GENERAL SYMPTOMS
The corrosive itching is relieved by scratching, but returns speedily.
SLEEP
Starts in sleep, as if from fright. Restless sleep. Anxious and voluptuous dreams.
FEVER
The pulse is slower and weaker, only sixty. Constant trembling of the whole body from internal chilliness, the body feeling warm to the touch. Frequent alternations of chilliness and heat, without thirst. Heat of the whole body, with cold knees in the evening in bed; he feels as if fire were creeping over him. Great weakness, as if from violent anguish, with sensation as if diarrhoea would set in, when standing.
MORAL SYMPTOMS
Melancholic, hypochondriac mood. Discouragement and desire for death, followed by exalted feeling. Sadness, with idea of approaching death.
SENSORIUM
Extreme absence of mind; he is unable to recollect many things. Vertigo. Contractive headache above the temples, when reading; he has to read several things twice, and is unable to chain his attention.
HEAD
Headache in the upper part of the head, as from staying in a room filled with a thick and smoky atmosphere. Tearing pain in the temples and forehead, more violent during motion. Pain towards the temple, as if she had received a blow upon the eye. Pain in the upper part of the right side of the head, of a smarting and stinging nature, externally, as if it were in the bone.
SCALP
Corrosive and stinging itching in several portions of the face and scalp. Chilliness of the scalp, which feels warm to the hand, however.
EYES
Dilated pupils the whole day. Running of the eyes when in the room. Burning of the eyes when reading. Corrosive itching under the eyes. Pain under the right malar bone.
EARS
Ringing in the ears, or rather roaring. Hardness of hearing. Corrosive itching of either cheek.
NOSE
Illusions of smell; he sometimes smells herring and musk, without either being present. Aching pain in the dorsum of the nose. Corrosive itching of the tip of the nose.
JAWS AND TEETH.
Corrosive itching near the chin. The teeth are painful when touched by warm food or drink. Deep tearing in the right ramus of the lower jaw, below the sockets. Ulcers about the teeth.
TASTE AND APPETITE.
Coppery taste in the mouth, as if the mouth had been galvanized. Aversion to drink, followed by increase of thirst.
GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.
Eructations, smelling like old urine. Disagreement of food, with sense of repletion, or feeling of nausea in the pit of the stomach. Frequent hiccough, with ill humor. The mouth is very dry; saliva viscid, and the uvula red. Ulcers in the mouth.
STOMACH AND ABDOMEN.
Loud rumbling in the abdomen. Hard pressure in the hepatic region, increased by touch. Swelling and induration of the spleen. Ascites. Much flatulence.
STOOL AND ANUS.
Loose diarrhoeic stools, followed by inaction of the rectum. Constipation. Itching-stinging in the inguinal region, perinaeum, coccyx, and sacrum.
URINARY ORGANS.
Urine frequent and abundant, of a dark color.
MALE GENITAL ORGANS.
An absence of sexual desire, with flaccidity and coldness of genital organs. Drawing along the spermatic cords. A kind of yellow gonorrhoea, and crawling itching of the genital organs. The semen runs out in a stream, without ejaculation, followed by increase of sexual desire, with a kind of madness and violent erections.
FEMALE GENITAL ORGANS.
Suppression of the menses, with drawing pains in the abdomen. Leucorrhoea. Sterility. Deficient secretion of milk in lying-in women.
LARYNX AND CHEST.
Sneezing, from dryness of the nose. Tenacious mucus is lodged in his throat, which he is unable to bring up. Pressure on the sternum, especially during a deep inspiration. Dull pain in the chest.
UPPER LIMBS.
Lacerating pain in the joints, increased by motion. Hard pressure in the axilla and upper arm. Prickings and stitches above the elbow and wrist. Swelling of a finger-joint, with lacerating pain.
LOWER LIMBS.
Pain in the right hip-joint, violently increased during motion, with debility and weariness. Cramp-pain in the left thigh, when walking. Shooting drawing in the knees and muscles. Heaviness of the right foot; sensation as if a heavy load were attached to the tarsal bones, drawing the foot down. Tearing in the anterior joints of the left toes, more violent when walking. Fine lancinations in the soles of both feet.
