KEY-NOTES TO THE MATERIA MEDICA
by HENRY N. GUERNSEY, M.D.
Presented by Médi-T
Characterized by dropsical conditions; uterine hæmorrhages.
Mental.--Bewildered, low-spirited, stupid.
Head.--Heaviness of the head, aching in small of back and limbs. Hydrocephalus; stupor, sight of one eye totally lost, the other nearly so; constant involuntary motion of one arm and leg.
Eyes.--Sensation as if grains of sand were in one or both eyes, with heat, irritation and redness.
Nose.--Catarrh of the; nostrils and throat are filled with thick, yellow mucus, on wakening in the morning. Snuffles.
Face.--Face bloated; worse lying down, passes off on sitting up; color bluish or leaden.
Mouth.--Increased secretion of mucus and saliva in mouth and fauces, amounting to salivation.
Stomach.--Great thirst, but water disagrees, causing pain, or is immediately vomited. Nausea, with vomiting, or efforts to vomit. Sensation of sinking in the stomach.
Abdomen.--Distension of the abdomen after a moderate dinner. Ascites, often with chronic diarrha.
Stool.--Evacuations exceedingly scanty and very often bilious.
Urine.--Very scanty; sometimes very profuse; is often very yellow and without sediment. Sometimes cures nocturnal enuresis.
Chest.--Very great difficulty in breathing, even in a sitting posture; breath very short and unsatisfactory. Short, dry, hacking cough, sometimes incessant. Hydrothorax.
Heart and Pulse.--Palpitation troublesome on walking; heart action scarcely perceptible. Pulse feeble, quick, irregular.
Extremities.--Upper: Finger nails of bluish red color. Lower: aching in both knees. dema of feet, ankles and legs.
Sleep.--Drowsiness, vomiting, weak, restlessness. After sleep; nausea; thirst; dry mouth and lips; sinking at the stomach; oppression of chest.
Fever.--Body covered with large drops of cold sweat. Dropsy after scarlet fever; after abuse of quinine.
Sexual.--Male: Penis and scrotum swollen, dropsical. Female: Ovarian tumors. Metrorrhagia continuous or paroxysmal fluid or clotted; nausea, vomiting, palpitation; pulse quick, feeble, when moved; fainting when raised from a pillow. Cough during pregnancy.
Generalities.--Sense of general but transient debility.
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