Characteristics Nux Moschata – Phosphorus

Cough.—Shattering, spasmodic c., excited by tickling in larynx and epigastrium. Short, with expectoration of black, coagulated blood. Dry, barking, after lying down in evening. Stitches in small of back when coughing. Purulent expectoration from lungs. In morning and daytime, with expectoration of dark blood mixed with coagula, or of a yellow acrid pus of a bitter, sourish or salt taste and offensive odor.

Trachea, etc.—Scratching and sticking in, with hoarseness, especially after long talking. Tracheal phthisis.

Chest.—Congestion to, with heat and anxious palpitation. Stitches thro', and in sides thereof. Excoriative pain in, when coughing and breathing. Dwindling of female mammæ.

Back.—Stitches within and between scapulæ with stiff nape. Pains in, and in lumbar region after taking cold.

Upper Extremities.—Drawing and tearing in, especially in forearms and hands. Frostbites on hands and fingers. Herpes between fingers. White spots on nails.

Lower Extremities.—Drawing and tearing in legs. Coldness of entire limb. Restlessness in legs in evening. Weakness in knees. Shootings in knee. Cramp in calves when walking. Stinking foot-sweat. Frostbites on toes.

Generalities.—Sticking pains like a splinter driven into part. Extraordinary emaciation. Tense fiber. Great weakness and trembling, especially early in morning. Easily takes cold. Complaints caused by change of weather. Tearing in limbs after taking cold. Cracking joints. Hysterical complaints. Chlorosis and jaundice. Sycosis, < by mercury. The symptoms are intensified in evening and at night. Pains are felt during sleep. Driving > most complaints. (Seldom applicable to blondes.)

Glands.—Inflamed, swelled and suppurating. Swelling of cervical, axillary and inguinal glands.

Bones.—Inflamed and painful. Caries. Softening and curvature of,

Skin.—Black pores. From slight cold limbs are frostbitten, inflamed and itch. Painful frostbites. Brownish-red spots and dark freckles on. Large boils. Wounds and ulcers which stick like splinters, when touched. Mercurial ulcers.

Sleep.—Vertiginous day sleepiness. Late falling to. Restlessness at night and frequent awaking.

Fever.—Pulse: Uncommonly irregular; two small, quick beats often follow a normal one and the fourth is omitted. Alternation of hard, with quick and small beats. Chill: Mostly in afternoon and evening, as well as after lying down. With concomitant internal heat. Early in morning in bed, after previous heat. Constant chilliness. General, external coldness. Heat: Especially on face and hands. Overrunning h., with sweaty hands. Nightly, internal, dry h., with inclination to uncover and much thirst. And sweat with great debility after eating; Sweat: Every or every other night, most profuse on side lain on Sour, offensive or smelling like horse urine.

Allied Remedies.—Agar., (ANT-T.), Arg-n., Asaf., Bell., Bov., CALC-C., Cann., Carb-v., (CAUST.), Con., Flur-ac., Graph., HEP., Kali-b., KALI-C., Lyc., MERC., MERC-C., Mez., PETR., Puls., Rhus-t., SEP., Sul., Thuj.

NUX MOSCHATA.

Mind.—Thoughts vanish, as when going to sleep. Absence of ideas, the power to collect his thoughts returns slowly. Great forgetfulness. Imbecility. Confusion of intellect. Difficult comprehension. Stupefaction. Great irresolution, vacillation and fickleness in his undertakings. Inclination to laugh. Continuous rush of disagreeable ideas. Changeableness, wants this, then that. Hysteria, with rapidly changing moods, somnolency and inclination to faint. Sense of duality.

Vertigo.—As if intoxicated. Extraordinary dizziness and dull confusion in head. Fainting with palpitation then sleep.

Head.—The brain feels loose and wabbles as tho' it struck against the skull when moving or shaking head. Oppressive confusion in forehead. Aching from a disordered stomach, most violent after breakfast. Temples sensitive to lying on them and touch. Left-sided headache. Apoplexy. Worse: Uncovering; after eating; from cold, wet weather. Better: Wrapping up head; external heat.

Eyes.—Feel dry. Objects appear at a greater distance. Staring. Worse: Light, especially artificial. Better: Darkness.

Ears.—Oversensitive hearing. As if stuffed.

Nose.—Stuffed coryza; full or partial (one-sided) obstruction. Hypersensitive smell. Dark nosebleed.

Face.—Hot and red cheeks. Pale, with blue circles about eyes. Numerous freckles.

Teeth.—Sticking ache, > external warmth. Compressive ache from cold damp air; they feel as if grasped by tongs. Sensitive or painful incisor or bicuspid teeth. Dull feeling, as tho' coated with lime. Worse: Cold damp air; drawing in air; during pregnancy, when sucking with tongue.

Mouth.—Excessive dryness of and of throat and tongue, without thirst. Tension in posterior pharynx, as from dryness. Difficult swallowing as from paralysis of throat.

Appetite.—Thirstlessness. Excessive.

Taste.—Like chalk. Earthy. As tho' he had eaten strongly salted food.

Nausea.—Qualmishness when driving. Vomiting during pregnancy.

Stomach.—Fulness of, with oppressed breathing. Weakness, especially in the aged. Better: Before eating.

Abdomen.—Relaxed, with sense of heaviness in upper. Cutting in, with twisting about navel as from worms with sleepiness. Distended by flatus, which disturbs his sleep. Wind colic.

Stool.—Tendency to diarrhœa from weakness or after taking cold. Like chopped eggs with loss of appetite and sleepiness, in children. Soft, but passed with difficulty. Inactive rectum.

Urine.—Scanty, highly saturated. Odor of violets.

Sexual Organs.—Desires coition, with relaxed sexual organs. Seminal emissions. Spasmodic, false labor pains.

Menses.—Irregular, of dark, thick blood. Too early and too profuse. Uterine hæmorrhage. Preceded by lumbar pains. Diseases during pregnancy, parturition or child-bed.

Respiration.—Oppression of chest, seems to start from epigastrium, with congestion of blood to heart. Sudden suffocative attacks. Short breath after eating.

Cough.—Dry, with obstructed breathing, after taking cold from being in water. Dry, when heated or becoming warm in bed. In pregnancy. Expectoration slimy; bloody, mostly dark. Hæmoptysis.

Larynx.—Hoarseness coming on when walking against wind.

Chest.—Pressure, as of a load on. Constriction. Palpitation.

Back.—Bruised pain in, and in lumbar region. Backache when driving. Tabes.

Extremities.—Joints feel sprained, stiff and weak. Children stagger, waver and often fall when walking. Pains caused by exposure to damp cold.

Generalities.—Suits females; drunkards. Inclination to faint. Great weakness, especially in small of back and knees, with sleepiness. Tremblings. Spasms and convulsions of children, with consciousness. Convulsive motions. Great sensitiveness of body and bruised pain in parts on which he lies. Cyanosis congenitalis. Sensations of: Itching internally and prickling externally; humming and whizzing in body; tingling; crawling; numbness; painful shocks more internally. Inflamed mucous membranes; increased mucous sensations. Hard parts feel soft. Lameness of inner organs Dropsy of external parts. Disposition to catch cold. Worse: Uncovering; getting warm in bed; from suppressed eruptions; damp cold; getting wet; drafts of cold air: washing, to which he is also averse. Better Warmth and warm air; dry weather,

Skin.—Sensitive. Cold, and dry; wanting in natural moisture. Extraordinarily sensitive to cold damp air. Very painful ulceration of.

Sleep.—Irresistible desire to. Stupefying somnolency, as from intoxication. Sleepiness accompanies almost every complaint; after eating. Coma.

Fever.—Pulse: Frequent. Tremulous. Somewhat accelerated, as from an ebullition. Faster from wine. Chill: Every time he uncovers, and chilliness in the open, especially the cold, wet air, with a very pale face; soon gets better in a warm room. Cold feeling of feet, with heat of hands. Chilliness in evening, but with greater sleepiness. Chill and somnolency predominate. Heat: Of face and hands in forenoon with hypochondriacal mood, thirstlessness and dry mouth and throat. Sweat: Little, which is, however sometimes red, like blood.

Allied Remedies.—Asaf'., Coccl., Con'., Gel., Ign., Mag-c'., Mos'., Nux-v., Op'., Puls'., Sep., Sul'., Tereb'.

NUX VOMICA.

Mind.—Hypochondriasis of students leading a sedentary life, and night re-vellers, with abdominal complaints and constipation. Anger, followed by alternate chill and heat, with thirst and bilious vomiting. Great anxiety and restlessness in evening. Immoderately anxious scrupulosity. Zealous, fiery temperament. Quarrelsome. Malicious, spiteful disposition. Inclination to reproach others. Surly, refractory mood. Easily startled. Violent and excitable. Suicidal thoughts; when looking at a knife he is inclined to stab himself, when at water, to drown himself, yet he fears death. Insanity of drunkards. Oversensitive to external impressions. Time passes too slowly. Moroseness.

Vertigo.—Reeling, as tho' intoxicated early in morning and after dinner, with unconsciousness and vanishing of sight and hearing. Cloudiness in head, as from intoxication. After-effects of yesterday's debauch, < in the sun.

Head.—Congestion, with great, burning heat therein and a puffy, red face. Stupefying ache. Vertiginous heaviness, early in morning. Hemicrania of coffee drinkers. Tearing in occiput going into nape, with anxiety. Rending pains in, extending to root of nose and upper jaw. Aching: With bilious or sour vomiting; early in bed, disappearing after rising; with shaking and reverberation in brain. Sore pain in occiput. Bursting pain. Feeling: As if something heavy sank in; of a nail being driven into vertex; as if brain were bruised, mostly one-sided (r.). Takes cold in, mostly from dry, cold winds and drafts. Worse: Morning; after eating; walking in open air, especially in sunshine; mental exertion; on awaking; stooping; becoming cold. Better: At rest; in a warm room; resting head on a support; lying on back, or painless side; wrapping h. tightly.

Scalp.—Sensitive, as if raw, especially to slight touch. Smarting soreness of, in raw winds. Chilly feeling over head and face, often alternating with heat. Offensive half-sided sweat on head and face, which is cold, with diminution of pains. Worse: Wind; in the cold; after lying down; slightest motion in open air; uncovering; after midnight and toward morning. Better: Hard pressure; wrapping up warmly; washing.

Eyes.—Inflamed conjunctiva, with stitches and aversion to sunlight. Bloody extravasations into sclerotic and bleeding thereof. Yellowness, especially of lower half of ball. Intolerance of daylight early in morning. Anxious, staring look. Lightning-like streaks before.

Ears.—Tearing, sticking ache. Tension, when looking upward. Pain, as tho' pressed outward when swallowing.

Nose.—Sensitiveness and inflammatory redness of inner nose. Nosebleed early in morning. Odor, as of rotten cheese, sulphur, or like a snuffed candle before. Fluent coryza during day, worse in warm, but better in cool, open air. Stuffed coryza at night. Sneezing.

Face.—Pale, yellowish, earthy or livid countenance. Yellow about nose, mouth or eyes. Red, swollen, Swelling of one

cheek. Tearing in zygoma. Lips peel off and are painful. Scurf on lips. Trismus. Sticking pains in the swollen submaxillary glands when swallowing.

Teeth.—Painful soreness or boring digging in, < mental exertion. Burning sticking in a whole row of. Tearing in, and in jaws, extending into bones of face, renewed by cold drinks, but > warmth. Toothache, of wine bibbers and coffee drinkers; after taking cold. Gums: White, swollen, foul-smelling, bleeding.

Mouth.—Putridity and stench from. Aphthæ (of children). Inflammatory swelling: Of roof of; of throat; and sticking in uvula. Bleeding from m., nose and even eyes. Thick, white-coated tongue.

Throat: Sore, with sensation of a plug therein; painful soreness of, when swallowing, and sensation as tho' it were too narrow. Tension in fauces.

Appetite, etc.—Hunger with aversion to food, especially bread, coffee and tobacco. Ravenous hunger after drinking beer. Thirst: Early in morning; with loathing of water and beer. Desire for brandy or chalk. Discomfort from bread and sour foods; the fattest foods are borne well. Warm foods temporarily > many complaints.

Taste.—Sour, in mouth, especially early in morning and after eating and drinking. Foul, early in morning. Bitter, of bread.

Eructation.—Sour. Regurgitation of blood. Collection of water in mouth, with many complaints. Violent hiccough. Rancid heartburn after sour or fatty foods.

Nausea, etc.—Qualmishness early in morning and after eating. Empty retching of drunkards. Vomiting: Sour; of ingesta; of dark lumpy blood; of bile; of fluids; and nausea during pregnancy.

Stomach.—Spasmodic colic and pressure in, which extends to interscapular region, when fasting in morning and after eating. Burning in region of, and at pylorus. Contractive spasm in, mostly with collection of water in mouth. Every drink distresses. Spasmodic colic of brandy and coffee drinkers. Disordered from overeating. Induration of. Pressure and tension in pit, with tension at an opposite point between shoulder blades. Distended pit, which pains from slight touch. Indigestion after taking cold. Better: Hot drinks.

Hypochondriæ.—Intolerance of tight clothes. Inflamed liver. Pressure and sticking in hepatic region. Indurated liver.

Abdomen.—Fulness in, after eating but little. Inflamed. Constriction of upper. Very sensitive, especially to slight touch. Labor-like cramps in, and in uterus, extending into legs. Tearing pains in navicular region and hypogastrium. Urging from lower a., toward genitals. Bruised painfulness of muscles during motion, coughing, laughing and to pressure, etc. Colic from taking cold. Umbilical and inguinal hernia. Excoriation in groins.

Flatulence.—Flatulent colic in upper abdomen, disappearing when lying down.

Stool.—Very scanty, blackish. Ineffectual urging to. Small, dysenteric or diarrhœic, with tenesmus (after taking cold). Constipation: Seemingly from inactivity of intestines; chronic. Painful diarrhœa alternating with constipation.

Anus.—Painful, dry anal hemorrhoids.

Urine.—Retention of. Bloody. Painful ineffectual urging to urinate. Urging to urinate, with discharge of a few drops of red, burning urine.

Sexual Organs.—Gonorrhœa of glans with increased secretion of smegma. Inflammatory swelling of testicles. Hydrocele. Prolapsus uteri. Congestion, with urging toward female genitals. Extremely violent after pains. Greatly intensified sexual desire.

Menses.—Of dark, black blood, too early and too profuse. Renewed discharge of blood at intervals after cessation of. Appearance of new, and < of old symptoms during and after.

Respiration.—Suffocative attacks from spasmodic constriction of larynx after midnight. Asthmatic tightness from constriction of lower part of chest.

Cough.—Very laborious, excited by tickling in hard palate and larynx. Dry: Mostly at night or early in morning while fasting; from motion of body or mental ex-

ertion. With expectoration of a yellow or gray, often cold mucus, generally of a sour or sweetish, sometimes bitter, putrid or metallic taste, or finally of clear dark red blood, during day and evening, with bursting headache and bruised feeling in abdominal muscles.

Larynx, etc.—Rawness and soreness in trachea. Pain in throat pit. Scraping in trachea after taking cold. Itching in trachea. Husky, rasping voice. Catarrhal hoarseness with scratching in throat.

Neck.—Stiffness of nape. Tearing in neck in evening.

Chest.—Feeling as if something tore loose within. Constriction in lower part. Pressive pain as of a load within. Spasms in, after midnight. Warm ebullition in, with collection of water in mouth, heat and anxiousness. Rawness and soreness in. Stitches and thrusts in. Anxious palpitation.

Back.—Tension between scapulæ. Burning, pressure or sticking between scapulæ. Drawing extending from the lumbar region up back into shoulders. Bruised pain in, and in lumbar region, so violent that he dare not move. Lameness and paralytic pain in the lumbar region (often after difficult childbirth).

Upper Extremities.—Bruised pain in shoulder joints. Drawing pain in arms. Asleep sensation and sense of deadness of hands. Swollen bloodvessels on hands and arms.

Lower Extremities.—Numbness, stiffness and tension in legs. Lame sensation in legs, with a painful streak down inside of thigh. Tottering gait and unsteady legs. Snapping of knee. Painful swelling of knee joint. Cramp in calves at night in bed. Asleep sensation and deadness in soles of feet. In walking he drags his feet, is unable to lift them.

Generalities.—Emaciation. Hyperæsthesia of all the senses. Jerking stitches thro' entire body. General bruised sensation early in morning in bed. Hypochondriacal discomfort and indisposition after eating. Great debility or irritability of entire nervous system. Feeling of illness in periodically returning attacks. Great inclination to sit or lie down, with aversion to exercise and open air. Easily takes cold ; sensitive to drafts of air ; complaints from taking cold. Tearing in limbs, especially during stormy weather. Sensation of heavinesss of body alternating with a feeling of lightness thereof. Lean, lank figure. Effects of coffee, tobacco and spirituous liquors. Effects of continuous mental exertion, night watching and sedentary habits. Every mental exertion excites or heightens the symptoms.The complaints are < by motion and slight touch ; hard pressure however gives more speedy relief. The symptoms are most intense early in morning upon awaking and after eating. The symptoms which appear in the open air and during motion are > in the room and during rest ; but the reverse may occur.

Skin.—Jaundiced. Frost-bites. Blue spots from extravasations after bruises.

Sleep.—Great sleepiness during day and in evening. Late falling to sleep on account of rush of ideas. He awakes after midnight (toward 3 o'clock) and at day break falls into a deep sleep full of heavy dreams, from which he wakes very tired. Early awaking, then morning sleep after which he is always worse. Yawning.

Fever.—Pulse: Full, hard and quickened, especially during heat. Small and quick, the fourth and fifth beat often intermitting. Imperceptible. Chill: And coldness not relieved by external warmth. And shuddering, evening and night in bed till morning, increased by every movement and by drinking. With or without thirst (mostly with lumbar pains). With heat of face. Alternating with heat. And shuddering during motion in cold, open air. Sleep between chill and heat. Heat: Universal, internal, burning h. Nocturnal, without thirst. Becoming more violent from least exertion or movement, also in open air. With aversion to uncovering, is chilled thereby. With disposition to uncover, whereby other ailments immediately appear. Before the chill. Of single parts, with chill and shuddering in others. Seems to stream from throat.

Sweat: After midnight and in the morning hours. Sour or offensive. One-sided or only on upper part of body. Cold, sticky, on face. With relief, especially of pains in limbs.

Allied Remedies.—Aco., AGAR., Alo., Ambr., Am-m., ARS., Asar., Aur., Bar-c., BELL., Calad., CALC-C., Caps., Carb-v., Caust., CHAM., Chin., Coccl., Coff., Colch., Con., Cupr., Dig., Dros., Dulc., Euphr., Gel., Graph., Guai., Ign., IP., Kali-c., KRE., Lach., LYC., M-aust., Mag-c., Merc., MILLEF., Mos., Mur-ac., Nat-m., OP., Par., PETR., PHOS., Phyt., Plb., Pod., Puls., Rhe., RHUS-T., Selen., Sep., Sil., Stram., Sul., Tab., Valer.

OLEANDER.

Mind.—Mental stupidity. Great distraction and want of attention. Diminished power of comprehension. Mental derangement. Indolence and dislike for work. Want of self-reliance. Contradiction is unbearable. Sudden ebullitions of anger of which he quickly repents.

Vertigo.—When rising from lying or looking downward.

Head.—Stupefying, pressive ache in forehead. Extreme heaviness, > lying.

External Head.—Corrosive itching, as from vermin, most on occiput and behind ears, > on beginning to scratch, but then it burns and smarts which soon passes into biting and eating, < on undressing. Scaly, moist tinea, with biting itching, especially on occiput.

Eyes.—Tears in, when reading. Burning and tension in lids when reading. Diplopia.

Ears.—Herpes and ulcers on and about. Singing and wailing in, like the wind.

Nose.—Dull, numbing pressure on.

Face.—Pale, troubled, sunken countenance with blue rings about eyes in morning. Paleness alternating with deep redness. Benumbing pressure on and under zygoma. Numb feeling in upper lip.

Teeth.—Drawing in molars, at night when lying in bed, with anxiety, nausea and profuse urination. Sensitive when chewing only. Bluish-white gums.

Mouth.—Dirty white, elevated papillæ on tongue. Power of speech is lost.

Appetite, etc.—Ravenous hunger and hasty eating, without appetite. Much thirst, especially for cold water.

Eructation.—Violent, empty.

Vomiting.—Of bitter, greenish water. Great hunger and thirst after.

Stomach.—Throbbing in pit, as after being greatly heated.

Abdomen.—Sense of emptiness and coldness in upper, and in chest. Gnawing pain in umbilical region.

Flatulence.—Grumbling and rumbling in abdomen with discharge of much foul smelling flatus.

Stool.—Ineffectual urging to. Sluggish. Undigested, watery.

Urine.—Brown, burning u., depositing a white sediment. Profuse urination, especially after drinking coffee.

Respiration.—Weak, heavy. When lying oppression as tho' chest were too narrow, with long, deep inspirations.

Cough.—Shattering, from tickling in larynx.

Neck.—Violent, sensible but slow pulsation in carotids. Tearing in nape in evening and at night.

Chest.—Sense of emptiness and coldness in. Dull stitches in left c., and in sternum, continuous during expiration and inspiration, but worst when taking a deep breath. Stitches in diaphragm. Anxious palpitation.

Upper Extremities.—Cramp-like drawing in arms. Dull, benumbing pressure on lower arms and hands. Distended bloodvessels on hands.

Lower Extremities.—Great feeling of weakness in legs, especially knees. Painless stiffness and lameness of limbs, especially of thighs. A surring or whizzing sensation in legs, especially in soles of feet. Constant coldness of feet.

Generalities.—Dull, benumbing pressure in limbs. Painless stiffness and paralysis of limbs. A surring or whizzing sensation throughout entire body. Forc-

ible inward pressure like a squeezing in many spots. Tension thro' entire body. Insensibility of entire body. Want of natural vital heat in limbs. Painless paralyses. Faint-like weariness and weakness of entire body; trembling of knees when standing and of hands when writing. Fainting attacks as from weakness (with or without loss of consciousness), disappearing after sweat.

Skin.—Very sensitive to rubbing, which quickly causes redness and excoriation. Biting itching, when undressing, after scratching it burns.

Sleep.—Frequent yawning followed by shuddering and trembling. Restlessness, voluptuous dreams and frequent waking.

Fever.—Pulse: Very changeable and irregular. In evening full and accelerated, in morning weak and slow. Chill: Attacks of, and shuddering over entire body, with heat of face and cold hands. Chilliness and want of natural vital heat. Chilly feeling externally, at same time internal heat. Heat: Attacks of flying h. breaking out especially from mental or physical exertion. Sweat: Entirely absent.

Allied Remedies.—Ag-c., Cocci., Gel.

OPIUM.

Mind.—Vivid imagination and increased courage with stupetaction and dulness of all senses. Heightened power of imagination even to ecstacy. Imbecility and stupid indifference. Unconsciousness and dulness of mind and senses. Phantastic illusions and caricatures before eyes with, a great throng of scattered ideas. Insanity and delirium, with hideous or ecstatic visions, alternating with somnolency, especially of drunkards. Contented and careless. Cheerfulness with joyous mood. Fearless and audacious. After effects of fright with fear, i. e., heat of head, spasms, etc. Grief from mortification, then spasms, etc. Fear of death. Agreeable fancies cause her to forget her sufferings. Loquacious delirium with open eyes and a red face. Easily frightened.

Vertigo.—Stupefying, when raising up, compelling him to lie down. Stupefaction and dull confusion of head, like a vapor in brain, as from intoxication.

Head.—Aching in forehead. Violent congestion to. Extraordinary heaviness of. Tremulous twitching of (and of arms and hands), intermingled with jerks, as if from over-active flexor muscles. Worse: Moving eyes. Better: Motion; uncovering head.

Eyes.—Dry heat and burning in. Red, inflamed. Half open and turned upward. Upper lids hang down relaxed. Staring look. Dilated, immobile pupils. Obscuration of vision: Paralysis of optic nerve or cataract.

Face.—Bloated, dark red and hot. Bluish pale or earth-colored countenance. Distended blood vessels on. Relaxation of all facial muscles and drooping of lower lip. Profuse sweat on. Spasm of facial muscles, especially about mouth. Trismus.

Mouth.—Dry (with or without thirst). Inability to swallow. Profuse salivation. Paralysis of tongue and difficult speech.

Appetite, etc.—Aversion to all food. Violent thirst. Thirstless.

Vomiting.—Sour, also sour eructations. Of ingesta (after mental emotions) with violent pain in stomach and convulsions. Having a urinous or fecal odor. Ineffectual retching.

Stomach.—Heaviness and pressure in. Inactive digestive organs.

Abdomen.—Hard, distended. Heaviness, as of a load in. Lead colic. Incarcerated inguinal hernia.

Stool.—Offensive, involuntary s. Diarrhœa. Constipation from inactivity of intestines. Spasmodic retention of, especially in small intestines. Tenesmus.

Urine.—Suppressed discharge of, as from inactivity of bladder. Scanty discharge of dark red u.; with sediment.

Sexual Organs.—Violently excited sexual desire and strong erections. Spasmodic, labor-like pains in uterus. Cessation of labor pains during parturition, with twitchings and convulsions.

Respiration.—Rattling. Deep snoring r., with open mouth. Difficult and intermittent, as from paralysis of lungs. Anxious oppression of. Suffocative attacks like nightmare, during sleep.

Cough.—With obstructed breathing and blue face. With expectoration of frothy blood and mucus.

Larynx.—Violent hoarseness from dryness of throat.

Neck.—Blood vessels distended, and strong pulsation of carotids.

Chest.—Tension and constriction of.

Back.—Drawing in muscles of. Opisthotonos. Lumbar pains.

Extremities.—Twitching and convulsions of arms and legs. Trembling in arms and hands. Distended blood vessels on hands.

Generalities.—Trembling of entire body, with external coldness thereof, jerking and twitching of limbs. Trembling of limbs after fright. Convulsions with sudden, loud shrieks. During attacks entire body becomes stiff. Sensation of humming or buzzing thro' entire body. Insensibility of body and limbs. Painlessness with his complaints; he complains of nothing, wants nothing. Quiet repose. Want of sensitiveness to external impressions and medicines, with want of reaction of vital force. Paralyses without pain. Internal sensation of strength and vigor. Increased excitability and activity of voluntary, muscles with a corresponding decrease in the involuntary ones. Renewal and increase of symptoms from becoming heated. Applicable almost solely to recent complaints. Frequently suitable for tipplers and the aged. After fright it helps only when given immediately.

Skin.—Dry, burning heat of. Dropsical swelling of entire body. Redness and itching of. Blue spots on.

Sleep.—Stupefying, unrefreshing. Stupefying, with half open eyes and snoring breathing during inhalation or exhalation. After every attack. Somnolency, with dreams, from which cannot be aroused. Early in morning it is especially difficult to awaken him.

Fever.—Pulse: Very changeable; full and slow, with heavy, snoring breathing; quick and hard, with heat and rapid anxious respiration; toward the end, weak and intermittent. Chill: And diminished vital heat, with stupefaction and weak, almost imperceptible pulse. Entire body is cold and quite stiff. Coldness of external members only. Heat: With sweating skin predominates, spreading from head or stomach over entire body. Burning, of entire sweating body, with a glowing red face, then stupefying sleep, with snoring. With inclination to uncover. Sweat: Much strong, over the entire, burning, hot body, with snoring sleep. Early in morning, general, strong, hot s., with inclination to uncover. Of upper, with dry heat of lower part of body. Cold, on forehead. Immoderate, hot. Burning fever, with stupefying somnolency, snoring, jerking of limbs, suppressed evacuations and hot sweat.

Allied Remedies.—Aco., Ant-t., BELL., Bro., CAM., Carb-v., Cic., Coff., Colch., Croc., Cupr., Dig., Gel., Glo., Hyos., Ip., MERC., Mos., Nux-v., Phos., Phos-ac., PLB., Stram., Tab.

PARIS QUADRIFOLIA.

Mind.—Loquacious mania. Extraordinary loquacity; he prattles incessantly, but talks in a foolish, disconnected manner. Inclination to treat others with scorn and contempt. Inclination to anger.

Head.—Pressive ache, < mental exertion. Stitches in. Headache from smoking. Tension of scalp of forehead and occiput. Painful soreness of vertex to touch. Scald head. Falling of hair.

Eyes.—Burning in, and in canthi. Tearful. The ball seems too large and thick. Unsteady look.

Ears.—Sensation as tho' ears were pressed asunder or torn out. Ringing in.

Nose.—Milk and bread smell like putrid meat. Fluent, alternating with stuffed, coryza. Blowing of greenish or red mucus from.

Face.—Pimply eruption on forehead and upper lip. In evening excessive itching, biting and burning on side of lower jaw, frequently with a fine, red, easily-bleeding eruption. Herpes encircles mouth.

Teeth.—Tickling toothache, worst at night, < by cold as well as warmth. Gums wrinkled as tho' they had been burnt.

Mouth.—Dry on awaking in early morning. Swelling, painfulness and exfoliation of hard palate. Hawking of mucus. Tart, astringent saliva. Burning in throat.

Appetite.—Hunger at once after eating.

Stomach.—Pressure as from a stone in, > eructations. Burning in, extending down into abdomen. Weak, slow digestion.

Abdomen.—Pressure as from a stone in. Boring and cutting in side of abdomen whereon he lies, in evening in bed.

Flatulence.—Grumbling and rumbling in abdomen. Flatulent colic.

Stool.—Frequent, soft. Diarrhœic, with a stench like rotten meat

Urine.—Acrid, excoriating. Frequent urination, with burning. Dark, fiery urine, with an iridescent fatty pellicle, becoming turbid after standing.

Cough.—Excited by feeling of sulphur vapor in air passages. In early morning and in evening after lying down, with expectoration of tenacious, greenish mucus, which is dislodged with difficulty.

Trachea.—Hoarseness in early morning, on awaking, it seems completely dried out. Roughness in, with deep, bass voice. Periodical, painless hoarseness. Hawks tenacious, greenish mucus from. Burning in larynx. Tracheal phthisis.

Chest.—Stitches in. Palpitation during motion and when at rest.

Back.—Sticking in back, between scapulæ and in coccyx.

Generalities.—Sticking pains in buttocks and limbs. Cramp-like dragging in joints. When moving, sensation as tho' joints were broken. Heaviness throughout entire body.

Skin.—Painful soreness of the entire skin to touch. Crawling under skin without itching. Paronychia on fingers.

Sleep.—Sleepiness in afternoon. Half asleep, with constant restlessness.

Fever.—Pulse: Full, but slow. Chill: Most towards evening, with internal trembling. Unilateral (right), with warmth of other half of body. Skin feels contracted, on every part of body, during c. Chilliness with goose-skin. Cold feet, almost constantly at night in bed. Heat: Spreading from nape down back. With sweat on upper part of body. Sweat: With biting itching, on awaking.

Allied Remedies.—Iod., Nux-v., Phos.

PETROLEUM.

Mind.—Indisposed to think. Weak memory. Irritable, angry disposition, with scolding. Frightened easily. Great irresolution and solicitude concerning the future.

Vertigo.—When stooping. Fainting, with trembling during storms.

Head.—Throbbing in occiput. Pressive sticking in occiput. Sensation as tho' everything inside were alive.

External Head.—Sensitive on both sides, with a festered or bruised feeling when touched, followed by numbness. Smarting as if raw when scratched. Eruption on, especially toward nape. Worse: From anger; morning; when heated.

Eyes.—Inflamed, with itching. As of gauze before. Lachrymal fistula. Far sight.

Ears.—Disagreeably dry sensation in. Discharge of blood and pus from. Humid soreness behind. Deafness (after Nit-ac).

Nose.—Disagreeably dry feeling in.

Face.—Yellowish, pale countenance. Heat of, after eating. Scurfs about mouth. Easy dislocation of maxillary joint, with great pain, early in morning when in bed. Swollen submaxillary glands.

Teeth.—Numb. Toothache, with swelled cheek, at night and when going into open air. Dental fistula.

Mouth.—Bad, garlicky odor from. Early in morning, great dryness of, and of throat, with great thirst. Sticking sore throat when swallowing. When swallowing, the food is forced into posterior nares. Tongue coated white.

Appetite, etc.—Gluttony and ravenous hunger. Great aversion to meat and fatty food. Violent thirst (for beer).

Taste.—Foul, dirty, slimy. Bitter, in mouth.

Eructation.—Sour or bitter e., and regurgitation. Collection of water in mouth.

Nausea, etc.—Much. From driving (riding). Bitter vomiting.

Stomach.—Pressure in. Very weak digestion. Pit sensitive to touch. Pain in pit, as tho' something would be torn loose.

Abdomen.—Cutting in, soon after eating.

Stool.—Hard, unsatisfactory. Frequent diarrhœic s., during day, preceded by pain in belly. Of bloody mucus.

Urine.—Frequent passage of scanty, brown, stinking u. Involuntary dribbling of. Narrowing of urethra.

Sexual Organs.—Redness, excoriation and moisture on scrotum and adjacent parts. Itching and moist herpes on scrotum and perinæum. Excoriation and moisture on female pudendum and in groins. Aversion to coition.

Menses.—Too early; the blood excites an itching irritation. Difficult appearance of first menses.

Respiration.—Rattling, snoring. Cold air causes an oppressed feeling on chest. Nightly oppression of chest.

Cough.—Dry, at night or in evening, coming from deep in chest and excited by a scratching in throat.

Chest.—Herpes on.

Back.—Weakness and stiffness in, and in lumbar region. Backache preventing the least movement. Lumbar pain preventing standing.

Upper Extremities.—Brown or yellow spots on arms. Burning in palms. In winter, cracked skin of hands and fingers, which are full of deep, bloody cuts. Gouty stiffness of finger joints.

Lower Extremities.—Stitches in knee. Hot swelling of soles, with burning. Painful swelling and redness of heel.

Generalities.—Cracking, creaking and gouty stiffness of joints. Asleep sensation in, and stiffness of limbs. Twitching in limbs. Weariness early in morning and in evening. Great emaciation. Aversion to open air. Takes cold easily. Flying heat, orgasm of blood and sweat after a walk or the least anger. Complaints from riding in a carriage or ship. General internal, insufferably sick feeling, with trembling and great weakness.

Glands.—Affections of, especially after bruises.

Skin.—Extraordinary sensitiveness of epidermis. Heals with difficulty. Easy excoriation. Moist, denuded spots. Moist herpes. Ulcers with proud flesh. Boils. Corns. Frostbites.

Sleep.—Sleepy during day and in evening when sitting still. At night full of phantasies, with anxious heat and many dreams. Insufficient and unrefreshing in morning.

Fever.—Pulse: Stronger, full and accelerated from every motion, it immediately becomes slow during rest. Chill: Mostly toward evening, now earlier, now later. Chilliness thro' entire body, followed by severe itching. Internal, in evening, with co-existent heat. Chilliness in open air. With headache and remarkable coldness of face and hands. Heat: In evening, after the chill, with cold feet. After midnight and in morning in bed. Flying, over entire body in repeated attacks (6 to 10) during day. Feeling of h., over entire body, with great burning of skin. Sweat: Profuse every night. Easy, especially on forearms and legs. Immediately after the chill, without previous heat.

Allied Remedies.—Agar., Ars., Calc-c., Carb-v., Cham., Kre., Lyc., Nat-m., Nit-ac., NUX-V., Phos., Puls., Sil., Sul., Thuj.

PHOSPHORICUM ACIDUM.

Mind.—Inability to think. Absence of ideas. Dull, without phantasies. Quiet delirium, with great stupefaction and confused dulness of head (typhoid). Dizzy confusion in forehead. Introverted, peevish and taciturn Greatest indifference. Low-spirited and solicitous of

the future or his illness. Homesick and weeping. Grief and disposition to weep.

Sensorium.—Reeling vertigo in evening, in a warm room, with bursting pain in head when coughing, and humming therein.

Head.—Squeezing, pressive ache, especially in side lain on. Unusual heaviness of. Tearing in. Stitches over either (often the right) eye. Headache intensified by concussion or noise, as well as by mental exertion. Worse: Early in morning.

External Head.—Very oily, soft, flaxen hair, which turns gray early and falls from head and beard, especially after grief and care. Bone pains begin like scraping with a knife on the swelled and bruisedly painful periosteum, then follows a markedly painful burning; lastly caries with great weakness supervenes. Coldness of, with feeling as if a cool wind blew on temples, forehead and face, with cold blue finger-tips; forenoon, evening and in open air. Worse: At night; at rest; touch. Better: Motion.

Eyes.—Glassy, lustreless. Pressure, as tho' eyeballs were too large. Coldness of inner edge of lids. Burning in lids and canthi, especially from artificial light in evening. Inflammation of lids, not balls. Are dazzled by bright light. Short-sightedness.

Ears.—Stitches in, < by music only. Intolerance of every noise, especially music. Sounds re-echo too loudly in. Difficult hearing at a distance.

Nose.—Discharges bloody pus. Scurfs on dorsum. Inclined to bore in. Catarrh.

Face.—Sickly complexion, with pointed nose and weak, sunken eyes surrounded by blue rings. Hot tension in skin, as tho' egg albumen had dried thereon. Scurfy, suppurating lips. Dry lips.

Teeth.—Burning in front teeth, especially at night, < by warmth of bed and by warm as well as cold things. Nightly tearing in. Teeth turn yellow. Bleeding gums. Painful nodes on gums.

Mouth.—Offensive breath. Ulceration of velum palati, with burning pains. Tenacious, clammy mucus in, and on tongue. Swelling of tongue. He involuntarily bites his tongue at night. Difficult speech.

Appetite, etc.—Desire for juicy or refreshing things; bread is too dry. Unquenchable thirst from a sense of dryness throughout entire body. Bad effects of sour food and drink.

Taste.—Long-continued after-taste of ingesta, especially of bread.

Eructation.—Burning, sour. Bitter, after eating sour foods.

Qualmishness, etc.—Continuous, in the throat. Frequent vomiting of ingesta.

Stomach.—Pressure as of a load in, with sleepiness, especially after every meal, and when touching the epigastrium.

Abdomen.—Squeezing or contractive pain about navel. Gurgling like water in. Distention.† Ascites.

Flatulence.—Extraordinary grumbling and rumbling in abdomen. The uterus is distended, as if filled with air.

Stool.—Undigested. Difficult discharge of even a soft s. Diarrhœa: With much flatulence, especially after sour things; without debility; mucus; greenish white.

Urine.—Involuntary urination. Sudden irresistible urging. Frequent urging, with scanty discharge, a pale face, thirst and heat. Diminished discharge of brown u., passed drop by drop. Painful cutting or burning discharge of urine as clear as water, especially at night from 10 P. M. to 3 A. M. Milky, white, containing jelly-like lumps. Diabetes mellitus. Anxiety and restlessness before urinating. Burning after urinating.

Sexual Organs.—Sticking pain in glans. Fig-warts. Crawling and moisture about frænum. Swollen testes, with swelling and tension in spermatic cords. Many, very debilitating pollutions. Bad effects of onanism. Sexual desire wanting.

Respiration.—Constant short r., and inability to speak from weakness of chest.

Cough.—Spasmodic tickling cough, as if from the tickling of feather down from throat-pit to epigastrium, in morning with, but in evening without expectoration. With headache, nausea and vomiting. With purulent, very offensive expectoration. Expectoration of dark blood, or tenacious whitish mucus of a sourish, herby taste. With involuntary spurting of urine. From cold air.

Larynx, etc.—Great hoarseness. Contractive pain in throat-pit.

Chest.—Squeezing pressure or burning in.

Back.—Crawling, as of ants in, and in lumbar region.

Upper Extremities.—Twitching tearing in arms. Bony exostoses on back of hand. The skin of hands and fingers is dry and wrinkled. Unilateral, sharply defined deadness of fingers.

Lower Extremities.—Boils on nates. Painful cramp in hip-joints. Weakness of lower limbs; he falls easily when making a misstep or stubbing his foot. Humming throughout entire limb, with coldness running over body. Nightly burning in shin-bones and soles of feet. Old, itching leg ulcers. Swelling and burning throbbing in joint of great toe.

Generalities.—Bruised pains in body and limbs, like growing pains, especially in morning. Crawling, like ants, here and there on body or limbs. Burning throughout entire half of body, below lumbar and epigastric region with coldness of extremities to touch. Great emaciation. Stupid prostration. Epilepsy. Debility from loss of vital fluids, with burning but without pain. Rapid sinking of strength. Bad effects of sexual excesses. Bad effects of grief, sorrow and unfortunate love. The pains are almost exclusively prominent during rest and are diminished during motion. Tearing in limbs every time he takes cold.

Glands.—Swollen.

Bones.—Pain as tho' periosteum of all long bones were scraped with a knife. Inflammation and nightly burning of. Swelling of (periostitis). Caries with smarting pains.

Skin.—Scarlatinous eruption. Fine miliary eruption in aggregated clusters. Eruptions, with burning or excoriating pains. Itching or smarting ulcers. Boils. Frost bites. Bony exostoses. Corns with burning and sticking.

Sleep.—Great somnolency. Sleepiness early in evening. Deep, sound sleep, can scarcely be aroused. Anxious dreams

Fever.—Pulse: Irregular, sometimes intermitting one or two beats, mostly small, and weak, but accelerated, often, however, full and strong. Violent ebullition of blood with great restlessness. Distended blood vessels. Chill: With shuddering and shaking, generally in evening. Alternating with heat, in frequent attacks. An especially cold sensation in finger-tips and in abdomen during. Unilateral cold sensation in face. In evening, without thirst. Heat: Internal, dry, without thirst, and without complaint; at any time of day. General, with unconsciousness and somnolency. Anxious, in evening, with violent ebullition of blood. Of head, with cold feet. Sweat: Mostly on occiput and nape, while sleeping during day. Profuse, night and early morning sweats, with anxiety. Extraordinary tendency to s., during day and night. Clammy.

Allied Remedies.—Aco., Ars., Asaf., Bell., Calc-c., Calc-p., Chin., Cupr., Dig., Dulc., GEL., Hyos., Ign., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Op., Rhe., Rhus-t., Staph., Verat-a., Zinc.

PHOSPHORUS.

Mind.—Very irritable, easily flies into a passion, with consequent suffering. Great anxiety and restlessness, especially when alone. Fear during storms, especially toward evening. Fear of work. Misanthropy. Somnambulistic condition. Shamelessness. Clairvoyant state with heightened sensibility.

Vertigo.—Whirling, when rising from bed in morning. Frequent, at all times of day. With nausea and pressive headache.

Head.—Congestion, with burning, humming, buzzing and throbbing, < in forehead, and a red face. Beating and burning in, with inflammation ascending from back into brain, and heat spreading from thence over entire body to feet. Outpressing, bursting, stupefying ache with a pale face. Ennervation of, music, laughing, stepping hard, etc., are intolerable. Cold feeling in occiput often alternating with heat, with be-