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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    by which the sleep is disturbed, and which leave an impression of alarm ; much inclina- tion to sleep during the day, or towards night, with tardy sleep in the night, and heavy sleep towards morning ; gloorny taciturn, ill-humour ; incapabihty for mental application; scantiness and sterility of thought; home-sickness, with great depression of spirits; total indifference to everything; dilated pupils, and immovable staring look; weightiness of the head; gidd^iness, with stunned sensation, particularly in the evening, when I walking, or when in an erect position; embarrassment of the head, as if after drinking intoxicating liquors ; sounds otherwise agreeable are unbearable ; sounds from a distance, I although audible, are unheard, or very indistinctly heard; sounds seem to re-echo loudly in the ears. i External Surface.—Boils above and behind the thighs; soreness or rawness j between the toes, and burning feeling in the soles of the feet, or all over the feet; harsh, dry, puckered skin on the hands ; pimples break out on the arms, and ulcers, with itching, on the legs; tingling and creeping sensations about the loins and back ; ulcers fringed at the bottom emitting offensive matter, flat and sluggish ; swelling or sweat of the feet; scabs on the nose ; large pimples, or moist oozing eruptions, forming scabs, on the cheeks, chin, or forehead; crimson efflorescence on the skin; tingling, creeping sensations under the skin ; small, clustered, red, pimples on the skin ; fingers and hands cold, with general shivering fits, particularly in the evening; alternate flushing of heat and shivering fits; perspiration in the morning; profuse and habitual perspirations at night; coldness and shivering over the belly; weak, limp hair, which turns gray; flushing of heat, with general feverish disturbance in the evening; shedding of the hair; red patches on and swelling of the bridge of the nose ; tightness of the skin of the face, with heat, and with a feeling as if gum had been spread over it, and had dried on ; pointed features and blue rings round the eyes, which are sunken ; hollow, pale, and haggard face. Breathing, Chest, &c.—Weakness at the chest, and deficiency of breath, so that i the patient is unable to sustain a conversation long, or to speak loud, or feels exhausted : after speaking ; cough, followed by vomiting of food, or by expectoration of matter-like fluid, (and attended with headache); or dry cough towards night, and cough followed by expectoration of yellowish or v/hitish phlegm in the morning; tickling, harsh sensation in the upper part of the windpipe, which excites coughing; loss of voice, or very rough, hoarse voice, i Pains.—Aching pain in the stomach after eating; burning pain at the bottom of the stomach; aching, clawing pains in the region, along the lower ribs, or more especially in the liver (especially during the menstrual period); tearing, jerking pains in the limbs; burning pain in the lower part of the body, which, however, feels cold externally; 1 burning pain in the corners of the eyelids, or in the eyelids generally, especially when ; exposed to candle-hght; shooting pains in the ears, with dragging pains in the teeth, \ jaws, and bones of the face; continued headache, much aggravated by noise, or by the least disturbance; habitual aching pain in the head in the morning; cutting and very severe pains in the teeth, or violent tearing toothache, worse in the warmth of the bed, or upon the introduction of hot or cold fluids into the mouth ; shooting pains in the liver j and spleen ; clawing, cramp-like pains in the bowels ; jerking, tearing, drawing pains in { the arms, legs, thighs, feet, toes and fingers; bruised pain in the hip and thighs, when 1 first assuming an erect position, or when walking. Menstruation, Womb, &c.—Puffing up of the womb as if inflated with air; variable menstrual discharge, (generally attended with suffering, asid chiefly with aching or shooting pains in the region of the liver) ; discharge of whites, consisting of yellowish humour, with much irritation after the periodical discharge has ceased. Mouth, Tongue, Gums, Teeth, Throat, &c.—Collection of sticky phlegm in the r; mouth and on the tongue ; enlargement of the tongue (so that speaking is painful); j soreness of the mouth, which smarts and feels raw when the patient attempts to chew solid food; soreness, burning heat, and rawness of the back part of the palate; burning sensation of the tongue, dry mouth, and biting of the tongue during sleep ; swelling and development of knotty (and painful) protuberances in, and discharge of blood from, the the gums ; yellow appearance of the teeth; smarting, soreness, and sensation of rawness I in the throat in swallowing solid food. ! Nose and Eyes.—Discharges of blood and matter from the nose ; redness, heat, &c. of the edges of the nostrils, with profuse flow of watery fluid (cold in the head, cough, and burning sensations in the throat and chest) from the nose; boring at the nose; offensive smell from the nose; dull depressed eyes ; sensation as if the eye-balls had not room in the sockets; stye on the eyelids, or heat, swelling and redness of the eyelids;