The guiding symptoms of our materia medica / by C. Hering, M.D.

  • Constantine Hering
Date:
1879-1891
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Credit: The guiding symptoms of our materia medica / by C. Hering, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Swelling of arm around the elbow. Tearing pains on inner surface of forearm, in a line from elbow to wrist. Fine stitches in wrists, if hands become warm, and during rest; they do not disappear on motion. Pain in wrists, as ]f wrenched or sprained, on every motion. Swollen hands. Complaints predominate in palm of hand. Stitching pain in fingers when writing. On writing or taking hold of anything, a sensation as if finger- joints were swollen and puffed; they are painful on much exertion and on touch. Rather hot, pale swelling in last joint of little finger, with stick- ing in it on moving the finger, or on pressing it. ■ Hot, pale swelling of finger-joints and whole hand. ^Rheu- matic attacks. ^' Lower Limbs. I Inflammation of psoas muscles. Pains in right trochanteric and gluteal region, of an aching, cramp-like and bruised kind ; worse at every motion. I Pains in 1. lumbar region extending to thigh; < in after- noon, when sitting up and by movement; walks with crutches. ^Sciatica. Stabbing pain in hips. I Shooting pains extending towards hip. Stitches in hip-joint, extending to knee. In morning, feels lame and bruised, particularly in right hip. Cracking and feeling of dislocation of hip-joint, when walking. ■ Sciatica : pains < sitting up, by moving, and late in evening; lies best on painful side; often <^ by cold water. IA few large stitches, like knife-stitches, in hips. Great painfulness of right thigh ; pain comes from head of fe- mur, extends along anterior surface of thigh to knee. ■ Great weariness in thighs, he can scarcely go up steps; less when going down steps. ■ When walking bent, sticking pain from hip into knee. Complaints predominate on front side of thigh, in patella, and in calf of leg. ■ Stitches in knees when walking. Pain in right knee, so that in evening he could scarcely walk, and was obliged to keep the leg very quiet; inner side of knee very painful to touch ; next morning, while in bed, there was no pain, but after being up a while pain returned. Painful stiff'ness of knees, with stitches, especially when moving them. ■ Synovial inflammation of knee-joints. •' ■ A feeling in right knee-cap as if he had been kneeling a long time. ■ Tearing pain in shins.