Affects the right side most.
Violent headache during the chill which almost deprives him of the power of thinking, worse when he drinks.
Pain in liver as if strained painful when touched and coughing.
Constipation: stool dry, like small nuts, and only able to pass a small piece with each efforts.
Cough: with gagging, belching or vomiting; with purulent sputa; in daily attacks with fever paroxysm.
Irresistible drowsiness and sleepiness.
Pain as if tendons were too short contracted particularly the knee-joints, which he is unable to extend.
Pressure and gagging in the oesophagus affecting whole chest and impeding respiration.
M.E.Douglass, MD, was a Lecturer of Dermatology in the Southern Homeopathic Medical College of Baltimore. He was the author of - Skin Diseases: Their Description, Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment; Repertory of Tongue Symptoms; Characteristics of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica.