Introduced by Hahnemann, proved by himself, F. Hahnemann, Franz, Gross^ Langhammer, and Ng., Chronische Krankheiten, vol. 6, p. 405. Toxicological reports are numerous; see Allen's Encyclopedia, vol. 9, p. 417. Clinical Authorities. — Mental dejection, Eussell, B. J. H., vol. 14, p. 550 ; Sensation of lump iii canthus, Berridge, Hahn. Mo., vol. 10, p. Ill ; Facial neural- gia, Theobald, Hom. Eev., vol. 16, p. Ill ; Epistaxis, Stens, A. H. Z., vol. 91, p. 196; Toothache, Bruckner, N. A. J. H., vol. 19, p. 417 ; A-phthm, Ehrhardt, Gross, Hrg., Buck. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 513 ; Hirsch, Schmidt, Kiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 225 ; Diphtheria, Kafka, A. H. Z., vol. 90, p. 181 ; Williams, 111. Trans., p. 143 ; Dip- somania, Hrg., Kiick. Kl. Erf., vol. l,p. 555; Hiccough, Schneider, B. J. H., vol. 8, p. 458 ; Gastrulgia, Cooper, B. J. H., vol. 29, p. 704 ; Indigestion, Mitchael, M. I., vol. 4, p. 439 ; Dyspepsia, Kurtz, Biick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 66 ; Williamson, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 46; Pain in groin, Berridge, N. Y. J. H., vol. 2, p. 312; Hernia, Traub, Kiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 793 ; Diarrhaia, Farrington, M. I., vol. 4, p. 132 ; Buck, Hom. Rev., vol. 20, p. 620; Dysentery, Murray, M. I., 1876; Vomitivg of pregnancy, Morrow, Med. Adv., vol. 20, p. 356 ; Cough, Berridge, Hom. Phys., vol. 6, p. 211 ; Hcemoptysis, Kiickert, Kiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 225 ; Pleuritic exudation ; Palpitation of heart, Sybel, A. H. Z., vol. 92, pp. 5, 20 ; Phthisis, Stens, N. A. J. H., vol. 22, p. 445 ; Excoriation of thighs. Crushes, Seidel, Kiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 1030 ; Ague, Cooper, H. M., vol. 13, p. 59; Yellow fever. Wade, Med. Inv., vol. 7, p. 72; Purpura haemorrhagica, Stens, N. A.. J. H., vol. 22, p. 451 ; Purpura, Schnappauf, Battmann, Kiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 207 ; Ecchymoses, Guernsey, M. I., vol. 3, p. 280; Pruritus, Buck, Hom. Kev., vol. 20, p. 620; Scrofulous eruptions, Johannsen,. Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 415. ^ Mind. Mental excitability. Must do everything in a great hurry ; nothing can be fin- ished quickly enough. Unwilling to answer; says yes or no with difficulty; pulse small and frequent. Disheartened ; inclined to weep. Irritable, restless ; fretful and peevish if his work is not done to suit. I I Extreme mental dejection ; unfit for work, would sit and weep whole day long; constant pain at vertex; after a fall upon head. ^ Sensorium. l Vertigo, in room, going off in open air; must lie down, as soon as he raises himself dizziness returns. ^ Inner Head. Sensation in forehead as if brain were loose and falling from side to side ; < walking in open air; > sitting quiet in room. 195 SULPHURICUM ACIDUM. I Rush of blood to head, headache. Painful shocks in forehead and temples, < in forenoon and evening. Headache as if a plug were thrust quickly, by increasingly severe blows, into head. Gradually increasing and suddenly ceasing headache. I Chronic headache in leuco-phlegmatic people, with re- laxed muscles and general debility. * Outer Head. Hair turns grey, falls out ; eruption on scalp very sore ; < in open air. Cold sweat on forehead when eating, even warm food. I Pain of outer parts of head, as from subcutaneous ulcera- tion, parts painful to touch. ^ Sight and Eyes, Eyes fill with tears when reading. Tension in lids in morning ; difficult to open. Sensation of a foreign body in r. outer canthus, in morn- ing, when walking. I I Feeling as of a lump in r. outer canthus; on closing eye seems to move to inner canthus, and to return on open- ing it. Deep blue circle under r. eye. ■ Chronic inflammation of eyes; frequently useful in be- ginning (later Sulph.). ^ Hearing and Ears, i Hardness of hearing ; feeling as of a leaf lying before ear. Buzzing in r. ear; neuralgia. ^ Smell and Nose, i Nosebleed ; oozing of dark, thin blood; evenings; < from smelling coff'ee; of old people; in cachectic persons. iCoryza: alternately dry and fluent; with loss of smell and taste, hunger, sore eyes and tension in forehead. ^ Upper Face. ■ Face : deadly pale ; feels swollen and as if white of e^g had dried on it. Dry, shrivelled spots in face. ^Hemorrhoids. I I Crusta lactea, with stringy, yellow stools. II Gnawing pain commences at 9 p.m.; afl'ects ramus of lower jaw, and temple of r. side, > by warmth and ly- ing on affected side ; comes on gradually and leaves suddenly. I I Right-sided neuralgia, affecting face from temple to lower canine teeth, aching and jerking pain, with twitches and contortion of face, and deep blue circle under r.. eye; chattering of teeth ; dimness of sight; black ap- pearance of objects ; wavering of objects. I I Buzzing in r. ear; frequent sensation as if skin of cheek and chin were pinched ; pain came gradually and left suddenly; < in bed, and from excess of heat or cold. Lower Face. Shooting, stinging pain in a red scar on lower jaw. SULPHURICUM ACIDUM. 196 Lips peel off. Swelling and inflammation of submaxillary glands. Pain in submaxillary gland, extends to tongue ; tongue feels burnt. ^^ Teeth, and Gums, i Toothache: < in evening in bed, and from cold; > from heat; dull, concentrating in r. eye- tooth, hurts when eating and on pressure ; pain increases slowly, ceases suddenly when reaching highest point. Dulness of teeth; teeth on edge. Destruction of teeth. ^Diabetes mellitus. ^^ Taste and Tongue. Loss of taste. Talking difficult, as from want of elasticity of parts. Tongue dry. I Ulcers on inflamed tongue. ^Glossitis. ^^ Inner Mouth. Sensation of dryness in mouth. Profuse flow of tasteless or sweetish saliva. I Breath very off'ensive. Vesicles on inside of 'cheek. ■ Aphthous mouth and gums; painful yellowish or whit- ish ulcers. ^Stomatitis ulcerosa. ^Thrush. ■ Swollen, ulcerated and readily bleeding gums. ■ Aphthous ulceration of entire inner mouth surface; sour eructations and heartburn ; longing for acids, especially fresh tart fruits ; pallor of skin ; trembling and weak- ness all over ; sense of general soreness ; capricious temper ; restless or irritable. I Hemorrhage from mucous membrane of mouth and from gums on slightest motion of tongue, also when speak- ing, drinking, or blowing nose ; purpura spots over body. iCancrum oris, not so much sloughing, but rapid exten- sion of ulceration ; parts seem to be eaten away ; ulcers irregular in shape, edges sharp cut and flat; much bleeding but not violent or long-continued, ^^ Throat. Throat sensitive. Roughness and rawness in throat. Lancinating pain in throat. Stinging in chest and throat at same time. Constricted feeling in throat. Great difficulty in swallowing. Throat swollen as if there were a lump in it. Uvula and root of palate oedematous. Mucous membrane of palate and pharynx swollen and injected ; several ulcerations. I I Thick yellow membrane on fauces, tonsils, teeth and lips, sticks like glue; impeded deglutition; voice thick; pa- rotids swollen, hard; sopor; stench from mouth. ^Diphtheria. 197 SULPHURICUM ACIDUM. I Diphtheria ; ulceration of throat, with large exudations, thick, greyish or yellowish, sticky and tenacious; ton- sils bright red ; liquids run out of nose ; speech and res- piration difficult on account of accumulation of exuda- tion in fauces ; excessive salivation ; fetor oris ; pulse frequent, small, weak ; apathy, somnolency ; excessive paleness and weakness. ■ Swelling of mucous membrane of palate and pharynx, with white spots which cannot be removed ; difficult swallowing ; over entire cavity of mouth a thick, white coating ; large, painful swelling of 1. parotid ; excessive paleness; weakness, languor; severe sopor. I I On bright-red swollen tonsils a white coating, which changed after a few days to a thick greyish or yellow- ish-white substance, also on hard palate and inside of cheeks ; when pressing tongue down a quantity of exu- date was squeezed out of fauces ; it feels like paste, and is so tenacious that it can scarcely be crushed between fingers ; very difficult swallowing, all liquids run out of nose ; no appetite ; apathy, somnolency; child whines when being lifted ; pulse frequent, small ; excessive fetor oris. ^Diphtheria. I I On fourth day teeth, lips and inside of cheeks covered with a thick, yellow, membranous substance, which can be removed only with greatest difficulty, and is very sticky ; tonsils cannot be seen; speech thick, indistinct; swallowing almost impossible; frequent loose cough; both parotids swollen and very hard ; great apathy ; sopor ; very fetid breath ; pulse frequent and weak ; breathing difficult on account of accumulation of exu- date. ^Diphtheria. "Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions, i Desire: for fresh fruit ; for brandy. I Loss of appetite and great debility. I Chronic alcoholism ; vomiting in morning ; acidity of stomach ; burning in oesophagus and stomach ; sour, acrid or foul eructations.* Aversion to smell of coffee. ^' Eating and Drinking, i Water chills stomach if not mixed with alcoholic liquor. I Ailments from drinking brandy (symptoms are palliated by drinking wine). After eating, pain in stomach and rising of food by mouthful. After warm food : sweat. * Successfully used in subduing craving for liquor by taking for two or four weeks, three times daily, from ten to fifteen drops of a mixture of one part of sul- phuric acid with three parts of alcohol. SULPHURICUM ACIDUM. 198 ^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting. Hiccough : violent; obstinate; causing great suffering and ex- haustion. Belching after cough : sour. I Chronic heartburn; acidity of stomach. Nausea with chilliness. I Vomiting : of drunkards ; of cachectic persons ; sour, first water, then food. Rising of mucus so sour that it sets teeth on edge. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach, i Coldness of stomach, with relaxed feeling ; loss of appetite and great debility. I Cold water chills stomach and is rejected unless mixed with alcoholic liquor. I Acidity of stomach. iGastralgia; pains contractive and violent or of a dull, heavy, aching character, with pyrosis and much flatu- lence, I I For two years pains in pit of stomach, first with sick- ness and severe gastralgia ; for months unable to walk about house from excessive weakness and painfulness of limbs and cramp ; pains across stomach terrific, causing him to writhe in agony ; too powerless to get in and out of bed without help ; one attack confined him to house seven weeks, and from this he has never fully recovered ; pain at lower part of chest, commences at 1. and extends around hypochondria to r. side ; comes on every now and then during day so that he can do only ver}" light work, but is < at night ; pain < about an hour before going to bed, wakens him before midnight, beginning about 11 and lasting till about 1 or 2 a.m.; commences ver}^ suddenly and with intense severity, and declines gradually ; urine thick and high-colored, with red sedi- ment; constipation; teeth loose and decayed, ascribes this to effects of strong medicines he has taken. IGas- tralgia, probably due to metallic poisoning. I I Indigestion in a child from too frequent and too rapid feeding; stool of chopped-up yellow and green matter, held together by long strings of yellowish matter ; irri- table, feverish and exceedingly prostrated. 1 Dyspepsia; vomiting in morning; constant acidity of .stomach; empty, sour, acrid, offensive belching; sour vomiting, particularly after eating. 1 Dyspepsia, with great debility, constriction of throat, rais- ing of mucus so sour that it sets teeth on edge. • Increased secretion of gastric mucus, which rises into mouth and sets teeth on edge. ^ Hypochondria, i Spleen enhirged : hard and painful; hurts when coughing; after intermittent fever. 199 SULPHtJRICUM ACIDUM. I Stitches in liver and spleen. ^® Abdomen. Weak feeling in abdomen, as if menses would come on. Laborlike pains in abdomen extending to hips and back. ■ Lead colic (antidote). I I Pain like an instrument going through r. groin into