Nitri Spiritus Dulcis
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General EN
Sweet Spirits of Nitre. . C^ H^ NO^.
Alcoholized nitric ether is colorless, perfectly limpid, of a strong and agreeable smell, a sweetish, aromatic taste, It should be kept in well-stoppered vials, filled completely. — Am. Horn. Pharra.
Provings by Lembke (Zeit. fiir Hom. Klin., vol. 4, p. 145, and Neue Zeit. fiir Hom. Klin., vol. 17, p. 36).
Clintcat. Authorities. — Prosopalgia, Liedbeck, Kiick. Kl. Erf.,vol.5, p. 187 ; Allg. Hom. Ztg., vol. 73, p. 66; Soreness of mouth, Georgii, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 203 ; Biarrhoea, Liedbeck, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 424 ; Allg. Hom. Ztg., vol. 73, p. 66 ; Typhoid, Hahnemann, Fielitz, Euck. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 758 ; Hering's Cond. Mat. Med., p. 751.
^ Sensormm. Lethargy.
I Sensorial apathy, a sort of half paralysis of mental organs; can be aroused, when he answers slowly but relevantly, and again goes into a stupor. ^Typhoid fever.
I Lies indolently without sleeping or speaking; scarcely answers ; appears to hear without understanding what is said or without allowing it to make any impression upon him. The few words he says he whispers, but not irrelevant ; he appears to feel almost nothing and to be almost immovable, and yet not quite paralyzed.
Vertigo with dulness; while sitting, upper part of body sways to and fro. ^ Inner Head. Confusion, fulness, heaviness or violent bor- ing pains in forehead.
Drawing, tearing pains or pressure and heaviness in head.
Boring or pressure in temple ; heaviness.
Stitches in vertex.
Pressure, heaviness and heat in occiput. ^ Outer Head. Drawing or horripilation on scalp. ^ Sight and Eyes. Black spots and rings float before eyes ; pupils contracted.
Stitches in eyes and lids ; burning in margins.
Twitches in r. upper lid. ® Upper Face. Sensation as of a cloud over upper part of face.
■ Prosopalgia after catching cold during stormy w^eather ; both sides affected ; photophobia ; burning heat in
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cheeks ; vomiting followed by lassitude ; at times at- tacks accompanied by pains in arms and back ; if pain is confined to r. side it is less severe, but vomiting is <, often thirteen times in twenty-four hours; if pain is on 1. side it is very severe and vomiting is > ; eye sym- pathetically affected, pupil contracted, eyelid hanging, shortness of breath and wheezing before an attack, especially while eating; least mental disturbance brings on or aggravates attack ; attacks more frequent and severe during Winter and Spring; very sensitive to cold.
Boring and pressure in bones of face ; stitches in muscles. ^ Lower Face. Boring in lower jaw, in angles.
Twitching in middle of 1. upper lip.
■ Chronic soreness in corners of mouth ; patient eats much
salt. ^° Teeth and Gums. Tearing drawing pain in teeth. " Taste and Tongue. Taste : salty on tip of tongue ; of lye. Cutting, burning and stitches in tongue ; fine stitches in tip. ^^ Inner Mouth. ■ Cankers after eating cheese.
Much mucus in mouth ; salivation. 13 Throat. Increased mucus, dryness in throat.
Cramp extending from below upward in oesophagus. ^^ Eating and Drinking, i After eating cheese cankers in
Mouth EN
^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting.
Eructa- tions of air.
Qualmishness, nausea, vomiting. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach.
Paroxysmal cutting deep in stomach, flushes of heat and hot sweat.
Heaviness, fulness and oppression in pit of stomach.
Pressure in stomach : extending up oesophagus ; as from
a dull instrument. Aching, contracting pain from eating too much salt; ful- ness in stomach after a meal, with sour or slimy vomit- ing ; loss of appetite ; heartburn ; acidity.
■ For more than ten years has suffered from an affection
of stomach supposed to be cancer ; passive motion like
riding greatly aggravates his suffering ; eats too much
salt and salted food. '^ Hypochondria, llncarcerated gall stones (with yolk of egg
beaten up applied inwardly and outwardly). ^^ Abdomen. Rumbling in abdomen ; cutting ^n umbilical
region.
■ Colic.
Stitches in 1. side below navel, extending towards bladder. ^^ Stool and Rectum. ■Bloody diarrhoea after purpura caused by excessive use of salt.
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I I Epidemic dysentery with lethargy. ^' Urinary Organs. Frequent desire to urinate, urine clear.
Increased urination ; diuretic effects. ^^ Male Sexual Organs. Violent cutting stitches in tip of
urethra. ^' Voice and Larynx.
Trachea and Bronchia.
Tickling in larynx ; short, dry cough.
Stitches in larynx and constriction. ^^ Respiration.
Inhalations intermit.
I Breathing slow and regular; on walking a short dis- tance it becomes very hurried ; if attempt is persevered in it becomes quick, difficult and painful, and a most distressing sense of painful constriction is felt under- neath sternum. '" Cough. Short, dry cough.
^^ Inner Chest and Lungs.
Pressure and stitches in chest.
Cramp rising up in oesophagus ; pressure behind sternum. ^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation.
Violent beating of heart ; feeling of pressure.
Small intermitting pulse. ^^ Neck and Back.
Violent pressure in nape of neck and cervical vertebrse.
Pressure and stitches in region of spine.
Sensation as if hot water was creeping through back from below upward. ^^ Upper Limbs.
Painful weakness in 1. shoulder and in several fingers.
Stitches in shoulder joints, muscles of arms and finger
joints. Violent pain in r. shoulder.
Pressure in clavicles, shoulder joints, shoulders, muscles of arms, wrists and fingers.
Lower Limbs.
Persistent, pressive pain in 1. hip joint.
Boring, pressive pain in lower extremities.
Boring in 1. hip, tibiae and feet.
Drawing, pressure and stitches in knee.
Violent pressure in r. leg, ankle and malleoli.
Tearing, drawing, boring in feet.
Stitches in toe joints. ^* Limbs in General.
Pressure, boring and stitches in muscles and joints of extremities.
Drawing in calves and scapulae.
Wandering pains in limbs. ^ Rest.
Position.
Motion.
Lies in bed motionless.
While sitting : upper part of body sways to and fro.
Walking: a short distance, breathing becomes hurried.
Nerves EN
Loss of muscular power; laming of muscles. Exerts a stimulant action upon nervous system ; has the
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same action upon disturbed innervation as the so-called
anti-spasmodics. .^^Temperature and Weather. After catching cold during
stormy weather: prosopalgia.
Cold : very sensitive to. *° Fever.
Chilliness: internal, with cold hands; frequent;
creeping under skin, from small of back to lower limbs ;
followed by heat ; in back and limbs. Heat : in head and face ; in nape of neck and occiput ;
with swollen veins; from cervical spine into occiput; in
head and face, with chilliness in back, and cold hands ;
in back ; with inclination to perspire.
■ Sensorial apathy, a sort of half paralysis of mental
organs ; lies in bed motionless, and without sleeping or speaking; will hardly answer when urged to do so; appears hardly to feel anything, and yet there is not complete stupor. ^Typhoid.
■ Wild, staring eyes; hears nothing; dry, brown lips;
desires nothing, unconscious of natural necessities ; great
prostration; murmuring and delirium during sleep;
cannot be wholly aroused from her apathy, and appears
to be unconscious of touch. ^Typhoid. Adynamic rather than sthenic fevers ; fever with nervous
symptoms, such as startings, jerkings, etc. *^ Attacks, Periodicity. In twenty-four hours: vomiting
thirteen times. For more than ten years: suffered from an affection of
stomach supposed to be cancer. During Winter and Spring: attacks of prosopalgia more
frequent and severe. *" Locality and Direction. Right : twitches in upper Jid ;
pain on side of face less severe ; violent pain in shoulder ;
violent pressure in leg, ankle and malleoli ; crawling
in forepart of tibia. Left: pain on side of face very severe; twitching in
middle of upper lip ; stitches in side below navel ;
painful weakness in shoulder ; pressive pain in hip
joint; boring in hip; stitching in axilla.
From below upward : cramp in oesophagus. *^ Sensations.
As of a cloud over upper part of face; pressure
as from a dull instrument in stomach ; as if hot water
was creeping through back from below upward.
Pains : in arms and back.
Violent pain : in r. shoulder.
Violent boring pains : in forehead.
Tearing, drawing, boring: in feet.
Drawing, tearing pains : in head ; in teeth.
Cutting : in tongue ; deep in stomach; in umbilical region.
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Boring: in temple; in bones of face; in lower jaw; in 1. hip, tibiae and feet.
Boring, pressive pain : in lower extremities.
Violent cutting stitches: in tip of urethra.
Stitches : in vertex ; in eyes and lids ; in muscles of face ; in- tongue; in 1. side below navel towards bladder; in larynx; in chest; in region of spine ; in shoulder joints, muscles_ of arms and finger joints; in knee; in toe joints ; in muscles and joints of extremities ; in skin of 1. axilla.
Fine stitches in tip of tongue.
Wandering pains : in limbs.
Aching, contracting pain in stomach.
Cramps extending from below upward in oesophagus.
Drawing: in scalp; in knee; in calves and scapulEe.
Persistent pressive pain : in 1. hip joint.
Violent pressure : in nape of neck and cervical vertebrse ; in r. leg, ankle and malleoli.
Pressure and heaviness : in head ; in occiput.
Pressure : in temple ; in bones of face ; in stomach ; in chest; behind sternum; about heart; in region of spine ; in clavicles, shoulder joints, shoulders, muscles of arms, wrists and fingers ; in knee.
Painful weakness : in 1. shoulder and in several fingers.
Soreness : in corners of mouth.
Burning heat: in cheeks.
Burning: in margins of lids; in tongue.
Heat: in occiput; in head and face; in nape of neck; from cervical spine .to occiput ; in back.
Dryness : in throat.
Constriction : in larynx ; painful underneath sternum.
Fulness: in forehead; in pit of stomach.
Heaviness : in forehead ; in pit of stomach.
Confusion : in forehead.
Twitches: in r. upper lid; in 1. upper lip.
Crawling : in skin and forepart of r. tibia. *^ Touch.
Passive Motion.
Injuries.
Passive motion like
riding greatly aggravates affections of stomach. *® Skin. Crawling in skin and forepart of r. tibia.
Stitches in skin of 1. axilla.
1 I Warts from having used too much salt.
Stages of Life, Constitution.
Young girl, otherwise healthy, suffering two or three years ; soreness in cor- ners of mouth.
Boy, after recovery from purpura, caused by excessive use of salt; diarrhoea.
Woman, set. 33, unmarried, blonde, anemic, five years ago had pneumonia and measles, and was bled much ; prosopalgia.
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Man, set. 50, small stature, smoker, suffering ten years ;
affection of stomach.
Woman, set. 55, weak during typhoid ; stupor. ^^ Relations.
Antidoted by : Calc. ostr., Camphor, I Carbo veg.,
t Caustic, I Conium, \Kali carb., Natr. carb., tiNat7\ mur.,
Nitrum, Opium, Sepia. Incompatible: Digit, and Ran. bulb.