_First day._—Took one dose of the third trituration at 8 in the morning.
1. Desire to vomit and nausea at the sight of food, immediately. At
night, sense of dryness and fullness in the stomach. Very drowsy after
dinner.
_Second day._—5. Wakes early. Merry and quiet dreams. Sense of fullness
in the abdomen, at 5 in the morning, when lying. Diarrhœa. Transitory
pains in the toes, right temple and one of the right cuspidati. 10. Pains
at the lower extremity of the right forearm. Pain at the right zygoma.
Pain at the first incisor. Bleeding of the gums. Pain in one half of the
head. 15. Buzzing in the ears. The knees give way, likewise the tarsal
joints. The toothache becomes obstinate. After dinner all the pains
cease. Shuddering with chattering of the teeth. 20. Cough with pains in
the chest. Stitch in the region of the heart, left side, which stops
his speech for two minutes. Pain at the right arm, from the hand to the
elbow, as if extending the arm were prevented by a string. Improvement
when turning the arm or lifting a weight, or moving it about; aggravation
as soon as these movements cease. After breakfast, boring pain through
the bones of the skull. 25. Aggravation when lying down, and improvement
when walking in the open air. Pains in the stomach, as if strung together.
_Third day._—Quiet sleep with merry dreams; in the morning he dreams of
insects and a serpent which it was difficult to kill. Painful sensation
at the articulation of the jaw. Whizzing and buzzing from the left ear
to the back part of the head. 30. Long-lasting prickings at the zygoma.
Very much disposed to write, in the morning, ceasing after breakfast.
Heaviness of the head from 10 to 11. Abundant desquamation in the region
of the whiskers and at the knee. The whizzing in the ears continues. 35.
Acute pain in the intercostal muscles, in the evening, while riding on
horseback. Prickings on the vertex from time to time, especially on the
right side. Pain at the lower extremity of the forearm. Dizziness in
the back part of the head when writing. Roaring in the ears, as from a
distant gale. 40. Bitter mouth and throat, with salt taste. Nausea, with
piercing pain in the back, for 15 minutes.
_Fourth day._—Boring pain through the skull-bones. Cough as the day
before. General weakness. 45. Drowsy all day. Lancination in the left
side of the head, through the skull-bones; inability to move the head,
for three minutes. When sitting or rising, lancinating pain in the right
big toe hindering walking, for two minutes. 50. Painful swelling of the
abdomen, before dinner. Itching of the pubis after taking tea.
_Fifth day._—Disposed to yawn, with flow of saliva. Lachrymation. Stitch
in the left side, for five minutes, hindering gaping. 55. Shootings in
the epigastrium, for several minutes. Pain in the left side, at the
moment when he attempted to gape. Acute pain from the left ear to the
jaw, for two minutes. Constriction from the neck to the diaphragm, with
heaviness of the head and arms. 60. Numbness for half an hour. Pain in
the right side, for two minutes, as if a plug were thrust in. Pain in
the urethra after urinating, worse when stooping in order to pick up
something. Pain around the navel. Continued swelling and pain of the
abdomen, down to the left groin. 65. Drowsy. Good appetite. Nausea after
dinner. Shuddering from time to time. Heat and numbness of the feet. 70.
Merry dreams, at night.
_Sixth day._—Itching all over, with bleeding after scratching. Pain in
the right arm, as if the bones were broken, with inability to grasp
any thing. Deafness on the left ear, as if stopped. Inconsistent and
capricious mood.
_Tenth day._—The scales on the head and in the whiskers are less;
before, they were so thick that he did not feel either the cold or
heat, and was insensible to water. Irritable, he quarrels about the
least trifle. Cracks between the toes. Violent pain in the left kidney.
Constant whizzing in the ears. 80. The speech is sometimes embarrassed.
He discovers some gray hairs. His hair falls off. Every thing is
disagreeable to him; he desires to travel.