Cotyledon Umbilicus

{Naeelwort.)

[A patliOKonesis and provings were publiBhed in the British Jourrtal ef HomceopatKy. I find notliing concerning the domestic orpharmacologic-al uses of the plant, except an assertion by Culpepper that it was useful in erysipelas, infiammalions, etc. Is seems to affect t]ie mental spheiK, like IgnaUa, causing alternate states of exaltation and depression. On the nerres and Innscular system — a decided action.

This species is a common weed in the west of England, growing on tlie sides and in the crerices of damp rocks and walls. We have none of this geniit in the United Slates. See pathogenesis in Allen's Encyclopedia of Materia Medica.]

Officinal Fbeparationh. — Tincture of the plant; dilutions.

AsAianTsm^.— Ambergris, Asnfcetida, Aionite, GeUemimim, Ryoseiamia, Sepatieaf IgnaUa, Pkoepliorui., etc.

(See Therapmtics, Tol. II.)

CUWDURANGU.

{Oondor-plant.)

[TLis medicine is prepared from the bark of a climbing plant or shrub

found in Ecuador, South Arnerica. A decoction of the bark ia advised.]

Opficikal Pbepabatiobs. — Tincture of the bark; dilutions.

ANAi/>euES. — Arsenicum, Baptisia, Oonium, Lapis alb., Pceonia, SiUea.{ f)

* A cachectic state of the syetem, such as obtains in patients

in surgical wards of hospitals — and in which ordinary wounds and ulcers tend to take on a bad appearance, fester, etc,

* Indolent n)cers, with hard callous edges, discharging a ftetid,

eanious smell. " Old, indolent ulcers, appearing cancerous. {See Therapeatiis, Vol. II.)

CYANIDE OF POTASSIUM.

{Potatii Oyanidum..)

Phabmacoloot.— This salt is prepared, according to the TJ. S. pharma- uop(Eia,by heating together the ferrocyanide of Potassium and the Carbon- Rtc of Potassium. It occurs in white, amorphous, opaque masses, having the odor of Prussic acid and a taste of similar character, but somewhat alkaline.

It is deliquescent, and readily soluble in water. When the Nitrale of Silver is added to its solution, there falls a precipitate of the Cyanide o( Silver, which is wholly soluble ii

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830 CYAUIDE OF

Oppickai, Pkbpakatiobs. — Mother Tincture; one grain to ten grains of distilled water'; dilutions to the 8d x with water, higher with slioog alcohol.

AjsALOQfuss.^Aciditm hyd^ocyanieum. Amygdala atnara, Prunus, LauTO- cerasus, JKgitalU.

[A most violent poison, very similar in action to Eydrocjaaic acid. Three grains are anfficient to destroy life.]

Sensoritun. Sudden loss of consciousness.

Head- Severe, sudden pain in tlie head. Vertigo, and sensation of weight in the head. Great pain in hack paH of the head.

"Torturing neuralgic headache in orbital and Bupra-maxiilary region ; the pains recurring daily at tlie same hour, with much flushing of that side of the face. " Agonizing attacks of neuralgic pains between the temporal region and ciliary arch and maxilla, with screams and apparent loss of sensibility, as if struck with apoplexy;, pulse, eighty-four; tace flushed. " Severe neuralgic pains in temporal region and left upper jaw, daily at i a. m., increasing till 10 a. m., and ceasing at i p.

M. ; in tlie interval anorexia, fever, headache, etc. "In headaches depending on dyspepsia, imperfect menstrua- tion, known as " sick-headache," the ae^e?'7iaZ apphcation of a solution, not stronger than two or four grains to one ounce of water, applied on compresses, will give prompt relief. {Trotisseau.)

Face, Byes and Ears. Face flushed, with neuralgic headache. £ye3 fixed, pupils dilated; dim vision. Ea/F8, rushing sound in the ears.

Gastric. Sense of constriction in the throat. Intense burning in the stomach. JVtmsea, with sense of choking when trying to swallow fluids,

followed by copious vomiting. A. feeling as if the bowels were about to act.

He cannot take a deep inspiration, hut has no definite pain.

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OTANTTBET OF MEECUET. 251

Respiration slow and difficult.

Abdominal respiration (in animals).

" Troublesome congh, preventing sleep at night, with dullness on percussion; respiration feeble, jnixed with crepitant and bronchial rales.

Heart- It paralyses the heart in tetanic spasm; general convulsive action of the whole body ten minutes after the heart ceased to beat.

Trunk and Extremities.

Spasmodic tetanic stiifness of trunk and limbs, with shudder- ing of the limbs.

Skin about the joints fissured, with oozing of blood; the in- flammation extending to the nail and its root.

Ulceration of the soft parts of the hands down to the bone, with great pain.

She fe]l as if struck by lightning, and died in forty minutes;

CYANURET OF MERCURY.

(ffj/drargyri Gyanuretiiin.)

Ofpicinal Prbpaeations, — n) Mother tincture — with 80;^ alcohol, 1 part to 20, by weight; dilutions. (3) Triturations.

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25a OTAKUEET OF MEECUKY.

Analootteb ■.—Amm tripkyllum., OavaUeum Separ lulph , Kali hiehromt eum, Kali causticvm, MsreaHus iodcU., Phytolacca, Muriatic acid, Laely

[In the treatmeut of malignant diptitheria the 6tli dilution has been used. Owing tr> the iutenBCly poisonous nature of the drug, this is as tow as should be used, especially for children. {Haie.)1

Headache, with vertigo, and burning in the ears.

Eyes are sunken. Pupils contracted.

Tongue pale with yellowish streak on the base; swollen, red on its borders.

* Throat looks rough; pharynx i-ed and injected.

Gums swollen and covered with a white adherent layer, under which was found a violet border.

* A white opaline layer formed on the columns of the velum

palati and the tonsils ; on the inside of the right cheek was a round ulcer with a grayish base, the borders as if cut out and surrounded by great redness.

* Pseudo-membranous inilammation of the throat.

*Lips, tongue and inside of the cheeks dotted by ulceration,

malignant eases by many physicians). "Diphtheria maligna, with phagadenic ulceration.

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CTANHEET OF MERCURY. 353

Nausea, vomiting, aiiiJ frequent diarrhcsie stools, with icy coldness of the body.

Drinks are immediately returned.

Burning sensation in the stomach.

Increased thirst, with violent irritation of the throat.

Vomiting of green mucus.

Violent retchings.

Iliccough constant for twenty-four hours.

Abdomen slightly painful.

Viplent abdominal pains, increasing with every Btoot.

Colic, followed by hard stool, then a soft one.

Fluid stools, tinged with blood.

Diai-rhffiic stools, smelling badly, green and glairy.

Very copious diarrhcea, which is persistent, with moist and icy- cold skin,

Fi'equent inclination to stool, preceded and accompanied by tenesmus; stools scanty and mixed with blood.

Great inclination to go to stool (with incessant vomiting), fol- lowed by liquid stool.

Dark-colored stool.

On making the effort at stool passes pure black blood.

A fcetid liquid oozes from the rectum, having the character- istic smell of gangrene, and forming on the linen large black spots.

Pains in the rectum wlien sitting down, also around the anus, ■which is swollen.

Htemorrhoidal tumors around the anus, and knobby swelling of the mucous membrane.

Diphtheritic, grayish layer around the anus, similar to that on the cheeks.

" Malignant or putrid dysentery.

tfrinary Organs.

Retention of urine during five days.

Suppression of urine.

Urine yellow, amber-eolored ; painful.

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254 OYPEIPEDIUM PUBESCEK8.

Urine clear, but scanty.

Urine Beauty and dark.

Humeroas whole cylinders, or broken down, with finedetritns; no blood globules; a quantity of albumen.

Drine contained in tbe bladder is extremely albuminous.

" Briglit's disease.

Generative Organs.

{Male.) Penis is of a dark color, is in a state of semi-erection.

Scrotum is of a dark color.

Pulse small, depressed, 76.

Pulse stronger and more frequent, 90.

Pulse weak, 130, with cold extremities and cyanosed face.

Pulse 103, irregiilar in the morning {noticed only at one time).

Beating of tlie heart is violent and rough.

Severe contractions of tlie heart, repelling the hand. Iiower Extremities.

Severe pain in the left calf; the veins form two strings which unite in the neighborhood of the ankles; the least touch is extremely painful; leg much swollen (varices).

General debility, syncope, icy-coldness of the body.

Extreme prostration, frequent vomiting, hiccough.

Great sensation of chilliness.

Extremities agitated by light convulsive motion.