Ledum Palustre

Marsh Tea; Wild Rosemary. Ericaceas.

A small evergreen shrub, growing in moist, swampy grounds in Europe and America.

Introduced and proved by Hahnemann and his provers, supplemented by new symptoms occurring after high potencies used clinically by Lippe and Berridge.

Clinical Axjthokities Asthenopia ; hemorrhage into interior chamber of eye ; Ptosis after injury; Ecchymosis of conjunctiva, Norton, Oph.

Therap., p. 110; Bheu- matk ophthalmia, Alb, Norton's Oph. Therap.; Injuries to eye, Norton's Oph.

Therap., p. 109 ; Metrorrhagia, Claude, Trans. World's Hom. Conv., 1876, p. 955 ;

Whitlow, Smith, Hom. Phys., vol. 4, p. 149 ; Rheumatism in hip, Plange, B. J.

H., vol. 9, p. 241 ; Itching of feet, Williamson, Trans. Hom. Med.

Soc. Pa., 1872, p. 152 ; Drysdale, B. J.

H., vol. 29, p. 166 ; Synovitis, Von Tagen, Hom. Clin., vol. 1, p. 29 ; Bronchial catarrh, Kafka, Kiick.

Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 686 ; Whooping cough, Schron, Kiick. Kl.

Erf., vol. 3, p. 81; (30 cases) Lembke, N, A. J. H., vol. 11, p. 317;

Schussle, Kaue's Eec, 1870, p. 185 ; Hoimoptysis, Hartman, Kiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 217 ;

Hcemop- tysis alternating with rheumatism, Stens, Eaue's Eec, 1873; Epileptifoi'm attacks, Hughes, Pharmacodynamics, p. 500 ; Epilepsy after wound on head, Godfroid, B. J.

H., vol. 34, p. 337 ; Rheumatism, Fisher, Times Eetros., vol. 2, p. 14 ; Syphilitic periostitis, Kent, MSS. ; Purpura hemorrhagica, Bethmann, Kiick.

Kl. Erf, vol. 4, p. 204; Prickly heat of newcomers in tropics, Salzer, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 295 ; Urtica- ria from sting of instrument.

Smith, Times Eetros., vol. l,p. 136; Suggillations (2 cases), Wells, Hom. Phys., vol. 2, p. 272 ; Punctured ivounds, Guernsey, Times Ee- tros., vol. 2, p. 14.

^ Mind. I Desire for solitude.

I After nightmare, fears to go to sleep, lest she die.

■ Inclined to be out of humor and angry; vehement.

■ Discontented ; morose; hates his fellow beings,

^ Sensorium. ■Vertigo: as from intoxication, especially when walking in open air ; feels dull after eating ; head inclined to fall backward.

^ Inner Head. Headache : raging, pulsating ; causing dul- ness, or stupefaction ; pressing, with distress, when head is covered ; as if something was gnawing in her temples, occiput and ears, with red, bloated looking face and eyes ; dull, in morning, during sleep. A misstep causes a sensation of concussion in brain.

■ Head affected after getting wet.

* Outer Head. ■Least covering of head intolerable. I I Pimples and boils on forehead. ^Drunkards.

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I I Itching eruption scattered thickly over scalp ; enlarged cervical glands. ^ Sight and Eyes, i i Pupils dilated.

1 Asthenopia, with dull pain behind eyeball, as if it would be forced out.

I Hemorrhage into anterior chamber after iridectomy.

■ Left eye first affected; excessive photophobia, with se-

vere pain upon attempting to open lids, pressing pain in head and eye, as if it at first was pressed asunder, then out of orbit, with great lachrymation and noctur- nal aggravation ; severe burning on border of lids and sticking in eyes, as from sand ; tearing, drawing pains in neck to insertion of deltoid muscle ; heat and chills. ^Rheumatic ophthalmia.

■ Complete ptosis, r. eye, from injury; ecchymosis of lids

and conjunctiva.

I I Contusions or wounds of eye and lids, especially if ac- companied by extravasation of blood.

lEcchymoses of conjunctiva, traumatic or spontaneous. I Profuse suppuration with discharge of fetid pus.

■ Nightly agglutination without inflammation or pain. I Burning on border of lids and feeling of sand in eyes.

I Lachrymation: acrid, making lower lids and cheeks sore. ^ Hearing and Ears, l l Noises in ear as from ringing of a bell, or from a storm of wind ; ringing and whizzing.

■ Hardness of hearing: (r. ear) as if ear was obstructed by

cotton ; after cutting hair ; after chilling head ; after suppression of coryza or otorrhoea, I Rheumatic otitis. ^ Smell and Nose. Long lasting nosebleed ; afterward sore in upper part of nose, with violent burning ; blood pale.

■ Small pimples on root of nose.

® Upper Face, l Eruption of pimples on forehead, as in brandy drinkers, with biting itching on chest, as from lice ; red blotches and nettlerash.

I Red tubercles on forehead, stinging when touched; pim- ples and blood boils.

I Face : alternately pale and red ; bloated.

I I Scaly, dry herpes in face, burning in open air.

i I Large, rough exanthema on face.

■ Erysipelas of face and eyes from bites of insects.

I Tetterlike, crusty eruption around nose and mouth, with itching, smarting and burning.

I Red, pimply eruption on face. ^Drunkards. ^ Lower Face, l l Glandular swelling under chin. ^^ Taste and Tongue. 1 1 Stinging on forepart of tongue.

I I Bitter taste in mouth. ^^ Inner Mouth, i l Offensive breath.

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1 I Sudden running of waterlike saliva from mouth, with colic; waterbrash. 13 Throat.- I Sore throat, with fine, stinging pain, < when not swallowing ; sensation as from a lump in throat. I I Malignant sore throat.

I I Great heat in throat when moving in open air. ^^ Eating and Drinking. After eating : hurriedly, contract- ing pain in breast bone ; pressure in stomach after a small quantity of food ; feels dull. Bad effects from alcoholic drinks. ^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting, i Sudden running of water from mouth ; waterbrash. I I Nausea and qualmishness when spitting. ^^ Abdomen, i i Sensation of fulness in upper part of abdomen.

I I Colic every evening. I I Pain as if diarrhoea would set in, from umbilicus to anus,

with loss of appetite and cold feet. 1 I Pain in loins after sitting. I I Ascites. ^° Stool and Rectum, i l Diarrhoea, stool mixed with mucus and blood ; want of animal heat ; constipation ; stool mixed with blood. I I Sore, itching, smarting humid spot, between anus and coccyx. ^'Urinary Organs. lUrination frequent; quantity dimin- ished or increased ; stream often stops during flow. I I Enuresis.

■ Burning in urethra after urinating ; itching, redness, dis-

charge of pus. ^^ Male Sexual Organs, i Inflammatory swelling of penis; urethra is almost closed. I I Increased sexual desire; nocturnal emission bloody. ^^ Female Sexual Organs. iFibroustumors, or polypi, with menorrhagia ; constant draining away of blood. Displacement of uterus.

I Menstruation too early and too profuse; blood bright

red ; absence of vital heat.

■ Profuse leucorrhoea; pale face; copious urination, even

at night. ^ Pregnancy. Parturition. Lactation. iMilk leg.

■ During last months of pregnancy, indescribable pain,

like gnawing stiffness, in sacrum and hip bone, down over whole thigh, < standing. ^ Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia. ■ Tickling in larynx, with haemoptysis.

I I Tingling in trachea. ^Bronchitis.

■Mouldy taste in mouth every time she coughs, causing great "nausea, loss of appetite, and occasionally watery vomiting. ^Bronchitis.

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'^ Respiration. ■ Spasmodic, double insjoiration, with sobbing, as after hard crying.

I I Oppressed, rapid and painful breathing.

I I Suffocative arrest of breathing and opisthotonos previ- ous to coughing.

I I Oppressive constriction of chest, < from motion and

walking. ^ Cough. I I Hollow, racking, spasmodic cough, from tickling in larynx ; loses breath before cough ; after cough, dizzi- ness, staggering.

I I Chronic cough characterized by cold and deficiency of animal heat.

■ Spasmodic cough, preceding for a few days eruption of

eczema or an attack of gout.

■ Child gets stiff before paroxysm; bends himself back-

ward^ followed by expectoration of clear, frothy blood. ^Whooping cough.

■ Before paroxj^sm, arrest of breathing; during it, epistaxis,

shattered feeling in head and chest, rapid respiration ; after it, staggering, spasmodic contraction of diaphragm, sobbing respiration. ^Pertussis.

■ Expectoration: after midnight and in morning; fetid,

purulent; bright red, foaming blood. ^ Inner Chest and Lungs, i i Spasmodic constriction of chest when walking and ascending.

■ Burning soreness or stitches in chest; soreness under

sternum.

■ Haemoptysis: alternating with coxalgia or rheumatism;

with congestion; with violent cough in paroxysms, caused by tickling in larynx and trachea ; burning pain in some point of chest, from which blood seems to come ; stagnation in liver and portal veins.

■ Bright red, profuse haemoptysis, with severe cough and

rattling and hissing in air passages ; burning pain in fixed spot in chest. ■Phthisical symptoms alternating with coxalgia or rheu- matism.

■ Suppuration of lungs; purulent, greenish expectoration;

after neglected pneumonia. ^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. ' i Pushing or pressure in- ward at 1. edge of sternum ; palpitation.

■ Pulse: full and rapid; strong and hard; can be felt on

one arm only. ^° Outer Chest. l l Eruption, like varicella, on chest and upper arms, with desquamation. 1 I Red spots and rash, with smarting itching on chest.

■ Pain and soreness on and in breast bone, or below it.

■ Chest hurts when touched.

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^' Neck and Back, i Painful stiffness of back and scapula).

■ Painful stiffness of loins when rising from a seat.

■ Sticking in shoulder when lifting arms.

^^ Upper Limbs. ■Severe stitch in shoulder when raising arm.

■ Painful throbbing in r. shoulder.

■ Painful pressure in 1. or both shoulder joints, < from

■ Ρευματικός πόνος στις αρθρώσεις των χεριών.

■ Ουρικές εξογκώσεις στις αρθρώσεις χεριού και δακτύλων· πόνος έλξης από τα χέρια προς τα πάνω.

■ Εφίδρωση στις παλάμες.

■ Διατρητικοί πόνοι στις πρώτες αρθρώσεις των αντίχειρων, με αίσθηση ακαμψίας.

■ Το περιόστεο των φάλαγγων επώδυνο στην πίεση.

■ Συνέπειες κακώσεων των νυχιών, στα πρώτα στάδια.

■ Μετά το σπάσιμο της παρανυχίδας, παρωνυχία που σχηματίζεται ταχύτατα στην παλμαρική επιφάνεια του δεξιού δείκτη· έντονος σφυγμός, οίδημα, ερυθρότητα και οξείς διαπεραστικοί πόνοι.

■ ■Παρονυχίδες, αποτέλεσμα τρυπημένων πληγών, τρυπήματα από βελόνα, σπλήνες κ.λπ. ^ Κάτω άκρα. ■Πίεση, παραλύτικός, ρευματικός πόνος στη δεξιά άρθρωση του ισχίου, επιδ. από την κίνηση.

■ Κοξαλγία ή ρευματισμός εναλλάσσοντας με αιμοπτύση.

■ Μετά από παρατεταμένη ορθοστασία, αιφνίδιος, βίαιος πόνος στην άρθρωση του ισχίου, με αίσθηση σαν βρασμού μέσα στην άρθρωση· πρέπει να καθίσει και να ξεκουραστεί πριν οι πόνοι υποχωρήσουν αρκετά ώστε να του επιτρέψουν να συνεχίσει τη δουλειά του· χωρίς οίδημα ούτε πόνο στην πίεση. I I Πίεση στον αριστερό μηρό προς την οπίσθια μοίρα· μοιάζει σαν οι μύες να μην είναι στη σωστή θέση, όπως πόνος από διάστρεμμα· σε κάθε θέση, ιδίως όμως όταν περπατά ή όταν αγγίζεται.

■ Το προσβεβλημένο άκρο πιο δροσερό από το υπόλοιπο σώμα. ^Ισχιαλγία.

■ Αριστερή πλευρά πιο προσβεβλημένη με αδυναμία και βαρύτητα των μερών· οι πόνοι ακολουθούνται από οίδημα των ποδιών και των άκρων. ^Ισχιαλγία.

■ ■Ρευματικοί πόνοι που πηγαίνουν από κάτω προς τα πάνω, οι αρθρώσεις ωχρές, πρησμένες, τεταμένες, θερμές· τσούξιμο, πόνοι έλξης· επιδ. από τη ζεστασιά του κρεβατιού και της κουβέρτας, από την κίνηση και το βράδυ.

■ iΡευματισμός και ουρικός ρευματισμός· αρχίζει από τα κάτω άκρα και ανέρχεται· ιδίως αν έχει οδηγηθεί σε χαμηλή ασθενική κατάσταση από κατάχρηση Colchicum· οι αρθρώσεις γίνονται έδρα εξογκώσεων και «λίθων ουρικής αρθρίτιδας», οι οποίες είναι επώδυνες.

■ Τρέμουλο των γονάτων (και των χεριών) όταν κάθεται ή περπατά.

■ Μεγάλη αδυναμία στις αρθρώσεις των γονάτων, που τον αναγκάζει να καθίσει.

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■ Πόνος έλξης-πίεσης στις αρθρώσεις των γονάτων, και πιο κάτω, επιδ. όταν

I Cracking and creaking of knees.

■ Swelling and tensive and sticking pain in knee, when

walking.

■ Stiffness of knees.

■ Itching rash on inside of knees.

■ Pain in knees, as if beaten or sore.

■ Tremor of limb when sitting or making an attempt to

walk or stand ; pains seem to extend from knee to hip joint; child wants knee rubbed upwards from knee, during which it lies quiet and satisfied; stiffness, swell- ing and flexion of joint. ^Strumous synovitis.

■ Acute traumatic synovitis, with much effusion and feel-

ing of coldness in part; swelling, with tension and stitches in knees, with rheumatic pains.

■ Pinching, grasping pain in 1. hamstring, < at night,

night sweat, frequent urination; drawing pain from upper part of calf to popliteal space, cannot lie on 1. side.

■ Hot swelling of legs, with stinging, drawing pain.

■ Swelling of legs extending above calves, with tensive

pain, especially in evening.

■ ■Swelling of feet and legs up to knees, purple and mot-

tled, pitting on pressure, with rending pains in perios- teum; comfortable only when holding feet in ice water.

■ Great swelling of knee with rheumatic pain ; comfortable

only when applying cold.

■ Pressure above 1. internal malleolus, < from motion.

■ Pressure in bones of ankle and in lower portion of 1. leg,

in morning.

■ Great heaviness and weariness of feet. ■Stiff and rigid in feet in morning.

■ ■Gout, < in feet; gouty nodosoties on joints; fine tear-

ing in toes.

■ Swelling of feet: up to knees; about ankles, with intoler-

able pain in ankles on stepping.

■ ■Pain in ankles, as from a sprain or false step.

■ ■Intense itching on top of feet and ankles, < from

scratching and warmth of bed.

■ Violent pain in joint of 1. great toe, while walking in

morning.

■ Boring in first joint of r. great toe.

■ ■Ball of great toe painful, swollen, painful on stepping,

tendons stiff.

■ Pains of soles of feet and heels, as ifbruised, when walking.

■ Pain running up to thigh since stepping on a nail, ten

years ago.

■ Burning and smarting in lower extremities; bone pains.

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^^ Limbs in General. ■■ Affects principally 1, shoulder and r. hip joint. llRheumatism begins in lower limbs and ascends. iPressive pains in knees and wrists. I I Limbs numb and fall asleep.

■ Drawing pains in various joints and parts of extremities,

< after taking wine.

I Paralytic pain in all joints, on moving body at night in bed.

I Gouty, rheumatic pains in joints, < from motion, heat of bed and in evening.

I Tense, hard swelling of affected joints; painful, hard nodes and calcareous concretions.

iStiffness of all the joints, could only move them after ap- plying cold water.

I Low, asthenic cases (maltreated by large doses of Colchi- cum); lancinating, tearing pains; < by motion and before midnight, wdien joints feel so hot he throws off all covering; oedematous swelling of joint which may feel cold to touch; affects chiefly 1. shoulder and r. hip joint; habitual gout in articulations of hands and feet; ball of great toe sore and painful; soles very sensitive; tendons stiff; gouty nodosities in joints; fine tearing pains in toes. ^Arthritis.

■ Burning heat of hands and feet, evenings.

■ Long lasting warm sweat of hands and feet. I I Eruption (eczema) in bends of extremities.

Cannot lie on 1. side: pain in 1. hamstring.

Lifting arms: sticking in shoulder.

Sitting: pains in loins; tremor of knees; tremor of limbs.

Standing: pain over whole thigh.

Bends himself backwards before paroxysm.

Must sit down and rest: on account of pains in hip joint; weakness of knee joints.

In every position: pain in thigh.

Motion : oppressive constriction of chest < ; painful press- ure in shoulders < ; rheumatic pain in r. hip joint < ; rheumatic pains < ; tearing pressure in knee joints < ; pressure above 1. internal malleolus < ; lancinating pains < ; eruption on covered parts <.

From least exertion : sweat on forehead.

Moving body at night in bed : paralytic pain in all joints.

Moving hands: tremor.

When seizing anything: tremor of hands.

Raising arm : stitch in shoulder.

Rising from a seat: painful stiffness of back and loins.

Stepping: pain in ankles; ball of great toe painful.

Walking: vertigo; oppressive constriction of chest <;

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I Three months after wound on head by falling on scissors, gradual altering of health from day to day; sad, seeking solitude and eating little; gradual emaciation and weak- ness ; towards evening restless and agitated ; then epi- leptic attacks, lasting several minutes, repeated at inter- vals during night, which he passes absolutely without sleep ; pale faced and thin, has an air of suft'ering ter- ror; would not even answer a question addressed to him. iTeta'nus; peripheral cases, traumatic, parts become cold as ice, and spasms begin in wound. ^^ Sleep. I Sleepiness, as from intoxication, during day.

• Sleeplessness at night, with restlessness and fantastic illu- sions as soon as closing eyes; restless tossing about; talking in sleep; moaning and groaning. ■ Nightmare, throat feels swollen, sense of suffocation. 1 I Uneasy dream; is now in one, now in another place, busy now with one, now with another subject. ^ Time. Morning: dull; expectoration; pressure in bones of ankles and in lower portion of leg ; stiff and rigid in feet; pain in 1. great toe. During day: sleepiness.

ankles <; gouty pains in joints <. Cold applications of ice water: rheumatic swelling and

pain in knee and legs <. When covered: pressing in head with distress; rheumatic

I Chilliness, thirst, sensation as of cold water pouring over parts; chilliness morning and forenoon.

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I Shivering over back, with heat of cheeks, without red- ness; no thirst; cold hands. I Chill with colic every evening.

■ Violent chills and horripilation, with cold limbs. I General coldness, with heat and redness of face.

I Parts cold to touch, but not subjectively to patient.

I Heat, no thirst; on awaking, sweat with general itching.

I Heat in hands and feet in evening; veins of hands dis-

tended.

I I Warmth of bed intolerable, on account of heat and burning of limbs.

I Heat and sweat in alternation.

■ Long continued warm sweat on hands and feet.

I Night sweats putrid or sour, with inclination to uncover, I I Sweat, mostly on forehead, from least exertion.

I Intermittent fevers with rheumatism or gout.

^^ Attacks, Periodicity. Every evening: colic; chill.

Every night: agglutination without pain.

During night at intervals lasting several minutes: epilep- tic attacks. ^Locality and Direction. Right: complete ptosis; hard- ness of hearing; painful throbbing in shoulder; whitlow on index finger; pressive, laming, rheumatic pain in hip joint; boring in first joint of great toe.

Left: eye first affected ; pressure inward at edge of sternum; painful pressure in shoulder; pressure in thigh ; weak- ness and heaviness of parts < ; pinching, grasping pain in hamstring; cannot lie on side; pressure above inter- nal malleolus; pressure in bones of ankle and in lower portion of leg; violent pain in joint of great toe.

From below upwards: rheumatic pains. ^^ Sensations, l Limbs and whole body painful, as if bruised and beaten.

I I Pains sticking, tearing, throbbing.

Sensation of torpor of integuments, especially after sup- pressed discharge from ears, eyes and nose.

As if something was gnawing in her temples, occiput and ears; as if eyeball would be forced out; as if eye was pressed asunder, then out of orbit; as if sand was in eyes; noises in ear as from ringing of bell, or from a wind storm ; as if ear was obstructed by cotton ; itch- ing as from lice on chest; as of a lump in throat; pain as if diarrhoea would set in ; as of boiling in hip joint; as though muscles of thigh were not in right po- sition ; knees as if beaten or sore; pain in ankles as from a sprain; heels as if bruised; as of cold water pouring over parts; limbs as if beaten and bruised.

Pain: from umbilicus to anus; in loins; in knees; from

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knee to hip joints; in ankles; in ball of great toe; of soles of feet; of heels; running up to thigh; in bones; in abdomen.

Intolerable pain: in ankles.

Severe pain: when attempting to open eyelids.

Violent pain: in joint of 1. great toe.

Sudden, violent pain: in hip joint.

Raging, pulsating pain : in head, causing dulness.

Tearing, drawing pains: in neck to insertion of deltoid muscle.

Acute darting pains: in r. index finger.

Lancinating, tearing pain: in joints.

Fine tearing : in toes.

Severe stitch: in shoulder.

Stitches: in chest; in knees.

Indescribable pain, like gnawing stifihess: in sacrum and hip bone.

Pinching, grasping pain : in 1. hamstring.

Colic: in abdomen.

Boring pain: in first joints of thumbs; in first joint of r. great toe.

Drawing pain: from hands upwards; from upper part of calf to popliteal space; in legs; in various joints and parts of extremities.

Tensive pain : in legs above calves.

Rheumatic pain: in joints of arms; from below upwards; in knees.

Gouty, rheumatic pain: in joints.

Contracting pain : in breast bone.

Pressing pain : in head and eyes.

Pressive pain : in knees and wrists.

Sticking: in eyes; in shoulder; in knee.

Painful throbbing: in r. shoulder.

Intense throbbing : in r. index finger.

Dull pain: behind eyeball.

Pressure, laming rheumatic pain : in r. hip joint.

Paralytic pain: in all joints.

Painful pressure: in shoulder joints.

Pressing, with distress : in head.

Pressure: in stomach ; in 1. thigh; above 1. internal mal- leolus ; in bones of ankle ; in lower portion of leg.

Pushing or pressing inward : at 1. edge of sternum.

Painful stiffness : of back and scapulae ; of loins.

Violent burning : in nose.

Severe burning : on border of lids.

Burning pain : in fixed spot, chest.

Burning: on border of lids; in herpes on face; of eruption around nose and mouth; in urethra; in lower ex- tremities; of limbs.

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Burning soreness : in chest.

Biting itching: on chest; of eruption around nose and

Sore, itching, smarting, humid spot: between anus and

coccyx. Stinging: on forepart of tongue; in throat; in hands; in

■ Discoloration remaining in contused parts after pain and

injuries cause panaritium. I A misstep causes sens'ation of concussion of brain. 1 1 Sprains of ankles and feet.

■ I Punctured wounds, produced by sharp pointed instru-

ments, as awls, ratbites, nails, etc.; particularly if wounded parts feel cold to touch and to patient.

Touch: painful on chest; pain in thigh <.

Least covering of head intolerable.

Wants knee rubbed upward.

Pressure: periosteum of phalanges painful; legs pit.

Pubbed: urticaria reddens.

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I Dry skin, want of perspiration, itching after perspiration.

■ Purple spots over body, like petechise.

I I For several weeks gradual emaciation, pains in abdomen, diarrhoea, discharges of tough, black blood; bluish red spots on face and body; mouth and tongue covered with blisters as large as peas, discharging dark fluid blood; spots on body greatly varied in size, smooth, gen- erally round and dark red; great lassitude, must stay in bed; pulse 66; no thirst; anorexia; chilliness; vertigo. ^Purpura.

I I Erythema nodosum.

■ Scurfs on dry, small nodules, often renewed.

Small, round, red, insensible spots on inner side of arms, and on abdomen and feet.

■ Dry, violently itching herpes, burning in open air.

■ Bloodboils.

■ Urticaria white, but reddening when rubbed; intense

itching, stinging, burning. ^After sting of yellow jacket.

■ Prickly heat of newcomers in tropics; awakes with

■ Eczema of drunkards.

I I Varicella on chest and upper arms.

■ ■Punctured wounds; stings of insects, especially of mos- quitoes.

■ ■Rheumatic, gouty diathesis; constitutions abused by

alcohol.

Child, set. 3, pale, waxen, strumous diathesis; synovitis.

Boy, eet. 8, after injury to head by falling on scissors ; epi- lepsy.

Young man ; haemoptysis alternating with rheumatism.

Needlewoman, set. 24, two years married, healthy and ro- bust; rheumatism.

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Man, set. 28, tall, lax fibred; purpura.

Man, set. 49; rheumatic ophthalmia.

Farmer, set. 50; rheumatism in hip.

Man, set. 50, after contusion of leg; suggillations.

Woman, set. 50, subject to bronchial attacks; bronchitis.

Woman, set. 74, after injury to nose; discoloration of both

cheeks from extravasated blood. ^ Relations. Antidoted by: Camphor.

tox., Sulphur.

Arnica, Crot. tig., Hamam. (τραυματικό έκχρωμα), Ruta.