Stannum

General

Stannum.

Mind And Disposition

Great anxiety and restlessness. Irritable sadness, with aversion to men, and disinclination to talk ; hopelessness.

Head

Vertigo, it seems as if all the objects were too far distant. Painful jerk through the (left) temple, forehead and cerebellum, leaving a dull pressure, worse during rest, better from motion. [5] Burning in the forehead with nausea, better in the open air. Pulsation in the temples.

Eyes

Dull, sunken eyes without lustre. Nightly agglutination of the eyes. Burning stitches in the eyelids. Styes.

Ears

Ulceration of the ring-hole in the lobule. Screaming in the ears when blowing the nose.

Nose

Dry coryza on one side, with soreness, swelling, and redness of the nostril. The nose is stuffed up, high up.

Face

[15] Pale, sunken face, with deep, sunken eyes. Drawing pain in the face, in the malar bone and orbits.

Mouth And Throat

Fetid smell from the mouth. Sensation of stinging dryness in the throat. Hawking of mucus with soreness of the throat. [20] After hawking mucus the voice for singing is higher. Difficult and weak voice from debility.

Stomach And Abdomen

Increased appetite, he cannot cat sufficiently to satisfy his hunger. All the food tastes bitter. After eating, nausea followed by bitter vomiting. [25] Violent retching, followed by vomiting of undigested food. Vomiting of blood. Heavy pressure in the stomach, with soreness of it to the touch. Colic with bitter eructations, sensation of hunger in the stomach, and diarrhoea. Spasmodic colic above and below the navel.

Hysterical Spasms In The Abdomen

Sensitiveness of the abdomen to the touch. Sensation of emptiness in the abdomen.

Stool And Anus

Constipation ; stool hard, dry, knotty, or insufficient and green. Diarrhoea consisting of mucus.

Scanty Secretion Of Urine

The urging to urinate is wanting, as if there were no sensation in the bladder ; only a sensation of fulness indicates the necessity to urinate.

Sexual Organs

Men. Increased sexual desire ; violent voluptuous irritation to discharge the semen. Women. Menstruation more profuse. Leucorrhoea, of transparent mucus or yellow with great debility.

Respiratory Organs. [40] Hoarseness and roughness of the larynx. Accumulation of great quantities of mucus in the trachea, easily thrown up by coughing. Bronchitis. Great dyspnoea with anxiety in the evening, compelling one to loosen the clothing. Oppressed breathing and want of breath from every movement, also when lying down ; or in the evening. Drawing a long breath causes a pleasant sensation of lightness, for a short time. [45] Stitches in the left side of the chest when breathing or when lying on that side. Sensation of emptiness and weakness in the chest. Sensation of great soreness in the chest. Itching-tickling in the chest. Tension in the chest. (Hydrothorax). [50] Dry cough in the evening in bed, till midnight. Cough during the day, with copious, greenish, salty expectoration ; in the morning the expectoration is most profuse. Cough with expectoration of mucus, tasting putrid, sweet, or salty. After expectoration great soreness (or stitches) in the chest. Cough caused from talking, singing, or laughing, from lying on the (right) side, from drinking any thing warm.

Extremities

The pains in the limbs increase gradually and decrease, in the same manner. Upper. Swelling of the hands and feet in the evening. Weakness and trembling of the hands. Paralytic heaviness in the arms.

Burning In The Hands

Chilblains on the hands. Lower. Paralytic heaviness and weakness in the legs. Stiffness and tension in the bends of the knee. Swelling of the ankles in the evening. Burning of the feet.

Fever

Pulse small and quick. Chill in the evening, especially over the back, preceded by heat with perspiration. Chill every forenoon, (10 A.M.).

Chill Only On The Head

Slight chilliness with violent chattering of the teeth. During the morning chill, numbness in the tips of the fingers. Heat in the afternoon (4 to 5 P.M.) every afternoon, with perspiration at the same time. Burning heat in the limbs, moody in the hands, every evening. [80] Anxious sensation of heat from the least movement. Predominating sensation of internal heat. Very debilitating night-sweats, in the morning, principally on the neck. Debilitating perspiration from the least exertion. The perspiration smells mouldy.

Chilblains

Painful hang-nails.

Conditions

The symptoms, with exception of the debility, are better while walking and cease entirely, but return at once during rest. The (pressing, drawing) pains increase and decrease slowly and very gradually. Aggravation when lying on the (painless) side ; after moving ; from talking. Amelioration when lying on the back ; from loosening the garments.