Dr. B. Mure's materia medica

Part 8

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_Tenth day._—Torpor of the head, with numbness in the upper gums and the muscles of the eye. Pain at the right hip, at one o’clock. Tightness at the epigastrium; her feelings are very much excited, as if some misfortune should happen to her, at 2 in the afternoon. 710. Pain in the right ear. Pain in the left cheek and gums. Beating in the arm and right wrist. Weight at the right orbit, at 3. Little appetite. 715. Cold sweat in the face, at half past 6. Suffocative oppression. Drowsy, at half past 8. Hot face, at 9.

_Eleventh day._—Restless sleep. 720. Doughy mouth, at 6 in the morning. Inflammation of the left puncta lacrymalis. Pain at the right gums and cheek, at noon. Burning of the cheeks, from one to four.

_Twelfth day._—Small pimples in the face, at 6 in the morning. 725. Pain in the renal regions, at 9. Weakness of the legs. Beating under the right hip. Pain at the gums, at 11. At 2 in the afternoon, pain and beating under the left shoulder. 730. At 8, small pimples on the chin, itching a good deal. At half past 8 in the evening, colic and cold sweat.

_Thirteenth day._—Eyes bloated, surrounded by margins. Colic and diarrhœa. Uneasiness when lying down. 735. Leucorrhœa. The period sets in 8 days before its time. Profuse menses. At half past 6, lancination in the left gums. At 7, lancinations in the jaw. 740. Tightness at the root of the nose. Numbness of the right arm. At 9, whizzing in the right ear. Pain and beating on the right shoulder. At 10, beating in the left little finger, thumb and index-finger. 745. Burning at the whole hand. Violent itching at the index-finger, the whole of the left arm is painful, especially the wrist joint. At half past 10, beating pain near the right internal ankle. Hot feet. Toothache, on the left side. 750. At 11, pain and itching at the left foot, violent pain in the whole of the right foot. Violent pain near the inner canthus of the left eye. Pain in the left wrist-joint. Beating in the right index-finger. At noon, bloating of the lower eyelids. 755. Redness on the left side of the nose. Pain in the wrist and bend of the left arm. Contusive pain at the right knee. Pain in the left gums. Pain in the legs as from weariness. 760. At 2, lancinating pain shifting from the knees to the right elbow, then to the shoulder, to the right foot, right wrist, and lastly to the knees. At half past 2, nervous pain in the renal region. Pain behind and in the right ear. Colic. Pain in the left gums, striking to the root of the nose. 765. Pain in the left wrist. Pain as from weariness in the back, near the left shoulder. Whizzing in the right ear. Pain as if her arm were pulled violently. Painful stiffness in the left side of the neck.

_Fourteenth day._—770. At half past 6, pain in the wrist. Pain behind the head and in the neck, reverberating in the left gums. Stiff neck. Pain and beating in the elbow, at the right forearm and in the bend of the left elbow. Rheumatic pain in the right shoulder, passing under the arm. 775. Painful stitch in the left breast. At noon, the left foot burns, the right foot is cold. Heat and pain at the right index-finger. At half past one, heat at the feet, especially the right foot. Pain at the right little toe. 780. At 2, pain at the tip of the tongue. At 10, pain in the left gums.

_Fifteenth day._—At 10 in the morning, pain at the gums. Suffocative oppression of the chest. At 9 in the evening, nervous trembling of the right arm.

_Sixteenth day._—785. At noon, beating at the right middle and index-finger.

_Seventeenth day._—Dreams about purchases. At half past 9, pain at the right arm, shifting to the little finger. Pain at the left breast, almost under the shoulder. Numbness of the right wrist. 790. Beating at the right shoulder. Lancination in the left gums. At half past 10, pain in the whole right hand. Pain in the right orbit. Pain at the left wrist and in the whole hand. 795. Pain in extending the left arm. At noon, nervous shuddering. Burning pain with red spot above the right elbow. Nervous pain shifting from the eye to the gums, with beating at the left temple. Violent beating in the left side of the thorax, under the shoulder. 800. Heaviness at the left orbit. Lancinations in the right wrist and thumb. Drowsy, at 2. Numbness of the arm. At 3, pain in the back and chest. 805. Beating at the right temple. Violent pain like a stitch, in the left breast. At 2, slight itching at the knee, below the lower lip, changing to an acute pain when rubbed, which lasts all day.

_Eighteenth day._—Dreams about mutilated bodies, dead bodies, with the arms cut off. At half past 6, pain under the lower lip, with swelling on the left side, and a large red pimple in the centre of the swelling. 810. At 8, pain and prickling at the right shoulder. Beating above the right knee. At 5, cold feet, hot face.

_Nineteenth day._—Dreams about children, prisoners being set free. At half past 8, cold feet. 815. At 3, pain in the orbits and forehead. At half past 4, pain at the gums passing to the left eye. Pain at the right wrist, between the thumb and index-finger, also near the bend of the arm. Nervous beating in the left orbit. The skin on the forehead feels stretched. 820. Impatient; she wants to break every thing. Absence of mind at work. She imagines she is alone in the world and lost. Weeping without cause, followed by nervous laugh. Sad, melancholy; she thinks of the future, feels unhappy.

_Twentieth day._—825. At one o’clock in the afternoon, sickness at the stomach after eating. Hemicrania, pains all through the head. Drowsy, with nausea. Tightness of the back part of the head. Sharp pain behind the ears. 830. The least thing hurts her, causing horrible pains in the forehead, temples and under the chin. Lancination behind the neck, on the left side. Beating in the left breast. Cold feet. At 5, shuddering all the time. 835. Headache when walking. Horrible pain and beating in the chest. Involuntary closing of the eyelids. Pain in the gums. Internal trembling. 840. Rush of blood to the head; she turns red.

_Twenty-first day._—From the 11th to the 21st day, profuse menses with leucorrhœa. At half past 2, pain and beating in the left shoulder. At 3, beating in the left side of the head. Drowsy: heaviness of the head.

_Twenty-second day._—845. No sleep. Colic with diarrhœa, from the 18th day. Heaviness of the head. From the 23d to the 28th day, horrible colic, every morning, with diarrhœa, and pains in the middle of the back. Nervous, she starts when a chair is moved with a little noise. 850. She turns red, and her chest feels oppressed. Every day, after breakfast, she has an attack of oppression on the chest. Difficult digestion after breakfast; after noon she turns pale.

_Thirty-third day._—She feels hot at the hands, feet and face, though the hands are cold and clammy to contact; she thinks this is likewise the case with her feet and face. Cold sweat on the face and body.

_Thirty-fourth day._—855. The eyes are bloated and smaller. Painful pimples when touched, on the left cheek and at the eyebrows.

_Thirty-fifth day._—Starting from the least noise. Yawns all the evening.

_Thirty-eighth day._—Violent pain in the chest, shifting to the left breast, sometimes to the right, especially when moving the arm. 860. Headache.

_Thirty-ninth day._—Pain and sense of weariness in the renal region. Dreams about travelling and parties. Drowsy at one in the afternoon. Hot face. 865. Coryza. Face dull and dark, with paleness, mottled with red spots. Pain in the renal region, as from falling on the sacrum. Copper taste in the mouth. Pain in left side hindering breathing. 870. Inflammation of the right eye.

ARRANGEMENT OF THE SYMPTOMS ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

MENTAL AND MORAL: 1. Sensation as if floating in the air. Dizziness. She imagines she sees a dead person, and cries. Sensation as if falling to the ground. 5. Sensation as if hanging three feet from the ground. Listless. Absence of mind, he makes mistakes. She imagines she is alone in the world. Laughter with shuddering. 10. Weeping, followed by a nervous laugh. Sad, thinks of the future. Desire to weep, with oppression and tendency to start. Merry, with desire to laugh, followed by shuddering in the head and legs. Depression of spirits. 15. Impatience, because her ideas flow too slowly. Impatience. Peevish. Sadness, despair, he imagines he is abandoned. Thinks of his salvation during a paroxysm. 20. Irritable.

HEAD: Lancinating pain at the top of the head. Beating pain from the occiput to the vertex. Pain in the head, like a weight. Headache down to the eyebrows and eyes. 25. Contractive sensation in the skin of the forehead. Headache as from a nail in the vertex. Aching pain at the forehead and vertex. Headache on the left side. Semilateral headache. 30. Heat about the head. Slight beating at the forehead. Weight at the frontal muscle. Dulness of the head, in the morning. The right half of the head is painfully sensitive. 35. Headache as if a circle were rolling over the forehead. Frontal headache. Dulness of the head, with weight at the orbits. Numbness of the head. The face and head, from the vertex pain her horribly. 40. Tightness at the back of the head. Painful darting in the head, striking to the ear, teeth, and then shifting to the orbit. Pressure at left temple. Heaviness of the head. Tightness of back part of the head. 45. Rush of blood to the head. Beating in left side of head. Headache. Hemicrania. Heaviness of the head. 50. Torpor of the head, with numbness of the upper gums and muscles of the eye.

FACE: Weary look. Burning smarting in the beard, left side. Hot face. Swelling below the zygoma, with sensitiveness to contact. 55. Pale face, with sunken eyes. Beating in the left side of the face. Livid complexion. The face looks weary. Sensation as if the skin of the face were stretched too much. 60. Mottled face, red and pale alternately. Cold sweat in the face. Lancinations all over the face, with tightness proceeding from the temples. Swelling of the right cheek. The left cheek is very red. 65. Cold sweat in the face. Mounting of heat to the face. Burning of the cheeks.

EYES: Bloated eyes. Inflammation of the left eye. 70. Beating in left orbit. Pain in the orbits and forehead. Heaviness at left orbit. Pain shifting from the eye to the gums. Pain in right orbit. 75. Beating in the orbits. Beating in the right orbit, afterwards in the sides. Nervous pain shifting from the orbits to the forehead. Pressure in the orbits as from a severe headache. Sensation as of crumbs in the eyes. 80. Redness of the sclerotica, with margins around the eyes, red lids. Weariness of the eyes, with pressure at the superior portion of the orbits. Weak sight. Dimness of sight and prickling in the lids. Beating pressure at the sclerotica. 85. Red eyes, with pale face. Prickling in the eyes. Bloating in the eyes. Sense as of dust in the eyes. Violent pain near the left inner canthus. 90. Inflammation of left puncta lachrymalis. Smarting and itching of the puncta lachrymalis, in the evening, in bed. Burning at right inner canthus. Involuntary closing of the eyelids. Bloating of the lower eyelids. 95. Twitching of left lower eyelid. Itching at the eyelids. Prickling at the margin of the eyelids, in the day-time. Sensation of coldness in the lids when closing them. Beating in the lids. 100. Sparks and zig-zag before the eyes. Dizziness, with waves before the eyes.

EARS: Stoppage of the ears, as if air-bubbles were passing through the left ear. Pain shifting from the left ear to the orbit. Lancinating pains in the ears. 105. Pain in the ear and jaw, followed by pricking in the ear. Pain in the right ear. Tight pain above the ears, with numbness of the jaw. Pain in the right ear. Whizzing in right ear. 110. Sharp pain behind the ears.

NOSE: Dry nose, with itching inside. Redness on the left side of the nose. Redness of the wing of the nose. Beating at the root of the nose. 115. Nosebleed. Tightness at the root of the nose.

TEETH: The teeth and gums are painful when pressed against each other. Short lancinations in the last two molares. Toothache on left side, affecting the eyes. 120. Lancination in left lower gums, with tightness of the nose and jaw. Darting in the gums and left eye. Sensation as of a bar through the jaws, from ear to ear. The teeth are painful when chewing. Lancinations in the jaws. 125. Numbness of the gums. Pain in left gums striking to the eye. Lancinations in the gums, affecting the whole head. Acute pain in the left gums, the whole left side of the head being numb. Pain in the right gums and cheek. 130. Pain in left gums. Toothache on left side. Lancination in the left gums. Swelling of the left lower gums, with toothache.

MOUTH: Beating at the tip of the tongue. 135. Pain at the tip of the tongue. Pricking at the tongue, with flow of water. White-coated tongue. White spots on the tongue. Contraction of the papillæ on the tongue, immediately. 140. Pain under the lower lip, with swelling and a red pimple in the centre of it. Fleshy growths on the inner surface of the lips.

GASTRIC: Coppery taste in mouth. Doughy taste every morning, with chocolate-colored sputa and fetid smell. Smoky taste of the water. 145. Violent sensation of hunger early in the morning, with tensive and pressive pain at the stomach. Difficult digestion after breakfast. Sick at the stomach, after eating. Hungry, shortly before a meal. She has to eat to quiet her pain at the stomach. 150. Hungry after a good meal. Uneasiness after dinner, every day. Loathing and nausea.

STOMACH: Oppression at the stomach, when standing. Uneasiness in the stomach and chest, after standing. 155. Tightness at the stomach, evening. Burning at the stomach. Oppressive pain at the stomach, before and after eating. Pain at the stomach, with oppression, sighs. Beating in pit of stomach, affecting the whole chest.

ABDOMEN: 160. Pain in the renal region as from falling on the sacrum. Pain and feeling of weariness in the renal region. Colic with diarrhœa, also every morning. Colic and cold sweat, or diarrhœa. Pain in the renal region. 165. Tightness at the epigastrium, with excited feelings. Beat in left side of abdomen. Colic with diarrhœa and shuddering. Twisting colic. Twisting sensation in the groin. 170. Pain in the renal region, with sense of weariness in the sacrum. Sensation as of a plaster in the region of the kidneys. Pain at the loins and on each side of the ovary. Lancinations around the pelvis, extorting cries. Compressive pain in the groin. 175. Painful stitch in the ileo-cœcal region, again when stirring. Acute pain in the right kidney, while walking. Tearing sensation in the renal region. Sense of heat in the renal region. Shuddering at the rectum. 180. Constrictive sensation at the anus.

STOOL, URINE: Ineffectual urging to stool. Constipation. Hard stool. Diarrhœa succeeded by weakness of the chest. 185. Fetid stool with white little worms. Lancination in the urethra. Watery urine with a greenish tint. Urine with white sediment. Frequent desire to urinate. 190. Frequent emission of watery urine.

SEXUAL: Nocturnal emission. Distressing erections. Taste of blood in the mouth, during an embrace. Weight in the testicles in walking. 195. Profuse menses with leucorrhœa. Premature and profuse menses. Lancinating pain in the vagina. Compressive pain at the uterus. Lancinating pain in the uterus, in zig-zag. 200. Pain in the uterus as if a sharp instrument were thrust in. Leucorrhœa.

BRONCHIAL, CHEST: Dry cough. Constant sneezing. Dry throat, she has to cough. 205. Suffocative sensation rising to the larynx. Sense of constriction in the upper part of the throat. Sneezing, with discharge of lemon-colored mucus from the nose. Pain behind the right ear and at the larynx as from pressing on a sore. Spitting of blood, with sense of rawness in the throat and the respiratory passages, after talking. 210. Spits blood, coming deep out of the throat. Yellowish, heavy and frothy expectoration. Oppression of the chest, with rush of blood to the larynx, taste of blood, and tearing in the chest. Shifting pain in the chest. Severe pain and beating in the chest. 215. Beating in left breast. Pain in left side, hindering breathing. Stitch-like pain in the left breast. Suffocative oppression of the chest. Painful stitch in the left breast. 220. Deep sighing. Pain from the shoulders to the left breast. Oppressed and heavy breathing. Painful stitch in left breast. Suffocative oppression, with sighing. 225. Darting in left breast. Aching and contusive pain in the right side. Painful stitches in the right side, hindering breathing. Lancination in left breast. Painful stitch at the outer breast, extending under the arm. 230. Painful beating above the right breast. Pain at the right side as if strained. Contusive pain under the false right ribs. Sensation as of a small ball under the left breast. Acute pain when drawing breath. 235. Stitch above the left breast, hindering breathing. Acute pain under the breast. Stitch-like pain at the anterior surface of right lung, hindering breathing. Pain and burning at the sternum. Intolerable heat at the chest. 240. Painful lancinations in the pectoral muscles. Stitch-like pain under the right lower ribs. Rheumatic pain at the sternum when stooping. Lancinating pain under the heart.

NECK: Painful glandular swelling below the right ear. 245. Painful stiffness of the neck. Rheumatic pain at left side of neck. Dark redness and numbness of the sides of the neck, even a prick is not felt. Heaviness along the side of the neck. Wry neck on the right side. 250. Pain as from weariness in front of, and behind the neck. Numbness at the nape of the neck. Stiffness of the nape of the neck. Stiffness and beating in left side of neck. Painful stiffness in left side of neck. 255. Darting behind the neck, left side.

BACK: Tickling under the arms and along the dorsal spine. Horrid pain in the sacro-lumbar region, when attempting to raise a weight. Contractive sensation below the coccyx. Pain in the glutei muscles and sacrum, with heat mounting to the face. 260. Painful stitch and beating between the shoulder-blades. Sensation as of a warm liquid flowing from a sore in the lumbar region. Throbbing at the sacrum. Painful breathing as from a sore in the lumbar region. Beating in the lumbar region, with slight pulling or shuddering. 265. Sense of heat, with throbbing and fatigue, in the lumbar region. Prickling pain at the sacro-lumbar articulation in going up-stairs. Inability to stoop forward, he then feels a pulling in the lumbar region. Weakness in the sacro-lumbar region. Tearing and spraining in the back, when sitting. 270. Painful weariness in the loins. Twisting pain at the scapulo-humeral articulation. Pain in the sacrum, accompanied by chattering of teeth. Twisting pain in the sacrum, exciting a nervous laugh, with moanings. Pressure at the sacrum, with weariness in left thigh. 275. Sense of worms crawling in the sacrum. Pain in the sacrum as if gnawed by dogs. Sense of weariness in the lumbar region. Heaviness at the sacrum when sitting. Pains in the sacrum preventing sleep, she has to lie on her stomach.

UPPER EXTREMITIES: 280. Pain between the shoulders, worse when pressing against the sternum. Pain in the back as if weary, affecting the lumbar region. Pain and beating in left shoulder. Pain and prickling at right shoulder. Weary pain near the left shoulder, behind. 285. Violent beating under the left shoulder. Beating at the right shoulder. Rheumatic pain in the right shoulder. Painful beating on the right shoulder, in the left little finger, thumb, &c. Pain under the right shoulder, behind, with beating in the chest. 290. Painful pressure on the left shoulder. Rheumatic pain at the right shoulder. Pain at the right arm, shifting to the little finger. Numbness of the arm. Burning pain above the right elbow, with red spot. 295. The left arm is painful, with violent itching of the index-finger. Trembling of the right arm. Pain as if her arm were pulled. Pain in the bend of the left arm. Numbness of right arm. 300. Pain in the bend of the right elbow. Numb pain from the wrist to the upper part of the right arm. Crampy pain at right wrist, shifting to the axilla. Pain at the right wrist, all the veins and fibres hurt. Painful prickings in the wrist and along the left hand. 305. Pimple at the wrist, on a red base. Pain at the right wrist. Dartings in right wrist and thumb. Numbness of the right wrist. Pain in the wrists. 310. Numbness of the left wrist, the hand being painful. Pain in right wrist, striking to each finger. Beating in the arm and right wrist. Nervous pain from the right elbow to the ring- and little fingers. Cracking in right forearm. 315. Numbness of the right arm, all the muscles hurt him. Trembling of the right arm. Weight at the arms. Lancinating pain in the muscles of the upper arm, and in the trapezoid muscle. Sense of weariness in the arm, though lying down. 320. Pain in whole right hand. Burning at the whole hand. Contusive pain at the back of the right hand. The ball of the thumb of each hand is painful. Acute pain in the palm of the left hand, proceeding from the index to the thumb in a circle. 325. Dry heat in the hands. Dartings in the right hand. Heat in the nails of the left hand and at the tips of the right fingers. Beating at right middle and index-finger. Heat and pain at right index-finger. 330. Beating at the tip of the right index-finger. Darting in first phalanx of middle-finger. Contusive pain between the ring- and little fingers. Numbness of the right index-finger. Lancination and pricking in left little finger. 335. Stitch in the right index-finger. Stinging in the ball of the right thumb. Weakness of the finger-joints and wrists. Sensation as if a portion of the nail of the right index-finger had become detached. Sensation as of a splinter in the ring-finger. 340. Lancination in the right index-finger.

LOWER EXTREMITIES: Beating under the right hip. Pain in right hip. Cold and heavy pain at the left hip. Acute pain at the left hip. 345. Pain as if sprained in the left hip-joint, when walking. Pain in right thigh, high up, causing her to limp. Sensation in the thighs, as if bitten by dogs. Sense of coldness in the right thigh. Weary pain on the left thigh, when pressed upon. 350. Pain along the left thigh. Pain in the legs as from weariness. Contusive pain at left leg. Tingling and twisting pain in the right leg. Itching and smarting at the tibia, in front, at night. 355. Beating above the right knee. Slight itching at the knee, changing to an acute pain when rubbed. Contusive pain at right knee. Spraining sensation in left knee, with cracking when walking. Pain at the left knee as if sprained. 360. Pain as from a sprain in left knee, with dartings below the pan. Violent pain in the feet. Beating pain near the right inner ankle. The left foot burns, the right foot is cold. Cold and clammy feet, while lying down. 365. Beating in the right outer ankle. Formication in the soles of the feet. Bruising pain at the outer ankle. Cold and clammy feet, followed by heat. Heat and pain in the toes. 370. Intermittent throbbing pain at the right little toe, with prickling. Lancinating pain under the left big toe. Cramp in the toes. Pain as from a splinter under the toe-nail.