Title Page Lacking TO ®i)« JMemerj} OF A. GEKALD HULL, M. 1) , ©UK OF THE EARLY FOUNDERS OF HOMCEOPATHY IN AMERICA* AND EVER AN EFFICIENT CONTRIBUTOR TO ITS LITERATURE, THIS 90 U B T H EDITION OF A WORK SO RICHLY ADORNED BY HIM IS INSCRIBED, WITH PROFOUND RESPECT AND GRATEFUL AFFECTION BY FREDERICK G. SNELLING, M. D. PREFACE TO THE FOURTH AMERICAN EDITION. BY DR. JOHN F. GRAY. At. the instance of Me. Radde, the publisher, I have examined the manuscript of the new edition of Jake’s Hand-book, pre- pared by Dr. Snelling, the diligent and worthy successor of my cherished pupil and beloved friend, the late Dk. A. Gerald Hull. It will prove very gratifying to most practitioners to find that Dk. Hull’s successor, in this indispensable hand-book of our school, has faithfully preserved, not only the liberal spirit and scheme of the preceding editions, but all the con- tributions of his deeply lamented predecessor, in their original form. He has, moreover, carefully collated from all good sources over two hundred pages of useful new matter, for the clinical chapters of this first volume. This important task, as far as I am able to judge, fairly and ably brings the hur- ried practitioner face to face with the best adjuvants to his responsible duties which modern and recent researches and experience have added to clinical medicine. Dk. Snelling’s edition is to the homoeopathic practice of to-day just what Dr. Hull’s first one was to that of 1840. 3 4 PREFACE. Clinical conjectures, wlien carefully constructed from the whole retrospect of medical literature, are guides to the suc- cessful use of our materia medica. For, without such aids as the present editor and his predecessors have furnished, it would he impossible to make a selection between half a dozen very dissimilar, but, by the text of the Symptomatology and Repertory, equally indicated drugs—a predicament in which the practitioner constantly finds himself placed in the cham- ber of the invalid. All honor, then, to Hahnemann, Hartlaub, Trinks, Fleischmann, Jahr, IIering, Hull, Hempel, Guernsey, and their brave young successor, Snelling ! Let us thank them for their necessary and useful work. INTRODUCTION. OlJR plan of collating the effects of medicaments consists in presenting primarily the pure pathogenetic effects; and secondarily, as perfecting the former, the morbid conditions known from experience to have been cured by them. In composing the first edition of our work we took an entirely op- posite course, and preferred for our basis the symptoms which, in the prac- tice of medicine, had contributed to indicate the remedies. But, reflecting that these symptoms are much less certain than symptoms purely patho- genetic, wo changed our course in the second edition, taking the pure Materia Medica for the basis. There was a single inconvenience which attended this procedure: that two sets of symptoms were thrown together without distinction. On the other hand, this inconvenience was not, it is true, followed by any serious result; inasmuch as the direct symptoms indicated the circumstances in which a medicine, according to our prin- ciples, ought to act favorably; whilst tho symptoms cured discover those in which the medicine has acted with good effect, which, as regards practice, amounts to the same thing, if, in relation to these last, it was certain that they had disappeared under the action of the remedy. For this reason we have endeavored, in this edition, to distinguish as far as possible the two kinds of symptoms, designating by a zero (°) those which, without having been observed as pathogenetic symptoms, have, not- withstanding, been cured by the medicine; and those by an asterisk (*) which have been observed, at the same time, as pathogenetic effects and clinical indications; while those pathogenetic effects which have not as yet contributed to any known cases of cure aro left without any distinguishing sign. Thus each symptom can be estimated according to its true value, and applied according to the confidence placed in the respective classes which we propose to establish. For our own part, we are never guided by a singls symptom; it is the general characteristic resulting from the total pathogene- sis that controls xis in our appreciation of particular svmptoms of every L—ON THE SYMPTOMS COLLATED IN THIS WORK. 9 10 INTRODUCTION. kind. This is our rule for determining the choice of a medicine; it is the rule we have observed in tracing out the tableaux of this work, and it should be that of every homoeopathic physician who would avoid deception. For, when some isolated feature fails to exact resemblance of the symptoma- tology of the Materia Medica, the total physiognomy, such as results from the ensemble of the symptoms, will not on that account be less exact than the best portrait after nature; and whosoever shall acquire by profound study the truly essential characteristic, will be in possession of a science that the knowledge of single features can never give. That the sphere of action of medicines may be better settled, we have given a more extended number of symptoms than in the previous editions. This, it is true, has rendered the coup d’aeil more difficult; but the clinical observations, which are to be found at the end of this volume, alphabetically arranged in a clinical index, will prove ample aids to bring them into favor- able light, and to form a much more concise resume, without interfering in the least with the residue. It is not intended, however, that the symptoms marked in italics should determine the choice of remedies to the exclu- sion of the others. Every symptom has a relative value, but no one in an absolute manner. That which is characteristic in the pathogenesis of a medicine is only relatively so to the- medicines which do pot possess it; and the same symptom which, in such or such a series of comparisons, has no distinctive value, because common to them all, acquires the highest im- portance on comparing this medicine with another. In this manner we have generally distinguished those phenomena which appeared to predominate over the others in the same organ, or those sensa- tions which seemed to reappear most frequently in organs which were most unlike, &c. We have frequently, also, distinguished in two alternating effects that which seemed to occur the most frequently, although, in almost every case, the one and other of these effects had an equal importance. Thus it is that diarrhoea and constipation in Nux-vomica, thirst and thirstlessness in Pulsatilla, burning pain and ice-cold sensation in Arsenic, are one and all alike characteristic for the choice of the medicine when the rest of the symptoms accord with the disease. There is also a phenomenon more con- stant than is generally imagined: all medicines, principally the polychrests, wh.ch have some well-marked symptom, hold equally in alternation this symp- tom and the phenomenon opposed to it; and it is generally wrong to consider one symptom as primitive, and another as secondary or consecutive : for one or other (according to the individuals) can, in reality, first manifest itself. And is not the same fact observable in a large number of diseases sui generis J Does not typhus, for example, produce incessant sleeplessness and then the rNTRODUCTIO.tr. 11 most profound coma, or stupidity at times and then delirium, or constipa- tion the most obstinate, or diarrhoea the most violent, according to the con* stitution of the individual affected ? The question of Similia and Contraria does not hang on the relation of some isolate symptoms, but on the totality of the phenomena, the general aspect of the disease, and the pathogenesis of the medicament. But this is not the place for the discussion of this question, of which we have simply taken note, and to which we have given a passing glance, merely to answer those who have desired to know how we have, among contrary or contradictory effects, distinguished that which is primitive from that which is consecutive. H.-ON THE USE OF THE HOMOEOPATHIC DOSES. Beside the pathogenesis and resume of clinical cases, some remarks upon the doses used and the duration of their action may be found at the head of each medicine. In regard to the doses, we have selected them as found in authors, regarding them only as historical authority, but in no respect as absolute rules. The question of dilution must always he secondary, rela- tively to that of the medicine. Hahnemann employed the thirtieth in pre- ference ; others such as they find in the pharmacopoeias, and others pass from one dilution to another, especially in cases of repetition. Dr. Mure, in an article inserted in the Bihliotheque de Geneve, prefers the use of the first (low) attenuations in acute diseases, and those of the last (high) in chronic maladies. We ourselves, in the preface to a former Paris edition, expressed similar opinions regarding the different dilutions, and virtually the same up to the present time, in this form : that, if any distinction is to be maintained for practice, we think that the first attenuations generally answer the best for maladies whose progress is rapid, while the last accord with those whose progress is tedious. But another question arises for information: whether, in cases where the low dilutions seem to he re- quired (such as some primitive forms of syphilis, gonorrhoea, &c.), a desi- rable result cannot be attained by administering the last dilutions in reite- rated doses, and especially by spoonful doses of a watery solution 1 For, whatever may be the increase of strength which the remedies may acquire by trituration or shaking, it is not the less true that there follows at the same time a loss of power, inasmuch as any quantity of the thirtieth dilution will always prove more feeble than an equal volume of the first. The thing is perfectly evident, if we compare the effects which ten drops of the crude tincture of Arsenic will produce with those which result from ten drops of 12 INTRODUCTION. the thirtieth. The observation is equally applicable to those substances which are called inert in their natural state: in this, that if we take a grain of Lycopodium, or pure Carbon, but sufficiently triturated to become active, this grain will act more than an equal volume of the thirtieth dilution of these substances. But, on the other hand, it is ascertained that, by these dilutions, the body of the substances has been dilated or expanded in its surface; and, in this manner, not only affects a greater number of our organs, when taken, but also develops all its atoms, which remain inactive in the compact state, and, by consequence, allows a display of their entire action. For example, a hundred drops of the first dilution will produce, together, an effect infinitely more decided than can be obtained by a single drop of the crude tincture; yet, in the hundred drops of the first dilution, there is not in reality any more medicinal matter than existed in the single drop of the crude tincture. Whence it appears that, while a single drop of the thirtieth, in itself, may be more feeble than a drop of the first, a certain number of drops may constitute a dose which, by the extension of its active atoms, will not only prove equal, but even surpass the power of the first dilutions. This is not the appropriate place to treat the preparation of doses, which justly belongs to the pharmacopoeias; notwithstanding, we will propose this question: For the development of the dynamic virtue of a medicine, will it answer to move the atoms of substances, either by shaking or trituration, or will it not be preferable to advance from dilution to dilution to reach the greatest extension possible of the atoms as to surface ? We have seen the ingenious instrument of trituration invented by Mure, and the really powerful machine with which he effects the dilutions of his medicines; we have used the medicines prepared by these means, and must confess that, in respect to activity, they absolutely leave nothing to be desired, unless that their effects are sometimes in direct proportion to the increased number of shakings they may have received. The essential requisite is that the mixture shall be as intimate as possible ; and, to produce this result, it is necessary that the substances be agitated up to a certain point; but, for a medicine mixed with alcohol in the proportion of 1 to 100, it is probable that, after 50 or 100 shakings, the combination of all the atoms will be effected as completely as possible. The palpable advantage which a machine offers for shaking appears in the power of preparing medicines in the proportion of 1 to 100, and perhaps, also, of 1 to 10,000, advancing even up to the thirtieth Through a mechanism which will conveniently allow agitation in so larga proportions, we can obtain all that is to be coveted in relation to the deve- lopment of the virtue of medicines. INTRODUCTION. 13 We have treated at length of the dilution to be employed in a separate article, feeling that this question appeared less important for practice than that of the multiplication of doses, or of the repetition, according to the oc- casion. Give, if you please, during a certain time, 10, 12, or 15 globules to the sick, and also one entire dx-op of the first dilutions; and. on abstaining from the repetition of the dose until a new indication supervenes, you will not perceive a more unpleasant aggravation than if you had administered some globules of ttie last dilutions, and, in this case, the difference will be by no means in proportion to the relative volume of the medical substance taken. Change your experiment, on the contrary: take a single globule of any dilution, whether of the first or of the thirtieth, and dissolve it in 10, 12, or 15 spoonfuls of water, and give the solution to the sick by spoonfuls; the aggravations that wilt follow in particular cases, especially in some chronic affections, will be much more violent, and much less easy to combat than those which appear in consequence of one entire drop, also of the first dilu- tion, when it has been taken at a single time. We have remarked this fact more than a hundred times in the course of our observations; and IIahne- ann himself has given it as his opinion that one or two globules, taken at a single time, form a feeble and most gentle dose, while the same globules, dissolved in a quantity of water, and taken in repeated spoonfuls, have a much more decided action upon the organism. Frequently, it is true, a patient may take a spoonful of a like solution for a fortnight, every evening or evex-y morning, without any misadventure; but it is not less frequently the case that, after the use of the solution, an aggravation arises proportion- ately more violent than the state of the patient had been satisfactory during the taking of the medicament—an aggravation which, in many cases, does not yield to a new dose of the solution, but to return, in consequence, with renewed intensity, l’esembling in action the relief afforded by palliatives. On this account, however salutary and however preferable this mode of ad- ministering medicines in repeated doses may be, in many cases, it is, never theless, not always applicable, and demands, for its successful employment, to be based on fixed principles and l-ules. These rules, we very well know, cannot be established with any certainty but by comparing a great number of the most contradictory observations; and, if we hero essay to express our opinion on this subject, it is only with the intention of presenting some ideas for a more extended examination in the solution of this important question. HI-ON THE REPETITION OE DOSES. 14 INTRODUCTION. Our ideas, in other respects, are the same as those we have expressed in our first edition, but more matured. The principle which, according to our views, and conformably to the basis of our science, should lead to a view of the question in its true aspect, is that true, durable, and radical cures are never effected by the direct action of a medicine, but by a reaction of nature excited by it; whence there follows, as a first general consequence, that every repetition of doses is at least superfluous, except entirely displaced, whilst this reaction follows its course. Thus, we observe, in a large number of not very inveterate func- tional lesions, an amelioration often established after the single taking of an appropriate medicine, which, with very unimportant interruptions, continues in general up to the entire cessation of sutfering. To administer reiterated doses immediately after, in such cases, or to renew the first taken upon a slight and sudden diminution that this amelioration may undergo, would be opposing nature in her etforts, and most certainly retard the cure. Also, in some recent and trifling organic lesions, a cure may be frequently obtained much more promptly by the administration of a single dose. But it is quite the contrary in all very severe cases of organic lesions, especially those which result from the energetic action of some poison, miasm, or medicinal substance. In such instances the disease appears to have its own peculiar vital power, which controls the vital force of the organization, and obstructs or promptly neutralizes the reaction, which requires for its support a new and constant activity sufficient to triumph over the disease. Here we can administer repeated doses, in solutions, with the greatest success, whether the dilutions be the first or last, provided they are only continued to the necessary point for establishing the victorious reaction of the vital principle. The same rule applies to all the organic lesions which, from their nature, maintain a continual focus of irritation in the parts affected—such as inflam- mations with suppuration, ulcers, some forms of disorganization, &c. In some cases of chronic diseases, characterized by a kind of inertness and want of reaction, we may have similar recourse to reiterated doses of globules dissolved in water; but this depends upon another reason, and in regard to & design quite different from that of the preceding cases. For, whilst we struggle to combat the violence of the disease which triumphs over the re- action, we will also endeavor to aggravate the malady, so to speak, before arousing it from its inertness, and thus elicit the reaction of the vitality of the organism. Nevertheless, these trials are not always without danger, and it is necessary to proceed with much caution, lest the aggravation, on deve loping itself, may be so violent as to render insuffivient the reaction of the vital force. Therefore, in similar cases, we must most cautiously administer INTRODUCTION. 15 the repeated doses at intervals as short as possible, and arrest them on wit* nessing the supervention of the first signs of an aggravation. Finally, there is another case in which we may repeat the doses: it is when, after a time more or less prolonged, the disease improves, and yet the symptoms indicate the same medicine more than any other. But these cases seldom occur, except we have given a single dose one time for all, or many spoonfuls to the point of aggravation, the effects of which we await without further action; and then it is essential that we are certain of the cessation of the aggravation before we have recourse to a repetition. IV.-ON THE DURATION OF THE ACTION OF MEDICINES. What we have said regarding the period when the repetition of a singlo dose should seem to be indicated, applies equally to the choice of a medicine. For every aggravation, after an appropriate time, is not always a natural aggravation of the disease; frequently, on the contrary, it is dependent upon a new excitement provoked by the medicine which continues to act; and here nothing better can be done than to wait, since it will generally subside in a few days, and give place to a much more decided expression. We fre- quently witness this development, especially in chronic diseases, after the administration of a single dose, one time for all. Frequently the two and three first days are good, then follows a light aggravation, which dis- appears and renews itself occasionally for some time • so that—generally in the first fortnight, and especially during the third week—the number of bad days exceed those of the good, while a change finally takes place at the conclusion of the month;—the favorable days now exceeding the bad, a durable benefit is established, and continues to the seventh and eighth weeks, an epoch in which the relics of the disease, which have not been com- pletely destroyed, commence their reappearance. In the meantime, there is a case where the aggravation is only the last effort of the action of the medicine: an effort that does not fail to subside in several days, leaving the disease, if not entirely cured, at least in such a state that no other means offer a more favorable issue. To apply a new medicine in such a case, with- out knowing what might be developed, must frequently annul the wrhole treatment, while, by carefully watching and understanding the progress of the vital reaction, we may frequently obtain in two months, with a single dose of a single medicine, an acceleration of cure—which could not be done in two years by a continual change of medicines, or by inappropriate multi- plication of doses. Such is our oft-repeated experience in following out tho 16 INTRODUCTION. precepts Hahnemann gives on this subject in his “Organon,” and in the first volume on “ Chronic Maladiesand to it we seriously call the atten- tion of every homoeopathic physician. It is never necessary, in any chronic disease, to change the medicine without having observed, at least during five or six days, the aggravation which seemed to demand it; and, likewise, those which sometimes occur after the cessation of a medicine administered by spoonfuls ought to be treated after the same manner—that is to say, to allow the medicine to act so long as there is any room to hope for improvement. Notwithstanding the indispensable rule that a salutary remedy shall be allowed to expend its entire action, including the occasional momentary aggravation, we must not hesitate to interfere with the medicine we have chosen: 1. When it produces no effect; or 2. When its effect is unfavorable. The first of these conditions will be revealed to the attentive physician when he observes no symptom peculiar to the medicine, and when the state of the disease remains stationary, or is progressively aggravated without ameliora- tion in any resped, presenting only such symptoms as belong to a more ad- vanced state of the malady. It is then that the physician will do well to make an immediate repetition of the medicament administered, even to the extent of producing some change. If there follows an improvement, even though it be slight, it will be necessary to watch the alternations of good and bad, as we have before indicated; but if, on the contrary, the state be rendered worse after the repetition, we must observe whether the aggrava- tion be salutary, or whether it be owing to badly-chosen medicine, from the prolonged action of which we must expect unfavorable results. This last may be easily recognized when the supervening aggravation, which may be a contest of the medicinal symptoms, is neither preceded nor interrupted by a single moment of comfort, and when, at the same time, the originally mani- fested disease makes its progress in the fashion of the general symptoms. In this case the physician ought not fail to replace the acting medicine by ono which responds more accurately to the ensemble of the malady, and which will also cover the symptoms produced by the acting medicine. We can lay down as a principle that, if the general state, and especially the moral condition of the patient be ameliorated, the physician should await the action of the medicine, whatever may be the state of the local signs in other respects; but, whenever the patient is worse in these respects (the general state including the moral), without any promise of a favorable ter- mination, the medicine should be changed. The time justly required for observation, before deciding for or against, should be at least 5, 6, or 8 days in chronic diseases, as we have before stated; and in acute diseases from 15 to 30 minutes, or from 6 to 12 or 24 hours, according to the degree of vio- INTRODUCTION. 17 lence and the more or less rapid progress of the disease. Thus, on examin ing the state of the invalid, we have frequently witnessed the salutary action of the medicines prolonged to 24, 48, and 96 hours, in acute diseases, and to seven and eight weeks in chronic maladies. These are the views we have wished to make known in indicating the duration of the action of each medicine. V.-ON ANALOGOUS REMEDIES. A salutary medicine having expended its action, the disease will he fre- quently left in a state which is less characterized by the kind of symptoms than by the diminution of their intensity, so that we feel that we should repeat the same medicine. In the meantime, on carefully examining the patient, we shall observe some shades of vai-iation, even though very deli- cate ; it is then that another medicine is frequently indicated, which, in its pathogenesis, bears a strong resemblance to the first. On this account Hahnemann has indicated Calcarea or Nitric-acid as suitable after Sulphur, Lycopodium, &c. Dr. Constantine IIering has increased these indications, which we have taken pains to add to the descriptions of medicines for facili- tating researches of every kind to the physician. And, to render useful the other affinities, besides those which Hahnemann and IIering have indicated, we have given at the head of each medicine, under the rubric, 11 Compare with,” a list of those which seemed to have the closest analogy, and which, on occasion, could not only be administered after, but also serve as antidotes to this medicine. This list frequently differs from that of Banning hausen, because the additions which the pathogenesis of many medicines has received in latter times has also developed their analogies. The principal advantage which the physician can draw from these indica- tions is in making comparative studies of analogous medicines, the better to establish their points of dissimilarity, and to avoid a multitude of deceptions which cannot fail to arise if they be confused in the administration of one for the other, as, for example, Lachesis in the place of Mercury, Veratrum, or China, in that of Arsenic, &c. A deplorable abuse of these indications would be, on the contrary, to take them for an absolute guide for a choice, and to give a series of analogous medicines without any other reason than this analogy; or, again, to precede a medicine still indicated by another which is not, only because it has been reputed to be efficacious after the use of the first. The fundamental law for the employment of medicines is Always the similitude of symptoms and the necessity of allowing the medicine to expend its action. An analogous medicine cannot be thought of until the action of 18 INTRODUCTION. the first has been expended, and then it should be only used on a comparison of symptoms, and a conviction of the fitness of its indication. In the article on “Antidotes” we have indicated medicines of which that in question is the antidote itself, persuaded, as we are, in many cases, that the antidotal relations of two medicines are reciprocal, and that by the one wo can relieve the others. Besides, it is necessary, in the choice of antidotes, as in that of medicines in general, to follow them in their series. The best antidote will always be that which best answers to the .symptoms; and, in general, it will be much more profitable not to lose time in seeking for an antidote, but to make use of the medicine which most clearly accords with the ensemble of the symptoms which the patient presents. If this medicine partake of both relations (antidotal and homoeopathic), so much the better; but, if it possess neither of these, he must not hesitate to search after one that is more suitable. VI.—ON THE MANNER OF USING THIS MANUAL. Having already given instructions for the practical use of this Manual, we deem it equally important to make a few remarks on the mode of pur- suing the study of the medicines. We should commence by glancing at the il Clinical Index,” for which the employment of a medicine has been recom- mended, taking into consideration such cases only as are distinguished by italics, and, in comparing each one of the cases with the pathogenetic symp- toms, which can indicate the medicine in a given case. This investigation, once made for the cases which are prominent, the same will answer for the rest, and may be extended to other cases than those wo have cited, but which must ever depend on the ensemble of the symptoms. In this manner we gradually become familiarized with the medicine, and begin to have a sufficient general knowledge thereof. To attain this knowledge it will answer a good purpose to make extracts from this Manual. But, if the practitioner he much occupied, he may abridge his labor by underlining in red all the clinical cases and such symptoms as we have distinguished by italics, and, in order to have some guiding marks at once—a frame-work which he can gradually fill up in the course of his practical researches—take pains to underline in red the symptoms he may not have so distinguished. A person beginning to act thus respecting the medicines, and comparing the most analogous medicines with each other, will soon find that he has not done enough, but, appalled by the mass of the symptoms, will feel that he ought have recourse to Hahnemann’s most important works—“Materia INTRODUCTION. 19 Medica” and “Chronic Diseases”—for the pursuance of these studies, to procure the ample details of symptoms which the last analysis requires. The complete knowledge of the Materia Medica is not as difficult as has been generally thought, and all depends upon the manner in which it is undertaken. By proceeding in a methodic manner, and by progressing from generals to particulars, the student cannot fail in the end to master the most complex lessons of this art. The course of study should begin with those medicines which are most useful, and gradually extended, step by step, down the scale of importance, till the remainder are understood also. The homceopathist, in making choice of a remedy for a case of disease, excludes none of the medicines from the inquest, but takes all under consi- deration impartially; and in the practice it is indispensable to take this course. Whilst, in a preparatory study of the Materia Medioa, it is better to avoid the attempt to form a coup d’ceil of all the medicines at once, and t® study only one or a few at a time. Finally, that physicians may have the study of the selection of medicines facilitated, we have indicated in Table I. those which are most used, and after this we have prepared another (Table II.), which contains a classification of the medicines according to their im- portance. These classes are five in number, each one of which is divided into five parts, except the last, which is composed of medicines not much known. At the end of this table will be found a plan of study, arranged so that the student who follows it will thoroughly examine the medicines, and very much extend his knowledge of a great number of them. We have divided it into three parts—the first including seven studies of all of the most important, and the two others of eleven each for the details. By devoting a week to each of these studies, in eight months' time the student may acquire the contents of our Manual, when he may also undertake the comparison of analogous medicines, a labor which, in every case, will prove equally productive with the others. The new student of homoeopathy should pursue this labor, then, so in- dispensable to the acquirement of a certain degree of safety in practice. To see all the homoeopathic physicians give that attention to our science which its importance demands will unquestionably prove a more agree- able recompense than we could have wished for all the industry and trouble that the new remodelling of our work has necessarily required at our hands. C. H. G. JAHR. TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS. ®sHe of % ifttfrkmts (fftmfameb in tljis <2$torfi; WITH THEIR ABBREVIATIONS, SYNONYMS, COMMON NAMES, ANTIDOTES, AND COMPARISONS. REMEDIES. PAGE. 1. —Acet.-acid, Acidum-aceti- cum. 49 2. —*Acon., Aconiium (Hahne- mann). 65 8.—Act.-rac., Actea-racemosa. 85 4. —°Act, Act®a (Ruckert). 91 5. —Adeps. 94 6. ASth., ASthusa-cynapium (Hartlaub and Trinks). 96 7. —* Agar., Agaricus-musca- rius (Hahnemann). 102 8. —Agn., Agnus (Stapf). 116 9. —Alcohol. 121 10. —Alcohol-sulph., Alcohol- sulphuris. 140 11. —Allium-cepa. 142 12. —Allium-sat. 145 18.—Al., Aloes-gummi. 149 14. —Alumen. 158 15. —*Alum., Alumina (Ilan- nemann). 169 16. —*Ambr., Ambra-grisea-- (Hahnemann). 184 17. —Ammonlc., Ammoniacum. 191 18. —Ammon.-acet, Ammonium- aceticum. 198 19. —*Am.-cAmmonium-oar- boniaum (Hahnemann). 202 20. —°Am.-caust., Ammontum- causticum (Wibmer). 223 21. —'■■Am.-m.. Ammonium-mu> riaiicum (Hahnemann). 230 SYNONYMS. Acidum-aceticum. Aconitum-napellus. Cimicifuga-racemosa. Actem-spicata; Chrlstoforiana. Adeps. ASthusa. Amanita. Agnus-castus; Vitex-agnus. Alcohol. Liquor-lampadii. Allium-cepa. Allium-sativum. Aloe-spicata. Alumen. Oxide of Aluminum; Argilla. Ambra. Ammoniacum. Ammonium-aceticum. Ammonise-carbonas; Sub-carbo- nas. Ammonia. Ammoniac-murias; Hydrochlo- retum-ammonii. ENGLISH. GERMAN. Vinegar. Monkshood.—Sturmhut, Eisen- hut. Black Snake Boot. Herb Christopher or Baneberry —Christophskraut Hog’s Lard. Garden Hemlock. — Garten* schierling. Bug Agaric.—Fliegenpllz. Chaste Tree.—Keuscklamm. Spirits of Wine. Carburet of Sulphur. Common Onion. Common Garlic. Aloes.—Aloe. Sulphate of Alumina and Pot* ash; Alum. Pure Clay.—Thonerde. Ambergris.—Grauer Ambra. Gum Ammonias. — Ammoniak Gummi. Spirits of Mindererus. Carbonate of Ammonia.—Koh- lensaures. Caustic of Ammonia.—Aetz Am- moniak. Muriate of Ammonia.—Salmiak.' DOSE.—Hahnemann and Jaiir employ the 30th dilutions of each remedy in preference, on« globule of it is a dose. Noack and Trinks’ Dose.—1 or 2 drops of the 1st, 2d, or 3d dilution, or of the 1st, 2d, or 8d trituration, according to circumstances. Others pass from one dilution to another, especially in cases of repetition. Hering.—2 or 3 globules of the proper remedies should be put on the tongue, or dissolved in water. In violent cases, even 8 or 10 globules, or, if the tinctures are used, 1 to 3 drops of the medicine into a clean glass, pouring thereon from a half to a whole pint of water, mixing it effectually; a tablespoonful to adults, and a teaspoonful to children, must be given every hour— ’a chronic diseases every morning. When the patient, after taking medicine, begins to feel better, however little, he. must cease taking medicine; but, as soon as his convalescence ceases, 20 TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS. 21 Norn—The asterisk (*) indicates the medicines respecting which we possess at the same time clinical observations and pathogenetic symptoms. The cypher (°) indicates those of which we possess only the clinical observations. The remedies whose names are printed in italics are those of whioh the greatest use has hitherto been made. Those which have no distinction are those of which we possess soma pathogenetic symptoms, but which have hitherto been scarcely ever employed. The names of the several remedies referred to in this book will bo found in the first column. The names of the second column are used in medical works, and are affixed to imported pre- parations. The third column contains the English and German Names; the fourth column the Comparisons; and the fifth column the Antidotes. COMPARE WITH. L—Oxalic, citric, tartaric, and other vegetable acids; also Phos.-ac., sulph.-ac., nitric, and muriatic-acids. 2.—Agar., anac., ant-cr., am., ars., asar., bell., bry., cann., canth., caust., cham., coff., colch., croc., tiros., dulc., graph., hep., hyos., ipec., mere., nitr.-ac., nux-v., op., phos., plat., puls., rut., sabin., sep., spig., spang., strain., sulph., verat. 8.—Digitalis, Ergot 4. —Aeon, is often indicated as an intermediary remedy after Arn. and sulph.; frequently after Aeon., arn., ars., bell., bry., cann., ipcc., spong., sulph. 5. 6. —Cic., con., cupr., and the other remedies belonging to that family. 7. —Aeon., bell., coff., graph., nux-v., phos., puls., staph. 8. —Bov., cupr., natr.-mur., nitr.-ac., olea., plat., sel., sep. 9. 10.—? 11.—? 12.—? 13. —Carbo-v., puls., sabin., sulph., and Calc.-c., cham., eoloc., jaL, nux-v., phos., rheum. 14. • 15. —Ars., bar., bell., calc., cham., ign., ipec., lack., led., rnagn., mere., nux-v., phos., plum., rhus. siL, sulph. It is particularly suitable after Bry., lach., sulph. Bry. is often of great use after Alum, when indicated. 16. —Calc., cham., graph., lyc., nux-v., phos., phos.-ac.. puls., sab., sep., staph., verat., verb. 17. —Bell., dulc., hep.-sulph., mere., nitr., puls., seneg., stan., sulph., tart.-emet. 18. 19. —Am.-caust., am.-mur., ant.-c., am., ars., asa., bell., bry., camph., chin., ferr., graph., hep., hyos., kali-c., lack., lauroc., lyc., mere., mang., nux-v., phos., puls., rhus, sil., stann., staph., sulph. 20. —Am.-carb. and am.-mur. 21. —Am.-carb., and its analogous remedies. ANTIDOTES. Chalk, -whiting, white of eggs, mag- nesia, soap or oil, bicarbonated al- kalies, china, mix, coff'ea, ars., bellad. Acetum, vinum, camph., n.-vom. Aeon, is antidote to Cham., cod., nux-voin., petrol., sulph. Secale-cornut, Vegetable acids. It is an antidote to Opium. Camph., coffi, tosta., puls., vlnnm. Camph. Vinegar, vegetable adds. Bry., cham., ipoe. Camph., n.-vom., puls. It antidote* Staph., n.-vom. Senega. ? Am., arn., camph., hep.? Dilute vinegar, Ars., camph., coff., hep., hydr.-ac., lanroc., nitr.-sp. he should begin to take some of the same medicine, or another appropriate one. It not unfre- quently happens that the medicine aggravates the symptoms and makes the patient temporarily worse, which is. nevertheless, a good sign. In such cases, the patient should cease to take any more, and wait for the effects of what he has taken. If the aggravation is very violent, let him smell of Camphor, but not change the remedy. But, should the beneficial effect cf the medicine be interrupted and cease altogether—the patient growing worse, in consequence of taking cold, eating improper food, Ac.—he should take something to counteract the cause which occasioned this interruption, and then recur to the same medicine which had previously produced the fa- vorable change. With regard to the external application of the tincture of Arnica, Hypericum, Ruta, Symphytum, &c.. it is only necessary to put 1 or 2 drops of the remedy in a wine-glass of water, and apply this 8 or 4 times a day, or as often as mentioned under each particular cose, to the injured part. 22 TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS. REMEDIES. PAGE. 22. —*Anac., Anacardium (Hah- nemann). 241 23. —Ang., Angustura (Hahne- mann). 250 24. —Angustura-spuria. 256 See Bmcea, c., coff., con., kali-c., lyc., plat., puls., sabad., sassap., thuja, verat. 174. Aeon., chin., nux-v., verat. 175. 176. Aeon., am., am.-mur., ant., arg., am., ars., asa-f., arum., bar., bell., bov., bry., calc., calad., earb.-a., carb.-v.. caust., chum., chin., cicut., clem., cocc., coff., colch., con., cupr., dig., dale., euphor., euphr., fer., graph., guaj., hep., jod., lach., lauroc., led., lyc., mez., mugn., natr., nitr.-ac., nux-v., op., phosph., phosph.-ac., puls., rhus, sab., sas- sap., selen., sep., sil., staphys., spong., strain., stron., sulph., thuj., valer., verat., viol.-tr. Mercury is suitable after Bell., hep.-s., lach. After Merc, are indicated Bell., chin., dulc., hep., lach., nitr.-ac., sep., sulph. 177. —See Mercurius. 178. —See Mercurius. 179. —See Merc. 180. —See Merc. 181. —See Merc. 182. —See Mercurius. 183. —See Mercurius. 184. 185. 186. —Asa-f., bell., camph., chin., cocc., coff, con., croc., hyos., ign., laur., nux-rn., nux-v., op., phos., plat., puls., strain. 187. 188. —Ars., aur. ? bell., bry., calc., chin., lyc., natr.-m., nitr.- a., nux-v., phos.-a., rhus, squil., viol.-od. 189. Alum., am., ars., carb.-a., carb.-v., caust., chin., ign., kali, lyc., mere., natr.-mur., nux-v., plumb., puls., rhus, sep., sil., spig., staph., sulph. 190. —Agn., am., ars., bell., calc., caps., carb.-a., carb.-v., caust., cham., chin., ign., kali, lyc., mere., mur.-ac., natr., nitr., nux-v., par., plumb., puls., sabad., sep., spig., squil., staph., sulph., viol.-tric. Natr.-mur. is suitable after Lach., mere. 191. —See Natr.-carb. 192. 193. 194. —Aeon., arn., aur., bell., bry., calc.-c., con., hep., jod., kali-c., kah-nitr., lyc., mere., mez., mur.-ac., natr.-carb., natr.-mur., op., petrol., phos., phos.-a., puls., rhus, sep., sulph., sulph. a., thuja. Nitr.-a. is suitable after Bell., calc.-c., hep., kali-c., natr.-carb., natr.-m., puls., sulph., thuja. After Nitr.-ac. is suitable Calc., petrol., puls., sulph. 195. 196. 197. 198. —Con., ign., mosch., nux-v., op., puls., sep., sulph. ANTIDOTES. Coff., merc.-s. Camph. . Camph. 9 Acid.-nitr., acid.-pho3., am.-o., arn., ars., asa-f., aur., aurum.-m., bell., camph., carb.-v., chin., con., eupr., dale., elec., ferr., ferr.-jod., gna- jac., jod., kali-hyd., hep., krea., lach., lyc., mang., mez., natr.-chl., natr.-m., nux-r., opium., phosp., plumb.-a., ears., sLI., staph., gulp., sulphate of zinc. The white or an egg. See Mercurius. See Mercurius. See Merc. See Merc. See Merc. White of an egg, chin., hep., calc.-*. See Merc. ? ? Camph., coff. ? Of large doses, Magn.-calcinata, sapo. Of small doses, Bry., camph. Ars., camph., nitr.-spir. It is an antidote to Chin. Ars., camph., nitr.-spir. Camphor antidotes Natrum very weakly; frequent smelling of Spir.-nitr.- dulc. relieves the effects of Nat. much better. See Natr.-carb. ? ? Of large doses, Soap. Of small doses, Calc.-c., camph., con., hep., mere., mez., petrol., phos., phon* ac., sulph. ? r r Camph.? 36 TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS. REMEDIES. PAGE. 199. —*Nux-v., Nux vomica (Hahnemann). 890. 200. —Olea., Oleander (Hahne- mann). 910 201. —Ol.-a., Oleum-animale (Hartlaub and Trinks). 913 202. —Ol.-jec., Oleum-jecoris. 916 203. —Onisc.-a., Oniscus-asellus. 917 204. —Ophiotox., Ophiotoxicon (Hering). 917 205. —Op., * Opium (Hahne- mann). 920 A. Morpfiium-aceticum. 926 B. Alorphium-purum. 928 ' C. ilorphium-muriaticwn. 929 U. Jtorphium-sulphuricum. 929 E. Codein. 929 F. Narcotin. 929 G. Narcotinum-acetic.um. 930 H. Narcotinum-muriaticum. 930 206. —Oxa.-ae., Oxalic-acid (Neidhard). 930 207. —Paeon., Pmonia. 932 208. —Par., Paris (Hartlaub and Trinks). 933 209. —* Petrol., Petroleum (Hah- nemann). 736 210. —Petros., Petroselinum. 941 211. —Phell., Phellandrium (Hartlaub and Trinks). 941 212. —*Phos., Phosphorus (Hah- nemann). 943 213. —*Phosph.-ac., Phosphoric- acid (Hahnemann). 954 214. —Phytol.-dec., Phytolacca- decandra. 959 215. —Pin., Pinus. 962 216. —Pimpin., Pimpinella. 962 217. —*Plat., Platina (Hahne- mann). 963 218. —Platina-chlorica. 966 219. —*Plurnb., Plumbum (No- ack and Trinks). 967 220 — Plumbum- aceticum. 971 SYNONYMS. Strychnos Nux-vomica. Nerium-oleander. Oleum-animale-aethereum. Oleum-jecoris-morruae. Milliped. Laudanum. Morphium. Paris-quadrifolia. Oleum-petrae; Naphtha-petrce. Apium-petroselinum. Pinus-sylvestris. Pimpinella-saxifraga. Platina del Pinta. Plumbum-metalli cum. Acetas-plumbi, ENGLISH. GERMAN. Poison Nut. — Brechnun Krahenauge. Laurel-Eose.—Oleander. Purified Animal Oil of Dippel. —Hirschhorngeist. 'Cod-Liver Oil.—Leberthran. W ood-Louse.—Kelleresel. Poison of Serpent*. White Poppy.—Mohnsaft. Acetate of Morphia.—Morphia. Alcaloid. Salzsaures Morphium. Schwefelsaures Morphium. Essigsauer Narcotin. Oxalic-Acid.—Kleesaure. Peony.—Gichtrose. True Love. — Vierblatt Ein> beere. Stone Oil; Naphtha.—Bergol; Steinol. Parsley.—Petersilie. Water Eennel.—Wasserfenchel, Phosphorus.—Phosphor. Phosphoric Acid. — Phoaphoi* saure. Poke. The Pine.—Pinus. Pimpernel.—PimpineL Platina.—W eisgold. Lead.—BleL Acetate of Lead.—Bleizucker. TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS, 37 COMPARE WITH. 199. —Aeon., alum., ambr., am.-c., am.-m., ant.-c., am., ars., argent., bism., bor., calc.-c., camph., caps., carb.-a., carb.- v., caust., cham., chin., cocc., coff., colch., con., cupr., cycl., dig., dros., dulc., fer., graph., guaj., hyos., ign., ipec., lach., lauroc., lyc., magn.-p.-arct.. magn.-p.-aust., magn.- mur., mere., mur.-ac., natr., natr.-m., nux-mosch., op., petrol., phos., plumb., puls., par., ran., rhod., rheum., rhus, ruta, sabad., samb., sep., spig., squil., stram., sulph., tab., tart.-em., tarax.. thuja, valer., viol.-off It is suitable after Ars., ipec., lach., petrol,, phos., sulph. After Nux-v. is suitable Bry., puls., sulph. 200. —Agn., chin., cin., cocc., ign., nux-v., puls., sabad., sulph. 201. —Anao., arn., cocc., ign., nux-v., op., phos., rhus, zinc. 202. 203. 204. 205. —Aeon., bell., bry., camph., cann., chin., cham., cic., coff., colch., con., croc., dig., hep., hyos., ipec., lach., lact., rnenyan., mere., mosch., nitr.-ac., nux-v., phos., phos.-ac., plumb., puls., ruta, stram., tart.-em., verat. t 1 I t t ? t r 206. 20T.—? 208. —Ilell., Ign., kali-c., natr.-m., nux-v.. puls., sabad. 209. —Aeon., calc.-c., cann., cham., dig., ign., lyc., magn.-p.- austr., nitr.-a., nux-v., phos., puls., sep., spig., sil., sulph., verat. It is suitable after Nitr.-a., phos. 210. —Cann., merc.-sol., nux-v., puls., sep., sulph., thuja. 211. —Bry., puls., sep., stram., sulph. 212. —Aeon., agar., alum., ambr., am.-c., am.-m., are., bell., bry., calc.-c., carb.-v., chin., coff., graph., jod., ipec., kali, krea., lyc., magn., mere., nux-v., op., petrol., plumb., puls., rhus, sep., sil., sulph., verat. It is suitable after Calc.-c., chin., kali, krea., lyc., nux-V., rhus, sil., sulph. After- wards Petrol., rhus., sulph. 213. —Asa/., bell., chin., coff, con., fer., ign., lach., led., lyc., mere., nitr.-ac., op., phosph., rhus, sec.-c., sep., staph., sulph., thuja, verat. Phosp.-ac. is suitable after Lach., rhus. Alter Phos.-ac., Chin., fer., rhus, verat. 214. 215. 216. 21T.—Angust., asa-f., anr., bell., canth., carb.-a., croc., fer., hyos., lyc., magn., mang., natr., natr.-m., nitr.-ac., plumb., vuls., rhus, sabad., stron., verb., valer., viol.-od. Is suit- able after Bell. 2ia—? 219. —Alum., bell., chin., con., hyos., mere., natr.-m., nux-v., op., phosp., plat., puls., sabad., sec.-c., stram., sulph., verat., zine. 220. —See Plumbum. ANTIDOTES. Of large doses, Wine, coff, catnph., op. Of small doses, Alcohol, bell., camph., chain., cocc., coff., op., puls., strain. Nnx-v. antidotes Ambr., ars., calc.-c., chain., chin., cocc., coff., colch., cupr., dig., graph., lach., lyc., mere., mosch., op., petrol., phos., plumb., puls., strain., sulph., tab. Camph., cocc., nux-vom. ? Camph., nux-v., opium. ? ? ? Of large doses, Strong coff., camph., ether, am.-c., natr., ipec., asa-f. Of small doses, Bell., camph., coff., hyos., ipec., mere., strychnine, nux-v., plumb., stram., vinurn. Op. antidotes Lach., mere., nux- v., stryeh., plumb., stram. ? ? ? t f f ? ? t ? Camph., coff Aeon., nux-v. ? ? Of large doses, emetics. Of small doses, Camph., nux-v., coff, vinum. Camph., coff Coff., opium, ign. ? 1 Spirit.-nitr.-dulcis, puls. Plat, an- tidotes Plumb. ? Alum., bell., hyos., mere., nux-v., op., plat., puls., sabad., sec.-c., stram., stryeh., sulph.-ao. FlumL antidotes Vinegar. 38 TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS. REMEDIES. PAGE. 221. —Podoph.-pelt., Podophy- lum-pellatum (Williamson). 1174 222. —Poth.-foet., Pothos-foeti- dus. 977 228.—Prun.-sp., Prunus-spino- sa. 978 224. —*Puls., Pulsatilla (Hah- nemann). 979 225. —*Ran., Ranunculus (Stapf). 991 1. Ranunculus-bulbosus. 991 2. Ran.-sc., Banunculus-sce- leratus. 994 8. Ran.-ac.. Ranunculus-acris. 995 4. Ran.-fl., Eanunculus-flama- la. 995 226. —Raph., Raphanus-sativus. 996 227. —Rat, Ratanhia (Hartlaub and Trinks). 997 228. —*Rheum (Hahnemann). 998 229. —*Rhod., Rhododendron (Stapf). I960 280. —*Rhus-r., Rhus-radicans. 1004 281. —*Rhus-t., Rhus-toxicoden- dron (Hahnemann). 1012 282. —Rhus-v.,Rhus-vernix. 1020 288. —*Rut, Rata. 1021 284.—*Sabad., Sabadilla (Stapf). 1024 235Sabin., Sabina (Stapf). 1027 236.—*Samb.j Sambucus (Hah- nemann). 1030 287.—Sang.-c., Sanguinaria-ca- nadensis. 1031 238.—*Sass., Sassaparilla (Hahnemann). 1034 289. —Scroph.-n., Scrophularia- nodosa. 1037 240. —*Sec.-c., Secale-comutum (Noack and Trinks). 1037 241. —Sel., Selenium (Hering). 1040 242. —Seneg., Senega (Stapf). 1041 243. —Senn., Senna. 1045 244. —*Sep., Sepia -(Hahne- mann). 1045 SYNONYMS. Anapodophyllum-canadense. Ictodes-fcetidum. Acacia-nostra. Pulsatilla-pratensis; Pulsatilla nigricans. Ranunculus-pratensis. Raph.-hortensis s.-minor. Krameria-triandria. Ehabarbarum. Rhododendron-chrysanthum. Rhus-toxicodendron. Rhus-venenata. Ruta-graveolens. Veratr um-sabadilla. Juniperus. Sambucus-nigra. .Polyandria. Smilax-sassaparilla. Clavus-secalis s.-cerealis. Cassia-senna. Sepise-succus. ENGLISH. GERMAN. Hog-Apple; Duck’s Root.—Ea- ten fuss. Stinkender Fachkolben. Sloe-Tree.—Schleedorn. Pasque Flower.—Kuchenscheb le. Bulbous-rooted Crow Foot. — Knolliger Hahnenfuss. Marsh Crow Foot.—Boser Hah- nenfuss. Kleine Schmalzblume. Egelkraut. Garden Radish.—Gartenrettlg. Ithatany Root.—Ratanha. Rhubarb.—Rhabarber. Yellow Rhododendron. — Sibi- rische Schneerose. Poison Vine. Poison Oak.—Gift Sumach. Varnish Tree.—Firniss Sumach. Garden Rue.—Raute. Indian Caustic Barley.—Saba dilla-Samen. Savine Tree.—Sadebaum. Elder Tree.—Flieder. Indian Puccoon. Sassaparilla.—Sarsaparilla. Common Brown-Wort Ergot of Rye.—Mutterkom. Selenium.—Seelen-MetalL Rattlesnake.—Senega-W urzeL Senna.—Sennesblatter. The Juice of the Cuttle-Fish.— Sepiensaft. TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS. 39 COMPARE WITH. 221. —Ars., bry., nux-v., puls., sep., sulph. 222. 223. 224. —Aeon., agar., ambr., am.-c., am.-m., ant.-c., august., am., ars., asa-f., aur., bell., bov., bry., calc.-c., camph., cann., canth., caps., carb.-v., cham., chin., cic., cocc., coff., colch., con., cupr., cycl., dig., dros., euphr., fer., graph., hyos., ign., ipec., kali-c., lack., led., lyc., magn.-p.-arct., mang., magn.-m., menyan., mere., Inez., mosch., natr., natr.-m., nitr.-ac., nux-v., olean., on., par., petrol., phos., plat., plumb., ranunc., ranunc.-seel!; rheum., rhus, ruta, sabad., sabin., sass., scill., selen., sep., sil., spig., spong., stan., staph., strain., sulph., sulph.-ac., tart.-em., thuja, valer., verat., zinc. Puls, is suitable after Asa-f., antiin., aur., chin., lach., lyc., nitr.-ac., rhus, sep., sulph., tart.-em., thuja. After Puls., Asa-f, bry., nitr.-a., sep., thuja. 22o.—Ars., bry., mere.-s., nux-v., puls. ran.-seel., rhus, sabad., sep., staph., sulp. ? Clem.? mere.? puls., ran.-b., rhus. ? ? 226.—? 227. 228. —Ars., cham., coff, ipec., mere.-s., puls. 229. —Ac.-phos., clem., chin., dulc., led., mere., nux-v., puls., rhus, seneg., sulph., thuja, zinc. 230. —Rhus-tox. and the analogous remedies. Rhus-rad. is suitable after Ant-c., arn., bell., bry., lach., nux-v., op., sulph. 281.—Am. c., am., ars., bell.,bry., calc.-c., caust., chin., clem., cocc., coff., con., dulc., lach., led., lyc., nitr.-ac., nux-v., phosph., phos.-a., plat., puls., ran., rhod., sarnb., sep., sil., sulp., verat., zinc, lthus is suitable after Arn., bry., calc.-c., con., phos., phos.-a., puls., sulph. 232. 233. —Aeon., asa-f., bell., bry., ign., led., mere., nux-y., puls., rhus, sec.-c., sil., staph., sulp., thuj., verat. 234. —Bell., hyos., ign., lyc., mere., natr.-m., nux-v., phosp., puls., rhus, sop., staph., sulp., verat. 23o.—Aeon., agn.-c., bell., chin., fer., ign., ipec., mere., phos., plat., puls., rut, sep., staph., sulph., thuja, zinc. 236. —Aeon., bell., chin., ipec., hep., lyc., puls., rhus, scill., spong., strain., sulp. 237. 238. —Am.-c., cham., clem., cocc., mere., puls., ran., sep., sil., sulp. 239. 240. —Arn., ars., camph., ign., laur., plumb., rhus, sol.-n., verat 241. —Agn.-c., ambr., bry., carb.-a., graph., ign., lach., mere., nitr.-a., puls., rhus, ruta. 242. —Am., ars., bell., bry., canth., euphr., lach., puls., scil., stan., sulph. 243. 244. —Aeon., ars., bar., bell., calc.-c., and phosph., carb.-v., chin., led., lyc., mere., nitr.-a., nux-v., phosp., puls., rhod., rhus, sass., sil., sulp., tart-st., verat. Sep. is suitable after Caust, led., mere., puls., sil., snip., sulp.-a. Afterwards are suitable, Carb.-v., caust., puls. ANTIDOTES. Nux-v. ? Camph. Cham., coff., ignat., nux-v., vine- gar. Puls, antidotes Agar., ambr., argent., bell., cham., chin., colch., fer., ign., lyc., mere., plat., ra- nunc., sabad., stann., sulph., sulph.-ac., tart.-em. Bry., camph., puls., thus. Arrack and wine do not interrupt tha action. ? Puls. Wine and coff. antidote only partially. ? ? To drink a quantity of water. Milk and water increase the pains. ? Camph., cham., coff. Camph., clem., rhns. Bry., camph., coff., mere., puls., sulp. Bry., camph., coff., sulph. Ehus an- tidotes Bry., ranunc., rhod., tart* stib. ? Camph. Camph., puls. Camph., puls.? Ars., camph. ? Camph. f ? Camph., sol.-n. Ign., puls. Chin, aggravates the pain. Am., bell., bry., camph. ? Aeon., spir.-nitr.-dul., tart-st, acet- vini. Sep. antidotes Calc., phosph, chin., mere., sassap., sulp. 40 TABLES A DTD EXPLANATIONS. ENGLISH. GERMAN. Silicious Earth.—Kieselerde. Tomato.—Liebesapfel. Night-Shade; Poison-Apple.— Giftapfel. Garden Night-Shade.—Schwar- zer Nachtschatten. Indian Pink.—Spigelle. Burnt Sponge.—Rost Schwamm. Sea-Onion.—Meeriwiebel. Tin.—Zinn. Stayesacre.—Stephanskomer. Thorn-Apple.—Stechapfel. Strontlan.—Eohlensaurer Stroa* tian. Brimstone.—SchwefeL Sulphuric Acid. — Schwefet saure Tobacco.—Taback. Common Tansy. — Gemeiner Rain-Farren. Dandelion.—Lowenzahn. Tartar Emetic. — Brechwein- stein. Tartaric Acid. — Weinsteln- saure. Jew.—Gemeiner Eibenbauin. Turpentine.—Terpentin. Wall Germander. — Katzen- kraut. Tea.—Thee. Theridion of Cura?oa.—Aranja Spinne. The Tree of Life.—Lebensbanm. Tonkin Bean.—Tonkobohne. Three Bony Seeds.—Dreibl&t* triger Dreistein. Stinging Nettle.—BrennesseL Bear’s Berry.—Barentraube. Valerian.—Baldrian. REMEDIES. PAGE. 245. —*Sil., Silicea (Hahne- mann). 1058 246. —Solarium: a. Sol-lyc., Solanum-Iycoper- sicon. 1066 b. Sol.-mam., Solanum-mam- mosum (Bering). 1066 c. Sol.-nig., Solanum-nigrum. 1066 247. —*Spig., Spigelia (Hahne- mann). 1066 248. —*Spong., Spongia (Hah- nemann). 1071 249. —Squil., Squilla (Hahne- mann). 1074 250. —*Starm., Stannum (Hah- nemann). 1076 251. —*Staph., Staphysagria (Hahnemann). 10S2 252. —*Stram., Strammon.ium (Hahnemann). 1087 253. —Stront., Strontiana (Hart- laub and Trinks). 1091 254. —*Sulp., Sulphur (Hahne- mann). 1094 255. —*Sulp.-a., Sulphuris-aci- dum (Hahnemann). 1107 256. —Symphytum-oflicinale. 1110 257. —Tab., Tabacum. 1111 258. —Tan., Tanacetum. 1114 259. —Tarax., Taraxacum. 1115 260. —*Tart.-em., Tartarus- emeticus (Noack and Trinks). 1116 261. —Tart.-ac., Tartari-acidum. 1128 262. —Tax.-b., Taxus-baccata. 1129 263. —Tereb., Terebinthina (Hartlaub and Trinks). 1130 264. —*Teue., Teucrium (Stapf). 1131 265. —Thea, Thea-chinensis. 1133 266. —Ther., Theridion. 1133 267 —*Thuj., Thuja (Hahne- mann). 1134 268. —Ton., Tongo. 1139 269. —Trios., Triosteura (Wil- liamson). 1140 270. —Tussilago-petasites. 1141 271. —Urt., Urtica-urens. 1141 272. —Uva-ur., Uva-ursl. 1141 278.—Valer.-ofc, Valeriana-offi- cinalis (Stapf). 1141 SYNONYMS. Silica. Lycopersicon-esculentum Spigelia-anthelmia. Spongia-marina-tosta. Scilla; Scilla-maratima. Delphinum-staphysagria. Datura-strammonium. Strontiana-carbonica. Nicotiana-tabacum. Tanacetum-yulgare. Leontodon-taraxacum. Antimontura-tartaricum; Tar- tarus-stibiatus. Acidum-vinL Oleum-terebinthin®. Marum-verum. Theridion-curassavicum Thuja-occidentalis. Baryosma-tongo. Triosteum-perfoliatnm. Dlpterix-odorata. Arbutus-uva-ursi. Valeriana-oflicinali*. TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS. 41 COMPARE WITH. 245. —Alum., ambr., am.-c., bell., bov., calc.-c., carb.-a., caust, cycl., cic., cin., dros., graph., ign., hep., kali, lack., lyc., magn., mere., natr., petrol., phosp., puls., rhod., Thus, ran.- sc., sab., sass., sep., spig., sulp., verat. Sil. is suitable after Calc.-c., hep., lyc., sulp. After Sil., Hep., lach., lyc., sep. 246. ? ? t 247. —Aeon., aur., bar., bov., chin., dig., euphr., hyos., lach., laur., lyc., magn.-m., mere., inoseh., natr.-m., nux-v., pe- trol., phosp., puls., sabad., sabin., sil., spong., stram., tarax., verat. 24S.—Aeon., dros., hep., jod., phosp. After Spong. Is suitable Hep.-s. 24!).—Bry., dros., hyos., jod., mur.-ac., natr.-m., nux-v., puls., rheum, rhus, seneg., spong. 250. —Am.-c., am.-m, arg.-m., arg.-n., calc.-c., cann., caust., chin., dulc., fer., ign., pule., seneg., sil., zinc. 251. —Ambr., arn., con., ign., lyc., mere., nux-v., phos.-ac., phos., puls., ruta, thuja, verat. 252. —Aeon., bell., bry., camph., canth., cham., cocc., hell., hyos., ign., mere., nux-v., op., plumb., tab., verat., zinc. 253. —Asa-f., calc.-c., graph., kali-c., natr.-m., phos., plat, stan., sil., sulp. 254. —Aeon., am.-m., ant.-c., ars., bar., bell., bry., calc.-c., canth., caps., caust., cham., chin., eoff., con., cupr., dulc., graph., ign., ipec., jod., lach., lyc., magn., magn.-m.. mere., natr.-c. et mur., nitr.-ac., nux-v., petrol., phosp., phos.-ac., puls., rhus, sassap , seneg., sep., sil., sulp.-ac., verat. Sulp. is suitable after Aeon., ars., cupr., mere., nitr.-ac., nux-v., puls., rhu9. After Sulph., Aeon., bell., calc., cupr., mere., nitr.-ac., nux-v., puls., rhus, sep., sil. 255. —Arn., con., dig., mur., and nitr.-ac., puls., ruta, sulph. 256. 257. —Aeon., ars., bell., cham., cic., coco., con., hell., hyos., ipec., krea., nux-v., op., stram., verat., zinc. 258. 259. —Con., kali, nux-v., puls., spig., valer. 200.—Aeon., ant.-c., asa-f., bar., cham., cocc.. ign., ipec., kali- n., nitr.-ac., nux-v., puls., sep., verat. After Tart.-em. are suitable Bar.-c., ipec., puls., sep., sulph. Tart-em. is suit- able after Puls., bar.-c. 261.—? 262.-? 263.—Aeon., bell., camph., canth., nux-v., puls. 2.64.—Con., ign., magn.-p.-arct 265. 266. —Calc.-c., phos.-ac. It is suitable after Calc.-c., lyc. 267. —Asa-f, bry., cann., canth., chin., cop., fer., led., lyc., mere., nitr.-ac., petrol., plat., puls., sabin., sep., staph., sulph. Thuja is suitable after Nitr.-ac. After Thuja, Nitr.- ac., puls., staph. ? 268. 269. 270. 271. 272. 273. —Bell., camph., canth., cocc., eoff'., con., ign., mere., nux-v., plat, puls., stann., tarax., spong. ANTIDOTES. Camph., hep. Sil. antidotes Merc., snip. T ? ? ? Aur., camph. Spig. antidotes Merc. Camphor. Camphor. Puls. Camph. It antidotes Merc, and thuja. Vegetable acids, and Vinegar, nux- v., op., tab., stram. It antidotes Merc., plumb. Camph. Aeon., camph., cham., chin., mere., nux-v., puls., sep., sulp. It anti dotes China, jod., mere., nitr.-ac.. rhus, sep. Puls. ? Camph., ipec., nux-Y., vinum. ? Camph. Chin., ipec. Of small doses, Asa-f., chin., cocc., ipec., op., puls. It antidotes Sepia. ? Camph. ? Camph., canth. Camph., ign. Chin., fer., thuja. ? Cham., cocc., mere It antidotes Merc., thea. Ace turn. ? ? ? ? Camph., eoff 42 TABLE3 AND EXPLANATIONS. REMEDIES. PAGE. 274. —*Verat., Veratrum (Hah- nemann). 1143 275. —Veratri., 1150 276. —Verbas., Verbascum (Hah- nemann). 1151 277. —*Vinc., Yinca. 1152 278. —'Viol.-o., Viola-odorata (Stapf), 1158 279. —*Viol.-t., Yiola-tricolor. 1154 280. —Yip., Vipera-redi (tier- ing). 1155 281. —* Vip., Yipera-torva (Her- ing). 1156 282. —*Zinc., Zincum (Hahne- mann). 1158 2S3.—Zinc.-ox., Zincum-oxyda- t.um. 1165 284.—Zinc.-snlph., Zincum-sul- phuricum. 1166 886.—Zing., Zingiber. 1166 886. —Gelsem., Gelseminun* sempervirens. 1201 887. —Hamm., Hammamolis- virgiuica. 1203 SYNONYMS. V eratrum-album. Verbascum-lhapsus. Vinca-minor. Jacea. Zincum-metallicum. Zincum-oxy datum-album. Vitriolum-zinci. Zingiber-officinale. ENGLISH. GERMAN. White Hellebore.—Weiss Nies*- wurz. Yeratrm. The Yellow Mullein.—Konigs- kerze. Wintergreen.—Barwurzel. Sweet Violet.—Wolilrieohendes Veilchen. Heart’s Ease.—Stiefmiitterchen. Italian Viper. German Yiper. Zinc.—Zink. Oxyde of Zinc.—Zinkkalk. Sulphate of Zinc.—Schwefei- saures Zinkoxyd. Ginger.—Ingwer. Yellow Jessamine; Woodbine. Witch Hazel.—Wunschelrutk# Zauberstruuch. TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS. 43 COMPARE WITH. 274—Acon.,ambr., am., ars., bell., bov., bry., camph., caps., caust., chin., cic., coff., coloc., cupr., dros., ferr., hell., hyos., ign., ipec., jod., lauroc., lyc., mangan., magn.-mur., mere., Inez., op., petrol., plios., phos.-a., puls., ran.-sc., rhus. ruta, sab., sec., sep., sil., spig.. staph., strain., sulph., tart.- em., zinc. Yefut. is suitable after Ars., chin., cupr., phos.- ac. After Verat. are indicated Arn., ars., chin., cupr., ipec. 275. 276. 277. —ITep.-sulph., lycop. 278. —Kali, mur.-ac., nux-v., phosph., plat. 279. —Baryt., caps., mere., natr.-mur., nitr.-ac., sulph., viol.-od. 280. —Lachesis. 281. —Lachesis. 282. —Anac., arn., ars., bell., bry., calc., eanth., carb.-v., hep.- s.-c., ign., hyos., kali, lyc., natr.-m., nux-v., phos., plat., plumb., puls., rhus, sep., sil., stann., staph., stront., sulph., thuja. 2S3.—? 2S4—See Zincum. 285.—? 986. —Baptisia-tinct 987. —Collin sonia-canadensU. ANTIDOTES. Aeon., camph., coff. Yerat. anti- dotes Ars., chin., ferr. Black coffee with lemon-juice. Camph. ? Vegetable acids. Camph. Camph. ? ? Camph., hep., ignat. It antidotes Bar. Cham, and nux-v. aggra- vate the effects of iinc. ? See Zincum. ? ? ? 44 TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS. ORDER OF MEDICINE TO BE STUDIED. A. Polychrest.—Aeon., Bell., Bry., Merc., Nux-vom., Puls.—Am, Ars., Cham., Lach., Rhus, Sulph.—Calc., Chin., Lyc., Phos., Sep., Sil.— Carh.-v., Dulc., Hep., Hyos., Ipec., Yeratr. B. Semi-Polychrest.—Caus., Cocc., Fer., Graph., Ign., Nitr.-ac., Op., Petr., Staph.—Aur., Bar.-c., Cann., Canth., Coloc., Con., Phos.-ac., Spig., Stram.—Ant., Cic., Coff., Kal.-c., Magn.-c., Magn.-m., Stann., Tart.— Dig-, Dros., lod., Led., Natr., Natr.-m., N.-mos., Thuj., Zinc. C. Medicines which have been equally often employed.—Alum, Am.-c., Bon, Cupr., Hell., Kreos., Mez., Mur.-ac., Spong., Sulph.-ac.—Am.-m., Asa., Carb.-an., Cin., Euphr., Mosch., Sabad., Sabin., Sassap., Squil.— Agar., Amb., Anac., Bis., Caps., Clem., Colch., Magn.-arct., Magn.-aust., Rheum, Yaler.—Agn., Ang., Asar., Bov., Guai., Oleand., Plumb., Plumb.- ac., Prun., Rod., Rut. D. Medicines which have hitherto been used less extensively or less fre- quently.—Ac.-fluor., Am.-caust., Bar.-m., Calc.-caust., Calc.-ph., Camph., Chel., Croc., Cyc., Euphorb., Grat., Laur., Nitr., Samb., Sec., Seneg., Tarax. —Arg., Arg.-nit., Lam., Magn.-s., Men., Meph., Natr.-s., Par., Ran., Ran.- sc., Stront., Tabac., Teucr., Viol.-od., Viol.-tr.—Berb., Bruc., Cinn., Cist., Coral., Daph., Gent., Gran., Gum.-gut., Ind., Merc.-c., Nice., Ol.-an., Phell., Sang., Selen.—iEth., Cal., Cast., Crot., Eug., Evon., Fer.-mg., Haem., Hy- per., Kal.-ch., Lact., Paeon., Ratan., Symph., Tereb., Ther., Tong., Verb. E. Medicines respecting which we possess some notions.—Ac,-ox., Act., Aloes, Anis., Artes., Arum., Aur.-m., Brom., Case., Cinnam., Citr.-suc., Coccion., Convol., Cop., Cub., Diad., Diet., Elat., Fer.-ac., Fil., Frag., Jal., Jatr., Kal.-bich., Kal.-lat., Lob.-inf., Lob.-car., Merc.-jod., Mill., Morph.- ac., Natr.-n., Natr.-sp., Nux-jugl., Ol.-an., Ol.-jec., Onis., Petros., Pin., Pod.-pelt., Rhus-rad., Rhus-v., Scroph., Senn., Sol.-m., Sol.-n., Tanao., Tart.-ac., Thea, Trif., Trios.-perf., Tuss.-pet., Urt., Uva., Vine., Zinc.-s., Zing., Ammoniac., Amyg.-a., Anthrak., Ars.-hydr., Ars.-ters., Atham., Aur.-ful., Benz.-ac., Branc.-urs., Cann.-ap., Chenop., Chin.-sulph., Chin.- hydr., Chin.-mur., Cimex, Cinch.-sulph., Cochl., Crotal., Cupr.-ars., Cupr.- carb., Cupr.-sulph., Elect., Eupat., Fer.-carb., Fer.-jod., Fer.-mur., Fer.- Bulph., Galvan., Gins., Hydr.-ac., June., Kal.-hydr., Lupul., Mang., Mero.- p., Murex., Ophiot., Phytol., Pimp., Ran.-ac., Ran.-fl., Raph., Scroph., Sol.-lye., Tax.-b., Veratrin., Vip.-r., Vip.-t. TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS. 45 ORDER OF INSTRUCTION. FIRST COURSE. MOST IMPORTANT DISTINCTIONS. 1. Distinction of the most important clinical cases, for the medicines of letters A and B. 2. Distinction of the most important of the general symptoms, com- prising the skin, sleep, fevers, and mind for A and B. 3. S*tudy of the most important of the symptoms of particular organs, singly for A. 4. Same study for B. 5. Same study as that of No. 2, for C and D. 6. 7. Same studies as 3 and 4, first for C, then for D. SECOND COURSE. STUDY IN DETAIL OF THE POLYCHRE8TB A AND B. 8. Study of all the clinical cases, for A and B. 9. Study of all the signs of general symptoms, including the mental, for A only. 10—13. Study of all the signs of particular organs in succession, for each one of the four collections contained under A. 14. Same study as that of No. 9, for B. 15—18. Same studies as those of Nos. 10—13, for the four summaries of B. THIRD COURSE.—STUDY IN DETAIL OF THE OTHER MEDICINES, C AND D. 19—29. Same studies as those of Second Course, in the same order as for C and D, and the summaries they comprise. %* For the comparison of analogous medicines see the list of medicines at the head of the pathogenesis of each substance. DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIAL A. Abbreviation of the name of the medicine.—English names.—Names of the authors who have published the medicines.—Duration of action. B. Antidotes of the medicine, and the substances for which it is the an- tidote. C. Analogous medicines, with indication of those which precede or follow IN THE EXPOSITION OF THE PATHOGENESIS OF MEDICINES. 46 TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS. CLINICAL REMARKS.—See “Clinical Index” GENERAL SYMPTOMS—Containing predominant sensations; state of strength; the phenomena of the nervous, sanguineous, lymphatic, osseous systems, &c.; access of restlessness, convulsions, &c.; and predominant circumstances under which the symptoms are aggravated, ameliorated, &c. Skin—With lesions of the exterior organs, ulcerations, abscesses, &e. Sleep—With dreams and nocturnal sufferings. Fever—With state of the pulse, perspiration, &c. Mind—With symptoms of the understanding and memory. Head—With dizziness, vertigo, and condition of the scalp. Eyes—With Symptoms of the pupils and sight. Ears—With symptoms of hearing and the parotids. Nose—With symptoms of smelling and coryza. Face—With phenomena of the skin of the forehead, lips, jaws, and sub. maxillary glands. Teeth—With the gums. Mouth—With the tongue, saliva, speech, &c. Throat—With curtains of the palate, palate, and tonsils. Appetite—With the defects of taste, hunger, thirst, aversion to food, or extraordinary loss of appetite, suffering after meals, or consequence of cer- tain aliment, &c. Stomach—With eructations, nausea, vomiting, and symptoms in the prse- cordial region. Abdomen—With symptoms of the liver, spleen, anus, and inguinal glands, as well as flatulence. Stools—With suffering of the anus, rectum, and perinceum. Urine—With affections of the urinary passages. Genital Organs—With the sexual functions of man. Menstruation—With symptoms of the genital parts of the female, mam- mce, &c., and also the symptoms which are connected with nursing. Larynx—With symptoms of cough. Lungs—With symptoms of respiration, and sufferings of the heart. Trunk—Containing symptoms of the hack, loins, neck, arm-pit, and skin of the trunk. Arms—Containing symptoms of the upper extremities. Legs—Containing symptoms of the lower extremities. EXPLANATION OF SIGNS EMPLOYED TO DESIGNATE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SYMPTOMS. The symptoms which have no sign are symptoms purely pathogenetic—. that is to say, symptoms produced by pure experiment. (*) The asterisk designates the pathogenetic symptoms which have been confirmed by cures. TABLES AND EXPLANATIONS. 47 (°) The cipher indicates the symptoms or the circumstances under the presence of which the medicine has acted favorably, but which have not as yet been observed as pathogenetic symptoms. (-) The stroke above is intended to annul the indication of the preceding sign. Thus, where this stroke is not found, the last sign of a phrase always influences all the rest. On the contrary, all that comes after this stroke is fully equivalent to the symptoms which have no sign, and belong to the ob- servations purely pathogenetic. All the signs will be often found in a single phrase, as, for instance, in the following: Itching, * shooting pains and pressure in the eyes -and in the eye-lids, °especially at night, *or in the evening, -as well as in the morning. In this phrase there are first: Itching, shooting pains, and pressure, which have been observed, all three, as pathogenetic symptoms, hut of which the two last, shooting pains and pressure, have been at the same time removed by the medicine in one case of cure, as the asterisk {*) indicates. But the stroke (-) before and in the eye-lids announces, at the same time, that the cure has as yet been observed only for the eyes, and not for the eye-lids, for which the observation is not pathogenetic. Then comes the cipher (°) before especially at night, which declares that these sensations, in the case cured, had taken place at night, hut that, at that hour, they had not been observed as pathogenetic effects. But the second asterisk (*) before in the evening, means that, at that latter period, these symptoms have taken place, as well in the case of cure as in the quality of pathogenetic effects. The last stroke (-) indicates, finally, that the appearance of these symptoms, in the morn- ing, has been hitherto observed only as pathogenetic effects. (? ) The note of interrogation is placed after the name of any disease which has not yet, to our knowledge, been cured by that remedy with ab- solute certainty, or which has been recommended merely upon theoretical grounds. (;) The semicolon in this work has been employed to separate the parts of one and the same symptom; it has only been used for the purpose of dis- tinguishing the part after it, as being entirely different from the part pre- ceding. Thus, “ vertigo in the evening; when walking in the open air; with nausea ,” &c., means : Vertigo in the evening; vertigo when walking in the open air; vertigo with nausea, &c. The symptoms printed in italics are generally those which have been observed or removed more frequently than the others; but this distinction has been made only with relation to the symptoms of the same organ, and often even, only for the kind of sufferings, so that one pain, for instance, has been distinguished only with relation to other pains, and not with rela- tion to other symptoms of the same organ, and still less with relation to all the symptoms of the medicine. It is thus, for instance, that in the following phrase: Pressure, itching, and shooting pains in the eyes and in the eye-lids, the passage printed in italics means only that the shooting pains have been observed oftener than the itching and the pressure, and that they hava taken place more frequently in the eyes than in the eye-lids. WILLIAM RADDE, aitir §00k$dUr, m §r0atog, ito-gM. HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES. WM. RADDE, No. 800 Broadway, New-York, respectfully informs the Homoeo- pathic Physicians, and the friends of the system, that he is the Sole Agent for the Leipzig Central Homoeopathic Pharmacy, and that he has always on hand a good assortment of In comDlete sets or by single vials, in Tinctures, Dilutions, and Tritubatioih. also, Pocket Cases op Medicines, and Physicians’ and Family jIedicine Chests to LAURIE’S DOMESTIC 60 to 82 Remedies. EPPS’ “ 68 BERING'S “ 65 « GUERNSEY’S “ 88 “ SMALL’S MANUAL 86 “ HEMPEL and BEAKLEY’S PRACTICE 66 “ Small Pocket Cases, at $8.00, with Family Guide and 27 Remedies. Cases with 260 Vials of Tinctures and Triturations to Jahb’s New Manual, OT Symptomen Codex. Physicians’ Pocket Cases, with 60 Vials of Tinctures and Triturations. Cases with 200 to 800 Vials of Low and High Dilutions of Medicated Pellets. Cases with from 60 to 80 Vials of Low and High Dilutions, &c., &c. Homoeopathic Chocolate. Repined Sugar op Milk. Puee globules. Arnica Tincture—the best specific remedy for Bruises, Sprains, Wounds, Ac. Arnica Plaster—the best application for Corns. Urtica Urens—the best specific remedy for Burns. ALSO BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, and STANDARD WORKS ON TEE SYST1II, IN THE ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN LANGUAGES. THE BEST HOMCEOPATHIC MEDICINES, 48 MANUAL OF THE HOMEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA, 1.—ACETIC ACID. ACET.-ACID.—Vinegar.—An acid peculiar to the vegetable kingdom.—Dura- tion of action: primarily, from one to twenty-four hours; secondarily (from long-continued use), many months. Compare with—Oxalic, Citric, Tartaric, and other vegetable acids ; also Phos.- ac., Sulph.-ac., Nitric and Muriatic-ac. Antidotes.—For poisoning, Chalk, Whiting, Magnesia, Soap or Oil, Bicar- bonated alkalies, Milk, White of Egg, or almost any demulcent. Homceopa- thically, China, Nux-v., Coffea, Ars., Bell. Rationale of its Action.—Acetic-acid is a powerful antiseptic, being employed, as is well known, in pickling, preservation of animal food, and anatomical preparations. Liquid albumen (as the serum of the blood and white of egg) is not coagulated by it, but coagulated albumen is readily dissolved by it, especially with the assistance of heat. Fibrin, as muscle or the crassamentum of blood, is also readily dissolved by it. Casein is coagulated by it, and it dissolves the lmematin of the blood. It is a solvent of gelatine. Diluted, and mixed with mucus, it will act as a digestive fluid. Only one fatal case of poisoning with it is on record, and in that the patient, a girl, appeared to be intoxicated, complained of acute pain, and was violently convulsed. Swallowed in a very dilute form, and in moderate doses, it proves refreshing, allays thirst, diminishes preternatural heat, lowers the pulse, and augments the urine. In its general effects, therefore, it appears to lower the powers of life, and to prove mildly antiphlogistic. Its local operation is astringent. When habitually used, it appears to produce a languor of digestion, which has been known to be followed by tuberculosis. It is said, in long-continued doses, to induce disease of the gastro-enteric mucous membrane. To these observations it may be added that, according to Ilebreart, a small quantity of Acetic-acid, dropped into the wind- 49 50 acetic acid. pipe, caused hissing respiration, rattling in the throat, and death in three days, from true croup. The lining membrane of the windpipe was covered with a fibrinous pseudo-membrane, exactly as aftei croup.—F. G S. Intellect.—Confusion of ideas ; disinclination to exert the mind ; slight and transient delirium; diminished intellectual power. Clinical Remarks.—It has proved curative in mania with cerebral excitement; delirium caused by Opium ; delirium of typhus ; alter- nate stupor and delirium of typhus. Disposition.—Irritability of temper ; nervous and excitable mood. Head.—Giddiness ; dull pains in the forehead and vertex ; shoot- ing pains through the temples ; heaviness of the head, with sense of intoxication ; indications of vascular excitement in the brain ; disten- tion of the temporal blood-vessels, with increased heat of the head. Clinical Remarks.—It has proved curative of haemorrhage of the nose, arising from determination of blood to the head (used locally as well as internally); headaches from abuse of stimulants, tobacco, coffee, and Opium; affections of the brain dependent on nervous congestion. Scalp. Clinical Remarks.—In tinea-capitis, the local application of the strong acid is recommended by Wigan. The first application is with the acid, diluted with three times its weight of water. On being applied, a number of spots, previously looking healthy, become red patches ; then, with a piece of sponge tied to the end of a stick, each spot is to be saturated thoroughly with the strong acid for three or four minutes. A single application is sufficient in the majority of cases. A crust grows up with the hair, which may be removed as soon as a pair of fine scissors can be introduced beneath it. Erasmus Wilson speaks favorably of a similar mode of treatment repeated once a week.—J. C. P. Eye. Clinical Remarks.—Particles of lime in the eye are effectu- ally dissolved, and the pain eased, by bathing the eye with diluted Vinegar.—J. C. P. Face.—Face pale and waxen; eyes sunken and surrounded by a dark circle. Throat; Diphtheritic or Croupous False Membrane. Clinicai Remarks.—The sore throat of scarlet fever is much benefitted by the application of the steam of warm Vinegar ; in quinsy, and almost every form of ulcerated or relaxed sore throat, much relief is obtained by inhaling the vapor of hot Vinegar and water. Appetite and Taste.—Diminished appetite; tongue pale and flabby ; adypsia; vomiting soon after eating. ACETIC ACID. 51 Stomach.—-When taken daily, in its diluted form and in large doses, it produces great uneasiness, cramps and colic, and gradually destroys so effectually the texture of the stomach, and its digestive functions, as to cause emaciation of the body. Clinical Remarks.—Dr. Tracy’s (of Ohio) experience with the vegetable acids, as corrigents of acidity of the stomach, has been considerable; he has prescribed them in a large number of cases, and in nearly all with decided benefit. Dr. Tracy himself was subject to repeated and severe attacks of conjunctivitis, accompanied with acidity of the stomach, which he had attempted to correct by the early and free use of Soda, but in vain. He had for months abstained from the use of acids, but was finally induced to take a glass of lemon- ade, with great alleviation. The remedy was again and again re- peated, and the threatened ophthalmic attacks effectually prevented. Dr. Tracy has found vegetable acids uniformly and entirely successful in removing the disposition to attacks of acidity of the stomach in persons subject to them ; and his impression is that, in all such cases, they can be relied upon with more confidence than any other reme- dies. In cases of acidity from pregnancy, he has found the sub-acid fruit of great service, while those that were tart could not be borne, and mineral acids were decidedly injurious, while the whole range of alkalies and absorbents were of little or no avail. Braithwaite says this may seem a very unscientific (but very homoeopathic) mode of procedure ; still facts seem to corroborate the value of the practice in some cases. Dr. Chapman, of Philadelphia, experienced relief from the same remedy. The late Professor Wiston had for a long time ineffectually endeavored to relieve an opulent merchant of acidity of the stomach, who was very speedily cured by drinking of sour beer. Dr. Chapman had a most distressing case, which proved utterly in- tractable during nearly a whole winter, to the regular alkaline reme- dies, which was cured promptly during the summer by the patient subsisting on the sour pie-cherry. Nor is this the only instance in which Dr. Chapman has heard of cures ascribed to tart and perhaps unripe fruit of several kinds, and one especially by Professor Hodges, to sour or unripe apples; he also attended a case with Dr. «T. Rhea Barton, which yielded immediately to wheaten mush and Vinegar, largely and eagerly consumed.—J. C. P. Abdomen.—Griping pain in the bowels ; diarrhoea; tympanitis, with difficulty of breathing (from large doses); rumbling in the ab- domen. Clinical Remarks.—Dr. Parrot has treated, successfully, diarrhoea accompanying typhus fever with diluted Vinegar ; also diarrhoea with 52 acetic acid. pain in the gastric region, rumbling, and delirium ; also constipation with tympanitic abdomen and stupor; also griping pains in the abdo- men of several years’ standing, with difficulty of breathing, sleepless- ness, vomiting after every meal, impaired sight, and irritable mood; also six cases of ascites following intermittent and scarlet fevers. Stool.—Watery diarrhoea ; diarrhoea, with colic pains, and tender- ness of the abdomen to the touch ; bloody discharges from the bowels. Clinical Remarks.—In a paper read before the Epidemicological Society of London, Dr. J. H. Tucker begins by alluding to the re- markable, but well established fact that, in 1849, the cider-districts of Herefordshire, Somersetshire, and part of Devonshire were, to a great extent, exempt from the ravages of cholera, while the disease was raging around. Upon further inquiry, it was ascertained that this exemption was confined a good deal to those individuals who drank cider as a common beverage, and that those who partook of malt liquor occasionally suffered. He also remarks that, in some parts of France and Normandy, more particularly where cider is the common beve- rage, cholera is seldom known to exist. Tucker also expresses the opinion that other vegetable acids will be found of service, such as lemon-juice (but lemonade often causes griping and diarrhoea), orange- juice, and sour wines made from grapes. As it would be quite im- possible to supply the world with a sufficient quantity of pure cider, he suggests that Vinegar might be found a useful substitute in case of another outbreak of cholera. He then proceeds to show that acid drinks were not only preventive, but remedial in epidemic disorders of the bowels. Cases are related in which not only were persons exempt from attacks of cholera raging around them, who drank freely of cider, but a case of severe cholera is also related which yielded to the diluted juice of sour apples. He also refers to some established facts connected with the spread of epidemic dysentery in the army, showing the efficacy of vegetable acids in that disease. Urine.—Urine increased in quantity, and of a lighter color. Uterus. Clinical Remarks.—In uterine haemorrhages the appli- cation of cold Vinegar and water to the pubes is not only agreeable, but tends considerably to arrest the discharge of blood.—J. C. P. Larynx, Trachea, and Chest.—Irritation of the windpipe and chest; dry cough, attended with oppressed respiration, succeeded by a moist cough with fever, increased difficulty of breathing, emaciation, night-sweats, oedema of the feet and legs, diarrhoea, and death. De- position of diphtheritic false membrane. True croup. Klusemann reports three cases of haemoptysis caused by the use of Acetic-acid, in from one to four weeks. ACETIC acid. 53 Clinical Remarks.—Vinegar, much diluted with water, has often checked night-sweats, bronchial haemorrhages, and diarrhoea from hectic fever. Ivopperstaetter, Oettinger, and others, have cured several cases of hydrothorax by the use of Vinegar, in from two to six weeks. In phthisis, the value of the external application of diluted Vinegar to the chest and upper part of the body, in allaying the profuse per- spirations, is well known ; it is a measure attended with salutary effects, and is of great comfort to the patient. The mixture employed by Sir C. Scudamore for this purpose is composed of one pint of Vinegar, one of Cologne water, and two of water. Alcohol or spirits and water is often more useful than Vinegar. Dr. Roberts strongly advocates both the internal and external use of Vinegar for cheeking the hectic and night-sweats, restraining haemoptysis, and producing costiveness. As a preventive of phthisis, Dr. Graves speaks favor- ably of washing the chest with Vinegar and water, beginning with it tepid, and reducing the temperature gradually until it can be used cold. In haemoptysis, the internal and external use of Vinegar was highly esteemed by the ancients ; Caelius Aurelianns Avicenna, and lihases are among its chief advocates. In asthenia and angina-pectoris, it is of great importance to dimi- nish the susceptibilitv of the patient to cold ; one of the most effectual means of .effecting this is to bathe the chest with Vinegar and water. It is a measure fraught with benefit also to those who are liable to continual catarrhal attacks.—J. C. P. Breasts. Clinical Remarks.—To milk or mammary abscesses, the application of warm Vinegar is stated, by Dr. Dewees, to be so successful, in the early stage of the disease, that we need not in general look for any other remedy. It is, he states, particularly use- ful when the breasts are greatly and painfully distended with milk; it should be perseveringly employed for twenty-four hours. This testimony in favor of it is very strong. Upper Extremities.—Diminished muscular power of the arms and hands; paralytic sensation in the wrists and hands; coldness and prickling in the hands. Lower Extremities.—(Edematous swelling of the feet and legs; impaired muscular power of the legs ; diminished sensibility of the feet; coldness of the feet. Fever.—Hectic fever, with emaciation, cough, night-sweats, diar- rhoea, dyspnoea, and dropsical swelling of the feet and legs ; typhus fever, with violent delirium, diarrhoea, pain in the abdomen, rumbling 54 ACETIC ACID. in the gastric region; also typhus with stupor, tympanitic abdomen, and obstinate constipation. Skin.—Skin pale and waxen ; general anasarca; diminished sensi- bility of the surface of the body; temperature of the skin below the natural standard. In scarlatina, dilute Acetic-acid, internally, has been strongly re- commended by Dr. Isaac Brown. He considers that it is more effica- cious than any other treatment, and that it tends to prevent the occurrence of dropsy. Dr. Webster relates four cases, in which it appeared to him conclusive that sponging the body of the patient pre vented the spread of the disease beyond the original patient.—J. C. P. In psoriasis, Dr. Cummin states that his trials with strong Acetic- acid have been highly satisfactory; the diseased cuticle separating in flakes, and a new surface being exposed, of a much more healthy character. The application of the acid is hot and painful, especially when there are excoriations and fissures; but these should be pro- tected by Glycerine, or simple cerate. The acid requires, in most cases, to be repeated two or three times. In obstinate cases of lepra, much benefit has been derived from the use of baths acidulated with Acetic-acid.—J. C. P. Ncevus-Maternus.—Dy. Belirend, of Berlin, advises, in the case of the small flat naovi, the application of strong Acetic-acid; under this treatment the blood is made to coagulate in its vessels, the najvus becomes hard and yellow, and is thrown off in the form of a parch- ment-like layer. In obstinate cases, the Muriate Tincture of Iron, or a slight application of strong Nitric-acid may be used. Warts and moles may be removed effectually by the application of the strong acid. The warts should be first carefully pared down, and the acid should then be applied with a camel’s hair brush. Large moles may be touched lightly with strong Nitric-acid, a wet rag may be applied at once to prevent the acid from burning too deep, and subsequently the mole may be touched every day or two with Acetic- acid. I have found this mode of treatment very successful.—J. C. P. Cancer.—Acetic-acid is the only known agent which dissolves the true cancer cells; it may be used freely, internally and externally. Burns and Scalds.—Cleghorn, of Edinburgh, recommends the im- mediate application of Vinegar to the burnt surface, to be continued until the pain abates, and when this returned the application was re- peated. In purpura, whether attended by fever or of a torpid character. Erasmus Wilson advises sponging the body with tepid Vinegar and water. ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 55 In hospital gangrene, when of a mild character, Delpech speaka highly of the topical application of Acetic-acid and Vinegar. The ulcerations having been previously cleansed, are to be washed with strong Vinegar, and then covered with charpie, wet with the same liquid. If this fails, caustics must be used. Vinegar in Itch.—Professor Le Cceur, of Caen, recommends for the cure of itch, forcible frictions of the parts affected with a hard sponge, soaked in good Vinegar, thrice daily, so as to penetrate the skin and rupture the vesicles. He has tried this treatment with the most complete success in ten cases, the average length of the treat- ment being less than five days. He thinks this treatment preferable to all others, on account of its speedy action, its inexpensive nature, its freedom from all unpleasant odors, and its easy application. He suggests that similar results might be obtained by frictions with the mineral acids, diluted with water. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Febrile symptoms accompanying ty- phus ; hectic fever; dropsical affections arising from loss of blood, diarrhoea, or functional derangements ; haemorrhages from the nose, lungs, and stomach; local eruptions, of an itching and burning char- acter ; determination of blood to the head, with delirium, convulsive movements, and severe pains in the head. PATHOLOGY.—Concentrated Acetic-acid acts as a caustic poison to dogs. It causes blackening of the mucous lining of the stomach, ana- logous to that produced by Sulphuric-acid. Four or five ounces of common Vinegar proved fatal to dogs in ten or fifteen minutes, when the oesophagus was tied to prevent vomiting. Injected into the blood, it does not appear to act energetically. Its chemical influence de- pends principally on its power of dissolving fibrin, albumen, and gela- tine, by which it is enabled to dissolve many of the animal tissues. On animals, it was noticed that large doses of the impure acid affected the cerebro-spinal system, and caused giddiness, insensibility, para- lysis, and convulsions. A very constant effect of it was an affection of the windpipe and lungs. The acid was detected by its odor in the blood and secretions. 2.—ACONITUM NAPELLUS. ACON'.—Blue Wolfsbane or Monkshood.—See Hahnemann’s Materia Med., Vol. I.—Duration of action: from half an hour to 48 hours, or several weeks, according to circumstances. Compare with—Agar., Anac., Ant,.-c., Am., Ars., Asar., Bell., Bry., Cann., Canth., Caust., Cham.., Co]f, Colch., Croc., Dros., Dale , Graph., Hep., Ilyos., Ipec., Merc., Nitr.-a., Nux-v., Op., Phosph., Plat., Puls., Rata, Sabin., Sep, 56 ACONITUM NAPELLUS. Spig., Spong., Stram., Sulph., Verat.—Aeon, is frequently useful as an inter- current remedy after Arn. and Sulph., unless indicated at the commencement of the disease.—The following remedies are most frequently indicated after Aeon.: Arn., Ai’S, Bell., Bry., Cann., Ipec., Spong., Sulph. Antidotes.—In poisoning, free vomiting with Mustard, Sulphate of Zinc or Ipe- cac., Wine, vegetable acids (vinegar, acid fruit). Ilomoeopathically, Camph., Nux-v., Par.? Guaco??—Aeon, is an antidote to Cham., Coff, Nux-v., Petrol., Sulph., Sep., Verat.—Oil, and vomiting excited by oil, seem to aggravate the effects of Aeon. Rationale of its Ac'aroN.—According to Dr. Gerstel (a homoeo- patliist), the primary action of Aconite consists : 1. Almost exclusively of an affection of the nervous system, especi- ally of the vaso-motor portion of the great sympathetic nerve, with a simultaneous affection of a larger portion of that part of the spinal marrow which presides over sensation, viz., the posterior column, while the anterior or motor column only becomes implicated by reflex action. 2. The peculiar character of the primitive action of Aconite is paralyzing, or depressing; from smaller doses and slighter degrees of its action, this paralyzing influence is marked by the occurrence of crawling, prickling, ancPcreeping sensations, accompanied with a sense of numbness, to which is added, at a later period, a feeling of swelling, especially in the skin of *ihe arms, fingers, face, external chest, and legs. 3. Frequently the depressing action of the Aconite is confined to the sphere of the sympathetic nerve, and is marked by a confused and depressed state of mind, which seems to proceed from the region of the heart. 4. Then a feeling of chilliness, or creeping chills over the back, or proceeding from the back, are experienced, and may gradually in- crease to an intense sense of coldness, with shaking chills, actual numbness and blueness of the parts most distant from the centre of the circulation, viz., the fingers and toes. 5. From a continuous and more powerful action of it, its paralyzing power will influence the vaso-motor apparatus in particular, marked by intermitting, weak, and irregular action of the heart, emptiness of the left side of the heart and great blood-vessels, with corresponding alteration of the pulse, even down to complete pulselessness, with oppression of the chest anxiety, restlessness, vertigo, and swooning, all proceeding from debility of the heart. 6. The simultaneous affection of the sympathetic and spinal nerves is marked by sensations of bruisedness, sluggishness, heaviness, and lameness of the muscles, especially of the mouth, tongue, upper, and still more of the lower limbs, and by entire loss of sensation, especially of the hands. ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 57 7. It is to be expected, from this state of depression of the arteries and sensorial nerves, that all the secretions and excretions which de- pend principally upon the arterial influence will he more or less inter- rupted ; still the urinary secretion seems at times to form an exception, as it may be increased in quantity, and then it is more watery and spas- modic. It is very probable that similar alterations take place in the serous, fibrous, and mucous membranes. 8. From extreme degrees of its action, viz., from more or less com- plete paralysis of the arteries, a very high state of venosity, or intense venous congestion ensues. The heart is then found to contain retained blood ; the lungs are hypersonic and over-filled with black, thinly-fluid, and venous blood, without exhibiting the slightest trace qf inflam- mation; the sinuses of the membranes of the brain are crowded with black blood; hence the vertigo, staggering as if from intoxication, the bloating of the face, the involuntary sighing, the deep breathing, the blueness of the skin of the face and lips, the icy coldness of the limbs, the venous abdominal plethora, the obstruction of the liver, the crowding of the blood with crude bilious substances, the dark yellow color of the skin, &c., until, finally, death ensues, from complete obstruction of the circulation and respiration, owing to paralysis of the heart, pulmo- nary apoplexy, and asphyxia.—J. C. P. Secondary or Keactive Stage of the Aconite Disease.—In those cases where the primary action of the Aconite is not too powerful, the organism reacts at once against it,- and nervous erethism, hyper- sesthesia, and arterial reaction ensue; thus, the creeping, crawling, and numb sensations give way to more or less painful piercing, rend- ing, aching, and pressing sensations ; the sense of weariness, las- situde, lameness, and powerlessness are supplied by trembling, jerk- ing, partial or general convulsions ; the coldness, faintness, weak- ness, irregularity, and slowness of the pulse are supplanted by arterial reaction, heat of the face, sensation of swelling of external parts, and eretliistic or synoehal fever; the heart beats more powerfully; the pulse becomes quicker and fuller, and occasions congestion and irritation in all the secreting organs, and in parts abundantly supplied with blood, as the bronchial mucous membrane, exudation of blood and inflam- mation may ensue.—J. C. P. General Effects on the Nervous System. Nerves of Sensation. —Aconite seems to exert a very decided and specific action upon the nerves of sensation, as evidenced by the peculiar feelings of tingling, prickling, numbness, creeping, and crawling, &c., which it causes in so marked a degree in almost every organ and part of the body. It is somewhat a matter of doubt whether it acts primarily and para- 58 ACONITUM NAPELLUS. lyzingly upon the nerves of sensation, or whether the numbness, ting• ling, and loss of sensation, which it produces in so eminent a degroe, arises from its depressing action upon those ganglionic, or vaso-motor, or great sympathetic nerves which follow the blood-vessels to their most minute ramifications and preside over their functions. My own impression is, that the pains caused and cured by Aconite are not purely nervous or neuralgic pains, but are such as arise from some acrid, or rheumatic, or other irritation of the ganglionic nerves about the blood-vessels, or else are congestive in their nature, or owing to the return of the circulation and nervous energy to the blood-vessels and nerves of the afflicted parts, similar to what happens when the foot or leg is said to bo asleep. Yeith Meyer thinks that Aconite stimulates, or excites, or arouses the sensibility of the nerves of sen- sation, and assumes that the few symptoms that indicate an opposite condition are so insignificant that they may be considered as the results of secondary action. But it is impossible to read a well de- scribed case of poisoning with Aconite or Aconitine without becom- ing aware of the prominent and primary importance of the signs of paralysis of the circulation and the nervous energies, or direct depres- sion of the vital powers; thus, the most manifest symptoms are, slight wandering delirium, the consciousness being partly retained; general muscular tremors, or very slight convulsions; failure of the circu- lation ; a feeling of numbness and tingling over the entire body; coolness or coldness of the skin; loss of sight, and death by exhaus- tion or syncope. If the above views be correct, it cannot be a specific in cases of pure neuralgia, in which the nerve alone is affected.—J. C. P. Nerves of Motion.—Aconite does not irritate the nerves of motion primarily like Nux-vomica, Angustura, Ignatia, and Strychnine, but rather produces great muscular debility, which may, however, in the reactive stage, be followed by increased muscular energy, or irrita- tion, and even convulsions. Still it is to be supposed that the con- vulsions caused by Aconite are similar to those which follow an excessive loss of blood, or the use of Tobacco, Digitalis, Pvussic- acid, &c.—J. C. P. Muscular System.—If Aconite is homoeopathic to any form of in- flammation at jail, it is so to rheumatic inflammation, inflammation of the muscular and fibrous systems, &c. Latham says : Acute rheu- matism of the severest kind may have the start of us for full ten or fourteen days, during which nothing whatever has been done for its relief, and when at length the proper remedy has been applied, it has been cured as easily and rapidly as any one could promise himself that it would have been if he had taken it in hand one or two week* ACOmTUM NAPEX.LUS. 59 sooner; surely there is something remarkable enough to make us stop and think for a moment. An inflammation of the brain, the liver, or the lungs, would not thus wait our pleasure or our neglect, and bo as curable ten or fourteen days hence as it is to-day. For inflamma- tion in these organs does not stand still in its first stage. It is pro- gressive from stage to stage, and'each succeeding stage carries it far- ther and farther away from the remedy. Hut it is the very peculi- arity of acute rheumatism that it does, in a certain sense, stand still, or rather does not get beyond the first stage. All its actions and movements are as forcible and rapid as possible, yet it does not get beyond the first stage. All its energy is expended upon one stage, and there is no apparent progression beyond it. A fortnight ago there was great heat, and nervous and vascular excitement, and great pain and swelling of the joints, and to-day we have nothing more, and per- haps nothing less. There is no more sign of inflammatory exudation, or suppuration, or of parts disorganized, or parts destroyed, now than then. Verily, it seems as if the disease had wanted to bo cured all the while. In fact, all the principal German writers on the materia medica place great stress upon the proclivity of Aconite to cause rheumatic symptoms; thus Vogt, Dierbach, and Sobernheim agree that, after the first tumult caused by taking large quantities of x\co- nite has passed off, that tho head is apt to become very painful, and pains appear in the limbs, especially the so-called bone and joint pains, and persist until a more or less profuse sweat and increased flow of saturated urine set in. V ascular System. Heart and Arteries.—Pulse frequent, soft, and weak, the beat being sometimes so feeble as to be almost impercep- tible. Pulse 100, feeble, and regular. Pulse feeble, 120, and inter- mitting after every second stroke. Pulse 90 and of fair strengtlx. Heart’s action almost imperceptible. Pulse small and 140. Pulse 40. Pulse often intermitting and feeble. Pulse scarcely perceptible. Sensation as if all the blood in his veins were frozen. Pulse scarcely to be felt; when it became more perceptible it was still intermitting and irregular ; at times two or three beats followed each other quickly, and then were succeeded by an intermission. Pulse quick and ir- regular. Pulse slow and intermitting. Heart flabby and containing but little black fluid blood. Pulse so small and weak that it can scarcely be felt. Coldness and pulselessness of the limbs, and feeb’e beating of the heart; when the pulse became fuller it was only 58, and intermitted every fourth beat; gradually it rose to 70, and finally to 100, the skin becoming hot and dry. Pulse irregular and slow; pulse 54, unequal and soft, as if the blood did not fill the arteries. Heart 60 ACONITUM NAPELLUS. almost empty. No pulse to be felt in radial or temporal arteries; afterwards it rose to 125. Both venous and arterial blood very fluid. Some fluid and a great deal of coagulated blood in right side of heart; ventricles and auricles filled with black coagulated blood. Teste asserts that, “ If Aconite could be given in the very com- mencement, before the disease has had time to develop a local inflam- mation, this localization might be prevented in many cases; but I be- lieve, likewise, that when the local inflammation has already acquired a certain degree of intensity, many other drugs may, by virtue of con- stitutional idiosyncrasies, or with respect to the organ which has be- come the local focus of the disease, be preferable to Aconite, which, in such cases, could not be administered without involving a precious loss of time. As a general rule, it seems to me that, even in acute inflammations, Aconite is only indicated when the inflammatory fever is the ruling symptom.” CLINICAL REMARKS.—In disease of the heart, particularly in those in which the chief indication is to diminish the action of that organ, Fleming found Aconite a most valuable remedy. In functional derangement it will often effect a cure. In simple hypertrophy, pain and increased action of the heart, it is preferable to Digitalis; its action is more purely sedative and more uniform. But, in a very large class of cases of disease of the heart, when obstruction exists, which prevents the heart from transmitting the necessary quantity of blood by fhe usual number of pulsations, and it is forced to make up for such inadequacy by more frequent and forcible contractions, the use of Aconite, Digitalis, and similar remedies is highly injurious Venous System.—It is homoeopathic to intense or excessive wnous congestion of many organs, with entire paralysis, or depotentization of all the arterial activities, carried up to the point of absolute cya- nosis. If the vital forces of the patient are great enough to react against the Aconite, of course quite opposite symptoms will arise, viz., acute pains in various parts, and more or less active febrile excitement, which rarely, however, proceeds to the extent of causing true inflam- mation. When it does seem to cause inflammation, it is not a pure, frank, and decisive inflammation; even Dr. Veith Meyer is obliged to admit that, “We have as yet no irrefragable proofs that this drug can produce any thing farther than the congestive state; there are as yet no instances, not even in cases of poisoning, nor in the later and most industrious provings of our Vienna colleagues, in which the in troduction of it into the healthy organism has resulted in the appear ance of any one of the products peculiar to inflammation, viz., an exudation,” It may occasionally cause an effusion, but never a true ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 61 inflammatory exudation of plastic lymph, fibrine, or pus. “Even in the post-mortem examinations of those poisoned by Aconite, so far as now known, as well as in the experiments upon animals, no positive and decisive indications have been observed that any true injlamma- tory product has ever followed the administration of Aconite.” Hence Aconite cannot cure a fully developed inflammation, but can only subdue that congestive state which precedes inflammation, before a per- fect inflammatory stasis and exudation have set in; in other words, it can cut an inflammation short before it is fully developed, but it cannot cure it when it is; this is confirmed at the bedside. In inflammation this remedy never fails to exert its beneficent and quieting power over the fever which accompanies the inflammation, and even over some of the inflammatory symptoms themselves, still, should the disease have gone a stage beyond the stadium congestivum, we often find our- selves obliged to abandon our Aconite, or at least only to rely upon it as a fellow-worker with other drugs more homoeopathic to the exist- ing disease. Pereyra (not Pereira) says, “We observe no genuine traces of in flammation in the bodies of those who have fallen victims to this poi son—he insists that the mere circumstance of patches here and there of vascular fullness (which even Noack and Trinks admit to be seated especially in the veins) along the alimentary canal, does not prove that inflammation is present—for this appearance is observed in almost all cases where life is extinguished from the action of seda- tive agents,” and Opium, it is well known, causes flushed counte- nance,‘full pulse, but does not excite inflammation, but venous con- gestion.—J. C. P. Vogt says, except the over-filling of the great vessels with (venous) blood, we find but few traces of affection of the intestinal canal, in poisoning with Aconite, of the kind which the acria cause. He adds that violent poisoning with it is characterized especially by the excessive predominance of venosity, great congestion, and accu- mulation of (venous) blood in the head, chest, liver, and whole ab- domen—it seems evident that, if the veins be so full, the arteries must be comparatively empty.—J. C. P. The bilious symptoms which Aconite is apt to cause, also speak for its primary action upon the venous system. This is a great stum- bling-block to those who assume that it acts primarily and excitingly upon the arterial system. Veith Meyer says : “There is one morbid condition of the economy which, in the present position of our science, is not easily reconciled with what we (Veith Meyer) have laid down as the general sphere of activity of this drug; I (V. M.) have as- 62 AOONITITM NAPELLUS. sumcd that its field of operation is solely in the ganglionic nervous system, that it affects only the vaso-motor nerves which excite or sus- tain the arterial activity.” Biliousness, jaundice, and congestion of the liver are vastly different affections from arterial congestion, true and arterial inflammation. Look for a moment at the following symptoms of Aconite, and see if they do not present a perfect picture of— Jaundice.—Dark-yellow skin. Yellowness of the sclerotica. Loss of appetite. Disgust for meat. Bitter taste in the mouth. Bitter taste in the mouth, with want of appetite. Pains in the chest and under the short ribs. Malaise after eating. Eructations with sourish taste. Vomiturition. Vomiting of green bile. Vomiting of a greenish, watery fluid. Vomiting of mucus. Pressing pain in the stomach, as if from a weight. Violent colic-pains. Pressing pains, as from a weight in the hypochondria. Colic, with inflation of the abdomen, relieved by the discharge of wind. Pressure in the hepatic region, by which the respiration is embarrassed (apparently from an increase of bulk in the organ), then aching in the umbilical region. Squeezing pain in the region of the gall-bladder, when sitting, embarrassing the respiration. Flatulence. White evacuations. White evacuations and red urine. Thin, rather watery evacuations, with some colic, grumbling in the abdomen, and faint feeling. Constipation for several days. The urine passed in the early morning is brown, becomes cloudy after a time, and deposits a sediment. Nights in the highest degree restless, sleepless, and full of dreams. Fearful, vexatious dreams. Head confused and vacant in the morning after waking. Pain all over, as if beaten. Unusual weariness. Constant itching and biting in different spots on the skin, obliging him to scratch. Slow pulse. Pulse unequally full, soft. You will not easily find, in any of the text-books on pathology, a clearer description of icterus than this detail of symptoms brings before you. According to the assumption of the primary venous, and passive- congestive action of Aconite, we would expect exactly such effects upon the liver and biliary functions. It also seems homoeopathic to abdominal dropsy from disease of the liver and omentum. Lymphatic System.—Storck and Greding assume that Aconite does not act as prominently upon the glandular system as Conium, yet they both report cases of glandular swellings and tumors which resisted the action of Conium and yielded to that of Aconite. Toxicology.—Dorsal decubitus ; fixed eyes ; contracted pupils ; livid countenance ; stiffness of the jaws ; coldness and pulselessness of the limbs ; short, imperfect, difficult respiration ; feeble beating of ACONITUM NAPELLUS 63 the heart, with intermissions. Peculiar crawling and trembling in the limbs, attended with piercing pain. In another case, the patient first experienced warmth and contraction of the throat; excessively anxious and restless, complaining of his throat, and of burning along the oesophagus. His mental and sensorial functions were undisturbed ; his tongue whitish; nausea; no pain in the bowels. The primitive action of the drug seomed to fall upon the lower limbs, which were in incessant motion, even while sitting; when he walked, his legs trembled, so as to give him a peculiar staggering gait; he had violent pain in the throat, and exhibited excessive restlessness and fear of death. Two and a half hours after, he could not hold himself upright, and was attacked with a peculiar variety of convulsions, viz., the Upper and lower extremities were forcibly drawn inwards, the fingers clenched, and thumbs turned in so as to form a fist; the legs were in a state of persistent adduction ; all this time there was not the slight- est concussion; the face was covered with a cold viscid sweat; the eyes turned up, so that only their whites were to be seen. No pulse was to be felt in the radial or temporal arteries; the paroxysm lasted about three minutes, was attended by cracking of the joints, and suc- ceeded by exhaustion. He experienced and expressed very great anxiety ; thought that his last hour had come ; his intellect was gene- rally unclouded, except at intervals, when he fell into a state of stupe- faction, closed his eyes, let his head sink, and then rose up again, with a motion similar to that made by one who has fallen asleep while riding and then suddenly awakes; but he was perfectly blind, and could distinguish neither persons nor objects around him. He again vomited, had constant nausea, and was again attacked with convulsions. In two hours more the patient had recovered his sight, but the convul- sions were as frequent and more severe than before ; the temperature of bis skin sank lower every moment; he experienced several shud- derings, and soon after became icy cold, with hippocratic countenance and violent retraction of the head backwards ; respiration stertorous ; mucous rattle heard at a distance ; still, notwithstanding his agonizing*1 condition, he heard everything that was said to him, and had not the slightest pain in the abdomen; soon after the first attack of convul- sions, the palms of his hands became so insensible that he did not feel deep pricks with a needle. He remained in this condition for two hours longer, when the heart and pulse-beats again became percep- tible ; warmth and general comfort returned ; in an hour more his ap- pearance had improved, a profuse warm sweat broke out, pulse rose to 125, sensation had returned in the palms of both hands, and respi- ration was free and easy. After a short sleep, the patient awoke with 64 ACONITUM NAPELLUS. a general bruised feeling; injections brought away black and very offensive faeces ; urine was scanty and very turbid; abdomen not at all painful; tongue moist and white. For several days the patient’s features bore the marks of fright and stupidity. Hahnemann.i—The very careful observations of the venerable founder of homoeopathy deserve the strictest attention—viz.: “ That Aconite causes a prompt removal of inflammatory action, without consecutive effect in fevers, called purely inflammatory; acts magi- cally in measles, purpura-miliaris, in inflammatory fevers with pleu- risy, &c., if the regimen be somewhat cooling; is an indispensable remedy in the most obstinate chronic affections, in which the state of the body requires a diminution of what is called rigidity of fibre (sthenic diathesis, &c.); is the first and most powerful curative agent in croup, several kinds of angina, and other local inflamma- tions, especially when thirst and frequent pulse are attended by great impatience, agitation which nothing can calm, and tossing from side to side in great agony; cures morbid states in persons whose minds have been excited from fear and indignation ; is indis- pensable for females who suffer from fear or contrarieties during the catamenia, which otherwise might be interrupted ; may be salutary for those symptoms (which follow), principally of a tonic character, which appear to be contradictory, but are alternate states ; and will prove inoperative through vegetable acids, wine, and other remedies which correspond palliatively or homoeopathically with its effects in excessive doses.” Hartmann.—“ Sanguine temperament, robust constitution, and di- minution of the pains when moving, especially indicate this remedy. Inflammatory fever—for which Aconite is a specific—is charact erized by : Constant burning heat over the whole body, with redness of skin ; distention and redness of the face; eyes glistening and prominent; respiration short and anxious; dry, red tongue—in rare cases it is somewhat coated with mucus; great thirst, constipation, and even absence of dejections ; inappetence ; hot, red urine, which is passed in small quantities ; sleeplessness, jactitation, restlessness, and anxiety. In all local inflammations, attended by this fever, as pleurisy, pneu- monia, carditis, enteritis, &c., Aconite is frequently required, either as a direct or preparatory expedient. In congestions, seething of 1 The Clinical Remarks—in the previous editions of this Manual—comprise so many repetitions that we shall arrange them, and the additions of Noack and Trinks, in an alphabetical form, at the close of the volume, while their place will be supplied by practical observations derived from the best medical authors, properly accredited.—Ei, ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 65 blond, anrl hcemorrhages of various kinds, it is indispensable. In acute diseases, where all remedies which seem to be indicated are in- effectual, or affect too powerfully without improvement, Aconite often removes very quickly this hyper-excitation of the nervous system ; by this treatment, the remedies which are then indicated act more favorably.” Griesselich thought that Aconite was indicated when there is ex- cessive irritability of body or mind ; in mental derangement, -when the vascular system is much involved ; when there is frenzy, attended with congestion or inflammation of the brain. Especially when there arc paroxysms of great anxiety and mental depression. In hypo- chondria, when the patient imagines that various wonderful trans- formations have taken place in his internal or external organs. Riiekert advises it when there is anxiety and fear of approaching death ; when the organ of caution is affected. Lombard thought it affected the brain somewhat like Opium. Teste commends Aconite in mental derangement of recent date, caused by fright, and in the delirium which precedes or accompanies certain acute fevers. Fleming used Aconite internally in fifteen cases of headache, with complete success in ten ; of the successful cases, three were nervous, four plethoric, and three rheumatic ; of the unsuccessful cases, three were nervous, and two dyspeptic. Relief was usually experienced after the first dose, and a complete cure effected on the first or second day. Drs. Burgess and Radley have seen Aconite of incalculable service in relieving the agonizing pain of nervous headache; Hen- derson and Miller have also used it with success. Storck and Vogel recommended it in rheumatic headache, and Copland has found it useful in both nervous and rheumatic cases. It is often more useful when applied externally than when taken internally. It is homoeopathic to the most violent headaches, when the patient lies as if unconscious, retches to vomit, thinks he must die, cannot endure the slightest noise or motion, and in which the face is pale, and the pulse small and intermitting. Also, in hemicrania, when there is a violent pain over the left eye, attended with nausea and vomiting. In severe rheumatic headaches, when attended with pains in the fibrous sheaths of the nerves, in the fibrous membranes of the brain and scalp. In venous congestive headaches, with excessive numbness and tingling in various parts. It is antipathic to arterial congestive and inflammatory headaches, and must then be given in full doses. In coma and apoplexy it is homoeopathic to these disorders when 66 ACONITUM NAPELLUS. they arise from venous congestion or nervous exhaustion, and must then be given in very small doses ; when they depend upon active arterial congestion the dose must be comparatively largo. Fleming says, the pupil in general is more or less contracted, di- lating to its natural size immediately on the cessation of respiration; it is owing to venous congestion. Its sympathetic action on the retina is remarkable: when applied to one of the temples, or one side of the forehead, more or less blindness of the same side is produced. When the conjunctiva is slightly painted with Aconitine, contrac- tion of the pupil speedily takes place and continues for several hours. —Pereira has observed it to cause contraction of the pupil in some amaurotic cases of several years’ standing, and where the iris under- went no change on exposure to strong light—when the ointment of the alkaloid, or the tincture of the root is applied to the temple or forehead, the pupil occasionally becomes dilated. Fleming has only witnessed this in two cases, in both of which it was attended with partial blindness of the same eye ; why such opposite effects should ensue in the two cases it is difficult to understand. Giddiness, with confusion of sight. Headache, vertigo, with dimness of vision. Con- traction of the pupil, disappearing after the jugular vein is opened. In four cases, Fleming saw dilatation of the pupil accompanied by almost total blindness—either paralysis of retina, or of iris. Aconi- tine applied to the eye-ball of a rabbit—in three minutes the pupil began to contract; in five minutes it was scarcely one-sixth of the size of that of the other eye ; when the contraction was extreme the pupil was insensible to light, but when only partial it still retained its mobility ; the contraction continued for nine hours. Slight giddi- ness and dimness of vision are very common effects; dull, heavy pain in the eye-balls ; dimness of vision and profuse secretion of tears ; pain and watering of the eyes, without vascularity ; black specks floating in the field of vision, dazzling and dimness of vision; from ten drops of the root, general trembling, violent headache, pain of the eye-balls, constant lachrymation and intense photophobia, vascu- larity of conjunctiva not increased, eyes fixed and protruded, pupils contracted. Noaek advises it in ophthalmia of a catarrhal or rheu matic nature, especially when chemosis, or great redness and swelling around the cornea has taken place. Heat and burning in the eyes, especially the left; great photophobia, inflammation, and lachrymation of the eyes, with such severe pain that the patient wished to die, swelling of inflamed eyes, redness of the conjunctiva and sclerotica Inflammation from a foreign body in the eye, with redness, stinging pain and pressure in every part of the eye, intolerance of light and ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 67 Tachrymation. Dryness and heaviness of the upper eye-lids. Pain- ful, tense, red, and hard swelling of the lids, especially in the morn- ing. Sensation as if the whole eye-ball were pushed into the orbit. Prickling and smarting of the eye-lids, as when a cold is setting in. Soreness and itching of the eye-lids. Yellowness of the whites of the eyes. Sparks and mist before the eyes; flashes and scin- tillations ; lamps seem tremulous, and luminous vibrations before the eyes. It is used internally and externally, by German physicians, in rheu- matic and arthritic iritis and amaurosis ; also in simple rheumatic in- flammations of the eye. A very deaf old lady was almost cured of her deafness by an acci- dental over-dose of Aconite. In cases of severe earache and inflam- mation of the ear, I have been in the habit of putting in a small quantity of the root of Aconite.—J. C. P. It is a very useful remedy in the epistaxis of young and plethoric persons It has been used successfully in many cases of neuralgia of the face. Thus, it cured one case of tic-doloureux, of eight years’ standing, in eight days ; one case, in both intra-maxillary nerves, of nine years’ standing, in six days; one application of the tincture of the root, ex- ternally, cured one case each of neuralgia, supra- and infra-orbitalis ; one case of infra-orbital neuralgia, of five years’ standing, was cured hy the external use of Aconitine in fifteen days ; one case of supra-orbital neuralgia, of four years’ standing, by the internal use of the alkaloid, in six days ; a nine months’ infra-orbital neuralgia, by external applica- tion of the tincture, in nine days ; a seven months’ neuralgia, infra- maxillary, by the tincture, internally and externally, in thirteen days ; a two months’ neuralgia-frontalis, by the external use of the tincture, in three days; a tic-doloureux, of several years’ standing, affecting the whole left side of the face, was only temporarily relieved after each application of the tincture; a neuralgia occipito-cervicalis, of several months' duration, was cured in four days ; another, of several years’ duration, was only relieved for several hours after each appli- cation ; a hemicrania, of three weeks’ duration, was cured in five days ; another, of seven days’ standing, was cured by two applications ; and one of three days, by three applications.—In all cases of neuralgia it is said to be better to commence the treatment by external applica- tions ; but, if it be caused by inflammation, cither in the painful parts or in the nerve farther up in its course, or should it be traceable to sympathetic irritation, the internal use of the remedy will probably have to be resorted to ; if the neuralgia arises from some local irrita.- 68 ACONITUM NAPELLUS. tion of the nerve, or is merely functional, the local applications will probably be sufficient.—J. C. P. Dr. Fleming employed it in forty cases, by rubbing the gum with a few drops of the tincture of the root, or by introducing a bit of cot- ton, with a drop or two of the tincturo, into the carious tooth. In seven of these cases it failed ; in six, it relieved only for a short time, and in the remaining twenty-seven it afforded complete and perma- nent relief. I have used Aconite in this way for seven or eight years, with almost invariable success.—J. C. P. It is a valuable local application in painful affections of the tongue, especially in cancer; it should never, however, be applied to any open sore. Noack advises it only in slight catarrhal inflammation of the ton- sils, palate, and pharynx, but I have used the tincture of the root successfully in the severest attacks of quinsy, and found it more beneficial than Belladonna; it is especially indicated in rheumatism of the muscles of the throat, in which there is intense pain on swal- lowing, and but little redness or swelling of the mucous membrane. It has been used successfully in many cases of chronic pharyngitis. I often apply the tincture of the root externally to the neck with much benefit. Professor Dumas, depending upon the intimate sym- pathy between the throat and womb in women, and knowing the specific impression which Aconite makes upon the throat, was led to use it in uterine pains ; when the throat became affected the uterus was relieved.—J. G. P. It is homoeopathic to want of appetite, from excessive debility or a paralytic state of the digestive orgaus; also to well-marked bilious derangcment- Noack advises it in the vomitings of pregnant or hysteric females'; when there is vomiting of blood or worms ; also in cramps and inflam- mation of the stomach. I have found the external application of the tincture of the root very useful in many painful and inflammatory affections of the stomach.—J. C. P. Noack recommends it in disphragmitis ; in 'peritonitis, even the puerperal variety ; in colic, from taking cold ; enteritis, inflammations of both the large and small bowels, when attended with piercing, cutting, burning, and rendering pains, with extreme sensitiveness of the abdomen to touch ; it is said to have proven useful even when faeaal vomiting, great anxiety, and coldness of the legs have set in, and in strangulated hernia. I have been in the habit of depending upon a lavish external use of the tin ■ urc of the root in ail the above affec- tions . The relief in puerperal peritonitis is extraordinary ; I have ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 69 almost ceased to regard peritonitis and enteritis as formidable affec tions, provided Aconite can be applied externally, both early and abundantly enough. Aconite certainly seems to exert a very power- ful action over the liver; it is homoeopathic to venous congestion of the liver, and general plethora-abdominalis; to ascites, from disease of the liver, even from granulated liver; also to fully-developed jaundice. The external use of the tincture should not be forgotten. Professor Fouquier has used it, with some success, as a diuretic in passive dropsies. De Candolle says it is a domestic remedy among the Alp people in dropsy.—J. C. P. In Dysentery.—Marbot, surgeon-major of the “ Crocodile,” man-of- war, treated three hundred cases of inflammatory dysentery with Aconite : there was intense fever ; hard, contracted, rapid pulse; vio- lent headache ; a dry and bitter mouth, although the tongue was flat- tened and not much loaded; tenderness of the abdomen, colic, dis- tressing pulsation in the right liypochondrium, and tenesmus. The effects of the Aconite quite surpassed his expectations, for the in- flammatory symptoms subsided in less than a day, and the blood dis- appeared from the stools in a few hours ; he always found it to abate the haemorrhage and lessen the fever, the pain in the belly also be- coming relieved, and the stools passing easier, even a few hours after the first dose. But the Aconite exerted no other effects upon the stools than removing the blood from them, their mucous and glairy characters continuing as before, and even their number not undergo- ing a diminution proportionate to the improvement of the other symp- toms ; it would seem to exert a very feeble action on the intestinal contractions, but promptly subdues the febrile action and the excite- ment produced iu the various organs. Aconite does not cure the dysentery, but so modifies its nature as to render it amenable to treatment that proved useless before. After Aconite, Ipecac, came in play ; Mercury was given when the liver and pancreas were disor- dered, the stools being green, opaque, or foamy and rnuco-purulent. He did not lose one case out of three hundred. It renders the evacuations in inflammatory dysentery and diarrhoea less irritating, and removes the fever.—J. 0. P. Iu simple inflammatory, catarrhal, and spasmodic croups, I have been in the habit of relying almost exclusively upon tincture of Aconite root and Tartar-emetic, in alternation; and, I may say, always with success, and that right promptly. It is a great waste of time, how- ever, to use these remedies in true membranous croup : Bromine, Am- mon.-cause., Iod., Merc., or Bichrom.-pot., are there required.—J. C. P. Bor da recommends it in pneumonia, after the first violence of the 70 ACONITUM NAPELL1JS. inflammation is broken, and spasmodic co<*gh, suspicions expectora- tion, great irritability of the lungs, and an erethistic state remains. Busch and Beaumes advise it in pulmonary consumption, during the erethistic inflammatory stage, with flying stitches of pain in the chest and feverishness ; also when the tubercles are softening and the sputa are fetid and of bad character. Kindervater, of Hanover, has de- pended upon it for twenty years in the cure of all acute internal rheu- matic inflammations, i. e., all those that are caused by taking cold, such as rheumatic pleurisy, pneumonia, bronchitis, peritonitis, acute ar- thritis, &c. The above are all allopathic authorities; another, I)r. liouth (see London Lancet, Aug., 1855), says, the first indication in pneumonia is to diminish the general fever and the increased pulmo- nary respiration; these can be effected by the tincture of the root oi Aconite, on the action of which, in small and repeated doses, he dwells at length, and especially in reference to its certainty of action and utility as compared with the ordinary tincture.—J. C. P. In lumbago, Fleming used Aconite in ten cases, and in each a com- plete cure was effected; it was used internally and externally, and relief was felt speedily in every case. It seems homoeopathic to spinal irritation. Vogt says, after great restlessness, Aconite causes relaxation, dimi-. nution of heart and pulse-beats, head becoming confused, often very painful, the face more puffed-up and livid, 'pains set in in the limbs, especially so-called bone-pains, and pains in the joints, until, under profusely out-breaking sweat and increased flow of urine, the toms generally disappear. It seems not only to produce the pains, but also the crises, by sweat and urine, of rheumatism.—J. C. P. J. A. Schmidt has advanced the conjecture that it acts prominently upon the jibrons tissues, external skin, and pulmonary mucous mem- brane—far les3 upon the lymphatic and glands. Vogt thinks this notion is not far from the truth, if we call to mind the pains in the bones and joints, the sweat, itching, and springing up of vesicles (like rheumatic miliaria ?); in further corroboration, he adds, that the observations of the best practitioners have found it more serviceable in diseases of the fibrous tissues, and even Storek admits that it is far less serviceable in glandular affections than Conium, although it is a much more acrid and energetic drug.—J. C. P. Sobernlieim says it causes painful sensations in the joints ana bones, which disappear after the breaking out of a profuse sweat and abundant secretion of urine, and adds that it differs from Conium bj its more prominent action on the fibrous system and external skin whence arise the bone and joint-pains. 71 Harnisch says it causes pain, fullness, and trembling of the limbs, especially of the lower extremities, and the patient at the same time often suffers from the most violent pains in the bones and joints. Kuttner says, general painfulness of all the joints not unfreqaently arises after large doses of Aconite. Harnisch adds that the skin-eruptions, profuse sweats, also the pains in the joints, limbs, and bones, all prove the peculiar action of Aconite upon the skin and fibrous tissues, which is to increase the activity of them. Harnisch thinks it is to be doubted whether the good effects of Aconite against rheumatic and gouty joint-, limb-, and bone-pains depend upon its homoeopathic power (which it certainly possesses) of causing similar effects on the healthy ; the violent pains, which it causes in the bones, limbs, and joints, prove the peculiar action of it upon those parts, and depend partly upon an inflamma- tory-like irritation, and in part upon a purely nervous affection ; hence, he says, if this remedy cures these complaints according to the ho- moeopathic law, it should also, as it quickens the pulse and circula- tion, and causes febrile symptoms, cure acute rheumatism and febrile gout.—J. C. P. There is a vast quantity of old-school testimony to the efficacy of Aconite in rheumatism and similar affections. Noack and Trinks say it is used in the old-school practice in rheumatic-spasmodic asthma ; in arthritic affections of the chest; in lumbago and isehias ; in stiffness of the limbs (rheumatic); in rheumatic swellings ; in rheu- matic swelling of the periosteum ; in rheumatic swelling of the bones ; in local bone-pains ; in mercurial disease, taking the form of rheuma- tism ; in rheumatism ; in wandering rheumatism ; in rheumatism of the joints ; in gout, nodous gout, and gout with paralysis ; in violent pains in the limbs ; in rheumatic metastases to internal parts.—In Germany, it is regarded as the main remedy against chronic rheumatism. Of fourteen recipes for Aconite, in Sobernheim’s “ Materia Medica,” eleven are for rheumatism. Sobernheim says it is the main remedy in rheumatic and gouty affections, partly chronic and inveterate, at- tended with abnormal metamorphoses, partly fixed and very painful, and occurring in the form of joint-rheumatism and joint-gout; he thinks it allays the pains by actively exciting the suppressed perspi- ration and causing profuse diaphoresis. Grcefe, Schmidt, Ilust, Lom- bard, Kopp, Brera, G. A. llichter, Stark, Hufeland, Stdrck, Barthez, Scudamore, Vering, &c., all join in recommending it.—J. C. P. Yogel advises it in atonic gout, and in the head-gout which occurs in the form of hemicrania, with predominant affection of the fibrous dura-mater. ACONITTJM NAPELLUS. 72 ACONITUM NAPELLUS. Greding recommends it in affections of the heart and chest, from rheumatic and arthritic causes. Kahleis, Davies, and Lombard, in rheumatism of the heart and affections of the fibrous portion of the pericardium. Vogt says, in many instances, pretty rapid relief from pain has been caused by it; but most of such cases seem to have been of rheumatic or arthritic origin, and ceased when Aconite-perspiration set in. Harnisch says it cures chronic rheumatic and arthritic inflamma- tions of the stomach and bowels. Storck cured the most violent rheumatic pains, which do not allow of the use of the arms and legs. Thilenius says it relieves nocturnal syphilitic hone-pains far better than Opium. Storck thought that the syphilitic acridities, which attacked the nerves and bones, and caused the pains, were solved by the Aconite, brought into the general circulation, and then cast out by the profuse sweats and urinations which ensue under the use of it.—J. C. P. The alcoholic extract of Aconite, according to Lombard, possesses a specific curative power against acute joint-rheumatism; he says it quickly relieves the pains, and rapidly promotes the absorption of the effused synovial fluid from the affected joint; he used it exclusively for two years in the Hospital at Geneva. Kopp advises it in rheumatic pains with syphilitic basis. Brera, in nocturnal syphilitic bone-pains. Pereira says, as a topical remedy, it is most valuable for the relief of neuralgic and rheumatic pains ; in rheumatic pains, unaccompanied with local swelling or redness, it is frequently of great service; in painful conditions of the intercostal and other respiratory muscles, occurring in rheumatic individuals, Pereira has found this remedy most valuable. In acute rheumatism, it has not proved successful in his hands, but he has been informed of cases occurring to others in which it has been of great service; he adds, in rheumatism, it has frequently proved serviceable when combined with a sudorific regi men; and he has seen it give great relief to rheumatic pains. In rheumatic hypertrophy of the heart, it has been recommended by Lombard, of Geneva, on account of its decidedly sedative effects upon that organ.—J. C. P. Pereira says the application of the tincture, as an embrocation, in neuralgia and rheumatism is invaluable, and adds further : “ Of the great efficacy of Acmvitina in neuralgic and rheumatic affections no one can entertain a doubt who has submitted the remedy to a trial.” Vogt says it is among those remedies which onlv cure after a pro- ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 73 tracted use; it is praised with justice in old and atonic dyscrasias, as the rheumatic, arthritic, psoric, and degenerate syphilitic; espe- cially when these affections have attacked the periosteum, articular apparatus, the muscular and tendinous sheaths or have lasted for a long time, and are deeply seated. He says it is used in acute and chronic rheumatism and chronic gout. In acute joint-rheumatism, he says, Aconite is now admitted to be one of the most efficient remedies, which most quickly relieves the pains, and even aids much in facili- tating the absorption of the effusions about and in the joints, and lessens the inflammation, especially when combined with Colchicum. Not less great is its curative influence in chronic rheumatism, even in those forms which are increased to the highest grade of neuralgia, viz., in prosopalgia and ischias, in which Roche, Thealier, and others, have praised it as almost a specific. Also in diseases of the fibrous tissues and bones, viz., in tophi, dolores-osteocopi, &c., when de- pendent upon venereal, arthritic, rheumatic, or degenerate scrofu- lous dyscrasia, it, according to the most experienced practitioners, effects more than any other narcotico-acrid remedy.—J. C. P. It also caused dizziness, dimness of sight, and a great vivacity of impressions, which the patient compared to the magic lantern, which appeared to her as soon as she closed her eyes; also caused stiffness of the diseased arm, dizziness, fanciful visions, sudden flushes of the face, and a great liveliness of impressions, almost always accompa- nied with gay and pleasing thoughts (like Opium). From the first day, the pains were much diminished, and each time the dose was increased the pains were calmed in proportion. Fi- nally, the large articulations, such as the wrist, elbow, and shoulder, were more promptly cured than those of the fingers, although the lat- ter were first affected ; perhaps, hence, were more fixed. The oedema followed the course of the pains, i. e., disappeared from around the large joints more rapidly than from the smaller.—J. C. P. Lombard thinks Aconite possesses a specific virtue for the disper- sion of rheumatic inflammations when seated in the joints. It does not appear to destroy the principle of rheumatism, for this attacks other joints while the patient is using it; hence, without exerting a pre- servative action, it cures rheumatism by neutralizing its morbid in- fluence wherever it tends to fix itself. Patients have declared that they have found a diminution of pain in the space of an hour, hut usually the sedative effect was only evident at the end of several hours. The antiphlogistic action, which arrests the inflammation and tumefaction, whether internal or external to the joint, is commonly more slow ; as twelve to twenty-four hours is the most common period 74 ACONITUM NAPELLUS. for this amelioration; sometimes, however, thirty-six to forty-eight hours elapse. Its influence extends to the synovial membranes, and contributes powerfully to the absorption of the effusions which exist in almost all cases of acute rheumatism. Its influence on the nervous system is very remarkable : as soon as the doses are a little increased, there is observed a certain excitement of the brain, characterized by noctur- nal visions, by a peculiar gaiety, and a great vivacity of impressions ; the circulation of the brain also appears to be modified in such a way as to produce vertigoes; with dazzlings and flushes of heat in the face. The digestive organs were but little or not at all affected. Appetite re- returns after the second or third day, and remain good. Some com- plain of a disagreeable mouth, and have a little whiteness of the tongue. The stools were increased in frequency in one case only ; but not altered in quantity or quality. Hence Lombard was forced to con- sider that this remedy acts neither as a derivative nor a sudorific, but as a specific remedy against rheumatic inflammations, one whose ac- tion is upon the fibrous and tendinous parts which surround the joints, as well as upon the synovial membrane lining them.—J. C. P. Dierbach classes Aconite among the diaphoretica-acrida in com- pany with Ledum-palustris, lthododendron-chrysanthum, Rhus-toxi- codendron, Dulcamara, Pulsatilla-nigricantis, Chelidonium-majoris. Lombard says Storck, who first used this remedy in rheumatism, thought he observed a sudorific virtue in it, and was struck with this indication. However, in eight or ten cases of acute articular rheu- matism, which Lombard treated with Aconite, there was but one in which its use was followed by abundant perspiration ; all the other cures were obtained without any sudorific action, and even in one case it arrested copious sweatings which had lasted fifteen days. Yogt says, in small doses it frequently causes a great increase of the secretions ; but thinks this action is most marked upon the skin, where, besides copious sweats, it often causes violent itching, and for- mication with springing up of vesicles. Stcirck noticed its great affinity to the skin, especially when perspi- ration has been suppressed.—J. C. P. Dierbach says, even in small doses it exerts a great influence upon the skin ; this Storck noticed in his experiments upon himself, and thence drew the conclusion that it might prove serviceable in rheu matic and arthritic affections. The diaphoresis takes place under violent itching, and in arthritic and rheumatic diseases not infre- quently passes over into profuse sweats; which at times, however, only show themselves on the most diseased parts, upon which red ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 75 vesicles (perhaps like rheumatic miliaria) or pustules, filled with watery fluid, at times spring up. In some persons, it also excites an abundant secretion of strongly saturated urine. Sobernheim thinks it acts es- pecially upon the skin and uropoetic organs; causing increased and altered urine, which is very much saturated and highly tinged. Dupont has published a curious case of chronic general ‘perspira- tion, which had lasted upwards of six years, and resisted all treat- ment, until extract of Aconite was given ; at first, in one-half grain doses, gradually increased until sixteen grains per day were taken. (See “ Wilson on the Skin,” p. 272).—J. C. P. Our experience has confirmed most of the above observations, with the exception, perhaps, of croup. In angina-membranacea, or trice croup, the continued use of Aconite involves a vital loss of time : Tartar-emetic, or Bichromate of Potash, should be instantly applied, according to their indications. In the advanced stages of phthisis- pulmonalis, a sudden sense of suffocation sets in, attended by pros- tration and expression of death, which we have promptly palliated by repeated doses of this drug.—Ed. GENERAL SYMPTOMS. — *Shooting pains, °or rheumatic, which are reproduced by wine or other stimulants.—*Sufferings which, particularly at night, seem insufferable, and which generally disappear in a sitting posture.—*Attacks of pain, with thirst and redness of the cheeks. sensibility of body, and espe- cially of the parts affected, to every movement, and to the slightest touch.—°Pain as from a bruise, and sensation of heaviness in all the limbs.—A sensation of drawing, with paralytic weakness in the arms and legs.—Failure of strength and stability, pains and cracking in the joints, principally of the legs.—Rapid and general decay of strength.—* Attacks offainting, °chiefly on rising from a recumbent posture,—and sometimes with *congestion of blood in the head, °buz- zing in the ears, paleness of countenance, and shuddering. —* Uneasiness, as if from suppressed perspiration, or in consequence of a chill, with pain in the head, buzzing in the ears, colic, and cold in the head.—Sensation of cold and of stagnation of blood in all the vessels.—Shaking in the limbs.—Cataleptic attack, with cries, grind- ing of the teeth, and sobs.—Swelling of the whole body, which as sumes a blackish color. Characteristic Peculiarities.—°Acute local, and especially con- gestive inflammations, with great erethism of the nerves and the vascular system; violent fever, the pains appearing intolerable.— ° Congestions, especially of the chest, heart, and head, arising from plethora.—Inflammation of the serous membranes. — °Neuralgia, 76 ACONITUM NAPELLUS. rheumatism, and arthritis, accompanied with *stinging pains, or with a lame and numb feeling in the affected parts, °violent intoler- able pains, and great nervousness.—°External and internal dry heat of the affected parts.—°Great sensitiveness of the affected parts from contact and movement.—*Pains as if bruised.—°Paroxysms of pain, with thirst and redness of face.—°Various affections consequent upon fright and chagrin, especially in females, during the catamenia.— °Aconite is particularly suitable to persons with bright redness ot the cheeks, especially young girls of a plethoric habit, disposed to rushes of blood, who are lively, nervous, irritable, and lead a sedentary life. °Wine and other heating substances renew the pains.—° The pains are 'particularly intolerable at night, and disappear, for the most part, when sitting.—Many of the symptoms appear in the even- ing, or early in the morning, and frequently diminish in the open air.—* Complaints arising from a cold, ° especially from the effects oi dry and cold weather, from a current of air, and particularly from the east wind (this is a dry and sharp wind in Germany). Skin.—Crawling, itching, and desquamation of the skin, especially of the parts affected.—Itching over the whole body, especially on the genitals.—Entire body (of a child) painful, and distressingly sen- sitive to the touch.—*S/cin dry and burning. — A sensation of crawling and burning, extending through the entire body, especially the arms and feet.—°Swelling and burning heat of injured or suffer- ing parts.—* Yellowish color of the skin.—Single, long-continued stitches, here and there mixed with a sensation of soreness, and finally terminating in a diffused sore feeling.—Fine prickings, as from needles, on different parts of the body.—Spots similar to flea- bites on the hands, on the body, and elsewhere.—Vesicles red and broad, attended by itching.—Reddish vesicles, filled with an acrid fluid.—°Morbilli.—°Purpura-niiliaris.—°Rubeola.—° Variola. Sleep.—Great desire to sleep, even while walking, but principally after dinner; frequent yawning and stretching.—°Drowsiness, with anxious fancies and rapid respiration.—*Dreams and confused re- veries during the waking state, -and springing out of bed.—*Slcep- lessness, °with anxiety, * restlessness, and continued tossing from one side to the other, in consequence of pain, with inability to lie either on the right side or back. in sleep.—* Anxious dreams, with nightmare.—Dreams, with a sort of clairvoyance.—. Light sleep. of lying on the side.—During sleep, one lies on the back, with one hand under the occiput; or gets in a sitting posture, with the head inclined forward.—*Nightly delirium. Fever.—Cold shiverings over the arms and feet, continually, or AUONITUM NAPELLUS. 77 of the back and arms ; also on the face, or ascend from below interior 3y to the chest; sometimes *in the evening, after lying doicn, also with frequent yawning, after rising early in the morning.—Universal chilliness, with internal dry heat, hot forehead, and tips of the ears; or, with redness of cheeks and pains in the limbs; or, coldness, with stiffness of the whole body, heat and redness of one choek, and cold- ness and paleness of the other ; open and staring eyes, and contracted pupils, which dilate slowly and lightly, and only in the dusk.—Cold- ness and chilliness, and paleness, at first of the finger-points, and then of the fingers, followed by cramp in the calves of the legs and in the soles of the feet, and, finally, chilliness of the forehead.—• °Chilliness if uncovered in the least (*or by movement) during the hot stage of fever.—°Frequent shiverings, with dry, burning heat of the skin.—Chilliness and coldness of the hands and feet, towards evening; then inclination to vomit, which ceases after taking food, that is neither craved nor disliked, followed by heat of the face, and sad and despairing thoughts.—*Burning heat, especially in the head and face, towards evening, with redness of the cheeks, shivering over the entire body, pressing-outward headache, with thirst and anguish. —Alternating paroxysms of redness of the checks ; either with heat of the head, universal shivering, and natural taste; or, heat over the whole body, headache with rolling the eyes, and puerile gaiety ; or, shiverings attended by weeping, and oppressive headache ; or, obsti- nacy and opposition, with burning around the navel.—°Fevers, inflam- matory, and with local inflammation, violent dry heat, burning dry- ness of the skin, excessive thirst, redness, or alternate redness or paleness of the countenance; great nervousness, restlessness, moan- ing and tossing, fears and anxiety, painful congestion of the head, vertigo and delirium, the latter chiefly at night.—* Slight perspira- tion over the entire body.—Copious sweat, with diarrhoea and increase of urine.—°Constant sweat, especially on,the covered parts.—Sour sweat. — °Pulse hard, frequent, and accelerated. — Feverish, fre- quently intermittent pulse.—Pulse feeble, 120, intermitting after every second stroke. Moral Symptoms.—* Inconsolable anguish, piteous bowlings, la- mentations and reproaches, from trifling causes; painfully anxious lamentations, atten/led by disheartening apprehensions, despair, loud moaning and weeping, bitter complaints and reproaches.— Great anxiety, attended by palpitation of the heart, oppressed breathing, increased heat of the body and face, and great weariness in all the limbs, followed by congestion of the head, and stupefaction, with fleeting redness of the face.—*Lamenting apprehensions oj 78 ACONITUM NAPELLUS. approaching death, designating the day of her death.—Tresenti ments as if in a state of clairvoyance.—Anthropophobia and misan- thropy.—*A strong tendency to be angry, or to be frightened, -and to quarrel.—The least noise, even music, appears insufferable.—Fit- ful humor : at one time sad, depressed, irritable, and despairing; at another time gay, excited, full of hope, and disposed to sing and dance.—# Alternate paroxysms of laughter and tears. — respecting one’s malady, and despair of cure.—°Fear of spectres.— to run away from one’s bed.—Mind, as it were, para- lyzed, with incapability of reflection, and a sensation as if all the intellectual functions were performed in the region of the stomact. —Paroxysms of folly and madness.—Unsteadiness of ideas.— lirium, especially at night.—Weakness of memory. Head.—* Vertigo, °particularly on raising the head, -or else on rising from one’s seat, from stooping, or moving the head, and often *with a sensation of intoxication or reeling in the head, loss of con- sciousness, -dimness of the eyes, nausea, and qualmishness at the pit of the stomach.—*On going into a warm room, the forehead feels as if it were compressed.—* Headache, as if a portion of the brain, here and there, were raised up, which is aggravated by the least motion, and even by speaking and drinking.—*Pain in the head, with in- clination to vomit, also vomiting.—Dull headache, as if the head were bruised, with bruised feeling in all the limbs.—The brain feels as if contracted in the forehead. — Compressed, tensive headache behind the orbits.—*The forehead is grasped with pinching pain, as if in the bones, or over the root.of the nose, as if she would lose her reason, -aggravated by walking in the open air.—*Fullness and heaviness in the forehead, as from a weight, which, with the entire brain, would press through the forehead, -or as if the eyes would start out of their sockets.—*Piercing and throbbing, and piercing- throbbing in the head, forehead, or temples, -as if from an abscess ; sometimes induced by walking and abated by sitting.—Lacerating pain in the left temple, with roaring and ringing in the ears.—Sen- sation as if a ball rose from the umbilical region and diffused a cool ness through the vertex and occiput.—Burning headache, as if the brain were moved by boiling water.—*Congestion of the head, with heat and redness of face, or with a sensation of heat in the brain, sweat on the scalp, and paleness of the face.—Crepitation, as from the crumpling of tinsel, in the temples, nose, and forehead.—Sensa- tion in the vertex as if pulled by the hair.—Pain in the head, as if from taking cold after profuse perspiration, with buzzing in the ears, cold in the head, and colic. of the pains in the ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 79 head by movement, speaking, rising from a recumbent position, and by drinking; relief experienced in the open air. Eyes.—*Eyes red and inflamed, with deep redness of the vessels, -and intolerable pains —°Acute ophthalmia.—*Profuse lachryma- tion, -and with intense pain.—Vertiginous dimness of vision.— Frightful inflammation of the eyes, with lachrymation.— Transitory blindness in many cases. — Heat and burning in the eyes, with #pressive and °shooting pains, especially on moving the balls.— °Swelling of the eyes.—•*Dilated pupils.—Dryness, heaviness, and pressure of the upper eye-lids, and inflammatory swelling of the lids, especially early in the morning.—°Eyes sparkling, -convulsed, and prominent.—Look fixed.—* Excessive photophobia, -or a strong desire for light.—Black spots and mist before the eyes.—Sudden attacks of blindness. Ears.—Tearing in the ears, or tickling (as of a small worm in the right ear).—Binging and *roaring in the ears.—A sensation of stoppage of the ears, or a3 if something obstructed the left ear.— Excessive sensitiveness of hearing, and intolerance of every noise. Nose.—Stupefying pressure over the root of the nose.—*Bleeding from the nose, Especially in plethoric persons.—Smell very sensi- tive.—Violent sneezing, with pain in the abdomen, or in the region of the left ribs—Coryza, headache, humming in the ears, and colic. Face.—Bluish face, with black lips.—°(During the febrile parox- ysms) the face is sivollen, red, and hot, or red and pale.—Redness of one cheek and paleness of the other, or redness of both cheeks.— °On rising up, the red face becomes pale as death.—* Sweat on the forehead, -the upper lip, and the cheek on which one is lying.—. Distortion of the facial muscles.—Tingling pain -and sensation as if swollen in the cheeks.— Ulcerative pain in the malar bones.— ° Lateral prosopalgia, with swelling of the lower ja,w.—* Lips black °and dry.—Burning, tingling, and piercing jerks in the lower jaw. Teeth.—° Toothache [especially from cold) in a raw air, with throb- bing pains in cme side in the face, intense redness of the cheek, con- gestion cf the head, burning heat in the face, and great restlessness. —oRheumatic tooth and faceache, especially in sensitive and con- gestive subjects, renewed or aggravated by wine or other stimulants ; also if caused by agitation of the mind, especially chagrin.—°Con- gestive tooth (and faceache), especially in lively, young, and sedentary girls. Mouth.—*Sensation of dryness, or dryness of the mouth and tmigue; also with heat, ascending from the chest to the head. Cool ness and dr/nesc of the mouth, or sensation of dryness and roughness 80 ACONITUM NAPELLUS. of the middle of the tongue, without thirst.—Numbness and tingling of the tongue.—Tingling, biting, 'piercing, and burning of the tongue.—Paralysis of the tongue, especially at its point.—° Trem- bling, temporary stammering speech.—Soreness of the orifices of the salivary ducts, as if corroded.—Ptvalisin, with stitches in the tongue. Throat and (Esophagus.—Scraping in the throat, with difficulty of swallowing.—Piercing choking, at first of the left, then of the right side of the throat, especially when swallowing or talking.— * Burning, fine piercing, -and astringent sensation in the fauces.— °Acute inflammation of the throat, with violent fever; also with dark redness of the parts (the fauces, velum-palati, tonsils), almost entire inability to swallow, and hoarseness.—Dryness of the throat. Violent pain in the throat. Appetite and Taste.—* Taste bitter, or insipid and fishy, as from stagnant water, or from had eggs.—°Bitter taste of all kinds of food and drinks, excepting water.—*Loss of appetite, -with sourish taste in the mouth; or hitter taste, with pains in the chest and under the short rihs.—°Aversion to food.—Pepper taste. — *Burning, un- quenchable thirst for beer, -which sometimes oppresses the stomach. Gastric Symptoms.—Rising of sweetish water into the mouth, like waterbrash, sometimes with nausea.—Scraping sensation from the pit of the stomach to the throat, with nausea, qualmishness, and a sensation as if water would rise.—Singultus, especially in the morning, or else after eating or drinking.—Empty, or ineffectual effort to eructate.—Loathing, qualmishness, nausea, and inclination to vomit, especially in the pit of the stomach, sometimes while walk- ing in the open air; somotimes worse when sitting, and better when walking.—Inclination to vomit, as after eating anything sweet or fat.— Vomiting, with nausea, thirst, general heat, profuse sweat, and eneuresis.— Vomiting of blood, of blood and mucus, of green bile, of lumbrici.—Inclination to vomit, with violent diarrhoea.—In a hysterical person, before eating in the morning, vomiting of mucus, with nausea and gagging, renewed after eating and drinking, with stomach-ache, and violent pressing pains in the forehead and orbits of the eyes.—°Vomiting of large quantities of dark-red, coagulated blood. Stomach.—Pressure, as of a load or stone in the stomach and pit of the stomach (with feeling of repletion); it increases to asthma, or extends to the back, with contraction, sensation of stiffness, as from lifting.—Stomach-ache.—Aching and coldness of the stomach.—. Feeling as if a cold ball lay in the stomach, and ascended, and spread a cool air over the vertex and occiput.—Painful feeling of swelling ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 81 in the pit of the stomach, with want of appetite, and paroxysms oj shortness of breath.—Contraction in the stomach, as of astringents —° Violent pains in the stomach, after eating err drinking.—° In- flammation of the stomach?—* Tightness, pressure, fullness, and weight in the hypochondria.—*Pressure in the region of the liver, with oppression and arrest of breathing.—°Acute hepatitis, with violent fever, and painful sensitiveness of the region of the liver to the touch.—*Jaurulice.—Complete jaundice, twice produced in one case, toxicologically. % Abdomen.—Draiving in of the ttmbilicus, especially early in the morning, before breakfast.—Burning in the umbilical region, some- times spreading to the pit of the stomach, with anxious throbbing, piercing, and vanishing with a chill.—Pinching, griping, and wring- ing in the umbilical region.—Compression of the navel, with spas- modic pressure at intervals.—Sensation above the umbilicus, on the left side of it, as if something cold were pressing out in that region. Drawing pains in the abdomen, extending from both sides to the umbilicus, which are excited by stooping with the abdomen.—* The abdomen is sensitive to the touch.—°Infammation of the bowels and peritoneum.—°Inflammation of the intestines, with intense burning and lacerating pains in the umbilical region, becoming intolerable to pressure, and aggravated by turning on the left side ; with distention of the abdomen, paroxysms of anguish, frequent hiccough, constipa- tion, loss of appetite and sleep.—*The abdomen is distended and sivollen, as in dropsy.—0Ascites ?—Colicky pains in the abdomen, uith tension and pressure, as from fatulence.—Bumbling, grumb- ling, and fermentation in the abdomen, either with raw feeling, or during the entire night.—°Inflammation, of the hernial stricture, especially when accompanied with bitter, bilious vomiting. Stool and Anus.—°Constipation in acute affections.—Diarrhoea, with nausea.\ and sweat, either before or after.—*Frequent, scanty, and loose stools, with tenesmus.—Diarrhoea, with eneuresis and colic. —* Watery diarrhoea.—* White stools, with red urine.—Momentary paralysis of the anus, with involuntary stools.—Pain in the rectum. —Piercing and pressure in the anus.—Bleeding piles. Urinary Organs.—Detention, or suppression of urine, with pres- sure in the bladder, or piercing in the region of the kidneys.—In- continence of urine, sometimes accompanied with, prof use sweat, with frequent watery diarrhoea, and colic.—Painful, anxious urging to urinate, with excessive watery urination, sometimes excited by touching the hypogastrium.—Difficult and scanty emission, of urine, with frequent urging, and sometimes with pinching around the um- 82 AOONITUM NAPELLUS. bilicuB.—Brown, burning urine, with brick-colortJ sediment.—°In- frequent urination, with bright-red, hot urine, without sediment —Momentary paralysis of the bladder, with involuntary emission of urine.—Burning and tenesmus of the neck / the bladder.—Stitches in the kidneys, with retention of urine. Male Genital Organs.—Itching of the prepuce. Piercing and pinching in the glans, on urinating.—Pain in the scrotum, as if contused.—Tingling in the genital organs.—Amorous paroxysms.— Diminished or increased sexual desire, alternating with relaxation of the penis.—°Inflammation of the scrotum ?—Itching of the genital organs. Female Genital Organs.—*Increased and prof use menses, Espe- cially in plethoric females.—°Suppression of the catamenia, in lively young girls of plethoric and sedentary habit.—Frenzy on the ap- pearance of the catamenia.—Metrorrhagia.—Copious, tenacious, yel- lowish *leucorrh(za.—° Complaints in pregnancy, especially fear of death.—°Phlegmasia-alba-dolens of lying-in women ?—Increase of milk in the mammae.—°Milk fever, especially in plethoric females, and when violent delirium sets in.—°Puerperal fever, especially with peritonitis.—°Varicella and benign rash of infants ? Larynx and Trachea.—Attacks of catarrh and coryza, sometimes accompanied with headache, colic, humming in the ears, and enure- sis.—Hoarseness early in the morning.—Croaking voice.—Relaxa- tion of the epiglottis, allowing food and drink to enter the larynx, causing suffocation and cough.—Sensation as if the trachea was benumbed.—*Cough in the hot stage of a fever.—*Short dry cough, arising from a titillation in the larynx, with constant inclination to cough, -particularly excited by smoking or drinking, or *at night, or -after midnight, and returning every half-hour.—°Spasmodic, rough, croaking cough, sometimes with danger of suffocation, and constriction of the windpipe.—° Cough, with thick, white, bloody, or mucous ex- pectoration.—°Dry cough, with heat over the body, thirst, and great restlessness.—° Cough whenever one takes cold, and which is particu- larly troublesome at night—°Dry cough, which allows no rest at night., with constant irritation and oppression in the upper half of the left lobe of the lungs.—°Whooping cough, first stage, especially when dry and whistling, with fever and burning pain in the larynx and trachea. — °Griqype, with inflammatory condition of the pleura or lungs ; or with rheumatic symptoms, catarrh of the windpipe, and sore throat.—°Membranous croup—inflammatory stage, especially in excitable, nervous, and vascular subjects. Burning heat, thirst, short cough, quick and hurried breathing.—*IIcemoptysis, in preg- AOONITUM NAFELLUS. 83 nancy, without pain, but with nocturnal anguish, lamentation, and whimpering; bright red face, and improvement in the recumbent posture.—inflammation of the trachea and bronchia.—°The larynx feels painful to touch. Chest.—*Shortness of breath, especially when sleeping, after mid- night, °or on rising up.—* Fetid breath.—°The breathing is anxious, labored, sobbing, or quick and superficial; or loud, strong, and noisy, with open mouth and asthma.—Slow breathing during sleep.— *Paroxysms of suffocation, with anxiety.—Asthma.—Irregular and spasmodic respiration.—Stertorous respiration.—Oppression of chest. —Oppression, with a sensation of contraction and anxiety in the chest.—Asthmatic complaints, especially in sensitive, plethoric young persons (particularly young girls), who lead a sedentary life, or in whom the attacks are brought on by the least excitement of feeling.—°Asth- matic complaints of adults, especially if there b.e great congestion of the head, vertigo, a full and strong pulse, or even haemoptysis. —°A kind of asthma-millari, with a violent, hoarse, crowing cough, at night, danger of suffocation, and constriction of the trachea.—An- guish in the chest, arresting the breathing, and accompanied with warm sweat on the forehead.—Aching pain in the chest, which is only relieved for a short time, by bending the trunk backwards.— Aching, oppressive, and constrictive pain in the chest or side of the chest.—Pain in the chest as if the sides were drawn towards o?ie another.—Piercing and stitches in the chest and its sides, especially on respiring and coughing ; frequently with a plaintive and whining mood, ivith anguish and ill humor, or with oppression of breathing. —°Pmumonia and pleurisy, especially in the first stage, during violent fever, accompanied with heat and thirst, dry cough, and extreme nervousness.—°Carditis?—Feeling of heaviness about the heart.—°Chronic affections of the heart, with constant pressure in the left side of the chest, difficult breathing from violent exercise and going up-stairs, with stitches in the region of the heart, oppressive congestion of the head, fainting fits, and aggravations in the fall and spring.—* Palpitation of the heart, with great anguish, ° general heat, especially in the face, and feeling as if the muscles were severely beaten.—°Palpitation of the heart in young, plethoric, sensitive persons, especially of sedentary habit.—Intermitting and irregular pulse. Three radial beats to one impulse of the apex, contractions of left ventricle still being synchronous with pulse. Eight auricle seems to be in a constant convulsive state, its actions quick, ir- regular, and disproportionate. Trunk or Back.—A bruised sensation, or a painful lame stiffness 84 aconitum napellus. on motion, in the small of the back and loins, often extending to tho back and neck.—Painful boring to the left of the lumbar vertebra. —A rooting, boring pain from the right scapula to the chest, in- creased by an inspiration.—Rheumatic pain in the neck, only when moving it.—Aching pain in the left half of a cervical-vertebra.— Pressing pain in the neck, as if pressure were made with the tip of a finger, from without inwards, in the direction of the trachea.— °Painful stiffness of the nape of the neck. Upper Extremities.—Numbness and paralysis of the left arm, which scarcely permits the hand to stir.—The arms hang down powerless, as if broken.—The arms feel chilly and insensible.—Lace- rating pain in the arm, from the shoulder to the wrist-joint and fingers, seldom felt except during movement, with blueness of the hand during the pain.—Bruised pain in the shoulder-joint (also in the hip- joint).—Swelling of the deltoid muscle, which, when touched, feels painful, as if bruised.—Drawing pain in the elbow-joints.—Weight and debility in the fore-arms ; pain as if from a blow.—Transient paralysis.—Drawing, with a sense of stitching and tearing, and pain excited by motion.—Contractive pain in the hands and fingers.— Tearing and paralyzing drawing in the wrists (joints).—Numbness, icy coldness, and insensibility (deadness) of one hand.—Cool sweat in the palms of the hands.—Swelling of the hands, with frequent paroxysms of cough, and good appetite.—Feeling of fullness in the limbs, as if about to burst, accompanied with a sensation of numbness and pricking over the "whole surface.—Pain in the thumbs, as if sprained and lame. When bending the fingers, violent stitches dart through the wrist-joint to the elbow-joint.—Tingling pain in the fingers, even while writing. Lower Limbs.—Tensive pressure in the thighs, with great weak- ness while walking.— Weakness in the region of the head of the femur, and inability to walk, with a feeling as if it had been crushed, particularly after lying down and sleeping.—Numbness and lameness in the left thigh.—Transient paralysis.— Unsteadiness of the knees, they totter and give way when walking.— Tearing in the knees, as from a jerk, in the inner side.—Drawing in the right leg and tho region of the tendo-Achillis, extending as far as the heel. -—The legs feel heavy.— The legs and feet feel numb, and go to sleep. —Coldness of the feet, extending as far as the malleoli, with sweat on the toes and soles of the feet. GENEEAL SYMPTOMS.—General convulsions, lasting about five minutes. Prickling over the whole body. Distressing restless- ness. Constant movement of the legs, like in chorea. Arms and legs aconitum napellus. 85 drawn inwards; fingers strongly clenched together; turned-in thumbs, and feet in a state of permanent abduction ; no convulsive shocks or jerks. Painfulness of all the joints, as if attacked by rheumatic in- flammation. Bruised and festered feeling of the whole body. Men- tality generally clear and unclouded—only obscured exceptionally. Transient paralysis. Feeling as if all the blood in ones veins was frozen ; then became dizzy, with burning in the head as if the skull were filled with boiling water. Clonic spasms and cold sweats, also tonic spasms. First feeling was a tingling heat in the tongue and jaws, with such strange alteration of sensation that neither friends nor the looking-glass could convince him that his face was not enlarged to twice its size; this gradually extended, until it involved the whole body, especially the extremities. Slow and difficult respira- tion. Pulse quick and irregular. Skin burning hot. PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.—In Men.—Bloated counte- nance ; expression of terror on the countenance—The abdomen is distended.—Blue spots on the neck and back.—The vessels of the brain considerably injected; the substance of the brain dotted with blackish points.—The lungs are heavy, bluish, violet-colored on the posterior surface; filled with blood; scarcely any crepitation.— The left ventricle is empty, the right is filled with clots of gelatinous blood.—The oesophagus, stomach, and bowels, as far as the ccecum, are red and congested.—The blood-vessels, particularly the veins of the bowels, are turgid with venous blood.—The liver and spleen are filled with a quantity of blackish blood.—Effusion of yellow serum into the abdominal cavity. ACT.-RAC.—Cimicifuga Racemosa. Black Snake-root. 3.—ACTEA RACEMOSA. Rationale of its Action.—Dr. Mears, who tried it upon himself, reports a decided impression on the brain, evinced by a distressing pain in the head, and giddiness; it also increased the force and full- ness of the pulse,- and produced a flushed condition of the face, fol- lowed by uneasiness in the stomach, and violent efforts to vomit. Dr. Garden had previously mentioned this tendency to affect the brain, which he compared to that of Digitalis; ho also thinks that it acts powerfully upon the secreting organs and absorbents, and, in large doses, causes nausea, vertigo, anxiety, great restlessness, and pains in the extremities.—J. C. P. Chapman says, if given so as sensibly to affect the system, it causes 86 ACTEA RACEMOSA. first: some nausea, greater freedom of expectoration, more or less relaxation of the skin, with slight nervous tremors and some vertigo ; the pulse is apt to be considerably lowered, and to remain so for some time. It has also been supposed to act specifically upon the uterus. Dr. Hildreth, of Ohio, has found it, in large doses, to cause some vertigo, impaired vision, nausea and vomiting and a reduction of the force of the circulation.—J. C. P. Dr. N. J. Davis, of New-York, has uniformly found it to lessen the force and frequency of the pulse, to soothe pain, and allay irritability. From experiments conducted by our friend Dr. Henry D. Paine, of Albany, we find among the most prominent symptoms : Restlessness early in the morning, continuing for a week. Disposition to perspire at night, continuing for three weeks; these perspirations were ir- regular, usually occurring three or four times a week, about three, A. M., commencing while asleep, and disappearing a few minutes after waking ; never profuse. During the first week, the surface was cold with the perspiration, but, during the last ten days, the perspiration was attended by heat rather than coldness. Pain in the eye-balls was one of the most constant symptoms: it was an aching pain, situated in the centre of both eye-balls, rarely in one alone; it con- tinued about three weeks after leaving off the drug. Another well- marked effect was anorexia, lasting for two weeks ; a sensation of faintness in the epigastrium was also an important symptom, usually experienced in the morning, before eating; it did not entirely pre- vent eating, which was followed by a sense of repletion, as if too much food had been taken. The bowels regular at first, were followed by alternate constipation and tendency to diarrhoea. Symptoms of catar- rhal fever were supposed to be among the most common effects of the remedy—viz., pain in the head, coryza, sore throat, dry, short, and hacking cough, continuing night and day, for two weeks.—J. C. P. Wood and Backe think that it stimulates the secretions of the skin, kidneys, and pulmonary mucous membrane. From Dr. Paine’s ex- periments, it would seem to cause perspiration and eruptions upon the skin; also frequent urination, and increased flow of pale urine; finally, it excites secretion from the nasal and bronchial mucous mem- branes. It is supposed, by some eminent physicians, to be a good substitute for Ergot in parturition, although it acts in quite a different way—vis., by relaxing the parts, thereby rendering labor short and easy. Its action in rheumatism is said closely to resemble that of Colchicum.—J. C. P. Nervous System.—It undoubtedly exercises considerable in- fluence over the nervous system, probably of a sedative character; ACTEA RACEMOSA. 87 but this power is shown rather in morbid states of the system than in health. Very large quantities cause no alarming effects. It is said to soothe pain and allay irritability.—J. C. P. 1. Nerves of Sensation.—Its effects upon these nerves seem to be secondary to its action on the vascular system. 2. Nerves of Motion.—It appears to exert a peculiar and specifio action upon some of the diseases of the nerves of motion, especially in chorea, more especially when a rheumatic irritation falls upon the motor nerves and the muscles, and causes St. Vitus’ dance. Dr. Davis says we cannot doubt its efficacy in chorea, in all cases arising from undue irritability or mobility of the nervous sys- tem, especially when induced by exposure to cold; in short, when chorea arises from a rheumatic irritation of the motor nerves and muscles, or of the anterior column of the spinal marrow.—J. C. P. Drs. Garden and Chapman say that, in large doses, it causes anxiety, great restlessness, slight nervous tremors, and pains in the extremi- ties. As it requires large quantities to produce these effects, it may be possible that large doses only are homoeopathic to chorea. Vascular System.—Dr. Davis has never known it to produce a per- ceptible increase of any of the secretions ; nor thinks it has the slight- est stimulating powers. He has uniformly found it to lessen the force and frequency of the pulse, to soothe pain, and allay irritability. In a word, he regards it as one of the most purely sedative agents we possess, and asserts it causes a depression of the pulse, which remains for a considerable time. In acute rheumatism, the only visible effects of the Actea are : Diminution of the force and frequency of the pulse; disappearance of the arthritic pains and inflammation, with occasional vertigo, or disposition to fall on attempting to assume the erect attitude. Hence it seems to exert a decidedly depressing and sedative effect upon the vascular system.—J. C. P. CLINICAL REMARKS.—It has proved curative in dyspepsia of several months’ standing, with severe pain in the forehead, over the right eye, and extending to the temple and vertex, with fullness, heat, and throbbing ; and, when going up-stairs, a sensation as if the top of the head would fly off; coldness and chills, particularly of the arms and feet; faintness in the epigastrium ; pain and regurgitation of food after eating. Also to various neuralgic pains incident to the critical period of life, and severe pains in the head, particularly in the forehead and eye-balls. Also to dull pain in the head, fullnc-ss in the forehead and eyes, pain in the eye-balls, increased secretion of tears; fluent watery coryza, frequent sneezing ; soreness in the throat, causing dif- ficulty in swallowing ; cough, particularly at night, caused by tickling 88 ACTEA RACEMOSA. in the throat.—Paine. Dr. Davis says it will relieve many cases of severe headache, from simple irritation of the brain, in delicate fe- males. It has cured ophthalmia, with pain in the eye-balls, a sensa- tion as if they were enlarged, most severe in the morning; prickling in the inner canthus, aggravated by reading; inflammation of the eye-lids ; slight secretion of mucus only in the morning ; sore throat; headache caused by reading. It seems homoeopathic to rheumatic and catarrhal ophthalmia; it may prove useful in sclerotitis and iritis. Some authors assert that they have never known it to produce a per- ceptible increase of any of the secretions ; others say that it operates powerfully upon the secreting organs and absorbents, and that it is expectorant and diaphoretic. It certainly seems homoeopathic to ca- tarrhal affections. It has cured chorea, when attended with almost complete loss of the power of swallowing. In the sore throat and cynanche-maligna, a decoction of the root, is recommended by Dr. Barton. It is an excellent remedy against dryness of the throat, or a dry spot in the throat, causing cough; also in dry coughs proceed- ing from irritation and tickling at the lower part of the larynx. It is peculiarly homoeopathic to a faint and sinking feeling at the pit of the stomach. It has been supposed, by some eminent physicians, to be a good substitute for Ergot in parturition: being dissimilar, how- ever, in its mode of action, relaxing the parts, and thereby rendering labor short and easy. Hence it is useful where there is great rigidity of the soft parts, such as occurs in females who have their first chil- dren.late; or in those who are remarkably firm and muscular, or in whom the os-uteri dilates slowly, from great muscular resistance and rigidity. In cases of parturition where the vagina is dry, and the os is rigid, this remedy will do good service. It facilitates labor, by rousing into increased action the mucous membrane, and thus sup- plying the parts with a lubrication. In domestic practice, it is occa- sionally employed to produce abortions, and in a few instances with success. In these cases a decoction of the root is used.—Chas. Sum- ner, M. D., while attempting to obtain provings of Actea-racemosa, did not observe any decided symptoms from the medicine, yet was relieved of a very troublesome hacking cough, of some months’ stand- ing. Dr. Garden thought highly of it in consumption. In some parts of the country it has become a very popular remedy for coughs. Dr. Wheeler has found it useful in several cases of severe and pro- tracted cough, especially in the chronic cough or bronchitis of old people. Dr. Hildreth advises it in acute phthisis or gallopping con- sumption; he has often seen the most prompt relief from the decoc- tion alone against the febrile excitement or heciic paroxysms ; also in actea racemosa. 89 allaying the cough, reducing the rapidity and force of the pulse, and promoting gentle perspirations; he has often seen the same happy influence exerted against those intercurrent congestions and inflam* mations so frequent in the second and third stages of consumption, especially when caused by taking cold. Actea is a useful remedy in rheumatic inflammations of the lungs, and especially in that form of consumption which arises without any especial hereditary tendency, from carelessness and exposure to cold and wet. Dr. Garden used it successfully for twenty years. lie says, shortly after commencing its use, the paroxysms are entirely checked, the night-sweats be- gin to diminish, the purulent expectoration is speedily improved, the cough becomes less troublesome and frequent, the pulse falls from 120 or 130 to the natural standard, the pain in the breast and sides abate, strength and appetite improves. It is supposed to possess tho peculiar power, in an eminent degree, of lessening arterial action, and, at the same time, imparting tone and energy to the system. The efficacy of Actea in chorea has already been dwelt upon. The evidence of a favorable influence over rheumatism, is of a decided character. Very many cases, including the severest forms of acute inflammatory rheumatism, have been treated with results satisfactory in the highest degree: every vestige of the disease disappearing in from two to eight or ten days, without inducing any sensible evacua- tion, or leaving behind a single bad symptom. It is particularly use- ful in the early and severe stages of acute rheumatism. It is compa- ratively of little use in sub-acute and chronic rheumatism ; the more acute the disease, the more prompt and decided will be the action of the remedy. In large doses, it causes vertigo, dimness of vision, and a depression of the pulse, which remains for some time. It seems somewhat homoeopathic to rheumatism, or at least to rheumatic pains, as it caused in one case, that of Dr. Jesse Young, an uneasy feeling, almost amounting to an ache, through all the limbs, occurring after each dose, and lasting for three or four hours; while Dr. Garden says it causes great restlessness and pains in the limbs. Still it re- quires large doses to cause these effects. A strong decoction is said to be an effectual remedy for scabies.—J. C. P. Mind and Sensorium.—Vertigo, impaired vision, dizziness, dull- ness in the head. Vertigo, fullness, and dull aching in the vertex. Vertigo, anxiety, and great restlessness. Head.—Acute pain generally through the head during the day ; at times more severe on the left side. Remittent headache, of long standing, more or less severe every day, but increased every second day. Dullness of the head, and pain in the forehead and occiput. 90 actea racemosa. Dull boring pain in tbe forebead, over the left superciliary ridge continuing for two hours. Pain from tbe eyes to the top of the head, which seemed as if the nerves were excited to too much action, last- ing three hours. Pain in the forehead; dryness of the pharynx ; aching in the eyes, apparently between the eye-ball and orbital plate of the frontal bone. The pain in the head is always relieved by the open air. Dr. Mears reports a decided impression on the brain, evinced by a distressing pain in the head, and giddiness, with in- creased force and fullness of the pulse, and flushed face. Dr. Garden had previously mentioned the tendency to affect the brain, somewhat like Digitalis.—J. C. P. Eyes.—Aching of the eyes. Aching pain in both eye-balls, rarely in one alone, continuing for three weeks after discontinuing the drug. Pain in the eye-balls; increased secretion of tears ; constant dull aching pain in the right eye-ball and across the forehead, accompa- nied with nausea. Stinging in the eye-lids ; dullness and heaviness of the head and eyes, as if produced by cold. Nose.—Frequent sneezing and fluent coryza during the day. Co- pious coryza. Fluent coryza, aching and soreness in the nose during the day. Fluent watery coryza ; frequent sneezing ; soreness in the throat, causing difficulty in swallowing. Very profuse greenish and slightly sanguineous coryza after rising ; fullness of the pharynx, and constant inclination to swallow ; dullness of the head, and pain in the forehead and occiput. Mouth.—Offensive breath. Dryness and soreness of the lips. Unpleasant taste in the mouth; accumulation of thick mucus upon the teeth. Throat.—Dryness of the pharynx, and inclination to swallow. Fullness of the pharynx, and constant inclination to swallow. Sore- ness of the throat when swallowing; sensation of fullness and stiff- ness of the neck. Sensation of rawness in the throat; hoarseness, which increased towards night; constant unpleasant fullness in the pharynx. Palate and uvula red and inflamed. Appetite and Stomach.—Eructations and slight nausea. Pain and regurgitation of food after eating. Loss of appetite. Repug- nance to food. Nausea and vomiting. Sense of internal tremor in the stomach after breakfast. Faintness in the epigastrium, with re- pugnance to food. It requires large doses to produce nausea, and then almost only when taken on an empty stomach. Abdomen.—Flatulence, causing a sensation of fullness in the abdo- men. Rumbling of flatus below the umbilicus. Fullness and pres- sure in the lower part of the abdomen. ACTEA SPICATA. 91 Stool.—Disposition to diarrhoea. Urine.—Increased flow of urine. Larynx.—Hoarseness. Unpleasant fullness in the pharynx. Con- stant inclination to cough, caused by a tickling sensation in the larynx, which almost prevents speaking. Short dry cough in the evening, and at night; fluent coryza. Chest.—The pain in the head continuing for ten days, followed by coryza, with sore throat, and gradual extension of the disease to the bronchial mucous membrane; dry, short, and hacking cough, night and day, continuing two weeks, which was uncommon ; the prover not having had a catarrh or cold for several years. Acute pain in the right lung, extending from apex to base, aggravated by inspiration. Lancinating pain along the cartilages of the false ribs, increased by inspiration. Soreness of the chest. Cold chills and prickling sen- sation, during the day, in the (female) mammae. Prickling sensation in the breasts. Superior and Inferior Extremities.—Dull pain in the right arm, deep in the muscles, extending from the shoulder to the wrist. Dr. Garden experienced pains in both the upper and lower extremi- ties, from the use of large doses. Back.—Stiffness of the neck. Drawing pain in the lumbar region. Pulsating pains in the region of the kidneys. Skin.—Eruption of white pustules, and large red papulae on the face and neck. Fever.—Occasional cold chill. (See Vascular System) Sleep.—Very restless at night. 4.—ACTEA SPICATA. CLINICAL REMARKS.—Rtickert advises it in prosopalgia, and in certain rheumatic and neuralgic affections of the face and head. A girl, twenty years of age, had a chill, and was speedily attacked with a violent pain, which commenced in a carious tooth of the upper jaw. This pain was pulling and tearing in its character, and ex- tended to the zygomatic bone, and to the temples, and was increased by the lightest touch, or any movement of the facial muscles. Three globules of Actea removed this pain in a few hours. Dr. Roth has given this medicine, with advantage, in cancer of the stomach. It is particularly useful when there is much tearing and darting pain in the epigastric region, accompanied with vomiting. Dr. Roth ACT.-SPIC.—Herb Christopher. Baneberry. 92 ACTEA SPICATA. commends Actea in acute and chronic hepatitis. Riickert has also employed it successfully in hepatic affections. In constipation, from a lack of bile in the intestinal canal, Dr. Lemercier has found this medicine quite serviceable. Dr. Iloth has employed Actea with considerable benefit in calculous affections of the kidneys. It is especially appropriate in those cases which occur in individuals of gouty diathesis. A woman, forty years old, subject to rheumatic affections and haemorrhoids, had been attacked, apparently in con- sequence of a chill, with severe pains in the articulations of the hands and thumbs, accompanied with swelling. The least move- ment rendered the pains insupportable. Three globules of Actea, thirtieth, produced a decided amelioration in a short time. A second dose, three days afterwards, effected a perfect cure. In rheumatic affections of the large articulations, this is a remedy of considerable value. It has proved most beneficial in cases accompanied by biliary derangement, and is appropriate in both the acute and sub- acute varieties. Colden advises a dilution of Actea for weak and nervous patients, who are troubled with frequent cold sweats after slight exertions of mind or body. It is also homoeopathic to sup- pressed perspiration, especially when occurring in rheumatic subjects. Intellectual Faculties.—Loss of consciousness. A sort of in- toxication. Disturbance of the cerebral functions. Furious delirium. Affections.—Sadness. Melancholy, causing a distaste of life. Obstinacy. Complainings. Head.—Boring pain in the head. The head-symptoms are more intense at night; they are also increased by walking, and are gene- rally periodical. Frontal Region.—Pressure in the forehead, commencing early in the morning. Temporal Region.—Lancinating pain in the temples. Vertex.—Pressure in the vertex. Occiput.—Hammering pain in the occiput. Scalp.—Sensation of horripilation in the hairy scalp. Eruption of small pimples in the hairy scalp. Cranial Bones.—Pain, which seems to be located in the periosteum, and even in the bones of the skull. Conjunctiva.—Injection of the vessels of the conjunctiva. Oph- thalmia of a catarrhal character. Vision.—Blue colors appear in the objects which we look at. When fixing the eyes for a long time upon an object, spots appear before them. Tears.—Flow of burning tears. ACTEA SriCATA. 93 "Ears.—The external cars are painful to the touch. When sneez- ing or masticating, lancinating pain in the ear. Murmur in the ears after sleeping, increased by mental emotions. Nose.—Bruised feeling of the nose. Redness of the wings of the nose. Nasal secretion tinged with blood. Epistaxis, during an op- pression of the chest. Face.—Great sensitiveness of the face. Pain in the face similar to that of rheumatism. The cheek upon which he lies perspires easily. Sweat upon the face. Cold sweat upon the forehead. Lips.—Slight cracks upon the lips. The skin around the mouth assumes a light yellow color. Saliva.—Increased secretion of saliva. Buccal Cavity.—Foetid breath. Sub-maxillary Glands.—Pain in the sub-maxillary glands when eating. Pharynx.—Sensitiveness of the throat when speaking. Tearing pains in the throat, especially when respiring cold morning or evening air. Appetite.—Sharp appetite in the morning. Hunger, with repug- nance to meats. Nausea.—Nausea. Malaise after eating. Vomiting.—Inclination to vomit, with giddiness. Vomiting of acid substances. Vomiting. Stomach.—Cramp of the stomach. Painful sensation of pressure at the epigastrium. Cancer of the stomach. Abdomen.—General uneasiness in the bowels. Abdomen sensitive to the touch. Sensation of compression in the abdomen. Spasmodic contractions in the abdomen. Pain in the abdomen like that which precedes or accompanies menstruation. Pain in the abdomen like that which precedes diarrhoea. Hepatic Region.—Pulsations in the right hypochondrium. Acute or chronic hepatitis. Region of the Spleen.—Insensibility of the left hypochondrium. Flatulence.—Expulsion of a great abundance of flatulence. Alvine Discharges.—Stools in the form of pap. Colic pains during the stools. Suspension of the evacuations. Urine.—Frequent desire to urinate. Frequent desire to urinate, and pain during the act. Respiration.—Difficulty of breathing, like an attack of suffocation. Difficulty of breathing, with lancinating pain in the epigastrium on taking a long breath. Difficulty of breathing, with pain in the stomach. Whistling respiration. Difficulty of breathing, with pain- 94 ADEPS. ful shocks in the abdomen at each inspiration. Respiration seems difficult, in consequence of weakness, especially obvious when expir- ing. Difficulty of breathing, with pain in the hip. Renal Region.—Sensation of beating in the region of the kid- neys. Calculi of the kidneys. Sacro-lumbar Region.—Tearing pains in the loins. Bruised pain in the sacral region, when lying on the side. Hands.—Pain and paralytic weakness of the hands. Fingers.—The fingers are numb, cold, and discolored. Inferior Extremities.—Swelling of the lower limbs. Boring pain in the legs, which is relieved by extension. Weakness of the lower extremities after changes of temperature. Swelling of the joints after a little fatigue. Trembling of the thighs on raising them. Sen- sation of great lassitude in the knees. Inflammation of the knee-joint. Coldness.—Coldness after drinking. Rigors, followed by heat, during which vomiting occurs. Eructations during the chill. Sweat.—Viscid sweat. Hot sweat upon the head. Malaise and cold sweat. Suppression of the perspiration. Fever.—Cephalalgia, which continues after the fever has subsided. Delirium during the fever. Strength.—Sudden lassitude, without any appreciable cause. Lassitude after eating. Lassitude after speaking for a long time. Debility from walking in the open air. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Pulsations throughout the body. The pains are generally tearing and pulling. The symptoms manifest themselves particularly after mental emotions, walking, fatigue, speaking, eating, by the use of salt meats, beer, and by inhaling the fumes of tobacco. Most of the symptoms appear in the morning, and especially when in the open air. Its action is most decided in affec- tions of the parenchymatous organs, the seat of old inflammations, or of active sanguineous congestions. This medicine is especially suit- able to men. The characteristic symptoms are weakness and tingling. This proving seems singularly trivial, and gives but little idea of the spirit of the remedy. 5.—ADEPS. ADEPS.—Hog’s Lard. CLINICAL REMARKS. In Scarlatina.—Inunction of the sur- face with Lard was first proposed by Dr. Scbneeman, of Hanover, and has since been adopted successfully by Dr. Mauthner, of Vienna, ADEPS. 95 Mr. Taylor, of London, and others. The treatment has been further tested by Professor Ebers, of Berlin, who treated twenty-two cases, eleven of which presented one or more of the severe complications, and of whom six died. Of the twenty-two, the inunction with Lard was tried in thirteen cases, and the ordinary remedies in nine; of the latter, five died; of the former, only one was fatal, and this was beyond hope when the treatment was commenced; the remainder re- covered. Prof. Ebers concludes that the inunction with Lard does not interfere with the development of the eruption; for this comes out on the third day, and declines on the fourth or fifth. The com- plications of the disease disappear more favorably than under the ordinary treatment. No desquamation or anasarca ever follows the use of Lard. The inunction seems to destroy the contagious prin- ciple. The Lard requires to be diligently rubbed in, over tho whole surface of the body, every morning and evening. Mauthner treated his own daughter, aged fifteen, successfully with it.—J. C. P. In Measles, the Exanthemata generally, and in Inflammatory and Typhus Fevers.—In these diseases, inunction with Lard is strongly advised by Mr. Taylor. He relates numerous instances in which in- unction with an ointment, composed of equal parts of Lard and Suet, was attended with the best effects; no internal remedies were em- ployed. He states that it reduces the force and frequency of the pulse, and, when employed at an early period of the disease, that it wards off a typhoid condition. The dry and brown tongue becomes clear, the patient falls into a sound sleep, and delirium subsides; in fact, all the symptoms improve, with a steadiness and rapidity not seen in other methods of treating fevers.—J. 0. P. In Erysipelas.—Erasmus Wilson considers that inunction with Lard is in every way superior to all fluid applications. He at first, on the suggestion of Mr. Grantham, relaxes the skin with hot water or steam, and then saturates the surface with hot Lard, which is after- wards covered with wool. He also speaks highly of the value of Lard inunctions in the treatment of violent sprains. Mauthner also uses it in burns and erysipelas. In Itch.—Professor Bennett used Lard inunction in four cases of itch, and in each a cure was speedily effected. From these and other cases, he infers that the efficacy of Sulphur ointment mainly depends on the unctuous matter which it contains. It is of importance that the parts should be kept moist, and for this purpose oil-silk, so as to completely envelop the parts, should be used. The same treatment has been found successful by Mr. Bazin, who found that six frictions during three days, were sufficient to effect a cure of itch—J. C. P. 96 AlTHUSA CYNAPIUM. In Consumption.—In Frank's Magazine, about twenty cases of consumption, more or less successfully treated with Lard inunctions, are reported; the hectic fever and sweats soon abated, and all the patients improved in flesh and strength. It may be tried in cases in which Cod-liver oil cannot be used internally.—J, C. P. In Profuse Sweats.—Several cases are reported in which it re- moved profuse and debilitating perspirations in non-tuberculous persons. In scrofula, it has also been used successfully.—In all cases, the Lard should contain no salt; if the Lard has already been salted, this should be worked out in water.—J. 0. P. 6.—JETHUSA CYNAPIUM. /ETH.—Garden Hemlock, Fool’s Parsley.—See Hartlaub and Trinks’ Annals, vol. iv., 1.—Duration of Action: from three to four weeks. Compare with—Cicut., Conium, and the other remedies belonging to that family. Antidotes ? This plant has received the common name of Fool’s Parsley, from its resemblance to common Parsley, and the unpleasant accidents which have occurred from mistaking one plant for the other. It has a botanical alliance with Conium-maculatum, Cicuta-virosa, &c.—J. C. P. Eationale op its Action on the Nervous System. Nerves of Motion.—According to Ckristison, it is more apt to cause convul- sions than any other Hemlock. It is homoeopathic to violent epileptic cramps, with turning in of the thumbs, redness of the face, convul- sive movements of the eyes, which are turned down spasmodically ; very great dilatation of the pupils ; frothing at the mouth : clenching of the teeth; small, hard, and quick pulse, with natural warmth of the body, or coldness of the extremities. From its marked action on the stomach, bowels, and liver, it would seem most homoeopathic to the abdominal or ganglionic epilepsy of Sehoenlein. In this dis- ease, the patient first experiences, from time to time, a gnawing, contracting, burning, or piercing pain in the region of the navel, cor- responding to the superior or inferior mesenteric plexus of nerves; this pain may subside on the setting in of a feeling as if a vapor or a hot flame passed over the part. The aura may ascend to the stomach, followed by a feeling of spasm there, and by vomiting of an albumi- nous fluid; or it may extend from the stomach towards the right by- pochondrium, followed by slight and transient signs of jaundice, such as yellowness of the whites of the eyes, yellowness of the face and tongue, &c.; or it may progress at once towards the brain, and ail jETHUSA cynapium. 97 actual paroxysm of epilepsy may promptly occur. Abdominal epilepsy is said 10 happen most frequently between the seventh and eleventh years of life; it is four times more frequent in males than females; the attacks are more common towards the full of the moon, after which they lessen, and towards the last quarter they are entirely ab- sent.—J.C. i\ If iEthusa Lo homoeopathic to epilepsy, it ought to be antipathic to paralysis ; yet lloaek has recommended it in paraplegia inferior. It causes great debuity, lassitude, and tiredness, especially in the legs, attended with drowsiness ; also, paralytic pain in the left shoulder; sudden lassitude of the fore-arms while knitting; weakness of the right wrist; paralyse pains in the thighs while sitting, disappearing after motion; great lassitude of the legs. These are all symptoms which point to great debility, and, perhaps, to approaching paralysis; but, as IEthusa is preeminently a convulsive remedy, it must be anti- pathic to paralysis, except when it occurs in consequence of the ex- haustion which succeeds previous convulsive action.—J. C.P. Nerves of Sensation.—It is supposed to act much less specifically upon these than upon the nerves of motion ; in fact, most of the iEthusa-pains are rending and piercing, such as occur in muscular or fibrous strictures, and are comparable to rheumatic or muscular contractive pains, like labor-pains. Thus, it is homoeopathic to rend- ing and piercing pains in the muscles ; in the head, especially in the temples, mostly in the afternoon ; in the ears ; zygoma; in the gums ; in the epigastrium, extending up to the oesophagus ; in the lumbar and hypochondriac regions; in the nape; in the elbow, hand, and finger-joints; in the thighs, knees, and feet.—J. C. P. Muscular. System.—Any remedy which acts specifically upon the nerves of motion, almost necessarily acts equally specifically upon the muscles. It may prove homoeopathic to the convulsions which attend Bright’s disease.—J. C. P. Vascular System. Fever.—Chill in the room; chill after hav- ing walked in the open air. General coldness. Internal coldness. Coldness of the whole body, accompanied by somnolence; coldness of the whole body, perceptible to the touch, without thirst, for two days, lledness of the face during the coldness. Horripilation, with heat extending over the whole body. Painful lassitude, hot breath, and jactitation during the horripilation. General heat. Complete absence of thirst, notwithstanding the great general heat. General sweat. He cannot bear to be uncovered during the sweat. Irregu- lar pulse ; full, accelerated, imperceptible pulse. The febrile symp- toms manifest themselves more especially in the morning with very 98 iETHUSA CYNAPIUM. great malaise and disposition to delirium, which go off during the sweat.—J. C. P. Abdominal Typhus.—It causes blackness and dryness of the tongue, buzzing in the ears, and severe purging of light yellow bilious matters; these symptoms probably led Noack to suggest its use in typhoid fever. The stools in typhoid fever are for the most part loose and frequent, and either of a dark color and offensive, or else thin, yellow, and ochry, somewhat like pea-soup. But the most es- sential part in typhoid fever is the peculiar change in the blood; this consists in a diminution of the fibrin and an increase of the car- bonated salts, especially of carbonate of soda. Numerous experi- ments have shown that, in animals which have for a long time been submitted to the excessive use of alkalies, the blood becomes desti- tute of fibrin, and rich in the carbonated alkalies ; henco the alkalies are homoeopathic to typhoid fever, and the acids antipathic. It is not known whether iEthusa, Ilhus, Belladonna, &c., also produce a change in the blood similar to that which occurs in typhoid fever.—J. C. P. Glandular System.—Both says it is homoeopathic to swelling of the lymphatic glands of the neck; also of the axillary glands. It may prove homoeopathic to some scrofulous affections, as it is found to produce tumefaction of the meibomian glands, chronic photopho- bia, stoppage of the nose with thick mucus, yellowish discharge from the ears, herpetic excoriations of the thighs, great debility, emacia- tion, profuse perspiration from the least exertion, and general dropsy. —J. C. P. CLINICAL BEMABKS.—Both says it is homoeopathic and cura- tive against: tumefaction of the meibomian glands ; chronic inflam- mation of the edges of the lids ; sticking together of the eye-lids in the morning ; pustules on the cornea ; commencing amaurosis ; and chronic photophobia.. He Also says it is homoeopathic to a yellowish dis- charge from the ears.—This remedy is one of the most homoeopathic to vomiting and diarrhoea; to cholera. It has been used very success fully against the vomiting of milk in infants; against regurgitation of food about an hour after meals; intolerance of milk; children throw up milk almost as soon as it is swallowed, cither coagulated or not coagulated, and by a sudden fit of vomiting, followed by great weakness and tendency to fainting. It is supposed to be homoeopa- thic to the first stage of granular liver; in one case, the liver was found hard and yellow ; it also exerts a specific action on the duode- num and liver. It is homoeopathic to that irritation of the duodenum which extends along the ductus-communis to the liver, thus causing a great accumulation of bile in the gall-bladder, and a great cvcrllv.w -ETHUSA OYNAPIOM. 99 of bile, sufficient to stain the whole liver, duodenum, and part of the colon and omentum with yellow bile : it is also homoeopathic to pain and tenderness in the region of the liver. According to Corrigan, the first stage of granular liver is marked by colic-pains, generally felt about four or six hours after dinner, quick pulse, vomiting, and constipation, or the stools may be loaded with mucus, and sometimes tinged with blood. As the disease advances, the fits of colic occur more frequently, the vomiting becomes more intense, the skin dry, the pulse quicker, the tongue red and smooth; in most cases there is pain at the top of the right shoulder, and in all a degree of jaundice* very slight at first, but progressing gradually, and sufficiently dis- tinct, if the conjunctiva be examined. There is also some slight pain in the region of the liver and duodenum. It is very evident that iEthusa is homoeopathic to this train of symptoms. It is homoeopa- thic to cholera-infantum; to bilious diarrhoea and dysentery; to the diarrhoea of teething children, when attended with acidity of the stomach and decided bilious derangement. It promises to prove ho- moeopathic to Bright’s disease ; it is homoeopathic to oedema of the face, and to the diarrhoea and vomiting which so frequently attends this affection. Noack recommends it in paraplegia; it is homoeopa- thic to great debility, lassitude, and tiredness, especially in the legs, attended with drowsiness; paralytic pain in the left shoulder; sud- den lassitude of the arms ; weakness of the wrist; paralytic pain in the thighs ; great lassitude of the legs.—J. C. P. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Great prostration, languor, debility, with drowsiness.—The limbs become cold and stiff.—Epileptic fits of children, with clenched thumbs, red face, squinting of the eyes down- ward. dilated pupils, foam at the mouth, lock-jaw.—Spasms, with stu- por and delirium.—Fatal convulsions. Sleep.—Drowsiness, with languor and debility ; soporose condition the whole day, with involuntary closing of the eye-lids; sometimes passing off in the open air.—Drowsiness in the afternoon. Fever.—General coldness ; sometimes with drowsiness.—Shud- dering when entering a room from the open air.—Febrile heat.—The •pulse is small, accelerated, and hard.—Irregularity of the pulse and the .beats of the heart. Moral Symptoms.—Great anguish, restlessness, and oppressive anxiety; sometimes followed by headache and colic.—111 humor, vexed and irritable mood ; especially in the afternoon or in the open air.—He looks serious, does not feel disposed to talk, complains of heat in the head.—Sadness and oppressive anxiety, in tho afternoon. •—Delirium, frenzy, insanity. 100 cynapium. Sensorium.—Out of his senses ; stupefied.—His head feels dull and stupid, as if intoxicated.— Sensation as if the brain were con- stricted.— Vertigo: coming on or going off in the open air; with drowsiness; the eyes close involuntarily—while sitting and after ris- ing from the seat; while sitting, and going off after rising. Head.— Violent headache, as if the brain were dashed to pieces.— The forehead feels as if compressed.— Weight in the forehead, with ill humor, and pressure upon the eye-lids ; during dinner ; in the occi- put, with beating in the forehead.—Sensation as if both sides of the head were in a vice.—Lacerating pain in the head, paroxysms of a sort of darting laceration.—Stitches in the left temple, the head being drawn up; in the temple, when turning the head.—Stinging and throbbing in the whole of the head.—Throbbing in the head upon entering a room from the open air.—Most attacks of the headache come on in the afternoon.—llising of heat to the head, with increased temperature of the body, redness of countenance, and abatement of the giddiness. Scalp.—After a walk in the open air, the head, face, and hands feel swollen ; this sensation passes off in the room. Eyes.—Burning in the eyes as from smoke, in the room.—The eyes are glistening and protruded; staring and inanimate.—The conjunc- tiva looks red, and the vessels of the conjunctiva are injected.-— Staring, strange look.—The pupils are very much dilated and insensible. Ears.—Violent itching in the ears, going off by rubbing.—Stitches, particularly in the right ear, sometimes with a sense of lacerating.— Tearing around the left ear, following upon stitches in the ear.—The ears feel obstructed.—Hardness of hearing, especially of the left ear. Nose.—Stinging in the side of the nose, followed by burning. Pain in the nose as if ulcerated.—Sneezing and irritation, inducing a desire to sneeze, especially in the left nostril.—Stoppage of the nose ; early in the morning after waking.—Copious secretion of a dry nasal mucus.—Fluent coryza. Face.—Features expressive of anguish and pain.—The countenance is pale, altered, and collapsed.—Lacerating in the face; in the malai bones. Teeth.—Stinging in the gums.—Painful sensitiveness of a hollow molar tooth, increased by contact. Mouth. Throat, and (Esophagus.—The mouth feels dry, although it is moist.—Heat and dryness in the throat. Stinging between the acts of deglutition.—Sensation as if deglutition were impeded, with spasmodic contraction of the throat and ear of the right side. Taste and Appetite. —Flat, sweetish taste in the mouth; early on jETHTJSA cynapitjm. 101 waking; accompanied with dryness of the mouth.—Bitter taste.— Thirst; continual thirst. Gastric Symptoms.—Empty eructations (in the afternoon). Eruc- tations, tasting of the ingesta.—Singultus in the evening.— Violent vomiting, with diarrhoea ; vomiting of coagulated milk (in children); of greenish mucus ; of a frothy, milky-white substance. Stomach and Hypochondria.—Sensation as if something were turning about in the stomach, followed by burning, which extends up into the chest.—Lacerating in the pit of the stomach, extending into the oesophagus.—Piercing in the hypochondria; in the left hypochon- drium, accompanied with burning and a pressure from without in- wards, or succeeded at times by a piercing under the left mammae, and a whining mood.—Sensitiveness of the region of the liver. Abdomen.—A cutting across the abdomen, above the umbilicus; and in the hypogastric region.—Pinching and shifting of flatulence around the umbilicus, with urging to stool.—A sensation as of boil- ing water in the umbilical region, followed by pinching in the stomach.—Cold feeling in the abdomen.—The abdomen is distended and sensitive to the touch; black and blue swelling of the abdomen. Stool.—Hard stools, with violent urging, and lacerating sensation in the anus.—Loose stool, generally preceded by a pinching or cutting in the abdomen; accompanied with tenesmus, and followed by urg ing ; early in the morning, after rising.—Diarrliceic stools, of a liquid, bilious, light yellow, or greenish substance, accompanied with violent tenesmus.—Bloody stools. Urine.—Copious, pale, watery urine. Larynx, Trachea, and Chest.—Frequent turns of a short and hacking cough.—Dry cough after dinner.—Tfie breathing is short aud anxious, or interrupted by singultus.—Rending sensation and tightness in the right side of the chest; and in the middle of the sternum, followed by burning and anguish. Back, Small of the Back.—Sensation as if the small of the back were in a vice; burning in that part, passing off by rubbing it.— Sensation of heat in the back from below upward. Lacerating in the nape of the neck, sometimes throbbing and drawing. Ufper Extremities.—Tension in the muscles.—Lacerating in the fore-arm and hand. Lower Limbs.—Lancination in the left thigh, from the hip down into the leg, accompanied with drawing; in the bottom of the right foot.—Great languor in the lower limbs. PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY. In Men.—The body is but slightly decayed after the lapse of three days.—A multitude of ca» 102 AGARICUS MUSCARIUS. daverous spots.—Immediately after death the body becomes stiff and very cold.—The upper limbs are moveable, the lower stiff'.—The hair is very firmly rooted in the scalp. Bloated countenance, the cornea is dim and deeply sunken, the pupils are very much dilated.—The mouth is firmly closed. Black tongue.—Contraction of the cardiac orifice of the stomach ; the stomach contains a brownish, serous fluid.— Apparent, but not fully developed inflammation of the mouth, fauces a-sophagus, and stomach.—The whole of the intestinal canal is dis tended with air.—Light color of the bile in the duodenum ; the ante- rior edge of the liver, a portion' of the colon near the liver, and a portion of the omentum exhibit a similar color. The liver is hard and yellow ; the gall-bladder is turgid with a fluid, yellowish-brown bile.—The spleen has a livid color.—The kidneys are congested with blood.—The brain and the sinuse are congested with blood.—The venous blood is fluid throughout. 7.—AGARICUS MUSCAMUS. AGAR.—Amanita or Bug Agaric.—See Hahnemann’s Chronic Diseases, Yol. I. Duration of Action: forty days in chronic affections. Compare with—Aeon., Bell., Coff., Graph., Nux-v., Op., Phosp., Puls., Staph. Antidotes.—Camph., Coff., Puls., Vinum. Rationale of its Action.—This species of mushroom derives its name from killing flies, when dissolved in milk. It is highly nar- cotic, producing in small doses intoxication and delirium, for which purpose it is used in Kamtschatka. From the account of Dr. Langsdorf, it appears that the inhabitants of the North-eastern part of Asia use this variety in the same manner that wine, brandy, arrack, opium, &c., are used by other nations. The fungi are collected in the hottest months, and hung up in the air by a string to dry; some dry of themselves upon the ground, and are far more narcotic. The usual mode of taking the fungus, is to roll it up like a bolus, and swallow it without chewing; which the Kamtschat- dales say would disorder the stomach. One large, or two small fungi is a common dose to produce a pleasant intoxication for a whole day, par- ticularly if water be drunk after it, which augments the narcotic prin- ciple. The desired effect comes on from one to two hours after taking the fungus. Giddiness and drunkenness result in the same manner as from wine or spirits; cheerful emotions of the mind are first pro- duced, involuntary words and actions follow, and sometimes, at last, an entire loss of consciousness. It renders some remarkably active, AGARICUS MUSCARIUS. 103 and proves highly stimulant to muscular exertion ; by too large a dose, violent spasmodic effects are produced. So very exciting to the ner- vous system, in many individuals, is this fungus, that the effects are often very ludicrous; a person under its influence wishing to step over a straw, takes a stride, or a jump sufficient to clear the trunk of a tree ; a talkative person cannot keep silence or secrets ; and one fond of music is perpetually singing.—J. C. P. The most singular effect of the Amanita is the influence it possesses over the urine. It is said that from time immemorial the Kamtschat- dales have known that the fungus imparts an intoxicating quality to that secretion, which continues for a considerable time after taking it. For instance, a man moderately intoxicated to-day, will, by the next morning, have slept himself sober; but (as is the custom) by taking a teaeupful of his urine, he will be more powerfully intoxicated than he was the preceding day. It is, therefore, not uncommon for con- firmed drunkards to preserve their urine as precious liquor, against a scarcity of the fungus. This intoxicating property of the urine is capable of being propagated; for every one who partakes of this in- toxicating urine has his own urine similarly affected. Thus, with a very few Amaiiitae, a party of drunkards may keep up their debauche for a week. Dr. Langsdorff mentions, that by means of the second per- son taking the urine of the first, the third that of the second, and so on, the intoxication may be propagated through five individuals.—J. C. P. The effects of this active principle of this and other fungi, viz., Amanatine, appear to resemble considerably those of Opium. It promises to prove homoeopathic to delirium tremens. It was supposed that the Northern hordes, when they invaded the South of Europe, were aided in their victories by its exciting effects. Several French soldiers in Russia ate a large quantity of the Aga- ricus-muscarius, which they had mistaken for Agaricus-caeserea. Some were not taken ill for six hours and upwards. Four of them, who were very powerful men, thought themselves safe, because, while their companions were already suffering, they themselves felt perfectly well; and they refused to take emetics. In the evening, however, they began to complain of anxiety, a sense of suffocation, frequent fainting, burning thirst, and violent gripes. The pulse became small and irregular, and the body bedewed with cold sweat; the lineaments of the countenance were singularly changed, the nose and lips ac- quiring a violet tint; they trembled much ; the body swelled ; and a profuse fetid diarrhoea supervened. The extremities soon became livid, and the pain of the abdomen intense ; delirium ensued, and all four died. Several of their comrades were severely affected, but re- 104 AGARICUS MUSCARIUS. covered. Two of these had weak pulse, tense and painful belly, par- tial cold sweats, fetid b.re.ath and stools. In the afternoon they be- came delirious, then comatose; the coma lasted twenty-four hours. The symptoms of deep narcotism and violent irritation are gene- rally observed. PATHOLOGY.—Skin yellow; round pale-red spots upon the body pupils natural; abdomen somewhat distended; mucous and bloody froth from the mouth ; vessels of the scalp congested ; all the vessels of the brain filled with dissolved, dark-red blood; dura-mater and arachnoid quite red; the blood-vessels which penetrate between the convolutions of the brain, enormously distended with blood; the cortical substance of the brain much reddened, and the medullary substance marked with numerous bloody points, from the size of a pin’s head to that of a pea; one teaspoonful of bloody serum in each lateral ventricle; vessels at the base of the brain, especially the circle of Willis, crowded with blood; tentorium-cerebolli covered with a net-work of minute vessels; cerebellum unusually soft, with an extravasation of blood of the size of a pea in its arbor-vitae. Pleura, diaphragm, and pericardium much reddened. Lungs much congested, blue and marbled, in a state of splenization, and crowded with black blood. Heart filled with black fluid blood. Arch of the aorta much reddened. Gall-bladder filled with much grass-green fluid bile; pharynx, cesophagus, trachea, omentum, pancreas, perito- neum, external surface of the stomach, and small bowels, and the in- ternal surface of the bladder much reddened, and all the blood-ves- sels filled with black fluid blood. Internal coat of the stomach, duo- denum, jejunum, and colon of a scarlet-red color; brownish-red appearance of the base of the stomach and pylorus ; two large exco- riations in the fundus of the stomach, and one in the duodenum; contraction of the cardiac and pyloric orifices.—J. C. P. Antidotes.—It is well known that the noxious qualities of the most virulent species of Agaricus are communicated to brine, vine- gar, &e.; the olive-tree Agaric loses all its poisonous properties when salted, and becomes eatable ; the pickle is thrown away. In fact, two poisonous principles have been discovered in Agaricus, one of which is so volatile that it is dispelled by heat, or the act of drying, or by immersion in acids, alkalies, or alcohol; the other is more fixed, and resists such processes. With the aid of these processes, especially in Poland and Russia, even those kinds of mushrooms which are elsewhere refused by common consent as poisonous, are eatem with perfect impunity, being extensively dried or pickled in salt or vinegar. AGARICUS MUSCARIUS. 105 In poisoning with mushrooms, emetics and cathartics should be used ; as vinegar dissolves out all the noxious principle, it should be avoided ; the strength must be sustained by mild tonics and stimu- lants ; Ether, and infusion of Galls are particularly recommended. Teste asserts that Camphor and Nitric-acid are antidotes to this drug. Mr. Gerard has recently shown, before a committee of the Paris Council of Health, that the poisonous mushrooms may be entirely deprived of their deleterious properties by being simply macerated, and then boiled in water to which a little vinegar has been added. The poisonous principle is perfectly soluble in water, and is entirely removed. It is not soluble in alcohol, except by virtue of the water which it may contain. This furnishes an important hint for the phar- maceutical preparation of the Agaricus and other fungi, in which the alcohol used should be as largely diluted with water as is consistent with its preserving powers. On the Nervous System. Nerves of Sensation.—It produces excessive sensitiveness to all external impressions ; great sensibility of the skin, so that the slightest pressure produces intense and long- continued pains. Nerves of Motion.—It causes great liability to twitching of the muscles, irregular convulsive movements, and desire to dance; also a curious state of the nervous system, which becomes so acted upon by mental emotions, or the exercise of the will, that muscular twitch- ings and convulsive movements are excited, a condition of body closely resembling that of a patient suffering from chorea and hysteria. It is asserted by some physiologists, that the principal office of the cerebellum is to preside over and regulate the faculty of locomotion, and Agaricus acts specifically upon the cerebellum.—J. C. P. On the Vascular System.—-Like all the narcotic remedies, Aga- ricus seems to act far more powerfully upon the venous than upon the arterial system. It seems to prevent the arterialization of the blood, and render it more venous. It is more homoeopathic to venous congestion than to inflammation.—J. C. P. On the Blood.—The body is in general livid, the blood fluid, so much so that it sometimes flows from the natural openings of the body. All the vessels of the brain are filled with dissolved, dark-red blood. Heart filled with black fluid blood ; all the blood-vessels filled with black fluid blood On the Heart.—Heart filled with black fluid blood. Pericar- dium and arch of the aorta much reddened, i. e., stained with the fluid blood. On the Pulse.—In one case the pulse became small and irregu. 106 AGARICUS MUSCARIUS. lar, and the body was bedewed with cold sweat; in another, the pulse was weak. Pulse small and quick (80); or slow, feeble, un- equal, intermitting or undulating. Fever.—-Constant chilliness, with inability to get warm. Violent shaking chills through the whole body, with normal temperature of the face. Cold hands, without thirst and subsequent heat. Sensitive- ness to cool air. General heat in the evening, with redness of the cheeks, coldness of the hands, and thirst; general heat at night, in- termingled with chilliness, followed by sweat; general heat in the afternoon, with headache and thirst, followed by aggravation in the evening, attended with hurried breathing and great languor. Sleep.—Irresistible drowsiness in the day-time. Drowsiness, es- pecially after dinner; sleeplessness, on account of pain and uneasi- ness in the legs. Sleep disturbed by desire to urinate, with copious flow of urine, spasmodic cough, or coldness in the legs. Sleep inter- rupted by a multitude of dreams with fitful fancies, partly pleasant, partly unpleasant. On the Mucous Membranes.—Many of the varieties of Agaricus cause the secretion of large quantities of yellow mucus. Thus, in a dog, poisoned with Agaricus-bulbosus, the stomach was found full of a thick, yellow mucus ; in another case, the whole intestinal canal was filled with a thick, yellow mucus; a woman evacuated an abun- dance of yellow mucus.—J. C. P. Skin.—Itching, burning, and redness of various parts, as if frozen. Miliary eruptions, close and whitish, with burning itching. CLINIOAL REMARKS. Hahnemann.—“Apelt has found this drug serviceable in pains of the upper jaw-bone and the teeth ; also in pains of the bones of the lower extremities (as well as in the marrow), and finally in itching eruptions of the skin, of the size of a millet-seed, and thickly set together.—It has also been found useful in lassitude consequent upon coition.—Whistling has cured with it convulsions and tremor, and J. C. Bernhard even some kinds of epi- lepsy.—Dr. Woost has seen the effects of large doses of Agaricus lasting for seven or eight weeks. Camphor is the chief antidote, even against such affections consequent upon the use of Agaricus as have assumed a chronic character.”—Hull. It seems to be homoeopathic to a variety of nervous and hysterical affections, especially to spinal irritation, and those affections of the brain which simulate it. Noack recommends it in mania-salta- toria, as it is homoeopathic to a state in which the slightest exer- tion of the will produces the most violent effect upon the over-sensi- tive nerves and muscles, and call:, forth the most strange and almost AGARICUS MUSCARIUS. 107 unimaginable motions of the limbs; inclination to dance; the most curious motions of the hands ; extraordinary agility of the limbs, and extreme facility in the performance of the most fantastic motions.— J. C. P. In Chorea.—St. Vitus’ dance has been denominated an insanity of the muscles, and is very analogous to mania-saltatoria. Agaricus is homoeopathic to trembling of the limbs, subsultus, slight jerks of the muscles here and there; twisting about of the arms, persistent convulsed state of the muscles of the head and neck. Agaricus is only homoeopathic to the true nervous cerebral chorea, i. e., the most common form of it, or that which arises from a func- tional disease of the brain, and in which the convulsive movements cease during sleep. Nux and Ignatia are homoeopathic to spinal chorea, in which the spasmodic action does not cease during sleep, for the spinal cord does not sleep. Hydriodate of Potash, Iodine, and Actea-racemosa are homoeopathic to rheumatic chorea, which is apt to be attended with acute endocarditis or pericarditis. I have seen two instances in which chorea was attended with acute rheumatic inflam- mation of some of the structures of the heart. Agaricus may also prove homoeopathic to that most dangerous and almost always fatal variety called electrical chorea, in which the convulsive movements finally give way to coma, and the patient dies with apoplectic symp- toms; venous congestion of the cerebral and spinal meninges appears to be the only uniform abnormal condition observed in electrical chorea.—J. C. P. In Cramps, Convulsions, and Epilepsy.—It has long ago been re- commended, in the dominant school, in epilepsy, especially in that variety induced by fright (Vogt, Dierbach), and is said to form the active part of Ragolo’s secret remedy against this disease.—J. C. P. This remedy has been employed empirically, for many centuries, for the cure of epilepsy and chronic enlargement and induration of the glands of the neck and throat. Teste considers its action to be somewhat similar to Belladonna and Lachesis, and prescribes it only after these remedies have failed. Agaricus ought to prove curative in some cases of intermittent fever; it may also prove useful in hectic fever, but its great affinity is for nervous fevers, typhus' versatilis, and delirium tremens. It is one of the most homoeopathic and useful remedies against frost-bites. It is one of the most homoeo- pathic remedies against acute delirium, mania, delirium tremens, the delirium of typhus, &c.; it should be borne in mind whei} Belladonna and other remedies fail. It is one of the most homceo» pathic remedies against chronic dizziness resulting from frequent 108 AGARICUS MUSCARIUS. intoxication, or habitual free use of strong liquors ; in dizziness, from congestion of the brain, with threatening of apoplexy, especially in the studious, sluggish, or intemperate in eating and drinking. * It is most homoeopathic to the headaches of persons subject to nervous twitchings and St. Vitus’ dance, or to spinal irritation, with great soreness, uneasiness, and weakness down the spine, with or without derangement or enlargement of the liver. Als.o in the headaches of those who use wine and spirits too freely, or who be- come delirious whenever they are feverish or in pain, attended with twitchings, startings, grimaces, and a state resembling pleasant intoxication. According to Black, it is indicated in nervous and congestive headaches, in which fullness, sleepiness, and frequent inclination to yawn are present, attended with relaxation and soreness of the whole body, pain in the back, and a feeling as if all the joints were dislocated. Hence it would also seem suited to the headache and general derangement which attends influenza. It is homoeopa- thic to congestion of the head, with pulsation in all the vessels, red- ness and heat of the face, and delirium. Also to catarrhal headache, with aching in the forehead over the eyes, drawing pain in the fore- head, extending to the root of the nose, rending pain in the forehead above the root of the nose, as if the brain were lacerated, with burn- ing pain in the nose and eyes, great dryness of the nose, profuse epistaxis, and abundant discharge of thick, viscid, nasal mucus, fol- lowed by frequent dropping of water from the nose. I have used it frequently and successfully against many varieties of headache in nervous and hysterical persons. It is homoeopathic to headaches attended with or followed by great soreness or tenderness of the scalp, and against chronic tenderness of the scalp, such as occurs in persons with spinal irritation. It is homoeopathic to spasmodic twitching of the eye-lids and winking, such as occurs in nervous, ver- minous, or scrofulous children; to chronic inflammation*of the mei- bomian glands ; to short-sightedness and dim-sightedness of both eyes; to muscae-volitantes, from disorder of the watery spectrum, when every- thing seems as if obscured by turbid water; to incipient amaurosis, when black motes hover before the eyes, or everything seems sur- rounded by a mist, or covered with a cobweb. It is homoeopathic to nervous pains in the ears; but especially against the pains, itch- ings, and other inconveniences which attend frost-bites of the ears. It is homoeopathic to epistaxis and frost-bites of the nose ; also to great sensitiveness and tenderness of the nose, with or without great acute- ness of the sense of smell. It is homoeopathic to frost-bites of the face ; to painful throbbings and twitchings in the face, such as attend gum AGARICUS MUSCARIUS. 109 boils and abscesses about the face; it is useful against the pimples of acne, which occur on the faces of young persons, and a tendency to blueness and roughness of the skin of the face ; also to chaps and fis- sures of the lips. It is homoeopathic to neuralgia of the face; to toothache from taking cold, especially when the teeth feel long, and are very sensitive to pressure when touched or while chewing; and to inflammation of the lining membrane of the alveolar processes. It is homoeopathic to mercurial salivation ; also to ulceration and sore- ness of the mouth, from gastric and bilious derangement, and to a foul and bilious state of the mouth. It is very homoeopathic to bilious dyspepsia, especially when occurring in very nervous and sensitive persons. Agaricus is one of the most homoeopathic remedies against excessive flatulence of the stomach and bowels; against the fullness and oppression of the stomach which arises from flatulence, and produces a feeling as if the contents of the chest were compressed. It is most suited against the flatulence of nervous, hysterical, and bilious persons. Agaricus is one of the most homoeopathic remedies to excessive flatulence and tendency to diarrhoea, such as occur in nervous and hysterical persons, especially if there be marked bilious derangement; also in indigestion, colic, and flatulence, from irritation or sub-acute inflammation of the stomach and bowels (chronic gastro-enteritis). Agaricus is one of the few homoeopathic remedies against enlargement of the liver and spleen, and all the attendant gastric, bilious, and intestinal derangements. Against general abdominal and venous plethora. It is homoeopathic to bilious diarrhoea, especially when attended with much and exces- sively fetid flatulence—viz., when there is yellowness of the skin and whites of the eyes and tongue, bitter taste in the mouth, nausea, eructations, pain, tenderness, and fullness in the region of the liver and spleen, great rumbling in and distention of the abdomen. It is peculiarly suitable when these symptoms are associated with much nervousness. It may prove useful in gastro-enteritis and peritonitis; also in ulceration of the stomach and bowels, especially that which obtains in typhoid fever. This remedy may prove useful in many affections of the kidneys, bladder, and urethra, as we have indubitable proofs that it is conveyed to these parts. It probably acts upon the genital organs in the same manner as spirituous liquors. It is ho- moeopathic to excessive itching of these parts and profuse menstrua- tion.—J. C P. Air-Passages.—"We have already noticed the tendency of Agaricus to excite the secretion of large quantities of yellow mucus from the stomach and bowels. The Agaricus catarrh is characterized by a 110 agaricus muscarius. copious discharge of thick tenacious mucus from the nose, followed or preceded by aju accumulation of dry mucus in the nostrils, as if they were entirely filled with it; frequent sneezing. Roughness of the throat; frequent hawking, with discharge of small balls of phlegm, frequent irritation in the trachea, with inclination to cough ; dry cough. Shortness of breath and asthma, frequently obliging one to stand still while walking; labored breathing, as if the chest were filled with blood; violent oppression of the chest, preventing deep breathing, with sensation as if the breath were constricted. Parox- ysms of anxiety in the chest, and sense of suffocation. Stitches in the lungs. Itching and burning of the breast and nipples, with eruption of pimples. Profuse sweat upon the chest. Agaricus promises to be one of our most valuable remedies in congestion of the lungs and in congestive asthma, especially-when these disorders occur in bilious and nervous persons. It ought to prove an admi- rable remedy against derangement of the heart, when associated with great enlargement of the liver, and secondary congestion of the lungs, with all the attendant difficulty of breathing, palpitations, spasmodic cough, derangement and congestion of the kidneys. It may ward off many cases of ascites and hydrothorax, arising from primary conges- tion and enlargement of the liver. The powerful action of Aga- ricus upon the motor nerves and muscles has already been alluded to. It is one of the most useful remedies in spinal irritation and lumbago. Many cases of so-called nervous headaches are merely ex- tensions of spinal irritation to the ramifications of the spinal nerves within the brain. Ker has used it successfully when there were vio- lent oppressive pains, principally in the forehead, often attended with delirium, vomiting of a bitter bilious fluid, sense of languor, feeling as if the body were bruised and joints dislocated, with a sense of uneasiness and weakness all down the spine. It is homoeo- pathic to many of those anomalous pains in the limbs which arise from spinal irritation. It is one of the best remedies against frost- bites of the fingers, and that peculiar mottled purplish state of the skin, owing to a fluidity and venous condition of the blood, which so easily leads to chilblains and frost-bites.—J. C. P. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Great debility, languor; painful sense of weight, and sensitiveness in all the limbs; staggering gait, want of muscular power ; trembling.—After a little exercise or walk he feels weary, with a burning sensation in the lower extremities, and the muscles feeling Gainful to the touch.—After ascending a little eminence, he feels faint, and profuse sweat breaks out.—Concussion of the nerves.—Convulsions: partial; in the posterior portion of the AGARICUS MUSCAR1US. 111 chest; in the epigastrium and hjpogastrium, with sensation as if the whole body were shaken through.—-*Epilepsy. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Cramp-pains in the muscles ot the limbs, especially when sitting.—Drawing and tearing, especially in the limbs, which continues when sitting or standing, and goes off during motion.—The pains are diminished and removed by movement. Skin.—Itching of the whole body; burning and prickling in va- rious part3 ; Pitching, burning, and redness of various parts, as if frozen.—*Miliary eruptions, close and whitish, with burning itching. Sleep.—Frequent yawning; as if he had not slept enough, with stretching of the limbs ; so violent in the morning that it makes him giddy.—Irresistible drowsiness in the day-time ; early in the evening, sometimes with inability to fall asleep.—Sleep is prevented by ideas crowding upon his mind, and feeling of weariness.—The night sleep is restless, unrefreshing, and full of dreams.—At night; desire to urinate, with copious emission; spasmodic cough from an irritation in the larynx, soon after going to sleep; feeling of coldness in the left lower limb. Fever.—Shuddering.—Chilliness, sensitiveness to cool air, even at night, when raising the cover of the bed but slightly; constant chilliness, particularly in the morning in the room, with inability to get warm ; in the evening, accompanied with shaking.—Heat in the face and trunk, with cold, trembling hands and thirst.—Sweat after very little bodily exertion; when walking; at night when sleeping. Pulse small, quick (80), in the morning; slow, feeble, unequed, inter mittent. Moral Symptoms.—Despondency ; lowness of spirits ; anxiety, as if he apprehended some unpleasant occurrence ; uneasiness of mind.— Bodily and mental restlessness.—Indisposition to talk.—Irritable vexed mood, ill humor.—Listlessness, aversion to any kind of work, particularly to mental labor, followed by congestion of blood to the head, pulsations in all the vessels, heat in the face, and inability to think.—Great forgetfulness.—Loss of consciousness.—Fearless frenzy, with intoxication, accompanied with bold, vindictive designs.—Me- nacing, mischievous rage, the patient directing it against himself in some instances, with great mania.—Excess of fancy; ecstasy ; prophecy ; he makes verses. Sensorium.—Dullness of the head, with dull pain ; as after in- toxication; especially early in the morning, with muddled and con- fused state of the mind.—Dullness of sense ; imbecility.—Dizziness, intoxication, stupefaction; staggering to and fro, especially during a walk in the open air.—Vertigo of various kinds, especially early in 112 AGAEICUS MUSCAEIU*" th\e morning, as if-intoxicated ; vertigo as if he would fall, occasioned by the light of the sun', with staggering obscuration of sight, in paroxysms every five minutes; in the open air, particularly when walking and reflecting; in a room when turning about, relieved by turning the head speedily. Head.—Headache early in the morning, in bed; when sitting, especially in the occipital protuberance.—Dull pains in the right temple ; in the forehead; in the whole head, with stupefaction, thirst, and heat of the face.—Great weight in the head, especially in the forehead and temples ; in the morning, as after intoxication.'—Pres- sure in the head, accompanied with flushes of heat, and passing olf after an evacuation ; in paroxysms, in the evening before going to bed; in the forehead, particularly over the eyes, sometimes accom- panied with stinging or with vertigo; changing from the left to the right side ; in the temples, frequently accompanied with despondency, and increased by pressure or by touching the hair; in the occiput, sometimes a pushing pressure, after dinner.—Drawing pains in the head; early in the morning when waking, with pressure in the eyes; in the forehead, extending to the root of the nose; in the temples and occiput.—Drawing cutting in the forehead, which increases to an oppressive stupefying pain in the sitting posture.—Tearing in the head, as if the brain were torn, in the forehead, above the root of the nose ; in the right temple ; the left side of the occiput and the whole of the head, at intervals, particularly behind the right ear ; in the left hemisphere of the brain, with pressure and a confused state of the brain.—Lancination from one side of the head to the other, in the morning.—Stitches in the left temple.—Digging, especially in the forehead ; boring in the vertex, driving him almost to a state of frantic despair. Scalp.-—Painful sensitiveness of the scalp, as from subcutaneous ulceration; especially in the vertex, with tearing drawing, and made worse by pressing upon the part.—Twitching of the skin of the fore- head and temples.—Cramp-pain in the region of the left temple.— Pimples on the hairy scalp. Eyes.—Pressure in the eyes from without inwards.—Pressing and drawing in the eye-balls, especially the left.—Itching and tingling of the eyes.—Burning sensation in the eyes, with sensation of con- traction, in the evening; of the inner canlhi.—Redness of the whites of the eyes ; yellow color of the eyes.—Swelling of the left eye-lids, towards the inner can thus.—Narrowing of the interval between the eye-lids for several days.—Twitches in the eye-lalls and eye-lids.— Dryness of the eyes.—The caruneula of the left eye increases in AOARICUS MUSOARIUS. 113 Bize.—Lachrymation of the right eye.—Sensation in the eyes as if thoy had to he wiped constantly.—The eye-lids adhere to one another as by slimy threads ; wiping relieves this symptom only for a short time.—Gum in the canthi of the eyes.—A viscid, yellow humor glues the eye-lids to one another.—Vanishing of s.ight when walking in the open air.—Great weakness of the eyes; if she looks at an ob- ject long, it appears pale.—Short-sightedness and dim-sightedness of both eyes.—Very indistinct sight; everything appears obscured, as if by turbid water ; or surrounded with a mist; or as if covered with a cobweb.—A black mote is hovering before the left eye.—He sees things double.—Dread of light.—Incipient amaurosis ? Kars.—Tearing pain in' the meatus of the right ear, increased by cold air passing into it.—Itching in and behind the ears.—Itching redness, and burning of the ears, as if they had been frozen.—Hum- ming in the ears.—Tinkling, in the open air. Nose.—Itching of the nose and alee of the nose.—Burning pain in the nose and eyes.—Soreness and inflammation of the inner wall of the nose.—In blowing the nose, blood comes out of it, early in the morning, immediately after rising from the bed; this is followed by violent bleeding from the nose.—The smell is more acute. Face.—Burning sensation and stitches of the cheeks,—Twitching and pulsations in the cheeks.—Redness of the face, with itching and burning, as if frozen.—Itching in the face.—Itching of the forehead, with pimples.—A tearing pain in the lips and the throat.—Dryness and burning of the lips.—The upper lip is chapped, with a burning sensation in the fissures.—Bluish lips. Jaws and Teeth.— Violent tearing in the right side of the lower jaw.—Tearing in the teeth of the lower jaw, increased by cold.— Drawing, throbbing, lacerating pain in the molar teeth. Mouth.—Painfulness and bleeding of the gums.—Swelling of the gums.—Bad odor from the mouth, with a fetid taste.—Acrid odor from the mouth in the morning.—Soreness of the inner mouth, espe- cially the palate. The tongue is sore.—Small painful ulcer by the side of the fraenum of the tongue; at the tip it is bordered with dirty-yellow aphthae, producing a sensation, immediately after a meal as if the skin would peal off.—Tongue is coated white.—Back part of the tongue is coated yellow.—Slimy tongue.—Foam at the mouth.—Flow of saliva. Taste and Appetite.—Insipid or hitter taste in the mouth.— Want of appetite, with thirst.—A good deal of hunger, but no ap- petite; early in the morning.—Ravenous appetite.—Sudden attacks of rabid hunger, towards evening, with perspiration.—After a meal, 114 AGARICUS MUSCARIUS. sensation of choking in the oesophagus, and oppression at the stomach. Gastric Symptoms.—Frequent rising of mere air.—Heartburn.— Hiccough.—Nausea, with cutting pain in the abdomen. Eructations, with qualmishness in the region of the stomach. STOMACii.-r-Oppression at the stomach, with inclination to go to stool.-—Oppressive weight in the stomach.—Oppression at the pit of the stomach, extending as far as the sternum,—Cramp-like drawing in the pit of the stomach, extending as far as the chest.—Cutting, resembling spasms in the stomach, immediately below the diaphragm, and extending towards the vertebral column when sitting. Abdomen.—Acute pulsative pain below the left hypochondrium; it rises as high up as the third and fourth rib.—Stitches under the short Tibs of the Left side, when breathing, and especially when sitting with a stooping chest.—In the region of the liver, sharp stitches, as of needles.—Full stitches in the liver, during an inspiration.—Trouble- some fullness of the whole abdomen; it makes sitting and breathing difficult.—Bloated abdomen.—Sense as of writhing in the abdomen.— Pinching below the umbilicus, attended with a bloated condition of the abdomen.— Violent pinching in the abdomen, attended with diar- rhoea; in the epigastrium.—Cutting pain in the abdomen, sometimes followed by liquid stools.—Loud rumbling in the abdomen.—Emis- sion of a large quantity of wind, smelling of garlic, with smarting pain in the rectum. Stool and Anus.—Hard, dark-colored stools after constipation.— Stools are first hard and knotty, afterwards loose, and lastly diar- rhccic.—Watery stool with nausea, with cutting and fermentation in tho abdomen.—Liquid, or slimy yellow diarrhoeic stools.— The diar- rhoeic stools are accompanied with pinching and cutting in the abdo- men, and emission of a quantity of flatulence; also with painfid drawing-in of the stomach and abdomen.—The evacuations are accompanied and succeeded by smarting in the anus.—Itching, ting- ling, and titillation of the anus, as of ascarides. Urinary Organs.—Pressure in the region of the kidneys and in the loins ; disturbing the night’s rest.—Frequent urging to urinate, with copious emission.—Scanty urine.—Difficult emission of urine.— Retention of urine.— The urine is reddish, scanty; clear lemon-colored. —Discharge of viscid tenacious mucus from the urethra. Male Sexual Organs.—Itching of the genitals.-—Drawing in the testes.—Involuntary emissions.—Great aversion to an embrace, or else great desire for it, with little ability, or with deficient excitement, or tardy, insufficient emission of semen.—Every embrace is followed by AGARICUS MUSCARIUS. 115 great debility and languor, profuse night-sweats, and sometimes a burning itching of the skin. Female Sexual Organs.—Increased menses.—Titillation of the genital organs. Larynx and Trachea.—Frequent hawking, with discharge of small flocks or small balls of phlegm.—Frequent irritation in the trachea, with desire to cough.—Dry cough after dinner.—Both dry and fluent coryza, with sneezing. Chest.—Shortness of breath and asthma, frequently obliging him to stand still when walking.—Labored breathing; breathing as if the chest were filled with blood.— Violent oppression of the chest, hinder- ing deep breathing, or else obliging one to take a deep breath; with sensation as if the chest were constricted; with drawing pain in the region of the diaphragm; in the region of the heart, with oppression and pulsations.—Oppression of breathing in the lower portion of the chest, when moving about.—Painful 'palpitation of the heart when standing.—Beating sore pain in several parts of the chest; at night. Itching and burning of the chest and nipples, after which pimples make their appearance.—Profuse sweat on the chest at night. Back, Sacral Region.—Pain as if sprained and bruised in the small of the back, when standing ; in the loins, nape of the neck, and back, when lying down and sitting still.—Lameness and painful weakness of the dorsal muscles, especially of the loins, worse when standing or walking.—Violent pain in the small of the back when rising from a seat, rendering it difficult to move, or when sitting or lying down, relieved by movement.—Burning itching of the back. Upper Limbs.—Weakness and painf ul weariness of the arms, with pain as if bruised.—Rheumatic pains in the arms; drawing in the shoulder-joint, with weakness of the arm.— Trembling of the hands, as from old age, particularly when holding anything.—*Burning of the fingers, with itching and redness, as if frozen, -or from a burn.— White pimples (miliaria-alba) of the size of a grain of millet-seed, brought out by scratching a burning itching place, and followed by scaling off of the skin. Lower Limbs.—Painful lameness of the Irnver limbs.—Painfid and excessive weariness and weakness of the thighs and legs, with tottering.—Pain in the hip-joint, very great while walking, and relieved by sitting.—Lacerating pain in the limbs when sitting, improved by movement; in the thighs at night, disturbing the sleep.—Rheumatic pains in the thighs and legs, while sitting.— Stinging in the leg.—Cramp in the feet at night.— burn- ing, and redness of the toes, as if f rozen.—Burning itching of the 116 AGNUS CASTUS legs, especially in the evening, followed by desquamation of the skin. PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.—Discharge of frothy, blackish- green substances.—The stomach and bowols are distended with fetid air, their inner surface exhibits traces of inflammation and gangrenous spots.—A sort of inflammatory congestion in the neighborhood of the pyloric orifice of the stomach.—Large spots in the stomach and in- testinal canal, where decomposition seems to have made considerable advance.—The mucous membrane of the ileum is destroyed in various places.—The stomach contains a blackish fluid.—The liver is exces- sively enlarged.—The gall-bladder is filled with a thick, dark-colored bile. 8.—AGNUS CASTUS. AGN.—Yitex Agnus Castas, or Chaste Tree.—Stapfs Additions.—Duration of Action: from eight to fifteen days in some cases. Compare with—Bov., Cup., Natr.-ac., Oleand., Plat., Selen., Sep. Antidote—Camph. Rationale of its Action.—Dioscorides says that it increases the flow of milk, brings on the menses, thins the spermatic fluid, produces pain in the testicles, and brings on sleep. He recommends the seeds against poisonous stings, dropsy, and enlargement and disease of the spleen; a decoction of the leaves and seeds, in a bath, in inflammations and other diseases of the womb. It is said to be useful in lethargy and frenzy, when applied to the head. It was thought to cure the bites of serpents; to remove hardness of the genital organs, fissures of the anus, bruises, and wounds. Hippo- crates recommended the leaves steeped in wine against metrorrhagia; with wine and oil to expel the after-birth; the seeds in diseases of the spleen; also against ascarides; to increase the secretion of milk in nursing women ; the fresh leaves to be put on inflamed organs, and plasters of the same for ulcers. Roth says it has cured ; White- ness of the tongue, bitterness of the mouth, loss of appetite, sensitive- ness of the abdomen to pressure, swelling of the abdomen after eating, occasional pains in the lower abdomen and in the kidneys while urinating, great wind in the bowels, hardness of the stools, and redness and muddiness of the urine. Also when the menses last from ten to eighteen days, being preceded by head- ache, vertigo, and dimness of sight, accompanied with pains in the pelvis and loins. Also oppression of the chest on going up-stairs; AGNUS CASTUS. 117 cough, with raising of blood, followed by copious mucous expectora- tion, with paroxysmal attacks, especially in the morning, of palpi- tations and bleeding of the nose; also when there is a deficient secretion of milk in child-bed women; when the legs are much fa- tigued and swollen towards evening, with sallowness of the skin and disturbed dreams. It has cured quartan fevers of six months’ dura- tion, marked by slight chilliness towards evening, followed by heat and headache, without thirst, but with slight delirium, the paroxysm terminating in profuse perspiration. According to the homoeopa- thists, the spirit of the action of this drug may be expressed by stating that it produces a condition which counterfeits marvellously that which obtains in old age, marked by dullness of the intellect, weakness of memory .and hearing, blear-eyedness, trembling and feebleness of the limbs, decay of the sexual appetite and power, sup- pression of the menses and secretion of milk, and prevalence of urinary and arthritic complaints. It is also homoeopathic to that premature old age which arises in young persons from abuse of the sexual powers, marked by melancholy, apathy, mental distraction, self-con- tempt, general debility, frequent loss of prostatic fluid, &c.—J. C. P. On the Nervous System. Nerves of Motion.—It seems to exert a more decided action upon the motor nerves, and upon the muscles and joints, than upon the nerves of sensation. On the Vascular. System.—Chilliness, without thirst or subse- quent heat. Constant trembling of the whole body, from internal chilliness, the body feeling warm to the touch. Chilliness of the whole body, without thirst, although the hands are the only portions of the body which feel cold to the touch. Frequent alternations of chilliness and heat, without thirst. Heat of the whole body, with coldness of the knees. Pulse.—The pulse is apt to become slower and less perceptible, 60 per minute. Skin.—This remedy is especially remarkable for the sensation of corrosive itching which it produces in various parts, without its being attended with any marked eruption. It is homoeopathic to corrosive itching upon the scalp, especially in the evening; also upon the fore- head and eye-brows, in the eyes and upon the lids, about the tip of the nose, upon the cheeks, about the ears and chin; itching and scratching sensation in the throat, with irritation to cough ; about the groins, nerinaeum, genitalia, and arm-pits.—J. C. P. CLINICAL REMARKS.—Roth says it has cured quartan fevers of six months’ duration, when characterized by slight chilliness to- wards evening, followed by heat and headache, without thirst bui 118 AGNUS CASTUS. with slight delirium, the paroxysms terminating with profuse perspi- rations. It may prove useful against the spleen-affections and dropsy which follow quartan fevers. It may prove a useful remedy against pruritus and prurigo. It had an ancient reputation against itching of the anus. Noack recommends it in hypochondriacal melancholy, melancholia-anoa, melancholia-toedium-vitae. It is homoeopathic to great mental dejection, with fear of approaching death; despair and melancholic undervaluing of one’s self, with desire to be dead ; .melan- cholic hypochondriacal humor, with dissatisfaction with one’s self and contemptuous undervaluing of everything; thoughtlessness and ina- bility to work; difficult comprehension of what has been read and heard ; great mental anxiety, with excessive debility, and feeling as if diarrhoea were about to occur ; excessive mental distraction while reading. It is said to be very useful in purely hysterical and hypo- chondriacal affections bordering upon fixed melancholy, not depend- ing upon any dyscratic or material cause, but rather upon a misdirec- tion of the mental powers, and occurring in old maids, widows, and widowers. It is allied to Ignatia and Aurum in its action; and while Agaricus produces great excitement of the nervous system, Agnus-castus causes great torpor. Noack proposes it in hemicrania. It is homoeopathic to tearing pains, especially above the right eye and temple, as if one had received a blow upon the eye, attended with soreness to touch, increased by motion, aggravated in the even- ing, and lasting for several days. It is probably best suited to the headaches of persons with derangements of the womb, ovaries, tes- ticles, or sexual organs in general; in the headaches of those given to sexual excesses or subject to seminal emissions, or of those of un- married persons suffering from nervous debility. Noack proposes it as a remedy against coma; it is probably most suitable against the drowsiness which arises from nervous exhaustion, rather than from congestion. It may be suited against hydroceplialoid drowsiness. It is homoeopathic to pharyngitis ; also to the formation of an excess of uric acid in the stomach. It is a singular coincidence that Agnus- castus has? been supposed to exert a specific influence upon the spleen, and Scherer has found uric-acid in considerable quantity as a normal constituent in the juice of the spleen. It may prove useful in some forms of dyspepsia and flatulence. Roth says it is homoeopathic against whiteness of the tongue, bitterness of the mouth, loss of ap- petite, sensitiveness of the abdomen to pressure, swelling of the abdo- men after eating, occasional pains in the hypogastrium, great accumu- lation of wind in the bowels, hardness of the stools, pains in the kid- neys, and redness and muddiness of the urine. Dioscorides recom- 119 mended it against dropsy, ascites, enlargement and other diseases of the spleen. Hippocrates recommended the seeds in diseases of the spleen. It has been recommended by Noack in chronic diar- rhoea. In pruritis-podicis and excoriations about the rectum. It is homoeopathic to corrosive itching about the groins, anus, and peri- naeum; to acute, deep, sharp stitches about the coccyx; to painful spots near the anus while walking, as if there were subcutaneous ulcerations. It has been recommended against fissures of the anus. It may prove useful against the urie-acid diathesis, and also against the oxalic-acid diathesis, as the recent experiments of Wohler and Frerichs—in which the introduction of uric-acid into the organism, by the primce-vice or by the veins, was followed by an augmentation of the urea and oxalate of lime in the urine—afford tolerably strong evi- dence that the uric-acid in the animal organism undergoes a decom- position into urea and oxalic-acid, precisely similar to that which can be artificially produced by Peroxide of Lead. It may prove useful against the melancholy and despondency which attends the oxalic- acid diathesis.—To prevent getting children, a man took for three months, morning and evening, twelve grains of the Agnus-castus, by which the parts were weakened to such an extent that, not only did the erections become deficient, but he lost his semen as he intended, and never begat children. This drug has received the Greek name Lygon, from the great flaccidity of the penis, which it causes. Dr. Landerer, of Athens, uses the seeds of the Agnus-castus with the greatest success in gonorrhoea, curing cases in which even Cubebs had failed. Although it is said to thin the spermatic fluid, and produce pain in the testicles, still an ointment of it will remove pains in the testicles, lloth says it is useful against oppression of the chest on going up-stairs, cough with raising of blood, followed by copious mu- cous expectoration, with paroxysmal attacks, especially in the morn- ing, attended with palpitations and bleeding of the nose. Noack has recommended it against the after-effects of dislocations. It is ho- moeopathic to piercing and rending pains in the joints; pains as if from dislocation of the joints, especially in the shoulder-joints ; para- lytic pain in the wrist-joint, only felt when turning the hand; gouty rending pain, with swelling of the finger-joints; lassitude and tired- ness'of the limbs, increased by every motion. It will also probably prove useful against gonorrhoeal rheumatism. It had an ancient reputation against bruises and wounds. It is homoeopathic to pier- cing, aching, rending, and luxation-pain in the hip-joints; piercing, drawing, and dislocation-pain in the knee-joints ; weakness of tha ankles, with predisposition to sprain them.—J. C. P. AGNUS CASTUS. 120 AGNUS CASTUS. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—The corrosive itching is relieved by scratching, but returns speedily. Sleep.—Starts in sleep, as if from fright.—Restless sleep.— Anxious and voluptuous dreams. Fever.—The pulse is slower and weaker, only sixty. Constant trembling qf the whole body from internal chilliness, the body feeling warm to the touch.—Chilliness of the whole body, without thirst; the hands are the only parts cold to the touch.—Frequent alternations of chilliness and heat, without thirst.—Heat of the whole body, with cold knees in the evening in bed; he feels as if lire were creeping over him.—Great weakness, as if from violent anguish, with sensa- tion as if diarrhoea would set in, when standing. Moral Symptoms.—Melancholic, hypochondriac mood.—Discour- agement and desire for death, followed by exalted feeling.—Sadness, with idea of approaching death. Sensorium.—Extreme absence of mind; he is unable to recollect many things.—Vertigo.—Contractive headache above the temples, when reading; he has to read several things twice, and is unable to chain his attention. Head.—° Headache in the upper part of the head, as from staying in a room filled with a thick and smoky atmosphere.—Tearing pain in the temples and forehead, more violent during motion.—Pain towards the temple, as if she had received a blow upon the eye.— Pain in the upper part of. the right side of the head, of a smarting and stinging nature, externally, as if it were in the bone. Scalp.—Corrosive and stinging itching in several portions of the face and scalp.—Chilliness of the scalp, which feels warm to the hand, however. Eyes.—Dilated pupils the whole day.—Running of the eyes when in the room.—Burning of the eyes when reading.—Corrosive itching under the eyes.—Pain under the right malar bone. Ears.—Ringing in the ears, or rather roaring.—Hardness of hearing.—Corrosive itching of either cheek. Nose.—Illusions of smell; he sometimes smells herring and musk, without either being present.—Aching pain in the dorsum of the nose.—Corrosive itching of the tip of the nose. Jaws and Teeth.—Corrosive itching near the chin.—The teeth are painful when touched by warm food or drink.—Deep tearing in the right ramus of the lower jaw, below the sockets.—°Ulcers about the teeth. Taste and Appetite.—Coppery taste in the mouth, as if the mouth had been galvanized.—Aversion to drink, followed by increase of thirst. ALCOHOL. 121 Gastric Symptoms.—Eructations, smelling like old urine.—Disa- greement of food, with sense of repletion, or feeling of nausea in the pit of the stomach.—Frequent hiccough, with ill humor.—The mouth is very dry; saliva viscid, and the uvula red.—°Ulcers in the mouth. Stomach and Abdomen.—Loud rumbling in the abdomen.—Hard pressure in the hepatic, region, increased by touch.—°Swelling and induration of the spleen.—° Ascites.—Much flatulence ? Stool and Anus.—Loose diarrhoeic stools, followed by inaction of the rectum.—Constipation.—Itching-stinging in the inguinal region, perinaeum, coccyx, and sacrum. Urinary Organs.—Urine frequent and abundant, of a dark color. Male Genital Organs.—An absence of sexual desire, with flac- cidity and coldness of genital organs.—Drawing along the spermatio cords.—A kind of yellow gonorrhoea, and crawling-itching of the genital organs.—The semen runs out in a stream, without ejaculation, followed by increase of sexual desire, with a kind of madness and violent erections. Female Genital Organs.—Suppression of the menses, with drawing pains in the abdomen.—°Leucorrhcea.—Sterility.—Defi- cient secretion of milk in lying-in women. Larynx and Chest.—Sneezing, from dryness of the nose.—Tena- cious mucus is lodged in his throat, which he is unable to bring up.— Pressure on the sternum, especially during a deep inspiration.—Dull pain in the chest. Upper Limbs.—Lacerating pain in the joints, increased by motion. —Hard pressure in the axilla and upper arm.—Prickings and stitches above the elbow and wrist.—Swelling of a finger-joint, with lacerating pain. Lower Limbs.—Pain in the right hip-joint, violently increased during motion, with debility and weariness.—Cramp-pain in the left thigh, when walking.—Shooting drawing in the knees and muscles. —Heaviness of the right foot; sensation as if a heavy load were attached to the tarsal bones, drawing the foot down.—Tearing in the anterior joints of the left toes, more violent when walking.—Fine lancinations in the soles of both feet. 9.—ALCOHOL. Acute Effects.—According to Christison and authors who have treated of the actions of alcoholic and spirituous liq.uors on man, have distinguished three degrees in its immediate effects: 122 ALCOHOL. 1. When the dose is small, much excitement and little subsequent depression are produced. 2. In the second degree, the symptoms are more violent: excite- ment, flushed face, confusion of thought, delirium, and various mental affections, varying with individual character. The majority of in- toxicated persons become jovial, sympathetic, and even indiscreet—. many things which otherwise would remain a profound secret are allowed to escape (in vino veritas); others become sentimental and affectionate ; some speak with incomprehensible suavity about learned subjects, politics, country; in some cases, the coward becomes a hero in his own imagination; others are always ready to quarrel or fight, and either comport themselves as pugilists, or become almost mur- derous in their ferocity; but, fortunately, there are generally others not less drunk who are not only peaceable, but anxious to preserve the peace. Another class of drunkards always become depressed in spirits, sit quietly in a corner, are much absorbed in themselves, and burst into tears and complaints over the most trivial occurrences. The perceptions are disturbed and often confused; the harmony between the intellect and will is broken up; the higher intellectual functions, and even the common processes of the understanding become more and more difficult, while the imagination and the lower impulses predominate. These symptoms are followed by dozing and gradually increasing somnolency, which may, at length, become so deep as not easily to be broken. After the state of somnolency has continued several hours, it ceases gradually, but is followed by gid- diness, weakness, stupidity, headache, sickness, and vomiting. This degree of injury from Alcohol may prove fatal, either in itself, by the coma becoming deeper and deeper, or from the previous excited state of the circulation causing diseases of the brain in a predisposed habit. There is a singular variety in the principal symptoms in this form of intoxication, even when completely formed : thus, when the stage of stupor is fully formed, the person is sometimes capable of being roused, sometimes immoveably comatose for a long time; the pulse is sometimes imperceptible or very feeble, sometimes distinct, or even full, generally slow or natural, seldom frequent, very seldom firm; the pupils are occasionally contracted, much more generally dilated, and, in a few instances, alternating between one state and the other; the countenance is commonly pale, sometimes turgid and flushed ; the breathing is for the most part slow, and also soft, yet not unfrequently laborious, but very rarely stertorous. Convulsions are rare, having been observed twice only in twenty-six cases. Neither do any of the special symptoms seem to bear a marked rela- ALCOHOL. 123 tion to the ultimate event; for many cases get well when the pupils are much dilated, the coma profound, and the pulse imperceptible. It usually happens that, if the stage of stupor be completely over- come, recovery speedily ensues, without any particular symptom except headache, giddiness, sickness, and the customary conse- quences of a debauch. But, on some occasions, the comatose stage is succeeded by one which indicates much cerebral excitement—by flushed face, injected eyes, restlessness, a febrile state of the system, and delirium, even of the violent kind. In other cases, this affection \'puts on very much the characters of a slight attack of typhoid fever. In another variety of this second degree of intoxication, an apoplectic disposition is called into action by the excited state of the circulating system, and death ensues from apoplexy, or some other disease of the brain, rather than from simple drunkenness. Thus, in some in- stances, extravasation of blood is found within the head after death ; but, as this is a rare effect of intoxication, it must be considered as the result of 'poisoning with spirits, exciting sanguineous apoplexy in a predisposed constitution. In other cases, the stupor of intoxication, after putting on all the characters of apoplexy for two days and up- wards, terminates fatally without extravasation; here the poison operates by developing a constitutional tendency to congestive apo- plexy. In some cases, an interval of returning health occurs between the immediate narcotic effects of the poison and the ultimate apo- plectic coma which is the occasion of death.—J. C. P. Case.—A lad, aged sixteen, swallowed sixteen ounces of whiskey in the course of ten minutes, and, pursuant to the terms of a wager, walked up and down a room for half an hour. He then went into the open air, apparently not at all the worse for his feat; but, in a very few minutes, while in the act of putting his hand into his pocket to take out some money, he became so suddenly senseless as to forget to withdraw his hand, and so insensible that his companions could not rouse him. He died in sixteen hours.—J. C. P. 3. The third degree of poisoning is not so often witnessed, because, in order to produce it, a greater quantity of spirits must be swallowed, pure and at once, than is usually taken, except by persons who have made foolish wagers on their prowess in drinking. Then there is seldom much preliminary excitement; coma approaches in a few minutes, and soon becomes profound, as in apoplexy; the face is sometimes livid, more generally ghastly pale; the breathing sterto- rous, and the breath having a spirituous odor; the pupils sometimes much contracted, more commonly dilated and insensible; and, if relief is not speedily procured, death takes place, generally in a few 124 ALCOHOL. hours, and sometimes immediately. The patient may recover if the iris remains contractile ; but, if it is dilated and motionless on the approach of sight, recovery is very improbable. These cases gene- rally die with the symptoms of pure coma; convulsions are not common, but occasional cases do occur in which the coma is accom- panied with alternating opisthotonos and emprosthotonos.—J. C. P. Occasionally Alcohol acts as an irritant; after its ordinary narco- tic action passes off another set of symptoms occasionally appear, which indicate inflammation of the alimentary canal. Case.—A young man had been drinking brandy immoderately for several days, when at length he was attacked with shivering, nausea, feverishness, pain in the stomach, vomiting of everything he swal- lowed except cold water, thirst, and at last hiccough, delirium, jaundice, and convulsions. Death took place on the ninth day. The stomach was found gangrenous over the whole villous coat; the colon was much inflamed, and all the small intestines red. On Animals.—Huss and Dahlstrom administered daily to three dogs, of various ages but of nearly equal size, six ounces of Swedish brandy. Intoxication, canine appetite, and intense thirst were occa- sioned by each dose during the first three months; but the dogs continued fat and apparently well. In the fourth month the bark of the animals became hoarse, they had a hoarse, dry hiccough and cough, the eyes were staring and full of tears, hearing was much diminished, and their sleep became restless, with frequent subsultus and jerking of the limbs. After the completion of the fourth month the dogs trembled when they attempted to stand; their walk was shuffling, and there was evident weakness of the extremities, espe- cially in the hind-legs, so that they often remained in a sitting posture while taking food. Cramps and convulsive movements and subsultus next appeared in the limbs and trunk, both during sleep and when the animals were awake and lying on their sides. The sight of other dogs, however, roused them at all times from their apathetic condition, and they endeavored, even in their weakened state, to attack and bite them. Their strength diminished more and more, the sensibility of the skin, especially of the ears, was remarkably lessened, the appetite fell off rapidly, but the irritability towards other dogs continued unabated to the last. The deposit of fat rather increased. They all died in the eighth month. PATHOLOGY.—The appearances were the same in all three : the stomach was contracted, its mucous membrane lead-colored and cede- matous ; the intestinal canal coated with a tough bad-smelling mucus ; the liver considerably enlarged, softened, and dark; the bile dark ALCOHOL. 125 and so tough that it could be drawn out in threads; nasal, tracheal, and bronchial mucous membrane slightly inflamed ; vessels of the brain and its membranes much congested, with effusion of clear scrum between the arachnoid and dura-mater; a clear, gelatinous, semi-coagulated fluid between the same membranes of the spinal cord, especially near the fourth and sixth dorsal vertebrae ; muscles pale, relaxed, and soft; fat soft. General Effects on the Nervous System.—Alcohol has been generally believed, since the experiments of Sir B. Brodie, to act on the brain through the medium of the nerves, and to do so without entering the blood. But we agree with Christison, who says this may be doubted, as it does not act so swiftly, but that absorption may easily take place before its operation begins. It is probable that Alcohol exerts a similar action upon many of the nerves to that which it does upon the brain; congestion, serous effusion, and indu- ration of the nerves are not improbable effects.—J. C. P. Nerves of Motion.—Alcohol rarely causes convulsions; but it exerts some influence over the nerves of motion, probably through the cerebellum, whose office it is to coordinate muscular movements; for intoxicated persons do not possess full control over the voluntary muscles, as is seen in their stammering speech, the staggering to and fro, and tendency to fall. In delirium tremens, also, there are pecu- liar tremors, particularly of the tongue and hands. There is also trembling of the hands and arms ; a constant trem- bling motion of the muscles under the skin (trembi'ement vermicu- laire). Shaking and shivering are merely higher degrees of trembling, and only occur when the muscular system is much weakened. Diminished strength and a state of weakness and relaxation of the locomotive muscular system. Partial paralysis. Subsultus, jerking, and spasmodic drawing and starting of the muscles. Convulsions and epileptic attacks. Nerves of Sensation.—Formication in or under the skin is one of the most common chronic effects of Alcohol on the nerves of sensation; it is frequently attended with restlessness, which obliges the patient to move the affected limbs constantly. Fleeting sensations of draw- ing or piercing, generally in the feet and legs. Hyperaesthesia, pain, and neuralgic rendings; these are generally preceded for some time by formication, flying pains, and piercings. These may be followed by dullness of sensation, or even loss of sensation, or anaesthesia; it is noticed first in the tips of the toes, then in those of the fingers, finally it extends over the back of the foot to the leg, or tibia, or to the back of the hands. 126 ALCOHOL. Great Sympathetic Nerve.—The chronic action of Alcohol upon this nerve and its ramifications are evinced more by alterations in the struc- ture and functions of the various organs of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis than by any particular sensations. In small quantities, Alcohol expends its action almost exclusively upon the abdominal organs. One can distinctly feel how its action expands from the solar plexus upon those organs in which the splanchnic nerves ramify. There is a feeling of comfort in the abdomen, more rapid and powerful diges- tion, more active peristaltic movements, increased desire for food and drinks, more profuse secretions, especially from the kidneys. On the Blood.—Through whatever channel Alcohol operates, there is no doubt that it enters the blood ; for in man the breath has a strong smell of spirits for a considerable time after it is swallowed, and it has been found in the tissues and secretions after death from large doses. One of the most important appearances in poisoning with Alco- hol is the fluid and venous condition of the blood. According to Stein- heimer and Roesch, Alcohol acts directly on the blood, and intoxica- tion is owing to an alcoholic venous plethora, in which the proportion of hydrogen and carbon in the blood is much increased. A similar alteration of the blood occurs in poisoning with narcotic drugs, and the delirium and excitement of the nervous system produced by them and Alcohol is consequent upon this change in the quality of the blood. If Alcohol be added to blood which has been drawn from a vein, it becomes dark, and loses its normal opacity; or becomes more or less transparent, and changes to a cherry-juicelike fluid. With the aid of a microscope we see the blood-globules gradually losing their red coloring matter, which becomes uniformly dissolved and diffused through the serum, which then assumes a peculiar cherry-red color. This serum coagulates to the consistence of thick milk, but cannot form solid coagulm, and no watery particles separate from it. These appearances coincide with those of the blood of topers, which is thick but fluid ; it coagulates very loosely, contains little fibrin, but much albumen and fat.—J. C. P. According to C. H. Schultz, when Alcohol is absorbed into the blood, it renders the coloring matter of blood-globules soluble in the blood- plasma, and produces a contraction of the walls of the blood-globules. The quantity of fat in the blood of topers is considerably increased, it may increase to eleven per cent, according to Lecanu. The blood often seems milky or curdy. According to Moleschott, Alcohol burns off in the blood, or forms a combination with the oxygen of the blood, and is converted into carbonic acid and water; this prevents the oxygen ef the blood from combining with the organic mass, thus stopping ALCOHOL. 127 its oxygenation and combustion, and retarding tbe normal and constant metamorphosis of the tissues ; hence it occasions a lesser demand for food and solid nourishment. Dr. Ogston has furnished the most positive proofs of the absorption of Alcohol into the blood. He says, “ that Alcohol will escape by the kidneys unchanged, is proved by the fact that It can be tested chemically in the urine.” This he has verified in several cases of death by drowning. That this fluid, however, could be found in the urine in any but the minutest quantities, and in a highly diluted state, he did not con- sider at all likely till the following occurrence showed its possibility: Case.—A man, aged forty-seven, while intoxicated, threw himself into the water; the body wras recovered in less than an hour, and in- spected fourteen hours after death. At the inspection, from three to four drachms of urine from the bladder was being heated in an iron spoon over the flame of a candle, to ascertain if it contained albumen, when the flame set fire to the vapor rising from the fluid. This Unexpected event was witnessed by Dr. James Jameson, and several medical students.—J. C. P. Alcohol passes directly from the stomach and intestines into the blood; a part of the spirit is, perhaps, then decomposed, but another portion is carried directly by the portal system through the liver, and from thence to the lungs, where much is exhaled with the air that is breathed, but the remainder passes into the arterial system, and from thence over the whole body. All authors are agreed that the blood of dram-drinkers contains a much larger proportion of carbon than that of healthy individuals. Scharlau has estimated the excess of carbon in the blood of drunkards to be not less than thirty per cent. Huss comes to the conclusion that both the arterial and venous blood of dram-drinkers is loaded with fat; that it is impregnated likewise with Alcohol ; that the solid constituents in defibrinated blood are diminished, as is likewise the proportion of blood-globules.—J. C. P. Boecker thinks that Alcohol causes a decidedly venous condition of the blood, with a proclivity towards melanosis. Also that it pro- duces a partial solution of the coloring matter of the blood in the plasma, rendering the serum reddish and turbid.—The blood in fivo drunkards contained : In 1000 Parti Health. Solid constituents of defibrinated blood. ... . 202.180 221.000 Blood-globules 122.484 141.100 Albumen . 76.804 69.400 Extractive matters and soluble salts of serum , 12.594 6.800 Fibrin 2.200 2.200 128 ALCOHOL. Hence Alcohol diminishes the solid constituents and the blood* globules ; increases the quantity of albumen, fat, and other extractive matters; and exerts little or no influence upon the fibrin. CLINICAL REMARKS.—Alcohol is evidently suitable in some dyscrasias and blood diseases. It is homoeopathic to adiposis and venosis ; more or less antagonistic to tuberculosis. In tuberculosis there is a deficiency of fat in the system, which Alcohol may supply, especially if aided by fatty food, cream, Cod-liver oil, &c.; there is an excess of albumen which Alcohol may increase ; there is a deficiency of iron and the chlorides of soda and potassa which Alcohol cannot supply. Hence Alcohol alone may prevent tuberculosis, but cannot entirely cure it when fully developed ; it may require the aid of Cod- liver oil, Iron, and Chlorides of Soda and Potassa. In this connection we may be permitted to add, that the morbid condition of the blood produced by the malaria or poison of intermittent fever, is totally distinct from the morbid condition of the blood which attends tuber- culosis. As far as chemical analysis goes, the facts show that the state of the blood in confirmed and aggravated intermittent fever is the very antithesis of the state of the blood in tuberculosis in several important particulars; and, more especially, that the •proportion of albumen is greatly diminished, while that of the red corpuscules is uniformly and to a very considerable extent increased—two circum- stances which are in direct opposition to the state of the blood in tu- berculosis.—J. C. P. The blood of four persons, residing in malarious districts, and suf- fering from intermittent fever, was analyzed by Cozzi; the following are the results : 1 3 3 4 Average. Water and salts.. 737.67 705.49 732.45 809.17 746.19 Fibrin 2.20 2.06 2.29 1.96 2.12 Fat 15 21 13 16 16 Albumen 48.71 56.61 47.59 53.10 51.50 Blood-corpuscles, 211.27 235.63 217.54 135.61 200.01 Tubercukieit. Fever and Ague. Health. Water 798.021 746.19 791.378 Fibrin 2.776 2.12 2.952 Fat .... 1.554 16 3.240 Albumen 88.144 51.50 70.501 Blood-globules .... 114.794 200.01 127.426 Hence it is evident that fever and ague diminishes the quantity of fat and albumen, and increases that of the blood-globules. Hence a residence in a fever and aguish atmosphere, in order to cure tuber- ALCOHOL. 129 culosis, must be assisted by fatty food, Cod-liver oil, Alcohol, Iron, and the Chlorides of Soda and Potassa.—J. C. P. Heart and Arteries.—In strong, but not excessive doses, a feel- ing of warmth and comfort spreads from the epigastrium over the whole body ; the pulse becomes raised, more powerful, and quicker ; all the muscular movements take place with more ease, power, and endurance; the tone of the nervous system is raised, especially in the brain, followed by greater vivacity, excitement of the feelings and courage, and more general and astute powers of thought. The metamorphosis of the tissues takes place more rapidly, followed by increased secretions, especially from the skin and kidneys. In a few hours this state is followed by relaxation and exhaustion, lassitude, inclination to repose and sleep. In Ogston’s cases, the walls of the heart were loaded with fat in eleven cases, coincident with general obesity in three cases. There was general enlargement or hypertrophy in eleven cases, coincident with abundant fat on its walls in five cases. Hypertrophy of the left ventricle in five cases ; dilatation and attenuation of the right ven- tricle in nine cases. The tricuspid valve was diseased in four cases, the mitral in eight, and the aortic in two. There was dilatation oi the aorta in four cases; bony plates and atheroma in four cases. There were abnormal appearances in the pericardium, heart, and aorta in thirty cases out of seventy-three, or in forty-one per cent. The changes in the heart and arteries, to be met with in drunkards in such numbers, are attributed, by Dr. Carpenter, partly to the gouty and rheumatic diatheses generated in such persons by alcoholic fluids, and in part to the direct action of the poison introduced into the blood; but, more particularly, with the exception of the increase ol fat about the heart, by the exposure to inclement weather from which drunkards so frequently suffer.—J. C. P. Alcohol is homoeopathic to a fatty state of the heart and adiposis in general. Chambers has been in the habit of forbidding tea, coffee, and alcohol to obese persons, with striking advantage ; and he thinks that good effects have followed their disuse in cases of thickened heart in muscular subjects. It is also homoeopathic to many of the symptoms of typhoid fever; and Tweedie gives the following sum- mary of cases or stages of fever in which stimulants prove bene- ficial : 1. It is sometimes observed that when a patient in fever has been going on favorably, the pulse becumes suddenly soft and compressible, the skin cool and damp, accompanied by a feeling of considerable ex- haustion. With these symptoms there need be li .tie hesitation in 130 ALCOHOL. allowing six or eight ounces of wine in twenty-four hours, at proper intervals. 2. When the symptoms denoting sensorial disturbance, languor, low muttering delirium, tremor, or subsultus progressively increase, if, at the same time, the patient lose his strength from day to day, the pulse be soft and the skin cool, Wine may be safely prescribed. 3. When the fever assumes the petechial character, more especially if the spots be large, and of a dark or livid hue, Wine is indicated. 4. In cases of sudden and unexpected collapse. 5. Dr. Graves considers that Wine and Opium may be sometimes advantageously prescribed in the advanced stages of fever, even when particular symptoms apparently render their propriety doubtful. Thus, when the tongue is coated with dry brown fur, the teeth covered with sordes, when there is suffusion of the eyes, dry and hot skin, heat of the scalp and flushing of the face, a low form of delirium, sense of weight or pain in the head, not of an acute or throbbing character, and the pulse small, rapid, and thrilling, Wine may be given with advantage.—J. C. P. Head.—Hallucinations and cpngestion of the head occur as a mat- ter of course; they do not require explanation. Melancholy with inclination to suicide (monomanie suicide ebrieuse) is not an uncom- mon effect of chronic alcoliolismus; also mania with inclination to commit murder (monomanie homicide ebrieuse); mania with inclina- tion to incendiarism (monomanie incendiaire, pyromanie ebrieuse); mania with excessive inclination to drink (monomanie d'ivresse); polidipsia (omomania), this is not a fault, but a disease, and must be treated as such, with the aid of nurses, attendants, medicines, &e.; the liabilities to relapse are as frequent and obstinate as those of mania and fever and ague, and must be guarded against as sedulously. Stupidity, {stupidite ebrieuse) ; maniacal or drunken ferocity (manie, ou ferocite ebrieuse), this is most common in those of hasty and pas- sionate temperaments; dementia (demence ebrieuse). In the bodies of nearly seventy drunkards, examined by Drs. Pe- ters, Middleton Goldsmith, and Moses, in 1842 and 1843, there was invariably more or less congestion of the scalp, and of the membranes of the brain, with considerable serous effusion under the arachnoid. The substance of the brain was unusually white and firm, as if it had lain in Alcohol for an hour or two. The ventricles were generally nearly or quite empty. In not more than eight or ten cases were there more red spots on the cut surface of the brain than are usually found The peculiar firmness of the brain was noticed several times, even when decomposition of the rest of the body had made consider ALCOHOL. 131 rable advance; typhus fever is the only disease, save induration of the brain, in which a like firmness is often observed. Occasionally a few drachms of colorless or reddish turbid serum were found in the ventricles of the brain.—J. C. P. In ten cases of fatal delirium tremens, the membranes of the brain were congested in four ; an excess of fluid was found under the arach- noid in eight; an excess of fluid in the ventricles in six; and in the majority of cases the substance of the brain was “ wet.” In seventy- three cases, examined by Dr. Ogston, the dura-mater was adherent to the calvarium in eleven ; highly injected in four ; much thickened (leathery) in one; serum between it and skull-cap in one. The arachnoid was thickened in thirty-one cases; serum under it and over the cerebral hemispheres in forty (coincident with arachnoid thickening in thirty); serum at the base of the skull in seventeen; between the dura-mater and arachnoid in two; in the cerebral ven- tricles in twenty-four—viz., in some quantity in fourteen, and limited to these in four. The pia-mater was injected in twenty cases ; very minutely in nineteen ; limited to the base of the brain in two. The surface was figured in one; coincident with ventricular efiusion in fourteen; with effusion at the base of the brain in nine; a quantity of serum under the pia-mater in one case. The brain was hyper- trophied in two cases ; indurated in twenty-six, very much so in ten ; indurated coincidently with sub-arachnoid serum in twenty-one; with abundant ventricular serum in five ; with lymph on portions of the brain in three; with softened fornix in one. The brain was softened in four cases. There was oedema at its base in five, coin- cident with injection of the pia-mater. The cerebellum was softened in six cases ; coincident with softened cerebrum in three ; with indu- rated brain in one. The cerebellum was indurated in eight cases ; coincidently with induration of the brain in all. The medulla-oblon- gata and spinal cord were indurated in one case, coincidently with induration of the brain and cerebellum. The choroid plexuses had vesicles upon them in fourteen cases. The cerebral arteries were in a state of fatty degeneration in one case. There were abnormal appear- ances in the brain and appendages in eighty-nine per cent.—J. C. P. Alcohol is homoeopathic to many forms of congestion of the brain, insanity, dropsy of the brain, especially hydroceplialoid disease, induration of the brain, &c. In many cases of typhoid fevers, and other maladies characterized by cerebral disturbance and depression of nervous energy, Alcohol is a specific remedy of great value. How often do we meet with groups of symptoms, during the course of scar- latina, typhoid, and other feve.s, which simulate those of alcoholic 132 ALCOHOL. intoxication ! Like Opium, it impresses specifically the brain (tuber- cula quadrigemina particularly) and nervous system; and the phe- nomena which arise from its use bear a close resemblance to those of this drug. Eyes.—A blood-shot condition or congestion of the eyes, with a bilious condition of these organs, are among the most common effects of even moderate quantities of Alcohol. Hallucinations of sight are common, both in simple intoxication, delirium tremens, and alcoholis- mus-chronicus. The patient sees double, or thinks he sees a variety of objects, men, animals, good or bad spirits, angels or demons. Op- tical illusions are among the most uniform and singular effects of the abuse of Alcohol. This probably arises from the fact that the most marked action of this stimulus is upon that portion of the brain which gives origin to the optic nerves. Ears.—Singing in the ears, or rushing and roaring noises are not uncommon ; hallucinations of hearing are also not uncommon, such as imaginary voices, talking, or shouting; in chronic alcoholismus they are not constant, but occur most frequently in the evening and about midnight; the patient may even imagine that he hears singing or in- strumental music. Ringing in the ears, which has arisen from mere debility, from excessive loss of blood, &c., is often cured by the judi- cious employment of alcoholic stimulants. Nose.—-Hallucinations of smell are not common ; but the patient may imagine that his room is full of the vapors of Sulphur, or sup- pose that the devil has defiled his bed, and that this smells as the devil is supposed to do.—J. C. P Mouth, Taste.—-Great dryness of the mouth is a common effect of Alcohol, although the tongue is commonly moist in delirium tremens. Hallucinations of taste sometimes occur in alcoholismus-chronicus, and the patient may suppose that all the drinks which are offered him taste more or less of Alcohol.—-J. C. P. The excessive dryness of the mouth and tongue which so often accompany typhoid and malignant fevers, is sometimes materially diminished by the use of Brandy or Wine. When other phenomena correspond, such as delirium, optical hallucinations, depression of the nervous system, &c., Alcohol is homceopathically indicated, and should be prescribed without hesitation.—J. C. P. Stomach.—Derangements of the stomach are very common in drunkards ; among the chronic effects, the most frequent is vomiting, viz., tho well-known morning-nausea and vomiting. At first the throat seems full of mucus, which is hawked up with difficulty ; this becomes more and more difficult, and finally inclination to vomit and ALCOHOL. 133 actual vomiting occur, caused at first by tbe attempts to hawk up phlegm, but finally they occur without this, and are attended with a feeling of oppression, discomfort, tension, and aching in the epigas- trium. Besides the morning-vomiting, these symptoms may also occur more or less frequently during the day, especially after eating and drinking. These gaggings or vomitings of drunkards are pre- ceded for a longer or shorter time by a feeling of pressure or tension below the breast, by fullness and distension after eating, by sour or putrid eructations, rising of water in the mouth, &c. In the morning, a tough, or sour or bitter, or saltish or insipid water is raised ; during the day, the food, more or less altered or digested, is brought up, but the vomits are always more or less sour or offensive. The tongue is more or less furrowed or cracked ; the furrows either run the whole length of the tongue, or else are confined to the tip; the fissures, like the furrows, may be deeper or smaller, straight or crooked, or in zig-zags, but they always run from the median line of the tongue towards the edges; the surface of the tongue may be furry or fibrilated, but it is more frequently scraped, robbed of its epithelium, and as if varnished; in such cases it is flesh-red in color, with enlarged papillae at its tip. The appearance of the tongue varies in the same person, according as he drinks more or less, or the stomach is more or less irritated. The trembling of the tongue has already been alluded to. The breath has an offensive smell, especially while digestion is going on, arising in part from the evaporation of alcohol from the bronchial mucous membrane, in part from the eructations, and in part from the filth in the mouth and between the teeth. The mucous membrane of the throat is often unnaturally red, and has a feeling of stiffness. That of the oesophagus is generally in the same condition, as is evident from the burning or slightly painful sen- sation which is frequently felt in swallowing. The stomach may be sensitive or not, tense or relaxed, according as it is filled with food, air, &c. When emaciation commences to take place, the recti muscles, especially that of the right side, be- comes rigid, and cannot be relaxed. The appetite, which at first was good, or even excessive, especially for tasty and fatty food, becomes less and less, in proportion as the taste for drink increases. Inflam- mation and ulceration of the stomach may arise from other causes, and then will be aggravated by the Alcohol. Dysphagia, arising from spasms in the pharynx and oesophagus, is not uncommon ; at first the attacks are periodical, finally, they become continual, and may lead to contraction of the oesophagus.—J. C. P. 134 ALCOHOL. According to Orfila, if a large quantity of Alcohol be taken during or shortly after a meal, it coagulates the albuminous portions of the contents of the stomach, and this coagulated albumen passes off almost unchanged into the small intestines. The action of the gastric juice upon the other constituents of the food is prevented, and they undergo acetous fermentation. Hence, as Alcohol prevents the digestion of albumen, it may prevent tuberculosis.—J. C. P. In Peters’ cases, the stomach presented various appearances. In some drunkards the mucous membrane is perfectly white, but some- what thickened, with distinct flat mamellonated elevations of small size. My friend, Professor Middleton Goldsmith, was one of the first to call attention to the fact that, when a large quantity of undiluted spirits had been taken shortly before death th» stomach was often found wrinkled, as if from the action of a powerful astringent; the tops of the rugm or wrinkles presented a punctated and vivid-rod appearance, while the depressions between them were blanched, as if from the action of Alcohol, and the whole mucous membrane was coated with a thick layer of white and very tenacious mucus. In other instances, there were thickening and mamellonation of the mucous membrane, with patches of slate-grey chronic inflammation, upon which spots of punctated, starlike, or diffused haemorrhagic effusion had supervened. In ten or twelve of the worst cases, in which from three pints to two quarts of liquor had been swallowed, within thirty-six or forty-eight hours before death, we found exten- sive haemorrhagic effusion in a larger portion of the walls of the stomach, with exudation of blood in large patches under the mucous membrane.—J. C. P. In Ogston’s cases, the stomach was usually small or atrophied in sixteen ; highly congested in ten ; false melanosis in two ; softening of the mucous membrane in two; hour-glass contraction in five ; un- usual thickening or hypertrophy in one; covered with copious muco- purulent secretion in one. Ogsten places much stress upon the unusually small size of the stomach, altogether different from any mere state of emptiness or natural contraction of the organ; in short, he regards it as such an atrophy of the whole stomach as that viscus might have presented had its growth been arrested in early life. Thus, in one case, the stomach was only half the ordinary size; in a second, it was not larger than that of an infant at birth ; in a third, it barely exceeded the diameter of the duodenum over the greater part of its extent; and in the remainder it was unusually or remarkably small as com- pared with the rest of the intestinal tube. ALCOHOL. 135 I feel confident, that there was no actual atrophy in many of these oases. I have seen many cases in which a large quantity of pure spirits had been taken, probably enough to cause death without the aid of other causes, in which the stomach seemed unusually small, from the powerful corrugating action of the Alcohol, but such sto- machs could be easily stretched to their natural size. It is true, however, that many habitual drunkards take very little solid food, and hence, as the stomach is very rarely fully distended, it may finally remain almost permanently contracted.—J. C. P. Alcohol is homoeopathic to many forms of irritation and congestion of the stomach; it is a favorite remedy against dyspepsia from debi- lity ; it relieves many forms of nausea and vomiting, and may prove homoeopathic to the morning-vomiting of pregnant women. It is also homoeopathic to acidity of tho stomach and water-brash.—J. C. P. According to our experience, about one dyspeptic in five can take brandy with benefit, provided it is employed in a very dilute form, and is drank during dinner. As a general rule, it will disagree with dyspeptics of a bilious temperament, while those who are nervous or lymphatic will be able to use it with impunity, and, occasionally, with advantage.—J. C. P. Bowels.—The small bowels generally partake of the chronic irri- tation and congestion which obtain in the stomach; but the symp- toms do not all arise from chronic inflammation, but from the influ- ence of the altered chyme which comes down from the stomach, altered composition of the bile, imperfection in the nutrition in general, and of the composition of the blood. Hence, after death, the small bowels may appear nearly healthy. But, in higher grades of alcoholismus, there will be more or less difficulty of digestion, colic- pains, flatulence, persistent constipation, or alternations with diarr hoea, with puttylike, globular, blackish, or light grey faeces, or con stant diarrhoea, with bilious discharges, or like clay dissolved in water, or slimy or bloody matters. A large quantity of pure Alcohol also reaches the duodenum, mixes with the bile, which loses its alkaline properties, and can no longer be precipitated into insoluble flocculi by the addition of the acid chyme, as is normally the case; in the natural state, this inso- luble precipitate from the bile is not reabsorbed, but is cast out of the body with the faeces; in drunkards, however, no such precipitate ensues, the bile remains fluid and unchanged by the chyme, and a large portion of it is reabsorbed. Hence the bilious disorders in topers, and the frequent occurrence of jaundice. Large quantities of acid chyme and imperfectly digested food pass along the small 136 ALCOHOL. intestines, and even reach the coecum and colon, when they also undergo a farther acetous fermentation. Hence the sour eructations, colic from acidity, irritation and flatulence, and the dyspeptic troubles of drunkards. The small bowels, in Peters’ cases, were literally filled with bile, and their mucous membrane thickly coated with a very tenacious mucus. In eight or ten of the worst cases, numerous and extensive patches of haemorrhagic effusion were found, with copious exudation of blood in and beneath the mucous membrane.—J. C. P. Ogston found unusual contraction of the intestines in six cases, softening of the mucous coat in two; enormous distention in two; atrophy in one case, the bowel being attenuated and translucent; congestion of the duodenum in one. It is quite homoeopathic in diarrhoeas proceeding from an atonic condition of the mucous membrane of the intestines, and from chronic inflammations of this structure. It likewise proves curative in diar- rhoeas caused by slight irritation of the mucous coat, in consequence of colds, improper food, &c. Omentum.—The appearance of this organ was generally very pecu liar; it was usually equally filled with an ashy-grey slushy fat, but no large masses or lumps of fat were met with. Our attention was first called to this sign in Vienna; it is there regarded as so charac teristic that a cadaver was often judged to be that of a confirmed drunkard, from a glance at the omentum when the abdomen is first laid open.—J. C. P. In Ogston’s cases, the omentum was loaded with fat in four, coin- cident in all with abundant subcutaneous fat; in two with fat around the heart; in one with conversion of the vermiform appendages into large fatty masses. Mesentery.—This was always loaded with a thick layer of whitish yellow fat. Liver and Portal System.—Alcohol rarely or never causes acute inflammation of the liver in temperate climates; but it often causes congestion, attended with jaundice; also enlargement. The blood which returns from the intestines into the portal-system and liver is more or less mixed with Alcohol, imperfect bile, and other undigested and impure matters ; hence the abdominal venous plethora and subsequent affections of the liver. As much bile is returned to the liver, it is doubtless resecreted from it again with great rapidity ; hence, among other causes, the large quantity of bile which is usually found in the gall-bladder and small bowels. Abdo minal dropsy only occurs in drunkards after the liver has been dis ALCOHOL. 137 eased, indurated, or granulated for a long time. It is apt to remain isolated, or unassociated with general dropsy ; even the feet and legs are not apt to swell. The contrast between the distended abdomen and emaciated extremities is very striking in this form of dropsy. In Peters’ cases the liver in moderate drinkers was found a little larger than natural, somewhat softened, and its external surface dotted with whitish patches of fatty infiltration, which extended but two or three lines into the parenchyma; the color of the rest of the organ was of a rather darker red than natural, and the edges retained their normal sharpness. In excessive drinkers the liver was con- siderably larger, the edges more obtuse, and the patches of fat larger and more numerous. In old habitual drunkards the liver was very large, weighing at least six or eight pounds, and often ten or twelve; the edges were very thick and much rounded; the parenchyma almost white with fat, soft, fragile, and the peritoneal covering could be torn off in large pieces with great ease. Granular liver was found in four or five cases only; and gall-stones only twice.—J. C. P. Ogston found the liver enlarged in thirty-two cases; granular in fourteen; nutmeg liver in thirteen; fatty liver in twenty-four. Cirrhosis was only present in five cases out of one hundred and seventeen. Alcohol is homoeopathic to enlargement of the liver, fatty condition of this organ, and to the nutmeg and granular liver; also to bilious- ness and jaundice; and the ascites from disease of the liver.— J. C. P, Spleen.—Although the spleen, in those who die of delirium tremens, is generally enlarged, soft, and brittle, and swells more rapidly and considerably when drunkards are attacked with intermit- tent fever, still no actual alterations of structure take place during the course of alcoholismus-chronicus, neither are there any symptoms referable to this organ. In Peters’ cases this organ presented but few characteristic alterations. It generally retained its normal size, but was somewhat congested and softened. Occasionally it was rather larger than na- tural, but, as a rule, the small size of the spleen contrasted strongly with the very great size of the liver.—In Ogsten’s cases the spleen was indurated or hepatized in ten; enlarged in two; atrophied in one ; softened in one. It was softened in fifteen per cent, of the cases, and hypertrophied in eighteen per cent. Kidneys.—Pain and sensitiveness in the region of the kidneys are apt to arise after a debauch, when the urine may also contain albu- men, or the serum of the blood, owing to a transient but decided 138 ALCOHOL. congestion. At- times the urine also contains the coloring matter of the bile, viz., when there is congestion or chronic disease of the liver; or an excess of phosphates or urates, especially when the liver is indurated; or it may become alkaline wdien symptoms of paralysis arise. Drunkards are particularly apt to get disease of the kidneys when they are attacked with relapsing fever and ague, or chronic rheumatism. In Peters’ cases the kidneys were generally somewhat enlarged, flabby, their cortical substance infiltrated in numerous small spots, with a whitish, fatty, or albuminous substance; occasionally they were granular; the pelvis and ureters were generally in a state of chronic, slate-grey inflammation.—J. C. P. In Ogsten’s cases there was general fatty degeneration in one; congestion in four; sometimes coincident with nutmeg liver and al- buminous urine ; enlarged in thirteen ; atrophied in one; buff-colored, with atrophy of the cortical portion in four; with albuminous urine in five. BLAnnEit.—In Peters’ cases the bladder generally presented no unusual appearance; but in four or five of the worst cases there was a state of hasmorrhagic exudation, which rivalled in extent and se- verity that which has already been described as occurring in the stomach and bowels. When drunkards become weak or partially paralytic, the bladder will partake of the debility of the rest of the system.—J. C. P. In retention of urine from paralysis of the bladder, bathing the hypogastric region with Alcohol, and allowing it to evaporate, is occasionally useful. Lungs.—In Peters’ cases these were generally not much diseased; at least, dyscratic organic disease of them, directly attributable to Alcohol, was not often met with. Congestion of the lungs was very common. Where large quantities of spirits had been taken shortly before death, the lungs were often found in a state of splenization ; they appeared perfectly saturated with dark blood, which soon changed to a florid red on exposure to the air, except that which flowed from the large severed vessels, for this remained thick, dark, and tar-like. The parenchyma of the lungs was heavy and semi-solid to the feel, and somewhat softened, as the finger could easily be forced through it. The bronchi were almost always found reddened, somewhat dilated, and more or less filled with catarrhal secretions. Dr. Peters feels obliged to call particular attention to the infrequency of phthisis in drunkards ; in the seventy cases, he never met with a tubercular abscess, even of the smallest size, while a small number ALCOHOL. 139 of chalky or obsolete tubercles was frequently noticed ; and cica- trices were also occasionally found, marked by the presence ot puckering of the surface of the lungs, of solid lumps or stripes, which were readily felt before the lung was cut into, and, when this was done, they were found to consist of masses or stripes of callous fibrous tissue, around which were rarely discovered a few discrete, grey, crude, small, tubercular granulations. In every instance, these appearances were strictly confined to the upper third of the superior lobes, and all the rest of the lungs was entirely free from either recent or old tubercular disease.—J. C. P. Ogsten also says that, so far as his one hundred and seventeen cases go, his observations bear out the correctness of the now com- monly-received opinion as to the comparative immunity of drunkards from tubercular affections. In Barclay’s report of the fatal cases of disease of the brain, occur- ring during the last four years in St. George’s Hospital, in ten fatal cases of delirium tremens, tubercles were found in the lungs in six cases, once recent, and five times in the form of a cretaceous mass. In seventy-three of Ogsten’s cases, there was etfusion into the pleura in three cases; adhesions of the lungs in twenty-five cases ; emphysema in twenty-one cases ; tubercles, and those latent, in only one case. Ogsten says that the additional labor thrown upon the lungs, when Alcohol has entered the circulation, after its absorption and the retardation which takes place under these circumstances of their functional activity from this cause, as well as by the toxical effects of the Alcohol on the medulla-oblongata, will alone go far to account for the frequency of morbid changes in these organs in drunkards ; still, there can be but little room for hesitation in attri- buting many of these morbid changes, in part at least, to other causes, such as exposure to cold. Ogsten places much stress upon the frequent occurrence of emphysema in drunkards; and emphysema, it is well known, almost excludes tubercles. The emphysema of drunkards is supposed to arise from a lax or flabby, non-contractile or debilitated state of the lungs, as it never occurs unaccompanied by pulmonary collapse, or by one or the other form of pulmonary atrophy. There is probably a fatty degeneration, or some similar defective nutrition of the tissues of the lungs. Skin.—In the earlier stages of drinking, the skin is soft, velvety, and much disposed to perspiration; gradually this changes, and finally it becomes dry, rigid, thick, dirty, or yellowish grey, and a variety of eruptions are apt to break out, especially eczema and prurigo. Yarices and ulcers of the legs also occur, but the lattel 140 ALCOHOL SULPHURIS. may also be caused by eczema, erysipelas, accidental injuries, &e., but they are always difficult to heal, and frequently break out afresh. The cellular and adipose tissues undergo various changes ; at first they are generally the seat of a larger or smaller quantity of greasy greyish-white fat, which is deposited partly under the skin, partly between the muscles, and partly in the omentum, and in various portions of the abdomen. In the latter stages, this is reabsorbed, and emaciation occurs; then we find a gelatine-like mass under the skin, followed by serous exudations and anasarca, or an excessive degree of emaciation. 10.—ALCOHOL SULPIIURIS. ALCOHOL-SULPH.—Liquor Lampadii, Carburet of Sulphur. Lampadius, in 1796, while distilling a mixture of pyrites and charcoal, procured a clear liquid in the receiver, which he named Alcohol-sulpJniris, or the Alcohol of Sulphur. It consists of one equivalent of Carbon and two of Sulphur. It is a transparent, color- less, volatile, and inflammable liquid, with a very pungent taste and peculiar odor, somewhat ethereal, and yet partaking of that of sul- phuretted hydrogen. It is insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and ether, and in the oils generally. Its solvent powers are remark- able, as it dissolves Sulphur and Phosphorus rapidly and in con- siderable quantities. CLINICAL REMARKS.—It may prove useful in some forms of sick headache, especially when the pain commences in the forehead, and extends to one or the other temples ; also to scrofulous affections of the eyes and lids; to twitching of the eyes and lids, such as occurs in scrofulous, nervous, and verminous children. It is ho- moeopathic to some rheumatic and neuralgic affections of the face; and is also one of the most homoeopathic remedies to chronic pharyn- gitis, which is so often mistaken for chronic bronchitis ; to irritation of the pharynx, with much hawking and spitting, and gagging cough from the irritation of an elongated uvula, especially when these symptoms occur in bilious and dyspeptic subjects. It is homoeo- pathic to, pyrosis and heartburn, and to various dyspeptic and bilious derangements. It is homoeopathic to flatulence, bilious derangement, bilious and flatulent colic, and congestion of the liver. It is one of the few drugs which seem to exert a specific action upon the coecum. It has cured a chronic diarrhoea, appearing every four or six weeks, attended with colic, the evacuations being liquid, frothy, yellowish, ALCOHOL SULPHURIS. 141 sour, and attended with tenesmus. It is homoeopathic to chronic irri ■ tation of the pharynx and larynx, with constant desire to hawk and spit, with hoarseness and short cough, and may prove homoeopathic to the first stage of tubercular disease of the lungs; it may prevent the tendency to irritation and congestion of the upper parts of the lungs which so readily lead to the fresh deposit of tubercles in con- sumptive patients. It is homoeopathic to chronic rheumatism, and to prurigo and impetigo.—J. C. P. Head.—Pain in the forehead, which draws towards the left temple, and remains there for two hours. Pressive frontal headache, lasting almost all day, and accompanied with transient pains in the temple. Drawing and tearing pain, stretching from the forehead to the temples, lasting all day, more severe in the room and during rest, relieved by walking in the open air. Dull pain in the frontal region, with nausea and heaviness of the whole head. Thumping pain in both temples. Violent pressive pain in the right temple, with malaise, desire to vomit, and rumbling of wind in the bowels, Eyes.—Burning and itching of the lids; pustules on the lids, lasting four days. Dilatation of the pupils, with quickness of the pulse. Abundant secretion of whitish yellow mucus in the eyes. Lachrymation of the eyes ; twitching and trembling of the muscles of the eyes and lids. Ears.—Pain in the ears as if some one were striking upon the tympanum with a dull instrument. Face.—Redness and puffiness of the face; heat of the face and hands. Lancinating and tearing pains in the cheeks, extending up to the temples, and lasting two months. Mouth.—Dryness of the lips and mouth; irritation of the cavity and isthmus of the fauces, followed by a sensation of contraction in the larynx, with gagging cough and quick breathing. Gum-boils. Pasty, disagreeable taste in the mouth, with foul taste of the pharyn geal mucus; bitter sharp taste in the mouth, or very repulsive acrid taste, or sweetish putrid taste. Great accumulation of saliva, with sweetish taste; very frequent spitting; pale red swelling of the uvula and velum. Burning and scraping in the pharynx and oeso- phagus. Stomach.—Very abundant eructations ; sour, burning, acrid regur- gitations {pyrosis), occurring one or two hours after eating. Con- tinual acrid regurgitations. Regurgitations of air, with nausea, dis- charge of flatulence upwards and downwards. Burning in the stomach and hepatic region; heat in the epigastric region, which ascends and occupies the whole chest; violent heat, ascending from 142 ALLIUM CEPA. the stomach to the head. Fullness in the stomach, with eructations, yawning, desire to vomit, and dizziness. Abdomen.—Great inflation of the abdomen, with rumbling of wind and tearing colic; colic-pains after eating; slight wind-colic, from time to time, with desire to urinate; colic-pains, with loose stools and flatulence. Paroxysm of disagreeable pain in the left lobe of the liver. Soft stools, preceded by pain in the left lobe of the liver, and followed by pains in the caecal region. CjEcal Region.—Lancinating, twitching, and pinching pains in the region of the caecum, not relieved by discharge of flatus, and increased by pressure, by turning from one side to the other, and doubling-up the body. Dull pains in the region of the caecum. Stools.—Liquid stools ; slimy diarrhoea ; watery diarrhoea ; liquid diarrhoea, with violent pain in the epigastrium ; sudden diarrhoea, after having dined with good appetite; violent diarrhoea, with tenes- mus and sour evacuations. Larynx.—Heat and irritation of the larynx ; hoarseness and irri- tation of the larynx, with continued desire to hawk ; cough provoked by a tickling at the bifurcation of the bronchi. Slight dry cough. Chest.—Sensation of heat in the chest; congestion in the upper parts of the lungs; oppression of the chest; fullness of the chest. Slight stitches and pains about the chest. Limbs.—Pains in and eruption upon the arms and legs. Skin.—Sharp itching and stinging in different parts of the skin, as if from nettles ; itching in various parts of the skin, much aggravated by scratching; bleeding and burning of eruptions when scratched; {prurigo); eruptions of impetigo on the back of the hands, the pus- tules are seated on an inflamed red base, contain a yellowish cloudy serum, and form thick yellowish scabs. Fever.—Great internal heat, with coldness of the hands and feet; general heat, headache, quick pulse, cramps in the calves of the legs and toes, without much thirst, and no perspiration. Pulse.-—Quick pulse—it rises from 76 to 90 or 95. Sleep.—Sleeplessness from headache ; dryness of the skin, and general unpleasant heat, so that he is obliged to rise and bathe himself. 11.—ALLIUM CEPA. ALLHJM-CEPA.—Common Onion. Rationale of its Action.—Onions contain an ethereal oil, which is colorless, very volatile, of acrid taste and smell, and which causes ALLIUM CEPA. 143 inflammation of the skin when applied to it; when this oil is burnt, sulphurous acid is developed. Fourcroy and Vauquelin found Sul- phur and Phosphorus in combination with this ethereal oil, and which give rise to the peculiarly disagreeable onion odor; also an abundance of uncrystallizable sugar, a mucilaginous substance re- sembling gum-arabic, free Phosphoric-acid, and Phosphate of Lime Acetic-acid, Citrate of Lime, and Pectic-acid. According to Dierbach, Onions are rarely used as a medicine, although they have often been recommended as an article of diet to dropsical persons, while the expressed juice, in teaspoonful doses, sweetened with sugar, has been praised for the same purpose. Ap- plied externally, they also exhibit a diuretic action, whence the bruised bulbs have been used in the form of cataplasms over the ab - domen in ascites. Consbruch and Jenner have recommended them in spasmodic ischury and strangury. Onions have been held to the nostrils for the relief of hysteric cramps, and a decoction in milk has been used as an injection against ascarides. But still more fre- quently their irritating properties have been called in play in order to hasten the suppuration of abscesses, boils, buboes, either singly, or in combination wiih Mustard, Soap, &c. The vapor of Onions irritates the eyes, and causes lachrymation ; when used in excess, the peculiar odor of the Onions is exhaled from the skin, and, in one instance, it was unmistakably detected in the pus of a fistula. Chil dren and delicate adults cannot well digest raw onions; they are apt to cause eructations, heartburn, and cramps of the stomach. Epi- leptics should avoid them; also those subject to seminal emissions. Hippocrates was acquainted with the diuretic action of this plant, and also recommended its external use against falling out of the hair. In paralysis of the tongue, Celsus recommended the chewing of raw Onions ; Appollonius used the juice in deafness. Yogt recommends them against infarctions of the abdominal organs ; flatulence ; chronic catarrhal affections, with tough, glassy mucus ; in diseases of the urinary organs, gravel, dropsy, &c. Pereira says raw Onions are occasionally taken as an expectorant, with advantage, by elderly per sons affected with a winter cough. A roasted Onion is sometimes em- ployed as an emollient poultice to suppurating tumors, or to the ear to relieve the earache. The expressed juice has been given to children, mixed with sugar as an expectorant. The large quantity of Sulphur and Phosphorus which the volatile oil of Onions contains, ren- ders them an applicable remedy in many lung-affections. Sulphur, Graves says (see “Clinical Lectures”), will relieve chronic cough and long-continued congestion of the bronchial mucous membrane.—It 144 ALLIUM CEPA. would appear that Sulphur, when taken into the system, is eliminated by the kidneys in the form of sulphates, or exhaled from the skin and mucous membranes in the form of sulphuretted hydrogen, and in this way we arrive at some explanation of its beneficial action in diseases of the skin and chronic irritation of the bronchial mucous membrane. In fact, paradoxical and homceopathical as it may seem, Sulphur, although evidently stimulating, is nevertheless very effica- cious in curing many diseases connected with, or depending on inflam- mation or congestion. Thus, what remedy gives such prompt and certain relief in that painful affection, piles ? How rapidly does that specific irritation of the skin termed scabies, yield to its use ! The celebrated Hoffmann was in the habit of adding Sulphur to his cough prescriptions in all cases of chronic bronchitis in the aged and debili- tated, and Graves has no doubt that from five to ten grains of Sul- phur, taken three or four times a day, is one of the best remedies in chronic cough accompanied by constitutional debility and copious secretion into the bronchial tubes; it has a tendency to produce elevation of the pulse, increased heat of the skin, and sweating. It is most homoeopathic when the cough arises form a peculiar tickling or itching sensation about the throat-pit. Hering thinks that Onions fill a chasm between Aconite and Ipecac.; that it is peculiarly useful during many catarrhal epidemics ; that it has a certain relation to Chlorine and to Phosphorus, and that it may be successfully used either before or after the use of Phosphor., or to complete, with greater rapidity, cures which Phosphorus has left unfinished. It would be more correct to assume that it has affinities with Sulphur and Phos- phor. Hering thinks that, in children, it is suited to many affections of the head and eyes ; to catarrhs and constant discharges from the nose ; to sore throat, cough, rattling in the chest, colic, flatulence, disorders arising from worms, and urinary difficulties. It will often have to be aided by Iodine, Spongia, Sulphur, and Phosphorus. In adults it is also suited to catarrhal affections of the head and eyes; oppression of the chest, senile asthma, and the accompanying or alter- nating affections of the kidneys, bladder and urinary apparatus; disorders of the stomach and bowels, flatulence, chilliness, &c. It very closely resembles Assafoetida in its action. A rather rare case of poisoning by Allium-cepa is reported in Frank's Magazine: A man, aged fifty years, of large frame, san- guine temperament, of regular habits, and always having enjoyed excellent health, was attacked a quarter of an hour after having eaten a raw Onion with his bread and butter at supper, with violent cutting pain in the bowels, frequent urging to urinate, with ability to pass only ALLIUM SATIVUM. 145 a few drops of scalding urine. Four hours later his physician found him walking through his apartments in extreme anguish; at times he would throw himself on his bed, complaining of constant violent pain in the left lower half of the abdomen near the umbilicus, accom- panied by the above-mentioned urinary difficulty, with constipation, and violent thirst; his countenance had an expression of great an- guish and despair ; there was increased heat of the skin ; pulse some- what accelerated, full and hard. The pain in the abdomen was increased by the slightest pressure. The contents of the stomach were removed by an emetic, &c. ALIUM-SAT.—Common Garlic. 12.—ALLIUM SATIVUM. Rational of its Action.—The effects of Garlic on the system are those of a general stimulant; it quickens the circulation, excites the nervous system, promotes expectoration, produces diaphoresis or diuresis, according as the patient is kept warm or cool, and acts upon the stomach as a tonic and carminative. It is also said to be emena- gogue; applied to the skin it is rubifacient and irritant. Mode- rately employed it is beneficial in enfeebled digestion and flatulence, and is habitually used for this purpose by many who have no objection to an offensive breath. It has been given with advantage in chronic catarrh, humoral asthma, and other pectoral affections in which the symptoms of inflammation has been subdued and a feeble condition of the vessels remains. It is advised habitually and with great benefit in such affections occurring in children, as well as in the nervous and spas- modic coughs, to which they are peculiarly liable. Some physicians have highly recommended it in old atonic dropsies and calculous dis- orders ; and it has been employed in fever and ague. It is thought to be an excellent anthelmintic, especially in cases of ascarides, in which it is given both by mouth and rectum." The juice, in doses of a few drops, is said sometimes to check nervous vomiting. If taken too largely, or in excited states of the system, it is apt to cause gastrio irritation, flatulence, haemorrhoids, headache, and fever. Bruised and applied to the feet, it is much used as a revulsive in disorders of the head. It is especially useful in the febrile complaints of children, by quieting restlessness and producing sleep. Bruised in oil,'it is often tried as a liniment in infantile convulsions, and other cases of spasmodic or nervous disorders among children. It is also used to resolve indolent tumors, and in cases of cutaneous eruption. A clove 7 146 ALLIUM SATIVUM. of G-arlic, or a few drops of the juice introduced into the ear, are said to be highly efficacious in atonic deafness. A Garlic poultice applied above the pubes has sometimes restored action to the bladder in cases of retention of urine from debility of that organ. Vogt says that the acrid ethereal oil which exists in Garlic gives this remedy some affinity with the empreuymatic ethereal oils, and renders it serviceable in nervous and verminous diseases; still, he thinks, its principal ac- tion is upon the skin and mucous membranes. A decoction in milk is used internally and in clysters against ascarides and lumbrici; it is also employed against blenorrhceas of the lungs, genital organs, and bowels ; in diseases of the urinary organs, such as gravel and dropsy. Dierbacli thinks that Garlic acts more upon the skin, and Onions upon the kidneys. According to Medberg, Garlic is very injurious to consumptive and bilious persons, and those suffering with haema- turia.—According to Herat and Delens’ “ Diet. Univ. de Mat. Med.,” Vol. I., p. 189 : “ It sharpens the appetite, stimulates the stomach, fa- cilitates the digestion, and expels flatulenceand according to them it is an excellent remedy for phlegm. “ Pounded Garlic has been applied to the skin on account of its stimulating properties in para- lytic or rheumatic diseases ; in about two hours after its application it will draw a blister like a mustard plaster.” Murray furnishes the following sketch of the empirical uses of this drug: The anthel- mintic and febrifuge properties of Garlic were known even to Plinius and Dioscorides, and have since been verified by a number of phy- sicians of the highest rank. Rosenstein, Taube, and the English physician Bisset, have even expelled taenia with Garlic. According to Laurembergius and Lind, Garlic is not only a preventive of scurvy, but a real specific for this disease. Celsus and Dioscorides recommended it in old chronic coughs, accompanied by dyspnoea and a profuse expectoration of ropy phlegm. In accordance with this recommendation it was used with success by Mead, Rosenstein, and even Murray. Rosenstein relates that, by means of Garlic, he sue ceeded in stopping a chronic cough, with general prostration and ex- cessive emaciation. Three similar cases were cured by Teste.—J. 0. P. CLINICAL REMARKS.—In intermittent fevers, Garlic is a highly esteemed Hindoo remedy. It is, or was also, formerly em- ployed in Europe. Bergius speaks highly of its virtues ; he com- menced with one clove, night and morning, and increased the quan- tity until four or five were taken at a dose. The quantity of Sulphur which Onions and Garlic contain make them useful in many cutaneous complaints. Teste recommends Allium-sat. very highly in diabetcs-mellitus, ns ALLIUM sativum. 147 a palliative. It has been used in retention of urine, in dropsy, and gravel. It would seem somewhat homoeopathic to Bright’s disease. In calculous diseases and ulceration of the bladder, Bransby Cooper relates a severe case, treated by Mr. Cline, in which, after a variety of remedies had been employed in vain, Leek tea afforded the most astonishing relief. Cooper has given it several times since, sometimes with, at others without benefit.—J. C. P. It is recommended in cases of erythematous angina, not preceded by coryza, occasioned by a cold or by excesses at table, and attended with a sticky feeling in the throat, with dryness, tickling, heat, and a sense of rawness in the larynx, roughness of voice, hollow, dry, and not very frequent cough, dry heat on the back of the hands, and slight moisture in the palms, all of which symptoms generally come on in the evening. In cases of chronic bronchial catarrh, with pro- fuse mucous expectoration, without acute pains in the chest (especi- ally in fat individuals). In cases of permanent dyspnoea of long standing. In whooping cough, Dr. Dewees says he has never em- ployed any remedy of equal service with Garlic in substance, to relieve the cough of habit, which often remains after whooping cough ; he has used it repeatedly, and never seen it fail. A child, aged six or seven years, may eat one-third of a clove daily, gradually increas- ing the quantity.—J. C. P. ' Three cases of rheumatism of the hips were cured by Allium. General Effects. Fever.—Catarrhal fever, with predominance of coldness; shiverings from day to day, coldness all over, with heat in the face; horripilations in the forenoon and in the evening; general heat, with 7nalaise, thirst, tense pulse, sweat after twelve o’clock in the day-time ; sweat with itching ; sour sweat; fetid sweat; vomiting during the fever. Sleep.—Oppression of the chest during sleep; coldness during sleep, which occasions frequent waking; thirst at night, preventing sleep. Skin.—Flaccid skin ; formication ; excessive sensitiveness of the skin ; tension of the skin, in the joints ; dry skin ; white spots, which afterwards turn yellow, and are accompanied with stinging and itching; red spots in the back, hands, on the inner surface of the thighs, and on the genital organs. Mind, Disposition, and Sensorium.—Vertigo when steadily look- ing at a thing for a long time; or transient, and only on rising from a chair. Head.—Weight in the head ; dull pain in the occiput in the morn- ing ; heaviness in the head, which ceases during the menses, and 148 allium sativum. reappears afterwards; throbbing in the temples; heaviness in the forehead, which scarcely allows one to open one’s eyes. Ears.—Buzzing in the ears. Taste and Appetite.—Hot taste in the mouth, coming from the throat, exactly like the taste of Garlic, immediately after taking the drug; it continued the whole morning, and returned after the second breakfast so strongly that it caused a flow of saliva, dryness of the lips and palate ; profuse flow of sweetish saliva in the mouth, in the forenoon, after eating; more particularly in the afternoon and at night. Eructations; immediately sensation as if something cold were rising to the throat; voracious appetite; burning eructations after eating. Stomach and Abdomen.—Straining to vomit, with retraction of the abdomen; burning in the stomach, stitches of pain in the sto- mach ; twisting and pinching around the navel. Stool.—Soft stools. Diarrhceic stools, accompanied and succeed cd by cutting pains in the abdomen and loins. Constipation, with dull pain in the abdomon, which continues almost all the time (for eight days). Urine.—Profuse whitish urine (which is rendered cloudy by the addition of nitric acid). Genital Organs.—During the menses, pimples break out about the vulva, and extensive excoriations occur on the internal surface of the thighs; the spots are of a bright red color, and accompanied by itching and smarting on the inner surface of the labia-majora and the orifice of the vagina. Thorax.—Coryza ; accumulation of phlegm in the throat in the morning, with heaviness in the head. Cough, with painful irritation in the windpipe ; difficult expectoration of a glutinous mucus ; cough in the morning, after going out of his room, with profuse expectora- tion of mucus; almost continual rattling of mucus in the bronchia. Stitches in one side of the chest; stitches under the shoulder-blades and pectoral muscles, increased while coughing and drawing a long breath. Embarrassed respiration. The chest-symptoms are worse in the open air, after eating, and when stooping. Back.—Stitches in the back; red spots on the back, apparently like tetter ; tearing pains in the sacrum. Upper Extremities.—Painful sense of contraction in the arms; tearing pain in the fingers ; heat, followed by moisture, in the hollow of the hands. Lower Extremities.—Tearing pain in the hip-joint; intolerable pain in the united tendon of the iliac and psoas muscles, worse on ALOES 149 motion. Painful lameness in the thighs; boils on the thighs; dig ging pain at the tibio-tarsal articulation ; stiffness of the feet; burn- ing at the soles of the feet. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—General lassitude, especially in the lower limbs, so that one dreads the fatigue of ascending a few steps only ; lassitude, especially in the morning. The pains caused by A1 lium are mostly pressive pains from within outwards, or tearing pains 13.—ALOES. ALOE.—Allg. Horn. Zeit., XX.—Duration of Action1 Antidotes.—Vinegar, vegetable acids. Rationale of its Action. On the Nervous System.—Aloes does not act specifically, either upon the nerves of sensation or motion ; it may possibly exert a secondary action upon the great sympathetic nerve. Vascular System.—It acts far more specifically upon the vascular system than upon the nervous; it may, however, act specifically upon those parts of the great sympathetic nerve which accompany the blood-vessels into every part of the system. Blood.—It was once a common opinion that Aloes dissolved the blood, or increased its fluidity. Lewis alleges that this is the condi- tion of the blood drawn from persons who are in the constant habit of using Aloetics, although, according to Schwenke, it seems rather to coagulate than dissolve the blood, when added to some which has been drawn from a vein. It was also an old opinion that it proved emenagogue, from its power of dissolving the blood, and hence would be hurtful in scurvy, and in all haemorrhages proceeding from a lax state of the blood and system. It is probable that Aloes acts in the same way upon the venous system that Iron does upon the arterial; they both diminish the quantity of fibrin in the blood, and increase the quantity of blood-globules.—J. C. P. Fever.—Dierbach says it is a heating remedy, which readily excites febrile symptoms in young persons, such as a quick pulse and a troublesome sensation of warmth in the abdomen. The excited state of the portal system, which it so readily causes, may, in some cases, extend to the whole venous side of the circulation, and conges- tion, to the head and chest, but especially to the abdomen may arise, attended with unpleasant heat, anxious feelings and throbbings, with increased sensitiveness and distention of the abdomen, frequent stools, mixed with blood, or bloody stools with violent abdominal 150 ALOES. pains, piles, severe distress in the kidneys, hot, scanty urine, with burning while urinating, and pain in the back. Harnisck says, in very sensitive and plethoric persons it may cause au excited state of tho whole vascular system, so that the pulse becomes fuller and harder, the mouth dry with thirst, scanty discharge of red urine, increased warmth in the abdomen, throbbing and aching in the region of the liver, congestnn to the head and chest, with oppression and anxiety, bleeding from the lungs, and apoplexy.—J. C. P. Haemorrhages.—Aloes is particularly apt to excite haemorrhagies, especially and more frequently from the haemorrhoidal vessels and the womb ; occasionally from the kidneys and bowels, and rarely from the stomach, lungs, and head. Liver.—Aloes has been supposed to act upon the liver from time immemorial. Aloe bilem rubrum e::pellit (Rhazes). Aloe ad in- fernis intestinum bilem ducit (Aretseus). According to Sigmond, its influence upon the liver is marked by the particular compo- sition of the evacuations, the color and odor of which, and their pecu- liar pungent effect on the rectum, prove that an increased quantity of bile has been poured out. Wedekind assumes that the operation of Aloes upon the bowels depends upon an increased secretion of bile, excited by its specific action on the liver, and asserts that, as long as the stools are white or grey in jaundice, Aloes will not purge, even in large doses, while the purgative effect supervenes as soon as the faecal matters contain bile. When there is an excess of bile, it is apt to cause bilious dysentery and hepatitis. Vogt says that it exerts a special action on the liver, and tends more to the restoration of a checked secretion of bile than any drastic purgative. Antyllus counts it among the remedies which evacuate yellow bile. It causes aching and tension, and uneasiness in the region of the liver, bilious papescent stools, with heat of the whole body, while the evacuations are not watery and copious, but faecal and bilious, and emit a pecu- liar putrid smell.—J. C. P. Vena-Porta.—Another class of physicians think that Aloes acts primarily and specifically upon the portal system, and assume that its influence upon the liver and bowels is secondary to this. That it acts upon the vena-portarum is fairly to be deduced, from the very peculiar state into which the haemorrhoidal vessels are thrown by the congestions which so rapidly occur after a dose of this drug has been taken. Wedekind says it exerts a specific stimulant action on the venous system of the abdomen and pelvis, and hence causes an in- creased secretion of bile, irritation about the rectum, and vascular excitement of the sexual organs. It readily causes stagnation and ALOES 151 accumulation of blood in the abdominal vessels, and the various affec- tions and consequences of plethora-abdominalis.—J. C. P. Abdomen.—Pressure, tension, and heat in the region of the liver. Fullness, heat, and distention of the abdomen. Beating, boring, and stinging in the umbilical region. Diarrhoea, preceded by colic. Most violent colics. Discharge of a large quantity of fetid flatulence. Violent cutting pains in the abdomen. Bowels.—It is a specific purgative ; for, when applied externally to a blister, it will operate upon the bowels (Gerhard); tincture of Aloes, put into a carious bone, has excited purging (Munro); an Aloetic pill, applied to an issue, has had the same effect (Pereira); also an Aloetic salve, rubbed upon the abdomen (Dierbach). Dr. Heller injected a solution of half an ounce of socrotine Aloes in six ounces of warm water into the jugular vein of a cow, which had suf- fered, for six days, with obstinate constipation and constant vomiting, and had withstood all ordinary injections and purgative medicines; the cow shivered immediately, followed by quickness of the pulse and respiration for one hour; then succeeded frequent urgings to stool, by which, however, only a small quantity of hard faeces were evacuated. The same procedure was repeated the next day, when violent straining produced first the discharge of some dry dung, fol- lowed by profuse soft evacuations ; the vomiting ceased, and appetite and health soon returned.—The part of the bowels upon which it operates by preference is a matter of dispute. Wood and Bache think that it has a peculiar affinity for the large bowel, and acts rather upon its muscular coat than upon the exhalent vessels. Cul- len agrees to this, and asserts that it rarely or ever produces more than one stool, which seems to be merely an evacuation of what may be supposed to have been already present in the great intestine. Hardly any dose under twenty grains will produce a liquid stool, which effect is always attended with pain and griping; on the other hand, the ordinary bulky and rather hard Aloes-evacuation may, in innumerable instances, be constantly obtained from one to two grains. The slowness of its effects has also been advanced by Lewis in proof that it acts on the large rather than the small bowels ; for Aloes hardly ever operates under ten or twelve hours, and often not till sixteen or eighteen, while even twenty-four hours may elapse. Fi- nally, to be still more minute, Newman has conjectured that it acts more especially upon the circular than upon the longitudinal muscular fibres of the colon. Whether given in a large or small dose, it hardly ever causes a copious evacuation, and an increased quantity does not produce a corresponding cathartic effect. But these authors forget 152 ALOES its decided action upon the liver and bile. Its effects upon these are so distinct and characteristic that, when added to other purga- tives, its peculiar operation do not take place until some hours after the evacuations caused by the other purgatives have occurred, and the Aloes-stools differ from them both in color and smell. It rarely or never causes watery stools, hut the dejections are always yellowish, greenish, or blackish and slimy, and often emit a peculiar, offensive, and almost putrid smell; the color and odor of the evacuations, to- gether with their pungent effect on the rectum, prove that an in- creased quantity of bile has been poured out.—J. C. P. It may cause emaciation, stricture of the rectum, and enteritis. If its use be long continued, it causes dryness of the intestines, rigidity of the muscular coat of the bowels, especially of the colon and rectum, in consequence of which obstinate constipation may ensue. Yery large doses may cause violent cutting abdominal pains, watery and long-continued diarrhoea, tenesmus, and inflammation of the lower portion of the alimentary canal. The faeces may be enveloped in a thin pellicle of altered intestinal slime, or there may be discharges of membranous-like pieces from the rectum, or very large rolled-up pieces of intestinal mucus. One of the most common effects of Aloes is irritation of the rec- tum, giving rise, in some instances, to haemorrhoids. Cullen has seen piles produced by large and frequent doses, with heat and irri- tation about the rectum, and tenesmus. Fallopius says, of one hun- dred persons, who had used Aloes freely as a purgative, at least ninety became affected with a haemorrhoidal flux, which ceased when their use was omitted. Urinary Organs.—Strangury, flow of blood from the kidneys; burning while urinating; violent pains in the kidneys; hot, scanty urine. Greenhow ascribes a diuretic effect to Aloes, and Moiroud injected four drachms into a vein of a horse with no other effect than producing the evacuation of a large quantity of urine. It has been repeatedly noticed that when Squills and other diuretics failed to act, the addition of a small portion of Aloes has speedily produced a copi- ous diuresis. Genital Organs.—It causes a determination of blood to the womb, and fullness of its blood-vessels, especially the veins, and thus uterine irritation and menorrhagia are apt to be induced or in- creased by it. Vascular excitement of the sexual organs, immode- rate flow of the menses, racking pains in the loins, and labor-like pains are frequently occasioned by it. Discharge of blood from the urethra, drawing and burning pain in the sacral region. Burning ALOES 153 while urinating, aching and heaviness in the pelvis, erections and pollutions, and excitement of the uterine vessels. CLINICAL REMARKS.—It has been used successfully in some troublesome nervous affections, such as hypochondria, melancholy, mania, cramps in the stomach, &c., when brought on by a suppres- sion of the menstrual or haemorrhoidal discharges. Hamorrhoidal congestion of the spinal marrow is most common in the cervical por- tion—there is stiffness and drawing pain along the nape, with difficulty of swallowing; when the dorsal portion is affected there is stiffness of the arms, and compressing pain in the chest, which often amounts to dyspnoea and asthmatic attacks. Many cases of hypochondria and melancholy owe their origin to functional derangement of the liver. Aloes, which exercises a specific action upon this organ, and pro- motes the bilious secretion, is quite homoeopathic in instances of this character. Among the phenomena accompanying this variety of hy- pochondria, we usually observe constipation, stools scanty, dry, and clay-colored. Aloes rouses into action the torpid liver, promotes the intestinal secretions, and thus regulates the bowels, restores the nor- mal fcecal discharges, and enables the nervous system to recover its impaired tone. Aloes is one of the most useful remedies against vicarious haemor- rhages, such as occur from suppression of the menstrual or haemor- rhoidal discharges. I have several times removed haematemesis from suppression of piles or menstruation; also bleeding of the nose, and bleeding from the lungs. It may prove useful in haemorrhagic apo- plexy, from suppression of one or the other of these discharges, and should be borne in mind in all these vicarious haemorrhages.—J. C. P. Haemorrhages occurring in chlorotic patients are often permanently removed by the use of Aloes. The following symptoms are espe- cially characteristic : Emaciation, pale and waxen countenance, ute- rine irritation, irregular menstruation, leucorrhoea, heat and irritation in the rectum, haemorrhages from the nose, throat, lungs, and rectum, obstruction of the portal circulation, large secretion of urine, active sexual feelings. In apoplexy and other cerebral affections, Aloes is a valuable remedy, especially when these affections arise from a suppression of the menstrual or haemorrhoidal discharges. Irregular haemorrhoidal congestion to the head, with the attendant redness and heat of the face, illusions of vision, and threatened apoplexy, may be removed by Aloes. Serious affections of the head have sometimes disappeared on the occurrence of a haemorrhoidal flux, and therefore, in persona who have been subject to this discharge, but in whom it has ceased, 154 ALOES. it may be advisable to attempt its reestablishment, with a view of relieving other and more serious disorders. In hcemorrhoidal con- gestion of the brain, often the patient complains of dizziness, great heaviness and confusion of the head, and the choroid coat is blue with congestion; illusions of sight, such as sparks, flies, and spider- feet, before the eyes, and an approach to amblyopia-amaurotica; from time to time, severe turns of vertigo set in, so that the patient becomes much agitated, and supposes that he is attacked with apo- plexy ; the attacks are more severe in hot weather, and when con- stipation is present.—J. C. P. A few drops of a watery infusion of Aloes, put into the ears, and a teaspoonful, night and morning, of the simple tincture of Aloes, with Liquorice, has removed the most obstinate deafness, loss of smell, and congestion to the head. In hcemorrhoidal congestion to the head, noises in the ears, illusions and hardness of hearing are not uncommon. Aloes is homoeopathic to many cases of what may be called bilious sore throat—i. e., when the irritation of an excess of bile in the system causes more or less irritation in the pharynx. Many cases of catarrhal, rheumatic, or inflammatory sore throat, occurring in very bilious persons, often require an intercurrent dose of Aloes to remove the bilious derangement, before the other symptoms will yield to the usual remedies. It has been recommended in derangements of digestion, depending upon debility of the muscular fibres of the stomach and bowels ; against abnormal secretion of mucus, acid, or gas ; in anorexia, dys- pepsia, flatulent distention, and painful aching in the region of the stomach, with acid, rancid eructations, sluggish digestion, constipa- tion, especially when these disorders occur in bilious and hypochon- driacal subjects. Its bitterness is said to render it an admirable Stomachic, which promotes both appetite and digestion; some think that it regulates the due secretion of the gastric juice, while the ancients termed it the anima ventriculi.—J. C. P. Waring recommends it in dyspepsia, occurring in persons of a relaxed habit, or in those who have been debilitated by long illness, particularly if there is reason to believe that the duodenum is impli- cated. It doubtless acts specifically upon the portal portion of the vas- cular system of the stomach. It is the best remedy in hcemorrhoidal congestion of the stomach and spleen, when there is congestion and en- largement of the spleen ; when pressure on the enlarged spleen causes difliculty of breathing in the left side of the chest; when there are pains in the spleen, following the course of the vasa-brevia, sour eruc- ALOES 155 tations, heartburn, or sour vomiting; when there is distention of, and pain in the stomach, with sensation as if a warm fluid had been poured out into it, followed by vomiting of blood. In mild cases of dyspep- sia, accompanied by an excess of the gastric secretions, water-brash, tasteless or bitter eructations, and heartburn, Aloes, in a non- attenuated form, often proves beneficial. It has also been employed with success in indigestion caused by a lack of the bilious secretion. Against slight functional derangements of the liver, Aloes is an excellent remedy. The symptoms for which it is particularly indi- dated are : Irregular secretion of the bile, the stools sometimes con- taining an excess, and at other times a deficiency of this fluid; heat, fullness, and pressure in the hepatic region; dull pains in the liver; lassitude, drowsiness ; yellowish tinge of the skin ; feeble appetite ; depression of spirits. It is one of the most homoeopathic remedies against plethora-abdo- minalis ; also against many forms of bilious and venous congestive colics; also against many haemorrhoidal and congestive colics. In hcemorrhoidal congestion of the duodenum, and malcena, often there is a peculiar cutting or aching pain about the navel, aggravated a few hours after eating ; the umbilical region is apt to be distended and rather hard, the bowels constipated, and the fmces as if burnt; there is also are markable pallor of the external surface, coldness of the limbs and hands, and a peculiar pale-yellow, earthy color of the face; finally, there is a sensation as if a warm fluid had been poured out about the navel, the abdomen swells more and more, with a doughy or mushy sensation to touch ; the more the abdomen becomes dis- turbed the greater is the pallor of the skin ; the pulse becomes small, weak, and trembling, the extremities cold, the features shrunken; final- ly, black tar-like passages take p’lace, with much straining.—J. C. P. Aloes is one of the most homoeopathic remedies against bilious diarrhoea and dysentery ; it is also far more useful in haemorrhoids than Nux or Sulphur. According to Dr. Belcher, it is indicated in hcemorrhoidal dysentery when the patient is restless and anxious, the face flushed, tormina troublesome, and tenesmus vehement, the eva- cuations being dark-green in color, or bloody, with offensive mucus ; when the abdomen is puffed up, the lungs oppressed, with frequent inclination to breathe deeply, and the pulse frequent. Also in dysentery in pregnant females, or those suffering with uterine con- gestion ; or when It attacks emaciated persons, especially children, with distended abdomens and tendency to marasmus. Tilt says he has never seen hmmorrhoidal affections caused by Aloes, but he has often seen them relieved by it, and his experience 156 ALOES is corroborated by that of Giacomina, Avicenna, and Stahl. In former times, Aloes was regarded as the sacra anchora in the cure of haemorrhoids of an asthenic character, although it produces active congestive piles. At times the moliminae-haemorrhoidaliae pass over into flowing piles under the use of Aloes, while at others they cease without any discharge having been produced. Under the latter cir- cumstances, Harnisch conjectures that the tonic and stimulating effects of the Aloes removes the debility of the vessels upon which the premonitory signs of piles has depended ; i. e., that the tendency to active congestion, produced by the Aloes, overcomes the passive stagnation of blood which previously existed. Loeseke asserts that if Aloes be given before the accustomed flow of piles comes on, the flux will ensue; but, on the other hand, if given while they are flowing, a stoppage will be effected.—J. C. P. It has often proved useful in hcemorrhoidcd affections of the kidney and bladder, when there is pain in one or both sides of the lumbar region, drawing pains along the ureters, towards the bladder, with scanty secretion of urine, and those derangements of the stomach which always attend kidney-affections, such as gastralgia, with good appetite, and vomiting soon after eating. These symptoms may in- crease until nephritic colic ensues, the pains are exceedingly severe, the abdomen is retracted, vomiting occurs, the urine is suppressed, until, finally, a quantity of dark blood red urine is passed. When the bladder is more particularly affected, there are periodical, violent, and contracting pains in the neck of the bladder, especially while urinating; when the pains are very severe, entire retention of urine may occur, or when any water is passed it is only in drops or jets, never in a full stream; the pains continue after urination, and extend over the pubis ; the patients can neither sit in comfort or assume any position in which the perineum is pressed upon ; at first the urine is not altered in quality, but finally blood is passed; sometimes the urine is mixed with a large quantity of tough, ropy mucus. Harnisch says that aching in the region of the kidneys, with scanty discharge of hot urine, or tenesmus of the bladder from venous congestion of it, will often give way before the use of Aloes. It is homoeopathic to hcemorrhoidal affections of the uterus, in which there is aching in the region of the womb, pressing-down pain, with some prolapsus, varicose swellings about the neck of the womb, and in the vagina, with discharges of blood during the menstrual inter- vals ; these discharges consist of a dark, pitch-like substance, and have a different odor from that of menstrual blood ; either before or these hemorrhages there may be a discharge of tough greenish ALOES 157 Ieucorrhoea, with the peculiar odor of haemorrhoidal mucus. By re- storing the haemorrhoidal secretion, Aloes will often relieve the sen- sations of aching and weight on the pelvis, the erections, pollutions, and tenesmus, which are often felt as premonitory symptoms of piles. Eberlee says that Aloes, given in small but frequent doses, deserves to be accounted the best remedy we possess for those protracted, ex- hausting, and obstinate haemorrhages from the uterus which occur in women of relaxed, nervous, and phlegmatic habits about the critical period of life. In amenorrhoea, it is, perhaps, more frequently em- ployed than any other remedy in the dominant school, entering into almost all the numerous empirical preparations which are habitually resorted to by females, and enjoying a no less favorable reputation in ordinary practice. Schoenlein recommends the injection of a solution of ten grains of Aloes in a small quantity of warm fluid, to be thrown into the rectum at the period when the catamenia should occur. He states that its action is more certain than that of any other emena- gogue. Dr. Atwell has used it in this way with decided advantage. Aloes will often prove serviceable in hcemorrhoidal affections of the chest, when there are more or less of the signs of congestion of the lungs—vizn aching upon one or both sides of the chest, difficulty of breathing, cough, with expectoration of but little mucus, no fever, but lividity of the face, lips, cheeks, and tongue, followed by more or less haemoptysis.—J. C. P. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Congestion of blood to the head, chest, and especially the abdomen-,—General heat of the body.—Accelerated pulse.—Anxiety. Head.—Periodical haemorrhoidal headache, alternating with pains in the small of the back.—Dryness and chapping of the lips. Jaws, Mouth, Pharynx, &c.—Stitches and throbbing in the hollow teeth.—Heat and dryness in the mouth; redness and dryness of the tongue.—Ilaematemesis. Taste, Appetite, Gastric Symptoms.—Taste as of clay; dimi- nished appetite ; violent thirst.—Eructations tasting of the ings^ta; bilious eructations. Abdomen.—Congestive malaise, pressure, tension, and heat in the region of the liver.—Congestive f ullness, heat, and distention of the abdomen; beating, boring, and stinging in the umbilical region ; emission of a quantity of fetid flatulence.—Violent cutting pains in the abdomen. Stool and Anus.—Biliou-s papescent stools, the whole body be- coming hot during the evacuation, with a feeling of malaise in the region of the liver.—Evacuations consisting of fcecal and bilious mat' 158 ALUMEN. ter, having a 'peculiar putrid smell.—Discharge of large clots of mu- cus from the rectum.—Frequent watery sanguineous stools, with vio- lent colic.—Ilcemorrhoids.—Cutting pains previous to the diarrhceav which is accompanied with tenesmus.—Diarrhoea, followed by obsti- nate constipation, and torpor of the intestinal canal.—Violent burn- ing in the rectum.—Congestive stricture of the rectum.—Fistula ? Urinary and Genital Organs.—Violent pains in the region of the kidneys.—Scanty, hot urine.—Burning during micturition.— Discharge of blood from the urethra.—Increased secretion of yellow turbid urine.—Congestion of blood to the uterus.—Profuse menstrua- tion.—Miscarriage. Chest.—Congestive oppression of the chest, with anxiety. Back.—Drawing and burning in the small of the back. PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.—Dryness of the intestines— Inflammation and ulceration of the mucous membrane of the intes- tines. 14—ALUMEN. ALUM.—Sulphate of Alumina and Potash. Alum. Kationale of its Action.—This is a compound of Alumina, 10.92 ; Potash, 10.08 ; and Sulphuric-acid, 33.68, and in its action it partakes of some of the properties of all these articles. It is generally supposed to act very much like Sulphuric-acid, only somewhat less severely, and more purely as an astringent. Others have compared its action to that of Sulphate of Zinc, Acetate of Lead, Sulphate of Iron, &c.; but it differs widely from all these. In common parlance, Alum is said to be a purely and simple astringent remedy, but the Potash which it contains also renders it somewhat of an alterative and deobstru- ent medicine. Besides, as all the Alums of commerce contain more or less of Sulphate of Iron, varying from five to seven parts in a thousand, it is also somewhat tonic and blood-improving in its action. The immediate topical effect of a solution of Alum is corrugation of fibres and contraction of small vessels, by virtue of which it checks or temporarily stops exhalation and secretion, and produces paleness of parts by diminishing the diameters of small vessels. It is by these local effects that Alum, when taken internally, causes dryness of the mouth and throat, somewhat increases thirst, checks the secretions of the alimentary canal, and thereby diminishes the frequency and in- creases the consistency of the stools, as observed by Wibmer, when taken in doses of three grains, dissolved in five drachms of water ALUMEN. 159 several times a day. When taken internally, in moderate doses, it is absorbed into the system, and has been detected in the liver, spleen, and urine. Kraus has noticed that the urine becomes remarkably acid from the use of Alum. When taken in large quantities, the astriction is soon followed by irritation, and the paleness by pre ternatural redness ; it may thus excite nausea, vomiting, gripii*g, and purging, and even an inflammatory condition of the alimentary canal ; effects which may sometimes be induced by small quantities in persons endowed with unusual or morbid sensibility of the sto- mach and bowels. Barthez, from half-drachm doses, solved in one ounce of distilled water, experienced a sense of contraction in the stomach, lasting for a quarter of an hour, followed by acute aching in the stomach. From one drachm doses, solved in two ounces of water, he merely felt a more decided sense of contraction of the stomach ; his appetite was never disturbed, on the contrary he rather thought that it was increased. From two and a half drachm doses he felt an inclination to vomit, lasting for a quarter of an hour, but no vomiting ensued ; three drachm doses caused vomiting and con- stipation ; the vomiting was easy and not preceded by much nausea. Alum was detected chemically in his stools.—J. C. P. PATHOLOGY.—From doses sufficiently large to cause death in animals : The stomach was found filled with a large quantity of fluid ; its internal surface, throughout all its extent, was covered with a grey- ish substance, intermixed with greenish and bilious-looking particles ; the mucous membrane was extensively reddened or inflamed, espe- cially in the greater cul-de-sac, which was dark brown in color; near the pylorus there was an extravasion of blood, and the mucous membrane was very red ; the coats towards the pylorus were extra- ordinarily thick and hard, as. if they had been tanned, and were very firm under the knife; the walls of the small bowels were slightly thickened, and coated with a yellowish-white granular substance; the large bowels were filled with a greenish offensive fluid. As Alum has been but little used by homoeopathic physicians, a large portion of the clinical remarks must be derived from allopathic sources ; this is not to be regretted, because we take it for granted that homceopathists claim to know, not only all that is contained in old-school writings ana experience, but a great deal more. Hence we must take heed that our old-school brethren are not in possession of new or old facts with which we are not acquainted—J. C. P. Nervous System.—Alum is not supposed to act as prominently on the nervous system as Sulphate of Zinc or Acetate of Lead. Nerves of Motion.—It is said, from its action in lead and other 160 ALUMEN. colics and in whooping cough, to be an antispasmodic ; but Copland thinks it cures lead colic by exciting the partially paralyzed muscular coat of the bowels, and thereby enabling them to expel retained mat* ters of a noxious description. Too little is known about its action upon muscular fibres and nerves of motion to hazard any decided opinion. Among the symptoms enumerated by Fournier, in the case of a lady who had taken a large quantity of Alum, we find “ slight convulsive movements.” Orfila also alludes to a similar case.—J. C. P. Nerves of Sensation.—It is not known that Alum acts specifically upon any of the nerves of sensation. Ganglionic Nerves.—It is generally supposed that the action of Alum upon the nervous system is confined to the ganglionic nerves; it may be propagated thence to the vascular system, as these nerves follow the blood-vessels into every part, of the human frame. Heart and Arteries.—The especial action of Alum upon the heart and arteries, apart from its astringent action, has not not been particularly investigated. Venous System.—Alum is supposed to exert not only a blood- coagulating, but also an antiseptic power on the venous blood. By astriction of the capillaries it may impede the return of blood from the arteries, and thus operate upon the venous system. Capillary System.—This seems to be the great field of the action of Alum. It exerts an astringent effect upon the capillaries of all the mucous and serous surfaces, upon the lymphatic and blood-con- veying vessels; hence it moderates or checks all profuse mucous fluxes arising from atony of the parts ; and by exerting a tonico-astrin- gent action upon the tone of the vessels, it prevents passive haemor- rhages, and even opposes the tendency to liquefaction and putrefac- tion of the organic mass when such is in operation. Lymphatic System and Glandular System.—It is not known whether Alum exerts any specific and peculiar action upon these systems apart from its tonic and astringent action. Fever.—Notwithstanding that Alum causes dryness of the tongue, mouth, and throat, similar to that which obtains in typhus and typhoid fever, it still has been strongly recommended in those diseases by Fuster, Fouquier, Dobler, and Skoda. The two former recommend it in the second stage of abdominal typhus, when, in consequence of ulceration of the abdominal mucous membrane and of its glandular apparatus, there are ichorous, offensive, and blood-mixed loose stools. In 1838, Drs. Dobler, Skoda, Herz, and Folwarenzy placed their sole reliance upon it; many hundreds of cases have been treated and saved by it.—J. C. P. ALUMEN 161 CLINICAL REMARKS.—In dilatation of the heart, and aneu* rism of the aorta, Alum has been advised by Kreysig and Dzondi. Sundelin also mentions a case of supposed dilatation of the heart, in which relief was gained by the use of Alum. The value of Alum in menorrhagia and hasmaturia has been already considered under the appropriate heads. In purely atonic haemoptysis it likewise proves serviceable. Dr. Theophilus Thomp- son considers that it is one of the best direct astringents that can be employed, and thinks it acts more efficiently when allowed to dissolve in the mouth than when taken in mixture. In atonic haematemesis, Alum thrice daily in combination with Opium has proved ser- viceable, although it is of inferior efficacy to the Acetate of Lead. In haemorrhage from leech-bites, in that from the gums after the ex- traction of a tooth, and in other superficial bleedings, a saturated solution, or the powder of Alum, locally applied, is often an effectual styptic. In haemorrhages, whether proceeding from an exhalation or exudation from the extremities, or pores of the minute vessels, or from a rupture of a blood-vessel, a solution, or, in some cases, the powder of Alum, may be used with advantage to temporarily con- stringe the capillary vessels, and close their bleeding orifices.—J.C.P. It has been used successfully in a peculiar form of mental aliena- tion, in which the patient plagues his family continually, keeps his or her bed almost entirely, without apparent necessity, has an appear- ance of embonpoint from general bloating, but a sickly and sallow complexion, with burning down the oesophagus, tenderness over tho stomach, cough, and insupportable pain near the left groin or ovary. Under the use of Alum, the patient will soon leave his bed, become rational and affectionate towards his family, and attend to his duties. In profuse atonic epistaxis, the injection of a solution of Alum into the nostrils often proves effectual in arresting the discharge. It is frequently also applied by means of a plug soaked in a saturated solution, and pressed up the nostril. Several cases of polypus of the nose are reported as cured by simply snuffing up a solution of Alum. Alum, reduced to an impalpable powder, and snuffed into the nostrils, has, in a few cases within my own knowledge, effected cures of copious catarrhal discharges. As an application to nasal polypi, we can vouch for its utility. In purulent ophthalmia, a collyrium of Alum is a useful cleansing application. In the severer forms, a saturated solution of Alum, dropped into the eye, is occasionally of great service. In the puru- lent ophthalmia of Egypt, Clot Bey found great benefit from dropping into the eye a saturated solution of Alum and Sulphate of Zinc. Dr 162 ALUMEN. Rognetta speaks highly of its value. In the ophthalmia of India, commonly known as country sore eye, Waring speaks from experience of the efficacy of the following native preparation : Place some finely powdered Alum on a heated plate of iron, and whilst the salt is in a state of fusion, add a small portion of lemon or lemon-juice, until it forms a soft black mass. This, while hot, is placed entirely round the orbit, taking care that none of it gets beneath the eye-lids, as it causes under these circumstances intense agony. One or two applications, each being allowed to remain on twelve hours, are suffi- cient in ordinary cases to effect a cure. In the ophthalmia of infants, after the subsidence of acute inflammation, a colyrium of Alum is one of the most serviceable applications which can be had recourse to. Waring employed it with success in hundreds of cases. It has also the recommendation of Ramsbottom, Lawrence, Pereira, &c. In ophthalmia-tarsi, a similar colyrium is advised by Howard. In the purulent ophthalmia of infants, it forms the most efficacious remedy we possess. In these cases it is usually applied in the form of the Alum cataplasm. In ecchymosis of the eye, an Alum poultice is an effectual application. It is made by agitating a small piece of Alum with the white of an egg, until it forms a coagulum. This is placed between two pieces of linen rag, and applied to the eye for some hours. In the latter stages of conjunctival inflammation it is often proper. As regards topical applications to the eye, a certain amount of judgment should be used. In the first stage of ophthalmia, it is sometimes considered expedient to cut short the disease by the application of a strong astringent solution. “ It is not to be denied,” says Dr. Jacob, “ that such applications may have the effect of arrest- ing the disease at once; but, if they have not that effect, they are liable to produce an increase of irritation.” But, as the details necessary for making the student acquainted with all the circum- stances respecting the application of stimulating or astringent appli- cations, in the first stage of ophthalmia, are too lengthened and numerous to admit of their proper discussion in this work, I must refer for further particulars to the essay of Dr. Jacob’s (“Cyclopaedia of Pract. Med.,” art. Ophthalmia), as well as to the treatises of writers on ophthalmic surgery. I may, however, add, that whatever difference of opinion exists as to the propriety of these applications in the first stage of ophthalmia, all are agreed as to their value after the violence of vascular action has been subdued. In the treatment of the purulent ophthalmia of infants, no remedy is perhaps equal tc an Alum wash. In purulent discharges from the ears, topical appli cations of a solution of Alum are often serviceable. We have fre* ALTJMEN. 163 quently seen chronic otorrhnea disappear under the use of injections of Alum water. In affections of the mouth, involving a congested state of the mucous membranes, much benefit is often derived from the local application of Alum.—J. C. P. In ulceration and sponginess of the gums, whether mercurial or scorbutic, the lotion as for ulceration of the throat is found highly serviceable. It should be used several times daily. To scorbutic ulcers, very finely powdered Alum, in substance, may be applied. It forms a useful astringent wash in certain states of mercurial sore mouth, and is used with the best effect to check profuse ptyalism, whether from the abuse of Mercury or other causes. It is an excel- lent topical application, in the form of powder, in profuse haemor- rhages after the extraction of teeth. In catarrhal affections of the throat and fauces, Alum is highly re- commended as a local application. In chronic cases, when the mucous membrane is much congested, and covered with mucus, which gives rise to a troublesome cough, Alum gargles afford great relief and benefit. In ulceration and relaxation of the throat, a solu- tion of Alum in water, or decoction of Cinchona, proves a very useful gargle for ordinary cases. It has been employed successfully as a gargle in elongation and loss of contractile power of the uvula. As an internal remedy in chronic ulcerations of the mucous membrane of the throat and pharynx, it is a remedy of great value. We have cured cases of this kind with small doses of Alum, after having been baffled for months with other medicines, which at first appeared to be more homoeopathic. Dr. Marcy says, he is acquainted with a number of obstinate cases, which have been quite cured by the internal and topical use of the Rockville Alum spring water of Virginia. When confined in the stomach, Alum causes inflammation of the entire mucous membrane, worse near the great cul-de-sac, where it is of a deep brown color. The walls of the stomach are much thickened at the pyloric extremity, and hardened as if tanned. The walls of the small intestines are slightly thickened, and lined with a light yellowish substance. Traces of Alum may be found in the stomach long after it has been taken. In catarrhal affections of the stomach, Sir J. Murray speaks in the highest terms of Alum. In one aggravated case, attended with pyrosis, a complete cure was effected by Alum in electuary. He considers that it renders the mucous coats more firm, and restores their tone and strength. He considers it especially useful in the peculiar affection of the stomach, attended by the frequent vomiting of a large quantity of glairy fluid. In prescribing Alum, it should 164 ALUMEN. be remembered that the vegetable astringents decompose it, by which the astringent property of the mixture is probably diminished Alum was first given in colica-pictonum, by a Dutch physician named Grashuis, and was afterwards, in 1774, used in fifteen cases by Dr. Percival, with great success, and subsequently its efficacy was fully established. It allays vomiting, abates flatulence, mitigates pain, and opens the bowels, frequently when other powerful remedies have failed. The modus operandi of Alum in lead colic is not very clear, but the theory of its action is, that it converts the poisonous salt of lead in the system into an innocuous sulphate, and in support of this view must be mentioned the fact, that other sulphates (as those of Magnesia, Soda, Zinc, and Copper), as well as free Sulphuric- acid, have been successfully employed in the lead colic. But, on the other hand, the presence of lead in the primae-viae or evacuations has not been demonstrated, though experiments have shown that when the Acetate of Lead is swallowed, the greater portion of it forms an insoluble combination with the gastro-intestinal mucus, and in this state may remain some time in the alimentary canal. Alum has also been found successful in other varieties of colic not caused by lead, and unaccompanied by constipation. In large doses it acts as a purgative. In abdominal typhus, which was epidemic in Vienna in 1838, chief reliance was placed on the internal exhibition of Alum. Under every phase of the disease—diarrhoea, delirium, and debility—it is stated to have been equally beneficial. It was found particularly ser- viceable in checking the exhausing diarrhoea.—F. G. S. In infantile cholera, Alum has been found to be signally successful. Of sixty-seven cases treated with it by Dr. Durr only seven died. The ages of the children varied from the period of birth to fifteen months. In chronic diarrhoea, and diarrhoea-mucosa, depending upon a relaxed condition of the mucous intestinal membrane, Alum given internally is often attended with great amelioration. Drs. Adair and Harrison speak favorably of it in this class of cases. In chronic dysentery, Alum was formerly held in high repute. It has been ad- vised, variously combined, by Birnstiel, Loos, Hunnius, Michaelis, Hargens, &c. Moseley and Jackson employed it, and Adair found it useful, combined with Opium and aromatics, in epidemic dysentery, occurring among negroes. Injections of Alum water, or of Alum whey, are very useful in the copious and frequent hemorrhages which sometimes accompany piles and abrasions of the mucous membrane of the rectum. Cases of this kind now and then reduce patients to a very low and dangerous con- dition, and appear to resist all internal remedies. The astringent ALUMEN. 165 and toughening effect of these injections have, in some instances, arrested the bleeding promptly and permanently. In prolapsus of the rectum, the injection of a solution of Alum proves serviceable. It may also be used in painful bleeding piles, when unattended by inflammation. In haematuria, which resists the action of the Acetate of Lead and other ordinary remedies, the injection into the bladder of a solution of Alum is sometimes effectual in arresting the discharge ; this, how- ever, should not be had recourse to until it has been ascertained that the bladder, and not the kidneys, is the seat of the disease. Dr. Prout observes that he has never seen any unpleasant consequences follow the use of this expedient; and that he has seen it arrest the most formidable haemorrhage when all other remedies had failed, and when the bladder had repeatedly become again distended with blood, almost immediately after its removal. If, after the use of the injection, coagulae remain in the bladder, they should be broken up by repeated injections of cold water. Alum may be given internally at the same time ; although, as an internal remedy, it is less efficacious than Gallic-acid. In catarrh of the bladder it is highly spoken of by Sir J. Eyre. In diabetes, under the idea that the discharge might be arrested by the use of powerful astringents, Alum, in combination with other remedies of the same class, was advised by Dorer, Brock- lesby, and others ; but Dr. Brisbane satisfactorily proved that it was incapable of arresting the disease. Kraus observes that the urine becomes very acid from the use of Alum. It has been used success- fully against incontinence of urine. In one case of irritable bladder, in which the patient was obliged to pass urine every hour or two, both by day and night, grain doses of the first trituration of Alum every four hours effected a cure in six weeks.—F. G. S. In gonorrhoea and gleet, the injection of a solution of Alum is often productive of benefit. Dr. Friedrich, of Leipsic, also advised its internal use, as well in the inflammatory as in the chronic stage. He states, that under its use, all the symptoms subsided rapidly, and that he never saw any ill effects from its employment. In obstinate cases it may be advantageously combined with Cubebs. In gonor- rhcea-praeputialis, a weak solution of Alum, applied on lint to the part, is generally effectual. In leucorrhcea, Alum, combined with Aloes, proves highly serviceable. It is also sometimes used in conjunction with Sulphate of Zinc. The decoction of Oak-bark often forms a good vehicle. Dr. Burne found this solution most serviceable when simply applied continuously to the external parts. Dr. Dewees states that in some obstinate cases he has effected a cure by Alum and Nitre. 166 ALUMEN. In menorrhagia and uterine haemorrhage, Alum internally has been advised by Lentin, Muller, Hufeland, Dewees, &c., and it often proves effectual in controlling the discharge. I)r. Ferguson regards it as a highly useful stypic, and advises it in small doses with syrup of Gin- ger, three or four times daily. In purely atonic cases, Alumin solu- tion may be used as a vaginal injection. It is inadmissible if any in- flammatory symptoms are present. In morbid growths and ulcera- tions of the uterine cavity, or of the os-uteri, an Alum hip-bath and vaginal injections are strongly advised by Drs. Lange and Ashwell, and its utility is confirmed by Delmas, Recarnier, and others. Care should be taken that the fluid passes well up into the vagina. In prolapsus-uteri the same measure is attended with the best effects. Dr. Nevins also speaks highly of a pessary, composed of equal parts of powdered gall and Alum, enclosed in a fine muslin bag. It has been recommended internally and locally against hypertrophy, induration, and excoriation of the womb. It will often cure obstinate ulcerated buboes rapidly when applied locally.—F. G. S. In angina-membranacea, called by Eretonneau, diphtheritis, great importance has been attached to the employment of local applications, and, among others, to promote the expulsion of the false membrane, he recommends the insufflation of finely powdered Alum. The most effectual means of administration is in the form of an impalpable powder, blown through a quill upon the affected part. It is recom- mended as an emetic in croup in preference to Antimony or Ipecacu- anha. Prof. Meigs states that it acts more certainly and powerfully than those medicines, and produces less prostration of the vital powers. In various anginose affections Alum is found highly useful, applied topically, either in powder or solution. When the affection is attended with membranous exudation, its effacacy has been particu- larly insisted upon by Bretonneau, applied in solution prepared with vinegar and honey for adult»s, and in powder by insufflation in the cases of children. Velpeau, in 1835, extended the observations of Bretonneau, and has used Alum successfully, not only in simple in- flammatory sore throat, but in those forms of angina dependent on small-pox, scarlatina, &c.—F. G. S. In the chronic stage of whooping cough no remedy has proved more efficacious than Alum, given in increasing doses. A very ex- cellent formula is recommended by Dr. Golding Bird, in which he combines it with Conium. Alum is supposed to exert a sedative power in diseases of the chest by J. Symons, London Lancet, March, 1844, p. 42. Dr. Simm, of Ripon, first recommended Symonds to use it in whoop* ALUMEN. 167 mg cough; he found it to answer his fullest expectations, thence led to use it in other thoracic complaints. It evidently so changed the expectoration as immediately to cause a copious discharge of mucus from the bronchi, and finally checked the superabundant secretion; did not produce thirst or any unpleasant symptoms, and, so far from aggravating the febrile state it often served materially to alleviate it. It produced neither nausea, pain, nor constipation, while it some- times relieved colic pains accidently present.—J. C. P. In acute and chronic bronchitis, especially when expectoration was ropy. Even in very acute bronchitis in children, with profuse secretion of mucus. In the acute bronchitis of old persons, supervening upon chronic morning cough. In whooping cough, to allay irritation, re- strain inflammatory tendency, and diminish superabundant secretion. In nervous asthma; in phthisis. In general it does not interfere with expectoration ; the first effect i3 usually a copious discharge of mucus, followed by a diminution in quantity, without any oppression of chest or other indication of improper interference with the secre- tion.—J. C. P. In in-growing nails the local application of burnt Alum will often effect a cure in three weeks, and that after extirpation of the nail liad failed ; the nail must be raised up, so as to expose the whole of the sore and ulcerated part, which must then be dried, and the Alum applied ; the crust formed by this application must be renewed every day, and a fresh quantity applied.—F. G. S. In rupia, Mr. Erasmus Wilson states that, in one very obstinate case, he succeeded in healing the ulcerations, after other applications had failed, by injecting a strong solution of Alum beneath the under- mined edges. To the ill-favored ulcers left by ecthyma, he advises the application of a solution of Alum, with or without Opium. To flat naevi, Dieffenbach recommends the use of a compress of lint, to be firmly bandaged on the morbid structure, and to be frequently wetted with a solution of Alum. The lint should be disturbed as little as possible, and the compression maintained, if necessary, for several weeks. When the naevus becomes white, flat, and firm, its speedy cure may be expected. To chilblains, an Alum poultice is stated to be an excellent application. It is only admissible in un- broken chilblains. To indolent and other ulcers, whether of the skin or mucous membranes, Alum has been found serviceable. It is particularly recommended by Dalmas. As it causes much irritation, he advises it to be combined with Opium, and made into an ointment with lard: used thus, it quickly determines the cicatrization of ulcers. It occasionally gives rise to great irritation. To repress 168 ALTJMEN. the growth of fungous granulations, burnt Alum sprinkled over the surface is very effectual.—F. Gr. S. In intermittent fever, Alum was at one time much used, it having been prescribed by Ettmuller, Lindt, Muller, and others. Lange and De Haen recommend it with aromatics, or Sulphuric-acid, or Ether, and Adair with Cinchona. It is rarely used at the present day.—F. Gr. S. PATHOLOGY.—From doses sufficiently large to cause death in animals, the stomach was found filled with a large quantity of fluid; its internal surface, throughout all its extent, was covered with a greyish substance, intermixed with greenish and bilious-looking par- ticles ; the mucous membrane was extensively reddened or inflamed, especially in the greater cul-de-sac, which was dark brown in color; near the pylorus, there was an extravasation of blood, and the mucous membrane was very red; the coats towards the pylorus were extraordinarily thick and hard, as if they had been tanned, and were very firm under the knife ; the walls of the small bowels were slight- ly thickened, and coated with a yellowish-white granular substance; the large bowels were filled with a yellowish, offensive fluid. As Alum has been but little used by homoeopathic physicians, a large portion of the clinical remarks must be derived from allopathic sources ; this is not to be regretted, because we take it for granted, that homoeopathists claim to know, not only all that is contained in old-school writings and experience, but a great deal more. Hence we must take heed that our old-school brethren are not in possession of new or old facts with which we are not acquainted.—J. C. P. Mouth.—Very severe pain, burning sensation, and dryness of the mouth. Throat.—Very severe pains in the pharynx. Burning in the mouth, pharynx, and stomach. Stomach.—Burning heat, and tearing pains in the stomach. Nau- sea and vomiting. Distention of the stomach. Intense thirst. When confined in the stomach, Alum causes inflammation of the entire mucous membrane, worse near the great cul-de-sac, where it is of a deep brown color. The walls of the stomach are much thickened at the pyloric extremity, and hardened as if tanned. The walls of the small intestines are slightly thickened, and lined with a light yellowish substance. Traces of Alum may be found in the sto- mach long after it has been taken. Taken internally, in large doses, Alum excites nausea, vomiting, griping, purging, and even an inflammatory condition of the intes- tinal canal,—effects which may perhaps be induced by small quan- ALUMINA. 169 lities in persons endowed with unusual or morbid sensibility of the stomach and bowels; as in the case of the lady in whom dangerous gastro-enteritis was apparently induced by a single dose of a solution containing between ten and twenty grains of burnt Alum. Ordina- rily, however, tolerably large doses of Alum may be given without any unpleasant effects ;—thus Prof. Dumeril has given a drachm, properly diluted, in chronic diarrhoeas, within twenty-four hours; Prof. Marc, two drachms in passive haemorrhages, within the same period of time, and MM. Kapeler and Gendrin have administered three drachms at one dose in colica-pictonum. Bowels.—Distention of the bowels. Burning pains in the small intestines. Copious solid stools. The walls of the small intestines are somewhat thickened, and lined with a light yellowish substance. Kectum.—Smarting and burning at the rectum, after a solid stool; hapmorrhoidal tumors after a hard stool. Kidneys and Bladder.—When Alum has been absorbed into the system, it has been found shortly afterwards in the urine. But, in its passage through the kidneys and bladder, we are not aware of any peculiar sensations it produces. Windpipe.—Sense of constriction in the windpipe. Heat and burning in the throat and larynx. Chest.—Oppression of the chest. Tightness across the upper part of the chest. Sense of heat and burning in the chest. Skin.—Creeping and coldness of the skin, soon after large doses, followed by heat and tingling of the same parts. Fever.—Fever, accompanied by intense thirst, continued nausea and vomiting, sleeplessness, agitation, animated expression of the face, pain and distention of the epigastric region, frequent pulse, and burning pains in the mouth, pharynx, and stomach. 15.—ALUMINA (OXYDE OF ALUMINUM). ALUM.—Argilla, Pure Clay.—Hahnemann’s Chronic Diseases, Yol. II.—Dura- tion of Action: 40 daj’s in some cases. Compare with—Ars., Bar., Bell., Calc., Cham., Ignat., Ipec., Lack., Led., Magn , Merc., Nux.-v., Phosph., Plum., Rhus., Sil., Sulph.—It is particularly suitable after Bry., Lach., and Sulph.—Bry. is often of great use after Alum., when indicated. Antidotes.—Bry., Cham., Ipec. Rationale of its Action.—Alumina is allied to Calcarea, Bary- ta-c., Magnes.-carb., Silex, Carb.-vegetabilis, and Carb.-animalis, Graphite, and Sepia. Teste, with characteristic flippancy and as- 170 ALUMINA. sumption, asserts that it is the Sepia of chronic diseases. The dere* lopment of the curative powers of this drug are solely due to Hahne- mann, and even as yet, but little is known about, and less is done with it in the old school. Hahnemann recommended it especially in chronic disposition to eructations lasting for years, and to colds and catarrhs of the head of very long standing. } Dr. Hirschel reports several cases of inflammation of the throat, chronic gonorrhoea, chronic induration of the testes, in consequence of gonorrhoea ; obstinate leucorrhcea, elevated papulous eruptions, and burning red, violently itching spots about the organs of generation, cured by Alumina. Nervous System. Nerves of Motion.—It has been supposed to produce various pains and weaknesses in the nerves of motion and fibrous tissues, arising from arthritic or scrofulous irritation of these parts, or from an alkaline or phosphatic condition of some of the juices or fluids of these parts. Nerves of Sensation.—Here also it has been supposed to pro- duce various changes of sensation and pains arising from the causes above alluded to, and others which cannot be more nearly desig- nated. Ganglionic Nerves.—It probably acts more decidedly upon these than upon the cerebro-spinal nerves.—J. C. P. Yasctjlar System. Blood.—The peculiar action of Alumina upon the blood can only be vaguely hinted at; it is similar to that pro- duced by alkalies and alkaline earths in general, approaching towards a scorbutic or scrofulous condition of this fluid, marked by thinness of the blood, predominance of the white globules, deficiency of fibrin, albumen, iron, and fat, with a probable excess of water and chlorides, leading to scorbutic or dyscratic inflammations, ulcerations, and deposits.—J. C. P. Venous System.—It may act somewhat more decidedly upon this than upon the arterial, or rather it may tend to depotentize the arterial system in strict proportion as it may tend to cause a prepon- derance of the venous. Capillary Vessels.—This probably is the great field of the action of Alumina upon the blood and blood-vessels ; this remedy doubtless tends to produce an excess of white blood, rather than of red; to prevent the action of the capillaries, and cause various ulcerative, scorbutic, and dyscratic capillary actions. Glandular System.—Alumina doubtless acts specifically upon the glands and lymphatics, and upon those nerves and vessels which supply and control the operation of these organs. This is evidenced ALUMINA. 171 by its specific action upon the cervical, follicular, and other glands, and upon the testicles. Mucous Membranes.—Alumina seems to have a specific affinity for many of the mucous membranes, especially those of the nose, ears, throat, larynx, and sexual organs.. Serous Membranes.—Its action upon these parts cannot be cer- tainly made manifest; it seems to act more decidedly upon tho mucous than upon the serous tissues. Fibrous Tissue.—It seems to he homoeopathic to various pains and disorders of the cellular or fibrous tissues, arising from or connected with a scorbutic, phosphatic, or scrofulous taint of the blood. Muscular System.—Its action upon this system is doubtless similar to that exerted upon the fibrous tissues in general. Cellular Tissue.—It seems to act more decidedly upon the sub- cutaneous cellular tissue than upon the cutis-vera; at least acne, urticaria, paronychia-cellulo§a, rhagades, &c., to which it is more or less homoeopathic, are affections of the cellular tissue rather than of the skin proper.—J. C. P. CLINICAL REMARKS.—It may prove homoeopathic to several forms of chronic dyscratic fevers, or sub-acute inflammations, and to chronic and obstinate fever and ague, with a great predominance of coldness and debility, and to slow consumptive fevers under like circumstances. It may prove as useful as Baryta in the hypochondria of aged people, and in that arising from obstinate catarrhal and dyspeptic derangement. It may prove homoeopathic to the vertigo of aged people affected with an atheromatous or earthy deposit in the coats of the cerebral and cardiac arteries. It may rival Baryta in the prevention of apo- plexy under these circumstances. It may also prove useful in brain and other affections, arising from the phosphatic diathesis.—J. C. P. The sleep-phenomena, to which this drug is homoeopathic, are symptomatic of other more important derangements of the organism. Among these conditions, may be ranked diminished power of the capillary vessels and nerves, and, as a consequence, diminished animal heat in the tissues supplied by them. It may prove useful against the chronic headaches which attend or follow obstinate or severe fever and ague. It is homoeopathic to the roughness and pimply condition of the face and forehead, and the fissures and chapping of the lips, which attend disorders of menstruation in many young girls. Also against 172 ALUMINA. the clayey and earthen complexion and eruptions of the face and lips which follow fever and ague. It is homoeopathic to the weakness of the eyes and chronic con- junctivitis which is sometimes connected with leucorrhcea and dis- orders of menstruation. It is homoeopathic to ozoena and chronic catarrh; it should always be borne in mind when Baryta, Calcarea, and Aurum fail to cure. It is homoeopathic to chronic and obstinate otorrhoea, arising from a scrofulous affection of the mucous membrane of the ears. In its primary action, it is homoeopathic to dryness of the mouth and throat, similar to that which occurs in typhoid fever; but this may be followed by a scrofulous or scorbutic state of these parts, attended with more or less profuse secretion. It may prove useful against some gum-boils, and scurvy of the mouth, but it is more than probable that most of the above so-called pathogenetic effects were accidental, as they were felt in decayed teeth and old stumps. It is homoeopathic to a very common and troublesome chronic affection of the pharynx, in which this organ looks as if it had been dried, glazed, or varnished, with or without considerable redness, and always with great dryness and stiffness of the throat, and more or less hoarseness.-4-J. C. P. It is homoeopathic to those forms of dyspepsia in which there is a deficiency of gastric juice and other gastric fluids. This may allow the food to ferment, followed by flatulence and Acetic-acid pyrosis. Teste says, he has often derived the greatest advantage from the use of this drug against diseases occurring in aged females, which had apparently been primarily seated in the sexual system, but whose peculiar symptoms had completely disappeared with the ces- sation of menstruation. Generally these were cases of dyspepsia, with rush of blood to the face after eating, tettery redness of the tip of the nose and upon the knees, sour eructations, vomiting, attend- ed with paroxysms of suffocation, and returning every now and then, with such violence that the life of the patient seemed in jeopardy. These attacks of cramps in the stomach generally took place in the evening or at night; the vomiting was soon followed by cutting pains, spasms in the bowels, cramps in the legs, and a violent diar- rhoea, which relieved the majority of the symptoms. In one obsti- nate case, Alumina frequently produced a surprisingly speedy improvement; the vomiting and cramps of the stomach were per- manently relieved, but the herpetic eruption on the nose, cheeks, and chin remained, and Teste says he has never sue seeded in effecting a ALUMINA. 173 cure of this form of acne, nor does he believe that other practi- tioners have been more successful. Gratiola, Cicuta-virosa, and Carbo-animalis will often do a great deal when other remedies have failed.—J. C. P. / Alumina is one of the most homoeopathic remedies against consti- pation from very great dryness of the bowels; it should be used more frequently than Nux and Sulphur, as should Calearea, Plum- bum, Baryta-carb., Bismuth, &c. Dr. Ficinius has used it in diarrhoea-acida, and dysenteries, both grave and slight. According to Scila, Alumina is not exceeded by any other ant-acid remedy for celerity and certainty of action. Erd- mann, of Dorpat, always used it with the greatest confidence in the diarrhoeas of children, arising from acidity in the prima-viae. Dr. Wiese, of Tnorn, gave it successfully in seven cases of diarrhoea in children, when caused by errors in diet, or when the presence of acidity of the stomach and bowels was more or less evident. Scila recommends it after four years’ experience, not only in infants, against vomiting arising from acidity, and obstinate greenish diarrhoea, but also in children up to four years of age. He never gave it without benefit, and in the majority of cases it alone sufficed to effect a cure. In several old and neglected cases, in which the pains were very great, the remedy had to be continued for fourteen days before a cure was effected. It is said to be far superior to Magnes.-carb., and Cal- carea. It may prove useful in some scrofulous affections of the mucous membranes of the urethra, bladder, ureters, and pelves of the kidneys; also in phosphatic diseases of the urinary organs. It is homoeo- pathic to enlargement and induration of the testicles and to chronic gonorrhoea, j Teste says he has seen a few doses of Alumina exeite and maintain for two months (?) in succession, a tearing cough, every paroxysm of which was accompanied by involuntary emission of urine, which reduced the patient to despair.? Every physician in full practice must have met with such cases, in which no Alumina had been given, lit is homoeopathic to the dry irritating cough which occurs in the first stage of phthisis from scrofulous irritation of the pharyngeal and laryngeal mucous membranes.) To hoarseness from dryness or even follicular ulceration, or thinning and absorption of the mucous membranes of the air- passages.—J. C. P. It is homoeopathic to slow and insidious dyscratic irritations and inflammations about the lungs and air-passages, especially when the mucous membranes and follicular and glandular parts are especially 174 ALUMINA. affected, 1 In the first stage of tubercular consumption, when tha cough is dry and hacking, or almost incessant. It is homoeopathic to acnous and urticarious eruptions on the nape and back. Also to chronic enlargement and induration of the cervical glands. It is homoeopathic to scrofulous irritation of the nerves and fibrous tissues which simulate rheumatic pains; also to a chronic tendency to ulceration of the hands and fingers, and to subcutaneous corrosion of the cellular tissue, and to superficial felons. It is homoeopathic to the pains and weaknesses in 'the back and legs which attend phosphatic diseases of the urinary organs; also to swelling and pains in the legs and feet from atheromatous disease of the coats of the arteries; to rhagades, fissures, herpes, and ten- dency to ulceration about the toes.—J. C. P. Hahnemann recommends it in the following affections, provided the remedy is otherwise homoeopathically indicated.* “ Moroseness ; fearfulness (easily starting up with fright); reluc- tance to labor ; absence of the power of recollection ; difficulty of thinking; vertigo; headache, attended with nausea; oppression in the forehead, and rush of blood to the eyes and nose, with bleeding from the nose ; itching of the forehead; heaviness of the face (Her- ing); bloated places in the face, like bulbous excrescences (Iler- ing); coldness in the eyes, when walking in the open air; in the evening, pressure' in the canthi of the eyes, as if from sand; the eyes are closed with pus ; running of the eyes; buzzing in the ears ; redness of the nose ; tearing pains in the malar bone; dry- ness of the mouth eructations ; inclination to eructations for years ; sourish risings ; irregular appetite, which is sometimes great, some- times wanting ; frequent nausea ; pain at the pit of the stomach, and in the hypochondria, when stooping ; colic early in the morning ; want of action of the rectum ; itching of the anus ; frequent urinating at night j difficult stools, attended with discharge of the prostatic fluid ; excessive sexual desire scanty menses ;. painful menstruation ; leu* * Note.—The diseases which I have indicated in the preface to every remedy, are not to be considered as names of diseases, but merely as isolated symptoms, which have either decreased or disappeared when using the remedy under whose head they are mentioned. As these affections have not always been indicated with the necessary correctness, they should never be relied upon as indicating the disorders which will be cured by this special remedy ; they are mentioned to inform the reader that reliable experience, obtained at the bed-side of the pa- tient, has proved that certain remedies,which had been chosen agreeably to their pathogenetic symptoms, were curative in the diseases for which they had been administered.—Jahr. ALUMINA. 175 corrfum ; disposition to catch cold, which lasts for years ; coryza and cough ; rawness in the throat;f catarrh of the throat and chest; diffi. culty of breathing ; asthma ; cough ; itching in the mammae ; pain in the thyroid cartilage ; palpitation and shocks of the heart; pain in the small of the back, during rest ;j paralytic heaviness of the arms ) pain in the arms on letting them hang down or stretching them in the bed ; chapping and sense of excoriation of the hands ; paronychia numbness, stiffness, and insensibility of the legs at night,; pain, as from fatigue, in the articulations of the foot when sitting ; cold feet, followed by burning under the toes ; tremor and twitches of the limbs ; frequent aching of the limbs when sitting; disagreeable want of animal heat; bad consequences of chagrin ; falling asleep late jf light sleep ; a great number of dreams during sleep \ unre- freshing sleep, which is more like stupor ; chills in the evening ; fever and ague, beginning with chills, immediately after having eaten warm soup. “According to Bute, Bryonia is an excellent antidote against the fevers caused by Alumina; others consider Chamomilla and Ipe- cacuanha antidotes.” ? GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Tearing and drawing, particularly in the limbs.—Feeling of constriction, particularly in the internal organs.—Dull bone-pains, with pressure.—Involuntary motions and convulsive jerks of single limbs.—°Affections of the mucous mem- branes, sometimes accompanied with ulceration and purulent secre- tions ?—°Scrofulous, °arthritic, and rheumatic affections ?—°Com- plaints arising from chagrin or from the abuse of Mercury ?—° Conges- tion of blood to the chest and head, occasioned by suppression of the hsemorrhoidal flux ?—°Spasmodic affections ?—Lacerating or pressure in the limbs.—Sensation of paralysis in the muscles, principally in the morning.—Congestion of blood to the head; blackness before the eyes ; giddiness, tingling in the ears, and drowsiness.—Incli- nation to convulsive laughter, in the evening, when in bed.— Tremulous irritation of the whole nervous system ; shaking pulsations through the whole body; sense of contraction in the feet, as if the tendons were too short; when he touches anything, he feels as if electrified. convulsions and movements of the feet, fingers, and of the head and other parts, with twitchings in all the limbs.—Pain in the limbs, as if the bones were compressed; pres- sure in the joints.—Great liability to take cold.—Depression of strength, with lassitude, headache, dullness of the mind, chilliness, or teveritjhneas.—°Trembling of the limbs.—°Deficiency of animal heat 176 ALUMINA. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Most of the symptoms come while sitting, and decrease when walking. Skin.—Corrosive itching over the whole body, particularly in the evening after getting warm in the bed. Existing herpes get worse towards evening.—Itching rash on the arms and lower limbs, which bleed after scratching.—Small excoriations become inflamed.—°Rha- gades.—°Humid scurf and gnawing tetters.—°Tho cutaneous troubles come on at every new and full moon. Sleep.—Great drowsiness in the day-time, especially towards even- ing, succeeded by *wakefulness in the evening, from fancies crowd- ing on his mind; followed by yawning, with and without drowsiness. —Restless night-sleep; he tosses about, and wakes frequently, with heat and anxiety, especially after midnight; *unrefreshing night- sleep, a mere slumbering, with sensation in the morning as if he had not slept enough ; followed by *deep, sound sleep, especially towards morning, when he wakes with difficulty, frequently with languor, weariness, and yawning.—Symptoms at night, when in bed : uneasi- ness in the limbs and tossing about; heat and anxiety ; throbbing in the roots of the cough, which disturbs sleep, and is succeeded by a dry heat; pinching pain and rumbling in the abdomen ; head- ache, with pain from the bend of the knee down to the heel ; spasm and oppression of the chest; anxiety, asthmatic oppression, and sweat while walking.—During the sleep : starting up as from fright; muttering, loud talking, and laughing ; violent crying, sometimes with great restlessness, lamentations, expressions of disconsolate grief, moaning and groaning.—*A number of dreams at night ; -particu- larly dreams with anxiety, or apprehensions of death after waking, or with nightmare; dreams with mental exertions ; agreeable, vexa- tious, confused, disgusting, and frightful dreams.—In the morning on waking : lowness of spirits, as if oppressed with grief; and pain in the stomach, chilliness, nausea, and fever. Fever.—Internal chilliness and shuddering, especially in the even- ing, with great sensitiveness to cold air ; continuing even while in a warm room or in bed; or the whole night, with restless sleep ; °or coming on immediately after eating the soup at dinner.—Cold creep- ing over the body towards evening, with beating in the forehead and occiput.—Hot cheeks and cold hands.—Bitterness of the mouth, flow of saliva, prostration of strength, pain in the head as if it would burst, and vertigo ; want of appetite, sleeplessness, and tossing about in the bed. Paroxysms of fever in the evening, consisting of chilli- ness and shuddering over the whole body, especially over the back and feet, sometimes with heat of the face, and alternations of coldness or ALUMINA. 177 warmth, or followed by heat of the body and sweat on the face.— Heat over the whole body, generally without thirst; anxious sweat, with heat, especially at night; or sudden paroxysms of heat, with anxiety and palpitation of the heart. Moral Symptoms.—Sullen, joyless, and desponding mood, espe- cially early in the morning on waking; weeping, groaning, and de- sire to be alone ; disposition to look at everything unfavorably.— * Anxiety, -anguish, oppressive and vague fearfulness, or uneasiness as if he had committed a crime.—Anxiety, with fear of an epileptic attack or loss of reason.—Despondency and fear of death.—°Appre- hensivencss.—Nervousness; to start.—Thoughts of suicide on seeing blood or a knife.—Fitful mood ; at times full of confidence, at times desponding.—Dissatisfied ; despairing ; lowness of spirits ; ill humor, vexed, grumbling ; peevish, obstinate ; quarrelsome, repul- sive.—Smiles at everything contemptuously.—Serious ; reflecting on himself; anxious or ill-humored.—Ennui, *no desire to do any- thing, especially anything serious.—Listless.—Absence of mind; want of attention when reading, and unsteadiness of ideas. Sensorium. to recollect things or follow up a train of thoughts.—Stupid dullness and numbness of the head, sometimes with heat in it, particularly in the morning.—Stupefaction, with dread of falling forward.—*Vertigo, -particularly in the morning, increased by stooping; jreeling vertigo, as if he would fall over when walking (during which he staggers) ; vertigo as if everything were turning in a circle. j Head.—Headache, sometimes on the left side, aggravated by walk- ing in the open air.—|The head feels heavy / with paleness of coun- tenance and langour ; the vertex feels painful to the touch.—Pressure in the forehead from without inward ; or within outward ; or over the eyes in the evening, sometimes with a chill, or followed by nocturnal heat and sweat; sensation in the head as if its contents were in a vice with a weight on the top.—Feeling as if the brain were dashed to pieces or bruised ; with redness of the cheeks.—Stupefying tight- ness in the right temple, relieved by pressing upon it; tightness, with drawing and beating in the right side of the occiput.—°Drawing as if the hairs were pulled at, with inclination to vomit.—Lacerating pain in the head.—Stitches in the brain, sometimes with inclination to vomit.—Boring in the temples, sometimes with tearing, in the evening.— Throbbing in the head, sometimes with stitches, pressure, or lacerating.—°Congestion of blood to the head, with pressure in the forehead and bleeding of the nose.—Heat in the head.—The head- ache abates when it is rested quietly upon a cushion. 178 ALUMINA. Scalp.—Falling off and dryness of the hair : soreness to touch creeping and titillation of the hairy sctdp, °itching of the forehead. —Pitching scales on the hairy scalp.—°Humid scurf on the temples. Eyes.—Pressure on the eyes, with inability to open them; great photophobia ; °pressure in the canthi, in the evening, as from a grain of sand.—Lacerating in the upper margin of the orbits. Prickling, smarting, and violent itching of the canthi, eyes, and lids.—°Feeling of coldness in the eyes, when walking in the open air.—*Burning in the eyes.—Redness of the eyes, especially of the right, with feeling of soreness, smarting, and dimness of sight.—Inflammation of the conjunctiva.—Stinging pimple on the lower lid ; stye on the upper lid.—Falling off of the eye-lashes.—Weakness of the upper lids.— Spasmodic closing of the lids, at night, with great pain when open- ing them.—*Copious lachrymation, -especially in the open air.— Profuse secretion of mucus, with *nightly agglutination.—Dim- sightedness, as if seeing through mist, obliging one to wipe his eyes constantly.—Everything has a yellow tinge.—Squinting of either eye.—Twitchings and luminous vibrations and stars before the eyes, as in vertigo.—Light before the eyes when closing them. Ears.—Lacerating, boring, or pulsation in the ears.—Stitches in the ears, especially in the evening.—Itching in the ears, increased by rubbing.—Heat and redness of the ear.—Discharge of pus from the right ear.—Sensation as if something were before the ears.— in the ears, or vibrations as from the tolling of bells when rising from bed ; hissing in the ears ; whistling; crepitation ; snap- ping as if from electric sparks, especially when chewing or swallowing. —One’s own voice appears altered to the right ear. Nose.—Ulceration of the nostrils, *which are sore and scurfy; with discharge of a quantity of thick, yellowish mucus.—°Ulcera- tion of the Schneiderian membrane, with pains in the root of the nose and the frontal sinuses.—*Bleeding from the nose, which is painful to the touch, and* red.—°Discharge of pieces of dry, hard, yellow-green mucus.—The smell is weak ; °wanting; -or acute.—Frequent sneezing, without catarrh ; with singultus.—*Stop- page of the nose.—Fluent coryza; in the left nostril, with stop- page of the right; followed by dry coryza and complete stoppage of both nostrils .-\-Disposition to catarrh, continuing for mas y years.f— °Coryza with cough. Face.—Gloomy and desponding expression of countenance.—#Pale- ness of countenance; -alternate redness and paleness of the face; copper-colored cheeks, like those of drunkards.—°Lancinations in the malar bones, and -in the right side of the face, with tearing in the ALUMINA. 179 ttjftth.—Drawing in the jaws and cheeks ; tension of the skin, with heat in the face, or as if the white of an egg were drying upon it.—• °Tlie face feels heavy and swollen.—Flushesof heat.—Painful red spot on the left cheek.—Roughness of the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.—°Blotches on the face.— Violent itching of the face, or -cheeks, with small pimples, either sore or painless.— Frequent boils on the left cheek.—°Humid scurf on the temples.— Bluish lips, during and after an attack of fever.—The lips feel swollen ; vesicles on the lips, and on the inner side.—Peeling off of the lips ; dry, chapped lips. Teeth and Jaws.—Lock-jaw.—Tension in the articulation of the jaw, with difficulty in opening the mouth, and stitches while opening it, which shoot up to the temples.—Drawing, lacerating, boring, cutting pain in the teeth, sometimes extending to the larnyx and temples.—The pain is most violent when chewing and pressing the teeth against one another.—\Sensation as if the teeth were elongated.\ —Ulcerated condition at the root of every tooth.—Ulcers on the gums, discharging a kind of blood, which tastes saltish.—Drawing pain, with soreness of the gums.—Bleeding of the gums.—Swellings about the gums.—Thick, fetid mucus on the teeth.—Toothache of preg- nant females. Mouth.—Soreness of the mouth, about the palate, tongue, and gums, as if burnt.—A number of little ulcers in the mouth.—*Dry- ness of the mouth, -on waking ; followed by increased secretion oj saliva, with astringent sensation in the mouth, and a musty, putrid smell; ptyalism.—Constant secretion of saliva in the mouth ; even with dryness of the throat.—Tongue feels rough, and is coated white, with good taste ; or is yellowish-white, with bitter taste. Throat and (Esophagus.—Pain in the throat when swallowing. —Pressure in the throat, or in the middle of the chest, when swal- lowing food or drink, as if the oesophagus were compressed.—Constric- tive pressure, tension, spasmodic drawing, or stinging in the throat during deglutition.—Roughness and scraping in the throat, with hawking.—Burning and soreness of the throat.—Chronic inflamma- tion of the fauces.—Tedious swelling of the tonsils.—The pain in the throat is most violent in the evening and at night, and is relieved by warm food or drinks.—±Great dryness of the throat arid mouth, as if parched, with violent thirst; or with rawness.—Copious accumula- tion of a thick, tenacious mucus, particularly in the evening, and when waking ; frequent hawking and difficult raising of phlegm. Taste and Appetite.—Taste as if from blood in the mouth; sweet taste in the throat, with giddiness and subsequent raising of 180 ALUMINA. bloody mucus.—Astringent, bitter, and slimy taste; or flat, insipid, metallic, sourish-salt taste; or acid and rancid taste in the throat.— Everything has a fiat taste.A-Entire absence of hunger and appe- tite; nothing has a taste to it; °irregula,r appetite, at times excessive, at times deficient.—Aversion to meat; hunger without appetite.—■ Great desire for vegetables, fruit, and liquid food.—After eating, and principally in the evening: hiccough, pressure in the stomach, pinching in the abdomen, violent nausea, tremor; or aversion to food, and languor.—After eating potatoes : pain in the stomach, nau- sea, inclination to vomit, and colic.—A good deal of thirst the whole day, also at dinner. Gastric Symptoms.—Heartburn.—Waterbrash. to eructate, of many years' standing; eructations : empty; or bitter, with loathing; or rancid, burning, acrid, and corrosive; *or smer, -in the evening, in bed, with burning in the throat, and gulping up of a sour mucus.—Frequent nausea: -especially during the chilly paroxysms; with chilliness; after a walk, with headache, paleness of countenance, want of appetite, ivith faint feeling at night —Qualmishness in the stomach, pharynx, and oesophagus.—Nausea. with inclination to vomit when standing; with strangling sensation in the oesophagus ; vomiting of mucus and water, preceded by retching Stomach.—Violent pain in the stomach, with tenderness to pre * sure.-i-Violent pressure and soreness at the pit of the stomach, and great oppression of the chest. —The stomach feels bloated.—Twisting and constriction in the stomach, extending into the chest and throat, attended with labored breathing. Sensation of pressure and con traction at the pit of the stomach, extending into the chest, and between the scapulae.—Drawing pain in the stomach, with difficulty of breathing.—Sensation of coldness in the stomach. Hypochondria.—Stitches and cutting pain in the region of the liver on stooping or raising the body. Long-continued burning and stitches in the hypochondriac region.—Pain in the hypochondria and epigastrium, when stooping. Abdomen.—Continual pressure, weight, and burning in the abdo- men.—Pinching or writhing, or colicky pinching and lacerating, with chilliness in the abdomen, relieved by heat.—Flatulent colic.—°Co- licarplumbea ?—Violent cutting and rumbling in the abdomen, prin- cipally in the evening, succeeded by an oppression of the chest, and difficult breathing.—Drawing pain in the abdomen.—Colic, followed by diarrhoea, and pain in the region of the kidneys. Protrusion and incarceration of inguinal hernia ? Distention of the abdomen, with rumbling and emission of flatulence. ALUMINA. 181 Stool and Anus.—Retention of stool. lasting a long while, and succeeding a troublesome pressure in the abdomen.—*In. activity and paralysis of the rectum.—*Hard and difficult stool, attended with pain in the rectum. down, during an eva- cuation ; the stools hard, knotty, and scanty. Bright stools covered with slime, preceded by colic.—Stools almost liquid, with a burning sensation in the rectum. Chronic diarrhoea, attended ivith tenesmus. Chills over the whole body, during an evacuation, in the evening. ♦Sensation of pricking and excoriation in the rectum, after an evacua- tion. Chronic difficult evacuation of hard stools, with cutting pain in the orifice of the rectum, succeeded by a jet of blood. Drops of blood and bloody mucus, during an evacuation.—Chronic piles.— Pitching and burning of the anus. Pressure and stitches in the perineum and rectum. Urinary Organs—Pains in the kidneys and loins, when walking or stooping, as if bruised. Pressure and drawing in the region of the bladder; itching and burning in the urethra.—Feeling of weak- ness in the urethra and the genital organs. Frequent desire to make water, with an increased secretion of aqueous urine, sometimes with burning.—Reddish, turbid urine, leaving a sandy sediment. Scanty urine, or less copious. A thick, white sediment in the urine.—White, turbid urine, as if chalk had been stirred with it. Phosphates ?— Burning when urinating, much worse in the evening.—Involuntary emission of urine. Male Sexual Organs.—Pressure in or tickling of the sexual organs and the thighs.—Secretion of smegma behind the prepuce.— Painful contraction in the spermatic cord and testicle. Sexual desire increased or suppressed.—Numerous erections in the evening and during the night, when lying in bed, and in the afternoon when sitting. Frequent and violent erections, and involuntary emissions of semen. Symptoms are worse after a pollution.—Pressure in the perineum during erections. Female Sexual Organs.—The menses are scanty and pale; too soon; or do not appear till the third month.—Uneasy sleep before the appearance of the menses ; with many dreams, and rush of blood, heat in the face, headache, and palpitation of the heart on waking.— Flow of mucus from the vagina before the appearance of the menses, with tremor, lassitude, and a bearing down sensation, with cutting pains in the abdomen during an evacuation ; *or attended with pinch- ing, writhing, and pressing, like labor-pains. During the menses : ♦pinching in the abdomen, and lassitude; or frequent urinating, tho urine corroding the genital organs.—Painless leucorrikea.—*Chro 182 ALUMINA. Nic leucorrhoea, continuing three days after the menses.—Acrid leu* corrhoea, irritating the genital parts. Leucorrhoea like lymph, in the afternoon and night. *Chronic abundant leucorrhoea of transparent mucus in the day-time. Chronic leucorrhoea, clear, like water or transparent mucus; stiffening the linen. Chronic leucorrhoea ol yellow mucus. Itching in the vagina during the leucorrhoea.—In 'pregnant females: °Toothache ; °constipation ; °constipation of in- fants ; °itching in the mammae. Larynx and Trachea.—Rattling in the chest, caused by mucus. —Hoarseness; roughness of the throat. Violent tickling in the throat. Irritation in the larynx, inducing cough. Cough, with claw- ing and tearing in the throat; and violent pain in the head. Chro- nic, violent, short, dry cough, with sneezing ; and tearing, lancinat- ing and pinching pain from the nape of the neck to the right axilla. Chronic dry cough, at night, with dryness of the throat; coming on suddenly early in the morning, and passing off quickly, or else con- tinuing when walking in the open air, and discontinuing in the room. •—Chronic continual dry cough, attended with vomiting, stoppage of the breath, and lancinating pain, extending from the left side of the abdomen to the hypochondrium and pit of the stomach. Long turns of a violent dry cough, during the day. *Chronic cough, with copious expectoration, especially early in the morning.—Sensation of stric- ture in the throat. Chest. of the chest. Oppression, seething, and pulsations in the chest. Chronic stricture across the chest.—Weight on the chest, with shortness of breath, without cough. Oppressive pain in the chest. Pressure and oppression of the chest, with shortness of breath and irritation to cough.—Oppressive pain in the middle of the chest, alternating with a tightness and violent palpitation of the heart, especially after dinner ; violent oppressive pain in the chest, at night.—Constriction of the chest. Chronic soreness of the chest and in the pit of the stomach, with fatiguing cough, running of the eyes, and tenacious phlegm. Erratic stitches in the chest, sometimes aggravated by breathing, sometimes burning ; lancination, aggravated by the slightest motion.—Boring pain, aggravated by breathing, relieved by raising the trunk.—Chilliness in the sternum.—Heat in the chest with stitch.—*Palpitation of the heart, on waking. Fre- quent palpitation of the heart; °shocks in the region of the heart.— Burning eruption on the chest.—°Pain in the thyroid cartilage when touching it. Back.—* Gnawing pain in the sacrum, relieved by stretching, and ascending to between the shoulders.—Lancinations.—Tearing and ALUMINA. 183 Jerkings in the small of the hack, especially in the evening, during motion.—Pain as from bruises in the sacrum and back.—Violent pain, stitches, and shooting pains all along the back, sometimes aggra- vated by breathing or stooping. Pain in the back, as if a hot iron, were thrust through the lower vertebrae. Neck.—Painful drawing in the muscles of the neck ; increased on moving the head.—Itching in the nape, and stitches in the glands of the right side of the neck. Stinging in the left side of the neck, relieved by pressing upon the part, with tearing in the head and stitches in the ears.—Drawing, pressure, and swelling of the left side of the neck.—Stiffness of the muscles of the neck. Superior Extremities.—Pain in the shoulder-joint, as if sprained, especially on moving the arm.—Stitches, lacerating pain, lameness, and pain as if bruised in the arms, changing from side to side. —Great lassitude in the arms, which one is scarcely able to lift.— Burning sensation and tension of the upper arms and fingers, as from a red-hot iron. Soft, red swelling of the arm, with violent stitches of pain.—Pain as if strained in the muscles of the upper arm ; drawing pain and lancinations in the upper arm and the elbow; the pain seems to be in the bones. Lancinating pain, as if sprained, in the elbow and wrist-joint.—Drawing, lacerating pain in the arms. Para- lytic sensation in the arms. Hands.—Painful sensation of the wrists. Burning itching of the hands ; the skin peels off.—Coldness of the hands.—Bough, chapped, readily-bleeding hands.—Gnawing behind the finger-nails, with tingling along the arm, as high up as the clavicle. Swelling of the fingers.—The tips of the fingers are disposed to ulcerate ; with lanci- nating pains.—°Panaritia. Inferior Extremities.—Stitches and lacerating pains in the hips and pelvis, and in the thighs and legs, principally when at rest.— Heaviness of the legs; principally in the hips; he can scarcely drag them; when walking he staggers, and has to sit down ; great weariness of the legs when sitting.—Pain in the bend of the knee, rendering it difficult to extend the foot. Drawing pain in both knees, when ascending the stairs. Violent lacerating in the knees an/1 patcllce ; and from the knees down through the toes, with a sen- sation of swelling of the knees ; trembling of the knees ; weariness of the legs; tearing and drawing pain in the leg; tension and burn- ing in the external surface of the right calf.—Frequent cramps in the calves when laying one foot across the other, or standing upon the toes ; or as if the tendons were too short, after rising from a seat; heaviness of the feet, with great lassitude of the legs. Lacerating 184 AMBRA GRISEA. pain in the feet. Weariness in the feet when sitting.—Pain in tlu soles of the feet, when stepping upon them, as though they were tender and swollen; itching of the toes ivith redness, as if frozen, worse after scratching, in the evening. Herpes between tliq toes. It is extraordinary that this remedy is not more frequently used in chronic affections, if we take into consideration the careful prov- ings it has been submitted to.—Ed. 16.—AMBRA GRISEA. AMBR.—Ambergris. Grey Amber.—Hahnemann’s “Materia Medica Pura,” Vol I.—Duration of Action : 40 days in chronic affections. Compare with—Calc., Cham., Graph., Lycop., Nux.-v., Phosph., Phosph.-ac., Puls., Sabad., Sep., Staph., Verat., Verb. Antidotes.—Camph., Nux*-v., Puls.—It antidotes Staph., Nux.-v. Rationale of its Action.—By some the Grey Amber is sup- posed to be a tallow-like product from the gall-bladder of the whale. According to Pereira, it is produced from the sperm whale, and seems to be the indurated faeces (perhaps somewhat altered by disease) ot the animal. Mr. Beale collected some of the semi-fluid faeces, and found that the dried mass had all the properties of Ambergris. It has a pleasant Musk-like odor, which is supposed to be derived from the squid, or Sepia-moschata, on which the whale feeds; in support of this opinion, it must be mentioned that the horny beaks of this ani- mal are found imbedded in the masses of Ambergris. Swediaur was the first to trace its origin to the sperm whale; Lecleuse was the first to suggest that it might be hardened and altered fmces; Home the first to hint that it might be a hardened and altered secretion from the liver of the whale, or a kind of gall-stone ; Oken supposed that it was indurated bile-resin, which opinion is strengthened by the chemical analysis of Pelletier and Caventou; while J. J. Ferey con- jectured that it was a species of adipocere, arising from the decompo- sition of dead Sepia-octopedia, and the other kinds of Sepia, which emit an Amber or Musk-like odor, and bases his opinion on the fact that the beaks and bones of those cuttle-fish are found in Ambergris but, as these are also the most common food of the whale, it may have a double origin, one from the faeces of the whale, and the other from the spontaneous decomposition of dead cuttle-fish. When genuine, Ambergris has a peculiarly pleasant odor, not easily described or imitated, and which is exceedingly diffusive, especially in solution, so that a very minute quantity is perceptible even when mixed with other perfumes; a grain or two rubbed down with sugar, and added AMBRA GET SEA. 185 to a hogshead of claret, is very perceptible in the wine, and gives it a flavor by some considered as an improvement.—J. C. P. Boswell noticed, after taking thirty grains, quickness of the pulse, increase of muscular power, and of sight and hearing; also greater activity of mind and of the sexual power. It was formerly much celebrated as a stimulant and anti-spasmodic, supposed to produce excitation and strengthening of the whole nervous system, and even to prolong life. In the East, it has long been used as an aphrodisia- cum; hence its action may be the opposite in this respect of that of Agnus-castus, Conium, Camphor, &c. According to Noack and F. Hofstetter, Ambra is said to exert a remarkably specific action on the organ of hearing; and as curative effects, old-school physicians have noticed increase of muscular power, relief from intellectual weak- ness and mental depression, increased power of seeing and hearing, and increase of the sexual power and fluids. Its action has been compared by old-school physicians to that of Musk, Castor, Coffee, Valerian, &c., &c. It had also an ancient reputation for causing the reappearance of suppressed eruptions, such as itch and herpes. On account of its stimulating properties, Chaumeton and Cloquet were led to give it in typhus fever.—J. C. P. GENERAL SYMPTOMS. —Spasms and * convulsions of the muscles.—Lacerating or cramping pains in the muscles; aching pains in internal organs; lacerating pains in the joints, frequently on one side of the body only.—°Drawing through the limbs, and Cut- ting in the hands and feet.—Tingling inquietude in all the limbs,, with anxiety, only in the day-time; agitation of the blood, and acce- lerated circulation, with increased debility of the body after a walk in the open air ; he feels the throbbing of the arteries like the tick of a watch. Conversation produces fatigue, heaviness of the head, and restlessness.—Nervousness, with great irritability of temper and im- patience.—* Great languor : especially in the morning in bed, -and particularly in the lower limbs; sometimes relieved by walking; weariness and pain in all the limbs ; sense of weight in the body, and weariness; prostration of strength; giving way of the knees; loeakness, especially in the feet; a sort of insensibility; sudden weakness, early in the morning, with inability to walk alone, and cold sweat upon the forehead and hands; he has to lie down, owing to a feeling of weakness in the stomach, and giddiness.—°Cramps in the body.—* Jerks and twitches of the limbs, -the whole night, with coldness of the body.—°Complaints incident to old age. ? Characteristic Peculiarities.—Many of the symptoms make their appearance during sleep, and abate after rising; many othei 186 AMBRA GRISEA. symptoms are aggravated in the evening, when in a recumbent posture and by warmth.—Many symptoms are relieved by a walk in the open air, and by resting on the part affected, but reappear when sitting down. Skin. of the skin as if asleep, -early in the morning •■m waking.—Pitching and burning of the skin, °as if from the itch ; causes suppressed itch and herpes to reappear upon the skin.—°Burn- ing herpes.—°Dryness of the skin. Sleep. in the day-time, -with inclination to stretch one’s limbs, followed by sleeplessness the whole night, without any apparent cause; sleepless until morning, when he falls into a slum- ber, disturbed with fanciful wanderings.—*Restless night-sleep, full of dreams ; he wakes frequently at night.—At night : uneasiness in the whole body ; pressure in the epigastrium, with restless sleep; lacerating pain, with pressure, from the occiput, and in the forehead, after falling asleep ; heat in the head before midnight, and uneasiness in the occiput after midnight.—On waking in the morning : great weariness, especially in the upper part of the body, dullness of the head, nausea in the pit of the stomach, aversion to getting up from bed, and sensation as if the eyes had been closed too tightly.— Anxious and vexatious dreams, with talking during sleep ; also dis- turbing sleep. Fever.—Chillitiess : with great weariness and desire to sleep.— At night: coldness of the body, and twitches of the limbs, with rest- less sleep, or internal chilliness, which does not permit him to fall asleep, or which wakes him frequently; of single parts, followed by heat in the face.—Flushes of heat, with anxiety about the heart; flushes of heat in the face and over the body, every quarter of an hour.—Profuse night-sweat.—Sweat the whole day; worse during a walk, especially on the abdomen and thighs. Moral Symptoms.—Great restlessness the whole day, with oppres- sion of the chest; nervousness of long duration.—Anxiety in the even- ing.—Great lowness of spirits ; indifference to joy or sorrow ; °dis- consolateness ; -sad thoughts, with qualmishness about the heart and sadness of mood; despair ; ° loathing of life.—Vexed, quarrelsome, disposed to whine and to be vehement.—Alternation of lowness of spirits and vehemence.—° Aversion to talking or laughing.—Embar- rassed manners in society. Sensorium.—Dullnessof the head, every morning; it feels muddled as after nocturnal revelling.—Great weakness of the head, withchilli ness about it, or vertigo.—Dullness of the mind; weak memory.— Vertigo ; especially when walking in the air, obliging him to lie down, with weakness in the stomach. AMBR.A GRISEA. 187 Head.—Headache : in the forehead, with apprehension of losing his reason ; in the sinciput and forehead, with pressure from above downward, every other day, commencing in the morning, with heat of the head, burning of the eyes, paleness of face ; or heaviness of the head, in the evening, on the top of the head ; or in the whole of the head, with stinging pains ; in small parts of the occiput, or in the left frontal eminence.—Continuous headache, as if a catarrh in the head would set in.—Rush of blood to the head, especially when listening to music.—Crampy sensation in the head, from temple to temple.—Drawing in the head, with pressure from the nape of the neck to the sinciput; the pressure being afterwards felt in the occi- put.—Lacerating pain in the head, with paleness of face and cold- ness of the left hand.—Stitches : above the left temple, from without inward in the head ; violent stitches, in the evening, darting upwards in the direction of the occiput; painful lancinations while making an exertion, which are felt at every step, and abate in a recumbent pos- ture.—Dartings in the head. Scalp.— Painful spot in the occiput; tearing with pressure on the top of the head ; whizzing noise about the temples.—*The hair feels sore when touched ; * falling off of the hair.—Pimples on the fore- head. Eyes.—Pressure in the eyes, as if they had been closed too tightly; or as if they were lying deep in the sockets, especially early in the morning.—Lacerating in the eye, and in the parts surrounding it.— Smarting in the eyes ; as if dust were lodged in them, with pres- sure ; or with lachrymation.—Burning in the right eye; and about the lids.—Itching: of the lids, as if a stye would form ; around the eyes, violent, titillating.—Inflammatory redness of the white of the eye, ♦and injected condition of the vessels.—♦Dimness of sight, -as through fog ; obscuration of sight. Ears.—Frequent tearing in the right ear, and behind the ears.— Tension about, and tingling, itching, and titillation in the ears.— ♦Boring, °ringing, and *whistling in the ears, -in the afternoon; crepitation and snapping, as from electric sparks in the ears.—Dimin- ished hearing ; deafness of one ear. Nose.—Lleeding from the nose, especially in the morning. Con- tinuous dryness of the nose, a biting irritation and frequent desire to sneeze, with tingling in the nose ; frequent sneezing.—Dry coryza ; ♦stoppage of the nose, -with a feeling of soreness; headache when blowing the nose ; catarrhal feeling in the forehead and eyes.—°Chro- nic suppression of catarrh. Face.—Spasmodic tremor of the muscles of the face.—Flushes oj 188 AMBRA GRISEA. heat in the face.—Jaundiced complexion.—Tied spots on the cheek —Corrosive itching in the face.—Pimples on the face.—Hot lips. Teeth and Jaws.—Stinging, drawing, and lacerating pain in ca- rious teeth, aggravated by warm, allayed by cold substances.—Bleed- ing of the gums, especially of those of the right lower jaw.—The gums are painful and swollen. Mouth.—Fetid smell fro7n the mouth.—Dryness of the mouth, tongue, and lips, early in the morning when waking; sometimes the parts feel numb.—Smarting in the mouth, with sensation as if the parts were excoriated, and with inability to eat anything solid on account of the pain ; vesicles in the mouth, with burning pain.— llheumatic pain in the tongue and fauces ; scraping sensation about the palate.—The tongue has a greyish-yellow coating. Throat and (Esophagus.—Scraping in the throat, as in catarrh; dryness early in the morning.—Pain as if a foreign body were lodged in the throat.—Secretion of mucus in the throat, with roughness and scraping ; or with hawking, gagging, and vomiting.—°Choking in the throat, when swallowing food.—°Soreness in the throat. Appetite and Taste.—°Insipid, rancid taste in the mouth ; -(bitter taste, in the morning on waking).—°Loss of appetite.—After dinner: anguish and pressure in the pit of the throat, as if food were lodged vhere.—Acidity in the mouth after drinking milk. Gastric Symptoms.—*Frequent empty eructations, -after dinner or in the afternoon ; loud and bitter, or *frequent sour eructations ; *ineffecual eructations ; or °tastingof the ingesta.—Frequent heart- burn while walking in the open air, with ineffectual eructations; acrid rising in the throat, every evening, with sensation as if the stomach were deranged.—*Nausea and °vomiting. Stomach and Hypochondria.—Feeling of weakness in the stomach, with vertigo.—Spasm of the stomach.—Pressure in the region of the liver. Abdomen.—Pressure in the abdomen, and in the epigastrium, with coldness of the hands and feet.—Crampy sensation in the ab- domen, succeeded by a cutting pain in the epigastrium, or a fermen- tation and bubbling sensation in the epigastrium.—Violent spasms in the abdomen.—Tightness and distention of the abdomen, after eating or drinking ; #pain from incarceration of flatulence, -princi- pally in the right side ; emission of inodorous flatulence, after pres- sure in the abdomen.—Sensation as if the parts in the abdomen were compressed, early in the morning.—Cutting in the abdomen : very violent in the evening and after midnight, with general sweat; or with loose, diarrhede stools, early in the morning.—Stitches ovei AMBRA grisea. 189 the hips.—Twitchings in the abdominal muscles in the evening, soreness of the muscles, when coughing or turning the body.—Feel ing of coldness in the abdomen, sometimes only in one side. Stool and Anus.—Frequent ineffectual urging to stool; crampy sensation in the abdomen, especially in the right side, after an inef- fectual urging ; *constipation ; -scanty stool ; °irregular intermit- tent stool, sometimes every other day, followed by copious, loose, light- brown stool.—After stool: pressure in the hypogastrium, weakness in the pit of the stomach, and constant urging.—Pain in the rectum and bladder ; urging titillation of the rectum.—Stinging. smarting, and itching of'the anus.—Discharge of blood with the stool; °varices of the rectum ; hcemorrhoids. Urinary Organs.—Increased secretions of urine, with inability to retain it, in the morning.—The urine is turbid during the emission, and dark brown; or light brown, with brown sediment, the urine itself having a yellow color ; urine with a reddish cloud ; having au acrid smell after standing awhile ; mixed with blood; scanty urine, with reddish sediment after a couple of hours.—°Sourish smell of the urine.—Burning of the orifice of the urethra and in the anus. Male Sexual Organs.—Lacerating in the glans; or pain as if ulcerated.—Burning in the region of the vesiculae-seminales.— Itching in the glans. Female Sexual Organs.—Burning in the genital organs, with dis- charge of a few drops of blood, especially after walking and a hard stool.—Pain as of soreness, and violent itching of the pudendum ; swelling and soreness of the labia.—The menses are too early.— Discharge of blood between the menses.—During the menses the left leg looks blue, on account of the distended varices, with pressing pain.—*Leucorrhcea: -(only at night); discharge of thick mucus, with stitches in the vagina before the discharge ; discharge of pieces of a bluish-white mucus from the vagina.—Inflammation of the ovaries. ? Larynx and Trachea.—Hoarseness and roughness of the voice.— Accumulation of a greyish mucus, which it is difficult to cough up, with scraping in the throat.—Burning titillation from the larynx to the abdomen.—Tickling in the throat, inducing cough.—Cough: excited by a scraping sensation in the throat.—Deep, dry cough, with confluence of water in the mouth, and subsequent scraping in the throat.—Cough, with occasional violent paroxysms ; a kind of whoop- ing cough ; *spasmodic cough, Especially in slender persons ; with eructations and hoarseness.—Cough, with expectoration of white mu- cus and coryza; cough, with saltish expectoration.— With theccnugh . 190 A MURA GRISEA. °pressing in the temples ; -itching in the throat and in the region of the thyroid gland; pain in the side, below the pit of the stomach; sore pain in the throat; pressure in the umbilical region. Chest.—Fetid breath, in the morning on waking.—Oppression and tightness of the chest, with uneasiness, impeding a deep inspi- ration.—°Shortness of breath.—°Asthmatic complaints of children and scrofulous persons ?—Oppression of the chest, extending to the back between the scapulae, and relieved for a short while by eating. —Wheezing.—Feeling of rawness, and burning lancination in the chest, extending through to the back ; in the right half of the chest a violent lancination, arresting the breathing.—Pressure in the chest. —°Nightly tremor in the chest.—Pain as if bruised, with oppression of the chest, relieved by eructating.—Anxiety about the heart, with arrest of breathing and flushes of heat; palpitation of the heart during a walk in the open air, with paleness of countenance; during the palpitation of the heart he experiences a pressing in the chest as from some foreign body.—Burning with pressure, aggravated by pressing upon the part ; rheumatic pain in the right side ; .pressure with lacerating in the left. Back, Sacral Region.—Stitches in the small of the back, aggra- vated by movement.—°Stiffness in the small of the back, after sitting. —Pressing pain in the small of the back, from within outward, with great weight.—Painful tension in the lumbar muscles ; rheumatic pain, with tension in the back.—Burning, with stinging-rheumatic pain in the scapula ; drawing with pressure in the nape of the neck. Arms.—*The arms go to sleep easily ; *when lying down upon them; *while carrying something in the hand, also at night (the right arm), *with numbness -of the left arm, in rest; of the hands, at night; tingling in the thumb as if gone to sleep.—Lacerating in the arms.—Drawing : in the shoulder, fingers, and thumb, with pres- sure in the right fore-arm; rheumatic pain from the thumb to the wrist-joint.—Stitches in the arms.—Pain in the shoulder as if sprained and lame ; in the evening with drawing.—°Tremor of the arms ; -bubbling sensation and jerking in the arm.—Lameness of the hand. *Cramp in the hands ; °in some cases only when taking hold of anything.—(Painful swelling and stiffness of the articulations of the fingers and thumb, when in a state of rest).—Continuous cold- ness of the hands; particularly in the evening, with chilliness of those parts.—Itching of the hands. Lower Limbs.—Lacerating in the lower limbs ; rheumatic lacerat- ing in the leg 1—Sensation in the thigh and legs as if asleep, with weight or rigidity of the muscles. —-Lameness of the knee, as if AMMONIACUM. 191 sprained, aggravated in the evening.—Intense and painful coldness of the legs, particularly in the evening.—Cramp in the thighs and calves, almost every night; buzzing sensation in the calves and feet; tingling and numbness of the feet, when lying down, with faint- ing and obscuration of sight on rising, followed by vomiting of bile; he is obliged to lie down again.—°Stiffness of the tarsal joint; of the feet, with great weariness ; * the feet are painful ivhen walking, -the heel and the left tarsal joint are painful; °pain in the bottom of the feet, as from subcutaneous ulceration; arthritic pain in the tarsal joints and in the ball of the big toe ; stinging in the left foot, in the heel, in the ball of the big toe.—°Swelling of the feet; -of the left mal- leolus, with pain when beginning to walk ; (pain in the legs up to the knees).—Itching of the toes and interior of the bottom of tht feet, not removed by rubbing.—Cold feet.—*Burning of the bottom of the feet.—°Lancinations in the chilblains on the toes. 17.—AMMONIACUM. AMMONIAC.—Gummi Ammoniacum.—See Homoeopathic Gazette, and throbbing in the stomach.—Sensation of heaviness and pains in the stomach, with nausea.—Nausea, heaviness, and pressure in the stomach.-M3ppression of the stomach.—Tension and pressure in the stomach, causing anxiety, and a sensation as if the stomach were filled to stomach j food oppresses the stomach like a dead weight and drags it downward; on waking, a violent spasm of the stomach, with hunger, nausea, and consider- able flatulence.—Raging gnawing at the stomach, a sort of hunger, with nausea.—Cardialgia and internal chilliness, early in the morn- ing.—Violent cardialgia, waking her in the night; twisting of the stomach, which extends down into th,e abdomen.—Violent cardialgia; griping and burning, momentarily.—Burning, ascending from the stomach.—Burning sensation, nausea, and pain in the stomach.— Burning in the stomach and chest.—Inflammation of the stomach.— Inflammation, suppuration, and dissolution of the mucous membrane of the stomach, the muscular membrane appearing to be more or less involved in the inflammatory process.—Gastro-enteritis.—Gangrene of the primae-viae.—Contraction of the stomach.—Gnawing pain in the stomach, on the left side. ulcerative fain on the left side of the stomach, below the short ribs, more intense during a deep inspiration and when touching the parts.—Ulcerative pain in the stomach after dinner.—Hard pressure in the left hypochondrium. —Pain in the hypochondria. Abdominal Region.—Cutting and stinging in the liver.—Affection of the liver, ending in fatal dropsy.—Fine stitches in the spleen, coming on at intervals.—Emptiness of the abdomen, with nausea.— Fullness, heaviness, and distention of the abdomen, with anxiety, impeding respiration after supper.—Oppressive drawing pain jn the whole abdomen down to the groin, with tension, as in ascites.—‘Pain* ful tension and pressure in the abdomen, as if sore and ulcerated.—• Darting stitches through the abdomen.—Coldness in the abdomen, which is painfully irritated.i-Sensation as of a ball ascending from the abdomen into the throat.—Pressing pain in the groins, more violent when touching them.—Cutting in the small of the back and abdomen.—Colic around the umbilicus.—Flatulence. Stool.—Frequent evacuations of a greenish, very fetid mucus, ARGENTUM N1TRATUM. 295 with emission of noisy flatulence.—Acts powerfully upon the intestinal canal, occasioning from four to five stools a day.—Frequent evacua- tions, with slight pains in the abdomen.—Diarrhoea with colic.—Vio- lent diarrhoea.—Bloody evacuations.—Bloody stools with great de- bility.—Several evacuations of bloody mucus, without any particular pain, towards morning.—A good deal of urging during the diarrhoea. —Colic previous to the diarrhoea.—Constipation; the substances evacuated were dry and of a firm consistence, whereas his bowels were generally loose.—Slowness and diminution of the faecal and urinary discharges.—Dry, firm, alvine evacuations.—Diarrhoea or constipation. —Intestinal phthisis, ulceration of the intestines.—Creeping and burning in the anus.—Itching of the anus.—Discharge of a quantity of the ascarides.—Discharge of taenia. Urinary Organs.—Pains in the kidneys.—At first the urinary organs are greatly irritated.—Is a diuretic and diaphoretic.—Fre- quent emission of a pale, strong-smelling urine.—Copious urination. —Scanty and rare emission of a dark-yellow urine.—Emission of a few drops of urine after urinating, with a sensation as if the interior of the urethra were swollen.—Burning micturition and feel- ing in the urethra as if swollen.—Burning after micturition.—Drag- ging pains during micturition.—Painful pushing in the urethra.— Heat, itching, and titillation, in the morning when urinating for the first time.—The urethra is painful, as if closed up by swelling, and ulcerated.—Ulcerative pain in the middle of the urethra, as if a splinter had been pushed in. The urethra feels swollen, hard, and knotty.—Inflammation and violent pains of the urethra, with increased gonorrhoea, priapism, dysuria, bloody urine, fever.—Slight burning in the whole course of the urethra, increased gonorrhoea, burning dur- ing micturition, painful tension during erections, chordee, bleeding from the urethra, shootings in the same from behind forward. Oozing of mucus from the urethra.—Stricture of the urethra. Male Genital Organs.—Chancre-like ulcers on the prepuce; at first their tips were covered with pus, but afterwards the ulcers be- came diffused through a pretty spacious depression, exhibiting the tallow-like coating of chancres.—The right testicle is enlarged and hard.—Painful coition.— Want of sexual desire, the genital organs having become shrivelled. Female Sexual Organs.—Congestions to the uterus.—Haemor- rhages from the uterus.—The menses are accompanied with cutting pains in the small of the back and groin.—Suppression of the menses, miscarriage, and metrorrhagia.—Suppression of the mucous leucor- rhoea; it reappeared in a few weeks, but less and milder. 296 ARGENTUM NITRATUM. Larynx and Trachea.—Hoarseness with roughness in the throat.—. Nightly hoarseness, with turns of dry cough, after which she throws off blood-tinged mucus mixed with saliva.—Dry tickling in the larynx, occasioning a cough.—Dry, fatiguing cough, occasioned by a violent, almost burning titillation in the throat, before retiring in the even- ing.—Paroxysms of dry cough at night, sometimes so violent as to induce vomiting.—Suffocative cough for several days at noon.—Cough after dinner, impeding speech. Chest.—Violent, continual irritation, with cough and spitting of blood, with torturing oppression of breathing.—Nightly cough and sweat.—Fullness and anxiousness in the chest, with disposition to sigh.—Heaviness in the cavity of the chest, with desire to sigh.— Oppression of the chest, with a crampy sensation.—Difficulty of breathing.—Excessive suffocative oppression of breathing.—Suffoca- tive fits.—Nightly pain in the chest.—Stitches in the chest.—Aching- tensive pain in the chest.—Pressure and weight as of a stone, in tho middle of the sternum.—Burning in the chest.—Palpitation of the heart, at night.— Violent palpitation of the heart, with a faintish nausea.—Beating of the heart.—The outer chest is painful to tho touch.—The glands of the chest are painful, as if ulcerated.—Itching of the chest and the axillae. Neck.—Sensation as of a cramp in the right anterior cervical muscles.—Bounding pulsations of the left carotid at regular intervals, distinctly seen by the naked eye. Back.—Violent pressure between the shoulders.—Itch-like erup- tion, especially on the back.—Tensive squeezing pains in the back.—• Nightly pains in the back.—Weight in the small of the back.—Vio- lent pain in the small of the back, as if sprained, early in the morn- ing, when sitting.—Pain in the small of the back, relieved when standing or walking.—The small of the back feels weary.—Digging, cutting in the small of the back.—The lumbar region feels bruised. —Heaviness and drawing in the loins, with debility and weariness, trembling in the lower limbs, as after a fatiguing journey.—Stiffness, heaviness, and paralytic pains in the region of the sacrum and back. -—Heaviness and paralytic sensation in the region of the os-sacrum. Arms.—Tensive pain in the shoulders and arms.—Pain iD the wrist, as if sprained.—Painful eruption.—Rheumatic tearing in the joints of the fingers. Legs.—Paralytic heaviness and debility of the loiver limbs.—• Periodical nervous (cramp-like) drawing, from the hip down to the knees.—Paralytic weakness of the lower limbs, and emaciation of the same.—Itching, blotch-shaped pimples, principally at night.—Paralytio ARGENTUM NITRATUM. 297 painful drawing, as if bruised, above the left patella.—Violent tear- ing, raging, digging-up pain under the patellae.—Drawing tearing from the knees into the legs.—Rigidity in the calves, with great de- bility and exhaustion, as from fatigue.—Excessive weariness of the calves, as from fatigue.—Violent drawing in the calves when going up-stairs.—Arthritic drawing in the foot.—Staggering gait in the open air. PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.—The plexus-choroideus and the veins of the fourth ventricle presented a lead-colored appearance, in the case of a female, of thirty years, who died in the Salpetriere, and who had taken for a long while the Nitrate of Silver against epilepsy, and finally died of tuberculous phthisis. What is remark- able in her case is the fact that her skin had a lead-colored appear- ance during her life, and that this discoloration disappeared after her death in every part of her body except around her mouth. Par- tial erosion of the mucous membrane of the fauces and the oesophagus; slight detachment of the membrane. The stomach is deprived of its mucous membrane in that portion of it which is turned towards the oesophagus and in the region of the curvature, the space being from four to five inches; the other membranes in the above-mentioned parts of the stomach offered so slight a resistance that they were torn by the mere weight of the contents of the stomach. More or less intense redness of the mucous membrane of the stomach; here and there greyish-white or blackish-dark crusts were discovered in it. The mucous membrane having been destroyed, the muscular coat of the stomach became inflamed, and exhibited a vivid redness, and here and there a crusty appearance. The stomach was perforated where the poison acted intensely. The mucous membrane of the intestines, especially of the stomach, was covered with a whitish coagulum, or was red and congested, or parts of it were cauterized and transformed into white-grey or brownish-black scurfs; those parts were sometimes seen perforated. The liver was softened, large, and flabby. The kid- neys exhibited a lead-color. The lungs and the veins of the body looked black-green, the veins looked as if they had been injected with black-green blood. (A portion of the vena-cava became white by dipping it into muriatic acid). The lungs were congested, infiltrated with serum, or parts of the lungs looked ecchymozcd and were of a black-red color ; the heart looked dark-red and livid ; the ventricles and the trunks of the large veins were turgid with black blood 298 ARNICA MONTANA. ARN.—Leopard’s Bane.—Hahnemann’s “Mat. Med. Pur.,” Yol. I.—Duration oj Action: from six to ten days. Compare with—Aeon., Am., Ars., Bell., Bry., Cann., Caps., Cham., Chin., Cic., Cina, Coloc., Euphr., Fer., Hep., Ign., Ipec., Merc., Natr., Nux-v., Puls., Rhus, Ruta, Samb., Sabin., Seneg., Staph., Sulph.-ac., Verat.—It is frequently indicated after: Aeon., Ipec., Verat.—Is frequently suitable after: Aeon., Ipec., Rhus, Sulph.-ac. Antidotes.—Camph., Ignat.—It antidotes: Am., Chin., Cic., Fer., Ip':c., Sen.—• Wine increases the pains. 30.—ARNICA MONTANA. Rationale of its Action.—Wood and Bache say that Leopard’s ■ bane is a stimulant, directed with peculiar energy to the brain and whole nervous system, as manifested by the headache, spasmodio contractions of the limbs, and difficulty of respiration which result from its use. It acts also as an irritant to the stomach and bowels. Dierbach says that its effects are very characteristic, and that its action upon the skin is the most marked, the functions of which it can arouse from the most torpid state ; the outbreak of perspiration, which sometimes assumes a red color on the chest, is one of the most con- stant symptoms. Not unfrequcntly one notices a feeling of formica- tion, and a prickling, piercing, spasmodic sensation, which has been compared to slight electric shocks; in large doses it sometimes produces a sensation of coldness over the whole surface of the body. The primae-viae are soon attacked by Arnica, and eructations, stomach- ache, retching, nausea, vomiting, colic, tenesmus, at times diarrhoea, but more frequently constipation, increased flow of urine, and a pain- ful itching of the genitals, have often been noticed. Its influence upon the organs of the chest is marked by anxiety, oppression, palpi- tation of the heart, and dry irritative cough. It often excites head- ache, attended with dizziness; the smell of the flowers is apt to excite sneezing, whence the name of the plant, which is properly Ptarmica. It is generally believed to possess the power of absorbing blood which has exhaled from the blood-vessels (ecchymosis), and is then apt to cause pain in the injured part. The pains produced by Arnica are said to be far less severe if the patient moves about his room than when he lies in bed. According to Vogt, it is an acrid, gethereal-oily, or exciting remedy, which, in small doses, acts specifically upon the vegetative side of the nervous system, and upon the motor functions ; he would describe more exactly the sphere of its action by saying that it is at those points where the nerves and arteries lose themselves in the organic Structures, and where the veins and lymphatics arise, viz., in the AKNICA MONTANA. 299 capillary vascular system, especially that of the membranous struc- tures, viz., the external skin, the fibrous membranes, the tendons and sheaths of the muscles, the ligaments of the joints, the periosteum, serous and synovial membranes, the pleura, peritoneum, &c. In these parts, in virtue of its exciting or acrid powers, in combination with its aethereal-oily properties, it excites the actions of the nerves and vessels, hastens the natural metamorphoses of the tissues, or amuses them from torpor and inactivity, or retains them in a certain stage of organic vitality when they tend towards colliquation or putresccncy Given in larger doses, it either affects the stomach especially, and causes scraping in the throat, burning, extending down to the epigas- trium, spasmodic painful contraction of the stomach, with flow of much saliva into the mouth, unpleasant sensation of nausea, cardial- gia, eructations, retchings, vomiting, followed by colic or diarrhoea; or it may affect the whole organism, especially the brain and spinal marrow, and excite vertigo, stupefaction, confusion of the head, glim- mering before the eyes, noises in the ears, anxiety, timidity, oppres- sion at the praecordia, inability to stand up, followed by increased pulsation of the arteries, violent congestions of blood towards the ter- minal branches of all the blood-vessels, especially to the head, chest, and abdomen, attended with palpitations of the heart, pulsations in the epigastrium, greater development of heat, and irritation of all the tissues, marked by formication, prickling, piercing, trembling, sub- sultus, &c.; finally, the secretions are stimulated, especially those of the skin, mucous membranes, and kidneys, which not unfrequently are attended with haemorrhages. CLINICAL REMARKS. Hahnemann.—“Arnica is apolychrest, or remedy applicable to a great variety of diseases ; exhibits its spe- cific efficacy in all cases of injury from falls, blows, and surgical ope- rations ; is an indispensable intermediate remedy in most invete- rate chronic diseases, although each dose acts only six days; is useful in some forms of spurious pleurisy ; but is always hurtful in purely inflammatory, acute diseases characterized by external general heat, also in diarrhoea.”—-Ed. For a long time popular empiricism had availed itself of the pro- perties of Arnica, when a Belgian physician, Fehrius or Fehr, drew the attention of his colleagues to this plant. The facts published by him tended to show that the Arnica, whether used internally or ex- ternally, was a specific remedy for sanguineous effusions, sugilla- lions, ecchymosis, &c. A large number of German, Swedish, and French practitioners confirmed Fehr’s observations, and its use soon became quite extensive. According to Murray, it was successfully 300 ARNICA MONTANA. used against the following maladies : external lesions, such as are caused by a blow or fall, or contusion ; a certain form offall pleurisy; cachexia; oedema; atrophy; traumatic peripneumonia ; suppression of the menses or lochia; uterine hcemorrhage; calculous nephritis; gout; muscular contractions; gangrene; jaundice produced by contusions; paraplegia; hemiplegia; paralysis of the bladder; amaurosis caused by a cerebral affection. Stoll used it with success in certain forms of dysentery, especially in epidemic dysentery, and also cured with it several cases of intermittent fever, a circumstance which induced him to term it the Quinine of the poor, a designation wrhich, however, it does not seem to deserve. More recently it has been lauded as a remedy for spasms, convulsions, tetanus, convulsive cough, trembling, and even for the itch ; but this last is not to be relied on. Murray states the accidents which it is capable of producing, in over-doses, to be: vomiting, anxiety, sweats, an aggravation of pain around injured parts, which, however, never lasted long, sensitiveness of the abdomen, weakness of the senses and nerves, tingling, lancing, and burning pains, or shocks resembling those produced by the electric fluid. Ilomoeopathically, the sphere of Arnica comprises, all traumatic lesions (contusions, cut or torn wounds), with their immediate conse- quences (internal or external haemorrhages, fractures, luxations, sprrains, traumaticfever, syncope, tetanus, paralysis, pneumonia, hepa- titis, SfC.), or their remote consequences (partial emaciation, neural- gia, intermittent fevers, fyc.) It is particularly adapted to sanguine- plethoric persons, with lively complexions, and disposed to cerebral con- gestions. It acts but feebly on persons who are partially debilitated, with impoverished blood and soft flesh. It acts principally on the muscles and cellular tissue. The boil is the one of all cutaneous affections to which it is most adapted. Hence, again, it is more adapted to the treatment of phlegmonous erysipelas and deep burns than to that of simple erysipelas and superficial burns. From the fact that Arnica frequently cures acne and boils independent of any trau- matic cause, it probably cures internal maladies which emanate from their retrocession. Much success has been obtained with the Arnica in the homoeopathic treatment of gout, especially of the foot; also idiopathic rheumatism, and of certain kinds of neuralgia character- ized by the cutting, tearing, or wrenching character of the pains. Arnica has been used in paralysis since the time of Junker, in 1736, and, although it was for a time supplanted by Nux and Strych- nine, its use was revived by Schneider in 1821, who preferred the ethereal oil of Arnica in the paralysis which remained after apoplec- tic attacks, and by Graefer, who used the flowers against paralysis ARNICA MONTANA. 301 from injuries. Golis rendered liimself famous by his successful use of Arnica in the latter stages of dropsy of the brain. The celebrated Neumann has seen the most decided good effects from the internal and external use of Arnica in acute hydrocephalus. Concussion of the brain is often accompanied by congestion, depression of the cerebral action, stupor, &c. All these symptoms are either prevented or re lieved by speedily washing the parts which have received the shock with the tincture of Arnica, which should at the same time be given internally. A linen compress may be applied to the part, and mois- tened more or less frequently, according as the injury is more or less considerable. As soon as the above-named symptoms have disap- peared, the use of Arnica must be stopped, the rest is to be left to nature. The smaller vessels of the brain, when torn, have frequently been healed by Arnica. Secondary haemorrhage in the brain, con gestion of blood, secondary suppurations and effusions of lymph have frequently been prevented by the proper and speedy application of the tincture of Arnica. Notes on Arnica in Pleurisy and Pneumonia.—a. In pneumonia- notha Arnica is an excellent remedy, if the irritation of the vascular system is very moderate, with a sensation of soreness of the chest, cough not frequent, and the expectoration of slime is streaked with blood. b. Characteristic indications for the use of Arnica in pleurisy are especially : uneasiness in the affected side ; a constant desire for change of position in bed ; a painful soreness of the chest, with general inter- nal heat, with cold hands and feet; or when the patient complains of stitching pain in the affected side, with feeling of tightness of the chest, and frequent dry cough, causing increase of pain.—Hartmann. c. If the expectoration in pneumonia is watery and foaming, or brown, a titillatmn in the trachea, every morning after rising.— Cough ait might, during steep.—*Cough, in children, produced by weeping and lamenting.—Pain in the chest, as if it were raw, with roughness of the throat luring cough.—*Hcemoptoe.—Cough which •excites vomiting..—Cough, producing a feeling in the ribs as if bruised.—Cough, with stitches in the side of the chest.—Bloody ex- pectoration from the chest.—°Cough, with expectoration of a bright- red frothy blood, mixed with coagulated clots and mucus; Expulsion from the chest of clots of black blood, even when not coughing, at •every exertion of the body.—°Inability to throw off the loose phlegm an coughing, he has to swallow it. Chest.—-♦Short panting breath.—Dyspnoea, quick expirations and Inspirations.. at the chest, with anguish, pains in the abdomen, and headaehe. difficulty of breathing.—Fre- quent and slew deep breathing, with pressure below the chest.— Aching pain la the lower extremity of the sternum, which is espe- cially felt during a deep inspiration.—Cutting, with pressure through both sides of the thoracic cavity, increased by inspiration.—*Dull stitches In the thoracic cavity through the sternum, from without inward.—*Siitchmg pain in one side of the chest, with a short cough, ARNICA MONTANA. 309 which increases the pain, and continued asthma.—*Stitehes and prickings below the last rib.—*Dull stitches in the right side, near the ribs. in the left breast, during a deep inspLation, neat the sternum.—His chest feels sore, his sputa are sometimes tinged with blood, especially when walking.—*A11 the joints of the bones and cartilages of the chest feel painful, as if they were bruised, during motion and breathing.—Stitches in the heart, from the left side to the right, °with fainting fits.—Oppression at the heart.—The beating of the heart is more like a quivering.—Pain in the region of the heart, as if it were squeezed together, or like a shock.—The motion of the heart is first very rapid, then suddenly slow.—*Pain as from a sprain in the joints of the chest and hack.—Anguish across the chest, with inclination to vomit.—Aching pain in the right breast. —Stinging itching in the sides of the chest and in the hack. Back.—The small of the hack is painful, as if bruised and lame. —Arthritic pain in the back and limbs.—Pain as from bruises, in the back.—Burning pain in the back, when walking out in the open air.—Sensation in the back, almost under the shoulders, as if a lump were lodged there.—Stitch, at every inspiration, in the right side of the back.—Tingling in the vertebral column.—Painful pressure in the middle of the dorsal spine (when sitting).—Aching pain between the scapulae.—Cutting thrusts between the scapulae, extending into the thoracic cavity, when walking.—Pain of the right scaptda, towards the back, as after a violent shock or fall.—Cramp-like tensive pain in the muscles of the neck, and cervical vertebrae.—Pimple on the side of the neck, with stinging pain when touched.1—Prominent swelling of the cervical glands, exceedingly painful.—Drawing lace- rating and pressure in the neck.—The bead feels heavy, and falls to every side, on account of a weakness of the muscles of the neck. Arms.—Drawing and aching pain in the left shoulder, when stand- ing erect.—Broad sharp stitches under the axilla, from without inwards.—Sense of excoriation under the shoulder.—The arms feel weary, as if bruised by blows, so that he was unable to bend his fingers inwards.—Drawing tingling, and stitches in the hones and mugcles of the arm.—Twitchings in the muscles of the upper arm.—• Intermittent, painful lacerating, with pressure extending from the lower part of the upper arm as far as the elbow, apparently in the bone.—Tingling in the fore-arms.—Lacerating pain in the arms and 1 This kind of pimple, surrounded with an inflamed red border, is extremely similar to a boil. Boils are, therefore, cured by Arnica. Hornoeopathieally, Ar- nica may be used as a preventive against boils in persons who are subject to them. 310 ARSENICUM ALBUM. hands.—Burning stitches in the fore-arm.—Pain as from a sprain in the wrist-joint.—Cramp in the fingers of the left hand.—Lancinating, darting pain in the finger. Legs.—Trembling in the lower extremities.—Tearing pain in the lower extremities.—Pain as from a sprain in the hip (back, chest wrists).—Pain in the thigh, when rising and treading upon the foot. —Sense as of twitching in the muscles of the thigh.—Pain in the thighs, when walking, as from a blow or contusion.—Drawing, cramp- like pressure in the muscles of the left thigh, when sitting.—Stitches in the knee.—Sudden weakness in the knees; they give way whilst the feet are numb and insensible.—Arthritic pain in the foot, with a little fever towards evening.—Standing becomes painful.—Prick in the knee, when, touched.—Lacerating in the bones and muscles of the legs and in the joints.—(Aching in the paralyzed foot).—Feeling as of tingling and creeping in the feet.—Sudden swelling of the (sick) foot.— Violent burning in the feet.—Tingling in the feet.—Dull throbbing pain in one of the toes.—Dull trembling pain in one of the foes.—Violent stitches in the toes, when walking.—Severe lacerating pain in the toes, sometimes with redness.—Painful cramp in the muscles of the soles of the feet.—Sense as of tingling in hands and feet, and lancinating pains in divers joints. 31.—ARSENICUM ALBUM. ARS.—Acidum Arseniosum, Arsenious Acid.—Hahnemann’s “Chronic Diseases,” Yol. V.—Duration of Action: 36 to 40 days in chronic affections. Compare with—Aeon., Arn., Bell., Bry., Calc., Carb.-v., Cham., Chin., Coff., Dig., Dulc., Fer., Graph., Hell., Hep., lod., Ipec., Lack., Lyc., Merc., Natr.- mur., Nux-v., Phosp., Puls., Rhus., Sarnb., Sep., Sulph., Verat.—Ars. is fre- quently indicated after: Aeon., Arn., Bell., Chin., Ipec., Lach., Verat.— ..fter Ars. are frequently suitable : Chin., Ipec., Nux-v., Sulph., Verat. AsTvIdotes.—-Of large doses: the Sesquioxide of Iron; the juice of the sugar- cane and honey-water; the Carbonate of Potash and Magn. shaken with oil; infusions of astringent substances; large quantities of diluent drinks ; Op.—• Of small doses: Campli., Chin., Chin.-sulph., Fer., Hep., lod., Ipec., Nux-v., Samb., Tabac., Verat.—Ars. is used as an antidote of Carb.-v., Ohin., Fer., Graph., Iod., Ipec., Lach., Merc., Nux-v., Verat. Rationale of its Action.—Christison says : “ The symptoms of poisoning with Arsenic may be advantageously considered under three heads. “ First Class.—In the first set of cases there are signs of violent irritation of the alimentary canal, and sometimes of the other mucous membranes also, accompanied with excessive general depression, but ARSENICUM ALBUM. 311 not with distinct disorder of the nervous system. When such cases prove fatal, which they generally do, they terminate, for the most part, in from twenty-four hours to three days. “ Second Class.—In a second and very singular set of cases, there is little sign of irritation in any part of the alimentary canal, perhaps trivial vomiting, or slight pain in the stomach, but sometimes neither; the patient is chiefly or solely affected with excessive prostration of strength and frequent fainting; and death is seldom delayed beyond the fifth or sixth hour. “ Third Class.—In a third set of cases, life is commonly prolonged at least six days, sometimes much longer, or recovery may even take place after a tedious illness; and the signs of inflammation in the alimentary canal are succeeded or become accompanied, about the second or fourth day, or later, by symptoms of irritation in the other mucous passages, and more particularly by symptoms indicating a derangement of the nervous system, such as palsy or epilepsy. The distinctions now laid down will be found in practice to be well de- fined, and useful for estimating in criminal cases the weight of the evidence from symptoms.” Hahnemann, in his first essay On the homoeopathic principle, asserts “ that it has a great tendency to excite that spasm in the blood-vessels, and the shock in the nervous system, called febrile rigor. If it be given in a pretty large dose (one-sixth or one-fifth of a grain) to an adult, this rigor becomes very evident. This tendency makes it a powerful remedy as a similarly acting medicine in inter- mittent fever; and this all the more as it possesses the power, observed by me, of exciting a daily-recurring, although always weaker paroxysm, even although its use be discontinued. In typical diseases of all kinds (in periodical headache, &c.), this type-exciting property of Arsenic in small doses (one-tenth to, at most, one-sixth of a grain in solution) becomes valuable, and will, I venture to guess, become invaluable to our perhaps bolder, more observant, and more cautious posterity. # * # # The continued use of Arsenic, in large doses, causes gradually an almost constant febrile state; it will thus, as, indeed, experience has to a certain extent taught us, prove useful in hectic and remittent fevers, as a similarly acting remedy, in small doses (about one-twelfth of a grain). It possesses a great disposition to diminish the vital heat and the tone of the muscular fibre. Hence paralysis, from a strong dose, or a long-con- tinued and incautious employment of it. It diminishes the tone of the muscular fibre, by diminishing the tone and cohesion of the coagulable lymph of the blood, as I have convinced myself by 312 ARSENICUM ALBUM. drawing blood from persons suffering from the effects of Arsenic, more especially such as had a too inspissated blood before the use of this metallic acid. It also diminishes the sensibility of the nerves. Thus, it generally seems to kill more by extinguishing the vital power and sensibility than by corrosive and inflammatory power, which is only local and circumscribed. It weakens the absorbent system. I would direct particular attention to its peculiar power of increasing the irritability of the fibre, especially of the system of the vital functions. Hence cough, and hence the above-mentioned febrile actions. When used for a length of time, and in pretty large doses, it seldom fails to cause some chronic cutaneous disease (at least, des- quamation of the skin). It produces acute continued pains in the joints, as I have seen.” The following remarks were compiled many years ago, from au- thorities not now recollected: The earliest poisonous (!) effects are, diminished (?) action of heart and intense inflammation of stomach. Given medicinally! the first and earliest sign of its action is an increased strength and frequency of the pulse; next follows the well-known fullness of the palpebrae, and itching of the alae-nasi. If its use be continued, the irritation of the mucous mem- branes extends to the fauces, inducing redness and cough, and along with these symptoms the tongue begins to be covered with a white fur, which, gradually increasing in thickness, gives its surface the appearance of having been rubbed over with chalk; the action of the heart continues to increase in force and frequency—tha pulse becomes full and hard, and, at last, a general anasarcous state is set up. Again, the symptoms induced by an overdose are of an inflam- matory or pyretic character. Bouillaud says it acts poisonously on the system in two different ways : First, By exerting a specific influence on the blood, thus giving rise to adynamia; Second, By exciting an inflamed or sthenic condition in the parts to which it is applied. Emery says, whenever unpleasant symptoms arise from doses of one-fourth of a grain, they are always of a more or less in- flammatory character; such as a quickened and strong pulse, sharp pains in the region of the heart, and general feverish heat. Along with these symptoms, he has occasionally observed a partial paralysis of the extensor muscles of the hand. The prostration of the nervous and circulatory systems are often fatally great, coupled with severe structural disorganization of the stomach and bowels. Brodie, in his experiments, always found the action of the heart excessively feeble, although the muscular parts, including the intestines, nearly retained their usual irritability; hence it would seem to exert a specific para- ARSENICUM ALBUM. 313 lysing power upon the heart. It seems also to have almost a specific tendency to irritate and inflame the gastric surfaces, as appears from the fact, in several cases of fatal poisoning from its external applica- tion, that the mucous membrane of the stomach and bowels has, on dissection, been found highly inflamed. Jaeger compares the action of Arsenic to that of the poison of snakes, which acts primarily upon the blood. Sproegel sprinkled it upon a wound in a dog’s back, and he found that the stomach and bowels became inflamed. Coagulated blood was effused into the cavities of the stomach and bowels. The pleura, pericardium, and lungs were also very much inflamed. La- chaise, of Angers, says that one-eighth of a grain has no other effect than that of inducing speedy vomiting. One-fourth to one-half of a grain produces more decided symptoms—stomach seriously affected, also the bowels. Hence there was pain in the abdomen, nausea, vomiting, with acrid sensation in the throat. Hepetition of the dose, same symptoms, with vertigo and great prostration of strength. A. S. Taylor gave one-tliird of a grain to a child of sixteen months : in about twenty minutes it became sick, and vomited severely for three hours, and thus recovered; it did not complain of pain. A lady, at fifty-two, took one-half of a grain ; in thirty to forty minutes com- plained of general uneasiness ; she had no pain, but vomited vio- lently for four hours ; she then recovered. A gentleman, aged forty, took two and one-half grains; in twenty minutes felt unwell, and vomited for three hours; he did not recover entirely for several days. In these four cases there was no pain, but violent vomiting and prostration of strength. A full stomach probably saved them all. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Arsenic exhausts the powers of life, either of single organs or of the whole organism. It produces decomposition of the organic substance, a cachectic condition, colli- quation, which the following symptoms clearly show: Yellow, pale, death-like color of the face, sunken eyes, haemorrhage, per rectum., &c.; foul, destructive, easily bleeding, cancerous ulcers ; eruptions like scorbutis; black pustules; emaciation; dropsy; pthisis, &c. Among the pains produced by Arsenic, burning pain is the most characteristic and constant, although there are other remedies, such as Carbo-anim. and vegetabilis, Euphorbium, Mezereum, Pulsatilla, Secale-cornutum, &c., which produce this kind of pain, but none in such a marked degree as Arsenic. A very characteristic effect of Arsenic is the periodicity of its physiological phenomena, although there are other remedial agents—such as China, Ipecac., Natrum-mur., Nux-vom., Pulsatilla, Rhus-tox., Yeratrum—which possess this inter ■ mittent character. All morbid conditions produced by Arsenic are 314 ARSENICUM ALBUM. characterized by extreme restlessness, uneasiness, and almost causing frenzy in some instances. Arsenic pain is relieved, although only temporarily, by the application of external heat. The arsenic pain appears mostly during rest, and is generally relieved on motion. Roaring in the ears, during a paroxysm of pain, as in China, is a characteristic symptom of Arsenic. Arsenic nausea and vomiting is accompanied by extreme prostration and anguish, periodical, and worse during rest. The cardiac symptoms point strongly to Arsenic as a remedy or palliative in morbid conditions of the heart; also its specific action on the external skin is very strongly marked. General Sphere of Action.—Arsenious-acid appears to exert a specific influence on several parts of the body, especially the ali- mentary canal, the heart, and the nervous system. That the alimen- tary canal is specifically affected is shown by the inflammation of the stomach produced by the application of Arsenic to wounds, and which, according to Sir B. Brodie, is more violent and more imme- diate than when this poison is taken into the stomach itself. That the heart is also specifically acted on by Arsenious-acid is proved by the symptoms (the anxiety at the precordia, the quick, irregular pulse, &c.), and by the post-mortem appearances (red spots in the substance of this viscus), and by the diminished susceptibility to the galvanic influence. The specific affection of the nervous system is inferred from the symptoms : namely, the headache, giddiness, wan- dering pains, impaired sensibility of the extremities, delirium, coma, feebleness, lassitude, trembling of the limbs, and the paralysis, or tetanic symptoms. The alimentary canal, heart, and nervous system are not the only parts on which this acid appears to exert a specific influence ; the lungs, the skin, the salivary glands, &e., are also spe- cifically affected. The disorder of the lungs is inferred from the local pain, cough, and occasional inflammatory appearances after death. The eruptions and other altered appearances of the skin, and the falling off of the hair and nails, sometimes noticed, have led to the idea of the specific influence of Arsenious-acid on the cu- taneous system; an opinion which seems further supported by the fact of the remarkable influence it exercises in some cutaneous diseases, especially lepra The salivation noticed by Marcus, Fer- riur, McFarley, Cazenave, and others, shows that the salivary glands are specifically influenced. The swelling of the face, and the irrita- tion and redness of the eye-lid3 also deserve notice, in connection wdth the specific effects of this poison. CLINICAL REMARKS. Hahnemann.—“ Fits of anguish at night, driving him out of bed. Burning in the skin; burning pain ARSENICUM ALBUM. 315 in the ulcers. Quotidian and intermittent fevers. Scabs. Inflam- mation of the eyes and lids. Vomiting after every meal, burning pain at the pit of the stomach. Corrosive ulcerated blisters in the soles and toes.” Dr. Gray.—“ It is important that practitioners should point their attention to the question, whether drugs which are isomorphous are not, on that account, allies in the treatment of disease ; thus Arsenic, Phosphorus, and Antimony, being eminent instances of the isomor- phous relation, and being strikingly analogous in their pathogenesy, is it not very probable that these two similitudes depend on the same element in each—namely, an identical original force or power ? We find these drugs chemically uniting with other substances in precisely the same atonic proportions, and producing crystals in each case of the same form. “ The analogies between these drugs as to their pharmacotoxio results, already very striking, would doubtless have been still moro so, if either the simple form in each case had been tried on the healthy, or, what is the same thing, the same combination, as, for example, the sulphuret of each had been in use for the pathogenesy. “ It is quite possible we may, by looking in this direction diligently, find the rich vein of classification upon which Bcenninghausen has empirically struck so eagerly, and yet with so little satisfaction to his colleagues.”—Ed. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Pains in the whole body, excessive, intolerable, in every position of the body, mostly in the evening. Anxiety, with languor ; inability to collect one’s senses; reeling sen- sation, and difficulty of attending to all his business.—°Attacks of hysteric weakness—Fainting fits ; violent, deep ; with weak pulse ; with vertigo and swelling of the face; early in the morning, with anxiety.—* General rapid sinking of strength; *excessive debility; -particularly of the lower limbs, knees, hands, and feet, which are trembling ; as from want of food ; when walking ever so little ; lame- ness ; *weakness, with inability to take even a few steps vnthout sinking, particularly previous to vomiting setting in; *weakness, obliging him to lie down, with inability to leave the bed ; *he feels stronger when lying down, and sometimes falls down suddenly when rising, with vertigo and aggravation of the headache; °weakness, with dropping of the lower jaw, sunken, extinct eyes, and open mouth; -with profuse sweat, vomiting, and haematuria.—*Emacia~ tion, marasmus, consumption; with fever; with livid face, blue margins around the eyes, great debility, want of disposition to do anything, and constant desire to lie down ; atrophy of children, 316 ARSENICUM ALBUM. with tympanitis and glandular swellings.—*Spasms; *tetanic spasms < *convulsions, with frightful contortion of the limbs, or else the con vulsions may be excited by violent pains in the bottom of the feet.—* *Epileptic fits: °with burning in the stomach and spinal marrow, with sensation as if the paroxysm commenced in the spinal marrow, and moved thence to behind the ears and into the brain, after which the patient becomes giddy, and falls down with loss of consciousness; or else the paroxysms commence with beating about with the arms, and end with a jerk through the whole body; during the paroxysm, the patient is lying like a dead person, pale but warm, his thumbs are clenched, his fists are turned to and fro, the arms are slowly drawn up and down, his mouth is distorted, and the breathing has become imperceptible.—* Trembling of the limbs ; -particularly when walk- ing ; with sweat in the face : °in drunkards.—Stiffness and immo- bility of the limbs; particularly of the knees and feet; with violent lacerating pains ; paralysis, particularly of the lower limbs, some- times with loss of sensation ; contraction of limbs.—*Diseases of the mucous membranes and chronic blenorrhoea ; °dropsical complaints; °scrofulous affections.—Complaints arising from abuse of China or Iodine; °from drinking wine; °from cold and wet.—* Arthritic and rheumatic pains and complaints ; #drawing and lacerating, particu- larly in the limbs, with inability to lie on the affected part, and di- minution of the pains when moving the affected part; -tearing in the bones ; *burning, particularly in the interior of the affected parts; -burning-corrosive pains; pain in the affected part as if the bone were swollen and interstitially distended, or as if an ulcer were seated there. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Arsenic is especially suitable to melancholy, but also to nervous and even choleric temperaments ; also to females.—The pains wake one particularly before midnight; *they are felt at night while sleeping ; #the pains seem intolerable, drive one to despair and frenzy; *they appear periodically, and are particularly apt to recur every day or every fourth day.—*The paroxysms of pain are frequently accompanied with secondary com- plaints, such as: *shuddering; *coldness; -chills, with subsequent thirst; heat in the face and body; humming in the ears ; * anguish; *excessive failing of strength, and inability to remain up.—The pains come on : *principally in the evening after lying down; *after mid- night ; *early in the morning after rising; when sitting or lying down; after dinner.—Aggravation: #after dinner; from the con- versation of other persons ; when sitting or lying dawn, when the pains become intolerable.—Amelioration : when standing, and w/wn ARSENICUM ALBUM. 317 moving the affected part; *by walking about, particularly of the pains which come on at night; *by the application of warmth: -by compression of the affected part. Skin.—°Chlorosis ; —*General anasarca.—Swelling of the face and body.—Inflammatory swellings, with burning pains.— The skin of the body peels off in large scales ; painfulness of the skin all over the body; #burning and burning itching;—°parchment-like dryness, coldness, and blueness of the skin.—Spots: blue, particularly on the abdomen, genitals, and in the white of the eye; inflamed, like measles, especially on the head, face, and neck; pete- rhice, °accompanied with typhus-putridus, -or unaccompanied by any fever, painful in the evening.—* Miliary eruption; -scaling off; red, scorbutic; °white.—*Urticaria.—Itch-like eruption, fine, like sand, itching; particularly in the bends of the knees.—* Pustules: °red pustules, changing to ichorous, crusty, burning, and spreading ulcers, sometimes seen on the head and in the whiskers; °blotches filled with blood and pus, excessively painful.—°The Arsenic should be exhibited in small-pox, when hoarseness, angina-faucium, and diarrhoea supervene.—Little blotches which heal with difficulty; white blotches of the size of lentils, and having the color of the skin, with a biting sensation, particularly at night.—°Black blisters; -burning and very painful.—°Carbuncle.—°Herpes, having a red, unwholesome appearance, with vesicles and violent burning, particu- larly at night; (in the pit of the stomach and back).—* Ulcers: *cancerous, particularly painful early in the morning; *with burning in the ulcer and in the margin ; *with lacerating pain, particularly when the parts become cold; °mortifying ulcers; °putrid; *with high edges; °with red, shining areola, and a basis which is either black-blue or has the appearance of lard ; *with thin, bloody pus; *uhth fetid ichor and proud flesh, -which soon becomes putrid, blue, and green; *with a thin scurf on the surface, and slight bleeding when bandaging the ulcer ; -with deficient secretion of pus ; °ulcers having the shape of warts.—*Varices.—Chilblains.—Discoloration of the nails. Sleep.—Laziness, dread of movement; great weariness; violent, unconquerable drowsiness, alternating with restlessness.—°Coma vigil, interrupted by sighing and grinding of the teeth.—*Sleepless- ness, * with uneasiness and tossing about; -with fainting fits; with moaning.—Restless sleep; *early waking; °frequent waking, and difficulty to fall asleep again.—*Starting of the limbs when on the point of falling asleep, -particularly of the affected parts.—Symp- toms at night when in bed: prickling, lacerating, * restlessness and 318 ARSENICUM ALBUM. tossing about; inability to get warm; anxious heat and uneasiness, with * burning as if hot water were coursing through the veins, or with throbbing in the head; ° suffocative Jits; * great anguish; dryness in the throat, with thirst.—Symptoms during sleep: *start- ing as in affright; -loud moaning ; talking and quarrelling ; grind- ing of the teeth ; sick feeling all over ; °grasping at flocks.—Symp- toms in the morning when waking: great irritation of temper; vomiting of white mucus, with bitterness of mouth, preceded by qualmishness and nausea, extending up into the chest.—Dreams: full of threats, repentance, or apprehensions; frightful dreams; dreams about thunder-storms, fires, black water, and darkness, vivid, vexatious dreams ; dreams full of fatiguing reflections; fan- ciful dreams ; raving of the fancy at night. Fever.—* Coldness of the limbs: # general coldness, with parch- ment-like dryness of the skin, or with profuse sweat, -or alternation of dryness and sweat; in the evening, on the hands, feet, and abdomen ; °coldness, as if cold water were poured over him; in the evening and morning, with copious emission of urine, scanty stool, and stretching of the limbs; at night, followed by heat; external coldness with internal heat; coldness in the knees, with heat of the head and ears.—* Chill: * particularly after drinking, with chilli- ness’, *after a meal; -sometimes the chill passes off after a meal; —shuddering when out of bed ; *when walking in the open air ; *at the commencement of the fever, before the chilly stage sets in ; with hot forehead, hot cheeks, and cold hands ; in the morning it some- times alternates with heat.—* Chilliness, violent, .with shaking; •every afternoon at three o'clock, with hunger, the chilliness increas- ing after a meal; internal chilliness in the afternoon, with heat of the skin and red cheeks ; *in the evening, all over, with coldness, or only from the calves to the feet, with inability to get warm, particu- larly in the evening when in bed, as if occasioned by a cold; chilli- ness down the back, and afterwards all over.—Internal coldness, without any coldness of the skin, or warmth without any warmth being perceptible externally.—*Heat, generally dry and burning: -internally and externally, with desire for beer ; internal heat, some- times with diarrhoea; *anxious heat, *at night, dry, -sometimes without thirst.—* Violent fever; °from abuse of Cinchona; inter- mittent, particularly quotidian, quartan, tertian, and double tertian; °typhoid, putrid fevers, fevers with petechice and miliaria-alba; °gastric, bilious, mucous fevers ; *lentescent, hectic fevers.—*Fever commencing with coldness; -coldness at night, followed by heat; at first shuddering, then chilliness, and lastly dry heat in the evening, ARSENICUM ALBUM. 319 -sometimes with cold hands and feet; chilliness after a walk in the open air, followed by sweat, preceded and succeeded by hiccough ; *Chilliness, generally in the afternoon or evening, followed by dry heat, generally in the evening, and sweat at the termination of the fever, mostly at night; *alternation or mingling of chilliness and heat; *heat without any previous chilliness, followed by sweat; -heat at night, with sweat of the face and feet; burning heat (every fort- night), followed by sweat in the nape of the neck.—°Fever charac terized by: ° absence of thirst during the chilly stage, and sometimes the hot, or else great thirst, particularly in the hot stage; °great languor, iveakness, trembling of the limbs, and sometimes partial paralysis ; °oedematous swelling of the feet and other dropsical com- plaints : °uneasiness and great anguish at heart; °violent lacerating pains in the bones and limbs, particularly in the back; °stretching of the limbs ; °delirium ; °vertigo, humming in the ears, and fainting fits, particularly when raising from a recumbent posture ; °muddled condition of the head, with laceration and oppression in the forehead and temples; °bloatedness of the head and face; °yellow, livid countenance; °tongue coated white, or dry and red; the lips are swollen, dry, and parched; °eruption and scurf around the mouth ; °slow speech, tardy answers ; °bitter taste in the mouth, or insipid and flat taste; °nausea and aversion to food ; °violent pains, op- pression, and burning in the region of the stomach and pit of the stomach ; particularly after a meal; pain and swelling of the spleen and liver; distended abdomen; °hard and intermittent stool; diffi- culty of breathing, oppression and pains of the chest.—Symptoms preceding the fever (the chilly or cold stage): of illness in the whole body; *stretching of the limbs and drawing through the whole body ; °yawning ; desire to lie down, sometimes even °fainting ; °headache, vertigo, and stupefaction ; muddled con- dition of the head, and inability to collect one’s senses ; -humming in the ears.—During the chilly stage: goose-flesh ; shattering of the teeth ; doldness, particularly in the abdomen ; °prostration ; °yawn- ing; *stretching of the limbs; -drowsiness; #feeling of illness in the whole body ; drawing through the whole body ; #pains in the limbs; Searing or sticking, sometimes in the bones or in the head; -heat while talking or moving about, with redness of the face; -ill- humor; *anxiety ; -inability to collect one’s senses; °headache; °bitterness of mouth ; -nausea, with disposition to vomit; *pains in the stomach and pit of the stomach, oppressive or -gnawing; cutting colic and diarrhoea; difficulty of breathing, oppression, -spasms in the chest; dough until vomiting sets in ; -the thighs are weary and 320 ARSENICUM ALBUM. bruised; pains in the small of the back and back.—After the chilly and ‘previous to the hot stage: °lassitude and sleep; °vertigo; *thirst; -hiccough ; °anxiety ; °nausea and sometimes vomiting of bile; °diminution of the pains.—During the hot stage: Restless- ness; °delirium; °inability to collect one’s senses ; °muddled con- dition and heaviness of the head, vertigo, headache; *anxiety, of mouth; °tongue coated -white and dry; °nausea; °pains in the liver and spleen ; tension and fullness in the abdomen; °pressure and burning in the pit of the stomach ; °pleuritic stitches ; *redness of the skin ; Oppression of the chest; °dryness of the nose and mouth; °dry cough; -sweat of the face and feet; -colicky, anxious tightness in the hypochondria and epigastrium.—After the hot stage: °sleep, from which he wakes with anguish and sweat; -nausea, with inclination to vomit.—After the fever (the sweating stage): hiccough; °pressure in the forehead and temples, with frightful dreams; Reeling in the limbs as if bruised.—*The sweat sets in at the close of the fever, generally at night; *in the evening, when in bed, at the commencement of sleep, -sometimes seen only on the hands and thighs ; sweats, the debility sometimes increases to syncope; *cold, clammy sweats; °sour, fetid sweats; -sweats tinging the skin and eyes yellow; *nightly, particularly about the thighs and knees, or in the back, with itching.—During the sweat : excessive thirst, with constant desire to drink ; a diminu- tion of all the pains accompanying the fever ; °anguish ; -humming in the ears seething of the blood, as if the blood were too hot, and coursing through the vessels too rapidly, with small, quick pulse ; the pulse is irritated, frequent, not full; quick, small, rather hard ; rapid, feeble, intermittent; small, feeble, frequent; *intermittent. -small, unequal ; suppressed, even while the beats of the heart are frequent and irritated. Moral Symptoms.—* Melancholy sadness, -particularly after din- ner, with headache ; melancholy mood; *religious melancholy and retirement from the world ; loud weeping, with few incoherent words ; -piercing lamentations, interrupted by swoons.—*Fits of anguish of the most violent kind; -with lamentations about the pain in the abdo- men, which arrests the breathing; *ivith uneasiness in the whole body; -with tremor, and fear that he will be obliged to murder some- body; *with heat, which docs not allow him to sleep before midnight, also at three o'clock at night, with nausea and an inclination to vomit, with tossing about in the bed ; *driving him out of his bed at night, or in the evening after lying down ; -with oppression of the chest and labored breathing; languish, as if from remorse of conscience; ARSENICUM ALBUM. 321 -as if he should die, anguish of death ; anguish about the heart, with fainting fits ; with tremor and cold s weat in the face, or tearing in the abdomen.—Restlessness : with sadness and violent thirst; with pain in the abdomen and knees ; with moaning and ill-humor (in a child).—*Fear ; *with great anguish and sweat; °dread of solitude ; -fear of some absent person, whom he imagines- to be lying dead before him ; *clrcad of ghosts, which appear to his fancy day and night; dread of vermin which are crawling about his bed ; *of thieves, -whom he sees everywhere, and hunts up in his house in the night; ♦springs up from his bed and hides himself.—Irresoluteness.—Great earnestness; when alone, ideas about illness crowd upon his mind ; he despairs of his life; *great fear of death, °which she frequently deems quite near, with weeping, coldness, chilliness, and subsequent languor.—Excessive sensitiveness ; °anxiety of conscience, as if she had offended everybody; -tendency to start.—He talks little, com- plains of anguish ; weakness of body and soul, without talking.—No inclination for anything; impatience and anxiety ; out of humor.— * Vexed mood ; about trifles, with disposition to censure everything, or to talk about the weaknesses of other people ; with excessive sensitive- ness to noise, talk, or light.—*Great indifference even to life ; Aver- sion to life, disposition to suicide.—°Melancholia, arising from the abuse of wine or brandy.—°Melancholia arising from the retrocession of rash, and in consequence of taking a cold drink. Sensorium.—Diminished memory.—Stupid and weak feeling of the head, as in catarrh of the head.—Weakness of the mind.—*Delirium. —Many thoughts crowd upon him; morbid activity of the organs of sense ; he lies down without consciousness, articulating unintelligible sounds, with staring eyes, cold sweat on the forehead, tremor, and small, hard, quick pulse.—Loss of sensation ; loss of consciousness ; loss of speech —Delirium with open eyes; mania, with headache, anguish, ringing in the ears, with disposition to hang one’s self, writing down unmeaning characters, with trembling, weeping, sweat as from anguish on the forehead.—Rage, with mania to escape, he has to be confined.— Dullness of the head in the evening; *weakness of the head, some- times arising from an excess of pain, with qualmishness and weakness in the pit of the stomach ; dizzy and dull feeling in the head after sleep; muddled condition of the head ; stupefaction, sometimes with loss of sense and vertigo, or with restlessness, as arises from an excess of activity.—* Vertigo : -with reeling, during a walk in the open air, with stupid feeling in the forehead, as if intoxicated; ver- tigo as if one would faU, only when walking, or every evening when closing the eyes ; with obscuration of sight; with vanishing of sight 322 ARSENICUM ALBUM. ■when raising the head ; with nausea and disposition to vomit in a recumbent posture, less when sitting up ; with headache. Headache.— Violent headache; for several days, with vertigo; simple headache in the occiput; semilateral headache *after dinner, periodical headache, diminished by the application of cold water; headache over the eye, very violent in the evening and night.—• Stupefying pain in the forehead, generally of an oppressive nature.—• Pain as if bruised: on one side, early in the morning when rising, as if the region of the forehead over the nose were sore.—*Great weight in the head: particularly in the forehead ; -especially when standing or sitting ; *with humming in the. ears, -particularly in the room, going off in the open air, or early in the morning after rising, with pressure as from a load.—Tensive pain in the head; crampy pain over the eyes. in the head : -with heaviness of the head, weariness, and drowsiness.—* Beating pain in the head; -with nausea and inclination to vomit when raising one’s self in the bed ; hammering in the temples, particularly in the forehead over the root of the nose.—Sensation as if the brain were moved ; snapping in the head as of electric sparks, above the ear, when walking. Scalp.—*The hair is painful; *when touching the scalp, it feels painful as from subcutaneous ulceration ; -burning of the part which is touched; contractive pain ; creeping in the occiput as if the roots of the hairs were in motion ; °violent pain in the left temple and side of the forehead, with weeping and moaning, intolerance of contact, and a brownish-red spot on the left frontal eminence, with a black tip in the middle.—* Swelling of the head at id face ; -excessive.—Corro- sive, burning itching of the hairy scalp, as if ulcerated; pimples covered with scurf, and painful as if ecchymosed when touched; -innumerable red pimples ; pustules with burning pain, on the scalp and face; pimples filled with a bloody water, on the forehead and temples, with painful soreness after friction; spreading ulcers and suppurating crusts on the hairy scalp, as far as the middle of the forehead ; * tinea-capitis, °with swelling of the cervical and posterior cervical glands. Eyes.—Pain deep in the eye, with violent stitches when moving the eye-ball; pains which oblige him to lie down; by moving the eyes, °by the light; pain in the eye as from sand.—■ in the eyes; -throbbing in the eyos after midnight, every throb being accompanied with a stitch; drawing pain, with twitching of the lids ; jerking in the left eye.—°Stinging burning in the eyes; -itching burning around the eyes and temples, as of red- hot needles; corrosive itching in the eyes ; *burning in the eyes, ARSENICUM ALBUM. 323 -and in the upper margin.—* Ophthalmia; with intense redness ; of the conjunctiva and °sclerotica, with dark redness and congestion of the vessels; °scrofulous inflammation of the eyes; rheumatic inflammation;? °arthritic;? ° catarrhal; inflam- mation from having been standing in the water.—°Specks and ulcers on the cornea.—*Violent swelling of the lids; °inflammatory ; -cede- matous swelling; the eyes close and swell in consequence; soft swelling under the left eye, obliging the eye to close.—Yellowness of the sclerotica, as in jaundice; *faint, protruded, staring eyes, with- out lustre, and turned upwards; wild look.—Contracted pupils.—* Dryness of the lids, especially the margins, with pain when moving them, as if the eye were rubbed by the lids.—*Lachrymation, the eyes water profusely ; the tears are acrid and corrosive.—*Nightly agglutination.—The eyes close, as from weariness; clos- ing of the eyes, especially when looking into the light; tremor of the upper lids, with lachrymation.—*Photophobia, °excessive..—Weakness of sight; dim-sightedness, as through white gauze ; vibrations of light before the eyes and obscuration of sight; sparks, white spots, or points before the eyes ; almost complete blindness, with dullness of sense. Ears.—Dragging, lacerating burning in the ears.—Hardness of hearing, as if the ear were stopped up ; the ear becomes closed during deglutition; deafness.—*Roaring in the ears, particularly during the paroxysms of pain; noise as of rushing water; tingling, also in the head; singing in the right ear, when sitting. Nose.—Pain in the root of the nose ; stitches in the bone ; *burn- ing in the nose\ swelling of the nose, with pain to the touch ; °hard tumor in the nose; scaling off of the epidermis ; °cancer of the nose. Violent bleeding from the nose. Ulcerated condition of the nostrils, high up, with discharge of fetid and bitter-tasting ichor.—Frequent con- tinued sneezing.—Dryness of the nose, or else discharge of an acrid fluid.—Coryza; every morning, when waking, *wit.h sneezing; pro- fuse fluent coryza, with stoppage of the nose; excessive coryza, with hoarseness and sleeplessness; with discharge of a watery mucus, occasioning a biting, burning, and soreness in the nose. Face.—* Sunken countenance ; *pale, death-coloreil face ; * yellow, livid; * bluish, sickly color of the face; lead-colored; °greenish ; -with green and blue spots and streaks; *death-like; *distorted features, -as if dissatisfied; °with sunken eyes, surrounded with blue margins, and with a pointed nose.—* Bloated, puffed, red face; swelling, -sometimes elastic, especially under the eyes, and par: ticularly early in the morning, or accompanied with faiptipg and vefr 324 ARSENICUM ALBUM. tigo; hard swelling on the frontal eminences, resembling a nut, worse in the evening.—°Drawing and stinging in the face ; convulsions of the face; itching; eruption on the forehead, blotches; ulcers all over the face; °wart-shaped ulcer on the cheek; °cancer of the face; °crusta-lactea; °herpes-furfuraceus; °acne-rosacea.—* Bluish lips; *with black dots; -blackish color around the mouth; °dry and parched lips ; -brown streak through the vermilion border of the lower lip, as if burnt.—Twitchings of the upper lip when falling asleep: *swelling of the lips; -swelling of the upper lip, preceded by a burn- ing-stinging itching as of red-hot needles; extending as far as under the nose.—Red herpetic skin around the mouth; along the margin of the vermilion border; eruption around the mouth; eruption around the lips ; eruption, with a thick crust, and a basis which has the appearance of lard, on the lower lip; -spreading ulcer on the lip, with pain in the evening, in bed, with tearing and biting in the daytime during movement, most violent when touching it, and in the open air, disturbing the night’s rest.—°Swelling of the submaxillary glands, -with pressure and pain as from contusion, or painful only when pressing upon the gland. Teeth.—Drawing pressure in the teeth; violent lacerating in the teeth, with tearing in the head, immediately before the catamenia; painful looseness of the teeth, with soreness of the gums when touch- ing them, and swelling of the cheeks.—Falling out of the teeth.— *Spasmodic grinding of the teeth.—Nightly lacerating pain in the teeth, when lying on the affected side, removed by the warmth of the stove, succeeded by a painful swelling of the nose.—°The gums bleed readily. Mouth.—*The tongue is bluish or white; °coated white; °red and dry; °brown or blackish; °cracked and trembling; -insensible; as if burnt and having no taste; pain in the tongue as if covered with burning vesicles; the anterior portion of the border of the tongue feels corroded, with a biting sensation in the part.—#Fetid smell from the mouth; *great dryness of the mouth and tongue, fre- qucntly accompanied with a violent thirst.—Feeling of roughness in the region of the palate; tasting bloody saliva.—° Aphthae in the mouth.—°Slow and tardy speech; °or else hurried, anxious speech. -—°Stomacace ? Throat. sensation in the throat; -as if occasioned by rancid grease, early in the morning, when swallowing the first mouth- ful of food ; lacerating in the pharynx ; *burning in the pharynx.—• * Angina ; *angina-gangrenosa.—Constriction of the pharynx and oesophagus; sensation as if the oesophagus were closed.—Painful, dif- ARSENICUM ALBUM. 325 ficult deglutition, as if the pharynx and oesophagus were paralysed.— °Everything he swallows occasions a pressure in the oesophagus, as if it had stopped in that part.—The throat feels very dry, with con- stant desire to drink; slimy condition of the throat; hawking up of mucus ; *grey, *green, -saltish, bitter expectoration. Appetite and Taste.—* Bitterness of mouth, *'particularly after eating and drinking, -in the throat every other day, *or early in the morning; -saltish, dry taste; putrid, fetid taste, as of putrid meat, early in the morning; sour taste, even the food tastes sour.—*The food has no taste to him; it does not taste salt enough ; -or else the food tastes too salt.—*Violent, unquenchable, burning, suffocative thirst, obliging him to drink f requently, although but little at a time; or else absence of thirst.—* Desire for acid things (-water and vinegar, acid fruit); *desire for cold water; *for brandy; -for coffee or milk.—*Loss of appetite; -with violent thirst; he relishes his food; insurmountable aversion to food, the mere thought of food nauseates him.—When eating, his chest feels compressed ; eating is preceded by nausea.—After a meal: ; (in the morning) and at dinner, *he experienced a at the stomach, and suf- fers #with empty eructations -and a faintish feeling in the body which occasions nausea; and vomiting; -distention of the abdomen, or pressure and cutting in the abdomen, after eating or drinking.—* After drinking, shivering and chilliness, °the vomiting and diarrhoea set in again, eructations and gagging take place.— °Weakness of digestion, with vomiting after eating.—°Derangement of the stomach in consequence of ice, fruit, acid things, &c. Gastric Symptoms.—Frequent and empty eructations, sometimes with dullness of the head ; sour eructations after dinner ; bitter eruc- tations after a meal, with gulping up of a greenish bitter mucus; gulping up of an acrid fluid.—Frequent hiccough, with eructations.— Nausea, qualmishness in the morning and afternoon ; nausea with great anguish; with fainting, tremor, followed by heat and shudder- ing.—* Water-brash.—Inclination to vomit, particularly in the open air ; with qualmishness when raising one’s self in the bed, and sudden vomiting; empty retching.—*Vomiting : *at night, or early in the morning ; * after every meal and after drinking ; *vomiting of every- thing he eats or drinks, chronic ; -excessive vomiting of what he drinks, with great exertions, mixed with mucus and water, with great bitterness of the mouth ; *vomiting of yellow-green mucus and bile, -vomiting of a thick and glassy mucus ; vomiting of fluid, bluish, dingy-yellow substances, followed by great exhaustion ; *of brownish or blackish substances, -with great exertions, and aggravation of tho 326 ARSENICUM ALBUM. pains in the stomach, sometimes mixed with blood; of blood; -of blood and mucus ; bloody discharges by the mouth and rectum.—°Morbus-niger ?—* Vomiting, with diarrhoea: -immediately after the fainting; copious, watery diarrhoea, when the vomiting ceases ; ° Asiatic and sporadic cholera.—During the vomiting: *vio- lent pains in the stomach ; internal burning heat and thirst; *sore- ness in the abdomen; -violent screams; apprehension of death; violent colic.—°Sea-sickness.— °Vomiting of drunkards ; °vomiting of pregnant females. Stomach.—* Excessive pains in the stomach and pht of the stomach; -pains causing nausea; *pain as if the stomach were torn to pieces; * great painfulness to the touch. of the region of the stomach; -torturing distention, as if occasioned by flatulence, worse after vomiting and a diarrhoeic stool; food causes a pain in the sto- mach.—*Pressure at the stomach: *with weight as of a stone, -some- times with burning ; *in the pit of the stomach, as if the heart would be pressed out of its position; * after a meal, particularly in the region of the cardiac orifice and in the oesophagus, as if the parts were filled with food up to the mouth, sometimes followed by empty eructations.—*Spasmodic pains in the stomach ; -particularly after eating; periodical; excessive, with thirst; with violent colic, diar- rhoea and fainting fits.—Cutting in the stomach; drawing in the sto- mach, in the evening when sitting down, as if a part of the stomach would be torn off; lacerating in the stomach, spasmodic, oppressive, or boring ; lacerating across the region of the stomach when walking ; gnawing and corrosive sensation in the stomach.—*Heat or *burning in the stomach and pit of the stomach, with pain and oppression ; -in the chest and stomach, with tightness and oppression.—*Opprcs- sive anxiety and excessive anguish in the pit of the stomach, with lamentations and moaning; -at night, extending to the upper part of the chest.—°Induration, scirrhus, cancer of the stomach ?—°Acute and chronic gastritis ? Hypochondria.—°Induration of the liver ; -pressing sensation in the liver during a walk in the open air; °swelling and painfulness of the liver (in fever).—°SweUing and painfulness of the spleen (in fever).—Stitches in the side of the abdomen, with inability to lie upon it; laneinations in the left hypochondrium, in the evening when in bed.—0 Inflammation of the spleen. Abdomen.—Pains in the whole abdomen ; * excessive ; * at night; *after eating or drinking; *with vomiting or diarrhoea; -in the hypogastrium, with heat in the face ; in the epigastrium and loins, like renal colic; pains wandering about in the abdomen, with diar- ARSENICUM ALBUM. 327 rhoea accompanied by pains in the anus ; pains which become seated in the left side; 'pains, with great anguish, lamentations, tossing about, internal restlessness which does not allow one to lie still, despair of one's life, -sometimes with a sensation as if the abdomen were detached from the thorax.—#Spasmodic pains in the abdomen, -with lacerating and boring; * colic, recurring from time to time ; -cutting cramp-colic, in the evening in bed, and in the morning after rising; sensation as if the intestines became twisted, with pinching, cutting, rumbling, and diarrhoeic stools.—*Cutting in the abdomen : -first a mere pinching in the inmost parts of the hvpogastrium, only in the morning, before, during, and after a diarrhoeic stool; in the side, increased by contact.—Gnawing pains in the abdomen ; lacerating in the abdomen, with icy coldness of the hands and feet, and cold sweat in the face.—■Writhing senscdion in the abdomen ; dysenteric pain in the umbilical region. in the abdomen, -with fever and thirst; *cold and chilly sensation in the abdomen, which is warm to the hand ; *burning in the abdomen, -with heat and thirst, with cutting and lancinations, at noon or in the afternoon, going off after an evacuation.—°Soreness in the abdomen, particularly when cough- ing or laughing.—°Enteritis ? of the abdomen, -excessive. —°Tympanitis in children, with glandular swellings.—°Ascites.— *Distention of the abdomen, painful; painless after a meal, relieved by leaning the back against something; repletion in the epigastrium, with pinching.—In the right groin : pain as if sprained when stoop- ing ; burning or stitches in the inguinal regions ; °swelling of the glands; digging and burning in the inguinal cavity, which is excited even by the least touch.—Weakness of the abdominal muscles; °ulcer above the umbilicus. Stool and Anus.—* Constipation, -with pains in the abdomen; ineffectual urging; *tenesmus as in dysentery, with burning and pressing in the anus and rectum.—Unperceived involuntary dis- charges of faeces.—*Diarrhaea: °at night, or renewed after eating or drinking ; *violent, with frequent discharges ; *with tenesmus ; *with colic; *with vomiting; with great weakness; *with thirst; Alternating with constipation.—Evacuations: *burning, Accom- panied with violent colic; papescent; *yellow, watery, scanty; #dark-green, consisting of mucus, or mucus mixed with faecal matter ; *slimy, sometimes scanty or liquid; bilious; °whitish; #greenish, dark-brown, diarrhoeic, -smelling like putrid ulcers; *putrid; *black, burning, and acrid, -with uneasiness and pain in the abdomen; °undigested; -expulsion of a lump resembling undi- gested tallow, and mixed with tendinous substances ; *blondy evacua- 328 ARSENICUM ALBUM. tions, -with vomiting and excessive colic.—*Dysenteric diarrhoea, °diarrlioea during dentition; °during small-pox.—Before stool: cut ting in the abdomen, and sensation as if the contents of the abdomen became twisted ; sensation as if the abdomen would burst; colic.— During stool: '*tenesmus and burning of the anus and rectum, -painful contraction above the anus, in the direction of the small of the back.—After stool: cessation of the colic, burning in the rectum, with great weakness and trembling: dragging pain around the umbi- licus ; distention of the abdomen; palpitation of the heart, and tremulous weakness, obliging him to lie down.—The rectum is pressed out spasmodically, with great pain: it remains protruded, after haemorrhage from the anus.—Itching of the anus, with a feeling of roughness, and with soreness as if the parts were excoriated ; sore- ness when touching the parts ; burning, which is sometimes relieved after the expulsion of hard, knotty stool.— The haemorrhoids are swol- len and painful, with tenesmus ; blind haemorrhoids, with burning stinging; varices, which burn like fire, particularly at night, hinder- ing sleep, with stinging pain in the daytime, particularly when walking, less when lying down ; expulsion of pieces of mucus, with tenesmus, cutting in the anus as of blind haemorrhoids.—Corrosive itching of the perineum. Urinary Organs. of the bladder; -retention of urine, as if the bladder were paralyzed, with great urging to urinate ; sup- pression of the secretion of urine.—Frequent urging to urinate, with burning; with emission of a quantity of urine at night, obliging him to rise frequently.—Involuntary micturition, even at night during sleep ; diminished discharge of urine, with burning; °scauty, dark- yellow urine ; -increased, copious, and sometimes burning hot urine ; the urine is almost colorless; excessively turbid ; greenish dark brown, turbid when leaving the bladder, and not becoming clear by standing ; °urine depositing a slimy sediment.—°Painful, difficult micturition ; strangury.—*Haematuria.—During micturition : * burn- ing, sometimes at the commencement only; contractive pain in the left groin.—After micturition, a feeling of weakness in the epigas- trium, with trembling.—Biting and tearing in the urethra. Male Genital Organs.—Itching of the parts ; corrosive itching of the penis.—Inflammation and *swelling of the genital organs, -excessively painful; gangrenous; the glans is swollen, blue, and red, with rhagadcs ; swelling of the scrotum.—°Erysipelatous inflam- mation of the scrotum of chimney-sweeps ?—Discharge of prostatic fluid during a diarrhoeic stool. Female Genital Organs.—*Trofus ’ catamenia ; -tpo soon, after ARSENICUM ALBUM. 329 twenty days.—Suppression of the catamenia —During the catame• nia : °various kinds of complaints; -lancinations from the rectum tc the anus and pudendum; laceration in the back and abdomen.— Bloody mucus after the catamenia.—*Leucorrhoea; -droning out while the woman is standing, with emission of flatulence ; *acrid, corroding, -thick and yellowish.—°Induration, or even cancer of the. uterus. ? Larynx and Trachea. — Tremulous voice.—Hoarseness, with roughness, early in the morning; with violent coryza and sleepless- ness. of dryness and °burning in the larynx ; °phthisis of the trachea, with deficient secretion of mucus ; °acute and chronic inflammation of the trachea ; °grippe, particularly when accompanied with inflammation of the eyes and photophobia.—Cough : %as if occa- sioned by the smoke of Sulphur, with sense of suffocation or constric- tion in the trachea; *after drinking; #cough occasioned by a con- stant irritation or titillation in the trachea ; -cough occasioned by a jerking in the hip ; movement, with want of breath ; *during a walk in the open cold air ; * early in the morning, -very violent, or shortly after taking tea; *in the evening when in bed, or at night, -obliging him to sit up, or with asthma and suffocative fits.—*Dry cough: -deep and short, after midnight; fatiguing and violent; *short and hacking, with soreness, as from excoriation in the chest, or soreness from the pit of the stomach upwards, with short, labored breathing.—* Expectoration difficult ; °scanty and frothy ; -consisting of tenacious mucus which is lodged in the chest; saltish expectora- tion, with pain in the chest while raising, preceded by oppression of the chest; *expectoration, consisting of a blood-streaked mucus, °sometimes with a burning heat in the whole body, -or succeeded by nausea, as if he would vomit; luemoptoe.—°Periodical spells of coughing ; °whooping-cough ;? °incipient phthisis-pulmonalis.— Symptoms during the cough : water in the mouth, like water-brash ; *arrest of breathing; -danger of suffocation, with swelling of the throat (at night); nausea as if he would vomit (in the evening in bed); in the chest, as if ecchymozed ; -sensation in the ab- domen as if bruised ; lancinating pains in the pit of the stomach, under the ribs, in the side of the chest and abdomen, or in the ster- num ; heat in the head, and aggravation of the pain. Chest.—0 .Difficulty of breathing, in windy weather; °in the room, even when clad warmly ; °when laughing and moving about; °with coldness of the body; °with cold sweat. of breath; *anxious and oppressive shortness of breath; -painful breathing; moaning breathing.—* Asthma, ; -returning frequently ; 330 ARSENICUM ALBUM. occasioned by chagrin ; after exertions, as from anguish.—*Oppres sion, labored breathing; *when ascending an eminence, especially when going up-stairs; *when walking, particularly when walking rapidly ; -when coughing.—* Arrest of breathing : -from pain in the pit of the stomach ; from anguish, and a pain in the abdomen, with moaning and lamenting; in the evening, when getting into bed, with wheezing in the trachea, and constriction of that organ.—#Suffocative oppression, and arrest of breathing, sometimes with -weakness ami excessive dxbility ; *at night, or in the evening in bed; -suffocative catarrh.—* Angina of tlee chest; -with low breathing, which she is unable to accomplish, except by bending the chest forward ; °asthma Millari; ? spasmodic asthma of full-grown people.—*Constriction of the chest, -with anguish ; pressure, °in the sternum ; feeling in the chest as if excoriated and raw; internal chilliness in the evening, particularly after a meal; heat in the chest extending below the dia- phragm ; burning in the chest and sternum.—°Droj)sy of the chest ? —Irritated beating of the heart; *paljhtation of the heart, -violent, excessive, particularly at night, also irregular, with anguish ; when lying on the back.—* Fellow spots on the chest. Back.—Debility in the small of the back; sensation as if bruised by blows; paiuful stiffness.—Pains in the back, with uneasiness and anxiety; stiffness, painful sensation as if bruised.—Stiffness of the nape of the neck, as if bruised, or as if sprained ; tensive stiffness of the neck; contortion of the muscles ; swelling of the neck; itching under the jaws; colorless, biting eruption.—Bleeding soreness in the axilla; lancinations ; glandular swellings. Arms.—*Drawing and lacerating in the arms, particularly at night, from the elbow to the shoulders, -or in the elbow and wrist- joint ; corrosive itching above the wrist-joint.—'°Sivelling of the arm, with black blisters, having a putrid smell.—The hands are stiff and insensible.—Drawing in the bones and joints of the hands and arms.—Cramp and rigidity of the fingers.—Coldness of the hands; painless swelling; hard swelling of the fingers, with pains in the bones; °burning ulcers on the tips of the fingers.—Sickly color of the nails. Legs.—Coxagra ; °lancination in the hips, thigh, and groin.—Vio- lent pains in the limbs, particularly in the joints ; tearing or drawing laceration in the knee and tarsal joints, when moving them or when walking, with uneasiness, worse at night.—Cramp in the legs, with lassitude ; convulsions of the legs and knees ; weariness; sensation as if the lower limbs would break down, in going up-stairs ; lameness of the lover i.mbs ; coldness, particularly of the knees and feet, with ARSENICUM ALBUM. 331 cold sweat and inability to get them warm; swelling of the lower limbs, with violent pains.—Corrosive itching of the thighs; *pain as if bruised, -as if the flesh were loose, only when touching the parts and when sitting, or when rising from a seat, with sensation as if the parts were sprained ; °itching herpes in the popliteal space.—Spasmo- dic pain in the legs, early in the morning, with humming and buzzing; drawing, *in the tibia ; in the calf.—Cramp in the calf, when walk- ing, or at night in bed; with coldness, stiffness, and lameness of the leg.—Heaviness of the loioer limbs, so that he is scarcely able to raise them ; wasting away of the lower limbs ; swelling of the legs to beyond the calves, preceded by lacerating in the calves ; *ulcers on the leaver limbs ; °old, *with burning and °lancinations, -or covered with gray scurf, and surrounded with an inflamed margin.—Pains in the feet, aggravated by movement; pains as if the foot had been sprained by turning over ; laceration and bruised feeling in the feet.—Numbness, stiffness, and insensibility of the feet, with swelling and great pains ; lameness ; coldness, particularly when sitting still, when in bed, with contracted pulse.—* Swelling of the feet; *hot, shining, with burning red spots, or °black-blue blisters ; -hard, red-blue, very painful swell- ing ; itching swelling; colorless swelling of the malleoli, with tear- ing pains, which are relieved by external warmth.—*Ulcers in the bottom of the feet, or also in the heels, with bloody pus.—The toes are stiff, and do not allow him to tread ; °soreness of the ball of the foot, when walking, as if the skin had been rubbed off; °ulcerated spread- ing blisters on the tips of the feet. Pathological Anatomy.—The bodies of those who have been poisoned with Arsenic generally exhibit two opposite conditions: cither they resist putrefaction for a long time, and finally look like mummies, or else they decay rapidly; at first Arsenic seems, indeed, to promote putrefaction, but, after a while, putrefaction is arrested by it; according to the experience of some observers, bodies that have been poisoned suddenly, by large doses of Arsenic, decay rapidly; bodies that have been poisoned slowly, by small doses, become dry like mummies. In some cases, bodies which decayed slowly had not become very livid even on the third day after death ; there was an entire absence of cadaverous spots, no trace of putrefaction anywhere, no very offen- sive smell of corruption on opening the abdominal cavity, and a com- plete absence of, or only a moderate rigidity ; in some cases, however, the body soon became rigid, the muscles lost their irritability, the fingers and toes were violently contracted and bent backwards, and the mouth was tightly closed.—As respects the mummy like desicca- 332 ARSENICUM IIYDROGENISATUM. tion of bodies, which were disinterred a long time after death, the following appearances have generally been discovered: Offensive smell of the body, like old cheese; parchment-like dryness of the skin, like that of a mummy ; brown mahogany color of the skin, especially dark-brown color of the face and abdomen ; gray, leather- like, indurated skin, having a stiff and firm feel; peculiar toughness and hardness of the cutis, offering the same resistance to the knife as the crust of an old cheese.—The adipose tissue is transformed into a mass resembling lard or cheese.—Striking toughness and dryness of the muscles, which have preserved their shape, and look only a little paler than the muscles of a recent subject.—Destruction of the soft parts of the nose.—Transformation of the thoracic and abdominal viscera into a brownish, half desiccated, leather-like, firm substance, without any definite form.—Small, shrivelled heart.—The omentum, liver, and kidneys look like tallow. The rapid decay after death has been found accompanied with the following phenomena : Intolerable smell of the body, especially when opening the abdominal cavity ; the epidermis had disappeared entirely in every part of the body.—Dissolution of the whole body into a kind of ichor.—Papescent softening of the muscles of the thigh.—Green, yellow, or black coloration of single parts, of the whole or of only a part of the face, and also more particularly of the genital organs.— Extensive thick, white, or gray musty covering of the whole body, or only of the face, hands, and feet, with a black and putrefied integu- ment underneath. Fluidization of the lungs, with many air-vesicles on their surface.—Transformation of the substance of the heart into a kind of pap.—Dark-brown spleen and liver.—Dissolution of the pan- creas.—Putrid kidneys.—Putrid uterus.—Separation of organic parts when touching them ever so slightly.—The vertebrae and pelvic bones separated from one another.—Gangrene of the genital organs. ARSENICUM CITRINUM. (See Arsenicum Tersul- FHURATUM.) ARS. HYDROG.—Arseniuretted Hydrogen Gas.—Noack and Trinks.—To pre- pare the Gas for medicinal purposes, mix equal parts of Arsenic and Tin or Zinc with Muriatic-acid in a gas-retort; warm the mixture gently;—by passing it through boiled water, a series of attenuations may be made, and the Gas may be administered by olfaction. Antidotes.—The Gas is strongly absorbed by the Oil of Turpentine, which is thickened by the Gas, and deposits white crystals; the Oil of Turpeutiut might, perhaps, prove an antidote to the Gas. 32.—ARSENICUM IIYDROGENISATUM. ARSENICUM HYDROGENISATUM. 333 GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Disagreeable tingling in the parts which had been dead heretofore, particularly in the nose, occasioning a violent sneezing, and such an intense coldness that warm cloths have to be applied.—Rhythmical recurrence of the pains.—Deadness of the extremities.—Weariness.—Considerable weakness. Skin.—Dark brown color of the body.—Whitening of the hair on the deadened parts.—A vesicatory applied to the pit of the stomach draws dark red blood. Sleep.—Sleep is entirely wanting.—Restless sleep, interrupted by the least noise. Fever.—Chilliness over the whole body ; violent chilliness while undressing.—(Sensation reappears amidst profuse sweat in the parts which had been dead, accompanied with a feeling of disagreeable tingling, as is experienced in a limb which is exposed to heat after having been for some time in the cold.)—Frequent pulse; cessation of the pulse, and vanishing of every sensation of life in the deadened parts. Moral Symptoms.—Great excitement of feeling, inducing him to talk constantly. Head.— Vertigo, which is especially violent in going up-stairs, when it causes a staggering gait.—Oppressive stupefying sensation in the head, as of a load, banishing sleep at night. Eyes.—Deadness of the region of the eye-brows.— Whitening of the eye-brows. Yellow-colored, deeply sunken eyes, surrounded with broad blue margins. Face.—The face is disfigured to such an extent that it cannot be recognized ; it betrays a deep internal affection; the features are dis- torted and expressive of pain. Appetite. — Loss of appetite.—Great thirst.—Loathing.—Inde- scribable weakness and nausea, hindering walking. Stomach.—Troublesome, continual singultus.—Vomiting of a yel- low-green mucus of a bitter taste ; vomiting of mucus and bile ; un- ceasing gagging and vomiting, excited again by introducing the least quantity of food or drink into the stomach, or even by merely thinking of water; repeated vomiting, with excessive anguish, colic, de- spondency, and apprehension of imminent death.—Violent cutting colio in the region of the stomach and below it, recurring at short intervals. Abdomen.—Violent colic in the umbilical region, returning at, in- tervals.— Undefined, excessively disagreeable sensation in the ab- domen, as if it were entirely inactive, as if the whole abdomen had been transformed into a stone.—Periodical pains in the abdomen.— Glowing heat in the abdomen, and cold extremities. 334 ARSENICUM TERSULPHURATUM. Stool.—Obstinate Constipation. Urinary Organs.—Disagreeable oppressive sensation in the re* gion of the kidneys, increasing rapidly, and spreading thence over the back to between the scapulae ; violent, uninterrupted pain in the region of the kidneys, especially perceptible during a desire to urinate.—Dark, black-red urine, consisting of pure blood, and de- positing a thick coagulum of blood, with glowing heat in the ab- domen while emitting it, and cold extremities ; haematuria. Male Genital Organs.— Vesicles on the glans and prepuce, con- taining pus, leaving small, round, flat ulcers behind after bursting. Chest.—Anguish and oppression. Back.—Intolerable pain in the back, particularly at night. Arms and Legs.—Sensation of deadness to the middle of the fore-arms, and up to the knees, the power to move the limbs re- maining intact.—Disagreeable tingling in the hands and feet, and fleeting stitches in the arms and lower limbs.—Intensely painful, lacerating pains in the upper arms and elbows, and in the knee- joints, as if arising from arthritis.—Coldness of the extremities. 33.—ARSENICUM TERSULPIIURATUM. ARS. CIT.—Anri Pigmentum, Orpiment, Tersulphuret of Arsenic.—Hahne- mann's “ Chronic Diseases.” SYMPTOMS.—Reeling as if intoxicated, when walking in the open air; stupefaction of the head, with ideas crowding upon the mind. . Stitches in the right side of the forehead, sometimes heating stitches ; tension behind the right ear, as of a foreign body, when turning the hair backwards. Gum in the canthi. The teeth feel painful, as if loose, when chewing. Violent nausea after a meal. Violent colic, as from cold, in the morning when waking. Prickings in the right side of the chest, from within outwards. ARTEMISIA VULGARIS. AURUM MACULATUM. 335 34.—ARTEMISIA VULGARIS. ART.—Mugwort.—Noack and Trinks Duration of Actionl Compare with—Caust., Puls., Ruta, Sec., Stram. Antidotes ? No regular proving of this remedy has been made. It has been used with success in epilepsy of lying-in women, occasioned by fright; in epilepsy depending on menstrual irregularities, hysterical spasms, spasmodic attacks of children, approaching to epilepsy. It is sometimes given to promote labor-pains and for suppression of menses; periodical spasms in general; gastric fevers, when on the point of passing into the typhoid form; typhus-stupidus; malignant petechial fever ; intermittent fever ; chlorosis ; dropsy ; chronic headache and prosopalgia ; dysphagia; cardialgia ; chronic vomit- ing ; scirrhous tumors of the stomach; inflammatory colic of chil- dren ; diarrhoea of children and full-grown persons ; cholera-spora- dica; dysentery after the bloody discharge has ceased. 85.—AURUM MACULATUM. ARUM M.—Common Arum.—“Archiv.,” XIII., 2.—Very little known. Antidote.—Vinegar. Head.—Slight pressure in the left temple.—Pressure below the ear, behind the lower jaw.— Violent irritation of the eyes and nose. Mouth.—Bleeding of the gums.—Stinging in the mouth.—Sting- ing and burning in the surface of the tongue.—The tongue is so much swollen that it fills up the whole buccal cavity and makes de- glutition impossible. Throat.—Impeded deglutition, as if the uvula had become swollen and elongated—Continual seated burning in the throat.—Titilla- tion in the throat, sometimes increased to a violent burning.—Burn- ing, contractive pain in the fauces.—Pressure in the throat, from without inwards, in the posterior region of the palate, causing a desire to swallow, with sensation of swelling in the larynx, which impedes deglutition, preceded by oppression in the abdomen and chest.— Pain in the left side of the throat, near the trachea, and below the larynx, when pressing the part with the finger. Stomach.— Vomiting.— Hcematemesis.—Burning, contractive pain in the stomach.—Cardialgia.—Inflammation of the stomach. Abdomen.—Emptiness in the abdomen, as if he had vomited.— Oppression in the abdomen, as from great anguish and fear, without 336 ASA FCETIDA. palpitation of the heart, gradually rising into the chest.—Violent aching pain in a spot between the umbilicus and the superior spinous process of the ileum, particularly when standing, or when lying on the side or back, most violent when expanding the chest, or when putting the abdominal muscles on the stretch, or when pressing upon the part from without.—Inflammation of the intestinal canal. Stool.—Diarrhoea. Urine.—Increased secretion of urine. The urine is watery, light colored, smelling almost like burnt horn, with a cloud in the middle after standing. Female Genital Organs.—Profuse menstruation. Larynx and Trachea.—Bloody sputa.—Continual hoarseness.— Pressure in the larynx; titillation, with desire to cough ; excess of mucus in the respiratory organs ; violent racking cough, with scanty expectoration ; after a long paroxysm of cough he raises mucus, tra- versed with yellow threads ; sensation after drinking as if something remained sticking to the upper part of the epiglottis. 36.—ASA FGETIDA. ASA F.—Gum Resin of Ferula.—Stapfs “Additions to the Materia Med. Pura.” —Duration of Action: from 4 to 6 weeks. Compare with—Ant.-c., Aur., Caust., Chin., Coff., Con.-m., Merc., Nux-v., Phosph., Plat., Puls., Rhus-tox., Thuj., Tart.-em. :—Asa-f. is frequently in- dicated after Thuj., Puls.—Afterwards are frequently suitable : Caust., Puls. Antidotes.—Caust., Chin., Elec.—It antidotes : Merc., Puls. CLINICAL REMARKS. Noack and Thinks.—“Palpitation of the heart, particularly when arising from physical exertions, or by the sudden suppression of habitual discharges of blood or other secretions, and when accompanied with violent congestion of the lungs, overloading the stomach, helminthiasis, flatulence, diseases of the liver and spleen, hysteria, and hypochondria.” GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Weariness ; languor in the afternoon and evening; trembling, with cold skin, and small, feeble pulse.— Feeling of heaviness in the whole body; relaxation and sinking sensation in the limbs ; great lassitude during movement; feeling of prostration when lying down or standing, with dryness of mouth.— *Chorea.—°Convulsions and epilepsy of children, occasioned by worms or by a morbid condition of the abdominal plexus.—°Hysterio and hypochondriac complaints, and other kinds of n-ervous diseases, occasioned by a morbid condition of the abdominal nerves ?—°Scro- ASA FCETIDA. 337 fulous affections; ? °rickets; ? inflammation, ramollissement, and curvature of the bones; ? *caries of the bones?—°Complaints from abuse of Mercury;? nightly, syphilitic (mercurial!) bone-pains.— Jactitation and tivitching of single muscles.—Scraping and boring in the periosteum.—* Hemorrhage.—Prickings, here and there ; cramp- like drawing or jerking in the outer parts of the limbs; lacerating pains from below upwards along the track of a nerve.—Congestion of the portal system and pulsation of the veifis. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Intermittent, pulsative, or op- pressive darting, also lacerating pains from within outwards, trans- formed into different kinds of pains, or relieved by touching the parts, and sometimes with a feeling of numbness. Skin.—°Dark-red, hot swellings.—°Glandular swellings.—°Cold swellings ?—° Ulcers, particularly ivlien affecting the bones ; °ichor- ous, fetid, thin pus ; °the ulcer is painful when applying the band- age ; -violent painfulness of the bone to the touch, also at night; bright-red, raw appearance of the wounds, covered with a crust of tenacious lymph, with transparent, lymph-like pus, and sensitiveness to the touch ; °ulcers with elevated, bluish edges. Sleep.—Somnolence in the evening, with great weariness.—Rest- less, unrefreshing sleep, with frequent waking; great restlessness at night, with tossing about in the bed.—A number of dreams, which are generally cheerful. Fever.—Shuddering over the body.—Coldness and dryness of the skin.—Feeling of heat in the face, after dinner, with anguish and drowsiness.—The pulse (and the beats of the heart) are accelerated ; small, feeble, and increased ; small, quick, unequal. Moral Symptoms.—Out of humor.—Hysteric and hypochondriac uneasiness and restlessness. — Inconstancy. — Laziness. — Irritated mood, with indifference to anything.—Fits of great joy. Sensorium.—Weakness of the thinking powers; frequent absence of all thought.—Confusion of ideas.—Dullness of the head,, %vith ach- ing pain, sometimes in the temples ; sensation as if the brain were constricted or compressed; dizziness and gloominess of the head; muddled state of the head.— Vertigo; sometimes with a violent press- ing in the head; with vanishing of sight, in the evening, and after- wards cold sweat on the forehead and limbs, with colic.—Weakness in the head. Head.—“'Heaviness of the head; particularly in the forehead, with dullness of the head.—Tightness in the head, stupefying.—Congestion of blood to the head: with warmth in the face ; with stupefying pain. —Pressure in the head, particularly in the forehead and above the 338 ASA FCETIDA. eyes, in the whole head, as if the head would burst, or in the occiput as if the brain were compressed; pressure, with throbbing in the temple.—Constriction of the brain.—Stitches in the head.—Sense of shaking, as of the water in a pail when carried, with bubbling sensa- tion in the brain.—Burning prickings in the forehead, with pain as if ecchymozed when touching the parts. Eyes.—Crampy drawing around the brows; pressure in the eyes.— Burning in the eyes.—Burning stitches in the eyes.—Sensation as if sand were between the eyes and lids, as if cold air were blowing upon the eyes.—Closing of the eye-lids as if sleepy, with burning. Ears.—Pressure in the ears.—Tingling in the ears. hearing, °sometimes accompanied with 'purulent discharge, even when occasioned by abuse of Mercury. Nose.—Bleeding of the nose.—°Ozama, with discharge of greenish and fetid pus??—Diminished smell.—Frequent violent sneezing; coryza. Face.—Tension, with feeling of numbness, particularly in the region of the right malar bone; drawing in the angle of the jaw, sometimes extending down to the nape of the neck.—Heat in the face. Teeth and Jaws.—Feeling of soreness of the gums. Mouth and Throat.—The mouth feels very dry.—Dryness or burning in the throat, particularly in the oesophagus ; pressure in the oesophagus, or sensation as if a body were ascending; tightness of the throat, with pressure in the chest; soreness in the oesophagus, pre- ceded by burning; tension in the pharynx when swallowing.—°(Eso- phagitis. ? Appetite and Taste.—Insipid taste, sometimes with loathing; flat, acrid taste.—Want of appetite.—Heaviness and coldness in the abdomen after drinking. G-astric Symptoms.—Frequent rising of badly-tasting air ; acrid, rancid.—Loathing; nausea as if he would vomit, from morning till noon. Stomach.—Pressure in the stomach; after eating, writh great pros- tration in the oesophagus, with sensation as if a foreign body were ascending A—Pain as if bruised, with feeling of fullness and eructation ; cutting and burning in the region of the stomach and diaphragm ; spasmodic pains in the stomach; contraction of the sto- mach, with loathing and nause&. in the pit of the stomach, perceptible to the eye and hand.—°Inflammation of the stomach;? °spasm of the stomach ; ? °weakness and excessive accumulation of mucus in the stomach. ? Hypochondria.—°Chronic inflammation and swelling of the liver.? Abdomen.—Colic : with great malaise, ill-humor, and oppressive 339 anxiety; in the after a cold, or as if diarrhoea would set in, with canine hunger.—Heaviness in the abdomen, with bloated- ness.—Burning in the abdomen.—Cutting in the abdomen.—Stitches, lancinations, dartings in the abdomen, particularly in the left side when walking; through both sides of the abdomen, relieved by pres sure ; in the umbilicus, tingling or burning.—°Tympanitis ?—° As- cites arising from an organic affection of some abdominal viscus ?— °Tympanitis in children, with glandular swellings ?—°Xaenia ? Stool and Anus.—Costiveness.—Constant urging to stool, some- times ineffectual; violent pressing towards the rfectum.—Stool hard and dark-brown, having a pungent, disgusting smell, with pain in the anus ; hard and papescent stools ; copious, papescent evacuations of a yellow or dark-brown color, and a disgusting smell; watery, liquid stools.—Diarrhoea; with colic; preceded by urging ; with flatulence. Urinary Organs.—Spasms in the bladder during and after mic- turition.—Urine brown-yellow, or dark-brown, having an acrid, pun- gent odor. Female Genital Organs.—Labor-like pain in the uterus, with cutting and bearing down, returning at intervals.—Menses too early, scanty, and lasting only three days. Larynx.—Huskiness in the trachea, inducing a short and hacking cough.—Dull, short, and hacking cough; dry cough, occasioned by a titillation in the trachea, violent, racking; deep, in paroxysms, with short breathing and oppression of the chest.—°Whooping cough; ? °angina-membranacea. ? Chest.—Accelerated, breathing, with coughing and yawning, and generally with a small, contracted pulse.—Asthma ; oppression of the chest : with drawing pressure ; with hurried breathing ; with accele- rated beating of the heart and arteries, with full and swelling pulse;, oppression as if the lungs could not expand sufficiently.—Spasmodic asthma: with dry cough, from titillation in the trachea.—°Asthmatic complaints of scrofulous persons; ? °after too great exertions ; ? °after venereal excesses ; ? °after taking too hearty a meal; ? asthma Millari; ? °mucous asthma of old people. ?—Pressure in the chest.— Stitches (lancinations, dartings, &c.) in the chest.—Pressure in the region of the heart, as from congestion and distention of the vessels, with small pulse.—° Organic affections of the heart; ? °aneuris)ns ; ? °palpitation of the heart. ? Back.—Racking pain below the scapula; burning in the region of the vertebrae.—Rheumatic pains in the scapulce.—Rheumatic draw- ing and lacerating in the nape of the neck and back. Arms.—Stitches in the shoulder; drawing in the joint, with tremu- ASA FG2TIDA. 340 ASARUM EUROP/EUM. lous uneasiness, obliging him to move the part constantly.—Stitch in the elbow.—The wrist feels as if bruised, with drawing and pressure when moving it.—Pressure in the roots of the fingers. Legs.—Lacerating around the joint when walking.—°Coxagra?— Restlessness, when sitting, as from a violent throbbing of the vessels ; twitchings and jactitation of the muscles of both thighs.—Burning, and burning throbbing in the upper part of the knee.—The legs incline to go to sleep.—Tension in the foot.—°Cold swelling around the malleoli. 37.—ASARUM EUROPIUM. ASAR.—Asaret of Europe.—Hahnemann's “Mat. Mod Pur.,” Vol. I.—Dura- tion of Action : from 8 days to a fortnight. Compare with—Aeon., Hep., Stram., Puls , Sep. Antidotes.—Camph., Vinegar, vegetable acids GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Excessive sensibility of all the nerves. Great lassitude after dinner. General weary feeling, sometimes as if bruised all over. Lacerating or darting in the limbs.—Lightness of all the limbs. When walking in the open air the headache disap- peared, together with the hot feeling in the cheek, the drowsiness, and ill-humor. Sleep.—Languor and nausea towards evening. Drowsy, out of humor. Nightly vexing dreams. Fever.—Slight shuddering over the body. The hands are icy cold, the rest of the body warm. Shaking chills in the evening, with extreme languor ; without thirst. Sensitive to the cold. Chilliness when drinking. Cold feeling over the body, as if a cold wind bleiv upon him. Fever the whole day ; chilliness in the afternoon. Feel- ing of heat externally, with internal chills and thirst after dinner. Profuse night-sweat.—°Sour-smelling sweat.—°Gastric fevers. ?—In- termittent fevers. ?—°Slow typhus. ? Moral Symptoms.—Sadness, with weeping mood and anxious feel- ing.—Great cheerfulness.—#Great nervous irritation. Sensorium.—Dullness of the mind. Inability to do any kind of work. Sensation of vertigo. Dullness, and stupid condition of the whole head, with tension in the region of the ears. Early in the morning when rising, dizziness and drowsiness of the head, with headache in the left side flf the forehead. Nausea and pain in the head from the least mental exertion. Aching pain in the forehead, with muddled state of the mind. Head.—Dull headache. Painful 'ightness and dullness of the ASARUM EUROPiEUM. 341 head.—Pressure in the brain. Intense compressive headache, more violent when walking or shaking the head. Violent pressure in the forehead, downwards upon the eyes.—Aching in the temples, especi- ally the left. Sharp aching above the root of the nose. Violent drawing pressure in the brain, under the forehead. Drawing head- ache, as if it would extent into the temples. (Stupefying) drawing pain here and there in the brain, in the ear, and nape of the neck. Lacerating, pulsative pain in the forehead. Throbbing pain in the forehead, early in the morning, when rising. Tension of the scalp, which makes the hair feel painful. Eyes.—#Dry burning in the eye-lids and the inner canthi, especi- ally in the left eye, °as if occasioned by brandy, with continual lachrymation.—°The eyes are inflamed; blear-eyedness.—0Redness of the conjunctiva, with stinging and burning in the canthi; °cold is pleasant to the eyes ; sunshine, light, and wind are intolerable. Ob- scuration of vision.—°The eyes stare. Ears.—Dull roaring in the ear. Dragging pain in the ear. Con- tinued pain, owing to pressure, until ten-don in the region of the orifice of the meatus-auditiorius. Diminished hearing.—Ears feel stopped up in front. Face.— Warm feeling in the cheeks. When washing the face with cold water, the vertigo, headache, burning in the upper part of the tongue and in the mouth, contraction of the left cervical muscles, and the languid feeling in the knees disappear, but all those symptoms return when wiping the parts with a towel. Cutting cramp-pain in the region of the articulation of the lower jaw. Nose.— Discharge of bloody mucus from the nose. Dry coryza. Mouth.—Biting in the gums. Frequent contractive sensation in the interior of the mouth, producing an accumulation of watery saliva. Tongue coated white. Smarting sensation on the tongue and the gums. Burning sensation across the middle of the tongue, after- wards burning and dryness in the whole mouth. Taste.—Taste in the mouth as if the stomach had been deranged. Food tastes bitter. Throat.—Dryness of the throat, with stinging. Raw throat. Difficult deglutition, as if the cervical glands were swollen. Gastric Symptoms.—Hiccough. Frequent, empty eructations, °putrid, ?sour, setting the teeth on edge, with heartburn. General uneasy feeling and nausea. Nausea and loathing, with shuddering. Continued nausea and inclination to vomit, in the fauces.—Nausea and inclination to vomit, with pressure in the forehead, and a quan- tity of water accumulating in the mouth. Vomiting, with great 342 ASARUM EUROPIUM. anguish.—Vomiting, diarrhoea. Vomiting, with great exertions and violent pressure in the stomach ; a quantity of sourish water only is thrown up. Vomiting, with violent compression in the epigastrium, a similar sensation being felt in the head. (Vomiting is followed by a diminution of the pains in the head). ° Asiatic cholera °and cholerine. Stomach.—Fullness in the stomach, with hunger. Pinching in the stomach. °Cardialgia; °excess of mucus in the stomach. Abdomen.—Soreness and pain as from excoriation in the spleen.— °Inguinal hernia ?—Constrictive sensation in the region of the dia- phragm. in the epigastric region. Excessive colic and vomiting. Fullness in the abdomen, with appetite and hunger. Qualmishness in the abdomen, with repeated attacks of oppressive headache. Pressure in the abdomen. Cutting in the abdomen, and sharp stitches in the rectum from above downwards previous to stool. Stool.—Stool, consisting of hard, small pieces. Scanty, yellow, mucoi s stool. Diarrhoea, like resin, and consisting of tenacious mucus ; mucus with ascarides.—°Lienteria ?—Diarrhoea from de- bility, with hectic fever.—Before stool: discharge of thick, black blood; °prolapsus-recti.—°After stool: pressing, with discharge of white bloody mucus. Urinary Organs.—Pressure upon the bladder, during and after the emission of urine. Constant desire to urinate. Raging, intense pain in the left groin, darting through the urethra into the glans, and causing a sore, smarting, contractive, violent pain in the same, for a long time. Genital Organs.—Miscarriage, abortion.—Menses too soon and too long, with black blood.—°Violent pain in the lumbar vertebrae, at the appearance of the menses, which scarcely permits her to breathe. Larynx.—Inspiration irritates the throat, and excites a cough. Short breathing; the throat feels constricted, and he is attacked with a short and hacking cough.—° Whooping cough. ?—°Angina-meinbra- nacea. ?—Tabes-pituitosa. ? Chest.—Frequent dull stitches in both lungs, during an inspira- tion. Feeling of pressure in the whole chest. Sharp pressure in the region of the last ribs, as with the back of a knife. Pain round about both lungs, as if constricted with a sharp wire.—°Chronic pneumo- nia. ?—Pituitous and spasmodic asthma of full-grown people. ? Back.—Burning pain, with stitches, in the small of the back, while sitting. Painful lameness in the back, as if bruised, disappearing when lying down. Pain as from bruises, in the back. Violent lace* rating stitches in the shoulders. ASPARAGUS. 343 Superior Extremities.—Sudden dull pain in the axillary glands. Pain as from a sprain in the shoulder, when moving the arm. Lame- ness in the arm. Drawing, with painful lameness in the wrist-joint. Occasional darting and lacerating pains in the upper and lower limbs. Inferior Extremities.—Bruised feeling, and sometimes a painful lacerating in the upper and lower limbs. Painful feeling in the hip. Drawing pain, with pressure, in the hips. Dull pain in the hip-joint, and in the middle of the thigh, when touching the parts. Pain in the hip-joint in walking. Violent lancinations in the knees, during motion and when at rest. *Lassitude of the lower limbs, when going up-stairs. Lassitude in the knees, with staggering when walking. Languor and weariness of the lower limbs and knees, with sensation as if bruised. in the left knee-joint, inducing one to move about. The toes of both feet are painful, as if frozen. 88.—ASPARAGUS. ASPA.R.—See “ Hygea” of 1840.—Very little known. Compare with—Arn., Cann., Dig., Spig. Antidotes.—Coff. ?—Asparagus is said to antidote Coff. Head, Eyes, and Face.—Giddiness in the forehead ; dullness of the head like giddiness ; stupefaction in the region of the forehead, followed by pressure in the temples ; 'pressure in the forehead.—Palo face.—Burning of the cheeks. Stomach.—Increased thirst.—Nausea, early in the morning on ■waking, followed by vomiting of food, bile, and mucus, afterwards diarrhoea, consisting of bile and faeces.—Feeling of repletion in the abdomen; pinching in the umbilical region, in the evening, with painfulness to the touch; distention of the abdomen.—Bilious diar- rhoea, with burning and soreness of the anus, colic, and drawing in the groins. Urinary Organs.—The urine is straw-colored, scanty, becoming speedily turbid, with a white pellicle on top, and a white, fiocculent sediment; the urine deposits a fatty substance ; clear urine of bad smell.—Urging to urinate ; frequent emission of a small quantity of urine, succeeded by burning ; diminished emission of urine.—Burn- ing in the urethra ; also cutting ; with drawing in the groins, colic, diarrhoea, and pain in the anus. Genital Organs.—Excitement of the sexual instinct. Bestiratory Organs.—Hawking, with irritation, inducing cough, 344 ATHAMANTA. with inability to detach the mucus.—Violent cough, with oppression of the chest, and expectoration of a quantity of mucus ; violent cough, inducing a desire to vomit.—Oppression of the chest, particularly in writing ; labored breathing, during movement.— Pressure in the chest, after breakfast, with tightness during an inspiration.—Palpitation of the heart, which can be heard and felt; frequent palpitation of the heart, with anxious restlessness when moving about; violent palpita tion of the heart when sitting; irregular, quick, double beats of the heart; the beats are scarcely perceptible.—Stitches in the region of the heart, after dinner. Back.—Pain in the region of the shoulder when touching it; rheu matic pain between the scapulae. Legs.—Pain as if sprained in the hip-joint. Pain as if bruised in the thigh. Painful soreness in the hip and knee-joint when bending them. 89.—ATHAMANTA. ATIIAM.—Athamanta Oreoselinum, Mountain Parsley.—“Archiv.,” XVII.—. Duration of Action 1 Antidotes ? GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Feeling of weakness and exhaustion, as from fatigue.—Icy coldness of the hands and feet, with chilliness all over the body, and a feeling of weariness and exhaustion ; burn- ing in various parts of the body, going off by touching the parts, suc- ceeded by great coldness ; increased warmth of the head in the even- ing, with quick pulse, and excessive excitement of the mind and phy- sical powers, without thirst.—The night's sleep is sound and deep, in the morning he sleeps longer than usual. Head, Eyes, and Ears.—Giddiness; dizziness and dullness of the occiput in walking; pressure and dullness in the head and in the upper teeth ; cloudiness with dull headache ; giddiness and con- striction in the sides of the head. Stomach, Abdomen, and Stool.—Bitter taste, particularly while eating ; eructations, imperfect, with malaise as from hunger. Rheu- matic drawing in the outer parts. Sudden, almost irresistible expul- sion of faeces, preceded by pinching in the abdomen. Tkachea and Chest.—Bitter mucus in the trachea, which cannot be thrown off, even by vomiting.—Oppressed feeling in the thoracic viscera. Extremities.—Pain as if bruised above the thighs; pressure in the knee-joint from within outwards. AURUM 345 AUR.—Gold.—Hahnemann’s “Chronic Diseases,” Yol. II.—Duration of Action: 6 weeks, and even several years. Compare with—Asa-f., Bell., Calc., Chin., Cupr., Lach., Merc., Nitr.-ac., Puls., Nux-v., Spig.—Aur. is frequently indicated after Bell., Chin., Puls. Antidotes.—Bell., Chin., Cupr., Merc.—Aur. antidotes Merc., Spig. 40.—AURUM (the Common Metal). CLINICAL REMARKS. Hahnemann.—“ I have cured, by means of Gold, several cases of melancholy, in persons who earnestly thought of killing themselves. They took in all about the -Hbe or -j-g-jy part of a grain of Gold. I have also cured several other important affections, which will be found enumerated among the symptoms of Gold, and I doubt not that much higher triturations than those which I employed would have been sufficient for obtaining the same results. “ Shortly after closing these introductory remarks, I had an oppor- tunity of convincing myself that t ■<, $ u 0 part of a grain of Gold will manifest a most powerful curative action, especially in cancer of the palate and nasal bones consequent upon the abuse of the acidulated preparations of Mercury. The Gold symptoms analogous to these artificial affections will be found among the subsequent symptoms.^ “ Farther trituration and dilution develops and dynamizes the power of Gold still more, so that I now use, very often, only the smallest part of a grain of the decillionth potency. “ In the following affections, Gold has been found especially useful: Hypochondriasis ; melancholy ; loathing of life ; disposition to sui- cide ; rush of blood to the head ; cancer of the palate bones and nasal bones ; obscuration of sight by black spots hovering before the eyes ; toothache from rush of blood to the head, with heat in the head; inguinal hernia ; induration of the testes of long standing ; prolapsus and induration of the uterus ; rush of blood to the chest; falling down unconsciously, with the face becoming blue; attack of suffocation, with severe constrictive dyspnoea; injuries inflicted by the abuse of Quicksilver ; pains in the bones, at night; nodosities of the gout.” —Ed. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Simple pain, or pain as from a bruise, early in the morning, when in bed, in all the joints, especially in the small of the back and knees ; the pain increases during rest, and * Note.—Ant. Chalmetus, in “ Enchiridion Chirug.,” p. 402, lias observed the same curative powers of Gold, when used internally, against the bad conse. quences of the abuse of the preparations of Mercury. 346 AURUM passes off after rising. Pain as from bruises in the head and in all the limbs, early in the morning when in bed, most violent when at rest; passing off immediately after rising.—Going to sleep ; numb- ness and insensibility of the arms and legs early on waking, more when lying still than in motion.—Shooting and drawing pains in the arms and legs, occasionally.—In the afternoon, painful drawing in the veins, with exhaustion. Violent seething of blood, as if it were boiling; all her blood appears to rush from her head into the lower extremities ; they feel paralyzed.—Internal emptiness and weakness of the whole body.—Excessive sensitiveness of the whole body, sus- ceptibility to every sort of pain.—°Hysteric and hypochondriac com- plaints ; °scrofulous sufferings; °dropsical affections; °complaints from abuse of Merc.; °nightly bone-pains ; °inflammation and ulce- ration of the bones ; syphilitic and mercurial affections of the bones. Skin.—°Bony tumors on the head, arms, and legs ; °arthritic nodo- sities ; °dropsical swellings; °scrofulous and mercurial glandular swellings, ulcers, and tetters ; °rhagades ; °cancerous ulcers.—For- mication all over the body ; itching and burning shootings.—Pustules on the face, the neck, and chest. Sleep.—In the morning and on waking, sense of fatigue. Drow- siness in the daytime. Uneasy sleep. He sobs aloud when asleep. Frequent waking at night, as in affright; frightful dreams, with loud screams in his sleep. Fever.— Very sensitive to cold over the whole body. Coldness over the whole body, early in the morning. Coldness of the body, espe- cially of the hands and feet, in the evening when in bed. Chilliness, in the evening, when in bed, with coldness of the legs as far as the knees. Horripilation over the whole body, in the evening, with dry coryza, without heat and without subsequent thirst; in the evening, shiverings and chills after lying down; headache before lying down. Moral Symptoms. spirits, and full of grief; *longs for death ; frequent attacks of anguish about the heart, and tremulous fearfulness; excessive anguish, with palpitation of the heart, weariness in all the limbs, and sleepiness; great anguish, unto self-destruction, with spasmodic contraction in the abdomen. Reli- gious melancholy, occasioned by remorse after a violation of duty.— Uneasiness, and hurried desire for bodily and mental activity.— Apprehensiveness; dread of men ; shyness; pusillanimity.—Loathing of life.—Constant sullcnness and taciturnity.—Peevishness, and indis- position to speak. Atra-bilious and quarrelsome.—Peevish and * vehement; the least contradiction excites his wrath.—*Itash anger and vehemence; #weeps and laughs alternately. alternation AURUM 347 of silent peevishness and cheerfulness. °IIjsteric and hypochondriac? dejection of spirits.—Tremulous agitation of the nerves, as in joyous hope. Sensorium.—Fatigue and nausea from mental labor. Head.—Dullness of the head. Vertigo. Headache as from an incipient cold. Headache, worse on reflecting or reading. Pressure in the temples; pressure, with lacerating in the head, erratic.— Lacerating pain, more violent during motion.—Semi-lateral, throbbing, hacking headache—*Rush of blood to the head; when stooping, passing off again after raising the head; *tumult and roaring in the head, Especially in hysteric persons; °sensation as if a current of air were rushing through the head when it is not kept warm.—The bones of the skull painful on lying down.—*Small exostosis, with boring pain, which increases when the tumor is touched. Eyes.—Sensation of weakness and pressure in the eyes.—Pressure in the eyes, as from some foreign body.—Tension in the eyes, with diminution of sight.—°Red swelling of*the lids in scrofulous persons, with styes.—Distended, protruded eyes.—Contraction or dilatation of the pupils.—Indistinct sight, as if a black gauze were drawn over the eyes.—Half-sightedness, as if -the upper half of the eye were covered with a dark body.—Double sight.—*Fiery sparks before the eyes.— °Incipient amaurosis.—°Specks on the cornea. Ears.—Tension in the ears.—Crepitation in the left ear.—Hum- ming. in the ears, early in the morning.—The parotid gland is painful to the touch, as if contused.—°Affections of the ears from abuse of Mercury.—°Caries of the mastoid process.—°Fetid otorrhoea.—°Hardness of hearing, from elongation of the uvula, with difficulty of speech. Nose.—°Caries of the nose.— The right nasal bone and the ad- joining part of the upper jaw are painful to the touch, especially at the place where the infra-orbital nerve comes out.—Feeling of soreness in the nose. nostrils, they are closed by ulcers.— ♦Swelling of the nose, in the room, after walking in the open air, °in scrofulous persons; and redness of the right nostril, and underneath. Dark, brown-red, slightly elevated spots on the nose, painful when touched.—Cancer of the nose.?—Loss of smell.—°Stop- page of the nose.—Coryza, sometimes violent and profuse. Face.— Violent lacerating in the malar bone. in the malar bones and in the ears.—Burning stitches in the malar bone.-r- Eruption on the face ; fine pimples.—Bloated face, shining as from sweat, with distended, protruded eyes ; swelling of both cheeks, with swelling of the lips and nose,—inflammatory pain in the bones of the 348 aurum face, particularly when occasioned by abuse of Mercury; °swelling of the frontal bone, the upper jaws, and the nasal bones; °red eruption on the forehead and the nose, with scaling off of the skin; °swollen, ulcerated lips, in scrofulous subjects. Jaws and Teeth.—Pain in a submaxillary gland, as if it were swollen. Hacking and grumbling pain in the teeth, with swelling of the cheeks. Toothache caused by air entering the mouth. Sensation of dullness of the molar teeth. Looseness of the teeth. Painful pustules on the gums, as if a fistula-dentalis would form. Ulcer en the gums, with swelling of the cheeks. °Boring ; -a kind of pressure in the region of the palate.—°Swelling and ulceration of the tonsils. Mouth, Pharynx, and (Esophagus.—Stinging soreness in the throat, only during deglutition. *Putrid smell of the mouth, in young girls at the age of pubescence. °Caries of the palate, especially after abuse of Mercury, with bluish ulcers; °drinks flow back again through the nose. Taste and Appetite.—Bitter taste in the mouth, with sensation of dryness. Gastric Symptoms.—Want of appetite.—Nausea in the stomach and throat. Stomach and Abdomen.—Pain in the stomach, as of hunger. Swelling of the precordial region and the whole upper part of the belly. Heaviness in the abdomen, with icy-cold hands and feet. Pressure in the abdomen. Tensive pressure in the abdomen, just below the umbilicus, and in both lumbar regions, with feeling of fullness and urging.—Painful feeling of contraction in the abdomen Colic in the abdomen.—°Swelling and suppuration of the inguinal glands, after abuse of Mercury ; or from some syphilitic cause.—Want of flexibility, and painful stiffness in the hip and the tendons of the psoas muscles.—Weakness in the groin.—#Pressing in the right abdominal ring, as if hernia would protrude, when sitting : of inguinal hernia, with great, cramp-like pain.—°Inguinal hernia of children.—°Exostosis in the pelvic cavity. Stool.—Constipation.—Diarrhoea; nightly diarrhoea, with much burning in the rectum.—The external border of the rectum is painful and swollen. Urine.—°Frequent emission of watery urine.—Painful reten- tion of urine, with pressure on the bladder. Turbid urine, like buttermilk, with a deep sediment of mucus.—Dull lancinations in the urethra. Genital Organs.—Nightly erections and pollutions.—Itching of the scrotum.—* Swelling of the right testicle,—with aching pain when AURUM FULMINANS. 349 touohing or rubbing it.—0 Chronic induration of the testes.—Pains in the abdomen, as from labor, as if the menses would make their ap- pearance.—°Prolapsus and induration of the uterus. Larynx.—Cough, at night, from want of breath.—Nasal tone of voice. Chest.—Oppression of the chest and abdomen when coughing.— Intensely painful stitches under the ribs, when taking a deep breath and yawning.—Difficulty of breathing; severe dyspnoea; asthma, when walking in the open air; excessive dyspnoea, with difficulty of breathing at night; dyspnoea with dull stitches in the chest, when drawing breath.—Tightness of the thoracic cavity, with anxiety. °Sutfocative fit, with constrictive oppression of the chest, falling down without consciousness, and blueness of countenance.—°Violent congestion of blood to the chest.—Pressure on the right side of the chest, with extreme anguish.—Cutting pain on the left side near the sternum, more violent during an inspiration. Stitches, with heat and dyspnoea ; when walking, the heart seems to shake as if it were loose ; sometimes a single very violent beat of the heart. of the heart, °with anguish and oppression of the chest.—°Organic affections of the heart, with hydrothorax.?—°Aneurisms.? Back.—Pain in the small of the back.—Tension in the neck, as if a muscle were too short, even when at rest, but more violent when stooping. Arms.—Fine stitches in the shoulder.—Soreness of the shoulders, even without touching or moving them.—Lacerating in the arms, wrists, and hands.—The fore-arms feel heavy when at rest. Legs.—Lameness and pain in the hip-joint, only when rising from a seat and walking. The thigh feels paralyzed.—Weakness of the thigh when walking.—Painful stiffness and lameness of the knees, both when at rest and in motion; pain in the knees, as if tightly ban- daged, when sitting and walking.—Vacillation of the knees.—The heels are painful as from subcutaneous ulceration. 41.—AURUM FULMINANS. AUR. FUL.—Fulminating Gold, the Oxyde of Gold with Ammonia.—Hahne- mann’s “Chronic Diseases.” Spasms, convulsions.—Sinking of strength; fainting fits, cold sweat on the limbs, violent vomiting.—Internal anguish and restless- ness.—Profuse salivation.—Violent, green vomiting.—Black stool; colic, particularly in children.— Violent colic, with vomiting and diarrhxa.— Violent diarrhoea. 350 AURUM MURIATICUM. AUR. MUR.—The Muriate of Gold.—Hahnemann’s “ Chronic Diseases,” II. 42.—AURUM MURIATICUM. (Symptoms from Jahr, Noack, and Trinks, &c.) GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Spasms and convulsions.—Inflammc> tory affections of internal organs.—Seething of the blood.—Haemor- rhages.—Fainting fits.—Aggravation of the syphilitic symptoms. Skin.—Purple redness of the skin.—Condylomata. Sleep.—Obstinate sleeplessness. Fever.—Violent chills.—Increase of the animal heat and of the turgor-vitalis ; general erethism and acceleration of the circulation. —Profuse sweats.— Violent fever; fever, with excessive and continual heat of the skin; febrile paroxysm, with shuddering pain in the limbs, hack, and stomach, terminating in critical sweat, sediment in the urine, and ptyalism; febrile paroxysm, with irritated pulse, slight chilliness, heat, thirst, redness of the skin, terminating in a critical sweat which continued for several days ; urine, ptyalism, diarrhoea, blennorrhoea, and ulcers ; fever, with hard, spasmodic pulse and great restlessness; the fever resembles the Mercury, but still more the Iodine fever.—Feverish, full, strong pulse; pulse 80,90,100 a minute. Moral Symptoms.— Violent anguish.—Sadness.—Cheerfulness. Head.— Vertigo.—Titillation in the forehead.—Drawing pain in the forehead.—Congestion of the blood to the head, increasing to delirium.—Throbbing in the carotids and temporal arteries. Eyes.—Lacerating in the left eye.—Amaurosis. . Ears.—Tingling and humming in the ears, followed by hardness of hearing. Nose.—Creeping and crawling in the nose; *redness and inflam mation, with itching of the nose, and subsequent desquamation; *red veiling of the left side of the nose, ulceration of the inner cavity; °ozoena, with discharge of a yellowish-green pus, °also with discharge of blood from the nose. Teeth.—Darting pain in the teeth, partly on one side of the jaw, partly in the upper incisors.—(N. B. According to Chrestien, the Muriate of Gold acts more violently than Corrosive Sublimate, but irritates the gums less). Mouth.—Frequent accumulation of saliva in the mouth; mild, inodorous, watery salivation, with slight inflammation of the buccal cavity.—Dry mouth.—Painful irritation of the parts over which the food passes.—Inflammation of the buccal cavity.—Dryness of the tongue.—Red tongue.—Excoriation of the tongue.—Warts on the BARYTA CARBONICA, 351 tongue.—Blueness of the mucous membrane of the mouth and the tongue protruded from the mouth (in dogs).—°Ulceration and swelling of the lips and nose, particularly in scrofulous persons. Pharynx and (Esophagus.—Dryness of the fauces.—Redness of the fauces and pharynx. Appetite and Taste.—Metallic taste.—Loss of appetite.—In- creased appetite. Stomach.—Nausea.—Vomiting ; vomiting of white, frothy matter, or of a small quantity of livid-colored matter.—Feeling of increased warmth in the stomach.—Pressure in the region of the stomach.— Cardialgia.—Gastric irritation.—Most violent gastritis. Abdomen.—Distention of the abdomen.—Contractive, tensive pain of the abdomen.—Pains in the abdomen and diarrhoea. Stool and Anus.—Constipation.—Frequent liquid stools. Diar- rhoea and pain in the bowels.—Warts and condylomata at the anus. Urine.—Increased secretion of urine, the urine having a peculiar smell and sediment.—Turbid urine, with brick-dust sediment. Genital Organs.—Increased sexual instinct.—Exhausting erec- tions.—Warts and condylomata on the prepuce.—Flat ulcers on the scrotum.—The menses appear sooner and are more profuse. Larynx.—Feeling of obstruction in the larynx, with shortness of breath; °affections of the larynx in syphilitic persons, or from abuse of Mercury.—Hoarseness, with violent fever. Chest.—Deep, labored breathing ; oppressed breathing.—Strong noise at every expiration.—Labored, whistling, panting breathing, threatening suffocation.—Great oppression in the chest.—Suffocation, with great pain.—Sticking pain below the ribs, with all the symptoms of pleurisy.—Inflammatory condition of the thoracic viscera ; pneu- monia.—A few stitches directly above the heart.—Peculiar feeling of heaviness and hardness in the heart, with frequent and sudden arrest of breathing.—Palpitation of the heart.—Inflammation of the heart. Extremities.—Swelling on the wrist-joint, with tension when bending the hand backwards, and stitches in the swelling when grasping anything. 43— BARYTA CARBONIC A. BAR. CARS.—The Carbonate of Baryta.—Hahnemann’s “Chronic Diseases,” II.— Duration of Action: 50 days. Compare with—Alum., Bell., Calc., Caust., Cham., Chin., Dulc., Lach., Magn., Merc., Natr., Phosph , Sep , Sil., Sulph., Tart.,—Tart.-em. is frequently suit- able before and after Bar. 352 BARYTA CARBONICA. Antidotes.—Of large doses • the Sulphate of Soda or Magnesia.—Of small doses: Bell., Oamph., Dole., Merc. CLINICAL REMARKS. Hahnemann.—“ This drug may be advantageously used in the following affections, provided it be ho- moeopathically indicated: Whining mood; anxiety, as regards domestic concerns ; dread of strangers, of company; headache close over the eyes; susceptibility of the head to cold; eruption upon the head; baldness ; eruption upon and behind the ears ; tubercles behind the ears; eruption upon the lobule; buzzing and tingling before the ear; pressure in the eyes; inflammation of the eye-balls and lids, with dread of light; agglutination of the eye-lids ; flying webs and black spots before the eyes ; dimness of sight; he cannot read; the eyes are dazzled by the light; scurf under the nose; eruption upon the face ; single jerks in the teeth ; burning stitches in the hollow tooth, if something warm touches them; dryness of the mouth; constant thirst; eructations after eating; sour eructation; water-brash; chronic nausea ; pressure at the stomach, also after eating; pain at the stomach, fasting and after eating; pain at the stomach on touching the pit difficult knotty stool; hard and insufficient stool ; tenesmus of the bladder and frequent micturition; weakness of the sexual powers; leucorrhoea immediately before the menses; coryza; troublesome dryness of the nose ; night-cough ; hoarseness of the chest with night- cough ; excessive secretion of mucus in the chest; palpitation of the heart, perceptible without any previously exciting cause ; pain in the small of the back ; stiffness of the small of the back ; stiffness of the nape of the neck; stitches in the nape of the neck: pain in the deltoid muscle, on raising the arm ; the arm goes to sleep when lying upon it; the fingers go to sleep; traction and tearing in the legs; ulcers on the feet; fetid sweat of the feet; painful lymphatic swelling of the ball of the big toe; twitches and jerks of the body by day; heaviness in the whole body; loss of strength; general weakness of the nerves and body; susceptibility to cold. WARTS ; raving when asleep; twitches of the muscles of the whole body, at night; nig ht-sweat. ’ ’—E d . GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Consequences of a cold.—°Scrofulous affections.—Pains in the joints and long bones ; crampy pressure (or pressure with lameness), drawing and tearing, or tension as if too short; of single limbs, also in the daytime; jactitation of the muscles, particularly at night, in the whole body.—Stitches in the joints, with feeling of relaxation.—In the morning, on waking, all the Ivnbsfeel bruised, with weariness and heaviness in the limbs.—*Grcat BARYTA CARBONTCA. 353 sensitiveness to cold ; *he catches cold easily, and is liable to sore throat in consequence.—A walk in tlie open air fatigues him.—Great weariness: with constant inclination to lie or sit down; at eight o’clock in the evening, with weakness and languor of the body, as if he would sink down ; *prostration and inability to support one's-self on one's limbs ; -also with giving way of the knees, pain in the spine in the region of the loins, and a feeling of malaise in the whole body ; great nervousness, with excessive irritation of all the senses.— °Atrophy of children, with tympanitis and glandular swellings.—• °Paralysis after apoplexy. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The pains are more particularly felt on the left side, most of them come on while sitting, and go off during movement or in the open air.—The limbs go to sleep when lying on them.—Inability to rest on the left side, owing to seething of the blood, palpitation of the heart, with soreness in the heart, and anxiety.—The weakness, which is generally a kind of heaviness, is most supportable while lying down.—° Complaints of old 'people, or of children, * particularly physical, nervous, and mental weakness. Skin.—Prickings over the whole body.— Tingling and burning prickings, here and there.—Intolerable tingling over the whole body. Burning itching here and there.—°Warts.—*Panaritia.—#Swelling and induration of the glands.—°Steatoma and sarcoma. Sleep.—Frequent yawning. Unconquerable drowsiness. Uneasy sleep, full of dreams. Sleeplessness, at night, on account of feeling very hot. At night, frequent drawing in the ear. Pain in the legs, at night, as if he had outdone himself by excessive walk ing or dancing. Faintishness, at night, with nausea and vomiting, Weeping mood, at night. *Ravings of the fancy and stupefaction, at night, as in fever. Unrefreshing sleep, the limbs felt weary, as if bruised. Con- fused dreams, with uneasy sleep, frequent waking, and great fatigue. Fever.—Chilliness with thirst, in the afternoon. Sensitiveness to the cold. Slight chills, especially over the arms, with goose-flesh and yawning, in repeated attacks. Chilliness of the head, with shaking, and tension in the region of the malar bones. Chilliness, in the forenoon. Constant coldness, as if she had cold water poured over her, worse in the afternoon. Sense of coldness with burning, on the forehead, in the forenoon. Alternate chilliness and heat, the whole night. Frequent flushes of heat rising to her head. Heat at night, and anguish. Dry heat the whole night, with sleeplessness. Ex- cessive languor of all the limbs, in the afternoon. *Sweat after midnight. Exhausting *night-sweats. Moral Symptoms.—Disinclination to talk; dejection of spirits; 354 BARYTA CARBONICA #drcad of men; overwhelmed with an evil apprehension; *great solicitude and anxious care, about insignificant things, °parti- cularly about domestic affairs.—Highest degree of irresoluteness; great ennui and ill humor; peevish, morose, quarrelsome. Anger. Mirth increases to wantonness. Sensorium.—Deficiency of memory. Dullness of the head : the head feels gloomy on waking; dullness when sitting, abating in the open air; dullness and heaviness of the head, with drowsiness spreading towards the temples and the forehead; with tension in the forehead and eyes.—Vertigo; vertigo, *from stooping, with nausea, or headache.—° Apoplexy, of the old, or drunken. Head.—Headache in the evening; every noise affected her brain painfully. Painful pressure in the brain. Stupefying dull pressure in the forehead, close above the eye; pressure in the forehead, from within outwards; violent pressing in the whole head, as if it would burst, especially violent in both frontal eminences, and above the orbits ; sense of weight in the whole occiput, close to the nape of the neck, with tension; feeling of tension around the whole forehead, in the skin, as if it were too tight. Drawing and lacerating. Rheuma- tic pain in the occipital bone; with glandular swellings in the nape of the neck; shooting, deep in the temple, in the orbit, and the ear of the left side ; stitches in the head, commencing immediately in a warm room; severe stitches in the whole head, increasing and decreasing; violent stitches in the brain, with heat and tingling in the head; throbbing in the occiput, as far as the frontal eminence, in the evening; violent throbbing in the forehead, deep in the brain, when stooping ; digging headache, in the forehead and temples, also in the upper and fore part in the head, almost daily, early after rising, discontinuing in the afternoon ; sense of looseness in the brain ; rush of blood to the head, the blood seems to be stagnant; whizzing in the head, as of boiling water ; heat in the head.—Shivering over the hairy scalp.—The scalp is painful to every touch; the hair comes out when combing it; °baldness ; °liable to colds in the head; itching and gnawing of the hairy scalp and the temples ; formication in the scalp; eruption on the forehead (of the genus herpes ?) with a burning itching sensation.—0Humid and dry scurf on the head. Eves.—The eye-balls are painful. and weariness of the eyes, with pressure. deep in the eyes.—Pressure in both eyes, with itching as from dust.—Lacerating in the eyes; itching in the eyes : itching, burning pressure, sense of soreness, and feeling of dryness in the eyes; dry heat and pressure in the eyes ; the eyes burn after exerting them, internal inflamed redness of the lids; BARYTA CARBONICA. 355 redness of the white of the eye, and a white pimple on it, near tbo cornea; inflammation of the eyes and lids, especially in scrofulous subjects.—Swelling of the lids, early in the morning; purulent mucus in the lids, early in the morning ; of the eye- lids. *Sees everything as in a fog; accompanied by an aching pain in the eye-balls ; sensation as of a gauze before the eyes, early in the morning and after dinner; frequent obscuration of sight; #black spots before the eyes; fiery sparks before the eyes, and lacerating in the eyes. Ears.—Drawing pain in the ears; violent stitches in the ear; in the left ear; and hard pressure deep in the right ear.—Itching in the ears; on the ears.—The right parotid is swollen, and painful to the touch.—Cracking in the ear, when walking fast, swallowing, sneezing, &c.—*Roaring and buzzing in the ears; noise in the ears, in the evening, like the ringing of bells; hard hearing. Nose.—Bleeding at the nose.—°Scurf under the nose. Sneezing, especially in the evening, with concussive sensation in the brain, and subsequent vertigo.—Stoppage and dryness of the nose. —Constant coryza, with sense of obstruction; *ftuent, -with hollow, deep voice, and dry cough, in the morning and daytime. Face.—0Inflammatory prosopalgia with swelling.—Stitches in the face ; sense of tension in the whole face, with loathing and diarrhoea ; °sensation as if the face were swollen; slight swelling of the face; of the left cheek and the region behind the ear, with pain in the temple.—Heat in the face, without redness ; redness of the face, with purple lips and seething of the blood.—°Herpes; ? °crusta- lactea. ?—Dryness of the lips and gums. Swelling of the lip, with burning pain. Pustules about the lips. Jaws and Teeth.—Painful gnawing in the left lower jaw. The glands of the left lower jaw are painful. of the submaxillary glands, °with induration. Toothache in the evening, when in bed. Tensive pain, and painful stitches in the whole of the right row of teeth. Lacerating in the molar teeth. Painful gnawing in the roots and the gums of the molar teeth. Boring in the teeth, as soon as he introduces cold or warm substances into his mouth. #Drawing, jerking, throbbing toothache, as if something were lodged under the teeth. °Burning stitches in hollow teeth when touched by warm food.—Painful toothache, with soreness.—Frequent and considerable bleeding of the gums. *They are of a pale red, and bordered with a dark-red narrow border.—°Toothache in decayed teeth, before th« menses, or from a cold. 356 BARYTA CARBJNIUA Mouth.—The buccal cavity feels numb. The whole mouth is filled with inflamed vesicles, especially the palate and the inside of the cheeks. Hardness on the middle of the tongue, burning when touched; burning sense of excoriation at the tip of the tongue.— Burning blisters at the tip of the tongue.—Coated tongue. *Dryness of the tongue, early in the morning, with sense of swelling of the throat. Dryness in the mouth, early, after rising. Viscidity of the mouth. Fetid odor from the mouth. Throat.—Rawness and roughness in the throat, worse after swal- lowing. Roughness and sense of excoriation in the throat, worse during empty deglutition, the neck being painful on both sides when touched. Stinging sore throat, when swallowing. Dryness, and painful stinging and pressing, as from a swelling in the left side of the throat, only when swallowing. Choking, or contraction in the throat, with arrest of breathing. Sensation as if a plug or a quantity of phlegm were in the throat. Swelling of the left tonsil. Chilliness, heat, and sensation as if bruised in all the limbs, succeeded by *in- flammation of the throat, with swelling of the palate and tonsils, which pass into suppuration, preventing him from opening the jaws, or from speaking and swallowing, with dark-brown urine and sleep- lessness.—0 Chronic disposition to inflammation of the throat, and swelling of the tonsils. Taste and Appetite.— Bitter and slimy mouth, with coated tongue. Sour taste in the mouth. * Thirst, with dryness in the mouth. No appetite. Slight appetite. Repugnance to food, with feeling of hunger. Symptoms after dinner : worn out, faintish, un- easy from constant urging to stool, and feeling of anxiety in the lum- bar region; great laziness and dread of labor; pressure upon the bladder; suppressed eructations, with subsequent spasmodic contrac- tive pain at the stomach. Gastric Symptoms.—Incessant eructations. *Sourish or bitter eructations. Rancid eructations. Heartburn, preceded by eructa- tions. Nausea, early in the morning when fasting, with palpitation of the heart and anxiety. *Nausea, as from a deranged stomach, early in the morning.—° Weakness of digestion. Stomach.—*Nausea in the region of the stomach. to vomit, a kind of uneasiness with qualmishness. Frequent vomiting of mucus. *Pain in the stomach. Sensitiveness in the praecordial region. of the stomach, with nausea, when fasting. Feeling of repletion after taking ever so little food, with painful heaviness of the stomach, as from a stone, and an intensely painful gnawing. at the stomach, as from a stone, relieved by 1/AIv X TA CARBOIMj CA. 357 eructations. Pressure in the praecordial region, with dyspnoea and a sensation as if the breath were arrested; the pressure increases by tasting a little food. Contractive pain in the stomach, in the after- noon. Pain in the stomach, as from ulceration, on external pressure. Soreness in the pit of the stomach, when pressing upon it, and when drawing breath. Painful, writhing sensation in the stomach, while eating, when the food is descending into it, as if it had to force its way through and over sore places. *Even fasting, she feels a sore- ness in the stomach. The sense of pressure, with soreness and gnawing in the stomach, is most violent when walking or standing, also when sitting crooked; when lying on the back, when stooping, #or press- ing upon the stomach, only feels a painful pressure, not the gnawing. Abdomen.—Severe pain in the bowels, preventing sleep, and returning on the least motion. Painful distention of the abdomen. Feeling in the abdomen as if something were swollen in it. Tense- ness of the abdomen, with sensitiveness of the abdominal integuments to the touch. Sudden contractive pain in the hypogastrium, above the genital organs. Pinching in the abdomen, with nausea. Pinch- ing round the naval, on the least motion. Pinching bellyache, extending from the top to the bottom of the abdomen. Cutting colic, at night. Painful cutting in the abdomen, especially round the navel, in the evening. Violent colic, as if diarrhoea would take place. Sensation in the abdomen as if she would be attacked by diarrhoea, accompanied by chills. Sensation of anguish, with unea- siness and sick feeling in the lumbar region, like a?i urging to stool. Feeling of soreness around the belly, commencing in the small of the back. Painful pressure in the muscles, especially in the evening, increasing to an insupportable degree when walking. Pressing in the abdominal ring, during exercise and stool. Stool.—Frequent urging. Frequent urging, with painfid sore- ness in the lumbar reg'ion, and shivering chills over the head and legs, as in dysentery; then loose stool, at short intervals, the pai?is in the loins continuing, with renewed urging. Urging, with violent pain in the belly. Loose stool, terminating in diarrhoea. Diarrhoea, mixed with blood. Hard stool, with burning in the rectum. Expul- sion of ascarides. Burning in the rectum during the otherwise natural stool. Humid varices after stool. Varices of the rectum, with stinging pains, and as from excoriation. Frequent expulsion of blood from the rectum, with distention of the abdomen. Crawling in the rectum. Biting, burning in the rectum. Burning around the anus, and soreness, as if the parts were excoriated. Urine.—*Great desire to urinate, canuot retain the urine. *Fre> BARYTA CARBONICA. quent emission of urine every other day. Rare and scanty emission of urine, with burning in the urethra. Urine with yellow sediment. Burning in the urethra during micturition. Pinching in the abdomen during micturition. Male Genital Organs.—Burning in the left testicle. Red, excoriated, moist, burning place between the scrotum and the thigh. Numbness of the sexual organs. *The sexual desire is suppressed. sexual desire. Great increase of the sexual desire. Sudden erection in the evening, with shuddering. Female Genital Organs.—Continued increase of the sexual desire. '*The menses are very scanty. The menses appear too soon. Before the menses: °Toothache, with swelling of the gums; °colic, with swelling of the lower limbs ; °leucorrhoea. During the menses: Cutting and pinching in the abdomen ; pain, as from bruises, in the small of the back. Discharge of sanguinolent mucus from the vagina, with anxious beating of the heart, uneasiness in the body, pain in the back, and weakness even unto fainting. Tearing in the pudendum, at intervals. Larynx.—Hoarseness and aphony for some weeks. * Voice not clear, on account of tenacious pmegm. Roughness or tickling in the throat, occasioning a continual short hacking cough. Cough excited by continual speaking. *Cough after midnight, -also with huskiness and accumulation of mucus in the chest. Dry, short cough, in the evening, with subsequent weakness in the head.—Suffocating cough —°Loose cough, with a saltish, starch-like expectoration of four weeks’ standing, went off. Chest.—Soreness in the chest, when coughing. °Suffocative catarrh, and paralysis of the lungs in old people. Fullness in the chest, with short breath, especially when ascending a height; with pain as from bruises, in the left side. *A pressure on the chest, with tickling and dry cough. Stitches and shooting in the chest and heart. Soreness in the inner and outer parts of the chest.—Violent beating of the heart. Palpitation of the heart, when lying on the left side.—Burn- ing of the outer parts of the chest, with redness of the skin. Itching of the outer parts of the chest. Back.—Pain in the small of the back. Heaviness in the small of the back and loins, as from cold. -Painful drawing in the small of the back, as if a heavy body were moving downwards. *Tensiv« pain in the small of the back, worst in the evening. as of incipient throbbing in the small of the back.—Great pain in the right side of the back, when lying down. Weakness and want of mobility in the dorsal spine.' Pain, as from bruises, between the shoulders.— BARYTA CARBONICA. 359 Burning in the loins.—Throbbing in the back, like strong pulsations, mostly when at rest, and after an emotion.—Violent itching of the back, day and night.—*Stiffness in the nape of the neck, -when waking from the siesta. °Lancinations in the nape of the neck, 0tension in the neck and scapulae, particularly when the air is rough and cold ; °sarcoma, with burning in the inmost parts. Swelling on the nape of the neck, which, little by little, spreads over the whole head, with redness of the skin, and pain thereof, as from ulceration, *ac- companied by considerable swelling of the glands in this region, for several days. glandular swellings in the nape of the neck and occiput.—Frequent pain of the axillary glands. °Steatoma in the axilla. Arms.—The arms are heavy and tremulous. *When laying the arm upon the table, it goes to sleep. Tension in small places of the arms. Swelling of the right arm, with pain in the axillary glands. —Bone-pain at a small spot of the upper arm, as if an ulcer would form there. °Pain in the deltoid muscle when raising the arm.— Pain of the elbow, as from a contusion.—Pain, as from bruises, appa- rently in the radius.—Painful lameness in the fore-arm and hand, going off by motion. Tension or drawing in the wrist-joint.—Cramp- pain in the hand. Dryness of the skin of the hands, like parchment. Titillation in the hands, *after which they go to sleep. in the fingers, as if gone to sleep. Legs.—Sudden stitches in the hip-joint, as if luxated, with pain when walking, as if it would break down. Burning in the nates. Violent lancinations in the nates. Lacerating from above downwards in the buttock, increasing and decreasing. Cramp in the lower limbs. Tension in the lower extremities, up to the hip. *Lacerating and tension in the bones of the lower extremities, down to the heel. Drawing pain from above doivmoards, along the whole of the left loiver limb. Languor in the left lower limb, early in the morning. Weariness in the lower limbs, and jerks in the foot, when sitting, with painful soreness of the posterior surface of the thigh. Sudden beating in the thigh. Violent pain, as from a contusion, in the middle of the thigh. Violent itching of the thighs, even at night. Painful stitches in the knee-joints.—Pain in the leg, especially in the right tibia, as if the parts were lame. Drawing pain in the legs, apparently in the bones. °Ulcers in the legs.—Uneasiness in the feet, when sitting. Tremor of the feet, when standing. Cramp-like pain in the soles of the feet. Drawing pain in the foot, only when walking. Burning in the soles of the feet. Drawing pain in the toes. Cramp in the toes, on extending the foot.—° Fetid sweat of the feet. 360 BARYTA MURIATICA. 44.—BARYTA MURIATICA, BAR. MUR.—Muriate of Baryta.—Hering’s “ Jahr.” Compare with—Bar.-carb., Ant., Chel., Cic., Dig., Dulc., Fer.-mur., Hyo«., Lact., Lauroc., Op., Spong. Antidotes.—See Bar.-carb.—According to Lisfrane, the white of an egg is the best antidote of large doses. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—°Scrofulous complaints.—Great weak ness, obliging him to lie down ; general muscular weakness, as if 'paralyzed.—Fainting fits.—Stiffness and immobility of the body, with periodical convulsions.— General heaviness.— Convulsions general, of single parts; in the face; periodical attacks of convul- sions, with excessive jactitation of the limbs.—Increase of the secre- tions and excretions, and disposition to decomposition of the animal fluids.—Hcemorrhages.—General insensibility.—General emaciation and atrophy.— Increased insensibility of the whole nervous system. Skin.—Biting in the skin ; burning and biting in excoriated parts. —Itch-like pimples on the head, nape of the neck, abdomen, and thighs; yellowish scaly eruptions ; tetters.—Fetid, ichorous ulcers.—• Swelling and induration of the glands, particularly those of the neck and abdomen ; suppuration of glands.—°General anasarea after scarlet fever. Fever.—Heat all over, day and night; heat in the face, with red- ness.—Pulse full and frequent.—Tertian fever.—Increased exhala- tion from the skin ; cold sweats. Moral Symptoms.—Attacks of oppressive anxiety, with pain in the stomach, nausea, and gagging.—Anxiety, with vertigo.—Ten- dency to start.—Great internal anguish.—Absence of mind.—Acute mania.—Sense of oppressive anxiety.—Imbecility. Head.—Vertigo, with sense as of turning before the eyes.—Dull- ness and heaviness of the head.—Headache, with vomiting.—Tinea- capitis, extending to the sides and the posterior part of the neck; violent itching eruption on the hairy scalp. Eyes, Ears, and Face.—Swelling and inflammation of the eye- lids ; staring, immovable eyes; the pupils are dilated, insensible; the eyes are staring.—Blennorrhoea of the eyes, ears, and nose.— Deafness during the vomiting.—Drawing pain in the facial muscles Teeth, Mouth, Pharynx, &c.—Beating and stinging in the teeth, after midnight, on waking; looseness of the teeth.—Swelling of the palate and salivary glands; coated tongue; dry mouth and tongue; mercurial odor from the mouth.—Difficulty of swallowing. Gastric Symptoms.—Putrid taste in the mouth, and also of the belladonna 361 food he takes ; loss of appetite ; thirst.—Great weakness of digestion. —Constant nausea ; loathing ; empty retching ; vomiting, also early in the morning, with anguish ; watery vomiting, with nausea. Stomach and Abdomen.—Pressure at the stomach, also after a meal, particularly after eating heavy food ; weakness, and excessive sensitiveness of the stomach; spasmodic pains ; ascension of heat into the chest and head;, burning at the stomach, with vomiting; inflammation of the stomach.—Swelling of the liver.—Violent colic ; burning in the abdomen ;• pain as of worms ; accumulation of mucus in the stomach and intestinal canal.—Swelling and induration of the abdominal glands; fetid, ichorous ulcers in the inguinal region. Stool and Urine.—Obstinate constipation; slimy, yellowish diar- rhoea ; diarrhoea, either painless, or else accompanied with violent colic.—Frequent urination, sometimes involuntary and painful; enu- resis ; whitish sediment;—Diabetes. ? Genital Organs.—Swelling of the scrotum; frequent nocturnal emissions.—°Chronic gonorrhoea. ?—The menses are too early ; pain as if bruised in the pelvic cavity. Respiratory Organs.—Catarrh, with heat; cough ; oppression of the chest; heat in the chest.—°Humid asthma. ?—Palpitation of the heart; accelerated beating of the heart. Extremities.—Pains in the back.—Swelling of the hands and feet.—Drawing pains in the thighs ; cramps in the toes.—Convulsive jerkings of the hands and feet.—Paralysis of the upper and lower limbs. 45.—BELLADONNA. BELL.—Deadly Nightshade.—Hahnemann’s “ Mat. Med. Pura,” Yol. I.—Dura- tion of Action : from one day to eighteen months. Compare with—Aeon., Agar., Alum., Am., Am., Ars., Aur., Bar., Calc., Canth., Caust., Cham., Chin., Cina., Coff., Coloc., Con., Cop., Cupr., Dig., Dulc., Ferr., Hep., Hyos., Lack., Merc., Nitr.-ac., Op., Phosph., Phosph.-ac., Plat., Plumb., Puls., Rhus.-tox., Seneg., Sep , Sil., Stram., Sulph., Valer.—Bell, is frequently indicated after: Hep., Lach., Merc., Phosph., Nitr.-ac.—After Bell, are frequently suitable: Chin., Con., Dulc., Hep., Lach., lihus-tox., Seneg., Stram., Yaler. Antidotes.—Large doses of Bell, are counteracted by black Coffee. Almost all authors have recommended Vinegar as an antidote against Bell. This is a mere conjecture, which one author has copied from another. Abundant expe- rience has taught me, on the contrary, that Vinegar increases the pain produced by Bell.* Fits of paralysis and colic, produced by Bell., may be assuaged by * Stapf has also observed that applications of Vinegar to the forehead increase the headache produced by Bell., so as to make it insupportable ; the applications had to be discontinued. 362 BELLADONNA Op., although it acts only as a palliative. A small dose of Op., probably, also relieves the somnolence consequent upon the use of Bell. Stupor, in- sanity, and frenzy, produced by Bell., are homojopathically relieved, in the speediest and most certain manner, by a few sma‘11 doses of Hyos. The intoxi- cation of Bell, is relieved by Wine ; myself, as well as Trajus and Moibanus, have witnessed this effect of Wine. A small dose of Bell, having been admin- istered non-homceopathically, and being succeeded by a weeping mood, at- tended with chills and headache, these effects may be stayed by a similarly small dose of Puls. Adequate help is the most necessary when a large quantity of the berries of Beil, have been swallowed. In this case, relief may be obtained by large portions of strong Coffee, which restores the irritability of the mus- cular fibre, puts a stop to the tetanic convulsions—although acting as a mere palliative—and secures the vomiting of the berries ; this may, moreover, he facilitated by tickling the pharynx with a long feather. The erysipelatous swellings of Bell, are speedily removed by small doses of Hep. Camphor, too, is a good antidote against some of the symptoms of Bell.—Hahnemann. CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS.—According to Hahnemann, Bel- ladonna may be used as a prophylactic against the genuine, erysipe- latous, smooth, and glossy scarlet fever, as described by Sydenham, Plencitz, and others. To effect this the smallest doses of Bell, ought to bo given every six or seven days. He says : “ This great dis- covery of mine has been scorned and sneered at by a number of phy- sicians, for at least nineteen years. They were ignorant of the character of this disease, which is proper to childhood, and they were indiscreet enough to mistake for scarlet fever the purple-rash, which had migrated into Germany from Belgium, as early as the year 1801. They falsely applied to this purple-rash the term “ scarlet fever,” and failed, of course, in trying to cure it by means of the remedy which I had proposed. I rejoice that, in subsequent years, other physicians should have again observed the genuine scarlet fever, that they should have confirmed the prophylactic virtues of Bell, against this disease, and should have done me justice, after the unjust derision which I had so long suffered. “ Purple-rash (Roodvonk) being a disease different from scarlet fever, it requires to he treated in a different way. In purple-rash, Bell, can do no good ; and patients who are treated with Bell, in this disease, will generally have to die; whereas all of them might have been saved by the alternate use of Aeon, and the tincture of Coff.,—the former being given against the heat, the increasing uneasi- ness, and the agonizing anguish ; the latter against the excessive pain and weeping mood. Aeon, and Coff. should be alternately given every twelve, sixteen, or twenty-four hours, in proportion as one or the other medicine is indicated. Of the Aeon., I give a small portion of a drop of the deeillionth solution; of the Coff., I exhibit the mil- lionth degree of potency in the same form and quantity. Recently, both diseases, which are so different from each other—the Syden BELLADONNA. 363 hamian scarlet fever and the purple-rash—seem to have become com- plicated in some epidemic diseases, so that one patient derives more benefit from Aeon., another from Bell.” Hartmann.—This author states : “ In addition to the antidotes mentioned by Hahnemann, Merc.-sol., in chronic sequela, remaining after the use of Belladonna, deserves attention ;—acts more powerfully than any other substance on the nerves, particularly those of the cerebrum;—is applicable, under certain circumstances, to intermit- tent,, nervous, and other fevers;—is an admirable remedy during dentition ;—also, in inflammatory affections, as : Acute and chronir hepatitis; anginose affections; abdominal inflammations; inflam- mations of the lymphatic vessels and glands in children ; catarrhal ophthalmia, also arthritic; amaurosis; inflammation of the brain; otitis; measles; and hydrophobia. Belladonna is indicated, also, for : Congestions of the head, chest, and uterus ;—haemorrhages ;— spasmodic diseases, cramp of the stomach ;—whooping cough, ; epilep* sy ;—chorea ;—raphania ;—apoplexy ;—gout;—rheumatism ;—pro- sopalgia fothergilli ;—vertigo ;—scrofula ;—otorrhcea ;—scirrhous in- durations ;—dysentery;—cachexies;—insanity and imbecility.”—Ed. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—* Spasms, startings, and convulsions of the limbs : when waking from sleep ; * after a fit of chagrin, -so violent that he runs up the walls ; * renewed by the least contact; with hiccough ; with weariness and anxiety ; *with screams and loss of consciousness; *with delirium; *with laughter; *with contor- tion of the eyes ; *ivith extension of the limbs, or violent distortion of the muscles ; -affecting principally the flexor muscles ; with starting, principally of the hands and feet, with insensibility and rattling breathing; alternating with complete immobility; #tetanic spasms, opisthotonos, spasmodic inclination of the body and head to the left side ; *paroxysms of stiffness and immobility of all the limbs, or of single limbs only, -sometimes with insensibility, distention of the cutaneous veins, red, puffed face, full and quick pulse, and profuse sweat; *epileptic spasms; °hysteric spasms; °eclampsia; ’ °St. Vitus-da,nce, especially in girls ; °the spas?ns are preceded by creep- ing in the muscles, as of a mouse, tingling, with feeling of swelling and numbness in the limbs, or colic, with pressure extending up to the head.—*Trembling of the limbs ; *weariness, -particularly in the evening, which scarcely allows him to walk ; *laziness and indispo- sition to work or stir.—* Great general debility, with weariness and a desire to sleep, in the afternoon.—*Lameness and paralysis, -of the upper and lower limbs ; *hemiplegia of the right or left side, -parti- cularly of the arm and lower limb ; °sometimes with loss of sensation. 364 BELLADONNA. —Fainting Jits, sometimes resembling lethargy. irrita- bility and sensibility of the organs of sense.—*Liability to take cold, with great sensitiveness to cold air.—Seething of the circulation and rush of blood to the head, with debility as if he would faint.—°Atro- phy and marasmus of scrofulous subjects.—°Ergotism, from eating Ergot.? °Bad effects from taking cold; °from fright, chagrin, or mortification; °from abuse of Chin., Valer., Merc., Op., Cham.—. ° Rheumatic and arthritic complaints, with inflammation and swelling; °congestion of blood; °scrofulous and rachitic complaints.—*Pres- sure, with sticking or tearing in the limbs; *burning stinging; in the limbs; -pain as if bruised in the limbs and bones; lancinations in the affected parts, extending into the head. Characteristic Peculiarities.—°Bell. is particularly suitable for complaints of plethoric individuals disposed to phlegmonous inflammation; or for complaints of lymphatic, scrofulous individuals liable to glandular swellings: °diseases of children, females, and young people of mild temper, blue eyes, blond hair, delicate skin, and red complexion.—Some of the Bellipains disappear suddenly when they have reached the highest degree of violence, or they disappear in one place while other and different pains make their appearance in other parts of the body J— Sudden and violent cramp- pains, which are generally experienced during sleep, obliging one to draw in the affected part, especially the side of the chest or abdomen, loins, elbow, &c.—* Aggravations of the pains at night or in the afternoon at three or four o’clock; the least contact, and sometimes the least movement aggravates the pain; some of the Bell, pains are aggravated or appear after sleep. Skin.—Creeping or crawling itching; prickling biting; the skin is painful to the touch.—Watery vesicles (on the palm of the hand and tibia), so painful that he would like to scream; ; ? red, scaly eruption on the lower parts of the body, extending as far as the abdomen ; red spots, as if occasioned by flea-bites, or like bloody spots or petechiae, on the chest, abdomen, face, and neck; reruption re- sembling measles; °purple-rash (giving first Aeon.); °rubeolas; *scarle£ spots and scarlet redness, particularly on the face, neck, chest, abdomen, and hands, sometimes with hot swelling of the parts, and with small, quick pulse, asthma, violent cough, delirium, -increase of memory, rubbing of the nose, and dilatation of the pupils; °natural small-pox, when metastasis to the brain threatens to set in ; °blisters occasioned by a burn, with white margin, black scurf, and oedematous swelling of the parts.—* Erysipelatous inflammation, with swelling, -or even mortification of the parts; -redness, inflammation, and BELLADONNA. 365 swelling of tlie whole skin; *red, hot swelling of affected parts; °vesicular erysipelas (giving Bell, before Rhus, when the fever is violent).—Cold and hot gangrene ; °ulceration occasioned by a burn. •—*Boils ; ; *bites of insects.—Cold, painful blotches and swellings.—*Glandular sivcllings, painful or suppurating.—* Scir- rhous indurations ; ? cancerous affections ; ? °scrofulous and mercurial ideers.—In the ulcers: burning when touching them ; soreness around the ulcer; black crust of blood on the ulcer; secretion of bloody ichor. soreness in the bends of the joints.— ° Jaundice. Sleep. : or more particularly in the evening, -with desire to stretch the limbs.—* Somnolence ; *stupor, lethargy, deep sleep with snoring, he lies motionless, -sometimes he raises bis eyes, with wild looks, or subsultus-tendinum, pale, cold face, cold hands, and hard, quick, small pulse ; also with thirst after waking, or hunger, with burning heat, dryness of the mouth and breath.—Stupor at night.—Sleeplessness at night; *even with drow- siness /}*sleeplessness from anguish; -sleeplessness occasioned by thinking about a business which requires to be attended to.—Symptoms at night: and tossing about; *’frequent waking, with great difficulty to fall asleep again; fstarting as in affright, particularly when on the point of falling asleep,) -sometimes with sweat on the forehead and in the pit of the stomach, or with dry heat and fear; *anguish, hindering sleep, with drawing in the limbs; intermittent breathing with forcible expirations, when sleeping or waking.— ■ During sleep : *tossing about (in children), -they stamp with their feet and scold ; *screaming, *moaning, *starts, which wake him even when on the point of falling asleep; aggravation of the pains, making sleep intolerable; singing and loud talking; suffocative snoring when taking an inspiration.—In the evening, when on the point of falling asleep, he feels as if floating in bed; °frightful visions and convulsions after scarcely closing his eyes.—*Dreams; -after having scarcely fallen asleep ; *anxious, frightful, terrifying, -rendering sleep intolerable.—Symptoms in the morning when waking: unrefreshed, languid ; -he finds it very difficult to rouse himself,Nand is ill-humored ; weariness and reeling vertigo ; headache with great languor; heaviness in the head, above the eyes, these are painful when touched.—Symptoms after sleeping: Aggravation of the symptoms and Fever.—Coldness: of the whole body, generally unth pale face ; particularly of the feet, sometimes with bloated red face and conges- tion of blood to the head.—Chilliness *in the back, or in the pit of 366 BELLADONNA. the stomach, or commencing on the arms and spreading thence over the whole body; on the arms, -when taking off hia clothes, with goose-flesh, and redness and heat of the ears and nose; creeping chilliness, in the evening.—Shuddering: when the least current of air blows upf a merry nature, and afterwards changing to rage. #Howling and screaming on account of trifles; this is made worse by talking to him kindly, the pupils being easily dilated and contracted. quarrelsomeness, which cannot be appeased. with wild manners. Rage; He tosses about in his bed in a perfect rage. *He tears his shirts and clothes. He strikes his face with his fists. * Frenzy, with attempts at violence. #Rage, with gnashing of teeth and convulsions. of eating that which he had called for he bit the wooden spoon in two, gnawed at the dish, and snarled and barked like a dog. Ullage, the patient being sometimes very cunning, and alternately singing and screaming, or spitting and biting. *He acts foolishly, tears his clothes, pulls stones out of the ground and throws them at those around him. #Rage; he injures himself and others, and strikes around himself. *IIe wants to bite those arouna him, at night. heat of the body, open, staring, immovable eyes, with rage, so that she has to be held constantly, lest one should be attacked by her; when thus held and prevented from using her limbs she constantly spit at those around her. *He bites everything in his way. *He tears everything around him, bites and spits. *He attempts to jump out of bed. Anxious and confused; she ap- prehends death. *Shy craziness. *He tries to escape. *She tries to throttle herself, and begs those around her to kill her. Sensorium #His head turns; attended with nausea, -as is experienced when turning quickly round in a circle, or when waking from the morning after spending the night in revelry. *Sense as of turning in the head and in the pit of the stomach, becoming so excessive after rising that everything vanished from before her sight. as though everything turned in a circle. Sense as of turning in the head, relieved in the open air, aggravated in the room. Fits of vertigo, both when at rest and in motion. *Sense as of reeling in the head, while sitting, resembling vertigo. *She totters to and fro, as if intoxicated. Fits of vertigo attended with dullness of the mind; °accompanied with loss of con- sciousness and falling; °with anguish and luminous vibrations before the eyes; °when rising from a recumbent posture; °when stooping, BELLADONNA. 369 °early after rising from bed.—Cloudiness of the head, with glandular swellings in the nape of the neck. Dullness of the head, increasing during motion. Reluctance to all sorts of mental labor. Lassitude of both mind and body.—Mental weakness. Con- fusion of the mind and senses. Illusion of the senses. *He imagines he sees things which are not present. #IIe does not recognize his own relatives. °He wants to pull out his teeth; °he walks about as if very busy; °he gathers herbs, which he names wrong, and then offers for sale; °he converses with his late sister in the church-yard. *Loss of consciousness. degree of stupor. *Loss of sense, with convulsions of the extremities.—*Loss of intellect, for some weeks. Insensibility. She has a headache, during which she loses her ideas. Absence of mind. i L f Head.—Headache, as if the brain were stunned. *IIis whole head feels heavv)gs from intoxication. His head feels heavy as if he were going to fall asleep; he is not disposed to do anything. *IIis head aches, but only above the eyes; the headache is like a weight in the head, and is experienced early on waking up. Sense of weight with violent pressure in the whole of the occiput. of the head as though it were about to fall down. *Early in the morning, headache, as if something were descending in the forehead from above the eye-brows, by which the opening of the eyes is prevented. *Hcad• ache, especially in the forehead. Coritinous dull headache in one of the sides of the head. Aching in the head, especially in the lower part of the forehead, close above the nose, becoming insufferable on setting the foot down for the purpose of standing or walking. Head- ache above the orbits, as though the brain were pressed into a smaller space; *this pain obliges him to close his eyes. Violent pressure and aching pain in the forehead. Pressure in the head, extending over large surfaces. * Aching in the forehead ; during motion it increased so much that it caused his eye-lids to close; the headache became milder when seated or lying down; as soon as he walks into the open air the forehead feels pressed upon, as though it would be crushed, *as if a heavy stone were pressing upon the forehead; aching, deep in the brain, which is felt over the whole head, both when walking and after having walked in the open air. Tension and pressure in the left vertex, and in the forehead. Headache, as though the head were screwed together from side to side. *Continuous and forcible dilatation of the whole brain.—Violent pressing in the whole head, from within outwards, as though it would be dashed to pieces, increased by coughing, and in the open air.—*Headache, close above the oibits, as though the brain were pressed O'ut; the eyes remain 370 BELLADONNA. forcibly closed on account of the pain, the pupils being contracted. Pain when stooping, as though everything would press out at the forehead. *An aching in the forehead frequently obliges him to stand still when walking ; at every step the brain feels as if it were ascending and descending in the forehead; the pain decreased by strongly pressing upon the parts. (Violent pulsations in the forehead, with pain as if the bone were being raised. Pulsations in the head and in most parts of the body, when waking. Viole?it throbbing in the brain from before backwards and towards both sides ; this throb- bing terminates in the shape of painful stitches. with a sense as of lacerating, in the head, especially in the frontal and temporal region, the pain is wandering. in the head, extending towards the forehead, as if the brain would dilate. *Draw- ing pain extending from the temple across and over the right orbit. Boring and throbbing in the head, in the cheek; increased by motion. * Stitches in the head. *Sharp stitches through both frontal eminences from within outwards. Excessive headache ; dull stitches dart through the brain in all directions. Lancination, as with a knife, from one temple to the other. Cutting and lacerating pain in the head, wandering from one place to another. Burning and lacerating parin in the left frontal eminence. Lacerating pain in the right side of the vertex; it is more violent during motion. *Lacerating over the eye-brows. #Sense of cold in the brain, in the centre of the forehead. in the forehead. Drawing pain in the frontal bone and in the nape of the neck, both when at rest and in motion. as of swashing in the brain. fWhen stooping, the blood rushes to the head; the head feels heavy and giddy. , of blood to the head, without any internal heat. *Heat in the head. Pain, externally, over the whole head, as is felt inTtlie integuments after pulling the hair. Violently gnawing pain, externally, in the region of the frontal eminences. Cramp-like pain. °Headache every day, from four o’clock in the afternoon until three next morning, increased by the warmth of the bed and a recumbent posture.—°Headache, which is aggravated by moving the eyes, by concussion, and by a current of air.—°Hemicrania. ?—Hysteric headache. ?—Headache after a cold. Titillating itching of the forehead. Swelling of the head. The integuments of the head are so painful that even the pressure of the hair gives pain. Uneasy look.—*Convulsive shaking and bending backwards of the head.—0Boring with the head into the pillow.—°Profuse sweat of the hairy scalp. Face.—Lacerating and drawing below the malar bone.—Distracted features. of the face; anxious countenance, -writh thirst; BELLADONNA 371 with an increased appetite. *An extreme paleness of the face is in- stantaneously changed to redness, with cold cheeks and hot forehead. Feeling of burning heat in the face, without redness or thirst, with a moderately warm body and cold feet. *Sensation of a tingling heat in the face, under the skin, redness of the face.) lent redness and heat in the face, without sweat'. #Iled, hot face, with icy-cold extremities. * Glow lug redness of the face, with violent, inexpressible headache. #Heat and redness about the head. *Great heat and redness of the cheeks. #The face is very much swollen and hot. *Dark-red Thickening of the skin in the face, as if an eruption would break out. face, with great heat of the body in the evening. redness of the skin of the body, espe- cially the face, accompanied by great cerebral action. *Scarlet-red spots in the face, with a strong pulse. Sudden shivering, with great cloudiness of the head and face, red eyes, and swelling of the face, which is covered with small, dark-red spots. Red and swollen face, with staring eyes. #Swelling of the cheeks, with burning pain. Hard, large swelling in the face, near the nose and eye, with swelling of the parotid glands. Swelling of the face, and especially of the lips, °with induration and stinging in rough weather.—* Erysipelas of the face.—*Nervous prosopalgia, with violent cutting pains; -pressure, cramp-feeling, lacerating, and drawing in the malar bone. * Ulcerated corners of the mouth, near the commissure, -with lacerat- ing pains round about, even when left untouched or unmoved. Small pimples on the lips, covered with a scurf, and smarting as if they had been touched by saltish water. ° Scirrhous induration and cancer of the lips. ? Spasmodic movements of the lips. The right corner of the mouth is drawn outwards. Risus-sardonius : spasmodic distortion of the mouth. Bloody foam at the mouth, vacillation of the head, and gnashing of the teeth from morning till noon. A number of small pimples on the chin, resembling rash, and burning when touched. °Swelling of the submaxillary glands; -red blotch in the angle of the lower jaw, with stinging when pressing upon it. Eyes.—°Entropium. Continual trembling and winking of the eye-lids. Throbbing pain in the lower eye-lid, towards the inner can- thus; the spot where the pain is is swollen and inflamed. * After waking in the morning her eye-lids close again spontaneously, (°ptosis). Itching stitches in the inner canthi, which only go off for a while by rubbing. #The inner canthus of the left eye is very painful even when slightly touched. in both eyes. lachryma- tion. water continually runs out of the eyes, Feeling of burning dryness in both eyes. *Pain aud burning in the eyes. 372 BELLADONNA. with spasmodic movement of the eyes, occasioned by the light. Burning of the eyes, accompanied by an intensely painful itching, disappearing by the eyes being pressed upwards. *Inflam• mation of the eyes °in scrofulous and gouty individuals.—°Interstitial distention of the sclerotica; °specks, thickening, and ulcers of the cornea ; °fungus-medullaris in the eye ; ° haemorrhage and ecchymosis of the eye ; in the eye, from without inwards. *Early in the morning, the eye-lids are completely agglutinated. Swelling and suppurative inflammation of the left caruncula-lachrymalis ; the pain being first burning. pressure in both eyes. When closing the eyes, she feels an aching deep in the eye-ball. in the eyes, with lachrymation, especially early in the morning. and pressure in the eyes ; they felt as if they had been full of sand. Pain in the orbits; the eyes sometimes feel as if being torn out ; sometimes as if pressed into the head. Lacerating in the eyes, which extends from the inner canthi. of the pupils. *Dilata- tion of the pupils in the evening, even when the light is held quite near. *Dilate_d, immovable pupils. #The power of vision is at times entirely extinct, at times only diminished, the pupils being immov- able and enormously dilated. * Obscuration of sight, with great dila- tation of the pupils. *The eyes see dim and black. '* Amaurosis, lie cannot read anything printed. On waking, he is blind. *Exces- sive weakness of sight. Transitory blindness, with headache. *Dim- ness of sight, alternating with cramps of the hands and feet; cloudi- ness of the head, and languid feeling in the limbs. Dullness of sight, with trembling of all the limbs. Presbyopia, as exists in old age. of sight, as if fog were before the eyes. *Wb <±n read- ing, the letters look blurred, and appear blue and gold-colored *The eyes see a large ring around the light, of several colors, especially red. When moving the eye-lids, he sees sparks, like electric oparks. *One sees things double; multiplied and dark. *He sees mings wrong side up, °or they look red. *The eyes feel as if protruded. The eyes protrude, with dilated pupils. and sparkling, shining, glistening eyes. *The eyes are red, glistening, and turn in their sockets. #The eye-balls turn convulsively in a circle. *The eyes become distorted. *Spasms of the eyes. Eyes and hands are constantly in a sort of spasmodic motion.—°Squinting. ?—°Weakness of sight from doing fine work. Ears.—Stitches extending from the upper jaw into the internal ear. *Stitches in the parotid gland. in the external right ear, from before baokwards, *Lacerating from above down- wards in the external and internal ear. Lacerating pain in the BELLADONNA. 373 external ear of the right side, and in the whole side of the face, from above downwards. Feeling in the right ear as if it were violently torn out of the head. Pain in the ears and temples, which is alter- nately lacerating from within outwards, and pressing from without inwards; this pain alternates with a similar pain in the orbits. Sharp thrusts in the internal ear, like a painful dragging. Tha muscles behind the left ear are painful, the pain extending as far as the neck. Stitches in the external ear, with hardness of hearing. #Stitches in the internal ear, occurring during eructations tasting of the ingesta. Drawing pain from the ears as far as the nape of the neck. Puriform liquid exuding from the ears. * Tingling in the ears.—Din in the ears as of trumpets and cymbals, also like the whizzing of the wind (immediately); afterwards *humming and murmuring, worst when sitting, relieved when standing or lying, still better when walking. £ Roaring in the ears.) Vertigo and dull colic. Wind rushes out at the ears. Deafness, as if a skin had been drawn over the ears. *IIard hearing.—°Acute otitis.—°Hardness of hearing from a cold, after cutting the hair.—* Inflammatory swell- ing of the parotid glands. Nose.—Small red blotches near the root of the nose, painful only when touched, as from subcutaneous ulceration. Pimples on the cheeks and nose, becoming quickly filled icith pus, and covered with a crust. Cold nose. Diminished or increased smell. *Bleeding at the nose. in the tip of the nose, going off by friction *Fine stitches in the tip of the nose, the whole night, beginning in the evening. *Sudden redness of the tip of the nose, with a burning sensation. * Ulcerated state of the nostrils and the corners of the lips ; but they neither itch nor pain.—ffireat dryness of the nose); -at times it is stopped up, at times water flows from it.—■*Coryza, *with 'X)ugh; -fluent cdry'za of one nostril, with smell as of herring- brine. Jaws and Teeth.—*Lock-jaw. Lock-jaw, accompanied by con- vulsions in all the limbs, and chilliness. Stitches and tension of the jaw, in the direction of the ear. Excessive pain when biting. Swell- ing of the cervical glands, painful at night; not painful during deglutition. Cramp-like, tensive sensation of the left cervical muscles, even during rest. of the teeth, with foam at the mouth, smelling like rotten eggs. Spasm of the right arm. swell- ing of the right side of the gums, with fever and sensation of chilli- ness. Vesicles on the gums, painful like burns. Ulcerative pain of the gums when touched. Heat in the gums ; itching and throbbing The gums of a hollow tooth are bleeding. Toothache, more drawing 374 BELLADONNA. than lancinating. Toothache, with drawing in the ear. *IIe wakes after midnight, with a violent lacerating in the teeth.—Uniform, simple toothache, resembling a sore pain, brought on by the contact of the open air. Toothache in the evening after lying down, and when engaged in some kind of intellectual activity; a numb pain in the Rental nerve, almost resembling a sore pain, or a continuous lan* cination in severe cases. Toothache ; sharp drawing from the ear down into the hollow teeth of the upper jaw; in the teeth, the pain became boring, less when eating, increasing after the meal, worst at night, and hindering sleep. Dull drawing in the upper and right •row of teeth, the ivfbole night; painful jerks were occasionally felt in the teeth. (searching) toothache (lasting only a short while.)] *The fore-teeth feel too long. The teeth are painful when biting, as if the roots were ulcerated, and would break off imme- diately. Painful dartings in the nerves of the roots of one or more teeth.—°Rheumatic toothache, particularly in females, especially ■when pregnant.—°Throbbing (lacerating, and digging) in the teeth of pregnant females.—°Lacerating toothache, worse in the evening; °landnating lacerating on the left side, now in the ears, then in the teeth, then in the face.—° Toothache, with red, hot face, and beating in the head.—°Difficult dentition. Mouth.—°Red, inflammatory sivelling of the mouth and fauces. *The tongue is painful, especially to the touch; it is red, hot, and dry, unth red edges, and white in the middle; *cracked tongue, white coated, *with ptyalism. Feeling in the tip of the tongue as if it had a vesicle upon it, painfully burning when touched. *The papilla are bright-red, inflamed, and swollen. * Tremor of the tongue. weakness of the organs of speech, with unimpaired consciousness and dilatation of the pupils. Passing aphonia. *Pa- ralytic weakness of the organs of speech. Speechlessness. Dumb- ness. *Heavy speech, heavy breathing, and/great lassitude, conse- quent upon the oppressed condition of the chesjLy *Nasal voice. *The tongue is covered with a quantity of yellowish-white, tough (°or brown) mucus. *Profuse ptyalism, °mercurial; *soreness of the inner side of the cheek; #the orifice of the salivary ducts feels corroded. *The saliva in his throat was thick, tenacious, white, and sticking to the tongue like glue. *Slimy mouth, with sensation as if a bad smell came from it, as when the stomach is deranged. *Slimy mouth, early in the morning when waking, with headache. Great feeling of dryness in the mouth, -with irritable mood, mouth and tongue looking moist. dryness in the throat and moutliSvi'ith. thirst, parched condition of the mouth,if the skip BELLADONNA. 375 had been destroyed by something acrid or corrosive. *Hamorrhcige from the mouth and nose. Throat.—Roughness of the throat. Rawness and soreness of the [palate. Dryness in. thefauces and burning of the tongue. * Violent 'burning xntJie~iTiroai,\f\ e mouth being naturally moist. Food and beverage cause a burning sensation in the mouth, like spirits wine. *Inflammation of the throat and fauces, °phlegmonous with violent fever (alternating Bell, and Aeon.); inflammation of the velum-pen- dulum ; °of the uvula. ( Continual desire to *Sore throat, stitches in the fauces, and pain as from an internal swelling; -felt only when swallowing and turning the neck, or when touching its side. Internal swelling of the throat. *Soreness of the throat ivhcn swallowing or spitting. °Sensation as of a lump which cannot be removed. # Violent lancinating pain in the throat when swallowing or breathing. in the left side of the throat. *Infamma- tion of the tonsils ; they suppurate in four days ; °the inflamed parts are covered with a white, tenacious mucus, as with a skin ; °mercu- rial angina.—*Impeded deglutition, or entire inability to swallow even liquids, °which return by the nose. *Considerable constriction of the fauces. Contraction of the oesophagus, with painful scraping in the region of the epiglottis. *Painful contraction and narrowing of the fauces. ftWJien swallowing, one experiences a sensation in the throat as if the parts were tod narfmef contracted, as if nothing would go down. Aversion to every kind of liquid, she demeans her- self like a fury when seeing it. ° Hydrophobia ; ? ° constant urging to swallow, with danger of suffocation when he restrains himself from swallowing; is impeded by dryness of the throat and fauces. \ Paralytic weaknessof the inner parts bfTtie inoutET Pres- surcTm the throat, with choking ascending from the abdomen, unac- companied by either nausea or vomiting. Appetite and Taste.—*Loss of taste. taste in the mouth. *Disgusting taste, the tongue being clean. *Putrid taste in the mouth, -after having eaten something. °A putrid taste arises from the fauces, also while eating or drinking, although both food arid drink have a natural taste. *Flat sweetish, or taste in the mouth. Saltish, sourish taste in the mouth, °bitter taste. *Bread tastes and smells sour. #The smell of milk is disgusting and repulsive, and has at first a bitter or sourish taste. * Aversion to food. * Total aversion to all sorts of nourishment and drinks, with frequent and weak pulse. *Complete loss of appetite. Want of appe- tite, with headache. Diminished appetite ; *meat especially is repul- rive to him. *Repugnance to beer ; *to acid things. * Long-lasting 376 BELLADONNA, aversion to food. °Insatiable hunger. A peculiar contractive sen* eation in the stomach after eating a little. Cough and great thirst after a meal. Feeling of intoxication after a meal. Violent pinching below the umbilicus after a meal, directly behind the abdominal inte- guments. *Absence of thirst. Desire for drinks, without caring about drinking; lie approached the cup to his lips, and then set it down again immediately. Excessive thirst in the evening, with watery taste. $Creat desire for cold drinks,1 without any heat. Violent thirst at (Turner. Violent Burning, suffocative, unquenchable thirst, with inability to swallow the least drop, or with great aversion to drinks ; °he drinks with a trembling haste. Gastric Symptoms.—Bitter, *frequent eructations, with want of appetite, and vertigo. * Half suppressed incomplete eructations. Pu- trid, burning, sore eructations.—Heartburn. °Water-brash. *Re- peated attacks of violent hiccough. hiccough about mid- night. * Eructation resembling hiccough ; a sort of spasmodic eruc- tation. Nightly hiccough, with violent sweat. Convulsions of the head and limbs after hiccough, afterwards nausea and lassitude. *Nausca and inclination to vomit in the throat (not in the pit of the stomach), with occasional bitter eructations, in the evening. Qualmishness after breakfast. attacks of nausea in the forenoon. In- clination to vomit, when walking in the open air. Nausea in the stomach. Nausea, with inclination to vomit, especially when about to eat. Nausea, inclination to vomit, and vehement thirst. Vomit- ing in the evening. * Vomiting, vertigo, and flushes of heat. * Vo- miting of bile and mucus. * Vomiting of undigested food, which had been taken twelve hours previous. °Sour, watery vomiting. *Un- successful inclination to vomit; empty retching. Stomach.—Violent pains in the region of the pit of the stomach. *IIard and painful pressure in the stomach, especially after a meal. Periodical pain in the pit of the stomach, with at night. Painful pressure in the pit of the stomach, felt only when walking; he has to walk slowly. *Spasm of the stomach, resembling a cramp. Chronic spasm of the stomach, always occurring during a meal. Contractive pain in the pit of the stomach. Burning in the stomach Stitches in the pit of the stomach. Excessive, lancinating, and cut- ting pain in the pit of the stomach, which forces one to bend the body backwards, and to arrest the breathing. Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. Abdomen.—Burning in the abdomen. colic. *Colic, constipation, enuresis, with eructations and inclination to vomit. Colic, spasmodic tension, from the chest into the abdomen; so vio* BELLADONNA. 377 lout that to ig unable to move his body. Colic and leucorrhooa, ♦Pressure in the abdomen as from a stone, in the evening, with paing in the loins. °Digging pains in the abdomen. *Distended, but neither hard nor painful abdomen. as if the abdomen were distended, with constrictive colic below the umbilicus, coming on in paroxysms, and obliging one to bend double. Distention of the abdomen around the ribs, °with protrusion of the colon like a pad Pressure in the abdomen, which is drawn in (when lying down) ♦Cramp-like, constrictive pain in the lowermost intestines, alternat- ing with dull stitches or jerks in the direction of the perineum. *Constriction of the abdomen around the umbilicus, as if a ball or lump would form. ♦ Colic, as if a spot in the abdomen were seized with the nails, a griping, clutching, seizing as with talons (clawing). Contractive dragging in the umbilical region, especially about noon and in the afternoon. * Violent co?itractive griping in the right side of the abdomen when walking, accompanied by sharp stitches darting irotn that side through the right side of the chest and the axilla Exrr.mely painful contractive grlpings in the umbilical region, coming from both sides, and meeting in the umbilicus. ♦Pinching colic ; he is obliged to sit with his body bent double, with unsuccess- ful inclination to diarrhoea and subsequent vomiting. °Flatulent colic. Painful pinching in the region of the liver. Lancinations in the inguinal glands. Sticking, with pressure, in the umbilical region. Violent, incisive pressure in the hypogastrium, here and there. Itching stinging about the umbilicus, passing off by rubbing. Heat, with anxiety, in the abdomen, chest, and face, with obstruction of the nose. Heat from below upwards, with sweat as from anguish ; afterwards nausea with horrible anguish, the nausea descending more and more in the abdomen. *Long lasting painfulness of the whole abdomen, as if it were all sore and raw. Rumbling and pinch- ing in the abdomen.—°Painfulness of the abdomen to contact.— °Peritonitis. ?—°Enteritis. ? •Stool and Anus.—Shuddering, during stool. for stool, with sensation in the abdomen as if diarrhoea would come on, accom- panied by heat in the abdomen. *Papescent stool, mixed with mucus. Heat in the head, alternating with diarrhoea. Diarrhoea, inclination to vomit, and pressure in the stomach. -Granular, yellow, some- what *slimy stool (Stool smells very sour). Stool white or green, with enuresis and sweat. fiDiarrheeic stool, followed by frequent urging, little or no stool being passedj Frequent loose stools, with tenesmus. °Dysenteric stools. ? * Tenesmus, ivith diarrhceic stool in small quantity, followed immediately by increased tenesmus. 378 belladonna. #Tenesmus and colic. Vomiting after tenesmus. *Tenesmus, com stant pressing and bearing down in the direction of the anus and the genital organs, alternating with painful contraction of the anus. Pressure m the rectum, towards the orifice. * Constipation. Con- stipation with inflation of the abdomen, and heat in the head. *Con- trartive pain in the rectum, afterwards sore pain in the epigastrium, followed by sudden diarrhoeic stool, lastly tenesmus. Violent itching and constrictive sensation in the anus. Haemorrhoidal flux for several days. *Involuntary discharge of fences, -from paralysis of the sphine- ter-ani. Urine.—*Suppression of stool and urine for ten hours, -accom- panied by profuse sweat. micturition. *Retention of urine, which comes off only drop by drop. &Frequent desire to urinate, the urine being passed in very small quantity, although of a natural color. * Yellow, turbid urine. Clear, lemon-colored urine. *Urine yellow as gold. Urine with white, thick sediment. Scanty, dark, or brown-red urine. The urine becomes turbid, like yeast, with reddish sediment, and copious emission of urine,) Frequent and copious emission of pale, thin, watery urine. at night, with yrofuse sweaL Enuresis, especially in the morning, with thirst and obscuration of vision. Enuresis with appearance of the menses. Enuresis from paralysis of the neck of the bladder. to retain the urine. Sensation of writhing and turning in the bladder, as if there were a large worm in it, without any desire to urinate. Dull pressure in the region of the bladder at night. °Nephritis. ? Male Genital Organs.—Itching titillation in the fore part of the glans. Lacerating in the spermatic cord. Lancination all along the urethra. Soft, painless tumor on the glans. Lancinations in the testicles, which are drawn up. (Nocturnal emission of semen, the penis being relaxed?} Violent lancinations in the pubic region at every step, apparently in the internal genital organs. Female Genital Organs.—The menses appear four days too soon, °they are suppressed, °too pale. Increased flow of the menses. Pressing early in the morning, as if all the contents of the abdomen would issue through the genital organs, followed by a discharge of a white mucus. Leucorrhoea and colic.—°Pressing, followed by haemor- rhage.—#Stitclies in the inner parts, °great dryness of the vagina; °prolapsus and induration of the uterus.—°Flow of blood between the periods.—Metrorrhagia, the blood having a bad smell, °of a bright-red color, with lumps.—°Moral derangement, toothache, car- dialgia, and colic of pregnant females; Attachment of the placenta; °haemorrhage after confinement, or after miscarriage; spasms of BELL ADONN A. 379 parturient women ; °phlegmasia-alba-dolens, nymphomania, and other complaints of lying-in women; °milk-fever; deficiency of milk, or °galactorrhoea, and difficulties in consequence of weaning;-defi- cient lochia; fever, particularly after a violent emotion, or after suppression of the secretion of milk; ° erysipelatous inflamma- tion of the mammce, particularly from weaning; °swelling and induration of the mammae; dancer of the mamma.—°Ophthalmia, spasms, sleeplessness, and screams of new-born infants; °troublcs from dentition. Larynx.—*Hoarseness. Rough, hoarse voice. *Noise and rattling in the bronchial tubes. Every inspiration causing an irritation, with dry cough. *The voice is rough, hoarse ; *weak and whizzing; °nasal; *aphonia.—°Great paiufulness of the larynx, with danger of suffocation when touching or turning the throat, when coughing, talking, or taking breath ; °spasmodic constriction of the throat.— °Grippe. ?—°Laryngitis and tracheitis; *angina membranacea. ? •Violent cough about noon, several days in succession, with discharge of a large quantity of tenacious mucus. fit, with subse- quent heat, °with asthma, from congestion of blood to the chest. * Night-cough, frequently waking her from sleep, with rattling of mucus in scrofulous subjects; °with catarrh and stitches in the sternum, with lacerating in the chest. *Violent dry cough (in the forenoon), as if a foreign body had got into the larnyx ; with coryza. titil- lation in the back part of the larynx, in the evening when in bed, causing an irresistible dry cough. *Sensation as of a dry catarrh having settled in the chest, which continually excites a dry cough. Dry cough day, and night, from titillation in the pit of the throat, or with headache and redness of the face.—Short and hacking cough, from scraping in the throat; °hollow cough, °barking, spasmodic, especially after midnight, with gagging.—°Whooping cough. *Ex- pectoration of bloody mucus, early in the morning when coughing. Violent cough during sleep, with gnashing of teeth. Cough, with lancinations in the side under the left ribs. *The cough is preceded by weeping, °or pain in the stomach, and accompanied by a sensation as if he would vomit; °by lancinations in the hypogastrium, as if the uterus would be torn off. Chest. of the chest, *Labored, •irregular breathings at times hurried, ait times sTow; °violent expirations. •Difficult respiration. *Small, frequent, anxious, °short, and hurried inspira- tions, °with moaning. in the chest, affecting the heart. Violent oppression across the chest, as if compressed from both sides. •Asthma Feeling of oppression in the chest, in the evening when 380 BELLADONNA. in bed, with difficulty in taking an inspiration, as if prevented by mucus in the trachea; accompanied by a burning in the chest. Burning in the right half of the chest. Stitches in the sternum when coughing or yawning. *Fine stitches under the clavicle, from before backwards, during a walk. #Fine stitches in the left side of the chest, extending from the sternum towards the axilla, more violent during motion. Stitches in the side of the chest under the right arm. P inching-stitching pain in the chest on both sides of the upper part of the sternum. ■ °Tension in the chest.—°Hysteric spasms of the chest.—Continuous stitch with pressure in the cartilage of the left ribs, increasing in violence during an expiration, when it resembles a burning sensation. Painful pressure below the right nipple; in the chest, and between the shoulders ; *with short breathing, when walking or sitting. Crampy painful pressure in both halves of the chest. Great uneasiness in the chest. (*Palpitation of the heart, when at rest, as if the shock extended to the neck, increasing during motion, with difficult and slow breathing). A sort of palpitation of the heart when going up-stairs, a kind of bubbling sensation. Chest and thighs are covered with dark-red small spots of different sizes. ffiriie breasts become filled with milk (in a female who is not pregnant), _ milk running out^—* Tremor of the heart, with anguish and °an aching pain. j}ACK—Bull intensely painful drawing in the whole circumference < i ilie pelvis.—Intense cramp-pain in the small of the back and the os coccygis ; he can only sit for a short while ; unable to lie upon the back, and relieved mostly by standing and walking about slowly. Rheumatic pain in the back. Lancinations from without inwards in the vertebrae, resembling stabs with a knife. Pain, as from a sprain, in the right side of the back and the spinal column. Cramp- like, oppressive sensation in the middle of the spinal column, becoming tensive when attempting to straighten the back. The back, especially the scapulae, are covered with large red pimples; the whole skin 'looks red, and feels sore when touched. Aching under the left scapula, more towards the outer side. Pain between the scapulae, as if the parts had been strained by lifting. Itching stinging of the scapula. Stitching with pressure on the top of the left shoulder. stiffness between the scapulae and in the nape of the neck when turning the neck and head to and fro, early in the morning.—Aching pain in the outer side of the neck, when bending the head backwards or when touching the parts. *Glandular swelling on the nape of the neck, with cloudiness of the head. *Painful swelling of one of the left axillary glands.—*Painful swelling and stiffness of the nape of BELLADONNA. 381 the neck; -crampy tension, drawing, and drawing pressure in the museles ; -'perceptible throbbing of the vessels; distended veins; °sour sweat on the neck; lacerating in the axilla. Arms.—*Lacerating with pressure, in the shoulder, °darting sud- denly along the arm, particularly painful at night, relieved by pressing upon the parts, excited by movement. Extension and stretching of the upper limbs. Rheumatic pains of the arm with tingling, followed by convulsions of the same arm. The arm feels stunned and painful. Swelling of the arm. (fG-reat languor in the in the hands. Weight in both arms?) Weight and *lameness of the upper limbsTmereTiowever of the left one. * Lame- ness and pressure of the arms with weakness. *Lameness with lacerating and pressure in the anterior surface of the left upper arm. Concussive spasms of the upper limbs. Drawing pain in the inner side of the left upper arm. Lacerating pain in the humerus. Pain, as from bruises, in the upper arms. Creeping along the left arm. Lameness and dr auxin g pain in the elbow and the fingers. Stitches in the fore-arm. Cutting lacerating in the lower muscles of the right fore-arm. Lameness and lacerating in the carpal bones and bones of the hand. Copious, cold sweat of the hands. * Swelling of the hands. Feeling of stiffness in the hand and the fingers. Legs.—°Coxalgia, with burning stinging in the articulation, most violent at night and by contact; °stiffness in the hip-joints, after sitting, with difficulty in rising from the seat.—Pain of the thighs and legs as if bruised. Occasional lassitude of the lower limbs, with drawing pain. *Heaviness of the thighs and legs when walking, accompanied by stiffness of the knee-joints. drawing in the right lower limb. Lameness of the lower limbs ; she had to lie down, suffering with nausea, tremor, anxiety, and vertigo.—Pain of the left hip, with limping. Tension in the hip-joints when walking, as if they were sprained. Cutting and darting lacerating in the muscles of the thigh when sitting. Excessive weight and stitches in the thighs, when walking; also when sitting. Painful throbbing in the upper and inner part of the left thigh. Violent pains in the knee. Tremor of the knees. Disagreeable sensation in the joints of the limbs, especially the knee-joints, as if they would give way, especially when walking, and mostly when going down a height. Lassitude of the legs when going up-stairs, especially of the calves. Creeping in the legs from below upwards, externally, accompanied with sensation as of innumerable stitches, internally. Pain in the leg, as if jammed, with a dull lacerating and confused commotion internally, especially in the right, relieved by letting the leg hang down. Eurning lace 382 BENZOIC ACIC. rating along the leg, through the inner side of the patella. Tremulous weight of the legs. Dull lacerating’in the legs. Excessive pain in the legs, obliging one to extend them. Drawing weight in the legs. Lacerating pam in the tibia. Cramp in the calf when bending the leg, in the evening when in bed, going off by extending the leg. Lacerating and pressure in the middle of the inner side of the leg. Sweat of the feet, without any warmth, when sitting. Corrosive itching of the feet. Pain as from a sprain in the tarsal bones, when walking or bending the foot inwards. Cramp in the sole of the foot, in the evening when in bed. Burning, and digging sensation in the soles of the feet. Tingling in the feet from below upwards. Swelling of the feet. Heat, especially in the feet. Stinging pain in the soles of tLte feet. Pain, as from a bruise, in the ball of the heel, when treading upon it. PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY.—Rigidity of the whole body.— The fingers, particularly the thumbs, are spasmodically clenched.— Great distention of the whole body.—Rapid decay of the body.— Absence of putrefaction.—Horrible smell of the body.—The blood is generally in a state of decomposition.—Frothy blood from the eyes, nose, and mouth; discharge of a watery, brown-yellow, disgustingly- smelling fluid from the nose, mouth, genitals, and anus.—Expression of fear and dread in the countenance.—The mouth is tightly closed. —Hard abdomen and distended to such a degree that it seems as if it would burst; the abdomen, penis, and genitals are hard as a stone, emitting a frothy, fetid water when opened; effusion of a yellowish serum into the abdominal cavity.—The veins of the abdomen are turgid with a black-red blood.—Intense inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx, oesophagus, and stomach, which can be easily detached.—Yellow coating in the stomach of bile and mucus. 46.—BENZOIC ACID. BENZ. AC.—Flowers of Benzoin.—See “Transactions of the Amer. Institute of Homoeopathy,” 1846. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Itching on various parts of the body and extremities. Sleep.—Wakes after midnight with violent pulsation of the heart and temporal arteries (110 in the minute), without external heat, and cannot fall asleep again; in the morning, the tongue is covered with a white mucous coat; nausea and total loss of appetite: in the after- noon, at four o’clock, all these symptoms had vanished. He wakes BENZOIC ACID. 383 every morning about two o’clock, from strong internal heat and a hard, hounding, hut not quickened pulse, so that he must lie awake upon his back, because the pulsation of the temporal arteries sounds like puffing in the ears, and prevents him from going to sleep again. Fever.—Feeling of coldness of the knees, as if they were blown upon by a cold wind. Frequent pulse. Head.—Confusion of the head with drowsiness. Pain in the temples. Pressure on the whole of the upper part of the head and spinal column, as if they were pressed together by an elastic body. Itching of the scalp. Eyes.—Itching in the angles of the eyes. Ears.—Itching in the left ear. Shooting pain in the right ear; intermitting. Teeth.—Slight cutting pain in the teeth. Darting pain in carious molars in both jaws. Mouth.—Soreness of the back part of the tongue, felt most whilst swallowing. Sensation of soreness and rawness at the root of tha tongue, and on the palate. ulcerations of the tongue, with deeply chapped or fungoid surface. *An ulcerated tumor in the left side of the mouth, upon the soft commissure of the jaws behind the last molar teeth. Throat.—Heat in the oesophagus, as from acid eructation. Stomach.—Singultus. Sensation of heat throughout the abdomen. Pain in the left side of the abdomen immediately below the short ribs. Bowels.—Bowels freely open, with extraordinary pressure to stool. ♦Fetid, watery, white stools, very copious and exhausting in infants, the urine being of a very deep-red color. Urine.—Irritability of bladder, too frequent desire to evacuate the bladder, the urine normal in appearance. Urine at first only increased in quantity and not in frequency. In a few days urination became exceedingly frequent, with strong pressing. Urine of an aromatic odor, and saline taste; the odor long retained, most in the forenoon. *Urine highly-colored, sometimes of the color of brandy, the urinous odor exceedingly strong. *Urine of the above character, of a specific gravity greater than that of healthy urine passed into the same vessel, retaining its place below the healthy urine without admixture, and though of a very deep-red color, depositing no sedi- ment. *Hot, scalding urine of a deep-red color and strong odor, causing so much suffering in its passage that this was performed but once a day. Genital Organs.—A thrilling almost painful sensation on the left 384 BERBERIS VULGARIS. side of the glans-penis, extending into the urethra, so severe as to occasion starting, ending in a sensation of tickling and itching. Larynx.—Sneezing, with slight hoarseness, without accompanying catarrhal symptoms. and almost constant dry hack- ing cough. Back—Dull pain in the back, in the region of the kidneys. Arms and Legs.—Giving way and cracking of the joints, both of the superior and inferior extremities, in motion. Pain in the joints of the fingers of the right hand. Pain in the right tendo-achillis, and in the region of the heart at the same time. The pain is incessantly and suddenly changing its location, but its most constant seat is in the region of the heart. *Pain in the large joints of the great toes, with slight tumefaction and redness 47. -BERRERIS VULGARIS. BERB. V.—Barberry.—See Journal fib Arzneimiltellefire, I., 1.—Duration of Action: several weeks. Compare with—Aloes, Ars., Asa-f, Bry., Calc., Carb.-v., Cham., Chin., Lyc., Natr.-mur., Nitr.-ac., Nux-v., Puls., Rheum., Tarax., Tart.-em. Antidotes.—Camph.—According to Buchner, Barberry antidotes Aeon. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Itching, corrosive sensations here and there.—Smarting pain, as from excoriation (on the genital organs).— Lacerating pains (head, eyes, ears, cheeks, upper-jaw, lips, teeth, neck, abdomen, mons-veneris, chest, back, extremities).—Lancinat- ing, darting pains (head, eyes, ears, teeth, tongue, stomach, abdo- men, inguinal region and region of the bladder, extremities).—Ten- sive aching pains (bones, head, eyes, nape of the neck, chest, inguinal and vesical region, small of the back, extremities).—Feeling of cold- ness in various parts.—Bubbling sensation in various parts.—Jerk- ing pains here and there.—Burning sensation in various parts of the body.—Bone-pains; distention of joints.—Lymphatic swellings on the tendon.—Feeling of anxiety during movement, long standing, rising from a seat, or early in the morning, when sitting up in the bed or rising.—General languor and debility, increased by walking or standing for some time, feeling of exhaustion, even after slight exertion only; languor, even unto trembling ; slow, feeble pulse.— General feeling as if bruised in the whole body, particularly in the lower limbs, and more especially after stooping for some time.— Weakness, almost amounting to fainting, when walking, standing, or rising, sometimes accompanied with vertigo ; condition of fainting BERBER1S VULGARIS. 385 while walking, after riding in a carriage; fainting turn after a walk, with sudden seething of the blood, sweat, heat of the upper half of the body ; coldness, paleness, and sunken appearance of the face, oppression of the chest shortly before going to bed, shivering while entering the bed, difficulty in falling asleep, restless tossing about, and heavy dreams.—°Arthritic a?id rheumatic complaints con- nected with affections of the urinary organs, or hcemorrhoulal affec- tions, or menstrual derangement, complaints which are either aggra- vated or excited by movement, fatigue, riding in a carriage or on horseback, coition, spirituous drinks. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The pains are either excited or aggravated by movement.—The pains are more particularly expe- rienced on the left side.—The pains are frequently most violent in the afternoon. Skin.—Burning pricking, as of mosquitoes, in the skin of the head. —Corrosive itching and stinging in the scalp and face, felt repeat- edly in various places. Small, dingy-red, petechial, sometimes slightly itching or burning spots on the fore-arms, or on the dorsum of the hand.—Blotches like nettle-rash on the upper arm.—Clusters of red, burning itching or stinging, also gnawing pimples on the skin, painful when pressed upon, generally surrounded with a vividly-red areola, and surmounted by small tips containing pus, lastly changing to brown spots, resembling hepatic spots.—Painful, intensely-red and inflamed pimples on the mucous membrane of the cheeks and lips, with ulceration in the centre.—Vesicles on the lower lip, of the size of a pea or smaller ; blisters on the tongue and gums.—Soreness of the skin around the anus, with violent burning, severe pain to the touch, and great sensitiveness when sitting, terminating in the forma- tion of a crust around the border of the anus.—Soreness of the anus, after a walk of several hours. Sleei\—Great weariness and drowsiness in the daytime and even- ing.—Unusually long sleep, with a feeling of languor and as if bruised, with oppressive headache, pain in the small of the back and loins.—Repeated waking at night, with tightness in the head, con- gestion of blood to the head, and nervous irritation.—Restless sleep, disturbed with itching and burning, or with anxious dreams; sleep full of dreams, restless.—Bodily and mental languor, early in the morning on waking. Fever.—Chilliness, particularly before or after dinner, with icy- cold feet, dryness and viscidity of the mouth, without thirst.—Chilli- ness along the back.—Chills over the whole body, with subsequent heat and increase of thirst.—Feeling of chilliness on the whole body, 386 with heat in the face and icy-cold feet.—Heat in the hands and head, in the afternoon.—Feeling of heat the whole day.—Violent flush of heat in the face, particularly in the evening. Profuse night- sweat. Moral Symptoms.—Mental languor, with difficulty to collect one’s senses, and weakness of thought.—Want of disposition to work; dizziness ; indifferent, calm, sometimes even apathetic mood.—Dispo- sition to weep.—Out of humor.—Anxious mood, with great fearful- ness and tendency to start. Great anguish and uneasiness. Head.—Giddiness and dizziness in the head, when walking, or at work, with weakness, as if he would faint in stooping.—Feeling of intoxication in the head.—Empty and muddled sensation in the head ; stupid and dizzy feeling in the head.—Parly in the morning the head feels dull and heavy, sometimes with languor, ill-humor, and chilli- ness ; feeling of heaviness and fullness, particularly the sinciput. Sensation as if the head were swollen and bloated.—Feeling of ten- sion and numbness in the skin of the head and face.—Oppressive, or oppressive tensive pain in the whole head, particularly the fore part; dull aching or stinging pain in the head.—Oppressive dragging, tensive pain in the forehead, increased or excited by stooping, relieved in the open air.—Pressing pain in the forehead and temples, from within outwards.—Oppressive pain in the temporal regions, in the direction of the eyes.—Lacerating pain in the whole head.—Sticking pains in the head, generally darting or shooting, or in paroxysms.—Lancinating pain in the forehead and temples.— Increased warmth in the head; heat in the head after dinner, and in the afternoon. Peculiar feeling of coldness in the temporal region. — The pains are relieved in the open air and aggravated by move- ment. Eyes.—Sunken eyes, surrounded with blue or dingy-gray borders. —Itching in the eye-brows and eye-lids, burning, biting, or stinging; itching in the cantlii of the eyes, sometimes biting or stinging.— Heaviness in the eye-lids when moving them.—Feeling as if the lids were swollen.—Heat in the face in the evening, mostly in and around the eyes; heat, burning, and redness of the inner surface of the lids Continual dryness of the eyes.—Dryness and biting or burning, sometimes with a sensation as if sand were in the eyes, with occasional slight redness of the conjunctiva of the lids and even the eye-ball.— Inflammation of those cantlii where the lachrymal glands are situated ; sensation of coldness in the eyes.—Pressure and burning in the eyes. —Intermittent, painful lacerating in the eye-ball.—Bubbling in the eye.—Darlings in the eyes.—The eyes are sensitive to bright light.— BERBERIS VULGARIS. BERBERIS VULGARIS. 387 Most of the eye-symptoms seem to become worse in the open air; movemont of the eye-balls excites or aggravates the pains. Ears.—Heat or itching in the ears.—Drawing pains in the ears, ter- minating in severe stitches.—Lacerating and lancinating pain in the inner ears, alternating with similar phenomena in other parts of the head. Pressing pain with stitches in the ear, as if the parts were being dug up by something.—Painless beating with pressure, and buzzing in the ears, particularly the left, with dryness and a feeling of coldness of the ear.—Lancinations through the tympanum at intervals, causing one to start, mingled roith fine digging-tip stitches and a sensation as if the ears were full.—Stitches in the ear. Nose.—Frequent tingling, biting, or itching in the nostril.—Profuse coryza, with oppression of the chest, particularly at night.—Dryness of the mucous membrane of the nose.—Catarrh of the nose, lasting for months. Face.—Striking paleness of the face, with a dingy-grayish tinge, sunken cheeks and deep-seated eyes surrounded with bluish or blackish- gray borders.—Frequently-returning evanescent heat of the counte- nance, with redness.—Cool cheeks and hot temples.—Pressing-sticking pains in the jaws, particularly in the lower jaw, more especially at night. Teeth.—Slight bleeding of the gums.—Dingy-red border of the gums.—Sensation in the teeth as if too long, too large or dull.—> Scraping-gnawing pain in the roots and on the body of all the lower molares. Ulcers on the gums. Lacerating pain in the upper molares. Darting through the teeth, with sensation as if the gums were loose, and as if the teeth were raised out of their sockets. Mouth.—Burning about the mouth and chin.—Simple, or else biting or burning itching in the lips, going off by rubbing.—The mouth feels dry and sticky.—Bad, metallic smell from the mouth.—• Stinging-burning sensation on the tongue, with painfulness to the touch.—Painful white blister on the tip of the tongue; violently- stinging, small, red pimples on the tongue, the fore part of which is stiff and somewhat thick. Throat.—Dryness in the throat and feeling of pressure in the posterior region of the palate and fauces.—Scraping in the throats— The pain is either excited or increased by talking or swallowing, and js accompanied with redness of the tonsil. Inflammation of the throat, with stiffness of the neck, hoarseness, and burning in the throat. ArpETiTE and Taste.—Increased thirst and dryness of the mouth. •—Hunger without appetite.—Increased appetite, almost like canine hunger.—Loss of appetite, with taste bitter as bile.—Bitter, sour taste; long-continuing, bitter, scraping-burning taste, particularly in 388 BERBERIS VULGARIS. the palate.—Bad, qualmish taste in the mouth, as if coming out of th« stomach, like heartburn. Gastric Symptoms.—Nausea and inclination to vomit before breakfast, disappearing after breakfast, nausea and languor. Empty eructations; bilious eructations.—Singultus.—Intensely stinging- burning taste ; peculiar pain in the stomach, resembling heartburn, sometimes rising into the oesophagus. Stomach.—Violent, continued, lancinating colicky pains in the upper part of the abdomen, in the stomach and left hypochondrium, increased by respiration, movement, and contact, in the evening on going to bed : with shortness of breath and distention of the abdomen. Whirling sensation in the region of the stomach.—Pressure in the stomach, a few hours after a meal. Abdomen.—Distention of the abdomen.—Drawing-lacerating or lancinating pain in the left hypochondrium, with sensation on taking an inspiration as if something were torn loose. Sticking pain with pressure in that region of the liver, near the gall-bladderpressure in the region of the liver, in the border of the false ribs.—Dull sticking or stinging, or burning, gnawing, aching pain on one side of the umbilicus, increased by deep pressure, and passing either to the right lumbar region, or else to the inguinal, hepatic, splenetic region, or to the region of the stomach.—Lancinating pain in the abdomen.—Drawing pain in the abdomen.—Cutting-jerking pains in the umbilical region, or superficial lancinating pain in that region, sometimes extending towards the lumbar region.—Sticking, darting, err else pressing sticking, or tensive sticking, or oppressive dragging-pain, in the inguinal region, aggravated by walking.—Cutting-contractive pain in the inguinal ring from without inwards.—Externally : violent burning pain under the skin in the left side of the abdomen; wandering- lacerating or lancinating pains in the walls of the abdomen, particu- larly in the left hypochondrium in the direction of the umbilicus. Stool and Anus.—Hard, scanty stool; tinged with blood.— Copious faecal diarrhoea with a good deal of pressing; copious liquid stool, with constant colic.— Watery evacuation.—Burning-stinging pain in the anus before, during, and after stool.—Tensive-pressing in the small of the back and anus after stool, sensation as if he would go to stool again.—Painful pressure in the perinaeum.—Sensation of fullness in the anus.—Pressing in the anus, frequently-returning irritation in the anus, or smarting pain as if the parts were excoriated, or at times simple itching, and at times a burning titillation in the anus and in the surrounding parts, transitory stinging or beating pain in the anus.—Continual violent burning pain and soreness as from 389 excoriation at tlie anus.—-Hcemorrlioidal tumors with burning pain make their appearance several times after stool. Urine.—Oppressive-tensive, or lancinating pain in the region of the kidneys.—Sensation in the kidneys as from ulceration.— The pains in the region of the kidney are generally ivorse when stooping and rising again, and when sitting or lying down than when standing.—Painful cutting, extending from the left kidney in the direction of the ureter into the region of the bladder and the urethra; violent sticking pain in the bladder, extending from the kidneys into the urethra, increased by strong pressure, with urging to urinate.— Burning-itching, biting, or smarting pain in the region of the bladder. —Crampy contractive pain in the region of the bladder.—Continuous, frequently-recurring aching p>ain in the region of the bladder, both when the bladder is full and empty.—Stitch in the urethra, extending into the bladder.—Titillating pain in the urethra.— The pains in the urethra are either excited or aggravated by movement.— Urging to urinate.—Pale, yellowish urine, with weak, transparent, jelly-like sediment, or else turbid, flocculent urine, with a more copious mucous sediment, covered with a white, or grayish-white, or reddish bran-like sediment, or yellow-red crystals upon the sediment and the walls of the vessel.—The emission is accompanied with violent pains in the kidneys; the urine looks red as if inflamed, and deposits a copious sediment. Male Genital Organs.—Most of the pains in the genital organs are excited and aggravated by movement.—Depression of the sexual instinct: burning pain as from excoriation in the penis.—Stinging in the glans.— Vain in the spermatic cord, which is at times dragging, at times lancinating, and then smarting as from excoriation, and frequently extends into the testicles.—Soft swelling of the spermatic cord.—Lancinating or smarting pain as from excoriation, or smarting burning pain in the testicles, the pain is generally very intense.— Burning, itching, and tingling of the scrotum; pain of the scrotum as if sore, particularly of one side, and more especially the left.— Shrivelling and coldnes ; of the scrotum, with aching pain. Female Genital Organs.—Smarting pain as from excoriation in the vagina.—Feeling of burning and soreness in the vagina, particu- larly in the fore part. The menses are very scanty and painful, the blood is more like serum; in the commencement they are accompanied with a good deal of chilliness, pain in the small of the back and head, violent lacerating in the whole body.—The menses are very scanty, and intermitting of a gray mucus with labor-like or ulcerative pains, ill humor and tensive pains in the muscles. BERBERIS VULGARIS. 390 BERBERIS VULGARIS. Larynx.—Hoarseness, with pain or inflammation of the tonsils— Rawness, or scraping sensation in the chest.—Short, dry cough, with deep sticking pain behind the sternum, which is increased by a deep inspiration. Chest.—Pain in the mammae.—Feeling of subcutaneous ulceration and swelling in the lateral region of the chest near the scapula.— Oppressed breathing.—Sticking pain between the scapulae, increased by deap breathing. Stitches (lancinations, dartings, intermittent- continuous) in the sides of the chest.—Painful dragging-sticking in the region of the heart, outwards and downwards.—Palpitation of the heart. Rack.—Painful stiffness of the neck, with tensive burning, or lacerating-sticking, or lancinating pains in the neck.—Lacerating pain in the side of the neck.—Itching in the nape of the neck.— Drawing and lacerating in the scapulae.—Lancinations from the lower region of the dorsal vertebrae through the chest, arresting the breathing.—Itching in the lumbar region.—Digging pain with pres- sure, or gnawing pain in the lumbar region, as if an abscess would form.—Sticking pain, or sticking pain with pressure in the lumbar region, in the region of the kidney, in the side of tlte abdomen, in the region of the bladder, or the inguinal region ; aching, or tensive, lacerating, or lacerating-sticking, in the region of the loins and kidneys, in the posterior region of the pelvis, the thighs, and some- times extending even down into the calves, with a feeling of lameness or swelling in the back, in the lower extremities.—Itching in the small of the back; burning pain, or digging pain with pressure, or sticking pain in the small of the back.—Drawing, lacerating in the small of the back.—Feeling of lameness and as if bruised in the small of the back, felt on waking, worse when sitting or lying down. Arms.—Feeling of languor and lameness in the arms, which increases to a pain when making an exertion.—Pain as if sprained in the shoulder-joint, or else pain as of subcutaneous ulceration.— Itching.—Burning and burning stitches.—Stinging in the arms and hands.—Smarting-lacerating pain in the arms and fingers.—Drawing and pressure in the arms and hands. Painful lacerating in the arms, extending into the fingers.—Drawing-tensive sensation, aching pain, and wandering-lacerating in the muscular parts of the arm.—Slight redness of the tips of the fingers, with f requent itching in the joints, as if they had been slightly frozen. Legs.—Emaciation of the lower extremities.—Feeling of weari- ness and as if bruised in the loiver extremities, sometimes with heaviness and a feeling of lameness and stiffness ; dull aching pain BISMUTHUM. 391 as if bruised in the calves.—Feeling of coldness. or of warmth.— Buzzing sensation in the calves, as if they had gone to sleep.—Simple or else burning biting, prickling itching.—Smarting as from excoria- tion.—Simple pain as if sore in the bend of the hip-joint, or in the outer parts of the thigh, accompanied wtth burning in the bend of tho knee, or in the toes, with pale redness in the toes as if frozen.— Burning or burning stitches.—Sticking pulsative pain.—Crampy sensation in the outer parts of the thigh, legs, and feet.—Aching pain in the bend of the knee, with sensation as if the ham-strings were shortened, as if the knee were stiff and swollen, aggravated by bending, and particularly by extending the knee.—Pain in the tibia as if the bone would become enlarged, tensive aching, or pressing, sometimes accompanied with burning.—Drawing tension with lame feeling on rising.—Lancinating pain in the lower extremities.—Pain in the toes as if ulcerated and contused.—Pain as if sprained (partly with lacerating) in the metacarpal joints of the toes, with sensation of swelling, increased by contact.—Violent pain in the inner side of the knee-joint near the patella, penetrating into the bend of the knee, and behind the patella through the joint, as if the part were violently swollen, on bending the knee. 48.—BISMUTHUM. BISM.—Nitrate of Bismuth.—Hahnemann’s “ Mat. Med. Pura,” Vol. I.—Du- ration of Action: from five to seven weeks. Antidotes.—Of small doses : Calc., Caps., Nux-vom. Sleep.—Languor and depression of strength. When working, an excessive drowsiness assails him.—Excessive drowsiness, a few hours after rising.—Frequent waking, at night, as if in affright. Vivid, anxious dreams at night. Night-sleep disturbed by lascivious dreams. —Frequent waking, at night, with lassitude. Fever.—Flushes of heat over the whole body, especially on tho head and chest, without any chilliness either before or after; early in the morning, shortly after rising. Moral Symptoms.—Restless ill-humor. He is peevish and dis• satisfied with his condition. He commences one thing and then another, without finishing any. Solitude is intolerable to him.—■ Violent apprehensive anguish. Head.—Vertigo, sensation as if the brain were turning in a circle. Dullness of the head. Heavy, oppressive, painful weight in the forehead, especially above the root of the nose, and in both temples 392 BJSMUTHUM. when sitting. Pressure and sensation of weight in the forehead, more violent during motion. Pressure and sensation of weight in the occiput, more violent during motion. Pull pressure, with drawing in different parts of the head, more violent during motion. Dull, cutting pain in the brain, from above the right orbit to the occiput. —Burning contractive feeling, particularly in the forehead and eyes. Eyes.—Lacerating pain in the forehead above the internal canthus of the right eye, and in the bottom of the orbit. Pressure in the right eye-ball. Gum in both canthi.—Mistiness before the eyes, with stupefaction. Face.—Livid complexion, blue borders around the eyes Ears.—Drawing pressure in the external meatus of the left ear. Mouth and Taste.— White coated tongue in the evening, without heat or thirst. Metallic, sweetish-sour taste on the back part of the tongue. Great desire for cold drinks in the evening, without heat. Violent eructations, of a fetid, cadaverous smell. Nausea at the stomach ; especially violent after a meal. Violent retching.—Vomit- ing : vomiting of brownish substances. Stomach and Abdomen.—Slight nausea, pressure at the stomach, passing over into a burning pressure in the frontal region, vertigo with humming in the ears, redness of the conjunctiva, and quick, rather hard, small pulse.—Inclination to vomit and actual vomiting, unth oppressive anxiety, small pulse, vertigo, and prostration.—Re- peated easy vomiting of bile; easy vomiting of bile, with empty eructations and nausea.— Vomiting and diarrhoea, with gagging and burning in the throat.— Violent convulsive gagging and inez- pressible pain in the stomach.—Oppression of the stomach, which passes over into a burning; troublesome pressure and burning in the region of the stomach, and afterwards emission of a quantity of flatulence from the stomach ; pressure in the stomach, vertigo, head- ache, particularly in the frontal region, redness of the eyes and dimness of sight, with small, contracted, rather hard, f requent pulse, elevated temperature of the body, white-coated tongue, loss of appetite, thirst; oppression of the stomach and colicky pains, with emission of a quantity of wind from the stomach, and loose bilious stool.—In- flammation of the stomach. '*Pressure in the stomach, especially after a meal.—Burning in the stomach ; °cardialgia.—Pinching, with pressure in the abdomen, and rumbling, with urging to stool.—* Urging in the evening, without any evacuation; evacuation of a cada verous smell ; diarrhoea, watery. Urine.—Frequent and copious micturition ; the urine is watery „• retention of urine. BORAX VENETA. 393 Genital Organs.—Aching of the right testicle, more violent \?hen touching it.—Nocturnal emission, without any voluptuous dreams. Chest.—Fine stingings in the middle of the sternum, not altered by inspiration or expiration. Crampy pressure in the region of the diaphragm, through the chest, when walking. Violent heating of the heart. Dull lancinations and lacerations in the region of the last ribs. Back and Neck.—Pain in the left side of the back when sitting, as if one had stooped too long. Tensive pressure on the right side of the neck, near the cervical vertebrae, both when in motion and at rest. Sensation of jactitation of the muscles in the right side of the neck. Arms.—Lacerating pressure in the right shoulder-joint.—The arms are bluish, lame, weak and languid.—Spasmodic, contractive lace- rating in the muscles of the arm. Lameness and languor of the right arm. Pain in the bones of the left fort.-arm, as if bruised, with vibratory sensations as by blows. Lacerating with lameness and pressure in the right fore-arm, especially violent in the carpal bones. Lacerating in the right carpal bones, going off during motion. Weak feeling in the hand, as if he were not able to hold the pen, and would tremble. Intense lacerating pain around the styloid process of the radius, as far as the muscles of the hand, most violent in the process itself. Violent lacerating pain in the left carpal bones. Lacerating in the metacarpal bones of the right index and middle finger. Itching lacerating and pressure in the styloid process of both ulnae. Fine lacerating in the tips and joints of the fingers, especially under the nails. Legs.—Bluish thighs.—Corrosive itching near the tibice and in the dorsa of both feet, near the joint, becoming more violent by scratching. Lacerating in the bones and joints. Lacerating in the heels. 49.—BORAX VENETA. BOR.—Natrum Boracicum.—Hahnemann's “ Chi-onic Diseases,” II.—Duration of Action: four weeks. Compare with—-Cham., Coff., Merc., Natr., Puls., Sulph Antidotes.—Cham., Coff. CLINICAL REMARKS. Hahnemann.—“ Borax lias, for a long time, been used as a domestic remedy, against the aphthae of chil- dren, and for the purpose of facilitating the labor-pains of parturient women. 394 BORAX VENETA. Antidotes.—Cofea-cruda against the sleeplessness and the head* complaints of Borax; Chamomilla against the painful swelling of the cheeks. Wine aggravates the symptoms, especially those of the chest, and Vinegar reproduces the symptoms which had already been relieved, especially the stitches in the chest.” Noack and Trinks.—“Borax is especially adapted to sensitive, lax temperaments and nervous constitutions, especially to females and children, pregimnt and nursing women, and such individuals as suffer from hcemorrhoids. Borax is especially suitable for diseases of the mucous membranes of the respiratory and digestive organs, and the diseases of the female parts.”—Ed. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—°Catarrhal complaints in damp and cold weather.—Loss of appetite every evening, nausea, drawing in the head from the vertex into the temples, and drawing in the abdo- men towards the groin. Uneasiness in the body, which did not permit him to sit, or to be lying long on the same part. The infant grows pale, almost livid, the flesh, which was before hard, becomes relaxed and withering; it cries much, loathes the breast, and often wakes with anxious cries. Loss of strength in the joints. Weakness, especially in the abdomen and the thighs. Worn out, weary, and indolent, with heaviness in the feet. Formication and tremor of the feet, with nausea and disposition to swoon ; going off in the open air. After an animated conversation, uneasiness in the body, nausea, and stupefaction with vertigo. While meditating during labor, trembling of the whole body, especially of the hands, with nausea, and with weakness of the knees. Faint, lazy, peevish, thirsty, after the siesta, with heat when walking in the open air, and sweat on the head and in the face, with dullness of the head, pressure in the forehead and the eyes, which feel sore when touched; at the same time inclination to deep breathing, during which he experiences stitches in the inter- costal muscles, with hard, quick pulse. Skin.— Unwholesome skin: small wounds suppurate and ulcerate. Inclination of old wounds and ulcers to suppurate. Whitish pimples of the size of a hemp-seed, with red areolae, on the chest. Erysipe- latous inflammation of the leg, accompanied first by coldness, chills, and thirst, with vomiting of food and bile, then heaviness in the head, and throbbing in the temples, with uneasy sleep at night, resembling slumber, and afterwards bleeding at the nose on the sixth day. Sleep.—Sleep, disturbed with thirst and coldness. Disturbed nights ; he was unable to sleep soundly, on account of a rush of blood to the head, uneasiness in the body, rumbling in the abdomen, and diarrhoea, On turning to the right side, pain in the intercostal BORAX VENETA. 395 muscles. The infant often wakes with screams, and clings to tha mother with anguish, as if it had been tormented by frightful dreams. Vexatious or voluptuous dreams. Fever.—Cold creeping over the whole body, with throbbing head- ache in the occiput, as of an ulcer. Slight chills over the whole body, especially the back, without thirst, with flat taste, rough throat, stitches in the chest when breathing, languor, lameness, extension and stretching of the limbs, with contracted, quick pulse; at the same time heat, heaviness, and stupefaction of the head, and burning of the eyes, with sensitiveness of the same to light. Chills at night, with tremor, vomiting of food, lacerating in the thighs, and pain in the femur, as if broken; then heat and thirst after sleep ; in the morning, bitter vomiting, succeeded by sweat with diminished thirst. Cold- ness, with headache, and subsequent heat without thirst; when walking in the open air, the headache ceased. Coldness every other day, in the afternoon, with thirst and sleep. Alternate coldness and heat, frequently with sweat in the face, whilst he has cold creepings over the back, with extension and stretching of the limbs, accom- panied by languor and drowsiness. Frequent flushes of heat early iu the morning, with nausea and inclination to vomit. Moral Symptoms.—Great anguish, with great drowsiness. An- guish with weakness, trembling of the feet, and palpitation of the heart. Easily frightened. Low-spirited and peevish. Want of disposition to work. Occasional loss of ideas.—Attacks of vertigo, with loss of presence of mind. Giddy, with fullness of the forehead early in the morning. Vertigo and fullness of the head, on ascending a mountain or a stair-case. Fullness in the head, and pressure round the eyes, as if they were held fast. Fullness in the head, and pressure in the small of the back when sitting. Fullness in the head early in the morning, with want of clear ideas and presence of mind. Heavi- ness of the head. Headache, on the top of the head, and in the forehead, in the evening. Headache, with dullness of the whole head. Headache, all over, with nausea, inclination to vomit, and trembling of the whole body, early in the morning. Oppressive headache over the eyes, going off soon, when walking in the open air. Pressure above the eyes. Hull headache early in the morning, especially in the forehead. Oppressive drawing pain in the forehead, above the eyes and towards the root of the nose, sometimes extending into the nape of the neck. Shooting pain in the forehead, with nausea and lacerating in both eye-balls, in the afternoon. Lacerating in the vertex, in the afternoon, with buzzing of the ears. Lancinating headache above the eyes, and in the temples, with heat &pc| coldn s§ 396 BORAX VEN'ETA. in alternation. Throbbing in both temples ; in the forehead. Pul« sative pressing upwards of the blood high up in occiput. Hot head of the infant, with hot mouth and hot palms of the hands. Scalp.—Sensitiveness of the external head to cold, and to changes of weather. Eyes.—Lacerating in both eye-balls, with shootings in the fore- head, and nausea in the afternoon. Itching in the eyes, sometimes with a feeling as if sand were in the eyes. Soreness in the external canthi. Burning in the eyes. The eye-lashes turn themselves in- wards into the eye, inflaming it. Inflammation of the borders of the eye-lids, in an infant. At night, the eyes are closed with hard, dry gum, which irritates the eyes like sand. Lachrymation. Ears.—Pain in the ear. Stitches in the ears; when washing them with cold water, early in the morning. Inflamed and hot swell- ing of both ears, with of pus. of pus from the ears, with lancinating headache ; of pus from both ears, after previous itching of the occiput. Fudden sensation of ob- struction in the ear. Roaring in the ears, the hearing being much harder. Nose.—Ulcer in the nostril. Red and shining swelling of the nose, with a sensation as of throbbing and tension. Bleeding at the nose early in the morning, and pulsative headache in the evening.— Fluent coryza, also with sneezing or tingling in the nose. Face.—Erysipelas in the face. Swelling, heat, and redness of the cheek, with lacerating pains in the malar bone, and great pain in the swelling when laughing. Swelling of the face, with pimples on the nose and lips. Pimples in the face. Jaws and Teeth.—Pain in the corners of the mouth, as if they would ulcerate. Red inflamed swelling on the lower lip, of the size of a pea, with burning soreness when touched. Large patches, like herpes, around the mouth; the upper lip, after a burning heat, be- came covered with porrigo. Toothache in a hollow tooth of the upper row, with swelling of the cheek, which is painful to the touch, with a sensation of tension. Toothache in hollow teeth, dull and griping, in wet, rainy weather, Contractive griping in a hollow tooth. La- cerating from the hollow teeth into one«-half of the head, whenever she touched the teeth with her tongue, or took cold water into her mouth. Pressure in .he hollow teeth in bad weather. Drawing pain in the teeth. Fine stitches, intermittent, in all the teeth. The teeth feel elongated. The gums of the upper teeth are bleeding, without any pain. Inflamed swelling of the external side of the gums, very paiuful (ulcer on the gums), with dull pain in a hollow tooth, swell* BORAX VENETA. 397 ing of the cheek and the whole of the left side of the face, extending below the eye; here the swelling is changed to a watery blister. Mouth.—Slimy mouth. Aphtha in the mouth. * Aphthae on the inside of the cheek, bleeding when eating. Aphthae on the tongue. °Ulccrs in the mouth, as in stoinacace. lied blisters on the tongue, as if the skin were pulled off. Dryness of the tongue, in the after- noon. Spasm in the tongue, like stiffness, or as if the tongue had gone to sleep. The palate of the infant seems wrinkled, and it often screams when sucking. The mucous membrane of the palate, in front, feels burned and shrivelled, and is especially painful when chewing. Dryness in the throat. Throat, &c.—Roughness of the throat. Burning in the throat Much phlegm accumulates in the throat. A little piece of phlegm, streaked with blood, is hawked up. Taste and Appetite.—Bitter taste in the mouth. Thirst early in the morning. Diminution of hunger and appetite. No appetite for dinner. Desire for sour drinks. During the meal, uneasiness of the whole body, with nausea, so that he had to make an effort in order to eat something; stretching himself backwards procured re- lief. Nausea during the meal. Gastric Symptoms.—Distention from flatulence after every meal. After the meal, he felt distended, uneasy, unwell, peevish. Rum- bling in the abdomen, and diarrhoea after dinner. Diarrhoea shortly after dinner, with debility in the joints and legs. Diarrhoea after breakfast. Hiccough after dinner. Nausea and little appetite. Nausea with subsequent vomiting of phlegm, with heat, and a quick, feverish pulse. Pain in the stomach, as from dyspepsia, when press- ing upon the pit of the stomach. Stomach.—Pain in the region of the stomach, after lifting a heavy weight; extended to the small of the back. Pressure at the stomach after every meal, disappearing when walking. Stitches with pres- sure in the pit of the stomach, with dyspnoea. Contractive pain in the region of the stomach. Contraction in the pit of the stomach. Abdomen.—Intensely painful pressure in the region of the spleen. Pressure, and sometimes burning in the left hypochondrium. Pres- sure and stitches in the region of the spleen, increased by turning. Weakness in the abdomen. Colic, with shuddering and goose-flesh. Pinching in the abdomen at different times. Pinching, contracting colic above the navel. Pinching in the abdomen, with diarrhoea. Stool.—Frequent urging, with rumbling in the belly and diar- rhoea. Urging, early in the morning, first with hard evacuations, then diarrhoea, with burning in the rectum. Loose stools. Soft, 398 BORAX VENETA. light-yellow, slimy stools, three times a day, with faintness and weab ness, Biarrhcca, from morning till afternoon, without pain; with subsequent evacuation of slime and blood ; with rumbling in the belly. The first effect of Borax is relaxation of the bowels, after- wards no stool for a couple of days, then hard stool once a day. Hard stool, with straining. Constipation, and stool like sheep’s dung. Green stools in an infant. Discharge of lumbrici. Tena- cious, viscid, yellowish slime with the stool. Keddish liquid slime, during stool, as if the stool were tinged with blood. Distended vein of the rectum, soft to the touch, and without pain. Itching of the rectum, in the evening; as from the slime of haemorrhoids. Con- traction in the rectum, with itching. Boring and stinging pains in the rectum and small of the back. Stitches in the rectum, in the evening. Urine.—Pressure upon the bladder, without being able to expel the urine, with cuttings in the genital organs and distention in both hips, in the evening. Violent instantaneous desire to urinate. Fre- quent micturition. The infant urinates almost every ten or twelve minutes; it frequently weeps and cries before the urine is expelled Hot urine in infants. Acrid smell of urine. After micturition: burning straining in the urethra ; the extremity of the urethra feels sore. Along the urethra, pain as from excoriation. Dark blue spot at the orifice of the urethra, as if the skin had gone, with biting pain during micturition. The orifice of the urethra seems closed as with gum. Male Genital Organs.—Emission, with dream. Cutting pains in the urethra, during an involuntary emission of semen. Weakness of the genital organs. Female Genital Organs.—Courses too soon, with or without pain. The courses, which had been suppressed for six weeks, im- mediately made their appearance after taking Borax ; they lasted a day, and then disappeared ; they were so copious that they resembled a haemorrhage. Suppression of the menses, fifty-four days, without any pain. Beating in the head and buzzing in the ears during the catamenia. Spasmodic pressing and lancinating pain in the groin, during the catamenia. Leucorrhcm: white as mucus, without any other ailments, a fortnight after the menses ; like albumen, with sensation as if warm water were flowing down, for several days. Sterility, on account of a chronic, acrid leucorrhoea. Easy concep- tion during the use of Borax. Stitches in the region of the uterus.— °Sterility.—Contraction in the left mamma while the infant nurses at the right; milk increases, flows out, and coagulates. EORAX VENETA. 399 Larynx.—Roughness, lacerating, and tickling in the throat. Dry and hacking cough, in a child. Dry cough, as from cachexia, such as old people are affected with, especially in the morning and evening. Cough, with rawness of the throat, and pressure in the chest. Hack- ing and violent cough. Night-cough. Cough, with expectoration of mucus, especially in the morning, with pain in the region of the liver. Coughs up a white mucus streaked with blood, which is loosened with difficulty. Chest: Stitches in the chest at every turn of cough and deep inspiration. Tightness of the chest, with constric- tive oppression of the breathing on going up-stairs. Arrest of breath when lying in bed. At every inspiration, stitch in the left side of the chest from without inwards, as with a knife. At every attempt it breathing, her chest becomes contracted. Weight on the chest, so that she is sometimes deprived of breath. Oppressive anxiety in the chest, in the evening when in bed. Oppression of the chest. Stitches in the chest, when yawning, coughing, or breathing deeply. Stitches in the left region of the ribs, with soreness in the chest. Stitches between the ribs of the right side, so painful that he cannot lie on this side, with intensely-painful drawing, and sudden arrest of breath. Pain in the chest, relieved by pressure or lying on the back. Weakness of the chest, with dryness of the throat. Sensation as if the heart were on the right side. Pain as from having lain upon a hard couch, with soreness to the touch, at night. Back.—Violent itching and pricking of the os-coccygis. Pain in the. small of the back. Dull pressure in the small of the back. Burn- ing in the small of the back, while sitting. Pressure in the back part of both shoulders. Ilheumatic drawing pain in the nape of the neck. Arms.—Drawing, lacerating pain in and between the shoulders. Burning pain all round the upper arm. Stitches in the palm of the hand, with sensation as if the arm had gone to sleep, in the evening. Itching of the dorsa of the hands here and there, as if the parts had been bitten by fleas. Violent itching of the joints of the fingers. Burning heat, and redness of the fingers, even from slight cold, as if they had been frozen. Lower Limbs.—Herpes on the nates. B rning pain round the thigh. Shooting lacerating in the femur. In the limb, sense of numbness, with heat. Erysipelatous inflammation, and swelling of the left leg and foot, after dancing. Stitches in the sole of the foot. Sense of heaviness in the feet on going up-stairs, in the evening. Itching of the malleoli. Pain in the heel, as from soreness by walking. Burning, heat, and redness of the toes in slight cold, as if frozen. 400 BOVISTA. 50.—BOVISTA. BOV.—Lycoperdon Bovista, Puff-ball.—Hartlaub and Trinks, III.—Duration of action : upwards of fifty days. Compare with—Bell., Bry., Carb.-a., Carb -v., Kali, Merc., Puls., Sep., Sil.. Stron., Veratr. Antidote.—Camph GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—General languor, with oppressive anxiety, eructations, nausea, bloatedness of the abdomen, emission of flatulence, yawning, stretching, and disposition to sleep ; great lassi- tude, the whole day, particularly after a walk in the open air, with languor ; debility, particularly in the shoulder-joints, arms, and hands, which let the lightest things drop ; great lassitude, particularly in the hands and feet, also in the bends of the knees.—Stretching of the arms, without drowsiness.—Fainting turn, at noon, when sitting down, with sensation as if the objects around him were turned the wrong side up. Pain as if bruised in the whole body, particularly in the articulations of the arms, and in the abdominal muscles, during motion and contact. Skin.—Itching of various parts, particularly in the evening, of the arms, with biting and burning, particularly early in the morning after washing. °Moist scurfy herpes, looking like red pimples.— Pimples on the whole body, also red pimples, with itching. Sleep.—Drowsiness.—Restless sleep.—Many dreams. Anxious dreams. Fever.—Chilliness and coldness even near the warm stove.— Coldness.—Heat, with anxiety, with restlessness ; frequent attacks of heat, with oppression of the chest; heat, with thirst.—Quotidian fever every evening at seven o’clock, violent chilliness commencing in the back, with thirst, followed by drawing pain in the abdomen.— Attacks of seething of the blood, with thirst. Moral Symptoms.—Uneasiness, sometimes accompanied with op- pressive anxiety, and an alternation of cold feeling in the body, and warmth and heaviness in the abdomen.—Sad and desponding, parti- cularly when alone, with listlessness, also with languor in the even- ing.—Ill-humor, vexed mood, with violent headache, also with oppres- sive anxiety, and dullness of the head.—Great sensitiveness of feeling. —Great indifference to everything around him. Sensorium.—Weakness of memory; unmeaning staring; great absence of mind.—Dullness of the head, particularly in stooping; heaviness, with gloom, or with dullness and sensation as if bruised, in the evening. Dizziness, early in the morning ; sometimes amount- BOVlSTA. 401 mg to stupefaction.— Vertigo, with stupefaction, early in the morning. —Giddiness, everything turning in a circle, also particularly early in the morning, on rising. Head.—Dull pain, with languor; stupefying pain, particularly in the forehead, or in the vertex, with heat of the eyes.—Pressure, with iil-humor, heating, or heaviness.—Heaviness of the head, sometimes accompanied with despondency, inability to think, and pain in the forehead above the nose, aggravated in a recumbent posture.—Con- tractive pain —Sensation as if both sides of the head were pressed, towards one another, after a walk in the open air.—Distensive pain in the head.—Lacerating in the sinciput and farehead, with heavi- ness on stooping, and burning in the right eye; lacerating, with pres- sure above the eyes, and in the region of the root of the nose; in the vertex, with pain as if bruised on touching the parts ; in the temples, accompanied with digging and wild confusion in those parts ; lace- rating in the whole head, with heaviness and sensation as if bruised; with lancinations in the forehead, extending to the ear.—Stitches in the forehead, also in different parts of the head. —Beating in the head, as if there were an abscess, or with a sensation of wild confusion, the beating is excited by cold air.—Feeling as if bruised in the right side, extending into the eye, early in the morning ; in the left vertex, also when touching the parts.—The headache is deep-seated; the head feels enlarged during the pain; inability to raise the head a* night, on account of the pain.—The scalp is extremely sensitive to the touch.—Itching of the hairy scalp, particularly when getting warm in the bed.—Pimples or reddish vesicles on the hairy scalp, with itching; scattered pimples on the forehead ; painful blister on the temple, itching, suppurating blister on the forehead.—Sore places on the hairy scalp, with itching.—Falling off of the hair. Eyes.—Pressure in the eyes, with lachrymation or redness.—• Itching in the eyes and ears.—Burning in the eyes, with heat of the cheeks as if they would burst.—Inflammation of the left eye, redness of the canthi.—Nightly agglutination of the eyes.—Lachrymation, early in the morning.—Dim eyes, without lustre.—Dim sight, in the morning on rising, as if a gauze were before the eyes.—Objects seem to be too near the eye. Ears.—Drawing in the interior of the ears; stinging, ticking, as of something that is lodged in the ears ; twitching in the outer ear. — Ulcer in the right ear, with pain when swallowing ; °diminution of ft chronic discharge of fetid pus from the ears.—Hardness of hearing, with itching or humming in the ears.—Rushing noise in the ears. Nose.—Itching in front of the nose.—Sore burning in both nostrils; 402 BO VISTA. scurfs ana crusts about the nostrils; scurfy pustules under the nose —Constant feeling as of catarrh of the nose, with desire to blow, witL swelling of the nose; fluent coryza, with thin mucus, with dullness of the head.—Stoppage of the nose, with leant of air, and difficulty of speech, with pressure in the temples.—Dry coryza, early in the morning after rising, with frequent sneezing, and stoppage of the right side of the nose.—Bleeding of the nose early in the morning. Face.—Boring and digging in the malar bones ; beating under the jaw, as if in a swollen gland.—Heat and flushes of heat in the face, preceded by a general seething of the blood.—Pustules on the fore- head and chin.—Bough herpetic spot under the chin, with itching.— Chapped lips ; eruption in the corners of the mouth.—Swelling of the upper lip (after toothache), and afterwards of the cheek, with pain of the parts to the touch.—°Scrofulous swelling of the lips. Teeth.—Pain in the evening when in bed, relieved by warmth; ceasing in the open air; pain of the upper fore-teeth, when touching them and when chewing, with subsequent swelling of the upper lip and cheek.—Drawing: in decayed teeth, particularly in the evening —Stitches, particularly at night, disturbing sleep, darting from the teeth to the eyes, or with bleeding of the gums. Digging, in hol- low teeth, morning and evening.—Pain as if an exposed nerve were being rubbed.—Elongation of the teeth ; the gums disappear.—The gums are painfzd and swollen ; inflamed spot over the decayed root of a tooth, with throbbing and ulcerative pain, especially when touching the part; ulcer, with bleeding when pressing upon it. Mouth.—Fetid odor from the mouth.—Sensation as if the inner mouth were numb (pithy) and crisp, early in the morning on waking. —Burning and heat in the mouth; great dryness, as if sand were in the mouth.—Accumulation of saliva in the mouth.—Cutting in the t-ongue; burning in the tip of the tongue, and numbness in the pos- terior portion, early in the morning on leaking.—Stuttering, parti- cularly when reading, with inability to pronounce several words rapidly. Throat.—Dryness, particularly early in the morning, on waking, with stinging during deglutition, and numbness in the mouth ; scrap- ing, slimy feeling, and burning.—Frequent pains in the throat, in the evening, with pain when merely swallowing the saliva, as if some- thing were lodged in the throat. Appetite and Taste.—Bitter taste ; putrid taste, with a good deal of mucus in the mouth ; taste as of blood.— Want of appetite, with aversion to food.—Constant, violent hunger, insatiable, renewed soon after eating.—After a meal: oppression of the stomach, as if the BO VISTA. 403 stomach liad been overloaded; cutting as with knives in the region of the umbilicus ; weariness and drowsiness.— Violent thirst, particu- larly in the everting. Gastric Symptoms.—Frequent violent hiccough.—Nausea : early in the morning, with chilliness.— Vomiting of mucus and food in a child, preceded by loss of appetite, accompanied by heat in the whole body, with bright-red puffed countenance; after the vomiting he is attacked with profuse sweat at night, particularly about the head, and bleeding of the nose during sleep. Stomach.—Cold feeling in the stomach, as if a lump of ice were lodged there.—Pressure in the pit of the stomach : with tension in the temples and weight on the sternum.—Burning and pricking in the outer parts of the pit of the stomach, after a meal.—Fullness and anxiety in the praecordial region. Hypochondria.—Darting in the right and left hypochondrium. Abdomen.—Pain in the region of the kidneys ; colic with diarrhoea, at night and in the morning ; internal and external painfulness of the abdomen, not permitting him to touch the parts, and obliging him to bend over in walking.—Pinching in the abdomen: early in the morning, on waking, with urging; around the umbilicus.—Colicky pains : in the afternoon, with disposition to stool; with violent pain early in the morning, on waking; distention of the left side, and urging to stool: aggravation of the pain3 in rest, diminution of the pains by pressing on the part and walking about.—Cutting in the abdomen.—Stitches (lancinations, dartings, &c.) in the abdomen.— Ul- cerative pain in the hypogastrium; with lacerating in the abdomen, diarrhoea, and languor, at the termination of the catamenia.—Burning, around the umbilicus.—Bumbling, with constipation, or else sensa- tion as if diarrhoea would come on.—In the left groin: constriction relieved by extending the body ; pinching ; darting. Stool and Anus.—Inter?nittent stool; hard, difficult stool.—> Urging to stool.—Liquid, yellow stool, preceded by urging, and suc- ceeded by burning.—Diarrhoea : particularly early in the morning, in tloe evening, or at night; with cutting, lacerating, or ulcerative pain in the abdomen ; generally watery, liquid; faecal diarrhoea, early in the morning.—Before stool: urging, also painful.—After stool: tenesmus and burning at the anus, sometimes accompanied with languor of the whole body; sensation after a natural stool as if diar- rhoea would set in.—In the rectum : pressing after the diarrhoeio stool; itching as of worms, when riding in a carriage ; dartings from the perineum to the rectum and the genital organs. Urine.—Frequent desire to urinate, even immediately after urina- 404 bo vista. tion, with emission of a few drops ; with scanty emission.—The urine is yellow-green, becomes turbid ; bright-yellow, with slowly- forming cloud ; turbid like loam water, with violet sediment.—Sting- ing in the urethra; itching, burning; the orifice is inflamed and as if glued up. Male Genital Organs.—Burning and voluptuous feeling in the parts.—Red, hard, suppurating tubercle in the penis, with pain. Female Genital Organs.—Catamenia retarded by two or five days ; too scanty ; too short; flowing only at night; the blood is of a watery consistence ; too early by eight or nine days, and more profuse, particularly early in the morning, less at night; discharge of blood between the catamenia.—Before the catamenia : diarrhoea ; *during the catamenia : headache ; toothache ; soreness of the fold between the sexual organs and the thighs; colic ; diarrhtea; languor, the blood being watery.—Leucorrfuza: after the catamenia; while walk- ing, thick, slimy, tenacious, like the white of an egg; yellow-green, acrid, corrosive. Larynx.—Scraping in the throat, with desire to cough and burn- ing, or with feeling of soreness extending into the chest.—Cough from titillation in the throat.—Dry cough, particularly in the morn- ing after rising, and in the evening. Chest.—Oppressed breathing, with .rising of heat to the head.— Weight on the chest as of a load, with difficulty of taking deep breath; shortness of breath when making any manual exertion ; constriction behind the sternum.—Pressure below the sternum and in the stomach, as if occasioned by spasm or overloading of the stomach.— Stitches in the chest.—Palpitation of the heart: visible, with burn- ing in the region of the sternum; with giddiness and headache; tremor and restlessness ; with congestion of blood to the head, heat, thirst, and itching in the right eye.—In the outer parts of the chest: visible pulsations near the clavicle; cutting burning in the middle of the chest; itching, with eruption and pimples after scratching; red, hard, lintel-shaped pimples, with itching and burning. Back, &c.—°Chronic pain in the back, with stiffness after stoop- ing ; -itching of the os-coccygis.—Lancinations between the shoul- ders. Stiffness in the nape of the neck, early in the morning on rising; tension, with pain as if from a blow when pressing upon the parts.—In the neck: lacerating.—Glandular swelling on the neck, also with tension and drawing. Arms.—Difficulty of moving the arm, on account of weakness in the shoulder-jcint; lameness of the left arm as if sprained, with diffi- culty of lifting it; languor of the arms; swelling of the right arm, BRANCA URSINA. 405 with pain as if sore when touching it, and pressure in the shoulders ; itching, particularly in the evening, with biting and burning.—La- cerating in the upper arm, apparently in the humerus.—Lacerating in the elbows, early in the morning.—Boring sticking in the fore-arm, extending into the fingers ; lacerating, as if the tendons were being torn off, accompanied with lancinations.—Lacerating in the wrist- joint; pain as if ulcerated or sprained, at a small spot in the back of the wrist-joint, when bending the hand or pressing upon it.—The hand feels stiff, with difficulty of opening or closing it, and a feeling of weakness in the fingers ; weakness of the hands, they let the least thing drop; tremor, with palpitation of the heart and oppressive anxiety; the hands are covered with dry, reddish pimples. Legs.—Pain when stooping, in the right hip.—Lancinations in the thighs and legs, extending into the chest; going to sleep of the lower limbs.—Burning above the knee, and itching pimple ; reddish, hard swelling like a boil.—Pain above the bend of the knee-joint, as if bruised.—Painful weariness in the leg (during the catamenia).— The feet are heavy; languid and debilitated; drawing and lacerating in the foot, with sensation as if the joint would break, with swelling of the foot; burning in the bottom of the foot; red pimples on the foot. 51.—BRANCA URSINA. BRANC.—Heraelium Sphondylium, Branc Ursine, Bear’s Breech.—See Noack and Trinks’ “Handbueh.” Compare wite—Aur., Bor., Lyc., Plat., Sulph., Vinc.-m., Kreos. Antidotes.—Camph., and all the acids. Head.—Vertigo when reading and sitting.—Headache, particu- larly in the back and fore part of the head, with inclination to vomit and sleep, aggravated by movement in the open air, relieved by tying a handkerchief round the head.—Excessive oily exhalation from the head, so that the tips of the fingers become oily when scratching the scalp.—The eyes run and become faint when reading. Digestive Apparatus.—Swelling of the lips and gums, with for- mation of vesicles.—Pressure in the throat as of hard phlegm.—In- creased secretion of mucus.—Bitter taste in the mouth.—Sweet and bitter eructations, with gulping up of a bitter fluid.—Hunger, with nausea and loathing of food.—Increased thirst.—Nausea, with incli- nation to vomit.—Bitter, bilious vomiting, with pain in the stomach and violent congestions of the head.—Oppression of the stomach with nausea, and pressure in the pit of the stomach after a meal, as 406 BROMINE. of a stone.—Lancinating and pinching colic, obliging him to bend double.—Beating and pain in the region of the spleen ; stitch in the region of the spleen when sneezing.—Flatulence and colic, with nausea and offensive eructations.—Delay of stool, with urging and pain in the anus.—Slimy, fetid diarrhoea. Genital Organs.—Drawing in the penis.—Stitches in the glans. —Itching and biting of the scrotum.—Nocturnal emissions.—Dart, ings in the labia. Hespiratory Organs. — Frequent sneezing.—Titillating rough- ness in the throat.—Dry and hacking cough, with sore feeling and dartings in the chest.—Oppression of the chest and chilliness.—■ Arrest of breathing when ascending an eminence.—Palpitation of the heart and oppression of the chest.—Darting in the side of the chest during an inspiration. Legs.—Arthritic lacerating in the limbs.—Stinging and burning of the feet. 52.—BROMINE. BROM.—See “Neues Archiv,” Yol. II., 3. Compare with—Amm., Chlor., Iod. Antidotes—from Noack and Trinks.—'Of large doses : Opium, Coffee, Tap or s of Alcohol, of Ammonia (using half a draelim of Ammon with four parts of water to ten drops of Brom.) Magnesia.—Camphor dissolves the Brom. very rapidly, but destroys the odor and volatility of Brom., and forms a solid crystalline mass with Brom.; Noack and Trinks suggest, therefore, Camph. n3 an antidote.—-Small doses are antidoted by : Cotf. ? Camph. ? Am.—Ac- cording to Donne and Balard, Brom. antidotes Strychnine, Brucine, and Veratrine, which has, however, become very doubtful, in consequence of the very exact experiments instituted by Hering. Administration.—According to Hering, where pure Bromine is preferable to higher attenuations, a drop should be taken from a vial of tincture, with a glass stopple, by means of a fine glass tube, and quickly dropped into a tum- blerful of fresh water. By pouring out part, and adding fresh water, any degree of attenuation may be attained. One part of Brom. to 1000 parts •f water is sufficiently powerful. CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS. Dr. Hering.—“The principal curative sphere of Brom. is not scrofula, but affections of the chest, heart, and eyes. In the most violent inflammations, as well as in chronic affection? of these organs—for instance, consumption—Brom- will prove extremely useful, provided all the symptoms correspond. I have cured a number of cases of tuberculosis-pulmonalis with Spong., 30, sometimes exhibiting it in alternation with Hep.-sulph., 30; in some cases, however, Iod., and in others Brom. may be more BROMINE. 407 advantageous. In croup, likewise, Brom. may sometimes "be supe- rior to Spong. Most kinds of croup, being originally a species of urticaria, Ars. will, in most cases, be found preferable to Brom. In the so-called complicated inflammation of the lungs, and in incipient hepatization, it is as important a remedy as Phosph. It is worthy of remark that Phosph. has a more specific action on the left lung; Brom., on the contrary, on the right, to judge from the symptoms.” —Ed. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Cracking in the joints, in the morn ing after rising. Tingling on the lingers and short jerkings of the muscles of the foot and the region of the knee. Great stiffness in all the limbs, in the forenoon, less in the afternoon. In the after- noon the neck, nape of the neck, arms, and lower limbs were stiff, with headache «xtending from the occiput to the forehead, with sense as of pushing, as if the contents of the skull would be pressed out at the forehead. Great languor after breakfast, as if all the strength had been beaten out of the limbs, she was scarcely able to make her bed. Great lassitude in walking, obliging her to sit down. Exces- sive languor and debility. Tremulousness all over. Clonic spasms in the muscles of the eyes, in the face and limbs. Characteristic Peculiarities. — The pains appear to become worse in the warm room and when sitting down. The pains disap- pear entirely when riding on horseback or in a carriage. During motion most of the symptoms seemed to be less intense than during rest or in a recumbent posture. Aggravation of the symptoms from evening until midnight. Many of the symptoms are felt only on one side (the left). Skin.—Boils on the arm and in the face. Increase of embonpoint. *Scrofulosis ; particularly swellings. Sleep.—Excessive drowsiness and languor. Sleep full of dreams of a vivid or startling character Tremulous sensation when waking in the night. Long stupefied morning-sleep. Fever.—Violent chill, with yawning and stretching as in fever and ague ; at the same time the head feels confused and muddled; the paroxysm returns every other day, in the shape of a chilliness with cold feet. Cold shiver along the back. Cold, disagreeable drawing through the whole body, alternating rapidly with warmth, first in the left hand and side. Chilliness, with external coldness. Pains in the limbs, which afterwards give way to chilliness and heat Heat of both hands and heat in the head, with coldness of the rest ot the body. Heat in the feet, he feels cold in the other parts of the body. Burning sensation in the whole body. Internal burning in 408 BROMINE, the morning. Internal burning sensation, after which he feels as if in a hot vapor, but without sweating. The pulse is full, rather hard, slow at first, afterwards accelerated. Feeble, frequent beats of the heart. Mind and Disposition. — Extreme ill-humor. Cheerful mood. Taciturn. His business is repulsive to him. Desire for mental labor. Great forgetfulness. Illusions of the fancy. Illusion of sight. Sensorium.—Giddiness, as if he would fall backwards. Vertigo, particularly in the evening on lying down, with dullness of the head. Giddiness as soon as he attempts to cross a flowing water. Giddi- ness, worse in damp weather. Giddiness with nausea. Dullness of the head, or as if a band were around the head. Giddiness with headache, in the morning on waking, with itching over the whole body. Dullness of the head, particularly of the sinciput, with pres- sure in the region of the eye-brows and the root of the nose. Head.—Dull oppressive headache. Headache, remaining after the other symptoms had subsided. Headache, heaviness in the sin- ciput, in the heat of the sun, going off in the shade (comp. Chlor.) Stupefying pain in the forehead, aggravated in rest, going off when riding on horseback. Oppressive dull pain in the forehead, in the morning, affecting the eyes. Oppressive headache, with raging pain over the eyes. Ilemicrania (on the left side). Beating headache, extending to the jaw-bones. Distensive pain in the head, particu- larly in the left side. Lancinating pain through the right side of the head. Darting pain. Headache, wandering from the left ear to the left temple, worse when stooping. Paroxysms of pain, with pressure in the eyes and root of the nose, darting from the interior of the brain to the vertex. Headache, particularly in the sinciput, alternating with pains in the small of the back. scald- head. Eyes.—Stinging sensation in the parts round the orbits. Darting through the left eye. Stitches in the eyes and chest. stitches in the left upper eye-lid, extending to the eye-brows, fore- bead, and left temple, increased by pressure, movement, and stoop- ing, relieved during rest. Troublesome burning in the eyes. The eye-lids are very heavy. Lachrymation of the right eye. Violent ophthalmia. Inflammation and dimness of the right eye, with lach- rymation. Screams, photophobia, lachrymation, and secretion of mucus, followed by puckering up of the conjunctiva, which remained inflamed a fortnight. Violent conjunctivitis of the left eye. The eye became violently inflamed, with fever and suppuration. Sensi- tiveness of the eyes to bright lights. Photophobia. Flashes before BROMINE. 409 the eyes. Dilatation of the pupils. Dilatation of the pupils, with quick pulse, restlessness, and emission of urine. Dilatation of the pupils, labored breathing, frequent pulse. Affection of the respira- tory organs and eyes. Protruded eyes. Ears.—Aching pain in the ear, as if around the inner parts of the ear. Pain in the left malar bone and stitches in the ear. Durning sensation in the right ear, towards evening. Beating in the ears. otorrhcea. Tingling in the right ear, as of a number of bells. Constant whizzing in the ears. swelling of the arti- culation of the left jaw, with cracking in the articulation when chew- ing ; swelling and hardness of the left parotid gland; rose-colored swelling of the tonsils, difficult deglutition, tension and pressure in the throat. Nose.—Pimples on the nose and on the back part of the tongue; swelling and pain of the left side of the nose when pressing upon it, as if a small abscess would form. Soreness in the nose, with scurfs. Ulceration of the left nostril, like scurfs. Soreness of the whole of the nose, and swelling of the wings; with formation of scurf in the nose, pain and bleeding on wiping the parts. Violent, concussive sneezing, followed immediately by stoppage of the nose. Fluent coryza, with frequent, violent sneezing ; the parts under the nose and, the margins are corroded. Fluent coryza. Stoppage of the nose and fluent coryza at the same time. Discharge of watery and afterwards purulent mucus from the nose. Face.—Heat in the face. Hot, disagreeable feeling in the face, particularly under the nose, titillating and smarting, as if occasioned by cobweb, particularly when moving the nose, accompanied by fluent coryza and lachrymation of the eye. Sensation of burning and scraping in the fauces, so violent that convulsive twitchings in the face and hands took place. Pain in the left malar bone in the even- ing. Pain in both submaxillary glands, slight aching pain in the left, forenoon and afternoon. Burning of the up]5er lip, which appears very smooth. Soreness of the upper lip, with coryza, and long-con- tinued peeling off of the upper lip. Teeth.—The gums are painful in the morning. Toothache on the left side. The toothache is relieved by pressure. Beating under the decayed tooth. Pain in a decayed tooth. Mouth.—Heat in the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, with colic. In- creased secretion of saliva. Inflammation of the salivary glands. Throat and (Esophagus.—Disagreeable astringent sensation in the fauces, followed by a sensation of burning and soreness. Burning sensation in the mouth, pharynx, oesophagus, and stomach ; inclina 410 BROMINE. tion to vomit, violent eructations, and colic. The chronic inflamatory condition of the throat, with a feeling of redness all around, increases. Rough, disagreeable feeling in the pharynx and (esophagus. Taste and Appetite.—Astringent, burning, and offensive taste in the mouth. Sour taste in the mouth. Diminished appetite. Nausea, Eructations, and Vomiting.—Nausea with desire to vomit, without being able, relieved after eating. Acrid burning from the tongue to the stomach, with nausea. Loathing, eructations, roughness in the throat, warmth in the stomach, ptyalism, slow pulse, aud congestions of the chest. Frequent eructations with vomituri- tion, a good deal of phlegm being forced up. Vomiting of bloody mucus. Sour vomiting. Stomach.—Constant oppression of the stomach, as of a stone, with internal heat. A kind of contractive spasm of the stomach, which disappears after a meal. Feeling of heaviness in the stomach. Ex- cessive pressure in the stomach, with desire to vomit, eructations, colic, and rumbling of the abdomen. Warmth and burning in the stomach, with ptyalism. Burning sensation in the mouth, oesophagus, and stomach, also colic. Sensitiveness of the region of the stomach when pressing upon it. Inflammation of the stomach. Hypochondria.—Pain in the left side, for several days. #En- largement and induration of the spleen, from mismanaged gonorrhoea. Abdomen.—Violent colicky pains in the abdomen. Violent pinch- ing in the bowels. Colic, and borborygmi. Stool and Anus.—Stool like sheep’s dung, with pressure at the stomach, and in the abdomen. Hard, black-brown faeces, or mixed with bloody mucus. Slimy stools with a quantity of flatu- lence. *The diarrhoea, which took place after every meal, ceased; returned after eating oysters. Black faecal diarrhoea, accompanied with blind, intensely-painful varices ; cold and warm water aggra- vated the suffering. Tickling at the anus. Urinary Organs.—Burning in the urethra, after micturition. Male Genital Organs.—Feeling of coldness of the left testicle. Swelling of the left testicle, with sore pain. of the scro- tum, with chronic gonorrhoea. Increased sexual desire. Nocturnal emissions. Female Genital Organs.—Pain in the vagina as if sore. Menses too early, and too profuse. metrorrhagia. of the menses. Headache on the appearances of the menses ; of the forehead, with sensation, when stooping, as if the eyes would fall out. Pains in the abdomen, and small of the back. Larynx.—Hoarseness, aphony. Soreness and roughness of the BROMINE. 411 throat. Slight hacking cough. Hough, hollow, dry cough, with weariness. Cough, excited by scraping and titillation. Exhausting cough, which does not permit him to talk. Cough occasioned by deep breathing. Cough with suffocative symptoms. Cough with pains in the chest. Short cough without expectoration, with soreness in the chest. Dry, obstinate, croupy cough. Dry, spasmodic, wheezing cough, with rattling breathing. Chest.—Violent oppression of the chest, cough, headache, vertigo. Labored breathing; worse in the morning, relieved in the evening and at night. Difficulty in breathing ; sensation as if the breathing were arrested in the middle of the chest. Slight feeling of fullness in the chest and throat, increasing towards noon, and continuing until evening. of long standing after measles. Difficult breathing, frequent pulse, the pulse became feeble and trembling. Accelerated breathing, sinking of strength, diminution of tempera- ture ; with violent convulsions. Snoring, and difficult beating, with a clear fluid flowing out of the nostrils, accompanied with a small, violent beating of the heart. Rattling breathing, continually inter- rupted by coughing, threatening suffocation. Difficult breathing with ptyalism, cough, and lachrymation ; with cough and gagging; with vomiting and small pulse ; with frothy vomiting and accelerated pulse. Peculiar feeling of weakness and exhaustion in the chest. Tightness of the chest. Slight pressure on the chest when taking a deep inspiration. Aching pain in the chest. Feeling of stricture in the chest, the breathing is oppressed, and very unpleasant, with a dry titillating cough. While walking in the open air, he experienced a violent rheumatic, dull pain, with sensation of contraction in the affected part. Drawing pain, with lameness through the left breast towards the scapula, and into the left arm. Headache, violent stitches in the lungs when attempting to take deep breath, he had to cough frequently; the pulse was full, and rather hard. Sharp stitches in the right breast, particularly when walking fast. Burning in the chest, succeeded by a feeling of heat, disappearing gradually, with ineffectual inclination to vomit. Congestions of the chest. Slight oppression about the heart, and palpitation. Violent palpita- tion in the evening, which does not permit her to rest on the left side. Inflammation of the heart. of the heart. Sensa- tion as if the flesh were loose and bruised, on feeling the chest Swelling of the mammae. Back, &c.—Painful soreness of the small of the back, unaltered during motion or rest. Cold drawing along the back. Stinging titil- lation in the region of the sninal column, rather on the right side. 412 BRYONIA ALBA. The neck is stiff and painful, on turning the head about. swellings on both sides of the neck. *Goxtre. Arms.—Constrictive sensation in the upper limbs. Compressive sensation in the fore-arms. Painful feeling of lameness in the shoul- der. Lacerating in the arms, particularly the hands and fingers, in the evening. Weakness in the arm. Debility of the arms. Violent pain in the hand, darting suddenly into the middle finger, with beat- ing pains. Heat of both hands. Lacerating in the fingers. Lan- cinations in the fingers. Dead pain in all the joints of the fingers. *Chronic arthritis, with swelling, immobility, and deformity of the joints. Legs.—Beating pain in both lower extremities, during a walk in the evening. Weakness in the lower limbs. Pain in the left knee and hip, worse during motion. Rheumatic pain in the knee. Ach- ing or burning pain in the bend of the knee. Heat in the feet; pain in the toes. BRUCEA ANTIDYSENTERICA.—(See Angustura Spuria.) 53.—BRYONIA ALBA. BRY.—White Bryony.—Hahnemann’s “Mat. Med. Pur.,” Yol. I.—-Duration of Action: from four or five days, to three or four weeks. Compare with—Aeon., Alum.., Am., Ars., Cham., Chin., Clem., Ign., Lack., Led., Lyc , Merc., Mur.-ac., Nux-v., Op., Phosph., Puls., Rhus, Squill., Seneg —Bry. is frequently suitable after: Aeon., Nux-v., Op., Rhus.—After Bry. are frequently indicated : Alum., Rhus. Antidotes.—Aeon., Cham., Ign., Nux-v.—It antidotes Alum., Rhus. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Her strength disappeared on making the least effort.—Heaviness and weakness in all the limbs, she is scarcely able to move her feet when walking, from mere heaviness. —°Trembling of the limbs when rising from a recumbent posture. —°Stiffness in the joints. fits.—*IIe feels very languid when sitting, less so when walking. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The symptoms are aggravated at night, or towards nine o’clock in the evening, also on waking from sleep, after a meal, by movement and contact; amelioration during rest. Skin.—Pain all over the body, as if the flesh were loose. * Yellow color of the skin, jaundice.—°Viscid, moist skin, in fever.—Prickings over the whole body. Burning, itching, and stinging in different parts, in the evening, after lying down in bed.—Stitches in the joints, when moving or touching them. Itch-like eruption in the joints. Pimples BRYONIA ALBA. 413 make tlieir appearance on the abdomen and hips, with a burning itch- ing. Eruption on the whole body, especially on the back, extending to the upper side of the neck, itching violently. °Vesicles which burst open and scale off, with itching and burning of the whole ■body.—° White miliaria (sudamina).—*Rash of lying-in women and their infants.—°Petechiae ; purpura haemorrhagica ; °nettle-rash.— Herpes-furfuraeeus, with burning itching.— particularly in the joints. Smarting pain in the ulcer.—°Dropsy.—°Tense, hot, pale, or red swellings, also with stinging during motion.—°Swelling and induration ot the glands. °Hard knots in various places, re- sembling indurated cutaneous glands.—°Chilblains.—°Arthritic nodosities. Sleep.—♦Great drowsiness in the day, and great inclination to sleep after dinner; on waking from her siesta, all her limbs had gone to sleep. Every part of his body on which he is lying aches. Sleeplessness from agitation of the blood, and anguish. Heat after lying down. Sleeplessness from heat, when uncovering himself he feels too cool. ♦The child is unable to fall asleep in the evening, he leaves the bed again. She wakes in the evening, when in bed, after a short sleep, with sensation in the pit of the stomach as if the parts in that region were twisted around something, she has qualms of sickness, feeling of suffocation. Moaning when asleep. Startings every evening when falling asleep. Vexatious, vivid dreams. ♦While dreaming, she rises from her bed, at night, and goes to the door, as if she would go out. Shrieking and delirium as soon as he closes his eyes. He is delirious when waked from his sleep. Nightly de- lirium. Delirium at day-break, about business which he has to at- tend to ; the delirium abates when the pain commences. Sleep does not refresh him; he feels quite tired early in the morning when waking up; the lassitude disappears when rising and dressing him- self. Sleep, ♦with twitchings in the face. ♦Continual inclination to sleep. Somnambulism.—°Nightinare. Fever.—Shuddering.—0 Chilliness, chilly feeling, and creeping chills, after the siesta, with muddled condition of the head, ♦particu- larly in the evening, before or after lying down in bed ; during or after a walk in the open air ; ♦with coldness of the body ; over the whole skin or only over the arms.—♦Intermittent fevers : °quotidian or tertian fevers, with predominant coldness or chilliness, thirst dur- ing the hot and chilly stage, dry cough, with stitches in the chest, asthma, nausea, and gagging, and paleness of the face. Intermittent fevers commencing with chilliness, then sweat in the night; dering and chill first in the morning or afternoon, sometimes alter* 414 BRYONIA ALBA. Dating with heat, with or without profuse sweat afterwards; natural warmth with thirst, then cold hands and feet, with absence of thirst; heat in the forenoon, followed by chilliness -without thirst in the afternoon, with redness of face. SyrrMoms before the paroxysm (the chilly. stage): ° vertigo and violent headache, as if the head would burst; °stretching and drawing in the limbs.—During the chilly stage : °Heat in the head, redness of the face, and thirst; Shatter- ing of the teeth, dry and viscid tongue, aversion to food and drink, nausea, and vomiting.—°After the chilly stage: Languor and debility. —°During the hot stage : Increase of the headache and vertigo.—■ °IIeat: internal or only external, or both at the same time, and generally burning, dry, and with thirst, also with red urine; heat as if the blood in the veins were burning ; #dry heat in the morning or at night; heat on every motion of the body, and from every noise. Flushes of heat. Heat in the lower limbs, as if plung- ing them into hot water ; particularly in the abdomen ; in the pit of the stomach, with violent thirst : in the head, with sen- sation as if the contents of the head would issue through the forehead, also early in the morning. *Heat in the face, particularly towards evening, also with redness of the cheeks,, or -red round spot on the region of the malar bone, also with thirst.—° Acute inflammatory fevers, characterized by great irritation of the nervous and vascular system; °gastric fevers; °bilious fevers; typhus and typhoid fevers, also with petechim, white miliaria, particularly when violent delirium is pre- sent, and the heat is intense ; °febrile symptoms preceding the erup- tion of small-pox, varioloid, miliaria; secondary affections remaining after measles and scarlatina.—*Sweat: #profuse sweat, particularly in the morning or at night; sweat, preventing sleep, °with sighing, short cough, and pressure on the chest. °Cold sweat on the forehead and head. Sour sweat at night, also preceded by thirst, oppressive drawing in the head when sweat is about to terminate, and succeeded by a muddled condition of the head. Moral Symptoms.—#Lowness of spirits; ° discouragement; °doubt about one’s recovery, with fear of death.—*Fears ; *apprehensions; ; uneasiness and dread on account of the future ; -disposed to start as in affright, and to conceive fears; -disposition to escape out of the bed.—Weeping.—Irritable mood; restlessness of mind. Indisposition to think; °taciturn. of humor, and irritable, with hurriedness and pressing in the forehead; *•vehemence.—*Desire for things which do not exist, or which are no longer cared for when offered. Sensorium.—Vertigo, as if one were turning around, or as if every ■ BRYONIA ABBA. 415 thing were turned around him when standing. when rising from the chair, disappearing after walking. the whole day, as if intoxicated. #Vertigo when sitting straight in her bed, with nausea. Giddiness the whole day, with weakness of the limbs. So weak in his mind that his thoughts vanish. Inability to recollect things. *Great weight in the head, and pressure of the brain from behind forwards. Stupefaction of the head. *Delirious talk, at n-ight. *ivith desire to escape, in the evening, when asleep, with hur- ried speech, imagining at the same time that she is among strangers, with desire to go home. Head.—*In the morning, the headache does not begin when wak- ing, but when opening and moving the eyes. #Early in the morning, when waking, his head feels gloomy and aches, as if he had spent the whole night in revelry. Gloomy compression in the head, in the forehead, above the eyes.—*The blood rushes to the head, after which the head felt compressed from temple to temple. Headache, a sort of compression, with jerkings in the brain resembling pulsa- tions. Compressive pain in the head, early in the morning, with heaviness, intermixed with stitches, and so violent that she was scarcely able to lift up her eyes ; when stooping, she was not able to raise herself again. headache, the head feeling very heavy, as if it would incline to all sides, with pressure in the brain from within outwards, and great desire to lie down. after a meal, and pressure in the forehead from within outwards during a walk. *Headache, when stooping, as if all the contents of the head would issue from the forehead. *Pain in both temples, pressing from within outwards. as if the skull were being pressed asunder. in the head when stooping, also accompanied with dartings ; -also when sitting, with pressure.—Jerking drawing in the malar and jaw-bones, early in the morning after rising. Dart- ing : °through one side of the head; through the temples, -when walking in the open air.—Beating in the head: worse during move- ment, with dullness of the eyes and dimness of sight.—* Congestion, of blood to the head; *heat in the head, -also early in the morning ; cburning pain in the forehead.—*The headache sets in principally in the morning on leaking ; *the headache is aggravated by movement, particularly by opening and moving the eyes.—The scalp is painful to the touch, as if sore ; °lacerating over the forehead.—*Burning head; °cold sweat on the forehead; *warm sweat, even about the head.—Corrosive gnawing, at night. Eyes.—°The eyes are painful when touching them : °pressure in the eyes, as if pressed out of the head; °pressure in the eyes as oj 416 ERYONIA ALEA. sand or smoke, particularly early in the morning on waking, or in the evening; °laneinations in the eyes.—Soreness as from excoria- tion in the inner canthus ; *burning in the eyes, also in the margins of the lids, with biting and itching.—Redness and inflammation of the lids, also with swelling, pressure, heat, and nightly agglutination ; cparticularly of the upper lids, or only of the lower ; painful swelling of one eye, without redness, with discharge of pus, and dark-red and puffed conjunctiva; ophthalmia of infants at the breast and of arthri- tic per sons. I °Fistula-lachrymalis. ?—°Furfuraceous herpes on the upper lid, with burning itching.—Frequent lachrymation, *particu- larly in the open air, Especially when the sun shines brightly, with dimness of sight.—°Dim, faint, glassy, or sparkling, swimming eyes. —°Photophobia.—°Obscuration of sight, or else °flames before the eyes. Ears.—Contractive pain in the ear, with hardness of hearing; dartings in the ear, during and after a walk in the open air; burning in the ear from within outwards.—Hard tumor behind the ear ; tumor in front of the ear, breaking, moist, covered with a yellow scurf.— Discharge of blood from the ears.—Ulcerated concha. as if the ears were obstructed; °humming in the ears; -buzzing or singing in the ear.—°Intolerance of noise. Nose.—* Swelling of the nose, with violent ulcerative pain ivlien touched, -twitchings in the nose, and °chronic dry coryza; and ulcerated nostrils.—*Bleeding of the nose, particularly early in the morning, or after rising : °during the suppression of the catame- nia.—°Dryness and obstruction of the nose, also when chronic.— Profuse, violent£oryza; with obstruction of the nose and chilliness ; with dartings in the head, or pain in the forehead, as if everything would issue through the forehead, particularly when stooping; *dry coryza, °also chronic.—°Crusts of hardened mucus in the nose. Face.—*Pale, yellow, or °livid color of the face.—*Heat in the face, particularly in the evening, also with burning and redness, par- ticularly-of the cheeks; -red, round spots in the face, particularly in the region of the malar bone, and on the neck.—*Bloatedness of the face; * red, soft, hot; blue—and brown-red; * swelling of the face, -also of one side only ; swelling of the cheek close to the ear, with burning.—Tension of the skin of the face and forehead, when moving the muscles ; lacerating and darting from the malar bone to the temple, worse when touching the parts; (throbbing in every part of the face, perceptible on the outer side).—°Hard blotches in the face, resembling swollen cutaneous glands.—° The lips are swollen and *chapped; -covered with ulcerated patches, burning when touched BRYONIA ALBA. 417 Teeth.—Pain of a molar tooth, when masticating; excessive pain during rest, particularly when in bed, relieved by chewing; tooth- ache on introducing anything warm into the mouth; toothache occa- sioned by the contact of air.—* Darting or flashing pain in the teeth. in the direction of the ear, obliging one to lie down.—Lancinations : extending into the cervical muscles, when eating, and aggravated by warmth.—Painfid soreness in a tooth.—Looseness of the teeth, with pain when masticating and biting, and sensation as if elongated; particularly early in the morning on waking.—The gums are painful, as if sore and raw ; spongy gums. Mouth.—*Dryness of the mouth, with great thirst, or else absence of thirst.—* Tongue coated, *white or °yellow ; °dry tongue ; °rough dark-colored tongue ; -burning vesicles on the border of the tongue. —°Indistinct speech, owing to a parched state of the throat. Throat.—°Great dryness of the throat, -particularly in the even- ing.—*Sore throat, with difficult deglutition and hoarseness; -food and drinks produce a choky sensation in the oesophagus, as if they would not go down.—Pressure in the oesophagus, as from a hard body ; *sticking sensation, when swallowing, turning the head, or touching the throat; scraping and roughness in the throat, posteriorly.—Sen- sation of swelling in the pharynx and oesophagus, or as if mucus had accumulated, particularly during deglutition; also attended with difficulty of speech.—Painful sensation of constriction in the oeso- phagus. Appetite and Taste.—°Loss of taste; *flat, insipid, sweetish, sickly, disgusting taste; *putrid taste, as of decayed teeth or fetid meat, -particularly early in the morning, or even with clean tongue ; *Utter taste, even of the food, or also after and before a meal; *par- ticularly before breakfast, -or in the evening when in bed ; *the food has no taste.— *Loss of appetite, -even with empty stomach, with hunger ; °aversion to food; *loss of appetite after the first mouthful.—°Morbid hunger, which frequently obliges him to eat a little; -violent hunger, canine hunger, extending into the night, or early in the morning, with thirst and flushes of heat, frequently accompanied with loss of appetite thirst.—Desire °for sour drinks, *for many things which cannot be eaten.—*Eructa- tions, oppression of the stomach and pit of the stomach, with colic or vomiting, after every meal, particularly after eating bread.—After a meal: Astringent dry taste, with dry parched lips ; distention of the abdomen, headache. Gastric Symptoms.—*Frequent empty eructations ; -particularly after a meal; pungent, burning eructations; bitter or sourish eruc 418 BRYONIA ALBA. tations.—* Regurgitation of the ingesta, -also after every meal * Nausea: Nausea on leaking in the morning, accompanied with empty eructations. Nausea with bitterness of the mouth. Nausea •with ptyalism, in the evening before going to bed, or in the morning after rising. °Nausea with anxiety whenever he attempts to drink or sits down.—* Empty retching, also in the evening, -bringing up water and mucus, like water-brash, with coldness of the whole body. —* Vomiting', immediately after drinking; °after eating bread, *vomiting of the ingesta, °also attended with hiccough and gagging; *hitter vomiting, of bile and water, particularly after drinking im mediately after a meal.—#Bloody vomiting (obliging him to lie down).—°Stitches in the left side of the abdomen during vomiting. Stomach.—*Pressure in the stomach : particularly after eating, as of a stone, with ill-humor; °after eating bread. Pressure in the stomach, when walking, disappearing when sitting.—Contractive •pain in the stomach, particularly after eating, succeeded by cutting in the pit of the stomach, flushes of heat, eructations, nausea, and vomiting of the ingesta.—°Stitclies in the stomach when lying on one side. darting in the pit of the stomach when treading, parti- cularly when making a false step, or also during movement.—°Pain- ful soreness in the pit of the stomach, when touching the part or when coughing. Intolerance of the least pressure in the pit of the stomach. °Pinching in the pit of the stomach. Cutting as with knives in the pit of the stomach. Oppression in the pit of the sto- mach and feeling of warmth, with tensive pain when touching the part. Sensation of swelling in the pit of the stomach.—°Burning in the stomach, or in the pit of the stomach, particularly during motion.—°Inflammation of the stomach. °Spasms of the stomach, Contraction of the orifice of the stomach. ? Hypochondria.—Hard swelling in the hypochondria and around the umbilicus. or °stinging in the region of the liver, particularly when touching it, or •when coughing or taking breath. drawing in the region of the liver, extending into the stomach and back, particularly early in the morning and after a meal, with vomiting.—°Inflammation of the liver.— Stitches in the region of the spleen.—°Diaphragmitis. ? ? Abdomen.—Colic of pregnant females. Chronic colic, with ten- sion of the abdomen and water-brash. °Hysteric abdominal spasms. ? °Abdominal complaints from sedentary habits. °Inflammaticn of the bowels. ? °Peritonitis. ? *Ascites. dard swelling around the umbilicus, and under the hypochondria.—Pain in the abdomen, as if one would vomit. Lacerating and drawing in the abdomen, °from BRYONIA ALBA. 419 the hips to the pit of the stomach, especially during motion, followed by stitches, especially during stool, and mostly in the evening.—• Painful writhing (twisting) around the umbilicus, with stitches.— Pain in the abdomen, with anguish, which renders the breathing difficult and is relieved by -walking. Pain in the abdomen, as if he had been purged, or as if haemorrhoids would maks their appearance. pains in the abdomen after dinner. Rumbling in the abdomen, with sensation as if diarrhoea would set in. Horrible colic (in the forenoon), as if she would have an attack of dysentery, without stool. Colic and pinching in the abdomen, and the umbilical region, as after a cold for several days. Copious, fetid stool, preceded by cutting in the abdomen. Bloated abdomen, flatulence moves about in his abdomen with colic, continual constipation, and sensation as if something were lodged in his abdomen. Colic during stool, as if the parts were constricted, or were being pinched together with the hand. Stool.—* Constipation.1—*Chronic constipation. *IIard, tough stool, with protrusion of the rectum, °dry stool, as if burnt. #The faeces are of a large size, and are therefore passed with difficulty.— *Diarrhcea, vhth previous colic. °from cold, °alternating with constipation and spasm of the stomach.—Long-lasting burning at the rectum after hard stool. Soft stool, with a burning sharp pain in the rectum. Diarrhoea, especially at night, with burning at the anus at every evacuation. Thin, bloody stool. Hard stool, followed by diarrhoea with fermentation in the abdomen. °Diarrhoea with un- digested stool. Urine.—Pain in the abdomen, when emitting the urine. Sensa- tion, when urinating, as if the urinary passage were too narrow. "Violent desire to urinate without the bladder being full, also at night. Itching, burning, and stinging pain in the anterior portion of the urethra, between the acts of micturition. Burning in the urethra. (Aching in the urethra.) Drawing and lacerating in the anterior portion of the urethra, between the acts of micturition.—*IIot urine ; *red, °brown, and scanty urine ; frequent emission of a watery urine. —Burning and cutting previous to the appearance of the urine. Male Genital Organs.—Stinging-burning itching of the prepuce, stitches in the testicles when sitting; red, itching rash of the glans. Female Genital Organs.—Pinching and uneasiness in the dis- 1 Note by Hahnemann.—A more frequent, primary effect of Bry. is retention of stool; its alternate effect, looseness of the bowels, is rarer ; when the other symptoms correspond, Bry. is therefore able to cure constipation, which few remedies besides Nux-v. and Up. can do. • 420 BRYONIA AI.BA tended abdomen, as if the menses would appear.—“Suppression of the menses, with bleeding of the nose.—Menses too early by eight, fourteen, twenty-one days. Loss of blood between the menses. °Lacerating in the limbs during the catamenia.—Metrorrhagia, the blood being dark red, with pain in the small of the back, and head- ache.—°Colic of pregnant and lying-in females. “Burning pain in the uterus, during pregnancy. °Puerperal fever, particularly when the mammae are turgid, with milk. °Nodosities and indurations in the mammae ; “inflammation of the mammae, with suppression of the flow of the milk. “Induration of one of the nipples. “Milk-fever, with rheumatic pains in the mammae. “Galactorrhoea and complaints occasioned by weaning. “Constipation of infants at the breast. “Ophthalmia of infants at the breast. #llash of infants. Larynx and Trachea.—#Hoarseness and roughness of voice, when walking in the open air. accompanied by inclina- tion to sweat. * Violent coryza, without cough. *Dry cough, appa- rently from the stomach, preceded by a creeping and tickling in the pit of the stomach. of the ingesta during the cough.— #Long-continued stitch, deep in the left hemisphere of the brain, when coughing. “Dry cough, with retching; a few spasmodic vio- lent fits in the upper part of the trachea.—°Sensation when cough- ing as if the head and chest would fly to pieces. cough, early in the morning when in bed, with expectoration of a quantity of mucus. and painful cough, with retching, as if caused by roughness and dryness of the larynx. He coughs up coa- gulated pieces of blood “or pure blood, or blood streaked mucus, in the throat when coughing,—*Stiches in the region of the last rib or sternum. in the pit of the stomach, when coughing.—Pressure in the head, when coughing. “Spasmodic cough, after eating or drinking. “Acute and chronic bronchitis. Chest.—Pressure in the pit of the stomach, which oppresses her chest. Burning pain in the right half of the chest. *The breath- ing is shorter, the expirations are more hurried. * Asthma. of pleurisy and oppression of the chest. of the chest, with desire to take a deep breath, with pain.—“Labored breathing, with stretching of the abdominal muscles, and single deep inspira- tions ; “sobbing breathing. *Quiek, anxious, almost impossible breathing, owing to stitches in the chest, behind the scapulae and muscles of the chest, impeding respiration, and obliging one to sit straight. of oppression of the chest, particularly at night, “with stitches in the abdomen and urging to stool. *Stitches in the side, in the region of the ribs, during an inspiration, at intervals, and BRYONIA ALBA. 421 disappearing in the open air. an inspiration, stitch through the chest to the scapulae. Tensive pain or stitch on taking a deep inspiration. Stitches and pulsative throbbings in the lower part of the right half of the chest. Stitch, with pressing in the chest, from within outwards.—Lancination, as is felt in ulcers, in a small spot below the clavicle, on taking the least inspiration. The small spot is painful like an ulcer, even when touching it. Stitches in the chest when lying on the back, aggravated by every movement. Crampy pain in the chest, close above the pit of the stomach, greatest when sitting on a chair, and stooping, and when lying on one side in the bed. Tension in the chest, when walking. Palpitation of the heart, with oppression. *IIeat in the chest. - Considerable swelling of the external chest in front. Pricking pain below the right nipple, from icithin outwards, in the cavity of the chest, these prickings are only felt during an expiratioti. °Burning in the chest, with anguish and oppression.—°Pneumonia and pleurisy, after the fever has been con- trolled by Aeon.; °typhoid pneumonia ; °acute suppuration of the lungs, ? °incipient phthisis, ? °hydrothorax. ?—°Rheumatism of the muscles of the chest, rheumatic pleuritis.—°Carditis. ? Back. stiffness and tension in the nape of the neck and neck on moving the head.—Drawing along the neck to the ear. Painful soreness when turning the head, also in the nape of the neck, and in the muscles of the face, and those of mastication, during movement of those parts. Spasmodic pain between the scapulae, al- most resembling a shuddering.—Burning between the scapulae. Contractive pain over the whole back.—Drawing down along the back, when sitting, going off by motion.—Painful darting jerking on both sides of the spine, when sitting, especially early in the morning and evening. Painful stiffness in the small of the back, not allowing him to walk straight. Pain, as from bruises, in the small of the back, when sitting, worst when lying down, not much felt during motion. He is unable to stoop, on account of a pain in the back and the lumbar vertebrae, it is a sort of lacerating, and is felt more when standing than when sitting, but not when lying down.—°Lum- bago.? Stitches in the lumbar vertebrae.—Burning in the back. Arms.—Nervous lacerating in the arm from above downward. °Convulsive jerking, spasmodic drawing and shaking. °Burning pain and weariness. °Constant trembling, also of the fingers. Pain as if sprained in the joint, on raising the arm. °Shining red, rheu- matic swelling of the joint and upper arm, with stitches, °lacerating and tension on moving the parts.—Stitches in the upper arm when raising it. Pressure in the humerus, preventing sleep. Swelling 422 BltYONIA ALBA. of the elbow-joint. Lacerating in the fore-arm. Red rash on the fore-arm.—Stinging and creeping on the fore-arm. Tingling in the hand, as if gone to sleep. Weakness in the hand, which does not al- low him to grasp anything firmly. Pain in the wrist-joint, as if strained or sprained, whenever it is moved. °SiveUing of the hands. Stinging in the muscles when writing. Feeling of lameness in the fingers. Jerking of the fingers when moving them. Hot, pale swelling of the finger. Ulcerative pain in the root of the finger. Legs.—°Coxagra. ? °Spontaneous limping. ? Stitches in the hips, like cutting as with knives. °Lameness of the lower extremi- ties. °Drawing in the lower limbs.—Lancination from the hip or iuttock to the knee and feet, °also attended with general sweat and intolerance of contact or movement. Lacerating in the thighs when moving them. Rigidity of the thighs, like cramp, early in the morn- ing, in bed. Drawing in the thighs, as before the catamenia. Pain as if bruised in the thighs, when sitting, with hammering throbbing. —Weakness, vacillation, and giving way of the knees. Pain as if bruised in the patellae, and pain when going down-stairs, as if they would break. Cramp in the knees, when sitting down, and in the evening when lying down. in the knees, particularly when moving them and walking, °also attended with drawing from the knees into the calves. * Tensive, painful stiffness of the knees. ° Rheumatic, shining-red swelling, with stitches. °Lacerating, Ex- tending from the knees to the tibiae.—Burning itching and eruption in the knee. Pain as if bruised in the leg. #Lancinations and ten- sion, particularly in the calves, *or from the feet to the bends of the knees, -also with shining red swelling. *Swelling of the legs, also without redness, -also sudden swelling.—°Putrid ulcers on the legs. —Cramp in the calves, feet, dorsa of the feet, and heels, particularly at night, when lying down, relieved by movement. Nightly lacerat- ing in the dorsa of the feet. *Pain as if sprained or strained in the feet, °particularly when treading. * Stitches in thefeet, °particularly at night, or .early in the morning, in the heels, or in the bottoms of the feet when treading, with tension in the joints, Even when lying down he experienced an intolerable tension and stinging in the joints. in the tarsal joints, particularly wdien moving them, or in the dorsxim of the foot when sitting, also in the evening, as if the feet were swollen. *Hot, inflammatory swelling of the feet, °with redness, pain as if bruised when extending them, *ten- sion when treading, and pain as if ulcerated when touching them. °Arthritic swelling of the feet. °Podagra. CALADIUM SEGUINUM. 423 54.—CALADIUM SEGUINUM CALAD.—Arum Seguinum, Common Arum.—“Archiv.,” XI., 2.—miration of Action: fifty days. Compare with—Caps., Carb.-v., Chin., Graph., Ign., Merc., Nitr.-ac., Phosph. Antidote.—The root of the plant is said to be the best antidote against poison ing by the leaves of the plant Small doses are antidoted by Caps. ? GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—*Calad. has been found curative in the case of a person with lax fibres, when there was an intense desire to accomplish a good deal more than physical strength would permit, accompanied with disposition to asthma, &c.—Feeling as if bruised in every joint.—Debility and languor, obliging him to lie down, par- ticularly during the beating in the abdomen.—He dreads exercise, but he has strength enough to move about when he tries.—Fainting sensation on raising himself, passing off soon, particularly trouble- some after having exerted himself by writing or meditating.—Draw- ing crampy pains between the bones of the fore-arms and behind the tendo-Achillis. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Sleep in the daytime removes all his pains.—Most of the symptoms occur in the daytime and dur- ing the hot stage; in the evening he feels better again. Skin.—Corrosive burning at night.—Itching every evening.— Itching and burning rash.—White suppurating pimples come out on the body here and there, surrounded with red areolae, and itching, feeling sore to the touch. Sleep.—Drowsiness.—Yivid dreams about past scenes and events. Anxious moaning in the night.—Cramps in the bottoms of the feet, at night. Fever.—Shuddering over the back and body.—Internal fever, going off by sleep. fever, with which he goes to sleep, it wakes him and then goes off.—Pulse accelerated.—Full, hard, bound- ing pulse.—Heat before midnight, chilliness after midnight.—Heat after the siesta, followed by sweat, and then chilliness in the open air.—Heat, with thirst, violent pain in the ears, swelling of the sub- maxillary glands, and retention of stool.—Sweat towards evening, with prostration, yawning, and drowsiness. Mind and Disposition.—Vehement anger about everything.—- *Low spirits and gloomy thoughts in a man afflicted with impotence. —Very forgetful. Sensorium.—Giddy and sick at the stomach.—Gloominess in the 424 CALADIUM seguinum. head and vertigo.—Sensation in the head as if oppressed by a weight, a similar sensation in the epigastrium. Head.—Aching in that side of the head where the head had been resting on the pillow.—Ascension of heat to the head. Stupefying pressure in the right temple on waking.—Distensive headache, par. ticularly in the forehead.—Boring pain in the forehead.—Sticking in the temple, and particularly in the right eye.—Prickings in the scalp, in the region of the sinciput. Eyes.—Burning of the eyes.—Pressure in the eye-balls, which are sensitive to the touch. Face.—Corrosive burning stitches in the cheeks. Ears.—Pulsations in the right ear, and sensation around the ear as if warm water were flowing around it.—Throbbing sensation in front of the right ear, with a slight drawing.—Chirping and buzzing in the ears. Teeth.—Drawing through the molar teeth, from above downwards. —Boring toothache, with stitches extending into the ear. Mouth.—Swelling of the tongue, to such an extent that the tongue fills the buccal cavity, with excessive ptyalism, the saliva resembling the white of an egg; the eyes are violently inflamed, and feel en- larged ; the chest is oppressed, the pulse small and accelerated ; cold sweat all over. Sensation in the mouth as when one burns it with Kreosote. Pharynx and (Esophagus.—Dryness in the fauces and pharynx, without thirst, or rather *with aversion to cold water.—Inflammation of the palate, nape of the neck, and throat. Appetite.—#He eats without an appetite. Gastric Symptoms.—Eructations of wind, as if the stomach were filled with drrj food; paroxysms of violent asthma have been cured with Calad., in accordance with the foregoing symptoms. Stomach.—Nausea and gloominess in the head.—Burning in the stomach, which is not relieved by drinking.—Dull, internal burning in the stomach and epigastrium; passing over into violent pressure, lastly into gnawing at the orifice of the stomach, hindering deep breathing.—Prickings in the pit of the stomach, deep-seated.—Sen sation as if something hard and heavy were lodged in the pit of the stomach. Abdomen.—Burning in the abdomen, leaving a dull sensation behind.—Strong pulsations in the epigastrium, particularly on the left side above the umbilicus.—Stitches, jerks, and pressure in the region of the spleen.—The abdomen is painful to the touch, particu- larly in the region of the bladder —Sudden writhing pains in the 425 abdomen in the evening.—Spasmodic cutting about the umbilicus, obliging him to bend double. Stool.—*Small flatus, having a putrid smell.—Sensation as if diarrhoea would set in, without stool.—Scanty papescent stool.—Soft stool, one hour after discharge of blood, afterwards a working and shifting in the abdomen, haemorrhoidal complaints.— Discharge of red, thin blood, in tolerable quantity, after stool.—Cuttings in the rectum.—Boring and digging in the small of the back and anus. Urinary Organs.—The region of the bladder is painful to the touch; the bladder feels full to him, without any desire to urinate.—• Frequent sticking sensation on the left side, behind and above the bladder.—On pressing, when urinating, the urine burns like hot water.—*Fetid urine in a man afflicted with impotence, attended with secondary gonorrhoea. Genital Organs.—The sexual organs are bloated, relaxed, and sweaty. Corrosive pain ; or swelling of the prepuce.—Bed, dry glans, dotted with fine points which are still redder.—Painful erec- tion without sexual desire, alternating with sexual desire with re- laxed penis.—Impotence, the penis remains relaxed, even when excited.—Imperfect erection, and premature ejaculation of the semen. ■ of coldness, and cold sweat of the sexual organs. Larynx and Trachea.—Contractive sensation in the larynx and trachea.—Continual slight cough, with feeling of hollowness and emptiness in the chest after expectorating little lumps of Feeble cough, without resonance.—Oppression in the pit of the stomach, with oppression of breathing and cough.—Cough in the evening, with great exertion and heaviness in the chest.—Continual feeble cough, felt above the larynx Chest.—Twitching below the region of the heart, externally.—> The region of the ribs and small of the back feel bruised in the morning on rising.—Stinging in the chest, in the evening. Back.—Bheumatic drawing pains between the shoulders.—Spas- modic sensation between the shoulders.—The back and small of the back feel bruised, in the morning when rising.—*Pains in the small of the back, attending the secondary gonorrhoea. Arms.—In the morning, on waking, both arms have gone to sleep. Legs.—His knees tremble when standing. Violent pain in the knee. CALADIUM SEGUINUM. 426 CALC AREA o~-.-.O..TCA. 55.—CALCAREA CARBONICA. CALC. CAR.—Carbonate of Lime.—“Chronic Diseases,” Yol. II.—Duration of Action: upwards of fifty days. Compare with—Alum , Auac., Arn., Ars.. Bar., Bell., Bis., Chin., Cupr., Graph., Kal., Lyc., Magn., Merc., Nitr.-ac , Nux-v., Bhosph., Puls., Sep., Sil., Sulph., Vera.tr.—Calc.-car. is frequently indicated after: Chin., Cupr., Nitr.-ac., Sulph. (especially when the pupils are prone to become dilated).—After Calc.-car. are frequently indicated : Lyc., Nitr.-ac., Phosph., Sil. Antidotes.—Camph., Nitr.-ac., Nitr.-spir., Sulph.—It antidotes: Bis., Chin., Chin.-sulph., Nitr -ac. Hahnemann.—“This is one of the most powerful antipsorics, and may be used with especial benefit in the following affections, if not otherwise indicated : Depression of spirits ; weeping mood ; want of cheerfulness, with heaviness of the legs ; anguish when sweating; restless anxiety; anguish ; shuddering and horror, when the evening approaches ; anxiety induced by thoughts ; anxiety after listening to the recital of cruelties ; nervous depression ; frightfulness : attacks of despondency on account of disordered health ; sensitive peevishness ; obstinacy ; indifference ; dullness of the thinking faculties ; chronic affection of the head, as if a plank were before the head; dizziness and tremor before breakfast; vertigo on going up-stairs ; vertigo on ascending a height, the roof for instance; heaviness and pressure in the forehead, which oblige him to close his eyes ; headache on account of reading and writing ; headache from reaching too high ; boring in the forehead, as if the head would burst; beating headache in the occiput; throbbing in the middle of the brain ; hammering headache after walking in the open air, which forces one to lie down ; headache and buzzing in the head, with heat in the cheeks ; icy coldness in the right side of the head ; evening, sweat of the heady falling off of the hair ; pressure in the eyes ; burning of the eye-lids, and soreness, as if they were excoriated ; burning and cutting in the eyes, while read- ing by candle-light; cutting in the eye-lids ; stitches in the eyes; itching of the eyes ; agglutination of the eyes ; suppuration of the fis- tula-lachrymalis ; lachrymation, in the open air, or early in the morning; slight twitches in the upper and lower eye-lid ; closing of the eye-lids every morning; obscuration of sight when reading; ob- scuration of the eyes after eating; dim-sightedness before the eyes, as if there were feathers before the eyes ; dim-sightedness, as through a gauze ; mist before the eyes when straining the eyes in looking or reading; long-sightedness, one cannot see without convex glasses; the eyes are bliuded by bright light; stitches in the ears ; discharge CALCAUEA CARBONICA. 427 of pus from the ears ; crackling in the ear when swallowing; throb- bing in the ears; tingling in the ears; buzzing before the ears; whizzing of the ears, with hard hearing; thundering in the ear; her hearing is often impeded; hard hearing ; sore nose ; obstruction of the nose bj yellow, stinking pus ; bleeding at the nose ; bad smell and fetor from the nose; smell of manure before the nose; pain of the face; itching and eruption in the face; summer freckles upon the cheeks ; itching, and itching pimples, where the whiskers are ; erup- tions about the mouth ; pain of the glands of the lower jaw ; tooth- ache after every cold drink; drawing toothache, with stitches, day and night, renewed by cold and by warmth ; toothache like grind- ing and soreness ; difficult dentition; painful sensitiveness of the gums; stitches in the gums ; swelling of the gums ; bleeding of the gums; dryness of the tongue, at night, or early on waking up ; aphthae under the tongue ; accumulation of pituita in the mouth ; hawking up of phlegm; constriction of the throat; bitter taste in the mouth, early in the morning; want of appetite ; want of appe- tite, with constant thirst; repugnance to the usual tobacco ; disincli- nation to warm food ; chronic aversion to meat; hunger immediately or shortly after a meal; ravenous hunger, early in the morning; she cannot eat sufficiently, it will not go down ; heat after eating; eruc- tations after eating; bitter eructations ; water-brash; weakness of digestion of the stomach ; pressure at the stomach before breakfast and after a meal; nightly pressure at the pit of the stomach ; stitch- ing pressure at the stomach after a meal; spasm of the stomach; pinching and cutting at the pit of the stomach; simultaneously with pressure at the stomach, pressure from within outward under the last rib ; one cannot bear tightness of clothing at the pit of the sto- mach ; swelling at the pit of the stomach, with pressive pain; the pit of the stomach is painful to the touch ; tension across both hypo- chondria. Pressive and lancinating colic, without diarrhoea; pres- sive and pinching colic, without diarrhoea; colic in the epigastrium; in the afternoon, cutting and griping in the abdomen, with vomiting of the food taken for dinner; coldness in the abdomen; inflation and hardness of the abdomen ; incarcarated flatulence; flatulence pressing towards the abdominal ring, as if hernia would take place; constipation; costiveness ; stools scanty and hard; two evacuations a day ; frequent or constant looseness of the bowels ; involuntary dis- charge of loose stool, intermixed with gas ; protrusion of the varices of the rectum, with burning pain, during stool; physical depression after an evacuation, accompanied by a sensation as of being bruised, through the whole body ; itching of the anus ; ascarides in the reo 428 CALCAB.EA CAItBONICA. turn ; burning in the urethra ; too frequent micturition ; haemorrhage from the urethra; haematuria; libidinous, lewd thoughts; want of sexual desire ; slight sexual powers ; want of pollutions ; too short erections during an embrace ; stinging and burning in the generative organs of the male, during the emission of semen, in an embrace Pressive pain in the vagina; pressure upon the prolapsed womb, stitches in the os-tincae ; itching of the pudendum and the anus; varices of the labia-pudendi; after-pains or milk-fever, after confine- ment ; haemorrhage from the uterus ; (suppressed catamenia ;) cata- jnenia too early and too copious; cutting in the abdomen, with grip- ing in the small of the back, during the catamenia ; leucorrhcea, before the catamenia ; leucorrhcea, like milk, flowing at intervals ; burning and itching leucorrhcea ; itching of the pudendum, while leucorrhoea is flowing. Frequent sneezing; troublesome dryness of the nose; constant coryza ; delaying coryza ; dry cold in the head; dry cold in the head, in the morning; obstruction of the nose; ulceration of the larynx ; hoarseness ; excessive accumulation of pus in the chest cough in the bed, in the evening; night-cough, during sleep; cough early in the morning ; dry cough ; yellow, stinking expectoration; pressure at the stomach during cough; interception of breath when stooping; pressure at the chest; stitches in the side of the chest during motion ; stitches in the left side, when stooping to that side; burning at the chest; prickKng in the pectoral muscles; palpitation of the heart, also at night; pain in the small of the back; pain as from a sprain, in the back ; stiffness and rigidity of the nape of the neck; swellings of the cervical glands; goitre; pressive pain in the right upper arm ; nightly drawing and lacerating in the arms ; sud- den faintness of the arms, like paralysis ; numbness (the German ex- pression is, extinction, or dying otf) of the hand when clutching something ; swelling of the hands ; swent of the hands: arthritic no- dosities of the carpal joints, and those of the fingers ; prickling of the fingers, as if they went to sleep; numbness of the fingers, and dying off of the same, even during warm weather; want of mobility of the fingers ; the fingers are frequently paralyzed ; heaviness of the legs; stiffness of the legs; cramp in the legs; when sitting, the legs go to sleep ; ulcers of the legs; stitches in the thigh when setting the foot down; varices of the thighs ; stitches in the knee, when standing or sitting; stitches and lacerating in the knee ; drawing pain in the knee, when sitting or walking; swelling of the knee ; red spots on the legs ; burning of the soles ; swelling of the soles ; coldness of the feet, in the evening; sweaty feet; d«ying off of the feet, in the even- ing ; sensitiveness of the big toes ; corns ; pain in the corns ; the ex* CALCAREA CARBONICA. 429 tremities go to sleep; cramp of the arms and legs; pain as from bruises, in the upper arms, and in the middle of the thighs when going up-stairs ; lacerating in the limbs, arms, and legs ; by reaching too high, the parts are easily strained ; in consequence of this reach- ing the nape of the neck becomes enlarged and rigid, with headache ; straining easily results from reaching too high, with consequent sore throat. Great increase of fat in young men ; physical depression consequent upon talking; want of strength, faintishness; faintishness early in the morning; great exhaustion after every little walk; at- tacks of epilepsy in the night, during full moon, with cries. Great fatigue consequent upon moderate walking in the open air; great sweat consequent upon moderate exercise; great sensitiveness to cold ; one easily catches cold. Dryness of the skin of the body ; rough skin of the body, as if covered with miliary eruptions ; bran- like covering of the skin. Boils ; warts ; drowsiness by day ; drow- siness in the early part of the evening; frequent waking up at night; sleeplessness; tossing about in the bed, at night. Night thirst; pressure at the pit of the stomach at night, and a rising from the pit towards the larynx and the head. Nightly pains in the back and the arms ; nightly asthma ; nightly palpitation of the heart; heat and anguish at night; horrid images of the fancy before falling asleep; in the evening when in bed; anxious dreams; raving at night; night-sweat. Chilliness early in the morning, and after rising ; frequent flushes of heat, with palpitation and anxiety of the heart; evening-fever for three days, first heat in the face, then chilliness. “ Calcarea acts a long while. Calcarea generally acts well after Nitric-acid, when the action of this drug, although apparently homceo- pathically indicated, had been rather unfavorable ; on the other hand, Nitric-acid relieves the unpleasant symptoms of the homceopathi- cally chosen Calcarea, and imparts to its action a beneficent charac- ter. Nausea, consequent upon the use of Calcarea, is specifically counteracted by smelling of the Spirits of Nitre, which act even better in this case than Camphor. Other disagreeable symptoms of Calcarea are relieved by smelling of Nux-vomica. Calcarea is frequently useful after Sulphur, especially when the pupils are prone to become dilated. “Calcarea generally is indispensable and curative when the cata- menia appear a few days before the period, especially when the flow of blood is considerable. But, if the catamenia appear at the regular period, or a little later, Calcarea almost never is useful, even if the catamenia should be rather profuse. “In affections of persons advanced in age, Calcarea, even after other 430 CALCAREA CARBONICA. intermediate remedies, can scarcely be repeated with advantage; a dose which is given after another, without any previous intermediate remedy, is almost always prejudicial; in cases of children, howevei, several doses may be given in succession, provided the remedy con- tinues to be indicated ; the younger the children, the more frequently may the remedy be repeated.” Noack and Trunks.—“According to Koch, Calcarea acts especi- ally upon the mucous membranes, on the fibrous and osseous system, on the nervous system, on the serous tissues, on the venous and also the lymphatic system of the abdomen, and upon the shin. Calcarea is especially suitable to the venoso-hcemorrhoidal, plethoric, or the lymphatic, slow and heavy, or to the scrof ulous, rickety constitution especially when there is a predominant disposition to fluent coryza, cold, and diarrhoea ; or it is particularly adapted to frail individuals, being poorly fed, or also to such as had, in their young years, a marked disposition for growing fat and stout. In general, Calcarea is espe- cially useful to the young organism ; it corresponds, more than any other remedy, to diseases of the reproductive system, which are the basis of all the diseases inherent in the first age of man ; it may therefore be used, with especial benefit, in all scrofulous diseases, or in the diseases of new-born children, such as ophthalmia, muscular and nervous weakness, acidity of the stomach. Calcarea is likewise suit- able for the diseases of females, especially when the menses are too abun- donit and frequent; according to Hahnemann, Calcarea is indispen sable when the menses appear too soon and are too profuse, whereas Calcarea is almost always prejudicial when the menses appear at or after the proper time; according to Lobethal, Calcarea is, in the former case, a beneficial remedy, which speedily and thoroughly cures affections resulting from menstrual irregularities, such as muscular weakness, excessive irritability of the nervous system, leucorrhoea. Calcarea is suitable for fancied diseases, for hysteria, hijpochondria, melancholia, uneasiness, anguish, despondency, whining mood, pee- vishness, angriness, renouncing all hope of recovery, nervous weak- ness resulting from onanism, muscular weakness, difficulty of chil- dren of learning to walk. Diseases of drunkards, delirium tremens affections resulting from catching cold in cold water, bad effects of Quinine. ’ ’—E d . GENERAL SYMPTOMS.1—A feeling of painful tension over the whole body. Slight twitchings of the muscles and in the joints. Drawing pressure in the joints. Painless drawing in the limbs, in 1 Those symptoms which are included in parenthesis belong to Calc.-acet. CALCAREA CARBONICA. 431 the afternoon. Lacerating in the limbs. Lacerating in arms anl legs, but always only in a small place. Burning in the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. Stitches in the upper arms, under the arms, in the back, and lower extremities. ♦Hands and feet go to sleep. Pain, as from bruises, with lameness, in the medullary bones, the joints of the lower extremities, and the small of the back; during motion, even when sitting or standing, the small of the back aches as if bruised, and the muscles of the legs are painful to the touch. ♦Liability to strain a part by lifting; pain in the small of the back immediately after raising heavy loads. ♦Seething of the circulatory system. ♦Con- gestion of blood to the head and the chest, after painful stiffness of the spinal column. Congestion of blood to the head, with discharge of blood from the rectum. Uneasy motions in the whole body. ♦Anxious trembling, with languor. Continual trembling of the whole body, which became worse on going out into the open air. Great heaviness of the body. Sick feeling in the whole body, dreads the open air. Uncomfortable feeling in the evening, as before an attack of the ague. *Great physical depression, hands and feet are often cold, with paleness of the face, and frequent palpitation of the heart; all these symptoms disappeared by taking exercise. Attack of ge- neral exhaustion, with dullness .of the head, vertigo, pain in the small of the back, and chilliness of the whole body. Attack of bunting, with large drops of sweat in the face. ♦Exhaustion and weariness of the limbs, especially the knees, °extending to the small of the back, particularly during motion and when going up-stairs. Weak- ness in the thighs and groins, when walking. *He is easily tired by bodily exertions. ♦During a walk, he feels great weakness, especially in the lower extremities, with sweat and languor. *She was com- pletely exhausted by going up-stairs. * Talking makes her weak. ♦Weakness in the daytime, so that she could hardly bear the anguish with which she was oppressed, the fresh open air refreshed and strengthened her. °Weakness from loss of animal fluids and onan- ism.—°Difficult walking of children.—°Atrophy, with tympanitis and glandular swelling of scrofulous subjects.—°Emaciation, with good appetite.—°Excessive obesity of young men.—°Chorea ; °hys- teric spasms. ? *For ten days she was attacked with excessive weakness, so that she was neither able to move about, nor do any- thing, with violent attacks of convulsive laughter. Attack of epi- lepsy. *Great sensitiveness to cold air; in the evening the feet feel dead. *Great liability to cold. Symptoms of cold : stiffness of the nape of the neck and the muscles of the neck, stinging in the throat and head, above the eyes, and cough. Every walk in the open air 432 calcarea cailbonica. makes her sad, and she weeps. Symptoms when walking in the open air : headache in the vertex, which continues until he goes to bed; visible inflation of the abdomen ; palpitation of the heart, and pain in the chest; sense as of drawing through the whole body, extending into the head, and obliging one to sit down. Boring pain, externally, in the left side of the forehead, after walking in the open air. In- disposed, hoarse after a walk, with dyspnoea. Skin.—The whole, skin, especially that of the feet, is painful when touched. Dizziness in the head. Itching of the whole body. In the evening, when in bed, violent itching. Itching of a dry, hot skin, as if it were covered with salt and ashes. Burning in the skin, with itching. Prickings in the skin. °Bough skin, as if covered with rash. Nettle-rash, which goes off in cool air. Itching, vesicular eruption over the whole body, especially the hips. *Erup- tion of large, elevated patches of the size of a small pea, and even larger, mostly on the cheeks and elbows, with great heat and thirst and little appetite. Scurfy places on the thigh, with burning during the night. *IIerpes speedily reappears. #Unwholesome readily-ulcerated skin ; even small wounds suppurate, and do not heal. number of small warts make their appearance here and there. Warts become inflamed. °Ulcers, particularly fistulous, with redness, swelling, and hardness of the surrounding parts; °carious ulcers. °Steatoma, reappearing and suppurating every four weeks.—#Bkagades, particularly of people who work in water.— °Polypus. Sleep.—Early on waking he finds it difficult to rouse himself. *Drowsiness in the daytime and weariness.—* Tired and sleepy the whole day.—Sleepy and languid during the day, with chilliness and headache.—#Sleepiness early in the evening. In the evening, weari- ness in all the limbs, with drowsiness and chilliness. *Frequently he falls asleep late in the evening. *TIe tosses about in his bed al- most the whole night. *lle finds it difficult to fall asleep, on account of many thoughts involuntarily thronging his mind. * Uneasy waking in bed in the evening, the fancy being full of horrid images. Illusions of the fancy when falling asleep. of the heart, and anguish before falling asleep, in the evening when in bed. Symp- toms at night: *full of anguish and raving, she starts in a dream as in affright, she apprehends she will become crazy, after which she experiences chills for a few minutes, which are followed by a sensa- tion as if the body were dashed to pieces ; *horrid things crowd upon her, she is unable to keep them off; orgasm with uneasy sleep, espe- cially during the catamenia; palpitation of the heart with uneasy CALCAREA CARBONICA. 433 sleep. Internal heat, especially in the feet and hands, with dry tongue in the morning, without thirst, and external heat in the head. Vio- lent vertigo, with sense as of wavelets of light dancing before tho eyes. Stupefaction of the head, which wakes him, and increases even unto fainting, followed by tremor of the limbs and continual languor, which prevent falling asleep again. Lacerating pain in the gums, and sense as of the teeth being loose when biting upon them; boring and drawing pain in most of the molar teeth ; nightly tooth- ache, or rather congestion of blood to the teeth, coming on immedi- ately after going to bed. °Pressure in the pit of the stomach, and rising to the throat and head; a good deal of colic without diarrhoea; at night, lassitude in the knees ; burning in the soles of the feet; drawing pain in the feet.—Snoring groans the whole night, in a stupor-like slumber, with constant tossing about. Palpitation of the heart, in the siesta, when sitting, which wakes him. Talking when asleep. Screaming in the night, and uneasy sleep. Dullness of the head, early on waking, with tremor through the whole body, and con- gestion of blood to the head. Seething of the blood on waking early in the morning, after an uneasy sleep. Vivid, confused dreams. Anxious and frightful dreams. * Frightful dreams the whole night. frightful dreams. Feveu.—Great 'internal chilliness.—Constant chilliness with much thirst. Internal chilliness, with uneasiness and tremulous anguish. —(Frequent chilliness, with yellow color of the skin.) Chilliness in the evening.—(Ln the evening, when lying down, external heat with internal chilliness.)—Heat in the chest and head, the remainder of the body feeling chilly.—(Glowing heat and redness of the face, with hot forehead, cold hands, and violent thirst, for several hours.)— °Heat in the face, followed by chilliness, every third day. A good deal of sweat in the daytime, when walking, and at night, when in bed.—(Exhausting sweat, day and night.)—Violent sweat in the day, the air being cold, or *during the slightest exercise. Night-sweat, mostly before midnight, with cold legs. sweat on the back, intermittent fever, particularly after abuse of China or Quinine; hectic fever.—Fever, in the forenoon : alternate chills and heat. Feverish heat and burning thirst, alternating with chilliness. Even- ing fever : external chilliness, with internal heat and violent thirst; he feels chilly even in bed, and sweats at the same time, at last violent sweats break out. In the forenoon : headache, with sudden failing of strength, by great heat in the forehead and hands, great desire for acidulated drinks, after lying down the hands became icy cold, with quick pulse. Fever, from morning until nooi 434 OALCAREA CARKONlCA. •or afternoon, commencing with lacerating in the joints and heaviness of the head, then languor, which scarcely permitted her to raise her- self up in bed, with heaviness, stretching of the limbs, heat, and con- stant sensation as if sweat would break out, accompanied by trem- bling and uneasiness in all the limbs. Moral Symptoms.—*Low spirited and melancholy, -also with anxiety; °want of cheerfulness, with heaviness of the limbs; -sad mood, with voluptuous tremor of the body; * great desire to weep, also in an infant. about every trifle, accompanied by a weeping mood. Anxiety of mind. Great anguish and palpitation of the heart. #Sweat, as from anguish, with nausea. ° Anxiety in the evening, at twilight, with horror and shuddering; °anxiety, which can be excited by a thought or by listening to the narration of cruelties. * Uneasiness of mind, with gloom and anxiety. Seeth- ing of the blood, and uneasiness. * Apprehension, as if some misfor- tune were about to hajipen. The mind is full of dread and anxiety of the future, with fear of consumption. She fears she will lose her understanding, or that people will observe her confusion of mind. Hypochondriasis. *Despairing mood, with fear of disease and misery, with foreboding of sad events. #She despairs of her life, and imagines that she is obliged (o die. attacks of irri- tability and anguish. #Noise affects one a good deal. Impatient, desperate. Unnaturally indifferent, unsociable, taciturn. Peevish- ness and obstinacy. °Very peevish and disinclined to talk. As soon as he sits idle and quiet he becomes peevish and sleepy, and everything is disagreeable to him. *'Vexed, peevish, sullen, and ex- tremely indifferent towards the most important things. sulkiness and peevish mood. Repulsive disposition. is disagreeable to her. Ill-humor. Disinclined to every kind of work,. The first part of the day anxious, the latter part cheerf ul. Sensorium.—Very forgetful. °Chronic dullness of mind, with iifficulty to think, and sensation as if a board were pressing against his head.—°Mania a potu, with delirious talk about fire, murder, rats, and mice.—Giddiness and loss of senses, as if turning in a circle.—■ Loss of the senses. Sense of confusion and tremor in the head. Sense of dullness and giddiness in the head, every morning on rising. Painful dullness of the head, she cannot understand that which she has been reading, nor comprehend that which is spoken. The head feels constantly as if it were too full. of the head, early after rising, -with nausea and roaring in the ear, and a sensation as if he would fall down senseless, -or with tremor. °Giddiness from scratching behind the ears. Stupefaction of the head, like vertigo, CALCAREA CARBONICA 435 the whole afternoon. and staggering in the evening, *when walking in the open air. Vertigo as if the body did not stand firmly.. —Quickly-passing vertigo, mostly when sitting, less when standing, and still less when walking, °when going up-stairs. Violent vertigo when stooping, then nausea and headache, or standing. Vertigo when walking in the open air, after walking, and when standing. Head.—°Tht head is affected by mental labor. Headache, also with giddiness, *every morning on waking. Headache over the nose, in the forehead. Frequent semi-lateral headache, with empty risings. Headache, *with nausea. Violent dull headache, first in the fore part, then in the back part of the head, for some days, stupefying pressure on the top of the head, as after quickly turning in a circle. Stupefying pain in the forehead, as in vertigo, both when at rest and in motion.—Stupefying oppressive headache, in the forehead, with cloudiness of the whole head, and inability to recollect anything when reading. Painful feeling of fullness in the forehead, with beating in the temples. Heaviness in the forehead, by reading and writing.—Great heaviness of the head, with violent jerks in both temples, and pain of the whole head when stooping, which goes off again when the head is raised. Pressure in the head.—In- tense aching pain in the whole head, especially in both temples. in the forehead.—Aching in the forehead, especially over the left eye-brow, when walking in the open air.—Pressure in the forehead, from within outward, resembling vertigo, relieved by press- ing upon the parts with the cold hand, and going off when walking in the open air. Pain in the left temporal region and the whole left side of the head, pressing from within outwards.—Sensation in the occiput as if pressed asunder. Violent, almost lancinating pain in the region of the vertex, pressing from within outward, when stoop- ing. Painful pressing from within outward, in the whole head, with sensation as if the brain were pressed together. Tensive sharp pain in the forehead. Tension across the top of the head. The head aches, it feels tight. *Cramp-like pain, from the forehead to the vertex (after a cold). Cramp-like pain in the temples. *Drawing pain, °in the sinciput, with coldness of the forehead, and nausea ; -in the whole of the right side of the head, in the malar bone and the jaw. Headache arising from the nape of the neck. Drawing pain in the head.—Drawing, sometimes also lacerating headache, at times in the forehead, at times in the occiput, sometimes in the temples, di- minishing when pressing upon the parts, and disappearing when exerting the thinking faculty. Lacerating pain, the whole day, in the temples, the bones of the orbit, and the cheek. Gnawing or 436 CALC AREA CAKBONICA. cutting in the occiput. Stitches in the head. Stitching pains in the brain, with sense of emptiness in the head. Single stitches through the head, with great chilliness. Lancinations through the eyes. Frequent stitches in the temples. °Boring in the forehead, as if the head would burst.—Jerkings in the head, for moments. * Throbbing headache, in the middle of the brain, every morning, and continuing the whole day. Throbbing pain in the forehead. Stitch-like throb- bing in the head when walking fast. °Throbbing, aggravated by mental exertions and spirituous drinks. °Hammering, particularly in the occiput, or after a walk in the open air. *Rush of blood to the head, with heat of the face, °and buzzing in the head. #Heat in the head, and considerable seething of the blood. *IIeat in the left part of the head. Heat all over the head, in the evening. *Icy coldness, in and about the head. Scalp.—Itching of the hairy scalp. behind the ear, with dizziness in the head after scratching. Burning itching of the hairy scalp. on the hairy scalp, *with glandular swellings at the neck. Pimples on the forehead. tumor on the right side of the head, °suppurating. °Soft, sore tumor behind the ear. ♦Thin, moist porrigo on the hairy scalp. *The hair of the head comes out when combing it, particularly in lying-in women. °Sweat about the head, in the evening. °Enlargement of the head of infants, with open fontanelles. Eyes.—Pain in the eyes, as if they were pressed in. *Pressure in the eyes in the evening. Pressure as from sand. Pressure and burning in the eyes, with lachrymation. Tension in the muscles of the eyes, when turning the eyes, or exerting them while reading. Twitching and slight beating in the eye. *Stitches in the eye and head (during the menses).—°Cutting in the lids ; °in the eyes, with burning of the eyes when reading by candle-light. Itching in the margin of the eye-lids. *Itching in the eyes, in the evening.— ♦Violent itching of the eyes. Itching in the canthi. ♦Pain, as from excoriation, in the lower eye-lid. ♦Feeling of heat in the eyes, with heaviness in the upper lids. ♦Burning in the eyes, when he closes the lids. Itching burning of the eyes, head, and neck. Redness of the margins of the eye-lids. (♦Violent inflammation of the eyes, the whites of the eyes are quite red.) °Ophthalmia of new-born infants; ? of scrofulous persons ; °of arthritic persons ; ? from foreign bodies having got into the ball of the eye. ♦Swelling and redness of the eye-lids; they become agglutinated every night; in the daytime the eyes are full of gum, with a feeling of heat and soreness, as from excoriation, and there is lachrymation. Lachrymation, when writing. CALCAREA CARBONICA. 437 Lachrymation, and fatigue and weakness of the eye. The eyes look watery, and their lids are agglutinated early in the morning °Fistula-lachrymalis. °Specks, ulcers, and obscuration of the cornea; °fungus-haematodes in the eye. ? * Slight twitching in the upper eye-lids, with a sensation as if the eye were moving spontaneously. Dilatation of the pupils. *A darkness or sense of blackness some- times shoots across her eyes. of the eyes, after having caught a cold in the head ; with a desire to close the eyes, without being sleepy. as of feathers before the eyes. as of a gauze before the eyes, in both the inner canthi. Flashes of light before the eyes. * Far-sightedness; she is obliged to wear convex glasses when reading. * Long-sightedness. Black spots before the eyes. Dancing wavelets of light, and fiery sparks before the eyes, early in the morning, on waking. Light dazzles her eyes. Ears.—Pain in the ears, as if something would press out. Pres- sure in the ears. Cramp-like pain in the ears. Drawing, dull pain in the ears. * Stitches in the ear, and the temple, going off during rest, and when the eyes are closed. *Pulsations in the ears. Burn- ing itching in both ears. Heat in the interior of the ears, like hot blood. Burning pain around the ear. Swelling of the internal ear and right side of the face, with frequent secretion of wax. #Moist eruption behind the right ear, tumor before the left ear, painful like a boil when touched. in the right ear as if something had become lodged before the tympanum, without, however, diminish- ing the hearing. #Hard hearing, for a long time. Sensitiveness in the brain, when hearing a shrill sound. #Tingling before the ears. *Singing in the ears, and afterwards *snapping, as of a spark from the electric machine. buzzing, as of mosquitoes, and cracking, as in breaking dry straw, in the left ear. Buzzing roar- ing in the ear. *Ringing in the left ear and in the head. *Buz- zing in the left ear. humming in the ears, with hard hearing, early in the morning. Cracking in the ear, when chewing. °Thundering. °Parotitis.—°Polypus in the ear.—°Purulent discharge from the ears. Nose.—(Twitches of the external muscles of the nose.) (Gnawing pain about the root of the nose.) Itching of the nose. Soreness of the margin of the nostrils. Stinging pain in the nostrils. *Sore- ness of the right nostril. redness, and swelling of the anterior part of the nose. Eruption on the nose. pimple in the left nostril, with itching and stinging pain. #Pimple in the nostril, painful only when the muscles of the face and nose are moved. *Sore, ulcerated nostrils; preceded by frequent 438 CALCAREA CARBONICA. Bneezing. Bleeding at the nose. Violent bleeding at the nose, as in venesection, almost to fainting. *Very bad smell in the nose. *Smell before the nose, as of rotten eggs, or gunpowder, °or of ma- nure.—°Scrofulous swelling of the nose.—°Polypus in the nose.—> (Frequent sneezing, without coryza.) * Dryness of the nose, at night; moist during the day. #Stoppage of the nose, °also by yellow fetid pus. Violent dry coryza, with headache. °Tardy discharge from the nose, in catarrh. Coryza, heaviness in all his limbs. Violent fluent coryza. Violent coryza, with headache and dyspnoea. Face.—Pale, thin face, with deep dark-bordered eyes. °Wrinkled face, as of old people. * Yellowness of the face. Bloated redness and heat of the face. °Circumscribed redness of the cheeks. Ery- sipelas of the (enlarged) cheek. Pain in the face, succeeded by swelling of the cheeks, which caused the pain to go off. Dull aching pain in the cheek. Twitchings in the muscles of the face. Lacerat- ing in the bones of the face and head. (Pulsating throbbing in both cheek-bones.) * Violent itching in the whole face. °Freckles.—Burn- ing in the whole face. Feeling as of swelling in the face, especially below the eye and around the nose, without any visible swelling. Painless swelling of the cheeks, early, when rising. of small painless pimples, in the whole face, °and whiskers also. (*Pim- ple in the centre of the cheek, 'which became moist when scratched, and left a greenish crust behind.—Ulcer on the cheek, with a sting- ing pain.)—°Humid scurf on the cheeks and forehead, with burning pain ; °crusta-lactea.—(The lips and mouth are spasmodically con- tracted, she is not able to open it. *Chapped lips, with fissures in the tongue, and pain as if excoriated. *Sivelling oj the upper lip, early in the morning. on the upper lip. Eruptions of pimples around the mouth, and in the corners of the mouth. *Scurfy pimple on the margin of the Vermillion border of the lenver lip.—Ul* cerated angles of the mouth. Hard swelling of a submaxillary gland, with painful tension when chewing, and stinging pain when touching it. of a submaxillary gland, with a sense of pressure in it Jaws and Teeth.—Toothache, only when eating. Toothache, *caused by hot or cold things. Pain in all the teeth, little fine prickings, made worse *by cold air penetrating into the teeth. *The teeth cannot bear the contact of air or cold. in the teeth, returning at intervals. Lacerating in the teeth, as if the roots would be torn out. Gnawing toothache, worst in the evening. Bor- ing toothache, with stitches towards the nasal bone, day and night, and with swelling of the gums and cheek. stitches in a tooth. (Throbbing toothache, with pain when touched, and swelling CALCAREA CARBONICA. 439 of the gums, which is also painful to the touch.) The teeth are pain, ful when biting upon them. The teeth feel elongated. Bad smell from the teeth. #The gums itch.—(*Fine stinging in the gums of the whole upper jaw.) Soreness of the gums, with pain of the roots of the teeth. of the gums, even of a hollow tooth. Pain- ful swelling of the gums, without toothache, also accompanied by swelling of the cheeks, which is painful to the touch. Pustules on the gums, over one of the molar teeth. *like a fistula-dentalis (after a cold. ?) Ulcers on the gums. *Bleeding of the gums, also at night.—°Difficult dentition.—°Toothache of pregnant females, also during and after the menses. Mouth.—Knotty swelling of the right cheek, in the mouth, with drawing and lacerating pain, every evening.—Blisters in the mouth, which form ulcers. The tongue is painful on the border and upon its lower surface, especially when chewing, swallowing, and spitting °Ranula. Violent burning of the tongue and mouth.—Thick white coating of the tongue, with sensation as if it were without any skin, and sore. Swelling of one side of the tongue, which makes degluti- tion difficult. Little blisters on the tongue, with burning pain and heat in the mouth.—Difficulty of speech. Pharynx and (Esophagus.—Sore throat, with swelling of the sub- maxillary glands. *Sore throat, like an internal swelling extending into the ears. Sore throat, as from a plug in the throat, when swal- lowing.—0 Astringent sensation in the throat. Spasmodic constriction of the oesophagus. Stitches in the throat during deglutit ion. Rough- ness and burning in the throat, with sensation as if the whole of the oesophagus, as far as the orifice of the stomach, were raw and sore. *Swelling of the tonsils, with elongation of the uvula, and sense of constriction of the oesophagus when swallowing, also a feeling of sore- ness with stitches. *Swelling and inflammation of the palate ; *the uvula is dark-red and covered with little blisters. and dark redness of the uvula. *Great dryness of the mouth and tongue, with a sense of roughness and stinging. Dryness and bitterness in the throat, the whole day, mostly early in the morning. *Hawking of phlegm, early in the morning. Taste and Appetite.—Flat, watery taste in the mouth. Bad taste in the mouth, early in the morning, as from a deranged stomach. *Impure, bitter taste in the mouth. taste in the mouth, two hours after rising. Metallic taste. Sour taste in the mouth. *Great thirst in the afternoon. Great thirst and brown urine. (Violent thirst, with desire for cold drinks, especially water.) Loss of appetite, with acridity in the stomach. Constant fullness. * Aversion to any 440 CALCAREA CAREONiCA. thing boiled. °Chronic aversion to meat; °aversion to smoking, *Ravenous appetite, the stomach being weak. Great inclination to salt food.—°Hunger, immediately or shortly after dinner. Gastric Symptoms.—(*Water-brash, from taking milk.) Every time she eats she experiences a burning sensation ascending along the throat. Regurgitation of food. eructations after eat ing. of the stomach and abdomen, after eating or drinking. Colic after supper. At dinner, pinching in the belly, ex* tending from the navel. (After dinner, the drawing and aching around the temples are constantly increased; the headache often commences during the dinner, with great sensitiveness of the teeth during mastication, as if they were loose and bent over.) Rush ol blood to the head, two hours after dinner, with heat of the face Violent beating of the heart after dinner. Languor and feeling of weakness after dinner. Unconquerable sleep after dinner ; afterwards chills and coughs, induced by tickling in the throat. Violent incli- nation to sleep after supper. Cold feet after dinner. #Frequent eructa- tions tasting of the ingesta. eructations. tasting of bile, in the afternoon. *Sour eructations early in the morning. Sourness of the stomach, rising up to the throat, a kind of heartburn the whole day. Rancid eructations, heartburn, with sense as of scraping (rawness). Burning rising after every kind of food. Eructations with hiccough. Hiccough. Nausea, early in the morn- ing, with diminished appetite. Nausea, with anguish ; nausea, with fainting turn. Nausea, in the forenoon, and inclination to vomit. "Water-brash with colic. Nausea, with vomiting of the ingesta, ac- companied by faintishness, swoons, and loss of consciousness. Vomit- ing early in the morning, succeeded by nausea the whole day, with grinding pain in the abdomen. Vomiting of sour water at night. °Sour vomiting, particularly in children. Vomiting of blood, of bit- ter mucus, with griping and cutting in the abdomen. Stomach.—(The region of the stomach is painful to the touch.) Sudden distensive pain in the stomach? Fullness of the stomach. *Pressure at the stomach the whole day. Sense as of a weight being firmly lodged in the stomach. Painful pressure at the stomach, like a spasm. Pressure at the stomach, with griping lacerating when walking p°with pressing out under the last rib ; °pressure with sticking after a meal ; °nightly pressure in the pit of the stomach. *Spasm of the stomach, with nausea, eructations, and yawning °after eating, with vomiting of food and oppression. spasms of the stomach, in the afternoon, until sweat broke out all over the body. Contractive pain in the stomach. Griping in the pit of CALCAREA CARBONIC A. 441 the stomach, °or cutting and pinching. Soreness in the stomach. Burning at the stomach.—(Anguish in the pit of the stomach.) HYPocHONDRiA.-~(*Tension in the hypochondria.) Sense as of constriction below the hypochondria, with trembling and throbbing in the region of the stomach. Tensive and crampy pain in the re- gion of the hypochondria, and in the pit of the stomach. (Griping in the hypochondriac region, below the pit of the stomach, accompanied by chilliness over the whole body.) *She cannot bear tight clothes around the hypochondria. Tension and pressure in the region of the liver, as if the parts were very much enlarged, even unto bursting. Aching pain in the liver, especially at night, when the hardness is more perceptible. Pressure in the region of the liver, at every step when walking. pain in the posterior part of the region of the liver, towards the back, like lacerating. Drawing pain, extend- ing from the right hypochondrium to the symphysis-pubis, °also with obscuration of sight, and vertigo. Darting pain in the region of the liver. Stitches in the liver, during or after stooping. (Lancinations in the right side, below the ribs.) Pain as of rawness in the liver. Abdomen.—Excessive pain in the middle of the belly. Pain in the belly over the hips, when walking and breathing. Pain in the hvpogastrium, after having walked a few steps, with sense of heat through the whole body. *Pressure in the abdomen, from the pit of the stomach downwards. Aching pain in the belly, below the navel, early after rising, as if pressure were made upon the abdomen, with constipation. Violent pressure in the abdomen, and hard stool. Aching pain in the abdomen, with nausea. in the abdo- men, with stitches in the pit of the stomach downwards; also with dullness of the head. Considerable distention of the abdomen, with colic, frequently during the day. Contractive pains in the abdomen, tuwards the small of the back, *Gnawing-griping in the abdomen and in the stomach, coming from the chest, °also with cutting and vomiting of food. *Frequent severe spasms in the intestinal canal, especially in the evening and at night, with coldness of the thighs. Spasmodic turning and twisting around the navel. Sense as of a sudden griping-lacerating in the hypogastrium, in the direction of the uterus, for several days, with discharge of bloody mucus wTith the stool. Twisting in the bowels. cutting pain in the abdo- men. Pinching, deep in the hypogastrium, in the region of the blad- der, with pain at every step, as if the internal parts were drawn down by a weight.—Violent cutting in the abdomen, early in the morning, on waking, Shooting stitches in the abdomen, especially when breathing. Drauring in the abdomen, with uneasiness, early on 442 CALCAREA CARBONICA. waking. Soreness in the abdomen, with painful tension when keep ing the body erect, or when bending it backwards. Burning in the abdomen, frequently. °Feeling of coldness in the abdomen.— largement a?id hardness of the abdomen, particularly in children, with swelling of the mesenteric glands. Heaviness and drawing pain in the groin. Sense as of swelling in the inguinal glands. Glandular swell- ings in both groins. Constant gurgling in the abdomen.—Fermen- tation in the abdomen. incarceration of flatulence, with rumbling in the abdomen. Incarceration of flatulence, with pain in the small of the back. Incarceration of flatulence, with great vertigo. Stool and Anus.—* Constipation, the first days ; increasing from day to day. No stool, with constant urging, accom- panied by gloominess in the head. *Hard, undigested stool, and hot every day. Hard, black stool. Hard, burning stool, with slime. Constant urging, with difficult and scanty stool. Urging, as if diar- rhoea would ensue, nevertheless the stools are natural. the first eight days. #Diarrhoea, particularly of children, having a sour smell, or yellowish and fetid ; °of scrofulous individuals ; °of phthisicky persons ; °during dentition ; °clay-like evacuations, scanty and knotty, or watery and papescent; #frochy, involuntary. Undi- gested stool, rather loose. Undigested, hard, intermittent stool. The stools are white, streaked with blood, with great despondency, and pain of the liver, produced by breathing and contact. Stool, mixed with blood, scanty. Discharge of blood from the rectum. The varices of the rectum are distended, painful, and emit blood. *The distended varices of the rectum protrude, and make even the loose stool painful. of the rectum. in the rectum during stool. Tenesmus, followed by pressure upon the rec- tum, and dyspnoea. Dyspnoea, after stool. After stool: feeling of faintishness ; drawing cutting in and about, the rectum ; drawing and cutting in the lower part of the rectum, with a feeling of heat there; burning in the rectum, early in the morning; itching in the rectum. Violent 'pressure in the rectum. Spasm of the rectum, the whole forenoon, a pinching together, stinging, accompanied by great anguish, so that she wms not able to sit still, but had to walk about. Tensive shooting pain in the rectum, between the evacua- tions in the evening. Stinging pain in the rectum, as from excoria- tion. Burning in the rectum. in the lower rectum. *Prickling in the rectum, as of ascarides. * Violent itching of the lower rectum. Grape-like eruption around the anus, inflamed, burn- ing, painful.—°Troubles from suppression of the hsemorrhoidal flux. Urine.—Stitches in the female urethra. Cutting stitches in the calcarea careonica. 443 urethra, with unsuccessful desire to urinate.—° Polypus of the blad• der. Desire to urinate, especially when walking. Wetting the bed. *Frequent micturition at night. Nightly micturition, with burning in the orifice of the urethra. A good deal of mucus is passed with the urine, resembling leucorrhoea; this mucus is only seen when urinating. Frequent deposition of a white, flour-like powder in the urine. °Urine with bloody sediment; °bloody urine ; °haemorrhage from the urethra.—° Catarrh of the bladder.?—° Stone.? Fetid, dark-brown urine, with a white sediment. Fetid, pungent smell of the urine, which is very clear and pale. Acrid smell of the urine *Burning in the urethra during micturition. Male Genital Organs.—Violent stitches in the glans. Violent burning in the tip of the glans. Pain, as from contusion, in the tes tides. Cutting and smarting pain, as from excoriation, in the tes- ticles, commencing in the groins. Violent itching of the scrotum. Pain in the spermatic cord, as if contracted. The sexual desire is very much increased. sexual desire, originating in lewd fancy, with deficient erection and excessive weakness, and great irri- tation of the nerves after the embrace. Frequent nocturnal emissions. °The erections are too short; °stinging and burning in the parts. Female Genital Organs.—#Itching and stitches in the female parts. Burning soreness of the organs of generation. °Aching in the vagina; °pressing on the prolapsed uterus ; cstinging in the os- tincae. Discharge of blood between the menses, nine days before the period, for two days.—(#Haemorrhage from the uterus of an old woman, who had ceased menstruating for many years, in the last quarter of the moon.) *The menses appear too soon. The menses last eight days. *There was an excessive menstrual flow twice in succession, this occasioned the expulsion of a small foetus, with a sort of labor-pains, violent desire for stool, and cutting and bearing-down in the hypogastrium. dream at night; headache ; great depression and nervousness. During the menses : vertigo, rush of blood to the head, and heat in the head; painful pressure on the ver- tex. * Attack of toothache ; boring in the hollowr tooth, which becomes pulsating when stooping ; nausea and unsuccessful desire for stool; drawing and oppressive pains, with stitches in the abdomen and in other parts of the body, with uneasiness, even unto falling.—After the menses : toothache, drawing and lancinating, day and night, worse upon bending the head either left or right, or backwards. *Leucor- rhoea, like mucus ; like milk; milk-like leucorrhoea, which is mostly discharged during micturition, °or the discharges taking place at intervals; leucorrhoea with burning and itching in tbo pudendum — 444 CALCAREA CARBON1CA. °Vaiices of the pudendum.—°Sterilit.y ; ? ? °chlorosis. ?—°In preg- nant females, toothache.—In lying-in females : too long after-pains; °debility ; °falling off of the hair ; °milk fever ; of milk, or -galactorrhcea ; °soreness of the nipples.—In infants at the breast: °ophthalmia; °acidity; °muscular weakness.—In the mamma: pain as if eechymozed, and soreness of the nipples, particularly when touching them. Larynx and Trachea.—Roughness of the larynx, especially early in the morning, with pain when swallowing.—*Painless hoarseness, she is unable to speak, especially early in the morning, °chronio hoarseness. Titillating irritation in the trachea, which obliges one to cough. °Laryngeal phthisis ; °ulceration of the larynx ; °chronio catarrh of the trachea. Cough, with coryza. Cough, excited by a sensation as of a plug being lodged in the throat, which is moving up and down. Cough is excited by eating. *Dry, hacking cough, in the evening, especially when in bed. *Nightly cough, with hoarse- ness. Violent cough on waking at night, for two minutes. Con tinual, violent raw cough, at night. *Dry cough, after midnight, causing a violent beating of the heart and arteries. cough in the evening. *'Cough and expectoration, the whole day.—■ Cough early in the morning, *with yellow discharge. Expectoration of blood by coughing and hawking, with sense of rawness in the chest. During every fit of cough the head is painfully shaken, as if it would burst. Cough with expectoration of fetid mucus. Chest.—* Arrest of breath, when walking in the wind, followed by dyspnoea in the room. Frequent necessity of taking deep breath. Violent desire for a deep inspiration, with considerable distention and contraction of the abdomen, and pain in the belly and chest. Shortness of breath, worse when sitting, and less during motion. The breath becomes short when ascending the least height. Tightness of the chest as if full and filled with blood.—(Sense as of tightness and anguish, the whole day, as if there were not room enough in the chest for breathing, accompanied by obstruction of the nose.) Dyspnoea, with stitches in the chest. (Considerable asthma, with anguish and difficult inspiration, as if the lower part of the chest were too tight.) Dyspnoea, with tightness of the chest.—The whole chest is intensely painful when touched or during an inspiration. Pressure in the right breast. Cutting in the chest, during an inspiration. *Stitches in the chest, towards the throat, for some hours. in the left side of the chest, especially in the evening. in the chest, from the left to the right side, with sensation as of constriction of the chest, and difficult breathing. Soreness in the chest, especially during CALCAREA CARBONICA. 445 an inspiration. Rawness in the chest, after much talking and walk- ing, also when coughing. Oppressive anguish in the chest. Anguish about the heart. *Palpitation of the heart. Violent palpitation of the heart, with excessive anguish and uneasiness, dyspnoea, and pain in the hack. Painful pressure in the praecordial region. Spasmodic, breath-checking contraction in the praecordial region, with subsequent violent shocks. Stitches in the heart, stopping breath and leaving an aching pain.—(Lancinating drawing pain in the praecordial region.) Itching of the chest. °Prickling in the muscles. Back.—(*Pain in the small of the back.) *Pain in the small of the back, as from a sprain, in consequence of lifting. Constant bear- ing down in the small of the back, towards the rectum. Aching pain in the region of the kidneys. Pain, as from a bruise, in the back and chest. Pain, as from a sprain, in the spinal column, when ex • tending it, in the region of the kidneys. Aching pain in the middle of the back and below the scapulae. Aching pain in the spinal co- lumn, between the scapulae, accompanied by shortness of breath and increased by inspiration, with pain of the vertebrae when touched. Pressure between the scapulce during motion, occasioning arrest of breath. Stitches in the back. Draicing, shooting, or cutting pain between the scapulce. °Curvature of the dorsal vertebrae.—°Swelling on the neck. * Stiffness of the nape of the neck and of the neck Tension in the neck, so that she cannot turn her head. Swelling and painfulness of the vertebra, prominent in the nape of the neck. *Pain less glandular swelling in the nape of the neck, close to the border of the hair. of a cervical gland on the left side, with a stinging sore throat when swallowing. *Hard swelling of the cervi- cal glands. °Suppuration of the axillary glands. Arms.—Pain in both shoulders and the elbow-joint, as after a great fatigue. (Violent stitches in both axillae.) The arms are painful, as if bruised, when moving them or seizing anything. Cramp in the arm. * Draining lacerating in the right arm, from the shoulder to the hand. Paralytic pain, with sense as of burning, in the right arm. Uneasiness and feeling of anxious agitation in the articulations of the arms and hands.—Weakness and lameness of the left arm, he finds it difficult to move or to raise it, the arm fills down again spontaneously. The upper arm is painful.—(Cramp-like pain, with lacerating, in the muscles of the upper arms, when walking in the open air.) (Lacerat- ing dartings or lancinations in the muscles of the upper arm, when sitting.) °Pressing in the left upper arm. Painful pressure in the muscles of the lower anm, when walking, Drawing pain in the lower arm, mostly during rest. Spasmodic lacerating pain in the outei 446 CALCAREA CARBONICA. parts of the lower arm. Swelling of the fore-arm and the back of the hand, with tension during motion. °Warts and boils on the lower arms and hands. The hands are painful early in the morning and are quite relaxed. Violent pain in the knuckles, as if caustic had been applied to them. *Pain, as from a sprain in the right wrist- joint, or as if something in the joint had been contused or sprained by seizing wrong or by pushing against anything. *Cramp in the hands at night, until early when rising. Drawing lacerating in the wi'ists and hands. °Swelling of the hands. °Arthritic nodosities of the finger-joints. Trembling in the hands, for several hours, in the afternoon. °Deadness of the hands on grasping anything. #Sweat of the palms of the hands, even when the body is scarcely moved. Cramp-like contractive drawing in the fingers. °Tingling in the fin- gers as if gone to sleep. Shooting pain in the fingers. *Deadness of the fingers. Several panaritia. °IIang-nails. ° Awkwardness of the fingers.—°Frequent lameness of the fingers. Legs.—Drawing pain, as from a sprain, in the hip-joint, when walking. Stitches in the hip-joint when stooping.—(Cutting in the acetabulum, when sitting.)—Pain, as from subcutaneous ulceration, in both liip-joints, when walking in the room.—°Coxagra.—Sponta- neous limping.—°Walking on the tips of the toes, and limping occa- sioned by it.—Twitches of the muscles of the lower extremities, and around the pelvis. Drawing lacerating in the lower extremities. %Heaviness of the lower extremities. *Painful weariness of the lower extremities, especially of the thighs, as after a fatiguing walk. Languor of the lower extremities, and sensation as if bruised, espe- cially in the joints. #The lower extremities go to sleep, in the even- ing, when sitting. *Stitches in the thigh, knee, and heel, only at night.—Pain in the muscles of the thigh, as if bruised, when walk- ing. Itching of the thighs. Pimples on the thighs.—°Varices on the thighs.—(Pain of the knees, when turning and touching them.) Pain, as from a sprain, in the knee.—Aching pain in the knees, or in the patella.) cramp-like pain on the patella.) Tearing and tension of the inner side of the knee, when rising from one’s seat. Shooting tearings in the knees. (*Sharp stitches in the right knee-joint.) Pain in the knee as if bruised. Sweat of the knees. of the knees.— swelling below the knees.) The calf of the leg is painful when walk- ing and setting down the foot, when touching or bending the leg. Rigidity in the leg. * Violent cramp in the calf, at night. Cramp in the calves and bends of the knees, when extending the legs. Dull aching pain in the muscles of the tibia, when walking. Stingiug CALC AREA CAUSTIC A. 447 prickling of the legs. Itching of the legs and feet. Erysipelatous inflammation and swelling of the leg, with chilliness of the body *Large, dark, itching patches on the legs, with swelling of these parts. ulcers on the legs. Pain in the tarsal joints, as if broken, when walking, especially in the afternoon. Pains in the bones of the feet. Violent lacerating in the soles of the feet. Pain in the soles of the feet, as from subcutaneous ulceration. *Burning in the soles of the feet. *Sweat of the feet. Swelling of the feet. The toes are painful, as from the pinching of boots. Cramp in the toes.—°Swelling of the soles.—°Coldness or deadness of the feet. 56.—CALC ARE A CAUSTIC A. CALC. CAUST., SPIR. CALC.—Oxyde of Lime, Quicklime.—See Noack and Trinks’ “Hygea,” V., p. 269. Compare with—Calc.-carb. and Acet. Antidotes.—Bry., Nux-v.—Vinegar and Coffee seem to increase the effects of Lime. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Lacerating in the muscles and bones (head, eyes, ear, face, teeth, abdomen, chest, os-coccygis, back, ex- tremities) ; rheumatic pains in all the joints, wandering from joint to joint.—Sticking (darting, lancinating) pains (head, eyes, nose, neck, abdomen, breast, small of the back, extremities).— Violent, la- cerating, lancinating, beating pains in some nervous branches.— Aching pain (head, eye, ear, chest). Tension (skin, ear, stomach, limbs).— Wandering 'pains in the extremities.—Great languor, debi- lity, and tremor of the body.—Tremulousness of the arms and feet.— Illness, as after intoxication the day previous.—The limbs go to sleep. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The symptoms on the left side predominate. Skin.—Troublesome tension or intense burning of the skin.— Violent itching and stinging of the skin, particularly in the region of the occiput, behind the ears, on the neck, nape of the neck, hack, and chest.—Small vesicles filled with lymph and surrounded by a red areola. Biting-itching pimples, surrounded with a red border and filled with purulent lymph.—Brown-red, either scattered or clustering painless spots like flea-bites, of the size of a dime, on the anterior portion of the leg (with swelling of the skin). Stinging pain in the corn. Sleep.—Sleeplessness, restless tossing about in bed, and dull ness of the head.—Restless sleep, with dreams.—Uneasy dreams. Violent nightmare. 448 CALCAREA CAUSTlCA. Fever..—Violent chilliness of the whole body, in the evening, on going to bed or before rising. Violent chill, with chattering of teeth, followed by violent heat in the head.—Quick or slow pulse. Moral Symptoms.—Peevish (and weary).—Difficulty to think.— Feeling of craziness in the head. Head.—Vertigo.—Violent dullness of the head (particularly of the left side), with periodical stitches, or with pressure in the forehead, and shooting stitches in the region of the temples. Excessive dull- ness of the head, dull, aching pain in the forehead, extending into the occiput.—Oppressive headache, which renders mental exertions difficult.—Violent pains in the head when stooping.—Heat in the bead.—Lacerating in the temporal region and occiput, or in the forehead above the eye-brows.—Dull, rheumatic pain in the occiput. —Lancinating pain in the temple. Stitches through the head, from before backwards. Eyes.—Violent pressure and heaviness of the eye-lids.—Violent pains in both the upper eye-lids, at every movement of the lids.— Lacerating and dartings in the eyes.—Laucinations in the eye-balls. —Boring pain in the upper margin of the orbit.—Pain in the eye as if the ball of the eye were pressed out.—Sensation in the eye as if a thorn were lodged in it, obliging him to rub, and embarrassing the opening of the eye-lids, in the morning when rising.—Pain in the eye as if some foreign body were lodged under the upper eye-lid, with stitches darting thence to the forehead, and attended with redness of the conjunctiva-palpebrarum.—Burning of the eyes, when reading, or at candle-light.—Lachrymation in the open air.—Photophobia. Ears.—Lacerating in the bone behind the ear.—Violent tension and pressure in the ear, or else pressing pains from within outwards. Cramp-like sticking pain in the ear, extending to the orifice of the eustachian tube in the fauces.—Bull, sticking pain in one or both cars, as if from a foreign body. Tingling and roaring in the ears. Face.—Lacerating in the malar bones. Lacerating pain from the inner canthus of the eye down to the upper lip, with sensation of swelling. Teeth.—Dull lancinating pain in decayed molares, which feel as if enlarged; violent toothache, as if the teeth were pithy and elon- gated., with tensive pains in the ear, as if something were lodged there. Violent pain in the articulation of the jaw, which is somewhat swollen, and, at times, is even immovable, attended with swelling of the cheek. Mouth.—Bitter mouth.—Greenish-yellow and thick coating of the tongue. calcarea caustica. 449 Pharynx and (Esophagus.—Tension of the cervical muscles on either side of the neck.—Sensation in the pharynx as if a splinter were sticking in it.—Stinging in the throat; dull stitch in one side of the larynx.—Sore throat, and difficult deglutition, either empty or of food.—Phlegm in the throat, which it is difficult to hawk up, and which almost occasions vomiting from the irritation. Appetite.—Violent hunger, a short time after eating.—Loss of appetite. Stomach.—Rising of air.—Regurgitation of the ingesta, with sourish-bitter taste in the mouth.—Nausea and inclination to vomit, with rising of a frothy liquid. Inclination to vomit, and vomiting of sour liquid.—Tight feeling in the stomach.—Spasmodic contraction in the stomach. Abdomen.—Slight lacerating colic.—Oppression across the epi- gastric region and the hypochondria.—Darting pain in both hypo- chondria, changing to a lacerating, particularly violent in the left hypochondrium. Pain in the region of the spleen, as if a hall were revolving round its axis.—Violent stitches in the lesser intestines when stooping forward.—Contractive pains in the abdomen, towards the uterus.—Pinching in the abdomen, with emission of flatulence. —Rumbling in the abdomen. Stool and Anus.—Loose, papesRent stool, with a good deal of mucus.—Discharge of a quantity of pieces of tsenia.—Lancinating pains in the rectum towards the anus.—Tingling in the rectum and anus. Genital Organs.—Nocturnal emissions. Premature appearance of the menses. Larynx and Trachea.—Hoarseness, with pain in the throat.- Violent cough. Cough, with stitches in the chest. Cough, with expectoration of mucus and blood. Chest.—Lacerating in the region of the nipples.—Darting pain, changing to a lacerating, in the intercostal muscles and in the pleura- costalis, increased by inspiration.—Oppression across the sternum. -—Aching pain in the chest. Back.—Tension and stiffness of the nape of the neck and occiput. —Lancinating pains in the cervical muscles. Lacerating in the 'posterior cervical muscles, back, small of the back, os-coccygis.— Tension in the back.—Violent pains between the scapulae, extending down to the small of the hack, with pressure. Drawing in the small of the hack. Violent sticking pains in the small of the back.—Pain in the small of the back, on waking, abating after exercise. Arms.—Rheumatic pains in the shoulders, axilla, arms.—Tran* 450 CALCAREA FHOSPHORICA. sient, dull, lacerating pain in the upper arm, from the shoulder to the elbow-joint.—Violent, lacerating-drawing pain in the shoulder-joint, extending over the upper arm, and impeding the raising of the arm. —Drawing-lacerating, dull pain in the fore-arm.—Lancinating pain in the shoulder or in the thumb, at night.—Lameness of the hand. Legs.—Lacerating in both knees and through the feet.—Sticking \pains in the lap-joint and knee. 57.—CALCAREA PHOSPHORIC A. CALC. PHOSPH.—The Phosphate of Lime. Compare with—Calc.-car. Antidotes. ? CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS.—Rheumatism. Rheumatic pains in the shoulder and arm, even with swelling of the arm, and febrile heat.—Lameness of the arm.—Pains in the joints of the hands and fingers, sometimes occasioned by a cold.—Ulcers.—Caries of the bones.—Acne-rosacea ; red vesicles filled with yellowish lymph, with lacerating pains when touching the parts.—Exostosis of the cranium. ? GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Burning itching and formication over the whole body.—°Rheumatic affections of every kind.—Pains in various parts of the body, extending from the muscles to the joints; the small of the back, knees, and thumb are principally affected.— °Carious ulcers.—Falls asleep early in the evening, and wakes several times in the night; is sleepless until morning.—Frequent dreams, about danger and fire.—Frequent transitory chill.—The warmth of the room is intolerable.—Distention of the veins. Moral Symptoms.—Sensitive and easily excited; ill-humor and want of disposition to do anything. Head.—Vertigo, with nausea.—Headache, with flatulence.—Dull- ness, heaviness, and painfulness of the head, early in the morning on waking.—Painful feeling of fullness in the head, sensation as if the brain were pressed against the skull, aggravated by movement. —Aggravation of the headache in the open air, when stooping.— Itching of the hairy scalp, every evening. Eyes and Nose.—Pain in the eyes and nose, as from a foreign body.—Frequent sneezing.—Discharge of mucus from the nose, and ptyalism.—He blows blood out of his nose.—°Acne-rosacea, red pimples, with yellowish pus, and stinging when touched. Mouth, Pharynx, and (Esophagus.—Accumulation of acid saliva CALENDULA officinalis. 451 k«i the mouth.—Constrictive sensation in the gullet.—Pain in the throat, early in the morning on waking, aggravated by deglutition. -Stomach and Intestinal Canal.—Nausea, with vertigo, dullness of the head, and confusion of thought.— Violent pains in the stomach, with great debility, headache, and diarrhoea; the pains are excited by introducing the least morsel of food into the stomach.—Violent colic, at times accompanied with violent distention of the abdomen and accumulation of flatulence, at times attended with headache.—• Difficult emission of flatulence, which dges not afford him any relief. Diarrhoeic stool, with discharge of purulent substances.—Fetid diar- rhoeic stools. Urine.—Frequent emission of large quantities of urine, with lan- guor and debility of the body.—Dark, sometimes burning urine. Genital Organs.—Feeling of weakness in the sexual organs after stool and urination. Chest.—Deep, sighing breathing.—Cracking in the sternum. Back.—Violent pain in the small of the back, when performing the least bodily effort, sometimes obliging him to scream. Arms and Legs.—*Rheumatic pains in the shoulder and arm.— The arm is painful, *lame, -and goes to sleep.—#Pains in the meta- carpal and phalangeal articulations, particularly those of the thumb, °also after a cold.—Violent pain in the knees, hips, and small of the back, aggravated by movement, and particularly by walking. 58.—CALENDULA OFFICINALIS. CALEND.—Marigold.—Stapf’s “Archiv,” XVII., No. 8, p. 179. Compare with—Arn., Carb.-a., Carb.-v., Con., Fer.-mur., Led., Khus-tox., Rata, Sulpb.-ac., Symph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Rheumatic drawing pains, only dur- ing motion. The wound becomes raw and inflamed, is painful in the morning as if beaten, with stinging as if it would suppurate; the parts around the wound become red, with stinging in the wound during the febrile heat.—Great tendency to start, with great nervous- ness and extreme sensitiveness of hearing. Drowsiness, with ill- humor and delirium ; restless night, constant waking, frequent mic- turition and drinking, and uneasiness in every position. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Almost all the symptoms make their appearance during the chilly stage of the fever, he feels most comfortable when walking or else in a state of perfect rest. Fever.—Coldness and great sensitiveness to the open air, the 452 camphora. whole morning.—Shuddering in the back.—Feverish chilliness in the hands and feet, the whole morning, with rheumatic drawing and pressure in the whole body, and pain in the ribs as if pressed together and bruised, after some sitting.—Ilcat in the afternoon, with frequent thirst, chilliness, and shiverings intermixed, particu- larly after drinking. Heat in the evening, with coldness of the head and hands, intermingled w’ith shivering, and accompanied with aver- sion to drinks. Great heat the whole morning, with copious perspira- tion, feeling of qualmishness in the chest, and burning in the axillae. Head, &c.—Dullness of the head, as after a night’s revel. Heavi- ness of the head in the morning, as after a long illness. Headache, and feeling of heat in the forehead, after a meal. Flushes of heat on the forehead, in the evening.—Inflammation of the white of the eyes, with pressure, at times in the forehead, at times in the temples, only when lying down.—The submaxillary glands are painful to the touch, with sensation as if swollen, or actual swelling, and sensation as if ulcerated in the interior. Drawing and tension in the submaxillary glands when moving the head. Stomach, &c.—Bitter slimy taste in the throat. Boring and dig- ging deep in the umbilical region. Stool in the morning, accom- panied with feverish chilliness, preceded by pinching and uneasiness in the abdomen.—Frequent micturition, with emission of pale, clear, hot, and even burning urine.—Lacerating in the urethra during the chilliness. Chest and Limbs.—Lacerating, with pressure between the scapulae. Pain under the right scapula as if ulcerated and bruised, with sure.—Itheumatic drawing in the right side of the neck, worse whe bending the neck over to one side, and when raising the arm.—The axillary glands are painful to the touch.—Pressure and drawing tension m the hand and in the tarsal joints, during rest.—Lacerating burning in the calf, when sitting. *** Calendula has been found highly beneficial as an external ap- plication in wounds and lacerations, with or without loss of substance. 59.—0 AMPHORA. CAMPH.—Hahnemann’s “Materia Medica Pura,” I.—Duration of Action. ? Compare with—Canth., Cham., Cocc., Hyos., Kal., Lauroc., Op., Puls., Rhus, Strom., Yerat. Antidotes.—Spir.-nitr.-dulc.—Coffee and Alcohol increase the effects of Camph. —Camph. is said to increase the action of isitr.—According to Hahnemann's experience, Camph. is no antidote against the violent effects of Ign.—Op. is CAMPHOR A. 453 an antidote to Camph.; on the other hand, Camph. is a great preserver of life in cases of poisoning by Op.—Camph. is antidotal to a number of vege- table drugs, especially such as have a drastic effect, and cause vomiting and diarrhoea, paleness of countenance, coldness of the extremities, and loss of consciousness. Camph., as an antidote, should be administered in large and frequently-repeated doses. CLINICAL REMARKS.—“According to Hahnemann, Camph., when applied to the skin, producing a kind of erysipelatous inflam- mation, it may be applied externally to similarly inflamed parts, provided the erysipelas, irradiating over the skin, and disappearing momentarily on pressure, is a mere mental symptom of a sudden internal disease, the other symptoms of which correspond to those of Camph. “ In the Siberian influenza, when it appears amongst us at the time when the hot weather has already set in, Camph. may be used as a palliative; it is an excellent palliative, on account of the disease having a short duration, and ought to be given in frequent and pro- gressively-increased doses in water, as taught above. In this way, Camph. does not shorten the course of the disease, but deprives it of its danger, and diminishes its intensity until it reaches its termina- tion. (One dose of Nux-v.—one pellet of the thirtieth potence—when homoeopathically indicated, frequently cures the disease in a couple of hours.) Vertigo, loss of consciousness, and coldness of the body appear to be primary symptoms of a dose of Camph., and point to a diminished afflux of blood to those parts which are distant from the heart; whereas the rush of blood to the head, heat in the head, &c., are symptoms denoting a reaction of the vital powers, just as forcibly as the former symptoms denoted their diminished action. Slight and recent inflammations, which have come on very suddenly, may therefore be removed by the palliating, cooling effects of Camph., old inflammations never. The continued, or even frequently repeated use of Camph., frequently brings on an obstinate ophthalmia, corres- ponding to the permanency inherent in the reaction of the organism I [Hahnemann] am not prepared to deny the homceopathicity of ex- ternal applications of Camph. to inflamed eyes in acute cases; but I cannot advocate it, for the reason that I never use external applica- tions in the treatment of ophthalmia.” Dr. Gray.—“ The sufferings which eminently indicate Camphor are those usually called asphyxia, ‘ sinking of the forces paroxysms of embarrassment of the respiration and circulation, with coldness of the surface and extremities, for the most part attended by tremors or even severe cramps in the muscular system, and cold sweats, espe- pecially about the head and neck. If this or a similar state be con- 454 CAMPHORA. nected with the catarrhal discharges, or with diarrhoea, the indication for Camph. is strengthened. “ It seems to me that the manifold antidotal virtues of this drug are owing to its wonderful control over the pneumogastric nerve, as its primary affinity with the living organism. I have found it often efficacious in interrupting the development of paroxysms of epilepsy, for which end I have given it in one or two drop doses every three to five minutes, during the premonitory symptoms of a fit, continuing the exhibition of it till these were fully subdued. Camphor, as is well known, is very efficacious when administered by olfaction, but does not sustain dynamization.” GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Stupefaction of the senses, resem- bling a swoon. Insensibility. #Loss of consciousness, tetanic spasm for a quarter of an hour, consciousness returns after vomiting. Rheumatic, sticking pain in all the muscles, especially between the scapulae. Pain in the periosteum of all the bones. Difficult motion of the limbs. Lameness and languor of the muscles. weakness. Uncomfortableness of the whole body. Uncommon failing of strength, with yawning and stretching. Languor and heaviness of the whole body. Trembling.—Epi- leptic spasms, with rattling, redness and bloatedness of the face, twitching of the limbs, and even of the tongue, of the eyes and muscles of the face, hot and viscid sweat on the forehead and hairy scalp, and sopor after the attack. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Camphor excites most of its pains during motion. Skin.—Violent itching.—Erysipelas. Painful sensitiveness to the least touch.—°Blue, cold skin, with coldness of the body.—Pale, withered, shrivelled skin; aching in various places, in the evening, in bed Sleep.—Yawning and drowsiness. Sopor and delirium. Insom- nia, °also from nervousness.—Headache, several days in succession, after rising. Talking and snoring while asleep. Fever.—Slight shuddering, with paleness of face. Chilliness of the cheeks and back. Chills, and chattering of teeth. #Coldness of the body, with paleness. Coldness and drawing after a meal, with cold arms, hands, and feet. Coldness, for one hour, *with deadly paleness of the face (from sixty grains). Copious, cold sweat. *Feel- ing of great coldness over the whole body, and headache as if the brain were contracted, with pressure over the root of the nose. Small hard pulse, becoming more and more slow. *He catches cold easily. The skin all over the body is painfid, even when touched but slightly CAMPHORA. 455 The body is cold all over. Heat in the head, with sensation as if sweat would break out, with shuddering over the limbs and the abdo- men. Redness of the cheeks and lobules. Full, quick pulse. Sopor and crampy (contractive) headache, great heat of the whole body, with distended veins, quick breathing, and pain as from bruises in the back, but without thirst and pure taste. Warm sweat over the whole body. Slower pulse. *Weak, small pulse. The pulse gradu- ally increases in quickness. Disposition to inflammation. Increased warmth of the whole body, ivith redness of the face. Heat, with trembling. Trembling motion of the heart. Moral Symptoms.—Great anguish. She tosses about in her bed anxiously, with constant weeping. Confusion of ideas. Delirium. Rage, with foam at the mouth.—All the external objects are repul- sive to him, and excite his ill-humor. Mania to dispute. Sensorium and Head.—Vanishing of the senses. Loss of con- sciousness. When walking, he staggers to and fro ; he leans against something, his senses vanish, the limbs being rigid and extended, the shoulders drawn backwards, the hands clenched; afterwards all the parts of the body are stretched and stiff, with the head bent sideways, the lower jaw rigid and wide open, the lips drawn in- wards, the teeth clenched, eyes closed, with unceasing distortions of the muscles of the face, cold all over, and breathless for a quarter of an hour. * Vertigo, heaviness of the head; the head inclines back wards. When walking he staggers as if intoxicated. Want of memory. The tetanic fit, with loss of consciousness, and vomiting, is followed by a complete inability to recollect, as if he had no memory. Throbbing ache in the forehead, with stinging, continuing during the night, with general dry heat, and without any thirst.—Lacerating headache.—Headache, as if the brain were constricted, increased by stooping or pressure.—Dull headache above the osf rontis, with inclina- tion to vomit.—Congestion of blood to the head. of the head. Violent headache. Throbbing pressure in the temples. *Inflamma- tion of the brain, °pjirticularly when caused by exposure to the sun. Face.—*Pale countenance. Spasmodic contortion of the facial muscles, with foam at the mouth. Eyes.—Sensation as if objects were too bright and shining. Con- traction, then dilatation of the pupils.—Ophthalmia. Staring, wild looks. Staring, inflamed eyes. Biting-itching, and staring of the eye-lids. The eye-lids are covered with many red spots. Lacbryma- tion in the open air. Distortion of the eyes. Excessive contraction of the pupils. Obscuration of sight. Strange figures are hovering before his eyes. 456 CAMPHORA. Ears.—Hot, red lobules. Tingling of the ears. Dark-red ulcer in the meatus auditorius externus; when touching it, he feel a sting- ing pain. Nose.—Stinging pain in the anterior corner of the nostrils, as if the place were sore and ulcerated.—Coryza, dry coryza. Jaws and Teeth.—Feeling as if the teeth were too long, with aching, as if occasioned by a swelling of the submazUlary glands. Lock-jaw. Toothache : shooting, cutting thrusts dart through the gums near the roots of the incisores and cuspidati. Mouth.—Foam at the mouth. Dry, scraping sensation of the palate. Disagreeable warmth in the mouth. Sensation of heat in the mouth and stomach. Pharynx, &c.—Violent burning of the palate, down to the oesopha- gus, causing a desire for drink. Gastric Symptoms and Appetite.—Frequent and almost continual empty eructations after dinner. Absence of thirst, #or else excessive thirst.—Bitter taste of food.—Nausea with ptyalism.—*Nausea and inclination to vomit, going off after an eructation. #Short attacks of vertigo, after several attacks of inclination to vomit. Cold sweat, especially in the face, at the commencement of vomiting. Bilious vomiting, streaked with blood. Stomach.—Pain in the stomach. pressure in the pit of the stomach, or the anterior portion of the liver. Sensation in the pit of the stomach as if it had been strained by distention, and bruised by blows, with fullness in the abdomen.—#Burning in the stomach.—Inflammation of the stomach?—°Asiatic cholera, with cramps, particularly in the calves, coldness of the body, great anguish, burning in the oesophagus and stomach, and painfulness of the pit of the stomach to the touch. Abdomen.—Cold feeling in the epigastrium and hypogastrium. Burning heat in the epigastrium and hypogastrium. Bruised feel- ing in the abdomen. Pinching pain in the umbilical region.—Con- tractive pain below the short ribs, extending to the lumbar vertebrae. Aching in the hypochondria. Cutting colic, at night. Short-lasting ascites.—° Abdominal spasms. ? Stool.—°Difficult expulsion of faeces. The rectum feels narrow, swollen, and is painful during emission of flatulence. Desire for stool, passing but little, followed by an urgent desire, and a still lesser discharge of faeces. Obstinate constipation.—Involuntary di- arrhoea.—°Blackish stools. Urine.—Detention of urine. Strangury. Diminished power of the bladder, the urine came out very slowly. Strangury, with desire CAMPHORA. 457 to urinate, and tenesmus of the neck of the bladder. Painful mictu- rition. Burning of the urine during emission. Red urine.—°Red, thick urine, with thick sediment. Urine yellow-green, turbid, hav- ing a musty smell. Urine turbid and thick, after standing, of a white-greenish color, without sediment. Genital Organs.—Inclination to nocturnal emissions.—Sensation of contraction in the testes. Weakness of genital organs, and want of sexual desire. Relaxation of the scrotum, want of erections and sexual instinct. Violent erections.1 Amorous ecstacy. Impotence in the male. A sort of violent labor-pains (in a female). Larynx and Trachea.—'*Mucus in the trachea, which cannot bo detached, and causes roughness of voice. Pain in the trachea and bronchial tubes, mostly when coughing, even when clearing the throat —* Accumulation of mucus in the air passages, ° excessive, with danger of suffocation ; °suffocative catarrh and paralysis of the lungs in old people ? Short and hacking cough, as if occasioned by a cutting coolness in the trachea.—°Grippe. Chest.—Deep and slow breathing. *Opprression of the chest, re- sembling a suffocative catarrh, as if originating in a pressure in the pit of the stomach. Oppressed, anxious, panting breathing.—Diffi- cult, sluggish respiration. Constrictive sensation in the throat °Spasms of the chest from the vapors of Copper or Ars. ? °Angina pectoris after a cold. ? Stitches in the left breast, when walking. Back.—Painful drawing stitches through and between the scapulce, extending to the chest, when moving the. arms. Tensive pain in the muscles of the nape of the neck, increasing in violence at every move- ment of the neck. Arms.—Convulsive rotation of the arms. Painf ul pressure in the right elbow-joint, more violent when leaning it, upon the table, in which case the pain extends to the hands. Stitches in the fore-arm. Legs.—Difficult motion and weariness of the lower limbs. Crack- ing of the hip, knee, and tarsal joints. Tremor of the feet. Draw ing pain, as from bruises, in the thighs and knees. Lacerating in the thighs. Vacillation, weariness of the limbs.—Feeling of great weariness in the feet when walking ; the legs feel bruised and tight. Drawing cramp-pain in the dorsum of the foot, especially during motion. Lacerating cramp-pain in the dorsum of the foot, along the oide,r surface of the calf of the thighs. 1 Want of sexual desire, erections, and emissions of semen, are primary effects of Camph. ; it acts as a palliative, if one uses it to remove excessive sexual de- sires, erections, and frequent pollutions which had existed for a long time past; the evil is afterwards increased by the reaction of the organism against the drug. 458 CANNABINUM AFOCYNUM.—CANNABIS SATIVA. 60.—CANNABINUM APOCYNUM. APOCYN. C—Indian Hemp. Antidotes.—Bry., Chin., Ipec.—It antidotes Quinine. “ This vegetable drug has been very popular in many parts of our country as a specific for dropsy. In the essays of Drs. Parish, Knapp, and Griscom (allopathic), cases are cited confirmatory of its popular reputation. “ Dr. H. D. Paine, of Albany, in a note to the Editor, says : ‘ It is not less popular (in some sections of Western New-York) in the cure of diarrhoeas and intestinal heemorrhages than it is for dropsies in your neighborhood. In a recent case of haemorrhage of the bowels, which came under my care, the Apocynum had been administered with de- cided benefit; but its allopathic repetition in increased doses was fol- lowed by an aggravation to an alarming extent of the very predica- ment it first relieved, which it might have otherwise perfectly cured. “ My former colleague, Dr. Gray, and myself, published in 1835 the following curative results in our practice : 1. In two cases of ascites, which succeeded the use of immoderate doses of Quinine; 2. In a case of anasarca succeeding scarlet fever; 3. And in one of extensive cedema, especially manifest on the abdomen, attended with griping pains in the same, in a consumptive patient. “ Since then, in our experience, also in that of others, it has cured many, and ptalliated very many cases of ascites and hydrothorax”—Ed. 61.—CANNABIS SATIVA. GANN".—Hemp.—Hahnemann’s “ Materia Medica Pura,” I.—Duration of Action: several weeks. Compare with—Arn., Bry., Canth., Nux-v., Op., Petr., Puls., Stann. Antidotes.—Of large doses : a few glasses of very sour Lemonade ; of small doses : Camph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Rheumatic drawing in the periosteum of the long bones, as if they had been bruised by blows, during motion. Prickings, at night, when in bed, and getting into perspira- tion, accompanied by great anguish, and a sensation as of having hot water repeatedly thrown over him. Lacerating pushes, and deeply penetrating lancinations in different places, especially in the limbs. —°Complaints occasioned by fatigue.—Hysteric symptoms. Tetanic spasms of the upper limbs and the trunk, from time to time. Immc. diately after a meal, he feels tired in all his limbs.—Feeling of mer- CANNABIS SATIVA. 459 tia in every part of the body. Great weakness after little exercise, —Sudden weakness of the lower limbs, as if he would sink down. Weariness, vacillation, and dull pain of the knees. Sleep.— Unconquerable drowsiness, the whole day. Sleeplessness after midnight, Restless sleep. In the night he is waked from his slumber by frightful dreams, without knowing where he is. Restless sleep at night, frequent waking, confused, sometimes anxious dreams, emission of semen, followed by light sleep. Fever.—Small pulse. Slow pulse, scarcely perceptible. Chills. —Fever, chills, with violent thirst; after drinking, he is attacked with shaking, coldness of the hands, knees, and feet; accompanied by hurriedness, tremor, distortion of the face' at times weeping, at times joyous, at times furious mood. The whole body is cold, tho face becomes warmer and warmer.—Shuddering over the whole body, extending to the head, as if the hair were drawn tight. His limbs feel cold to the touch, he trembles with chilliness. Seething of the blood. Moral Symptoms.—Sadness. Cheerful mood, as if excited by liquor. Unsteadiness and vacillation of temper. Anxious mood. Mental derangement, partly with merry, partly with serious mood. Furious frenzy. Sensorium and Head.—Vertigo when standing or walking, with dizziness. Dullness and reeling sensation in the head. Inability to recollect. Piercing headache. Uninterrupted headache the whole day. Continual headache on the top of the head, as if a stone were pressing upon it. Dullness of the head, it feels heavy, with painful pressure in the forehead and eye-lids. Pressure in the. temples. Painful feeling in the head and nape of the neck, when moving tho head. Creeping in the skin of the hairy scalp. Eyes.—Pressure, with lacerating in the upper eye-lid. Feeling of weakness of the eyes and sight. *The cornea becomes opaque; 0specks -and pellicle on the cornea. Cataract. Sensation of spas- modic dratving in the eyes.—°Scrofulous ophthalmia. ? Face.—Tingling, itching, and smarting, as from salt, in the face.— °IIot face, with red cheeks. Nose.—Large nodosity on the nose, surrounded by red swelling, like acne-rosacea. Haemorrhage from the nose unto fainting. #Eleed- ing at the nose. Ears.—Roaring in the ears. Tingling and throbbing in the ear Throbbing, pushing pain in the ear, almost extending into the cheeks, disappearing when stooping, and quickly reappearing when raising the head again. 460 CANNABIS SATIVA. Jaws and Teeth.—Stupefying, compressive pain on the left side of the chin, which affects the teeth of that side. Mouth.—Eruption in the vermilion border of the lips, and the corner of the mouth. Difficult speech. His speech was more like a clangor than a human voice. Elevation of voice, accompanied with excessive anguish and torture, owing to pain in the back. Early in the morning, burning dryness in the palate. Burning in the throat. Dryness in the mouth, viscid saliva, absence of thirst, especially in the evening, and hot hands. Appetite and Gastric Symptoms.—Gulping-up of a bitter-sour, rancid fluid. A sort of retching in the pit of the stomach, rising into his throat. Nausea. Vomiting of a slimy, bitter-tasting water, ac- companied by a scraping sensation in the throat, followed by dullness of the occiput. Green, bilious vomiting. Anguish in the pit of the stomach, with oppressed breathing and palpitation of the heart, rising of warmth in her throat, arresting the breathing, as if something were lodged in the trachea, accompanied with flushes of heat. Cardialgia. Pinching and cutting in the pit of the stomach. Stomach.—At different times, violent attacks of pain in the sto- mach, with paleness and sweat of the face, pulse almost extinct, and rattling breathing like that of a dying man. Ulcerative pain of the stomach ; when touching it, it goes off after eating. Abdomen.—Pinching above the umbilicus (after a meal). Pinch- ing in the abdomen and cutting in the loins. Anxious throbbing in the epigastrium, like strong pulsations. All the intestines are pain- ful as if bruised. Shuddering in the abdomen, as if cold water were moving through it. Painful, hard swelling in the right hypochon- drium. Swelling of the abdomen. Abdomen and chest are painful externally. Drawing pain from the region of the kidneys to the in- guinal glands, with anxious and sick feeling in the pit of the stomach. Ulcerative pain in the region of the kidneys, both when touching the parts and not.—Pressing from within outwards in the abdominal ring, accompanied by ulcerative pain.—Colicky pain in the epigas- trium, followed by diarrhoeic stool, and smarting in the anus. Stool. obstruction of the bowels.—Pressing in the small of the back and rectum, as if the intestines were descending and were being pressed out, when sitting. Sensation in the anus as if something cold were dropping out. Contractive pain in the anus. Itching of the perineum. Urine.—° Chronic retention of urine ; strangury, particularly at night; °painful discharge of drops of bloody urine.—Nephritis.?— Cystitis. ? °Calculi in the bladder. Desire to urinate, with aching cannabis sativa. 461 pain.—Difficulty to urinate, paralysis of the bladder.1 Urine full of filaments, as if pus bad been mixed with it. Enuresis.—Lacerat- ing, as if in the fibres of the urethra. Itching, tingling stitches in the fore part of the urethra. Burning stitches in the posterior portion of the urethra, during the emission of urine. *Pain, during mictu- rition, from the orifiee of the urethra to its termination at the blad- der; burning smarting, rather stinging posteriorly. *Simple, but violent burning in the fore part of the urethra, during the emission of urine.—* Burning during and after micturition.—Stinging smart • ing pain during micturition, biting pain between the acts of micturi- tion. Darting stitches in the posterior portion of the urethra, when standing.—Cutting pain in the fore part of the urethra, during mictu- rition. Discharge of watery mucus from the urethra. Closing of the orifice of the urethra by mucus.—The penis is swollen, without erection. * The urethra feels injlamed, and is painful through the whole of its length, when touching it; chordee during an erection. (fan-shaped) stream. Frequent erections, followed by stitches in the urethra. *Painful discharge of mucus from the urethra (a kind of gonorrhoea ?). Genital Organs.—Swelling of the glans and penis, a sort of erec- tion without sensation. Coldness of the genital organs, with warmth of the rest of the body. Aversion to an embrace. Swelling of the right and lower side of the prepuce. Swelling of the frsenulum and prepuce, especially at their union. Itching of the prepuce. The prepuee is dark-red, hot, and inflamed. Smarting, as from excoria- tion, of the margin and inner side of the prepuce. Continual burn- ing of the whole prepuce and glans. Corrosive burning and sting- ing of the outer parts of the prepuce and of the urethra in the region of the corona-glandis. Soreness of the margin of the prepuce.— When walking, the penis feels sore and burnt. Tensive pain in the spermatic cord, when standing, and contraction of the scrotum. Sense as of pressure in the testicles, a sort of dragging, when stand- ing. Swelling of the prostate gland. Great excitation of the sexual instinct, accompanied by sterility.—Profuse menstruation. Confine- ment in the eighth month, accompanied by frightful convulsions. Larynx and Trachea.—Early in the morning, rawness in the chest. Chest.—Dry, violent cough.—°Chronic catarrh of the larynx and trachea. 1 Oppressed breathing, with sensation as of a load on the ‘The urine had to be drawn off by the catheter; but afterwards it could not even be drawn off by the catheter, on account of the instrument becoming clogged with mucus and pus. 462 CANNABIS SATIVA. chest.—Violent pinching behind the sternum, in the lower part of the chest.—Pushes or beatings in both sides of the chest, frequently recurring, arresting the breathing at the same time, most painful in the region of the heart.—When taking exercise, or when stooping, violent shocks in the region of the heart, as if it would fall out.— Stitches in the integuments of the chest. Cutting across the inte- guments of the chest. Tensive dullness of the left half of the chest, with slight jerkings, palpitation of the heart, and oppression.—Nodo- sity on the xiphoid cartilage.—Pain in the region of the heart. Asthma. Difficult respiration, without expectoration. Orthopnoe; he was not able to breathe, except with his neck stretched, with wheezing in the trachea, and by greatly distending the abdomen.— Difficult respiration when lying down.—Inflammation of the chest and lungs.—*Inflammation of the lungs, with vomiting of a green, bilious substance. of the lungs, with delirium.— ° Carditis. ? Polypi of the heart. ? ? Aneurisms of the great vessels. ? Back.—Violent aching in the vertebrae, at the base of the chest. Pain in the middle of the back, as if some one were pinching the part with pincers, the pain extending gradually towards the abdomen.— The pain in the back frequently arrests the breathing. Drawing in the nape of the neck, along the cervical vertebrae, from below up- wards. Drawing, from the nape of the neck to the ear, resembling a cramp. Arms.—Pressure, with lacerating, on the top of the shoulders, at intervals.—When extending the arm, sensation in the shoulder as if bruised. Crampy contraction of the right hand, going and coming. (The wrist-joint feels dead ; he was unable to move his hand.) Cramp-like contraction of the metacarpal bones.—Sudden lameness of the hand ; the hand trembled when holding anything. Legs.—Small, white vesicles, with large, red, smooth border, burning like fire, especially when lying on them and touching them; at the end of two days they leave brown-red spots, which are very painful to the touch. Intensely painful, sharp prickings in the flesh of the thigh, near the womb. Continued pressure, in front, on the middle of the thighs, when sitting. Frequent shuddering on the feet, from below upwards. Cramp in the calf when walking. Painful sudden beatings in the dorsum of the foot.—°Cramp of the teudo* achillis, with violent pains. CANTHARIS 463 62.—CANTHARIS. CANTH.—Meloe Yesicatorins, Spanish Fly.—See Hartlaub and Trinks, I., II —“ Archiv.,” XIII., 1.—Duration of Action: weeks, and even years. Compare with—Aeon., Bell., Camph., Cann., Caps., Chin., Coif., Coloc., Lau- roc., Led., Lyc., Fuls., Rhus., Sen. Antidotes.—Camph. antidotes large doses; Vinegar and alcoholic liquids like- wise, according to Giacomo. According to Rayer, Sulphur baths remove the discoloration of the skin occasioned by the application of a blister of Can- tharides. According to Fallas, the oil of Olives increases the pernicious effects of Cantharides, inasmuch as the active principle of this agent is dissolved by the oil.—Small doses are antidoted by Caraph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Stinging over the whole body. La- cerating in the affected parts ; burning and itching in the skin.— Burning.—Rawness and soreness in the whole body, internally and externally, sometimes with burning.—Biting.—Cutting. Lacerat- ing, drawing, gnawing, stinging pains in the hones.—Swelling, heat, and redness, inflammation and gangrene of external parts.— Swelling of the face, neck, and abdomen.—Subsu/tus and spasmodic movements of the tendons.—Convulsions, recurring at short or longer intervals. General convulsions, with fainting fits or rage.— Violent convulsions, with distortion of the limbs, shrieks, and loss of con- sciousness.— Violent tetanic convulsions, with hydrophobia: the con- vulsions abate periodically; but soon reappear, either as empros- thotonos or opisthotonos, the delirium, rage, and frenzy continuing uninterruptedly ; accompanied with violent trismus, violent grinding of the teeth, and discharge of a frothy and sometimes blood-streaked saliva; inability to swallow and convulsive contraction of the larynx at every attempt to swallow, expression of terror and despair in the face, the hair standing on end during the convulsions ; staring look, sparkling, fiery, frightfully and convulsively-rolling eyes ; natural temperature of the skin, with full and slow pulse ; contraction of the abdominal muscles when making pressure with the hands upon the umbilical region; the abdominal muscles (particularly the recti muscles) are drawn in, stretched like the strings of an instrument, and seem to adhere to the spinal column; sudden concussion of the whole body, suffocative constriction of the larynx, frightful, barking howling, general convulsions, ending in fainting fits and sopor; the convulsions frequently return from merely touching the larynx or making pressure upon the painful parts of the abdomen, or from looking at water or broth.—Hyd.nyphobia.—Feeling as if bruised in the fore-arms, hands, and lower limbs, and in the whole body, at- tended with debility and great sensitiveness.—Feeling of heaviness 464 cantiiaris. and awkwardness of the whole body, particularly in the lower limbs, when ascending an eminence.—Excessive debility, vertigo, trembling of all the limbs.—Languor, relaxation, debility, prostration, and emaciation of the whole body.—Syncope.—Haemorrhage from the nose, mouth, intestinal canal, urinary and genital organs, and from the respiratory organs.—Increased secretions from the mucous mem- branes and ulcerated surfaces. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Most of the symptoms appear principally on the right side.—Amelioration of the symptoms when lying down, aggravation from drinking coffee. Skin.—Erysipelatous, active inflammation of the skin, with more burning than itching, and exudation of a serous liquid, raising the epidermis in the shape of blisters}—Small, itching vesicles between the chin and lips, on the forehead and cheek, on the palm of the hand.—Petechia.—Carbuncle.—Eczema. Ecthymatous pustules'.— Ulceration and gangrene, particularly after exanthematous diseases. —Ulcers on the leg.—Itching and lacerating in the ulcers. Sleep.—Drowsiness in the daytime.—Sleeplessness, particularly after midnight, with tossing about.—Symptoms at night: frequent waking ; starting up from sleep ; illusions.—Frequent, confused, and vivid dreams.—Languor in all her limbs, in the morning in bed, with disinclination to rise. Fever.—Frequent paroxysms offeverish coldness.—0 Tertian fevers, with difficult micturition ; °fevers consisting almost exclusively of the cold stage; -chilliness mingled with heat, with heaviness of the feet, lameness and immobility of the limbs, loss of appetite, pain in the eyes, and desire to be in bed.— Violent, acute, burning fevers.— Feverish irritation, with dryness of the mouth, thirst, anxiety, and pains in the limbs.—Heat, with thirst, general redness, and delirious talk.—°Typhoid fevers ; ? °typlius ; ? lentescent fevers ; ? Consump- tive fevers. ?—Pulse increased, full, early in the morning, after the pains ; hard and full, as in febrile inflammations ; full and .slow ; small, hard, and intermittent, or strong; frequent, hard, and quick; slow ; feeble, vanishing; uneasy, in the whole body, with trembling of the limbs. Moral Symptoms.—Apprehensive mood ; great anguish ; anxiety, resembling hypochondria, with want of confidence in one’s self.— Great restlessness.—Not disposed to do anything, taciturn.—Nervous; irritable; vehement; noisy, and dissatisfied with everything; in- 1 According to Humboldt, this scrum became so corrosive by galvanizing the blistered surface, that letters which w*re written on the skin with it shone like fire. CANTHARIS. 465 Bolent and contradicting.—Paroxysms of rage, like frenzy or hydro- phobia, with convulsions. Sensorium.—Mental languor and inertia, early in the morning; delirium ; confusion of the mind.—Dullness of the head, early in the morning, with pulsation in the forehead.— Vertigo: with loss of sense and mistiness before his eyes during a walk in the open air; with fainting; with weakness in the head.—Inflammation of the brain. Head.—Violent pains in the head, deep in the brain, going off after breakfast.—Weight in the forehead, also deep in the brain, with dullness and sensation as if the head were pressed forward.—La- cerating in the head.—Stitches in the head, in the occiput, as if in the bone, or deep in the brain.—Gnawing in the periosteum of the right temple.—Throbbing, deep in the right side ; in the region of the right temple, with drawing in the bone.—Congestion of blood to the head when stooping, with redness of the face ; also when sitting, with heat of the face.—Heat in the head: after dinner, with sweat and burning of the hands; ascension of heat, with anxiety; in the forehead, with headache. Eyes.—Pressure in the eyes ; tearing in the right eye, or drawing; itching; smarting as from salt; burning.—Twitching and stinging of the lids ; pimples on the upper lid ; pain of the margins, as if sore and excoriated, when opening the eyes, in the open air, with lachry- mation.—Ophthalmia.—Lachrymation, with tension in the upper lids; in the open air, with pain of the lid when opening the eyes.-r- Protruded eyes ; eyes in spasmodic motion ; fiery, sparkling, with steady, staring look.—Things look yellow.—Dim-sightedness, par- ticularly when writing, with headache afterwards. Ears.—Lacerating in and about the ears.—-Humming in the ears after supper. Nose.—Tension in the interior of the nose, with beating sensation as if swollen, and pain to the touch.—Erysipelatous inflammation of the dorsum of the nose, extending to the cheeks, particularly on the right side, with swelling, hardness, and subsequent desquamation.— Pimples in the nostril, with burning when touching them.—Sneezing, violent. Face.—Paleness of the face, with a feeling of internal coldness; pale, wretched, sickly appearance.—Heat in the face, suddenly, with redness and thirst.—Bloatedness of the face; swelling of the right side, with tension, also without redness and heat.—Lacerating in the right mastoid process.—Eruptions on the face; itching vesicles, burning when touched.—Soreness; peeling off; sicelling of the upper lip.— 466 CANTHARIS. Lacerating in the lower jaw.—Loclc-jaw, witli grinding of the teeth, and discharge of foamy and even bloody saliva. Teeth.—Gnawing in the lower teeth and jaw.—Suppurating fis- tula-dentalis over the root of one of the upper incisores.—Pains in the gums ; lacerating ; drawing.—Inflamed tumor on the gums, red- dish-yellow and sore. Suppuration of the gums. Mouth.—Burning, extending down to the pharynx, oesophagus, and stomach.—Inflammation and destruction of the mucous mem- brane. Vesicles in the mouth. Small ulcers in the mouth. Ptyalism, profuse, particularly during the paroxysms of rage.—Coagulated blood in the mouth, early in the morning in bed.—White coating on the tip of the tongue, with bitter taste and loathing. Inflammation of the tongue, with vesicles. Suppuration of the tougue.—Weakness of the organs of speech, with weak voice.—Iledness, from the palate to the uvula. Throat.—Stinging dryness. Astringent sensation in the pharynx. Burning in the pharynx, also during deglutition, or extending down the oesophagus, into the stomach and intestinal canal.—Inflamma- tion of the tonsils. Suppuration and destruction of the mucous membrane.—Difficulty of swallowing, particularly liquids. Appetite and Taste.—Impure, offensive taste. Bitter taste. Aversion to every kind of 'nourishment, particularly in the evening. —Increase of appetite.—Loss of thirst, or else violent burning thirst. —Aversion to drinks.—Nausea and loathing, or excessive thirst, during a meal. Gastric Symptoms.—Water-brash. Qualmishness in the stomach. -—Loathing, with ill-humor, inclination to vomit.—Nausea, while eating, with loathing of food.— Vomiting, sometimes with violent retching or fierce colic. Vomiting of everything he eats, sometimes with gagging up of bile and mucus. Vomiting of blood, with con- stant gagging. Stomach.—Sensitiveness of the stomach, also externally. Feeling of weakness in the stomach.—Violent pains with heat in the stomach, tossing about in despair, sometimes with pains in the abdomen, kid- neys, and bladder.—Drawing in the stomach.—Heat in the stomach, with pain. Violent burning in the stomach. Burning in the region of the pylorus.—Inflammation of the stomach. Abdomen.—Inflammation of the liver and diaphragm.— Violent pains in the abdomen and intestines, particularly at night.—Violent colic.—Pinching in the abdomen, early in the morning, violent, or with bearing-down towards the genital organs; around the umbilicus after dinner Cutting in the abdomen; stinging; gnawing.—Heat CANTHARIS. 467 and burning in the abdomen and bowels.—Inflammation and mortifi- cation of the bowels.—Sensitiveness of the abdominal walls to the touch. °Peritonitis. ?—Pains in the groin.—Immovable, firm, hard tumor directly above the symphysis-pubis, in the region of the blad- der, with peculiar, tensive, and burning pains in the loins.1 Stool and Anus.—Constipation, with retention of urine or emis- sion of flatulence.—Frequent or constant urging ; ineffectual urging or with scanty relief.—Increased and painful evacuations.—*Diar- rhcea. Dysenteric diarrhoea. °Diarrhoea during dentition.—Frothy, liquid, or diarrhceic evacuations ; yellow, brown, watery stools. Stools consisting of white mucus, looking like scrapings from the bowels, and streaked with blood. Evacuations consisting of blood or bloody mucus.—Before stool: colic, urging, pinching below the um- bilicus (the latter also during stool).—During stool: colic, pain in the anus and intestinal canal; pressing, extorting cries ; cutting or burning in the anus; prolapsus of the rectum.—After stool: allevi- ation of the colic ; cutting colic ; burning, biting, and stinging in the anus ; tenesmus; shuddering ; violent chilliness, as if cold water were poured over one, with internal warmth. Urine.—Pains in the region of the kidneys, extending into the ab- domen, with severe pain during urination. Stitches in the region of the kidneys.—Cutting in the region of the kidneys, extending to the axillae. Pains along the ureters, lacerating cutting and contraction, relieved by pressing upon the glans. Pressing from the kidneys to the bladder. Inflammation of the kidneys. Enlargement of the kidneys. Pains in the bladder, violent, excessive. Pressure, sting- ing, pressing, and lacerating pain in the neck of the bladder. Heat and burning in the bladder. Suppuration of the bladder. Gangrene of the inner coat of the bladder. Distention of the bladder. Para- lysis of the neck of the bladder.—Violent pains in the urethra, with icy coldness of the hands and feet. Violent cutting in the urethra, obliging one to bend double and scream, before, during, and after micturition. Burning, tension, sticking, or itching in the urethra. Inflammation, enlargement, and suppuration of the urethra.—Sup- pression of urine.—Retention of urine, with retention of stool. Re- tention of urine from over-distention of the bladder. Painful reten- tion of urine, with difficult emission of a few drops.—*Desire to urinate, violent, with inability to urinate, or with scanty ‘John Howslip, in his “Practical Observations on the Diseases of the Urinary Organs,” observes : “ This tumor had been occasioned by a blister of Cantharides, "which was applied to the lumbar region of a female suffering with hfematuria." Compare Pathological Anatomy. 468 cantiiaris emission, or discharge of a few drops only, with great pains, and sometimes streaks of blood, or with discharge of tenacious mucus, at. tended with cutting ; inability to retain the least quantity of urine without occasioning a pressure on the bladder.—* Tenesmus of the bladder, strangury, -also with burning, pain in the back, or * dis- charge of drops of blood. —Frequent m,icturition, with scanty watery discharge; with profuse discharge. Nocturnal enuresis.—Enuresis, sometimes painful, irresistible, bloody; involuntary flow of urine from paralysis of the neck of the bladder.—Urine white ; red or reddish; turbid, like-loam water, with white sediment, at night; full of mucus, which is sometimes filamentous, or mixed with sand, or clots of blood ; bloody urine, or hot, with painful emission of the urine in drops.—*IIcemorrhage of the urethra, haematuria, -with convul. sions. *Painful hcemorrhage from the urethra, with tenesmus. Haemorrhage from the urethra during an erection, attended with haemorrhage from the rectum.—During micturition : dysuria, burn- ing ; biting, burning, jerking; tension as if the urine would be ar. rested in its course; violent cutting.—After micturition : burning; tingling in the urethra.—Discharge of a dirty, purulent fluid from the urethra ; discharge of a yellow fluid from the urethra, like gonor- rhoea, also bloody. °Painful gonorrhoea, with chordee and painful erections.—Jelly-like urine, almost looking like hydatids.—Albu- minous urine. Male Genital Organs.—Itching, heat, and burning of the sexual organs. Swelling of the scrotum, penis, fraenulum-praeputii. In- flammation of the penis. Mortification of the penis.—Feeling of weakness in the sexual organs. Increased sexual desire. Frightful satyriasis. Violent priapism, with excessive pains.—Frequent erec- tions, continuous ; at night, with contraction and sore- ness in the urethra. *Painful erections, °with chordee.—Frequent involuntary emissions. Spermatorrhoea from a relaxed penis, early in the morning, in bed, without sensation. Discharge of blood in the place of semen. Female Genital Organs,—Burning in the pudendum ; violent itching in the vagina. Swelling of the neck of the uterus, attended with burning in the bladder, pain in the abdomen, constant vomiting, and acute fever. Pressing towards the genital organs. Inflamma- tion of the ovaries.—Menses too early, profuse, with black blood. Retarded menses.—Before the menses : burning during micturition, with white sediment in the urine.—After micturition : discharge of bloody mucus.—Cantharides promote fecundity, expel moles, dead foetuses, and the placenta. CANTHAR1S. 469 Larynx and Trachea.—Burning heat in the larynx.—Contraction and constriction of the larynx, even unto suffocation.—Roughness and hoarseness of the throat and chest.—Cough, early on rising, with difficult expectoration. Short turns of cough, from irritation in the larynx, with hurried breathing and asthma, or with pain in the abdo- men.—Bloody expectoration, after short cough. Chest.—Difficult breathing, owing to contraction of the larynx and trachea, or to dryness of the nose. Feeling of weaknsss in the air- passages, with feeble, timid voice. Want of breath when ascending a mountain, with orgasm in the chest and nausea.—Sticking pain and stitches in the chest, sometimes during an inspiration. Violent lancinations in the sternum. Stitches in the left side, at night, during an inspiration, not permitting him to lie on one side, or when turning the body quickly, or when breathing rapidly, with arrest of breathing. Lacerating in the chest, particularly in the region of the heart; feeling of dryness in the chest. Heat and burning in the chest, with pinching in the abdomen, and constipation, or with rising of little clots of blood into the mouth (early in the morning), also with dartings in the chest and the cartilages of the chest.—Draiving pain in the region of the heart; pain of the heart. Violent palpitation of the heart.—Great sensitiveness of the chest to contact. Back, Small of the Back.—Pressure in the small of the back. Gnawing in the small of the back, particularly in the evening, also corrosive gnawing, or as if in the bone, with stinging.—Pain during movement, as if sprained. Violent pains in the back.—Lancination between the shoulders at every movement, as if the parts were sprained. Lacerating between the scapulae. Stitches or lancina- tions in the scapulae, attended with burning of the skin.—Stiffness of the nape of the neck, with tension when bending it over.—Lace- rating or drawing in the muscles of the neck. Arms.—Drawing pain in the shoulder-joint.—Gnawing, drawing, and sticking after dinner, apparently in the bone. Painful boring. —Pain as if bruised. Lacerating pain in the arms.—Drawing in the bones, also in the metacarpal bones.—Burning of the palms of the hands like fire. Legs.—Lancinations in the hip.—°Coxagra. ?—Lacerating in the thigh, down to the bend of the knee.—Gnawing in the bones of tho lower limb, extending down to the calves. Going to sleep, now of one, then of the other limb.—Painful sensation of swelling in both knees.—Boring in the knees, with contraction of the lower limb.— Tottering of the knees when going down-stairs. Violent lacerating in the calves, as if the flesh were torn loose.—Pain in the tibia, above 470 CATSICUM ANNUUM. the tarsal joint, as if the flesh were loose.— Violent ideerative pain in the soles.—Burning of the soles, particularly in bed. 63.—CAPSICUM AUNUTJM. CAPS.—Spanish Pepper.—See Hahnemann’s “ Materia Medica Pura,” Vol. I.— Duration of Action: three weeks. Compare with—Arn., Bell., Calad., Chin., Cina, Ign., Nux-v., Puls., Yerat. Antidotes.—Camph.—Pepper antidotes Calad. and Chin. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Superficial, drawing pains in different parts of the limbs, in the back, nape of the neck, scapulae, and hands, for many hours, excited by motion. Early in the morning, when rising, he feels as if all his joints were broken, a paralytic painful stiffness when commencing to move, especially in the knees and tar- sal joints, relieved by continued motion. All his joints are painful, as if dislocated, accompanied with a sensation as if swollen. Cramp, first in the left arm, and afterwards in the whole body, with stiffness of the arms and the feet, when rising from a seat, with tingling in the feet and as if they had gone to sleep. Lassitude of the limbs, greater during rest and when sitting. Weariness, greater in the morning than evening. Trembling, weakness of the feet. Complete depres- sion of strength. He dreads all kinds of exercise.—Languor and heaviness of the limbs, followed by trembling of the upper limbs and knees, the hands felt too weary to write. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Most of the symptoms occur in the evening and at night.—Aggravation of the symptoms by contact, open air, and cold temperature. Skin.—Creeping in different parts of the skin, as of a fly. Sensa- tion over the whole body as if all the parts of the body would go to sleep. Stinging burning itching of the whole body, greatest on the chest and in the face. Sleep.—Sleep full of dreams. His sleep is interrupted by screams and startings, as if he were falling down from a height. Sleeplessness. Fever.—Coldness over the whole body, the limbs are cold, with- out shuddering. Shuddering and shaking chills after drinking. Excessive chilliness, in the evening, after lying down, followed by coryza. He trembles and shudders. and chilliness in the back, in the evening, followed by slight sweat, but neither heat nor thirst. Feverish shuddering, in the evening, with thirst, with great weakness, short breath, drowsiness, and ill-humor, °or with headache, ptyalism, vomiting of mucus, painful swelling of the spleen. CAPSICUM ANNUUM. 471 pain in the back, lacerating in the limbs, and contraction of the same. : particularly quotidian and tertian, with predominant chilliness; °chilliness, with great thirst, followed by heat with thirst or without, and attended with sweat.—°Fever after abuse of Cin- chona. Heat, at the same time shuddering, with thirst for water. During the hot stage : °dartings in the head, bad taste in the mouth, colic, with ineffectual urging, pain in the chest and back, lacerating in the limbs.—Heat in the face and redness, with tremor of the limbs. —Glowing cheeks, after dinner, with cold hands and feet, without shuddering. Red cheeks. The face is alternately pale and red, together with the lobules, with a burning sensation, without any par- ticular heat being felt when touching the parts. (Burning of the hands, feet, and cheeks, the latter being swollen.) Hot ears, and hot, red tip of the nose, towards evening.— (Internal heat, with cold sweat on the forehead.) Heat of the hands. Coldness of the feet. Moral Symptoms.—Taciturn, obstinate, and peevish. Ill humor. Tendency to start. Capricious. Anguish ; he imagines he will die. Want of disposition to work or think.—°IIome-sickness, with redness of the cheeks. Sensorium.—Intoxication. Dizziness of the head, early in the morning, when waking. Feverish chills and coldness, with anxiety, sense as of reeling, and dullness of the head.—Vertigo, bicreased acuteness of all the senses. Inability to think. Fatigue of the mind after the least exertion. Confusion of thought, absence of mind. Head.—Headache, as if the skull would burst, when moving the head or when walking. Beating, throbbing headache in one of the tenvples. Beating headache in the forehead. Aching in the temples and forehead, above the root of the hose, with stitches over the eye and in the ear. Stinging pain in one side of the head, increasing by raising the eyes or head, or by stooping, and accompanied with for- getfulness and nausea. Darting pain in the head, worse during rest, less during motion. Distensive headache, or as if the brain were too full. Drawing pain, with pressure in the forehead. Deeply- penetrating dartings in the vertex. Scalp.—Gnawing or burning itching, as of vermin, in the hairy scalp- Face.—Pain in the face, either pain in the bone, excited by touch- ing the parts, or fine pain in the nerves, when falling asleep. Red points in the face, and herpes on the forehead, with corrosive itching. Eyes.—Dilatation of the pupils. Eyes protrude from their sockets, with paleness of countenance. Aching in the eyes, as if a foreign body were lodged in them. Burning in the eyes, early in the morning they are red, with lachrymation. Inflammation of the eyes. Dim- 472 sightedness, early in the morning, as if a turbid substance Were float- ing over the cornea, and obscured it, relieved for a time when rub- bing. All objects appear black when brought before the eyes. Al- most complete extinction of sight. Pressure on the eyes, he is un- able to open them sufficiently.—°Incipient amaurosis. ? Ears.—Lacerating in the concha. Itching pain deep in the ear. Aching deep in the ear. Swelling on the petrous portion of the tem- poral bone, painful when touched. Pain under the ear.—Hard hear- ing, with roaring. Attack of deafness, after previous burning and stinging in the ear, and succeeded by tingling. Nose.—Bloody mucus from the nose. Violent, concussive sneei- ing. Dry coryza; tingling and tickling in the nose, also burning as in dry coryza. Jaws and Teeth. eruption on the lips. Swollen lips. Rhagades of the lips. Swelling of the gums. Drawing pain in the gums. The teeth feel to him as if elongated and raised, also dull. Burning of the lips. Mouth.—Pimples on the tongue, with stinging pain when touched. —°Stomacace.—Pain as if the tongue were swollen. Throat.—Ptyalism. Pain during deglutition, as if the throat were inflamed. Simple pain in the fauces, only when coughing. Spasmodic contraction of the fauces. Dryness of the mouth. Taste and Appetite.—Taste in the mouth as of putrid water. Watery,_flat taste in the motith: afterwards heartburn. Heartburn. Acrid, sourish taste in the mouth. Stomach and Gastric Symptoms.—Coldness in the stomach. In- clination to vomit. Qualmishness and inclination to vomit, in the pit of the stomach, early in the morning and afternoon. Fullness and anxiousness in the chest, after a meal, afterwards sour risings or heartburn, finally loose stool. Stool and redness of the cheeks, im- mediately after dinner. Burning over the pit of the stomach, imme- diately after a meal. Aching in the pit of the stomach. Burning, with sense of swelling in the region of the stomach. Abdomen.—Pain, deep in the abdomen, more burning than sting- ing, accompanied by cutting in the umbilical region, during motion especially when stooping or walking, with desire to weep, ill humor, and apprehensiveness, and sweat in the face. Oppressive tension in the abdomen, especially the epigastric region, betiveen the pit of the stomach and the umbilicus, increased by motion and accompanied with tension and pressure in the lower part of the back. Sensation as if the abdomen tvere distended unto bursting, producing a suffo- cative arrest of breathing. Pressure under the short ribs and in CAPSICUM ANNUUM. CAPSICUM ANNUUM. 473 the pit of the stomach. °Colic, as if from flatulence. Increased warmth of the intestinal canal. Stool.—Colic, cutting and writhing around the umbilicus, accom- panied by expulsion of a tenacious mucus, sometimes streaked with black blood, every stool is followed by thirst, and every drink by shuddering. Drawing and shifting in the abdomen, with or without diarrhoea. Mucous diarrhoea with tenesmus. Diarrhoea, immediately followed by tenesmus, without stool. Small stools, consisting of mere mucus. Small stools, consisting of bloody mucus. °Dysenteric diarrhoea. ? Nightly diarrhoea, with burning at the anus. Tenesmus. After drinking he has to go to stool, in spite of his costiveness ; he only passes mucus. Constipation, as if there were too much heat in the abdomen. Burning pain in the anus. Itching of the anus. Smarting, stinging pain in the anus, during diarrhoea. Blind haemor- rhoids, varices of the anus, very painful during stool. Varices in the anus, sometimes itching. Haemorrhage from the anus, for four days. Urine.—Spasmodic contraction of the neck of the bladder, with cutting pain. Tenesmus of the bladder : frequent but unsuccessful desire to urinate. The urine is emitted in drops, as if it were poured over the urethra occasionally (immediately and for a long time). Burning urine.—Burning, smarting pain in the urethra, after mictu- rition. Pain in the urethra, especially in the forenoon. Prickings or violent stitches in the anterior portion of the urethra, between the acts of urinating. Cutting pain in the urethra, between the acts of mictu- rition, from before backwards. The urethra is painful to the touch. The urine deposits a white sediment. °Haematuria.? Catarrh of the bladder.? Genital Organs.—Continual pressing and prickling in the glans, especially morning and evening. Drawing pain in the spermatic cord, and crampy pain in the testicle, during emission of urine, and some time afterwards. Violent erection, early in the morning, when rising, which can only be subdued by cold water. Purulent discharge from the urethra. Gonorrhoea.—Discharge of fetid mucus from the vagina. Coldness of the scrotum, and impotence.—Tabes-testiculorum; dwindling of the testes to the size of a bean, extinction of the sexual instinct, emaciation, falling off of the beard, and weakness of sight.1 1 Those among the French soldiers in Egypt who drank brandy which had been poisoned with “Solanum-capsicum. and Pseudo-capsicum," were afflicted with the following symptoms : loss of sensibility in the testicles, softening and gra- dual dwindling of those parts. At first this was not noticed by the patient, un- til the testicles were reduced to the size of a bean, insensible, hard, and drawn up close to the abdominal ring, and suspended by a shrivelled spermatic cord.—■ Larrey, “ Observations sur plusieurs Maladies qui out affect6 les Troupes pen- dant l’Expedition dc l’Egypte.” 474 CAPSICUM ANNUUM. Larynx and Trachea.—Hoarseness.—Frequent and short, barking cough. Cough, especially towards evening. In the evening, after lying down, tingling and tickling in the larynx, and dry, short, and hacking cough.—Painful cough. Pain in the throat, when coughing, as of a simple, painful swelling. Aching in the throat, only during the coughing fit, as if an ulcer would open. Headache during cough. Cough excites an inclination to vomit. Continual stitches in the throat, in the region of the epiglottis, exciting a dry cough, without going off’ by it. Coughing, accompanied with an aching pain in the ear. Drawing pain when coughing, in the side of the chest, extending up to the neck. Chest.—Pain in the region of the ribs and sternum, when taking an inspiration. pain in the region of a rib, at a small place, worst when touching the parts, but excited neither by breathing nor by coughing.—Sticking pain in the side of the chest and back when coughing. Several violent stitches in the region of the heart.—In- voluntary, violent expiration. Deep breathing, almost like a sigh. Asthma, sensation of fullness in the chest. Asthma, apparently coming from the stomach. Asthma, with redness of the face, eruc- tation, and sensation as if the chest were extended. Orthopnoe. Pain as if the chest were constricted, oppressing the breathing, and increasing, even by the slightest motion. Asthma in walking. Throb- bing pain in the chest. Aching pain in that side of the chest on which she is resting. Back.—Drawing-aching pain in the back. Stiffness of the. nape of the neck, diminished by motion. Painful stiffness of the nape of the neck, which is felt only when moving it. Drawing-lacerating pain in, and by the side of, the spinal column.—Darting-lacerating pain in the cervical glands. ' Arms.—Pain in the shoulder-joint, as if sprained. Drawing pain with lameness above and below the elbow-joint.—Drawing-lacerating pains extending from the right clavicle to the tips of the fingers. Legs.—Drawing pain in the hip-joint, increasing by contact and by bending the trunk backwards.—Lancinating pain from the hip-joint down to the feet, especially when coughing. Pain in the muscles of the thigh, resembling an aching, and as if the parts had been strained Pain, as from bruises, in the right thigh, disappearing when walking, but returning when at rest.—Convulsive jerking and twitching, now of the thigh, then of the lower arm. Tensive pain in the knee. Straining pain in the calves when walking. Pain, as from bruises, in the hqel-bone. CARBO ANIMALIS. 475 64—CARBO ANIMALIS. CARB. A.—Animal Charcoal.—Hahnemann’s “Chronic Diseases,” III.—Dura- tion of Action: forty days Compare with—Bov., Calc., Carb.-v., Ign., Ipec., Merc., Natr.-mur., Rhod., Sel., Sil., and the remedies which are analogous to Carb.-v. Antidote.—Cainph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Aching in the joints and muscles. Pressure in the stomach, the chest, and sometimes in the abdomen. Pain in the arms and legs as if they had been pressed with the fingers. Lacerating and drawing pain in the fingers and toes. Stiffness of the limbs, after sitting. Sensation as if hands and feet would go to sleep, frequently. The arms and legs go to sleep, the former when leaning upon them, the latter when laying them across each other.— Feeling of numbness in all the limbs, also in the head. All the limbs feel bruised, especially during motion.—The ligaments of the elbows and knees are painful when lying down.—The joints of the body feel bruised, severed, weak. Feeling in the joints as if broken. Cracking in the joints.—Vacillating gait, as if caused by some ex- ternal force.—Heaviness and trembling of the arms and legs.— Throbbing and beating in the whole body, worse in the evening.— Seething of the blood, without heat.—Weakness and want of energy of the whole body, with dullness of the head.—*Easily exhausted by walking. A good deal of sweat when walking in the open air. *Tired and sleepy after walking. Paroxysms : vertigo.—Laziness and indisposition for any kind of mental or physical labor, the whole day.—Languid, anxious, and melancholy, especially in the afternoon. —The whole day as if in a state of slumber, indolent, deaf, dim- sighted, peevish, and gloomy.—Hull and drowsy in the forenoon, more so after dinner.—Lassitude in the morning, with sadness. Skin.—Itching over the whole body, especially in the evening when in bed. Smarting over the whole body. Sleep.—Great drowsiness. Sleeplessness.—Hot and restless, at night.—Uneasy sleep, interrupted by frequent waking.—When fall- ing asleep, she starts up as if she would fall. Anguish and seething of the blood, she had to sit up. Pain in the joints, at night.—Cramp in the thighs and legs, at night.—Bleeding at the nose, languor, and sensation as if the body were bruised, at night.—Trembling in the interior of the limbs, in the evening when falling asleep, vrith twitch* ing in the knees, legs, and feet.—Ptyalism during sleep.—Moaning —Loud talking, weeping when asleep, and sobbing when waking Sleep full of vivid fancies. 476 CARBO ANIMALTS. Fever.—Great chilliness in the daytime.—Constant chilliness,, with icy-cold feet. Some shuddering, with thirst, every other day, towards evening; afterwards violent dry heat.—Chilliness over the whole body, afterwards heat, when lying down.—At night, when in bed, his head and the upper part of his body were hot, the legs were cold, getting warm only gradually.—Heat and thirst at night, without either previous chilliness or succeeding sweat.—Night-heat, with moist skin.—Sweat coloring the linen yellow. Profuse night-sweat. Sweat about the head, at night. Exhausting night-sweats. Fetid night-sweats. Moral Symptoms.—Melancholy, low-spirited, sad, or taciturn.-— Home-siclcness.—Anxious and desponding. Shy and timid. Hope- lessness. Peevish. Angry and full of wrath. Excessively merry. Sensorium.—Weakness of memory.—Gloominess in the head, early in the morning. Dizziness in the head, and drowsiness, as if one had not slept enough. In the morning his head is confused. Sudden stupefaction in repeated attacks. Sudden stupefaction when moving the head or walking. Vertigo. Vertigo, with blackness of sight. Feeling of giddiness in the head, as if he would be attacked with qualms of sickness, accompanied by a watery mist before the eyes. Vertigo with nausea, when raising the head after stooping. *Ver- tigo, towards seven o’clock in the evening; when raising her head everything turned with her; on rising from her chair she reeled to and fro. Head.—Heaviness of the head, in the morning, with dim-sighted- ness and watery eyes. Heaviness in the forehead when stooping, with sensation as if the brain would fall forward ; when raising her head, vertigo. Heaviness of the head, especially the occiput and tha left side, with dullness of the head. Pain in the top of the head, the place feeling sore externally. and sense of dullness in the whole of the head, *after dinner, and continuing until evening. Aching in both temples. Tightness in the head, every day* Pain in the vertex, as if the skull had been blown to pieces, or were open. Lacerating and throbbing in the whole of the head, relieved by pres- sure. Pain over and in the root of the nose, as if the parts were bruised. Boring pain in the temporal bone, extending to the malar bone. Boring and drawing pains about the head, accompanied by lacerating; increasing when the head becomes cool. Stitches in the head, especially in the temples. Stitches and throbbing in the occi- put. Beating and lancinating pain in the vertex, as if the head would burst, when walking. of blood to the head, with dullness of the head. Heat in the head, with anguish, in the evening CARPO ANIMALIS. 477 when in bed, relieved by rising. Feeling as if the brain were loose, during motion, attended with pain.—Pain as from ulceration. Violent itching in the hairy scalp. °Eruption and scurfs. Hard tumor on the forehead. Falling off of the hair. Eyes.—Pressure in the eye.—Stitches in the eyes. Stitches, burning, and moistening of the eyes, with previous itching.—Itching and pressure in the eyes, in the daytime. Smarting and burning in the external canthus. Weakness in the eyes. Great weakness in the eyes, in the evening. Punning of the eyes, when rising in the morning. Dimness before the eyes, as if she saw through mist. The eyes are continally dim. Sense as of filaments floating before the eyes. Light hurts the eyes. Ears.—-Cramp in the ears, extending as far as the oesophagus, on the left side, rendering deglutition difficult. Drawing in the ear. Stitches in the ears.—°Discharge from the ears.—A kind of swelling of the periosteum behind the right ear.—Swelling of the parotid glands The hearing is weak and dull. Weak, confused hearing.— °Humming in the ears. Nose.—Redness and swelling of the nose; it feels sore inside. Swelling of the nose and the mouth. Bleeding at the nose, succeed- ing a pressure and feeling of dullness in the head. of the nose, especially the left nostril.—*Dry coryza, -with want of breath in the nose; early in the morning on waking, going off after rising, or from forenoon till evening.—Fluent coryza, with loss of smell, yawning, and sneezing. Face.—The skin of the face is painful. Lacerating or shooting in the jaws or malar-bone.—Heat in the face and head, in the afternoon. Eruption on the cheeks like red spots. Yellowness of the face. Copper-colored eruption in the face. Numerous pimples in the face, without sensation.—°Erysipelas of the face. Swelling of the mouth. —The lips are chapped. Bleeding of the lips. Vesicles on the lips. Jaws and Teeth.—#Drawing in the teeth, with flying heat in the face. drawing in the left molar teeth, especially in the afternoon. in a left molar tooth of the lower jaw, at night, every time she wakes. Drawing and darting pains in the nerves of the molar teeth, coming on suddenly while eating bread. Lacerating toothache, especiaPy in the hollow teeth. Grumbling in the teeth, when touching them, worse in the evening.—The upper and lower teeth feel elongated, they vacillate.—Great looseness of the teeth; she is unable to chew the softest food without feeling pain. The gums are pale and painful, as if ulcerated.—The gums are red and swollen, 478 CARBO AN1MALI8. and very painful.—Drawing pain in the gums. °Bleeding of the gums. Mouth.—Yesieles in the mouth, which cause a sense as of burn* ing. Burning of the tip of the tongue, and roughness in the mouth. Mouth and tongue are immovable, with difficult, drawling and very low speech.—*Dryness of the mouth, particularly of the tongue and palate. Throat.—Sore throat as if ulcerated, or as of a blister. Scraping in the throat, attended with ptyalism.—Soreness and burning, like heartburn, in the throat, extending down to the stomach, worse to- wards evening, at night, and in the morning, relieved after rising and after a meal.—Sense as of burning in the throat.—Pressure in the throat, when swallowing. Taste and Appetite.—*Bitter taste every morning, passing off after rising. Bitter, sour, or putrid taste. Great thirst. No appe- tite. Bepugnanee to cold drink. Violent hunger in the morning, llavenous hunger. Gastric Symptoms.—°Great weakness of the digestion, with de- rangement of the digestive powers from every meal.—Plating meat is followed by long-lasting nausea and inclination to vomit. Internal chilliness when commencing the meal. Anguish in the chest after a meal. Pressure in the stomach after eating. Asthma shortly after a meal. Palpitation of the heart after a meal. Eructations tasting of the food. Putrid eructations almost continually. °Sour eructations ; Suppressed eructations, with pain.—Acrid heartburn. Nausea and inclination to vomit, which is felt in the stomach in the morning after rising, with heat, anguish, and rising of sourish water into the mouth, accompanied by general lassitude. Inclination to water-brash, with nausea, in the stomach, at night. Stomach. in the stomach, even in the morning, °as from a load.—Pressure in the stomach, with heaviness and fullness, attended with an inclination to water-brash.—Sudden and short ach- ing in the pit of the stomach, when taking a deep inspiration. *Con- tracting spasm of the stomach. °Clawing and griping in the stomach.—Frequent stitches; boring pain in the stomach, as if brought on by long fasting in the morning.—°Burning in the stomach .—* Audible rumbling in the stomach, in the morning on waking. Abdomen.—Violent aching in the liver, almost like cutting; the region of the liver is painful when touched, as if sore.—Sticking with pressure below the left ribs. Aching in the left side of the abdomen. Weight as of a lump in the abdomen.—Distention of the abdcnnen. Bloated condition of the abdomen in different places CARBO ANIMALIS. 479 like hernia,—Painful tightness in the abdomen ; the parts below the ribs feel sore, as from subcutaneous ulceration. Pain in the abdomen as from subcutaneous ulceration. Pinching constriction in the abdo- men.—Griping and uneasiness in the abdomen.—Griping in the region of the umbilicus. Pinching in the abdomen, around the umbilicus, and in the epigastrium, with sensation as if the bowels would be moved.—Lancinations in the abdomen.—Violent cutting in the abdomen, with frequent desire for stool, and even tenesmus. —Digging and writhing pain in the epigastrium.—Heat about the abdomen. Burning in the abdomen, when walking. Colic, as if diar- rhoea would come on.—Bearing-down in the groins, sometimes like the burning in strangury.—Stitches in the groins. The abdomen becomes distended, and feels sore when walking, moving, or touch* ing the parts.— * Audible rumbling, as of incarcerated flatulence. Stool and ,Anus.—Unsuccessful desire for stool. Violent tenes- mus ; the stool is passed with much difficulty, it is hard and streaked with blood. Stool scanty and delaying, for several days.—#Four evacuations on the third day, each of which is preceded by colic. —Stool, first hard, then soft, preceded by burning in the rectum. Soft stool, with mucus, looking like coagulated albumen. Soft green stool, preceded and accompanied by colic. Liquid stool, followed by tenesmus. Diarrhoea, after pinching in the abdomen, with burning at the rectum. Violent cutting in the varices of the rectum during stool. Discharge of blood with the stool.—Pain in the small of the back, during stool, with inflation of the abdomen, extending as high as the chest. Shuddering after stool (in the evening). Stool is fol- lowed by a desire for micturition (*the urine smelling very badly); afterwards lassitude and sleepiness, without being able to fall asleep. The varices become distended, with burning pain when walking. Violent burning in the rectum, in the evening. Painful contraction of the rectum. * Stitches in the rectum, which is sore. Soreness of the rectum, with oozing the whole evening. Boil at the anus. Urine.—Pain in walking, in the region of the kidneys.—Pressure on the bladder, at night. Almost involuntary emission of urine, even from slight pressure. Increased emission of urine. Turbid, orange-colored urine; deposits a turbid sediment. Yellow urine, with loose sediment. Interrupted stream. Scanty urine. • Hot urine in small quantity, at night, with burning sensation when emitted. —Burning in the urethra when urinating. Burning soreness in the urethra, during and after the emission of urine. Male Genital Organs.—Absence of sexual desire and laxness of the genital organs.—Frequent pollutions.—Spasmodic pain along the 480 CAItBO ANXMAL1S- urethra, especially the membranous portion, after a pollution. Meo tal and physical exhaustion after a pollution, attended with anxiety Female Genital Organs.—Menses four days too soon, with head ache previous to their appearance. Menses only flow in the morn ing. Anxious heat previous to the appearance of the menses. Vio lent pressing in the groins, the small of the back, and the thigh during the menses, attended with unsuccessful inclination to eructa tions, chilliness, and yawning. Bloated abdomen, during the menses *Leucorrhaea, °burning, biting. Leucorrhoea, tinging the linei yellow.—Watery leucorrhaea, when walking or standing.—°Th lochia are too thin, and smell badly.—°Darting in the mamma of ; nursing female, arresting the breathing, and aggravated by pressure —°Painful nodosities and indurations of the mammae.—°Erysipela tous inflammation. Larynx and Trachea.—Hoarseness, worse in the evening. Rough ness and hoarseness in the throat, in the morning, after rising, ac companied by dry cough. Irritation inducing cough, attended witl constriction of the throat and spasms of the chest.—llough cough with pain in the throat, as if sore. Cough from tickling in th< larynx. Suffocative cough in the evening, after falling asleep Dry cough, day and night.—Discharge of white, yellowish mucus Cough, with discharge of thick pus. Discharge of green pus, afte dry cough. Discharge of thick, green pus, from a vomica in th right cavity of the chest. Pleuritic stitches brought on by cough Soreness in the abdomen, from coughing.—°Suppuration of the lungs Chest.—Panting breathing, with oppression of the chest. Oppres sion of the chest, after a meal. Tightness of the chest, the ches feels oppressed, or as if fatigued by exertion. Violent compressioj in the chest, with arrest of breathing, early in the morning. Violen pain in the chest, as if it would fly to pieces, with soreness.—Stitche in the right breast, when sitting or writing, or at every inspiratior as if the parts were ulcerated.—Writhing (twisting) pain in am below the chest.—Tremor in the chest, like a sort of moaning.- Feelingof coldness in the chest.—Burning in the chest, with aching Pressure about the heart, almost like pinching. Palpitation of th heart, in the evening, without anguish. Violent palpitation of th heart, every beat being felt in the head. Violent palpitation of th heart, early in the morning, on waking. Back.—Pain in the coccyx, which becomes a burning pain whe the parts are touched. Pressing (bearing-down) pain in the ooccyj as if the parts were bruised. Pain, as from subcutaneous ulceratior in the inferior extremity of the spinal column, mostly when sittin CARBO VEGETABILIS. 481 and lying down.—Pain in the small of the back, when sitting, as if the menses would make their appearance. Pressing pain in thi small of the back. Stiffness in the small of the back. Drawing pain in the small of the back, as if broken, when waiting, standing, or lying down.—Lancination in the small of the back, down the thighs, on every inspiration. The back is so painful on the left side that she cannot rest upon it.—Pressing pain in the back, between the sca- pulae, as if the parts had been strained or sprained. °Burning in the back. Tension in the nape of the neck. swellings in the neck. °Indurated glandular swellings, with sticking pain. Arms.—°Herpes ; °indurated glands.—Drawing pain in the arms and hands.—Lacerating in the upper arm.—Pain in the wrist-joint as if sprained. Dragging pain in the wrist-joints when moved.—Lace- rating in the hands.—The hands go to sleep. The metacarpal joints are painful whfen moved.—Stitches in the tips of the fingers.—°Ar- thritic stiffness 'of the joints. Legs.—Disagreeable tightness of the skin over the lower extremi- ties, with a feeling either of burning or icy coldness.—Cold legs in the daytime. Pinching pains in different parts of the lower limbs. Darting pain in the thighs.—Drawing and lacerating in the muscles of the thigh.—Fine burning shooting stitches in the thigh and small of the back.—Lacerating above the knee, as if in the bone. Soreness in the knee, when bending it, day and night. Cramp in the calves. Painful tightness in the calves when walking. in the leg. Pain in the tibia as if bruised, when walking in the open air, at inter- vals, with tightness in the calf.—Jerking drawing in the tibia. drawing in the left leg, at night, from below upwards, °with sticking. Lacerating in the left leg, especially in the knee and ankle-joint.—The legs go to sleep in the daytime.—Weakness of the ankle-joint.—Pain in the heels, as from subcutaneous ulcera- tion. Stinging tingling in the feet, as if they had gone to sleep, in the morning. Feet burn when walking, swell when sitting.—Inflam- matory swelling on the foot, bursting open near one of the toes. Swelling and tightness of the feet.—Profuse sweat of the feet. Fre- quent cramp in the toes.—Violent cutting burning in the toes, espe- cially the little toes.—Corns painf ul to the touch. 65.—CARBO VEGETABILIS. CARB. V.—Vegetable Charcoal.—Hahnemann's “Chronic Diseases.” Vol. III. Duration of Action: forty (lays. Compare with—Ant, Ars., Calc., Carb.-a., Chin., Coff., Fcr., Graph., Kali, 482 CARBO VEGETABILIS. Lack., Lyc , Merc., Natr., Nui-v., Phos.-ac., Puls., Rhod., Sep., S'ifam., Zinc —Carb-v. is frequently indicated after: Kali, Lncli., Nux-v., Sep.—Alter Carb.-v. ar3 frequently indicated: Ars., Kali, Merc., Phosph.-ac. Antidotes—Ars., (iamph., Coff., Lach., Nitr.-spir.—It antidotes : Chin., Lach., Merc., Vinura. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Drawing pain in the limbs, and in almost every part of the body. * Rheumatic drawing in the whole body, with coldness of the hands and feet. Lacerating in different parts of the body, at night when in bed, and in the morning when waking.—Great anguish, heat, and feeling of unhappiness during the pains. °Pains as if sprained or strained by lifting.—*Great lassi- tude after the pains. Seething of the blood. Tingling in the whole body. *The limbs go to sleep. *All the limbs feel bruised. * The joints feel bruised, relieved by stretching the limbs, in the morning when waking. Great heaviness in the left arm and leg, like paraly- sis.—Want of energy of the muscular motions. *The joints feel too weak to support the body. * Tremulousness of the body, attended with great failing of strength. especially in the lower extremities. *General physical depression towards noon, with emptiness of the head and sensation of hunger. *Feeling of great lassitude, early in the morning, as after drinking much wine, attended with trembling of the limbs and stomach. *He feels ex- hausted and languid, as if he had recovered from a severe illness. —*Languor after a short walk in the open air. * Attacks of sudden weakness, like fainting. * Attack of vertigo, in the forenoon, with nausea and obscuration of sight, tingling before the ears, tremor, warm sweat over the whole body, drops of sweat on the forehead; shortly before the attack some drops of blood come out of the nose. —*Fit when looking out of the window, with nausea and vertigo ; he falls down and remains without consciousness for several minutes; upon recovering his senses he feels as if he had been in a deep sleep. Beating in the body here and there.—°Want of nervous irri- tability and susceptibility to medicine. Most of the pains come on in the open air. Skin.—Itching over the whole body, day and night. Burning in different places of the skin, at night when in bed. Burning in the skin as of sinapisms. *Nettle-rash. °Aneurisms.? °Varices. ?— °Chilblains. ?—°Glandular swellings, indurated.—°Lymphatic swell- ings,with suppuration and burning pain.—Jaundice.?—*Fine blotches like dry itch; °dry, rash-like itch ; °herpes.—0Reddish-brown moles. °Bright-red, round, flat, elevated aneurisms by anastomosis, bleed- ing violently when wounded in the least. Pressure and tension around the ulcer on the leg.—*An ulcer, which had been cured CARBO VEGETABILIS. 483 breaks open again, and, instead of pus, emits bloody lymph ; the place is hard and painful to the touch. *The ulcer occasioned by the tis- sue emits a corrosive humor. #The pus of the ulger emits a cada- verous smell. Sleep.—*Drowsiness, which goes off by motion, in the forenoon, when sitting or reading. *Great drowsiness iu the daytime. Ex- cessive drowsiness after a meal, in the evening. °Sopor with snor- ing.—*No sleep, with inability to open her eyes.—*Sleeplessness, on account of uneasiness in the body.—Uneasy, unrefreshing sleep. Uneasy sleep, frequently interrupted by waking, with headache in the morning, and burning in different parts of the body. Anguish in the evening, after lying down, as from oppression of the chest, with heat in the head, heat in the hands, and sweat on the forehead. *Uneasiness in the evening when in bed. Nightly pulsations in the head, as if he would be attacked with apoplexy, waking him with anxiety. He wakes several times at night, with sensation of conges- tion of blood to the head.—Violent pain in the occiput, at night, and boring in the fore part of the head, accompanied by sweat, paleness of the face, cold and trembling hands, and nausea at the stomach.— Continual sneezing, at night.—A very vivid lewd dream; frightful dreams. °Dreams with fanciful ravings. Fever.—*Chilliness and coldness of the body.—* Fever, °with thirst during the cold stage only. Shuddering in the evening, with weariness, followed by flushes of heat.—Chilliness with great thirst, followed by heat with slight thirst.—Symptoms before the chilly stage : °beating in the temples ; °lacerating in the bones of the limbs and in the teeth; -cold feet; °stretching of the limbs.—During the chilly stage : °languor.—During the hot stage : °headache, vertigo, redness of the face, obscuration of sight, nausea, pains in the stomach, abdomen, or chest, oppression of the chest, pain in the lower limbs. After the fever: °headache.—°Quotidian, tertian, and quartan inter- mittent fevers, also after abuse of Cinchona.—*A good deal of heat : °frequent attacks of flying heat; -in the evening, burning, with great weariness and nightly delirium, or only internal heat, with great anguish, with coldness externally, which is perceptible to the touch. —0 Typhus and typhoid fevers, particularly in the last stage, with sopor and rattling, cold sweat on the face and limbs, hippocratic coun- tenance, and small pulse.—Pulse : frequent; *feeble and depressed ; 0 collapse of pulse (in the cholera).—* Great disposition to sweat, copious and frequent sweat in the face (of a child) ; sweat with a sou? smell; *morning-sweats, -warm ; night-sweats, -with putrid smell Moral Symptoms.—Anxious, a sort of oppression of the chest, 484 CARBO VEGETABILIS. Very much oppressed and full. anguish, every after* noon, from four to six o’clock. Increasing anguish in the evening, with heat in the face. in the evening. Every after noon he trembled with uneasiness and anguish over the whole body. — Whining mood, everything appeared terrible to him, he felt de- spairing.—* Tendency to start.—Impatience ; great irritability.—She is over-excited.—*Irritability and sensitiveness.—Peevish, impatient, desperate. * Very peevish, irritable., and disposed to be angry.—In- dolent mind, not disposed to think.—°Dread of ghosts, particularly at night. Sensorium.—Periodical want of memory.—Sudden want of me- mory.—°Muddled condition of the head, with heaviness in all the limbs as in a cold. Dullness of the head.—Giddiness in the head, with pressure in the forehead.—Vertigo from the slightest motion. Ver- tigo in bed, after waking from sleep. Giddiness in the evening, after sleeping, when sitting, with trembling and quivering in the whole body. Vertigo only when sitting, as if the head were balancing to and fro. Head.—Headache, as is felt in the beginning of a cold. Headache affecting the whole of the right side of the head and face, with chilli- ness, coidness, and tremor of the body and jaws. Headache brought on by a sudden change from warmth to cold. °IIeadache from getting heated.—Dull headache, with heaviness, in the forehead. Dull head- ache in the occiput. *Heaviness in the head. Spasmodic tightness in the brain. * Aching in the nape of the neck, afterwards in the forehead, followed by lachrymation and closing of the lids. Con- tinued aching on the top of the head, and in the occiput, with pain- fulness of the hair when touched. Aching in the forehead, close above the eyes. Aching over and in the eyes.—Pressure in both temples and on the top of the head. Pressure and drawing in the head in paroxysms.—Compressive headache. Headache, as if the integuments of the head became contracted. Contractive pain in the head, especially during motion. Drawing pain in the head. Dull lacerating headache, in the vertex, temples, and brain, in pa- roxysms. Erratic stitches in the head, from without inwards, with general painfulness of the surface of the brain.—Boring headache in the fore part of the head.— Violent throbbing pain in the occiput, as from subcutaneous ulceration, from morning till evening. Beating in the temples and fullness of the brain, when waking from a deep and long siesta.—* Beating headache, in the afternoon. * Pulsating pain in the forehead, after a meal, with pressure in the occiput, heat in the head, and eructations.—*Congestion of blood to the head, with CARBO VEGETABILIS. 485 hot forehead and muddled feeling in the head. Burning in the fore- head and heat in the mouth, with pain in the eyes.—Buzzing in the head as of bees.—Violent noise in the head from reading.—Lacerat- ing in the bones of the head.—Headache over the whole vertex, in the morning when in bed, with painfulness of the hair when touched, going off after rising.—* Great falling off of the hair on the head, °particularly after severe illness.—°Susceptibility of the head to take cold.—Pimples on the temples. Eyes.—°Pain in the left eye from sharp looking. in the eyes, with dullness of the head. Pressure in the eyes, as of a groin of sand, with a feeling of soreness, especially in the cantlii.— Pain in the eye, as if torn out, with headache.—Violent stitches in both eyes.—Itching around the eyes. Biting in the eye-lids, with redness of the margin of the lids. in the eyes, particu- larly in the canthi, with pressure.—Inflammation of the right eye. Swelling of the left eye. Profuse lachrymation and smarting in the right eye. *Morning-agglutination of the eyes. 0Hoemorrhage from the eyes, with congestion of blood to the head.—Great short- sightedness.—Black, flying spots before the eyes. Ears.—Lacerating in the ear.—Pulsations in the ears.—Heat and redness of the left ear, every evening. Discharge of a thickish, flesh-colored, badly-smelling liquid from the ear. °Suppuration of the inner ear.—°Deficiency of ear-wax. His ears feel stopped up.— Tingling in the ears.—Roaring in the ears. Violent humming in both ears. Chirping in the ears, as of grasshoppers. Bustling in the ear as of straw, at every movement of the jaw. Swelling of the parotid gland. Nose.—Pitching around the nostrils. Scabs on the tip of the nose. *Bleeding of the nose: at night, with seething of the blood; °after stooping, or after straining at stool.—Frequent sneezing: with violent tingling and creeping in the nose, also particularly at night, in bed, with catarrhal roughness in the nose and chest.—*Stoppage of the nose, particularly in the evening, -or principally of the left nostril; dry coryza, with scraping in the throat. coryza, -also with catarrh, hoarseness, and rawness of the chest; fluent coryza. Profuse bleeding at the nose, preceded and succeeded by great paleness of the face. Face.—*The complexion becomes gray-yellow. *Grcat paleness of the face. Soreness of the facial bones, the upper and lower jaw. Paroxysms of pain in the left side of the cheek, attended with boring and burning through the part. Drawing pain in the upper and lower jaw. Jerking and drawing pain in the cheek and the jaw 486 CARBO VEGETABILIS. Lacerating in the face. Lacerating fain in the left check. Lacerating jerks in the right upper jaw. Glowing heat in the face, after sitting for a short while. Swelling of the cheeks. *Many pimples on the face and forehead. °Moist herpes on the face. °Crusta-lactea. ? Swelling of the lips. Painful burning eruption on the lips. *Chajrped lips. The right corner of the mouth is ulcerated. on the chin. Spasmodic pain in the lower jaw. Jaws and Teeth.—Soreness of the roots. Toothache, as if occa- sioned by acids, especially in the gums, the pain comes on whenever she eats anything salt, °or anything warm or cold. Drawing and lacerating pain in all the molar teeth. Gnawing and drawing pain in a hollow tooth, with swelling of the gums. °Bubbling toothache; contractive toothache ; °chronic looseness of the teeth.—Darting pain in sound teeth, disappearing shortly and succeeded by a short stitch- ing ache in the abdomen, every moment. *Bleeding of the gums, when cleaning them. The gums are painfully sensitive when chew- ing. Drawing pain in the gums. Heat in the gums. Soreness of the gums in the daytime. Pustule on the gums. *The gums recede, from the teeth. °Soreness of the teeth. Mouth.—*Dryness in the mouth, without thirst. Great, dryness in the mouth, early, when waking. *Increased flow of saliva. Bitter mucus in the mouth, early in the morning. °Stomacace.—An aching in the back part of the palate.—* Frequent biting and burning in the fauces and palate. Bitterness of the palate, with dryness of the tongue. Throat.—Violent scraping and tingling in the throat and fauces. sensation in the throat. and rawness of the throat. A kind of fullness and pressure in the oesophagus, extending to the stomach, almost like heartburn.—Sense as of the oesophagus being contracted or closed. The throat feels contracted and swollen. —Sore throat, as if there were a swelling on the palate, accompanied by painful deglutition.—Soreness of the throat, when eating.—In- flammation of the throat, with sensation as if something were lodged in it, attended with stinging.—Inflammation and swelling of the uvula, with stitches in the throat.—°(Esophagitis. ?—°Sore throat after measles. Taste and Appetite.—Insipid, watery, and flat taste in the mouth. *Saltish taste in the mouth the whole day, °also of the food. *Bit- terness in the mouth, with eructations. taste in the mouth, before and after a meal. Sour taste in the mouth after a meal. *Loss of appetite. Complete loss of appetite, with coated tongue and great lassitude. Want of appetite and frequent eructations, with duiluusS CARBO VEGETABiLIS. 487 of the head. Diminished appetite for dinner, with nausea and colic, ♦Repugnance to fat meat, butter, milk, which causes flatulence.— °Excessive desire for coffee.—°Excessive hunger or thirst.—°Great weakness of digestion, particularly in persons who have used much Mercury. Gastric Symptoms.—Nausea at every meal. After a meal: Nausea, with oppression at the stomach, followed by a violent draw ing pain around the umbilicus, from above downwards; painful hic- cough in the oesophagus ; violent palpitation of the heart; lassitude ; unconquerable drowsiness, with burning of the eye-lids when closing the eyes ; sleepiness, with red and hot face. °Muddled condition of the head and oppression of the stomach after a meal.—*Blocaed abdomen after dinner. When eating or drinking he feels as if the abdomen would burst open. Anguish after and during a meal. Headache after a meal.— Violent, almost continual eructations. * Fre- quent empty eructations, •preceded by a short pinching in the ab- domen. Sour eructations, °after a meal. *Sour eructations, with burning in the stomach.—Common heartburn ; acidity in the stomach. —Nausea and want of appetite, even before breakfast, more after a meal, with anguish, dizziness, obscuration of sight, and white-coated tongue. *Nausea early in the morning, with qualmishness of the stomach. Nausea after every meal. *Nausea at night. nausea, without appetite or stool. * Water-brash, also at night.— °Haematemesis.—°Gastric derangement after drinking wine and re- velling. Stomach.—Sensation of tightness and fullness in the stomach. *Sense of pressure in the region of the stomach, going off by emitting flatulence.—Aching in the region of the stomach, as when pressing upon a sore, worse when touching the part. Pressure in the pit of the stomach, with anguish.—*Spasm in the stomach, with continual sour eructations.—°Spasm in the stomach and cardialgia, as in nurs- ing women. #Contraeting spasm of the stomach, even at night, °with acidity. °Spasms of the stomach, occasioned by obstructions in the portal system. Sense of contraction under the stomach. pain near the scrobiculus-cordis, on the right side, morning and after- noon.—Acridity of the stomach, rising up to the throat, like heart- burn. Burning sensation in the stomach.—°The pains in the stomach are aggravated or excited by fright, chagrin, a cold, after a meal, at night, or by flatulent food. Hypochondria.—*Pain in the liver, as if bruised. in the region of the liver, as if the skin were too short, on waking from the siesta. ♦Pressing pain in the liver when walking in the open 488 CAJtBO VEGETABILIS. air. Violent lacerating in the liver, which makes one almost scream °Pain in the interior of the liver, as if beaten to pieces.—*Violen4 stitches in the region of the liver. Aching in the hypocbondrium.— *Painful lancinating lacerating in both hypochondria. Both hypo- chondria are painful to the touch. Abdomen.—Colic, as after a cold.—°Colic from riding in a car- riage.—Weight of the abdomen.—*Distention of the abdomen from flatulence.—Fullness and pressure in the abdomen, as if too full of food, accompanied by eructations. Aching and tightness, extending almost over the whole abdomen, attended with constant uneasiness and weeping, as if from despair.—Aching in the umbilical region. Disagreeable pressure in the abdomen, she would constantly like to hold it with her hands. *Belly-ache, with rumbling and emission of damp, warm, inodorous flatulence. * Aching in the left iliac region, shifting of wind in the abdomen, with pinching. Cramp-pain in the hypogastrium. Pinching pain in various places of the abdomen ; this being emitted, the pinching ceases.—Sense of contraction in the abdomen. Cutting in the belly, like colic, in the evening. Colic which lasts only a few moments, but is very frequent. Aching, with lacerating in the hypogastrium, in the direction of the umbilicus. Lancination in the hypogastrium, extending to the umbilicus.—Burn- ing in the abdomen. Burning around the umbilicus. Great anxiety, uneasiness in the abdomen.—*Pain in the abdomen as from straining. -—Soreness of the abdomen when touching it. Pain in the abdominal muscles as from bruises. * Distention from incarcerated flatulence on the left side of the epigastrium, more towards the back, attended with a crampy pain. *The flatus become incarcerated in different parts of the abdomen, below the short ribs, in the region of the bladder; *they cause a crampy sensation and a pressure, and gra- dually go off with a sense of heat in the rectum.—* Audible rumbling in the umbilical region or in the abdomen, with some pinching.— Fermentation in the abdomen, succeeded by diarrhoea, with emission of flatulence having a putrid smell. which are otherwise easily digested bring on flatulence and distention of the abdomen.— *Flatulent and hcemorrhoidal colic. Stool.—Sensation as if stool would come on, with burning at the anus and emission of flatulence. * Constipation. Violent urging, ♦with tingling in the rectum and pressure on the bladder, resembling a hasmorrhoidal colic, and coming on at intervals; in the place of an evacuation, violent labor-like pains come on, in the abdomen, with burning at the rectum and a sensation as if diarrhoea would set in. Tenesmus at the rectum. *llard stool every two or three days. CARBO VEGETABILIS 489 Papescent stool, with burning at the rectum. —°Invo« luntary discharge of putrid, cadaverously-smelling stools.—°Light- colored, pale stools.—Acrid stool, with coated tongue. of mucus, with tenesmus. Stool is preceded by a cutting pain in the abdomen.—°Discharge of bloocl with the stool, burning at the rectum, during the expulsion of a few hard pieces of faeces. Cutting and pricking in the rectum during stool.—Pressing or crampy colic after stool. A swelling in the abdomen, resembling an induration, after stool. * Burning at the rectum, after stool. Languor after stool. Anxiety, with a tremulous sensation and involuntary move- ments, after stool. Smarting at the rectum. Aching in the rectum.— Gnawing and pinching in the rectum, between the stools.—Discharge of ascarides. Pitching of the anus, increased by scratching and succeeded by burning.—Burning at the anus, accompanied with a disagreeable feeling of dryness. Congestion of blood to the rectum. *Swollen and painful varices. Titillating itching of the varices. Discharge of pure blood from the rectum, with lacerating pains. Discharge of an acrid, corrosive humor from the rectum. Soreness of the rectum. Soreness of the perinceum, with painful itching when touched. Urine. diminished emission of urine.—*Great desire to urinate, the urine passing off very slowly. °Frequent desire to uri- nate, °also with anxiety, day and nights—°Diabetes. ? °Nocturnal enuresis.—#Dark-red urine, accompanied by roughness of the throat. —* Dark-red urine, as if mixed with blood. Reddish, turbid urine. The urine deposits gravel, or a red sediment.—Acrid smell of the urine.—Burning or °smarting in the urethra when urinating. La- cerating and drawing in the urethra after urinating, early in the morning. Male Genital Organs.— Violent aching, soreness, and a blister on the inner side of the prepuce. Swelling of the scrotum, which is hard to the touch. °Pressing in the testicles ; smooth, red, humid spots on the glans.—*Frequent pollutions, without much sensation. Excessive pollution, followed by pain and burning in the urethra.— *Rapid discharge of semen during an embrace, followed by roaring of the blood in the head. Female Genital Organs.—Pitching of the pudendum and the anus. and soreness in the pudendum. #Pain, as from excoriation, of the pudendum, with leucorrhoea ; afterwards appear- ance of the menses which had been suppressed for months. *Th& menses appear too soon. °The menses are too profuse, or too scanty, with pale blood. *The menstrual blood is thick, corrosive, and has 490 CARBO VEGETABTLIS. an acrid smell.—Before the menses: °leucorrhoea ; °lieadache ; colic, like spasms, from morning till evening.—During the menses: cutting pain in the abdomen, pain in the back, and pain as from bruises in all the bones. Violent contractive headache. Burning in the hands and soles of the feet; °vomiting.—Leucorrhoea after micturition. °Dis- charge of white mucus from the vagina. Thin leucorrhoea, in the morning when rising ; disappearing during the remainder of the day. —*Milk-colored leucorrhoea, excoriating the parts. * Thick, yellowish- white leucorrhoea. *Bloody mucus from the vagina. and rawness in the pudendum during the leucorrhoea.—°Disposition to miscarriage, with varices of the pudendum. ? ?—Erysipelatous in- flammation of the mammae. Larynx and Trachea.—#IIoarseness #in the evening, 0worse after talking or in damp and cold weather ; with asthma. Loss of voice in the morning. Catarrh, which almost brought on a complete loss of voice. Hoarseness and roughness of the larynx. Roughness in the chest and frequent irritation as rf one would cough; with dry cough evening and morning.— Violent tingling in the throat. Tingling and itching in the larynx, with wheezing breathing and tightness of the chest.—°Catarrh and sore throat after the measles. °Grippe. ? La- ryngeal and tracheal phthisis. ? °Tracheitis. ?—Frequent irritation in the back part of the throat, bringing on a short cough. Violent tickling and cough, *with whitish discharge, in the morning after waking. Irritation as from the vapor cf sulphur, exciting a cough, *with retching. Dry cough after every expiration, accompanied by a flush of warmth and sweat. *Cough after the slightest cold, in the morning when rising from bed, or when leaving a warm room and entering a cold one. Repeated fits of nightly cough, with a constantly returning irritation to cough. *Short cough in the evening. *Every day three or four turns of a spasmodic cough. Fatiguing cough, with asthma and burning in the chest. *Cougli causing vomiting and retching, in the evening. *Discharge of mucus from the larynx, oc- casioned by a short and hacking cough. of pieces of green mucus. cough, with discharge of a quantity of yel- lowish pus, accompanied by stitches in the left hvpochondrium when breathing, succeeded by violent stitches in the upper part of the left side of the chest. Pain in the chest, like rawness, when coughing. Pain in the larynx like ulceration or coughing. Painful stitches through the head when coughing. ° Cough, with profuse expectora- tion of mucus, and occasional vomiting of mucus, particularly in the morning.—°Tuberculous phthisis. ? °Tabes-mucosa of old people. —-°Whooping cough (after Prosera). CARBO VEGETABILIS. 491 Chest.—Desire for deep breathing, with moaning. Difficult breath* ing in the evening, when lying down, with throbbing in the head. Difficult breathing, fullness of the chest, and palpitation of the heart, even during little exercise, mostly towards evening. * Tightness of the chest and short breathing, as from flatulence pressing upwards. Frequent attacks of constriction of the chest, with impeded respira- tion. °Suffocative catarrh and paralysis of the lungs of old people. ? Cold breath. Painful throbbing in the head and teeth when breath- ing.—°Pain in the chest as from incarcerated flatulence.—Rheumatic pain from the left ribs to the hip. Oppressive aching in the chest. Painful drawing in the chest, shoulders, and arms, especially on the left side, with feeling of heat and congestion of blood to the head; the body feeling cold to the touch. Painful stitches in the region of the heart. Intensely-painful stitches through the chest, arresting respiration ; when going to bed. Sensation of weakness and fatigue of the chest. °Soreness and smarting in the chest. Seething of the blood, with congestion to the chest, with hoarseness and hawking. * Violent burning in the chest, as of red-hot coal, almost uninterrup- tedly. °Hydrothorax. ? °Chronic inflammation of the lungs. ? Pal- pitation of the heart, especially whfcn sitting. Frequent palpitation of the heart, a few quick beats at a time. Pulsation in the chest, with anxiety and uneasiness. Back.—Sensation of coldness, numbness, and tightness in the small of the back. Tight pain and stiffness in the small of the back. Vio- lent pain in the small of the back. Pacerating and pressure in the small of the back. 0Continuous sticking, particularly when making S. false step. Violent burning on the outer side of the right hip.— Pain in the side of the back, as from bruises. Weakness in the back. Heaviness in the back and oppression of the chest. *Painful stiff- ness of the back, -in the morning when rising.—Aching near the lowest part of the back. *Draiving pain in the back, principally when sitting down. Rheumatic drawing in the back, especially when stooping.—°Itching pimples on the back.—Dull, burning pain in the muscles of the nape of the neck. Intense aching in the muscles of the nape of the neck. Swelling and pain of the cervical glands. Arms.—Drawing pain in the shoulder. Piheumatic drawing in the shoulder. Paralytic weakness of the right shoulder and the right arm. When moving the arms they feel heavy and exhausted. Hea- viness in the arms with drawing in the back. Pain in the right arm as from a bruise. Cramp in the arms. Lacerating in the arm. Draw- mg pain in the upper arm, with burning.—*Pain as from contusions in the elbow-joints, early in the morning when in bod, in 492 CASCARILLA. the outer parts of the right elbow. pain in the lower arm, along the radius, towards the wrist-joint. lacerating in the fore-arm, from the elbow to the hand. * Drawing in the metacar- •pal bone. *Lacerating in the 'palm of the hand. *Lacerating in the wrists.— Throbbing pain in the hand.—Icy cold hands.—The hands go to sleep. Paralytic pain in the wrist, when moving it. *Fine, itching eruption on the hands.—*Lacerating in the fingers. Stitches in the fingers.—Pulsating and throbbing in the hands.—The tips of the fingers are ulcerated. Legs. pain in the hip-joint, extending down the thigh, aggravated by walking, °also accompanied with burning and lacerat- ing. The lower extremities, especially the legs, are painful, when sitting or lying. Lacerating in the thighs and legs.—Great lameness, iwith drawing pain, extending from the abdomen into the lower ex- tremities.—* Uneasy feeling in the thigh and leg. * The legs go to sleep. *Numbness and insensibility in the lower extremities. *Lameness in both lower extremities. * Rigid feeling in the lower extremities, after the evening sleep, with vacillating gait.—Heaviness in the lower extremities. Contractive pain in the thigh.—Burning about the thigh, in the evening. Numbness of the thighs when walking.—Stiffness and weakness in the knee. Drawing pain in the knees, when standing. Aching and lacerating in both knees and legs. Burning about the knee. Lameness in the knee-joints, after walking.—°Herpes on the knee.—°Aneurism in the bend of the knee, with tension and throbbing.—*The knees go to sleep.— Violent cramp in the leg, especially the sole of the foot, when walking in the open air, or #at night, when in bed. Rheumatic drawing in both legs °Fetid and readily-bleeding ulcers on the legs. Itching blotches on the calves. Cramp in the soles of the feet, in the evening when lying down.—Pain in the metatarsal bones, as if rent asunder, when setting the foot down. °Chronic numbness of the feet. Burning in the soles of the feet. *Profuse sweat of the feet.-—The soles of the feet are painful in walking. *Redness and swelling of the toes, as if frozen, with stitches ; ulcerated tips of the toes. 66.—CASCARILLA. CASCAR.—Croton Cascarilla.—Noack and Trinks. Antidotes. ? GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Aching, tensive pains.—Congestions "—Languor, heaviness in the limbs. CASTOREUM. 493 Sleep.—Sleep with clear consciousness.—A number of dreams which he recollects distinctly. Fever.—Heat with thirst and desire for warm drinks.—Anxious heat all over the body, and slight sweat, succeeded by drowsiness.—• Slight sweat with slight chills in the back, when walking. Moral Symptoms.—Want of inclination to reflect. Head.—Giddiness.—Heat and gloominess in the head.—Dullness of the head.—Dull, drawing pain in the temporal region. Ears.—Humming in the ears.—Heat of the ear. Mouth, Pharynx, and Oesophagus.—Feeling of warmth in the mouth.—Koughness of the tongue.—Sore throat during deglutition, as from an internal swelling in the lower part of the throat, between and particularly during the acts of deglutition. Appetite.—Bitter taste in the mouth.—Hunger shortly after u meal. Stomach.—Frequent empty eructations, followed by bitter taste in the mouth.—Pressure in the stomach as if too full.—Pain in the stomach as from concussion.—Warmth in the stomach, and burning in the pit of the stomach. Abdomen.—Tension and pressure in the hypochondria.—Colic.— Movements in the abdomen as of water.—Pressing flatulent colic. Stool and Anus.—Constipation.—Hard, difficult stool, in pieces, and covered with mucus, preceded by colic. Stool in brownish, hard, large lumps, which are passed with great exertions, now and then mingled with pieces of mucus, or with light blood.—The usual morning-stool is succeeded by some little pinching in the abdomen, and then healthy stool. Urine.—Frequent micturition, at night.—Momentary burning or sore feeling in the orifice of the urethra, after micturition. ChEst.—Short, dry cough, from titillation in the trachea.—Palpi- tation of the heart. * Arms.—Tensive, aching pain in the shoulder-joint, during move- ment and rest. 67.—CASTOREUM. CAST.—Castor.—See Hartlaub and Trinks’ “Annals.”—Noack and Trinks. Antiootes.—Camph., Op. GENERAL SYMPTOMS and CHARACTERISTIC PECULIA- RETIES.—The pains are attended with great sensitiveness to pain, or else the sensitiveness remains after the pains have disappeared. 494 CASTOREUM. particularly about the head. Many of the symptoms either appear or are aggravated during or after dinner, and accompany the menses; are relieved or removed by pressure, contact, friction, warmth. Sleep.—Drowsiness.—Restless sleep with frequent waking. Mut- tering during sleep.—Anxious dreams, about murderers and robbers, with inability to move. Fever.—Chilliness and shuddering.—Sudden violent shaking chills, particularly in the back and towards evening (also at night), with pains and ill-humor, without subsequent heat or sweat.—Heat without thirst.—Hot hands, with distended veins.—Profuse sweat.— Slow pulse. Moral Symptoms.—Melancholy sadness, with apprehension of accidents.—111-humor.—Whining sensitiveness. Head.—Headache, with inclination to vomit, and pain in the stomach.—Heaviness in the head : early in the morning after rising. —Sensation offullness in the forehead, as if the head would burst. Sensation as if the head were in a vice, particularly in the sides.— Pressure in the forehead, in the occiput, with beating.—Larcerating in the forehead, in the evening, and going off in the evening when in bed, or during the catamenia, with great sensitiveness of the upper part of the head when pressing upon it.—Beating and throbbing in the forehead and occiput, with heaviness.—Painful beating in the vertex, as of an ulcer, increased by external pressure. Eyes.—Nightly agglutination.—Burning of the eyes, with sensi- tiveness to the light.—Constant lachrymation.—Sensation as if some- thing were hanging before the eyes, obliging one to look upwards.— Mist, stars, and clouds before the eyes, when looking at a distant object. Nose.—Stoppage of the nose, sometimes with lacerating in the root of the nose.—Coryza, with secretion of a quantity of watery mucus. Face.—Redness of the face, without heat, with violent colic and constant yawning. Jaws and Teeth.—Lacerating in the jaws and teeth.—The pain is aggravated by cold water and relieved by warm.—Boring in the whole right side, the whole night, relieved by warm water, and not permitting one to bite.—Tingling like the creeping of worms, in the left lower teeth, excited by cold.—Burning in the gums of the af- fected tooth, worse when touching the parts with the tongue. Swell- ing of the inner gum of the right side, at night, with lacerating in the region of the temple. Mouth and Throat.-'-Bad smell from the mouth.—Drawing and CASTOREUM. 495 jerking in the tongue, towards the throat.—Burning in the upper surface of the tongue.—Blisters on the tongue.—Swelling of the tongue.—Soreness in the throat during deglutition.—Violent burning in the pharynx. Gastric Symptoms.—Loss of appetite.— Unquenchable thirst, par- ticularly in the afternoon, with frequent micturition day and night. —Disagreeable, offensive, bitter eructations.—Singultus. Stomach.—Constant nausea in the stomach, relieved after eructa- tions, sometimes attended with pain and vomiting.—Inclination to vomit, vomiting of whitish mucus, tasting as bitter as bile and smelling like rhubarb.—Feeling of fullness in the stomach and chest, aggravating the breathing, with a feeling of constriction in the throat, or with languor through the body.—Tension, heaviness, and dragging sensation in the stomach, with contractive pain below the sternum. —Feeling of coldness in the stomach. Abdomen.—Ulcerative pain and contractive sensation in the pit of the stomach, which is painful to the touch. Pressure in the region of the liver, from within outwards.—Violent colic, with rising of water into the mouth. Violent pain in the abdomen, with constant rum- bling and chilliness, or with arrest of breathing and yawning. Colic, which is relieved by warmth, external pressure, and bending double. —Intolerable pinching-lacerating in the whole abdomen, with accu- mulation of water in the mouth, and emission of flatulence.—Lanci- nations in the abdomen, relieved by pressure and warmth.—Cutting in the umbilical region.—Pressure in the abdomen, as if stool would come on. Stool and Anus.—Frequent evacuations, preceded by pressing in the groins and pinching in the abdomen, or with cutting colic, painful rumbling, and afterwards violent burning at the anus, or with discharge of half-liquid faeces and fetid flatulence.—Discharge of bloody mucus, or of coagulated blood, or of burning mucus, with previous pinching-lacerating in the abdomen, or of greenish, some- what burning mucus, or of whitish water with burning at the anus.— Hard stool with burning at the anus. Urine.—Diminished urine, with burning during and after mictu- rition.—Frequent emission of a small quantity of urine. Loathing and inclination to vomit after micturition. Female Genital Organs.—Increase or reappearance of the menses. Premature appearance of the menses, with pains in the abdomen and small of the back.—During the menses: ill-humor, constant chilli- ness, languor in the feet, angry exclamations during sleep, pressure in the vertex and forehead, lacerating in the forehead, with great 496 CAUSTICUM. sensitiveness of the upper part of the head, sickly, pale appearance, smarting in the eyes, painful soreness in the abdomen, relieved by pressure upon the parts, pressing in both groins with pain in the ab- domen, roughness in the throat inducing cough, generally in the morning, with pains in the small of the back as if beaten ; painful weariness in the middle of the thigh, afterwards extending all over the limbs.—Thick leucorrhoea. Watery, burning leucorrhoea. Larynx and Trachea.—Hoarseness without cough. — Nightly cough with burning in the throat. Chest.—Sudden pinching-lacerating in both breasts, with chilliness and arrest of breathing.—Frequent slow deep inspirations, with short expirations.—Short breath when walking.—Spasmodic pain across the chest.—Heat in the chest, or only below the sternum.— Oppression of the heart. Back.—Pain in the small of the back as if sore.—Painful pricking in the scapulce, or between the shoulders through the chest, as far as the pit of the stomach, aggravated by inspirations.— Violent drawing in the tendons of the nape of the neck. Arms.—Violent pain in the shoulder, extending to the elbow, going off by external pressure and friction.— Violent lacerating in the arm. Legs.—Drawing and tingling in the calves, as if occasioned by fatigue, going off by friction.—Violent painful soreness in the heel, relieved by pressure. Languor of the lower limbs. 68.—CAUSTICUM. CAUST.—Hahnemann’s “ Chronic Diseases,” III.—Durationof Action: fifty days. Compare with—Am., Asa-f., Bell., Calc., Cham., Coff., Coloc., Cupr., Ign., Lack., Lyc., Merc., Natr., Nux-v., Phosph., Phos.-ac., Rhus, Sep., Stann., Sulph., veratr.—Is most frequently indicated after : Asa-f., Cupr., Lach., Sep.—After Caust. are frequently suitable : Sep., Stann. Antidotes.—Coff., Coloc., Nitr.-spir., Nux-v. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Crampy pain in different parts of the body.—Painful pressure in the arms and thighs. Drawing in differ- ent parts of the limbs. * Arthritic pains in all the limbs. Lacerat- ing, especially in the joints and bones. Sticking pains in almost every part of the body.—Pain, when sitting, as if the whole body had been bruised, especially the arms ; this pain goes off during work and in the open air.—Every part of the body feels painful when touched, as if it had been bruised by blows.—Stiffness in cdl the joints, in a sitting or recumbent posture, with difficulty of recovering the natural mobility of the limbs.—Tingling in the upper and lower extremi- CAUSTICUM. 497 ties, as if they would go to sleep. Flushes of heat and uneasy feeling after walking. Profuse sweat when walking in the open air. ° Epileptic spasmodic fits, with screams, violent movements of the limbs, gnashing of the teeth, smiling or weeping, half-open eyes, staring look, involuntary emission of urine, renewal of the paroxysms by cold water, occurrence of the paroxysms after colic and headache, with emission of a quantity of urine, and closing of the eyes after the attack. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The primary effects of this drug appear to be slower than those of the other antipsorics. Coffee appears to aggravate the symptoms. When walking in the open air, and in the evening, the symptoms appear to he aggravated. The symptoms which have come on in the open air disappear in the room, except some aching in the forehead. Skin.—Very sensitive to cold. Great liability to take cold.— Itching of the whole body, at night, with dry heat, especially of the head and face, °back and calves.—Itching of the whole body, with redness, resembling that of scarlatina.—Nodosities under the skin. —Large vesicles, on the chest and back, with anguish in the chest (orthopnoea) and fever, consisting of chilliness, heat, and sweat. *A pimple on the index-finger is changed to a wart. Itching eruption.— °Itch-like eruptions.—°Burns (outward application). *Injuries of the skin, which have been healed, become sore again, and begin to sup- purate.—° Warts, with pain and inflammation.—° Varices, also pain- ful. Seething of the blood. Uneasiness in the whole body, especi- ally the head. Intolerable uneasiness in the limbs in the evening. Uneasiness in the body, and anguish about the heart, when sitting.— * Weakness and trembling in all the limbs. * Unsteadiness of the limbs, as in intoxication.—He feels tired, worn out, and the whole body feels painful as if bruised, as if some severe illness would befall him.—Failing of strength, as if fainting.—°Tottering gait of chil- dren and liability to fall.—Convulsive starting of the limbs, in the evening.—Convulsive fit.— Uterine spasm: pains alternately in the abdomen, stomach, chest, and small of the back, obliging her to stoop; she was unable to keep herself erect without suffering the most violent pains; she could not bear the pressure of clothes on the stomach, or eat even the lightest kind of food, without feeling the most violent pain in the abdomen and stomach. Sleep.—Languor and drowsiness, which one is scarcely able to conquer. *Great drowsiness and weariness in the daytime. Sleep does not refresh her. Great drowsiness, even when in company. Sleeplessness at night, on account of dry heat. lie is unable to find 498 CAUSTICUM. rest in any position of the body ; every part of it aches as if it were pressed upon.—Bruised sensation after midnight.—Lancinating head ache the whole night, especially in the orbits. Nightly dryness of the mouth. Great nausea on waking from the evening-sleep. Un- easiness and jerking in the abdomen, preventing sleep.—Violent colic in the neighborhood of the groin, the pain commences in the leg and then reaches the groin.—Frequent desire to urinate, rousing her from sleep.—Dry cough at night, disturbing sleep.—Drawing pain in the humeri, at night, which prevents sleep.—*General sweat, with uneasy sleep. Shuddering at night, on waking. Violent inter- nal chills about midnight, especially in the extremities, with lanci- nating pain in the back, followed by general sweat, with humming and heaviness in the head. Chills towards morning, during sleep. Uneasiness at night, in bed, with violent and very anxious weeping, and indistinct speech. Anguish in the evening previous to falling asleep. Anguish and uneasiness at night, preventing sleep. At night, when asleep, his arms and legs move about in every direction.—Talk- ing in sleep. Disagreeable dreams. * Anxious dreams. Starting as in affright when falling asleep. Frequent starting from sleep as with fright. Coldness, frequently, with coldness of the hands and feet, Fever.—Sensation as if a cold wind were blowing on the parts between the scapulae, in the middle of the spinal column. *A good deal of internal chilliness, every day.—*Chills and shuddering, sometimes with goose-flesh, also in the warm room, or in the open air, and then passing off in the room. Frequent shuddering. *Shud* dering, with goose-flesh the whole day. Shuddering, with goose- flesh and urging, the stool being very soft, and accompanied by pain- ful colic ; afterwards * general chilliness with external coldness, soon passing off in the room. Chilliness in the lower extremities, in the afternoon, extending up to the back, accompanied by lassitude. *He is either chiUy or perspires. Heat over the whole body, without sweat or thirst; followed by coolness, which gradually becomes general, with yawning and stretching of the arms.—*Night-sweat. Sour smelling night-sweat. *A good deal of sweat when walking in the open air. Moral Symptoms.—*Sad, whining mood, as if beside one’s self. *Melancholy mood. Anxious, and as if stupefied in the head. *Ex- cessive anxiety. Despondency, disinclination to business, excessive physical depression and failing of strength. Discouragement. *Full of apprehensions in the evening. When closing her eyes she sees nothing but terrible visions and distorted human faces. —Excessive irritability of the mind.—°Tcndency to start.—° Appro- CAUSTICUM. 499 hension about the future.—Out of humor and taciturn. *Vexed, irri- tated mood. *Very sensitive, irritable, and vehement. °Sensitive and disposed to anger, with great nervous irritability.—°Hypochon- driac despondency. Indisposed to work. At times desponding, at times excessively merry. Dullness of the head. Sensorium.— Weakness of memory. Absence of mind. Cloudi- ness of the mind. Momentary painful tightness and dullness of the head, almost resembling a dull throbbing headache; passing off after a meal.—*Dizzy in the morning on waking, with painful dull- ness of the head. The head feels stupefied and intoxicated.—Ver- tigo, with feeling as of intoxication ; absence of mind, with weakness of the head ; abating in the open air. Violent vertigo. Head.—Headache, with nausea. Stupefying pain in the forehead. —Pain in the upper part of the head, as if the brain were torn or dashed to pieces, especially in the morning on waking. The whole brain is painful when shaking the head. Nightly headache, as if an ulcer were in the head. * An occasional pressure deep in the head, with heaviness. Aching in every part of the head, with pinching in the ear and boring toothache. A drawing aching in the fore part of the forehead.—Contractive jrressure in the forehead, in the open air. —Compressive headache. Feeling in the head as if everything would issue through the forehead, when stooping.—Tight and drawing head- ache between the eyes.—Drawing pain in the occiput. Continued lacerating in the head. Lancination through the head.—*Stitches and warmth in the head. *Stitches in the temples. A sort of lanci- nating headache, in the morning on waking, and continuing almost the whole day. * Tightness and stitches from the lower part of the forehead to the vertex. Jerking and pinching pain in the head. Jerks and violent shocks through the head, every minute.—Beating and throbbing in the top of the head, as if the brain would come out, in the morning after rising. Throbbing pain, painful throbbing in the cerebral arteries. Seething of the blood in the head, as if one were intoxicated, passing off in the open air.—Roaring in the head, in the evening.—Congestion of blood to the head, with heat.—Burn- ing pain in the forehead, as if the brain were inflamed. Scalp.—Sensation of numbness in the occipital bone. Painful- ness of the hairy scalp when rubbing it. Tension of the integuments of thehead. Lacerating and burning in the hairy scalp, in front of the vertex. Itching of the hairy scalp.—Falling off of the hair. Eyes.—Pressure in the orbits and behind the eyes. Pressure in the eyes as if sand were in them. Pressure as from a swelling in the upper eye-lid, as if a stye would form. Pressure in the eye, as if it 500 CAUSTICUM. were distended. Lacerating and pressure in the eyes. Itching of the lower eye-lid and its inner surface, accompanied with burning when touching or moving the eye. Smarting and pressure in the eyes, which feel heavy, with redness of the eye-lids. Burning in the eyes, without redness. Burning and dryness of the eyes, with pricking and photophobia. * Inflammation of the eyes, with burning and aching. inflammation of the eye-lids, with dry gum between the lashes.—°Inflammation of the eyes of scrofulous indivi- duals. Friction in the eyes, as from sand. °Suppuration of the eyes. Lachrymation even in the room, but mostly in the open air. —Difficulty of opening the eyes, with sensation as if the lids were swollen, mostly early in the morning. °Inveterate warts on the brows. Obscuration of sight. *Obscuration of sight, as if a gauze were drawn over the eyes, when standing.—* When looking at a thing too long the objects before him begin to waver and become confused. —*Movements before the eyes as'of a swarm of insects. * Flitting to and fro before the eyes as of wavelets of light. Fiery sparks before the eyes, even by day. Photophobia, his eyes are painful when moved and looking at the light of day.—°Incipient amaurosis. Ears.—Pain in the ears, as if the inner parts would protrude.— Dragging pain in the ears.—Lacerating boring or beating in the ears.—Lancinating pain in the ear, with roaring as of a violent wind. —Itching in the ear and the eustachian tube, beginning in the throat.— Tumor behind the ears. Swelling of the external ear, with contractive pain.—Funning and suppuration of the internal ear, with a bad smell.—Feeling of obstruction in the ears.—Ringing. Whistling in the ear.—Humming in the ears. * Roaring in the ears frequently. Detonations in the right ear.—°Buzzing in the ear and head. Nose.—Itching in the nose and nostrils. Frequent swelling of the nose, going off again in the evening. *Pimples on the tip of the nose. °01d warts on the nose. Violent bleeding at the nose, or only from the left nostril. * Total obstruction of the nose, with absence of smell.—*Dry coryza, °unceasing, -or with obstruction of the nose and difficult breathing, even through the mouth; qirofuse fluent coryza, with nightly agglutination of the eyes, or with painful nightly cough and constant headache, coryza with hoarseness, preventing loud speech. Face.—Sickly appearance of the face. Yellowness of the face *Pain in the face, °arthritic tightness in the facial bones. Beating and twitching in the muscles of the cheeks. Burning, and also burning with a sensation of coolness, in the malar bones.—°Semi CAUSTICUra. 501 lateral paralysis of the face, from the forehead to the chin.—Swelling of the cheeks, with a throbbing pain.—Itching of the face.—Corrosive itching, with congestion of blood to the face, heat and redness, and subsequent breaking out of small red pimples. Fine eruption on the face.—Burning vesicles on the face.—°01d warts on the nose and in the eye-brows.—Itching soreness and swelling of the lips.— Ulcer, causing a burning pain, on the inner side of the upper lip. Herpes on the lower lip. in the middle of the lower jaw. Inflammatory swelling below the chin, as if an abscess would form, with a burning pain. Sensation of tightness and pain in the jaws, rendering it very difficult for her to open her mouth or to eat. in the right lower jaw. *Arthritic pains in the lower jaw. Burning pain in the lower jaw. Teeth.—#Painful sensitiveness of the teeth to the touch. Painful dartings through the teeth, when opening the mouth. Pain in a sound tooth, when cold air gets in. Nightly pain in the teeth, as if ulcerated, also in the daytime when moving her mouth. Aching, throbbing, drawing, or lacerating toothache. Lacerating in the roots of the lower teeth, early in the morning, recurring every four minutes. Lacerating toothache, extending even into the head and left eye.— Lacerating pain in all the teeth, as if they would fall out.—Stinging toothache. Stitches in the tooth, when biting upon it.—* Throbbing toothache, with pain in the gums. Burning pain in the hollow teeth, when eating or drinking.—Toothache, pressing, lacerating, and lanci- nating, day and night, with red (erysipelatous) swelling of the cheek, and a tubercle on the gums passing into suppuration. *Painful looseness of the incisores.—°Some of the teeth are painful and feel elongated. #The gums are painfully sensitive, without toothache. * Swelling and painfulness of the gums, both in front and behind. of the left side of the gums, with great sensitiveness when eating, and a spasmodic pain in the evening. #Swelling of the gums, with an acrid feeling in the pudendum when urinating. Violent bleeding of the gums. Chronic suppuration of one part of the gums. 0 Fistula-dental is. Mouth.—Pain in the tip and the edges of the tongue, as if burnt. Vesicles on the edges and tip of the tongue.—°Paralysis of the tongue. Distortion of the tongue and mouth when talking. °Stuttering, dif- ficult, sibilant, and indistinct speech.—Sensation as if the tongue were adhering to the palate.—Sore place in the upper part of the palate. —Burning dryness in the mouth.—*A good deal of nmcous saliva accumulating in the mouth. * Accumulation of water in the mouth, having a rancid taste. 502 CAUSTICUM. Throat.—*Phlegm in the throat, vrhich she is unable to hawk up. ♦Frequent hawking up of mucus, which is immediately formed again. ♦Hawking up and throwing off of a quantity of mucus, with soreness and burning in the fauces.—Dryness of the throat, with a dry hack- ing cough —Rawness and acrid feeling in the throat, with heartburn. —Rough, hoarse throat, with soreness during or between the acts of speaking and swallowing. *Soreness in the throat, behind the palate. Burning and stinging soreness in the fauces and about the uvula, in- creasing during deglutition.—Constant disposition to swallow. Sore throat, as from a tumor, with stinging pain.—Constriction in the throat. Taste and Appetite.—Bitter, acrid, or putrid taste.— Violent thirst, for many days.—A sort of ravenous hunger. Appetite with loath- ing. * Aversion to sweet things. Gastric Symptoms.—Heartburn after supper.—*Oppression of the stomach after breakfast. Shortly after a meal, cutting pain, extending from the pit of the stomach towards the abdomen, with taste of the food in the mouth, and eructations tasting of the ingesta, with dull- ness of the head, diarrhoea, and chilliness.—* Violent distention of the abdomen after a meal.—Chilliness after a meal, with heat in the face. Sensation as of having deranged one's stomach, with disten- tion of the abdomen. Empty, tasteless eructations.—Eructations tasting of the ingesta.—Violent eructations, with an acrid and bitter taste.—Heartburn. Frequent from the stomach, as if he had eaten pepper.—Hiccough. Constant sensation as if lime were being burnt in the stomach.—Frequent attacks of water-brash. * Qualmishness of the stomach, with alternation of chilliness and heat.—Feeling in the stomach as if one were fasting. Feeling of nausea in the throat. *Nausea. Inclination to vomit, with sensation of emptiness in the stomach and a sourish-bitter taste in the mouth. *i$oar vomiting, frequently followed by sour eructations. Vomiting of coagulated blood, at night. °Vomiting of the ingesta. Stomach.—Violent pain in'the stomach, in the morning shortly after rising, increased by every rapid motion. Pain in the stomach- abating when lying down. Pain as from bruises in the stomach, which are also felt when pressing upon it.—*Pressure in the stomach, early in the morning after rising, only when sitting, and shortly after a feeling of constriction in the abdomen. *Spasm of the stomach. °Griping and pressure in the stomach. Painful tightness in the pit of the stomach. *Stitches in the scrobiculus-cordis, with sensation as if they contracted the heart. Stitches in the stomach. Hypochondria.—Sharp stitches in the left hypochondrium.—Short CAUSTICUM. 503 and burning pain in the left hypochondrium. Tensive pressure in the liver when lying on the back.—Stitches in the region of the liver. Abdomen.—Pain in the abdomen, early in the morning. *Pressure in the abdomen extending up to the oesophagus. '*Pressure in the epigastrium as of a load. *Dull aching deep in the hypogastrium, finally accompanied by fever, heat, anguish, and uneasiness. *Infla- tion of the abdomen, which obliges her to loosen her dress. Painful distention of the abdomen, accompanied by colic resembling spasms. —0Corpulency of children, with glandular swellings.—Contractive tightness in the stomach and abdomen. Pain in the abdomen, as if drawn together with a rope, when breathing. Pinching belly-ache, with paleness of the face. Cutting, as if diarrhoea would set in. Violent pinching and cutting in the abdomen, with fermentation.~ Prickings over the whole abdomen. Pain as from bruises, and pinch- ing in the right side of the abdomen. Pulsations in the abdomen, Burning pain in the abdomen, in the region of the stomach, rousing him from sleep. Swelling of the umbilicus, with pain all around, when touching it.—Pain as from bruises in the groins, sometimes with stitches. of flatulence in the abdomen, after a slight meal, causing a protrusion of the varices of the rectum, which are painful and moist. of flatulence in the abdomen, with cutting pain, goes olf after an evacuation. *Loud rumbling in the abdomen, when sitting, as if arising from emptiness. Stooi. and Anus. Frequent and unsuccessful de- sire to pass stool, accompanied with pain, anxiety, and redness of the face. °Tough stool, shining like grease ; °light-colored white stool. Tenesmus ; the rectum is painfully and spasmodically contracted. Liquid stool. Diarrhoea, with tenesmus and burning at the rectum. Nightly diarrhoea. °Cutting in the rectum with stool. #Bloody stool, with burning and soreness of the rectum. Writhing pain in the abdomen previous to stool. Stitches in the rectum during stool.— Burning in the anus, subdued pulse, and palpitation of the heart, after stool. Tremulous lassitude and palpitation of the heart after stool. Anxiety in the chest, after stool, heat in the face and inclina- tion to sweat.—Nausea after stool.—Discharge of the prostatic juice after stool. Pressure in the rectum. Spasm in the rectum which made walking impossible. *Excessive itching in the anus, day and night. Violent itching of the rectum and the pudendum. Smarting pain in the rectum, after stool. Soreness of, and oozing of moisture from the rectum. Large painful varices. Large painful pustule, near the anus, discharging a quantity of pus and blood, accompanied by great physical depression. Pain in the perinceum. Strong pull 504 CAUSTICUM. sations in the perinaeum.—°Protrusion of the varices. 0Fistula or the rectum. Urine.—Pain in the bladder ; he is unable to emit any urine. Frequent and urgent desire to urinate. #Involuntary emission of urine at night, when asleep. Involuntary emission of urine, when coughing, sneezing, or blowing the nose.—Frequent, increased mic- turition.—Light-colored urine, like water. When left standing tho urine becomes turbid and flocculent. A quantity of mucus in the urine. Burning in the urethra when urinating. Acridity during and after micturition ; corrosive sensation in the pudendum, as from salt. Pain in the urethra after urinating in the evening, accompanied by dull pain in the top of the head. Itching of the orifice of the urethra. Cutting in the urethra. Sudden burning in the urethra, at night. °Haemorrhage from the urethra. Male Genital Organs.—Burning pain in the penis. Large red patches on the penis. Vesicles under the prepuce, changing to sup- purating ulcers. Aching in the testes, at noon. Lacerating in the testes. Stitches in the right testicle. Itching of the scrotum and the skin of the penis. Excitation of the sexual desire. The penis would not become erect during an embrace. Violent nocturnal emis- sions, and continual and excessive erections, at night and the whole forenoon. Involuntary emissions in an old man.—Blood came out of the urethra together with the semen, during an embrace. Female Genital Organs.—Burning in the pudendum. *Menseg delayed ten days, after which period the flow was more abundant. The menses appear too soon by eleven days. the menses no blood is passed at night. Increased flow of blood during the menses. A little blood is passed for several days after the termina- tion of the menses. The menstrual blood smells badly and excites an itching in the pudendum. Colic without diarrhoea when the menses appear, with lacerating in the back and small of the back, especially during motion. Colic and diarrhoea during the menses. Pain in the abdomen, during the menses, as if all the contents were torn, accompanied by pain in the small of the back, as if the parts were bruised, and by discharge of large clots of blood. Pain in the back during the menses.—*Leucorrhoea at night. Profuse leucor- rhoea smelling like the menstrual blood. Violent itching about the mammae in a nursing female; °soreness of the nipples, cracked, and surrounded with herpes ; deficiency of milk. Larynx and Trachea.—Irritation in the throat, as in the begin- ning of a cold, accompanied by feverish sensation through the whole body. Intense caching in the larynx when blowing the nose. Dry• CAUSTICUM. 505 ness in the larynx.—*Burning and roughness in the throat, with hoarseness. °Itoughness of the throat, slight hoarseness in the chest, and feverish coldness.—*Hoarseness and roughness of the throat, early in the morning. for many days; she was unable to utter a word. * Aphony for several mornings, as if a wedge were lodged in the larynx, which he ought to throw off. Catarrh, with nightly dryness of the throat and obstruction of the nose, when lying down. * Catarrh, with cough and rawness of the throat. ° Laryn- geal and tracheal phthisis. ?—Grippe. ? * Short and hacking cough, caused by constant tickling in the throat. Cough, with rawness in the throat, without expectoration. Cough at night, when waking. Cough and gagging, with difficulty of breathing. Hoarse cough, especially early in the morning and evening, not at night. Dry cough, causing a burning- in the chest. Frequent dry, short, and hacking cough, rarely accompanied by expectoration. Hollow cough especially at night and early in tne morning, with tough mucus iu the chest, where a stinging pain is felt during the cough, and as if there were subcutaneous ulceration. Soreness of the chest, when coughing.—Loud rattling in the chest when coughing. Inability to throw off the detached mucus. Chest.—Arrest of breath when talking, or when walking fast.— *Shortness of breath when walking in the open air. Short breath and oppression of the chest. Difficult and deep inspirations. Sen- sation in the chest as if the clothes were too tight. *Asthma, espe- cially when sitting or lying down. Oppression of the chest, with hoarseness and roughness of the throat. *Spasmodic asthma. Com- pression of the chest, with oppressed breathing and loss of voice. Great oppression of the heart, with melancholy. Aching in the sides of the chest. Pressure across the chest and stomach. Tension in the chest, lasting a good while. Drawing pain in the upper part of the chest, as after running or singing. Rheumatic pain in the chest and abdomen.—Stitches in the sides of the chest, during an inspira- tion. Violent stitches at night, with great anguish. Stitches in the sternum, during a deep inspiration. Stitches deep in the chest, during a deep inspiration.—Pain in the right side of the chest, as if the lungs were torn loose from, the pleura.—Heat in the chest, some- times extending up to the throat. Burning pain in the chest, with occasional stitches.—Sharp stitches in the chest, near the nipple, in the direction of the umbilicus, especially when breathing.—Stitches in the outer parts of the chest, below the arm, extending to the pit of the stomach, accompanied by slight anguish. *Palpitation of the heart, with languor. Violent palpitation of the heart, in the morning, 506 CAUSTICUM. with irregular pulse and pain in the back, or with great anxiety, or with regularly-occurring contractions of the abdomen.—°Stitches about the heart. Back.—Dull drawing or bruised sensation in the region of the os- coccygis. Violent and tensive pain in the small of the back. Ach- ing and crampy pain in the small of the back and the region of the kidneys, when sitting. Violent lacerating in the small of the back. Pain, as from bruises, in the small of the back, towards evening, for several hours, with leucorrhoeal discharge. Violent pain, as from a strain, in the small of the back, during motion.—*Stiffness in the lumbo-sacral articulation. Soreness in the small of the back, with subsequent pressing (bearing-down) in the abdomen.—Frequent pul- sations in the small of the back.—Aching, crampy pain in the back, in the region of the kidneys.—°Painful stiffness in the back, particu- larly when rising from a seat.—Darting lancination in the back and small of the back, arresting the breathing.—Drawing in the back, as if bruised. *Lacerating in the dorsal vertebrae, between the sca- pula).—Stitches in the back. Itching in the skin of the back.— Painful stiffness between the scapulae. Pressure and drawing in the scapulae.—*Stiffness of the nape of the neck, with pain in the occiput, the muscles felt as if bound, so that she teas unable to move her head.—Shuddering in the nape of the neck, as far as the brain, in the evening.—Pain, as from bruises, in the nape of the neck. Tensive tubercle in the nape of the neck.—Itching and humid tetter in the nape of the neck.— Continual tension in the right side of the neck and chest, the trunk being drawn to the right side.—0Rigidity of the neck.—°Glandular swelling, like goitre. Arms.—Pressure and stiffness in the shoulders.—Lacerating in the shoulder-joint.—Sharp stitches on the top of the shoulders. Pain in the left shoulder as if sprained. Painful lameness in the left shoulder.—Drawing pains in the muscles of the arm. Dull la~ cerating in hands and arms. Arthritic drawing in different places, in the joints of the arms, hands, and shoulders, apparently aggravated by movement.—Great heaviness and, weakness in the arms.—Pitching of the arms. ° Warts and eruptions on the arms. Pain in the flesh of the upper arm as if caused by a sprain. Drawing pain in the muscles of the arm.—Pain in the elbow-joint, as if he had knocked it against something.—Drawing pain in the elbow-joints and in the lower arms.—Pain as from bruises in the bend of the elbow and the muscles of the chest, very much aggravated by external pressure.— Lacerating in the fore-arms.—Burning across the fore-arm, close to the wrist-joint.—Lameness of the fore-arms, they feel heavy and stiff. CAUSTICUM. 507 —Swelling in the lower arm, apparently in the periosteum, painful when pressed upon.—Small, itching pimples on the fore-arms.— Spasmodic sensation in the hands. *Sensation of fullness in the in- terior of the left hand, when grasping anything. Swelling of the hands at night, with tingling in them.—Drawing pain in the wrist- joint.—Lacerating in the wrist and hands.—Coldness of the hands, extending as far as the elbow. The hand goes to sleep, with tingling in the same.—Trembling of the hands. Paralytic feeling in the hand.—Fain as from contusions, in the tips of the fingers. Throb- bing pain, as of an ulcer, in the joint of the thumb.—Burning in the tips of the fingers. Shooting and burning pain in the finger-joints. —Numbness, insensibility, and tightness of the fingers. Deadness of the fingers, they become icy cold and insensible. Itching between the fingers, of the joints. Violent burning aching under the finger- nails. Legs.—Itching herpes of the nates. Violent crampy pain in the region of the hips. Drawing-aching pain in the hip, when sitting or walking.—Lacerating in the acetabulum.—Lacerating in the hip- joint and downwards along the whole limb, when sitting or walking. *Pain as from a sprain, strain, or contusion in the left hip-joint.— Prickling, burning pain in the region of the hip. Itching of both hips. *Soreness between the extremities, high up.—* Drawing pain in the extremities, apparently in the bones. *Violent drawing and lacerating in both extremities, from the toes up to the thighs.—Pain as from bruises in the thighs and legs, in the morning, when in bed. Pain in the muscles of the extremities, as if distorted or paralyzed. Uneasiness in the extremities, so violent that she was not able to sit still.— Violent tingling in the thighs and legs, also in the foot. The extremities easily go sleep. A good deal of painful heaviness in the extremities. Lassitude in the extremities, especially the legs and knees. Varices of the extremities. Itching of the extremities. Weakness of the thighs, with want of breath. Tremulous sensation, resembling a painful, dull, and indistinct tingling in the flesh of tho thigh.—Violently-itching nettle-rash. * Soreness, as from excoriation, of the upper and inner side of the thigh, and the scrotum, with itching. Rigidity in the bends of the knees, when sitting and begin- ning to walk, relieved by continuing to walk. Painful stiffness in the patella, when rising. *Draunng pain in the knees, more when stretching than when bending the knees. #Lacerating in the knees. Soreness about the knee. Pain on the outer side of the knee, as if ulcerated, extending up to the thigh. Excessive lassitude of the knee-joint, and heaviness of the feet, after walking. Cramp in the 508 CHAMOMILLA VULGARIS. calf, early, when in bed. Drawing pain in the leg.—*Lacerating in the outer side of the left leg, when sitting; when rising from a seat the pain extends to the hip-joint; when walking and pressing upon the hip a pain is felt in it as if bruised, not going off when sitting down again. *Lacerating in the calf, downwards. Burning lacerat- ing in the tibia. *Dull and humming sensation in the legs and feet, as if they had gone to sleep, in the morning. Red, painful spot on the tibia, spreading lengthwise, and itching when scaling off.—Ner- vous pain in the soles of the feet. Pressure od the dorsum of the foot. Tension in the heel and the tendo-achillis Cramp in the feet. Stiffness in the ankle-joint. Drawing in the ankle-joints.—'*Draw- ing pain in the bend of the right foot, extending to the big toe, where it is only felt during motion.—Pain when walking, as if the ankle- joint were sprained, or as if broken.—Burning in the soles of the feet. Swelling, especially of the anterior part of the foot, late in the evening, with heat, burning sensation, and internal itching, as if the foot had been frozen.—*Cold feet. Humming and burning tingling in the soles. Itching in the dorsum of the foot. Ulcerated heel. Burning lacerating in the toes and under the nails. Pain in the big toe as if burnt, or inflamed, or ulcerated. Violent stitches. 69.—CHAMOMILLA VULGARIS. CHAM.—Matricaria Cliamomilla, Chamomile.—Hahnemann’s “Materia Medica Pura,” II.—Duration of Action: three or four days. Compare with—Aeon., Alum., Ambr., Am., Ars., Bar., Bell., Bor., Bry., Camph., Caps , Caust, Chin., Cina., Cocc., Coff., Color,., Fer., Graph., Hell, Hep., Hyos., Ign., Ipec., Kali., Led., Lyc., Magn., Magn.-mur., Merc., JVux-v., Petr., Phosph., Puls., Rheum., Rhus, Sass., Sep., Strain., Sulph. Antidotes.—Antidotes are Coff., Ign , and Puls. ; Aeon, relieves the lacerating and drawing pains, when they are felt less during motion. Cham, is an ex- cellent antidote to Coffee, unless Nux-v. corresponds more exactly to the symptoms to be removed. Persons who feel injurious effects from Coffee whenever they take any, cannot be relieved by Cham. ; they must give up the use of Coffee altogether. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Weakness of the hands and feet. Cracking in the joints, especially those of the lower limbs, and pains in the same as if bruised, nevertheless no real weariness. Simple pain in all the joints, during motion, as if they were stiff and would break. Bruised pain of all the joints, or as if worn out; hands and feet have lost their strength, but without any real weariness. Heavi- ness in all the limbs. *Pain in the periosteum of all the limbs, with ‘paralytic weakness.—Lacerating pain in the limbs, which can only be 509 appeased by constantly turning from side to side in tbe bed.—Even- ing-attack of lacerating pains. *Drawing, lacerating jerks in the long bones of the limbs or in the tendons.—*General stiffness, for a short period. #Sensation of paralysis in the parts in which the pain had abated.—Weariness, especially of the feet. Weakness. Dreads all kind of labor. Weakness, which is greater during rest than motion. Excessive weakness in the morning when rising from bed. *Fainting fits. Qualmishness about the heart, the feet feel sud- denly paralyzed, and the limbs feel worn out. °Hysteric paroxysms of weakness and fainting. ? Convulsive, single twitchings of the limbs, when on the point of falling asleep. Twitchings in the limbs and eye-lids.—*Convulsions of children.—*The child lies insensible, with frequent changes in the countenance, distorts the eyes and facial muscles; rattling in the chest, with cough ; the child yawns and stretches the limbs. °Cataleptic fits, with hippocratic countenance, coldness of the extremities, half-closed eyes and dilated pupils, without lustre. °Epileptic spasms, with foam at the mouth, colic before, and sopor after the attack.—°Emaciation and atrophy of scrofulous children. ? ? Skin.—Red rash on the cheeks and forehead, without heat. Small red spots on the skin, the spots being covered with rash-pimples. * Thick clusters of red pimples on a red spot on the skin, itching especially in the night, and somewhat smarting, in the region of the lumbar vertebrae and the side of the abdomen.—°Rash of infants and nursing females. ° Jaundice. ?—°Sore places on the skin, espe- cially in children.— The skin becomes unhealthy, and every injury ulcerates.—An existing ulcer becomes painful. Darting and lancinat- ing pain in the ulcer. Burning and smarting pain in the ulcer, at night with creeping ana excessive sensitiveness to the touch.—°Erysipe- las. °Extreme irritability and sensitiveness of the nervous system, with excessive sensitiveness to pain. Greed sensitiveness to the wind and currents of air. Sleep.—Excessive drowsiness. °Soporous condition, with fever- ish restlessness, -short breathing, and thirst. Nightly sleeplessness, with fits of anguish, lie imagines he hears the voice of absent per- sons in the night. Sleep full of fanciful dreams. Moaning when asleep.— Weeping and howling ivhen asleep. Quarrelsome vexatious dreams. *He starts in his sleep. * Starting, uttering sudden cries, tossing about, and talking while asleep. *Ile feels an excessive an- guish when in bed, but none out of it.—Snoring breathing when asleep. Snorting inspirations when asleep. Moaning when asleep, *with viscid sweat on the forehead. *Coma-vigil, or inability to CHAMOMILLA VULGARIS. 510 CHAMOMILLA VULGARIS. opt.1 the eyes ; slumber without any sleep, quick expiration, and lacerating headache in the forehead, with inclination to vomit. Fever.—*lle feels a shuddering in some parts, in the face, over the arms, with or without external coldness.—*He is cold, with shud- dering from the back to the abdomen. *IIe shudders when uncover- ing himself * Shuddering in the open air. Coldness, in the evening when lying down, with a sort of deafness, inclination to vomit, unea- siness, tossing about in bed, a sort of stupefaction of the head, and diminished sensibility of the skin.—#Icy coldness of the cheeks, hands, and teet, with burning heat of the forehead, neck, chest. Coldness of the whole body, with burning heat in the face. Violent internal chilliness, without coldness of the outer parts, except the feet, with thirst; afterwards great heat with sweat.—°Intermittent fever, with nightly exacerbation, pressure in the pit of the stomach, nausea, vomiting of bile, colic, diarrhoea, painful micturition.—°In- flammatory fevers. °Typhoid fevers. °Gastric fevers, and particu- larly bilious, after anger and chagrin.—Chilliness in the afternoon, with violent nausea in the abdomen, accompanied by a throbbing- stinging headache in the forehead, aggravated by lying down.—(Fever: chills in the afternoon ; he is unable to get warm, with ptyalism, bruised pain in the back and side, and dull aching pain in the fore- head; next night excessive heat with violent thirst and sleeplessness.) —Chilliness in the evening, sweat and thirst in the night.—Burning cheeks in the evening, with chilliness, particularly at night; or in the evening.—°Anguish during the heat. *Internal heat with shuddering. #External heat with shuddering. heat of the cheeks, with thirst and involuntary moaning. heat and redness of the cheeks, with tossing about and delirium, eyes open. Sensation of external heat, without any heat being present. Dry tongue, desire for water, want of appetite, flushes of heat, sweat in the face, palpitation of the heart, followed by an unnatural hunger. —Unquenchable thirst and dry tongue.—General morning-sweat, *with smarting sensation of the skin, during or after the heat, with sour sweat. —General night-sweat, without sleep. Moral Symptoms.—*Repeated attacks of anguish in the daytime. * Anguish as if he had to go to stool. * Tremulous anguish with palpitation of the heart. * Excessive restlessness, anguish, agonizing tossing about, with lacerating pains in the abdomen, followed by dullness of sense and intolerable headache. anxi- ety.—Cardialgia, he is beside himself with anguish, moans and sweats profusely Crying and howling. Fits for some minutes, every two or three hours the child stretches his body, bends backwards, CHAMOMILLA VULGARIS. 511 kicks with his feet. Weeping uneasiness. *The child is not still till carried on the arm.—Tremulous tendency to start.—Crying on account of a very trifling, and often imaginary offence, which fre- quently is very old. *Is unable to stop talking about old vexatious things. and ill-humor ; he is dissatisfied with every- thing that others do. *He inclines to be angry and out of humor.— Excessively sensitive to ail odors. Irritated mood., to be quarrelsome and angry. *Slie seeks a cause for quarrelling Moaning and groaning from lowness of spirits. Taciturn. Sensorium.—Vertigo when stooping or talking. Vertigo after a meal, as if the head would fall to one side. Vertigo when rising from bed, as if intoxicated.—* Vertigo and dimsightedness after lying down, with flushes of heat. Vertigo as if one would faint. Dullness of comprehension.—Absence of mind. Vanishing of thought. Head.—Dull, aching pain in the head, when sitting or reflecting. Headache, the head feels heavy and bruised. °Oppressive heavi- ness in the head.—Pain in the head as if it would hurst, on waking. Lacerating pain in the forehead, returning by starts.—Drawing head- ache in one side.—Lancinating pain in the forehead, extending into the chest. Lacerations and laucinations in the temples, from within outwards. Violent stitches in the brain.- Stinging headache. Throb- bing headache. Darting pain in the forehead, especially after a meal.—The left temple is swollen and painful to the touch. Gnaw- ing itching of the skin of the forehead.—°Megrim, hysteric nervous headache; °catarrhal headache, particularly after suppression of sweat. Eyes.—Swelling and agglutination of the eye-lids in the morning, °with swelling of the eye ; °red swelling of the lids.—°Yellowness of the whites.—°Haemorrhage from the eyes. Pressure in the eyes, the eyes and lids are inflamed and full of gum in the morning, par- ticularly in new-born infants or arthritic individuals ? or after a cold. Aching pain in the upper eye-lid, when moving the eyes and shaking the head.—*Twitchings of the eyes and lids; spasmodic closing of the lids. °Distortion of the eyes. Violent stitches in the eyes. Sensation as if fire and heat came out of the eyes. Luminous oscillations before the eyes.—Dim-sightedness, with chilliness. Ears.—Lacerating in the ears, otalgia. Dull hearing in the even- ing. Humming in the ears, as from the rushing of water.— Tingling in the ears. °Drawing and tensive pain in the ears.—°Discharge from the ears.—°Inflammatory swelling of the parotid gland. Nose.—Sore nose ; ulcerated nostrils.—*Bleeding of the nose.— Sensitive smell.—Obstruction of the nose, with discharge of mucus ; fluent coryza. 512 ciiamomilla vulgaris. Face.—* Redness and burning heat of the face, particularly of the cheeks, sometimes of only one cheek, with coldness and paleness of the other cheek. °Pale, sunken countenance, with features as if dis- torted by pain. changes of color in the face. °Yellow complexion.—*Bloatedness of the face. °Erysipelas in the face. * Swelling of one side of the cheeks, °with hardness, blue-redness, and drawing, beating, and darting pains.—Red rash on the cheeks.—*Con• vulsive movements and twitchings of the facial muscles and lips.— Parched lips. Scurfy ulcerations on the border of the lip. Mouth.—Putrid or sour smell from the mouth.—*Dry mouth and tongue, with thirst.—*Red tongue, °fissured.—°Thick, white, or yel- low coating of the tongue.—Stinging vesicles on and under the tongue. Throat.—Pain in the throat, increased by movement and degluti- tion. Beating in the throat. Pain as from a plug when swal- lowing. °Stinging and burning in the pharynx. °Burning heat in the oesophagus, extending to the mouth and stomach. 'ina- bility to swallow solid food, particularly in a recumbent posture. —*Sore throat, with swelling of the parotids, °or submaxillary glands ; inflammation and swelling of the tonsils with dark redness. Jaws and Teeth.—Swelling of the gums. Looseness of the teeth. Toothache, with swelling of the cheeks.f—Grumbling and creeping in the upper teeth. Grumbling and drawing pain in the jaw. Drawing pain in the teeth. as after a cold or suppressed sweat. when taking warm things into the mcuth.—*The toothache recommences in a warm room. * Toothache which is especi- ally violent after ivarm drinks, especially coflee. °Toothache with painful swelling of the gums or the submaxillary glands. toothache, particularly after getting warm in the bed. Toothache, re- curring by starts, with swelling of the cheeks and accumulation of saliva. Drawing toothache, without knowing what tooth is affected ; the pain goes off while eating, and is especially violent in the night, the teeth feel °Throbbing, darting, and jerking'in the teeth ; °digging and gnawing in decayed teeth ; °intolerable tooth- ache, driving one to despair.—° Burning and painful swelling of the gums.—°Difficult dentition, with diarrhoea, fever, and convulsions. Taste and Appetite.—Sour taste. Putrid taste in ihe mouth in the night. *Bitter taste in the mouth, early in the rooming. Aver- sion to food. Want of appetite, as if he loathed foM.—Unnatural hunger, in the evening. Gastric Symptoms.—Empty eructations. %Sour t -notations. The existing pain is aggravated by eructation. Frt quent hiccough. CHAMON1LLA VULGARIS. 513 Fullness during a meal, and nausea afterwards.—Repletion of' the stomach, after a meal, lasting even until next day; inclination to vomit. Inclination to vomit after breakfast, the whole morning. Dis- tention of the abdomen, after a meal. Nausea after a meal. Incli- nation to vomit, as if one would faint. without previous eructations. *Sour vomiting, also of the food or °of slimy substances. —°Bitter, bilious vomiting. Regurgitation of the ingesta. * Vomit- ing of the ingesta, caused, first, by the repletion of the abdomen, afterwards by intolerable nausea.—° Acidity in the primae-viae of chil- dren. ?—Heat and sweat of the face, after eating or drinking. Pres- sure in the hypochondria and stomach, after a meal. Stomach.—Anxious cry *on account of a hard, aching, oppressive pain in the pit of the stomach, with profuse sweat. *Painful bloat- edness of the epigastrium, in the morning, °with sensation as if the contents were rising to the chest. * Incarceration of flatidence, with pressure upwards, in the hypochondria. *Oppression at the stomach, as if a stone were pressing downwards. Aching pain in the stomach, and under the short ribs, oppressing the breathing, especially after taking coffee. °Spasms of the stomach, particularly in persons addicted to the use of coffee, or with aching pain, particularly after a meal, or at night, with restlessnes and tossing, with either aggrava- tion or amelioration by coffee.—°Burning in the pit of the stomach and hypochondria. Abdomen.—Aching pain above the umbilicus. *Flatulent colic. •—*Continuous, tensive pain in the subcostal region, with ten- sion around the brain. The abdominal muscles feel bruised. Hard distended abdomen. *Compressive pain in the abdomen (im- mediately). Excessive colic. Sensation as if the whole abdomen were hollow, with continual motion in the bowels (with blue rings around the eyes). Colic, more cutting than pinching.—Drawing pain in the abdomen. Continual lacerating colic in the side of the abdo- men, -with sensation as if the parts there were rolled up into a ball. —Pain in the abdomen, as is felt by persons who are costive, when pressing out the stool.Abdominal spasms. °Darting in the abdo- men, particularly when coughing, sneezing, or touching the parts.— °Enteritis. ? °Painful sensitiveness of the abdomen to contact, as if the parts were ulcerated.—°Peritonitis. ? Pressing towards the abdominal ring, as if hernia would protrude. Stool.—Constipation from inactivity of the rectum.—Sharp pinch- ing colic, with discharge of light-colored faeces. stools. *Hot, diarrhaeic stool, smelling like rotten eggs. °Pamless, green, watery diarrhoea, a mixture offaces arud mucus. * Nightly diarrhcea 514 CHAMOMILLA VULGARIS. with colic, obliging her to bend double.—*Diarrhodc stool, consisting of white mucus, with colic. °Diarrhoea during dentition, °from cold, °from anger and chagrin ; °corrosive ; °like mixed eggs. Inflamed Varices, with ulcerated rhagades of the anus. Flowing haemorrhoids. Blind haemorrhoids. Itching pain at the anus. Genital Organs.—Sticking pain in the neck of the bladder, between the acts of micturition.—Burning in the neck of the blad- der, during micturition. Smarting pain in the urethra during mictu- rition. Ineffectual urging with anguish, during micturition, without any mechanical obstacle.—Weakened strength of the bladder. Invo- luntary emission of urine.—Urine is hot, yellow, with flocculent sedi- ment ; °turbid, with yellowish sediment. Male Genital Organs.—Itching of the scrotum. Excited sexual desire. Nocturnal emission.—Soreness of the border of the prepuce. Itching-stinging pain of the margin of the prepuce. Female Genital Organs.—Burning in the vagina, as if exco- riated. Yellow corrosive leucorrhoea. Acrid watery leucorrhoea after dinner.—*Pressure towards the uterus, like labor-pains, with frequent desire to urinate.—*Cutting colic, and drawing in the thighs pre- vious to the period.—0Abdominal spasms before the period.—*Fre- quent discharge of coagulated blood, with tearing pains in the veins of the legs and violent labor-pains in the uterus. Drawing, from the small of the back, followed by griping in the uterus, and discharge of large clots of coagulated blood. * Metrorrhagia.—Metrorrhagia, even of old females. Out of humor, and headstrong even unto quarrelling, at the appearance of the menses.—Suppression of the menses, with distention of, and a hard, aching, oppressive pain in the pit of the sto- mach, accompanied with swelling of the abdomen, labor-like pains, and anasarca.—°Abdominal spasms of pregnant and nursing females ; °precursory symptoms of after-pains of miscarriage ; °violent after- pains; haemorrhage after delivery; °puerperal fever; °milk fever ; °suppression of milk ; °erysipelas of the mammae and soreness of the nipples.—°Sleeplessness and cries, colic, diarrhoea, soreness of the new-born infants; °hard breasts. in the mammae, with drawing-lacerating, and pain to the touch. °Scirrhous induration. Larynx and Trachea.— Wheezing, whizzing, and subdued rat- tling in the trachea. *Hoarseness, from tenacious mucus in the larynx. hoarseness of the trachea, -with dryness of the eye-lids. * Hoarseness and cough, from rattling mucus in the tra- chea ; the place from which the mucus has been detached feels sore. Burning in the larynx.—0 Tracheitis. ?—°Croup. ?—°Catarrhal cough of children, after a cold, or after measles. CHAMOMILLA VULGARIS. 515 Chest.—Burning pain under the sternum, extending to the mouth. Burning in the chest, with dullness of the head, as if he knew not where he was, with anxiety. The inside of the chest feels bruised. —Aching pain under the sternum, oppressing the breathing. Cardi- algia. Contraction of the chest.—Oppression of the chest.— Tensive •■pain across the chest, when taking an inspiration. *Oppression of the chest as from flatulence, which had become incarcerated in the epigastrium, with aching pain; accompanied by pain in the stomach, as in heartburn ; afterwards burning in the spine.— Constriction of the upper part of the chest, accompanied with soreness when cough- ing. Asthma as in suffocative catarrh (constriction of the throat), in the region of the pit of the throat, with constant desire to cough. °Sudden stoppage of the breath in children. Almost uninterrupted titillation under the upper part of the sternum, without the cough being constant. Dry cough, produced by titillation and continual itching in the trachea, about the pit of the throat. Violent dry cough when sleeping.—The child becomes angry and coughs. *Stitches in the side of the chest, under the ribs and scapulae, during an inspira- tion. Prickings in the chest. Stitches through the chest, at every inspiration. * Stitches from the middle of the chest to the right side, after every inspiration. Back.—Stinging pain in the back.—Lacerating in the back. Draw- ing pain in the back. Contractive sensation in the spine. Pain in the small of the back, especially in the night.—The small of the back feels bruised. A sort of furious labor-pains from the small of the back into the thighs, a drawing pain, with lameness. Painful stiff- ness in the loins, after sitting. Intolerable pain in the loins and hip- joint, in the night, when lying on the opposite side. Lacerating pain in the region of the clavicle and throat. Drawing pain in the sea- pulse, chest, and hands, as if from a cold. Arms.—Uninterrupted, fine, painful pressure in the ligaments and periosteum of the arm, from the shoulder to the fingers.— When seiz- ing anything with the hand, the arm feels stifl, as if it would go to sleep.—Drawing, paralytic pain in the elbows and hands. °Noctur- nal pains with lameness.—Burning pain in the hand, afternoon.— The hands are cold ; paralytic stiffness in the hands, with gloominess of the head ; sensitive to the open air.—°Swelling of the palms of the hands. twitchings of the fingers. Legs.—Lacerating pain in the thighs and legs. Paralytic stiffness, with weakness, in the thigh.—Excessive pain in the thigh, when rising from a seat, or when stretching the legs.—Transitqrv pain as if bruised, in the thighs.—Dra\viqg rheumatic pains, at night, with 516 CHELIDONIUM MAJUS. lameness and numbness, and relief by external warmth.—°Lame. ness, with drawing extending into the thighs, particularly at night. —°Coxagra. Drawing pain.—Sensation in the legs as if they would go to sleep.—*Cramp in the calves.—Nightly paralytic weakness of the feet.—The feet feel lame. Lacerating pain in the feet.—Burn- ing of the soles, in the night.—Burning and itching in the feet, as if they had been frozen. Sudden sivelling of one foot and of the sole. 70.—CHELIDONIUM MAJUS. CHEL.—Great Celandine.—Hahnemann’s “ Mat. Med.,” H.—Duration of Ac- tion : fourteen days. Antidots. Camph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Lameness, with drawing in varions parts, deadness of single parts.—Shooting prickings, now in the hand or arm, now in the foot, knee, abdomen, &c. Weariness and lassitude of the limbs ; he finds it difficult to move a limb fast; he dreads motion, yawns, feels drowsy. Great laziness after a meal, with drowsiness and indisposition to work. In the morning he felt so weary that he could not get up.—°01d, putrid, spreading ulcers. Sleep.—Great droivsiness and laziness. Great uncomfortableness. Desire to lie down, without being drowsy, and without being able to sleep.—Restless sleep, full of dreams. Fever.—When lying in bed, in the evening, he is seized by vio* lent chills and shaking, the external body feeling warm.—Alternately warm and cold through the whole body. Cold hands.—Chills and shaking, with nausea, without eructations. °Heat without thirst, in the evening in bed. Moral Symptoms.—Desponding, full of sad thoughts about the present and the future. Head.—Cloudiness. Dull headache, pulsative beatings in the right temple. Headache, pressing, from within outwards, especially towards the forehead, increased very much by open air, cough, blowing the nose, and by stooping. Lacerating headache, with pressure, between the eye-browrs and upon the eye-lids. Dull stitches in the whole forehead, in an oblique direction. Stitches in the vertex, particularly when walking fast.—0Scald-head. Eyes.—Stupefying pressure in the right orbit, from without in- wards. Contraction of the pupils. Painful pressure on the upper eye-lid.—Nightly agglutination, with dimness in the morning.—Ob- scuration of the cornea.—Dazzling spot before the eyes, with lachry- mation on looking into it. CIIELIDONIUM majus. 517 Nose and Face.—Tension and drawing in the left malar bon*!, only when lying down. Pale countenance.—Pry coryza, with partial stoppage.—°Itching of the face and forehead.—°IIerpes in the face. Ears.—Long-continuing stitch in the external right ear, going off gradually. Tingling in the left ear, when walking. A sort of whist ling before the ears. Whizzing before the ears, like wind. Sensa- tion in both ears as if wind were rushing out. Noise in both ears, resembling the distant roar of cannon.—Lacerating in the internal ear.—°Loss of hearing during cough. Teeth.—Toothache in the left upper jaw.—Pull pain when touched in the teeth of the left lower jaw. Mouth and Throat.—Great tension over the neck, and in the throat, above the larynx, as if the parts were constricted. A sort of choking in the throat, too hasty.—Nauseous flat taste in the mouth. Bitter taste in the mouth. Gastric Symptoms.—Piminished appetite. Inclination to vomit. Considerable nausea, with increased warmth of the body. Hiccough. Stomach.—Pinching, oppressive pain in the pit of the stomach, and underneath, increased by contact. Cramp-like throbbing in the pit of the stomach, causing a breathing with anguish. Burning un- der the ribs, on the left side, on a line with the praecordial region. Pain in the stomach.—Gnawing or digging in the stomach.—Feeling of coldness in the stomach.—Cutting, when yawning. Abdomen.—Tension across the epigastrium. Continual gurgling in the abdomen.—Colic. Painful pressure close above the umbilicus. —Dullpinchir- g in the umbilical region, followed by the emission of flatulence. Cramp-like retraction of the umbilicus, accompanied with passing nausea. Burning pain in the abdomen, under the short ribs of the left side. Continual cutting in the boivels, immediately after a meal. Pinching pain in the groin. Stool.—Costiveness ; stool like sheep’s dung. Piarrhcea, also at night. Mucous diarrhoea. Urinary and Genital Organs.—Pressure on the bladder, with but little emission. Burning, previous to the emission of the urine. Parting and cutting in the urethra, during micturition and movement of the body.—Copious micturition, day and night.—Pale or reddish urine. Gonorrhoea.—Menses retarded, but longer.—Vanishing of milk. Chest.—Pain in the chest. Oppression of the chest and respira- tion.—Stitches in the chest during an inspiration, and when raising the trunk. Back.—Pressure with lacerating in the region of the lowermost 518 CHENEPODII GLAUCI APHIS. lumbar vertebra, extending to the iliac bones.—Tensive pain in the right side of the neck. Arms.—Lacerating and pressure in the upper arm, with weariness of the muscles. A kind of lameness in the muscles of the upper arm, when moving it.—Stiffness of the wrist-joint.—The anterior joints of the fingers of the right hand become yellow, cold, arid dead, the nails were blue. Legs.'—Paralytic weakness in the thigh and knee when stepping.— Giving way of the knees when standing or walking.—Cramo in the soles of the feet, with paralysis. CHEN.—The Louse on the oak-leaved Goose-foot.—“Archiv,” XV., 2. 71.—CIIENOPODII GLAUCI APHIS. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—The limbs feel bruised, with drawing lacerating in the temples, ears, decayed teeth, shoulders, upper arms, tibiae, and bottoms of the feet; feeling of weariness, particularly in the legs ; languid and prostrate, in the evening.—Sleeplessness at night, without great pains, lascivious dreams and emissions.—Fre- quent slight chills over the skin, particularly the back; burning in the palms of the hands, with disposition to sweat in those parts, in the forenoon, with rapid pulse ; pulse accelerated, particularly in the evening during fluent coryza, or quick and tight, early in the morn- ing, with hot breath and dry lips ; great disposition to sweat in the face, from daybreak; warm sweat or general exhalation, early in the morning, in bed. Head, &c.—Dullness of the head, in the evening, as from a cold, with flushes of heat in the face ; violent pressure and pushing in the forehead or occiput, aggravated by movement, with sensation as if the brain were balancing to and fro; drawing lacerating in the scalp.— Burning of the eye-lids. Lacerating in the ears. Nose.—Soreness of the nostrils.—Violent sneezing, attended with soreness in the larynx.—Coryza, with burning and biting in the margins of the nose. Fluent coryza, with accelerated pulse, coldness of the legs, and a chill over the back. Face, &c.—Complexion pale, yellowish ; flushes of heat in the face, with catarrhal dullness of the head, in the evening; dryness of the lips, particularly early in the morning; painful lacerating in a de- cayed molar tooth: afterwards in all the teeth of the right side, ex- tending to the ear, temple, and m alar bone; aggravation of the toothache in bed, and amelioration by general warm sweat breaking out afterwards CHINA, or cinchona. 519 Mouth, Pharynx, &c.—Scraping in the region of the palate; burning biting ; cutting burning, particularly during an inspiration ; inflammatory redness.—In the throat: scraping and burning, as from some acrid substance, with feeling of dryness, and increased secretion of mucus. Appetite and Stomach, &c.—Frequent pinching in the abdomen, particularly at night, or in the daytime, with urging to stool, and in- creased emission of flatulence. Congestion of blood to the organs in the pelvis. Stool and Anus.—Ineffectual urging, with pressure on the bladder and rectum.—The evacuations are papescent, liquid, generally attended with burning at the anus and return of the urging, or with pinching in the abdomen and flatulence, before and during stool ; discharges of liquid mucus, early in the morning, with bloody spots, pinching the abdomen, pressing on the rectum and bladder, and pressing head- ache.—Afterwards the stools become harder, but are attended with painful pressing on the bladder and rectum, and sometimes with eva- cuation of bloody mucus.—Drawing lacerating in the rectum. Urinary Organs.—Drawing lacerating in the bladder; pressing on the bladder, particularly with the ineffectual urging to stool; irri- tation in the urethra, as from acridity, obliging him to urinate fre- quently.—Frequent and copious emission of a saturated, yellow,foam- ing urine, attended with an acrid sensation in the urethra; in the evening the urine is foaming, brownish-red, depositing a thick, yel- lowish sediment, during the night. Larynx and Trachea.—Burning scraping in the larynx, as from acridity; titillating burning or stinging, particularly in the open air during wet and cold weather, with constant irritation in the larynx, obliging him to cough. Cough from irritation in the throat. Arms and Legs.—Pain as if bruised in the limbs, with drawing lacerating in the shoulders and upper arms, or from the knees to the feet.—Feeling of weariness in the legs.—Cold feet, up to the knees. 72.—CHINA, ok CINCHONA. CHIN.—Cinchona Officinalis, Peruvian Bark.—Hahnemann’s “ Mat. Med. Pura,” II.—Duration of Action : from two to three weeks. Compare with—Am., Am., Acs., Asa.-f., Bar., Bell., Bry., Calc., Caps., Carh.- v., Cham., Chin., Cina., Cupr., Dig , Fcrr., Graph., Hell., Hep.-sulph., Iod., Ipec., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Mur.-ac., Natr., Natr.-mur., Nux-vom., Phosph., Phos.- ac., Puls , Rhus, Samb.-n , Sep., Sil., Stann., Sulph , Thuj., Verat.—China is most frequently indicated after: Arn., Ars., Ipec., Merc., Phosph.-ac., Yerat. —After China are frequently suitable : Ars., Bell., Carb.-v., Puls., Yerat. 520 CHINA, OB. CINCHONA. Antidotes.—Am., Ars., Bell, Calc., Caps , Carb.-v., Cina, Ferr., Ipec., Merc., Natr., Natr.-mur., Nux-v., Puls., Sep., Sulph., Verat.—China antidotes : Ars., Asn-f., Aur., Cupr., Ferr., Hell., Ipec., Merc., Sulph., Verat.—Selen aggra- vates the pains occasioned by China. GENERAL SYMPTOMS. irritability and sensitive- ness of the whole nervous system, the objects related to the different senses affect them too powerfully.—Excessive nervous sensibility, with a morbid feeling of general weakness. Feeling of internal malaise as from impending illness.—*Pain of all the limbs, particu- larly the joints, as if bruised, particularly during rest (when sitting or lying). *Painful weariness in the limbs, as after a long journey on foot, or after exhaustion by the loss of animal fluid, with constant disposition to stretch, move, or shift the position of the limbs.1 Pain ful weariness in the joints, with pressure as of a load, particularly in the morning, in bed, or when sitting, increasing the longer he sits or lies.—Pain as if strained in every joint, in the bones and periosteum, with drawing and lacerating, particularly in the small of the back, back, knees, and thighs. Oppression in all the limbs, as if the clothes were too tight, after a walk in the open air.—* Heaviness in every limb, particularly the thighs. Languor of the whole body, with trembling of the hands. * Inertia. * Aversion to every kind of mental or physical labor. Languor when walking, also when sitting. Languid condition of the mind and body. Languid feeling about the stomach and chest, in the open air, with a feeling of weakness and prostration.—* Lassitude and languor, mental and physical. Languor, with inability to collect one’s senses, particularly on rising from a seat, or one is scarcely able to keep the head erect, and drops to sleep.— Weariness. *Dread of exercise. #Want3 to be lying or sitting all the time.—* Chronic debility. * Excessive debility, with great dis- position to sweat, during motion and sleep. * Lameness, with difficult 1 Note by Hahnemann.—The weakness alluded to in this paragraph, as if caused by a great loss of animal fluids, the symptoms indicating a disturbance in the digestive organs, the ailments after a meal, the easily-excited sweat, espe- cially on the back, during motion and sleep, and the affections of the head, con- stitute precisely that kind of weakness for which Cinch, is a specific, and which affects, without almost any exception, persons who have lost a portion of their strength by haemorrhages and frequent venesection, galactorrhoea, excessive lac- tation, coition, onanism, involuntary emission of semen, profuse natural or arti- ficial sweat in disease, natural or artificial diarrhoea. When Cinch, is given for any other kind of weakness, which is not the disease itself, its exhibition may be followed by the most pernicious consequences, and may even endanger life. Indeed, even in these eases, it produces an excitement, but it is not a natural excitement, it is an over-straining of the vital powers of the patient, which may be followed by a perfect collapse, or may entail upon the patient a cachectic condition of the system which it is either difficult or frequently impossible te cure. CHINA, OR CINCHONA. 521 walking, which tires one out soon, as if the legs were too heavy. Great sinking of strength. *Trembling debility, -with dilatation of the pupils. Alternation of weakness and a feeling of great strength, particularly in the joints. ° Weakness from loss of animal fluids, or after severe and exhausting illness.—Stiffness in all the joints, par- ticularly when rising from bed (morning or after the siesta), or with languor, paleness, and inability to collect one’s senses, when raising the head in the least while in a recumbent posture.—Internal tremor in the limbs with a feeling of coolness.—Spasmodic jactitation of the muscles in various parts of the body. *Darting, lacerating, increased by contact, particularly in the hands and feet. Tensive drawing in the bones, less in a recumbent posture, but becoming so much more violent afterwards. pains. * Wandering rheumatic pains, particularly at the commencement of a walk, or alternating with pains in internal organs. *Pain, with lameness or weakness of the affected 'parts. in the affected parts, obliging one to move them continually.—Pithy and numb sensation of single parts.—* The limbs go to sleep ivhen lying on them.—#The bones in the joints are painful as if bruised when lying still, less during motion. Cracking of the joints.—°Ailments occasioned by a current of air, even the slightest. *Twitchings of the limbs.—Painting fits. Apoplexy and loss of con- sciousness. Asphyxia. particularly of the upper and lower limbs. * Atrophy, emaciation, ° particularly of children. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The pains are aggravated or excited by contact, also at night or after a meal. *The charac- teristic pains of China are : darting-lacerating, or laceratmg with pressure. Skin. and excessive sensitiveness of the skin of the body all over, even in the palms of the hands. Stinging, pulling, or also burning and titillation in various parts of the skin.—Itching of the skin.—°Skin flaccid and dry.—*Yellow color of the skin, jaundice. °Chlorosis. ?—*Swelling of the limbs. ana- sarca, particularly after excessive depletions. °Arthritic and rheumatic, hard, red swellings. Erysipelatous swelling of the whole body.—°Ostitis. ? °Caries of the bones. ?—Stinging itching in wounds.—Boring, with painful sensitiveness in the ulcers. Beat ing pain in the ulcer, only when moving the part. Burning and pressure in the ulcer Ichor which has a putrid smell.—Humid gangrene Sleep.— Great drowsiness in the daytime, constant, irresistible, particularly when sitting, with sudden falling asleep. Drowsiness, with palpitation of the heart.—* Falling asleep late, and sleeplessness 522 CHINA, OR CINCHONA. from abundance of ideas. Sleeplessness after midnight, with drowsi- ness.—Restless night-sleep, with tossing about and frequent waking, sometimes waking with a start, and inability to collect one’s senses. * Unrefreshing sleep, too short, waking too early.—Pinching pressure jn the umbilical region, in the evening in bed, frightful fancies, and starting whenever he is on the point of dropping to sleep.—Symp- toms at night, in bed: Caching pain in the head, with sleep- lessness (-until midnight); -restlessness, which does not permit of any sleep ; on waking, from frightful dreams ; to collect one’s senses on waking, or vertigo on waking, which is in- creased by raising the head; #canine hunger, *sweat all over, on waking from a restless sleep, or sweat of the hair only and on the forehead, with slight chills over the back ; sweat whenever he covers himself in the least, or towards morning.—During sleep : distortion of the eye-balls; °moaning and whining, in children.—*A number of dreams at night; absurd dreams, with frequent waking in a state of half consciousness. heavy, anxious dreams, horrid, with inability to collect one’s senses on waking, and continu- ance of the anguish, fear, and uneasiness. Early in the morning, on waking. Great languor ; muddled condition of the head ; feeling as if he had not slept enough, and pressure in the temples, when shaking the head, after a deep and soporous night’s sleep ; sensation throughout the body, as if bruised and broken ; dullness of the head; heat in the head and oppression of the chest. Fever.—Coldness of the whole body. Internal coldness, particu- larly in the arms and hands, or with shuddering and shaking over the whole body. Coldness of the hands and feet, even in a warm room. Coldness of the lower limbs, with warmth of the chest and face. Coldness of the limbs, with congestion of blood to the head and heat of the forehead, or attended with shuddering and nausea.— Shuddering over the whole body, with goose-flesh, or with cold hands and oppression of the mind. Shuddering early in the morning, with cold hands, nausea, and quick pulse.—Chilliness over the whole body, sometimes as if cold air were blowing on the skin, particularly when walking, with shuddering over the arms, loins, and thighs when sitting. Chilliness, particularly in the back. in the open air, with trembling and shuddering over the thighs, or with sensation as if cold water were running over the thighs, with coldness of the hands and chattering of the teeth. chilliness after drinking.—Shaking chilliness over the whole body, with icy coldness of the hands, or with internal coldness, or in the evening in bed, or early in the morning with debility of the legs, or with shuddering CHINA, OR CINCHONA. 523 which is sometimes accompanied with coldness of the hands and op- pression of the mind.—*Intermittent fevers, particularly quotidian or tertian, or double-quotidian. *Fevers commencing with shaking and chilliness, generally in the evening or afternoon, less frequently early in the morning, *'followed by heat and then sweat at night. Chilliness, then coldness of the hands ; after that, shuddering. Two paroxysms of chilliness, after which heat. Chilliness alternating with heat, in the afternoon, with languor of the lower limbs and aggrava- tion in the open air. Mingled paroxysms of chilliness and sweat, with continual feeling of heat and redness in the face. Intermittent fevers, with languor, particularly of the feet, °congestion of blood to the head with pressure in the head, and painfulness of the spleen and liver, *loss of appetite, taste, bitter eructations, and bitter vomiting, *yellow color of the skin and face, #short, spas- modic cough, *stitches in the chest, *great debility and pain in the limbs, * colic, *pains in the back, before or after the chilli- ness, or during the sweating stage, rarely during the heat, and scarcely ever during the chilly stage.—Previous to the paroxysms (shuddering, coldness, chilliness): #various secondary phenomena, such as : palpitation of the heart, frequent sneezing, anguish, nausea, great thirst, canine hunger, headache, oppressive colic, &c., &c. During the chilly stage (shuddering or coldness) : *headache, *nau- sea, of thirst, °vertigo, of the head, °paleness of the face, of the hands and feet, °gagging and vomiting of mucus.—After the chilly stage: thirst.—During the hot stage: dryness of the mouth and lips, with burning ; *redness of the face, *headache, hunger, pulse quick and full, *violent desire for cold drinks, -accompanied with stinging in various parts of the skin, *absence of thirst, to uncover one’s self, or else chilliness and shuddering when uncovering one’s self in the least; -distended veins, with readily-dilating pupils, dry lips without thirst after midnight.—After the heat: -also particularly in the evening, with dryness of the palate, -thirst and hunger, with coldness and grumbling in the abdomen after a meal. tempera- ture of the body, heat to others and to one’s self over the whole body. Strong feeling of heat all over, with red cheeks, heat of the trunk and arms, and moist forehead, or with coldness of the limbs; dry heat the whole day; flushes of heat, with desire for cold drinks ; burning heat with throbbing of the arteries, burning of the ears and forehead, and a feeling of internal heat in the cheeks, hands, and feet.—Heat in the head, with distention of the veins.—Heat in the forehead, with rush of blood to the head and coldness of the limbs.— 524 CHINA, OR CINCHONA. *Acutefevers, with profuse sweat. °Bilious fevers. °Gastric fevers. ? °Mucous fevers. ? °Rheumatic and catarrhal fevers. ? °Typhoid fevers. ? Putrid fevers. ? #IIectic fevers, particularly after great loss of animal fluids.—Pulse quick and hard, also with flushes of heat mingled with paroxysms of chilliness and cold sweat on the back. —Quick and irregular pulse. Slow, feeble pulse.—*Copious sweat. *Sweat when walking in the open air, also profuse sweat. Readily excited sweat during sleep and motion. Sweat early in the morning, also during sleep, greasy sweat. Cold sweat all over the body, or only in the face, with thirst. *Sweat after the febrile heat, particu- larly at night, -only on the back and forehead with thirst, or general and exhausting sweat. °Exhausting night-sweats. Moral Symptoms.—*Low-spiritedness, °also with hypochondria; sadness; hopelessness, discouragement; * fears and apprehensions, great, inconsolable anguish; intolerable in the evening and night. Lamentations and moanings. °Dread of dogs and other animals, particularly at night.—Serious mood. * Indifference and apathy. Indisposition to talk. Obstinate silence. Ill-humor, with indisposi- tion to think or work. Peevish and ill humored. Quarrelsome Fitful mood.—Nervous irritation, attended with depression of spirits and intolerance of noise, or of anything which affects the senses. Ex- cessive cheerfulness and animation, with staring looks. Sensorium.—Confusion of ideas. Slow train of ideas.—Tempo- rary arrest of thought. * Indisposition to perform any kind of physical or mental labor.—*Dullness of the head, *as from coryza, or -intoxi- cation, with pressure in the temples.—Dullness, with giddiness, *as from sitting up at night and sleeplessness. Stupefying dullness of the head, with pressure in the forehead. Dullness, with cloudiness. —* Vertigo °on raising the head. Vertigo with nausea and subse- quent heat. Head.—Headache, with languor and coldness. Pain in the temples, as in dry coryza.—°Headache from suppressed coryza. °Pain in the forehead when opening the eyes. Stupefying headache, in the morning on waking. °Headache, with vomiting and nausea. *Hea- viness of the head, with reeling sensation. * Aching in the head, particularly at night, with sleeplessness. Aching in the temples, in the evening.—* Pressure in the head, from within outwards, as if the head were too full, directly above the eyes. Pressure as from rush of blood to the brain. #Pressure, as if the head would burst.— Com- pressive headache, particularly in the temples.—Spasmodic headache in the vertex, with pain as if bruised in the side of the head; worse during motion.—* Soreness of the brain, or as if bruised, when walk- CHINA, ®R CINCHONA 525 ing in the wind, -or aggravated by contact of the head, *when male* ing an effort of the mind, meditating, or talking (°with boring at- tended with pressure).—Drawing from the occiput to the forehead, with contractive pain in the forehead aud throbbing in the temples, in- creased by sitting and standing ; relieved by walking, and ceasing when the parts are pressed upon.—Lacerating in the head, in various parts.—Darting pain towards the forehead, aggravated in the even ing.—Stitches in the temples, with strong throbbing of the temporal arteries. Cutting, extending from the occiput and temples to the orbit, aggravated by movement and stooping. Hammering in the head towards the temples. of the head, with heat and fullness in the head. as if the brain were balancing to and fro, and were striking against the skull, occasioning great pain, °and obliging one to move the head.—^Hemicrania.—* Aggravation of the headache, by contact, movement, a current of air, winds, and by stepping. Scalp.—*Great sensitiveness of the scalp to the touch, with pain- fulness of the roots of the hair.—#Contractive pain in the scalp, -par- ticularly on the vertex, occiput, or forehead, °sometimes as if the hair were pulled out, *or as if the scalp were clutched and drawn together in one point in a circle. Stinging itching of the hairy scalp. *Pro- fuse sweat in the hair, particularly when walking in the open air. Eyes.—Eeeling of weakness in the eyes, with sensation as if sunken. Violent pain in the lids. Pain above the orbits, early in the morn- ing, increased by a walk, and discontinuing after a meal.—Pressure in the eyes, as from drowsiness. °Pressure in the margin of the or- bit, from without inwards. °Pressure as from sand in the eye, when moving the eye-ball. Itching of the lids. * Redness of the eyes, with heat and burning with pressure, inflammation of the eyes, particularly in scrofulous persons, or with evening exacerbation.— Lachrymotion, with, painful tingling in the inner surface.—Twitching and tremor of the eyes.—°Yellowness of the whites. °Dim ap- pearance of the cornea, and smoky feeling in the bottom of the eyes. —°Faint, protruded eyes.— The pupils incline to contract, or else *lhey are very much dilated and insensible. Dilated and starin-g pupils, with dim-sightedness. — Darkness before the eyes. °Flicker- ing sensation and black motes.— and weakness of sight. °When reading, the letters look pale, with a white border and con- fluent.—*Incipient amaurosis, particularly in drunkards, or after loss of animal fluids.—Photophobia. Ears.—Pressure in the ear, like otalgia. °Stitches in the ears. Heat of the outer saj\ "Redness of the lobules and cheeks. Eruption 526 in the concha. Vesicles behind the ears. -sometimes preceded by beating in the ear, or attended with titillating tingling in the right ear, or also with headache in the temples. *Humming in the ears. Hardness of hearing. Nose. bleeding of the nose, -early in the morning after rising. ° Hcemorrhage from nose and mouth.—Sneezing, vio- lent, dry.—Watery discharge from the nostril, with stoppage.— Coryza, with sneezing, sensitiveness of the nose, and pimples on the margin of the nostrils which are painful when touched. Dry coryza, with toothache and lachrymation. Violent fuent coryza, with drip- ping of mucus from the nose. Suppression of coryza. Face.—*Face pale, sunken. countenance, with pointed nose, hollow eyes surrounded with blue margins, aocompanied by listlessness and apathy. *Pale, sickly ajypearance, as after ex- cesses. 0 Clay-colored, black or gray-yellow complexion. *Red, bloated face.—*Hot face, -particularly on coming out of the open air and entering a warm room. Alternation of heat and redness of the cheeks.—*Prosopalgia, °nervous, or rheumatic.—*The lips are dry, parched, wrinkled, and chapped. *.Blackish lips. Swelling of the lips. Itching burning little ulcers on the lips.—Swelling of the submaxillary glands, with pain during deglutition. Pain, and chok- ing crampy pressure in the glands, when touching or moving the neck. Jaws and Teeth.—Toothache, with lachrymation and dry coryza. —Pressure in the molares, when biting.—Drawing toothache, par- ticularly in the open air; in the incisores.—Stitches in the front- teeth.—*Throbbing toothache.—°The toothache comes on after dinner and at night. *The toothache is relieved by pressing upon the teeth strongly and biting them together. °The toothache is extremely aggravated by contact.—Looseness of the teeth, with pain during mastication.—°Black coating on the teeth.—Swelling of the gums. Mouth.—Ptyalism, sometimes with nausea. *Ptyalism, °also from abuse of Mercury. Contractive pain in the salivary glands. 0Hasmorrhage from mouth and nose.—#Tongue coated, white or yellow; thick or dirty. * Yellowish tongue. °Blackish, °parched tongue.—Painful swelling on one side of the tongue.—°Aphonia.— Swelling of the velum pendulum palati. Pharynx and (Esophagus.—Feeling of roughness of the throat. —°Dryness. Sensation of swelling. Swelling of the uvula.—Sting- ing in the throat.—Astringent. Appetite and Taste.—*Flat, watery taste, -particularly after china, or cinchona. 527 drinking. *Bitter taste, constantly, or particularly early in the morning. Sour taste.—*The food tastes too salt, leaving sometimes a bitter taste after swallowing, °or the food is entirely tasteless.—« °Everything he eats tastes flat. *Bitter taste of food, particularly of wheat bread. °Every kind of beverage has a bitter taste.—*In- difference to food. *Loss of appetite, with nausea, and ineffectual desire to vomit. *Excessive aversion to every kind of nourishment, -even when merely thinking of food, attended with dread of labor, drowsiness during the day, and yellowness of the eyes.—* Yearning for dainties. #Desire for various things, without knowing which. Grreat desire for urine *or sour things, -particularly sour fruit, cherries, &c.—Excessive hunger. *Canine hunger, particularly at night, -or with flat taste in the mouth, nausea, and ineffectual desire to vomit. °Voracity.— Violent thirst, particularly a desire for cold water, -greater in the morning than afternoon. °Desire to drink frequently, but only little at a time. the fever, the thirst sets in after the chilly or after the hot stage, during the sweating stage. or chilliness, with goose-flesh, after every swallow be takes.—*Great weakness of digestion, with pains even after the slightest meal.—After a meal: as if the stomach and oesophagus were filled up to the throat; of the alb domen ; -nausea and anguish in the stomach; after a walk: *oppres~ sion of the stomach, also with subsequent accumulation of flatulence, -and afterwards vomiting ; * general malaise, and inertia; * great lamguor and drowsiness, -particularly in the evening ; press- ing headache, with ill-humor; hypochondriacal humor. Gastric Symptoms.—Eructations, particularly after a meal. * Empty eructations. Eructations with inclination to vomit, or loath- ing, and attended with colic. * Eructations tasting of the ingesta. °Sour eructations. #Bitter eructations, particularly after a meal.— °Heartburn, after every meal, with accumulation of water in the mouth, empty retching, and pressure at the stomach.—Loathing, with flushes of heat. Seething of the circulation, and relief after a meal. *Inclination to vomit, also with vomiting.—* Vomiting, -con- tinual.—°Sour vomiting of mucus, water, and food. Stomach.—Feeling of emptiness and flatness in the stomach. Cold feeling in the stomach. in the stomach, particularly after a meal. Heaviness in the stomach. of the stomach, as if too full. *Pressure after every meal. Pressure at the stomach, succeeded by burning which rises up to the chest; in the region of the heart, with arrest of breathing.—° Spasmodic pains in the stomach. Contractive crampy sensation in the pit of the stomach, with diflioultv CHINA, OR CINCHONA. 528 CHINA, OR CINCHONA of breathing. °Chronic spasms of the stomach.—Griping in the sto- mach.—Soreness in the pit of the stomach, with pressure, or suc- ceeded by profuse diarrhoea, without relief. Hypochondria.—Pains under the short ribs. Contractive pain, and pain as if bruised under the last rib, only when walking.—#Pain in the region of the liver, when touching it, as from subcutaneous ulceration. in the region of the liver, particularly when standing, and going off when bending the body forwards. also during an inspiration only, °or particularly during contact. Inflammation of the liver. ? *Swelling of the liver, °also with hard- ness. Infarctions of the liver. in the region of the spleen, -particularly when walking slowly. Cutting pressure. °Swelling of the spleen, also with hardness.—Infractions of the spleen. Abdomen.—Colic, writh nausea. #Colic, with thirst. Colic in the umbilical region, with shuddering. Violent, excruciating colic. Scorbutic colic.—*Aching pains in the abdomen. # Aching pains after every meal, also with fullness. Aching pain, particularly below the umbilicus. Aching pains, with slight chills. Pressure, with heaviness in the whole abdomen.—Pinching pressure in the epigas- trium after every meal, with intolerable aggravation of the pains by movement, and amelioration by rest. *Pinching in the abdomen, obliging him to bend double, which affords relief. Pinching, with increase of hunger and languor. Pinching, with inclination to vomit and urging to stool, attended with general shaking chills.— Violent colic.—Spasmodic pressure and constriction in the abdomen.—Cut- ting in the abdomen, in the umbilical region, with cold sweat on the forehead. Partings around the umbilicus. Pinching stitches, par- ticularly in the epigastrium.—Colic as if diarrhoea would come on, or as from a cathartic, in the evening. Heat in the umbilical region. *Inflammation of the parts in the abdomen. Ulcers in the abdomen. Doughy, dropsical swelling of the abdomen, °also with asthma and fatiguing cough.—Ascites.—*Distention of the abdomen, as from drinking a good deal of water after having eaten flatulent food. Dis- tention of the abdomen, with colic and diarrhoea, with hardness and pains, with oppressive anxiety. Distention, early in the morning, without flatulence.—°Meteorism.—* Incarceration of flatulence, with impeded emission of flatulence upward and downward. * Accumula- tion of flatulence, with subsequent emission of flatulence. *Flatulent colic, after supper, with distention of the abdomen and pressure, with pinching in all the intestines.—*Emission of a quantity of flatulence, sometimes very fetid. Stool and Anus.—* Constipation and accumulation of the fasces CHINA, OR CINCHONA. 529 in the intestines, also with dizziness and heat in the head. *Cos- tiveness, disposition to hard, intermitting, difficult stools. °Scanty, slow stool. passage of the faeces, as from inactivity of the bowels.—*Soft evacuations, also with biting burning at the anus. *Loose, diarrhaeic, yellow, watery stools. Knotty stools. stools. °lnvoluntary, loose, and yellowish stools. *Undigested stools, °particularly at night, or immediately after dinner, with expul- sion of the ingesta. *Blackish, #bilious, *white, °also frequent and papescent stools.—Loose stools, with dark urine.—°Putrid stools. Bloody stools, with stitches in the anus.—* Various kinds of diar- rhoea, particularly after a meal, or at night. Painless diarrhoea, with great weakness. °Diarrhcea occasioned by eating fruit, diar- rhoea after measles, or during small-pox. °Lienteria.—Before stool: colic. During stool: acrid feeling in the anus. After stool: ting- ling in the rectum as from worms. #Tingling and discharge of ascarides, as also of °lumbrici; °discharge of mucus from the rectum. —In the anus : burning and burning itching ; tingling, also with creeping and itching extending into the urethra, attended with burn- ing in the glands.—Bleeding piles. Urinary Organs.—Frequent, and almost ineffectual urging to urinate, with subsequent pressing in the bladder. Frequent mictu- rition. Scanty urine, greenish-yellow, or with brick-dust sediment. urine, with brick-dust sediment. White turbid urine, with white sediment.—°Wetting the bed. ?—°Il0ematuria. ?— Stitches in the urethra. Male Genital Organs.—Drawing pain in the testicles. °Swell- ing of the testicles and spermatic cord. of the sexual desire. °Lascivious fancies, day and night. erections. emissions, °also after onanism, or very debilitating. °Impotence, with excited lascivious fancy. Female Genital Organs.—°Congestion of the uterus, with feel- ing of fullness and painful pressing to the genital organs.—Sup- pression of the menses. menses, metrorrhagia.—During the menses: °convulsions, with spasms in the chest and abdomen; °congestion of the head, with pulsations of the carotids, bloated face, protruded eyes, lachrymation, convulsive movements oi the lids, and loss of consciousness.—* Metrorrhagia, -from abuse of Cham.; *with discharge of clots of black blood; °with uterine spasms, colic, and desire to urinate ; °in weakly persons who have lost a good deal of blood; °with fainting fits and convulsions.—°Leucorrhoea, before the menses, with painful pressing towards the groin and anus. °Bloody leucorrhcea, or bloody serous, with occasional discharge of clots of 530 CHINA, OR CINCHONA. black blood, or fetid, purulent matter, with troublesome itching and spasmodic contraction in the inner parts, with painless indurations in the neck of the uterus. °Inflammation of the ovaries. ? ?—threaten- ing miscarriage. ? °Morbid lochial discharge. ? °Nymphomania of lying-in women. ? Larynx and Trachea.—Stinging and feeling of roughness in the trachea Whistling, whizzing, rattling in the trachea and larynx.— tracheitis. ? °Catarrh of the trachea and bronchi. °Grippe.?— Nocturnal, suffocative cough, like whooping-cough, with intense pain. Violent cough after every meal. #Cough, excited by laughing, by titillation in the throat, in the evening; troublesome cough, with stitches in the side, during the chilly stage, or after midnight on wak- ing. °Violent, spasmodic, concussive cough, with gagging. °Cough which is excited by drinking, or talking, by movement, or deep inspi- ration.—* Cough with expectoration ot' blood-streaked mucus. 0 Cough with difficult expectoration of clear, tenacious mucus, with painful concussion in the scapulae, and with vomiting of bile.—Expectora- tion of white mucus, with blackish granules. °Hasmoptysis. °Hce- morrhage from the lungs. ° Cough with purulent expectoration. °Acute suppuration of the lungs (particularly after haemorrhage). ?—• of the chest and soreness in the larynx when coughing. Pain in the trachea and sternum when coughing. Chest.—#The breathing is tight, oppressed, and painful. °Short and hurried breathing. °Tlie breathing is arrested, except with the trunk raised. Arrest of breathing. fits, as from mucus in the larynx, in the evening in bed, and at night on waking. °Suf- focative catarrh and paralysis of the lungs in old people. ? oppression of the chest.—Oppression of the chest, in the evening, with uneasiness in the chest, anxiety, inclination to take a deep breath, with sobbing expirations, and a feeble, scarcely perceptible pulse. Violent oppression in the pit of the stomach.—Oppression of the chest, particularly at night, in a recumbent posture. Drawing pres- sure across the lower part of the chest, in sitting, with anguish. Burning pressure from without inwards, in the whole chest.—#Stitch in the chest, above the region of the heart, particularly during rest and when reading. in one side of the chest, either right or left, relieved in a recumbent posture, at night, and felt in the day- time only during movement and contact. Stitches in the side, with great heat, strong and hard pulse, and staring eyes.—Palpitation of the heart, also with rush of blood to the face, and heat and redness of the face, with cold hands. Strong violent beats of the heart, also with anxiety, or with feeble pulse and cold skin.—Tensive pain in CHINA, OR CINCHONA. 531 the muscles of the chest. Bone-pain in the articulation of the ribs, as if bruised during an inspiration. Back, &c.—Insupportable pain in the small of the back, like a cramp, or as if bruised and beaten to atoms, aggravated by the least movement. °Nightly pains in the small of the back, when lying on the back.—Pain as if bruised in the back, when making the least motion. Throbbing and sticking pain in the back. *Sweat breaking out on the least motion.—°Pressure as from a stone between the sca- pulae.—The neck is drawn to one side. Tension and drawing in the neck and nape of the neck. Arms.—Laming lacerating in every part of the arms, aggravated by contact (and movement).—Painful lameness in the upper arm, from the shoulder to the hand.—Pain, as if ecchymozed, in the elbow- joint.—Scraping along the bone, as with a knife. Lacerating in the hands. Icy-eoldness of one hand while the other is warm. Tremor of the hands when writing. Swelling of the dorsum of the left hand, with drawing pain during motion.—Jerking in the fingers.—Blue nails. Legs.—Pain, a sort of stinging and burning, simultaneously in dif- ferent places of the lower limbs. Weakness and weariness, as after a long journey on foot, in the thighs and legs. Painful drawing along the outer parts of the long bones of the lower limbs. Cramp-like (stitch-like) drawing in the thigh and leg. Drawing, with pressure, in the hip and knee-joint, disappearing when walking or standing. Pain in the hip-joint, in the knee and foot, as if sprained or cut to pieces. Lacerating, with weakness, excited by contact. Cramp-liko laming pain in the right thigh and knee-joint, when rising from a seat after having been sitting for some time, and when walking. The posterior muscles of the thigh feel bruised when sitting.—Hard swelling of the thighs, extending sometimes down to the feet, reddish and painful when touched. Giving way of the knees, especially when going up-stairs, or walking. *Hot swelling of the right knee (arthritic or rheumatic), with drawing, lacerating pains, and pain from contact, waking him at night.—Pain in the knee when bending it, with nodosities under the skin.—Pain in the tibia, when setting down the foot, as if bruised, worse when touching the parts. Drawing, with pressure in the tibia, in the evening, when sitting, disappear- ing when standing and walking. Stitches in the tibia, when walking, and going off during rest. Lacerating in the calf. Hard, dark-red swelling on the calf, terminating in suppuration. Burning tension above the tendo-achillis. Lameness of the feet.—Violent, sting- ing burning of the dorsum of the foot, close to the tibia (when sit- 532 CHININUM SULPHURICUM. ting). * Swelling of the foot (arthritic, hot, with pain from contact) Pain in the lower half of both legs, as if the periosteum had been bruised and were swollen, only when standing; the parts feel sore and bruised when touched. Stinging tingling, extending from the big toe to the dorsum of the foot, as if the part had been frozen, in the evening when sitting, disappearing when walking or standing. Sticking drawing in the heel. Violent lancination in the soles, when sitting or walking.—Darting lacerating, increased by contact, not by motion, in the metatarsal bones, and the phalanges of the toes, especi- ally the joints.—Soft swelling of the soles. CHIN. SULPII.—Sulphate of Quinine.—See Hartmann and Noack, dec.—Dura- tion of Action : days and many weeks. Compare with—Amm.-mur.. Ang., Ant.-tart., Aran., Arn., Ars., Bell., Bism., Cast., Cham., Coff., Dig., Ign., Ip., Merc., Moscli., Nux., Nux-v., Op., Phosph., Puls., Sulph., Yin.—Compare especially Chin. Antidotes.—Of large doses : Fer., decoction of Salep., liquids containing Tan- nin, new Red Wine, decoction of Cortex-alcornoeo. Of small doses : Kux-v., Op., Coff.—Compare Chin. 73.—CHININUM SULPHURICUM. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—The Sulphate of Quinine acts princi- pally upon the reproductive system, after which it affects the nutri- tive, and then the sensitive sphere. The intestinal canal, the brain, the urinary and genital organs, the extremities, and lastly the skin are principally affected by it. Characteristic sensations are: pres- sure, lancinations, or cuttings, throbbing, tension, burning, pressing asunder ; lacerating, lacerating drawing, and darting lacerating, &c., &c. Cracking in the joints, particularly in the articulations of the jaw and shoulders.—Lacerating, particularly in the legs, darting lacerat- ing in the limbs, drawing lacerating in the hands, feet, and forehead. ° Acute rheumatism. ? °Arthritic pains and complaints. °Neuralgia, particularly periodical and intermittent. ? °Liability to take cold. ? Scrofulous complaints. ? °Ha3morrhage. ? Distinct aggravation of the symptoms every other day, or every day at the same hour.—Every third day : drawing pain from the temples to the forehead, with loss of appetite and papescent stools, or pain in the forehead towards evening, or in the afternoon with flushes of heat, thirst, and sweat. Intermittent and periodical diseases, particularly neuralgia and rheu- matism. ?—Nervous symptoms, such as > constant nervous irritation, with anxiety, languor, and even hysteric symptoms.—Spasms in the limbs, liability to convulsions of the right half of the body, with bilious vomiting, diarrhoea, congestion of the head, and furious paint 533 in the head. °Periodical spasms of the head, face, and arms. ? °Eclampsia. ? °Epilepsy. ? first on cne side, then all over.—Languor, with constant desire to yawn.—Languor, with lassi- tude in the legs. Languor, with dullness and want of disposition to work, sometimes going otf during a walk in the open air. Languor, with trembling of the limbs, particularly of the knees, when making the least effort. Weakness of the hands and arms.—Great weakness and prostration.—°Weakness and emaciation of old people.—Emacia- tion, the skin hanging loose around the bones. General emaciation, with hectic fever, loss of appetite, constipation, distention of the abdomen, pressure in the umbilical region, attacks of nausea, gagging, and mania.—Emaciation and dropsy.—Trembling of the limbs, par- ticularly of the lower limbs, and more especially the feet, with pain in the malleoli and general coldness. Tremulous weakness. Skin.—Inflammation of the skin. °Erysipelas. ? Gangrenous erysipelas. ? °Dropsical affections.'? —° Jaundice. ?—Suppurations, fetid. °An ichorous ulcer is changed to one which secretes mucus. —Gangrenous mortifications. Deadness and livid redness of the skin, with formation of a jelly-like pseudo-membrane, or of a thin, superficial scurf. Formation of a thick, livid, humid crust, which becomes black and dry, with red, humid, then yellowish and dilat- ing margins.—°Straining a part by a wrong position.—°€ancerous ulcers. ? Sleep.—Drowsiness in the daytime.—Deep and unrefreshing sleep. Restless sleep, with exhausting night-sweats, or with tossing about and strange dreams.—At night, in bed: great heat on wak- ing, with violent thirst, headache, and tingling in the ears ; sleep- lessness, with profuse sweat, or with dry heat of the whole body, in- tolerable prickling in the skin, and sweat in the face. Fever.—Coldness of the limbs, also with trembling.—Feeling of coldness through the whole body, with internal tremor, pale face, pressure on the bladder, with emission of pale urine, in the evening. —Shaking chill, in the afternoon, with paleness of the face, and water-colored urine, which deposits crystals. Evening chill, with ac- celerated frequent pulse.—Febrile motions, with flushes of heat.— Feverish paroxysms, with vertigo.—Pain in the forehead, nausea, colic, diarrhoea.—Shaking chill, followed by heat, after which sweat, for several hours. Violent paroxysm, with shaking chill, profuse sweat, nightly diarrhoea, occasional discharge of blood. Attacks of paleness, chilliness, and shuddering, with blue lips and nails, and a spasmodically contracted pulse, afterwards general heat and redness of the face and lips: large, full pulse and thirst; lastly, slight CHININUM SULrHTJRICUM. 534 sweat.—During the chilly stage: paleness of the face, headache in the forehead and temples, tingling in the ears, thirst, increased appetite, difficult painful stool, and great despondency. tertian, and quartan, double and simple disguised intermittent fevers. ? °Quotidian fevers, with short apyrexia. ? °Fevers of children and full-grown people. ? °Fall fevers, with splenetic stitches. ? inter- mittent fevers, with inflammatory affections, or with dropsy, affections of the liver, &c. ? °Malignant, epidemic, and sporadic intermittent fevers. ?—Alternation of chilliness and flashes of heat, particularly after dinner and toward evening.—External heat, with dryness of the mouth and fauces, obstinate constipation, and frequent falling over in the street.—°Exanthematic fevers. ? Consumptive, hectic fevers.? °Yellow fever. ? °Plague. ? *Typhus, versatilis and torpid ? °Petechial typhus, with predominant affection of the brain and nervous system. ? °Lentescent typhus. ? The pulse is slow, parti- cularly after dinner, or in periodical diseases. Full or small, but soft and slow pulse. Accelerated pulse.—Exhausting sweat, with sudden exhaustion after every exertion. °Night-sweats of phthisical patients. ? Moral Symptoms.—Frequent attacks of anxiety. Paroxysms of anguish and apprehension.—Great despondency.—Silent melancholy. —Ill-humor, with yawning, and indisposition to work.—Great inertia and disposition to rest, with languor. Sensorium.—Inability to collect one’s senses, and to retain an idea.—Emptiness of the head, also with stupid feeling, flushes of heat and thirst, or with tingling in the ears.—Dullness of the head, with humming, or with intoxication, and passing into heaviness. Stupefaction, with headache in the left frontal eminence. Confused and wild feeling in the head, almost preventing walking, with loss of control of the will over the limbs.—Delirium.—°Delirium tremens. ? Coma.— Vertigo when stooping. Delirium as from intoxication, with humming in the ears, strong heat over the whole skin, and ac- celerated pulse. Delirium, with headache and inability to collect one’s senses.—Apoplexy. ? Head.—Headache in general, particularly in the evening, or when walking in the sun for a long time.—Headache, with languor, debility, yawning, drowsiness in the daytime, ill humor. Dull headache, with debility, or with numbness, anguish, and general sweat, tremb- ling in the limbs, and slow pulse. Violent headache, worse when stooping, with tingling in the ears. Violent headache, particularly on the left side, with throbbing of the temporal arteries, great irrita- tion of the whole body, paleness of face, violent thirst, nausea, weak- CHININUM SULPHURICUM. CHININUM SULPIIURICUM. 535 ness in the feet, with deafness when walking, and occasional sweat oyer the whole body. Headache, with vertigo, and inability to collect one’s senses. Evening-headache, first in the forehead, then in the occiput.—Pain in the temples and forehead, at noon, increasing gradually until the temporal arteries throb visibly, attc?ided with heat in the head, tingling in the ears, a good deal of thirst, copious micturition, anxiety, and great debility.—Pressure in the forehead and orbits ; worse when turning the head and moving the eyes, with heat in the forehead.—Pressing asunder, particularly in the tem- poral region, worse during movement, and in the open air, also at night when the pain prevents sleep.—Stinging and digging in the forehead.—Throbbing in the head ; throbbing and heat in the head. Rush of blood to the head, sometimes violent, with violent headache, which increases towards evening ; throbbing of the arteries, as if the head would burst, heat in the face, vertigo, tingling and roaring in the ears, hardness, of hearing, glare and sparks before the eyes, ac- celerated, frequent, strong pulse, restless sleep and full of dreams. °Seniilateral headache. ? Rheumatic, or nervous headache. ? Perio- dical or intermittent headache. ?—° Acute hydrocephalus. ? ? Scalp.—Sensitiveness of the outer head.—Burning of the vertex, increased by contact. Eyes.—Sensitiveness of the eyes, with lachrymation.—Involuntary- closing of the lids, from debility, with dullness of the head.—Dim- sightedness, as if looking through gauze or mist, with dryness of the eyes. Intense light and sparks before the eyes. Black motes, the objects being recognized only when looking at them from one side. Obscuration of sight, blackness before the eyes, particularly when staring at anything. Transitory amaurosis.—°Hemeralopia. ? ? Ears.—Tingling in the ears. Humming in the ears. Hardness of hearing, with violent headache. Nose.—Frequent sneezing, with catarrhal feeling in the nose.— Frequent bleeding from the nose. Face.—Pale, miserable complexion. Suffering expression of coun- tenance, with sunken eyes. Sallow color of the face, with dinginess of the whites of the eyes, and eyes without lustre. Jaundiced com- plexion.—Redness of the face, with heat around the eyes, and lachry- mation when looking into the light. Heat of the face, particularly in the evening, or as after taking Coffee.— Blueness of the lips and nails. Eruption on the upper lip.—intermittent prosopalgia. ? ? Mouth.—Dryness of the fauces and mouth, with constant consti- pation, great heat of the skin, diminution of the imaginative faculty, and falling down in the street.—Soreness of the gums and of (be 536 CIIININUM SULPHUKICUM. inner cheek, with violent pain and gangrenous scurfs. °Scorbutic affections and haemorrhage of the gums. ?—Accumulation of the mucus in the mouth, with nocturnal quinsy. Increased secretion of saliva. Yellowish coating of the tongue, particularly about the root, or with dryness of the tongue. Throat.—Pain in the throat during deglutition and when moving the neck, violent early in the morning. Burning in the throat.— °Sore throat, inflammation of the throat, ? particularly when accom- panied with difficulty of swallowing, constriction, hydrophobia, &c. ? ? Appetite and Taste.—Bitter taste, with clean tongue.—Pappy, flat taste. Loamy taste. Taste as if burnt.—Loss of appetite; with increased hunger. Debility, as if from hunger or fasting in tha morning, with good or else deficient appetite.—Hunger, even after a copious meal, changing to qualmishness and nausea. Canme hunger, also at night.—° Weakness of digestion, dyspeptic complaints. °Ner- vous dyspepsia. ? Dyspepsia, with emaciation and consumptive fever. ? Dyspepsia, with gagging, vomiting, and colic. Gastric Symptoms.—Bitter eructations.—Singultus and gagging. Nausea, with eructations (empty or bitter). Loathing of food, with nausea, vomiting, headache, sleeplessness, nightly canine hunger, diminished appetite, and dry, yellowish-coated tongue. Nausea, with inclination to vomit.— Vomiting, during the paroxysm of intermittent fever. Vomiting, with oppression of the stomach, loathing, heartburn, feeling of constriction in the stomach, and swelling of the abdomen for several days. Vomiting, with flat taste, in the afternoon. Stomach.—Fullness in the stomach and distention of the abdomen. Pressure at the stomach, with ineffectual desire to vomit, rumbling in the abdomen, and liquid stools. Pressure at the stomach after eating even the lightest kind of food, disturbing the night’s rest. Pressure in the pit of the stomach, with diminished appetite. Cardialgia, with inclination to vomit. Hypochondria.—Tension in the hypochondria.—Pain in the region of the liver, particularly towards evening.—Feeling as of subcuta- neous ulceration in the region of the liver. Swelling in the region of the liver. Aching pain in the region of the spleen.—Swelling and hardness of the region of the spleen and liver, with stitches, par- ticularly when taking a deep breath, sneezing, stooping, &c. Abdomen.—Violent colic. Lacerating in the abdomen, with fre- quent, small, irritable pulse.—Cutting in the abdomen, without stool. Cutting in the epigastrium, with great weariness. Cutting iu the bowels, with papescent, fetid diarrhoea, and emission of fetid flatu- lence, also early in the morning, on rising. colic. °Me CHININUM SULrilURICUM. 537 teorism.—Chronic inflammation of the mucous membrane of the intes- tines.—Phthisis-intestinalis, with nausea, gagging, loss of appetite, distention of the abdomen, constant pressure in the umbilical region, constipation, emaciation, hectic fever, and delirium. Stool.—Constipation, obstinate, with great heat of the skin, dry- ness of the mouth and fauces, weakness of the imaginative faculty, and falling in the street. Occasional constipation, alternating with frequent, white, papescent stools.—Costiveness, hard, intermittent slow stool, sometimes in pieces.—Urging to stool, sometimes ineffec- tual, or with colic and subsequent stool.—Papescent, diarrhceic stool, with colic, also with emission of fetid flatulence, or (early in the morning after rising) with fetid stool.—Diarrhoea, with drawing and cutting in the lesser intestines.—°Involuntary stools. ? ?—Feeling of warmth in the region of the anus, extending to the rest of the abdo- minal viscera.—Increased indications of piles, itching of the anus and tenesmus. Discharge of arterial blood from the anus. Haemor rhage from the rectum. Urine.—Desire to urinate, with copious emission of water-colored urine.—Increased secretion and emission of urine, with saturated urine depositing crystals. Increased flow of flocculent urine. In- creased flow of pale, clear urine, with pressure on the bladder. Di- minished urine, which is sometimes saturated and deposits crystals. —Turbid urine of a red color, or with strong urinous smell. Urine which soon becomes turbid, with slimy flocks, and a clay-colored, greasy sediment. Urine which is easily decomposed, smells like horse urine, with sediment of yellow sand and crystals.—Foaming urine, with a sediment of fine, yellowish-white sand after cooling. Yellow-white sediment, having an acrid smell. Loose, yellowish, resin-colored sediment. Clay-colored sediment, from a watery-co- lored urine. Reddish-yellow sediment, from a profuse quantity of urine. Copious, brick-dust sediment.—Gravel.—Crystals in the urine.—A number of crystals, with loose, yellowish sediment. Crys- tals, with increased urine and reddish-yellow sediment, or crystals in saturated, diminished urine.—°Retention of urine. ? ? involun- tary micturition. ? ? °Stone. ? °Diabetes. ? Contractive biting in the orifice of the urethra, after micturition, in the evening. Male Genital Organs.—Suppression or diminution of the sexual instinct. Female Genital Organs.—Painful pressing towards the groin. —Menses too early. Griping and griping-lacerating in the abdomen during the menses, from the umbilical region to the chest, with pressing towards the groin.—Discharge of blood from the vagina, 538 CHININUM HYDROCYANICUM. with heat and turgescence of the vagina, after leucorrhoeal flow in the place of the menses.—°Metrorrhagia. ? °Leucorrhoea. ? Miscar- riage. ? °Convulsions of pregnant and parturient females. ? ? °Puer peral fever. ? Larynx.—Irritation in the throat, inducing cough, also with diffi- cult expectoration, day and night. Dry, hacking cough. Loose cough. Cough, with jelly-like expectoration.—°Whooping cough. ? ? °Quinsy. ? ? °Tracheal phthisis. ? ? °Cough, with profuse expectora- tion. ? °Cough, with purulent discharge, after measles.?? °Tabes- mucosa. ? ? ° Adynamic pulmonary phthisis, with profuse purulent discharge, loss of strength, evening-fever, and night-sweats.? ? Chest.—Oppression of the chest.—° Asthmatic complaints. without cough. ?—Nightly suffocative fit.—Palpitation of the heart. °An- guish about the heart. ? ? Intermission and irregularity of the beats of the heart and the beats at the wrist-joint. ? ? Arms and Legs.—Lacerating and drawing in the hands and lower limbs. Pain in the malleoli, and trembling of the limbs. (Edema- tous swelling of the feet. °Coxagra. ? ? PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY. In Men.—Swelling of the liver, spleen, aud mesenteric glands.—Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the intestines.—From Maillot’s reports of obduction cases we take the following post-mortem appearances of a female who had been treated with enormous doses of Quinine for fever and ague, and which seem to have been occasioned by the medicine : Congestion of blood in the brain and spinal marrow, red and white softening of the medullary substance, serous effusion; hypertrophy or softening of the left ventricle, increased accumulation of serum in the pericar- dium ;■ red points in the abdominal cavity, softening of the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines; the spleen is voluminous, softened, dissolved into a wine-colored pap ; the liver is congested with blood. 74.—CHININUM HYDRO CYANICUM. SYMPTOMS.—Peeling and tottering.—Great heat of the whole body.—Hard and full pulse.—Profuse sweat on the chest.—Anguish. —Redness of the conjunctiva.—Dilatation of the pupils.—Lacliryma- tion.—Convulsions of the facial muscles on the left side.—Ptyalism —Stuttering.—Involuntary emission of urine and semen.—Tightness of breathing.—Pain in the region of the second cervical vertebra.— Convulsions of the upper and lower extremities. CHIN. HYDROC.—Hydrocyanate of Quinine.—Noack and Trinks. CHININUM MURIATICUM.—CICUTA VIROSA. 539 (These symptoms were occasioned by a dose of fifty grains in a man of twenty-seven years, who had been suffering for a long time with irregular paroxysms of fever and ague.) 7o.—CHININUM MURIATICUM. CHIN. MUR.—Muriate or Hydrochlorate of Quinine. SYMPTOMS.—Great languor.—Light night-sleep.—Redness of the face in the evening.—Slight giddiness on rising.—jExcessive desire for an embrace, with erection and loss of semen (accompanied with redness of the face).—Oppression of the chest, with pressure under the sternum.—Pain in all the limbs, early in the morning. (These symptoms were observed by Noack, upon a man of sixty-nine years affected with hemiplegia; he had taken a dose of six grains.) 76.—CICUTA YIROSA. CIO.—Water Hemlock.—See Halmemann’s “ Materia Medica,” II.—Duration of Action: from five to six -weeks. Compare with—Arn., Con., Lack., Lyc., Merc., Op., Puls., Thuj., Veratr.—« Cic. is sometimes indicated after Lack. Antidotes—Of large doses : Tobacco; of small doses : Arn.—It antidotes Op. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Trembling in the upper and lower limbs. Crampj stiffness of the whole body, with coldness of the same. When lying in bed, he feels as if the whole body were swollen, accompanied (while awake) with frequent startings, as if he would fall out of bed. : the limbs were hanging down relaxed, as they do in a dead person. *The 'most violent tonic spasms, so that neither the curved limbs could be straightened, nor the straight limbs curved. The limbs are tossed to and fro.—Epileptic convul- sions. Spasmodic contortions of the limbs, jerking him to the dis- tance of two feet. General convulsions. *Epilepsy. Horrible epi- lepsy, returning .first at short, afterwards at longer intervals; the limbs, head, and upper part of the body are moved in a strange manner; accompanied by lock-jaw. Epileptic Jit, with wonderful contortions of the limbs, the upper part of the body, and head, with a bluish face, and the breathing being interrupted for a few moments, with foam at the mouth; after the convulsions, when the breathing had become free, he had lost his senses, he lay like one dead, remain* ing insensible even when called, pinched, &c„ °with cries, paleness 540 cicuta vip. os a. or yellowness of the face, and lock-jaw.—°Spasms, particularly of the female sex or of children.—*Spasms of pregnant or parturient females. —°IIysteric spasms. ?—Eclampsia. ? °Tremulous movements. She lies like one dead, with lock-jaw. Immobility. They were all lying in a state of weakness and insensibility, like dead persons. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Cicuta acts particularly upon the nervous system, producing mental derangements, paralysis, par- ticularly of the organs of sense, convulsions, vertigo, stupefaction., delirium, inflammation of the stomach and intestinal canal, &c. Skin.—Itching of the whole body. Intense burning of the skin.—• 'Suppurating eruptions (in the face), with yellow scurfs and burning pain.—*Lentil-sized, dark-red pimples in the face and on the hands, with burning pain when first coming out, flowing into one another afterwards.—°Swelling of the neck, arising from wounding the oeso- phagus with a splinter or some similar sharp body. ■Sleep.—Drowsiness, his eyes closed. dreams, full of uneasiness. Sleeplessness, the whole night. °Half sleep, with tossing. Fever.—Coldness over the lower limbs, afterwards in the arms. Excessive heat of the body. Moral Symptoms.—Suspicious. Excited, and apprehensive about the future. Moaning and holding. Great tendency to start.— Mania : after an unusual sleep her body felt hot; she jumped out of bed, danced, laughed, did all sorts of foolish things, drank much wine, jumped about, clapped her hands, and looked very red in her face. Want of confidence, and dread of men. Sensorium.—Loss of sense. Absence of thought. Complete loss of consciousness.—Dullness of the head in the morning, on waking —Stupefaction, with heaviness.—Intoxication, staggering.—* Ver- tigo, reeling.—She imagines she is vacillating from side to side, *or that things around her are moving from side to side. He is con- stantly on the point of falling down.—° Affection of the brain from concussion of the brain. Head.—*Semilateral headache, like pressure, rather externally, °or as from congestion of the head, going off when sitting erect.— Heaviness in the head, also with stupefaction, or particularly in sitting.—Stupefying pressure in the forehead (externally), worse during rest. Violent aching in the occiput, attended with coryza.— Compression from both sides of the head.—Hammering pain in the forehead, from noon till evening.—Feeling of looseness of the brain. —°Headache above the orbits, with weakness of sight. Scalp.—Extensive (suppurating) eruptions on the hairy scalp.— °Jerking of the head, and motion of the head backwards. CICUTA virosa. 541 Eyes.—Heat and burning around the eyes.—°Nightly agglutina* tion. °Occasional burning in the eyes. Contraction of the pupils, followed by considerable dilatation.—°Photophobia.—°When walking the sight vanishes, with vertigo, and vacillation of the objects which are before one’s eyes. Eyes protruding.—Staring look. She is un- able to distinguish an object correctly; things look blurred. *At times she saw things double, and they looked black, at times she be- came hard of hearing. Ears.—Sore pain belmid the ear, as after a shock or blow. Con- siderable eruption on the ears.—Roaring before both ears, worse in the room than in the open air. Loud tingling in the left ear.—Hemor- rhage from the ears. Nose.—Stoppage of the nose, attended with profuse secretion of mucus.—Yellow discharge from the nose.—°Scurfs in the nostrils. Face.—Deadly paleness of the face, also with coldness of the face, and cold hands. Red face. Swelling of the face and neck.—*Dark- red, lentil-sized pustules in the face (on the forehead and hands), which afterwards flow into one another, with burning pain in the pustules when they are coming out.—Burning-itching vesicles on the upper lip, near the vermilion border.—°Thick, honey-colored scurf on the chin, upper lip, and the lower portion of the cheek, with burning, soreness, and oozing of the skin, accompanied with swelling of the submaxillary glands, scurfs in the nose, and insatiable appetite. °Crusta-lactea. ?—Motion of the facial muscles.—Grinding of the teeth.—Lock-jaw with the teeth pressing firmly against one another. Mouth and Throat.—Foam in and at the mouth. Feeling of dryness in the mouth.—Whitish sores and ulcers on the border of the tongue, with burning pain when touching them. Aching pain in the nerves of the lower row of teeth.—Dumbness. Ina- bility to swallow. The throat appears to be closed, and feels bruised externally when touching it. Appetite and Gastric Symptoms.—°Satiety, and pressure at the stomach, even after the first mouthful. Continual hunger and appe- tite, even shortly after a meal. Great thirst (during the spasms). *He had a great desire for coal, and swallowed it (during the spasms) Hiccough. Water-brash, he felt qualmish, and hot all over. Nau- sea. In the morning, nausea, with lancinating headache.—* Vomit- ing.—Vomiting, °alternating with tonic spasms in the pectoral muscles and distortion of the eyes. Stomah.—Hasmatemesis.—Burning and scraping sensation, from the throat to the region of the stomach. Burning pressure at th-e 542 CIMEX LECTULARIUS. stomach. Throbbing in the pit of the stoma :h, which had become raised to the size of a fist. Abdomen.—Heat in the abdomen (and chest).—Accumulation of flatulence, with anguish and ill-humor.—Horrid colic. Colic from worms, with convulsions in children. Distention and painfulness of the abdomen. Stool.—Constipation. Diarrhoea. Sensation in the right groin as if an ulcer would burst (when sitting.)—Itching in the rectum, with burning pain after friction. Urine.—Retention of urine. Difficult emission of urine, in the night, /involuntary emission of urine. Frequent desire to urinate. Copious micturition. Genital Organs.—Pollution, without any lascivious dreams. The menses are delayed. °Spasms of parturient women. ? °Sterility. ? ? Chest.—Tightness in the chest, she is scarcely able to breathe the whole day. Hoarseness. Cough, with profuse expectoration. Heat in the chest and abdomen or all over. Back.—Opisthotonos. Painful sensation on the inner surface of the scapula.—Red vesicle on the right scapula, painful to the touch. —Cramp in the cervical muscles, with inability to move the head.— Tonic spasms of the cervical muscles. Swelling of the neck. Arms.—The arms are cold and’ stiff. Her arm appears heavy when raising it.—Want of strength of the arms and fingers.—Fre- quent involuntary jerking and twitching in the arms and fingers, the lower limbs, and the head. Pustules, of the size of lentils, on both hands, causing a burning pain when first coming-out, and afterwards running together into one dark-red pustule.—Deadness of the fingers. Legs.—Frequent involuntary jerking of the lower limbs.—Painful feeling of stiffness and rigidity in the muscles of the lower limbs, which made walking impossible for three hours. When walking the thighs experience a lacerating pain and heaviness. Lacerating pain in the thighs, immediately after rising from a seat, with soreness in the knees as if bruised ; when walking the pain in the thighs increases to a deep-seated stiffness. 77.—CIMEX LECTULARIUS. CIM. LECT.—Common Bed-bog. This proving is by "W. Whale, M. D., of Home, Italy, one of the earliest disciples'of Hahnemann. The second and third trituration has been used in his provings. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—The whole right side is principally affected. *Every movement or extension of a limb caused a feeling CIMEX LECTULAP.IUS. 543 of painful rigidity in the tendons of the extensor muscles.—Pains in the recti-femorum muscles, with oppression of the chest, shortness of breathing, and frequent deep inspirations, with sensation as if he would like to hide within himself.—Intermitting pulse in a few hours, with slight chills. Sleep.—Great weariness in the limbs, with drowsiness. Fever.—Frequent yawning, with a feeling of coldness on the skin, and a sensation as if the wind were blowing on her knees. Kestless sleep.—Occasional chilliness, succeeded by dry heat.—*At the setting in of the chilly stage her hands become clenched, she becomes ve- hement, would like to tear everything to pieces, and is scarcely able to restrain her rage. *Evening-chilliness without thirst, her feet become cold first, after this she experiences a cold shuddering, as if she had cold water poured over her, with painful prickings in the centre of the vertex, for two hours. #During the chilliness all his joints are painful, as if the tendons were too short, particularly the knee-joints, which are entirely contracted; he is unable to extend them. the chilly stage, oppression of the chest. *Chilli- ness with pains in the muscles of the thighs and knee-joints, the limbs are contracted. #At the termination of the chilly stage, unea- siness in the lower limbs, as if tired by walking.—A good deal of thirst before the chilly stage. * After the chilliness he feels thirsty, and when he drinks is attacked with violent headache. Tertian fever : stretching, yawning, and great drowsiness during the chilly stage, hands and feet feel dead. Febrile motion, with nausea and in- clination to vomit. for six days during the fever and ague. Oppression of the chest during the heat. *Dry, short heat, but a long-continuing sweat with hunger. *If he drinks during the fever, he is obliged to urinate soon after, the urine being very hot, brown, and depositing a sediment. Sweat in the nights, when free from fever with amelioration of the symptoms. Head.—Dullness of the head, as if headache would set in. Draw- ing darting pain. Nose.—Fluent coryza, with pressure in the frontal sinuses. Teeth.—Itching of the gums. Mouth.—The tongue is lined with a dingy-white coating, and feels swollen, as if it had been burnt; a feeling as if burnt is expe- rienced in the region of the palate and the upper and anterior gums. The saliva gathers in the middle of the tongue and occasions a taste as of iron. Throat.—Dryness of the throat, obliging her to drink, the whole day. 544 CINA. Gastric Symptoms.—Sour eructations, sometimes attended with a frothy mucus proceeding from the stomach.—Throwing up of acid saliva or food with gagging. Abdomen.—Pain in the liver, as if it had been strained by bending the right side inwards ; the spot is painful when coughing, or when touching it. Colic, then liquid stool, and ineffectual urging at night. Colic, terminating in emission of flatulence. Stool.—Urging to stool, with inability. *Stool, with hcemorrhoida* sufferings. Genital Organs. erections in the morning. Hot feeling on the inner side of the labia. Chest.—Scraping sensation under the upper portion of the sternum, with a continual irritation inducing a short barking cough.—Dry cough, with painful tightness on the left side of the trachea and oesophagus. Dry, frequently-recurring cough, with racking pains in the middle of the lower portion of the breast, extending as far as the liver. Paroxysms of scraping cough, occasioning a gagging, with pains in the middle of the chest; the sternum is painful to the touch. Back.—Pains in the small of the back, extending over the abdomen, with distention of the abdomen. Drawing and pain about the scapula. Arms.—Painful sensation in the right shoulder and the anterior muscles of the chest, extending through the whole arm down to the nails, and occasions a sensation as if the fingers had gone to sleep. Legs.—Great weariness in the loins, for a while. 78.—CINA. CIN.—Semen Santonici. Mugwort of Judea.—Hahnemann’s “Materi* Medica Pura,” II. Compare with—Am., Am., Ars., Bell., Bry., Calc., Capa., Cham., Chin., Fer., Hep.-s., Ign., Ipec., Nitr.-ac., Oleand., Phosph., Sabad., Sil. Antidotes.—Bry., Chin., Hyos., Ipec. CLINICAL 1IEMARKS. Dr. Gray.—“ It deserves attention in the bronchial catarrhs which remain after measles, especially such as have a kind of hectic fever with them.” GENERAL SYMPTOMS. Painful stitches here and there, itt the outer parts of the trunk, but especially in the outer parts of the abdomen, when sitting. Pull stitches, sometimes with a crampy sensation, sometimes pressing, sometimes conveying the sensation of a shock or jerk, sometimes itching, in different parts of the body, in the. limbs, arms, feet, toes, in the side, or in the back, nasal bone, especially in the posterior portion of the crest of the ilium, and always in the outer GINA. 545 parts of those organs ; when pressing on the part it feels bruised or sore. When sitting, he experiences cramp-like, contractive stitches alter- nately in the muscles of the right and left thigh, now in the muscles of the left, then in those of the right upper arm, and sometimes along the small of the back from below upwards, resembling pain in the back, disappearing when walking in the open air. Cramp-like lace- rating when sitting, at times in the muscles of the left, at times in those of the right leg, or now in the muscles of the left, then in those of the right fore-arm, disappearing when walking in the open air. Lacerating, sometimes cutting pains in the limbs, the head and jaws, frequently only for a moment. Stretching-lacerating pains in the scapulae, upper arms, head, and nape of the neck, increased by con- tact, after a meal; the symptoms are most violent in the first days. —Convulsions and contortions of the limbs. Paralytic twitchings of different parts of the body, especially the limbs. Epileptic convul- sions, with consciousness (eclampsia). Paralytic pain in the arms and legs (for several days). The child is languid and sick. Moan- ing and groaning (in the afternoon). Painful sensitiveness in every limb of the body, when moving or touching it. Characteristic Peculiarities.—In the morning and evening the symptoms are most violent.—Most of the symptoms appear at night, or when sitting. Pressure and contact aggravate or excite several symptoms. Skin.—Violent itching in the night. Red, itching pimples, in the evening, disappearing speedily. Sleep.—Great drowsiness when sitting. Drowsy the whole day. *Nightly restlessness, frequent change of position, in order to be more comfortable. The child tosses from side to side, even while awake. Sleepless. . Tossing about when asleep, lamenting and com- plaining of colic. Wakes moaning, lamenting, sobbing, with rest- lessness. Sleep, with dreams full of trouble. Fever.—Tremor of the body while yawning, with sensation of shuddering. Feverish shivering over the whole body. Pale, cold countenance ; cold cheeks. * Fever : vomiting of the ingesta, after- wards chilliness over the whole body, followed by heat, with great thirst. Quotidian fever, at the same hour; chilliness, followed by heat, without thirst. fever, at the same hour, with very short breathing. Violent fever and heat. Feverish shuddering over the whole body, with hot cheeks, without thirst. Violent fever, with vomiting and diarrhoea. Heat in the evening and during the night. *Heat in fever, mostly about the head, -with yellow complexion and blue mar- gins around the eyes. Burning heat over the whole face, with red- 546 CliN A. ness of the clieeks and thirst after cold drink. Trembling motion of the heart. Moral Symptoms.—Anguish about the heart when walking in the air. * The child is extremely disposed to weep and complain. Indif- ferent. Uneasiness. Sensorium.—Delirium, °during the fever heat.—Obscuration of sight, when rising from bed in the morning ; dizziness, faintishness, staggering, relieved when lying down. Head.—Violent headache. Dull headache, early in the morning, with soreness of the eyes.—Pain in the outer parts of the forehead, pressing from above downwards. Aching pain in the head, the whole day. When walking in the open air he feels a stupefying headache, especially in the fore part of the head, afterwards in the occiput. When sitting, stupefying, aching pain in the forehead and templ-es. Pressure on the frontal bone, with undulating sensation internally.— Headache, as if the whole head were screwed in, with dullness of the head. The headache increases by reading and by reflection, and is diminished by stooping. Cramp-like drawing in the temples, increased by pressing upon the parts.—Paralytic lacerating in the frontal emi- nence, with stupefaction of the head.—Dull stitches in the brain, especially the left half of the vertex. As the headache disappears an oppressive pain in the abdomen sets in.—°Acute hydrocephalus of children. ? Eyes.— Weariness and soreness of the eyes early in the morning, with dull headache.—*Dilatation of the pupils.—Contraction of the pupils. When reading a book, his eyes are dim. Dim and weak eyes. —Burning pain in the outer canthus, with itching, also in the margin of the upper eye-lid. (Burning in the eye-lids, especially in the inner canthus, in the evening, by candle-light.) Dryness of the eye-lids, in the evening, by candle-light, and a feeling of pressure in the eyes, as if sand had got in.—Feeling of dryness in the inner eye, and an aching, with drawing in the eyes, when exerting them ever so little by reading.—Titillating itching in the canthi.—°Specks on the cor- nea.—0Chronic weakness of sight (from onanism), with photophobia and pressure in the eyes, as from sand. Ears.—Cramp-like jerking in the external ear, like otalgia. Dull stitches under the mastoid process, a sort of crampy pressure ; when pressing on the parts the ain is as from a bruise or contusion. White and bluish color around the mouth. Bloated, bluish countenance. Nose.—*Disposition to bore in the nose.— Violent sneezing.—Fluent eoryza.—* Stoppage of the nose, -in the evening, after fluent coryza at noon.—Purulent discharge from the nose. CINA. 547 Face.—*Paleness of the face, and sickly appearance around the eyes. Pain as if the malar bones were seized with pincers and com- pressed ; the pain increases by external pressure.—Cramp-like jerk- ing in the malar bone.—Ulcer on the cheek, with hardness around. Mouth, Jaws, and Teeth.—Aching pain in the sub maxillary glands. Toothache, as if the teeth were sore.—The inspired air and cold drink affect the tooth painfully. (Grinding of the teeth.) Throat, Taste, and Appetite.—Inability to swallow. — Vora- ciousness.—° Canine hunger. ° Vomiting and diarrhoea after drink* ing. Thirst. Gastric Symptoms.—Gulping-up of a bitter-sour fluid, shortly after a meal. ° Vomiting of lumbrici and ascarides. Inclination to vomit, with emptiness of the head. Frequent hiccough. Constant pressure in the stomach, in the night.—° Vomiting, with clean tongue. °Bilious vomiting. Abdomen.—Cramp-like pressure after a meal, across the epigas- trium, in the praecordial region. Digging-up pain in the epigastric (praecordial) region, with sensation as of. numberless little worms crawling about there, and as if the parts were bruised.—Continual punching in the abdomen. Cutting pinching in the abdomen. Violent pain in the umbilicus, and the umbilical region, as if the umbilicus were forcibly pressed into the abdomen. Painful twisting around the umbilicus.—Cutting pain in the small intestines, in the morning. Stool and Anus.—°Diarrhcea. °Papescent stools. °Faecal and bilious diarrhoea.—°White, involuntary diarrhoeie stools. °Com- plaints arising from ascarides arid lumbrici.—(Voluptuous itching of the front part of the anus.) Urine.—Frequent desire to urinate, with copious emission, the whole day. * Turbid urine (immediately). °ISlocturnal enuresis.— °Involuntary emission of urine. Genital Organs.—Haemorrhage from the uterus.—Labor-like,fre- quently occurring pains in the abdomen, as if the menses would ap- pear.—°Menses too early and profuse. Larynx.—Deep breathing excites a disposition to cough. Titilla- tion low down in the trachea, inducing cough, icith expectoration of whitish mucus. Previous to coughing the child raises herself sud- denly ; the whole body looks rigid ; she is without consciousness, as if she would have an epileptic fit; these appearances are followed by cough. The child moans after coughing. Violent coughing fits from time to time. Hoarse cough, with vomiturition. * Violent hunger, ■shortly after a meal. °Bitter taste of the bread.—Hoarse cough, with vomiturition, in the morning. Hollow cough, in the morning 548 after rising. Violent cough in the morning. °Dry, spasmodic cough, with want of breath, and jactitation of the limbs.—° Whooping cough, preceded by rigidity of the body and great paleness of face (particu- larly when the children are scrofulous, affected with worms, or noc- turnal enuresis). ? Chest.—Heavy, loud breathing. Short breathing, sometimes in- terrupted. Loud wheezing in the trachea, during an inspiration. Asthma while standing. A kind of oppression of the chest. Soreness under the sternum.—Sudden oppressive pain in the left side of the chest. Pinching pains in the left side of the chest, increased by every inspiration. Single stitches in the chest, from time to time.—Darting pains in the breast. Back.—Pain, as from bruises, in the small of the back, not increased by motion. Paralytic drawing in the loins. Painful weariness in the loins. Pain in the loins and dorsal spine, when lying on the side or back. In the evening, when lying on one side, the spine aches as if broken. When lying on the back in bed, the spine is painful. Drawing lacerating pain along the whole spinal column. Aching in the scapulae, when moving them.—Peeling of lameness in the nape of the neck. Arms.—Paralytic pain in the arm, he is obliged to let it hang down. Stretching-lacerating pain in the arm, with paralytic feeling; when touching it, it feels bruised, as after a violent muscular effort. —Paralytic drawing through the upper arm. Pain, as from a bruise or contusion, in the upper arm, above the elbow-joint.—Paralytic pain in the bend of the elbow, towards the outer side, a sort of jerk- ing, intermittent. Cramp-like lacerating or drawing pain in the arms. —Drawing pains in the joints of the hands. The wrist-joint feels sprained. Cramp-like jerking in the fingers. Drawing in the fingers Legs.—Shuddering over the thighs. Cramp-like or drawing pain in the muscles of the thigh. A sudden suffusion of heat over the knee, as from a hot coal. Laming jerking in the front part of the leg. Cramp-like pain when walking in the open air. Cutting-lancinating pain in the foot. CINCHONINUM SULPHURICUM. 79.—CINCHONINUM SULPHURICUM. CINCH. SULPH.—Sulphate of Cinchonine. See “ Hygea,” XYI. Compare with—Chin, and Quinine. Antidotes.—See Chin, and Quinine GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—The whole body is painful, at night. —The whole body feels as if bruised.—Weariness and languor after CINCHONINUM SULPHURICUM. 549 uninterrupted sleep.—Emaciation.—Morbid contractions of the mus- cular fibres.—Rushes of blood to the head. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The symptoms intermit on the second day, existing only on the first and third days. The secretion and emission of urine increase and diminish every other day. Skin.—Sensitiveness and tightness of the scalp, soreness of the roots of the hairs, as from subcutaneous ulceration of the scalp. Sleep.—Drowsiness, weariness, tremulousness.—Quiet, deep, unre- freshing sleep, without dreams.—Restless sleep.—Sleep full of dreams, and starting, as in affright, from sleep.—Nightmare, soon after lasci- vious dreams and painful erections.—Torturing dreams, full of anguish. Fever.—Great languor, with yawning and stretching of the limbs. —Violent dry heat over the whole body, sometimes uninterrupted, with turgescence of the veins.—Slight diaphoresis.—Fever: chilli- ness early in the morning, in bed, with colic, borborygmi, pulsations in the region of the stomach ; or, chilliness the whole day, chattering of the teeth, great languor, heat in the forehead in the evening, and extending over the whole body, thirst at night, painfulness of the whole body; or, humming in the ears, thirst, eructations, great languor, trembling of the limbs, chilliness in the evening, dry heat. —Chilliness for half an hour between the paroxysms, with thirst, loss of appetite, shortness of breath, great weariness in the lower limbs, swelling of the feet, sad, melancholy thoughts.—Feeble, small, soft, slow, easily compressible, unequal pulse. Large, strong, almost undulating, frequent, quick and rather hard, accelerated pulse.— Attacks of anxiety. Head.—Vertigo, headache.—Dullness of the head, with vertigo and sensation as if the volume of the brain were enlarged.—Heaviness of the head.—Periodically-recurring beating pain in the right half of the forehead.—Throbbing headache, in the left side of the head, with trembling of the limbs and muscular debility.—Rushes of blood to the head.—Heat in the head, in the region of the eyes, frequently accompanied with coldness of the extremities, and burning heat and dryness of the skin.—Falling off’ of the hair.—The headache fre- quently commences in the morning, and continues the whole day until bedtime, or it makes its appearance in the afternoon and disap- pears in the evening, or it comes on at night, and continues the whole of next day; it is generally aggravated by stooping and motion, or in the evening. Eyes—Swelling about the eyes.—Pressure in the eyes.—Black- ness before the eyes when exerting them; turns of darkness before the eyes. 550 cinchoninum sulphuricum. Ears.—Roaring in the ears, singing and tingling in the ears, fre- quently going and coming. Nose.—Bleeding at the nose, the blood being thin and bright-red. Face.—Pale, wretched appearance, the eyes are sunken and sur- rounded with blue margins. Mouth.—Thick, yellow coating of the root of the tongue, with moisture on the borders.—Dry tongue, with yellowish tongue and thirst.—Dryness of the mouth and fauces.—Heat of the mouth and throat as if burnt.—Increased secretion of saliva. Throat.—Great dryness in the throat and roughness early in the morning.—Violent burning and intense heat in the throat. Appetite.—Bitter or pappy taste.—Loss of appetite.—Hunger without appetite.—Burning thirst the whole day.—Before dinner: nausea with desire to vomit, passing off soon.—After dinner: con- stant yawning and stretching, nausea, distention of the abdomen, pain- ful feeling of repletion and pressure in the stomach. Stomach.—Frequent, empty, putrid eructations, with distention of the abdomen, borborygmi, thirst, heartburn, with good appetite.— Nausea and frequent sour or empty eructations, with accumulation of water in the mouth, vomiturition, flatulence upwards or down- wards, colicky pains, constipation.—Vomiting.—Cardialgia.—Tight- ness in the region of the stomach, with acute pain.—Great heat in the stomach, extending thence to the abdomen, chest, and head.—Burn- ing in the stomach and in the lower part of the oesophagus. Abdomen.—Distention of the abdomen and violent colic.—Acute aching pain in the pit of the stomach.—Beating in the hypogastrium. Warmth in the epigastrium.—Cutting in the epigastric region, in the right side, and continuing the whole day; rumbling in the abdomen, and constipation.—Cutting colic, feeling of fullness in the abdomen, pain in the pit of the stomach, which is increased by pressure and continues the whole day, oppression in the chest, and hurried breath- ing.—Constant griping and griping-lacerating pain in the left side of the abdomen.— Warmth in the abdomen, great thirst, frequent urging to stool, with discharge of a small quantity of faeces, and acute burning at the anus. Stool.—Urging to stool, with copious, soft, papescent, diarrhoeic evacuations, with tenesmus.—Diarrhoea.—Copious, dark, brown-green, thick, or else hard, bloody stool in large balls, with cutting pains in the anus.—Several hard evacuations with tenesmus.—Sluggish stool. —Constipation.—Frequent intolerable itching at the anus, going off by scratching. Urine.—Increased secretion and emission of urine every other CINNABARIS. 551 day, with burning sensation in the urethra.—Diminished secretion and emission of urine.—Turbid, saturated urine, containing a quan- tity of phosphoric acid. Pale urine, with slimy, brown-green sedi- ment. The urine which is emitted in the daytime deposits a brick- dust sediment. Genital Organs.—Great excitement of the sexual instinct, with erections, in the afternoon.—The menses appear a week before the time, and are much weaker than usual. Trunk.—Hoarseness, sensation as if the throat had been burnt by a liquid, or as if something were lodged in the larynx.—Roughness and scraping in the larynx.—Loose cough, fatiguing, racking the head, and attended with an aching pain under the sternum. Chest.—Painful tightness across the chest.—Loss of breath when walking fast.—Wheezing breathing, oppression of the chest, hollow feeling in the chest, with fine stinging pains in the throat. Back.—Painful stiffness of the nape of the neck.—Lacerating in the back, extending to the right shoulder, with painful tightness in the nape of the neck, felt during motion.—Darting pains in the whole back, violent and constant between the shoulders.—Pain as if bruised in the small of the back, in the evening. Arms and Legs.—Pains and drawing in the limbs, particularly in the bones of the extremities.—Weariness and sensation as if bruised in every limb.—Tremor of the limbs and languor.—The limbs go to sleep in any position, when sitting.—Pain as if bruised in the region where the deltoid muscle is inserted, the pressure of the coat even occasions an excruciating pain.—Lassitude in the thighs, in the even- ing. Languor in the feet.—(Edema about the malleoli. 80.—CINNABARIS. CINNAB.—Red Sulphuret of Mercury.—See Hahnemann’s “Mat. Med. Pura.” Compare with—Merc., Sulph., Acid.-nitr., Thuj. Antidotes.—Sulph., Chin., Op., Acid.-nitr. CLINICAL REMARKS.—“ Dr. Green states that he has cured gonorrhoea with Cinnabaris, and Dr. Lingen has cured sycotic excres- cences with Cinnab., in conjunction with Selenium.” GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Sensation as if puffed up, in the whole body, after dinner, with oppression across the chest and sto- mach.—Coldness in the joints, with shivering and drawing in the extremities.—Lameness in the limbs, with inertia and drowsiness.— Nightly sleeplessness, without feeling worn out in the morning. Sud* 552 CINNAMOM7M. den waking, after midnight, as from a dream, with want of breath, like nightmare. The edge of the ulcers becomes painful and rigid. Head and Eyes.—Horrid headache, relieved by external pressure. Roaring in the head, with dizziness.—The scalp, and even the hair are painful to the touch. Dartings through the sides of the head.— Inflammation of the right eye, with itching, pressure, and stinging in the inner canthus and in the lower lid, with profuse fluent coryza and constant lachrymation when looking at anything. Mouth, Throat, &c.—Dryness and heat in the mouth and throat, at night, with frequent desire to drink, and stinging under the tongue.—Ptyalism.—Contractive burning in the palate.—Oppressive contractive sensation in the throat, during empty deglutition. Appetite, Abdomen, &c.—Aversion to every kind of food. Nau- sea, with disposition to vomit. Heat in the stomach, at night, ascend- ing to the throat and head. Nightly painless diarrhoea. Urine and Genital Organs.—Soreness in the urethra, during micturition.—Swelling of the penis. Jerkings in the penis.—Lanci- nations in the glans. Burning-stinging itching of the glans, in the evening. Small red 'points or spots on the glans. Painful itching behind the corona-glandis, with exudation of fetid pus. Balanorrhoea, —Redness, swelling, and soreness of the prepuce, with itching pain. (Warts on the prepuce, which bleed when touched.)—°Sycotic excres cences. Violent erections in the evening. Female Parts.—Leucorrhoea, causing a pressing in the vagina during the flow. Respiratory Organs.—Coryza. Back and Limbs.—Lacerating and pain as if bruised in the side of the back, particularly at night, in bed, when making the least motion, also in the arm when writing, diminished by warmth.— Stinging-itching of the neck and chest, with swelling of the cervi- cal glands, and red points and spots on those parts, changing to hard little blotches. Pain in the cervical vertebrae as if sprained.— Stitches in the arms.—Fetid, excoriating sweat between the thighs, when walking. 81.—CINNAMOMUM. CINNAM.—Cinnamon. Is recommended by homoeopathic physicians for uterine haemor rhage, after parturition; also for excessive excitement of the sexuel instinct. CISTUS CANADENSIS. 553 82.—CISTUS CANADENSIS. CIST.—Rock Rose.—See North American Journal. Compare with—Bell., Carb.-v., Phosph.—These three remedies may be used al- ternately with Cistus-canadensis. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Evening pains in the knees, right hand, and left shoulder.—Drawing in the muscles of the hands and lower limbs, with pains in the joints of the hands, fingers, and knees. Drawing and lacerating in every joint, particularly in the knees and fingers. Pain as if bruised and weary in every limb.—Itching of the skin, without eruption.—*Chilliness. #Cold feet. Violent chil- liness, with shaking, afterwards heat, with red, swollen ears, and swelling of the cervical glands. Heat, with thirst, during which he drinks a good deal. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Aggravation of the symptoms towards morning, and by every mental agitation. Head and Eyes.—Aching pain in the head, with pressure above the eyes and in the forehead. Feeling of heaviness above the eyes. —Sensation in the eye as if something were turning about in it, with stitches. Ears.—Swelling in the internal ear. Swelling, from the ear to the cheek.—Stoppage of the ears, from the swelling, with discharge. —°Discharge of fetid pus and oozing from the ears. Nose.—Inflammation and painful swelling of the nose.—Sneezing without coryza. Face.—Sensation as if the facial muscles were drawn to one side. —Flushes of heat in the face. Heat and burning in the bones of the face. Vesicular erysipelas in the face.—°Caries of the lower jaw. Mouth, Throat, &c.—The gums are swollen, standing off from the teeth, readily bleeding, and of a disgusting appearance.—The tongue looks as if it were sore. °Dryness of the tongue and palate.—Occa- sional itching of the throat.—°Titillation and soreness in the throat, particularly early in the morning. *Constant feeling of dryness -and heat.—°Sensation as if sand were in the throat. °The throat symptoms abate after a meal. °Pain in the throat when inspiring the open air.—°Feeling of qualmishness in the oesophagus.—Dartings, inducing a cough, at every mental agitation. expectoration of tenacious mucus. Stomach.—°Frequent nausea.—Pain in the stomach after a meal. Chest.—°Pains in the larynx. °Cough, which is occasioned by darting in the throat. Expectoration of bitter mucus.—°Fetid breath, 554 CITRI SUCCUS;—CLEMATIS ERECTA, Difficult breathing and anguish, in the evening, in bed, with itching of the whole body, the breathing is relieved in the open air.—Feeling of fullness in the chest. °Pressure in the chest. Back.—Red spot below the scapula, with pain by contact, and subsequent erysipelas, with burning pain, which is aggravated by contact. Violent evening pains about the shoulder and breast.— °Swelling and suppuration of the cervical glands. Arms and Legs.—Pains in the shoulder. Pain as if sprained in the wrist-joint, with drawing and lacerating. Violent pains in the hand, in the afternoon, hindering the use of his limbs. Pains in the fingers when writing.—Lacerating in the thigh when walking. Pains in the knee and thigh, when sitting and walking. 83.—CITRI SUCCUS. CITR.—Lemon Juice. —Is used as an antidote to Euphorbium and Stramonium. It is also employed as a remedy for scurvy. 84.—CLEMATIS ERECTA. CLEM.—See Hahnemann's “Chronic Diseases,” III.—Duration of Action: six weeks. Compare with—Ars., Bell., Bry., Canth., Caps., Caust., Con., Merc., Rhus, Sil., Sulpli. Antidotes.—Bry. for the toothache caused by Clematis ; Camph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Jactitation of the muscles in almost all the fleshy parts of the body. Distinctly perceptible pulsations through the whole body, especially about the heart. Great inclina- tion to be in the open air. Sensation in the body, early in the morning, as if a pollution had taken place or had been suppressed. A sort of dull vibratory sensation through the whole body, after lying down, especially on the right side, on which he was resting. Lassi- tude in all the limbs, the knees give way after a walk. Skin.—Burning pain or sensation of heat in the body, without redness. Itch-like pustules over the whole body. Tingling and throbbing in the ulcers. Throbbing pain' in the ulcer, early in the morning. Burning pain in the ulcers. °Inveterate eruptions.— °Scabies-sarcoptica. ?—°Vesicular eruptions on the body.—°Her- petic eruptions.—°Scaly herpes, with yellowish, corrosive ichor.—• °Chronic, red, humid herpes, with intolerable itching in the warmth of the bed and after washing.—°The herpes is red and humid with CLEMATIS ERECTA. 555 the increasing, but pale and dry with the decreasing moon.—°Itching, humid eruption, with corrosive ichor, heat, redness, and swelling of the skin.—°Scirrhous indurations and cancerous ulcers. ? °Fungous excrescences.? °Tophi. ? Sleep.—Lassitude and drowsiness after a meal, accompanied by violent beating of the arteries.—Constant drowsiness, with want of disposition to labor. Uneasy sleep, at night, with tossing. In the morning, when waking, he does not feel refreshed. Uneasy dreams at night. Voluptuous dreams. Fever.—Shuddering over the whole body when slightly uncovered. Profuse night-sweat.—° Quartan fever, with subsequent sweat. Moral Symptoms.—Peevish and dissatisfied without any cause. Indifferent, silent, almost thoughtless. Staring look.—°Melancholy. ? Head.—Dullness and gloominess of the head, in the region of the forehead, with inclination to vertigo. Tight aching of the head, in the fore part of the brain, more violent when walking than when sitting, with heaviness of the head. Tight aching in the whole of the right side of the head, rather in the bones than in the brain. Draw- ing or boring pain. Hammering sensation in the head, in the even- ing when lying down.—Painful pimples on the forehead.—°Humid vesicles on the occiput and nape of the neck.—Eruption on the hairy scalp. Eyes.—Pain in the eyes. Stitches in the inner canthus of the eye. Smarting pain in the eyes, especially in the margins of the lids.— A kind of sore smarting in the eyes, with lachrymation and injected state of the veins ; worse when closed.—Burning jpain in the upper lids of the right eye. Burning pain in the inner canthus of the eye. Inflammation of the eyes, with lachrymation. Inflammation of the inner canthi, and faint, weak sight.—inflammation of the margins of the lids, with ulceration. °Iritis. ? °Chronic ophthalmia, particu- larly in scrofulous persons. Face.—Morbid paleness of the face. Burning pain in the skin of fhe left cheek. ° White blisters on the forehead and face, as if burnt by the sun. Burning cutting pain in the lips, with vesicles. Painful pimples in the upper lip.—° Cancer of the lips. ? Teeth and Jaws.—Swelling of the submaxillary glands, with hard little tubercles, throbbing, tight, as if they would ulcerate, painful when touched, and exciting a toothache.—Toothache, so violent that it would drive one to despair; the toothache spreads over the whole of the temporal region, as high up as the vertex.— Dull pain in a hollow tooth, alleviated for a short while by applying cold water.—Jerking, shooting, and drawing toothache in the left 556 upper jaw, at times in one, at times in another tooth ; the pain affects all the teeth, without one being able to point out the tooth affected.—The hollow tooth feels elongated, and is painful to the slightest touch. Mouth.—Sputa mixed with blood. Gastric Symptoms.—Eructation. Abdomen.—Pain, as from bruises, in the region of the liver, when touching it, or when stooping. A contractive cutting pain in the splenic region. Darting pain in one of the inguinal glands. *Swell- ing of an inguinal gland ; bubo.—°Indurated gland. Stool.—Frequent stool, becoming more and more loose, without any colic. Urine.—*Long-lasting contraction and constriction of the urethra; the urine can only be emitted drop by drop, as is the case in spas- modic stricture of the urethra.—Frequent micturition, but little at a time. Diabetes.—Emission of puriform matter.—At the commence- ment of urination the burning sensation is greatest.—Painful drawing in the spermatic cord when urinating. The urethra is painful to the touch. Genital Organs.—When touching the testes they feel painful as if bruised. Drawing pain in the testes and the spermatic cord, from below upwards. and °induration of both testes. *Swell- ing of the scrotum. Painful sensitiveness of the testes. of the right half of the scrotum. The sexual desire became excited Loathing of sexual intercourse during the day. Female Genital Organs.—The menses appear eight days before the time, and are more profuse than formerly.—°Glandular indura- tion before the nipple, painful when touched.—°Cancer of the breast. ? Chest.—Violent, fluent coryza.—Aching in the whole cavity of the chest. Dull stitches in the chest, more violent when breathing. Sharp stitches in the region of the heart, from within outwards. Arms.—Aching in the upper arm. Aching in the bend of the elbow, when stretching the arm.—°Spreading blisters on the swollen hands and fingers, aggravated by cold water.—°Arthritic nodosities in the finger-joints. Legs.—Pain in the hips. Large pustules around the loins, very painful to the touch. °Scaly herpes with crusts on the lower limbs. Drawing lacerating in the thigh.—Shooting lacerating in the knee. Drawing in the knee and thigh after a walk. Heaviness and weari- ness of the legs. clematis erecta. COCCIONELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA.—COCCULUS. 557 85.—COCCIONELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA. COCCION.—Chrysomela Septempunctata. Cochineal.—See “Archiv,” XIII. Head—Dull headache, from the occiput to either temple, as if the brain were expanding or dilating.—Semilateral headache, lacerating stinging. Face.—Flushes of heat, redness, and heat of the cheeks. Teeth.—Swelling of the gums.—Dull drawing in the molar teeth. —Violent drawing in all the teeth at regular intervals.—Jerking (frequently pulsative) and lacerating in the teeth, particularly the molar teeth, with dartings towards the occiput.—Fine digging and pain in the molar teeth, as if they were hollow and air were entering. —Throbbing pain in the molares.—Feeling of coldness in all the teeth.—The toothache is aggravated by eating. 86.—COCCULUS. COCO.—Menisperrnum Cocculns. Indian Cockel.—Hahnemann’s “ Mat. Med. Pura,” II.—Duration of Action: from eight to fourteen days. Compare with—Ant., Ars., Carb.-v., Cham., Coff., Colch., Cupr., Ign., Ipec., Iod., Laur., Merc., Mosch., Natr.-mur., Nitr., Nux-vom., Oleand., Puls., Rhus, Sabin., Sass., Spong., Stram., Tarax., Tart.-em., Valer., Veratr.—Coco, is sometimes indicated after Ipec. Antidotes.—Camph., Nux-v.—It antidotes : Cham., Cupr., Ign., Nux-v. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Intolerance of both cold and warm air.—Pain in the muscles when touched.—The limbs are painful when moved, as if they would be broken or crushed by bending. Subsultus of muscular parts, especially the lower limbs, as after a long journey on foot. Intensely-painful paralytic drawing in vari- ous parts of the limbs, apparently in the bones. Digging-up bone- pain, in the interior of the limbs. Pain in the interior of the limbs, increased by contact and external pressure. Drawing pain in the limbs of the left side. Drawing pain in the limbs and abdominal muscles, as after a cold. Cracking in the joints. Painful stiffness of the joints. Alternate going to sleep of the feet and hands, in tran- sitory paroxysms. °Spasms and convulsions of the limbs and of the whole body, in general, and when brought on by the contact of wounds and ulcers which makes them painful, or by moving injured parts. Disposition to tremble. Trembling of all the limbs. Want of vital energy. The limbs feel paralyzed. Paralytic immobility of the limbs, with drawing pains, apparently in the bones. Attacks of 558 paralytic weakness, with pain in the small of the hack. Apoplexy of the left side. *A sort of epilepsy: -he enters the room with a cheerful countenance and sits down, feeling intoxicated, as it were; afterwards he becomes quite still, and stares for a long time at one spot without answering any questions ; he then falls down without consciousness, writhing and muttering unintelligible words ; involun- tary emission of urine; spasmodic, paroxysmal concussions of the limbs and the whole body, convulsive clenching of the fingers, the hand being stretched out; paroxysmal choking in the throat, the mouth being half open, as if he would vomit, with foam at the mouth, in the shape of bubbles ; the hands are cold, the face is covered with cold sweat and spasmodically distorted, the eyes look glassy and protruded ; after "his fit he rises, without, however, answering any questions, clenches his teeth, looking at those who interrogate him, with his teeth clenched, does not suffer himself to be touched, tries to push away those who surround him, to wrestle with them; his face has an expression of wild rage ; finally he groans and moans; after fifteen minutes he gradually recovers from his fit, and recovers his senses, feeling, however, an aversion to every kind of food or drink, even those that he was generally very fond of. °Red, bloated hot face after the convulsions. He feels weak after the least motion, every trifle affects him.—Painful paralytic weakness in arms and legs; she is scarcely able to rise ; with want of appetite. Languor in the body, especially when sitting. Great weakness of the body, he found it difficult to stand firmly. °Nervous weakness. 'Fainting fit. Fainting fit, with spasmodic distortion of the facial muscles, when moving the body.—^Hemiplegia.—°Paralysis of the lower limbs, from the small of the back, °with nervous irritation.— °Emaciation.—Haemorrhage. Characteristic Peculiarities.—All the symptoms and pains, especially in the head, are aggravated by drinking, eating, sleeping, err talking, by smoking, and coffee. The symptoms, especially the headache, are extremely aggravated by cold air. Skin.—Burning, dull stitches. Itching and burning of the skin, especially the inner side of the thighs, as of nettles; that part is also covered with pimples, with a stinging pain when touched. Red, miliary pimples in the face, on the back, and chest, itching in warmth, but not when undressing. A sort of hard blotches, containing no fluid, surrounded with a red border, burning and itching the whole day, on the limbs, the wrist, and the back of the fingers. Cocculus excites lacerating pains in hard glandular swellings. Excites stick- ing pains and heat in cold glandular swellings, at least when touched> COCCULUS. 559 Sleep.—Violent yawning. Sopor. Coma-vigil. Frequent wak- ing with a start.—Sleepless night, restlessness of the whole body; stinging and biting in Various parts.—Vivid and painful dreams.—• Sleep is interrupted by frequent startings. Frightful anguish, which seems like a dream, hindering sleep. Drowsiness during the day, with a feeling of indolence in the morning. Fever.—Shivering in the back, in the evening, chilliness in the back, as if touched with ice. Shuddering of the whole body. Gene- ral coldness, without shuddering, with bluish hands. Chilliness, even near the stove, with violent colic. °Chilliness, although the skin feels hot.—Fever : alternation of heat and chilliness of the body. Fever : frequent shuddering during the day, followed by heat, with faintness. Fever : in the evening hot hands, with sensa- tion of dry heat over the whole body, with sleeplessness. Burning heat in the cheeks, with cold feet.—The pulse is not more frequent, but very small and hard. Heat in the forehead. Increased feeling of heat, quick pulse. Quick alternation of heat and chilliness.—Fre- quent and violent flush of .heat over the whole body. Heat and red- ness in the face, with thirst. Moral Symptoms.—Discouragement.—Absorbed in reveries and sad thoughts. Weeping. Restless eagerness to do something. * Anxiety. # Anxiety, as if he had committed a great crime. * An- guish about the heart, anguish of death. Palpitation of the heart.— Sudden, violent anguish. Despairing mood. Hypochondria, especi- ally in the afternoon. Excessive sensitiveness. *A slight noise caused all his limbs to start.—Excessive disposition to feel vexed and to be offended.—Cheerful, contented. Sensorium.—°Vertigo, with nausea and falling down without con- sciousness.—° Apoplexy, after excessive depletions.—Vertigo as from intoxication. Disposition to vertigo. Headache, with inclination to vomit. Stupid feeling in the head. Head.—Thinking fatigues the head. Cloudiness of the head, mostly increased by eating or drinking. Heaviness in the head. Headache, as if the brain were constricted.—(Painful concussion in the brain when walking, when moving the head, or when talking).—Headache, constrictive, burning, lacerating, digging-up, and boring. Violent pressure through the whole head, mostly in the forehead (forenoon), increasing to loss of sense by reading or meditating). * Aching pain in the forehead. Aching pain in the vertex. Aching as if the brain were compressed. Lacerating throbbing headache in the forehead, in the evening.—*Headache as if the eyes would be torn out, °par- ticularly during every motion, with vertigo. °Pain in the head, as COCCULTJS. 560 COCCULUS. if the head were empty and hollow. Headache, as if the eyes would be forcibly closed.—Convulsive trembling of the head. Eves.—°Spasmodic rolling of the eyes under the closed lids, during apoplexy. Pressure on both eyes, as if dust had got in.—Aching pain in the eyes, with inability to open the eye-lids, in the night. ’Dryness of the eye-lids.—Dim-sightedness.—Flies and black spots before the eyes. Contraction °or else great dilatation of the pupils. Blue margins around the eyes. Ears.—Noise as of rushing water, with hard hearing.—The right ear feels closed. Swelling of the parotid gland. Nose.—Sneezing.—Pain of the nostril when touching it. Ulcera- tive pain in the left nostril.—Profuse coryza.—(Discharge of bloody mucus from the nose.) Face.—Stitches in the external parts of the neck. *Redness of the cheeks and heat in the face, without thirst, in a room entirely cold. Jaws and Teeth.—Swelling and hardness in the submaxillary glands, and nodosities in the fore-arm, painful when moving the hand along them. Painless swelling of the submaxillary glands. Lacerat- ing digging-up pain in the lower jaw. Anterior teeth feel elongated ; the gums are swollen. The hollow tooth is painful only when eating soft food, as if quite loose. Mouth.—*Dryness of the mouth, -in the night, without thirst. Feeling of dryness in the mouth, with frothy saliva and violent thirst. —Sensation as if the root of the tongue were swollen, with pain dur- ing deglutition. Throat.—Sensitiveness in the throat.—Dryness of the oesophagus. Dryness of the throat, with a feeling of heat in the oesophagus and stomach. Aching pain in the tonsils, worse when swallowing saliva than food. A sort oi paralysis of the oesophagus, preventing deglu- tition.—°Burning in the oesophagus, extending to the fauces, with taste of sulphur in the mouth.—°(Esophagitis. ? Taste and Appetite.—Sour, coppery, or metallic taste, with loss of appetite. #Excessive repugnance to food, accompanied by hunger. Feeling of hunger in the pit of the stomach, little diminished by sat- ing. Intense thirst.—Aversion to food and drink. Gastric Symptoms.—Bitter, acrid, scraping eructations, especially in the evening. Putrid eructations.—Inclination to vomit, when eating.—°Paroxysms of nausea, with tendency to faint. Excessive nausea and inclination to vomit, *ichen riding in a carriage, °with vomiting. When becoming cold, or when taking cold, an inclination to vomit comes on, exciting a copious accumulation of saliva.—In- clination to vomit, accompanied by headache, and a pain in the intes- COCCULUS. 561 tines as if bruised. (Vomiting towards midnight, with suffocative fits, he vomits food and mucus, with hitter and sour taste in the throat.) Stomach.—Pain below the stomach, immediately after dinner. Sensation as if a worm were moving about in the stomach.—Pecking and gnawing sensation below the praecordial region. Pressure in the stomach after a meal.—Aching pain in the stomach, praecordial region, and hypochondria, a few hours after a meal, or in the night when in bed. Pressure in the pit of the stomach, arresting the breathing. Crampy sensation and tension in the pit of the stomach when walk- ing. * Violent spasm of the stomach, griping lacerating sensation in the stomach. Constrictive pain in the stomach, hindering sleep. °Spasm of the stomach after a meal, or from weakness. Abdomen.—Pain in the hypochondria as if bruised.—°Stitches in the region of the liver.—Inflammation of the liver and diaphragm. ? ? Compressive pinching in the epigastrium, arresting the breathing.— Aching pain under the last rib. Pressure in the epigastrium. Empty and hollow sensation in the abdomen. Crampy sensation in the abdo- men. Drawing pain in the intestines. Violent colic after dinner, when walking, with sensation of chilliness and vertigo. Lacerating in the intestines. Burning in the abdomen.—Considerable #distention of the abdomen. *Flatulent colic, -about midnight.—Constrictive pain in the hypogastrium, with pressing towards the genital organs, and qualmishness in the pit of the stomach, with inclination to water-brash. —Painful disposition to inguinal hernia, especially after rising from a seat.—Pain as from hernia, only when sitting, and going off when rising.—Pressing pain in the groins, as if the menses would make their appearance. Stool.—Constipation. After stool, violent tenesmus of the rectum, even unto fainting. Soft stool, diarrhoea. Frequent small evacua- tions.—Desire for stool, followed by fetid diarrhoea. *Soft, loose stool, sometimes yellow, and burning at the anus. Desire for stool and emission of flatulence, with sudden expulsion of diarrhoeic stool, in small portions and at short intervals. Tingling and itching in the rectum, as from ascarides. Burning itching in the anus. Urine.—Frequent desire to urinate, with scanty emission. Pain in the urethra, with desire to urinate.—Tensive, aching pain in the orifice of the urethra, between the acts of micturition. Stinging pain in the urethra.—°Desire to urinate of pregnant females. Male Genital Organs.—Itching burning of the scrotum. Violent pains in both testicles, as if bruised, especially when touched. Drawing pains in the testicles. Increased excitability of the genital parts. Nightly emission of semen. 562 COCCULIJS. Female Genital Organs.—° The menses, which had been sup- pressed a whole year, reappear. ° Suppression of the menses, with oppressive abdominal spasms, flatulence, lameness, anguish, oppres- sion of breathing, spasms in the chest, attacks of nausea unto fainting, and jactitation of the limbs.—°Scanty, irregular period, with leucor- rhoea between the periods. °Painful menstruation, with copious discharge of coagulated blood and subsequent haemorrhoids.—°Dis- charge of bloody mucus from the uterus, during pregnancy.—(Me- trorrhagia.)—°Uterine spasms, particularly with suppressed or ir- regular menses.—*Leucorrhoea, °resembling serum, mixed with a purulent, ichorous liquid.—Shivering over the mammae.—° Chlo- rosis. Larynx.—Irritation in the upper part of the larynx, inducing cough.—Contractive sensation in the trachea, as if irritated by smoke, inducing almost constant cough. The throat feels constricted. Con- stant irritation, with cough. Chest.—Asthma and difficult breathing. Tightness and con- striction of the right side of the chest, oppressing the breathing. #Oppression of the chest, °as from a stone, -especially in the region of the upper part of the sternum, arresting the breathing. Sibilant, snoring breathing, with suffocative oppression, especially during an inspiration.—(Rawness and sore feeling in the chest.) °Spasms in the chest, with sighing and moaning. °IIysteric spasms in the chest. Aching in the middle of the sternum. Drawing in the right side. Stinging pain in the sternum when walking. Stitches in the sides. Stinging in both nipples. °Rushes of blood to the chest, with anxiety. —*Palpitation of the heart, nervous. Piercing pain in the articula- tions of the chest and all the dorsal vertebrae, as if they were sprained or spasmodically contracted, especially during motion. Back.—Paralytic pain in the small of the back.—Paralytic, aching pain in the lumbar region. The bones in the small of the back feel bruised.— Tremor in the back.—Drawing pain in the side, towards the back, when talking, walking, or stooping.—Aching pain in the back, especially the left side of it (when sitting). Drawing, lacerat- ing, or boring pain in the back.'—Pain in the spine as if it would break. Drawing pain about the scapula. Intermittent, aching, para- lytic pain during rest, under the left scapula.—When moving the shoulders, the parts behind feel stiff and painful. Sticking pain in the nape of the neck, when bending the head either forwards or backwards. Pressure in the scapulae in the nape of the neck. Pain- ful cracking of the cervical vertebrae, when moving the head. Pain- ful stiffness of the cervical muscles, when moving the neck or when COCCULUS. 563 yawning. Weakness of the muscles of the neck, with heaviness in the head. Arms.—Pain in the shoulder on lifting the arm, on touching they feel bruised.—Single stitches in the shoulder-joint and the muscles of the upper arm, when at rest. A breaking, lacerating, or sticking pain in the shoulder and elbow-joint, and in the humerus, the pain being intolerable during rest, he is afraid of moving his arm, although the pain decreases by motion. Convulsions of the arms, with clench- ing of the thumb. °Lancinations emanating from a sore finger. Pain in the arm as if gone to sleep, and lame during and after a meal. The arm goes to sleep, with tingling sensation. of the arm, while writing. Intense paralytic pain, as if the bones were broken in two, during a violent motion of the arm. Pain in the upper arms when lifting them, as if broken. The humerus, immediately above the elbow, feels bruised and lame during motion. The arm on which he rests feels painful, as if bruised. Digging-up pain, with sensa- tion as of wave-like drawing, and as if bruised. Drawing in the upper part of the humerus, with pain as if bruised. Intermittent, intense, almost lacerating paralytic pressure in the anterior muscles of the lower arm, especially during rest. Pain in the glenoid cavity of the fore-arm, as if dislocated, during motion and contact.—The fore-arm goes to sleep, with sensation in the hand as if swollen, and a constrictive pain in the muscles. Both hands, first one, then the other, are alternately hot or cold, or insensible. °Arthritic hot swelling of the hands. Cramp-like contraction of the finger. Painful, paralytic drawing through the fingers. Lacerating, boring, drawing pain in the fingers. Legs.—When sitting, violent pulsative stitches in the outer side of the left thigh, occasioning involuntary motions. *Paralytic im- mobility of the lower limbs.—°Paralysis of the lower limbs, from the small of the back dowmvards. Rigid feeling from the thigh down to the knees. Paralytic drawing in the thighs, with weakness in the knees, as if they would give way. The thighs feel paralyzed and bruised. Pain in the thighs, as if broken, when raising them. When raising the limbs while sitting, the thighs are intensely painful as if bruised.—Tremor in the thighs when kneeling.—Cracking of the knee during motion (immediately). °Inflammatory swelling of the knee, with darting pains. Intolerable drawing pain in the knee, after sitting, when rising. Stitches in the knee.—Drawing, laceraU ing pain in the patella. Cramp in the calves, in the night, when bending the knees. Tensive pain in the calves during Great weariness in the knees as after a violent journey,-—-Lull, un 564 COCIIL.EAJIIA AEMORACIA. COFFEA CEUDA. dulating, paralytic pain in the external side of the left leg.—Both feet go to sleep when sitting. Swelling of the foot in the evening.—Cold sweat of the feet.—Heat and swelling of the feet, with continual cor- rosive itching. Itching of the tarsal joint, violent pain in the tarsal joint, as if sprained, during motion. Pain as if bruised in the dorsum of the feet, when bending or touching the foot.—Corrosive pain in the toes. Pain in a heel, apparently in the os-calcis, as if bruised. 87.—COCHLEARIA ARMORACIA. COCH.—Common Horse itadish.—“Archiv,” XVII. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Pain in every joint, during rest, going off during motion. Head.—Great irresoluteness, stupid feeling, and inability to collect one’s thoughts ; difficulty of thinking, in the evening.—Oppressive boring pain in the head, as if the forehead would burst. Headache, now in one, then in another part of the head, with pressure deep in. the brain, aggravated by opening the eyes widely. Eyes.—Swelling of the eyes, momentary obscuration of sight. Teeth.—Pain as if the teeth were too soft, and loose during mas- tication. Stomach.—Nausea, with inclination to vomit and scraping in the throat. Gulping-up and vomiting of bilious matter. 88.—COFFEA CRUDA. COFF.—Crude Coffee.—Stapf’s “Additions.”—Duration of Action : ten days. Compare with—Aeon., Agar., Am.-mur., Angust., Ant., Ars., Asa-f., Bell., Bry., Canth., Carb.-v., Caust., Cham., Cocc., Col., Con., Big., Ign., Iod, Kali, Lanroc., Mang., Merc., Nux-v., Op., Phosph., Puls., lthus, Sep., Sulph., Valer., Yeratr. Antidotes.—Aeon.—Chronic affections resulting from the abuse of Coffee are met by Cham., Ign., Mere,, Nux-v., Sulph.—Coff. antidotes Psorin. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—All the joints feel bruised, especially those which are bent, early in the morning when in bed; the pain disappears on rising. Darting through one or the other limb. After every walk her lower limbs feel so painful that she has to lie down. Great debility when going up-stairs. Pain in the whole body. Great mobility of the muscles.—°Convulsions, with grinding of the teeth and cold limbs. COFFEA CRUDA. 565 Characteristic Peculiarities.—*Morbid excitation of the organs of sense and of the nervous system, with sensitiveness to pain.—Ag- gravation of the pains in the open air.—Sad weeping mood in the open air, with indisposition to work.—Great nervousness, with lach- rymation and weariness during a walk in the open air.—Weariness of the limbs, up to the thighs, after a walk in the open air. Skin.—Eruption and itching of the whole body. Coffee transforms an itching eruption into a burning one. Sleep.—Little sleep. Great wakefulness in the evening. * Sleep- lessness, owing to an excessive agitation of body and mind. Over- whelmed with sleep. Sleeplessness after midnight. Restless sleep the whole night. Great drowsiness, with weariness. Waking with starting. Talks in the sleep. Long, vivid dreams at night. Fever.—Frequent deep yawning. Aversion to open air.—Con- stant wearinees of the feet. Great sensitiveness to cold. Violent thirst, without heat or dryness of the tongue. Feeling of warmth, with redness of the face, without thirst. Paroxysms of chilliness, in- creased by motion.—Cold feet in the afternoon, after four o’clock, with headache and congestion of the head, going off by a walk in the air. Cold hands, afterwards cold feet. Repeated chills and shud- dering in the back, the body having the natural warmth. Feeling of coldness over the whole body. Chilliness in the back, mingled with heat.—Feeling of general heat in the evening after lying down. —Chilliness and heat in either cheek.—Tremulous motion in the back and between the shoulders, accompanied with warmth. From eight to nine in the evening a nausea is felt, as if in the stomach, a sort of fainting and vertigo. Moral Symptoms.—*Great anguish, she is unable to compose herself.—° Anguish of heart and conscience.—Excessive relaxation of body and mind. Want of memory and attention. A little out of humor.—Ecstasy. Sensorium.—Giddiness and dullness of the head. Vertigo and blackness before the eyes, when stooping. Gloominess in the head. Inability to think acutely. Head.—Contractive headache in the forehead. Hemicrania, as if a nail had been driven into the parietal bone.—Slight rheumatic drawing in the left half of the occiput. The headache is renewed and aggravated after a meal; it disappears in the open air, and comes on again for a short time in the room. Aching pain in the temples, moving towards the occiput, when walking in the cold air; decreasing in the room. Headache, as if the brain were torn or would be dashed to pieces, coming on during a walk in the open air. 566 COFFEA CRUDA. and subsiding in the room. Headache, after reading, in the frontal protuberance and behind the parietal bone, as if the brain were bruised, torn, or smashed. Headache, as if the brain were too full and dashed to pieces, especially in the occiput after waking from the siesta. Aching pain on the top of the head. Pulsative snapping in the brain, in the region of the ear, as of electric sparks. Heaviness in the head and heat in the face. Heat in the face, with red cheeks, after a meal. Rushes of blood to the head, anxious heat, and red- ness in the face. Rush of blood to the head, especially when talking. Headache, early in the morning, when waking, like a tightness of the brain all over ; when stooping forward he feels as if the brain were falling forward. Itching of the hairy scalp. Eyes.—Boring in the right eye, with diminution of sight. Ears.—°Hardness of hearing, with humming in the ears. Nose.-—Sudden, copious watery discharges from the nose. Bleed- ing from the nose.—Fluent coryza, with sneezing. Dry coryza, with very little discharge. Teeth and Jaws.—Toothache, a darting in the nerve of the root. Simple pain in one of the molar teeth, only when biting upon it. Painfulness of the fore-teeth when touching them, or when chewing, as if they were loose.—°Darting in the teeth, also lacerating darting. —°Toothache, with restlessness, anguish, weeping mood, and renewal of the pain after a meal or at night. Mouth and Throat.—Rising of heat in the throat. Feeling of dryness and a slight burning in the fore and upper part of the tongue, without thirst.—°Sore throat, with great painfulness of the affected parts and swelling of the uvula. Taste and Appetite.—Bitterness in the mouth, early in the morning, and the whole day, the food had no bitter taste. Dimin- ished appetite, at supper. Continual loss of appetite and aversion to food, drink, tobacco, with nausea and disposition to vomit, and a salt taste in the mouth; the food has no bad taste.—Great hunger before a meal; greedy, hurried eating.—Violent thirst, without heat or dryness of the mouth ; nightly thirst. Aversion to colfee. Gastric Symptoms.—Constant inclination to vomit, in the upper part of the throat. Morning nausea.—°Vomiting during small-pox. °Bilious vomiting. Stomach and Abdomen.—Stitches in the pit of the stomach, ac companied with pressure. Tension across the stomach and the hypochondria. Pinching pressure in the abdomen, as if hernia would protrude. Fullness in the abdomen, after walking in the open air. Fermentation in the abdomen, followed by vomiting. Sticking in COFFEA CRTJDA. 567 the abdominal ring, from within outward, as in inguinal hernia. Dartings in the side of the abdomen, during every expiration. Colic, as if the abdomen would burst. (Frightful crampy pain in the abdo- men and chest, as of violent labor-pain; she complains as if all her bowels would be cut up, with convulsions ; her body bent double, her feet drawn up to her head, with horrible cries and grinding of teeth ; she became cold and stiff, emitted painful sounds ; the breath ing became suppressed.) Stool. with warmth and a slight sensation of rough- ness at the anus.—°Diarrhcea of infants.—°Diarrhcea during denti- tion. Urine.—Burning lacerating or smarting in the fore part of the urethra. The urine comes off in small quantities, but only drop by drop. Pressure on the bladder. Genital Organs.—Strangulating smarting pain in one of the testicles. Want of sexual excitement. Great disposition for an embrace. Indisposition to have an embrace, with impotence, the sexual organs cannot be excited, and the imagination is dull.1 Noc- turnal emission. Chest.—Oppression of the chest, she is obliged to take short inspi- rations. Turns of short cough in quick succession, f requent, attacks of short, single, abrupt scraping. Cough in the evening when in bed, and going to sleep.—Violent irritation with cough, about mid- night. Sudden attacks of a dry and hacking cough, as if occasioned by a spasmodic constriction of the larynx. When coughing, the side of the chest aches. Sudden coryza and sneezing. Back.—Pain in the small of the back when walking. Aching pain in the small of the back. Paralytic pain in the small of the back when sitting or standing. Arms.—Great weakness in the arms and weariness in the whole body. Sense of lightness in the limbs. Rheumatic pain, as if bruised, in the region of the left upper arm.— Trembling of the hands. Sensation of numbness in the fingers. Legs.—Pain as if bruised, when sitting or walking, in the femur. Bruised sensation of the tibia. Trembling of the feet. Trembling sensation in the knee. Drawing pain below the right knee. Crampy sensation in the calf when drawing the knee up. Crampy sensation in the sole of the foot. 1 The excitation of the sexual desire is a primary effect, the weakening of the same a secondary effect of Coffee. 568 COLCHICUM. COLCH.—Meadow Saffron.—“ Archiv,” YI.—Duration of Action : days, and even weeks. Compare with—Aeon., Ars., Chin., Cocc., Merc., Natr.-mur., Nux-v., Op., Puls., Sep. Antidotes.—Of large doses: Yinegar and honey, from six to eight drops of Caustic Ammonia to one pint of water with sugar.—Of small doses : Coco., Nux-v., Puls. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Lacerating jerks, generally in the left side, sometimes darting through one entire half of the body. Lancinating jerks, now in the skin, then in the soft parts of the head, with sleeplessness the whole night. Sticking-drawing jerks through the periosteum, with lameness and actual paralysis of the affected part. Sticking-drawing, and drawing with pressure, particularly early in the morning, now in the shoulder, then in the right hip. Drawing, jerking, and lacerating in various muscles, particularly in the face, also in the eye-lids and incisores. ° When the weather is warm he experiences a lacerating in the limbs, and when it is cold a darting, great languor, and excessive sensitiveness of the body, so that he is not able to stir without moaning. Languor as after exer- tions. The limbs feel weak as if they would fall off. Sudden sink- ing of strength, he is scarcely able to talk or walk.—Lameness of every muscle, particularly those of the lower limbs. Painful lame- ness, particularly in the knee-joints, especially on raising the lower limbs, he falls on the floor.—°Frequent starting as if in affright. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Aggravation of the mental symp- toms by mental exertions. The pains are worst from evening till morning, in the evening they are frequently so excessive that they would almost drive one mad. Skin.—Itching of several parts, or of the whole body, as from nettles.—Stinging in the skin, particularly the joints.—Lacerating tension in'various parts. °(Edematous swellings and anasarca. Sleep.— Drowsiness in the daytime, also with indisposition to work and dullness of the head.—Restless night’s sleep. Frequent waking as if in affright. °Sleeplessness from nervous irritation. ? Fever.—Chill through every limb. Frequent shiverings along the back. Dry heat of the skin. *Nightly heat of the body, °also with much thirst.—Pulse irritated. Pulse large, full, and hard. Pulse 90 to 100. Pulse quick and small.— Violent palpitation of the heart. Sweat. Suppn'ession of perspiration. Moral Symptoms.—Out of humor, discouraged. — Peevish.— Weakness of memory.—Great absence of mind and forgetfulness. 89.—COLCHICUM. COECHICUM. 569 Head.—Pressure in the head, excited by mental labor.—Oppres- sive weight in the occiput, during movement and when bending the body forward.—Crampy sensation, particularly close above the eyes. —Painful lacerating-dr awing in the left half of the head, from the eye-ball to the occiput.—Pacerating in the scalp.—Great falling off of the hair. Eyes.—Soreness of the eyes.—Suppuration of a meibomian gland, with swelling of the lid and great nervous irritation. Ears.—Dragging pain, with darting in the ears.—° Discharge from the ears, with lacerating in the ears (after the measles).—Roaring and stoppage of the ears. Nose.—Feeling of oppressive weight in the nasal bones. Pain as from soreness in the septum.—Bleeding of the nose, in the evening. —Morbid excitation of the sense of smell.—Chronic coryza, with thin, tenacious discharge from the nose. Face.—°Yellow spots in the face.—Prosopalgia, beating or jerking drawing in the facial bones, sometimes with sensation as if the bones were pressed asunder.—Itching and eruption in the face. Tingling in the face as after being frozen.—(Edematous swelling of the face. Teeth and Jaws.—The teeth are very sensitive in biting. Draw- ing pain in the teeth, as from drinking cold water, immediately after having put anything warm in his mouth. Pain as from soreness of the teeth. Lacerating in the roots of the lower teeth. Lacerating in the gums. Mouth.—Accumulation of water, with nausea, repletion, and malaise in the abdomen. Profuse ptyalism. Nausea, with inclination to vomit, when swallowing the saliva.—The tongue is heavy, stiff, and insensible. Burning and stinging in the throat. Throat.—Biting tingling in the throat and fauces.—Inflammation of the fauces. Appetite and Taste.—Loss of appetite. Aversion to food, and loathing, with shaking when merely looking at the food, and still more when smelling it.— Great thirst, also burning, unquenchable thirst. Gastric Symptoms.—Constant singultus.—Nausea, with incli- nation to vomit, with constant flow of saliva, dryness of the throat, uneasy turning from side to side, great absence of mind, and sinking of strength.—Bilious vomiting, with violent colic, succeeded by bitterness in the mouth and throat. Violent vomiting, with tremb ling and spasms, throwing up the ingesta.—Every motion excites or renews the vomiting. The vomiting is preceded by painful contrac tion of the abdomen. The pains abate somewhat after the vomiting. Stomach.—Sensitiveness in the region of the stomach, it does not 570 COLCHICUM. bear contact.—Tingling in the stomach, as if he would vomit (when raising the trunk). Pain as from soreness in the stomach. Burning in the stomach, also with heaviness, or pain. The stomach feels icy- cold.—Oppressive sensation in the pit of the stomach. °Stitches in the pit of the stomach. Abdomen.—Pain in the abdomen, with chilly feeling and weakness in the abdomen and stomach. Pains in the whole abdomen, with malaise. Colicky pains in the abdomen.—Burning or feeling of coldness in the abdomen.—Pain in the abdomen, as from incarcera- tion of flatulence, particularly in the right hypochondrium.—Great distention of the abdomen, also when the abdomen is empty, aggra- vated by eating.—Swelling of the abdomen. °Peritoneal dropsy, with a fold above the pubic arch. Stool and Anus.—Frequent urging to stool, with scanty, hard stool, and pain in the anus. Scanty stool, with great straining. Extremely painful stool.—Disposition to diarrhoea, with shifting of flatulence. Loose stools, preceded by colic. Frequent evacuations of transparent, jelly-like mucus, relieving the colic. Bloody stools, mingled with a skinny substance.—°Fall dysentery, with discharges of white mucus and violent tenesmus.—Lacerating or lancinating- lacerating in the anus. Tingling and jerking in the anus. Burning at the anus. Prolapsus-ani. Urine.—°Constant desire to urinate, with diminished discharge of urine. Ischuria.—°Scanty emission of dark-red urine, with burn- ing and tenesmus in the urethra.—Increased secretion of urine, with urging. Emission of a quantity of pale urine, preceded by burning in the urinary passages. The urine is like fire, and goes off con- stantly. Brown, black urine.—°Whitish sediment in the urine. Tingling burning in the urethra, after micturition, early in bed, with renewed urging, discharge of some drops of urine, burning in the urethra and anus.—Constant burning in the urinary passages, with diminished secretion of urine. Genital Organs.—The menses are too early. Suppression of the menses, which had just made their appearance. Trachea.—Tingling in the trachea and chest, with cough. Hoarse- ness in the morning, with roughness in the throat.—Frequent, short, dry, hacking cough, from titillation in the larynx. °Nightly cough, with involuntary ejaculation of a few drops of urine. Chest.—Difficulty of breathing. Asthma. Oppression of the chest, with anxiety, or else alternate paroxysms of anxiety and oppression. Frequent tightness across the chest, or else crampy pressure.—Dart- ing when breathing and coughing, particularly in the left breast.— COLOCYNTHIS. 571 Lacerating in the right breast, not far from the axilla, with pain as from soreness when touching or moving the parts.—°Spasms in the chest. °Hydrothorax.—Violent palpitation of the heart. Lacerating in the region of the heart.—Burning stinging in the outer breast. Burning through the sternum. Back.—Stinging in the small of the hack. Drawing in the small of the back, worse during movement. Pain in the lumbar region.— Lacerating and lancinations in the hack. Stitches below, between, and over the shoulder-blades. Sticking tension between the scapula;, mostly during movement.—Pressure in the neck, with pain from contact. Painful tightness in the muscles of the right side, during deglutition and when touching them. Arms.—Painful lameness in the arms, which makes it impossible to hold even the lightest things.—Crampy pain on top of the right shoulder.—Bubbling sensation in the left upper arm.—Burning pressure in the left upper arm.—Lacerating in the lower arm, also in both elbows in the direction of the upper arm.—Lacerating in the hand, also lancinating lacerating. Troublesome itching of the hands. .—Lacerating, also lancinating-lacerating, in the finger's and joints of the fingers. Drawing, with pressure, or rheumatic drawing in the thumbs. Legs.—Lacerating in the hips, calves, legs, and feet, worse at night. Cramp in the left thigh, with sensation as if the thigh had gone to sleep.—(Edematous swelling of the legs and feet.—Drawing pressure in the toes. Tingling in various toes as after getting frozen. 90.—COLOCYNTHIS. COLOC.—Cucumis Colocynthis. Wild Cucumber.—Hahnemann’s “Chronic Diseases,” III.—Duration of Action: from thirty to forty days. Compare with—Arn., Bell , Cantli., Caust., Cham., Cojf., Dig., Staph., Verat. Antidotes.—Camph., Caust., Cham., Coif., Staph.—It antidotes: Caust. Largo doses are counteracted by tepid milk, infusion of Galls, Camph., Op. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Contraction of the limbs and muscles. Fainting fits, with coldness of the external parts. Deadly swoon.— Lassitude in all the limbs, when walking in the open air, as after a long journey, with great heaviness of the legs, and trembling. Characteristic Peculiarities.—°According to Jahr, Colocynth removes complaints arising from indignation or from internal gnawing grief about unworthy treatment, such as : cramp in the calves and bowels, SDasmodic colic, bilious colic, bilious fever, sleeplessness, &e. 572 COLOCYNTIIIS. Skin.—Itching of the whole body, as after violent sweat. Smart- ing itching in various places. Itch-like eruption. Sleep.—Drowsiness and want of disposition to intellectual labor. Uneasy sleep. Sleeplessness the whole night. A kind of flatulent colic about midnight. Night-sleep interrupted by many dreams. Fever.—Coldness of the whole body. Icy-cold hands in the even- ing, with warm feet. Violent chilliness. *Feverish heat. Night- sweat. Slow, full pulse. Quick and full pulse. Palpitation of the heart. When lying still, he feels the beating of the heart and the arteries in the whole body. Moral Symptoms.—Apathy with lassitude.—Dejection of spirits. Peevish. Out of humor. Great anguish.—°Want of religious feelings.—°Delirium with open eyes, and desire to escape (in puer- peral fever). Sensorium.—Dullness of the head, especially the forehead. Dull- ness of the head and vertigo, at the commencement of the colic. Giddiness, with slight delirium and deafness. Head.—Violent headache, as if brought on by a draft of air, disap- pearing gradually when walking in the open air.—Pressing headache in tiie fore part of the head, most violent when stooping, or when lying on tiie bade. Drawing, semi-lateral headache.—Painful and lacerat- ing digging through the whole brain, becoming intolerable when moving the eye-lids.—Pressure in the left side of the head, with burning in the temple.—Head and eyes sensitive to the least move- ment. Head feels hot. Burning pain in the integuments of the forehead, above the eye-brows. Smarting burning in the hairy scalp, on the left side. The roots of the hairs are painful. Eyes.—*Burning cutting ill the eye, also in the lower lid of the right eye when at rest. *Cuttings as ivith knives, in the right eye- ball, extending to the root of the nose, °and in the forehead, from without inwards. Pain in the eye-lids as from excoriation. Burn- ing pain in the whole of the right eye-ball. °Discharge of an acrid fluid from the eyes.—°Ophthalmia, in arthritic individuals. 1 ? Ob- scuration of sight. Sparkling before the eyes. Ears.—Rushing in the ears. Rushing and beating in the ears Ringing in one or both ears. Dullness of hearing, with giddiness and slight delirium. Painful, long-continued drawing behind the left ear. Nose.—Digging, pulsative pain from the left side of the nose to its root.—Fluent coryza, early in the morning. Face.—*Lacerating and tension, or °burning and stinging in one aide of the face, -particularly the left, *extending to the ear and head COLOCYNTHIS. 573 Faoe pale and relaxed ; eyes look dull.—°Dark redness of the face in puerperal fever.—°Swelling of the face, with redness and heat of one cheek, and violent pains. Furunculi on the face. °Herpes faciei. Eruption of pimples, with burning pain when touched. Searching, burning pain, more when at rest than when in motion. Cramp-like sensation in the left malar bone, extending into the left eye. Feeling of pressure in the orbits near the root of the nose, vnth confusion of the head and chilliness. Swelling of the upper lip. Burning of the lower lip. Jaws and Teeth.—Dartings in the upper jaw.—°Throhbing tooth- ache, on the left side.—Stinging-beating in the right lower molares, as if one beat upon them with a wire. Mouth.'—°Tongue coated yellow (in puerperal fever). Tongue feels scalded. Burning at the tip of the tongue. Tongue red. Edges of the tongue sore while eating. Burning in the mouth as if from pepper. Throat.—Sore throat. Scraping and burning in the throat. Scraping in the throat with nausea. Redness in the throat, with difficult deglutition. Dryness of throat, with ardent thirst. Feeling of constriction in the throat. Rawness in the throat, with hoarseness and constriction of the chest. Rawness in the throat, with burning. Gastric Symptoms.—Eructations, with burning in the throat. Bitter eructations.—Empty eructations, occasioning palpitation of the heart, and spasm in the oesophagus, with constant disposition to gag and vomit. Nausea. of food, without nausea. Frequent vomiting.—°Greenish vomiting. °Vomiting with diarrhoea. Stomach.—*Pain in the stomach, after eating. Fullness in the epigastrium, as from repletion. Burning in the stomach, even while eating, generally with burning of the tongue. Pressure at the stomach, also as from a stone. Cramp-like feeling in the stomach, extending up by the oesophagus to the throat. Spasmodic pain in the stomach, spreading up to the throat. Squeezing pain in the stomach, depriving him of sleep. Pressure in the stomach, especially after eating, with feeling of hunger.-—°Painfulness of the pit of the stomach when touching it (in puerperal fever). With pain in stomach were always associated pain in teeth and in head. Appetite and Taste.—Canine hunger. Canine hunger, with great general weakness. Appetite diminished. Putrid and nauseous taste, more in the throat than mouth. *Bitter taste in the mouth.— Unusual degree of thirst. Much thirst, with dry throat. After eating, nausea and uncomfortableness. *Colic and diarrhoea after taking the least nourishment. 574 Abdomen.—Pressure and flying pains in the hepatic region. Pres- sure in the viscera increases rather than diminishes on eating. Pressure in the lower belly, as if from fullness. Constant pain in the abdomen, made up of contusive pain and pressure. Pressure in the pit of the stomach. * Feeling about the umbilicus as if from catching cold. Itching of the umbilicus. Constrictive feeling in the upper part of the abdomen, returning at short intervals, and passing into sharp griping. Partings in the abdomen. Griping in the abdomen, espe- cially about the umbilicus, like a cutting or squeezing; worst on moving ; relieved by bending forward, or on evacuating the bowels. Griping, worst after every meal, and in the evening; or from fruit; or with painful stitches in the bladder. Lacerating in the abdomen. pain only felt on walking. Distensive pain in the bowels, which feel gathered into a ball.—Stitching pain below the umbilicus, worst when ivalking on level ground, better on standing still or going down-stairs. * Bruised feeling in the bowels, -worst on walking, or sitting bent.— Colic, with rumbling as if from bursting of large bubbles. Tender- ness of the abdomen, as if its contents were raw. * Rumbling, with emission of much flatulence. Warmth in the hypogastrium, preced- ing the gripings.—Enteritis. Heat in the bowels. Tenderness of the umbilical region, with swelling. *Feeling in the whole abdomen as if the intestines were being squeezed between stones, and threatened to burst out. Drawing-searching (digging) pain in the belly, in- creased on expiring and laughing. cup of coffee removed the colic caused by Coloc., -but it was necessary to evacuate the bowels im- mediately afterwards. *Rumbling and constant commotion in the hypogastrium.—Pain in the belly like a colic, with some distention and emission of flatus.—Colic.—*Cutting pains in the belly, with chilliness and lacerating in the lower limbs. Continued cuttings in the abdomen, so violent that he was forced to walk, bent double, with general lassitude.—Violent pain in the belly.—Intense pain at a small point in the belly below the umbilicus, which, after a night-sweat, spread over the whole lower belly. * At each access of pain in the belly, agitation all over the body, -during which the cheeks are over- spread with a chill, ascending gradually from the hypogastrium, and disappearing simultaneously with the subsidence of the violence of the pain. * Commotion in the bowels as if he were fasting (after din ner). * Emptiness in the loiver belly; or as after a violent diarrhoea *Pain in the lower belly, as if from taking cold, -or as if he had eaten ill-prepared food. Dull, tensive pain, ceasing on pressure.—• * Gradually-increasing constriction in the intestines every ten or twenty minutes, -ceasing from forcible pressure.—Stabbing pain COLOC YNTHIS. 575 near the pubis. Cutting pain in the hypogastrium. Bowels feel empty and sore. Stool and Anus—Diarrhoea with tenesmus. #Dysentery. Fre- quent stools. Diarrhoea day and night, with nausea, but inability to vomit. Urgent desire to go to stool; on the occurrence of the stool, the pain in the bowels almost disappeared, but soon returned. —Pap-like stools, preceded by griping, with burning at the anus. Doughy stools. Viscid scanty stools. Thin mucous stools, without pain. Bile is passed with the stools. Liquid frothy stool, of a salfron-yellow, of a musty odor, like brown paper burning. stools. Fasces consisting of undigested food. After an evacuation, burning and darting at the anus. Itching and rawness at the anus, with oozing of mucus, after an evacuation. Tenesmus. Itching at the anus. Burning in the anus and rectum. Pressure alternately on the anus and bladder. Blind haemorrhoids. Bleeding of haemor- rhoids, leaving a burning in the anus and sacrum. Discharge of blood from the anus.—Contraction of the rectum during stool. °Paralysis of the sphincter. Urine anr Genital Organs.—Retention of urine, with retraction of the testicles, and priapism. Desire to make water, with scanty urine. Alternate stitches in the bladder and rectum. Itching at the orifice of the urethra, with desire to micturate. Burning in the urethra when the bowels are evacuated. Urine, when passed, of an insup- portable odor, in the night it became viscid like the white of an egg. Urine becomes turbid, with copious deposit, often like gravel. Urine like that in dropsy after scarlatina. Male Genital Organs.—Increased sexual desire. Frequent erections. Emission of semen during sleep. Complete inability to perform the sexual act. Female Genital Organs.—Catamenia return sooner than usual. Swelling of the labia, with dragging pain and heat in the vagina.— Suppression of the lochia, and puerperal fever after vexation.—°Pain- ful nodosities in the mammae.? Larynx and Chest.—Dryness of the air passages. Frequent irritation in the larynx, tickling which excites a dry cough. Voice harsh and hoarse. Spasmodic cough. Cramp of the intercostal muscles. Stitches in the intercostal spaces. Pressure in the middle of the sternum, as if from something in the lungs. Oppression of the chest in front; also pressure on the sides of the chest, on stooping, when sitting, and in the evening. Pressure with dull shooting in the pit of the stomach. Flying stitches in the chest, going from before backwards. Constriction of the chest, with rawness in the COLOCYNTHIS. 576 CONIUM MACULATUM. throat, and hoarseness. In the night, fit of asthma, slow respiration, and cough. Palpitation of the heart, with pulsations all over the body. Back and Loins.—Itching and heat in the nape of the neck.— Drawing in the neck. Stiffness in the neck, making it difficult te turn the head. Painful drawing in the neck on moving it. Rawness in the right shoulder-blade, during repose. Severe contusive pain, as if the nerves were compressed. Aching in the back and legs, as after a forced march. Drawing in the muscles of the back. Between the shoulders, drawing shooting pain. Flying pains in the dorsal region.—Pulsation in the loins. Arms.—Flying pains in the shoulders. Suppuration of the axillary glands. Arms feel swollen.—Subsultus of muscles.—Draining in the arm, going off on walking. Paralytic pain, as from a bruise in the arms, from time to time.—Striking (beating) up through the axilla to the teeth and side of head. Drawing and tension in the arms and hands.—Tension in right fore-arm. Hands feel stiff. Legs.—Aching of the legs and back, as after a forced march. Lower limbs feel heavy. Drawing and pressure in the legs and thighs, going off on walking. Trembling of the lower limbs, as after a severe fright, with shuddering. Lacerating pain in the thighs. Pulsation in the legs and thighs. Cramp-like drawing in the internal femoral region, throughout its whole extent. Drawing in the knee- joint. Inflammation of the knee-joint, with redness, swelling, and pulsation. Stiffness of the knees. Pain as from weakness in the knee while walking. Tensive pressure in the legs, even while sitting. Varicose veins in the calf of the leg become painful. Pain like a spasm in the ankle while walking. Drawing pain with pressure in the ankle-joint while sitting. Darting pain in the ankles. Feeling as if the feet were going to sleep. Pressure in the bones of the feet. Feet feel heavy even in bed.—Swelling of the feet. Trembling of the feet, as after a violent fright, with shuddering and chilliness. 91.—CONIUM MACULATUM. CON. M.—Hemlock.—See Hahnemann’s “Chron. Diseases,” Yol. III.—Duration of Action: from thirty to fifty days. Compare with—Arn., Asa., Bell., Calc , Coff., Dig., Dulc., Fer., Graph., lod., Lyc., Magn.-mur., Mang., Merc., Mosch., Nitr.-ac., Nux-mos.,.Nux-v., Op., Phosph., Phos.-ac. Plumb., Puls., Rhus, Ruta, Sabad., Sassap., Sep., Staph., Sulph., Sulph -ac., Tarax., Teucr , Yaler., Zinc. Antidotes.—CofF., Nitr.-spir.—It antidotes : Nitr.-ac. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Sensation in the bones of the upper 577 and lower limbs as if surrounded by tight bands, causing a languid feeling. Crampy and spasmodic pains in various parts, chest, jaws, &c.—Pulsative jerking in the abdomen and small of the back.—A kind of stiffness of the body, the movement of the limbs, the nape of the neck, &c., excites a disagreeable sensation.—Lacerating in all the limbs, as if sprained.—Burning sensation on the tongue and in the hands. Sensation in all the joints as if bruised, when at rest. *Vio- lent pain, as from bruises, in all the limbs. The limbs go to sleep. Numbness and coldness of the fingers and toes. * Walking in the open air is fatiguing.—Continued want of animal heat, and constant chilliness. Great liability to take cold.—Seething of the blood. Con- tinued and violent seething, intermixed jerkings in the region of the heart. Trembling motions and tremor of the whole body, espe- cially in the anus. Tremor of all the limbs. Subsultus-tendinum. Convulsions. *Sick and faint, early in the morning, in bed, -with low spirits, drowsiness, and pain in the stomach.—Nervous attacks. —*Great exhaustion, also of the whole body, evening and morning. Faintishness early in the morning after waking, as after a fever, going off after rising. Languor of both mind and body.'—General feeling as if bruised by blows.—Weakness of the whole body. Ner- vous weakness.—* Exhausted, faint, and as if paralyzed, after a short walk, with peevish and hypochondriac mood. Sudden lassitude in walking.—*Fainting fits. Consumption. Dropsy. Apoplexy. Apoplexy with dropsical symptoms. Paralysis. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The pains occur mostly during rest, rarely during motion. The worst pains come on at night, and rouse him from sleep. Skin.—*Erratic and evanescent itching of all the parts of the body. Corrosive itching. *Stinging sensation, as of flea-bites, closely succeeding each other in different places of the whole body, but single bites, never two at the same time. *Slow, itching- smarting, burning stitches in different parts of the body. Inflamma- tion of the skin all over the body, it is painful and burning. °The skin is painful all over.—°Nettle-rash from violent exercise.— herpes, humid, or crusty and burning.—°Chronic brown, or frequently-recurring red itching spots on the body.—0Chlorotic con- ditions. ?—Increased intolerable pains in the affected parts. Bleeding of the ulcers. The edges of the ulcer become black, with effusion of a fetid ichor. Gangrene of one portion of the ulcer. 'Petechiae. Blueness of the whole body. Concealed cancer of the bones, in the middle of the long bones.— The glands painful in the evening.-— CON1UM MACULATUM. 578 CONIUM MACULATUM. °Swelling and induration of the glands, particularly from contusion —°Scirrhous indurations. ?—°Cancerous ulcers. Sleep.—*Drowsiness in the daytime, without being able to sleep. Somnolence. Somnolence the whole day, with great weakness, even unto falling. Torpor, in the afternoon. *Great drowsiness in the evening, and indisposition to do anything, °or with sensation as if the eye-lids were forcibly closed.—*One falls asleep late, after midnight. Sleeplessness. Sleep, which is bordering upon stupor, after which the headache, which had been scarcely perceptible before, becomes more violent. Interrupted sleep. Nightly symptoms : pulsation in the right side of the head, in the evening; headache with nausea; spasm of the stomach, resembling a griping and drawing together ; scraping in the throat, with cough ; bleeding from the nose, with vertigo, on rising.—Violent weeping at night, when asleep. He mutters during sleep.—Nightmare.—Anxious, frightful dreams. number of intimidating dreams. °Sleep full of ravings. °Unre- freshing night-sleep. Fever.—Shuddering. Shuddering, with heat and thirst, or cold- ness followed by heat and dullness of the head. Chilliness in the morning, with headache and nausea. Chilliness, with tremor of all the limbs. Chilliness, with cold hands and a cold face, accompanied by nausea.—Feeling of heat in the whole body. Heat. Feeling of internal and external heat, after sleep. Constant heat.—Violent feverish heat, with profuse sweat and great thirst, with want of appetite, diarrhoea, and vomiting. *Catarrhal fever, with sore throat and cough.—Quotidian fever. Severe attacks of fever.—Slow fever, with complete loss of appetite. Sweat all over, especially on the forehead, with redness of the face and body, without any particular heat.—Night-sweat. Inclination to sweat, even of the cold limbs, on and after waking. Local, fetid, smarting sweat.—Pulsations are perceptible throughout the whole body.—Quick pulse. Unequal pulse as regards strength and rapidity. Large, slow pulse; it is interrupted by a few smaller pulsations, coming on without regu larity. Slow, weak pulse. Collapse of pulse. Moral Symptoms.—Sad.—* Hypochondria, depression of spirits and indifference, when walking in the open air. *Hysteric fit, with chilliness and a kind of spasmodic movements.—* Anxiousness. Su- perstitious thoughts. Fearful, whining, and desponding. Fear of thieves. *Inclination to start, as with fright. Frequent thoughts of death. Peevish. *'One easily feels vexed and angry. Indif- ference. * Indisposition to ivorlc. Sensorium.— Want of memory. Excessive dijficulty to recollect 579 things. Dullness of mind. Dullness of all the senses. Insensi- bility and indolence. Hurriedness. Confused thoughts. Delirium. Dementia. Dullness of the head. Dullness and heaviness of the head, on waking from a sound sleep. Dizziness and whirling sen- sation in the head. Intoxication. Continued stupefaction of the head, with constant inclination to slumber. Vertigo. 0Vertigo on looking round, as if he would fall to one side.—°Apoplexy, with pa- ralysis, particularly in old people. Head.—Headache, with nausea and vomiting of mucus. Violent headache, with vertigo. Stupefying headache in the outer part of the forehead. Headache in the morning on waking, as in epidemic fevers.—Semilateral, gradually-increasing headache, as if the head were bruised, and as if a load were pressing downwards in the head. and heaviness of the head. Headache, as if the head were too full and would burst, in the morning, on waking.—Pressure in both temples. Aching above the eyes, extending from within outwards.—Drawing pain in the brain, behind the middle of the forehead. *Lacerating headache in the occiput and nape of the rweck, especially in the orbits, constantly accompanied by nausea ; *she had to go to bed. Lacerating headache in the region of the temples, with pressure in the forehead. Painful lancination, darting through the forehead, from within outivards, at noon. Chronic lancinating headache °in the sinciput. Stitches in the parietal bones and in the forehead, with vertigo. Pain in the occiput, at every pulsation, as if that part of the head were pierced with a knife. Throbbing in the forehead.—Heat in the head.—°Dropsy of the brain. ? ?—Sense of numbness and coldness on one side of the head. Aching in the outer parts of the forehead. Drawing pain in the temporal bones. Drawing pain in the forehead, over the eye-brows. Itching in the hairy scalp. * Falling off of the hair. Eyes.—Pressure in the eyes, especially when reading. °Feeling of coldness in the eyes, during a walk in the open air. Painful pressure in the eyes, while closing them in the evening.—Drawing pain and redness of the eyes. Itching of the margin of the eye-lids. Heat in the eyes. Burning in the eyes.—Redness of the eyes. In- flamed eye-lids, *ivith incipient styes at some places, and frequent winking. Yellowish color of the eyes. Tremulous look, as if the eye were trembling. Protruded eyes.—Dilatation of the pupils. Weak- ness of sight °and of the eyes.—°The eyes are dazzled by the light of day.—°Photophobia, particularly in scrofulous subjects, with pale redness of the eye-ball, or partial congestion of the conjunctiva. Obstruction of sight. Obscuration of sight, when walking in the CONIUM MACULATUM. 580 CONIUM MACULATUM. open air. *More short-sighted than formerly; lie was only able to recognise near objects. He saw things double. Thread, clouds, and light spots seem to float before the eyes. Things look red. Fiery sparks before his eyes, in the open air. °Dark points and colored streaks in the room. Increased irritability of the eye. Ears.—Pain in the ear, as if the internal ear were forced asunder. -—Sudden sharp pressure in the ear, a sort of acute dragging pain. *Stitches in both ears, °also during a walk in the open air, °in and about the ears. °Drawing stitches in the ear, from within outward. Throbbing in the ears. Accumulation of ear-wax, mixed with puru- lent mucus. Blood-red cerumen. Painful sensitiveness of the senst of hearing. °Hardness of hearing, ceasing when the wax is removed and returning with the wax.—* Shrill tingling in the ear. *Boar- ing as of wind in the ear, with hard hearing, increased during a meal. *Roaring and humming in both ears.—Parotitis and indura- tion of the parotid gland. Nose.—Frequent itching about the nose. Burning of the nostrils. —Hcemorrhage from the nose. Frequent bleeding from the nose. °Inflammation of the nose after abuse of Mercury.—°Purulent dis- charge from the nose.—°Troublesome feeling of dryness in the nose.— °Stoppage of the nose, chronic, of both nostrils.—Frequent sneezing. Face.—*Heat in the face, with congestion of blood to the head and a sensation in the nose as if one had a cold. Bluish, swollen face. Swelling of the molar region and upper gums, with a tight pain. *Prosopalgia at night. °Flashing lacerating in the right half of the face. Aching in the bones above the eye, near the nose, and in the malar bone.—Lancinating pain in the face. Pitching and gnawing in the forehead. Soreness, as from excoriation, in the skin of the face. of a pimple on the forehead, with a tight and drawing pain. °IIerpes and spreading ulcers in the face. Tremor of the lip. Ulcers on the lips, after a fever.—°Cancer of the lips.—■ °Dry and scaly lips. Jaws and Teeth.—Spasm of the jaws. Gnashing of teeth. Toothache (lacerating ?) towards the ear, eye, and malar bone, only during a meal. Drawing in a hollow tooth, when eating anything cold, not when taking a cold drink. * Drawing pain, extending from the lower teeth of the right side to the malar bone. Dartings in the teeth.—Jerkings and gnawing in the teeth.—Pain in the teeth, during mastication, as if they were loose. Loose?icss of the molar teeth, as if they would fall out. The gums are affected with a burning pain. Swollen, blue-red gums, as if ecchyuiosed. Bleeding of the gums in the region of the molar teeth. The gums bleed readily. CONIUM MACULATUM. 581 Mouth.—Stiff, swollen, painful tongue. Heavy speech. Loss of speech. ore throat, a sore pain when swallowing. Difficult deglu- tition. °Involuntary deglutition. Dryness of the mouth. Dry tongue. Violent ptyalism. *Frequent hatching of mucus.—0 crap- ing in the throat. Pressure in the oesophagus from the pit of the stomach, as if a round body would ascend. Taste and Appetite.—* Acidity of the stomach, with a flat and somewhat putrid taste in the mouth. Bitter and sour taste, after breakfast. Bitterness of the mouth and throat. Decreasing appe- tite. Loss of appetite. °Does not relish bread. Thirst.—°Canine hunger. Gastric Symptoms.—* After a meal, distention of the epigastrium, with pressure in the stomach, and subsequent arrest of breathing; stomach-ache, with great fullness of the stomach and chest the whole day ; nausea with oppressive headache ; pain in the umbilical region, as if all the bowels were bruised by blows; drawing pain in the um- bilical region ; drawing pain in the abdomen, when sitting; chilliness, oppressed breathing, and hard pressure on the sternum ; great weak- ness and depression of strength ; sour eructations; gulping up of sour substances from the stomach. *Suppressed eructations after breakfast. * Unsuccessful eructations, with subsequent pain in the stomach, °also with fullness in the throat-pit.—#Frequent and empty eructations, especially early in the morning, °or the whole day. *Sour eructations, with burning in the stomach. *Eructations tasting of the ingesta. * Heartburn, in the evening, °or after eating. —Acrid heartburn.—Hiccough.—Frequent nausea, and complete loss of appetite. Nausea and disposition to vomit, after every meal. Violent vomiting. °Nausea and vomiting of pregnant females. °Oppression of the stomach during a meal. Stomach.—Pressure in the pit of the stomach.—Drawing pain from the pit of the stomach to the fauces, with short and difficult breathing. *Contractive pain in the stomach, with a feeling of cold • ness in the stomach and back. *Spasmodic pains in the stomach. * Spasm of the stomach. Pinching in the stomach, which afterwards affects the intestines in a similar but dull manner. Sore and raw feeling in the stomach. Oppression (tightness) of the pit of the stomach, when leaning backwards, with arrest of breathing and sup- pression of speech. Hypochondria.—Aching in the liver, when walking. Aching in the right side of the abdomen and chest, increased by breathing. * Sharp drawing in the anterior lobe of the liver. Painful lacerating in the region of the liver Painful stitches in the region of the liver. 582 CONIUM MACULATUM. in paroxysms, arresting the breathing. (grinding) lanci- nations in the left side of the abdomen. Abdomen.—Pain above the hips when walking. Violent pains in the abdomen, with chilliness. Excessive colic. Continued pressure in the abdomen, as from a load. Hardness and violent inflation of the abdomen. Inflation of the abdomen, like flatulent colic, in the evening, with coldness of one foot.—Swelling of the abdomen. Swell ing of the mesenteric glands. Oppression of the abdomen. Con tractive pain in the abdomen, resembling after-pains ; this pain causes tenesmus. Griping and pressure in the abdomen.—Spasm in the abdomen. °Oppressive contraction of the abdomen. °Writhing and digging in the abdomen. Most violent colic. Pinching colic, but neither immediately preceding, nor succeeding stool. Violent pinch- ing in the abdomen, as if diarrhoea would set in. Cutting colic, early in the morning, after a chilliness of two hours, with headache and nausea. Cutting colic with diarrhoea. * Violent lancinations in the abdomen, every day, especially in the right side. * Lancinations in the abdomen, as if knives were plunged into it. Shooting pains in the abdomen, particularly during emission of flatulence. Drawing colic, when walking. Drawing pain in the intestines, as if bruised. °Pain as from soreness in the abdomen, when walking on stone pave- ment. Sore kind of lacerating, in paroxysms, extending from the region of the stomach to the side of the abdomen, as if everything would be torn out. Pain in the right groin, as if swollen, with a sensation of subcutaneous ulceration when touching the parts.-—Pains as if the hernial sac would protrude. Rumbling and grumbling in the abdomen. Violent emission of flatulence. *Cutting pain in the abdomen, previous to and during the emission of flatulence. Stool. urging without stool. Scanty stool. Frequent urging every day, a small quantity being expelled at a time. Constant tenesmus, with thin evacuations. Violent urg- ing, diarrhceic stools. Papescent stools, every day, with burning ut the rectum. * Diarrhoea. Exhausting diarrhoea. Frequent diar- rhoea, like water, mixed with undigested substances, with pinching in the stomach, which extends through the abdomen. Undigested stool. Passage of faeces during sleep, without waking. *Discharge of blood with stool, early in the morning. Every evacuation is pre- ceded by a short cutting pain in the abdomen. Burning at the rectum, during stool. Chilliness during every stool. Palpitation of the heart after stool. Tremulous weakness after every stool, passing off in the open air. Pressing in the direction of the anus and the small of the back, in frequent paroxysms. Frequent stitches in the CONIUM MACULATUM. 583 anus, between the stools. Itching of the rectum. Burning and heat at the rectum and anus. Urine.—Ischury. Strangury. °The flow of urine suddenly stops, and continues after a short interruption. Urgent desire to urinate, every half-hour. micturition, *the urine cannot be re- tained. Diabetes, Diabetes, accompanied by great pain. Wetting the bed, at night. Red urine. Haematuria. Frequent hsematuria with asthma. °The urine is thick, white, and turbid, °or clear as water, with frequent urging. * Cutting in the urethra, while emit- ting the urine. Pressure upon the uterus, and cutting in the urethra, while urinating. Burning when urinating. Pressing as of the urine, with a smarting sensation, after micturition.—Sharp pressure in the bladder. Burning in the urethra. Discharge of mucus from the male urethra, also after micturition. Male Genital Organs.—Discharge of pus from the urethra, after previous itching. Itching of the penis.—Inflammation of the pre- puce.—Cutting pain in the glans. Pain in the testes. °S welling of the testicles, particularly after contusion. Absence of sexual desire. Excessive sexual desire. Lasciviousness. °Insufficient erections during an embrace. °Feeble embrace. °Langaor after an embrace.—°Excessive pollutions. Female Genital Organs.—* Violent itching of the pudendum, also of the vagina, immediately after the menses ; succeeded by a press- ing downwards of the uterus. *Severe stitches of the pudendum. °Stitches in the vagina and pressing from above downwards.—° Ute- rine spasms, with digging above the pudendum, distention of the abdomen, and lancinations extending into the left side of the chest. °Pinching and griping in the uterus. *Suppression of the menses. °Feeble menses. *Appearance of the menses on the seventeenth day. Brownish blood appears instead of the menses. °Pain in the mammae before the menses. Dry heat in the whole body, previous to the appearance of the menses, without thirst.—°Pressure from above downwards and drawing in the legs during the menses. °Painful abdominal spasms during the menses. *Deucorrhcea, °smarting, ex- coriating. Violent leucorrhoea, succeeded by hoarseness, cough, and expectoration. Discharge of a white, acrid mucus from the vagina, causing a burning sensation. Thickish, milk-colored leucorrhoea. with contractive, labor-like colic from both sides of the abdomen.— Bloody mucus, instead of the leucorrhoea.—Leucorrhoea, ten days after the menses, preceded by colic. Leucorrhoea with weakness and lameness in the small of the back previous to the discharge, with subsequent lassitude. Pinching in the abdomen previous to the 584 CONIUM MACU'LATUM. leucorrhocal discharge. In pregnant females : °cougli; °vomiting and nausea.—°Sterility, particularly during suppression of the menses.—°Profuse lochia. ?—Pain in the mammae. Itching of the mammae and nipples, with red, scaly skin and burning after rubbing. °Scirrhous induration of the mammae. Inflammation of the scirrhous mammae. Dwindling of the mammae. ° Cancer of the mammae. ? Larynx and Trachea.— Violent catarrhal fever, with inflammation of the throat and loss of appetite.—Hoarseness. Sensation of fullness in the chest; inability to raise anything by coughing.—Rattling in the chest. A dry little spot in the larynx, where one experiences a titillation inducing a dry and almost constant cough.—Itching in the throat, with titillation causing a short hacking cough. Scraping and tingling in the chest, in the direction of the larynx, inducing a dry, almost continual cough. °Dry, tickling cough, with oppression of the chest and evening fever.—Cough increasing when lying down. *Nightly cough. Short, convulsive cough, excited by a deep inspi- ration. Violent cough. * Whooping cough and asthma, particu- larly after measles.—'*Nightly whooping cough. Whooping cough, with discharge of a bloody mucus from the chest. °Suffbcative cough with flushed face. °Dry, spasmodic cough, with shortness of breath. °Cough with bloody expectoration. °Cough in pregnant females. °Cough in scrofulous persons.—Dry cough with hoarse- ness. Dry, short, and hacking cough. Loose cough, without ability to throw off.—Discharge of pus from the chest—Stitches in the head when coughing. Pain in both sides of the abdomen when coughing. Chest.—Difficult breathing and violent pain in the chest. Short panting breath °Shortness of breath, particularly when walking, or when taking the least exercise, sometimes with paroxysms of spas- modic cough. * Asthma, particularly in the morning on waking.— Frequent oppression in the upper and right half of the chest, as if caused by accumulation of flatulence, °in the evening in bed, with pain in the chest. Violent pain in the chest, with violent cough.— Tightness across the chest, with pressure in it when taking an inspiration.— Aching in the sternum, with shortness of breath. Cutting pressure in both sides of the chest, increasing by inspiration.—Pleuritic stitches.—°Stitches in the sternum.—Draining and lacerating through the whole chest, in the evening when in bed, lying on one side with oppressed breathing. Lacerating in the chest.—° Jerks in the chest.—Pain as from bruises m front of the chest, and in the back. Burning in the region of the sternum.— Violent palpitation of the heart, after drinking. Palpitation of the heart, when rising from bed.—Frequent shocks in the region of the heart.—Stinging itching CONIUM MACULATUM 585 over the whole chest.—'Pimples on the chest, painful to the touch.— Caries of the sternum. Back.—Violent pain in the back after a short walk, afterwards nausea and exhaustion.—Stitches in the small of the hack, with draw ing through the lumbar vertebrce when standing.—Tight pain in the back. Painful tightness of the muscles below the scapulae, when at rest, augmented by raising the arms.—Drawing in the lumbar vertebrae, when standing.—Dull stitches between the scapulae.—Pain, as from a sprain, in the left side of the back. Hot feeling along the back, in the morning on waking.—Tensive pain in the nape of the neck, when at rest, with a feeling of dryness in the fauces. °Pain as from sore- ness in the lowermost cervical vertebrae. Apparent enlargement of the neck. Increase of the goitre. Arms.—Drawing pain in the arm, upwards and downwards, mostly when moving it. °The shoulders feel as if pressed sore.—Paralytic and drawing pain in the upper arm, when at rest. Lacerating in the upper arm and bend of the elbow. Heaviness in the elbow-joints, with fine stitches.—Dull drawing in the fore-arms, more violent when at rest than in motion. °Humid, crusty, burning herpes on the fore-arm.—Paralytic drawing pain in the wrist-joint, when at rest. Numbness of the fingers. Itching in the dorsa of the fingers Panaris, with inflammation, and a throbbing, burning pain as from subcutaneous ulceration. Legs,—°Drawing pain in the hips.—°Uneasiness and languor in the lower limbs.—Swelling of the thighs.—Drawing, lacerating, and pricking in the thighs.—Dull pain in the knee, when stepping. Ar- thritic pain around the knee-joint. Pain as from a bruise in the left knee, lacerating when walking or standing in the open air. Pain in the knee as if sprained. Paralytic pain in the bend of the knee. *Pain as iffrom fatigue in the knee. ° Tension and lacerating in the knees, worst at the commencement of a walk.—Tight and painful stiffness in the calves. Pain in the tibia, as if it had been bruised by blows. Lacerating in the lower legs and feet. °Cramp in the calves. °Painful reddish spots on the calves, becoming afterwards green or yellow, as after contusion, and impeding the movement of the foot.—Dull pain in the tarsus. Burning and throbbing stitches in the bend of the foot.—Tingling pain in the soles of the feet when stepping.—Numbness and insensibility of the feet. °Coldness of the feet, and liability to take cold.—Swelling of the whole foot, affected with a burning pain. Painful swelling of the feet. Pustule on the feet.—The tips of the toes are painful, as from subcutaneous ulcera tion. 586 CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS. BALSAMUM. 92.—CONVOLVULUS ARVENSIS. CONVOLV.—Bind-weed. CLINICAL REMARK.—This remedy is recommended for oede- matous swellings. COPAIV.—Balsam of Copaiva.—See Hahnemann’s “ Fragments de Viribus Medicamentorum,” toms accompanying the cough /'discharge of water from the mouth ; pain in the pit of the stomach, with sensitiveness in the trachea, burning deep in the left breast, and pain over the ribs as if ulce- rated ; pain in the abdomen; ; -darting in the groin ; pain in the anus.—Noise in the trachea, after the cough.—°Light cough, which affords relief, with intermittent pulse. Chest.—Whizzing breathing, with nightly asthma. — Frequent urging to take deep breath, particularly when sitting. *Shortness of breath, °accompanying other affections. °Shortness of breath after every exertion, particularly manual, with great weariness. °Difficulty of breathing, with cough.—* Tightness of breathing, asthma; with anguish in the chest and great inclination to vomit; in the evening on lying down, unto suffocation.—*Oppression of the chest, -sudden ; °accompanied with cough and a feeling of soreness; #with violent pai-ns in the back and side, violent palpitation of the heart, inability to move or talk, with swelling of the feet.—*>Suffo- cative fits, with other affections. Contraction of the chest, waking after midnight, with slow, heavy, wheezing breathing—°Frequent pains in the chest, with languor, palpitation of the heart, and head- ache, after gastric fever. °Pain in the chest in typhus. °Dull, op- pressive heaviness on the chest.—* Stitch in the chest: with difficult breathing, or worse when coughing or taking an inspiration.—*Pain as from soreness in the chest, -as in violent catarrh.—° Pneumonia'! particularly neglected. ?—inexpressible anguish about the heart, with heaviness on the chest, in rheumatism. Constrictive sensation in the region of the heart, irregularity of the beats of the heart.— * Palpitation of the heart, -with anxiety* ° Chronic palpitation of the heart; a number of other affections.—threatening rheumatism of the heart.—°Aneurism of the right carotid.—Cyanosis, particularly cyanosis-cardiaca. ? Sensation on the chest as if swollen. Back, &c.—*Pain in the small of the back, °with great uneasiness. °Violent pains as if bruised, at times in the small of the back, at times in the abdomen or hips, during the menses. * Rheumotic pains, afterwards extending to the limbs. °Lacerating. °Stitches, °some- LACHESIS. 775 times extending to the liver or kidneys. *Pains in the back, °with constipation, or palpitation of the heart and oppression of the chest- °Rheumatic pains. °Lacerating, during typhus fever. °Sinking sensation in the back, with weakness in the knees. °Stitches during every deep inspiration, in asthmatic complaints. Soreness, proceeding from the chest. * Great painfulness of the neck, and sensitiveness to contact and pressure, even of the linen, &c. Burning in the throat- pit, or pain as from a blow. °Several tubercles in the neck. °Bed, suppurating blotches under the jaw. ° Swelling of the cervical glands. 0 Ulcers on the neck. Drawing, lacerating, and tension of the shoulder. Arms.—* Pains apparently in the bones of the arms, -also in pa- roxysms. Creeping and pulling in the muscles. *Lacerating, °also proceeding from the jaw and ear. °Jerking and lacerating with head-ache.—°Burning-beating, as if the flesh would be torn off the bones, with eruption on the hand. Weakness of the arms. °Scrofu- lous ulcer on the arm, malignant ulcer after vaccination.—°Lacerat- ing in the elbow, with pain on contact. °Itch, with swelling.— Swelling of the muscles, painful when touched, going off in the night. Pain of the wrist-joints as if sprained. Rheumatic pain, particularly in the left hand, or in both joints. °Trembling of the hands, in drunkards. ° Frequent swelling of the hands, also rheumatic swelling of the joints. °Sudden swelling, with itching and tingling. Vesicles, with itching and burning, on the hands and fingers. °Chapped skin of the hands. *Stinging in the tips of the fingers, °also with burning. Tingling in the fingers. Small itch-vesicles. °Gangrenous ulcer on the finger. ° Glanders. °Malignant carbuncle. *Panaritia. °Dis- appearance of the proud flesh in the panaritia. Legs.—*Lacerating in the hip. °Bruised feeling during the cata- menia. °Numb pain with stitches, proceeding from the knee. °Rheumatic pain in the right hip, extending to the back, small of the back, and knee, only at night. *Lacerating -in the lower limbs. * Drawing in the loiver-limbs. Weakness or weariness in the lower limbs. Itching in the lower limbs.—Lacerating in the bones, down to the knees. Rheumatic pains in the posterior surface.—*Stinging in the knees. °Rheumatic pains in the knees. #Lacerating in the knees. *Pain and tension, as if too short. Weakness in the knees, unth pressure at the stomach, -particularly after a meal. °Stiffness and weakness of the knees, particularly on rising from a seat. Swell- ing of the knees. *SwelH?ig of the legs, °during the day and even ing. °Blue-red large swelling of the leg and foot, with short-lasting white spot on pressing with the finger, deep ulcers on the enlarged 776 LACTUCA VIROSA. tibia. °Elephantiasis in leprous patients. ? Itching of the legs. ° Ulcers on the legs, also black, gangrenous, in many cases. °Both legs are covered with impure ichorous ulcers. °Deep holes in the enlarged tibia, with impure whitish edges. ° Lacerating in the feet *Coldness of the feet, *particularly when accompanying other com- plaints, -or succeeded by heat. *Swelling of the feet, -particularly of the right foot. °Swelling of the feet accompanying other com plaints, °also in pregnant women. Small, hard, white, deep vesicles preceded by violent itching. Ulcers on the feet. *Cracked skin between and on the. toes, °also deep rhagades, or like cuts across the toes. Inflammation and suppuration of an old chilblain, after which tertian fever sets in. 161.—LACTUCA VIROSA. LACT.—Poisonous Lettuce.—See “ Journal fur Arzneimittellehre.” Antidote 8.—Vegetable acids and Coffee. N. B.—The symptoms marked (s) have been obtained from the Lactucarium pre* pared out of the Lactuca-sativa (The common garden Lettuce). GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Drawing in 'the limbs and back. Painful buzzing sensation in the limbs. Cramp-pains. Bruised feeling in all the limbs.— Unsteady gait (s). Dangerous convulsions in a female (s). Great weariness.—° Hysteric, nervous, spasmodic affections. ? ? °Affections with predominance of heat. ? Characteristic Peculiarities.—Lactuca-virosa seems to affect principally the respiratory organs. Skin.—Inflammation and eruption.—°CEdematous swelling of the whole body, with asthmatic complaints, dullness of the head, difficulty of lying on the back, chills, deficiency of breath, short cough, and small low pulse. Sleep.—Yawning and stretching.—Great drowsiness in the day- time. Sopor, also with loathing. Lethargic sleep, at night. Rest- less, unrefreshing night-sleep.—°Is unable to lie on his back, owing to difficulty of breathing, with tension in the pit of the stomach.—• Symptoms at night in bed : great tightness of the chest. Difficulty of breathing, with griping, oppressive pain in the chest, allowing but little sleep. °Want of breath, with throbbing in the head and region of the heart. Headache, spasmodic cough, and febrile heat. Fever.—Frequent coldness over the back and head, also with heat in the face.—Fever with violent headache, pain of the scalp when touched, lacerating in the joints, great heaviness in the head, dry LACTUCA VIROSA. 777 and troublesome heat of the head and upper part of the body, with icy-coldness of the feet, burning and running of the eyes, paroxysms of dry suffocative and spasmodic cough, racking the chest and head, and spasmodic painful contraction of the abdominal muscles and the hypochondriac region.—Slow and tight pulse. Mind and Disposition.—Sad mood and out of humor.—Anguish and internal uneasiness. Sensorium.—Unable to perform any intellectual labor. Dullness of the head as from fullness. Cloudiness and giddiness of the head. — Vertigo. Head.—Pain in the region of the vertex. Pull pain in the whole head.—Aching pain in the forehead, also with sensation as if tho brain were loose. Pressing in the forehead.—Painful compression in the occiput.—Trembling and pulsating in the head during rest. Eyes.—Griping pain above the eye-brows. Burning of the eyes. Redness of the conjunctiva, with increased secretion of mucus.—Dim- sightedness, with burning in the eyes. Sight as through mist or gauze, disappearing on looking steadily at a thing. Ears.—Drawing in the ears.—Humming in the ears. Buzzing in the ears, in the evening in bed. Nose.—Frequent sneezing, with aggravation of the pains in tho chest, or with painfulness of the chest. Face.—Deranged, pale face. Heat of the face, with trembling of the lips and sensation as if they were swollen. Swelling of the lymphatic glands. Mouth.—Tensive feeling in the back part of the mouth and palate, with constant spitting. Increased flow of saliva, sometimes acrid. Dry mouth, without thirst.— White-coated tongue. Throat, &c.—Slight burning in the throat.—Difficulty of swallow- ing, with sensation of rawness and burning about the uvula. Appetite and Taste.—°Bitter taste in the throat as of bile.— Loss of appetite. Gastric Symptoms.—*Empty eructations. Acrid, or sour erueta* tions.—Loathing.—Vomiting and nausea. Stomach.—Pain in the stomach, with retraction of the pit of the stomach. Tightness in the pit of the stomach, with anguish in the prcecordial region. Qualmish feeling in the stomach. Feeling of coldness in the stomach. Hypochondria.—Bruised feeling in the region of the liver. Swell- ing of the liver. Abdomen.—Qualmish feeling in the abdomen.—Pinching in the abdomen, with urging to stool. Cutting in the whole abdomen, with 778 LACTUCA VIROSA. painful rumbling and subsequent slimy evacuation from the bowels. —°Diseases of the portal system. ?—° Ascites, with excessive swelling of the abdomen, feet, and face. 0 Ascites, with induration of the liver, and asthma. Stool.—Constipation.—Stool preceded by pressing and pinching. Stool preceded by urging and pressing hard, with contusive pain in the anus. Hard, knotty stool, with burning at the anus, after a con- stipation of two days.—Diarrhoea.—General languor, weariness with drowsiness, yawning, and ptyalism during stool. Hoemorrhoidaltumors around the anus, with tenesmus of the rectum, and discharge of thin stool after every hard evacuation. Urine.—Urging to urinate, with frequent drawing in the glans. Brown, hot urine, burning in the urethra.—Dragging pressing in the region of the bladder.—°Gonorrhoea. ? Larynx and Trachea.—Roughness in the throat. °Constant feeling of fullness in the trachea.—Cough from tickling in the throat, with feeling of burning dryness in the throat. Dry cough. Spas- modic, hollow, and dry cough, or racking cough.—Increased pain in the chest when coughing or hacking.—° Whooping cough. ? Dry and suffocative cough. Chest.—Shortness of breath. Constant desire for air.—Asthma, dyspnoea, with oppression of the chest. Oppression of the heart in the afternoon. Great oppression of the chest at night.—Feeling of fullness in the chest, with anxiety.—Heaviness on the chest, with tightness of breathing.—Spasmodic asthma, also with organic defects of the heart. °Suffocative paroxysms in dropsy of the chest. °Hy- drothorax, with general swelling, anxiety.—Aching pain in the middle of the chest. Pleuritic stitches.—Rush of blood in the chest, with pressing. feeling in the chest, from afternoon till evening. Feeling of coldness in the chest. Back.—Cramp-pain, moving through the back in various direc- tions.—Bruised feeling in the lumbar region.—Drawing and tension. Arms.—Pains in the shoulders.—Drawing in the arms.—Drawing and feeling of weakness in the upper arm.—Painful twitching in the hands. Trembling of the hands. Legs.—Great weariness. Trembling and languor of the limbs.— Bruised feeling in the thighs.—Sensation in the legs as if the circn* latum had stopped. Cold feet. LAMIUM ALBUM. 779 162.—LAMIUM ALBUM. LAM. ALB. — See “Archiv,” XII GENERAL SYMPTOMS. — Drawing lacerating in the upper and lower extremities. General languor. Sleep.—Sleeplessness in the evening. Vivid, anxious dreams. Fever.—Chilliness over the whole body. Chilliness, with general weakness, mostly of the hands, or anxiety. Burning heat of the cheeks, also with cold hands. Moral Symptoms.—Sadness. Great restlessness and anguish. Head.—Dullness of the head, with difficulty of collecting her senses. Indescribable headache, deep in the brain. Headache, early in the morning, in bed.—Aching pain.—Lacerating in the head. Stitches in the head, followed by beating, accompanied by violent chills, in the evening. Eyes and Ears.—Dim-sightedness, particularly in the evening, with pressure in the eye-ball. Hardness of hearing. Nose.—Bruised pain in the soft parts of the nose.—Violent coryza. Throat.—Scraping sensation in the throat.—Hawking of a thick, sour-tasting mucus from the throat.—Burning in the oesophagus, after every swallow of liquid or solid food. Gastric Symptoms.—Empty, sour eructations.— Water-brash.— Vomiting of the ingesta, with nausea, great heat, languor, and pros- trated feeling, and blackness before the eyes. Stomach and Abdomen.—Creeping in the stomach, with desire to vomit. Stitches in the pit of the stomach, or perceptible pulsations in that region.—Painful uneasiness in the region of the liver. Stool and Urine.—Scanty hard stool, with discharge of blood.- Frequent desire to urinate, with scanty emission.—Burning in the urethra. Female Genital Organs.—Menses too early.—Leucorrhaea, smart- ing, or else without sensation. Larynx, Trachea, Chest, Back.—Feeble and trembling voice. —Want of breath in speaking, from weakness of the chest.—Bruised pain in the small of the back. Arms.—Prickling, gnawing itching of the arms, hands, and neck. Drawing lacerating in the lingers, also in the joints. Legs.—Feeling of swelling, gnawing pressure, and feeling of heat in the tibia and tarsal-joint.—* Blister on the heel. 780 LAUROCERASUS. 163.—LAUROCERASUS. LAUROC.—Prunus Laurocerasus, Cherry Laurel.—See Hartlaub and Trinks, L “ Archiv,” XII. Compare with—Amm., Canth., Chin., Cocc., Coff., Hydr.-ac., Ipee., Kali, Lack., Merc., Nux-v., Op., Rhus, Sec.-c., Spig., Verat. Antidotes.—Of large doses: alkalies, particularly Amm.—Soap-water.—•Strong Coffee (Moench, Orfila).—Milk.—Mucilaginous substances.—Oil of Turpentine. —Solution of Tartar-emetic (Bergonzi, according to whose observations ban roc. nr utrnliz.es the excessive action of Tartar-emetic).—Chlorine, internally and externally.— Cold affusions.—Antidotes of small doses: Camph., Coff., Ipec., Op. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Pinching burning. Laming pains in the heads of bones, here and there. Sensation as if the joints were put loosely together.—Great depression of sensibility of the irritable organs. °Deficient vital energy and reaction against remedial agents.—Great languor of the whole body, particularly of the lower extremities. The feet feel faint, as if paralyzed or bruised. Exces- sive weakness and prostration. Great prostration, also (particularly towards evening) with irresistible drowsiness, lassitude, and feeling of weakness, sometimes accompanied with ill-humor and dread of work. Nervous weakness.—Fainting jit, falls down suddenly.—Catalepsy. Paroxysm as if dead, paralyzed, with scarcely perceptible pulse (30). —Convulsions, with subsequent paralysis of the muscles. Convul sions, with twitchings about the head, and in the dorsal and cejvica. muscles, which soon became paralyzed. Convulsions, with’staring eyes, lock-jaw, foam at the mouth. Slight convulsions. Spasms of the back. Tetanic spasms, also general. Sudden falling down, with spasms and foam at the mouth. °Epileptic spasms, with foam at tho mouth.—Trembling of the limbs, with inability to use them. Lame- ness of the limbs, with loss of sensation. Paralysis. Apoplexy. Falls down stupefied. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The pains seem to be less in the open air, except the roughness of the throat, which is worse. °Even- ing exacerbation. °Amelioration at night. Skin.—Itching stitches in different parts.—Rough, scaly skin between the fingers, with burning of the part when touched by water. —Dry skin. Sleep.—Frequent yawning without drowsiness. Yawning, with drowsiness ; chilliness ; shuddering.—Irresistible drowsiness, like sopor, with excessive languor. Sopor. Deep, snoring sleep. Sopo* rous condition between sleeping and waking.—Sleeplessness. Sad confused, or frightful dreams, LAUROCERASUS. 781 Fever.—Coldness of the extremities. Internal coldness through the whole body. Coldness, with flushes of heat in the face. °Defi- ciency of natural heat. Chilliness, with coldness of the skin to the touch. Chilliness of the whole body, with pains in the back.—Fever, first a shuddering, afterwards burning heat with stupor, vertigo, and subsequent languor of the limbs. Alternation of violent chilliness and burning heat, with stupor and vertigo. Fever, lasting twelve hours.—Flushes of heat in the head, in the afternoon. Heat with thirst, also flushes of heat, or in the evening, going off in bed or on falling asleep.—Violent thirst, with dryness of the mouth, evening or afternoon. — Fulse small and slow, also contracted. Pulse of unequal strength. Pulse quick and feeble. Pulse slow, full, hard. Pulse feeble and slow. Moral Symptoms.—Sadness with ill-humor. Melancholy oppres- sion of spirits.—Laziness.—Nervous irritability, with indisposition to do any mental work. Vexed m.ood. Sensorium.—Dullness of the senses. Insensibility and complete loss of sensation. Loss of consciousness, with loss of speech and motion. Dullness of the head. Sensation in the head as if the brain were cloudy. Dullness of the head, with dimness and mistiness before the eyes. Dizziness. Stupefaction, also with vertigo.— Ver- tigo. Head.— Violent aching over the whole head. Headache with ver- tigo.—Stupefying pain in the whole head, with sensation on stooping as if the brain were striking against the skull.—Heaviness of the head, with dullness.—Fullness in the forehead. Oppressive pain on the top of the head, as from a weight. Aching pain above the orbits. Frequent periodical paroxysms of aching pain under the frontal bone. Tension in the forehead and left side of the face. Dragging pain, always accompanied vnth drowsiness. The brain feels contracted and painf ul.—Lacerating headache, in the evening, in bed.—Boring headache, particularly above the eye-lids.—Beating in the head, worse on stooping, llush of blood and stupefaction of the head. Violent tingling and stinging in the brain. Scalp.—Frequent short attacks of pain on the vertex.—Itching of the hairy scalp. Eyes.—Sensation as of a band around the eye-balls, mingled with stitches. Pressure in the eyes. °Diminution of the pains in cancer of the eyes. Itching in the eye. Smarting in the eyes, as from salt. —Burning of the eyes, with weakness and dim-sightedness. Burn- ing in the lids.—The congested vessels spread, like the branches of a tree, from the inner canthus towards the pupils.—Dryness of the 782 LAUROCERASUS. eyes, also with sensation of warmth, or with burning. Distorted eyes. Eyes open and staring. Pupils contracted or immovable.—Optical illusion, every object looks larger until touched. Darkness before the eyes, the objects look dim. Amaurosis. Ears.—Dragging pressure, burning, boring, itching in the ear. Plardness of hearing. Nose.—Distensive pressing in the nasal bones. Itching in both nostrils.—Frequent sneezing. Feeling of fullness in the nose.— Catarrhal sensation in the nose. Face.—Sunken countenance. Livid, gray-yellow complexion. Yel- low spots on the face.. Bloated, swollen face. °Convulsions of the facial muscles.—Prosopalgia. Bruised pain in the whole lower jaw, in the evening. Sensation as if the jaw would become dislocated. Titillation in the face. °Eruption around the mouth. Lock-jaw. Teeth.—Darting toothache. Sensation as if the teeth.would be raised, with stinging and choking sensation in the oesophagus. Mouth —Dry mouth.—Increased flow of saliva. Accumulation of acidulated saliva.—Coated tongue.—The tongue feels burnt and numb. Soreness of the border of the tongue.—*Loss of speech, °also after apoplexy. Throat.—Dull pain in the pharynx (also in the chest, region of the heart, and stomach, and in the region of the right scapula). Fre- quent paroxysms of painful feeling in the throat. Burning in the tltroat, also with roughness. Spasm, heat, and pain in the pharynx, oesophagus, and stomach. Appetite and Taste.—Acrid, pungent taste. Fetid taste on the tongue. Diminished appetite and digestion. Aversion to food.— Great hunger.—Violent thirst with dry mouth.—After dinner : pain in the stomach with nausea. Gastric Symptoms.—Hiccough. Ineffectual eructations. Bitter eructations. Attacks of nausea, particularly early in the morning. Desire to vomit, with a feeling of hunger in the stomach.— Vomiting and loathing. Stomach.— Pain in the stomach with nausea, particularly after dinner. Feeling of weakness in the stomach. Violent pain in the stomach, with rapid loss of speech.—Pressure in the stomach, also violent, or with nausea. Contractive feeling in the region of the stomach. Burning in the stomach a?id abdomen. — Oppressive anxiety or anguish in the pit of the stomach, alternating with beating pains. Hypochondria.—Pinching, extending from the hypochondria to the umbilicus.—Sticking pains in the liver, with pressure. Beating LAUROCERASUS. 783 and throbbing in tbe liver as from an abscess. Lame, bruised pain from the liver to the shoulder, at every inspiration. Distention of the region of the liver, with pain as from subcutaneous ulceration, or as if au abscess would burst, inflammation with induration of the liver. Abdomen.—Malaise as if proceeding from the epigastrium. Colicky pains in the abdomen, with subsequent diarrhceic stools.—Pinching in the abdomen. Cutting in the whole abdomen.—Contractive pain from both sides of the abdomen, with pinching.—Burning in the ab- domen. Hard tympanitic distention of the abdomen.—Stinging in the groin, particularly on stooping or bending forward. Contractive pain in the groin. 0Inguinal and fem,oral hernia. ? Stool and Anus.—*IIard, firm, delayed stool, sometimes suc- ceeded by burning at the anus.—Costiveness and constipation.— Stool first hard, then soft, with colic as from a cold and ineffectual tenesmus. stools, *with tenesmus. Diarrhceic stools, succeeded by burning at the anus. Discharge of green, liquid mucus, in the afternoon.—Discharge of fceces without being conscious of it.— Complete paralysis of the sphincter-ani.—Stinging lacerating or creep- ing in the rectum. Constriction of the rectum. Urine.—Retention of urine.—Diminished secretion of urine.—• Emission of a quantity of watery urine, with burning during the emission. Urine yellow, scanty, pale. Pale-yellow urine; acrid, depositing a thick, reddish sediment, when standing.—Pain about tho region of the stomach when urinating. Burning in the urethra and pressing after urinating. Male Genital Organs. — Gangrene of the penis.—Increased sexual desire.—Erections evening and night. Female Genital Organs.—Menses too early, also with profuse, painful discharge of liquid blood for eight days, and nightly lacerat- ing on the vertex.—Stinging and burning in and below the mammae. Larynx and Trachea.—Darting in the, larynx, from without inwards, arresting the breathing. Pain in the trachea when cough- ing. Spasmodic constriction of the larynx, also with hawking.— Titillation in the throat, inducing cough, or in the trachea, with roughness. Scraping in the larynx, also with increased secretion of mucus, hoarseness, and desire to cough.—Frequent turns of cough, with roughness and hoarse voice.— °Cough, with copious, jelly-like expectoration, mixed with bloody points. °Bloody cough.—0Acute suppuration of the lungs. ? Chest.—Panting breathing. Slow, feeble, almost imperceptible breathing. Slow, moaning, and rattling breathing.—Dyspnoea, with 784 AMYGDALA AMARJ3. pain in the region of the heart, urging to take deep breath, and slow inspirations. Tightness of the chest, with pressure in the region of the heart. °Diminution of the asthma in walking.—Sudden paralysis of the lungs.—Constriction of the chest. Anxiety in the chest.— Pressure and tightness on the chest, with ill-humor.—Burning in the chest on taking an inspiration.—Stitches in tlie region of the heart, during an inspiration. Palpitation of the heart, with soft, full pulse. Irregular beating of the heart, with slow, subdued pulse.—Bruised pain of the ribs when lying on one side. Pain in every part of the external thorax on moving it. Back.—Frequent pain as from weariness in the small of the back. Painf ul stiffness in the small of the back and back.—Tension in the back, extending between the shoulders and into the neck. Sticking in the back. Painful stifness in the left side of the neck and nape of the neck. Arms.—Lacerating in the shoulders. Laming pain in the shoulder, or violent lancinations in that part. Lacerating in the wrist-joints. Burning of the hands, internally.—Distention of the veins on the hands. Trembling of the hands. Legs.—Pain as if sprained in the hip-joint, during motion.—Pain as if bruised in the thighs.—Lacerating in the knees and tibiae.—• Heaviness in the legs.—Pain as if sprained in the tarsal-joints, dur- ing rest and motion. Ulcerative pain in the lower part of the heels, on rising from bed, removed by walking. 164.—AMYGDALAE AMARiE. AMYGDAL. AMAR.—Bitter Almonds.—See Noack and Trinks. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Feeling of languor, as if he had no control over his muscles.—Falls down without consciousness.—Vio- lent convulsions for three-quarters of an hour, recurring, but less vio- lently in fifteen minutes.— General tetanic convulsion. Sleep.—Deep, snoring sleep. Fever.—Slow, full, and hard pulse.—Scarcely perceptible pulse at the wrist-joint, neck, and in the region of the heart. Mind and Disposition.—Intense emotion, weeping.—Excessive nervous prostration.—Loss of consciousness, speech, and power of motion. Head.—Feeling of intoxication in the brain, affecting the wholo body.—Vertigo as from intoxication.—Loss of consciousness.—Vio- lent pains over the whole head.—Aching pain in the frsntal region, LEDUM PALUSTRE. 785 above the orbits.—Feeling of heaviness in the frontal region.—Dull, ness of the left half of the head.—Contracted or immovable pupils.— Spasmodic distortion of the features. Foam at the mouth.—Smell and taste as of Bitter Almonds, constantly. Digestive Apparatus.—Impeded deglutition.—Inability to swal- low—Eructations tasting of Bitter Almonds.—Nausea and vomiting of the ingesta.—Colic, distending the abdomen, accompanied by con vulsive motion of the jaw, loss of consciousness, foam at the mouth. Genital Organs.—Gangrene of the penis. Respiratory Organs.—Scraping in the larynx and hoarseness, followed in the evening, or during the whole of the following day, by increased secretion of mucus in the trachea, particularly the larynx. —Difficulty of breathing, the chest being raised spasmodically, and the motions of the ehest being hurried.—The inspirations are snoring, slow, and becoming more and more rare. Several shootings and occasional paroxysms of seated pains under the left nipple in the thoracic cavity, rendering the expirations and inspirations somewhat difficult. 165.—LEDUM PALUSTRE. LED. P.—See Hahnemann’s “Mat. Med.,” III.—Duration of Action: several weeks. Compare with—Ars., Bell., Bry., Canth., Cham., Chin., Fer., Jod., Kal.-hydr., Lyc., Merc., Nux-v., Phosph.-ac., Puls., Iihod.. Rhus, Sep., Sulph., Thuj.—• Led.-p. is frequently indicated after Lyc.—After Led.-p. ai'e frequently suitable: Chin, and Sep. Antidote.—Camph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Heat of the hands and feet in the even- ing.—Long-continuing warm sweat on the hands and feet. Drawing along the long bones during motion. (Lacerating pain in the back and knees.) Lancinating pain in the joints. Beating pain in the affected joints, hindering motion.—Painful hard tubercles and tophi in the region of the joints. Paralytic pain of all the joints at night when in bed, when moving the body. Shooting, lacerating, rheumatic pains, especially during motion. The limbs and the whole body are painful, as if bruised and contused. °Aching or aching-lacerating pains in the joints, worse in the evening, in bed. Feeling of numb- ness and heaviness in the limbs, with bone-pains. Troublesome languor and weariness when sitting, standing or walking. Inclina- tion to stretch the upper limbs.—Fainting.—Nervous attack. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Only the pains in the joints be* 786 LEDUM PALUSTRE. come more violent during motion, not the pains in other parts of the body. Skin.—Dry, extremely-itching herpes, with anxiety. Etching of the whole body, as if an eruption would break out. Bluish spots on the body like petechiae. Small, round, red, insensible spots on the inner side of the arms, on the abdomen, and feet. Eruption. *Dry, itching herpes, -with anxiety.—°Boils.—°Hot, tensive, hard swellings, with lacerating pains. °Painful arthritic nodosities. ? (Edematous swelling, also of the skin of the whole body. Sleep.—Sleepiness in the daytime like sopor. Deep, but restless sleep, ltestless sleep, and extremely confused dreams.—Sleepless- ness, with restlessness and tossing about. Restless dreams. Fever.—*General coldness and chilliness. Shaking chills, with trembling, towards evening, without thirst and without any subsequent heat. Chill over the whole back, with hot cheeks and forehead, with- out redness of the face and thirst, with cold hands. °Evening fever, with pain in the head and eyes. °Feeling of heat alternating with sweat. Moral Symptoms.—Anxiety. Tendency to start. Feverish mood, with much restlessness and inconstancy. Out of humor. Vehemence. Sensorium and Head.—Vertigo. Stupefaction of the whole head, as in vertigo. Excessive feeling of intoxication. Loss of sense.— Violent headache. Dull headache in the morning during sleep.— Raging headache. headache.—Pressure in the forehead. Aching pain in the upper part of the forehead, with dullness of the head, especially when covered. Painful pressure over the whole brain.—Lacerating pain in the head and eye ; the sclerotica and conjunctiva are swollen and inflamed. Sensitiveness of the head, with painful shaking of the brain on making a wrong step.—°Violent beating pain in the head. Stunning aching pain on the forehead. *Tubercles on the forehead, as in drunkards. #Pimples and boils on the forehead.—° The least covering is intolerable to the head. °Lia- bility of the integuments of the head to take cold. Eyes.—Pain in the eyes, without inflammation, a pressure behind the eye-ball. Burning pressure in the eyes. Lachrymation. Vio- lent itching of the inner canthi.—Ophthalmia with tensive pain. Con- tracted pupils. ? Considerable dilation of the pupils. Weakness of sight. Ears.—Short hardness of hearing, °from taking cold in the head, -or as if something had lodged in front of both tympanae. Violent, but interrupted whizzing in the ears. Roaring in the ears, as of the wind. Hinging or whizzing in the ears. LEDUM PALUSTRE. 787 Nose.—Burning pain in the interior of the nose, the nose feeling sore when pressing on it. Face.—Paleness of the face, hut without chilliness. °Bloated face, at times red, at others pale. Intolerable lacerating in the face, ex- tending to the head and neck. * Eruption in the face. *Red tu bercles, also on the forehead (as in drunkards), with stinging when touched. °Scaly dry herpes in the face, burning in the open air. *Pimples and boils on the forehead.—Swelling of a submaxillary gland, with aching pain when touched. Mouth and Throat.—0Haemorrhage from the mouth. ?—Sore throat, with fine stinging pain. Appetite and Gastric Symptoms.—Bitter taste in the mouth.— Tant of appetite.—A sort of sick and qualmish feeling in the stomach. Great desire for cold drink, especially water. Constant absence of thirst.—Frequent attacks of hiccough.—Sudden flow of water from the mouth, resembling saliva, with colic, water-brash.— Colic : digging-up sensation under the umbilicus, with discharge of water from the mouth, like water-brash. Stomach and Abdomen.—Drawing pain in the abdomen. Colic, as in dysentery. Colic, as if the bowels were contused and weakened. Colic, every evening. Colic (cutting ?), with haemorrhage from the anus. °Ascites. ? Stool.—Constipation for several days. The stool is mixed with blood.—Diarrhceic, faeces, with mucus. Urine.—Enuresis. Reddish urine. Burning in the urethra after urinating. Griping, deep in the abdomen, as if the bladder were seized. Genital Organs.—Swelling of the penis. Violent and continual erections. Nightly emissions. Increased menstruation. °Metror- rhagia. ? Larynx.—Tingling in the trachea, followed by hurried, oppressed breathing. Laryngeal asthma. Hoarseness, with scraping in the chest. Cough without expectoration. Suffocative arrest of breath, previous to coughing. °Whooping cough. ? Cough, with purulent expectcmation, night and morning. °Greenish, fetid expectoration. *Bloody cough, -with profuse expectoration. Violent cough, with expectoration of bright red blood. °Pulmonary haemorrhage. ? Chest.—Fetid breath. Spasmodic double inspirations and sob- bing. Violent tension in the hypochondriac region during an in- spiration and retention of breath. Oppressed painful breathing. * Asthmatic constriction of the chest, -aggravated by motion and walking. Pressure in the chest, when walking. Drawing in the Outer parts of the chest, especially during an inspiration, accompanied 788 LEBUM PALUSTRE. with single stitches. °Soreness under the sternum.—Palpitation of the heart.—*Small, red, constantly-itching pimples on the chest, with biting itching. Back.— Pain in the small of the back, on rising from a seat. Drawing in the small of the back and stiffness in the back. Painful stiffness of the back and loins after sitting. Spasmodic, cramp-like pain under the short ribs and directly above the hips, towards even- ing. Pain in the Loins after sitting. Painful stiffness in the sca- pulae during motion. Bruised pain below the scapula. Painful slicking in the shoulder when lifting the arm. Arms.—Lacerating in the shoulder-joint. Painful sticking in the shoulder-joint on lifting the arm. Pressure in both shoulder-joints, more violent during motion. Languor of the upper limbs, a sort of paralysis. Lacerating in the arms. Pressure in the elbow-joint, more violent during motion. Painful jerking in the upper part of the fore-arm. Violent trembling of the hands, as if from old age. The periosteum of the finger-joints is painful when pressing upon it. Painless tubercle on the middle joint of the index-finger. Legs.—Pain in either hip-joint and in the small of the back when rising from the seat. °Laming, rheumatic pain in the hip-joints. Pressure in the region of the hip-joint, more violent during motion. Lacerating, with pressure, from the hip-joint to the ankles, more vio- lent during motion.—Sensation as if the posterior muscles of the thighs were paralyzed. Pain of the periosteum as if bruised or sore. Burning itching of the thighs in the night.— Tremor of the knees when sitting or walking. Weakness in the knee-joints, and lacerating, with pressure in those joints when walking. Pain in the knees, as if bruised or sore. Stiffness in the knees, only when walking. Tensive pain of the knee and heel, after sitting, when walking. Pain in the front part of either patella, as if bruised, when walking. *Swelling and tensive and pricking pain in the knee, -when walking, °or also with tension, stinging hardness even of the whole leg, and nightly lace- rating and pressure. Itching eruption in the bend of the knee.— °Hot swelling of the legs, with stinging-drawing pain. Weakness and heaviness in the legs. Swelling of the leg, extending to beyond the calves, with tensive pain, especially in the evening. Swelling around the ankles, and intolerable pain in the tarsal-joint when step- ping. In the morning his feet feel rigid. Stiff feet, with chilliness and confused feeling in the head. * Obstinate swelling of the foot, inflammatory or oedematous swelling of the feet and legs. Pain oj the soles of the feet when walking, as if ecchymozed. Bruised pain in the heel when walking. °I’odagra. 1 789 LOBELIA CARDINALIS.—LOBELIA INFLATA. 166.—LOBELIA CARDINALIS. LOB CAR—The Scarlet Lobelia, or Cardinal Flower.—See “Transactions of American Institute of Homoeopathy,” Vol. I. 167.—LOBELIA INFLATA. LOB. INF.—Emetic Hei’b, Indian Tobacco.—See “ Transactions of American Institute of Homoeopathy,” Vol. I. GENE HAL SYMPTOMS.—Shivering through the whole body. ■—Feeling of weariness. Unusual weariness. Sleep.—Restless sleep, with many dreams. Fever.—Heat and inclination to perspiration, particularly in the face.—Chills down the back, with heat in the stomach.—*Intermit- tent fever. Pulse more frequent and weaker than usual.—Prostra- tion of strength. Moral Symptoms.—Desponding and exhausting. Head.— Vertigo, with nausea. Pain in the head and trembling agitation of the whole body. Pain in the head.—Headache, with slight giddiness. Dull, heavy pain, passing around the forehead from one temple to another. Pains through the head in sudden shocks.—Heaviness in the head, and uneasiness in the back. Eyes.—Pressing pain in the eye-balls. Face.—Heat of the face. Teeth.—Dull pressing pain in the molar teeth and temple. Mouth.—Pungent taste in the mouth.—Soreness of the throat. Dryness of the mouth. Throat.—Burning in the throat. Dryness of the throat. Burn- ing prickling in the throat, increased secretion of a viscid saliva, nausea, and eructations.—* Sensation as of a lump in the pit of the throat, impeding deglutition. °Sensation in the oesophagus as if some- thing were rising in it. Appetite and Gastric Symptoms. — *Loss of appetite.—Acrid, burning taste in the mouth. °Bitter taste, with coated tongue and thirst.—Hiccough. °Frequent gulping up of a burning, sour fluid. °Acidity in the stomach, with contractive feeling in the pit of the sto- mach. * Incessant violent nausea, -with shivering and shaking of the upper part of the body. An indescribable feeling about the stomach, compounded of nausea, pain, heat, oppression, and excessive uneasi- ness accompanying the affection of the respiratory organs. Nausea, great uneasness, and vomiting. ° Vomiting of food, particularly after eating warm food,—°Dyspepsia, °Hcartburn of long duration. 790 LUPULUS. S omach.—*Feeling of weakness of the stomach, °or in the pit of the stomach, extending through the whole chest. of ex- cessive weakness at the praecordium, extending upwards into the chest, and downwards as far as the umbilicus. Feeling of weight in the stomach. Burning pain in the stomach towards the back.— °Pressure in the pit of the stomach, with bilious vomiting, oppression and anguish of the chest, and pain in the small of the back.—°Spasm of the stomach, during the catamenia, ? in arthritic patients, ? in drunkards, ? or with bilious complaints. Burning in the stomach. Abdomen.—Distention of the abdomen, with shortness of breath. Pain in the abdomen, always worse after eating. Stool.—Discharge of black blood, after stool. Copious haemor- rhage from the haemorrhoidal vessels. Urine.—*Urine of a deep red color, depositing a copious red sediment. Pain in the loins. Genital Organs.—Uterine haemorrhage. ? pain in the sacrum, with fever, &c., supervening suppression of the menses during their flow. Aching pain in the urethra. Troublesome feel- ing of weight in the genitals. Larynx and Cough.—Titillation in the larynx, with frequent, short, dry cough.—°Sensation as of a foreign body in the throat, impeding the breathing and swallowing. Chest.—A general tightness of the chest, with short and some- what laborious breathing. Oppression of the chest. *Chronic dyspnoea, with the sensation of a lump in the pit of the throat, immediately above the sternum, impeding respiration and degluti- tion. *Paroxysmal asthma.—Pains in the chest, increased by deep inspiration.—Slight deep-seated pain in the region of the heart. Back.—°Burning and cutting in the lower part of the spine.— Bheumatic pains between the scapulae. Arms.—Slight rheumatic feeling in the shoulder-joint. Severe rheumatic pain in the elbow-joint. Legs. rheumatism of the right knee, with swelling and extreme pain.—Weariness in the limbs.—Prickling sensation through the whole body. 168.—LUPULUS. LUP.—Common Hop.—See All. Horn. Zeit., X. Antidote.—Coffee. ? GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Drawing and twitching in almost 791 LYCOPODl I rOLLEN. every muscle, mostly between the shoulders and in the muscles of the arms and hands, in short paroxysms, as in rheumatism. Skin.—Swollen face, which is covered with an eruption, and swelling of the eyes.—Vesicles on the face and hands, increasing in size, and bursting. Sleep.—Great drowsiness.—Sopor. Head.—Vertigo.—Stupefaction.—Heat in the head and face, with stupid and confused feeling in the head.—Dizzy dull headache.— Increased determination of blood to the head and eyes. Dull pressure in the forehead, as after intoxication.—Drawing pain in the head. Eyes.—Illusion of sight. Digestive Apparatus.—Eructations, increasing to nausea, accom- panied with a dizzy and confused feeling in the head, after which a colic is experienced.—Weakness of digestion.—Dull pinching in the abdomen, with nausea. Urine.—Determination of blood to the uterus.—Burning in the urethra on urinating. 169.—LYCOrODII POLLEN. LYC.—Lycopodium Clnvntum.—See Hahnemann's “Chronic Diseases,” IV.— Duration of Action: from forty to fifty days. Comi*ake with—Ambr., Am.. Am.-mur., Ars., Bar., Dry., Cole., Cantli., Caps., Carh.-v., Caust., Cham., Chin., Cie., Con.-m., Graph.. Ipec., Lcd.-p., Mag., Magnet.-p.-arct., Mug.-mur., Mang., Merc., Mur.-ac . Natr., Natr.-mur., Nitr.- uc.. Nux-v., Petrol., 1 * 1 at.. Phosph., i’hosph.-ae., Puts., Khod.. II has. Sep., Sil., Spig., Staph., Sulph.. Tiiuj., Verat.—Lyc. is frequently suitable after Calc., Sib ; after Lyc. are frequently suitable: Graph., Led.-p., l’hosph., l’uls., Sil. Antidotes.—Camph. generally moderates the violent effects of Lyc. ; Puls. subdues the violent feverish feelings from Lyc. ; the ill-humor, readiness to find fault, diffidence, tendency to reproach, tfcc.. are subdued by Const. A cup of cojj'ec prevents and completely neutralizes the action of Lyc. GENERAL' SYMPTOMS.—All the limbs and all the soft parts of the body are painful when touched or pressed. Intermitting, cramp-like drawing in the fore-arms, hands, and fingers. -Lace- rating in the arms and lower limbs or in the feet and fingers. Drawing, with pressure, in all the joints, especially the knees. °Drawing and lacerating in the limbs in windy, rainy weather, relieved by external warmth. Pinching pains in different parts of the body. Violent stitches in the thoracie cavity and the umbilical region, arresting the breath.—Stiffness of all the joints. Stiffness of the limbs and the small of the back. Stiffness of the arms and lower 792 LYCOFODH rOLLEN. limbs, with insensibility and numbness. °Paralysis.— Desire to go into the open air. Feverish sensativeness to cold air.—0Deficiency of animal heat. °Weariness of the feet and burning of the soles after walking in the open air. to take cold. Appears to favor the ramollissement and curvature of the bones, #The whole body feels bruised, especially in the evening. #Drawing and stretching in all his iimbs. Uncomfortableness in the whole body. —Great agitation of the blood, in the evening, increasing until it becomes a sensation of trembling. Seething of the blood, agitation in the whole circulatory apparatus.—°Sensation as if the circulation of the blood were arrested. °Contraction of the fingers and toes. °Cramp in the fingers and calves. Jerking and twitching of single limbs, or of the whole body, sleeping or waking. Epileptic ft, screaming, foam at the mouth, loss of conciousness. Epileptic fit, visibie twitching of the muscles of the lower limb; the pit of the stomach beeame affected, he began to scream, without conciousness, threw his arms and legs about, had foam at the mouth. °The limbs (arms, hands, lower limbs) go to sleep, day and night. °Insensibility of the arm and foot. Fainting fits when lying down, with vanishing of the senses and obscuration of sight, without any desire to move. Total relaxation of the nervous system. Sudden failing of strength —Tremor of the limbs. *Great thinness. #Great emaciation, °also of children. * Weariness. Extreme weakness. °Internal weakness. Skin.—*The skin of the whole body is hot and dry, hot hands. °Tendency of the skin to crack. as if caused by fleas, °Itching of the skin, when heated. Smarting and burning itching over the whole body. 0Corrosive itching of the arms and lower limbs.—°Painful eruption on the neck and chest. Itching hepatic spots. itching of a herpetic eruption on the tibia. °Insensible, yellow-brown, shrivelled herpes. °Humid, suppurating herpes, full of deep rhagades, and covered with thick crusts. °Boils, returning periodically. °Fistulous ulcers, with hard, shining red everted edges, and inflamatory swelling of the affected part. °Mer curial ulcers. °Carious ulcers. °Chafing of children. Warts.— °Chilblains.—Varices of pregnant females. swellings. °Arthritic nodes* *Dropsieal swellings. Chlorosis. Aneurisms. ? Sleep.—*Drowsiness in the daytime. in the afternoon *Early drowsiness in the evening, * Restless sleep full of dreams, Light sleep, at night. * Sleep full of fancies' °Unable to lie on the left side, owing to palpitation of the heart and stitches. Loud talking while asleep.—* Anxious, frightful, or lascivious dreams.—Starting when falling asleep. *Startmgs and jerkings of the limbs, with 793 restless sleep. Weeping at night, while asleep. Palpitation of the heart. almost every evening, when in bed. Seething of the blood, early in the morning, when waking. Troublesome pressure in the stomach. Cutting in the region of the stomach, at night. Cough and pain in the chest, at night. °Uneasiness and twitching of the feet during sleep. Seething of the blood, early in the morning, when waking. Unrefreshing sleep. Fever.—Spasmodic shaking from chilliness, as if caused by a mental commotion, with throbbing in the fore part of the head, in the even- ing. Internal chilliness, early in the morning. Violent chilliness in the evening, hindering sleep, with nausea.—Fever every afternoon —Fever at seven o'clock in the evening, chills, and great coldness, even when in bed.—Coldness of the body, in the evening, with heat in the forehead. Chilliness every day.—Evening-fever, every day, chilliness followed by heat. In the evening, alternate chilliness and heat, with aching of the whole head, and coryza. Fever, with great weakness, heat predominant, afterwards chilliness.—Fever, every evening, burning heat. ° Tertian fever, with sour vomiting after the chilliness, and bloated face and hands.—°Hectic fever, with clammy night-sweats. Typhoid fever, with constipation, waking with a peevish mood, scolding, screaming, nervous irritation. °Feverish day-sweats. of heat. Burning heat, with short breath, pale face, and starting while asleep. Moral Symptoms.—Desponding, grieving mood. in the evening. Weeping mood, with chilliness. Great oppressive anxiety in the pit of the stomach, from vexation. *She is afraid of being alone. Despairing and disconsolate. °Internal uneasiness. °Nervousness. — *Extremely sensitive. Great teiidency to start. *Headstrong, vehement, angry. Sensorium.—* Weakness of memory.—°Complaints arising from mental labor. Dullness of the head. Stupefaction towards evening, with heat of the temples and ears. Vertigo like dullness of the head. Vertigo when rising from a seat. °Incipient paralysis of the brain. Head.—Simple headache, more violent when at rest, less when walking in the open air. Violent headache, at night, as if caused by a wrong position. from chagrin. °Headache with faintishness and great uneasiness. Headache over the eyes, immedi- ately after breakfast. Pain in both temples, at every step. Dull pain in the forehead, as if the head were being compressed. °Rheu- matic headache. Paralytic aching in the temple. Aching, with con- tractive sensation in the head. °Tensive-aching pain in the head. POLLEN. 794 lYCOPODII POLLEN. The headache increases when lying down.—Headache, as if the bones of the skull were being driven asunder, and as if the brain were va- cillating. Heaviness in the head.—*Lacerating in the occiput. Lacerating in the head. 0 Lacerating in the forehead, every afternoon. Aching, with lacerating close over the eyes and into them, early in the morning. Darting headache, apparently in the bones of the skull. —Throbbing pain near the orbits, from within outwards. Violent beating in the head. Continual throbbing headache. Beating in the brain, with heat about the head.—*Rush of blood to the head, early in the morning, on waking, °also on raising the head in bed, with subsequent headache.—Excessive sensitiveness of the head externally. — Quickly-passing lacerating in the integuments of the head.—°Nightly lacerating, boring, and scraping about the head.— Contractive sensation in the hairy scalp.—The bones of the head are painful.—# Excessive falling off of the hair. °Baldness.—Itching of the hairy scalp. #Eruption on the head, with swelling of the cer- vical glands. on the head, suppurating profusely, °also fetid. Eyes. pressure in the eyes, as if dust had got in.—Pain in the eyes as if they had been bruised.— Tensive pain in the left eye. —Lacerating around the eyes, extending into the forehead and the cheeks. * Stitches in the eyes, -without any redness. Itching in the canthi.—°Smarting of the eyes.—* Burning in'the eyes, °also smart- ing. Red, inflamed eyes, with sticking pain, in the evening. Inflam- mation of the white of the eye. of the eye-lids, with aching, and nightly agglutination in the outer canthi. *Inflamma~ tion of the eyes, -with redness and dimness of the white, redness and swelling of the lids, burning; *profuse lachrymation and nightly agglutination. Inflammation of the eyes, with itching in both canthi, redness and swelling of the lids. Styes on the eye-lids. Ulceration and redness of the eye-lids. * Agglutination of the eyes, especially at night. A quantity of purulent gum in the eyes, with smarting pain. Mucus in the eyes. *Dryness of the eyes in the evening. *Dim, hot eyes.—Spasmodic twitching of the lower eye-lid.— Weakness of sight. Uncertain sight and frequent twinkling before the eyes.—Dim-sighted- ness. -Short-sightedness.—Black spots hover before his eyes at a short distance. * Twinkling before the eyes, when going to bed. Sensation of vibrations before the eyes. Sparks before the eyes, in the dark.—°Blackness before the eyes. Ears.—Otalgia in the open air. Sensation as of pressing towards the ears. Lacerating about the ear.—Darting in the internal ear. Continuous lacerating pinching stitches in the ear. Throbbing and LYCOPOBIl POLLEN. 795 tension in the ears.—Rush of blood to the ears. Itching in the ear. °IIumid scurf on and behind the ears. Ulceration and running of the ears. * Sensitiveness to noise in •walking. °Music and sounds affect the hearing painfully. of hearing. *Roaring, hum- ming and whizzing in the ears. Nose.—Corrosive pain in the nostril. Itching of the nostrils.— Swelling of the tip of the nose, with pain to the touch.—Heat in the nose, and burning of the eyes.—°Scurf in the nose. °Nightly clos- ing of the nostril by pus. °Ulcerated nostrils.— The smell is exces- sively sensitive.—Discharge of a bloody mucus or of coagulated blood from the nose.—Sneezing without coryza.—Obstruction of the nose, high up.—Dry coryza, he cannot breathe at night. Dry coryza, with burning in the forehead and dullness of the head.— Violent coryza, with swelling of the nose; catarrhal headache; acrid discharge. *Fluent coryza. Face.—*Pale, wretched complexion. *Blue margins around the eyes, °with livid face, deep wrinkles, and blue lips. * Yellow face.— *Frequent flushes of heat. °Circumscribed redness of the face. Burning in the face. Red, bloated face, full of dark-red spots covered with pustules. of the cheeks. on the face. *Itching, scaly herpes in the face and the corners of the mouth, with bleeding. Lacerating in the cheek, in the malar bone. Spasmodic twitchings in the muscles of the cheeks. Ulcerative pain of the corners of the mouth. Eruption around the mouth. Itching pimples around the chin. Jaws and Teeth.—Lacerating in the upper jaw. Swelling of the submaxillary glands. *Drawing in the jaws. Jerking lacerating, at times in the right, at times in the left lower jaw. Boring pain in the swollen submaxillary glands. Involuntary clashing and grind- ing of the teeth. Dull ache of the upper and lower teeth, with swelling of the gums.—Toothache, with swelling of the cheeks. The teeth are excessively painful when touching them, or when chewing, as if from subcutaneous ulceration. Toothache only at night. Spas- modic pain in the teeth. pain in the right lower molares. Throbbing toothache. Beating in a tooth, with swelling of the gums. •—All the teeth ache, as if they were too dull.—Great looseness of the teeth.—The teeth become yellow.—Heat and pain in the gums. Swelling of the gums over the front teeth, with swelling of the upper lip.—Gum-boil. Mouth.—Small tumors in the mouth, in various places. Coated tongue. Scraping sensation in the mouth. Fetid smell from the mouth. Numbness of the inner mouth and tongue. The tongue is 796 LYCOFODII POLLEN. painful and swollen. Tubercles on the tongue. Ulcer under the tongue. Dryness in the mouth and throat, early in the morning, °with tension, difficulty of moving the tongue, and -indistinct speech, Feeling of dryness in the throat and mouth, without thirst. Dry and hitter or sourish mouth. Throat.—Swelling and elongation of the uvula. Sore throat, when swallowing or coughing. * The pharynx feels contracted. Glandular swellings inside and outside of the throat, with stinging pains in the glands when swallowing and in the ear.—°Chronic sore throat.— Lacerating in the pharynx from below upwards. Stinging and dryness in the throat. Continual stinging or prickling in the throat. Inflammation of the throat, with hoarseness and stitches. Suppura- tion of the tonsils, with stinging pain when swallowing. * Dicers of the tonsils, resembling chancre.—Ulceration of the tonsils. °Burning in the fauces, with thirst at night. TabTE and Appetite.—Bitter taste in the mouth, particularly early in the morning, °also with nausea. Sour, slimy or mouldy taste. Loss of taste.—Absence of thirst. Great thirst, sometimes with difficulty of swallowing. *Excessive hunger. *Canine hunger. desire for sweet things.—* Want of appetite. *Aversion, to solid food. * Bread is repulsive. Gastric Symptoms.—At dinner, excessive nausea unto fainting. Nausea in the pharynx and stomach after a meal, unto vomiting, with accumulation of water in the mouth. Frequent eructations after a meal. Immediately after a meal, the abdomen is full, bloated, dis- tended. lullness ami heaviness after a meal. Colic ; pressure in the stomach ; jrinching in the abdomen after a meal. Tremor and throb- bing through the whole body, after a meal. °Palpitation of the heart during digestion.—°Diarrhoea from milk. °Heavy food is not digested. °Violent eructations in the afternoon. *Sour eructations, with colic. Burning eructations, like a sort of heartburn.—*Heartburn from the stomach, acidity rising into the mouth.—Hiccough. Nausea, every morning, before breakfast. °Constant nausea. °Nausea -when riding in a carriage. *Nausea in the afternoon, with sour eructations.— Loathing at the sight of food.—* Water-brash every other day, griping in the pit of the stomach, nausea. °Qualmishness, in the stomach, early in the morning. Inclination to vomit, with hawking up of phlegm. Nightly vomiting of food and bile, preceded by nausea and anguish about the heart. Vomiting of coagulated blood, and acrid acidity. Stomach.—Pain in the stomach, increased by stooping.—* Intense pain of the pit of the stomach, when pressing on it, °also with swell- LYCOPODII POLLEN. 797 lng.—Violent pain in the stomach after a meal, and after taking a slight cold, with chilliness and deadness of the hands. °Fullness in the stomach and abdomen. ♦Violent pressure in the stomach and abdomen, with pain to the touch and when breathing. Contusive pain in the stomach. Contraction and spasm of the stomach, as far as the chest—Lacerating ami drawing pain in the stomach, with nausea and colic. Gnawing and griping sensation in the region of the stomach.—°Cancer of the stomach.? Hypochondria.—°Tension around the hypochondria as from a hoop. Pain of the liver to the touch. °Pain in the liver after eating a good meal.—Pressure in the region of the liver. Sore aching in the right hypochondrium. Tension in the lower part of the region of the liver, with pressure. Grasping, as if with the hand, in the region of the liver. Violent cramp-pain in the region of the liver. °Chronic hepatitis. Abdomen.—Colic, early in the morning, after rising. °Pain above the umbilicus, when touching the part. ♦Aching in the epigastrium, as if caused by flatulence. Pressure in the abdomen, with drawing pain. ♦Pressure and cutting in the abdomen, before dinner. Weight in the abdomen, as from a load. *Full, distended abdomen, and cold feet.—Tension in the hypogastrium. Spasmodic contraction in the ab- domen. Griping and pinching around the umbilicus. °Griping lacerating in the hypogastrium, with arrest of breath. °Sticking pinching from the bladder to the urethra, in the evening, in bed. ♦Cutting colic, previous to stool. Cutting in the abdomen, about midnight, with vomiting and diarrhoea. ♦Cutting in the epigastrium, -every forenoon. °Lacerating in both sides of the abdomen and in the groins, extending into the thighs.—*Drawing pain m the ab- domen, also with pressure. Drawing colic. °Indurations in the abdomen. Burning in the abdomen.—*Lacerating stitches in the hernial region, lied swelling in the groin, painful during motion, and when touching it, as from subcutaneous ulceration. °Inguinal hernia. Small glandular swellings in the groins. *Grumbling and gurgling in the abdomen. Stool.—♦Sluggish stool. *Ineffectual urging, °with hard stool. ♦Desire for stool only in the evening, with distended abdomen. ♦Little stool, with sensation as if much remained behind, followed by excessive and painful accumulation of flatulence. Inaction of the rectum at stool. ♦Difficulty in passing stool. Tenesmus in the morn- ing; diarrhoea in the afternoon. Diarrhoea, with colic, generally early in the morning. Pale fetid stool.—Blood with stool. Ilcemor- rhage from the rectum, even with soft stool. Burning at the rectum 798 LYCOPODII POLLEN. during stool. Violent contractive pain m the perinceum for many hours, after scanty, hard stool. Stool is followed by abdominal and uterine spasms across the abdomen. After stool, heat and pressing sensation in the head, and lassitude of the thighs.—Distention and protrusion of the varices. Aching, with pressure on the rectum, with cramp-pain in the abdomen °Cutting in the rectum and bladder. Stitches in the rectum. °Tension in the anus.—*Itching eruption of the anus, painful to the touch. °Ascarides. Urine.—°Urging to urinate.—Frequent, foamy urine.—Urine with yellow or red sediment like sand. Dark urine, with burning.— Haemorrhage from the urethra, without pain, also with lameness of the lower limbs and constipation. Burning in the female urethra during micturition. °Itching in the urethra during and after mictu- rition.— Violent, but short drawing pain in the fore part of the urethra. Stitches in the bladder. °Cutting in the bladder and rectum. Male Genital Organs.—Dropsical swelling of the genital organs. —Drawing and cutting in the glans. °Chronic orchitis. Soreness between the scrotum and thigh.—Great weakness in the genital organs and the neighboring parts, with pain in the perinaeum when sitting. *Diminution of the sexual instinct. °Male impotence for several years. *The penis is sma'l, cold, and remains relaxed. °Feeble erections, or absence of erections. sexual desire.—Exhausting pollution. Female Genital Organs.—Lacerating stitches in the organs of generation. Violent burning in the vagina, during and after an embrace. Drawing in the groin, as if the menses would come on, in an aged female. °Chronic dryness of the vagina. °Itching, burning, and gnawing of the vagina. °Pressing through the vagina on stoop- ing. °Darting pain in the labia on lying down. °Discharge of wind from the vagina. Menses too early and too scanty. °Menses too long and too profuse. ° Chronic suppression of the menses, also by f right, —Previous to the menses : bloatedness of the abdomen; great heavi. ness of the lower limbs; cold feet; violent chilliness. During the menses: headache, nausea, swelling of the feet.—*'Profuse leueor- rhoea, at intervals. Milky leucorrhoea. Discharge of blood-red leu- corrhoea. 0Cutting in the hypogastrium, previous to the leucorrhoea. —°Disposition to miscarriage, with varices on the pudendum. ? ?—• °Varices, diarrhoea, or constipation of pregnant females.??—Hard, burning nodosity in the mammse. °Soreness of the nipples, or spread- ing scurf on them.—°Stinging in the nipples.—°Chafing or constipa* tion of new-born infants. LYCOPODJI POLLEN. 799 Larynx.—Frequent aching in the larynx, when swallowing. A violent, titillating scraping in the trachea, below the larynx. Dry feeling in the larynx. Hoarseness. °The voice is feeble and husky. The chest feels oppressed. *Rattling in the chest.—°Chronic catarrh. °Grippc. ?—Short and hacking cough, from titillation in the throat. *Irritation with cough, caused by deep breathing. Short and hack- ing cough, with sore pain along the larynx.—Night-cough and hoarse- ness, with sore pain in the chest. Nightly cough, almost without any intermission.—*Dry cough, with wheezing. °Dry cough, day and night. of salt mucus. * Cough, with gray salt expec- toration. °Cough with expectoration and great weakness of the stomach. *Morning-cough, with green expectoration, -after violent pain in the chest. *Tliick, white, yellowish expectoration, with vio- lent cough. of yellowish pus, with raw and sore feel- ing in the chest, after long dry cough. °Ulcerous phthisis.—*Cough, with bloody expectoration. Haemorrhage, in a female affected with pulmonary phthisis. Chest.—Tightness of the chest, especially during motion, with aching in the pit of the stomach. of the chest, °with shortness of breath when doing anything.—Asthma.—Tension of the chest.—Pressure in the chest.—Slight anguish in the chest.—Cutting pain in the right side of the chest. *Stitches in the left side of the chest, also during an inspiration. Pain, as from a sprain, in the left side, in paroxysms. Pain of the chest as if bruised.-—Burning rising in the chest, like heartburn.—Violent palpitation of the heart. *Sudden violent palpitation of the heart, after having become wearied, with yawning. Tremulous palpitation of the heart. Anxious palpi- tation of the heart.—Itching on the chest. Painful eruption on the chest. Hepatic spots. Back.—Pain in the small of the back, with pressure of the stomach and constriction of the abdomen. * Stiffness or aching in the small of the back. *Draiving pain in the small of the back. Pain in the small of the back, as if flesh ivere loose. Chilliness in the small of the back. Large swelling in the psoas-muscle, very painful when moving the body. Pain in the back, extending to the shoulders and the small of the back. Pressure in the region of the kidneys. 'Rheu- matic tension in the back, and the right side of the chest, more vio- lent during an inspiration. Pinching in the back.—*Drawing pain in the back.—Continual beating in the back.—Burning as of red-hot coal between the scapulas. Burning in the back.—Itching of the back.—*Largc pimples between the scapulae and on the nape of the neck, with a burning sensation. Painful stiffness of the neck.—A 800 LYCOPODII POLLEN. sort of paralysis of the cervical muscles. Swelling of the external and internal cervical muscles.—*Swelling of the cervical glands.— Goitre.—Painful eruption on the neck. Arms.—Swelling of the axillary glands. * Lacerating in the shoulder and elbow-joints, when at rest, not during motion. Paralytic 'pain in the shoulder-joint. Pain as if from bruises in the shoulder joint, scapula, and upper arm.—Nightly bone-pain in the arm *Spasmodic starting of the arms. The arms feel paralyzed. Itching of the upper arms.—Nightly hone-pain in the elbow. Arthritic stiff- ness.—Large inflamed swelling, like erysipelas, on the fore-arm below the elbow, passing into suppuration like a boil. Lacerating in the arms and hands. Arthritic stiffness of the wrist-joint. Continu- ally cold hands. °Numbness of the hands. *Great dryness of the skin of the hands. Itching pimples on the hands. Involuntary twitching of the fingers, while asleep. Arthritic lacerating in the joints with redness and swelling. °The fingers become rigid during work. Stiffness of the fingers, from arthritic nodosities. *Redness, inflammation, and swelling of all the joints of the fingers. Itching of the fingers. Legs.—Pressure on the hips, proceeding from the small of the back, llheumatic tension in the hip. Paralytic pain in the hip-joint. Pain as from a sprain, in the hip, towards the small of the back, when ris- ing.—Drawing in the limbs from top to bottom, when at rest. °Nightly lacerating in the lower limbs. Cold and heavy limbs. °Phlegmasia-alba-dolens. ?—Drawing and burning in the thigh. Pain as from a bruise, in the thigh, just above the knee-joint, in- creased by contact and motion. *Stiffness of the kneejcrint. Ten- sion around the knees. #Lacerating in the knees and ankles, with pain, even when touching them. Unusual lassitude in the knees. Sore pain in the knees and other parts of the limbs. Pain, as from a sprain, in the knee-joint. Swelling of the knees. *Itching in the bend of the knee, °also burning and biting. *Cramp in the calf, °Contractive pain in the calves when -walking. Sensation as if the legs were swollen and heavy. °Burning on the legs. Swelling of the legs extending beyond the knees, with large, red, hot patches, painful and burning, especially on the knee and ankle. °01d ulcers on the legs, with nightly lacerating itching and burning.—The ankles are painful at night.—°Cramp in the feet. Pain as from subcutaneous ulceration, in the soles of the feet. Burning in the feet. °Pain of the soles when walking. Great weight of the feet. Swelling around the ankles, °and of the ankles. °Swelling of the soles. The swelling of the feet increases to ascites, with swelling of the genital organs. MAGNESIA CAHEONICA. 801 oppressed breathing, and scanty micturition with pressing.—*Cold fe'et constantly. *Cold, sweaty feet. *Profuse sweat on the feet, until they become sore. °Cramp in the toes. 170.—MAGNESIA CARBONICA. MAG. CAR.—Carbonate of Magnesia.—See Hahnemann’s “ Chronic Diseases,” Yol. IV.—Duration of Action: forty to fifty days. Compare with—Aeon., Ars., Bar., Bell., Bry., Calc., Carb.-a., Carb.-y., Caust., Cham., Con., Croc., Cycl., Fer., Graph., Hyos., Jod., Kali., Lyc., Mag.-mur., Nitr -ae., Nux-v., Nux-mos., Petrol., Phosph., Plat., Plumb., Rhus, Sil., Spig., Spong., Squii., Staph., Sulph., Sulph.-ac., Yerat. Antidotes.—Cham. ? Puls. ? Merc.-sol., Hux-y. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Pains over the whole body. Stiffness of the whole body, early in the morning, when rising. Dartings in the nates, the thighs, the shoulders, and frequently the face. Parts become easily strained and sprained. Relaxed condition of the body. Sudden depression of strength when walking in the open air. Weak feeling, early in the morning, when in bed. Great weakness of the lower limbs. Languid and weary in the whole body, especially the feet. Hands and feet feel as if they had been broken and crushed. Great weakness of the whole body, with wretched appearance and inclination to vomit. A kind of paralysis of the left lower limb, with pain in the hip and knee-joint.—*Frequent sudden falling, with con- sciousness, when standing or walking. °Epileptic attacks. Emacia- tion of children. Skin.—Great sensitiveness, especially to cold. Violent itching of the whole body. Burning prickings in different parts of the body. Vesicles and pimples, sometimes itching violently. Large nodosities, with stinging pain under the skin, in the axilla, and above the elbow- joint. Small, red, little elevated, smooth herpes, scaling oflf afterwards. Small boils on the forehead, neck, and chest, and especially the thighs. Sleep.—Frequent yawning, with sneezing. * Sleeplessness the whole night. °Sleeplessness from oppression of the abdomen. Rest- less sleep, with frequent waking. Anxiety at night, with sleepless- ness. and heaviness in the whole body. Great internal heat at night Toothache, at night, the tooth feels elongated, the pain being more lacerating than throbbing. Throbbing and drawing toothache, the whole night. Wetting the bed at night. * Anxious dreams at night. Anxious dream, with shrieks, weeping, and sobbing. Fever.—Coldness in the evening, and chills, with shaking. Chil- 802 MAGNESIA CARBONICA. liness from morning till evening. Feverish shuddering down tha back, with some nausea, without any subsequent heat. Thirst after dinner, afterwards chilliness, in the evening burning heat in the face, with cold feet and violent mental excitation. Profuse night-sweat. Fetid night-sweat. Moral Symptoms.—Trembling, anguish, and fear. Internal un- easiness, with trembling of the hands and absence of mind. Vexed. Ill-humor. Sad mood. Sensorium.—Dullness of the head from mental exertions. Feeling sensation in the head Vertigo. Fainting vertigo. Head.—Headache, as if brought on by stiffness of the neck. Vio- lent headache, early in the morning; in the afternoon, worse towards evening. Heaviness and dizziness of the head. Heaviness of the head, with yawning and nausea. Great pressure in the fore part of the head, with pain in the eyes. Drawing pain in the head. Vio- lent darting headache. Lacerating and throbbing, deep in the fore- head. Lacerating in the forehead, with stupefaction and heaviness in the brain. Deep dull stitch through the brain. Pulsative sensation in the region of the forehead. Congestion of blood to the head. Itch- ing of the hairy scalp. Increased falling off of the hair. Eyes.—Pressure around the eyes, towards evening. Lacerating in the eyes, followed by lachrymation. Burning and stinging in the eyes, which look injected. Inflammation and swelling of the lower eye-lid. Swelling of the eye-ball, as if dropsy of the eye would set in. Dryness and burning of the eyes. * Agglutination of the eye-lids, early in the morning. Gum in the eyes, early in the morn- ing on waking, with burning and dim-sightedness. °Obscuration of the cornea. °Obscuration of the crystalline lens. Mist before the eyes, especially the right. Photophobia, with burning in the eyes. —°Black motes before the eyes. Ears.—Lacerating of the ears. Great sensitiveness to noise. Tingling of the ears. Whizzing and ringing in the ear, *with dimi- nution of hearing. Roaring in the ears. Nose.—Itedness of the nose and swelling. Scurfy formation in the nose. Bleeding from the nose and mouth. Violent tickling in the nose, followed by sneezing. *Dry coryza, -and obstruction of the nose, waking her at night. *Obstruction of the nose, -frequently al- ternating with fluent coryza. Face.—Wretched, pale, earthy complexion. Nightly lacerating, digging, and boring in the malar bone. Throbbing pain in the antrum. Itedness and burning of the face.—Heat in the face and hands, with redness, burning, and thirst, at noon. Hard nouosity on MAGNESIA CARBONICA. 803 the right temple, painful when touched.—°Diminution of the nodous tumors in leprous patients. Burning and tension of the lip. Fine, •painful laceratings in the lip. Fine eruption about the mouth. Hard, little nodosities in both corners of the mouth. Jaws and Teeth.—Toothache, with swelling of the cheeks. Tooth- ache every day, especially at night. °Nightly toothache, with ulce- rative pain in the teeth when touched. with drawing (lacerating) in the direction of the temples, °and in the whole side of the face, which is swollen, with stiffness of the nape of the neck. Drawing in all the teeth, with swelling and redness of the gums.— Darting toothache. °Throbbing toothache, with single stitches.— Burning toothache, in the evening when in bed, with pain as if the teeth were loose.—The teeth feel elongated and very sensitive. Looseness of the teeth, with swelling of the gums. Mouth.—A number of miliary eruptions in the mouth, on the tongue and cheeks, bleeding when touched, and burning when eat- ing anything sour. Numbness of the whole inner mouth. Burning sensation of the palate, as if the skin were off. Burning saliva. Throat.—Sore throat, with burning and retching. Pain in the throat when swallowing. Burning and roughness in the throat. Roughness in the throat, with desire to vomit. Frequent rising of miwus in the throat, with roughness and dryness of the fauces. Soft fetid tubercles, of the color of green peas. Discharge of tenacious mucus, streaked with blood. Taste and Appetite.—Bitter taste in the mouth. Sour taste in the mouth. Little or no appetite or hunger. Desire for fruit and acid things. Thirst. Violent thirst. Gastric Symptoms.—After a meal, weakness, pale face, nausea, and dark-colored vomiting of the ingesta. Colic and distention of the abdomen, after a meal.—Unsuccessful eructations. Eructations tasting of the ingesta. Frequent eructations, with pain in the stomach. Sour eructations.—Frequent hiccough. Loathing, with- out any desire to vomit. Loathing and inclination to vomit, in the evening. Loathing, with pain and coldness of the stomach. Nausea and desire to vomit, ■with constipation. Inclination to vomit, and ac- cumulation of water in the mouth. Vomiting of bitter water. Stomach.—Pain in the stomach, with nausea, heaviness of the head, and ill-humor, without aversion to food. Pain in the stomach in the forenoon, resembling a feeling of emptiness and qualmishness Pressure in the stomach. * Contractive pain in the storruach. Ulce- rative pain in the stomach, with great sensitiveness to pressure. Vio lent stitch in the pit of the stomach. 804 magnesia carbonica. Hypochondria..—Pinching and contractive sensation, extending from both hypochondria towards the umbilicus.—Dull stitches in the right hypochondrium. Sensation as of something hard in the region of the liver, with frequent pinching in the abdomen. Abdomen.—Colic, followed by watery leucorrhcea, occasionally. Violent colic, early in the morning, especially around the umbilicus. Great heaviness in the abdomen.—Feeling of repletion in the abdo- men. Great bloatedness of the abdomen. Spasmodic contractive pain in the abdomen, afterwards diarrhoea. Constriction and pinching in the right iliac region, very painful. Griping and digging in the ab- domen, as if the menses would set in, with emission of a quantity of fetid flatulence. Painful griping in the abdomen, below the umbilicus, frequently intermitting, and afterwards reaching to the stomach.—• Colicky pains in the whole abdomen, with pressing towards the geni- tal organs, accompanied by discharge of blood from the vagina. Colicky pains in the abdomen, more violent in the evening. Violent pinching around the umbilicus. Pinching and rumbling in the abdo- men, followed by green diarrhoea. Painful cutting and pressing in the abdomen and both groins. Violent colic, extending from the small of the back towards the pubic bones.—°Inguinal hernia. Stood.—*Inclines to be constipated. *Retention of stool.—Stool hard as a stone, with pain in the anus. Hard stool in the afternoon, followed by burning at the anus. Soft stool, preceded by pinching in the abdomen. Diarrhoea. Diarrhoea, with violent cutting in the abdomen and pressing. Liquid stool, followed by burning at the anus. Discharge of a liver-colored fluid, followed by tenesmus and burning. Diarrhoea, with great weakness. Green diarrhadc stools. A quantity of ascarides with stool. Discharge of ascarides between the stools. Cutting and pinching in the abdomen, previous to stool. Faintness after stool.—Desire for stool, with violent prickings in the rectum. Pressure in the rectum, between the stools. Sore pain in the anus, or as if ulcerated, when sitting or walking.—Painful varices of the rectum. Urine.—Inability to retain the urine. Pale or green urine. White sediment in the urine.—The urine burns while being emitted. Male Genital Organs.—Diminution of the sexual instinct. Fre- quent pollutions. Female Genital Organs.—Frequent itching of the pudendum. —Menses delaying ; preceeded by sore throat. Reappearance of the menses on the third day, with colic, they continue for several days. The menses are more profuse than usual.—The flow is most profuse when walking or standing.—The menstrual blood is dark and acridt MAGNESIA CARBONICA. 805 dark, viscid, almost like pitch; thick and black, and appears before the time. The menses appear too soon. Previous to the menses, bearing down, cutting, and pain in the small of the back, as if it were contracted and bruised. Coryza, with obstruction of the nose. During the menses: liquid stool, followed by tremor of the limbs. Headache, with feeling of heaviness and heat. Dim, dry, burning eyes. Pale complexion. Violent colic ; cutting around the umbili- cus ; violent bearing down in the abdomen, at night, and early in the morning; frequent sneezing, early in the morning; frequent, but in- termittent headache ; drawing pain in the small of the back; faint- ness ; exhaustion; the knees are painful when walking, as if they were bruised. Violent pain in the small of the back, as if it were bruised. Leucorrhaea after the menses. Thin, scanty leucorrhoea, with pinching around the navel. Leucorrhoea, like water. Smart- ing leucorrhoea.—Discharge of white mucus, preceded by abdominal spasms. °Toothache of pregnant females. Larynx and Trachea.—Contractive sensation in the trachea, with aching in the pit of the throat. Tickling in the throat, followed by a short cough. Hollow, dull cough. Fits of spasmodic cough, the whole night. During the cough, pain in the chest. Chest.—Short breathing when walking. Tightness of the chest, in the afternoon. Contractive sensation around the chest, the shoulder feeling bruised. Great oppression of the chest, with occasional deep breathing. Sudden aching in the chest, arresting the breathing.— Intensely painful cutting and stitches in the chest.—Palpitation of the heart.—Sudden, violent, sore pain in the heart, with distinctly audible cracking, accompanied by a tormenting nausea.—Pain as from bruises, in the muscles of the chest, during motion and when touching them. Back.—Violent pain, as from bruises, in the small of the back. Violent pain in the back, at night, in bed, as if the parts had been crushed, worst during motion, but also when at rest. Violent lace- rating and darting in the nape of the neck.—Stiffness of the nape of the neck. Arms.—#Pain, as from a sprain, in the right shoulder, when moving the arm, also when in bed. Pressure on the shoulder. Para- lytic pain, as from bruises, in the left shoulder. Violent contractive pain in both shoulders, and lacerating down the back. °Nightly attacks of lacerating, with tingling down to the fingers, and inability to move the arm from pain.—Drawing, darting, weariness of the arms.—The elbow-joint is painful when bending the arm. Drawing pain in the luinds. Burning in the palms of the hands. °The skin 806 MAGNESIA MURIATICA. of the hands becomes chapped.—Cramp feeling in the finger-joints. Spreading blisters on the fingers. Legs.—Pain in both hips, generally when moving the limbs.— The lower limbs, especially the knees, are very painful. Heaviness and pain in the knees when walking. Weary pain in the knees when walking. Hard swelling in the bend of the knee, so painful that he is unable to extend the limb. Stitches in the knee-joint.— Painful drawing in the legs. Cutting pain in the tibia. °Boils on the legs.—Violent pain of the feet, as if they were too heavy and weary. Drawing pain in tb* «oles of the feet. 171.—MAGNESIA MURIATICA. MAG. MUR.—Muriate of Magnesia.—See Hahnemann’s “Chronic Diseases,” Vol. IV.—Duration of Action: seven weeks. Compare with—Aeon., Ars., Bar., Bell., Bry., Calc., Carb.-a., Carb.-v., Caust., Cham., Con.-m., Cycl., Fer., Graph., Hyos., Kali. Lyc., Magn., Magn.-sulph.., Bitr.-ae., Nux-v., Nux-mos., Petrol., Plat., Plumb., Puls., Rhus, Sil., Spig., Staph., Squill., Sulph., Sulph.-ac., Verat. Antidotes.—Ars. ? Cham GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Burning tension in different parts of the body. °Laming drawing and lacerating in the limbs. Spasmodic nervous pain here and there, at times boring, at times contractive, accompanied by violent nervous headache, commencing in the fore part of the head, with drawing in the ears; sometimes lancinating laceratings in the head. °Liability to take cold. Great weariness in the limbs when walking in the open air. Great weakness, °as if pro- ceeding from the stomach. Weak feeling, with vertigo, early in the morning. The whole body feels painful, as if it were bruised. Heavi- ness and weariness of the lower limbs. Tremor of the hands and feet. Staggering gait.—Great sensitiveness.—Fainting fit at dinner, with anxiousness, nausea, and paleness of the face.—°JHysteric com- plaints and spasmodic turns. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The generality of the symptoms occur when sitting, and are generally relieved by motion. Skin.—Violent itching of the whole body. Formication of the whole body at night, when in bed, with shuddering over the face, arms, and shoulders. Itching pimples. Glandular swellings. Sleep.—Frequent yawning, with a feeling of exhaustion in the body, and a want of disposition to intellectual labor. Drowsy, indolent, and averse to labor. Uneasiness in the whole body, as soon as she. closes tier eyes in the evening.—Shaking of the upper part of magnesia muriatica. 807 the body, in the evening, when in bed, almost without chilliness or heat. Restless sleep, interrupted by frequent waking. Great restless- ness at night. Restless, sleepless nights, owing to violent pains in the small of the back. Talking and snoring when asleep. Anxious, vivid, and fearful dreams. Fever—Chilliness, with shaking. Shaking chills in the evening, going off when in bed. Frequent chills, alternating with heat. Shudderings through the whole body, early in the morning, with icy- cold feet. Thrills of heat, with vertigo.—General increase of warmth, with thirst, in the afternoon.—Internal heat, with thirst, at night. Moral Symptoms.—Anxious and fearful, with ennui.—Peevish and out of humor. Sensorium.—Illusions of the fancy.—Peeling sensation in the head. Stupefaction and dullness of the head. Giddy and reeling sensation, going otf after motion. Head.—°Headache every day.—Headache early in the morning. Dull pain in the head, with sensitiveness of the scalp when touching it, and sore burning pain in the eyes, after dinner. Heaviness and dullness of the head.—Pain, as if the brain werq pressing against the forehead. Pressure in the occiput. Compressive sensation in the head, from both sides. Violent lacerating and stitches in the forehead and temples.—Throbbing and beating in the head, with hot feeling and heaviness in the forehead. Griping and tumult (roaring) in the temples, in the evening after lying down, as if vertigo and loss of consciousness would come on. Increase of warmth in the whole head. Scalp.—Numbness of the forehead. Great painfulness of the outer parts of the head, when touching them, or when stooping. Eyes.—Aching in the eyes and the cantlii. Pressure in the eyes, as if from dust, with dimness of sight. Pain as from bruises in the lower border of the orbit. Itching of the eyes. Burning in the eyes. Inflammation of the eyes, with pressure, biting, burning, especially when looking at the light \ the lids were swollen and red, with nightly agglutination.—Dim-sightedness, with burning of the eyes. Dim-sightedness, with vanishing of sight when looking at anything near. Ears.—Darting lacerating in the ear. Stitches in the ears. Sticking boring in the ears. Boring and *pulsative throbbing in the right ear. Violent roaring in the ears. Sensation in the ears as if something were stretched across, with diminution of hearing, and burning and humming in the head. Almost complete deafness of both ears. 808 magnesia muriatica. Nose.—Violent lacerating in the upper part of the nasal cavities. *Burning of both nasal cavities as if sore. °B.edness and swelling of the lower portion of the nose. *Sore pain of the inner nose. *ScurJ in both nostrils, intensely painful when touched, with loss of smell. * Ulcerated nostrils. °Troublesome dryness of the nose.— Tickling in the nose. Oppressive sensation of obstruction in the nose. Severe coryza, at times dry, at times fluent, with dullness of the head, and complete loss of smell and taste. Discharge of fetid, purulent, yellow nasal mucus. °Discharg8 of acrid, corrosive water from the nose. Face.—Pale, bilious complexion. Severe cramp-pain in the bones of the face. Tensive feeling in the face. Pimples and blotches on the face. Inflammatory swelling of the submaxillary gland. Teeth.—Drawing toothache. Frequent laceratings in the upper front teeth. The upper cuspidati feel elongated, and are very sen- sitive to pain.—The upper gums are swollen and painful, especially when eating, with throbbing in the gums. Painful swelling of the lower gums and cheek.—Bleeding of the gums. Mouth.—The inner mouth feels burnt and numb early in the morn- ing. Violent pricking in the tongue, frequently, followed by burn- ing, during a cold.—Rhagades in the tongue, with violent burning pain.—Tongue coated white, early in the morning. Great dryness of the mouth. Pharynx.—Sore throat, feeling raw at the entrance of the pharynx, with stitches when coughing. Stinging sore throat. Sore throat, worse when swalloiving. Dryness and roughness of the throat, with hoarse voice. Taste and Appetite.—Bitter taste. Sour or slimy taste, with coated tongue, early in the morning.—Increased appetite. Canine hunger and violent feeling of hunger in the stomach, followed by great nausea. Gastric Symptoms.—Acidity in the stomach, after dinner. Sour regurgitation of the ingesta. Bitter-sour eructations. Violent hie cough. Frequent nausea.—*Nausea early in the morning, after ris- ing. Frequent or constant nausea, with livid complexion, violent nervousness, and great inclination to weep. Stomach.—Pain and tremor in the region of the stomach, Fre- quent pressing in the stomach, extending to the throat and back. Violent pressure in the stomach, with nausea.— Tension in the region of the stomach, with ulcerative pain, especially when touching the parts. Pain, as from bruises, in the stomach, with painful sensitive- ness when touching it. Throbbing in the pit of the stomach, with dullnes - in the head. 809 Hypochondria.—Sharp drawing in the region of the liver. °Ach- ing of the liver. °Chronic hepatitis. Abdomen.—Violent colic, early in the morning, with desire for stool.—Feeling of pressure in the abdomen.—Draiving pain in the abdomen.—Contractive pain in the umbilical region.—#Spasms in the abdomen, -with violent pressing upon the rectum and the genital organs.—*Distended abdomen.—* Hard abdomen, particularly in the right side, -or painful when touched, with disagreeable pressure on the rectum. Pinching and cutting below the umbilicus, with shuddering over the back, afterwards heat in the head and desire for stool. Cut- ting and pinching in the epigastrium, with sensation as if something hard were lying over the stomach. Cutting in the whole abdomen. Digging sensation in the abdomen, as if diarrhoea would come on. Weak feeling in the abdomen. Fermentation in the abdomen. Hot feeling in the abdominal integuments, with burning at the anus, and sensitiveness of the rectum after stool. Stool.—Constipation. Frequent desire for stool. Frequent and severe pressure on the rectum, with colic. *Hard, difficult, stool.— *IIard, knotty stool, with pain in the rectum when passing it. Hard stool, surrounded with streaks of blood. Soft stool, followed by burn- ing at the anus and tenesmus. Greenish papescent stools. Severe attacks of diarrhoea, with discharge of mucus and blood, and tenesmus of the rectum. °Chronic disposition to diarrhoea. °Discharge of taenia. Pinching in the abdomen previous to stool.—Burning at the anus, and pain, as from excoriation, during and after stool. Violent pain in the abdomen, at every motion, after stool. Renewed desire for stool after an evacuation. Prolapsus-recti, during stool. Urine.—Pressure on the bladder, with scahty emission and burn- ing in the urethra. Urine pale-yellow, followed by burning in the urethra. The urine looks as if it had been mixed with yeast, and deposits a cloudy sediment. Male Genital Organs.—Excessive itching around the genital organs, and on the scrotum. Erection, early in the morning, in bed, with burning in the penis. Dull distressing pain the whole day, in the spermatic cord, the small of the back, and the testicles. Relaxed scrotum. Frequent pollutions. Female Genital Organs. spasms, °also extending to the thighs and occasioning leucorrhcea. °Scirrhous indurations of the uterus.—Some discharge of blood previous to the menses. Dis- charge of black clots of menstrual blood, more when sitting than when walking.—'* Leucorrhcea, -early in the morning after urinating. Pro- fuse leucorrhcea, continuing almost without intermission. Leucorrhcea MAGNESIA MURIATIC A 810 MAGNESIA MURIATICA. immediately after stool. # Abdominal spasms, followed by leucorboea. Watery leucorrhoea. Thick leucorrhoea, followed immediately after by discharge of blood, fourteen days previous to the regular period of the menses. Larynx.—Hoarseness, with a sore feeling in the throat and chest. Sudden violent hoarseness, with dry cough and pressure on the chest during rough weather. Cough, with tingling in the larynx, with discharge of mucus.—Dry cough, mostly only evening and night Short fits of cough, followed by dull aching pain in the chest. °Nightly spasmodic cough, from titillation in the throat. Ulcerative sore pain in the chest when coughing, evening and night. Violent burning in the chest when coughing. Chest.—Want of breath, when going up-hill. Contraction of the chest, with oppressed breathing and dull stitches.—Tensive pain in the chest, most acute during a deep inspiration.—Congestion of blood to the chest.—Violent aching pain in the chest.—Constrictive pain in the chest and scapulae.—Considerable burning and throbbing in the chest.—Stitches in the heart, arresting her breath. Palpitation of the heart, going off during motion. Violent palpitation of the heart, with pulsation in all the arteries. Oppression of the heart. Back.—Pain in the small of the back. Pain, as from bruises, above and in the small of the back and both hips, with sensitiveness of the parts. Contractive cramp-pain in the small of the back. Gnaiving pain in the small of the back and the whole back, in the evening, after lying down.—Paralytic sensation in the small of the back, in the evening.—Severe pain, as from bruises, in the back. Pain as from bruises, and burning, between the shoulders. Severe burning pain and constant itching of the back.—Tension beticeen the shoulders and down the back. Lacerating between the shoulders. Arms.—Pain in the shoulder-joint, as if broken. Drawing and lacerating in the shoulder-joint, most painful during motion. Lacerat- ing in the shoulder. Throbbing pain in the shoulder. Burning from the shoulders to the fingers and scapulae. Lacerating in the Upper arms, apparently in the marrow. Burning pain and continual itching of the lower arms. Lacerating in the hand. Legs.—Lacerating in the hip-joint. Lacerating and jeain, as from bruises, in the hip, aggravated by walking. Throbbing in the hip. The bones of the lower limbs are very painful when walking. Tensive laceratings above the bend of the knee. Sudden and painful stitches in the thigh. Uneasiness and rigid sensation in the thighs. Lacerat- ing in the knees. Cramp in the calves. Paralytic pain, as from bruises, in both calves. Sweaty feet. Cutting in the heels. Burn MAGNESIA SULPIIURICA. 811 ing of the soles of the feet, in the evening. Tingling in the soles of the feet, when sitting. 172.—MAGNESIA SULPIIURICA. MAG. SULPH.—Sulphate of Magnesia.—See Hartlanband Trinks, “Annals,’’ IV. —Duration of Action : days, and even weeks. Compare with—Calc.-carb., Chin., Mag -mm\, Nux-v., Puls., Sulph. Antidote.—Camph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Lacerating pains in the limbs, parti- cularly at night.—Bruised feeling in the whole body, as if he would fall sick, or on waking in the morning, particularly in the back and arms, which feel sore the whole day.—Great languor with staggering gait.—Languid weakness of the feet, with trembling of the ivhole body. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Feels better in the open air.— The symptoms appear slcnvly, but strongly, then disappear for a time, and reappear with renewed force. Skin.—Itching blotches, either hard, or as from nettles, with burn ing after scratching. Sleep.—Irresistible droivsiness towards evening. Restless, scanty sleep. Frequent starting at night.—Violent colic at night, in bed, not allowing any rest, with moaning. Violent headache at night, in bed, preventing sleep, with colic, weak and exhausted sensation in the feet, and lacerating in the small of the back. Bruised feeling, which prevents sleep.—Confused, anxious, voluptuous, or frightful dreams. Fever.—Shuddering, with lachrymat.ion, catarrh, and heaviness of the eyes. Chilliness with thirst. Shaking chills. particularly during the violent headache.—Fever, first chilliness in the evening until he lies down, afterwards sweat, with thirst, early in the morning. Alter- nation of chilliness and heat, at night. Alternation of heat and shud- dering, with alternate redness and paleness of the face. Moral Symptoms. — Sad and weeping mood, with foreboding anxiety. Lazy, languid, drowsy. Sensorium.—Stupid feeling in the head.—Gloominess of the head, with heaviness, early in the morning, going off after rising.—Vertigo with dullness of the head. Head.—Bruised pain in the forehead, in the forenoon.—Pain in the forehead, as if full.—Pressure in the head.—Compressing sensa- tion.—Lacerating, particularly in the forehead. Frequent painful lacerating in the vertex.—Stitches in the head. Stabbings in tha 812 magnesia sulphurica. whole head. Hammering heating, first in the forehead, then in the whole head.— Violent rush of blood, to the forehead, with sensation as if something heavy were pushing forward. Heat in the forehead, with burning.—Shaking of the brain. Eyes.—Violent pain, particularly in the right eye, as if it woidd start out of its socket, on looking either right or left. Stinging iu both eyes. Lacerating in the eyes, early in the morning, with dim- ness of sight. Burning of the eyes.—Lachrymation, with photophobia, also in the daytime.—Dimness of the eyes, with frequent drowsiness.—• Dim-sightedness early in the morning, also with lacerating in the eyes. Ears.—Dinging in the left ear, so violent that the ear becomes sensitive. Nose.— TJlcerative pain in the right side of the nose. Burning in the left nostril, as from incipient catarrh, with discharge of a quantity of yellow mucus.—Bleeding of the nose.—Catarrhal sound of the voice, hollow, deep bass voice. Profuse coryza, with obstruction of the nostril. Face.—Lacerating in the facial bones and malar bone.—Burning of the lips, in the evening, with dryness. Teeth.—Toothache on entering the room from the open air, and in the evening, in bed, aggravated by cold or warm things, or by the contact of food. Mouth and Throat.—Mouth and throat are very dry, as if numb, early in the morning, with bitter-sweet taste.—Pain, with dryness in the throat.—Stinging in the fauces. Appetite and Taste.—Bitter taste in the mouth.—Loss of appe- tite.—Thirst. Gastric Symptoms.—Frequent eructations. Bitter eructations. Rising of water from the stomach, also with loathing and nausea.—* Nausea, with inclination to vomit, and loathing, at night, with rest- less tossing in bed. Stomach.—Sensation in the stomach as if it had been deranged by unhealthy food. Trembling of the stomach, with subsequent gulping up of water.—Pressure in the pit of the stomach, with sensitiveness of the outer parts.—Burning stitches in the region of the stomach. Abdomen.—Colic with pain in the pit of the stomach and chest. Indescribable pains in the whole abdomen, a kind of darting pains.— Violent darting around the umbilicus, aggravated by motion. Burn- ing below the umbilicus. Stool and Anus.—Alternation of hard and soft stools. Soft stools with burning at the anus, or with subsequent tenesmus. Liquid stools, with tenesmus, or morning and evening.—Diarrhoea, preceded MANGANUM. 813 by rumbling in the abdomen, sometimes accompanied with bloated- ness and emission of fetid flatulence. Discharge of ascarides at every evacuation. Urine.—Nocturnal micturition.—Diminished secretion of urine. Female Genital Organs.—Menses too late. Menses too short. Menses too early. Menses reappear in a fortnight, more profuse than usual, with thick, black blood. Discharge of blood from the vagina, between the menses.—During the menses : more heat than chilliness; great heaviness in the head; bruised pain in the small of the back, with pain in the groins when sitting or standing.—Burning leucorrhcea, particularly during motion. Thick leucorrhoea, profuse, like the menses, with bruised pain in the small of the back and thighs. Larynx.—Dry cough with burning from the larynx beyond the pit of the stomach. Fatiguing dry cough in the morning, after waking Cough without expectoration, with pain in the chest and fluent coryza. —Loose cough, with soreness in the mouth and throat. Painful burning in the chest when coughing. Chest.—Oppression of the chest, with burning. Pressure on the chest at night. Pressure as from a load on the lower part of the chest, with shortness of breath.—Burning on the chest. Back.—Pains in the small of the back, with subsequent pain in the thighs ; nightly. Creeping itching, as from vermin.—Lacerating between the shoulders. Bruised pain between the shoulders, or ulce- rative pain.— Tension in the nape of the neck and between the shoul- ders, also with stitches. Arms.—Frequent twitching in the arms. Lacerating in the upper arm.—Violent lacerating in the elbow.—Violent trembling of the hands. Tingling in the fingers, going off by rubbing. Legs.—Lacerating in the hip. Heaviness, at times in the hip, at times in the small of the back. Nightly pains in the lower limbs, with pains in the small of the back.—Tension in the bends of the knees. Languid feeling in the legs. 173.—MANGANUM. MANG.—Manganese.—See Hahnemann’s “ Chronic Diseases,” IY. Compare with—Am., Ain.-mur., Calc., Coff., Con -m., Kali, Lye., Plat., Puls., Sabiid., Sassap., Thuj., Yerat. Antidotes.—Coff., Mere.-sol., GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Pinching pricking in several parts of 814 MANGANUM. the body, especially in the interior of the thighs. Drawing, darting, lacerating stitches, in various parts. Tensive or cramp-like drawing, and lacerating in various parts. Nightly digging bone-pains. All the parts are painful, when touched ever so little, as from subcuta- neous ulceration; chest and cheeks experience a feverish warmth. Head, hands, and feet feel swollen and enlarged, after walking in the open air. The whole body, especially the stomach, feels uncom- fortable, accompanied with ill-humor.—Languor, in every joint; the joints feel extended, with tremor of the limbs, and tremulous sensa- tion of the knee and arm-joints; with a feeling of anxiety, as if he would die. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Most of the symptoms occur in the night. Most of the symptoms become worse when stooping. The symptoms which have come on in the room improve in the open air. Many of the symptoms come on in the open air, and improve in the room. Skin.—Violent itching, with burning and small vesicles, or deep seated little blotches.—Violent burning over the whole skin, in the evening.—Itching herpes.—Unhealthy skin.—Soreness and rhagades in the bends of the joints.—°Chronic inflammatory swelling and suppu- ration of the little finger. Sleep.—Waking at four o’clock in the morning, with pinching in the abdomen, followed by soft stool. Confused, anxious, vivid dreams the whole night. Fever.—Shuddering over the back, with stitches in the head. Chilliness the whole day. Chilliness every evening.—Shaking chills, early in the morning, with cold hands and feet. Violent heat in the head, with some chilliness over the rest of the body. Sudden flushes of heat and redness of countenance and face, especially when stand- ing, without thirst. Irregular pulse, scarcely perceptible, now quick, then slow.—Anxiousness, with shortness of breath and profuse sweat all over. Night-sweat over the whole body, when waking. Moral Symptoms.—Discouragement.—Continued restlessness. Sensorium.—°Diminution of the power of the senses. Weak memory. Absence of mind. Gloominess and dullness of the head, with general feeling of exhaustion, when sitting.—Vertigo, when sit- ting or standing. Head.—Megrim. Dull headache in a room.—Heaviness and pain- ful dullness of the head, with heat, relieved in the open air.—Stupe- fying, aching pains in the forehead. Dull aching of the occiput. Painful pressure over the whole brain. Contractive pain in the upper and back part of the head.—Drawing pain in the temples, ap- MANGANUM. 815 parently in the bones. Contractive sticking pain in the whole fore part of the head.—Throbbing ulcerative pain in the right side of the occiput. Throbbing pain in the whoie head.—Painful concussion of the brain, from shaking the head.—Congestion of blood to the head, when sitting, standing, walking, or lying, with hot feeling in the face, without redness or external heat.—Pricking stitches, lancinations in the scalp. Eyes.—The eye-lids are painful when moved.—Pressure in the eyes, while reading.—Bloated eye-lids.—*Hot feeling and dryness of the eyes.—Dilatation of the pupils. Contraction of the pupils.— °Dim-sighteckiess, with burning of the eyes in the daytime. Great short-sightedness. Her sight vanishes after looking at an object for a long time. Fiery sparks, resembling wheels, when closing the eyes, looking black as soon as lie looks at a light. Ear.—Otalgia in the left ear. The ear feels painful when touched. Dull sticking pain in the ear, whenever he talks. Scraping stinging in the region of the tympanum.—Pressive, contractive feeling in the parotid glands. #Deaf ness, as if the ears were closed with the hand. —°Whizzing and rushing in the ear. °E,eport on blowing the nose and swallowing. Nose.—Painful crampy lacerating between the root of the nose and eye-brow.—Coryza. Violent dry coryza. Dry coryza, with red, inflamed, sore nose and upper lip, in the evening. Face.—Face wretched, pale, and sunken. Pain in the region of the malar bone. Cramp-pain in both upper and lower jaws after eat- ing.—Sore pain, as from excoriation, in the lower jaw. Dry parched lips, with shrivelled skin. Teeth.—Violent toothache. The tooth is painfully sensitive, as if ulcerated, when touched ever so slightly.—Drawing-lacerating toothache. Mouth.—Burning vesicles on the left side of the tongue.—Dryness of the palate and lips.—Accumulation of bitter water in the mouth, with inclination to vomit. Ptyalism. Throat.—Dry scraping sensation in the throat.—Great roughness of the throat, in the evening. Cutting soreness in the throat, between the acts of deglutition.—°Chronic sore throat. Appetite and Taste.—Oilij taste in the mouth. Bitter taste. Sour taste.—Feeling of hunger in the throat, with a sensation of pressure. Gastric Symptoms.—Eructations tasting of the ingesta. Sour burning, like, heartburn, with inclination to vomit. Stomach.—Burning in the stomach, extending into tne chest. 816 manganum. Pressure in the pit of the stomach and on the chest, aggravated by contact.—Oppressive and contractive pain in the stomach.—Drawing and nausea in the region of the stomach. Abdomen.—Aching sore pain in the last ribs, increased by contact or motion.—Indescribable sick feeling in the abdomen.— Ulcerative pain of the whole abdomen.—Distention and bloatedness of the abdo- men.—Aching, or rather tensive pain around and above the umbilicus. Cutting m the umbilical region, when taking a deep inspiration. Stool.—Intermittent stool. Constipation. *llare, dry, difficult, Dalso knotty stool. Pale-yellow, scanty stool, preceded by pinching in the abdomen.—Contractive pain in the rectum, when sitting. Urine.—Frequent desire to urinate.—The urine becomes turbid, and deposits an earthy sediment.—Cutting in the region of the bind- der, while sitting, increased when rising or moving about. Genital Organs.—Voluptuous itching of the corona-glandis.— Itching of the interior of the scrotum.—Menstrual discharge between the periods. Leucorrhcea. Larynx and Trachea.—*Rough throat, early in the morning, when rising from the bed, with a hoarse, hollow voice.—*Roughness of speech. In the morning chest and breathing feel oppressed. Itch- ing dryness in the throat, bringing on a short and hacking cough, early in the morning. °Chronic roughness and hoarseness. Disposi- tion to cough early in the morning. Deep cough, without expectoration. Chest.—Bloody expectoration from the chest. Dull pain in the chest, when coughing. Bruised pain in the chest.—Contractive or sticking pain in the chest.— Warmth, with nausea in the chest, ac- companied by coryza.— Throbbing in the right half of the chest, resembling the palpitation of the heart, in the evening, when in bed. Palpitation of the heart.—Small tubercles on the mammae. Back.—Pain in the small of the back, when bending the body backwards.—Lacerating along the whole spinal column.—Stiffness of the nape of the neck. Drawing tensive stiffness of the nape of the neck, alternating with toothache.—The neck feels swollen and stiff, with pain in the muscles, proceeding from the teeth. Arms.—Pain as from a sprain, in the shoulder, and elbow-joint, with much yawning. Gurgling in the shoulder and elbow-joint, with pain when touched.—Excessive paralytic pain, darting suddenly into the arm, proceeding from the teeth. Weak arm. Tensive pain in the arm, and carpal joints. Pain in the arm-joints, in paroxysms. Morbid, distressing sensation in the arm.—Sudden weak feeling in the upper arm. Sense as of digging in the humerus, in paroxysms, at night. Tension of the skin of the hands, as if they were swollen. MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA. 817 Legs.—Tensive, painful tubercles on the buttock, feeling soro when pressed, as if ulcerated.—Jactitation of all the muscles of the lower extremities, during the least exercise. Languor of the thighs and legs, with drowsiness. Darting pain above the knee. Bruised pain across the thighs.—The knees are unsteady and tremble. Smart- ing sensation in the tibia, as if bruised. Languid, weak feeling in the leg, from the knee to the tarsal-joint. Itching of the tibia.— The feet are heavy. 174.—MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA. MENYAN.—Trifolium Fibrinum, Buck-Bean, Marsh-Trefoil.—See Hahnemann’s “ Mat. Med Pur.” Compare with—Aeon.. Chin., Nux-v., Verat. Antidote.—Camphor. ? GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—°Chronic complaints from abuse of Cinchona. °Arthritic affections.—Jerking motions, in various parts at the same time, visible, but not very painful, more violent when at rest than when walking. Jactitation of small portions of muscles, here and there, at different periods. tossing of the lower extremities. — Stinging-pinching, here and there. — Languor in all the limbs during rest and motion.—Great weakness of the whole body, with aching pain over the os-sacrum, when standing, in- creased by sitting. Weakness of the body when walking, accom- panied with chilliness all over.—Excessive activity of the vital functions, hurried motions. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The majority of the pains appear to be worse during rest and towards evening, they are relieved by motion and pressure with the hand. Sleep.—Lascivious, vivid dreams. Restless sleep.—Redness and heat of the face during sleep. Fever.—Coldness in the spine, with shaking. Icy-cold hands and feet, the rest of the body being warm. Coldness of the feet up to the knees.—Shuddering over the whole of the upper part of the body.— ° Intermittent fever, with coldness in the abdomen. Thirst and heat, especially in the face; shortly after, general chilliness, both without thirst.—Heat without thirst.—Pulse 52.—Sweat, in the evening, in bed. Moral Symptoms.—Weeping, sad mood. Anxiety about the heart Sensorium.—Dullness of the head in a room.—Vertigo on stooping and raising the head. Head.—Dull headache when leaning the head on one side. Con- 818 MENYANTHES TR1FOLIATA. tinued heaviness of the head. Heaviness, with pressure in the whole head. Pressure in the forehead, from within outward.—Aching pain in the head, more violent in the open air.—Headache in the temples, as if pressed together from either side.—Stupefying headache, especi- ally in the forehead, during rest and motion. Drawing pain the fore- head.—Gnawing pain in the vertex. Tensive pain around the sinci- put. Face and Teeth.—Redness and heat of the face during sleep. Heat of the face, with coldness of the extremities.—Visible twitch- ing of the muscles.—Tension in the jaws. °Pain and cracking in the articulation of the jaw, when chewing.—Lips parched and chapped. Grumbling in the upper teeth. Eyes.—Pressure in the eye, with sensation of vertigo or of vanishing of sight.—Dull stitrfees in the balls of the eyes. Sensation in the eyes as if the eye-lids were swollen.—Burning over the left eye-brow.— Dimness of the eyes, only in the open air. Frequent ob- scuration of sight, while reflecting when reading. Flickering before the eyes, as if everything were jumping.—Contraction of the pupils, then dilatation. Nose.—Tension in the root of the nose.—Discharge of blood from the nose on blowing it.—Profuse fluent coryza the whole day. Ears.—Dragging pain in the ears.—Feeling of coldness in the in- ternal ear.—Discharge from the ears, particularly after measles, scarlet-fever, &c.—Slight humming before the ears, as of crickets.— °Cracking in the ear, when chewing. Mouth and Throat.—Increased secretion of saliva.—Accumula- tion of saliva in the mouth, with nausea. Dryness and roughness of the fauces. Taste and Gastric Symptoms.—Bitter-sweet taste in the mouth. —Sudden canine hunger. Drawing pain in the region of the heart after a meal. Frequent hiccough.—Great inclination to vomit, ac- companied with painful choking and contraction of the stomach. Stomach and Abdomen.—Sudden attack of heat in the stomach, afterwards violent hunger. Contractive sensation in the stomach. Pinching, with a sort of pressure in the region of the stomach. Cutting, with pressure, in the hypochondriac region.—Tension and pressure in the abdomen. Pinching in the hypogastrium, also with urging to stool in the rectum. A cutting pain suddenly darts from the spine through the abdomen.—Pressure, apparently in the spermatic cord, which is painful when touched. Pressure in the glands surrounding the abdominal ring, when bending the body forward.—Sore pain in the integuments of the abdomen when touching them. menyanthes trifoliata. 819 Stool.—Pinching in the abdomen, followed by a somewhat looso stool.—Pinching in the abdomen, followed by hard stool.—Intensely- painful itching in the interior of the rectum. Itching of the anus.— °Flowing piles. Urine and Genital Organs.—Frequent desire to urinate, with scanty discharge. Violent sexual desire.—The spermatic cord is painful to the touch, with pressure in the groin. Larynx.—Frequent titillation in the larynx. Hoarseness. Rough voice.—Spasmodic contraction of the larynx. Accelerated breathing, with increased pulse and heat and redness of the face. Dyspnoea. Compression of the chest, a disagreeable anxious sensation. Chest.—Violent stitches in the chest, only during motion.—• Violent continuous stitch in the region of the heart, the stitches mul- tiplied when arresting the breathing.—Pressure on the sternum, ac- companied with sharp stitches.—Compressive sensation in both sides of the chest, with sharp stitches.—Bruised pain in the chest, when sitting bent. Back.—Bruised pain in the small of the back, generally when sitting quiet. Draxving-aching pain in the small of the back, when stooping. Aching pain over the os-sacrum, when stooping. Con- tractive pain in the small of the back, succeeded by pressure.— Extremely painful lacerating between the scapulce.—Feeling of heaviness in the muscles of the neck. Pressure with lacerating in the nape of the neck. Arms.—Fine stitches dart through the axilla on moving the arm. Burning, scraping sensation in the upper part of the shoulder.— Jactitation of the muscles of the upper arm.—Cramp-like pain in the muscles of the lower arm. Paralytic lacerating in the wrist-joints, especially when moving them. Legs.—Stitching, contractive pain in the region of the hip-joint. When sitting, *the thigh and leg are spasmodically jerked upward. —Drawing and bruised pain in the outer side of the thigh, small of the back, and loin. Cramp-like draiving in the anterior portion of the thigh, when sitting. Numb, tensive aching, bruised pain in the outer parts of the thighs, when walking or sitting.—Pain as if sprained in the knee-joint.—Cramp-like pain in the muscles of the leg.—Pain as if sprained, when walking.—Pain as if sprained in th® region of the ankles. 820 MEPHITIS putorius. 175.—MEPHITIS PUTORIUS. MEPIIIT.—Viverra Putorius, North American Skunk. — See Nordameric Journal.—Duration of Action: short. Antidote.—Camphor relieves the pains for a short time. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Rheumatic pains of various kinds. Erratic pains, with desire to urinate. Paralytic feeling, particularly during the pains.—Uneasiness in the whole body, with excessively disagreeable feelings. Fine, nervous vibrations, reaching to the in- terior of the bones, and causing a good deal of anxiety.—Greatest languor and weariness, with pain of the muscles when touched or moved. Inclination to stretch one’s self, with indisposition to do anything. Characteristic Peculiarities.—During the first days the symp- toms frequently alternate with their opposites, or with entirely dif- ferent symptoms, after which they become more permanent, until they disappear entirely in a few weeks. Skin.—Itching of the hairy scalp, face, and chin.—Pimples on the thighs, forehead, lower jaw, back, and nates. Sleep.—Frequent yawning, with lachrymation.—Drowsiness in the daytime.—Wakes in the night, with congestion of blood to the legs. Nightmare.—Vivid dreams.—Overwhelmed with sleep. Fever.—Coldness in the evening, with desire to urinate and colic. Warmth of the head, genital organs, and legs, at night. Moral Symptoms.—Nervous excitement, with warmth of the head. Sensorium and Head.—Dullness, with sensation as if the head became larger, accompanied with ill-humor and nausea.—Vertigo.— Violent headache, like a fullness pressing upwards. Fain above the eyes. Heaviness and dull pressure. Eyes.—Pain of the eyes on turning them. Pain as if something had lodged in the eyes. Pain of the eyes, as from over-exertion.— Prickings in the eyes. Heat, burning, and burning pressure in the eyes, particularly morning and evening.—* Redness of the conjunctiva, as if suffused with blood. °Inability to read fine print. The weak- ness of sight is generally accompanied with pain in the head and eyes. Ears and Nose.—Lacerating in the ear, jaw, and teeth.—Ery- sipelas of the ear, with itching, heat, redness, and blisters.—Dry nose. Bleeding from the nose. Teeth.—Sudden jerks in the roots of the teeth. Lacerating and drawing in the teeth. Appetite and Gastric Symptoms.—Coppery taste in the mouth 821 —No appetite in the morning.—After a meal: bruised feeling and drowsiness. — Eructations. — Nausea, with scraping of the palate. Nausea, with emptiness of the stomach, and sensation as if the head were distended. Stomach and Abdomen.—Pressure in the stomach and colic.— Pain in the region of the liver.—Rheumatic pain in the region of the liver.—Pressure and writhing sensation in the abdomen, as from a cold, with pressure on the bladder, feeling of coldness and shaking, relieved near the warm stove. Stool and Urine.—Stool rare, hut thin.—Turbid urine, in the morning, after the evening fever. Genital Organs.—Warmth of the sexual organs. Itching of the scrotum.—Soreness of the female parts, and swelling of the labia. Larynx.—*Cough, -with fluent coryza and soreness in the chest, when reading loud. Chest.—Pain in the chest, in the region of the last true ribs, when touching or pressing the parts, particularly when coughing or sneezing.—Soreness in the region of the last ribs, and in the chest, from below and upwards, on taking a deep inspiration and moving the back. Back.—Weariness in the small of the back, early in the morning. —Pain in the back and the limbs, with lameness. Stitches in the flpinal column, during motion. Arms.—Laming, drawing, rheumatic pains in the arms, relieved by motion. Lacerating and bruised feeling in the bones. Legs.—Drawing, rheumatic pains in the lower limbs, from the hip to the foot.—The knees feel bruised. Stitches in the foot. Arthritic pain in the heel. MERCURIALIS PERENNIS. 176.—MERCURIALIS PERENNIS. MERCURIAL.—Dog’s Mercury.—See “Neues Archiv,” II., translated by Dr. Becker. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Strong feeling of weariness. Very tired and as if bruised all over. Lassitude. Remarkable drow- siness. A feeling of emptiness and weariness in the whole body. Great exhaustion and sleepiness, with dizziness and inability to work. Drowsy and dizzy. Skin.—Burning and itching of the skin or actual burning pain, shifting from one place to another, at times prickling. Sleep.— Uneasy sleep, full of dreams. 822 Mercurialis perennis. Fever.—Cold over the whole body, with hot flush in the face; pressure upon the chest and heavy breathing — Fever; in the evening on going to bed. Shivering in the evening. Feeling of cold in the stomach.—Great heat in the head and on the hands ; the veins in the hands are swollen, the face is red. Great burning or buzzing heat in the head and over the whole body. Moral Symptoms.—Excited. The head feels confused, as if lost in thought. Giddiness, as if from intoxication. Merry and cheerful. Sullen, quarrelsome, and peevish. Sensorium.—Dizziness in the forehead. -Vertigo succeeding head- ache. Dizziness, with heat in the head. Disposition to giddiness when sitting. Turning in the head, pressing ache in the forehead, part of the occiput feels numb. Head.— Violent pressing pain in the forehead, in the morning. Pressing pain in the temples.—Constant pressure and tension in the head and forehead. Pressure in both temples. Aching pain in the forehead and eyes. Pressing headache, commencing in the right temple.—Painful tension in the forehead and eyes, subsequently extending to the temples and vertex. Tension and heaviness of the head, with a feeling of heat. Feeling of heaviness in the head.—The scalp feels tense, numb. Lacerating and stitches in the head. Feeling of fullness and tension in the head.—Head as if inflated, confused.— Aching lacerating pains in the temple,—Burning sensation in the region of the vertex. Burning and digging in the parietes of the head. Heat in the head, with darkly-flushed cheeks. Eyes.—The eye-lids feel somewhat heavy and dry.—Feeling of •weight, tension, and dryness in the eye-lids. Heaviness of the eye- lids, with aching and burning in the eyes. The eye-lids are difficult of motion. Burning of the eye-lids, with dryness, watery secretion of the eyes. Burning heat in the eyes, with pressure. A slight suppuration of the eye-lids at the edges.— Vacant look. Staring of the eyes. Fixedness and aching in the eyes. Opaque appearance of the eyes. Dull eyes, as after sleep. Languid look, as if intoxi- cated. Smarting in the eyes. Watery dull eyes.—Difficulty of moving the eyes.—Pressure in the eyes and forehead. Pressure deep in the eyes.—Tension in the eyes and temples. Lacerating or aching pain in the borders of the orbits.—Painfulness of the eyes.— Weakness of the eyes. Mistiness of sight. Dilated pupils, with great sensitiveness of the eyes to the light. Ears.—Aching pain in the left ear.—Pain in the ears. Nose.—Constant dryness in the nose. Moist, catarrhal nose MERCURIALIS PERENNIS. 823 Violent catarrh. Burning pain inside of the nose. Burning in the nose, sometimes with pricking. Face.—Feeling of coldness in the face.—Sensation of tension and pumbness in the skin of the face. Pressure and lacerating above and in the region of the eye-brows. Great redness and heat of the face.—Great redness of the cheeks. Numbness in the left side of the face, with slight lacerating pains.—Very exhausted look, with blue rings around the eyes. Moutii.—Dryness in the mouth; with heat, without thirst.— Burning in the mouth.—Heartburn in the back of the throat. Tongue dry, swollen.— Tongue white, coated. Constant burning and smarting on the tongue.—Pricking pain in the tongue. Taste and Appetite.—Sour taste, like vinegar.—Disagreeablo bitter taste, with heartburn and sickness. Teeth.—Lacerating in the under jaw and in the edges of the roots of the teeth.—The gums are somewhat reddened. Throat.—Scrapring in the throat.—Roughness in the throat, and speaking as if there were catarrh. Great burning, astringent pain in the throat. Gastric Symptoms.—Violent nausea after previous heartburn. Violent tasteless eructations. Stomach.—Feeling of emptiness in the stomach. Feeling of dis- comfort, sickness, and distention in the stomach.—Pressing in the stomach, with feeling as if it were swollen. Abdomen.—Jerking, though not violent, griping in the belly. Griping pain in the region of the navel, which extends to the bladder. —Tension in the abdomen. Corroding sensation in the region of the spleen. Aching pain in the region of the spleen. Aching pain in the liver. Stool.—Griping in the bowels, and liquid stools.—Diarrhoea, with constant pain in the bowels. Stool somewhat inclined to diarrhoea.— Costiveness. Urgent pressing sensation in the rectum, with pressuro and tension in the sacrum. Itching burning in the anus Urine.—Burning in the urethra. Genital Organs.—Menstruation, which usually lasts three days, now lasts only one da) followed by cramps in the belly and headache. Chest.—Pressure and painfulness of the chest. Aching in front of the chest, with pressure on the stomach and oppressed breathing. —Sticking pain in the left side of the chest.— Throbbing in the right side of the chest, in the evening, when going to sleep.—Hot, almost burning breath.—Confused, undulating sensation in the region of the heart. Oppressive contraction in the region of the heart. Peculiarly 824 MERCURIUS. undulating and throbbing motion in the region of the heart, the prae- cordia, and the upper part of the abdomen ; or a remarkable rolling and throbbing, with trembling and undulating, in all the blood- vessels, without heat. Repeated paljntation of the heart, with op- pression. Back.—Dragging pressure in the sacrum, constantly. Pressing and bearing-down pain in the sacrum. Arms.—Lacerating in almost every limb, at times momentary, at others constant and shifting. On motion, constant pain in tko muscles. Dragging pain in the arms. Legs.—Aching lacerating pains in the thigh, legs, and feet. Dart- ing burning pain in the middle of the thigh. Aching lacerating pains in the shins. Burning in the sole. 177.—MERCURIUS, MERC.—Duration of Action: In regard to this subject Noack and Trinks offer the following remarks :—The effects of this metal, when given in large and fre- quently-repeated doses, develop themselves more or less slowly, sometimes reappear after long intervals, and frequently last days, weeks, months, years, and even through life. The intensity of its action upon the animal organism may be inferred from the fact that this agent, no matter in what form it is administered, is discovered in the solids and fluids of the organism in the original form of Mercury, provided its use is continued long and frequently. It has been found in the blood (Shubarth), in the urine (Cantu), in the bile (of those animals to which Quicksilver was given, Autenrieth), in the sweat (Brinkmann, Cruikshank), Sore throat; sensation as if something had lodged in the throat. deglutition. °Constant desire to swallow. Spasmodic difficulty of swallowing, with danger of suffocation.—*Pain in the throat when swallowing, and -hoarseness. *IIeat ascends in her throat: *Pain in the throat as if too dry. dryness of the throat; it felt sore, as if it were narrower behind than in front. Stinging sore throat. in the back of the throat when swallowing. *Stitching pain in the tonsils when swallcncing. and swelling "of the uvula. Continuous aching pain in the cosophagus, in the region of the larynx, more violent when eating. of the tonsils, with sharp stinging pains in the fauces when swallowing. Inflammatory swelling of the tonsils. °Catarrhal sore throat. °Rheumatic sore throat. ? °Phlegmonous sore throat. ? ° Syphilitic ulcers in the throat. ° The soreness frequently extends to the ears, or the parotid, suhmaxillary, and cervical glands. ° Aggra- vation during empty deglutition, at night, in the cool air, and when talking. °Ptyalism attending the sore throat. Taste and Appetite.—Metallic taste in the mouth, causing almost vomiting. *Bitter taste in the mouth, especially between meals. *Putrid taste in the mouth, especially in the morning. *Saltish taste in the mouth. * Sweet taste in the mouth. *Slimy or sourish taste in the mouth. Excessive appetite and hunger, -but is unable to eat from want of relish. Ravenous canine hunger. *No oppetite for dry food, likes liquid food. *Complete loss of appetite.—*A good deal of thirst. °Violent burning thirst, day and night. Gastric Symptoms.—°Violent eructations. *Constant risings of air. Rising of bitter water.—Bilious eructations. Regurgitation of the ingesta.—Heartburn.—Violent hiccough.—He feels a nausea in the chest, with cutting pressure.—Continued inclination to vomit, 832 MERCURIUS. with pressure and cutting in the chest, and here and there dull stitches in the direction of the sides of the chest, cutting in the abdomen, and cutting, with pressure in the pit of the stomach. Nausea and shuddering the whole day. Headache at every attack of nausea. °Empty retching. vomiting of bitter mucus Bilious vomiting. Stomach.—Constrictive lacerating in the pit of the stomach , afterwards this pain is felt in the chest.—Burning pain in the pit of the stomach. Ulcerative pain in the stomach and abdomen. Great painfulness of the pit and region of the stomach, particularly to the touch. Intensely painful aching in the stomach, especially during a deep inspiration and when touching the parts.—* When sitting the food weighs like a stone in the pit of the stomach. * Pressure in the pit of the stomach after a meal, accompanied with nausea. Hypochondria.—°The region of the liver is painfully sensitive to contact. *Stitch in the region of the liver, preventing inspirations and eructations. °Burning in the region of the liver. °Swelling and hardness of the liver. ° Acute hepatitis. * Complete jaundice. Abdomen.—*Colic, as from a cold, particularly when walking in the open air. *Colic occasioned hy the cool evening air, with diar- rhcea. Inexpressible colic, which only passes ojf in a lying posture. Violent pressure in the right side of the abdomen, as if the bowels were twisted out of the body. Pressure in the abdomen as from a stone. Tensive pain over the umbilicus, deep seated, relieved by eating.—Painful contraction in the abdomen. in the ab- domen about midnight. Pinching in the abdomen, lledness and heat in the cheeks, followed by burning-pinching pains in the epi- gastrium. * During the pinching in the abdomen he is attacked with chilliness and shuddering.—Cutting, with writhing pain and qualmish feeling.'—*Stabbings in the abdomen.—Chilliness in the abdomen. Burning in the abdomen, particularly in the umbilical region.—°During the pain the abdomen is painful to contact or pressure. °Enteritis. ? °Peritonitis. ? Ascites. ? °Scrofulous en- largement of the abdomen, from swelling of the mesenteric glands. ? —*Distention of the abdomen. Distended hard abdomen, °also with painfulness to contact. Small buboes in the left groin, and burning during micturition. Pain as if the inguinal glands were swollen. Swelling of an inguinal gland. °Ulceration and suppuration of the inguinal glands. °Syphilitic and scrofulous buboes. Stool.—* Desire for stool every moment, with tenesmus, without being able to accomplish anything. Constant desire for stool, passing but little every time, with pinching in the abdomen.—-*Constipation 833 -for several days, with catarrhal fever.—Anxious desire for stool, accompanied and preceded by great nausea and pressing in the temples. A good deal of pressing during stool, and little discharge. Violent urging, sometimes compelling him to go to stool suddenly.—• Tenacious stool. #IIard stool, -large, and passed after much pressing and pains at the anus.—*Every stool is preceded by chilliness or shuddering. *'The diarrhoeic stool is preceded by chilliness and urging, and the chilliness is mingled with flushes of heat. *Chilli- ness between the diarrhoeic stools. * lie feels nauseated during a diarrhceic stool.—*Discharges of bloody mucus, accompanied with colic and tenesmus. 0Dysenteric stools.—°Fall dysentery.—'*Loose faces lined with mucus and blood. * Pape scent stool, with mucus. * Stool of the color of sulphur. * Yellowish diarrhoeic stool, without sensation. * White-gray stool. *Mucous discharge from the rectum, with scanty discharge of faces. * Stool only at night. * Diarrhoea in the evening and at night. * Diarrhoeic stool streaked xvith blood. *Bloody stools, with painful acrid sensation at the anus. * Dis- charges of dark-green mucus, -preceded by pressure in the abdomen as of a ball. * Dark-green, bilious, frothy stools. * Green, slimy, acrid stools, corroding the anus. *Discharge of green mucus, with burning at the anus, and protrusion of the anus. °Chopped-like stool. * Sour-smelling stools. °Undigested stools. °Black, °tena- cious, °pitch-like stools. Diarrhoea, with cutting and pressing in the rectum. Burning diarrhoea. Bloody diarrhoea for several days, followed by hard stool with blood. *Green diarrhoea, until violent pinching and cutting.—* Burning pain at the anus with the loose stools. Burning at the anus after every stool. °Discharge of blood before, during, or after the evacuation of faces, even when hard. Itching of the anus, as from ascarides. Soreness of the anus. carides creep out of the rectum. * Discharge of several large lumbrici. °Falling of the rectum, which is black and discharges blood. Urine.—Constant desire to urinate, but no urine is passed.- Dark, red, and brown urine. Urine with whitish flocks. *The urine ts extremely turbid, even while leaving the urethra, and deposits a sediment. °Turbid and fetid urine. Acrid urine. * Whole pieces of white filaments and flocks are emitted after the urine, without pain. *The urine smells sour. * Scanty, fiery-red urine. * Dark- red urine, as if mixed with blood. °The urine looks as if mixed with pus or mucus, and deposits a thick sediment.—Inability to retain the urine.—Nauseous qualmishness during micturition.— in the urethra between the acts of micturition.—* Discharge of blood from the urethra. and Contraction in the region of the MERCURIUS. 834 MERCURIUS. kidneys at night.—°Cutting in the urethra. *Greenish gonorrhoea, particularly at night. Male Genital Organs.—Soreness between the organs and the thighs.—The glans is cold and shivelled. Swelling of the anterior part of the urethra, with suppuration between the glans and prepuce ; the prepuce feels red and hot, and is very painful when walking or touching it. *Injlammation of the prepuce, -with burning pain. * Consider able swelling of the prepuce, -as if distended into a blister by water or air. *Swelling of the prepuce, and inflammatory redness of its internal surface, with great sensitiveness to pain.—*Balanor- rhoea.—A number of small red vesicles at the termination of the glans behind the prepuce, changing to ulcers, which burst and dis charge a yellowish-white, staining, strong-smelling matter. °Chancre. #Drawing with pressure in the testicles, and drawing predominating. Drawing pain in the testicles and in the groin. * Drawing in the spermatic cord, at intervals. Spasmodic lacerating pain, commencing between the testicles extending into the penis.—°Hard swelling of the testicles, with shining redness of the scrotum.—Painful erections. Nightly emission of semen, mixed with blood. Female Genital Organs.—Pimples or tubercles on the labia. Inflammatory swelling of the internal surface of the vagina, as if red and swollen. *Prolapsus of the vagina. of the menses. The menses are too profuse and attended with colic.— Before the menses, °dry heat, with rush of blood and congestion of the head.—During the menses, anxiety, °red tongue, with dark spots and burning, salt taste in the mouth, sickly color of the gums, and the teeth are set on edge. Metrorrhagia. Leucorrhcea causing an acrid sensation. Purulent leucorrhooa. Corrosive leucorrhcea. Mild leucorrhcea. Leucorrhcea, especially in the evening, greenish, causing a smarting in the fore part of the genital organs.—Pain in the mammae, also periodically, as if ulceration would take place. Swelling of the mammae, particularly of the nipples. °Hard swelling of the mamma, with sore pain, or with suppuration and ulceration. °Sore- ness of the nipples. Larynx.—#Catarrh, with chilliness. °A specific remedy in catarrh with cough, coryza (sore throat), chilliness, dread of the open air. °Constant hoarseness and aphonia. °Nasal sound of voice. °Burning and tickling in the larynx.—°Speeific in grippe. —*Dry cough.—* Co ugh, with expectoration short, dry cough.—Cough which sounds as if the whole inside of the chest were dry, with pain in the chest and small of the back. * Violent racking tough every -other *cvening. °Spasmodic cough, with retching.— MERCURIUS. 835 Short and hacking cough.—Haemoptysis. Bloody expectoration when walking in the open air, or when at work.—Inclination to vomit during cough. °Stitches in the occiput during cough. Chest.—#Shortness of breath, as if one had inspired smoke. *Shortness of breath when going up-stairs ; *when walking.—Op- pression. in the region of the sternum. Pain in the chest as if oppressed. Anxiety about the chest; a sort of asthma. Dyspnoea after a meal.—Aching pain in the side of the sternum, extending through to the back.—Pressure in the left chest, hindering deep breathing.—Burning sensation in the chest, extending to the throat. Sore pain in the chest. Stitches in the side.—Stabbing pain in the left side, under the short ribs, during every inspiration.—Violent bruised pain across the chest, not relieved by changing his position of the heart. Back.—Griping pain in the small of the back, especially when standing. Bruised pain in the small of the back, especially when sitting. Sharp prickings in the dorsal spine between the scapulae. Smarting pain in the back, especially when sitting. Burning-hot sen- sation in the whole back. Bruised pain in the back. Burning between the shoulders and down the back. Violent pain between the shoulders, at the commencement of the neck, when turning the head. Painless beating in the scapula, terminating in a trembling. Little blotches and ulcers on the scapulae and abdomen.—Stiffness of the nape of the neck, and stitches in the part, during motion. Swollen and stiff neck, with difficulty of turning it, accompanied with a feeling of heaviness in the neck.—Stinging pains in the cervical glands. *Swelling of the cervical glands, also ivith painful closing of the jaws, °or inflammatory swelling with stinging and pressure. Arms.—The shoulders and upper part of the arm feel as if gone to sleep. Cracking in the shoulder and elbow-joints. Jerking and beat- ing sensation in the shoulder-joint. #Lacerating in the shoulder joint, the humeri, and wrist-joint, particularly at night and when moving the parts. Pain in the shoulders as if pressed down. Burning in the outer parts of both arms. Crushing pain in the humeri.—lied, violent, hot swelling of the elbow, extending as far as the hands, burning and lacerating with formication. Burning in the elbow- joints.—Painful weariness in the bones of the fore-arm. Itching rash on the fore-arm. *JH.erpes on the fore-arm, round, the skin peel- ing off, with voluptuous itching. Large, red, round, scaly spots, with burning pain, in the fore-arm and wrist. eruption on the hands, -with violent nightly itching and raging pain in the forehead. Bainful stiffness of the wrist-joint. Cracking, sticking, and want of 836 MERCURIUS JODATUS strength in the wrist-joint. Tension in the whole hand.—Drawing pain in the hands, with coldness of the fingers. *Contraction of the fingers of both hands, -especially the thumb, which is clenched, as in epilepsy. Painful cramp of the fingers and hands.—Deadness of the fingers. Deep rhagades in the fingers, the base of which looks sore and bleeding. Small sores on the finger-joints which are somewhat ulcerated. Exfoliation of the finger-nails. Legs.—Burning of the nates. *Lacerating in the hip-joint, in the knee, and in the femora (in the right shoulder and wrist-joint, and in the humerus), particularly at night and during motion. Draw- ing and heaviness in the lower limbs. Trembling when walking, worst about the knees and in the inguinal region. Drawing pain in the thighs and legs. Painful pressure in the thighs behind the muscles. *Herpes on the posterior surface of the thigh. Gnawing, itching ulcers on the outer side of the thigh. The knee-joints are painful, as if broken, when lying. Lacerating in the knee-joint.— Weariness and restlessness in the legs, in the evening. Swelling of both legs. Dropsical sivelling of the legs and feet. Itching of the legs.—Boring, drawing pain in the tibiae. Aching pain in the periosteum of the tibia, almost like cramp.—Swelling of the dorsa of the feet. °Painful swelling of the metatarsal bones. Cramp-like contraction of the toes. Swelling of all the toes. 178.—MERCURIUS JODATUS (Hydragyrum Jodatpm). MERC. JOD.—Protiodide of Mercury.—Geo. W. Cook, M. D., of New-York. CLINICAL REMARKS, &c.—The combination of Mercury and Iodine, in equal atoms, I first prepared according to Hahnemann’s directions, and introduced into homoeopathic practice in 1840. A fa- vorable opinion of the value of a combination of these two medicines was the result of practical observation, first from an alcoholic solution, and then by trituration. The latter is decidedly the best, and the only one that should be used. The first trituration has generally been used by me, and I am not aware of any very satisfactory results from higher attenuations. If the medicine is discontinued too soon, or higher potencies substituted, the patient will often relapse. It is most happily indicated (other conditions coinciding) in all enlargement or disease of the glands, acute or chronic, “conglobate or conglomerate’’ swelling of the parotids and tonsils during scarla- tina, enlargement, engorgement, or torpor of the liver or spleen during 837 fevers, particularly those fevers of a typhoid type, enlargement of the inguinal glands and testicles during “gonorrhoea” or lues, a feeling of soreness of the scalp on combing or brushing the hair. Inflamma- tion of the meibomian glands, with ulceration and adhesions of tho lids in the morning, from an accumulation of matter on the edges of the lids. Inflammation and ulceration of the conjunctiva and sclero- tica, with elevated, granulated, and swollen surface. (Scrofulous ophthalmia), chronic inflammation of the lachrymal sac and duct. Catarrhal inflammation of the posterior nares. The whole mucous membrane of the nose inflamed, and the wings of the nostrils exco- riated, from the profuse discharge of corrosive mucus, particularly in children. Nasal bones sore to the touch, and black spots on the skin. Mouth.—Sordes about the teeth and lips. Dry lips, tongue dry, and deeply chapped in the centre, deeply coated, whitish, ash-colored, velvety, deep yellow, or brown. Ulcers are scattered along the margin of the tongue, with red edges and an ashy-gray centre, the edge of the tongue shows the prints of the teeth where it rests against them. The gums easily bleed and look spongy, or have small ulcers of the same character as those on the tongue. The buccal and submaxillary glands are enlarged, inflamed, painful, throbbing, or hard, painless and hypertrophied; parotids and tonsils are in a similar condition, and there is an abundant flow of tough saliva, with cough and expec- toration of yellow mucus, or transparent frothy mucus, with an occa- sional heavy flake in the centre. The teeth are sore and feel as if elongated, with sharp shooting pains proceeding from them up the side of the face to the temples and head. Throat.—The uvula, tonsils and isthmus-faucium are inflamed. The mucous membrane of the posterior nares, pharynx, &c., is changed from its normal pale red hue to a deep scarlet, or even purple, as the inflammation advances in severity. As it passes to a chronic form the inflammation appears more in patches, of an irregular circumscribed form, growing paler towards their circumference, until it is blended in the color of the surrounding membrane into which it merges. From the surface of these patches a quantity of tough, white, or yellowish mucus is discharged, which keeps the patient con- stantly coughing, or hawking, to clear the air passages. In some cases, where the passage of the disease is rapid, and the inflammation is intense, the membrane is smooth, shining, tense, glossy, and dry ; the capillary vessels, which in the healthy condition of the parts are not seen, now become distinctly visible from their enlargement. In some instances the mucous follicles are so much impaired in their MERCUR1US JODATUS. 838 MEUCURIUS JODATUS. function as to cease to throw out any healthy mucus, and the entire entrance to the air-passages, and oesophagus, and palatine arch, is deep red, and dry, except spherical drops of water which stand on the surface like sweat, presenting the appearance of an erythematous inflammation, with exudation very analogous to that which appears on the skin. The epiglottis, particularly at its root, is more abundantly supplied with mucous follicles, and hence is most affected by this condition. The inflammation extends from the lingual surface of the epiglottis to the laryngeal surface, and by continuity to the entire surface of the larynx, trachea, and bronchial ramifications. The voice is changed, or entire aphonia may take place as the inflammation extends to the larynx and involves the chordae-vocales in ulceration. At this stage, in addition to the character of the expectoration, we have the following signs of this extension of disease : external pres- sure upon the larynx produces pain and sometimes cough, which latter is of a peculiar cracking character, with a rattling in the throat. In the second stage of some forms of this disease of the throat, parti- cularly when the first stage has passed off slowly, the surface is raw, the epithelium, which in the healthy condition of the mucous mem- brane covers its surface, being entirely destroyed, the mucous glan- dulae will gradually swell and project, showing small pea-like granu- lations studding the entire surface, in a state of hypertrophy, the transparent and bland mucous secretion of the healthy state by this transformation to diseased action becomes opaque, vicid, and tough, causing a constant disposition to cough or hawk, which brings off a large quantity of this diseased mucus. A feeling of soreness attends upon pressing the larynx, upper end of the sternum, and under the clavicles, with weariness and oppression, and a rattling “ rale muqueux,” which the patient notices, in the larynx and trachea, and auscultation discovers this rattling to extend more or less throughout the chest. The respiration is hurried, and the pulse over 100, small and wiry, slight chills and fever, followed by perspiration twice in twenty-four hours. Percussion exhibits a dull sound throughout the clavicular region and upper lobes of the lungs, and tuberculation, more or less extensively developed, or hepatization, which often follows inflammation of the lungs. Emacia- tion, hectic fever, night and morning cough, with mucous or muco- purulent expectoration, leaves but little hope, even from this agent, after all other means have proved abortive. I have been more minute in the details of this portion of the diseases of the mucous and glan- dular tissues, because this is by far the most important sphere of the action of the Protiodide of Merc. 839 The Protiodide will also be found effectual in removing tendernesu, fullness, hardness, and aching of the hypochondria and epigastrium, bloating and tympanitic or hard and doughy feel of the abdomen, par- ticularly of infants (tabes-mesenterica), with cloudy urine. Diarrhoea of a dysenteric character, green alvine discharges, and sanguineo- mucous discharges, with tenesmus, particularly in scrofulous children or when these symptoms follow a severe catarrh. MERCURIUS VIVUS 179.—MERCURIUS VIVUS.1 MERC. YIY.—Mercurius Regulinus, Argentum Yivum, Liqtiidum, Quicksilver. —Aoack and Trinks. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Pain in the limbs on lifting or grasp- ing anything.—Debility.—Languor.—Emaciation.—Wibmer. Skin.—Exanthemata, spreading from the pit of the stomach over the abdomen and chest; on the second day the red places became covered with small vesicles of the size of a millet-seed, tilled with purulent lymph ; the exanthema disappeared within from five to seven days, scaling off.—Light-red,flat, small blotches, with violent itching in the region of the sexual organs. Eves.—Staring eyes.—Rolling about of the eyes. Ears.—Hard hearing. Face.—Hippocratic face with cold sweat in the face.—Lead-colored bloated face.—Dry, hot, cracked lips.—The teeth are set on edge, loose, fall out, and frequently become yellow and carious.—Swollen gums.—Inflammation of the tongue, palate, fauces, gums, lips, and the whole buccal cavity.—Ptyalism. Ptyalism, with ulcers in the mouth and paralysis of the extremities. Inflammation of the mouth, afterwards gangrene of the gums, tongue, and cheeks.—Ptyalism, exhaustion, delirium, convulsions. — Denudation and caries of the jaws.—Fetid breath.—Aphthous ulcers in the mouth which frequently become gangrenous.—Violent ptyalism, occasioning gangrene of the gums, cheeks, tongue, and every part of the mouth ; the teeth fell out, parts of the tongue and gums became detached—Ptyalism which became so virulent that the gums, cheeks, nose, and that portion of the face below the eyes were eaten away.—Ptyalism of bloody saliva, with looseness of the teeth, interstitial distention, separation, and bleed- ing of the gums, painful swelling of the tongue, the curtain and soft palate are covered with ulcers, from which blood oozes as from a sponge ; muttering delirium, convulsions.—Loss of appetite.—Gag. 1 The following symptoms are the effects of large doses of the metal. 840 ging and vomiting.—Bad digestion.—Violent pains in the abdomen, with writhing and twisting in bed, and anxious moaning. MERCURIUS ACETICUS. MFRC. RUBER. 180.—MERCURIUS ACETICUS. MERC. ACET.—See Hahnemann’s “Materia Medica,” III. GENEBAL SYMPTOMS.—Drawing pain in the limbs in the forenoon, with shuddering, not succeeded by heat. Skin.—The edges of the ulcer become very painful. Itching, bursting pimples, burning like fire when scratched. Sleep.—Heavy dreams after midnight. Eyes.—(Inflammation of the canthi, with burning-itching pain, morning and evening.) Throat.—Dryness of the throat, hindering speech, and accompanied with a cough which seizes the throat. Urine and Genital Organs.—Burning in the urethra, during and between the acts of micturition.—Swelling and inflammation of the fore part of the urethra; the pains are increased by cold, and diminished by tepid water.—Contractive pain in the testicle. Chest.—Pain in the chest as from subcutaneous ulceration, or as if raw and sore.—Pressure and tightness of breathing in the outer region of the sternum. 181.—MERCURIUS RUBER. MERC. PR/ECIP. RUB.—Red Oxyde of Mercury.—Noack and Trinks. Pains, trembling convulsions. Ptyalism. Nausea, vomiting, oppression of the chest, pains in the stomach and whole abdomen; afterwards violent vomiting of blood, with sub- sequent fainting; after this copious diarrhoea and intolerable pains in the abdomen, with burning in the mouth and throat, and unquench- able thirst. On the third day, trembling of the whole body, excessive redness of the whole face and eyes, staring and wild looks, and ptyalism, with a specific and intolerable smell. Vomits a quantity of blackish blood; the gums were swollen and inflamed, the tongue was so big that it filled the whole cavity of the mouth and seemed perforated in several places. The larynx was as much swollen as the mouth, and was even inflamed externally ; the pulse was quick, small, and rather hard. The abdomen was swollen unto bursting, and sen- MERCURIUS SUBLIMATUS CORROSIVUS. 841 sitive. Stomacace of the highest degree of intensity. The teeth were scaroely visible, on account of the swelling of the gums and the sordes Horrid colic, violent vomiting, excessive diarrhoea, oppressive anxiety, spasms of the inner parts.—Vomiting, violent colic, trembling, cold sweats.—Violent vomiting and diarrhoea.—Inflammation of the stomach and intestines. 182.—MERCURIUS SUBLIMATUS CORROSIVUS. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Rheumatic pains in the muscles, ten- dons, and joints.—General debility.—Fainting fits.—Disagreeable feeling in the periosteum of all the bones.—Tossing to and fro.— Trembling of the limbs.—Spasms in all the limbs.—Spasms and con- vulsions which pass into paralysis.—Tetanic spasms.—Convulsions. —Partial paralysis; weakness of sight and hearing.—General insensi- bility.—Emaciation.—Paralysis. Skin.—Rash.—Purple spots on the skin.—Spots over the whole body, looking like scorbutic spots, mingled with an itch-like eruption, herpes, and boils. Sleep.—Violent starting when on the point of falling asleep, with violent concussion of the whole body. Fever.—Chilliness about the head.—Chilliness and cutting colic, even during the least motion.—Chilliness, cutting colic, and stool.— Burning-hot skin, particularly on the forehead.—Irregular, small, contracted pulse.—Frequent, small, quick, feeble, tremulous pulse.— Irregular febrile motions. Lentescent, nervous fevers with excessive sweats and great weakness.—Hectic fever. Moral Symptoms.—Mania.—Weakness of intellect.—Oppressive anxiety.—Anguish about the heart.—Hypochondria. Head.—Disposition to stupor.—Transitory soporous conditions.— Condition bordering on intoxication.—Vertigo.— Swelling of the head and face.—Headache.—Violent rush of blood to the head, and vio- lent headache. Eyes.—Dim eyes, surrounded by blue margins.—Staring look.— Inflammation of the eyes, they seem to start from their sockets.— Slight redness of the conjunctiva.—Swollen and glassy eyes.—Con- traction of the pupils. Ears.—Pulsative buzzing in the ears. Face.—Bluish paleness of the face.—Distortion of the face.— Swelling of the face, which has a dark-red, bluish look.—Puffiness of Antidote.—Of large doses, 'white of an egg.—Noack and Trinks. 842 the face.—Distortion of the face, staring look.—Lacerating in the upper jaws, in the direction of the eyes, succeeded by swelling. Teeth.—Burning pains of the gums and mouth.—Looseness of the teeth. Mouth.—Inflammation of the buccal cavity and the salivary glands; the tongue filled the whole buccal cavity; the anterior por- tion of the cheeks, the glands, gums, and lips were inflamed, swollen, and protruded.—Swelling of the lips, tongue, throat.—Ptyalism.— Ptyalism with headache and swelling of the tongue.—Ulcers in the mouth.—Putrefaction of the mouth. Throat.—Roughness of the throat, rendering speech difficult, but not deglutition.—Violent constriction of the fauces.—Burning in the fauces. Stomach.—Loathing.—Nausea.—Vomiting.—Continued vomiting. —Vomiting of pus.—Vomiting of a bloody fluid after violent retch- ing.—Continued vomiting of blood.—Excessive sensitiveness of the epigastrium to contact.—Disagreeable sensation in the region of the stomach.—Heat in the stomach reaching up to the fauces.—Pains in the stomach.—Violent pains in the epigastrium, increasing very ra- pidly and becoming intolerable.-—Darting.—Gnawing pains in the stomach.—Gnawing and burning pains in the stomach, spreading over the whole abdomen.—Violent lacerating in the bowels.—Excessively burning pains in the stomach and abdomen.—Inflammation of the stomach and intestines, with gangrene.—Phthisis-intestinalis, with ulceration of the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines. Abdomen.—Violent pain in the bowel and oesophagus and abdomen. —Bloated abdomen, very painful to the touch. —Lacerating pains in the stomach arid intestinal canal, with anguish.—Colic around the umbilicus.—Continued colic.—Griping pain in the abdomen.—. Burning in the abdomen.—Cutting in the abdomen.—Chronic weak- ness and sensitiveness of the intestinal canal.—Ulcerations in the intestinal canal and phthisis-intestinalis. Stool.—Diarrhoea.—Evacuation of faeces, mixed with mucus and dark coagulated blood.—Frequent discharge of a small quantity of bloody mucus, day and night, accompanied with almost constant cutting colic, and intolerable painful, ineffectual urging and tenes- mus.—Diarrhoea, accompanied with violent pains in the abdomen and tenesmus.—Frequent attacks of bloody diarrhoea.—Frequent bilious stools.—Liquid stools with tenesmus.—Frequent diarrhoeio stools with tenesmus and bloody evacuations.—Bloody evacuations. —Lacerating in the rectum.—Tenesmus. MERCURIUS SUBLIMATUS CORROSIVUS. MERCURIUS DULCIS. 843 Urine.—Dysuria.—Suppression of the secretion of the urine.— Ilaematuria. Male Genital Organs.—Gonorrhoea, first thin, then thick, lastly with biting pain on urinating, and stitches through the urethra.—• Excitation of the sexual desire. Female Genital Organs.—Leucorrhcea, pale yellow, of a dis- gustingly-sweetish smell.—Painful glandular swelling round the nipples. Larynx.—Constrictive sensation and burning heat in the larynx. —Hoarseness.—Aphonia.—Hollow, fatiguing, dry cough.—Dry cough with pains in the chest.—Cough with bloody expectoration. Chest.—Fetid breath.—Haemoptysis, followed by pulmonary phthisis, attended with hectic fever.—Pulmonary tubercles.—Pul- monary phthisis.—Difficult breathing.—Shortness of breath.—Op- pression on the chest.—Excessive dyspnoea.—Nightly darting pain through the whole chest. Legs.—Sticking pain in the hip-joint during motion and rest.— "Weakness of the lower limbs, inarticulate speech, followed by paraly- sis of the whole left side, distortion of the facial muscles, and speech- lessness.—Pains in the loins and knees and afterwards in the other limbs, at first fleeting and afterwards became seated and penetrating. 183.—MERCURIUS DULCIS. MERC. DULC.—Calomel.—See Hahnemann’s “Mat. Med.,” III., Hartmann, and a number of allopathic authorities GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Derangement of the whole nervous system.—Trembling of the hands and feet.—Trembling of the limbs. —Hypochondriac and hysteric spasms. Skin.—Erythema in the region of the genital organs, spreading over the whole body within twenty-four hours. The skin bright-red, as in scarlet-fever, somewhat swollen, but not painful, without any increase of warmth and without fever.—Eczema-mercuriale.—Ily* drosis-mercurialis. Fever.—Continual fever and heat, with night-sweats, sinking of strength, lacerating pains in the limbs, and trembling, frequent, round, deep, and spreading ulcers in the mouth and fauces, in the face, on the genital organs, and the rest of the body, with white base and inflamed, excessively-painful edges. Moral Symptoms.—Oppressive anxiety.—Uneasiness in the whole body. 844 DIVERS MERCURIAL PREPARATIONS. Head.—Swelling of the head. Face.—Inflammation of the lips and tongue. Teeth.—Breaking off, exfoliation, blackness, looseness, and falling out of the teeth.—Interstitial distention and chronic decay of tho gums.—Noma: rapidly spreading, gangrenous destruction of the soft and hard parts of the face, lips, cheeks, gums, teeth, upper jaw, generally in children. Mouth.—Profuse ptyalism.—The salivary glands and tongue were very much swollen; adventitious growth and bleeding of the gums ; deep, bleeding ulcers. Complete loss of appetite ; the patient was unable to swallow even the softest kind of food, owing to violent pains in the throat.—Ulcers in the mouth. Gastric Symptoms. — Vomiting. — Chronic vomiting.—Chronic weakness of the stomach. Stomach and Abdomen.—Violent pains in the stomach.—Inflam- mation of the liver.—Enlargement and induration of the liver.—• jEnteritis.—Excessive pains in the abdomen, with vomiting and diarrhoea.—Violent colic.—Ascites.—Adenophyma meseraicum mer- zuriale. Alternate constipation and diarrhoea. The diarrhoeic stool sets in with colicky pains in the abdomen. Stool.—Abdominal ptyalism, in the shape of a watery, copious diarrhoea.—Chronic disposition to diarrhoea, with cutting colic.—* Greenish and blackish evacuations.—Grass-green evacuations. Chest.—Fetid breath.—Asthma. 184.—DIVERS MERCURIAL PREPARATIONS. GENERAL SYMPTOMS. — Hydrargyrosis of a less degree: greater or less affection of the mucous membranes. Hydrargy- ROSIS OF A HIGHER DEGREE, MERCURIAL CACHEXIA languor and exhaustion, derangement of the digestive organs, alternate constipa- tion and diarrhoea, sour eructations, emaciation, apathy.—Inflamma- tory affections of the glands, swelling of the parotid, axillary, in- guinal, and cervical glands.—Striking deficiency and corruption of the blood.—Hcemorrhage frotn every orifice of the body, from the gums, mouth, nostrils, lungs ; 'putrid, rapidly-spreading ulcers of the mucous membranes and skin; profuse, even bloody sweat; all the symptoms offully-developed scurvy.—Local and general dropsy.— The pulse becomes irritated, frequent, small, tight.—Lentescent, ex- hausting fevers, with unquenchable thirst and rapid emaciation.—• Fetid, diarrhoeic stools.—Drawing, lacerating, and boring pains in DIVERS MERCURIAL PREPARATIONS. the muscles, sheaths of muscles, articulations, and hones.—Acu and chronic eruptions.—Affections of the periosteum and bones - - Swelling of bones, softening of bones. Rheumatismus mercuria lis, affecting the knee and shoulder-joints, rarely the hip, arm, and wrist-joints, sometimes the rheumatism is acute, and, if left to itself, results in dropsy and suppuration of the joints.—Lacerating in the joints, with heaviness.—Dull pain in the joints.—Excessive pains in the muscles, tendons, and joints, resembling rheumatic and arthritic pains.—Pains in the loins and knees, and afterwards in the rest of the body, which are at first wandering, then seated, penetrating. —Darting and pricking pains in various parts of the body. Neu- ralgia mercurialis : along the track of a motor nerve the patient experiences a drawing-lacerating pain. The pain may be seated, but more frequently it wanders here and there along different parts of the affected nerve.—Violent lacerating pains in the tibia and face, proceeding from the teeth, and extending to the parietal bone and the frontal region, and depriving the patient of sleep.— Trembling of the limbs.—Epilepsy.—Predisposition to apoplexy.—Apoplexy.— Softening of the brain, with consequent apoplexy.—General paraly- sis.—Paralysis of the extremities.—A variety of severe nervous affections.—Excessive sensitiveness to external impressions, changes of temperature, &c.—Excessive emaciation.—Seriostitis.—Necrosis ossium.—Caries ossium.—Exostosis.—Osteomalacia.—Osteosarcoma. —Liability of the bones to break. Skin.—Desquamation of the epidermis, particularly the hands and feet.—The skin, particularly on the chest, thighs, lower part of the back, is covered with a burning and itching rash.—Miliaria mer- curialis : after the usual precursory symptoms, with marked irritation of the nervous system, and a slow, almost torpid febrile paroxysm, the exanthem makes its appearance on the chest, after which the anxiety and the restlessness of the patient abate. On the day following, the rash appears od the back and loins, preceded by the same precursory symptoms, [n this way the rash breaks out in patches, until the eruption is complete, after the lapse of four or five days. The vesicles are close together and white. After the breaking out of the rash, the fever continues to make its appearance every evening Nervous symptoms, sleeplessness, slight delirium, even convulsions supervene. — Eczema mercuriale symptomaticum: gradually the skin becomes rose-colored. The reddened cutaneous surface im- parts a sensation of burning heat to the finger. The redness dis- appears when pressing on it, but returns immediately after the pressure ceases.—Eczema mercuriale criticum : the first stage is 846 DIVERS MERCURIAL PREPARATIONS. characterized by the presence of mercurial fever, which is generally slight, although the catarrhal symptoms are sometimes violent. To* wards the end of this stage, which lasts from three to four days, an itching tingling in the skin is felt in different parts of the body. At the beginning of the second stage, the parts become rough and scarlet red, and covered with vesicles, at first filled with a transparent fluid, but which soon becomes milky and turbid. The epidermis peels off in large patches. The pain is severe on changing position, and is felt the more at night.—Erysipelas: erysipelatous eruptions (Loewen- hardt).—Intense inflammation of the skin, spreading over the larger portion of the body, and terminating in the formation of an immense number of vesicles and blisters filled with pus.—Herpes pr cep utialis mercurialis (Dietterich).—Psydracia mercurialis (mercurial itch) : in single parts of the limbs the patient experiences a violent itching, on the second day a slight elevation of a dark rosy redness is per- ceived, which increases in size on the day following, becomes pus- tulous on the fourth, and is fully developed on the fifth. These ele- vations vary in size from that of a millet-seed to the size of a pea. They are surrounded with a very narrow areola, their color remains of a dark rosy red. On the fifth day their tips are filled with a fine yellow pus ; they are never seen in groups, but are scattered, as it were, over the extremities. On the sixth day their tips commence to fall in, they become paler and the areola narrower. In three days the pustule changes to a light-brown scurf, which is absorbed in two days, and then scales off.—Impetigo mercurialis : dark-red spots of various sizes are first perceived in the region of the genital organs and then on the chest. At first the vesicles are seen only on the sternum, after which they spread over the whole chest, arms, calves, and inner surface of the thighs. The vesicles break out repeatedly ; sometimes some of them burst, leaving small, indented ulcers, which run into one another, and secrete a brownish-yellow, tenacious, and viscid pus. The gums are livid, receding from the teeth, the teeth have a dirty-black appearance, the smell from the mouth is bad, the mucous membrane of the fauces is bluish, interstitially distended, and traversed by injected vessels, with lacerating pains in the limbs, &c.—Spreading, spongy, bluish, readily-bleeding ulcers.—Completely cicatrized ulcers burst again without any apparent cause, and become gangrenous.—Ulcers which are extremely painful when touched ever so little, discharging an acrid, corrosive ichor, spreading rapidly, and forming unequal elevations and depressions as if corroded by insects, with unequal and quick pulse, sleeplessness, restlessness, profuse night-sweat, great nervousness and impatience from the slightest DIVERS MERCURIAL PREPARATIONS. 847 causes.— Ulcus mercuriale simplex.— Ulcus mercuriale mixtum is a mercurial ulcer which has arisen from an already existing syphilitic one. Sleep.—Sleeplessness. Fever.—Fever and general irritation of the nervous system.— Fever, with painful local inflammation terminating in gangrene.— Acute, putrid fevers.—Febris erethica. In the evening slight chills, proceeding from the abdomen, increasing gradually, and penetrating to the very bones. After this, sleep becomes restless and is dis turbed with heavy, fanciful dreams. The urine is fiery-red, the pulse irritated, full, and quick. The dryness in the mouth increases to a burning sensation, the gums become dark-red, and recede some- what from the teeth, the tongue commences to swell, the tensive aching pain in the occiput extends to the nape of the neck, and even to the region between the scapulae, inducing stiffness of the neck. The patients smell unpleasantly, and complain of a metallic taste in the mouth. They moan continually, and suffer with great oppression and anguish. The chills alternate with flushes of heat. The eyes become red, and assume a watery and glassy appearance. Aching pain in the forehead towards the root of the nose, the nose is dry and obstructed, the cheeks are hot, deglutition is impeded by a tensive, burning, and stinging pain, the submaxillary and parotid glands are swollen, drawing and lacerating in the ears, the teeth become very sensitive, the root of the tongue is coated with a whitish mucus, breathing becomes more and more anxious, the oppression increases, the pulse becomes quick, undulating, the patients complain of ex- cessive oppression and tightness. These phenomena characterize the acme of the fever, and disappear by violent critical discharges, ptyalism, lienteria, urorrhcea, hydrosis (excessive sweats), or by an exanthem (Dietterich).—Febris adynamica: livid look, with blue margins around their dim and glassy eyes. The head feels giddy, nose, face, and extremities are cold. Towards evening the patients experience slight chills and flushes of heat. At the same time the patients feel oppressed, moan a good deal, complain of anguish and a pressure in the praecordia. Their sleep is heavy and restless, their pulse quick and small, the urine is clear, yellowish, with slight re- tention of stool. This condition lasts a few days, increasing in violence; the patients are in a state of perfect apathy, they lie in their beds listless and weak, their faces are pale as death, the whole body feels cool, and the pulse becomes somewhat fuller. At this stage the condition of things changes suddenly, the patients are seized with an inclination to vomit, the oppression of the chest in- 848 DIVERS MERCURIAL PREPARATIONS. creases, the breathing becomes manifestly more difficult, the eyes wander, and the pulse is frequently intermittent. At night a bland delirium sets in, and even in the daytime the patients are slightly delirious. The skin and tongue are dry, the latter being without a coating. Lentescent fevers with perceptible emaciation.—Ilectio fever.—Exhausting sweats.—mercurialis. Moral Symptoms.—Paroxysms of oppressive anxiety.—Craziness. —Mania: great anguish and uneasiness of mind, general confusion of ideas.—Self-illusion.—Weakness of mind. — Imbecility. — Great want of memory. Head.—Violent vertigo.—Heaviness and dullness of the head.—• Headache in the temples.—Paroxysms of raging headache, relieved by pressing the head together.—Considerable swelling of the head, cervical glands, and gums.—Falling off of the hair. Imbecility, stupefaction, dumbness, and deafness, with involuntary stools. Loss of sense and indolence. Eyes.—Conjunctivitis mercurialis: distinguished by a peculiar lilac appearance.—Ophthalmia : the conjunctiva of the globe of the eye and of the lids are inflamed, the eye-lids are swollen, red, the canthi are round, excoriated, with smarting pain in them. The margins of the lids are burning and itching; they are agglutinated in the morning, after the night’s sleep, and secrete a quantity of thick purulent gum. Pressure and rubbing in the eye. Sensitive- ness to light, lachrymation. The Schneiderian membrane is affected as in catarrh, with soreness of the nostrils and upper lip.—Iritis mer- curialis.—Retinitis mercurialis: burning aching pain in the bottom of the eye, great photophobia, constant lachrymation, a variety of bright colors, sparks, fiery rings before the eyes, &c.—Amaurosis mercurialis.—Dimness of sight.—Protruded eyes. Ears.—Excessive sensitiveness of the organ of hearing. Starting on hearing the least noise.—Humming in the ears. Nose.—Violent bleeding at the nose. Face.—Lead-colored complexion. — Cadaverous paleness of the face.—Swelling of the face, neck, and inner mouth.—Paleness and caries of the jaws.—Neuralgia of the facial nerve.—Partial paralysis of one side of the face. Teeth.—Swelling and bleeding of the gums from the least contact. —Scurvy of the gums.—Violent tooth and face-ache at night, and ptyalism.—The teeth become elongated, black, loose, and finally fall out.—Violent burning pain in the nerves of the teeth. Mouth.—Cadaverous smell from the mouth —Stammering.—The tongue is swollen, extremely sensitive, protruded from the mouth.— DIVERS MERCURIAL PREPARATIONS. 849 The tongue is coated whitish, big, almost immovable, and ulcerated at the edges.—Aphthae on the tongue, in the mouth and fauces.—Fetid ulcers in the mouth, constantly discharging a foul ichor.—A number of painful spreading ulcers in the mouth.—Bleeding of ulcers in the mouth, particularly at night.—Caries of the jaw and palate-bones.— Mercurial ptyalism. Violent burning pains are experienced in tb' affected parts in the mucous membrane. The teeth are covered with a thick putrid-smelling sordes, corroding the enamel.—The patient generally complains of dullness and heaviness of the head, the nose is stopped, and languor is excessive.—Ptyalism, ulcers of the mouth and tongue, accompanied by partial paralysis and derangement of the digestive organs. The gums and fauces are swollen, dry, painful. The cheeks, parotid, and salivary glands are likewise swollen and painful. Throat.—Burning pain in the fauces, as from red hot coal.—In- flammation of the fauces, rendering deglutition very difficult.—The eustachian tube is frequently compressed by swelling, which induces deafness.—Trembling of the pharynx and oesophagus.— Chronic mercurial angina faucium. Appetite.—Loss of appetite. Stomach.—Inclination to vomit.—Vomiting, with convulsive mo- tions. Abdomen.—Anxiety in the prsecordial regions.—Infarctions and induration of the liver.—Jaundice.—Colicky pains.—Great distention of the abdomen.—Excessive pinching in the abdomen.—Mercurial ptyalism of the pancreas. In the region of the pancreas, the patients complain of a dull burning pain. Aching pains are experienced in that region, on making pressure with the finger. The face becomes livid, the eyes recede into their sockets, and are surrounded with blue rings, the skin is cold and flaccid, the secretion of urine is almost entirely suppressed, the patients feel wretched, remain in bed ex- hausted, and desire to drink continually. The pancreatic ptyalism is apt to occur in individuals with an atrabilious constitution, in hysteric and hypochondriac persons. It may likewise take place by metastasis, in consequence of suppressed ptyalism. Stool. — Bilious diarrhoea.—Discharge of a yellow-green sub- stance, with coagulated blood.—Painful stools mixed with blood and mucus.—Painful dysentery continuing eleven days.—Dangerous diar- rhoea.—Evacuations, with burning and biting at the anus.—Green stools.—Constant tenesmus, with frequent discharge of blood by stool. Urine.— Urarrhceamercitrialis.—Excessive diabetes, with extreme emaciation.—Burning acridity in urinating. 850 MILLEFOLIUM. Male Genital Organs.—Inflammation of the orifice of the urethra —Gonorrhoea.—The urine is discharged drop by drop, with burning. Female Genital Organs.—Miscarriage. Larynx.—Constant hoarseness.—Complete paralysis of the organs of voice.—Loss of speech.—Consumption.—Cough.—Violent haemop- tysis.—Heemoptysis, followed by pulmonary consumption. Chest.—Violent oppression on the chest and about the heart.— Paroxysms of violent asthma, with danger of suffocation in walking or stooping.—Asthma. Back.—Atrophy of the spinal marrow. Arms.—Trembling and weakness of the hands, with convulsions of the hands. Legs.—Neuralgia of the sciatic nerves.—Intense inflammation and superficial suppuration of the whole leg and of the feet, with com- plete desquamation of the epidermis of those Darts, and even of the soles of the feet.—(Edema-pedum. 185.—MILLEFOLIUM. MILLEF —Milfoil.—Hartlaub andTrinks’ “Ann.,” IV., “Archiv,” XV., 8, struction of the nose, -when talking; hard fetid clots coming out of one nostril. *Coryza, -frequently intermitting, with burning of the eyes, from morning till evening. °Coryza every other day. Con- stant coryza, with cough; with chilliness over the whole body, cold hands and cheeks, hoarseness, no thirst. Face.—*jBurning heat -and redness of the face. Alternate red- ness and paleness of the face. Pale complexion Blue margins around the eyes, swollen eye-lids. Bloated face.—Swelling of both cheeks, with glowing redness. Aching of the facial bones, increased by walking in the open air. Lacerating in the malar bones.—• °Freckles.—° Yellow spots on the forehead and upper lip.—Pimples in the face, near the ear, with pricking pain when touching them, like boils. Eruption near the nose and mouth. Burning vesicle on the chin.—Pimples on the lips. °Swelling of the upper lid.—Small, red, itching vesicles, full of water, on the chin. Jaws and Teeth.—Rheumatic pain in the jaws. Ulcerative pain, with throbbing, in the articulation of the jaw.—Swelling of the sub- maxillary glands. Toothache, with swelling of the gums, and violent fever.—Extreme sensitiveness of the lower teeth. par- ticularly wdien eating. Dull drawing aching pains in a hollow tooth, after taking cold. Lacerating toothache, only at night. Tooth- ache, day and night, relieved by warmth, with bleeding of the gums, coldness of the body the whole day, and thirst.—Looseness of the teeth. Ulcerative pain of the lower gums of the left side. Loose gums. Bleeding gums. Mouth.—Abscess near the fraenum.—Dry mouth and tongue.— Burning about the tip of the tongue, as if it were cracked.—Heavy speech, from want of mobility of the tongue. Throat.—Pressing sore throat, after stooping ; difficult deglutition owing to soreness. Pressure in the oesophagus.—Rough, dry, scrap- NATRUM CARBONICTJM. 863 ing and acrid sensation in the throat, at different periods.—Inflam- mation of the throat, with swelling of the right tonsil, and stitches and choking on the left side of the throat, as if from a swelling, day and night. Taste and Appetite.—*Food has a hitter, scraping taste.—Sour taste in the mouth, and tongue very much coated.—A good deal oj thirst.—Neither hunger nor appetite, morning and evening.—Speedy repletion.—Great appetite. Constant hunger.—°Babid hunger, from a qualmish feeling of emptiness. Gastric Symptoms.— Diarrhoea after drinking milk.—°Sticking in the left hypochondriuin. Disagreeable sensation in the stomach after eating. Chilliness with internal heat after a meal.—°Great weakness of digestion, with bad, hypochondriac humor. Frequent eructations. Sour eructations. Bitter eructations. Gulping-up of sweetish water. Violent, painful hiccough, sometimes with bitter eructations.—Water-brash.—*Nausea at the stomach, morning or forenoon, going off after dinner. °Constant qualmishness. Nausea in the morning, with creeping in the stomach, water in the mouth, and eructation. Violent nausea, with inclination to vomit, heat in the face, retching, hawking up of mucus, and finally vomiting of frothy tasteless mucus. Vomiting of a fetid, sour fluid, resembling loam-water (when coughing).—After vomiting, dull headache, no appetite, tongue coated white, and nauseous, insipid taste. Stomach.—°The region of the stomach is painful to the touch.— Sensation as if the stomach were fasting. Pressure in the stomach, as from a stone. Pressure and griping in the stomach, with tremu- lousness, when walking.—The stomach feels swollen and sensitive.— *Painful contraction around the stomach.—Drawing and cutting in the stomach, °also with pressure, internally and externally. Burning near the pit of the stomach. Abdomen.—Colic, relieved by vomiting.—Aching in the hypogas- trium, and sides of the abdomen, with pain to the touch, and when walking. Heaviness in the abdomen.— Tensive colic, at night, with cutting in the abdomen and diarrhoea. Pinching around the umbili- cus and in the hypogastrium, sometimes with cutting and urging to stool. Pinching colic, early in the morning, with inclination to vomit, as if diarrhoea would come on.—Pain of the intestines as if bruised. °Stitches with digging in the abdomen. Biting sensation in the hypogastrium, as from worms.—#Distention of the abdomen, particularly after a meal. of flatulence. of flatulence, also painful.—The abdomen is painful to the touch. Swelling of the inguinal glands. 864 NATRUM CARBONICUM. Stool.—'Constant desire for stool, with writhing cutting it the abdomen. Violent desire, with discharge of a few pieces of stool, resembling sheep’s dung, with burning.—Stool first hard, then soft, with burning in the anus, and sometimes with bloody mucus. Inter- mittent, insufficient stool.—Stool with tenesmus, afterwards pain in the rectum.—Violent hurried desire, afterwards liquid stool pro- pelled with force. Tenesmus, liquid stool, with burning at the anus.—Stool tinged with blood.—Expulsion of taenia, with stool.— Pinching in the abdomen and clawing in the anus, with chilliness before stool. Colic previous to the soft stool. Cutting in the anus and rectum, during stool.— Burning at the rectum, after stool.—Pressure and itching in the rectum, as if varices would form. Smarting-burn- ing itching of the anus. Tenesmus, with pressure, around the anus. Urine.—Tenesmus of the bladder and rectum, with colic. Fre- quent and copious micturition, with yellow leucorrhoea.—The urine becomes turbid and deposits yellow mucus.—Sour-smelling, bright- yellow urine. Fetid urine.—* Burning and stitches in the urethra, before and after micturition. Lacerating and smarting in the urethra, during micturition.—Violent pressing in the lumbar region, and region of the bladder. Male Genital Organs.—Soreness between the scrotum and thighs. —Itching of the glans. Inflammation of the glans and prepuce. Swelling of the glans. Inflammation of the prepuce.—Itching of the scrotum. Stinging throbbing in the scrotum. Contusive pain of the testicle. Painful stretching in the testicles and abdomen. Hea- viness, and drawing with pressure in the testicle and spermatic cord, more in the morning than evening. Feeling of numbness in the testicles.—Frequent pollutions in an old man. Pollution without erection. Female Genital Organs.—Motion, as from a foetus, in the uterus. °Tlie os-uteri is out of shape.—* Pressing in the hypogas- trium, toivards the genital organs, as if everything would issue from the abdomen, and as if the menses would appear. Soreness of the pudendum, between the thighs.—The menses are preceded by headache and drawing in the nape of the neck; cutting in the hypogastrium, at short intervals ; during the menses, painful lacerating and beating in the head; painful distention of the abdomen; violent pain in the small of the back.—Leucorrhoea, °also putrid. Profuse leucorrhoea, after frequent attacks of colic and writhing about the umbilicus. Yellowish leucorrhoea, going off with the copious urine. °Metrorrha- gia.—°Appears to facilitate conception. °Discharge of mucus from the vagina, after an embrace. NATRUM CARBONICUM. 865 Larynx.—Soreness of the throat and wind-pipe. Dryness of the larynx. Stinging and roughness of the throat, with dry cough. Roughness and rawness in the chest, the whole day, most violent in the evening with pressure under the sternum, oppression and palpi- tation. *Caugh and *coryza, day and night. Scraping cough, with soreness in the whole chest and alternate hoarseness, heat, and burn- ing of hands and soles, bruised feeling of the limbs, want of appetite, nausea, heat, and profuse sweat at night, no thirst, constipation.— Dry and hacking cough, with rattling in the chest. Cough, generally in the morning, with either *salt, fetid, or ‘purulent discharge. Bloody expectoration when coughing in the evening. Chest.—°Difficulty of breathing. °Shortness of breath.—Tight- ness of the chest during a deep inspiration.—Asthma, with hoarse, deep tone of voice, and scraping in the pharynx and larynx: after- wards with cough and purulent, bloody expectoration.—Pressure in the region of the heart, as from a hard body lying between the heart and the pit of the stomach. Cutting, and pain, as if bruised, in the sternum.—Stitches in the side of the chest and abdomen. °Con- stant chilliness in the left side.—Painful cracking in the region of the heart.—Palpitation of the heart, when going up-stairs. When lying on the left side, at night, palpitation of the heart. Palpitation of the heart, without anguish, easily excited. Anxious palpitation of the heart, when writing, with dull pressure in the forehead and confused feeling in the head.—Stitches and burning in the outer ■parts of the chest. Back.—-Momentary pain in the small of the hack. Pain, as if bruised, in the small of the back, equally violent during rest and motion. *Sore pain in the small of the hack, even when at rest, without touching it. Pustules on the small of the back, very pain- ful to the touch.—Violent pain in the hack, worse at night. Creeping and itching formication over the whole back.—Tension and drawing between the scapula. Gnawing pain between the shoulders.—Stiff- ness of the nape of the neck, -as from a cold. Stiff and paralytic nape of the neck. Spasmodic drawing in the nape of the neck, with diffi- culty of moving the head. Continuous paralytic pain in the nape of the neck and between the shoulders, early in the morning. Glandular swellings of the neck. Increase of the goitre. Arms.—Violent pain in the shoulder-joint. *Feeling of pressure on the left shoulder. Lacerating in the shoulders. Pain, as from bruises, in the shoulder-joints.— The arm feels stiff. Lacerating in the upper arm. Pain, as from bruises, in the muscles of the upper arm.—Drawing pain in the elbow. Lacerating in the lower arms, 866 NATRUM MURIATICUM. down to the fingers.—Swelling of the hands, in *he afternoon. Tremo* of the hands, most violent in the morning. Sweaty kauris. The skin of the hands is dry and parched. Dry, cold hands. Chapped hands Bloated lingers. Legs.—l'n the right hip, drawing and pressure. in the hip, in the evening, after lying down. Pain as from bruises, in the left hip, when rising from a seat, going oft' when walking. Great heaviness of the lower limbs. Rigid sensation in the lower limbs, when walking or sitting. Pain as from bruises in the lower limbs. The limbs suddenly gave way. Feeling of coldness of the limbs, even in the daytime. °Blotch-like spots on the lower limbs, in leprous patients. Jerking in the muscles of the thighs, suddenly. Violent cutting through the thigh, when walking. Painful weariness in both thighs.—Pain in the'bend of the knee when moving it. Pain as from bruises in the knee-joints.—Drawing in the leg.—Burning drawing on the tibia, apparently in the skin. Cramp in the calves. Redness, inflammation; and swelling of the left leg, with violent itching and gnawing, and with many itching and painfully-stinging ulcers.— The feet feel heavy.—°Pressure in the tarsal-joints. *Prick~ ing in the sole of the foot, particularly on pressing the foot to the ground.—Throbbing and creeping in the heels, as if from an ulcer, in the evening, when in bed. *The tarsal-joint is liable to be sprained. Uneasiness in the feet. Prickling in the soles. Burning of the feet, especially the soles, when walking.—*SweUing of the feet, or of the soles. *Cold feet. Icy-cold feet, painful. Black ulcerated pustule on the heel. °Chronic ulcers on the heel, arising from spreading blisters. Smarting as from excoriation and soreness between the toes. 190.—NATRUM MURIATICUM. NATR. MUR.—Common Table-Salt.—See Hahnemann’s “Chronic Diseases,” IV. Compare with—Agn., Am., Ars., Bell., Calc., Caps., Carb.-a., Carb.-v, Caust.t Cham., Chin., Ign., Kali, Lyc., Merc., Mur.-ac., Nalr., Nitr., Nux-v., Par., Plumb., Puls., Sabad., Sep., Spig., Squil., Staph., Sulph., Viol.-tric.—Natr. mur. is frequently suitable after Lach., Merc. Antidotes.—Ars., Campli., Nitr.-spir.—Camph. is a very weak antidote against the excessive action of Natrum ; frequent smelling of Spir.-nit.-dulc. relieves the effects of Nat. much better. °GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Rheumatic affections with shorten- ing of tendons. °Paralytic affections. °Scrofulous affections. °Rad effects from loss of animal fluids, also by onanism. °Bad effects NATRUM MURIATICUM. 867 from chagrin and anger. ° Hysteric affections, weakness, and faint- ing fits.—°Drawing with pressure in the limbs. * Excessive liability to take cold, -producing cough and hoarseness. Dread of the open air.—Uneasiness in the body, with chilliness. All the muscles, especially those of the thighs and upper arms, are painful during motion, as if the flesh had been detached by blows.—Cramp-like sen- sation in the limbs, especially in the hands, as if the parts had gone to sleep. The violent nightly pains (for instance, a boil on the back) cause a suffocative arrest of breathing, and a kind of paralysis of one side, which deprives him of the use of his limbs on that side. Pa- roxysms of gnawing pressure, at times in the pit of the stomach, at times around the umbilicus, at times in the chest, in the evening. Violent constriction of the stomach and chest. Stitches in various places. Pain of all the limbs, as if bruised.—Violent stiffness of all the joints of the body. Jerking of the limbs. °Liability to strain or sprain joints.—Congestion of blood to the chest, stomach, and head, with coldness of the limbs. The circulation is excited by every motion of the body. Full and undulating pulse in the whole body, even during rest, pulse intermits a few beats. The beats of the heart intermit during the siesta.—Depressed condition of the mind and body, with great appetite. After making a bodily effort, he is unable to think, and feels indifferent. °Exhaustion and pains from talking.—Nervous paroxysms. °Heaviness. °Indolence after rising in the morning. °Dread of exercise. Great bodily weakness ; ing of weakness, -when sitting. Weakness of the whole body, heavi- ness of the feet. °Hysteric languor. °Alternate languor and light- ness of the limbs.—* Emaciation. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The symptoms come on or are renewed or increased in a recumbent position, even in the daytime; at night she is obliged to set up in bed, in order to find relief. Skin.—Itching over the whole body. Red spots, of the size of a pin’s head, over the whole body, preceded by a feeling of heat.— Rash over the whole body, with* stinging sensation in the skin. Miliary eruption over the whole body.—Large and red blotches, itching violently, over the whole body and on the neck. Nettle-rash, after violent exercise. A number of boils on the body. Warts in the palm of the hand. °Varices. Sleep.—Yawning and stretching. *Great inclination to sleep in the daytime, -and great weariness. Total sleeplessness at night.—• Restless sleep.—At night: pain in the outer parts of the head. Heat in the head. Anxious feeling in the head. Stitching, aching pain in the fore part of the head. Violent pulsations in the head, 868 NATRUM MURTATICTJM with heat of the body. Bleeding at the nose. Colic every night, without diarrhoea. *Micturition -every night, also every hour. Burning at the rectum. Attack of asthma and palpitation of the heart, but without anxiousness. Drawing *pain in the back. Stitches in the nape of the neck. °Tremor of the nerves. Nightmare. Erethism of the blood or violent throbbing of the arteries, without sensation of heat. Great restlessness at night, with much heat and thirst. Anxiety and heat. Talking while asleep, and restless night. Startings when asleep. * Sleep full of fanciful raving. Lewd dreams. Night-sleep disturbed by voluptuous dreams, pollu- tions, and long erections. Vexing and *anxious dreams, -also with weeping. Frightf ul dreams of murder, fire. Fever.—* Chilly, the whole day. °Cold hands and feet. *Con- stant chilliness, °and want of animal heat. °Frequent internal chilliness. Chills in the evening, when in bed.—Shuddering, with feeling of goose-flesh. Shuddering and chilliness in the back, without thirst. Chills and shuddering, with great inclination to sleep, even in the daytime. Fever shortly before dinner. Fever with headache. Violent chilliness, in the evening, followed by profuse sweat over the whole body. Fever in the afternoon, chilliness, and coldness, with much thirst, without subsequent heat.—°Fever and ague, particularly with bone-pains, pains in the back, yellow, livid complexion, headache, great debility, bitterness in the mouth, ulceration of the corners of the mouth, loss of appetite, pressure in the pit of the stomach, with painful sensitiveness to contact, quotidian or tertian type, the fevei generally setting in towards morning, with chilliness, followed by heat and thirst. °Intermittent fevers, from abuse of Cinchona.— °Before the fever: (chilliness) languor or headache. °During the chilliness: shortness of breath, yawning and drowsiness, thirst or thirstlessness. *During the heat : thirst, and a good deal of violent headache.—° Typhoid fevers, particularly with debility, dryness of the tongue, and great thirst. Ileat after the siesta, followed by shud- dering until evening. Heat in the evening, with thrills of coldness and shuddering over the back, without thirst. Flashes of heat and slight sweat. *Much sweat in the daytime, °when walking. * Profuse sweat breaks out easily, during motion, -although he is very chilly. Profuse night-sweat. Profuse *sweat, for several mornings, also having a sourish smell. Moral Symptoms.—Sad, desponding (after nettle-rash). Melan- choly. *Dejection of spirits. Desire to weep, with anxiety. Hypo- chondriac, tired of life. #Apprehensive for the future.—Sudden anxiety and palpitation of the heart. Joyless. Lazy, no disposition NATRUM MURIATJCTJM. 869 to work. Hurriedness. Great excitation, followed by going tc sleep and deadness of the limbs.—*Great tendency to start. * Very much out of humor, peevish, and taciturn. * Passionate vehemence. Sensorium.—Imbecility and absence of thought, with drowsiness. * Difficulty of thinking. Absence of mind. Awkward. * Weak memory. Loss of memory.—*Dullness of the head.—Emptiness of the head, with anguish. Weakness of the head. ° Weariness of the head from mental labor.—Reeling sensation, producing obscuration of sight, when stooping. *Everything before her turned in a circle when walking. Head.—Headache when turning the body. Headache from sneezing and coughing. Headache, when making a violent bodily exertion. °Headache, early in the morning ivhen in bed, -going off after walking.—*Heaviness of the head, in the morning after walking, with giddiness and dullness. Great heaviness of the head, especially when talking or reflecting. Heaviness and aching in the forehead, above both eyes:—Dull stupefying headache, early in the morning after walking, until noon. Dull headache, almost constantly, °also with dizziness. Dull pressing in the forehead, with gloominess.— Headache with nausea.—*Oppressive headache. *Pressure above the eye and in the temple, with dullness of the head. Pressure in the occiput. Aching in the forehead, and on the vertex. Hard pressure in the forehead and the temporal bones, when walking in the open air.—Pressure, and pushing headache, in the forehead. Pushing pain, as if the head would burst.—Compression of the brain on both sides, with heaviness of the head.—Contractive pain in the whole brain.— Fullness in the head, pressing the eyes out. *Fine drawing and beating in the forehead, to and fro, early in the morning, when rising. —* Stitches in the head. Stabbings in the occiput, as with knives. °Stitching pain above the eyes. #Fine painful stitches in the parietal bone and forehead. *Dull stitching pain in the parietal bone, -evening. °Lacerating stitches in the whole head.—Boring pain in the side of the head and occiput.—Throbbing pain in the forehead. Violent throbbing headache, with heat in the head and face, nausea, and vomiting.—°Hammering and beating in the head, particularly when moving.—Congestion of blood to the head, with sweat of the forehead.—Soreness of the head when touching it, as if the hair were sore.—Sensation as if a cord were tied round the head. —Itching of the hairy scalp and nape of the neck. Itching eruption on the hairy border of the nape of the neck, and the temples. *Scurf on the head. °Pimples on the forehead. *Falling off of the hair- °Falling ofF of the hair of lying-in women. 870 NATRUM MURIATICUM. Eyes.—Sensation as if sand were in the eyes. Tension in the eyes. Painful pressure in the eye-lids.—Stitches in the cantlii.—Boring pain in the eye.—#Pain as from excoriation in the eyes.— Violent burning of the eyes in the evening. *Redness and inflammation of the white of the eye, with sensation as if the eye-balls were too large and pressed. Continued ulceration and great redness of the lower eye-lids. * Lachrymation -in the open air. *Acrid tears in the eyes, -early in tire morning, rendering the canthi red und sore. °Vis- cous matters in the outer canthus. * Agglutination of the eye in the morning.—Dry feeling in the eyes, as after long weeping.—Violent sense as of twitching of the eyes. #Spasmodic closing of the eye-lids. —Dim-sightedness in the morning.—Dimness and obscuration of sight. # Gauze before the eyes. * Letters and serving stitches become blurred ivhen looking at them. are seen as through feathers, -particularly white objects.— Vanishing of sight.—Only one-half of the objects is visible, the other dark. Short-sightedness. °Di- plopia. Sensation as of rain before her eyes. * Long-sighted.— °Incipient amaurosis.—°Black points before her eyes, °and streaks of light. A small fiery point before her eye, which remains wherever she looks.—She sees a fiery zig-zag appearance around all things. A number of light and dark points before her eyes. Ears.—Otalgia behind and in the ear. *Stitches in the ears. Drawing stitches in the ear. °Beating and throbbing in the ears.— Swelling of the meatus-auditorius and discharge from the ear. Puru- lent discharge from the ear.—Itching, rash-like eruption behind the ear.—Deafness. *Hard hearing. *Singing or tingling in the ears. Pinging. Buzzing in the ears, early, when walking. *Humming in the ears, °also with roaring, -early in bed, and when sitting. Sudden rushing through the ears. Nose.—Insensibility and deadness of the inner half of the nose. pain in the nasal bones. Burning in the nose. Internal soreness of the nose. Itching in the nostril. White pimples around the nose. Bleeding of the nose. °Deficient smell. *Frequent un- successful sneezing. Catarrhal feeling, every morning. *Dry coryza, -with obstruction of both nostrils. °Dryness of the nose. ° Obstruction of the nose. *Fluent coryza, °with sneezing. * Ex- cessive fluent coryza, with loss of smell and taste. Face.—Livid face. Yellowish complexion, with much pain in the abdomen. Aching in the malar bones and near the ear. *Bone- pain in the face. Pain in the malar bones as from subcutaneous ulceration, when chewing. Bruised pain in the malar bone, especially when touching it.—Visible twitching of the muscles of the face. NATRUM MURIATICUM. 871 Swelling of the left side of the face and lips. *Pimples in the face —*Swelling of the °lip and tip of the tongue, with violent burning Eruption on the vermilion border of the lips, smarting as if ezco riatcd. Ulcerated corner of the mouth. °Bloody blisters on the inner side of ihe upper lip, painful when touched. Dry, chapped lips. Itching, miliary eruption on the chin. Jaws and Teeth.—The lower jaw is painful to the touch. Com- pressive pain in the articulation of the jaw. Drawing pain in the lower jaw. Lacerating in the lower jaw. Pain of the submaxillary glands, as if squeezed, contused, or swollen. °Frequent swelling of the submaxillary glands. Toothache, with swelling of the checks. Intense toothache when drawing in air. Pain of the teeth when touching them.—Drawing toothache after a meal and at night, followed by swelling oft he cheeks.— Throbbing toothache. Throbbing and boring in the teeth.—Sore pain in the teeth. Loose teeth.— Increase of the decay of the teeth.—Extreme sensitiveness of the gums to cold and warm things. Inflammation and swelling of the gums, with swelling of the cheeks. Painful swelling of the gums, readily bleeding. °Scorbutic putrid inflammation of the gums.— Bleeding of the gums.—Ulcer on the gums, painful day and night. °Fistula-dentalis. Mouth.—Vesicles and soreness in the mouth, very painful. °Ptyalism. Bloody saliva. * Vesicles on the tongue, -burning and smarting when eating. Swelling under the tongue with a stinging pain. °Chronic sensation as of a hair on the tongue. Heavy tongue. Throat.—Sore throat, as if the submaxillary glands were swollen. Sore throat, worse morning and evening. *Sore throat, as if a plug had lodged in the throat.—Spasm in the pharynx. Stinging, some- times pinching pains in the throat. Stitches and burning in the throat, as if it were inflamed, with elongation of the uvula and impeded deglutition.— Ulcerated places in the oesophagus, with sore throat, putrid inflammation, and dark-red swelling of the gums. of mucus in the morning, -with expectoration of dark-green mucus. Taste and Appetite.—Loss of taste. * Bitterness of the mouth. *Putrid taste -and smell in the mouth. *Sour taste. °Taste in the mouth as if fasting. Want of appetite and aversion to food. °Desire for bitter food and drink.—Frequent feeling of hunger. *Excessive appetite. °Canine hunger, with feeling of repletion after eating but little. °Constant thirst. Gastric Symptoms.—Before eating : great drowsiness.—After eat- ing : °heartburn. Nausea and spasm in the chest, after eating Acidity in the mouth and dryness in the throat, after every meal. 872 NATRTTM MURIATICUM. Compressive griping in the pit of the stomach after a meal. Sensa tion of pressure, with soreness in the stomach, after a meal. Pinching cutting in the abdomen after eating or drinking. Dullness of the head, aching in the forehead after a meal. Quick pulse, and palpi- tation of the heart. Anguish and oppressed breathing after a meal. Unsuccessful eructations. *Sour regurgitation of food. Heart burn, the whole day, worse in the evening.—Hiccough, for several days.—Nausea and qualmishness in the pit of the stomach *Nausea, immediately after a meal, -with heaviness of the head, and frequent bitter eructations. Nausea, with inclination to vomit accompanied with writhing and turning in the stomach. Retching with nausea and apparent exhaustion of the vital powers. °Water- brash, with writhing about the stomach.—°Yomiting and nausea of pregnant females. °Bad effects from eating sour things or bread. Stomach.—Weigh and tightness across the parts below the pit of the stomach. Sensation as of a hard swelling in the pit of the sto- macn. °Pain in the region of the stomach on pressure. °Swelling of the region of the stomach, with pain as from subcutaneous ulcera- tion.—*Pressure in the region of the stomach, as if he had taken cold. Pressure in the stomach, extending into the chest. °Pressure in the stomach with nausea and sudden sinking of strength. Aching pain below the pit of the stomach, above the umbilicus, relieved by pressure.—°Cramp in the stomach, towards evening, through the night. Contractive cramp in the stomach. Colicky pain in the stomach, with nausea, early in the morning. °Griping jerks in the pit of the stomach.—Throbbing in the pit of the stomach, resembling palpitation.—Burning in the pit of the stomach, in paroxysms. Hypochondria.— Violent aching in the region of the liver. Pain- ful tension in the right side of the abdomen. Drawing pain in the region of the liver. *Stitches in the region of the liver, -when sit- ting. *Stitches in the hypochondrium, -when taking an inspiration. Abdomen.— Tension around the abdomen, as if from flatulence. Continual uncomfortableness pain in the abdomen, as if from indigestion, characterized by periodical paroxysms of short pressure or pinching. in the epigastrium.—Colic, early in the morning, on waking, causing a tensive, aching pain. Contractive, labor-like pains in the abdomen, with weakness. Labor-like colic, when riding in a carriage. Labor-like drawing in the lower part of the abdomen, extending into the thighs.—Drawing pain in the umbilical region.—Pinching in the abdomen, as if caused by worms. ° Cutting pain in the abdomen every day, early in the morning. Pain in the abdomen, as if every part in it would tear.—°Swelling NATRUM MURIATICUM. 873 of tlie abdomen.—*Frequent distention of the abdomen, -with feeling of fullness after drinking and sense of fluctuation.—*Incarceration of flatulence. Flatulent colic, especially during motion. Fermen- tation in the abdomen. Humbling. *Gurgling in the abdomen, -as in diarrhoea. Pain as from a sprain in the left groin. Protru- sion of inguinal hernia. Stool.—Unsuccessful urging to stool. *Retention of stool. Hard stool. Irregular, insufficient stool.— Frequent small stools. °Chronic looseness. * Diarrhoea, like water, °also with colic.—Stool mixed with blood. Coagulated blood with the stool.—Cutting pain in the abdomen previous to stool.—°Burning in the rectum during and after stool.—After stool, violent unsuccessful urging.—Tenesmus of the rectum, without stool. Pressing pain in the rectum. Spasmodic constriction of the anus. °Smarting and beating in the rectum.— Stitches and itching at the anus. Continuous °burning at the anus, Herpes about the anus. * Varices of the anus, °painful, -or with stinging pain and humid. Urine. —Desire to urinate, without emission. micturi- tion at night, also unsuccessful desire to urinate.— Violent desire to urinate, and inability to retain the urine. *Involuntary emission of urine while walking. The urine speedily deposits a sediment looking like brick-dust. Red sediment in the loam-colored urine. Red sand in the urine. Soreness in the urethra on touching it. Discharge of yellow pus from the urethra, with tension in the inguinal glands which are not visibly swollen. °Discharge of mucus from the ure- thra. Gleet. ? Male Genital Organs.—Itching and tingling of the glans. Drawing-aching in the testicles. Itching, circumscribed, humid herpes on the scrotum.—Feeling of weakness in the genital parts. The sexual instinct is dormant or feeble. * Excessive sexual desire. — Violent erections.—Pollution with smarting of the glans. ‘impo- tence. Female Genital Organs.—itching of the pudendum. Falling off of the hair.—*The menses delay four days, °and are scanty.— °Retention of the otherwise regular menses. °Delay of the first appearance of the catamenia in young women. Primary effect, shortening of the menses ; secondary, extension. * The menses appear seven days too soon. °Melancho]y, vexed, and aching pains in the head before the menses.—Very *sad during the menses; anxious and fainting during the menses, with cold cheeks and much internal heat. Lacerating toothache; heaviness in the abdomen ; *spasmodio pain in the hypochondrium during the menses.—Dullness and heavi- 874 NATRUM MURIATICUM. ness of the head after the menses, as if from congestion of blood to the head.—*L,eucorrhoea, -at night. Leucorrhcea after colic, early in the morning. *Profuse leucorrhcea, also with transparent, white, thick mucus. Leucorrhcea, causing an itching in the pudendum. Greenish leucorrhcea, especially when walking. * Acrid pain during leucorrhcea, also with yellowness of the face. Larynx.—Scraping sensation in the larynx, rough voice. ,0Huski- ness of the chest with cough. °Hawking. * Cough Jrom titillation in the throat-pit, particularly when walking and taking deep breath. Hough, hoarse, dry, and hacking cough. *Morning-cough. * Cough after going to bed. The cough is worse at night than in the daytime. ° Chronic hacking cough. Cough, with vomiting of the ingesta. ° Spas- modic suffocative cough, in the evening in bed.—Cough with retch- ing and vomiting, and expectoration of bloody saliva. Cough with expectoration, day and night. Bloody cough.—Pain in the throat and chest when coughing. *The foreheadfeels as if it would burst. Chest.—°Rattling breathing. °Wheezing in the evening, in bed. Hoarse, deep breathing, with pain in the abdomen. Wheezing sound in the trachea during an expiration. Asthma. Oppression when breathing, with pain in the chest. Oppression of the chest, as if con- stricted, with burning in the hands. Dyspnoea while performing manual labor.—Oppressive anguish in the chest, with pressure in the pit of the stomach. Aching pain in the region of the heart. Tension in the chest.—* Tensive pain in the muscles of the right side of the chest. °Stitches in the chest during a deep inspiration or when cough- ing. Prequent pleuritic stitches.—Soreness in the chest. Pain, as from bruises, of the outer parts of the chest.—Continuous pains in the heart, especially at night. Violent stitches in the heart. Dart- ing pain in the region of the heart. Contusive pain in the region of the heart, early in the morning, in bed. Violent pressure below the heart.—*Frequent palpitation of the heart. *Palpitation of the heart from the slightest motion. *Palpitation of the heart with anguish. Fluttering motion of the heart. °Irregularity of the beats of the heart. ♦Intermitting beating of the heart. Cold feeling about the heart, when exerting the mind.—Pain as if bruised in the outer chest, sternum, or in the left chest on stooping forward or breathing. Back.—Pain in the small of the back, as if broken. * Paralytic pain in the small of the back, -most violent when raising one’s self again. Weakness in the small of the back, like lumbago.—°Cutting in the small of the back. °Sharp drawing-down from the small of the back through the hip. Violent pulsations in the small of the back. Painful throbbing in the small of the back.—* Tension in the back NATRUM NITRICUM. 875 Tension and heat in the region of the kidneys. Bruised pain in the region of the hips and scapula. °Nightly pain. Drawing pain in the hack from below upwards, °also with pressure. °Weariness in the back. °Tabes-dorsalis. ?—°Pressure in the nape of the neck. Tension in the nape of the neck, with swelling of the cervical glands. Stiffness and rigidity in the nape of the neck and across the upper part of the back. Pain in the nape of the neck, as if strained, con- tused, or fatigued.—°Goitre. Boils on the neck. Arms.—°Scurfs in the axilla. Swelling of the axillary glands.— Pain in the shoulder-joint. Tension and drawing in the shoulder- joint, early in the morning, with rheumatic pain when uncovering the parts. Pain, as if bruised, sprained, or painful weariness in the shoulder-joint. *Languor, heaviness, and sinking of the arms. Bone- pain as if broken. Small, red, itching vesicles on the arms. Pain, as from bruises, in the upper arm. °Digging in the upper arm. — Pain- ful weariness of the fore-arms. °Stitches in the wrist-joint. Pain, as if bruised, in the wrist-joint. Trembling of the hands. Stitches in the fingers. ° The fingers go to sleep, with tingling. Legs.— Tensive pain of the hip-joint, and pain to the touch. Pain- ful cramp in the hip. Rheumatism of the hip. *Pain, as if sprained, in the hips. Paralytic feeling in the hips. * Drawing pain along the whole lower limb. Uneasiness in the lower limbs. Violent tivitchings in the lower limbs. Heaviness of the lower limbs. Para lytic condition of the lower limbs. °Painful contraction of the ham- strings. Compressive pain, as from weariness, in the knees and tarsal-joints. Drawing pain in the knees, when sitting. Lacerating drawing in the bends of the knees, most violent when walking. * Weakness of the knees, as if they would give way. *Red herpes in the bend of the knee.—Great heaviness of the legs.—The feet are pain- ful when walking. * Ulcerative pain in the region of the malleolus. *Disagreeable burning of the feet, -when walking. Very cold feet. Pain as from a sprain in the tarsal-joint. Paralytic condition of the tarsal-joint. *Great heaviness of the feet.—°Swelling of the feet. °Herpes on the dorsum of the foot. 191.—NATRUM NITRICUM. NATR. NIT.—Nitrate of So.da.—See “Archiv,” XIII. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Pressure and bruised feeling in the joints of the feet, toes, shoulders, and fingers. Fever.—Feverish shuddering over the whole body, 876 NATRUM SULPHURICUM. Head.—Dullness of the head, as after mental exertions. Ears.—Otalgia, apparently in the tympanum, in the evening, accompanied by warmth in the ear. Face.—Pressure in the region of the malar bone, from without inwards. Taste. — Sourish taste, accompanied with sourish eructations, almost like heartburn. Coppery taste on the lips and tongue, in the forenoon. Gastric Symptoms.—Sourish eructations. Abdomen.—Distended abdomen, with a feeling of heaviness. Stool.—Stool large, slow, coming out with difficulty. 192.—NATRUM SULPHURICUM. NATR. SULPH.—Sulphate of Soda.—See Hartlaub and Trinka’ “Annals,” III. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Jerking in the limbs. Prickings here and there, with burning.—Great languor and exhaustion, parti- cularly in the afternoon. Languor, weariness, and prostration, as if a severe illness would set in.—Trembling in the whole body, with spasmodic movements of the muscles, particularly on the left side of the chest. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The majority of the symptoms set in during rest and disappear during motion. Amelioration in the open air. Cessation of many of the morning symptoms after dinner. Sleep.—Drowsiness. Symptoms at night, in bed: violent head- ache. Starting, as if in affright, soon after falling asleep. Sleep full of dreams. Fever.—•Internal coldness, with and stretching. Cold chilliness, like a shuddering, with thirst. Chilliness, particularly in the evening, also as if fever would set in. Chilliness after rising, with external coldness. Moral Symptoms.—Weeping mood, indulging in sad thoughts. Low-spirited and tired of life. Sensorium.— Vertigo with dullness of the head. Head.—Headache while reading. Heaviness of the head, with bleeding at the nose. Periodical attacks of pressure in the right side of the foreheadt—Lacerating in the right temple, also extending to the bones of the face or to the vertex.—Boring in the occiput. Bor- ing in the forehead.—Griping pain in the forehead. Pain in the forehead as if it would burst, immediately after a meal, followed by NATRUM SULPHURICUM. 877 great drowsiness. Beating pain in the head. Bainful beating in the temples, in walking, with violent pain in the vertex as if ulcerated —Feeling of looseness of the brain. Sensitiveness of the scalp. Eves.—Bursting pain around the eye.—Pressure in the eyes, Burning and dryness of the eyes, with redness. The eye-balls feel hot.—Nightly agglutination, with sensitiveness to light.—Photo- phobia, with burning of the eyes.—Dimness of sight, from weakness of the eyes. Mistiness and moisture of the eyes, early in the morn ing.—Small, yellow, sparkling stars before the eyes, after blowing the nose. Ears.—Pressure in the ears from within outwards.—Binging in the ears. Nose.—Bleeding of the nose during the menses, particularly in the afternoon.—Coryza, with obstruction of the nose. Face.—Pale face on waking, as after nightly revelry, with ill-humor. —Lacerating in the right side of the face, succeeded by beating on the neck. Lacerating in the malar-bone.—Frequent itching of the face. Jaws and Teeth.—Great pain and stiffness of the joint, with difficulty of opening the mouth.—Beating toothache.—The gums burn like fire. Blister on the gums, suppurating and then drying up. Mouth.—Feeling of numbness and roughness in the mouth. Burn- ing in the mouth as from spice. Dryness, with redness of the gums and thirst. Slimy coating of the tongue, with slimy taste in the mouth. Burning blisters at the tip of the tongue.—Burning of the palate, as if sore and raw, during the menses. Blisters on the palate, with pain- ful sensitiveness, relieved by cold. Throat.—Inflammation and swelling of the tonsils and uvula, with difficulty of swallowing.—Dryness of the throat, extending to the oesophagus. Appetite and Taste.—Want of appetite, with frequent yawning and thirst. Great thirst.—Absence of thirst. Gastric Symptoms.—Constant gulping up of sour water.—Exhaust- ing hiccough. Vomiting of sour mucus, in the evening, preceded by giddiness. Great languor and burning pain in the head after the vomiting. Stomach.—Feeling of repletion in the stomach, extending to the chest. Qualmishness, before eating. Trembling and pressure in the pit of the stomach, with want of breath.—Beating in the stomach, with nausea. Hypochondria.—Great sensitiveness of the region of the liver, in walking, with painfulness to the touch. 878 NICCOLUM. Abdomen.—Colic, as previous to diarrhoea. Griping in the ab- domen, before breakfast. Contractive pain in tbe abdomen, extend- ing to tbe chest, with tightness of breath and subsequent diarrhoea. Pain as if bruised in the abdomen and small of the back. Pinching in the abdomen, with sensation as if the bowels were distended. Pinching, extending to the groin, succeeded by diarrhoea. Stool and Anus.—Hard stool vrith pressure, sometimes streaked with blood. Looseness of the bowels. Half-liquid stools with tenes- mus of the anus.—Diarrhoea, preceded by pain in the groins and hypogastrium.—Constant urging to stool.—Burning at the anus.—• Itching of the anus. Urine.—Copious micturition with brick-dust sediment.—Urine with yellow-reddish sediment. Male Genital Organs.—Itching of the scrotum.—Excited sexual instinct. Female Genital Organs.—Scanty, retarded menses, with colic and costiveness. Profuse menses. Acrid corrosive menses.—Leu- corrhoea. Larynx and Trachea.—Dry cough, particularly at night, with soreness of the chest and roughness of the throat. Frequent loose cough with expectoration. Chest.—Shortness of breath when walking. Pressure on the chest, from a heavy load.—Stitches on the left side of the chest. Back.—Pain in the small of the back, the whole night, as if ulce- rated. Pain as if bruised in the small of the back.—Lacerating in the back, along the bones.—Violent pain in the nape of the neck. Arms.—Lacerating in the upper arm.—Burning at the elbow. Trembling of the hands.—Burning and redness on the dorsum of the hand. Legs.—Violent pain in the hips. Burning and sore feeling in the bends of the hips.—The thighs and legs feel weary and exhausted.—■ Great languor of the feet at night, with uneasiness. Lancinations and laceratings in the heels. 193.—NICCOLUM. NICCOL.—Niccolum Carbonicum. Carbonate of Nickel.—See Hartlaub and Trinks’ “Annals,” III. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Lacerating in various parts. Lan- guid and weary, particularly in the lower limbs. Feverish feeling of illness, as if a severe illness would set in.—Trembling of the hands and feet. NICCOLUM. 879 Characteristic Peculiarities.—In the open air the symptoms appear less than in the room. Skin.—Itching of the whole body.—Burning stinging, as from bees, here and there. Sleep.— Yearning with drowsiness. Restless sleep at night and frequent waking.—Pains in the head and throat, with restless sleep. Constant dreams, while half awake, confused and fanciful.—On wak- ing in the morning : heaviness of the head. Fever.—Shuddering the whole day, commencing with yawning.— Creeping chilliness, after yawning with drowsiness. Chilliness with shuddering, in the whole body.—Feverish and sick, as if a severe illness were approaching. Heat mingled with chills, accompanied with thirst and sore throat. Heat with sweat and thirst, followed by chilliness.—Anxious heat, day and night, with violent thirst. Moral Symptoms.—Oppressive anxiety with whining mood.— Tremulous and timorous, with disposition to seek solitude.—Ill-humor, with want of disposition to talk. Impatient, vehement. Sensorium.—Gloominess in the head, early in the morning, with dullness and as if intoxicated.—Vertigo with a whirling sensation in the forehead, as if nausea would come on. Head.—Headache after rising, increasing until noon, with pressure in the vertex and dullness. Pain as if bruised in the whole head. Pain as if the head would burst, on either side.—Heaviness of the head, early in the morning. Heaviness in the forehead, with sense of reeling. Heaviness of the head with sense of fullness, with stupefac- tion of the head, and pain on stooping. Lacerating in the head, becoming intolerable. Feeling of heat in the forehead, with heaviness. Eyes.—Violent itching of the eyes, with redness of the lids as if ecchymozed, or inflamed.—Burning of the eyes, as from sand. Burn- ing of the eyes after rising from bed in the morning, with lachryma- tion. Burning of the margins of the lids, with sensation of swelling in the evening, and lachrymation.— Weakness of the eyes, particularly in the evening, with failure of sight and burning on exerting them in the least. Dim-sightedness, with red, sensitive eyes. Ears.—Lacerating in the ear, with toothache, or lacerating and darting, or stitches in the ear from within outwards.—Sudden deaf- ness in the evening, with humming and whizzing in the ear. Nose.—Lacerating or bruised feeling in the root of the nose.— Eruption on the nose and lip. Red,ness and swelling of the tip of the nose, with burning and lacerating.—Dryness of the nose.—Stoppage of the nose. Face.—Feeling of swelling and heaviness of the face, with lachry- 880 niccolum. mation. Swelling of the cheeks, with pain.—Itching of the face. Dry herpes on the cheeks. Eruption on the lips. Burning pimple* on the inner side of the lower lip. Jaws and Teeth.—Lacerating in the jaws, evening and night, succeeded by swelling of the gums. Swelling of the gums, with febrile symptoms. Mouth.—Constant dryness of the mouth. The anterior part of the palate is painful.—Fetid smell from the mouth. Throat.—Sore throat from evening till morning. The whole throat is painful as if ulcerated. Stinging in the morning with violent pain during deglutition.—Constrictive sensation in the throat. Injlamma• t-ion of the throat, with intense pain, threatening suppuration, degluti- tion almost impeded, violent thirst, and vomiturition. Appetite, Taste, and Gastric Symptoms.—Bitter taste, also with bitter eructations.—No appetite.—Painful feeling of hunger, without appetite.—Violent thirst day and night.—Bitter and sour eructations. Violent hiccough. Sickness of the stomach, also with gulping up of sour water. Stomach.— Feeling of emptiness in the stomach, with pain as from fasting.—Pressure as from a stone. Constriction in the stomach. Abdomen.—Constant colic, also with diarrhoea.—Pinching as if diarrhoea would ensue. Pinching in the whole abdomen, succeeded by diarrhoea. Pinching around the umbilicus, with urging to stool Cutting in the abdomen, succeeded by soft stool, with occasional burn- ing at the anus. Fetid flatulence and diarrhoea. Stool.—Constant ineffectual urging. Constipation. Diarrhoea with stinging, burning, and tenesmus.—During stool: stinging in the rectum. Violent urging.—After stool: itching of the anus Renewed but unsuccessful urging. Female Genital Organs.—Menses too feeble and short. Menses too early.—Profuse leucorrhcea. Watery leucorrhoea, particularly after micturition. Larynx and Trachea.—Hoarseness in the evening or morning —Cough from tickling in the throat, in the evening. Nightly cough Chest.—Great shortness of breathing.—Painfulness of the inner chest, in the afternoon. Soreness in the chest, particularly in the afternoon, or as if cut to pieces.—Pressure on the chest, with sore pain.—Stitch in the chest, particularly on raising the trunk. Back.—Pains in the small of the back, night and morning. Gnaw- ing in the small of the back.—Nape of the neck : stinging and tension during motion. Pain as if sprained on raising the head. Arms.—Itching on the shoulders. Lacerating in the arms. Heavi NITP.IC ACID. 881 ness of the hands and feet, as if weary, relieved by motion.—Lacerat* ing in- the fingers. Legs.—Lacerating in the hips, extending to the toes. Itching herpes on the hips. Violent pain as from weariness in both lower limbs, with pressing towards the groins, and diarrhoea, during the menses.—Lacerating in the knee. Lacerating in the legs. 194.—NITRIC ACID. NITR. AC.—See Hahnemann’s “ Chronic Diseases,” IY.—Duration of Action: several weeks. Compare with—Aeon.. Arn., Aur., Bell., Bry., Cal., Con., Hep.-s., Jod., Kali-carb., Kali-nitr.. Lyc., Merc., Mez., Mur.-ac,,Natr.-carb., Natr.-mur., Op., Petrol., Phosph., Phosph.-ac., Puls., Rhus, Sep., Sulph., Sulph.-ac., Thuja.—Nitric-ac. is frequently suitable after: Bell., Calc., Hep.-s., Kali, Natr.-carb. and mur., Puls., Sulph., Thuja.—After Nitric-ac. are frequently suitable: Calc., Petrol., Puls., Sulph. Antidotes.—Of large doses : alkalis, a saturated solution of Soap ; pure Magnesia stirred in water;—of small doses : Calc.-carb., Camph., Con., Hep.-s., Merc., Mez., Petrol., Phosph., Pliosph.-ac., Sulph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Pain in all the limbs, apparently in the bones. Cramp-like stiffness of the back and whole body. Tension in the head and whole body. General tension of the nerves, with much thirst.—Drawing pain in the periosteum of all the bones, as is felt previous to fever and ague. Drawing and tearing in the whole body. and burning in the limbs. *Frequent drawing pains in almost every part of the body. Aching and drawing pain around the knee-joints. #Lacerating in the upper and lower limbs. —Twitchings in every part of the body.—Burning of the joints. °After walking the joints are painful, as if luxated. Great sensitive- ness in the joints. Stitches in all the parts of the body.—Seething of the blood and languor in all the limbs. A slight motion causes palpi- tation of the heart and sweat. *He takes cold easily. The whole body is sensitive to the open air. Pain in the back from taking cold. °Pincliing and cutting in the abdomen from taking cold.—Short, but violent headache. Violent pressure above the stomach and pit of the stomach. Pain in the left scapula and the region of the kidneys.—• °Pains when the weather changes.—* Excessive thinness. * Emacia- tion of the whole body, especially of the upper arms and thighs.— Sick feeling in the whole body, with weakness of the joints and heat in the head. Feeling of great faintness the whole day. Frequent subdued trembling through the whole body. Trembling all over. Great weariness and indolence, as if exhausted and bruised.—Heavi- 882 nitric acid. ness. The joints feel weak and bruised, as after long fatigue.—The limbs feel paralyzed. Want of energy of both mind and body.— Epileptic Jit. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The symptoms increase towards evening, especially the drawing pain, which is felt here and there. Pains, even slight ones, affect him violently. Skin.—Dryness of the skin.—Itching over the whole body.— Pimples.—Dark freckles. Swelling of the hands and feet-. Sleep.—Drowsiness in the daytime. *Frequent waking in the night. Sleeplessness and restlessness. Unrefreshing, restless sleep. Waking in a state of restlessness, with anguish.—Violent eructations and spasm of the stomach. Violent pressure at the stomach. Rest- lessness and anguish in the abdomen, with heat, in the head and hands. Sleep interrupted by oppressed breathing. Wakes with a palpitation of the heart, and pulsations below the clavicle, without anguish. Stitches in the region of the heart, heat, and thirst. Lace- rating in the lower limbs. Weariness of the feet. Congestion of blood to the chest and heart. Anguish, resembling palpitation of the heart, with nausea, without inclination to vomit. The head feels heavy and pressed. Oppressive anxiety, a sort of nightmare. Start- ing and jerking of the limbs. Anxious sleep, with moaning. Anxious dreams, with screams during sleep. dreams, -also strange dreams with nightmare and sweat. anxious waking from a heavy, unrefreshing sleep. Great drowsiness after rising. Fever.—Cold skin over the whole body, at night. Chilliness, especially in the evening. Shudderings, even in a warm room.— Violent fever with chilliness, especially in the back. Quotidian fever. °Afternoon-fever, heat, and chilliness.—Feverish heat with quick pulse. Great heat in the face, in the evening, with icy-cold hands without thirst. Internal, dry heat, with thirst and feverish weakness. Great heat and no sleep, in the night. Heat, with thirst and dryness of the throat, in the night.—Unequal pulse.—Night- sweat, every other night, profuse. Night-sweat, every night. *Fetid sweat. Moral Symptoms.—*Sadness, and as if oppressed with grief. Weeping mood. Excessive melancholy and anguish.—Affright.— * Anxieties, the whole day. Fits of anguish, with palpitation of the heart, arresting the breathing. Anguish, with stitches above tho heart, and a sort of raving as if delirious, with coldness of the body and inclination to fall. °Excessive nervousness. Timid, with ten dency to start.—Hopelessness, despair. Tired of life. Indifferent, NITRIC ACID. 883 joyless. Taciturn.—*Irritable disposition.—* bidisposition to work. —Changeable mood. Sensorium.—Great weakness of memory.—Diminished power of thinking. Dullness of the head, which is sometimes like loss of consciousness. Cloudiness and dizziness of the head. Vertigo. °Ver- tigo, when walking and sitting. Vertigo with nausea, early in the morning; with pulsation in the head, and pressure in the middle of the brain, in the evening. Head.—Headache, with nausea. Headache, early in the morning when waking.—Heaviness and dullness of the head, with nausea. Heaviness in the temples, with frequent chilliness.—Feeling of full- ness in the head.—Headache, with tension in the eyes, when moving them. Painf ul tension in the interior of the head and in the eye- lids. Headache, as if the head were surrounded with a tight bandage.—Pain, as from bruises, in the occiput.—Pressure in the upper part of the head. Pressure in the head and heaviness of the limbs. Compressive pain in the forehead.—Drawing headache. Drawing pain in the right temple. Dull. °Lacerating in the fore- head, vertex, and sinciput.—Cutting headache.—Stitches in almost every part of the head. Stitches in the temples, particularly the right.—Shocks in the head, when stooping or lying down. Jerks in the head, in the evening.— Throbbing headache in the left side of the head. Throbbing pain in the temples. Beating headache, with nausea. Intolerably painful hammering in the head.—#Congestion of blood to the head. Pain in the head, as from congestion of blood. — Heat in the head. Constant groaning sensation in the head.— Pain, as from subcutaneous ulceration, of the outer parts of the head, on touching them. Tension of the scalp. Drawing and stinging in the scalp. Numbness of the head.—Sensation about the head as of burning points or sparks. °Itching of the scalp. Scurfy, humid, itching eruption. *Falling of of the hair.—°Ulcerated spots on the head, humid and burning. Eyes.—The eyes are weak and sore. in the eyes, as if pressing on an ulcer. Pressure and smarting sensation in the eye.— Pinching pain in the eyes.—Drawing pain in the eyes.—Stitches in the eyes.—Itching and pressure of the eyes. Smarting sensation in the eyes. Burning in the eyes and left temple.—Inflammation of the conjunctiva, °or of the eyes, from abuse of Merc, or from syphilis. Swelling of the eye-lids. °Suppuration of the eyes.—Dark spots on the cornea.—Sensation as if the eyes were full of tears.—Frequent lachrymation. Lachrymation and itching of the eyes.—Acrid humor in the eyes. °Paralysis of the upper lid. Dilatation of the pupils. 884 NITRIC ACID. °Difficulty of contracting the pupils. Photophobia.—Obscuration of the eyes, when reading. The sight becomes dim; objects appear dark In the open air he suddenly became as if blind and deranged. Mis- tiness before the eyes, when looking at a thing.—* Short-sighted, ob- jects at a moderate distance appeared indistinct.—Gray spots before the eyes. °Muscce-volitantes. Sparks before the eyes; obscuration of sight. Ears.—Pain in the ears, as if something would burst. Dragging pain in the ears.—*Stitches in the right ear, -with pressure in the forehead.—Itching heat of the ears. Feeling of dryness in the ears, they a*re swollen. Redness, suppuration, and violent itching behind the ear. °Steatoma at the lobule.—°Caries of the mastoid process. —Glandular sivelling behind and below the ear. *Difficulty of hear- ing °from enlargement of the tonsils, particularly after abuse of Merc. Dull hearing.—Sound in the ear as if ivater were in it. Humming in the ears and hardness of hearing. Roaring, °throbbing, °cracking in the ears. Nose.— Viole?tf itching in the nose. Smarting pain in the nose.— Burning in the nose. Soreness and bleeding of the inside of the nose, with violent coryza. *Soreness and scurf in the nose. Ulce rated nostril. Itching herpes on the wings of the nose. Redness of the tip of the nose, and scurfy blisters on it. °Fig-like excrescence in the nose.—° Violent bleeding of the nose.—Disagreeable smell in the nose, °on inspiring air. °Fetid smell from the nose—*Obstruc- tion of the nose.—°Dryness of the nose.—Violent dry coryza, in the night. Yellow fetid discharge from the nose. Coryza with sore feeling of the nostrils. Coryza with dry cojigh and headache. Coryza with water-brash. Violent coryza with swelling of the nose. Violent fluent coryza, with lacerating in all the limbs. Face.—°Pale face. Yellowness, particularly around the eyes, with red cheeks. Feeling of great internal heat in the face, especially the eyes.—The bones of the face arc painful. Lacerating in the malar bones. Violent pain in the malar bones, as if they would be torn to pieces. Prickings in the face. Erysipelatous inflammation and sivelling of the cheek, stinging., painful, with nausea and chilliness. * Black pores of the face. * Small pimples in the face, especially on the forehead. *Pimples on the hairy border of the temple.—°Pus- tules with red broad borders and becoming scurfy. °Both lips are chapped. Ulcerated scurfy corners of the mouth.—Pain in the jaws as if from Merc. Continuous stitch in the region of the articulation of the jaw. —Pain of the submaxillary glands. Swelling of the sub- maxillary glands. 885 Teeth.—Drawing pain in the teeth, extending to the larynx Drawing and grumbling in the teeth and jaws, at night. Lacerating in the teeth. Stitching toothache, with swelling of the cheeks * Throbbing toothache, worst in the evening when in bed.—* Loose- ness of the teeth, -with pain when chewing. Sensation as if the teeth were soft and spongy. The teeth feel elongated.—Itching of the gums. White, swollen gums. Swelling of the gums. °Bleeding of the gums. Mouth.—The inner parts of the mouth feel stiff and swollen. Con- tractive sensation in the mouth. Ulcers in the mouth and fauces.— Dry mouth, no thirst, swollen, hot lips.—Ptyalism without affection of the gums. Ptyalism and ulcers of the fauces. Bloody saliva in the morning.—Putrid smell from the mouth.— Vesicles on the tongue and its edge, with burning pain when touched. Coated tongue. Throat.—Pressure in the throat, as from a tumor, with sore pain. —Sore throat, when swallowing, as if the throat were swollen, raw, and ulcerated.—Stinging-burning sore throat. Soreness of the pharynx. Swelling of the tonsils. ° Ulcers in the throat, particularly from abuse of Mercury. Heat and dryness of the throat. Scraping sensation in the throat, as if speech were impeded. Taste and Appetite.—Sour taste in the mouth. * Bitter taste in the mouth, particularly after eating. *Sweetish taste in the mouth. —*Great thirst continually.—°Thirst attending suppuration of the lungs.— Want of appetite, especially in the morning. Aversion to everything, inclination to eat earth, chalk, lime, &c. — Violent hunger. Canine hunger.—Nausea, particularly in the throat. Qual- mishness in the abdomen. Vomiting, and headache above the eyes and in the parietal bones, as if the head would hurst. Eructations, with hitter and sour vomiting. Heartburn with eructations.—°Bepletion of the stomach. Feeling of coldness and pressure in the stomach. *Excessive languor, -especially in the knees and elbows. Much yawning. Chilliness, paleness, and coated tongue. Anxiousness. Gastric Symptoms.—Eructations tasting of the ingesta. *Sour eructations. Bilious eructations, during a meal. — Eructations, ac- companied by heartburn. Burning in the oesophagus, down to the pit of the stomach.—*Nausea, -as from excessive heat. Nausea, with anxiety and trembling. nausea and inclination to vomit, with heat from the pit of the stomach to the pit of the throat. —Bitter and sour vomiting. Stomach.—Pressure in the stomach, increased by pressing on the part with the hand. Pressure in the pit of the stomach, and sudden burning, as if he would vomit blood.—Cramp-like contractive pain in the stomach.—#Stitch below the pit of the stomach. Gnawing in NITRIC ACID. 886 NITRIC ACID. the region of the stomach. Pulsations in the pit of the stomach, Burning sensation in the stomach. Coldness in the stomach. Hypochondria.—Pressure and tension in the region of the liver. Stitches in the region of the liver. Jaundice, yellowness of the skin, with costiveness.—Pressure, °also with tension in the left hypochon- drium. Sensation as if the spleen were swollen. Stitches in the region of the spleen, at every movement. Abdomen.—Aching pain in the abdomen. Contractive pain in the umbilical region. Cramp-like contraction of the abdomen.— Draining pain in the abdomen, with shuddering. Drawing and griping in the umbilical region, especially when moving or bending the body.— *Frequent pinching in the abdomen, -without diarrhoea.—*Cutting pain in the abdomen, in the morning when in bed, -and after rising. Cutting colic, with diarrhoea.—*Stitching colic, -especially when pressing on the abdomen.—Colic as from cold.—°Ulcerative pain in the hypogastrium.—*Excessiveflatulence. Uneasiness and *rumbling in the abdomen, -with diarrhoea, Violent flatulent colic, early in the morning, after rising.—Excessive sensitiveness of the abdomen. —°Liability of the abdomen to take cold.—°Inguinal hernia of children.—Swelling of the inguinal glands. *Suppurating swell- ing of the inguinal glands, -painful walking; the whole limb feels paralyzed. Stood. constipation. *Costiveness, the abdomen be- came distended. Hard, scanty stool. *Dry stool. °Difficult, ir- regular stool. *Long pressing, when going to stool. Constant unsuccessful desire for stool.—° Too frequent stool. Papescent stool. —Sensation as if diarrhoea would come on. Diarrhoea, with nausea after dinner. Diarrhoea every other day.—Mucous diarrhoea, some- times with colic and violent desire. Smarting acrid stool. Bloody, dysenteric stool, with tenesmus, fever, and headache.—Colic, some- times drawing, previous to stool.—Stitches, cutting, and pressing in the rectum and anus, during stool. Profuse discharge of blood during stool. Stitches in the anus and cramp-like contraction.— Unsuccessful desire, after stool. Complete exhaustion, after stool. Excessive irritation, anxiety, and general uneasiness after stool.— The rectum is inactive. Pressure in the rectum. Itching in the rectum as from ascarides. Burning and pinching in the rectum. Varices and prickling at the anus. Swelling and burning of the varices of the anus. Bleeding of the varices of the anus, during stool. Pitching of the anus. Soreness, smarting of the anus. Urine.—PsavAvss suppression of urine. °Painful urination. °Pres- pure on the bladder.—Nightly desire to urinate, with cutting pain in NITRIC ACID. 887 the abdomen. — Scanty, turbid, badly-smelling urine —Enuresis. °Inability to retain the urine, -also in children.—lied sediment in the urine. Whitish sediment and ammoniaeal odor of the urine. * Fetid, -sourish urine, like the urine of horses.—Burning in the urethra, during micturition. Smarting pain in the urethra, when urinating. Sore pain in the tip of the glans or in the whole urethra, when urinating.—Violent burning after micturition.—Cramp-like, contractive pain from the kidneys towards the bladder. Pressure in the region of the kidneys.—The orifice of the urethra is dark-red, swollen, like a pad. Ulcer in the urethra.—Yellowish matter cornea out of the urethra. Discharge of bloody mucus from the urethra Male Genital Organs.—Frequent Itching of the glands.—*Red spots in the glands, becoming covered ivith scabs. °Sycotic condylo- mata on the glans and prepuce. Deep ulcer on the glans, with elevated, lead-colored, extremely sensitive edges. Balanorrhcea. Throbbing and pressure about the glans.—Inflammation and swelling of the prepuce, with burning pain. Considerable swelling and phymosis of the prepuce, without much redness : on its internal sur- face and border, and in the orifice of the urethra, chancre-like, sup- purating ulcers, with flat edges, without inflammation, but with vio- lent lancinations, increasing towards evening. Small itching vesicles on the prepuce.— Violent itching of the scrotum.—Drawing pain in the testicle. Swelling of the testicle, painful when touched. °Hang- ing down of the scrotum. Lacerating in the spermatic cords, the testes being painful to the touch.—* Deficient sexual desire. Erec- tions, with burning and stitches in the urethra. Violent erections and pollutions. °Too frequent nocturnal emissions. Female Genital Organs.—Irritation and inflammation of the labia-majora and vagina. Itching of the pudendum, when walking, with soreness. Dry burning of the genital organs. Ulcer in the vagina, looking as if covered with yellow pus, with burning itching pain.—The menses delay. Menses too early. Menses too profuse. Suppression of the menses.—During the menses : toothache. Swell- ing of the gums. Violent pressing in the region of the liver. Pressure in the abdomen, and pains in the small of the back. Violent pains, first labor-like; afterwards more like a pressing in the hypogastrium extending into the vagina. Leucop.rhcea, consisting of mucus, flesh- colored. Leucorrhoea, of greenish mucus, immediately after the menses. Fetid leucorrhoea. Cherry-brown, and fetid leucorrhoea.—* Hard knots in the mammae. ° Vanishing of the mammae. Larynx and Trachea.—Stinging pain in the larynx. Sharp scratching sensation in the larynx. °Iloughness of the chest.—• 888 NITRIC ACID. Hoarseness. °Tracheal phthisis. ?—Much cough. Titillation, with cough, and soreness in the throat. °Cough only in the daytime *Dry cough, -as after a cold. *Barking cough, particularly in the evening.—°Cough with vomiting.—Mucous discharge, with cough. * Yellow, -bitterish expectoration. °Purulent expectoration.—° Ulce- rative phthisis (using first Kali).—Cough, with bloody expectoration. Ezpectoratioti of black, coagulated blood, with cough, with discharge of similar blood from the nose.—Soreness in the chest, as if it were ulcerated. Chest.—Feeble and slow breathing, with wheezing and rattling, or soreness in the chest.— Want of breath, palpitation of the heart, and anguish, when going up-stairs. Sudden want of breath and palpitation of the heart, when walking slowly. * Shortness of breath. *Panting, °during work.—Asthma, as from congestion of blood to the chest.—Pain in the chest, as if sore, at every inspiration. Op- pression on the chest.—Congestion of blood to the upper part of the chest. Congestion of blood to the heart, with anguish. Seething of the blood in the heart. Palpitation of the heart, in paroxysms, with anxiety and subsequent oppression of breathing. Momentary violent palpitation of the heart, with diarrhoea. Palpitation of the heart, from some slight emotion.—Tremor of the heart, in paroxysms. Back.—In the small of the back: pain, as if stiff. Aching pain. Pulsations.—Stiffness of the spinal column. Violent burning pain in the back. Painful tension of the muscles. °Glandular swelling -of the right side of the neck. Arms.—Glandular nodosity in the axilla. swelling and inflammation of the axillary glands. *Pressure on the right shoulder. Aching pain on the shoulder.—Violent tension and contraction in the shoulders and arms. Drawing pain in both arms. Paralytic feeling in the arm. Languor of the arms, as after fever. Jerking and drawing in the arms and fingers.—The upper arm is painful, as if bruised. Paralytic, drawing pain in the fore-arm. Lacerating around the wrist-joint. Trembling of the hand. °Rough skin. °Khagades. °Copper-colored spots in syphilitico-mercurial patients.? Itching of the hands, also wifh chilblains and swelling of the hands. Swelling of the fingers. °Herpes between the fingers. Legs.—Drawing pain around the hips. Soreness between the uprper parts of the lower limbs, when walking. Drawing with pressure, in both lower limbs. Pain as from bruises in the limbs. Heaviness of the lower limbs. °Uneasiness of the lower limbs, in the evening. Feeling of heat, with lassitude, in the joints of the limbs. *Coldness in the right limb.—°Pain of the thighs on rising from a seat. Draw- NITROUS ACID. NITRI SPIRITUS DULCIS. 889 ing in the thighs, and itching of the skin. Throbbing and beatings in the thighs, as if ulcerated within. Pain in both thighs, as if broken. Painful stiffness of the bend of the knee. Painful contrac- tive sensation in the knee. Pain in the knees, as if sprained. Giving way of the knees, when walking. Feeling as if the bends of the knees were swollen. °Weakness of the knees. Cold knees.—*Cramp in the calf, -towards morning. Paralytic drawing along the bones of the legs. °Jerking in the calves. Paralytic pain in the leg, with excessive heaviness and lassitude during rest.— The feet are painful. cStitches in the heel on stepping. Considerable swelling of the feet. °Fetid sweat of the feet.—Painful sensitiveness of the toes, soles, and corns, as if inflamed. Redness, inflammation, and swelling of one toe. Chilblains. Spreading vesicles. 195.—NITROUS ACID. [From Noack and Trinks.] SYMPTOMS.—Spasmodic motions. Delirium. Bluish face. Weak- ness. Dry, sharp heat in the fauces, with irritation in the stomach and chest, with sensation of constriction in the pit of the stomach. Hiccough. Yellow stools after drinking milk. Violent cough; con- siderable oppression of the chest, he had to sit down, the face was pale ; a slight rattling was constantly heard in the chest; accompanied with frequent, not dry cough, after which an orange-colored, frothy sub- stance was frequently expectorated.—Hard pulse, with increasing danger of suffocation ; inability to talk. 196.—NITRI SPIRITUS DULCIS. [From Noack and Trinks.] During the hospital typhus of 1813, Hahnemann recommended this agent for the following symptoms : Indolence of the internal sensus communis, a sort of semi-paralysis of the mind ; the patient lies quiet without sleeping or talking; he scarcely answers any question, even when urged; he appears to hear without understanding, the few words he utters are uttered with a low tone of voice, and are rational; he does not seem to feel anything, and is motionless, without being paralyzed.—Hahnemann suggests that the Spirits of Nitre, should be old enough not to redden the cork. He mixed one drop of the Spirits 890 NUX JUGLANS, with one ounce of water, and gave this solution within twenty-four hours, in tea-spoonful doses. (See Hahnemann’s “Lesser Writings.”) The Spirit of Nitre has cured the following symptoms, resulting from an abuse of common table-salt: Pale face with sunken eyes ; languor ; emaciation ; extreme ill-humor, discouragement, disposition to quarrel and to be vehement; want of disposition to talk or work; heat in the mouth ; heartburn ; sour taste; loss of appetite ; constant nausea and accumulation of water in the mouth ; contractive sensa- tion in the throat, and as if a plug were in the throat; sour and slimy vomiting, generally two hours after eating, followed by headache ; repletion and pressure in the stomach, after eating, with contractive sensation; chilliness over the whole body, after vomiting; a good deal of chilliness in the back; lacerating in the back from above downwards; aggravation in the afternoon; irregular and scanty menses; hands covered with warts. 197.—NUX JUGLANS. NUX. JUGL.—Juglans Regia, European Walnut.—See “Hygea,” XXH., Nos. 1 and 2. Antidotes. ? GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—General lassitude of the body. Feeling of relaxation of the muscles. Debility. Aggravation of several of the symptoms towards evening and night. Aggravation of symptoms after meals, but rarely an alleviation of them. Improvement of symptoms by evacuation of the bowels. Skin.—In the evening in bed, burning and itching sensation on the skin. Little pimples (acne-pustulosa) in the face, chiefly about the mouth. Small blisters in the axillae, appearing suddenly with burn- ing and itching. Red spots on the arm, with a little pimple in the middle. Large boils on the shoulder. Hard, reddish, very painful swelling on the left cheek. Sleep.—Frequent yawning and stretching. In the evening, uneasy sleep. Many and uneasy dreams. Fever.—During the day, alternation of cold and heat in the body, of short duration. In the evening, cold extremities and burning face. Sudden flashes of heat. Frequent pulse with burning hands in the evening. Moral Symptoms.—Indolence of the mind. Disinclination and incapacity for work. Head.—Vertigo. Confusion and heaviness in the head Dull 891 headache until dinner-time. Pain in the forehead, particularly on jarring the head and moving the eyes.—Pain over the eyes in the forehead like a degree of vertigo. Pain and confusion in the head with burning in the eyes. Eyes.—Burning in the eyes. Sensation in the eyes as if a catarrh were coming on. Teeth.—Dull, lacerating pains in hollow teeth, in the evening, aggravated by the warmth of the bed. Mouth.—White-coated tongue, in the morning on waking. Appetite.—Mucous, bitter, disagreeable taste in the morning on waking. Very bitter taste. Great thirst. Stomach.—Great fullness and heaviness in the stomach, relieved by eructations. Nausea, with a sensation of burning in the stomach immediately. Nausea with accumulation of saliva in the mouth. Disposition to vomit. Pressure in the stomach. Abdomen.—Great fullness, inflation, tension, and weight in the ab- domen. Hard, tympanitic abdomen. Violent aching pains in the whole abdomen, alleviated by eructations and discharge of wind. Pressing pain in the whole left side of the abdomen, with shifting gripes in the intestines. Drawing in the intestines. Stools.—Constipation. Hard stools, requiring great exertion. .Liquid faeces. Anus.—Burning pain and pressure in the anus. Urine.— Very frequent urination. Diminished secretion of urine- Female Genital Organs.—Menstruation too soon, preceded by violently-pressing and drawing pains in the womb; the loss of blood very abundant, in blackish, and often large lumps, continuing a week. Respiratory Organs.—In the nose, eyes, and head a sensation as if a catarrh were beginning. Increased mucous secretion in the throat, thrown up by hawking. Oppression on the chest. Trunk.—Eruption on the back, on the shoulders, and the neck, of little red pimples. Small vesicles in the axillae, appearing suddenly with burning and itching, slightly exuding, with soreness. Great boils on the shoulder and region of the liver, suppurating violently, and painful. Arms.—Itching on the arms in the evening in bed. Swelling and eruption with pain and itching. Legs.—Rheumatic pain inside the knee-joint. Drawing and sent gation of numbness in the lower part of the thigh and knee. NUX JUGLANS. 892 NUX MOSCHATA. 198.—NUX MOSCHATA. NUX MOSCH.—Nutmeg.—Helbig, “Heraclid,” I.—Duration of Action • from eight days to three weeks. Compare with—Con., Ign., Mosch., Nux-v., Op., Puls., Sep., Sulph. Antidotes.—Camph.,? Carraway. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—°Rheumatic pains in the limbs, par ticularly when occasioned by cold. °Arthritic affections, also arthritic nodosities. ? °Scorbutic affections. ? °Bloody and serous discharges. ? °Is said to strengthen the stomach, particularly after sanguineous depletions.—°Spasmodic complaints. ? °Eclampsia of infants. 1 °Spasmodic paroxysms and attacks of weakness of hysteric females. ? °Scrofula and atrophy. ? °Rachitis. ? °Tabes-dorsalis. ? -—Aching pains at small spots, wandering, also with digging sensa- tion, apparently of the bones.' Drawing in the muscles of the extre- mities, as after taking cold, more during rest. Pains in the parts on which he is lying. Diseases arising from wet and cold, °in complaints which are relieved by the application of warmth and increased by the cold open air ; °in affections accompanied by drowsiness and disposi- tion to faint. °Nutmeg appears to be particularly suitable to persons with a cool, dry skin, not disposed to perspire. °Nutmeg is more suitable to children and females than to other persons.—General uneasiness in the muscles, with dizziness.—Pain in the nape of the neck, bones, and every part of the body, as from taking cold while in profuse perspiration. The lower limbs and small of the back feel bruised and languid.-4-Great languor, with particular weakness of the knees, with drowsiness.( Convulsions. Skin.—Bluish spots on the skin.—°Scorbutic affections. ?—°Chil- blains. ?—°Wounds.?—°Boils. ?—°01d ulcers on the legs.? — °Plague. ? Sleep.—Great drowsiness, with great inclination to laugh, f Drowsy and dizzy, as if intoxicated. Irresistible drowsiness, particularly after eating. Deep sopor.-4Dreaminess, with drowsiness and closing of the eyesj Yivid dreams.—Restless sleep at night. Fever.—Chilliness and sensitiveness to cool air. Slight chills in the evening, with colic, pain in the small of the back, slight appetite, white-coated tongue.—°Intermittent fevers: °quartan, ? °tertian,; °compound tertian, with drowsiness, white tongue, rattling, bloody expectoration, slight thirst; even during the heat.—Increased circu- lation.—°Malignant fevers. ? °Typhoid fevers with putrid or colli' quative diarrhooa. ?—°Putrid fever ? NtTX MOSCHATA. 893 Moral Symptoms.—Whining mood, with lachrymation tmd burn- ing of the eyes. Indifference.—Hypochondriac mood.—Fitjul mood. Sensorium.—* Weakness of memory .—lAbsence of mind.—Gradual vanishing of thought, in reading, with disposition to sleep. Dullness of sense, and dizzy vanishing of thoughts/—Slowness of ideas. °Im- becility. ?—Delirium and imbecility. Delirium with violent vertigo. of the forehead, -as if from'vapor. °Gloominess of the head.—Feeling, with great anguish.—Vertigo: with heaviness of the head and loss of memory.—Apoplexy, reeling, and delirium.—°Is use- ful in all non-inflammatory affections of the brain, paralysis, and other nervous affections. ? ? Head.—Pain in the forehead.—Heaviness of the head, with oppres- sive dullness and feeling of swelling in the left half of the head and face, with prickling in those parts as from an electric current. Vio- lent sensation in the forehead as if it would be pushed out.—Pressure in the head. Hot pressure in both sides of the head.—Compression of the head from behind and before.—Sensation in the head, on shaking it, as if the brain were striking against the skull, with heat in the head and pain. Eyes.—Feeling of fullness in the eyes, with sensation as if the pupils were contracted. Burning of the eyes and profuse lachryma- tion.—Feeling of dryness in the eyes, with dullness of the head and forehead.—Dryness of the lids with tension.—°Weakness of sight.? °Amaurosis.?—Illusion of sight. Ears.—Pain in the ear as if a dull instrument were pushed to and fro.—Dragging pain in the ear, also sticking dragging. Stitches in the ears. Nose.—Frequent sneezing.—Stoppage, particularly of the left nostril, with tingling, sneezing. Face.—Blue margins around the eyes. °Pale face. ? Heat of the cheeks with slight redness.—Violent pain in the right malar bone.— °Freckles. ?—Painfulness of the skin under the chin, as if pimples would form. Pustules on the chin, with a broad red border. Jaws and Teeth.—Drawing pain in the flesh of the right jaw. Spasmodic contraction with pressure, from both articulations forwards —Painfulness of the teeth, in the evening. Grumbling in the teeth, as if toothache would set in.—Pressure, as if the teeth were grasped to be pulled out, °or arising from damp, cold evening air, also with pain in the nape of the neck, feeling of looseness of the teeth, and relief of the pain by warm water.—0Lacerating in the teeth, °at night, with inability to close the jaws, which feel paralyzed. ° °Spasms in the chest.?—Painfulness of the fore p>art of the chest, in the evening, impeding the breathing.—Spasmodic stitches in the region of the heart, early in bed, with colic. °Tremor of the heart. ? Pal- pitation of the heart. °Palpitation of the heart with fainting. ? Back.—Bruised pain in the small of the back and calves, with languor of the lower limbs. Pain near the lumbar vertebra, as from blows.—° Tabes-dorsalis. ? ? Arms.—Paroxysms of drawing in the arms, with frequent boring through the elbows. Legs. 4-The lower limbs are painful and languid, as after a long journey.—Pain in the thighs. Drawing pain in the thighs.—Pain in the right knee, as if sprained. 896 NUX VOMICA. 199.—NUX VOMICA. NUX. Y.—Strychnos Nux Tom. Yomica Nut.—See Hahnemann’s “Mat. Med Pura,” III. Duration of Action: from fifteen to twenty-one days. Compare with—.icon., Alum., Ambr., Am., Am.-mur., Ant.-crud., Am., Ars., Arg., Bism., Bor., Calc., Camph., Caps., Garb.-a., Carb.-v., Caust., Cham., Chin., Cocc., Coff., Colch., Con., Cupr., Cycl., Dip., Dros., Dulc., Ferr., Graph , Guaj., Ilyos., )gn., Ipcc., Lach., Lauroc., Lyc , Magn.-p.-arct., Magn.-p.-aust, Magn.-mur., Mere., Mur.-ac., Natr., Natr.-mur., Nnx-mos., Op., Petrol.. Phosph., Plumb., Puls., Paris, Ranunc., Rhod , Rheum, Rhus., Ruta, Sabad., Samb., Sep., Spig., Squil., Stram., Sulph., Tabac., Tartar, Tarax., Tbuj., Valer., Yiol.- od.—Is frequently suitable after: Ars., Ipec., Lac.h., Petrol., Phosph., Sulph.— After Nux are frequently suitable: Bry., Puls., Sulph. Antidotes.— Of large doses: Wine, Coffee, Camphor, Opium.—Of small doses Alcohol, Bell., Campli., Cham., Cocc., Coff., Op., Puls., Stram.—Nuk-v. anti dotes: Ambra., Ars., Calc., Cham., Chin., Cocc., Coff., Colch-, Cupr., Dig Graph., Lacli., Lyc., Merc., Mosch., Opium, Petrol., Phosph., Plumh., pule., Stram., Sulph., Tibac., and the poison of Orchis-mario (Moril). GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Chronic ailments from the abuse of coffee, wine, or other spirituous or narcotic substances. °Complaints arising from a cold, chagrin, anger, mental exertions, from a seden- tary life generally, or from watching.—°Is principally suitable to lively, sanguine, or choleric temperaments, also to individuals of a malicious, artful character, with pale, livid color, or bright-red, highly- colored face; °also to venous constitutions disposed to haemorrhoids, hypochondria, melancholy, and hysteria. °Nux seems to be more suitable to the male than the female sex, and seems to be more usefu, to females when the menses are too early and too profuse. —°Perio dical and intermittent ailments. °Rheumatic affections, particularly of the large muscles of the back, loins, chest, and small of the back °Precursory symptoms of arthritis, and arthritic metastases. fulous and lymphatic affections. °Scrofulous atrophy of infants. °Congestion of blood, particularly to the head, chest, and abdomen. °Muscular debility of infants, with difficulty of learning to walk. —*Stitches here and there, also with sore pain, or darting stitches striking through the whole body. °Sticking and lacerating in the joints, worse when the weather changes, or during changeable weather. °Drawing and lacerating in the limbs, particularly at night, or with feeling of numbness of the affected parts. Lacerating and heaviness in all the limbs, with stiffness in the muscles and joints, convulsive trembling.—*Pains in all the joints, also as if bruised, and particularly during motion, also after midnight. *Sick feeling in all the limbs. * Bruised pain of the limbs.—Violent pain in the muscles, at every moment. Painful contractive sensation through the whole body, also NUX VOMICA. 897 with weariness of the lower limbs, scarcely allowing him to drag them along.-—Almost every part of the body is insensible and goes to sleep. * Paralysis, particularly of the lower limbs. *Trembling of the lower limbs, -also with fluttering of the heart. Tremulousness through the whole body. ° Trembling of drunkards.—*Stifness of the limbs, -also with jactitation, or with tension, particularly around the knees. Diminished mobility of the joints.—*Convulsions and spasms. °Epi- leptic spasms, with cries, bending the head backwards,vomiting, profuse sweat, thirst, and rattling, the paroxysms set in again after the least emotion. Frequent attacks of opisthotonos. °St. Vitus’ dance, par- ticularly of boys, less of girls, frequently accompanied with sensation of numbness. Violent convulsions, with distortion of the features and general debility. Extremely painful muscular contractions, continu- ing from three or four minutes, after the lapse of which period they are interrupted by a violent spasm.—Tightness in the temples and nape of the neck, soon spreading over all the muscles of the trunk and limbs. Violent convulsions, during which the whole body became rigid. Painful tetanic convulsions, leaving the limbs stiff. Continual tetanic convulsions in the paralyzed limbs, alternating with violent concussions. Tetanic spasms, affecting even the muscles of the chest and occasioning a gradually-increasing dyspnoea. Tetanus, alternating with asphyxia and paralytic relaxation of the parts. Frightful spasm of the whole body every three or six minutes, a real tetanic spasm, with bending of the body backwards, drawing in of the muscles of the chest, loss of consciousness, stiffness of the limbs, hardness of the muscles, as if made of wood, distortion of the eyes, cherry-redness of the face. Sudden falling without loss of consciousness, with pale complexion, indifferent expression of countenance, anguish, rapid alternation of laughing and crying, widely-opened eyes, contraction of the pupils, unequal, superficial breathing, irregular, small pulse, cool skin, with the fore-arms half bent, whilst the hands and fingers were convulsively moved, with immobility and stiffness of the lower limbs, and continued hardness and tetanic contraction of the muscles of those limbs. Violent convulsions, with subsequent stiffness and stupefaction of all the senses. Tetanus. Alternate ophisthotonos and trismus. Asphyctic condition. Trembling of the whole body, alternating with sudden starting up and staggering for a short time about the room.—°Fainting fits after making the least exertion *Fainting after a xoalk in the open air.—°Fainting from congestion of the head and chest.—*Great weariness, even after the least motion. *Languor in all the limbs, -particularly after going up-stairs °Laziness, and dread of motion. °Heaviness in the upper and lowet 898 NUX VOMICA. limbs.—* Sudden failing of strength.—°Great nervous weakness, with excessive irritation of all the organs of sense, 'particularly hearing and sight.—*Excessive sensitiveness to the open air. *Great liability to take cold, even a slight current of air occasions a disagreeable sen- sation in the skin, colic, &c. ° Atrophy and emaciation of*children, particularly scrofulous children. Characteristic Peculiarities.—#Many of the symptoms are ag- gravated or excited by coffee, wine, smoking, watching, and mental exertions, also by windy weather. *Many of the symptoms appear earlij in the morning (in bed or after rising), also after dinner. In the evening (8 or 9 o’clock) the pains are increased to an intolerable degree. °Nux is particularly suitable if the symptoms are worst early in the morning, particularly if the patient wake ad three o'clock in the morning, and then, overwhelmed with ideas, fall again into a heavy sleep full of dreams, from which the patient wakes more weary than he was on lying down. * The pains which come on by keeping one's seif confined in a room are relieved by a walk in the open air, and vice versa. Some of the pains are relieved by lying down. Skin.—Burning itching over the whole body. Burning stinging in various parts of the body.—°Ilash. °Blue spots on the body, as if ecchymozed.—°Boils.—*Chilblains, with burning itching, °or also with bleeding rhagades, and pale-red swelling.—0 Ulcers with raised, pale-red edges.—°Chlorosis. ? * Jaundice, -with aversion to food and fainting fits.—°Miliaria-alba, catarrhal cough, &c., after measles. Sleep.—Constant disposition to sleep and yawn.—* Excessive drowsiness in the daytime, -as if the head felt stupefied. #Irresistible drowsiness after a meal. Sleeplessness until midnight, with a feel- ing of heat without thirst.—Symptoms at night in bed: uneasiness, particularly in the arms. °Light sleep at night, with frequent waking.—During sleep : * starting at night as in the daytime when waking. *Violent starting on going to sleep. °Anxious, moaning babbling, early in the morning during sleep. Snuffling, whistling expirations through the nose. Anxious delirious fancies. °Soporosc condition, with heavy deep sleep (in apoplexy).—* Delirious, fright- ful visions at night. Horrid dreams.—Anxious dreams and weep- ing during sleep. °Lewd dreams. Early in the morning in bed: Seething of the blood, with discouragement. Anxious mood. Difficult waking. Feels more weary than the evening previous. After rising : diarrhceic stool, followed by languor, yawning, drowsiness, chilliness, dullness of the head, and, lastly, refreshing sleep. Fever.—Convulsive stretching. Long paroxysm of incessant NUX VOMICA. 899 yawning. Headache early in the morning. The stretching and yawning are followed by spasmodic pains in the limbs, with chilliness and internal trembling. *Coldness -at night, not even yielding to the warmth of the bed. Great coldness, not even yielding to the. warmth of the stove or of the bed. *Coldness of the whole body, with blue skin, particularly on the hands, and blue nails.—*Chilliness -in the evening in bed, and at night on waking, as if she could not get warm. * Chilliness, with dread of the open air, and great, liability to take cold. *Shuddering and chilliness after drinking. and chilliness when touched by the least fresh air. Violent chilli- ness, with chattering of teeth. * Desire for beer during the chilliness. °Chilliness when uncovering one’s self, even during the hot stage. *Chilliness, with heat of the head and redness of the cheeks, °or with redness of only one cheek. ° Chilliness, with rush of blood to the head. °Chilliness with headache. Nightly chilliness, preceded by violent drawing through the thighs and legs. °Chilliness, with stick- ing in the side and abdomen, pains in the back and small of the back, drawing in the limbs, stretching, spasmodic yawning, and urging tolio down.—Afternoon or evening fever. External or internal heat, ac- companied with chilliness and great weariness. Hot cheeks, with internal chilliness. Anxiety at night. Violent thirst.—Internal heat with a full pulse; the heat increases from hour to hour, without thirst; afterwards sleeplessness. Sensation of burning, internal heat through the whole body.—*Full pulse, during the hot stage. °Pulse hard, full, and frequent. Pulse small and quick, or inter- mittent. Collapse of pulse, with full consciousness. Very fetid sweats. Cold sweat.—Night-sweat. Sweat after midnight. Sour night-sweat.—Morning-sweat. Moral Symptoms.—#Sadness. °Melancholy. Inward grief and chagrin. Taciturn. Ill-humor, with lowness of spirits.—* Anxiety. Anxiety, followed by hurried breathing, accompanied by nausea. * Hypochondriac mood. ° Solicitous about one's health. * Apprehends death.—*Excessive sensitiveness to external impressions. * Noise, talk, strong odors, and bright light are intolerable-. #Violent palpi- tation of the heart after midnight, with extreme anguish. He is ap- prehensive, and inclines to start, the head feeling dizzy and intoxi- cated. *Disposed to quarrel and to feel vexed. *No desire to do any kind of work. Hysteric mood. Sensorium.—*He is incapable of thinking correctly. *TIe fre- quently makes mistakes in speaking.—*Insanity. °I)eiirium and foolish actions. °I)isposition to escape from homo, °Runs about in the open air, like au insane man, *Grives wrong absurd answers 900 NUX VOMICA. °Mental derangement, occasioned by mortification, °by excessive study, °by suppression of the haemorrhoidal flux, °in the case of drunkards (delirium tremens). delirium. °Illusions of the fancy and frightful visions.—°Loss of consciousness, stupefaction. —°Weariness of the head from mental exertions.—°Dullness of the head, with congestion of blood during motion, and indolence of the body. *Confusion of the head, as from nightly revelling. * Stupefac- tion of the head. #Intoxication and cloudiness. ° Ailments from in- toxication and nightly revelling.—° Chronic vertigo. * Vertigo, with obscuration of sight °and whizzing of the ears. * Vertigo, with loss of consciousness, -also with sensation as if the brain were t urning in a circle. * Vertigo, with balancing sensation in the brain. * Vertigo, with staggering in walking, as if one would fall. * Fainting sort of vertigo.—°Apoplexy, with loss of consciousness, soporous condition, and paralysis of the limbs, organs of deglutition, and lower jaw. Head.—°Headache every day. Headache early in the morning, as if he had not slept enough. °Headache, excited or aggravated by stormy weather; °from taking wine or coffee; *when coughing 0) stooping; excited or aggravated by reflection; °from excessive mental, exertions; °from piles; from leading a sedentary life. °Catarrhal and rheumatic headache. *Congestive headache. *Hemicrania, -particularly in the afternoon and evening, with languor and weari- ness, °or as if from pressing a nail into the brain, °and particularly from abuse of coffee, or in hypochondriac patients. *Headache, with nausea and vomiting, °also vomiting of sour and bitter substances. °Headache, with heat and redness of the face.—Stupefying headache, early, in bed, going off after rising, °Stupefying pain, particularly in the fore part of the head.—*Heaviness in the head, early in the morning. °Tensive aching pain in the forehead, particularly above the eyes. #Pressure and sticking, -also particularly above the eyes, °or aggravated in the open air, and by raising the head. *Dis- tractive sensation in the head, °with pressure through the forehead and eyes.—Tensive headache, particularly at night or in the fore head. Crampy headache. Drawing in the head.—*Lacerating in the forehead. °Lacerating in the head, also particularly towards evening.—Headache, as if the brain were cleft. Lacerating pain in the head, extending to the root of the nose, and the upper jaw, aggra. vated by walking.—°Congestion of blood to the head. °Congestion of blood, with heat and redness of the face ; °also with violent pains in the forehead; °with vertigo; -with fainting.—Groaning and swashing sensation in the brain when walking and running.—Draw, ing-jerking headache, early in the morning.—Headache in the outer NUX VOMICA. 901 parts of the head. *The scalp on the top of the head feels bruised when touched. Red painful pimples or blotches on the hairy scalp and in the face. Painful small tumors on the forehead. Creeping in the forehead and vertex. Eyes.—°Nightly lacerating in the eye. *Pressure on the upper eye-lids, especially early in the morning. °Pressure in the eyes, on opening them and looking at the light.—°Burning and twitching of the lids. The margin of the eye-lids is painful. *Suppurating canthi. °Nightly agglutination of the eyes. *Burning in the eyes', without any inflammation. *Painless sugiUations in the sclerotica. *Exudation of bloodfrom the eye. Glistening staring eyes. Swelling of the eyes, the sclerotica being marked with red bands, and an ach- ing tensive pain being experienced in the eye.—Ophthalmia of vari- ous kinds. Photophobia, °also of scrofulous persons. *Intolerance of the light of day, early in the morning, with obscuration of sight. Complete obscuration of sight, for a few hours, like amaurosis. Lu- minous vibrations out of the visual ray. Black and gray motes before the eyes, with stupefaction of the head. Presbyopia. Ears.—°Pains in the ears, worse on entering the room or at night in bed. °Lacerating in or behind the ear, extending to the face. Tingling hissing in the ears. *Ringing in the ears. * Roaring in the ears, -early in the morning when rising.—°Otitis. ?—inflamma- tory swelling of the parotid glands. Nose.—Intolerable itching of the nose. Pain of the borders of the nostrils, as if sore and ulcerated. Ulceration of the anterior cor- nea's of the nostrils, increased smell.—Sanguineous nasal mucus. Continued bleeding at the Rose.—Discharge of an acrid humor from the nose. of the nose, also of one nostril only.—*Fluent coryza in the daytime, and dry coryza at night. Continued heat in the nose and frequent incipient symptoms of catarrh.—Frequent sneezing. *Dry coryza, °with inflammatory condition of the frontal cavities and headache. °Dry coryza of infants.—Almost a specific for the ordinary catarrh in the inflammatory period which precedes the usual catarrh, particularly when there is a violent dullness of the head. Face. —Earthy, yelloioish complexion. ° Yellowish appearance around the nose and mouth. #Pale, wretched look, °also with blue margins around the eyes and with pointed nose. °Sunken cheeks. °Distorted gloomy features. *jRed, bloated face. °Dark redness of the face. °Alternate redness and paleness. *Redness and heat ot the cheeks, °or of one cheek only, with paleness of the other — 0Swelling on the cheek, particularly pale swelling. *Swelling and 902 NUX VOMICA. redness of the face.—°Lacerating in the malar bones, on one side of the face, with swelling.—Itching and creeping in the face. Formica- tion. °Dryness of the lips. Ulcerated corners of the lips. Painful peeling off of the lips. Jaws and Teeth.—Lock-jaw, with perfect consciousness. Draw- ing-lacerating pain in the jaws.—Toothache early in the morning, as if the gums were sore. painful soreness in the teeth, aggravated by fatiguing the head, and by reflection. Constant tooth- ache, *when walking in the open air.—Parting pain in the teeth, with sensation as if the gums were swollen. Darting pain in the teeth, pulsative, and accompanied with swelling of the gums.—Toothache after dinner.—Drawing toothache.—* Lacerating toothache ; *brought on again by cold water.—Boring-gnawing toothache. * Stitching toothache, -in several teeth of either jaw.—°Sticking in a hollow tooth, with drawing boring.—Looseness of the teeth. *Swelling of the gums. Swelling of the gums, with pain, with a throbbing sensation in the swelling, as if an ulcer would burst. Swelling of the gums, with drawing pain. °Putrid, bleeding swelling of the gums.—Swell- ing of the gums, with toothache, commencing with pressure. Mouth.—°Inflammation of the buccal cavity. °Inflammatory swelling, particularly of the velum pendulum palati, and of the gums, with difficulty of swallowing and opening the mouth. °Aphthce. °Fetid ulcers in the mouth and fauces. °Sto?nacace.—°Putrid, cadaverous smell from the mouth.—Dryness of the mouth.—Accumu- lation of saliva in the mouth. Bloody saliva. Spitting of blackish, coagulated blood. Slimy mouth, the gums, tongue, and palate feeling raw and sore. °Tongue black and cracked, with bright red edges. °Dry tongue. * White tongue. °Brownish tongue. °Tongue coated with yellow or white mucus. Painful vesicles on the tongue.— #Difficult speech, °also with heaviness of the tongue. Swelling of the velum pendulum palati, °also with pressure and biting. Painful feeling. Sore throat, as from a swelling in the region of the palate, not perceptible while drinking. Throat.—*Sore throat, with sensation of swelling in the pharynx. —:*Sore rawness of the fauces, -only when inspiring cold air and during deglutition. Sore throat during deglutition, as if the throat were raw. Burning of the fauces, as if occasioned by heartburn. Burning in the throat at night. Burning in the oesophagus up to the mouth. Scraping sensation in the throat, and in the region of the orifice of the larynx, as from, rancid heartburn. °Sore throat, particu- larly after taking cold. ° Catarrhal sore throat. * Swelling of the uvula, °also inflammatory, with stinging and pressure during and NUX VOMICA. 903 befbifT>en the acts of deglutition. °Swelling of the tonsils.—°Choking and constrictive sensation of the pharynx. Taste and Appetite.—Sour taste in the mouth, -especially early in the morning. *Milk seems to sour upon his stomach.—Disagreeable taste and smell in the mouth and nose, almost like sulphur.—* Putrid taste low down in the pharynx.—*Putrid or hitter taste early in the morning. *Food has either little or no taste to him.—Constant want of appetite, °also with constant thirst. * Aversion to the ordi- nary food and drink. *Hunger, nevertheless aversion to food. °Great appetite, with vomiting of the ingesta.—During a meal: #heat in the head. °Sweat on the forehead and hairy scalp. A kind of faint- ing, with nausea and flush of heat, going otf when lying.—After a meal: sick feeling, *and as if he had overloaded his stomach. Pressure at the stomach, -with return of the herb-like and metallic taste. Dis satisfied and sad. * Hypochondriac; the least cause affected him. Chilliness and coldness. Heat and redness of the cheeks, *%vith dullness of the head. qualmishness ; after- wards attack of vertigo and fainting turns ; lastly, eructations with- out taste or smell. * Vomiting, °with pressure in the pit of the stomach and burning in the throat.—°Ailments from tobacco.— Nausea, and inclination to vomit, after drinking, in the evening. Gastric Symptoms.—Frequent hiccough. °E.egurgitation of food while eating, with hiccough.—*Frequent eructations. Bitter eructations before breakfast. *Sour eructations. °Putrid eructa- tions.—Gulping up of a hitter-sour fluid at night.—° Water-brash of drunkards.—Heartburn. * Nausea early in the morning. * Nausea after a meal. Qualmishness after a meal, as if one would vomit. °Chronic morning-sickness, with vomiting.—Palpitation of the heart, followed by inclination to vomit. Inclination to vomit immediately after a meal.—°Empty retching, also of drunkards. Violent vomiting. * Vomiting of sour-smelling and sour-tasting mucus, towards evening, with headache around the lower portion of the skull. °Tasteless vomiting. °Nightly vomiting of bile. °Morning-vomiting. °Vomit- ing after a meal, periodical. °Vomiting, with cramp of the calves and feet, lock-jaw, cold feet, anguish, and trembling. °Vomiting of blood, °also of black blood, or coagulated, with colic, pressure in the fore- head, and undulating motion in the chest. Gulping up of blood from the stomach. °Vomiting of pregnant females. Stomach.—Constant pressure in the region of the heart. *The region of the stomach is very sensitive to pressure. Sick feeling in the pit of the stomach, towards evening, as if nauseated. Constant pain in the stomach. *Pressure in the stomach as from, a stone. Aching 904 NUX VOMICA. pain in the region of the stomach, directly after a meal.—°Oppres- sion in the pit of the stomach, with excessive anguish at night. Press- ing in the epigastric region early in the morning, followed by cutting in the abdomen with continued nausea. ° Feeling of fullness in the stomach and pit of the stomach, particularly after a meal. * Tension in and across the stomach, -followed by paiD in the abdomen. like pains in the stomach: *wit.h pressure. * Contractive-cramping pains in the stomach. *Griping-laccrating pains, particularly after a meal, or before breakfast. °Cardialgia from abuse of coffee or Chamomile.—°Painful feeling of contraction in the region of the pylorus, with difficulty of swallowing the food, which appears to rise again in the oesophagus. °Scirrhus and cancer of the stomach. ?— °Choking and gnawing in the stomach. #Lacerating in the stomach- Lancinations in the pit of the stomach, also in the evening, even in bed. °Raw and sore pain in the pit of the stomach. * Throbbing in the region of the stomach, also particularly after supper.—*Burning in the region of the pylorus. * Burning in the pit of the stomach.—• °Cardalgia with intense anguish,—°Gastris. ? Hypochondria.—*The clothes around the hypochondria and epigas- trium feel tight. *Pressure as from incarcerated flatulence under the short ribs. Contractive pain in the hypochondria.—Cramp-pain in the left side, with qualmishness in the pit of the stomach.—°The region of the liver is sensitive to contact, and does not admit of lying on it. in the region of the liver, -also as if there were an abscess. ° Tensive pressure in the region of the liver. *Stitches in that region, °also aggravated by contact and motion. °Hepatitis also chronic. °Swelling and induration of the liver, also after abuse of China. * Jaundice, -also with aversion to food and fainting turns. Abdomen.—°Colic of pregnant females. °Colic after bathing. ° Colic from suppression of the hcemorrhoidal flux. °Periodical colic, setting in before breakfast or after a meal. * Colic as from a cold, -also with sensation as if diarrhoea would set in. Tensive pressure in the hypogastrium, on drawing breath, talking, or touching the part.—*Cramp-like pains -in the left side of the abdomen, with qualmishness, particularly in the pit of the. stomach. *Contractive colic, -particularly in the hypogastrium, or with griping and digging in the region of the uterus, attended with increased discharge of coa- gulated pieces of blood. Griping and clutching in the epigastrium, going and coming. Griping and digging-up in the abdomen. Griping and pinching around the umbilicus, after cutting. °Hysteric abdo- minal spasms.—Burning in the region of the orifice of the stomach Burning sensation in the pit of the stomach, coming from below NUX VOMICA. 905 °Burning in the abdomen. of the abdomen, after a meal and after drinking. Excitement (seething) in the abdomen from below upward, without any heat being perceptible. *Pinching in the abdomen: °with pressure after a meal, -as if from worms. Cutting pinching with nausea.—* Cutting in the abdomen, with desire to vomit and eructations. °Cutting in the umbilical region. Cutting in the abdomen, early in the morning, preceded by pressing in the pit of the stomach, and attended with constant nausea. Cutting every morning in the hypogastrium, with inclination to vomit, disagreeable sweetish taste in the mouth, languor, and great drowsiness. Burning cutting in the epigastrium, particularly during motion.—Stitch in the side during motion. °Retarded circulation in the abdomen, also with heat, burning, and pulsations in the abdomen. Heaviness in the abdomen, as from a load.—* Bruised pain of the bcnvels, -also in the loins, early in bed, with nausea.—*Pain in the abdomen, as if sore and raw, also at every step. °Enteritis. Enlargement of the abdomen of children, with glandular swellings and consumption. *Rising of flatulence in the abdomen. Flatulent colic after stool. The abdominal muscles feel bruised when moving or touching the parts. The abdomen is painful when touched. °Peritonitis. ?— Pressing towards the genital organs in the abdomen. Sensation and indications of inguinal hernia. °Frequent protrusion of inguinal hernia.— °Frequent protrusion of inguinal hernia.—°Incarcerated hernia. °Femoral hernia. ° Umbilical hernia of infants, particularly from much crying. Stool.—* Constipation, *with rush of blood to the head. Consti- pation, with obstructed circulation in the abdomen and affection of the portal system. Constipation, as if from inactivity of the bowels ; °from s-edentary habits; *as if from contraction and constriction of the bowels; °of infants and from abuse of coffee. Constipation of pregnant females.—*Ineffectual urging to stool, also frequent and anxious. urging, with tenesmus and pressure in the anus, and cutting around the umbilicus.—° Costiveness. * Large hard fceccs. *Difficult stool, -also with burning. Hard and soft faeces. Diarrhoea, especially early in the morning and after dinner, dark-colored. The stool is enveloped with white mucus. Fetid diarrhoea. Discharges of thin green mucus. Colic, succeeded by dis- charge of dark-colored mucus, causing a smarting burning in the anal region.—*Frequent small diarrhceic stools, corroding the anus. —* Small stools, mostly consisting of mucus, and accompanied with urging and tenesmus. °Putrid diarrhoea. °Watery diarrhoea, after a cold, also with cutting and drawing from the abdomen and small of 906 NUX VOMICA. the back to the thighs. °Dysenteric diarrhoea, with discharge of bloody mucus and faeces, cutting in the umbilical region, and tenesmus of the rectum.—Alternate -constipation and diarrhoea.—°Pitch-like, bloody, shaggy stools. Stools lined with blood and mucus. Undi- gested stools.—Previous to stool: pressing in the rectum. Griping in the epigastrium when she goes to stool.—At stools: he feels as if something remained behind. Stool every day, but with a colicky feeling in the abdomen. *Discharge of blood, with sensation as if the rectum were contracted or constricted.—After stool: burning smarting as from piles. urging. Discharge of blood from the anus. Burning and pricking at the rectum, *with hcemor- rhoidal tumors at the anus. Violent aching pain in the rectum, ar- resting the breathing, about midnight. Painful spasmodic stricture of the anus. #Contraction and narrowing of the rectum, hindering the expulsion of stool. Creeping and titillation in the rectum and anus, as if caused by ascarides. Discharge of ascarides from the rectum. Itching of the margins of the anus, changing to a smarting and sore pain, as if caused by haemorrhoids. Urine. —0Retention of urine. *Painful ineffectual desire to urinate. °Painful desire to urinate, with discharge of the urine drop by drop, attended with burning and lacerating. °Strangury. #Nightly urging to urinate, terminating in discharge of blood and burning. inclination and urging, also in the afternoon. Painful emission of thick urine. Discharge of pale urine, followed by discharge of a thick, whitish, purulent matter, with violently-burning pain. °Reddish urine, with brick-dust sediment.—°Haemorrhage from the urethra. During micturition: *burning and lacerating pain in the neck of the bladder.—* Burning in the urethra. Itching in the urethra. °Spasmodic stricture of the urethra, with retention or difficult emission of urine. Discharge of mucus from the urethra. ° Gonorrhoea. ? Male Genital Organs.—Smarting itching of the glans. Itching of the scrotum. Heat in the testicles.—0Constrictive pain in the testicles. 0Inflammation and swelling of both testicles, with hard- ness and drawing up of the testicles, attended with sticking and spasmodic choking sensation rising into the spermatic cord. °Hydrocele. ?—Itehing burning in the region of the neck of the blad- der. Nocturnal emission, with sexual dreams. * Emissions -without erection ; afterwards languor of the lower limbs.—*Continued erec- tions, which are painful. Female Genital Organs.—* Contractive uterine spasms, a griping and digging, with discharge of clots of coagulated blood. ° Congestion NUX VOMICA. 907 of blood to the uterus. Metritris, with burning heat, heaviness, stick- ing, and pressure. °Prolapsus of the uterus from straining by lift- ing, with hardness and swelling of the os-tinese. Internal swelling of the vagina, resembling a prolapsus, with a burning pain, making contact intolerable. Durning in the pudendum, with desire for an embrace. °Inflammation of the labia. °Varices on the labia.?? Corrosive itching eruption on the pudendum.—*The menses appear too early, also with abdominal spasms. During the menses : nausea early in the morning, with chilliness and fainting turns. Debility in the afternoon, with headache. *Leucorrhoea, *also fetid, tinging the linen yellow.—In pregnant females : nausea and vomiting. °Desire to urinate.? °Retention of stool. °Colic and abdominal spasms. °Toothache. ° Headache. — Too violent labor-pains or after-pains. °Fdlse, spasmodic labor-pains, particularly when accompanied with ineffectual urging to stool. symptoms of miscarriage, or disposition to miscarriage. °Metrorrhagia after parturition. °Phleg- masia alba dolens of lying-in females. ? °Suppression of the lochia. ° Puerperal fever. The nipples are painful to the touch. Pain in both nipples, as if milk would be secreted in the breasts. °Soreness of the nipples in lying-in females.?—In infants: °ophthalmia-neona- torum. °Dry coryza. °Hernia. °Constipation. °Convulsions. Larynx and Trachea.—Catarrh with headache, heat in the face, chilliness, and a good deal of mucus in the throat. Pry, ptainful ca- tarrh in the larynx, -in the evening before going to bed. Catarrhal affection of the chest early in the morning. Tightness of the chest. Dry, painful catarrh, early in the morning. Scraping sensation in the chest, inducing hawking. °Grippe.—°Nux-v. is almost a specific remedy in the first stage of the ordinary bronchial catarrhs, with dry coryza and dry cough.—°Constrictive spasm of the larynx.—bron- chitis.—Roughness and scraping in the larynx, inducing cough. * Cough when moving the body. * Cough coming on while reading and reflecting. Cough, returning every other day with violence. *Cough after a meal. cough, °a light hacking in the daytime, worse in the evening, seldom at night, and most violent in the morning. 0 Cough with roughness, during and after measles and rubeola. °Short hacking, with soreness of the chest.—*Pry cough from midnight until daybreak. Pry, fatiguing, continuous cough, °also with vomiturition and vomiting of mucus about midnight. °Spasmodic cough with retching. °Whooping cough.—Cough, be- coming loose in the open air. * Acrid sensation in the throat, only while coughing, and causing a pain in the pit of the stomach. Sore stitching when coughing. °Sore and raw feeling in the throat-pit, 908 NUX VOMICA. during cough. * Cough, occasioning a headache as if the skull would burst. *Cvugh, occasioning a pain as if bruised in the epigastrium. °Cough inducing vomiting. °Cough with danger of suffocation. °Cough with discharge of blood from the nose and mouth. °Rattling of mucus in the chest. Chest.—Fetid breath. Sour-smelling breath.—Oppression of breathing, occasioning a hacking. Shortness of breath. Asthmatic, constrictive sensation through the chest, when walking or going up- stairs.—Dyspnoea morning and evening.—°Anxious oppression of the chest.—° Suffocative fits after midnight. °Dry spasmodic asthma of full-grown people. °Asthma-millari. ? °Congestive dyspnoea.— °Spasms of the chest.—Painful pressure across the chest, arresting the breathing.—Drawing below the left chest, with anxiety ; a sort of oppression in the region of the heart, rendering breathing difficult. Drawing pain in the ribs. Burning in the chest, with anxiety. ° Congestion of blood to the chest.—Painful pulsative shocks in the direction of the heart. *Palpitation of the heart, -when lying down after dinner. Seething of the blood, with palpitation of the heart early in the morning. Frequent small paroxysms of palpitation of the heart. °Palpitation of the heart, with nausea, inclination to vomit, and heaviness in the chest.—The whole sternum feels bruised when touched. °Rheumatic sticking in the muscles, even in the intercostal muscles. ° Rheumatism of the muscles of the chest. Tension and pressure in the outer parts of the chest, as if oppressed by a load and as if the side were lame. Chilliness over the chest, with tensive pain. Back.—Beating pain in the small of the back, with eructations and chills. Contractive pain in the small of the back, afterwards extending to the side. The small of the back feels bruised, -worse during motion than rest. Contusive and bruised pain in the small of the back and knees.—Lacerating in the loins.—Drawing pain, commencing in the loins, and ascending the back, accompanied with a paralytic stiffness. °Drawing, extending to the shoulders. °Rheu- matic or haemorrhoidal pains in the loins, small of the back, and back.—Drawing lacerating pain in the back. in the back, °also particularly in the evening. Burning lacerating in the back. Stiffness of the back. Haemorrhoidal stiffness in the back. Aching pain in the dorsal vertebrae. #Bruised pain in the back, increasing by contact or pressure, -as if ecchymozed.—Pain in the scapula as if sprained.—Drawing and bruised pain between the sca- pulae, especially when stooping. Constrictive pain between the sca- pulae.—Pain in the articulations of the cervical vertebrae. *Draw- NTJX VOMICA. 909 mg pain in the nape of the neck, and as if oppressed by a load. Paroxysms of lacerating pain in the nape of the neck. Arms.—Bruised pain in the shoulder-joint and scapula.—Paralytic pain in the shoulder-joint, the whole arm feeling tired and heavy. Drawing pain in the head of the humerus. Rheumatic pain in the shoulder.—Itching rash on the arms. Sensation as if the arm had gone to sleep. Pain in the arm, hindering motion.—Sudden sensa- tion of loss of strength in the arms, early in the morning. °Paralysis of the arm, with tumult and shocks in the arm, as if the blood would start out of the vessels. °Draining pain in the arm, from below upwards, with paralytic stiffness, particularly at night.—°Rheumatic laming pain in the upper arm, increased by motion.—Contractive aching pain in the elbow.—Weariness of the fore-arms. Paralytic weakness of the fore-arms and hands.—Drawing pain in the hand, and afterwards in the elbow-joint. Deadness of the hands. Cold hands. Pale swelling of the hands and fingers. Itching of the finger-joints. *In a mild season of the year the fingers are red and swollen in various places, and affected with a burning-itching. Pain of the finger-joints, as after violent labor. Legs.—* Frequent dartings from the feet to the hips. Vacillation and unsteadiness of the lower limbs. Heaviness and weariness of the lower limbs, and aching when walking. °Numbness and paralysis of the lower limbs. Coldness of the lower limbs. Frequent jerking and twitching in the flesh of the thigh. Drawing pain in the abdo- men through the thighs. Paralytic drawing in the muscles of the thigh and calf, painful when walking. Painful tension in the thigh, as if too short. Pain as after great fatigue, in the flesh of the thigh, with bruised pain when touched. Boils on the thigh, causing a violent sting- ing pain. °Sticking and drawing from the knee to the groin, aggra- vated by contact and motion.—Burning-itching rash on both thighs, during the menses. Tottering and giving way of the knees. Excessive weakness of the knees. Sensation in the bends of the knees as if they were too short. Stiffness and tension in the bend of the knee. Pain in the knees, as if bruised, during rest and motion. Painful swellings above the knee. * Arthritic inflammation and swelling of the knee, also with formation of nodosities. Burning-itching rash on the knee. —Spasmodic drawing in the legs.—°Bright-red swelling of the log, with black, painful spots.—Cramp-pain in the calves. Tensive pain in the calves. Lacerating in the ankle. The feet go to sleep. Pain- ful cramp-like contraction of the soles, when bending the legs. Burning pain in the soles. Stitches in the soles of the feet.—*Itch- ing burning of the toes as if frozen. 910 OLEANDER. 200.—OLEANDER. OLEAND.—Nerium Oleander, Laurel Rose.—Hahnemann’s “Mat. Med.,” III. Compare with—Agn., Chin., Cin., Cocc., Ign., Nux-v., Puls., Sabad., Sulph. Antidotes.—Camph., Cocc.,? Nux-v. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Violent pressure in several parts of the body, gradually increasing and decreasing, from without inwards Cramp-pain in several parts of the limbs, for instance, in the ball of the thumb, feet, &c. Crampy pressure in several parts of the body and limbs, in the fingers and toes, as if the bones in those parts would be crushed. Skin.—The skin of the body is very sensitive ; it becomes sore, raw, and painful merely by the friction of the clothes. Swelling. Gnawing• itching over the whole body, while undressing. °Itch-like eruptions. °Herpes. °Scurfy pimples. °Tension through the whole body. °Painless paralysis. °Numbness and insensibility of the whole body. —Sick feeling and weakness in the abdomen and chest. Weak, lazy, indisposed te work. Faint-hearted and sinking. Sensation of weak- ness, as if he would breathe his last every moment. All his limbs feel weak and weary ; the knees are very weak. *Fainting Jits, °going off after sweating. Sleep.—Frequent yawning.—Sleeplessness.— Voluptuous dreams. Restless dreams. Fever.—Feverish shuddering all over, without thirst or heat, during rest and motion.—Chill all over, with cold hands and warm cheeks. Feeling of heat and chilliness of the whole body, without thirst.—The pulse varies; it is alternately frequent, rare, full, soft, small, and faint. Moral Symptoms.—Dullness of sense, out of humor. Sensorium.—Vertigo in the forehead, and staggering of the lower limbs, as if too weak.—Loss of consciousness.—The whole head feels obtuse. * Fullness of the mind, he is unable to think. Head.—Heaviness of the head. Sensation of tightness round the head, which occasions a feeling of stupefaction rather than pain.—• Aching pain in the brain.—Aching pain in theforehead, with pressure from within outward. Pressure in the upper bones of the skull, with sensation as if they were sore. Pain in the forehead as if it would split.—Slow painful beating in the forehead, like the beating of the pulse.—Boring pain in the whole brain.—Gnawing itching over the whole hairy scalp. °Scurfy eruption on the hairy scalp.—• OLEANDER. 911 °Scaly or humid scald-head, with nightly itching and burning after scratching.—*The epidermis of the hairy scalp peels off. ■ Eyes.— Dull pressure in the upper margin of the orbit, alternately increasing and decreasing. Dilatation of the pupils, followed by contraction.—Burning tension in both lids, even during motion.— Smarting in the eye.—Pressure in the eyes as from a hard body.— lied swelling below the eyes, as if an eruption would break out. Ears.—Cramp-like draioing in the outer ear and underneath, as if pulled out.—Sharp aching pain in the interior of the ear. Pain below the ear and over the mastoid process.—Shrill, stupefying ringing in the ear. °Humid, fetid spots behind the ears, with red, rough, herpetic spots in front. Nose.—Numb feeling on the dorsum of the nose.—Stupefying dull pressure between the root of the nose and the left orbit. Face.—Wild looks; he looks pale, the eyes are surrounded with blue margins, and the cheeks are sunken. Burning itching of the forehead.—Stupefying compression in both malar bones, as if they were seized with pincers. Pressure on the malar bone, stupefying rather than painful, extending deep into the head and the root of the nose ; a tensive, stupefying, troublesome sensation. Violent aching pain in the temples. Teeth.— Constant toothache at night. — Cutting-aching pain during mastication. The molar teeth are sensitive during mastica- tion, as if decayed.—Strange feeling in the mouth, as if all the teeth were loose, the gums of both jaws being bluish white. Mouth.—White-coated tongue, with a feeling of dryness in the mouth, and with dry lips.—The power of speech is almost entirely lost.—A sort of burning in the oesophagus, down to the stomach. Appetite.—Everything tastes flat.—Great hunger and appetite. No appetite, but canine hunger.—Great thirst for cold water. Gastric Symptoms.—Frequent, violent, and empty eructations. Aversion to everything, as if it would make him vomit, or give him a diarrhoea.—Disposition to vomit from the stomach, and accumula- tion of water in the mouth. The inclination to vomit is succeeded by great hunger.—Nausea, also in the mouth, as if he would vomit. —Excessive vomiting, followed by thirst. Vomiting of a yellowish- green water of bitter taste. General sick feeling, with inclination to vomit. Stomach.—Sensation of emptiness in the region of the pit of the stomach, with a feeling of fullness in the abdomen. *Sensation in the pit of the stomach as if he felt every beat of the heart through the whole chest. 912 Abdomen.—Pricking pain below the umbilicus. Intermittent pricking in the abdomen, sometimes accompanied with indications of diarrhoea.—Pinching in the bowels.—Bowels feel as if weakened by purgatives, and as if he would be attacked with diarrhoea.—Gnaw- ing, internally, below and above the umbilicus. Painful sensitive- ness around the umbilicus. Stool.—Ineffectual urging to stool.—Hard and difficult stool. The first portion of the faeces is diarrhoeic, the latter solid.—Scanty, thin, watery stool.—Burning at the anus between the stools. Urine.—*Frequent emission of copious urine, particularly after drinking coffee. burning urine, with whitish sediment. Larynx.—Titillation in the larynx, occasioned by the inspiration of air, and causing a short cough, which concusses the whole body. Chest.—*Oppression of the chest when lying. Sensation as if the chest were oppressed by something heavy, when walking, standing, or lying, occasioning a deep and anxious inspiration. Violent palpi- tation of the heart. Anxiety about the heart, with trembling of the whole body. Palpitation of the heart, with anxiety. Bull drawing pain above the heart, more violent when stooping, and continuing during an inspiration.—Stitches in the chest. Tensive stitch in the middle of the chest.—The outer parts of the chest ache. Back.—Pain as if sprained in the right side of the back.—Ten- sive pricking in the dorsal spine, when walking or standing. Violent and full, although slow pulsations of the carotids.—Dull lacerating pain in the left side of the nape of the neck and in the left scapula. Arms.—When raising the arms very high the shoulder-joint feels painful as if sprained.—Jerking in the muscles of the arm. Itch- ing sensation above the bend of the elbow.—Dull pressure on the fore-arm, as if occasioned by a hard blow.—Pulsative pain in the inner side of the fore-arm, near the wrist-joint. The veins of the hand are swollen, without the hand feeling hot. Intermittent, dull pressure in the palm of the hand. The hand trembles when writing. —Cramp-pain in the fingers. Legs.—Itching vesicles on the glutei muscles. Contractive pain, when walking, as if sprained, in the glutei muscles of one limb.— Weakness in the thighs and legs.—Cramp-like drawing in the knee, when bending it.—Feeling of painful weakness in the legs. Undu- lating drawing in the bones of the legs. Pulsative pain in the bend of the knee.—°Buzzing sensation in the legs and feet, particularly the soles. °Constant coldness of the feet. °Paralysis of the feet and legs. OLEANDER. 913 OLEUM ANIMALE. 201.—OLEUM ANIMALE. OL. AN.—Oleum Animate JEthereum; Oleum Animale Dippelii—See Hartlaub and Trinks’ “Mat. Med.” II. Compare with—Anac., Arn , Cocc., Ign, Nux-v., Op., Phosph., Rhus, Zinc Antidotes.—Camph., Nux-v., Op. GENERAL SYMPTOMS. — Cramp-like drawing in different parts.—Feeling of stiffness, particularly in the lower limbs, when walking. Lameness of the left arm and lower limb. Unsteadiness of the body and shuffling gait.— Weariness, with heaviness in the whole body. Weariness of the lower limbs, with burning of the soles, worse in the afternoon when sitting than when walking.— Languor, with indolence and constant inclination to sit, after dinner. Languor, with pulsations in the extremities. Great feeling of sick- ness in the whole body, with sadness and drowsiness. General ma- laise and prostration after a meal. Great languor and weariness, with trembling of the arms.— Weakness of the whole body, with tre- mulousness and lachrymation in the forenoon. Weakness of the lower limbs, with trembling of the knees when standing. Weakness of the knees, with stitches in the knees and unsteadiness when stand- ing.—Fainting turn. Skin.—Itching of the whole body. Itching pimple in the bend of the elbow. Vesicles on the cheek with itching sensation. Sleep.—Frequent yawning without drowsiness. Yo.uming and stretching with drowsiness. Restless sleep with erections. Dreams. Fever.—During the whole forenoon he feels rather cold, without being chilly.—Chilliness over the whole body, early after rising. Shuddering over the hairy scalp.—Frequent chills.—Thirst before the chilliness.—Alternation of chills, with chattering of the teeth, and heat, in the evening, without thirst and sweat.—Dry, prickling heat, particularly in the face. Moral Symptoms.—Sadness. Taciturn and thoughtful, as if over- whelmed with grief. Ill-humor and peevishness. Sensorium.—Frequent vanishing of thought. Absorbed in thought. Great absence of mind. Frequent attacks of loss of sense, with van- ishing of hearing and sight.—Dullness of the head, as after a cold, with dullness of the ears and rheumatic drawing in the cheeks. Stu- pefying dullness of the head. Painful dizziness, early in the morn- ing, in bed. Painful sensation as of reeling. Giddiness and reeling sensation. 914 OLEUM ANIMALE. Head.—Pressure in the forehead. Lacerating in the temples.— Gnawing in the occiput.—Slow pulsative beating in the right side of the head.—Sensation, upon entering a room, as if the blood were rushing to the occiput.—I£eat in the head.—Tension about the occi- put. Lacerating in different parts of the hairy scalp, followed by tension with sore pain as if the skin had been cut. Eyes.—*Pressure in the eyes, -with cutting and lachrymation °Pressure as from a grain of sand, particularly in the wind, with photophobia.—Drawing through the eye-balls. Stinging smarting, as from electric sparks.—Burning in the eye, with lachrymation or dim-sightedness.—Inflammation of the inner surface of the lids.— Lachrymation and dimness of the eyes, with burning of the canthi and smarting of the lids.—Quivering of the lids, also spasmodic.— Dim-sightedness, also with drowsiness. Mistiness of sight, with shining points before the eyes. Ears.—Sticking in the ears. Boring in the ears, with dryness of the throat. Lacerating in the ears.—Itching in the ears.—Hum- ming in the ears, increased by loud noise. Nose.—Tickling in the nose. Itching in the nostrils. Pimples on the septum, with burning and oozing.—Dryness in the nose.— Coryza with sneezing. Dry coryza. Face.—Pale earthy complexion.—Drawing in the face, particu- larly in the mastoid process, in the evening, or in the malar bones, as if they would be raised by force. Cramp-pain in the cheek. Tingling in the face. Burning in the face.—Itching pimples and vesicles on the cheeks.—Chapped lips. Jaws and Teeth.—Creeping and quivering in the lower jaw. Cramp in the lower jaw. Swelling of the right lower jaw, with tension.—Lacerating in the teeth, proceeding from the ear. Mouth.—Dryness in the mouth and throat. Greasy feeling in the mouth and palate.—Itching burning of the tip of the tongue. Throat.—Choking and constriction of the throat, particularly morning and evening. Inflammation of the throat.—Burning in the throat, also coming up from the oesophagus.—Parched feeling of the throat. Dryness with sour taste in the mouth.—Roughness in the throat, also with scraping and dryness. Appetite and Taste.—Sour taste in the mouth.—Diminished appetite.—Thirst. Gastric Symptoms.—Frequent empty eructations. Nauseating eructations. Burning eructations.—Gulping up of tasteless water. —Loathing with inclination to vomit.—N. usea with sensitiveness of the stomach. Nausea with contractive pain of the bowels.—Cou OLEUM animale. 915 stant inclination to vomit, with paleness of face. Sudden urging to vomit. Stomach. — Painfulness of the stomach when pressing on it. Bruised pain about the stomach, with pain or pressure.—Sensation in the stomach as when fasting.—Pressure in the pit of the stomach. —Contractive and constrictive sensation in the stomach. Sensation as if something were turning about in the stomach, with urging to vomit. Feeling of coldness in the stomach. Burning and heat, from the stomach to the chest, or attended with general malaise. Hypochondria.—Dull stitches in the region of the liver, during a walk in the open air. Pressure with sticking in the region of the liver and spleen. Abdomen.—Pinching in the abdomen, with grumbling. Cutting colic a few minutes before stool. Cutting motion from the abdomen to the chest. Cutting pains in the whole abdomen. Distention, with painfulness of the bowels, as in obstinate costiveness, during every motion of the trunk. Great fullness of the abdomen, in the evening, with feeling as if bloated. Gurgling, as if diarrhoea would set in, after dinner.—Drawing from the groin into the testicles. Stool.—Difficult stool, after long urging.—Papescent stools, even preceded by anxious pressing. Diarrhceic stools, in the evening.— After stool: burning at the anus, or pressing. Early in the morn- ing the bowels feel bruised.—In the anus: burning. Stinging. Tingling. Urine.—A good deal of urging to urinate, with discharge of only a few drops.—°Thin stream.—Greenish urine. Dense, flocculent sediment in the urine, which is less pale after dinner.—Itching in the urethra. Burning during micturition. Male Genital Organs.—Itching of the penis. Lancinating pain in the penis.—Swelling, at times of one, at times of another testicle, with pain on contact. Both testicles are drawn up and painful.—■ Pressing in the prostrate gland.—Nocturnal erections and emissions. Female Genital Organs.—Menses too early, preceded and accom- panied by colic.—Scanty menses, black blood, and languor of the hands and feet.—Leucorrhoea, consisting of thin white mucus.— Sticking and lacerating in the mammae. Larynx.—Hoarseness, with inability to talk loud. Roughness in the throat inducing a hacking. Cough with irritation. Frequent dry hacking. Chest.—Painful contraction in the middle of the chest.—Pressure on the chest, penetrating through the chest to the shoulders.—The whole chest feels painful as if bruised.—Violent darting in the chest. 916 OLEUM JECORIS MORRHU.®. Cutting through the chest, in the evening.—Rushes of blood to the chest, with dry heat of the face. Anxiety in the chest, with shud- dering.—Pressure or crushing sensation about the heart. Back.—Rain in the small of the back, worse when sitting. Pres- sure in the small of the back. Pain as if sprained, particularly on stooping. Beating and pressure in the sacrum. Rheumatic pains, also in the scapulce and axillce. Arms.—Rheumatic pain in the shoulder.—Lacerating in the upper arm.—Dull pain in the elbow, particularly during motion.—Violent lacerating along the arm to the wrist-joint and fingers.—Intensely- painful drawing in the hands.—Lacerating in all the fingers, in the direction of the dorsum of the hand. Drawing and digging in the thumb, as if it would ulcerate. Legs.—Drawing pain in the thigh, increased by motion. Bruised pain in the thighs, arms, and back. Lacerating in the thighs, above the knee. Tension in the bend of the knee, as if the muscles were too short. Painful stiffness in the knees, in walking. Lacerating in the knee, with ulcerative pain. Lacerating-drawing pain in the knees, shoulder, upper-arm, and side of the chest. Sticking in the knee.—Sticking in the sole of the foot. Cramp in the toes. 202.—OLEUM JECORIS MORRHUiE. OL. JEC.—Oleum Jecinoris or Jecoris Aselli, Cod-liver Oil. The following symptoms are taken from Dr. Bennett’s work, pub- lished in 1841: “ Nausea. Vomiting. Loss of appetite. Loaded tongue. In- continence of urine ; urine with bricky sediment. Increase of the menstrual evacuation. Increased diaphoresis. Perspiration pre- ceded by heat. Coldness of the body. Eruption of small red spots with itching. Chronic gout and rheumatism of elderly persons, with rigidity of the muscles and tendons, and the joints nearly inflexible. Rheumatism characterized by atrophy. Loss of sleep. Loss of vital power. Contraction of the muscles. Erratic pain in the joints with oedema. Rachitis. Scrofulous diseases of the joints. Caries. Tabes-mesenterica. Malacasteon. Phthisis. Hectic fever, with noc- turnal aggravations. Rheumatic pains in the sacrum and shoulder. Haemoptysis. Irritating cough.”—Ed. This drug has not yet been proved; the following pathogenetio effects have been sent to us by Dr. Neidhard, of Philadelphia. Skin.—Redness of the skin over the whole body, at night, in bed, ONISCUS ASELLUS. OPHIOTOXICON. 917 with much itching, disappearing in the morning. The ulcers (scro« fulous) begin to discharge a large quantity of mucus. Sleep.—Very vivid dreams. Eyes.—The sight improves every day. °She sees clearer and better. Nose.—Profuse discharge from the nose Urine.—Very brown and thick, with a strong smell of the oil. Genital Organs.—The testicles become small and the scrotum hangs down loosely. Diminution of irritability of the genital system. Stools.—Several loose evacuations daily. Every morning, dur- ing the evacuation of the bowels, an abundant secretion of mucus from the urethra, with burning pain. Arms and Legs.—Pains in the bones of the left arm.—Rheuma- tic pains in the knees and arms. Pain in the knee, particularly around the patella, increased on pressure, and sensation of heat on touching. 203.—ONISCUS ASELLUS. ONIS. AS.—Wood Louse, Milliped.—“ Archiv,” IV., 1. The symptoms marked (w) are from three of those Lice, taken in a glass of brandy previous to a paroxysm of fever. Dull heaviness of the head. Painful pressure above the eye-brows near the edge of the nose.—Boring pain behind the right ear, in the region of the mastoid process, with stronger beating of the arteries. —Pale, sunken, troubled countenance (w).—Spasm in the back part of the palate, as if it would close.—Thirst.—Nausea, followed by constant pressure at the cardiac orifice. Incessant vomiting.—Vio- lent colie with distention of the abdomen (w). Sudden urging to stool, with thin stool (w). Painful urging to stool and urine, with retention of both (w).—Burning cutting in the urethra, with unceas- ing tossing about (w).—Burning pain at the anus.—Erections and indisposition to work.—Hawking up of mucus streaked with blood. 204.—OPHIOTOXICON. OPHIOTOX.—Poison of Serpents.—See Hering’s “ Treatise on the Poison of Serpents.”—The following symptoms include those from the Naja-tripudians, marked (n.), and from Brazil Snakes, marked (b ) GENERAL SYMPTOMS. — Paralysis of the limbs. Chronic 918 OPHITOX1CON. paralysis, also particularly of the lower limbs. Apoplexy. °The flesh of serpents is a popular remedy for paralysis in Brazil.—Cachec- tic condition.—Languor and difficulty of motion. Chronic debility. Irresistible weariness (b.) Physical and mental prostration.—• Fainting turns (also n.), preceded by nausea and accompanied by vomiting, vertigo, obscuration of sight, loss of sensibility, difficulty of swallowing, and loss of all the senses. Fainting, with spasms of the back (n.) Loss of sensibility, as if dead, also with lock-jaw (n.) Loss of sight and hearing, with inability to swallow (n.) Insensi- bility and prostration, with vomiting. Rigidity of the body, like that of a corpse, with loss of muscular power and vanishing of the senses and pulse.—Trembling of the whole body.—°The bile of serpents is a popular remedy for epilepsy. Distortion of the limbs and suhsidtus-tendinum. Complete rigidity, with entire conscious- ness.—The poison of serpents generally occasions: local swelling, with discharge, first of blood, then of an oily substance, and lastly of pus and slaver. Frightful pains, moving to and fro. Difficulty of breathing, with great heat, fever, and burning, colored urine. Head- strongness and imbecility. Vertigo and bleeding at the nose. Cold sweats, entire prostration of strength, and apoplexy. Skin, &c.—Itch-like eruptions.— Yellow color of the skin. Jaundice. Erysipelas. Small vesicles, or spreading blisters, round the wound. Blisters, also black blisters, on the skin. Blisters as from heat, with burning of the skin.—Pale, hard swelling. Swelling of the glands and lymphatic vessels, in the neighborhood of the wound. Swelling of the whole body, particularly the abdomen. Swelling with lethargy. °The bezoary of the snake is a popular remedy for dropsy. Large tumors and swellings on the body, particularly in the joints.— TJlcers. —Gangrene of the bitten spot, with an ulcer of large circumference. Purple-redness, with blueness and blackness of the bitten arm, ac- companied with violent vomiting, and excited, hard pulse.—In the wound: stinging, also in the whole limb, or violent sticking, with bleeding.— The blood rushes out of the wound like a jet. The blood is at first red, then black and badly-colored. Venous blood is dis- charged from the closed wound. Discharge of purulent blood and lymphatic fluid. A bloody froth presses out of every orifice of the body. Symptoms of decomposition of the blood. Sleep.—Great inclination to sleep. Lethargy with loss of con- sciousness. Lethargy, with swelling and gangrene of the part, vomit- ing, convulsions, and pain about the heart.—Moaning and thirst dur- ing sleep. Fever.—Coldness of the skin, with feeble pulse, or with loss of OPHITOX1CON 919 sensibility. Coldness of the limbs.—Pulse small and irregular. Pulse quick and scarcely perceptible Pulse collapsing, with conscious- ness. Pulse quick and feverish. Pulse animated and bard, with insensibility and swelling of the arm.— Violent fever and great heat, with malaise, headache, nausea, and inflammation of the wound. Violent acute fever, with delirium, attended with swelling.—Cold sweats, also very copious, local, or general. Sweats that afford ftlief Moral Symptoms. — Intolerable, oppressive anxiety. Anguish, with dread of death, or with thirst. Restlessness. Nervous irrita- tion, with crying on hearing the least noise. The pains are intole- rable. Sensorium. — Imbecility.— Sudden stupefaction. Stupefaction, with loss of sense, irregular motions of the limbs, cold, clammy sweat, and small, slow, almost imperceptible pulse. Stupefaction with loss of sight; with foam at the mouth. Loss of consciousness.—Intoxi- cation. Head.—Aching pains in the frontal cavities and eyes.—Heaviness and fullness of the head.—Congestion of blood to the head, with vio- lent acute fever.—Swelling of the head. Falling off of the hair. Eyes.—Redness of the conjunctiva, with excessive drowsiness, heavy, languid appearance around the eyes. Protruded eyes. Rim eyes, without lustre.—°The fat of serpents is said to be good for pel- licles on the eye.—Obscuration of sight and loss of sensibility. Failure of sight. Blindness. Ears.—Insensibility of hearing and sight. Haemorrhage from the ears. Nose.—Bleeding from the nose, and from every orifice of the body. Bleeding from the nose, with vertigo. Face.—Cadaverous features. Expression of anxiety in the face, with stupefaction. Distortion and twitchings of the facial muscles. Paleness of the face. Bloatedness of the face, with prostration and heavy breathing. Feeling of tension around the eyes, mouth, and nose, with bloatedness and formication of those parts. The face is red and swollen.—Swelling of the lips.—Lock-jaw, with loss of con- sciousness and intermittent breathing (n.) Mouth.—Inflammation of the inner mouth. Haemorrhage from the mouth. Foam at the mouth (n.) Constant urging to discharge a frothy mucus from the mouth, with stupefaction, insensibility, and difficult breathing. Violent ptyalism. Accumulation of mucus in the mouth as soon as he introduces anything into his mouth, attended with suffocative fits.—Thick white coating of the tongue. Tongue coated yellow, black, or trembling. Spasmodic stretching of the 920 OPIUM. tongue, with difficulty of drawing it back (n.)—The voice is becom- ing extinct. Throat.—Paralysis of the oesophagus, in animals (n.) Difficulty of swallowing, also with spasms of the back (n.) Violent spasm of the oesophagus, preventing deglutition.—Hydrophobia (b.) Appetite and Gastric Symptoms.—Raging thirst.—Hiccough.— Nausea, also with fainting (n.) Nausea and bilious vomiting. Nausea and diarrhoea. Nausea with coldness of the whole body. Vomiting. Spasmodic bilious vomiting, also with great bitterness. Vomiting, with paralysis ; with insensibility and stupefaction ; with swelling. Stomach and Abdomen.—Pains in the stomach, with anguish and vomiting; with haemorrhage, diarrhoea, difficulty of breathing, and paralysis.—Excessive colic in the umbilical region. Stool and Urine.—Bilious diarrhoea. Colic, with haemorrhage from the anus, bladders, ears, mouth, and nose.—Difficulty of urinat- ing. Paralysis of the bladder. Burning, colored urine. Urine with brick-dust sediment. Larynx and Chest.—Offensive breath. Difficulty of breathing, with vomiting and diarrhoea. Sufiicating fits in a child, whenever anything was put into his mouth, attended with accumulation of mu- cus (n.) Constant gasping for breath, with languor (n.) Difficult, slow breathing, with slow circulation (n.) Spasmodic breathing, with dim eyes, and other unfavorable symptoms ; afterwards profuse sweat. Painful breathing (n.), also with stupefaction and anguish. Oppres- sion of the chest.—Pain in the chest.—Beats of the heart small and trembling. ° Affections of the heart. ? Dropsy of the pericardium. ? ° Enlargement of the heart.? Back.—Spasms of the dorsal muscles.—Paralysis of the lower limbs. °Bandaging the leg with the skin of a serpent is said to re- move cramp of the calf. Hard blue-red swelling from the tip of the toe to the knee, with pain about the malleolus. Swelling of the legs, with holes. Icy-cold feet. 205.—OPIUM OP.—Papaver Somniferum.—Hahnemann’s “Mat. Med. Pura,” IY.—Duration of Action: from a few hours to months. Compare with—Aeon., Bell., Bry., Camph., Cann., Chin., Cham., Cic., Coff., Colch., Con.-m., Croc., Dig., Hep.-8., Hyos., Ipec., Lack., Lact., Menyan., Merc., Mosch., Nitr.-ac., Nux-v., Phosph , Phosph.-ac., Plumb., Puls., liuta, Slram., Tart., Verat. Antidotes.—Of large doses : very strong Coffee, also by injection (Hahnemann). —Coffee with Lemon-juice or Vinegar (Carminati, Murray).—Vegetable acids, OPIUM 921 according to Orfila, increase the effects of Opium as long as it has not been removed from the stomach.—Camphor, Ether, Ammonium, Natrum (Acker- ley).—Cold effusions of the body (Kopeland, Johnes).—Emetics (Sprague).—• Ipecacuanha.—Asa-fcetida (Monro).—Warm baths.—Of small doses: Bell., Carnph., Coff., Hyos., Ipec., Merc., Nux-v., Strychnine, Plumb., Stram., Vi- num.—Opium antidotes : Each., Merc., Nux-v., Strychnine, Plumb., Stram. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—°Opium seems to be useful only in recent cases. °Affections from abuse of liquor. °Ailments of old 'people. °Bad effects from fright and fear, or also from sudden joy. °Apparent death. ?—*Diminished sensibility, -succeeded by dimi- nution of irritability. Numbness and insensibility of the limbs, with coldness of the limbs. °General insensibility of the nervous system, and deficiency of reaction after taking certain medicines. ° Painless- ness during the complaints. Frightful pains, penetrating to the very marrow of the bones. Uneasiness in the limbs. Buzzing sensation through the whole body.— Trembling of the limbs: convulsive, spas- modic. Trembling of the limbs, with distortion of every muscle.— *Convulsions and spasmodic motions, with foam at the mouth. *Con- vulsions with cries. °Convulsions, with sleep after the paroxysm. ° Convulsions in the evening or towards midnight, with drowsiness, clenched fists, and involuntary motions of the hands and head.— *Tetanic spasm, with rigidity of the back or the whole body. Ri- gidity of the whole body.—Epileptic convulsions with tetanus, and violent delirium. °Epileptic convulsions, particularly at night or to- wards morning, with suffocative paroxysms, loss of mobility and sen- sation, with violent movements of the limbs.—°Sleep after every epileptic fit.—Great indolence, also with relaxation.—Excessive de- bility.—Fainting turns, with vertigo. Relaxation of the muscles and limbs. Slow gait. Tottering gait. #The limbs remain immo- vable in whatever position they are placed.—Nausea, and incipient paralysis of the lower limbs. # Apoplexy.—Emaciation of the body. —Decomposition of the blood, derangement of the digestive organs, deep sleep.—Dropsical condition of the body. Characteristic Peculiarities.—°Renewal and aggravation of the pains when becoming heated.—Opium is said to act more power- fully when administered by the rectum, in the form of an injection, than by the mouth. Skin.—Pale bluish color of the skin. Blue spots on the body, here and there.—Burning pain, and sometimes itching of the skin. Sting, ing itching in the skin, here and there. Redness and itching of the skin. Cutaneous eruptions, and sometimes itching. Small, red, itching spots on the skin, here and there. Itching and creeping in all the limbs. 922 OPIUM, Sleep.—Yawning, with pain in the articulations of the jaws. * Drowsiness. Great inclination to sleep. Coma-vigil. Unintelli- gible talk during the sopor. Drowsiness, sopor, stupor. Continu- ous sopor in the night, with increase of thirst, clean tongue with dark-red edges, and dry, parched lips. *Sound sleep, with rattling breathing, as after an Apoplectic fit. Almost constant slumbering, the eye-lids being half closed, accompanied with constant grasping at flocks, and moving of the hands over the bed-cover. Stupor, with- out conciousness, and rattling in the chest. *He hears everything that is said, but is unable to rouse himself. Sopor and insensibility, with natural warmth, and a natural pulse and respiration, ltestless, sleepless nights. *He is very drowsy ; nevertheless he is unable to fall asleep: the pulse being slow. Sleepless nights with delirium. Sleeplessness, full of imperfect images, and full of fancies. Restless nights, sopor alternating with waking, delirium, hot skin, stupor. Inclination to vomit on waking.—He starts in his sleep.—During sleep : frightful jerks in the limbs. Starting. of face. * Snoring, -during an expiration. Moaning while asleep. Lament- ing cries during sleep. Restless sleep, full of moaning and groaning. Anxious sleep, full of dreams. Fever.—General coldness with stupefaction. Inclination to shud- der.—Chilliness in the back, with suppressed, scarcely perceptible pulse. °Intermittent fever, with soporous condition, snoring, con- vulsive movements of the limbs, constipation and suppression of urine, and warm sweat. Fever : first chilliness, afterwards flushes of heat in the face. Alternation of moderate warmth and coldness. Great redness of the face, with burning heat of the body; afterwards con- vulsive beating with the arm and foot, with loud cries, heavy breath- ing, and coldness of the face and hands. Heat with thirst. Heat of the body, with great anxiety. Restlessness, oppression, confusion of ideas, and scintillations, during which a burning, disagreeable heat ascends to the head. Acute fever, with delirium after a short sleep. Diminishes the beats of the pulse and the inspirations. Sloio pulse, the respiration being slow, heavy, and snoring. Slow pulse, with moaning, slow breathing, red, puffed face, and profuse sweat, with convulsions. Faint, suppressed, slow, small pulse. Strong, quick pulse, which finally becomes weak and intermittent. Quick and unusually weak pulse, with quick, oppressed, anxious respira- tion. Quick pulse, with headache. Quick, violent, rather hard pulse, with a dark red face. Congestion of blood to the brain. Violent, quick, hard pulse, with heavy, impeded respiration. Sweat and red rash, with itching. General sweat over the hot body, with great OPIUM. 923 thirst, full, strong pulse, vivid eyes, and bright mind.—°Febris-he lodes. Moral Symptoms. — Sadness, generally preceded by ecstasy. Lowness of spirits. Melancholy. Sullen mood. Lamentations and howling.—Anxiety. Excessive anguish. Anguish about the heart and restlessness.—*Fearfulness and tendency to start.— Taciturnity. —Great cheerfulness. Daring boldness. Cruelty. Page and frenzy with distortion of the mouth. Sensorium.—Loss of mind. * Stupefaction of the senses, -also with faint looks and excessive debility. * Complete loss of consciousness and sensation.—Imbecility, dullness of the mental faculties and senses. Stupid indifference to pain and pleasure. Slow conscious- ness. Constantly stupid, as if drowsy and intoxicated. Weakness of memory. Complete loss of memory. — *Delirium. * Visions. *Frightful fancies. Delirious talk. Confused talk, with anxious beat, and feeling as if intoxicated, at times starting as if in affright, at times angrily and furiously grasping the hands of those around her. Furious delirium.— Confusion of intellect.—* Alania. Furious mania, with distortion of the mouth. °Mania, with strange fancies. Violent mania, with red face, glistening eyes, and increased lightness of the body. Mania, with swelling of the head and face, protruded, inflamed eyes, and red-blue, thick lips. °Delirium tremens.—Dull- ness of the head. Cloudiness of the head, also with weakness of the intellect and illusion of the senses.—* Violent intoxication, with stu- pefaction. Vertigo, with stupefaction. ° Vertigo after fright. Ver- tigo, as if everything were turning round with one. Vertigo, with anxiety and delirium.—°Apoplexy, with vertigo, buzzing in the ears, loss of consciousness, red, bloated, hot face, red, half-closed eyes, dilated, insensible pupils, foam at the mouth, convulsive movements of the limbs, and slow, snoring breathing ; the paroxysm is preceded by sleeplessness, or sleep with anxious dreams, rush of blood, and heat in the whole body ; after the paroxysm a nervous irritation, with laughing and delirium. Head.—Painful headache, increased by moving the eye-balls, -also particularly in the occiput. Headache on one side of the fore- head, with pressure from within outward, increased by external pres- sure.—Lacerating and beating in the forehead, with sour eructations, sour vomiting. Pressure in the forehead, as far as the eyes and nose.—Sensation of tightness in the head.—Pain in the head, as if all the contents were torn.—Heaviness of the head. *Congestion of olood to the head. of the arteries of the head. Twitch ings in the temporal muscles. 924 onuM Eyes.—* Staring and glistening eyes. Glassy, protruded, im- movable eyes, which do not see anythin". * The pupils are insen sible to the light. Dilated pupils.—Contracted pupils. *The eye is only half-closed, and the pupils are dilated without possessing any ir- ritability.—Open eyes, with the pupils turned upward.—Scintillations before the eyes. Dim-sightedness, as if he were looking through a gauze. His eyes see black, he is giddy. Complains that his eyes are obscure, and that he is getting blind. Ears.—*Humming in the ears, °also previous to apoplexy. Ring- ing in the ears. Nose.—Dryness of the nose, owing to suppression of the secretion of mucus. Face.—Sunken, pale face. Pale face and nausea, with sensation of drowsiness and diminution of all the secretions, frequently even of the exhalations from the skin. Pale face and forehead, and glassy eyes. Clay-colored, pale face and dim eyes filled with tears ; he slumbers with his eyes half open, does not heed anything, gives vague answers, passes stool involuntarily, settles towards the feet, and has a short anxious respiration. *jBluish, clay-colored face.—*All the muscles of his face are relaxed. *Bloated face, -also with hot and dry skin, white tongue, hoarseness, oppressed breathing, spitting of blood. *Dark-red face. *Red, bloated, swollen face. *The face is cherry-brown. * The veins of the face are distended. *The face is entirely red, and the eyes look wild, red, and protrude from their sockets. *Spasmodic movements of the facial muscles. Convulsive trembling of the facial muscles, lips, and tongue. *Distortion of the mouth. Jaws and Teeth.—* Lock-jaw. Violent pains in the lower jaw. —Pain of the upper jaw. down of the lower jaw. Loose- ness of the teeth. Fine corrosive pain in the nerves of the tooth. Mouth.— Ulcers in the mouth, on the palate and tongue. White tongue. Black tongue. Profuse ptyalism. Ptyalism as if occasioned by Merc.—Suppresses the secretions from the salivary glands, the Schneiderian membrane, and glands of the larynx. Dryness in the mouth, without desire for drink, with chilliness over the abdomen.— Distention and strangulation in the throat, with difficulty of swallow- ing, and blue-red face, in daily paroxysms.—Inability to swallow. Paralysis of the tongue. Pharynx.—Bitter mouth. Flat, almost no taste. Sour taste. Appetmte.—Loss of appetite.—Aversion to all things.—Increase of appetite.—Canine hunger in frequent paroxysms. Excessive hunger, with great debility. Gastric Symptoms.—Eructations. Nausea,—Inclination to vomit OPIUM. 925 Frequent nausea and vomiting.—Violent retching. Vomiting. Haema* temesis. Pain in the stomach and convulsive motions, during which she vomits. Continual vomiting. Green vomiting. Slow digestion. °Sour vomiting, with stupor. Stomach.—Repletion of the stomach. Oppression of the stomach. Weakness of the stomach. Painful distention of the stomach.—Vio- lent pain in the stomach.—Constrictive pain in the stomach, intole- rable, and causing a deadly anguish. Painful distention of the pit of the stomach. Abdomen.—The hypochondria feel tight, and are very painful when touched.—Pain in the abdomen, as if one had taken a carthartic. Colic, as from a cold. Oppression of the abdomen, and a pressing puffiness as if it would burst.—Beating in the abdomen.—Aching and tensive pain in the abdomen.—Colic, before and after stool. Op- pression and heaviness in the abdomen, as from a stone.—Drawing colic.—Pain in the abdomen, as if the intestines were cut to pieces. The abdomen is distended and painful. ° Tympanitis.—°Incarcerated hernia, with vomiting of faeces and urine. Stool.—Paralysis of the intestines. * Costiveness. Retention of stool and urine.—°Constipation, from torpor of the intestinal canal, after chronic diarrhoea, abuse of cathartics, long confinement in bed, want of exercise. °Frequent constipation of strong plethoric persons, pregnant females, and infants. *Hard stool, -preceded by pinching pain in the abdomen, and flatulence. *Costiveness for weeks, with loss of appetite, nothing hut small hard balls being passed. Papes- cent stool. Watery diarrhoea. Discharge of a black substance by the rectum. Diquid, frothy stools, with itching, burning in the re- gion of the anus, and violent tenesmus. Fetid diarrhoea. °Involun- tary stools.—Excessive pain in the rectum, with distensive pressure. Urine. of urine. Retention of urine, with dry mouth and increased thirst. the contractile power of the urinary bladder. Lemon-colored urine, with a good deal of sediment. Dark-colored urine. Dark urine and dry tongue. The urine is dark- red and deposits a sediment.—Haematuria.—The urine has a brick- dust sediment. Male Genital Organs.—Erections during sleep, and impotence after walking. Excitation of the sexual instinct, erection, emission, and lascivious dreams.—Slow sexual desire—Impotence. Female Genital Organs.—Increased menstrual discharge.—Ex- cessive labor-pains in the uterus, with anxious, ineffectual urging to stool. Violent movements of the foetus.—Suppression of the labor- pains.— °False spasmodic labor-pains. 926 OPIUM MORPHIUM ACETICUM. Larynx.—Hoarseness, with dry mouth and white tongue.—Faini voice.—Paroxysms of a violent dry cough.—Cough during deglutition. Spitting of blood. Expectoration of a thick sanguineous mucus. Chest.—Quick, oppressed, anxious respiration. Accelerated, dif- ficult respiration. Short, *snoring breathing. Short attacks of anxiety, with short, oppressed breathing, and trembling of the arms and-hands.—Anxiety, with contraction and tightness of the chest. Constriction of the chest, as if it were rigid, with difficult respiration. —Asthma, as if he would be attacked with pleurisy. Spasmodic asthma.—Oppressed and difficult respiration, and anxiety about the heart. Panting, loud breathing. Loud, painful, rattling respiration. Moaning, slow respiration. Irregular, suffocative breathing.—Draw- ing lacerating pain in the side of the chest. Burning in the heart. Tension in the infracostal region. Tensive pain below the short ribs, along the attachment of the diaphragm, during an inspiration. Back and Arms.—Drawing-lacerating in the back. — Convulsive movements to and fro in the arm. Paroxysmal trembling in the arm. Paralysis of the arm. Trembling of the hands. Itching of the arms and shoulders.—°Distended veins of the hands. Legs.—The lower limb is almost insensible. Violent itching of the lower limbs. Weakness of the lower limbs.—Numbness of the foot. Swelling of the foot. a. MORPHIUM ACETICUM. MORPH. ACET.—Acetate of Morphia.—Translated by A. C. Becker, M. D., from the “ New Archiv,” III. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Fainting fits, with dilated pupils, pale tongue, mouth sticky and bitter.—Loss of consciousness, very difficult breathing, livid countenance, head drawn backwards, the upper parts of the body covered with viscous mucus, the lower ex- tremities cold, pulse small, intermitting, violent convulsive shocks. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Motion and an erect position ag- gravate many of the symptoms, and cause nausea and headache. All the symptoms disappeared after taking exercise.—Lying down eases the symptoms. Skin.—Violent itching over the whole body.—Eruption over the whole body. Sleep.—Uneasy starting sleep, from which he woke with a feeling of general weakness, headache, and sunken eyes.—Uneasy sleep, with frequent starting, after sleep stiffness, pain in the arms, and here and there eruption of red blotches. Night uneasy, skin drv OPIUM—MORPH1UM ACETICUM 927 and itching.—After waking, pain in the forehead, praecordia, and bladder, faintness, and pains in the joints. Sensorium.—Vertigo with disposition to sleep.—Confusion and dull headache.—Weight in the region of the forehead.—Coma.— Dullness of the mental faculties.—Great excitement, without sleepi- ness (the Translator). Head.—Uneasiness, headache, and pains in the region of the na- vel.—Violent pulsation of the carotids, with heat in the head, which spreads over the whole body, excepting the extremities, which re- mained cold.—Violent headache, with red face, red and injected con- junctiva, strong violent pulse, even temperature of the skin, with disagreeable itching.—Intolerable pain in the right side of the head. —Throbbing headache, with red turgid face. Headache, increased by reading and thinking.—Pain in the back of the head, and pressure over the eyes. Face and Eyes.—Face red, bloated, the skin of the eye-lids swollen, lips blue, throbbing headache in the fore part of the head.— Increase of warmth in the face, with distensive headache. Counte- nance animated, lips livid, great thirst, and nausea.—Contraction of the pupil. Dilatation of the pupil. Conjunctiva of the eye red, as if injected, the eyes sparkling, dull pain in the forehead, especially on the right side.—A feeling of fullness in the orbits.—Aching pain above the eyes.—Impaired vision.—Wild expression of countenance. —Noise in the ears. Mouth and Throat.—Gums scarlet, somewhat painful, tongue red at the edges, violet in the middle.—Heavy, pale tongue.— Tongue dry.—Irritation of the fauces, with burning thirst and colicky pain in the stomach. Taste and Appetite.—Taste bitter, acrid.—Impaired appetite, with weight in the head and constipation.—Burning thirst. Gastric Symptoms.—Great nausea, with red tongue and dryness in the throat.—Nausea, difficult breathing, heavy, pale tongue.— Constant nausea and pain in the region of the navel.—Repeated nau- sea and attempts to vomit.—Nausea, with aching pain in the head and disposition to sleep.—Vomiting of green matter. Stomach and Abdomen.—Violent pain in the epigastrium. Co- licky pains in the stomach, with burning thirst, irritation of the fauces, headache, and dilated pupil.—Violent burning in the praecordia, whence emanates an itching sensation like the creeping of ants.— Pain in the praecordia, inclination to sleep, and somewhat difficult breathing.—Swelling of the abdomen, with heat over the whole body, cold extremities, burning thirst, dry tongue. 928 OPIUM—MORPHIUM TURUM. Stool.—Constipation, with heaviness in the head.—Diarrhoea, with pain in the stomach, navel, and bladder. Urine.—Pain in the bladder.—Urine retained.—Urine muddy and slimy. Chest.—Anxious breathing, with smarting pain in the chest, strong full pulse.—Inspiration accompanied by sharp pain in the abdomen and along the spine.—Accelerated pulse. Pulse slow, full, inter- mitting. Arms and Legs.—An itching sensation in the upper extremities, very much like the creeping of ants.—Subsultus of the tendons.— Violent shaking of the whole body.—Weakness in the limbs. Heat over the whole body, with cold extremities, violent pulsation in the carotids, coma.—Profuse general sweat b. MORPHIUM PURUM. The following pathogenetic effects of this substance are derived from: Pfister’s “Schweizer Zeitsclirift,” II., No. 2; Wibmer’s “Medicines and Poisons;” Ronander, in Hooker’s “Til. Ann.,” 1834; Sentserner, in Buchner’s “Tox.,” p. 202; Hegmanus, in Cooper’s “Med. Gaz.,” 1837, No. 27 ; Charvet. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Convulsive twitchings.—Violent spas- modic concussions. Subsultus-tendinum. Restlessness and sleep- lessness.—Diminished sensibility.—Illusion of the senses.—Muscu- lar debility.—Excessive exhaustion. Skin.—Warm skin.—Itching of the skin, and cutaneous eruptions. Sleep.—Disposition to sleep.—Sopor.—Restless sleep, which is frequently disturbed with frightf ul dreams.—Headache after waking, margins around the eyes, general feeling of weakness and exhaustion. Fever.—Profuse sweat, with retention of urine.—Cold sweat over the whole body.—Small irregular pulse.—Pulse small, intermitting. —Pulse slow, large, intermitting.—Imperceptible pulse.—Fever, with intermittent, small, and contracted pulse. Moral Symptoms.—Violent restlessness.—Violent nervous irrita- tion.—Loss of consciousness.—Stupor.—Weakness of memory.—In- describable anguish.—Apoplexy, loss of sense and consciousness, loss of mobility, with laborious snoring, rattling breathing, and bluish, puffed face. Head.— Vertigo.—Dullness of the head.—Heaviness in the head. —Congestion of blood to the head.—Irritation of the brain.—Tight- ness in the head.—Transitory headache. Eyes.—Fullness in the orbits.—Contraction or dilation of th« pupils.—Obscuration of sight. Ears.—Ringing, drumming, violent roaring in the ears. OPIUM—MORPHIUM MURIATICUM, itC, 929 Face.—Bluish, cadaverous face. Mouth.—Ptyalism. Appetite.—Disagreeable taste.—Bitterness in the mouth. Loss of appetite. Stomach.—Turns of nausea and disposition to vomit.—Constant retching.—Continual vomiting. Abdomen.—Pain in the epigastric region and in the intestinal canal, with constipation, which is frequently followed by sudden diarrhoea.—Colicky pains.—Suppression of stool and urine. Stool.—Constipation.—Violent diarrhoea. Urine.—Ineffectual urging to urinate.—Diminished and concen- trated urine.—The breathing is not much affected (o).—Short breath- ing (h).—Difficult breathing.—The inspirations are rare and rattling. —Violent beating of the heart and carotids. c. MORPIIIUM MURIATICUM. See Hufeland’s “Journal,” Nov., 1840, p. 77, communication by "William Gre- gory.—Trousseau’s “Materia Medica.” Violent, long-lasWng excitement, as if intoxicated.—Unpleasant languor, with loathing and vomiting.—Somnolence. Vertigo.—Head- ache.—Rushing of the blood in the head, afterwards in the whole body.—Accelerated pulse.—Itching of the skin.—Eruptions of vari- ous kinds.—Thirst.—Loathing.—V omiting.—Constipation. d. M0RPH1UM SULPIIURICUM. Forgate, in “American Journal of Medical Science,” and in Froriep’s “Notices,” 1842, No. 447. Languor.—Apathy.—Rheumatic and arthritic complaints. Prick- ling sensation in the skin.—Violent loathing, with effort to vomit. e. C0DE1N. See Gregory, in “ Dublin Journal of Med. and Chem.,” May, 1834.—Kunkel. Disagreeable lowness of spirits, with nausea, followed by a dispo- sition to sleep.—Itching over the whole body.—Convulsions of the limbs and of the cervical muscles.—Accelerated pulse.—Heat of the head and face.—Loathing and vomiting. /. NARCOTIN. See Wibmer’s “Medicines and Poisons.”—Barbier’s “Materia Medica.” Slight disposition to sleep.—Sleep, followed by violent headache, languor, discoloration of the skin and lips, coldness of the whole 930 OXALIC ACID. body, sopor, vertigo, illusion of the senses, heaviness of the head, and contraction of the pupils.—Dullness of the head.—Slight pain in the forehead. Irregularity of the pulse. g. NARCOTINUM ACETICUM. Extreme excitement and violent headache.—Convulsions. Inter mittent fever with variable type. h. NARCOTINUM MURIATICUM. Sudden starting on hearing the least noise.—Vertigo.—Glistening eyes.—Obscuration of sight.—Excitation of the sexual organs.—Fre- quent erections. 206.—OXALIC ACID. AC. OX.—See “ Transactions of the American Institute of Homoeopathy,” I. Antidotes.—(When taken in large doses.) As the vomiting in such cases is speedy and continual, emetics are unnecessary, and will often fail of their effect; besides, during the time lost before their operation, the acid would, in general, have acted long enough to prove fatal. Vomiting may be promoted by tickling the throat. Chalk is one of the most valuable antidotes, given in large quantities. Magnesia may also be given with advantage; Ammonia and Ether are worthy of trial. The stomach pump may be used, but, on ac- count of the rapidity with which this poison acts, it is not advisable to lose time by its application until after the antidote has been administered. GENERAL SYMPTOMS. — Extreme lassitude of the body. Pain, but chiefly great lassitude and weakness of the limbs. Tremor of the lim —A peculiar general numbness, approaching to palsy. Loss of consciousness. Nervous symptoms. Convulsions. Characteristic Peculiarities.—All the pains from Oxalic-acid seem to occupy only a small spot, half an inch to an inch in length, viz.: in the eustachian tube, right wrist, right hypochondrium, re- gion of navel, knee, &c. They seem to be excited and aggravated by movement, as the pains in the bowels, testicles, kidney, back, &c. From time to time he has those peculiar jerking pains, like short stitches, confined to a small spot, and lasting only a few seconds. Oxalic-acid has a decided action on the joints, ankle, knees, hips, wrist, shoulders. The symptoms from Oxalic-acid occasionally in* termit for some hours, or a day, and then return in a diminished degree. Skin.—Itching and smarting soreness about the neck. An erup- tion or mottled appearance of the skin, in circular patches. Sleep.—Continual and vivid dreams, always of a frightful nature. OXALIC ACID. 931 Sleep very restless, but without dreams’ Great sleepiness in the morning. Fever.—Creeping of cold, particularly from the lower part of the spine upwards. In the evening, sneezing, with chilliness. An in- ternal sensation of heat. General sensation of heat. Exhausting fever, with dyspepsia and singultus. Flushes of heat and 'perspira- tion all over the body. Clammy perspiration, hands, feet, and face cold, and covered with a cold perspiration. Pulse more frequent and harder than usual. Pulse small, tremulous, intermittent. Gene- ral excitement in the evening. Moral Symptoms.—Sensation of fullness- in the face, and excite- ment, with disinclination to conversatio?i. Seems in its primary action to diminish the power of concentrating ideas, and afterwards to increase it.—Nervous and vascular excitement. Head. — Giddiness. On lying down vertigo, like a swimming, towards the left side. Emptiness in the head, sensation of faintness, as if all the blood had left the brain, with anxiety.—Slight com- pression in the head.—Continual dull pain in the forehead and ver- tex.—Sharp pains in the forehead and vertex, with a feeling of light- ness. Dull headache. Fullness in the forehead, above the eyes. °Removes immediately a dullness in the forehead, to which he was frequently subject in the morning. Eyes.—Pain in both orbits. Nose.—Pain in the nose. Sneezing, with chilliness. Face, Jaws.—An internal sensation of heat, particularly in the face. Drawing pain, with rigidity, near the angle of the lower jaw. Teeth.—Dull aching pains of the molar teeth of the jaws, worse in the right. Mouth.—Inflammation of the tongue and mouth. Pharynx.—Soreness of the fauces on swallowing. °Chronic sore throat. Expectoration of thick yellowish mucus from the throat. Stomach, Appetite.—Eructations after every meal. Hiccough. Vomiting. Qualmishness of the stomach, with sickness. Burning pain in the stomach, and generally also in the throat.—Pressure in the stomach. Severe pain in the stomach. The slightest touch of the stomach caused the most violent pains. Excessive sensibility of the stomach, with disposition to costiveness. Every evening pyrosis.—Violent thirst. Abdomen.—Distressed feeling around the navel, and through the whole abdomen, with a sensation of great weakness in the latter. Dull aching pain in the abdomen, worse round the umbilicus. Colic- like pains in and around the navel. Sensation of soreness in the 932 pasonia. abdomen. Distressed feeling and great weakness in the whole abdo* men, with flatulent colic. Stool.—Violent symptoms of irritation in the alimentary canal. Severe pain in the bowels, and frequent inclination to stool. On rising, a violent tenesmus in the upper part of the rectum, a pro- longed, very painful urging. Constant involuntary discharge of fluid faeces, occasionally mixed with blood.—Constipation. Urine, Genitals.—Urging to pass water, with copious discharge. Great increase of sexual desire. Sensation of contusion in both testicles. Larynx and Chest.—Expectoration of thick yellow mucus from the throat. Slight cough, from tickling in the larynx and trachea ; also sensation of soreness in the larynx. Difficulty of breathing, with constrictive pain in the larynx, and wheezing; oppression of the whole chest towards the right side. Sharp shooting pain in the left lung and heart. Sharp lancinating pain in the left lung; the pain in the heart is very violent, like electric flashes, coming from within. Immediately after lying down in bed at night, palpitation of the heart. Loins and Back. — Acute pain in the back, gradually extending down to the thighs. Numbness and weakness in the back and limbs. Arms and Legs.—Sharp shooting pain in the shoulder-joint, com- ing on suddenly. The wrist painful, as if it were strained or dislo- cated. Sensation as if the hands were dead. Lividity of the nails and fingers. Uneasiness in the limbs and feet. Slight lameness and stiffness in the lower extremities. Lividity, coldness, and almost complete loss of the power of motion in the legs 207.—PiEONIA. PA50N.—Peony.—See “ Pract. Commun. for Horn. Pliys.,” 1827, p. 61, and “ Horn. Gaz.,” XXVIII., No. 12. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Languor and heaviness of the limbs. Nausea, hissing in the head, vanishing of the senses. Skin.—Burning smarting on the head, chest, and limbs, accom* panied with itching of the skin.— Prickling, itching, and stinging in the open air. Sleep.—Restless sleep, with fancies and dreams. Sensorium and Head.—Vertigo, gloominess, and heaviness of the head. Reeling sensation in the head, with staggering of the limbs. Dullness, heaviness, vertigo, and feeling of heat in the head.—Gnaw- PARIS QUADRIFOLIA. 933 ing headache.—Continuous aching pains in the occiput and nape of the neck.—Rushes of blood to the head, and feeling of sweat. Ears.—Intensely-painful darting through the right ear.—Painful jerking in the cartilage of the ear. Eyes.—Burning of the eye-lids and eyes. Burning, itching, and feeling of dryness in the eyes. Face.—Burning heat in the face. Nose.—Stoppage and dryness of the nose. Jaws and Teeth.—Violent pressure from the articulation of the jaw through the inner ear. Throat.—Burning sensation in the pharynx and oesophagus. Stomach and Abdomen.—Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as from great anxiety. Stool.—Papescent diarrhoea, with feeling of qualmishness in the abdomen, burning in the anus after stool, afterwards internal chilli- ness and increased feeling of illness.—Painful ulcer at the anus, with exudation of a fetid moisture. Chest.—Throbbing through the right chest. Cutting pressure in the left side of the chest. Dull stitches in the chest, as if through the heart. Back and Extremities.—Pinching, at times in the back, at others in the abdominal muscles. Sharp stitches in the axillae. Tension in the muscles on bending the arms, as from pressure. Severe cramp in the wrist-joint. Transitory creeping in the fingers and sides.—• Burning itching of the toes, which are bloated. 208.—PARIS QUADRIFOLIA. PAR.—Truelove.—See “Archiv,” VIII. and XIII., Hartlaub andTrinks, III. Compare with—Hell., Ign., Kali, Natr.-mur., Nux-v., Puls., Sabad. Antidotes.—Camph., ? Coff. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Stitches in all the limbs, particularly in the evening. Cramp-like dragging in the joints. Sensation, dur- ing every motion, as if the joints were broken.—Sensation, on turn- ing the joints, as if swollen and sprained. Painfulness of single tendons, on touching them.—Malaise. Heaviness in all the limbs, also particularly in the evening, with internal coldness.—Languor of the feet, and tremulousness in walking. Skin.—Soreness of the skin, when touching it.—Panaritia Sleep.— Yawnitig, with drowsiness.—Restless sleep at night. 934 PARIS QUADRIFOLIA. Fever.—Coldness of the right half of the body. Internal cold ness, as if all the parts were contracted by cold, and were trembling. Cold feet at night. — Chilliness of the chest, abdomen, and lower limbs, with goose-flesh and yawning, and icy-cold feet.—Violent chilliness in the evening and forenoon, with sensation of internal trembling. Creeping shiverings.—Increased warmth of the body. Moral Symptoms.—Foolish manners. Indisposition to mental labor. Sensorium.—Dullness of the head. Sense of intoxication. Head.—Headache, aggravated bij thinking. Headache, worse in the evening and attended with dullness of the whole sinciput, and a sensation as if the skin of the forehead were contracted and the bone scraped sore, with heat in the eye-lids, surrounded with red margins. Heaviness of the head. Contractive pressure in the forehead. Pres- sure in the whole head. Feeling of distention, as if the head would swell up, and the temples and eyes were pressed out. Tightness, as if the cerebral membranes and the brain were put upon the stretch. Bubbling in the head, at night on waking, with internal restlessness. Throbbing, undulating sensation in the head. Tension in the skin of the forehead and occiput. Pain of the hairy scalp, when touch- ing it. Itching of the hairy scalp. Small scabs on the hairy scalp. Pimples on the forehead, with aching pain on touching them.—Fall ing out of the hair, with painfulness of the hair on the vertex. Eyes.—Sensation as if the eye-balls were too large, or swollen, and the orbits too narrow, with unsteadiness of sight, as if the objects were in motion. Pressure in the upper margin of the orbit, appa- rently in the bone. Darting through the eye, with mistiness of sight. Burning of the eyes, also with lachrymation, or smarting.—Quivering of the upper lid.—Dilatation of the pupils.—Unsteadiness of sight. The eyes swim. Ears.—Sudden pain in the meatus-auditorius, as if distended by a wedge. Tearing in the ears. Hardness of hearing. Nose.—Feeling of fullness in the upper part of the nose.—Violent epistaxis.—Frequent sneezing.—Alternation of dry andfluent coryza. Face.—Pale face. Feeling of heat in the face.—Scraping pressure under the malar bones.—Bed, itching spots on the cheeks and lower jaws.—The lips are covered with eruption. Jaws and Teeth.—Violent itching, gnawing, and burning on the lower jaw, in the evening. Beating and drawing in the teeth. Titil- lating pain, worse in the afternoon, worst at night, aggravated by warm and cold things. Pain as if all the teeth were perforated. Sen- sation in the gums as if loose. PARIS QUADRIFOLIA. 935 Mouth.— Dryness of the mouth, on waking. Frequent discharge of watery saliva.—Dry tongue. The tongue is rough and coated white, as if covered with millet-seed.—Pain about the palate as if excoriated. Dryness and titillating burning about the palate. Throat.—Pressure in the throat, as from a ball. Scraping in the throat, also with stinging. Scraping with burning. Appetite, Taste, and Gastric Symptoms.—Flat, slimy taste in the mouth. Bitter taste, with dryness and roughness of the tongue. —Gulpings. Nauseating eructations.— Hiccough after every meal. —Qualmishness in the stomach. Nausea rising from the abdomen to the chest, after breakfast, with burning, resembling heartburn. Stomach.—Pinching in the stomach, relieved by eructations. Burning from the stomach to the abdomen. Abdomen.—Cutting in the abdomen, with rumbling.—Cramp-like tearing in the muscles up to the pit of the stomach. Stool and Anus—Hard, difficult stool.—Slimy, diarrhoeic stools. Fetid diarrhoea. Urine.—Frequent urging to urinate, with burning while emitting it.—The urine becomes turbid and opalescent. Acrid, burning urine. —Tenesmus after micturition. Genital Organs.—Increased sexual desire, with violent erection. Larynx.—Burning in the larynx. Roughness in the trachea, with a deep bass voice.—Hoarseness on waking in the morning, with dry- ness of the trachea, as if parched. Paroxysms of hoarseness. Con- stant hawking, with expectoration of tenacious, white, insipid mucus. Chest.—Dull, painful pressure in the right side. Stitches through the lungs.—Pinching in the lungs and heart, with sensation, when stooping, as if a stone were lying on the back.—Palpitation of the heart, in the evening, also during rest.—Corrosive gnawing on the sternum. Back—Pulsative stitches in the os-coccygis.—Stitches through the back, on either side of the back, and nape of the neck. Sensation as if the neck were stiff and swollen, on turning it. Arms.—Tearing in the shoulders, extending to the fingers. Heavi- ness in the arms, particularly in the right, even during rest.—Draw- ing in the upper arm.—Violent tearing in the fore-arms. Drawing in the metacarpal bones. Lameness of the finger-joints, afterwards affecting the arm and other joints. Alternate heat and coldness of the fingers, with paleness and as if dead. Sensation in the tips as if ecchymozed or subcutaneously ulcerated. Legs.—Tearing in the hip-joints. Stitch in the hip.—Drawing in the thigh. Tearing in the calves.—Paralytic pain in the tarsal, joint. Tearing in the sole. Formication in the heel. 936 PETROLEUM. 209.—PETROLEUM. PETROL.—Oleum Petrse, Naphtha Petrse.—See Hahnemann’s “ Chronic Dis eases,” Vol. V. Compare with—Aeon., Calc., Cann., Cham., Dig., Ign., Lye,., Magn.-p.-austr., Nitr.-ac., Nux-v., Phosph., Puls., Sep., Spig., Sil., Sulph., Verat.—Is fre- quently suitable after Nitr.-ac., and Phosph. 4.ntidotes.—Aeon., Nux-v. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—°Scrofulous and rachitic affections. Agitation of the blood, brought on by slight motion. Violent seeth- ing of the blood in the evening, and bitter taste.—Pain as if sprained in the arms, chest, and back, in the forenoon. Stiff arms and legs, in the morning after rising.—Trembling tension through the whole foody, with apprehensiveness and discouragement.—*Cracking of the joints, °also with stiffness. Weakness in the joints. Pain of the limbs, as if bruised, in the evening.—Arthritic pain in the hip, knee, and tarsal-joints, in the night.—Paralytic drawing, with pressure, in the left tibia and lower arm. Drawing, with pressure on the bones. Cramp-like drawing and pressure in the limbs.—*The arms and legs goto sleep easily. Heaviness in the feet and the whole body.—Visible emaciation, with good appetite. Excessive weariness in the morn- ing when in bed, the limbs feel bruised. Uneasines-s in the limbs ; restlessness.—Painful weariness in the shoulders, the spine, and loins. Weakness of the body and heaviness in the lower limbs. Great weakness, without any apparent cause. ° Great weakness after every exertion, with failure of sight, trembling of the body, buzzing in the ears, and nausea. °Fainting turns, with rush of blood, heat, pressure in the pit of the stomach, and palpitation of the heart. Liability to take cold. A cold brings on headache, lachrymation, in- flammation of the throat, cough, and coryza. *Dread of the open air. Skin.—Painful sensitiveness of the skin of the whole body.—Itching of the skin, with chills. Unhealthy skin, even small wounds ulcerate and spread. Sleep.—Drowsiness, and weariness of the limbs. Constant som- nolence. Heaviness of the lower limbs, and weariness of the back at night. * Nightly slumber, full of fancies.—Sleep full of dreams. Restless sleep and anxious dreams. Starts when asleep, palpitation of the heart, trembling, vomiting, and violent diarrhoea. Fever.—°Frequent slight chills through the whole body, followed by violent itching of the skin. Chilliness in the evening, followed by flushes of heat in the face. Excessive chilliness from morning till noon, with dull headache and drawing towards the forehead. PETROLEUM. 937 Chilliness through the whole body.—Fever and chilliness, with excea- sive languor and a painful feeling in the whole body. Fever, with full pulse and burning skin, but without pain. °Chilliness every evening, followed by heat in the face and cold feet. Internal heat, with heat and dryness of the trachea, with uncomfortableness, irrita' tion, exhaustion. Heat and chilliness at the same time. Moral Symptoms.—*Sadness and despondency, -accompanied with a sick feeling as of weakness about the heart. °Disposition to weep. * Desponding in the morning, taciturn, accompanied with dim-sighted- ness. * Anxiousness, llestlessness. °Anxious for the future.—- Nervous. * Violent starting.—#Excessive irresoluteness.—No desire to work.—Hypochondriac mood. Irritable.—*Out of humor and angry. *11 is thinking power is weakened. *Weakness of memory. Dullness of the head, with pain. Gloominess in the head and uncom- fortableness.—Frequent vertigo. *Vertigo and nausea, from stooping. Head.—Indications of headache, every morning. °Headache from chagrin. °Iieadache in the forehead, increased to stupefaction by mental exertions. Dull headache. *Heaviness of the head, in the morning, -with sensation of fullness and heat in that part.—Pressing sensation about the head, with a sort of qualmishness.— Tension in the head. Contractive, constrictive headache. Cramp-like, transitory drawing in the temples.—Pinching headache.—* Stitches in the head, -accompanied with pressure in the head, and nausea. Excessive dartings in the head.—*Throbbing in the head. Strong, pulsative undulations, especially in the forehead, as if the head would burst.—- Boring in the head.—Trembling, balancing, and roaring in the head. The outer parts of the head feel numb. Ulcerative pain on both sides of the head. Pain of the integuments of the head, as if bruised.— Soft tumors on the hairy scalp, excessively painful when touched. Itching of the hairy scalp.—*Pimples on the head °and in the nape of the neck. °Scurf on the hairy scalp.—Falling out of the hair.— Profuse sweat about the head. Eyes.—Great pressure in the eyes, as from a grain of sand. Cut- ting in the eyes, when exerting them in reading. Stitching and beating in the eye-brows. Stitches in the eyes, and lachrymation. Itching and stinging of the eyes, also with burning. Smarting and heat in the eyes. Burning in the eyes, with pressure.—Inflam- matory swelling in the inner eanthus. Pimples on the eye-lids.— Weak eyes. Tremor and twitchings of the eye-lids. Great dimness of sight. Great dilatation of the pupils.—Painful sensitiveness of the eyes to the light of day.—*Long-sightedness, °unable to read fine print without spectacles.—Double-sight. Frequent obscuration of 938 PETROLEUM. sight, with diplopia.—Black spots before the eyes. Something occa- sionally hovers and vibrates before her eyes, when looking at things steadily they appear bright and distinct. Objects appear to move before the eyes. Vibrations and black figures before the eyes. Scintilla- tions before the eyes. Ears.—Pressure in the ears with heat. Titillation and stitching in the ear, followed by stiffness in the articulation of the jaw.—Itch- ing in the ear, and discharge of sanguineous pus. The meatus is closed from swelling. Redness, rawness, soreness, and humor behind the ears.—°Dryness and troublesome feeling of dryness in the inner ear.—Diminished hearing. °IIard hearing. °Paralytic deafness.— Singing in the ears. *'Roaring and pain in the ears. Whizzing before the ears, diminishing hearing. Nose.—Tensive pain in the root of the nose, with ulcerative pain when touching the part.—°Swelling of the nose, with purulent dis- charge and pain over the root.— Ulcerated nostrils. Discharge of bloody mucus from the nose.—Bleeding of the nose.—Sneezing, with drowsiness in the evening. Catarrhal sensation in the throat, with titillation, inducing one to cough.—°Dryness and troublesome feeling of dryness in the nose.—°Catarrh, with hoarseness. Dry coryza and ulcerated nostrils. Face.—°Yellow face. Heat in the face and head.—Itching in the face. Pimples in the face. Chapped lips. Jaws and Teeth.—* Swelling of the submaxillary glands.—Tooth- ache, with swelling of the cheeks. Cutting and contractive pain in the teeth. Pain in the teeth, as if ulcerated, with throbbing pressure in the right jaw.—Boring toothache.—Numb feeling of the teeth, and pain when pressing them together. Swelling of the gums, with stitch- ing pain when touched. Vesicle on the gums. Mouth.— Ulcers on the inner side of the cheek. The tongue is dotted with yellowish spots. * White-coated tongue. Rawness of the tongue and palate. Fetid odor from the mouth. Throat.—The throat feels swollen.—Stinging pain in the throat when swallowing. Rawness in the throat when swallowing. Sore pain in the throat, with dryness of the mouth. Taste and Appetite.—Slimy taste in the mouth, with white tongue. Bitter-sour taste.—*Flat taste in the mouth, as from deranged stomach. *Putrid taste in the mouth. Canine hunger causing nausea. Gastric Symptoms.—His stomach is deranged by little food. Con- gestion of blood to the head after a meal. *Repletion after a moderate dinner, with pressure in the pit of the stomach. Painful cramp-like spasm in the chest, arresting the breathing. Sour eructations, with PETROLEUM. 939 dim sight. Repeated hot, acid risings and gulpings.—Heartburn, towards morning, and eructations.—°Water-brash. Nausea with eructations. Nauseated and qualmish the ivhole day. Nausea in the morning, with accumulation of water in the mouth. Momentary at- tacks of nausea, morning or evening, with inclination to vomit. °Sick- ness at the stomach when riding in a carriage. °Sea-sickness. °Vomit- ing of pregnant females. °Green, bitter vomiting. Stomach.—Qualmish feeling in the stomach. Empty feeling in the stomach, with dullness of the head. Pressure in the stomach, with diarrhoea, in the afternoon, preceded by colic. °Feeling of fullness in the pit of the stomach.—Stomach and abdomen are frequently pain- ful.—Crampy sensation in the pit of the stomach. Sudden gripings in the stomach.—Violent pain in the pit of the stomach. Cutting around the stomach, with inclination4o stool. °The pit of the stomach is swollen and painful when touched. Hypochondria.—Pressure in the region of the liver. Stitches in the right side of the abdomen, with nausea. Abdomen.—Colic, a sort of painful pressure. °Colic towards morn- ing, with diarrhoea.—Painful tension over the whole abdomen. Tension and spasms in the abdomen.—Gripings in both sides of the abdomen, from below upwards, with heaviness of the lower limbs and great drowsiness. Pinching in the abdomen, and diarrhoea the whole day. —Cutting in the epigastrium, with nausea and diarrhoea. Cutting in the abdomen, as if occasioned by a cold ; afterwards diarrhoea with bearing down. Cutting in the abdomen, followed by discharge of fmces, and then bloody stools. Violent cutting in the abdomen, with griping. Cutting colic in the morning, followed by diarrhoea having a very fetid, Camphor-like smell; the diarrhoea is succeeded by ineffec- tual urging. °Peeling of coldness in the abdomen.—Disagreeable itching in the abdomen. °Rumbling, with feeling of emptiness in the abdomen. Stool.—Difficult stools, with sore pain in the anus. °Hard, knotty stools.—Frequent desire for stool, with slight diarrhoea, followed by much pressing. Diarrhoea with colic. Diarrhoea, after deranging the stomach, especially in stormy weather. ° Yellowish watery stools. Diarrhoea, followed by excessive weakness. Profuse mucous diarrhoea. Diarrhoea, consisting of bloody mucus.—Soft stool, with tenesrflus. °Diarrlioea of pregnant females.—Ascarides are passed with the stool. —°Tsenia. Weak and dizzy after stool, vanishing of sight.—Pressure about the anus. Burning pain in the region of the anus. Fistula- recti. Urine—Frequent micturition. Involuntary micturition. °Con* 940 PETROLEUM. stant dripping of the urine. °Nocturnal enuresis.—Urine with white sediment. Dark-yellow urine, with a quantity of red sediment. Urine turbid, and red as blood.—Burning urine. Burning in the neck of the bladder when urinating. Violent contraction in the re- gion of the bladder.—#Burning pain in the urethra. Mucous dis- charge from the urethra. °Contraction of the urethra. Male Genital Organs.—Tearing in the glans. Reddish erup- tion on the glans, with itching.—*ltching and moisture of the scrotum. °Herpes between the scrotum and thigh. °Discharge of prostatio fluid. Female Genital Organs.—Burning in the genital organs, with some discharge of blood. Premature and scanty menses. Menses delay. The menstrual blood causes an itching of the genital organs. Languor and bruised feeling in the body.—Leucorrhaea, like albu- men. Profuse leucorrhoea every dajr, for several days, °also with lascivious dreams.—Itching and mealy covering of the nipples. Larynx.—#Hoarseness.—Cough from dryness in the throat. °Dry cough, with stinging under the sternum. °Cough in the evening, immediately after lying down in bed. Night-cough. Inclination to vomit when coughing. Chest.—The breathing is labored. Wheezing in the trachea, during an inspiration.—Asthma and suffocative huskiness, as if from constriction of the trachea, with titillation, inducing dry cough.— Oppression of the chest in the night, and restless sleep.—Pressure and tightness of the chest, in the afternoon. *Stitching in the side of the chest, just below the arm. * Stitching in the chest, -and con- tractive pain in the head when coughing. Violent pleuritic stitches. —Violent stitch as far as the heart, arresting the breathing. Feeling of coldness in the chest in the region of the heart. Occasional mo- mentary palpitation of the heart. °Herpes on the chest. Back.—Violent, but short pain in the small of the back, °prevent- ing one from standing. Pain as from a sprain in the small of the back. Great uneasiness and stiffness in the small of the back. Pressure, heaviness, and weariness in the back. Cramp in the back, extending as far as the ribs. Rigidity of the back. Aching pain in the nape of the neck, increased by the slightest motion. °Herpea on the nape of the neck. °Glandular swellings and eruption. Arms.—Tumor in the axilla, threatening suppuration. Pain of the shoulder-joint, when raising the arm. Tension and drawing in the shoulder. Twitchings in the muscles of the arms. Gnat weak- ness in the arms. Erysipelatous inflammation of the arms, with burning pain.—Lameness around the elbow-joint, for two days. Itch- PETROSELINUM. PHELLANDRIUM AQUATICUM. 941 ing in the bend of the elbow.—Pain of the wrist-joint, as if sprained. °Tearing in the hands. Burning of the palms of the hands. °Brown spots on the wrist-joints. *Chapped hands, covered with rhagades, particularly in the winter. °Arthritic stiffness of the joints. Itch- ing of the joints of the fingers. *Rough chapped tips of the fingers, -iwith stitching and cutting pain. °Chilblains. Legs.—Pain in the hip, near the os-sacrum, as if sprained, during motion. Redness and humid soreness of the upper and inner surface of the lower limb.—Heaviness of the lower limbs. Pain and stiff- ness in the lower limbs.—Stiffness and heaviness of the thighs, when walking. Cramp-pain in the knee-joint. Rigidity and burning in the bends of the knees. Stiffness of the knees, legs, and tarsal-joints Pulling pain, with itching of the knee-joints. *Stitches in the knees. Pain in the knee and tibiae, as if bruised. Contusive pain in the region of the patella. Painful weakness in the knees, in the morn- ing when rising. °Herpes on the knee. The tibiae are painful when walking. Aching pain in the foot. Tension in the foot when walking. Violent drawing and twitching in the feet. Throbbing in the soles of the feet, worst during rest. *Sivelling of the foot. °Cold feet. Blisters on the heel. °Herpes on the malleolus. Eruption between the toes. °Ulcers on the toes. 210.—PETROSELINUM. PETROSEL.—Parsley.—See Stapf’s “Archiv,” XVIII., 3, coagulated blood cHaemoptoe at night, or until evening. *Cough with purulent ex- pectoration, hectic fever, and corroded, ulcerated lungs.—During the cough : *sensation as if the stomach would turn, unto vomiting. *Pain in the chest. *Stit,ches in the side. Stitches in the shoulder. Stitches in the back. °Headache. °Shocks in the abdomen. °Pain in the small of the back. °Palpitation of the heart. Chest.—°Rattling breathing. Quick, short breathing. and vertigo, accompanied by weakness in the head, when lying on the. back. °Dyspnoea at night in bed, as if the throat were constricted. °Dyspncea, excited and aggravated by cold air. Asthma, aggravated by exercise and by ascending an eminence. °Spasmodic asthma. °Evening asthma, particularly after a meal. °Oppressiort of the chest on walking fast. °Suffocative fit with hiccough. °Suffocative fit, as from a spasm in the throat and chest. °Attacks of asthma- millari. 1—°Spasms of the chest, with short cough and suffocative paroxysms. *Constriction across the chest. Spasmodic sensation through the chest. Spasmodic pain across the chest. °Pain in the side, with cough, not allowing one to lie on the side. #Sticking in the side, only when lying, particularly at night. °St,icking in the chest, aggravated by drawing deep breath. Cutting pain in the chest, here and there.—°Typhoid pneumonia. ?—°Paroxysms of burn- ing in the chest.—Dull stitches in the region of the heart, with con- tinual pressure, anxiety impeding respiration, relieved by walking. °Heaviness, pressure, and burning in the region of the heart. Con- gestion of blood to the chest and heart, at night, with anxious dreams. of the chest as from bruises. Neck and Back.—Aching pain in the small of the back, as if weary. Stiffness and pain when lying, as if from subcutaneous ul- ceration. Pain as if dislocated, during motion. Sticking pain in the small of the back and the abdomen, with cutting pains in the ab- domen which arrest the breathing. The back is painful, and stiff as i board. Lacerating pain in the back. Sticking pain in the back and across the chest. °Interstitial distention and curvature of the dorsal vertebrae nearest the neck. Drawing-tensive pain in the loins. Sticking pain between the scapulae during motion, arresting the breathing. Sticking pain in the nape of the neck. Drawing- tensive pain in the nape of the neck. Rheumatic pain in the nape of the neck, with weariness of the feet. Swelling on the nape of the neck. Arms.—Pain in the shoulder when attempting to raise the arm 990 PULSATILLA. Continuous lacerating pain in tlie shoulder-joint. Sticking rheu* matte pain in the shoulder-joint, in the morning, when moving the arm, or when bending the head to one side. Darting pain in the shoulder-joint. Sensation of excessive weight in the shoulder-joint, and as if paralyzed when one attempts to raise the arm. Pain in the shoulder-joint, resembling a cramp-pain and heaviness.—Pain as if sprained in the shoulder-joint. *Drawing pains, coming on in short- lasting paroxysms, extending from the shoulder to the wrist joint. Burning through the arm at night, beginning in the shoulder. The upper arm feels painful to the touch. Drawing pain in the arm, even in rest. Pain as if bruised in the elbow joint. Pain of the elbow- joint, when moving it. Small, not inflamed tumors above the elbow- joint, under the skin, painful when touching them. Heaviness of the arms, with lacerating pain in the elbow-joint when attempting to bend it. Tensive pain of the tendons of the elbow-joint when moving the arm. Drawing-lacerating pain in the bones of the lower arm, in repeated paroxysms. Lacerating drawing pain in the arm, especially in the fingers, at night. Painful stiffness in the wrist joint, when moving it, and as if the hand were sprained or strained. °Itching chilblains on the fingers. ? Legs.—Pain in the hip-joint, as if dislocated. °Coxalgia, also chronic.—° Jerking lacerating of the lower limbs. * Trembling of the lower limbs. Drawing and tension in the lower limbs in the evening. Inability to move the affected lower limbs, at night, on account of a bruised pain. Violent pain in the muscles of the thigh and upper arm. Drawing pain, at night, in the muscles of the thighs. Sudden, transitory, paralytic weakness in the thigh, when walking. Pain in the thighs, as if bruised in the bones. Bruised pain in the muscles and bones of the thighs. Paralytic pain in the knees and heel. Excessive weariness of the legs, with trembling of the knees. *Lacerating pains in the knees, like jerks. Lacerating and drawing pain in the knee. Lacerating pain in the knee, with swelling. Painless *swelling of the knee. °Inflammatory hot swell- ing of the knee, with stinging. Unsteadiness and weakness of the knees. Paralytic pain of the legs on rising from a seat. Simple pain of the legs. Acute drawing in the legs as far as the knees. Heaviness and drawing pain in the legs, less in the arms. Heavi- ness of the legs in the daytime. Weariness of the legs. °B,ed, hot spelling of the legs and feet, after suppression of fever and ague. The tibia is painful when touched. Pain as if bruised on the tibia, especially when raising the leg. The flesh on the legs is painful, as if from subcutaneous ulceration. Pain in the bones of the leg. RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS. 991 °Drawing in the bones. Drawing-tensive pain in the calves. *Sivell- ing of the dorsum of the foot. °Erysipelatous burning swelling of the dorsum of the foot, with stinging when touching or moving the part. of one foot in the evening. *Sivelling of the feet. Hot feet. *Ilot swelling of the feet, extending as far as the calves. *Red, hot swelling of the feet, with a tensive burning pain, increas- ing to a stitching pain when standing. °(Edematous swelling of the feet, extending above the malleoli. The soles of the feet are painful, as if bruised. Lacerating pain in the soles of the feet above the knee, and in the back. Burning pain in the soles. Itching ting- ling in the toes, as in frozen limbs, in the evening. 225.—RANUNCULUS. I.—RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS. RAN. BULB.—See Stapf’s “Additions to the Materia Medica.” Compare with—Ars., Bry., Merc.-sol., Nux-v., Puls., Ran.-scel., Rhus-tox., Sabad., Sep., Staphys., Sulph. Antidotes.—Bry., Camph., Puls., Rhus. Arrack and Wine do not interrupt the action of Ranunc.; on the contrary, the pains, particularly those of the head, are aggravated. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Uneasiness proceeding out of the body.—Anxiety, headache, fainting.—The whole body feds bruised,. Weak and debilitated during an afternoon walk, trembling of the limbs. Lassitude, ill-humor with pain in the back, and pain as if bruised in the region of the short rib. Trembling of the limbs. Violent epilepsy. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The pains are excited or aggra- vated by contact, motion, stretching, changing the position of the body. Many pains arise from a change of the external temperature, from cold to warm, or vice versa, or morning and evening, or after dinner. Skin.—°Horny and other excrescences. ° Herpes over the whole body. Sleep.—Irresistible desire for sleep. Disturbed sleep at night. Very restless sleep, with increase of pain in the chest and heat. Anxious dreams. Fever.—Chilliness after dinner, with cold hands and hot face.—• Heat in the face, in the evening, especially on the right side, with cold hands, quick pulse, and eructations. Pulse full and strong. Small hard pulse. 992 ranunculus bulbosus. Moral Symptoms.—Ill-humored, and disposed to quarrel and scold. Fearfulness. Sensorium.— Vanishing of thought. Sudden attack of vertigo. Dizziness in the head. Head.—Headache, with anxiety and weakness when eating. Heavi- ness of the head. The head feels distended. Pain in the vertex as if the parts would be pressed asunder. Drawing sticking pain in the occiput.—Pain in the temples, drawing and pressure in the evening while walking, with feverish restlessness and difficulty of breathing Congestion of blood to the head. Pressing pain in the forehead from, within outward. Nose.—Pressure in the region of the root of the nose. Face and Teeth.—Heat in the face in the evening, and redness with internal chilliness. Spasmodic paralytic sensation. Eyes.—Smarting in the eyes, nose, and fauces; the eyes run and are very painful. Sensation of burning soreness in the lower eye-lid. Pressure in the eyes. Violent pressing pains in the eye-balls. Im- mobility of the pupils. Mist before the eyes. Ears.—Cramp-feeling in the ear. Stitches through the ear. Ob- struction of the nose, in the evening, with sore pain. Sore nose, also red and swollen, with tension in the nose. Mouth and Throat.—White-coated tongue. Scraping-burning sensation in the throat. Roughness and tenacious mucus in the throat. Spasmodic feeling in the pharynx and oesophagus. Taste.—Flat taste in the mouth. Bitterish, pungent taste in the mouth. Bitter-sour taste in the mouth. Gastric Symptoms.—Frequent eructations. Hiccough. — Spas- modic hiccough. Nausea in the afternoon, sometimes with headache. Nausea, drowsiness. Quickly-passing nausea. Stomach.—Violent burning in the region of the cardiac orifice of the stomach, with great anxiety about the heart.—Burning sore pressure in the pit of the stomach. Painful soreness in the pit of the stomach when touched. Pressure in the pit of the stomach. ■ Abdomen.—Pain in both hypochondria, accompanied with pain fulness of that region when touched. Pain in the morning as if bruised. Pain as if bruised in the region of the short mbs, with pain in the back, lassitude, ill-humor. Periodical pulsations in the left hypochondrium. Pressure deep in the region of the liver. Stick- ing pressure in the region of the liver, arresting the breathing. Jerking in the abdomen and arm. The subdued pinching colic sometimes alternating with pain in the chest. Sensitiveness of the intestines when walking, and dull pain. Violent colic, drawing, and RANUNCULUS bulbosus. 993 pinching below and around the umbilicus. Violent pinching in the umbilical region. Pain deep in the hypogastrium. Stool.—Colic, followed by an evacuation. Stools delay and are hard. Stitches in the anus. (Profusely-flowing haemorrhoids.) Genital Organs.—Frequent erections towards morning, and dizzi- ness in the head.—Increase of leucorrhcea; having been mild at first, it now became acrid and corrosive. Chest.—Pressure in the chest and shortness of breath.—Heavy, short breathing in the evening, with burning and fine stitches in the left chest. Oppressive sensation in the ohest, as after deep chagrin. Restless sleep, with violont aching of the chest and oppression. Pain in the chest and restless nights. Pain in the whole chest; early in the morning on rising rheumatic pain and from subcutaneous ulceration. Violent pressure and pain as if bruised over the whole left chest, immediately after rising in the morning; every move- ment of the chest causes a pain. Pain in the chest in the even- ing, pressure on the upper and left side of the chest, complicated with stitches, the breathing is painful, even contact is painful. Con- stant pain in the chest the whole afternoon, mostly on the left side, and partly as if in the pectoralis-major. Violent fine stitches in the middle of the chest, in front, during am inspiration. Violent sticking pains in the whole of the right chest. Painfulness of the left chest, the whole day.—Violent aching pain in the middle of the cheat- Nausea in the evening, pressure on the sternum, and labored breath- ing. Pressing pain in the outer parts of the chest. Pressing-drag- ging pain in the chest. Back.—Pain in the back, lassitude, and pain as if bruised in the region of the short ribs, with ill-humor. Pain as if bruised in the back and in the hypochondriac region. Rheumatic pain between the scapulae early in the morning on waking. Aching pain in the nape of the neck. Rheumatic pain in the nape of the neck. Arms.—Jerking of the arms. Violent inflammation about the arm, with fever and delirium, followed by gangrene of the arm. Rheumatic pain in both elbow and shoulder-joints. Dull itching in the palm of the hand. Tingling in the skin of the fingers. Inflam- mation of the arm, from the finger to the shoulder. Ulcers on the fingers. Legs.—Lacerating in the internal of both knees, when walking. Weakness in the bends of the knees. Pulsative stitches in the heel. Acute pain of the heels. 994 RANUNCULUS SCELERATUS. II.—RANUNCULUS SCELERATUS. Compare with—Clem., ? Merc., ? Puls., Ran.-bulb., Rhus. Antidotes.—Puls.—Wine and Coffee antidote the action of Ran. only partially^ GENERAL SYMPTOMS. — Itching, boring, biting, tingling, gnawing, in various parts of the body. Sleeplessness, accompanied with anxiety, uncommon debility, gloomy, thoughtless brooding of tho Blind ; limbs feel bruised. Skin.—Itching, pain, burning, redness of the skin. Vesicles upon the skin, emitting a thin, acrid, yellowish ichor. Obstinate ulcers. Sleep.—Half slumber after midnight, frightful, anxious dreams Restless sleep. Fever.—Fever: he wakes after midnight, with heat over the whole body and violent thirst; the pulse is full, soft, accelerated. Dry skin and dry mouth, with thirst, at night.—Chilliness while eating. Moral Symptoms.—Laziness, want of disposition to perform any mental labor.—Sad mood, grief. Head.—Vertigo, when sitting. Vanishing of thought, giddiness. Heaviness and sensation of fullness in the whole head. Long-con- tinuing, dull, aching-gnawing pain in the left vertex. Pressing in the temples from within outwards. Face and Eyes.—Feeling of coldness in the face.—Lachrymation at night. Slight smarting in the coimers of the eyes. Burning of the margins of the eyes. Injected state of the conjuctiva. Pain- ful pressure in the eye-balls. Ears.—Otalgia, with aching pain in the head and drawing in all the teeth. Nose.—Frequent sneezing. Teeth and Jaws.—Painful drawing in the molar teeth. Sting- ing gnawing in the fore-teeth. Stinging drawing in all the teeth. Drawing and jerking in all the teeth. Pain, swelling, redness, and "bleeding of the gums. Mouth.—Smarting at the tip of the tongue. Obstinate pains, burning, redness, inflammation of the tongue.—Ptyalism. Taste, Appetite, and Gastric Symptoms.—Want of appetite. Frequent empty eructations. Rancid, sour eructations. Hiccough. —Nausea, especially after midnight. Desire to vomit, returning periodically in the morning.—Heartburn. Throat.—Smarting in the region of the palate and fauces. Burn- ing in the pharynx. Swelling of the tonsils, with shooting stitches in the same. Stomach and Abdomen.—Tension in the pit of the stomach, k* rcs RANUNCULIS ACRIS AND FLAMMULA. 995 sure and sensation of fullness in the pit of the stomach. Stitches in the pit of the stomach, causing an acute pain. Troublesome sensa- tion of fullness in the stomach.—Constriction of the stomach. Stitches in the hepatic region. The abdominal walls are painful. Aching pain in the groins. Stool.—Delaying stool. Frequent urging and loose stools. Fre- quent sensation as if diarrhoea would set in. Titillating burning in the region of the anus. Genital Organs.—Drawing pains in the penis. Smarting about the scrotum. Respiratory Organs.—Dry and hacking cough. Tight and deep breathing. Sensation of great weakness in the chest. Oppression of the chest. The whole chest feels weak and bruised. Painful sticking in the right chest, not increased by inspirations. Continued dull sticking in the left chest and below the false ribs.—Stitches in the region of the heart.—Sticking contracting pinching in the region of the heart, causing tightness of breath, at night. Great sensitive- ness of the integuments of the chest. External painfulness of the sternum. Back.—Pain in the small of the back, as if bruised. Paralytic pains in the small of the back. Aching pain between the scapulae. Arms.—Stinging itching in some parts of the upper arms. Para- lytic drawing in the fore-arm. Stitches in the fore-arm. Boring in the metacarpal bones of the thumbs.—Swelling of the fingers. Legs.—Drawing-gnawing pressure in the lower limb.—Biting in the bends of the knees. Itching and furious smarting of the sole of either foot. III.—RANUNCULUS ACRIS. SYMPTOMS.—Head, intolerable heat and fainting ; soreness of the joints, obstinate ulcers. Feet, as far as the knees, look burnt, red, hot, covered with blisters here and there, attended with fever and intolerable pains, gangrene, with trembling and fainting; rest lessness, small, quick pulse, and very red face.—Burning pains and spasms in the oesophagus, griping in the abdomen. Violent irritation of the salivary glands, excoriation and parched condition of the tongue, pain of the teeth, and sensitiveness and bleeding of the gums. IV.—RANUNCULUS FLAMMULA. SYMPTOMS.—Inflammation and gangrene of the arm. Disten tion of the abdomen. Inflammation and gangrene of the abdominal organs. 996 RAPHANUS SATIVU8. 226.—RAPHANUS SATIVUS. RAPH.—Radish.—See “ Revue Crit. et Retrospect de la Mat. Med. Spec.,” 1840. Antidotes.—To drink a quantity of water.—Milk and water increase the pains in the abdomen. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—*Great weakness and languor, -also with bruised feeling in the limbs. Visible emaciation.—Fleeting burning, here and there.—Somnolence the whole day, with scolding during sleep. Restless slumber, with frequent waking, headache, nausea, and pinching around the umbilicus. Profuse sweat during sleep, or low muttering. Feverish shuddering over the back. Fre- quent febrile shudderings, with heat in the head and warmth all over the skin. * Internal heal after the shuddering, -or alternation of shuddering and heat. Pulse small, bounding, and rather hard.—Fidt of anguish, -with dread of death. Head, &c,—Dullness of the head, early on waking, with dull pain in the forehead, Vertigo, with dimness of sight. Pressure above the eyes, with difficulty of sight, going off after vomiting. Pressure above the root of the nose.—Dilatation of the pupils. °Hardness of hearing. ?— of the nose.—Red face and gloomy countenance. Pale face, with expression of anguish and great suffering. Hardness and swelling of the submaxillary glands. Mouth, &c.—* Thick white coating of the tongue. Pale and blue- red tongue, with a deep furrow and pale-red points in the middle.— Heat and burning in the throat. Swelling, redness, and soreness of the tonsils. *Flat taste. #Bitter taste.—No appetite.—*Violent thirst.—Constant paroxysms of nausea,—*Constant desire to vomit, -with vanishing of sight and hearing. Frequent vomiting of food ami white mucus, with oppression of the chest, heaving of the stomach, and coldness. °Vomiting of bile and mucus. Every vomiting is pre- ceded by shuddering over the back amd arms.—°Morbus-niger.? Miserere. ? Stomach, &c.—°Pain in the stomach,—Sticking in the region of the liver, also with pressure and soreness.—Pinching around the umbilicus. Violent cutting and sticking around the umbilicus. FeeL ing of heat in the abdomen, particularly around the umbilicus. Burn- ■ ing over the umbilicus. ° Ascites. *Frequent, liquid, copious stools, passing out with great force, yellow-brown, or broivn and frothy. diarrhoea, green, liquid, with mucus and blood.-—Undigested diarrhoeic stools.—*Copious micturition. urine. °Stooe.f RATANHIA. 997 Burning in the urethra during micturition. Drawing and lacerating in the testicles. Larynx, Chest, and Extremities.—°Spasmodic asthma.?—Pain in the chest, particularly when eating and coughing. Violent quick heating of the heart.—Itching burning in the back. Lacerating in the loins when stooping. Trembling of the limbs.—Coldness of the knees and feet, with drowsiness, dullness of the head, dull pain in the forehead, and vomiturition. 227.—RATANHIA. RAT.—See Hartlaub and Trinks’ “ Mat. Med.,” Vol. IV. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Sore pain.—Languor and prostration, with uneasiness in the whole body. Haemorrhages. Skin.—Itching, with small glandular swellings on the occiput. Itching, with small red spots in the region of the stomach. Sleep.—Restless sleep, with frequent waking. Unpleasant dreams. Fever.—Coldness and chilly shaking early in the morning. Chilly shuddering over the whole body, in the evening, continuing in bed. Moral Symptoms.—Quarrelsome and ill-humored; vexed mood. Sensorium and Head.—Fleeting lacerating in the forehead. Headache, as if the head were in a vice. Pain as if the head would burst. Bruised pain at small spots, here and there, in the head.—« Digging-up in the brain.—Heat in the whole head, with heaviness. Eyes.—Inflammation of the whites. Agglutination of the lids Burning and contractive sensation in the lids. Dim-sightedness Sensation as of a white speck before the eyes, impeding sight. Ears.—Lacerating in the ear. Sensation as if an insect were creeping in the ear. Ringing in the ear. Nose ,and Face.—Feeling of swelling in the nostril. Violent itching in the nose. Burning in the nostrils. Violent sneezing. Dryness of the nose. Fullness and stoppage of the nose. Teeth.—Digging, shooting pain in the molares. Beating pain in the upper incisoi:, and frequent bleeding of the teeth. The molares feel elongated. Mouth.—The tongue feels tight, as if swollen. Burning as from fire at the top of the tongue. Accumulation of tasteless water in the mouth. Throat.—Sore throat. Painful spasmodic contraction in the throat. Appetite and Stomach.—No appetite. Violent hiccough. Vomit* ing of water, preceded by loathing. Pinching pain about the sto- 998 RHEUM mach. Constrictive pain in the stomach and cutting in the abdo- men. Ulcerative pain in the region of the stomach. Heat and burning in the stomach. Abdomen.—Violent stitch in the region of the ribs. Drawing in the umbilical region, with a feeling of coldness in that region. Burn- ing and twitching in the abdomen. Pinching in the sides of the abdomen. Contractive pain at a small spot in the groin. Stool.—Hard stool, with straining. Ineffectual urging to stool. Yellow diarrhoeic stool, with burning at the anus as from fire. Scanty diarrhceic stool, preceded by cutting and rumbling in the abdomen. Pain in the abdomen during the stool. Urine.—Frequent urging to urinate, only a few drops being passed each time. Scanty urine, soon depositing a sediment, and becoming turbid. Female Genital Organs.—Too early menses. Pain in the small of the back during the menses. Leucorrhcea. Larynx.—Foetid breath. Frequent titillation in the larynx, in- ducing cough. Dry cough, with difficult expectoration of hard mucus. Chest.—Congestion of blood to, and heat in the chest, with diffi- cult respiration. Ulcerative pain in the chest during and after the cough. Violent pressure on the chest. Painful constrictive sensa- tion from both sides of the chest. Fleeting cutting pain at the upper part of the sternum. Pointed sticking in the region of the heart. Back.—Pain as if bruised in the whole spine, going off after rising. Drawing and tensive pain along the whole spine. Arms.—Lacerating in the shoulders. Lacerating in both upper arms, from the shoulders to the elbows. Legs.—Tensive burning in the thigh and leg. Lacerating in the hips. Lacerating from the hip to the knee. Lacerating pain in the tendons of the foot. Drawing in the legs. Great heaviness and weariness in the inner side of the thighs. 228.—RHEUM. RHEUM.—Rhabarbarura, Rhubarb.—See Hahnemann’s “Mat. Med.” IY. Compare with—Are , Cham., Coff., Ipec., Merc.-sol., Puls. Antidotes.—Camph., Cham., Goff. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Heaviness in the whole body, as when one wakes from a deep sleep. Debility of the whole body. The whole body feels heavy, as if one had not slept enough. Sleep.—Drowsiness. Snoring inspirations during sleep. *Thc RHEUM, 999 child is pale; she grumbles in her sleep. Yivid, sad, and anxious dreams. Delirious evening sleep. After sleeping : he feels a heavi- ness in his whole body. Pressure in the pit of the stomach. Fever.—Alternation of chilliness and heat. Hot and restless.— Cool sweat in the face, especially around the mouth and nose. Moral Symptoms.—Taciturn and indolent. Moaning, anxious. °Anguish, as if threatened with death. * Sensorium.—Delirium. Gloominess of the head, with bloated eyes. Vertigo. Head.—Dull, tight, dizzy sort of headache, extending over the ./hole brain. Stupefying headache. Heaviness in the head, with an oppressive heat ascending to the head. Sensation of heaviness in the head and intermittent lacerating. Pulsative, crampy headache. Beating headache. Hammering sensation in the head. Eyes.—The eyes feel weak ; they become painful when looking at a thing for a long time; with a pressure in the eyes as if weary. Lachrymation in the open air.—Beating pain in the eyes. Drawing in the eye-lids. Nose and Ears.—Roaring in the ear. Snapping as of electric sparks and clucking in the ear and in the muscles of the side of the neck. Drawing, a sort of stupefying pain along the root of the nose. Face, Jaws, and Teeth.—Tension in the skin of the face. #Con- vulsive twitching of the facial muscles. Itching rash on the forehead and arms. Appetite and Gastric Symptoms.—Sour taste in the mouth. Want of appetite.—Hunger, but no appetite. Urging to stool after a meal. Nausea in the region of the stomach. Feeling as if one would vomit. Qualmishness. Nausea, colic. Sensation of nausea in the abdomen. Throat, Mouth, Stomach, and Abdomen.—Astringent sensation in the pharynx. Repletion in the stomach as if he had eaten too much. . Contractive sensation in the stomach, accompanied with nausea. Distention of the abdomen. Colic before and during stool, abating after stool. Dull, strangulating cutting across the abdomen. Pressing in the umbilical region, as if the intestines would be pressed out. Cutting in the umbilical region. Colic, bloatedness of the abdomen. Violent cutting in the region of the lumbar vertebra. Stool.—Ineffectual urging to stool, with pinching in the abdomen, and inaction of the rectum. * Tenesmus. Stool, first loose, then hard; preceded and accompanied by violent cutting. *Diarrhoeic stools, consisting of fceces and mucus. Discharges of grayish mucus by the rectum. °Diarrhcea of lying-in females. #Frequent diarrhoea, with vomiting and great debility.—Fapcsccnt, sour-smellmg stool. 1000 rhododendron. Frequent urging to stool, which results in a loose, papescent, foetid evacuation, with colic and tenesmus. Increased urging to stool when moving about. A sort of tenesmus of the rectum. Urine and Genital Organs.—Weakness of the bladder. Pres- sure on the bladder. Burning in the kidneys and bladder.— Red-yellow urine, as in jaundice and acute fevers. Burning urine. Yellow, bitter milk in nursing females. — °Diarrhcea of infants. °Difficult dentition. Respiratory Organs.—Full, quick stitches under the last rib, during an expiration and inspiration. Single stitches in the chest. —Oppression of the chest.—Compression of the chest. Dyspnoea. Back, Arms, and Legs.—Stiffness of the small of the back and hips. Lacerating in the upper arms and the finger-joints. Lacerat- ing in the fore-arms. Distended veins of the hands. Lancinating pain in the thumb. Weariness of the thighs, as after an excessive effort. Tensive aching pain in the bend of the knee, extending down to the heel. Stiffness of the knee, which is painful during motion. 229.—RHODODENDRON. RIIODOD.—Rhododendron Chrysanfchum.—Yellow Rose of Siberia.—See Stapfa “Additions to the Mat. Med.” Compare with—Ae-phosph., Clemat, Chin., Dulc., Led., Merc., Nux-v., Puls., Rhos-tox., Seneg., Sulph., Thuja., Zinc. Antidotes.—Camph., Clem., Rhus. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.— Creeping sensation in the limbs. *Erratic lacerating pains in the limbs. Insensibility of the affected parts. Insensibility and paralysis of the limbs.—Increase of the pains in the limbs. Painful sensitiveness in windy and cold weather. Disagreeable general feeling of weakness. Great weariness and bruised feeling of the whole body. Convulsions. Characteristic Peculiarities.— The pains in the limbs are espe- cially felt in the fore-arm and leg down to the fingers and toes ; they soon pass of', and resemble a cramp-like drawing. * Almost all the pains reappear at the approach of rough weather, °or of a thunder- storm. The pains in the limbs appear to be seated in the bones or skin, they affect only small spots, and reappear when the weather changes. Many symptoms appear in the morning. Skin.—Itching and gnawing in different parts of the body. Drop- sical swellings.—*The joints affected by gout become red, swollen, and painful. Sleep.—Great drowsiness in the daytime. Great drowsiness, with RHODODENDRON, 1001 burning in the eyes. Restless sleep. Tremulousness of the limbs at night. Restless sleep, disturbed with dreams. Sleep full of dreams. Fever.—Cold feet. Paroxysm of fever at six o’clock in the even- ing Great heat about the head, with cold feet and absence of thirst, intolerable headache, with pressure from within outward, burning in the eyes, dryness in the nose, and a burning hot sensation in the nose. Febrile heat, with violent thirst.—Alternation of chilliness and heat, headache, drawing in the limbs. Paroxysmal burning heat in the face, evening. Slow pulse. Moral Symptoms.—Frightful visions.—Fits of anxiety. Mental derangement. A sort of delirium. Gloomy mood, indifferent. Sensorium. — Vertigo. Vertigo and sleep. Stupefaction. Ob- scuration of the senses. Giddiness. Intoxication. Makes the head feel wild and confused. Reeling sensation in the brain. Forgetful- ness and sudden disappearance of all thoughts. Dullness of the head. The head feels dull, wild, and confused, as after intoxication. Dizzi- ness and dullness in the forehead. Head.—Headache early in the morning, in bed. Excessive head ache, as if the whole brain were oppressed. Headache, as if a catarrh were about to set in. Dull headache, in the evening.—Burning stitch through the head. Sticking headache, particularly in the part near the forehead.—Beating headache. Violent drawing lacerating pain in the forehead. Aching pain in the forehead. Beating pain in the forehead, with pressure, going off during rest. Aching pain in the left half of the forehead. Aching on the.vertex. Dullness of the head. Painful pressure in the temple, from without inward. Aching pains in the temple. Lacerating boring pain in the left temporal region. Pressure in the temporal bones. Dull pressure, deep in the occiput, in the evening.—Tension in the left portion of the frontal bone. Tension, with pressure in the front part of the forehead.—Aching sore pain in the brain. Racking sensation in the head when walking. The scalp is painful to the touch. Painfulness of the vertex, as if from subcutaneous ulceration.— Violent itching of the hairy scalp. Eyes.—Swollen eye-lids, which easily become red.—Suppuration of the eye-lids, at night. Dampness of the eyes, and agglutination of the lids.—Lachrymation, also in the open, raw air.—Painful pres- sure in the internal canthus, as from a grain of sand.—Burning and pressure in the inner canthi. Slight burning and pressure in the eyes. Dry burning in the eyes. Burning and feeling of dryness in the eyes, especially in the evening. Periodical burning in the eyes. 1002 rhododendron. Itching of the eyes.—Contraction of the pupil. Sensation as of a gauze before the eyes, second day. Ears.—Humming and ringing before the ears. Constant buzzing in the ears. Beating sensation in the ear.—Shooting stitches in the ear. Violent otalgia in the ear. Periodical boring or drawing pain in and around the ears. Nose.—Itching and creeping in the nose. Increased secretion of mucus in the nose, as if a catarrh would set in. Violent fluent coryza, with headache and roughness of the throat. Face.—Prickling biting in the cheek. Dry and burning lips. Jaws and Teeth.—Occasional grumbling and lacerating in the tJiolar teeth. Lacerating sharp aching pain in the upper molar teeth, increased by warm food. Toothache. Aching pain, as if swollen and sore. Mouth and Throat.—Prickling sensation on the tongue. Increase of saliva, which has a sourish taste. Burning in the fauces, with con- strictive feeling. Burning, and a feeling of heat in the posterior part of the mouth, as if catarrh would set in. Scraping and scratching sensation in the fauces. Taste.—Flat, bitter taste. Sourish taste in the mouth. Trouble- some thirst. Gastric Symptoms and Appetite.—Gulping up of a rancid fluid, occasioning a scraping sensation in the throat. Loss of appetite. Uncomfortable feeling after a meal.—Nausea. Nausea, accumulation of water in the mouth, and inclination to vomit. Nausea while walk- ing; experiences a feeling of qualmishness at the stomach. Vomit- ing of a green, bitter substance. Stomach.—Troublesome pressure in the pit of the stomach. Aching pain in the pit of the stomach when stooping. Continual aching pain in the pit of the stomach. Contractive pressure in the pit of the sto- mach, with tightness of breathing. Aching, crampy pain in the pit of the stomach, sometimes spreading to both hypochondria and imped- ing respiration. Pinching in the pit of the stomach. Abdomen.—Hypochondria. Periodical crampy pain under the short ribs. Violent stitches in the region of the spleen, arresting the breath- ing. Pressing and drawing pain under the short ribs, early in the morning. Cutting, afterwards aching pain in the epigastrium, after a meal. Paroxysmal drawing-aching pain in the epigastrium, with nausea. Pinching colic. Painful distention of the abdomen. The abdominal integuments are painful. Stool. — Costiveness. Ineffectual urging to stool. — Occasional diarrhoea. Diarrhoea, directly after a meal. Food and drink cause RHODODENDRON. 1003 diarrhoea without colic. Fruit occasions diarrhoea and a feeling of weakness in the stomach. Feeling of qualmishness, as if diarrhoea would set in. Loose stool, but sluggish. Desire for stool, as if diar- rhoea would set in. Tenesmus, with papescent stool. Stool is suc- ceeded by a feeling of emptiness, followed by pinching in the abdo- men.—Beating pain in the anus. Crawling in the anus, as if from ascarides. Male Genital Organs.—Burning sore pain between the genital organs and thighs. Itching and increase of sweat about the scrotum. The testes are somewhat drawn up, swollen, and painf ul. Contusive pain in the testes, with alternate drawing. The testes, especially the epidydimis, are intensely painful to the touch. Violent painful draw ing in the hard, somewhat swollen testes. °Swelling of the testes, with drawing-pressing. °Hydrocele. Prof use emission, with amorous dreams, five nights. Urine.—Frequent desire to urinate. Burning in the urethra before and during micturition. Pain in the urethra as from sub- cutaneous ulceration. Female Genital Organs.—The menses appear too early or late. Larynx and Trachea.—Scraping sensation in the throat. Titil- lation in the throat, exciting cough. Fatiguing, dry cough, morning and night. Dry cough, with increased tightness of the chest and roughness in the throat. Chest.—Aching pain in the chest, with tight breathing. Pain in the middle of the chest, resembling cuttings. Crampy pain through the chest. Oppressive burning pain in the chest, below the ribs. Contractive pain in the chest. Constriction of the chest. Suppressed breathing, suffocative sensation.—Oppression of the chest during sleep, a sort of nightmare. Violent congestions of the chest. Rush- ing of the blood in the chest and region of the heart. Pain in the muscles of the chest, increased by contact. The whole thorax feels sprained and bruised. Small of the Back.—Aching pain in the small of the back, and back. Aching pain, with anxiety, going off- by motion. Pain, as if sprained. Pain, becoming intolerable by stooping. Pain, resembling a fine drawing lacerating, as if close to the bone. Pain in the small of the back, as if bruised, increased during rest, especially violent in rainy weather. Rheumatic drawing pain in the scapulae.—Rheumatic pain between the scapulae, hindering motion. Pain in the back, shoulders, and arms, early in the morning when in bed, digging-up, drawing, disturbing sleep, accompanied with a bruised pain of the whole body. Tensive rheumatic pain in the outer side of the neck, 1004 RHUS RADICANS. with drawing, extending as far as behind the ear. Rheumatic pain with stiffness, in the nape of the neck. Arms.—Lacerating pain in the shoulder. Violent beating and drawing pain in the shoulder-joint. Paralytic rheumatic pain in the shoulder. Legs.—Pain in the hip, as if sprained. Quickly-passing pains in the lower limbs. Occasional contusive pain in some of the muscles of the lower limbs. °Lacerating in the lower limbs, also particularly in the hip-joints, worse during rest and in stormy weather, also at night. °Lacerating from the thigh to the foot, worse during rest. Heaviness in the thighs. Feeling of a burning soreness between the thighs and the perinaeum. Fine lacerating, deep in the knee- joints. Drawing in the bend of the knees, when walking. °Cold stcelling of the right knee, with raging pain extending to the leg, in bed and during rest. ° White swelling of the knee. Boring, beating pain in the tibia. °Constant sensation as if gone to sleep, also in the feet, with sticking in the knees and tarsal-joints, tension in the limbs when walking, and aggravation of the pains when sitting still. CEde- matous swelling of the legs and feet. Sharp crampy pains in the tarsal-joints. Drawing, digging-up pain in the joints of the upper limbs, especially the left, when at rest. Heaviness, and tremulous, paralytic weakness of the arm, when at rest, diminished by motion. ° Weakness in both arms, with tingling as if gone to sleep.—Pain in the muscles of the upper arm, as after an excessive exertion. Pulsa- tion in the upper arm. Violent aching pain, as if seated in the periosteum. Drawing in the elbow-joints. Pain in the wrist-joints, as if sprained, with increase of warmth. Digging-up, a drawing pain in the wrist-joints. °Swelling, with drawing lacerating, first in the joint, afterwards in the dorsum of the hand. Tremor of the hands, during rest and motion. Sensation of loss of strength, and heaviness in the hands. 230.—RHUS RADICALS. RHUS RAD.—Poison Ivy, Poison Vine.1 Duration of Action: from five to seven weeks, in some cases. lThis medicine has been proved, and the symptoms arranged by Dr. B. F. Joslin, with the cooperation of Drs. S. B. Barlow, E. Bayard, R. M. Bolles, B. F. Bowers, R. A. Snow, J. Taylor, W. Williamson, and C. Wright A few symp- toms are from Drs. Bute and Horsfield. In the following article, the long dash is employed to separate symptoms observed at different times or by different provers. None but concomitant symptoms are connected by the words “ and” or “ with,” or placed in the same RHUS RADICANS. 1005 Compare with—Rhus-tox., and most of the remedies which are analogous to the latter. Rhns-rad., has acted well after: Ant.-crud., Arn., Bell., Bry., Lack., Nux-v., Op., and Sulph. Antidotes.—Bry., Camph., Coff., Merc., Puls, Sulph.—Infusion of Coffee, taken as a drink, interrupts its curative action. GENERAL PAINS.—*Semila- teral rheumatic pain, with rigidity, sensibility, °and contraction of the affected muscles, the pain increased at night, and by moving the part. PAINS, sometimes on one side, some- times on the other.—Stinging, lacerating, sharp pains.—Aching in the joints.—Sensation of crepitation at a joint on moving it.—Ach- ing pain and lameness, especially of the extremities.—Sensation of trembling.—Jerking, trembling, or shaking, and the paralytic weak- ness of the extremities, especially at night.—°Coldness of the extre- mities. Fatigue from walking. *Excessive debility. debility in the morning.—*General languor, with inclination to lie down.—Disinclination to physical or mental labor.—Bodily torpor.— Dread of bodily and mental exertion.—Physical apathy. Restless nights.—Day-sleepiness, with frequent yawnings and chilliness.— Numbness of the limbs, especially at night. Characteristic Sphere and Conditions.—This remedy appears to act especially upon the brain, the muscles, tendons, skin, and mucous membranes. — Pains often semilateral. — Pains in various, and often in remote parts in succession. Pains where tendons are connected with the muscles or bones, especially during the action of the muscles.—Stiffness of the joints.—The symptoms often occur suc- cessively in parts either transversely or diagonally opposite.—Pains IN MUSCLES DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE TIME IN WHICH THEY ARE EXERTED, DISAPPEARING AFTER LONG-CONTINUED ACTION. *The pain and soreness are worse in the morning when beginning to move. —Pains when lying on the opposite side.—The sufferings are some- times mitigated by movement and walking, sometimes by rest and when lying down.—Many of the pains are relieved while walking in the open air, and when the mind is fully occupied ; worse when begin- ning to move, from the agitation of laughing, and in the house.—Many sufferings after drinking cold water. Languor on rising in the morn- group between consecutive dashes, unless some intimation of their disconnection is given by the expressions employed. The distinctions of type refer to the number of provers by whom the symptoms have been verified. No symptom is italicised unless experienced by two or three provers. The small capitals denote twice as many concurrent provers, and the larger CAPITALS three times as many as were required for italics. The distinctions of type and the grouping of concomitants increase the value of the symptoms, though at some sacrifice of superficial regularity. 1006 RHUS RADICANS. ing at seven o’clock. Many sufferings ocour between four and seven in the afternoon, especially about six o’clock. Exacerbations or new symptoms often occur in the evening or morning. Some symptoms are increased in the evening and at night. Sufferings aggravated by change of weather. Many symptoms occur on a sudden depression of atmospheric temperature.—Drowsiness, pains, and other symptoms 071 the approach of a storm. Pains during rainy weather. Skin.—General feeling of heat in the skin.—ITCHING OP THE SKIN in various parts.—Itching, tickling, and pricking of the skin.—CUTANEOUS ERUPTIONS, with itching, burning, and pricking.—ilard, red, and itching eruptions.—°Hard, red, and itch- ing blotches on the extremities, face, eye-lids, and neck, with a raised and swollen appearance of the surrounding parts. Red, inflamed, tuberculoid elevations of the skin. eruptions.—°Erup tion of watery pimples, in children, itching, bleeding, and scabbing. Vesicular eruption with innumerable small points.—Itching eruption in warm weather.—The eruption is attended with pricking, biting, and burning. * Erysipelas.—Erysipelas during hot weather.—Heat and redness of the skin.—°Inflammation extending from a gun-shot wound.—Burning sensation in a part of a mucous membrane. Swell- ing of the lymphatic glands.—inflammation along the route of lymphatic vessels. Sleep.—Frequent yawning. — *Sleepiness in the daytime.— *SLEEP IMPERFECT.—*Sleepless at night.—Dreamy, unrefresh- ing sleep.—* Sleep disturbed, frequent waking.—Restless sleep.— *Seminal emissions during sleep at night.—Dreams amorous and voluptuous. — Dreams of dangers. — Frightful dreams. Anxious, uneasy sleep, with frightful dreams. Fever. -general or partial, especially in the back Chilliness in the back, with weakness of the legs, desire to lie down, and shootings in the abdomen. General chills.—*Coldness of the extremities.—Coldness, with aching of the limbs.—*Chills and fever, with thirst, slight.—Coldness of the extremities, with heat and bloated- ness of the face and head.—*FEVER.—inflammatory fever.—°In- termittent fever.—0 Quotidian intermittent fever, chills between nine and ten in the forenoon, followed by heat, with frequent pulse.— °Quotidian intermittent, chills commencing every day at one o’clock in the afternoon, increased by movement, and attended with pain in the bones.—°Double tertian, chills predominant. °Fever, with pains in the legs, intermittent fever, quartan, commencing in the even- ing with heat, followed* by heat with perspiration, yellow coat and reddish tip of the tongue. fever.—°Fever with debility. RHUS RADICANS. 1007 —°Nervous fever. — ° Typhoid fever.—°Typhoid fever, frequent pulse, pains in the limbs, vertigo on rising, thick brown coat on the tongue, and redness at the tip.—°Typhoid fever, saliva, consisting of a white, dense, and extremely viscid froth, urine depositing a pink- colored sediment; trembling and jerking of the hands.—°Typhoid fever, with rheumatism of the neck. Typhus fever in an early stage. —°Fever in consequence of a burn, frequent pulse, hot and dry skin, headache increased by movement and stooping, disagreeable taste in the mouth.—°Fever, small and frequent, and feeble pulse, angina, pains in the head, neck, and back.—°Fever, with slough-like appear- ance on the tonsil, throbbings in the head, cough, and burning of the ;yes and cheeks.—* Universal heat, with dryness of the skin.— ■*Pulse frequent.—Pulse slow, especially when lying down.— °Pulse feeble, frequent, and small.—*Pulse frequent and small, with rigidity of the neck.—jEasy perspiration.—Constant perspiration, with a sticky feeling.—Perspiration from the least exercise.—Easy per- spiration, with dryness of the mouth, yet without thirst. Affective Faculties and Disposition.—Melancholy.—*Mental depression.—Mental apathy.— Unusual irritability of disposition.— Depression of spirits. Peevish humor.—Discouragement, anxiety, and apprehension about the future.—Extreme peevishness and im- patience.—*Great discouragement.—Mental indolence. Sensorium and Intellect.—Weakness of memory.—Mental dull- ness and indisposition to conversation.—Cerebral congestion.—*Ver- tigo.—*Vertigo on walking.—°Vertigo on rising and after stooping. —Conf usion of head.—Momentary loss of consciousness.—The head feels too large. Head.—#Heaviness of the head. in the head. SEMI- LATERAL PAIN IN THE TEMPLE.—Pain above the eyes.— Shootings in the head.—Dull pain in the occiput.—Pressure in the head.—Remittent pain in the head. Darting pain through the temple. *Dull and continued PAIN IN THE FOREHEAD.— Violent and *unceasing pain across the forehead, and on the top of the head. Headache, followed by griping pains in the bowels.— Headache with nausea.—Quotidian periodical headache.—Dull ach- ing in the whole head, on waking in the morning.—Dull headache in the forenoon.—Headache in the forenoon, with sleepiness.—Dull pain in the forehead, temples, and occiput, in the morning.—Dull pain in the whole head, commencing in the anterior part.—°Pain in the top of the head, in the morning.—Transient, but severe semi- lateral headache, from intellectual labor. pains through the head.—*The headache is worse and the pains are sharper when 1008 RHUS E.ADICANS. lying down.—Darting pains in the head.—*Pain in the head and nape of the neck.—Pain in the occiput and neck.—Severe head- ache, with nausea, vomiting, and pain in the stomach.—Headache increased by movement and stooping. * Throbbing in the head. Heat of the head. Heat, pain, and throbbing of the head. Itching of the scalp. Eruptions on the scalp. Eyes.—Pain in the eyes on opening them. Heaviness and pain over the eyes. Smarting of the eye-lids.—Itching of the eye-lids.— Pitching in the eye-lid.—*Burning in the eye-halls. *Heat and itching of the eyes. *Sensation of heat in the eye-lid. Congestive inflammation of the conjunctiva. * Redness and swelling of the eye- lids, with itching and burning. (Edematous swelling of the eye- lids, with smarting.—Laciirymation. Photophobia on waking in the morning. Confusion of sight. Obscurity of vision. Ears.—Pain in one ear. Heat and swelling of the ear, resem- bling erysipelas. Sensation as if the beating of the heart or arteries were heard in the car.—°Parotitis after scarlatina, with cedematous swelling of the hands. Nose.—Itching in the nostrils.—Pricking in the nose.—Eruption in the nostril.—*Epistaxis.—*Bleeding from the nose in the morn- ing.— Dryness of the nostrils. —*Fluent coryza.— Fluent and burning coryza, with copious discharge of serum or mucus, and attended ivith headache. Face.—°Complexion pale and yellow.—°Pain at the left maxillary joint on moving the jaw.—Itching in the face.—Furunculi, pustules, pimples, or vesicles on the face.—*Burning in the face, with redness and itching. of the face.—Itching, swelling, and redness of the face.—Erysipelatous redness, burning, and smarting of the left side of the face. °Dryness of the lips.—Pimples upon the face and forehead.—Excoriated, smarting, and burning spot below the nose. Eruption of small granules across the forehead. Pricking eruption of the face, extending to the ears. Teeth.—Darting pain in the carious teeth.—Dull pain in the sockets of all the teeth.— Transient throbbing in the tooth.—Pain in carious roots in the upper jaw. Toothache, attended with flow of saliva. Toothache in the evening. The gums bleed readily. In- flammation of the gums.—Gum,-boil.— Tenderness and swelling near the roots of the painf ul teeth. Mouth.—°Breath foetid. of the mouth.—Increase of saliva.—°Saliva, a white dense and viscid froth. Much salivation. Sore feeling of the palate.—°Ulcers inside of the mouth, below the cheek, and inside of the lips. Burning and smarting of the tongue, RHUS RADICANS. 1009 with increase of saliva.—* Yellow coat on the tongue.—PRICK- ING IN THE TONGUE. Burning in the tongue.—#REDNESS OF THE TIP OF THE TONGUE.—*TONGUE FEELS SORE AT THE TIP.—0Excoriation with vesicles at the tip of the tongue. Throat.—Pricking in the throat.—Constriction and irritation in the throat.—Roughness in the throat.—Burning in the throat.— Pain and burning in the oesophagus.—Sensation of swelling, of full- ness, and of rawness in the throat. Redness of the fauces.—Inflam- mation of the throat.—Soreness at the root of the tongue.—°The tonsils, especially the right one, swollen, red, and partly covered with slough-like membrane. deglutition. °Sensation as if from a foreign body in the throat.—*Dryness of the throat. Appetite and Taste. taste in the mouth. Bitter taste.—'*Appetite deficient.—°Thirst at night. Gastric Symptoms.—* Empty eructations.—Burning in the sto- mach, sometimes preceded by burning in the throat.—NAUSEA.— Nausea with faintness, followed by general chilliness with perspira- tion. Nausea, soon accompanied by headache. Stomach.—*PAIN IN THE STOMACH.—Severe pain in the stomach, with dizziness in the head.—Griping pain in the stomach. °Pain in the stomach after meals. Weakness and oppression in the stomach.—Sinking feeling at the stomach, with salivation.—Sensa- tion of fullness in the stomach. and fullness in the epi- gastrium, relieved by eructations.—Cramping pain in the stomach.— pains in the stomach, at intervals, extending to the chest. —°Periodical attacks of sharp lacerating pains in the stomach.— Shootings in the stomach.—Sensibility of the stomach to pressure. Hypochondria.—°Constriction of the hypochondria.—Pain in the region of the liver.—*Pain in the left hypochondrium. Abdomen.—°Pain bearing or pressing down towards the hypogas- tric region.—Constipation, with sense of dragging and falling in the abdomen.—Severe griping pains in the upper part of the abdomen, at intervals.—Twisting colic-pains.—Sharp pains in the abdomen.— Sharp griping pains, with looseness.—Colic-pain in the lower part of the abdomen.—Colic, folloived by loose stool or frequent evacua- tions.—Shootings in the abdomen after drinking cold water.—Pain in the umbilical region, with soreness on bending. Twisting colicky pain, succeeded by a loose stool.—°Flatulence, °with borborygmus. Shootings in the groin. Stool and Anus.—* Constipation.— Urgency to stool.—Brown stools.—Slimy stools.—Loose, pappy, slimy, sour-smelling stools.— Blood with the diarrhceic stools.—Stools slightly streaked with blood. 1010 RHUS RADICANS. Blood from the anus after the stool. the evacuation sometimes preceded by lassitude. Dysenteric diarrhoea, preceded by lassitude. *l)iarrhoea, with frothy, slimy, and yellow stools.—Pain- ful burning in the anus. Evacuation ’preceded by a pain in the ab- domen. Diarrhoea, with burning in the anus after evacuation.— Evacuation painless, but urgent.—Procidentia-recti. Pressing down at the anus, with a dull aching pain in the rectum.—Intolerable itching and burning at the anus. Urine. — urination. and small dis- charges of urine. °Pressure on the bladder, with difficult urination, frequent and painful desire to urinate.—* Urine red and discharged in small quantities.—*Dcep red urine.—°Pink-colored sediment.— on the vesica. Genital Organs.—Dull aching pain in the penis.—Miliary erup- tion on the back of the penis, with stinging and itching.—The penis is bloated, swelled up, a sort of false erection as in syphilis. *Inflam- mation of the scrotum.—°Scrotum inflamed and irritated by walking. Vesicles on the scrotum.— Diminislbed sexual desire. °Nocturnal seminal emissions.—Catamenia profuse. Larynx and Trachea.—#Influenza.—°Weakness of the voice.— °Is fatigued by speaking.—Feeling of soreness of the larynx.—Bron- chial catarrh, with sore scraping in the throat. Inflammation of the larynx descending from the fauces, with heat, soreness, and sense of suffocation. Acute bronchitis.—Soreness, extending from the throat downward through the chest, and weight, cough with expectoration of frothy mucus of a saltish taste. *JDry cough, often short.—*Dry cough in the morning, with soreness of the throat. *Cough from irritation in the chest. *Pain in the chest when coughing.—Slack- ing cough, excited by tickling in the chest. °Cough on movement. Chest.—Aching heavy or pressive pains in the region of the heart. *Pain in the chest at night.—*'Pain in the chest, more when at rest. °Chronic rheumatic pain in the chest.—Feeling of lameness in the muscles of the chest.—Sensation of excoriation in the chest behind the sternum.—Drawing, crampy pains of the chest.—*Pain in the chest, commencing in the stomach.—°Stinging lacerating pain in the sides of the chest, commenoing in the stomach.—*Parn in the chest when walking.—Pain in the chest, worse on movement.—Pain in the chest, increased by deep inspiration.—Pain in the chest, worse on inspiration.—Shock of pain in the chest.—Sensation of heat in the chest. Burning in the chest and throat, as if in the oesophagus.— Aching pains about the heart, and occasionally sudden shootings.— Palpitation of the heart in the evening. of the heart, RHUS RADICAN8. 1011 with a sensation of fullness in the head. Severe palpitation at mid- night, in bed, with pulse hard, small, and very frequent, with dyspnoea, pain in the chest. °Palpitation of the heart, increased by sitting still.—*Sensibility of the chest to 'pressure. Spinal Regions.—°Spinal weakness.—#Pain in the loins, also on moving the part, especially at first.—* Aching in the loins when lying in bed at night. °Aching in the lumbar spinal region and ilia, when lying down at night. Rheumatic, burning, and semi-acute pain in the side. Pain and rigidity in the posterior lumbar region. *Aching pain through the back in the region of the kidneys, -attended with a sense of weariness and languor with stiffness.—*Pain in the dorsal spinal region, worse in bed.—°Drawing in the dorsal spine on stooping.—°Back-ache, worse in the morning, and in bed.—Pain between the shoidders.—Chills in the back.—Weakness of the hack, with lameness. Pains in the scapulce. *Side of the neck sensitive to pressure. of the neck, with a frequent and small pulse. °Rigidity of the neck, with pain in it, increased at night. *Muscles of the neck pained by movement and sensitive to pressure. Arms.—Severe pain in the right shoulder in the evening.—Rheu- matic pain in the shoulder and arm. Pain in the deltoid muscle. Erratic pains in the upper extremities, between the joints. Drawing, aching, and shooting in the arms, wrists, hands, and fingers. Pain in the shoulders, then immediately in the upper arm.—°Numbness and feeling of deadness in the arms and hands at night. Numbness of the arms, with pricking in the fingers. pain in the upper arm, increased by movement. Pain in the elbow. Sudden attack of sore rheumatic pain about the elbow-joint. Pain in the left fore-arm. Deep-seated aching of the fore-arm. Numbness of the fore-arm, hands, and fingers. Aching of the wrist. Vesicles on the wrists.—Aching in the wrist. Pressing fullness of the hands. *Numbness of the hands -and fingers.—Stingings in the hands and fingers.—°Coldness of the hands. Swelling of the hands.—*Inflam- mation of the hand, with heat, redness, and swelling.—Heat, throbbing, redness, and shining of the hands, with swelling and stiffness.— flammation of the hand, from external injury.—°Inflammation of the hand extending from a burn on the fingers. Vesicles on the hands. Pain at the finger-joints.—Sharp pain in the finger.—Tingling in the fingers.—* Pricking in the fingers. Itching unsuppurating erup- tixm on the fingers. from wounding a finger. °After a wound on the finger, inflammation extends up the arm. Legs.—*Pain in the hip.—Rheumatic pains from the hips d nates to the logs.—°Pain in the hip and legs. —*Aching pain, with 1012 RHUS TOXICODENDRON. soreness along the crest of the ilium. Inflammation and excoriation of the inside of the nates.—Feeling of weakness, heaviness, and insta- bility of the lower limbs, when walking.—In the evening, weakness and rigidity of tie inferior extremities.—Shootings in the long muscles. Eruption on the thigh.— Weakness of the knees and legs. at the knee. *Pain in the knees.—Aching in the knees and ankles. Rheumatic pain in the inner and lower edge of the patella, extending into the knee-joint, aggravated by motion. *The legs feel weak. Weakness and heaviness of the legs when walking.—Aching of the legs. Dull aching and sensation of weakness in the legs and ankles. —Tiresome aching of the legs.—°Pain, as if in the bones, like rheu- matism. *Pain in the calf of the leg, often when walking. Restlessness of the legs.—Drawing pains of the legs. Cramp in the leg. Shooting pains of the legs.—#Numbness and sense of torpor of the legs.—°Numbness and paralytic weakness of the legs at night, with sense of deadness and want of feeling in the limbs. Itching of the legs. Red eruption encircling the lower part of the legs. Pains at the ankles, sometimes severe.—Pain in the ankles in the evening. —Aching in the knees and ankles.—*Pain in the right ankle. Rheumatic pains in the legs, and especially in the ankles, worse toward evening. Weakness in the ankles.—*Swelling with pain of the right ankle. °Lameness, weakness, and aching of the feet and ankle-joints, aft er walking. Drawing ponns in the feet.—*Coldness of the feet.—Heat of the feet. °Redness of the top of the foot, with internal soreness, pain on stepping or moving the part.—Pain between the joints of the toes. 231.—RHUS TOXICODENDRON. RHUS TOX.—Poison Oak.—Hahnemann’s “Materia Medica,” IY. Compare with—Am.-carb., Am., Ars., Bell., Bry., Calc., Caust., Chin., Clera., Cocc., Cojf., Con.. Dulc., Lack.. Led.., Lyc., Nitr.-ac., Nux-v., Phosph., Phosph.- ac., Plat., Puls., Ranunc., Rhod., Samb., Sep , Sil., Sulph., Verat., Zinc.—- Rlius-tox. is particularly suitable after: Arn., Bry., Calc.-c., Con., PhospJi., Phosph.-ac., Puls., Sulph. Antidotes.—Bry., Campli., CofF., Sulph.—Rhus-tox. antidotes: Bry., Ranunc., Rhodod., Tart.-stih. CLINICAL REMARKS. Dr. Neidhard. — “The disease in which I have most frequently made use of Rhus, is rheumatism characterized by the following symptoms—it is a form of rheumatism which is most common in our climate : rigidity, paralytic weakness in the joints with stinging pain along the tendons and muscles RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 1013 Swelling and redness on or near the joints. Rheumatism of the hip-joint and wrist seems to be most effectually controlled by its action. The greatest rigidity and pain is experienced on fiiist MOVING THE JOINTS AFTER REST, AND ON WAKING UP IN THE MORN- ING. After the joints are moved for a while the pain is lessened. This symptom is mentioned by Jahr. Its paramount importance has been evidenced to me by numerous cures. Jahr lays, however, more stress on the symptoms aggravated by rest. More than sixty cases might be detailed in this place, where rheumatic affections, charac- terized by the above symptoms, were removed in the shortest time by Ilhus-tox., 3 to 30. In several of these cases other homoeopathic remedies had been prescribed in vain.” GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—°Affections of the ligaments, ten- dons, and synovial membran'es. °Deficient plasticity of the blood, with disposition of the organic activity to become extinct, even to paralysis. °Rheumatic or arthritic affections, also with swelling. °Scrofulous and and rachitic affections. °Glandular swellings and indurations. °Ailments arising from cold bathing, particularly con- vxdsions. °Paralysis. °Ailments arising from suppressions of the menses. °Nervous inflammations of internal organs. °Rheumatic tension, drawing, and lacerating in the limbs, most violent during rest, or in the cold season, or at night in bed, frequently attended with numbness and insensibility of the affected part after moving it. *Lacerating drawing, in thz evening, while sitting, -going off when walking. Cramp and rigidity, as from contraction of the tendons, in various parts. #Sticking in the joints, during rest. °Tensrve stick- ing, with stiffness, worse on rising from a seat and in the open air. #Tingling pains, particularly in the affected parts, -or more espe- cially in the face, spine, and sternum. Anxious pains in affected 'parts, with moaning, when sitting. Drawing in all the limbs, when lying. #Bruised pains in single parts, or sensation as if the flesh had been detached from the bones by bloivs. Pressure with drawing in the periosteum, as if the bone were scraped. °Sensation in in- ternal organs as if something were being torn off. * Pains as if sprained. °Bad consequences from straining or spraining parts. *Scmilateral complaints. * The parts on which one is lying go to sleep, -particularly the arm. 0Numbness of single parts, with ting- ling and insensibility.—*Stiffness of the limbs -on first moving the limb after rest. Stiffness on rising from a seat. *Lameness in all the joints, worst on rising from a seat after having been seated for some time. Lameness in all the limbs, during and after a walk in *.he open air. #Complete paralysis. Hemiplegia. *Paralysis of 1014 RHUS TOXICODENDRON. the lower limbs, with dragging, slow, difficult walk. Tingling in the paralyzed parts.—Tremulous sensation in the upper and lower limbs also during rest. * Twit chin gs of the limbs and muscles. ° Convul- sions arising from bathing in cold water. °Tetanus, opisthotonos. °Chorea. ?—Weariness of the lower limbs. * Great languor of the whole body. #Languor, with constant disposition to be sitting or lying. Languor, with sensation as if the bones were aching. *ls unable to remain out of bed. Feels nauseated while sitting up.— * Great debility. Sudden paroxysms of fainting. Great sensitive- ness to the open air, °even when warm. Characteristic Peculiarities.—*The pains come on or are worse during rest, or at night, or on entering a room from the open air, °or in cold weather. The pains in the joints are worse in the open air. Early, in bed, only those limbs and joints on which he is not lying feel painful and as if bruised. Skin.—Itching of the whole body, particularly of the hairy parts, hairy scalp, and genital organs. Burning itching here and there. °Erysipelatous inflammation (also zona).—°Petechial spots, also with great debility, even to complete loss of strength. Nettle-rash. *Small burning vesicles, with redness of skin on the whole body, ex- cept on the hairy scalp, the palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. *Burning itching eruptions, -particularly on the scrotum, prepuce, eye-lids, and eyes (arms and loins), with swelling of the parts, and small yellowish vesicles which ran into each other and became moist. Confluent vesicles, most of them containing a milky or watery fluid. Black pustules, with inflammation and itching, rapidly spreading over the whole body.—°Herpetic eruptions, alternating with pains in the chest and dysenteric stools. Scurfs over the body.—°Rhagades. ° Warts, disfiguring the whole skin, or particularly on the hands and fingers. °Panaritia. °Hang-nails.—Ulcers as if gangrenous, from small vesicles, attended with violent fever.—In the ulcers: tingling. Smarting, as if from salt. Burning biting, with weeping and moan- ing. Pain as if bruised. Burning of the affected part. The wound becomes inflamed, and is covered with little vesicles. Swelling of the hands and feet. °Red shining swelling, with stinging sore pain when touched. ° Glandular swellings {also indurated ?). °Swelling of bones. °Caries of bones.? °Jaundice. Sleep.— Violent and spasmodic yawning. Drowsiness in the day- time. Restlessness during the siesta. Somnolence, full of laborious, interrupted dreams. °Somnolence, with snoring, muttering, and grasping at flocks. — Sleeplessness before midnight. sleep, -with tossing about. Restless slumber before midnight, full of RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 1015 anxious, disagreeable notions and fancies. Symptoms at night in bed : °sad thoughts, preventing sleep. Feels nauseated in the evening, when lying down. Violent pressure at the stomach, preventing sleep. Starting, when on the point of falling asleep. Short breath. Great anxiety, he cannot remain in bed. Violent colic in the night. Nausea in the chest and stomach in the evening, going off after going to sleep Loud weeping. dreams. Fever.—Feeling of coldness in the limbs. °Feeling of coldness at every motion. Extreme coldness of the hands and feet, the whole day. He is very sensitive to the cold, open air. Shuddering in the back. Chilliness towards evening. °The chilliness, with the pa- roxysms of pain and other concomitant symptoms, generally sets in in the evening. Hot internally, the whole day, and chilly externally. Chilliness and heat in the evening. *Evening fever, with diarrhoea ; -chilliness at eight o’clock in the evening, followed by dry heat and thirst, and cuttings in the abdomen and diarrhoea; afterwards sleep ; diarrhoea again in the morning. Fever : drowsiness, weariness, and yawning; when walking, he felt inclined to sleep, with anxiety; afterwards an evacuation, with cutting, followed by excessive heat in the whole body ; or sensation as if his blood were coursing hot through the vessels, and too violently through the head. Fever: towards noon he is attacked with a febrile coldness in all his limbs, with vio- lent headache and vertigo. fevers. ° Tertian fevers. #Compound tertian fevers, -also with jaundice. ° Generally the chilliness and coldness set in first, with secondary symptoms, after- wards heat, with thirst (and with sweat), or first chilliness with thirst, then general warmth with chilliness at every motion, then sweat. °Alternation of coldness and paleness, and heat and redness of the face. °During or after the fever : twitchings, tingling in the ears, hardness of hearing, dry coryza, sleeplessness, with uneasiness and tossing about, nettle-rash, gastric derangement, thirst at night. Dur- ing the chilliness: °pains in the limbs, headache, vertigo, inclination to vomit. Inclines to vomit, with heat of the head and hands, and chilliness of the rest of the body ; afterwards chilliness all over during the inclination to vomit. Extreme heat in the hands, with dull headache, in the evening. Violent burning in the skin, with twitching tremulousness of the skin, and a general sweat at night. °Flushes of heat, with sweat, proceeding from the umbilical region, and suddenly alternating with chilliness.—°Feverish thirst, -even early in the morning. Violent feverish thirst. *Great desire for water or beer.—Pulse : quick. Slow and irregular pulse.—Fevers of various kinds.—°Sweat during the pains. °Sweat when sitting, 1016 RHUS TOXICODENDRON. frequently with violent trembling. *General sweat, also in the face. -particularly around the neck. Moral Symptoms. — Out of humor. Restless mood, anxiety, and apprehensiveness, accompanied with constant paroxysms of sudden and painful uneasiness about the heart, and heavy breath- ing. Ill-humored, desponding. °Dread of the future and want of confidence in himself. Inexpressible anguish, with pressure at the heart and lacerating in the small of the back. Sensorium.—Absence of mind, as if absorbed in thought. *Mental derangement. °Illusions of the fancy and visions. °Delirium, also chattering delirium.—* Languor of the mind, is unable to hold an idea, feels almost stupid. Weakness of the head. The head is gloomy and stupid. Confusion of the head. Painful dullness of the head, as if stupefied, with humming in the head. #Dizzy when rising from bed. Head.—Aching through the forehead. °Headache immediately after a meal. °IIeadache, obliging him to lie down, coming on again after the least chagrin and the least exercise in the open air. Reel- ing, with headache affecting the whole head. Constant heaviness in the head. Headache as if the brain were compressed. Lacerating in the head, to and fro, worse when stooping. Occasional shaking sensa- tion in the brain. Wavering sensation in the brain, when walking. Stitches in the head, from within outwards. °Stitchcs day and night, extending to the ears, the root of the nose, and the malar bones, with painfulness of the teeth. Burning in the head and a fine beating or pecking headache. Burning-creeping sensation in the forehead. Painful creeping in the head. Creeping in the scalp. The head is painful to the touch, like a boil.—Corrosive itching of the hairy scalp of the forehead, face, and around the mouth ; rash-like pimples make their appearance. Swelling of the head, attended with swelling of the face, neck, and even chest.—°Tinea-capitis. °Periodical tinea- capitis, every year. °Tiuea-capitis, every year. °Tinea-capitis, eating away the hair, with nightly itching and pus, sometimes of a greenish color, or with crusts. °Small soft tubercles on the hairy scalp. Eyes.—*The eye-ball feels sore when turning the eye or when pressing upon it. Bruised pain in the orbital bone.—Pressure in the eye, as if from dust. Pressure in the eye, when exerting the sight. Aching and contractive pain in the eyes, evening. Burning pressure in the eye. Twitching and contractive sensation in the lids. Cutting in the eyes, with difficulty of opening the lids, in the morn- ing. °Burning of the eyes. Ophthalmia, °arthritic, °scrofulous, RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 1017 -with swelling, closing the eyes. — *Inflammation of the lids. * Agglutination of the eyes, in the morning they are red. *Swelling of the lids. Red, hard swelling, like a stye. *Lachryination, with burning pain in the evening. °Lachrymation, with oedematous swelling around the eyes. Blear-eyedness.—°Photophobia, in scro- fulous persons.—The objects look pale. Sensation of a gauze before the eyes. °Incipient amaurosis. Ears.— Otalgia. Painful beating in the internal ear at night. Sudden drawing pain in the ear. Swelling of the ears and lobules. °Discharge of bloody pus, with hardness of hearing. °also after scarlatina. Nose.—Sore feeling at the nostrils. Herpetic eruption around the mouth and nose. The tip of the nose is red and painful to the touch, as if it would ulcerate. *Bleeding of the nose, at night. °I)ryness of the nose. *Stoppage of the nose. Face.—*Pale face. Sickly appearance, with sunken cheeks, blue margins around the eyes, and pointed nose. *Redface ; °also with burning heat, -or sweat. °Cold sweat on the face.—*Swelling of the face, particularly of the eye-lids and lobules of the ears. Swelling of the face and hands. Pale swelling, with burning, closing of the lids, and lachrymation, followed by an eruption of vesicles filled with a yellowish liquid. Erysipelatous inflammation of the face. #Ery- sipelatous inflammation of the face, with swelling, also on the neck. * Vesicular erysipelas. °Erysipelatous inflammation of the face, with tensive aching, sticking, and burning tingling.—Drawing and lace- rating in the eye-brows and malar bones. °Chronic eruptions in the face, suppurating. *Herpetic eruptions. Burning vesicles around the mouth and nostril. °Acne-rosacea around the mouth and chin. °Crusta-lactea, with thick crusts and secretion of a foetid, bloody ichor.—*The lips are dry and parched, covered with a reddish, brown crust. °Black lips. Jaws and Teeth.—Pain in the region of the articulation of the jaw. Pain in the articulation of the jaw, as if bruised. Swelling of the submaxillary glands. Darting in the nerves of the roots of the hollow teeth. Cutting toothache, as when a wound is inflicted. Intolerable burning sore pain in the gums. °Lacerating toothache, at night, in all the teeth. °Lacerating toothache, aggravated in the open air. °Ilheumatic arthritic toothache, relieved by warmth. The teeth feel loose, with painful tingling. The teeth are painful when chewing. The fore-teeth are loose, and feel painful when touched by warm or cold drink. Mouth.—°Foetid smell from decayed teeth. dryness. 1018 RHUS TOXICODENDRON. Accumulation of water in the mouth. °Nightly discharge of yellow or bloody saliva from the mouth. *The tongue is not coated, but very dry. °Parched, red, or brown tongue. Throat.—Feeling of swelling in the throat, accompanied with a bruised pain. Appetite and Taste.—Putrid, slimy taste in the mouth. *His mouth feels bitter the ivhole day. loss of appetite. *Com- plete loss of appetite for any kind of food. °Diffieulty of swallowing solid food, as if the pharynx and oesophagus were contracted. #Dry- ness of the throat, with thirst. Canine hunger, with emptiness in the stomach and loss of appetite. Gastric Symptoms.—Creeping in the stomach and horrid eructa- tions. Burning eructations. Shuddering, especially after a meal. Pressure at the stomach after a meal. Shuddering and nausea over the whole body. Nausea after eating and drinking. Nausea, as if in the throat. Nausea in the chest, with canine hunger. Nausea in the stomach and qualmishness in the chest. °Water-brash.—°Sud- den vomiting when eating. Stomach.—*Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as if swollen, im- peding respiration. in the stomach towards evening. # Violent throbbing below the pit of the stomach. Sticking pain, with pressure, in the region of the stomach. Sticking pain in the pit of the stomach. °Ulcerative pain in the pit of the stomach. Cold feeling in the stomach. Abdomen. — °Violent colic, particularly at night, aggravated by eating and drinking, also with bloody stools. Pressing in the abdo- men, as if the intestines were raised towards the heart. Colic, com- posed of cutting, lacerating, and pinching, affecting the whole of the intestines. Burning in the abdomen and thirst.—Cramp-like draw- ing in the umbilical region. Excessive pinching in the abdomen. Distention of the abdomen in the umbilical region, with violent pinching. Sticking above the umbilicus.—Contusive pain below the umbilicus. Contraction and pain in the abdomen. *Painful disten- tion, with colic, after a meal. °Scarlet redness of the abdomen. Contraction in the groin. Stool.—°Alternate constipation and diarrhoea. *Constant tenes- mus, with nausea and lacerating in the intestines. mixed with blood. *Red and yellow stool, mixed with mucus, jelly-like and fluid. Diarrhoea. Diarrhoea ; every evacuation being preceded by pinching. *Stirred-up stool. diarrhoeic stool. °Nightly diarrhoea, with colic, disappearing after stool, or with headache and pains in all the stool, °also at night. Sore RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 1019 blind haemorrhoids, protruding after every stool. Drawing in the back, from above downward, with tension and pressing in the rectum. Creeping in the rectum, as of asearides. Itching pain in the anus, as if occasioned by haemorrhoids. Urine.—°Iletention of urine. °Dysuria, with discharge of drops of bloody urine, attended with tenesmus. °Incontinence of urine. Hot urine. Dark urine. White, turbid urine. Male Genital Organs.—Rigidity and swelling of the parts. Tympanitic swelling of the scrotum, with much itching. Horrid eruption on the genital organs, closing of the urethra by swelling. Humid eruption on the scrotum, and swelling of the prepuce and glans. Humid vesicle on the glans. Female Genital Organs.—Violent labor-pains, as if the menses would suddenly make their appearance. Pain in the vagina, as if sore. °Metrorrhagia, with coagula of blood and labor-like pains.— °The lochia again became bloody. ? Puerperal fever. ? Phlegmasia alba dolens. ? Ailments from suppression of the milk or from wean- ing. ? Vanishing of the milk, °also with burning heat over the whole body. °Vitiated and diminished discharge of lochia, with shootings upwards in the vagina, w ith a bursting feeling in the head. °Dis- charge of offensive black water from the vagina, two weeks after de- livery. °Repeated attacks of milk-leg. °Heavy numb pain along the bones of the leg. °Soreness and swelling of the mammae, from cold or external lactation. Larynx and Trachea.—Hoarseness deep in the trachea. Scrap- ing, rough feeling in the larynx, causing hoarseness. Roughness in the throat and trachea, as if the chest were raw and sore. °Grippe. Roughness of the throat, inducing a short and hacking cough. Cough and coryza, with expectoration. Short, anxious, painful cough. Cough, with a disagreeable tension across the chest. Panting cough, with concussion in the head. °Cough, with expectoration of bright- red blood and qualmish feeling in the chest. °Chronic haemoptoe. Chest.—* Tightness of breath, -from nausea, under the short ribs, °or also from pressure and painfulness in the pit of the stomach.— *Oppression of the chest. oppression, as if she were un- able to draw breath. °Oppression, as if the breath stopped in the pit of the stomach. Constriction of the chest, he feels qualmish. Contractive sensation in the sternum. °Stitch in the chest when sneezing and drawing breath. Violent pulsative stitches over the heart. Violent palpitation of the heart, when sitting still. Weak- ness of the heart, like tremor. °Sticking in the region of the heart, with painful lameness and numbness of the left arm, 1020 RIIUS VERNIX. Back.—*Pain in the small of the back, as if bruised; °it is re* licved by lying on a hard couch. Stiffness of the small of the back, painful during motion. Painful bony swelling in the small of the back. °Pain as if sprained in the back and shoulders. °Creeping coldness in the back. °Curvature of the dorsal vertebrae. Pain in the nape of the neck, as from a heavy load. °Pain as if sprained in the nape of the neck and shoulders. Bheumatic stiffness in the nape of the neck. Arms.—Swelling of the axillary glands, painful even when not touched. °Lacerating and burning in the shoulder, with lameness of the arm, particularly during cold weather, rest, and in bed. Violent lacerating pain in the arm, most violent during rest. °Paralysis of the arm, with coldness and insensibility. Pain and swelling of the arm. swelling of the arm. Burning and itch- ing pustules on the arms and hands. °Bony swelling on the arm, with burning and ichorous ulcers. Lacerating in both upper arms. Drawing and lacerating from the elbow to the wrist-joint. Debility and stiffness of the fore-arm and fingers when moving them. Coldness of the fore-arms. *The dorsum of the hands smarts and is hot; the skin is hard, rough, and stiff. Lacerating in the joints of all the fingers. °Warts on the hands and fingers. Legs.—Aching pain in both hip-joints at every step. °Coxalgia. Heaviness and weariness of the lower limbs. °Paralysis of the lower limbs. Stiffness of the lower limbs, particularly of the knees and feet. °Pain as if sprained in the joints. Bruised and drawing pain in the thigh. Drawing and lacerating from the knee to the tarsal- joint. Drawing pain in the knee. Tension in the knee, as if too short. Paralytic drawing in the leg when sitting. Heaviness and tension in the legs. Painful weariness in the legs when sitting, going off by walking. Weariness of the legs. Beating in the dorsum of the foot. *Swelling of the feet, painless when touched, in the even- ing. °Inflammatory swelling of the feet, erysipelatous, sometimes with pustules and rash on the dorsum of the foot. Tension and pressing in the sole of the foot. 232.—RIIUS VERNIX. RHUS YER.—Varnish Tree, Poison Ash, Poison Oak. Skin.—Violent corrosive itching in various parts. Elevated red blotches, particularly on the face, neck, and chest. RUTA GRAYEOLENS. 1021 Head.—Intolerable heaviness of the head. Excessive swelling of the forehead. Eyes.—Redness of the eyes. Dimness of sight when reading. Sensitiveness to the light, early on waking. Ears.—Groups of vesicles behind the ear. Face.—Redness of the face, here and there. Swelling of theface. Sense of heaviness in the swelling on the face. Pain as if burnt on the lips, or sensation as of sand. Chest.—Sudden violent stitches through the lungs. Extremities.—Rheumatic pains in the shoulder and elbow-joint worse during motion. Violent itching in the palms of the hands, Hard elevated blotches on the hands, with watery vesicles on them, with violent itching. Groups of watery vesicles on the fingers. 233.—RUTA GRAYEOLENS- RUTA.—See Hahnemann’s “ Mat. Med. Pura,” IY. Compare with—Aeon., Asa-f., Bell., Bry., Ign., Led., Merc., Nux-v., Puls., Rhus, Sec.-c., Sil., Staph., Sulph., Thuj., Yerat. Antidote.—Camph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—°Ailments from mechanical injuries. *Bone-pains, burning and gnawing, in the periosteum. *Pains, as after a fall, bruise, or contusion, in the limbs, joints, or bones. Cramp- like tearing, with pressure, now in the upper, now in the lower limbs, during rest and motion.—Great debility. Lassitude and heaviness in the whole body. Characteristic Peculiarities.—0 The pains in the limbs are aggravated during rest, particularly when sitting, relieved, by motion. °The pains are worse in damp and cold weather. Skin.—Itching over the whole body.—°Inflamed ulcers.—°Warts. —°Anasarca.—° Contusions and injuries of the bones and perios- teum. Sleep.— Yawning.—Excessive drowsiness after a meal.—Restless- ness at night: wakes frequently, experiencing a nausea, and a painful turning in the umbilical region. Restless sleep, with vexatious dreams. Fever.—Shuddering of the whole body. Chilliness and coldness of the whole body. Coldness descending along the vertebral column. Internal chilliness. °Frequent flushes of heat. Heat over the whole body in the afternoon, with febrile uneasiness and anxiety, arresting his breathing. Great restlessness, with headache and febrile heat. 1022 RUTA GRAVEOLENS. Moral, Symptoms.—Indifference. Peevisli and out of humor. Irresolute. Sensorium.—Frequent absence of thought.—Dullness of the head. Violent, vertigo. Head.—Heaviness in the head, mostly in the forehead* as if a weight were lying in the forehead.—Painful pressure on the whole brain, in the morning after rising. Stupefying headache, with nausea. —Drawing headache in the right side of the forehead. Stitching- drawing pain, extending from the frontal to the temporal bone.—Heat in the head, with feverish uneasiness of the whole body, in the even- ing.—Dullness of the brain in the forehead, with a beating pain in the forehead, in itching and soreness of the hairy scalp. Corrosive itching of the whole hairy scalp. Gnawing pain with pressure, on the forehead.—Dull lacerating in the temporal bones.—Burning compressive pain on the head, externally, causing stupefaction. Humid scurfs on the scalp.—Erysipelas on the forehead. Eyes.—°Pains of the eyes from exerting them too much.—Feeling of heat and sensation as of fire in the eyes, with soreness when read- ing at candle-light.—Pressure on the upper wall of the orbits, with lacerating in the ball.—°Specks on the cornea.—Muscae-volitantes. —* Weakness of the eyes, as from too much reading.—°Red halo around the candle-light.—*Incipient amaurosis, °particularly from exerting the eyes too much by reading or fine work, with mistiness of sight, and complete darkness at a distance. Ears and Nose.—Pain about the ears, as if violent pressure were made upon them.—Contusive pain in the cartilages of the ears.— Sharp pressure in the root of the nose. of the nose, -also with pressure in the root of the nose. Face and Teeth.—Gnawing arthritic pain in both cheeks. Cramp- like lacerating in the malar bone, with stupefying pressure in the fore- head.—Erysipelas in the forehead.—°Acne-rosacea.—Digging pain in the lower teeth. Mouth, Throat, &c.—Sore throat, as from a lump on swallowing. —Spasm of the tongue, with difficulty of speech. Taste, Appetite, and Gastric Symptoms.—Empty risings. Eructations tasting of the ingesta, after a meal.—Frequent hiccough, with some nausea.—Inclination to vomit when stooping. °Sudden nausea while eating, with vomiting of the ingesta. Stomach and Abdomen.—Lancination in the pit of the stomach. Gnawing oppression in the pit of the stomach, night and morning.— Oppression in the region of the liver, near the pit of the stomach, exciting an uneasiness.—Burning gnawing in the stomach.—Aching RUTA GRAVEOLENS. 1023 gnawing in the region of the liver. °Painful swelling of the spleen, i—Corrosive burning in the left region of the abdomen.—Severe stitches in the abdominal muscles. Scraping and gnawing in the umbilical region, mixed with nausea. °Colic, as from worms, in chil- dren.—Pinching and aching pain in the abdomen, with a feeling of uneasiness as after a cold. Tensive pressure in the whole abdomen, from the umbilicus to the hypogastrium, at night, as if the menses would make their appearance.—Heat in the abdomen and chest.—• Bruised pain in the loins. Foetid flatulence. Tearing in the rectum and in the urethra, between the acts of micturition. Stool.—Scanty, hard stool, almost like sheep’s dung.—Difficult expulsion of stool. °Mucous diarrhoea, alternating with constipation* —*Frequent urging to stool, with protrusion of the rectum, °also during stool, soft or hard. Urine.—Pressure in the region of the neck of the bladder, as if the neck closed, with pain, shortly after micturition. °Involuntary emission of urine at night, in bed, and in the daytime during motion. °Frequent urging, with discharge of green urine. Frequent noc- turnal enuresis.—°Gravel. Genital Organs.—Increased sexual desire.—°Menses too early and profuse, °irregular, °feeble and only two days, followed by mild leucorrhoea.—Metrorrhagia. ? Miscarriage. ? °Sterility. ?—Corro- sive leucorrhoea, after suppression of the menses. Larynx and Chest.—Pain iD the region of the larynx, as from a bruise or contusion. °Expectoration of thick yellow mucus, attended with a feeling of weakness in the chest. °Ulceration of the lungs, after mechanical injuries.—Dyspnoea, from oppressive fullness in the chest.—Gnawing in the chest. Stitches in the chest and arrest of breathing.—°Anxious palpitation of the heart.—°A spot on the sternum is painful when touched. Back.—°Stitches in the small of the back, only when walking or stooping.—Pain in the lumbar vertebrae, as if bruised.—Painful dart- ing in the dorsal spine opposite the pit of the stomach. The dorsal spine is painful, as if bruised, when sitting or walking ; this pain arrests the breathing. Pain as if bruised in the dorsal spine, and paralytic weakness in the small of the back.—Drawing in the nape of the neck. Arms.—Intense pain, as if sprained, in the shoulder-joints. Dull lacerating in the long bones.—The ulna feels bruised. Weakness of the hands and feet. Erysipelas of the hands. Pain in the bones of the wrist-joints, and of the dorsa of the hands, as if bruised, during rest and motion. °Painfulness of the wrists on lifting anything 1024 SABADILLA. °Pain as if sprained and stitches in the wrist-joints —°Numbnesi and tingling in the hands, after exerting them. Pains in the fingers, during rest, as if bruised or contused. Contraction of the fingers. Legs.—Pain in the bones around the hips, as from a bruise or fall. —Uneasiness and heaviness of the lower limbs. °Weariness and weakness after walking.—Burning pain in the upper and inner side of the thigh.—Paralytic heaviness in the knees. Tremulousness in the knees, with lassitude of the legs. Tremulous heaviness of the legs. Burning and corrosive pains in the bones of the feet, during rest. Painful drawing in the toes. 234.—SABADILLA. SABAD.—Semen Sabadillae, Veratrum Sabadilla, Alder Buckthorn, Berry-bear ing Alder. See Stapf’s “Additions.” Compare with—Bell., Hyos., Ign., Lyc., Merc., Natr.-mur., Nux-v., Phosph., Puls., Rhus-tox., Sep., Staph., Sulph., Yerat Antidotes.—Camph., Puls. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Painful drawing in all the limbs and heaviness in the feet. Drawing through all the limbs and sensa* tion as if paralyzed. Pain in the limbs, especially the lower.— Intense but transitory pain, as of bruises, in various parts of the body. —Sensitiveness to cold. Intense pain in all the bones, especially the joints.—Tremulous sensation and trembling in the upper and lower limbs.—Weakness of the whole body. Weariness in the limbs. Great weariness and heaviness in all the limbs, especially the joints. Weariness and heaviness in all the limbs. Skin.—Burning creeping sensation about the body. Sleep.—Frequent yawning, with lachrymation. Excessive drow- siness. #Restless sleep. # TJnrefreshing sleep.—Pulsation all over, in the evening, before falling asleep.—Excessive itching all over, at night in bed. Sleep disturbed by frightful restless dreams. Fever.—Small spasmodic pulse and coldness of the limbs. Febrile shivering through the whole body. Shivering over the back; he feels chilly through the whole body.—Burning heat in the face, with chilliness over the body, especially in the extremities. Febrile con- dition; there is seething of the blood; irresistible desire to sleep, with yawning; icy-cold shuddering without shaking; constant nausea.—°Intermittent fever. ° Chilliness or external coldness with shaking of the limbs, with little or no thirst, followed by heat with little thirst, and accompanied or followed by sweat. °Quotidian, ter- tian, or quartan fevers, occurring at a regular hour, attended with SABADILLA. 1025 loss of appetite, oppressive bloatedness of the stomach, pain in the chest, cough, debility, and thirst between the chilly and hot stages. °During the chilliness: pain of the upper ribs, dry, spasmodic cough, and lacerating in all the limbs and bones. °During the hot stage: delirium, yawning, and stretching. °Sleep during the sweat. ° After the fever the limbs feel bruised without any other complaint. Moral Symptoms.—Cheerful disposition. '* Anxious restlessness. °Great anguish. Rage. Sensortom.—Vertigo, as if everything were turning. Vertigo, as if he would faint, with obscuration of sight.—Gloominess of the head. His head feels dull and heavy. Head.—Aching in the vertex. Pressure in the head, with heavi- ness. Tensive pain in the forehead, with pressure. Stupefying, op- pressive sensation in the forehead. Headache, as if the head were violently squeezed from all sides.—Painful pressure in the head, as if the whole head would be pressed asunder. Itching, with pressure in the head, most violent in the forehead. Constant headache, or sort of tension. Dull sensation in the forehead. Slight jerking headache. Headache, especially after every walk. Headache, occa- sioned by continued attention.—Pulsative headache in the right side of the forehead.—Sticking headache, especially in the forehead.—Con- fused headache, with burning and itching of the scalp. Tension of the scalp, particularly during the fever. Stinging in the scalp, par- ticularly on the forehead and temples. Burning pain on the hairy scalp.—Itching of the hairy scalp. Face.—Heat and stinging itching in the face.—Burning of the lips, as if scalded.—Pain of the lower jaw on touching it, as from swelling of the glands. Eyes.—Pressure in the eye-balls.—Blue rings around the eyes.— Redness of the margins of the eye-lids, and sensation in the eyes as if an inflammation would take place.-—Dim-sightedness, with vertigo. —*Lachrymotion. Blackness before the eyes. Ears.—Otalgia and snapping as of electric sparks in the ears.— Humming and buzzing about the ears. Nose.—Contractive, biting sensation in the nose. Itching tingling in the nose. Bleeding from the nose. Occasional sneezing, accom- panied with sticking contractive headache over the eyes, and red margins of the eye-lids.—°Fluent coryza, with disfigured counte- nance and dullness of the head. Jaws and Teeth.—The lower jaws, when touched, are painful like swollen glands. Drawing in the jaws and teeth. Subdued beating and drawing in the teeth. 1026 SABADILLA. Motjth.—Burning at the tip of the tongue. *The tongue feels sore, and as if full of blisters.—* The tongue is coated, mostly yel- lowish. The tongue is coated white, the tip is bluish.—°Dryness of the mouth, without thirst.—Burning of the tip of the tongue, with great soreness of the throat. Throat.—Sore throat when swallowing. The throat feels swollen. Scraping sensation in the fauces, with dryness and difficult degluti- tion. Swelling of the uvula.—Burning and pressure in the throat, during and between the acts of deglutition. Scraping and painful sensation in the throat. Tensive crampy sensation in the parotid gland.—Burning-crawling, stinging sensation in the palate. Con- strictive sensation deep in the throat.—°(Esophagitis. ? Taste and Appetite.—Flat, bitter taste in the mouth. Loss of taste and appetite. Aversion to food.—Thirst. Gastric Symptoms.—Frequent painful eructations. Empty eruc- tations, with a feeling of shuddering over the body. A kind of heart- burn, heat being felt in the abdomen, extending through the stomach and as far as the mouth, accompanied with considerable ptyalism.— Nausea while eating. Nausea, water-brash, and vomiting. Feeling of nausea and pain, with weakness. He feels qualmish and nauseated. Nausea and desire to vomit. Constant desire to vomit. Nausea and gulping up of bitter mucus. Nausea, with bitter taste on the tongue. Nausea, with retching.—°Vomiting of ascarides. Stomach.—Feeling of emptiness in the stomach. Horrid burning in the stomach, immediately after walking. Slight pressure in the stomach, with sensation as if bloated. Burning in the stomach and along the oesophagus. Corrosive burning pain in the stomach. Sud- den oppression of breathing, in the pit of the stomach, with anxiety.— ® Gastritis. ? Abdomen.—Digging up in the liver. Burning pains in the abdo- men. Sticking in the right side, especially in the region of the liver. Pain in the stomach and abdomen, as from a stone. Cutting in the abdomen, as with knives. Shuddering in the abdomen. Colic, with violent urging to stool, with imperceptible discharge. Burning in the abdomen and rectum, coming on after every stool. Abdomen, hands, and chest are covered with red spots. Stool.—Violent urging to stool. Slippery and liquid stool, mixed with blood and mucus.—Diarrhoea; the stool looks fermented and brown. A sort of pinching sensation around the umbilicus, followed ty a copious evacuation.—Dull pains in the anus and abdomen. Violent titillation in the rectum, as from ascarides. °Taenia. Urinary Organs.—Increase of urine, mixed with blood.—Burn- SABINA. 1027 Ing in the urethra, between the acts of micturition, with urging to urinate. The urine becomes thick and turbid, like loam-water. Scalding in the urethra, when urinating. Male Genital Organs.—Painful erection, with some chordee in the morning. Lascivious dreams in the morning, with scanty emis- sion of semen. Female Genital Organs.—Decrease or increase of the menses. Larynx and Chest. — Hoarseness. Nightly dry cough, which leaves him no rest. Short dry cough, produced by a scraping in the throat. °Cough as soon as he lies down. °Deep dull coi*'h, with bloody expectoration. °Vomiting when coughing, with sticking in the vertex, and pains in the stomach.—°Grippe. Tightness in the pit of the stomach and chest, especially during an inspiration. Short difficult breathing, especially in the afternoon. Great oppression of the chest. Shortness of breath, dry and hacking cough, cardialgia. Strong, painful pressure in the middle of the chest. Stitches in the side of the chest. Palpitation of the heart, and sensation as if all the arteries in the body were beating. Back.—Violent pain in the small of the back. Pain in the small of the back, with chilliness. Simple pain in the whole back, as from weariness. Bruising pains in the spine, when sitting. Pain in the nape of the neck, when moving. Arms.—Convulsions of the arms. Aching in the muscles of the upper arm. Spasmodic jerking in the elbow. Small burning-itch- ing pimples on both fore-arms. Paging pain in the fingers and toes. Trembling of the arms and hands. Legs.—Aching pain in the hip. Stinging sensation in both thighs. Violent pains in both thighs, as if they had been compressed. Burn- ing of the knees. The knees feel weary. Violent lacerating-ten- sive pain in the calves. Weariness in the legs.—Erysipelatous in- flammation on the right tibia, with violent burning pain. Heaviness in tJiefeet. Swelling of the feet. Tension in the feet. 235.—SABINA. SABIN.—Juniperus Sabina, Savin.—See Stapfs “Additions.” Compare with—Aeon., Agn.-cast., Bell., Chin., Fer., Jgn., Ipec., Mere., PlioeptLj Plat., Puls , Rut., Sep., Staph., Sulph., Thuj., Zinc. Antidotes.—Camph., Puls. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Laneinations in all the joints, with Bensation as if they were swollen, accompanied with drawing stitches 1028 SABINA. through the long hones. Aching burning pain in the swollen perios- teum. Paralytic pain in the joints, especially after an exertion. Rheumatic pains. Heaviness and laziness in the body. General sick feeling. Excessive weariness. Characteristic Peculiarities. the symptoms cease in the open air. Sleep.—Restlessness and anxiety. Restless sleep, with confused dreams. Restless sleep, with seething of the blood, heat, and pro- fuse sweat. Fever.—Frequent shudderings. Chilliness the whole day. In- tolerable burning heat in the whole body, with great restlessness. Moral Symptoms.—Nervous irritability. Ill-humor. Sensorium.—Vertigo, with stupefaction. Continual vertigo, with mist before the eyes. Dizziness, with rushing of the blood and heat in the head.— Weakness of memory. Head.—Pressure and dullness in the head, especially the forehead. Oppression and painful heaviness in the whole head. Sticking pain through the brain, with pressure. Headache early in the morning. Pressing pain in the whole head. Digging-up, boring headache. Smarting stabbing pain. — Beating headache, with heaviness and stupefaction. The forehead is painful when moved. The vertex is sensitive to the touch. Eyes.—Blue margins around the eyes. Tensive pain in the eyes. Feeling of heat in the eyes. Pain in the eyes, and discharge of smarting water. Ears.—Hardness of hearing.—Pinching deep in the ear. Face.—Paralytic pain in the region of the malar bone. Aching in the region of the malar bone, increased by contact. Jaws and Teeth.—Aching-drawing pain in the angle of the lower jaw in the muscles of mastication. Lacerating pain in the region of the roots of the molares, near the gums. Dullness of the fore- teeth. Drawing pain in all the teeth. Neuralgic pain in the face. °Also with beating. Mouth and Throat.—Increased secretion of saliva.—Contractive and pricking pain in the throat. Dryness of the throat, with draw- ing pain. Sensation of swelling in the throat. Taste, Appetite, and Gastric Symptoms. — Sanguineous and greasy taste. Putrid smell from the mouth. Bitter taste in the mouth. Loss of appetite. Acidity in the stomach after every meal. Eructations, accompanied with nausea. Heartburn.—Nausea, feel- ing of fullness. Nausea, with cough. Nausea and desire to vomit. Vomiting of bile. Continual vomiting. 1029 Stomach.—Oppressive feeling in the pit of the stomach. The region of the stomach is bloated and distended. Severe stitches from the pit of the stomach through the back.—Aching pain in the region of the stomach and liver. Feeling of warmth and burning in the stomach. Abdomen.— Writhing and pinching in the abdomen, in the um- bilical region. Colic, as if he had taken cold, and as if diarrhoea would come on. Contractive pain in the region of the uterus. In- flammation of the bowels. Cutting in the bowels, with rumbling in the side of the abdomen. Pain as if the bowels became constricted. —Bruised pain of the abdominal muscles. Stool. — Diarrhoea, with emission of much flatulence.—Liquid, slimy, and frequent stools. Discharge of bloody mucus from the anus. Stitches in the anus and in the front part of the thighs when walking. Haemorrhoidal tumors, especially painful in the morning. Urine.—Retention of urine, with burning, and emission drop by drop. Intermittent, almost painful desire to urinate. Fleeting burning pains in the vesical region. The urine is turbid when com- ing out. Smarting in the urethra, during micturition. Violent de- sire to urinate, but little urine being passed. The whole urethra is painful and inflamed, with purulent gonorrhoea. Genital Organs.—Burning sore pain of the fig-warts and glans. The fraenulum is swollen and too rigid. Painfulness of the foreskin. Dark redness of the glans. Contusive pain in the testicles. In- creased sexual desire. Female Genital Organs.—Irresistible desire for an embrace. Painful feeling of oppressive heaviness in the abdomen, more violent when pressing upon it. Severe stitches in the vagina. Violent menstuation, the blood was partly fluid, partly lumpy. Haemorrhage from the uterus, at the period of the menses.— °Haemorrhage after parturition. °Haemorrhage after miscarriage. * Miscarriage, me- trorrhagia.—Swelling of the breasts. Tingling in the nipples.. Leu- corrhoea, with itching of the pudendum. Milky leucorrhoea, occa- sioning an itching. °Leucorrhcea after suppression of the menses. °Permanent disappearance of leucorrhoea of a starch-like consistence, yellowish, ichorous, foetid, and of painful discharges of blood. Larynx.—Crawling and tickling in the larynx, exciting a cough, with slimy expectoration. Fullness in the chest, with cough. Dry and hacking cough, and titillation in the larynx, expectoratioa streaked with blood. Haemoptysis. Chest.—Asthma, increasing to arrest of breathing.—Slight op- pression of the chest, with desire to take a deep inspiration. Shoot- ing stitches in the chest. Burning stitches in the chest. Cutting SABINA 1030 SAMBUCUS. in the chest, above the pit of the stomach. Tensive pain, with pres sure, in the middle of the sternum. Aching pain in the whole extent of the sternum. The sternum is painful to the touch. The beating of the heart is increased, more violent, alternating with pulsations throughout the abdomen. Intermittent stitches in the clavicle. Creep- ing over the back. Paralytic pain in the small of the back. Draw- ing pains in the small of the back, extending into the pubic region. Constant pain in the small of the back. Sharp stitches in the region of the dorsal vertebras, increased during an inspiration. Stitching pain in the dorsal vertebrae. Rheumatic drawing in the cervical muscles.—Drawing in the neck. Bruised pain, also in the vertebrae. Arms.—Pressure in the shoulder-joints. Rheumatic pain in the shoulder-joint. Aching pain in the muscles of the upper arm. Para- lytic lacerating along the upper arm, as far as the hand. Stinging in both upper arms. Painful pressure in both upper arms, near the elbow-joint. Lacerating in the joints of the fingers of either hand. Legs.—Aching pain in the region of the hip. Pushing and draw- ing in the thighs and knees. Intermittent stitches in the internal surface of the thigh. Rheumatic pains in the thigh. Paralytic pain in the thigh, above the knee. Painful pressure in the middle of the thighs. Lancination below the knee, in the tibia. Lacerat- ing pain, with pressure in the metacarpus of both feet. Painful drawing in the joints of the toes, becoming more violent during a walk. Intermittent aching pain below the heel. 236.—SAMBUCUS. SAMB. N.—Elder.—See Hahnemann’s “ Materia Medica,” IV. Compare with—Aeon., Bell., Chin., Ipec., Hep.-s., Lyc., Pula., Rlms-tox., Scill., Spong., Stram., Sulph. Antidotes.—Ars., Camph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—General rushing of the blood in the evening. Most of the pains come on during rest, and go off during motion. Dropsical swelling. °Emaciation. °Dropsical swelling of the whole body. Sleep.—Restless sleep. °Slumbering with the eyes and mouth half open. Frequent waking. from sleep, with anxiety, trembling, and shortness of breath. Vivid dreams. Fever.—Repeated attacks of slight shuddering. Chill over the whole body, with stinging crawling. *Intolerable dry heat all over the body, with dread of uncovering Intermittent fever. 8ANGUINARIA CANADENSIS. 1031 Moral Symptoms.—Great tendency to start. Sensorujm and Head.—Periodical delirium. Dizziness; cloudi- ness of the head. Lacerating and aching pain iu the upper part of the forehead. Aching and lacerating pain in the head when stoop- ing. Aching, stupefying pain in the head. Ears, Eyes, and Nose.—°Stoppage of the nose, with accumula- tion of thick, tenacious mucus. Face and Teeth.—*Bluish and bloated face. °Pale livid face Circumscribed redness of the cheeks. °K,ed spots, here and there, with burning. Mouth and Throat.—Gastric symptoms. Great dryness of the palate, without thirst.—Thirst, without relishing the drink. Vomit- ing of mucus and bile. Sensation of incipient nausea. Pinching in the abdomen. Pain in the abdomen, as if the bowels were bruised Pressure in the abdomen. Spasmodic lacerating in the abdominal muscles. Cutting in the outer parts of the hypochondria. Urinary and Genital Organs.—°Su-elling of the scrotum. In- voluntary’ emission of semen. menses, °like metrorrhagia. Larynx and Chest. — °Tracheitis. ? °Angina-membranacea. ? Cough. *Violent dyspnoea. *Suffocative paroxysm, like asthma- millari, after midnight. °Angina-pectoris. Back.—Drawing pressure in the small of the back. Aching pain in the middle of the spine.—Oppressive heaviness in the nape of the neck, with painful motion of the head. Arms.—Paralytic heaviness in the elbow-joints. Drawing pain in the carpal bones. Cutting stitches in both wrist-joints. Legs.—Lacerating pain above the hip-joint.—Sensation of weari- ness in the legs.—QCdema of the feet. 237.—SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS. SANG. CAN.—Indian Puccoon, Blood Root, Red Root.—See “ Transaction* of American Institute of Homoeopathy,” I. GENERAL SYMPTOMS. — Rheumatic pains in the limbs. * Acute inflammatory and arthritic rheumatism.—(*Acute swelling of the joints of the extremities.) Stiffness of the limbs and rheu- matic pains, with headache. Great weakness. Debility, with ver- tigo and pain in the hypochondria. Weakness and palpitation of the heart. *Ts tonic in diseases of the lungs. of the right side.—Convulsive rigidity of the limbs. 1032 SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS. SKIn.—Heat and dryness of the skin. and nettle-rash before the nausea.—*Warts.—*01d indolent ulcers; ill-conditioned ulcers*with callous borders and ichorous discharge.—#Nasal polypi; fungous excrescences, &c.—* Jaundice. Sleep.—Sleeplessness at night.—Dreams of a frightful and disa- greeable character. Fever.—Chill with the headache. Chill and nausea. as if hot water were poured from the breast into the abdomen. Fever and delirium. Pulsation through the whole body.—Quickened cir- culation, with vomiting. full, soft, and easily compressed, in pneumonia.—Suppression of the pulse, with fainting. Moral Symptoms.—Extreme moroseness. Sensorium.—Vertigo with nausea, long-continuing with debility, with headache. *Vertigo on turning the head quickly. Head.—Confused and dull feeling in the head.—Determination of blood to the head, with whizzing in the ears and a transitory feeling of heat.—Heaviness in the head.—Pressing drawing in the forehead. Headache, as if the forehead would split, with chill and with burning in the stomach. Pain in all the upper part of the head.—Boring pain above in the fore part of the head.—Nausea, disposition to vomit, without being able to do so; then headache, with rheumatic pains and stiffness in the limbs and neck.—Beating headache and bitter vomiting.—Headache, with nausea and chill.—Headache, with vertigo and pain in the ear.—The headache occurs paroxysmally.— *Pains in the head, in spots, soreness, especially in the temples.— *Pains in the head, in rays drawing upward from the neck.—#Se- vere pains in the head, with nausea and vomiting. of the veins in the temples, perceptible on touching. Face.—Severe burning, heat, and redness of the face.—*A red cheek, with burning in the ears. of the cheeks, with cough.—*Cheeks and hands livid, in typhoid pneumonia. Eyes.—Feeling as if the eyes were affected by acid vapor.—Very great glimmering before the eyes.—Diminished power of vision. Ears.—Beating under the ears. of the ears, with red- ness of the cheeks.—Pains in the ears, with headache.—Beating hum- ming in the ear. Nose.—Heat in the nose.—*Nasal polypus.—*Loss of smell.— Fluid coryza, with frequent sneezing. *£loryza, raw- ness in the throat, pain in the breast, cough, and finally diarrhoea. Jaws.—Stiffness in the jaws.—Pain in the upper teeth.—Salivation and looseness of the teeth. 1 iiroat, &c.—Heat in the throat, alleviated by the inspiration of SANGUINARIA canadensis. 1033 cool air.—Burning in the oesophagus.—*Angina.—*TJlcerated sore throat. Mouth.—Feeling of dryness of the lips.—Tongue as if burned.— *Tongue sore, pains like a boil.—White-coated tongue, with loss of appetite. the appetite. Stomach.—Pressing in the stomach.—Soreness in the epigastrium, aggravated by eating. Feeling of warmth and heat in the stomach. Burning in the stomach, with headache. of the stomach. Gastric Symptoms.—Severe nausea. Nausea as if vomiting would succeed. Nausea after eating. Loss of appetite and periodic nausea. —Long-continued nausea, with chill.—Heartburn and nausea.—Re- gurgitation and disposition to vomit.—Vomiting.—Bitter vomiting, with headache. Vomiting worms.—Vomiting and diarrhoea. Abdomen.—Severe and continual pain in the hypochondria; vertigo and debility.—*Pain in the left hypochondrium.—Disease of the liver. Torpor and atony of the liver. Inflammation of the abdo- minal viscera.—Beating in the abdomen. Cramp in the abdomen.— distention of the abdomen. in the abdomen. —Paroxysmal pain in the abdomen.—Slight cutting drawings in the abdomen.—*Colic, with torpor of the liver. Stool.—Ineffectual pressure to stool, then vomiting. Diarrhoeic stools, with great flatulence.—#With the diarrhoea, termination of the coryza and catarrh. terminated the attacks of pains in the chest, —^Haemorrhoids. Urine. and copious nocturnal urination.—^Gonorrhoea. Female Genital Organs.—Abdominal pains, as if the menses would appear.— Abortion.—Uterine haemorrhage.—*Amenorrhoea.— of flatus from the vagina, with dilatation of the os-uteri.— disorders. Larynx. dryness in the throat, and sensation of swelling in the larynx, and expectoration of thick mucus.—Aphonia, with swelling in the throat. severe cough, without expec- toration, with pain in the breast, and circumscribed redness of the cheeks. cough, with expectoration. con- sumption.—*Cough with coryza, then diarrhoea.—Croup. Whooping cough. Chest. — *Hydrothorax.— * Asthma. pneumonia, with very difficult respiration, cheeks and hands livid, pulse full, soft, and vibrating, and easily compressed. of the lungs.—*Pain in the breast, with periodic cough.—*Pain in the breast, with cough and expectoration. *Pam in the breast, with 1034 SASSAPARILLA. dry cough.—*Btiming and pressing in the breast, then heat through the abdomen and diarrhoea. Acute stitch in the breast. Pressing pain in the region of the heart.—Pressing pain in the chest and back, —Palpitation of the heart. Back.—Pain in the nape of the neck.—Sti'ffness in the nape of the nec;k.—Pain in the back.—Pain in the sacrum and bowels. Rheu- matic pains in the nape of the neck, shoulders, and arms. Arms.—Pain under the shoulder-blade, with chill.—Rheumatic pain in the shoulder.—Sudden rheumatic pains in the shoulder-joint. pain in the right arm and shoulder, worse at night in bed. Rheumatic pains in the arms and hands. of the paims. Redness of the hands and severe burning.—*'Lividity of the hands in pneumonia. at the roots of the nails. Legs.—Rheumatic pain in the hip.—*A bruise-like pain in the thigh, alternating with burning and pressure in the breast. Stiffness of the knees.—Burning in the soles of the feet and in the palms of the hands. of the hands and feet, at night. 238.—SASSAPARILLA. SASS.—See Hahnemann’s “ Chronic Diseases,” V. Compare with—Am., Cham., Clem., Cocc., Merc., Puls., Ran., Sep., Sil., Sulph. Antidote.—Camph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—°Arthritic and rheumatic complaints, with diminished secretion of urine.—Lacerating in almost all the joints and limbs. Sudden drawing pains in various parts of the body and about the head.—°Languid feeling in the hands and feet. —Trembling of the hands and feet, lacerating in the forehead, and pinching in the abdomen.—Emaciation. Skin.—Itching in various parts of the body. Burning itching over the whole body, with chills. Blotches as from nettles. Herpes on every part of the body.—°Shrivelled skin.—°Ulcers from abuse of Mercury.—Big and hot swellings. Sleep.—Frequent yawning.—Drowsiness.—Restless sleep, with dreams.—Lascivious dreams. Fever.—Frequent chilliness. Internal chilliness and drowsiness. —Constant feverishness of the whole body. Moral Symptoms.—Desponding.—Dread of labor, awkward. Sensorium.—Absence of mind. Inability to perform mental labor. —Dullness and stupid feeling of the head. Weakness of the head, as after a fever.—Vertigo. SASSAPARILLA. 1035 Head.—Pressure in the forehead and occiput. Pressure and heaviness around the whole forehead.—Cramp-like headache on one side, commencing with obscuration of sight and luminous vibrations before the eyes. Lacerating in the whole frontal region, sometimes deep in the brain.—Beating headache, in the evening; worse at night, with violent nausea and sour vomiting.—Pressure and cuttings in the outer parts of the head. Lacerating in the head, with pressure, increased by motion and walking. Pulsative stitches in the forehead. Itching of the scalp. Eyes.—Continual burning in the eye-lids, sometimes a'ternating with aching pain.—Inflamed dry eye-lids. Lachrymation ; agglutina- tion in the morning.—Dilatation of the pupils.—Dim-sighledness, as if seeing through a fog, or as if the eyes were covered with a gauze. Ears.—Violent pressure in the ear, extending into the temple.— Tingling in the ear.—Inflammation and swelling of a gland below the ear, passing into suppuration. Nose.—Itching eruption under the nose. Bleeding of the nose. Dry coryza. Face.—Stiffness and tension in the muscles of mastication and the articulations of the jaws.—Contusive pain in the face, in the lower borders of both orbits.—Pale-red, a little elevated, rough spots on the forehead. Jaws and Teeth.—Pain of the jaws, as if broken.— Toothache of the right side, with creeping in the roots of the teeth.—Swelling and soreness of the gums. Mouth and Throat.—Stitches in the tongue.—Aphthae on the tongue and in the palate.—Tenacious mucus in the mouth and throat. Dryness in the throat and stinging during deglutition. Constrictive sensation in the throat and chest, with difficult respiration. Appetite and Taste.—Bitter taste. Metallic taste. Flat, sweet- ish taste. Gastric Symptoms.—Bitter-sour eructations. Gulping up of a bitter-sour liquid. — Constant nausea. Nausea and faintness after dinner. Stomach.—Aching pain in the pit of the stomach. — Frequent cramp-like sensation in the pit of the stomach. Constriction in the stomach, with nausea, going off at night.—Heat in the stomach. Abdomen.—Pain in the left hypochondrium, as if bruised, with beating. Contractive pain of the intestines. Frequent crampy feel- ings in the abdomen.—Heat or coldness in the abdomen.—Foetid fla- tulence. Stool.—° Obstinate constipation, with violent urging to urinate.— 1036 Great desire, with contraction of the intestines and excessive pres sure from above downwards.—Violent and constant urging.—Soft stool, with tenesmus in the rectum.—°Discharge of blood at stool.— Ulcer at the anus, covered with a black blister. Urine.—Frequent desire to urinate, with scanty emission.—Tenes- mus of the bladder, with cutting pain during micturition. Pressure on the bladder the whole day, but scanty emission. Severe tenesmus, as in gravel, with emission of white, acrid, turbid matter, with mu- cus.—Gravel. ?—Stone. ?—Burning during micturition, with emission of oblong flocks. Burning in the whole urethra, at every micturition. —Painful constriction of the bladder, without tenesmus.—Discharge of yellow pus from the urethra, with redness and inflammation of the glans and fever in the evening, with shivering. Male Genital Organs. — Intolerable stench about the genital organs.—Herpes on the foreskin. Female Genital Organs.—Delaying menses. Scanty and acrid menses, with burning of the inner sides of the thighs. Frequent pinching in the abdomen during the menses.—Mucous leuconhcm when walking.—Itching around the nipples. Larynx.—Coryza and cough. Dry cough, with burning in the nose. Chest.—Foetid breath. Oppression of breathing. Painful con- striction in the chest. Pressure in the region of the sternum, worse when touching it.—Stitching in either side of the chest.—Tensive pain in the outer parts of the chest. Almost continual palpitation of the heart, with some anxiety. Back.—Pain in the small of the back, extending towards the genital organs.—Small violent stitches in the back, between the scapulae. Pain in the back, increasing to violent pressure when stooping. Arms.—Lacerating in either arm, from the shoulder to the hands. Paralytic pain in the shoulder-joint. Paralytic weariness in the elbow-joints.—Paralytic lacerating in the fore-arm.—The hand is painful, although not swollen. Pain as if sprained in the wrist-joint. Cold hands. Pain as from subcutaneous ulceration in the tips of the lingers. The fingers go to sleep. Herpes on the hands. Rhagades in the thumb. Legs.—Paralytic, weary, and bruised feeling in the hip-joints. Swelling and stiffness in the knee, with stitching pain. Lacerating in the knees and legs. Cramp along the tibia, down to the toes. Red herpetic spots on the calves, itching violently.—Intense pain of the soles. Swelling of the feet. Cold feet. sassaparilla. SCROPHULARIA NODOSA. SECALE CORNUTUM. 1037 239.—SCROPHULARIA NODOSA. SCROPH. N.—Common Brown-Wort.—See “Archiv,” XVII. Painfulness of the eye-ball. Tingling in the ears. Colic above the umbilicus. Dragging and stitching in the urethra. Constriction through the chest. Buzzing sensation in the arms and hands. 240.—SECALE CORNUTUM SEC. C Ergot.—See Noack and Trinks’ “Handbuch,” <5co. Compare with—Arn., Ars., Camph., Ig., Lauroc., Plumb., Rhiu-tox.f Sol.-nig. Verat. Antidotes.—Camph., Sol.-nig. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Ergotismus, raphania, morbus cerealjs appears in two different forms: ergotismus-gangrcenosus characterized by degeneration of the blood, and ergotisrnus-convul- sivus, where the nervous system is principally affected. Skin.— The skin is dry and brittle. The skin looks lead-colored, the parts becoming shrivelled and insensible. Peeling off of the skin. —Burning of the skin. Formication. Drawing and creeping, in- creasing to spasms. °Rash on the chest and back. Boils. Petechia Large ecehymoses. Bloody blisters on the extremities, becoming gangrenous. Black suppurating blisters. Tumors on the neck, dis- charging a yellow pus, with burning. Emphysematous swellings. Sleep.—Painful stretching.—Drowsiness, like sopor.—Stupor, for days.—°Somnolence, with delirium and starting. °Sleeplessness, restlessness, and dry heat.—Restless night-sleep, with heavy dreams. Fever.—Sudden chilly creeping. Violent chilliness, also with shaking.—Fever: first, violent chilliness; afterwards, burning heat with unquenchable thirst.—°Dry heat, with quick pulse, restlessness, and loss of sleep. °Small and suppressed pulse. Slow, small, and intermittent pulse. *Cold sweat, -also viscid. Moral Symptoms.—Lowness of spirits.—*Melancholy.—Exces- sive sadness.—* Anguish. Great and oppressive anxiety. °Dread of death —Obstinacy. Sensorium. — Difficulty of thinking or talking.—Indifference to everything—Stupor, with dilatation of the pupils. Chronic stupor. Forgetfulness, imbecility. Loss of consciousness and sensibility.— Craziness.—Mania, with violence.—Rage.—Illusion of the senses. .—Mental derangement and delirium, bordering on mania.—Vertigo. 1038 SECALE CORNUTUM. Vertigo and stupefaction. Stupefaction and insensibility. Conges- tion of blood to the head. Intoxication. Keeling and inability to stand erect. Dullness of the head, with cloudiness of hearing and sight. Head.—Headache. Dull pain in the occiput. Hemicrania, on the left side. Eyes.—Swelling of the eye-lids. Pressure in the ball of the eye. Spasmodic contortion of the eyes. Frightful contortion of the eyes, the pupil being contracted and sometimes entirely closed. Wild, confused eyes. The eyes stare, he grows blind. Diplopia. Squint- ing.—Luminous vibrations before the eyes. Gauze before the eyes Great obscuration of sight. Mistiness and spots before the eyes. Scintillations. Ears.—Hardness of hearing. Humming and roaring in the ears. Face.—Wretched complexion. The face is sunken and pale. Sallow complexion; the eyes are sunken. Pale cheeks. Facies- hippocratica. Kedness of the face, thirst, and slight delirium.— Swelling of the face and abdomen.—Trismus. Mouth.—The mouth is spasmodically distorted or closed. The tongue is frequently torn by the most violent convulsions. Painful tingling in the tongue, stifling the voice. Yellowish-white, dry, thick, viscid coating of the tongue.—Foam at the mouth, which looks like light blood. Ptyalism. A frothy or bloody saliva.—Grinding with the teeth.—A sort of paralysis of the tongue. Difficult stut- tering speech. Nose.—Bleeding of the nose.—Irritation of the Schneiderian membrane. Throat.—Intolerable tingling in the throat. Violent burning in the fauces. Appetite.—Bitter spoiled taste. Aversion to food. Canine hun- ger. Bulimy. Canine hunger and weakness of mind, for a long time. Gastric Symptoms and Stomach. — Eructations. Violent sour eructations.—Feeling of emptiness in the stomach. Heartburn.—■ Nausea.— Vomiting. Vomiting of mucus, lumbrici, or ascarides. Vomiting of sour substances, or of a tenacious mucus. Vomiting of black bile. Constant retching, with vomiting of a crude bilious substance. Constant retching and pressure in the pit of the stomach. Cardialgia. Slight cardialgia, with heartburn. Constriction in the epigastrium. Heat and burning in the pit of tfie stomach. Gan- grene of the stomach, lungs, and liver, preceded by inflammation. Abdomen.—Hepatitis, terminating in gangrene. colic, SECALE CORNUTUM, 1039 -aDo convulsive, °or with pain in the small of the back and thighs, eructations, and vomiting. °Cutting and lacerating in the abdomen. —Great feeling of coldness in the hack, and abdomen.—* Burning in the abdomen, particularly in the region of the spleen and loins, a seated pain. Distention of the abdomen, with hardness, tension, and pain on touching the parts.—Rumbling in the abdomen. Stool.—Constipation, with frequent ineffectual urging.—*Painfid diarrhoea, with great prostration. Putrid and foetid, colliquative diarrhoea. ° Watery, mucous diarrhoea. °Brown, badly-colored diarrhoea. °Involuntary diarrhoea. °Diarrhcea after the cholera, particularly in children. Discharge of ascarides, in children.— Cholera-like paroxysm.—Sudden, striking change of features, with deep-sunken eye-balls, surrounded with blue margins, constant nau sea and vomiting after taking the least food, frequent diarrhoea with watery, slimy evacuations, hoarse hollow voice, suppression of urine, cramp in the calves, paralysis of the upper extremities, scarcely-per ceptible pulse, unquenchable thirst. Urine.—Suppression of urine.—Difficult urination, with constant urging in the bladder—Burning in the urethra during micturition. —The urine flowed seldom, came out in drops, without relief.— Haemorrhage from the urethra. Male Genital Organs.—Violent drawing in the spermatic cord. Female Genital Organs. — Suppression of the menses.—*The menses are too prof use, °and too long, also with violent spasms. All the symptoms are worse previous to the menses. #Congestion of blood to the uterus. —°Moles. ? °Polypus in the uterus. ? Swelling and wens on the os-tincae, which is half opened. °Metritis. °Cancer and gangrene of the uterus. ? Affections of pregnant and parturient females.—Strictures of the uterus and hy- drocephalus of the foetus. Excessive uterine contractions, so that the uterus seemed to burst.—Suppression of the lochia. Chest.—Occasional expectoration of blood.—Dyspnoea.—Oppres- sion of the chest. Asthma. Anxious and difficult respiration. Moaning. — Spasms of the pleura, accompanied with suffocative catarrh, speechlessness, and subsultus-tendinum.—Violent palpitation of the heart, with contracted and frequently intermittent pulse. Spasmodic throbbing of the heart. Back.—Stiffness of the nape of the neck. Arms and Legs.—Weariness and numbness of the extremities. Weakness of the extremities.—Violent pains in the limbs. Spas- modic pains in the limbs. Drawing or lacerating pains in the limbs or joints. Burning in the hands and feet. Spasms and convulsions 1040 SELENIUM. of the extremities. Trembling of the limbs, with pains. Formication in the hands and feet. Numbness, insensibility, and coldness of the limbs. Rigidity of the limbs. Paralysis of the limbs. Gangrene of the limbs. Gangrenous deadness and falling off of the limbs. Swelling of the hands and feet, with black, suppurating blisters, as if burnt. Arms.—Tingling and insensibility. Violent pains in the tips of the fingers and partial swellings on the arms.—Violent contraction of the fingers.—Numbness of the fingers. Legs.—Languor and pains in the lower extremities. Difficult staggering gait. Pains in the hips.—Contraction of the lower limbs. Tetanic spasm of the toes.—Formication of the lower limbs.—Swell ing of the feet. Dropsical swelling of the feet.—Gangrene of the feet, up to the knees. Gangrene of the lower limb and spontaneous dropping off of the same. 241.—SELENIUM. SELEN.—See “Arcliiv,” XII., 3. Compare with—Agnus-e., Ambr., Bry., Carb.-a., Graph., Ign., Lach., Merc., Nitr.-ac., Puls., lihus.-t., Ruta. Antidotes.—Ign., Puls.—Chin, aggravates the pains. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Stiffness and cramp in all the limbs. Pains in all the limbs, as from a cold. Characteristic Peculiarities. — All his pains are worse after sleep. Skin.—Biting in the skin, particularly in the palms of the hands. Itching in the margin of the alae of the nose, and of the inner side of the wrist. Small pimples below the ear. Itching pimples on the back of the hands.—Sore and painful hang-nails. Sleep.—Drowsy in the morning. Starting of the whole body, in the evening, on going to sleep.—Sleep disturbed with a number of dreams, which he is unable to recollect. He wakes in the morning and afternoon with great dryness of the mouth, fauces, and pharynx. Eever.—Ill-humored, drowsy, and indolent.—Drowsy, with yawn- ing, languor, disposition to vomit. Moral Symptoms.—Complete inability to perform any kind of labor. Paroxysms of vertigo, with fainting. Attacks of sickness, with pale, disturbed face, followed by vomiting of the ingesta, then of insipid, and lastly sourish water. Head.—Dullness of the head, particularly in the evening. Pres- sure in the forehead, with vertigo on rising or moving.—Great heavi- senega. 1041 ness in the occiput, with undulating sensation in the brain.—Pain- fulness of the scalp. Eyes.—Pains deep in the orbits.—Stinging, twitching, pressure in the eye-balls, during the headache.—Increased short-sightedness Nose.—Itching in the nose. Sudden, short-lasting, fluent coryza. —Stoppage of the nose, with dryness of the throat, oppression of breathing, and fever. Face.—Twitching of the facial muscles. Mouth.—Burning sensation on the tip of the tongue.—Pains in the region of the root of the tongue.—Hawking up of mucus, which is mixed with blood.—Violent disagreeable feeling of dryness in the throat. Appetite and Gastric Symptoms.—Increased appetite, hunger —Cardialgia.—Pressure as if cardialgia would set in. Abdomen.—Red itching rash in the region of the liver. Stool.—Papescent stool, with tenesmus. Urine.—Red, sandy, coarse-grained sediment. Brick-dust sedi- ment. Genital Organs.—Itching of the scrotum.—Erections, with much itching in the urethra.—Diminution of the sexual desire. Impotence, with sexual desire. Larynx and Trachea.—Huskiness of the voice.—Slight cough in the morning. Cough deep out of the chest.—Feeling of fullness in the chest and region of the heart. Oppressed breathing, with stoppage of the nose, dryness of the throat, thirst, cough, sleepless- ness, and constant alternation of heat and cold. Back.—Stiffness of the nape of the neck and cervical muscles.— Painful gland on the left side of the neck. Arms and Legs.—Lacerating in the hands, with cracking in the wrist-joint at night.—Emaciation of the hands.—Cramp in the soles. 242.—SENEGA. SEN.—See Stapf’s “Additions.” Compare with—Am., Ars., Bell., Bry., Canth., Euphr., Lach., Puls., Soil., Stan., Sulph. Antidotes.—Am., Bell., Bry., Camph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—General feeling of debility, especially of the lower limbs. Lassitude and slight trembling of the lower extremities. Feeling of debility, even unto nausea. Great debility, with stretching of the limbs, confusion, heaviness, and beating in 1042 SENEGA the head. Bodily and mental debility. Languor, when walking in the open air. Sleep.—Weariness and frequent yawning.—Great drowsiness in the evening. Sound stupefying sleep. Sound sleep, full of dreams, with confusion in the head on waking.—Restless sleep, with frequent starting. Bestless tossing about in sleep. Fever.—Chilliness, with weakness in the feet.—Febrile motions ; shuddering over the back, heat in the face, weak, burning eyes, beat- ing headache, difficult breathing, stitches in the chest, general bruised feeling of the body, and frequent pulse.—Diaphoresis. The pulse is rather hard and accelerated. Hard, frequent pulse. Unequal soft pulse. Moral Symptoms.—Feeling of anxiety, with accelerated breath- ing. Anxiety, with vertigo. Melancholy mood. Hypochondriac mood and irritable. Sensorium and Head.—Vertigo. Vertigo, with roaring in the ears. Beeling sensation in the head. Confused feeling in the head. Dullness of the head. Violent beating headache, with pressure in the eyes, diminished appetite, bruised feeling, and general feeling of malaise. Aching, stupefying pain in the occiput. Sensation of pressure in the forehead. Violent aching, beating pain in the fore- head. Lacerating and drawing pains in the temples, extending down the face.—Violent rush of blood to the head, when stooping.—Itch- ing of the hairy scalp. Eyes.—Bloated eye-lids. Swelling, burning, and pressure of the eye-lids. Swelling of the eye-lids. Burning pain in the margins of the eye-lids. Jerking in the eye-lids. #Early in the morn- ing the eye-lashes are full of hard mucus. Drawing in the eyes. Slight lachrymation, and sensation as if filaments were hanging before the eyes. Painful pressure in and over the orbits. Pressing in the eyes.—Draiving in the eye-balls, with diminution of sight. Burning and pressure in the eyes.—Burning in the eyes when read- ing or writing. Considerable dryness and smarting pain.— Tensive sensation in the eyes, with too great sensitiveness to the light. Illu- sions of sight. Shadows before the eyes. Impeded vision, as if dazzled by a glaring light. Dullness of the eyes, with slight burn- ing and lachrymation. Extreme sensitiveness of the eyes to the light.—Dimness of sight and luminous vibrations before the eyes when reading. Ears.—Dull pain in the ear. Feeling of warmth in the right ear. Painful sensitiveness of the sense of hearing. Nose.—Itching in the nose.—Troublesome dryness of the schnei. senega. 1043 derian membrane. Great dryness of the nasal fossae, with a dis» charge of a few drops of blood. Face, Jaws, and Teeth.—Simple pain in single teeth and in the jaws.—The lower fore-teeth are extremely sensitive to cold and damp air. Mouth.—Smarting, burning sensation in the region of the palate. Dryness of the mouth. Slight prickling and stinging in the mouth, with accumulation of saliva. Ptyalism. — Putrid smell from the mouth.—White-coated tongue. Slight burning sensation in the tip of the tongue. Throat.—Sensation of a constrictive irritation in the fauces. Expectoration of white mucus.—Dryness in the fauces, with shoot- ings, especially in the uvula. Increased secretion of mucus in the throat, inducing a short and hacking cough. Inflammatory swelling of the fauces, especially the uvula.—Burning sensation in the fauces. Burning, scraping sensation in the throat. Taste and Appetite.—Bad taste, and a peculiar grumbling in the stomach. Metallic taste. Diminished taste.—Increased thirst. Thirst with dryness of the palate. Doss of appetite. Gastric Symptoms.—Inclination to eructations. Deranged diges- tion and vomiting. Nausea in the stomach. Great nausea with retch- ing. Retching and vomiting, with discharge of a quantity of watery mucus. Vomiting and purging. Vomiting and anxiety. Stomach.—Painful and repulsive sensations in the stomach.— Feeling of emptiness in the stomach. Qualmish feeling in the sto- mach, with accumulation of water in the mouth.—Aching, almost spasmodic pain in the stomach. Disagreeable oppressive sensation in the stomach.—Burning in the stomach, lastly retching and vomit- ing. Considerable burning in the stomach and bowels. Considerable burning in the stomach, passing into a fatiguing retching and vomit- ing of a quantity of watery mucus. Abdomen.—Sensation of gnavnng hunger below the pit of the sto- mach. Feeling of pressure in the pit of the stomach. Pressure in the pit of the stomach and umbilical region. Warmth and oppression in the epigastrium, during an inspiration. Shifting boring pain in the umbilical region. Colicky pains in the abdomen, with inclination to stool. Violent cutting from the abdomen to the pit of the stomach. Colic during dinner. Stool.—Rare, scanty, hard stools. Papescent stool, with grum- bling in the abdomen. Increasing papescent and loose stools, at irregular periods. Increased, even watery stools. Urine.—Frequent emission of a urine with a greenish tinge, depo* 1044 senega. siting a cloudy sediment. *At first the urine is mixed with mucous filaments; after it had cooled it became entirely thick and cloudy. The urine becomes turbid and cloudy immediately after emitting it. °Burning in the urethra before and after micturition. Burning early in the morning, in urinating. Male Genital Organs.—Paroxysmal cramp-pain in the region of the glans.—Painful erections. Larynx, Trachea.—Scraping and dry sensation in the throat. Roughness and dryness in the throat, with dry cough. Great dryness in the throat, impeding speech. Dry cough, with oppression of the chest and roughness in the throat. Disagreeable long-continuing cough. #Increased short and hacking cough in the open air. Chest.—Frequent and deep inspirations. Oppression of the chest at different times, °also with stitches under the left short ribs. Short breathing and oppression of the chest when going up-stairs. Oppres- sion of the chest, with slight shooting pains through. Tightness and dull pressure in the chest. °Pain under the right scapula, when coughing or drawing deep breath. Tensive sensation in the lower half of the chest, during an inspiration.—Aching pain in the chest, at indefinite periods. Violent aching pain in the chest, at night when waking. Violent aching pain across the whole chest. Pain in the chest as if forcibly compressed.— Violent pressing pain in the chest, from within outward. Violent pressing aching pain in the middle of the chest. Pinching and hard pressing aching in the chest. Shift- ing, sometimes burning pain in the chest. Crawling in the chest. *Dull stitches in the left chest, especially when sitting or lying. °Stitches through the chest, to the back. *Dull stitches under the short ribs of the left side. Burning in the chest. burning pain in the left chest, when sitting, evening. Burning sensation under the sternum. * When sneezing, an extremely violent sore pain in the chest. Strong pulsations and sore pain in the chest. Congestion of blood to the chest, perceptible by strong pulsations in the chest. Seething of the blood in the chest, with dull stitches.—Seething of the blood and creeping in the chest. Seething of the blood and oppression in the chest, with flushes of heat in the face, and frequent pulse, in the afternoon. Slight boring aching pain in the region of the heart. Violent boring pain in the region of the heart. Aching pain in the region of the heart during a deep inspiration. Violent beating of the heart, shaking the whole chest.—General sensitiveness, or simple pain of the walls of the thorax. Back.—Violent burning and itching under the skin of the back Pressing pain between the scapula. SENNA. SEPIA. 1045 Arms. —Paralytic pain and drawing from the elbow to the finger Titillation and prickling in the palms of the hands. Pain, as if sprained, in the wrist-joint. Legs.—Painful sensation in the hip, knee, and tarsal-joints, as after a long journey on foot. Bruised pain in the glutei muscles and thighs. Tensive pain in the joints, especially the knee and tarsal-joints.— Violent itching of the legs. Weariness of the lower limbs. 243.—SENNA. SENN.—See Habnemann’s “Organon” and “Lexicon for Pharmaceutists.” GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Rushes of blood, particularly at night, disturbing sleep. — Sleeplessness, with cries and restless turning in the case of infants). Head.—Headache on stooping.—Pain in the nape of the neck on raising the head.—The corners of the mouth are covered with burn- ing vesicles. Stomach, Abdomen, and Stool.—Loss of appetite.—Thirst.— Empty or watery eructations, having a bad taste. — Loathing and nausea, as if one would vomit.—Colicky 'pains.—Feeling of coldness in the abdomen, with emptiness and sickness of the stomach.—Rum- bling and fermentation in the abdomen, with emission of foetid flatu- lence.—Diarrhaeic stools, followed by tenesmus and burning at the anus.—Heat, pinching in the abdomen, spasmodic incarceration of flatulence, painful colic from incarceration of flatulence.—Feeling of warmth in the stomach, pinching in the bowels, flatulence, and yellow stools, no constipation after the diarrhoea. 244.—SEPIA. SEP.—Juice of the Cuttle-Fish.—See Hahnemann’s “ Chronic Diseases,” Y. Compare with—Aeon., Ars , Bar., Bell., Gale.-c. and Phosph., Carb.-v., Chin., Led., Lye., Merc., Nitr.-ac., Nux-v., Phosph., Puls., Rhod., Rhus.-t., Sass., Sil., Sulph., Tart.-stib., Verat.—Sep. is frequently serviceable after: Caust., Led., Merc., Puls., Sil., Sulph., Sulph.-ac.—Afterwards are frequently suit- able : Carb.-v., Caust., Puls. Antidotes.—Aeon., Spir.-nitr.-dulc., Tart.-stib., Acet.-vini.—Sepia antidotes : Calc., Phosph., Chin., Merc., Sassap., Sulph. Clinical Note by Dr. Neidhard, of Philadelphia.—“ Sepia is a most efficacious remedy in disturbances of the circulation in the female sex, characterized by the following symptoms : flushes of heat, redness, swelling of the face, general determination of blood to the 1046 SEPIA. head and right temple; general swelling of the upper part of the body, more in the morning; swelling of the chest, stomach, and ab- domen ; hands and feet cold ; throbbing in the sacral region ; palpita- tion of the heart, with occasional intermittent pulse, scanty urine, costiveness. In diseases of the shin, with the following symptoms : small, red pimples, producing a roughness and cracking of the skin, and from which a watery humor sometimes oozes; at other times they are dry; they principally affect the inside of the joints of the arms and legs, particularly the knee and elbow-joints, but are also, chiefly in children, to be seen on the face.—In young girls, when the menses have not appeared, or only slightly, Sepia generally brings them on more fully. In diseases of the womb: with heat in the womb, bearing down after exercise, with slight pain there as well as in the back.” GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Affections of the female sex, particu- larly of feeble delicate individuals, with fine, sensitive, delicate skin. °Affections of the capillary system. °Nervous affections. °Bad con- sequences of chagrin. °Bad effects from onanism. °Scrofulous (and rickety affections). °Rheumatic affections, particularly of slender per- sons, or with great disposition to sweat, and alternation of chilliness and heat.—°Pains as if sprained, particularly when exerting the affected parts, likewise at night in the warmth of the bed. Drawing in all the limbs. Arthritic drawing in the knees and finger-joints. Lacerating in the knees and elbow-joints.—Jerking and stitching in various parts of the body. °Jactitation of the muscles. Pain in all her limbs, especially the hips. *The limbs go to sleep easily. °Stiff- ness and immobility of the joints. Uneasiness in the whole body. Anxiety in the limbs. Frequent trembling in the whole body. #Seething of the blood in the body. Seething of the blood, with con- gestion to the head and chest. Profuse sweat when walking. Sen- sitiveness to cold air. to take cold, particularly in the wind.—Unusual catarrhal symptoms after becoming wet. Liability to cold. Slight attacks of vertigo and palpitation of the heart when walking in the open air. Pressure in the region of the heart when walking, generally. Paroxysms. Very weak in the morning, with uneasiness in the body.—Fit of vertigo with fainting. The lower limbs felt bruised and weak. Great weakness of the lower limbs Indolence of both body and mind, with difficult breathing. Heavi- ness in all the limbs. Weakness of the knees. Weakness of all the limbs, with chilliness. °Paroxysms of hysteric weakness. Obscura- tion of sight during the menses. Characteristic Peculiarities.—The pains are not felt during SEPIA. 1047 violent exercise, as walking in the open air. Shuddering attends the pains. The pains are relieved by the application of warmth. Skin.—Swelling of the whole body, with great shortness of breath- ing, with fever every two or three days, being an alternation of chilliness and heat at irregular hours. In the evening, swelling in the wrist-joint, in the bend of the elbow, and around the tarsal-joints. °Glandular and lymphatic swellings. °Scirrhous indurations. The skin of the whole body is painful as if sore. Itching of the face, arms, hands, back, hips, feet, abdomen, and genital organs. The itching becomes a sort of burning. Itching, and itching pimples in the joints. °Dry itch, and itch-like eruptions. °Pemphigus. Claret- colored spots on the neck and under the chin. °Brown, red, herpetic spots -on the skin.—°Scurfy, humid herpes, with itching and burn- ing. *Ring-worm.—Soreness of the skin, in the joints, °also in children. Sleep.—Excessive yaivning and stretching. Drowsiness in the daytime. *Wide awake at night. Sleepless night, without pain. Restless sleep, mingled with dreams, and tossing from side to side. Great uneasiness in the limbs, at night. *Frequent looking at night. Sleep disturbed by many disagreeable dreams. Loud talking during sleep. Moaning and groaning at night while asleep. Restless sleep with vexatious dreams. Attacks of anxiety at night. Oppressive seething of the blood when going to sleep. Seething of the blood, at night. Heat and consequent uneasiness at night. Febrile heat at night, with anxious fancies and dreams. Nightly sleeplessness, and fanciful ravings while asleep. Violent lacerating from the hip-joint to the foot, at night, hindering sleep. of the limbs, at night. Drawing and pressure in the pit of the stomach, at night. Painful pressure in the abdomen, and pain as if bruised, at night, waking her. Violent throbbing headache, at night. Pressure in the eyes at night. Vertigo at night. Violent palpitation of the heart, in the evening when in bed, and beating of all the arteries. Disturbed night’s rest, with pain in the small of the back. Dry titillating cough, with a sort of spasm in the chest, at night. Sleep is disturbed by frequent cough- ing, and aching in the feet. Unceasing cough the whole night. Great pain as if bruised, at night, while asleep, and sense of exhaus- tion in the thighs and upper arms ; the pain disappeared immediately on waking. He wakes with a shriek and start. *Long unrefreshing sleep. Fever.—Waking in the morning with much chilliness and internal uneasiness. Feverish, faint; hot urine.—Shivering, without chilli- ness. Constant chilliness, day and night, with pinching in the ahdi- 1048 SEPIA, men. Feverish shiverings, with alternation of heat, until night. Alternation of the heat in the head and chilliness in the lower limbs. Febrile heat mingled with feverish shuddering, accompanied with dullness and heaviness in the forehead, preceded by luminous vibra- tions before the eyes, with much nausea, great oppression of the chest. —Almost uninterrupted heat of the whole body, with redness of the face and sweat about the head and body, and violent headache; with palpitation of the heart and trembling over the whole body, inter- mittent fever, with thirst during the chilliness. Fever and ague, at frequent, but indefinite periods of the day. Violent chills for one hour, followed by violent heat and inability to collect one’s senses; after which, violent sweat in the evening. Fever, with pressing in the temples, at intervals of some minutes, and with shortness of breath during the night. Continual dry febrile heat, with redness of the face, great thirst, painful deglutition. *Flushes of heat. * Attack of heat every afternoon. Profuse general night-sweat. Cold night-sweat on the chest, back, and thighs. Morning-sweat over the whole body. Sourish night-sweat. * Sweat when walking, -particu- larly in the open air, also with exhaustion. *Sweat from the least motion. °Sweat when sitting. Moral Symptoms.—Desponding, sad. *Great sadness, weeps fre- quently. Trembling with fearfulness, cold swreat on the forehead.—• Paroxysms of oppressive anxiety. Great anguish in the blood. Great internal restlessness, for many days, accompanied with hurriedness. *Complete discouragement. Extreme loathing of life.—* Inclines to start and is very fearful. °Melancholy and peevish. The nerves are very sensitive to every noise. Inclines to be out of humor. Laziness of mind and despondency. *Great indifference, °even to his own family. Apathy. Sensorium.—*Weak memory. Absence of mind. Gloominess, *and inability to think. Sensation of stupidity in the head, in pa- roxysms, with shuddering and momentary arrest of breathing.— of the head, as in catarrh, with a reeling sensation. Dull- ness of the head, with pressure in the eyes. The whole head feels dull and vacillating. Painful gloominess in the head, especially the forehead. Dimness and dullness of the head, with whirling sensation Dizziness and stupid feeling in the head. Stupefaction of the head, with tightness of the chest and weakness of the whole body. Vertigo. * Vertigo only when walking in the open air. headache in the morning, on waking. *Headache every morning, uhth nausea) Headache in the forehead and vertex; afterwards anxiety in the pit of the stomach, with trembling. °Head- SEPIA 1049 a-che, with great desire for an embrace. with photophobia and inability to open the eyes, on account of the pain.? (Paralytic feeling in the forehead! Headache, most violent towards evening. °Paroxysms of hemicrania, with nausea, vomiting, and boring stick- ing, extorting cries. Rush of blood to the head. *Heat in the head, with a burning sensation through the ears, gainful heat in the head. Violent headache, with intolerance of external warmth. headache, in the evening. Violent beating headache in the temples. *Pfljnfii1 beating in the occiput, Beating headache at every motion. Violent painful jerking in the forehead. °Aching over the eyes. Violent pressure in the head, the whole day, with vertigo, weeping mood, and profuse coryza. Deep-seated headache, with aching paiu in the molares. Pressure and tension in the forehead and eyes, with burning. Oppressive weight of the head, in the temples and over the forehead, as if the head were congested with blood. Heaviness of the head. Compressive sensation in the upper part of the head, the whole day, with great dyspnoea. * Headache, as if the eyes xcouldfall oid. * Violent headache, as if the head would burst.-—Contractive headache in the forehead. Headache in the forenoon, as if the brain were crushed. Stitching headache. Stitches in the forehead, with inclination to vomit. Frequent drawing pain. Lacerating in the head. Lacerating over the eyes. Pain of the scalp when touching it. * Great falling off of the hair. °Involuntary shaking of the head. *A good deal of itching in the hairy scalp. Corrosive itching of the scalp. °Coldness on the head.—Humid scalp. A number of scabs on the scalp. Swelling above the temple. Swelling on the forehead. Small red pimples on the forehead, rough forehead. Eyes.in the eyes, with headache) and heat in the eyes.— Congestion of blood to the eyes. Pressure, heat, and twinkling in the eyes. fPain in the eye-lids, ivhen waking, as if too heavy. Pres- sure, with lacerating, in the orbits) Itching of the eye-lids.—trick- ling pain in both eyes, in the evening. Smarting pain in both eyes. —Burning of the eyes, in the morning. *Inflammation of the eyes, *icith redness of the whites and stinging and pressure. Inflammation of the eyes, not bearing cold water. Inflammation of the eye-lid, with a stye on it. Violent red swelling of the lower eye-lid, with aching and burning pain. *Swelling of the eye, with headache of tho same side. °Swelling of both eyes, in the evening. °Pustules on the cornea. °Fungus-haematodes.—Glassy appearance of the eyes. Lachrymation. * Agglutination of the lids. Jerking and twitch- ing of the eye-lids. °Inability to open the lids, at night. °Pa- ralysis of the lids. *Dimncss of sigh I when writing, when reading 1050 SEPIA. Vanishing of sight. °Incipient amaurosis, with contraction of the pupils.—Sight is impeded by a fiery zig-zag before the eyes. *A number of black spots before the eyes. White luminous vibrations before the eyes. Sparks of fire before the eyes. °Gauze. °Streaks of light. Ears.—Drawing-stitching pain in the internal ear. Dragging pain in both ears. Pain in the ears, in the evening, resembling otalgia. Sore pain in the ear. Stitching in the parotid gland. A thin pus is discharged from the ear, with itching.—°Herpes. °Herpes on the lobule. °Herpes behind the ear and on the nape of the neck. Suppurating eruption on the ear.—r Sensitive to noise, °to music. Frequent tingling in the ear. ° Whizzing and beating in the ear. *Loud sounds and humming in the ears. * Whizzing and roaring in the ears. Roaring in the ear. °Hardness of hearing. Sudden short deafness of the ears. NbSE.—Painful pressure in the root of the nose. *Swollen, in- flamed nose, with sore and ulcerated nostrils. Painful inflamed swell- ing of the nose. Scurfy nostril. °Plugs in the nose.—Painful eruption on the tip of the nose. * Bleeding of the nose and discharge of blood from the nose when blowing it. Violent bleeding of the nose. °Loss of smell. °Fcetid smell. Feeling of dryness in the nose and fauces. *Obstruction of the nose. *Dry coryza. Violent dry coryza, with roaring in the head and ears. Catarrhal fever, with weakness of the lower limbs and drawing in the arms. Coryza, with diarrhoeic stool. Frequent sneezing. Fluent coryza, with sneezing. Face.—Paleness of face, °also with blue margins around the eyes. * Yellow face and eyes. * Yellow spots in the face. °Sunken face. *Redness and flushes of heat in the face. Puffy face. Considerable swelling of the face, without redness.— Tension and contraction of the skin in the face. Aching pain in the malar and nasal bone. Cramp-pain in the facial bones. Drawing pain in the face, with swelling of the cheeks. Lacerating in the upper jaws. Itching of the whole face. °Herpes and scurf. ° Warts in the face. °Crusta- lactea. ?—A number of black pores in the face.—Hot lips. °Dry and scaly lips. Yellowness around the mouth. Herpetic eruption on the lips. Herpetic blotches around the mouth. Jaws and Teeth.—Swelling of the submaxillary gland. Pain in the submaxillary glands, as if crushed, also painful when touched. The teeth are very painful when touched, or when talking, tooth- ache of pregnant females. Dull pain in old roots. All the teeth are painful. Painful heaviness in the upper incisores. Grumbling in the fore-teeth. Nightly toothache, hindering sleep. *Drawing Sl'FIA. 1051 toothache, -when hot or cold things get into the mouth. * Drawing in the hollow tooth, extending into the ear, aggravated by cold water. °Drawing pain in the teeth, extending into the arms and fingers. Drawing-cutting toothache.—Lacerating in the lower jaw, below the incisores. Lacerating toothache through the left ear, during and after a meal.—Rheumatic pressure through the teeth and forehead. Dull aching pain in the molar teeth, with pain in the submaxillary glands. *Stitching toothache. Stitching beating in various roots of the teeth, with burning in the gums. *Beating toothache. The teeth soon decay. All the teeth become loose and painful, and the gums bleed readily. Drawing in the gums. Stitching in the gums. Eloated dark-red gums, with painful beating, as in incipient suppura- tion. * Painful swelling of the gums. Swelling of the gums, with painful soreness. Sore, ulcerated gums. Mouth.—Foetid smell from the mouth. Swelling of the inner mouth and gums, with burning in the mouth, extending into the throat.—Sore pain of the tongue. *White tongue. Coated tongue. Pain of the tongue as if burnt. Vesicles on the tongue, and pain as if burnt. Ptyaiism in the evening. Dryness and roughness of tl*e tongue and palate. Throat.—Constaut dryness and tensive sensation in the throat Sore throat, smarting and scraping. Sore throat, with swelling of the submaxillary glands.—Aching pain in the upper and right side of the throat. Constrictive pain in the throat, with pressure. Pain- ful contraction and pressure in the throat. °Starting sensation in the throat. *Stinging sore throat -during deglutition. Feeling of heat in the throat. Inflammation of the throat. Inflammation and swelling in the upper part of the throat. Taste and Appetite.—Sour-bitter taste in the mouth. *Much thirst. * Absence of thirst. No appetite, but thirst. * Aversion to all food. Diminished appetite; * everything tastes too salt. ° Aver- sion to milk. *Ravenous hunger. Emptiness in the stomach, with nausea. * Painfulfeeling of hunger in the stomach.—°Canine hunger. Gastric Symptoms.—Great bitterness of the mouth during a meal. Pulsations in the pit of the stomach during a meal. Anguish and heat during a meal. Heat and palpitation of the heart while digesting food. The pains increase during and particularly after a meal.—° Acidity in the mouth after a meal. °Great weakness of digestion. #Eructations, with desire to vomit. *Fitter eructations. *Sour eructations -after supper. Painful eructations.—Burning at the stomach after an eructa- tion.—Eructations alternating with hiccough. °Acidity in the stomach, with loathing of life. Heartburn. *Sort of water-brash -in 1052 .SEPIA. the afternoon, going off by eating. °Water-brash after drinking, °0I preceded by turning in the stomach.—Nausea the whole day. Nau- sea after eating, also with vomiting. °Nausea of pregnant females. Nausea before breakfast. Morning nausea. Nausea and weakness Nausea, with bitterness in the throat, without vomiting. Inclining to vomit, anxious, giddy.—* Vomiting -after the morning-nausea and eating a little, afterwards retching. The vomiting (during pregnancy) is frequently so fatiguing that blood is expelled writh it. Violent vomiting, with violent headache. Bilious vomiting. during pregnancy. Vomiting of a milky water (during pregnancy). Stomach.—*Pains in the stomach, after eating, also after supper. °Pain in the pit of the stomach, when walking. The least pressure on the region of the stomach causes great pain. *Pressure at the stomach after a meal and when touching it. *Pressure on the stomach, as from a stone. Heaviness in the stomach, with dull pain in the whole abdomen. — *Cramp in the stomach and abdomen. °Cramp in the stomach and chest. Contraction in the region of the stomach.—*Burning in the stoviach and pit. pain in the stomach, and in the distended abdomen. Fine prickings in the pit of the stomach. °Beating in the pit of the stomach Hypochondria.—Stitching tensive pain in the hypochondria, during motion, while stooping. Frequent dartings below the hypochondria and through the abdomen. Drawing pain in both sides of the abdo- men. Beating in the region of the liver. Violent stitches in the re- gion of the liver; the region is afterwards painful to the touch, with costiveness. Dull stitch in the region of the liver. Sore pain in the region of the liver. Feeling of fullness in the region of he liver. Aching pain in the region of the liver. Abdomen.—Pain from the umbilicus to the genital organs, especi- ally when touching the parts.—Stitches through the abdomen, directly above the hips. Alternate stitching and pinching in the intestines, in paroxysms. Stitches in the groin. Painful pressure in the hernial region. Drawing tensive pressure in the abdomen. Weight in the abdomen. Distention of the abdomen. Frequent hard dis- tention of the abdomen, with cutting in the intestines. Distention of the abdomen, with diarrhoea and pinching. Violent colic, extend- ing as far as the chest, with shifting of flatulence. Catting in the abdomen, at night, with desire to urinate. Violent colic in the morn- ing. °Cutting colic, after exereise. Cutting in the hypogastrium, in the afternoon, continuous, and also in single paroxysms. Colic, with frequent nausea. Frequent attacks of colic.—Pinching cutting in the intestines, with moaning anxiety, as if stool would be discharged in* SEPIA. 1053 voluntarily. Pinching in the abdomen almost every morning, with nausea, qualmishness, and accumulation of saliva in the mouth. Griping in the intestines.—Spasms in the abdomen. Frequent attacks of contractive pain in the right side of the abdomen. *Dig- ging-up in the abdomen, -with nausea.—*Burning in the abdomen. Pain in the abdomen, as if the bowels had been dashed to pieces. Pain in the abdomen, in the afternoon, as if the bowels would be torn out.—Beating here and there in the abdomen. °Feeling of coldness in the abdomen. °Hardness in the abdomen and sensation of ad- hesion—°Pot-helliedness of mothers.—°Ascites.—The abdominal muscles are painful during motion, only at ni ht. °Brownish spots on the abdomen. *Feeling of emptiness in the abdomen.—Uneasiness in the abdomen. Violent fermentation in the abdomen. Stool. — Hard, difficult stool, sometimes mingled with mucus. Hard stool, with cutting in the rectum. Diarrhoea, after drinking milk. *Exhausting diarrhoea. ° Green or sour-smelling diarrhoea of children. Stool having a putrid, sourish, foetid smell. °The stools are too soft. A number of jelly-like stools, with colic. Stool of a whitish color. Slimy diarrhoea, with distended abdomen. Con- stant desire for stool, only a little being passed. Unsuccessful urg- ing to stool towards evening. °Scanty stool, with straining and tenesmus. Nausea previous to every liquid stool. *Much blood with stool, after cutting in the abdomen. Discharge of sanguineous mucus after stool. Emptiness and relaxation in the abdomen after stool. Headache after a papescent stool? Expulsion of ascarides. *Contractive pain in the rectum, and thence in the perinaeum and vagina. Frequent and painful contraction in the anus. Tensive pain in the anus. Tenesmus in the anus, with feeling of soreness, sometimes occurring at intervals. Pain in the rectum during stool. Violent cutting in the anus and rectum, at night. Cutting in the rectum during stool, with discharge of blood. Stitches in the anus. Stitching and burning at the anus. in the rectum, day. Heat and swelling of the margin of the anus. Soreness of the anus. Sore pain of the rectum, mostly between stool, accompanied with varices of the rectum, painful when touched.—*Itching and sting- ing in the rectum. Violent itching of the anus and creeping in the rectum. Smarting in the rectum, after stool. °Oozing of moisture from the rectum. °Discharge of mucus from the rectum, with sting, ing and lacerating. — Protrusion of the rectum. Prolapsus-recti. *Protrusion and itching of the varices of the rectum. The varices become painful. Bleeding of the varices when walking. °Flowing haemorrhoids. 1054 sepia Urine.—Continual desire to urinate, with painful hearing dawn in the pelvis, in the morning. Sensation as if drops came out of the bladder. Pressing on the bladder and frequent micturition, with; tension in the abdomen. Pressure on the bladder, in the evening, with burning after micturition. °Wets the bed before midnight, *The urine becomes turbid and foetid, when standing, with white- sediment. * Turbid urine, with brick-dust sediment. *Blood-red urine. The urine deposits blood in the vessel. Discharge of a milky fluid from the urethra after micturition, at noon. Discharge of prostatic juice after micturition.—Pinching pains in the bladder. Spasm of the bladder. Violent burning in the bladder, without de- sire to urinate.—Burning in the urethra. in the urethra during micturition. °Secondary gonorrhoea. Male Genital Organs.—Copious sweat of the genital organs. °Itching about the parts. ° Weakness of the parts. Itching inflam- mation of the penis. Hot glans, with a pale-red, sometimes itching eruption. Red tips on the glans. Continual suppuration and itch ing of the prepuce. Heat in the testicle. Cutting in the testicle. Pinching lacerating in the testicles. Rheumatic drawing in the tes- ticles, sometimes also in the thigh. °Swelling of the scrotum. °Pains in the testicles.—Great increase of the sexual desire. Nightly emis- sion, with dream. °Emissions after onanism. Female Genital Organs.—Painful stiffness, apparently in the- uterus. Pressing in the uterus, oppressing the breathing, accom- panied with colic. °Prolapsus of the vagma and uterus, indura- tion of the neck of the uterus. Cancer and scirrhus of the uterus. cSwelling and humid itching eruption on the inner labia. *Soreness and redness of the labia, in the perinaeum, and posteriorly between the thighs, °also before the menses. °Contractive pain in the vagina. * Violent stitches in the pudendum, almost extending as far as the um- bilicus. Pitching of the pudendum. Discharge of blood from the vagina after an embrace. Pain in the abdomen, as if the menses would appear. *Menses too early. Discharge of blood from the vagina, only when walking. °The menses are too scanty. °Sepia is frequently indispensable at the critical age. Before the menses: violent colic, with faintishness. Shuddering all over the body. Burning in the region of the pudendum. Acrid leucorrhoea, with soreness of the pudendum. Sensation as if the pudendum were en- larged. Pressure in the abdomen.—During the menses : exhaustion in the morning. Toothache and throbbing in the gums. Obscura- tion of sight, and great weakness, going off while lying. *Pains in the limbs, also as if bruised. °Abdominal spasms, with pressing SEPIA. 1055 downwards. She is unable to sleep, owing to lacerating in the back, chilliness and heat, thirst, and painful contraction of the chest. Leu- corrhcea, with stitches in the uterus. with itching in the vagina, °or of the pudendum. Sanguineo-mucous discharge from the vagina. # Yellowish leucorrhoea. Watery leucorrhoea. Mucous leucorrhcca. The leucorrhoea increases when she is attacked with frequent eructations and retching. Discharge of a green-red fluid from the vagina, during pregnancy. Leucorrhoea, especially profuse after micturition. Leucorrhoea having the appearance of pus. Leu- corrhoea like milk, only in the daytime, with burning pain and pro- ducing soreness between the thighs. °Corrosive leucorrhoea. Pro- fuse mucous diarrhoea, having a foetid smell, with drawing pain in the abdomen. °Disposition to miscarriage. °Affections of pregnant females: ° Toothache. '*Nausea and vomiting. °Colic. • °Costive- ness. °Cough.—*Stinging in the breasts, -worst when becoming cold in walking or riding in a carriage. °Soreness of the nipples.— °Chaf- ing of infants. Larynx.—Frequent pressure in the larynx. hoarseness. Hoarseness and fluent coryza. *Hoarseness, with dry cough, from titillation in the throat. °Cough of pregnant females. The cough is worst after lying down in the evening. Dry, short evening cough. Dry cough, with vomiting of a bitter liquid. Cough, fatiguing the chest and stomach. Spasmodic cough. Dry cough, as if proceeding from the stomach and abdomen, or as if occasioned by constipation. Scraping cough. Cough, which is frequently dry, short, and hack- ing, with pain in the pit of the stomach, and scraping, raw, sore pain in the region of the larynx. Cough at night, waking one from sleep. Cough, day and night. °Cough, with difficult expectoration. pectoration from the chest, tasting very salt, °also with cough, parti- cularly in the morning and evening. *Cough, with blood-streaked expectoration. Hacking cough, in the evening, after lying down, with profuse expectoration of pure, coagulated blood. good deal of purulent expectoration, with violent cough, great oppression of the chest, and rattling. °Suppuration of the lungs. *Short breathing when walking. Chest.—*Dyspnoea, with tenacious mucus m the chest. Oppres- sion of the chest, morning and evening. Asthmatic, especially when palpitation of the heart occurs. Difficult rather than short breath- ing. Oppression of the chest, with stitches, during a deep inspira- tion. cDyspncea, with oppression and shortness of breath. *Pain in the chest, -from motion. °Pain in the side when breathing and1 coughing.—Very violent pressure in the chest, without touching it. 1056 SEPIA. Severe pressure in the chest, in the evening, when in bed. * Pressure on the upper part of the sternum, as from a weight.—Feeling of heaviness in the chest. Constrictive sensation in the chest. Attacks of tightness in the chest. Aching of the whole chest. *Stitch in the right side of the chest and scapula, during an inspiration and cough. Stitches deep in the chest. Violent stitching in the chest, at every inspiration. °Sticking in the chest during mental labor. Stitching in the heart, in the afternoon.—#Rawness in the chest, as of raw flesh.—Violent burning in the sternum. Violent lacerating in the lower ribs. of the blood, and congestion to the chest, -as if haemoptysis were about to set in. Gurgling or bubbling sensa- tion in the left chest. Beating in the pit of the stomach, in the morning, followed by seething of blood in the left chest, resembling palpitation of the heart. Palpitation of the heart, with stitches in the left side of the chest. Palpitation of the heart, with great anxiety, and trembling of the fingers and lower limbs. Intermission of the beats of the heart, with anxiety. Itching of the surface of the chest. °Brown spots on the chest. Back.—*Pain in the small of the back. Painful weariness in the small of the back. ° Weakness of the small of the back in walking. Pain as if sprained in the small of the back. Burning pressure in the small of the back. Reddish herpetic spots above the hips. °Beating in the small of the back. °Pressing pain. Pain in the back, only when sitting. Pain in the back, only when walking. °Cutting digging-up and pressure on the back. °Crampy-lacerat- ing. *Stiffness in the back, diminishing when walking. °Chilliness on the back. °Brownish spots on the back. cItching eruption on the back. Drawing between the scapulae and in the upper part of the chest. Burning constrictive pain around the shoulders, chest, and neck, in the evening. *Stiffness of the nape of the neck. °Tet- ters in the nape of the neck and behind the ears. Tensive pain of one side of the neck, as if swollen. Red, itching, herpetic spots on both sides of the neck. Arms.—Swelling and suppuration of one of the axillary glands. Itching of the axillae. °Humid herpes in the axillae. Crampy drawing in the right shoulder, and in the whole side. Dull, draw- ing-lacerating pain, as if sprained, in the shoulder-joint. Violent pain in the shoulder-joint, as if it would tear olf. Pulling and draw- ing on the shoulder, when at rest. Great pain in both shoulders. Aching sore pain on the shoulders, as if excoriated. Feeling of stiffness and coldness in the arm. Paralytic sensation in the arm, afterwards throbbing in the same. *1)tawing in the arms from SEPIA. 1057 above downward, extending into the fingers. ° Rigidity of the joints of the arms, the elbow and finger-joints, as if too short. °Warts on the arms. Pain in the upper arm, going off when at rest. Pain as if bruised in the upper arm. inflammatory swelling in the middle of an upper arm, bright-red, hard, dotted with red spots. Itching in the bends of the elbows. Tension in the elbows, as if the joints were too short. Stitches in the elbow-joints. °Stiffness of the elbows. Itching scurf on the posterior part of each elbow.—Drawing lacerating in the lower part of the fore-arm. Red swelling on the fore-arm, with pain as if pressing on a fluctuating tumor.—°Stitches in the wrist-joint on moving the hand.—°Stiffness of the wrist-joints. Lacerating in the hand.—Weakness of the muscles of the hand. *Heat in the hands. °Cold sweat. °Suppurating blisters on the dorsum of the hand and tips of the fingers. °Pemphigus, with swelling of the hand. °Itch and scurfs on the hands. Tensive pain in the metacarpal joints of the fingers, especially when bending them. Arthritic drawing in the finger-joints. *Panaritium on the finger, *with violent beating and stitching. °Painless ulcers on the tips of the fingers. °Malformation of the nails. Legs.—°Coxagra, with lancinating pains. Soreness with burning pain between the nates. Cramp-pain in the hip-joint. Sudden lace- rating cramp-pain in the region of the hip.—Pain as if bruised, and weakness in the hip-joint. *The lower limbs go to sleep when sitting. Stiffness of the lower limbs, extending to the hip-joint. Numbness and sudden paralytic feeling in one lower limb, when standing. *Icy coldness of the lower limbs. °Lameness of both lower limbs. Trem- bling of the thighs and knees. Drawing in the thighs. Lancinat- ing aching pain in the groin. Cramp in the thighs when walking. Pain in the the thighs as if bruised. Lancinations in the thigh when walking. Boils on the thigh.—Drawing pain in the knees. Arthri- tic drawing in the knees. Tension around the knee.—Stitching and cutting in the bend of the knee. °Stiffness in the knees. Great weakness in the knees. Painful swelling of the knee, with tension. Soft painless swelling on the patella. Heaviness of the legs as far as the knees. Pain of the knees and tibiae, as if bruised. Pain as if bruised and weariness of the legs. *Drawing pain in the leg. Burning in the lower half of the legs, at night when in bed. Tensive pain in the calf. °Cramping in the legs. Swelling of the legs, ris- ing as far as the knee, when sitting and standing. Tension in the calves. * Violent cramp in the calves, at night when in bed. Vio- lent itching of the tibia. Pain in the tendons of the tarsal-joints when walking, as if too short. of the feet. Heaviness in 1058 SILICEA the feet, extending up to the knees. *Creeping in the feet when standing. °The soles go to sleep, with tingling. °Prickling and burning in the feet. °Twitching of the feet during sleep. *Profuse sweat of the feet. °Suppression of the sweat of the feet.—QUlcers on the dorsum of the foot. Burning of the feet at night. Icy cold feet. Foetid smell of the feet. °Ulcers on the heel, from spreading blisters.—*Pain in the upper part of the toes, sore and corrosive. Itching of the toes.—°Corns. 245.—SILICEA. SIL.—Silica.—See Hahnemann’s “ Chronic Diseases,” V. Compare with—Alum., Ambr., Am., Bell., Bov., Calc., Curb.-a., Caust., Cvd., Cic., Cin., Dros., Graph., Ign., Hep., Kali., Lack, Lyc., Magn., Merc., Xatr., Petr., Phosph., Puls., Rhod. Rhus-tox., lianun.-seel., Sab., Sass., Sep., Spig., Sulph., Verat.—Sil. is sometimes particularly suitable after: Calc., Hep., Lyc., Sulpli.—After Sil. are frequently suitable: Hep., Lach., Lyc., Sep. Antidotes.—Camph., Hep.—Sil. antidotes : Merc., Sulph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS. — °Chronic ailments from abuse of Mercury. °Hysteric affections. °Muscular weakness of children, and difficulty of learning to walk. °Chronic rheumatism and ar- thritis. °Phlegmonous inflammation. °Scrofula and rhachitis, also with enlarged head and slowly-closing fontanelles. Severe bone-pain, now here, now there, particularly early on rising, before moving about. *Drawing in the limbs, °also with lacerating and sticking, or cramp-like drawing, or particularly in the ears, jaws, hands, and tibiae.—°Nightly sticking in all the joints.—All the muscles are painful during motion. Painfulness of the whole body. * Bruised pain in the limbs. Ulcerative pain in the whole side of the body on which he is resting, with constant chilliness when uncovering himself ever so little, insufferable thirst, and frequent flushes of heat in the head. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Most of the symptoms of Sil. seem to make their appearance about new moon.—The pains are increased by motion. Skin.—Great irritability and painful sensitiveness of the skin when touching it.—*Itching of the back, scapulae, and thighs. Pitching and biting of the whole body. Eruption over the whole body, resem- bling varicella, accompanied, preceded, and followed by violent itch- ing. Rose-colored blotches in leprous patients. Pain in the ulcer, as if subcutaneous. * Aching pain in the ulcer on the leg. Para- lytic pain. Paroxysms. °Spasms of the arms and lower limbs. SILICEA. 1059 Lacerating in the joints and soles, with jerks in the feet like St. Vitus' dance. Shocks through the whole body. °Jerking of the limbs day and night.—Epileptic fit, at night.—Trembling of all the limbs in the morning, especially of the arms, which feel paralyzed.—Great stiff- ness of the limbs.—Stiffness of the back, and small of the back, after sitting.—Deadness of the hands and feet.—Pinching in the abdomen. Heaviness of the lower limbs. *Great liability to cold.—Heaviness of the upper and lower limbs, as if filled with lead. Weakness of the back, and paralytic feeling iti the lower limbs. Sleep.—*Much yawning. * Great drowsiness. Uneasy sleep, with- out pain.—Frequent waking, with chilliness. of blood to the head at night. Seething of the blood at night; throbbing in all the arteries. °Heat in the head, also with sleepiness, or with vertigo during sleep. He wakes after midnight, with burning in the stomach and inclination to vomit. Dry night-cough, occasioning, even, vomiting, and a sweat as from anguish. Pain in the small of the back, as if bruised, at night. Oppressive headache at night. Ver- tigo with nausea, at night, when dreaming. Exhausting nightly diar- rheea. Great weakness at night, unto fainting. Nightly pain in the small of the back and in the shoulder. He wakes with anguish and a stupefying vertigo. He wakes with a quicker pulse, palpitation of the heart, feeling of heat, eructations, and pressure in the pit of the stomach; afterwards retching, with discharge of bitter mucus. Uneasy sleep and frequent waking with chilliness. °Frightfulfancies before her eyes at night. Restless sleep, with frequent waking and many dreams. dreams and exclamations during sleep. Bad dreams with violent weeping. Fever.—Violent chilliness in the evening. Chilliness at every motion. Dry heat and thirst. Feverish heat, the whole night, with violent thirst and panting breathing. Violent heat and redness of the face, with cold hands and feet.—°Hectic fever, particularly during a long suppuration.—0Worm-fever of scrofulous individuals. °Fever of dentition. °Sweat during moderate walking. Morning-sweat, Night-sweat, especially on the trunk. *Profuse general night-svjeat. °Exhausting sweat. Moral Symptoms.—Desponding and melancholy. °Discourage- ment. Want of cheerfulness.— Weeping mood.—°Anxiousness and ill-humor. *Great tendency to start.—Obstinate. Dissatisfied.— °Yielding.—°Not disposed to work.—°Indifferent and apathetic. Sensorium.—Forgetfulness, want of memory. Great absence of mind. * Difficulty of thinking. 0 Fixed ideas.—Dullness of the head, and bruised feeling of the body.—#Feels as if intoxicated.—Painless 1060 SILICEA. dullness of the head, as if it contained too much blood. Vertigo with retching. Constant violent vertigo. Stupefying vertigo in the morn- ing, or vertigo with inclination to vomit. Violent vertigo in the morning with nausea.—Gloominess and vertigo in the head, Head.—Headache at night. Headache from hunger.—°Headache every morning. °Headache from being heated.—*Headache from the nape of the neck to the vertex. Violent headache, with loss of sense. Weariness of the head,—°Heaviness of the head.—Painful heaviness in the head.—Heat in the Dead with anxiety.—Groaning shaking of the brain.—Headache, with heaviness and uncomfortable- ness in all the limbs.—Sensation as of a heavy load pressing in the forehead, above the eyes. Aching pain in the forehead and eyes, as if a catarrh were approaching.—In the morning, violent aching pain extending down to the eyes; accompanied with violent chilliness, and nausea, and faintness in the afternoon.—Compressive sensation in the brain.—Tension in the eyes and forehead, with faintness of the body.—Headache, as if the brain and eyes would be pushed forward. —Violent headache, as if the skull were pierced by violent stitches. —Disagreeable feeling, as if the head were teeming with living things. Lacerating pain, as if the head would burst. Lacerating-beating headache, with eructations.—Stitches in the temples.—Congestion of blood to the head.—Rush of blood to the head, beating in the sinciput and forehead, with heaviness in the head. Obscuration of the sight after the headache.—Painful sensitiveness of the head, as after violent headache. Pain of the scalp when touching it. Bruised sort of a pain in the top of the head.—°Sweat in the hair in the evening. Itching in the hairy scalp. Itching pimples on the hairy scalp. °Itching humid porrigo.—°Tumor-like elevations. Itching blotches on the head and nape of the head. *Great falling off of the hair when combing the head. Eyes.—Pain in the eyes, in the morning, as if too dry and full of sand. Pressure and smarting in the orbits. Pressure in the eye-lids. —Lacerating and burning in the eyes when closing them and press- ing on the lids.—Burning itching of the eye-lids. or heat in the eyes.—Redness of the whites, with aching pain. °lledness of the eyes with biting in the canthi. Lachrymation and a sort of dark- ness of the eyes. * Agglutination at night, with smarting of the lids. —°Fungus-ha)matodes. ? °Ulcers on the cornea. °Spots and cicatrices.—Twitching of the eye-lids. Flying motes.—°Sparks or black spots before the eyes. *The eyes are dazzled by the light.—• Attacks of photophobia, alternating with inflammation of the whites and lachrymation. Gauze before the eyes. * Things look blurred, SILICEA 1061 letters, SfC. °Obscuration of sight, as if looking through a gray coat °Paroxysms of sudden blindness. ° Far-sightedness. °Paleness of sight in reading. °Cataract and amaurosis. Ear.—Drawing pain, a sort of otalgia, in the meatus-auditorius. *Beating in the ear, -also with concussion of the eyes. °Boring in the ears. °Shooting through the ears. Lacerating in the inner and outer parts of the ear. Scurf behind the ears. Inflamed humid margins of the ears.—Quantity of moist wax in the ear.—Feeling as if the ear were obstructed, °sometimes going off with a report. The hearing is very sensitive. Exceedingly sensitive to noise, even unto starting.—Diminution of hearing, from whizzing in the head. Thundering, roaring, and grumbling in the ear. *Swelling of the parotid gland, with stitching pain. Nose.—°Gnawing in the upper part of the nose, with heaviness on stooping and great sensitiveness to pressure. of the nose, with red tip. and small vesicles around the nasal wings. painful scurf deep in the right side of the nose. °Ulcers in the nose.—°Loss of smell. sneezing. °Chronic obstruc- tion. °Plugs of mucus in the nose. °Troublesome dryness of the nose. Fluent coryza. Violent catarrh. Coryza and cough, with swelling of the submaxillary glands, pain in the throat during deglu- tition, great chilliness. Face.—Pale face. Swelling of the face, and the glands of the lips and glands of the neck, with chilliness and icy-cold feet.—Drawing pain in the malar bone and behind the ear. Eruption in the face. °Chapped skin. °Scirrhous induration in the face and on the upper lip. Eruption on the lips. ° Ulcer on the vermilion border of the lower lip.—°Cancer of the lip. Sponge-like ulcer on the inner side of the lower lip. Burning itching around the mouth, without erup- tion. Swelling of the upper lip and the gums, very painful to the touch. Jaws and Teeth.—Pain of the submaxillary glands when touched, without swelling. Stitches in the submaxillary glands, which are swollen. Swelling of the submaxillary glands, painful when touched, with drawing pain in the glands and sore throat when swallowing, as if swollen internally. °1lard swelling of the submaxillary glands. °Nightly drawing and sticking in the lower jaw.—°Caries and swell- ing of the lower jaw.—*Toothache, especially when eating warm food; and when cold air gets into the mouth. Toothache after a meal. Toothache, with swelling of the bone and periosteum of the lower jaw. —Violent toothache, the whole jaw aches. Tensive toothache. Draio- ing in a hollow tooth, in paroxysms. °Lacerating nain, also with 1062 SILICEA. drawing and jerking, most violent at night. °Digging and boring in the teeth. The teeth are loose and sensitive to pain wrken chewing. —Inflammation of one of the lower molares, with swelling and sore- ness of the gums.—Painful sensitiveness of the gums to cold water Painful inflammatory swelling of the gums. Sore gums. °The gums bleed readily. Mouth.—Constant dryness of the mouth. °Constant mucus in the mouth.—Coated tongue, °also with brown mucus.—Numb tongue. Ulcer on the palate, extending as far as the gums. Elongation of the uvula, with dryness of the throat. Swelling of the uvula. Throat.—Sore throat, with much mucus in the throat.—Sore throat during deglutition. Soreness of the throat, as if from singing. *Stinging sore throat, only when swallowing, the neck being painful when touched. Difficult deglutition. Taste and Appetite.—*Bitter taste in the morning.—°Loss of taste. *Aversion to meat-soup. °Aversion to meat. Canine hunger. #Great thirst with loss of appetite. Thirst with dryness of the throat. *Acidity in the mouth. Continual hunger, and repletion of the sto- mach. Weakness in the stomach. Colic, a sort of writhing in the intestines. Pressure at the stomach, °also followed by water-brash and vomiting. *Eructations and acidity. Pressure at the stomach. Cutting in the epigastrium. Chilliness. Palpitation of the heart with anxiety. *Drowsiness and faintness. Nausea, going off after lying down. °Heartburn. Gastric Symptoms.—Frequent, empty, loud, or *sour eructations, also with burning in the throat. Sour and bitter eructations in the morning, as if from a deranged stomach. Heartburn from the sto- mach. Nausea, as after tasting an emetic. °Nausea after every heat- ing exercise. °Constant nausea, also with vomiting, even at night. °Nausea every morning, also with headache and pain in the eyes on turning them. °Water-brash, also with shuddering.—°Vomiting after every drink. °Vomiting of the ingesta at night. Stomach.—Violent pain in the pit of the stomach, going off by hard pressure on the part. °Painfulness of the pit to pressure.—Load in the stomach like lead. Aching pain, followed by cramp-pain in the stomach. Griping, pinching, and crampy sensation over the stomach and the hypochondria, in frequent paroxysms. Griping and sudden grasping in the stomach.—* Burning in the pit of the stomach. Hypochondria.—Drawing dull pain in both hypochondria. °Hard- ness and distention of the region of the liver. °Throbbing ulcerative pain, increased by contact and walking. Abdomen.—Violent colic. *Colic with constipation. Lacerating 8ILICEA. 1063 in the abdomen. Writhing pain in the abdomen. °Pinching in the hypogastrium, without diarrhoea. Cutting colic, in paroxysms. *Cut- ting in the hypogastrium, without diarrhoea.—*Burning in the bowels.—Aching pain in the abdomen. of the abdomen, as far as the stomach. *IIot, distended abdomen, °also in children. °Pot-belliedness. Violent rumbling in the abdomen. Foetid flatu- lence. Lacerating in the groins in the evening. °Pain of the inguinal hernia. * Inflammation of the inguinal glands, -of the size of peas, painful to the touch. Stool.—Constipation the first days, afterwards very hard stool. *Qpstiveness. Constipation for three days, afterwards stool composed of hard lumps. °Several papescent stools a day. Papescent stool with fragments of mucous membrane, followed by smarting burning at the anus. Frequent desire for stool, passing only mucus, with chilliness of the body and qualmishness in the throat. Stool mixed with bloody mucus. Ascarides with the stool. Jerking, almost dull sticking pain in the rectum. Cutting in the rectum.—Tension in the anus. Burning at the anus. Stinging pain in the varices. Urine.—*Desire to urinate, with scanty emission, -or also with copious emission.—*Micturition almost every night. — Desire to urinate, with smarting in the urethra. Yellow sediment in the urine, looking like gravel. Reddish sandy sediment in the urine. Pres- sure on the bladder when urinating, with subsequent burning. Male Genital Organs.—Itching and red spots on the glands. * Fedness of the prepuce, near the corona, as if excoriated, with fre- quent itching. and humid spots on the scrotum. °Hydrocele. *The sexual desire is very much excited. * Weak and almost extin- guished sexual desire. Increasing sexual desire. Discharge of pros- tatic juice at every stool. Female Genital Organs.—Labor-like feeling in the vagina. Itching of the pudendum. too early.—°Menses too early and too feeble. Retarded menses.—Diminished menses. *Increased menses. °Diarrhoea before the menses. Great costiveness immediately before and during the menses. During the menses, melancholy anguish in the pit of the stomach. Violent burning and soreness of the pudendum, also an eruption on the inner side of the thighs. °Colic.—Immediately after the period, a bloody mucus flows from the nose.—Painful smarting leucorrhoea, especially after taking sour things. Discharge of a quantity of white water from the womb, with violent itching of the pudendum.—°Leucorrhcea during micturition. °Milky leucorrhoea, in paroxysms, preceded by cutting around the umbilicus. Violent motions of the foetus in a pregnant female. °Mis- 1064 silicea. carriage, inflammation and suppuration of the mammae and nipples, induration of the mammae.—°Cancer of the mammae. °The infant refuses the breast and vomits after nursing. Larynx and Trachea.—Rough throat, sometimes with dry and hacking cough. Sore feeling in the larynx. Cough with hoarseness. Cough from titillation in the throat.—Soreness of the chest from the dry and hacking cough. °Suffocative night-cough. °Fatiguing cough, day and night, aggravated by motion, with scanty expectora- tion of mucus.—Cough with vomiting when expectorating. *Exces- sive continual cough, with discharge of a quantity of translucent mucus. * Vomiting of quantities of purulent matter, when coughing. °Ulceration of the lungs. Cough with bloody mucus, also in the morn- ing. Discharge of clear, pure blood towards noon, with deep hollow cough.—When coughing the chest is painful as if bruised. Chest.—Frequent deep and sobbing breathing.—° Arrest of breath- ing: °when lying on the back; °when stooping; °when running; °when coughing.—°Shortness of breath; °when doing some manual labor; °when walking fast.—°Panting when walking fast.—Oppres- sion of the chest. Frequent oppression of the chest and head, with anxiety.—Weakness in the chest. °Pressure in the chest when coughing and sneezing. Aching pain in the sternum, towards the pit of the stomach. °Stitch through the back. Stitches in the side. Stitches in the chest, especially during a deep inspiration. Conges- tion of blood to the chest. Heat in the chest, with chilliness and coldness of the whole body. Burning pain in the chest. Palpita- tion of the heart when sitting still. Oppressive heaviness in the region of the heart. Back.—Violent pain in the small of the back. Lameness in the small of the back. Pressure and tension in the small of the back. °Pain in the small of the back, on touching it. °Spasmodic drawing in the small of the back. *Stiff back, after sitting. Violent lacerat- ing or beating pressure in the back, with chilliness, afterwards dull oppressive headache, with heat in the head. °Lacerating and stick* ing in the back. °Sticking in the loin when sitting and lying. °In- flamed abscess on the psoas muscle. °Swelling and curvature of the vertebree.—Pain between the scapulae, as if the parts would be torn asunder. °Bruised pain in the scapulae. Stitches between the sca- pulae. Tension in the nape of the neck.—Stiffness of the nape of the neck, with headache. *Glandular stcellings in the nape of the neck, °also hard. Itching pimples on the nape of the neck, like nettle- rash. ° Abscess on the nape of the neck. *Swelling of the cervical glands.—Swelling of the thyroid body. SILICEA. 1065 Arms.—Drawing aching pain in the axillary glands. swelling of the axillary glands, °also with suppuration. Pain in the shoulder, a sort of pressure, extending into the hand. Lacerating in the shoulder during motion. °Languor of the arms, with trembling, during slight work. *Lacerating in both arms. Uneasiness and trembling in the arm. Congestion of blood to the arms. Lacerating in the upper arm. Drawing pain in the elbows, apparently in the marrow. °Incipient lameness of the lower arm. °Induration of the cellular tissue of the fore-arm. Lacerating in the wrist-joint, painful when touched, and when moving it. Pain in the wrist-joint, as if sprained. °Stitches from the wrist-joints through the arm, at night. —Cramp-pain and paralytic weakness of the hand. Drawing pain in the hands. Prickling and numbness of the hands. °Ulcer on the hand.—Paralytic drawing in the fingers. °Creeping in the fingers. Lacerating in the fingers. ° Weakness and stiffness of all (the fingers. °The joints are painful when pressing on them.—Sensation as if the tips of the fingers were ulcerated.—Blisters on the fingers, as from heat, with tingling itching.—Frequent panaritia, °also with proud flesh, or even when caries has already set in. Legs.—Itching of the nates. Drawing-jerking pain in the hip- joint. Paralytic weakness of the limbs when rising from a seat, going off when walking. Uneasiness and paralytic weakness in the joints of the upper and lower limbs, when sitting or walking. Heavi- ness of the limbs. °Drawing and rigidity in the left limb. Pain of the femora as if bruised. Drawing in the thighs, extending to the feet. °Pressure, lacerating, and sticking in the thighs. °Itching ulcers, also about the malleolus. °Softening and caries of the bones. —Painful feeling cf stiffness in the knees when walking or standing. Lacerating in the knees when sitting, going off by motion. Weakness of the knees. °Swelling of the knee, also inflammatory, with blue redness, nightly pains, and excessive sensitiveness to ‘contact.— Itching of the legs. °Swelling of the legs. °Ulcers, also with sickly complexion.—*Boils on the calves. °Cramp in the calves, also particularly in the evening after working. °Numbness of the calves.—°Caries of the tibia. Pain as if sprained in the tarsal-joints. °Sticking in the malleolus, particularly on pressing the foot to the floor. Burning feet. #Swelling of the feet. Swelling of the feet, with redness, Foetid siyeat ofthefeet.—*Cadaverous smell of the feet. Lacerating in the heel.—Soreness of the soles, especially near the toes. cPainful hard bunions.—Itching suppurating scurf on the frozen toes. °Ulcerative pain of the big toe, also with stinging pain. 1066 80LANUM.—SPIGELIA. 246.—SOLANUM. SOL. LYC.-—Tomato.—See “Archiv,” XVII. a. LYCOPERSICON. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Frequent waking and tossing about at night, the limbs on which he is lying feel paralyzed. Head.—Stupid feeling in the head. Heaviness and dullness of the head. Pressure in the malar bone. Dry coryza. b. MAMMOSUM. SOL. MAM.—Night-Shade.—See “Archiv,” XIII. SYMPTOMS.—Inability to think coherently.—Hawks up blood- streaked piucus from the larynx.—Uneasiness.—Great weariness and disposition to sleep. SOL. NIGR.—See “Journal de Chimie Med.”—Hirtz, of Strassburg, 1843. c. NIGRUM. SYMPTOMS.—Complete cessation of the mental functions.— Ver- tigo.—Horrible headache. The face is congested with blood. Red, bloated face. • Confused and anxious expression of countenance.— Open, humid, glistening eyes.—Extreme dilatation of both pupils.— Alternate contraction and dilatation of the pupils,—Mistiness before the eyes.—Loathing, vomiting of the ingesta. Frequent vomiting, first of mucus, afterwards of a bluish or gray-blackisli fluid. Tenes- mus of the anus.—Difficulty of breathing.—Hot skin, though covered with sweat. Frequent sweats over the whole body. Excessive thirst. Small, frequent pulse. Quick, irregular pulse.—Red, scarlet spots on the whole skin.—Convulsions and spasms. Tetanic rigidity of the whole body. Trismus. Coma, alternating with convulsions and moaning. Great restlessness.—General violent convulsive restless- ness. Tremor. Violent subsultus-tendinum. Moaning, as in hy- drocephalus. 247.—SPIGELIA. SPIG.—Spigelia Anthelmia.—See Hahnemann's “Materia Medica Pura,” V. Compare with—Acorn., Aur., Bar., Bov., Chin., Dig., Euphr., Hyos., Lach., Lauroc., Lyc., Magn.-nmr., Merc., Mosc., Natr.-mur., Nux-v., Petrol., Phosph. Puls., Sabad., Sabin., Sib, Spong., Stram., Tarax., Vcrat. Antidotes.—Aur., Cainph.—Spig. antidotes Merc. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Bruised all over. Pain as if sprained SFIGrELIA 1067 or bruised in the shoulder-joint. Trembling of the lower, and then of the upper limbs.—The whole body is very sensitive to the touch. —All his limbs are affected, especially when walking ; his spine feels bruised. °Arthritic lancinating laceration.—Great heaviness in the upper and lower limbs.—He is very sensitive to cool air. Great lassitude of body and mind, especially after standing.—Convulsions. Characteristic Peculiarities.—All the symptoms are worse in the afternoon. Sleep.—Yawning, without drowsiness. Constant restlessness in all his limbs at night, llestless sleep, frequently disturbed, full of anxious, frightful dreams. Stupefied sleep.—Confused dreams. Fever.—Violent chilliness over the arms and shoulders. Violent chilliness through all the limbs. Chilliness in the afternoon, fol- lowed by heat and thirst. Fever: chilliness in the evening, with cold hands and distended abdomen, without thirst. Alternate chilli- ness and heat the whole day, with redness of face. Chills every morning after rising. Chilliness of the ivhole body, without thirst. Slight chilliness in the back, towards the abdomen, as far as the urn- bilical region. Thrill of cold shuddering over the whole body. Cold hands, hot face, no thirst. Alternation of heat and chilliness.—Pulse feeble and irregular, at times quick, at others slow. Moral Symptoms.—Sadness : attended with great anxiety. Sad- ness, with ill-humor and redness of the face. Taciturn. Vexed and sensitive. Cheerfulness, alternating with palpitation of the heart and anxious oppression of the chest. Sensorium.—Weakness of memory, forgetfulness, also with indo- lence of the mind.—Painful dullness of the head. Dullness of the head, with pressure through the forehead. Wild and confused feel- ing in the head. Painful gloominess in the forehead and temples. Constant stupid feeling of the head, rendering any kind of mental labor difficult. Vertigo to falling. Head.—Headache from shaking the head, with vertigo or heavi- ness. Pain in the forehead. °Periodical typical headache. ? Ag- gravation of the headache in the open air.—Heaviness of the head, with pain when shaking it.—Pressure in the head', worse on stooping. Pressure in the temples.—Tension in the head.—Violent lacerating in the head, forehead, occiput, and temples.—Boring in the forehead. —Shaking and swashing sensation in the brain when walking.— Heat in the head.—Sensitiveness of the scalp to the touch, and par- ticularly when moving it. Ulcerative pain on the vertex. Pain as if bruised at the occiput.—Aching bony swelling at the temple, near the orbit, with painful soreness when touched.—Burning on the temples,, 1068 SPtGELIA. Eyes.—Nervous pains in the eyes. * Pains in and above the eyes, ©also particularly deep in the orbits. *Pain of the eye-balls, during motion, as if too large. °The pains in the eyes are aggravated by moving the eyes and facial muscles.—*Intolerable pressure in both eyes, worse when turning them. Pressure in both eyes, as if from sand. —*Sticking in the right eye, particularly during motion. sticking, -with depression of the upper lid. °Sticking with boring, penetrating to the interior of the head, sometimes attended with a maddening pain .— Tingling in the eyes.—°Arthritic ophthalmia.? ° Rheumatic ophthalmia. ? °Corneitis. *Inflammation of the margins of the lids, with ulceration, -and smarting soreness. *Inflammation of the whites, -also with turgescence of the vessels, or early in the morning, with heaviness of the lids and inability to open them.— *The eyes look dim and faint. Distortion of the eyes. *Great inclination to wink.—*The upper lids hang down as if paralyzed.— °Great sensitiveness of the eyes to the light.—Vanishing of sight when looking at anything. 'Indistinctness of sight, as if the eyes were full of water. Scintillation. Long-sightedness. °Flashes before the eyes. Transient amaurosis. °Cataract. ? Ears.—Pain in the ear like otalgia. Darting pain in the ear, ex- tending to the eye and lower jaw. Burning of the ears.—Painful sensitiveness of the hearing to sound.—Stoppage of the ears. °Perio- dical deafness. ?—Humming before the ears, also with undulating pulsations in the ears. Ringing in both ears, with feeling of ob- struction. Nose.—°Biting in the nose.—Herpetic eruption, around and in the nostril, with sore feeling to the touch.—Stoppage of the nose. °Fluent coryza after the least cold. Face.—*Pale disfiguredface, with yellow margins around the eyes. °The cheeks and lips are at times pale, at others dark-red.—Puffiness of the face.—°Typical, nervous prosopalgia. °Prosopalgia on one side of the face, with anguish about the heart and great uneasiness. °Violent pains in the face, not allowing the least contact or motion, with shining swelling of the affected side. #Pressure in the malar bon,es. *Darting lacerating, or lacerating with pressure, -particularly in the right malar bone. *Burning in the malar bones, -particularly the right. Tension and burning in the lips. Jaws and Teeth.—Tensive pain in the articulation of the jaw.— °Toothache, with prosopalgia, pale, bloated face, yellow margins around the eyes, palpitation of the heart, chilliness, and restlessness. —* Darting pain through all the teeth, most violent in a decayed tooth. *Painful jerks in a decayed tooth, -from the crown to the SPIGELIA. 1069 root, *aggravated by cold water, -or by the contact of air. Throbbing lacerating. Mouth.—Stinging dryness in the mouth. Burning vesicles in the mouth. Painfulness of the back part of the tongue, as if swollen, par- ticularly when chewing.—Burning pain of the palate. Throat.—Pressing stitches in the region of the larynx. Appetite, Taste, Gastric Symptoms.—Flat, putrid taste.—No appetite. *Canine hunger, also with nausea °and thirst.—Sour eructations, reaching the tongue.—Nausea, as after long fasting. °Nausea before breakfast. Desire to vomit. Stomach.—Pressure in the pit of the stomach, as from a lump. Pressure in the stomach.—° Great sensitiveness of the pit of the stomach, the least contact or pressure of the clothes excites great an- guish, with heat and redness of the face, and sensation in the chest as if something were lacerating loose. Abdomen.—Painful pressure in the abdomen. Violent pinching in the abdomen. Pinching stitch in the abdomen. Sharp stitches in the abdominal cavity. Lacerating drawing through the abdomen.— Slight burning in the abdomen.—Cutting and sticking in the region of the abdominal ring. Stool.—Long, ineffectual desire for stool in the abdomen. Spas- modic pushing and pressing in the rectum. Frequent desire, without being able to pass anything. Stool, the first portion of which is hard, the second loose. Crawling in the rectum and anus, as from ascarides. Itching of the anus. Dull pressure in the rectum, between the stools. Urine.—Watery urine. Urine with whitish sediment. Burning stitch in the urethra, with desire to urinate. Genital Organs.—One-half of the glans is swollen. Discharge of prostatic fluid. Twitchings in the scrotum. Larynx.—Catarrh, a sort of catarrhal fever. Dry, violent, hollow cough, occasioned by an irritation deep in the trachea, especially when stooping. Sort of suffocative cough. Chest.—°Shortness of breath, particularly when talking, with anxiety, redness of the cheeks and lips. °Dyspncea, during motion in bed. °Danger of suffocation, when making the least motion or raising the arms. °Sudden suffocative attacks, with anxiety and palpitation of the heart. °Spasms of the lungs, in affections of the heart.—Pain in the chest, at intervals.—Strong painful oppression in the middle of the chest. Pressure $nd drawing in the chest when standing.—Lace• rating, with constriction of the muscles of the chest, when standing. Cutting constriction of the chest, xoith anguish.—Lacerating, urith constriction of the chest.—3 Spasmodic sensation in the chest, as if 1070 SPIGELIA. proceeding from the pit of the stomach, with arrest of breathing.— Violent pain in the upper part of the left chest, resembling a pain as if sprained. Sticking in the chest, contracting it. Tensive stitch in the chest and abdomen. Tensive drawing stitch in the region of the true ribs. Continuous tensive stitch in the chest, more violent during an inspiration and expiration. Stitch in the chest, from with- in outwards. Quick painful darting in the front part of the chest, as from an electric spark. Darting pains in the outer parts of the upper portions of the chest, below the axilla. Dull stitches in the region where the heats of the heart are felt. Dull, oppressive sticking in the heart. Unusually strong beating of the heart ; he frequently hears the heating; the heating could he seen externally through the clothes. Palpitation of the heart and anxious oppression of the chest. Palpita- tion of the heart, early in the morning after rising, when sitting, with anxious oppression of the chest; the heart seems to be in a tremulous motion. The palpitation of the heart increases by sitting down, and by bending the chest forward. The anguish increases during a deep inspiration, and when arresting the breathing; he has then palpita- tion of the heart and oppression ; the heart beats more violently, and he feels the pulsations of the heart when laying his hand on the pit of the stomach. The part above the place where this heating is felt feels as if 'painfully oppressed by a load. Back.—Stitches in the small of the back, worse during an expira- tion and inspiration.—Twitchings in the dorsal and intercostal muscles. Stitches in the back, opposite the heart. Painful pricking in the upper dorsal vertebrae. Bruised sensation in the spine, even during rest.—Feeling of lameness in the nape of the neck, without hindering motion. Painful sensation in the nape of the neck, as if gone to sleep.—Bed-pimples on the neck, sore to the touch. Arms.—Itching in both axillae, especially the left. Pain as if sprained in the shoulder-joint. Trembling of the upper limbs. Cut- ting drawing across the deltoid muscle. Pressure, with lacerating in the middle and the external surface of the upper arm, more violent when touched.—Aching above the wrist-joint, during rest. Violent lancinating pains above the wrist-joint. Drawing pain through the metacarpal bones.—Cold hands, with clammy sweat, especially in the palms. Involuntary drawing in the tendons of either hand. Lace- rating pain in the joints of the thumb. Legs.—Creeping in the calves. Drawing in the legs, from above downward, with a feeling of warmth. Heaviness of the lower limbs Great lassitude of the lower limbs, especially the thighs. Bruising pain in the groin. Itching in the skin Continual corrosive polling SPONGIA TOSTA. 1071 of both thighs. Lacerating, with pressure, in the outer parts of the thigh. Lacerating pain, as if sprained, in the knee-joint, only when walking. Compressive pain in the knees, mingled with drawing and striking. The knee is painful when touching it, as if bruised. Bruising pain in the interior of the knee-joint, when bending the knee.—Short-lasting feeling of heaviness in the leg, when sitting.— Creeping in the calves. Sticking in the calf, accompanied with jerk- ing and pulsations in the patellce, when the knees are stretched. Smarting drawing in the tarsal-joint, with a feeling of soreness.— Darting lacerating in the dorsum of the foot. 248.—SPONGIA TOSTA. SPONG.—See Hahnemann’s “ Materia Medica Pura,” IV. Compare with—Aeon., Bros., Hep.-s., Jod., Phosph.—After Spong. is frequently suitable: Hep.-s. Antidote.—Camphor- GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—The lower half of the body feels numb. —Weariness in the whole body, especially the arms.—Extreme re- laxation of the body and mind.—Bruised feeling in the upper and outer parts of the body. Skin.—An itching eruption, together with red, itching spots. Itch- ing over the whole body, as when sweat breaks out. Painful stitches in several parts of the body. Sleep.—Great weariness and disposition to sleep. Sleepiness, with yawning.—Sleep disturbed with dreams. Sleeplessness.—Sad dreams. Fatiguing dreams. Fever.—Cold hands. Cold feeling in the lower limbs.—Coldness, paleness, and sweat in the face, with heat of the whole body. Stretch- ing of the upper and lower limbs. Shuddering and chilliness over the whole body. Fever, early in the morning he has pain in the head and abdomen, followed by violent chills, with cold bluish hands and some thirst: afterwards, when lying down, a dry, burning heat, with some thirst and a good deal of uneasy slumber; during the night, when waking and moving about, a nausea and vertigo.—In- creased temperature of the whole body, with thirst. Flushes of heat in the face and blood, with irritation of the nerves.—Pulse full and quick. Moral Symptoms.—Paroxysms of anxiety, with heat, pain in the pit of the stomach, weeping. Headache, loss of appetite, drowsiness, lassitude all over, ill-humor.—Taciturn and dissatisfied, or indolent. 1072 spongia tosta. Sensorium and Head.—Weakness of the head, and a dullness which unfits him for any kind of mental labor, accompanied with a feeling of weariness through the whole body. The head feels dull and stupid. Vertigo in the head. Heaviness and fullness of the head, increased by stooping.—Dartings in the forehead, increased when walking.—Increased rush of blood to the head, with heat on the forehead and throbbing of the carotids.—Gnawing pain on the top of the head, externally. Eyes.—Pressure below the eye-lids.—The eyes are sunk deep.— The eyes look dull and the eye-lids are swollen.—Itching of the lids. —Redness of the whites of the eyes. Suppuration of the eyes. Con- siderable lachrymation. Ears.—Pressure and pushing in the ears. Otalgia, a contractive pain.—Ringing in the ears. Hardness of hearing. Nose.—Lacerating in the nose.—Eruption on the tip of the nose, and on the lips.—Violent bleeding.—Tensive contraction over the root.—Dry coryza. Fluent coryza. Face.—Pale face. Eyes sunk. °Blueness or redness, with puffi- ness of the face, also with expression of anxiety.—Swelling of the cheek.—Eruptions on the lips. Pain of the chin, on touching it, as from subcutaneous ulceration. Jaws and Teeth. — Painfulness of the lower jaw to the touch. Glandular swellings, also tensive and painful to the touch, impeding the motion of the neck.—Itching in all the teeth.—The gums are swollen and painful when chewing. Mouth and Throat.— Vesicles on the border of the tongue.— Faint speech.—Stinging in the throat.—Burning in the larynx, then in the ears. Appetite and Gastric Symptoms.—*Bitter taste. Violent hun- ger.—Empty eructations. °Eructations, with cutting and lacerating in the stomach.—Sour regurgitations. Repeated hiccough. Bitter eructations. Disposition to vomit, without vomiting. Stomach.—Aching pain in the region of the stomach. Sensation of internal coldness in the pit of the stomach, with fullness in that region Abdomen.—Stitches in the region of the liver.—Spasms in the abdomen. Colic, pinching in the whole abdomen.—Cutting in the epigastrium, after a meal. Violent colic after breakfast.—Tensive pain in the epigastrium.—Digging-up sticking in the abdomen.— Strangulating sensation deep in the abdomen. Pain in the inguinal ring, as in inguinal hernia. Glandular swelling in the groin, with tensive pain when walking. Qualmish feeling in the abdomen, accompanied with frequent liquid stools. SPONGIA TOSTA. 1073 Stool.—*ILard stool.—White diarrhoea.—Bruising pain in the re gion of the anus, almost like soreness. Tenesmus in the anus, during stool, as if diarrhoea would set in.—Tensive pain from the middle of the abdomen to the anus.—Ascaride3. UJUNE.—Frequent micturition.—Inability to retain the urine.— Thin stream. The urine deposits a thick, grayish-white sediment. Male Genital Organs. — Itching burning of the scrotum.— Squeezing, strangulating pain in the testes.—Aching * swelling of the testes. °Orchitis. Swollen painful spermatic cord. Female Genital Organs.—Pain in the back, afterwards palpita- tion of the heart, previous to the menses.—Drawing in the upper and lower limbs during the menses. Larynx.—* Hoarseness, cough, and coryza, very violent. Scraping, burning, and constriction of the larynx. Dryness in the region of the larynx, increased by hawking. Difficult respiration, as if the throat were closed with a plug, and as if the air could not pass. Hollow *cough, with expectoration, day and night. Painful pressure below the short ribs when coughing. Hawking of mucus. Pain in the chest and trachea when coughing, with roughness in the throat. *Constant cough from a deep spot in the chest, where he feels a pain as if that part of the chest had become sore and bleeding from the cough. Dry cough. *Dry cough, day and night, with a burning in the chest, as if some hot substance were in the chest; the cough diminishes after eating and drinking. Chest.—Violent asthma. Slow, deep breathing. Hurried, pant- ing breathing. Weak after every exertion. Boring stitch in the intercostal muscles. Fleet, painful stitches in the side of the chest. Pressure in the chest, sometimes accompanied with stitches in motion and rest. Sudden pain in the muscles of the chest and back. Back.—Violent stitch in the small of the back. °Drawing lace- rating and sticking in the small of the back.—Aching in the small of the back, only when walking. Fine lacerating in the region of the os-sacrum. Pressing sensation in the spinal marrow. Pain as if the cervical glands near the larynx and trachea were swelling. Several glandular swellings below the lower jaw, impeding the mo- tion of the neck. Stiffness of the neck, when turning it and when stooping. Aching pain in the region of the larynx while singing Painful cramp in the cervical muscles. Arms.—Jactitation of the muscles around the shoulder-joint.-— Sticking drawing through the upper arm. Stitches in the elbow- joint, when moving it. Drawing pain in the lower arms. Heaviness 1074 SQUILLA MARITIMA. in the fore-arms. Trembling of the fore-arms and hands. Violent drawing in the wrist-joint. Swelling of the hands. Begs.—Pain in the internal part of the thigh, aching posteriorly. Sticking pain, with pressure, over the knee. Heaviness in the knee- joints, perceptible when walking. Weariness in the knees when walking. Lacerating in the tibia. Great uneasiness in both legs. Lacerating in the malleoli. 249.—SQUILLA (SCILLA) MARITIMA. SQUILL.—See Hahnemann’s “ Mat. Med. Pura,” V. Compare with—Bry., Dros., Hyos., Iod., Mur.-ac., Natr.-mur., Nux.-v., Puls., Rhubarb., Rhus-tox., Stneg., Spong. Antidote.—Camphor. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Soreness between the limbs. Con- tinued, dull, rheumatic pains in the whole body, abating during rest and increasing during motion.—Weariness.—Feeling of heaviness in the whole body, as if weary.—The whole body becomes languid, especially when' taking a long walk.—Uneasiness in the upper and lower limbs.—Violent pains in the limbs.—Spasmodic movements. Convulsions. Skin.—Burning and itching of the skin. Small red spots on the hands, feet, chest, and the whole of the body, assuming the appear- ance of itch-like pimples. Cold gangrene.—Irritates the scirrhous tumors. Scirrhous tumors, accompanied by fever and inflammation, are apt to become cancerous by using Squills. Sleep.—Frequent yawning, without drowsiness. Stretching of the upper limbs, with yawning. Languor and drowsiness after dinner. Hestless sleep. Debility early in the morning, after waking and rising, especially in the region of the hips. Confused feeling and heaviness in the head. Sleep full of dreams. Fever.—Heat and redness in the face. Heat in the head, with cold feet. Small hard pulse. Icy-cold hands and feet, the rest of the body being warm. Chilliness and, shortly after, heat over the whole body. Feeling of heat in the whole body, without thirst or sweat. Moral Symptoms.—Not disposed to think, desponding. Whining mood. Sensorium and Head.—The head feels cloudy and dizzy. Vertigo, with nausea. Crampy pain in the sides of the head. Contractive pain in both temples.—Dull, humming headache, early in the morn- ing after rising.—Extreme heaviness in the whole head. Aching squilla (scilla) maritima. 1075 drawing pain in the forehead. Lacerating headache. — Digging-up pain in the forehead. Painful sensitiveness of the top of the head and internal stupefaction, early in the morning. Eyes.—Contraction of the pupils. Dilatation of the pupils.—Fine burning in the outer canthi. Violent lacerating in both eyes. Turn- ing sensation before the eyes, with obscuration of sight. Ears and Nose.—Sore feeling about the margins of the nostrils. —Acrid nasal mucus.—Frequent sneezing. Coryza, with ulceration of the nostrils. Profuse coryza, with dim, faint, watery eyes. Face, Jaws, and Teeth.—Distorted, rigid features, large eyes, and staring look, with redness of the cheeks, no thirst. °Dark redness during the heat, followed by paleness.—Corrosive itching of the forehead and chin. °Cracked lips, with brown crusts.—°Black lips. °Blaek teeth.—Pain in the submaxillary glands. Mouth.—Mouth feels viscid and slimy. °Mouth open and dry.— Vesicles on the tongue.—Burning in the palate and throat. Scrap- ing burning in the palate, resembling heartburn. Appetite and Gastric Symptoms.—Complete loss of appetite. Canine hunger. Empty risings.—Short eructations. Sour eructa- tions. Nausea and eructations. Desire to vomit in the region of the stomach. °Constant nausea during the morning cough. Constant alternation of a desire to vomit in the pit of the stomach and indi- cation of diarrhoea in the abdomen. Excessive efforts to vomit.— Violent nausea.—Vomiting. Stomach and Abdomen.—Weakness of the stomach.—Deranges the digestive power of the stomach. Painful crampy sensation in the pit of the stomach. Cardialgia.—Pressure at the stomach, as from a stone. Excessive pain in the stomach. Inflammation of the bowels. Drawing pain in the abdomen. Lacerating through the abdomen, below the umbilicus. Acute pain between the umbilicus and the pubic region. Cutting-pinching in the abdomen. °Ascites. Stool.—Hard, scanty faeces. Papescent stool, without colic. Discharge of a quantity of brown, loose, slimy, foetid faeces. °Black diarrhoea. Bloody stools. Itching of the anus. Urine.—Tenesmus of the bladder after micturition.—Great desire to urinate, with scanty emission. Constant, but ineffectual desire to emit urine. Great desire to urinate. urine, with red sediment, °also hot and dark urine. Sanguinolent urine.—* Urinates at night. °Diabetes. Genital Organs.—Anxious dull stitches in the glans.—Compres- sive pain in the testicles.—Haemorrhage from the uterus. Larynx.—Slight irritation in the pit of the throat, inducing cough. 1076 STANNUM. Cough in the morning, with profuse mucous expectoration. cough early in the morning, with stitches in the side at every turn of cough, with expectoration. °Cough from drinking cold water. °Cough at every inspiration, evening and night. *Cough, vrith ex- pectoration. Constant expectoration of mucus. °Cough, with bloody expectoration. Dry, violent cough, occasioning a racking pain in the abdomen, and dryness in the throat. Cough, even to retching. Coughing, talking, or performing the least exercise excites an intolerable feeling of heat, without any heat being perceptible externally. Headache and stoppage of breathing during cough. °Pressure on the bladder during cough, and spurting out of the urine. Chest.—Heavy, slow expirations and inspirations. Dyspnoea, with frequent quick breathing and anxiety as long as the asthma lasted. Dyspnoea and sticking in the chest. Oppression across the chest, as if it were too tight. kind of pleurisy. * Stitches in the left side. Repeated stitches in the sides.—Drawing pain in the chest. •—°The pains in the chest are worse towards morning.—°Congestion of blood to the chest.—°Pneumonia and pleurisy. Hack.—lied pimples on the back. Stinging itching about the throat and jaws. Drawing and squeezing about the cervical muscles Stiffness in the nape of the neck. Arms.—Convulsive jerking of the arm. Painless jerkings and jactitations in the muscles of the upper arm. Darting pain in the wrist-joints. Stitch-like drawing pain from the wrist-joint into the fingers. Legs.—Convulsive jerking of the upper and lower limbs, when sitting. The thighs feel bruised. Weariness of the thighs.—Prick- ings in both thighs. Drawing pain in the muscles of both thighs.— Drawing pain in the leg.—Sweat of the toes. 250.—STANNUM. STANN.—Tin.—See Hahnemann’s “ Mat. Med. Pur.,” V. Compare with—Am.-carb. and mur., Arg.-met. and nitr., Calc.-c., Cann., Caust., Chin., Dulc., Fer., Ign., Puls., Seneg., Sil., Zinc. Antidote.—Puls. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Stitching pinching, alternately, in various parts of the body.—Heaviness in all the limbs, languid feel- ing in the chest, and more or less violent fits of anxiety. Bruised pa-in in the limbs, and especially above the small of the back. Extreme STANNUM. 1077 relaxation of body and mind.—Loss of strength, as if his lower limbs had been crushed.—Excessive heaviness.—Great weariness, with constant inclination to sit. Trembling and unsteady in the whole body and limbs.—Faint and drowsy. °Exhausted from talking.— °Sweats easily when walking during the languor. °Nervousness.— intolerable uneasiness in the whole body.—°Hysteric spasms.— °Eclampsia of children during dentition. °Epilepsy, with clench- ing of thumbs, pale face, loss of consciousness.—°Emaciation.— Consumption. Characteristic Peculiarities.—Many pains, especially the draw- ing pains with pressure, commence lightly, increase gradually and to a very high degree, and decrease again as slowly. The symptoms seem to disappear when walking, they return immediately when at rest; the lassitude is greatest when walking. Skin.—Itching burning pricking over the whole body.—Itching eruption over the whole body. Sleep.— Stretching of the arms and legs. A good deal of yawn- ing, when walking in the open air.—Drowsiness. Uneasiness in the whole body. Anxious dreams. Confused, vivid dreams. Drowsy and dizzy in the morning. Fever.—Shuddering. Slight feeling of coldness and moderate shuddering, with goose-flesh on the arms and continued chattering of the teeth.—Chilliness over the whole body. °Chilliness over the back, in the evening, or only about the head, with thirst. Quickly- passing chilliness along the back.—Great heat in the head, with hot forehead, sometimes with redness of the face, accompanied with a general, but slight heat of the whole body. Violent heat over the whole body, especially the chest and back. °Burning heat in the limbs and particularly on the hands.—* Profuse sweat, for two nights, exhausting.—#Hectic fever. ?—°Worm fever. ?—°Pulse quick and small. Moral Symptoms.—Sad, hypochondriac mood.—Indescribable an- guish and melancholy. * Want of disposition to talk. * Discourage- ment.—Restlessness. Dullness of mind, paleness and dimness of sight. Dissatisfaction. Ill-humor. Sensorium.—Dizziness of the whole head.—Dullness of the head, as if catarrh would set in, with sneezing. Heaviness and dullness of the head, worse in the evening.—Stupefying vertigo. Head.—Headache, almost every morning, with want of appetite, nausea, and ill-humor.—Pressure in the forehead, temple, and vertex, diminishing by external pressure. Pressure in the forehead. Stu- pefying aching pain in the brain -over the eye-brows. Dizzy pres 1078 STANNUM. sure through the whole head. Pain, the whole day, as if the temple* would he crushed. Pain as if the forehead would be crushed. Bor- ing in the occipital bones, with intensely painful heaviness.—Draw- ing through the forehead and vertex, with a sensation of pressure. Pressure with lacerating in the forehead.—Pulsative stitching in the temple, with heat in the head, chilliness in the body, with slumber and loss of sense.—Beating pain in the temples.—Painful sensation, when shaking the head, as if the brain were loose.—Humming in the head.—Sense as of faintness in the head, and sleepiness.—Pain, as from subcutaneous ulceration, in the outer parts of the head. Eyes. — Pressure in the eyes. — Sudden, intensely painful, dull shocks on the outer side of the upper border of the orbit.—Burning in the eyes.—Nightly agglutination of the eye-lids, and weakness of the eyes in the daytime.—Contraction of the eye-lids, with red- ness of the whites, and burning sensation.—Jerkings in the eyes.— Faint, dim, sunken eyes. Ears.—Dragging pain in the outer ear.—Pressure in the outer part of the mastoid process.—Boring pain in the right ear, with cold feet.—Sensation in the ear as if blood were rushing through it. Nose.—Violent bleeding of the nose. Left nostril is closed, swollen, red, painful to the touch. Face.—* Face pale and sunken, °also with sunken eyes.—Flushes of heat in the face.—Stupefying pain in the face, especially in the forehead.—Contractive pain in the bones of the face and teeth of the right side.—Burning-itching stinging in the pialar bones. Pain and swelling of the upper jaw.—Itching pimples in the face. Jaws and Teeth.—Painful swelling of the submaxillary glands. * The teeth feel elongated. Jerking pain in all the teeth.—*Looseness of the teeth. Mouth.—Yellowish mucus on the tongue. Foetid odor from the mouth and throat.—°Bed tongue. Throat.—Sore throat, as if swollen, with feeling of dryness and a drawing tensive pain.—Cutting in the pharynx, as with knives, when swallowing.—Feeling of dryness and stinging in the throat. Scrapr- ing below the pit of the throat, internally. Scraping in the throat. Taste and Appetite.—Bitter-sour taste.—Sweetish rising in the throat.—Great appetite and hunger.—Increased thirst. Gastric Symptoms.—°Great weakness of digestion.—Frequent hiccough. — Frequent empty eructations. Sour eructations, with subsequent roughness of the throat.—Nausea and bitterness in the mouth. Nausea after a meal.—Retching in the evening, followed by eour, and afterwards bitter taste in the mouth. Retching, with sen- STANNUM. 1079 sation as of deranged stomach.—Bitter bilious vomiting after eating soup. Sour vomiting. Vomiting of undigested food, after violent retching. *Hcematemcsis. Stomach.—Pressure and crowded sensation in the pit of the sto- mach. Tensive pressure in the pit. Dull hard pressure under the last cartilages of the ribs.—Cutting around the stomach.—Spasmodic griping in the stomach and around the umbilicus, with constant nausea, and with anxious rising to the pit of the stomach.—°Ghronic cardialgia, with bitter eructations, feeling of hunger, and diarrhoea. °Cardialgia, with nausea and sickly complexion. Abdomen.—Quickly-passing burning below the diaphragm. °Hys- teric and hypochondriac spasms in the region of the diaphragm and abdomen.—°Stinging in the region of the spleen. Simple pain in the hypochondria, followed by dull shocks.—Sudden painful jerking in both sides below the true ribs.—°Stingiug in the region of the liver. Pressure in the region of the liver.—Pain in the abdomen, extending into the stomach and in both sides below the ribs. Draw- ing pressure in various parts of the abdomen.— Tensive pain in the abdomen, towards the small of the back, most violent when stoop- ing.—Painful distention of the abdomen, with painful sensitiveness of the abdominal integuments to the touch. Bloatedness of the abdo- men. Pinching cutting in the umbilical region, almost the whole day. Pinching in the umbilical region, as from a cold. Painful digging-up in the umbilical region.—Sore feeling in the whole abdo- men, worse when touched. Smarting pain in the abdomen. Pain of the abdomen, when touched, as from subcutaneous ulceration, with arrest of breathing.—Dull stitches in the region of the kidneys, from without inward. Stinging pain in the hypogastrium.—Burning pain in the abdomen.—Feeling of emptiness in the abdomen, without hunger.—Pressure in the inguinal glands, with swelling in that region. Stool.—Retention of stool.—Frequent desire for stool.—Unsuc- cessful desire for stool.—Dry stool, in lumps. Dry stool, of large size, with violent cutting pains. Frequent and continuous desire, as if diar- rhoea would' set in. Greenish, scanty stool.—Burning pain in the region of the liver after stool. Dull pressure in the rectum after stool. Discharge of mucus after stool.—Aching pain in the rectum. Soreness and smarting at the anus, with fine stinging. Urine.—Retention of urine. desire to urinate, with copious emission. After micturition, intensely-painful pressure in the neck of the bladder and along the urethra.—Burning in the fore part of the urethra, especially when urinating. 1080 STANNUM. Male Genital Organs.—Burning in the interior of the genital organs.—Burning pain in the glans, and shortly after desire to urinate. —Pricking sensation in the glans. Female Genital Organs.—Prolapsus-vagina.—The menses are more profuse than usual.—Pain in the region of the malar bone previous to the menses, when touching it. of transparent mucus from the vagina. °Ccssation of the leucorrhoeal discharge. °Yello#wish leucorrhoea. Leucorrhcea with great loss of strength. Larynx and Trachea.—* Rough throat. * Hoarseness ; weakness and emptiness in the chest. °Chronic catarrh, with roughness, weak- ness of the chest, dyspnoea, and cough, with expectoration. °Mucus in the trachea, in the forenoon. Accumulation of mucus in the chest, with rattling breathing.—Titillating creeping in the throat.—Irrita- tion in the trachea, during an inspiration.—Short cough from time to time, as if from weakness of the chest, with hoarse, weak sound.— Exhausting fits of cough, which occasioned a bruised sort of pain in the pit of the stomach. *Dry concussing cough. °Cough excited by reading, talking, or singing. °Cough from lying on the right side. °Cough from titillation in the chest.—Oppression of the chest when coughing.—Scraping in the throat, *with greenish expectoration of a disagreeable sweetish taste, hoarse speech; #after every cough, sore feeling in the chest and trachea. Violent cough, with expectora- tion and spitting of blood. * Yellow expectoration from the trachea, having a putrid taste. °Expectoration having a putrid taste. °Mucous phthisis. °Consumptive cough. Chest.—Fit of asthma, short breathing, and anguish.—° Asthma at night, when lying on the back, and from exercise in the daytime. Asthma and want of breathing, when going up-stairs or performing the least motion. 0Asthma, as if the clothes were too tight.—Wheez- ing and rattling in the chest.—*Oppressive weight in the upper part of the chest. Oppression of the chest, as if something were rising into the throat arresting the breathing. Short troublesome breath- ing, from weakness of the respiratory organs, with great emptiness of the chest.—Pressure deep in the chest, as from a load.—*Constric- turn of the chest, in the evening, with anguish. °Tension across the chest. Stitches in the chest and shoulder-joint when taking breath. Sharp, piercing prickings on the clavicle. Frequent cuttings through the chest, from the elbow upward. Aching in the whole chcs-t, especially above the pit of the stomach, worse during an inspiration. —Bruised pain in the chest, when at rest and in motion. * Sore pain in the whole chest, commencing in the throat. °Feeling of weakness in the chest, as if deprived of its contents, particularly after expecto- STANNUM. 1081 rating or talking.—Digging-up pain in the chest, and thence descend- ing into the abdomen, exciting a desire for stool. Back.—Violent creeping in the small of the back. Burning pres- sure in the small of the back. Stitching pinching in the hack, in the region of the false ribs. Violent lacerating in the lumbar vertebrce. Fine pricking through the back, from within outward.—Drawing pres- sure in the spine, below and between the scapula, more violent during motion, especially when turning the body. Slow, intermittent, dull stitches between the scapulae, more violent during motion, especially when turning the body. Slow, intermittent, dull stitches between the scapulae. Neck.—Itching prickings in the nape of the neck. Drawing in the nape of the neck. Pain in the nape of the neck when bending the head forward. Weakness of the muscles of the nape of the neck. Arms.—Compressive sensation in the shoulder. Paralytic lacerat ing in and below the shoulder-joint, more violent during motion Paralytic pain, as if sprained, close below the shoulder-joint, only when at rest. Weariness in the arms and legs.—Pain in the arm-joints as if sprained. — Arms and fingers are almost entirely immovable. Paralytic weakness and oppressive heaviness of the arms, aggravated by every motion, and sometimes with want of breath.—Transitory drawing from the elbow towards the upper arm. Lacerating, with pressure in both upper arms, in paroxysms. Tension and sore feel- ing in the tip of the elbow. Pain, as if sprained, in the wrist-joint. Jerking lacerating in the hand, proceeding from the fingers. Lace- rating with pressure, at intervals, in the metacarpal and carpal bones. Weakness and trembling of the hands. *S'welling of the hands, in the evening. Burning itching in the dorsum of the hand. Small, red, painless spots on the dorsa of both hands. Chilblains on the hand.—Lacerating, with pressure in the posterior joints of the fingers. Cramp in the fingers. Pricking in the tips of all the fingers.—Pain ful hang-nails. Legs.—Violent pain in the muscles around the hip-joint, when rais ing the thigh. Drawing in the hip. Pain as if sprained close below the hip-joint, in the thigh, only when walking. Uneasiness in the limbs.—Paralytic heaviness and weakness in the limbs, especially in the thighs and knee-joints. Painful weariness of the lower limbs when standing. Bruised pain of the lower limbs.—Itching pricking in the upper and inner side of the thigh. Pulsative dull pressure in the middle of the inner side of the thigh. Pain, as if sprained, in the thigh, below the hip-joint, when walking. Sudden stiffness of the knee. Drawing lacerating in the bone, from the knee to the middle 1082 STAPHYSAGRIA. of the thigh. Languor in the knee-joint, with drowsiness. Bruised pain in the bends of the knees and in the calves. Cold knees and feet.—Drawing lacerating in the bg. Violent cramp in the calf, almost the whole night. Pulsative pressure in the tibia. Small swelling on the tibia, with a red point on it. Disagreeable heat in the feet, which can scarcely be felt by the hand. Violent burning in the feet and hands. Reddish swelling of the feet, especially around the ankles. °Sudden swelling around the ankles, in the evening. Creeping in the feet, as after a long walk. 251.—STAPHYSAGRIA. STAPH.—Delphinium Staphis Agria, L.—See Hahnemann’s “ Materia Medics Pura,” Vol. IV. Compare with—Ambr., Arn., Con., Ign., Lye., Merc., Nux-v., Phosph.-ao., Phosph., Puls., Ruta, Thuj., Verat. Antidotes.—Camph.—It is used as an antidote against Merc, and Thuj. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—°Scorbutic affections.—°Scrofulous and rickety affections. °Artliritic nodosities of joints. ? °Chronio mercurial ailments. °Ailments from chagrin, with indignation, also from care and grief. °Hysteric and hypochondriac ailments. °Onan- ism. ? °Hemiplegia, after chagrin. Dr caving lacerating pain here and there in the muscles of the whole body, when sitting. Pain in the joints when moving. Paralytic drawing in different parts of-the body, especially the joints. All his limbs ache. Pain in all the bones. The whole body feels painful, as if bruised, with feeling of lassitude, worse during motion. Debilitated all over, especially in the joints, ivhen walking. Skin.—Itching, sharp stitches in different parts of the body. Prick- ings, resembling flea-bites, in the lower limbs. Stinging burning here and there in the skin. °Chronic rash, or with nocturnal con- vulsions. Itch-like eruptions. °Herpetic eruptions. °Dry crusty herpes. °Cut wounds. — boils. — °Mercurial ulcers.? °Carious and scorbutic ulcers. ? °Indurated glandular swellings. °Affection of bones. °Swel"lings. inflammations. °Caries. ? Sleep.—Violent yawning. Great drowsiness. Wakefulness early in the morning, followed by drowsiness and a chilly shuddering over the back. Tossing about during sleep. Yivid, disagreeable dreams. Restless dreams. Amorous dreams and emissions of semen. Fever.—Coldness in the evening. Shuddering the whole night, without thirst and without subsequent heat. Internal shuddering, STAPlIYSAORIA. 1083 with violent thirst. Shuddering, with drowsiness and dryness of th« mouth. Chill, shaking the whole body, with warm forehead, hot cheeks, and cold hands, without subsequent heat and thirst. °Even- ing-fever, consisting of the cold stage merely. °Tertian, with scor- butic symptoms. °Inability to sweat, even when taking the most violent exercise, with pale face and headache. °Cold sweat on the forehead, hands, and feet.—Profuse night-sweat. night-sweats. Moral, Symptoms.—Sadness, with ill-humor. *Great desire to iveep. * Great indifference. Indifference, with phlegmatic mood and mental relaxation. Great anxiety, with fearfulness. Ill-humor. °Great sensiveness. Quarrelsome. Sexsorium.—Dullness of the mind. Vanishing of the ideas. Great weakness of memory. Dullness of the head, alternating with great clearness. Constant dullness of the head, with oppression of the mind. Vertigo, only in the room, as if stupefied. Vertigo on stooping and turning the head rapidly. Head.—Heaviness of the head. Alternation of stupefying and boring headache. Lacerating in the outer parts of the head and in the teeth. Itching of the hairy scalp. Itching crusty eruption of the hairy scalp. Itching pimples in the nape of the neck. Pain in the vertex, a sort of contraction and compression from all sides. Op- pressive, stupefying headache. Pain in the head when stooping. Headache, as if the brain were compressed. Hard pressure in the head, in the region of the temporal bone, and of the vertex. Aching pain in the left temple. Drawing pressure in the forehead. Dull, painful, sometimes sticking pressure from within outward. Sharp pressure on the top of the head. Lacerating in the forehead. Sticking headache, the whole day. Dull pinching headache in the forehead, with stitches in the region of the temples. Pulsative. Headache during motion. Drawing-cutting lacerating in the side of the forehead. Corrosive itching of the whole of the occiput. Itching gnawing of the hairy scalp. Fine burning pricking of the scalp, liheumatie drawing, with pressure. Painful drawing in several outer parts of the head, more violent when touched. °A number of itching scabs on the hairy scalp.—#Scabs on the hairy scalp, itching violently. *Humid scabs, also with bad smell. - Eyes.—Pressure in the eye. Contractive sensation in the upper eye-lid. Aching pain in the upper part of the eye-ball. Dim-sighted- ness, as if the eyes were full of wrater, with itching and stinging in the inner can thus. Smarting pain in the inner canthi. Dry gum in the inner canthus, constantly.—Sensation in the eyes as if sleepy. 1084 STAPHYSAGRIA. Itching of the margins of the eye-lids. Inflammation of the white of the eye, with pain.—Pimples around the inflamed eye. °Inflamma- tion of the lids. °Spasmodic closing of the lids.—Contraction of the pupils. Dilatation of the pupils. Dull stitches in the eyes, when exerting them. Sticking shocks in the eye-ball, as if it would burst. Deep., hollow eyes, ivith blue elevated ?nargins. Illusion of sight. Ears.—Dull, but deep stitches in the interior ear. Tensive stitch in the left ear. °Hard hearing, from swelling of the tonsils. Nose.— Smarting and soreness in the nostril, as if ulcerated. Sore- ness of the inner nose, with scurf in the lower part.—Frequent sneez- ing, with or without catarrh.—*Stoppage of the nose. of the posterior nares, with nasal twang.—Coryza with cough. °Coryza, with ulcerated nostrils. Fluent coryza, with alternate discharge of watery fluid and thick mucus, with titillation in the nose. Sudden coryza, with catarrhal speech. Face.—Hollow eyes, with wcary-looiking, pointed countenance. Blue margins around the deeply-sunken eyes, as after excesses. °The face becomes brown and blue, from indignation and chagrin.—°Ner- vous prosopalgia. * Pressure and beating, extending from the teeth to the eyes. Ulcerative pain of the left cheek, when yawning. Drawing in the malar bones. Lacerating and pulling through the cheek, from the head to the teeth. °Inflammatory pains of the malar bones. ?— Itching of the cheeks. Burning prickings in the face and the rest of the body. Pimples on the cheeks, forehead, and in the corners of the mouth. Tensive pain, of the facial eruption.—Sensation in the lip as from fine cuts, as if it had become cracked. Jaws and Teeth.—The submaxillary glands are painful, as if swollen and contused. Swellings of the tonsils and submaxillary glands. The toothache is excited by drawing air into the mouth. Painful traction in the teeth, from time to time, followed by beating in the gums. Drawing toothache, with pressure in the anterior teeth. Violent drawing toothache, with swelling of the cheeks. Violent lace- rating in the roots of the teeth. Painful drawing in the gums of the molar teeth and in their roots. When eating he feels a lacerating in the gums and in the roots of the loiver molar teeth. Toothache when eating. Lacerating toothache, *immediately after eating and chew- ing, and after taking a cold drink. When drinking anything cold her teeth become painfully affected, like hollow teeth. The teeth begin to grumblo, even when chewing. Burning swelling of the gums, with heat rn the cheek. The gums are painful to the touch. The gums become pale and white. The teeth blacken rapidly. The gums become corroded. STAPHYSAGRIA. 1085 Mouth and Pharynx.—Yesicles in the mouth. Ulcers. °Pain- ful adventitious growths on the inner cheek. Ptyalism. Bloody saliva. Mouth constantly filled with water. Tongue coated white. Sticking pain in the border of the tongue. Dry feeling on the tongue, accumulation of sourish water in the mouth. Rough throat, as if sore. Dry feeling of the throat, especially in the evening. Swelling of the sublingual gland. Burning scraping in the palate, between and during deglutition. °Swelling of the tonsils from abuse of Mer- cury. Taste, Appetite, and Gastric Symptoms.—Flat, qualmish taste in the mouth. Nasty, bitter taste in the mouth. *Extreme canine hunger, even when the stomach was full of food. ° Canine hunger, with water-brash. °Desires only liquid things. °Great desire for wine; °for tobacco. Scraping eructations, affecting the larynx. Hiccough after every meal. Nausea, with desire to vomit, every morning. Desire to vomit. Sensation as if the stomach were hang- ing down relaxed. Sensation as if one would vomit, in the morning Tasteless eructations. Frequent hiccough accompanied with nausea and stupefaction of the head. ‘ roMACH* * Pressure in the stomach, early in the morning. Pres- sure in the stomach, with tension, excited and aggravated by eating. Pressure in the pit of the stomach, writh fullness and sticking. Dig- ging-up pain in the stomach. Abdomen.—Tension across the epigastrium and in the hypochondria. Crampy pressure below the sternum. Fleeting painful pressure under the last ribs. Contraction in the hypochondriac region, oppressing the chest and breathing. The abdomen feels compressed, which op- presses the breathing. Drawing pain through the abdomen. Rum- bling and cutting in the abdomen. Continued sticking pain in the abdomen. Cutting in the bowels, especially after a meal, with nausea. Spasmodic cutting in the abdomen, with trembling of the knees. Cutting in the abdomen, before stool. Hard painful pres- sure below the umbilicus. Continuous dull stitch in the region around the navel. Bruising pain above the hips, in the loins, extending below the umbilicus. Bruised pain in the abdomen. Itching prick- ings in the umbilical region. Rumbling in the abdomen, and draw- ing in the intestinal canal. Violent screwingpinching pain in the tvhole of the abdomen. Tremulous sensation in the abdomen, and in- dication for diarrhoea. °Pot-belliedness of children.—*Swelling of the inguinal glands. °Inguinal hernia from mechanical causes. Stool.—Cutting colic and nausea, early in the morning, followed by diarrhoea. Colic, with diarrhoeic stool, the last portion of which 1086 STAPHYSAGRIA. mere mucus. Diarrhoea and flatulence.—Dysenteric stools, with tenesmus and cutting. Costiveness. Hard, scanty stool, with a burn- ing-cutting pain in the anus. Loose, but difficult stool, owing to a constriction of the anus, as in haemorrhoids. Frequent desire for stool, without colic. Cutting in the abdomen, with violent desire for stool. Continuous aching pain in the rectum, when sitting. Urine.—Copious red urine. #Frequent emission of a watery urine, ai first. * Frequent desire to urinate, passing a small quantity of dark-colored urine. °Painful micturition. Smarting and burning tingling at the orifice of the urethra. Burning deep in the urethra. Genital Giigans.—Nocturnal emissions, accompanied with lasci- vious dreams. Drawing (lacerating) with pressure in the testicle. Female Genital Organs.—Spasmodic pains in the pudendum and the vagina. Stinging itching of the pudendum. °Ovaritis.? Cancer of the womb. ? Larynx and Trachea.—°Pressure and contraction in the pit of the throat. ° Roughness of the larynx, after much talking. Tenacicrui mucus in the chest. #Cough, with titillation. Cough, with expecto- ration mixed with drops of blood, preceded by a scraping sensation in the chest.—* Cough, with yellow expectoration like pus. Ulcerative pain behind the sternum, when coughing. Dry and hollow cough. Sharp irritation in the larynx, with desire to cough. Chest.—*Contractive oppression of the chest, causing slow and difficult inspirations. Pressure above the pit of the stomach, like soreness, with nausea in that region.—Oppression of the chest and feeling of uneasiness. °Spasm of the diaphragm after chagrin. Dull stitches in the intercostal muscles. Soreness behind the sternum. Palpitation of the heart. Tremulous palpitation of the heart during slight exercise. Violent palpitation of the heart. Constant pain in the middle of the sternum, as if ulcerated. Bruising pain in the muscles of the chest. Pain of the outer parts of the chest to the touch. Bash on the chest. Herpetic eruption in the region of the lower ribs. Back.—Stitches and pain as if sprained in the small of the back, during rest. Drawing-down pain in the small of the back, more when stooping than when standing erect. Pressing in the small of tho back the whole night, as if bruised. Violent burning in the lower and outer parts of the os-sacrum. Drawing pressure in the first dorsal vertebrae, accompanied with a smarting sensation. °Abscess in the psoas muscle. °Curvature of the spine. ? Pressure and tension in the muscles of the nape of the neck and shoulder. Early in the morning, rheumatic pain in the nape of the neck. °Glandular swell- STRAMONIUM. 1087 ings. ? Heayiness of the head and weakness of the cervical muscles. Tensive pressure in the side of the neck. Drawing-aching rheumatic pain in the side of the neck. Arms.—Dull aching pain in the axilla. Slight pressure on the shoulder, painful to the touch. Dull sticking pain in the region of the shoulder-joint, more violent when touching or moving the joint. Violent aching pain in the shoulder-joint. Drawing, with pressure, in the shoulder-joints Lacerating pain in the upper arm. Paralytic pain in the outer parts of the upper arm, ntore violent during motion and contact. Drawing, with pressure, here and there, in the upper limbs, more violent when touched. Pain in the region of the bones of the arm, only during motion. Drawing-lacerating pain in the fore- arm. Paralytic weakness around the elbow-joint. Drawing, with pressure, in the muscles of the fore-arm and on the dorsum of the hand. Drawing pressure in the wrist, especially during motion. Drawing pain through the metacarpal bones in the dorsum of the hand, especially during motion. Paralytic drawing-pain in the phalangeal joints, more violent during motion. °Arthritic nodosities of the finger-joints. ? Cramp in the fingers and in several parts of the limbs. Legs.—Stinging itching of the glutei muscles and several parts of the body. Aching pain around the hip-joint when walking and sit- ting. °Coxagra with threatening suppuration.?? Sore pain in the upper and internal surface of the thigh. Herpes on the thighs and legs. Paralytic pain, like drawing, in the middle of the thigh. Itch- ing stinging in the internal sides of the thighs. Weakness of the thighs and legs. Pain in the thighs when ivalking. Dull stitches in the region of the knee-joint, near the patella. Burning itching pimples on the leg. Boring stitch in the right tibia, during rest. Drawing, with pressure, in the outer part of the tibia, when sitting. Painless swelling of the dorsa of both feet. Burning painful itching in the toes, as if frozen. 252.—STRAMONIUM. STRAM.—Datura Stramonium, Thorn Apple, Stink-Weed.—See Hahnemann’a “Materia Medica Pura,” IV. Compare with—Aeon., Bell., Bry., Camph., Canth., Cham., Coco., Hell., Hyos., Ign., Merc., Nux-v., Op., Plumb., Tabac., Vcrat., Zinc. Antidotes.—Vegetable acids and Lemon-juice, Vinegar, Nux-v., Op., Tabao.—« Stram. antidotes Merc, and Plumb. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.—Suppression of all the secretions — 1088 STRAMONIUM. Extreme irritability. Fainting, with great dryness in the mouth. Heaviness of the limbs. Immobility.—*Loss of voluntary motion, and loss of the senses. #Stiffness of the whole body. *Paralyzed limbs °after apoplexy. ? Paralysis of several parts of the body. °Epileptic convulsions, also with weeping. °Spasms after fright.— °Spasms from mercurial vapors. ? °Spasms of children. °Chorea St. Viti.—°Tonic spasms of children. Continual cramp in the hands and feet. * Violent motion of the limbs. Convulsions. Frightful convulsions at the sight of a candle, mirror, or of water. The convul sions and the delirium were especially excited by contact; they were followed by weakness. #Spasmodic movements. Skin.—Eruption. Blisters on the skin. Itching eruption. Chest and back are covered with a red rash, pale in tire morning, redder and more frequent in the afternoon. Tingling in all the limbs. °Measles with delirium. °Anasarca after scarlatina, with typhoid fever. ? °Copper color of the skin of the knee.—Redness hos., puls., rhus-t., sen., squil., stib., sulph. neglected, carelessly treated. Bry., carb.-v., led., lyc., puls. from violent exercise. Canth. with bronchitis. Caps., phos. neglected, with badly-smelling discharge, threatening gan- grene. Carb.-v., chin., hyos. with incipient hepatization. Ars., iod., phos. typhoid. Chin., hyos., laur., phos.-ac., phos, puls., rhus-t. —— mismanaged by depletion. Chin. —— with formation of abscess. Chin., ars., mere. — with dry and fatiguing night- cough, and predominant ty- phus symptoms. Hyos, phos. —— from measles, catarrh, chlorosis, or suppression of the menses, Puls. Pneumonia, erysipelatous form of typhoid. Bhus-t. witli hepatization or tuberculous, Sulph. Portal System, derangement o£ Asa-f., chel., laur., nux-v. congestion of. Carb.-v., nux-v. Porrigo. Bry., calc., ars., sulph., zinc., caus., nit.-ac. in children, with inflammation of the eyes and parotitis. Bell. Podagra. Alum., ars., asp., lyc., nit.- ac. Prostration, exhaustion of the vital powers. Ars., chin., nux-v., sulph.-ac. from disease, medicine, or old age. Chin. in acute diseases, with rapid sinking of the vital forces. Ars., mur.-ac., phos.-ac. from loss of animal fluids, exces- sive night-sweats, and diar- rhoea. Mur.-ac., phos.-ac. Prespyopia in the aged. Con., hyos., natr.-c. Pregnancy, affections of. Cham., ars., nux-v., calc., puls., sep. after-pains. Arn., chain., coff., nux-v., puls., sabin. morning nausea. Ars., bor., nux-v., puls., ip. preceded by burning. Ars. with vomiting. Ars., cast., kreas., nux-v., sep. gastrodynia of. Ars., puls. labor-pains, absence of. Ars., puls., sec.-c. diseases of, especially when combined with moral symp- toms, toothache, gastralgia, and colic. Bell., nux-v., puls., sep. colic of. Bry., nux-v., puls. spasmodic labor-like pains. Bry., nux-v., puls., soc.-c. heartburn in. Caps., calc. false labor-pains. Cham., nux- v., plat, puls., sab., sec.-c. abdominal sufferings of. Cham., nux-v., puls convulsions of Chin., hyos., ign., op. metrorrhagia in. Coc., ip., puls., sabin., sec.-c. frequent urinating in. Coc., puls CLINICAL INDEX. 1193 Pregnancy, diarrhoea of. Hyos., rheum. haemorrhage after delivery of the placenta. Ij., sec.-c. nausea of. Lyc., mag.-m., nux- v., ip., sep. premature labor-pains. Nux-v., puls., sec.-c. Prosopalgia. Actea-spic.,acon., aur., art., bar., bell., calc., caps., eaus., coloc., con., fer., kal.- chlor.jkalm., laur., nux-v., spig., stan., stram., sulph., verb., zinc. with lacerating and burning pains. Ars., coloc., stib., bell. inflammatory. Bell., bry., coloc., stib. with nightly aggravation, chilli- ness, and scanty menstruation. Caus., coloc. nervous. Chin., stram., zinc. fothergillii. Phos., stram., stan., spig. rheumatic. Chin., stib. of pregnancy. Nux-v., sep. Psoitis. Aeon., bell., bry., nux-v. Psoriasis. Bry., calc.,clem., graph., lyc., caus. Ptyalism. Bell., colch., lyc., mur.-ac. mercurial. Camph., nit.-ac., sulph. Purpura haemorrhagica. Ars., lyc., mag.-car. senilis, threatening gangrene. Ars. Prurigo. Alum., am.-c., cim., coc., graph., merc.-s. Rachitis. Caus.,fer., nitr.-ac., sulph. Rash. Led., stib. chronic. Ars., clem. of children. Cham. of pregnant women. Cham., con. nettle. Con., hep., art., aeon. feverish. Dulc. scarlet.' Rhus-t. Hectum, polypus of. Am.-m., nux-v. stricture of. Am.-m., ars., bar.- m., bell. hsemorrboidal obstruction of. Am., fer., sep. fissure of. Bell. • torpidity of, after dysentery. Cinch.-s. — ■ blenorrhcea from vagina and. Coff. Rectum, haemorrhoidal flnx, from, Fer., lyc., nux-v., sulph. prolapsus of. Fer., ign., lyc., mur.-ac., podoph., sulph. paralysis of the sphincter-ani. Hyos. hypertrophy of. Hyos. stenosis of. Mur.-ac. varices of anus and Phos. Respiration, inflammatory affections of the organs of. Bry. Retinitis. Bell. Rhagades. Merc.-s. chronic. Hep., lyc. of the joints. Lyc. of the hands and fingers. Merc.- s., petrol. Rheumatism. Actea-rac., arn., ant., aur., aeon., bell., herb., benz.- ac., bov., bruc., bry., calc., chin., coc., carb -v., caust., cham., colch., coloc, cupr., dapli., dulc., fer., ign., kal.- bich., nitr.-ac., kreas., lach., laur., lyc., mang, merc.-sol., natr.-carb., ol.-jec., nux-v., phos., puls., rhod., rhus-r., rhus-t., sang., tarax. characterized by torpor. Am.-c. excretions and indurations from- Am -in., bry., merc.-s. with paralytic conditions. Ang., ant., rhod., rhus-r. acute. Ant., ars., bry., cham., chin, coloc., ign., lach., rhod., rhus-r., rhus-t. with drawing lacerating pain Cham., rhod., rhus-r. chronic. Ant, ars., chin., ign., lach., rhod., rhus-r. of the joints. Arg., bry., chin., coc., cupr., dulc., mang., merc.- s., puls., rhod., rhus-r. with eysipelatous swelling. Arn., bry., rhus-r. mercurial. Ars., colch., podoph., rhod. obstinate. Arum., chin., rhod. and gout. Asa-f., art., mang, merc.-s., rhod. gastric fever and. Asa-f., bry with increased sensibility Bry., rhus-r. and arthritic conditions, with inflammatory fever of the part. Bell., merc.-s., rhod. 1194 CLINICAL INDEX. Rheumatism, with erratic pains. Bell. of the neck. Bell., chin., merc.-s. nux-v., puls., rhod., rhus-r. back and loins. Bell., bry., chin., cinch -s., merc.-s., nux-v., puls., rhod, rhus-r. fever, with catarrhal and gastric complication, lacerating pain in the whole body, hot reddened skin, and increase of pain on movement or touching the part. Bry., merc.-s., nux-v., rhod. * aggravated by movement, and with a tendency to constipation. Bry., cupr., in the cheeks. Bry., chin. chest, of the. Bry., nux-v., rhus-r. lumbago. Bry., podoph., rhod., rkns-r. of the spinal marrow. Calc. without fever, painful, aggra- vated by movement or contact. Chin., rhod. fever, with tendency to periodi- cal type. Chin. of the dorsal muscles. Chin., rhod. articular. Chin., rhod.. rhus-r. with constipation. Cinch.-s. with colic. of the intestinal canal. Coloc. of the joints and sudden attacks of anguish. Cupr., led., puls., rhod. fever, with stupefying and burn- ing headache, constipation, sleeplessness, lancinating pain. Dulc. —— with stiffness of the body and swelling of the joints. Dulc., rhus-r. and irritation of the intestinal canal. Dulc. ■ sciatic. Elat. with vertigo, lancinating in the brain, paralysis of the arms, heat, hard stool with tenes- mus, nausea, and restlessness. ISn- — i. with arthritic affection of the joints, more violent at night, aggravated by warmth or motion, with aching or sting- ing pain. Lod., rhod., rhus-r. Rheumatism, with sensitiveness to the air. Nux-v. with atrophy of the limbs. Puls. of the upper limbs. Rhus-r. of the lower limbs. Rhus-r. Scarlatina. Adeps, bell., aeon., am.-c., carb.-v., dulc., hyos., iod., kreas, mere.-s., nitr.-ac., phos.-ac., rhus.-t., sang., sulph. maligna. Ars., kreas. miliaris. Ars., bar., bell., cham., con., ip., rhus-t. with incipient sphacelus in the fauces and vomiting. Ars. laevigata et miliaris, especially with subsequent hydrocephalu s or with swelling of the parotid glands. Bell. frightfulness, convulsions, and vomiting, consequent on sup- pression of eruption. Bell., bry. secondary affection of. Bry. miliaris, when parotitis sets in during desquamation, or the rectum is affected, followed by diarrhoea, tenesmus, and strangury. Con. with scarlet rash. Dulc. during the eruptive stage, with spasms of the trachea and lungs. Ip. with inflammation of the mouth and fauces, and suppurations of the tonsils. Merc.-s. typhoid with stupor, angina and involuntary diarrhoea. Phos.- ac., sulph. with stupor and vomiting. Sulph. Sarcoma. Calc., caus. Salivation. Bor. Scabies. Ran.-b., sep. vesicular. Calc., carb.-v., clem., stib. miliaris, sicca or humida. Carb.- v. papulous, pustulous. Caus., stib. Schirrhus affections. Con., kal., carb., kreas., dig., iod. and carcinoma. Con. of the testes. Con. of the uterus. Con., nitr.-ao. of the mammae, heart, and stomach. Ars., con. Scrofulous affections. Asa-f., aur., con., dapb., bry., cal, caus., CLINICAL INDEX. 1195 chin., inez., hep, merc.-s., morc.- iod., nat.-car., ol.-jee., nux-v., sulph. Scrofula, cutaneous. Asa-f., caus., carb-v.. hep., merc.-s. —— osseous, characterized by inflam- mation. swelling, softening, curvature, and caries of the bones. Asa-f., lyc., mere., nit - ac. - glands, of the. Bell., clem., con., mez., merc.-s. —— rachitis. Bell., lyc. ——— when the periosteum and the bones are inflamed. Bell., merc.-s. ulcers. Bell., inerc.-s., nit.-ae., sulph. swellings. Carb.-v., con.,mer.-s. and venereal buboes. Carb.-a., dulc., merc.-s. caries. Chin., phos., sep., iod. Sciatica. Aeon., kal.-bichr. Scotopsia. Bell. Scrophulosis. Am.-c., ars., aur., dulc., fer., petr., mag.-car., lyc., mag.-mur., merc.-s., mur.- ac., nitr.-ac., phos., puls., sulph. bubo, with. Ars. atrophy, with. Bar. Scurvy. Am.-c., ars., arum, chin., kreas., merc.-s., staph. Sea Sickness. Ars., petrol. Senilis. Ars. purpura. Camp. echymosis. Con. gangrena. Ars., kreas. . marasmus. Bar. Sexual Organs. Ars. diseases of. Berb., petrol., rhod. inflammation and swelling of. Ars., bell., camp., merc.- s., rhod. - scrotum and prepuce, oedema of. Ars., hell., merc.-s., -- — particularly the testicles and spermatic chord, especially when of an erysipelatous cha- racter. Bell., rhod. — — weakness of. Calc., coff., mur.-ac. — — herpes of, without syphilitic taint. Hep., merc.-s. —— — eruptions of. Merc.-s. Sexual Organs, itching herpes on the scrotum. Petrol. warts on the. Thuj. Sight, dimness of. Mosc., phos. blindness in the daytime. Phos. Sleeplessness. Bell., chin., coff., daph., kreas., lac., lam., laur., mur.-ac., op., nux-v., phos.-ac., puls. as a symptom of internal inflam- mation, organic diseases of the chest and abdomen, or as a precursor of delirium, of local inflammation, or the evolution of a typhoid state. Bell. nightly, with restlessness. Cin., coif. nervous. Coff., mosc. from mental excitement. Nux-v. Singultus. Bry., colch., laur., nux- v., puls., stram. spasticus. Bell. Somnolence. Croc., laur., mosc., op., puls. Somnambulism. Phos. Spleen, affections of. Bry., laur., mag.-mur. chronic. Fer. congestion of. Asa-f., chin. inflammation of. Berb., laur., lye.. pain in the region of. Bry. induration of. Chin., laur. enlargement of. Chin., fer., laur. Sprains. Agn., am.-m., con., phos., rhus-r. Spine, diseases of. Agn., chin.-s., lact., sulpli. concussion of. Arn. spinal system of nerves, inflam- mation of. Ars., nux-v. marrow, chronic affections of. Ars., chin.-s., sil., sulph. algia and neurosis of. Ars. ramollisement of. Ars., nux- v., sil. with paralysis of the extremi- ties. Ars. ■ inflammation of. Bell., bism., laur., nux-v., sil. affections of. Coc., laur., sil., sulph. spina ventosa, and caries of the spongy extremities of the bone. »Jod., lyc., sil. 1196 CLINICAL INDEX. Spine, irritation of, with paralysis of the extremities. Lact., laur., nux-v., sil. ■ irritation of spinal and ganglio- nic system. Nux-v., plum., sil. Strabismus. Alum., bell., verat. Strangury. Asp., cann., canth., colch., con., iod., lyc., merc.-s. haemorrhoidalis. Asp., nux-v. Sterility. Calc., cann.,' coff., con., merc.-s. Stomach, affections of. Berb., ars., bism., bor., kreas., laur., lyc., merc.-s., nux-v., puls., sep., sulph., verat. spasms of. Am.-caust., ars., bism., calc., caps., carb.-a., carb.-v., caus., cham., coc., coff., con., daph., kal.-nitr., lyc., nux-v. • derangement of, in intermittent and remittent fever. Am.-m., ant., nux-v., sep. • cancerous tendency of. Ars., kreas., lyc., sulph. —— inflammation and gangrene of. Ant., canth., nux-v. ■ - - chronic affection of. Arg.-nitr., lyc., mag.-m., nux-v., sep., sulph. oppression of. Ars., nux-v., puls., sep., sulph., verat. and intestinal canal, inflammation of Bism., canth., nux-v. —— acidity of. Calc., carb.-v. - — spasm of‘ with nausea, sour bitter vomiting, oppression of the chest, palpitation of the heart, costiveness, blind hae- morrhoids. Calc., nux-v., puls. —— softening of. Caps., fer., sec.-c. ■ griping in the. Carb.-a., coc., merc.-s., nux-v., pbos., puls. • prepuce in the, with headache. Caus., coc., nux-v., phos., puls., sep. —— inflammation of the mucous membrane of. Phos., kal.-bi., merc.-s., nux-v. ■ ■■■■ aching, cramping, and burning pain in the. Ars., merc.-s., nux-v., phos., sep. — venous congestion of. Merc.-s., puls., sep. Struma. Lyc., spong., staph. Stupor. Laur., mosc., op. Sthenosis. Am.-m. Stomacace, scorbutica. Carb.-v., chin., iod., merc.-s., nitr.-ac. gangrenosa. Ars., carb.-v., chin., sil. Sycosis. Calc., clem., kal.-hyd., staph., thuj. excrescences. Thuj. Swelling, white, of the knee. Ars., cim., iod., kal.-hyd., lyc. inflammation of synovial mem- brane. Ars., stib., iod. Sweats, exhausting. Carb.-v., merc.- s., puls., mur.-ac., stan. morning. Carb.-a., petrol., phos., puls., sep., stan. night. Acet.-acid, petrol., puls., stan. Syphilis. Ars., jatr., iod., kal.-hyd., lach., lyc., merc.-s., merc.-jod., merc.-viv., merc.-prse.-rub., nitr.-ac., phytol., rhus.-t., thuj. secundaria. Ant., ars., aur., hep., lyc., merc.-s., merc.-prse.- rub., nitr.-ac. cutaneous. Ars., kal.-hyd., merc.-s., merc.-prse.-rub. chancres, with symptoms of gangrene. Ars., iod., mere, prse.-rub. ulcers, venereal, mercurial, of the hones. Asa-f., kal.-hyd. rliagades. Aur., lyc., mere.* prsecip.-ruh., thuj. ulcers of the fauces and tongue. Aur., kal.-hyd., lach., merc.-s., merc.-prse.-rub., thuj. with tendency to hypertrophy. Iod. cutaneous eruptions, tertiary ana quartenary. Kal.-hyd. affection of the bones, with bono pains, carious or fistulous ul- cers. Kal.-hyd., merc.-prsecip.- rub. general ulcers of. Kal.-hyd merc.-jod., merc.-viv. of the throat. Lyc., mere.-prse- cip.-rub. herpes in the mouth and fauces. Lyc., phytol. ulcers of the sexual organa. Merc.-s. tertiary. Merc.-s. CLINICAL INDEX. 1197 Syphilis, chancres. Phytol. itching, smarting, and stinging eruptions after taking Mercury. Nitr.-ac., thuj. with hydrargyrosis. Nitr.-ac. bubo. Nitr.-ac. Tabes, meseraica. Aur., iod., sulph. dorsalis. Chin.-s., coc., natr.- carb. mercurialis. Iod. Tahantism. Bell. Tetters. Alum., carb.-a.,hep., kal.- carb., merc.-s. • humid, on the head. Hep. Testicles, atrophy of. Ant. swelling of. Arn., aur., chin., clem., merc.-s., merc.-v., nux- v., phytol., puls., spong. tabes of. Caps. induration of. Clem., graph. fungus of. Con. inflammation of. Nux-v., puls. • pain in the. Phos.-ac., puls. Tetanus. Am.-c., ang. Tinea, favosa. Ars., graph. with swelling of the neck. Ars. hereditary. Ars. humida. Ars., graph. capitis. Acet.-acid, ars., graph., hell., lyc., olea., petrol., rhus- t., sil., staph. — furfuracea. Mez. ——— faciei. Dulc. Teeth, pain in the. Aur., canth., mag.-car., bov., bor,, bell., calc., carb.-v., merc.-s., merc.- v., laur., lyc., mur.-ac., mang., nitr.-ac., nux-v., phos., puls., sabin., sep., spig., staph., sulph., verat. passing into suppuration. Canth., carb.-a., mang., sulph. gangrenous decay of. Ars. rush of blood to the head from. Aur., mez., nux-v. pain, congestive, of. Bell., chin., mez., merc.-s., merc.-v., nux-v., sep. —— — rheumatic, inflammatory. Bry., caus., merc.-s., nux-v., puls., rhus-t. —— chronic looseness of. Carb.-v. ■— pain nervous, of. Caus., cim., chin , coff. —— — arthritic . Caus., rhus- t., nux-v. Teeth, pain, chronic throbbing, espe- cially after cold. Caus., nux-v., puls. violent, affecting the face and all the teeth. Caus., merc'-s., nux-v., puls., sabin. chronic, from suppressed eruption. Sulph. from cold. Cham., graph., hyos., nux-v., puls., rhod., rhus-t. rheumatic, of the side, with violent nightly exacerbation, swelling of the gums, cheeks, and glands. Cham., merc.-s., nitr.-ac., nux-v., puls. lancinating, beginning in ca- rious teeth, and extending to all. Cham., mez., merc.-s., merc.-v., mur.-ac., puls. rheumatic. Chin., merc.-s., nitr.-ac., puls., rhod. throbbing, increased by the least contact. Chin., coloc., euph., nux-v., puls., sabin., sep. arthritic. Colch., eye., rhod. caries of. Mez. beating, with inflammation of the face. Euph., merc.-s., nux-v. congestive, from suppression of hemorrhoids. Graph., hyos. with swelling, salivation and ulceration of the gums. Graph., merc.-s., merc.-v., nux-v. from grief or chagrin. Ign. of hysteric females. Ign., nux-v. throbbing, from abuse of Mercury. Nitr.-ac., rhod. as from subcutaneous ulcera- tion. Phos. with swelling of the perios- teum. Sil. T*nia. Sabad. Tongue, swelling of. Lye., merc.-s. rheumatic swelling of. Ain.-ra, paralysis of. Anac., hyos., merc.-s., nux-v. cancer of. Ars, schirrus induration of. Aur. soreness of. Lyc., merc.-s. ulceration of. Merc.-s. syphilitic herpes on. Nux.-v. inflammation of. Petrol., rhus-r. 1198 Tonsxlitis. Am.-m., bell., ign., lam., staph., sulph. Tonsils, rheumatic. Am.-m. swelling and ulceration of. Aur., lyc., merc.-s., sulph. • inflammation of. Lyc., sulph. induration of. Petrol., sulph. Throat, predisposition to sore, after every cold, terminating in sup- puration. Bar.-m., ign. dryness of, and tongue. Carb.- a., phos. ■ swelling of, threatening suffoca- tion. Cim., mere.-jod. —— periodical, produced by cold or dampness. Pule. malignant affections of. Euph., ign. ——— — in scarlatina. Ign., mere.-iod. • ulceration of. Kal.-biclir., merc.- jod., nitr.-ac. ——— inflammation of. Led., mang., mere., jod., nitr.-ac., petrol., puls. • syphilitic affections of. Nitr.-ac. • scraping and burning in the. Phos. chronic sore throat. Sabad. Trachea, diseases of. Iod. stib. Tumors. Graph., led. encysted. Graph. ■ hasmorrhoidal. Grat. suppurating. Hep, led., merc.- s., sil. • malignant watery. Kreas. lymphatic, of the labia. Mcro.- s., sil. leuco-phlegmatic. Phos., sil. Tympanitis. Chin., coloc., laur., phos. Ulcers. Clem., graph., lach., lyc.. merc.-s., merc.-v., nitr.-ac., phos.-ac., puls., sep., sil., staph., sulph. —— gangrenous. Am.-m., arum, chin., con., kreas., sil. heel, on the. Am.-m. fistulous. Ant., sil., sulph. putrid. Arn , ars., carb.-v., graph., more.-s., sil. phagedenic, on the feet, with burning pains. Ars., merc.-s., petrol. ——— malignant, on the tips of the fingers, with burning pain. Ars., sil. CLINICAL INDEX. Ulcers, corroding, on the toes. Sil. on the feet. Ars., mag.-car., lyc., sil. cancerous. Arum, clem., con. caries of the feet. Asa-fi, merc.- s., sil. venereal, mercurial, of the bones. Asa-f., con., merc.-s, nitr.-ac., sil. tonsils, on the. Aur., lyc., merc.- s., sil., staph. syphilitic, of the fauces and tongue. Aur., lyc., merc.-s., merc.-v., merc.-praecip.-rub., nitr.-ac. Schneiderian membrane. Aur., merc.-s., mere.-praecip.-rub. scrofulous. Bell., chin., con., graph., kreas., lach., merc.-s., sulph. mercurial. Bell.,bor., lyc., sil. indolent. Bor. glandular. Bry., con., graph., merc.-s , sil. caries, fistulous and scrofulous. Calc., chin., con., merc.-s., sil. fistulous, of the gums. Calc., mere.-s. long standing and erysipelatous. Canth. fetid, on the thighs. Carb.-v. bleeding. Carb.-v. mouth and tongue. Cham., kal.- bichr., merc.-s., merc.-v., nitr.- ac. with stinging, burning pains, painful redness. Cham., graph., merc.-ac. herpetic. Con., merc.-s., sil. malignant, with pain in perios- teum, originating in the abuso of Mercury, in syphilis, aggra- vated at night. Con. carcinomatous, of the lip. Con. old. Lupr., sulph. obstinate. Graph., lach., sil. fetid, on the mouth. Graph., merc.-s. of the intestines. Merc.-s. of the mucous membrane of the stomach and duodenum. Kah- bioh., merc.-s. malignant. Lach., lyc.,merc.-s., sil. phagedenic. l.yc., merc.-B., mero.-cor. CLINICAL INDEX. 1199 Ulcers, on the penis. Lyc. spreading. Merc.-s. scorbutic. Merc.-s. phlagedenic, with profuse sup- puration. Merc.-cor. in the mouth, from abuse of Mercury. Nitr.-ac. psoric. Sulph. Urine, retention of. Arn., dulc., hell., laur., puls., stib. from cold. Pule. violent desire to void, in fevers. Bell., hell., laur. painful emission of. Hell. retention of, in typhus. Hyos. nightly incontinence of. Ip., petrol., rhus-t. —— suppression of. Laur. involuntary emission of. Natr.- m., petrol., rhus-t., soc.-c. ——— milky, with blood. Phos.-ac. —— incontinence of, after parturition, attended with leucorrhcea. Puls. Urinary Organs. Affections of. Cann., euph., iod., lyc., puls. ——— wetting the bed in children. Carb.-v., caus., cann., canth. involuntary emission of. Caus., cin. from mismanaged gonorrhoea. Clem. retention of, in children. Lyc., puls. Urethra, stricture of. Am.-m., clem., con., dig., dulc., sil. blenorrhcea of. Lyc. haemorrhage from. Merc.-s., nux-v. inflammation of. Merc.-s., nitr.- ac. outting and burning pain in. Merc.-s., phos. —— smarting and burning. Phos. Urticaria. Ars., herb., bry., calc.. carb.-v., clem., dulc., petrol., puls., rhus-t. —— with violent cough and fever of the glands. Dulc chronic. Dulc., merc.-s. —— feverish, with burning itching, appearing in the warmth, with headache, nausea, restlessness, pain in the limbs, and night- sweats. Dulc. Urfthritis. Canth., cann., clem., dig. Uterus, affections of. Sep. prolapsus of. Aur., bell., fer^ graph., kreas., lje., merc.-a., nux-v., sulph. induration of. Aur7 earb.-a., sep., plat. schirrus et carcinoma. Bell, kreas., laur., mag.-mur., plat., thuj. haemorrhage from. Acet.-acid, Carb.-a.,chin., cinnam., croc., ip. after the removal of pla- centa. Croc. with leucorrhcea. Ip. from an tony olj after parturition. swelling of. Con. spasms of. Con., ign. complaints accompanying hae- morrhage from the. Croc inversion of. Fer. putridity of. Kreas. congestion to the. Lam., moso., nux-v., sabin. polypus of. Plat., sec.-c. Vagina, inflammation of. Merc.-s. prolapsus of. Merc.-s. Varices. Puls., ars., calc, carb.-y., of the legs. Puls. with burning pain at night. Are* Variocele. Clem. Varicella, with tenesmus and stran- gury. Canth., merc.-s. Puls. Varioloides, and variola. Aeon, ars., bell., bry, merc.-s., mur.- ac., rhus-t., stib. putrid, occasioned by irritation of the stomach and intestinal canal, black tongue, hoarse- ness, inflammation of the throat, diarrhoea. Ars., mur.- ac., kreas., stib. when the joints and mucous membrane of the trachea are affected. Bell., bry. malignant. Mur.-ac., ars., kreas, merc.-s., stib. with sphacelus under the crusts. Carb.-v., stib. cough, during the suppurative stage of. Cham. when there is irritation of the mucous membrane of the sto- mach and vomiting. Ip. salivation. Hep. 1200 CLINICAL INDEX. Venous irritation. Asa-f., puls., sep. congestion of portal system, with venous pulsations. Asa-f. Verminous affections. Calc., chin., cin., jatr., nitr.-ac., nux-v. ascarides. Calc., chin., cin.,jatr., nitr.-a., nux-v. —— lumbrici. Calc, tasnia. Calc. ——— with sleeplessness, tossing, cries, ill-humor, delirium, heaviness in the limbs, paleness or red- ness of the face, rubbing of the nose, offensive eructations, vomiting, hot distended abdo- men, colic, costiveness, itching of the anus. Cin. VERTEBRiE, curvature and softening of, in children. Calc. Vertigo. Arn., ant., arum., calc., cim., lact., led., mere.-s., mosc., mur.-ac., nux-v., petrol., phos., rhus -r., sang., sil. —- with constipation. Arn. • in the beginning of fevers, or when there are symptoms of a nervous stage, beginning of variola, in hysteric persons, in parturient women. Bell. - with palpitation of the heart. Calc. —— in the morning. Carb. ——- with vomiting. Coc. —with feeling of intoxication, with nausea, pressing and beating in the bead. Coc., croc. with headache, slow pulse. Croc. with disorders of the digestive organs. Kal.-bichr. —— with loss of thought and rheuma- tic pains. Lyc. —— chronic. Merc.-s., sulph. —— with stupefaction, dizziness, con- gestion to the head, tetanus, and fainting. Mosc., op. nervous. Nux-m., nux-v., phos., phos.-ac., rhus-t., strain. —— particularly after fright. Op. Vitus’ (St.) Dance. Chin., croc., merc.-s., nux-v., puls., stram. Vitus’ (St.) Dance, brought on by fright. Cupr., op. from sympathy. Cupr. Vomiting. Asar., ars., bry., calc cann., coc., con., cupr., ip., lyc. plum., puls., stib., verat. of pregnant or hysteric females. Aeon., ars., cast., con., ip.f kreas., nux-v., stib. of lumhrici. Aeon. chronic. Art., cann , con., ip, jatr., iod., phos., sulph. colic, with. Asar., verat. especially when there are con- gestions to the head, inflamma- tion of internal organs, during and after acute exanthemata, after suppression of cutaneous eruption in arthritic metastasis, in lying-in women, spasms, and intestinal hernia. Bell., stib. of a watery and slimy bitter liquid. Bry., stib., verat. of drunkards. Dry., nux-v., kreas. saburralis. Calc., chin., nux-v. of sourish water. Caus., nux- v. bilious. Coff., nux-v., stib. bitter, preceded by cutting pain in the stomach and abdomen, hard delaying stools. Coloc., nux-v. with burning in the mouth, retching pains in the stomach, obstruction of the intestines, uneasiness, sleepiness, exhaus- tion, constriction of the chest Cupr. in the morning. Dros., ip. of the ingesta. Fer., nux-v, verat. inclination to, after typhoid fevers. Ip. idiopathic. Ip. spasmodic. Lam., nux-v., plum. of coagulated black blood, with colic, vertigo, and fainting. Nux-v. with cardialgia. Plum. NEW REMEDIES. ACACIA. (A.cacise Gummi, Gum Arabic.) This gum is recommended for its mucilaginous uses in cough and phthisis; in ardor urinae and calculous affections; haemorrhage, diarrhoea, gastritis, colitis; in burns and scalds, and for sore nipples. ACALYPHA INDICA. (Indian Acalypha.) In the first volume of the Homoeopathic Review, Vol. I., page 256, we find it stated by Dr. Tonnerre, of Calcutta, that a tincture of the Acalypha-indica, administered in the sixth decimal dilution, is specific in haemorrhage from the lungs. ADANSONIA DIGITATA. Dr. Duchassaing, of Guadeloupe, has found the leaves and bark of this tree useful in fever and ague. (Baobab.) iESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM. (Horse-chesnut.) Compare with —Aconi/um-napellus, Acidum-nitricum, Aloes, Collinsonia, Ignatia, Mercurius-vivus, Nux-vomiea, Sulphur. The grated nut seems to constitute the most efficacious prepara- tion of this drug for medicinal purposes. The outer shell has to be removed. We likewise prepare an alcoholic tincture. We are inclined to believe that the triturations made after the usual deci- mal or centesimal scale, contain the therapeutic virtues of this drug more fully than the attenuations obtained from the alcoholic tinc- ture. We know of provers who were very sensibly and speedily 1201 2 NEW REMEDIES. affected by the triturations, upon whom as many as four hundred drops of the mother-tincture had no other effect than the production of a somewhat sweetish taste in the mouth, a little qualmishness at the stomach, and some roughness in the throat, with an inconsider- able flow of saliva. In accordance with the provings that have been instituted with this drug, and Avhich have been collected by Professor Hale, of Chicago, in his “New Remedies,” this drug has been used princi- pally in old cases of haemorrhoids and other affections of the rec- tum and anus. In our own practice Ave have found it to be useful: 1. In catarrhal irritations of the head and thi-oat, characterised by a dull general headache, and more particularly by a more or less acute pain in the supra-orbital region ; lachrymation, disposi- tion to sneeze, a digging, draAving sensation in one or both nostrils, slight soreness of the nose, altered metallic taste in the mouth, roughness of the throat, some irritation in the chest with disposi- tion to cough, chilliness. 2. In dyspepsia, with a burning distress in the epigastric region; occasional sensation of emptiness or goneness in the pit of the stomach, Avith a sense of fulness or heaviness after eating; con- stipation. B. In hcemorrhoidal affections. It is not only in chronic, but likeAvise in the acute attacks of haemorrhoids that the horse-ches- nut has shown remarkable curative porvers. Dr. Richard Hughes, of England, makes the following remarks as to the precise form of the disease to Avhich it is specific: “ When the piles are only secondary to existing portal or other intra-abdominal congestions, yEsculus Avill probably be inferior to Nux and Sulphur. When they are associated Avith symptoms of varicosis elseAvhere, and bleed much, Hamamelis will be a better remedy. But when the only connected symptom or appreciable cause is constipation, and there is much pain but little bleeding, H£sculus seems pretty likely to effect a cure.” Persons afflicted with piles are very often subject to attacks of aching, burning pains in the small of the back; the small of the back sometimes feeling rigid and stiff like a board. We haA'e cured this pain with HCsculus, sometimes using it alone, and, in other cases, alternating Avith a feAV doses of Sulphur or Aconite. In the tAventy-fourth volume of the British Journal of Homos- patliy, page 165, Dr. Hughes reports the following case of severe pain in the anus after stool, resembling that of fissure. “ Miss W., aged 40, consulted me on September 20th of last year. She had 1202 AGAVE AMERICANA. 3 been suffering for two months with haemorrhage and pain after stool. The bowels were moved every other morning ; the bleed- ing was considerable and the pain intense; gradually subsiding afterwards, but not leaving her until evening. She felt much weakened and was beginning to suffer from neuralgic pain in the face. Regarding the haemorrhage as the most important symptom, I prescribed Hamamelis 2, a drop three times a day. “ Sept. 30. The bowels had been twice moved without any bleeding, but the pain was as severe as ever. JEsculus 2, a drop three times a day. “ Oct. 3. The last evacuation was painless as well as bloodless. Continued. “Oct. 21. The patient had her last prescription, and has not been heard from since.” AGAVE AMERICANA. (American Aloes.) Compare with all the anti-scorbutic vegetable acids and with Allium-sativum. We have no provings of this medicine worth mentioning. Dr. Perrin, of the United States Army, while stationed at Foi't McIn- tosh, in Texas, has used it in scurvy with brilliant success. His cases are reported in the JY. Y. Journal of Medicine, 1850. Dr. Perrin writes: “ Eleven cases, all milder in form than the two just related, were continued upon the lime juice; diet the same. On the 21st of April, they exhibited evidences ol improvement, but it was nothing when compared with the cases under the use of the Maguez. (The name given to the Agave by the natives.) Seven cases were under treatment during the same time, making use of citric-acid. On the 21st of April no one had improved, and three were growing worse. At this time so convinced was I of the great supe- riority of the Maguez over either of the other remedies employed, that I determined to place all the patients upon that medicine. The result has proved exceedingly gratifying. Every case has im- proved rapidly from that date. The countenance, so universally dejected and despairing in the patient affected with scurvy, is brightened up with contentment and hope in two days from the time of its introduction. The most marked evidences of improve- ment were observable at every successive visit. From observing the effects of the Maguez in the cases which have occurred in this command, I am compelled to place it far above that remedy, which, 1203 4 NEW REMEDIES. till now, has stood above every other, the lime-juice. The manner in which I used it was as follows: The leaves are cut off close to the root. They are placed in hot ashes until thoroughly cooked, when they are removed and the juice expressed. The expressed juice is then sti'ained, and may be used thus, or may be sweetened. It may be given in doses of from two ounces to three ounces three times daily. The use of the leaf in this way, I believe, will ward off most effectually incipient scorbutus.” AILANTHUS. We have a few provings of this poison, but no reliable clinical experience. In the March number of the American Homoeopa- thic Review, 1864, Dr. Wells, of Brooklyn, has published an inter- esting case of poisoning by Ailanthus, the symptoms of which have led him to suggest the use of this drug as a remedy for cer- tain forms of malignant scarlatina. Compare with—Belladonna. ALETRIS FARINOSA. Compare with—Helonias, Hydrastis, Caulophyllum. (Star-grass.) We prepare a tincture from the root and likewise triturations. We have not yet met with a satisfactory opportunity of pre- scribing this drug. Professor Hale recommends its use in the fol- lowing language : “ In cases of debility, general or local, arising from 'protracted illness, loss of fluids, defective nutrition, etc., symptomatic indications are : loss of tone in the muscular system of the whole or any part of the body; loss of appetite, myalgia, or that painful affection of muscles depending on depression, or from physical or mental causes ; passive hsemorrhagia—particularly uterine; and that condition of the uterus which predisposes to menorrhagia and abortion. Every practical physician knows, that these conditions do not always present symptoms which call for China, Phosplioric-acid and Ferrum / and that, in many cases, where these remedies seem indicated, they do not prove as promptly curative as desired. It is in these classes of cases that I have found the Aletris so valuable. Such symptoms as constipa- 1204 ALNUS GLUTINOSA. AMMONIUM PIIOSPIIORICUM. 5 tion, indigestion, night-sweats, depression of spirits, always disap- peared as soon as the system came under the influence of the me- dicine.”—New Remedies, 2d ed., p. 58. The Professor recommends this remedy in alternation with Phos- phoric-acid, Hypophosphite of Potash and Zinc, in cases in which debility is apparently caused by a want of the Phosphates; in literary persons, or individuals whose morale has been broken down by depressing emotions. ALNUS GLUTINOSA. (Alder.) In the third volume of the homoeopathic Times, Dr. Ramford mentions an anomalous affection of long standing, and sometimes, but not constantly, presenting an appearance of purpura haemor- rhagica; generally there is an excited state of the system. Bella- donna failed in curing this disorder. It yielded to the alder. ALNUS RUBRA. (Tag-alder.) We prepare a tincture from the hark, and triturations from the resinoid Alnuin. This drug is recommended in impetigo, affections of the urinary organs, chronic diarrhoea. We have no provings of this drug. AMMONLZE SPIRITUS AROMATICUS. This preparation is often used as a palliative in sick-headache, with acidity of the stomach, faintness.—Also in hysteric paroxysms, syncope.—It relieves the flatulent colic of children, given in a few drops in milk. (Aromatic Spirits of Ammonia.) AMMONIUM PHOSPHORICUM. This salt has been employed with more or less success in some cases of chronic bronchitis. We have no reliable record of the physiological or therapeutical action of this salt. 1205 6 NEW REMEDIES. AMYGDALAE DULCES. (Sweet Almond.) The oil of sweet almond, combined with a little bitter almond, relieves the distressing itching in prickly heat. ANAGALLIS ARYENSIS. (Scarlet-pimpernel., This drug has been recommended for mania and epilepsy. We have no clinical experience to offer. ANDROMEDA ARB ORE A. (Sorrell-tree.) The leaves have a pleasant acid taste; a decoction of these leaves forms a refrigerant drink in fevers. This beautiful tree grows in the valleys of the Alleghany mountains. ANTHEMIS COTULA. (Wild Chamomile, May-weed.) This plant is prescribed by European physicians in nervous dis- eases, hysteria. APOCYNUM CANNABINUM. (Indian Hemp.) Compare with—Aconite, Digitalis, Hellebore, Arsenicum, Hydriodate of Potash. This drug is used by physicians of every school, but more parti- cularly by eclectic and homoeopathic physicians. We have a few provings of this drug by Drs. A. Gerald Hull and E. E. Marcy Its chief sphere of action seems to be dropsical effusions. We prepare a tincture from the root, having a dark, reddish-brown color. The fluid extracts prepared by Tilden and others are not reliable. For the treatment of dropsical effusions a watery effu- sion of the fresh root, in the proportion of one ounce of the root to a pint of water, is the most reliable preparation. This drug has been used by a number of physicians, including 1206 APOCYNUM CANNABINUM. 7 ourselves, in the following forms of dropsy, oedema, and other alfeetions. 1. Hydrocephalus. We have no personal experience of the successful use of the drug in this disease. Several cases of cure of this disease are reported in our Journals. One is the case of a little child of Professor Renwick, Columbia College, New York; the other is the case of an infant twelve months old, reported by Dr. Waterman, in Professor Hale’s New liemedies. Other physi- cians have tried the same remedy in this disease without any suc- cess whatever. 2. Ascites. Its efficiency in this disease has been verified by a number of physicians in a variety of cases. In ascites and other forms of dropsy depending upon organic disease of the liver, kid- neys, heart, &c., the effect of Apocynum is only palliative; the disorganization does not seem to be influenced by the action of the drug. We have tried it in ovarian dropsy without any apparent result. In ascites depending upon Bright’s Disease, the palliative effects of Cochineal have seemed to us at least equal to those of Apocynum. A proper dose in this as well as in other forms of dropsy is a desertspoonful of the above-mentioned infusion every two or three hours. In cases where Apocynum is indicated, the pulse is either slow and weak, or slightly accelerated and weak. The urine is dark- colored and secreted in small quantity, with, perhaps, frequent urging. The bowels are generally constipated, though a watery diarrhoea may likewise be present. Such differences depend a good deal upon pre-existing constitutional peculiarities. Some of our physicians report Apocynum indicated in dropsy, depending upon that peculiar disorganization of the liver known as nutmeg-liver. If this form of dropsy ever is one of the terminations of cirrhosis, it is curable, provided the disorganization is still within the bounds of curative influence. A man of seventy-two years was suddenly attacked with typhoid symptoms, (Edema of the lower extremities, bloating of the bowels, jaundice; in spite of treatment he gradually sank and died in three days. A post- mortem examination revealed cirrhosis of the liver. A year after, the eldest son of this patient, about forty-five years old, was at- tacked with similar symptoms. When we first saw him, the bloat was inconsiderable, but the jaundice, from the crown of the head to the soles of the feet, was perfectly frightful; the man looked as if he had been daubed all over with a layer of saffron-colored paint. The pulse in this case was very remarkable: slow, irregular and 1207 8 NEW REMEDIES. intermittent. Digitalis being the leading remedy, it was pre- scribed thronghout in varying quantities, from five to ten, and twenty-five drops of the tincture in the course of the day. Small quantities of Fowler’s solution were likewise administered at more or less remote intervals. The patient made a perfect recovery in less than three weeks. Reasoning from analogy, we should have diagnosed this case as one of nutmeg-liver. We will add that both these patients were strictly temperate and perfectly regular in all their habits. It is questionable whether cirrhosis of the liver ever does ter- minate in ascites. If so, such a termination will, as a general rule, terminate fatally. In such cases Apocynum may be resorted to as a palliative, and might be advantageously alternated with Digitalis and Fowler’s solution. But none of your high, higher or highest potencies under such circumstances. Last summer, two years after his last illness, the last named pa- tient was attacked in a similar manner as before. The abdomen was puffed up, but there was not the remotest sign of effusion; the pulse was much less irregular and intermittent, nor was the jaundice as intensely developed. The same treatment restored him to perfect health in the space of a little over a fortnight. 3. Hydrothorax. In cardiac hydrothorax Apocynum has acted as an excellent palliative, in lessening the volume of water in the chest and consequently relieving the suffocative dyspnoea which torments such patients. In idiopathic hydrothorax, as may be consequent upon rheumatic exposure, Apocynum will likewise prove of great benefit, sometimes alone, and in other cases either alternately with, or preceded by Aconite or Digitalis, as the case may be. 4. Jlydropericardia. Quite recently we treated a case of this disease in a family where the children had had an attack of the measles. The parents had allowed the measles to run their course, without sending for a physician. Two of the children, aged re- spectively three and five years, had remained drooping for a week after the measles had disappeared, when a sudden bad turn in the condition of the children alarmed the parents, and we were sent for. An examination revealed the following condition of things: Pulse feeble and hurried; skin dry, immoderately warm; face puffed, pale ; lips bloated, livid; breathing hurried and very anx- ious ; occasional moaning; the children seemed uncomfortable when lying on their backs ; the beats of the heart very indistinct, they seemed to be heard at a distance, as if through some intervening 1208 APOCYNUM CANNABINUM. 9 body. The parents were informed that water had begun to collect in the pericardial sac. Apocynum, five or six drops, in a few tablespoonfuls of water, a desertspoonful of which mixture was given every hour, seemed to have a very good etfect the first day. It was then deemed advisable to alternate it with Digitalis. In the course of the treatment, which lasted about a week in all, a few doses of Arsenicum 3, were likewise administered. As was stated, both children recovered perfectly in about eight days. 5. In post-scarlatinal dropsy, Apocynum has likewise proved very serviceable. It is needless to quote testimony bearing upon this point. Because Apocynum affords good service against this sometimes dangerous and distressing sequela of scarlatina, we need not, on that account, discard such tried friends as Hellebore, Arsenic and Digitalis. 6. In general dropsy or anasarca, Apocynum has proved a powerful adjuvant in the treatment of this formidable disorder. A very fine illustration of the curative virtues of this drug in general dropsy may be found in Professor Hale’s New Remedies, where Dr. C. C. Smith, of Stamford, Conn., reports the following case : “ I treated a case of general dropsy with this drug, with the following symptoms: Intense thirst, almost constant frontal head- ache, severe and constant pain in the region of the kidneys, dry and harsh feeling of the skin. Abdomen very much bloated, and the presence of water very easily detected on percussion. Bloat- edness of the face, principally after lying down, passing off after sitting up. Hands very much increased in size so that they could not be shut; lower limbs enormously swollen, as were also the testicles, the latter being frightful to behold, and exceeding any thing of the kind I had ever seen. The testicles being swollen so badly the patient could neither stand, sit nor lie with any comfort. Urine discharged pretty regularly, but very scanty and red. Appetite good. Pa- tient about seventy years old. Dropsy produced by suppression of perspiration after a hard day’s work in cold weather. “ lie had been treated allopathically, but both his physicians deserted the case. I dissolved about five grains of Apocynum in a tumbler of water, and allowed the patient to take a full table- spoonful every two hours, lengthening the time to three and then to four hours, as the case continued to progress favorably. In a few days a change for the better set in, and the improvement continued steadily up to a perfect cure, which was accomplished in about a month.” 7. We have seen Apocynum act very beneficially in the case of 1209 10 NEW REMEDIES, females going through the critical period of life, more particularly when the following symptoms constituted the most marked features of the case: Frequent losses of blood, resulting in oedema of the extremities and face; anaemic condition of the patient; fluttering about the heart; vertigo, headache, either a general dull headache, or more particularly in the frontal region. In this particular Apo- cynum competes with Caulophyllum. ARALIA RACEMOSA. (Spikenard.) We use tincture of the fresh root. This medicine is recommended for dysmenorrhoea, suppression of the lochia, amenorrhoea, induced by exposure to a draught of air, getting the feet chilled or wet. A warm infusion of the root may be administered. ARCTIUM LAPPA. (Burdock.) This drug has long been employed in dropsy. The seeds are used. ARISTOLOCHIA SERPENTARIA. A good proving of this drug may be found in Hempel’s Materia Medica. A warm infusion of the root has been used in the obstinate sick headaches of debilitated females. It is employed as a gentle stimulant in low typhoid fevers, or to promote the appearance of an exanthem like measles, scarlatina, &c. (Virginia Snake-root.) ARUM TRYPHILLUM. (Indian Turnip.) Compare with—Arum-maculatum, with whose effects those of Arum-tryphil- lum, according to Hale, are almost identical. "VVe make triturations of the grated root; the root has to be used fresh ; the dried root loses its volatile principle, but retains some of its medicinal properties. In the 16th volume ol the British Journal of I To mazopathy* 1210 ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA. 11 page 321, the following case of poisoning by Arum-maculatnm is recorded: “ After chewing a young leaf-stalk for a few minutes, a very intense prickling, stinging pain was felt upon the tongue and mucous membrane of the lips and throat, accompanied with a flow of saliva, which seemed to relieve the pain a little; the pains were as if a hundred needles had been run into the tongue and lips. A friend, who followed my example, had, in addition to these symp- toms, constriction and burning in the larynx, his tongue was swollen, and its papillae injected and raised. The mucous membrane of the throat and lips were inflamed. The pains in the tongue and lips were increased by pressure with the teeth. In two or three cases the leaves have been eaten by children, and have pro- duced distressing effects. In one instance three children partook of them. Their tongues became swollen, so as to render swallow- ing difficult, and convulsions followed; one died in twelve, and another in sixteen days ; the third recovered.” In accordance with these symptoms, Arum is recommended for inflammatory swelling of the tongue, stomatitis, salivation, either mercurial or idiopathic, &c. The dried root has been used in the cough of old people, and the loose cough of children. ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA. TVe prepare a tincture of the fresh root, and triturations of the dried root. In accordance with Professor Hale’s suggestions we have used this drug with good effect in rheumatic-bilious conditions of the system, brought on by checked perspiration, exposure to draughts of air, getting the feet wet, exchanging heavy for light clothing, &g. A group of symptoms like the following has guided us in selecting this agent: Slight creeping chills, no marked alteration of the pulse, soreness of the flesh, pains in the limbs, slight nausea, sharp pains through the forehead, dizziness. DOSE.—Eight to ten drops in half a cupful of warm, sweetened water, the whole of it to be swallowed at one dose an hour or two before bed-time, or in tablespoonful doses every hour. This drug has likewise been recommended and used with good effect in renal and post-scarlatinal dropsy. Some of its analogues are Boneset, Bryonia, Arsenic, and Dulca- mara. (Milk-weed.) 1211 12 NEW REMEDIES. ASCLEPIAS TUBEROSA, (Pleurisy-root,) Is used by our country people as a domestic remedy for colds on the chest; cough, with soreness and stitches in the chest, tight- ness of breathing and similar rheumatic irritations of the thoracic organs. We have two provings of this drug, one by Dr. Thomas Nichol, of Belleville, Canada, and the other by Dr. P. H. Hale, of Hudson, Michigan, the latter selecting the oleo-resin for his prov- ing. Another proving by Dr. A. Savery, Member of the Gallican Society, is utterly worthless. Nichol’s proving seems to confirm the specific action of pleurisy- root upon the respiratory organs, more particularly upon the pleura; and seems to justify the use of this drug in rheumatic affections of the pleura, in accordance with the requirements of specific homoeopathy. From Dr. Hale’s proving we infer that the drug causes rheuma- tic irritations in the respiratory mucous membrane, and in the mucous expanse lining the stomach and intestines. The chest- affection is characterised by oppression on the chest, tightness of breathing, acute pain under the right clavicle or in the right lung, when drawing a long breath ; accessory symptoms being : slight creeping chills, flushed cheeks, weakness and tremulousness of the lower limbs, soreness of abdominal integuments and epigastric re- gion, heavy and dull pain in the small of the back, pulse rising at night to 90, with great thirst, although the tongue was moist; diminished secretion of urine, which was, moreover, thick and high-colored. ASTERIAS RUBENS. is recommended by Petroz for cancer of the left mamma. (Star-fish.) ATROPINE. (Sulpliate of Atropine ) The action of this salt differs from that of Belladonna only in degree. We have some excellent provings of this agent hy Kafka of Prague. According to Kafka, this salt should he preferred in those cases in which Belladonna does not act effectually and per- manently. He recommends it in inflammations where the symp- 1212 ATJKAXTIA AMARA. 13 toms seem to indicate Belladonna rather than Aconite. With the subsidence of the inflammatory symptoms, the re-absorption of the exudation is very rapid.—In painful affections from spinal irri- tation.—In hypersesthesia of some nervous branch, viz: of the oph- thalmic, auditory, olfactory, vagus, and plexus Solaris, of the uterus and sphincter of the bladder.—In severe forms of meningitis, cere- britis, of tuberculous disease of the cerebral membranes, and hydro- cephalus acutus; in some forms of epilepsy and chorea, as well as in typhoid and septic fevers: Klafka recommends -j-J-jj of a grain at a dose. In a case of severe neuralgia of the peritoneum an ointment, one grain to two drachms of lard, has proved of great service. See British Journal XV. page 238. A beautiful cure of disease of the pancreas with Atropine is reported in British Journal vol. XVI. page 577. AURANTIA AMARA. (Essential Oil of Bitter Orange.) Dr. Imbart Gourbeyer, of France, published some twelve or thirteen years ago an essay on the physiological action of the oil of bitter almonds, giving an interesting account of the morbid pheno- mena which the emanations from the bitter oranges cause in the women employed to peel them for the manufacturers of the oil. We give the following resume of the symptoms: Headache, partial or general, sometimes in the forehead, and sometimes a general ache. Hemicrania, generally on the right side, often accompanied by nausea and even vomiting. Vertigo as if intoxicated. Facial neuralgia, most frequently on the right side, with lancinat- ing or gnawing pains. Toothache, with caries of the teeth. Weakness of sight, ringing and buzzing in the ears; in one case swelling and redness of the lobes. Suffocative oppression on the chest. Frequent and uncontrollable yawning; uneasiness and weight in the stomach; pyrosis. Uneasy sleep, with starting. Epileptiform convulsions; drawings in one side of the face and in the legs; cramps, general or partial; contraction and a sensation 1213 14 NEW REMEDIES. of weight in the shoulders; cramplike pain in the wrists; intense muscular excitement; the patients work with desperate rapidity; general trembling, jerkings; the whole muscular system seems to be in a state of agitation. Eruptions; itching all over or only on the upper limbs; swelling and redness of the hands; red patches on various parts of the body; vesicular eruptions all over the arm, chiefly on the hands and be- twixt the fingers ; erysipelatous swelling of the face. These symptoms plainly show that the aroma of the bitter oranges is possessed of a remarkable faculty of deranging the ner- vous equilibrium and poisoning to some extent the blood. BADIAGA. This Russian fresh-water sponge is recommended in some forms of simple gonorrhoea and chronic syphilitic ulcers. BALSAMUM PERUVIANUM. Dr. Bosch has used this agent as a remedy for the itch. He used the black balsam of Peru both internally and externally; gave two drops of the first dilution night and morning, and, at the same time, caused all the parts affected with the itch to be rubbed with this balsam. A cure was effected in eight to fifteen days. Pereira says that “this balsam, alone or in the form of ointment, is some- times applied to indolent, ill-conditioned ulcers; it cleanses them, promotes healthy granulation, and assists cicatrization. I have used it in some obstinate ulcerations about the nose. Dr. Ainslie speaks very highly of its powers of arresting the progress of sphacelous and phagedamic affections so common and destructive in India. He recommends lint soaked in the balsam, to be applied night and morning.’’ (Balsam of Peru.) BAPTISIA TINCTORIA. (Wild Indigo.) Compare with—Carbonate of Ammonia, Bryonia, Rhus-tox, Chlorate of Potassa, Arsenicum, Gelseminum, Mercurius-iodatus, and the other mercurial prepara- tions. We prepare a tincture of this plant. This drug has acquired considerable reputation among liomoeopa- 1214 BAPTISIA TINCTOEIA. 15 thic physicians for its specific virtues as a remedy for fevers, of a low, typhoid type. The provings instituted by Drs. Burt, Douglas and others, have established the fact, that this agent is possessed of a remarkable power of deteriorating the animal fluids, and hence must be capable, in accordance with the homoeopathic law of cure, of exercising a certain influence over pathological conditions cha- racterised by symptoms of decomposition of the vital fluids and the organic tissues. In his Manual of Pharmaco-dynamics, Dr. Richard Hughes, of England, expresses himself as follows, with reference to the cura- tive sphere of the Wild Indigo: “ In a former number of the British Journal of Homoeopathy, (that for July, 1863,) I have endeavored to indicate the special form of fever to which the pathology of Baptisia, aided by clinical experience, points as its sphere of influence. It is the first stage of the ordinary endemic fever of this country, known popularly as gastric, and medically as typhoid enteric fever. In the first stage of this disease the patient has a hot dry skin and a quick full pulse ; the tongue is thickly covered with a whitish-brown fur ; the head aches, and there is at least nocturnal delirium ; the appetite is ab- sent and thirst great; the urine is high-colored, and the bowels generally constipated. Unless the disease is checked in this stage, the true typhoid symptoms supervene, which I need not here describe. “ Now there is nothing improbable in the supposition that, if we could find a remedy perfectly homoeopathic to the first stage of this malady, we might cure it there and then before the typhoid symptoms supervened. None of our ordinary remedies seem ap- plicable. Aconite is powerless against such fevers; it never re- duces the pulse one beat, or relieves the skin by a drop of moisture. Arsenic is suitable only to the later stage of the disorder. Bryonia is the remedy generally administered ; but, better than nothing it is difficult to see any thing curative in its action. On the other hand, the pathogenesis of Baptisia, brief as it is, exhibits it as pro- perly homoeopathic to the condition I have described. And the result of my own experience in its use has been, that in the great majority of cases it cuts short the fever in this its first stage, free- ing the patient from all the dangers of the second. I have never yet been disappointed in it; and its curative action is often exceed- ingly rapid.” Our literature is replete with reports of cases of typhoid fever that have been cured with Baptisia. Eclectics depend upon it as one 1215 16 NEW REMEDIES. of their chief agents in combating the low fevers of a continued typhoid type which so frequently prevail as epidemics in many dis- tricts of our country. It is well known to our readers that Dr. Hoyt was the first who brought this remedy to the notice of our profession as a remedy for typhoid fever. In the sixth volume of the North American Journal of Homoeopathy, he reports several highly interesting cases of typhoid fever, all of which rapidly yielded to Baptisia, after other homoeopathic remedies had been tried in vain. One of the patients, a lady, after having been under allopathic treatment for thirty-one days, and evidently near death, was given small quantities of a decoction of Baptisia, prepared by steeping a piece of the root about three inches long and three- eighths of an inch thick, in half a pint of water. The dose was gradually increased from five drops to nearly a teaspoonful. The report reads as follows : “ In about one hour and a half, the surface of the patient presented an appearance as though she had been literally scalded, so red was the skin, accompanied with a most intense superficial heat; at the same time noticing large drops of sweat standing on her forehead, the medicine was discontinued In a few minutes a profuse perspiration appeared all over her body, which continued for nearly twelve hours, or till she was bathed freely with brandy and water. From this time she began to im- prove, and with the occasional administration of a dose or two of the remedy, got well, without any febrile symptoms. It is worthy of remark, that immediately upon the administration of the remedy she became quiet and fell asleep; she had been restless and deliri- ous for three weeks previous.” A profuse perspiration very commonly characterises the favor- able reaction superinduced by this agent in continued fever. The symptoms which commonly yield to Baptisia are: sopor, delirium, dry skin, flushed face, pulse accelerated and thin or fili- form, tongue thickly furred, urine scanty and high-colored, con- stipation or diarrhoea, the discharges being of a papescent nature and having a foul smell; sometimes the stools are passed involun- tarily ; great prostration, trembling of the hands. Dr. J. B. Bell, of Augusta, Maine, mentions a characteristic symptom indicating Baptisia in typhoid fever: “She cannot go to sleep because she cannot get herself together. Her head feels as though scattered about, and she tosses about the bed to get the pieces together.” Baptisia is not only indicated in low continued fevers, but like- wise in other conditions of the system, characterised by signs of decomposition of the fluids. We have employed it with excellent 1216 BAROSMA CREKATA. 17 success in stomatitis of various kinds, such as: nursing sore mouth, mercurial sore mouth, aphthous stomatitis, &c.; the breath in these affections has a foul odor, the teeth are bleeding and loose, the in- side of the cheeks, the roof of the mouth, the edges of the tongue, are studded with diphtheritic ulcerations. Our provings lead us to expect good effects from Baptisici in bilious diarrhoea and dysentery. Some of our physicians report cures of dysentery Avhere the discharges were preceded by severe tormina and accompanied by tenesmus. BAROSMA CRENATA. (Buchu.) In Dr. Reil’s article on Renal Remedies in the second volume ot “ Homoeopathische Vierteljahrs-Schrift,” page 434, we find this article alluded to in the following manner: “ Buchu has been frequently used, more especially in affections of the urinary and genital organs, in rheumatism, goirt and dropsy. Bardili who in- stituted experiments on man with this plant, found that besides a general increase of vascular action, the urine was discharged in greater quantity, had an aromatic odor, appeared flocky, and de- posited a purulent sediment.” Pereira contains the following notice of this drug: “In this country Buchu has been principally employed in chronic maladies, of the urino-genital organs. Dr. Reese first drew the attention of practitioners and the public in this country to it in these cases; and, in 1823, Dr. M’Dowell gave a most favorable account of its good effects. It has since been employed by a considerable number of practitioners, and its remedial powers fairly tried. It seems to be principally adapted to chronic cases attended with copious secretion. In chronic inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bladder, attended with a copious discharge of mucus, it frequently checks the secretion, and diminishes the irritable condition of the bladder; but I have several times seen it fail to give the least relief, and, in some cases, it appeared rather to add to the patient’s suffer- ings. In irritable conditions of the urethra, as spasmodic stricture, and in gleet, it has occasionally proved serviceable. In lithiasis, attended with increased secretion of uric acid, it has been given with considerable benefit by Dr. Carler and others, and has appeared to check the formation of this acid. For the most part it should be given in these cases in combination with alkalies (as liquor-potassse) 1217 18 NEW REMEDIES. In prostatic affections, in rheumatism, and even in skin-diseases, it has been employed, and it is said, with good effect. In dyspepsia Dr. Hulton found it serviceable.” BELLIS PERENNIS. (Daisy.) Dr. Thomas, of England, professes to have used this flower suc- cessfully in sprains, in the place of Arnica or Rhus. BROMIC ACID. This agent has been used writh success in a case of croup. CACTUS GRANDIFLORUS. (Night-blooming Cereus.) This drug has been introduced in homoeopathic practice by Dr. Rubini, of Naples, Italy. We are sorry to say that, in spite of the high-sounding flourishes with which this new claimant to pub- lic favor has been announced, we are compelled to say that wo have very little, if any, confidence in Dr. Rubini’s provings. These provings are of a piece with those of Mure, Petroz, Lippe and their compeers, vox et prceterea nihil. According to Dr. Rubini, “ Cactus has a specific action on the heart and its bloodvessels, dissipating their congestions and sup- pressing their irritations without weakening the nervous system like Aconite. Hence it is preferable to the latter in all eases of inflammation, particularly in all cases of lymphatic and nervous temperaments.” What can we think of the provings and therapeutic statements of a writer who is so little acquainted with, and seems to have so little experience of the great virtues of Aconite as to declare that Aconite weakens the nervous system in inflammations which yield to its curative influence as their specific remedial agent. It is use- less to Avaste an argument on such fallacies. And Avhat shall we say of the extravagant cures which Cactus is said to have effected! Chronic bronchitis of many years’ standing, with rattling of mucus day and night, oppression of breathing on going up-stairs, and im- possibility of lying horizontally in bed—rapidly cured. 1218 CACTUS GKAXDIFLORUS. 19 A number of pleurisies which are cured in from two to four days. Hepatization of the lungs resolved in a few days. Very severe peri-pneumonia cured in four days. Violent pneumor- rhagia checked in a few hours. Pneumorrhagia every four, six, seven or eight hours, accompanied each time with convulsive cough, and expectoration of two or three pounds of blood, is at once re- lieved and ceases entirely in four days. Acute carditis, with slight cyanosis of the face, oppression of breathing, dry cough, pricking pain at the heart, impossibility of lying on the left side ; pulse quick, throbbing, tense and hard—cured in four days ! Chronic carditis, with oedematous and cyanotic face, suffocating respiration, continued dull pain at the heart, hydro-pericardia, hydrothorax, ascites, oedema of the hands, legs and feet, impossi- bility of lying in bed, of speaking, or even of drinking, hands and feet cold, pulse intermitting—cured in fifteen days ! Rheumatic carditis, with much dry and convulsive cough, cured in four daps! Without meaning any offence to the reporter of these miraculous cures, we are free to confess that we do not place the remotest confidence in the correctness of these statements. They seem to us to involve some unaccountable error in diagnosis. If there was peri-pneumonia, carditis and the like, they must have been totally different from what such diseases are in our climate. May not the Doctor have had hold of some luckless wight of a consumptive invalid, or two or three, upon whom he instituted his clinical ob- servations; construing the symptoms at one time into chronic bronchitis, at another into peri-pneumonia, another into carditis, and so forth ? Heart-disease has more than once been diagnosed in consumptive patients where not a trace of it was found after death. And what are not enthusiastic physicians prepared to assert when carried away by the worship of an idea ? The cases reported by other physicians and said to have been cured with Cactus, are not sufficiently decisive to establish the character of Cactus as a remedy for heart-affections in the same sense as we know Aconite, Digitalis, Arsenicum or Spigelia to bo such remedies. Dr. Russell’s case is still under advisement. The case reported in the second volume, p. 159, of the Western Homoeo- pathic Observer, by E. P. D., may seem satisfactory at a first read- ing; but all that the Cactus didin this case was to relieve the fluttering in the stomach ; this fluttering in the stomach has been relieved time and again by ourselves and other physicians by means of a few moderate doses of Aconite. Dr. Duhring likewise reports a few cases. His first case, that of 1219 20 NEW REMEDIES. Mrs. C. M., is evidently a case of acute nervous irritation, where the attacks came on every night for seven nights in succession, until they finally ceased, not, as we believe, in consequence of the treat- ment that was pursued, but in consequence of the disease having run its course and reached its natural termination. The attacks left the patient debilitated, and the affected parts remained numb. The true remedy in this case was the Aconitum-napellus, of which we should have administered the first decimal attenuation of the tinc- ture of the root, in the full expectation of not only seeing the pa- tient relieved, but permanently cured after the first attack, without leaving her weak and numb, as was the case with this lady. Dr. O’Brien’s case, in the Monthly Homoeopathic Review, May, 1866, is a good case, well told, and doing reasonable justice to the new drug, without disparaging the well-earned reputation of Aconite, Digitalis and kindred agents. The sensation as if the heart was grasped with the hand which arrests the motion of that organ, is one of the most marked effects of large doses of Digitalis upon the heart. Any one who will take the trouble of reading the chapter on Digitalis in IlempeVs Materia Medica and Therapeutics, can satisfy his mind in regard to this fact. This symptom does not call for Cactus, but Digitalis. We refer the reader to Professor Purkinge’s beautiful experiments with Digitalis, reported on page 476 of the first volume of Hempel’s above-mentioned work. CAHINCA RADIX. (Cainca Root-bark.) We are indebted to Dr. Buchner, of Munich, for a fine patho- genesis of this drug. It has acquired its greatest reputation from its curative virtues in dropsy. CALCAREA OXALICA. (Oxalate of Lime). This salt has been speculatively recommended as a remedy for certain forms of the calculous diathesis. 1220 CANCHALAGUA. CANNABIS INDICA. 21 CANCHALAGUA. (Gentiana de Peru, Chili Gentian.) Dr. Richter, from California, has introduced this drug as a remedy for fever and ague, for which purpose it is used by the natives. CANNABIS INDICA. (Haschisch.) Berthault divides the physiological effects of Haschisch into three periods: “ The first is a period of excitement; it is characterized by the predominance of the physical over the intellectual excitement. Symptoms: at first, flushes of heat towards the head ; constriction of the temples, ringing in the ears, hursts of laughter, diminution of all the secretions, principally of the salivary; feeling of happiness, of self-satisfaction, closure of the eye-lids; speech and movement are easy; general excitability, errors as to time and place, tendency to materialize and exaggerate all ideas, all sensations; pulse fre- quent, rising sometimes to one hundred and upwards. We have had it rise on one occasion to one hundred and eighty-four and one hundred and eighty-eight. “ The second period is characterised by a diminution of the physical excitement; a desire is felt to lie down and be at rest; physical repose is sought while the intellectual excitement still ex- ists; it is then especially that there exists a confusion of ideas ; the patient closes his eyes; all kinds of hallucinations assail him, he experiences fixed ideas and delirious convictions; the pulse is almost normal. “ Finally, the third period is one of reaction. To this physical and intellectual excitement succeeds an urgent desire for repose. The desire to sleep becomes irresistible; and, indeed, a few hours sleep will suffice to dissipate all unpleasant symptoms.”—See JV.A. Journal, Yol. IV., page 121. CARDUUS MARI ANUS. (St. Mary’s Thistle.) An admirable proving of this drug, by Dr. Reil, of Halle, is contained in the third volume of the Horn. Vierteljahrs-Schrifl, 1221 22 NEW REMEDIES. page 453. This drug was popularly used for a stitch in the side. Its re-introduction into use as a remedial agent is due to Rade- macher, who ranged it among his “Abdominal Remedies.” This drug seems to enjoy a specific curative influence in certain chronic affections of the liver. Kissel, one of Rademacher’s disciples, de- scribes the hepatic affection which yields to our lady’s thistle, in the following terms: “ Its form,” says he, in his Zeitschrift fur JErfahrung, Yol. III., page 88, “was partly acute febrile, and partly chronic, and accompanied by fever; it presented a great variety of forms, the more constant of which, however, may be said to have been fever, stitch in the side, cough, frontal headache, debility and want of appetite; symptoms, nevertheless, not suffi- cient to diagnose the remedy. The fever and pains were exceed- ingly various, the stitches sometimes in one side, sometimes in the other, then under the false ribs, and again wandering about the abdomen ; strangury was frequently present; cough, mostly dry, short, with scanty expectoration, seldom streaked with blood; de- bility always very great; inspiration constantly very painful, but percussion and auscultation showing nothing abnormal. The right hypochondrium was soft, but sometimes very painful under pres- sure, in the region of the gall-bladder; anorexia, moderate thirst, small, sometimes accelerated pulse; stool brown and consistent; urine mostly orange-yellow, frequently deep-yellow, or reddish-yel- low ; generally clear, always acid. In simple cases the remedy employed was a tincture of Carduus Marise, in doses of a drachm to a drachm and a half a day ; in complicated cases, tblctura ferri acetici was simultaneously used. In the fifth volume of Kissel’s work, page 12, Brennschedt, de- scribes an epidemic of grippe where Carduus proved the specific remedy. Digestive organs: Tongue moist, almost always coated, whitish-yellow in the middle, red at the tip and edges; appetite wanting or diminished, taste sticky, bitter; frequent nausea; vom- iting exceptional; the bowels were sometimes constipated, no diarrhoea, the faeces looked natural; hepatic region for the most part sensitive, especially in the neighborhood of the epigastric region; percussion showed nothing unnatural; urine brownish, dark-yellow, reddish. Chest: catarrh of the nasal mucous mem- brane, and cough, with stitches in the side, but no haemoptysis. Mucous rales; hurried and superficial respiration. Nervous sys- tem: very troublesome headache in the frontal and temporal regions was always present, and even in slight attacks of the epidemic; they complained of dizziness and want of clearness of thought; 1222 CAKDUUS MAKIAXUS. 23 sad and depressed expression of the countenance. General: Fever- ish reaction ; increased temperature of the skin, terminating in sweat. The dose was from 15 to 20 drops of the tincture; in inveterate cases, a drachm five times a day. In 1850, a disorder resembling influenza, raged in Halle, as a precursor of cholera. The digestive apparatus was predominantly affected. Dr. Reil and some of his colleagues found the Carduus the most rapidly curative remedy. The symptoms were exceedingly diversified, but might all be reduced, in most of the cases, to dis- turbance of the hepatic functions. This was evidenced by the peculiar brown, gray, dirty complexion of the patient, sometimes passing into a true icteric tint, the sensitiveness of the left hepatic lobes to pressure, the bright, pale-yellow, seldom dark-green stool, and the dark-brown urine. This was accompanied by catarrhal irritation of the respiratory passages in varyiug intensity, generally with considerable expectoration, without blood, but with great feeling of oppression over the whole chest, stitches in the side and great debility ; even in the slightest cases these latter symptoms were never wanting, and the patients complained of difficulty in speaking. Fever was present, with evening-exacerbations, violent ache in the forehead, and dullness of the head. When this disorder attacked old, asthmatic, haemorrhoidal or tuberculous subjects, their chronic ailments were greatly exagge- rated, and the Carduus alone restored them to their former con- dition. Rademacher was very fortunate in his treatment of concomitant affections, dependent upon disorders of the liver and spleen, of various sorts, with Carduus Marice. He enumerates among them haemoptysis, uterine haemorrhagia, epistaxis, jaundice, sciatica, chronic cough, haematemesis, hepatic affections consequent upon dysentery. Rademacher prepares his tincture by putting five pounds of the unbruised seeds in a convenient vessel, and pouring on them the most highly rectified alcohol and water, five pounds of each, di- gesting and frequently agitating for a week, pressing and filtering. Rademacher cautions against administering the seeds in emulsion, as the virtue lies in the hull, not in the kernel. It acts well in powder, a small spoonful of which may be administered four or five times a day; but should the apothecary, in his anxiety to pre- pare a fine powder, leave the chaff upon the sieve, the result will be null. An effective powder is not too fine, as the hulls are hard and difficult to pulverize. 1223 24 NEW REMEDIES. Roil sums up the curative sphere of Carduus in the following short paragraph : “It seems to act especially upon the liver; and, next to that, upon the haemostotic processes effected in the portal system; also upon the thoracic and intestinal mucous membrane; it seems to act curatively in chronic as well as acute catarrhs of those tissues in old hepatic and splenic affections, and disorders of the female genital system.” CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES. (Blue Cohosh.) Compare Cimicifuga, Helonias, Pulsatilla, Senecio, Secale-cornutum, Trillium, Collinsonia-canadensis. We prepare a dark-brown tincture of the root. We likewise prepare triturations of the pulverised root, and use the resinoid Caulophyllum and triturations of the same. Although this drug had been extensively used by botanic and eclectic physicians, yet it remained unnoticed at the hands of homoeopathic physicians until Professor Hale directed their atten- tion to its admirable curative virtues in the first edition of his JYeto Remedies. This drug has been recommended for rheumatism, more particu- larly of the smaller joints, and seems to be distinguished by its specific influence upon the uterine functions. Some of our best physicians testify to its virtues as an anti-rheumatic agent. Dr. Burt’s provings show that Caulophyllum is specifically homoeopathic to sub-acute rheumatism of the carpal, metacarpal and phalangeal, as well as of the tarsal, metatarsal and toe-joints. Dr. Ludlam thinks that in the cases of rheumatism which he has treated with this drug, it has seemed more effectual in the case of female than in the case of male patients. Dr. Hughes suggests, in his Manual of Pharmacodynamics, that “ Caulophyllum will probably rank with Pulsatilla and Sabina, as a remedy for that peculiar form of chronic rheumatism described by Dr. Fuller as secondary to uterine disorder.” Professor Hale regards this drug as primarily homoeopathic to dysmenorrhoea, uterine cramps, congestion, spurious labor-pains, abortion, premature labor, after-pains, when these diseases are caused by exaltation of natural function or hyper-stimulation. Pathological conditions of this kind are distinguished by the char- 1224 CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTEOIDES. 25 acter of spasm, and as a general rule, comparatively small quan- tities of the drug, such as a few drops of the tincture, or even oi the first or second decimal attenuation, are adequate to their re- moval. Secondarily, Cciulophyllum is homoeopathic to uterine con- ditions resulting from exhaustion or atony of the uterine fibre, such as menorrhagia, metrorrhagia. When prescribed for conditions of this kind, larger quantities of the drug may be required. In dysmenorrhcea, with horrid spasms, icy coldness of the ex- tremities, nausea and vomiting, excessive tenderness of the abdo- men, we have prescribed Cciulophyllum sometimes, with instantane- ous relief. We have likewise administered it as a prophylactic, and have frequently succeeded in regulating the catamenial periods to the perfect satisfaction of the patient. A similar result has been obtained when the catamenial discharge was too profuse and too frequent. We have likewise found it very useful in moderating after-pains when they caused the patient to moan or lasted too long; and we have found Caulophyllum an excellent means of changing the spas- modic character of labor-pains to normal pains, recurring at proper intervals, and gradually increasing to regular expulsive pains. As a preventive of miscarriage we have never yet used Caulo- phyllum alone, but either in alternation with Aconite or Secale- cornutum. After miscarriage the nervous system of the patient sometimes remains considerably shattered. Under these circumstances Caulo- phyllum, or its resinoid, Caulophyllin, may prove an excellent means of restoring it to its normal condition. In Hale’s work on Abortion, we find a case reported by Dr. Ludlam, where, among other ailments, the patient was suffering with an incurable insom- nia. This was speedily cured by means of a few doses of Caulo- phyllin 2. In metrorrhagia we have used it with partial benefit. From what we have seen of the effects of Caulophyllum in an accident of this kind, we are prepared to affirm that it is endowed with re- markable remedial powers in this direction, but we are not by any means of the opinion expressed by some enthusiastic admirers of every thing new, that Caulophyllum supercedes Secede by its superior power to induce uterine contractions. In a case of des- perate flooding, which occurred suddenly about three hours after delivery, and where the uterus had contracted perfectly, Caulo- phyllum seemed utterly powerless to stop the flow of blood, although it was administered in proportionably small as well as 1225 26 NEW REMEDIES. what might very* properly be called heroic doses. Secede likewise seemed to have very little effect. Trillium and other remedies were likewise powerless. Nothing saved the patient’s life but dashing snow against the abdomen, plugging the vagina with pounded ice, grasping the womb with the hand, applying stimu- lants to the nose, and supporting the patient with small quantities of broth, port-wine, &c. It was the most desperate case of flood- ing it has ever been our lot to witness. This patient, a young primipara, passed through a slow course of adynamic fever, with metro-peritoneal inflammation, a sort of puerperal typhus, but made a perfect recovery under the almost exclusive use of Digita- lis and Belladonna and suitable hygienic means. How far Caulopliyllum may be relied upon as a means of arrest- ing the uterine haemorrhages which often occur during the critical period in a woman’s life, we have no positive means of affirming. We have tried it faithfully in some very severe cases, and, we be- lieve, have seen good effects from it; but we have not been able, in a single case, to get along without the additional use of such drugs as Secale, Cinnamon-water, with Sulphuric-acid, Aconite, Arsenic, and others. During the session of the Western Institute of Homoeopathy, held in Chicago, May, 1864, Dr. Burbank, of Illinois, related a case of paraplegia which he cured with Caidophyllum. The pa- tient was a middle-aged lady. On the ninth day after her confine- ment she was attacked with what her allopathic physician desig- nated as metritis. Under the usual old-school treatment this affec- tion subsided, but left her almost completely paraplegic. There was almost complete loss of sensation, and the power of motion was almost entirely lost. She was unable to move her limbs in bed, or to stand upon them. The patient was emaciated, ansemic, and very much debilitated. When the Doctor first saw the case, two years after the patient was first taken sick, she was getting steadily worse. Nux, Cocculus, the Citrate of Iron, Strychnine, had no effect. An examination showed retroversion, congestion and enlargement of the uterus. Caulophyllin 2, was administered, and its use persisted in for six months, until the patient was entirely restored to health. CEDRON. This is the fruit of the Simaruba-cedron, a tree in South-America. The nut is of a lighter color than the Brazil-nut, about the same 1226 CEPA, ALLIUM CEPA. CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA. 27 size as the latter, flat, sharp at the edges and somewhat raised in the middle. The Natives use the kernel as an antidote against the bites of venomous serpents and as a remedy for fever and ague. CEPA, ALLIUM CEPA. (Onion.) is recommended by Dr. Hering, of Philadelphia, for coryza, cold in the head, with discharge of water from the eyes, discharge of burn- ing water from the nose, cough starting from the larynx which the patient grasps with his hand. It is likewise recommended for other affections, such as catarrhal toothache, with throbbing, drawing, pressing pains. I am not acquainted with any reliable clinical re- cords of this drug. CHELONE GLABRA. (Balmony.) We have no provings of this drug. Professor Hale recommends it in debility, jaundice and helminthiasis. If we use this agent, we have to do so empirically or in accordance with such suggestions as are offered by writers of the eclectic school. CHIMAPHILA UMBELLATA. This evergreen ranks with Buchu, Pareira-brava, Uva-ursi, &c. as a remedy for urinary affections. It has been used in calculous and dropsical affections, more particularly in ascites. According to eclectic writers it is more particularly in atonic dropsy, accompanied with debility that this drug is particularly indicated. According to Doctor P. H. Hale of Hudson, Michigan, the Chi- maphila induces atrophy of the breasts. He applied it to tumors in the breasts which vanished under its influence together with the breast. In a case of scirrhous tumor he prescribed the drug in 40 drop-doses of the tincture three times a day for three months, at the end of which period the tumor had disappeared together with two-thirds of each breast. (Pipsissewa.) 1227 28 NEW REMEDIES. CHLORINE. (Chlorine-water.) The vapors from this water have been recommended for laryngis- mus stridulus and other spasmodic affections of the air-passages We have never yet made use of this remedy, having been abun dantly able to get along without it. CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA. Compare with—Aconitum-napellus, Caulophyllum, Secale-cornutum, Agaricus muscarius. (Black Cohosh.) This plant is the Actsea-racemosa of Linnseus; it is also described under the name of Macrotys-racemosa by older writers. We prepare a tincture of the root, and likewise triturations of the dried root. From the root we obtain a resinoid Cimicifugin, of which we likewise prepare triturations. Drs. Marcy, H. M. Paine, and others, have furnished provings of this drug. It has been used by physicians of every school with great success, in a variety of affections, and constitutes an impor- tant addition to our Materia Medica. In rheumatism it has been used with good effect, especially in rheumatism of the muscular tissue. If the rheumatism is acute, accompanied by inflammatory fever, we are in the habit of either giving Aconite first, following it up with Cimicifuga; or else we give both remedies in alternation. There are certain muscles Hpon which Aconite has a predominantly specific influence ; one of these is the deltoid muscle. In rheumatism of the deltoid muscle, with or without fever, no medicine can compete with Aconite. In rheumatism of the dorsum of the foot, Pulsatilla is the sovereign remedy. In rheumatic headache, with throbbing in the temples and fore- head, soreness of the scalp, dull heavy pain in the forehead, Cimi- cifuga is said to have good effect. We have no experience of our own to offer in this respect. In pleurodynia,, where Aconite, Arnica, Bryonia and the like, were all that we had to depend upon, and where we were so fre- quently left in the lurch by these agents, we have in Cimicifuga a much more reliable friend than in any of the above-mentioned drugs. 1228 CIMICIFUGA EACEMOSA. 29 In rheumatic lumbago and spinal irritation, Cimicifuga com- petes with, although it does not supersede Aconite. We prescribe it both internally and externally. Our provings show very satisfactorily that this drug is possessed of a powerful and specific influence over the nervous system, not only the cerebro-spinal, but likewise the ganglionic nerves. Hence we find that it has fine curative effects in a variety of nervous disorders. In chorea we have found Cimicifuga useful, if the disease origi- nated in rheumatic irritation, or seemed to be traceable to some abnormal condition of the female sexual organs. In vol. III. of the Proceedings of the New- York Horn. Med. Society, page 360, Dr. Searle, of Troy, furnishes an interesting article on the successful employment of this drug in cerebro-spinal meningitis. In delirium tremens we may expect excellent effects from our drug. Its action upon the brain has produced a group of symp- toms simulating delirium tremens to perfection. In this disease Opium has to be given in such large quantities, that any drug, which, when given in moderate doses, will conquer this abnormal condition of the brain, must be hailed as a God-send by every humane practitioner. The specific curative virtues of Cimicifuga in the sexual sphere of the female have been tested to our perfect satisfaction. It is a powerful preventive of miscarriage, where it may have to be given in teaspoonful doses, if we wish to secure the desired effect. One dose may prove sufficient. It gives great relief to nervous and rheumatic subjects who are afflicted with painful menstruation. Professor Hale informs us that, if given some time previous to the menstrual period, it will prevent the distress and secure an easy and regular advent of the catamenia. We have never seen any striking results from the use of this drug in metrorrhagia or menorrhagia. It facilitates labor-pains, securing normal and regular contractions of the uterine walls, in place of the spasmodic, irregular, ineffectual and exhausting con- tractions which sometimes render the first period of labor one of great distress to nervous females. In case of uterine atony or ex- haustion, we place more reliance upon Secale, either for the pur- pose of restoring the expulsive action of the uterus, or preventing or arresting haemorrhage, by securing adeauate contraction of this organ after parturition. In the form of epilepsy which Schoenlein denominates uterine 1229 30 NEW REMEDIES. epilepsy, it has been used by physicians of the eclectic and the regular allopathic school with much success. In puerperal mania, Professor Simpson, of Edinburgh, has used the Actasa with the most brilliant success. In part 43 of Braith- waite’s Retrospect, he reports a case of puerperal hypochondriasis successfully treated with the tincture of Cimicifuga. After trying in vain many plans to raise the patient out of her dark and gloomy state, he finally ordered her fifty drops of the tincture of Actaea three times a day. On the third or fourth day, the cloud of misery which had been darkening her existence, suddenly began to dis- solve, and in a day or two more she felt perfectly herself again, in gaiety, spirits and energy. This lady afterwards informed the Professor that she had prescribed her own remedy to. more than one melancholic subject, with nearly as great success as she had used it in her own case. Cimicifuga affords relief from the ailments incident to irritable uterus and to the period of menopausia, such as pain in the lum- bar region, recurring more or less periodically; distress in the upper part of the head, abnormal irritability of temper, flushings, pains in the mamma? and other parts sympathetic with the mamma?; and, as Di\ Richard Hughes informs us, it likewise dissipates “ the infra-mammary pain in unmarried females, which Simpson tells us is to the uterus what pain in the shoulder is to the liver.” In functional disturbance of the heart, neuralgia of the heart, angina pectoris, palpitation, &c., superinduced by rheumatic ex- posure, Cimicifuga renders excellent service. In organic heart- disease we consider it powerless; at least we have never derived any good effects from it in our own practice. In the works of eclectic practitioners especially, we find this drug cracked up in terms of extravagant praise as a sovereign remedy for affections of the heart. We would caution homoeopathic physicians against allowing themselves to be beguiled into similar extravagances. Cimicifuga is an excellent means of cure for a certain range of heart-affections; Cactus-grandiflorus for another range; but to infer from this, as has been done by homoeopathic practitioners, that they are superior to such well-tried remedies as Aconite and Digi- talis, shows a strong deficiency of discriminating judgment and well-founded knowledge and experience. 1230 COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS. 31 COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS. (Stone-root.) Compare with—Aconite, iEsculus, Caulophyllum, Aloes, Hydrastis, Sulphur. We prepare both a tincture and trituration of the root, and likewise obtain and use a resinoid Collinsonia. This drug was first brought prominently to the notice of the homoeopathic profession by Drs. Dunham and Fowler, of New- York. It has been successfully used for haemorrhoids, constipa- tion and di/smenorrhcea. A number of interesting cases are re- ported by Dr. Fowler and others in the North American Journal of Homceopatiiy, where constipation and dysmenorrhoea, or con- stipation and haemorrhoids, or constipation and a variety of con- sensual symptoms, such as headache, cough, dyspepsia, &c., yielded to the use of Collinsonia in a reasonably short period of time, and permanently. Dr. Fowler used a decoction of the root, taking a handful of the chopped root in a quart of water, boiled down to a pint. Of this preparation the patient took a wineglassfnl three tunes a day. Triturations of the Collinsonin, and the tincture and its attenua- tions, have been used with equal success by homoeopathic practi- tioners. Dr. Fowler’s first acquaintance with the drug was procured in the following manner, (see North American Journal of Homoeo- pathy, vol. VI., page 50) : “ Some two years since,” writes the Doctor, “ I remarked to a friend and patient that I was honored with a number of cases of obstinate haemorrhoids, and that I really wished that I possessed some means of curing them, without dan- ger of entailing some more serious disorder. My friend replied that he could tell me of a remedy, and remarked that two or three years ago he was an absolute martyr, in fact crippled with haemor- rhoids.” The remedy was Collinsonia, and the patient was cured by the above-mentioned decoction, in two weeks. In another case varicocele disappeared altogether with the ob- stinate constipation for which the remedy was taken. Dr. Snelling reports a case, where a distressing pruritus vulvae, dysmenorrhcea and symptoms of prolapsus uteri, in the case of an unmarried lady, aged 85 years, were “ quietly and completely re- moved,” hi about a fortnight, by the use of Collinsonia, triturated in the proportion of one to four, of which the patient took three doses a day of three grains each. Dr. Burt has furnished a proving of this drug, the reading of 1231 32 NEW REMEDIES. which, at the third annual meeting of the Western Institute of Homoeopathy, elicited a discussion, in the course of which Prof. Hale called attention to the use of this drug in diseases of the heart. Dr. P. II. Hale, of Hudson, Mich., related a case of valvular disease consequent upon a severe attack of inflammatory rheuma- tism, where Collinsonia seemed to afford marked relief. Other physicians have reported equally favorably on the good effects of this drug in diseases of the heart. CORNUS CIRCINATA. (Round-leaved Dogwood.) A pathogenesis of this drug may be found in the third volume of the North American Journal, page 279. The provers were Drs. Crane, Freeman and Fullgraff. It is recommended for dark, bilious stools, with pain in the bowels before, during and after the discharges; dull, heavy sensation in the head, with shooting, ach- ing or throbbing pains in the head; symptoms of gastric derange- ment, such as loss of appetite, nausea, bitter taste; cholera-infan- tum, prostrating diarrhoea, unrefreshing sleep; chilliness, followed by flushes of heat. CORYDALIS FORMOSA. (Turkey Corn.) We have no provings of this drug. Hale recommends it in his JVeto Remedies for scrofula and scrofulous cachexia, gastric catarrh; cachexia common after intermittents, and in certain obstinate cuta- neous diseases. CYPRIPEDIUM PUBESCENS. (Large Yellow Ladies’ Slipper.) We have no provings of this drug, and have to use it empiri- cally, or in accordance with the recommendations of eclectics. Professor Hale recommends it for morbid irritability of the brain, more especially in the case of children. Dr. Kendall has found an infusion of the root useful as an intercurrent remedy for the jactitation, restlessness and trembling common in typhoid fever. 1232 DIOSCOREA YILLOSA. 33 DIOSCOREA YILLOSA. (Wild Yam.) Compare 'with—Aconite, Chamomilla, Ipecacuanha, Arsenicum, Colocynthis. We use a tincture of the root, and likewise the resinoid Dios- corein and its triturations. This drug had been used by the most eminent eclectic physicians of the West, and by some of our Western homoeopaths, as their chief remedy for bilious colic, when it was more prominently intro- duced to the homoeopathic brotherhood in Professor Hale’s New Remedies. We have some excellent provings of this drug by Drs. Burt, Nichol, Summer and Michener, which account most fully and satisfactorily for the curative powers which this drug has evinced in bilious colic, in spasmodic colic, and in cardialgia. We learn from these provings that Dioscorea produces severe burning, spasmodic, griping, aching pains, either in the epigastric region or bowels ; hence, being in homoeopathic rapport with similar patho- logical conditions, it will necessarily cure the latter. Of the cases in which we have been able to test its virtues, we will mention the following three, as illustrative of the range of symptoms where its good effects may be relied upon. Case 1.—A young lady from the South, of 22 years, was subject to attacks of hard, choking pain in the pit of the stomach. There was no nausea, but the distress was agonizing, causing her to moan, shiver and tremble ; the extremities were cold, the pulse weak and sinking. She had been suffering for a long time from such attacks, and had done a good deal to obtain permanent relief from her distress, but so far to no purpose. An attack generally lasted a good while and left her very much prostrated. During one of her attacks she happened to be on a visit in our family, She took ten drops of Lodge’s tincture of Dioscorea, and had scarcely swallowed the dose when she was completely and per- manently relieved of her suffering. In this young lady’s case the attacks had originally been brought on by the great mental and physical distress which the war had caused in her section of the country and in her family. Case 2.—A gentleman of 45 years, of rather delicate constitu- tion and a very active mind, had for a year past been subject to attacks of pain in the epigastric region and the upper half of the abdomen. They had originally been brought on by excessive mental labor, sitting up late at night, eating late suppers, walk- 1233 34 NEW REMEDIES. ing and standing in very light boots on damp and cold ground, &c. The attacks set in with creeping chills, a slightly accelerated but very feeble pulse, expression of distress and pallor of the coun- tenance, severe crampy pains in the bowels as if the bowels were twisted together in a knot, or drawn together with an iron band ; the spirits were depressed, whereas, in his natural mood, the patient had the reputation of being the most jovial man in town ; the bowels were constipated, and the general prostration of the sys- tem was very great. The family, who had been employing an ex- cellent allopathic physician as their family adviser, had managed to get along with hot fomentations to the bowels, mustard-draughts, opiates and the like; but, getting tired of this treatment, and the attacks getting worse from week to week and month to month, finally he determined to try homoeopathic treatment in the case. Fifteen to twenty drops of the tincture of Dioscorea were mixed in half a goblet of water, of which the patient took a desertspoonful every ten minutes. In about half an hour relief commenced, and progressed so rapidly that the patient was able, on the morning after the attack, to be about his office and attend to his ordinary duties. Owirig to his persistent irregularities in diet, and to his recklessness in exposing himself to all kinds of weather, attacks would come on occasionally, but the Dioscorea always proved a match for them. If I am not mistaken, he has not had any attack now for half a year, whereas, formerly, they used to come on as often as once a fortnight and even once a week, and would keep him prostrated for three, four and even more days. Case 8.—The patient was a very stout woman of 40 years, mar- ried. For several years past she had been subject to the following paroxysms, which came on once a fortnight, or once every three or four weeks, but sometimes more frequently. She was suddenly taken with a horrid cramp-pain in the pit of the stomach, the lesser curvature felt as if it were violently drawn towards the spine; every few minutes she had to vomit up bile, blood and mucus; the effort to vomit seemed truly heart-rending; the pulse was slightly accelerated and very feeble. Hands and feet very cold. These attacks sometimes lasted several days, and left the patient pros- trated for days after. All treatment in her case proved unavailing. All that could be done for her was to palliate her sufferings with opiates. Thanks to the New Remedies, Ave became acquainted with Dioscorea-villosa, which proved the best and only friend that this woman e\rer had had in her distress. The drug at once ar- rested the vomiting, the crampy distress; she was able to lie on 1234 DOLICHOS PRURIENS. ERIGERON CANADENSE. 35 her back or side, and the day following the attack she was able to leave her bed. Whenever an attack threatened to come on at any subsequent period, the Dioscorea very speedily put a stop to it. Over-work, such as washing and mopping the floor, or eating indi- gestible food, were the main causes that brought an attack on in her case. Some of our physicians have used this drug with great advan- tage in cholera morbus and dysentery, when attended with severe spasmodic pains in the bowels. DOLICHOS PRURIENS. (Cowhage.) This agent is used as a vermifuge with excellent success. Prof. Stokes, of Dublin, reports several cases in his work on Theory and Practice, where a syrup of Cowhage removed a quantity of worms, and, together with the worms, various constitutional symptoms, cough, chronic bronchitis, dyspnoea, orthopnoea, hepatization of the left lower lobe of the lungs, &c. Dr. Jeanes, of Philadelphia, gave it for a sticking pain in the throat as from a splinter. ELAPS CORALLINUS. (Coral Viper.) This poison is recommended for deafness and fever and ague. ERIGERON CANADENSE. Compare with—Aconite, Arsenicum, Secale-comutum, Caulophyllum, Arnica, (Canada Flea Bane.) This drug was first introduced to the homoeopathic profession by Dr. Ring, of Ohio. In the New- York Journal of Homoeopathy, he writes: “ Recently I have had two cases of dysuria in teething children, which yielded to no remedy until I made use of drop doses (two or three drops every two or three hours) of a tincture of the Erigeron-canadense. The symptoms in the two cases were more particularly pain so as to cause a great deal of crying on Ipeoacuanha. 1235 36 NEW REMEDIES. voiding urine, the calls for which are frequent. The secretion was abnormally increased and had a very strong odor. The parts ex- ternally—both were female children—were in both cases very much inflamed, or irritated, with considerable mucus discharged. The children were very fretful at all times.” In dysuria of children we have found this remedy very excellent. The provings furnished by Dr. Burt, of Iowa, seem to show that this drug has some speci- fic relation to the kidneys. lie experienced a severe sticking pain in the right kidney, and a persistent, hard, aching pain in the lumbar region. Some of our physicians recommend this drug very strongly for uterine licemorrliagia. In the cases where we have tried it, we have not derived any benefit from its use. It may be that it is only indicated in a peculiar range of cases which have not yet been correctly defined. Dr. Burt experienced for several days in suc- cession, hard, aching pain in the larger joints, apparently of a rheumatic character. May not the hemorrhages to which Erigeron is homoeopathic be of this nature? We have tried the Erigeron in a case of hcematurici where we felt satisfied this remedy would exert a curative influence. The patient was a little girl, ten years old. She was a feeble, cachectic child, and passed half a small chamberful of a dark-looking, offensive fluid, a mixture of blood and urine, at one sitting. There was considerable burning distress in the region of the kidneys. She had been sick for some days when we were called. The Erigeron oil did not touch the case. Arsenicum 2 centes., changed the condition of things so completely between evening and morning, that next forenoon the child was discharged cured. Time and again we have promptly an*ested haemorrhage from the nose, lungs, stomach, urethra and womb with Aconite, Squills, Arsenic, Ipecacuanha and Secale-cornutum, yet we can call to mind cases where Erigeron would have been exceedingly acceptable, if we had known of it. t ERYNGIUM AQUATICUM. (Button Snake-root.) We have a fair pathogenesis of this drug by some of the mem- bers of Cleveland College, Ohio. This drug has been used with good effect in seminal emissions and spermatorrhoea, some cures of which are recorded in Hilt and Hunt's Surgery, Yol. I., page 400, 1236 EUPATORIUM AROMATICUM. GAIilC ACID. 37 EUPATORIUM AROMATICUM. Dr. B. L. Hill has recommended this drug in his Epitome of Practice, as a specific remedy for aphthous stomatitis in females and children. (White Sn ike-root.) EUPATORIUM PURPUREUM. The influence of this drug over the urinary secretions is very marked. It has been successfully used in strangury, excessive irritability of the bladder, dropsy depending upon renal trouble. The dose has to be tolerably large. (Queen of the Meadow, Gravel Root.) EUPHORBIA COROLLATA. (Blooming Spurge.) According to what we know of the action of this drug upon the normal organism, it may be recommended for cholera-morbus, with vomiting and diarrhoea, for an exhausting diarrhoea and dysenteric diarrhoea. It seems to act similarly to Ipecacuanha and Tartar- emetic. GALLIC ACID. This acid has been employed with success against various kinds of hajmorrhage, from the lungs, nose, kidneys. It is useful in menorrhagia, and diminishes the profuse expectoration of pus in phthisis. In pyrosis it has had a good elfect. GALLIUM. (Cleavers.) Compare with—Agave-Americana, Erigeron-canadense, Chimaphila, Iodine. Of the various species of Gallium which are found both in this country and in Europe, the Gallium-aperinuin is the species gene- rally employed for medicinal preparations. It has been extensively 1237 38 NEW REMEDIES. used by eclectic physicians, and is likewise used by physicians of our own school, in the shape of a cold or warm infusion, which seems to be the most efficient mode of securing the therapeutic virtues of this plant, the root of which is not used. It is recom- mended and has been used with success in dysuria, ischuria and calculous affections. It is likewise said to be useful as an anti scorbutic agent. The British Journal of Homoeopathy, vol. XXIII., page 139, contains the record of a cancerous affection of the tongue cured by Gallium. “ The patient was a married woman, 60 years of age, and was admitted into the hospital April 5th, 1864, on account of a hard, firm, somewhat circumscribed tumor, of about the size of a boy’s marble flattened, imbedded in the sub- stance of the tongue, on the right side, about an inch from its apex, which had been gradually increasing in size since she first observed it, five weeks before, when it was about as large as a hemp-seed. “ The upper surface was nodulated and uneven, and the swelling generally had the appearance and feel of a scirrhous formation in the organ. It had all along been extremely painful, so much so as entirely to prevent her sleeping at night; it was exquisitely tender to the touch when handled, and latterly she had experienced a throbbing, beating pain in it, which had induced her to think it was about to burst. There was no appearance of its having been caused by injury to the tongue through a decayed tooth. She had always been in the habit of living tolerably well, but had been suffering a good deal from general debility and languor for some time before the commencement of the swelling. Her countenance did not indicate any peculiar cachectic condition of the system, arid there was no history of any hereditary cancerous taint in the family. The tumor had increased rather rapidly lately, and she was quite unable to masticate solid food on account of the pain.it induced, which had added much to her original weakness. “ She was ordered to have strong cold beef tea frequently dur- ing the day for diet, with a pint of porter daily, and to take the following medicine: Two ounces of the solid extract of Gallium- aperinum to half a pound of water. Of this solution she took one drachm and a half a day, in a wineglassful of water. She was also ordered to use the above mixture as a warm lotion to the mouth several times a day, keeping it in the mouth for some time during each application. “ A month after her admission, she had completely recovered from the languor and debility under which she had previously been 1238 GELSEMEN'UM SEMPEKVIEENS. 39 suffering; her face, instead of being pallid and sallow, had re- covered a healthy and somewhat florid appearance, which was natural to her; the pain in the tumor had been gradually diminish- ing ; and the tumor itself had become so much reduced in size as to be scarcely discernible to the touch, and as she was now able to take solid food without discomfort and with an appetite, she was, at the end of five weeks, discharged from the hospital. A fortnight afterwards, having continued the remedies prescribed, she presented herself as an out-patient, when it was found that the tumor had entirely disappeared, and the tongue had recovered its natural structure and appearance.” In epilepsy, Dr. Ogle has obtained the most successful results by means of this agent. GELSEMINUM SEMPERVIRENS. (Yellow Jessamine.) Compare with—•Aconite, Belladonna, Cannabis-indiea, Caulophyllum Opium, Veratrum-viride, Chloroform. We prepare a tincture of the root, and likewise use the resinoid Gelsemiu. This drug was first recommended to the homoeopathic profession by Dr. B. L. Hill, in the year 1856, who at that time filled the Chair of Surgery in the Cleveland Homoeopathic College. We have made extensive use of this drug in our own practice, and can recommend it in the following affections, where a number of other homoeopathic practitioners have likewise tested and verified its curative virtues, both in high and low attenuations, and large, ma- terial doses. Gelseminum exerts a marked influence over the muscles. In one of the few cases of poisoning reported by King, a prominent eclectic writer, we find the following effects recorded of the poison : “ Complete loss of muscular power; was unable to move a limb, or even to raise his eyelids, although he could hear and was cog- nizant of circumstances transpiring around him. His friends, greatly alarmed, collected around him, watching the result with much anxiety, and expecting every minute to see him breathe his last. After some hours he gradually recovered. This case shows that Gelseminum is specifically homoeopathic to cataleptic conditions and to attacks of hysteria resembling cata- lepsy. We have used it with advantage in such attacks. 1239 40 NEW REMEDIES. We are in possession of a number of excellent provings of this drug, all of which shed a good deal of light upon the therapeutic powers of this remarkable agent. Its influence upon the eyes is very great; it causes dimness of sight, amaurosis, paralysis of the upper eyelids. Provers have experienced a variety of pains in the head; sometimes the pain was felt over the whole head, sometimes only in the forehead, or extending from the occiput to the fore- head, or in the side of the head. A symptom in Dr. Henry’s prov- ing reads: “ The pains seem to wind round the right eye.” The Gelseminum pains in the head seem to show a tendency to occur periodically, or to shift from one region to another and then to re- appear again in the former. Headaches of this character come within the province of Gelseminum. They are nervous, or rheu- matic headaches. In nervous hemicrania Gelseminum must prove useful. There is no vomiting, as in sick headache, but great ner- vous suffering, the irritation being confined to one side of the head, involving the eye, and causing great nervousness. Rheumatic headaches, with drawing or heavy dull pains, or sharp, shooting pains in the forehead, pains in the top of the head or down the occiput, yield to Gelseminum. In both these classes of headache the eyes are more or less affected. Irritation of the eyes charac- terized by soreness of the eyeballs, disturbed vision, lachrymation, pricking pain in the eyes, heaviness and drooping of the lids, would be additional indications for Gelseminum. Such headaches are likewise very often accompanied by the dizziness 'which all our provers of Gelseminum have experienced in a greater or less degree. The influence of Gelseminum over the nervous and muscular systems has already been alluded to. It causes, and therefore will cure catalepsy. It likewise causes pains resembling those of neu- ralgic rheumatism. They are drawing and crampy pains in the muscles and toes. In Mr. Bigelow’s proving these drawing, con- tracting and crampy pains extended from the thighs to the toes, and seemed to proceed from the bones as well as the muscles. Gelseminum being possessed of such a remarkable power to extin- guish muscular activity, we may derive benefit from its use in some attacks of rheumatic paralysis. Consensual abnormal impressions of the general sensorium, such as Gelseminum is capable of pro- ducing, may furnish additional indications for its use in an attack of this kind. In hysteria, with excessive melancholy, prostration of the mus- cular power, excessive nervous irritability, spasmodic attacks, Gel- seminum has effected fine cures. Its action upon the mind, as 1240 GELSEMINUM SEMPERVIEENS. 41 elicited by our provings, account for its successful use in hysteric affections. Even hysteric convulsions have yielded promptly and permanently to its influence. So have puerperal convulsions in the hands of Dr. Douglas and our own. Tetanic convulsions are said to have been cured with Gelseminum. We have no experience to offer in this respect. In trismus, more especially in the trismus of hysteria, wre have known it to relax the spasm very promptly. In neuralgia, particularly of the face, Gelseminum should not be overlooked. It is not, by any means, the equal of Aconite in this disease; and, in the intermittent neuralgia of districts where fever and ague are endemic, Quinine exceeds it by far in therapeutic power. Nevertheless, if the attack is attended by dizziness, a sen- sation as if the brain would float off, blurred vision, soreness and redness of the eyeball; or if the attack is chiefly experienced in the eyeball itself, or in the region above or around the orbit, Gel- seminum may be advantageously given in alternation with Quinine, but in moderately large doses. In congestive neuralgia, when the affected part feels swollen, with a good deal of burning and throb- bing distress; or in the tic-douloureux of the French,'when the pains are lancing, boring, gnawing, sticking, screwing, &c., we never hesitate, in case the external and internal use of Aconite does not afford speedy relief, to administer this remedy in alterna- tion with Gelseminum. We naturally would expect a great deal from Gelseminum in affections of the eyes. It has proved an excellent remedy in asthenopia, or weakness of sight, occasioned by abusing the visual organ, or overstraining it. Gelseminum will prove beneficial to literary persons w’ho have weakened their eyes by reading at night, or to mechanics, w'ho have to strain their eyes by fine work. Ruta has been the stand-by of homoeopathic physicians in this trouble, but we have never derived much benefit from it. Gelseminum promises much better in this respect. In amaurosis and amblyopia, with spots floating before the eyes, &c., Gelseminum has effected very brilliant cures. However, it will not supercede either Aconite or Belladonna in this affection. In a case of amaurosis, resulting from rheumatic exposure, attended with intense pain in the region where the internal carotid winds round the optic nerve, a few drops of the tincture of Aconite, in half a tumbler of water, in desert- spoonful doses every ten or fifteen minutes, effected a speedy cure. In ptosis, a paralytic drooping of the upper lids, Gelseminum is specifically indicated by our provings, and by the few cases of poisoning reported in King's Dispensatory. In strabismus, when 1241 42 NEW REMEDIES. resulting from accidental spasmodic irritation of the muscles of the eyes, Gelseminum competes with any of the remedies upon which we are in the habit of relying for curative effects in this disease. Whether Gelseminum will prove of much use in affections of the sense of hearing, we are unable to say. Dr. Allen, of New-York, reports a curious case of sore throat, with deafness and dysmenor- rhoea, where all these symptoms disappeared as if by magic under the operation of a dose of Gelseminum 100. Enuresis of children as well as old people, resulting from weak- ness or paralysis of the sphincter, has been satisfactorily treated with Gelseminum. In spasms of the urethers and bladder, when caused by exposure, or by the passage of calculi through the ureters, Gelseminum competes with Belladonna and Chamomilla. In seminal emissions, with relaxation of the parts, Gelseminum has afforded much relief; likewise in spermatorrhoea. Dr. Thomas Nichol reports a very brilliant cure of this latter disease. The patient was a young man who had brought himself to the brink of the grave by self-abuse. The Doctor placed him upon the first decimal trituration of Gelsemin, one-third of a grain, morning, noon and night; and, in the space of nine months restored him to perfect health. In ffonorr/uza, Gelseminum has likewise effected cures. Dr. John Douglas, of Chester District, S. C., states that some thirty years ago, a patient came into his office with gonon-hcea of several months’ standing, which had been improperly treated. One of his pupils begged him to allow him to treat the case, saying he could cure the most obstinate case in a few days with the root of Yellow Jessamine. A small handful of the root was put into a common junk-bottle of whiskey, and the patient ordered, in a day or two, to take a tablespoonful of this mixture night and morning, lie took but a few doses when he became much alarmed with the effect upon his eyes, thinking that the medicine had destroyed his vision. Every symptom of gonorrhoea had, however, disappeared, and the cure was permanent. Since that time he has treated many cases with it, and invariably with the same success. In this disease the medicine has to be given in tolerably massive doses, Brilliant cures have been effected by this drug with quantities large enough to cause blindness. In affections of the bowels our personal experience with Gelse- minum is very limited. Eclectics profess to have employed it with great success in bilious diarrhoea, dysentery and in spasmodic colie, caused by the presence of worms. There is certainly no reason 1242 43 GELSEJIINTJM SEMPEKVIRKNS. why it should not moderate the tormina and tenesmus in dysentery, or relax the spasm in strangulated hernia, or the spasmodic dis- tress caused by worms. Dr. Hale says, that “he has had unusual success in treating worm affections with Gelsemin 2, decimal tri- turation, alternated with Podophyllin, 1st or 2d, and Santonin, one- tenth, each in grain doses, two hours apart. After two or three days the worms are either expelled in large numbers, or the ver- minous symptoms all disappear. A weak dilution of the tincture injected into the rectum will often bring away large quantities of ascarides.” We have already alluded to the fact, that Gelseminum has evinced fine therapeutic powers in dysinenorrhcea. Dr. Allen, of New-York, relieved a case of dysmenorrhoea of long standing by a small dose of Gelseminum 100. This seems a most extraordinary case, where dysmenorrhoea, chronic sore throat and deafness were cured at one blow. Nevertheless, all these ailments may have re- sulted from one and the same condition of abnormal innervation, and, for this reason, yielded to a remedial influence that was adequate to remove the first cause of these derangements. Spasmodic labor-pains and distressing and exhausting after- pains, are controlled by Gelseminum. In uterine haemorrhage, from atony of the uterine vessels, Gelseminum has been employed with success. In prolonged menorrhagia it may be depended upon as an efficient agent to arrest the flow of blood. The homceo- pathieity of this drug will have to be determined by the accom- panying symptoms and the general nature of the case. In general, Gelseminum is one of those agents which will prove of vast benefit to an accoucheur. It has power to speedily over- come the rigidity of the os uteri, which is so often an obstacle to labor, and will quiet the nervousness which is so troublesome to parturient females, or during pregnancy, and will afford them a refreshing sleep, if they should be tormented by sleeplessness. Our provings point to Gelseminum as an agent that may do good service in catarrh and influenza. The headache and the peculiar irritation which this agent occasions, the sharp, shooting pains in the forehead, the catarrhal irritation of the Schneiderian membrane, fluid discharges from the nose and throat, soreness and irritation of the air-passages, cough, and the general debility, chilliness and the more or less general myalgia which we find recorded among the pathogenetic symptoms of this drug, justify its use in simple catarrhal affections. Of course, it will not supercede Aconite, 1243 44 NEW REMEDIES. Arsenic, Tartar-emetic and other drugs belonging to the same series. In spasmodic and racking cough, having a catarrhal origin, with irritation of the lining membrane of the air-passages, we have de- rived benefit from the use of this drug. We have never depended upon it either in acute bronchitis or acute pneumonia, although in pulmonary congestion, its employment would seem justified upon homoeopathic principles. Some of the pathogenetic symptoms of this drug point to acute congestion of pulmonary parenchyma. One of Dr. Henry’s symptoms reads: “ Short, paroxysmal pain in the superior part of the right lung; on taking a long breath, it sticks from above downwards; this pain in the lungs is one of the most prominent symptoms.” In spasm of the glottis, Gelseminum has been used with some benefit by some homoeopathic physicians. We have cured the most threatening cases of this disease with Aconite, but should not hesitate to employ both drugs in alternation, giving a much larger dose of the Gelseminum than the Aconite. In fever Gelseminum commends itself to the attention of homoeo- pathic practitioners. In the common catarrhal, or even rheumatic fever, we have always got along very satisfactorily with Aconite, Chamomilla, Mercurius-vivus, using in the more deep-seated cases a few doses of Belladonna,