Fortieth day.—480. Dreams about dead bodies, assassins, decayed oxen, yellow water. Continual nosebleed, especially in the morning. The pains in the renal region decrease.
Forty-third day.—Nervous twitching at the left lower eyelid.
Forty-fifth day.—Flow of sad thoughts; she imagines she will lose somebody who is dear to her. 485. She cries every moment, and, for several days past imagines she is seeing the dead person before her eyes.
Fifty-eighth day.—Painful sensibility of the whole right half of the head, especially when touching it. Lancinations in the jaws, pain at the right arm. Impatience, anger; she bites her hands, and gets mad because her ideas flow too slowly.
Fourth prover: Mlle E. R. 17 years, sanguine temperament, good constitution. 490. At 8 o’clock in the morning, the ball of the thumb of each hand is painful. 9 o’clock: her feelings are excited and she cries a good deal. 10 o’clock: numbness of the right index, every minute. Half past 10: cold and clammy feet, followed by heat for three hours. Half past 11: short lancinations in the last two left molares, lower jaw; numbness in the bend of the right arm. 495. Lancination in the right index-finger, and especially in the articulation of the last phalanx. Sensation of a small ball under the left breast; at the same time, lancination under the left shoulder, for 5 minutes. At noon, large red spot on the lower part of the left cheek. Half past 12: heat at the face, for half an hour. Half past 12: small pimples on the left cheek, above the nose and near the lower lip; they are red, with a small white point in the middle. 500. At two o’clock, beating in the right index-finger. At half past 2, lancination in the gums. At a quarter past four; pain in the gums corresponding to the left eye, with heat in the face. Burning in the left cheek, weight at the eyes, lancinating pains in the ears. Pain at the outer ankle, as from a blow. 505. Frontal headache, at half past 9 in the evening. Cold sweat on the face. Pressure in the orbits, as from a violent headache. The teeth and gums are painful when pressing the teeth against each other; the pain extends to the nose. Toothache on the left side.
Second day.—510. Half past seven, white-coated tongue. Slight pain shifting from the left ear, where it commenced, to the left orbit. Small pimple at the inside of the left elbow, causing a smart itching. Half past 7, lancinations in the right side, every second. Cold feet. 515. Eight o’clock, pain as if the right arm had been stretched a long time, contusive pain at the back of the right hand, especially at the middle-finger. Lancinations in the gums on the right side. Itching at the forehead. Small pimples at the forehead. Suffocative oppression in the chest, especially when thinking of any thing contrary. 520. The oppression ascends and immediately after descends again. Heat mounting to the face. Pain at the sternum. Lancinations in the temples. Pain in the gums on the left side. 525. Discouraged, does not wish to do any thing. Weight at the arms. Suffocative oppression in the chest. Ten o’clock in the evening, pain in the orbits as from a violent headache, or as from looking fixedly at the same object.
Third day.—Half past 6 in the morning, the right cheek is quite swollen, without toothache. 530. Red pimple on the left cheek, in the middle, and on the left side of the neck, with a good deal of itching. Nine o’clock, beating at the right side of the thorax, almost under the shoulder. Half past 3, pain at the right wrist; all the veins and fibres hurt her. Half past 8, oppression at the stomach. Twisting colic. 535. Nine o’clock, heat at the face. Half past 10, desire to cry. Since taking the drug, the least thing irritates her; at such times she feels oppressed, with desire to cry, she blushes, sighs a good deal, several times a day. Less appetite. Pain at the chest, especially the left breast, when lying; the pain gradually passes to the right side.
Fourth day.—540. Since the first day, she wakes sooner than previously; her sleep was heavy and she was unable to open her eyes. Now she opens them easily, and the ideas come to her at once. Half past 5, shuddering all over, she feels oppressed, wants to cry. Colic, with cold feet. Eight o’clock, the shuddering extends over the legs; she feels oppressed and has cold feet. 545. Nine o’clock, prickling at the tongue on the left side, causing a good deal of water to accumulate in her mouth. Nervous pain shifting speedily from the orbits to the forehead, and disappearing at once. She sighs a good deal. Ten o’clock, she feels sick at the stomach, as from hunger, generally she is not hungry till noon. Hungry, sometimes shortly after a meal. 550. Pain as from pressing strongly on a sore behind the right ear, and under the neck, at the larynx; pain when moving the head. Cold feet, at 10 o’clock in the morning. Hunger, with pain in the stomach, at 11 o’clock. Tightness at the root of the nose, for an instant. Short lancinations all over the face, with tightness of the head emanating from the temples. 555. Slight contusive pain under the false right ribs.
Fifth day.—At noon, oppression hindering breathing. Oppression in the chest, causing her to sigh a good deal. Numbness of the head. The face, and head, from the vertex, pain her horribly. 560. Contusive pain between the ring- and little finger, only for a moment; reaching up to the elbow. Tightness at the back of the head. Pain as from weariness in front of and behind the neck. Frequent desire to urinate. The left cheek is very red. 565. Redness of the wing of the nose. Shuddering along the back and legs while taking breakfast. At 5 o’clock, oppression and sighs. Pain in the ear, and half of the jaw, followed by pricking in the ear. At a quarter past 5 o’clock, colic and shuddering. 570. At 8 o’clock, pain as from weariness between the shoulders. At 9 o’clock, oppression on the chest. She sighs a good deal. Internal trembling. Cold sweat on the feet. 575. At half past 10, red blotch on the right shoulder; hot feet, after lying down, in bed.
Sixth day.—At 6 o’clock, colic, with diarrhœa and internal trembling. Shuddering at half past 6. Red spot and itching at the forearm. At 7 o’clock, colic with diarrhœa and shuddering. 580. Nervous laughter which causes her to shudder. Cold feet, shuddering in the left leg. At 8 o’clock, cracking in the right forearm. Lancination in the left gums, reaching to the right ear. At a quarter past 8, red spot like a flea bite, on the back of the left hand. 585. Dulness of the head, with weight at the orbits. Cold feet, especially the left. At 9 o’clock, oppression on the chest, with sighing. At 11 o’clock, weight at the orbits, as from sleep. Crampy pain at the right wrist, shifting to the arm and then to the axilla. 590. Colic at the stomach. Oppression and sighing. Trembling of the right arm, and beating at the anterior surface of the wrist. At a quarter past 11, rheumatic pain at the right shoulder. Small vesicular pimples on the lower lip, itching a good deal. 595. Pain as from having been lying in a wrong position, under the arm, under the right sight side of the chest. Painful beating above the right breast. Painful lancinations in the head, striking to the ear and the left teeth, and then shifting to the upper part of the orbit. Drowsy at noon. Pain between the shoulders, worse by pressing against the sternum. 600. Contusive pain at the left leg. Painful stitch at the outer breast, extending under the arm. Hungry, but satiated at once. Itching at the right outer ankle. Numbness of the right arm, as far as the left index-finger, all the muscles hurt him. 605. At one o’clock, formication in the soles of the feet. At half past one, contusive pain in the back, at the hips and in the renal region. Strong pressure at the left temple. Drowsy at 2 o’clock. Colic at half past 3. 610. At 4, beating at the outer side of the right wrist. Nervous shuddering all through the chest, and passing between the shoulders. Lancination from the left side of the head to the eye, temples, above the ear and in the lower jaw. Whizzing in the ears. Pain at the stomach as from hunger. 615. Lancination in the left breast. Lancination in the first phalanx of the middle-finger. At 4, toothache on the left side, affecting the eyes. Violent pain in the back as if weary, and affecting the lumbar region. Pain at the stomach, oppression, sighs. 620. Lancination in the left gums. At 4, beating in the right external ankle. Lancination in the whole jaw. Redness, and heat mounting to the face; cheeks and forehead are redder than the rest of the face. At half past 8, oppression, pain at the stomach, as from hunger.