Cadmium Sulfuratum

Sulpldde of Cadmium. Cd S.

Discovered in 1817 by Stromeyer and Herrmann as a constant associate of Zincum, especially in the Silesian ores. The best solvent is nitric acid.

Recommended in 1820 by Graefe in eye diseases in the place of Zincum ; afterwards by Tott in 1833. Experiments by Schubarth on dogs were pub- lished in HufelancVs Journal about 1821.

H. J. Burdock made an insignificant proving on himself in 1827. The first real proving was made by Petroz in 1854 and published in the May number of Journale de la Soc.

(raZZtcane, including cured symptoms; it ap- peared in the Oct. number of the Allg. Horn. Zeitung and in 1856 in HirscheVs Archiv, Vol. II.

These were not followed by any other reports until 1878, when Dr. Hardenstein, of Vicksburg, used the remedy successfull}'^ in one of the most murderous epidemics of yellow fever; the application of the remedy proving him to be a master in prescribing. Cadmium is no doubt a so-called antipsoric of high rank.

^Mind. I Mostly unconscious. ^Cholera infantum.

Horror of solitude and of work.

Apprehension at approach of anybody.

Anxiety ; also before going to stool.

Excessive irritability.

Vexation, or a fit of passion < symptoms in general. ^Sensorium. > Vertigo; room and bed seem to spin around.

^Yellow fever. ^ Inner Head. Pain in vertex.

Lancinations in head.

Tingling, digging and drawing in head.

Hammering in head.

Pulsations in temples.

Inflammation of brain.

Apoplexy. * Outer Head. Herpes on temples. ^ Sight and Eyes. Inability to read small type.

Hemeralopia.

Looking steadily, symptoms in general <.

Rending pains' in eyes.

Lancinations in eyes from within outwards.

Dilatation of one pupil, and contraction of other.

I Blennorrhoeic affection of eyes.

I Idiopathic chronic torpid conjunctivitis.

iSwelling of conjunctiva remaining after blennorrhoea.

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Scrofulous inflammation of eyes.

I Macula cornese (after removal of a fragment of iron whicli

caused inflammation) covering half the pupil, bluish, much impeding sight. ^Boy, set. 10 years. iMacula cornese covering pupil after a conjunctivitis and kera- titis traumatica. ^Girl, set. 6 years.

I I Opacity of cornea connected with slow inflammation and blennorrhoea.

Cicatrix on cornea. Burning lachrymation.

■ Inability to close eyes. ^Paralysis of face. Pressure above eyes.

Tension in eyebrows.

Hollow eyes..

Blue circle around eyes. ^ Hearing and Ears. Sounds echo in head.

Abnormal hearing, alternating with abnormal vision.

Clucking in ears.

Lancinations in ears.

Lacerating pain in ears.

Pressure behind ears. ' Smell and Nose. Ulcerative or cancerous smell.

Tightness at root of nose, and tension in nose.

Lacerating pain in nose.

Epistaxis.

Obstruction of nose by swelling.

Numbness of nose.

Erysipelatous inflammation of nose.

Caries of nasal bones.

Boils on nose, and ulceration of nostrils. ^ Upper Face. iPain with cold sweat in face. See 16. ^Yel- low fever.

■ Painful drawing in face. ^Paralysis of face. Crawling sensation in face.

Vexed look. Gloomy countenance. Grayish complexion. Yellow spots on cheeks and nose.

Chronic eruption of forehead, on nose, and around mouth. ^ Lower Face. Trembling of jaw.

■ Distortion of mouth to one side. ^Paralysis of face. Spasmodic motion of upper lip.

Swelling of lips. Aphthae on lips. " Taste and Tongue. ■Pitchy taste. ^Yellow fever.. Food tastes like salt. Peculiar metallic taste after taking it.

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I Tongue shows traces of black vomit, dirty brown or black. /^Yellow fever.

■ Difficulty in talking and swallowing ^Paralysis of face.

^^ Inner Mouth. Symptoms of mouth are < during deglutition. Salivation.

Frequent running together of saliva in mouth, has to spit it . out often, and, with much straining and retching brings up a tough phlegm. 13 Throat. Constriction of oesophagus.

Deglutition aggravates symptoms in general.

" Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. Thirst.

In bed, at night, thirsty and hot. ^* Eating and Drinking. After drinking : horripilation. Getting drunk, symptoms <C in general.

^® Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting, i Salty,

rancid belching. ^Yellow fever. Rancid eructations, especially at noon.

■ Deadly nausea. ^Cholera infantum.

■ Intense retching and distressing nausea.

■ Nausea in mouth, chest and abdomen, often with pain and

cold sweat in face. ^Yellow fever. Nausea in chest, mouth, and abdomen, generally accompanied

by red face and trismus. Gagging and retching up of tough mucus, every few minutes.

■ Excessive vomiting of yellowish-greenish semi-fluid masses,

almost gelatinous. ^Cholera infantum.

■ Vomiting of sour, yellow and black matter, with pain in ab-

domen. ^Yellow fever.

■ Excessive nausea, gagging, retching; so sensitive that the least

touch of the lips will bring on vomiting. ^Yellow fever.

■ Deadly nausea, must lie quiet, to ward oiF black vomit, which

is already in stomach and can be smelt. ^Yellow fever, early part of second stage.

■ ■Nausea; or black vomit, when other medicines fail. ^Yel-

low fever.

Vomiting brown fluid after drinking cold water ; dog.

Vomiting of food, bile and mucus.

Vomiting of acid matter, of black or yellowish matter, accom- panied by cold sweat in face, and griping.

Violent pains in stomach, in region of navel, and tenesmus with urging to stool ; vomiting of all food taken and much phlegm and bile. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach, l Burning and cutting pains in . stomach. ^Yellow fever.

■ Useful after cramps in stomach. ^Yellow fever.

Gastric symptoms aggravated during pregnancy ; in drunk- ards ; after cramps in stomach ; after drinking beer ; in forenoon.

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Cutting pain in stomach. Burning pain in stomach.

■ Intense burning in stomach; also burning from oesophagus to

■ Cutting pain in bowels and kidneys. ^Yellow fever. Pressure in sides of abdomen.

Compressed feeling in abdomen.

Stretching pain in abdomen.

Griping in lower bowels.

Lancinations, bruised pain, or pulsation in abdomen.

Feeling of inertia in abdomen. ^ Stool and Rectum. I Aivine evacuations, almost gelatinous of a yellowish-green semi-fluid character. ^Cholera infantum. ^' Urinary Organs, Griping in region of kidneys.

■ Cutting pain in region of kidneys and bowels. ^Yellow fever. ** Pregnancy, Parturition. Lactation. ■Acts well during

^Yellow fever.

Gastric symptoms during pregnancy.

Erysipelas of mammse.

Inflamed nipples. ^® Respiration, Interrupted breathing during sleep.

On waking, want of air. -^ Cough. Cough, with loss of consciousness, agitation, red face,

pain in stomach, or vomiting of bile. ^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. Feeling of dilatation of chest.

Feeling as if lungs adhered to chest.

Contraction in chest.

Painful blows in chest.

Tingling in chest.

Weakness of chest.

Chest symptoms are aggravated by a squatting posture. ^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation, ■Palpitation. ^Yellow fever.

Beating near heart.

■ ■Palpitation of heart, with constriction of chest. Pulse 80 to 100 ; dogs.

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^' Neck and Back. Pain in muscles of neck, as from efforts to

vomit. ^^ Upper Limbs. Suppuration of axillary glands.

Stretching of arms.

Sensation of swelling of arms.

Swelling of armbones.

Brown spots on elbow.

Tension in forearm.

Tearing pain in metacarpal joints.

Gnawing in hands.

Jerking of fingers.

Sweat in palms. ^^ Lower Limbs. Boils on buttocks.

Numbness of thighs.

While asleep, feet are agitated by shocks.

Rheumatism of lower limbs.

Digging and boring in lower limbs.

Pressure, pain as if sprained, trembling, or cramps in knee.

Tearing pain in legs.

Cramp of calf

Heaviness of feet.

Squatting posture : chest symptoms worse.

Walking : symptoms of stomach and hypochondrium < ; coldness.

Sitting : chest symptoms from squatting posture ; drowsy.

Ascending stairs : symptoms ■< in general. ^® Nerves. Jactitations ; startings of limbs.

Restlessness.

Very uneasy ; " changing his position often ; dog.

Weakness of affected parts, with horripilation.

Weak and thirsty ; dog.

Weakness after vomiting.

Great exhaustion after vomiting ; next morning, pain in mus- cles of neck and throat from great exertion in vomiting.

■ Child can hardly move a limb. ^Cholera infantum. ^- Sleep. Drowsiness when sitting.

Sleepiness in forenoon.

Somnolence, with broken dreams.

He sleeps with his eyes open.

Moaning and smiling during sleep.

Nightmare.

On waking up : symptoms < in general.

After sleep : symptoms < in general ; coldness.

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I Can hardly sleep; sleep, if at all, with open eyes. ^Cholera

muscles from vomiting ; sleepy ; after sleep, symptoms in

general. Air : sweat checked after exposure.

I Useful if any of the grave symptoms appear after being ex- posed to a draft of air, or when sweat is checked. ^Yellow

I A man after riding in sharp north-east wind (in France) had

a half sided rheumatic paralysis of face, appearing suddenly;

treated by the old school four weeks without success, got

I When sweat is checked after exposure to a draft of air. ^Yel- low fever. *^ Locality and Direction. Within out: lancination in eyes.

Gnawing : in hands.

bowels ; in kidneys. Beating : near heart.

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Pulsating : in temples ; in sides of abdomen.

Hammering : in head.

Bruised : in abdomen.

Pressure : above eyes ; behind ears ; in sides of abdomen ; in

rheumatic, in external chest; in neck ; sprain-like, in knee;

*" Skin. Itching : at night, in bed ; when touched, and during

cold ; ameliorated by scratching, which excites a voluptuous

Scaly, cracking, damp, suppurating herpes. Chilblains.

^^ Stages of Life, Constitution. lActs well with drunkards.

former acting more powerfully. Compatible : Bellad. after Cadmium removed rolling of head

Arsen. and Bellad. failed. ^Cholera infantum.

* I could give hundreds of cases of yellow fever where Cadmium relieved the most dangerous symptoms, but no case of that disease in its graver forms can be safely treated without Carbo vegetabilis. — Haedknstein.

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Compare : in constriction across chest, with palpitation, Kali chlor. ; in weakness, nausea, vomit and burning, Arsen. ; in nausea and retching, Asar., Bryon.^ Crot. tigl., Cuprum, Nux vom.^ Podoph., Tart. emet. ; in deathly nausea, Ipec, Tahae. ; in greenish, gelatinous vomit, Aethus., Arsen., Bryon., Ipec, Veratr.; in gelatinous stools, Aloes, Colchic, Cubeb , Jlelleb., Kali bich., Podoph., Rhus tox., Sepia (green).