Ferrum Sulphuricum

Sulphate of Iron ; Copperas. Fe SOi, 7H'2 0.

The pure sulphate of iron prepared by trituration.

Clinical Authorities. — Diarrh<xa, Kafka, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5. p. 414. .3Ienorrhagia, Bojanus, Eaue's Rec, 1871, p. 155.

^ Sensorium. l Severe vertigo. ^Diarrhoea. ^ Inner Head. Confusion of head and dull pain through head. Heaviness and dull pain in upper part of forehead. Severe burning and pain in head, with thirst. 8 Pressing, throbbing headache, < in forehead, with ring- ing in ears, and sensation as if all the blood were rush- ing into head and face; face scarlet red, glowing; > in fresh, open air; < in warm room ; toothache. 6'Menor- rhagia. ^ Hearing and Ears. Pain apparently in walls of meatus

auditorius externus. ^'' Teeth and Gums, l Violent, tearing toothache; teeth all sound; > from cold air, or application of ice upon cheek; headache. ^Menorrhagia. ^^ Inner Mouth. Very troublesome soreness of soft palate. ^^ Throat. Taste of salt with smarting in throat. ^* Appetite, Thirst.

Desires, Aversions. ■ Bulimia, cannot be satisfied, thirst not marked. ^Diarrhoea. iLoss of appetite; aversion to meat. /^Menorrhagia. " Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Eructation of flatus and food with acidity. Sickness, with vomiting. '^' Scrobiculum and Stomach.

Sensation of fermentation or of a noise or movement like purring of a cat in region of stomach. Cardialgia. Gastritis with pain after eating and regurgitation of food

by mouthfuls. Inflammatory condition of membranes of stomach. ^^ Hypochondria. ' ' Pain in region of gall-bladder. ^^ Abdomen. Colicky pains in abdomen.

Abdominal pains with flatulence and diarrhoea. '^ Stool and Rectum, l Watery, reddish-brown, odorless, painless diarrhoea, with great paleness of skin, emacia- tion, vertigo, oedema of scrotum and lower limbs, bulimia without thirst, venous murmurs.

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Diarrhoea, with pains in abdomen.

■ Constipation. ^Menorrhagia.

I I Hehninthiasis ; tapeworm ; ascarides. ^^ Urinarv Organs. Great weakness accompanying Bright's disease. I I Bloody urine with albuminuria. ^^ Male Sexual Organs. ■ CEdema of scrotum and lower limbs.

I 1 Secondary gonorrhoea. ^Pemale Sexual Organs, i Menstruation copious, of five to six days' duration, with colic before and during time; headache frequently between menstrual periods ; head- ache pressing, throbbing, especially in forehead, with ringing in ears, and sensation as if all the blood was rushing into head and face; face scarlet red, glowing;

> in fresh, open air; < in warm room; often accom- panied by violent, tearing toothache, teeth all sound ;

> in cold air, or from ice upon cheek ; < in warmth ; loss of appetite; aversion to meat; constipation. ^Menor- rhagia.

■ Metrorrhagia; leucorrhoea.

^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation, i Marked venous mur- murs. ^Chlorosis. ^Diarrhoea. ^^ Neck and Back. Sensation on skin of back as if he wore a stout woolen flannel shirt. Pain shooting down r. side of back. ^^ Upper Limbs. Arms bent at elbows, and fingers drawn towards forearm by flexure of wrist. Hands yield to forcible extension, but immediately return to same condition. ^ Lower Limbs. • Paralysis of lower extremities.

Knees slightly flexed; toes drawn upwards rigidly. Pain in sole of 1. foot in middle of thick, fleshy, anterior part and at same time an aching pain through lower part of leg. ^ Limbs in General. Limbs very painful, especially feet and calves, where the pain is distracting. Contractions in arms, hands and feet. '^ Nerves, i i Chorea.

^^ Temperature and Weather. Warmth : toothache <. Warm room : face red and glowing. Cold air: toothache >. Ice: toothache >.

Fresh open air : face red and glowing, > . ^*^ Fever. Feeling of general heat and disposition to sweat with a sensation on skin of back as if he wore a stout woolen flannel shirt. *^ Locality and Direction. Right ; pain shooting down side of back. Left: pain in sole of foot.

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*^ Sensations. As if all the blood were rushing into head and face; sensation of fermentation, or of a noise or move- ment like purring of a cat in region of stomach ; sensa- tion on skin of back as if he wore a stout woolen shirt.

Pain: in head; in walls of meatus auditorius externus: after eating; in region of gall-bladder; in abdomen; shooting down r. side of back; in sole of foot; in middle of thick, fleshy part ; in lower limbs.

Distracting pain : in feet and calves.

Tearing pain : in tooth.

Colicky pains : in abdomen.

Throbbing: forehead.

Aching pain : through lower part of leg.

Smarting : in throat.

Burning : in head.

Soreness : of soft palate.

Feeling of general heat.

Dull pain : through head ; in upper part of forehead.

Contractions : in arms ; hands ; in feet.

Pressing: forehead.

Confusion : of head.

Ringing : in ears.

Heaviness : in upper part of forehead. ** Tissues. I Emaciation. ^Diarrhoea.

•Local atony; disposition to congestions, nettle-rash, aphthse.

: Relaxed condition of ligaments; joints easily dislocated; hernia.

Passive bloody or mucous flux, from genitals or alimentary canal.

Hydrops; scrofula. ^^ Skin. ■ Great paleness of skin. ^Diarrhoea. ^^ Stages of Life, Constitution. Boy, eet thirteen months ;

diarrhoea. ^^ Relations. Compare : Phosphor, (regurgitation of food in particles); Caustic, (fermentation in abdomen); Cina (worms).

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