Introduction
A mineral spring at Kiszlawodsk in the Russian Caucasus.
Mind
Lively mood (third day). Pleasant, lively mood. A kind of intoxication (second day). Complete apathy.
Head
Vertigo at 10 A.M. Pain in the whole head (fourth day). Unusual heat on the vertex for a short time in the afternoon (third day).
Nose
Sneezing (second day).
Mouth
Flow of saliva (fourth day). Bad taste in the mouth, in the morning (fourth day).
Throat
Constant sensation of dryness in the throat (second day); desire to drink water, but the dryness in the throat caused aversion to it (third day). Peculiar sensation in the throat during sleep, that woke him and obliged him to rise, after eating (second day).
Stomach
Increase of appetite. Desire for salt food (fifth day). Loss of appetite (fourth day). Aversion to the usual food (third day). Appetite for smoking disappears (second day). Eructations (third day). Heartburn, with a feeling of disordered stomach (fourth day). Pain in the stomach during the night, associated in the morning with pain in the back. Slight pressure in the stomach (second day).
Abdomen
Extraordinary flatulence after partaking of bread and acid drink (fifth day).
Stool
Two normal evacuations during the day. Urging to stool, with a slight pain in the stomach, as in diarrhoea, with normal evacuation, preceded by some stitches in the abdomen (fourth day). The faeces contain more bile than usual (after six days).
Urinary Organs
Urging to urinate (second day).
Sexual Organs
(Contraction of the penis, phimosis, in the water). Pain in the spermatic cord.
Neck and Back
Pain in the back on coughing. Pain in the back on moving about. Pain, as from a sprain, in the small of the back.
Inferior Extremities
Feeling of weariness in the feet, as after a long walk. Bruised pain in the feet. Sensitiveness of the heels (second day).
General Symptoms
The most marked effects of the water are the greatly excited activity of the kidneys, and the penetrating ammoniacal odor of the urine. Weariness. General sick feeling (second day).
Skin
Biting and corroding sensation on the glans penis and on the scrotum, feeling almost intolerable.
Sleep
Sleepiness (second day). Restless sleep, caused by the trouble in the throat (third day).
Fever
Feeling of warmth over the body, especially on the parts that have been long in the water. The feet, held for a long time in the water, seemed warmer than usual, in the afternoon. Inclination to perspire (second day).