Cinnabaris

Red Sulphide of Mercury. HgS.

A very ancient remedy, originally from the Orient, handed down to the Greeks, and down through the Middle Ages to modern medicine, with a voluminous history.

Provings by Hahnemann, Hering, Neidhardt, etc.

Clinical Authorities Prosopalgia iviih catarrh of bladder, Schelling, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 387 ;

Toothache, E. W. Berridge, H. M., 1874, p. 107 ;

Tapeworm, Heinigke; Oonorrhcea, D. E Gardiner, H. M., 1871, p. 47 ;

Chancre, A. E., A. H. Z., vol. 78, p. 37;

Sommer, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 119; Condylomata, Lingen, Eiick.

Kl. Erf, vol. 2, p. 153; Syphilis, CI. JVLiiller, Eiick.

Kl. Erf, vol. 2, p. 152; Hofrichter, Eiick. Kl.

Erf, v. 2, p. 154; Syphilitic idcerations, 8 cases, CI. Miiller, Eiick. Kl.

Erf, vol. 2, p. 151.

^ Mind. Indisposition for mental labor.

Sensation of fulness of the head from mental application.

Forgetfulness (forgets things he has to do).

Fretful, easily provoked, irritable.

Desire to be alone.

iMind clear and cheerful.

Exhilaration. ^ Sensorium. l Dizziness: in morning after rising; when

stooping; with nausea. ^ Inner Head. Dulness and heaviness of head, with ringing in ears after dinner and late in evening.

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■ Fulness in head; eyes are reddened.

1 1 Congested sensation over whole head, principally fore- head.

1 1 Congestion of blood to head, particularly to vertex ; < after eating.

■ Sensation as if touched by a cold metallic body, on a

small space over root of nose. Feeling like a vice or band around head, cutting, shooting pain in forehead, aching in superciliary ridge of r. eye, extending to back of head, with nausea.

■ Pressing in forehead with sensation of congestion.

■ Dull pain in forehead, which is cold; > by heat.

■ Tearing pain in forehead, before catamenia.

■ In morning, after waking, pain in forehead and top of

head ; < when lying on 1. side and back ; > and going off when turning on r. side, and after rising.

■ Dull pain in 1. temple and side of head.

■ Shooting pain in 1. side of head, with increase of saliva

and great flow of urine.

■ Pain from back of head to forehead with vertigo, cannot

grasp ideas ; shooting from occiput forward.

■ Intense headache; cannot raise his head from pillow; >

by external pressure. ■Headache with nosebleed. ^ Outer Head. iThe bones of skull, the scalp, and even the hair are painfully sensitive to touch.

■ Tensive, stinging pains in ears, cheeks, temples and sides

of head, extending to occiput and nape of neck, with swelling of parotids and face. ^Catarrh of bladder. ^ Sight and Eyes. Dimness and opacity of cornea.

Marked photophobia and lachrymation, with redness.

■ Redness of whole eye, mth swelling of face. Shooting pains through eye into head.

■Sharp, stitching, stinging, or dull, aching pain above eye, extending from internal to external canthus, or runs around eye; pain may extend into eye or up into head.

■ Inflammation of r. eye; itching, pressing and pricking

at inner angle and lower lid ; constant lachrymation on looking steadily, with profuse discharge of mucus from nose. Shooting pains in inner canthus of r. eye, with burning and itching.

■ Outer half of 1. eye injected and puff}' ; pains severe, seem-

ing to run around the eye, < at night. ■Sticking pain about punctum lachrymale of upper eyelid. Lids so heavy that they are kept open with difficulty, <

in evening. ■Asthenopia, with pain extending from inner canthus

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around eye, with soreness over exit of supraorbital nerve, < in morning.

■ Conjunctivitis and blej^haritis, discharge << in morning.

iKerato-iritis and uncomplicated iritis, especially in syphi- litic variety, and if condylomata are present on iris, or on lids; < at night; pain intermitting.

■ Keratitis.

■ Soreness along course of supraorbital nerve and corre-

sponding side of head, < at night.

■ Ciliary neuralgia.

" Hearing and Ears. ■ Roaring in ears, with swelling of face (after eating). Scurfy eruption in r. external ear. Itching in r. ear. " Smell and Nose. ■Sensation on bridge of nose similar to that produced by touching it with a metallic substance.

■ Uneasy creeping and pressive sensation about ossa nasi,

lasting about an hour; the sensation experienced by most persons on putting on a pair of heavy spectacles, if not accustomed to wear them.

■ Sensation of weight and pressure over the root of the

nose, zygoma and temples. ^Catarrh. Itching of nose, with bleeding (very dark blood) after blowing it.

■ Coryza, with lameness of thighs and aching pain in

small of back ; lumps of dirty yellow mucus are dis- charged from posterior nares.

^ Upper Face. ■Hot face, which is much swollen, mostly about eyes.

^ Lower Face. Corners of mouth chapped.

^^ Teeth and Gums. ■Right molars and bicuspids (some de- cayed) feel soft, heavy, and too large, at 8 p.m. and at 2 or 3 A.M. ; sensation comes and goes gradually. On biting teeth together, second r. upper decayed molar feels as if it would fly to pieces.

" Taste and Tongue. ■Taste: metallic; bitter (in morning), putrid. Tongue coated white in. morning.

^^ Inner Mouth. Soreness in roof of mouth.

A small ulcer on roof of mouth, on r. side of tip of tongue.

■ Salivation; increased flow of saliva and of urine. ^In-

flammatory affections of mouth and fauces. ■Inflammation with great dryness in mouth and throat, < at night, which causes him to drink often.

■ Dryness and irritation of throat at night, with soreness

in morning, secretion of tenacious mucus during day, inclination to empty deglutition. Scant}", tenacious, pasty saliva in mouth, without thirst; > after drinking.

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13 TJuoat. I Inflammation, with great dryness of throat and mouth; < at night. I Contracting pain in throat during empty deglutition, i Fulness in throat, causing a constant desire for swal- lowing. iDrj'ness and irritation of throat (posterior nares, tonsils, fauces) at night, with soreness during day; in miorning, secretion of tenacious mucus, in lumps, from posterior nares.

I Increased dr^mess of throat and mouth, being obliged to moisten and rinse mouth every time he wakes. ^^ Appetite. Aversions. Want of appetite with aversion to

food. ^■' Eating and Drinking. After eating, great discomfort and feeling of distension and pressure in ujjper abdomen, with flushes of heat. ^^ Nausea and Vomiting. Xausea: with waterbrash; allevi- ated by eructations and vomiting. ■ ^" Scrobiculum and Stomach. Soreness in stomach, with dizziness and lightness in head, and tightness in temples. I Flatulence of stomach: with irregularity of stools. ^^ Abdomen. Griping colic, followed by soft, niush}^ stools.

I I Tapeworm.

I I Syphilitic buboes, indurated, not very sensitive or in- flamed ; surrounding glands also swollen.

^ Stool and Rectum, l Irregularity of passages.

■ Bloody dysenter3\

I Green, mucous diarrhoea which stains the skin about the

anus and scrotum a copper color. Thin stools with tenesmus. iXightly painful diarrhoea.

Sensation of formication in anus, as if from a large worm. I Little pimples around anus, with burning and itching.

■ Protrusion of anus during stool.

'^ Urinary Organs. Frequent and increased emission of watery urine ; also during night. I Pain, as if from a sore in urethra when urinating; this

pain wakes him up at nighf. Albuminuria. " Male Sexual Organs. Increased sexual desire with violent erections, jjarticularly in eA^ening.

■ Swelling of penis and twitching in it.

■ Great redness of urethra with pinching pain,

■ Pain in urethra on urination.

■ ■ Violent itching of corona giandis, with j)rofuse secretion

of pus.

■ Small, shining red points on glans penis.

■ A lentil-sized swelling surrounded by a reddish -yellow

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circle, on gians penis, near urinary meatus ; several red- dish-yellow lentil-shaped discolorations on glans and prepuce.

llfledness and swelling of prepuce, with painful itching.

1 1 Warts on prepuce, frgenum and inner surface, bleeding

• when touched.

I Phimosis with profuse, fetid, dirt}^, pus-like discharge. ^Secondary syphilis.

I Syphilitic phimosis, prepuce terribly swollen, purplish and ulcerated, with fetid, gangrenous odor.

I Red, swollen chancres with hard elevated edges, not sen-

sitive, discharging thin pus.

I I Indurated or neglected chancres.

I Indurated chancre on middle of penis.

I Round chancre above corona glandis as large as a pea, surrounded by a red circle ; three red patches on glans penis and prepuce, resembling in color the eruptions of scarlatina. '

I Gonorrhoea of very long standing, with much pain and

soreness during urination ; yellowish-green discharge. Gonorrhoea on a sycotic basis, or complicated with syphilis. Blenorrhoea of glans penis.

I I Sycotic excrescences. ■ Indurated testicles.

^•' Female Sexual Organs. lA few days before appearance of menses, and during their continuance, tearing pain in forehead, sensation of weakness in eyes, rending in spine, tearing pains and cramps in bowels, with diarrhoea and great prostration. iLeucorrlKDea, the discharge of which causes a pressure or labor-like pain in vagina. 21 Pregnancy. Parturition. Lactation. "Shooting across abdomen, either r. to 1. or 1. to r., during pregnancy.

I Long continued, false labor pains, child's head pressed against symphysis pubis with violent tenesmus in anus. ^^ Voice and Larynx. Hoarseness in evening.

I Syphilitic laryngeal ulcers, torpid, and associated with tuberculosis. ^^ Cough. Cough from tickling in throat. ^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. Dyspnoea with heat. _

Chest oppressed, feels contracted; > by stretching himself. Oppression of chest awakens after midnight. Pain running over ensiform cartilage, from seventh rib on r. side diagonally through chest to back. ^^ Pulse. Pulse slower in forepart of day, accelerated in

evening. ■'^' Outer Chest. Red spots and points on neck and chest, chanoins to little blotches.

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^^ Neck and Back. The muscles. of back part of neck seem as if contracted.

iPain in back of neck shooting to occiput, with stiffness and hard swelHng of glands at back of neck. ,

Aching in small of back as if bruised, with coryza.

Sudden stitches and tearing pains on each side of spine, in back and lumbar region.

Pain all over back down to loins, < on drawing a long breath. ^^ Upper Limbs. Pain in 1. shoulder, between clavicle and scapula, interiorly.

Periodical shooting pains in arms.

Pain in upper part of r. arm, as if it would break.

Sensation of lameness in r. arm.

Numbness of 1. arm, from elbow to end of little finger.

Sensation as if "crazy-bone" had been struck.

Joints of fingers and knuckles are red and hot.

(Edema of r. arm. ■^^ Lower Limbs. Shooting, drawing and aching pains in thighs, from hip-joints nearly down to condyles; < at night. ^Ischias rheumatica and syphilitica.

Lameness of thighs with coryza.

Violent itching on inside of thighs, knees and legs ; < on knees, especially at night.

Profuse, offensive sweat between thighs (when walking).

Painful twitching in leg, awakens from sleep at night.

Rheumatic pain in r. knee-joint; < when walking (ascend- ing), > at rest.

■ Tearing pain in legs below knees. Coldness in joints.

I Nodes on shin bones.

Pain in tenclo achilles and os calcis after walking. Pressure and feeling of numbness in foot. Coldness of feet, day and night. ^^ Limbs in General. Chilliness and lameness in arms and legs.

■ Wandering gout.

^^ Rest. Position. Motion. At rest : rheumatic pain in r. knee-joint >.

Lying on back: pain in forehead and top of head <.

Lying on 1. side: pain in forehead and top of head <.

Turning on r. side : > pain in forehead and top of head.

After rising: pain in forehead and top of head >.

Stretching: > oppression and contracted feeling of chest.

Stooping : dizziness,

Walking: profuse, offensive sweat between thighs; rheu- matic pain in r. knee-joint <.

After walking: pain in tendo achilles and os calcis.

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^® Nerves. General nervous, uneasy sensation.

Great lassitude, prostration, and feeling of lameness in limbs.

Weariness, languor, tiredness and prostration; < before eating, > when riding in open air.

Sensation of lameness in all the limbs. ^^ Sleep. Sleepiness in daytime and sleeplessness at night; unconquerable desire to sleep after dinner and early in evening.

Restlessness and sleeplessness at night, from a constant flow of ideas changing from one thing to another.

Wakes suddenly after midnight wuth oppression of chest.

Restless sleep, with vivid dreams and much talking. 38 [TijYj^g^ In morning: dizziness, after rising; pain in forehead and top of head after waking; soreness over exit of supraorbital nerve <; discharge of blepharitis <; tongue coated white; soreness of throat; pulse slower.

In forenoon: flashes of heat in abdomen with great flatulency.

At noon: perspiration <.

After dinner: ringing in ears, with dulness and heaviness of head; unconquerable desire to sleep; symptoms >.

During day: secretion of tenacious mucus, inclination to empty deglutition; soreness of throat; sleepiness.

Early in evening : unconquerable desire to sleep.

In evening: heaviness of lids <; increased sexual desire with violent erections; hoarseness; pulse accelerated.

At 8 P.M. : r. molars and bicuspids feel soft, heavy and too large.

Late in evening: clulness and heaviness in head with ringing in ears.

At night: pain of 1. eye <; kerato-iritis and uncompli- cated iritis <; soreness along course of supraorbital nerve and corresponding side of head <; inflammation with dryness in mouth and throat <; dryness and irrita- tion of throat; painful diarrhoea; frequent and increased emission of watery urine; pain in urethra wakes him up; pains in thighs <; violent itching on inside of thighs, knees and legs <; painful twitching in leg awakens from sleep; sleepless; restlessness and sleep- lessness from a constant flow of ideas; internal and ex- ternal heat of body.

After midnight: awakens suddenly with oppression of chest.

At 2-or 3 A.M.: r. molars and bicuspids feel soft, heavy and too large. ^^ Temperature and Weather. In open air: weariness, lan- guor, tiredness and prostration > when riding; symp- toms >.

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In warm room: coldness and chilliness.

Heat: > dull pain in forehead, which is cold.

Worse in Summer. ^° Fever. Coldness and chilliness in warm room.

Internal and external heat of body during whole night.

Flashes of heat confined to abdomen, with great flatulence; < in forenoon.

■ Nightly fever with dry mouth. •

Perspiration most at noon. *^ Attacks, Periodicity. Frequent emission of watery urine.

Intermitting; pain of kerato-iritis and uncomplicated iritis.

Coming and going gradually: sensation as if r. molars and bicuspids were soft, heavy and too large.

Lasting about an hour : uneasy creeping and pressive sen- sation about ossa nasi.

Long continued : false labor pains.

During whole night: internal and external heat of body.

Nightly fever with dry mouth.

Periodical : shooting pains in arms.

Day and night: coldness of feet. ^^ Locality and Direction. Eight : aching in superciliary_ ridge of eye; inflammation of eye; itching, pressing and pricking at inner angle and lower lid; shooting at canthus of eye, with burning and itching; scurfy erup- tion in external ear; itching in ear; molars and bicus- pids feel soft, heavy and too large ; second upper decayed molar feels as if it would fly to pieces on biting teeth together ; small ulcer on side of tongue ; pain in middle of upper part of arm, as if it would break ; sensation of lameness in arm; oedema of arm; rheumatic pain in knee-joint; itching of palm of hand; red eruption, sometimes with pustules filled with yellow matter, under knee ; nostril somewhat tumefied.

Left: dull pain in temj)le and side of head; shooting pain in side of head; outer half of eye injected and puffy; severe pains seeming to run around eye ; pain in shoul- der, between clavicle and scapula, interiorly; numbness of arm, from elbow to end of little finger; itching of side of face.

From r. to 1. and from 1. to r. . shooting across abdomen during pregnancy. ^^ Sensations. General nervous, uneasy sensation.

As if touched by a cold metallic body on a small space over root of nose; as of a vice or band around head; as of congestion in forehead; as of putting on a heavy pair of spectacles; as if r. molars and bicuspids were soft, heavy and too large; as if second r. u|)per decayed

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molar would fly to pieces on biting teeth together ; as if upper abdomen were distended ; as of a large worm in anus ; as if a sore were in urethra when urinating ; as if chest were contracted ; as if muscles of back part of neck were contracted ; as if bruised in small of back ; as if middle of upper part of r. arm would break ; as if pimples were coming out over body; as if crazy-bone was struck.

Pain : in forehead and top of head ; from back of head to forehead; severe, running around 1. eye; from inner canthus around eye ; in urethra on urinating ; running over ensiform cartilage, from seventh rib on r. side diagonally through chest to back; in back of neck shooting to occiput; all over back down to loins; in 1. shoulder, between clavicle and scapula, interiorly; in middle of upper part of r. arm; in tendo achilles and OS calcis after walking.

Cutting: in forehead.

Sudden stitches: on each side of spine, in back and lum- bar region.

Stitching: above eye, from internal to external canthus, or runs around eye; may extend into eye, or up into head.

Sticking: about punctum lachrymale of upper eyelid.

Stinging: in ears, cheeks, temples and sides of head, ex- tending to occiput and nape of neck ; above eye, from internal to external canthus, or runs around eye ; may extend into eye or up into head.

Pricking: at inner angle and lower lid of r. eye.

Shooting: in 1. side of head; from occiput forward; in . forehead; through eye into head; at inner canthus of r. eye; across abdomen during pregnancy; in arms; in thighs, from hip-joints nearly down to condyles.

Tearing: in forehead; in bowels; on each side of spine, in back and lumbar region ; in legs below knees.

Rending: in spine.

Drawing: in thighs, from hip-joints nearly down to con- dyles.

Burning: in inner canthus of r. eye; around anus; of skin.

Soreness: over exit of supraorbital nerve; along course of supraorbital nerve and corresponding side of head; in roof of mouth; of throat; in stomach.

Sharp pains : above eye, from internal to external canthus, or runs around eye; may extend into eye or up into head.

Irritation: of throat.

Pressure: over root of nose, zygoma and temples; in upper abdomen, after eating ; in vagina ; in foot.

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Pressilig : in forehead ; at inner angle and lower lid of r.

eye. Pressive sensation : about ossa nasi. Oppression: of chest. Pinching: in urethra. Cramps: in bowels.

Contracting pain: in throat during empty deglutition. Tensive pains : in ears, cheeks, temples and sides of head,

extending to occiput and nape of neck. Labor-like pain in vagina. Rheumatic pain: in r. knee-joint. Aching: in superciliary ridge of r. eye, extending to back

of head; in small of back; in thighs, from hip-joints

nearly down to condyles. Tightness: in temples. Fulness: of head; in throat, causing constant desire for

swallowing. Heaviness: of head.

Weight: over root of nose, zygoma and temples. Congested sensation over whole head, principally forehead. Lightness: in head. Dulness: of head.

Dull pain: in forehead; in 1. temple and side of head. Painful twitching: in leg. Twitching: in penis. Tickling: in throat. Formication : in anus. Creeping: about ossa nasi. Numbness: of 1. arm, from elbow to end of little finger;

in foot. Weakness: in eyes. Lameness: of thighs; in r. arm; in arms and legs; in all

the limbs. Uneasiness: about ossa nasi. Painful itching: of prepuce. Violent itching; of corona glandis; on inside of thighs,

knees and legs; < on knees. Itching: of eyelids, outer canthi; ears, face (1. side), palm

of r. hand ; inside of thighs ; on knees, legs and shoulders ;

of skin; occasionally, in eruption under r. knee; at

inner angle and lower lid of r. eye; in inner canthus of

r. eye; in r. ear; of nose; around anus. Dryness: in mouth and throat. Coldness: of forehead; in joints; of feet. ^^ Tissues. Syphilis; gonorrhoea and sycotic excrescences.

Wandering gout. ^^ Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries. Touch: bones of

skull, scalp and even hair painfully sensitive to; causes

bleeding of warts on prepuce, frsenum and inner surface.

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Pressure: > intense headache.

Scratching: < burning and itching of skin.

On biting teeth together: second r. upper decayed molar feels as if it would fly to pieces.

Riding in open air: > weariness, languor, tiredness and prostration. ^^ Skin. Itching of nose (bleeding after blowing it), of eye- lids, canthi (outer), ears, face (1. side), palm of hand (right), thighs (inside), knees, legs, at the anus (at night), on shoulders (evening).

Burning and itching of skin, < after scratching.

Redness of skin ; red spots on skin.

Sensation as if pimples were coming out over body.

Eruption of red points, spots and pustules.

Red, papulous eruption, without itching, on both elbows.

I Red eruption on finger, sometimes with pustules filled with yellow matter; the same under the r. knee, with occasional itching.

I Chronic impetigo, pustules and scabs on upper lip, imme- diately under nose; r. nostril also somewhat tumefied.

■ Gangrenous ulcerations; fiery, angry -looking ulcers. ^Sycosis.

I Honeycombed ulcers; fistulous.

Elevated ulcers, which have the appearance as if condy- lomata would grow .out of them. ^^ Stages of Life. Constitution. Combination of scrofula with syphilis or sycosis, or syphilis and tuberculosis.

Syphilis complicated by scrofula, or previous mercurial treatment.

Arthritic patient addicted to spirituous liquors ; prosopal- gia, parotitis and vesical catarrh.

Girl, suffering from dysmenorrhoea ; tapeworm.

Man, set. 28, sanguine temperament, scrofulous; secondary syphilis.

Man, £et. 29; syphilitic phimosis. ^^ Relations. Antidoted by Oinchon., llHepar, llNitr. ac. Opium, ■ Sulphur.

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