Lapis Albus

Silico Fluoride of Calcium.

The name Lapis Albus, or ivhite stone, was given by Grauvogl to a species of gneiss which he found in the mineral springs of Gastein, wliich flow over forma- tions of gneiss into the valley of the Achen, where goitre and cretinism aboLind.

CiiiNicAL Authorities —Goitre (ten cases), Bellows, Am. Horn. Obs., 1867, vol. 411 (Grauvogl's reports did not appear until 1874) ; Carcinoma, Grauvogl, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 182.

^ Lower Face. < Opening in cheek as large as a silver dollar.

^Carcinoma. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach, i i Burning, shooting, sting- ing pains in cardiac region and pylorus. ^^ Female Sexual Organs. 1 1 Burning, shooting, stinging pains in breasts and uterus. I Uterine carcinoma (5 cases). I Fluor albus. ^^ Neck and Back, e Goitre, cretinism and scrofulous dis- eases. *^ Sensations. Burning, shooting, stinging pains : in cardia

and pylorus ; in breasts and uterus. ^ Tissues. « Affections of glands and lymphatics.

■ Scrofulous affections, abscesses and sores; enlargement and induration of glands, especially cervical ; glandular tumors, where no glands are usually found ; goitre, cre- tinism. I I Lipoma, sarcoma, glandular and fibrous tumors; carci- noma, as long as ulceration has not set in, based on scrofulosis. iScirrhus.

• Tuberculosis scrofulosa. ^^ Stages of Life, Constitution. Woman, set. 50 ; carcinoma. *^ Relations. Compare: Arsen., Arsen jod., Badiaga, Calc. ost., Calc. jod., Conium, Condur., lodum, Kali carb., Kali jod.y Silica, Spongia.

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