Fourth prover: Miss Célia, 17 years old, sanguine temperament, good constitution, pale face, cheerful disposition, auburn hair.
Evanescent and confused ideas. Want of memory. Passing recollection, which escape from her mind without her thinking of it. Sadness unto tears, with headache, second day. 120. Deep sleep, commencing early, and lasting longer than usual, for three days. Drowsy all day, with frequent yawning, but no desire to lie down. Unpleasant dreams which she does not recollect on waking. Quiet sleep in spite of the disturbing dreams which she forgets on waking, second day. Prostration as from sleepiness, without desiring to sleep. 125. Dreams about dead bodies, she wakes with a start and cold sweat all over her body. Sensation as if the finger were pressed on the right temple, with sensitiveness to contact, second day, noon. Lancinating pain in the right temple, suddenly shifting to the left temple and thence to the vertex, where a burning sensation is experienced, second day. Pain and heat in the forehead, with pressure on the eyes, second day, three in the afternoon. Dull pain at the root of the nose, evening. 130. Numbness and compressive sensation as if a warm bandage were wrapped round the head. General prostration as from sleepiness. The voice seems to come from afar. The body seems insensible when she is lying down, and she feels as if in a swoon. When walking she feels as if she did not touch the soil, and as though she would fall. 135. Painfulness of the eyes, as if the eyeballs were driven out of the orbits by some foreign body. Sensation as if the head were full of warm water. Sadness, tears; in her sadness she remains seated, motionless, speechless (all these symptoms occurred within an hour, second day, after 12). Headache, with weight on the eyes, second day. Sensation as if stung by ants under the left lower eyelid. 140. Nose slightly inflamed and shining. Dull pain at the root of the nose, on the evening of the first day. Pain at the left wing of the nose, which spreads to the opposite side, followed by bloating on the dorsum of the nose, second day, at noon. Sense of heat in the face, though the skin feels cool. Sensation as if a needle had been stuck in the upper lip from within outwards, eleventh day, on rising in the morning. 145. Toothache. Dry mouth. Burning tongue as from hot water, on rising from bed. On going to bed, flow of watery and cold saliva, depositing an ash-colored sediment and whitish granulations, which taste and smell like bile, but are not bitter. Sharp and lancinating pain striking through the spleen from below upwards, second day. 150. Slight colic in the descending colon. From 11 in the morning until evening she urinates every five minutes, with heat in the urethra, second day. She urinates three or four times an hour, without pain, third day. Urine colorless, on the following days. Tightness and beating in the region of the heart, fourth day, evening. 155. Deep-seated and dull pains in the chest, under the sternum. Dull pain in the posterior cervical region, when moving, the neck, second day, noon. In the right wrist-joint she feels an internal, sharp pain which seems to be more violent externally. A similar pain is felt at the left wrist, but less intense. Pain from the humero-cubital articulation to the wrist. 160. Numbness at the posterior and internal part of the forearm. Sharp pain, and sensation of painful roughness at the forearm, first day, evening. Pain in the right hand, from the circumference to the centre. Sudden pain at the left little finger, striking through the whole forearm, becoming seated at the humero-cubital articulation and increasing gradually, with sensation of constriction, second day, morning. Shooting, and itching at the internal and upper part of the forearm, second day, morning. 165. Pains in the last fingers of the right hand as if they had been struck with a hammer, second day, noon. Sweat in the palm of the hands, second day, evening. Twisting sensation in the scapulo-humeral articulation, when stooping, third day. Sense of paralysis in the forearms and the phalangeal articulations, the fingers feeling numb, third day, evening. Heat in the skin of the arm, as if slightly burnt, after rubbing the hand over it. 170. Slight crampy pain in the tendons of the palms of the hands, and in the forepart of the wrist. Similar pain in the tendons of the ring-fingers, sixth day. Renewed crampy pain in the hands, ninth day. Cramp in the right ring-finger, tenth day. Slight cramps in the hands, twelfth day. 175. Numbness from the knee to the sole of the foot, where it becomes seated, first day, noon. Weakness and numbness of the legs, especially when rising, first day, after 12 in the day-time. Weakness in the legs and knees when stooping. Weakness in the legs, so that the knees give way, second day, after 12. Pain at the forepart of the tibia, as from a blow. 180. Contusive pain at the calf, aggravated by contact. Dullness of the sentient faculty when lying, as if the body were numb.
Fifth prover: Miss Nina, 14 years old, sanguine temperament, cheerful disposition, red face, auburn hair.
The least cause excites her mirth; she would like to sing. Regular sleep, generally longer than the three first days. Drowsy all day, with frequent yawning, without any desire to go to bed. Dreams which she is unable to recollect. Lachrymation, with sensation as of sand in the eyes. Urine more profuse and of a lighter color. Numbness of the right arm.
Sixth prover: Mr. Cyprien Huet, 51 years old, sanguine temperament, robust constitution, serious disposition, red conjunctiva, weak sight, redness of the margin of the eyelids.
Very gay. He laughs and sings all day. Deep sleep, commencing sooner and ending later than usual, for four days. Quarrelsome dreams, second day. Violet-colored spots elongated horizontally, on the right hypochondrium. Dull pain at a point on the hairy scalp, and pressure at the occiput on the right side. 195. Boring pain at the top of the forehead, second day. Contusive pain at the zygomata. Violent lancinations in the upper part of the forehead and in the left side of the head, for one minute, second day, noon. Pain in the upper part of the left parietal bone, as if the skull would split. Boring pains in the right upper lid, first day. 200. Dull pain at the right eye, as from a blow, relieved by pressure, second day, noon. Slight pain in the nose. Intense and sudden itching on the dorsum of the nose. Stoppage of the right ear, with hard hearing. Contusive pains in the outer parts of the orbits. 205. Sensation as of a pustule on the cheek, of the size of a pea, for some seconds. Violent itching at the same place. Sensation in the throat as from swallowing some astringent substance. Borborygmi when lying down, second day, morning. Lancination in the hypochondria. 210. Mucous diarrhœa, dark-colored, mixed with fæcal matter in hard and single fragments, third day. Light-colored and copious urine, second and third day. Dry heat in the palms of the hands, for several days. Sense of contusion in the muscles of the right forearm, at the inner side between the radius and cubitus, first day, morning. Crampy pain in the muscles of the right hand, especially at the thumb, first day, morning. 215. Dull pain and numbness, as is experienced when pressing the brachial nerve where it passes over the internal condyle of the humerus; aggravated by contact, first day, noon. Violent crampy pain in the muscles of the palm of the right hand, for five minutes. Crampy pain in the left little finger. Numbness of the fingers of the right hand for several hours, first day, after 12. Lancination and heat at the tip of the right thumb, as if there were a whitlow, extending to the first phalangeal articulation. 220. Heaviness and numbness of the extremities, first day, evening. Contusive pain at the forearm. Itching at the last fingers. Numbness of the extremities after rising from bed, second day, three different times. Itching in the palm of the left hand. 225. Pain in the external middle part of the right forearm, as if needles were thrust in. A similar feeling at the left arm, but less distinct. On rising from bed, in the morning, numbness and itching at the right foot, first day. Dull pain in the knee-joint and bend of the knee, especially the first day. Numbness and slight itching of the right leg, down to the foot, second day, noon. 230. Slight, acute and circumscribed pains in the groins, repeatedly and at intervals. Heat in the loins, second day. Dry heat all over, especially in the palms of the hands. General weakness, every morning after rising from bed.
ARRANGEMENT ACCORDING TO HAHNEMANN.
Mental, Moral, Head: 1. Sad. Sad, motionless, speechless. Confused ideas. Merry, disposed to sing. 5. Boring pain at the top of the forehead. Lancinations in forehead and left side of the hand. Splitting pain in left parietal bone. Pain and head in forehead, with pressure on the eyes. Numbness and compressive sensation at the head as from a warm bandage. 10. Sensation as if the finger were pressed on the right temple. Lancing pain in the temples, shifting to the vertex where she feels a burning. Pain at vertex, as from a blow. Numb pain, with pressure, in the temples. Heaviness in the forehead when stooping. 15. Headache, with small pulse and hot face. Painful stitch in forehead, worse when opening the eyes. Stabbing sensation in right temple. Dull, beating pain in left temple. Compressive pain in forepart of head. 20. Headache on waking. Heaviness of the head, also at the vertex. Sense of fullness in the head, as if it would split. Sense as if hot water were thrown on the hairy scalp. Deep-seated pain in upper part of the brain, less when walking about. 25. Dull pain at a point on the hairy scalp.
Eyes, &c.: Lachrymation and feeling as of sand in the eyes. Boring pains in right upper lid. Dull pain at the right eye as from a blow. Pain as if the eyes were driven out. 30. Stinging under the left lower lid. Redness of the conjunctiva. The flame of the candle looks yellow. Eyes half closed, bloated. Weight at the eyelids, she has to close them and then sees figures. 35. Dimness of sight. Painful burning at the margin of the eyelids. Toothache. Sense of heat in the face. Itching of the dorsum of the nose. 40. Nose inflamed, shining. Pain at the alæ nasi, followed by bloating of the dorsum of the nose. Stoppage of the right ear. Report in the ears when lying down. The left ear is hot and red.
Mouth, Stomach, &c.: 45. Stitching in the upper lip. Dry mouth. Burning in the tongue. Flow of saliva in the evening, with ash-colored sediment and granulations tasting like bile. Sore throat with difficulty of swallowing saliva. 50. Astringent sensation in the throat. Lancinations in the epigastrium and stomach. Stomach-ache, with cold feeling internally. Acute pain in stomach when rising from a chair. Circumscribed pains in the groins. 55. Rumbling. Lancing pain in the spleen. Dull pain in bowels.