Volume 2

Chronic diseases : their specific nature and homoeopathic treatment / Samuel Hahnemann ; translated and edited by Charles J. Hempel ; with a preface by Constantine Hering.

  • Hahnemann, Samuel, 1755-1843.
Date:
1845-1846
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Credit: Chronic diseases : their specific nature and homoeopathic treatment / Samuel Hahnemann ; translated and edited by Charles J. Hempel ; with a preface by Constantine Hering. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    on the hairy right side of the frontal bone, although, on touching the parts, they seem to feel warm. Icy cold- ness in tlie region of the coronal suture after the parts had been scratched on account of their itching ; the coldness frequently returns, approaches more and more the forepart of the head, and finally reaches that part of the forehead which is not covered with hair. Itchmg of the hairy scalp. Itching of the whole of the hairy scalp ; it is like the itch- incr of wounds which are healing, and mviles one to scratch. Troublesome itching of the hairy scalp, espe- cially earlv after getting up ; it disappears upon the parts being scratched with a sharp comb. Pimples on the hairy Eyes.—Itching in the eyebrows. Falling off of the hairs of the eyebrows. Pressure in the eyes. Pressure in the left eyeball, (after ten hours.) Pressure in the eves, and inclination to close them, without sleep ; alter dinner. Pressure in the eyes and upon the forehead, as though something were pressing from without inward, (after ten minutes.) Pressure in the corners of the ielt eve as if there were a foreign body. Pressing and draw- ing'in the eyeballs, especially in the left eyeball, reaching as''far as the inside of the forehead, (on the fourth day.) Painful drawing in the eyeballs, (on the third and fourth dav.) Cramplike pain under the right eyebrows ; it makes the opening of the eyes difficult, (after five hours. Itch- ing and prickling in the right eye, (after one hour.) 1 ick- lino- and itching in the left eye, which induce rubbing, (af°er three hours.) Itching and winking of the left lower evehd, which induce rubbing. Itching and pressing in the ricxht eye, relieved by rubbing for a short time. Bur7i- ino- stnsalion of the eyes ; there is, moreover, a sensation of°contraclion, in the evening, (on the first dav.) Burning in the inner canthus of the eyes, as though inflammation were going to set in; the pain increases upon the parts being touched. Burning sensation of the inner canthus oj the eyes, upon the lids being firmly closed. Burning and aching pain above the right e)^, with running of the eye, (afteran hour and a half.) Redness of the white of the eve. Yellow colour of the eyes, (on the third day.)— Swelling of the left eyehds towards the mner canthus ;