Condensed Materia Medica

Mephitis meph.

Hering (1877)In every bookSave

Mind

Fancies so vivid they unfit for mental labour.
Talkative, as if drunk; excited, with heat of the head.
Angry about trifles, or imaginary things.

Sensorium

Vertigo, sitting, stooping, turning in bed.
Numb and dull, with sensation as if head became enlarged, with ill-humor and nausea.

Inner Head

Fulness in head, worse on vertex, worse studying.
Headache while riding in a carriage.
Heaviness and pressure in back part of head, as if fingers were pressing on it.

Eyes

Inability to read fine print.
Letters become blurred, he is unable to discern them, they run together.
Weakness of sight, generally with headache and pain in eyes.
Pain in eyes: when turning them in certain directions; as from a foreign body; as from overexertion.
Stitches in eyes as from needles.
Stinging and itching in eyes evenings and mornings.
Inflammation of eyes and lids, especially right side.
Redness of the conjunctiva.
Heat and burning of the eyes.

Ears

Fetid discharge from ears.
Erysipelas of the ear, with itching, heat, redness and blisters.

Nose

Dry nose; bleeding from the nose.
Fluent coryza, cough and soreness in chest.

Face

Bloated face.

Teeth

Sudden jerks in roots of teeth; strumming toothache.

Tongue, etc

Coppery taste in the mouth.
Talking: 27.

Desires and Aversions

Wants every dish very much salted.

Eating and Drinking

After eating: 27. Drinking: 27.

Nausea and Vomiting

Nausea, with emptiness in the stomach, and sensation as if the head were distended.

Stomach

Pressure in the stomach, and colic.

Hypochondria

Rheumatic pain in region of liver.

Stool, etc

Thin, infrequent.

Urine

Difficulty in urinating all day; stream interrupted.
Frequent micturition, with clear urine.
Urine is turbid in the morning, after evening fever.

Male Sexual Organs

Warmth of the genitals at night.
Itching of the scrotum.

Female Sexual Organs

Burning leucorrhœa.
Soreness of genitals and swelling of labia.

Larynx

When drinking or talking, liability to have something get into the larynx.

Breathing

Asthma: as from inhaling vapor of sulphur in sleep; of drunkards.
Inhalation difficult, exhalation almost impossible; or barking.

Cough

After drinking, talking or loud reading; spasmodic, hollow or deep; with rawness, hoarseness and pain through chest; with suffocative feeling when inhaling; cannot inhale; vomits all food some hours after eating; convulsions; worse at night and after lying down; in the morning it is loose, with some expectoration.

Lungs

Pains in the chest (last left short rib) when touching it; more when coughing and sneezing.

Neck and Back

Stitches in the spinal column during motion.
Pain in the back and all the limbs, with lameness.

Upper Limbs

Rheumatic pains in arms, relieved on motion.
Restless in left arm, with insensibility.
Trembling of arm when leaning on it.
Painful twitching of the left hand.

Lower limbs

Rush of blood to the legs at night.
Rheumatic pains from hips to feet; arthritic pain in heel.
Legs restless as if becoming insensible; knees feel bruised.
Spasmodic pain in left foot.
Stitches in the feet.
Pain in big toe as if being pinched off.
Corns, with pain and burning.

Position, etc

With slightest manual work sweat breaks out.
Motion: 31, 32. Turning in bed: 2. Sitting: 2. Stooping: 2.

Nerves

Convulsions.
Inclination to stretch with disinclination to do anything.
Restlessness.

Sleep

Frequent yawning; lachrymation.
Sleepy during day, even in company.
Cannot sleep the whole night.
Awakens early and feels refreshed.
Awakens at night with congestion to legs.
Night walking, open eyes, angry face.
Hair on head rises, cannot be made conscious.
Vivid dreams, which he recollect.
Asthma during sleep; not waking; continues after he has waked up.

Time

Morning: 21, 27, 37, 40. Evening: 21. Morning and evening: 5. Night: 22, 27, 33, 37. Day: 21, 37.

Temperature and Weather

Cold: colic worse.
Feels less chilly in cold weather; feels pleasant after ice-cold washing.

Chill, Fever and Sweat

Cold feeling predominates; evening chilliness, with desire to urinate, colic as if diarrhœa would set in.
Increased warmth, especially in the morning.

Sides

Right: 5, 31. Left: 28, 32, 33.

Sensations

Strumming through the body; anxiety.
Feels as if threads had been drawn through head and trunk.
Wandering pains with pressure to urinate.

Contact, Injuries, etc

Touch: 28. Riding: 3.