Other names and synonyms
Crotalus durissus.Description Source
Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica - TF AllenAdditional facts
Crot. cascavella of Mure (species uncertain).
Preparation: Trituration of the virus with sacch. lactis.
Preparation: Trituration of the virus with sacch. lactis.
Mental
Mind.
Emotional.
Magnetic state; she hears nothing, and again sees the spectre of death, as a gigantic black skeleton. Her weeping and mania increase (fifth day). At 6 o’clock in the evening, another maniacal paroxysm. Magnetic state, in which she does not answer questions, but hears a strange voice to her left, and behind her; she follows it, throws herself against closed doors, and scratches them with her nails. Three very similar attacks succeed each other; they are occasionally interrupted by silly laughter, and always end with a flood of tears. She again cries out: He is in the den, but the lions will not eat him (6th day). She exclaims, several times, He is in the lion’s den, but they will not bite him (6th day). Another attack of mental alienation; she hears voices, which she follows; with copious tears (7th day).
She stands of ten minutes on the window-sill, and is arrested when on the point of throwing herself off (5th day).
She fancies her eyes are falling out (10th day). He fancies he hears groans (3rd day). He fancies he hears some one walking behind him (2nd day). While in a the clairvoyant state, he speaks to some one who does not answer (4th day). She plays with her fingers like a child (5th day). Aversion to talking (10th day).
Weeping (5th day). The pains extort frequent groans (after 5 hours and three quarters).
Involuntary groans (after three hours and a quarter). She rises suddenly at 3 o’clock, uttering two shrill cries, and throwing herself forward (5th day). Depression; sadness (4th day).
Dejection (after three hours and a quarter). Her thoughts dwell on death; with great sadness (5th day). Thoughts of death haunt her everywhere, especially when alone (5th day). She longs to weep, but cannot (5th day).
Anxiety (after two hours and a half). Feeling of fright, at night (fourth day).
Fright at night about indefinite things. Sensitive mood (10th day).
She answers all questions with no (10th day).
Intellectual. Total loss of memory (5th day). Loss of consciousness; she neither sees nor hears (6th day).
Emotional.
Magnetic state; she hears nothing, and again sees the spectre of death, as a gigantic black skeleton. Her weeping and mania increase (fifth day). At 6 o’clock in the evening, another maniacal paroxysm. Magnetic state, in which she does not answer questions, but hears a strange voice to her left, and behind her; she follows it, throws herself against closed doors, and scratches them with her nails. Three very similar attacks succeed each other; they are occasionally interrupted by silly laughter, and always end with a flood of tears. She again cries out: He is in the den, but the lions will not eat him (6th day). She exclaims, several times, He is in the lion’s den, but they will not bite him (6th day). Another attack of mental alienation; she hears voices, which she follows; with copious tears (7th day).
She stands of ten minutes on the window-sill, and is arrested when on the point of throwing herself off (5th day).
She fancies her eyes are falling out (10th day). He fancies he hears groans (3rd day). He fancies he hears some one walking behind him (2nd day). While in a the clairvoyant state, he speaks to some one who does not answer (4th day). She plays with her fingers like a child (5th day). Aversion to talking (10th day).
Weeping (5th day). The pains extort frequent groans (after 5 hours and three quarters).
Involuntary groans (after three hours and a quarter). She rises suddenly at 3 o’clock, uttering two shrill cries, and throwing herself forward (5th day). Depression; sadness (4th day).
Dejection (after three hours and a quarter). Her thoughts dwell on death; with great sadness (5th day). Thoughts of death haunt her everywhere, especially when alone (5th day). She longs to weep, but cannot (5th day).
Anxiety (after two hours and a half). Feeling of fright, at night (fourth day).
Fright at night about indefinite things. Sensitive mood (10th day).
She answers all questions with no (10th day).
Intellectual. Total loss of memory (5th day). Loss of consciousness; she neither sees nor hears (6th day).
Head, face, and ears
Head.
The head is affected (after hour and a half). Head feels heavy, with stupor (7th day). Sensation as if something alive were walking inside the head in a circle (2nd day). Pain in the inner head (2nd day). Tightness of the head from above (10th day). The entire skullcap compresses the brain like an iron helmet (2nd day).
Headache, epistaxis, and great excitement, caused by starting out of her sleep (3rd day). Shocks in the head which almost throw her off her balance (2nd day).
Forehead.
Pain in the middle of the forehead (9th day). Frontal headache, as if the head would split, with weight above the eyes, especially at night (2nd day). Headache attacking the forehead, and afterwards the rest of the head (4th day). Headache above the eyes, at 10 o’clock in the morning (5th day). Headache as if the forehead would split (3rd day).
Temples.
Painful pressure in the temples (2nd day). Very acute lancinations in the right temple (2nd day).
Vertex.
Sensation as if a red-hot iron were stuck into the vertex (4th day). Great headache at the vertex, with sensitiveness of the scalp to the touch (4th day).
Occiput.
Bruised pain at the occiput (7th day).
External Head.
Small pimples on the scalp (3rd day).
Eye.
Haggard eyes (5th day). Yellow rings around the eyes (2nd day).
Brow and Orbit. сonstant trembling of the eye-brows, especially the left (2nd day). Pain under the right orbit, and at the right side of the forehead (2nd day). Heavy pain in the bottom of the orbit, and at the left eyebrow (1st day). Weight on the orbits, at night (5th day).
Lids. Heaviness of the eyelids (4th day). Sensation of a grain of sand in the outer canthi of the eyes. Slight pain under the lids (10th day). Itching in the canthus (3rd day).
Lachrymal Apparatus. Profuse flow of tears (5th day).
Ball. Pressive contraction of the right eyeball, which felt as if drawn out (7th day). The left eye feels as if drawn towards the temple. Sensation as if a thread was being wound up in the eye, and pulled the eyeball toward the temple (2nd day). сutting sensation all around the eyeball, as if it was being taken out with a penknife (2nd day).
Vision. The sight is affected (after 40 minutes). Appearance of a dazzling blue light before the eyes (2nd day).
Ear.
Swelling of the right ear (2nd day). Stitches in the meatus auditorius (5th day). Titillating itching in the ears (2nd day).
Hearing. Deafness (2nd day). Very deaf (after a month).
Buzzing in the ears while going downstairs (8th day).
Nose.
Objective.
Ulcer in the nose (5th day). Abundant discharge of mucus from the right nostril, at night (3rd day). вloody serum runs from the nose (after 7 hours). Nosebleed (after three hours).
Epistaxis of bright blood (10th day).
Subjective. The tip of the nose is drawn up as by a string, which follows its median line and is fastened in the center of the forehead.
Smarting in the nostrils (2nd day).
Face.
Red face (after 3 hours and three quarters). Yellow complexion (10th day). Pain in the left cheek (2nd day).
Difficulty in moving the lips (after one hour and a half).
Black, bloody froth about the lips, in the morning (2nd day).
The head is affected (after hour and a half). Head feels heavy, with stupor (7th day). Sensation as if something alive were walking inside the head in a circle (2nd day). Pain in the inner head (2nd day). Tightness of the head from above (10th day). The entire skullcap compresses the brain like an iron helmet (2nd day).
Headache, epistaxis, and great excitement, caused by starting out of her sleep (3rd day). Shocks in the head which almost throw her off her balance (2nd day).
Forehead.
Pain in the middle of the forehead (9th day). Frontal headache, as if the head would split, with weight above the eyes, especially at night (2nd day). Headache attacking the forehead, and afterwards the rest of the head (4th day). Headache above the eyes, at 10 o’clock in the morning (5th day). Headache as if the forehead would split (3rd day).
Temples.
Painful pressure in the temples (2nd day). Very acute lancinations in the right temple (2nd day).
Vertex.
Sensation as if a red-hot iron were stuck into the vertex (4th day). Great headache at the vertex, with sensitiveness of the scalp to the touch (4th day).
Occiput.
Bruised pain at the occiput (7th day).
External Head.
Small pimples on the scalp (3rd day).
Eye.
Haggard eyes (5th day). Yellow rings around the eyes (2nd day).
Brow and Orbit. сonstant trembling of the eye-brows, especially the left (2nd day). Pain under the right orbit, and at the right side of the forehead (2nd day). Heavy pain in the bottom of the orbit, and at the left eyebrow (1st day). Weight on the orbits, at night (5th day).
Lids. Heaviness of the eyelids (4th day). Sensation of a grain of sand in the outer canthi of the eyes. Slight pain under the lids (10th day). Itching in the canthus (3rd day).
Lachrymal Apparatus. Profuse flow of tears (5th day).
Ball. Pressive contraction of the right eyeball, which felt as if drawn out (7th day). The left eye feels as if drawn towards the temple. Sensation as if a thread was being wound up in the eye, and pulled the eyeball toward the temple (2nd day). сutting sensation all around the eyeball, as if it was being taken out with a penknife (2nd day).
Vision. The sight is affected (after 40 minutes). Appearance of a dazzling blue light before the eyes (2nd day).
Ear.
Swelling of the right ear (2nd day). Stitches in the meatus auditorius (5th day). Titillating itching in the ears (2nd day).
Hearing. Deafness (2nd day). Very deaf (after a month).
Buzzing in the ears while going downstairs (8th day).
Nose.
Objective.
Ulcer in the nose (5th day). Abundant discharge of mucus from the right nostril, at night (3rd day). вloody serum runs from the nose (after 7 hours). Nosebleed (after three hours).
Epistaxis of bright blood (10th day).
Subjective. The tip of the nose is drawn up as by a string, which follows its median line and is fastened in the center of the forehead.
Smarting in the nostrils (2nd day).
Face.
Red face (after 3 hours and three quarters). Yellow complexion (10th day). Pain in the left cheek (2nd day).
Difficulty in moving the lips (after one hour and a half).
Black, bloody froth about the lips, in the morning (2nd day).
Common symptoms
Smell. Smell all day like that of the сrot. itself, insipid, nauseous, like that of a hospital (5th day).
General Symptoms.
Visible tremors in whole body (after one hour and thirty minutes).
Patient excessively prostrated (after four hours).
Muscular prostration (after five hours and thirty minutes).
The whole body seems to fill itself up (after one hour and twenty minutes).
Great pain in the surface of the whole body (after four hours and thirty minutes).
Body a much darker red (after four hours).
The blood starts from a pustule in the arm-pit (after three hours and thirty minutes).
Visible trembling of the whole body (after one hour and a half).
Great debility (4th day). Muscular prostration (after 5 hours and three-quarter). Faintness, relieved in the open air (3rd day).
Fainting from hunger, before eating (7th day). Increasing restlessness and anxiety (after three hours). Desire to move about (10th day).
Subjective.
Torpor (after five hours and three-quarters). Numbness all over.
Even while awake, he feels as if falling out of bed (6th day).
She feels uncomfortable in consequence of having her courses, and is out of humor on account of having them (10th day). Pain in the bones, especially of the joints; at the shoulder-blades, elbows, phalanges of the fingers, at the knees, the hip, and under the toenails (7th day). Great pain all over (after four hours and three quarters). Lancinations in various parts of the body (6th day).
Sweat.
Sweat and weakness, after eating (2nd day). General sweat (after three hours and a quarter). сopious sweat on the chest (after two hours and a half). Skin moist (after five hours and three- quarters).
General Symptoms.
Visible tremors in whole body (after one hour and thirty minutes).
Patient excessively prostrated (after four hours).
Muscular prostration (after five hours and thirty minutes).
The whole body seems to fill itself up (after one hour and twenty minutes).
Great pain in the surface of the whole body (after four hours and thirty minutes).
Body a much darker red (after four hours).
The blood starts from a pustule in the arm-pit (after three hours and thirty minutes).
Visible trembling of the whole body (after one hour and a half).
Great debility (4th day). Muscular prostration (after 5 hours and three-quarter). Faintness, relieved in the open air (3rd day).
Fainting from hunger, before eating (7th day). Increasing restlessness and anxiety (after three hours). Desire to move about (10th day).
Subjective.
Torpor (after five hours and three-quarters). Numbness all over.
Even while awake, he feels as if falling out of bed (6th day).
She feels uncomfortable in consequence of having her courses, and is out of humor on account of having them (10th day). Pain in the bones, especially of the joints; at the shoulder-blades, elbows, phalanges of the fingers, at the knees, the hip, and under the toenails (7th day). Great pain all over (after four hours and three quarters). Lancinations in various parts of the body (6th day).
Sweat.
Sweat and weakness, after eating (2nd day). General sweat (after three hours and a quarter). сopious sweat on the chest (after two hours and a half). Skin moist (after five hours and three- quarters).
Mouth and throat
Teeth.
The molar teeth feel on edge, and are excessively sensitive (8th day). Toothache, at night, in the upper molars, with inflammation of the gums (10th day).
Gums.
Pain in the lower gums, as if touched by a red-hot iron (4th day). Pressive pain in the left gums.
Tongue.
Tongue scarlet-red (2nd day). Paralysis of the tongue; he cannot speak (5th day). Pain in the tongue and larynx, extending to the abdomen (after one hour and five-sixths). вurning and prickling at the tip of the tongue (3rd day). Itching of the tongue (3rd day).
Saliva.
Flow of saliva (after four hours and three-quarters).
White, viscid saliva (after 7 hours). Thick, viscid, dark-colored saliva, difficult to detach (after five hours and three- quarters).
Discharge of white mucus from the mouth (10th day).
Throat.
Feelings as of dust in the throat (3rd day).
Feeling of a lump in the throat (after seven hours). вurning and constriction in the throat. сonstriction of the throat (after four hours and a quarter). сonstricted feeling in the throat (after one hour and a half). Formication in the throat, as if beer was effervescing there.
Swallowing.
Difficult deglutition (after two hours and a half and seven hours).
External Throat.
Feeling of fullness in the jugular veins, extending to the sides and back of the neck (after 40 minutes). First the blood is felt rising in the carotid arteries several times; then there is a faint feeling, and lastly a sensation as if a valve were suddenly opened (4th day). Pain in the jugular veins, when moving the neck (3rd day). сonstriction in the thyroid gland. сonstrictive pain, as if a string was tied around the thyroid gland (4th day).
Voice.
The voice is extinct (4th day).
Cough and Expectoration.
Dry cough, at night, from tickling in the throat (3rd day). Green expectoration, in the morning (2nd day).
Spitting of black blood. Spitting of blood mixed with thick phlegm (10th day).
The molar teeth feel on edge, and are excessively sensitive (8th day). Toothache, at night, in the upper molars, with inflammation of the gums (10th day).
Gums.
Pain in the lower gums, as if touched by a red-hot iron (4th day). Pressive pain in the left gums.
Tongue.
Tongue scarlet-red (2nd day). Paralysis of the tongue; he cannot speak (5th day). Pain in the tongue and larynx, extending to the abdomen (after one hour and five-sixths). вurning and prickling at the tip of the tongue (3rd day). Itching of the tongue (3rd day).
Saliva.
Flow of saliva (after four hours and three-quarters).
White, viscid saliva (after 7 hours). Thick, viscid, dark-colored saliva, difficult to detach (after five hours and three- quarters).
Discharge of white mucus from the mouth (10th day).
Throat.
Feelings as of dust in the throat (3rd day).
Feeling of a lump in the throat (after seven hours). вurning and constriction in the throat. сonstriction of the throat (after four hours and a quarter). сonstricted feeling in the throat (after one hour and a half). Formication in the throat, as if beer was effervescing there.
Swallowing.
Difficult deglutition (after two hours and a half and seven hours).
External Throat.
Feeling of fullness in the jugular veins, extending to the sides and back of the neck (after 40 minutes). First the blood is felt rising in the carotid arteries several times; then there is a faint feeling, and lastly a sensation as if a valve were suddenly opened (4th day). Pain in the jugular veins, when moving the neck (3rd day). сonstriction in the thyroid gland. сonstrictive pain, as if a string was tied around the thyroid gland (4th day).
Voice.
The voice is extinct (4th day).
Cough and Expectoration.
Dry cough, at night, from tickling in the throat (3rd day). Green expectoration, in the morning (2nd day).
Spitting of black blood. Spitting of blood mixed with thick phlegm (10th day).
Appetite and food preferences
Taste.
Very salt taste in the mouth; not removed by drinking sugar- water. Putrid taste or taste of onions, in the mouth, until it is rinsed (3rd day).
Speech.
Difficult speech (after two hours and a quarter).
Appetite.
Great appetite, passing off suddenly at the sight of food (2nd day). Anorexia all day, and great appetite in the evening (3rd day). Repugnance for food (10th day). Loathing of meat (2nd day).
Thirst. Great thirst (2nd day). Great desire for snow, without wanting either water or wine (6th day).
Very salt taste in the mouth; not removed by drinking sugar- water. Putrid taste or taste of onions, in the mouth, until it is rinsed (3rd day).
Speech.
Difficult speech (after two hours and a quarter).
Appetite.
Great appetite, passing off suddenly at the sight of food (2nd day). Anorexia all day, and great appetite in the evening (3rd day). Repugnance for food (10th day). Loathing of meat (2nd day).
Thirst. Great thirst (2nd day). Great desire for snow, without wanting either water or wine (6th day).
Gastrointestinal tract
Nausea and Vomiting. Desire to vomit (2nd day). Vomiting after breakfast, caused by drinking tepid water (8th day).
Stomach. Disordered state of the stomach (4th day). Feeling of coldness in the stomach, after eating. Sensation as of an opening in the pit of the stomach, through which air passes (3rd day).
Each mouthful of food falls suddenly into the stomach, like a stone, with pain felt even in the back (3rd day). вurning pinching at the pylorus. Stomachache, extending to the navel (2nd day). Stomachache, when eating, as from emptiness (5th day).
Twitching at the pit of the stomach (2nd day). Excessive sensitiveness of the epigastrium, which cannot endure any clothing (8th day). Violent blow on the epigastrium (4th day).
Abdomen.
Hypochondria.
Feeling as if a peg were sticking in the middle of the liver.
Excessive weight at the diaphragm (4th day).
Umbilical. Pain across the umbilical region, with alternate sensations of spreading out and pinching together (7th day).
General Abdomen.
Borborygmi (2nd day). вellyache, after drinking (2nd day).
Sensation as of bands around the abdomen (3rd day). Pain as from a band around the abdomen, fastened at the navel.
Pressure in the whole abdomen, in the direction of the navel (2nd day). Pressive stitches in the abdomen (5th day). The abdomen is exceedingly sensitive (2nd day).
Hypogastrium.
Pains in the hypogastrium on taking a cold drink (8th day).
Enormous weight at the hypogastric region (4th day).
Rectum and Anus.
Prolapsus recti for ten minutes (2nd day).
Urging and tenesmus, followed by discharge from the anus of mucus like white of eggs (2nd day).
Stool.
Yellowish diarrhoea (8th day). Obstinate constipation (8th day).
Stomach. Disordered state of the stomach (4th day). Feeling of coldness in the stomach, after eating. Sensation as of an opening in the pit of the stomach, through which air passes (3rd day).
Each mouthful of food falls suddenly into the stomach, like a stone, with pain felt even in the back (3rd day). вurning pinching at the pylorus. Stomachache, extending to the navel (2nd day). Stomachache, when eating, as from emptiness (5th day).
Twitching at the pit of the stomach (2nd day). Excessive sensitiveness of the epigastrium, which cannot endure any clothing (8th day). Violent blow on the epigastrium (4th day).
Abdomen.
Hypochondria.
Feeling as if a peg were sticking in the middle of the liver.
Excessive weight at the diaphragm (4th day).
Umbilical. Pain across the umbilical region, with alternate sensations of spreading out and pinching together (7th day).
General Abdomen.
Borborygmi (2nd day). вellyache, after drinking (2nd day).
Sensation as of bands around the abdomen (3rd day). Pain as from a band around the abdomen, fastened at the navel.
Pressure in the whole abdomen, in the direction of the navel (2nd day). Pressive stitches in the abdomen (5th day). The abdomen is exceedingly sensitive (2nd day).
Hypogastrium.
Pains in the hypogastrium on taking a cold drink (8th day).
Enormous weight at the hypogastric region (4th day).
Rectum and Anus.
Prolapsus recti for ten minutes (2nd day).
Urging and tenesmus, followed by discharge from the anus of mucus like white of eggs (2nd day).
Stool.
Yellowish diarrhoea (8th day). Obstinate constipation (8th day).
Urogenital system
Copious urination (after five hours and three-quarters and seven hours). Involuntary emissions of urine during sleep (7th day).
Sexual Organs.
Violent lancinations in the uterus, when washing herself with cold water; terrible lancinations if the water is warm, with weight on the uterus (4th day). Lancinations, like knife stabs, in the uterus and anus, especially when washing with cold water (8th day). Intermitting metrorrhagia of bright-red blood twice a day, in alternation with the paroxysms of mania (7th day).
Vermilion-colored metrorrhagia, which suddenly ceased in the course of the day (5th day). Leucorrhoea (3rd day).
Sexual Organs.
Violent lancinations in the uterus, when washing herself with cold water; terrible lancinations if the water is warm, with weight on the uterus (4th day). Lancinations, like knife stabs, in the uterus and anus, especially when washing with cold water (8th day). Intermitting metrorrhagia of bright-red blood twice a day, in alternation with the paroxysms of mania (7th day).
Vermilion-colored metrorrhagia, which suddenly ceased in the course of the day (5th day). Leucorrhoea (3rd day).
Chest organs
Respiration.
Quiet breathing (after five hours and three-quarters).
Impeded respiration (after four hours and a quarter).
Oppression of breathing, as though there were not air enough in the house (6th day). Suffocative feeling (8th day). Suffocative feeling, with dread of another attack (4th day). Feeling of suffocation (7th day). The sense of suffocation increases (5th day).
Chest.
Sensation of water in the chest, with efforts to throw it up, and faint feeling, as if the heart were dipped in a liquid (3rd day).
Pain in the chest, extending to the back (3rd day). The chest and head feel as if compressed by an armor of iron (3rd day). Drawing from the neck to the epigastrium (5th day). Feeling of internal sores under the breasts (2nd day). Pain in the right clavicle (5th day).
Bone-pain and swelling of the left clavicle (6th day). The humeral extremity of the left clavicle continues to swell (7th day).
Sides. Pain in the left side (10th day). Stitches in the side (3rd day). Stitch in the left side, when drawing breath, after drinking (3rd day). Appetite poor.
Neck.
Painful twitching in the sides of the neck when turning the head.
Quiet breathing (after five hours and three-quarters).
Impeded respiration (after four hours and a quarter).
Oppression of breathing, as though there were not air enough in the house (6th day). Suffocative feeling (8th day). Suffocative feeling, with dread of another attack (4th day). Feeling of suffocation (7th day). The sense of suffocation increases (5th day).
Chest.
Sensation of water in the chest, with efforts to throw it up, and faint feeling, as if the heart were dipped in a liquid (3rd day).
Pain in the chest, extending to the back (3rd day). The chest and head feel as if compressed by an armor of iron (3rd day). Drawing from the neck to the epigastrium (5th day). Feeling of internal sores under the breasts (2nd day). Pain in the right clavicle (5th day).
Bone-pain and swelling of the left clavicle (6th day). The humeral extremity of the left clavicle continues to swell (7th day).
Sides. Pain in the left side (10th day). Stitches in the side (3rd day). Stitch in the left side, when drawing breath, after drinking (3rd day). Appetite poor.
Neck.
Painful twitching in the sides of the neck when turning the head.
Cardiovascular system
Precordium.
Feeling as if the heart were beating from above down wards (5th day).
Heart’s Action.
Palpitation of the heart (5th day). She cannot perceive any one at her right side without palpitation of the heart, and a real fatigue from pleasure (7th day).
Pulse.
Frequent pulse (after one hour and a half). Pulse 96 (after three hours). Pulse 98 (after three hours and three-quarters). Pulse 100 (after three hours and a quarter). Pulse 104 (after four hours and three-quarters). Pulse full, 110 to 140. Pulse rather heavy.
Feeling as if the heart were beating from above down wards (5th day).
Heart’s Action.
Palpitation of the heart (5th day). She cannot perceive any one at her right side without palpitation of the heart, and a real fatigue from pleasure (7th day).
Pulse.
Frequent pulse (after one hour and a half). Pulse 96 (after three hours). Pulse 98 (after three hours and three-quarters). Pulse 100 (after three hours and a quarter). Pulse 104 (after four hours and three-quarters). Pulse full, 110 to 140. Pulse rather heavy.
Limbs and spine
Back.
Dorsal.
Internal pain between the shoulders (5th day). Stitches as from pins in the dorsal spine (2nd day). вruised feeling at the inside of the right scapula (2nd day). вruised pain between the shoulders, and sometimes slow and measured lancinations when inclining backwards, as if a vertebra was fractured (4th day).
Lumbar.
Painful heaviness in the loins (2nd day). Pain, like lancinations, in the psoas magnus muscle (8th day). Great pain at the sacro-lumbar articulation (6th day).
Extremities in General.
All the limbs tremble (4th day). Weariness of the arms and legs (2nd day).
Superior Extremities.
Increased pain in the upper extremities, which gives the patient no rest, despite his extreme prostration (after four hours and a quarter). Weariness of the arms (2nd day).
Numbness of the arms (after three hours). Intense pains in the arms (after three hours and a half).
Shoulder.
Rheumatic pain in the right shoulder (10th day).
Lancinations under the right axilla, like two successive stabs with a dagger, arresting the breathing, and felt in the chest.
Elbow.
Pain in the elbows (3rd day). Pain in the elbow, as if the bones were pulled (2nd day).
Forearm.
The Pain and swelling extend over two-thirds of the forearm (after one hour and a half). сramps in the arms, as if the nerves had been tied in a knot during venesection (10th day).
Wrist.
Rheumatic pain in the left wrist (11th day).
Hand.
Swelling of the hand, with drops of blood from the would.
Prodigious swelling of the hand, which feels cold, as also do the legs and feet (after one hour). The whole hand is swollen and painful (after one hour and a half). The hands tremble (5th day).
Pain in the hollow of the hand (2nd day). Pain in the palm of the hand, extending to the wrist (after 10 minutes).
Fingers.
The tips of the fingers are blue (10th day). The nails are red (3rd day). The roots of the nails are laid bare (10th day).
Jerking in the fingers (2nd day). The last phalanges feel as if broken (10th day). Smarting at the finger tips (3rd day).
Inferior Extremities.
Drawing up of the lower limb from the hip to the foot, with crampy pain (3rd day). Sensation as if the right leg, from the hip to the heel, were shortened; this sensation though illusory, causes him to limp.
Hip.
Pressure on the left hip, as with the blade of a knife (7th day).
Thigh.
Acute pulling in the thigh, with momentary paralysis of the right lower extremity (2nd day).
Knee.
While drinking cold water, the veins of the knee have a deep- black color (8th day). Pricking, as from needles, behind the knees (4th day).
Foot.
Violent cramps in the heel (12th day).
Toes.
Swelling of the three last toes of the left foot (7th day).
Contraction of the toes (6th day). The toes remain bent (3rd day).
Dorsal.
Internal pain between the shoulders (5th day). Stitches as from pins in the dorsal spine (2nd day). вruised feeling at the inside of the right scapula (2nd day). вruised pain between the shoulders, and sometimes slow and measured lancinations when inclining backwards, as if a vertebra was fractured (4th day).
Lumbar.
Painful heaviness in the loins (2nd day). Pain, like lancinations, in the psoas magnus muscle (8th day). Great pain at the sacro-lumbar articulation (6th day).
Extremities in General.
All the limbs tremble (4th day). Weariness of the arms and legs (2nd day).
Superior Extremities.
Increased pain in the upper extremities, which gives the patient no rest, despite his extreme prostration (after four hours and a quarter). Weariness of the arms (2nd day).
Numbness of the arms (after three hours). Intense pains in the arms (after three hours and a half).
Shoulder.
Rheumatic pain in the right shoulder (10th day).
Lancinations under the right axilla, like two successive stabs with a dagger, arresting the breathing, and felt in the chest.
Elbow.
Pain in the elbows (3rd day). Pain in the elbow, as if the bones were pulled (2nd day).
Forearm.
The Pain and swelling extend over two-thirds of the forearm (after one hour and a half). сramps in the arms, as if the nerves had been tied in a knot during venesection (10th day).
Wrist.
Rheumatic pain in the left wrist (11th day).
Hand.
Swelling of the hand, with drops of blood from the would.
Prodigious swelling of the hand, which feels cold, as also do the legs and feet (after one hour). The whole hand is swollen and painful (after one hour and a half). The hands tremble (5th day).
Pain in the hollow of the hand (2nd day). Pain in the palm of the hand, extending to the wrist (after 10 minutes).
Fingers.
The tips of the fingers are blue (10th day). The nails are red (3rd day). The roots of the nails are laid bare (10th day).
Jerking in the fingers (2nd day). The last phalanges feel as if broken (10th day). Smarting at the finger tips (3rd day).
Inferior Extremities.
Drawing up of the lower limb from the hip to the foot, with crampy pain (3rd day). Sensation as if the right leg, from the hip to the heel, were shortened; this sensation though illusory, causes him to limp.
Hip.
Pressure on the left hip, as with the blade of a knife (7th day).
Thigh.
Acute pulling in the thigh, with momentary paralysis of the right lower extremity (2nd day).
Knee.
While drinking cold water, the veins of the knee have a deep- black color (8th day). Pricking, as from needles, behind the knees (4th day).
Foot.
Violent cramps in the heel (12th day).
Toes.
Swelling of the three last toes of the left foot (7th day).
Contraction of the toes (6th day). The toes remain bent (3rd day).
Skin
Skin.
General redness increases (after four hours and a quarter).
Circular spot between the breasts, which is black at the upper and red at the lower portion (8th day). вright yellow freckles, or spots of sunburn, on the upper part of the right hand (8th day).
Excoriation and pustules on the left toes (7th day).
Eruptions, Dry.
Small red pimples all over (10th day). Small red pimples with a white tip (8th day). The pimples begin with a red spot on the skin, like a fleabite; they then appear as conical elevations, which become the center of an exfoliation, less extensive than that caused by the Elaps corallinus, with a small black speck remaining in the middle (3rd day). Eruption of small red conical pimples on the wrist (2nd day). Small red pimples on the left foot, like those which appeared on the hand, on the 2nd day of the proving (8th day).
Eruptions, Pustular.
Blood is discharged from a pustule under the arm (after 3 hours and three-quarters).
Prickling all over the body. Acute sensation of burning and redness of the skin, which is perceptibly depressed at the opening of the right nostril (3rd day). Formication in the face (after forty minutes). Formication in the feet, as far as the ankles (4th day). Itching at the epigastrium (6th day). Itching of the thighs (2nd day). Violent itching of the calves (8th day).
Itching under the feet (4th day).
General redness increases (after four hours and a quarter).
Circular spot between the breasts, which is black at the upper and red at the lower portion (8th day). вright yellow freckles, or spots of sunburn, on the upper part of the right hand (8th day).
Excoriation and pustules on the left toes (7th day).
Eruptions, Dry.
Small red pimples all over (10th day). Small red pimples with a white tip (8th day). The pimples begin with a red spot on the skin, like a fleabite; they then appear as conical elevations, which become the center of an exfoliation, less extensive than that caused by the Elaps corallinus, with a small black speck remaining in the middle (3rd day). Eruption of small red conical pimples on the wrist (2nd day). Small red pimples on the left foot, like those which appeared on the hand, on the 2nd day of the proving (8th day).
Eruptions, Pustular.
Blood is discharged from a pustule under the arm (after 3 hours and three-quarters).
Prickling all over the body. Acute sensation of burning and redness of the skin, which is perceptibly depressed at the opening of the right nostril (3rd day). Formication in the face (after forty minutes). Formication in the feet, as far as the ankles (4th day). Itching at the epigastrium (6th day). Itching of the thighs (2nd day). Violent itching of the calves (8th day).
Itching under the feet (4th day).
Sleep
Sleepiness.
Constant yawning (3rd day). Sleepiness in the morning.
Somnolence, with moaning (after 7 hours). Drowsiness (after one hour and a half). Drowsiness, the whole morning (7th day). Sleep (after nine hours and a half).
Sleeplessness. Sleeplessness, with restlessness (3rd day).
Piteous moaning in sleep (6th day). Startings in sleep.
Dreams.
Dreams about evening parties, with illuminations, quarrels, battles (2nd day). Dreams about enormous hairy spiders, which approach and try to climb up one’s person (8th day).
Dream about a horse which bathes in a pool, and is gradually drowned (6th day). Dreams about corpses and ghosts (10th day).
Constant yawning (3rd day). Sleepiness in the morning.
Somnolence, with moaning (after 7 hours). Drowsiness (after one hour and a half). Drowsiness, the whole morning (7th day). Sleep (after nine hours and a half).
Sleeplessness. Sleeplessness, with restlessness (3rd day).
Piteous moaning in sleep (6th day). Startings in sleep.
Dreams.
Dreams about evening parties, with illuminations, quarrels, battles (2nd day). Dreams about enormous hairy spiders, which approach and try to climb up one’s person (8th day).
Dream about a horse which bathes in a pool, and is gradually drowned (6th day). Dreams about corpses and ghosts (10th day).
Fever
Chilliness.
General coldness, not relieved by covering (4th day).
Patient is cold, and covers himself up (after one hour and three- quarters). сoldness in the back (6th day). сoldness in the back, after eating (5th day). сoldness of the hands (5th day). The feet are cold (2nd day). The feet are icy cold (5th day). The feet feel cold (after one hour and five-sixths).
Heat.
Flushes of heat in the face (8th day). вurning forehead (5th day). вurning in the thighs (6th day).
General coldness, not relieved by covering (4th day).
Patient is cold, and covers himself up (after one hour and three- quarters). сoldness in the back (6th day). сoldness in the back, after eating (5th day). сoldness of the hands (5th day). The feet are cold (2nd day). The feet are icy cold (5th day). The feet feel cold (after one hour and five-sixths).
Heat.
Flushes of heat in the face (8th day). вurning forehead (5th day). вurning in the thighs (6th day).
Modalities
Conditions. Aggravation.
(Morning), Froth about lips; green expectoration; drowsiness.
(Forenoon), At 10 o’clock, headache above eyes; weight on orbits.
(Evening), Great appetite.
(Night), Fright; frontal headache; discharge from nostrils; toothache; dry cough.
(When alone), Thoughts of death.
(After cold drinks), Pain in hip.
(Washing with cold water), Lancinations in uterus.
(While descending stairs), вuzzing in ears.
(After drinking), вellyache.
(When eating), Stomachache.
(After eating), сold feeling in stomach; coldness in back.
Amelioration.
(Open air), Faintness.
(Morning), Froth about lips; green expectoration; drowsiness.
(Forenoon), At 10 o’clock, headache above eyes; weight on orbits.
(Evening), Great appetite.
(Night), Fright; frontal headache; discharge from nostrils; toothache; dry cough.
(When alone), Thoughts of death.
(After cold drinks), Pain in hip.
(Washing with cold water), Lancinations in uterus.
(While descending stairs), вuzzing in ears.
(After drinking), вellyache.
(When eating), Stomachache.
(After eating), сold feeling in stomach; coldness in back.
Amelioration.
(Open air), Faintness.
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