Uranium Nitricum

Uranium nitrate. XJO^'^NO^QH^O.

k salt prepared from pitch blende. The minerals which contain Uranium are found in the lead and silver mines of Bohemia and Saxony, Bavaria, and in France near Limoges.

The triturations are made from the pure nitrate.

Provings by Blake, Hah. Mat. Med., Part 2, 1871.

Toxicological experiments, Carniet, Glycoluries toxiques, Paris, 1891.

Clinical Authorities Ophthalmia, Berridge, Org., vol. 2, p. 175 ; Diabetes, Koeck, H. M., vol. 12, p. 493 ;

Koeck, Times Ret., 1877, p. 102 ; Hale, N. A. J.

H., vol. 10, pp. 274, 384; Hale, B. J. IL, vol. 20, p. 166 ;

Hallock, N. A. J. H., May, 1882;

Dudley, Hah. Mo., vol. 11, p. 270; Magdeburg, B. J.

H., vol. 34, p. 67; Hughes, Bradford, B. J. H., vol. 24, pp. 253-269 ;

McLean, H. W., vol. 7, p. 132 ; Cornell, N. A.

J. H., vol. 16, p. 594; Jousset, Hom. CI., vol. 1, p. 270;

Albumi- nuria, Walker, Hah. Mo., vol. 11, p. 337; Diuresis, Bradford, N. A.

J. H., vol. 8, p. 502 ; Nocturnal enuresis, Blake, A. H.

O., vol. 9, p. 413 ; Incontinence of urine, Cook, A. H. O., vol. 3, p 29.

^ Mind. iGreatdespondencj'; ill-temper; cross; disagreeable. ^ Sensorium. Vertigo ; heaviness of head ; restless at night,

with shivering. ^ Inner Head. Head heavy on waking; general languor;

aching' at occipital protuberance. Pain shooting from r. orbit to occipital protuberance in

evening. Frontal headache. Dull aching in r. temple. iSIight pain over 1. eye, with contracted feeling in throat,

and eructations, followed by diuresis. Heavy, burning pain in r. side of vertex ; fulness of head

and sensation of blood flowing to that part, before eating. Giddy, faint ; flushing of upper body during catamenia. Headache in 1. temple, with feeling as if he had taken cold. Severe pain at posterior edge of r. and 1. temporal bones. I Headache; dull, heavy pains in forehead, r. temple and

occiput. * Sight and Eyes. ■ Pain over 1. eye.

lEyelids inflamed and agglutinated; glands enlarged. 1 I Child 12 days old, had from birth yellow discharge from

1. eye, causing adhesion of lids, 1. eye red and watery ;

afterward same kind of discharge from r. eye, but less;

discharge chiefly in inner canthus. ^ Smell and Nose, l Nostrils sore with purulent, acrid dis- charge ; chronic catarrh.

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Dry coryza ; 1. nostril stuffed.

Itching in nose, small scab in r. nostril, purulent discharge

from 1. nostril. I I Scabbing of inner nostril, chronic. ^^ Inner Mouth, l l Ulcers in buccal cavity, with copious sali- vation ; nausea and great thirst. ^* Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. iLoss of appetite. ^During catamenia. I 1 Craves raw ham and tea ; amenorrhoea. ^Diabetes. ^^ Eating and Drinking. ■ Excessive thirst, emaciation.

^Diabetes. ^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting, i Much nausea ; vomiting ; intermittent vomiting, with great thirst. '^ Scrobiculum and Stomach, i Boring pain in pyloric region.

■ Dyspepsia, intermittent attacks of pain, with sinking at

epigastrium and acid eructations, flatulency and copi- ous urination. I I Dyspeptic feelings quarter of an hour before dinner, with gnawing sinking at cardiac end of stomach ; but without hunger or faintness.

■ Gastric and duodenal ulcers.

I I Recurring hsematemesis. ^Gastric ulcer. ^'Abdomen. ■ Abdomen bloated; slight diarrhoea; sharp colic and tenesmus, with burning in rectum.

■ Enteritis and peritonitis, with meteorism; great prostra-

tion. Peritonitis followed by copious effusion. ^'Urinary Organs. ' lA corpulent, temperate old man had constantly increasing debility and emaciation ; oedema of legs; great pain and weariness of legs ; crawling and formication of limbs ; clammy state of mouth and tongue; tongue coated with white fur; sensation of dry- ness in mouth an^l fauces, with intense thirst ; severe acid dyspepsia; burning, cramps and faintness in pit of stomach ; bowels constipated, feces pale, odorless and dry; constant desire to urinate; enormous quantity of urine (sixteen pints in twenty-four hours) ; perspiration and breath have a sweet odor; skin dry and hard; night sweats ; pulse 90, small (greatly relieved). ^Dia-

■ betes.

I I Profuse nocturnal urination; since six months, in a man set. 40, accompanied by burning and scalding; urine milky at times, often straw-colored, fetid, voids ten to twelve pints in twenty-four hours; dispirited, morose ; constipation ; mouth dry ; saliva tenacious ; tongue coated white ; good ap[)etite, but distress after eating; constant faintness at stomach, even after a hearty meal ; debility; renal pain.

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I I Urination profuse, painful, pale, milky, with ammonia- cal odor; nocturnal urination frequent; great debility; night sweats ; constant pain and soreness in lumbar region ; legs ache and feel heavy and weary ; < toward evening; almost complete loss of sexual power, organs cold, relaxed and sweaty ; afternoon fever ; great thirst; canine hunger; bloated abdomen and constipation. ^Albuminuria.

I I A delicate, nervous woman had sudden attacks of diu- resis, followed by scanty urine, dark-colored, with fever.

I I Constipation ; distressing thirst; canine hunger ; tongue red; loss of sleep (^improved), ^uiabetes mellitus.

I Diabetes : in two cases specific gravity decreased ; in one from 1042 to 1030, in other from 1039 to 1031 ; thirst, hunger and quantity of urine decreased greatly.

■ Diabetes mellitus; five cases improved.

i llncontinence of urine at night and frequency during day.

I I A boy, set. 3, pale, dark circles around eyes; color in cheeks changes to deep red ; exceedingly restless at night with fever; urine profuse and very pale; appetite capricious. 6'Diabetes mellitus.

I I A man, set. 70, hale and hearty for his age ; since three years has to urinate frequently and loses flesh; drinks a great deal to assuage his constant thirst. ^Diabetes mellitus.

I I A man, set. 52, fat and full-blooded, intense thirst, had to get up several times at night to drink ; good appe- tite, loses strength; passes large quantities of urine, giving a specific gravity of 1044, and containing 85 grs. glucose per litre.

I I Commenced to decline five years ago and has been grad- ually growing < ; could not walk ; was entirely color- less, not slightest appearance of blood in lips, tongue, ears or over entire surface ; eyes sunken ; cheek bones prominent ; emaciation ; acidity of stomach ; constipa- tion ; hemorrhoids; palpitation; inordinate thirst; roar- ing in ears, with fainting spells; tenderness of spine near and extending to kidneys; eight to ten quarts of urine in twenty-four hours. /^Diabetes.

I I For three months getting thinner every day ; cannot eat enough to satisfy craving; .excessive thirst, especially at night, drinking four to six quarts of water in twenty- four hours; abundant flow of urine; has to empty pot de chambre two or three times a night; urine contains sugar. .

■ Acute and chronic diuresis" of children and adults. llncontinence of urine at night, from worms; urine often

excoriatins:.

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I Burning in urethra, with very acid urine; urinary te- nesmus. I I Nocturnal enuresis. ^Albuminuria. Urine greenish and smelling fishy.

I I Weakness of bladder from infancy ; unable to retain urine without extreme pain, amounting almost to spasms during day ; at night passed it freely without waking, and in cold weather in very large quantities; on taking cold, bloating of bowels and extremities, also of face ; some tenderness of bowels, with frequent pain in 1. side; appetite poor, and extremely dainty, craving sweets; always complaining of deranged stomach ; very thin and pale. ^^Male Sexual Organs, i Completely impotent, with noctur- nal emissions, i I Almost complete loss of sexual powers, organs cold, relaxed and sweaty. ^Albuminuria.

"Female Sexual Organs. During menstruation: vertigo; faint ; flushing of upper part of body. I iNo menstrual flow during diabetic attack; pale, anae- mic; craving raw ham and tea. ^'Pregnancy. Parturition.

Lactation, i Excessive lacteal

secretion. ^ Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia, i Bron- chitis, with copious mucous expectoration and much emaciation ; old chronic cases. ^^ Cough. Cough, with purulent discharge from 1. nostril; loss of appetite and great prostration ; lung infiltrated with grey tubercle. ^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. Pain at lower angle of 1. scapula, < by taking a deep inspiration. Hydrothorax and congestion of lungs. ^' Neck and Back. Stiffness in loins. '' Limbs in General. White vesicles on hands and legs, with

red areolse ; burn and itch. ^^Rest. Position. Motion. Walking: head heavy. ^^ Nerves. Extreme languor on rising from bed.

Great prostration and drowsiness during catamenia. Debility and cold feeling, with vertigo. Debility, prostration resulting from severe organic lesion. '^ Sleep. I I Sleeplessness. ^Diabetes. ** Time. During day : frequent urination ; shivering. Afternoon : fever.

Evening: shooting from r. orbit to occiput. Night: restless; shivering; incontinence of urine; thirst. ^"^ Fever. Shivering: alternately with heat; at night, and great restlessness. Prostration, somnolence and shivering during day; rest- less at night during menstrual period.

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" Attacks, Periodicity. Intermittent attacks : of pain with

dyspepsia. ^^ Locality and Direction. Left: pain over eye; headache in temple; adherence of eyelids; nostrils stuffed ; puru- lent discharge from nose; pain at angle of scapula. Right: aching in temple; burning in vertex; scab in nostril. *^ Sensations. As if blood were flowing to head ; as if he had taken cold with headache. Pain: over 1. eye; in renal region; in 1. side; at lower

angle of 1. scapula. Severe pain : posterior edge of temporal bones. Boring: in pyloric region. Shooting : from r. orbit to occiput. Aching: at occipital protuberance; dull, in r. temple; in

legs. Gnawing : at cardiac end of stomach. Burning: in r. side of vertex ; in rectum ; in pit of stom- ach; with urination ; in urethra; in vesicles on hands and legs. Dull pain : in head. Cramp: in pit of stomach. Contraction : in throat. Heaviness : of head ; in legs. Faintness : at stomach. Sinking: at epigastrium. Stiffness: in loins. Formication : in limbs. Dryness : in mouth and fauces. ^ Itching: in nose; in vesicles on hands and legs.

Torpor; somnolency; coma.

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