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Credit: Materia medica pura (Volume 3). Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![comes suddenly inflamed, the skin all around was painful as if sore, and the least touch was unpleasant to it.) [Headache: pressure on the top of the head, or in either temple (an intense violent pain), as is felt in a catarrh, heing violent when sitting straight, more so when shaking the head or when reflecting, diminishing when walking, and disappear- ing almost entirely when bending the head over or backward (in the first hours). Headache in the occiput, most violent in the room, but disappearing in the open air (in the first hours). Creeping in the left side of the head, towards the upper part. Headache ; tearing pains behind the left ear.—5. Heaviness in the upper part of the head. Dull fancy, but the memory is good. The skin on the forehead feels as if dried fast to the skull.] Face and Eyes :—25. Slow, burning stitch in the mar- gin of the eyelid, (a. 2 h.) Lachrymation of the eye which is touched by the magnet. Lachrymation of either eye. Wa- tery eyes from time to time. Erosive pain, morning and eve- ning, especially in the outer canthus, and when touching the eyelids, as if a hair were lodged in the eye : a sort of inflam- mation of the margin of the eyelids, (a. 16, 24 h.)—30. Painful, smarting- dryness of the eyelids, especially percep- tible when moving them, mostly in the evening and morn- ing. Swelling of one of the Meibomian glands of the left lower eyelid, in the morning, as if a stye would form, but the pain was merely aching. Smarting in the inner canthus (in the morning), (a. 48 h). Pressure in the left eye, for a min- ute. Pressure and dull stitching in the left eye.—35. • Prick- ing in the left eye. (a. 4 h.) Spasmodic contraction of one of the eyes, in the morning. [The skin around the eyes is sore. When holding the mag- net to the eye, he feels a little coldness in the eve tor a short time, but a severe itching in the eyelids.—10. The eyes feel agglutinated in the morning. Beating and itching in the eye. Deficient sight: things looked dim, also double, when touch- ing the nape of the neck. Faintish sort of cloudiness, with disposition to sit down ; the objects seem veiled; afterwards they become much more distinct and much brighter than they appear while the eyes are in their natural condition ; accom- panied with an ecstatic mood. Vividness of the eyes.—15. In the commencement the dilatation of the pupils is easier, and their contraction more difficult. Flushes of heat in the face. Sensation in the face (and in the rest of the body) as if cold air were blowing upon it.] Ears : An almost painless drawing behind the ear from](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21125284_0071.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
