April 23, 1895. Decidedly more cheerful and memory is better.
Legs more reliable, with the numbness and tingling.
April 26, 1895. Alarmed because the palms and soles are swollen and itching.
May 22, 1895. She gained rapidly in both flesh and strength, until a week ago.
Soon after this an itching eruption came all over her, which subsided without any further medication. She was restored to a fair degree of health so that she has taken care of her house and family up to the present time.
(The following arrangement of Dr. Boocock's proving was made by Dr. Lilienthal):
_Mind._--No inclination for exertion in any way.
Difficulty in remembering the spelling of simple words.
_Head._--Sensation of heat in head; heat on vertex.
Pressure in head and scalp; pressure in skull as if too full.
Soreness and stiffness in occiput, extending down neck; sore spot in various parts of head.
Intense pain over left eyebrow, through eye to base of brain and down back.
Throbbing on top of head; head sore and bruised.
Sensation as if scalp was drawn tight over skull.
Vertigo and weakness when moving quickly.
Dizziness, with inclination to fall backward.
_Eyes._--Itching of eyelids, lachrymation.
Weight of eyelids, difficult to keep them open.
_Ears._--Pressure behind left ear; pressure in ear from within outward.
Severe attack of sneezing. Fluent discharge.
_Face._--Sensation of heat. Flushes of heat.
Cold, crawling feeling from temple down right cheek.
Sensation as if pricked with points of ice.
Sensation as if facial muscles were drawn tight over bones.
_Hypochondria._--Gurgling in region of spleen.
_Abdomen._--Sharp shooting pain in bowels, more on left side.
Pain across pubic bones, extending down into left testicle.
_Stool._--Loose, copious stool, lumpy, preceded by stitches in abdomen.
Stool loose, mushy with considerable flatus.
_Urinary Organs._--Bladder irritable, frequent urging to pass urine.
Tenderness in urethra, with sensation of discharge.
Urine, specific gravity, 1010; greenish-yellow, fetid (decaying fruit).
Cold penis and testicle, with gluey discharge.
_Respiratory Organs._--Slight, hacking cough, with pain in left scapulæ.
Fulness in chest, requiring an effort to inflate the lungs.
Oppressed for breath from least exertion.