Ue thrilling tMough the body and extremities. Great desire to lie down in the daytime. He feels so weak he could scarcely speak, and soon fell i deep sleep. Paralysis of the lov:er extremities and riglit arm. {Addum Garbolieum.) PiriRMACOLOGJ, — This is an acid obtained from coal-tar, by fractional distillatioa and subsequent purification. Carbolic acid, in Its pure state, is a solid, at ordinary temperatures crys- talizing in minute plates of long rhomboidal needles, white or' colorless, of a peculiar odor, similar to creosote, and an. acrid burning taste. Its spe- cific gravity is 1,005. If colored brown under the influence of light and air, it is impure. It deliquesces on exposure, and uUimatol; becomes liquid. It is soluble in 20 parts water, its solution, if pure, colorless aiid remaining so; but if impure, colored brownish by exposure. It is very soluble in alcohol, ether, acetic acid, glycerine, and the volatile andfised oiifl. It is neutral to test paper. Ob'B'icikai. PttEPAKATtON. — (1) Tincture (one grain to ten drops pure alcohol) ; <3) Triturations of the crystals with coarse sugar of milk. Ahalouuks. — Arsenicum, Baptisia, Bromide qf Potaaaium, Bromide of Awmoaia, Gitnicifuffa, Oreogote, Lacheiig, Mereuriu* corrosivut, et uid., Phogphonm, Nitric acid. Muriatic acid, Bhm ffm., S-ulphur, etc. [The symptoms here given are mainly taken from Dr, Hoyne's patho- genesis, given in the Journal cf Hommopathic Materia Medica for May, 1872, to which I have added Dr. Miicheil's symptoms and my own obser- vations. (Rale.)] Mental Sphere. ETiiire disinclmiation to study; what he had aecomplislicd seemed trilling. Disinclined to work; even correctitjg proof is fatiguing. Cross, loses control of temper readily. Affection bestowed seemed distasteful. Heading incre^ed all the head symptoms, especially the press- ing in the occiput, while the intellect was nnnsually quiet. Dullness of intellect, which passed away after breakfast.
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