Medorrhinum – Medicine



Lumbar vertebrae sensitive to touch.

Pain in lumbar portion of spine, myalgic; induration of testes.

Sensation of water dropping out of a bottle in lumbar region (opposite third lumbar vertebra), between posterior and superior spine of ilium and vertebra.

Lumbago caused by straining in lifting.

Pain in back of hips, running around and down limbs.

Pain in sacrum and coccyx.

Upper Limbs

      Rheumatic pain in top of left shoulder, agg. from motion; occasional little darts of pain if kept still.

Rheumatic pain in right shoulder and arm.

Rheumatic pains in shoulders, notably left, also in hands, with pains on closing them.

Brown, itching eruption on left shoulder.

Severe pain from abscess, extending to right shoulder and down to elbow.

Pain commencing under left scapula, running down left arm to little finger, which pricked as if asleep.

Cold numbness on outer side of arms, just below elbow.

Itching and irritation inside of elbow joints.

Sharp pain in elbow when moving it.

Cracking of joints, especially elbows.

Left forearm and hand numb, unable to hold anything with force; any attempt to raise arm caused a sense of discomfort and irritability.

Pain in left arm and sensation in head as if swollen; connected with heart; numbness down left arm.

Aching in bones of arm after headache.

Numb pain in left arm; cannot even hold a paper any length of time; the veins become enlarged; it is very painful to raise arm.

Trembling of arms and hands.

Right arm cold.

Crampy pain in first and second fingers of right hand.

In night, sensation of a boil coming on back of hand, just above metacarpal phalangeal joint of left index finger; sore to touch, with drawing pains from every direction; expected to find a boil there in morning, but found only a red spot, not elevated.

Burning of hands, wants them fanned and uncovered; always cold hands.

Intense burning in palms; burning and itching of hands, first l., then right.

Itching of hands at roots of and between fingers, as in itch.

Palms and sometimes feet burning hot.

Right hand is cold, then left.

Cold hands, with coldness extending all over body.

Sharp rheumatic pains across middle knuckles of left hand, also rheumatism of arms and legs.

Hot numbness of back of hands.

Back of hands rough.

Small yellow spots on hands.

Middle finger of left hand swollen and cannot be bent without pain; cannot touch palm with it, top of this finger painfully sensitive, numb and dead, she cannot grasp anything with it, can hardly touch anything.

Hardness at base of ball of little finger.

Transverse depression on nails as if they were bent.

Consumptive incurvation of nails.

Acute lancinating pain of right arm at the level of the deltoid attachment, deep down near the bone.

Aching in right shoulder and arm, dull, sore pain, and soreness and stiffness of arm when moved. Hurts most to move it back or straight out from side. Worse at night or from any pressure on back of shoulder that pushes shoulder forward. Weight of bedclothes on arm hurts it. Aching at times extends to fingers, and the fingers swell when used.

Nails dry and brittle.

Rheumatism: of the wrists and ankles with complete loss of power in the part affected. If in the ankle, was unable to walk; if in the wrist, it had to be carried in a sling.

Lower Limbs

      Woke with a sharp pain over left hip, preventing stooping, makes walking difficult; it is like a stiff neck, but more aching.

Slight aching pains to hip joints and knees.

Pains in both legs, at times from hips down to knees, at other times in left; only when walking.

Sensation of heaviness, or want of power to move limbs, in walking.

Heaviness of legs, very difficult walking (especially going up or down stairs), legs are so heavy, feel like lead.

Trembling of limbs, legs give way.

Lower limbs ache all night, preventing sleep.

Legs do not go right in walking.

Little dropping of right leg.

Very restless with the legs.

Numbness in left leg from knee to hip, feeling as if paralyzed.

Longing to stretch legs.

The pain seems to tighten the whole body, especially the feet and thighs.

Rheumatic pains in muscles of legs.

Many years since had a leg amputated just above ankle; after healing it began to swell, end of stump turned black, severe pains in muscles and bones, and ultimately a pimple appeared on stump, which broke and discharged for some time; all this has been reproduced.

During a terrific thunderstorm, very sharp pains in knees shot upwards; pains agg. by stretching.

Aching pain in legs, with inability to keep them still in bed, agg. when giving up control of himself, as when trying to sleep ( Amel. after Lil-tig.).

Weak kneed when getting up from a chair.

When walking pain in left knee, that caused it to give way, letting her down.

Trembling in legs from knees down, left leg trembles most, burning in feet.

Legs dead and heavy, throbbing from knees down.

Coldness of legs up to knees, also of hands and forearms.

Short pulling pains in knees, toes ankle joints and hands.

Drawing sensation under knees and in ankles.

Contraction of muscles under left knee and in left calf.

Cramps in soles and calves at night.

Cramps in left calf, afterwards in right leg between knee and thigh.

Kind of cramp in left calf at night, muscles knotted, amel. stretching; not cramp, but knotting.

Ankles turn easily when walking.

Sudden intense pain in left ankle, back of joint, on going to bed, could not move limb or body without screaming, could find no position of comfort.

Burning of feet, wants them uncovered and fanned.

Both feet somewhat swollen; dropsy of feet.

Sore feeling under left foot.

Edema of feet followed and amel. by diarrhoea.

Cold feet with chills all over body.

Small sharp pain in soles when first stepping on them in morning, not felt any other time.

Swelling and itching in soles, itching between toes, and pulling pains extending up to knees, itching, painful, papulous eruption around waist, and hive like eruption wherever flesh is pressed on.

Tenderness of soles so that he could not stand on them at all and had to walk on his knees.

Soreness in ball of foot under toes.

Great toe sore, right one worst; pains shooting through toes when sitting still.

Pain swelling and inflammation of right great toe.

Cold and sweaty feet.

Great toe covered with scales like tetters.

Old foot sweats, agg. during winter, for seven years.

Corns very tender.

Almost entire loss of nervous force in legs and arms; exhausted by slightest effort.

Pain like rheumatism along right side right hip, left leg (upper, lower l.); pains drawing, agg. in dampness; left leg swollen near knee.

Stiffness throughout body and joints.

Deformity of finger joints, large, puffy knuckles, swelling, stiffness and pain of both ankles; great tenderness of heels and balls of feet; the swelling of all affected joints were puffy like wind galls; general condition agg. inland, amel. near shore.

Numb sensation in left arm, hand and leg; left leg goes to sleep.

Eruption under and on toes and on hands and feet.

Right knee painful, red and swollen.

Synovitis of left wrist, dorsal aspect, tendons attacked being the extensor proprius policis and indicis.

Acute pain in the tendo Achillis, left foot and along the inner border of the right tibia. The part is edematous and very sensitive.

The rheumatic symptoms in the extremities are of extreme intensity.

A man with clonic spasms, the legs suddenly shot up from the bed.

Feet always wet with perspiration.

Rest.

     Position and Motion Rest: little darting pains in left shoulder.

Lying down: vertigo slightly amel.; on ear, aching in cartilage; cough agg.

Lying on back or either side when coughing: rattling, wheezing or whistling.

Lying on stomach: cough amel.

Lying on either side: contents of lower part of chest and abdomen seem to press upon each other.

Cannot lie on left side for any considerable length of time.

Can only sleep on back, with hands over head.

Sleeps on her knees, with face forced in pillow.

Must lie on face and protrude tongue, larynx stopped so that no air could enter.

Could find no position of comfort; intense pain in left ankle, back of joint.

Sitting still: pains shooting through toes.

Sitting up in bed: faint suffocative sensation.

Stooping: vertigo; cannot rise again without violent pain in region of kidneys; impossible, pain in hip.

Leaning head forward: tight band across forehead agg.

Desire to throw head back, drawing in cords of neck.

Head drawn backwards.

Leaning body very far back: can only pass stool.

Drawing up knees: clawing in stomach agg.; menstrual colic.

Must rise and double up: pain in pit of stomach.

Thrusting tongue in cheek brought on coughing.

Applied right hand to pit of stomach and left to lumbar region: intense agonizing pain in solar plexus.

Cannot hold paper long: numb pain in left arm.

When closing hands: pain in them.

Slight exertion: palpitation; heat; tendency to perspire.

Motion: vertigo agg.; of left leg, pain in uterus agg.; of arm causes pain in upper right lung; sharp pain at apex of heart agg.; least, pain in chest agg.; of arms, pains in chest agg.; soreness of left shoulder-blade; of head causes pain in neck; of shoulders, neck or arms, pain in shoulders; agg. of elbow, sharp pain.

H. C. Allen
Dr. Henry C. Allen, M. D. - Born in Middlesex county, Ont., Oct. 2, 1836. He was Professor of Materia Medica and the Institutes of Medicine and Dean of the faculty of Hahnemann Medical College. He served as editor and publisher of the Medical Advance. He also authored Keynotes of Leading Remedies, Materia Medica of the Nosodes, Therapeutics of Fevers and Therapeutics of Intermittent Fever.