Spongia Tosta - Extremities, Limbs symptoms - T.F. Allen

EXTREMITIES, LIMBS

Extremities, limbs

EXTREMITIES.

Stretching of the upper and lower extremities (after a quarter of an hour),

Constant weakness and bruised sensation in all the limbs, especially in the muscles of the lower extremities (after two hours),

Upper extremities

Stretching of the arms (after three-quarters of an hour),

(Burning in the arms and hands),

Shoulder.

Twitching of the muscles about the left shoulder-joint,

Fine stitches in the axilla, while sitting (after one hour),

Burning on the left shoulder (after sixteen hours),

Arm.

Sticking drawing through the upper arms (after a quarter of an hour),

Elbow.

Pressive pain in the tip of the left elbow (after three-quarters of an hour),

Stitches in the elbow-joint, on motion,

On flexing the arm, a stitch in the tip of the elbow, followed by tearing in the joint, so long as the arm remained bent,

Forearm.

Trembling of the forearms and hands (after a few minutes),

Heaviness of the forearms (after half an hour),

Cramplike pain, with slow bubbling on the upper part of the forearm, below the elbow, especially when leaning upon the arm (after three days),

Drawing pain in the forearms,

Pain in the left forearm, as if the bones were compressed (after one hour),

Violent boring-outward stitches in the internal muscles of the right forearm (after half an hour),

Wrist.

Drawing pressive pain upon the right wrist (after six hours),

Violent drawing in the left wrist (after three days),

A decaying sensation in and above the wrists (after three-quarters of an hour),

Tensive pain in the left wrist, during rest and motion (after a quarter of an hour),

Several stitches in the right wrist, during rest (after a quarter of an hour),

Hand and Fingers.

Swelling of the hands; she could not bend the fingers,

Pressive pain in the first finger-joints of the right hand (after a quarter of an hour),

Pinching drawing inward in one point in the middle of the palm of the hand (after a few minutes),

The middle joint of the left middle finger was thick and red, and tense on bending it,

Cramplike pain in the ball of the right thumb, lasting all day, and on moving the hand, also extending into the thumb (after one, fourteen and a half, and twenty-five hours),

Cramplike pain in the ball of the left thumb, only on moving the hand, all day (after six hours),

Painful drawing in the first phalanx of the left thumb, extending into the forearm (after one hour and a half),

A constant stitch, associated with sore pain, in the last joint of the thumb (after one hour and a half),

The tips of the index fingers lose sensation without becoming pale (after three-quarters of an hour),

Lower extremities

The lower extremities seem quite stiff,

Weariness of the lower extremities (after half an hour),

Thigh.

Sudden jerkings of muscular fibres in the right nates,

Tension in the upper end of the thigh, on every step, as though a muscle were too short, always accompanied by a stitch (after a quarter of an hour),

Drawing in the thighs and legs, during the menses,

Pain on the inner side of the thigh above the right knee, a pressure extending backward (after a quarter of an hour),

Sharp pulsating stitches through the right thigh, above the knee, in the morning in bed (after twenty-two hours),

Constant drawing stitches in the upper part of the thigh, just below the left groin, especially when walking (after two hours and a half),

A violent stitch boring outward in the forepart of the right thigh, near the hip (after eight hours),

Fine excessive acute stitch in the inner side of the right thigh (after fifty-four hours),

Knee.

Weakness of the knees, as if they would give way while walking, though he stood firmly upon his feet (after four hours),

Heaviness in the knee-joints, noticed when walking (after one hour),

Jerking, like drawing pressure, in the hollow of the left knee, only on bending the knee, and alternating with a similar sensation in the axilla (after six hours),

Violent drawing in the left knee, followed by profuse perspiration, at night,

Pressive pain in external tendons of the flexors of the right popliteus, worse while walking than while sitting (after seven and nine hours),

Sticking, with pressive pain above the right knee (when sitting), (after four hours),

Dull sticking in the left knee, in the evening when lying down (also continuing during motion), lasting a quarter of an hour (after forty-one hours),

Leg.

Great excitement and uneasiness in both legs; was frequently obliged to change the position (after sixteen hours and a quarter),

Falling asleep, first of the right, then of the left leg, after a slight nap at noon; on attempting to walk, the left leg was spasmodically drawn up towards the thigh; even while sitting he was unable to hold it outstretched, for it became spasmodically drawn backward (after five days),

Sensation on the lower portion of the left tibia as if a weight were hanging upon it, while walking rapidly (after three days),

Tearing sensation of heaviness in the left tibia, close to the ankle (after thirty-four hours),

Tearing in the tibia the whole afternoon,

Sharp stitches in the right calf, while walking (after one hour and a half),

Ankle.

Drawing tearing, extending from the right ankle to the knee (after eight hours and a half),

Tearing in the malleoli; the feet are as heavy as lead, extending up into the tibiae,

Foot.

Drawing pain, extending from the sole of the right foot up into the thigh (after eleven hours and a half),

Crawling in the sole of the left foot, coming on while walking, and not disappearing while sitting (after one hour),

Pressive pain in the right heel, aggravated by walking (after one hour and a half),

Violent needlelike stitch, extending out of the right heel, while standing (after half an hour),

Needlelike stitches, extending upward, in the right heel, while sitting (after six hours),

Violent intermittent needlelike stitches from within outward, in the left heel, while standing, disappearing on motion (after one hour),

(Needlelike stitches in the heels, while sitting after a long walk, lasting an hour),