G. H. G. Jahr's Manual of homoeopathic medicine / translated from the German ; with improvements and additions ; by C. Hering ; in two volumes.

  • Jahr, G. H. G. (Gottlieb Heinrich Georg), 1800-1875.
Date:
1836-1838
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Credit: G. H. G. Jahr's Manual of homoeopathic medicine / translated from the German ; with improvements and additions ; by C. Hering ; in two volumes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    morning at 3, 4 o'clock.—When coughing stitches in the hack. —Jlcrnwpti/sis with violent affection of the breast. Short breathing, especially when ascending steps.— Asthmatic affection, With palpitation of the heart, especially after exercise. Stitches in the breast, when breathing and singing. — Stitches in the sides of the breast, when stooping and walking, and especially :it night in the left side, with inability to lie upon that side. — Congestion to the breast, after writing.— Burning in the breast. — Heaviness in the breast. — Hydrotborax. — Stitches in the musculous parts of the chest. — Racking from the sides of the breast to the shoulder-joint.— Palpitation of the heart. Drawing pain in the nape and the small of the back. — Painful swelling of the jugular and axillary glands. — Drawing tightness in the back and sacral region. The arms and fingers become torpid and dead, at night, in the morning, and when grasping something. — Rending in the joints of the arms, hands and fingers, alleviated by the warmth of the bed. — Pain in the wrist, which formerly was sprained. — Attacks of trembling of the hands. — Swollen veins and blue hands, after cold washing. — Scaling of the palm of the hands. — Hard cracked skin of the hands. — Spasm in the fingers. — The fingers asleep. — The fingers become bloated, when the arms hang down. — Swelling of the middle joints of the fingers. Tension in the legs, as if the tendons were too short. — Contraction of the legs. — Great weakness of the legs. — Pain in the hip-joints and thighs, as if beaten, in the morning in bed, relieved after rising and walking. — Cramp in the shinbones, calves of the legs and feet. — Twitches in the knee and legs. — Drawing pain in the legs, when sitting.—Rending in the feet-joints alleviated by warmth in bed.— Burning in the feet. — Stinging and soreness in the heel. — Swelling of the feet.— Sweating of the feet. — Wrenching pain in the big toe, at night in bed, when mov- ing.— Redness, heat, and swelling of the big toe in the evening, with pricking pain, as from chilblains. 13. Amnionic murias. Ammonium murialicum. —■ Germ. Salmiak. Duration of effect: several weeks. Antidote: camphora. Predominant effects: Tearing jerks, mostly in the limbs, as if in the bones, and particularly in the points of the fingers and toes. — Burning and pressing, or slinging and throbbing, like in an abscess, on many spots. — Tightness in the joints, as if the tendons were contracted. — The right side more affected, than the left. — Exacerbation of the pains (particularly in the extremities) in the evening and at night; relieved in the open air. Agitation of the blood in the body with anxiousness. — Disabling weakness and lassitude, particularly in the legs, with torpor, straining and drawing in the legs. Frequent pricking and after scratching a rash-like eruption.—Vesiculous erup- tion terminating with scabs. —The cuticle peeling off on different spots. Sleepiness in the daytime, with sluggishness and aversion to labour. — Early sleepiness in the evening. — Sleeplessness before midnight. — Early awaking. Frightful, anxious dreams. — Nightmare.