Great prostration, with rapid sinking of the vital forces;
fainting:
The disposition is:
a -
Depressing, melancholic, despairing, indifferent.
b -
Anxious, fearful, restless, full of anguish.
c -
Irritable, sensitive, peevish, easily vexed.
The greater the suffering, the greater the anguish, restlessness
and fear of death.
Mentally restless, but physically too weak to move; cannot rest
in any place: changing places continually; wants to be moved from
one bed to another, and lies now here now there.
Anxious fear of death; thinks it useless to take medicine, is incurable,
is surely going to die; dread of death, when alone, or, going to
bed.
Attacks of anxiety at night driving out of bed, < after midnight.
Burning pains; the affected parts burn like fire, as if hot coals
were applied to parts ( Anthr. ), > by heat, hot drinks, hot
applications.
Burning thirst without special desire to drink; the stomach does
not seem to tolerate, because it cannot assimilate cold water; lies
like a stone in the stomach. It is wanted, but he cannot or dare
not drink it.
Cannot bear the smell or sight of food ( Colch. , Sep. ).
Great thirst for cold water; drinks often, but little at a time;
eats seldom, but much.
Gastric derangements; after cold fruits; ice cream; ice water;
sour beer; bad sausage; alcoholic drinks; strong cheese.
Teething children are pale, weak, fretful, and want to be carried
rapidly.
Diarrhoea, after eating or drinking; stool scanty, dark-colored,
offensive, and whether small or large, followed by great prostration.
Haemorrhoids: with stitching pain when walking or sitting, not
at stool; preventing sitting or sleep; burning pain < by heat;
fissures make voiding urine difficult.
Breathing: asthmatic; must sit or bend forward; springs out of
bed at night, especially after twelve o'clock; unable to lie down
for fear of suffocation; attacks like croup instead of the usual
urticaria.
Rapid emaciation: with cold sweat and great debility ( Tub. , Ver.
); of affected parts; marasmus.
Anasarca, skin pale, waxy, earth-colored ( Acet. ac. ).
Excessive exhaustion from least exertion.
Exhaustion is not felt by the patient while lying still; when he
moves he is surprised to find himself so weak.
Symptoms generally worse 1-2 p. m., 12-2 a. m.
Skin: dry and scaly; cold, blue and wrinkled; with cold, clammy
perspiration; like parchment; white and pasty; black vesicles and
burning pain.
Bad effects from decayed food or animal matter, whether by inoculation,
olfaction or ingestion.
Complaints return annually ( Carbo. v. , Lach. , Sulph. , Thuja
).
Relation. - Complementary: [Allium s.], Carbo. v. , Phos. , Pyr.
Ars. should be thought of in ailments from: chewing tobacco; alcoholism;
sea bathing; sausage poisoning; dissecting woulds and anthrax poison;
stings of venomous insects.
Aggravation. - After midnight (1 to 2 a. m. or p. m.); from cold;
cold drinks or food; when lying on affected side or with the head
low.
Amelioration. - From heat in general (reverse of Sec. ) except
headache, which is temporarily > by cold bathing ( Spig. ); burning
pain > by heat.
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