Part 21

Thirty-fourth day.—Restless sleep. Anxiety on waking. 355. Cracked tongue, in the morning. Violent palpitations and pulsations with sensation as though the heart were turning about very briskly. The flatulence presses on the uterus. Hard, dry, large stool, expelled with difficulty, and causing the tears to rush to her eyes. Regurgitations and eructations at three. 360. Noisy flatulence, at nine in the evening.

Thirty-fifth day.—Light sleep. Hoarseness on waking. White-coated tongue. Desire for liquor and oranges.

Thirty-sixth day.—365. Dry cough day and night.

Thirty-seventh day.—Dry cough on waking. Burning in the hand and all over. Hard and tense pulse. Tongue white in the middle and red at the tip. 370. Pain at the vertex. Sensation as of water splashing in the head. The posterior cervical muscles are stiff. Scarlet-redness of the cheeks. Headache aggravated by work. 375. In bed the sweat smells like potatoes. Tongue very red. Burning hands, with somewhat uneasy pulse.

Thirty-eighth day.—The breasts have been painful during the whole time of the proving, the pain is worse when moving the arms, it then seems to become seated at the external border of the pectoralis major. Feels chilly all over, cannot get warm, at half past five in the evening. 380. Scarlet-redness of the cheeks. After dinner, her clothes feel too tight. Dry cough for six minutes, at half past ten in the evening. Her thoughts dwell upon her future, which she imagines will be wretched.

Fortieth day.—Dry cough, in the evening. 385. Dull colic in the lower abdomen.

Forty-first day.—Premature menses. Discharge of black coagulated blood. For five days the menstrual blood has a very fetid smell, similar to the smell of spoiled fish. Turbid urine of a dingy yellow, depositing a copious whitish sediment.

Forty-second day.—390. Burning thirst, as though her mouth were salt. Twitching of the right lower limb. Sensitiveness of the hairy scalp and of the roots of the hairs. Tearing at the vertex; she cannot bear the least covering on her head.

Forty-third day.—Hoarseness on rising which disappears immediately. The same hoarseness in the evening, not long.

Forty-fourth day.—395. Tearing sensation in the throat, with accumulation of phlegm which it is difficult to get loose. Expectoration consisting of yellowish lumps. The phlegm seems to cover the whole anterior portion of the throat. The pain in the throat disappears after talking and stirring about. Sensitiveness of the hairy scalp, every day; she feels a pulling in it which does not allow her to bear the comb. 400. In the morning, raising of black coagulated blood. In the morning she blows bloody mucus from the nose. Nosebleed every morning, from forty-second to forty-fourth day. She dreams of battles, dead bodies and an immense pool of blood.

Forty-fifth day.—She dreams about green men, covered with moss and living in the water; these men were changed to dogs.

Forty-sixth day.—405. At dinner, the dishes taste to her bitter as gall.

Forty-seventh day.—Sensation as of some obstacle in her throat which she is unable to expel, followed by the expectoration of a small, hard, yellowish-gray lump. The urine deposits less, though still turbid. When attempting to sing, violent palpitations of the heart prevent her from articulating the sound; her breathing is stopped, she feels as though she would faint. (Her face is scarlet-red.)

Fiftieth day.—410. Strong palpitations of the heart, with oppression, and disposition to faint. She is on the point of fainting, a glass of water brings her to.

Fifty-first day.—Palpitation of the heart.

Fifty-second day.—Heat on the malar eminences and forehead, when going out to the open air. Palpitations of the heart, after supper. 415. The palpitation was irregular, stopped for a moment, and then reappeared with redoubled vigor. These palpitations are accompanied by oppressions, less when lying down. Alternate subcutaneous pulsations or beatings above the knee-pan, in the two legs. She does not wish to hear anything in explanation and is out of humor. Red face, and congestion of blood to the sclerotica.

Fifty-third day.—420. Palpitation of the heart the whole day. It is caused by the act of swallowing. The palpitation is instantaneous and corresponds to the superior portions of the thorax. (Her lower limbs tremble on account of the hunger.)

ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.

EMOTIVE SPHERE.—1. Quarrelsome, irritable mood. Dread of work. Hypochondriac mood. She wants to enjoy a change of scenery, &c. She fancies she is miserable, and dwells much on the future.

SENTIENT SPHERE.—5. Crowd of ideas. His attention is easily disturbed by other things.

HEAD: Heat in the head, evening. Heaviness of the head; in the vertex; on stooping and then raising the head again. Catarrhal dulness of the head, especially the forehead. 10. Headache at noon; increased by the smell of spirits. The head feels too heavy, she has to make an effort to support it. Pressure above the eyes, on waking. In the forehead: violent pain, all day; stitching pain; with dulness of the head, and disposition to fall forwards. Slight beating in the temples. 15. Sensation as if the hair would be torn out on the vertex.

EYES: Prickling about the lids, the surface of which is red. Spasmodic contraction and twitching of the left upper lid. Burning in the lids. Prickling and burning in the eyes. 20. Congestion of the conjunctiva. Lachrymation on waking.

EARS: Ringing in the left ear.

NOSE: Repeated sneezing, followed by feeble cough. Nosebleed.

FACE: 25. Face hot and red. Mounting of heat to the face, now and then. Upper lip bleeding, cracked.

TEETH: Swelling of the mucous membrane of the inner margin of the two incisores. Teeth covered with white mucus.

MOUTH: 30. Dry mouth. Salt taste. Taste of raw potatoes. The mucous membrane of the velum palati seems to become detached here and there. Tongue swollen, cracked, early in the morning; coated white or yellowish-white; or coated white, with red tip, or yellowish along the median line. 35. Prickling in the right half of the tongue.

THROAT: Inflamed fauces, she is unable to swallow the saliva.