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 Similar to pleurisy, but more of a rheumatic affection, and often mistaken for pleurisy. Not generally accompanied by fever, while pleurisy is.

.—Stitching pain, mostly in left breast; breathing is painful.

—Sticking pain in the ribs; worse from breathing, and from motion.

.—Sticking pain in side, only when lying down; pains rapidly shifting from one part to another.

.—Violent beating and palpitation of the heart, especially after fright.

.—Palpitation worse from motion, or on lying clown; sensation as if heart would stop beating if one moved.

—Tightness across the chest; palpitation worse after eating and drinking.

.—Unusually strong beating of the heart; the beating can be heard; increased by sitting down; by bending forward, and in the evening.

.—Loss of appetite; aversion to food; everything tastes bitter; after sickness.

—Stomach easily disordered; useful after abuse of mercury and quinine.