SECOND PROVING.

_First day._—Heavy sleep, with numbness on waking; sensation as if the

whole body were bruised. Drawing pain from the throat to the arm; her

tongue is thick as if very much swollen.

_Second day._—The left arm is very numb, pain in the left shoulder, as if

beaten by hammers. 115. Stitching pain at the pit of the stomach, after

eating. Crampy pain in the right hand, followed by shuddering all over.

_Third day._—No sleep until midnight. At seven in the morning, itching

at the corner of the right lip. Nose swollen on the left side, with

pain, which is less in the open air and worse when the parts are touched.

120. Painless lachrymation. Itching on the back of the hands. Weariness.

Desire to vomit, worse after half an hour; passes off by stirring

about. Pain in the pit of the stomach as from a band cutting the body

in two, for half an hour. 125. Pain at the bend of the knee, as if a

tendon were slowly drawn inwards. Buzzing in the left ear. Rheumatic

pain at the right shoulder-blade, for some minutes. Drowsy from noon

to three o’clock. Headache above the orbits and in the temples, worse

when raising the eyes or touching the parts. 130. Pain in the pectoralis

major, commencing under the axilla, and, in a few minutes, extending

to the heart. Worm-colic in the lower part of the abdomen, for five

minutes, with ineffectual effort to go to stool, and with tenesmus.

Frequent yawning. Pain at the right arm, like a blow with the hammer, and

numbness. Vertigo while steadying a basin with water, the head inclining

forward. 135. Pain in the right cheek, passing off by pressing on the

bony eminence. Compression as by a band around the waist, especially

at the epigastrium. Feeling of weakness in the stomach, with faint

feeling. Crampy pain in the right side of the neck, extending to various

parts of the shoulder and arm; relieved by pressure. Colic caused by

the damp air. 140. Coldness at the stomach, extending over the chest as

far as the throat. Pain with twitching of the muscles under the right

breast, extending and diminishing towards the axilla. Rheumatic pain and

stiffness of the left index-finger, which remains stretched for some

minutes. Contusive pain at the right hip, lessened by pressure. A cake

remains arrested in the œsophagus, after which it suddenly falls into

the stomach with a shaking sensation; the same symptom is experienced in

drinking. 145. Heat at the tip of the tongue as from spice, and sensation

as if the papillæ would expand and open. The abdominal functions are

regular. Dark urine. Stitching pain in the left axilla. Shuddering and

cold sweat in the air. 150. Violent coryza, inflammation, itching at the

nose. The limbs feel bruised. Desire for cressis, with loathing when

seeing it. Contraction of the leg, with stiffness of the bend of the knee.

_Fourth day._—Sensation as if a knife were plunged into the epigastrium

from without inwards. 155. Dry cough, with loss of breath. Violent

shock across the middle of the back. Throbbing in the head, from within

outwards, causing her to incline the head forwards. She imagines she is

abandoned in a church-yard, pursued by a phantom, and cries though nobody

hears her, with loss of voice next morning. Lancination from the ear to

the shoulder. 160. Beating in the forehead, causing her to incline her

head forward, not long. Sensation like a blow at the left big toe. Merry

after the sadness of the previous days (curative effects). Desire for

fruit and loathing of food.

_Fifth day._—Bleeding from the right nostril, the blood is black and

coagulated, with itching. 165. Pain in the right eye as from some round

weight, resting upon it, with itching in the inner canthus. Pain in the

shoulder extending around the neck like a band, with stitch in the pit of

the stomach and nape of the neck. Pricking and pressing pain around the

head. Crampy pain in the left hand. The nose bleed continues until one

o’clock, when it becomes violent, with red and bright blood.

_Sixth day._—170. Deep sleep. Pain as if a penknife were stuck along the

jaw, short-lasting. Crampy pain behind the neck, for five minutes. Short

pain from the temple to the chin, as if the face were cut with a razor.

Beating in the pit of the stomach, with pricking, worse when drawing

breath, not long. 175. Pain from the left ear to the lower part of the

neck, along the course of the carotid, worse when inclining the head

toward the right. The left ear feels as if stopped up, she does not hear

any thing with it. Loathing of meat.

_Seventh day._—Pain in the back as from a nail, extending to the

intra-scapular region. Pain in the right side arresting the breathing.

180. Shuddering all over as when the fever commences. Heat after the

cold, especially in the renal region. Constrictive pain at the heart,

extending to the left axilla. Desire to vomit, for half an hour.

Pricking at the tip of the middle-finger, drawing it up, so that she is

unable to stretch it.

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