Stramonium

Hyoscyamus

Belladonna

Fever

++

Moderately high fever (compared to Bell.) with the most violent delirium, usually a continuous fever.

+

Has wild maniacal delirium, but very little fever.  Throws the covers off.

+++

Very high fever with moderate delirium (compared to Stram.), always remittent: fever in the afternoon and evening (3 p.m. to 3 a.m.), and then a remission.

Face

Red, but lacks the intense burning heat.

Pale and sunken.

Red, intense burning heat.

Dark/light

Cannot bear the dark, needs light.

Cannot bear the light.

Violence

+++

The most violent out of three.

+

The least violent.

++

Moderately violent.

Speech

The most loquacious.

The most insensibly stupid.

Stand half-way between.

Motions

Throws himself about, jerks head. Graceful circular motions of the limbs.

Every muscle of the body twitches, picks and reaches, otherwise lies pretty still.  Coarse angular jerks of the limbs.

Starts or jumps, falling or awaking from sleep.

Epilepsy

During fit: risus sardonics, and quick trusting head to the right.  Has “a friendly stupid look”.

Often during the  night.

Before the fit: vertigo, ringing in ears, sparks before eyes, gnawing hunger.  During the fit: face purple, eyes projecting, cold body, shrieks, grinding teeth, and enuresis.  After the fit: stupor and snoring.

During fit: spasms of larynx and clutching of throat, hot head and face, throbbing carotids.

Hydrophobia

Fear of water, of anything that may look like water: shining objects, fire, mirrors, sounds of fluids.  Causes convulsions.

Fear of running water.  Symptoms > from sounds of running water (e.g., involuntary urination).

Violent thirst but water aggravates: vertigo, confusion, hallucinations, stupor.

Vision

Objects look black.

Objects look red.

Objects look black.