Hecla Lava
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General EN
(The lava and fcoriie thrown out from Mount Heela, in Iceland.)
DBSCBiTTiOH.^Hecla lava, according to Prof. Morris, of Uriirorsity
College, London, has for general constitaenta, silica, alumina, lime, ajid
magnesia, with some oxide of iron; sometimes it contains anortliite ani.1
other minerals.
Os'FicraAi. Pebparationb. — Triturations; dilutions fram tlie Sx. Ahalooujjs. — Aaisvm, Okamomilla, Ipeeaeuanha, Menmrius, FulmUlla. Phyiolneea, Phosphorus, Sulphur. Stillingia.
Head EN
The head bonea, especially the jaw bones, swelled, and hecanie
so friable that when boiled they fell in pieces {in cattle.) * Toothache and swelling about the jaws. {J.
Q.
Wilkinson.) Enormous exostoses of the jaws (in sheep).
The jaws and teeth are covered with a shining metallic crust
(in cows). Lumps on the jaw bones, so large as to cause dislocation and
death (in horses). The jaws were sometimes covered with large swellings, which
spread, and were of loose texture, and darker in color
than the bone (in cattle).
Crtries of the jaw hones, under the exostoses.
" Gum abscesses from decayed teeth, ( Wilkinson.) " Difficult teething, in children.
(/6.) ° Neuralgic pains in the cavities from which teeth had been
extracted. {Holcombe. Gv/re with the 30dA.) " Injury to the inferior maxillary of a scrofulous girl, which
produced an immense abscess, and afterward great en- largement of the maxillary bone. {Holcomhe.) " Destructive syphilitic ulceration of the nasal bones. {Thorny
son.) Tlie thigh, and particularly the shinbonee swelled and bulged
(in cattle). " Myalgia, especially of the intercostal muscles. {Caie.)