The guiding symptoms of our materia medica / by C. Hering, M.D.

  • Hering, Constantine, 1800-1880.
Date:
1879-1891
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Credit: The guiding symptoms of our materia medica / by C. Hering, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    and afterwards by perspiration and general prostration; pains extorted cries, < after sleeping. iFeet and legs CBdematous, r. leg <; pale face; tongue yellow; sclerotic yellow; r. sided sciatica at night, awaking him; pains come suddenly and disappear gradually. I Pain constantly changing locality, now in head, now in teeth, now in sciatic nerve, attended with nervousness, palpitation of heart; burning like fire in hypogastrium, lumbar region and behind sternum. ^Sciatica. iPain in thighs, as if swollen, in back part. llGressus gallinaceus. ■ Weakness, especially of legs. ■ Uneasiness in lower limbs. I I Feeling of weakness in knees after eating, with pressure in stomach. 1 I Feeling as from a sprain in r. knee. BStinging tearing in knees, with swelling. I I Aching in knees on waking in morning. ■ Sensation as if hot air was going through knee joints, which were shaky. ■ Left knee feels as if sprained. iSwelling of knees, tension in bend, difficulty in stretching. I I Pain in legs and stiffness in knees after sitting. ■ Near 1. knee joint a bunch of varicose veins size of a fist; veins as thick as a thumb and hard as a rope. ■ Contraction of hamstrings, after popliteal abscess. ■ Synovial fluid dried up; pain in knee day and night. ■ On external side of knee bluish redness. ^Erysipelas of leg. ■ ■Much pain of an aching kind, in shin bones only. ■ A half painful sensation of a sore place immediately be- low lower edge of patella of 1. leg, this trifling thing almost driving him wild; great distress of mind, as if some terrible evil was impending, the evil dreaded being in some way connected with the pain, but how, he could not tell. ■ Pains as if burnt in different places on tibia, at first itch- ing, but after rubbing there appeared rather sensitive spots as large as a quarter dollar, with dark blue red margins and dry scurf. ■ Caries of tibia. ■ Erysipelas with pustules; leg swollen bluish red, dis- charged matter from several holes, presenting appear- ance of a large carbuncle, with itching. ■ Erysipelas of leg; restless, could not sleep, least move- ment or touch on leg almost throwing child into con- vulsions; very angry appearance, dark blue spots on upper part just below knee, rest of limb of a dark, glossy redness.