Part 38 (1/2)

Entire relief from pain after stool,^2.

_Urine._--Symptoms very marked,^3. Characterized from the first by a very profuse flow of clear, or almost colorless urine, nearly the color of water,^3. Three to four times the normal quant.i.ty,^3,^1,^4,^2. When thinking of urinating I had to go at once,^3. No sediment whatever,^3,^1. Pain in the kidneys, hardest in right, with some tenderness,^1. At the expiration of every two or three hours after stopping the remedy, there was an enormous flow of pale, straw-colored urine, and with this would gradually disappear the metallic taste which was so marked,^4. Free urination, dark in color, no distress,^2. Urine scanty, and looked like that of a child troubled with worms, light red-colored stain on bottom of vessel,^2 (second day). Awoke with a heavy pain in the kidneys,^2 (third day). Urine clear on pa.s.sing, but becomes as above described on standing,^2 (third day). During day urine scanty, with considerable irritation, as if the muscles of the bladder were contracting, > moving about,^2.

_Male s.e.xual Organs._--From being naturally of a pa.s.sionate nature, the _desire_ and _ability_ diminished to impotence,^3. No s.e.xual desire or ability,^3. Bruised feeling in the t.e.s.t.i.c.l.es, beginning in the right and extending to the left--came on after going to bed,^1. Occasional pain, of short duration, in glans p.e.n.i.s,^1. Pain in t.e.s.t.i.c.l.es, worse with extension along spermatic cord and down thighs,^1 (third day).

_s.e.xual Organs, Female._--At 1.30 P.M., felt a pain in left ovary, like something grasping or holding tightly for about an hour, then disappeared,^2.

_Larynx._--Slight acc.u.mulation of mucus in the larynx, hard to cough it up,^2.

_Breathing._--Short and quick breathing from the full feeling in the abdomen,^1. Hard breathing, as though lungs and bronchi were closing as the chill pa.s.ses off.

_Cough._--A dry cough, from any little exercise,^3 (eleventh day). A short, hacking cough, with tightness across the chest,^2 (third day).

_Lungs._--Oppression at 9 P.M.,^1 (first day).

_Heart and Pulse._--Palpitation after lying down at night, for 15 to 20 minutes,^1 (seventh day). On going to bed, pain, like a wave, over the heart,^2 (second day), < lying=”” down.=”” pulse=”” 84,=”” intermittent,^2=”” (2=”” p.m.=”” of=”” third=””>

_Outer Chest._--A warm, tingling sensation over left chest, just under the skin,^2 (lasted five minutes).

_Neck and Back._--Neck pains. Pain and stiffness of the muscles of the back of the neck.

_Upper Extremities._--St.i.tching pain in right wrist for half an hour, leaving a tired feeling in joint,^2. At 12:30, a sharp, cutting pain running from point of shoulder down front of chest to point of hip bone, going suddenly,^2. Flesh feels as though she had taken a heavy cold,^2.

Sharp pain, with coldness, from left shoulder-joint extending down the arm < in=”” shoulder-joint,=””> sleep; goes away gradually,^4. p.r.i.c.kling sensation in left arm and hand,^4.

_Lower Extremities._--St.i.tching pain in right leg and knee-joint for half an hour, leaving a tired feeling in the joint,^2. Hard pain in the left big toe-joint,^2. Pain inside of left leg from the groin to the knee,^2.

_Extremities in General._--Flesh on under side of limbs sore,^2. Sore feeling of all the muscles of the right side of the body,^2. All the pains come and go quickly, but the muscles remain sore and stiff,^2.

Frequent fine pains all over the body until 3 P.M., when all disappeared and felt as well as usual,^2.

_Position._--All pains better when moving about and when in the cool air,^2. Nausea, heart symptoms and breathing, < lying=””>

_Nerves._--At 10 A.M. a very sick, exhausted feeling appeared,^2.

_Sleep._--Not very sound,^3. Dreams of a pleasant or lascivious character,^3. Wakes often,^2. On rising feels sad, weary, despondent,^3.

Twitching of the muscles on falling asleep roused him,^3 (once three or four nights). Dreamed of spiders, bugs,^2 (first night), of swimming in water,^2 (second night--am not in the habit of dreaming).

_Chill._--Chill at 11:40 A.M., beginning in back between shoulders, down over body to feet; stomach feels cold; pains all over body during chill; a peculiar sensation of crawling or contraction of the abdominal muscles, hardest about the navel, lasted about half an hour,^2. As the chill pa.s.ses off a smarting in the throat and a feeling as though the lungs and bronchi would close up, making breathing very difficult; chill lasted until 1 P.M., followed by perspiration of palms of the hands and soles of the feet; the changeable pains remained until 3 P.M., when all disappeared,^2. No thirst in either stage,^2. Felt badly for three days at same hour as chill,^2. For four weeks on every seventh day had a chill with all the above symptoms; the coldness of the spine was continuous for eight weeks, and was then removed by _Gelsemium_,^2.

(Dr. W. D. Gentry, while at Las Vegas, New Mexico, made the following summary of the action of the remedy.

_h.o.m.oeopathic Recorder_, 1895):

For the present I will only give a few of the leading symptoms produced by the _Loco weed_:

Brain and Mind: Stimulation of mind; pleasant intoxicated feeling.

Satisfied indifference to all influences and interests.

Head: Full, warm feeling about the head.