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Abortion.

150. Sterility without abortion.

A hot vapour rises up from his wind-pipe. (With SS. 157 and 181.)[RITTER, l. c.]

Sensation of dryness and phlegm on the chest; the dryness is diminished for a short time only by drinking.

On the chest fulness and tightness.

Oppression on the chest, as if it were constricted. [RITTER, l. c.]

155. Tightness of the chest. [RITTER, l. c.]

Tightness of the chest; difficult slow respiration, diminished by walking or speaking, or by being continually engaged in reading to writing, it is wrist when sitting quitely doing nothing, and still worse when lying, especially in the evening; he must take several breaths before he can fill the lungs with air. [Rz.]

Rush of blood to the chest. [RITTER, l. c.]

Tightness of chest and weariness of the limbs, generally worst in the forenoon; often better when he has walked a little; only sometimes it becomes intolerably bad when walking in the open air.

He cannot get his breath; even when sitting he has dyspnoea.

160. (The child’s chest is oppressed; it wheezes.)

In the evening in bed her larynx is closed, the blood rushes to the head, she feels a burning externally on the neck and between the scapulae, and generally on the upper part of the body, whilst the feet are cold; in the morning, sweat.

In the morning in bed (about 6 o’clock all is drawn painfully together in the scrobiculus cordis, then there occurs a kind of spasmodic cough with mucous expectoration.

Tightening of the chest as if it were constricted; severe anxious asthma, which is aggravated by walking.

Contractive spasm on the chest.

165. Difficult respiration and oppression of the chest, as if were pressed on by the hand.

A pressure superiorly, beneath the sternum, with catarrh and cough.

Sometimes he must sit up in bed after midnight, owing to tightness of the chest.

A kind of asthma; an anxiety in the scrobiculus cordis, that impedes inspiration.

During corporeal exertion heat from the scrobiculus cordis upwards, like an anxiety; she must lie down.

170. At night in bed shooting in the sternum.

During bodily exercise stitches in the side.

Pain in the chest and shooting and tension between the scapulae; he could not stir.

Pain on the chest as if it were beaten.

Contractive spasm on the chest and cough, only when moving and walking.

175. (Increased dry cough.) [RITTER, l. c.]

Dull cough without expectoration, and when coughing she feels as if she could get no air.

In the evening after lying down the cough is dry, but on walking it is attended with expectoration.

Cough more when moving than when at rest.

A burning in the upper part of the sternum after the cough.

180. Nocturnal coughing up of blood followed by increased tightness of chest.

Haemoptysis. (With SS. 151, 154 and 157.) [RITTER, l. c.]

Scanty, thin, frothy expectoration with streaks of blood. [RITTER, l. c.]

Coughing up of blood on rising from bed in the morning.

By hacking cough he expectorates bloody mucus (aft. 5 d.).

185. Whilst stuckling, cough with expectoration of blood.

Copious white purulent expectoration after slight coughing, which is increased by smoking tobacco and drinking brandy.

In the morning he expectorates a great deal of pus (of a putrid taste)

In the morning on waking much greenish purulent expectoration of a sickly taste.

Cough all day long, and some cough also in the evening after lying down.

190. A kind of tearing in the back, even when sitting and lying.

When she works a little with her arms she has a shooting in the scapulae.

Betwixt the scapulae a kind of tearing, even when sitting, which becomes worse on walking.

Whilst walking stitch-like jerks in the sacrum, which extend more towards the hips than upwards, more painful after sitting or standing, almost as if he had strained himself.

Pains in the sacrum on rising from a seat.

195. Bruised pain in the sacrum.

Pain in her left clavicle as if it had gone to sleep.

Creaking in the shoulder-joint, which pains as if bruised on touching it.

Pain, shooting and tearing from the shoulder-joint into the upper arm and farther down, which made it impossible for him to lift up the arm.

Shooting and tearing from the shoulder-joint into the upper arm and farther down, which made it impossible for him to lift up the arm.

Shooting and tearing in the upper arm proceeding from the shoulder-joint, so that he could not raise the arm.

200. A kind of paralysis; inability to raise the arms on account of painful tension between the scapulae and on the sternum.

Drawing in the arm, from which it becomes heavy and as if paralysed.

He had no rest in his arm, and must flex and extend them by turns.

He cannot raise the right arm up; there is shooting and tearing in the shoulder-joint – which pains as if bruised when touched – down through the upper arm, with creaking in the shoulder-joint.

Swelling of the hands; afterwards the epidermis dequamates.

205. Hands and legs up to the knees swollen.

Coldness of the hands and feet. [RITTER, l. c.]

Cramp in the fingers, and numbness and insensibility of them.

In the morning, when she attempts to work a little, she feels trembling in the hands. (In a case of chorea.)

A kind of paralysis; a tearing with severe stitches from the hip-joint downwards to the tibia and foot (the ball of the foot is always very painful to the touch, as if bruised); by day he cannot tread for pains, which, however, are ameliorated by walking; in the evening after lying down it is worst, he must get up and walk about in order to allay the pain, until midnight.

210. Shooting and tearing in the hip-joint – which pain as if bruised on touching – down over the tibia; in the evening in bed it is worst, compelling him to get up and walk about.

Paralytic pain in the thigh, also when sitting; when she has sat for some time doubled up, she must extend the limb in order to relieve herself; when she gets up from her seat the paralytic pain is worst, but it is relieved by walking.

Numbness on the thigh.

After rising from a seat, relaxation and weariness in the houg, especially when walking after standing still.

Weakness of the knees so as to sink down (immediately).

215. Swelling of the knees and ankle-joints, and pain in them, especially on straightening the knee in bed.

A contractive pain in the knee and ankle-joint.

On account of pains as if they were over-tired, he must alternately flex and extend the knees; he had no rest in them.

In the morning on rising from bed, painful cramp in the calf (aft. 16 h.).

Tonic spasm (From iron applied to the soles.) of the thigh and leg. [SCHERER, in Hufel. Journ., iii.]

220. In the evening when walking (On commencing to walk.) contractive pain like cramp in the tibia and calves.

When standing, cramp in the calves, that goes off when walking (aft. 28 h.).

A painful drawing in the legs.

Bruised pain of the legs, in the morning in bed, which is allayed soon after rising.

The legs are disposed to tremble, and on walking they are painful as if bruised.

225. The thighs feel as if gone to sleep.

After resting from a walk, stiffness in the feet, when she wishes to move again.

Varicose veins on the feet.

Swelling of the foot up to the ankles.

Painful cramp in the soles of the foot.

230. Frequent cramp in the toes and sole of the foot.

The cramp draws the fingers and toes crooked with great pain.

Very cold feet, which he could hardly drag along for weariness.

After a meal, weariness in the feet.

Her feet cannot bear her.

235. Parts of the skin (e.g. on the back of the thumb, the toes, &c.) have burning pain when not touched, but intolerable sore pain when touched every so slightly.

Dark liver-spots (e.g. on the back of the hand) inflame and suppurate.

Easily tired by walking.

He is very exhausted and emaciated.

Very exhausted and drowsy. (aft. 2 h.).

240. Very great weakness, like fatigue (immediately).

Heaviness of the limbs, for forthy-eight hours.

Heaviness, exhaustion and relaxation of the limbs.

A general weakness caused even by speaking.

Great weakness. [HARCKE, in Hufel. Journ., xxv. (Not found.) ]

245. Great trembling on the whole body, which lasts several weeks. [HARCKE, l. c.]

Fainting fits, which leave weakness all the rest of the day. [RITTER,. c.]

Weakness for fatigue, alternating with an anxious trembling.

Frequent attacks of trembling all over the body.

250. The symptoms are aggravated by sitting, and ameliorated by gentle movement.

Walking in the open air fatigues her.

When walking feeling of faintness; it became black before her eyes; she felt as if she were going to have a fit of apoplexy; at every step roaring in the ears and head.

Inclination to lie down.

Irresistable inclination to lie down (aft. 1 h.).

255. Constant weariness and day-drowsiness (for which sleep procures only transient relief).

After dinner, drowsiness and dulness, also some headache above the root of the nose; he could not engage in any mental work.

When sitting, she could immediately go to sleep, at any time of the day.

Light, not sound, slumber-like sleep.

She lies long before going to sleep.

260. He lies for half and a whole hour before she falls asleep.

She must lie two or three hours before she falls asleep.

Samuel Hahnemann
Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) was the founder of Homoeopathy. He is called the Father of Experimental Pharmacology because he was the first physician to prepare medicines in a specialized way; proving them on healthy human beings, to determine how the medicines acted to cure diseases.

Hahnemann's three major publications chart the development of homeopathy. In the Organon of Medicine, we see the fundamentals laid out. Materia Medica Pura records the exact symptoms of the remedy provings. In his book, The Chronic Diseases, Their Peculiar Nature and Their Homoeopathic Cure, he showed us how natural diseases become chronic in nature when suppressed by improper treatment.