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CHAPTER 40.
FEVER.

Chill
* Chilliness * Fever
* Heat * Sweat
* Temperature

Fever.

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Fever :-

Abdomen :-

Colic :-

Lach.

Expanded, as if :-

Calc-ar.

Indigestible foreign
bodies in intestines :-

Cham.

Pain in bowels :-

Arund.

Pain in upper portion
of small intestines :-

Colch.

Abscesses, a series in
rapid succession :-

Hippoz.

African :-

TER.

Afternoon, in :-

Ammc.,
Ars., Asc-t.,
BELL.,
Chin-b., Kreos.,
Lil-t.,
Lyss., Med., Rumx., Sep.,
Stram.

Abdomen, as if, were
puffed, thirst, loss of appetite :-

Calc-ar.

Albuminuria, in :-

Uran-n.

Cheeks, with red

(angina) :-
Ign.

Chilliness, with
occasional, better by covering up warmly in bed :-

Podo.

Chlorosis, in :-

Sep.

Coldness
predominates :-

Hyos.

Evening,
towards :-

Arn.,
Sulph.

Evening, towards

(chronic
diarrhœa) :- Gamb.

Evening, towards, and
all night, with heat in head

(difficult
dentition) :- Sil.

Evening, towards,
mastitis :-

Phos.

Evening, towards,
slight :-

Ferr.

Exacerbation :-

Colch.

Head, pulsation of
arteries of :-

Trom.

Night, and :-

Bell.

Night, continues all

(typhoid) :-
Ign.

Occiput, dull aching
in, and small of back :-

Trom.

Phthisis, in :-

Samb.

Scarlatina :-

Lach.

Sensation of corrosion,
with constant, heat and burning in stomach :-

Ptel.

Sundown, worse
towards :-

Ars.

Typhoid, in :-

BAPT.

Typhus, in :-

Lach.

12 or 1 P.M., awaking
from morning sleep about, lasting till 4 or 5 P.M., followed by
sweat on hands and feet :-

Sil.

1 P.M. :-

Still.

2 or 4 P.M. :-

Sang.

4 P.M., at, since
childbirth, 2 weeks previous :-

Lyc.

4 P.M. till 5 A.M.

(pneumonia) :-
Stram.

4 P.M. to
midnight :-

Stram.

4 P.M., without chill,
lasting all night :-

Hep.

6 P.M., at,
slight :-

Lac-ac.


Air :-

Faintness and
restlessness from want of, and heat of room :-

Puls.

Cannot bear the
open :-

Polyp.


Anthrax,
intestinal :-

Anthraci.

Apyrexia :-

(See Intermittent
Apyrexia
.)

Autumnal,
liver and spleen swollen :-

Absin.

Back :-

Lumbago, with :-

Coloc.

Lumbar region, pain in

(dysentery) :-
NUX-V.

Lumbar region, severe
pains in :-

Ter.

Pain :-

Ziz.

Pain in sacrum :-

Ars.

Part, from lower,
upward and through whole body, 6 to 8 P.M., with drowsiness :-

Kali-i.

Bilious

(See Liver,
Inflammation
, Chapter 18 :
Hypochondria
.) :-
Acon.,
Ant-c., Ant-t.,
Ars., Bell.,
Bry., Cham., Chel.,
Chin.,
Cocc., Coloc., Corn., Elaps.,
Eup-per.,
Gels.,
Hep., Ip. (after
Bry. or Acon.), Iris, Lept.,
Merc.,
Mur-ac., Nux-v.,
Phos.,
Podo., Polyp.,
Puls., Stram.,
Sulph., Verat.,
Verat-v.

Abdomen, cutting pain
in :-

Elat.

Anger, after :-

Cham.

Debility :-

Hydr.

Evacuations,
watery :-

Elat.

Cold and numb :-

Lept.

Miasmatic influences,
not dependent upon :-

Verat-v.

Nausea and
vomiting :-

Elat.

Plethoric individuals
or in those suffering from portal stasis, occurring in hot weather,
or on warm wet days :-

Nux-v.

Remittent :-

Crot-h.

Remittent, caused by
atmospheric changes in spring, or due to miasmatic influences in
autumn :-

Gels.

Remittent,
characteristic gastric and intestinal symptoms :-

Corn.

Remittent or
intermittent :-

Podo.

Remittent, paroxysm,
nausea and vomiting of a bilious substance, accompanied by 1st a
yellow, then a greenish diarrhœa :-

Podo.

Remittent, of the
south, low type, tendency to hæmorrhage :-

Crot-h.

Skin dry, hot, stupor,
black down centre of tongue :-

Lept.

Tympanites :-

Nat-s.

Vomiting of
bile :-

Ip.,
Podo.

Bladder :-

Ars.,
Canth., Ferr-p.,
Kali-m., Lyc.,
Puls., Verat-v.

Pains :-

Cact.

Blood,
hæmorrhagic symptoms, or tendency to putrescence

(See
Blood Sepsis, Chapter
29 :
Heart, Pulse and Circulation
.) :-
Anthraci.,
Ars., Carb-v., Crot-h., Lach.,
Sec.

Bones :-

(See Dengue.)

Caries of lower lumbar
vertebræ, with painful fistulous openings discharging pus :-

Ph-ac.

Protracted, wrist bone
pains :-

EUP-PER.,
EUP-PUR.

Periostitis of
tibia :-

Merc.

Brain :-

(See Head,
Spotted.)

Cerebral forms :-

BAPT.

Cerebro-spinal,
especially if caused by malaria, with stupor and tendency to
convulsions, congestion intense, passive :-

Gels.

Congestion, vomiting
and delirium, pulse 120 to 140 :-

Dor.

Hydrocephalus :-

Merc.

Inflammation :-

Hell.

Meningitis
infantum :-

Apis.

Rises to :-

Nux-v.


Break bone :-

(See
Dengue.)

Breathing :-

Asthmatic condition,
and blue face :-

Stram.

Oppressed, constriction
of chest, pain in region of liver, thirst, worse during
chill :-

Kali-c.

Panting :-

Thlas.

Panting, at
night :-

Calad.


Bronchia :-

Bronchitis, in :-

Clem.

Cold, after catching,
or getting wet :-

Op.

Evening, worse in,
seemed to be capillary :-

Ph-ac.

High, in
bronchitis :-

Phos.

Burning :-

Arund.

Apoplexy, in :-

Crot-h.

Chills, after, passing
down back

(erysipelas
erratica) :- Hydr.

Croup, in :-

Spong.

Day, in middle of, heat
intense, with sensation as if burning up :-

Syph.

Intense, radiating
heat, burning hot to touch :-

Vario.

Intense, then sweat
with relief, then fever with exacerbation of symptoms :-

Sal-ac.

Thirst, with :-

Chim-m.


Catarrhal :-

ACON.,
Apis, Asc-s.,
Asc-t., Bad., Bapt.,
BELL.,
BRY., Cact.,
Con., Cupr., Dros., Dulc., Eug., Gels., Hep., Kali-c., Kali-i., MERC.,
Nux-v.,
Op.,
Puls.,
Rhus-t.,
Ruta,
Senec., Spig.

Atmospheric change,
from every :-

Myrt-c.

Atmosphere, from cold
damp, or sudden change from hot and dry to damp air :-

Gels.

Chilliness and coldness
predominate :-

Euphr.

Hay catarrh, in :-

Stict.

Hoarseness,
with :-

Aur-m.

Menses, during :-

Graph.

Pain in stomach :-

Card-m.

Cerebro-spinal :-

(See
Spotted.)

Chagres :-

(See Yellow.)

Attacks every morning
about 9 or 10, generally 10 to 15 minutes later each day, end about
4 o’clock, followed by complete prostration :-

Sulph.


Chest :-

Oppression :-

Crot-h.

Soreness :-

Anag.

Stitching :-

Ziz.

Throbbing,
wheezing :-

Calad.


Children,
in

(See Remittent,
Infantile
.) :-
Acon., Bell.,
Cham., Coff., Ferr-p., Stram.

During dentition, with
irritation of brain, and convulsions of tendency to them :-

Verat-v.

During growth and in
young people :-

Sil.

Newborn, in, with
startings :-

CAMPH.

All night, in nursing
infants :-

Cina.

Chill :-

(See
Chill.)

Chilliness :-

Frequent :-

Sil.

Moving, on :-

Ind.

Thirst, with :-

Calad.


Cholera :-

Acute :-

Hell.

On 4th or 5th
day :-

Ph-ac.

Infantum :-

Ip.

Chorea, in :-

Nat-m.

Circulation,
corresponds to that stage in which bloodvessels are dilated and
full, but lack firmness and resistance of a fully developed sthenic
inflammation :-

Gels.

Congestive :-

Stram.

Of malarial
districts :-

Verat-v.

Constipation :-

Calad.,
Cinnm.

Continual :-

(See
Duration.)

Convulsions :-

Bell., Cic., Ferr-p.,
Ign., Nat-m.

Cough,
with :-

Calc-p.,
Ferr-p., NIT-AC.

Evening and night,
catarrhal :-

Hydr.

Dry, hoarse barking,
sounding like croup :-

Rumx.

Pleurisy, in :-

Ferr-m.

Prodroma, deep, dry,
racking :-

Samb.

Whooping cough :-

MEPH.,
Phel.

Blood boil on
thigh :-

Bell.

Covering, desires to be
covered :-

ARS.

Croup :-

Beginning, in :-

Ferr-p.

Burning :-

ACON.,
Ars., Phos.

Spasmodic :-

Bell.,
Hep.

Cynanche cellularis,
in :-

Anthraci.

Cyanosis, with, blue
body :-

Cur.

Delirium :-

(See Delirium
Fever
, Chapter 1 :
Mind and Disposition
.)

Dengue

(breakbone) :-
Acon.,
Ars.,
Bell., Bry.,
Chin.,
Coloc., EUP-PER.,
Ferr.,
Ham., Ip., Merc., Nux-v., Podo., Rhus-t.,
Sec.,
Sul-ac.

Dentition :-

Acon.,
Bell., CHAM.,
Ferr-p., Gels.,
Rheum, Sil., Verat-v.

With complaints
accompanying teething :-

Ferr-p.

Particularly at
night :-

Phyt.


Diarrhœa :-

(See
Diarrhœa, Chapter
20 :
Stool and Rectum
.)

Diphtheria :-

Chin-ar.,
Ign., Kali-br., Kali-i., Kreos., PHYT.,
Sal-ac.

Afternoon, returning
every :-

Lac-c.

Flushed face and sore
throat, in alternation with :-

Kaol.

High :-

Apis,
Kali-ma., Merc-c., Merc-i-f.

High, following violent
chill :-

PHYT.

Moderate :-

Lac-c.

Night, at :-

Bapt.

Low :-

Carb-ac.,
Merc-cy., Mur-ac., Rhus-t.

Putrid :-

Chin-ar.,
Mur-ac.

Drinking, after a cold
drink while overheated

(phthisis) :-
Samb.

Dropsy :-

Hell.,
Verat-v.

Burning, in
anasarca :-

Hell.

Forcing him to keep his
bed, urine copious, ascites :-

Aur-m-n.

Duration :-

(See Heat
Duration
.)

Constant :-

Agar.

Constant, in a
child :-

Nat-m.

Constant, almost, in
phthisis :-

Tub.

Continued, almost,
intermission very short :-

Polyp.

Continued, worse at
night

(bronchial
catarrh) :- Lach.

Continued, in
scarlatina :-

Hep.

Continued, no
sweat :-

Sulph.

Continued for 10 days

(typhoid) :-
Verat-v.

Ephemeral, especially
evenings :-

Plat.

Hour, 1/2 an, with
thirst :-

Puls.

Hours, 3

(tertian) :-
Nat-m.

Hours, lasting 10,
intense :-

Chin-s.

Hour, an, with slight
thirst and sharp shooting pains in forehead :-

Puls.

Long :-

IP.

Long, followed by
sweat :-

Polyp.

Long, with stitches in
temples :-

Nux-v.

Long, not
violent :-

Ip.

Short :-

Iber.

Weeks, runs its course
for many, or months, either in daily paroxysms, or repeated every 2,
3, 4, 7 or 14 days :-

Plan.

Dysentery :-

(See
Dysentery, Fever, Chapter
20 :
Stool and Rectum
.)

Eating :-

Eating, after :-

Asaf.

Eating, after, unless
she keeps quiet :-

Hydr.

Eating, worse
after :-

Chlor.

Appetite, loss
of :-

Eup-pur.

Aversion to
food :-

Vac.

Hunger after
fever :-

Ign.


Epigastrium,
heat :-

Cub.

Eruption :-

(See Eruption
Measles
, Scarlatina,
Variola,
etc., Chapter 46 :
Skin
.) :- Crot-t.,
Verat-v.

Blisters, itching, on
lips :-

Urt-u.

Blisters on lips and
alæ nasi :-

Nat-m.

Blotches, large red,
over body, and constipation :-

Cop.

Children, especially,
tendency to convulsions :-

Gels.

Eruptive :-

Ars., BRY.,
Puls.

Erysipelatous :-

Bell.

Exanthematic :-

Cupr.

Exanthematic, at
commencement of, convulsions :-

Ign.

Exanthematic, not able
to develop eruption :-

Zinc.

Exanthematic, in
flashes :-

Zinc.

Exanthematic, red,
bloody urine :-

Camph.

Herpes zoster
supraorbital is :-

Ran-b.

Itch, after abuse of
sulphur in :-

Bell.

Itch, after
suppressed :-

Mill.

Itch, after suppressed,
nightly

(infant) :-
Bell.

Lips, on, after
fever :-

Spong.

Miliary :-

Gels.

Urticaria :-

Cop.,
SULPH.

Vesicles on body
succeed caries of lower jaw :-

Sil.

Vesicles, small round,
upon reddened mucous membrane of mouth, after catarrhal or gastric,
which soon open and form flat ulcers, with red edges and white or
yellowish base :-

Merc.

Enteric :-

(See
Typhoid.)

Erysipelas,
with :-

Apis,
Astac., Rhus-t.

Traumatic :-

Apis.


Evening :-

Æsc.,
Bell., Cinnm.,
Ign., Psor.,
Puls.,
Tub.

Angina, in :-

Merc.

Arthritis, in :-

Sabin.

Bed, begins with rigor
on going to, continues till 4 A.M., with intervals of
shivering :-

Lach.

Bladder, in catarrh
of :-

Canth.,
Coloc.

Chest, oppression of,
and dry, spasmodic nightly, almost continually titillating
cough :-

Con.

Cold hands and feet,
burning face :-

Sabad.

Coryza, violent
fluent :-

Kali-c.

Diarrhœa :-

Cham.,
Rhus-t.

Face, heat of :-

Calc.

Face red, 6 to 12 P.M.,
worse upper part :-

Lachn.

Falling down stairs,
exacerbation after :-

Rhus-t.

Followed by
chill :-

Calc.

Hands and cheeks, hot,
caused by constant irritation to cough and expectoration :-

Kali-n.

Hectic,
simulating :-

Ferr.

Meningitis,
after :-

Cupr.

Midnight, before, with
sweat, falls asleep :-

Eug.

Midnight,
towards :-

Chin-ar.

Morning,
towards :-

Nux-v.

Night, marked
exacerbation towards :-

Gels.

Night, towards

(diphtheria) :-
Rhus-t.

Night, worse towards

(scarlet
fever) :- Ip.

Pulse, quick,
hard :-

Calc.

Sunset, at, late
afternoon or evening :-

Ign.

Sweat, exhausting, and
alarming cough :-

Sec.

Thirst

(blepharitis) :-
Kali-c.

Thirst, at night

(continuous
remittent) :- Sulph.

Thirst for cold water
all night

(chronic
diarrhœa) :- Calc.

7 P.M., then chill till
10 :-

Elaps.

7 to 12 P.M. :-

Æsc.

9 P.M., continues till
near morning :-

Lac-d.

10 P.M. :-

Asim.

10 P.M.

(chest
affection) :- Lach.

Eyes :-

Brilliancy :-

BELL.,
Gels.

Cataract, after removal
of, by Græfe’s method

(irido-choroiditis
suppurativa traumatica) :-
Rhus-t.

Conjunctivitis,
in :-

Crot-t.

Dimness of
vision :-

Bell.,
Verat-v.

Hypopion :-

Hep.

Swelling :-

Guai.

Face :-

Burning,
spotted :-

Guai.

Cheeks swell :-

Guai.

Congested :-

BELL.,
Stram.

Blisters under
nose :-

Rhus-t.

Flushes :-

Cact.,
Sal-ac.

Pale :-

Ip.

Prosopalgia :-

Mag-p.

Red and
distended :-

Crot-h.

Red, shining

(metrorrhagia) :-
Coff.

Red spots, bright, on
cheeks

(pulmonary
disease) :- Lyc.

Sweat, gushes of,
followed by languor :-

Med.


Faintness, and
languor :-

Ptel.

Forenoon, in :-

Calc.

Early morning, in,
thirst, after, no chill, with fatiguing cough, no sweat :-

Eup-per.

8 A.M. to 2
P.M. :-

Dor.

10 A.M., without
chill :-

Gels.

11 A.M., after chill,
all day, without sweat :-

Caps.

11 A.M., and from 6 to
7 P.M., without chill :-

Calc.

11 A.M., preceded by
cold feet :-

Med.

11 or 12 A.M., chill,
after, lasts all night, with thirst :-

Caps.

10 to 11 A.M., without
chill :-

Nat-m.


Formication, all over
body :-

Arund.

Gastric :-

ANT-C.,
Ant-t., Arg-n.,
Arn., ARS.,
Bell., BRY.,
Cact., Carb-v.,
Cham., Chin., Colch., Coloc., Dig.,
Dulc., Gels.,
Hydr., Ip., Iris, MERC.,
NUX-V., Phos.,
Podo., PULS.,
Rheum, Rhus-t.,
Sep., Sulph.,
Verat.

Anger, after :-

Acon.,
Bry., CHAM.,
Coloc., Nux-v.,
Staph.

Debility :-

Hydr.

Hot weather, in, from
abuse of ice water and summer beverages :-

CARB-V.

Jerking of arms and
fingers :-

Stram.

Low, nervous, bilious,
lingering :-

Cocc.

Nervous :-

Daph.,
Lach.

Pain in stomach and
liver :-

Card-m.

Plethoric, or suffering
from portal stasis, in hot weather or warm wet days :-

Nux-v.

Typhoid form :-

Cit-v.


Gonorrhœa, in :-

Merc.,
Polyg.

Inflammatory
stage :-

Acon.,
Cop., Ferr-p.

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