Tellurium Metallicum

Tellurium. The Element.

Introduced by Hering in 1850.

The triturations are prepared from the precipitated metal. Provings by Hering, assisted by Tietze, Kitchen, Gardiner, Whitey, Gosewisch, l)unham and Eaue, Am. Horn. Kev., vol. 5, Metcalf, N. Am. Jour. Hom., vol. 2,

1852.

Clinical Authorities Conjunctivitis, Allen, Hom. CL, vol. 3, p. 88 ; Nor- ton, Trans.

N. Y. S., 1873, p. 432 ; Scrofulous conjunctivitis, Haynes, M.

I., vol. 10, p. 184 ; Affection of lids, Berridge, N. Y. J.

H., vol. 2, p. 210 ; Hom. Phys., June, 1889 ; Otitis, Houghton, Times Eet., 1876, p. 52 ;

Hom. Times, vol. 3, p. 155 ; Hah. Mo., vol. 11, p. 159 ;

Otorrhoea, Dunham, Hom. CI., vol. 1, p. 25 ; Linsley, Hom. CL, vol. 1, p. 74 ;

Offensive axillary sweat, Lippe, Hom. Phys., vol. 7, p. 3 ; Tonic muscular contraction of leg, Kershaw, Org., vol. 1, p. 311 ; Fetid foot sweat, Jones, H.

W., vol. 11, p. 233 ; Herpes circinatus, Metcalf, N. A. J.

H., vol. 2, p. 408 ; Eczema behind ears, Hah. Mo., 1889, p. 608 ; Scrofulous eruption, Boynton, Hom.

Times, vol. 3, p. 203.

^ Mind. Forgetful ; when engaged in doing one thing, forgets and neglects others.

Fear of being touched in sensitive places.

Excitable and disposed to fly into a passion.

Rough, angular disposition.

Mind depressed. ^ Sensorium. Vertigo : morning after rising from bed ; < when walking, sitting up, or turning head; pulse ac- celerated, nausea, vomiting of food ; > lying perfectly quiet ; when going to sleep. ^ Inner Head. Brain feels as if beaten on slightest move- ment.

Heaviness and fulness in head in morning.

Violent linear pain in small spot over 1. eye ; pain short, sharp and defined.

Congestion to temples and forehead on awaking in morn- ing ; < on stooping, when there is a heavy full feeling.

Sudden rush of blood to head.

While sitting, face red.

Headache on being awakened toward morning.

Congestion to head and nape of neck, followed by weak- ness, faintness in stomach. * Outer Head. Tearing in 1. half of head.

Itching in scalp.

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Red spots, with fine blisters on occiput, neck and behind

ears, and on posterior surface of ears. ^ Sight and Eyes. Deposit of chalky-looking white mass

on anterior surface of lens. ^Cataract. Pterygium.

Herpes conjunctivae bulbi ; veins enlarged, running hori- zontally toward cornea, ending in little blisters near

edge of cornea ; < from crying. I I Conjunctivitis pustulosa ; with eczema impetiginoides

on lids and much purulent discharge from eyes ; offen- sive discharge from ears. I I Scrofulous inflammations; < 1. upper lid ; lachryma-

tion ; itching and pressure in lid. llEyelids: thickened, inflamed, covered with pustules;

itching; pale, red, oedematous, oozing. I I A feeling as if lashes of lower lid were turned in. I I Palpebral swelling of upper lid, 1. side; ulceration on

outer surface of lid near external canthus ; pain < at

night. ^Hearing and Ears. I iLeft ear began to itch, burn and

swell ; aching and throbbing pain in meatus, followed

by a copious, watery acrid discharge. I Dull throbbing pain in ears day and night ; thin, watery,

excoriating discharge.

■ Vesicular eruption on membrana; suppurating and per-

forating.

Membrana tympani permanently injured and hearing greatly diminished.

Hitching and swelling, with painful throbbing in ex- ternal meatus ; in three or four days discharge of watery fluid smelling like fish-pickle, which causes ves- icles wherever it touches ; ear is bluish-red, cedematous; hearing impaired.

Sensation as, if something suddenly closed in ear, or as if air whistled through 1. eustachian tube; when snuff- ing or belching, air passes through.

I I Waked during night with dull aching deep in r. ear, continued, with great depression of spirits, for three days.

■ Constant rather severe pain deep in r. ear.

A transparent yellowish watery fluid constantly oozed from meatus, which was obstructed by amberlike crusts ; discharge offensive, sometimes putrid, but gen- erally of a musty smell like fish-brine ; ears itched ; outer ear swollen, inflamed ; some pustules had arisen wherever discharge had touched any abraded surface of ear or face.

I I A girl, ret. 13; for nearly five years discharge of pus

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and blood from both ears ; frequent attacks of intoler- able otalgia; deafness with thunderous roaring in ears; frontal headache and frequent epistaxis.

I I Deaf, with a purulent offensive discharge from ears; bleeding from ear very profuse, provoked by slightest touch on meatus by finger ; external ear swollen ; blu- ish-red, shining and studded with vesicles; it exuded a thin watery fluid ; wdiole ear looked as if water-soaked. ^After scarlatina.

Ulceration in external auditory meatus.

M Eczema behind ears, with formation of thick crusts; scrofulous conjunctivitis, blepharitis and catarrh of middle ear. ^ Smell and Nose. Fluentcoryza,lachrymation and hoarse- ness when walking in open air, with short cough and pressure in middle of chest under sternum ; after being some time in open air it goes away.

Nose dry, then becomes fluent with relief of headache ; r. eye becomes hot with profuse lachrymation.

Nose obstructed, must breathe through mouth.

Hawks from posterior nares dried yellowish-red phlegm tasting salty, mornings. * Upper Face. tJudden flushes of redness over face.

Twitching in 1. facial muscles, 1. corner of mouth drawm upward when talking.

■ Ringworms on face; barber's itch. ^•^ Teeth and Gums. Salivation; gums bleed easily and pro- fusely. ^' Taste and Tongue. Taste earthy, metallic.

Tongue: somewhat swollen; furred white; shows prints of teeth. ^'^ Inner Mouth. Breath has a garliclike odor.

Coldness in mouth and pharynx on drawing in air.

Tenacious mucus runs from mouth ; a dog.

Copious saliva. '^ Throat. Painful dryness of fauces.

In m.orning hawking from back of nose pieces of yellowish- reddish phlegm of a saltish taste.

Rough, scratching sensation in throat; < toward evening.

Throat feels sore, with a prickly, rough sensation evening and morning; throat sore on empty swallowing; > after eating and drinking.

Pain in throat extends into ear. ^' Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. Hungry at night; wants an apple in middle of night.

Longs for beer. '^ Eating and Drinking. Eating or drinking : sore throat dis- appears.

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After meals great drowsiness. After eating rice was obliged to vomit. ^® Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Belching, with taste of what has been eaten. Heartburn, with warmtli in stomach as from alcohol. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach.

Sensation of weakness, like faintness, in stomach after local congestion of blood to head and nape of neck, also with chest symptoms. Fulness in pit of stomach, must lie down after dinner. Constrictive feeling, as if strapped togetlier. '^Hypochondria. Fulness and oppression in hypogastrium ; her dress must be loosened.

Pressing, first 1. then r. side, as from wind. When lying on 1. side, throbbing under r. ribs and vice versa. '^Abdomen. Pinching in abdomen.

Frequent spasmodic pains in bowels as from incarcerated wind ; mostly from 5 to 9 p.m. ^^ Stool and Rectum. Passes very offensive flatus. Passes a large quantity of thread worms. Spasmodic pains with urging to stool, copious stool with

feeling of flatulence in bowels. Costive.

Tetter on perineum, itching. ^' Urinary Organs. Increased urination. High-colored, acid urine. A drop sticking at mouth of urethra. ^^ Male Sexual Organs.

Increased sexual desire, followed by long-lasting indifference. A drop of viscid fluid glues meatus urinarius. I I Secondary gonorrhoea. Herpes on scrotum and perineum. ^^ Female Sexual Organs.

Painful soreness in region of kid- neys, extending downward like a weight, raostl}^ to r., and in sacrum ; < in morning, making her irritable. Shooting deep in pelvis across to left. Menses too early, in climacteric years. ^^ Voice and Larynx.

Trachea and Bronchia. Hoarseness in morning with fluent coryza, a rough, pressing, tick-' ling sensation in larynx. ^^ Respiration. Coughing or laughing increases aching in

small of back. ^^ Cough. Cough toward morning ; after a few days looser. ^* Inner Chest and Lungs. Pain in region of clavicle. Cutting in 1. nipple, across and through to scapula. Pain in middle of chest: going through to back; from dor- sal vertebrae through to sternum ; in or behind sternum. Shooting in 1. chest, fifth rib.

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Feeling as if some fluid wanted to discharge, pressing

downward in middle lobe of r. lung. For five days^ bubbling in middle lobe of r. lung for a few

minutes, chiefly in afternoon. ^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. Dull pain in region of

heart when lying on 1. side ; "> lying on back. Palpitation of heart, with throbbing through whole body,

and full pulse, followed by sweat. ^" Outer Chest. Eruption about nipple. ^^ Neck and Back. Painful sensitiveness of spine from last

cervical to fifth dorsal vertehra; sensitive to pressure

and touch. Weak feeling in back. Pain in sacrum passing into r. thigh ; < pressing at stool,

coughing and laughing. ^Sciatica. ^^^ Upper Limbs, l Offensive smelling perspiration of armpit,

smelling like garlic. Pressing ache in r. scapula, later in left. Lump in anterior wall of 1. axilla, painful from pressure

or motion. Tearing near thumb joint. Finger tips feel dead on stretching hand. Rheumatism of r. little finger, < moving finger. ^^ Lower Limbs, ll Sciatica of r. side; < when lying on

affected side. Sciatica accompanied by sensitiveness of vertebral column,

pains radiating from sacrum to r. sciatic nerve, I I Fetid sweating of feet.

I I Tonic muscular contraction of long standing. 1 i Contraction of tendons in bends of knees. Bruised pain in hip joints after walking. Feet sweaty, mostly on toes. ^' Limbs in General. Sharp quick pains in elbows, ankles

and other parts. Aching all over, mostly in limbs, < r. side and on walking.. ^^Reat. Position. Motion. Rest: pricking <.

Lying: vertigo > ; on 1. side, throbbing under r. ribs and

vice versa ; on 1. side, pain in region of heart, > on back ;

on affected side, sciatica <. Sitting up : vertigo ; face red. Stooping: fulness on head <. Motion : brain feels as if beaten ; lump in axilla painful ;

of finger, rheumatism <. Turning head : vertigo. Coughing or laughing: < aching in small of back; <

sciatica. Walking : vertigo, followed by bruised pain in hip joints ;

aching in limbs.

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^"Nerves. Restlessness.

Lassitude and weakness. ^^ Sleep. Yawning and belching.

Drowsy after a meal.

Sleepless ; restless turning from weariness and bruised feeling.

At night pains all over.

On going to sleep feels as if in air, quick drawing toward feet awakens him. ^^Time. Toward morning: cough.

Morning : vertigo; heaviness and fulness in head ; on being awakened, headache; hawking from posterior nares; soreness in region of kidneys < ; hoarseness and coryza.

Toward evening: roughness and scratching in throat <.

5 to 9 P.M. : pain as from wind in bowels.

Night: pain in 1. upper lid <; waking with dull aching deep in r. ear ; hungry ; pains all over ; itching of pim- ples <. ^^Temperature and Weather. Open air: fluent coryza and hoarseness.

In cold or cool air: itching <.

Cool breeze : warm sweat. *" Fever, Chilly, with pains.

Sweat: on face; on spots, with increased itching of these places ; after throbbing through whole body ; generally warm, while sitting in a cool breeze. *^ Attacks, Periodicity. Day and night: dull throbbing pain

in ears. *' Locality and Direction. Left: sharp pain in small spot over eye; tearing in head; scrofulous inflammation of upper lid ; swelling and ulceration of upper lid ; inflam- mation of ear; as if air whistled through eustachian tube ; twitching in facial muscles ; cutting from nipple to scapula; shooting in chest; lump in axilla; small, red, itching points on hand; foot itches more; herpes between ribs and crest of ilium.

Right : heat in eye with lachrymation; pressing downward and bubbling in middle lobe of lung ; pain in thigh from sacrum; rheumatism in 1. finger ; sciatica; aching in limbs < ; herpes above eye.

Right to 1.: shooting in pelvis; pressing ache in scapulae.

Left to r. : pressure in hypochondria. ^'Sensations. Fear of being touched in sensitive places.

As if in air on going to sleep; brain as if beaten; as if lashes were turned in ; as if something closed in ear ; as if air whistled through 1. eustachian tube ; as if strapped together in epigastric region ; as if fluid wanted to dis- charge in lobe of r. lung.

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Pain : in region of clavicle ; in middle of chest, through to back ; in or behind sternum ; in sacrum, extending into r. thigh.

Spasmodic pains : in bowels ; with urging to stool.

Violent pain : linear, in small spot over 1. eye.

Sharp, quick pain : in elbows, ankles and other parts.

Cutting : in 1. nipple through to scapula.

Tearing: in 1. half of head; near thumb joints.

Shooting: in pelvis; in 1. chest, fifth rib.

Stinging: in skin.

Prickly sensation : in throat; in skin.

Burning: in 1. ear.

Aching : in meatus auditorius ; deep in r. ear ; in small of back ; in shoulder blades ; of limbs.

Soreness : in region of kidneys.

Bruised pain : in hip joints.

Pinching: in abdomen.

Dull pain : in region of heart.

Constriction : in epigastrium.

Pressure : in 1. upper lid ; under sternum ; in hypochon- dria ; in larynx ; in shoulder blades.

Scratching : in throat.

Roughness : in throat.

Bubbling: in middle lobe of r. lung.

Throbbing: in ears; under ribs; through whole body.

Fulness: in head ; in pit of stomach.

Heaviness : in head.

Weight: in back and sacrum.

Deadness : in finger tips.

Faintness: in stomach =

Weak feeling : in back.

Tickling : in larynx.

Itching: in scalp ; in 1. upper lid; in ears; of sweaty places ; in pimples ; in small, red points ; of feet.

Coldness : in mouth and pharynx on drawing in air.

Dryness: of fauces. *5 Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries. Touch: fear of, in sensitive places; provokes bleeding from ear; spine sensitive.

Pressure : lump in axilla painful. *^Skin. I Ringworms: on face; barber's itch ; cover whole body, more distinct on lower limbs; on single parts.

Stinging in skin.

Small red pimples, very bright red, and very sharply de- fined, with minute vesicles upon them, first on lower ex- tremities, then also on upper, most on 1. side ; they began first on outside of calves and then on inside of forearms, above wrist, and spread from that point, caused

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very severe itching day and night, but most at night, after going to bed.

On 1. hand, small red points shining through skin, which sometimes itch; feet also itch, especially 1., as if there were some heat vesicles there.

Little stinging prickings in various parts of skin of whole body, continuing all afternoon and evening and forcing him to rub spot ; came on like flea-bites here and there, lasting all day; pricking continued very troublesome at times, principally when at rest, for sev- eral weeks, but gradually subsided ; a little spot of herpes circinatus made its appearance a few days since, on fore- head, perpendicularly above external eanthus of r. eye, and about half an inch above brow; it was at first a little cluster of globular vesicles, on an inflamed base, which dried into thin scales and spread by circumference ; itches and pricks slightly; the herpetic spot is now cir- cular about half an inch in diameter, and consists of an elevated ring of vesicles, some larger than others, on an inflamed base, enclosing a depressed area of red skin, which desquamates but contains no vesicles, it continues to itch slightly and to furnish successive crops of thin, white scales ; troublesome stinging, very annoying, in evening, when sitting still, wandering all over body; a herpetic spot similar to one on forehead made its ap- pearance on 1. side, midway between ribs and crest of ilium, accompanied by very troublesome itching which changed to smarting on being rubbed ; it forms about three-quarters of a circle and is irregular; there are in- dications of another spot just above it; stinging in skin succeeded by constant itching of scalp, which requires continual scratching ; itching is apparently due to erup- tion of fine vesicles on a slightly inflamed base, which after remaining. a few days dry up and fall off" in little white scales ; they are most plentiful on occipital scalp, on nape, in borders of hair, and on posterior surface of auricles; this itching has been constant and annoying for a week, and bids fair to continue; spot on forehead is breaking up, there being several gaps in ring, which is now three-quarters of an inch in diameter; just above it another spot has appeared, precisely similar but smaller; eruption has nearly disappeared from head and itching has almost ceased ; spot on forehead is no longer to be discerned, skin being scarcely reddened where it existed ; new one is slightly increasing and forms about two- thirds of a circle, but not as vigorous as its predecessor; spots on side have disappeared.

• Body thickly covered with elevated rings of herpes cir-

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cinatus ; eruption very marked, especially on lower limbs; vesicles quite perceptible at a glance; rings intersect each other and in some places so crowded as to obliterate specific character of affection ; great heat of skin ; restlessness ; rapid pulse ; thirst ; headache.

Psoriasis.

Fetid exhalations from body.

Prickling itching all over skin, with papular eruption.

Skin dry, hot.

Itching more in cold or cool air.

1 I Scrofulous eczematous eruption. " Stages of Life, Constitution. Boy, set. 3 ; herpes circinatus.

Girl, eet. 4; conjunctivitis.

Boy, £et. 9, had scarlatina in infancy, since then suffering; otorrhoea.

Girl, set. 13, suffering five years; otorrhoea. *^ Relations. Antidoted by : Nux vom. (epigastric oppression).