at night, with a shriek, stiffness of the body, distention of the abdomen, itching of the nose, and thirst. Paralysis. Apoplexy. Excessive emaciation, also with complete exhaustion of strength. Desiccation of the whole body.
CHARACTERISTIC PECULIARITIES.
The symptoms generally become worse in the evening and at night. The pains become intolerable in bed (at night). The evening air is unpleasant to him. Chilliness when walking in the open air. Palpitation of the heart when walking. Sweat at every motion. The ailments appear more frequently on the left side of the body (as in syphilis?). He feels better when walking than when lying or sitting.
SKIN.
Itching. Nightly itching aggravated by the warmth of the bed. Itching eruptions, with burning after scratching. Small itching pimples, after wards changing to ulcers. Red, raised little spots, with stinging itching. Nettle-rash, afterward changing to red spots. Herpetic spots and suppurating pustules, which either run into one another, forming at times dry and scaly spots, at times discharging acrid humor. Itch-like eruptions on the abdomen and thighs, with itching. Eruption resembling greasy itch, on the lower limbs, sexual organs, bend of the knees, neck, and abdomen, considerably raised, red as if sore, humid, and itching. Dry, rash like, readily-bleeding itch. Measle-shaped rash, with burning and itching. Malignant scarlatina, particularly with violent inflammation of the throat. Mercury is a specific remedy in the supportive stage of small-pox. Herpes, with burning when touched. Impetiginous herpes on the abdomen, thighs, and knees. Visibly-spreading herpes after several ulcers, discharging a corrosive ichor. Erysipelatous inflammations. syphilitic ulcers of every kind, particularly primary. Ulcers which are extremely painful to the least touch, discharge an acrid, corrosive ichor, with unequal elevations and depressions. Carious ulcers. Caries, and abscesses in the joints. Thickening of the periosteum. Swelling of bones. Syphilitic exostosis. Inflammatory catarrhal, rheumatic, or Erysipelatous swellings. Healthy and malignant suppurations. Glandular swellings, particularly when not inflamed, or with intense, shining redness and beating and stinging. Suppuration of glands. Syphilitic buboes. Peeling off of the epidermis, particularly on the hands and feet. Jaundice, also with biting itching on the abdomen. The linen receives saffron tinge from the imperceptible exhalation.
SLEEP.
First drowsiness, afterwards sleeplessness. Drowsiness, interrupted by starting, palpitation of the heart, and frightful fancies. Great inclination to sleep, in the daytime. Sleeplessness with excessive three o’clock in the morning. Falls asleep late in the night. Frequent waking as if by fright. A good deal of anxiety and seething of the blood, at night, with pricking in the blood-vessels. Restless nights, full of heat. Anxious dreams, with palpitation of the heart.
FEVER.
Yawning. Violent thirst. Continual coldness of the hands and feet. Chilly shuddering over the whole body. Chilliness over the whole body, morning and evening. Chilliness until midnight, in the evening. in bed, followed by heat with violent thirst. Violent shaking chills in the evening. Trembling of all the limbs after the chilliness. Paroxysms of fever, especially at night. Shuddering, frequently mingled with flushes of heat. Fever: first heat and redness in the face, and a feeling of heat in the whole body, afterwards internal chilliness. Frequent febrile paroxsyms, consisting in general flushes of beat and frequently-recurring chills and shuddering. Alternate sensations of heat and chilliness, not perceptible to the touch. Paroxysms of heat, with great anguish, as if the chest were compressed, without thirst, alternating with a feeling of coldness over the whole body, and great failing of strength. Heat, redness, and pressure in both eyes. Constant mingling of chilliness and heat. A good deal of thirst, particularly during the hot stage. Thirst, day and night. Violent thirst. Sweat with nausea and languor. Profuse night- sweat. Profuse morning sweat. Profuse sweat in rheumatism, which does not afford any relief. Accelerated pulse. Quick and violent beating of the pulse Feeble, slow, and trembling pulse.
MORAL SYMPTOMS.
Great restlessness. Anguish, with a feeling of oppressive anxiety in the blood. Anguish with lowness of spirits and restlessness. Constant anxiety and apprehensiveness. Great tendency to start in the evening. Excessive indifference to everything. Peevish, taciturn, suspicious, distrustful, with great irritability and quarrelsomeness.
SENSORIUM.
Momentary vanishing of thought. Loss of consciousness and speech, with collapse of pulse and cadaverous appearance. Absence of mind. Craziness, absurd talking or manners. Great weakness of memory. Weakness of intellect with dizziness. Dullness of the head with heaviness. Dizziness with fullness in the brain or with drowsiness. Vertigo. Vertigo with feverish shuddering, cold hands, and subsequent dullness of the head. Concussion of the brain.? Inflammation of the brain.? Acute and chronic hydrocephalus.? Serous apoplexy.?.
HEAD.
Heat and pain in the whole of the head. Constrictive pain. Headache in the evening as if the brain were encircled with a band. Tight and heavy feeling under the skull. Feeling of fullness in the brain, as if the head would burst. Headache, with pressure through the forehead, also with bone-pains above the eye-brows. Lacerating in the skull, especially the frontal bones. Stitches through the whole head. Stitches in on side, extending to the ears teeth, and throat. Headache when stooping, a sort of digging up and heaviness in the forehead. Undulations and throbbing in the sinciput. Heat and burning in the head. Aching pain in the right side of the forehead. Nightly headache. Megrim.? Catarrhal and rheumatic headache, The whole of the outer head is painful to the touch, as if from subcutaneous ulceration. Pain of the outer parts of the forehead. Lacerating pain in the outer parts of the head, particularly the bones. Burning and itching of the hairy scalp. Itching eruption of the head. Small elevated scabs between the hair of the head. Humid eruption on the hairy scalp. Falling off of the hair without headache. Swelling of the head. Exostoses on the hairy scalp.
EYES.
Pressure in the eyes as from sand. Stitches in the eyes. Cutting under the lid as from a sharp body. Itching in the eyes. Heat in the eyes, also with lachrymation. Burning in the eyes. Inflammation of both eyes. A number of red vessels become visible in the whites of the eyes. Injected state of the outer canthus. Redness of the eyes, sclerotica, and conjunctiva. Rheumatic, catarrhal, arthritic, scrofulous ophthalmia. Syphilitic ophthalmia. Heat in the eyes, with lachrymation Lachrymation of both eyes, in the morning. Considerable swelling, redness, and constrictive closing of the eye-lids. Nightly agglutination. Pustules on the conjunctiva. Ulcers on the cornea. Scurfs around the eyes. Blue-red margins around, especially below the eyes The eyes are dim and lachrymal bones. Dilatation of the pupil. Black points before the eyes. Complete vanishing of sight for five minutes. Fiery points before the eyes. Scintillations before the eyes. Mistiness before one both eyes. Amaurotic dimness before the left eye. Dim-sightedness. Illusions of sight. Twitching of the lids.
EARS.
Dragging pain in the ear. Violent pain, as if something were pressing through the ear. Lacerating in the ears. Sticking in the ears. Stinging and burning in the ear. The ear feels inflamed externally and internally. Soreness and excoriation of the internal ear. Ulceration of the concha. Fungous excrescences in the ear. Discharge of blood and fetid pus from the ear, with lacerating pain. Discharge of pus from both ears. Hardness of hearing, or with stoppage of the ears. Pulsative roaring in. the ears. Buzzing in the ear, as from wasps. Swelling of the parotid glands, also inflammatory, or with painful closing of the jaws, or with burning pressure.
NOSE.
Swelling of the whole nose. Swelling, redness, inflammation, itching of the tip of the nose. Swelling of the nasal bones. Blackish nose. Bleeding of the nose. Frequent sneezing Coryza with much sneezing. Violent dry coryza, with stoppage of the nose. Profuse fluent coryza.
FACE.
White, clay-colored face, with attenuated, sunken features, and dim, gloomy eyes. Yellow complexion. Blue-red margins around the eyes. Feverish heat and redness of the cheeks. Lacerating in the face. Pressure in the malar bones from within outwards. Swelling
of the cheeks, with toothache. Red spots in the face. Yellow scurf in the face, with discharge of fetid moisture, constant itching day and night, and bleeding. Crustalactea.? Syphilitic spots and pustules in the face and on the forehead. Burning pain of the lips, as if burnt by nettles. Dry lips. Soft red swelling of the upper lip. Ulcerated corner of the mouth, with sore pain. Cracks and rhagades in the corners of the mouth.
