Prepared from the metal Chromium discovered by Vauquelin in 1797 in a Siberian mineral, composed of chromate of lead. Introduced by Drysdale, and extensively pi'oved by himself, Dudgeon, Hamil- ton, Russell, Wriglit, Neidhard, Norton, Walker, Taylor, Turner, the Austrian provers, Berridge and others. Clinical Authorities. — Headache (3 cases), Drysdale's Monog., p. 39 ; Mi- graine, Epps, Horn. Rev., vol. 20, p. 679; Supraorbital neuralgia (2 cases), Drys- dale's Monog., p. 39 ; Eruption on head, Wright, Drysdale's Monog., p. 50 ; Eczema of scalp, Drysdale, B. J. H., vol. 15, p. 678 ; Boils on head, Drysdale's Monog., p. 50; Trachoma with pannus, Allen, Norton's Oph. Therap., p. 102; Ulcers and pus- tides on cornea and conjunctiva; opacities of cornea; descemetitis, Norton's Oph. The- rap., p. 102; Scrofulous ophthalmia and ulceration of cornea (3 eases), Drysdale's Monog., p. 40 ; Catarrhal ophthalmia, Drysdale's Monog., p. 40 ; Rheumatic inflamma- tion of eyes, Drysdale's Monog., p. 40 ; Conjunctivitis, catarrhal and scrofulous, Klau- ber, Allg. Horn. Ztg., vol. 112, p. 131 ; Croupous conjunctivitis, Norton's Oph. The- rap., p. 102; Polypi of conjunctiva. Fowler, Norton's Oph. Therap., p. 102; Stuffing of nose, Russell, p. 40 ; Coryza with loss of smell and taste, Ludbeck, B. J. H., vol. 15, p. 497; Nasal catarrh, Hawkes, Org., vol. 2, p. 233; Miller, Raue's Rec, 1873, p. 80; Gatan-h of nose, Drysdale's Monog., p. 40; Chronic nasal catarrh, Drysdale, B. J. H., vol. 15, p. 676 ; Chronic inflammation of mucous membrane of nose, Goullon, Raue's Rec, 1872, p. 94 ; Ozoma^, Lippe, N. A. J. H., vol. 14, p. 210 ; Malignant ulceration of nose, Ransford, B. J. H., vol. 24 p. 304 ; Syphilitic affection of nose and throat, Drysdale's Monog., p. 40 ; Nasal polypi (2 cases), Watzke, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 402 ; Hay fever. Black, Drysdale's Monog., p. 43 ; Stomacace, Pope, B. J. H., vol. 11, p. 691 ; Enlarged tonsils with deafness, Drysdale, B. J. H., vol. 15, p. 676 ; Affection of oesophagus, Hirech, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 241 ; Sore throat, Lippe, B. J. H., vol. 24, p. 249; Ulcerated soi-e throat, E. B. N., Hom. Clinics, vol. 4, p. 81 ; Syphilitic sore throat, Watzke, Drysdale's Monog., p. 41 ; Syphilitic ulcera- tion of throat; of tongue, Lippe, N. A. J. H., vol. 14, p. 212; Diphtheria, Lippe, Hahn. Mo., vol. 1, p. 32 ; N. A. J. H., vol. 14, p. 209 ; p. 216 ; B. J. H., vol. 24, p. 249 ; (4 cases), Nichol, Times Retros., vol. 3, p. 28 ; Overindulgence in malt liquors, Lippe, N. A. J. H., vol. 14, p. 211 ; Vomiting, Drysdale's Monog., p. 41 ; Nausea and gastric disorder, Drysdale's Monog., p. 41 ; Gastric affection, Drysdale, B. J. H., vol. 15, p. 677 ; Lilienthal, Hah. Mo., vol. 15, p. 98 ; Dyspepsia, Lippe, N. A. J. H., vol. 14, p. 211 ; Hawkes, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 141 ; Clifton, Hom. Rev., vol 17, p. 1 55 ; Round ulcer of stomach, Lippe, N. A. J. H., vol. 14, p. 211; Chronic ulceration of intestinal mucous membrane, Hilbers, Drysdale's Monog., p. 42 ; Diarrhcea, Lippe, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 146; Chronic diarrhoea, Drysdale's Monog., p. 42; Dysentery, Lippe, N. A. J. H., vol. 14, p. 212; after a burn, Drysdale's Monog., p. 43; Con- stipation, Lippe, N. E. M. G., vol. 9, p. 559 ; Piles, Drysdale's Monog., p. 43 ; Affec- tum of kidnzys (2 cases), Drysdale's Monog., p. 43 ; Suppression of urine in cholera, 313 KALI BICHROMICUM. Diysdale, B. J. H., vol. 7, p. 561, vol. 8, p. 161 ; Vomiting of pregnancy, Simpson, Eaue's Eec, 1885, p. 182; Hoarseness {2 cases), Drysdale's Monog., p. 44 ; Acute laryngitis, Teller, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 739 ; Russell, Drysdale's Monog., p. 46; Chronic inflammation of larynx and trachea, Black, Drysdale's Monog., pp. 46 and 47 ; Affection of fauces and larynx, Moore, Drysdale's Monog., p. 41 ; Croup, Lippe, IS". A. J. H., vol. 14, p. 208; Bayard, Drysdale's Monog., p. 46 ; Membranous croup (3 cases). Von Tagen, Trans. Horn. Med. Soc. Pa., 1872, pp. 128, 130; Diphtheritic croup (5 cases), Allegheny Co. Soc, Trans. Horn. Med. Soc. Pa., 1872, pp. 261, 262, 269, 270, 277 ; Acute bronchial catarrh, p. 47 ; Bronchial attacks after whoopincj cough, Drysdale's Monog., p. 48 ; Chronic bronchitis, Johnson, Hah. ^Mo., vol. 7, p. 96 ; Cough, Stens, B. J. H., vol. 34, p. 725 ; Whooping cough, Fischer, B. J. H., vol. 36, p. 366 ; Consumption, Proell, Hah. Mo., vol. 15, p. 9G ; Impetigo of hands, Guernsey, Trans. Horn. M. S. Pa., 1881, p. 156 ; Sciatica, Wilkinson, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 294; Walker, Trans. Horn. Med. Soc. Pa., 1882, p. 162; Pain in tibia, Black, Drysdale's Monog., p. 49 ; Periostitis, Drysdale's Monog., p. 47 ; Measles, Lippe, N. A. J. H., vol. 14, p. 207-8 ; Syphilis, Brasol, Allg. Horn. Ztg., vol. 113, p. 89 ; Secondary syphilis, Schlosser, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 559 ; Inveterate syphilis, Liedbeck, B. J. H., vol. 15, p. 498 ; Syphilitic periostitis, Drysdale, B. J. H., vol. 15, p. 679 ; Lupus, Blake, B. J. H., vol. 32, p. 643 ; Herpes exedens or lupus, Drysdale, B. J. H., vol. 15, p. 677_; Eczema, Drysdale's Monog., p. 50; Pap- ular eruption, Drysdale's Monog., p. 50 ; Pustular eruption, Drysdale's Monog., p. 50 ; Eruption on body, Dudgeon, Drysdale's Monog., p. 50 ; Eruption and periostitis, Drys- dale, B. J. H., vol. 15, p. 679. ^ Mind. Great weakness of memory. Misanthropy and ill humor, even to disgust of life. Frequent vanishing of thoughts ; senseless staring at an object. iListlessness, languor; great disinclination for mental or bodily labor. ■ Indifferent or low spirited after least annoyance, with distress in stomach. mi humored; low spirited. Aversion to motion; inclination to lie down. Anxiety arising from chest. Anthropophobia; taciturnity; misanthropy. ^ Sensorium. l Lightness in head, across forehead, on stoop- ing; < mornings. iSudden, transient attacks of vertigo, rising from a seat. I Vertigo, with nausea, inclination to vomit; pain in epi- gastrium. I I Confusion and heaviness in head. ^ Inner Head. Headache in forehead over one eye. I Soon after dinner a dull, heavy throbbing above eyes, as if tread would burst; > by lying, or pressing head against anything, or in open air; < stooping or moving about. I Pain beginning in r. supraorbital ridge and spreading over one side of head, coming on early in day and last- KALI BICHROMICUM. 314 ing ten hours, leaving soreness of scalp. ^Supraorbital neuralgia. I Pain in 1. temple, stretching across forehead to r. temple, and round eye and malar bone of r. side; complete loss of sight in r. eye, and puffy swelling on malar bone during pain ; attack begins 9 a.m. and goes off in after- noon. ^Supraorbital neuralgia. I Shooting pains over eyebrow. lAcute throbbing pain in centre of r. eyebrow, commenc- ing in morning, lasting all day, and accompanied by persistent retching and vomiting of food and bile, with- out relief. ^Migraine. I Pain in 1. side of head and over 1. eye ; < at night ; pain in r. side of chest, from scapula round to anterior part ; gnawing at epigastrium after meals ; catamenia scanty ; leucorrhoea. ^Headache. ■ Sudden violent pain in tepiples; a shooting outward, in temples and over eyes, continuing day and night, but less severe during night ; < stooping, which also brings on vertigo ; no coryza. ^Headache. Stinging headache in one temple. ■Blindness, followed by violent headache, must lie down; aversion to light and noise ; sight returns with increas- ing headache. Headache which involves optic nerve ; comes in morning, sight is blurred ; as pain increases, dimness of sight de- creases ; comes and goes with sun and is accompanied by nausea. Burning headache with vertigo, during which all objects seemed to be enveloped in a yellow mist ; > by warm soup. ■Violent pain in 1. side of head, at zygomatic process; < when lying on it; shooting inwards and towards throat ; throat a little reddened but not swelled; gastric symp- toms present. ^Headache. Periodical attacks of semilateral headaches on small spots that could be covered with point of finger; nausea, eruc- tation, vomiting. ■ Periodic headache with vertigo and nausea, morning awaking, also in evening ; often > by pressure, in open air, or by eating. ■ Pain in head, at a point. ■ In morning, on awaking, pain in forehead and vertex; later extends to back of head. ■ Headache from suppression of discharge from nose. ^ Outer Head. ' ' Violent shooting pains from root of nose along 1. orbital arch to external angle of eye, with dim sight, like a scale on eye; begins in' morning, increases till noon, and ceases towards evening. 3^5 KALI BICHROMICUM. I I Frontal headache: usually over one eye; shooting at in- tervals in r. temple. iSemilateral headache in small spots, or along course ot a few nerves. . -, n • iDarting or aching pains on one side; hymg pams. I I Pressure on vertex, as from a weight. I I Bones of head feel sore ; sharp stitches m bones. ^Rheu- matic headache. lEczema of scalp, which all over and down to eyebrows was red, raw and oozing a thin moisture, which dries into vellow scabs here and there; hair thm and scat- tered, and nearly all fallen off; much creeping, itching and smarting of affected parts. _ . I Circumscribed patches of eruption, varying greatiy_ m size commencing at supraorbital regions, and covering nearly entire scalp; eruption consists of a number ot minute vesicles closelv crowded together,and failed with a transparent, viscid fluid, which burst and form thick, laminated crusts, of a dirty grey color; no mflammatioji or swelling of skin between patches of eruption ; mucii itching; agglutination of lids, and discharge of purulent matter from inner canthus; patches of eruption on face, and thick crusts around nostrils; external ears greatly swollen, red and glazed, behind ears excoriated witfi profuse discharge of serous fluid; patches of eruption about 11 inches in length, deeply fissured, m folds of skin of neck, with sero-purulent discharge ; fretful, rests badly; sucks with difficulty, from stuffing up of nostrils; emaciation; green, shmy diarrhoea. ,,,,.. -, ■ Eruption began on ear and spread over half the head , greenish crusts, with oozing of whitish, thick matter. ■ Eruption of painful small boils on back of head 5 Sight and Eyes, i Photophobia only by dayhght; when opening lids they twitch. ■ Various colors and bright sparks before eyes I I Burning headache with giddiness, during which objects seem to be covered with a yellow veil. M Eyeball tender when rubbed, especially the left; sees point of pen double. ^. „.UL ■ Sight dim, confused: before headache ; with vertigo, with yellow sight. ^ , . , ,u^^ Indistinct outline; figures vanish on looking at them ■Granular lids, complete pannus of r. eye so could barely count fingers, and partial pannus of 1. eye ; considerable discharge; everything appeared slightly red to him; > when lying on face. ^Trachoma with pannus ■Rheumatic sclero-iritis, with excessive pam and photo- phobia. ^Syphilis. KALI BICHROMICUM. 316 iSequelse of iritis; pains- pricking, stinging, wandering; mostly 1. eye; lymph and pigment deposited upon an- terior capsule of lens, or posterior wall of cornea; pho- tophobia not commensurate with degree of inflamma- tion; oedema of lids; great desire to rub lids; conjunc- tival chemosis with small spots here and there like ecchyrnoses. I Indolent ulcers of cornea; pale ring around cornea. I Right eye inflamed; lids ulcerated; ulcer on cornea; slight blepharospasm. ■ Ulcers and pustules of cornea with no photophobia, no redness. I Ulcer with slight photophobia in morning and aggluti- nation; smarting < after rubbing; stringy discharge from eye. ^Ulceration of cornea. iCorneal ulcers which have a tendency to bore in without spreading laterally. I I Small, white, granular pustules on 1. cornea, with prick- ing pain. ■ Cornea affected with a large opaque spot, to which large red vessels ran from injected conjunctiva across clear margin; a zone of fine injection of bulb round cornea. ^Catarrho-strumous ophthalmia. ■ Much injection of conjunctiva, both of the bulb and eye- lids of both eyes; very red at edges of cornea, and phlyctenulse on edge; several deep ulcers on the cornea; great photophobia and flow of tears; no pain. ^Scrofu- lous ophthalmia ■ Long lasting dense opacities of cornea. ■ Pustule on 1. cornea, with surrounding indolent inflam- mation. ■ Left eye greatly injected; cornea dim; much photophobia in both eyes; upon r. eye an old cicatrix ; eczema squa- mosum over whole body. ^Conjunctivitis scrofulosa. ■ Mild cases of croupous conjunctivitis (a condition midway between purulent and genuine croupous inflammation), in which the false membrane is loosely adherent, easily detached, and has a tendency to roll up and separate in shreds, which come away in discharges, giving them a stringy appearance; conjunctiva very much inflamed, even chemosis; lids swollen and cornea may be hazy. ■ True descemititis; fine punctate opacities in membrane of Descemet, especially over pupil, with only moderate irritation of eye. ■ Iris muddy and sluggish; cornea looked projecting; fine sclerotic injection round it, and some conjunctival in- jection; sight very dim, like a gauze; lachrymation on exposure; stiff'ness at outer canthus; burning pain on upper eyelid on touching it. ^Rheumatic inflammation. !17 KALI BICHROMICUM. ■ Small white pustules in conjunctiva. I On opening eyes, lachrymation and burning. I Itching and burning in both eyes, lachr3"mation and pho- tophobia. I Burning in eyes. I Heat and pressure in eyes. I Heat and redness in eyes, with desire to rub them. ■ Conjunctiva red, traversed by large vessels ; or chemosis, with small spots here and there, like ecchymoses. ■Inflammation of eyes; conjunctiva reddened, injected and chemosed; much flow of tears; eyelids reddened and agglutinated, with thick matter at edges. ■ Conjunctivitis, congestion of lids and globe; no photo- phobia ; soreness in eyes < by reading or using eyes, with smarting lachrymation upon using. ■ Catarrhal inflammation, stringy discharge, or scanty se- cretion, < morning on awaking. ■ Inflammation of eyes, with yellow discharge and agglu- tination, in morning. ■ White of eye dirty yellow, puff'y, and covered with yel- low brown points. ■ Lids agglutinated in morning; yellow matter in canthi. ■ CEdema of lids; great desire to rub them. ■ Heaviness of upper lids on waking; requires an effort to open them. ■ Lids red, itching, tender; tarsi seem rough, causing a sensation as from sand in eyes; granular lids. ■ Margin of lids very red. ■ Eyelids burning, inflamed, much swollen; granular. ■ Large acute granulations of lids ■ Large polypus springing from conjunctiva of upper lid. 'Hearing and Ears, ■Stitchesinl. ear and 1. parotid gland, with headache. ■Violent stitches in 1. ear, extending into roof of mouth, side of head and neck; glands swollen, neck painful to touch. I I Stinging from external 'meatus into internal ear. ■ Pulsating pain at night, purulent otorrhoea; stitches ex- tending into mouth, or down neck, enlarged parotid. ■ Pulsating pains in ears at night, also stinging; external meatus swollen and inflamed. ■ Thick, yellow, fetid discharge from both ears. ^After scarlatina. ■ ■Chronic suppuration; membrana tympani perforated; cicatrization of edges of perforation complete; tissues appear as if changed to mucous membrane, and secre- tion is often more mucus than pus; discharge yellow, thick, tenacious, so that it may be drawn through per- KALI BICHROMICUM. 318 foration in strings; lancinations, sticking sensations that cannot be located with any degree of positiveness. I Ulcers upon tympanum, dry but not painful, excepting sharp stitches. i Violent tickling and itching in ears. I I External meatus of 1. ear swelled and inflamed. iRedness; heat and itching of external ears. ■ Eruption covering both ears, and considerable portion of surrounding skin ; hot and itching, and constant oozing of watery discharge. ^Eczema. ■ Itching of r. ear lobe, waking him. I Mumps on r. side lip. ^ Smell and Nose. iLoss of smell. I I Fetid smell from nose. 1 1 Dryness of nose. 1 1 Nose very dry, with feeling of pressure in nasal bones. iNose painfully dry; air passes with great ease through it. ■ Dryness of nose; constant feeling of being stopped up; disagreeable feeling of burning and swelling, and at times actual swelling; tensive feeling as if it must burst; hot upper lip; eyes affected; < in warm, > in cool temperature. ^Chronic inflammation of mucous m^embrane of nose. ■ ■Dryness of nose with pressive sensation at root as in commencement of stopped catarrh; pressive pain ex- tended to temples and affected head. ■ Disagreeatjje sensation in nose, as if it were swollen, mucous membrane dry ; walls of nose feel stiff and velvety. ■Sensation of a hard substance compelling one to blow nose, but there is no discharge. ■Sensation as if nose was swollen and stiff; must blow out a thick substance, but no discharge; feels as if a heavy weight was hanging from it. ■ Sensation as if nostrils were made of parchment. ■ Burning and beating inside of root of nose; externally heat and distinct throbbing rhythmical with pulse; nose swollen at root and hot without being red; nose seemed thick and full, " spoke through it;" frequently inclined to blow nose on account of sensation of thick substance in it, but nothing was expelled ; nose dry ; sensation as of a heavy weight hanging from it. ■ Violent shooting pains from root of nose along 1. orbital arch to external angle of eye, with dimness of sight like a scale on eye; beginning in morning, it increases till noon, and gives wa}^ towards evening /^Ozsena. ■ ■ Pressure and pressive pain in root of nose, ■ Aching pain at root of nose, with acrid discharge. 119 KALI BICHROMICUM. I Soreness in nose; yellow scab at lower (outer) surface of septum ; dorsum of nose painful to touch. I On blowing nose violent stitches in r. side of nose, as though two loose bones were rubbed against each other. I The nose feels too heavy. I I Expired air feels hot in nose. I Tickling, as from a hair, high up in 1. nostril. ■ Frequent sneezing: in morning; on going into open air. ■ Constant snuffling in warm, damp weather. ■ Watery secretion, great soreness and tenderness of nose. ■ Burning, excoriating, watery discharge from r. nostril; whitish scabs in nostril ; sensation of pressure at root of nose; eyes watery, < in wind; dizzy on stooping and on going up stairs; easily takes cold. ^Nasal .catarrh. ■Watery discharge with redness of nose and putrid smell. ■Scanty, acrid, mucous discharge from nose, causing burn- ing of septum. ■ Coryza fluent, excoriating nose and lip ; nostrils sensitive, ulcerated ; round ulcer or scabs on septum. ■ Small perforating ulcer on septum. ■ Distress and fulness from inflammation in frontal sinuses. ■ Coryza, with pressure and tightness at root of nose; < evenings and in open air; in morning obstruction and bleeding from r. nostril. ■ Troublesome coryza and loss of sense of smell and taste; after syphilis and large doses of mercury. ■ Constant running from eyes and nose, severe pain in frontal sinuses, some fever and great weakness; cough prevents sleeping ; always < at night. ■Sneezing, redness of Schneiderian membrane and alee of nose, suff'used eyes, lachrymation, rawness of throat and great languor. ^Hay fever. ■ ■Nose stuffed up; especially upper part, with a diffi- culty of detaching thick mucus which more readily passes by posterior nares. ■ ■Formation of plugs in nostrils. ■ Nose constantly full of thick mucus, ■ ■Clinkers in nose; if allowed to remain a few days can be easily detached; but if pulled away too soon, it causes soreness at root of nose, and intolerance to light. ■ Discharge of large masses of thick, clean mucus from nose; if that ceases he has violent headache; pain from occiput to forehead. ■ Pinching pain in bridge of nose, > by hard pressing; small, lumpy, nasal discharge; greater portion, which is tough and ropy, passes down from posterior nares into throat, and is hawked up with difficulty and disgust. ^Nasal catarrh. KALI BICHEOMICUM. 320 iRopy, tough discharge, often from posterior nares; offen- sive or not. I Nasal catarrh, with acrid or thick yellow, ropy discharge from posterior nares. ■Constant discharge of thick yellow matter from 1. nostril, mostly early in morning, and fetid smell, after any fresh cold; severe pain up muscles of 1. side of neck to one small spot in side of head, brought on and aggra- vated by blowing nose; in 1. nostril, half way up, severe smarting pain, extending to malar bone below eye; con- stipation; tongue white. 6'Clironic inflammation of Schneiderian membrane. llDischarge of tough, green masses, or hard plugs. I On, blowing nose, violent sticking in r. side of nose, as though two loose bones rubbed against each other ; fre- quent discharge of greenish colored masses of offensive odor, that, passing through posterior nares, have very disagreeable taste; r. nostril filled with hard masses; small ulcers on external borders of nostrils. llMucus tough, ropy, green, bloody; in clear masses, and has violent pain from occiput to forehead if discharge ceases. ■Nostrils filled with a dry, hard crust, bloody at edges when discharged; itching pains in ethmoid bone; crista na- salis, or septum narium, which irritation often afi'ects periosteum of superior maxilla. ^Catarrh. ■ Discharge of crusts slightly tinged with blood. ■ Internal ulceration, with thin, watery discharge or collec- tion of elastic plugs, which cause great pain in removal, and leave nose very sore. ■ Membrane of septum dotted with minute ulcerations. ■ Ulceration of septum narium; purulent infiammation of whole nasal mucous membrane. ■ ■Entire cartilaginous septum destroyed, and whole nasal mucous membrane in a state of purulent inflammation; disease mistaken for syphilis. ■ ■Septum narium completely ulcerated away. ■Swelling of a highly vascular spongy texture in r. nostril, distending it and apparently growing upwards, finally also traveling downward and protruding externally ; 1. nostril also became affected in same way; soft parts of alse nasi involved, but bony structure unaffected ; very slight and occasional muco-purulent discharge; fetor; occasionally, severe paroxysms of lancinating pain in aflPected parts, making him cry out; by the continued growth and pressure of the tumors neighboring soft parts were absorbed, causing much disfigurement; voice hoarse. ^Malignant ulceration of nose. 321 KALI BICHROMICUM. I Syphilitic caries of septum narium. Small ulcers on edge of r. nostril, violent burning when touched. I Spot in r. lachrymal bone is swollen and throbbing; pro- fuse secretion from nostril. I Ulceration of frontal sinuses, with violent headache at root of nose, and in frontal prominences, if discharge stops. I Nasal polypi, recent or of long standing. I Thick, dark red blood from nose; irregular, small, con- tracted pulse. I I Nasal lupus. ^ Upper Face. Face: pale, yellowish; red, in blotches; flushed; expression anxious. I Sensitiveness of bones of upper jaw, beneath orbit. iShooting pain in 1. upper maxillary bone, towards ear. ■ Shooting inward in 1. malar bone, with pressure; also same across bridge of nose; hot and cold alternately; cough < in morning; sputa greenish yellow, bitter; in- clined to cry; shooting sometimes in bone over the eye; cough hurts painful part of cheek. ■ Thick brown scabs, under which yellow matter formed; much itching ; eruption extended from root of nose to upper lip. <ySyphilitic eruption. ■ Twenty years previously small tubercle appeared on r. side of nose; this gradually melted away and formed an ulcer, which has ever since slowly traveled in fur- rows, healing behind; there is now present an irregular sulcus one inch and a half long; besides this there are scabs on nose, and scars indicating the sites of former sores; troublesome itching. /^Lupus. ^ Lower Face. Twanging like wires in 1. face and neck, fol- lowed by burning sensation, as if losing her reason. ■Sore on 1. cheek about size of large almond ; base clear and raw; profuse discharge of clear, watery fluid, very hot and scalding. (^Herpes exedens or lupus. ■ Pustules on cheeks, forehead and chin, becoming cov- ered with brownish scab, without oozing of matter; itching after washing, ■ Impetiginous eruption on face; pustules form frequently, discharge a watery pus and leave a brownish scab, and are accompanied with much itching. I I Perspiration on upper lip. ■ Lower lip swelled, chapped. ■ Ulcerations with indurated edges and smarting pain on mucous surface of both lips. ■ Digging in rami of lower jaw. ■ Mumps on right side. ■ Parotids swollen; pains from ears into glands. VOL. VI. — 21. KALI BICHROMICUM. 822 ^^ Teeth and Gums. iGum of r. lower jaw very much swol- len, of a dirty white color, and extremely tender to touch; teeth on that side quite loose, and will not bear slightest pressure; profuse ptyalism; gums of both sides of mouth unusually sensitive; cannot masticMte any food; liquid food causes gums to feel very sore, and tongue rough; tongue furred, dirty brown at sides, in centre red and irritable looking; throat swollen and painful ; sour taste in mouth ; constant eructation for some time after taking food; after meals aching pain in forehead and occiput, and a feeling of giddiness and faintness; light pain across lower part of chest, extend- ing to between scapulae, particularl}^ when eating; is very weak and has become thin. ^Stomacace. '' Taste and Tongue. Taste: coppery; sweetish; sour; bitter, in morning. iTongue dry, smooth, red, cracked; dry and red. I Tongue broad and flat, with raised, almost scollop shaped edges, surface rough and yellowish, dry or moist, while underlying this yellow roughness tongue is very red, fur being thin, and lying on a red ground. ^Dyspepsia. ■ Tongue coated: yellowish white; thick yellow mucus, edges red and full of small painful ulcers, ■ Thick yellow fur toward base of tongue. ^Catarrh of