Spongia Tosta - Chest symptoms - T.F. Allen

CHEST

Chest

Pain in the chest and bronchi, with rawness in the throat, when coughing,

Sudden pain in the muscles of the chest and back, left side, at the same time as if a broad pointed substance were being forced out (a broad pressure), with many fine stitches (after three days),

Painful pressure beneath the short ribs, on coughing (after one hour),

Fine stitches on the chest externally, and on the arms, for several days,

Sticking itching in the left chest, extending towards the shoulder (after a quarter of an hour),

Pressure in the left side of the chest, together with several stitches, during motion and rest,

A pinching jerk, from within outward, in the left side of the chest (after twenty minutes),

Sticking-pinching crawling in the left side of the chest, in the region of the sixth and seventh ribs, which are painful on external pressure (after ten hours),

A pressive-cutting pain in the left side of the chest, on deep inspiration; felt but little at other times (after three days),

Boring stitch in the right costal muscles, persistent during inspiration and expiration (after seven hours),

Violent needlelike stitches, from within outward, in the right side of the chest (after fifty-six hours),

Transient painful stitches in the right side of the chest; when rubbing the place it seems as though a weight were drawn downward under the skin (after fifty hours),

Drawing stitches in the left side of the chest, while sitting, with the back somewhat bent, but especially on deep slow inspiration (after five days),

Drawing stitches beneath the second left rib, only when walking (after eight hours),

Violent intermittent stitches in the left side of the chest (after one hour and three-quarters),

In the evening, induration of the left breast, at a space of two inches length by half an inch thickness, painful to the touch, disappearing in the morning (eighth day),

Pulse

Sensation of burning heat in the forehead, without externally perceptible heat, with hard rapid pulse, for half an hour (after a quarter of an hour),

Respiration

Slow deep respiration, as after exhaustion, lasting several minutes (after half an hour),

After dancing, violent catching of the breath, very rapid sobbing respiration,

Difficult respiration, as if a plug were sticking in the larynx, and the breath could not get through on account of the constriction of the larynx (after half an hour),

(Great dyspnoea), (after ten days),

Dryness in the region of the larynx, aggravated by hawking (after half an hour),

A pressive pain in the region of the larynx, while singing (after six hours and a quarter),

Painful pressure above the thyroid cartilage, aggravated by touch (immediately),

Pressure in the larynx, in the evening (fifth day),

Immediately after taking the drug, drawing towards and contraction in the larynx; in moving, severe pressing in the larynx, as if with a nail; voice cracked; hoarseness increasing, so that she can speak only with difficulty; the larynx feels painful to the touch, as if swollen,

Scraping, burning, and constriction in the larynx,

Fine jerking stitches externally in the region of the larynx, at various times,

The region of the thyroid gland seems indurated (after four days),

Sensation in the thyroid and cervical glands on breathing, as if air forced in and out,

Voice.

Hoarseness,

Voice cracked; hoarseness increasing, so that she can speak only with difficulty (first day); voice cracked (second day),

Cough and Expectoration.

Cough and coryza, very violent,

Incessant cough, from a place low down in the chest, where it pains as if sore and bloody, from coughing (after half an hour),

(Frequent cough, at night, for two minutes, with a fretful look),

Hollow cough with some expectoration, day and night,

Dry cough (after a quarter of an hour),

Dry cough, day and night, with burning in the chest, as from something hot internally; after eating and drinking the cough disappears,

Expectoration of saltish-tasting slime (second day); of much adhesive mucus, at 8.30 A.M. (third day),

Heart and pulse

Palpitation of the heart and rush of blood to the chest (soon),

Pulse increased in fulness and rapidity (after half an hour),