Characteristics Lycopodium – Mercurius

Stomach.—Pressure in, after eating a small quantity.

Abdomen.—Sense of fulness in upper. Bellyache like that of dysentery. Cutting colic every evening. Ascites.

Stool.—Constipation. Diarrhœa, feces mixed with blood and mucus.

Urine.—Frequent urging to urinate, with scanty discharge. Frequent, profuse. Enuresis.

Sexual Organs.—Intensified sexual desire. Inflamed swelling of penis and glans.

Menses.—Of bright red blood, too early and too profuse.

Respiration.—Spasmodic, double inspiration and sobbing, as after angry weeping. Obstructed breathing, as tho' he would suffocate, and opisthotonos precedes the cough. Tight, rapid. Constrictive tightness of chest when walking and ascending steps.

Cough.—Violent, with expectoration of bright red blood. Only at night or early in morning, with purulent, offensive expectoration. Spasmodic, like whooping cough, with painful concussion of head and entire chest. Hollow, shattering c., from tickling in larynx, with suffocative arrest of breathing.

Trachea.—Crawling in. Phthisis of.

Chest.—Sore, burning pain in. Stitches in. Shattered feeling of. Suppuration of lungs. Chicken-pox on chest.

Back.—Painful stiffness of, and of loins when rising from sitting. Pains in, and in sacred region.

Upper Extremities.—Tearing in joints of. Stitches in shoulder when raising arm. Pressive pain in shoulder and elbow joints, < motion. Gouty nodosities on wrist and finger joints. Sweat on palms.

Lower Extremities.—Paralysis of hip joint. Tearing in hip, knee and ankle joints. Swelling, tension and sticking in knee. Obstinate swelling of leg and foot. Podagra.

Generalities.—Painful, gouty nodes about joints. Intolerance of warmth of bed, from a sense of heat in extremities. Heat in hands and feet in evening. Gouty tearing in joints, < warmth of bed, and in evening until midnight. Hard, hot swelling of painful joints. Suffering parts emaciate. Only the joint pains are intensified by motion. After effects of immoderate use of spirituous liquors.

Skin.—Dry; want of natural perspiration. General anasarca. Dry herpes which itches violently and burns in open air. Boils. Bluish spots like petechia.

Sleep.—Somnolent as tho' intoxicated, during day. Sleepless at night, with restlessness and phantastic illusions as soon as he closes his eyes.

Fever.—Pulse: Full and rapid. Frequently perceptible in one arm, but not in the other. Chill: With shuddering and thirst, continues a long time with a feeling as if some parts were dashed with cold water. Coldness and want of vital heat. Predominating chill and thirst. Early in morning and forenoon. General coldness with redness and heat of face. Heat: Without thirst, more pronounced toward evening. Burning hands and feet in evening. Alternating with sweat. Sweat: Thro' whole night, with inclination to uncover. Foul or sour night sweat. From the slightest motion, more on forehead. Itching sweat.

Allied Remedies.—Bry., Dulc., Lyc., Puls.

LYCOPODIUM.

Mind.—Diminished mental activity. Silent grief and melancholy, he doubts his salvation. Religious depression with mildness, weeping and silent meditation. Anxiety with grieving and weeping. Sensitive, he sheds tears easily. Nervous debility. Irritability. Anger and wilfulness. Reserved ill-humor. Anthropophobia, with anxiety at the approach of man, yet fears to be alone.

Vertigo.—Whirling, when stooping or in a warm room.

Head.—Stupefying ache with heat in the temples and on ears, also dry mouth and lips. Congestion. Outward sticking in temples, < right. Pains: Unilateral; worse on right side; press-

ive, on vertex and occiput, then weakness; tearing, here and there in forehead or from right side of neck; tensive. Jerkings thro'. Thrusts in temples. Worse: Evening, from 4 to 8; night; raising up; after lying down; warmth; mental exertion; becoming heated in open air; stooping. Better: Gentle motion in open air; cold; uncovering h.

External Head.—Nightly tearing, boring and scraping, especially in temples and sides, > moving, and uncovering h., while keeping rest of body warm in bed. Violent, erosive, creeping and burning itching when heated, intermingled with twitching tearing, most from vertex down over occiput; scratching causes moist swellings forming thick but painless crusts which bleed easily and discharge fetid pus from beneath. Beginning on temples and vertex the hair turns gray early and falls out profusely, even to baldness, while it grows and increases on other parts, especially after suppurating scalp eruptions, or a coarse burning exanthem on nape, also after abdominal diseases or parturition.

Eyes.—Sticking and smarting in, by candlelight in evening. Inflammation of, with lachrymation during day and nightly agglutination. Dim vision, as of feathers before. Presbyopia. Vertical hemiopia. Photophobia.

Ears.—Suppurating. Roaring before. Hearing difficult; oversensitive.

Nose.—Ulcerating nostrils. Oversensitive smell. Coryza, obstructing both nostrils.

Face.—Pale, especially toward evening. Earthy, yellowish countenance, deeply furrowed, with blue circles about eyes and blue lips, or with circumscribed redness of cheeks. Frequent attacks of heat in. Moist suppurating eruption on. Tearing in right side of face, eyes and teeth. Freckles. Swollen submaxillary glands.

Teeth.—Turn yellow. Jerks in, when eating. Toothache with swollen cheeks, > by warmth and heat of bed. Dental fistula.

Mouth.—Foul stench from. Dry, without thirst, with stiffness of tongue and indistinct speech. Inflammation of throat, with sticking on swallowing. Swelling and suppuration of tonsils. Hoarseness.

Appetite.—Disappears as soon as he takes the first bite. Ravenous hunger. Excessive desire for sweet things. Milk excites diarrhœa.

Taste.—Lost. Bitter, in mouth, with qualmishness early in morning. Sour, of food.

Eructation.—Sour. Heartburn. Attacks of violent hiccough.

Nausea.—Frequent; early in morning, when fasting and when driving. Nightly vomiting of ingesta and bile.

Stomach.—Pressure in, with bitter taste in mouth after every meal. Cancer of. Swelling and sensitiveness of pit to touch and tight clothes.

Hypochondriæ.—Tension as from a hoop about. Inflammation of liver. Induration of liver. Pressure and tension in liver, especially after eating to satiety. Stitches in. Hepatic pain.

Abdomen.—Distressing fulness and distension of, and of stomach. Pain in both sides of. Indurations in. Pinching in. Cutting colic in upper. Ascites. Inguinal hernia.

Flatulence.—Incarcerated. Inability to discharge flatus. Continued rumbling and gurgling in abdomen.

Stool.—Constipaton: With ineffectual urging; persistent. Diarrhœa during pregnancy; from milk. Pale, putrid, stinking stools.

Anus.—Itching and tension in. Rectal spasm.

Urine.—Bloody. Diminished discharge of dark u. Frequent urging to urinate, with profuse urine. Renal calculi.

Sexual Organs.—Sexual desire immoderate, or wanting. Impotency of many years' standing. Gonorrhœa of glans. Chronic dryness of vagina. Burning in vagina during coition. Varicose veins on.

Menses.—Too profuse and lasting too long. Too scanty. Low-spirited before. Corrosive leucorrhœa.

Respiration.—Shortness of breath in children, especially during sleep. Every exertion shortens his breath. Oppression of chest, < walking in open air. Threatening paralysis of lungs.

Cough.—Dry, by day and night. At night, which affects the stomach. Excited by irritation as from sulphur vapor in trachea. Tickling c., from deep inspiration. With expectoration during the day, but not at night Expectoration copious, purulent, offensive, lemon-yellow, gray, salty, bitter,flat, putrid, etc. Hæmoptysis.

Neck.—Yellowness of skin of. Swelling and stiffness of one side of. Swelling of glands of. Stiffness of nape.

Chest.—Continual pressure in. Stitches in left, (in typhoid or neglected) pulmonary inflammations. Shattered feeling and shocks in. Rattling. Roughness, soreness and tension in. Liver spots on. Hydrothorax. Moist nipples. Palpitation, with anxiety, especially during digestion.

Back.—Nightly drawing and sticking in.

Upper Extremities.—Nightly bone pains in arms. Twitches in arms and shoulders. The arms and fingers fall to sleep easily. Dry skin on hands. Redness, swelling and tearing in finger-joints.

Lower Extremities.—Nightly tearing in legs. White swelling of thigh. Swelling and stiffness of knees. Contraction of calves when walking. Old ulcers on lower leg with nightly tearing, itching and burning. Dropsical swelling of feet. Cold foot-sweat. Cold feet.

Generalities.—Drawing and tearing in limbs, especially at night and during rest or every alternate afternoon. Insensibility of limbs. Distortion of single limbs. Jerking of limbs. Twitches through body. Extraordinary emaciation. Great internal debility. During rest he feels his weakness most, yet he shuns every motion. Great desire for or aversion to open air. Easily takes cold. The symptoms are intensified at about 4 o'clock P. M., but, with the exception of weakness, at about 8 o'clock they are again relieved.

Glands.—Swelled, inflamed and suppurating.

Bones.—Inflammation of, with nightly pains. Curvature. Softening. Caries.

Skin.—Corrosive itching, when becoming heated during day. Moist suppurating herpes. Humid excoriations on children. Ulcers tear and itch at night, and burn when touched. Boils. Liver spots. Freckles. Varicose veins. Gouty nodosities. Dropsy of single parts or entire body.

Sleep.—Restless, with anxious dreams and frequent awaking. Day sleepiness, with late falling to sleep because of a rush of ideas. Yawning.

Fever.—Pulse: Somewhat accelerated, only in evening and after eating. In evening, ebullition of blood with restlessness and trembling. Sensation as if circulation stood still. Chill: In afternoon and evening (from 4 to 8 o'clock) with deadness of hands and feet. In evening in bed, preventing sleep. One-sided, mostly the left. Then sweat, without previous heat. Alternating with heat. Want of natural vital heat. Heat: Flashing over entire body, mostly toward evening, with frequent drinking, but little at a time, constipation and profuse urination. Of one foot (left) with coldness of the other. Sweat: Profuse during day from least exertion, most on face. Night and morning, often with a cold face. Clammy at night. Often cold, sour or offensive, or with odor like blood or onions.

Allied Remidies.—Aco., Agar., Ag-c., Alum, Ambr., Ang., Ap., Arg-n., ARS., Bry., CALC-C., CANTH., Caust., CHAM.., Chel., Chin., Cic., Con., Cupr., Euphor., Graph., Hep., Ign., Iod., Kali-c., LACH., Led., Mag-m., Mang., Merc., Mur-ac., NAT-C., Nat-s., Nit-ac., NUX-V., Petr., Phos., Phos-ac., PULS., Rhus-t., Sep., Sil.

MAGNES ARTIFICIALIS.

Mind.—Irascibility and proneness to fly into a passion. Irresolution. Overy activity and hurry, with great exhaustion.

Head.—Bruised headache on first awaking in morning. Sharp pressure, as from a nail or sharp body upon a single spot on brain, after vexation. Painful soreness in head after vexation.

Eyes.—Dilated pupils. Fiery sparks before. Beyond line of vision there are white, quivering particles of light before eyes.

Ears.—Deafness, without noises in.

Nose.—Muggy odor before.

Face.—Profuse sweat on. Intolerable, burning stitches in facial muscles, in evening. Painful sensitiveness round about margin of lips. Dislocative pain in maxillary joint.

Teeth.—Bruised or excoriative pain in roots of lower incisors. Ache from cold drinks and cold air entering mouth.

Mouth.—Bad odor from, early in morning. Salivation with swollen lips, in evening.

Appetite, etc.—Rapid satiation even of tobacco which bites the tongue. Great hunger in evening.

Taste.—Musty, slimy, of some things.

Eructations.—Tasting of spoiled food.

Stomach.—Pressure in, with restlessness and coldness of body. Creaking in pit.

Abdomen.—Pressure, like a stone in upper.

Flatulence.—Many flatulent symptoms. Discharges much hot and very fetid f.

Stool.—Constipation, as tho' rectum were too narrow. Painful fecal diarrhœa.

Anus.—Itching hæmorrhoids. Prolapsus recti during stool.

Sexual Organs.—Burning in penis and in region of seminal vesicles. Intensified sexual desire.

Menses.—Too early and too profuse. Uterine hæmorrhage.

Respiration.—Nightly tightness of chest, from mucus in trachea, which is easily expectorated early in the morning.

Cough.—Violent attacks of dry cough in evening and at night (before midnight). Convulsive. Spasmodic, after midnight.

Neck.—Stiffness and cracking in cervical vertebræ.

Chest.—Intolerable, burning stitches in lateral muscles of.

Upper Extremities.—Drawing and burning in arms. Twitchings and blows in arms.

Lower Extremities.—Drawing and burning in legs.

Generalities.—Intolerable, internal burning from head to foot, without external heat or redness. Twitchings and thrusts thro' body. Bruised pain in joints, especially in side on which he does not lie. Asleep feeling in limbs. Great tendency to take cold.

Skin.—Renewed bleeding of fresh wounds. Boils.

Sleep.—Stupefying slumber after sunrise. Coma vigil toward morning. Snoring s.

Fever.—Nightly heat without thirst, with desire to uncover which is agreeable.

Allied Remedies.—Ign., Zinc.

MAGNETIS POLUS ARCTICUS.

Mind.—Anxious, fainthearted, mild mood with chilliness. Anxious, uneasy scrupulosity. Fainthearted and want of courage. Tearful.

Vertigo.—As tho' intoxicated, when walking in open air.

Head.—Bruised pain in, from looking up and moving eyes. Pressure, as tho' upon a bruised spot. Sensation within, like the movement of a pendulum, after ascending steps, Tension in scalp, as tho' it adhered too tightly.

Eyes.—Twitching and drawing in lids. Coldness of weak eye, as tho' a piece of ice lay in the orbit. Tearful. Restless motion of. Staring look.

Ears.—Deafness with tension in drum.

Nose.—Violent nosebleed preceded by aching in forehead. Odor as of rotten eggs or fresh whitewash within.

Face.—Pale. Tension of. Single jerks in periosteum of jaw during toothache. During (violent spasmodic) yawning, pain in maxillary joint, as tho' it would be dislocated. Trismus.

Teeth.—Incisors sensitive when inhaling. Toothache in hollow teeth, with inflamed, swollen gums and red, hot, swelled cheeks. Cramp-like pain in hollow teeth, with single jerks in right

lower jaw. Ache, with violent jerks, as tho' they would be torn out. Worse: After eating; in a warm room. Better: In open air.

Mouth.—Bad odor from. Increased flow of saliva.

Appetite.—Ravenous hunger in evening.

Heartburn.—Especially after supper.

Abdomen.—Distended. Sensitiveness of upper a. region. Pressure, as upon a bruised spot, here and there in. Inguinal hernia with outward boring pains.

Flatulence.—Gurgling, as from flatus in abdomen. Flatulent colic in evening.

Stool.—Constipated, infrequent, too large in form and passed with difficulty.

Urine.—Dark.

Sexual Organs.—Violent erections and excessive pollutions.

Menses.—Too scanty.

Cough.—Suffocative, asthmatic c., < in open air. Dry, spasmodic, suffocative, c., in evening after lying down and toward midnight, only > suppressing it. From smoking.

Neck.—Crepitation and cracking in cervical vertebræ.

Back.—Bruised pain when bending backward.

Upper Extremities.—Heaviness in arms. Cold sweat on hands. Panaritia.

Lower Extremities.—Cold sweat on soles.

Generalities.—Excitability and trembling, great restlessness in limbs and great nervous weakness. Weariness and bruised sensation in limbs, < in open air. Heaviness of single limbs, with sensation of increased strength therein.

Bones.—Drawing in periosteum.

Sleep.—Great day sleepiness, 'like sopor. Stupefied sleep. Violent, spasmodic yawning, with pain in maxillary joints, as tho' they would be torn out. Toward morning sound, deep sleep.

Fever.—Predominating chilliness and shaking chill during entire day. Chilliness accompanies the symptoms.

Allied Remedies.—Bell., Ign., M-aust., Puls., Zinc.

MAGNETIS POLUS AUSTRALIS.

Mind.—Unsteadiness and instability, ideas cannot be properly fixed and objects hover only half observed before the senses. Disposition to start. Vehemence and irascibility. Harshness in word and deed.

Sensorium.—Reeling and staggering when walking.

Head.—Congestion to (without heat). Crawling in brain, root of nose and temples. Headache from mental exertion.

Eyes.—Tears in. Painfully, sore dryness of lids.

Ears.—Sensation, as of a cold (or warm) wind blowing on.

Nose.—Suppressed fluent coryza.

Face.—Sensation of a cold breath on.

Teeth.—Tearing twitching in upper jaw (or in one eye-tooth) extending toward eye, in evening. Stitches in hollow t. Toothache, < warm drinks.

Mouth.—Foul odor from, early in morning. Salivation. Difficult speech.

Appetite, etc.—Indifference to food, drink and smoking. Great appetite in evening. Ravenous hunger during chill.

Stomach.—Pressure in, from mental exertion. Pain in, as tho' a bruised place were pressed upon.

Stool.—Diarrhœa, preceded by cutting in abdomen and chill.

Urine.—Nightly involuntary discharge of, from weakness of urinary organs. Incontinence from weakness of sphincter vesicæ. Interrupted urination, the urine passes drop by drop, with insensibility of urethra. Feeble stream.

Sexual Organs.—Drawing and twitching in spermatic cord. Spasmodic retraction of testes. Violently excited sexual desire. Impotency from a sudden disappearance of voluptuous sensations during coition.

Menses.—Of pale, watery blood, too early and too profuse. Uterine hemorrhage.

Respiration.—Short, seeming to arise from episgastrium. Deep, sighing r., with in-

voluntary swallowing at the same time. Slow, loud, snuffling expiration before, and a similar inspiration after midnight.

Chest.—Pressive pain in, with anxiety. Violent palpitation.

Back.—Heat in. Lumbar ache.

Upper Extremities.—Rumbling and gurgling down arm. Panaritia with throbbing in finger-tips.

Lower Extremities.—Paralytic drawing in legs. Easy dislocation of ankle. Varicose veins during pregnancy. Ingrowing toe-nails; they grow into the flesh.

Generalities.—Great tendency to take cold; on exposure to slight cold, nose, ears, hands and feet are frozen, and in a warm room they become hot, creep and itch. Great aversion to open air. Sensation of a cold wind blowing over entire body. Twitching pains here and there. Bruised pain in parts upon which he does not lie. Many symptoms are intensified by motion.

Sleep.—Sleepiness with inability to sleep before miduight.

Fever.—Warmth all over. Warmth constantly predominates.

Allied Remedies.—Ign., M-arct., Nux-v., Zinc.

MAGNESIA CARBONICA.

Mind.—Anxiety and fearfulness, with trembling and heat. Peevishness in evening.

Head.—Congestion to. Pressive pain over entire h., with preoccupation during mental exertion. Stitches in side upon which he lies at night. Tension in occiput. Dandruff on scalp, itching during wet weather.

Eyes.—Inflamed, with obscuration of cornea. Agglutinated early in morning. Swollen eyeball. Black spots before. Cataract.

Ears.—Difficult hearing. Sensitive to noise. Diminution of hearing, especially in the room, with buzzing and roaring in.

Nose.—Complete stoppage, compelling one to open the mouth.

Face.—Sickly, earthy countenance. Changing color. Tension, as tho' white of egg had dried on. Puffiness and nodular swellings on. Face-ache; nightly tearing, boring and digging in zygoma, insupportable during rest.

Teeth.—Ache when driving. Burning in, in evening and at night in bed, insupportable during rest, compelling him to get up. Ache, with great physical restlessness. Sticking in, after eating. Ache during pregnancy. Worse: Cold.

Mouth.—Nightly dryness in. Vesicular eruption in, and on tongue. Sticking sore throat when talking and swallowing. Stitchings in throat. Roughness in throat, as from awns of barley. Often there is a sudden faltering in speech.

Appetite.—Great, for vegetables with aversion to meat. Violent thirst for water at night.

Taste.—Sour, in mouth. Lost, of food, it tastes like straw.

Stomach.—Spasm of. Pressive contraction in, with sour eructations.

Abdomen.—Spasmodic colic in; with discharge of leucorrhœa, or during menses.

Stool.—Constipated and retained. Green, frothy diarrhœa with cutting in abdomen. Sour-smelling d. of children.

Urine.—Greatly increased, pale or greenish. Involuntary discharge of. Enuresis.

Sexual Organs.—Diminished sexual desire. Erections wanting.

Menses.—Retarded or entirely suppressed. Pale face and other symptoms, during. White, acrid, mucous leucorrhœa.

Cough.—Violent, from tickling in throat or thyroid region, dry in evening and at night; in morning and by day, expectoration of a yellow, thin, but tenacious, mucus, or of dark blood of a somewhat saltish taste. Spasmodic, at night. Hæmoptysis.

Chest.—Constriction of. Soreness in.

Back.—Viotent bruised pain at night in, and in lumbar region.

Upper Extremities.—Nightly tearing in shoulder, with crawling extending into fingers. Cracks in skin of hands. Stick-

ing, spreading vesicles on hands and fingers. Inflammatory swelling and redness of fingers.

Lower Extremities.—Burning spots on shin-bone. Boils on lower leg. Cramp in calves at night.

Generalities.—Painless twitchings here and there. Emaciation and physical relaxation, especially of children. General painfulness of entire body. Sense of great exhaustion when sitting. Sudden falling to the ground with unconsciousness. In evening, after prolonged sitting, restlessness in limbs, which necessitates rising. Most symptoms appear or are intensified in the evening and at night, as well as during rest.

Skin.—Spreading vesicles on hands and fingers. Small, red, painless herpes, which afterward desquamate. Violent itching. Small boils. Dry.

Sleep.—Day sleepiness. Unrefreshing, at night. Crying out during. Sleeplessness from nightly oppression in abdomen. Anxious dreams.

Fever.—Pulse: Somewhat accelerated, at night only. Chill: And shuddering, with external coldness in evening and after lying down, only disappearing slowly. Heat: Most in forenoon, often with sweat, but on head only. In evening after chill. Nightly, anxious, internal, with restlessness and fear of uncovering. Sweat: During whole night, most profuse in the morning hours. Greasy, staining the linen yellow, at the same time it is sour and fetid.

Allied Remedies.—Ars., Bro., Cham., Coff., Coloc., Graph., Kali-c., Mag-m., Nux-v., Puls., Rhe.

MAGNESIA MURIATICA.

Mind.—Anxious tearful mood. Peevish, ill-humor.

Vertigo.—Giddiness in head with heaviness thereof, especially early in morning.

Head.—Congestion to, with roaring therein. Tensive pressure in forehead on awaking. Griping and raging in temples in evening while in bed. Numb feeling in forehead, with stupefaction of head. Worse: Early on awaking; lying down. Better: Wrapping head warmly ; walking in open air.

Eyes.—Inflamed, with red sclerotic and violent burning when looking into light. Nightly agglutination. Yellow sclerotic.

Ears.—Pulsation in. Deafness, as tho' something were lying before.

Nose.—Swelling of wings. Want of smell, with scurfs in nostrils paining violently when touched. Coryza: With discharge of yellow, offensive mucus, and diminished taste and smell; stuffed c. at night.

Face.—Pale, yellowish complexion. Eruption, paining violently when touched. Cramping pains in facial bones. Large, clear blisters on vermilion border of lips. Cracked lips.

Teeth.—Eyeteeth are painful and feel elongated. Toothache greatly < by touch of food. Gums bleed easily, are swollen and painful.

Mouth.—Burned sensation in entire buccal cavity. Thick, tenacious mucus in throat, is hawked loose with difficulty. Rawness and soreness in fauces.

Appetite, etc.—Ravenous hunger and hungry sensation in stomach. Hunger without knowing what he wants. Inclination to nibble dainties. Violent thirst.

Eructation.—Sense of a ball rising into throat, disappearing after eructation. Hiccough during and after dinner, so violent that the stomach becomes sore.

Stomach.—Ulcerative and bruised pain in, also sensitive to touch externally.

Hypochondria.—Chronic inflammation of liver. Stitches in hepatic region. Pressive pains in liver, < lying on right side.

Abdomen.—Constant, violent distension of, with constipation. Tearing in. Old, painful induration of right lower a. Hysterical uterine and abdominal spasms which extend into thighs and are followed by a discharge of leucorrhœa.

Stool.—Knotty, hard, difficult, unsatisfactory and retarded. Diarrhœa of mucus and blood.

Urine.—Diminished flow.

Menses.—Too early and too profuse, with violent lumbar pains and a remarkably pale face. Suppressed. Leucorrhœa, especially during motion.

Cough.—Dry, in evening and at night. Spasmodic, nightly c., with tickling in throat. During day, with expectoration of a watery but tenacious, yellowish, sometimes purulent mucus mixed with clots of blood, of a fatty taste and offensive odor.

Larynx.—Roughness and dryness in. Burning in. Hoarseness.

Chest.—Stitches at heart, which arrest breathing. Palpitation when sitting, which disappears during motion. Constriction in cardiac region. Burning soreness in. Ulcerative pain in.

Back.—Burning in, especially after coition.

Upper Extremities.—Asleep sensation in arms, on awaking early in morning.

Lower Extremities.—Restlessness in thighs when sitting. Cramps in calves at night. Foot sweat. Burning in soles.

Generalities.—Restlessness of entire body, as soon as she closes her eyes, in evening when in bed. Jerkings thro' body, at night while lying awake. General sick and bruised sensation, with great sensitiveness to noise. Attacks of hysterical spasms. Most complaints appear at night and during rest, especially when sitting, and are > by gentle motion. With the exception of the chest complaints, he feels better in the open air.

Sleep.—Great day sleepiness, with indolence and yawning. Nightly sleeplessnes on account of heat, with restlessness and violent thirst. Late falling to. Frequent waking, from cough.

Fever.—Pulse: Somewhat accelerated, with ebullition of blood when sitting. Chill: In evening between four and eight o'clock, even when near a warm stove, slowly disappearing after lying down. Heat: After the chill, in evening until midnight. In evening, with sweat on head only. With thirst. Sweat: With thirst, continuing from midnight until morning. Early morning sweat.

Allied Remedies.—Calc-c., Lyc., Mag-c., Nux-v., SEP., Sul.

MANGANUM.

Mind.—Quiet, introverted, peevishness.

Head.—Congestion to. Sticking or tensive ache. Painful concussion in brain during motion. Headaches which come on when in the room, are > in open air and vice versa.

Eyes.—Burning heat and dryness. Myopia.

Ears.—Violent earache. Sticking pain in, when talking, laughing, swallowing and walking briskly. Pains migrate from other parts into ears. Difficult hearing, as from stoppage of, varying with the change of weather. Cracking in, when blowing nose and swallowing.

Nose.—Stuffed coryza, with obstruction of both nostrils.

Face.—Pale, sunken. Dry lips. Corners of mouth ulcerated.

Teeth.—Painfully sensitive. Smarting ache, insupportably intensified by cold things. Violent (tearing) pains, suddenly migrating to other parts, especially to ears.

Mouth.—A dull stitch on both sides of larynx extending into ears, when swallowing. Sore throat, a cutting soreness when not swallowing. Chronic inflammation of throat. Nodules and burning vesicles on tongue.

Appetite, etc.—Aversion to food, with a sense of satiety. Thirstless.

Taste.—Foul, flat, in mouth.

Stomach.—Burning in, extending up into chest, with great restlessness.

Stool.—Dry, knotty, difficult. Constipation.

Urine.—Frequent urging to urinate. Earthy, violet-colored sediment.

Genitals.—Twitching drawing in spermatic cord, with a sense of weakness in g.

Menses.—Too early.

Respiration.—Hot breath, with disagreeable warmth in chest.

Cough.—Dry, when reading aloud and talking, with painful dryness and roughness in larynx. Easy expectoration of much, grayish, yellow mucus in lumps, early in morning.

Larynx.—Rough, hoarse voice early in morning and in open air, from old established laryngeo-tracheal affections. Phthisis of, and of trachea.

Chest.—Stitches shooting upwards and downwards in sternum and chest. Unpleasant warmth in. Thrusts from above downward at heart.

Generalities.—Violent drawing and tearing in extremities. Insupportable, nightly digging pains in joints. Red, glistening swelling of joints after taking cold. Arthritic gout with sticking, twitching and digging, mostly at night, often one-sided or diagonal, with red, glistening swelling of joints. Painful soreness of entire body to touch. Many symptoms change for better or worse with the weather, but are always worst at night.

Bones.—Insupportable nightly digging in, and in periosteum. Inflammation of, and of periosteum.

Skin.—Excoriation and deep cracks in flexures of joints. Itching herpes. Skin does not heal easily.

Sleep.—Great drowsiness and fatigue at 8 o'clock in evening. Numerous, very vivid or distinctly remembered dreams.

Fever.—Pulse: Very uneven and irregular, now quick, now slow, but always weak and soft. Chill: Mostly in evening, with icy-cold hands and feet. With heat in head and ache in forehead, lasting long after the chill. Shaking chill, with sticking headache, without thirst in evening. Heat: Sudden flying heat in face, on chest and over back. Sweat: Profuse all over, with short, anxious breathing. Itching nightsweat, often on neck and legs only.

Allied Remedies.—Bry., (CHIN.,) Lyc., Puls.

MARUM.

Mind.—Indolence, with indisposition to both mental and physical exertion. Greatly increased irritability after eating. Extraordinary excitability and sensitiveness. Irresistible inclination to sing.

Head.—Pressive pain in front, < stooping.

Eyes.—Look as tho' he had been weeping, with biting in canthi and red conjunctiva. Biting tears in, when in open air.

Ears.—Ache, with sticking pains. Dry herpes on lobules. A hissing sound in, excited by passing the hand over them, talking and drawing air thro' nose.

Nose.—Violent crawling in. Sticking tearing high up in. Sensation as tho' one nostril, were half obstructed. Nasal polypi. Frequent sneezing, with crawling in, without coryza. Coryza with stopped nostrils.

Face.—Pale countenance. Frequent sense of a flush of heat, without redness. A pair of deep furrows with high edges on both sides of inner surface of under lip.

Teeth.—Violent tearing in roots of stomach-teeth and adjacent gums.

Mouth.—Biting and scraping in posterior fauces and at root of tongue. Much mucus in. Pressive or sticking sore throat, which impedes swallowing.

Appetite.—Sensation of hunger, in morning and evening.

Taste.—Musty, after hawking up mucus.

Regurgitation.—Of ingesta of a bitter taste.

Stomach.—Sense of emptiness with rumbling in. Anxious oppression in pit.

Abdomen.—Cutting in bowels after drinking beer or water.

Flatulence.—Copious, silent discharge of hot, bilious-smelling flatus. Obstructed f.

Stool.—Profuse evacuation of papescent, foul feces. Discharge of many ascarides.

Anus.—Incessant itching and crawling in.

Urine.—Increased discharge of watery urine.

Genitals.—Greatly diminished sexual desire.

Cough.—In evening after lying down, a short, dry, irritating c., from tickling in upper air passages (or as from dust therein); it is < by the cough itself.

Chest.—Tight feeling in (not connected with breathing). Accumulation of mucus, with a sense of dryness in air passages.

Upper Extremities.—The fingers are easily bent over. Burning in finger-tips. Panaritia.

Lower Extremities.—Toe-nails are ulcerated and grow into the flesh.

Generalities.—Rheumatic tearing in limbs, especially in bones and joints. Asleep sensation in limbs. Sensation of nervous

agitation and trembling in entire body. Sense of general relaxation at noon. Desire for exercise in open air, which is very agreeable and does not tire.

Bones.—Tearing in.

Sleep.—Nightly restlessness and sleeplessness from excitement, especially before midnight. Late falling to.

Fever.—Pulse: Somewhat accelerated toward evening. Chill: After each meal, seemingly spreading from abdomen. With trembling in evening, especially when speaking of disagreeable things. Want of natural vital heat. Heat: Toward evening, with great excitement and loquacity. Sweat: Wanting.

Allied Remedies.—Coff., Ign.

MENYANTHES.

Mind.—Anxiety about heart, as tho' some evil impended. Sad weeping mood.

Head.—Constant heaviness. Pressive ache, > external pressure with hand, < after eating and when ascending steps. Headache pressing together from sides.

Eyes.—Pressure in. Stiff lids, like a tonic spasm. When reading everything turns black.

Ears.—Stitches in. Discharge from. Cracking in, when chewing.

Nose.—Tension in root of. Odor as of rotten eggs before. Coryza with a stopped feeling.

Face.—Redness and heat of, during sleep. Painless twitching of facial muscles. Pain and cracking in maxillary joint when chewing.

Mouth.—Great dryness in throat, without thirst. Sensation when yawning and coughing, as tho' left side of palate were paralyzed.

Appetite.—Ravenous hunger disappearing after eating. Violent hunger preceded by heat in stomach. Desire for meat and aversion to bread and butter.

Stomach.—Grumbling and sensation of emptiness in.

Abdomen.—Cold feeling in. Painful soreness of external walls.

Stool.—Hard and constipated.

Urine.—Frequent urging to urinate, with diminished discharge.

Sexual Organs.—Excessive sexual desire without erections.

Larynx.—Spasmodic narrowing of, efforts to inspire excite cough. Rough, hoarse voice with stoppage of ears.

Neck.—Paralytic tension in muscles of. Stiff nape.

Chest.—Pressing together from both sides of, with stitches, inspiration greatly <. Stitches in cardiac region.

Back.—Bruised pain in lumbar region when sitting and stooping.

Upper Extremities.—Cramp-like pain in arms, hands and fingers. Bloodvessels on hands and forearms are distended.

Lower Extremities.—Cramp-like pains in legs. Bruised sensation in thigh. Extremely cold feet.

Generalities.—Visible but painless muscular twitchings in various parts, principally during rest. Cramp-like pains in extremities. Pinching sticking in limbs and joints. Most symptoms are intensified during rest and toward evening, and are better during motion and from the laying on of hands.

Fever.—Pulse: Slow during the chill, accelerated during the heat. Chill: Predominating. With shuddering over back, icy cold hands and feet and cold feeling in abdomen. General, it disappears near a warm stove, except on back. Overrunning shudders without chill, (as if hearing some gruesome tale) on upper part of body only. Chilly feeling on fingers and legs. Heat: General in evening, most severe on head, with cold feet. Sense of, especially in back, intermingled with a feeling of coldness, particularly in abdomen. Without thirst. Sweat: In evening in bed, immediately after lying down, often lasting all night.

Allied Remedies.—Asaf., Calc-c., Cann., Plat., Sep.

MERCURIUS.

Mind.—Great mental (and bodily) restlessness, especially in evening and at night. Effects of grief or fright, with nightly anxiety and fear. Impatience and wilfulness. Inclination to contradict and quarrel. Dissatisfied and complains about everything, his relations, surroundings, etc. Satiety of life. Desire to escape. Homesickness.

Sensorium.—Whirling vertigo when lying on back, with headache, blackness before eyes, nausea and heat. Sweetish rising in throat, followed by fainting, then sleep.

Head.—Congestion to. Tearing, burning pain in one (mostly the left) side and temple. Bursting ache. Pains: Burning, sticking; festering; ascending from nape. Feels as if a band lay around it, or it were screwed in. Meningitis, with ebullition and throbbing in forehead. Painful soreness of. Exostoses easily passing into caries. Open fontanelles. Eruption of offensive yellowish crusts on. Tickling and crawling itching; bleeding easily when scratched or passing into an erysipelatous inflammation. Falling of hair. Worse: Evening; becoming insufferable in warmth of bed at night; touch. Better: Sitting up; after rising from bed; at rest; in a warm room; laying hand on part; dry weather; rubbing.

Eyes.—Ulcerated and scurfy tarsi, with scurfs around eyes. Inflamed, with intolerance of firelight. Profuse, acrid lachrymation. Pain as of a cutting body under lids. Biting and burning in, especially in open air. Black points before. Progressive paralysis of optic nerve. Aversion to light and firelight.

Ears.—Earache; tearing or sticking pains. Ulceration of concha. Discharge of blood and foul-smelling pus from. Fungous growths in. Swelling of parotid gland. Difficult hearing, > after blowing nose. Roaring in.

Nose.—Red, glistening swelling of. Nosebleed; blood coagulates quickly. Violent, fluent coryza; acrid watery discharge. Sneezing.

Face.—Deathly pallor. Dirty, earth-colored. Dirty yellow crusts on, which bleed after scratching. Pimply eruption on chin. Swelling of one cheek. Sore, cracked lips. Induration of submaxillary (parotid and cervical) glands.

Teeth.—Ragged, swollen gums, with nightly burning, smarting pains, especially when touched and during eating. Ulcerated gums, with jagged prominences. Teeth loose, falling out. Nightly tearing toothache, excited by cold air, eating and cold as well as warm drinks. Stitches in.

Mouth.—Fetid odor from. Burning ulcers or aphthæ in. Swelling of soft palate, pharynx and tongue. Burning in throat. Inflammation and suppuration of throat. Constant inclination to swallow. Sticking pain in throat and tonsils when swallowing. Copious, fetid saliva. Swelling, induration and suppuration of tongue. Inability to speak. Hoarse, husky voice.

Appetite, etc.—Ravenous hunger, with weak digestion. Aversion to all food. Unquenchable, burning thirst. Violent thirst for cold drinks.

Taste.—Putrid (also salty or sweetish).

Nausea, etc.—Inclination to vomit, with a sweetish taste in throat. Nightly vomiting of bile.

Stomach.—Pressure in, with sensation as tho' hanging down heavily, after every meal.

Hypochondria.—Inflammation and induration of liver, with sticking pains.

Abdomen.—Inflammation, with distension of. Cutting and pinching in, after taking cold. Feeling of something alive in. Ascites (following inflammation of the mesenteric glands). Inflammatory swelling and suppuration of inguinal glands. Erysipelas encircling abdomen.

Stool.—Frequent, ineffectual urging to, with tenesmus, especially at night. Dysenteric diarrhœas with tenesmus. Acrid, bloody, mucus. Sour-smelling, green, excoriating anus. Involuntary.

Rectum.—Prolapsus of, during and after, urging to stool.

Urine.—Frequent, sudden urging to urinate, with scanty discharge. Excessive urination. Dark red, very foul smelling u.

Sexual Organs.—Gonorrhœa of glans (Jacaranda)†. Gonorrhœic discharge from penis, especially at night. Swelling of glans and foreskin. Ulcers on glans and foreskin, with a cheesy lardaceous base and hard margin. Painful nightly erections. Prolapsus uteri.

Menses.—Too profuse, with abdominal pains and anxiety. Purulent, corrosive leucorrhœa.

Respiration.—Short, when ascending steps, and walking rapidly.

Cough.—Dry, hacking, as tho' head and chest would burst. Spasmodic, always in two rapidly succeeding fits, excited by irritation in larynx and upper part of chest. Dry at night; in daytime, expectoration of a thin, acrid, purulent, yellow mucus often mixed with bright red, somewhat clotted blood, and of a repulsive or saltish taste and offensive odor. Hæmoptysis.

Larynx.—Hoarseness, even to aphonia.

Neck.—Swollen cervical glands, with sticking pains therein.

Chest.—Spasms of. Stitches, extending to back, < coughing. Bursting pain in. Soreness. Dry feeling in. Burning in. Inflammation of lungs. Palpitation. Deformed, suppurating nipples. Bad breast milk, it is repugnant to infant.

Back.—Bruised pain in scapula, back and lumbar region.

Upper Extremities.—Nightly tearing in shoulders, upper arm and legs. Hot, red swelling of forearm. Cracks on fingers. Hang nails.

Lower Extremities.—Nightly tearing in. Dropsical swelling of thigh and leg. Painful swelling of bones of feet.

Generalities.—Nightly tearing pains in extremities, with continual sweating. Sticking pains in limbs and joints. Gouty arthritis, with swelling and cold sensation in affected parts. Tremulous restlessness of limbs in the evening. Great debility and weakness from slight exertion. The symptoms are < in the evening, at night they become quite insupportable from the warmth of the bed.

Glands.—Inflammatory swelling and induration of. Suppurating.

Bones.—Painfulness of all. Inflammation, with nightly pains. Suppurative osteitis. Rachitis.

Skin.—Increased itching, from warmth of bed at night. So-called fatty itch. Dry, miliary eruption bleeding when scratched. Eruptions burn after scratching. Hot inflammations with tardy formation of pus. Syphilitic ulcerations. Liver spots.

Sleep.—Late falling to sleep on account of anxiousness and restlessness. Prevented by frightful phantasies. Very light sleep. Somnolency.

Fever.—Pulse: Irregular, mostly full and accelerated, with strong throbbing in blood vessels; sometimes weak, slow and trembling, seldom intermittent. Disappearing; with warmth of body. Ebullition of blood, with trembling from slight exertion. Chill: In early morning while rising, but most in evening when lying down; as if dashed with cold water, not > by warmth of stove. Nocturnal, with frequent urination. Alternating with heat; often on single parts only. Internal, with heat of face. Heat: In bed, and chill out of it. After midnight, with violent thirst for cold drinks. Anxious h., with compression of chest, Sweat: Toward morning, with thirst and palpitation. Profuse, from least exertion, even from eating. Evenings, in bed, before going to sleep. Copious night sweats, very debilitating. Sour or offensive smelling, also cold, greasy or sticky s., and burning on skin. Sweat, or at least dampness of skin with almost all pains. On affected parts.

Allied Remedies.—Aco., Ag-c., Alo., ANT-C., Ap., Arg., Arg-n., Arn., Ars., ASAF., Aur., BELL., Bry., Calc-c., CARB-V., CHIN., Cic., Cina., Clem., Coff., Colch., Cupr., Dig., Dulc., EUPHORB., Guai., HEP., Iod., Kali-bi., LACH., Laur., Lyc., MERC-C., Mez., NIT-AC., Nux-v., OP., Phos-ac., Phyt., Plat., Pod., Puls., Rhe., Rhod., Rhus-t., SARS., Selen., Sep., Sil., Spig., STAPH., Sul., Thuj., Valer., Verat-a., Zinc.