The purified Graphite prepared by trituration and potentized. Introduced by Hahnemann. See Chronische Krankheiten. Proved by Hahnemann and his provers. See Allen's Encyclopedia, vol. 4, p. 467. Clinical Authorities. — Headache, Goullon, Eaue's Eec, 1873, p. 197 ; Her- petic eruption on scalp, Goullon, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 98 ; Tinea capitis, A. H. O., vol. 4, p. 436 ; Eczema capitis (4 cases), Arcularius, Eaue's Eec, 1873, p. 63 ; Goul- lon, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 55; Eruption on head, Edgar, Organon, vol. 3, p. 98; Keratitis, Norton, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 47 ; Herpes cornea, Payr, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 71 ; Pustule on cornea, Allen, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 58; Chronic pustular inflam- mation of cornea, Norton, Oph. Therap., p. 9.0 ; Conjunctivitis, Kreuss, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 233; Affections of eye, Cooper, Horn. Eev., vol. 13, p. 675; Goullon, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 273; Ophthalmia, Goullon, Eaue's Eec , 1873, p. 66; Scrofu- lous inflammation of eyes, Hirschel, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 124 ; Blepharitis ciliaris, Cooper, Hughes' Pharm., p. 383; Styes, Klinert, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 106; Cystic tumors of eyelids, Eaue's Eec , 1875, p. 39 ; Wens of eyelids (several cases), "VVesselhoeft, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 71 ; Deafness, Macfarlan, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 64; Hardness of hearing, Eentsch, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 364; Catarrh nf Eus- tachian tube, G. M. O., Med. Adv., vol. 3, p. 213; Soreness in nose, Hirsch, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 102; Inflammation of nose, Eosenberg, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 172; Nasal catarrh, Eosenberg, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 166; Ozcena, Kafka, Eosenberg, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 123; Martin, A. J. H. M. M., vol 2, p. 274; Crusts about nostrils, Bayes, Hughes' Pharm., p. 383 ; Cracked lips, Plirsch, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p.81; Gaslrodynia, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 134; Cardialgia, Goullon, Eaue's Eec, 1873, p. 5 ; Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 274 ; Gastrulgia, Goullon, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 142; Cramp instomach, Goullon, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 112; Gastric catarrh, Goullon, Eaue's Eec, 1873, p. 117; Burning in hypochondrium, Morgan, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 4; A. J. H. M. M., vol. 4, p. 126; Colic, Eing, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 2, p. 262; Gastro-inteslinal affection itdth erythema of face, Bernard and Strong, p. 46; Ascites, Miller, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 163; Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 163; Diarrhoea, Morgan, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 4; Williamson, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 188; Constipa- tion, Goullon, Eaue's Eec, 1873, p. 129, and 1875, p. 160; Hcemorrhoids, Preston, Organon, vol. 3, p. 359; Morgan, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 4; Smith, Eaue's Eec, 1873, p. 132 ; Gillet, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 998; Fissures of anus, Dunham, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 217; Marston, Horn. Eev., vol. 13, p. 760; Tcenia, Goullon, N. A. J. H., vol. 22, p. 503; Seminal emissions (4 cases), Neidhard, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 242; Stricture of urethra, Morgan, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 4, p. 75 ; Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 4; Gleet, Gardiner, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 170; Hydrocele, Hughes' Pharm., p. 383 ; Nunez, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 219 ; Miiller, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 169; Muller, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 585 ; Black, B. J. H., vol. 7, p. 526 ; Ovarian tumors. GRAPHITES. 440 Dudgeon, B. J. H., vol. 31, p. 183; Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 229 ; Ovarian tumor; uterine hemorrhage, Ussher, Organon, vol. 3, pi 89; Cancer uteri, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 175; Dysmenorrhcea, Neidliard, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 254; Raue's Rec, 1875, p, 181; Lobeth, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 232; Amenorrhea, Hocking, Raue's Rec, 1874, p. 233 ; Goullon, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 178 ; Knorr, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 232; Goullon, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 232 ; Wesselhceft, Times Retros., 1876, p. 11; Menstrual disturbance, Stens, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 178; Goullon, Raue's Rec, 1872, p. 180; Pruritus vagince, Holcombe, Raue's Rec, 1873, p. 175; Leucorrhcea, Neidhard, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 247; Molin, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 362; Eaue's Rec, 1875, p. 173; Suffocative paroxysms, Landesmann, Raue's Rec, 1873, p. 109; Whooping-cough, Morgan, Raue's Eec, 1872, p. 114; Induration and cicatriza- tion of mammce, Whittier, Times Retros., 1876, p. 12; Cicatrices after mammary ab- scess, Guernsey, Raue's Rec, 1871, p. 4; Mammary cancer, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 181 ; Glandular swellings of neck, Hirsch, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 87 ; Eruption on neck, Goullon, Raue's Rec, 1871. p. 211; Psoriasis palmaris, Bayes, Hughes' Pharm., p. 382 ; Eczema of hand, Goullon, Raue's Eec, 1871, p. 210 ; Affection of finger, Kreuss, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 559 ; Disease of finger-nail, Hasbrouck, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 255 ; Ulcers on feet, Kretschman, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 283 ; (Edema pedum, Miiller, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 169; Hypertrophy of nail, Hirsch, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 206; Neuralgia, Bojanus, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 183; Hysteria, Goullon, Eaue's Rec, 1873, p. 203; Spasms, Goullon, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, i). 274; Convulsions, Vil- liers, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 562; Paralysis, Neidhard, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 367 ; Chlorosis, Kapper, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 603 ; Scrofulosis, Goullon, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 259 ; Goullon, N. A. J. H., vol. 23, p. 223 ; Meniagra (3 cases), Biihr, Hughes' Pharm., p. 382; Dropsy, Weber, B. J. H., vol. 34, p. 708; Prurigo, Wes- selhceft, Times Eetros., 1875, p. 135 ; Miiller, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 295 ; Erysipelas, Payne, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 134; Goullon, Kretschmar, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 4, p. 142; Bojanus, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 66; Lippe, Times Eetros., 1877, p. 25; Effects of vaccination, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 254; Phus poisoning, Morgan, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 85; McNeil, Times Eetros., 1877, p. 25; Eczema, Hirsch, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 293; Eczema squamosum, Hirsch, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 291 ; Eczema impe- tiginoides, Hirsch, Raue's Rec, 1874, p. 292 ; Hale, Hughes' Pharm., p. 382 ; Ec- zema chronica, Goullon, Raue's Rec, 1874, p. 293; Herpetic eruption on scalp; on nape of neck, Goullon, Raue's Eec, 1873, p. 64; Herpes zoster. Miller, Times Eet- ros., 1876, p. 11; Zona, Lobethal, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 160; Miller, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 291 ; Afi'ections of skin, Kretschmar, Diez, Hirschel, Dudgeon, Hirsch, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 240; Eruption, Morgan, A. J, H. M. M., vol. 3, p. 121 ; Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 4; Chronic eruption, Ji'mg, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 293; Fis- sures, Gilchrist, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 212. * Mind. iForgetfulness; dim recollection of recent events. • Weakness in head, can scarcely think. ■ Slow in thought; absent minded. I Dread of work. Mood: changeable; forlorn; depressed; dejected. ■ iSadness, with thoughts of nothing but death. llSad, despondent; she must weep; music makes her weep. I I Oppression. 441 GRAPHITES. 1 1 Feels miserable, unhappy. I Grief about slightest occurrences, even to despair. llApprehensiveness, with inclination to weep, in frequent attacks. ■ Extreme apprehensiveness, so that she did not know how to overcome it. ■ It frequently seemed to him as though his end was near, or the greatest misfortunes were impending. ■ Full of fear in the mornings. ■ Solicitude concerning spiritual welfare. ■ Great anxiety. ■ ■Fidgety while sitting at work. ■ Desperate state of mind. ^Ophthalmia after syphilis._ ■ Extreme hesitation; she is unable to make up her mind about anything ; timidity. ■ Irritability. (/Gastrodynia. ■ Fretful; ill-humored; easily vexed; irritable. ■ Extremely fretful; everything angers and offends him. ■ Impudent, teasing, laughs at reprimands. ^Cough after pertussis. I I Very easily excited ; hot hands even from speaking. ■ Scientific labor fatigues him. ■ Thoughts of many things at night prevent sleep. ■ Ailments from grief (or fright). ^ Sensormm. i i Weakness of head down to neck. ■ Desolate, empty feeling in head. ■ Dulness of head. ■ Beclouded feeling in forehead. I i Confusion of head, in morning, with nausea and sour vomiting. ■ Feels as if drunken when rising from bed in morning. ■ Attacks of dizziness, with inclination to fall forward. ■ Vertigo : during and after stooping ; on looking upwards ; in the morning on awaking ; in evening ; was obliged to lie down ; with inclination to fall forward ; venous stagnation. ■ Rush of blood with feeling of heat in head. I I Congestion to head with roaring in ears, in young people. I I Frequently feels faint, with partial loss of senses. ■ Forehead ; pressure deep in ; drawing ; tearing ; bursting. Lancinating pain in right temple, with flickering before eyes and lassitude ; heaviness of eyelids. ■Transient stitches in 1. temple. I I Stinging or stitching pains in temples. ■ Pain from 1. temple down side of face to shoulder; face distorted ; 1. corner of mouth drawn inward and down- ward. JPeriodical, unilateral headache; numbness in 1. side of GRAPHITES. 442. head ; violent nausea with straining and retching ; ob- stinate constipation. ^Amenorrhoea. I I Semilateral headache, early in morning, in bed, with in- clination to vomit. ■Tearing pain in one side of head, in teeth and glands of throat. ■ Throbbing in sides of head. I I Oppressive headache on top of head. iPressive pain: in vertex; in occiput. I I Pain as if constricted, especially in occiput, extending to- nape of neck, which pains on looking up, as if broken. 1 1 Pain as if head were numb and pithy. iPressive pain in head. ■ Violent headache, with eructations and nausea, during menstruation. ■ Frequent congestions to head and chest, dark red cheeks,, oppression and anguish when lying down. ^Amenor- rhoea. I 1 Headache, in morning on waking. * Outer Head. ■ Sensation as if skin of forehead was drawn into folds. ■ Scalp feels bruised, i 1 Coldness of scalp. ■ ■Itching on scalp. ■ Sweat on head when walking in open air. ■ ■ Burning round spot on top of head. I 1 Lumpy patches on vertex, red and painful. ■ ■Humid eruption on vertex, painful to touch. ■ ■Scurfy spots on vertex, with violent sore pain when touched. ■ ■Much scaliness on head, causing distressing itching, be- comes scurf, which disappears on washing, and is then humid. ■ Humid eruption on head, pains as if suppurating, only when touched. ■ Intolerable itching all over body, followed by a moist eruption behind r. ear ; crept gradually upwards on r. side of scalp, forming pustules, which discharged an acrid, sticky fluid, by which hair sjtuck together, and finally fell off, leaving a bare spot behind, covered with a mealy dust and small crusts ; felt < after washing ; is very sensitive to cold air ; has chronic lachrymation and fluor albus. ■ ■Eczema capitis, of entire scalp, forming massive, dirty crusts, which mat the hair together; painful and sore to touch. ■ Fissured eruption back of and above ears, on cheeks, and about region of posterior fontanelle, exuding a glutinous 443 GRAPHITES.. secretion, forming a scab, and cracking open, itching a. little all the time, but excessively before a storm ; per- fectly indifferent to any one touching the sore places. I Tinea capitis ; eruption dry and scabby, large and conflu^ ent, color dark ; cervical glands swollen and hard. I Eczema capitis in scrofulous child, infesting entire hairy scalp, and forming massive, dirty crusts, which mat the hair together. I I Falling out of hair of scalp. I Bald places on head perfectly smooth and shining. I I Circumscribed bald spot on front of head covered with herpes. iPorrigo decalvans. I Hair falls out, even on sides of head. ^ Sight and Eyes, i Photophobia ; great sensitiveness of eyes to day-light ; more than gas-light. iPhotophobia usually intense and lachrymation profuse; child cannot open eyes before 9 or 10 a.m. ; redness of eye generally marked ; muco-puruleut discharges, con- stant, thin and excoriating ; pains sticking, burning,, aching or itching. ■ Light blinds or dazzles the eyes. ■ Eyes very sensitive to sun-light; it causes lachrymation. I I Sun-light causes lancinating pains in eyes. iHypersesthesia of eyes; venous stagnation; constipation;. incarceration of flatus. I From overexertion of eyes by reading, sewing, etc. ^Ver- tigo. I I Weakness of eyes. I Short-sightedness. 8 Letters : appear double when writing ; run together when reading. iSees fiery zigzags around outside of field of vision, in eve- ning, with open eyes. ■ Flickering before ej^es. ^Headache. ■ Sees as through a mist. lEverything turns black before eyes when stooping. ■ During menstruation sight vanishes; blackness before eyes ; 1. hand becomes numb and dead ; with crawling in it extending up arm, and also with crawling in lips. ■ Tiredness of eyes. I I Pressing pain in eyes, morning and evening. ■ Drawing, extending from eyes up into head. ■Stitches from temple through eye to inner canthus, on. looking at anything white or red, or at sun. ■Smarting in eyes, with heat in them. ■ Biting in eyes. ■Burning and aching in eyes. GRAPHITES. 444 I Burning pain around eyes. I Ulcer on cornea: with a few small vessels running into it ; with moist fissured eczematous eruptions. ■ Pustules on cornea and conjunctiva, with much lachry- mation. Pustule on cornea, of reddish appearance, with white halo around it ; corners of lids raw and bleed easily. ■Arthritic ophthalmia, with contraction and irregularity of pupils. ■ Deep ulcers on cornea, even with hypopyon; more par- ticularly adapted to superficial ulcerations, especially if resulting from pustules, often with considerable vascu- larity of cornea; pustules on cornea or conjunctiva, es- pecially on former; attacks may be acute or chronic, but it is particularly called for in chronic recurrent forms. i Chronic pustular inflammation of cornea ; recovery from one attack quickly followed by another; great photo- phobia, could not open eyes to see his way, profuse lach- rymation, burning and aching in eyes, sneezing upon opening them, external canthi cracked and easily bleeding, both corneae pannused, thin, acrid discharge from eyes, nose sore and surrounded by thick, moist scabs. ■ Keratitis pustulosa in children, who cry whenever light comes to eye, so must be kept in a dark room, corners of eyes cracked and bleed easily, eruption on face. ■ Conjunctivitis pustulosa and ciliary blepharitis, with cracks behind ears. i Keratitis pustulosa, corners of lids crack and bleed easily, great photophobia and lachrymation, with some yellow- ish discharge. 1 Superficial keratitis with pustules of r. eye and pustules on lower borders of corner of 1. eye, outer canthi cracked, also cracks behind ears and eruption on face. ■ Pustule on conjunctiva of a child, nose sore and exco- riated, prickly heat. ■ Pustular conjunctivitis with old, ciliary blepharitis after measles ; thick, heavy scabs on lashes. ■ Old, recurrent pustular keratitis with no pain or photo- phobia. ■ Recurrent pustular keratitis, no photophobia or pain, eye some red and agglutinated in morning, lids red and margin covered with scurfs. ■ Small pu.stules on edge of cornea, photophobia and red- ness, and characteristic eruption behind ears and on face. ■ Pustule on cornea of a reddish appearance and with a white halo around it, canthi cracked, great photophobia and lachrymation. 445 GRAPHITES. I Keratitis pustulosa with vascular cornea and pannus. I I Pustules on cornea and conjunctiva, much lachrymation, slight photophobia, and the child acts as if it had pain,. which is < about noon and in afternoon. ■ Herpes cornese, when combined with a chronic eczema, which covers face and eyelids like a mask. ■ Frequent lachrymation of eyes. ■ Lachrymation: in open air; chronic. ■ Thin, acrid discharge from eyes. ■ Pus-like discharge from eyes. ■ Internal canthi: itching; burning; stitches; sore. ■ ■External canthi: sore and fissured; fissured and bleed easily. ■ Stillicidium lachrymarum,from obstruction of nasal duct. ■ Right eye waters constantly, especially in damp, sultry weather, and skin underneath inner half of lower eyelid sore and excoriated, from constant irritation of tears trickling over it ; projection underneath inner canthus (mucocele), arising from obstruction to duct ; lachrymal sac not much inflamed. ■ Catarrhal or scrofulous ophthalmia, characterized by ulcers and pustules. ■ Intense photophobia, with nightly sticking together of lids; obstinate constipation; rhagadic places running like radii towards corners of mouth ; outside on cheek an infiltrated spot covered with dry scales. ■Syndesmitis exanthematica, especially with crusta lactea. ■ Conjunctiva swollen and red, puffed about edge of cor- nea; constant purulent discharge, with agglutination of lids at night; great photophobia; burning pain about region of eyes ; sensation of foreign body in throat on swallowing, as if ulcerated ; constipation ; despairing mood. ■ Redness of whites of eyes, lachrymation and photophobia. ■ Heat in eyes and about lids. ■ Heat in eyes and some pus in canthi. ■ Swelling of eyeli-ds and lachrymal gland. ■ Red, painful inflammation of lower lid and inner canthus. ■ Sensation of dryness in lids and pressure. ■ Heaviness of eyelids ; cannot open his eyes. ^Hemicrania. ■ ■Edges of lids much inflamed. ■ Chronic ciliary blepharitis; edges of lids slightly swollen, and of a pale red color; inflammation may be confined to canthi (blepharitis angularis), especially to outer, which have a great tendency to crack, and bleed easily upon any attempt to open lids ; margins ulcerated ; dry scurfs on cilise; burning and dryness in lids, and biting and itching, which cause a constant desire to rub the eyes. GRAPHITES. 446 1 1 Eczema of lids, eruption moist and fissured, margins of lids covered with scales or crusts. I Agglutination of lids: at night; in morning. I I Lids red and margins covered with scurfs. I I Left lower lid hangs down. ■ Inverted lids (margins), wild hairs. ■ Slight roughness of integument of lids, in-tense itching. I I Dry mucus in lashes. I Styes on lower lid, with drawing pain. ■ Prevents recurrence of successive crops of styes. ■ Cystic tumors of ej^elids; wens on lids. ■ On both eyes hordeolse and chalazonai in all stages. I I Coldness over eyes. I I Twitchings beneath eyes. "^Hearing and Ears. ■Music makes her weep. ■ lieverberations in ear, even his own words and every step. ■ Humming, hissing, ringing, rushing, roaring, cracking, or clucking sounds in ears. ■ Violent nocturnal roaring, ears feel stuffed at times (dur- ing full moon). ■ Thundering, rolling sound before ears. ■ Cracking in ear: when eating in evening; on moving jaw, but only in morning while lying in bed; when sneezing. ■ Snapping in ear after every eructation, as if air penetrated the Eustachian tube. I I A sound in vertex like the ticking of a watch. Sensation as if 1. ear were filled with water. ■ Sensation as if skin were before the ear. ■ Loss of hearing, with dryness of ears. ■ Deafness, with dry external meatus. ■ Deafness after scarlet fever ; cannot hear watch held close to ear, nor ordinary conversation ; thin, watery, offensive discharge from both ears; mucous membrane of meatus red and excoriated; moist eczematous rash on face; tympani not perforated, but appear covered with a white coating. ■ ■ Hears better when in a noise ; when riding in a carriage. ■ Acute pressure in inner ear, like otalgia. ■ Stitches in ears. ■ Distended capillaries on membrane of r. drum. ■ Both tympani covered with a white coating, but not per- forated. ■ Moisture in ears. ■ Gluey, sticky discharge at external meatus. ' ■ Pus runs out of ear. ■ Bloody discharge from ear. • ■Bad odor from ear. 447 GRAPHITES. I I Copper-colored nodes on ears. llSwelling of both ears, with moist eruption behind ears. I I Behind the ears: moisture; fissures; sore places; scabs; itching. I Eczema impetiginoides ; began at first as a moisture be- hind 1. ear, spread over cheeks and neck; child moved continually on account of severe itching. ■ Sensation as if a hard body as large as an egg were be- hind ear. iSwelling of glands beneath ears, with tensive pain. Affections of 1. ear, particularly if r. ear becomes affected; generally spreads from 1. to r. 'Smell and Nose. llSmell abnormally acute ; she cannot tolerate flowers. iLoss of smell: with dryness of nose; with coryza. ■ Nosebleed: in evening, preceding afternoon rush of blood to head and heat of face; at night; in morning; with running coryza. ■ Bloody mucous discharge from nose. ■ Blowing of blood from nose. ■ Offensive purulent discharge from nose. ■ Frequent discharge of thick, yellowish, fetid mucus from