Part 12

CHEST: Constriction and difficulty of breathing, caused by dryness of the mouth. Oppression after supper. Tearing in the chest, also with dryness of the mouth. 75. Sensation, on making the least motion, as though a hollow body were moving about in the chest quickly and with a noise, after which she fancies she will faint, early in the morning. Prickling as from a thousand pins, on the inner surface of the sternum. Violent stitching pain above the right breast. The mammæ are painful, especially when raising the arm. Congestions to the chest. 80. Acute pain in the left side, like a stitch. Painful stitches in the right side. Palpitation of the heart, for moments; at night; when lying; when raising one’s-self; as though the heart would turn; with fainting feeling; with oppression of the chest (less when lying); irregular (after eating).

BACK: Violent beating in the spine, early, when lying. Prickling sensation in the spine, during sleep, waking her. 85. Stinging pain in the large dorsal muscle, right side, when drawing breath. Burning and painful sensation on the fifth dorsal vertebra, caused by the friction of the clothes. Sensation of weariness in the whole back. Stiffness in the muscles of the back. Sense of weight in the back part of the neck. 90. Sensation as if something on the os-sacrum became detached. Pain at the sacrum, when walking or touching the part. Tingling at the os-sacrum. Beating in right shoulder. Prickling in the psoas-muscles. 95. Violent beating in the loins. Pain in the lumbar vertebræ, impeding walking. Intolerable pain in the lumbar region, obliging her to walk bent.

UPPER EXTREMITIES: Feeling of weariness in the muscles, posteriorly. Pain as if sprained, in the right upper arm, after leaning on the elbow. 100. Beating in the middle portion of the triceps brachealis. Heat in the hands. Stinging in the left little finger. Beating in the right ring-finger.

LOWER EXTREMITIES: Acute pains in the hip-joint, caused by the least motion. 105. Painful pressure on the hip-joint, as with an iron bar, compelling her to lie down. In the left gluteus muscle: beating; pain, accompanied by loathing. Lancinations in the posterior part of the right thigh. Weary feeling in the muscles of the right side, after walking. Feeling of dislocation in the hip-joint, with pain in the womb, after a slight exertion. 110. Shooting pain in the posterior and inferior femoral muscles, when bending the knee. Beating in the internal femoral muscles. Alternate heating and throbbing above the patella, in both limbs. Pain as if sprained, in the whole of the vertebral column, striking through the posterior parts of the thigh, and extending down to the heels. Drawing pain in the posterior part of the right lower limb, from the gluteus muscle down to the heel.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS: 115. General and partial debility. Debility, she is about to faint. Weariness in all the limbs, on waking. Pain as if bruised, in bed, preventing her from stirring. Cold water causes a sense of oppression.

SKIN: 120. Small pimples on the back; causing a violent itching. Small red pimples on the cheeks. The skin in the face peels off a little.

SLEEP: Irresistible drowsiness. Very sleepy in the evening. 125. Restless sleep. Starting from sleep, as in affright. Sleepless. Confused dreams, about fires, revolution, corpses, thieves, &c. Amorous dream. 130. He dreams that he is to dress or draw the body of a drowned person, but is prevented in consequence of the body falling all the time on the clothes or paper. Dreams about men who become transformed to talking animals. He dreams that his hands are cut to pieces. He dreams that he is falling from a steeple. 135. She dreams that she is eating human flesh. She dreams that she is swimming in a river, and that she cannot get out of it.

FEVER: Chilliness and sensation of internal coldness. Coldness, with chattering of teeth. Repeated chilly creepings through the whole body, in the evening. 140. Feeling of coldness all over, she is unable to get warm, her cheeks being very red, in the afternoon. Heat all over, with sweat. Violent paroxysms of heat, suddenly passing through the whole body, and proceeding from the vertex. Alternate burning heat and chilliness, at night, in bed. Exhalations from the skin, when performing the least work. 145. Sweat all over, early in the morning, in bed. Cold night-sweat. The sweat smells of potatoes, in bed. Pulse irritated; irregular; hard and tense.

PLUMBAGO LITTORALIS (NOBIS).

P. LIT. PICAO DA PRAIA.

This is a creeper, inhabiting the shores in the bay of Rio Janeiro. Its stem is herbaceous, rounded, covered with short and rather stiff hairs. Its leaves are simple, opposite, gradually tapering to a short channelled petiole adhering to that of the opposite side, and forming tufts at certain intervals whence arise adventitious roots. They have a smooth, trapezoid, coarsely intended limb. The flowers form little axillary heads, with from 15 to 20 flowers each, arising from an involucre with five divisions and supported by a somewhat filiform pedicle. Calix tubulous, monophyllous, with five teeth, and much shorter than the tube of the corol. The corol is monopetalous, of a yellowish white, tubulous, puffed up at its extremity, with five reflexed divisions, and five stamens with bilocular, connivent anthers which are longer than the corol. Ovary one-celled, flat at the top, whence proceeds a slender style, terminated by a glandular stygma which is longer than the stamens. Fruit monospermous, elongated, with a crustaceous integument which is covered with a number of stiff hairs that are bent over, and which presents irregular longitudinal furrows. The root is perennial and ramose. We employ the leaves.

_First day._—1. Weakness of the joints of the lower extremities, immediately. Vertigo. Slight pain in the right side of the neck, for five minutes. Body and head are very warm. 5. Cold extremities. Violent sexual desire at 11, disappearing afterwards during the remainder of the day.

_Second day._—Headache in the morning. Pain in the sides of the chest. Weakness of the lower limbs. 10. Aversion to every thing. Taciturn. Acute pain in the left ear, for some minutes. Hot face, with sickness at the stomach. Passing pain in the left arm. 15. Passing pain in the left lower limb, for ten minutes. Very drowsy after noon. Headache after a walk. Acute pain in the left lower limb, in the evening. In the evening, pain in the limbs. 20. Pain in the head. Internal heat. At night, very hot internally. Pulse hard and small. Passing and lancinating pains in various parts. 25. Lancinations in various parts of the head. Lancinating pain in the kidneys; the parts were all painful as if pricked. Pain at the right shoulder. Painful burning pricking at the right shoulder. Catarrhal sore throat. 30. Frequent and scanty flow of saliva. Passing pains at the neck. Constant pain in the head. Slight sense of heaviness at the stomach. Sense of chilliness at every motion. 35. Vertigo for 3 or 4 minutes, after eating. Heat in the eyes. Sensitive smell all day. Constant headache, especially in the forehead. Pain in the left lumbar region. 40. Heaviness of the head, with vertigo. Drowsy after 9. No stool, red urine.

_Third day._—Pain in the right lower limb, in the morning. Pain at the neck. 45. Heaviness of the head and on the eyelids. Taciturn. Sad. Extremely languid. Pricking in various parts of the thorax. 50. Unable to lean on an arm, on account of the pain in the thorax. Pain in the temples. Weak stomach. Painful palpitation of the heart. Heat in the limbs. 55. Hot arms with cold hands. At 9 in the evening, hard and small pulse, pain in the right lower limb, all day. Vertigo. Heaviness of the head. Drowsy. 60. Heat in the eyes. Passing pains in various parts of the trunk. Passing pain at the humerus. Constant pain at the right hip and lower limb. Passing pains at the neck. 65. Sexual desire as above. Headache. Internal heat, coming and going momentarily. Pain in the ribs when bending forward; feeble pulse. Pain and constriction of the throat. 70. After a walk, heat in the head lasting all day. Pains here and there, which seem to shift. Red urine. Excessive heat about the head.

_Fourth day._—Aversion to every thing, in the morning. 75. Pain in the neck. Pain at the back. Headache. Heat in the face. Pain in the stomach. 80. Pain at the heart. Pain in the chest when straining. Pain at the humerus when lifting any thing. Slight headache above the brows. Palpitation of the heart. 85. Agitated pulse. Ulceration of the commissure of the lips. Constant pain in the iliac region. Milk-colored spittle. Easy discharge of urine. 90. When drawing breath, pain below the last false ribs, left side. The same pain on the right side, less lasting. Stool hard, inodorous. Headache, at night. Pain, with difficult breathing. 95. Little saliva. An old pain in the chest is worse.

_Fifth day._—Profuse saliva in the morning. Inflammation and lachrymation of the left eye. Lips dry and cracked at the corners. 100. Heaviness at the stomach. Extreme languor. Hot fever, vertigo, uneasy pulse. Acute pains all over for three hours. Pain in the ribs and at the nape of the neck, in the evening. 105. Violent pain in the eyes. Frontal headache. Taciturn for some time. Painful stitch in the region of the heart. Stomach-ache. 110. Pains in the joints hindering movement.

_Sixth day._—Stomach-ache. Pain in the back, while sitting. Languor and general prostration. Profuse saliva. 115. Bitter mouth. Headache. Pain here and there. The right lower limb is always painful. 120. White-colored spittle.

_Seventh day._—Pain in the belly. Pain at the right shoulder. Frightful dreams, about dead bodies. 125. Pain in the forehead. Heaviness in the stomach.

_Eighth day._—Pain in the joints. Pain at the right ribs. Pain in the forehead. 130. Slight pain at the right shoulder. Pain in the lower limbs. Passing pains above the right ear.

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

HEAD, &c.: 1. Vertigo after eating. Vertigo. Taciturn. Excessive heat about the head. 5. Dartings in the head. Pain in the temples. Frontal headache. Sensitive smell, all day. Acute pain in the left ear. 10. Heat in the eyes. Inflammation and running of the left eye.

GASTRIC, &c.: Profuse saliva. Ulceration of the commissure of the lips. Milky spittle. 15. Bitter mouth. Aversion to every thing. Painful constriction of the throat. Sore throat. Heaviness at the stomach. 20. Pain in the iliac region. Pain in the kidneys as if pricked. Pain below the false ribs when drawing breath. Costiveness with red urine. Violent sexual desire.

CHEST, &c.: 25. Pain at the right ribs. Prickings in the chest. Pain in the chest, on which account he is unable to lean on the arm. Pain in the sides of the chest. Painful stitch in the region of the heart. 30. Pain at the heart. Palpitation of the heart. Passing pains at the neck. Pain in the back. Pain at the right shoulder. 35. Pain at the humerus when lifting any thing. Burning pricking at right shoulder. Weakness of the joints of the lower limbs. Weakness of the lower limbs. Drowsy. 40. Dreams about dead bodies. Hot arms with cold hands. Internal heat, coming and going. Sense of chilliness when stirring. Heat in the limbs. 45. Very hot, internally, at night. Pulse hard and small. Prostration. Darting pains here and there. Acute pains all over, for three hours. 50. Pain in the joints.

SOLANUM OLERACEUM. (VELLOZ.)

SOL. OL.—PORTUG.: GYQUIRIOBA, JUQUERIOBA.

This is an herbaceous plant with a creeping and somewhat ligneous, cylindrical stem, the upper branches being covered with short and crooked thorns. The leaves, of a dark green, are alternate, irregularly pennate; the folioles are long, lanceolate, almost sessile on a thorny spike; there are from 7 to 9, those at the top being the largest. The flowers are supported by ramose pedicles, which do not grow out of axils; calice campanulate, with five divisions; corolla of a greenish white, monopetalous, with five equal, rotaceous, somewhat reflexed divisions alternating with those of the calix. Five stamens with erect, converging and bilocular anthers; their filaments are short, with the exception of one, which is longer than the rest. Ovary oval, surmounted by a filiform style. Berry spherical with two compartments, of a dark green, with white spots. This solanum grows on the shores around Rio Janeiro, in damp and shady places. We employ the flower.

1. Scanty urine. Short-lasting menses. Toothache at night. Acute catarrh. 5. Suffocating cough. Pain in the face. Toothache. Pain and swelling of the face and throat, with inflammation. No sleep for two nights. 10. Stye on the right lower eyelid. Swelling of a cervical glands. Continual redness of the face. Difficult digestion. Pain at the internal canthi of the eyes. 15. Inflammation of the left upper eyelid. Tickling at the lower limbs. Pustules all over, first white, then red, with an intolerable itching now and then. Lancinating pain in the stomach not lasting long. Sense of chilliness in the left side of the chest, after drinking. 20. Violent pain in the left cheek, spreading over the whole face. Discharge of fetid yellow mucus from the left nostril. Sadness. Irritable. Drowsiness with headache. 25. Herpetic eruption at the ankle. Nettle-rash fever. _Sore throat._ Itching. Ptyalism. 30. No appetite. Tongue coated white. No sleep. Drowsy for four hours in the middle of the day. Discharge of white mucus from the vagina. 35. Swelling of the mammary glands with profuse effusion of milk, on the second day. Drowsy all day. Shortly after taking the drug the breasts of a negro-woman of 60 years began to swell and discharged a quantity of milk.

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

1. Sad. Irritable. Toothache. Pain in the face, also with swelling of the face and throat, and inflammation. Redness of the face. 5. Pain in left cheek, spreading over the face. Stye on right lower lid. Inflammation of left lower lid. Pain at the inner canthi. Discharge of fetid yellow mucus from left nostril. 10. Difficult digestion. No appetite. Tongue coated white. Chilly feeling in left chest, after drinking. Sore throat. 15. Ptyalism. Lancinating pain in the stomach. Scanty urine. Short-lasting menses. Discharge of white mucus from the vagina. 20. Swelling of the mammary glands, with discharge of milk. Tickling at the lower limbs. No sleep. Drowsy with headache. Itching pustules all over, first white, then red. Herpes at the ankle. Nettle-rash with fever.

PAULLINIA PINNATA.

PAUL.—PAULLINIA TIMBO (VELL).—PORTUG.: GUARATIMBO, TIMBO-SIPO, CURURU—APÉ.

This beautiful liana is commonly found in the woods of Brazil; its stem, of a flexible and tenacious wood, furnishes slender, slightly pubescent branches with deep parallel furrows. The leaves are alternate, with winged petioles; they are composed of five folioles which are almost sessile, oval-lanceolate, crenulate, irregularly bizugate. The flowers are small, in spikes, situated on axes that are accompanied by leaflets arising from the axillæ of the leaves. Calix with five folioles, corolla with four petals, alternating with the folioles of the calix; eight stamens; ovary with three uni-ovulate chambers. Capsule pear-shaped and sharp, divided at its superior part in three tubercles. Root with long fasciculate branches which are a little hairy at their extremity. We employ the fresh root.

_First day._—1. Loathing, tongue thick and doughy, in a few minutes. She dreams about a leprous woman, which disgusts her.

_Second day._—Very chilly. Colic followed by a reddish diarrhœic stool mixed with slime. 5. Headache as if the head were covered with a cap of lead on which one strikes. Loathing of food. Desire for dainties. Frequent and ineffectual desire to urinate. Pain of the soles in walking, increased by pressure. 10. Lancinating pain in the heel.

_Third day._—Sensation in all the limbs as if bruised. Dizzy, her head inclines forwards. The feet feel numb, after going up-stairs. The arms, chest and head, except the ears, are very cold. 15. Desire to vomit. Her tongue feels as if it were as thick as a finger. Burning when urinating. She likes to remain quiet and shut up. Dreams about a leprous patient whose sores bleed. 20. Her chest feels as if it would open, with a cracking noise. Stitch under the right eye.

_Fourth day._—Shuddering on rising. Sharp pain during stool, as if a penknife had been plunged into the abdomen. Prickling at the left eye, which weeps and is very much inflamed. 25. Redness of the sclerotica. Buzzing in the left ear for 15 minutes. Pain in the groin as if the nerves were cut. Crampy pain in the left side of the hypogastrium. Itching and tingling in the throat. 30. Pain at the eyebrows meeting from opposite side at the root of the nose. Heat in the soles. Oppression and burning in both sides of the chest. Pressure in the hypogastrium. Pain as if a string had been strung round the hypochondria. 35. Intolerable itching, with sense of burning in the chest. Beating in the temple and above the left eye. Pain at the navel as from a penknife. Painful sensation as from an iron bar, compelling the head to incline forwards. Constant ennui. 40. Loathing at the sight of food. Desire for the taste and smell of coffee. General lassitude.

_Fifth day._—Pain in the lower limbs, which become stiff by walking. Cramp in the palm and fingers of the left hand, extending to the arm. 45. Violent pain in the side as if a stone were pressed in. Itching and suppuration behind the head.

_Sixth day._—Hammering in the vertex, reverberating in the temples. Restless sleep. She dreams that she wishes to open her chest in order to look into it. 50. Pressure at the chest and sides, as if pressed upon by iron sheeting, and then pierced with penknives, causing an acute pain. Nausea. Lancinating pain in the left nipple, as if a penknife were thrust in, at regular intervals. Sawing pain as if the cartilage of the left ear were cut; this pain extends to the left side of the neck. Prickings as from a thousand needles in the left thigh, high up, for several minutes.

_Seventh day._—55. Pressure as from an iron band around the waist; and stitches in the upper part of the thorax, worse during motion. Crampy pain in the left hand, for a moment. Sensation, while talking, as if a stone were burying itself in the stomach. Pain as if a knife were plunged into the right side.

_Eighth day._—She dreams that a scabby dog full of sores is walking towards her; she took hold of the dog, who bit her; then she uttered loud cries, in the midst of which she awoke with a severe pain in the chest. 60. She feels bruised all over. Headache as if her head would split. Lachrymation, especially of the left eye. Very hungry at dinner. Stabbing sensation in the ovaries, for a moment. 65. Painful stitches in each side of the abdomen.

_Ninth day._—Burning in the chest. Pain at the right ankle, as if sprained. Tingling in the throat. Pain in the loins as if bruised; she is unable to raise herself after stooping. 70. Pain at the right shoulder, disappearing by friction. Numbness in the shoulder. Intense itching under the arm.

SECOND PROVING.

_First day._—Sense of scraping in the throat. Heat in the front part of the chest. 75. Short breathing. Passing in the region of the liver. Acute pain at the left wrist. Rumbling in the right hypochondrium. Pain in the left hypochondrium. 80. Pain in the right parietal region, as if pressed from within outwards. Internal trembling in the umbilical region and the left hypochondrium. Pain in the whole abdomen, worse when touching it. Pain at the heart, at 2 in the afternoon. Lancination in the præcordial region. 85. Chilliness, first of the upper part of the body, and then all over. Alternate heat and chilliness in the face. Dry mouth. Rough tongue with sensation as if larger. Obnubilation. 90. Lancination, as after chewing cloves; a constant symptom. Numbness of the arms. Trembling of the lower limbs. In walking, she feels as though she were walking backwards. Lazy, not disposed to work. 95. Desire to lie down. Rough voice. Yellowish, bitter, difficult and tenacious expectoration. No appetite. At 6, the pain at the heart extends to the last ribs. 100. Acute pain in the middle of the head, on the right side. Headache, on the left side. Out of breath, with desire to vomit. Pain above the eyes, penetrating to the brain. Pain at the left breast. 105. Pain in the right side of the chest, at half past 7 in the evening. Melancholy. Pain in the right temple. Weakness and heaviness in the lower limbs. 110. Numbness in the sole of the right foot and at the knee. Pain in the shoulder-blades. Red spots in the face and on the chest. Shooting in the jaws. Sadness and drowsiness all day.

_Second day._—115. Desire to vomit on waking. Pain at the left groin, at 8. Weak feeling in the chest. Pain in the left temple. Pain in the left arm, extending to the back. 120. Pain in the middle of the head as if a nail were thrust in. Itching in the hand and fingers, obliging one to scratch until the skin is off. Deep ennui. Acute pain in the right side of the chest, at 4 in the afternoon. 125. Pain in the left thigh. Pain in the right teeth. Contusive pain in the region of the liver, in touching the right ribs; worse when walking. Chilliness all over in the evening. 130. Pain near the right elbow; at 9 in the evening.

_Third day._—Acute lancinations under the right arm. Pain at the neck. Lancinations in the left side. Heaviness of the head; with pain in the right temple. 135. Heat in the face. Lancination under the right breast, at one o’clock. Dull pain in the left ear, at 2. Lancinations in the liver. Headache at night.

_Fourth day._—140. Pain in the whole abdomen. Extraordinary desire for coffee and fruits. Constipation, for two days. Toothache continued. Pain under the right arm. 145. Pain at the internal part of the right arm. Lancinations in the right side of the chest, at 4 in the evening.

_Fifth day._—Dreams about dead persons. Vision of dead persons. Headache, in the region of the right temple. 150. Pain from the arm to the chest, at 8 in the morning. Heat in the chest, around the breast, which feels as if pressed together by an iron band. Staggering gait. Bitter mouth. Profuse saliva. 155. Shortness of breath. Pain in the left arm when stretching it. Pain in the neck, less in the open air. Pain in the right side of the chest, below the clavicle and the right axilla, at 6 in the evening. No sleep.

_Sixth day._—160. Diarrhœa. Pain in the right side of the chest. Rheumatic pain in the knees. Pain around the navel. Pain in the chest. 165. Headache all day. Desire to walk. Lancinations in the splenetic region, at noon. Pain in the right shoulder, at one o’clock. Chilliness, at 3. 170. Shuddering with drowsiness and arthritic pains. Lancinations in the right side of the chest, at half past 3. Lancinations in the right breast, at 6 in the evening. Heaviness of the head and forehead.

_Seventh day._—Short breathing. 175. Pain under the sternum. Pain in the right wrist. Pain in the joints. Pain in the right ear. Blood-streaked saliva. 180. Headache in the evening, with inability to stoop. Violent cough, with inflamed throat. Fear of being phthysicky. Sad dreams.

_Eighth day._—When drawing breath, the chest feels as if opened. 185. Dry and short cough.

_Ninth day._—Headache in the morning. Weariness of the lower limbs. Pain in the left side of the chest, as far as the arm, as if the parts were scratched.

_Tenth day._—Pain around the umbilicus. 190. Lancinations in the right side of the chest. Lancinations in the right eye, with lachrymation. Heat all along the back. A good appetite all day. Dreams about dead persons, with tears on waking. 195. Dry and short cough.