Characteristics Cuprum – Gelsemium

Respiration.—Difficult, with inclination to take a deep breath, better after yawning. Offensive smelling breath.

Cough.—Violent, dry, from irritation in trachea, relieved by laying hands on epigastrium. Hæmoptysis.

Back.—Sensation of coldness in.

Upper Extremities.—Sensation in shoulder joint, as tho' head of humerus would be dislocated. Asleep sensation in arms and hands. Burning, crawling and tension in finger tips. Frost bites on hands and fingers.

Lower Extremities.—Great weariness in knees and legs. Bruised pain in hip joint. Frost bites on toes.

Generalities.—Sensation as of something living, hopping and jumping about in body. Crawling thro' body, now here, now there. Asleep feeling in single parts, especially at night. Hemorrhage of tenacious black blood from various organs. Choreic attacks with singing, laughing and dancing, toward evening, every eight days. Early in morning, intense weakness and he feels worse generally. In open air she is far better than in a moderately warm room. Great alternation of symptoms.

Skin.—Scarlet redness of entire body. Painful suppuration of bruised parts.

Sleep.—Persistent yawning and inclination to. Sleepiness after every meal. Drowsiness and somnolency.

Fever.—Pulse: Feverishly accelerated. Anxious palpitation. Chill: Afternoon, augmented towards evening, with cold shuddering spreading from back over legs, and trembling. Thirst, during chill as well as heat. Cold shuddering on posterior half of body only. Chilliness with goose-skin and yawning. Heat: Internal overrunning, with pricking and crawling in skin. Most on head and face, with pale cheeks and thirst. With a very red face and swelled blood vessels. Sweat: Scanty, some at night only and then it is cold and exhausting. On lower half of body only.

Allied Remedies.—Aco., Bell., Op., Plat.

CUPRUM.

Mind.—Vanishing senses. Exaltation of. Spiteful, malicious insanity with hauteur, intermingled with clonic spasms. Extraordinary anxiety as if afraid of death. Restless tossing about. Groaning. Desire to escape. Fearfulness. Frightened easily. Attacks of raving madness. Oversensibility of all senses. The attacks of frenzy end in sweat.

Vertigo.—With almost every complaint. With sinking forward of head (Gels.). With vanishing of all the senses.

Head.—Pressive ache < touch. Crawling sensation in vertex. Meningitis.

External Head.—Convulsions of; with to and fro motion; drawing it sharply awry or sideways; or sinking forward of; < or renewed by every touch (in hydrocephalus). Bluish-red swelling of, with convulsive twitching of limbs, < touch, which also causes pain in the swelling.

Eyes.—Distorted. Staring, sunken. Turned upward. Tightly closed. Insensible pupils.

Face.—Pale, sunken. Intensely red. Bluish, and blue lips. Spasms and distortion of facial muscles.

Teeth.—Difficult dentition in children, with convulsions.

Mouth.—Foaming at. Burning in throat. Cold tip of tongue. Hoarse crying, like a child. Drink gurgles audibly down the œsophagus.

Appetite, etc.—Eats hastily. Inclination for cold foods. Unquenchable thirst, with a dry throat.

Taste.—Sweetish, coppery.

Eructation.—Hiccough precedes the spasmodic attacks.

Nausea.—From abdomen up into throat. Intense retching. Vomiting: Offensive bilious, or bloody; of water containing floating flocks; with abdominal cramps, and convulsions; of solid food only.

Stomach.—Pressure in pit, worse from touch. Gnawing and corroding sensation in.

Abdomen.—Intense abdominal pains with agony. Pressure as of a stone in, <

touch. Atrocious cramps; also in stomach, with convulsions. Eroding sticking ulcers in.

Stool.—Retained, with general heat. Diarrhœa: Violent; watery, mixed with flocks.

Urine.—Suppressed. Tenacious and very offensive. Frequent nightly urination.

Menses.—Continue too long. Suppressed, with abdominal cramps. Spasms of chest before.

Respiration.—Arrested. Whistling. Rattling. Rapid, with whimpering, and snoring in trachea. Difficult, with convulsive working of abdominal muscles.

Cough.—Incessant, dry, not even allowing an intermission for breathing, > a swallow of cold water. In long uninterrupted paroxysms, lasting until the breat his completely exhausted ; excited by mucus in trachea or spasm in larynx; quite dry in evening; in the morning a scanty expectoration of mucus with dark blood, of a foul taste and smell.

Chest.—Constriction. Rattling of mucus in. Painful and spasmodic contraction of. After fright or anger aud before menses, spasms of, which deprive him of speech and breath. Anxious palpitation.

Upper Extremities.—Tearing twitching in arms and hands. Bluish mottled arms and hands. Twitching of muscles of forearms and hands. Twitching fingers.

Lower Extremities.—Weariness in knee joints. Twitching of muscles of lower leg. Painful cramp in calves. Twitches in toes.

Generalities.—Violent convulsions with piercing shrieks. Chronic spasms, (cramps): Beginning in fingers and toes; preceded by weeping. Nightly twitchings. Epileptic attacks. Weariness and great relaxation of entire body. Great emaciation. Intolerance of the least touch, it renews and intensifies the symptoms. Stiffness and rigidity of whole body. Trembling.

Bones.—Pain as tho' broken. Caries.

Skin.—Dry itch. Chronic ulcers.

Sleep.—Somnolency. Deep, with twitchings.

Fever.—Pulse: Usually small, almost imperceptible, weak and very slow; more seldom full, hard and accelerated. Chill: Over entire body, most severe on extremities. Icy coldness of entire body. After every attack of illness (also after epilepsy). Heat: Overrunning; flying. Internal, exhausting, consuming h. Sweat: Cold, at night. Many attacks (of epilepsy and mania) end with (cold) sweat.

Allied Remedies.—Bell,. Calc-c., Caust., Chin., Cic'., Coccl., Con., Dulc., HEP , Hyos., Ign., Ip., Lyc., Merc., Nux-v., Op., Phos-ac., Phyt., PULS., Sep., Sil., Sul., VERAT-A.

CYCLAMEN.

Mind.—Dulness of. Weak memory. Rapid alternation of cheerfulness and peevishness. Troubled conscience, as though he had not fulfilled his duty. Inclination to concealed, inward grief.

Head.—Stitches in temples, disappearing when touched. Fine, sharp, itching or tearing sticking in scalp, changing place when scratched. Eruption on head, painless to touch.

Eyes.—Sticking itching in, and in lids. Dilated pupils. Vision is obscured, as by a fog.

Ears.—Drawing pain internally. Difficult hearing, as though stopped.

Nose.—Diminished sense of smell.

Face.—Induration, with sense of numbness in upper lip.

Teeth.—Nightly, drawing ache.

Mouth.—Constant sensation of mucus in.

Appetite.—Lost, early in morning and in evening. A little food quickly satiates. Aversion to bread and butter. Thirstless.

Taste.—Tastele-sness of foods; they taste quite flat.

Eructation.—Hiccough after eating.

Nausea, etc.—With accumulation of water in mouth. Early in morning after smoking tobacco. Inclination to vomit after every meal, especially of fatty food.

Stomach.—Fulness and pressure in pit, as from overloading.

Abdomen.—Discomfort and nausea in. Flatulent colic.

Flatulence.—Rumbling and growling in abdomen immediately after eating.

Stool.—Frequent, pappy.

Anus.—Festering pain in, and in perinæum.

Urine.—Frequent urging to urinate, with profuse discharge of pale urine.

Menses.—Too profuse. Too early. †

Respiration.—Difficult, with oppression of chest. Short, as from weakness in chest.

Chest.—Congestion to, with sensible palpitation.

Upper Extremities.—Paralytic pressure as though in periosteum, extending from shoulder into fingers. Tearing, as though in periosteum, of fingers. Sticking itching between fingers.

Lower Extremities.—Cramp-like pain on posterior thigh. Violent itching on calves, with distended blood-vessels. Sprained pain in ankle-joints. Violent itching in joints and toes, seemingly in periosteum.

Generalities.—Pressive drawing or tearing pains, mostly in periosteum or where skin lies close to the bone. Weariness of body in evening, with peevishness and sleepiness, disappearing from motion. As long as he moves about, aside from weariness, he feels quite well; however, upon sitting down, especially toward evening, all kinds of complaints appear.

Bones.—Pressive or tearing pains in periosteum.

Skin.—Unendurable, sticking itching, in evening in bed. Cracks on hands and feet. Frostbites. Offensive ulcers.

Sleep.—Great sleepiness in evening and forenoon. Constant inclination to lie and slumber.

Fever.—Pulse: Not markedly changed. Chill: Forenoon or evening. Early morning or evening attacks of cold shudders over whole body. Great sensitiveness to cold air and uncovering with the evening fever. Heat: After the chill, most on face, but without thirst, while the hands remain cold a long time. Sense of, over entire body, especially on face and hands. Of single parts, except face. General, after every meal. Sweat: Moderate, but of a bad odor. At night, during sleep.

Allied Remedies.—Con., Puls.

DIGITALIS.

Mind.—Great anxiety, weeping and solicitude for the future. Sadness. Raving excitement, alternating with melancholy.

Vertigo.—With trembling.

Head.—Stitches: In temples in evening and at night; in forehead, extending into nose, especially after cold drinks. Pressure in forehead from mental exertion. Feeling as tho' something in head fell forward, when stooping. Itching sensation inside of. Feeling like water or waves striking within. Worse: Standing; talking; shaking or bending it backward. Better: Inclining it forward.

External Head.—Constantly inclines to sink or fail backward, while sitting and walking, as tho' the anterior neck muscles had lost their tone. Hydrocephalus.

Eyes.—Burning pain in orbital arch. Blue lids. Inflamed meibomian glands. Lids are agglutinated by mucus. Biting tears. Cloudy crystalline lens, without pains. Dim vision.

Nose.—Coryza, with hoarseness.

Face.—Pale. Skin of is a transparent bluish color. Black, suppurating sweat pores. Thin, blue lips. Dry lips.

Mouth.—Rawness, redness and scratching in cavity of, and in throat. Profuse flow of sweetish saliva. Offensive salivation. Blue tongue.

Appetite, etc.—Loss of, with a clean tongue. Desire for bitter foods and sour drinks. Continual thirst, with dry lips.

Taste.—Bitter, in mouth. Sweetish, with constant collection of water in mouth. Bread is unpalatable, it tastes bitter.

Nausea.—Continuing after vomiting. And vomiting of all food, as soon as he eats. After expectorating she must instantly vomit the ingesta. Vomits: Mucus; first food, then bile.

Stomach.—Sense of intense weakness, as tho' he would die, immediately after eating. Cramp in, with nausea and vomiting, somewhat > by eructations. Stitches extending from pit into sides and back.

Abdomen.—Pinching contraction in, as though intestines were twisted. Ascites.

Stool.—Diarrhœic, of fæcal masses mixed with mucus. Gray, ashy. White, like lime. Watery diarrhœa.

Urine.—Ineffectual, anxious urging to urinate. Constant urging, with scanty discharge of red urine. She is able to hold her urine longer when lying down. Frequent necessity to urinate, whereat a little only is passed by drops, each time. Difficult urination, as if from narrowing of urethra. Diminished secretion of, sometimes alternating with profuse watery discharge of. Dark brown or red. Inflamed bladder. Cutting before and after urinating.

Sexual Organs.—Dropsical swelling of. Hydrocele; the scrotum looks like a bladder filled with water.

Respiration.—Tightness of chest when lying and walking.

Cough.—Hollow, dry, spasmodic, excited by roughness in palate and trachea; dry in morning; in evening, scanty, difficult expectoration of yellow, gelatinous, sweetish mucus, sometimes with-a little dark blood. Dry with pain in shoulders and arms. With smarting in chest. With bloody expectoration, or like boiled starch.

Larynx.—Hoarseness, early in morning.

Chest.—Sense of weakness rising from stomach. Hydrothorax. Anxious, strong and audible palpitation, with contraction in sternum.

Extremities.—Pains in shoulder and arm. Chronic sciatica. Tumefaction about knee, with sticking pains Swelling of feet during day, becoming thinner again at night. Cold hands and feet.

Generalities.—Sticking pains in muscles of upper and lower limbs. Extreme faintness and debility, with sweat. Attacks of excessive weakness, especially after breakfast and dinner. Great nervous weakness. Dropsy, of internal and external parts. Gouty nodes.

Glands.—Swelled and indurated.

Skin.—Corrosive itching, terminating in burning sticking when not scratched. Anasarca. Cyanosis. Jaundice.

Sleep.—Interrupted, at night. Persistent day sleepiness, like sopor. Drowsiness during day, disturbed by attacks of vomiting.

Fever.—Pulse: Extremely slow, especially during rest. Irregular and sometimes intermittent. From every motion it immediately becomes accelerated, full and hard; afterward during rest it quickly sinks back to its accustomed slowness. Chill: More internal, with warmth of face, but beginning with coldness of extremities, from which it spreads over entire body. Chilliness and shuddering over entire back. Internal, with external warmth. General, with heat and redness of face. Alternating with heat. Extraordinary coldness of hands and feet, with cold sweat. Great sensitiveness to cold. Heat: Usually appears a long time after the chill. Sudden overrunning sensation of, followed by weakness. Increased bodily warmth, with cold sweat on face. Heat of one hand, with coldness of the other. Sweat: At night, mostly cold and somewhat clammy. Immediately after the chill, without previous heat. General.

Allied Remedies.—Ars., Bell., Chin., Con., Glo., Merc., Nux-v., Op., Phos., Phos-ac., Plat., Puls., Spig., Sul-ac.

DROSERA.

Mind.—Anxiety, especially in evening and when alone. Fear of ghosts. Restless disposition. Great mistrust of others. Capricious. Obstinate. Trifles quickly put him beside himself. Inclination to drown himself.

Vertigo.—When walking in open air.

Head.—Pressive ache seeming to push out thro' forehead and zygoma, with stupefaction and qualmishness. Outward throbbing and hammering in forehead. Corrosive itching and painful soreness on scalp, > rubbing. Worse: Stooping; warmth. Better: Motion; cold.

Eyes.—Protrusion of. Outward stitches in, when stooping. Dazzled by light.

Presbyopia, with contracted pupils. Letters run together when reading. Livid lids.

Ears—Sticking and forcing in, especially when swallowing. Difficult hearing with buzzing and roaring in.

Nose.—Nose-bleed, in early morning and evening. He blows blood from. Black pores on. Constantly dry. Sensitive to sour odors.

Face.—Pale, with sunken eyes. Puffed and livid. Pimply eruption on, with fine sticking pains. Faceache, < pressure and touch. Black pores on chin.

Mouth.—Sense of dryness in fauces, with absence of thirst. Bleeding from. Ulceration of velum palati. Sticking in pharynx when swallowing. Scratching in throat from salty foods. Difficult swallowing of solids, as from narrowing of throat. Sensation as if crumbs of bread remained in pharynx. Bloody saliva. Hawks up yellow or green mucus. Constant collection of water in.

Appetite, etc.—Thirst in early morning. Thirst during the heat, but not during the chill. Aversion to pork.

Taste.—Bitter: In mouth when eating; to bread. Food is tasteless.

Nausea, etc.—After fatty food. And retching. Vomiting: Nightly; of bile or only water, in early morning; of mucus and food, during or after coughing; of blood; after drinking.

Hypochondria.—Contractive pain in, when coughing; it compels him to press upon the spot with his hands.

Abdomen.—Drawn in (with the vomiting). Constriction. Bellyache after sour foods.

Stool.—Bloody, and mucus diarrhœas.

Urine.—Brown, strong smelling. Frequent, nightly urination.

Menses.—Suppressed. Too late Leucorcorrhœa, with labor-like cramps in abdomen.

Respiration.—Bad smelling breath when coughing. Tightness of chest when talking, most while sitting. Compressive feeling in chest, when coughing and talking, as tho' something there held the voice and breath back. Attacks of suffocation. Gasping for breath.

Cough.—From contraction of lower abdomen. Ringing, as from dryness in trachea during. When coughing the chest is compressed; he must press thereon with his hands. When singing, causing biting in larynx. Caused by smoking or drinking. Violent whooping cough in periodically recurring (1 to 3 hours) attacks of barking or non-resonant coughing fits, which do not permit a recovery of the breath; excited by tickling, feeling of dryness or of soft feathers in larynx; dry in the evening; in morning with a little yellow, generally bitter expectoration, which must be swallowed. With scraping in throat; with bleeding from nose and mouth, and pains in hypochondriæ. Hæmoptysis of bright red, foamy or black, coagulated blood. Green expectoration,

Larynx, etc.—Constant roughness and dryness in, and in trachea. Sensation of a soft body (like a feather) in. Constriction of, when talking. Alternately soft (yellow, gray or green) and hard mucus in trachea. Inflammation of, and of trachea, with pain when talking. Phthisis of, and of trachea. Deep, husky voice.

Chest.—Constriction. Sticking in. Pain compelling him to press it with hands when sneezing or coughing. Pressure on sternum causes festering pain therein. Black pores on, and on shoulder.

Upper Extremities.—Nightly tearing in humerus disappearing from motion during the day. Cramp-like distortion of fingers. Cold hands.

Lower Extremities.—Feet constantly chilly and covered with cold sweat.

Generalities.—Gnawing, sticking pain in joints. Paralytic, bruised sensation in limbs. Soreness of limbs upon which he lies, as if the bed were too hard. Rapid emaciation (galloping laryngeal phthisis). Epileptic attacks with twitching limbs, they are followed by sleepiness and expectoration of blood. Most

symptoms are intensified at night and toward morning, as well as from warmth and during rest. Because of its many alternate effects, a repetition of the dose, without an intercurrent remedy is seldom beneficial; Sulphur and Veratrum are the most appropriate inter-currents.

Bones.—Gnawing, sticking pains thro' all long bones, < during rest.

Skin.—Intense itching when undressing ; when scratched it easily peels off.

Sleep.—Frequent starting up during. Sleepiness at noon and sunset.

Fever.—Pulse: Unchanged. Chill: With a cold pale face and cold extremities. In forenoon. Internal, at night in bed and during rest. In the morning one (the left) half of face is cold, the other (or right) is hot. And shuddering during rest, it seems too cold everywhere, even in bed. Chill by day, heat by night. Heat: Almost entirely on face and head. Increased warmth of upper part of body in evening. Intermittent fever with sore throat and inclination to vomit. Sweat: Warm, at night, especially after midnight and in morning, most profuse on face. Cold, on forehead.

Allied Remedies.—Cina, Hep., Ip., Nux-v., Sep., Spo., Verat-a.

DULCAMARA.

Mind.—Delirium, during the pains at night and during the heat. Internal restlessness. Great impatience. Inclination to quarrel, without anger.

Sensorium.—Great mental obtusion in head.

Head.—Outward boring in temples and forehead. Congestion to, with roaring in ears and difficult hearing. Pressive stupefying ache. Burrowing in forehead with distended feeling in brain, not affected by either rest or motion. Feeling as tho' occiput were enlarging. Worse: Evening until midnight; lying still; becoming cold. Better: Talking; lying.

External Head.—Disagreeable chilliness on occiput and over whole body with a feeling as if hair were bristling, recurring every evening. Thick crusts on scalp, denuding it of hair.

Eyes.—Inflamed, after taking cold. Twitching, in cold air. Amaurosis.

Nose.—Nose-bleed of very warm, bright red blood, with a sense of pressure on it. Stuffed coryza < cold air. Dry nasal catarrh in a dry atmosphere.

Face.—Pale, with circumscribed redness of cheeks. Tettery eruption on. Milk crust. Twitchings in lips when in cold air. Mouth drawn awry.

Mouth.—Much mucus in fauces. Inflamed throat after taking cold. Salivation. Dry tongue, with much thirst and increased secretion of saliva. Swelled tongue impeding speech and breathing. When becoming cold there is difficult speech on account of paralysis of tongue (and jaws).

Appetite, etc.—Hunger without appetite. Great hunger after the heat. Intense thirst. Excessive thirst for cold water.

Vomiting.—Of pale, tenacious mucus.

Abdomen.—Bellyache after taking cold. Cutting about navel. Ascites.

Stool.—Diarrhœa: With pains in abdomen, after taking cold ; of green mucus; chronic, bloody.

Urine.—Retained. Offensive. Mucus sediment in. Involuntary discharge of fetid, u. from paralysis of bladder.

Sexual Organs.—Herpes on.

Menses.—Of watery blood, too late and too short. Suppressed after taking cold. Miliary rash before.

Respiration.—Intense oppression of chest, from accumulation of mucus, after taking cold.

Cough.—From excessive secretion of mucus in larynx and trachea, hence with every attack there is considerable easy expectoration of tasteless mucus, often with bright red blood. Hæmoptysis. Seldom applicable except when after suppression of skin eruptions or taking a violent cold excessive secretion of mucus in internal organs follows.

Trachea.—Is full of mucus. Hoarseness.

Neck.—Stiff, after taking cold. Swollen cervical glands.

Chest.—Dull, thrust-like stitches in and upon both sides of. Hydrothorax. Herpes on mammæ. Suppressed secretion of milk after taking cold in childbed. Nocturnal palpitation of heart.

Back.—Paralysis of lumbar region after taking cold. While at rest, drawing from lumbar region downward into thighs; during motion, stitches therein, > drawing them up.

Upper Extremities.—Paralysis of arms with icy coldness thereof, mostly during rest. Tetter on arms and hands. Sweat on palms. Warts on hands.

Lower Extremities.—Herpes on knees. Erysipelatous eruption on feet, with itching and desquamation. Crawling as of ants on feet.

Generalities.—Remarkable emaciation. Dropsical swelling of body. Tearing in limbs, and other complaints from taking cold. Unilateral spasms with loss of speech. Paralysis of a single limb. The complaints are intensified at night and during rest. Convulsions, beginning in face.

Glands.—Swelled and indurated.

Skin.—Redness, dryness and heat of. Thickness and desquamation in spots. Vesicular eruption. Nettlerash. Tetters of various sorts, i. e.: 1. Moist, suppurating. 2. Pale, which exude water upon being scratched. 3. Reddish, with a red circumference, which bleeds upon being scratched. 4. With reddish circumference, which smarts from cold water, but don't itch. 5. Small, yellowish brown tetters which bleed after scratching. Thick crusts over entire body. Inactivity of external skin with excessive secretion from the internal mucous membranes and glands.

Sleep.—Restless, after midnight. Very early awaking.

Fever.—Pulse: Small, hard and tense, especially at night. Chill: Mostly toward evening, spreading from back, not relieved by external warmth. During the pains. With violent thirst. Heat: General, dry, burning, over entire body. And burning in back. With flightiness, without thirst. Sweat: Offensive, over entire body at night and in early morning, during day, more on back, axillæ and palms of hands. Suppressed and entirely wanting.

Allied Remedies.—Aco., Ars., Bry., Cic., Con., Cupr., Led., Merc., Nux-v., Phos-ac., Phyt., Puls., Rhus-t., Sep., Sul.

EUPHORBIUM.

Mind.—Anxious, solicitous disposition. Quiet earnestness with inclination to work.

Head.—Bruised sensation in occiput.

Eyes.—Inflamed, with itching in lids and angles. Flow of biting tears. Agglutinated early in morning. Dim vision. Diplopia.

Face.—Red, inflamed, painful swelling of cheeks, with yellowish vesicles which discharge a thick yellow moisture.

Teeth.—Pressive, sticking ache. Toothathe, < by touch. Crumbling teeth.

Mouth.—Dry internally without especial thirst. Burning in throat, extending into stomach, with heat and anxiety. Salivation, preceded by shaking and griping in stomach.

Thirst.—Intense, for cold drinks.

Stomach.—Burning like fire in. Spasmodic constriction in.

Abdomen.—Empty feeling in, as after an emetic. Burning in. Spasmodic, flatulent colic with distensive pressing pains > resting upon elbows and knees.

Stool.—Diarrhœic, with tenesmus, burning in anus and painfulness in abdomen. First thin, then nodular.

Urine.—Urging to urinate, with diminished discharge passed drop by drop.

Genitals.—Erections without sexual desire.

Respiration.—Short, as tho' chest were too narrow; with tension in chest muscles.

Cough.—Dry, hollow, from tickling in throat or chest. Dry by day and night; only early in morning is there copious expectoration.

Chest.—Burning in. Stitches in left side of, during rest, disappearing during motion. Sensation as tho' the lobe (left) of lung were adherent.

Upper Extremities.—Scarlet red stripes on forearms, itching when touched.

Lower Extremities.—Dislocative pain in hip-joint. Nightly burning in upper femur. Great weakness of lower legs.

Generalities.—Rheumatic pains in limbs, of a tearing or pressive sticking sort, almost exclusively during rest. Paralytic weakness in joints, felt particularly when beginning to move. Burning pains in internal parts. Complaints are < during rest, especially when sitting, and from touching affected parts.

Bones.—Burning in. Caries.

Skin.—Burning itching necessitating scratching. Old, indolent ulcers. Cold gangrene. Boils. Warts.

Sleep.—Day sleepiness. Falling to sleep late in evening.

Fever.—Chill: And chilliness predominate. When beginning to eat and while walking in the open, not cold, air. With coexistent sweat. Cold shuddering over whole upper part of body with heat of cheeks. Want of proper bodily warmth, with internal burning heat. Heat: With intolerance of clothing, it seems too heavy. On head only. Sweat: Early in morning in bed. Cold sweat on lower legs.

Allied Remedies.—Ars., Flu-ac., Kre., Lyc., Merc., Merc-c., Mez., Puls., Rhus-t., Sep., Zinc.

EUPHRASIA.

Mind.—Indolent, hypochondriacal mood, without interest in surrounding objects. Introverted and silent, with aversion to talk. Low spirited.

Head.—Heaviness and dulness of. Toward evening, dazed, bruised ache, with fluent coryza. Sensible throbbing on external head. Aching as though it would burst, with dazzling of eyes from sunlight.

Eyes.—Dry pressure in, as if sleepy. Scratching, as of sand in. Inflamed and red after injuries. Sticking in, from bright light. Burning, biting tears, especially when in wind. Swollen under lid. Fine eruption about. Increased, pus-like discharge of mucus, and nightly agglutination. Photophobia, especially from day or sunlight. Darkened spots or vesicles on cornea from mechanical injury. Blue and impervious cornea. Pterygium, extending from inner canthus.

Nose.—Eruption on wings of. Excoriated and painful internally. Nosebleed. Profuse, fluent coryza, with biting tears in eyes and photophobia.

Face.—Red. Miliary eruption on, itching when warm, burning and becoming red when moistened. Stitches and stiffness in cheeks and lower jaw when talking and chewing. Stiff upper lip, as tho' made of wood.

Teeth.—Sticking in lower. Bleeding gums.

Mouth.—Difficult speech, from paralytic stiffness of tongue and cheeks. A kind of stuttering; in speaking he begins the sentences over again too frequently. Sensation of gurgling from below upward in throat.

Taste.—Bitter, in mouth, early in morning from tobacco.

Abdomen.—Short attacks of pinching in. Squeezing extending across. Abdominal pains, constantly alternating with eye symptoms.

Stool.—Hard and too scanty.

Urine.—Profuse discharge of clear u

Sexual Organs.—Spasmodically retracted, in evening.

Menses.—Regular, but lasting only an hour.

Respiration.—When coughing he is breathless, as during whooping cough.

Cough.—Excited by much flat-tasting, sometimes blood-streaked, watery mucus in chest and throat, which is not easily dislodged; and can be expectorated only in morning, with difficult breathing. Early in morning; profuse expectoration of mucus by means of voluntary hawking, with fluent coryza.

Back.—Continuous, cramp-like pains in.

Upper Extremities.—Painless swelling of

wrist and finger-joints from motion. Cramp-like pain in metacarpus. Numb fingers.

Lower Extremities.—Sticking in hip and knee-joint when walking. Jerks extending upward through thighs, followed by paralytic numbness thereof. Cramp in legs when standing, especially in calves.

Generalities.—Cramp-like pains throughout entire body. Trembling of limbs. Sense of a fly creeping up one or the other extremity in a straight line, which becomes numb without affecting remaining parts. Bad effects of falls, blows or mechanical injuries to external parts. Fleeting, itching stitches here and there thro' entire night, with great restlessness. Most complaints are < in evening. Acrid watery secretions.

Sleep.—Excessive yawning while walking in open air. Great day sleepiness. After midnight, from about 3 until 6 o'clock in the morning, he awakens every few minutes, then falls into a stupefying sleep, from which he awakens with many complaints.

Fever.—Pulse: Unchanged. Chill: In forenoon, and internal chilliness, which, in afternoon, is changed to external chill and coldness, especially on arms. Predominant chilliness. Heat: Attacks of during day, with a red face and cold hands. Sweat: At night, during sleep, has a very strong and offensive odor and is most profuse on chest.

Allied Remedies.—Cann., Hep., Nux-v., Spig.

FERRUM.

Mind.—Changeable mood. Anxiety as tho' he had committed a crime. Quarrelsome, vehement and dogmatic. Excessively merry one evening, alternating with sadness and melancholy the next.

Vertigo.—When descending, or looking at water, with nausea and blindness.

Head.—Congestion so violent the veins swell up. Hammering, throbbing ache, recurring periodically. Headache in occiput when coughing. Painfulness of scalp to touch, with falling of hair. Worse: After midnight and toward morning.

Eyes.—Puffiness around. Weak, dim, encircled by blue rings. Inflamed, with burning therein. Obscured vision in evening.

Nose.—Nosebleed in evening. Nose constantly filled with clotted blood.

Face.—Earthy, jaundiced complexiou Pale, with red spots on the pallid cheeks. Pale, puffy face, especially about eyes. Heat and fiery redness of, with distended bloodvessels. Pale, dry lips.

Throat.—Pressive pain in, when swallowing.

Appetite, etc.—Loss of, especially in forenoon. No appetite for anything but bread and butter. Aversion to meat and sour foods. Bad effects from beer, meat and sour things. Unquenchable thirst (or thirstlessness).

Taste.—Solid foods become dry and insipid when chewed. He can neither eat nor drink hot things.

Eructations.—Sour. Bitter, after fat food.

Vomiting.—Of food, immediately after eating. Of the soured ingesta, at night or early in morning. After eating eggs. Sour, of food, relieved at once by eating. About midnight. Everything vomited is sour and acid.

Stomach.—Spasmodic pressure in, after eating, especially after meat. Oppression of, each time after eating and drinking. Contraction in pit.

Hypochondria.—Tension in right.

Abdomen.—Hard, distended. Spasms in muscles of, as though a. were contracted, especially from the exertion of stooping, compelling him to straighten up slowly. Flatulent colic at night.

Stool.—Diarrhœa: Watery, with burning in anus; of undigested food. Mucus, with ascarides.

Sexual Organs.—Painful soreness and smarting in vagina, and want of pleasurable sensation during coition. Swellings and indurations in vagina. Barrenness. Miscarriage. Impotency in the male.

Menses.—Too early, and too profuse. Suppressed. Uterine hæmorrhage, with labor-like pains in abdomen and a glowing red face. Labor-like pains and stitching headache, during. Persistent, milky, acrid (or painless) leucorrhœa.

Respiration.—Hot breath. Want of breath, mostly when at rest. Tightness of chest, especially when sitting and after midnight. Anxious oppression of chest. Loud breathing, as if asleep, when sitting still.

Cough.—Spasmodic, excited by tickling in trachea; with expectoration of transparent, tenacious mucus, early in morning, ceasing immediately after eating a little. Spasmodic, after the noon meal, with vomiting of ingesta. With frothy or greenish, finely blood-streaked expectoration during day, of a sweetish, putrid or sourish taste. Inability to breathe when coughing, > after eating. Copious, purulent expectoration early in morning; in evening, after lying down, the cough becomes dry. Hæmoptysis at night and early in morning.

Larynx.—Roughness of. Hoarseness.

Chest.—Constricting spasm of. Feeling of dryness in. Stitches in, when coughing. Pains, as though bruised, when coughing. Pressure superiorly on sternum.

Back.—Tearing between scapulæ.

Upper Extremities.—Nightly sticking and tearing in arms. Paralytic tearing pain, extending from shoulder-joint into muscles of upper arm and clavicle, rendering raising of arm impossible, gradually disappearing from slow motion. Numb, distorted fingers. Swollen hands and feet.

Lower Extremities.—Nightly sticking and tearing, extending from hip-joint into thighs, gradually disappearing from slow motion. Numb thighs. Cramp in calves during rest, especially at night. Swelling of feet to ankles. Distorted toes. Cold feet.

Generalities.—Rapid emaciation. Weakness of body, almost amounting to paralysis. Restless limbs. Cracking in joints. Sudden cramps in limbs, frequently during day. Distorted limbs. Inclination to lie down, from a sense of weakness internally. Indisposition from walking in open air. After effects of misuse of China and tea. Most complaints appear at night and toward morning. Attacks are < during rest, especially when sitting still, and > from slow motion.

Skin.—Dirty, earth-colored. Anasarca.

Sleep.—Restless, with anxious tossing. Great drowsiness and fatigue, with inability to sleep at night. Falls to sleep late in evening. Can lie on back only.

Fever.—Pulse: Full and hard. Violent ebullitions. Chill: Shuddering in frequent, short attacks. With a glowing face and thirst. General coldness in evening in bed, often lasting all night. Chilliness and want of natural vital heat. Heat: Dry, over the whole body, especially towards evening, with a very red face and inclination to uncover. Sweat: Very profuse and long-continued, from every movement, during day as well as at night, and while in bed in the early morning. Clammy and mostly very exhausting. From morning till noon, every other day. Strong-smelling night s. Sometimes a cold, anxious s. (during spasms).

Allied Remedies.—Ap., Arn., ARS., Bor., Carb-v., Chin., Glo., HEP., Ip., Puls., Sul., Sul-ac., Verat-a.

FLUORICUM ACIDUM.

Mind.—Gay and cheerful. Aversion to business; to his own family. Hatred of people. Anxiety, causing sweat to break out. Irritable. Forgetful. Feeling as if menaced by danger.

Head.—Determination of blood to, and unconsciousness; could not remember where he was. Pains: compressive, undulative, or shooting like lightning. A dull pressure proceeds from nape thro' center toward forehead. Cramp-like pain in occiput. Better: Bending head back.

Hair.—Tangled. Great falling out of.

Eyes.—Feeling of a fresh wind blowing on. Quivering above outer canthus. Violent itching of inner canthus. Photopsies, like lightnings, etc. Vision clearer.

Ears.—Sensitive hearing, in morning.

Nose.—Sudden attacks of coryza, suddenly disappearing again. Suddenly filled with mucus on rinsing mouth with cold water. Worse: Alcoholic drinks.

Face.—Seems old and wrinkled. Puffy folds under eyes. Constant motion of facial muscles. Compression in zygoma. Heat, with desire to bathe it in cold water.

Teeth.—Warmth in. Feel sharp, rough or dull. Sensitive, especially to cold.

Mouth.—Prickling in, and on tongue. Mucous membrane peels off. Greasy feeling in. Dryness of left half of palate and roof of mouth. Flow of saliva precedes headache, diarrhœa, etc. Tenacious saliva. Pain, as from hot water in,

Taste.—Acrid, putrid, coming from roots of teeth. Like ink. Sweetish in throat.

Throat.—Constriction. Posterior nares feel wide open. Hawks up bloody mucus.

Stomach.—Excessive hunger; desire for something piquant. Speedy satiety. Aversion to coffee. Pressure in. Stale, disgusting eructations. Nausea.

Abdomen.—Faint emptiness in region of navel with a desire to take a deep breath, > bandaging. Frequent excessively offensive discharges of wind, which >.

Anus.—Itching in and about.

Stool.—Strong, disagreeable smell of. Diarrhœa worse from warm drinks.

Urinary Organs.—Burning in urethra.

Urine.—Copious, with diarrhœa. Smelling fragrant or strong; acrid; offensive. Free discharge, relieving him. Purple sediment.

Genitals.—Passion increased. Fulness in spermatic cords. Menses early, profuse, coagulated. Excoriating leucorrhœa.

Respiration.—Oppression; better bending head back.

Larynx.—Itching in, and on throat.

Mammæ.—Itching nipples; areola darkens and crust forms on.

Heart.—Soreness. Jerking in.

Neck.—Stiffness and soreness in nape.

Back.—Contractive, burning or prickling pains in scapular region. Better: Bending backward.

Extremities.—Pains: Burning; dislocative; like electric shocks; as if asleep; in bones of.

Upper Extremities.—Weakness and numbness in hands and head. Prickling in. Jerks in. Penetrating pain. Feeling as if air were pressing down along arm in bones. Red or mottled palms. Hands and fingers swelled, with throbbing pains, later forming blisters discharging a dark, offensive, acrid fluid. Feeling of a hair on back of fingers. Contusive pain in bones of ends of fingers. Burning about bone. Feeling of something working out from beneath nails. Acute prickings, as with a needle, in fingers. Feeling of a splinter under nail, < touch.

Lower Extremities.—Heaviness. Trembling. Burning shooting. Burning in toes, soles, etc. Back of foot feels like a cushion. Soreness in corns. Worse: Walking. Better: Rest.

Generalities.—Feeling of heat, with desire for cool air or cold bathing. Deep-seated pains in bones, sutures, etc. Localized congestions. Symptoms in spots. Acrid, excoriating discharges, sweat, etc. Numbing weakness. Feeling of warmth in internal organs. Pricking, burning, itching sensations, or pains shooting like lightning. Symptoms often ascend or are right-sided. Impulse to walk rapidly, which relieves. Better: From cold or cold washing, open air, etc.; motion and walking. Worse: Standing; sitting; spirituous drinks.

Skin.—Crawling in. Tormenting itching. Itching pustules. Cicatrices turn red around edges, itch and are covered with vesicles. Sensation as if a burning vapor were emitted from the pores of whole body. Excoriation. Roughness and desquamation, especially in spots. Red blotches. Nævi materni. Thrombi. Varicose veins. Flesh warts. Enlarged capillaries.

Sleep.—Sleepiness: Sudden; periodical; unconquerable. Wakefulness in evening.

Dreams.—Vivid, towards morning.

Fever.—Pulse: Somewhat accelerated, by motion only. Chill: Entirely wanting. Heat: Universal with qualmishness from the slightest motion; with inclination to uncover, but more to wash with cold water. Sweat: Clammy (glutinous),

sour, unpleasantly-smelling, mostly on upper part of body, especially from motion and during the afternoon and evening. The sweat greatly favors the formation of excoriations and bedsores. Sweat with itching.

Allied Remedies.—Am-c., Bor., Calc-c., Chin., Coloc., GRAPH., Hep., Merc-c., Nit-ac., Sep., Sil., Sul-ac.

GELSEMIUM.

Mind.—Dull, listless and languid. Misty. Incapacity to think or fix the attention. Stupid, intoxicated feeling. Impatient and irritable. Feeling as if in danger of stumbling or falling. Feels as if someone else were sick. Dread of liquids. Inclination to throw herself from a height. Feels as if she would lose her senses. Dread of being alone.

Vertigo.—Accompanies many symptoms. As if intoxicated; with blurred vision; in brows. Worse: Sudden motion.

Head.—Bruised feeling in, especially behind orbits. Dull, stupefying pain ascending from nape into forehead, accompanied by dizziness, blurred vision and heavy eyelids. Sensations of heaviness; tightness; a band about, or as if enlarged. Worse: From smoking, heat, or moving eyes. Better: Reclining head on high pillow, or from profuse urination.

Scalp.—Feels contracted at centre of forehead.

Eyes.—Twitching of eyeball. Sore aching in balls, < motion. Strabismus. Pupils dilated, or alternately dilate and contract. Distended. Right-sided supraorbital pain. Heavy, drooping lids. Puffy lids. Vision: Dim, smoky or lost; double on raising head, looking sidewise or inclining head on one side, > by an effort of the will.

Ears.—Sudden temporary loss of hearing. The pains which ascend from back to occiput affect them.

Nose.—Fulness and tingling in, with sneezing and headache. Fluent coryza.

Face.—Heavy, besotted appearance; flushed and hot; dark; swelled. Lower jaw dropped or wagging sidewise. Overflow of saliva from mouth. Contraction of muscles, especially about mouth. Burning in zygoma.

Mouth.—Foaming at. Tongue: So thick can hardly speak; numbness of; burning on, extending over mouth, throat, stomach and into abdomen. Dry, also throat. Yellowish saliva. Foul, spoiled taste.

Throat.—Hawks up bloody matter. Spasmodic sensations, with cramp-like pains in. Feeling as if something had lodged in. Swallowing painful, difficult.

Stomach.—Pain from pylorus to axilla, under scapula and down r. arm; cramp-like in pit. Empty, weak feeling in, and in bowels. Hiccough, < in evening.

Hypochondriæ.—Cramp at last short rib in right side. Thrusting pain in left floating ribs, changing to left temple.

Abdomen.—Sharp pains in, with pappy, cream-colored stools. Burning pains moving around in intestines. Gnawing in region of transverse colon. Colicky pains below navel extending to testes, > expelling flatus.

Stool.—Diarrhœa. Urging to from exciting news, emotions, etc. Loose, but difficult. Feeling as if more remained behind after stool and after urinating.

Urine.—Copious, watery, with chill and trembling, alleviating heaviness of head, dulness of mind and dimness of vision. Intermittent stream.

Sexual Organs.—Male: Flaccidity and coldness of. Emission of semen without erection. Female: Severe, labor-like pains in uterine region, which extend to back and hips; alternating with heavy headache.

Respiratory Organs.—Voice weak, thick. Paralysis of glottis. Inability to expectorate. Suffocative sensation. Respiration slow, heavy superficial. Desire for fresh air. Worse: Moving head.

Chest.—Stinging along lactiferous ducts. Shuddering in right breast. Sore, when coughing. Constriction around lower. Suffocative sensation, as in hysteria. Heaviness. Weakness or burning in. Heart: Feels as if it would stop beating if he did not move. Palpitation. Irregular beat.