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General
Desceiftion. — This is a Brazilian plant, the Arpido-sperma Quebracho, a tree belonging to the Apocynacese, and is used as a febrifuge by Brazilian phy-
(No Proving.)
in asthma. ° Emphysema.
QUINIA SULPHATE.
(C/iJniJiBm Sulpkarlettm.) Dbsckiption. —There are two forms of the sulphate, a neutral and an acid
The neutral salt is produced by neutralizing qninine with a dilute solution of Sulphurie acid, and adding a few drops of an alkali to determine the crystals. It dissolves m about 700 parts cold wafer, and 30 parts hot water.
The acid salt always separates from a solution of quinine in excess of sul- phurie acid. It is much more soluble in water than the neutral sulphate. It will dissolve in 11 parts of water, Pbepaeations, — Triturations.
Mind
Feeling of intoxication, though the mental powers are perfect Awoke at midnight with long-continued cries ; knew that he was crying, but could not help it; was obliged to get out of bed; wrapped himself in hia clothes and remained sitting; after a few moments he came to himself again, and soon fell asleep. Delirium.
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qUINIA SULPHATE.
* As if some evil were impending,
* Feeling of impending evil, in the afternoon,
Head
Vertigo, with palpitation.
* Whirling in the head like a miU wheel. Rush of blood to the head, towards eveiiing.
Heavinasa and confusion of the head continue until going to sleep in the evening.
* Very severe headache, worse towards evening, with violent pal-
pitation of the arteries of the head, as if thfi head would be torn asunder, with glowing heat of the face, vertigo, at times ringing and roaring in the ears.
Violent headache in the forenoon, especially in the left side, with frequent pulsation of the temporal arteries, with excitement through the whole body.
Pain in the forehead and temples appeared towards evening and gradually increased in intensity, with visihle pulsation of the temporal arteries, heat of the head, and ringing in the ears.
Violent pains in the left temple ; the pain extends to the eyebrow, and obliges him to lie down, with which he seeks a cool place on the sofa in order to relieve the pain. Meningitis ; symp- toms like delirium tremens.
Eye.
With some the eyes become red, and there is swelling of the lids, with the appearance of ptmples.
Peculiar dryness of the eyes.
AH day, eyes feel as if they had been in a glare, or as if the atmosphere were too dry,, as if parched. * Pain in the left infra-orbital, malar and superior maxillary nerves; aching and boring, worse in cold air, but nearly constant, even involving the eye at times, with tumefaction adjacent to upper molars.
Lachrymation in the open air.
* Disk and retina both very ansemic. Disk looks dry, with the
vessels smaller than usual.
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718 Q-UISIA StTLPHATE.
* Dilatation of the pupil.
* Dimness of vision, as from a net before Ihe eyes, and once as
from a dark fog.
More or less complete, or even incurable amaurosis of one or both eyes.
Blindness.
* Great sensitiveness of the eye to the light, with lachrymation
in the full glare of light.
* Bright lights and sparks before the eyes.
* Black spot, size of pin's head, about eighteen inches from right
eye, and moving with eye for some weeks. Blackness be- fore the eyes, with pain in the forehead, so violent that the head seemed as though it would burst.
Ear. of both ears on account of loud ringing in them. In- tolerance of noise.
the ears, especially noticed in the left, seldom in the right.
Frequent transient ringing in the ears.
Constant ringing in the ears.
Roaring in the ears and head, so that the patient was almost completely deaf.
Nose
° Hay fever. Epistaxia, with cerebral congestion ; flushed face.
Fa,ce. Suddenly seized with cedema of the face and limbs, accompanied by an unusual erythematous rash.
* Face flushed and hot.
* Face pale and suffering.
* Aching about left malar bone in the evening.
* While writing, sudden ache above left zygoma, while inclining
head to that side, also at temporal ridge.
* Neuralgia of the supra-orbital branch of the fifth nerve, es-
pecially when periodic.
Mouth
Tongue coated with a thick yellow fur, which cannot be scraped
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QUINIA SULPHATE. 719
ofF, except the tip, which is rad.
Month full of mucus.
Great hunger, compelling him to eat. ° Quinia acts best after the tongue has been cleaned by the use of Mercurius or Euonymin.
Dryness of the mouth aiid fau- ces.
Mouth tastas as if its secretions were unhealthy,
* Articulation seems impaired. Have to repeat words to make
them understood. Disturbance of the organ of speech ; oc- casionally entire loss of voice for a longer or shorter period.
Throat
Throat feels a little full; clogging of the upper pharynx by mucus ; slowly detached by repeated swallowing in the after- noon. Constant scraping in the throat, with irritation to cough, and slimy expectoration, difficult to loosen, in after- noon.
Catarrhal secretion descended the pharynx in considerable amounts ( again some hawketl up the windpipe ; and all the afternoon there remained a tenacious coating of the same on the back of the palg,te, causing eflbrts to swallow it. S1>oinach.
Ravenous hunger after a hearty meal, becoming a qualmishness and nausea when continuing a long time.
Anorexia, aversion to food.
Thirst, with unusual appetite and sensation of fasting. Thirst, eructation, and nausea, with great appetite.
Eructations and heartburn. Nauseaand vomiting during a meal.
Frequent vomiting of an insipid taste in the afternoon. Car- dialgia.
A feeling as if the stomach were too full, and something had failed to go down and lodged in the chest ; better by eructa- tion, but fulness still felt.
* After eating, pressure in the stomach, followed by cutting in
the upper and middle abdominal region. . * Even slightest food causes pressure in the stomach and a return of the usual symptoms.
Abdomen
* Pain in the region of the liver shortly before going to bed.
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720 QUIKIA SUJ-PHATE.
* Dull, painful sensation in the region of the spleen, {lisappearing
OH pressure, Pressive pain in the region of the spieeii.
* Stitches in the left side, below the short rilis. Much distension
of the abdomen, followed by diarrhcea.
Great distension of the abdomen without passage of flatus. Pro- fuse passage of flatus upward and downward.
Colic in the transverse and left colon.
Colic immediately after rising, followed by stool, at first mushy, like diarrhosa, with cadaverous odor, with gradual relief of the colic.
Bectum.
Increased hemorrhoidal troubles.
Discharge of bright blood from the anus, without previous pain in the back,
Diarrhcea, with violent colic-like pains across the abdomen. Stool at first miishy, then like diarrhoea, preceded by exceeding offensive flatus at 9 a.m.
Stool difficult, fieccs of ordinary cons'istence. Obstinate costive- neas, with distension of the abdomen.
Urinary Organs
Urine copious, high-colored and turbid.
Secretion of urine in- creased ; urine deposited a lai^e quantity of orange-colored crystals, shown under the microscope to be right-angled prisms, with rhnmboidal fragments.
Increased secretion of urine, preceded by distension of the upper and lower abdo- men and oppressed respiration.
Hsemorrhage of the urinary passages.
Urine deposited a rose-red sediment, which under the glass showed rhomboidal flat crystals, with here and there double pyramids.
These crystals consi'^ted of Urate of ammonia and phosphates and traces of Quinine.
Brick- dust sediment in the urine.
After taking (J grammes of Quinia, over 4 grammes were found in the urine within 48 hours.
Sexual Organs
Decided depression of the sexual sphere during the provin".
An emission duringthe night without waking.
Uterineepistaxis.*
* This is neither a hsemorrhage nor a menorrhagia but a steady flow, drop by drop, from the uterus.
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* Merises too soon and too profuse, or too scanty. " Deficient labor pains from exhaustion.
" Irregular menses, {Ilak.)
Respiratory Organs.
On rising in the morning scraping soreness of larynx and trachea when swallowing, with raising and coughing of consider- able mucus, accumulated during the night, relieving the laryngeal scraping by degrees, but causing rawness in bronchi and lungs of left aide ; later in the day the cough affected rather the fances, with rending sensation.
Hoarseness at 4 p.m., with a deep tone to the voice.
Aphonia.
The attack of hoarseness, without anginal symptoms, recurred every after- noon for a long time.
Cough and tickling in windpipe.
* Respiration increased. Slow and irr^ular breathing, E.espi-
ration slow, interrupted by sighs.
* Oppression of the chest,
Pressive pain in the left half of chest, which was very sensitive to deep inspiration, most sensitive when the left arm was thrown forcibly backward. Sticking, in the right half of the chest, extending up the shoulder ; during the afternoon impeding respiration, relieved by bending the body forward. Stitches in the left side of the chest, preventing deep breathing, con- tinuing uninterruptedly until the next day, and very grailu- ally disappearing.
Heart and Pulse.
Extreme pnecordial anxiety.
Sticking in the region of the apex of the heart, disappearing after a few minutes.
Sitting, the heart's action subjectively felt, extending to head.
Palpita- tion of the heart.
Pulse full and rapid.
Action on circulation was constant ; it usually occurred half an hour after taking, and proportionate to the size of the dose, producing slowness of the pulse.
Pulse irregular, weak, and small. When the pulse was at its-^ quickest it became irregular and intermittent. 4B
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Back
* Sensitiveness of the last cervical and first dorsal vertebrce to
pressure.
* The dorsal vertebne are painful to pressure with the fingers or
on leaning against any hard substance.
* Pain in the first and second dorsal vertebrie on pressure.
* Third dorsal vertebra very painful to touch, loilh oppresdon
of the chest; it was not noticed on pressing on the other vertebrie.
* Weakness in the limbs. Great weakness and weariness of
arms and 1^.
* Trembling in the extremities ; the power of the wiil over them
seemed very much hampered.
* Hemiplegia. Fingers blue and cold.
Greneral Symptoms.
General excitement of the arterial system, similar to that pro- duced by strong wine. An internal trembling, wherewith the face became pale, with some ui^ing to urinate, followed by pale urine.
Twitchings, in the evening. Convulsions.
* Greneral weakness, especially of the feet, so as to interfere v/ith
walking.
* Collapse, with feeble pulse and colliquative sweats. Disturbance of nervous system and of the heart's action, pro- ducing general prostration and feebleness of cardiac move- ments.
° Nearly all neuralgic pains when perio<^lical and malarial.
Exhaustion as from hunger.
Very restless at night.
Excessive great sensitiveness of the body during the proving. Skin,
Kash all over the body, vivid as scarlatina and attended with intolerable and incessant itching. The rash and irritation were persistent for several days ; and then gradually and slowly subsided; followed by univeral exfoliation of the
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QULKIA SULPHATE. 723
cuticle, Scarlatina-libe eruption, with extremely violent itching over the whole body, ibUowed by desquamation, lasting fully three months. With some, pimples appear over the whole body, accompanied with an intolerable itching, and which eveutually discharge a matter, somewhat thicker than serum, thougli not exactly of the consistence of pus ; having reached the suppurative stage, the eruption gives place to squamous scabs.
* S!iin cold, pale, moist, and shrunken. Sudden, long, prick-
ing stitches, as with needles, in the skin of the chest, back, and thigiis, followed by moderate sweat on the chest and back, in the evening, while walking slowly in the open air.
Sleep
Constant inclination to yawn, with decided weakness. Coma, Sleep very uneasy, interrupted by wonderful dreams ; constant tossing about the bed.
* Sweat, especially on the back and neck when sleeping. Frightful dreams, with restless sleep.
Fever
Decided shaking chill at 3 p.m. ; at 6J p.m., heat of the face, lasting until 9 P.M., but no sweat followed. Chilliness, with paleness of the face, pain in the forehead and temples, and ringing in the ears at 11 a.m.
The fever shows itself at one time by an effervescence of the blood, causing great pulsation (or "snapping") of the veins, at another by an icy coldness of the whole body, insomuch that it has been compared to the action of an intermittent fever; this fever seems to terminate by a sharp spontane-
Extremities, hands, feet, chin, and nose cold from noon until
evening.
Heat over the whole body, which gradually breaks into sweats.
Sweat breaks out over the whole body from time to time, even
during perfect quiet. Sweat during the morning sleep so
profuse that the bed was soaked with it.
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EIIUS AltOMATICA.
^ Intermittent feva; qaotidianj with well-developed chill, fever, atid
sweat. '^ Congestive or pernieioiis ague, quotidian, rarely good for quar-
■tan fever.
EHUS AEOMATIOA.
i3 a shrub, growing from two to six feet high, inhabiting higli rocky soil ; stems straiglit, brandling near the top ; flowers yellow, fruit clustered, red, seedy, and acid. When the bush is broken it emits a strong odor, from whence it takes ita oommou name.
Peepa RATION
Tincture froni the bark of the root. {No Pravinffs.) ° Diabetes Insipidus
Jjarge quantities of urine of low specific
gravity.
Emaciated and haggard, ° Diabetes Mellitus
Great lassitude and languor.
Pain in the back, considerable thirst, appetite variable, sometimes raven- ous, and sometimes deficient; skin sallow and doughy; tem- perature, 101^°; slight cough and occasional nightsweats; loss of flesh ; sugar in the urine.
" Incontinence of urine, whether from atony of the muscular, or irritation of the nervous fibre, which prevent normal dis- tension.
" Constant dribbling of the urine. ° Enuresis noctuma.
° H<emarrliage of the Mdneys, resulting from a diseased state of the whole system, or that which commonly precedes Brigiit's disease. ° Htemorrhage from the bladder. ° Uterine hEemorrhage. ° Menorrhagia. ° Summer diseases of children.
° Oironic Diarrhwa and Dysentery. — Stools sometimes copious or scanty, with pain; discharge blood and mucus, or clear blood. ° Patient thin, anxious, sallow; bowels flabby.
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SALICYLIC ACID. 725
BALIOYLIO AOID.
Descbiption.— It is prepared from flowers of Spiraa Ulmaria, Oil of Gaiil-
theria, (Wintergreen), Salidn, Indigo, and Phenol.
It has a Bweetish-sour taate, and produces irritation of the throat. Slightly
Boluble in cold water, much more so in hot water. Alcohol dissolyes it more
readily than water, and either take up a considerable quantity.
Pbeparation
Triturations.
Head
Delirium; the patient's mind became very stupid; it was diffi- cult for him to colleet his ideas, then he laughed without cause, talked incessantly and disconnectedly, frequently looked about him, with apparent hallucinations.
Vertigo, — dulness of the head.
Rush of blood to the head. Headache.
Diminished acutene^ of vision.
Roaring in the ears, with difficult hearing.
° Meniere's disease, — aural vertigo.
Throat
Hsemorrhagic pharyngitis, with difficulty of swallowing. Great dryness of the pharynx. Violent efforts to swallow, with difficulty in swallowing, woke him from sleep; the pain and difficulty in swallowing became confined to the right side of the throat, with sticking pain, extending along the Eustachian tube to within tlie ear ; swelling of the right tonsil, so that it was noticed externally below the angle of the jaw, wi(h sensitiveness when touched, and with increased temperature in the vicinity; examination revealed redness and swelling of the mucous membrane of tiie throat and posterior fauces, with ulcers the size of a pin-head ; after a time a small lump of cheesy matter of a strong odor was expectorated, with some bluish-red blood ; tliis was followed by a gradual return of the throat to its normal condition.
° Diphtheria (but inferior to Eucalyptol).
Stomach
Erosions and ulcers in the stomach and bowels. Gsnereilities.
Immediately after the first powder lie began to sweat profusely. The perspiration increased and his strength diminished so visibly, that his wife was unwilling to give him the fourth
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7^6 SALICYLATE OF SODA — SAKGUINAEIXA NITRATE.
powder.
He insisted, however, and after taking it, vomiting and an agonizing headache set in, which continued all night.
In the morning he seemed unconaciona and aimply groaned loudly.
Only for a moment did his mind seem clear, when he cried out, " My head, my head !
" to the physicians who were present.
All treatment was futile, and he died in forty hours after taking the first powder.
No post-mortem ex- amination was permitted.
The course of the case was too rapid to he explained on the theory of a complicating cere- bral inflamraatioD ; all the symptoms seem to point to poison- ing (lO-grain doses).
Increased warmth of skin.
Profuse sweat.
Sweat at times more or less profuse.
SALICYLATE OF SODA,
Description
Salicylate of soda is a wliite granular salt, very soluble in water.
Some of the salts in the market have a leaden look or I'cddisli tinge The redness is always present when it is eTaporat«d from an alkaline solution.
It is prepared by putting one part of salicylic acid in two parts of hot dis- tilled water, and gradually adding bicarbonate of soda, until the salicylic acid is dissolved and the liquid has but a slight acid reaction. Filter this solution and evaporate to diyneas.
PKEPiBATiOiTS
Triturations, or in syrups and elixirg, (No Proving.) " Menifere's disease.
Vertigo from disease of the ear.
" Ringing in the ear.'i from the abuse of quinine.
" Bheumatism, rheumatalgia.
" Neuralgia.
" Sciatica.
SAMUINAEINA NITEATE.
Description
This preparation is a very fine brownish-red powder, pun- gent, acrid, bitter, and inodorous.
Soluble in alcohol, ether, and water and oils, bnt not in all proportions.
Alcohol and water separately will dissolve about half a grain to each one hundred minims, while dilute alcohol (equal parts of alcohol and water) will dissolve about one-fourli of a grain more.
Pebparation, — Triturations up to the third centesimal; then it may he carried higher in alcohol.
Head and Neck.
Pain in the supra-orbital region, proceeding from pain in the right eyeball, of a sore, aching character.
It soon extended
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across the forehead, and seemed to be deep in above the root oC the nose, Eurning pain jn the forehead and the root of the nose, with aching and soreness in eyeballu, worse on pressure ; ihe pain became more severe on the left side nf the head, through the left temph.
Slight aching sensation, with soreness all over the head and scalp.
Slight dizziness through all of the proving.
The pain in the left side ex- tended to the parietal ridge and back to the mastoid process, attended with sensation of stiffness in the mnscles of left side of neck and top of left shoulder, as if from exposure to a draft of cold, or damp, raw air.
Sensation of obsh-ue- tion and fulness in head, which was relieved by a discharge of a lai^e quantity of thick, yellow, sweet-tasting mucus.
Heat in the forehead; bathed in warm water gave some relief.
Uncomfortable feeling about the head all day; worse at night. ° Catarrhal and sick-headaches.
Byes.
Pain in right eyeball, extending to the supra-orbital region; pain of a sore, aching character, Profuse lachrymation; the tears gush from the eyes, I>ininess of sight, as if looking through gauze or mist, as if a thin film of mucus was spread over the sight.
Bedness and soreness of the inner corners of the eyes, which feel as if swollen.
Pain in the left eyebaU, extending over the orbit and left side of the head.
Redness of lids and conjunctiva, Jleai and bumiTig of the eyes, which was quite severe. Burning, pressing, aching, and sore pains in the eyes.
£Jars.
* Obstruction of the Eustachian tube; difficulty in distinguishing sounds ; roaring in the right ear.
Nose, fifteen minutes after taking first dose, observed water trickling from right nostril, * Watery mucus flowed freely from both nostrils, attended by a violent sneezing, repeated every few minutes, with profuse lachrymation.
Sensation arising to nostrils as if he had taken strong horseradish.
Burning pain in both nostrils.
Accumulation of mucus, obatructing
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728 SANUUINARINA SITRATB.
nose and bronchial tubes. Dry, sore, and raw feeling in nostrils. * Free discharge Jrom posterior nares, tinged wifJi blood, especially from left si<ie.
Mouth and Fauces.
Bitter taste, extending back to the root of the tongue.
Slight acrid burning sensation on the tongue.
Roughness and dry- ness iu the mouth and throat, with sensation of constriction in the throat, which passed off in fifteen or twenty minutes.
Increased flow of mucus and saliva, with sneezing and burn- ing in the forehead.
Soreness, rawneas, and roughness on right tonsil, with difficulty in swallowing, as if the throat indicated diphtheria, but on ex- amination there was only a red and irritable spot.
In the morning raised large quantUies of thick, yellow, sweet-fasting mueas.
This continued all day.
Heat in the mouth, as if pepper had been taken.
Great accumulation of mucus in the throat and bro^iohi.
Awoke frequently with dry mouth and throat, from breathing with mouth open, the nose being obstructed.
Everything tasted dry, like chips.
Coffee did not taste natural ; wanted something succulent, not pungent, but soothing to the mouth and throat, which was hot, dry, parched, and raw. ° Catarrh of fauces and pharynx.
CheBt.
* Heat avd tendon behind centre of slemum ; sensation of tightness in the chest, inducing a short hacking cough/ the cougli be- came harsh, leaving soreness and rawness in the throat and chest, with scraping, raw sensation in the pharynx. Cough- ing up large quantities of thick, yellow, sweet-tasting mucus several times during the day.
Tension, burning, and accumulatiim of mucu-! behind centre of sternum.
In forty minutes after taking, the tension and heat behind the sternum had increased, with desire to cough, — a short hack- ing cough; raised a clear mucus; the cough became deeper and rattling; the pressure extended to both lungs, greatly increasing the sense of suffocation, feeling as if the air-pas- sages were lined with thick, stiff mucus or pus.
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STRYCHNIA ARSENATE — SULPHUR lODATUM. (29
Stomach
Sensation of burning in domaeh and vssophagus.
Belcliing up of putrid-smelling gas, though she had eaten nothing s-ince morning.
Little appetit*.
Urinary Organs
Passed urine nearly every hour during the night, which, on stand- ing until morning, weighed twenty-eight ounces, and de- posited a white sediment.
Abdomen, Borborygmus and pahis in abdomen, as if diarrhcea would set in, with sharp cutting pains.
STEYOEHIA AESEHATE.
Description
Acids easily dissolve Strychnia, forming neutral snlutiona, haTing an intensely bitter taste, and being virulently poisonous.
The Arsenate is a salt, forming in monoclinic prisms, soluble in fifteen parts cold and five parts hot water.
The Aisenite is in the form of dull white rubes, efflorescing in air.
Pbepaeatiok. — Triturations.
{No Proving.)
° Chronic diarrhcea in a child with paralytic conditions of blad- der, rectum, and lower extremities.
° Certain forms of paralysis where Arsenic and Strychnia both appear to be indicated.
SULPHITE lODATUM.
[Iiidide of Sutphw.) Desckiptjon, — Iodine and.
Sulphur combine wlien heated together, « under water.
The Iodide is a blackish-graj radio-crjstalline n native Sulphide of antimony.
It decomposes at higher temperatures, gives off Iodine on esposare to air, and is insoluble in water.
Pkbpakation
Triturations.
Head
Sides of the head ached, with a sensation as if the head were
Inclination to close the eyes, as if to press out tears.
" Cataract cured.
(Burnett.)
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130 SULPHUR lODATUM.
Singing in the ears.
Nasal coryza.
Flow of "acrid serum" from the nose.
Excori- ation of the nostrils.
Erythematous breaking out in the upper lip, with yellowish pustules, painful, sore, and tender, quickly disappearing in dry scales.
Mouth And Throat
* Tongue dry and hard, furred at the root, red at the point. Throat dry and painful to touch, fe<Oing as if swelled.
* Sore throat in the morning. [Bumdt.)
Constant disposition to swallow saliva; throat and gullet parched; the saliva did not allay the dryness.
Stomach
Anorexia; desire for acids, pickles, lemonade, etc. Soreness and sinking in the epigastrium.
Eeapiratory Organs.
Accumulation of dark purulent mucus in the windpipe, causing constant inclination to swallow saliva, whifh does not moisten it.
Sensation of dryness in the trachea.
Much troubled with cough during the early part of the night, accompanied by a nasty taste in the mouth and a fetid breath.
Chest
Difficulty of expanding the chest on inspiration, with prostration
of strength. Boring pain, as if in the heart, with some difdculty of respiration.
Back
Paia in the loins, as if bruised, with weakness of the spinal column.
Generalities
Prostration of strength, witli difficulty of expanding the chest on
inspiration. Faintness, much worse on waking in the morning, when stooping or leaning forward, when running or ascending the stairs. SkiQ. Pustule on the upper lip. Erythema on the chin. Arms cov- ered with an itching rash, like nettlerash.
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THYMOL — TRIPOLIUM PRATENSE.
li. ° Acne. {Hale.)
Sleep
Unrefreshed by sleep at night; confused dreams.