pain in right side of head; pain behind right ear. From two to six, slight burning in face, followed by rheumatic pains in right leg and arm. Nine, P.M. Pain in back of left breast near the axilla; feeling rather languid; appetite somewhat increased. April 9. Had dreams of food and awoke hungry. Dull, rheumatic pain in anterior muscles of right femur and humerus, which disappear after getting up. Twenty-four ounces of rather red urine. Afternoon. Some pain in left biceps muscle. Six, P.M. Pain behind right ear, in left temple and in back of neck. Ten, P.M. Hard pain in left side of head, and behind right ear. April 10. Slept pretty well, but had some dreams of food. Awoke towards morning, feeling somewhat feverish. Awoke having hard, sticking pain in left temple, followed by a dull headache, and cords of the neck lame on the right side; occasional stitches behind the right ear; pulse 104, quick, small, and somewhat intermittent; mouth and throat dry; a faint feeling in stomach. About noon, headache, worse in left temple; pain in back of neck; whole neck feels swollen; pain in right mastoid process of temporal bone. Two, P.M. Pulse 84; head aches, and feels large. Three, P. M. Pulse 96; hot flushes and pain in top of head and eyes. For three days has had no stool till to-day. Stool nearly natural. Rainy by spells to-day. Feels sick all over and indifferent to duties. Went to bed in the afternoon and soon to sleep. Awoke at five, P.M., with pain behind right ear and in shoulder, near the spine of right scapula; a lame spot on the inside of right knee as large as a penny; otherwise quite well. April 11. A cool night after the rain. Had ten hours of sound, refreshing sleep. Feels quite well; pulse 80; twenty-eight ounces of clear urine in the last twenty-four hours. Lame spot still felt; back somewhat lame on waking. Eleven, A.M. A few minutes after taking drug, had a very severe pain in the right ear; had been ironing one hour. Pulse 92. Two, P.M. Severe backache, worse in lumbar region; transient rheumatic pains in right side and right shoulder-blade; dull pain in region of liver. Had a slight headache and an unpleasant feeling in the throat all the afternoon. Five, P.M. Pulse 88, and occasionally intermitting. Seven, P.M. Feels as though diarrhoea were coming; desire for stool, tenesmus, but no stool. Heat and dryness of the œsophagus, as before. April 12. Slept ten hours. Awoke three or four times during the night with hard pain in the bowels; mouth and throat very dry. Awoke with backache, and unable to speak aloud for some time; a faint feeling. Twenty-one ounces of clear urine in twenty-four hours. Pulse 75. Weary feeling in the limbs; rheumatic pains in arms. Two, Pulse 106; hot flushes and slight headache. Seven, P.M. Hard backache the whole length of spine and back of neck; also through right shoulder. Appetite good, but no stool for two days. P.M. April 13. Had a restless night, full of dreams, with some fever. Backache in the morning, pain in the bowels, and constipation. Nine, A.M. Hard stool, and after it a smarting like piles. Some backache and shooting pains through shoulder and chest. Has taken no more of the drug since yesterday. Two, P.M. Pulse 96, with burning cheeks and hot flushes. Symptoms passed off in three or four days after leaving off the drug. Less tendency to costiveness. SECOND PROVING. May 7, 1867.-The tasks incident to a change of abode have required much more labor than usual. During the week past, has had a rather profuse flow of urine of a light color, with occasional rheumatic pains in upper and lower limbs, and neuralgic headache one afternoon, which was relieved by Aconite. Bowels regular, not having been costive since ceasing to take drug. Catamenia returned two days too soon, and quite copious. The second experiment was with the sixth decimal attenuation. During the seven days of proving, took ten drops regularly three times a day. Weather warm and pleasant. No epidemic. No symptoms on the first day, except a slight headache after a long walk. During evening took slight cold. May 8. four hours. Thirty ounces of clear urine during last twenty- Three, P.M. May 10.- Slept well and feels well. Twenty-six ounces of urine in twenty four hours; pain behind the right ear at half past eight, A.M. Increasing appetite. At seven, P.M., soft stool, with tenesmus. May 11. Twenty-eight ounces of urine in twenty-four hours. Slept very soundly. Hungry all the time; unusual energy to work; in fact, feels better than before commencing the proving. At night had a slight headache. Retired at eight, and slept soundly all night. May 12. On awaking, had a pain in the small of the back, which ceased after rising, leaving, for a while, a tired feeling. Eight, A.M. Soft stool. At nine, A.M., felt a hard pain in the epigastrium, with slight feeling of nausea for about five minutes, and afterwards, three or four times during the day. Bowels slightly distended at night, and feeling like diarrhoea. During the day would be startled at slight, unusual sounds. Went to bed early, and slept soundly all night. May 13. Feels lame in the region of the kidneys, on waking. Soon after rising and taking drug, felt sharp stitches through the right lung, which is sound. Soon after, had a pain behind § II.-18* the right ear, which she felt certain was caused by the drug. Bowels soon felt tendency to diarrhoea. Eight, A.M. Very soft stool. At ten, a darting pain under right breast. From two to four, P.M., headache on the left side, and sharp pain in left temple. Pulse 92. May 14.- Awoke with headache and hunger, both of which passed off after a hearty breakfast. Urine twenty-eight ounces in twenty-four hours; clear. Took last dose in this proving this morning. Rumbling in bowels. Eight, A.M. Had a sharp pain in left ear. Two, P.M. After a walk, lay down and slept three hours. Awoke with slight pain near the heart, and afterward shooting pain under the right breast. Pulse, on rising, 100; one hour later, 80. Natural stool in the evening. Remarks.-Thinks the provings have improved the condition of kidneys. Bowels nearly natural after first proving, but very costive since the second. PROVINGS BY MR. ALLEN C. COWPERTHWAIT. Prover a student of medicine. Age twenty years; mentalvital temperament predominant; dark hair; gray eyes; weighs one hundred and forty-two pounds; height five feet eight inches. FIRST PROVING. March 17, 1867.-Took five drops of sixth dec. dil., four times per day, one hour before each meal, and before going to bed. Eleven, A.M. A severe frontal headache, lasting about ten minutes. One, P.M. Dull frontal headache, lasting all the afternoon. March 18, seven, A.M.- Dull feeling, with sensation of weakness in upper extremities, which lasts all day. Towards evening the weakness extends to lower extremities. March 19.- Nervous trembling of hands. Pressure in frontal region, extending into root of nose, with a sensation as if a nail was being driven into the brain on the left side. Symptoms ameliorate towards evening. March 20. Before rising in the morning, sensation as of a foreign substance in the larynx; on rising, pain in the right hypochondrium, disappearing on pressure. Throat sore, growing worse in the afternoon. From four to eight, P.M., aching of right molar teeth, commencing in lower jaw and gradually extending to the upper of same side. After going to bed, colicky pains in umbilical region, with a desire to press them, but pressure aggravates; better on rising. Stomach feels empty. Pains shoot from right hypochondrium downwards. -- March 21, ten, A.M. Feeling as if the tongue had been cut in the middle, and was just healing up. Two, P.M. Aching of right molar teeth, lasting only a few minutes; returning at six, P.M., lasting the remainder of the evening. Seven, P.M. Sore throat; worse than yesterday. After going to bed, colic similar to that described yesterday, but not quite as severe. March 22. A dull, stupid feeling all day. Colic pains came on earlier than yesterday, and are of short duration. March 23. A feeling of dullness, and inability to pursue studies; otherwise well. March 24. Took last of preparation last night. Three, P.M. Throbbing pains in the right hypochondrium. March 25. A general depression of spirits; no appetite. March 26. rated. - All the former symptoms, but greatly amelio March 27, six, P.M.— Itching of the right ear. March 28. Right ear inflamed, and somewhat swollen. March 29. Right ear broke out in white blisters on red base; copious discharge of a watery fluid on puncturing; shooting pains in ear, when lying on that side. March 30. Soreness and swelling of the lymphatic gland under right ear. Four, P.M. Steady, cutting pain in right hypochondrium. |