Mercurius Soluhilis et Vivus. The Black Oxide and the Element. Mercurius solubilis was introduced by Hahnemann and proved upon himself, Gross, Gutmann, Fr. Hahnemann, Hartmann, Hornburg, Langhammer, Eummel and Stapf (Mat. Med. Pura), also in a fragmentary way by Knorre (Allg. Horn. Ztg., vol. 6, p. 35), Robinson (Br. Jour, of Horn., vol. 24, p. 516), Crocker, reported by Berridge (Med. Inv., N. S., vol. 1, p. 101). The symptoms of the solubilis, obtained by regular proving, and the effects of the vivus, gathered from toxicological reports carefully sifted and clinically verified, are sufficiently simular to be placed under one arrangement. Virtually the action of the two remedies appears to be the same, and they have not always been dis- tinguished in clinical reports, but in all known instances the symptoms of the two preparations are rendered distinguishable by the letters s. and v. CtmiCAii AvTHOUiTj-ES.— Affection of mind, Dulac, Horn. Clin., vol. 3, p. 56 ; Desire to kill, Dulac, Eaue's Rec., 1871, p. 49, v. ; Jousset, Analytical Therap., vol. 1, p. 179; Suicidal tendency, Jousset, Pitet, Hermel, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 6 ; Vertigo, Schelling, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 74; Affection of head, Haynel, Horn. Clin., vol. 4, p. 136; Headache, Hrg., Black, Schelling, Rademacher, Mschk., Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 179 ; Apoplexy, Pommerais, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 29 ; Inflammation of brain, Hirsch, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 45 ; Acute hydro- cephalus, Hirsch, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 45 ; Hydrocephalus, Schwarze, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 139; Cephalamatoma (2 cases), Miihlenbein, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 217; Sutures of skull asunder, Haynel, Raue's Rec, 1872, p. 65, s. ; Ab- scesses on head, Klauber, Allg. Horn. Ztg., vol. 112, p. 148 ; Amblyopia, Gross, Riick. MERCURIUS. 348 Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 338; Scotodynia, Thorer, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 341 ; Cho- roiditis, Payr, Raue's Eec, 1875, p. 59; Iritis, Thorer, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 302 ; Hills, N. A. J. H., vol. 23, p. 334; Keratoiritis, Payr, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 107; Keratitis, Payr, Raue's Rec, 1872, pp. 70, 72, s. ; Keratitis ■pustulosa, Allen, Horn. Clin., vol. 3, p. 73 ; Inflammation of eyes, Hrg., Schreter, Schelling, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 236; Ophthalmia, Hartmann, B. J. H., vol. 6, p. 490; Schreter, B. J. H., vol. 6, p. 490 ; Ophthalmia neonatorum, Watzke, B. J. H., vol. 6, p. 168 ; Scrofulous ophthalmia, Watzke, B. J. H., vol. 6, p. 493 ; Hrg., Haustein, L. T., Riick. Kl. Erf., vol.1, p. 272; Rheumatic ophthalmia, Knorre, B. J. H., vol. 6, p. 493; (3 cases) Jachimovicz, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 132 ; Syphilitic ophthalmia and rheumatism, D'Oliveira, B. J. H., vol. 6, p. 494 ; Blepharitis, Norton, N. A. J. H., vol. 23, p. 352 ; Loss of hearing, Goullon, Horn. Clin., vol. 1, p. 231 ; Otalgia, otorrhcea, hardness of hearing, otitis, Hrg, Alther, Schelling, Rentsch, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 368; Otorrhcea, Haustein, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 159 ; Chronic otitis, Hendricks, Allg. Horn. Ztg., vol. 104, p. 30 ; Inflammation of I. ear, Goullon, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 117, s. ; Affection of ears, Berridge, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 65, v. ; Chambers, Org., vol. 2, p. 231 ; Furuncle in external meatus, Houghton, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 67 ; Epistaxis, Hrg., Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 413; Coryza, Hrg., Riick, Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 388. Nasal catarrh, Trinks, Kafka, Hering, Bahr, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 126 ; Ulcers on forehead, Berghaus, Raue's Rec, 1874, p. 10, v.; Toothache, Kreuss, Hrg., Lobeth, Schelling, Widenmann, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 466; Goetze, Horn. Clin., vol. 3, p. 80; Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 139, 1871, p. 67, s. ; Affections of teeth, Chase, Horn. Clin., vol. 1, p. 70; Dental periostitis, Martin, Horn. Clin., vol. 1, p. 159 ; Glossitis, Vehseioann, Knorre, Weber, Guinisz, Segin, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 497; Wurmb and Caspari, Theuerkauf, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 211 ; Fullgraff, N. A. J. H., vol. 6, p. 427 ; Gilchrist, Surgery, p. 339 ; Ulcerated tongue, Knorre, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 499 ; Banula, Thorer, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 501 ; Inflamma- tion of sublingual gland, Marechdll, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 386 ; Stomatitis, Hirsch, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 145 ; Ulcers in mouth, etc., Hartmann, Hirsch, Escallier, Stern, Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 220; B., Org., vol. 2, p. 115, s. ; Knorre, Ehrhardt, Schreter, Holeczek, Griesselich, Nithak, Riickert, Ruck. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 507; Cancrum oris, Gilchrist, Surgery, p. 348 ; Parotitis, Kreuss, Knorre, Hirsch, A. R., Gross, Riick. KL Erf, vol. 4, p. 370 ; Swelling of submaxillary gland (4 cases), Knorre, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 385 ; Angina, Kreuss, Hrg., Maly, Segin, Mayer- hofer, Knorre, Trinks, Miiller, Kohl, Ivano, Holeczek, Rothhaus, Hartlaub, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 532 ; Charge, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 142 ; Syphilitic angina, Bern- stein, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 133; Sore throat, McClelland, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 85 ; Berridge, Horn. Phys., vol. 3, p. 135, V. ; Diphtheria, Zwingenberg, GEhme's Therap., p. 8, s. ; Goeze, CEhme's Tlierap., p. 58, s. ; Schmitt, Horn. Phys., vol. 6, p. 252, s. ; Pharyngeal catarrh, Kafka, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 154, s. ; Pains in liver, Kafka, Allg. Horn. Ztg., vol. 108, p. 204 ; Inflammation of liver, Hrg., Kreuss, Schelling, Trinks, Ruck. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 678; Colic, Hrg., Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 756 ; Bilious colic in children, Cushing, N. E. M. G., vol. 8, p. 648, s. ; Inflamma- tion of intestinal canal, Trinks, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol, 5, p. 352 ; Perityphlitis (2 cases), Hofrichter, Ruck. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 353 ; Peritonitis, Muller, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 6, p. 353; Catarrh of pancreatic duct (after Bellad.), Buchner, Raue's Rec, 1874, p. 209, s. ; Ascites, Stens, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 226, s. ; Lobethal, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol, 4, p. 56 ; Diarrhcea, Hrg., Hartlaub, Knorre, Schwarze, Diez, Schelling, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 837; Hofrichter, Hartmann, Miiller, Huber, Kafka, Leadam, Gerson, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 420; Leadam, B. J. H., vol. 12, p. 81; J. C. R., Hom. Clin., vol. 1, p. 76; Chronic diarrhoea, Leadam, B. J. H., vol. 12, 349 MERCURIUS. p. 82 ; Dysentery, Dunham, Kaue's Kec, 1870, p. 212, s. ; N. N., B. J, H., vol. 3, p. 259 ; Hrg., Griessel, Englehardt, Seidel, Gross, Diez, T., Kiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 868 ; Teller, Huber, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 441 ; Cholera, Peterson, Knoi-re, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 950 ; Croupous inflammation of rectum, Gerson, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 422 ; Prolapsus of rectum, Mschk., Kiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 993 ; Worm affections, Maly, Hrg., Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 806 ; Albuminuria, Dunham, Lectures, vol. 2, p. 219 ; Dysuria, Hrg., Schelling, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 21 ; Scematuria, Mschk., Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 2 1 ; Oonorrhcea, Hrg., Hartmann, Seidel, Attomyr, Rosenberg, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 86 ; Englehardt, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 544 ; Kunkel, Allg. Horn. Ztg., vol. 113, p. 42 ; Chancre, Bandiss, Bernstein, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 133; Orchitis, Gilchrist, Surgery, p. 529; Swelling of testicles, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 87 ; Inflammation and induration of testicles, Hartmann, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 208 ; Herpes preputialis, Gilchrist, Surgery, p. 533 ; Ulceration of cervix uteri, Gorton, Raue's Rec, 1871, p. 152 ; Horn. Clin., vol. 3, p. 125; Excrescence at os uteri, Meurer, Raue's Rec, 1874, p. 233, s. ; Metrorrhagia, Schelling, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 318 ; Irregular men- struation, Leadam, B. J. H., vol. 12, p. 81 ; Vaginitis, Berridge, Hom. Phys., vol. 3, p. 135, v.; Leueorrhoea, Hartmann, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 2, p. 363; Pruritis vulvae, Nash, Org., vol. 2, p. 220 ; H. M., Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 257, s. ; Threatened abortion, Weber, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 318 ; (Edema of vulva during pregnancy, Wurzler, N. A. J. H., vol. 2, p. 232 ; Mastitis, Hartmann, Lobethal, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 418 ; Poor quality of milk, Croserio, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 412 ; Chronic hoarseness, Lobethal, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 788 ; Influenza, Hartmann, Rummel, Croser, Gross, Miiller, Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 42 ; Trinks, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 705 ; Tracheitis, Bronchitis, Trinks, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 96 ; Bronchitis, Hirschel, Raue's Rec, 1873, p. 101 ; Schron., Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 169 ; Cough, Hirschel, B. J. H., vol. 31, p. 248 ; Cough and catarrh, Hrg., Hartmann, Schelling, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 19 ; Whooping cough, Hrg., Schron., Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 82 ; Pneumonia, Hartmann, Watzke, Trinks, Buchner, Schelling, Griessel, Miiller, Gross, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 301 ; Pneumonia, pleurisy, Arnold, Bojanus, Miiller, Eidherr, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 822; Phthisis, Miiller, Raue's Rec, 1871, p. 102, s. ; Loscher, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 385; Hydrothorax, Knorre, Riiok. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 353; Swelling of glands of neck, Huber, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 245 ; Intertrigo on artns, Leadam, B. J. H., vol. 12, p. 80; Inflammatory affection of hand, Kreuss, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 562; Eczema of hands, Miller, Hom. Clin., vol. 1, p. 244 ; Miller, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 323, s.; Luxation of hip joint, Hirsch, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 574; Hip joint disease, Hiller, N. A. J. H., vol. 26, p. 372 ; Ulcer on leg, Gilchrist, Raue's Rec, 1871, p. 215, s.; Ballard, Raue's Rec, 1871, p. 216, s. ; Affection of knee, Hirzel, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 587 ; Caries of bones of foot, Schiller, Bechet, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 435 ; Typhoid fever, Kammerer, Knorre, Bojanus, Schelling, Hartmann, Baumgiirtner, Clesz, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 747 ; Trinks, B. J. H., vol. 29, p. 321 ; Yellow fever, Taft, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 666 ; Worm fever, Maly, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 670 ; Night sweats, Miiller, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 842 ; Rheumatism, Kreuss, Hrg., Rummel, Lobethal, Hartmann, Schelling, T., Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 523 ; Hirsch, Perutz, Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 901 ; Lorbacher, Henze, Allg. Hom. Ztg., vol. 107, p. 122 ; Bernstein, Hom. Clin., vol. 3, p. 99; Hansen, Allg. Hom. Ztg., vol. 113, p. 4; Gout, Schelling, Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 525 ; Affection of periosteum, Klauber, Allg. Hom. Ztg., vol. 112, p. 148; Periostitis, Goeze, Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 282, s. ; Affection of bones, Hart- mann, Jahr, Schelling, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 435 ; Anaemia, Scrofulods, Hydrops, MERCURIUS. 350 Huber, Allg. Horn. Ztg., vol. 101, pp. 171-188, s.; Scrofulosis, Lobethal, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 409 ; Syphilis, Plalinemann, Hermann, Trinks, Jahr, Knorr, Bernstein, Kiimpfer, Buchner, Sommer, Seidel, Vehsemann, Bandiss, Thorer, Tietze, Attomyr, Jilgidi, Stapf, Bigel, Hartlaub, Schreter, Kramer, Eummel, Wesselhoeft, Liedbeck, Hermann, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, pp. 127-143 ; Bernstein, Thorer, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 133 ; Eeil, Eosenberg, Mueller, Meyer, Gerson, GoUmann, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 560 ; Viezekempi, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 170, s.; Siiss-Hahnemann, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p. 142, Dunham, Lectures, vol. 2, p. 227; Second- ary syphilis, Arcularius, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 171, s. ; Dropsy, Knorre, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4. p. 353 ; Prurigo, Martin, Hah. Mo., vol, 5, p. 24 ; Pruritus cutcmeus uni- versalis, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 258 ; Hom. Clin , 1871, p. 100, s. ; Icterus, Hartmann, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 700 ; Erysipelas, Hartmann, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 145 ; Vesicular eruption, Schelling, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 165 ; Pustular eruption, E. B. N., Hom, Clin., vol. 4, p. 82; Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 257, s.; Purpura hcemor- rhagica, Hendricks, Allg. Hom. Ztg., vol. 106, p. 158; ^cze?)ia, Weber, Eaue's Eec, 1873, p. 241, s. ; Impetigo, eczema, scurfy eruption, Hartmann, Knorre, Elwert, Bigel, Kasemann, Eiick, Kl. Erf,, vol. 4, p. 249; Impetigo calvities, Arcularius, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 65, s. ; Zona, Vehsemann, Lobethal, Croserio, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 160; Scarlatina, Stow, Eaue's Eec, 1871, p, 205; Schelling, Lobethal, Eiick, Kl, Erf., vol. 4, p. 56 ; Measles, Bethmann, Schelling, Euck. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 97 ; Wesselhoeft, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 319; Smallpox, Eussel, Hartmann, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 112; Stens, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 254 ; Itch, Hrg., Knorre, Eiick, Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 212 ; Antidote to Phytolacca poisoning, Grassmuck, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p, 17, s, ; Affection from habitual use of blue pills, Berghaus, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 10, V, ^ Mind. I I Unconsciousness, I > Memory weak ; forgets everything, 1 I Loss of will power, v. 8 iSlow in answering questions, v. I I Intellect very weak ; shows every mark of imbecility, v. I I Absentmindedness. ■ Time seems to pass more slowly. I I Embarassment. lObtuseness of mental operations, with great inclination to sleep; heaviness and muddledness of head. ^Typhoid. Ilmbecility ; foolish, mischievous, disgusting actions. I I Fancies ; rarely delirium. I Delirium and mental derangement of drunkards, v. ■ Muttering delirium, v, ■ Believes he is losing his reason, thinks he is dying, with illusions of fantasy; sees water running where there is none. s. I I Mania, with liver complaint. I I Great restlessness as if he had committed a great crime; has no desire for food, although he relishes it when com- mencing to eat; considers everybody his enemy; ideas constantly crowd upon his mind, one constantly chasing the other away; great inclination when walking to take people by the nose; weakness of memory and intellect; 351 MERCURIUS. dull and stupid feeling in head ; complains that his head will burst. ^Mania. I I Almost uncontrollable desire to travel far away. I I Desire to flee, with nightly anxiety and apprehension. I I Homesickness, or desire to travel; wants to go abroad; nightly anxiety and perspiration. I After suppression of foot sweat, whenever he sees an open window or a cutting instrument breaks into a sweat, with great heat of head, and is seized with an almost un- controllable desire to commit suicide. I Desire to kill the person contradicting her. iGreat desire to murder or commit suicide, particularly during menstrual period; despondency; involuntary crying; great indifference; is fearful that she may com- mit some wrong and kill herself; something urges her to kill her husband, of whom she is very fond, and she implores him to hide his razor. Continuous moaning and groaning. I I Hurried and rapid talking, s. ■ Excited, lively; everything is done hastily, v. I I Taciturn and indifferent. I 1 Fear of being alone. I Anxiety and restless change of place; ebullitions, sweat ; apprehensive, imaginary fears; fears he will lose his mind ; < evening and night. ■ Anxiety and apprehension; did not know what to do; it seemed as though he had committed a crime ; without heat ; also with a feeling that he had not control over his senses, s. I Anxiety driving her to suicide ; thoughts of suicide ; dur- ing menses great anxiety from which she cannot free herself; desire for death; great indifference even to those she formerly loved; crying almost involuntary, with relief; hysteria; hypochondriasis. Disgust of life. I I Much wretchedness and dejection of spirits, with diar- rhoea, s. ■ Hysterical melancholia, with inclination to murder. ■ Inexpressible pain of soul and body, anxious restlessness, as if some evil impended, < at night, with prsecordial anguish ; sweat of hands and heat of face ; disgusted with himself, has not courage to live ; constant suspicion, con- sidering everybody his enemy. ^Melancholia. ■ Grief, with fear at night; disposition to quarrel; com- plaining of relations and surroundings. I 1 Amativeness; amorousness. ■ Morose and mistrustful ; treated his associates almost in- sultingly, looked upon every one as his worst enemy, s. MERCURIUS. 352 iGreat restlessness, must constantly change her place; fear, with desire to escape, as if she had committed some crime. ^Hysteria. lA universal uneasiness of body, so that he could not re- main one moment in the same posture, v. ■ Towards evening, an uneasiness that did not permit him to remain in any place ; could not remain sitting two minutes; was forced to change, s. iNo rest in any place, constantly anxious, s. ■ Extreme restlessness all night, beginning about 8 p.m., and lasting till morning, s. ■ Bad effects from fright, leaving one in a state of great anxiety, < at night. I I Ailments from mortification ; from insults; from egotism. ^ Sensorium. ' ' Sopor ; coma. v. iFainting after sweetisli rising in throat, followed by sleep. ■ Dull and stupid feeling, with dizziness. ■Confusion of head, in morning on waking, s. ■Weakness in head like a dulness, and as if there was a vibration in forehead and a turning about in a circle, s. ■ Constant rotary motion of head, even when lying on pil- low. V. ■ Vertigo: as if in a swing; after stooping; lying on back; with headache and nausea; everything turns black; with nausea, distracted thoughts, momentary loss of vision ; cannot stand erect, or even sit up in bed for fear of falling. ■Prophylactic in apoplexy, in lymphatic, or leuco-phleg- matic, ill nourished subjects. ^ Inner Head. llTension over forehead, as if bandaged o in a hoop; < at night in bed; > after rising or when laying hand on it. ■Pressure in forehead and pain in bone beneath eyebrow, even to touch, s. ■ Pains in forehead, with disordered liver. ■ Pressive or tearing pain in 1. temple, s. ■ ■Burning in head, especially in 1. temple; < at night lying in bed, > sitting up. ■ Stitches through whole head. I I Tearing, burning, stitching, boring or semilateral tear- ing down to teeth and neck, with stitches in ears. ■ ■Tearing, drawing pains in head having their seat in periosteum and in bones of face ; rheumatic headaches. ■ Headache as if just beneath scalp, as if it were too heavy and tight in brain, s. ■ ■Catarrhal, rheumatic or syphilitic headaches. I I Violent headache. ^Yellow fever. ■Chronic cephalalgia, with suicidal tendency, caused by 353 MERCURIUS. suppression of foot sweat; pressing or stitching pains in head, < in forehead, only during day. 1 1 Congestion to head; head feels as if it would burst, with fulness of brain; as if constricted by a band. II Head feels as if in a vise, with nausea; < in open air, from sleeping, eating and drinking; > in room. I Head feels heavy and swollen; as if getting larger and larger. ■ Heaviness of head, vertigo when raising head, with nausea and vomiting; child wants to lie quietly in horizontal position; somnolence, indifference, with mournful ex- pression of face ; diminution of all intellectual faculties; amblyopia; weakness and paralysis of extremities ; con- vulsions. ^Hydrocephaloid. I Inflammation of brain, with hooplike feeling; burning^ and pulsation in forehead ; < at night, > after riding.. iLies in a dull, sleepy condition, from which he occasion- ally awakes without regaining complete consciousness ;; restless at night ; anxious dreams; delirious talk ; face pale, distorted; head hot; forehead moist; eyes dim, pupils contracted, conjunctivee injected; speech unin- telligible on account of dryness of tongue; lips dry; temperature of skin elevated; pulse 114; urine thick,, ammoniacal ; constipation. ^Inflammation of brain, v.. I Drowsy, with restless throwing about and occasional waking with shrill cry, which is again followed by dozing off; sensitiveness of eyes to light is diminished; squint- ing, s. ^Meningitis. I Acute hydrocephalus after severe attack of scarlet fever; every quarter or half hour; terrible continuous shriek- ing for one or two minutes; frequently moves r. hand towards head, or thrusts hand into wide opened mouth. 1. arm remaining motionless ; frequent chewing motion of mouth; strabismus; sopor; high fever, pulse cannot be counted ; involuntary urination, v. I For two years indications of hydrocephalus; head large, hanging forward; anterior fontanelle open; forehead protruding; eyes sunken ; pupils enlarged ; face earthy, oedematous ; constant flow of saliva ; teeth small ; im- patient desire for food. {Bellad. and Phos. also used.) I Brain troubles of drunkards. I Apoplexy, from effusion or congestion. ■* Outer Head- iSutures open, large head ; precocious de- velopment; restless sleep; dirty color of face; sour night sweat ; body bathed in sweat. ^Hydrocephalus. ■ All sutures pressed asunder, not a single border of a bone touches its neighbor ; even eyes appear unusually protruded. ^Hydrocephalus. VOL. VII. — 23. MERCURIUS. 854 1 1 Exostoses, with feeling of soreness when touched; pain at night in bed. ■ Lacerating, tearing and stinging in bones of skull. 1 1 Whole external head painful to touch, s. ■ Multiple abscesses of head; rachitic, anterior fontanelles open ; large abdomen ; fever, loss of appetite, diarrhoea ; great weakness, cannot sit up despite pain caused by lying down. s. ■Several days after birth, swelling over parietal bone near posterior fontanelle, resembling half a goose egg in form and size, fluctuating upon pressure and circum- scribed by a ring of swollen bone. ^Cephalsematoma. ■ ■Scalp: tense; contractive, tearing pain from forehead to neck, with chilliness; painful to touch, < when scratching, which causes bleeding; eruption itching, dry, humid, pustular, fetid, with yellow crusts; ery- sipelas < on forehead ; hair falls out, mostly on sides and temples ; sweaty. ■ Fetid, sour smelling, oily sweat on head ; on forehead it is icy cold ; burning on skin ; < at night in bed and after rising. ■ Moist eruption on scalp that eats away hair, with sensi- tive pressure, especially in sore places, s. ■ Small elevated scabs between hairs on scalp, s. ■ On forehead, between eyebrows, small patches of pustu- lar eruption, with greenish yellow scabs. ^Impetigo. ■ Profuse falling out of hair, mostly on sides of head and temples, v. ^ Sight and Eyes. ■ iWorse from heat and glare of fire ; also from daylight, s. Optical illusions : in dark colors ; in green colors ; black points ; muscse volitantes ; mistiness ; cloud ; fiery sparks ; letters seem to move. ■Eyes dim, lustreless; bleareyed. ■ For one year, failing sight; frequent temporary loss of vision; even when not using eyes there are always dark spots or a kind of cloud before sight, constant lachry- mation and aching pressing pain in eye ; she cannot bear light of fire. ^Amblyopia. ■ Scotoma of r. eye after a fall, with dimness of vision, constant flickering before eye and floating black specks. ■ ■If she attempts to look at anything cannot distinctly rec- ognize it, and then eyes are almost always involuntarily drawn together; the more she tries to restrain the con- traction, the less able she is to prevent it ; is obliged to lie down and close eyes. s. ■ ■Eyes forcibly drawn together, as if long deprived of sleep, s. 355 MERCUillUS. 1 1 Fog before one or both eyes. s. I i Dimness of vision; vision weak. v. I Heat in eyes and lachrymation. s. I Burning in eyes; itching, s. I I Pressure in eyes. s. I I Eyes hot, a kind of dry heat. s. I Heat, redness and pressure in both eyes. s. I Stitches in eyes. ■ Choroiditis. ■ Iritis; syphilitic; pains around eyes, on forehead and temples ; < from touch ; throbbing shooting pains in eye ; hypopion ; pains severe, tearing, boring, cutting, < at night and in damp weather ; much heat around eye and soreness of corresponding side of head ; great sensitiveness to heat, cold and light ; acrid lachryma- tion ; pupil contracted and covered by thin bluish film, with great tendency to formation of adhesions to lens; iris discolored, ciliary injection. ■ Tearing pains in forehead and vertex; shooting from deep within eye ; < every evening and night ; con- junctiva of r. eye greatly inflamed and swollen; phleg- monous inflammation and swelling of lids which are painful to slightest touch ; great photophobia ; flow of hot tears from eye; white ring around cornea; iris brown, greenish (blue in health) ; pupil fixed ; iris in- flamed and at later stage became shaped like that of ruminating animals ; fever ; sleepless at night on ac- count of pain; profuse sweats without relief; every nightat 12 o'clock, intolerable pains in eye almost ex- hausting him ; offensive odor from mouth ; much ex- pectoration of mucus; pappy taste; tenesmus; patient gouty. I I Episcleritis. ■ Splerotic swollen and very red; cornea dim and showing indications of beginning formation of pus; vertigo; slimy mouth ; white coated tongue, yellow towards base ; loss of appetite ; great thirst ; chilliness, with heat and congestions to head; tendency to sweat; steaming or moist skin ; transient stitches in body and limbs ; rest- less and sleepless at night. ■ Cornea dim, red, surrounded by puffy swelling like raw meat ; burning ; Hght dazzles ; it seems to him as if sparks of fire were being emitted from eyes ; stitches deep in eyes and in temples; eyelids dry and swollen; 1. eye <. ■ Ulcers of cornea vascular and surrounded by greyish opacity ; pus between corneal layers ; onyx. ■ Pustule on cornea, with photophobia and lachrymation; MERCURIUS. 356 when eyes are well has noises in ears, and when eyes are sore top of head is so sore she cannot comb her hair ; profuse watery coryza excoriating nose. s. ■ Keratitis pustulosa; pain in eye day and night, con- junctiva much congested, burning lachrymation ; ex- cessive photophobia, eruptions around eye ; < at night ; bad breath in morning; wants to sleep by day and can- not at night ; pain in bones at night ; sharp sticking pains, < at night after gaslight, s. iVesicles on margin of cornea, eyes feel < at night, watery eruption on face, hair falls out, nose swollen internally,, cracked and unhealthy, s. 1 1 Lachrymation profuse, burning and excoriating. llMu'co-purulent discharges, thin and acrid. 1 1 Lids are spasmodically closed, thick, red, swollen, excori- ated, very sensitive to heat, cold and contact. ■ Lachrymation and photophobia (noises in ear disappear when eyes become sore) ; top of head so sore she cannot comb her hair. Wveratitis pustulosa. 1 1 Keratitis parenchymatosa, due to hereditary s^^philis. iKeratoiritis, with hypopion, pain very severe at night, eye feeling as if it was a ball of fire, lachrymation hot. ■ Inflammation of eyes; cornea covered with scars from old ulcerations; scleral vessels injected, especially be- tween insertion of recti muscles, where sclera is slightly bulged and thinned, so that dark color of choroid shines, through ; steady aching, < at night. ^Episcleritis. ■ ■Syphilitic iritis; condylomata in iris; hypopion; con- traction; discoloration and immobility; ciliary injection,, haziness of aqueous ; pains of a tearing, boring char- acter, chiefly around eye, in forehead and temples, which are sore to touch; throbbing, shooting, sticking pains in eye ; all < at night. ■Retinitis and choroiditis, particularly if dependent upon syphilis; retina very sensitive in glare. ■ Diseases of optic nerve and retina, occurring in workers in foundries. ■Great opaqueness, violent pain, dacryorrhoea, photopho- bia, swelling of lids. ^Keratitis vasculosa. s. ■ Ophthalmia neonatorum; discharge acrid, usually thin, makes cheek sore ; particularly if caused by syphilitic leucorrhoea. ■ Purulent ophthalmia, with copious discharge ; lids much swollen, underneath much purulent matter which pours out in quantities on opening eyes. s. ■ Rheumatic, arthritic, syphilitic or gonorrhoeal ophthalmia. ■ Lids swollen; sensation of a body causing dull pressive or cutting pains underneath lids, with difficulty in mov- J57 MERCURIUS. ing them ; daylight or candlelight insupportable and causes burning, gnawing pains in e3'es which are mod- erately red, so that lids are closed convulsively, and can with difficulty be opened; lids agglutinated with raw pain at their edges. I Eyelids swollen; lids and cheeks covered with a pustular eruption; dried pus hangs upon eyelashes; greyish white spots upon cornese; photophobia, lies upon face; nose and lips swollen; copious, thick, green, acrid dis- charge from nose, excoriating nose and upper lip, back of hand and forearm, upon which child wiped its nose, corroded ; glands of ears swollen ; irritable, impatient, disposed to cry. ^Scrofulous inflammation of eyes. ■ Chronic syphilitic ophthalmia; vessels of conjunctiva in- jected and distended; pupil linear and contracted, and anterior and posterior chambers of eyes appeared quite confused; objects appear quite small and indistinct; feathers appear to come from angles of eyes and hinder vision; myopia; frequent attacks of cramp in stomach in all phases of the moon, and on least atmospheric vari- ation or immediately after some unusual pleasureable or painful impression; stiffness of maxillary joint, and pain in sole of foot, could with difficulty chew and could not bear to walk ; can scarcely keep in erect position, bone pains at night preventing sleep ; must be turned in bed by means of a sheet. ■ Eyes inflamed, with swollen inverted tarsi and very sen- sitive to light. V. ■ Pustules on conjunctiva. I 1 Conjunctivitis pustulosa after measles; scrofula, with enlarged cervical glands. ■ Great swelling of lids, sensibility to touch, < before mid- night, no > from sweat. ^Blenorrhoea of conjunctiva. ■ Chronic conjunctivitis, with a fine, rosy red injection around cornea, v. I I Pressure in eyes as from sand. ■ Burning pains, lachrymation acrid, photophobia, sensi- tiveness to extreme heat or cold very marked, especially heat of "glaring fire" and coldness of damp places ^Granular conjunctivitis. ■ Pupils dilated, s. ■ Biting and burning in eyes, especially in open air. I I Cutting, stinging or aching pains in eyes, especially when exerting them. ■ Great swelling, redness and constriction of lids; they are sensitive to touch ; upper lid tight and red like a stye. ■ Inflammatory swelling in region of lachrymal bone. ■ Eyes close forcibly, whether sitting, standing or walking. MEPvCURIUS. 358 I Lids: spasmodically closed; erysipelatous; sensitive to cold, heat and to touch ; raw excoriated ; burning as from fiery points. I I Blepharitis: lids red, thick and swollen, particularly upper; sensitive; lachrymation profuse, burning, acrid, making lids sore, red and painful ; < in open air or by constant application of cold water. ■ Ciliary blepharitis caused from workingover fires or forges. I Inflammation or blenorrhoea of lachrymal sac. I Cutting under lid, as from a sharp body. ■ Edges of lids covered with scurfs and ulcers. ■ Absence of cilise (nadarosis), nose sore and excoriated; Meibomian glands ulcerated, with scurf on margins of lids. ■ Entropium; ectropium ; affections of Meibomian cysts. I I Styes on upper lids. I I Twitching of lids. ■Violent contraction of eyelids, it is difficult to open them. ^ Hearing and Ears. Subjective sounds : various kinds of ringing; roaring; pulsative roaring ; buzzing. ■ Deafness: sounds vibrate in ears; obstruction moment- arily > after swallowing or blowing nose; external meatus moist; catarrhal after catching cold ; after otitis. I I Sensation of coldness in ears continually. ^Pregnancy. ■ Interstitial inflammation and swelling of periosteum. ■Sensation as if r. ear was stufled up ; ringing in ear; en- larged tonsils, with occlusion of Eustachian tubes and impaired hearing. ■ Soreness and excoriation of inner ears. ■ Tearing or shooting pain in ears. ■ Sticking and burning deep in both ears, < in left. s. ■ ■Ears inflamed internally and externally, pain cramp- like, sticking and as if stopped by swelling, s. ■ Stinging, tearing pains; purulent discharge, green, offen- sive; glands swollen. ■ Inflammation of submucous and subcutaneous cellular tissue, extending to parotid gland, which becomes swol- len and tender; throbbing pain, < at night on getting warm in bed. ^Otitis. I I Otitis after cold; intolerable pains in whole head, but particularly in ears; boring, tearing, stitching, with roar- ing and rumbling, particularly in L ear, which is ex- ternally red, hot and swollen; pain so severe as to cause fainting; thirst; great restlessness ; sleeplessness. I I Hardness of hearing, roaring in ears, yellow discharge. ^Chronic otitis. 1 1 Watery discharge and hemorrhage from ears, first 1., then r. ; sides of neck red, swollen, tender ; noises like 359 MERCURIUS. bells ringing, whistling or running of trains, first 1., then r. ; shooting from 1. ear through head to r. and from 1. ear to 1. temple ; shooting > by cold, < by warmth ; discharge < by warmth ; noises and shooting < by lying on 1. side; deaf; shooting makes her hold head and shudder ; pulse 150, feeble ; pricking in ears before dis- charge comes ; aching in ears, first 1., then r., 5.45 p.m. v. iSince an attack of measles, twenty-two years ago, has suffered from a profuse, offensive smelling discharge from r. ear, to which within the last few years were associated hardness of hearing and ringing in ears; watch could not be heard on r. side, upon 1. side could be heard only at distance of one and a half inches ; tuning fork could be heard only on r. side ; r. auditory canal occluded by soft, easily bleeding polypi; mucous membrane red, puff'ed, raw and very sensitive ; yellow- ish white, off'ensive, muco-purulent discharge; polypi dropped off" in six days. Unflammation of 1. ear, with hardness of hearing; sub- jective symptoms, as though a melody was ground upon an organ in head and after a few turns was snapped off"; sensation of fulness in ear and stopped up feeling, as though a wedge was driven in. s. > Pain beneath ear, extending down jaw. ^Otitis. ■Stitching, tearing, pressing, burning pains deep in ear, extending to cheek ; ear burns externally, feels cold internally ; pinching and pressing ; ear moist. ■ Purulent offensive otorrhoea, with itching in ears; vesic- ular eruption in face, each vesicle surrounded by a red areola ; itching nodular eruption on legs. ■ Enlarged cervical glands; frequent otalgia; chronic dis- charge of profuse, yellowish, very offensive pus from ear ; < at night; pain in ears at night; eruption behind ears. v. ■ Offensive otorrhoea; itching in ears. ^Syphilis. ■ Matter flows from both ears; in forepart of r. ear is a sac of matter which, when touched, discharged through ear; pains in whole r. half of head and face, she was unable to lie on that side. s. ■ ■Bloody and offensive matter flows from r. ear, with tear- ing pain. s. ■ Thin earwax runs from both ears. s. ■ ■Furuncles or boils in external meatus. ■ Fungous excrescences in ear. s. ■ Polypi in external meatus, which is inflamed, s. ■ Swelling of glands under ear; also inflammatory. 'Smell and Nose. ■Swellingof nasal bones; painful when taken hold of. s. MERCURIUS. 360 ■ Nosebleed: when coughing and during sleep; blood hangs in dark, coagulated string; with worm symptoms, bleeding occurs at night. ■ Coryza, with much sneezing, s. I I Food and drink rise up into choanse. I I Coryza: with much sneezing; fluent, corrosive; nostrils bleeding, scurfy; nose red, swollen, shining ; < from damp weather; at night; from either cold or warm air; not > by sweat ; smell from nose as from an old cold ; inflammatory redness inside of nose ; with itching and formation of crusts and bleeding on cleansing nose ; chilliness in daytime, obliged to lie down; copious sour smelling sweat at night ; part of mucus trickles down through posterior nares into throat and causes hawking, with catarrhal inflammation of larynx, trachea, bronchi and eyes; hoarseness and roughness of voice; dry, rough cough from continual tickling in larynx, with or without fever; catarrhal affection of frontal sinuses and High- morian cavities, pressive, tensive, tearing pains in fore- head, cheeks, upper teeth and ears; inflammation of tonsils and fauces; rheumatic pains in limbs; feverish; does not like to be alone ; thirsty ; feels bad in a warm room and cannot bear cold either; with chilliness; epidemic. I I Fulness and pulsation in head extending into nose; heat predominating over chilliness. ^Catarrh. I I Greenish, fetid pus from nose; nasal bones swollen. 1 1 Acrid matter flows from nose, having odor of old cheese, s. ■ The nostrils are red, raw and ulcerated. ^Coryza. Swelling of whole or only tip of nose, accompanied by pain and inflammation, followed by cancer ; pus thin, ichorous and acrid. ^Cancer. * Upper Face. iFace: pale, yellow, earthy; red and hot cheeks; pale and sunken; earthy colored, puffy; sallow; pale and bloated ; sickly, pale ; swollen ; pale, cold ; livid; jaundiced. • I Swelling of cheeks with toothache. 1 1 Tearing, lacerating pains in face; salivation; from cold or caries of teeth. ■ Neuralgia of trigeminus from taking cold. I I Swelling or breaking out of upper lip. ■ Yellow, dirty scurf, with fetid discharge, itching and bleeding when scratched. ■ ■Pimples on face with a bluish red halo, without itching. I I Forehead red, presenting a number of small orifices, like " worm holes," exuding serous fluid; margins of holes, which communicated with frontal bone, some- 361 MERCURIUS. what elevated ; pain in forehead when in bed, and sub- ject to severe headache up to time when forehead was affected, v. I I Upon forehead between ej^ebrows, small patches of a pustular eruption, with greenish yellow scabs. ^Im- petigo calvities. s. ■Syphilitic spots and pustules on face and forehead, s. * Lower Face. iTension in articulation of jaw on opening mouth, s. ■ Tearing in lower jaw toward evening, s. ■ Almost complete inability to move lower jaw or chew. v. ■ Cannot separate jaws. s. ■ Lockjaw from glandular swellings, with stinging pains. . ■ Periostitis of lower jaw; caries; looseness of teeth, which are painful when touched by tongue, they fall out; spongy, easily bleeding gums; stitches in teeth; tooth- ache < from heat. ■ Soft, red swelling of upper lip. ■ Lips: painful when touched; dry, cracked, ulcerated; black; burning pimples with yellow crusts; greatly swollen, puffed out, hssured; thick brown crusts, ex- tending to chin; cannot open lips or taste food. ■ iCorners of mouth ulcerated and painfully sore. s. ■ Yellowish scabs, especially around mouth. ■ ■Mumps: on r. side ; pale swelling; fever slight or ab- sent; high degree of inflammation ; trismus; in young scrofulous subjects; suppuration threatens. ■ ■Inflammation of submaxillary or sublingual glands. ^^ Teeth and Gums. ■■ Toothache: with swelling of gums and salivary glands; at night as it disappears great chilliness over whole body; jerking, especially at night; a pulselike jerking from teeth of lower jaw into ear, from upper jaw into head, with painfulness of gum from 9 P.M. on; from caries, or inflamed dentine; returns in damp weather or evening air ; pains tearing, lacerating, shooting into face and ears ; < from warmth of bed, from cold or warm things; > from rubbing cheek. ■ Toothache during day and ceasing at night, followed by perspiration and pains, return in morning in parox- ysms, with longer or shorter intervals, alternating with giddiness or tearing in limbs. ■ Frequent crackling in head, as from metal plates; swell- ing of gums; sensation as if teeth were fixed in a mass of pap; burning and itching in gums; ptyalism; chilli- ness in evening; steaming skin and tendency to sweat. ■ During an epidemic of influenza, toothache accompanied by fever. ■Stitching, tearing pains in liollow and carious teeth, < at MERCURIUS. 362 night; hard painful swelling of cheek; profuse accu- mulation of saliva in mouth; offensive breath. ■Toothache commencing in a molar tooth, commencing slowly, extending up to temple, getting gradually very violent, then ceasing suddenly, attacks repeated every few minutes. I Teeth sore and loose, some are too long. ^Pregnancy. I I Feeling as if all the teeth were loose, s. I Teeth feel too long and are sensitive. I Teeth are loose; at last drop out. v. IlLooseness of teeth, especially of molars; they become denuded of the gum and turn black, with nightly pains in teeth, jaws and head. v. I All teeth except incisors lost, at least crowns of teeth, leaving only roots, with very red and very soft gums. v. llTeeth: black, dirty grey, carious, become loose in suc- cession. •Severe throbbing pain in 1. upper jaw, < at night ; face swollen; tongue whitish, moist and flabby; teeth felt too long. V. iCopious salivation, little blisters on tongue, gums and cheeks; large ulcers on protruding gums; salivation arrested from taking cold, and convulsions occur; diaper stained with yellowish, strong smelling urine ; abdomen hard and distended; stools slimy, bloody, green and accompanied by tenesmus. ^Dentition, s. ■ iGums painful to touch, swollen, receding from teeth, whitish edges, bleeding, with a fetid odor from mouth. ■ Pulsating toothache < at night; gumboil. iSwelling of gums every night, s. iGums red, swollen and covered with thin, white patches, easily removed from a nonulcerating surface, v. llGum has a bright red margin, v. . I Gums swollen and of a livid red color, v. llGums spongy and bleeding, partly destroyed, v. ■ Gum atrophies, especially on roots of lower teeth, leaving necks of teeth bare. v. "Taste and Tongue. uTaste: sweetish; illusive sensation as if body was made up of sweets ; slimy ; salty on tongue and lips; of bad eggs; bitter; putrid; metallic; flat; fecal, putrid. I I Bread tastes sweet, s. I Loss of taste. • Speech: quick, stuttering; tremulous; impeded; diffi- cult. V. I Complete loss of speech. ■ Difficulty in speaking and masticating, v. ■ I Speech difficult : on account of trembling of mouth and tongue; masseter muscles contracted. 363 MERCURIUS. iTongue: swollen, flabby ; takes imprint of teeth ; pale; white; tremulous; dry, hard; red and dry; red, with dark spots and burning ; moist, with intense thirst. llTongue coated: showing impress of teeth; thickly; as if covered with fur, especially in morning ; black ; moist, covered with mucus; dirty yellow, w^th foul breath; black, with red edge. I Tongue inflamed, indurated or suppurating, with pricking pains. I Tongue not swollen; grey patches on edges and a thin dirty yellow coat on upper surface, v. I Great swelling of tongue, s. I Tongue very much swollen, painful and covered with foul ulcers, with constant oozing of blood as from a spongy tissue ; these ulcers made swallowing very difficult, v. I For several days constant crying; child desires nothing but drinks; tongue and gums very red, swollen and covered with white vesicles ; fever ; restlessness ; sleep- lessness. I Pricking pain in tongue, with swelling, pressure on tongue painful. I Tongue as white as chalk. I Intense redness of tongue; severe pain, especially on side from contact of teeth ; profuse salivation and tendency to fissures or ulceration ; < from least contact of food, drink or even cold air ; cries and wrings hands in agony ; offensive breath and saliva. ^Glossitis. iRanula. ^^ Inner Mouth, i iDry mouth and throat. ' B Mouth and tongue moist, and plenty of saliva, yet great thirst for cold water. I Much slime collects in mouth. ■ ■Salivation: saliva fetid or tastes metallic, coppery; ten- acious ; soapy and stringy. ■ Bloody saliva, v. ■ Salivation arrested from taking cold, then convulsions. I I Profuse flow of saliva, breath has a mercurial odor. ^Hysteria. I I Ptyalism, with nausea waking her from sleep, particu- larly after midnight. ^Pregnancy, ■ Mouth sore and studded with small vesicles. ^Scarlatina. I 1 Salivation and scorbutic gums. ^Crusta lactea. ■Odor from mouth: bad, fetid; disagreeable, sw^eetish; very offensive, more noticed by persons at distance than by patient himself. ■Sickly smell from mouth. ^Chronic diarrhoea. ■ Mucous membrane of mouth pale, with numerous ero- sions. V. MERCURIUS. 364 I Bluish color of inner cheeks. ^Scurvy. I Internal swelling of upper lip. s. I Mouth inflamed, with burning aphthous ulcers; copious, fetid, ropy saliva; scorbutic gums; large blisters in mouth ; whole mouth sore. I I Aphthae of children, stomacace. ■ Inflammation in whole buccal cavity. ^Thrush. iConfluent thrush, changing into cankers; ptyalism; bad smell from mouth ; feverishness ; green, slimy stools. ■ Thrush; constant crying ; emaciation; tongue as if cov- ered with thick, white fur; deglutition difficult; will not nurse; grass green passages from bowels; no discharge of urine for thirty-six hours; coldness. ■Small ulcers, with lardaceous base and red inflamed edges on tongue and inside of lips and cheeks. ■ After catarrhal or gastric fever, small round vesicles upon reddened mucous membrane of mouth, which soon open and form flat ulcers with red edges and white or yellow- ish base. ■ Confluent ulcers in mouth, with ptyalism ; offensive odor from mouth. ■ Oval ulcer on gum, nearly an inch in length, with irreg- ular edges; ulcer also at corner of mouth ; small ulcers on mucous membrane of cheek ; ptyalism. ■Scorbutic gums; saliva copious, offensive, bloody; ulcers with bases like lard; inflammation of whole buccal cavity and ulcers upon gums ; glands swollen; diarrhoea, with tenesmus. ■ Diff'use redness of whole mucous membrane of mouth, with profuse flow of saliva, ^Stomatitis from use of chewing gum. s. ■ After typhoid fever, painful cracks on tongue and ulcers on inner surface of lips and cheeks; blandest food causes intolerable biting pains. ■ Ulcers: appear on gums, tongue, throat, inside of cheek, with salivation; irregular in shape; undefined edges; dirty, unhealthy look ; lardaceous base, surrounded with a dark halo ; apt to run together ; the syphilitic ulcers are circular, attack posterior parts of mouth, have well- defined edges, surrounded with a coppery hue, they do not extend from their primary seat. v. ■ Syphilitic ulceration of mouth; ulcers rapidly affect sur- rounding parts, tonsils, larynx and pharynx becoming aff'ected ; ulcers extend in depth, begin to suppurate or emit an offensive odor; voice becomes hoarse, child be- comes emaciated and death threatens from slow fever. ■ Orifice of excretory duct of salivary gland between last teeth, swollen, white, ulcerated and extremely painful, s. 365 MERCURIUS. 1 1 Pain, swelling and ulceration of salivary glands, s. I Right sublingual glands as large as hazel nuts, and very hard. v. iRanula, r. side; had been opened several times and half a teacupful of fluid removed, but always returned five or six days afterwards. " Throat. I Uvula elongated, enlarged, greatly swollen. 1 Redness and swelling of soft palate, tonsils and whole oral cavity. iSoft palate and especially uvula of a coppery red color; on 1. side a long, superficial ulcer, v. ■Dryness of palate, as if caused by heat; constantly obliged to swallow. I Difficult deglutition. ■ Fluids return through nose. ■Sticking pains in tonsils when swallowing. ■ Pain when swallowing as if a foreign body was swallowed down. ■ Burning in throat as from hot vapor ascending from