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Mephitis Putorius

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General

MEPHITIS. [Mephit.] Skunk. Hering. Mustelidae.

Mind

► Fancies so vivid they unfit for mental labour. ► Talkative, as if drunk ; excited, with heat of the head. ► Angry about trifles, or imaginary things.

Sensorium

► Vertigo, sitting, stooping, turning in bed. ► Numb and dull, with sensation as if head became enlarged, with ill-humor and nausea.

Inner Head

► Fulness in head, worse on vertex, worse studying. ► Headache while riding in a carriage. ► Heaviness and pressure in back part of head, as if fingers were pressing on it.

Eyes

► Inability to read fine print. ► Letters become blurred, he is unable to discern them, they run together. ► Weakness of sight, generally with headache and pain in eyes. ► Pain in eyes : when turning them in certain directions ; as from a foreign body ; as from overexertion. ► Stitches in eyes as from needles. ► Stinging and itching in eyes evenings and mornings. ► Inflammation of eyes and lids, especially right side. ► Redness of the conjunctiva. ► Heat and burning of the eyes.

Ears

► Fetid discharge from ears. ► Erysipelas of the ear, with itching, heat, redness and blisters.

Nose

► Dry nose ; bleeding from the nose. ► Fluent coryza, cough and soreness in chest.

Face

► Bloated face.

Teeth

► Sudden jerks in roots of teeth ; strumming toothache.

Tongue, Etc

► Coppery taste in the mouth. ► Talking : 27.

Desires And Aversions

► Wants every dish very much salted.

Eating And Drinking

► After eating : 27. Drinking : 27.

Nausea And Vomiting

► Nausea, with emptiness in the stomach, and sensation as if the head were distended.

Stomach

► Pressure in the stomach, and colic.

Hypochondria

► Rheumatic pain in region of liver.

Stool, Etc

► Thin, infrequent.

Urine

► Difficulty in urinating all day ; stream interrupted. ► Frequent micturition, with clear urine. ► Urine is turbid in the morning, after evening fever.

Male Sexual Organs

► Warmth of the genitals at night. ► Itching of the scrotum.

Female Sexual Organs

► Burning leucorrhoea. ► Soreness of genitals and swelling of labia.

Larynx

► When drinking or talking, liability to have something get into the larynx.

Breathing

► Asthma : as from inhaling vapor of sulphur in sleep ; of drunkards. ► Inhalation difficult, exhalation almost impossible ; or barking.

Cough

► After drinking, talking or loud reading ; spasmodic, hollow or deep ; with rawness, hoarseness and pain through chest ; with suffocative feeling when inhaling ; cannot inhale ; vomits all food some hours after eating ; convulsions ; worse at night and after lying down ; in the morning it is loose, with some expectoration.

Lungs

► Pains in the chest (last left short rib) when touching it ; more when coughing and sneezing.

Neck And Back

► Stitches in the spinal column during motion. ► Pain in the back and all the limbs, with lameness.

Upper Limbs

► Rheumatic pains in arms, relieved on motion. ► Restless in left arm, with insensibility. ► Trembling of arm when leaning on it. ► Painful twitching of the left hand.

Lower Limbs

► Rush of blood to the legs at night. ► Rheumatic pains from hips to feet ; arthritic pain in heel. ► Legs restless as if becoming insensible ; knees feel bruised. ► Spasmodic pain in left foot. ► Stitches in the feet. ► Pain in big toe as if being pinched off. ► Corns, with pain and burning.

Position, Etc

► With slightest manual work sweat breaks out. ► Motion : 31, 32.

Turning in bed : 2.

Sitting : 2.

Stooping : 2.

Nerves

► Convulsions. ► Inclination to stretch with disinclination to do anything. ► Restlessness.

Sleep

► Frequent yawning ; lachrymation. ► Sleepy during day, even in company. ► Cannot sleep the whole night. ► Awakens early and feels refreshed. ► Awakens at night with congestion to legs. ► Night walking, open eyes, angry face. ► Hair on head rises, cannot be made conscious. ► Vivid dreams, which he recollect. ► Asthma during sleep ; not waking ; continues after he has waked up.

Time

► Morning : 21, 27, 37, 40.

Evening : 21.

Morning and evening : 5.

Night : 22, 27, 33, 37.

Day : 21, 37.

Temperature And Weather

► Cold : colic worse. ► Feels less chilly in cold weather ; feels pleasant after ice-cold washing.

Chill, Fever And Sweat

► Cold feeling predominates ; evening chilliness, with desire to urinate, colic as if diarrhoea would set in. ► Increased warmth, especially in the morning.

Sides

► Right : 5, 31. Left : 28, 32, 33.

Sensations

► Strumming through the body ; anxiety. ► Feels as if threads had been drawn through head and trunk. ► Wandering pains with pressure to urinate.

Contact, Injuries, Etc

► Touch : 28. Riding : 3.