INTRODUCTION
CORAL., RUB. Red Coral. “Archiv,” XI., 3.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
Extreme weakness and lassitude in the upper and lower limbs, in the evening, after a short walk. Smooth spots on the palms of the hands and fingers, first of a coral color, then dark-red, and lastly copper-colored. Feverish chilliness, with violent, unquenchable thirst and pain in the forehead. Dry heat all over, internally and externally, without thirst, and sometimes with a full, rather hard pulse. Irresistible drowsiness. Sleeplessness until midnight, with great restlessness and tossing about. Restless night-sleep, full of dreams, tossing about, throwing off the cover of the bed. Starting from anxious dreams, when on the point of falling asleep. Ill-humored.
HEAD
Dullness of the head, as after intoxication. Sense of emptiness and hollowness in the head. Violent pressure in the head, the body being burning hot. Pressure in the frontal cavities, with increased secretion of nasal mucus and relief in the open air. Congestion of blood to the head and face, on stooping. Violent pain, as if the parietal bones would be pressed asunder, worse on stooping. Sensation as if the head were three times larger than before.
EYES AND EARS
Pressure as from sand in the reddened eyes, in the evening, Pain as if the eye would be pressed into the orbit. Feeling of heat in the eye, also painful as from dryness. Pain as from soreness in the eyes, on moving the eye-ball or even the lids only. Diminution of hearing.
NOSE
Hot, throbbing swelling of the right side of the nose. Nightly bleeding at the nose. Dry coryza, succeeded by violent fluent coryza.
FACE
Heat in the face, increased by bending the head forward. Pain as if bruised in the region of the left malar bone, worse on touching the part. Pain as if sprained in the articulation of the jaw, when yawning or opening the mouth wide. Painful swelling of the left submaxillary gland. The lips are chapped, painful.
TEETH
Pain in the teeth as from subcutaneous ulceration, on making pressure against the fossa-carina. Sensation as if the teeth were too close to one another, or as if a tenacious body were lodged between every two adjoining teeth.
MOUTH, PHARYNX,
Great dryness of the fauces. Dry and sore pain in the throat during deglutition. Pain of the temporal muscles during deglutition.
GASTRIC SYMPTOMS
Loss of appetite. Desire for acids. Violent thirst. After dinner: hot cheeks and burning heat of the forehead, with cold feet. Reeling sensation as if intoxicated. Nausea, with dryness of the tongue, violent headache.
STOMACH, ABDOMEN,
Constipation, followed by copious papescent stool. Burning urine.
MALE GENITAL ORGANS
Swelling of the prepuce, with sore pain of the margin when touching it. Red, flat ulcers on the glands and inner surface of the prepuce, with a quantity of yellowish ichor.
TRACHEA AND COUGH
Painful cough, with sensation as if a stone were pressing downwards in the pleural cavities. Cough with expectoration of yellow, purulent mucus.
BACK AND LIMBS
Pain as if bruised in the small of the back, or pressure as from a plug. Pressure in the scapulae, worse on coughing. Stiffness in the nape of the neck. Painful weariness in the wrists. Painful weariness, as after a long walk, in the knee, tibia, and tarsal joint.
