Pain, as if bruised, in the ball of the heel, when treading on
it.
A bubbling in the foot, as when water is dropped there in (after fifty-four hours).
Burning in the soles of the feet, as if he was walking on fire.
Burning and digging in the soles of the feet.
Tension in the sole of the right foot, in the region of the keel, changing into a tensive pressure; when pressing upon the part this pain disappears for some time (after a quarter of an hour).
Cramp in the sole of the foot, in the evening when in bed, when drawing up the knees.
Boring, digging pain in the soles of the feet (after several hours).
Drawing pain in hollow of the left foot, with occasional shootings, for a quarter of an hour.
Shooting pain in the soles of the feet (after half an hour).
Generalities
Objective.
In bed, he lay on his belly, the head bent backwards and the chin resting on the hand, without seeming to take any notice of what was done or said in the room.
The whole body was swollen and red.
Increased turgor of the whole body; burning heat of the skin; extremely red face; hasty motion of the hands.
Death ensued, and a universal gangrene through the whole body, which in a short time became black throughout, and so flaccid that the cuticle adhered to the surgeon’s hands.
Distension of the superficial veins of the body, with insatiable thirst.
The head and the rest of the body drawn quite over backwards towards the left side, so that he could not walk, (Case 11). (*See note to S.864*).
Sudden inflammations.
Transitory inflammations (phlogoses), and rather difficult breathing, (case 4).
Apoplectic condition (after epileptic convulsions).
(After death, rapid septic change occurs).
(Belladonna appears to affect more powerfully the flexor surface and fibrous membranes; the left half of the body more than the right).
All motions are performed with great haste.
All her motions and actions were unsteady and uncertain.
In most of the cases the power of the will over the muscles was so far disordered that the muscular movements were somewhat irregular, causing a kind of staggering or jerkings.
The whole body is in constant movement hither and thither, as in chorea.
Incessant movements of the body, especially of the arms.
Muscles in constant motion, partly alternate contractions of single muscles, partly automatic motions, startings of the limbs, biting motion, carphology.
Tremor.
Spasmodic twitchings for some days (3 grains extract).
Subsultus tendinum.
Subsultus tendinum and carphologia.
When the medicine has been given in gradually increasing doses there is subsultus; when a single large dose has been given convulsions occur. Five or six time convulsive catching of the extremities, face, and trunk, such, he says, as animals have when bitten by venomous serpents (after five hours) (2130).
Occasional jactitation.
Frequent and almost uninterrupted spasmodic jactitations, sometimes so violent as to make it necessary to prevent him from being rolled, or partly thrown, out of bed.
The movements of the limbs were of a changing character, now simulating chorea, now hysterical, and, after a little while, tetanus, even to opisthotonos.
Convulsions.
Strong convulsions and very loud ravings.
Convulsions; distortions of all the muscles.
The convulsion spread over the whole body, and produced various frightful contortions (after six hours).
Repeated convulsions and horrible spasms, especially of the flexor muscles.
Violent convulsions; distortion of the limbs and eyes.
Alternate strange distortions of the limbs, and complete immobility.
Convulsions, with most ludicrous gestures, and whistling, singing, and crying, all together.
Frequent convulsions, often alternating with a throwing hither and thither of the extremities.
The convulsions did not always appear in the same degree; they would alternately slacken even stop for a time, and return again (after one hour).
After hiccough, slight convulsions of head and limbs, followed by nausea and lassitude, (Case 14).
Excessive spasms, simulating true epilepsy.
Epileptic convulsions.
Epileptiform spasms, without clenching of the thumbs.
Epileptic convulsions, followed by an apoplectic condition, Repeated convulsions and horrible spasms, especially of the flexor muscles.
Tetanus, with curvature of the body backward or forward, and sometimes to one side.
Inquietude.
Great inquietude; she cannot remain seated long in one place; it drives her about.
Bodily inquietude; he was obliged constantly to move the whole body to and fro, and especially the hands and feet; he cannot stay long in any position; now he lies, now he sits, now he stands, so that he is always changing his posture in one way or another.
Incessant movement of the body, especially of the arms, with unaltered pulse.
Restless mien.
He walked round and round in a circle.
Extraordinary restlessness.
Restlessness is a marked result of the action of Belladonna in massive doses.
Great restlessness; the body is thrown now to one side, now to the other; now the chest is raised, and now the abdomen.
Great restlessness, especially of the hands.
Great restlessness; he throws his hands about; pulls at the covering, and searches with his fingers, as after insects (after five hours).
Great restlessness; she beat about her with hands and feet, so that force had to be used to restrain her.
Restlessness; every moment he wished to get out of bed, but would then fall back in great prostration.
Restlessness at night; grinding of the teeth, and now and then convulsions (after ten hours).
Active movement here and there in bed.
Restless tossing about in bed.
The boy throws himself about the bed, unconscious.
Great restlessness; the girl threw herself about on the bed, with a sardonic smile.
Great restlessness; the boy wished to escape, and had to be kept on his cough by force; at the same times he developed a vigor and strength far beyond his age. Constant uneasiness and agitation; inability to sustain a conversation, or to stay in one place.
Was generally restless and unmanageable, refusing to answer, or to swallow, or to be examined; appeared profoundly intoxicated (after one hour).
Restlessness, weariness, hypochondriac moroseness.
He was restless in the extreme, and would not lie down for an instant; his hands were in constant motion; he seemed as if busy moving some light objects.
Occasionally he raised his feet alternately some distance from the ground, as if ascending stairs.
He moved his mouth incessantly, evidently with the idea that he was talking; but the sounds he uttered were inarticulate and altogether unintelligible.
Stiffness and Paralysis.
Stiffness of the whole body.
General or partial spasmodic rigidity of the body.
Stiffness of body, whereby the head is drawn backwards, and the body agitated by single jerks, like electric shocks.
On getting up and attempting to stand, felt paralyzed; could walk with difficulty.
Paralysis, now in one, now in another part, (case 11). (*See note S.864*).
(The left side, especially the arm, is completely paralyzed), (case 11). (*See note S. 864*).
One hour after he had lost the power of articulation, and presented the general appearance of a person seized with slight paralysis.
He was quite unable to stand or walk, and his limbs were in a state of tremor and agitation.
He became cold, and nearly approaching a state of insensibility; the eyes had a wild, vacant appearance; the respiration was laborious and occasionally stertorous.
After three hours more the temperature of the body had increased, face swollen, and insensibility more complete.
No active delirium was manifested, but from the general appearance of the eye and features, no doubt that peculiar derangement existed, subdued partially by the pressure on the cerebral organ, so as more nearly to approach the character of apoplexy.
He died seventeen hours after taking the poison.
The post-mortem examination showed the presence of great congestion of the brain, particularly at the base, and of the medulla oblongata, together with considerable (serous?) effusion.
Debility and Faintness.
Languor and apathy.
Lassitude of mind and body.
Lassitude, indolence, aversion to all exercise and occupation.
Previous to the catamenia, lassitude, colic, want of appetite, and dimness of sight, (Case 17).
Feeling of weariness for an hour or two in the afternoon (first day).
Failure of strength.
Failure of strength; great weakness.
He falls down without being able to raise himself.
All her strength goes in an instant.
Weakness.
General debility.
Weakness of the body.
Muscular weakness, almost bordering on paralysis.
Paralytic weakness of all the muscles, especially of the feet.
So weak that he could not walk in a room without leaning against the wall.
General weakness, and such prostration that the girl could scarcely stand.
Frequently recurring short attacks of great weakness; she feels as if too heavy, and as if drawn down, so that she would sink together.
Great weakness of the left side, numbness of the left face and arm, and a prickling sensation in the same parts (from application of the extract to the forehead).
Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.