Mercurius Dulcis

Calomel. Hg CI.

Symptoms toxicological and clinical.

Clinicai. Authorities Ulceration of cornea^ Norton, Opli. Therap. ;

Phlyc- tenular conjunctivitis, Newton, Kaue's Eec, 1872, p. 68 ; Otorrhoea, Lobethal, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 369 ;

Catarrhal inflammation of middle ear (93 cases), Houghton, Times Ketros., vol. 1, p. 24; Angina tonsillaris, Hendricks, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 243 ;

Oastromalacia (3 cases), Bicking, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 6(j7 ; Diarrhoea, Hofrichter, Eiick.

Kl. Erf., vol. o, p. 421 ; Kafka, Riick. Kl.

Erf., vol. 5, p. 422; Constipation, Gerson, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 395 ;

Prostatitis, Gerson, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 545 ; Condylomata, Syphilis, Battman, Eiick.

Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 562.

* Sight and Eyes. iGirl, eet. 6, light complexion, pale skin, muscles soft and flabby, glands enlarged, general strum- ous diathesis; a very deep ulcer on 1. cornea, so nearly perforated that membrane of Descemet has begun to bulge; small ulcers and pustules on border of cornea; pustules and maculae on r. cornea; considerable redness and photophobia. ^Strumous ophthalmia.

Urido-choroiditis, especially if dependent upon scrofulous diathesis and general cachexia.

I Inflammations occurring in pale, flabb}^ scrofulous subjects.

■ Ciliary blepharitis associated with phlyctenular ophthal-

mia, and accompanied by eruption on face, soreness of nose and swelling of upper lip. ^ Hearing and Ears, l fiCatarrhal inflammation of middle ear. llEustachian tube and mucous membrane of pharynx affected. ^Otitis media.

■ Closure of Eustachian tube ; deafness of advancing years.

■ Catarrhal otorrhoea occurring in scrofulous children, or

accompanying scrofulous inflammation of eyes, occa- sionally hearing is affected. ** Upper Face. ■Pallid as a corpse. ^^ Inner Mouth. ■Inflammation of lips and tongue.

■ Whole mouth filled with ulcers.

■ Salivation.

■ Whole inside of mouth, tongue and all had a very black

appearance, emitting a constant flow of dark, putrid saliva, of intolerable fetor. ^^ Throat. ■ Angina tonsillaris.

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■ Excessive ulceration of throat. I I Difficulty of swallowing.

^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting, i Vomiting.

^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach, i Bloated, hot, painful abdo- men, particularly in region of stomach ; frequent vom- iting, vomited matter smelling very sour; milk rejected almost immediately, accompanied by much slime; every day about twelve passages of greyish green, stringy, chopped masses; constant restlessness ; crosses legs and draws them towards abdomen; peculiar whimpering; irregular febrile attacks ; emaciation ; greyish color of face, which appears long and has an old look; distortion of mouth; dulness of eyes. ^Gastromalacia.

^ Stool and Rectum. iStools: watery, greenish ; black, with great epigastric oppression, sinking, etc.

■ Diarrhoea of children; stools grass green, coppery green,

like _ chopped eggs, watery, very profuse, excoriating, causing soreness of anus ; abdomen bloated ; liver en- larged; skin pale; face bloated ; mucous membrane of mouth pale; aphthae; foul smell from mouth; ptyalism; glands of neck and submaxillary and inguinal glands swollen; fever and thirst.

■ Symptoms thoroughly dysenteric.

■ Constant disposition to stool; small discharges consisting

of mucus and blood, colored with bile.

■ Obstinate constipation.

■ Burning pain in rectum.

^^Male Sexual Organs. "Acute inflammation of prostate gland, particularly after maltreated gonorrheal stricture; both lobes enormously swollen, almost occluding rec- tum, with intolerably painful urinary symptoms; severe burning, pressing pains; scanty urine.

^ Female Sexual Organs. "Broad, moist, burning condylo- mata around external genitals, perineum and anus, of extremely offensive smell.

"' Rest. Position. Motion. Crosses legs and draws them towards abdomen : gastromalacia.

'"'Fever, iilll defined gastric disturbances during second stage; painful sensibility of whole abdomen; watery stools, colorless, or as if mixed with flocculent matter, or like washings of flesh, occurring most often at night. ' ^Typhoid fever.

^^ Attacks, Periodicity. Every day: about twelve passages of greyish green, stringy, chopped masses.

''Locality and Direction. Right: pustules and maculae on cornea. Left: a very deep ulcer on cornea.

*^ Sensations. Burning pain : in rectum.

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Burning and itching: in condylomata around anus. Soreness: of nose; of anus. Painfulness: of abdomen. *" Skin. B Eruption over whole body of round copper colored

spots, in centre of which are dry papules, around

which, from centre to periphery, skin exfoliates; broad,

moist condylomata around anus, with severe burning

and itching. ^Syphilis. " Stages of Life, Constitution. Child, set. 3 mos.; diarrhoea. Three children set. ^-1^ years; gastromalacia. Girl, set. 6, light complexion, pale skin, muscles soft and

flabby, glands enlarged and general strumous diathesis;

ulceration of cornea. M., set. 15; scrofulous diathesis, suffers frequently from

sore eyes; phlyctenular conjunctivitis. Girl, set. 19, fat, strong; condylomata. ^* Relations. Antidoted by : Hepar.

Sulph. ac. in stringy stools.

MERCURIUS lODATUS FLAVUS.

Protoiodide of Mercury. Hg^ I^ {or Hg 1).

Provings by Lord (Am. Provers' Union Publ., 1856) and Blakely (New Prov- ings, Tafel, 1866).

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Disposition to destructiveness, can scarcely resist tempta- tion to throw lamp through window.

1 I Moodiness, depression of spirits.

While in bed imagined a man was in his room, who in- tended to perforate his throat with a gimlet. ^ Sensorium. Dizzy : when reading; when rising from a chair. ^ Inner Head, l ' Dull, pressing, boring pains over eyes. ^Leucorrhoea.

I Dull frontal headache, with pain at root of nose.

Throbbing pain in forehead and temples.

I I Throbbing, bursting sensation in temples. ^Leucorrhoea.

Shooting pains in temple; sharp stitches.

Sharp pain in vertex.

Violent pain in r. side of head (over r. temple).

■ Headache on top of head, or on r. side. Dull, heavy aching at base of brain.

Head feels dull and compressed, as if a heavy weight was pressing it down on pillow.

■ Dull headache on awaking in morning.

I I Headache felt more when at rest, > when mind or body is actively engaged. * Outer Head. ■ Stiffness and soreness in occiput, also when touched, more to 1. and down back, < when lying. Sensation as if skull was cracking.

■ Itching of scalp.

^ Sight and Eyes. ■ Excessive photophobia. ^Ulcers on cornea.

Black motes before eyes; opacities of vitreous.

Black clouds float before eyes when lying on 1. side.

I I Miss L., set 26; eight years ago noticed a heaviness and drooping of eyelids; after two years sight of 1. eye im- perfect, and when this dimness appeared, drooping of both eyelids ceased ; no redness, pain, or photophobia, but black spots and flashes of light ; a year later r. eye was affected and rapidly grew < than 1. ; finally sight failed entirely; examination of r. eye: no external redness; anterior chamber shallow; iris discolored, crowded forward by a swollen opaque lens, to capsule of which it was attached all around margin of a con- tracted pupil, not even quantitative sight existed ; left eye: anterior chamber shallow; iris dimmed and dis- colored; pupil moderately dilated and mobile; pigment spots on lens capsule; vitreous hazy throughout; lying in it near retina, three greenish blue spots, a little larger than optic nerve; probably hemorrhagic eff'usions undergoing degeneration; vision ff; Snellen IJ read slowly at three inches; irregular dilatation of pupil under Atropine. ■ llmpaired sight, with weakness of internal recti; aching

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over eyes; fundus slightly hypersemic; r. pupil slightly larger than 1. ; paralysis of all muscles of eye and lid supplied by third pair; diplopia on holding eyes to 1. for some time, and distant objects look blurred a little. ^Syphilis.

■ Throbbing, aching, nightly pains.

Severe pain and soreness of r. orbit on rising in morning,

■Syphilitic iritis.

iPannus, all stages, but especially in acute aggravations

after first, or Aconite stage, has passed. ■Trachoma with and without pannus.

■ Ulcers occurring in course of pannus and conjunctivitis

granulosa.

■ Large excavating ulcer on upper part of cornea, with

several small ulcers on lower portion ; generally exces- sive photophobia ; thick yellow coating at base of tongue.

■ Serpiginous ulceration, commencing at margin and ex-

tending over whole cornea, or a portion, especially upper part of it, involving only superficial layers. ■Small pustule on 1. eye, some pain in evening and at night, no photophobia nor lachrymation, tongue coated yellow at base.

■ Large pustules on conjunctiva, no pain during day and

only a little at night, gums swollen and bleed easily, tongue coated yellow, bad taste in mouth.

■ Entire sclero-corneal margin occupied by a slightly ele-

vated opacity of little width, and upon which was sit- uated a chain of very minute vesicles; peri-corneal and subconjunctival tissue profusely injected with very fine vessels, through which was also distributed a large quantity of pigment, forming a zone as striking in ap- pearance as the one occupying the limbus corneae, into which it imperceptibly merged; opacity of cornea was sharply defined.

■Large excavating ulcer on upper part of cornea, with several small ulcers on lower portion.

■Syndesmitis membranacea.

■ Paralysis of oculo motor nerve, of syphilitic origin.

■ Complete paralysis of all fibres of third pair of nerves

of r. eye, probably of sj^philitic origin. ■Uncomplicated granular lids.

■ Blepharitis ciliaris of syphilitic origin, abscesses of lashes,

lids red and swollen, eruption on scalp itches, < at night; discharge from nose excoriating; upper lip swollen ; tongue spongy, with a thick, yellow coating at base; breath offensive

® Hearing and Ears. Sudden sharp pains in ear.

I I Throbbing boring, from within outward, deep in 1. ear.

^ Smell and Nose. Pain at root of nose (shooting).

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I Right side of septum and r. nostril very sore and much swollen.

I A great deal of mucus in nose, descends through poste- rior nares into throat; hawking; spots in nose feel sore; constant inclination to swallow.

I I Discharges from nose and throat; scales of dried, offen- sive pus. ^Leucorrhoea.

I Dark redness of fauces; elongation of palate; enlarge- ment of tonsils, sometimes covered with yellowish or whitish patches, small in size ; collection of tough yel- low mucus in posterior nares, which partially drops into throat, causing constant inclination to hawk and spit. dOzseivd.

iTliick plugs of nasal secretion, with severe frontal head- ache, some fever and prostration, especially in old peo- ple and children.

0 Chronic catarrh of posterior nares. ^ Upper Face, i Soreness of entire face, especially of bones of face, with dull frontal headache.

Dull bruised pain in r. malar bone, radiating into fore- head and r. side of head, a small spot pulsates and burns like fire.

Sharp stitches through head and face.

Stinging in 1. cheek. ^ Lower Face. iSore on red part of lower lip as large as hickory nut; dry and covered with dry scab, hard as horn; it had been several months forming and was quite painful; submaxillary gland enlarged and hard; lymphatics on r. side of neck and tonsils enlarged; several large scales had been removed, and as soon as one separated a new one formed. ^^ Teeth and Gums. Teeth feel too long ; cannot eat.

Molar teeth feel too long ; < bringing them together.

Grinding and drawing pains in teeth ; wants to press them together.

Stiffness of jaws.

■Thick yellow coating at base of tongue. ^Ulcer on cor- nea. ^Pustules on eyes.

■ Tongue coated bright yellow at back, tip and edges red.

■ Tongue coated yellowish brown. ^Vomiting during

^^ Inner Mouth. Mouth, lips and tongue dry and sticky.

Fine bright red eruption on roof of mouth. 13 Throat. ■ Burning in throat.

Throat dry, with frequent empty swallowing; burning when swallowing saliva.

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■ Tonsils, uvula and pharynx red and congested. I Pain and swelling of r. tonsil.

DSlight pain in r. tonsil and sensation as if it was swol- len, with pain when swallowing.

■ Posterior wall of pharynx red, irritated and inflamed,

dotted with patches of mucus and small spots which look ulcerated.

■ Constant secretion of mucus in throat, difficult to dis-

lodge and causing retching.

■ Mucus in throat in morning. ■Sensation of a lump in throat.

■ Easily detached patches on inflamed pharynx and fauces;

< on r. tonsil ; salivary glands swollen ; fetid discharge.

■ Sore throat, several ulcerated spots; fauces and inside of

throat "mapped," appearing like many islands.

■ Pain in r. side of throat, also in r. ear, extending into

throat; difficult swallowing; soreness in r. side of face; tonsils swollen; pain in r. ear on swallowing. ^Sore throat.

■ Tonsils swollen, red and deeply ulcerated, tongue coated

yellowdsh white; very fretful and restless as if from pain; refuses to eat or drink; cannot sleep. ^Tonsillitis.

■ Stiffness of jaws, with inability to open mouth; altered

voice, speaks as if she had pebbles in mouth; r. side of throat and r. tonsil inflamed; soreness in r. ear and over r. side of head and face; enlargement of cervical glands; sensation of lump in r. side of throat; soreness in r. ear, extending into throat; pain when swallowing; burning; desire for sour things; hawking; tongue coated yellow at back part, clean at front; later soreness and swelling attacked 1. ear and tonsil. ^Tonsillitis.

■ Great difficulty in swallowing, with great pain in throat;

salivary glands very much swollen and painful ; oflen- sive smell from mouth and fetid discharge from fauces and nares; swelling of cervical glands. ^Diphtheria.

■ Sore throat, < on r. side; swallowing difficult; warm

drinks cause much pain; tongue coated thick at back part ; looks as if a piece of chamois skin covered posterior part. ^Diphtheria.

■ Diphtheritic deposits begin on arches of palate; glands

of neck swell rapidly; general condition of oedema of throat and neck. ^Diphtheria.

■ Aphonia; breathing very much impeded; nostrils dilated

with every inspiration ; very weak murmur of respira- tion heard all over chest, sometimes none at all; fre- quent violent spells of suffocation. ^Diphtheria.

■ Membrane < on r. side; tenacious mucus in throat;

sick, offensive odor; < from warm drinks; thick, dirty

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yellow coating at base of tongue; glands swollen. ^Diph- fheria.

I Diphtheritic membrane yellow, < on r. side; great thirst for cold water, can swallow only by little sips, as throat is so full; considerable salivation, which makes chin sore; nose obstructed with thick, yellow scabs and mem- branes, all < on r. side; tongue yellow, with tip and edges clean and red; coppery smell from mouth; must swallow from constant sensation of lump in throat; < from empty deglutition ; salivary and cervical glands engorged; much painful hawking of stringy mucus; fetid discharge from fauces and nares; oedema of neck and throat; glandular derangements; great prostration; high fever; urine scanty and high colored. ^Diphtheria. ^' Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions. Appetite variable, disgust at seeing food.

Excessive thirst; occasionally for acid drinks. ^•^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting, i Nausea: faintness, with dizziness and suffocation about heart; sensation of disgust at sight of food. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. Weak, empty feeling at stom- ach, nausea.

Cutting pains, with nausea and inclination to vomit.

Burning at stomach, with pain as from a blow. '^ Hypochondria. Stitches in region of liver, > by pressing with hand.

Pain in 1. hypochondrium, witli dizziness on awaking in morning. ^^ Abdomen. Hardness of abdomen.

Burning at umbilicus as from a hot coal; < when in- spiring.

I I Great thirst for water in evening; pain in liver, with dizziness and nausea; pain proceeds from r. to left.

I Faint, sick feeling in hypogastrium before stool.

•Severe cutting, cramplike pains in both hypochondria; much < in r., extending into back; excessive weariness in lower limbs, they scarcely support body; teeth feel elongated; tongue coated bright yellow in back part and clean in front; much thirst; entire want of appetite; pains disappear and reappear at short intervals.

Frequent urging to stool.

I I Stools copious, soft and of a dark or light yellowish brown color.

I I Stools scanty, hard and black.

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■ Black discharges, with or without blood.

Copious seminal emissions, preceded by lewd dreams.

Sharp shooting stitches in end of penis through glans.

BHard chancre. ^^ Female Sexual Organs. ' i Menses slight at onset, with pains. ^Leucorrhoea.

B Copious, muco-purulent discharge from vagina the en- tire month. ^Leucorrhoea.

iConfined to bed one week; vomits everything she takes, also vomits a greenish yellow, bitter liquid, with a burning, sinking sensation at stomach; tongue coated yellowish brown ; bowels constipated ; in a previous pregnancy was confined to her bed from same for seven months. ^ Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia. «Loss of voice; hoarseness.

iSwelling as large as hen's egg; rawness and soreness of throat; difficult breathing, wdth suffocation at night; mucus in throat difficult to dislodge ; cough < at night, and arises from tickling in larynx and from laughing. ^Goitre. ^■^ Cough. Slight hacking cough when inspiring.

iLoose rattling cough, bronchi loaded with mucus; spu- tum copious and yellow. ^ Iimer Chest and Lungs. Stitches through r. side of chest.

Sharp pain in chest behind sternum.

Sensation in 1. breast above nipple as if wind was in cel- lular tissue; frequent palpitation, a single kick and jump (relieved by Lycop.). ^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. Sharp pain about heart, taking away breath.

Stitching pain in heart.

Sudden spasmodic action of heart, as if it had jumped out of its place.

Suffocation about heart, with nausea and giddiness.

Pulse weak, irregular and labored. ^^ Neck and Back. Neck stiff; soreness in occiput, < when lying.

Throbbing pain between shoulders.

Severe pain as if bruised over entire scapular region.

Throbbing pain on r. scapula.

Sharp pains in back. ,

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^^ Upper Limbs. Lameness and stiffness in r. shoulder.

ISharp pain in r. shoulder, obliging him to cease writing. Soreness and lameness of 1. shoulder and arm at night

putting his coat on or moving arm ; < in middle of

in thigh, affecting also knees, feet and toes ; pains come

on only when at rest and are always > by active

motion ; passive motion makes < ; pains appear every

night while in bed, and in daytime when lying down. Pain in sole of 1. foot (causing faintness), with feeling of

drowsiness. Excessive tired feeling of all limbs, especially when lying

on 1. side, > lying on r. side. ■ Soreness, with heaviness of all limbs, with dull frontal

headache and soreness of bones of face ; soreness, with

lameness of hands and fingers ; heaviness of whole body,

pains' in lower limbs ; feels <. Lying : stiffness and soreness in occiput < ; in daytime,

lameness of r. shoulder and arm; tired feeling in all

Desire to lie down, but feels < during rest. Motion : of arm causes stiffness and soreness ; of 1. arm

pain < ; pains in lower limbs >. When mind and body are actively engaged, headache >.

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Swallowing: pain in r. ear.

Inability to open mouth: stiffness of jaw.

Writing: rheumatic, laming pain in r. arm < ; numbness and wearied feeling in r. arm <.

When rising from chair: dizzy.

Putting on his coat: pain in 1. arm <. ^ Nerves. Very tired feeling, especially of limbs.

Faint feeling, < at church.

Feels languid and sleepy. ^ Sleep. Sleeplessness without restlessness ; before 1 a.m.

Frightful dreams; nightmare.

■ Restless sleep from constant itching. ^Scabies sicca.

I Many symptoms appear at night when in bed. ^ Time. Before 1 a.m. : sleeplessness without restlessness.

Morning : on waking, dull headache; on rising, severe pain and soreness of r. orbit ; mucus in throat ; pain in 1. hypochondrium, with dizziness.

Daytime : pains in lower limbs.

All day: pain in liver, with dizziness.

Middle of day: pain in 1. arm <.

Evening: pain in 1. eye; great thirst for water; pain in 1. arm >.

Night: pain in 1. eye; a little pain in pustules on conjunc- tiva; eruption on scalp, which itches and is < ; difficult breathing, with suffocation ; cough < ; soreness and lameness of r. shoulder and arm ; pain in 1. arm > ; in bed, rheumatic pains in r. hand; dull, boring pains in legs <. ^^Temperature and Weather. Warm room: feels <.

Warm drinks: cause much pain.

Many symptoms appear when in bed ; deep bone pains < ; itching, pricking all over < ; intolerable itching.

Cold water : thirst for.

I I Great susceptibility to cold and damp weather. ^Leu- corrhoea.

Nightly: pains in eyes ; pains in lower limbs when in bed.

One week: confined to bed with vomiting of pregnancy. ^^ Locality and Direction. Right: violent pain in side of head over temple; headache on side of head ; eye, exter- nal redness, anterior chamber shallow ; iris discolored and crowded forward ; severe pain and soreness of orbit; complete paralysis of all fibres of third pair of nerves of eye; side of septum and nostril sore and swollen; dull, bruised pain in malar bone and side of head; lymphat-

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ics on side of neck and tonsils enlarged; pain and swelling of tonsil ; tonsillitis ; patches on tonsil ; pain in side of throat and ear ; soreness of side of face; pain in ear on swallowing; soreness in ear and over side of head and face; membrane < on side of throat; nose ob- structed, < on side; cramplike pain in hypochon- drium; stitches through side of chest; throbbing pain on scapula; lameness and stiffness of shoulder ; sharp pain in shoulder ; heavy feeling of arm ; soreness and pain of arm ; rheumatic, laming pain in arm ; numb- ness and wearied feeling in arm ; rheumatic pain in •• hand; cramplike pain < in limb, especially thigh.

Left: stiffness and soreness in occiput; lying on side, black clouds float before eyes ; eye, anterior chamber shallow; iris dimmed and discolored; pigment spots on lens capsule ; vitreous, hazy ; holding eyes to side, diplopia; small pustule on eye ; boring in ear; stinging in cheek ; soreness and swelling, ear and tonsil ; pain in hypochondrium ; sensation above nipple as if wind was in cellular tissue ; lame numbness of shoulder and arm; rheumatic pain in arm, it is stiff and sore; pain in sole of foot ; boring pains deep in ear.

Right eye a little larger than left.

From r. to 1: pain in liver.

From within outward : deep in 1. ear ; throbbing, boring. ^ Sensations. As if heavy weight was pressing head down on pillow ; as if skull was cracking ; teeth as if too long ; as if r. tonsil was swollen ; as of a lump in throat ; pain as from a blow in stomach ; burning at umbilicus as from a hot coal ; as if wind was in cellular tissue above 1. nipple ; as though heart had jumped out of its place; pain as if bruised over entire scapular region ; soreness as if one had been beaten.

Pain: at root of nose; on top of head, or on r. side; in pus- tule on 1. eye ; in teeth after filling; of r. tonsil ; in r. side of throat; in r. ear, extending into throat; in 1. hj^po- chondrium ; of r. arm ; in knee joint; in sole of 1. foot.

Violent pain: in r. side of head.

Severe pain: of r. orbit ; in forehead ; over entire scapular region.

Sharp pain : in vertex ; in chest behind sternum ; about heart ; in back ; in r. shoulder.

Sudden sharp pains : in ear.

Severe, cutting, cramplike pains: in both hypochondria.

Cutting pains : in stomach.

Cutting, colicky pains : in abdomen.

Sharp, shooting stitches : in end of penis.

Shooting pains : in temples ; at root of nose.

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Stitches: in temples; through head and face; in region of liver ; through r. side of chest.

Sticking pains: r. temple; 1. ear; r. side of chest: both scapulae, along outer borders of hands and little fingers.

Stitching pains : about heart.

Throbbing, boring: deep in 1. ear.

Throbbing, bursting sensation : in temples.

Throbbing pains : in forehead and temples ; between shoulders ; on r. scapula.

Throbbing, aching, nightly pains: in ej'^es.

Cramplike pains : in lower limbs, knees, feet and toes.

Grinding, drawing pains : in teeth.

Deep bone pains : < at night.

Rheumatic, laming pains : in r. arm.

Rheumatic pain : in 1. arm, in r. arm.

Aching : over eyes.

Dull, pressing, boring pains : over eyes.

Dull, boring pains : in legs.

Dull, bruised pain : in r. malar bone, radiating into fore- head and r. side of head.

Dull, heavy aching : at base of brain.

Dull pain : in head ; in legs.

Heavy, laming pains : in calves.

Pulsating and burning: like fire in a small spot on face.

Stinging: in 1. cheek.

Burning: in throat ; when swallowing saliva ; at stomach; at umbilicus.

Burning, sinking sensation : at stomach.

Tingling : in legs.

Tickling: in larynx.

Soreness: of occiput; of r. orbit; of r. side of septum and nostril ; of entire face ; of throat ; in r. ear ; over side of head and face ; extending from ear into throat ; of 1. ear and 1. tonsil ; of 1. shoulder and arm ; of r. arm ; of 1. arm ; of all limbs ; of hands and fingers.

Stiffness: in occiput; of jaws; of neck; of r. shoulder; of 1. arm.

Heavy feeling : of r. arm.

Heaviness : of eyelids ; of limbs ; of whole body.

Suffocation : about heart.

Weak, empty feeling: at stomach.

Numbness and wearied feeling : in r. arm ; of arms and hands.

Faint, sick feeling : in hypogastrium.

Excessive tired feeling : in all limbs.

Lameness : of 1. shoulder and arm ; in feet.

Troublesome itching : all over body.

Itching : of scalp ; of spots over whole body.

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■ Hard cicatrix after Hunterian chancre has been healed. • Painless chancres, with great swelling of inguinal glands,

without disposition to suppurate ; swelling of tonsils ; affection of testicles ; also secondary eruptions. ^Syphilis. I Glands swollen, indurated.

■ Scrofulous diseases of glandular and lymphatic system;

Pressure : with hand, stitches in region of liver > ; sore- ness and pain of r. arm <.

Hubbing: soreness and pain of r. arm <.

Scratching : does not > itching.

Passive motion : soreness and pain of r. arm < ; pains in lower limbs <. ^ Skin. Troublesome itching all over body, not > by scratch-

Persistent itching spots over whole body, following each

Bright red, fine eruption on chest and abdomen.

■ Excessively intense angina; induration of parotid, cer-

vical glands and tonsils; diphtheritic affections, with excessive muscular prostration; desire to lie down, but feels < during rest and in warm room; sharp throbbing, boring pains from within outward, deep in 1. ear, urine dark and copious (after Laches.), when there is loss of voice and hoarseness. ^Scarlatina.

■ Intolerable itching at night. 6'Crusta lactea.

*^ Stages of Life, Constitution. Girl, set. 9 months ; crusta

Woman, set. 26, single; intraocular affection. Man, set. 35, attacks usually appear after exposure to

drafts of air while perspiring, suffering many years ; sore

Woman, set. 38, tuberculous family history ; affection of

Lycoj). Compatible: after Laches., in scarlatina.

MERCURIUS lODATOS RUBER.

Biniodide of Mercury. Hg Jg*

Introduced and proved by the American Provers' Union in 1856, monograph revised by Hering. Provings were made with 1st to 30th.

^ Mind. Low spirited ; disposed to cry.

Ill humor and bad taste in morning on awaking. Delirium : with increased fever ; with ulcers in fauces and tonsils. ^ Sensorium. i Vertigo: during grippe; things seem to reel

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I I Dulness of head, and slight pressing pain in 1. side, like during a coryza; > walking in open air.

■ Headache with grippe.

I I Every day some headache.

■ Headache < afternoon and evening; dull, stolid.

■ Syphilitic tumors in brain.

* Outer Head. ' l Pains in bones of head, chiefly occipital.

I I Small pustules on head. ^ Sight and Eyes. iPsorophthalmia; trachoma; pannus.

iEyes inflamed, burn, water; catarrh-; bright light irritates.

■ Eye got sore in a single night, on following day much

swollen, lids could not be turned out without much pain, being very sensitive to touch; a stream of hot, acrid tears, mixed with yellowish flakes of fibrinous material gushed out; marked chemosis of a pale yellowish color, presenting a succulent appearance; marked infiltration throughout entire conjunctival surface, presenting a firm fibrinous nature; over both palpebral surfaces a thick, opaque membrane had formed, which could be detached in small patches and shreds; much extrava- sation of blood over entire ocular conjunctiva; cornea invaded by ulceration at three distinct points, larger and deeper of these being at centre, threatened to pene- trate into anterior chamber. {Arg. nit. was used exter- nally.) ^Diphtheritic conjunctivitis.

■ Old cases of granular lids and pannus.

■ Itching in both ears, all night.

Swelling of parotid and neighboring glands. 'Smell and Nose. ■Coryza: with headache; dull hearing > getting warm by walking; r. side of nose hot, swol- len; much sneezing; with hoarseness.

■ Whitish yellow or bloody discharge; affection of pos-

terior nares, with raw sensation; nasal bones diseased:

coryza.

■ In 1. nostril a yellowish white tumor, spongy, moist, ex- • tending into orbit behind eye, displacing it one half its

diameter to 1. external angular process of orbit, and protruding about one third of an inch further than normal. ^Nasal polypus.

■ Crusty eruption on wings of nose.

^ Upper Face. Aching in 1. cheek and eye.

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I i Scabs on face, r. side. ^ Lower Face. iiLips slimy and sticky on waking.

iLips stick together; headache.

Pain in jaws and temples.

iSwelling of parotid and neighboring glands.

iTongue: dry, wants to wet mouth; scalded feeling, small blister on point; furred, with grippe; aphthae. '^ Inner Mouth, o Profuse flow of saliva and aching pains in teeth of lower jaw.

Soreness of middle of inside of 1. cheek.

I I Mucous membrane of mouth inflamed, with burning.

iMucous patches on lips and inner surface of cheeks; round spots, but slightly demarcated, bare of epithelium and covered with a creamy exudation ; discharge varies in character; spots very sensitive, but do not bleed. ^Secondary syphilis.

I Small nodules on mucous membranes of mouth, pharynx and nose, which become round ulcers, with hard edges and lardaceous base; slight pain; soon disappear from original place and appear in another part; when ap- pearing on tongue, lip or wing of nose a distinct deep induration can be felt surrounding them. ^^ Throat. 'Much phlegm in throat and nose.

■ Disposition to hawk; sensation of a lump in throat;

hawked up a hard, greenish lump, i Hawks much; spits a tough, white phlegm.

■ Sticking in throat.

■ On waking throat sore; feels scalded, < during empty

swallowing.

■ Loose cough, back of throat and nose inflamed, glands of

throat ulcerated ; enlarged tonsils, breathes with mouth open and snores at night; expectoration yellowisli greenish, viscid or purulent.

■ Pharynx more irritable than larynx, with affection of

posterior nares; great sensitiveness to cold air. ^Soru throat.

■ Follicular catarrh of pharynx; engorged tonsils.

■ Painful swelling of tonsils and submaxillary glands.

■ Left tonsil swollen; fauces dark red; diphtheritic patches;

submaxillary glands painfully engorged.

■ Slight superficial ulcers in throat in patches.

■ Difficult deglutition, with ulcers in throat.

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■ Tonsils suppurating.

I I Worse from empty swallowing. ^Diphtheria. iVelum long, seemingly causing cough; 1. tonsil inflamed. iPains in throat, tonsils swollen and covered with a slimy,

speckled coating; back part of throat red; slight pain on swallowing; prostration; two days later tonsils, uvula and back part of pharynx covered with a coat- ing looking like dried starch.

I I After scarlatina ulcers on fauces and tonsils.

■ Fauces and tonsils covered with fetid ulcers.

■ Glandular swellings; exudation limited, transparent and

easily detached ; cases attending epidemic scarlet fever. ^Diphtheria.

■ Throat sore, < on 1. side; swallowing painful, both of

solids and fluids; fauces deep red; tongue coated yel- lowish, thick ; gums and tongue more or less swollen and sensitive. ^Diphtheria.

■ Right side; < from empty swallowing; throat sensitive

to touch ; absence of coating on base of tongue. ^Diph- theria.

■ Tubercular sore throat.

and bitter belching.

■ Nausea: sore throat; sinking at stomach and epigas-

trium, with general sick feeling; while passing diar-

spleen. Transient drawing pain, followed by lame sensation in 1.

hypochondrium; 1. waist feels sore on bending. I I Enlarged malarial spleens and livers. ^^ Abdomen. • i Distended abdomen about navel, with pain

■ Subacute gonorrhoeal inflammation of inguinal glands;

swelling pearshaped, not very hard nor painful, pain only present upon strong pressure. ^^ Stool and Rectum. Stool copious, yellow brown, some-

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what water}'-, and coated with mucus and slightly bloody, preceded by griping and colicky pains; urging and slight tenesmus remained afterwards,

1 1 Inveterate piles. ^^ Urinary Organs. iBright's disease.

Ulcers in bladder.

■ Increased flow of urine.

Frequent desire to urinate, she cannot hold her urine for a moment.

Urine: increased flow; thick and dark when passing; red. ^^ Male Sexual Organs. Sexual desire, particularly on going to sleep ; nocturnal emissions.

Sensitiveness of r. testicle and cord.

I Left side of scrotum for many years slightly enlarged, accompanied by varicocele; sudden, rapid increase of size, finally presenting a hard, painless tumor 19 ctm. long and 9 ctm. in circumference; no hydrocele; no in- flammatory symptoms. ^Sarcocele.

I I Sharp shooting stitches in end of penis through glans.

■ Threatened gangrene of glans in paraphimosis.

■ Hard, red swelling of front of prepuce, appearing as thick

and hard as lead pencil, with hard chancre in centre, entirely painless. I I Discharge free and mucoid; patches of induration

along urethra. ^Gonorrhoea. I Bubo discharging for a year. ^Female Sexual Organs. iLeucorrhoea of yellowish color.

Stony hardness of fibroid tumor. ^ Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia. ■ Com- plete loss of voice. ^Diphtheria.

I Hoarse and husky shortly after getting a little wet in an

evening shower.

■ Patches of inflammation of a livid purplish hue, dis-

charge thin and offensive. ^Laryngitis.

■ Dark red inflammation and swelling of parts, with much

hawking, coughing and purulent expectoration, < in morning. ^Phthisis laryngis.

■ Swelling of bronchial glands; subacute processes arising

from influences of cold or atmospheric changes.

■ Goitre {Iodine was used externally).

^" Cough. Cough: from elongated uvula; with sore throat; with a little loose, whitish, slimy sputum.

■ Grippe, with fever, headache, giddiness, furred tongue;

sweat in bed.

■ Profuse yellow sputum.

^ Inner Chest and Lungs. Awoke from a transient feeling of soreness in whole breast.

I I Constriction across chest.

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I I Catching pain under r. breast oppressing breathing, ^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. Sharp cutting pain in chest.

I I Sticking pain in heart. ^ Outer Chest. Sticking in muscles of ribs, 1. side, after

diaphragm. Dreams: frightful; of swimming; gunning; traveling;

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Afternoon: headache <.

Evening: cheerful; headache <; towards, insupportable pain in leg.

At bedtime: chilly.

11 P.M.: vertex very hot, with slight pulsation.

All night : itching in both ears.

At night: snoring; sweats. ^^ Temperature and Weather. Open air: dulness of head >.

Getting warm: by walking; dull hearing >.

After walking in thawing weather : sticking in muscles of ribs, 1. side.

Getting wet: hoarse and husky.

After washing floor : rheumatic affection of feet.

Cold or atmospheric variations: swelling of glands, sub- acute processes.

Cold air: great sensitiveness of pharynx. *" Fever. Chilly at bedtime.

I I Intense shivering, followed by feverishness.

Chilly, followed by flush over face.

I I Fever, with grippe.

Flush of head and feeling of being tickled.

■ Sweats at night in bed; grippe.

Copious night sweats; hot sweat. *^ Attacks, Periodicity. Alternately: melancholic and cheer- ful; rheumatic pains in arms and hands, legs and feet.

For a few moments at a time : ears close.

From 6 to 8 p.m. : pressive pain in 1. brain.

From 12 p.m. till morning: restless.

Every day : some headache.

In one night: eyes get sore, next day much swollen.

Increasing two days, gone on fourth : epileptic spasms.

For a year : bubo discharging.

Of two years' duration : ulcers on legs.

For many years : 1. side of scrotum enlarged. *^ Locality and Direction. Right : beating, throbbing from sinciput to occiput ; earache ; side of nose hot, swollen, inflamed ; scabs on side of face ; side of throat < from swallowing ; aching and full feeling in hypochondrium ; sensitiveness of testicles ; catching pain under breast.

Left : pressing pain on side of head ; pressive pain in brain; tumor in nostril, aching in cheek and eye; sore- ness of middle of cheek ; tonsil swollen and inflamed ; sore throat < ; drawing pain and lame sensation in hypochondrium ; waist feels sore ; side of scrotum en- larged ; sticking in muscles of ribs ; rheumatic pain, soreness, stiffness ; palm of hand cracked, horny ; pain like otalgia in ear. *^ Sensations. As if bound by a tight cord in frontal region ;

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■ Chancre and bubo, particularly indolent.

■ Old cases of syphilis, particularly in persons of lax fibre, 45 m scrofulous, and in those who have taken much mercury.

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Pressure : pain at epigastrium ; pain about navel ; pain of inguinal glands. ^^ Skin. I I Small fissures and cracks.

I I Hard papules here and there.

I I Pustules, inflamed base, sore to touch, itching slightly; scab over, but pus oozes.

■Syphilitic ulcers.

I I Freckles, liver spots.

I I Chilblains.

I Old scrofulous or syphilitic ulcers, spreading.

iSyphilitic eruption over whole boSy, with moist, offensive smelling ulcers on legs, of two years' duration.

1 1 Lupus ; condylomata.

1 During course of malignant scarlatina swelling of par- otid and neighboring glands; fauces and tonsils covered A^ith large fetid ulcers, and fever increased, with delir- ium, insomnia and difficult deglutition. *^ Stages of Life, Constitution. Girl, set. 16, thin, weak ; diphtheria.

A servant girl, after washing floor; rheumatic affection.

Man, set. 29 ; suffering a year ; bubo.

Irish laborer, set. 40; living in damp, ill ventilated house, of irregular habits, occasionally indulges in a drunk : diptheritic conjunctivitis.

Man. set, 70; sarcocele. *^ Relations. Antidoted by: Hepar.

Compatible: after Bellad., in scarlatina.

Badiaga, Carbo anim. and Nitr. ac, in syphilitic eruptions ; Merc, praoc. rub., which is preferable for leaden heaviness in occiput with otorrhoea.

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MERCURIUS SULPHURICUS (Turpethum).

Clinical Authorities. — Hydrothorax, Lippe, Miller (Montreal).

^ Mind. Low spirited, with chilliness and yawning.

Pain in head under coronal suture, on waking in morn- ing, during forenoon confined to r. frontal region ; pains dull, extending deep into brain, < when exercising. Sharp pain in r. parietal protuberance; darting pains in

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■ Soreness on tip of tongue. Dryness of tongue and throat.

Awoke at 1 a.m. with severe pains along duodenum and

, i Stools loose, watery, causing severe burning and sore- ness of anus.

■ Very profuse watery evacuations (relieving dyspnoea).

^Hydrothorax.

Watery stools pouring from him and burning anus, like boiling water.

Diarrhoea early in morning; stools burst out in a hot stream of yellow water.

i Violent purging; rice water motions, some yellow.

After diarrhoeic stools sensation of fulness as from con- gestion to legs, especially feet; they feel numb when standing.

Hard, scanty and delayed stools. ^^ Urinary Organs. Urine: increased in quantity; desire not as frequent as usual; great urging, with inability to void usual quantity, late in afternoon; scanty and scalding, but clear ; dark, becoming turbid, with a scum on it.

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I 1 Increased expectoration of mucus from larynx and

trachea. ^^ Respiration. Pain in chest prevents him from breathing.

■ Great dyspnoea; has to sit; cannot lie down; breathing

■ Burning in chest.

Pain in r. side of chest, extending to scapula, can scarcely breathe, < from 4 to 5 p.m.

I I Hydrothorax; dyspnoea, breathing quick and short, has to sit, cannot lie down; swollen extremities; stools loose, watery, causing severe burning and soreness of anus; burning in chest.*

■ Dropsy of fihest, especially if occurring from heart or

Violent beating in 1. arm, commencing above elbow in course of brachial nerve and extending along radial nerve to wrist, followed by pain similiar to that pro- duced by a blow upon arm below insertion of deltoid muscle; pain affected principally radial side of fore- arm, thumb, index finger, at 8.30 a.m.

Numbness of forearm and hand, also of r. hand.

Shooting pains in wrists and along metacarpal bones.

Hands icy cold, with blue nails. ^ Lower Limbs. Pain and lameness of knees, noticed partic- ularly when walking.

■ (Edematous swelling of legs. Ulcers on ankles.

Aching in calf of r. leg.

Numbness in hollow of r. foot.

Foot sweat, with soreness at ends of nails.

After four weeks, pains that remain are in limbs, espe-

* " When it acts well it produces a profuse, watery diarrhoea with great relief to patient. It is as important as Arsen. in hydrothorax.' — Lippe.

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cially legs, causing a weak, wearied feeling and pain and stiffness in r. knee, especially when stepping down a step; for a few days a bloated, hot feeling in feet, like rheumatic gout, and for two days a slight swelling and painfulness on inner side of 1. ankle, as if a boil was likely to form there ; a tendency for feet to become in- flamed, as if likely to become blistered by boots, when walking, it seems at soles, especially outer toes; it is rather of a burning character; for two days the tarso- metatarsal joint of r. big toe seemed inclined to inflame, as if rheumatic gout would set in. ^* Limbs in General. Tormented by pain and cramps in

Standing : giddiness ; feet feel numb.

Stepping down a step : pain and stiffness in r. knee.

Moving about: soreness all through head.

Exercising : pains extending deep into brain.

Walking : pain and lameness of knees. ^ Nerves. Debility, with sleepiness.

Sense of considerable weakness.

Uneasiness, late in afternoon. *

Restlessness.

Pains all over, especially in lower part of back and limbs. ^^ Sleep. Frequent yawning.

Restless night, with dreams and delirium.

Wakefulness after midnight; dreams.

Dreams: of traveling amid perplexities; lascivious; vivid, of fires, exerting himself to extinguish them ; viewing a person hung and another cut up, seeing blood and mangled remains.

Awakes with headache in morning. ^ Time. Morning: pain in head on waking; mouth clammy and foul ; diarrhoea early.

8.30 A.M. : violent pain in 1. arm.

During forenoon : pain confined to r. frontal region.

1 A.M. : awoke with severe pain along duodenum and down into umbilical region.

Afternoon : great urging, with inability to void usual quantity of urine; dyspnoea and chest symptoms; un- easiness, chills.

Evening: pain on side of tip of tongue.

Night: distressing feeling in stomach; pain and cramps in limbs; restless, with dreams and delirium; excessive sweat.

After midnight : wakefulness ; dreams. *" Fever. Creeping chills ascending back; when they reached neck a general shudder ensued.

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Chilliness running up back, with yawning and depression of spirits, followed by dull pain in forehead, burning in face and ears and slight fever.

Chilliness, restlessness and heaviness in upper part of ab- domen, frequent yawning and diminished secretion of urine (in afternoon).

Chills: with nausea, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; late in after- noon; from 12 M. to 1.30 p.m.; every other day.

Skin cold and clammy.

Whole body feels cold externally.

Icy coldness of hands and blueness of nails.

Burning heat of face and ears after a chill.

Painful burning over whole body, especially in face, but not on feet, with violent thirst.

■ Excessive sweat at night. *^ Attacks, Periodicity. Every ten minutes : violent yellow vomiting.

From 4 to 5 p.m. : burning in chest, extending to scapula.

From 12 m. to 1.30 p.m. : chills.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. : chills, with nausea.

For several hours : oppression over eyes.

Every other day : chills.

For two days: a slight swelling and painfulness on inner side of 1. ankle; tarso-metatarsal joint of big toe seemed inclined to inflame.

For a few days : a bloated, hot feeling in feet. ^ Locality and Direction. Right: pain in frontal region; sharp pain in parietal protuberance; numbness of hand; aching in calf of leg ; numbness in hollow of foot ; pain and stiffness in knee; big toe as if rheumatic gout would set in.

Left: side of tip of tongue pains; violent beating in arm; pain and swelling of inner side of ankle. *^ Sensations. Most pains feel as if a dull stick pressed on parts and was moving in diverse curved lines, feels as if this pain was in bones.

As if diarrhoea would set in ; as if stools were boiling water; as if a boil was likely to form on ankle; as if feet were likely to become blistered by boots; as if rheumatic gout would set in in foot ; all over, especially in lower part of back and limbs.

Pain: in head under coronal suture; in throat; in epi- gastrium and abdomen ; in chest; in 1. arm ; in knees; in r. knee ; on inner side of 1. ankle ; in limbs.

Severe pain : along duodenum and down into umbilical region.

Sharp pain : in r. parietal protuberance.

Violent beating: in 1. arm.

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Darting pains: in parts of head.

Shooting pains: in wrists and metacarpal bones.

Occasional stitches: in head.

Aching: in calf of r. leg.

Cramps: in limbs.

Dull pain : in forehead.

Painful burning: over whole body.

Heat: in throat; in larynx.

Burning, smarting, stinging: on tip of tongue.

Burning: in ears and face; of mouth and throat; in ab- domen ; of anus ; in chest ; in feet.

Soreness : all through head ; of tip of nose ; on tip of tongue; in mouth and throat; in inguinal glands; of anus ; at end of nails.

Raw feeling: of tongue and inside of mouth.

Distressing feeling: in stomach.

Constriction : in throat.

Oppression: over eyes.

Dryness: of tongue and throat; in mouth and fauces.

Confusion : in head.

Fulness: in head; in feet and legs.

Pressure : on chest.

Lameness: of knees.

Stiffness : in arms ; in r. knee.

Numb feeling: in legs and feet; of forearm and hand; in hollow of r. foot.

Coldness: in abdomen.

Itching: of hairy scalp ; of nose. ** Tissues. Induration of glands.

Sulphur, with which Here, sulph. has many symptoms in common, more even than with Cinnab., Arsen. and Digit, in hydrothorax, especially occurring in heart or renal disease.

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