Introduced by Hahnemann and proved by himself, Coullon, Gross, Hering, Schreter, Stapf, Hartlaub, etc. Toxicological reports are very numerous. See Allen's Encyclopedia, vol. 7, p. 366. Provings of Amorphous Phosphorus by H. N. Martin. See Hah. Mo., vol. 12, p. 353 and Tr. H. M. Soc, Pa., 1874-8, p. 174. Clinical Authorities. — Mental disturbance, Sclimidt, Hartung, Kiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 39 ; Kent, Med. Adv., vol. 21, p. 362 ; Deliria, Jahr, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 1, p. 195 ; Vertigo, Hesse, A. H. Z., vol. 110, p. 156; Miiller, Euck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 22; Syncope, Haynel," A. J. H. M. M., vol. 4, p. 40; Apoplexy, Schmid, Sturm, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 95 ; Headache and vertigo, Berridge, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, pp. 77, 179 ; Headache, Wesselhceft, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 3, p. 89 ; Eaue's Eec., 1871, p. 181 ; Mills, Org., vol. 3, p. 91; Cooper, Horn. Rev., vol. 14, p. 273; Hemicrania, Kafka, Hah. Mo., vol. 12, p. 637 ; Shocks in head, Bauer, Org., vol. 3, p. 359, from N. A. J. H., Feb., 1880; Noises in occiput, Ussher, A. H. Z., vol. 112, p. 6, from Horn. World, Oct., 1885 ; Congestion, Gale, Org., vol. 3, p. 301 ; Con- gestion, ivith cold feeling in cerebellum, Farrington, Trans. Horn. Med. Soc. Pa., 1884, p. 317 ; Cerebral cedema, Buchner, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 2, p. 139 ; Hydroceph- alus, Mossa, A. H. Z., vol. 105, p. 156; Numbness in forehead, B. J. H., vol. 27, p. 553; Tumor in head, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 306 ; Exostoses on skull, Knorre, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 439 ; Alopecia, Sager, Barnard, A. H. Z., vol. 102, pp. 93, 135 ; Loss of vision, Ussher, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 61, from H. W., vol. 9, p. 62; Amaurosis, Goullon, B. J. H., vol. 36, p. 93, from A. H. Z., vol. 92, No. 24 ; Schwarz, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 345; Gastier, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol 5, p. 152; Amblyopia, Buchmann, A. H. Z., vol. 108, p. 97 ; Asthenopia, Hall, H. M., vol. 4, p. 403 ; Glaucoma, Weber, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 342; Wanstall, Norton's Ophthal. Therap., p. 140 ; Use in retinitis albuminurica, Squier, Hah. Mo., vol. 11, p. 568 ; Pustide on cornea, Berridge, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 4, p. 84; Ophthalmia, Beretti, Times Eet., 1875, p. 42, from Eiv. Om., 1875 ; Berridge, N. E. M. G., vol. 10, p. 165 ; Knorre, B. J. H., vol. 6, p. 5l3 ; Feeling of sand in eye, Berridge, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 4, p. 81 ; Affection of eye, Schiiler, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 331 ; Dysecoia, Altschul, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 160 ; Goullon, B. J. H., vol. 34, p. 697 ; Lobe- thai, Schwarze, Eentsch, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 372 ; Otorrhea, Theobald, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 329 ; Coryza, Neuschafer, Trinks, Kafka, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 127 ; Berridge, Times Eet., 1875, p. 28; Inflammation of nose, Schiiler, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 398 ; Nosed polypus, Tietze, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 403 ; Affections of nose, Eosenberg, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, pp. 167, 173 ; Prosopalgia, Gaspary, Hau- stein, Ker, Schindler, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 428 ; Cooper, Horn. Eev., vol. 14, p. 273; Ker, B. J. H., vol. 7, p. 490; Neuralgia of head and face, Sorge, B. J. H., vol. 32, p. 12, from Ann. d. Horn. Klin., vol. 3, p. 30; Erysipelas of the face, Schmid, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 146; Ulcer on lower lip, Ivan, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 445; Tumor on lip, Freschi, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 4, p. 42, from Eiv. Om., July, 327 PHOSPHORUS. 1870; Eczema of chin, Bayes, Horn. Rev., vol. 13, p. 269; Swdling of jaiu bone, Schmidt, Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 471," C. Hg., MSS. ; Toothache, Gosewich, Org., vol. 3, p. 221 ; Cooper, Horn. Rev., vol. 14, p. 272; Hemorrhage from gums, Simp- son, A. H. Z., vol. 107, p. 140, from Hom. World, Oct., 1883; Caries of teeth, Alt- sclinl, Riick. KI. Erf., vol. 1, p. 471 ; Affection of teeth and gums, Bayes, Hom. Rev., vol. 13, p. 268 ; Inflammation and ulceration of soft palate, Siegrist, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 511; Tonsillitis, Berridge, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 158; Stricture of esoph- agus, Guernsey, Raue's Rec, 1872, p. 104, from A. J. H. M, M., vol. 5, p. 19; Regurgitation of food and urticaria, Payne, Hah. Mo., vol. 5, p. 199 ; Vomiting, Ker- shaw, Org., vol. 2, p. 115; Cold feeling in stomach, Allen, Med, Adv., vol. 20, p. 75; Fulness in stomach, Landesmann, Raue's Rec, 1873, p. 115, from A. H. Z., vol. 85, p. 147; Pains in stomach and head, Brown, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 2, p. 243; Gas- tralgia. Garrison, Times Ret., 1877, p. 93, from Hom. Times, vol. 5, p. 96; Gar- dialgia, Brown, T. A. I. H., 1880, p. 225 : Meyer, B. J. H., vol. 18, p. 265 ; Schron, Gross, Kretschmar, Hirsch, Vehsem., Hartlb., Riick. KI. Erf., vol. 1, p. 652; Gas- tric neurosis, Percussel, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 2, p. 277 ; Gastric disturbances, Guern- sey, H. M., vol. 5, p. 22 ; by editor Org., vol. 3, p. 31 ; Gastritis, Sharp, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 287 ; Gastro-intestinal inflammation, Scharp, N. A. J. H., vol. 4, p. 343 ; Chronic catarrh of stomach, Mtiller, Meyer, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 15, p. 278 ; Hcematemesis, Holeczek, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 575; Neiicker, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 2('9, from A. H. Z., vol. 79, p. 32 ; Ulcer of the stomach, Heyne, Raue's Rec, 1873, p. 118, from A. H. Z., vol. 85, p. 188 ; Elb, Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 320 ; Cancer of stomach, Bolle, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 321 ; Nicol, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 208, from A. H. Z., vol. 46 ; Affection of stomach, C. P. S., Hah. Mo., vol. 14, p. 6) ; Disordered liver, hepatic congestion, Cooper, Hom. Rev., vol. 14, p. 274; Jaun- dice, Gross, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 703; Chronic icterus, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 229, from Hom. World, vol. 4, p. 101; Fatty degeneration of liver, Bayes, Hom. Rev., vol. 13, p. 268; Flatulency, Berridge, Hom. Rev., vol. 16, p. 496; Boparius, T. A. I. H., 1880, p. 225; Moroe, Times Ret, 1876, p. 94, from M. I., vol. 4, p. 492 ; Flatulent colic, Hartmann, Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 761 ; Flat- ulency and diarrhcea, Bojanus, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 3, p. 112; Intestinal catarrh, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 210, from Hom. CI., 1869, p. 63; Inflammation of superior vena mt'o, Kiisemann, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol.1, p. 727 ; Diarrhcea, Rummel, Schwarze, Lobethal, Henke, Diez, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 843 ; Hofrichter, Kafka, Muller, Weber, Horner, Ruck. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 426 ; Kunkel, A. H. Z., vol. 107, p. 11 ; Chamberlain, Times Ret., 1876, p. 18, from Mass. Trans., vol. 4, p. 366 ; Cooper, Hom. Rev., vol. 14, p. 274; Lilienthal, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 3, p. 138; Nelson, Med. Adv., vol. 20, p. 63; Gage, Times Ret., 1877, p. 30, from Am. Horn., vol. 1, p. 231 ; Dysentery, Wakeman, Med. Adv., vol. 20, p. 29 ; Dake, Org., vol. 3, p. 355; Guernsey, H. M., vol. 5, p. 22; Chronic dysentery, Bell, Hah. Mo., vol. 6, p. 286; Cholera infantum, FeiterhoflfJ Times Ret., 1876, p. 146, from M. I., 1876; Cholerine, Gerstl, Reubel, Fleischmann, Roth, Sclimid, Rummel, Vehsem., Montagk, Schwei- kert, Lobeth, Kurtz, Ruck, Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 953; Pemerl, p]ngelhard, Gerstl, Schweikert, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 480; Cholera, Lippe, Org., vol. 3, p. 219 ; Proctor, B. J.H., vol. 2"), p. 95; Involuntary stool, Lillie, A..J. H. M. M., vol. 4, p. 80 ; Involuntary stool and urination, Dufresne, N. A.J. H., vol. 3, p. 331, from Bib. Horn., vol. 4, p. 179; Kent, Hom. Phys., vol. 4, p. 292; Fetid stools and flatus, Gregg, Times Ret., 1876, p. 18, from N. Y. S. T., 1876, p. 134 ; Pain during stool, Berridge, Plom. Pliys., vol. 4, p. 289 ; Paralyds of rectum, Hafen, A. H. Z., vol. 105, p. 116, Bleeding from rectum, Hirsch, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 495; Hemorrhoids, Gillet, PHOSPHORUS. 328 Euck. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 1002; Tapeworm, Linz, Riick. KI. Erf., vol. 1, p. 806; Nephritis, Pfander, A. H. Z., vol. 108, p. 37; Morbus Brightvi, Bucliner, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 3, p. 139 ; Kane's Eec, 1871, p. 131 (relieved) ; Albuminuria of gesta- tion, Wesselhoeft, T. A. I. H., 1883, pp. 688-690 ; Impotence, Spech, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 536; Sexual debility, Gramm, T. H. M. S. Pa., 1886, p.. 162; Effects of masturbation, Eidherr, B. J. H., vol. 27, p. 33 ; Gleet, Meyer, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 549; Hydrocele, Rockwitli, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 3, p. 47; Nymphomania, Guernsey, Obstet., p. 554; Weakness of wmnb, Simmons, Hem. Rev., vol. 15, p. 178 ; Menorrhagia, Haustein, Riick. Ki. Erf., vol. 5, p. 592 ; Dysmenorrhea, Jiummel, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 61 ; Gross, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 369 ; Menstrual dis- turbances, Fielitz, Velisemann, Gmss, Elwart, Wiileniann, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 2, p. 240 ; Ludlam, Times Ret., 1876, p. 132, from M. I., vol. 4, p. 279 ; Leucorrhoea, Miiller, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 643; Condyloma, of vagina, Horn. Quarterly, vol. 2, p. 88; see Gilchrist Surg., p. 162; Nodosities in breasts, Altraiiller, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 377; Galactorrhcea, Vehsemann, Ruck, Kl. Erf, vol. 2, p. 413; Mastitis, Knorre, Lobeth, Weber, Vehsemann, Gross, Haustein, Dietz, Stapf, H. in F. E., Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 419; Helmiith, Times Ret., 1875, p. 149 ; Mam- mary abscess and fistula, Webster, N. A. J. H., vol. 13, p. 255 ; Vomiting of pregnancy, Simpson, Horn. Rev., vol. 18, p. 211 ; Paralysis of vocal chords, Welscli, Times Ret., 1875, p. 63, from A. H. Z., vol. 91, p. 101 ; Aphonia, Morse, Times Ret., 1876, p. 82, from M. I., vol. 4, p. 491 ; Moffat, N. A. J. H., vol, 5, p. 376; Hoarseness, Hansen, A. H. Z., vol. 113, p. 37 ; GouUon, P>. J. H., vol. 34, p. 697 ; (xross, Schron, Tietze, Kramer, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 3, p. 171 ; Fischer, Times Ret., 1876, p. 81, from A. H. Z., vol. 92, p. 93 ; Croup, Kreuss, Rummel, Weber, Hartmann, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 134 ; Hirsch, Vehsemeyer, Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 763 ; Ma- renzeller, Liedbeck, B.J. H.,vol. 5, p. 307; Goullon, Times Ret., 1876, p. 82, from II. K., vol. 21, p. 35; Influenza, Lobeth, Gross, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 3, p. 47 ; Bell, N. E. M. G., vol. 4, p. 85; Bronchitis, Riick, Kl. Erf, vol. 3, p. 97 ; Kafka, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 691 ; Gerstel, Times Ret., 1876, p. 84, from A. H. Z., vol. 92, p. 149; Asthma, Lobeth, Gross, Riick, Ki. Erf, vol. 3, p 194; Cough, Pemerl, Riick. KI. Erf., vol. 3, p. 22; Morse, Times Ret., 1876, p. 83, from M. L., vol. 4, p. 491 ; Nankivell, Raue's Rec, 1873, p. 104, from H. W., vol. 7, p. 279; Kankivell, Raue's Rec, 1874, p. 133, from H. W., vol. 8, pp. 8, 114; Hawley, N. Y. S. T., 1876-7, p. 27; Miller, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 527; Iszard, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 418; Baye.s, Hom. Rev., vol. 13, p. 267 ; Gushing, N. E. M. G., vol. 5, p. -560 ; Bm-chfield, Med. Adv., vol. 20, p. 349 ; Berridge, Hom, Phys., vol. 8, p. 547 ; Boenninghausen, A J. H. M. M., vol. 3, p. 92, from Neues Archiv, vol. 2, No. 1, p. 91 (during measles) ; Hirdchel, B. J. H., vol. 31, p. 250; Affection of ched, Dunn, Hom. Rec, vol. 3, p. 255; Wakemann, Med. Adv., vol. 20, p. 27 ; Pftew?Konfa (remarks with twenty- three cases), Fleischmann, Hartmann, Wurm, Trinks, Buchner, Watzke, Griessel, Rothansl, Hartlaub, etc., etc., Riick, Kl. Erf., vol. 3, pp. 311-324; Kraisell, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 188, from A. H. Z., vol. 78, p. 53; Newton, Hom. Rev., vol. 15, p. 474 ; Pearson, Times Ret., 1875, p. 67, from M. I., 1875, p. 26; Bronchitis, Ozanne, B. J. H., vol. 8, pp. 505-34, Fleischmann, Reiss, Linz, Black, B. J. H., vol. 9, p. 141 ; S einranf, Hom. Phys., vol. 6, p. 340; Kafka, Raue's Rec, 1871, p. 100, from H. Kl., 1870, p. 61 ; Croupous pneumonia (two cases), Brown, Times Ret., 1877, p. 87, from H. R., p. 31; Haemoptysis, Knorre, Hartm., Lembke, Elweit, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 221 ; Rossel, Times Ret., 1875, p. 67, from A. H. Z., vol. 90, p. 109; S. Schmid, B. J. PL, vol. 5, p. 275 ; Incipient tuhtrculosis, Bl ike, Ilom. Rev., vol. 11, p. 759; Pdbmnary tuberculosis, Sten<, Lime's Rec, 1870, p. 193, froui A. H. Z., vol. 329 PHOSPHORUS. 79, p. 118; Phthisis, Libert, Hartniann, Argenti, Betlimann, Knorre, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 386; Morse, Times Eet., 1876, p. 87, from M. T., vol. 4, p. 491 ; (Edema of lungs, Baehr, Med. Adv., vol. 20, p. 28; Palpitation of heart, Brauns, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 107 ; Wolf, Ehrhardt, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 448 ; Cardiac rheumatism, Wells, Hom. Eev., vol. 3, p. 303 ; Fatty degeneration of heart, Smith, Times Ret., 1877, p. 91; Threatened heart failure, Zwingenberg, B. J. H., vol. 34, p. 167 ; Spinal affection, Gross, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 471 ; Rheumatism of arm, Ide, A. H. Z., vol. 107, p. 27 ; Pain in arm, Berridge, N. A. J. H., vol. 22, p. 189 ; Growth on thumb, with hemorrhage, Everett, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 4, p. 41 ; Coxalgia, Maly, Weber, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 575 ; Paralysis of legs, Engelhardt, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 475 ; Hafen, A. H. Z., vol. 105, p. 194 ; Vandenbergh, Eaue's Rec, 1870, p. 305, from A. H. Z., vol. 79, p. 31 ; Freezing of toes, Schwarze, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 4, p. 176 ; Neuralgia, McCiatchey, Hah. Mo., vol. 9, p. 91 ; Rheumatic neuralgia, Wakemann,Med. Adv., vol. 20, p. 25; Convulsions, Palmer, N. E. M. G., vol. 5, p. 659; Nervousness, Wakemann, Med. Adv., vol. 20, p. 28 ; Nervous debility, Elwert, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 4, p. 59, from Hyg., vol. 21, p. 130 ; Numbness, etc., after diphtheria, Cochran, Hah. Mo., vol. 6, p. 398 ; Paralysis of sixth pair of nerves, Sorge, B. J. of H., vol. 21, p. 147 ; Paralysis, Arnold, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 55, Trinks, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 873; Duchenne^s pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, Clifton, B. J. H., vol. 36, p. 127 ; Paralytic rheumatism, Sorge, B. J. H., vol. 22, p. 565; Lorbacher, Hah. Mo., vol. 9, p. 460; Spasmodic irritation of vagus, Hirschel, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 3, p. 135 ; Disease of sympathetic nervous system., Hendrichs, Hah. Mo., vol. 14, p. 61, from A. H. Z., Aug. 15th, 1878 ; Restless sleep, Morse, Times Ret., 1876, p. 32, from M. I., vol. 4, p. 412; Scarlet fever, Trinks, Lobelh, Riick, Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 60 ; Hilberger, Riick. HI. Erf., vol. 4, p. 372 ; Neiischaffer, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 2, p. 239, from A. H. Z., vol 74, p. 140; Ty- phoid fever, Goullon, Kidd, Vehsem., Kallenbach, Conrad, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 765 ; Typhus abdominalis, Trinks, B. J. H., vol. 29, p. 322 ; Hectic fever, Schmid, B. J. H., vol. 5, p. 276; Ancemia, Widmann, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 275 f Purpura hemorrhagica, Arnold, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol.4, p. 205; Miiller, Arnold, B. J. H., vol. 36, p. 361 ; Boyce, Hom. Rev., vol. 5, p. 566 ; Fungus hcematodes, Ro- mark, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 327, B. J. H., vol. 26, p. 658; Hughes, Remark, B. J. H., vol. 29, p. 794; Hering, Riick. HI. Erf., vol. 4, p. 306; Rheumatism, Gaspary, Tietze, Gross, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 530; Hansen, A. H. Z., vol. 113, p. 4; Gout and rheumatism (inhalation), Marcy, N. A. J. Y., vol. 4, p. 96 ; Broun spots on body, impetigo, Knorre, Eulenberg, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 253 ; Eczema, Lichen, Marcy, N. A. J. H., vol. 4, p. 96 ; Psoriasis, Heyne, Raue's Rec, 1873, p. 249, from A. H. Z., vol. 85, p. 188 ; Kafka, Times Ret., 1875, p. 137 ; Boils, ulcers, Cooper, Horn. Rev., vol. 14, p. 274 ; Editor of Org., vol. 1, p. 237 ; Measles, Tuelff, Schwarze, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 97 ; Schwarze, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 98 ; Variola, Fleischmann, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 113. ' Mind. Excited imagination; zoomagnetic condition; ecstasy ; clairvoyance. I Mind is overactive; great flow of thoughts difficult to arrange. I I Memory generally quick. ■ Irritability of mind and body; prostrated from least un- pleasant impression. PHOSPHORUS. 330 I Any lively impression is followed by heat, as if immersed in hot water. • Excitable, easily angered, vehement, from which he after- wards suffers. I I Anxious : filled with gloomy forebodings ; as if about to die; about termination of her illness; and restless; at twilight; when alone; about the future ; during a thun- derstorm ; with palpitation ; as if below her 1. breast, so painful that her whole body trembled, at times with bitter eructations and palpitation; and restless with much sweat on forehead and heat of head ; oppression. iFear and dread: in evening; of death; as if something were creeping out of every corner ; late in evening as if a horrible face were looking out of every corner. ■ Mental depression and a most uncommon fearfulness or timidity with great sense of fatigue. II Great indisposition to mental or physical exertion. I No capacity for mental work, absence of thought, as if he could not grasp any thought ; disinclination to study or converse; slow flow of ideas, absence of mind. I I Unable to collect his senses, in morning on rising ; head dizzy, heavy, painful, as if he had been lying at night with head too low. ■ While reflecting : headache and dyspnoea ; feeling of ap- prehension at pit of stomach; weak feeling in head. IB Apathy : indifferent even to his own children ; answers no questions, or replies wrongly; took no notice of things about him, but his responses were always correct; answers slowly, moves sluggishly. ■ Seemed dumb and dazed for many days. ■ Stupor, delirium, grasping at flocks. ■ Sadness and anxiety, regularly recurring at twilight; from nervous exhaustion. ■ Does not like to be alone. ■ ■ Weary of life ; full of gloomy forebodings. ■ Gloomy, taciturn, sad and reflective. ■ Dejection; thought he would die. ■ Hypochondriasis; sadness alternating with mirth and laughter ; uneasy about one's health ; paroxysms of an- guish, when alone or in stormy weather, with timorous disposition ; told those about him repeatedly that he could not possibly recover, and gave some disjointed directions about his business affairs. ■ Melancholy, sheds tears; or wdth attacks of involuntary laughter. ■ Hysterical alternation of laughter and weeping. ■ Amativeness; erotic melancholia. ■ Shamelessness; uncovers herself and wishes to go naked, as if insane. 331 PHOSPHORUS. I I Destroys what comes into her hands; talks in a vehe- ment, commanding tone; spits at nurse, lifts up her clothes and kisses hotly all who come near her; does things wrongly and talks disconnectedly; tongue whit- ish ; sleeplessness ; menses scanty, pale and watery. I Delirium: loquacious; violent, at first alternating with intervals of consciousness, afterwards interrupted; erotic with indications of great excitement of sexual system ; violent, forgot to pass water; respiration very difficult, pulse very small, skin dry, tongue brown ; fancied he was in several pieces and could not get the fragments properly adjusted. ■ Crazy deliria in a young woman who was strictly moral and unhappy in her love ; accused herself of the most obscene actions, of which she never was guilty ; simul- taneous hysterical laughing and crying spells. I I Delirium tremens: increasing prostration; pulse fre- quent, soft, tremulous, intermittent; skin cool, clammy, moist ; respiration rapid, rattling, blowing ; breath cool ; stupor with muttering ; twitching of muscles ; jerkings ; singultus; trembling of tongue ; difficult deglutition; rattling sound when swallowing; great nervous irrita- bility ; salacity. I Chronic alcoholism: great mental and physical exhaus- tion; trembling of limbs when trying \o use them ; jerking of single muscles; arms powerless; legs para- lyzed; vertigo with loss of consciousness; indifference even towards dearest friends; forgetful and ^stupid, he does something else than he intended ; monomania de grandeur et de la richesse; idiocy; inclined to diar- rhoea, stools and flatulency ; dry scaly skin. I I Maniacal attacks, coming on during sleep ; fury and ex- treme violence, so that no one dare approach him ; de- stroys everything in the room ; eyes remain closed; after two or three hours lies down and sleeps a few minutee, recollects nothing on waking. iDementia paralytica; brain weak, exhausted; silliness; idiocy. I I Mental symptoms come on after excitement at theatre and she becomes sleepless; then full of fear, especially at piano; constantly on lookout for something to hap- pen; hears voices; hot head and face; sexual dreams and violent sexual excitement. I Brain fag from mental overwork and constant strain of eyes. * Sensorium. l l Suddenly fell to ground unconscious, life apparently extinct; pulse and respiration lost ; face red and like rest of body cool to touch ; irresponsive to loud PHOSPHOHUS. 332 calls ; friction brought about no reaction and only when a needle was plunged deeply into sole of foot there oc- curred a slight twitching ; after grief from disappointed love. ^Apoplexy. I Apoplexy, grasps at head ; mouth drawn to left. I I Vertigo: several times a day; staggers while walking so that people might think her intoxicated ; in forenoon while walking everything turned around with her; as if chair were rising; as if all the blood rushed to head; with roaring in ears, on rising; in morning con- stantly increasing, like a heavy pressing downward of forepart of head; with headache; as soon as he makes any effort to rise; on rising from a seat; on looking up or down; on moving head as if he would fall; in morning, after rising from bed ; nervous, from abuse of narcotics, coffee; with fainting; < after meals and in morning; in evening in bed; with congestion of blood to head, nausea and oppressive headache; on rising in morning with weakness in legs, so that for a few mo- ments after getting out of bed they cannot stand ; must lie down a few minutes before they can go about; < „ towards evening and in open air; pain in r. side of head after attack, cannot lie on 1. side because of palpi- tation ; from overexertion of eyes, with muscse voli- tantes ; from smell of flowers, gas, ethereal oils, turpen- tine, with fainting; from loss of vital fluids; followed by nausea and an oppressive pain in centre of brain ; with stupefaction and a sensation as if he would fall for- ward ; as if chair on which he was sitting were rising and as if he were looking down ; with sensation of emp- tiness in head. llGreat heaviness, confusion and dulness in head. ■ Great weakness of head so that she could not endure sound of piano. ■ Sense of exhaustion and bewilderment in brain, with vertigo and disposition to fall down; > in cool air. ^ Inner Head. Hn forehead : dull pain, to root of nose and to upper lids, with vertigo, < turning head or any vio- lent motion ; > in open air ; pressure extending into eyes, as if they would be pressed out; pressive headache above eyes, aching weight with stuffed feeling in nose, > in open air; headache as if a weight pressed down into eyes ; weight and throbbing on waking, > by cold washing, < on stooping, sometimes lasting all day; burning headache; drawing and boring on one side ex- tending into bones efface and parietal bone; headache on walking with heat in head, disinclination to rise or move about ; numbness and aching, with weakness in sacral region ; headache over 1. eye. 333 PHOSPHORUS. I In temples : throbbing pain ; pulsation in left. iCold crampy pain on whole 1. side of head. I I Cephalalgia, of five years standing; came on at irregu- lar intervals, but generally from stooping; pain shoots from one temple to other and at times flies through to occiput, < in front of head; paroxysms preceded by dim- ness of sight and accompanied by a feeling of sickness ; bowels relaxed for a day or so, and then constipated for a week ; it appears to him as if food did not digest properly; appetite very indifferent; does not relish anything. I 1 Intense pain in whole head and in eyes, < in 1. eye, in forenoon or from stooping; >. while eating, lying down and after sleeping. I I Severe pains in head like a kind of stupefaction, with rush of blood and pulsation. I Terrible attacks of headache from mental work, with weakness and strained feeling of eyes. 1 I For an hour roaring in head and r. ear; < lying on 1. side; > lying on r., with headache. ■ Headache many years; < in 1. side, through eye into back of head, with nausea; sensation of faintness at stomach; always very hungry during headaches; at- tacks once a week, lasting from one to three days ; < at noon; increasing from morning till noon, decreasing from noon till evening. I Sick-headache: with pulsations and burning mostly in forehead ; with nausea and vomiting from morning until noon ; < from music, while masticating, and in warm room. iHemicrania : face congested ; forehead or occiput swollen ; touching swollen part causes most excruciating pain ; unilateral, pulsating,, pressing, boring and burning pains in one or the other temple, radiating to forehead, eyes and vertex, with sensation as if there were painful nodes under scalp, painful to touch ; a sensation as if patient were pulled by hair, or as if head would burst in consequence of pressure and fulness of brain ; pain appears mostly in evening and morning, with frequent yawning and turgescent face, and watery urine; < by speaking, eating, in warm room ; > in fresh air, by rest and sleep ; after attack lassitude prevails, and patient is liable to fresh colds ; after every attack, which came nearly every week and lasted twenty-four hours, looked pale and haggard ; felt very tired when walking or stand- ing, and had to rest during every exertion ; extremities felt cold for many hours after an attack and got warm after being in bed some time; is unable to answer promptly any question addressed to her. PHOSPHORUS. 334 ■ Neuralgia : head must be warmly wrapped up night and day ; from ansemia from loss of blood and severe ex- hausting diseases ; from scrofulous or tuberculous (non- syphilitic) exostoses. ■ Dull stupefying headache. I Compression and weight of head with pressure on upper lids, > by washing face in cold water and in open air. B Headache : every other day ; sets in while reflecting ; with increased sensitiveness to odors ; congestive, nervous, hysterical, from grief, anger, chagrin or abuse of spirits, or excessive study. I Hot vertex after grief. •Sensation of coldness in cerebellum, with stiffness in brain. I 1 Pains darting about different parts of body, < morning and evening, and often severely affect head in children. I I Congestion to head: seeming to come up spine and thence into head; burning, stinging pains and pulsa- tions, commencing in occiput ; red face, puffy under eyes; whenever she washes clothes or walks fast; chronic, with stinging in occiput and pulsations there and in whole head; < from mental work, brain fag, etc. I I Shocks in occiput or all parts of head. ^Epilepsy. I I Shocks in head always following a day of overwork, either mental or physical, and always occurred after re- tiring when just losing herself in sleep; they consisted of a loud snap in occiput, and would rouse her to full consciousness, with a shattered sensation in head as if something had really exploded there ; head felt jarred for a few moments; fatigue and especially worry ex- cited them. I I Noises in back part of head, appearing and disappearing suddenly ; sometimes injected eyes. I I Heat on top of head, dizziness, buzzing and throbbing in head; swelling under eyes; palpitation from menfal emotions; emphysema. ^Hypersemia of brain. I lApoplexia nervosa in an old woman who was greatly weakened by previous bleeding and venesection. I Impending paralysis of brain and collapse ; burning pain in brain. ■ Hydrocephalus acutus; child dull and inclined to sleep all the time ; vomits drinks as soon as they become warm in stomach; profuse greenish diarrhoea; great prostration. iHydrocephaloid symptoms from great exhaustion. ^Sum- mer complaint. 1 1 Cerebral oedema; takes no interest in anything; can only be brought to consciousness for a few minutes; 335 PHOSPHORUS. does not answer any questions or does it wrongly ; suf- fers from dilatation of r. heart, caused by atheroma of, pulmonary arteries and from fatty liver ; urine shows a moderate quantity of albumen and nephritic elements, no ammonia. HChronic meningitis. BlSoftening of brain, with constant wearied, tired feeling, persistent headache, slow at answering questions, ver- tigo, feet drag, formication, numbness in limbs. I Incipient hemiplegia. I Acute atrophy of brain and medulla oblongata, with ureemia. I I Tendency to atrophy of brain in old age. * Outer Head, l Tension in face and skin of forehead as if too tight : frequently only on one side ; < from change of temperature and while eating; > after eating; with anxiety. iDry, painful heat of scalp, compelling one to uncover .head; temperature of body not increased; > when lying down. I I Clammy perspiration on head only, and in palms of hands, with discharge of much turbid urine. • Violent itching on scalp. ■ Unnatural accumulation of dandruff. I B Dandruff copious, falls out in clouds ; roots of hair turn grey and dry, and hair comes out in bunches ; itching < from scratching, > at the time, but < after scratching. I I Denuded part of scalp clear, white and smooth. ^Tinea decalvans. ^Favus. ■ Scaly, bald spots on head. I I Itching pimples on scalp. I I Soft, elastic tumor, as large as a hen's egg, on parietal bone; visible pulsations in tumor, around which a sharp, rough, indented opening could be felt in under- lying bone; entire surface of tumor denuded of hair; no inflammation. ■ Exostoses on frontal, 1. parietal and occipital bones, vary- ing in size from bean to hazelnut, looking like tophi. ■ Periostitis of skull. ■ Head affected : from taking cold ; from remaining in hot rooms ; after having hair cut. ■ A sensation as if pulled by the hair. ® Sight and Eyes. ■Appearance before eyes: sparks in the dark; luminous, especially red ; various flashing lights; rauscse volitantes ; flashes of light ; halo around light ; various flashes of light and color; green halo around candle; misty, with attacks of vanishing of sight; black- PHOSPHORUS. 336 ness or black points or sparks; flickering, with roaring in head. I Eyes very sensitive to light or dazzled by bright lights. I I Aversion to light. I On reading, letters look red, outline undefined; objects tremble. ■ Objects look green or grey. ■ Colors appear black before eyes. ■ All objects appear to be covered with a grey veil. I Eyes give out while reading; after reading, dull pain deep in eyes. I I Obliged to hold objects near to see distinctly; at a dis- tance everything seems enveloped in a smoke or mist. ■ Sees more distinctly in morning in twilight than during day, or by shading eyes with hand. ■ Eyes very weak, seem large, and difficult to get lids over them. I Shortsightedness. ■ Dimness of sight, photophobia ; unable to read by candle- light. ^Excessive use of tobacco. Distant objects appear to be covered with a mist. It seems as if a black veil were before r. eye. ■ Momentary blindness, as from fainting. ■ Paroxysm of nyctalopia; or of a sensation as if things were covered with a grey veil. ■ ■Amaurosis and amblyopia. ■ ■Amaurosis of r. eye of seven years' duration; conse- quent upon sexual excesses, especially if associated with fattj^ liver. ■ Gradually or rapidly increasing myopia; incipient amau- rosis, particularly of 1. eye; could harclly see large type when held close to eyes during daylight, much less other objects. ■ Amblyopia from loss of fluids; also in morbus Brightii. I I A woman, aet. 21, had been troubled some time with a blurring of vision which came on suddenly after read- ing; since then has had a dull pain in eye after read- ing a short time, compelling her to desist; at times her sight is very dim and black spots pass before eyes ; is always < from looking at any bright shining object and in lamplight, but is > in twilight; lids feel heavy in morning. ^Asthenopia. ■ Blindness after lightning-stroke. ■ ■Upon falling asleep at night, frequent deceptions of vision, sparks before eyes, shooting pains through eyes, appearance of flashes of lightning ; very great weight of head, throbbing, beating and pressure < in 1. temple, al- most intolerable; by day flickering before eyes ; in even- ^'^^ PHOSPHORUS. ing in darkness flashes before eyes, violent burning and transient shooting in them, sometimes even when eyes were closed, seemed to be looking into a sea of fire or into a vessel full of glaring, red, molten iron; finally deceptions of light occurred also by dav ; eyes extremely sensitive to light ; deathly paleness of face ; if room was darkened appearances of light became more pronounced and they increased with the pains towards evening un- til far into night to such a degree of severity that he feared he would go mad; slight pale-reddish color of the sclerotic, especially in external canthi. ^Glaucoma. I I Glaucoma after iridectomy, pulling as if something were pulled tight over eyes, with spangles (white) around gas and a boring in eye exteliding into head. iGlaucoraa ; useful in improving vision and removing sub- jective symptoms after an iridectomy; halo around light; vision hazy ; objects appear red. ■ Ciliary neuralgia accompanying glaucoma. I I Rapidly progressing chorio-retinitis, in a man who had been writing in a cellar by poor light for several months and using tobacco to excess; atrophied spots in choroid very marked, surrounded by areola of active inflamma- tion; retina hazy, blurred; optic disk red, somewhat swollen, with an undefined margin; vitreous, slightly turbid, with floating opacities; complained of a mist and of pinkish globules before vision, especially after a bright light; outlines of objects seemed uneven, wav- ering, trembling, on reading letters looked red, especially by gaslight and flashing of lights before vision ; patient weak and perspired easily. ■ Retinitis nyctalopia, albuminurica or apoplectica. I I Congestion of retina, balls sore on motion, no photopho- bia, pains extending from eyes to top of head. ■ Cherry-red color before vision in optic neuritis and other diseases of fundus. ■ ■Disease of fundus and disturbance of function of optic nerve. ■ Choroid hypersemia and muscse volitantes. I I Arthritic ophthalmia with leucomatous opacity of cor- nea, which upon clearing up showed lens to have the color similar to a beginning cataracta glaumatosa. I I An old lady with incipient, progressive, hard cataract; hard, white, convergent striae in lens with diff'use hazi- ness; on reading letters seemed as if printed in red ink, although paper looked white and natural ; vision ^\, under Phosphor, the haziness disappeared, no morestriie appeared, and in six months vision improved to -ff. I I Cataracta viridis. VOL. VIII.— 22. PHOSPHORUS. 338 I i White pustule on outer segment of 1. cornea. I I Maculae cornese. I I Paralytic affection of sixth pair of nerves in r. eye; nocturnal emissions. ■ Paralysis of muscles ; spermatorrhoea, sexual abuse, hem- orrhoids, etc. I I Total paralysis of third pair of nerves, ptosis, eye turned outward ; mj^driasis in a woman. I I Weakness of internal recti muscles, asthenopia muscu- laris, pain and stiffness on moving them and at times a feeling of heat in eyes as after looking at a fire. Pupils contracted ; dilated; dilated, sluggish. Inflammation of eyes^ with pressing burning pains. I I Photophobia with great pain. ^Ophthalmia. I iFor six days, from being in a hot, close, crowded room, r. eye has been red, waters, with feeling of dust in it un- der lower lid; < in evening when it also feels hot; swelling of r. ej^elid, with adhesion; r. eye looks small. ■ Subacute conjunctivitis, lachrymation ; swelling and sup- puration of lids and Meibomian glands, with itching and burning pains. I I Inveterate catarrhal ophthalmia ; both eyes and lids in- flamed ; edges of lids as if corroded ; constant lachry- mation causing smarting and burning; copious secre- tion of thin, muco-purulent matter; itching and burn- ing in eyes; agglutination of lids in morning; indis- tinct vision. I I Burning in e3'es, with profuse lachrymation in wind. ■ Small burning spots on eyeballs. I I Feeling of sand in 1. eye, > by rubbing. ■ Aching in eyes, forehead and orbits. I 1 Stiffness in eyes. I I Pain in bones of orbit of eye. I I Balls pain as if compressed, < on looking; aching and heaviness in eyes, like sleepiness. ■ Balls seem large and difficult to get lids over them. ■ Sensation as if eye were swollen and pushed out of orbit. ^Morbus Basedowii. ■ Yellow, jaundiced conjunctiva, in fatty liver. I I Watering of eyes. ■ Eyelids tremble and quiver; eyes fill with water. I iTwitching of lids and external canthus of 1. eye. I I Itching in lids ; stye on lower lid. ■ QEdema of lids and about eyes. ■ Blue rings; puffiness and swelling about eyes; eyes sunken. ■ Fungus oculi. ^ Hearing and Ears. ■Hearing too acute. ■ ^^^ PHOSPHORUS. ■ Words and sounds reverberate in ears, music especially resounding of own voice ; ringing with palpitation ; con- stant buzzing. I Noises in ears: roaring from rush of blood; constant buzznig; nngmg, with palpitation ; reverberation ■ ■Hearing difficult. ■ Difficult hearing, especially of human voice; also after typhus; with cold extremities. I I Rapid diminution of hearing; at times sensation as if somethnig lay before ears, particularly r. ; momentary relief by external pressure ; humming in ears ; sensation ot gauze over ear; loud reverberation of words in ears whether he or others speak. NFor many years hardness of hearing and ringing in ears; ticknig of watch only heard when held close to r ear, 1. an inch and a half; auditory canals dry; r tvm- panum whiter than left. I 'Hardness of hearing due to congestion to ears after tv- phoid fever in blonde subjects and intellectual men with large heads and prominent mastoid processes ■ Dysecoia; dry condition of tympanum, ■ Something seems lying constantly in front of ears I I Sensation as if foreign body were lodged in ears ; stopped- up feeling. ^^ ■ Violent itching or tickling in ear. I I Congestion to ears, with throbbing; earache ■ Shooting through ears especially at night ; ear discharges I iDraggmg pain in ears. I lA painful and inflamed gathering in r. ear first in 1 • matter and blood are discharged; shooting pam through ear, especially at night, preventing sleep ; rather deat in 1. ear, if ear gets well has styes on eyelids or eruptions at root of nose, under septum and a stye on 1 lower eyehd; no appetite, especially dislikes meat; con- stipation. /^Otorrhoea. ■ Polypi in ears. 'Smell and Nose, l i Imaginary foul smells, ■sense of smell very acute; faints from smell of flowers; with headache. ■ Sneezing: frequent; causes pain in throat. I 'Stoppage of nose : with frequent sneezing, > in open air • with dulness of head as if coryza would develop. I 'Sensation of fulness in nose, especially high up in 1 nostril, with loose mucus. I 'Sensation of dryness in nose, with a sensation as if it would be stuck together. ■ Painful dryness of nose. "Sore pain in both nostrils, even when touched; ulcer- ated nostrils. PHOSPHORUS. 340 I I Soreness of Schneiderian and mucous membranes, with bloody scabs on margins of nostrils. I I Internal inflammation of nose, with sensation of dryness and slow bleeding of nose. llCoryza: frequent alternations of fluent and stopped co- ryza ; with sore throat and great dulness of head ; fever- ish, dry; secretion dries to crusts which adhere tightly; complicated with hoarseness and bronchial catarrh ; obstruction often in morning; discharge from one and stoppage of other nostril ; sneezing causes pain in throat or head ; smell and taste gone ; with sleepiness, especi- ally during day and after meals; blowing blood from nose ; profuse discharge flowing down into fauces. I I Ominous coryza in scarlatina; great discharge from nose; on lying down it flows into fauces, w^here it rattles from breathing; neck greatly swollen and eyes staring in consequence of stagnation of blood by this swelling; great weakness and great frequency of jDulse; < at night; hands icy-cold and bluish. ■ Nostrils filled with green mucus. iNasal discharge; profuse, greenish, yellow; blood-streaked mucus; < in morning. I Chronic inflammation of nasal membrane with suppressed or oversensitive smell. iBad smell from nose; foul smell. I I Frequent blowing of blood from nose. lEpistaxis: several times a day, often quite profuse ; later attacks accompanied by profuse sweat; while straining at stool ; early in morning; in tall, slim girls approach- ing puberty ; in diphtheria following detachment of membrane from nose. llSwelling of nose: red, shining; painful to touch ; with coryza ; of nasal bones. iNecrosis ; periosteum raised, forms a new stratum of bone. • Swelling and dark-redness of one ala nasi; pimples and pustules on nose ; scrofulous inflammation of nose with plugs in nose. ■ Nasal polypi ; they bleed easily. ■ Point of nose red and shining. I I Fanlike motion of alas nasi. I I Freckles on nose. ^ Upper Face. iFace : expression of general weakness ; pale, sickly; sunken, earthy; ej'es deep-seated, hollow, sur- rounded by blue rings; pale, almost waxen; ashy; sickly-yellow ; livid ; bloated ; lips blue ; hippocratic ; icteric; red; circumscribed red spots on cheeks; flushes from least emotion; color very changeable; swollen, .: ■■ oedematous, puffy ; puffy under eyes; lips and eyelids oedematous. 341 PHOSPHORUS. I Sensation as if skin were too tight. I Pain: tearing; shooting from heye to vertex; from fore- head into eyes (right) and from temples and vertex down to zygoma ; tearing about lower margin of r. orbit, extending under r. ear, involving bones of face, as if everthing were torn out ; drawing and tearing in jaws, root of nose, eyes and temples, from taking cold over washtub ; twitching, tearing, darting and tension in cheek bones and jaw, with threatening caries. IJerking, tearing pain in teeth and cheek of 1. side, ex- tending to forehead and r. temple, < taking anything cold into mouth or in cold, wet weather, > from warmth; as if nails were driven into jaws; darting in different parts beginning in uncertain places, attacks brought on by speaking, eating or slightest touch. I I For ten years tearing-shooting pain in r. cheek up into head; < speaking, eating, swallowing; tendency to sweat ; weariness ; vertigo, could hardly walk without falling. I I Prosopalgia < by opening mouth, especially if there be congestion of blood to head. ■ Facial neuralgia, especially involving jaw ; pains go to root of nose, temples; hot, bloated face, < talking, eating ; caries of lower jaw. • Neuralgia of head, it has to be w^rapped up night and day ; < in windy weather and in morning. I I Small pimples on face and head, which, when touched, give rise to excruciating pain. I I Scabby herpes on face. "Lower Face. iLips: parched; dry with sooty coating; bluish, black (measles); deep crack in middle of lower. iNose, lips, mouth and throat dry; no relief from water. I Tough, viscous expectoration, hangs on lips and tongue, in typhoid conditions. I I In centre of lower lip tumor size of walnut, surrounded at its base by a bluish areola of veins and covered by a black crust, which broke into fissures at least touch, discharging pus and blood; tumor felt elastic, swelling up when touched, but root felt hard and was as large as a bean; lacerating pains in interior of tumor, with burning and itching .outside of it ; has inguinal hernia and an indurated testicle; mind constantly occupied with his disease and is afraid his days are numbered. I I Ulcerated corners of mouth. ■ Tearing in jaw bones, evening < lying down, > moving jaw. I I Deep rodent ulcer on lower jaw; smaller one on r. zygoma; larger ulcer is surrounded by smaller ones. PHOSPHORUS. .342 ■ Necrosis of lower jaw, rarely of upper. I I Disfiguring eczeraatous condition of chin. I Parotitis, when suppuration sets in. '*^ Teeth and Gums. iPain in teeth : pricking-stinging < in open air and from warm food ; boring sometimes pass- ing into numbness, < by cold, heat and chewing, com- bined with soreness and swelling of gums ; throbbing, much < when cold air strikes carious tooth ; jerking or twitching, periosteun:* of tooth inflamed and tender to pressure ; of washerwomen ; washing always increases or provokes it; in decayed teeth, accompanied by gum- boils; from having hands in cold or warm water; tear- ing, shooting, extending from carious tooth all over bones of face and head. I Rapid decay of teeth, inflammation of gums and gum- boils in lower jaw; ill and irregular formation of teeth of lower Jaw of scrofulous children with mesenteric disease. iGums: stand off from teeth and bleed easily; inflamed, ulcerated, with loose teeth ; gumboils. I Irritation of carious tooth, causing frequent gumboils and incipient disease of maxilla, and where for some reason the tooth cannot be extracted. II Obstinate, profuse bleeding of gums; pulse scarcely perceptible; ecchymoses around mouth and eyes; petechise on chest and legs; urine and stool contain blood. I Profuse obstinate hemorrhage from gums after extrac- tion of teeth so severe as to threaten speedy death. I (After extraction of several teeth marked painful swell- ing of 1. lower jaw and formation of an external fistulous opening ; profuse expectoration of saliva ; jerking stitch- ing pains in cavities with bleeding; skin over 1. jaw red and tense. •Necrosis of 1. lower jaw ; swelling of jaw bones. ^' Taste and Tongue. iSpeech: difficult and weak; slow; answers questions with difficulty ; stuttered when en- deavoring to articulate. iTaste: bitter; sour after taking milk; saltish; sour; sweetish; better after eating; slimy; of rotten eggs in morning. ■ Tongue: coated like fur; coated with dirty thick mucus (measles); slimy; dry, white; chalky white; uniformly , white; yellow, grey, dry in middle; red and dry; red in middle; red, dry, streak down middle; brown and dry in middle; dry and black; swollen dry and blackish, along median line; dry, immovable, covered with black crusts; cracked, parched, or glossy; dry, coated white, with stinging in tip; coated only in middle. 343 PHOSPHORUS. I I Burning on tongue extending to palate. I Tip of tongue somewhat swollen, with enlargement of it^ papillae and feeling as if it had been burnt. '^ Inner Mouth, l Dryness in mouth; dry and sore feeling, with increased thirst. 1 8 Soreness of mouth, easily bleeding. ■ Aphthous patches on roof of mouth and tongue. I Bloody erosions here and there in inner surface of cheek. I I Painless ulcer on inner surface of lower lip ; edges hard, serrated ; base lardaceous ; after suppression of a brown herpetic eruption on face. llSoft palate dark, bluish-red; ulcer above uvula about IJ inches in length, causing soft palate to appear as if torn, uvula hanging far into pharynx ; deglutition extremely difficult; part of food regurgitates through ♦ nose ; general prostration ; no history of syphilis. ■ Nursing sore mouth, especially if breasts are sore. ■ Much watery saliva in mouth. ■Saliva increased, tasting saltish or sweetish. *■' Throat. ■ Dryness of throat day and night; it fairly glistens. ■ Roughness, rawness and scraping in pharynx, < towards evening ; hawking in morning. ■ ■Sensation as of cotton in throat. ■ ■Tonsils and uvula much swollen ; uvula elongated ; with dr}^ and burning sensation. ■ Great swelling of tonsils. I I For eighteen months swelling of r. tonsil; mucus in throat removed with difficulty, is quite cold when it comes into mouth, white, nearly transparent, in lumps. ■ Muscular angina, with fatty degeneration. ■ Diphtheritis, especially where the adynamic character shows itself early, strength fails rapidly and paralysis of heart threatens. ■ Burning in oesophagus. ■ Inability of swallowing nourishment. ^Oesophagitis. ■ Spasmodic stricture of oesophagus. I I Great weakness and emaciation, owing to inability of taking nourishment; weak and empty feeling across abdomen, occasional shooting pain in same region; sen- sation of heat extending up back; great nervous irrita- bility. ^Stricture of oesophagus. '* Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. ■■Hunger: soon after eating; must eat during chill, before he can get up; ravenous at night, feels faint; with nausea and anxiety about heart recurring several successive even- ings, > by eating but afterwards tormenting him for hours in bed. PHOSPHORUS. 344 I Want of appetite: caused by a fulness in throat; with weariness alternating with bulimia; burning, cutting, pressing in stomach, nausea and vomiting. I Wants to eat, but as soon as food is offered does not want it. i iThirst: with desire for very cold drinks ; for refreshing drinks, > thereby until they become warm, when they are vomited ; excessive ; unquenchable. I I Wants cold food and drink, ice-cream, refreshing and spic}'' things. 1 1 Desire for wine. I Cures the longing of inebriates for alcohol, by removing the irritation of stomach, which causes morbid appetite. I Aversion: to sweets: to meat; to boiled milk ; to salt fish ; to beer; to puddings; to coffee and tea. I I Cannot smoke much though tobacco is relished. '■''Eating and Drinking, li Pains always commence wfien eating and last as long as he continues to eat. lAfter eating: sick, and fulness of abdomen; sleepiness; belches much even after a little food. llBad effects from excessive use of salt. "Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting, i Hic- cough: painful in epigastrium; frequent during day, even before eating. ■ Eructations: frequent, empty ; of vast quantities of wind, after eating; tasting of food; even several hours after eat- ing; sour; ineffectual with pressure in chest; spasmodic. ■ Excessive heartburn and sour eructations ; waterbrash. I Uprising of food: without nausea; in mouthfuls; undi- gested, very soon after swallowing it, urticaria, hands, arms and body covered with itching blotches, conscious and annoying pulsations of heart ; scarcely swallowed comes up again ; spasms of oesophagus at cardiac end ; with qualmishness at night. ■ Nausea: constant, with confusion of head, tightness in prsecordial region and weariness; disappearing on drinking water. I lis not able to drink water, even sight of it causes nau- sea and vomiting, must close her eyes wdien bathing. I I As soon as water becomes warm in stomach it is thrown up. 1 1 Vomiting of food: violent; of sour matter; of acid liquid; of white or yellow bitter mucus; of bile; of blood, pure or brown ; > for a time by ice or very cold food or drink ; in chronic dyspepsia when there seems to be simple exhaustion of stomach; sourish, offensive fluid in large quantity, looking like water, ink and coffee- grounds ; after food, or even a swallow of water ; of dark, filamentous substances, consisting of blood mixed with bile and mucus ; of dark acid matter always mixed with some blood ; of black substances ; of matter black as soot. S'^^ PHOSPHORUS. '^ Scrobiculum and Stomach, i Epigastric region: very sen- sitive; greatly distended and painful to pressure; sinking feeling; oppression; griping; pressure; sharp pressure with every cough. I I Contractive pain in pit of stomach extending to 1. hy- pochondrium, later to head and 1. shoulder, > from warmth. I iSensation of weakness and emptiness in stomach and