Causticum was first mentioned by Hahnemann in his Apothekerlexicon. His views are fully set forth in the first volume, published in the year 1793, under the word "Feuer," on p. 293, and in the la«t volume published in 1799, under " Spiesglanztinctur," p. 256. His mode of preparation is found in Chronic Diseases, Vol. HI, in the introduction to his arrangement, in which are included the symptoms of the time honored Tinetura acris, which was considered by him in all respects similar. In the second vol- ume of Materia Jledica Para, first and second editions, Hahnemann de- fends his views fully, and gives the indications he had collected up to that time. In the third edition the Aetzstofftinkiur is omitted, because he placed the remedy among the anti-psorics, and at the same time recommended the weaker but purer preparations of lime. In the fourth edition, 1830, Vol. IV, p. 81, he not only gives a long list of the most remarkable cures, but also his provings and those of his pupils, in all 1014 symptoms. iVhatever diversity of opinion may exist theoretically in regard to the chemical nature of this substance, (see Lorbacher's treatise, A. H. Z , Vol, XCV), the unquestionable good results obtained by its use, in potentized form, by a majority of our best practitioners, stamp it a polychrest of the highest order. Irrespective of the clinical cases taken from Riickert's collection, Stapfs Archives, and the older journals, the following clinical authorities from our more recent literature are mentioned, as showing the extensive and con- tinued use of this remedy : Berridge, E. W., Eye, M. H. Rev., 16, p. 495; Berridge, E. W., Rheumatic Fever, Med. Adv., 4, p. 479 ; Chamberlain, W. B., Cramps in Feet, N. E. M. G., 1871 ; Conant, C. M., Asthenopia, Med. Couns., 1, p. 209; Farrington, E. A., Facial Neuralgia, Horn. J. Obs., Nov., 1879; Fincke, B., Deafness, A. J. H. M. M., 2, p. 220; Frost, Agalactia H. M., 4, p. 283; Gardiner, D. R., Neu- ralgia, A. J. H. M. M., 3, p. 66; Gardiner, Sr., Headache from Gaslight; Goullon, H., Jr., Acne Rosacea, A. H. Z., 83, p. Ill ; Goullon, H., Jr., Enu- resis and Blepharitis, A. H. Z , 88, p. 77 ; Goullon, H., Jr., Eczema, A. H. Z., 88, p. 185; Goullon, H., Jr., Urinary Complaint, A. H. Z., 89, p. 203; Guern- sey, H. N., Anal Soreness, H. M., 5, p. 238; Heyne, Ischias, A. H. Z., 79, p. 146 ; Heyden, Paralysis, A. H. Z, 83, p. 153 ; Houghton, H. C, Deafness, A. J. H. M. i\/., 4, p. 17; Kafka, J., Paralysis Glottidis, A. H. Z., 88, p. 185; Kirsch, Sr., Cataract, A. H. Z., 85, p. 45; Lippe, A., Eye Case, Caustic.^'^ \ Morgan, J. C, Hemorrhoids, A. J. H. M. M., 4, p. 89; Morgan, W., H. W., 12, p. 70; Mossa, Acne Mentagra, H. KL, 1872, p 45; Mossa, Prosopalgia, H. KL, 1872, p. 44; Mossa, Hoarseness, H. KL, 1872, p. 45; Nankiwell, J. H., Facial Paralysis, H. W., 9, p. 217; Nankiwell, J. H., Enlarged Cervical Glands, H. W, 4, p. 72 ; Nichols, C. F., Lepra, H. M., 1871, p. 113 ; Owens, J, B., Epilepsy, 0. M. and S. Rep., 5, 351 ; Payr, Paresis, A^. Z. H. KL, 14, p. VOL. III. — 26, CAUSTICUM. 402 132; Pomeroy, F. F., Cough, M. I., 5, p. 285 ; Price, E. C, Croup, A. H. 0., 1873, p. 27] ; Raue, C G., Mammary Fistula, A. J. H. M. M., 2, p. 238; Sher- burne, F. B., Ophthahnia, M. A., 1873, p. 406 ; Small, A. E., Hoarseness, U. S. M. and S. J., 9, p. 35 ; Wesselhoeft, C, Shortening of Leg, N. E M. G., ,1873, p. 163; pathogenetic symptoms after Caustic^'^, in a child set. 18 months, suffering from whooping-cough, by C. Hg , not published. ■'Mind. I Consciousness undisturbed. ^Chorea. I Unconsciousness. _^Epilepsy. iWeakress of memory ; absentminded. ^Chorea. I I Absence of mind, with loss of ideas ; uses wrong words. I I Inattentive and distracted. ■ Understands questions only after repetition. ■ Dullness of head. Dull, gloom'y pressure affects the brain. Incapacity to think or to follow his business, after injurious effects of gasrlight. I Imbecility before an attack. ^Epilepsy. ■ Melancholy, disposition to weep. (!?Pertussis. ■ Hysterical weeping after spasms. ■ ■The least thing makes the child cry. ;rChild screams and tosses about at night. ^Whooping-cough. ■ Weeping, crying or laughing. ^Chorea. ■ Spasmodic laughter before, Avith or after spasms. ■ Great restlessness, which prompts him to run away. ^Dur- ing intervals of epilepsy. I I Persistent silence, difficult to overcome. ■ Taciturn, distant. 1 I Disinclined to work. Tense, gloomy feeling in head. ■ Weeping, or whining mood. ^Paralysis. ■ Chilly, with sad mood and apprehension of the future, ■< in evening. ^Chronic headache. ■ Sorrowful thoughts during night, during day weeping, anxi- ety and misgiving about the future. ■ Low-spirited. ^Gastric headache. ■ ■Melancholy mood ; sadness; hopelessness. Melancholy, with great prsecordial anxiety. ■ ■Melancholy from care, grief and sorrow. ■ Melancholy; she looks upon the dark side of everything. ^Amenorrhoea. ^Menorrhagia. ■ Hopelessness, and despair. ^Paralysis. ■ Hopeless weeping mood, expecting death. ^Hemiplegia. ■ Anxious, uneasy mood, as if something unpleasant impended ; this unfits him for every kind of work. ■ Becomes anxious, as though he would die. ■ Becomes anxious, worried and pale. Fearfulness and distressed feeling about heart. 403 CAUSTICUM. I Full of timorous fancies, evenings; child fears to go to bed alone. ■ Timorous anxiety and depression. ^Pertussis. I 111 effects of sudden emotions, fright, fear, etc. ^Chorea. I Fear of death. ^Paralysis. I I Full of frightful ideas, in evening. I Great apprehension whenever anything happens; despondent, depressed, most excessive exhaustion and prostration. I Apprehension of impending danger, with urging to stool. I Had a foreboding of her attack, which interrupted her play- ing suddenly; she went to the sofa and assumed her peculiar position with the knees. ^Chorea. I I Anxiety in evening, before going to sleep; the boy could not fall asleep because he constantly thought of anxious things ; one could with difficulty induce him to go to bed. Great anxiety, with flying thoughts and stammering. I Anxiety. ^Gastric headache. Anxiety, with nausea. ■ Anxiety and red face from urging to stool. ^Obstruction of bowels. ■ Anxiety and despondency; has been subjected to nightwatch- ing, care, trouble, etc. ^Agalactia. I I Anxiety and uneasiness at night did not permit her to sleep. ■ Anxiety before falling asleep, as though attack of fainting would return and he would die. Easily startled. Excessive sympathy for others. Ill-humor. Irascible mood. ■ ■Peevish, irritable, censorious mood. Irritable temper, disposition to take everything in bad part. I I Fretful and despondent, without being vexed. ■ Paroxysm of quarrelsome anger. ^Pertussis. ■ Very suspicious and distrustful. ■ Thinking of complaints aggravates them. ^Hemorrhoids. ^Hysteria. ■ Pain ■< by mental labor. ^Hemorrhoids. ■ After overexertion of mind. ^Tinnitus. ■ After seeing a case of chorea she gets it herself. ■ Irresistible yawning when listening or paying attention to others. Hastiness causes short breath. ■ ■Mental and other ailments from long-lasting grief and sor- row. ^Chronic headache. ^Face and toothache. 6'Chorea. ■ Injurious effects of fear and vexation. ^Chorea. After anger, stitches in upper portion of chest, when drawing a deep breath. ■ Mental alienation after suppression of eruptions. CAUSTICUM. 404 ^ Sensorium. Sensation as if he would fall, without vertigo. I I Dizzy, as from compression of head. I Vertigo : tending forv?ards and sideways ; tendency to fall backward, when stooping ; at night in bed, on rising and on lying down again ; on looking fixedly at an object ; ^ in open air ; with sensation of weakness in head, and anxiety ; " accompanying paralysis ; with headache ; in hemiplegia ; at 11 A.M. ; •< in middle of day ; after suppression of ulcers ; from moving head ; from gas-light ; during and after stool, with nausea. iVertigo and whirling in head during menstruation, < on stooping, >> in afternoon. I Runs for a while in a circle, to the right, then falls down un- conscious. ^Epilepsy. iFainty, qualmish feeling. I Faint, trembling, weakness ; giddy in open air. ^ Inner Head. I Dullness of head. ^Catarrh. I Pressing pain in forehead, with stoppage of nose. I Feels as if there was a ball of fire in forehead. ■ Sensation as of an empty space between forehead and brain, -< in evening and in cold, > in warmth. iPressive pain in r. frontal eminence. ■ Violent cutting pain in forehead. ^Epilepsy. Sensation of contraction in whole side of head. Heat in r. side of head, with violent pains in stomach. ■ Stitches in temples, <r from sitting or reading. ^Pertussis. ■ Violent stitches in r. temple, < evenings. ^Chronic head- ache. ■ Throbbing and stitches in vertex. ■ Stitches in vertex. ^Vertigo. ■ Headache in vertex. ^Epilepsy. ■ Violent boring pain in vertex. ^Fistula dentalis. Burning stinging in upper part of head. ■ Dull, pressive headache. ^Influenza. ■ Head feels as if driven asunder, with nausea, from gas-light. I I Painless digging in whole head. ■ Pain in different parts of head. ^Paralysis. ■ Roaring, buzzing and hissing in head. ^Chronic headache. ^After epileptic attack. ■ Congestion to head, with roaring in head and ears. ^Per- tussis. Sensation of weakness in head, with vertigo. Headache from extreme hunger. ■ Pain shoots from eyes into head, at intervals, < evening and night. ^Ophthalmia. Constant succession of shocks or jerks in head. ■ Nightly tearing and digging headache. Sensation as if brain were loose, when moving head. 405 CAUSTICUM. Headache before or after spasms. 1 1 Rheumatic pains in head so severe as to cause nausea. Headache with vomiting, in morning. I Headache and great weariness after an attack. ^Epilepsy. Apoplexy, followed by paralysis. ^ Outer Head. I Contracted skin of forehead, in frontal head- ache, with tremulous weakness. ^Aphonia. I Pain at a small spot on vertex, as if bruised, only to touch. Dull pain on vertex, with pain in urethra, after urinating. Sensation in occipital bone as if the parts were numb, pithy or dead. Tensive tearing pain in integuments of head, particularly on sides and behind ears, < from draft and cold air, > in warm bed, and in damp weather. ■ Tension of scalp. Itching and stinging of scalp. I Turns head to the right. ^Chorea. I Trembling of head. ^Epilepsy. Headache begins with stinging in scalp. B Scalp very sore to touch. ^Impetigo capitis. I Heat and soreness in scalp. ^Gastric headache. I Head hot and sweaty before an attack. ^Epilepsy. ■ Small, round, soft nodes on scalp and glabella. ^Epilepsy. I I Tinea capitis in occipital region. Spasms of head. Chorea after retrocedent eruption on head. Involuntary nodding of head while writing. ■ Drawing of head toward one side; frequent urging to urinate; involuntary urination during fit. ^Epilepsy. ® Sight and Eyes. Eyes sensitive to light and heat. ■ Photophobia the whole day, constantly obliged to wink. Sees frightful images as soon as he closes eyes. I Flickering, sparks or black points before eyes. I If he winks, he sees sparks of fire before eyes, even on a bright day. ■ Flickering before eyes,- as from swarms of insects. ■ Spots, at first small, then larger, round, then jagged, white, then green, first before r., then 1. eye, followed by dimness and loss of vision. ■ Sight obscured: as from a gauze before eyes; as from a mist; momentarily, on blowing nose ; green halo around light. ■ Eyes become dim, and vision indistinct; it seems as though a thick cloud or fog were before eyes. ■ Obscuration of sight, as if a veil were drawn before eyes, when standing. Sensation as though membrane was over eyes. ■ Obscuration of vision for a moment, on blowing nose. ■ Dimness of vision. ^Headache. ^Pregnancy. CAUSTICUM. 40.6 ■ Diplopia, with inability to turn 1. eye outward. I Perpendicular half-sight in cataract. ■ Cataract: sensation as if there was a substance in eye too large, causing a kind of heaviness and distention, only in evening; also a feeling as if there was something moving in eyes, in evening. I Asthenopia ; sensation as of a stick or sand in eyes ; drowsi- ness, but does not sleep, upper lid falls, dimness of sight. ^Sequel to measles. ■ Amblyopia. ^Hemiplegia, ^Paresis. ■ Threatened amaurosis during confinement, with want of milk. ■ Looking up causes inclination to fall to the left. ^Vertigo. ■ Burning and stinging, as with needles, in eyes, with dryness and photophobia, from 6 to 8 p.m. . ■ Burning and dryness of eyes, from 4 p.m. till evening. ■ Burning in eyes, without redness. Burning of eyes, when touched. ■ Biting and pressure in eyes, which seem heavy, with redness of lids. ■ Pressing pain in eyes, > by external pressure. ^Ophthalmia scrofulosa. ■ Pressive pain in eye, < from touch. Slight drawing in eyes. Tenseness in r. eye, which seemed as if paralyzed. ■ Pain in eyes, as if sand were in them. ■ Dragging pain in eyes. ^Toothache. ■ Drawing in eyes. ^Headache from gas-light. ■ Dry sensation in eyes, with pressure in them. I I At first dryness of eyes in morning, and stiffness, followed by lachrymation. ■ Itching of eyes, especially of lids; disappears on rubbing. ■ ■Sensation of heaviness in upper lid, as if he could not raise it easily, or as if it were agglutinated to lower lid, and could not be easily loosened. ■ Constant inclination to touch and rub eye, which seems to re- lieve a pressure in it. ^Cataract. ■Eyes inflamed, burning, red, dry, stinging. ■ Inflammation of eye, with partial destruction of tissue. ■ Lachrymation, even in room, though •< in open air. ^In- fluenza. ^Facial hemiplegia. ■ Acrid tears from 1. eye, with shooting pain. ^Ophthalmia. ■ Accumulation of tears, particularly in open air ; they do not run from eye. ■ Eyesconstantly open, not winking. ^Facial paralysis. ^Hemi- plegia. ■ Inclination to close eyesj lids seem heavy; ■■paralysis of upper lids. ^Hysteria. ^Pregnancy. ^Blepharoptosis. ■ Cornea covered with red vessels and has a tendency to bulge. 407 CAUSTICUM. I Spots on cornea, and opacity. 1 1 1 Ophthalmia scrofulosa. ■ Ophthalmia: with corrosive lachrymation and shooting pains, extending up into head, < in evening and night ; violent shooting pains ; smarting as if worried or irritated, without much lachrymation ; with crusty eruptions in and about nose. I Itching, like flea-bites, in 1. inner canthus, with desire to rub it. ■ Burning in both inner canthi. ■ Annoying pressure in inner canthus. ^Hemiplegia of face. ■ Itching on lower lid and on its inner surface, with burning as soon as he touches eye or moves it. ■ Granulations over entire bulbus of 1. eye. ■ Lids swollen, always red and painful. ■ ■Agglutination of lids. , Blepharitis, > in fresh air. I I Visible twitching of lids and of 1. brow. ■ ■Paralysis of muscles, particularly if caused from exposure to cold. ■ Old warts on eyebrows, lids or nose. ^Ophthalmia scrofulosa. ^Rheumatism. Tumors on lids. I I Feeling as if a tight skin came half way down over r. eye, preventing sight of that eye, when blowing nose, removed by rubbing ; after the sensation of a skin has gone, feeling as if something were pricking the eye, which waters. ■ Trachoma, with pannus. Old stye swells, sticking as with needles in it, in morning. Occasionally sudden pain over r. eye. ■ Rolling of eyes. ^Epilepsy. ^Hearing and Ears. ■ Roaring, tinkling, singing, humming, buzzing, chirping, whizzing, or pulsating in ears. ^Deaf- ness. ^Rheumatism. ^Pertussis. ^Hemiplegia. ■ On turning head, cracking and snapping in ears. ^Deafness. ■ Reverberation of all sounds, even of the patient's own voice ; hears with difiiculty. I ■Words and steps re-echo in ears. ■ She speaks low, because her own words appear to her very loud. ^Pregnancy. ■ ■Deafness. ^Otorrhoea. ^Facial hemiplegia. ^Rheumatism. ■ Stitches in r. ear, paroxysmal, and in rapid succession. I I Burning of ears ; they get red. ■ Hot pressure in ears and whole head, so that vision be- came dim. ■ Feeling of obstruction in ears, with offensive purulent dis- charge. Itching in inner ear. CAUSTICUM. 408 Diseases of middle ear, especially non- suppurative, when facial branch of seventh pair is involved. Pinching in ear. ■ Offensive otorrhoea. ■ Eruptions on ear lobe, and behind ears. ^Herpes. ^Im- petigo capitis. II Accumulation of earwax, sometimes offensive in odor. I Pain in ear, as if something was trying to force out. I Dragging pain in ears. ^Toothache. I Dull pain in ears. ^Deafness. Ears sensitive to the wind. ^ Smell and Nose. ■ Blowing blood from nose, mornings, or pro- fuse nosebleed. Blowing nose affects eye. See 5. Epistaxis from 1. nostril. I Nosebleed during attack. ^Epilepsy. BBVequent sneezing, particularly in morning. I Frequent sneezing, Avith pain in chest. ^Influenza. I I Dry coryza, with stoppage of nose. iNose stopped up at night, running by day. ^Pertussis. 1 1 Fluent coryza, with pain in chest and limbs. I Acrid, burning discharge from nose. ^Influenza. I Coryza, with hoarseness, preventing loud speech. ■ Dryness of nose. ^ Acne rosacea. PuiEness of nose ; scrofulous swelling, ailtching of tip of nose and alse, as well as inside. I I Pimples, ulcers or crusts on tip of nose; inflamed, swollen and scurfy. ■ Eruptions on nose, with burning. ^Acne rosacea. ^Eczema. Eczema on nostrils. Portion of 1. side and tip of nose eaten by an ulcer, covered with a thick crust. ^Lupus of nose. 1 1 Old warts on nose. Nose and upper lip feel thick and heavy. ^ Upper Face. I Pains in malar bones, zygomatic arch and maxillae. ■ Drawing pains, which extend into cheek and ear, and are most apt to occur on r. side. ■ Burning in face. ■ Pains produce spasm of muscles, a sensation of numbness on side of face, as if asleep. ■ Neuralgia: r. side; < at night, chilly, no thirst; scanty menses ; 1. side > by rubbing part with a cloth dipped in cold water. ■ Facial neuralgia at every stormy change of weather ; attacks of unconsciousness while sitting, with set eyes and continued motion of muscles about mouth. ^Anaemia. ■ Transient violent drawing pain in r. cheek, and then in ear. 409 CAUSTICUM. iDracrging pain in muscles efface. ^Toothache. I Face: ydlow; bluish-red; sickly looking; expression gloomy ; looks dissatisfied. lYellow complexion, particularly on temples. ^Headache. (^Dentition. ^Ophthalmia scrofulosa. ^Uterine troubles. ^Scabies. I Paleness of face. ^Enuresis. ^Hemiplegia. ^Colic. ^Chorea. Redness efface, with dullness in head. iVery red face during attack. ^Epilepsy. Burning as of glowing coals in small spots in face, eyes, ears, and cheeks ; cannot move on a'ccount of pain. Sudden shuddering in face, extending across chest or over back to knees. I 1 Itching of face. I Red, erysipelatous swelling of cheek. ^Toothache. I I Acne rosacea on cheeks and forehead: in dispersed groups. I Moist, suppurating spot in centre of tetter on cheeks, en- larges, Itches and burns, and becomes covered with a thick crust. I Pimples on 1. cheek, with severe itching. I Hard pustules, with blackish centre, through beard. ^Acne. I I Eruptions in face ; acne, burning and stinging. Occasional spasmodic twitching of muscles of 1. side of face. I I Paralysis of one side of face. ^Hemiplegia. ^Chorea. ^Otorrhoea. ^After cold. 1 1 Prosopalgia and rheumatism in face. I Severe tearing pains in 1. half of face. ^Facial neuralgia. Upper lip and nose feel heavy. ■ Convulsive movements in muscles of face. ^Chorea. ^Risus sardonicus. ■ Contracts brows, with pain in head. ^Aphonia. I Her face feels to her like fur. ^Hemiplegia. Shivering, beginning in face and spreading from it. Serpiginous ulceration, with smarting and excoriation. 1 8 Warts on face. ® Lower Face. I Mouth drawn to one side. ^Hemiplegia. ■ Swelling of lower lip. ■ Tearing in diseased root of 1. lower jaw. ■ Jaws stiff and lame, not able to eat much for weeks. ^Bron- chitis. ■ Sensation of tension and pain in jaws, could only with diffi- culty open mouth, and could not eat well, because a tooth seemed too long. ■ He could separate jaws only with great difficulty, and could not open mouth as usual ; it seemed as if throat below jaw were swollen or tense. ^Trismus. ^Tetanus. ■ Stitches in angle of r. lower jaw. ^Hemiplegia. ■ Arthritic and rheumatic pains in lower jaw. CAUSTICUM. 410 ■ Drawing pain in glenoid cavity of jaw ; sensation as if jaw was contracted. ■ Warts on lips. ■ Ulcer on lower lip with burning pain, bleeds once in awhile. ■ Single red spots on chin spreading to nose and adjacent parts. ■ Froth at mouth. ^Spasms. ^^ Teeth and Gums. ■Dull stitches in upper back teeth, extend- ing upward. ■ Dull stitches in lower back teeth, extending downward. ■ Boring pain in a lower back tooth, extending to nose and eye. ■ A painful prickling-dig'ging in lower back teeth, extending as far as ears. ■ ■Painful looseness and elongation of teeth. ■ ■Stitching and tearing toothache. ■ Tearing in both r. rows of teeth, extending into zygoma; both jaws of this side are painful to pressure, and on chew- ing feel as if bruised. I I Sticking toothache. I I Throbbing toothache, with painful gum, so that he could not chew. ■ ■Throbbing toothache after taking cold, no fever. I I Pain in sound teeth, on drawing in cold air. ■ Toothache during and after siesta in all stumps, > from cold water, <C from smoke; without violent pain, disagreeable sensation as though a foreign body were in them. ■ Long lasting chronic toothache. Burning pain in hollow teeth when eating and drinking. ■ Sensation as though blood would crowd into teeth, with burn- ing stitching in fingers. ■ Grinding of teeth. ■ Offensive smell from teeth. ^Impetigo capitis. ■ Grum is painfully sensitive, without pain in teeth. ■ ■Swelling of gums, readily bleeding and tedious suppuration. ^Fistula dentalis. ■ ■Frequently recurring abscesses of gums. "Taste and Tongue. ■Taste: greasy; putrid; bitter; sour; as from disordered stomach. ■ ■Stuttering, diflBcult, indistinct speech. ^Chorea. ^Per- tussis. ^Hemiplegia. ■ ■Speechlessness, from paralysis of organs of speech. ■ ■Tongue coated white on both sides, red in middle. ^Epi- lepsy. Intolerable soreness of tongue as if scalded. ■ ■Painful vesicles on tip of tongue. ■ ■ Paralysis of tongue. Pain in tongue as if he had bitten it. ■ Bites tongue during attack. ^Epilepsy. 411 CAUSTICUM. ^^ Inner Mouth. I Dryness of mouth and tongue. I Swelling of inner side of cheek ; he bites it when chewing. I Induration on inside of cheek. ^Herpes on cheek. I Saliva runs from mouth, more after eating. ^Toothache. ^Paralysis. I Much phlegm in mouth and throat. ^Pertussis. Froth at mouth. ^Epilepsy. " Throat. Redness of uvula and fauces. I Soreness and burning in fauces. ^Angina. ^Pertussis. I Sore, painful spot on hard palate. Torn feeling in throat during mental exertion. Jerking pain in throat. ■ Burning and rawness in throat, with sensation like heart- burn. I I Burning pain in throat; not caused by swallowing; on both sides, seemed to arise from chest. 1 1 Rawness and ticklingMn throat, with dry cough and some expectoration after long coughing. ■ Roughness and scraping in throat. ^Pertussis. iPain in tonsils. ^Hemiplegia of face. ■ Dryness in throat, posteriorly. ^Aphonia. ■ Dryness in throat, noticed when swallowing, followed by scraping along down throat. ■ Tickling sensation in throat. ^Aphonia. ■ Sensation of a lump in throat, or as of food lodging in oeso- phagus. ■ Pressure in throat-pit as of a foreign body. ■ I Pain in throat, < by stooping. Sensation as if something cold were rising in throat. ■ ■Must swallow continually, feels as. if throat were too narrow. ■ Constant disposition to swallow, > while eating, < after. ^Diarrhoea. ■ ■Mucus collects in throat, cannot be raised by hawking; is obliged to swallow it. ^Pertussis. Constant desire to clear throat. Hawking of mucus from pharynx and posterior nares. ■ ■Hawking of mucus, with pain in pit of throat. ■ Phlegm in throat, which she is unable to hawk up, and which sickens her. ^During pregnancy. ■ Throat reddened, with increase of mucus. ^Deafness. ■ Swelling, like goitre, on throat. ■ Rheumatic sore throat. Sore throat, with drawing in r. leg. ■ Paralysis of oesophagus. ^* Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. iSits down to table with some appetite, but can scarcely eat a morsel. ^Preg- nancy. CAUSTICUM. 412 ■ Ravenous hunger, takes food in a hurried manner. ^Den- tition. I Appetite either too great, or none at all. ^Epilepsy. I No appetite. ^Hemiplegia. ^Gastric headache. Hunger : after nausea ; causes headache. I No appetite in the morning. Want of appetite and thirst. I I Great thirst for several days. , I No thirst. ^Prosopalgia. ■ Thirst: after eating; for cold drinks; with aversion to drink; with scanty urine. ■ Desire for beer ; 1 1 for smoked meat. ■ Aversion to sweet things. ^Diarrhoea. ^Pertussis. Eating and Drinking. ■Eating is painful on account of sen- sitive gums, and in other cases difficult on account of lame- ness and stiffness of jaws. After chewing meat, teeth ache as though blunt, at same time sensation as though shreds of meat were between teeth which he wishes to remove. ■ 1 Bread causes pressure in stomach'. ■ Fresh meat causes nausea and waterbrash and renews the trouble ; smoked meat agrees. ^Diarrhoea. ■ Fat food disagrees, causes offensive belching. ^Epilepsy. ■ Coffee seems to aggravate every symptom. ^Pertussis. After eating: feels relieved; much thirst; whooping-cough worse ; pressure in whole abdomen ; sometimes disagreeable mucus in mouth ; eructation. Collection of flatus in abdomen after a small meal. ■ Violent increase of pain after the least nourishment, or after tightening her clothes around her waist. ^Hysteralgia. ■ SA swallow of cold water relieves. ^Pertussis. ^Spasms. ■ Acids cause inconvenience. ^Weak stomach. " Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Hiccough. ■ Eructations: frequent, empty; tasting of food; of food; burning ; as if he had eaten pepper ; sour ; tasting like almonds ; smelling like musk ; tasting like rotten wood ; tasting like ink. ■ Acidity of stomach after eating fat, saccharine, or farinaceous food. ^Bronchitis. ■ Sensation of lime being burned in stomach, with rising of air. ^Pregnancy. ^Confinement. ■ Heartburn. ^Gastric headache. ^Bronchitis. ■ Burning and waterbrash, the water tasting salty. ^Con- stipation. ■ Constant efforts to belch. ^Hysteralgia. ■ Nausea: before, during and after meals; with headache; > after eructating ; with sour vomiting ; with salt-water- brash after stool. 413 CAUSTICUM. 1 1 Sour vomiting, followed by sour eructations. ■ Vomiting: of blood, at night; with headache. ■ Vomiting of sour water. ^Pertussis. v ■ Stomach deranged from acids and sour things. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. ■■Pressure in pit of stomach. ^Diarrhoea. ■ Sensation of fulness in stomach. ^Headache. ■ ■Pinching, clawing in pit of stomach on deep breathing. ■ Stitches in scrobiculum. ■ Pit of stomach sore to to.uch. ^Gastric headache. ■ ■Cramp in stomach. ■ Pain in stomach in morning, increased by every quick move- ment; must lie down. Violent pain in stomach, accompanied by heat in r. side of head. ■ Constant sensation as if lime were being burnt in stomach, with a sort of rolling rising of air. ■ Violent pain in stomach; at times the pain seems to be seated in stomach, at times in chest; always >• by lying down, <C by moving about. ■ Pain in stomach from ice-water. I I Sensation as of a disordered stomach, with distension of ab- domen. ■ Violent pressure from pit of stomach over whole chest, mak- ing breathing difficult, > before attack. ^Epilepsy. ^^Hypochondria. ■Stitches in region of liver. ^Pregnancy. Bflepatic pains with distension after eating. Heat and sweat about hypochondria and upper part of ab- domen. ■ Necessity to loosen clothing about hypochondria. ^Diar- rhoea. ^^ Abdomen. ■Stitches in r. side of abdomen, in evening. ■ Pains in abdomen, must bend double ; <C after least nourish- ment, or from tightening clothes. ^Hysteralgia. ■ Cramps in bowels. ^Leucorrhoea. ■ Colic: in morning ; pain radiates to back and chest. Twisting abdominal pains before stool. ■ Cutting colic on appearance of menses, without diarrhoea, with tearing in back and small of back, especially on motion. Pain in r. side of abdomen, with cough. ■ Flatulency, loud rumbling and rolling in bowels. ^Preg- nancy. ■ ■Painful distension of abdomen. Abdomen swollen and hard, body wasted. ■ ■Tumid abdomen, in children. ^Dentition. ^Pertussis. TiOn abdomen, in region of bladder, itching boil, sui rounded by an intense circumscribed redness. CAUSTICUM. 414 Pinching in small spot on r, side of abdomen after eating. Rheumatic pain in abdomen and in chest. Inguinal glands swollen, pain very much on moving. ^^ Stool and Rectum, l Frequent passage of offensive flatus. ^Leucorrhoea. ■ Involuntary escape of feces with flatus. 1 1 The stool passes better standing. Stools : tough and shining ; first hard and in pieces, the last soft ; knotty, like sheep's dung ; too small shaped ; the size of a goose quill; fatty, oi^y; liquid, fecal; white, mucous ; involuntary. ;rChild passes with great pressure two or three tablespoonfuls of an odorless gelatinous mass, streaked with blood, towards morning. ^Whooping-cough. Evacuations of mucus and bright blood with knotty, difiicult feces, without any trace of mucus. Before stool : twisting abdominal pain. During stool : vertigo. After stool : nausea ; salt waterbrash ; vertigo. Bloody stool, with burning soreness of rectum. Diarrhoea : from cold air striking abdomen ; from eating fresh meat; with violently itching acne; in scrofulous children. I Chronic diarrhoea in dyspeptics and consumptives. I I Constipation ; frequent but unsuccessful desire to pass stool. 6'Gastralgia. ^Leucorrhoea. Twisting abdominal pain before stool. After stool : burning at anus, subdued pulse and palpitation ; giddiness; escape of prostatic juice; pinching in hypochon- dria; waterbrash. II Frequent ineffectual efforts to stool, with much pain, anxiety and redness in face. I Stool is passed with great difficulty and exertion of abdominal muscles. ^Hemiplegia. Spasm in rectum, which rendered walking impossible. ■ Painful spasm of rectum, which prevents evacuation or renders it very small, no larger than a goose quill. II Frequent, sudden, penetrating, pressive pain in rectum. 1 1 Itching and sticking in rectum. ■ Severe itching in rectum and in genitals. ■ Pressure in rectum. ■ Pressing in rectum, as if feces were lodged in it which want to come away. ■ Spasms in rectum with renewed desire to pass water. ^Affec- tion of prostate. I I Burning in anus after stool. Soreness and oozing of moisture from anus. ■ Excessive itching in anus, day and night. 415 CAUSTICUM. I Anus very sensitive to contact. , Prurigo ani, relieved by cold water. ■ Fistula in ano. I Fissure of anus, pains < when walking. I Large, painful pustule near anus, discharging pus, blood and serum. I I Hemorrhoids; impeding stool; swollen, itching, stitching, moist ; stinging, burning, painful when touched, when walk- ing, when thinking of them ; from preaching or straining voice. I Hard hemorrhoids, extremely painful when touched, when walking, when standing or sitting ; > after a stool. I I Pain and strong pulsation in perineum. /^Fistula in ano. I Stitching in anus before eating. Iln morning, stool loose, with much tenesmus, voiding of gel- atinous, odorless masses, somewhat streaked with blood, at the same time cold hands ; child, aet. 10 months. I Stool seldom, after weak urging large thick lumps came, which were voided with great exertion and pain, afterwards prolapsus recti and tenesmus. I Sore pain in hemorrhoidal tumors, < when thinking of them. ■ Hemorrhoids after standing, as in preaching. Sores between the nates. ^^ Urinary Organs. Burning in urethra : when urinating ; sud- denly at night. After urinating : pain in urethra, accompanied by dull pain on vertex. I I Itching of orifice of urethra. I Pain in urethra and bladder after a few drops pass. ^Pro- static affection. ■ Frequent urging to urinate, day and night. ^Catarrh of bladder. ^Leucorrhoea. ■ Painful retention of urine brought on by slightest exposure to cold. ^Catarrh of bladder. Retention of urine in young children. ■ Constant ineffectual desire to urinate; frequent evacuation of only a few drops, with spasms in rectum, and consti- pation. ■ Evacuation of blood, with urine, or instead of it, with great pain ; all sensations <C at night. ■ Ineffectual attempts to urinate; when a few drops were passed, he had violent pain in bladder, and also (after walk- ing much in order to relieve it) cramps in rectum. ■ Urging to urinate, without passing anything; she was obliged to wait a long time,* and then only a very little urine passed, but urging was soon again renewed, without pain. ^Catarrh of bladder. CAUSTICUM. 416 I Frequent urging to urinate, without passing any ; then, while sitting, involuntary flow of it. I I Frequent and very much increased micturition ; urine soon deposited a sediment like yeast. I I He urinates so easily that he is not sensible of the stream, and scarcely believes in the dark that he is urinating, until he makes sure by sense of touch. I Very frequent urging to urinate, with involuntary dribbling of urine. I I Involuntary passage of urine: IB when coughing, sneezing or blowing nose; Hat night when asleep: in walking; from paralysis ; in bronchitis. I Cannot retain urine, and could not feel urine passing through urethra. ^Cataract. I Symptoms of paralysis of bladder from prolonged retention of urine and overdistension of bladder. ^Pregnancy. I I Enuresis nocturna. ^Chorea. ^Diarrhoea. ^Pregnancy. I Urine stopped at intervals, in evening. I Last drops of urine are delayed. After urinating, smarting in pudendum as from salt. I I Retention of urine, with frequent and urgent desire, occasion- ally a few drops or a small quantity may dribble away. I Paralysis of bladder from long retention of urine. I Urine: dark-brown; turbid and cloudy on standing; deposits a yeasty sediment; deposits oxalate of lime. I Light-colored urine, like Avater. ^Leucorrhoea. ■ Excess of uric acid. ^Bronchitis. I In evening, copious urination, always very turbid ; thick, white, offensive smelling deposit. ■ Burning in urethra when urinating, especially after coitus. Diabetes insipidus. ^^ Male Sexual Organs. ■ During coition, blood is discharged from urethra, with ejaculation of semen. Absence of erections. I I Stitches in r. testicle. ■ ■Pressive pain in testicles. ■ ■Increase of smegma about glans. Twitching in penis. Vesicles under prepuce changing to suppurating ulcers. ■ Vesicles on prepuce. ^Catarrh of bladder. Phagedenic chancre, jerking pain, watery, greenish, corroding discharge. Chancre with fungous excrescences. Syphilis complicated with gout, scurvy or eruptive diseases. Herpes prseputialis. Chronic prostatitis ; contraction of sphincter, with excoriating serous discharge from anus ; pulsations in perineum. ■ ■Itching of orifice of urethra, scrotum and skin of penis. 417 CAUSTICUM. Pollutions during siesta: without any recollection or conscious- ness of them ; with extremely voluptuous sensation. Erections with much itching in penis. After coitus, pain in upper portion of abdomen, extending towards inguinal region. I Soreness and rawness between legs. ^^ Female Sexual Organs. I Aversion to coitus. ^Leucorrhoea. iMenses: too early and too profuse, and after ceasing, a little is passed from time to time for days ; I retarded; retarded, but increased in quantity (hysteric spasms) ; scanty, too weak ; bright red ; smell badly and excite itching of vulva ; only during day ; with violent pains in abdomen and dis- charge of large clots, with colic, without diarrhoea ; scanty, with prosopalgia ; with vertigo and whirling in head ; ceas- ing on lying down. I Menses preceded by great pain. ^Acne rosacea. I Before menses: anxious dreams; melancholy; colic and back- ache ; cramp-like spasms. ■ During menstruation : no blood discharged at night ; pain in abdomen, as if parts were torn, with pain in small of back, as if from a bruise, and discharge of large clots of blood ; pressing in stomach ; diarrhoea ; stitches beneath 1. breast ; yellowness of face; whirling, dizziness and headache; dejec- tion, tiredness, perspiration ; epilepsy- Menstrual blood bright red, with pain in pelvis, as if pressed or screwed together. ■ First menses are delayed. ^Ophthalmia. ■ Menses very irregular. ^Headache. ^Leucorrhoea. ■ Leucorrhoea: profuse, flows like menses and has same odor; only at night, or <^ then ; with scanty menses ; ropy, clear discharge ; weakening ; acrid, causing itching and biting. ■ Soreness in vulva and between legs. ■ Smarting in pudendum, like from salt, after urinating. ■ Acridity during and after urinating, which bites like salt in pudenda. Vaginal fistula. 2* Pregnancy. Parturition. Lactation. ■Cough during