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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    weight, with a sensation of great distension in the belly; or evacuation of the bowels, with much flatulency and rumbling of wind immediately after a meal; acid, bitter, acrid or putrid risings from the stomach, or very loud belching of flatulency after eating or drinking; intense oppression at the pit of the stomach, with flatulent distension after eating, relieved on belching of wind, which is generally violent after drinking cold water; almost constant nausea, but chiefly after the least food, after carriage exercise, or the first thing in the morning, sometimes terminating in the vomiting of food when one has eaten; pulsation or sensation of burning at the pit of the stomach; soft, jelly-like evacuations; or putrid- or acid-smelling, greenish and very loose discharge froni the bowels; or oozing of slime from the passage before and after stool; swellings in the passage, with great heat and obstruction; or constant and exhausting relaxation of the bowels; and sometimes intense itching, with heat, followed by soreness and smarting around the orifice; frequent discharge of urine, sometimes chiefly at night, generally accompanied with smarting, often with pressive weight at the bladder, but varying in colour, quantity, &c.; cloudy, thick, reddish or sandy urine, with scanty discharge; or very copious discharge of offensive urine, depositing a bloody or flocky sediment; unconscious discharge of urine during sleep. Head.—Confused sensation in the head, with giddiness, especially apparent in the open air; heaviness of the head, or sensation as if a ball were rising into the brain. External Surface.—Swelling of the limbs after much exertion, especially of the legs; throbbing sensations all over the body (attended with extreme restlessness); exco- riation of the skin in the bend of the joints; patches of brownish or reddish, and mealy or scabby eruptions in various parts; oozing eruptions, forming scabs on the head amongst the hair; intense irritation and itching of the head amongst the hair; swelling of the extremity of the nose, and yellowness, or dirty, sallow hue of the face ; burning heat of the feet, or great and constant coldness of the legs and feet, with occasional, burning heat; oozing eruptions, forming scabs in various parts ; perspiration breaks out when the patient sits down; the irritation from hollow teeth is apt to provoke inflamma- tion of the face; a yellow hne crosses the nose and cheek; habitual sweating, or oozing, scabby eruptions in the arm-pits; eruptions, either mealy and scurfy, or moist, oozing, and scabby at the back of the hands; constant, cold, clammy perspiration on the hands and feet; torpid and passive ulcerations at the extremities of the toes, or in the heels without pain; the nails of the toes especially, and sometimes of the fingers, grow out of shape, or grow into the flesh; burning heat of the palms of the hands, especially towards night; swelling, with itching eruptions on the hands; permanent enlargement of the belly after child-bearing; swelling of the forehead, and casting of the hair; sour-smelling perspiration in the morning, or profuse perspiration at night, or upon the least exertion; general want of sufficient warmth, andjprevailing chilliness or actual coldness; dry, scaly eruptions on the eyelids; generally there is a dark circle round the eyes; very inveterate eruptions, like that of itch, between the fingers, over the hands, and round the wrists; extreme susceptibility to take cold, violent and visible throbbing of the blood-vessels. Pains.—Stitching and burning pains in various parts; all the pains have a tendency to be removed by strong exercise ; very severe, tearing, boring, or jerking pains on one side of the head (sometimes attended with vomitmg); shooting pains in the shins and ankles; shooting pains in the wrists; throbbing pain at the pit of the stomach ; expansive pain in the head as if it would burst; throbbing pain at the back of the head; aching pain in the stomach after eating; burning pains in the stomach; burning, clawing, shooting pain in the belly, principally, if not solely, on the left side; incisive, coiling, cramp-like pains in the bowels, after any exertion, such as walking; aching (dull or acute) pain in the low^er part of the belly, right across, from side to side; burning pain in the passage on passing water, or very pressive, aching pain in the bladder (with urging); pain in both sides of the chest, when breathing or coughing, or upon moving; or dull, aching pain in the chest towards night; straining, drawing pain in the shoulder-joint, and tearing or shooting pains in the hips, thighs, or shins; stitching, aching, boring or throbbing pains along the lower ribs, or in the region of the liver when moving or during carriage-exercise; aching pain in the ball of the eye. Nervous System and Senses.—The limbs have a tendency to become numbed; extreme restlessness of the limbs, and constant change of position without relief; extreme susceptibility of the open air; fatigue attends the least exertion; prostration of energy ; jerking of the limbs at night and in the day; rigidity of the joints; fainting-fits, and general debility, with hysterical disposition; sadness and melancholy, with inclina- tion to weep \ involuntary shaking of the head; great tenderness of light, and partial loss