Antimonium Arsenitum

{Ars^iide of Anilmomy.) Desckiption Antimony unites with most metals by fusion, forming aJloys, whioli are generally brittle. The alloy with antimony is very hard, brittle, and fusible. It is completely decomposed by ignition at a moderate heat in an atmosphere of carbonic anhydride, the arsenic volatilizing and the antimony remaining.

It is foand native in the Chalanciie Mountains, IsSre, Allemont and a few other places. It then has tJie form of finegrained, spherieal or kidney-shaped masses with uneven fractrrc.

Pbepar ATIONS. — Triturations. Congestion of the head.

Pain in the forehead. Pressure in the temples. General sick feeling. Sense of weakness. Paiu in the orbits. Con- junctivitis. CEdema oftheface. Ijoss of appetite. Nausea. Diarrhfea, slight without pain. Pulse, 90. Wandering pains along the sciatic nerve.

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366 ANTIMONIUM lODATUM— ARUM DRACOSTIUM.

* Cardiac djspncea, with cough. (Hale.)

^ Excessive dyspncea in cases of emphysema. {ZV, Payr.)

* Great weakness of the heart (chronic). {Dr. Hale.)

MTIMONIUM lODATUM.

(Tenodixle if AnUmcti,y j Desce pt on — I d n aod antimony romliine together directlj, with the lut n f ma 1 h at th'it il large quantiiies are employed explosions may ns It a b wniah red crybtallme mass yielding a cinnabar-red p wd Cn h t ng t melts to a girnct njd liquid and forins a violet-red p II h at h bh iemperature becomeo seailct Water decomposes it, with the formation ot a yellow iodide. Prepakation. — Triturations.

No Proving. ° Broncliitis, humid asthma, and even cases simulating pulmonary

phthisis. ° Frequent spells of coughing, with the expectoration of frothy,

white, or yellowish mucus. ° Loss of appetite and strength. " Moderate febrile action.

° Coated tongue, with nausea and disgust for food. ° Yellowish discoloration of the skin and conjunctiva. " Clironic bronchitis, with or without asthma. ° Uterine areolar hyperplasia.

ABUM DEAOOHTIUM.

( Green Dragon — Dragon Root. ) Desceiption. — ^A low -perennial herb, with a tuberous rool-slalt, sending np a single scape, sheatlicd with the petioles of the veiny leaves, as if caules- cent. Leaf nsually solitary, pedotely divided into 7-11 oblong, lanceolate pointed leaflets ; spadii audrogynous, tapering to a long and slender point be- yond the oblong and convolute-pointed spathe. Corus clustered. Petiole 1° to 2° long, much longer than the peduncle; spathe greenish, rolled into a tube, with a short, erect point.

Found in low grounds along streams. Flowers In

Officinal Prbpaiutiobs. — Tincture and triturations from the root. Amai-OQDES. — Arum tripkyllum, Arum mucii/atttm, Arum italirxmi, AUantai, Argerdum nit., Belladonna, Causlicum, Carbo vug., Erpiginm, Ilepm- sulph., lo-

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