The homoeopathic domestic medicine / by Joseph Laurie.

  • Laurie, Joseph, -1865.
Date:
1851
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Credit: The homoeopathic domestic medicine / by Joseph Laurie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SYMPTOMS ELICITED^ ETC., AS BEGAEDS DIFFERENT ORGANS, ETC. External Surface.—Swellings of the glands, with inflamnaation or suppuration; hard, knotty swellings in the breast; excessive irritation and itching of the skin; brown, reddish spots upon the skin; dry skin; frequent presence of boils upon the skin; black pores; swelling and itching of the skin, like that produced by chilblains, or tingling and burning, like that of corns; the skin is generally cold, the lips are ulcerated, the face is pale, or characterised by the development of pustular eruptions, the pimples being red, large, and incrustated; eruptions of an ulcerative tendency on the skull, with shed- ding of the hair; eruptions of the nature of nettle-rash ; freckles ; chapping of the skin after exposure to the least cold; warts; coppery or violet spots on the skin; burning ulcers, with oozing, on the head; oozing eruptions, with intense itching, in various parts; enlargement of the glands of the neck and arm-pits ; sweating of the feet; the develop- ment of wens in various parts, as, for instance, on the fleshy (external) part of the ear; copper-coloured spots on the hands ; roughness, harshness, and chapping of the hands; chilblains on the toes ; white specks on the finger-nails ; ruptural protrusion in the groin ; offensive sweats at night; chill, followed by heat, daily towards evening (chronic fever); sour-smelling sweat, or sweat during the day, with the smell of horse's urine ; general loss of flesh ; swelling of the glands beneath the jaws and ears; wasting away of the breasts. Breathing, Chest, &c.—Dry cough, worse in the evening, and in a recumbent posture; matter-like expectoration, and hoarseness, or rough, harsh sound, deep in the chest, when breathing; short, impeded breath; brisk walking, or an ascent, puts the patient quite out of breath (and induces palpitation of the heart); wheezing breath, particularly during physical exertion; loud, noisy cough, a cough which prevails only in the day-time; whistling breath ; fits of coughing, terminating in vomiting; harshness or roughness in the windpipe after speaking or reading aloud. Stomach, Bov/els and Evacuations.—Digestion habitually deranged, and morbid appetite; desire for clay, chalk and lime; repugnance to sweet things and to meat; continued thirst; sweetish taste in the mouth, or bitter taste, especially after eating; (eating is attended by outbreak of perspiration); sensation of fulness in the stomach after a slight meal; sour and flatulent risings; very frequently sickness at the stomach, and desire to vomit, or vomiting of sour and bitter matters after eating; chronic loose- ness of the bowels ; frequent and violent desire to evacuate, attended with burning and itching in the orifice; piles, with discharge of blood at stool; irregular, state of the bowels, and hard evacuations, with straining; susceptibility to bowel complaints from the least chill; accumulation of flatulency at one fixed spot, or general flatulent disten- sion of the bowels, with gurgling or rumbhng in the intestines; flatulent distension of the bowels in the morning ; offensive involuntary flow of urine; frequent urging to pass water, with scanty drop-discharge (and much pain). Nervous System, Brain, Senses, &c.—Giddiness of various kinds, especially in the morning and evening; sad and melancholy, froward, ungovernable, headstrong, selfish, and irritable disposition; sleep is attended with anxious dreams, and is often interrupted by starting,—it is either dispelled early, or the patient is slow and difficult to awaken in the morning; there is no inclination to sleep in the first part of the night; buzzing and roaring sounds in the ears, and hardness of hearing; tremulous weakness; attacks of giddiness, especially in the morning and evening, which compel the patient to lie down; very slow contraction of the pupils on exposure to light; appearance as of gauze before the eyes, or of undulating spots or sparks; violent cramp in the calves of the legs; palsy and falling of the upper eyelid. Pains.—Pains (with inflammation or ulceration) in the bones, or in the membrane investing the bone; pains returning or aggravated upon changes of weather; pains of a pricking, stinging, snatching character, such as those caused by splinters; pains which are accompanied by acute sensation during sleep ; pains in the joints, such as those pro- duced by sprains (or accompanied with cracking on change of position) ; pains about the parts where former wounds existed, especially when the bone has been affected; recurring W'hen changes take place in the weather; stitching pains in the eyes; aching and shooting pains in the eyes; shooting and throbbing pains in the ears ; hone-pains in the skull; shooting pains between the shoulder-blades; pains in the back generally, and in the small of the back in particular; tearing pains in the forehead, back of the head, and crown of the head; burning pain, with rawness in the throat; shooting pains in the pit of the stomach ; pinching and cutting pains in the bowels, or shooting pains in the belly on contact; shooting pains in the heels, and aching \\\ the thighs.