Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...head is shaken to and fro. Eyes.--Pupils dilated, sparkling, fixed. Eyes open, hut does not pay attention; downcast and dull, fixed. Strabismus. Spasmodic closing of lids. Diplopia. Objects have colored borders. Mouth.--Tongue dry, red, cracked; protruded with difficulty; speech impaired. Foams at mouth. Teeth covered with sordes. Throat.--Stinging dryness. Constriction. Cannot swallow liquids. Uvula elongated. Stomach.--Hiccough, eructations empty, bitter. Nausea, with vertigo. Vomiting, with convulsions; luematemesis; violent cramps, relieved by vomiting; burning in stomach; epigastrium tender. Abdomen.--Colic, as if abdomen would burst. Distention. Colic, with vomiting, belching, hiccough, screaming. Tympanites. Red spots on abdomen. Stool.--Diarrhoea, colicky pains; involuntary, aggravated by mental excitement or during sleep. Diarrhoea during the lying-in period. Urine.--Involuntary. Bladder paralyzed. Has no will to urinate. Canst. Retention of urine. Male.--Impotence. Lascivious; exposes his person; plays with genitals during fever. Female.--Before menses, hysterical spasms. Excited sexual desire. During menses, convulsive movements, urinary flux and sweat. Lochia suppressed. Spasms of pregnant women. Puerperal mania. Chest.--Suffocating fits. Spasm, forcing bending forward. Dry spasmodic cough at night (worse lying down; better sitting up), from itching in the throat, as if uvula were too long. Haemoptysis. Extremities.--Picking at bed-clothes; plays with hands; reaches out for things. Epileptic atlacks ending in deep sleep. Spasms and convulsions. Cramps in calves and toes. Child sobs and cries without waking. Sleep.--Intense sleeplessness. Sopor, with convulsions. Starts up frightened. Coma vigil. Nerves.--Great restlessness; every...