Part 11

_Seventeenth day._—Colic followed by two stools at 4 in the morning. The right umbilical region is painful to contact.

_Eighteenth day._—Colic. Not much appetite. 70. Sneezing at 5 in the evening.

_Nineteenth day._—Prickling in the throat, inducing cough. Dry cough.

_Twenty-third day._—Heaviness of the head on waking.

_Twenty-fourth day._—Headache aggravated by the smell of alcohol and disappearing at 3 in the evening.

_Twenty-fifth day._—75. Colic on waking. Frequent emission of flatulence. Pains between the shoulders (at 10 in the evening).

_Twenty-sixth day._—He dreams that his hands are cut in pieces. Tickling in the throat causing a cough.

Second prover: _Charles Dieudonné Jolly_, 24 years old, nervous-sanguine temperament, robust constitution.

_First day._—80. Pressure at the root of the nose. Dreams about religious things.

_Second day._—Heaviness of the head, in the morning. The head and especially the forehead, feel dull as during a catarrh, all the afternoon. Colic after eating. 85. Sexual dream, followed by a dream about women that are changed to animals.

_Third day._—Frequent emission of flatulence, in the morning. Tongue slightly coated white, in the morning. Colic and twisting in the stomach after eating. Salt taste in the throat. 90. Pressure in the forehead and above the orbits.

_Fifth day._—Slight yellowish-white coating on the tongue, in the morning. Heat in the face, at half past 4 in the afternoon. Pain as if sprained at the right coxo-femoral articulation, posteriorly. Flow of ideas, at 5. 95. Beating at the middle portion of the triceps brachialis, at 8.

_Seventh day._—Wakes very early since the third day. Itching at the ball of the thumb, at 9 in the evening.

_Eighth day._—Wakes very early. Thin yellowish coating on the tongue, in the morning. 100. Prickling in the lumbar muscles, at 6 in the afternoon.

_Ninth day._—Stitch in the left ring-finger, at 7 in the morning. Stitch and sharp pinching in the right groin, near the inguinal ring; this pain was felt shortly after an ordinary stool, while raising one leg as if one would mount three steps at once, at 11 in the morning. Beating in the left thigh at 4 in the afternoon, while sitting. Drowsy at half past 7, waking very early.

_Tenth day._—105. Beating under the right shoulder, at 9 in the evening. Drowsy at 8 o’clock in the evening.

_Eleventh day._—Weight in the left testicle, the whole day, also in the evening while sitting.

_Twelfth day._—Violent pulsations at the lower part of the vastus internus muscle, in a demi-circle, for an hour and a half, in the morning.

_Thirteenth day._—Beating in the lumbar muscles at 4 in the afternoon.

_Fourteenth day._—110. Headache. Repeated sneezing, at half past 8 in the evening.

_Fifteenth day._—Sense of weariness in the muscles of the right thigh, after walking. Involuntary crowding of heterogenous ideas on one’s mind while listening to a discourse or attending to some work; frequently during the proving.

_Sixteenth day._—Tongue coated white, in the morning. 115. Contraction and beating at the left superior eyelid, at 7 in the evening. Slight colic and copious flatulence all night.

_Seventeenth day._—Restless sleep. Flatulence in the evening. Hard and scanty stool.

_Eighteenth day._—120. He dreams that he will fall from a tower. Violent beating of the heart in raising himself. Pricking in the right side of the tongue, from noon until 3. Roughness in the throat, with thirst, in the evening. Cough and yellowish mucous expectoration, at night.

_Nineteenth day._—125. He dreams that he is in danger of falling from the roof of a house. Swelling of the mucous membrane of the internal alveolar margin of the two incisores and the left canine tooth. Violent frontal headache and coryza all day. Pain as if sprained at the right scapulo-humeral articulation, after having rested on the elbow, in the evening, in bed. Restless night.

_Twentieth day._—130. Confused dreams. Agitated pulse in the morning. Coryza.

_Twenty-first day._—Confused dreams. Frontal headache. 135. Coryza. Agitated pulse. Sweats all over, in the morning, in bed. Strong pulsations at the perineum, loins and right ring-finger, at half past 4. Violent frontal headache at 5 in the afternoon, while walking. 140. Large, hard, fragmentary stool. Urinates all the time during stool.

_Twenty-third day._—Strong pulsations in the vertebral region, in the morning while lying. Whizzing in the left ear, at 5 in the evening. Disposed to remember past journeys; flow of ideas about theories, &c.

_Twenty-fourth day._—145. Aching pain in the right hypogastric region, towards the ring, after a long walk.

_Twenty-fifth day._—Reddish urine, with mucus floating in it.

Third prover: Mme _Al. J—_, 26 years old, of sanguine temperament, good constitution.

_First day._—Tearing in the chest and throat, immediately.

_Second day._—Sexual dream. Dull colic in the hypogastric region, at night.

_Third day._—150. Dream about witchcraft. Difficult digestion accompanied by twisting in the stomach, after breakfast and dinner. Hard and knotty stool; after stool, renewed urging, with smarting at the anus. Falling of the rectum. Sense of contraction at the sphincter. 155. After stool, the rectum alternately descends and returns again. The falling of the rectum is accompanied by shuddering all over, for ten minutes.

_Fifth day._—Palpitation of the heart, at 11 in the evening, while lying.

_Sixth day._—Palpitation of the heart, at 7 in the morning. Colic at the stomach, after eating, at 6 in the evening.

_Seventh day._—160. Tearing in the throat, at 8 in the morning. Tongue coated white.

_Eighth day._—Restless sleep, she dreams that she is eating human flesh. The least thing puts her out of humor. Palpitation of the heart, at noon. 165. Palpitation of the heart, at 11 in the evening, at three different periods.

_Ninth day._—Thick tongue, at 2 in the morning.

_Eleventh day._—Restless sleep. Cold sweat at night, while lying.

_Twelfth day._—Sense of spraining in the ileo-femoral articulation, causing a pain in the womb; while making a trifling exertion. 170. Flatulence; sometimes is unable to expel them. Headache. Contraction of the sphincter ani. Lancinating pain at the forehead, until 9 in the evening. Twisting colic. 175. Stool always hard and difficult. Heat at the anus, after stool. Weeping of the right eye, for some minutes. Frequent urging to stool. Shuddering all over, every moment, at 9 in the evening. 180. Eructations in the evening. Flatulence in the evening. Quarrelsome mood.

_Thirteenth day._—No sleep. Heat all over, with sweat. 185. Agitated pulse. She dreams that she is floating in a river and cannot get out. Flushes of heat in the face, now and then, especially while eating. These flushes are followed by chilliness. (Is unable to close her hand). 190. Irregular pulse, at times feeble, at others strong. Frontal headache with dulness, and disposition to incline forwards. Lazy. Weary all over, she has to lie down, at noon. Little appetite. 195. Pressure at the chest. Thirst. Shivering while drinking cold water, or washing her face with it. Headache ceasing for a while and then recommencing again. Lancinations with sensation as if the brain would fly to pieces, in going up-stairs. 200. Vivid redness on the right malar eminence. Small red pimples on the cheeks. Shuddering now and then. Congestion of the sclerotica. Red face at three in the evening. 205. Flush of heat all over, at half past 3. Sensation, while stooping as if the brain would bound in the skull. Heat at the vertex, which spreads all over, at 4. Sensation in the left hypochondrium as if a spring were rolled out. Sense of fainting, she has to stand still. 210. Acute pain in the right pectoralis major when drawing breath. Borborygmi. Twisting of the bowels, at half past 10. Colic and shuddering. Dry cough in the evening. 215. Headache decreases in the evening. Flatulence. Red and hot face. The skin of the face peels slightly.

_Fourteenth day._—Heat at night, disturbing the sleep. 220. Sense of weariness in the limbs, on waking. Dulness of the forehead. Tongue coated white. In the morning, taste of raw potatoes. Menstrual blood rose-colored, at 9 in the morning. 225. Borborygmi, in the morning. At the least movement she feels as if a hollow body were turning rapidly round in the chest, with a rattling noise; she then fancies she will faint, at 8 in the morning. Frontal headache all day. Smarting and painful sensation at the fifth dorsal vertebra, when the clothes rub against the part. Little appetite. 230. Stiffness of the posterior cervical muscles. Dark redness and warmth of the cheeks. Heat all over in cold and damp weather. The menstrual flow is interrupted. Repeated sneezing, followed by a slight cough, every evening at 5, from the tenth day. 235. Smell of blood, as if nosebleed would take place, at 7 in the morning.

_Fifteenth day._—Restless sleep. Last evening’s dinner does not sit well on her stomach, with acidity at night. Doughy mouth, in the morning. Weariness all over, when rising. 240. Drawing pain in the right lower limb, posteriorly, from the gluteus maximus to the heel. The menstrual flow is interrupted. When bending the knee, pulling pain in the posterior and internal muscles of the thigh. Hypochondria. Sadness. 245. Every thing is disagreeable to her, she would like to go far away. Small pimples on the lower part of the neck and on the right knee, they are very red at the base, with a white point in the centre; they disappear in an hour. Sense of weight in the nape of the neck, at half past 11. The head feels heavy, she can scarcely keep it erect. Pain as from weariness in the back and the posterior muscles of the thighs and arms. 250. Dulness of the head. Pain as if bruised, hindering her movements in bed. Very hot hands. Slight nosebleed, at 11 in the morning. She walks with difficulty, she fears, she will lose her muscular powers. 255. The pain is worse in the day-time and less in the evening. The menstrual flow is interrupted. The epidermis of the face peels off. Numerous small pimples on the face. Desire to stretch.

_Sixteenth day._—260. No sleep; disturbed sleep. Oppression, owing to the dinner of last evening not sitting well on her stomach, she has to rise at 3 in the morning. Eructations followed by rumbling in the stomach, ceasing after drinking a glass of water with sugar. Tongue coated white, with a yellow line along the middle. (She would like to break every thing, on account of not being able to understand a certain phrase). 265. Doughy mouth, in the night. Alternate heat and shuddering, in the night. (Has the taste of potatoes in the mouth, all night, from last evening’s dinner). Beating in the left temple. Stiffness in the posterior cervical muscles. 270. The sacrum is painful when touched or during a walk. After eating, choking and difficulty of breathing, caused by dryness of the mouth. Very fine pimples and intolerable itching at the labia majora.

_Seventeenth day._—Restless sleep. Is roused at 4 in the morning by a stomach-ache with eructations, for an hour. 275. Headache during a half-slumber. Heaviness at the vertex in the evening. Shuddering and burning, in the evening, in bed. Palpitation of the heart, while lying down. Ringing in the ears as if she would faint. 280. Acute stitch-like pain in the left side, preventing her from turning about in bed. The hair in the axilla sticks together.

_Eighteenth day._—Heaviness at the vertex. Disturbed sleep. Pain at the stomach and redness of the face after breakfast.

_Nineteenth day._—285. Feels well all over. Prickings at the right internal surface of the sternum.

_Twentieth day._—Sore throat; she is unable to swallow her saliva, in the evening. Distressing pain in the lumbar region, she cannot keep herself erect.

_Twenty-first day._—She feels as if a piece of flesh had grown out in her throat. 290. Lancinating pain in the left iliac region, less in the right. Good appetite. Is unable to walk erect. Complains a good deal about her pain in the loins.

_Twenty-second day._—She is waked by a violent shrill cough which last five hours. 295. The pains in the loins are worse when stooping. Acute pain as if the sacrum were out of place. The pain in the loins causes her to cry out; she walks bent forward, at 11. The least movement causes her an acute pain in the sacro-lumbar articulation. Pain in the posterior part of the right thigh as if a penknife were thrust in. 300. Pain in the left gluteus muscle, accompanied by nausea. Sensation as if something would become detached from the sacrum. She can neither remain standing nor sitting. Pressure as from an iron bar at the sacro-lumbar articulation, obliging her to lie down when she feels better. Formication at the sacrum. 305. Cough as from obstruction of the pharynx.

_Twenty-third day._—Restless sleep. Acute lancinating pain above the right breast, for two hours, in the morning. Pain as if sprained all along the vertebral column, and extending down the posterior muscles of the lower limbs to the heels. The face is dark red. 310. She walks inclined forwards. Heaviness in the stomach, her dinner does not sit well on her stomach, at 9 in the evening. Walking is hindered by the pain in the lumbar vertebræ. Desire for coffee.

_Twenty-fourth day._—Her dinner hurts her all night. 315. Palpitation of the heart, in the night, three different times. Colic with loud emission of flatulence. Incoherent dreams. The pain in the loins is less. Twisting pain through the uterus, at nine in the evening.

_Twenty-fifth day._—320. Itching wakes her at four in the morning. Dreams about a witch, actors changing to yellow and black. Sense of spraining in the right groin. Slight nosebleed, at six in the evening. Thick urine, with appearance of white mucus some time after standing.

_Twenty-sixth day._—325. Dreams about fire, then a comedy. The urine continues to show white flocks after standing.

_Twenty-seventh-day._—Slight nosebleed after supper. Violent itching at the labia majora, at two.

_Twenty-ninth day._—Hard, difficult and large stool.

_Thirtieth day._—330. Dreams about a revolution, about a city being destroyed by fire and the sword. Sour eructations exciting her cough. Smarting and itching at the vulva, at two in the afternoon.

_Thirty-second day._—Canine hunger at dinner. Acidity, bitterness and regurgitations after dinner, 335. Hard and large stool. Difficult, fragmentary stool. Painful stool, making the tears rush to her eyes; the sclerotica becomes red in consequence of the efforts she is obliged to make. Soapy pale-yellow urine. Colic along the large gut, at nine in the evening.

_Thirty-third day._—340. Pulling at the stomach, at two in the morning. Mouth dry. Large, dry, hard, difficult stool. Stool breaking off after one half is expelled. Pain and smarting at the rectum, caused by the violent efforts required to expel the stool. 345. Not disposed to work, at eight in the evening. Irresistible drowsiness. Turbid urine, of a dingy-yellow, and covered with an oily pellicle. Dreams about persecutions. Stitches during sleep as though needles were stuck in the spinal marrow; this wakes her. 350. Starting during sleep. Dry mouth with tearing sensation in the chest, at two in the morning. She rises in the night, imagining that thieves are hidden behind the curtains, but she dares not look behind and begs somebody else to do it.

_Thirty-fourth day._—Restless sleep. Anxiety on waking. 355. Cracked tongue, in the morning. Violent palpitations and pulsations with sensation as though the heart were turning about very briskly. The flatulence presses on the uterus. Hard, dry, large stool, expelled with difficulty, and causing the tears to rush to her eyes. Regurgitations and eructations at three. 360. Noisy flatulence, at nine in the evening.

_Thirty-fifth day._—Light sleep. Hoarseness on waking. White-coated tongue. Desire for liquor and oranges.

_Thirty-sixth day._—365. Dry cough day and night.

_Thirty-seventh day._—Dry cough on waking. Burning in the hand and all over. Hard and tense pulse. Tongue white in the middle and red at the tip. 370. Pain at the vertex. Sensation as of water splashing in the head. The posterior cervical muscles are stiff. Scarlet-redness of the cheeks. Headache aggravated by work. 375. In bed the sweat smells like potatoes. Tongue very red. Burning hands, with somewhat uneasy pulse.

_Thirty-eighth day._—The breasts have been painful during the whole time of the proving, the pain is worse when moving the arms, it then seems to become seated at the external border of the pectoralis major. Feels chilly all over, cannot get warm, at half past five in the evening. 380. Scarlet-redness of the cheeks. After dinner, her clothes feel too tight. Dry cough for six minutes, at half past ten in the evening. Her thoughts dwell upon her future, which she imagines will be wretched.

_Fortieth day._—Dry cough, in the evening. 385. Dull colic in the lower abdomen.

_Forty-first day._—Premature menses. Discharge of black coagulated blood. For five days the menstrual blood has a very fetid smell, similar to the smell of spoiled fish. Turbid urine of a dingy yellow, depositing a copious whitish sediment.

_Forty-second day._—390. Burning thirst, as though her mouth were salt. Twitching of the right lower limb. Sensitiveness of the hairy scalp and of the roots of the hairs. Tearing at the vertex; she cannot bear the least covering on her head.

_Forty-third day._—Hoarseness on rising which disappears immediately. The same hoarseness in the evening, not long.

_Forty-fourth day._—395. Tearing sensation in the throat, with accumulation of phlegm which it is difficult to get loose. Expectoration consisting of yellowish lumps. The phlegm seems to cover the whole anterior portion of the throat. The pain in the throat disappears after talking and stirring about. Sensitiveness of the hairy scalp, every day; she feels a pulling in it which does not allow her to bear the comb. 400. In the morning, raising of black coagulated blood. In the morning she blows bloody mucus from the nose. Nosebleed every morning, from forty-second to forty-fourth day. She dreams of battles, dead bodies and an immense pool of blood.

_Forty-fifth day._—She dreams about green men, covered with moss and living in the water; these men were changed to dogs.

_Forty-sixth day._—405. At dinner, the dishes taste to her bitter as gall.

_Forty-seventh day._—Sensation as of some obstacle in her throat which she is unable to expel, followed by the expectoration of a small, hard, yellowish-gray lump. The urine deposits less, though still turbid. When attempting to sing, violent palpitations of the heart prevent her from articulating the sound; her breathing is stopped, she feels as though she would faint. (Her face is scarlet-red.)

_Fiftieth day._—410. Strong palpitations of the heart, with oppression, and disposition to faint. She is on the point of fainting, a glass of water brings her to.

_Fifty-first day._—Palpitation of the heart.

_Fifty-second day._—Heat on the malar eminences and forehead, when going out to the open air. Palpitations of the heart, after supper. 415. The palpitation was irregular, stopped for a moment, and then reappeared with redoubled vigor. These palpitations are accompanied by oppressions, less when lying down. Alternate subcutaneous pulsations or beatings above the knee-pan, in the two legs. She does not wish to hear anything in explanation and is out of humor. Red face, and congestion of blood to the sclerotica.

_Fifty-third day._—420. Palpitation of the heart the whole day. It is caused by the act of swallowing. The palpitation is instantaneous and corresponds to the superior portions of the thorax. (Her lower limbs tremble on account of the hunger.)

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

EMOTIVE SPHERE.—1. Quarrelsome, irritable mood. Dread of work. Hypochondriac mood. She wants to enjoy a change of scenery, &c. She fancies she is miserable, and dwells much on the future.

SENTIENT SPHERE.—5. Crowd of ideas. His attention is easily disturbed by other things.

HEAD: Heat in the head, evening. Heaviness of the head; in the vertex; on stooping and then raising the head again. Catarrhal dulness of the head, especially the forehead. 10. Headache at noon; increased by the smell of spirits. The head feels too heavy, she has to make an effort to support it. Pressure above the eyes, on waking. In the forehead: violent pain, all day; stitching pain; with dulness of the head, and disposition to fall forwards. Slight beating in the temples. 15. Sensation as if the hair would be torn out on the vertex.

EYES: Prickling about the lids, the surface of which is red. Spasmodic contraction and twitching of the left upper lid. Burning in the lids. Prickling and burning in the eyes. 20. Congestion of the conjunctiva. Lachrymation on waking.

EARS: Ringing in the left ear.

NOSE: Repeated sneezing, followed by feeble cough. Nosebleed.

FACE: 25. Face hot and red. Mounting of heat to the face, now and then. Upper lip bleeding, cracked.

TEETH: Swelling of the mucous membrane of the inner margin of the two incisores. Teeth covered with white mucus.

MOUTH: 30. Dry mouth. Salt taste. Taste of raw potatoes. The mucous membrane of the velum palati seems to become detached here and there. Tongue swollen, cracked, early in the morning; coated white or yellowish-white; or coated white, with red tip, or yellowish along the median line. 35. Prickling in the right half of the tongue.

THROAT: Inflamed fauces, she is unable to swallow the saliva.

APPETITE: Canine hunger. Food tastes bitter as gall. Great desire for liquor and oranges.

GASTRIC SYMPTOMS: 40. Eructations followed by rumbling in the stomach. Sour eructations causing a cough. Acidity, bitterness, and gulping-up, after eating. Cardialgia after breakfast, dinner, and supper.

STOMACH: Pain in the stomach, with red face, after breakfast. 45. Spasmodic pains, griping-tearing at night.

ABDOMEN: Pains and working in the bowels, early in the morning. Painfulness of the abdomen to contact along the median line. _In the abdomen_: pain after eating; spasmodic pains, as though the bowels became twisted together; dull pains in the hypogastric region, at night; pain with chilliness; rumbling: the clothes cause a feeling of tightness. Emission of flatulence, also with colic. 50. Pain, as if sprained, in the right groin.

STOOL AND ANUS: Frequent urging to stool. Stool scanty, with straining, passing off in small, black lumps; she has to strain until tears come; hard, large, lumpy; with violent burning in the anus and rectum; hard and large, followed by two liquid stools. Copious, greenish-yellow diarrhœic stool. Constipation for five days. 55. Violent colic previous to stool. Alternate protrusion and retraction of the rectum during stool, with feeling of chilliness in the body.

URINARY ORGANS: Urine reddish, mingled with mucus. Thick urine; it becomes covered with white mucus after standing; turbid, of a dingy-yellow, with copious white sediment; turbid, dingy-yellow, covered with an oily pellicle. Pain in the urethra, after urinating.

SEXUAL PARTS: 60. Weight in the right testicle, the whole day. Suppression of the menses. Menses smelling of foul fish, mixed with black coagula. Small pimples and intolerable itching of the labia. Spasmodic pains striking through the uterus. 65. Burning and itching in the vagina.

WINDPIPE: In the windpipe: tearing, prickling, with cough; tearing, with phlegm; sensation as of an obstacle, followed by cough and expectoration of a lump of hard, yellowish-gray mucus. Hoarseness, on walking. Cough, with expectoration of yellow mucus, at night. Dry cough, day and night. 70. Cough, as from stoppage in the pharynx. Expectoration of lumps of black blood, early in the morning.