Part 7

_Thirty-ninth day._—At five o’clock in the morning, violent sensation of hunger, with tensive and pressive pain at the stomach; when lying, the pain extends to the umbilical region. 315. The pain during a walk continues; pressure after eating; painful sensation of hunger. Acute pain at the stomach, with constant hunger. Frequent desire to urinate. The urine deposits a white sediment. At noon, pressive pain at the stomach, before and after eating. 320. Acute pain, like a stitch, at the anterior surface of the right lung, which hinders breathing. Absence of mind, he makes many mistakes, mistakes one month for another, for several days. He mistakes the street twice. During the last days of the proving, frequent urination with whitish deposit.

Third prover: Mme. Al. j., 26 years old, sanguine temperament, good constitution.

_First day._—Took one dose of the 5th attenuation, at 10 o’clock in the evening.

In the morning on waking, doughy taste in the mouth, and great drowsiness. 325. She dreams about death, burial. Small painful pimples on the left side of the tongue. Burning at the stomach. Stiffness at the nape of the neck. Weakness of the legs and arms. 330. Nausea at two o’clock. Fever: face of a scarlet-red, hands burning-hot. Depression of spirits, has no desire to do any thing, nothing pleases him. White spots on the tongue. Frequent desire to urinate. 335. Feeling of weariness all over. Sense of pain with heat at the sacrum.

_Second day._—Lancinating pain, zig-zag, in the uterus, at half past six in the morning. Slight leucorrhœa. Dry cough. 340. Pain in the groin, compressive sensation as during parturition. Lancination from the lumbar region to the coccyx.

_Third day._—Restless night, frequent waking. On waking, sense of weariness, as if strained. Acute pain in the palm of the left hand, proceeding from the index, and describing a circle extending to the carpal articulation of the thumb. 345. Very weary, especially the left leg. At half past 12, third night, writhing colic. Violent diarrhœa at one o’clock, with pains similar to those which she had experienced on her return from a voyage to Brazil. Fetid stool, with white little worms. 350. The diarrhœa continues and is succeeded by a great weakness of the chest. Violet-colored cheeks. Heat in the cheeks and temples. Red forehead. Small miliary vesicles on the right cheek, on the middle of the forehead and on the left cheek. 355. Listless, she attends to things as if she took no sort of interest in them.

_Fifth day._—Dreams about a church-yard; she placed torches on the graves. On waking, her face is bloated and scarlet-red. Blotches on the right cheek, similar to those which she had after her return from a voyage to Brazil (at this time an enormous crusty tetter commenced in this way). Intolerable heat at the chest, at two o’clock, violent pain and burning sensation at the sternum.

_Sixth day._—360. Restless sleep. Nervousness, impatience, at half past 12. Dry heat in the hands.

_Seventh day._—Small vesicular pimple at the right wrist-joint. Marked feeling of heaviness from the parietal bone to the lower attachment of the sterno-mastoideus muscle, at the upper side of the sternum. 365. At two o’clock: the weight, at times, descends to the forehead, with heat. Small pimple on the right wrist, red at its base, containing a fluid.

_Eighth day._—No sleep. Twisting pain in the left side, or lancinations around the pelvis; the pain passes off soon and extorts cries from her, at 9 o’clock in the morning. Burning all over.

_Ninth day._—370. Twisting pain at the scapulo-humeral articulation. Acute pain under the breast. Half past twelve: the pain at the scapulo-humeral articulation recurs from time to time with great violence. Five o’clock in the evening: the pain is constant but less, always of the same kind. Half past nine: miliary eruption in the face. 375. Small red pimples on the right cheek, smarting on the right cheek, the eruption first showed itself at 7 o’clock in the morning. Miliary eruption on the shoulders, with itching, in the evening. Red vesicular pimples, they break when pressed upon, and discharge a smart stream of water.

_Tenth day._—Dulness of the head, in the morning, on rising. Red face, the little pimples are less apparent. 380. Pain at the stomach, as from hunger, though she is not hungry. She swallows her saliva. She has to eat to quiet her pain.

_Eleventh day._—Headache, slight beating at the forehead, during a considerable portion of the night. The headache continues with a heaviness in the forehead, in the morning.

_Twelfth day._—385. Small pimples on the back, with itching. Nosebleed, at 8 o’clock. Hard stool for 8 days. Nosebleed, at 10 o’clock.

_Thirteenth day._—390. Restless night, dream about a sea-voyage. Heaviness of the head, nosebleed on rising. Headache, heaviness with beating in the forehead, all day. Red pimples on the shoulders, with pricking when touched. Lancination and pricking in the left little finger, three or four different times.

_Fourteenth day._—395. Hot and red face. Itching red pimples on the shoulders.

_Fifteenth day._—Sense as of crumbs in the eyes. Sclerotica red, with margins around the eyes, red eyelids, red face. Red pimples on the sides of the hips, smarting.

_Sixteenth day._—400. Sharp pain, followed by an acute lancinating pain about the heart.

_Seventeenth day._—At eight o’clock in the morning, sharp, lancinating pain, by fits and starts, at the right side of the sacrum, more or less violent. Ten o’clock in the evening: wry neck on the right side.

_Eighteenth day._—While slumbering, sensation as if she were hanging three feet from the ground. Sensation as if she would fall into a ditch. 405. Coldness and heat, alternating at night.

_Nineteenth day._—Acute pain at the left hip, at 9 o’clock in the morning. The pain recurs at 9 o’clock in the evening, and continues for several days at the same hour. Pain at the uterus as if compressed. Pain at the heart, which is at times very sharp, almost unbearable. 410. The breathing is arrested; this pain makes her very uneasy. Lancinating pain in the head.

_Twentieth day._—Pain at the left knee, as if sprained.

_Twenty-first day._—Writhing colic, and diarrhœa, five times in the day.

_Twenty-second day._—Restless night. 415. In the evening, pain at the loins and on each side of the ovary. Violent lancinations with prickling, afterwards lancinating pain in the vagina; appearance of the menses, but very slight.

_Twenty-third day._—Pain in the uterus as if a sharp instrument were thrust in. Lancinating pain above the left breast. Pain at the right little toe, like an intermittent throbbing, with intolerable prickling, at half past 10 o’clock in the evening.

_Twenty-fourth day._—420. Sleep disturbed by a violent itching caused by small pimples on the shoulders. In the morning, the pain of the little toe returns, but it does not last as long as the day previous. Pain in the renal region, with sense of weariness in the region of the sacrum. Cold and heavy pain at the left hip. Painful pricking in the wrist and along the left hand, between the middle and ring-finger.

_Twenty-fifth day._—425. Prickings and stitch above the left breast, hindering breathing, whether walking or sitting. Acute pain when drawing breath.

_Twenty-sixth day._—Sense as if sprained in the left knee and cracking when walking.

_Twenty-eighth day._—Restless night. Desire to cry. 430. Fever, inability to close her hand. Sad, vexing thoughts.

_Twenty-ninth day._—Sensation as if floating in the air. No sleep. Starting in bed. 435. Sensation as if she were falling to the ground. Lancinating pain under the heart; it continues, more or less feeble. Bad digestion, the stomach feels yet full since supper.

_Thirtieth day._—Restless night, starting during sleep. Sense of weariness in the lumbar region, all night. 440. Pain at the sacrum as from a recent blow, this pain increases until four o’clock in the evening. Pressure at the sacrum, with weariness in the left thigh. Heaviness at the sacrum, when sitting. Sensation as if worms were crawling in the posterior and external portion of the sacrum.

_Thirty-first day._—The pain at the sacrum obliges her to keep bent; this pain shifts up and down from the sacrum to the left thigh, and is accompanied by chattering of the teeth, which interrupts the speech, and by cold hands and feet. 445. Quickly-passing tingling and twisting pain in the right leg, at three o’clock in the evening, when lying. Twisting pain extending from the sacrum into the left leg, and obliging her to lie down. Every paroxysm of pain excites a nervous laugh, with moanings like those of a sick child. Sensation as if dogs had bitten her where the pain is felt. Sensation as if she had a plaster at the region of the kidneys. 450. The pain descends along the vastus externus muscle. Mottled face, in the beginning of the proving it became red, now it is sometimes pale. She cannot walk, without fearing to fall. No solicitude for the future, generally speaking; tears with ennui; she thinks of death without fearing it. The pain at the sacrum is worse when sitting, and obliges her to lie down.

_Thirty-second day._—455. Sleep during the night, but the pain in the renal region returns as soon as she rises from bed. The pain is seated in the sacro-lumbar articulation; it extends to the glutei muscles with sensation as though she were gnawed by dogs. At times the right thumb feels numb.

_Thirty-third day._—Pain in the vertebral column. Sense of luxation, with pain in the glutei muscles, of the same nature as the day previous.

_Thirty-fourth day._—460. Twisting sensation in the groin. Nosebleed, when lying. Vesicular pimples all over, with red spots as if the skin had been rubbed. Large blotches on the legs like mosquito-bites. Sensation in the renal region and buttocks as if gnawed by dogs. 465. Continual sneezing for two hours.

_Thirty-seventh day._—Sensation in the thighs, as if bitten by dogs. The pimples increase during an increase of temperature, and leave large red spots in the renal region and on the hips. Since she had the pains in the sacrum, she is unable to sleep or rest on the stomach.

_Thirty-eighth day._—Uneasiness, sometimes she cries in the street. 470. Acute headache, like a circle which rolls quickly over the forehead. Dizziness. Profuse nosebleed from both nostrils. The nosebleed is preceded by a smell of blood. Red face, with little pimples between the skin and flesh. 475. Heat at the face. Sensation as if the skin of the face were stretched too much. Frequent emission of watery urine. Sense of coldness in the right-thigh.

_Fortieth day._—480. Dreams about dead bodies, assassins, decayed oxen, yellow water. Continual nosebleed, especially in the morning. The pains in the renal region decrease.

_Forty-third day._—Nervous twitching at the left lower eyelid.

_Forty-fifth day._—Flow of sad thoughts; she imagines she will lose somebody who is dear to her. 485. She cries every moment, and, for several days past imagines she is seeing the dead person before her eyes.

_Fifty-eighth day._—Painful sensibility of the whole right half of the head, especially when touching it. Lancinations in the jaws, pain at the right arm. Impatience, anger; she bites her hands, and gets mad because her ideas flow too slowly.

Fourth prover: Mlle E. R. 17 years, sanguine temperament, good constitution. 490. At 8 o’clock in the morning, the ball of the thumb of each hand is painful. 9 o’clock: her feelings are excited and she cries a good deal. 10 o’clock: numbness of the right index, every minute. Half past 10: cold and clammy feet, followed by heat for three hours. Half past 11: short lancinations in the last two left molares, lower jaw; numbness in the bend of the right arm. 495. Lancination in the right index-finger, and especially in the articulation of the last phalanx. Sensation of a small ball under the left breast; at the same time, lancination under the left shoulder, for 5 minutes. At noon, large red spot on the lower part of the left cheek. Half past 12: heat at the face, for half an hour. Half past 12: small pimples on the left cheek, above the nose and near the lower lip; they are red, with a small white point in the middle. 500. At two o’clock, beating in the right index-finger. At half past 2, lancination in the gums. At a quarter past four; pain in the gums corresponding to the left eye, with heat in the face. Burning in the left cheek, weight at the eyes, lancinating pains in the ears. Pain at the outer ankle, as from a blow. 505. Frontal headache, at half past 9 in the evening. Cold sweat on the face. Pressure in the orbits, as from a violent headache. The teeth and gums are painful when pressing the teeth against each other; the pain extends to the nose. Toothache on the left side.

_Second day._—510. Half past seven, white-coated tongue. Slight pain shifting from the left ear, where it commenced, to the left orbit. Small pimple at the inside of the left elbow, causing a smart itching. Half past 7, lancinations in the right side, every second. Cold feet. 515. Eight o’clock, pain as if the right arm had been stretched a long time, contusive pain at the back of the right hand, especially at the middle-finger. Lancinations in the gums on the right side. Itching at the forehead. Small pimples at the forehead. Suffocative oppression in the chest, especially when thinking of any thing contrary. 520. The oppression ascends and immediately after descends again. Heat mounting to the face. Pain at the sternum. Lancinations in the temples. Pain in the gums on the left side. 525. Discouraged, does not wish to do any thing. Weight at the arms. Suffocative oppression in the chest. Ten o’clock in the evening, pain in the orbits as from a violent headache, or as from looking fixedly at the same object.

_Third day._—Half past 6 in the morning, the right cheek is quite swollen, without toothache. 530. Red pimple on the left cheek, in the middle, and on the left side of the neck, with a good deal of itching. Nine o’clock, beating at the right side of the thorax, almost under the shoulder. Half past 3, pain at the right wrist; all the veins and fibres hurt her. Half past 8, oppression at the stomach. Twisting colic. 535. Nine o’clock, heat at the face. Half past 10, desire to cry. Since taking the drug, the least thing irritates her; at such times she feels oppressed, with desire to cry, she blushes, sighs a good deal, several times a day. Less appetite. Pain at the chest, especially the left breast, when lying; the pain gradually passes to the right side.

_Fourth day._—540. Since the first day, she wakes sooner than previously; her sleep was heavy and she was unable to open her eyes. Now she opens them easily, and the ideas come to her at once. Half past 5, shuddering all over, she feels oppressed, wants to cry. Colic, with cold feet. Eight o’clock, the shuddering extends over the legs; she feels oppressed and has cold feet. 545. Nine o’clock, prickling at the tongue on the left side, causing a good deal of water to accumulate in her mouth. Nervous pain shifting speedily from the orbits to the forehead, and disappearing at once. She sighs a good deal. Ten o’clock, she feels sick at the stomach, as from hunger, generally she is not hungry till noon. Hungry, sometimes shortly after a meal. 550. Pain as from pressing strongly on a sore behind the right ear, and under the neck, at the larynx; pain when moving the head. Cold feet, at 10 o’clock in the morning. Hunger, with pain in the stomach, at 11 o’clock. Tightness at the root of the nose, for an instant. Short lancinations all over the face, with tightness of the head emanating from the temples. 555. Slight contusive pain under the false right ribs.

_Fifth day._—At noon, oppression hindering breathing. Oppression in the chest, causing her to sigh a good deal. Numbness of the head. The face, and head, from the vertex, pain her horribly. 560. Contusive pain between the ring- and little finger, only for a moment; reaching up to the elbow. Tightness at the back of the head. Pain as from weariness in front of and behind the neck. Frequent desire to urinate. The left cheek is very red. 565. Redness of the wing of the nose. Shuddering along the back and legs while taking breakfast. At 5 o’clock, oppression and sighs. Pain in the ear, and half of the jaw, followed by pricking in the ear. At a quarter past 5 o’clock, colic and shuddering. 570. At 8 o’clock, pain as from weariness between the shoulders. At 9 o’clock, oppression on the chest. She sighs a good deal. Internal trembling. Cold sweat on the feet. 575. At half past 10, red blotch on the right shoulder; hot feet, after lying down, in bed.

_Sixth day._—At 6 o’clock, colic, with diarrhœa and internal trembling. Shuddering at half past 6. Red spot and itching at the forearm. At 7 o’clock, colic with diarrhœa and shuddering. 580. Nervous laughter which causes her to shudder. Cold feet, shuddering in the left leg. At 8 o’clock, cracking in the right forearm. Lancination in the left gums, reaching to the right ear. At a quarter past 8, red spot like a flea bite, on the back of the left hand. 585. Dulness of the head, with weight at the orbits. Cold feet, especially the left. At 9 o’clock, oppression on the chest, with sighing. At 11 o’clock, weight at the orbits, as from sleep. Crampy pain at the right wrist, shifting to the arm and then to the axilla. 590. Colic at the stomach. Oppression and sighing. Trembling of the right arm, and beating at the anterior surface of the wrist. At a quarter past 11, rheumatic pain at the right shoulder. Small vesicular pimples on the lower lip, itching a good deal. 595. Pain as from having been lying in a wrong position, under the arm, under the right sight side of the chest. Painful beating above the right breast. Painful lancinations in the head, striking to the ear and the left teeth, and then shifting to the upper part of the orbit. Drowsy at noon. Pain between the shoulders, worse by pressing against the sternum. 600. Contusive pain at the left leg. Painful stitch at the outer breast, extending under the arm. Hungry, but satiated at once. Itching at the right outer ankle. Numbness of the right arm, as far as the left index-finger, all the muscles hurt him. 605. At one o’clock, formication in the soles of the feet. At half past one, contusive pain in the back, at the hips and in the renal region. Strong pressure at the left temple. Drowsy at 2 o’clock. Colic at half past 3. 610. At 4, beating at the outer side of the right wrist. Nervous shuddering all through the chest, and passing between the shoulders. Lancination from the left side of the head to the eye, temples, above the ear and in the lower jaw. Whizzing in the ears. Pain at the stomach as from hunger. 615. Lancination in the left breast. Lancination in the first phalanx of the middle-finger. At 4, toothache on the left side, affecting the eyes. Violent pain in the back as if weary, and affecting the lumbar region. Pain at the stomach, oppression, sighs. 620. Lancination in the left gums. At 4, beating in the right external ankle. Lancination in the whole jaw. Redness, and heat mounting to the face; cheeks and forehead are redder than the rest of the face. At half past 8, oppression, pain at the stomach, as from hunger.

_Seventh day._—625. At 6, colic, diarrhœa and shuddering. At 8, merry, with desire to laugh, followed by shuddering in the head and legs. Cold feet. Lancination in the left lower gums, tightness of the nose, felt even in the jaw. Feelings excited, oppressed, as from some great misfortune. 630. Nervous pain below the bend of the right elbow, descending to the ring- and little fingers, at 10 in the morning. Painful pressure on the left shoulder, which is very sensitive, at 11 in the morning. Beating at the right shoulder. At 11, lancination in the gums and left eye. Stiff neck, the least motion causes a pain in the nape of the neck and gums. 635. Weight at the eyes and in the head. Numbness at the nape of the neck. Sensation as of a bar through the jaws, from ear to ear, with tightness of the head. Tightness at the root of the nose. 640. The teeth are painful when chewing. Pain in the back, under the right shoulder, accompanied by beatings in the chest. Cold feet at one o’clock. Beatings in the right side of the chest. Heat in the face and drowsy after dinner. 645. Weight at the orbits. Pain in the side, with lancinations in the right breast. Pain in the bend of the right elbow, worse when moving it. Beating at the lip of the right index-finger. Suffocative oppression, causing her to sigh a good deal. 650. Colic, yawning. Beatings at the tip of the tongue, on the left side. At half past 2, pain in the renal region when sitting. Heat and pain in all the toes. Numb pain from the wrist to the upper part of the right arm. 655. Stiffness and beating in the left side of the neck, especially when moving the head. At half past 8 in the evening, beating in the right orbit, afterwards in the sides. Beating at the root of the nose. Painful stitches in the right side, hindering breathing. At a quarter past 10, aching and contusive pain in the right side. 660. Pain as from weariness below the right shoulder. Head heavy and dull, the least motion affects her eyes and the region of the orbits. Lancinations in the gums and heat in the face.

_Eighth day._—At 6, colic and diarrhœa. Lancination in the left breast, at 2 in the evening. 665. Pain in the right renal region. At noon, pimple on the forehead, left side. At 2, heat in the face. At 4, beating in the right, and sometimes left orbit. At 6, painful stitch in the right side, hindering breathing. 670. At 7, sadness, desire to weep. Rush of blood to the head. Heat in the face. At 10, nosebleed. At 11, cold and clammy feet, while lying down. 675. Hot feet, some time after.

_Ninth day._—At 6, pain in the right thigh, high up, at the outer side, causing her to limp. Painful stitch in the left breast. At half past 7, desire to weep, oppression as from some emotion. At half past 8, desire to weep, the least trifle makes her sad; she starts when hearing a door opened suddenly. 680. She is oppressed and breathes heavily. Pain in the right wrist, striking to each finger. Hot face. Great desire to weep, even while singing, followed by oppression, at half past 9 in the morning; she weeps. Acute nervous pain from the shoulder to the left breast. 685. Pain at the bend of the right elbow. Heaviness in the eyes and desire to sleep, at a quarter of one. Beating in the left side of the abdomen. Beating in the pit of the stomach, reverberating in the whole chest. Frequent ineffectual urging to stool. 690. Tight pain above the ears, with numbness of the jaw. Heaviness in the whole head. Lancination in the left lower gums; shortly after, lancination in the upper gums. Stiffness of the nape of the neck. Hot face. 695. Loud whizzing in the left ear. Drowsy. Numbness of the gums. Deep sighing, yawning. Mounting of heat to the face, now and then. 700. Pain in the left gums striking to the eye and behind the ear. At one o’clock, heat, no appetite. Lancinations in the gums, reverberating in the whole head. Violent beating at the left temple. Numbness of the left wrist, the whole hand is painful. 705. Acute pain in the left gums, the whole left side of the head is numb. Warm hands and cold sweat, at 3 in the afternoon.