Antimonium Tartaricum

1 . Phlegmatic subjects ; hydrogenoid constitutions.

2 . Persistent, irreconcilable ill-humour, < consolation ; child fractious, complaining, resents least touch ( Ant. crudum ).

3 . Respiratory troubles with great accumulation of mucus ; coarse rales ; no expulsive power yet if expectorates temporarily ; attacks of suffocative dyspnoea with cyanosis .

4 . Prostration with great drowsiness and cold sweat.

5 . Gastric troubles with nausea and vomiting ; latter temp. > (rev. Ipec .) ; loathing of food ; moist, heavily coated white tongue ; desire for acids (especially apples) which < ; < milk.

6 . Choleric diarrhoea ; stools slimy, generally yellow or brown, occasionally bloody.

7 . Fever with shiverings and marked sense of cold ; violent but short-lasting sensations of heat ; pulse rapid and weak ; sweat profuse and exhausting ; thirst for cold water little and often ( Ars .).

8 . Violent pain in sacro-lumbar region ; slightest movement causes vomiting and cold sweat.

9 . Widespread pustular eruptions. Small-pox ( Variolinum ).

10 . Modalities ; < heat and < cold, damp weather evening towards night ; < anger or vexation.