Kali Bichromicum

Potassium Bichromate. K^Cr^Oi.

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,

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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-

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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.

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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.

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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.

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■ 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-

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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^^ 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

■ Papillae of tongue very long on dorsum; with a brown

colored patch.

■ Tongue coated, thick brown, as with thick yellow felt, at

the root; papillae elevated.

■ Syphilitic ulcers on tongue; deep; stinging; yellow base.

■ Deep ulcer on edge of tongue.

■ Stinging and pricking pains in tongue.

■ Sensation of a hair on back part of tongue and velum;

not > by eating or drinking. '^ Inner Mouth. ■■Dryness in mouth.

■ Dryness of mouth and lips, > by drinking cold water.

■ Sticky saliva in mouth and upper part of throat about

barley corn, colored red, as if little ulcers were about

to form.

■ Ulcer on roof of mouth, with sloughing. ^Syphilis.

■ Ulcers with hard edges, smarting, at mucous surface of

lips.

■ Aphthous ulcers, deeply corroding.

■ ■Syphilitic affections of mouth and fauces.

^^ Throat. sSoft palate slightly reddened; uvula relaxed, with sensation of a plug in throat, not > by swallowing.

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■ Sensation as if an acid acrid fluid was running through

posterior nares over palate, causing cough. I (Edematous uvula.

■ Deep, excavated sore, with a reddish areola, and contain-

ing a yellow, tenacious matter, at root of uvula ; fauces and palate erythematous, bright or dark red, or coppery. I Uvula and tonsils red, swollen and painful, finally be- coming ulcerated.

■ Swollen tonsils with deafness of children.

■ Tonsils swollen; neck thick outwardly below angle of

jaw; Eustachian tubes seem blocked up; is very deaf; could not hear watch, except when very close to ear.

■ Sharp, shooting pains in 1. tonsil, extending toward ear

> by swallowing ; suppuration of tonsils.

■ Indolent enlargement of tonsils, where there is little per-

ceptible inflammation; patient flabby ; leuco-phlegmatic habit of body; foul tongue; thickening of nasal mucous membrane, and disposition to scabby nostrils. ■Subacute inflammation of tonsils, with little fever, but tendency to formation of small ulcers on tonsils and velum.

■ Swelling of amygdalae with dirty redness, violent pain

on swallowing; no suppuration; very little fever. ■Ulcers on tonsils and throat, surface of which seemed covered with an ashy slough; surrounding mucous membrane dark, livid and swollen.

■ Congestion of all vessels, ulcers on tonsils, pimples on

uvula, uvula swollen and red.

■ Sensation of hair in fauces.

■ Dryness in mouth and throat.

■ Dryness and burning in throat, morning; often coinci-

dent with inability to breathe through nose.

■ Throat pains more when putting tongue out.

■ I Much tenacious mucus, sometimes thick, gelatinous,

hawked in morning.

■ Mucus so viscid that it draws out like a long thread from

gullet and throat; continually a troublesome retching and cough.

■ Very sore throat, pain much < by swallowing; throat

full of tough mucus which she could neither swallow nor hawk up; pains < putting tongue out; pain in side of head; shooting pain in 1. ear; 1. side of neck painful to touch and much swollen ; tonsils, especially 1., much swollen and inflamed.

■ Burning in pharynx, extending to stomach ; solids cause

pain when swallowed, and leave a sensation as of some- thing remaining there.

■ Posterior wall of pharynx dark red, glossy, puffed, show-

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ing ramifications of pale red vessels; to 1. of middle a small crack, exuding blood. I Two ulcers in back part of throat, over one half inch in diameter, deep, filled with cheesy looking matter, edges elevated, with well defined borders; also one ulcer which had eaten through velum palati, and from which continually oozed matter like that of the others; pale; emaciated; loss of appetite; very weak; "miserable all over." <?Ulcerated sore throat.

■ Follicular enlargement of mucous membrane of pharynx,

with chronic coryza, that forms hardened yellow pieces of mucus.

I Ulcers in fauces, also in pharynx, discharging cheesy

lumps of offensive smell.

I I Deep-eating ulcers in fauces, often syphilitic, I Chronic ulcer of pharynx.

■ Tonsils red, ulcerated; uvula nearly destroyed, only a

very small portion remaining; large ulcer on gums gradually increasing in size, with dirty edges and foul discharge; destruction of nasal septum, foul smelling ozsena, thick, puslike discharge from nose; upon drink- ing water it escapes through nose; glands of neck and lower jaw enlarged ; severe pain on swallowing; voice hoarse, nasal; excruciating pains in small of back. ^Syphilis. ■Ulceration of fauces to a great extent, with much red- ness of tissue surrounding ulcerated parts; at one part ulcer has perforated velum palati, forming a clean oval hole; much pain on swallowing; cough and thick, blackish mucus in morning; frequent tickling cough ; swelling and feeling of fulness in nose and sensation of a fetid smell. ^Syphilis.

■ Syphilitic mercurial sore throat, full of pockets.

■ Increased redness of sound places of mucous membrane

of mouth and fauces, with heightened sensitiveness. ^Diphtheritis.

■ Pharynx red and swollen; thick, tenacious, ashy grey

membrane, tough and glutinous, on tonsils and between them; thick, gurgling sound, with a flapping noise as of a piece of loose membrane, heard over larynx; face and especially forehead, of a bluish tinge; nose pinched ; mouth drawn; low fever; unable to swallow. ^Diph- theria.

■ Entire throat much swollen; thick, tenacious membrane

covering both tonsils and extending down pharjmx, and also to nostrils and eyes; fetid discharge from nose; shivering chills followed by dry heat; prostration ex- treme. ^Diphtheria.

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1 1 Diphtheria; pseudo-membranous deposit, firm, pearly, fibrinous, prone to extend downwards to larynx and trachea; bladder-like appearance of uvula, much swell- ing, but little redness.

■ Entire pharynx coated with tenacious, greyish, pseudo-

membrane of offensive odor; harsh and stridulous breathing; voice partially suppressed; harsh cough. ^Diphtheria.

■ During course of diphtheria, croupy cough; epiglottis

covered on apex and sides with membrane; breathing labored ; could not lie down ; cough hard, expectoration consisting of long, tenacious mucus; paroxysms of suf- focation at night; great drowsiness. ^Diphtheritic croup.

■ Patch on r. tonsil, croupy cough, bad odor from mouth,

no appetite ; temperature 101° ; pulse 100. ^Diph- theritic croup. {Kali bich. during day and Spongia at night.) ■Shrill, croupy cough, occasionally whistling and wheez- ing; rough, hoarse sound of voice with difficult breath- ing, as though lungs were stuffed with cotton; throat purple, with numerous isolated patches of greenish yellow exudation all over fauces; tongue, cheeks, gums smelling like decayed meat; pains extending to r. ear, when swallowing; expectoration frequently streaked with blood; exudation tough and firmly adhering, spreading upwards into nostrils and down into larynx ; tendency to diphtheritic deposits upon remote mucous membranes; great weakness; cachectic look; swollen glands. ^Diphtheria.

■ Almost unconscious condition; when aroused from it or

when awaking from apparent sleep, complains most, or feels worse; awakes often with desire to cough, or to hawk up detached portions of diphtheritic deposit; while making this attempt throws off tough, ropy, yel- low, discolored mucus; very great fetor; deposit covers throat, uvula, tonsils and even roof of mouth, and is of a yellow greyish color; becomes hoarse; tongue either quite red, or covered with a thick, yellow substance; the (r.) parotid gland is much smaller and, upon deglutition, pain shoots up to ear and down neck of affected side. ^Diphtheria.

■ Diphtheria: pain in ear extending to swollen parotid

glands and to head ; tongue coated yellow, especially at root; pricking in tonsils and scraping with stitches in throat; burning in throat; after abuse of lod. of Mercury.

■ Violent stitches in 1. ear extending into roof of mouth,

into corresponding side of head and same side of neck,

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which was painful to touch and glands swollen. ^Diph- theria.

■ Diphtheria on a wounded palate; much prostration;

exudation looked like mould on bread; discharge from nostrils.

■ Extensive, well organized deposit, exciting much cough.

■ Corresponds to form of disease in which vegetable parasite

found in diphtheritic deposit resembles the spirobacteria. ^* Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. ■Appetite lost; thirst increased ; foul tongue ; languor.

■ Longing for beer; for acid drinks, which increases.

■ Dislike to meat.

^* Eating and Drinking. ■Food lies like a load; sensation after a full meal as if digestion was suspended. ^Dys- pepsia.

■ Pressure and heaviness in stomach, immediately after

eating. ^Dyspepsia.

■ After dinner external stitches in epigastrium and breast

into nipple (male), and in r. hypochondrium.

■ Secondary bad effects from malt liquors; especially from

lager beer. ^"Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. ■ Fetid eructations. I I Eructations of air, relieving an uneasiness of stomach, like from pent up wind at gi'eat curvature.

■ Sudden nausea.

■ Nausea: feeling of heat over body, with giddiness, rush

■ Giddiness, followed by vomiting of an acid, white, mucous

fluid, with pressure and burning in stomach. ^Ulcer of stomach.

■ Almost immediately after eating, vomits all her food,

sour; appetite good ; tongue red in middle; bitter taste; constipation.

■ Vomiting: sour, undigested; of bile, bitter; pinkish,

glairy fluid; of mucus and blood; of blood, with cold sweat on hands, face hot; of yellow, purulent mucus.

■ ■ Nausea and vomiting of drunkards.

^'^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. ■Swelling of stomach (even- ing), with fulness and pressure ; cannot bear tight clothing; tongue yellow.

■ Pressure and heaviness in stomach; immediately after

eating.

■ Food lies on stomach like a load; digestion suspended.

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I I Awakens with a start; heat in pit of stomach and spit- ting of blood ; 2 a.m.

I Awoke with uneasiness, soreness and tenderness, especi- ally in a small spot towards 1. of ensiform cartilage; headache in a small spot.

■ Feeling of coldness in stomach and bowels.

I Pains and uneasiness in stomach, alternate with pains in limbs.

Gastric pains > after eating and rheumatic pains re- appear; when gastric symptoms reach to any height rheumatic pains subside.

■ Organic cardialgia; eructations; nausea like sea sickness;

sensation of fulness, heaviness; malaise after a meal; chilliness; inflation; gnawing, burning, constricting pain in stomach and hypochondria, < in morning and during motion, > by eating.

■ After food, choking, as if there was something hard all

down oesophagus, then a hiccup, and a jumping and shaking as if stomach jerked up, not painful ; then a curious feeling as of something eating in bowels; gulp- ing up of food unchanged and not sour, with pain across middle of back; constipation. ^Gastric affections.

■ Constant nausea and at times vomiting; choking feeling,

like a hair in back of throat, comes suddenly and causes sickness; constant tearing pain at epigastrium; smart- ing between scapulas; bad taste; tongue white; vertigo on rising. /^Gastric disorder.

■ Want of appetite ; fulness at chest, much flatulence; taste

of rotten eggs coming into mouth, with constant nausea; great dislike to fat meat; tongue reddisli and rough; sharp, shooting, stabbing pains all over head, < after- noon and evening; constipation; heat of whole body when walking; eyes weak; pain in eyeballs; drowsiness and languor in daytime, sleeplessness at night; fre- quently sharp, shooting, aching pains in sides and back.

■ Nausea on moving about or taking a short walk; fre-

quent sensation of nausea rising from stomach to pit of throat; paleness of face; flow of water in mouth; cop- pery taste; faintness and general coldness, and desire to lie down; frequent pain at epigastrium, pricking through to back, lasting about half an hour; thirst; brown tongue in morning; bowels very constipated; abdomen distended; constant hunger and craving; milk disagrees; almost daily headache, shooting from back to front; pains in both hypochondria on walking; ex- cessive languor and indisposition to bodily and mental exertion ; sleep unrefreshing. ^Affection of stomach. iPain in r. hypochondriac region, towards epigastrium^ <

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by touch and walking; vomiting of greenish, watery mucus in morning; thick yellow fur on tongue; no ap- petite. ^Gastric derangement.

B Appetite poor, but must eat often; as otherwise she felt faint; nausea, > after a meal; heartburn; not much flatulence; risings after food; metallic taste in mouth; pain or weight at stomach immediately after taking food, especially after meat; headache and giddiness; constipation; urine high colored; abdomen bloated; tongue too red and dry, but with a yellowish or brown- ish fur on it; arches of palate red; catamenia irregular and excessive; great weakness; rheumatism even when well. ^Dyspepsia.

BBBad effects of overindulgence in beer or other malt liquors; great weight in pit of stomach ; flatulency; loss of appetite; oppression of food immediately after eating; nausea, confused feeling, especially in morning, and vomiting of mucus ; bad humor.

iDines at 6 p.m., and in about three hours has waterbrash, raises phlegm continually, vomits whatever food remains in stomach, and rarely sleeps before midnight, as phlegm chokes him; cough; constipation, stools hard and passed with some exertion. ^Affection of stomach.

B Vomiting of food, sour, with nausea, coming on an hour after eating; pain at pit of stomach, like a stone; tongue white and flabby; bowels costive; meat, tea or cofiee vomited immediately. ^Dyspepsia.

BStomach complaint when there is pain in region of liver and sodden looking tongue, without much acidity or ' other symptoms, except general discomfort and some- times white stools.

B Gastric catarrh with acid vomiting; sudden dyspepsia w^hile eating.

B Dyspepsia and vomiting from chronic gastric catarrh; tongue coated thick, yellowish.

BChronic catarrh of stomach.

B Ulceration of stomach and duodenum.

BRound ulcer of stomach. ^^ Hypochondria, b Dull pain or stitches in r. hj^pochondrium, especially when limited to a small spot; clay colored stools; metallic taste; confusion in head.

Bin evening is seized with a violent aching continued pain, drawing her downwards, in r. hypochondrium, stretching from epigastrium round to shoulder; must undress immediately, though not perceptibly swelled; great oppression of breathing; pain lasts several hours and subsides gradually, without any evacuation or passing of wind; at times it is accompanied with

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nausea and some little vomiting; tongue flat and furred; bowels regular; complexion not yellow.

I Pain in a small spot in r. hypochondrium ; pretty con- stant, but < to a sharp stitch on sudden motion after sitting; appetite good and health not much affected.

I Pain in 1. hypochondrium, under ribs, unaffected by eat- ing or pressure, or respiration, < by a chill, or great bodily exertion.

■Constant dull aching in r. hypochondriac region.

■ Spasmodic attacks resembling those accompanying gall

stones. I Dull, heavy pressure or stitches in region of liver. iStitches in region of spleen, extending into lumbar region,

< from motion or pressure.

^Abdomen. iTympanitis; abdomen feels bloated, followed by eructations. I I Sensitiveness of abdomen to least pressure. 1 Stitches through abdomen, extending to spinal column.

■ Cutting, as from knives, soon after eating; colic, alter-

nating with cutting at navel, during niglit.

■ Cutting pains in lower intestines, and rumbling of gas

in upper. I I Dull, colicky pain round navel, coming on after any ex- posure to cold wind.

■ Almost immediately after eating complains of coldness

and nausea, looks pale, and has pain in abdomen; then vomiting of food, unchanged, sometimes sour or tinged with bile; vomiting gives relief; during rest of day languid, drowsy, and complains of cold, though body is hot; frequent colicky pains in abdomen; tongue white, furred ; thirst; bowels moved several times a day ; stools pale and liquid. ^Gastro-intestinal irritation.

■ Attacks of periodical spasmodic constriction of intestines,

with nausea, followed by a papescent stool and burn- ing in anus, with tenesmus.

■ Pain as in enteritis; vomits in rapid succession bilious,

bloody matter; blood bright and clotted; listless, indif- ferent, languid mood. ^Intussusception.

■ Gastro-intestinal inflammation, cramps here and there,

< in calves and inner parts of thighs.

I I Chronic ulceration of mucous membrane attended with vomiting of ingesta, hectic and emaciation. " Stool and Rectum. ■ Watery, gushing diarrhoea in morn- ing; awakes from urgent desire; followed by violent tenesmus, which prevents her rising; later, burning in abdomen, nausea and violent straining to vomit.

■ ■Diarrhoeic stool, of brown, frothy water, with exces-

sively painful pressure, urging and tenesmus in anus.

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iStools frequent, clay colored, thin, with lumps, blood streaks, much straining; little appetite, no thirst, no fever; insular large patches on tongue.

iClay colored stools. fc'Chronic diarrhoea.

■ Chronic morning diarrhoea; cough; early in morning,

pains darting through r, lung, from below mamma to back below r. scapula ; very acute pains darting from behind 1. hip down on outside of 1. thigh, and some- times to calf of leg; severe acute pains about 1. eye and 1. side of forehead.

I Chronic whitish diarrhoea with hepatic derangement of children.

I Diarrhoea < from lager beer.

iStools: blackish, watery; yellowish, watery; clay colored, watery and lumpy; jellylike; involuntary and often painless and odorless; bloody and extremely painful.

• Dysentery: brownish, frothy, watery, or frequent bloody evacuations, gnawing about navel, tenesmus; tongue smooth, red, cracked; after a burn.

■ Diarrhoea or dysentery after rheumatism.

■ Periodical dysentery every year; early part of Summer.

■ After Canthar. has removed stools like scrapings, jellylike

stools will sometimes appear ; Kali bich. will then com- plete cure. /^Dysentery.

Before stool: abdominal pains; erections. '

During stool: painful urging; burning and straining in anus ; succus prostaticus ; gnawing about navel ; pain in region of spleen; metallic taste in mouth; offensive breath; confusion in head.

After stool: remission of complaints; tenesmus; burning soreness or drawing in anus with nausea.

Papescent evacuations, with much rumbling in intestines.

■ Constipation, debility, coated tongue, headache, cold ex-

tremities ; stools dry, knotty. i Great constipation ; stools too large in size, and very painful to expel ; insular large patches on tongue.

■ Stool in one mass, of excessive hardness.

■ Hard, dry, knotty, difficult stools.

■ Hard evacuation, followed by burning and pressure in

anus.

■ Scanty, lumpy stool, followed by burning in anus.

■ Habitual constipation ; stools scanty, knotty, followed by

painful retraction of anus.

■ Stools dry, with burning at anus. .

■ Tendency to constipation, especially when there exists

an aggravation of general symptoms in consequence of its presence.

■ Periodic constipation every three or six months.

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During an emission of wind per anum, sweat all over body, but especially on face, from which it runs in streams.

■ Falling of rectum.

Pressing and straining in anus, with tenesmus.

■ Burning in anus after dry and knotty stool.

■ Sensation of plug in anus, can scarcely sit down. ■Soreness at anus, making it very painful to walk.

■ Fulness in hemorrhoidal vessels.

■ Painful dry piles, protruding after stool.

■ Hemorrhage from bowels; strength much impaired;

lips completely blanched; palpitation on slightest ex- ertion; tenderness over caecum ; stools sometimes natural, sometimes mucus streaked with blood, sometimes almost pure blood ; somewhat distended abdomen; stools never caused pain when they were solid, but when there was mucus or blood there was some tenesmus. ^' Urinary Organs. iPain across back, w4th red urine.

■ Shooting in renal region, small pulse, prostration; sup-

pressed urine. Constant aching in region of kidneys, < in r. side, where pain was frequently shooting through to bowels ; sore- ness at stomach and acidity; urine high colored and scanty.

■ Continuous desire to urinate during day.

■ Frequent discharge of watery urine, of strong smell,

awaking him at night.

Suppression of urine, with much pain in renal region.

■Suppression of urine following cholera.

I I Scanty, reddish urine.

■Scanty, high colored urine, with copious, w^hitish sedi- ment and pain in back.

■ Scanty urine, with a white film and whitish deposit; mu-

cous sediment.

■ Urine alkaline and ropy.

■ Painful drawing from perineum into urethra.

■ Before urination: pain in coccyx, extending into urethra.

■ During urination: heat in urethra; burning in glandu-

lar part of urethra, continuing long after; burning in fossa navicularis or in bulbus of urethra; backache.

■ After urination: burning in back part of urethra, with

sensation as if one drop had remained behind, with un- ♦ successful effort to void it; stitches in urethra. ^^ Male Sexual Organs. ■■Sexual desire absent, in fleshy people.

■ Constrictive pain at root of penis; morning on awaking.

■ Itching in hairy parts, skin inflames, small pustules form,

of size of a pin's head.

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I Chancres ulcerating deeply.

I I Indurated chancre.

I Pricking and itching at glans penis; ulcers.

iStitches in prostate when walking, must stand still; pros- tatic fluid escapes at stool. ^Chronic prostatitis.

I Gleet, with stringy or jellylike, profuse discharge. ^^ Female Sexual Organs. 1 1 Prolapsus uteri, seemingly from hot weather.

8 Subinvolution of uterus.

B Membranous dysmenorrhoea.

I Menses: too soon, with vertigo, headache, nausea and feverishness; obstinate suppression of urine or red urine.

■Soreness and rawness in vagina.

I I Swelling of genitals.

Iltching, burning and excitement about vulva; genuine pruritus.

iLeucorrhoea yellow, ropy; pain and weakness across small of back, and dull, heavy pains in hypogastrium.

ILeucorrhoea that can be drawn out in long strings; yel- low, ropy, stiffening the linen.

lAccumulation of thick, tenacious mucus.

■ Flushes in face, during climacteric period.

yellow coated tongue; inward coldness and heat of face;

constipation; violent abdominal pains; faintness.

^Vomiting of pregnancy. I Long and continued vomiting during pregnancy; can

retain no food in stomach ; great emaciation and debility. iMilk, as it flows from breast, has appearance of being

composed of stringy masses and water. ^ Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia, n Rough,

hoarse or nasal voice. I Hoarseness and accumulation of mucus in larynx, in

morning. 1 I Hoarseness in evening. iChronic hoarseness with laryngitis.

iThroat dry and rough, with great hoarseness or aphonia. I Tickling in throat, causes cough. lAccumulation of tough mucus in larynx, causes hawking.

■ Hawks copious, thick blue mucus, in morning.

■ Sensation as from ulceration in larynx.

■Frequent attacks of hoarseness, cough and difficulty of swallowing; sore throat and sensation of a lump, par- tially > by swallowing; hoarseness and loss of voice; cough with blackish sputa, most in morning, with pain at sternum "like pins and needles."

■ Pain in throat, and feeling of swelling in larynx; hoarse,

husky voice; cough with sputa difficult to detach;

' KALI BICHROMICUM.

cough and dyspnoea in morning; pain across epigas- trium and abdomen ; constipation. ^Affection of larynx. I After catching cold, sensation of dryness in throat some- tinies becoming a burning, which extended to larynx; voice rough, hoarse ; at times, short, dry cough ; grey- ish white coating on posterior wall of pharynx; debility and lassitude. ^Laryngitis.

■ Oppression of chest; without cough, expectoration of

■ Catarrhal laryngitis and catarrhal aphonia; < in even-

ing and when weather is going to change, and after long talking.

■ Attacks of dyspnoea, and more or less difficulty in taking

an inspiration at all times; tough, offensive expectora- tion; constant hoarseness; appetite poor; emaciation. /^Chronic inflammation of larynx and trachea.

■ Pharynx bluish with varicose veins; vocal cords and pos-

terior parts of larynx red and puffy and covered with greyish mucus; sensation of dryness; tickling in larynx when speaking; voice rough and hollow; cough with , scanty, stringy expectoration, provoked by speaking and laughing; chronic laryngitis.

■ Chronic laryngitis, with congestion; swelling of tissues

and increased secretion of a glutinous fluid ; < towards morn ing, when tough mucus nearly strangles him. ^Fol- licular laryngitis.

■ Gradual and insidious onset; at first only slight difficulty

of breathing, when mouth is closed; as disease pro- gresses there is fever, increased difficulty of breathing, hoarse voice, constant cough at intervals; cough hoarse, dry, barking, metallic; deglutition painful; tonsils and larnyx red, swollen, covered with false membrane, diffi- cult to detach, with expectoration of tough, stringy mu- cus; finally breathing performed only by abdominal muscles, and those of neck and shoulders; head bent backwards, breath offensive; diminished temperature, prostration, stupor and death from asphyxia, if not re- lieved. ^Membranous croup.

■ Croupy cough ; labored and quick breathing; epiglottis

slightly covered with a pale, pearly coating; cough dry and severe; pain and soreness in larynx; expectoration gelatinous. ^Membranous croup.

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I Fever, fluent coryza, croupy cough, < in morning; mem- brane throughout fauces, tending to spread downwards to larynx; epiglottis faintly covered ; coughed up tough, chunky mucus. ^Membranous croup.

I On fourth day of slight attack of diphtheria, sudden croupy cough ; breathing labored ; could not lie down ; cough hard; expectoration of long, tenacious mucus; very drowsy ; epiglottis covered on apex and sides with membrane. ^Diphtheritic croup.

■Croupy cough and difficult breathing, with wheezing; expectoration of yellow, somewhat stringy mucus, which had to be removed with finger; tonsils and fauces lined with a white, pearly coating, extending down to larynx; < on r. side. ^Membranous croup.

I After riding against a cold west wind, cold in head and

throat, followed by croupy cough; increased dryness of throat at night, breathing could be heard distinctly through house; cough in paroxysms, fearfully increased after sleep. ^Croup.

I I Membranous or diphtheritic croup invading larynx, tra- chea and even bronchi ; voice hoarse, uncertain, cough hoarse, metallic; deglutition painful, tonsils red, swollen, or covered with false membrane difficult to detach, with expectoration of tough, stringy mucus; coughs up casts of elastic, fibrinous nature; loud mucous rales; wheez- ing rattling in sleep; insidious approach; fat, chubby, light haired children.

I Early, formative stage of croup ;< 2 to 3 a.m.; tough mucus strangles him.

■ Sensation of lump in upper part of trachea, and of hairs

across base of tongue, which neither hawking, swallow- ing nor eating relieves.

■ Catarrh of fauces and trachea ; great accumulation of ropy

mucus; hoarseness; cough; suppressed voice; burning of mucous membrane, extending up into nostrils; ton- sils enlarged, causing dulness of hearing; ulceration of pharynx and larynx ; oppressed breathing.

■ Burning sensation in trachea and bronchi.

I I Sensation of dryness in bronchi in morning.

■ Violent ringing cough; difficult, yellowish white expec-

toration; burning, raw pain down throat and along sternum; dyspnoea and wheezing, must sit partially up in bed; pulse quick and small; no sleep throughout whole night. ^ Acute bronchial catarrh.

■ Constant cough, keeping him awake whole night, and

causing much distress from pain in chest, which he described as a tearing and burning; constant running from nose; pain in frontal sinuses; general feeling of lassitude and languor. ^Catarrh of chest.

335 KALI BICHROMICUM.

I Frequent severe paroxysms of cough, loose, wheezing sound, no sputa; perspiration < at night; loud wheez- ing and rattling ; dyspnoea on lying down. 6'Bronchial catarrh.

■ Violent paroxysms of cough, with little expectoration,

and that of stringy mucus, leaving patient excessively exhausted, sometimes attended with dry retching. ^Bronchitis.

■ Acute capillary bronchitis. .

■ Every two or three weeks, after any slight exposure, is

seized with chilliness and languor, with flushed face, headache and hot hands for half a day ; then heat of whole body; disturbed sleep and screaming at night, followed by paroxysms of coughing, with vomiting of tough mucus like white of egg and yellow, acid fluid; then for several days cough; want of appetite; foul tongue; constipation. ^Bronchial attacks after whoop- ing cough.

■ Common bronchitis, vacillating between acute and torpid

inveterate character of disease, and especially if attended by periosteal or rheumatic pains of chronic character. ■Violent, tight, dry cough, < during day, and always ex- cited by any exposure to smoke; wheezing at night in bed. ^Chronic bronchitis.

■ Rattling in chest, dyspnoea on l^'ing down. ^Chronic

bronchitis.

■ Chronic bronchitis for many months; cough slight, but

much viscid, expectoration, in grey lumps; slight sore throat; pain at epigastrium; flatulence.

■After catching cold, one year ago, cough, with great op- pression of chest and swelling of veins of neck ; sputa in tough, black lumps; cough < after eating or drinking; dyspnoea on exertion. 6'Chronic bronchitis.

■Stringy expectoration; sensation of choking on lying down. ^Chronic bronchitis.

■ Chronic bronchitis caused by inhalation of vapor of

arsenic.

■ Subacute and chronic inflammatory processes in larynx

or bronchial tubes, with congestion and swelling of tubes and increased secretion of glutinous mucus, which veils and alters voice.

■ Bronchial dilatation with fetid breath and expectoration. ^^ Bespiration. Oppressed breathing, awakens at 2 a.m. ; pal- pitation; orthopnoea, sits bent forward; caused by mu- cus, croup, croupous diphtheria, chronic bronchitis, membranous bronchitis, or from disturbed circulation ; cold sensation and tightness about heart, lower portions of lungs oppressed.

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Pressure and heaviness on cnest, as from a weight; wakens with this sensation at night and is relieved after rising.

Like a heavy load on chest when awaking from sleep.

I Wheezing, panting on awaking; then cough wliich forces him to sit up, bent forward.

I Wheezing at night after whooping cough.

I Dyspnoea.

■Slight dyspnoea, as if mucous membrane of bronchi was thickened, on rising in morning.

■Tightness at bifurcation of bronchi.

■ Sensation of choking on lying down.

"" Cough. I Cough excited by: tickling in larynx, or at bron- chial bifurcation ; by oppression at epigastrium, or accu- mulation of mucus in larynx.

I Dry, short, continual tickling cough and pain in larynx, as if from an ulcer.

■Cough accompanied by inward soreness in chest, espe- cially in one point, as if an ulcer was there.

■ ■Cough, with pain, from mid-sternum through to back ;

severe stitching, or weight and soreness in chest.

■ Dry cough, with stitches in chest, pain in loins, vertigo,

dyspnoea, shootings in chest.

■ During cough: bloody taste in mouth-; nausea; ulcera-

tive pain in throat; pressure in sternum and larynx, ex- tending into OS hyoides; burning pain in sternum, ex- tending into shoulders; heaviness, sensitiveness and pains in chest; palpitation with rattling in throat; pains> in sides and loins > by pressure. ■Loud, harsh cough, in single coughs, at different times, for an hour or two, and then not for some hours, most in morning on waking.

■ ■Cough in morning on awakening, with dyspnoea, >

by lying down.

■ ■Cough, especially in morning, with expectoration of

white mucus, " tough as pitch," can be drawn out into strings.

■ Constant hacking cough, sometimes with expectoration

of blood; nocturnal perspiration; night disturbed by cough; tickling irritation in larynx; no appetite; pale; phthisical habitus.

■ Continuing cough, with expectoration of blood ; irritation

■ Wheezing and panting, then violent cough, with retching

and difficult expectoration of mucus, so viscid that it can be drawn in strings down to feet. ■Cough caused by eating; dry cough after dinner.

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I Cough witli smooth or follicular inflammatory redness of pharynx and fauces.

■ Dyspnoea and dry cough for six weeks, followed by expec-

toration of dark grey mucus of consistence of white of egg, with soreness and oppression of chest. I Cough resonant, whistling, with nausea and expectoration of thick mucus; whistling, loud rattling in chest.

I Choking cough, with tough, stringy mucus, which sticks

to throat, mouth and lips.

I I Cough hoarse, metallic, in croup (membranous or diph- theritic), with expectoration of tough mucus or fibro- elastic casts.

■Stuffing cough with pain at chest, and expectoration of yellowish, heavy, tough matter.

■ Cough with expectoration of yellowish green tough matter.

■ Cough with thick, heavy expectoration, bluish lumps of

mucus.

■ Cough with transparent, dirty, slate colored sputa.

■ After whooping cough, six months previously, cough still

continued, loose and rattling and tickling in fits at night ; wheezing during day without cough; occasional pitui- tous vomiting.

■ Whooping cough; mucus so viscid that it stretched in

long strings from mouth to ground.

■ ■Expectoration is very glutinous and sticky; adhering to

fauces, teeth, tongue and lips, finally leaving mouth in long, stringy and very tenacious mass.

■ Expectoration with traces of blood.

Inner Chest and Lungs. ■ Pains from back to sternum; or, from mid-sternum darting to between shoulders. ■Itching behind sternum, causing violent, racking, par- oxysmal cough.

■ Face slightly flushed; nasal mucous membrane irritable,

either dry or secretes copiously a yellow mucus; eyes now healthy, often catarrh in corners; teeth all destroyed (rnercurial sequela) ; tongue clear at tip, which is covered with red points, root thickly coated yellow; great dry- ness of mouth, alternating with salivation; gums livid; fauces and pharynx covered with red granulations, in- terlaced with white streaks and reaching down to cesoj^h- agus; constant irritation, as from a foreign body in throat, sometimes severe burning and scratching; taste sour, often metallic; great thirst; stomach bloated, with sensitiveness, fulness and pressure; vomits sometimes; region of rectum sensitive to pressure; urine very acid; stool hard and defecation difficult; dysmenorrhoea; dull percussion sound over r. upper anterior and pos- terior part of chest; weak, rattling murmur in apex of

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r. lung; same symptoms on 1. side, only weaker; cough mostly dry, but troublesome, especially in morn- ing after dressing and late in evening; thick, tough, white sputa; heat and titillation in larynx before cough- ing, causing restlessness and impatience. ^Consumption.

I Cough, with profuse, yellow, stringy expectoration, and much sweating; pain, as of ulceration of larynx, causing cough at almost every inspiration; feeling of stifiness in larynx. ^Phthisis pulmonalis.

I I Scirrhous degeneration of both lungs, expectoration so viscid that it could be drawn a yard from mouth ; cough very violent, preventing sleep and rest.

B Hgemoptysis ; pneumonia. ^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. iCold sensation about heart; tightness of chest ; dyspnoea,

■ Pressure on heart after eating.

■ Pricking pain in region of heart.

• Palpitation, dyspnoea, accelerated pulse, heat; awakens suddenly with a start, 2 a.m.

■ Hypertrophy of heart; insufficiency of aortic valves.

I Pulse: irregular, small, contracted, with nosebleed; accel- erated, often soft, weak, even fluttering.

■ Pulsation felt in all the arteries.

^" Outer Chest. Dull pain in r. side over a circumscribed spot,

< on inspiration.

^' Neck and Back. ■Stiffness of nape of neck on bending head. Brown spots on throat like freckles.

■ Stabbing from third cervical to fifth dorsal vertebra,

striking forward through chest to sternum, < on motion ; inability to straighten spine after stooping.

■ Pain in back striking through to sternum with cough and

expectoration of tough, black mucus. I I Pain in small of back.

■ Sharp, shooting pains, first 1. then r. renal region, extend-

ing down thighs, < on motion.

■ ■Sharp, stinging pain in region of kidneys.

■ Aching in back and down 1. side into hip.

I I Pain: as from a knife, through loins; cannot walk.

I I Pains across loins with coldness of extremities.

■Pheumatic pains in back, while stooping felt as if something cracked across sacrum, cannot stoop or move for pain, which remains constant even while at rest, but

< on least movement of trunk or legs.

■ A violent aching pain, " like a gathering," in a small spot

in sacrum, a steady, throbbing pain, most felt at night and hinders sleep; > in day, when up and walking about, but unable to lift anything.

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■ Pain in sacrum ; cannot straighten himself.

I I Cutting pain in outer 1. side of sacrum, shooting up and

down, I Pains in os coccygis, < from walking, or touch, and after

rising after long sitting. llPain in coccyx, while sitting. ^" Upper Limbs, i Rheumatic pains in both shoulders, < at

formation of numerous ulcers, from which above a dozen

nearl}'- solid masses of matter fell on striking the arm

firmly, leaving ulcers clean, dry cavities, which slowly

filled up and healed. ■Rheumatic pains in elbows and wrist joints; stinging in

I. elbow.

■ Papular eruption on forearms, lasting a few days, and fre-

quently recurring. t I Redness, swelling and itching in a spot on wrist; then great pain; after some time matter formed and broke the skin, and continued to ooze out for two or three months, then healed, leaving a cicatrix depressed as if scooped out.

■ Great weakness of hands. ■Spasmodic contraction of hands.

I I Psoriasis diffusa of hands, after some time degenerating into impetigo.

■ Hands completely covered with depressed cicatrices which

look as if they had been punched out with a wadding cutter. Hands become covered with deep, stinging cicatrices.

■ Bones of hands as if bruised, when pressed; ulcers on

fingers, with caries.

■ Rheumatic pains in finger joints.

After redness and swelling of finger, with some throbbing pain, an ulcer formed over joint of forefinger, with white overhanging edges and dark, gangrenous central points, skin and cellular tissue movable as if separated from their attachments.

■Small pustules on roots of nails, spreading over hands to wrists; arm became red and axillary glands suppurated;

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small pustules on hands secreted a watery fluid when broken ; if not touched fluid became thickened to a yel- low, tough mass.

Painful ulcer under thumb nail. ^^ Lower Limbs. iRheumatic pains in hip joints and knees, on walking or moving, also with restlessness, in diph- theria.

I Pain in course of 1. sciatic nerve, from behind great tro- chanter to calf; > in motion.

Stitches in r. side of chest and in 1. sciatic nerve.

Sciatica: in males; 1. side, pain running from hip to knee; wandering, erratic pains, sharp pain in knee and hip joint, aching in leg, with trembling; pains come on quickly and subside soon; jerking aching pain in hip; pain >by walking and flexing leg; < in hot weather, by standing, sitting, or lying in bed ; pressure causes pain to shoot along entire length of nerve. ^Sciatica.

iPain aggravated by standing, sitting, or lying in bed; > by walking and flexing leg; pressure caused pain to shoot along entire length of nerve; 1. leg aff'ected. ^Sciatica.

■Sciatica from getting her clothes damp; pain in 1. hip, > from motion.

I Pain in r. hip, extending to knee.

■ Heaviness of legs; aching and weakness in calves on

walking or going up stairs. Eruption on legs and thighs of reddish, hard knots, from

size of a pin's head to that of a split pea, with a depressed,

dark scurf in centre, with an inflamed base. ■Violent pains in shin bones and burning, extending up

legs ; aching and shooting in front of thighs and knees ;

< at night, without swelling.

■ Pain in tendons of muscles of calf, as if stretched, causing

lameness.

■ Tearing in r. tibia.

■Tearing pains in tibia, from tertiary syphilis. Pain in middle of tibia.

■ Periostitis from a blow on shin, leaving an ulcer on spot

about size of a shilling, skin and cellular tissue around it much inflamed ; great pain in leg when he stands ; violent pain shooting up to knee; stiffness of flexor muscles of knee.

■ Red, painful, doughy swelling on r. shin; tender to touch

and after standing, but especially painful at night, when gnawing and scraping pains keep her awake; leucor- rhoea and itching of vulva. ^Syphilitic periostitis.

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I A number of small, irregular ulcers on leg, which leave a depressed cicatrix on healing. ^'Syphilis.

Small pimples on legs, which spread into large scarlet blotches, discharging yellow matter.

Sensation of dislocation in 1. ankle.

I Violent burning heat around ankle and heel,deep seated, and hindering sleep; three small, irregular, shallow ulcers; costive bowels; fluttering at heart.

I Soreness in heels when walking.

Blister, full of serum, on sole of r. foot.

I Ulcers on previously inflamed feet. ^ Limbs in General. iShooting pricking pains, < in morning.

■ Frequent and severe pain in limljs, especially arms, at-

tended with cramping of hands; when free from pain in limbs had pain and uneasiness in stomach and pain in malar bones.

■ Periodical, wandering pains, also along bones; generally

without localized inflammatory processes. iPain in limbs shifting from place to place. Bones feel bruised; cracking in joints iVom motion.

■ Stiff all over, could hardly move in morning.

All the limbs stiff, with shooting pains, < in morning. ,

■ Rheumatism of limbs, especially in joints. Rheumatic pains: in limbs; in hips and fingers, < during

day. Chronic rheumatism of a cold variety; bones feel sore and

on painful side <; dyspnoea; sensation of choking;

Sitting : pain in coccyx ; sciatica < ; profuse sweat on back. After rising after long sitting: pains in os coccygis <.

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Could hardly sit down : sensation of plug in anus.

Must sit up partially in bed : on account of dysj)noea.

Sits bent forward: orthopncea; on account of wheezing.

Standing: sciatica <; great pain in leg.

After standing: doughy swelling on r. shin.

Motion: aversion to; organic cardialgia <; sudden, after sitting, sharp stitch in r. hypochondrium ; pain through chest to sternum < ; shooting pain in renal region < ; rheumatic pain < on movement of trunk and limbs; rheumatic pains in hip joints and knees; pain in course of sciatic nerve > ; cracking of joints.

Slightest motion: pain in blood boil on r. side of spine.

Slightest exertion: causes palpitation; expectoration of blood mixed with phlegm ; dyspnoea.

Moving abo'ut: throbbing over eyes <; nausea <.

Cannot stoop or move: with pain across sacrum which re- mains constant even while at rest.

Putting tongue out: pain in throat <.

Going up stairs: dizziness; aching in calves.

Flexing leg: > pain in hip.

Walking: heat of whole body; pains in both hypochon- dria; in r. hypochondriac region; painful on account of soreness at anus; stitches in prostate, must stand still; pain in sacrum > ; pain in os coccygis < ; rheumatic pains in hip joints and knees; jerking aching pain in hip >; aching in calves; soreness in heels.

Must walk up and down room whole night on account of burning itching of papular itching.

Cannot walk: on account of pain through loins.

Tossing arms: during sleep. ^® Nerves. ' ' Great wearines, and general discomfort; debility, with desire to lie down.

■ Weariness in limbs as the pains subside.

■ Prostration; face pale, cold sweat on face and body.

■ ■Neuralgia every day at same hour.

■ Unrefreshing sleep; feels debilitated, especially in ex-

tremities.

■ During sleep frequent starts, incoherent talk, tossing

arms.

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1 Awakened: with desire to urinate; by dyspnoea; palpi-

tation; heat; headache. ^ I Worse on awaking : head and chest symptoms especially. ^ Time. Most symptoms appear in morning, or are then most severe.

2 A.M. : h'eat in pit of stomach and spitting of blood ; op- pressed breathing awakens; awakens with a start.

2 to 3 A.M.: croup <.

Mornings: lightness in head <; pain in one side of head comes on ; acute throbbing in eyebrows, lasting all day ; sight is blurred; on awakening, headache; pain in fore- head and vertex; slight photophobia; catarrhal inflam- mation < on awaking; inflammation of eyes with agglu- tination; frequent sneezing, obstruction and bleeding from r. nostril; thick, yellow discharge from 1. nostril; cough < ; taste coppery, sweetish, sour, bitter; dry- ness and burning of throat; much tenacious mucus hawked; black mucus from throat; nausea <; organic cardialgia <; brown tongue; confused feeling; watery, gushing diarrhoea; chronic diarrhoea; pains darting through r. luug; on awaking, constrictive pain at root of penis; hoarseness and accumulation of mucus in larynx; hawks copious, thick, blue mucus; cough with blackish sputa; cough and dyspnoea; expectoration of blood mixed with phlegm <; chronic laryngitis < towards morning, when tough mucus nearly strangles him; fever and croupy cough <; dryness of bronchi; when rising, slight dyspnoea; loud, harsh cough <; cough with dyspnoea; cough < ; limbs stiff with shoot- ing pains < ; great thirst.

9 A.M. : attack of pain in head begins, goes off in afternoon.

Begins morning, increases till noon, ceases towards even- ing: violent shooting from root of nose to external angle of eye.

Day: shooting in temples and over eyes; drowsiness and languor; continuous desire to urinate; violent, tight cough <; wheezing without cough; aching in sacrum >; rheumatism of hips and fingers <.

Afternoon: sharp pains all over head; sciatica <.

Evening: headache; coryza <; swelling of stomach; sharp pains all over head; violent aching pains in r. hypochondrium ; hoarseness; catarrhal laryngitis; ca- tarrhal aphonia <; cough <; sciatica <.

Night: pain in 1. side of head < ; shooting in temples and over eyes; pulsating pain in ears; running from nose and eyes, always < ; parox3'sms of suffocation; sleepless- ness; cutting at navel; frequent discbarge of watery urine of strong smell awakening him ; dryness of throat

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< ; no sleep on account of cough ; perspiration < ; dis- turbed sleep and screaming; wheezing in bed; sensation of weight on chest; sweats; cough; tickling cough; aching in small spot in sacrum < ; rheumatic pain in shoulders; aching in front of thighs and knees <; doughy swelling on r. shin; heat and itching of skin; burning itching of papular eruption; throat sore on swallowing, ^^ Temperature and Weather, i ■ Complaints in hot w eather.

■ Liability to take cold in open air.

I I Eruptions begin in warm weather. {Bhus in cold.)

■ Moderately cold air is felt very unpleasantly.

1 I General feeling better outdoors, particularly vertigo > while walking in open air; chilliness and complaints of stomach < in open air.

I I Uncovering <; wrapping up >.

Open air: throbbing over eyes >; headache >; frequent sneezing and coryza < ; nausea > ; drowsy.

In bed: sciatica > ; pain from patella to foot <.

Seeks a warm place : on account of chilliness in back.

Dry, warm air: throat >.

Warm temperature: dryness of nose < ; cough > ; itching of skin.

Warm, damp weather: constant snuffling; throat <.

Warm soup: burning headache >.

Hot weather: prolapsus uteri, seemingly from ; sciatica < ; violent itching of eruption < ; eruption begins.

Wind: watery discharge from r. nostril <.

Cool temperature: dryness of nose >.

Cold weather: itching of eruption >; ulcers painful.

Cold, west wind: riding against caused cold in head fol- lowed by croup.

Cold winds: cause dull, colicky pains around navel.

Cold, damp weather: throat <.

Drinking cold water: does not > dry mouth and lips.

Change of weather: sciatica <.

When weather is going to change: catarrhal laryngitis <.

Undressing: cough <.

After catching cold : cough. Fever, l Chilliness in back, sleepiness; seeks a warm place.

I Chilliness alternating with flushes of heat.

i Chilliness with giddiness and nausea, followed by heat, with sensation of coldness and trembling; periodical stinging pains in temples ; without thirst.

■Attacks of chilliness from feet upM^ards, and sensation as if skull at vertex became contracted, in frequently re- turning paroxysms.

iChill, followed in an hour by heat, with dryness of mouth

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and lips, which have to be moistened all the time; fol- lowed in morning by great thirst but no sweat; ill humor.

I Chilliness, especially on extremities, and flushes of heat alternating with general sweat.

I Burning heat of upper part of body and face, with inter- nal chilliness and violent thirst.

II Giddiness; violent, painful vomiting followed by pain in forehead, burning of eyes, great burning heat of upper part of body and face, with internal chilliness and violent thirst.

■ Flushes of heat; in face. ^Climaxis.

■ Heat of hands and feet; nausea; pain in upper part of

abdomen; dryness of mouth; sleeplessness; followed by sweat of hands, feet and thighs.

I I Flushes of heat alternating with general sweat.

I I Hands cold and bathed in cold sweat.

I I Sweat on forehead ; rest of face dry.

■ Symptoms alternate.

■ Gastric symptoms supersede rheumatic.

■ ■Pains appear rapidly, disappear suddenly. Frequently returning paroxysms: sensation as if skull or

vertex became contracted.

Periodical attacks : of semilateral headaches ; spasmodic constriction of intestines ; of stinging pains in temples.

Periodic: headaches ; constipation.

At intervals: shooting in r. temple.

An hour after eating : vomiting of food with nausea.

One hour after chill: heat.

Several times a day: bowels moved.

Comes and goes with sun : headache.

Every day at same hour: neuralgia.

Almost daily: headache.

On fourth day of diphtheria: sudden croupy cough.

For several days, after exposure : cough, want of appetite.

Every two or three weeks: after slight exposure is seized with chilliness and languor, flushed face, headache, hot hands for half a day.

For six weeks: dyspnoea and dry cough. *

Every three or six months: constipation.

Fall and Spring: alternately gastric symptoms and rheu- matism.

For many months : chronic bronchitis.

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Every year: periodical dysentery.

One year ago: after catching cold, cough.

Dines at 6 p.m., and in about three hours has waterbrash.

Lasting half an hour: erections; pricking through back.

Lasts ten hours: pain in head.

Lasting a few days: papular eruptions on forearms. *^ Locality and Direction. Right: pain beginning in supra-' orbital ridge, spreading over one side of head; pain round eye and malar bone; loss of sight of eye; acute throbbing in centre of eyebrow; pain in side of chest; shooting in temple; complete pannus of eye; eye in- flamed; an old cicatrix upon eye; itching of ear lobe; mumps on side of lip; on blowing nose violent stitches in side of nose; watery discharge irom nostril; obstruction and bleeding from nostril; violent sticking in side of nose on blowing it; nostril filled with hard masses; swelling of a highly vascular, spongy texture in nostril; small ulcer on edge of nostril; spot in lachrymal bone swollen and throbbing; small tubercle on side of nose; mumps; gum of lower jaw very much swollen; patch on tonsil; pains extending to car; stitches in hypochon- drium ; pain in hypochondriac region ; aching in hypo- chondrium; pains in a small spot in hypochondrium ;

( constant dull aching in hypochondriac region; pains dart through lung from below mamma to back below scapula; aching in region of kidney; dull percussion sound over upper anterior and posterior part of chest ; weak, rattling murmur in apex of lung; dull pain in side over a circumscribed spot; painful stiffness of arm; stitches in side of chest; pain in hip to knee; tearing in tibia; red, painful, doughy swelling on shin; blister full of serum on sole of foot; blood boil on thigh; blood boil on side of spine; blisters full of serum on sole of foot.

Left: pain in temple stretching to r. temple; pain in side of head and over eye; violent pain in side of head, zygomatic process; shooting pain along orbital arch; eyeball tender when rubbed; partial pannus of eye; pricking, stinging pains in eye; small, white, granular pustules on cornea; eye greatly injected; shooting pains in ear; stitches in ear and parotid gland; violent stitches in ear extending to roof of mouth, side of head and neck; external meatus of ear swelled and inflamed; • tickling high up in nostril; constant discharge of thick, yellow matter from nostril ; severe pain up muscle of side of neck; half way up nostril severe smarting pain ; spongy swelling in nostril; shooting pain in upper max- illary bone towards ear; shooting inward in malar bone;

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twanging like wires in face and neck; sore on chest; shooting pain in tonsil; uneasiness, soreness and tender- ness in a small spot towards 1. of ensiform cartilage; pain in hypochondrium; acute pains darting from be- hind hip, down on outside of thigh ; acute pains about eye and side of forehead ; smarting feeling in side of throat; weak, rattling murmur in apex of lung; aching down side into hip; pain in outer side of sacrum; stitches at lower angle of shoulder blade; stinging at elbow; pain in course of sciatic nerve ; stitches in sciatic nerve; pains running from hip to knee; sensation of dislocations in ankle.

First 1. then r. renal region: sharp, shooting pains.

Outward: a shooting in temples and over eyes. ^ Sensations. H Pains in small spots, which can be covered with point of finger.

1 1 Pains attack first one part, then reappear in another.

■ Heavy feeling in many parts.

As if head would burst; pressure on vertex as from a weight; sensation as from sand in eyes ; as if nose must burst; as if nose was swollen; a stiff sensation of a hard substance in nose; as if a heavy weight was hanging from nose; as if nostrils were made of parchment; as if two loose bones were rubbed against each other ; nose feels too heavy; tickling as from a hair high up in 1. nostril; as if losing her reason from burning sensation in face; sensation of a hair on back part of tongue; sensation of a plug in throat; as if acid fluid was running through posterior nares over palate; as if some- thing remained in throat after swallowing; as though lungs were stuffed with cotton; as if digestion was suspended ; as if there was something hard all down oesophagus; as if stomach jerked up; as if something was eating in bowels; sensation of plug in anus; as from ulceration in larynx; as from a lump in throat; feeling of swelling in larynx; throat as if lined with wash leather; cutting as from knives in abdomen; sensation as if one drop of urine had re- mained behind; pain at sternum "like pins and needles;" as if a lump was in upper part of trachea, and of hairs across base of tongue; like a heavy load on chest; as if mucous membrane of bronchi was thick- ened; pain in larynx as if from ulcer; as if an ulcer was in chest; irritation as from foreign body in throat; as from a knife through loins; as if something cracked across sacrum when stooping; as if r. arm had gone to sleep; cicatrices on hands look as if they had been punched out with a wadding cutter; bones of hands as

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if bruised ; as if tendons of muscles of calf were stretched ; as if skull on vertex became contracted ; stitches in bones as if from needles ; pain as if in bone of foot.

Pain: in epigastrium; in forehead over one eye; begin- ning in r. supraorbital ridge, spreading over one side of head; in 1. temple; across forehead; to 1. temple; around eye and malar bone of r. side; in 1. side of head and over 1. eye; in r. side of chest; in head at a point; in forehead and vertex; from occiput to forehead; from ears into glands; in throat when putting tongue out; in side of head; extending from throat to ear; in ear ex- tending to swelled parotid gland and to head; in stomach; in limbs; across middle of back; in eyeballs; in epigastrium ; in both hypochondria; in r. hypochon- driac region; at pit of stomach; in region of liver; in abdomen; as in enteritis; in region of spleen; acrofc>s back; in coccyx into urethra; at sternum; in throat; across epigastrium; in larynx; in chest; in frontal sinuses; in larynx from mid sternum through to back; in loins; in sides; in sacrum; in small of back; across loins; in os coccygis; in coccyx; in course of 1. sciatic nerve from behind great trochanter to calf; from hip to knee; in 1. hip; in r. hip to knee; in tendons of muscles of calves; in middle of tibia; in forehead; in upper part of abdomen.

Excruciating pain: in small of back.

Intolerable pain: in forearms and hands.

Excessive pain : in eyes.

Violent pain: in temples; in head; in 1. side of head at zygomatic process; from occiput to forehead; in throat; in abdomen; in shin bones; from patella to foot.

Severe pain: in frontal sinuses; up muscles of 1, side of neck to small spot on side of head; on swallowing; about 1. eye and 1. side of forehead; in hip and down outside of thigh ; in limbs; in arms.

Great pain: in nose on removal of elastic plugs; in a spot on wrist; in leg when he stands.

Acute throbbing pain: in centre of r. eyebrow.

Tearing pain: in chest; in r. tibia.

Constant tearing pain : in epigastrium.

Cutting: in abdomen; at navel ; in lower extremities; in outer 1. side of sacrum, shooting up and down.

Stabbing : from third cervical to fifth dorsal vertebra.

Lancinations : in ear ; in nose.

Darting pains : in head ; through lungs ; from behind 1. hip on outside of 1. thigh.

Violent shooting pain : from root of nose along 1. orbital arch to external angle of eye, up to knee.

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Sharp, shooting, stabbing pains : all over head.

Sharp, shooting, aching pains : in sides and back, first 1.

then r. renal region, extending down thighs. Shooting pain : over eyebrow ; in temples ; over eyes ; in- ward towards throat; in 1. upper maxillary bone; in 1. malar bone ; in bone over eye ; in 1, tonsil ; in 1. ear ; from back to front ; in renal region ; from kidneys through to bowels.

Shootings : in chest ; thighs and knees ; in limbs.

Violent stitches: in 1. ear, extending into roof of mouth, side of head and neck ; in r. side of nose.

Sharp stitches : in bones of head ; in ulcers on tympanum ; in r. hypochondrium.

Stitches : in 1. ear and 1. parotid gland ; in throat ; in epi- gastrium and breast into nipple ; in r. hypochondrium ; in region of liver ; in region of spleen ; through abdo- men; in urethra; in prostate; in chest; at lower angle of 1. shoulder blade ; in r. side of chest ; in 1. sciatic nerve.

Violent sticking : in r. side of nose.

Sharp pain : in knee and hip joint.

Pinching pain : in bridge of nose.

Digging : in rami of lower jaw.

Constricting pain : in stomach ; in hypochondria ; at root of penis.

Stinging pains : in eyes ; in ulcers on tongue ; in tongue ; in 1. elbow; in temples; in skin; in one temple; from external meatus into internal ear ; in region of kidneys.

Severe smarting pain : extending to malar bone below eye.

Scraping pain: in r. shin.

Pricking pains : in eyes ; in granular pustules on 1. cornea ; in tongue; in tonsils ; through to back ; in glans penis ; in region of heart.

Burning pain: in head ; on upper eyelid ; in anus; down throat, and along sternum ; in chest ; in sternum ; in middle of forearm.

Violent aching : in r. hypochondrium ; in small spot in sacrum.

Steady throbbing pain : in sacrum.

Ulcerative pain : in throat.

Pulsating pains : in ears.

Jerking, aching pain : in 1. hip.

Aching pain : on one side of head ; at root of nose ; in forehead ; in sides and back ; in region of kidneys ; down 1. side to hip ; in legs ; in hip ; in calves ; in front of thighs and knees.

Flying pains: in head ; to all parts.

Wandering pain: in eyes; from hip to knee; along bones without localized inflammatory processes; to all parts.

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Rheumatic pains: in stomach; in back; in both shoul- ders; in elbows and wrist joints; in finger joints; in hip joints and knees; in limbs.

Raw pain : down throat and along sternum.

Pressive pain: in root of nose.

Colicky pains: in abdomen.

Gnawing: at epigastrium ; in stomach; in hypochondria; about navel; in r. chin.

Cramps: in hands; in calves and inner side of thigh.

Dull aching: in r. hypochondriac region.

Throbbing, dull, heavy: above eyes; distinct and rhyth- mical with pulse; in r. lachrymal bone.

Beating : inside of root of nose.

Light pain : across lower part of chest.

Semilateral headache : in small spots.

Gastric pains : in stomach. .

Dull pain : in hypochondrium ; around navel ; in r. side.

Dull, heavy pain : in hypogastrium.

Painful pressure : in anus.

Drawing: in anus; painful, from perineum into urethra.

Twanging like wires : in 1. face and neck.

Bruised feeling : in bones.

Scratching : in throat.

Smarting: of affected parts; between scapula; in 1. side of throat; scabs of pustules on arms and legs; on mucous surface of lips. •

Sticking sensations : in ear.

Soreness : of bones of head ; in eyes ; in nose ; of gums ; in small spot towards 1. of ensiform ; in anus; at stom- ach ; in vagina ; of throat ; of larynx ; of chest ; in heels.

Rawness : in vagina.

Violent burning: in small ulcer on r. nostril; in throat; around ankle.

Great burning heat : of upper part of body.

Burning : in both eyes ; in eyelids ; of nose ; inside of root of nose; of septum; in face; in throat; in pharynx; in stomach; in hypochondria; in anus; in abdomen ; in glandular part of urethra ; in fossa navicularis ; in bulbous portion of urethra; about vulva; of mucous membrane extending up into nostrils ; in trachea and bronchi ; in shin bones and up legs ; in skin. Heat: in eyes; of external ears; in external nose; in pit

Tightness: about heart; at bifurcation of the bronchi; of chest.

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Pressive sensation : at root of nose ; in temples.

Stiffness : of larynx ; of nape of neck ; of shoulder joint.

Stiff sensation : in walls of nose.

Lameness: in r. arm; of hands.

Fulness : in stomach ; at chest.

Great weight : in pit of stomach ; in chest.

Pressure : on vertex ; in eyes ; at root of nose ; in stomach ; in anus ; on chest ; in sternum ; on heart.

Heaviness : of head ; of upper eyelids ; in stomach ; on chest ; of legs.

Oppression : ot chest.

Lightness : in head ; across forehead.

Confusion : of head.

Sensation of choking : on lying down.

Dryness :. of nose, of mouth and lips ; in throat ; in bronchi.

Velvety feeling : on walls of nose.

Gaping, fainty feeling : with headache.

Uneasiness : in stomach.

Sensation of dislocation : in 1. ankle.

Tickling: high up in 1. nostril; in throat; in larynx; in bronchial bifurcation.

Violent tickling and itching : in ears.

Intense burning itching like fire : of eruption over body.

Violent itching : over whole surface of body.

Itching pain : in ethmoid bone.

Itching : of affected parts ; of eruptions on scalp ; of lids ; of external ears; of eruption on ears; of r. ear lobe; of scabs on face ; of pustules on face ; in hairy parts of male sexual organs; at glans penis ; about vulva; be- hind sternum ; of forearms and hands; in a spot over wrist; of chin.

Creeping : of affected parts.

Inward coldness and heat : of face.

Feeling of coldness : in stomach and bowels.

Cold sensation : about heart. *^ Tissues. Emaciation; anaemia; general cachexia,

I Diphtheritic formations in nose, mouth, fauces, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and even uterus and vagina.

I Plastic exudations.

i I Affections of any mucous membranes, with discharges of tough, stringy, adherent mucus, or can be drawn out into long strings.

iCatarrh alternating with rheumatic pains.

■ Rheumatism alternating with gastric symptoms, one ap-

pearing in the Fall, the other in Spring. I Bones feel bruised; caries.

■ Cracking in all joints from least motion,

■ Rheumatic pains in nearly all joints.

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I I Bone pains with stitches as if from sharp needles.

Pressure: hard, > throbbing over eyes; headache >; pinching pain in bridge of nose > ; teeth will not bear slightest pressure ; stitches in region of spleen < ; ab- domen sensitive; pains in sides and loins > ; region of rectum sensitive; causes pain to shoot along length of sciatic nerve.

Cannot bear clothes tight over chest or throat.

Must undress immediately on account of pain in r. hypo- chondrium.

Desire to rub eyes.

Rubbing: smarting of eyes <.

After an abrasion : swelling like a hurt.

From a blow on chin : periostitis. ^^ Skin. I Burning stinging in skin.

iSkin hot, dry and red.

■ Whole of lower part of body, from a little below navel

in front and from top of nates behind, down^ thighs and legs, covered with a smooth, shining, elevated, bright red eruption, giving those parts appearance of boiled lobster shell; skin has an appearance of thickening and induration; not much irritation or heat.

■ Heat and itching of skin at night, when warm in bed,

followed by reddish, hard knots, from size of pin's head to that of a split pea; centre depressed, with a dark scurf, surrounded by an inflamed base.

■ Dry eruption like measles.

■ Upon development of eruption, hoarse, croupy, distress-

ing cough; nose sore, small ulcers in nostrils, and dis- charge tough, thick, viscid, stiff; expectoration stringy and tough, and detached with great difficulty. ^Measles. I Papular eruption, began as a spot on calf of leg and spread all over body ; large papular elevations, red and irregu- lar, like measles, but more raised, with intense and ex- cessive burning itching like fire, especially at night, compelling her to walk about room whole night; gen- eral debility; gnawing and pain at epigastrium, and sensation of internal "itching there, > taking food; bowels open ; urine hot and high colored, and at times scanty; catamenia regular.

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I Violent itching of whole surface; then small pustules

form, mostly on arms and legs; scabs smart, pain and

burn; < in hot, > in cold weather. iSmall pustules over body like small pox; they disappear

without bursting ; mostly on face and arms. Pustules over whole body, appearing on inflamed parts of

skin, as large as a pea, with a small black scab iji

middle.

■ Eruption all over body, beginning as a small lump on

skin, which inflames and gets red, and finally discharges a bloody fluid, and leaves a small, depressed, ulcerative surface with an inflamed base, which heals and breaks out again; wherever discharge touhes it causes a fresh spot; violent itching at night. ^Pustular eruption.

I Small pustules on roots of nails, spreading over hands to wrists; arm red, axillary glands suppurate; small pus- tules on hands secrete a watery fluid when broken ; if not touched, fluid thickens into a yellow, tough mass.

I Boil-like elevation which turned into a large ulcer, with hard centre and overhanging edges.

1 Blood boil on r. thigh; r. side of spine, near last rib; painfal on least motion.

Vesicular eruptions.

■ Blisters full of serum on sole of r. foot.

Herpes after taking cold, with fluent coryza and bronchial irritation.

■Scabs on fingers, or corona glandis; deep, stinging cica- trices on hands.

■ Brown spots like freckles on throat. ■Suppurating tetter (ecthyma.)

■ Pustular syphiloderma.

■ Impetigo, pustules.

■ Zona.

■ Lupus, chronic form, with burning and itching.

■ The eruption begins in hot weather.

After an abrasion, swelling like a knot, forming an irreg- ular ulcer, covered with a dry scab and painful to touch; under skin, hard, movable knot, like a corn, with small, ulcerated spot in middle, where it touches the cuticle; the hard, knotty feel remains after the healed ulcer is covered with white skin.

■ ■Ulcers: deep yellow, dry, oval; edges overhanging,

bright red areola; base hard, corroding; becoming deeper; blackish spot in centre; cicatrix remains de- pressed; deep as if cut out with a punch, edges regular.

■ Syphilitic ulcers, deep with hard edges, on genitals, in

throat, uvula, septum of nose, etc. I I Ulcers painful in cold weather.

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■Suppurating, solitary skin tubercles, forming deep holes.

■ Head and scalp covered with dry, red, scaly patches at roots of hair, and bringing out hair; much itching at night, but no moisture or pain ; on face and body brown flat spots and papulae; cervical glands behind ears swollen and painful; violent pains from patella to foot, of a "linking" character, and as if in the bone; pains < in bed and on lying down; at night must get up and walk about most of the time; at times much swelling along tibia; leg feels swelled and doughy along the bones; throat sore on swallowing, especially at night, and is red but not ulcerated ; several flat, elevated ulcer- ations on tongue, and one large patch in centre; voice hoarse; constipation; nausea after meals; flushes of heat and perspiration ; catamenia regular but painful. ^Eruption and periostitis, probably syphilitic. ^^ Stages of Life, Constitution, i iFat, light haired persons, who suffer from catarrhal, syphilitic, or scrofulous affec- tions.

llFat, chubby, short necked, children, disposed to croup- ous inflammations.

Persons of florid complexion, of a blotchy, red appearance and thick skin.

■ Dyspeptic beer drinkers.

■Suited to persons subject to catarrhs of mucous surfaces.

Boy, eet. 5 months; constipation.

Child, get. 5 months, strumous constitution, ailing three months; eruption on head.

Boy, set. 10 months, bright, vivacious, light complexioned; membranous croup.

Child, set. 11 months; diphtheria.

Girl, set. 18 months; eruption on body.

Child, set. 1|; six months ago had whooping cough, since then suffering; cough.

Boy, set. 2; scrofulous conjunctivitis.

Boy, set. 2^, suff'ering nine months; hoarseness.

Boy, set. 3, good constitution; bronchitis.

Girl, set. 3; membranous croup.

Child, set. 3; diarrhoea.

Boy, set. 4; scrofulous conjunctivitis.

Child, set. 4 ; diphtheria.

Girl, set. 4, fair complexion; diphtheritic croup.

Girl, set. 4, light complexion, flaxen hair; membranous croup.

Boy, set. 4, sanguine temperament; chronic diarrhoea.

Boy, set. 5; diphtheritic croup.

Girl, set. 5, fair haired, had whooping cough, after which she caught cold; gastro-intestinal irritation.

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Girl, aet. 5; pustular eruption.

been suffering ; hoarseness; cough. Girl, ait. 13, suffering a month; scrofulous ophthalmia and

Girl, set. 14, not yet menstruated; affection of stomach. Boy, set. 14, lymphatic, nervous temperament, fair hair,

hypochondrium. Girl, set. 17, caught cold one year ago, since which she has

been suffering; bronchitis. Young girl, suffering several months, operation unsuccess- ful; nasal polypus Girl, sanguine, lymphatic temperament, for six years after

Young man, blonde; gastric derangement. Young tenor singer, after catching cold ; laryngitis Man, set. 24, healthy, suddenly seized with violent pain in temples a month ago, since which he has suffered;

Officer, set. 24, strong, plethoric constitution, choleric tem- perament, 15 months ago had chancre ; syphilis. Young woman, mother of two children; ulcerated sore

Woman delicate, married five years; eruption and perios- titis.

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Woman, set. 25, unmarried, suffering for three months ; stomacace.

Lady, set. 25, strumous constitution, suffering many years; lung fever.

Man, set, 26 ; chronic bronchitis.

Woman, set. 26, blonde, small figure, steel grey eyes, oxy- genoid constitution; gracile, but not phthisicky habit; excessively nervous, anxiety at least ailment; irritability and tendency to spasm, and of tearful disposition ; catches cold easily and then coryza and cough are trou- blesome for a longtime; suffered from acute gastric and intestinal catarrh, for which she took very large doses of nitrate of silver; consumption.

Woman, set. 27, married ; migraine.

Man, set. 27; trachoma with pannus.

Woman, set. 28; ulcer.

Man, set. 28; pustular eruption.

Woman, set. 30, had syphilis eleven years ago, and was treated with mercur^'^, had one stillborn child ; syphi- litic sore throat.

Irishman, set. 30, strong and hearty, during day is able to work and enjoys his breakfast and lunch; affection of stomach.

Man, set. 30, after being exposed to cold some months be- fore; affection of kidneys.

Lady, set. 30, unmarried, suffering for years; affection of fauces and larynx.

Woman, set. 30, since confinement three months ago;

Mrs. , set. 30, delicate, subject to perspirations; papu- lar eruption.

Man, set. 32 ; supraorbital neuralgia.

Man, set. 32, suffering three years; pain in r. side.

Mrs. D., set. 32, phthisical habit, lymphatic temperament; convalescent from mild attack of gastric fever; pain in tibia.

Woman, set. 33, had syphilis several years ago ; affection of nose and throat.

Woman, set. 35, married, fair hair, stout; suffering daily for about ten days ; pain in r. hypochondrium.

Policeman, set. 35, suffering for one month ; sciatica.

Maid servant, set. 36, suffering three years; eczema of scalp.

Woman, set. 36, suffering two months; affection of larynx.

Woman, set. 37, ill seven weeks; gastric disorder.

Woman, set. 38, suffering six months, headache.

Man, set. 38, spare, blonde, father of four healthy children, four years ago had syphilis and was subjected to severe mercurial treatment; coryza with loss of taste and smell.

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Man, set. 39, suffering IS months; dyspepsia.

Woman, set. 39, general health impaired, feeble frame; ulcer on leg.

Man, set. 40; boils on head.

Man, set. 40, in bad, health for two years, has had rheu- matic gout and rheumatic iritis; inflammation of eyes.

Lady, set. 40, fat, fair, of florid complexion, uses beer at meals, and whiskey in evening, suffers from enlarged liver and jaundice; dyspepsia.

Middle aged woman, suffering for four years; gastric affection.

Man, tall, spare frame, suffering for eight years; sciatica.

Florid, red haired woman, husband had syphilis before marriage; five years ago, had sore throat and ulcer on lips, first two children premature and stillborn, remain- ing two delicate, now nursing for last six months; syph- ilitic periostitis.

Woman, set. 44, suffering for a fortnight; supraorbital neuralgia.

Lady, set. 44, stout, florid countenance, subject to chronic coughs ; acute bronchial catarrh.

Man, set. 45; laryngitis.

Mrs. , set. 45, nervoas temperament; chronic inflam- mation of larynx and trachea.

Man, set. 45; chronic bronchitis.

Man, set. 45; cough.

Woman, set. 46, suffering one month; headache.

Man, set. 46, suffering seven years ; pustular eruptions.

Man, set. 48; chronic bronchitis.

Man, set. 48 ; pustular eruption.

Man, set. 50, operated upon three times within last 23 3^ears; nasal polypus.

Mrs. H., set. 50, subject to colds in head, and determina- tion of blood to head, catamenia ceased about two years ago, after influenza two years previously ; chronic ca- tarrh of nose.

Man, set. 50, stout, red faced, suffering many months, had been treated with caustics and counter irritants; en- larged tonsils with deafness.

Woman, set. 50, delicate; laryngitis.

Man, set. 50, rheumatic; general pains.

Man, set. 50, after a "blow; periostitis.

Man, set. 50; affection of kidneys.

Lady, set. 52; polypus of conjunctiva

Man, set. 55, major; chronic inflammation of larynx and trachea,

Man, set. 55; chronic bronchitis.

Woman, set. 60, weak, rheumatic, for several weeks has

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been suffering from sudden and profuse discharges of clear, watery fluid from nose which suddenly ceased ; affection of oesophagus.

Man, set. 60, fell and hurt leg 16 years ago; periostitis.

Mrs. , set. 60, subject to attacks of dyspepsia and sick

headache; lupus.

Man, set. 62; chronic rheumatism.

Man, set. 64, had S3'^philis 40 years ago, but no symptoms of it during intermediate time, for last ten years; sore on cheek.

Woman, set. 65; cough.

Man, set. 67; bronchitis.

Man, set. 69; chronic bronchitis.

It antidotes: effects of beer; effects of arsenical vapors; Mercur., Merc.jod.

Compatible: after Canthar. in dysentery; after lodum in croup, when hoarse cough, with tough membrane, gen- eral weakness and coldness are present ; Ant tart, fol- lows well in catarrhal affections and skin diseases.

359 KALI BEOMATUM,