Fever
Characteristic – Sanguineous congestions in persons of plethoric habit (Aconite), often resulting in hemorrhage.
Fear of death, believes the disease incurable (Arsenicum).
Hemorrhage: from nose, lungs, stomach, rectum, bladder (Crot., Kreosotum, Millefolium, Phosphorus).
Headache: pressing, like a heavy weight on vertex, climacteric, congestive, periodic, right – sided, severe throbbing pulsating pain.
Whole body feels as if caged, each wire being twisted tighter and tighter. Constriction: of throat, chest, heart, bladder, rectum, uterus, vagina, often caused or brought on by the slightest contact.
Pains everywhere, darting, springing, like chain – lightning, and ending with a sharp, vise – like grip, only to be again renewed.
Oppression of chest, as from a great weight, as if an iron band prevented normal motion.
Sensation of a cord tightly tied around lower part of chest marking attachment of diaphragm.
Heart feels as if, clasped and unclasped rapidly by an iron hand, as if bound, “had no room to beat.”
Palpitation: day and night, worse when walking and lying on left side (Lachesis), at approach of menses.
Menstrual flow ceases when lying down (Boy., Causticum).
Aggravation: Motion, touch.
Amelioration: In open air.
Type: Quotidian. Periodicity well marked. Return at same hour each day: pains down thighs, chill, fever, pains in uterus and ovaries.
Time: 11 A.M., or 11 P.M. – Characteristic.
Returns at same hour every day (Aranea, Ced., Gelsemium, Sabad.).
Cause: After exposure to heat of sun.
Chill: Without thirst. Coldness in the back and icy cold hands (after water in the cellar, – Arsenicum, Rhus. ). Chilliness which lasts three hours, makes the teeth chatter, and does not go off although he lies down and covers himself up with many blankets. Chill not relieved by anything, either covering or external heat (Aranea).
Heat: Burning heat of 24 hours’ duration (succeeding a three hours’ chill), with dyspnea and shortness of breath, and a smothering sensation so that he cannot remain quiet in bed. Great heat in the head and flushes in the face as if before a strong fire, which causes horrible anxiety. Insupportable heat in abdomen, lancinating pain in heart, suppressed urine, pains in bladder and pulsating pains in uterine region, vomiting, headache, coma, stupefaction, insensibility, terminating in very slight perspiration.
Some thirst at close of heat.
Heat sometimes wanting.
Sweat: With great thirst (Cinchona). After burning heat, with shortness of breath, inability to remain lying on account of dyspnea, a profuse sweat breaks out attended with unquenchable thirst for large quantities of cold water (Arsenicum, Cinchona). Violent vomiting when perspiration fails.
Tongue: Clean, taste soapy, stomach deranged.
Apyrexia: From 11 p.m. till 12 m. the next day, complete apyrexia. The regularity of attack is perfect, and all stages are clearly defined. The congestive symptoms of brain and chest predominate during the heat (Belladonna, cinch., Natr-m.). Rarely indicated, but has no substitute, effectually and permanently cures. May be compared with Aranea, Cedron, or Cinchona.
Quotidian intermittent, congestion to head, flushes in face, suppressed urine, pains in bladder, lancinating in heart, violent vomiting, sweat does not appear after exposure to sun’s rays.
Analysis – Clock – like regularity of paroxysm, 11 A.M. or 11 p.m.
Congestive and constrictive symptoms of head and chest predominate.
After exposure to intense heat of sun.
