Thirty-seventh day.—305. Hard, scanty and difficult stool. Absence of mind. Not disposed to work. Peevish. Red eyelids. 310. Lazy, weary. Constant yawning.
Thirty-eighth day.—Hungry, two hours after a copious meal. Tightness at the stomach, in the evening.
Thirty-ninth day.—At five o’clock in the morning, violent sensation of hunger, with tensive and pressive pain at the stomach; when lying, the pain extends to the umbilical region. 315. The pain during a walk continues; pressure after eating; painful sensation of hunger. Acute pain at the stomach, with constant hunger. Frequent desire to urinate. The urine deposits a white sediment. At noon, pressive pain at the stomach, before and after eating. 320. Acute pain, like a stitch, at the anterior surface of the right lung, which hinders breathing. Absence of mind, he makes many mistakes, mistakes one month for another, for several days. He mistakes the street twice. During the last days of the proving, frequent urination with whitish deposit.
Third prover: Mme. Al. j., 26 years old, sanguine temperament, good constitution.
First day.—Took one dose of the 5th attenuation, at 10 o’clock in the evening.
In the morning on waking, doughy taste in the mouth, and great drowsiness. 325. She dreams about death, burial. Small painful pimples on the left side of the tongue. Burning at the stomach. Stiffness at the nape of the neck. Weakness of the legs and arms. 330. Nausea at two o’clock. Fever: face of a scarlet-red, hands burning-hot. Depression of spirits, has no desire to do any thing, nothing pleases him. White spots on the tongue. Frequent desire to urinate. 335. Feeling of weariness all over. Sense of pain with heat at the sacrum.
Second day.—Lancinating pain, zig-zag, in the uterus, at half past six in the morning. Slight leucorrhœa. Dry cough. 340. Pain in the groin, compressive sensation as during parturition. Lancination from the lumbar region to the coccyx.
Third day.—Restless night, frequent waking. On waking, sense of weariness, as if strained. Acute pain in the palm of the left hand, proceeding from the index, and describing a circle extending to the carpal articulation of the thumb. 345. Very weary, especially the left leg. At half past 12, third night, writhing colic. Violent diarrhœa at one o’clock, with pains similar to those which she had experienced on her return from a voyage to Brazil. Fetid stool, with white little worms. 350. The diarrhœa continues and is succeeded by a great weakness of the chest. Violet-colored cheeks. Heat in the cheeks and temples. Red forehead. Small miliary vesicles on the right cheek, on the middle of the forehead and on the left cheek. 355. Listless, she attends to things as if she took no sort of interest in them.
Fifth day.—Dreams about a church-yard; she placed torches on the graves. On waking, her face is bloated and scarlet-red. Blotches on the right cheek, similar to those which she had after her return from a voyage to Brazil (at this time an enormous crusty tetter commenced in this way). Intolerable heat at the chest, at two o’clock, violent pain and burning sensation at the sternum.
Sixth day.—360. Restless sleep. Nervousness, impatience, at half past 12. Dry heat in the hands.