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156.
Menses ended on 4
th
day (usually brown discharge for another day). [04.XX.XX, E10,
12 C]
157.
Slight pressure pains in the lower abdomen with headache on 1
st
day of menses,
aggravated by a hot water bottle and by cold. The next day, slight pain in abdomen, flow
with clots. [01.04.30, E17, 7 C]
158.
Pain in abdomen with muted, continuous headache during menses: slight sensation of
tightening in temples. [02.04.30, E17, 7 C]
Sexuality
159.
Sensation dormant sexuality, less desire.[10.XX.XX, E18, 30 C]
160.
Desire completely absent: "very had to stop myself thinking of other things," "as if my
lower body were no longer connected to my head." [13.XX.XX, E18, 30 C]
161.
Vaginal dryness during sexual relations.[31.XX.XX, E18, 30 C]
COUGH
162.
Reappearance for one day of a hay fever that had disappeared two years before, with
blocked nose, sneezing, and dry cough; sensation of dust in throat ameliorated by coughing.
[02.04.XX, E2, 12 C]
CHEST
Pain
163.
Muscle pains on the right side below the ribs, front and back; stronger the next day.
[17.XX.XX, E4, 7 C]
164.
Persistent intercostal pain and extremely acute intercostal neuralgia, very painful,
lancinating with paroxysmal fits, accompanied by extreme tiredness (calmed by osteopathy
the next day). [19.XX.XX, E4, 7 C]
165.
Stabbing pains in the region of the right vertebral rib, somewhat in the back, for two
days; same pains the next day below right ribs, once in the garden and once in the attic (6:00
p.m. and 8:00 p.m.); again on the 17
th
day following physical effort. [02.09.00, E10, 12 C]
166.
Stitch in the side under the last right rib while seated, from 11:10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
[28.17.55, E18, 30 C]
167.
Painful stitch in the right side going from the front of the chest to the back through the
body. [30.06.35, E18, 30 C]
Tightness
168.
Pressure between the last ribs and the hips with sensation of internal heat. [01.12.15,
E8, 12 C]
169.
Sensation of tightness in the region of the last ribs on both sides as if ribs were being
squeezed, and a need to breathe deeply, several times throughout the day (more frequent
than before). [01.XX.XX, E8, 12 C]
170.
Slight sensation of tightness between the head and the trunk, "as if she felt the interior
walls of her body." Sensation of tightness stronger the next day "as if my chest were
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compressed," "like being squeezed in a corset." The 27
th
day, again a sensation of chest
tightness, as on the first day of the proving. [00.12.XX, E18, 30 C]
Miscellaneous
171.
Slight cardiac erethism. [00.00.XX, E4, 7 C]
BACK
172.
Sensation that the muscles of the back are letting go, that they are no longer
supporting: need to support the back. Desire to lay down in the evening of the next day.
[20.XX.XX, E4, 7 C]
173.
Very subtle sensation as if she had received a light blow to the spinal column, "as if I
had been hit all along this part with a bread paddle," from the nape of the neck to the lower
back, especially in the shoulder area. This sensation of soreness in the back was stronger the
next day. [00.11.25, E18, 30 C]
174.
Dorsolumbar pain (D9-D10) on the first branch of the meridian of the bladder.
[00.08.45, E16, 30 C]
175.
Slight dorsal pain on the right side, sitting with back curved or laying down,
ameliorated by straightening up. [30.XX.XX, E8, 12 C]
176.
Pain where the thumb and index finger meet or dorsal pain when pinching thumb and
index together during the morning. [10.02.XX, E8, 12 C]
177.
Lancinating, pricking pain, under the right shoulder blade while seated, which goes
away on rising (for a quarter of an hour). [05.06.55, E18, 30 C]
178.
Lancinating pain under the left shoulder blade when driving the car in reverse,
independent of movements, which persisted until the next morning. A small identical pain
reappeared for 30 minutes on the 20
th
day under the left shoulder blade [06.11.15, E18,
30 C]
179.
Extreme tiredness, migraine in the afternoon and evening. Tension and pain in the
nape. [16.XX.XX, E4, 7 C]
180.
Pain in the nape like a tightening with difficulty moving. [00.04.45, E16, 30 C]
181.
Sudden pain above the left temple, like a nail. Stiffness of the nape to the left, like
torticollis. [00.08.45, E16, 30 C]
EXTREMITIES
Upper limbs
182.
Itching on the left wrist, inside surface. [01.14.XX, E15, 7 C]
183.
Pain in the left wrist for an instant. (05.01.15, E18, 30 C]
184.
Right hand numb for one or two minutes. (04.10.55, E18, 30 C]
185.
Small cramp in the inside edge of the right hand and along the 5
th
finger. [04.16.05,
E18, 30 C]
186.
In the night, waking with numbness of the inside edge of the left hand and the 5
th
finger. [05.XX.XX, E18, 30 C]
187.
Cramp in the left hand when driving, for ten or so minutes (violent for 30 seconds, then
less strong).[02.06.45, E18, 30 C]