Hands and arms numb.
Hands cold and clammy.
Dry eczema of hands.
Profuse exudation in axillary region.
Pain in left shoulder-joint, in front, passing down the arm from two to three inches, lasting till going to bed.
Lower Limbs
Aching about knees, deep in bones, while sitting by a hot fire; Amel. by walking.
On going to bed aching in patella; amel. flexing leg.
Aching above left knee as though bone broken (S).
Aching above knees in bones, amel. stretching out limbs.
Tingling in right little toe as though frost-bitten.
Feet and legs swollen (Bright’s disease). Numbness of feet.
Aching: in bones; all over body as from a severe cold; with lameness and soreness of muscles; bed feels hard; amel. motion. Agg. from motion.
Cold extremities; feet bathed in cold sweat.
Numbness of hands, arms, and feet, extending over whole body.
Edema of legs, in case of Bright’s disease.
Aching pains in legs, as if in the bones.
Sleep
Dreamed he had nosebleed, and on waking the nose had bled all over the pillow.
Restless sleep, with moaning.
Unrefreshing sleep.
Disturbed sleep.
Slept awhile; woke to roll and tumble in every conceivable position.
Unable to sleep from brain activity and crowding of ideas.
Restlessness amel. after sleep.
Cries out in sleep that a weight is lying on her.
Whispers in sleep.
Kept awake by purring of heart.
Dreams: of various things; of business; of his patients and the remedy which cured them.
Dreamed all night of the business of the day.
Can lie but a few minutes in any position.
Could not sleep till dawn – brain too active – could not keep my eyes shut.
Cries out in sleep as if in pain.
Fever
“In all cases of fever commencing with pains in the limbs” (Swan).
Shivers and begins to move about restlessly; temperature rises gradually and as gradually subsides (dog).
Chills running up and down the spine in successive waves; heat gives no relief.
Temperature rises rapidly to 104 degrees F., and sinks rapidly from heart failure (dog, fatal dose).
Constant terrible aching all over the body; bed feels hard, must move frequently in search of a soft place.
Chilly at times and a little aching; a little feverish.
After dinner, ache all over, chilly all night, bed feels hard.
After getting into bed, chilly, teeth chatter; woke 10 P.M. in perspiration on upper part of the body; amel. motion (S).
Feels hot as if he had a fever, but temperature was only 99 degrees F., feels like 105 degrees.
Frequent calls to urinate as soon as fever came on; urine clear as water.
Every other day dumb ague.
Perspiration horribly offensive, carrion-like; disgust up to nausea about any effluvia arising from her own body.
Cold sweat over body.
Fevers caused by: sewer gas poisoning; surgical infection; dissecting wounds, blood poisoning, or absorption of pus by medicated topical application.
Delirium when closing the eyes; sees a man at the foot of the bed or in the farther part of the room, hands cold and clammy; abdomen so sore that she can scarcely breath; bowels so sore cannot bear any pressure over the right side; agg. from sitting up in bed; vertigo on rising up in bed.
N. B., child 4 years old, resided in a house in which plumbing was being repaired. A few days after was attacked at 2 A.M. with: Vomiting and purging; stools profuse and watery. Cold extremities, ears and nose; forehead bathed in cold perspiration.
Tongue heavily coated, yellowish-gray; edges of tip very red.
Great prostration. Great restlessness mental and physical; pulse 140, small and wiry; temperature 99. Great thirst for small quantities, but the smallest quantity was instantly rejected. *** Later in day stool was horribly offensive, of a carrion-like odor; face pale, sunken, bathed in cold perspiration. Tongue dark red and free from the heavy coating of early morning, intense thirst, but water agg. both vomiting and purging. After Verbascum, Arsenicum, Carbo-v. and Baptisia had been given, with no improvement, the patient evidently sinking, impossible to count the pulse, thinking perhaps sewer-gas poison may have been the factor, and the clean, fiery red tongue called my attention to Dr. Burnett’s cures in the homoeopathic World with Pyrogen I gave two doses dry on the tongue with prompt and permanent relief.
Nervous system
Great nervousness and restlessness.
Could not lie long in one place without moving; yet moving gives no relief.
Great debility in the morning. He staggered when attempting to walk.
Nervous weakness attending convalescence from septic fever.
Amelioration
AMELIORATION: From hard rocking in a chair.
Aggravation
AGGRAVATION: Restlessness amel. when first commencing to move (Rhus agg. when first commencing to move.
Relationships
Antidote: Nux vomica for the agg. from over action of a single dose or for bad effects of repeated doses; Rhus, Eup-per. for the aching, restlessness and bone pains.
Compatible: Arnica, Baptisia, Rhus, Eup-per. in typhoid and other fevers with muscle soreness, bed feels hard. Arsenicum Ech., Lachesis, Malar. (The vegetable Pyrogen), Ant-t., Baptisia, Bromium, Lycopodium, Phosphorus, fan-like motion of Alae nasi. Bryonia, cough agg. by motion and in warm room. Ipecac., uterine hemorrhage (if Ipecac. fails when apparently well selected). Baptisia, Psorinum, offensive diarrhea. Lept., Psorinum, black stools. Opium, Plumb., Sanicula, constipation, hard black balls. nitricum acidum, Secale, thin, offensive lochia. Phosphorus, water is vomited as soon as warm in stomach. Belladonna, Meli., throbbing, bursting headache. Carbo-v., Ech., Psorinum, offensive varicose ulcers of old people. Hepar, Silicea, Calcarea sulph., tendency to profuse suppuration. Sulph., Psorinum, patient continually relapsing after the apparent simillimum.
Aggravation: motion, moving the eye; in a warm room; rising from lying or sitting up (cough relieved by sitting up; agg. by lying down, Clarke).
