Calvin B. Knerr · A Repertory of Hering's Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica · 1896

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Sacrum, wrenched feeling: Calc.

Sacrum, writhing; radiating over body and limbs, Diosc.

SCAPULÆ, aching: Calc. p.; to arms, Æthus.; between, Æsc. h., Lyc., Nux v.; continual, Phyt.; dull under right, Ziz.; dull, alternating with sharp pain beneath right, Bry.; in left, Ptel.; on inner border of left to neck, moving arm or leaning to left, Brom.; under left, extends into left lung, worse on expiration, Sep.; with subacute inflammation of liver, Hydr.; at posterior lateral margins, generally worse on left side, Ziz.; pressive, on right, later on left, Tell.; worse from least pressure, Cinch.; in right (functional derangement of liver), Sep.; hot, beneath right, with cough (morbus Brightii), Lyc. vir.; tensive, between (myelitis), Sul.

Scapulæ, boils: Nitr. ac.; large boil between, with gangrene of legs, Iod.

Scapulæ, boring: Cornus

Scapulæ, feel as if broken: Ananth.

Scapulæ, bruised pain: Kreo., Merc., Merc. iod. flav.; between, Amm. m.; as if beaten in front and outside towards shoulder joint, extends to elbow, Berb.; as if beaten in right, Arn.; worse in rest, Lyc.; in right, Cic.; in right, or as if dislocated, Aloe; from right, to shoulder joint, Berb. ☞ aching, soreness

Scapulæ, burning: Carbo v., Rob.; between, Glon., Phos.; between, in myelitis, Sul.; as from hot coals between, worse in summer, Lyc.; in left, Amb., Zinc.; under left, Cund.; from pimples, below right, Cist.; in right, Carbo v., Lachn.; below and to right, Pallad.; in and behind right, and tending towards ribs, Asaf.; in skin of right, Zinc.; in spinal irritation, Zinc.; as from stitches, Nux v.; before vomiting, Rhus; in muscles, about lower margin, in women who follow sedentary employments, often over a small space, greatly worse by long-continued needlework or writing, Ran. b. ☞ smarting

Scapulæ, chills; spread over back, Diosc.; begin between, Rhus

Scapulæ, chilliness; between, Eup. pur.; between, in asthma, Caps.

Scapulæ, coldness; between, Natr. c.; sensation of an icy cold hand, between (hysteria), Sep.; as from a piece of ice between, better by heat (intermittent fever), Puls.; between, in pulmonary affections, Amm. m.; as if touched by ice, Agar.; as if cold wind were blowing on parts between, Caust.

Scapulæ, constrictive pain: Magn. m.; between, in diphtheria, Merc. cy.

Scapulæ, contracting feeling; in muscles of right, Brach.

Scapulæ, contractive pain: Guaiac.; from superior angle to seventh dorsal vertebræ, drawing shoulders back tight as if bones would be crushed, worse moving shoulders, neck, or arms, Med.

Scapulæ, cramplike pain; in inner angle (congestion of liver), Chel.; between, during motion, Ipec.; between, with palpitation, Phos.; in internal border of right, Chel.

Scapulæ, cutting; to anterior part of chest, Glon.; below, Asaf.; between, Hyper.; from left into chest, catching breath, Lyc.; incisive pain, between, passing through to sternum, with sensation of pressure or constriction to chest, in afternoon, Lac c.

under left, Hyper.; sharp across, Glon.

Scapulæ, darting; caused by dry, hacking cough, Med.; from left to shoulder and mamma, Grat. ☞ lancinating, stitches

Scapulæ, distress; between, Phos.; in right (functional derangement of liver), Sep.

Scapulæ, drawing: Caust., Nitr. sp. d.; below, Asaf.; between, Hep., Lyc.; between, in open air, Natr. c.; between, necessitates lying down, Ars.; painful between, Calend., Puls.; in left, Card. m., Squilla; in left, worse in morning, Chrom. ac.; painful, in left, Ptel.; painful, close under left, for a few moments, while standing, Millef.; in muscles, as if something in them were drawn back and forth, more spasmodic than painful, Nux v.; painful, Calc., Cham., Sul.; internally, in region of right, as if nerves and vessels were made tense, Coloc.; between right and spinal column, Bell.; on inner margin of right, Card. m.

Scapulæ, dull pain; in inferior angles, in morning, on awaking, Chrom. ac.; at inner angle of left, during evening, Chrom. ac.; below, Asaf.; between, Phos.; heavy, continuous, in left, Cund.; along inner edge of left, worse from breathing, Sang.; under right, Ind.

Scapulæ, eruption; blisters on right, tensive, burning, scurf forms, Amm. m.; miliary spots on right, Sumb.; pimples, Berb.; single pimple, filling with pus, then drying up and disappearing between, Coccul.; small, painful, non-suppurating tubercles on right, Amm. m.; red vesicle on right, painful to touch, Cic.

Scapulæ, gnawing: Phos. ac.

Scapulæ, gurgling; in right, with chilly feeling, Tarax.

Scapulæ, heat: Chel.; between, Phos.; warmth between scapulæ and sternum, Arg. nit. ☞ burning

Scapulæ, itching; in left, Form.; below and to right, Pallad.; over left, Ipom.; between, Arg. met.; on right, Anag.; over right, Diosc.

Scapulæ, jerking: Calc. p.; painful, above left, Squilla

Scapulæ, lameness: Apis; on bending forward when walking, Apis; in right, Amyl.

Scapulæ, lancinating; below, worse throwing shoulders back and chest forward, or from any contortion of body, Badiag.; under left, Rob. ☞ darting, shooting, stitches

Scapulæ, neuralgia; beneath, Tereb. ☞ tearing

Scapulæ, oppression; in right, extending through thorax to sternum, Chel.

Scapulæ, pain: Arund., Calc. p., Carbo v., Vespa; at acromion process of left, Aspar.; worse in afternoon, and leaning back, Cochl.; at lower angle of left, worse taking deep inspiration, Uran. n.; under inner and lower angle of right (pregnancy), Chel.; on moving arm, Kali m.; below, Calc. p., Ver.; between, Amm. c., Calc. p., Phos.; along breast, has to straighten, Bov.; under, cannot take full breath, Cup. ars.; between, with colic (amenorrhœa), Amm. c.; constant between, Sep.; deep, in lower portion of left, Diosc.; between, drawing to small of back, Dros.; between, in drunkards, and in suppressed

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menses, Ars.; from epigastrium, Badiag.; in intermittent fever, Elat.; between, he inclines forward for relief, worse from inspiration, it passes gradually around in front to ninth and tenth ribs, Natr. a.; from sore spot below left to heart, with violent palpitation, Med.; on inhaling, Æsc. h.; worse during inspiration, Æsc. h.; under, worse by inspiration, Puls.; lower angle of left, Chel.; below left, Act. rac., Aph. ch., Arund., Daph.; below left, with cough, Sticta; below left, with palpitation, Cact.; in left, Chrom. ac.; in left, seemingly from left mamma, Lil. tig.; deep seated, with distress in left, better standing and walking, Chrom. ac.; along inner edge of left, extends below inferior angle or through lower half of left side of thorax, Ran. b.; severe, about superior margin of left, Jalap.; to left, from heart, Aloe; under left, Ailant.; under left, as if a piece of flesh were being twisted out, with cutting under ribs of left side, after ineffectual urging to stool, Cornus; under lower angle of left, worse from motion or breathing, Cup. ars.; commencing under left, running down left arm to little finger, which pricked as if asleep, Med.; under left, three days, then eruption on axilla of affected side (herpes zoster), Dolich.; under left, around to front and down to groin, paroxysms brought on by lying down, had to sit upright (intercostal neuralgia), Magn. p.; momentary, under left, Daph.; severe, under left, Ind.; under left, till zona broke out, Dolich.; at outer margin, Chel.; in vicarious menses, Dig.; in morning, Chrom. ac.; under motion, with chill, Sang.; extending into neck, with tension, Coloc.; over and below, Var.; moved down to pelvis, Chrom. ac.; under point, between shoulders, extending to loins, Oxal. ac.; in right, worse from motion of arm, better pressing part against something hard, Bapt.; below right, worse in evening, after exertion, deep inspiration and moving right arm, better by pressure and lying, especially on right side, pain extends over a spot as large as a palm, extends to corresponding parts of left side, when severe, Ruta; in right, towards back, as after blow or fall, Arn.; in right, worse on inspiration, Æsc. h.; in right, when lying in bed, Cepa; deep in right, hindering motion of arm, Ailant.; in or near head of right, Badiag.; under right, Chel., Chen. a., Med., Pod.; fixed under inner angle of right, Chel.; under right, as if chest would burst, when coughing or drawing a long breath, Seneg.; under right, better motion, Bapt.; under right lower point, as if bruised, in afternoon, Calend.; under right, with vanishing of sight and giddiness in forehead, pale face, Chen. a.; under right, after sitting, Cepa; in right, after Teplitz had removed erysipelatous spot on left cheek, accompanied by headache, Petrol.; vehement, on point and outside towards shoulder joint, extends to elbow, Berb.; between, running to either side, to shoulder and lumbar region, Med.; slight, under left, Xan.; where it ends, near spine, right side, Alum.; on inner surface, Cic.; as if swollen from right to shoulder joint, Berb.; transient, in right, Inul.

Scapulæ, piercing; fine, in left, in breathing, Millef.

painful, close under left for a few moments, while standing, Millef.; as from knives, between, while sitting, in evening, Natr. s. ☞ stitches

Scapulæ, pinching; internal border of right, Chel.; in muscles of right, Amm. m.

Scapulæ, pressing feeling: Coccul.; between, Arum t.; between and under, Calc.; with cough, Coral.; dull, between, Lobel.; on edges, impeding motion of arms, Camph.; jerking, between, to epigastrium, sitting, Bry.; in lower, Pallad.; painful, between, Calend., Lyss.; painful, between (angina), Petrol.; painful, directly over spinous process of left, as if pressed by two or three fingers, Chen. v.; painful, under left, more towards outer side, Bell.; painful, in lower portion of, at same time, as if a solid object were slowly pressing against it, towards noon, Pallad.; painful, on motion, Apis; painful, beneath right lower point, as if suppurating, in afternoon, Calend.; painful, seems to extend from posterior wall of stomach, Arn.; in right, Sep.; between right and spinal column, Bell.; in right, through thorax to sternum, Chel.; under right, worse sitting, Chen. v.; between, especially when stepping hard, or other movements which concuss the chest, Seneg.; as from a stone between, Cinch., Nux v.; between, with tension, Nux v.; in upper, Ind.; wedgelike pain under right, worse sitting, Chen. v.

Scapulæ, rawness; in right, during repose, Coloc.

Scapulæ, rheumatic pain: Mez., Val.; between, Aspar., Lobel. i., Lyc. vir.; between angles, Bry.; in left, Merc. cor.; between, from nape of neck to small of back, Ver.; in right, morning after rising, Mez.; in right, Æsc. h.; in spot below right, extending into left hip and groin, worse from motion, Cist.; between, better by warmth, worse by cold, Rhus

Scapulæ, sensitive; all muscles connected with, are more or less affected and painful to touch, Chrom. ac.

Scapulæ, sharp pain; in angle, Iod.; in right, Sil.; striking forward through chest, from right, Merc. sol.; between, passing through to sternum, with sensation of pressure or constriction of chest, in afternoon, Lac c.

Scapulæ, shocks; dull, upward to between, from posterior walls of chest, Calc.

Scapulæ, shooting; under, in pericarditis, Ascl. t.; stinging, again in armpit or in chest, Sul. ac.; between, has to straighten up, Bov. ☞ darting, lancinating, stitches

Scapulæ, smarting; between, in gastric disorders, Kali bi.; at posterior lateral margins, generally worse in left side, Ziz. ☞ burning

Scapulæ, soreness: Ant. t., Vespa; between, with dry cough, two short hacks, Sul. ac.; of left, when moving, Med.; along inner border of right, Asar.; of a small spot in left into lung, Cup. ars.

Scapulæ, sticking: Coccus, Spong., Zinc.; dull, boring, in left, across spine, Menyanth.; between (incipient tuberculosis), ⁞Agar.; fine, between, Puls.; in right, Sil.; as if something were sticking below right, better after sleep, Ars. h.; from right to left, Zinc. ☞ stinging, stitches

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Scapulæ, stiffness; between, Kali c., Lact. ac.; between, in open air, Natr. c.; at lower angle of left, Kali bi.; down left inner, worse after walking and laughing, Kali c.; painful, Led.; painful, between, Ang.; in upper, on sitting still, worse beginning to move, Ind.

Scapulæ, stinging: Pæonia; as from blows and bruises in right, when in motion, felt as far as chest, Kali c.; at posterior lateral margins, generally worse on left side, Ziz.; near edge of right, near spine, in morning, Hyper.; as from a sprain in left, extending into chest, Kali c.

Scapulæ, stitches: Ars. m., Camph., Phos., Sul.; dull, between left acromion and shoulder blade, Ang.; from apex to epigastrium, during fatiguing labor, Kali c.; below, worse throwing shoulders back and chest forward, or from any contortion of body, Badiag.; beneath, All. sat., Kreo.; between, Ascl. t., Calc., Colch., Indig., Paris, Plumb., Psor.; between, on deep breathing, Acon., Prun.; in and between, Nitr. ac., Ran. b.; beneath, take away breath and do not permit stooping, Sul.; broad, as with a knife, under left, near spinal column, independent of breathing, Cup. m.; in chest, from right (pneumonia, with bilious symptoms), Merc. sol.; during cough, Merc.; dull, between, behind forward, afternoon, lying, Bry.; dull, in left, Anac.; dull, under, Asar.; between, to epigastrium, sitting, Bry.; flying, in right, Spong.; in gastritis, Coccul.; in left, Amm. m., Manc., Verbas.; left to axilla, Ol. an.; in border of left, Dulc.; dull, boring, on left, Menyanth.; in left, when breathing or coughing, Sep.; under left, with cough, Sul.; to left, worse by cough, inspiration, touch, better by gentle pressure (prolapsus uteri), Sep.; under left to heart, Bry.; fine, in middle of left, from without inward, during inspiration, Millef.; especially about left, when inspiring, Aspar.; in lower part of left, Kalm.; dull, in left, radiate to all sides, Anac.; to occiput, Guaiac.; pleuritic after riding in open car, worse by each inspiration, Guaiac.; pressing, along side of right, when swallowing or hawking, Caust.; rheumatic, in right, Bapt.; beneath right, Chel.; in right, Phos., Sep.; in right, in breathing, Kali c.; continued, in right, terminating in one close below, Guaiac.; in right, on inspiring, Amm. m.; right to left, Coccul.; through right, in disease of liver, with hydrothorax, Kali c.; painful, under right, when stooping, Jugl.; fine, in and behind right, extending to ribs, Asaf.; under right, Arum t., Jugl.; spasmodic, in right, sitting, Ant. c.; dull, between, near spine, Ang. ☞ cutting, lancinating, piercing, shooting

Scapulæ, swelling; on left, seven inches broad, five inches long, thickness of a finger, raised in middle and inflamed, opened in several places and discharged profuse matter, Sil.

Scapulæ, tearing: Berb., Caust., Niccol.; on edges, impeding motion of arm, Camph.; between, Anac., Berb., Psor., Sil.; between, in cardialgia, Puls.; between, downward, especially on deep breathing, Menyanth.; drawing, Acon.; in left, Card. m.; in morning, Kali c.; in point, Berb.; over, terminating in stitch, Cycl.

on top, Rhus; beneath, while walking, Sil.

Scapulæ, tension: Bar. c., Colch., Nux v.; boring, from tip of left, through, Natr. c.; between, with cutting and tingling in skin, Jacea; of muscles, motion difficult, Mez.; painful, Rhus; painful between, while lying or moving, Sul.

Scapulæ, throbbing: Calc. p.; under lower third of left, Zinc.; painful dull but severe, under lower angle of left, Sinap.; painful, on right, Merc. iod. flav.; painful, in small spot between, Phos.

Scapulæ, tumor; osseous, on spine of, Calc. fl.; steatomous, over middle spine of left, violet color, rounded shape, yields slightly to pressure of finger, tumor pedunculated, could be handled without pain, but lying on back in bed caused bruised or smarting pain, Thuya; on inner part of right, externally, red (scirrhus mammæ), Carbo a.

Scapulæ, wandering pains; sharp (pneumonia), Cact.

Scapulæ, as if wet; with cold sweat, skin dry and cool, Lachn.

SPINAL CORD, affections (in general): Ang., Apis, Form., Zinc.; anterior portion, Eup. pur.; with constipation, as if rectum were paralyzed, Sil.; with gressus gallinaceus, Aur. met., Ign.; with gressus vaccinus, Calc.; in cerebrospinal meningitis, Cup. ac.; acts principally upon motor side, Gels.; cause paralysis of feet, Zinc.; with diminished sexual desire, Cinch.; with increased sexual desire, Sil.; from sexual excesses, Calc., Nux v., Phos.; in sheep, Æsc. h.

Spinal cord, anæmia; from exhausting diseases, Kali ph.; paralysis, Nux v.; in subjects who use sewing machines or are confined to house, Nux v.; in those given to sexual excesses, Phos.; in tall, lean persons, Phos.

Spinal cord, atrophy (tabes dorsalis); progressive locomotor ataxia, Æsc. h., Alumin., Arg. nit., Atrop., Bell., Calab., Caust., Coccul., Colch., Crotal., Fluor. ac., Gels., Kalibr., Lach., Nitr. ac., Nux m., Nux v., Phos., Phos. ac., Pic. ac., Plumb., Psor., Rhus, Sec., Sil., Stram., Sul., Tarant., Zinc.; locomotor ataxia, early stages, especially when occurring from exposure to cold or from sexual excess, Nux v.; locomotor ataxia, from excessive loss of fluids and semen, Phos.; locomotor ataxia, after sexual excesses or exposure to wet and cold, Calc.; from sexual abuse, Phos.; with chest pain, torpor or numbness of genitals, Graph.; cerebrospinal exhaustion from overwork, Phos. ac.; preceded by overexcitement, causing paralysis, Phos.; exhaustion, Pic. ac.; exhaustion, lightness in body, in onanists and hysterical subjects, Gels.; incipient, Caust.; with palpitation, Graph.; with paralysis, Sil.; with dulness of sense, Graph.; from sexual excesses, Kali br.; with great excitement of sexual system, Fluor. ac.; in women, with weakness of legs and back, Graph. ☞ paralysis

Spinal cord, congestion: Cic., Dulc., Gels.; subacute (paralysis), Ailant. ☞ inflammation

Spinal cord, convulsions; from alteration in

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connective tissue, Sil.; from exhaustion, by sexual excesses, Kali br.

Spinal cord, dropsy: Lyss. ☞ Spine, bifida

Spinal cord, ganglia; acts on ganglia, Chloral.

Spinal cord, inflammation (myelitis): Acon., Amm. c., Ant. c., Arn., Ars., Bar. m., Bell., Benz. ac., Bry., Calab., Calc., Carbo v., Caust., Cham., Cic., Cina, Cinch., Coccul., Coff., Colch., Con., Crotal., Dulc., Euph., Hep., Hyos., Hyper., Ign., Iod., Kali iod., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Natr. m., Nitr. ac., Nux m., Nux v., Op., Oxal. ac., Phos., Phos. ac., Pic. ac., Puls., Rhus, Ruta, Sars., Sec., Sep., Sil., Sul., Sul. ac., Ver.; bony structure affected, Sil.; chronic, Plumb.; after taking cold, during menstruation, Dulc.; especially when occurring from exposure to cold or from sexual excess, Nux v.; with diabetes, Phos. ac.; diffused, Sec.; of anterior horns, early stage, Gels.; myelitis malliosa, diffused, attributable to infiltations, Hippoz.; in meningitis, Acon., Crotal., Natr. s., Nux v.; with meningitis, after injury, Hyos.; in meningingitis, after injury or checked sweat, Acon.; meningitis, chronic, with sudden loss of flesh, Plumb.; worse at night, from cold, while lying down, from washing, Dulc.; osteomyelitis, Merc. cor., Phos.; sudden amelioration, cold sweats do not improve, then symptoms of paralysis, Hell.; perimyelitis, Sep.; causes prolapsus uteri, Sil.; during scarlatina or measles, eruption not developed, Dulc.; after sexual excesses or getting wet, Phos.; syphilitic, Kali iod., Merc., Nitr. ac., Phyt., Sang., Thuya; from getting wet or sleeping on damp ground, Rhus

Spinal cord, injuries: Hyper.; lesions (diabetes), Nux v.; lesion, by a fall, with spasmodic asthmatic attacks, Hyper.

Spinal cord, irritation: ☞ Spine irritation

Spinal cord, locomotor ataxy: ☞ atrophy

Spinal cord, neuralgia: ☞ Spine neuralgia

Spinal cord, pain; colicky, proceeding from, with sensation as of drawing in of abdomen to back, depression of spirits, Plumb.; extending through coccyx (coccygodynia), Lactu. v.; downward drawing, worse on stooping or bending, Daph.; upper part, Hyper.

Spinal cord, paralysis: Con., Crotal., Eucal., Sec., Sil.; from decay of anterior portion, Mang.; congestive state, with tetanic spasms (myelitis acuta), Calab.; from alteration in connective tissue, Sil.; exhausting from drainings affecting nerve centres (melancholia), Kali ph.; from exhaustion, Nux v.; from exhaustion by sexual excesses, Kali br.; gressus gallinaceus, Ars.; of infants, Rhus; from inflammation, Oxal. ac.; of lower third, Ars.; of extremities, from pressure, Phos.; progressive, with partial contraction of affected muscles, formication, and tearing in limbs, anæsthesia, with increased heat, Phos. ☞ atrophy ; also Chap. 36, Paralysis

Spinal cord, quicksilver; as if quicksilver moved up and down (paralytic rheumatism), Phos.

Spinal cord, sclerosis; lateral, Crotal., Nux v.; multiple, Arg. nit., Bar. c., Bell., Calab., Caust., Crotal., Gels., Ign., Nux v., Oxal. ac., Phos., Pic. ac., Plumb., Rhus, Sil., Tarant.; multiple, especially in beginning, with gastralgic attacks, vertigo, etc., Nux v.

posterior, Pic. ac.; progressive posterior, Sil.; symptoms suggest, Bar. c.

Spinal cord, softening: Crotal., Kali ph., Phos., Sec.; reduced to a soft, pulpy mass, dark brown in color, and loaded with shining, greasy particles, Pic. ac.; chronic degeneration (impotence), Plumb.; preceded by overexcitement, causing paralysis, Phos.; idiopathic, with deadness of nerves, Kali ph.; incipient, Agar.; causing paralysis, Pic. ac.; causes paralysis of limbs, Stram.

Spinal cord, tabes dorsalis: ☞ atrophy

SPINE, abscess: Asaf., Bell., Hep., Iod., Mez., Phos. ac., Sil., Sul.; cold abscesses, after spondylitis, Calc. a., Calc. iod., Calc. p., Iod., Natr. m., Phos., Sil., Sul.; after a fall, discharges large quantities of pus daily, Sul.; near lumbar vertebræ, Calc. p.

Spine, aching: Agar., Carbo v., Lyss.; burning, in lumbar (acute desquamative stage of Bright's disease), Helon.; constant, in centre, Sil.; worse from friction, passing off after rising, morning, Lyc. vir.; in lower, Ol. jec.; violent, long lasting, about post-lumbar vertebræ, Zinc.; worse between shoulder blades and lumbar region, Arum d.; worse sitting, better rising, walking, lying down, Kob.; upward, with stiffness, worse in damp weather, Nux m.; along last dorsal vertebræ, Asaf., Ascl. s.; along first lumbar vertebræ, Asaf.

Spine, affections: Alumin., Apis, Dolich., Ign., Kali br., Mez., Paris, Sabad., Sil., Zinc.; with anæsthesia or hyperæsthesia, Plumb.; with gressus vaccinus, Iod., Sec.; from inflammation of vertebræ, Phos.; involving medulla oblongata, Hydr. ac.; with melancholy, after disappointed love, Ign.; mercurial cases, limbs feel as if shortened, pains darting like shocks of electricity, Mez.; in paralysis, Ars.; with priapism, Pic. ac.; cannot bear to be raised up in bed and cannot raise herself on account of severe pain, Lach.; from sexual excesses, Nux v.; with tinea capitis, Bar. c.; due to torticollis, Nux v.; from getting wet, Rhus

Spine, air; least draught felt, cannot keep warm, Sumb.

Spine, bifida (hydrorachis): Arn., Ars., Asaf., Bar. c., Bell., Calc., Calc. p., Calend., Cann. s., Carbo v., Dulc., Eup. perf., Graph., Hep., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Mez., Nitr. ac., Phos., Psor., Ruta, Sil., Staph., Sul.; of the newborn, Calc.

Spine, biting; in a small place, Agar.

Spine, boring; in spinous processes, Brom.

Spine, bruised feeling: Sabad., Spig.; as if beaten, Ruta; takes away breath, Ruta; in cervical, Arn.; in dorsal, Arn.; in dorsal, as from a fall, Ruta; in lumbar, Rhus, Ruta; in lumbar vertebræ, standing, sitting or lying, causes limping when walking, Hep.

Spine, burning: Agar., Acon., Bell., Phos., Plumb., Ver.; and aching, Helon.; four inches above small of back, Lachn.; in epileptic attack, Ars.; down, Glon., Med.; to head, pain and aching (threatens abortion from fright), Gels.; whole length, Zinc.; up whole, when lying, Lyc.; brought on by any attempt at using mind, Pic. ac.; in myelitis, Phos.; with numbness of feet and hands, Calab.; along

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with palpitation, Natr. c.; pressing, across dorsal region and under scapula, like that produced by sewing, Sep.; between shoulders, Ars. met.; along whole, worse sitting, Zinc.; in a small place, Agar.; spots, Phos.; along vertebræ to left, Asaf.; in last vertebra, which is sore to touch (aphonia nervosa), Puls.; with weakness of legs and back, with soreness of muscles and joints, brought on by study, Pic. ac. ☞ heat

Spine, buzzing; formication, Sec.

Spine, carbuncle; small (gastralgia), Caust. ☞ Neck carbuncle

Spine, caries: ☞ vertebræ

Spine, chilliness; with dull pain in lower cervical and upper dorsal vertebræ (myelitis), Dulc.; creeps up, Gels.; with sick headache every month, Polyp. ☞ Back chill, chilliness

Spine, chills; creeping, Oxal. ac.; creeping along, intermingled with hot flashes between shoulder blades, up back to nape of neck, Polyp.; horripilations and pains in limbs, Form.; rigors, melancholia after fit of passion, Hyos.; run down, in facial neuralgia, Sep.; shuddering along, after and during menses, Nitr. ac.

Spine, coldness: Hyos., Ruta; as if cold air were spreading, like aura epileptica, Agar.; in dorsal, with shaking, Menyanth.; downward and through entire abdomen, with nausea and vomiting (diarrhoea), Crot. t.; icy, through whole length, Thuya; during itching and burning of skin (pruritis senilis), Mez.

Spine, concussion: ☞ injuries

Spine, congestion: Absin., Art. v., Crotal., Gels.; with incipient aphasia, Gels.; in cerebrospinal meningitis, Gels.; in opisthotonos, Ver. v.; with throbbing headache, after severe mental effort, worse at base of brain, Pic. ac.

Spine, contractions; spasmodic, through whole length, especially on motion, Coccul.; sensation of, Cham.; with vertigo, Sarrac.

Spine, cracking: Coccul.; in cervical vertebræ, on moving head, Natr. c., Niccol.; creaking noise, Agnus; on bending head backward, with stiffness of neck, Sul.; on raising head, Ol. an.; after falling down stairs, in lumbar vertebræ, on bending, Rhus; audible, on slight motion, Kali bi.; on moving body, Agar.; on moving neck, Chel.

Spine, crawls: Sal. ac.; as from beetles, Acon.; commences at back of neck, moving slowly down (epilepsy), Lach.

Spine, curvature: Calc., Calc. p., Carbo v., Ferr. iod., Rhus, Sil., Sul.; cervical caries, Syph.; from caries of vertebræ, Phos. ac.; dorsal, Calc., Rhus; angular, after fall, hump prominent, increasing fast, Sul.; drawn from normal position, after falling down stairs, Rhus; from fifth to twelfth vertebræ, bent backward, cannot stand erect, is bent forward and supports body by putting hands on knees, head sinks between knees on sitting on floor (after vaccination), Thuya; in hip disease, Kali c.; with open fontanelles, in children, Puls.; increasing, Merc.; laterally (marasmus), Calc.; to left, Calc. p.; lumbar, Bell.; lumbar vertebræ, forward, Calc. p.; lumbo-dorsal region (Potts' curvature), Sul.; swelling in curvature of neck or back, Calc.

Potts' disease, Calc., Merc. cor.; strongly bent to right side, Sul.; to right, painful to touch and motion, Sil.; after suppression of scabies by ointment, Sul.; between shoulders (emphysema), Hep.; drawn to one side, Merc.; when standing there is a deep anterior curve of lumbar, much diminished in a prone position (Duchenne's pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis), Phos.; upper part of, Puls. ☞ vertebræ

Spine, cutting: Ang.; to abdomen, in a circle, Acon.; in region of lowest dorsal, Ascl. s.; worse on inhalation and moving body, Ang.; lumbar vertebræ, worse during stool, Rheum; in vertebræ, Ang. ☞ darting, lancinating

Spine, damp; distressing sensation of damp clothes, Tuberc.

Spine, darting; like shocks of electricity in mercurial cases (disease of spine), Mez.; up, on stooping (traumatic periostitis of sacrum and lower vertebræ), Sil. ☞ lancinating

Spine, dislocated; as if, painful, in cervical vertebræ, when lifting arm, Ang.

Spine, distress; along, with palpitation, Natr. c.

Spine, drawing: Cina, Natr. m.; slight pain in afternoon, changes to a seated, dull tearing in joints of legs, worse walking, Stront.; takes away breath, Ruta; cramplike in dorsal vertebræ, as from a cold in left side, Illic.; near to left, downward from shoulder blade, Badiag.; lumbar region extends at one time into upper then to lower limbs, Rhod.; through lumbar vertebræ on standing, Cann. i.; through lumbar vertebræ, while standing, with stitches in small of back, Con.; in middle, with drawing opposite to it, on back part of stomach, Stram.; painful, Caps.; each side, Cinch.; like a painful weakness, while sitting and stooping, Zinc.

Spine, eruption; petechiæ, in cerebrospinal disease, Ver. v.; several groups of pustules near, have a hemorrhagic appearance, spread from one group to another until it reaches axillary line (herpes zoster from external application of Rhus), Lach.; large greenish spots at base, Chloral.; to sternum, right side, patches of exanthema (herpes zoster, after external application of Rhus), Lach.; variola-like pustules, painful and suppurate, Sil.

Spine, exudation: Arn.

Spine, fall; dorsal, as if it would fall in when sitting long, Bar. c.

Spine, formication: Acon., Agar.; into extremities, Nux v.; along, in sexual excess, Ars.; in lower half, Phos. ☞ numbness

Spine, gnawing: Bell.

Spine, heat: Hyos.; warm air streaming up into head (precedes epileptic attack), Ars.; cervical, to occiput, Nitr. sp. d.; follows sensation as if she were going to faint, Med.; running up to head, before convulsions (puerperal eclampsia), Phos.; in lower part, Pic. ac.; pungently hot and dry (cerebrospinal disease), Ver. v.; sensation, Plumb.; hot spot, Phos.; warmth to head, πCann. i.; rising of warmth along, Lyc.; for a week, Med. ☞ burning

Spine, heaviness: Phos.; weight, in lumbar vertebræ, Ammoniac.

Spine, heavy pain; in lower, Ol. jec.

Spine, inflammation: ☞ vertebræ ; also Spinal cord inflammation

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Spine, injuries: Arn., Hyper., Ruta; bruises and shocks, Arn., Con.

Spine, irritation: Chin. s., Coca, Coccul., Crotal., Cup. m., Hep., Naja, Natr. m., Nux v., Ol. jec., Phos., Phos. ac., Phyt., Puls., Rhus, Sec., Therid., Zinc.; in painful affections, Atrop. s.; with amaurosis, first right, then left eye, Cinch.; asthenopia, caused by, Natr. m.; causes cardiac neuroses, Kali br.; causes cephalalgia, Sil.; in chest diseases, confinement, reflex uterine troubles, caries, etc., Phos.; during febrile stage of scarlatina, Ver. v.; in intermittent fever, Chin. s.; in beginning of typhoid fever, Val.; especially from grief, anger, sexual excesses, etc., Natr. m.; excessive hyperæsthesia, slight touch produces spasmodic pain in chest and indescribable distress in cardiac region, at times heart feels as if twisted, Tarant.; causes hysteria, Kali br., Therid.; with chronic leucorrhœa, Ziz.; desire to lie down, Nux v.; of lower part, paralytic incontinence of urine from, Nux v.; better lying flat on back, with firm pressure, Natr. m.; could not bear least noise, jar of foot on floor aggravates, must cry out, Therid.; affecting muscles, causing cough, laryngismus and even spasmodic stricture of œsophagus, Naja; causes nymphomania, Sil.; with paralytic symptoms, Sil.; pressure of finger between vertebræ causes patient to wince, Calab.; causes prosopalgia, Ign.; with prostration, Zinc.; dilatation of pupils, Nux v.; reflex, Diosc.; rheumatic, Bar. c., Caust.; due to sexual excess or masturbation, Puls.; itching in uterus, Plat.; caused by getting wet, Rhus ☞ sensitive

Spine, jerking; in middle, Cina

Spine, lame; pain, as if, Ruta

Spine, lancinating; from lower dorsal vertebræ through chest, arresting breathing, Berb.; in upper part, towards right scapula, Cina. ☞ cutting, stitches

Spine, neuralgia: Diad., Gels., Ran. b.; in lower part of cervical, Glon.; worse morning and evening, and after eating (rheumatic neuralgia after unusual exposure), Phos.

Spine, numbness; creeping, especially between hips, Calab.; along and into extremities, Nux v.; lower half, Phos.; tired pains, up and down (nervous debility), Curar. ☞ formication

Spine, oppression; during sweat (ague), Sep.

Spine, pain; acute, of seventh cervical vertebra, Lyc. vir.; along, Nux m., Œnan.; in region of atlas, extends to right side, Arum t.; with inclination to bend forward, as if hard to sit up straight (myelitis acuta), Calab.; in dorsal, as if back would break, Lil. tig.; pains, as if not capable of carrying body, Arn.; along cervical, Lyss.; pain in cervical vertebræ, Stram.; in cervical vertebræ, worse moving head, better pressing hand thereon, Camph.; in cervical, in influenza, Cepa; in cervical, along, worse by movement or exertion (cerebrospinal pains), Oxal. ac.; in third cervical vertebra, Fluor. ac.; located about sixth cervical, extends upward and downward, with aching numbness, heat and weight, worse afternoon about 2 or 3 o'clock, better by rest and out of doors, worse when working, or getting tired when walking (irritation of meninges in cervical portion), Paris; down entire, after constriction in chest, shivering downward, Glon.

constant, in cervical and upper dorsal vertebræ (myelitis), Stram.; constant, sometimes worse in lumbar region, with heat and burning, Kalm.; attending curvature, Æsc. h., Sil.; in region of dentoid vertebra, extends to right side, Arum t.; with depression, Naja; distressing, Æthus.; pain, in first dorsal vertebra, Ipom.; at last dorsal vertebra, Zinc.; in dorsal vertebra, right side, Iod.; in dorsal, to stomach, on pressure (affection of spine), Lach.; in upper dorsal vertebra, Stram.; in upper three dorsal vertebræ, through shoulder blades, Kalm.; about fourth and tenth dorsal vertebræ, Gamb.; in eighth dorsal vertebra, worse by movement and deep inspiration, Lobel. c.; down, in headache, Coccul.; to head and shoulders, Gels.; intense, in headache, Lac def.; with cutaneous hyperæsthesia, Lyss.; cervical, intense, in influenza, Cepa; along accompanying inspiration, Morph. s.; violent, in spinal irritation, Rhus; lies only on back, in caries of dorsal vertebræ, Lach.; passed down to loins and hips and from thence to knees, Lyss.; in lower, Aur. met., Lyss.; in lower, with pain in chest, Bar. c.; in lower, between hips, Calab.; in lower, in spinal irritation, Coccul.; in lower portion from lumbar vertebræ, Ferr. iod.; in lower sacral vertebræ, worse sitting, with sensation as if swollen, Syph.; better lying on something hard, Natr. m.; across lumbar, Gamb.; in lumbar vertebræ, Ipom.; in lumbar vertebræ, in intermittent, Polyp.; in lumbar vertebræ, when moving, Ars. s. f.; pain in lumbar vertebræ, in nephritis, Arn.; on standing, in lumbar vertebræ, Cann. i.; in upper lumbar vertebræ, Cain.; in first and second lumbar vertebræ, when turning, Agar.; in articulation of lumbar vertebræ and sacrum, left side, pressing spot causes pain down thigh to knee, Natr. p.; all along, in cerebrospinal meningitis, Ced., Glon.; in middle, on swallowing, as of sharp crust sticking in an inward direction (rheumatic fever), Caust.; on motion or turning body, Agar.; severe, worse from moving arms and legs (traumatic meningitis), Hyper.; worse from motion (meningitis), Merc.; from neck, into brain, on turning or moving head (affection of spine), Lach.; especially nape of neck and spine, worse from pressure, Ang.; paroxysms of intense coldness, Lyss.; down a part of, Sars.; periodically returning, preventing walking, Phos.; worse from pressure (myelitis), Merc.; violent, as from sudden rising after long stooping, Arn.; excruciating, especially in sacral region, Sec.; on a line with inferior angles of scapulæ, all evening with deep respiration, Alum.; and all over body with sciatica, Petrol.; between shoulders, Chel.; between shoulders, sore to touch, Ars. m.; in both sides when moving head, better warmth of stove, πCarbo v.; all down and close to it on both sides, Calab.; worse sitting, πKob.; daily more severe, could not sit, except on an air cushion, after falling out of a hammock, Hyper.; prevent sleep, Con.; especially in a spot size of palm in middle, sensitive to touch and motion, after dinner, Agar.; worse stooping, Agar.; streaking up and down, Phyt.; sudden pain about fourth and fifth dorsal

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vertebræ, to right side of chest and shoulders, Brach.; as if tired, in lumbar vertebræ, in morning, Kreo.; several places, sensitive to touch, Agar.; unbearable, Ars. h.; fifth and sixth vertebræ, Aspar.; cannot walk erect, must stoop, Cann. i.; as if too weak to support, stooping, Agar.; like a weight, worse on lifting, Cinch.; like a wound in lower dorsal vertebræ, worse by pressure and movement, Chel.

Spine, pinching; near lowest portion, Carbo v.

Spine, pressing feeling: Nitr. sp. d.; must bend backward, Bism.; burning, above small of back, Zinc.; in cervical vertebræ, Nitr. sp. d.; drawing acute pain in right side, opposite liver, especially on inspiration, Ruta; dull, Phos.; in lower portion, Pallad.; near lowest portion, Carbo v.; in lumbar vertebræ, Ammoniac.; in lumbar vertebra, sharp, standing, sitting or lying, causes limping when walking, Hep.; in lumbar region, with pressure in stomach, Rhod.; pain, during breathing, Calc.; in cervical vertebræ, painful about fourth, Lac def.; while sitting, as if pressed like an elastic body, Benz. ac.; passing up and down while sitting erect, Spong.; as if a solid object were slowly pressing against it, with pressing pain in lower portion of scapula, towards noon, Pallad.

Spine, purple; discolored band, two inches wide, along each side, Chloral.

Spine, redness: Ver. v.

Spine, rheumatism: Dulc., Phyt.; in lower cervical vertebræ, Sil.; in upper cervical vertebræ, with stiffness of neck, Calc.; in lumbar vertebræ, boring, tearing, burning downward, with inclination to move, Calc.

Spine, sensitive; in amaurosis, Cinch.; in cervical region, pressure causes outcries and raving, Stram.; cervical vertebræ, Card. m.; especially cervical and upper dorsal (spotted fever), Act. rac.; from sixth cervical vertebræ to small of back, touch intolerable, Cup. m.; of dorsal vertebra, Card. m.; during intervals of consciousness, in encephalitis, Coccul.; hyperæsthesia, Dios.; in parenchymatous metritis, Lac c.; painful, from last cervical to fifth dorsal vertebra, to pressure and touch, Tell.; could not bear pressure, after a blow (hysteria), Sep.; cervical vertebræ, to pressure, with congestive chills, Arn.; to pressure, cervical vertebræ, of neuralgic headache and cerebral spinal meningitis, Gels.; pressure on spinous processes of first three cervical vertebræ, aggravates or brings on neuralgic attack (neuralgia of face), Coloc.; to pressure, seventh cervical (neuralgic headache), Gels.; to pressure, cervical, slightest pressure on spinous processes aggravates pain in infraorbital region, side of face and back of neck, makes her shrink and almost leap from chair, Sul.; cries out on pressure, tired, pale, nausea, belching and retching, Atrop. s.; to pressure, last and first dorsal vertebræ, Chin. s.; pressure on last dorsal vertebra aggravates pain (cramp in stomach), Cochl.; pressure on three upper dorsal vertebræ, causes dyspnœa (spinal irritation), Chin. s.; to pressure, from third to fifth dorsal vertebræ (nervous affection), Magn. p; fifth and sixth dorsal vertebræ painful to pressure, Puls.; painful on pressure in all stages of fever paroxysm, Chin. s.

to pressure, lower lumbar (hysteria), Plat.; to pressure, in myelitis, Dulc.; pressure between shoulder blades produces violent and long continued pain, she had well-marked spinal irritation, Sil.; to pressure, spinous processes of dorsal vertebræ between scapulæ, also muscles between processes and left scapula were sensitive, much worse on left side, worse from unpleasant emotions, excitement, and by vexation, Phos.; with sciatica, Tell.; sore, does not wish it to be touched, Iodof.; spot between shoulder blades, causing waterbrash and afterwards nausea and vomiting when spot has been touched, Rhus; tender spot about centre of dorsal vertebræ, Sul.; tenderness in cervical, worse by movement or exertion (cerebrospinal pains), Oxal. ac.; seventh cervical vertebræ, tenderness even on touch, Carbol. ac.; tenderness of lower dorsal vertebræ (Duchenne's pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis), Phos.; tenderness of upper dorsal and lower cervical spinous processes, with stiff neck, worse on exertion or strain upon spine, painful to pressure, which causes pain and irritation to cough (spinal irritation), Sec.; tenderness, near and extending to kidneys (diabetes), Uran. n.; tenderness, from cerebellum to kidneys, with aching and exhausted feeling in cerebellum and medulla, Med.; tenderness, with neuralgia of head, back and cardiac region, Ran. sc.; tenderness, mostly in neck, below occiput (affection of spine), Lach.; tenderness, along, in ovarian neuralgia, Zinc.; tenderness, on pressure, from last dorsal vertebra to sacrum, Coccul.; tender, on pressure over posterior spinous processes of all cervical and four first dorsal vertebræ (neuralgia of face), Coloc.; tender, when stretching, Med.; to touch, Phos., Zinc.; to touch, cervical, Hyper.; cervical vertebræ, to touch (intermittent), Chin. s.; to touch, from cervical vertebræ to region of kidneys, least touch made him shrink, Hyper.; to touch, in first dorsal vertebræ, Brach.; could not bear least touch, irritability akin to convulsions, Lyss.; whole length, to touch, Med.; to touch, cannot locate pain (intermittent), Coccul.; to touch, lumbar vertebræ, Med.; to touch, lumbar vertebræ (nervous affection), Magn. c.; to touch, lumbar vertebræ, in paralytic rheumatism, Phos.; to touch, worse in morning, Agar.; painful to touch, Chin. a.; to touch or pressure, Natr. m.; to touch or pressure, in perimyelitis, Sep.; slightest touch excites spasms, Acon.; vertebra prominent, Gels.; to touch, in vertebræ, Phos.; sore to touch, Ol. jec.; between vertebræ, Natr. m.; between vertebræ, sits sideways to avoid pressure against spine (spinal irritation), Therid.; of vertebræ, to hot sponge (chorea), Agar.; three vertebræ painful, shrieks when they are touched, cannot sleep on back, Kali c.

Spine, sharp pains; in lower, Ol. jec.; in whole length, better lying on back, Zinc.; from upper dorsal into occiput, Kali c.; shooting into occiput (confinement), Petrol.

Spine, shocks; starting from one of lower vertebræ, Agar.

Spine, shooting: Acon., Bell.; deep, Agar.; lumbar from vertebræ to crest of ilium, right

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side, Chrom. ac.; in single vertebræ, Agar. ☞ lancinating, stitches

Spine, soreness; down cervical, Ham.; in cervical, of left side, Sul.; in lower cervical vertebræ, Con.; at lower cervical vertebræ, down to joints of and under both scapulæ, Natr. a.; in last and first lumbar dorsal vertebræ, Bell.; in lower part, almost traceable to sciatic nerve, πBrach.; worse by motion, and by pressure on spinous processes, Chel.; painful, Merc. iod. rub.; up and down, Natr. s.; pain, within, from below upward, Eup. pur.

Spine, stabbing; in vertebræ, as with a knife, from without inward, Bell.; from third vertebra, cervical to fifth dorsal, striking forward through chest to sternum, worse motion, Kali bi. ☞ lancinating, stitches

Spine, sticking; with every expiration, in lumbar vertebræ, Sul.

Spine, stiffness: Æsc. h.; with inclination to bend forward, as if hard to sit up straight (myelitis acuta), Calab.; cervical portion stiff, motion causes disagreeable tension and dull pain deep in and to both shoulders (myelitis), Dulc.; beginning in region of os coccygis, Ars.; dorsal, want of mobility in, Bar. c.; painful on awaking, Calc.; painful, with inclination to bend forward, as if hard to sit up straight, Calab.; painful, followed by ebullition and blood to head, Calc.; rigid, Bell.; rigid, in cerebrospinal meningitis, Cic.; rigid, motion exceedingly painful, Lobel. c.; rigid, in periodic attacks, with pain through chest, Cepa; sore feeling down right side, then across loins and over right hip joint, Sil.; inability to straighten after stooping, Kali bi.; vertebræ, stiffness of, Coccul.

Spine, stinging; cervical vertebræ, Lyss.; after lifting, could not turn all night without pain, better in morning, Bor.; in one vertebra, Lyss.

Spine, stitches: Berb., Cinch., Nitr. sp. d.; burning pains, radiate from dorsal region of of (sciatica), Ran. b.; like splinters, Agar.; sudden sharp, in evening, through chest, extending into cartilages of left ribs, Mez.; in upper dorsal vertebræ, between shoulders, constant when sitting, intermittent when standing, extends to hands, worse by pressure, Sec.; fine, persistent, in last dorsal vertebra, when sitting bent over, Verbas.; dull, in second lumbar vertebra, Arg. met.; in middle, immediately after supper, Zinc.; during motion, Meph.; pressing, mostly in sacrum, with dyspnœa, Tarax.; right side, going deep into chest, Ang.; when sitting, Ruta; sudden, each side, Cinnab.; from below upward, Lach. ☞ cutting, darting, lancinating, shooting, stabbing

Spine, stooping: Sep., Sul. ☞ curvature

Spine, swelling; of left side of cervical, Sul.

Spine, tearing: Berb., Caps., Cina; burning, near right side of, above small of back, Kali c.; downward, Mang.; in lower, extending to iliac bones, Chel.; in lumbar region, extends at one time into upper, then into lower limbs, Rhod.; in lumbar vertebræ, forward around left lumbar region to linea alba (neuralgia), Caust.

in middle, Cina; rending, during and before menses, Cinnab.; when sitting, to anterior spinous process of left ilium, stitching, Dros.; when stooping, and bending backward, also walking, Chel.

Spine, tension: Natr. m.; in dorsal vertebræ, Aur. mur.; painful, followed by loss of consciousness, Natr. m.

Spine, twinges; near dorsal vertebræ, Amyl.; with numbness of feet and hands, Calab.

Spine, twitching: Agar.

Spine, uneasiness; great, Agar.; in headache, Agar.; in lumbar vertebræ, Sabina.

Spine, vertebræ; caries, Bufo.; caries, with cervical curvature directly forward, occiput sinking down to a level with it and resting on protuberance of curvature, often nearly a teaspoonful of calcareous matter would be discharged at a time, which if evaporated leaves dry powder, looking like phosphate of lime, pain in curvature, worse at night, Syph.; caries, with curvature, Phos. ac.; caries, dorsal, Bufo., Syph.; caries, dorsal, resulting in deformed chest, leaving child feeble, Lach.; caries, dorsal, with acute curvature, numerous cloacæ communicating with diseased bone, one larger than the rest, exuding sanious, offensive pus and surrounded with proud flesh, thickening and induration of surrounding parts from effusion of lymph, percussion or pressure not endurable, motion gave great pain by day, terrific pain by night, intense neuralgic pains every night, commence 5 to 7 P.M., terminate at daylight or 5 A.M., Syph.; caries, dorsal, swelling of bone, size of a fist, Bufo.; caries, three or four fistulous passages, Phos. ac.; caries of lower, with painful fistulous openings discharging pus, attended with burning thirst and fever, Phos. ac.; caries, inflammation has extended inward and involved spinal cord, Phos.; caries, lumbar, Sil.; caries, in scrofulous children, Phos.; cervical disease, Sil.; interstitial distension of upper dorsal, Puls.; considerably enlarged, Phos. ac.; sensation as if gliding over one another when turning over in bed, Sul.; inflammation acute, Merc., Natr. m., Phos.; seventh and eighth protrude, forming a lump (glandular swelling, scrofula), Bar. m.; softened, Sul.; spinous processes prominent, Phos.; spondylarthrocace, Phos.; spondylitis, cervical, Phos. ac.; after spondylitis, paralysis of legs, Phos. ☞ abscess, curvature

Spine, weakness: Æsc. h., Agar., Cast. eq., Hep., Phos.; in evening, Alum.; from exhaustion, Gels.; giving rise to great fatigue, exertion and frequent desire to urinate, especially in morning, Phos. ac.; after typhoid fever, fears he will be paralyzed, Selen.; in headache, Agar.; paralytic, Ananth.; partial paralysis, Natr. m.; difficult scybalous stool at long intervals, impotence, Nux v.

Spine, weariness; tired feeling in cervical and dorsal vertebræ, with peculiar burning of exhaustion, Naja