A 574646 ARTE:b C'CAITIA 77., RITAS A. THE.. 6 pt.U RIOUS-UN-z,E.p URIOUSUN E. pýURISUS UN qUAER 15-PENIN5ULLAIkM' MOE CIRCUMSPICE Uflllllllllll 10*111 WIT hn Rn YT Mn 111 FF.- ii PR EFACE. Why another work on Domestic Medicine? many may ask. Their name is Legion already. Why another? In the first place, it may be replied, that this is a free country, and that those who can pay for printers' ink, have the right to shed it; and as no one is compelled to read every thing which is printed, no right is invaded by the appearance of a new book. In the second place, that though there are many works of the kind, there is none which suits everybody, else there would be but one. It has been thought that the peculiar arrangement of this work would perhaps suit a certain class of minds, not entirely content with any of the others. The favor with which the first edition was received, has induced the Editor to prepare, and the Publisher to issue a second, enlarged and revised. The Materia Medica has been compiled from the best authorities, and it is thought will be found accurate, and as full as consists with- the limits of the work. The Editor has been guided by his own experience in the selection of the symptoms, to a great extent, and has added some indications which are deduced solely from that experience. THE OBJECT OF THIS WORK AND HOW TO USE IT. He who purchases this book, buys the right to cure all diseases treated of therein, but not necessarily the might. Let him not therefore-complain that he receives an inadequate quid for his quo, if he fail to cure sometimes, nor relieve his mind by calling the writer a fool, and the publisher a knave. To cure diseases, requires a knowledge of the system in health; of the way in which diseases manifest themselves; of the nature of remedies; of the best manner of using them: and this is a knowledge difficult to obtain and not easily conveyed to the mind of another, especially where that mind lacks the preliminary knowledge, and still more especially when it has to be condensed within the narrow limits of such a book as this. But suppose all this knowledge obtained, another element of success is needful-skill. This is not transferable-each one must obtain it from the faculties which nature, and the knowlege which education has given him. If he lack, then, either skill or knowledge, let him not blame this book, which pretends to furnish him with but a small amount of the latter, and none at all -of the former. It does not profess to make a Doctor of him, but only to enable him to prescribe for a few of the Vi THE OBJECT OF THIS WORK, simpler forms of disease, where a physician cannot readily be obtained. The book is divided into three portions. The first, gives the leading characteristic features of some of the most prominent diseases, with a few general hints for their treatment; the second, symptoms alphabetically arranged with their appropriate remedies; and the third, the Materia Medica. The way to use the book is as follows: A patient is presented-perhaps you know what the disease is -suppose it to be hooping cough; the first part will give some general hints about the treatment; the second, will give you the remedies to be used. As there are more than one, the question is, which shall be given. To decide this, consider the character of the cough-the time of day when most aggravated, the nature of the expectoration, and any and all the other symptoms produced during the cough, or noticed during the paroxysm-find out from the Repertory, the medicines which produce these symptoms-this will narrow the choice down to three or four. Now compare these three or four in the Materia Medica and select the one which best covers the symptoms. Perhaps you do not know what the disease isnote down all the symptoms as above suggsted; you may then find the name of the disease in the first part, but that is not essential. It is not the name of the disease which the patient wishes to get rid of, but the symptoms, for it is the symptoms which constitute all you can know of the disease. Compare these in the Repertory as above directed, and if needful ih the Materia Medica, and you will have all the light such a work can throw on the subject. Where all the symptoms are found indicating any one remedy, the case is clear; where two or more AND HOW TO USE IT. vii remedies are recommended, and past experience throws no light upon the subject, the Third Part must be consulted. After all this examination and comparison, if the matter is still in doubt, there is no way left but to seek other advice, or where this cannot be had, to try first one and then another remedy. Where the choice can be narrowed down to two, they may be given alternately. But some one may say this is laborious and cannot be done on the spur of the moment. True, and for this reason those who wish to use the book with advantage must make a study of the Materia Medica, and so familiarize themselves with the range of each remedy, that any particular group of symptoms will readily suggest the proper remedy. By doing this, they will find themselves eventually able to cope with many diseases or groups of symptoms not at all noticed in this book or any other, for there is many a patient whose ailments cannot be classified or even named. Those unwilling to engage in this necessary study should not undertake even domestic treatment. A remedy having been selected, the question will arise: How is it to be administered, and how often? The remedies may be given either dry or in solution. One or two pellets suffice for a child, andthreeor four for an adult; for infants at the breast, some prefer to give the remedy to the mother. In chronic affections of children, this course will be necessary. If the remedies are given in water, eight to twelve pellets may be dissolved in half a glass of water, and a few drops given to an infant, and to an adult a teaspoonful or table-spoonful. Where the medicines are in the fluid form, a drop may be taken for four pellets; if in powder, as much as will lie on a three cent piece (old style) will be an equivalent. In determining the size of the dose, regard must be had Viii THE OBJECT OF THIS WORK, to the susceptibility of the patient, but in a work of this character, no more can be done than to call attention to the fact, that some constitutions and patients, in some diseases, are more readily affected, and hence need less medicine, than in others. As to the frequency of repetition, this must depend upon the acuteness of the disease. Where the progress of the disease is very rapid, the action of the remedy is soon exhausted, hence the remedy must be given oftener. It is always desirable to lengthen the interval as improvement advances. Medicines should be alternated, as already noticed, when it cannot be determined which of two remedies is the better. Sometimes neither one of two such remedies answers the purpose, but when given alternately, they are just the thing. Sometimes one medicine corresponds to one part of the symptoms, and another to another-these may be alternated. A word may be said as regards the diet, and but a word. Avoid everything indigestible or difficult of digestion. Each one can soon determine for himself what agrees with him, or what does not. People learn what they should dispense with, easier than they find the self-denial wherewith to practice their knowledge. Avoid every thing of a medicinal nature while taking Homceopathic medicines. For further directions, reference must be had to popular works on Physiology. In conclusion, it will be noticed that all Chronic Diseases are but slightly treated. The cause is obvious. The work is intended for those who are attacked with sudden and violent diseases and cannot obtain a physician. Patients suffering from Chronic Diseases can either get to a Doctor or can write to one; in either case, unless he is a very poor one, they will get better advice than the best book can Xii LIST OF MEDICINES. SUPPLEMENTARY REMEDIES NOT TO BE FOUND IN THE REPERTORY OR MATERIA MEDICA. Ammonium Carbonicum............Amm. carb. Arnica.A..............................Arn. Arsenicum Iodidum................ Ars. iod.' Dulcamara............................ Dulc. t'Gelseminum.......................... Gels. Hepar Sulphuris;................ Hep. sulph. Kali Bichromicum..................... Kali. bi. Lachesis......................Lach. Ledu.................. Led. Mercurius Dulcis................... Mer. dulc. Mercurius Iodatus............... Merc. iod. Secale................................ Sec. Sepia...................................Sep. Silicea................................ Sil. ter, a teaspoonful at a time, every few minutes. This, also, may be used as a gargle in sore throat. In Quinsy, Camphor may be given by inhalation, thus: where the patient is in a small room, with a stove in it, pour Spirits of Camphor on the stove, and continue till relief is found. A more direct, but less agreeable method, is to put Gum Camphor into a cup or bowl, with redhot nails or coals, throw a shawl over the patient's head, put the bowl under the shawl and let the patient draw in the fumes through a widely-opened mouth. The Gum may also be given in such cases, a piece of the size of a pea may be held in the mouth till it is gone. In sudden colds of children, it often acts well to put a bit of Camphor into their mouths when going to bed. t This remedy is used by many physicians in cases where Aconite is.ccommended in this work. INDEX.*ii INDEX. IPAGE Abscess...........................17 Afterpains.......................18 Aphtha.........................8 Apoplexy.....0.....................8 Asthma...............................19 Atrophy (of children).................. 0 ssoO19 Bite of Snakes.. *00..................of&.....88 Bite of Dogs..............................88 Bleeding of the Lungs.............0*.....054. Bleeding of the Nose.......'*a.....04860 54 Blood, Spitting of......................9 Blood, Vomiting of........................7.22 Boils................................... 17 Bowels, Inflammation of.................... 2z Brain, Inflammation Of.....................2 Breasts, Inflammation of..................0 a 00 a0 25 Bronchitis............................... z6 Burns.....................000068 Camphor, How to use it..................6612 Carbuncles,..................2 Catarrh................................277 Chicken Pox.....................z8 Chilblains............................... z8 Child-bed Fever......................400*.45 Child-birth............................. 6 Cholera................4.....ge.00 40 -* 6 oza xiv INDEX@ PAGE Cholera Infantum.......................s 31 Cholera Morbus........................ee32 Cold in the Head.... 9000........027 Colic..................................32 Constipation............................. 33 Convulsions (of children)...................33 Convulsions (of women)....................35 Consumption........................ s-ooo36 Cough.................................. 36 Croup................................-37 Delirium Tremens.......................oo38 Dengue............................of...o-39 Diarrhcea............................... 40 Diet, Rules of............................ 8 Diphtheria.............................. 40 Dose.................................0067 Dropsy.....,..........................0042 Drowning..........so..................008 Dysentery..............................o*42 Dyspepsia............................. s 00043 Earache..............................0 a 00 0 43 Erysipelas 0.............o..o... 00000041 Eyes, Inflammation of......9............44 External Remedies.... o..........6094....89 Felons...of.t.........o...*0........0.......83 Fever, Intermittent.. *06.................... oo 9 o44 Fever, Puerperal......................00 o 0.45 Fever., Remittent............. o............46 Fever, Typhoid....... o...................47 Fever., Yellow............................ 48 Food for Weakly Infants............ 6016*90020 Flooding............. o..................S Freezing..........to...o...ses.....0.9.....86 INDEX. XV PAGE Gelseminum, Use of.....................12 Hamorrhage from the Nose................54 Haemorrhage from the Gums................. 54 Haemorrhage from the Lungs................. 54 Hemorrhage from the Stomach............... 54 Haemorrhage from the Bowels................ 54 Haemorrhage from the Womb................ 55 Hamorrhoids............................. 70 H eadache................................ 57 H ives..................................... 69 Hooping-Cough...........................58 How to use this Book....................... 6 Hysterics............................. 58 Influenza............................... 59 Itch.................................... 59 Jaundice................................ 6o Kidneys, Inflammation of.................... 61 Leucorrhcea.............................. 6i List of M edicines............................. List of Supplementary Medicines............. Iz Liver, Inflammation of..................... 6z Lock-jaw............................... 63 Lungs, Inflammation of..................64 Lying-in................................. 65 M easles.................................. 67 M enstruation............................. 68 M umps.................................. 68 N ettle-rash............................... 69 Neuralgia............................... 69 Xvi INDEX. PAGE Object of this Work....................... 5 Piles................................... 70 Pleurisy.................................71 Plunge-bath for Infants............... 20 Poison................................... 87 Quinsy.................... Rheumatism............................72 Ring-worm...............................72 Scald-head.......................... 72 Scarlet Fever.............................. 73 Scarlet-rash.............................. 77 Scurvy................................... 77 Sea-sickness........................... 78 Shingles.................................78 Small Pox................................ 79 Sore M outh............................... 18 Sore Throat.............................. 8o St. Vitus' Dance.................. 80 Sun-stroke................................ 8 Thrush................................ 81 Turpentine, Use of........................ 6 Urination................................ 81 Vomiting................................. 82 W hitlow.................................83 W orms............................... 83 W ounds................................. 87 PART I. BEING A BRIEF NO rCE OF THE CAUSES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME OF THE MOST COMMON DISEASES, WITH GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR DIET, REGIMEN AND MEDICAL TREATMENT. ABSCESS.* Bell. may be given first, either alone or alternately with Merc.; if these do not afford prompt relief, and the abscess is large, give Phos. and Hep.-sulph. alternately. Besides the remedies recommended in the Repertory, see Lycopersicum, under the head of external remedies. Should this fail to relieve, flannels wrung out of water-hot or cold, as is most grateful-are beneficial. Much suffering is avoided by opening an abscess early, if any one with the requisite nerve -and it does not require much-is at hand. If the abscess be very large, it is desirable not to let all the matter out at once, and if the discharge continues several days, the strength must be kept up by a liberal diet. * This may be as good a place as any, to state, that in speaking of any discase, it is prc-supposed of course that the disease is recognized. Many diseases arc so masked, that no one but a medical expert can detect them, and it is said that even doctors differ sometimes. In the case of abscess, for instance, some abscesses are so deeply seated, that their existence would never be suspected, save by a medical man-hence they are not subjects for domestic treatment. No attempt, even, can be made in a work like this, to impart skill in diagnosis, or discrimination between obscure diseases: such cases, wheic no doctor is to be had, must be felt after with the Repertory and Materia Medica. 3 18 APOPLEXY. AFTERPAINS. A few pellets of Aconite or Coffea, in half a glass of water, a teaspoonful given every hour, will generally control these-especially if the tincture of Calendula (marigold) one part to twenty of water, be applied to the external parts, or thrown into the vagina. If these fail, compare the other remedies given in the Repertory, with the general symptoms contained in the Materia Medica. APHTHAE Arise -from a derangement of the stomach or bowels; are sometimes accompanied with fever, restlessness and loss of appetite; the child drools. Small vesicles first appear on the tip of the tongue, the inside of the lips, chiefly the lower, and upon the inside of the cheek; these soon burst and leave little ulcers behind them; most commonly appear in children and are not attended with danger. The mouth may be washed repeatedly with a weak solution of Borax. Mercurius is the chief remedy; causes likely to produce indigestion must be removed. Compare with Thrush as these diseases are sometimes confounded. APOPLEXY Is not likely to be mistaken for anything, but the effe& of some poison, as Alcohol, Opium, etc. Full-blooded people, especially as they advance in life, should live moderately, avoiding undue excitement of mind or body. Bell. and Op. would first suggest themselves. In no case permit the patient to be bled. ATROPHY (OF CHILDREN). 19 ASTHMA Is a disease easily recognized: distressing, but not dangerous; difficult of cure, and in many cases incurable. Attacks may be brought on by overexertion, errors of diet, taking cold, exposure to various odors, by suppression of the menses, or the haemorrhoidal flow, or, by anything producing a powerful effect upon the nervous system, as a sudden fright, great joy. One affected by this disease should avoid all known causes; sometimes change of climate is necessary. Ipec. Nux and Mere. are the remedies first to be thought of, but consult the Repertory for the various symptoms, due regard being had to the state of the urinary secretion. ATROPHY (OF CHILDREN). Children wont grow sometimes; on the contrary, they grow poor-that is Atrophy. To cure them, is more a matter of management than medicine. Chin. and Phos. are useful where the child is reduced by diarrhcea. Calc. where it is teething. Merc. where there are worms, alternately with Cina, if there is fever now and then. It is often well to interpose an occasional dose of Sulph., giving no medicine for twenty-four hours after. Further directions may be found in the other parts of the work. As regards the management, the child must have fresh air, plenty of sunlight, regular meals, and sleep as little disturbed as possible. It should be more warmly clad than a thriving child, but not sweltered. Once a day, it should have a plunge bath, temperature about 95~ to begin with, gradually lowering it 20 ATROPHY (OF CHILDREN). as the patient gets more lusty. One person should stand ready with a blanket well warmed, and another, taking the naked child, should plunge it. into the water-all but its head-as suddenly as possible-not holding it there a second, then wrap it up instantly in the warm blanket and stow it away in its bed. If it takes the bath kindly, it will go to sleep in the blanket, and may sleep, from half an hour to an hour, or even two. When it wakes, feed it, if it has slept long-otherwise not-sponge it off-in the blanket-and rub it well with the hand from head to foot, and dress it. If the weather should permit, a turn in the air would then be in order; indeed, the more it can be kept in the air the better. It should be understood, that this bath is not to be given just after eating-nor any other. Now, as regards the diet-and this is the most difficult and important of all; for what one child will thrive on, another will not touch; nay, what answers very well for a few days, may then nauseate, and now the question comes up, what next? Unhappily, the answer is not always at hand. The following preparation has saved many lives, and answers every purpose, if the child will but take it; to some children it is nauseous. Put an ounce of grated carrot into half a pint of cold water-let it stand in a cool place for.twelve hours-stirring it ever and anon; then strain it; thicken the liquid with arrow root, bread crumbs or cookies; it may be thin enough to draw through the nursing bottle, or as thick as pap, according to the taste of the child; if arrow root is used, add a little salt and white sugar; if bread, only sugar, and if cookies, neither; this done, put it on a slow fire, and just let it come to a boil-no more; then it is ready; this should be prepared night and morning, as it will not keep long. BLOOD, SPITTING. OF. 21 Animal broths answer better with some; beef, mutton or chicken. The following is a good way to prepare them: Mince up a pound of lean but tender beef, put it into a pint of cold water, and let it stand 3 or 4 hours in a cool place; put it on a slow fire, add a little salt, some like sugar too, let it boil gently a minute or two, strain it and it is ready for use. When the child will take none of these things, show it various articles of food and let it have what it selects-there is no alternative. A change 'of air is often advisable, indeed essential. BLOOD, SPITTING OF. A very alarming symptom, but, in general, less immediately dangerous than alarming. The blood may not come from the lungs; a little inquiry will show whether it does not come from the nose, gums or upper part of the throat. If it come from the lungs, it will be mixed with little bubbles of air; spitting of blood is attended with anxiety and apprehension, and more or less prostration. Where the haemorrhage is considerable, the patient should lie down at once (the head and chest rather elevated) and maintain as tranquil a state of mind and body as possible. Ipecac or Arsenic may be given, preceded, if there is much excitement of the circulation, by a few doses of Aconite; Ledum also is a remedy of greatvirtue in the treatment of this affection, where the blood is bright red, especially where there is oppression, or constriction of the chest, rendering respiration painful, or sharp, lacerating pains and quickening of the circulation. 22 BOWELS, INFLAMMATION OF THE. BLOOD, VOMITING OF. This, like spitting of blood, is rather alarming than immediately dangerous. Instances have been known, where large quantities of blood have been ejected from the stomach at various intervals, without destroying the life of the patient. It may be produced by over exertion, suppression of the menstrual or hamorrhoidal flow, or from ulceration of the stomach. As the causes are similar to those of spitting of blood, the same remedies should be used; perfect repose is also necessary, and a light diet. BOWELS, INFLAMMATION OF THE. This is a disease of which there are several varieties, but it is not important in such a work as this to distinguish them. Taking cold is perhaps the most frequent cause; it may also be produced by various poisons, by irritating food, by worms (in children), by teething; by perforation of the stomach or bowels, by which their contents are discharged into the cavity of the abdomen. The pain is very acute, generally located about the navel, and is increased by touch or motion; the patient lies upon his back with the knees drawn up, the abdomen being much distended; the bowels are constipated, except where the lining membrane of the intestines is the seat of the disease, in which case diarrhoea is present; there is also great thirst, with vomitings; there is general fever, with a small or rapid pulse. The urine is scanty and high colored, sometimes suppressed. In the treatment of these cases, applications of flannels, wrung out of warm water, afford much relief; great BRAIN, INFLAMMATION OF THE. 23 benefit often results from the use of the smart-weed or Hydropiper, which happily is abundant, almost everywhere, in the Northern and Western States; the leaves and stalks may be dipped into hot water, and applied to the abdomen, folded in a cloth. In no case should purgatives be given to move the bowels. Luke-warm injections are recommended by some, and may be of benefit. As regards.medicine, Acon. is generally recommended as the first thing, to be followed by Ars. and Verat. If but one remedy were to be recommended, it would be Merc. Dulc. or Calomel. It is especially adapted to those cases which are attended with diarrhoea. BRAIN, INFLAMMATION OF THE. Physicians distinguish several varieties of this disease, according as it attacks one part or membrane or another, but for lay practice, these distinctions are alike impracticable and useless. The causes of this disease in adults are, external violence; the action of the sun (producing sun-stroke), undue mental labor, especially where connected with irregularity in eating and sleeping; intense moral emotions, whether depressing or exalting. In constitutions inheriting a predisposition to this affection, slighter causes will produce it than in others; hence in such cases great care should be taken to avoid these causes. Hysteria is sometimes mistaken for this disease, even by physicians; in laical practice, the mistake would not be a serious one, except so far as it occasioned more apprehension for the result than necessary. The symptoms which characterize this disease are as follows: Acute pain in the head, great sensitiveness to light and noise, face flushed and eyes brilliant, 24 BRAIN, INFLAMMATION OF THE. with the pupils contracted; restlessness and sleeplessness, tumultuous throbbing of the arteries of the neck and head, more or less delirium, generally heat of the skin, pulse quick and hard, great thirst, retching or vomiting; spasmodic movements of the limbs or muscles of the face are observed, if not general convulsions. If the disease progresses without abatement, a different train of symptoms is noticed: the patient becomes stupid, the eyes dull and watery, a deep and unconscious sleep takes the place of the previous wakefulness and there is paralysis; sometimes the limbs are rigid, at others one or more may be seen in constant motion; the urine is scanty or suppressed, but sometimes passed unconsciously; convulsions generally end the scene. The disease, as before said, is sometimes produced by a fall or a blow upon the head. Where the head is thus injured, perfect quiet is the first thing needed -in no case permit bleeding-some cases may need stimulants, but if no physician can be had, it is best to depend upon rest. Arnica would be appropriate, in such a case, at the commencement of the treatment, and afterwards, the other remedies, according to the indications. In case of sun-stroke, Camph. is the remedy most generally indicated. In the treatment of inflammation of the brain, perfect repose is essential; the room should be darkened, water should be applied to the head, warm or cold, as is most grateful; when the patient is unconscious, and cannot express his wants, he may nevertheless indicate to a watchful eye, which application affords the most relief. As for medicines, Aconite is the first thing; in choice -of the other remedies BREASTS, INFLAMMATION OF THE. 25 the symptoms must direct. Where the disease is produced by overtasking the mind, Chin. and Phos. should be consulted, also Nux. Convulsions are apt to occur in course of this-disease, especially in children; they are much more serious in their import, than when they occur from teething or indigestion. It is only necessary to add beyond what has been already said, that in convulsions of children, where the soft place on the top of the head is full, Bell. Canth. Cham. Hyos. Tart. should be considered; where it is sunken, Calc. Chin. Ipec. Phos. BREASTS, INFLAMMATION OF THE. Though the breasts may inflame at any time, it is seldom that they do, except in infants soon after birth, or in nursing women. Male as well as female infants are subject to this affection-a compress wet with Arnica water, is generally all that is needed. In nursing women, the breasts frequently inflame; generally from undue exposure to cold. The breasts swell, become very hot and painful, and, sooner or later, matter is discharged: the pain is very severe and throbbing. Bell. and Bry. generally suffice for the treatment; Phos. also is useful, alternately with Bry., in cases which do not yield readily. At the first intimation of this trouble, the breast should be fomented thoroughly and persistently; take a piece of flannel, large enough to cover the breast well, and of three or four thicknesses; wring it out of water as hot as can be borne and cover it with dry flannel or oiled silk; before it cools, have another flannel ready to put on in its place; this, if done early enough, will in most cases scatter the inflammation; the leaves of the Hy4 26 B.RONCHITIS. dropiper or Smart-weed, steeped in hot water, also make a very good application. A spoonful of a solution of Camphor, every ten or fifteen minutes, will render efficient aid, if given early. Where these do not succeed, a light dressing of Lycopersicum cerate should be applied, covered with oiled silk. The opening of the abscess, when it comes near the surface, will save much suffering, and, as far as my observation goes, is attended with no bad results, although a contrary opinion has been maintained by some. There is one thing very curious about this very painful affection-nurses never see it. I never saw but one nurse who had seen a broken breast; she was advanced in years and had seen one. Mothers see them often enough, and as prevention is better than cure, let them, especially if young, keep their breasts well protected, and the milk thoroughly drawn out. If it is said that it is hard to keep breasts covered, to which the baby has full access all night, the reply is: well regulated babies do not nurse all night.. BRONCHITIS. This is an inflammation of the mucous membrane which lines the air tubes, and is generally produced by exposure to cold. It is not liable to be mistaken for anything but inflammation of the lungs, and as the treatment and general management of the two diseases, in lay practice at least, must be substantially the same, the mistake would not be ot any moment. The fever, cough, constriction of the chest, character of the expectoration and other accompanying symptoms, will indicate the proper remedy by consulting the Repertory. Where there is CARBUNCLES. 27 n difficulty in breathing, cloths wrung out of.arm water, applied to the chest, afford great relief; they should be well protected from the external air. Acon. is the first remedy, generally advised, but if taken in hand as soon as it is discovered that cold has been taken, Camph. will be found to be an excellent remedy. Ipec. and Bry. will render efficient aid. They may follow either Camph. or Acon. CARBUNCLES Are, to all intents and purposes, large boils, with several openings. Cover the swelling with fresh tomatoes, if they are to be had; canned tomatoes answer very well. If this does not afford prompt relief, the carbuncle should be thoroughly opened by a crucial incision thus - and the tomato re-applied. Silic. is recommended as the chief remedy. Arsenicum is also needed in some cases, where the pain is of a burning character and the sore is slow in taking on a healthy look. CATARRH. Acute catarrh, or cold in the head, is a very common affection. Camph. is the first remedy, then Ars. if the discharge be very thin, Calc. or Merc. if thick, Nux, if it be wanting, Lye. if offensive, Sulph. if burning. 28 CHOLERA. Chronic Catarrh, which consists in inflammation and ulceration of the lining membrane of the nose and the adjacent cavities, is quite another thing; it it a very distressing disease, and very difficult to cure. Calc., Lye., Mere., Sulph. and Tart. are the chief remedies, which must be selected according to the indications. Snuffing cold water into the nostrils often affords relief, and so does Camphor snuff. After you have exhausted your own skill and patience, consult a Homceopathic Physician-perhaps you will fail of a cure even then. CHICKEN POX. A very simple eruption, unattended with danger. It comes out like a little bladder on various parts of the body, at once. Aconite is generally all that is needed. For any accompanying symptoms, consult Repertory. CHILBLAINS. Arnica water is recommended as an external application. Nux or Puls. may be given internally. CHOLERA. As the Asiatic Cholera has not been seen, as an epidemic, for several years, it may seem hardly worth while to say much about it; nevertheless, its return is possible, and as it is a disease universally dreaded beyond all expression, a few words may not be out of place. If I do not agree with every one, I can only say my views are drawn from my own observation of three epidemics. CHOLERA. 29 And the first thing to be noticed is, that Cholera is not, or rather need not be, a cause of alarm, and this for two reasons. In the first place, it always gives notice of its approach (as I have not seen all the cases of Cholera which ever occurred, this " always" must be taken in a restricted sense, but as far as my observation goes, this is true). Prof. M'Naughton, of Albany, was, I believe, the first to call attention to the fact that, a white tongue preceded any other symptoms of Cholera, for at least twenty-four hours. Succeeding this, is a mild and painless diarrhcea; this may continue for days before the fearful symptoms of Cholera set in. Now, in the second place, under either of these conditions, no disease is more amenable to proper treatmentprobably one case in a thousand would not die. The danger is, these stages are neglected, and after them the collapse sometimes occurs like a thunder clap. Therefore, in a cholera epidemic, dismiss fear, which is a powerful predisposing cause, and a very poor counselor; make no change in your diet, except to avoid food difficult of digestion; do not eat when too much heated or wearied; sleep sufficiently warm at night, for the thermometer is apt to fall 3 or 4 or more degrees, early in the morning, when one is likely to take cold. When the white tongue is noticed, consult Ipec. Merc. Sulph., and be not fearful, but thankful, that you are able to take time by the forelock. If diarrhcea sets in, however slight, go to bed, or at least to your lounge, and lie quietly, in mind and body, till the diarrhcea is checked; Merc. perhaps will reach the greatest number of cases; Sulph. is also good. If there is'much colic or any chilliness, take Camph. first, in solution, a teaspoonful every ten or fifteen minutes, and following by Merc.; when these symptoms have abated, Phos. may also be considered. 30 CHOLERA. If the case is seen later in the progress of the disease, after cramps have set in, Camphor is still the remedy. The patient, while taking this remedy, should be well covered up in bed; hot bottles may be applied to the feet and legs. For the diarrhcea and' vomiting, consult Ipec. or Verat.; Sec. is also indicated for cramps, with diarrhcea and vomiting. If there is much thirst, small bits of ice may be taken, every few moments. Ars. will also come into use, if the above mentioned remedies should fail to check the diarrhoea, especially where there is great thirst and restlessness, with vomiting. The remedies should be given every ten or fifteen minutes, making the intervals longer, as soon as improvement manifests itself. If the patient is seen in a still later stage, in that of collapse, he is found cold and pulseless, the eyes are sunken, with blue circles about them, the nose pinched, the voice weak and husky, sometimes almost extinct-the thirst is intense; the cramps, with the vomiting and diarrhcea, continue and there is great restlessness-the body is also bathed with a cold and clammy sweat. External heat now but adds to the patient's sufferings-dry friction is requisite, or friction with cold and wet cloths-ice may be given freely. Ars. will here be found the remedy, either alone, or alternately with Secale. In recovering from any of these stages, a return to the usual diet must be gradual: at first, rice water or gruel, then beef-tea. After other dangers are passed, and patients bid fair to recover, there is often a suppression of urine. For this, Acon. and Secale should be given in alternation, every hour or two. 32 COLIC. CHOLERA MORBUS Is produced by errors of diet, irritant poisons, taking, cold, especially in summer, at night, and by suppression of the perspiration, or the menstrual flow. If permitted to run its course, cramps ensue, the patients become prostrated and sometimes die, though this is seldom the case under homoeopathic treatment. Where overloading the stomach, especially with food difficult of digestion, is the cause, give a teaspoonful of coffee (without milk or sugar) every five or ten minutes, till relieved; if poison is suspected, consult the chapter on Poisons. If from cold, Camphor is the first thing to be thought of. Cover the patient up well, and give him a teaspoonful of Camphor solution every five or ten minutes till relieved. If from a checking of the menstrual flow, especially from cold, give Acon., Nux. or Puls.; the first, however, will usually suffice-the diet should be simple for a day or two. COLIC Is produced by various causes. Where it comes on suddenly from taking cold, Camph. is the remedy; if from undigested food, coffee, without milk or sugar -a teaspoonful every ten or fifteen minutes. Where 't is attended with constipation, Bry. or Nux; if with vomiting and diarrhoea, Ars., Ipec. or Verat.; where there is much wind in the bowels, Lyc. or Coloc., if connected with menstrual disturbance, Puls. or Sep.; with urinary troubles, Nux or Turpentine (see Urination); where it occurs frequently, the cause should be discovered if possible, and CONVULSIONS. 33 avoided, where it is external;-if it is produced by disordered menstruation, disease of the liver or kidneys, or by worms, these should receive special attention during the intervals between the paroxysms. In such cases, the advice of a physician should besought. CONSTIPATION. A great bug-bear, which has frightened thousands of people to death. Time was, when the bowels must move every day, cost what it might; the people are getting more rational, and "' the profession" are gradually falling in with their notions. As a general thing, the best advice to a constipated person, is to take more exercise, and eat less for a short time; nevertheless, some cases are obstinate, and as it is desirable that the bowels should be relieved now and then, medicine sometimes has to be used for this purpose. Nux taken at night and Sulph. in the morning, will cover most cases of chronic constipation. Bry. and Op. in alternation often afford relief; the Repertory will suggest other remedies. CONVULSIONS. This word opens a wide field of discussion, and would be a sufficient theme for a volume. Any notice of it contained within a page or two, must of necessity be very incomplete. Epileptic convulsions must be left entirely out of the question, and the convulsions of women and children alone considered. And first, as regards children. Convulsions are very common in children, and very alarming, but not always very dangerous. They either come on suddenly, or at least without any very marked premoni 34 CONVULSIONS. tions, or, in the course of some serious affection, as inflammation of the brain, or lungs, or bowels, etc.; these latter must also be excluded, as they will be treated of elsewhere. Of suddenly occurring convulsions in children, we may also make two classes, those which precede some eruptive disease, as Scarlet Fever or Small Pox, and those which are produced by taking cold, by improper diet, by fright, from a fall, during teething, and it is this latter class only which I shall now notice, and that very briefly. The treatment is twofold: first, as concerns the mother and attendants; and secondly, as regards the child. At the first outbreak of convulsions in a child,. the mother especially, should take a large dose of courage and coolness; if she is not a resolute woman, she will need repeated doses-she needs them for herself, that she may direct the treatment of the child; and for the child, especially if it nurses, for any overpowering passion vitiates the mother's milk, and thus prolongs the suffering and danger of the child. Let us suppose, then, the mother thus fortified, and the child suddenly taken with convulsions. Do not wait to consider causes, but put the feet and legs of the child into warm water, as warm as can be borne-sponging off the head meantime with cold water. Now is the time to consider causes, and a mind, stimulated by a mother's love, can think very rapidly; has the child had a fall-has it been frightened-is scarlet fever, or measles, or diphtheria about -is it teething? If not, the child has probably taken cold or has a deranged stomach, more likely both, since people are not very apt to take cold, especially from slight exposures, who have their stomachs in good order. Camphor may now be given in drops on a bit of sugar dissolved in six tablespoonfuls of CONVULSIONS. 35 water, a teaspoonful (or part of it according to the age of the child) given every five minutes. While this is being taken, the child should be well wrapped up, so as to promote perspiration. If a cold alone has produced the convulsions, this will in most cases suffice. If there is any reason to suspect derangement of the stomach, and especially, if there is vomiting, Ipec. or Nux. will be suitable. A few drops of Coffea might be given to robust children with advantage (as directed under the head of Cholera Morbus). Nux. will be more suitable it there has been constipation, and the bowels should be moved by an injection of salt and water. Give a large injection-all the bowels will hold-less is useless. If the convulsions arise from fright, give Op.-from teething, Cham. or Bell.-from a- fall, give Arnica, and apply Arnica lotion to the parts injured. When the child comes out of the convulsion it may show signs ot hunger, and it is by no means a matter of indifference what food it has. If the child is fed on milk, it would be natural to give it that-but if it soon goes into another convulsion and throws up the milk, give no more milk, but rather beef-tea for a few hours, till the stomach recovers its tone. If the fits are produced by teething, the gums should be lanced, or lacerated by a thimble or bit of white sugar. In women, either before or after confinement, convulsions are dangerous. If there has been suppression or scanty flow of urine, give Hyos. every half hour. If the patient is unconscious, with heat of the head, give Bell., if the face looks almost black, with unconsciousness, foam at the mouth, snoring breathing, give Op.; if the pellets do not relieve, give a drop of Laudanum every half hour; if the 36 COUGH. spasms are very violent, the patient seeming in great agony, striking and biting at every one, Canth. is the remedy. Nux. may be given where the patient is conscious, and rather rigid, than convulsed. A useful hint may be drawn from the treatment o-f lock-jaw. Keep the head cool and the feet warm. If the bowels are confined, give an injection of salt water-not less than a quart. If the convulsions come on after much. flowing, stimulants may be needed, as Camph. CONSUMPTION Cannot be treated of in such a work as this. Persons who are losing flesh and strength, especially if any of their family have been consumptive, should consult a physician at once. This disease, taken in its earlier stages, may often be cured-the probability of a cure diminishes with every day's delay. Where a physician cannot be had, consult Calc. Lyc. Mere. Phos. The medicines should not be taken too often. An invigorating diet and regimen should be pursued, and everything debilitating or depressing, avoided as much as possible. COUGH. See the various diseases in which cough is a prominent symptom, as bronchitis, inflammation of lungs, croup, etc. Sometimes a cough occurs which can be considered under none of these heads. A few general indications may be given; Nux is useful where the cough proceeds from derangement of the stomach, or Puls.; the former for irritable, the latter for quiet dispositions; Bell. for a barking cough, Hyos. for dry cough at night. Ipec. and Bry. alternately, relieve a great variety of coughs. 38 DELIRIUM TREMENS. culty of breathing increases-the patient is disposed to throw his head back-the chest heaves and labors -the skin is bathed with perspiration and the face becomes livid-these symptoms are worse by turns -during the intervals, the child may be apparently much relieved-calls for its play things and responds to the caresses of its attendants; there is seldom much trouble to swallow, and water is taken eagerly. In the further progress of the disease, the cough may diminish, or quite disappear, but the other symptoms increase, and the child often dies in convulsions. For such cases, domestic treatment is, of course, inadequate; and, unhappily, the treatment of physicians is too often unsuccessful. The chest and throat should be enveloped with cloths wet with cold water. Tart. and Phos. given every half hour alternately, should be given persistently. Where the respiration is very difficult, the fumes of Camphor afford some relief. For other forms of Croup, Teste recommends Ipec. and Bry. alternately-as he does indeed for all kinds: and, for anything but true croup, I fully endorse the recommendation; nevertheless, where there is much general fever, preliminary doses of Acon. can do no harm. Where these remedies do not have the desired effect, Kali bichromicum may be employed; for the manner of using which, see Diphtheria. DELIRIUM TREMENS Is a mournful, frightful, disgusting, comical disease, just as one sees proper to look at it. It is hardly a disease to be treated domestically, nevertheless, a necessity for such treatment may arise. The chief indication is to produce sleep. Ars., Nux and Op. DENGUE. 39 are to be considered. Where other remedies have failed, I have seen patients put to sleep very promptly by a teaspoonful of coffee, given every 15 or 30 minutes; on waking from sleep, some easily digested food should be offered. There are few constitutions which can survive many attacks of this affection. DENGUE. BY DR. W. H. HOLCOMBE, NEW ORLEANS. This is a curious epidemic disease, peculiar to Yellow Fever latitudes-and strangely compounded of Yellow Fever, Rheumatism, Scarlet Fever and Influenza. It is sometimes excessively painful-but very rarely fatal under any or no practice. The patient has a chill, a cold in the head, red and watery eyes-high fever, violent pain in the head, back and joints-sometimes in the fingers. The fever lasts two or three days; after which, although sometimes not until the fifth day, and after a deceitful lull like that of Yellow Fever, a rash, with renewed fever, generally appears on the skin. This eruption is singularly diversified. I have seen it resemble Scarlet Fever in one house, Measles in another, Urticaria or Nettle-rash in a third, and all one and the same epidemic. Treat the first stage as directed under the head of Yellow Fever. If rheumatic symptoms decidedly prevail, give Bryonia and Rhus. every two hours. If the rash resembles Scarlet Fever, give a few doses of Belladonna; if it resembles Measles, give Pulsatilla; if it resembles Nettle-rash, give Dulcamara. 40 DIPHTHERIA. The convalescence is sometimes painful and tedious. If there is foul tongue, constipation, no appetite, etc., give Nux Vomica, three times a day, for several days. If the attack has been very severe, and great debility is the result, give China, three times a day, for a week. DIARRHCEA. Taking cold frequently occasions Diarrhcea, especially in the summer. Camph. is the remedy. Coloc. or Ipec. may also be suitable; Verat. may be given if there is much vomiting, and especially if produced by eating acid or unripe fruit. Perhaps no more general remedy can be suggested than Mere. Chin. and Phos. are to be given for debilitating watery discharges, Calc. or Pod. for white, offensive discharges of teething children, or Cham. if the discharges are green or yellow, and make the parts sore; further indications will be found in the Repertory. Repose is a necessary aid in the treatment. Sometimes much benefit is found in the use of the warm sitz bath; all known causes must of course be avoided. DIPHTHERIA. It is reasonable to conclude that this disease is not very well understood, when we consider how often it is fatal, notwithstanding the infallible remedies recommended in its treatment. The causes of it are obscure; the blood in the first instance is poisoned; then we have the general symptoms, as lassitude, fever, sore throat, covered with a false membrane, looking like wash-leather; acrid discharge from one DIPHTHERIA. 41 nostril, enlarged glands in the neck, offensive breath, sometimes delirium, sometimes stupor. The peculiar false membrane in the throat and the offensive breath are said to be characteristic of the disease, though we are also told, that in some cases the false membrane does not appear, and it is equally certain that in some cases the offensive breath is not very marked. Though attended with inflammation, it should be borne in mind, that it is a disease in which there is great prostration of the vital powers, hence means must be used to keep up the strength of the patient. As regards the treatment, as soon as any appearance of a cold presents itself, give Camph.; if the symptoms of a cold are very marked, put the patient to bed and give a teaspoonful of the solution every fifteen or twenty minutes, till perspiration ensues-after that, less frequently. If the throat should show signs of inflammation, give Mere. dulc. zd. every two hours, and gargle or swab out the throat with Camphor solution every hour between. Put a thin slice of pork in a thin bandage and tie it about the throat. This treatment will usually suffice for the milder cases; for those which are more severe, give Mere. Iod. I, with the Camphor gargle as before, while the fever is high, and Ars. Iod. when the fever begins to subside. Where the disease seems to be a combination of Croup and Diphtheria, Kali bichrom. is the remedy, a dose every hour or two. A small quantity-as much as will lie on a five-cent piecemay be put into some boiling water, and the child may inhale the fumes; it may be kept boiling near the child, and thus keep the atmosphere impregnated with it; the fumes of Camphor are also useful sometimes in these cases. 6 42 DYSENTERY. Where the false membrane is thrown out, the danger is not passed: the strength must be kept up by nourishing food; unhappily, at such times, the stomach often rejects what it should retain; here the Ars. Iod. is of use, but the other remedies sometimes come into play-these must be consulted in the Repertory. Other children should be kept apart from the patient as much as possible; and a piece of Camphor kept in the mouth, by those who must be exposed to the breath of the patient, may prevent infection. DROPSY Is generally the result of some previous disease, ar 1 must be considered in connection with these diseases, with the light to be obtained by consulting the Repertory and Materia Medica. Ars. and Merc. are useful remedies. The former especially, after having taken Quinine in large doses, or for a long time. DYSENTERY. The symptoms of this disease are too well known to make any detail necessary, The causes are improper food, and taking cold. Patients suffering with this disease, should be kept as quiet as possible; a cold sitz bath after each movement, is often a great relief. Injections of cold water are also recommended. The diet should be light at first, but when the first acute symptoms have somewhat subsided, mutton-tea and stale bread and butter may be used, though many writers denounce them. Hering recommends fresh butter, taken without stint, and I know one case, at least, where a little patient cured herself of a dysentery, which had become quite chronic, by a stolen visit to the butter jar, Merc. is the chief remedy where there is much griping, Coloc., EARACHE. 43 may be given alternately with it, or Canth., where the passages look like the washings of flesh, and urination is scanty or painful. Nux is of use where there is much straining at stool, but little accomplished. Pod. is useful for children, especially where the " body comes down," as it is termed. Ars. is required where the stools are very offensive and the patient seems to be sinking. DYSPEPSIA. " Live on sixpence a day and earn it," was the advice of Dr. Abernethy to his patients, and this embraces about all that can be said on the subject. Every dyspeptic knows, to some extent at least, the habits which produce dyspepsia with him or herthese must be avoided-then proper exercise will put him into a fair way of being cured. This being a chronic disease, it can only be glanced at here, and a few palliatives be mentioned. Nux may be given where indigestion is produced by over-exertion of mind or prolonged watching, Lye. from rich farinaceous diet, Puls. from animal food, Calc. where there are sour risings. In all cases avoid drugging, and especially purgatives. EARACHE. A few drops of warm molasses dropped into the ear, or a few drops of warm olive oil, will afford much relief; sometimes a drop or two of Camphorated oil. Puls. may be given where the pains are shooting -with inflammation of the inner and outer ear, or purulent discharges. Bell. where there is burning in the ears, or tearing pains from above downwards, Cham. when cold has been taken and the pains are shooting and tearing; Mere, for deep seated pains with burning; swelling of the face or of the glands of the neck; purulent discharges. 44 FEVERS, INTERMITTENT. ERYSIPELAS. This disease is readily recognized. The diet should be light; where the parts burn very much, relief is sometimes obtained by covering the part with a light dressing of cotton batting; sometimes flour. Dr. Pulte recommends cold water dressings where there is great burning, but adds, they should be well covered. Acon. and Bell. are the chief remedies. Rhus is to be considered where there are large blisters present, also where the parts affe&ed have a doughy look and pit on pressure. Phos. is useful where it attacks the face and head, especially in children, and may be given alternately with Bry. or Hep. Sulph. EYES, INFLAMMATION OF. If the inflammation proceeds from an external injury, bathe the eye in Arnica water and give Acon. internally. Acon. and Bell. alternately are the chief remedies for the disease, arising from other causes. Where the inflammation does not yield readily, Bell. and Merc. dulc. should be used. The diet should be light and the room dark. FEVERS, INTERMITTENT. These Fevers are too well known to need any prolonged description-it is better to occupy the space in telling how to cure and how to avoid them. Persons living where Intermittent Fever prevails, should avoid overloading the stomach, especially with indigestible food, or food difficult of digestion, as pork, pastry, or things cooked with lard; it is FEVER, PUERPERAL. 45 better also to abstain from coffee; the morning airshould be avoided, and it is a useful precaution, to have a little fire, morning and evening, in the sitting room in the early fall. Where the air in the evening is much cooler than during the day, proper precautions should be taken against catching cold. In prescribing for these fevers, it is not enough to consider the symptoms of the chill, the fever and the sweat, but all the symptoms which present themselves during the interval, should be brought into the account. In most cases of simple fever and ague, Ipec. will suffice to effect a cure; it should be given two hours before the time of the expected chill. For an adult, three or four drops of the first dilution should be put into half a glass of water and the whole taken at a dose; with children and adults of a sensitive temperament, the pellets may answer the same purpose. If this should not interrupt the paroxysm, any remedy indicated by the symptoms may be given in the interval and Ipec. given again two hours before the next expe&ed attack. Chin. is useful for intermittents of a regular type, that is where the chill, fever, and sweat succeed in regular order. Ars. on the contrary where one stage or other is wanting, or not clearly marked; Lach. is peculiarly adapted to chills in women suffering from menstrual irregularities. FEVER, PUERPERAL. This is a very dangerous fever, but happily, where the confinement has been conducted under homoeopathic auspices, not often seen. It begins, three or four days after confinement, with a chill, soon followed by fever, with great sensitiveness of the abdomen to the touch, especially in the region of 46 FEVER, REMITTENT. the womb; the usual discharge is suppressed, as is also the milk-the pulse is very quick-skin hot, great thirst, sometimes vomiting. As before noticed, the abdomen is very sensitive to the touch, sometimes the weight of a sheet cannot be endured, and the patient lies upon her back, with her knees drawn up, to relax the abdominal muscles. Acon. should be given at the invasion of the disease, then as the fever becomes marked, Bell. and Bry. If the urine should be suppressed, give Hyos., if urination is painful, Canth. If Bell. and Bry. do not check the fever promptly, give Mere. dulc. every hour. In cases which do not respond readily to the remedies, a few doses of Op. may be of service, where there is a tendency to stupor, or Camph. where there is sinking. FEVER, REMITTENT, Called also Bilious or Bilious-Remittent. In this disease, which commences with a chill, the fever is continued, but once at least in the twenty-four hours, it becomes lighter or remits, while in the intermittent, the fever ceases entirely for a time, or intermits. In this disease, with the other usual symptoms of fever, there is more or less distress in the stomach; the tongue is white or yellowish, sometimes brown; vomiting is generally present; there is headache, and more or less thirst. It does not run any specific course, but if not cured, may terminate either in intermittent or typhoid fever. Acon. and Bry. may be given where the fever is high, with much headache, yellow tongue and much thirst. Tart. where there is great heat, with restlessness, with constant gagging and nausea. In addition to these, Mere. dulc. is often useful, especially where there is much tenderness of the stomach or bowels, especially if FEVER, TYPHOID. 47 they are at the same time much distended. Water may be given freely; and as soon as any desire for food is manifested, it should be gratified. The food at first should be simple and easily digested. If, as averred by some, a Remittent is a worm fever, the remedies recommended for worms should be consulted. FEVER, TYPHOID. This is a very common'fever, and at the same time dangerous. Its causes are impure air-insufficient diet-depressing passions; sometimes it prevails as an epidemic; it begins with weariness and lassitude; more or less chilliness and shivering; these may continue three or four days, though in some cases the invasion is more sudden; headache is also present, and a pain in the right side of the abdomen, quite low down, especially on pressure. The tongue at first is whitish, with red edges, but sooner or later becomes dry, brownish or even blackish; the teeth also, and the lips, often become encrusted with a blackish exudation from the gums; the fever is apt to run twenty-one or twenty-eight days, and when it " turns," prostration is often observed, when the patient's strength must be kept up by stimulants. Rhus. and Bry. are the chief remedies; other remedies will be called for by various symptoms, as Hyos., where the urine is suppressed, or where there is much delirium; indeed, the two are apt to go together. Merc. for diarrhcea. If the bowels are constipated, it is better to leave them to take care of themselves; if any interference at all is used, it should be nothing more than injections. Water should be allowed without stint, and all the food the patient can digest. This is a very nice point in the treatment of these fevers, but the limits of this work 48 FEVER, YELLOW. forbid details. If there is prostration, give Camph. every few minutes; if this does not suffice, Ars. and Sec. As before noticed under another head, a few doses of Op. are of use, where the system does not respond readily to the action of the remedy. Frequent sponging off with water affords great relief, and in the early stages of the fever, the wet pack may be used with great advantage. For other symptoms, see Repertory. It may be added, that the air in the room should be kept as pure as possible and the patient undisturbed. FEVER, YELLOW. The following paper on the treatment of this disease has been kindly furnished for this work, by Dr. Holcombe, of New Orleans: This scourge of the tropics is a peculiar, wellmarked disease, generally epidemic and contagious, rarely occurring twice in the same system. It has ravaged all our seaboard cities and towns from New York to Galveston, and has penetrated several hundred miles up the Savannah, Alabama and Mississippi rivers. New comers and unacclimated persons suffer most severely. It is especially fatal to drunkards, pregnant women and young children. It is very mild when occuring in the negro race, in Spaniards, Frenchmen, Italians and native born Southerners; it is more severe in Northerners; in Englishmen still more so; and it is most fatal to Irish and Germans. It is a disease of the hot months, of summer and autumn. Its average duration is about a week, and the deaths generally occur between the third and sixth days. The convalescence is sometimes very slow. 50 FEVER, YELLOW. rible changes are impending. This stage calls for the strictest nursing and dieting. The symptoms which should make you double your diligence and apprehend the third stage, or that of collapse, are the following: Voracious hunger, with a painful, gnawing sensation in the stomach, continued wakefulness, frequent hawking of phlegm from the throat, acid risings into the mouth, flatulence and rumbling in the bowels, a strange feeling of deadness and weight about the abdomen, and the appearance of a light lemon tint in the white of the'eyes. A very slow pulse, a little flightiness of mind, a profound apathy of manner, and a countenance expressive of anxiety or gloom, are also bad symptoms at this period of the disease. Sometimes this second stage is but faintly marked or is very brief, and the symptoms of the third are rapidly developed. The prominent features of this alarming condition are the following: Burning in the pit of the stomach, frequently ascending into the throat; pain, sometimes violent in both stomach and bowels; diarrhcea of a brown or black color; very yellow urine, sometimes brown, like porter; increasing yellowness of the skin; eructations and hiccough, oozing of blood from the gums or throat; constant tossing about without sleep; pulse weak, rapid and fluttering, or else slow and soft, with cold extremities; delirium, sometimes mild and muttering, sometimes furious; frequent vomiting, sometimes without nausea, of a yellowish-brown liquid, or of a claret-colored water, or of mucus or phlegm mixed here and there, with many little dark brown specks, resembling the wings or legs of flies, or little pieces of cobweb; or sometimes of blood, either pure or more or less mixed with the above elements. If the disease is FEVER, YELLOW. Si not now arrested, you may expect the much dreaded black vomit-which is vitiated blood, looking like coffee grounds, or particles of soot or snuff, suspended in water, to the consistence of thin molasses. A total suppression of urine, profound stupor, and convulsions often precede death. The yellowness of the skin is not caused by a suppression of the bile, nor is the black vomit the product of depraved secretions in the liver or stomach, but all the symptoms of the third stage are due to a poisoning of the blood -a terrible occult, physical and chemical alteration of its properties, rendering it unfit to maintain life. Yellow fever is not likely to be confounded with any other disease but malignant bilious fever. Although they have many symptoms in common, they are essentially different maladies. Bilious fever is mainly a disease of the country; yellow fever of cities, towns and villages, never originating in the rural districts. Bilious fever occurs every year in the malarial regions; several years may pass without a yellow fever epidemic. Yellow fever is imported and contagious; bilious fever is native and non-contagious. The first cases of yellow fever, like those of cholera, are-the most fatal; it is not so with bilious fever. Bilious fever consists of two or more similar paroxysms, presenting the same elements, but only deepening in intensity and danger; yellow fever has but one paroxysm (its first stage, resembling that of bilious fever); and its three stages are singularly unlike each other. The haemorrhages from the gums, nose, stomach, bowels, uterus, bladder, etc., so common in yellow fever, are extremely rare in bilious fever, and when they do occur, they do not present the same physical and chemical peculiarities. The yellowness of skin in yellow fever 52 FEVER, YELLOW. deepens in intensity after death, which is not the case with the yellowness of bilious fever. Some people can detect a peculiar musty smell about a yellow fever patient, quite characteristic of the disease. Lastly, there is a singular fierce, dark, apathetic or dejected cast of countenance in yellow fever rarely ever met with in any other malady. TREATMENT. When the chill comes on, give the patient a very hot mustard foot bath for ten minutes, and wrap him warmly, but not oppressively, in bed. Give Aconite and Belladonna in alternation every hour. If he vomits, give Ipecac after every act of vomiting. If the febrile symptoms are not greatly relieved in 24 hours, give Bry. and Gels. in alternation every hour. If the stomach continues irritable, give Tart. after every act of vomiting. This will carry your patient safely through the first stage. The first stage may be alleviated considerably by the following adjuvants: a copious injection of warm soap suds to empty the lower bowels-a repetition of the hot foot bath if necessary-frequent cold sponging of the surface of the body to relieve the burning heat-and mustard plasters to the back, shoulders or any point suffering intense pain. Sipping a few spoonsful of very hot water will sometimes relieve the distressing nausea. The diet should be reduced nearly to zero. Water crackers dissolved in very weak black tea. The most sensible Allopaths-i. e. those of the Expectant school-give nothing in the first stage but a hot bath, a mild purgative and copious draughts of sage or orange-leaf tea. The use of the lancet, quinine, calomel and morphine is simply the consummation of ignorance and folly. FEVER, YELLOW. 53 Now comes the real danger. Keep the patient closely covered in bed, no matter how well he feels. Do not let him change his room, or even his bed, for any reason in the world. Do not satisfy his demands for food. Give him, in addition to the tea and crackers, a little rice gruel or arrow root. Enjoin perfect quiet in the room. Put him on Ars. and Mere. alternately every two hours. If he is restless and nervous at night, interpose a dose of Coffea. If any symptoms described as belonging to the third stage, show themselves,alternate Ars. and Lach. (or Crotalus) every two hours. Keep up these remedies faithfully to the end-interposing between them such medicines as may be called for by different distressing symptoms, as for example: For dark, painful or bloody diarrhcea: Phosphoric Acid; Pod.; Verat. Mere. For painful urination or suppressed urine: Canth. For uterine hemorrhage, with or without abortion: Sabina, Secale, Hamamelis. For extreme nervousness, delirium or convulsions: Ign., Hyos., Stramonium. For the vomiting here, Ipecac. and Tart. Emet. seem useless; Nitrate of Silver and Kreasote, especially the former, offer the best hope of relief. They should be made extemporaneously. Dissolve one-half grain of crystallized Nitrate of Silver in an ounce of boiled water, or distilled water, if it can be got. Give a drop or two every half hour, or after every act of vomiting. The Kreasote is prepared by dissolving one drop in an ounce of Alcohol, and it may be used at the same dose and in the same manner. The diet should be pure cream in pounded 54 HIEMORRHAGE. or rasped ice, beef-tea, wine-whey, or iced champagne wine, if stimulation is requisite. Frictions with dry mustard or hot linseed or sweet oil may be useful when the temperature of the skin is reduced. Carb. veg. has been recommended as a forlorn hope, and forlorn it is. A dose of China every day promotes the convalescence, but great precautions about diet and exercise must be long enjoined. HEMORRHAGE. i. From the Nose.-In most cases this is slight, and needs no other treatment than the application of cold water. With some it seems constitutional; for these cases, consult the remedies in the Repertory. Where it comes from violence, a solution of Am. is sufficient; where it comes from congestion to the head, Acon. or Bell. and quiet; where it coincides with suppressed or irregular menstruation, Bry., Chin., Sec. Sulph. or Verat. may be consulted. 2. From the Gums.-Fatal hemorrhages take place now and then from drawing a tooth; for such haemorrhages, salt may be used, or ice, or, if it can be obtained, powdered Matico; this will seldom fail. Turpentine is also efficacious. 3. From the Lungs.-(See Blood, Spitting of, p. 21.) 4. From the Stomach.-(See Blood, Vomiting of, p. zz.) 5. From the Boweis.-When occasioned by Piles: see " Piles." When produced by worms, Ledum. will generally suffice; turpentine may also be used, HIEMORRHAGE. 55 from one to six drops, according to patient's age may be put upon a little sugar, and stirred up in four tablespoonfuls of water, and a teaspoonful given every hour or so, according to severity of the attack. It sometimes occurs in typhoid and other low fevers; here Ipec., Merc., Nux and Rhus will be found of use; also Ledum. 6. From the Womb. A. Frcm Profuse Menstruation.-Ipec. is the chief remedy for a sudden emergency. Bell. may be given full-blooded women, where there are severe bearingdown pains and the blood is florid, Merc. where it is pale or thin; occasions may arise where even cinnamon tea might be desirable, but it is not best to check these discharges at once and entirely; see also the Repertory. B. During Pregnancy; the only cause of Haemorrhage in this period, of which I shall treat, is: abortion or miscarriage. Not that.there are no others, but neither their causes nor treatment could be made intelligible in a domestic work. A pregnant woman, then, who begins to flow, should go to bed at once, and maintain the utmost composure of mind and body. If she has suffered from a fall or blow, she should take Arn. every half hour or hour. If the blood is black and clotted, Ipec. will be suitable; if fresh, and attended with expulsive pains, Sec. If the flowing still continues, break up a few bits of cinnamon, pour some boiling water on them, and take a teaspoonful (after it cools) every few minutes. By these means, the haemorrhage may be checked; if so, it will be advisable for the patient to remain quiet a day or two, or even longer. On the contrary, if the flowing continues, the contents of the 56 HIEMORRHAGE. womb will be discharged-to ascertain this fact, the cloths should be carefully examined; when once discharged, if the womb contracts, the haemorrhage will cease-if it does not contract, give Sec.; after miscarriage, the patient should keep her bed five or six days at least; if feeble, a longer time is better. But the ovum may be but partially discharged; that is, it may get as far as the mouth of the womb, and there lodge; of course the womb cannot contract, and the flowing will continue; this fact can readily be ascertained by a vaginal examination, provided one knows how-of course this cannot be taught by a book. Supposing, however, the case made out, one of two things must be done-the ovum must be removed by the finger, or an appropriate instrument, or, if this cannot be done, and it is not always possible, the vagina must be filled up; this will prevent the flow, and at the same time loosen the ovum from the mouth of the womb. To this end take some small pieces of fine linen, or cotton, two or three inches square, dip them in oil and introduce them into the vagina, pressing them well up, till the vagina is full; then bring the thighs together, and confine them so, if need be. This may be removed in twenty-four or thirty-six hours, and another attempt made to remove the ovum-if unsuccessful, the vagina must be filled up again and the patient left in quiet; this process will seldom:-eed to be repeated more than two or three times. c. After Delivery.-This does not often happen when the labor has been properly managed, it seldom follows protracted labors, to any alarming extent. Immediately after the expulsion of the child, gentle pressure (not enough to give pain) should be made upon the womb, and this should be kept up, HEADACHE. 57 without intermission, till the after-birth is expelled, at least. If, nevertheless, the flowing isprofuse, pour cold water out of a pitcher from a height upon the bare abdomen, at the same time making pressure upon the womb. Sec. also will here come in play, or Cinnamon. Such patients should be watched carefully, as the hemorrhage may cease for a time and then return. The- haemorrhage being checked, the patient's strength must be kept up, and even during the flowing this must not be neglected. If there is much thirst, bits of ice may be given, or iced water; brandy and water, or camphor may also be required, and beef-tea should also be given liberally. Repose for several days is of course necessary. HEADACHE. For frequently returning headache, the causes should be sought out and removed. It may come from improper diet; from passing the time (waking or sleeping) in confined air; from undue intellectual exertion; from having the lower extremities insufficiently clad; be the cause what it may, discover it if possible and remove it, though self-indulgence or vanity be made the loser. Headache from colds requires Acon., Hep.sulph. Nux. From heat (as of the sun) Acon., Bry., Camph.; from intellectual labor, Chin., Nux, Phos.; with vomiting, Ipec., Nux, Tart. Bell. and Bry., given alternately, are often useful in the nervous headaches of women. Lye. or Puls. when arising from indigestion; Puls. or Sep. when connected with menstrual irregularities; Canth. when connected with scanty or painful urination; Hyos. where the urine is suppressed. HYSTERICS. HOOPING COUGH Is readily recognized. It is generally supposed that it must and will run its course, but this is not so. By appropriate remedies, its course can not only be mitigated, but shortened; the Repertory and Materia Medica give sufficient indications; the patient should be kept in the open air as much as the weather will permit, and should not be kept on too low diet. Ipec. is useful where there is violent dry spasmodic cough, threatening suffocation, the face turning livid; Bell. in similar cases, where it turns red; Mere. where there is discharge of very tenacious mucus from the lungs; Nux where there is violent coughing, with vomiting of food and constipation; or Verat., where, instead of constipation, there is diarrhoea. HYSTERICS. A Doctor who understands women, never tells one, that she has hysterics, unless he wants to get the case off his hands. It is generally understood to be tantamount to saying, that nothing ails her, or that she is spleeny. Nevertheless, the sufferings are ril, and so is the disease. It takes on the appearance of almost every disease to which the system is liable, and taxes the patience of the physician, as well as of the sufferer. The causes of this affection are various: overtaxing the brain, prolonged watching, irregular or improper diet, disorders of the sexual functions, and worms may be mentioned as some of them. These, of course, must be discovered and removed. In addition to the remedies recommended in the ITCH. 59 Repertory, and those indicated by accompanying symptoms in the Materia Medica, Camph. rhay be mentioned. Camphor with brandy and water, laid upon the pit of the stomach warm, frequently affords prompt relief. It may also be given internally. Salt and water, a teaspoonful every hour or so, benefits in many cases; it should be taken sparingly, however, where looseness of the bowels would be undesirable on any account. INFLUENZA, If taken early, is soon cured. Put the patient to bed, cover him up well. Give Camphor solution, a teaspoonful every five or ten minutes, till free perspiration is established; other remedies, if needed, will be indicated in the Repertory; Ars. is useful, if the discharge is thin and watery, and there is great prostration; Merc. where it is thick and yellow. Nux and Hep. sulph. may be given alternately where there is much pain over the eyes, deep, hollow cough and constipation. ITCH. All is not itch which itches. The itch is a vesicular eruption produced by the presence of the acarus scabiei, or itch mite; the insect is not found in the vesicle, but a short distance from it; a faint red line marks the course of the canal which he has burrowed, from the vesicle, to his place of residence. The eruption is found chiefly between the fingers, about the joints, and in the bends of the elbows; seldom, if ever, on the face; the itching is LEUCORRHCEA. KIDNEYS, INFLAMMATION OF. In this affection there is more or less pain in the region of the kidneys-not always as severe as the inflammation would warrant one to expect-the pain shoots down towards the bladder; urination is difficult and painful, the urine being hot and scanty, sometimes bloody; fever is present with great thirst, and vomiting; also colic pains; there is, moreover, more or less numbness, extending down the limb of the side affected to the knee. It is sometimes produced by the application of blisters; where this is the case, Camph. is the remedy; if produced by checking of perspiration, nothing is better than Camph., though Acon., Canth., Tart. and Turpentine may be considered; this latter may be used in case of painful, but almost ineffectual urging to urinate, the discharge being bloody; from one to six drops may be put upon a little sugar and dissolved in four teaspoonfuls of water, a teaspoonful given every twenty or thirty minutes, according to the severity of the symptoms. Where this disease is consequent upon blows, or straining exertions, Arnica may first be given, though Turpentine will here come into play, if there is blood in the urine. LEUCORRHCEA. A very common, but probably not a very necessary complaint; a due regard to the laws of health, which it is impossible even to glance at here, would prevent this disease to a great extent. Undue indulgence of the appetites and passions, over-exertion of mind or body, a languid, listless, frivolous life are frequent causes. Add t:o this, the presence of pin worms, 62 LIVER, INFLAMMATION OF. which frequently leave the rectum for the vagina, and the want of cleanliness, and there is a catalogue of causes sufficient to account for the vast majority of the cases of this disease. No treatment can be given, further than what may be gathered from the other parts of the work. A word of caution, however, may be proper. This is a trouble, which, on many accounts, is peculiarly annoying, and women are ready to suffer anything, if there is a prospect of cure. But before delivering yourselves into the hands of those who would invade the parts affected with fire and sword, and thus render incurable, what in many cases hardly needs to be cured, consider the many possible causes, and avoid them. Use, then, the remedies recommended in the Repertory and Materia Medica. Injections are of great use, and also sitz baths; neither should be warm, nor yet cold enough to chill. Of injections, there is an endless variety. Salt water will answer most purposes. Of syringes, too, there is no end, yet I never saw but one kind which was of much use, and that is for sale by C. S. Halsey, in this city.* LIVER, INFLAMMATION OF. The habitual use of alcoholic drinks predisposes to this affection; it is most prevalent in hot climates, and may be induced by taking cold. There is pain in the right side, with fever and vomiting; where the upper or convex surface is inflamed, the patient cannot lie upon the right side; the pain is increased by drawing a long breath, and there is more or less * I do not hesitate to say this, because, in the first place, it is true, and in the second, I have no conceivable interest in its sale-direct or indirect. It is called the Patent Combination Vaginal Syringe. 64 I UNGS, INFLAMMATION OF. pitcher, at the rate of a pailful every five minutes, for half an hour. In twenty minutes the patient began to be very cold and the spasms gave way. At the end of the half hour, he was rubbed dry with a towel, wrapped in blankets, put to bed with a great amount of covering, and allowed to remain there two or three hours, till reaction and free perspiration took place. He was then sponged all over with cold water to carry off the superfluous heat; following this, there was soreness of the muscles, and violent headache; he could not endure noise or motion for several days, and could not be raised from his bed for several weeks, but finally recovered. LUNGS, INFLAMMATION OF. This is a frequent disease in northern latitudes; the most frequent cause is exposure to cold winds. It generally begins with a chill; then there is pain in the chest, difficulty of breathing, fever, cough, at first dry, afterwards moist, with expectoration, which, as the disease advances, assumes a hue like rust or prune juice; this expectoration is distinctive of this disease;,the patient generally lies upon his back; the skin is hot and dry, and the pulse quick. Acon. and Bry., or Bry. and Phos. will suffice for most cases; where there is much oppression of the breathing, Tart. may be considered; the application of cloths wrung out of cold water, affords much relief; they must be well covered up; some apply warm poultices of bran over the whole chest. The diet should be light at first, but care must be taken to keep up the strength; stimulants even may be necessary in some cases. LYING IN. 65 Typhoid symptoms may sometimes supervene, but Bry., Phos. or Rhus. will usually suffice; the Repertory will indicate the remedy for particular symptoms; here special care must be taken to spare and keep up the strength. LYING IN. It may chance that a woman is confined where she has neither Doctor nor nurse; it it is her first experience, a few hints may be of service. We must suppose the child to be born, or the few hints would end in a volume. If the child is not breathing well, do not be in too great a hurry to cut the cord; if it is, apply a stout silk or linen ligature, three fingers breadth from the body; be careful it is tightly drawn, else fatal hamorrhage will ensue; but one ligature is needed. As soon as the child is born, some one must be detailed, to make gentle pressure on the womb, the upper part of it; this should be kept up till the after-birth comes away. Generally in half an hour or so after the child is born, a pain ensues, and the after-birth is expelled. As soon as it can be reached, it should be turned several times on its axis, as this ensures a more complete and entire delivery of all the membranes. Sometimes, though the after-birth prefers to stay where it is, and the old ladies will assure you, it is grown fast: that does not follow. Let your attendant dip her hand in cold water and apply it over the region of the womb; this may excite contraction; or let her introduce a finger into the vagina and make firm, but 9 66 LYING IN. gentle pressure downwards and backwards, giving meantime Sec. every twenty or thirty minutes; the 6th answers many a time, but stronger would do no harm; these means and appliances, with patience and resolution, will answer in most cases. The after-birth removed, it is still well to keep the hand of an attendant over the womb for a little while, to ensure its contraction. Have a cloth wet with Arnica or Calendula applied to the parts; put another blanket or so on the bed; put a dry napkin under the patient, if it can be done without moving her too much, and let her rest; a cup of tea may be given her, or a cracker, or bit of toast, as soon as she wants it, provided, she is not flowing, in which case, hot drinks are hurtful. Within two or three hours after the birth of the child, let it be applied to the breast. In twelve hours, sometimes less, the soiled sheets may be slipped from under the patient, and clean ones substituted, and be sure they are well aired. If she does not pass water in twelve or at farthest eighteen hours, give her Hyos. every hour till she does. This being done, the next thing is to secure perfect repose; to this end, request friends to show their kindness of heart by staying away; the more quiet the patient is kept the first three days, the better; and if no company is allowed till after the ninth day, nobody will lose anything, unless it is the doctor or undertaker. As for the bowels, do not think of them, till after the third day; they ought not to move before that time; do not trouble them even then, unless they feel full; in this case, try gentle friction with the hand, moistened with a little sweet oil; if they should not move then, give an injection. The food should be light, till after the third day; if the milk is well established by that MEASLES. 67 time, a little more nourishing diet may be allowed; nothing very hearty, however, till the bowels move. Women should keep their beds till the ninth day, as a general rule: smart women get up much sooner for a time or two, and often fill an early grave in consequence, or have good reason to wish they had. Flooding and convulsions are treated of elsewhere. If you want to try Puerperal Fever, let your nurse give you three or four tablespoonfuls of castor oil, within twelve hours after the child is born. If this does not move the bowels, take some other purgative-almost anything will do; this will bring you to the top of the inclined plane; now, any little impetus, as a slight cold, or a little excitement, will push you down. It you find you are about to die, instruct your friends to say that it was a terrible epidemic. It will be a great consolation-to some of them-perhaps. MEASLES. This is a very common disease, and not usually attended with much danger. It is always preceded or accompanied by symptoms of cold, as running from the nose, watery eyes, and cough. In its earlier stage, it is not always easy l tell Measles from Small Pox; the catarrhal symptoms are more marked in Measles than in Small Pox, and in this latter affection there is more back ache than in the former; the eruption of Small Pox feels like a shot under the skin; all question is at an end, as soon as the eruption is well developed, for that of Small Pox contains matter, and is depressed in the center, neither of which is the case with Measles. Acon. and Puls. are the chief remedies; Bry. answers well, if the eruption is slow in coming out, and may be necessary, alternately with Ipec., for the cough, which is 68 MUMPS. often troublesome; at times a wet compress about the throat and chest relieves this cough like a charm. A few doses of Camph. are sometimes useful where the eruption seems inclined to strike in, followed by Ars., if the eruption looks pale. Where the head or lungs suffer, the remedies will be found in the Repertory; it may be said in brief, that Bell. and Bry. are useful for head affections; Bry. and Phos. for inflammation of the chest; Puls. for earache; Merc. for diarrhcea. This disease is apt to be followed by various unpleasant consequences; if Puls. fails to relieve, Sil. will do good service; six pills of the 6th (or 30th, in sensitive cases) given once a day. The diet should be light; drafts of air should be avoided, and sudden change of temperature; but the patient should not be stifled, either with too much clothing, or too hot and dry an atmosphere. MENSTRUATION. A very important subject, but not proper for tinkering. If women will study the laws of health and obey them, there will be little trouble as regards this function; when they do, practicing medicine will be unprofitable business. Some general hints may be found in the Repertory; but as the most of the troubles in this connection are chronic, a physician should be consulted. MUMPS Is inflammation of the gland situated each side at the angle of the jaw extending up towards the ear; Merc. is the remedy. Relief is obtained by keeping the face wrapped up with warm flannels. Care must be taken not to catch cold, as it sometimes- goes to the breasts, or the testicles. In the former case, give Bell.; in the latter Puls. NEURALGIA. 69 NETTLE-RASH-HIVES. The skin looks as if it had been whipped with nettles. In some it is occasioned by slight errors of diet, and it is hence often accompanied with headache and derangement of the stomach; Dulc. is the chief remedy. Puls. may be given when produced by indigestion; Bry. or Rhus, or the two alternately, when it occurs or is aggravated in cold, damp weather. Ars. if attended with intense burning itching. It is not best to apply anything externally. NEURALGIA. The causes, character and seat of Neuralgia are so various, that any direction for its treatment, in such,a work as this, must be quite unsatisfactory to the patient, who generally desires a remedy ready at hand, and prompt in action. Acon. may be given when cold has been taken, and there is tingling or numbness with the pains; Bell. for tearing, shooting pains, coming on periodically, generally worse in the afternoon. Chin., when produced by exhausting losses, as in nursing. Nux., from cold or undue mental exertion. Ars., where the pain is burning, very violent, relieved by external heat. If the cause can be discovered, it must of course be avoided, or removed, if possible, as derangment of the stomach, over-exertion of the mind, decayed teeth, exhaustion from loss of fluids. For more minute directions, consult the Repertory and Materia Medica. 70 PILES. PILEL Are not likely to be mistaken for anything else; hence it is not necessary to describe them. Medical works give a long list of causes; but some people have piles without the causes, and others the causes without piles; some writers think piles are the result of a Hcemorrhoidal Diathesis, which is a comforting thought, but does not tell how to cure them. Worms no doubt are frequently a cause. As regards the treatment, Nux taken at night, and Sulph. in the morning, will relieve the majority of cases. Puls. also has been used with success, especially during pregnancy, or just after confinement. The application of cold water, or even ice, affords temporary relief; so do injections of salt water, especially where worms are the cause. Those who suffer from piles, should be moderate, at least, in the use of tobacco, as well as coffee, which is so generally proscribed. Operations are sometimes recommended, but they are not unattended with danger; they do not remove the cause which produced the piles, which cause will very likely be operative in some other quarter. Sometimes it is better to "t bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of." Hamamelis has acquired some celebrity, in curing this painful affection, used as a cerate, a wash, or internally. It is also of use where there is much bleeding. QU INSYNSY 71 PLEURISY, Or inflammation of the sac in which the lungs are situated. This is characterized by fever, pain in the chest, generally confined to a small spot, and rather more frequent in the left side; the breathing is short, or the patient has a "catch " as he calls it, when he attempts to take a long breath, and he cannot lie upon the side affected; the cough is short and dry, and not usually attended with much expectoration. Acon. and Bry. are the remedies; the wet bandage may also be used, as in inflammation of the lungs; diet light. There is another disease which is generally noticed in this connection, called False Pleurisy, or in other words, no Pleurisy at all. It is Rheumatism or Neuralgia of the muscles between the ribs; there is less fever than in Pleurisy, less cough, and the pain is not increased by moderate pressure; Arn. is the remedy. See also the other remedies for Rheumatism and Neuralgia. QUINSY Is a deep-seated inflammation of the tonsils, sufficiently well known; the tonsils are swollen, sometimes so much so as to threaten suffocation, and it is desirable to render prompt relief. Happily, it is easily obtained. If the patient is able and willing to do as directed, administer the fumes of Camphor, as recommended, p. z. If the patient is a child, the cup may be passed back and forth before his face, so that he may inhale the fumes, or spirits of Camphor may 72 SCALD HEAD. be poured upon a hot shovel or stove. This may be kept up till relief is obtained, and repeated again in one, two or three hours, as occasion may require. Mere. dulc. may be given every two hours. If a gargle is used, the Camphor gargle is as good as any. RHEUMATISM. Little need be said upon this disease beyond what may be gathered from the Repertory and Materia Medica. Acon. is appropriate in the earlier stage. Bry., Mere., and Tart. perhaps will cover the majority of cases. The disease is not attended with much danger, unless it affe&s the heart, or some of the vital organs; where it goes to the heart, Acon. and Bry. are the remedies; at the same time, warm water applications may be made to the region of the pain, or even mustard paste. The diet should in this disease be light, but not reducing; meat may be eaten when it can be digested. Extreme care should be taken, when convalescing, not to take cold, as relapses are very apt to occur. RING-WORM. Sepia. is the remedy for this disease; it is to be taken internally and externally; a few of the pellets dissolved in water will suffice for the latter. Rhus. and Sulph. are also recommended. SCALD HEAD. Yellowish pustules form on the head of children, which break and form a thick crust, which is cupshaped. It is a contagious disease, very obstinate, and not the subject of domestic treatment. The hair should be cut short; the crusts may be moistened daily by the application o-- a linseed meal SCARLET FEVER. 73 poultice, as Dr. Ellis recommends, or it may be washed with soap suds. Some recommend acetic acid, diluted with three times its weight of waterone application is said to suffice. Dr. Pulte recommends Sep. as the prominent remedy at first; the other remedies may be found in the Repertory; the diet should be light. SCARLET FEVER Is a very common disease, and while, in its milder forms, readily yielding to treatment, or scarcely needing any, in its more violent forms, nothing is more justly alarming; cases occur, happily not often, which, from the very first symptom, bear the impress of death. If a physician is remote, the severer forms would terminate fatally, before any advice could be had; and if one is to be had, after a few hours, it is highly important that these few hours should be well employed. I shall, therefore, attempt to lay down explicit directions for the treatment, hoping, that if they fail to give satisfaction in some cases, they may prove useful in others. As regards the causes of Scarlet Fever, little is known about the matter, and that little sheds no light upon the question, how these causes are to be avoided. Where this fever is prevailing epidemically, the best preventive is to keep the health of children in as robust a state as possible, by proper exercise in the open air, and due attention to the rights of the stomach. Bell. is said by many to be a preventive, and there certainly can be no harm in giving from two to six pellets every morning (according to the age of the child) for a few mornings-then intermitting for a few days. IO0 74 SCARLET FEVER. Scarlet Fever is divided, for convenience, into three forms: the simple, the anginose (where the throat is much involved), and the malignant; though it would be difficult for one to say where one class ended and the other began. Nor is it essential in praftice, to discriminate; the symptoms attending each particular case must determine what remedies shall be given. The precursory symptoms of Scarlet Fever are chilliness, nausea, often vomiting, fever, headache; not differing materially from those of other fevers. It is only when the eruption breaks out, that we can say: this is Scarlet Fever; this occurs after two or three days of precursory symptoms; it appears first on the face, upper part of the chest and arms, which present the appearance of a boiled lobster-shell; on pressure being made with the finger, the skin becomes white. With the appearance of the eruption, or soon after, the throat becomes inflamed, and the papilla of the tongue become prominent, projecting through a whitish or yellowish coating; the fever is high, the skin burning hot. When the eruption is fully established, the other symptoms, in mild cases, generally subside; the eruption gradually spreads over the whole surface; and about the fifth day, sometimes a little later, the skin begins to peel off; this process continues for two or three days-sometimes is repeated several times, and may last three or four weeks. In most cases, even slight ones, children complain much of the itching ot the skin. The treatment of these simple cases, is itself simple; the child should be kept comfortable, neither too warm nor too cool; the diet should be light; the whole body, at least where it itches, should be smeared with lard, bacon rind or glycer SCARLET FEVER. 75 ine, and if there is much soreness, a slice of pork may be tied about the throat. Bell. is the remedy; it may be given at intervals of from one to four hours, according- to the severity of the attack. Acon. will probably have been given from the first appearance of fever, before its character was fully developed, after which Bell. is more appropriate. Many physicians give the two alternately. In mild cases, this is all that is needed; great care should be taken, during convalescence, to prevent taking cold, as this may be followed by most serious consequences, even when the fever has been of the mildest form. But now suppose the eruption comes out here and there, in patches-not so promptly and distinctly as in the simple form; sometimes not at all, but there is more sore throat; swallowing is difficult; the glands under the jaw are swollen; on examining the throat, the tonsils are found to be much swollen, someqimes blocking up the passage, and intensely red; this is the second form-the anginose; the inflammation of the throat progresses, the tonsils are covered with mucus, sometimes are ulcerated; in addition to this, there is sometimes a yellowish discharge from the nose, making the upper lip sore. In this form, the fever is high, the pulse quick; the brain is sometimes affe&ed, and there is great restlessness and distress; the swelling of the tonsils makes the breathing difficult, and taking of food, sometimes, impossible. In treating these cases, the same aids should be used as mentioned in speaking of the milder form. Gargle the throat with Camphor, if the child is old enough, if not, permit it to inhale the Camphor vapor. Give Mere. dulc. z every two hours; alter 76 SCARLET FEVER. nately with Bell., if there is much disturbance about the head. If the tongue has a dark and dry appearance, Bell. and Rhus. should be given every half hour, or hour. If there is a tendency to stupor, and the medicines do not seem to have the desired effe&t, give a few pellets of Op. every hour for three or four times, then recur to the remedies previously given. If the eruption fades out, Bry., Camph., Ipec., Tart., may be considered. If these symptoms are considerably intensified, we have malignant Scarlet Fever, but unhappily, this form cannot be described in terms quite so simple. Sometimes the disease comes on with convulsions, in which the patient dies in twenty-four hours or less -though it may be mentioned that all cases which commence with convulsions are not thus dangerous; sometimes the patients fall at once into a profound sleep; at others, into a collapse; diarrhcea carries off some in a short time, while in other cases, the Scarlet Fever runs into a Typhoid. To give direction for the treatment of all these different conditions, and there are yet others, would be of course impossible. An intimate acquaintance with the Materia Medica will throw all the light upon the subject which can be given. Where there are convulsions, however, it may be proper to state that Ammon. Carb. I should be used; have it freshly prepared if possible; also in cases with typhoid complications. In the low forms of this, as well as other diseases, the strength must be kept-up; recourse must be had occasionally to Camph. or Op., when prostration seems to be threatened, and wine-whey, beef-tea, and other nourishing articles of diet, must be employed. 78 SMALL POX. SEA SICKNESS, Said to be a distressing complaint by those who have tried it, but readily amenable to Homceopathic treatment. Ars., Ipec., Nux and Puls. are the chief remedies. Those liable to this affection, should avoid anything likely to derange the stomach, for a day or two before setting sail, and indeed at all other times. SHINGLES Is an eruption of vesicles, or little blisters, situated upon the trunk extending half way around or more; there is a popular notion, that if it extends all the way around, the patient dies; much apprehension on that ground is needless. This eruption is attended with some burning or smarting; it appears sometimes in successive crops of vesicles. Rhus. or Ars. is the remedy. SMALL POX Is easier prevented than cured, though most cases yield readily to appropriate treatment. How long vaccination furnishes immunity against this disease is unknown, therefore it is well to be vaccinated now and then, especially after being exposed. The precursory symptoms-which occur fourteen days after exposure-sometimes sooner-are chilliness, lassitude, severe pain in the back, with aching of the limbs, and general soreness; this state of things continues two or three days-not equally marked, however, in all cases; then the fever sets in, with violent SMALL POX. 79 headache and sometimes delirium; great prostration, increased pain in the back; vomiting may be present, or diarrhoea, but are not always. Soon after the fever, the eruption makes its appearance; little red elevations; at first, on the forehead and face; then on the neck and arms, and so on, till it extends over the whole body, which process generally lasts about three or four days. This being done, we enter upon the second stage. The little red elevations become, in the course of a day or two, vesicles, containing a little watery fluid, which in the course of two or three days more, become pustules, i. e.: containing matter; they are roundish, flattened on the top with a pit in the center. About the eighth or ninth day (and this is the third stage) the pustules burst and begin to dry up, first on the face, then on the chest and arms, and so down. Where the pocks do not run together, the fever generally abates before this time, but where they run together, it does not always; but if it does, it returns on the eleventh day. This is called the secondary fever; where it is attended with much restlessness at night, it is a dangerous symptom. On the fourteenth or fifteenth day the crusts begin to fall from the face. During the febrile stage, Acon. is the remedy; but Bell. will be needed if delirium be present, as it often is; in the second stage, while the pocks are developing, Tart. will be all that is needed, in most cases. Indeed, if the fever be gone, and there are no unpleasant symptoms present, medicine is not indispensable. In the last stage, if there is much secondary fever, with restlessness at night, Merc will be requisite. 80 ST. VITUS' DANCE. SORE THROAT. For simple redness of the back part of the throat, Bell. will generally suffice, especially if there is much dryness of the throat, swelling of the glands, difficulty of swallowing, heat and pain in the head, with cold hands and feet. If this does not afford prompt relief, give Merc. alternately with it, or Merc. dulc. See also Diphtheria, Quinsy and Scarlet Fever. ST. VITUS' DANCE Is an unpleasant nervous affection, though not dangerous; it attacks children mostly, and girls in preference, between ten and fifteen years of age. Irregular movements of the muscles are the chief characteristic; the patient loses control, to a certain extent, of the muscles, which is painfully apparent when he attempts to move them; thus, in bringing the spoon to the mouth, the hand trembles, and the child has much trouble to find his mouth; so in walking, or other movements; consciousness is always present. In severe cases, the intellect is generally dulled, and the child's manner is almost idiotic. In one case, at least, which I have seen, there were severe pains in the bowels, occuring at intervals during the night; very marked imbecility was present. Merc. 3 cured it promptly in a few days. I am inclined to think it is sometimes produced by worms. Besides the remedies elsewhere noted, the child should be put upon an invigorating regimen; any derangement of the stomach or bowels should URINATION. be removed; nourishing food should then be given; thorough friction of the skin, with cold sponge bathing, out-door exercise, if the child can bear itif not, exposure to sun-light; in fine, everything which tends to invigorate the system. Of course all known or even supposed causes should be removed. SUN STROKE. See Brain, Inflammation of, p. 23. THRUSH Is characerized by a deposit upon a child's mouth, which looks as if bits of curd were lying here and there. It is noticed in children of delicate health most frequently; the bowels will be found relaxed, and the passages green, and very sour, sometimes making the parts about the anus sore. It indicates insufficient nutrition; in the first place, therefore, this must be regulated; some hints for which may be found under the head of Atrophy, p. 19. The local affection is of no great moment; the mouth, however, should be wiped out every time after nursing or feeding. A solution of borax is sometimes of use. Mere. is the main remedy. Cham. may also be useful. URINATION. For full particulars regarding the treatment of disorders of this function, reference must be made to the Repertory; a few general hints only can be given here. Especial attention should be given to the manner in which this function is discharged, as regards frequency, quantity, and color of the urine, II 82 VOMITING. as well as the appearance of the sediment, as much light will thus be obtained in the treatment of many, if not all, diseases. One remedy, not mentioned in the Repertory, may here be noticed, that is Turpentine. Where there is frequent, painful, urgent desire to urinate, while but little is passed at a time and that often, with a most agonizing effort, the urine being, sometimes, more or less bloody, Turpentine is a prompt and precious remedy. The manner of preparing and giving it has been previously detailed. Where urination is painful, attended with great urging and effort, or where it is scanty, or burning, Canth. is the remedy; if suppressed, Hyos.; if too copious, Lyc. or Merc.; if red, Bell., Mere. or Nux; if yellow, Cham. or Chin.; if bloody, Canth., Ipec., or Tart. VOMITING Is of much or little significance, according to its cause, the quality of the matter vomited, and the accompanying symptoms. Vomiting of food, where the stomach has been overloaded, affords relief; and if it ceases, when the stomach has been relieved, nothing more is required than rest; if, on the contrary, it continues, Ipec. may be given, or Ars. if there is much thirst or prostration, or Verat. if with these there is colic and diarrhcea. For vomiting of bile, Cham., Chin., Ipec., Mere., Phos., Tart. may be given; of mucus, Ars., Canth., Mere., Phos. In vomiting of pregnant women, Ars., Ipec., Nux, Puls. or Sep. WORMS 83 WHITLOW, OR FELON. Pain, heat and throbbing are the tokens of this affection, which is usually noticed at the end of one of the fingers. I have heard of many cures for it, but have never seen but one-the knife. Silic. is recommended, also Merc. and Hep.-sulph., and external applications without end. The trouble is, there is not always time to wait. The matter, lying between the bone and the unyielding membrane which invests it, travels up the finger into the hand, and so onward, and there is danger of losing the finger or even the hand; therefore, have it opened early; then apply a poultice, and take Silic. if you must take something. WORMS. He who could tell Domestic Physicians-or any other in fact-just how to know when and where worms are present, and how to make them absent, would be a public benefaftor, and deserve to have his name written with Jenner's, the discoverer of vaccination. I do not think such a man exists; if he does, he keeps his knowledge to himself. The subject is involved in great perplexity. Some dotors will say that there are no worms; they might as well say, there are no doctors; others will tell you, that they do no harm; this they cannot prove. It is no doubt well to get rid of them. The question is, how to do it? for troublesome, as they confessedly are, they are not so bad as the thousand and one nostrums, which are sold as " Dead Shots," and which quite as often prove dead shots to the landlords as to 84 -WORMS. the tenants. Beyond what can be gathered from the other parts of the work, I can only say, if your children are suspeaed of worms (and the suspicion is reasonable regarding every child of Adam), do not feed them entirely on farinaceous food, but give them meat; not pork, or anything cooked with lard, as pies, fried cakes, etc., but beef, mutton, chicken, etc., cooked any way but fried; a proper quantity of pepper and salt will do no harm, nor vinegar; regular meals, light suppers. Give them plenty of out-door exercise, but do not crowd them in their studies. Live children, who are not over-smart, are better than dead prodigies. This caution may not seem called for, but the truth is, that worms are fond of precocious children. DROWNING. 85 ACCIDENTS. I. BURNS. Where the burn or scald is very extensive, open the blisters and cover the parts burned, with cloths, wet with a solution of the tincture of Urtica urens, one part to twenty of water. This is not always at hand; Castile Soap is more generally accessible; work it up into a lather, and spread it upon cloths; soft soap answers a very good purpose, or butter even; with any of these, use cloth enough, or cotton batting, to exclude the air from the wound. Where steam has been inhaled, a solution of castile soap in alcohol is the best remedy; two or three drops may be put into a tea-cup of water, of which a teaspoonful may be given every ten or fifteen minutes. A slight burn, as on the finger, is most readily cured by holding it near the fire, or in some warm water. It requires a little fortitude, though the heat need not be sufficient to give much pain. In a few minutes the cure is complete. 2. DROWNING. It is uncertain how long a person may remain under water, and yet be revived; a case is on record, where life was restored after forty-five minutes' submersion; so the story goes. I do not vouch for it. Nevertheless, trying to restore life, even after this period; is to be recommended; it will do no harm in any case, and if the effort succeeds, the l.bor will be well rewarded. 86 FREEZING. As soon as a person is taken from the water, lay him on his face, his forehead resting on one of his arms; his feet a little higher than his head; throw some dry clothing over him, but do not stop to remove the wet; then let an assistant stand at each side, with a hand on the hip and shoulder, and 'roll him from side to side alternately, about three times a minute; continue this perseveringly for half an hour at least-in one case it was eight hours before respiration was fully established. When respiration is fully re-established, take the patient to his residence, remove his wet clothes, and keep up the warmth by artificial means, if necessary. His food at first should be simple. When re-a&ion ensues, there is sometimes headache or fever; Acon. will generally suffice. 3. FREEZING, When a person is frozen so as to become insensible, bring him into a cold room, remove his clothing; the indication now is to have the temperature restored to the inner parts first, and to this end, cover the patient with snow, all but his mouth and nostrils, or put him into a cold bath, and keep him there, till re-aftion commences; then put him in a cold room. Where a part is frozen, as a hand or foot, the treatment must be condu&ed on the same principle, to keep the external heat from the outer parts, till the inner are thawed. In either of these cases, the heat of a stove or fire must be avoided for some time after recovery. WOUNDS. 87 4. POISON. Only a few hints can be given on this subject. Camphor or Coffea will antidote most vegetable poisons, but it is always better to empty the stomach if possible; large draughts of warm water may be given for this purpose, or the throat may be tickled with a feather, or a finger thrust down. If Opium or Laudanum be the poison taken, in addition to producing vomiting, which must be done early, to be of any use, the patient must take strong coffee, and be walked up and down, till the drowsiness wears off. If mineral poisons are taken, give the white of an egg; if mineral acids, as nitric, muriatic, or sulphuric, give magnesia or chalk, mixed with water. The ends of matches are swallowed sometimes by children, for the sake of passing away time, and it is pretty sure to do it, unless properly and promptly attended to; do not give oil or anything greasy, for this dissolves the Phosphorus and makes it more injurious; but magnesia or soda, or even the lime off the wall, with abundance of water. Corrosive Sublimate, which is used to poison bugs, is sometimes left in the reach of children; whites of eggs is the proper antidote; for potash or any strong alkali, give milk or sweet oil. For Arsenic, give milk, whites of eggs, iron rust. 5. WOUNDS. Contused wounds need Arnica in solution. Lacerated wounds, Calendula. Punc1ured wounds, Ledum. Where there is much bleeding, keep the part elevated, unless where, as in case of wounds of the head, direct pressure can be made against a bone, 88 WOUNDS. when a compress must be firmly applied. If the wound is in the hand, for instance, hold the hand up, and if the bleeding is very profuse, put a pad, as a pair of stockings, in the bend of the elbow, bring the forearm up towards the arm, and confine it there, or put a larger pad in the arm pit, press it well up, and confine the arm close to the side, which will check the flow of blood in a measure. Where the blood spirts out in jerks, an artery has been wounded, and a surgeon should be had if possible. When bitten by a poisonous snake, drink plenty of whisky, but stop when you get well, for the whisky is the product of a worm worse than the snake. For the sting of insefts, Led. is the remedy, or spirits of hartshorn, diluted. When bitten by a dog, keep your temper-all dogs who bite are not mad; all mad dogs who bite do not give Hydrophobia; do not cut out the part bitten and fill the wound with caustic, as a surgeon did once, on himself, which makes it more remarkable, and then found out that the dog was not mad after all. He had a sore leg for four months, but declared he would do it again, under similar circumstances; so little do we learn from experience! If the dog is not mad, it is not necessary to cut out the part bitten; if he is mad, it is of no usethe poison is taken up too quickly. Bell., Lach., Hyos., Canth., are the remedies where the symptoms appear. The two first mentioned, alternately given, have cured cases of this disease. 9~ EXTERNAL REMEDIES. ped or blistered hands, and chapped lips. A very neat preparation of this kind is sold under the name of Calendula Jelly. The Calendula Adhesive Plaster or " Court" Plaster is superseding the Arnica Plaster for dressing cuts, scratches and slight abrasion of the cuticle; also in minor surgical operations. RUTA is preferable where the ligaments or tendons are strained; for this purpose, RHus, also, is recommended, but it should be used with care, since some persons are so easily poisoned by it, that the remedy might be worse than the disease. ASPARAGUS is a desirable remedy for the pain in joints which have been dislocated. The tincture may be used, or the parts injured may be bathed in water in which the Asparagus has been boiled. In strains or sprains it may contend for the palm with Rhus. or Ruta. SYMPHYTUM is to be employed where bones are broken. It relieves the pain, and is said to facilitate re-union. For burns, URTICA URENS has acquired an excellent reputation. It may be used in a reduced form, with water, or as a cerate. Cantharis is also recommended for the same purpose. LYCOPERSICUM is a capital remedy for carbuncles, boils, or any sore containing matter. It is better known as the Tomato. When the fresh Tomato can be procured, it may be laid upon the sore and secured by a light bandage. Where the fresh fruit cannot be obtained, the tint6ure answers very well or the cerate. It is prepared in a suitable form for a poultice, which is highly recommended, by our best physicians, for all suppurating (or festering) EXTERNAL REMEDIES. 91 sores, and has been used with great advantage in the treatment of broken breasts. HAMAMELIS is the remedy for diseases where the veins are implicated, as in milk-leg or white swelling, as it is sometimes called. In piles it has proved itself very efficacious in form of a cerate. In Haemorrhages it has also been highly recommended. The tin&ure may be used undiluted. REPERTORY. 93 PART II. REPERTORY: Or, a List of some of the most important Symptoms ot Diseases, with their appropriate Remedies. ABDOMEN, BURNING IN THE.-ACOfl. Ars. Camph. Canth. Lyc. Mere. Phos. Suiph. CONTACT, SENSITIVE TO.-ACOl. Bell. Canth. Chai. Hyos. Mere. Nux. Puls. Suiph. Tart. DISTENSION OF THE.-Aeon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Cale. Chai. Chin. Coff. Coloe. Hyos. Lye. Mere. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. Tart. HARDNESS OF THE.-Calc. Chai. Puls. PAINS AS FROM A BRuISE.-Cham. Coloc. Nux. CONSTRICTIVE.-Bell. Coloc. Sulph. CUTTING.-Aeon. Ars. Bell. Calc. Camph. Canth. Chin. Coloc. Ipee. Lye. Mere. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Tart. Verat. GRIPING.-Bell. Cale. Coloe. Ipee. Nux. Puls. PINCHING.-Bell. Camph. Chin. Cin. Ipec. Hyos. Mere. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Tart. SHOOTLNG.-Bry. Rhus. SPASMODIC.-ArS. Bell. Bry. Cale. Camph. Chai. Coff. Lye. Nux. Pod. Puls. Suiph. REPERTORY. 95 ARMS, CRAMPS IN THE.-Calc. Lyc. Sulph. PAINS, RHEUMATIC.-Bry. Merc. Nux. Tart. RIGIDITY OF THE.-LyC. Nux. Rhus. SWELLING OF THE.-Bell. Bry. Rhus. Sulph. TREMBLING OF THE.-HyOS. Op. Phos. Verat. ASTHMA.-Acon. Ars. Cham. Ipec. Nux. Puls. Tart. ATROPHY OF CHILDREN, (WASTING AWAY). Ars. Bell. Calc. Chin. Merc. Nux. Phos. Sulph. BACK, PAINS, AS FROM A BRUISE IN.-Acon. Ars. Bry. Cham. Chin. Cin. Mere. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. BURNING.-Acon. Bry. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Rhus. Tart. RIGIDITY OF THE.-Acon. Ars. Lyc. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. BILIOUS FEVER.-Acon. Bry. Cham. Chin. Ipec. Nux. Pod. Puls. Tart. BLADDER, INFLAMMATION OF THE.-Acon. Camph. Canth. Mere. BLEEDING.-See HJEMORRHAGE, alsofrom the particular organs. BLINDNESS, MOMENTARY.-Acon. Bell. Calc. Camph. Hyos. Mere. Phos. Puls. Verat. BLISTERS, (VESICLES).-Ars. Bell. Bry. Mere. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. BLOOD, CONGESTION oF.-See CONGESTION. PLETHORA (FULLNESS OF).-Acon. Bell. Bry. Chin. Nux. Phos. SPITTING OF.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Chin. Ipec. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. BOILS.-Lyc. Phos. Puls. Sulph. See External Remedies. Lycopersicum. 96 REPERTORY. BOWELS, INFLAMMATION OF THE.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Canth. Cham. Chin. Merc. Nux. Puls. BRAIN, INFLAMMATION OF.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Mere. Phos. BREASTS (FEMALE) INFLAMMATION OF THE.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Mere. Phos. SUPPURATION.-Merc. Phos. BREATH, ANxIous.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Ipec. Op. Phos. Rhus. OFFENSIVE.-Acon. Ars. Cham. Chin. Mere. Nux. Pod. Puls. Sulph. OPPRESSED.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Cham. Chin. Cin. Coff. Hyos. Lyc. Mere. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. QUICK (SHORT).-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Chin. Cin. Lyc. Mere. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. Tart. RATTLING.-Cham. Chin. Cin. Hyos. Ipec. Op. Phos. Sulph. SIGHING.-Bry. Calc. Chin. Ipec. Op. Phos. Pod. SLow.-Bell. Op. SUFFOCATIVE FITS.-Acon. Ars. Cham. Chin. Ipec. Nux. Op. Phos. Pod. Puls. Sulph. Verat. WHEEZING.-See ASTHMA. BRONCHITIS.-Acon. Bry. Mere. Phos. CHRONIC.-Ars. Calc. Mere. Nux. Phos. Sulph. CARBUNCLE.-Ars. Bell. Nux. See External Remedies. Lycopersicum. CATARRH.-See COLD IN HEAD AND NOSE. CHAPS, ON THE SKIN.-Calc. Mere. Puls. Sulph. Tart. REPE RTO RY. 97 CHEST, BURNING IN THE.-ArS. Bry. Canth. Mere. Phos. Suiph. Tart. CONSTRIcTION OR TIGHTNESS IN THE.-ACOf. Ars. Caic. Chin. Ipec.. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Verat. FULLNESS IN THE.-Acon. Calc. Phos. Sulph. OPPRESSION OF THE.-ACOII. Ars. Bell. Bry. Chai. Chin. Hyos. Ipec. Nux. Phos. Rhus. Suiph. Tart. Verat. PAINS, STITCHING AND SHOOTING.-Acon. Bry. Calc. Chai. Chin. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. CHICKEN- POX.--Acon. Puls. Rhus. CHJLBLAINS.-Ars. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. CHOLERA, AsIATIc.-Ars. Camph. Ipec. Verat. Suiph. CHOLERA MORBUS.-Acon. Ars. Camph. Coff. Ipec. Nux. Phos. Tart. Verat. CHOLERINE (DIARRHCEA PRECEDING CHOLERA). Ars. Jpec. Merc. Phos. Suiph. Verat. COFFEE (SUFFERINGS FROM).-Chai. Nux. COLD OR CHILL, SUFFERINGS FROM A-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Camph. Chai. Ipec. Mere. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Tart. COLD IN THE HEAD.-Acon. Ars. Bry. Caiph. Chin. Ipec. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. Tart. DRY.-Bry. Chin. Lyc. Nux. Phos. Puls. DRY AND FLUENT, ALTERNATELY.-NUX. Phos. FLUENT.-ArS. Chin. Cin. Lyc. Mere. Puls. Suiph. Tart. SECRETION ACRID.-Ars. Lyc. Mer. Nux. BURNING.-ArS. Sulph. OFFENSIVE.-LyC. Merc. Puls. THICK.-Cin. Phos. WATERY.-Ar5. Chin. Coff. MerC. Nux. 13 4 98 REPERTORY. COLD IN THE HEAD, WITH SNEEZING.-Ars. Cainph. Chin. Merc. Suiph. COLDNESS, EXTERNAL.-ACOn. Ars. Bry. Cainph. Chin. Mere. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Tart. Verat. INTERNAL.-Ars. Cale. Phos. Puls. Suiph. Tart. SHIVERING, WITH-Aeon. Ars. Bry. Cainph. Chain. Chin. Ipec. Merc. Nux. Verat. THIRST, WITH-Acon. Bry. Cale. Chain. Verat. THIRST, WITHOUT-Ars. Chin. Puls. Suiph. COLIC (IN GENERAL).-ACOn. Ars. Bell. Cainph. Chain. Coff. Coloc. Ipec. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Pod. Puls. Suiph. Tart. Verat. CHILL, OR. COLD, FROM A-ACOfl. Cainph. Chain. Mere. Nux. Tart. FLATULENT.-ACOn. Cainph. Chain. Chin. Lyc'. Nux. Puls. Verat. GASTRIC DERANGEMENT, FROM-Chain. Coloc. Ipec. Merc. Nux. Puls. Tart. HYSTERICAL.-Bell. Cainph. CofW Nux. Puls. MENST RuAL. -Bell. Chain. Coff. Nux. Puls. SPASMODIc',-Bell. Cainph. Chain. Coloc. Ipec. Kux. Suiph. CONCUSSION, EFFECTS OF A-Acon. Bell. Bry. Rhus. CONGESTION, IN THE ABDOMEN-ACOIS. Ars. Mere. Nux. Puls. Suiph. Tart. BRAIN.-ACOn. Bell. 'Bry. Chin. Coff. Nux. Op. Tart. CHEST.-ACOn. Bell. Chin. Mere. Nux. Phos. Suiph. Tart. HEIART.-ACOII. Bell. Op. Puls. Sulph. Tart. CONSTIPATION.-Bry. Cald-' Lyc. Mere. Nux. Op. Pod. Sulph. Verat. CONVULSIONS.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Camrph. Chain. Ipec. Nux. Tart. Verat. 1Qo REPERTORY& COUGH, RAWNESS IN CHEST, WITH-Ars. Caic. Lyc. Phos. Puls. Suiph. SORE THROAT, WITH-ACOn. lVerc. Phos. TiCKL'iNG IN THE CHEST., WITH-PhOS. Verat. LARYNX, IN THE-ACOl. Ars. Bell. Caic. Chain. Chin. Cin Coloc. Hyos.. Ipec. Lyc. Nux. Phos. Suiph. Tart. VOMITING., WITH-Bry. Cin Hyos. Ipec. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Tart'. Verat. EXPECTORATION (WITH) BITTER.-Cham. Puls. BLOODY.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Caic. Canth. Chin. Ipec. Lyc. Merc. Phos. Puls. Tart. DIFFICULT.-ArS. Canth. FETID.-Ars. Caic. FROTHY.-Acon. Ars. Mucous.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Cal~c. Canth. Chin. Cmn. Coloc. Lyc. Merc. Phos. Puls. Suiph. PURULENT.-'Lyc. Phos. Puls. Suiph.' SALTISH.-ArS. Caic. Coloc. Lyc. Phos. Puls. SwEETISH.-Calc. Suiph. THIcK.-Acon. Bell. Caic. Lyc. Phos. Puls. YELLOW.-Calc. Lyc. Puls. Sulph. CRAMP.-Bell. Bry. Cainph. Chain. Ipec. Merc. Phos. Tart. Verat.,CROUP.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Ipec. Phos. DEAFNESS (IN GENERAL).-Be11. Caic. Phos. Puls. Sulph. CATARRHAL.-ArS. Bell. Calc. Merc. Puls. MEASLES FROM-PUlS. SCARLATINA FROM-Bell. Merc. REGPERTORY9 101 DEAFNESS, SMALL POX, FROM-Merc. Puls. Suiph. DELIRIUM TREMENS.-Ars. Bell. Coff. Hyos. Nux. Op. Tart. DENGUE.-See Dr. Holcombe's remarks, p. 39. DIARRHEA, CHILL OR COLD FROM A-Acon. Ars, Bry. Camph. Canth. Chai. Ipec. Mere. Tart. CHRoNIC.-Ars. Cale. Merc. Phos. Suiph. COLIC, WITH-Acon. Ars. Bry. Canth. Cham. Coloc. Ipec. Lye. Mere. Nux. Puls. Suiph. Tart. Verat. FRUIT, FROM - EATING-Chin. Verat. EATING OR DRINKING, AFTER-Chin. Pod. GASTRIC DERANGEMENT FROM-Ipec. Nux. Puls. PREGNANT WOMEN IN.-HyOs. Lyc. Phos. Suiph. PAINLESS.-Chin. Hyos. Suiph. STRAINING WITH-Acon. Ars. Bell. Canth. Merc.' Nux. Rhus. Sulph VIOLENT.- Ars. Verat. VOMITING, WITH-Ars. Ipec. Phos. Tart. Verat. WITH EVACUATIONS. ACRID (Corrosive).-Ars. Chai. Mere. Nux. Puls. Suiph. BLOODY.-Ars. Canth. Chin. ColoC. Ipec. MerC. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. BURNING.-ArS. Chai. Phos. Pod. Suiph. FREQUENT.-ACOn. Ars. Bry. Coloc. Hyos. Nux. Pod. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. FROTHY.-Ca1C. Canth. ColoC. MerC. Op. Pod. Rhus.'Sulph. INVOLUNTARY.-ACon. Ars. Bell. Cale. Chin. Hyos. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Tart. Verat. 102 REPERTORY. DIARRHCEA," WITH EVACUATIONS. Mucous.-Ars. Bell. Canth. Chain. Coloc. Hyos. Ipee. Merc. Nux. Phos. Pod. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. OFFENsiv.E.-Ars. Caic. Chain. Chin. Lye. Nux. Op. Pod. Rhus. Sulph. PAPPY.-Ars. Bell. Coloe. Hyos. Lyc. Mere. Op. Phos. Sulph. SCANTY.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Lye. Merc. Nux. SOUR.-Calc. Chain. Merc. SUDDEN.-Bry. Rhus. Verat. TENACIous.-Ars. Coloc. Merc. Nux. UNDIGESTED.-Ars. Bry. Cale. Chain. Chin. Coloc. Merc. Phos. Pod. Sulph. WATERY.-Acon. Ars. Canth. Chain. Chin. Coloc. Hyos. Nux. Op. Pod. Puls. Rhus. Tart. Verat. BLACK.-Ars. Chin. Nux. Op. Phos. BROWN.-Bry. Canth. Merc. Tart. Verat. GREEkI.-Ars. Bell. Chain. Ipec. Mere. Phos. Pod. Puls. Sulph. Verat. WHITE.-Aeon. Bell. Cale. Canth. Chain. Chin. Mere. Pod. Rhus. Suiph. YELLow.-Ars. Bell. Canth. Chin. Ipec. Merc. Pod. Rhus. Tart. BODY, WITH FALLING oF-Canth. Mere. Pod. Suiph. DENTITION (DURING).-Calc. Chain. Pod. DEBILITATING.-Ars. Bry. Chin. Phos. Verat. NIGHT AT-Chain. Chin. Mere. THIRST WITH-Ars. DROPSY.-Ars. Chin. Mere. Rhus. Suiph. DYSENTERY.-Acon. Ars. Bry. Canth. Coloc. Ipec. Merc. Nux. Op. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Compare with Diarrhoa. REPERTORY. 103 DYSPEPSIA.-Bry. Caic. Chin. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. EARACHE.-Acon. Bell. Camph. Chain. Merc. Puls. Suiph.. EARS., DISCHARGE FROM-Caic. Merc. Puls. Suiph. EXCORIATION IN-Merc. HUMMING IN-Acon. Bell. Bry. Caic. Nux. Suiph. INFLAMMATION IN-Acon. Bell. Chain. Merc. Nux. Puls. PAINS, SHOOTING IN-Bell. Chain. MerC. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. TEARING.-Bell. Chain. Chin. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. SENSITIVE To NoISES.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Lye. Sulph.. SWELLING.-Merc. Puls. Rhus. EPILEPSY.-Ars. Bell. Caic. Nux. Sulph ERUCTATLONS, BITTER,.-ArS. Bell. Bry. Chin. Coloc. Hyos. Mere. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. Verat. BuRNING.-Bell. Bry. Lyc. Rhus. EMPTY-TASTELESS.-ACOn. Ars. Bry. Camph. Canth. Chin. Cin Chain. COlOC. Hyos. LyC. MerC. Phos. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. FOOD, WITH TASTE oF-Bell. Bry. CalC. Chin. Cmn. CoWf. Lyc. Phos. Puls. Rhus. PUTRID.-Bell. Puls. Mere. Sulph. Tart. SOUR.-Bell. Bry. Chain. LyC. MerC. Nux. Phos. Pod. Puls. Sulph. Verat. ERUPTIONS, BuRNING.-ArS. Bry. Canth. Mere. Rhus. Suiph. DRY.-Mere. Phos. Verat. HumID.-Rhus. Sulph. 104 REPERTORY. ERUPTIONS, ITCHING.-Bry. Canth. Lye. Mere. Op. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. MILIARY.-Acon. Ars. Bry. Ipec. Merc. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. PUSTULAR.-Canth. Hyos. Lye. Mere. Phos. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. VESICULAR.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Canth. Mere. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. ERYSIPELAS.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Camph. Canth. Mere. Phos. Rhus. Sulph. EXCORIATIONS OF THE SKIN.-Calc. Cham. Chin. Sulph. See External Remedies. EYES, BURNING IN THE-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Canth. Coloc. Lye. Mere. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. DRYNESS IN THE-Bell. Puls. Sulph. LOOK, STARING.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Camph. Canth. Nux. FIXED LOOK.-Hyos. Nux. Op. INTOLERANCE OF LIGHT.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Calc. Camph. Chin. Lye. Mere. Nux. Phos. Rhus, Sulph. ITCHING IN THE-Ars. Calc. Canth. Cin. Lye. Mere. Nux. Phos. Puls. Sulph. PUPILS OF, DILATED.-Acon. Bell. Chin. Cin. Mere. CONTRACTED.-Ars. Camph. Op. INSENSIBLE.-Chin. Op. Sulph. SAND IN, AS IF-Bell. Bry. Cale. Hyos. Mere. Phos. Puls. SPOTS OR OTHER OBJECTS BEFORE THE-Acon. Ars. Lye. Mere. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. BLUE RINGS AROUND.-Ars. Chin. Ipec. Lye. Phos. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. REPERTORY. 105 EYES, PROTRUDED.-BCII. Canth. Hyos. Nux.Verat. PAINS, PRESSIVE IN.-ACOfl. Cale. Canth. Chin. Lye. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. SH6OTING.-Pu1s. SMARTING.-Merc. Nux. Phos. Suiph. REDNESS OF THE-ACOD. Ars. Bell. Calc. Camph. Chin. Hyos. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Tart. SPARKLING.-Bell. Camph. Canth. Hyos. Nux. Op. WEAK (OR DimsiGHTEDNESS).-ArS. Bell. Caic. Hyos. Lyc. Merc. Phos. Puls. Suiph. WATERY.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Camph. Canth. Chin. Lyc. Merc. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Verat. WHITES OF, YELLOW.-Ars. Bell. Canth. Chain. Chin. Nux. Phos. Verat. OBSCURATION OF SIGssT.-Acon. Bell. Camph. Chain. Chin. Coloc. Hyos. Op. Puls.* VISION, ERRORS OF.-Bell. Chain. Hyos. Merc. EYELIDS, AGGLUTINATION OF-Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Chain. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. BURNING oF-Bry. Calc. Cin. Coloc. Merc. DRYNESS oF-Acon. Ars. Cln. Rhus. Verat. ITCHING OF-Bry. Chin. Cin. Nux. Suiph. OPENING, DIFFICULTY OF-Hyos. Phos. Rhus. Verat. STYES ON.-LyC. Puls. Sulph. SWELLING OF-ACon. Ars. Bry. -Cale. Chain. Hyos. MerC. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. TREMBLING OF-Bell. Op. TWITCHING oF-Calc. Cainph. Canth. Chain. Chin. Cmn. LyC..Merc, Nux. Rhus. Sulph, io66 REPERTORY. FACE, BLOATED.-ACOI. Ars. Bell. Bry. Cale. Chain. Chin. Cin. Hyos. Ipec. Merc. Nux. Op. Puls. Rhus. SUNKEN.-ArS. Bell. Canth. Chin. Mere. Op. Phos. Rhus. Verat. COLOR BLUISH.-Aeon. Ars. Cin. Hyos. Ipee. Op. Verat. PALE.-Aeon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Cale. Camph. Canth. Chai. Chin. Cin. Coloc. Hyos. Ipee. Lye. Mere. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. SEMILATERALLY.-Acon. Chai. Verat. RED.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Cale. Chai. Chin. Hyos. Lye. Mere. Nux. Op. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Verat. RED AND PALE BY TURNS.-Aeon. Bell. Op. Puls. Verat. YELLOW.-ArS. Bry. Cale. Canth. Chin. Ipee. Lye. Mere. Nux. Puls. Verat. DISTORTION, OF THE-Aeon. Ars. Bell. Camph. Chai. Hyos. Nux. Op. Verat. ERUPTIONS, ON THE-ArS. Bell. Cale. Canth. Coloc. Lye. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. PAINS, IN THE (FACEACHE).-Aeon. Ars. Bell. Cale. Canth. Chin. Cin. Coloe. Lye. Mere. Nux. Phos. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. DRAWING.-Ars. Bell. Rhus. TEARING.-Bell. Canth. Coloc. Lye. Mere. Nux. Phos. Rhus. SCABS, ON THE-Ars. Cale. Mere. Rhus. Sulph. BURNING HEAT, IN THE-Bell. Bry. Cale. Canth. Chai. Chin. Hyos. Mere. Phos. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. TWITCHING IN MUSCLES oP-Cale. Chai. Ipec. Lye. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. Sulph. Io8 REPERTORY. GANGRENE.-Ars. Chin. GIDDINESS.-Acon. Bell. Calc. Cham. Chin. Ipec. Nux. Phos. Pod. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. CONGESTION TO THE HEAD, FROM-ACon. Bell. Camph. Chin. Mere. Nux. Op. Puls. FAINTING, WITH-Camph. Canth. Cham. Nux. GASTRIC DERANGEMENT, FROM-Ars. Nux. Puls. HEAD, ON RAISING-Acon. Chin. Merc. Nux. Tart. Loss OF CONSCIOUSNESS, WITH-Bell. Camph. Nux. Op. NAUSEA, WITH-ACon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Chin. Lye. Phos. Puls. Sulph. OBSCURATION OF SIGHT, WITH-Acon. Ars. Camph. Cham. Hyos. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. STOOPING, FROM-ACon. Calc. Cham. Coff. Lye. Nux. Op. Phos. Rhus. Sulph. TURNED AROUND, AS IF BEING-Bry. Nux. Phos. TURNING AROUND, AS IF THINGS WERE-Bell. Bry. Lyc. Op. GLANDS, HARDNESS OF-Bry. Calc. Nux. Phos. Rhus. Sulph. PAINFUL SWELLING OF-Bell. Bry. Lyc. Merc. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. PAINLESS SWELLING OF-Ars. Calc. Merc. Sulph. THROBBING IN THE-Bell. Merc. Phos. Sulph. GOUT.-Acon. Bry. Calc. Puls. Sulph. Tart. GRIEF, SUFFERINGS FROM-Acon. Lyc. Puls. GUMBOIL.-Calc. Lyc. Sulph. GUMS, BLEEDING OF THE-Calc. Lyc. Merc. Phos. INFLAMMATION OF THE-Bell. Canth. Merc. Nux. Tart. MERCURIAL AFFECTIONS OF-Bell. Nux. Sulph. REPERTO RY@ log GUMS, PAINFUL.-Bry. Calc. Canth. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. SCURVY OF THE-Ars. Merc. SWELLING OF THE-Bell. Calc. Chai. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. ULCERS ON THE-Caic. Lyc. Merc. Phos. HAIMORRHAGE, AcTIvE-Acon. Chin. Ipec. Puls. DEBILITY, ARISING FROM-Chin. Merc. PULMONARY.-ACOn. Ars. Bell. Bry. Chin. Ipec. Lyc. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. UTERINE.-See Flooding. HANDS, BURNING IN-Canth. Phos. COLDNESS.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Nux. Verat. SWELLING OF THE-ArS. Bell. Bry. Phos. Rhus. Suiph. TREMBLING OF THE-ArS. Coff. Lyc. Merc. Op. Phos. Sulph. Tart. HEAD, BEWILDERED SENSATION.-Bell. Nux. Rhus. FULLNESS IN THE.-ACOn. Bell. Bry. Calc. Chai. Chin. Coff. Merc. Phos. Sulph. HEAT IN-Acon. Bell. Bry. Calc. Caiph. Canth. Coloc. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Rhus. Suiph. Tart. HEAVINESS IN.-ACOn. Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Camph. Canth. Chai. Chin. Ipec. Lyc. Nux. Op. Phos. Pod. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Tart. PAINS, AS FROM A BRUISE.-Acon. Ars. Caiph. Chai. Chin. Ipec. Phos. Puls. Verat. JERKING.-Bell. Bry. Caic. Chin. Lyc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. SHOOTING.-ACOn. Bell. Bry. Calc. Camph. Canth. Chai. Chin. Cin. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos.',Rhus. Sulph. Tartm lIO REPERTORY. HEAD, PAINS, STUPEFYING.-Ars. Cale. Chin. Cin. Hyos. Nux. Phos. TEARING.-ArS. Bell. Bry. Calc. Campl. Canth. Chai. Chin. Cin. Colcuc. Ipec. Lyc. Mere. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Tart. THROBBING.-ACOn. Ars. Bell. Bry. Cale. Camph. Canth. Chai. Hyos. Lyc. Phos. Puls. Suiph. HEADACHE, ANGER, FROM-ACOfl. Chai. Nux. CATARRHAL.-ACOn. Cale. Caiph. Chai. Merc. Nux. Suiph. HEAT, FROM-Acon. Bry. Camph. GASTRIC DERANGEMENT, FROM-Ipee. Nux. Puls. Suiph. INTELLECTUAL FATIGUE, FROM-CalC. Chin. Nux. Suiph. Phos. MOVEMENT, AGGRAVATED BY-Acon. Bell. Bry. Chin. Nux. Sulph. MOVING THE EYES, AGGRAVATED BY-Bell. Bry. Nux. Op. Rhus. NAUSEA, WITH-Aeon. Ars. Cale. Ipee. Lye. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. Suiph. Verat. PERIODICAL.-Ars. Bell. Cale. Nux. Phos. Sulph. RHEUMATIC.-ACOn. Bry. Mere. Nux. Puls. Sulph. SEMI-LATERAL.-Bry. Cale. Lyc. Nux. SPIRITOUS LIQUJORS, FROM-NUX. Tart STOOPING, WHEN-Bell. Bry. Cale. Caiph. Coloc. Hyos. Lye. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. VOMITING, WITH-Aeon. Ipec. Nux. Op. Puls. Tart. Verat. HEARTBURN.-Ars. Cale. Chin. Lye. Merc. Nux. Phos. Pod. Sulph. REPERTORY* I I HEART, PALPITATION OF, WITH ANXIETY.-ACOf. Ars. Bell. Calc. Canth. Chin. Lyc. Phos. Puls. Suiph. Verat. VIOLENT.-ArS. Calc. Canth. Lyc. Phos. Rhus. Suiph. Tart. Verat. DEBILITATING LOSSES, FROM-Caic. Chin. Phos. TREMOR OF-Bell. Lyc. Rhus. HEAT, DRY.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Coff. Hyos. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. EXTERNAL..-ACOn. Bell. Bry. Camph. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Tart. INTERNAL.-ACOn. Ars. Bell. Bry. Chai. Coloc. Hyos. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Verat. HEAVINESS IN THE LIMBS.-Acon. Bell. Chai. Chin. Coloc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Tart. HECTIC FEVER.-Ars. Bell. Caic. Chin. Phos. Suiph. HICCOUGH.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Calc. Hyos. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Puls. Sulph. Tart. Verat. HOARSENESS, CATARRHAL.-ArS. Bell. Bry. Cham. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. CHRONIc.-Calc. Phos. Sulph. SORE THROAT, WITH-Bell. Merc. Phos. HOOPING -COUGH (IN GENERAL).-Bell. Cin. Hyos. Ipec. Merc. Nux. Verat. CATARRHAL STAGE.-ACOn. Camph. Merc. CONVULSIVE STAGE, IN THE-Bell. Cin. Ipec. Verat. HYDROPHOBIA.-Bell. Canth. Hyos. Verat. HYPOCHONDRIASIS.-Calc. Chin. Nux. Phos. Sulph. HYSTERICS.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Camph. Coff. Hyos. Nux. Phos. Puls. Sulph. REPERTORY, 113 INFLAMMATION.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Canth. Chai. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiphl. Tart. INFLAMMATORY FEVER.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Chai. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. INFLUENZA.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Camph. Ipec. Merc. Nus. Tart. INTERMITTENT FEVER (AGUE).-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Chin. Ipec. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Verat. See a/so Coldness, p. 98, and Fever, p. 107. ITCH,-Ars. Merc. Suiph. Verat. JAUNDICE (IN GENERAL).-ACOn. Ars. Bry. Chin. Merc. Nux. Phos. Suiph. ANGER, FROM-ACOn. Chai. Nux. MERCURY, FROM-Chin. Suiph. JOINTS, PAINS AS FROM A BRUISE, IN THE-ACOn. Ars. Coff. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. CRAMP-LIKE.-Chin. Puls. GOUTY, RHEUMATIC-Bry. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Tart. SPRAIN, AS FROM A-Calc. Chin. Lyc. Phos. Rhus. Sulph. TEARING.'-ACOn. Bell. Bry. Calc. Chin. Coloc. Lyc. Merc. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. RIGIDITY OF THE-Bry. Chin. Coloc. Merc. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. WEAKNESS IN THE-ACOn. Merc. Phos. Suiph. KIDNEYS, INFLAMMATION OF THE-ACOn. Canth. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Puls. Tart. LARYNX AND TRACHEA (UPPER PART OP THE WINDPIPE), DRYNESS IN THE-ArS. Cin. Coloc. Hyos. Lycop. Puls. Suiph. REPERTORY. 115 LIPS, DRYNESS OF THE-ACOn. Ars. Bry. Calc. Canth. Chai. Chin. Hyos. Merc. Phos. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. PIMPLES ON-Bell. Canth. Lyc. Rhus. Sulph. SPASMODIC MOTION OF-Ars. Bell. Chai. Suiph. SWELLING OF-ArS. Bell. Bry. Calc. Canth. Chin. Coloc. Lyc. Merc. Phos. Sulph. ULCERS ON-ArS. Bell. Bry. Chai. Chin. Merc. LIVER, PAINFUL SENSIBILITY IN THE-ACOn. Bry. Chin. Merc. Nux. Phos. PRESSURE IN REGION OF-Acon. Ars. Bry. Calc. Lyc. Nux. Suiph. STITCHES IN THE-CaIC. Chin. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Sulph. SWELLING oF-Calc. Chin. MerC. Nux. Sulph. LOCK-JAW.-Acon. Bell. Camph. Canth. Hyos. Nux. Op. Verat. CONSCIOUSNESS, WITH-HyOS. Nux. WITHOUT-Bell. Caiph. Canth. Op. LUMBAGO, OR PAINS IN THE LOINS.Bry. Calc. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. LUNGS, INFLAMMATION OF THE-See PNEUMONIA. HIEMORRHAGE, FROM THE-ArS. Chin. Ipec. Merc. Phos. Puls. Sulph. See p. 0og. LYING-IN (AFTER). AFTER-PAINS.-Acon. Caic. Chai. Coff. Nux. Puls. CoLIc.-Bell. Bry. Chai. Nux. Puls. Verat. CONSTIPATION.- Bry. Nux. Op. Pod. CoNvULsIoNs.-Bell. Caiph. Canth. Chan. DEBILITY.-CalC. Chin. FEVER, PUERPERAL.-ACOn. Bell. Bry. Cham. Coff. Hyos. Merc Verat. PILEs.-Nux. Puls. Sulph. LOCHIA, SUrPSmsEP-i-Bell. Jiry. Eyos. Nux. Verat, u6 REPERTORY* LYING-IN (AFTER) MILK, SUPPRESSED-Bell. Bry. Puls. Rhus. WHITE SWELLING.-Acon. Merc. Nux.,Puls. Rhus. Sulph. See External Remedies. MEAL, SUFFERINGS AFTER OR DURING ACOLIC.-'Ars. Bry. Chin. Coloc. Nux. Puls. Suiph. DIARRHcEA.-Ars. Chin. Coloc. Pod. Verat. DISTENSION OF STOMACH OR ABDOMEN.-Bry. Caic. Chain. Chin. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Rhus. Suiph. ERUCTATIONS.!--~Ars. Caic. Chin. Cin Lyc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. Verat. I.IEADACHE.--Chin. Hyos.Lyc. Nux. Puls. Suiph. NAUSEA.-Ars. Chain. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. PALPITATIONOF HEART.-.-Calc. Lyc. Nux. Phos. PRESSURE IN STOMACH.-Bry. Bell. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Verat. REGURGITATION OF FooD.-Bry. Merc. Phos. SLIEEPINEss.-Calc. Chin. Lyc. Phos. Rhus. VoMITING.-Ars.Chain. Hyos. Nux. Puls. Suiph. Verat. WEAKNESs.-Ca1c. Chin. Phos. Rhus. Suiph. MEASLES (IN GENERAL).-Acon. Bry. Phos. Puls. Suiph. CHEST SYMPTOms.-Bry. Phos. Puls. HEAD SYMPToM3.-Bell. Merc. RETROCESSION OF-Ars. Bry. Camph. Phos. Puls. MENSTRUATION, To-O LATIE.-Hyos. Puls. Too LONG.-Nux.,Phos. Puls. NAUSEA, DURING.-Nux. Phos. Puls. Verat. PAINFUL.-Ars. Coff. Hyos. Nux. Verat. REPER.TORY. 117 MENSTRUATION, Too PROFUSE.-ACOn. Ars. Bell. Cale. Canth. Chin. Hyos. Mere. Suiph. Verat. SCANTY.-LyC. Nux. Phos. Too SooN.-Ars. Bell. Bry. Cale. Canth. Lye. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. Verat. SUPPRESSED.-ArS. Cale. Chai. Lyc. Pod. Phos. Puls. Suiph. Verat. PAINS IN ABDOMEN, WITH-Caic. Chai. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. MENTAL AND MORAL EMOTIONS. ABSENCE OF MIND.-Bel-l. Chai. Nux. Puls. ANXIETY.-See p. 94. DELIRIUM.-ACon. Ars. Bell. Bry. HyoS. Nux. Op. Rhus. Suiph. Tart. Verat. EXCITEMENT.-ACOn. Bell. Chai. Coff. Hyos. Nux. Op. FEARFULNESS.-ACon.Ars. Bell. Bry.Cale. Hyos. Op. PhoS. Puls. Suiph. Verat. FRETFUL.-Bell. Bry. Cale. Chai. Ipee. Mere. Nux. PhoS. PulS. Sulph. Verat. INDIFFERENT.-ArS. Bell.Calc.Chin. Lye. Mere. Op. Phos. IRRITABILITY.-Acon. ArS. Bell. Bry. Cham. Coff. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. SADNESS.-ACOn. Cale. Lyc. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. MERCURY, SUFFERINGS FROM-Bell. Cale. Chin. LyQ'. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. MILK, DEFICIENT-Aeon. Bell. Cale. Puls. Rhus. EXCESSIVE FLOW OF.-Bell. Bry. Cale. Phos. Puls. Rhus. OFFENSIVE TO THE CMILD.-Merc. SUPPRESSION oF.-Bell. Bry. Puls. Rhus. To STOP THE SECRETION OF, WHEN WEANING. Cale. Puls. Rhus. lI8 REPERTORY. MILK FEVER.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Cham. CofF. Puls. Rhus. MILK CRUST.-Bell. Calc. Lyc. Merc. Rhus. Sulph. MOUTH, APHTHJE IN THE-Ars. Canth. Cham. Merc. Nux. Sulph. Tart. DRYNESS IN THE-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Camph. Canth. Cham. Chin. Coff. Hyos. Lye. Merc. Nux. Op. Pod. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. FROTHING AT THE-Bell. Camph. Canth. Cham. Hyos. Verat. INFLAMMATION OF THE-Acon. Bell. Camph. Canth. Merc. Nux. Tart. Verat. Mucus IN THE-Bell. Canth. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. SALIVA, ACCUMULATION OF-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Camph. Canth. Cham. Chin. Coff. Hyos. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Op. Pod. Puls. R hus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. SMELL FROM, OFFENSIVE-Ars. Bell. Bry.Camph. Canth. Cham. Chin. Hyos. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Pod. Puls. Slph. MUMPS.-Bell. Merc. Nux. Puls. NAUSEA, IN GENERAL.-All the Medicines. ANGUISH, WITH-Ars. Calc. Rhus. Tart. MEAL, AFTER A-See p. 116. MORNING, IN THE-Bry. Calc. Coff. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. FAINTING, WITH-Ars. Calc. Cham. Coff. Lyc. Nux. Phos. Sulph. HEADACHE, WITH-See p. IIo. PTYALISM, WITH-Ars. Bry. Camph. Cham. Hyos. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Sulph, Verat. RE~PERTOPLY6 119 NAUSEA, THIRST, WITH-Bell. Phos. Verat VERTIGO, WITH--HyOS. Merc. Phos. NECK, GLANDS OF THE, PAINFUL.-Bell. Merc. Phos. SWELLING OF THE-Bell. Calc. Chai. Lyc. Merc. Phos. Suiph. PAINS, RHEUMATIC, IN THE-Bry. Puls. STIFFNESS OF THE-ACOn. Bell. Bry. Hyos. NAPE OF THE-ACOn. Bell. Bry. Calc. Lyc. Pod. PhoS. Rhus. Sulph. NETTLE-RASH.-Acon. ArS. Bry. Caic. Lyc. Puls. RhuS. Sulph. NEURALGIA.-Acon. ArS. Bell. Chai. Chin. Coff. Coloc. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. AFTER COFFEE.-Cham. Nux. A CoLD.-Acon. Caiph. Chai. Coloc. Merc. Puls. EXHAUSTING DISCHARGES, FROM-Chin. Phos. NIGHTMARE.-Acon. Nux. Op. PulS. Sulph. NIPPLES, EXCORIATION OF THE-CalC. Cham. Merc. PulS. Suiph. See External Remedies. NOSE, BLEEDING FROM THE-ACOn. Ars. Bell. Bry. Clulc. Cantl. Chai. Chin. Coffi Hyos. Ipec. LyC. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. BORING INTO THE-Cin. DISCHARGES OF ACRID FLUID.-ArS. LyC. MerC. Nux. Sulph. FETID.-ArS. LyC. Puls. PURULENT.-Cin. Merc. WATERY.-ACOn. Ars. Chin. Cof. Merc. Phos. YELLOW MUCUS.-Phos. Puls. Sulph. 120 REPE RTO RYO NOSE, DRYNESS IN THE-Ars. Bry. Caic. Ipec. Phos. Suiph. Verat. INFLAMMATION OF THEr-Bell., Bry. Caic. Chin. Merc. Nux. Phos. Suiph. SMELL, OFFENsIVE-Bell. -Calc. Merc. Nux. Sulph. Loss OF-Calc. Ipec. Puls. Suiph. Tart. Verat. SENSITIVE-Acon. Bell. Lyc. Phos. STOPPAGE OF-Ars. Bry. Chai. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. SWELLING OF THE-Ars. Bry. Canth. Lyc. Merc. Phos. Sulph. ULCERATION IN THE-Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Lyc. Puls. Tart. PALATE, ELONGATION OF THE-Lyc. Merc. INFLAMMATION OF THE-Acon. Bell. Calc. Camph. Canth. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. SOFT, OF THE-Bell. Merc. Nux. Tart. SWELLING, OF THE-Bell. Chin. Coff. Merc. Tart. PARALYSIS.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Nux. Merc. Phos. Rhus. PERSPIRATION, CLAMMY.-ArS. Calc. Lyc. Nux., Tart. COLD.-Acon. Ars. Camph. Canth. Cin. Nux. Op. Tart. FOREHEAD, ON-Bell. Cin. Op. Verat. DEBILITATING.-Ars. Chin. Phos. EAsY.-Bry. Calc. Camph. Chin. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Sulph. Verat. FETID.-Merc. Nux. GREASY.-Bry. Chin. Merc. HEAT, DURING-Bell. Canth. Cin. Lyc. Op. Phos. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. REPERTORY. 121 PERSPIRATION, NOCTURNAL.-Aeon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Cham. Chin. Coloc. Ipec. Lye. Mere. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. PARTIAL.-Ars. Camph. Canth. Cham. Coloc. Nux. Puls. Verat. PROFUSE.-Bry. Calc. Camph. Cham. Chin. Coloc. Hyos. Merc. Op. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. RELIEF, AFFORDING NO-Lye. Mere. PILES, BLEEDING PROFUSELY.-Acon. Coloc. Nux. Phos. Sulph. See External Remedies. BURNING OR PAINFUL.-ArS. Nux. Puls. CHRONIC.-Nux. Sulph. INFLAMED.-Acon. Ars. Nux. Puls. PROTRUDING, SWOLLEN-Ars. Calc. Merc. Phos. Puls. PIMPLES.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Cham. Canth. Lyc. Mere. Sulph. Verat. PLEURISY.-Acon. Bry. Sulph. BASTARD (RHEUMATIC PAIN BETWEEN THE RIBS). Bry. Puls. PNEUMONIA.-Acon. Bry. Mere. Phos. Rhus. PREGNANCY, COLIC, DURING-Bell. Bry.Camph. Cham. Coff. Hyos. Nux. Puls. Verat. CONSTIPATION.-Bry. Nux. Op. Pod. CoNvULSIONs.-Bell. Camph. Canth. Cham. Hyos. DIARRHCEA.-Hyos. Lye. Phos. Sulph. DYSPEPSIA.-Ipec. Nux. Phos. Puls. HEADACHE.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Calc. Coff. Nux. Puls. Sulph. NAUSEA.-Acn. Ars. Bell. Bry. Ipec. Nux. Phos. Puls. 122 REPERTORY, PREGNANCY, SALIVATIoNI.-Bell. Canth. Coff.* Merc. Puls. TOOTHACHE.-Bell. Calc. Cham. Coff. Nux. Puls. URINATION, DIFFICULT.-Canth. Hyos. Nux. Puls. Sulph. VARICOSE VEINs.-Lyc. Puls. VOMITING.-Ars. Ipec. Nux. Puls. PROLAPSUS ANI, FALLING OF THE BODY.-Canth. Merc. Nux. Pod. PULSE, FEEBLE.-ArS. Chin. Camph. Canth. Hyos. Merc. Suiph. Tart. Verat. FuLL.-Acon. Bell. Camph. Canth. Chin. Coloc. Hyos. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. Tart. HARD.-ACOn. Bell. Camph. Canth. Chin. Coloc.. Hyos. Nux. Op. Phos. Verat. INTERMITTEN T.-A con. Ars. Canth. Hyos. Nux. Op. Verat. QuTICK.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Camph. Canth. Chin. Coloc. Hyos'. Merc. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Tart. SUPPRESSED.-ATs. Op. Tart. Verat. PURPLE-RASH.-Acon. Bell. QUINSY.-Acon. Bell. Calc. Campli. Merc. Phos., REGURGITATION, EATING, AFTER-Bry. Merc. Phos. FOOD, oF-Bry. Canth. Lyc. Nux. Phos. Pod. Puls. Sulph. SOUR.-Calc. Nux. Phos. Sulph. RESTLESSNESS.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Chain. Chin. Coff. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. *In some casesI the best manner to use Coffee for this affo~ftion, Isa to chew the roasted berry. REPERTORY. 123 RETCHING (EFFORT TO VOMIT).-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Chin. Ipec. Nux. Pod. Puls. Tart. Verat. RHEUMATISM, ACUTE.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Chain. Merc. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Tart. CHRONic.-Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. WANDERING PAINS, WITH-Bry. Nux. Puls. RINGWORM.-Calc. Suiph. SALIVATION.-Acon. Bell. Canth. Coff. Hyos. Merc. Nux. Op. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Tart. Verat. SCALD HEAD, DRY. -Ars. Calc. Rhus. Lulph. MOIST.-Lyc. Rhus. Suiph. SCARLATINA (SCARLET FEVER).-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Merc. Phos. Suiph. MALIGNANT.-Ars. Bell. RETROCESSION OF THE ERUPTION.-Bry. Op. Phos. Suiph. SCIATICA.-Acon. Ars. Coloc. Lyc. Nux. Puls. SCROFULA.-Ars. Bell. Calc. Lye. Merc. Rhus. Suiph. SCURVY.-Ars. Merc. Nux. Suiph. SEA SICKNESS.-Ars. Ipec. Nux. Puls. SHINGLES.AArs. Merc. Rhus. SHIVERINGS.-Acon. Ars. Bry. Chain. Chin. Ipec. Merc. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Verat. SHOULDERS., PAINS, TEARING, IN THE-Bell. Bry. Coloc. Lyc. Merc. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. SKIN, BLUE.-Ars. Cainph. Nux. Op. Verat. CHAPPED.-Cal1c. Merc. Puls. Sulph. COLD.-Ars. Cainph. Ipec. Tart. Verat. DRY AND BURNING.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Cainph. Canth. Chin. Hyos. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Op. Phos. Rhus. Suiph. Verat. 1z24 REPERTORY. SKIN, ITCHING OF THE-ACOn. Ars. Bell. Bry. Cale. Camph. Canth. Coloc. Cham. Chin. Gin. Hyos. Lye. Mere. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. PAINFUL.-ArS. Bell. Camph. Chin. Mere. Nux. Rhus. Sulph. RED.-A.con. Bell. Hyos. Mere. Nux. Op. Puls. Rhus. UNHEALTHY (DIFFICULT TO HEAL).-CalC. Cham. Mere. Sulph. PRICKING.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Cale. Nux. Sulph. DESQUAMATION (SCALING).-Aeon. Ars. Bell. Coloc. Mere. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. YELLow.-Acon. Ars. Bry. Chin. Mere. Nux. Sulph. SLEEP, AGITATED.-AeOn. Ars. Bell. Bry. Cale. Canth. Cham. Chin. Cin. Coff. Coloc. Ipec. Lye. Mere. Nux. Phos. Pod. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. CRIES, WITH-Bell. Cale. Cham. Op. Puls. COMATOSE (STUPOR).-Bell. Camph. Hyos. Op. Rhus. Tart. Verat. DESIRE TO, GREAT.-Bell. Bry. Cale. Cham. Chin. Gin. Hyos. Lye. Mere. Nux. Op. Pod. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. DELIRIUM, WITH-Acon. Bell. Bry. Camph. Nux. DREAMS WITH, IN GENERAL.-All1 the Remedies. ANxIous.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Gale. Canth. Gin. Lye. Phos. Sulph.Tart.Verat. FRIGHTFUL.-ArS. Bell. Gale. Chin. Ipec. Lye. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. VoLUPTUOUS.-Canth. Chin. Lye. Puls. EYES HALF OPEN, WITH-Ipec. Op. Pod. Sulph. Verat. REPERTORY. 125 SLEEP, GRINDING TEETH, DURING-Ars. Hyos. Pod. MOANS, WITH-Ars. Bell. Bry. Cham. Hyos. Ipec. Op. Phos. Pod. Sulph. Verat. REFRESHING, NOT-Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Chin. Lye. Nux. Op. Phos. Pod. Sulph. STARTS, WITH-Acon.Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc.Canth. Cham. Chin. Coff. Hyos. Ipec. Lye. Merc. Nux. Op. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. TALKING IN THE-Calc. Camph. Cham. Cofi. Lye. Mere. Nux. Puls. Sulph. Tart. SLEEPLESSNESS, (IN GENERAL).-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Canth. Cham. Chin. Cin. Coff. Coloc. Hyos. Mere. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. DROWSINESS, WITH-Bell. Chin. FLOW OF IDEAS, FROM A-Calc. Chin. Coff. Nux. Puls. Sulph. SMALL POX, COMMENCEMENT, AT-Acon. Bry. Coff. Rhus. ERUPTIVE STAGE, DURING THE-Bell. Merc. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. SUPPURATIVE STAGE.-Merc. Sulph. SNEEZING.-Acon. Ars. Calc. Canth. Chin. Cin. Hyos. Ipec. Lye. Phos. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. MORNING, IN-Bry. Camph. Coff. Mere. Nux. Puls. SORE THROAT, CATARRHAL. -Acon. Bell Camph. Nux. Puls. Tart. CHRONIc.-Calc. Mere. Phos. Sulph. MALIGNANT (PUTRID).-Ars. SPASMS, CLONIC (JERKING).-Acon. Bell. Camph. Canth. Cham. Cin. Hyos. Lyc. Nux. Tart. CONSCIOUS, DURING THE-NUX. Cina. CONTACT, RENEWED BY-Bell. Canth. Nux. CRIES, WITH-Acon. Bell. Canth. Hyos. Lyc. Mere. REPERTORY* 127 STOMACH, WEIGHT, AS FROM A STONE, IN THEAcon. Ars. - Bry. Chai. Coloc. Merc. Nux. Op. Puls. SUNSTROKE.-Acon. Bell. Camph. SWALLOW, CONSTANT DESIRE TO-Bell. Coloc. Merc. SWALLOWING, DIFFICULTY oF-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Caic. Canth. Cin. Hyos. Ipec. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. Tart. SENSATION OF CONSTRICTION, WITH-Bell. Calc. Coloc. Hyos. Ipec. LyC. MerC. Rhus. Suiph. TASTE, BITTER-ACOn. Ars. Bry. Calc. Canth. Chai. Chin. Coffi Coloc. Hyos. Ipec. Lyc. MerC. Nux. Op. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Verat. FLAT, INSIPID-ACOn. Bell. Bry. Calc. Chin. IpeC. Op. Rhus. Suiph. Verat. Loss oF-Ars. Bell. Bry. Canth. LyC. Verat. METALLIC.-CaIC. ColoC. MerC. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. OFFENSIVE OR PUTRID.-ACOn. Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Canth. Chai. Coloc. MerC. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. PEPPER, AS OF-Acon. Coloc. SALTISH.-Ars. Bell. Calc. MerC. Tart. SLIMY.-Bell. Chai. Chin. Merc. Puls. Rhus. SoUR.-Ars. Bell. Calc. Chai. Chin. LyC. MerC. Nux. Op. Phos. Pod. Sulph. Verat. SWEETISH.-Bell. Bry. Ipec. MerC. Puls. Sulph. TEETH, GRATING.-ArS. Bell. Cin. LyC. MerC. Phos. Pod. Puls. Rhus. Verat. Too LONG, SENSATION AS OF-Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Caiph. Chai. Hyos. Rhus. Sulph. LoosE.-Acon. Ars. Bry. Chai. Chin. Coff. Hyos. Lyc. MerC. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Verat. 128 REPERTORY, TEETH, PAINS, DRAWING-ArS. Bell. Cale. Chain. Chin. Lyc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. JERKING.-Coloe. Hyos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. DARTING.-ArS. Bry. Mere. Nux. Phos. PULSATIVE, IN THE-ACon. Cale. Chain. Chin. Lye. Merc. Puls. Sulph. Verat. SHOOTING.-Bry. Rhus. TEARING.-ArS. Bell. Calc. Canth. Chin. Coff. Hyos. Lye. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. TEETHING, CONSTIPATION, WITH-Bry. Nux. DIARRHCEA, WITH-Chain. Ipee. Merc. Pod. Suiph. FEVER, WITH-ACOn. Chain. Coff. Pod. RESTLESS NESS,' WITH-AeOn. Chain. Coff. SLEEPLESSNESS, WITH-B'ell. Chain. Coff. SLow.-Calc. SPASMS,, WITH-Bell. Chain. TETTERS, HERPES (IN GENERAL).-ArS. Bry. Cale. Mere. Rhus. Sulph. BURNING.-ArS. Mere. Rhus. Sulph. MOIST.-Calc. Merc. Rhus. Sulph. SCURvy.-Ars. Calc. Merc. Rhus. Sulph. SUPPURATING.-ArS. Lye. Mere. Rhus. THIRST.-Aeon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Chin. Mere. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. ABSENCE OF, IN FEvERS.-ArS. Chin. Ipec. Puls. THROAT, BURNING IN THE-Aeon. Ars. Bell. Calc. Camph.. Canth. Coloc. Hyos. Lyc. Mere. Nux. Phos. Sulph. Tart. Verat. CHOKING, SENSATION OF-Aeon. Bell. Sulph. DRYNESS IN THE-Aeon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Cale. Canth. Coloc. Hyos. Lyc. Merc. Phos. Pod. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. INFLAMED.-A-con. Ars. Bell. Cale. Casnph. Canth. Lye. Mere. Nux. REPERTORYý 129 THROAT, PLUG (SENSATION AS OF A) IN THE-~ Bell. Chai. Coloc. Merc. Suiph. RAwNESs.-Bell. Calc. Coloc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. ROUGHNESS IN THE-Bell. Calc. Chin. Hyos. Lyc. Verat. SCRAPING IN THE-ACOII. Ars. Bry. Coloc. Hyos. Nux. Phos. Puls. Verat. SWELLING OF THE-Bell. Merc. Nux. Suiph. Tart. ULCERS IN THE-Bell. Caiph. Lyc. Mere. THRUSH (SORE MOUTH).-MerC. Sulph. TONGUE, BLACKISH.-ArS. Merc. Nux. Op. Verat. BROWN.-ArS. Bell. Merc. Nux. Rhus. Sulph. BURNING.-ACOn. Calc. Canth. Coloc. Hyos. MerC. Phos. Sulph. Verat. CRACKED.-ArS. Bell. Chai. Nux. Sulph. Verat. DRT.-Acon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Caiph. Canth. Chai. Chin. Hyos. LyC. Merc. Nux. Op. Phos. Pod. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. Verat. INFLAMED.-Acon. Bell. Canth. Mere. Tart. PARALYSIS OF-Acon. Hyos. Op. SWELLING OF-Calc. Lyc. Mere. VESICLES, PAINFUL ON-Aeon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Chai. LyC. Nux. Phos. Puls. Sulph. WHITISH.-ArS. Bell. Bry. Cale. Canth. Cham. Chin. Coloc. Hyos. Ipec. Mere. Nux. Op. Phos. Pod. Puls. Suiph. Tart. YELLow.-Bell. Bry. Chai. Chin. Coloc. Hyos. IpeC. Nux. Verat. TONSILS, INFLAMMATION OF THE-Aeon. Bell. Calc. Caiph. Canth. Chai. Mere. TOOTHACHE, CHILDREN, IN- Acon. Chan. Merc. COLD OR CHILL, FROM A-Aeon. Chai. Mere. Puls. REPERTORY. 131 URINATION, DESIRE, FREQUENT.-AcoII. Ars. Bell. Caic. Camph. Canth. Chin. Cin.Coff. Coloc. Ipec. Merc. Nux. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. INEFFECTUAL. - Camph. Canth. Merc. Nux. URGENT.-ACOn. Bry. Camph. Canth.Coff. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Suiph. DROP By DROP.-Bell. Canth. Coff. Nux. Phos. Puls. Tart. FREQ~UENT.-Ars. Bell. Canth. Chin. Lyc. Mere. Nux. Phos. Pod. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. COUGHING, WHEN-Phos. Puls. Sulph. INVOLUNTARY.-Acofl. Ars. Bell. Calc. Campli. Canth. Chain. Hyos. Merc. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Verat. AT NIGHr.-Ars. Bell. Calc. Canth. Gin. Lyc. Pod. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. NIGHT, OFTEN AT-Ars. Calc. Lyc. Merc. Phosx. Pod. Sulph. PAINFUL.-Acon. Ars. Camph. Canth. Lyc. Mere. Nux. Phos. Puls. Sulph. 132 REPERTORY* URINE, BROWN.-Acon. Ars. Bry. Caic. Lyc. Merc. Phos. Puls. Suiph. Tart. RED.-Acon. Bell. Bry. Camph. Canth. Cof.Ipec. Merc. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls.Tart.Verat. YELLow.-Bell.- Chain. Chin. Hyos. Suiph. Verat. TURBID, WHEN PASSED.-Ars. Bell. Cainph. Canth. Chain. Chin. Cin Hyos. Ipec. Lyc. Merc. Rhus. Tart. Verat. AFTER STANDING.-Bell. Caic. Cainph. Coloc. Merc. Phos. Rhus. Suiph. SCANTY.-ACOn. Ars. Bell. Bry. Canth. Chin. Coloc. Ipec. Merc. Op. Pod. Puls. Verat. MUCUS, WITH-Caic. Canth. Merc. Nux. Phos. FETID.-Calc. Coloc. Merc. Phos. Suiph. PUNGENT.-Ca1c. Lyc. Phos. SEDIMENT (LIKE BRICK DusT).-Acon. Chin. Ipec. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. FLOCCULENT.-Chain. Coloc. Phos. FLOUR OR, MEAL, LIKE-Caic. Merc. Suiph. Tart. REDDISH.-Bell. Lyc. Puls. Suiph. SAND OR GRAVEL.-COIoc. Lyc. Phos.'Puls. WHITE.-Bell. Caic. Canth. Chin. Hyos. Phos. Rhus. WATERY.-Acon. Bell. Caic. Canth. Hyos. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Suiph. Tart. UVULA, ELONGATION OF THE-Lyc. Merc. Nux. INFLAMMATION OF THE-Bell. Cainph. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Puls. VEINS, VARICOSE.-Ars. Caic. Lyc. Nux. Puls. Suiph. VOICE, HOARSE.-ArS. Bell. Cainph. Merc. Phos. Suiph. REPERTORY* 133 VOICE, Loss OF-Bell. Merc. Phos. Suiph. Verat. VOMITING, BILIoUs.-Aeon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Camph. Chai. Chin. CoW. Ipec. Lyc. Merc. Nux. Phos. Puls. Tart. Verat. BLOOD, OF-Aeon. Ars. Bry. Caiph. Canth. Chin. Hyos. Ipec. Lye. Nux. Op. Phos. Puls. Sulph. Tart. Verat. COLIc, WITH-Ars. Puls. Tart. Verat. DIARRHGEA, WITH-Aeon. Ars. Coloc. Ipee. Phos. Tart. Verat. FJECES, OF-Op. FooD, OF-ArS. Bell. Bry. Calc. Canth. Chai. Chin. Coloc. Hyos. Ipec. Lye. Nux. Phos. Pod. Puls. Sulph. Tart.vVerat. MEAL, AFTER A-Ars. Chai. Hyos. Nux. Puls. Sulph. Verat. MUcUs, OF-Aeon. Ars. Bell. Bry. Calc. Canth. Ipee. Mere. Nux. Phos. Pod. Puls. Sulph. Verat. SOUR.-Cale. Chai. Chin. Nux. Phos. Puls. Sulph. Tart. Verat. VIOLENT.-ArS. Nux. Op. Tart. Verat. WATERY.-ArS. Bell. Bry. Hyos. Ipec. WEAKNESS, WITH-Ars. Ipee. Phos. Tart. Verat. WATERBRASH.-Ars. Bry.Cale. Lye. Mere. Nux. -Phos. Pod. Puls. Sulph. WEAKNESS (IN GENERAL.)-AeOn. Ars. Cale. Chin. Mere. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart; Verat. ACUTE DISEASES, AFTER-Chin. Phos. Verat. CHILDREN, IN-Calc. Pod. Sulph. EXTREME PROSTRATION.-ArS. Chin. Nux. Phos. Rhus. Tart. Verat. 134 REPERTORY. WEAKNESS, FLUIDS FROM LOSS OF-Chin. Phos. HYSTERICAL.-Camph. Nux. Phos. NERVOU3.-Bell. Caic. Chin. Nux. Phos. Puls. Sulph. Verat. SUDDEN.-Ars. Ipec. Merc. Nux. Phoi. Verat. WALKING, AFTER-Acon. Nux. Suiph. WATCHING, AFTER-Acon. Coff. Nux. Puls. WORMS (IN GENERAL).-Acon. Calc. Chin. Cin. Merc. Nux. Pod. Suiph. Verat. ROUND.-Acon. Chain. Cin Merc. Sulph. TAPE.-Ars. Caic. Merc. Nux. Puls. Sulph. THREAD.-Acon. Caic. Chin. Cin Merc. Nux. Sulph. WORM FEVER.-Acon. Chin. Cin. Merc. Pod. WOUNDS.See External Remedies. YAWNJNG.-Acon. Ars. Bry. Nux. Phos. Puls. Rhus. Sulph. Tart. 136 ACONITUM NAPELLUS. feeling in the affe&ted parts, violent, intolerable pains, and great nervousness. Pains as if bruised. Painful sensitiveness to conta&, either of the whole body or of the affeced part. Intolerable pains, especially at night, which seem insufferable. Great irritation of the nervous system. Attacks of pain, with thirst and redness of the cheeks. Ailments caused by fright and chagrin. Attacks of fainting, especially when rising from a recumbent posture; also attended with paleness of face, or congestion of blood to the head. Ailments arising from a cold, especially from a dry sharp wind. Uneasiness, as if from suppressed perspiration, or in consequence of a chill. Feeling of bruising and weight in all the limbs. SKIN.-Skin dry and burning. Yellow color of the skin. Eruption like flea-bites. Erysipelatous inflammations with violent fever. Tingling and itching with desquamation. Red, hot and shining swelling of the parts affe&ed by rheumatism. SLEEP.-Sleeplessness, with anxiety; restlessness and continual tossing about. Startings in sleep. Anxious dreams with nightmare. Nightly delirium. Inability to lie on the side. FEVER.-The whole body feels chilly and cold. General dry heat with thirst, short breathing, quick pulse, redness of the face or cheeks, disposition to uncover one's self, and chilliness when uncovered. Burning heat, especially in the head and face, with redness of the cheeks and shivering over the entire body. Intermittent fever, commencing with evening chilliness, followed by continuous heat. A good deal of thirst during the heat. Pulse hard, frequent and quick. Inflammatory fevers, with great irritation of the nervous system. Profuse sweat. 138 ACONITUM NAPELLUS. Sweat on the forehead. Bluish face with blackish lips. Semilateral face-ache with swelling of the lower jaw. Lips black and dry, or blue. Distortion of features; exprepion of terror. Face feels numb. TEETH.-Toothache (especially from cold) in a raw air, with throbbing pains in one side of the face. Rheumatic pains in the face and teeth; also congestive, especially in young plethoric persons who lead a sedentary life. MouTH.-Sensation of dryness, and dryness of the mouth and tongue. Burning of the tongue. It feels swollen. Numbness of the tongue. Increased flow of saliva. THRoAT.-Burning and stinging in the throat, with difficulty of swallowing. Acute inflammation of the throat, palate, and tonsils, with violent fever, and dark redness of the parts. Stinging choking in the throat, when swallowing or talking. APPETITE AND TASTE.-Taste bitter; or foul, flat, fishy, or, as of spoiled eggs. Burning, unquenchable thirst. Taste in mouth as of pepper. GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.-Hiccough. Vomiting of mucus or green bile. Heartburn. STOMACH.-Pressure as from a load or stone in the stomach and pit of the stomach. Tightness, pressure, fullness and weight in the region under the false ribs. Pressure in the region of the liver, with oppression of breathing. Acute inflammation of the liver, with violent fever and painful sensitiveness. Jaundice. ABDOMEN.-The abdomen is painfully sensitive to the touch. Distended abdomen, with inflammation, and paroxysms of anguish. Trembling and fermentation in the abdomen. The abdomen is distended and swollen as in dropsy. Cutting colicky pains, with tension and pressure. Cholera Morbus. ARSENICUM ALBUM. I41 GENERAL SYMPTOMs.-Burning pains in internal and external parts. Dropsical swellings. Scrofulous complaints. Excessive prostration; general rapid sinking of strength. Emaciation. Consumption. Atrophy of children. Fainting fits. Spasms. Convulsions. Epilepsy. Trembling of the limbs; also in drunkards. Asiatic Cholera. Complaints arising from cold and wet. Gouty and rheumatic pains, drawing and lacerating, particularly in the limbs, with inability to lie on the affe&ted part, and diminution of the pains when moving it. SKIN.-Dry, parchment-like, or else, blue and cold skin. Burning and burning itching. Itch-like eruption. Pimples filled with a watery fluid, with violent burning, which leaves no rest. Rash, or miliary eruptions, especially white. Nettlerash. Pustules. Red pustules, changing to crusty, burning, and spreading ulcers. Black pocks, as if gangrenous. Ulcers, with raised callous edges; with red shining halo; with fetid, watery discharge, or proud flesh. Cancerous or gangrenous ulcers. Ulcers with thin bloody pus; or extremely painful, with stinging or burning. Blood-blisters cover the whole body. Carbuncle. Chilblains. Suppurating herpes, with burning pains. Varicose veins. SLEEP.-Sleeplessness, with uneasiness and tossing about. Starting of the limbs when on the point of falling asleep; also, starting after falling asleep; moaning, and grating of the teeth. Frightful dreams. Nightly restlessness, with great anguish about the heart. FEvER.-External coldness, with internal heat, or internal coldness, with external heat. General coldness, with loss of pulse, and clammy, cold sweat. Chilliness and shuddering, without thirst; particularly after drinking. Quotidian, tertian, and quartan 142 ARSENICUM ALBUM. fevers, with indistindt chilliness and heat, with great restlessness and thirst; or else without thirst during the chilliness and heat. Heat dry and burning. Nightly sweats. Debilitating sweats. Pulse irregular; or rapid, weak, small. MORAL SYMPTOMS.-Excessive anxiety and restlessness, driving one to and fro in the day time, and out of bed, at night. Dread of being alone. Excessive fear of death. Vexed mood. Religious melancholy. Delirium. HEAD.-Giddiness, with reeling; or as if one would fall, with nausea when lying; less when sitting up. Beating pain in the forehead, with inclination to vomit. Aching, stupefying pain, with heaviness. Periodical headache. Swelling of the head and face. Scaldhead. Burning pustules on the head. The hairy scalp is painful, when touched. EYEs.-Inflammation of the eyes, with violent burning pain. Scrofulous inflammation. Inflammation of the inner surface of the eyelids, with inability to open the eyes. Lachrymation. Nightly agglutination. Dimsighted. Great swelling of the lids; also inflammatory. Acrid, corrosive tears. Wild, staring look. Excessive intolerance of light. Spasmodic closing of the lids. EARs.-Humming in the ears, with hard hearing, as if the ears were stopped. NosE.-Burning in the nose; swelling of the nose, with pain to the touch. Violent bleeding from the nose. Ulceration of the nostrils, high up in the nose, with discharge of fetid and bitter tasting ichor. Dryness of the nose; sneezing; profuse fluent cold in the head, with stoppage of the nose; with hoarseness and sleeplessness; with discharge of a watery mucus, occasioning a biting, burning and soreness in the nose. ARSENICUM ALBUM. 143 FACE.-Sunken countenance. Pale, death-colored face. Yellow, livid, or bluish face. Bloated, puffed, red face. Distorted features. Cadaverous face. Swelling of the face, especially below the eyelids. Drawing, or burning face-ache. Scabbing ulcers; cancer of the face. Eruption about the mouth. Bluish, blackish, or dry lips. Swelling of the glands of the lower jaw, with pain as from contusion. Sunken eyes, with blue margins, and pointed nose. TEETH.-Drawing pressure in the teeth. Spasmodic grinding of the teeth. MouTH.-Tongue bluish; or coated white; or brown; or blackish; also dry and cracked. Swelling and gangrene of the tongue. Fetor from the mouth. Scurvy of the gums. Great dryness of mouth, often accompanied with violent thirst. Hurried speech. THROAT.-Sore throat when swallowing, as from an internal swelling; burning pain. Gangrenous sore throat. Impeded swallowing, as if the parts were paralyzed. Accumulation of grayish or greenish mucus. APPETITE AND TASTE.-Bitter taste in mouth, particularly after eating and drinking; also putrid or sour taste. Violent, burning, unquenchable, suffocative thirst, obliging to drink frequently, or else complete absence of thirst. Loss of appetite. Derangement of the stomach in consequence of ices, acids, fruits, etc. GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.-Frequent hiccough and empty eructations. Nausea; obliging one to lie down. Waterbrash. Vomiting, after every meal, and after drinking; chronic vomiting of everything one eats or drinks; vomiting of yellow-green mucus BELLADONNA. 145 the chest. Cough, as if occasioned by the smoke of sulphur, with sense of suffocation; or after drinking; or as caused by a titillation in the windpipe. Cough in the evening, when in bed. Expetoration difficult, scanty or frothy; or consisting of tenacious mucus, which is lodged in the chest. Saltish expe&oration. Expe&toration, consisting of a bloodstreaked mucus. Periodical coughing. CHEST, RESPIRATION, ETc.-Anxious and oppressive shortness of breath, Oppression and labored breathing, when going up hill, or when walking rapidly. Arrest of breathing and suffocative oppression, sometimes with weakness and excessive debility. Constrition of the chest, with anguish, burning, or feeling as if excoriated and raw. Palpitation of the heart, violent, excessive, irregular, with great anguish, especially at night. Shootings in the breast and breast bone. EXTREMITIES.-Drawing and lacerating in the arms, particularly at night. Ulcers on the lower limbs. Ulcerated, spreading blisters on the feet. Swelling of the feet; hot, shining, with burning red spots. Trembling of the limbs. Pains in the knees, as if bruised. Cramps of the thighs, calves and toes. BELLADONNA.-Bell. CHARACTERISTIC PECULIARITIES.- Belladonna is particularly suited to complaints of plethoric individuals disposed to inflammation; also to those of women and children; or for complaints of lymphatic, scrofulous individuals, liable to glandular swellings. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.-Spasms, startings, and convulsions of the limbs; after a fit of chagrin; renewed by the least contat; with screams and loss of consciousness; with delirium; with extension of the 146 BELLADONNA. a limbs; or violent distortion of the muscles. Paroxysms of stiffness and immobility of all the limbs, or of single limbs only. Epileptic spasms; hysteric spasms; St. Vitus' dance, especially in girls. Trembling of the limbs; weariness. Great general debility. Lameness and paralysis; paralysis of one side of the body. Liability to take cold, with great sensitiveness to cold air. Atrophy and wasting of scrofulous subje&s. Bad effe&s from taking cold; from fright, from chagrin or mortification; from abuse of mercury. Rheumatic and gouty complaints, with inflammation and swelling. Pressure, burning, stinging, or tingling in the limbs. Congestion of blood to various parts. Inflammation of internal organs, with disposition to suppurate. Scrofulous and rickety complaints. Fainting fits, sometimes resembling lethargy. Plethora. SKIN.-Uniform, smooth, shining, scarlet redness of the skin, with dryness, heat, itching, burning, and bloatedness of the parts, especially the face, neck, chest, abdomen, and hands. Erysipelatous inflammation, with swelling. Red, hot swelling of affected parts. Vesicular erysipelas (when fever is violent). Scarlet rash over the whole body; eruption, resembling measles; purple rash; small pox, when the brain is affeted. Vesicular eruptions, with scurf, whitish border and swelling. Glandular swellings, painful or suppurating. Scrofulous and mercurial ulcers, also cancerous. SLEEP.-Drowsiness. Somnolence; stupor; lethargy; deep sleep, with snoring. Sleeplessness; even with drowsiness; sleeplessness from anguish at night; restlessness; frequent waking, with difficulty of getting asleep again; starting, as if in a fright. During sleep, tossing about; screaming; moaning; starts. Anxious, frightful, wearisome dreams. BELLADONNA. 147 FEVER.-Alternations of chilliness and heat. Chilliness and coldness of single parts (of the limbs), with burning heat of other parts (of the head). Heat; violent burning; internal or external; dry; principally of the head and face. During the hot stage: delirium, redness, and puffiness of the face, and great thirst. Inflammatory, catarrhal, rheumatic, milk, puerperal, and typhoid fevers, with furious delirium and loss of consciousness. Pulse strong and quick, full and slow; sweat during or after fever; cold sweat on forehead; night sweat. MORAL SYMPTOMS.-Great anguish about the heart, and restlessness. Crying and howling of children, as from rage. Tremulous despondency. Loss of courage. Great irritability and excitability of the senses. Delirium. Frenzy; with attempts at violence. Raging mania. HEAD.-Loss of consciousness and stupefaction. Absence of thought and consciousness. Feeling of intoxication and reeling. Giddiness; with falling and without consciousness; with nausea. Giddiness, as though everything turned in a circle. Congestion of blood to the head, with heat, and distension, and throbbing. Headache, especially in the forehead. Aching in the forehead; during motion, it increases so much as to cause the eyes to be closed. Headache, as though the brain were being pressed out. Periodical, nervous headache. Feeling of throbbing in the brain. Stitches and tearing in the head. Lancinations through the head in the evening. Pain, when stooping, as though everything would press out at the forehead. Fullness and heaviness of the head. Convulsive shaking and bending backwards of the head. Boring of the head into the pillow. Swashing in the head, as if full of water. 148 BELLADONNA. EYEs.-Pains in the orbits. Feeling of burning dryness in both eyes. Inflammation of the eyes, with redness and swelling of the lids, also of new born infants; of gouty or scrofulous persons, after catching cold. Violent aching pains in the eyes, from without inwards. Itching and burning of the lids. Heaviness of the lids. Heat in the eyes. Wild, wandering looks. The eyes are dim, faint, without lustre, or else glistening, red, sparkling. Half opened, protruded, staring eyes. Dilated pupils. Burning tears. Dimness of sight. Partial blindness; one cannot read anything printed. Spasms of the eyes. Squinting. Intolerance of light. Agglutination of the eyelids. No&urnal blindness, commencing at twilight. Halo seen around the candle light. Weakness of the sight, from doing fine work. Sees things double. EARs.-Earache, with boring and screwing in the ears. Tearing and stitches in the glands beneath the ears. Lacerating from above downwards in the external and internal ear. Tingling in the ears. Humming and murmuring. Roaring in the ears. Hardness of hearing, owing to having taken cold. Acute inflammation. Increased sensitiveness to noise. Inflammatory swelling of the salivary glands beneath the ears; also, shooting pain. NosE.-Inflammatory swelling and redness of the internal and external nose. Bleeding at the nose. Diminished or increased smell. Ulceration in the nostrils. Cold in the head, with cough. Fluent cold, with smell as of herring brine. Putrid smell from nose. Pain, as if bruised, when touching the nose. FAcE.-Red face, with burning heat. Bluish-red, bloated face, with great heat of the body in the evening. Pale, sunken face, with distorted features, BELLADONNA. 149 expressive of anguish. Scarlet-red spots in the face. Swelling of the cheeks, with heat. Face-ache, with violent, cutting pains. Erysipelas of the face. Eruptions at the corners of the mouth, painful when touched. Glowing redness of the face, with violent, inexpressible headache, or, with icy cold extremities. Swelling of the cheeks, with burning pains; also of one side of the face. Face-ache, with violent cutting or burning pains-worse about 4 p. m. Lips dark red. Swelling of the lips. Pimples on lips, change to an ulcer, covered with a crust. The mouth is half open, or else, spasmodically closed in consequence of lockjaw. Stitching and tightness in the joints of the jaw. Inflammation and swelling of the glands under the jaws, and of the neck. Tearing in the jaws. TEETH.-Lockjaw. Grinding of the teeth, with foam at the mouth. Dull drawing in the upper and right row of teeth, the whole night. Digging toothache. The teeth feel elongated. Rheumatic toothache, or throbbing; particularly in females, especially "when pregnant. Lacerating toothache; worse in the evening. Toothache, with red, hot face and throbbing in the head. Ulcerative pains in the gums when touched. Heat in the gums, or itching and throbbing. Painful swelling. Difficult dentition. MouTH.-Red, inflammatory swelling of the inner mouth and soft palate. The tongue is painful, especially to the touch; it is red, hot and dry, with red edges and white in the middle. Cracked tongue; white-coated, with salivation. Feeling in the tip of the tongue as if it had a blister upon it, painfully burning, when touched. The small eminences on the tongue (papillae) are bright-red, inflamed, and swollen.,Tremor of the tongue. Stammering, and paralytic weakness of the organs of speech. Nasal 15O BELLADONNA. voice. Profuse salivation. Tongue coated white yellow, brown, or with tenacious mucus on it. Inflammatory swelling of the tongue. Great dryness in the mouth and throat, with or without thirst. THROAT.-Rawness and soreness of the palate. Great dryness and burning in the throat. Inflammation of the throat and back part of the mouth. Sore throat; shooting pain, as from an internal swelling. Internal swelling of the throat. Soreness, when swallowing or spitting. Sensation as of a lump, which cannot be removed. Violent, lancinating pains in the throat when swallowing or breathing. Inflammation of the tonsils; also swelling and suppuration. Redness and swelling of the uvula, or soft palate. Impeded deglutition, or entire inability to swallow even liquids, which return by the nose. Painful contraction and narrowing of the upper part of the throat. When swallowing, one experiences a sensation in the throat as though the parts were too narrow, contracted, as if nothing would go down. Aversion to every kind of liquid. APPETITE AND TASTE.-Loss of taste. Insipid taste in the mouth. Disgusting taste; the tongue being clean. Putrid taste. Aversion to food. Complete loss of appetite. Violent, burning, suffocative, unquenchable thirst, with inability to swallow the least drop, or with great aversion to drinks. MENSTRUATION, ETc.-Violent pressing, as though the internal parts would fall out. Congestion of blood to the uterus. False spasmodic labor pains. Stitches in the parts. Uterine hemorrhage; or flooding of bright red blood, or with discharge of lumps of fetid blood, with pressing to the parts, colic and leucorrhcea. Great excitement of the passions. Moral derangement, toothache, spasms, and colic of pregnant females. Haemorrhage after confinement, 152 BRYONIA ALBA. desire to cough, or particularly when coughing or yawning. Rush of blood to the chest. Violent palpitation of the heart, reverberating in the head. Tremor of the heart, with anguish and an aching pain. BAcK.-Painful swelling and stiffness of the neck, and nape of the neck. Painful swelling of the glands of the neck and under the arm. Perceptible throbbings of the vessels of the neck. ExTREMITIEs.-Lacerating, with pressure in the shoulder, darting suddenly along the arm, particularly painful at night. Lameness and pressure of the arms, with weakness. Swelling; also scarlet redness of arms and hands. Painful jerking; spasms and convulsions of the arms and hands. Laming and drawing pressure, and tearing in the arms. Stiffness of the hip-joint. Heaviness and lameness of the legs and feet. BRYONIA ALBA.-Bry. CHARACTERISTIC PECULIARITIES.-The symptoms are aggravated at night, after eating, and on motion. GENERAL SYMPTOMs.-Rheumatic and gouty tension, drawing, tearing, and stitching, mostly in the limbs, especially when moving the parts, with intolerance of contat6 Laming and bruised feeling in the extremities. Gouty, red, shining, swelling of single parts, with stinging when moving them. Swelling and induration of the glands. Ailments arising from chagrin, and other conditions, when attended with chilliness and coldness of the body. SKIN.-Itch-like eruption. Pimples on abdomen and hip, with burning itching vesicles, which burst open and scale off, with itching and burning of the whole body. Yellow color of the skin, jaundice. BRYONIA ALBA. I53 Erysipelas of the joints. Rash, especially of lyingin women and their infants. White miliary eruption. Ailments from suppression of measles or scarlet eruptions. SLEEP.-Frequent yawning the whole day, restless at night, sleepless from anguish or mental a&tivity. Starts when falling asleep. Moaning in sleep. Anxious vivid dreams. Nightly delirium. Sleep unrefreshing. Involuntary passages during sleep. FEVER.-Chilliness and creeping chills, with muddled condition of the head, particularly in the evening, with coldness of the body. Intermittent fever, with predominant coldness, thirst during the hot and chilly stage, dry cough, with stitches in the chest. Before the chill, vertigo and violent headache, stitching of the limbs. During the chill, heat in the head, redness of the face, and thirst; chattering of the teeth, dry and viscid tongue, nausea and vomiting. During hot stage, increase of headache and vertigo; heat, internal or external, or both; generally burning, dry, with thirst, also with red urine. Acute inflammatory fevers; typhoid fevers, with petechiae, white miliary eruption, violent delirium and intense heat; febrile symptoms preceding eruption of small pox, varioloid and measles. Sweat breaking out readily; profuse, anxious; oily; sour at night, preceded by thirst. MORAL SYMPTOMS.-Apprehensive; uneasiness and dread on account of the future; disposition to escape out of bed. Irritable; vexed; vehement. Delirious talk, especially at night. HEAD.-Dizziness as if one were turning around, or, as if everything were turned around him, when standing. Giddiness, especially when rising from a seat, disappearing after walking. Headache after every meal. Great fullness and heaviness of the 154 BRYONIA ALBA, head, with digging pressure in the direction of the forehead. Headache, when stooping, as though all the contents of the head would issue from the forehead. Pain in both temples, pressing from within, outwards. Congestion of blood to the head, heat in the head. Throbbing headache, aggravated by motion. The headache sets in principally in the morning, and is worse when moving, especially when moving the eyes. Burning in the forehead. EYEs.-Pressure in the eyes, as if full of sand. Burning in the eyes. Inflammation of the eyes and lids, especially in the case of new-born infants, and gouty persons. Dry burning itching tetters on the lids. Dread of light. Eyelids stuck together. EARs.-Humming in the ears. Intolerance of noise. Feeling of stoppage in the ears. NosE.-Swelling of the nose, with violent ulcerative pain when touched. Inflamed and ulcerated nostrils. Bleeding of the nose; also from suppression of the menses. Dry cold in the head. FAcE.-Pale, yellow, or livid color. Red, burning, hot face; swelling of the face. Lips swollen and cracked. Dry lips. Lips covered with ulcerated patches, burning when touched. TEETH.-Darting or flashing pain in the teeth. Toothache on introducing anything warm into the mouth. Looseness, and sensation as if elongated. Gums painful, as if raw or sore. MoUTH.-Dryness of the mouth, with great thirst. Tongue coated, white or yellow. Dry tongue. Accumulation of frothy, soap-like saliva. THROAT.-Great dryness in the throat. Stinging in the throat, when swallowing or touching it. APPETITE AND TASTE.-Loss of appetite. Flat, insipid, or putrid taste. Everything tastes bitter. BRYONIA ALBA. 155 Violent thirst. Aversion to food. Desire for unusual things. Loss of taste. GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.-Frequent empty erutations, mostly bitter. Regurgitation of food; also after every meal. Nausea; also on waking in the morning. Empty retching, with waterbrash. Vomiting after drinking; of food; bitter vomiting. Vomiting of blood. SToMACH.-Pressure (particularly after eating), as of a stone. Stitching in the stomach when lying on the side, also in the pit of the stomach, when making a false step. Burning in the stomach during motion. Intolerance ot the least pressure in the pit of the stomach. Cutting as with knives. Sensation of swelling in the pit of the stomach. ABDOMEN.-Pains in the liver, mostly stinging or tensive and burning, especially when touching the part, coughing, or drawing breath. Distension of the abdomen, especially after eating. Dropsy. Tearing and drawing in the abdomen, especially during motion. Violent lancinations. Pain in the abdomen, with anguish, which renders the breathing difficult, and is relieved by walking. Spasmodic pains after dinner. Rumbling, as if diarrhcea would set in. Heat in the abdomen. STOOL, ETc.-Constipation. Chronic constipation. Large-sized stool, which is passed with difficulty. Hard, tough stool, with protrusion of the re&um. Diarrhcea, with previous colic; or from cold; or of undigested matter. Brown, frequent, loose stool. Morning diarrhcea. URINARY ORGANS.-Urine scanty, red, brown, and hot. Almost irresistable desire to urinate. MENSRUATION.-Menses too early. Flooding of dark blood, with pain in the small of the back, and 158 CALCAREA CARBONICA. alternate chills and heat. A good deal of sweat during moderate exercise, and at night in bed. Profuse night or morning sweat. Viscid night sweat. MORAL SYMPTOMS.-Low spirited and melancholy. Anxiety, anguish. Despairing mood, with fear of disease and misery; with foreboding of sad events. Tendency to start. Vexed mood, obstinacy. Indifference. HEAD.-Dizziness early after rising, with nausea and roaring in the ear, and a sensation as if he would fall down senseless. The head feels constantly as if too full, with loss of sense, as after turning a long time in a circle. Headache from taking cold. Semilateral headache, with inclination to vomit. Stupefying or throbbing headache, aggravated by mental efforts. Boring in the forehead, as it the head would burst. Heaviness in the head; congestion. Headache in the morning. Pressure from within outward. Icy coldness in and about the head. Scurf on the hairy scalp. The hair falls out, also in the case of lying-in women. EYEs.-Pressure in the eyes. Stitches and itching in the eyes. Inflammation, caused by a cold, or by foreign bodies penetrating into the eyes, or in the case of new-born infants or scrofulous persons. Sensation as of a grain of sand under lids. Swelling and redness of the eyelids; they become agglutinated every night. Eyes look watery. Smarting, burning, and cutting in the eyes and lids; especially when reading by candle light. Slight twitching in the upper eyelids. Dilated pupils. Dimness of sight. Longsightedness. Light dazzles the eyes. Momentary blindness. EARS.-Pulsations, and heat in the ears. Discharge of pus. Hard hearing. Ringing, buzzing, or singing in the ears. Cracking in the ears, when CALCAREA CARBONICA. 159 chewing. Humming in the ears, with hard hearing. NosE.-Inflammation, with redness and swelling. Sore, ulcerated nostrils. Bleeding almost to fainting. Bad smell from the nose. Dryness of the nose at night. Dullness of smell. Stoppage of the nose. Dry cold in the head. Violent, frequent sneezing. FACE.-Pale, thin face. Itching of the whole face. Eruptions on lips, and about the mouth. Chapped lips. Swelling of the upper lip. Yellowness of the face. Tearing, pinching, tingling or stitching pains in the face. Ulcerated corners of the mouth. Painful swelling of the glands unde? the jaws. TEETH.-Toothache; caused by a draught; or by cold; or excited again by. cold or warm things, mostly of a gnawing charafter; or of pregnant women. Swelling, or bleeding of the gums. Difficult dentition. Painful sensibility of the gums. MOUTH.-Little blisters on the tongue, with burning pain and heat in the mouth. THROAT.-Swelling of the tonsils, with contractive sensation in the throat, during swallowing. Swelling and inflammation of the palate; the uvula is dark red, and covered with little blisters. Great dryness of the mouth and tongue, with a sense of roughness. Hawking of phlegm, early in the morning. TASTE AND APPETITE.-Sour taste. Great thirst. Bitter or metallic taste, with complete loss of appetite. Canine hunger. Ravenous appetite, the stomach being weak. Aversion to meat and warm food. Hunger, soon after eating. GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.-Erutations; bitter sour, or tasting of food. Heartburn after any kind of food. Sour vomiting, particularly in children. Waterbrash. Dyspepsia. Great drowsiness after eating. 16o CALCAREA CARBONICA. SToMACH.-Sudden distensive pain in stomach. Sense of weight in stomach. Painful pressure at stomach, resembling choking or like a spasm, for two hours, obliging her to rise; or with griping tearing, when walking. Spasm of stomach with nausea, vomiting of food and oppression. Griping, gnawing, and sense as of jerking in the stomach. Burning at,the stomach. ABDOMEN.-Tension in the region under the ribs. Cannot bear tight clothes around the abdomen. Pressure in the abdomen, from the pit of the stomach downwards. Frequent, severe spasms, especially in the evening and at night, with coldness of the thighs. Enlargement and hardness of the abdomen. Cutting or aching colic. Incarceration of flatulence. Loud rumbling. STOOL, ETc.-Constipation; also increasing from day to day. Hard, undigested stool. Diarrhoea, particularly of children, having a sour smell; or white, thin and offensive discharges; or of scrofulous individuals; during teething; or frothy; or involuntary. Swelling and protrusion of piles. Thread worms. URINARY ORGANS.-Frequent urination at night. Wetting the bed. After urination, single drops of urine continue to pass off. Mucus passed with urine. White, flour-like powder in the urine. Fetid dark brown urine with white sediment. Burning in urethra, before, during and after urinating. MENSTRUATION, ETc.-Itching of the parts. The menses are too profuse and too early. Uterine haemorrhage, tendency to miscarry. Leucorrhcea before the menses. Milk-like leucorrhoea, which is mostly discharged while urinating. Mucous leucorrhcea. Leucorrhcea with burning and itching in the pudenda. Toothache, congestion to the head, CALCAREA CARBONICA. I61 etc., during the menses. Deficiency of milk or too great a flow, in lying-in females. Muscular weakness in infants. WINDPIPE, COUGH, ETc.-Chronic, or frequent painless hoarseness. Accumulation of mucus in chest. Dry, hacking cough in the evening, or at night. Cough, with yellow fetid expe&oration. Bloody cough. Expetoration saltish or of sweetish mucus. CHEST, RESPIRATION, ETc.-Stoppage of breathing, when stooping. Stitching in the chest during motion; also at night, or after eating. Sensitiveness and soreness of the chest, when drawing breath. Pressure on the chest. Anguish about the heart. Excessive palpitation, with unequal pulse. Violent palpitation, with excessive anguish and uneasiness, difficulty of breathing and pain in the back. Palpitation at night, or after eating. Tightness and sense of fullness of chest. Rawness of chest, after much talking and when coughing. BAcK.-Pains in the small of the back, and nape of the neck, after straining the parts, or pains as if sprained. Stiffness of the nape of the neck. Painful swelling of the glands of the neck. EXTREMITIES.-Pains in the wrists, as if sprained. Cramps in the arms. Laming weakness of the arms. Drawing or tearing pains in the arms, mostly at night. Cramp in the hands, at night. Sweaty hands. Deadness of the hands, especially when grasping anything. Swelling of the hands. Drawing and shootings in the hip. Heaviness and weariness of the legs. Crampy feeling in the legs. Stitches in the knees, also swelling. Ulcers on the legs. Burning of the soles of the feet. Sweaty feet. Varicose veins. Corns. Numbness and deadness of the feet at night. 16z CAMPHORA. CAMPHORA.-Camph. GENERAL SYMPTOMs.-Sudden and violent inflammation, especially about the head and throat. Diseases having a catarrhal origin. Nervous disorders, spasms and convulsions of various kinds. Disorders attended with extreme prostration and collapse. Is peculiarly useful in eruptive and other disorders, when there seems a lack of susceptibility of the organism to the aation of medicines. Affe&ions produced by worms. Fainting. SKIN.-Violent itching and burning of the skin. Blue cold skin, with coldness of the body. Copious sweating. SLEEP.-Frequent yawning. Sopor and delirium. Disturbed by dreams. Night sweats. FEVER.-Chilliness over the whole body. Chills and chattering of teeth. Coldness of the body, with paleness. Warm sweat over the whole body. Copious cold sweat. Too sensitive to cold air. Shuddering, with gooseflesh. Redness of the cheeks. Heat about the head and whole body. Burning heat of the skin; intolerable heat. Frequent, full and hard pulse. HEAD.-Violent delirium. Loss of consciousness. Vertigo; head inclines backwards. Congestion of blood to the head. Intense headache, with giddiness and indistinctness of vision. Throbbing, tearing and lancinating headache. Sun-stroke, with heaviness and oppression of the head. FAcE.-Pale. First pale with eyes closed, but afterwards staring and open, the eyes looking upward. Spasmodic contortion of muscles of the face. CAMPHORA. 163 EYEs.-Staring, inflamed eyes. Twitchings and, winking of the upper lids; brilliancy of the eyes. Obscuration of sight. Excessive contraction of the pupils. MOUTH.-Foam at the mouth. Accumulation of saliva in the mouth. Dry, scraping sensation of the palate. Sensation of heat in the mouth and stomach. THROAT.-Nightly pain in the throat, during and between the ats of swallowing, as if the throat were sore. Violent burning of the throat down the gullet. APPETITE AND TASTE.-Taste in mouth is natural, but all food tastes bitter. STOMACH.-Frequent and almost continual empty eru&ations after dinner. Nausea with spitting. Pain in the region of the stomach. Burning in the stomach (as in Asiatic Cholera), accompanied with great thirst. Cramps, particularly in the calves. ABDOMEN.-Burning heat in bowels% Contrative pains; flatulence. Cutting colic. Abdominal spasms. Pinching pain about navel. STooL.-Involuntary diarrhcea, or diarrhoea from sudden exposure (to extreme heat or from being chilled), burning, watery, with prostration. URINARY ORGANS,-Retention of urine. Urination can only be effeted with much effort-a little at a time, attended with burning. WINDPIPE, COUGH, ETC.-ConstriEtive sensation in the throat. Accumulation of mucus in the air passages. Influenza. The patient is obliged to sit upright. CHEST.-Oppressed, anxious, panting breathing, or difficult and sluggish Oppression of the chest, resembling a suffocativ myrrh. 164 CANTHARIS. CANTHARIS.- Canth. GENERAL SYMPTOMs.-Twitchingo and convulsive movements of the tendons. Violent convulsions, with distortion of the limbs; shrieks and loss of consciousness. Lockjaw. Tetanic convulsions (the body becomes rigidly bent backwards, forwards, or to one side), with rage and frenzy; violent grinding of the teeth; discharge of a frothy and sometimes blood-streaked saliva; inability to swallow; convulsive contration of the throat at every attempt to swallow; expression of terror and despair in the face; staring look; convulsively rolling eye. Hydrophobia. The convulsions frequently return from merely touching the throat, or from looking at water. Excessive debility and prostration. Hamorrhage from various organs. Increased secretion from the mucous membrane. SKIN.-Erysipelatous, active, inflammation of the skin, with more burning than itching. Pimples and small itching vesicles here and there. SLEEP.-Drowsiness in daytime. Sleeplessness at night; frequent startings from sleep; sleep disturbed by vivid dreams. Confused, voluptuous or anxious. FEvER.-Chilliness, mostly in the evening, with shaking, relieved by warm clothes. Violent, acute, burning fever. Pulse increased; hard and full as in febrile inflammation. Slight sweat; cold sweat on hands and feet. MORAL SYMPTOMs.-Melancholy. Apprehensive. Restless. Indisposed to do anything. Nervous, sensitive, irritable. HEAD.-Dullness of the head. Vertigo. Violent pains, deep in the head. Tearing in the head. CANTHARIS. 105 Throbbing, deep in the right side. Congestion of blood to the head when stooping, with redness of the face. EYEs.-Twitching and stinging of the lids. Inflammation of the eye. Eyes water profusely. FACE.-Heat in the face, suddenly, with redness and thirst. Pale, sickly, yellow complexion. Sunken countenance. Face bloated. Pimples on the face and lips. Heat and dryness of lips. Peeling off of the lips. MOUTH.-Burning, extending through the throat down to the stomach. Inflammation of the mucous membrane. Accummulation of water or saliva in the mouth. White-coated tongue. Gums painful, inflamed, suppurating. THROAT.-Biting, dry or astringent sensation in the throat. Burning in the throat. Inflammation of the tonsils. Difficulty of swallowing, particularly liquids. APPETITE AND TASTE.-Bitter taste. Aversion to drinks. Loathing for food. STOMACH.-Vomiting, sometimes even of blood. Violent vomiting. Sensitiveness of the stomach to the touch. Feeling of fullness. Violent burning in the stomach. ABDOMEN.-Violent pains in the bowels, particularly at night. Violent colic, with bearing down towards the genital organs. Cutting in the abdomen, with boring in the knees. Heat and burning in the bowels. Rolling of wind in bowels-much wind discharged. Sensitiveness of the abdominal walls to the touch. STooL.-Increased and painful evacuations. Dysenteric diarrhcea. Frothy liquid stools. Yellow, brown, watery stools. Stools consisting of white mucus, like scrapings from the bowels; of blood or CHAMOMILLA. 167 CHAMOMILLA.-Cham. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.-Rheumatic, drawing, tearing pains, more in the tendons and ligaments, with laming, numb feeling in the affe&ed part, worse at night, without swelling. Pains which appear intolerable, drive one to despair. Ailments caused by chagrin, by coffee, or by a cold. Spasms of internal and external organs, convulsions, especially in children during dentition, or, in lying-in or pregnant women. The whole nervous system is very irritable and sensitive. Great intolerance of pain. The limbs are stiff, as if paralyzed. Very sensitive to open air, especially to wind. Fainting fits. Sudden prostration as soon as the pain commences. SKIN.-Rash; especially of children. Thick clusters of red pimples on a red spot on the skin, itching, especially in the night. Soreness of children. The skin becomes unhealthy, and every injury ulcerates. SLEEP.-Drowsiness during day. Noaurnal sleeplessness, with paroxysms of anguish. Talking, crying, moaning, screaming, starting, or tossing about during sleep. Coma. FEvER,-Shuddering of single parts, with or without external coldness. Internal heat, with shuddering. General morning sweat, with smarting sensation of the skin during and after the heat. Sour sweat. Night sweat, without sleep. Sweat during sleep, especially about the head. Fever, with nightly aggravation; inclination to vomit; colic; and diarrhoea. Feverish heat and redness of the cheeks, with tossing about, moaning, and delirium; eyes open. Constant alternation of shuddering and coldness on single parts, with heat of other parts. 168 CHAMOMILLA. MORAL SYMPTOMs.-Excessive anguish; also with palpitation of the heart. Excessive restlessness, anxious tossing about, with lacerating pains in the abdomen. Vexed and whining mood, with crying. Crying of newborn infants. Inclination to be quarrelsome and angry. HEAD.-Giddiness and dim-sightedness after lying down, with flushes of heat. Oppressive heaviness in the head. Semilateral drawing and tearing in the head. Stitching headache, from suppression of sweat, or after a cold. EYEs.-Inflammation of the eyes and margins of the lids, with aching pains, especially after a cold, in new born infants, or gouty persons. Agglutination of the lids at night, with redness and swelling. Hmmorrhage from the eyes. Twitching of the eyes and lids, spasmodic closing of the lids. Sparks before the eyes. EARs.-Earache, with shooting and tearing, or drawing and tension. Inflammatory swelling of the salivary glands beneath the ear. Humming in the ears. Discharge from the ears. NosE.-Bleedintg. Ulcerated nostrils. Obstruction of the nose with discharge of mucus. FACE.-Redness and burning heat of the face, particularly of the cheeks, sometimes of only one cheek, with coldness or paleness of the other. Bloatedness of the face;, also swelling, with hardness, blueness, and throbbing in the cheek. Convulsive movements and twitchings of the facial muscles and lips. Parched lips. TEETH.-Toothache after taking cold, with drawing jerks in the jaws. Toothache after eating and drinking, especially after warm drinks. Digging and gnawing in decayed teeth; intolerable toothache. The pains are often only on one side; are worse at CHAMOMILLA. 169 night in bed; or with swelling of the cheeks. Burning and painful swelling of the gums. Difficult dentition in children, with diarrhcea, fever, or convulsions. MOUTH.-Dry mouth and tongue. Froth at the mouth. Fetid odor of the mouth. Red, cracked tongue, or covered with a thick white, or yellow coat. Convulsive movements of the tongue. THROAT.-Sore throat, with swelling of the glands under the jaws, or ear; caused by a cold. Pain as from a plug, when swallowing. Deep redness of the throat. APPETITE AND TASTE.-Bitter or foul taste. GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.-Sour eru6tations. Vomiting of food. Sour or bilious vomiting. STOMACH.-Incarceration of flatulence, with pressure upwards. Aching pains in the pit of the stomach, as from a stone, after every meal, with stoppage of breath. Spasms of the stomach; particularly in persons addicted to coffee. ABDoMEN.-Burning in the pit of the stomach. Anxious tension and fullness in the pit of the stomach. Flatulent colic, with distension of the abdomen, also of children. Very painful colic; tearing colic. Compressive pain in the abdomen. Darting in the abdomen, particularly when coughing, sneezing, or touching the part; also painful sensitiveness to contact, as if the parts were ulcer ited or bruised. Abdominal spasms. STOOL, ETc.-Diarrhcea, generally watery, green, or like stirred up eggs. Hot, fetid diarrhceic stools. Nocturnal diarrhcea, or diarrhcea consisting of white mucus, with colic. Undigested stools. Diarrhcea during dentition; from cold; or from anger. MENSTRUATION, ETC.-Uterine flooding. Frequent discharge of coagulated blood, with tearing 170o CHINA OFFICINALIS, pains in the veins of the legs, and violent labor pains. Out of humor at appearance of menses. Suppression of menses, with distention of, and a hard aching, oppressive pain in the pit'of the stomach, with swelling of the abdomen, and labor-like pains. Cutting colic, and pressure in the thighs, previous to the menses. Yellow, corrosive leucorrhcea; or acrid, or watery. Soreness of the breasts. After-pains. Sleeplessness, colic, diarrhcea, crying, soreness, and restlessness of children. WINDPIPE, COUGH, ETc.-Hoarseness, with tenacious mucus. Catarrhal hoarseness of the windpipe. Hoarseness and cough, from rattling mucus; the place from which the mucus has been detached, feels sore. Cough, especially after a cold; or in children; or after measles. Dry cough, excited by tickling in the throat, at night, or with expectoration of a tenacious, bitter substance, early in the morning. CHEST, RESPIRATION, ETc.-Oppression of'the chest, as from flatulence. Asthma as in suffocative catarrh, in the region of the pit of the throat, with constant desire to cough. Sudden stoppage of breath in children. Shooting in the chest whilst drawing breath. EXTREMITIES.-No&urnal pains in the arms, with paralytic weakness. Cramp in the legs. Twitching of the fingers. Paralytic and drawing pain in the hips, chiefly at night. CHINA OFFICINALIS.-Chin. CHARACTERISTIC PECULIARITIES.-Pains, which are aggravated by contat, or at night, or after a meal. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.-Stretching, drawing, or jerking and tearing, mostly in the extremities, with CHINA OFFICINALIS. 171 lameness and weakness of theaffeAed parts. Inertia. Lassitude and languor, mental' and physical. General tremulous debility, with disposition to sweat during exercise or sleep. Painful weariness of the extremities, with sensation as if lamed or bruised. Weakness from loss of animal fluids (blood, etc.,) or after severe and exhausting illness. The limbs go to sleep when lying on them. Excessive sensitiveness of the whole nervous system. Emaciation, particularly of children. Dropsy of single parts, and of the whole body. Ailments arising from abuse of mercury. SKIN.-Painful and excessive sensitiveness of the skin all over. Itching of the skin, with bleeding after scratching. Skin flaccid and dry. Yellow color of the skin; jaundice. Gouty and rheumatic, hard swellings. General dropsy, particularly after excessive depletions. Humid gangrene. SLEEP.-Sleeplessness, or falling asleep late, from abundance of ideas. Unrefreshing sleep. Sleeplessness, with headache or great hunger. Frequently wakes with a start. Frightful, heavy, anxious; also confused, absurd dreams, waking only half conscious. Dreams of falling. Sweat during sleep. FEvER.-Coldness of the whole body. Internal coldness, with shuddering over whole body. Heat for several hours in the evening, without previous chilliness, with burning thirst, and succeeded by sweat. Fever with thirst during the chill, and vomiting after the attack. Marsh intermittent fever, also with pains in the region of the liver, vomiting of bile 'and great anguish. During the chilly stage, headache, congestion of the head, paleness of the face; during the hot stage, dryness of the mouth and lips, with burning, headache, and violent desire for cold drinks. Acute fevers, with profuse sweats 172 CHINA OFFICINALIS. Copious sweats. Exhausting night sweats. Greasy sweat. Cold sweat all over the body, with thirst. He&ic fever, particularly after great loss of animal fluids. Pulse full, quick and hard; quick and irregular. Slow, feeble pulse. MORAL SYMPTOMs.-Excessive nervousness, with lowness of spirits and intolerance of noise. Indifference and apathy. Anguish. HEAD.-Giddiness on raising the head. Heaviness, with reeling sensation. Headache, particularly at night, with sleeplessness. Pressure, as if the head would burst. Soreness of the brain, or, as if bruised, aggravated by thinking or talking. Jerking tearing in the head, or tearing with pressure. Rush of blood to the head, with heat and fullness. Aggravation of the headache, by conta& or movement. Great sensitiveness of the scalp. Profuse sweat in the hair, especially when walking in the open air. EYEs.-Lachrymation, twitching and tremor of the eyes. Dimness and weakness of the sight. Pains, like pressure in the eyes. Yellowness of the whites. EARs.-Ringing or humming in the ears. NosE.-Frequent bleeding, in the morning. Violent sneezing. Watery discharge with stoppage. FACE.-Faceache; also nervous or rheumatic. Pale, sickly or dark yellow face. Sunken face. Bloated. Heat and redness of the face. Lips dry and chapped; or blackish; swollen. Itching, burning little ulcers on the lips. TEETH.-Throbbing toothache. The toothache is relieved by pressure upon the tooth. Distressing dull pain in hollow teeth. MoUTH.-Dryness of the mouth, with thirst. Cracked, black, or yellow-coated tongue. Spitting or vomiting of blood. Flow of saliva. .174 CINA. URINARY ORGANs.-Dark colored urine, with brickdust sediment. White, turbid urine, with white sediment. MENSTRUATION, ETc.-Profuse menses. Uterine flooding, with discharge of clots of black blood.Threatening miscarriage. Useful for weakly persons, who have lost much blood. Bloody leucorrhcea. Leucorrhcea before the menses, with painful pressing towards the groin and anus. WINDPIPE, COUGH, ETc.-Cough, with expe6toration of blood-streaked mucus; or with difficult expe&oration of clear, tenacious mucus. No&urnal, suffocative cough. Violent, spasmodic cough, with retching. Cough, with purulent expe&oration. Pressure at the chest when coughing, with sore pain in the throat. Hamorrhage of the lungs. CHEST, RESPIRATION, ETc.-The breathing is tight, oppressed and painful; or short and hurried. Suffocative fits. Difficult respiration; one has to have the head raised. Stitching in the chest and sides of the chest, also when coughing or drawing breath. Palpitation of heart, with rush of blood to the face; heat and redness of face and cold hands; also with anxiety, or feeble pulse, and cold skin. EXTREMITIEs.-Gouty swelling of the foot, hot, with pain on contat. CINA.-Cin. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.-Worm symptoms of children, with evening chilliness; small, rather hard, frequent pulse;- tossing, cries and starting during sleep; great ill-humor; passing attacks of delirium; heaviness in the limbs; alternate paleness and redness; heat and coldness of the face; dilatation of the pupils; constant rubbing of the tip of the nose; 176 COFFEA. the mouth. Bloated, bluish countenance. Cramplike pains. APPETITE.-Voracious appetite. Thirst. STOMACH.-Eru&ations after a meal. Inclination to vomit. Cramps in the stomach. ABDOMEN.-Violent pains about the navel. Pinching, twisting, cutting pains. Rolling of wind in the bowels. STooL.-Diarrhcoa. Stools pappy. White, involuntary, offensive stools. Itching of the anus. URINARY ORGANs.-Frequent desire to urinate, with copious emissions. Turbid urine. Wetting the bed. WINDPIPE, COUGH, ETc.-Mucus in the larynx after rising. Tickling low down in the windpipe, inducing cough with expecoration of whitish mucus. Before coughing, the child raises itself suddenly, and stares all around; the whole body seems rigid; the child is unconscious, as if it would have an epileptic fit; these appearances are followed by cough. Violent coughing fits from time to time. Hoarse cough, with vomiting. In the morning the cough is so violent that the eyes fill with tears; hooping cough, preceded with rigidity of the body and great paleness of the face, particularly where the children are affe&ed by worms. CHEST.-The child's breathing is very short, with loud rattling in the chest. Crampy sensation in the chest during an inspiration. Respiration oppressed. COFFEA.-Coff. GENERAL SYMPTOMs.-Morbid excitement of the organs of sense and of the nervous system, with sensitiveness to pain. Sad, weeping mood, with indisposition to work. Great nervousness, with lachry COFFEA. 177 mation and weariness during a walk in the open air. Prostration and debility. Pain in the whole body; he has no rest any where. All the symptoms increase when walking in the open air. SLEEP.-Great wakefulness. Extreme liveliness of body and mind. Sleeplessness, owing to an excessive agitation of body and mind. Waking with starting. Talking in sleep. Long vivid dreams. FEVER.-IS peculiarly suitable, especially in children, to the earlier stages of all eruptive diseases. Great sensitiveness to cold. Feeling of warmth, with redness of the face, without thirst. Paroxysms of chilliness, increased by motion. Violent chilliness in bed; without thirst early in the morning and in the' afternoon; slight heat, without thirst, after the chilliness. Feeling of general heat in the evening after lying down, with a sense of oppression, followed by general sweat. MORAL SYMPTOMs.-Great anguish; dissatisfied. Lively fancy; makes many plans for the future. Great excitement, and quickness of motion. Excessive relaxation of body and mind. Disposed to extremes of gayety and sadness. HEAD.-Giddiness and dullness. Vertigo and blackness before the eyes when stooping. Headache, as if the brain were torn, or would be dashed in pieces. Headache, as if the brain were too full. Heat in the face, with red cheeks after a meal. Rush of blood to the head. Anxious heat and redness in the face. Headache when awaking in the morning, like a tightness of the brain all over, dislikes to open his eyes; when stooping, he feels as if his brain were falling forward. NosE.-Burning sore pain in left nostril; sudden, copious, watery discharges. Bleeding in morning. COLOCYNTH. 179 sion. Frequent attacks of short, single, abrupt, scraping cough. Sudden attacks of a dry and hacking cough, as if occasioned by a spasmodic constriction of the larynx, which seemed to be lined with dry mucus. Spasmodic cough, like hooping cough. UPPER EXTREMITIES.-Great weakness in the arms and weariness in the whole body. Sense of lightness of the limbs. Rheumatic pain, as if bruised in the region of the left upper arm. His hands tremble when he tries to hold anything. LOWER EXTREMITIES.-Pain, as if bruised. Shooting pain, like ele&tric shocks.. Trembling sensation in the knees. Crampy sensation in the calf. COLOCYNTH.-Coloc. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.-Excessive disposition of the muscles of every part of the body to become painfully contraEted, as by cramps. ContraEtion of all the limbs. Fainting fits, with coldness of the external parts. Neuralgia of the head, face, bowels and hips. SKIN.-Troublesome, smarting itching, relieved for a short time by scratching, and finally becoming a sort of uneasiness; which obliges him to move his limbs continually, without being able to fall asleep. The skin of the body scales off. SLEEP.-Drowsiness and want of disposition to intellecual labor. Uneasy sleep; he tosses from one side to another. Sleepless the whole night. Sleep interrupted by many dreams, vivid or lascivious. FEVER.-Coldness of the whole body. Icy cold hands in the evening, with warm feet. Violent chilliness. Sense of heat in the interior of the body. Feverish heat. Night sweat. Quick and full pulse. Sweat smelling like urine. i8o COLOCYNTH. MORAL SYMPTONMS.-Apathy; dejection; indisposed to talk. Peevish, out of humor; trifles vex him. HEAD.-Dullness of the head. Vertigo. -Confused feeling of the head. Pressing headache in the forepart of the head; most violent when stooping. Painfulness of the whole head and eyes; head feels as if compressed from temple to temple; heat of the head. Soreness of the scalp, as if from the hair being pulled. EYES.-Cuttings as with knives in the eyes, obscuration of sight. Burning in eyes and eyelids. Vibrations before the eyes. FAcE.-Face pale and relaxed; eyes look dull. Cramplike sensation in the left cheek bone, extending into the left eye. Feeling of pressure in the orbits near the root of the nose, with confusion in the head and chilliness. Periodical pains, chiefly in the left side of the face, aggravated by warmth and motion, and accompanied by headache and toothache. TEETH.-Drawing, tearing pain in all the teeth, with sensation as if the roots of the teeth were swollen. Pain in the lower teeth, as if a nerve were pulled at, and put upon the stretch. MouTH.-Tongue white; tongue feels scalded; burning at the tip of the tongue. Burning in the mouth, as from pepper. THROAT.-Sore throat. Scraping and burning in the throat. Scraping about the palate. Dryness of the throat. Feeling of constriction of the throat, causing frequent efforts to swallow. Rawness in the throat, with burning. Sensation as of a foreign body in the throat. Feeling, as if a ball the size of the fist were rising in the throat, with dyspncea. APPETITE AND TASTE.-Canine hunger, with feeling of emptiness. Empty erutations. Putrid, nau COLOCYNTH. seous, or metallic and styptic taste; bitter taste. Great thirst. STOMACH.-Nausea. Vomiting of food. Vomiting, with diarrhcea. Pain in the stomach after eating. Fullness in the pit of the stomach. Pressure at the stomach, as from a stone. Spasmodic pain in the stomach. Burning pain at the pit of the stomach, which will not bear the least pressure, with vomiting of food, quick and small pulse, and agonizing tossings about in the bed. Colic and diarrhcea after the least nourishment. ABDOMEN.-Flying pains in the region of the liver. Constrictive feeling in the upper part of the abdomen, returning at short intervals and passing into sharp griping. Distension of the abdomen. Griping in the abdomen, especially about the navel, like a cutting or squeezing; worse on moving, relieved by bending forward or evacuating the bowels; griping, worse after eating. Colic, with rumbling in the bowels. Tenderness of the abdomen. Rumbling, with emission of much flatulence. Feeling in the whole abdomen as if the bowels were being squeezed between stones. Darting pains in both ovaries. Cutting pains in the bowels, as with knives. Pain in bowels, as if bruised. STooL.-Diarrhcea, with tenesmus, with colic. Dysentery. Diarrhcea day and night. Stools paplike, viscid; thin, mucous; liquid, frothy; bloody, undigested, frequent. Itching at the anus. Burning at the anus. Pressure alternately on the anus and bladder. Bleeding piles, leaving a burning in the anus and sacrum. URINARY ORGANS.- Abundant urination. Stitches in the bladder, alternating with stitches in the rectum. Itching at the orifice of the urethra, with desire to 182 COLOCYNTH. urinate. Burning in the urethra. Offensive urine. Turbid urine, with deposit like gravel. Urine of a faint flesh color, with a light brown flocculent, transparent sediment, encrusting the utensil with small red, dark and tough crystals, detached with difficulty. MENSTRUATION, ETc.-Stitching in the ovaries, with cutting, tearing, colic pains. Menses return sooner than usual and are abundant. WINDPIPE, COUGH, ETc.-Frequent irritation in the larynx. Spasmodic cough. Cramps of the muscles between the ribs. Oppression of the chest. Stitches and shooting pains here and there. Feeling of constrition of the chest, with rawness of the throat, and hoarseness. Palpitation of the heart, with pulsations all over the body. Expe&orates a saltish mucus.. BAcK.-Violent drawing pain in the muscles of the left side of the neck. Between the shoulders drawing, shooting pain. Flying pains in the dorsal region. SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.-Flying pain in the shoulders. Twitching in the muscles. Drawing and tearing pains here and there. Slight pricking, itching pains. Numbness of the right forearm. Hands feel stiff. INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.-Lower limbs feel very heavy. Tearing pain in the thighs. Drawing, darting and obscure pulsation in the left hip. Shooting, drawing in the right thigh, when standing or sitting. Cramp in the left thigh. Stiffness of the knees. Darting pain in the ankles. Tingling, swelling and heat of the left foot. Pressure on the upper part of the right foot, with numbness in the leg, better when walking. 186 IPECACUANHA. cough, particularly at night, and more especially when lying down. Paroxysms of cough, resembling hooping cough. CHEST.-Difficulty of breathing, with occasional rattling. Tight feeling across the chest, as if occasioned by too great exertion in talking or running. EXTREMITIEs.-Trembling of the arms. Painful numbness of the hands. Swelling of the hands. The limbs go to sleep. Coldness of the feet. Swelling of the feet, IPECACUANHA.-Ipec. GENERAL SYMPTOMS. -Bruised pain in all the bones. Rigid stretching of the whole body (forward or backwards), followed by a spasmodic jerking of the arms toward one another. Attacks of illness, with loathing of food and sudden prostration. Haemorrhages from various organs. Spasms and convulsions, especially of children and hysteric females. Cholera. Ill effe&s of pork and pastry. SLEEP.-Sleeps with eyes half open. Restless and moaning. Starts during sleep. Frequent waking and frightful dreams. FEvER.-Intermittent fever, also after an abuse of bark, especially when the chilliness is but slight, with many gastric ailments. Heat all over, with alternate coldness and paleness of the face, cold sweat on the forehead. Night sweat. Sour smelling sweat, with turbid urine. MORAL SYMPTOMS.-Peevish, fretful, impatient, nothing pleases him. Irritated at the least noise. HEAD.-Headache, as if the brain and skull were bruised, penetrating through all the bones down to the root of the tongue, with nausea. Semilateral IPECACUANHA. 187 headache, with nausea and vomiting. Aching pain, especially in the forehead. NosE.-Cold in the head, with stoppage of the nose. Bleeding. Sense of dryness. Sneezing. FACE.-Pale, bloated, or livid, yellowish face. Pale face,with blue margins around the eyes. Convulsive movements of the facial muscles. Biting, smarting sensation in the lips. MOUTH AND THROAT.-Copious secretion of saliva for some hours. Pain when swallowing, as if the throat were swollen. Difficult to swallow, s if the tongue and throat were paralyzed. Spasmodic, contra&tive sensation in the throat and in the chest. APPETITE AND TASTE.-Bitter taste. Sweet taste, as of blood. Aversion to every kind of food. Desire for dainties. GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.-Nausea, with empty eructations and much saliva. Empty retching. Vomiting of food, or thin bile. Vomiting of large quantities of mucus, fetid, green, and jelly-like; yellow. Vomiting with diarrhcea. Spitting or vomiting of blood. Waterbrash. STOMACH.-Violent distress in the stomach and pit of the stomach. Sensation of emptiness and relaxation of the stomach, as if it were hanging down. Excessive sick feeling in the region of the stomach. ABDOMEN.-Flatulent colic, with frequent loose stools. Griping, pinching sensation, in the abdomen, as if one were grasping it with the hands, aggravated by motion. Sore feeling in the abdomen. Cutting pain around the navel. STOOL, ETC.-Stool green as grass. Diarrhcea; stools having the appearance of being fermented. Lemon-colored stool. Stool covered with red, bloody mucus. Bloody stools. Diarrhcea with nausea, 188 LYCOPODIUM. colic, vomiting. Creeping in the anus, as from pinworms. URINARY ORGANS.-Scanty, red, bloody urine. Turbid, with brick-dust sediment. MENSTRUATION, ETc.-Uterine flooding, the blood being bright red. Menses too often and too profuse. Miscarriage. Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. WINDPIPE, COUGH, ETc.-Rattling noise in the bronchi, when drawing breath. Suffocative cough, extremely exhausting, the child becoming quite stiff a.d blue in the face. Dry cough, produced by a titil. lation in the upper part of the larynx. Dry, racking, spasmodic cough, with suffocative arrest of breathing. Hooping cough, with bleeding at the nose and mouth, and vomiting of food. Cough, especially at night, with loathing and vomiting. Bloody cough; or spitting of blood, from the least effort. CHEST, RESPIRATION, ETc.-Anxious and hurried breathing. Asthma. Contraction of the chest, with short and panting breathing; she had to gasp for air at the open window, with pale face, scarcely perceptible pulse, and danger of suffocation. Oppression of the chest and shortness of breath, as from inhaling dust. Haemorrhage from the lungs. Difficulty of breathing, from the least excercise. Fits, and feeling of suffocation. EXTREMITIES.-Back bent rigidly forward or backward. Convulsive twitchings of the legs and feet. LYCOPODIUM.-Lyc. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.-Intermittent, cramp-like drawing in the knees, forearms, hands and fingers. Pinching pains in different parts of the body. Stiffness of all the joints. Great agitation of the blood in the evening, increasing until it becomes a sensa LYCOPODIUM, 191 FAcE.-Paleness of face. Tearing pains in face. Blue margins around the eyes, with livid face, deep wrinkles and blue lips. Circumscribed redness of the face. Swelling of the cheeks and lips; spasmodic twitchings in the muscles of the cheeks. Lips pale. TEETH.-The teeth are excessively painful when touching them, or when chewing, as if ulcerated. Toothache only at night. Beating in a tooth, with swelling of the gums. Gumboil. Heat and pain in the gums. MouTH.-Coated tongue. Fetid smell from the mouth. The tongue feels swollen. A number of vesicles on the tip of the tongue, which feels painful, as if raw and burnt. Dryness in the mouth and throat. Continual accumulation of water in the mouth, with much spitting. Flow of saliva, tasting salty. THROAT.-Swelling and elongation of the palate. Sore throat. The throat feels contrat6ed; nothing will go down. Sensation as if a ball were rising in the throat from below. Continual stinging or prickling in the throat. Ulceration of the tonsils. Roughness of the throat, with sensation of swelling when swallowing. Burning and dryness of the throat. APPETITE AND TASTE.-Bitter or sour taste in the mouth, particularly early in the morning. Bitter taste of food. Continual thirst, with dry lips and dry mouth. Constant canine hunger, also, want of appetite, and aversion to solid food. Bread is repulsive. STOMACH.-After eating, nausea, thirst, or hiccough. Fullness and heaviness; pressure in the stomach; heat in the head, and a red spot on the left cheek; throbbing through the whole body. Frequent empty eructations. Water-brash every 192 LYCOPODIUM. other day. Violent pain across the stomach; she cannot bear lacing, nor tying anything firmly over the part. ContraAion and spasm of the stomach as far as the chest. Tearing and drawing pain in the stomach, with nausea and colic. Gnawing and griping sensation in the region of the stomach; anxious feeling about the pit of the stomach, as one feels when swinging. ABDOMEN.-In the region of the liver, pressure, sore aching, violent cramp-pain, stitches; colic, early in the morning, after rising. Full, distended abdomen, and cold feet; or colic. Spasms in the abdomen, which is very much distended. Griping and pinching around the navel. Incarceration of flatulence. Grumbling and gurgling in the abdomen. Violent rumbling in the abdomen. Burning in the abdomen. Weight in the abdomen, as from a load. STooL.-Ineffe&ual urging. Little stool, with great exertions, although the desire is very strong. Diarrhcea, with colic. Fetid stool. Copious expulsion of thin mucus. Haemorrhage from the reutum. Burning at the anus during the frequent stools. Burning itching of the redum after soft stool. Violent contraftive pain about the anus for many hours after scanty, hard stool. URINARY ORGANS.-Frequent, copious urination. Frequent urination at night. Burning, or smarting sensation when urinating. Dark, turbid urine, with red or yellow sediment. Red sand in the urine, which remains pretty clear. MENSTRUATION, ETc.-Menses too early, and too scanty. Previous to the menses, abdomen bloated. Chilliness. During the menses, violent itching of the parts, which seem to be swollen. Pain in temples, as if forehead would burst. Dull headache; LYCOPODIUM. I93 acidity of the mouth; nausea; violent pain in the back; swelling of the feet; fainting; milky leucorrhcea. WINDPIPE, COUGH, ETc.-Hoarseness. Dry feeling in the windpipe. Titillation with cough, as if caused by the fumes of sulphur in the throat, with gray, salty expectoration. Short and hacking cough, with sore pain along the windpipe. Nightly cough, almost without intermission, bringing on a pain in the head, and in both sides of the abdomen. Exhausting cough in evening. Dry, rough cough. Expe&oration of white mucus, of yellowish pus, with raw and sore feeling in the chest, after long dry cough. The region of the stomach has become painful from the coughing. CHEST AND RESPIRATION.-Oppression of the chest. Asthma, as if the chest had been spasmodically constricted. The chest feels oppressed and raw internally. Stitches in the left side of the chest, also during an inspiration, and extending to the back; they almost hinder breathing. Violent palpitation of the heart early in the morning; also sudden and violent, after having become wearied, with yawning. Tremulous, anxious palpitation of the heart. Itching on the chest. Shortness of breath in children. BACK.-Pain in the small of the back. Pressure in the region of the kidneys. Drawing pain in the back for several hours. Continual beating in the back. Chilliness in the back. Burning, as of a redhot coal between the shoulder-blades. Stiffness of the nape of the neck. Hard swelling of the glands of the neck. UPPER EXTREMITIES.-Tearing in the shoulder and elbow joints. Spasmodic starting of the arms. Tearing pains in the arms and hands. Involuntary 194 MERCURIUS SOLUBILT. shaking of the hands. Involuntary twitching of the fingers. LOWER EXTREMITIEs.-Pain, as from a sprain, in the hip. Involuntary, violent shaking, first of the right, then of the left leg. Drawing and burning in the thigh. Stiffness of the knee-joint. Pain, as from a spasm, in the knee-joint. Cramp in the calf. Swelling of the feet. Cold, sweaty feet. MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS.-Merc. CHARACTERISTIC PECULIARITIES.-The symptoms are generally worse at night. The pains are rendered intolerable by the warmth of the bed. GENERAL SYMPTOMs.-Rheumatic, gouty, drawing, stitching and tearing pains, especially at night, or with copious sweats, which do not afford any relief. Gouty, shining, red swellings. Influenza. Scrofulous complaints. Swelling and inflammation of bones, with no6turnal pains. Inflammation of internal organs, terminating in exudation and suppuration. Rheumatic-catarrhal inflammations, with disposition to sweat. Languor. Sinking, with an indescribable malaise of body and soul, obliging to lie him down. All the bones ache. Rush of blood to the chest, head, and abdomen. Apoplexy, arising from effusion or congestion. Excessive emaciation. SKIN.-Itching. Nightly itching, aggravated by the warmth of the bed. Itching eruptions, with burning after scratching. Herpetic spots and suppurating pustules, which sometimes run into each other; forming at times, dry and scaly spots, at times discharging an acrid humor. Itch-like eruptions. Dry, rash-like, readily bleeding-itch. Malignant scarlatina, particularly with violent inflammation of the throat; also small pox, in the suppurative stage. MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS. 195 Herpes, with burning, when touched. Erysipelatous inflammations. Spreading ulcers. Readilybleeding ulcers. Carious ulcers. Caries and abscesses in the joints. Healthy or malignant suppurations. Glandular swellings, particularly when not inflamed, or with intense, shining redness, beating and stinging. Suppuration of glands. Jaundice. Skin dingy, yellow, rough and dry. SLEEP.-Drowsiness, followed by sleeplessness. Sleeps much in day time, sleepless at night. Wakes every night with desire to urinate. Frequent waking, as if by fright. When on point of falling asleep, the pain becomes worse, and he wakes again. Violent starts when falling asleep, or after getting to sleep. Excessive restlessness, with anxiety and sleeplessness. Vivid dreams, pleasant or otherwise. FEVER.-Violent thirst. Continual coldness of the hands and feet. Feels cold, with chilliness, shaking and blueness of the body. Chilly shuddering over the whole body. Chilliness, as if cold water were poured over him. Frequent febrile paroxysms, consisting in general flushes of heat, and frequently recurring chills and shuddering. Great thirst in the hot stage. Desires iced water. Pulse accelerated; quick and violent; feeble, slow and trembling. Paroxysms of fever, especially at night. Heftic fever, especially of children. Mucous fever, with prostration. Inflammatory fevers, with disposition to perspire. Sweat occasions a burning sensation in the skin. Fetid night sweats. Profuse night sweat, of an oily nature, tinging linen yellow, and making it stiff. Excessive sweat, having a sour and offensive smell, and making fingers feel soaked and shriveled, like washerwomen's. Profuse sweat in rheumatism, which affords no relief. 196 MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS. MORAL SYMPTOMS.-Great restlessness. Anguish. Indifference. Apprehensive. Inability to think. HEAD.-Headache, as if the head would fly to pieces, with fullness of the brain. Stitches through the whole head. Tearing, burning headache. Lacerating pains in the outer parts of the head, particularly the bones. Catarrhal and rheumatic headache. Rush of blood to the head, with heat. Giddiness. Itching, dry or humid eruptions. The hair falls off. Tenderness of the scalp. Sweat upon the head. EYEs.-Pressure in the eyes, as from sand. Stitches in the eyes. Cutting under the lid, as from a sharp body. Itching, and heat in the eyes. Burning, smarting, chiefly in the open air. Inflammation of both eyes; especially of a rheumatic or scrofulous nature; with redness of the whites. Lachrymation of both eyes, in the morning. Considerable redness and swelling of the lids. Ulcers and scurfs on the margins. Nightly agglutination of the lids. Dimness of sight. Black points before one's eyes. Complete vanishing of sight for a few minutes. Pustules and ulcers on the corner. Dread of the light and the glare of the fire. Pupils dilated. EARs.-Tearing, or shooting pain in the ears. Soreness and excoriation of the inner ear. Purulent discharge from the ears. Hardness of hearing; with stoppage; or buzzing in the ears. Swelling of the glands under the ear; also inflammatory. Inflammation of the outer and inner ear. NosE.-Swelling of nose; it is red, shining, itching. Bleeding. Cold in the head, with much sneezing. Profuse, excoriating, watery discharge, of a putrid smell; or acrid pus. FAcE. -Complexion pale, livid, or jaundiced. Red face. Feverish heat and redness of the cheeks. MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS. 197 Swelling of the cheeks, with toothache. Lacerating pain in the face. Yellow scurf in the face; continued itching and bleeding after scratching. Dry, cracked, or ulcerated lips, and corners of the mouth. Burning pain of the lips, as if stung by nettles, when touching them with the fingers. Yellow crusts on the upper lip, painful ulcers on the lower lip, smarting and burning when touched. Swelling of the glands under the jaws; also inflammatory, with stinging and throbbing. TEETH.-Toothache, aggravated by cold or warm things; by eating; at night; or becoming intolerable in 'bed at night. Toothache caused by a chill. Tearing toothache, affecting the whole side of the face. Lacerating in decayed teeth, with painful swelling of the cheek. Violent stitches in the teeth. The teeth are loose and fall out. The gums recede from the teeth; they are sore and swollen. Ulcerated gums. Spongy, readily bleeding gums. MoUTH.-Fetid smell from the mouth. Inflammatory swelling of the inner mouth. Thrush. Ulcers and sores in the mouth. Accumulation of tenacious saliva. Tongue coated, as with fur. -Dry, hard and clattering tongue. Swelling of the tongue, with white coating; edges indented by the teeth. Inflammatory, hard swelling of the tongue; or with ulcerated edges. Feeid salivation. Complete loss of speech and voice. THROAT.-Sore throat; sensation as if something had lodged in the throat. Difficult swallowing. Rawness and dryness of the throat, as if a hot vapor were rising from the abdomen. Shooting pains in the throat, when swallowing; also in the tonsils. Elongation, swelling and inflammation of the uvula. Ulceration of the tonsils, with sharp, stinging pains MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS. 199 evening air, with cutting colic. Burning pain at the anus during stool. Discharge of thread and round worms. URINARY ORGANS.-The urine is very turbid, even while being voided, and deposits a sediment. Sudden urging to urinate. Excessive urinating. Dark red, or sour smelling urine; or mixed with flocks and pus. Discharge of blood. Burning, when urinating. MENSTRUATION, ETC.-Profuse menses, with anxiety and colic. Before the menses, dry heat, with congestion to the head. Leucorrhcea, causing an acrid sensation; purulent; corrosive; mild; leucorrhcea, especially in the evening, greenish, obliging her to scratch; the scratching brings on a violent burning. Hamorrhage from the womb from debility. Hard swelling of the breasts, with soreness, or suppuration and ulceration. Bad milk, which the infant refuses to take. WINDPIPE, COUGH, ETc.-Catarrh, with chilliness. Catarrh, with cough, cold in the head, hoarseness, and sore throat. Constant hoarseness and loss of voice. Fatiguing, short, dry cough. Cough, with expe&oration. Dry, spasmodic cough, with retching. Violent racking cough at night, as if the head and chest would fly to pieces, Cough, which sounds as if the whole of the inside of the chest were dry, with pain in the chest and small of the back. Hooping cough, with profuse tenacious expeaoration. Bloody expc&oration. Inclined to vomit during cough. CHES-, RESPIRATION, ETc.-Shortness of breath when going up stairs, or when walking. Palpitation of the heart. Respiration oppressed. Burning sensation in the chest. 200 NUX VOMICA. BAcK.-Swelling of the glands of the neck, also with painful closing of the jaws, or with inflammation. Burning or bruised sensation in various parts of the back. EXTREMITIEs.-Lacerating in the shoulder-joints, arms and wrists, especially at night, and when moving the part. Trembling of limbs; they are not under control of the will, as in St. Vitus' dance. Scaly, burning tetters on the arms. Itch-like eruption on the hands. Chaps on the fingers, which look sore and bleeding. Contra&ion of the fingers. Lacerating in the hip-joint, intolerable at night. Tearing and stitching in the lower limbs, at night, and during motion, with sensation of coldness. Tetters on the thighs and legs. Dropsical swelling of the legs and feet. NUX VOMICA.-Nux. CHARACTERISTIC PECULIARITIES.--Many of the symptoms are aggravated or excited by coffee, wine, smoking, watching, and mental exertions. Many of the symptoms appear early in the morning, or after dinner. The pains which arise within doors, are relieved by going out, and vice versa. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.-Ailments arising from abuse of coffee, wine, or spirits. Complaints arising from a cold, anger, mental exertions; from a sedentary life generally, and from watching. Periodical and intermittent ailments. Rheumatic affections, particularly of the large muscles of the back, loins, and chest. Scrofulous atrophy of infants. Congestion of blood to the head, chest, or abdomen. Pains in all the joints, also as if bruised, particularly during motion. Bruised.pain in the limbs. Paralysis, particularly of the lower limbs. Trembling of the 202 NUX VOMICA. back. Violent chilliness, with chattering of the teeth. Coldness of the whole body, with blue skin, particularly on the hands, and blue nails. Coldness at night, not even yielding to the warmth of the bed. Frequent shuddering. The fever is attended with yawning, stretching, gastric symptoms, and headache. The chill is attended with pain in the small of the back. During the heat, giddiness, headache, red face, vomiting, red urine, and pain on the chest. Pulse small, hard and accelerated; during the hot stage, full; collapse of pulse, with full consciousness. Viscid sweat on forehead. Sweat on affected side of face during an attack of hemicrania. Copious sweat during and after great anxiety. Fetid, cold or sour sweat. Night sweat. Morning sweat with nausea. MORAL SYMPTOMS.-Anxiety. Hypochondriac mood. Excessive sensitiveness to external impressions. Nervous excitement. Disposed to quarrel and get vexed. Indolence. Anguish and restlessness. Incapability of thinking corretly. Insanity. Mental derangement occasioned by excessive study, or in the case of drunkards (delirium tremens). HEAD.-Confusion of the head, as after intoxication. Stupefaction. Intoxication and cloudiness. Giddiness; chronic; with obscuration of sight; with sensation as if turning round, or with staggering in walking, or as if fainting. Headache, after eating; increased by motion, or stooping forward; from taking wine or coffee; aggravated by refle&ion; from mental exertions; or from leading a sedentary life. Congestive headache. Semilateral headache, as if from pressing a nail into the brain. Headache, with nausea and vomiting. Heaviness in the head. Pressure; distensive sensation; or lacerating pains in the 204 NUX VOMICA. MoUTH.-Putrid smellrom the mouth. Inflammatory swelling, particularly of the palate and gums. Fetid ulcers in the mouth and throat. Accumulation of saliva in the mouth. Bloody saliva. White tongue, coated with mucus, or dry and cracked. Stammering, with heavy tongue. Painful blisters on the tongue. THROAT.-Sore throat, with sensation of swelling, or, as though a plug were in the throat. Feeling of excoriation. Swelling of the tonsils. Burning in the throat. APPETITE AND TASTE.-Bitter, sour, or foul taste. Thirst, with aversion to water. Hunger, with aversion to food. Aversion to all food. Hypochondriac malaise after dinner, with drowsiness. Heat in the head when eating. The food has no taste. GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.-Frequent hiccough; also violent. Bitter, foul, sour eruftations. Nausea, and inclination to vomit, especially early in the morning, or after a meal. Heartburn. Waterbrash. Vomiting of food, or sour-smelling mucus, or of blood. Nausea and vomiting of pregnant women. Regurgitation of food. Violent vomiting. STOMACH.-The region of the stomach is very sensitive to pressure. Pressure in the stomach, as from a stone, especially after eating. Tension in and across the stomach. Cramp-like pains or spasms in the stomach, with pressure. Griping, lacerating pains, particularly after a meal. Throbbing in the stomach. Burning in the pit of the stomach. ABDOMEN.-Beating, tensive pressure, and shooting in the region of the liver, aggravated by motion or contact. Colic, of pregnancy; after a meal; as from a cold; with cramp-like pains, or contraaive colic. Weight; also distension, after a moderate NUX VOMICA. zo5 meal. The clothes feel tight. Hysterical abdominal spasms. Pinching or cutting in the abdomen, with desire to vomit, and eruftations. The bowels feel as if bruised. Pain in the abdomen, as if raw; also at every step. Loud rumbling, as if stool would ensue. Griping. Flatulence; also incarcerated. Flatulent colic. Sense of constri&ion of abdominal muscles. Rupture. STooL.-Constipation; also of infants. Chronic and obstinate costiveness; or, as if from inaftivity of the bowels, from sedentary habits, or of pregnancy. Ineffetual urging to stool; or large, hard stool, frequently streaked with blood. Frequent, small mucous stools, with straining, corrosive stool. Dark, tenacious stool, like pitch; stools enveloped or mixed with white mucus. Watery diarrhcea. Diarrhoea with colic. Discharge of blood. Painful piles. Dysenteric diarrhoea. Painful spasmodic striture of the anus. Itching and creeping in the anus. Discharge of pin-worms. URINARY ORGANs.-Painful, ineffetual desire to urinate, ending in discharge of blood, and burning. Frequent inclination and urging. Burning in neck of the bladder and urethra when urinating. Painful desire, with discharge of urine, drop by drop, with burning. Watery urine. Discharge of pale urine, followed by discharge of a thick, whitish, purulent matter. Wetting the bed of children. MENSTRUATION, ETC.-Congestion of blood to the parts, with pressing weight and heat. Menses scanty; too early, and last too long. During the menses, spasms and headache; also nausea in the morning, with chilliness and faint turns. Contractive, uterine spasms. Leucorrhcea; fetid, yellow. Excessive, violent labor pains. Falling of the womb. 206 NUX VOMICA. WINDPIPE, COUGH, ETC.-Catarrhal hoarseness, with scraping in the throat, and tenacious phlegm. Feeling of choking. Cough, which is excited or aggravated by motion, reading, thinking, after a meal; or with titillation; worse early in the morning. Racking cough, with headache, or with pain in the stomach, as if bruised. Spasmodic cough, with retching. Dry cough, with rattling of mucus from midnight to daybreak, fatiguing, continuous. Cough, as if the head would burst. Cough, inducing vomiting of mucus. Hooping cough. CHEST, RESPIRATION, ETc.-Fetid breath. Difficulty of breathing. Dry, spasmodic asthma. Anxious oppression of the chest. Asthmatic, constrictive sensation, when walking or going up stairs. Oppression, as from a load. Rush of blood to the chest. A few violent stitches in the region of the heart, early in the morning. Painful, pulsative shocks, in the dire&tion of the heart. Palpitation when lying down after dinner. Frequent, slight attacks of palpitation. BAcK.-Pain in the back and small of the back, as if bruised. Burning. Tearing in the back, also in paroxysms. Rigidity of the back; the head and heels are drawn towards each other. EXTREMITIEs.-Drawing in the arms, with numbness and immobility. Frequent dartings from the feet to the hips. Numbness and paralysis of the lower limbs. Unsteadiness of the lower limbs and giving way of the knees, with trembling weakness. Gouty inflammation and swelling of the knees, also with nodosities. Cramp in the calves at night. Itching burning in the toes, as if frozen. 210 PHOSPHORUS. PHOSPHORUS.-Phos. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.-Tearing and shooting in the limbs, after every cold, especially at night, in bed. Hysteric and hypochondriac affetions. Sensitiveness to cool weather. The limbs feel bruised. Heaviness of the mind and body. General sudden excessive weakness; also hysterical. Languor, with great nervous weakness. Weakness from loss of animal fluids or excessive mental labor. Paralysis. Emaciation. Agitation of the blood; pulsations in the whole body. Haemorrhage from different organs, lungs, gums, varicose veins, etc. Burning pains. Congestions of blood. Pains setting in when the weather changes. SKIN.-Creeping as of ants and itching in the paralyzed parts. General itching of the body. Lymphatic abscesses, full of fistulous ulcers, with callous edges, bad pus and he&ic fever. Yellow or brown spots upon the skin. Boils. Profuse bleeding of small wounds. Chilblains. Affeitions of the glands after contusion. Scaly, dry herpes. SLEEP.-Frequent yawning, with chilliness in the evening. Falls asleep late; sleepless, or frequent waking, with uneasiness and anxiety. Unrefreshing sleep, or sensation, as if one had not slept enough. Anxious, frightful dreams. FEVER.-Chilly feeiing in the evening. Internal chilliness. Flying heat. Heat at night. Hefic fever, with dry heat towards evening. Clammy night sweat. Morning sweat, exhausting. Increased sweat and urine. Sweat on body, with coldness of of the head. Sweat during fever. Pulse quick and full. MORAL SYMP1'OMS.-Great lowness of spirits. Anxious and irritable when alone. Irritab;lity. PHOSPHORUS. 211 Somnambulism. Sensitiveness of the senses, and tendency to start. HEAD.-Giddiness; also chronic; or with vanishing of ideas. Dull headache, with buzzing in the head; when coughing, the pain increases as if the head would burst. Compressive pains in the whole brain. Burning headache in the upper part of the brain. Dull, stupefying headache. Morning headache. Heaviness. Rush of blood to the head. Great falling out of the hair. EYEs.-Inflammation; with heat and pressure, as from sand. Determination of blood to the eyes. Scrofulous ophthalmia. Agglutination of the eyelids in the morning when waking; with secretion of gum during the day. Lachrymation in the open air. Dread of light. Short-sightedness. Frequent attacks of sudden blindness in the day time, and sensation as of a gray cover before the eyes. Burning in the eyes. Difficulty of opening the lids. EARs.-Beating, throbbing in the ear. Heat and redness. Dragging pains in the ear. Humming. Hard hearing, chiefly for the human voice. NosE.-Stoppage and troublesome dryness of the nose. Sneezing. Constant discharge of a green, yellow mucus. Dry cold in the head. Acute smell. Bleeding. Nose, red and swollen. FAcE.-Face pale; sunken; livid, with deep, hollow eyes, with blue margin. Puffing and swelling round the eyes. Tension of the skin of the face, frequently only on one side. Tearing pains in the facial bones, as if every part would be torn out. Lacerating in the jaws, in the evening, when lying. Twitching of muscles. The pains in the face return again after the least cold, when talking, eating, or by contact. Dry lips. Pimples and pustules on face. 212 PHOSPHORUS. TEETH.-Tearing or shooting toothache, espe*. cially in the open air; or from taking the least cold, with salivation. Gums sensitive, swollen, inflamed, ulcerated, bleed easily and recede from teeth. Grating the teeth. Toothache, with swelling of the cheeks. Hollow teeth ache. MouTH.-Soreness of the inner-mouth. Dry tongue. White mucus on the tongue. Flow of sourish saliva. Spitting of blood. THROAT.-Rawness and soreness in the back part of the throat, with dark redness. Dry throat, day and night. Smarting, scraping, and burning in the throat. Hawking up of mucus in the morning. APPETITE AND TASTE.-Sour taste. Canine hunger. Violent thirst. GASTRIC SYMPTOMS.-Frequent eructations, generally empty, especially after eating, or, sour and tasting of food. Sour regurgitation of food. Heartburn. Waterbrash, after eating anything sour. Nausea, with great thirst; fainting; obliged to lie down. Vomiting, with pains in the stomach, and great weakness. Vomiting of food, bile, sour matter, or blood. STOMACH.-The region of the stomach is painful when touched; also, painfulness when walking. Fullness; pressure after a meal; or cramps in the stomach. Heat and burning in the stomach and pit of the stomach. Griping in paroxysms; also with arrest of breathing. Inflammation of the stomach. Violent pain in the stomach, gradually extending over the whole abdomen, with vomiting, first of greenish, and then of blackish substances. ABDOMEN.-Distension, especially after dinner. Colic; pinching and tearing in the abdomen, especially early in bed. Heat and burning. Relaxed feeling in the abdomen. Crampy pain in the ab "214 PODOPHYLLUM. dry hacking chara6er, as if the head would burst, caused by cold air, drinking, or loud reading. Cough, with saltish, purulent expetoration, especially morning and evening; or with expe6toration of blood, or tenacious mucus, with soreness of the chest, or with sour vomiting. Mucous consumption. Catarrh, with fever and cough. CHEST, RESPIRATION, ETc.-Anxious; panting; loud rattling. Difficult breathing, morning and evening, or when moving about. Oppression; heaviness; fullness; or tightness of the chest. Stitching in the chest, especially of the left side; also chronic. Sore and burning pains in the chest. Rush of blood to the heart, with very violent palpitation after dinner. Palpitation, with anxiety, morning and evening. Rush of blood to the chest. BAcK.-Stiffness of the nape of the neck. Swelling of the glands of the neck, and armpits. EXTREMITIES.-Rheumatic pains in the right shoulder. Burning in the arms and hands. Tremor of the hands, and arms. Numb hands; especially the tips of the fingers. Swelling of the hands; also of the feet. Gouty stiffness of the knee, with lameness of the legs. Pain in the soles of the feet, as if ulcerated. Icy cold feet. Drawing and tearing in the knee, down to the feet. PODOPHYLLUM.-Pod. CHARACTERISTIC PECULIARITIES.-Adapted to diseases of children, especially while teething. Worm diseases. The symptoms are said to be aggravated in the morning and better in the evening. SKIN.-Softness of the flesh, with debility, in children. Moistness of the skin, with preternatural warmth. Sallowness of the skin, in children. 21;6 PODOPHYLLUM. nausea and vomiting. Loss of appetite. Putrid taste in mouth. Sourness of the mouth. STOMACH.-Acid erutations. Vomiting of food, with putrid taste and odor. Heartburn. Waterbrash. Heat in the stomach. Gastric affeftions, attended by depression of spirits. ABDOMEN.-Colic, with retraction of the abdominal muscles. Rumbling in the abdomen. Sensation of heat in the bowels accompanying the inclination to go to stool. Faintness, with the sensation of emptiness in the abdomen after stool. Cramp-like pain. STooL.-Constipation, with flatulence and headache. Diarrhcea, immediately after eating or drinking. White, slimy stools. Green stools in morning. Cholera infantum. Frequent chalk-like stools, which are very offensive, with gagging and excessive thirst, in children. Hot, watery stools. Copious evacuations, with blueness under the eyes. Diarrhcea of children during dentition. Discharge of mucus. Falling of the body. URINE.-Involuntary discharge of urine during sleep. Frequent nocturnal urination during pregnancy.' MENSTRUATION, ETC.-Suppression of the menses in young females, with bearing-down pains, relieved by lying down. Leucorrhcea, thick, transparent mucus, attended by constipation and bearing down. Falling of the womb. WINDPIPE, COUGH, ETC.-Dry cough. Loose, hacking cough. Hooping cough, attended with costiveness and loss of appetite. CHEST, RESPIRATION, ETc.-Pains in the chest, increased by taking a deep inspiration. Shortness of breath. Sensation in the chest, as if the heart were ascending to the throat. Sensation of suffoca PtJLSATILLA. 219 in the evening or afternoon. The interval, generally, is charaterized by headache, painful oppression of the chest, moist cough, bitterness of the mouth, and diarrhcea. Copious morning sweat. Sweat all night. Sweat on one side of the body or the other. MORAL SYMPTOMs.-Gloomy and melancholy. Anguish in the region of the heart, sometimes increasing to a desire for suicide. Anxiety. Peevishness. Hypochondriac peevishness. Silent mood. Disgusted at everything. Timid. Irresolute. HEAD.-Delirium. Loss of consciousness. The head is affe&ed by mental labor. Confusion of the h.--d, with pains, as after intoxication or watching. Giddiness, as if intoxicated; or with inclination to vomit; or whilst stooping. Sensation in the head, when stooping, as if he would fall forward. Headache, caused by overloading the stomach; or by eating fat; or from a cold. Semilateral headache; also with nausea and vomiting. Heaviness of the head. Headache, as if the brain would burst; or when moving the eyes. Beating, jerking, lacerating pains; or feelings as though the head were in a vice. The headache is generally worse in the evening. Sweat on the hairy scalp. EYES.-Pressure in the eyes; also as from sand. Inflammation of the eyes and eye-lids. Swelling and redness of the lids. Styes on the lids. Dryness of the eyes and lids. Lachrymation in the open air; in the cold air; in wind. Frequent obscuration of sight. Dimness of sight, as if looking through mist. Fiery circles before the eyes. Tearing and shooting pains in the eyes. EARs.-Shooting in the ears. Inflammation of the outer and inner ear, with heat, redness, and swelling. Purulent discharge from the ears. Ring RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 223 oxysms of palpitation of the heart; frequently with anguish, and obscuration of sight. Heaviness, pressure and burning in the region of the heart. Also dull stitches with continual pressure. BAcK.-Pain in the back, and small of the back, as if from stooping long; or as if weary or bruised. Stitching in the small of the back. Rheumatic drawing and tension in the loins; and also in the nape of the neck; with difficulty of moving about. EXTREMITIEs.-Drawing, jerking, and tearing pains in the shoulder joints and arms. Oppressive heaviness in the arms, from the shoulder to the fingers, with numb feeling. Inflammatory swelling of the knees, with shooting pains. Red, hot swelling of the legs and feet, with tensive burning pain. Drawing heaviness, and weariness of the legs, with trembling. Varicose veins of the legs. Swelling of the feet, and soles of the feet. RHUS TOXICODENDRON.-Rhus. CHARACTERISTIC PECULIARITIEs.-The pains come on, or are worse, during rest; on entering a room from the open air, or in cold weather. GENERAL SYMPTOMs.-Rheumatic and gouty tension; drawing and tearing in the limbs; worse during rest; with a feeling of numbness and insensibility in the affe&ed part, after moving it. The greatest rigidity and pain is experienced on first moving the joints, after rest; and on waking up in the morning. Laming stiffness in the limbs, especially when first moving a part. Bruised pains in single parts; or, sensations as if the flesh had been detached from the bones by blows. Pains, as if sprained. Bad consequences from spraining or straining parts. Semilateral complaints. The parts on which one is lying, RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 225 coursing hot through the vessels, and too violently through the head. Pulse quick. or slow and irregular. General sweat; sour smelling, morning sweats. Night sweat. MORAL SYMPTOMS.-Sad and anxious; apprehensive. Mental derangement. Delirium. Languor of the mind; is unable to hold an idea. Dullness of the head. HEAD.-Giddiness, as if one would fall forward, especially when rising from bed. Vertigo with sensation, as if things were turning with her. Headache immediately after a meal. Headache obliging one to lie down, coming on again after the least chagrin, and the least exercise in the open air. Pain, as if the brain were torn, worse when moving the eyes. Burning pain in head; it feels too full and heavy. When stooping, he feels as if he could not raise himself again; as if a quantity of blood were rushing to his brain; or, as if a weight were settling down the forehead. Painful tingling in the head. Dry herpes on the hairy scalp. Scaldhead, with a thick crust, eating away the hair; or with greenish pus and violent nightly itching. Periodical scaldhead, occurring every year. EYEs.-The eye-balls feel sore when moving or turning them. Inflammation of the eyes and lids, with redness and nightly agglutination. Lachrymation. Swelling of the lids. Intolerance of light of scrofulous persons. Burning pressure in the eye. EARs.-Inflammatory swelling of the salivary glands beneath the ears; also after scarlatina. NosE.-Bleeding at night. Stoppage of the nose; worse in the room, better in the open air. Frequent, almost spasmodic sneezing. FACE.-Pale face. Red face with heat. Erysipelas, and swelling of the face, with tight, aching, 226 RHUS TOXICODENDRON. stinging and burning tingling. Drawing, tearing, pricking pain in the face. Vesicular erysipelas, the vesicles being filled with yellow water. Chronic suppurating eruptions on the face. Herpetic crusty eruptions round the nose and mouth, with itching and burning. Pimples round the mouth and chin. Milk crust with thick crusts and secretion of a fetid bloody matter. The lips are dry and parched, covered with a reddish, brown crust. TEETH.-Toothache; as if sore, or tearing, stinging, jerking, and creeping, frequently at night, or worse in the open air, and abating by the application of warmth. MOUTH.-Dry mouth, with thirst. Accummulation of water in the mouth; he has to spit frequently. The tongue is not coated, but very dry. Parched, red or brown tongue. Nightly discharge of yellowish or bloody saliva. THROAT.-Sore throat; as if swollen, with pressure and stinging. Dryness of the throat with thirst. APPETITE AND TASTE.-Taste sharp, bitter, sour, coppery; putrid; slimy; greasy; flat. Tenacious mucus in the throat, which can be hawked up, but leaves a feeling of roughness. Complete loss of appetite; or canine hunger, with emptiness in the stomach. STOMACH.-Frequent burning eructations. Weary and sleepy after a meal. Sensation as of a lump in the stomach after a meal. Nausea after eating or drinking. Nausea with canine hunger; disappears after eating. Nausea, worse when stooping. Pressure atthe pit of the stomach, as if swollen. Oppression in the stomach, towards evening. Violent throbbing below the pit of the stomach. Ulcerative pain in the pit of the stomach. Cold feeling in the stomach. RHUS TOXICODENDRON. 227 ABDOMEN.-Distension, especially after a meal, with colic. Fullness of the abdomen, with rumbling. Fermentation in the abdomen; much flatulence. Contra&ive abdominal spasms; obliging one to walk bent. Nightly colic. Pinching, shooting, cutting pains. STOOL, ETc.-Constant straining at stool, with nausea and lacerating pain. Alternate constipation and diarrhcea. Stools mixed with blood. Red and yellow, mixed with mucus; sudden, loose; yellow, frothy; frequent, several times an hour; involuntary stool; especially at night during sleep. Burning in the re&um before every stool; creeping in the retum, as of ascarides. URINARY ORGANs.-Freq.uent urging to urinate, with increased discharge. Inability to retain the urine, especially during rest, when the urine passes off involuntarily. Retention of urine. Bloody urine, with discharge of drop by drop, with straining. Urine hot, dark, turbid. The urine looks like water, with a snow white sediment. MENSTRUATION, ETc.-Menses too soon and profuse. Uterine hamorrhage with coagulated blood and labor-like pains. Increase or suppression of milk, in the case of nursing females. WINDPIPE, COUGH, ETc.-Roughness in the throat, with a sensation as if the throat were raw and sore Cough, which racks the whole chest. Cough, with expe&oration of bright red blood, and qualmish feeling in the chest. Short, anxious, painful cough. CHEST, RESPIRATION, ETc.-Tightness of breath. Oppression. Anxious oppression, as if unable to draw breath. Stitches in the chest and sides of the chest, especially when sitting bent, talking, or taking a-long breath. Violent palpitation when sitting still, 228 SULPHUR. so that the body was moved by every beat. Weak and tremulous feeling about the heart. BACK.-Pain in the small of the back as if bruised; it is relieved by lying on a hard couch. Pain as if sprained in the back and shoulders; also in the nape of the neck. Rheumatic stiffness in the neck and nape of the neck, with pain on moving those parts. ExTREMITIEs.-Tearing and burning in the shoulders, with lameness of the arms, particularly during cold weather, rest, and in bed. Erysipelas of the arms; also of the feet; with swelling. Coldness, immobility, and insensibility of the arm. Warts on the fingers. Pains, as if bruised or sprained, in the joints. Paralysis of the legs and feet. Pain in the hip, with painfulness of the joint when rising from a seat, or going up stairs. Heaviness of the lower limbs. Cramps in the legs. SULPHUR.--Sulph. GENERAL SYMPTOMS.-Drawing, tearing pains in the limbs, and especially the joints, with stiffness as if sprained. Gouty and rheumatic complaints, with or without swelling. Ailments from taking cold; from abuse of metals, especially mercury. Cracking in the joints, chiefly the knees and elbows. Frequent, spasmodic jerking in the whole body. Talking fatigues and excites the pains. Hysteria and hypochondria. Fainting fits and spasms; also hysteric. Trembling sensation in the arms and lower limbs. Pains which are felt, or are worse at night. Unsteady gait and tremor of the hands. Inclination to catch cold.* Paralysis. Emaciation; also of * Those taking Sulphur should be more than usually cautious against taking cold. SULPHUR. 229 children. Scrofulous emaciation. Dropsy. Epilepsy, with stiffness. Periodical ailments. SKIN.-Itching of the skin, worse at night in bed. Chronic eruptions with burning itching. Small pox, particularly during the suppurative stage. Erysipelatous inflammations with throbbing and stinging. Rash, with soreness of the skin. Itch. Nettlerash with fever. Yellow or liver-colored spots. Dry, scaly eruptions. Chilblains which itch in the warmth. Excoriation; also of children. Herpes. Chaps. Unhealthy skin. Boils. Fistulous ulcers. Ulcers, with raised swollen edges, readily bleeding, surrounded with pimples; or with tearing, stinging pains, and discharging a fetid pus. Inflammation, swelling, suppuration, and induration of glands. SLEEP.-Irresistible drowsiness in the day time. Difficulty of falling asleep. Wakeful the whole night. Light and unrefreshing sleep. Loud talking while asleep. Raving, restless dreams. Starting during sleep, and fear on waking. Jerking and starting of the limbs during sleep. Vivid dreams. FEVER.-Chilliness; a great deal of chilliness at night. Frequent internal chilliness without thirst. Dry heat in the morning when in bed. Frequent flushes of heat. Evening heat. Profuse sweat during slight exercise. Copious morning sweat, setting in after waking. Night sweat, when waking, having a sour, pungent smell. MORAL SYMPTOMs.-Despondency. Melancholy. Great disposition to weep. Irritable and taciturn. Weak memory. Tendency to start, with fearfulness. Great inclination to philosophical and religious speculations. Monomania. Slowness of mind and body, not disposed to any kind of labor. HEAD.-Giddiness, when walking in the open air; or when sitting; or early in the morning, with TARTAR EMETIC. 235 tearing in the arms and hands. Swelling of the arms. Weakness of the arms and hands. Cramps in the arms. Swelling of the hands; also trembling. Fissure and chaps on the hands, especially in the joints. Deadness of the fingers, in the morning. Thick, red chilblains on the fingers. Whitlows, twice in succession. Heaviness of the legs, and tightness of the knees and thighs. Excessive heaviness of the limbs when walking, almost as if paralyzed. Weakness in the legs. Pain in the knees, as if stiff. Rigidity in the bends of the knees. Dropsy of the knee-joints. Swelling of the knees; ajso inflammatory; thick, shining, with curvature and stiffness. Varicose veins. Swelling of the feet. Erysipelas of the leg. Chilblains. Cold feet. Large, shining swelling of the toes. Corns, with aching and stinging pains. Cramp in the calves of the legs and soles of the feet. Cold sweat on feet. TARTAR EMETIC.-Tart. GENERAL SYMPTOMs.-Weariness in every part of the body. Bruised feeling in the limbs. Morbid sensitiveness of the body. Tremor during every motion of the body, particularly of the head and hands. Violent spasms, with loss of consciousness, lockjaw, striking about with the limbs, subsequent loss of pulse and speech, and marble coldness of the body. Fainting fits; feeling of coldness in the pit of the stomach, qualmishness so violent that he came near falling, heat in the head, loss of consciousness. Relaxation of the whole body, great prostration and languor, exhaustion. SKIN.-Pale, cold and clammy, particularly about the head and extremities, Small, red spots on the 236 TARTAR EMETIC. hands, resembling flea bites. Itch-like eruption. Eruption like small pox. Round, large, full burning, painful pustules, with red areola, leaving deep scars. Pale, livid, blackish, depressed pustules, containing a bloody or blackish fluid, the skin underneath being cedematous or livid. SLEEP.-Constant yawning and stretching. Laziness and great drowsiness, with vertigo. Irresistible desire to sleep during the day. Lethargic sleep. Restless sleep; frequent waking after anxious dreams, with dryness of the mouth. Talking and sudden jerks during sleep. FEVER.-Anxiety and restlessness. General uneasiness, alternating with nausea. Yawning and stretching. Cold creeping through the veins. Cold as marble after the spasms, with collapse of pulse. Chilliness, with flushes of heat. Great heat and thirst, with restlessness; headache and profuse sweat in the night following. Excessive heat of the body, aggravated by the least motion, particularly in the head and face. Heat, profuse sweat, irresistible desire for sleep, and increased secretion of urine. Night sweat. Cold, clammy sweat. Pulse irregular, weaker and slower than usual; imperceptible; during fever, full and quick. MORAL SYMPTOMS.-Dullness and dizziness. Apprehensive and restless. Anguish, with cold sweat. Desponding, chilly, with pain in the chest, and great drowsiness towards evening. Tendency to start. Violent delirium. HEAD.-Vertigo, with sparks before the eyes, particularly on lifting anything, raising the head, or walking. Heat in the head, increased by motion. Tensive, stupefying headache, with pressure from without inwards, in the forehead and over the root TARTAR EMETIC. 239 URINARY ORGANs.-Violent tension, with pressure in the region of the bladder. Violent pressure upon the bladder, with scanty emission, violent thirst, waking him at night; with burning in the urethra, emission of urine by drops, the last drops being bloody and accompanied with violent pains in the bladder. Urine inflammatory, red, depositing bloody, red filaments when standing; dark-brown, red, turbid urine, of an acrid smell; watery, with mealy sediment. Burning in the urethra after urinating. WINDPIPE, COUGH, ETc.-Feeble voice. Burning under the breast-bone. Cough and sneezing. Violent tickling in the windpipe, inducing cough. Loose cough at night. Rattling of mucus. Cough after a meal, with vomiting of food. The cough is accompanied with sweat about the head, heat and dampness of the hands. Gasping for air at the commencement of every paroxysm of cough. Short, anxious, painful cough, frequently waking him before midnight, with very short breathing. Cough, with a disagreeable tension across the chest. Panting cough, with concussion in the head. Dry cough before midnight. CHEST.-Short, difficult breathing, obliging him to sit ere&t, relieved by coughing and expecoration. Unusual oppression of the chest. Sore pain in the chest, with desponding mood. Warmth and anxiety about the heart, with great languor. Palpitation of the heart. BAcK.-Burning in the back. Rheumatic pain in the back. Painful sensation in the back, as if from weariness, particularly when sitting. UPPER EXTREMITIES.-Pain in the shoulder, as if sprained. Rheumatic pain in the elbows. Violent tearing in the muscles of the forearm. 244 VERATRUM ALBUM. ing; he cannot take sufficient breath, on account of the windpipe being clogged up with tenacious mucus. Suffocative oppression of breathing. Palpitation of the heart, with anxiety, and hurried, audible breathing. Paroxysms of anguish about the heart, which beats very strongly, with sensation as if very warm. BAcK.-Pains in the back and small of the back, as if bruised. EXTREMITIES.-Painful paralytic weakness in the upper and lower limbs. Paralytic and bruising pain in the arms. Icy coldness of the hands and feet. Drawing and cramp in the fingers. Difficult walking; first the right, then the left hip-joint feels paralytic. Painful heaviness of the legs, as if too weary. Cramp in the calves of the legs, very violent. GLOSSARY. 245 A GLOSSARY OF MEDICAL TERMS. AREOLIE-The colored circle surrounding the nipples. APHTH-ESmall white ulcers in the mouth and connecting membranes. ATROPHY-Gradual emaciation from defective nutrition. ANus-The lower opening of the bowels. AGGLUTINATION-Sticking together. ABSCEss-A swelling or cavity containing pus (matter). BRONCHI-The air tubes leading to the lungs. CORYZA-Cold in the head. CARIEs-Ulceration of the bone. CONFLUENT-Flowing together. DEGLUTITION-The act of swallowing. ERUCTATION-Belching of wind. EXUDATION-Oozing through the pores. FECEs-The natural discharge from the bowels. FISTULA-A deep, narrow ulcer, most common at the anus. FLACCID-Not resisting on pressure. 246 GLOSSARY FLOCCULENT-In flakes or locks, like wool. FLATUS-Wind generated in the stomach or bowels. HEMORRHAGE-Bleeding; HEcTIc--Habitual. HUMID-Moist. HERPES-A peculiar eruption of the skin. HEMICRANIA-Pain confined to one side of the head. ICHOR-A thin, watery, acrid discharge. INTERCURRENT - Coming between or alternating with. INDURATION-Hardening. LACHRYMATION-Weeping. LARYNX-The upper part of the windpipe. LocHIA-The discharge following delivery. LYMPHATIc-Enthusiastic. LAscIVIous-Wanton; lewd. MALAISE-Discomfort. NYMPHOMANIA-Morbid and incontrollable sexual desire in females. NoDosITIEs-Hard formations around the joints. (EDEMATOUS-Swelling like dropsy. OPHTHALMIA-Inflammation of the eye. PLETHORA-Fullness or excess of blood, PUERPERAL-Pertaining to childbirth. PTYALISM-Salivation. PURULENT-Pus-like, or consisting of pus. PUDENDA-T.he genital organs. MEDICINE CASES For Jamilies, for Travelers, for Steamboats, and other Vessels, and for Hospitals / ALL STYLES AND SIZES. FROM TEN VIALS TO ONE Hundred Vials, and from $i.50 to $25.00, or more. 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