in a small spot and burned there like a small flame.- Febrile shuddering.- Night-sweats.

John Henry Clarke
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica