Excerpt from The British Journal of Homoeopathy, 1861, Vol. 19 A. L., 39 years of age, married, a physician, of tolerably stout frame, tall and well developed, of the vascular diathesis and melancholic temperament, with moderate irritability; pulse 7 5 80; hair and eyes dark brown body fair face brown. Stationary morbid condition: Pityriasis capitis and pingui culm, with visible vascular lines in the whites of the eyes; old standing weakness of vision for distant objects; corpulent abdomen, and occasionally for many years past sluggish stools, and sometimes eeting so called rheumatic pains in the neck, shoulders or loins; a liability to catarrhs, slight attacks of angina, sore throat, and somewhat scanty stools. Past illnesses - He had in youth, besides some children's ailments, scarlatina, and about twelve years ago external hemorrhoids; and for several days immediately before the first proving, the stools were very sluggish; the rectum apparently inactive; the loins felt somewhat as if bruised; rheumatic pains were present on the right side of the neck and in right shoulder on motion, especially mornings and evenings, in consequence of exposure to a draught; disturbed sleep in consequence of sorrow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."