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Preparation , Dilutions with water.

Authorities. (From Hahnemann, Chronische Krankheiten).

1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Fr. Hn.; 3 , Franz; 4 , Gross; 5 , Langhammer; 6 , Ng.; 7 , Jacobson, in Hufeland's Journal (XIX, 2, 164, observations on fever patients, -Hughes); 8 , Kinglake, in Phys. Med. Journ. (IV, 484, of English original, observations on patients with cutaneous disease, -Hughes); 9 , Desgranges, Recueil. Period, 1799 (Frank's Mag., 3), a man drank a glassful; 10 , Menminger, Hufeland's Journ. (Frank's Mag., 2), poisoning of a woman; 11 , Fleischmann, Horn's Archiv, 1817 (Frank's Mag., 2, 17), poisoning of a girl, æt. twenty-two years; 12 , Lunding. Acta. Soc. Med. Haven., 1821 (Frank's Mag., 2), poisoning of a pregnant woman; 13, 14 , same, poisoning of two girls; 15 , London Courier (Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1824, p. 222), fatal poisoning of a child, æt. three months; 16 , Rust, Rust's Mag., 1824 (Frank's Mag., 1), poisoning of a girl; 17 , Tendering, Horn's Archiv, 1825 (Frank's Mag., 2, 12) poisoning of a girl; 18 , Dr. Puchelt, Heidelberg Ann., 1825 (Frank's Mag., 3), poisoning of a man; 19 , Kleim, same Journ., poisoning of a pregnant girl by 1 ounce; 20 , omitted; 21 , Lebidois, Archiv. Gen., 1827 (Frank's Mag., 3), poisoning of a girl, æt. twenty-two years; 22 , Dr. Martini, Rust's Mag., 1827 (Frank's Mag., 1); 23 , Robert, Bull. de la Soc. de Anat., 1828 (Tardieu), poisoning of a man, æt. twenty-two years, by 1/2 ounce; 24 , Carus, Deutsch Zeit., 1828 (Frank's Mag., 3, 354), poisoning of a person, æt. twenty-six years, by the concentrated solution; 25 , Hospital Report of Hôtel Dieu, Lond. Med. Gaz., vol. 1, 1828, poisoning of a woman, æt. Twenty-two years, by a glassful of Sulphuric acid mixed with water; death in sixty days, in an advanced stage of comsumption; 26 , J. Orr, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1828-9, vol. 3, p. 253, poisoning of a girl, æt. Nineteen years, by about 2 ounces of concentrated Sulphuric acid; 27 , Hôtel Dieu, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1828-9, p. 687, poisoning of a boy, æt. nine years, who swallowed one mouthful, and as he was about to swallow a second, threw it out upon his chin, arms and hands; 28 , same, Louis F., æt. nineteen years, swallowed a mouthful, death in twenty days; 29 , Robt. Christison, M.D., Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1829, p. 232, a man had Sulphuric acid thrown on him; death on the thirteenth day; 30 , Thomas Bevan, Lond. Med. Gaz., vol. 1, 1828, effects on suckling infants, whose mothers have taken from 5 to 10 drops three or four times a day, in conjunction with infusion of roses; 31 , Dr. Thorer, A. H. Z., 3, 98, a woman, æt. thirty years, ten days after confinement, took 20 drops every hour for twelve hours, on account of metrorrhagia, omitted; 32 , Lond. Med. Gaz., vol. 7, 1830-1, p. 27 poisoning of a woman, death on the fifth day; 33 , Martyn Sinclair, Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1831 (2), p. 99, a man, æt. twenty-seven years, swallowed 3 fluid ounces of concentrated Sulphuric acid, death in fifty-five hours; 34 , Hohnbaum, Hencke's Zeit., 1833 (Frank's Mag., 3); 35 , Behr, Casper's Woch, 1834 (Frank's Mag., 1), poisoning of a child, æt. two years, by nearly 2 drachms; 36 , W. Corbet, Dublin Med. Journ., vol. 8, 1835, p. 283, Anne Taylor, æt. eighteen years, took probably 1 1/2 or 2 ounces, death on thirty-third day; 37 , Schurmayer, Heidelberg Annal., 1836 (Frank's Mag., 3), a man, æt. forty years, took a teaspoonful; 38 , Barkhausen, Med. Zeit. für Verein Preuss., 1866 (Frank's Mag., 1, p. 2), poisoning of a man; 39 , same, another case; 40 , Braun, Hencke's Zeit., 1836 (Frank's Mag., 3); 41 , Med. Zeit. Verein Preuss, 1836 (S. J., 15, 16), poisoning of a man; 42 , Dr. Lowenhardt, Med. Zeit. Verein Preuss, 1836 (Frank's Mag, 1), poisoning of a man; 43 , Evers, Rust's Mag., 1837 (Frank's Mag., 1), poisoning of a woman by 1 ounce; 44 , same, second case of a woman; 45 , same, a third case, took a spoonful; 46 , Tott, Hufeland's Journ., 1837 (S. J., 15, 282), poisoning of a woman; 47 , Chaulant, Beitrage zu Prat. Heil., 1837 (Frank's Mag., 4), a man drank some; 48 , Dr. Hilsenberg, Rust's Mag., 1837 (Frank's Mag., 1); 49 , Reder, Rust's Mag., 1838 (Frank's Mag., 1), a child; 50 , Dr. Michælsen, Pfaff's Mittheil., 1838 (S. J., 23, 118), a woman drank some; 51 , Moller, Nord. Med. Arch. (S. J., 170, 23); 52 , Fritz, Wurt. Corr. Blatt., 1838 (Frank's Mag., 2), a man, æt. forty-five years, drank some; 53 , John Wilson, M.D., Med.-Chir. Trans., 1838, p. 274, a young woman swallowed 2 or 3 ounces strong Sulphuric acid; 54 , same, a woman swallowed a part of two pennyworth of oil of vitriol, death in forty-five weeks; 55 , Tardieu, a man took 80 grams, and died in twenty hours by perforation; 56 , Alfred S. Taylor, Guy's Hosp. Rep., 1839, p. 297, a man, æt. forty years, took a wineglassful; 57 , Geisler, Rust's Mag., 1839 (Frank's Mag., 1); 58 , Luther, Hufeland's Journ. (Frank's Mag., 2); 59 , Dr. Pachur, Med. Zeit. Verein Preuss, 1841 (S. J., 32, 152), a man drank some; 60 , Dr. Bergmann, Hanover Annals., 1841 (Frank's Mag., 1); 61 , Dr. Claudi, Œst. Wochenschrift, 1841 (Frank's Mag., 1), a girl æt. twenty-one years; 62 , J. Scoffem, M.D., Lond. Med. Gaz., vol. 30, p. 352, a girl swallowed a quantity, death on the second day; 63 , Thierfelder, Summarium, 1842 (S. J., 35, 31), a woman, æt. twenty-eight years, took 1/2 ounce; 64 , Kerster, Rust's Mag., 1843 (Frank's Mag., 1); 65 , same, another case; 66 , omitted; 67 , Pharm. Journ., vol. 5, 1846, p. 189, extract from Hampshire Journ., an infant took 2 or 3 drops; 68 , Bouvier, Bull. Royal Acad., 1847 (Frank's Mag., 4), a girl swallowed 2 spoonfuls; 69 , David Craige, M.D., Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1849 (1), 407, a man, æt. forty-nine years, swallowed 2 ounces of specific gravity 1840, death in less than four hours; 70 , Œst. Med. Woch. (A. H. Z., 21, 379), a girl, æt. twenty-one years, took 2 spoonfuls, recovery; 71 , H. Letheby, M.D., Med. Times, N. S., vol. 1, 1850, p. 58, James Ross, æt. six years, drank about a tablespoonful; 72 , same, oil of vitriol of the density of 1316, and containing 42 per cent. of free Sulphuric acid, was thrown on two men; 73 , John Walker, Month. Journ. Med. Sci., vol. 10, 1850, p. 538, a man, æt. thirty years, swallowed 15 1/2 drachms; 74 , Wibmer, Zeller. Würt. Corr. Blatt., Hirschell's Archiv, vol. 2, p. 44, effects on workers; 75 , Dr. Trier, Hosp. Med., vol. 5, pr. 1, 1852 (S. J. 76, 309); 76 , Benzi, Gaz. Sarda., 1855 (S. J., 88, 175), a man swallowed 10 to 15 grams; 77 , Sebregondi, Preus Verein Zeit., 1855 (S. J., 88, 300), a boy drank a swallow; 78 , Cless, Wurt. Corr. Blatt., 1856 (S. J., 93, 295), a girl, æt. twenty-six years, took an indefinite amount; 79 , Dr. Schüz, Wurt. Corr. Blatt., 1856 (S. J., 91, 302), a boy, æt. two and a half years, took an indefinite amount of the fuming acid; 80 , Dr. Schüz, Med. Corr. Blatt., 1856, case of a child, æt. three years; 81 , M. Laboulbène, Lond. Med. Gaz., vol. 5, p. 77, a man, æt. fifty-nine years, swallowed some mouthfuls of Sulphuric acid of 66 degrees strength; milk administered at once brought on vomiting; treatment, milk with lime, water, and magnesia; 82 , Thirion, Journ. de Chim., 1857, No. 6; 83 , Dr. Jenner, Med. Times and Gaz., 1857 (2); 84 , Pellischek, Œst. Zeit. für Prakt. Heil., 1858 (S. J., 99, 290); 85 , Dr. Winn, Lancet (Pharm. Journ., vol. 17, 1858, p. 385), a child, æt. four years, took a quantity, recovery; 86 , Howitz, Hosp. Tidende (S. J., 111, 306); 87 , same, another case; 88 , Guy's Hosp. Rep., 1859, p. 134, a man, æt. fifty-six years, swallowed about a dessertspoonful; 89 , same, a woman, æt. fifty-five years, drank about 3 ounces of the strength of 1 of acid to 4 of water, death in eleven days; 90 , same, a man, æt. fifty-six years, took about a tablespoonful into his mouth and spat it out; 91 , Times (Pharm. Journ., vol. 18, 1859, p. 485), of six men engaged in baling out a chamber used for condensing the gas, two were unaffected, though longer at work than the others; one slightly affected; one died the second morning; 92 , Ogle, Trans. Path. Soc., vol. 11, p. 294 (Syden. Yearbook, 1860, p. 437); 93 , Attomyr, New Archives, vol. 1, part 1, p. 178, effects of internal use; 94 , Reil, Z. für H. K., 2, p. 35, a man took 1/2 lb. of raw Sulphuric acid; 95 , D. R. Haldame, M.D., Edinb. Month. Journ., vol. 7, 1862, p. 739, a man swallowed an unknown quantity, death; 96 , Leyden and Munk, Virchow, vol. 22, p. 237 (Syden. Yearbook, 1862, 427), two fatal cases of poisoning; 97 , Bamberger, A. H. Z., M. B., 6, 40, a girl, æt. twenty-five years, took a spoonful; 98 , Dr. Smoller, A. H. Z., M. B., 8, 9, a woman, æt. twenty-nine years, took rather small quantities; 99 , same, a man took some; 100 , same, case of a girl, æt. twenty years; 101 , Geissler, S. J., 100, 294, a boy drank 1/2 ounce; 102 , Drs. Frerichs and Mannkopf, A. H. Z., M. B., 6, 40, a girl, æt. sixteen years, was poisoned by the diluted acid and recovered; 103 , same, another girl, æt. sixteen years; 104 , same, a girl, æt. twenty-four years, took an indefinite quantity; 105 , same, another case, took the concentrated acid; 106 , same, a girl took 1 1/2 ounces; 107 , Edmund Higinbotham, Med. Times and Gaz., 1863 (1), p. 183, a man swallowed 3 ounces of spirit of vitriol, death in two hours and a half; 108 , Joseph M. Drake, M.D., Canada Med. Journ., vol. 4, 1867, G. W. took about a glass of oil of vitriol; 109 , Dr. Wardell, Brit. Med. Journ., 1869 (2), p. 325, a woman swallowed 2 1/2 ounces Sulphuric acid, mixed with an equal quantity of water, death in three hours; 110 , Dr. Fripp, Lancet, 1869 (1), p. 192, a man, æt. forty years, swallowed a large mouthful of the concentrated Sulphuric acid, recovery; 111 , Malmsten, Svenska läk sälloh, förh, 1870, Nord. Med. Ark., 3, 1871 (S. J., 155, 19); 112 , Thomas Bryant, Lancet, 1872 (2), p. 816, a woman, æt. thirty-one years, swallowed a quantity; 113 , Dr. Burder, Med. Times and Gaz., 1873 (2), p. 92, a man, æt. thirty-four years, swallowed 2 ounces of strong Sulphuric acid, death; 114 , Dr. Græffner, 1877, effects of crude acid; 115 , same, another case of swallowing the acid.

MIND

Delirious shortly before death, 94.
For two nights, delirious and recognized no one, 54.
Uneasiness (after twelve hours), 1.
Nervous excitement, 43.
He was roused with difficulty, and when roused, resisted fiercely, saying in a hoarse muffled voice, "Let me alone, let me die," 107.
Excessively jocose, 1.
Exaltation of mind and disposition, 1.
Great distraction of mind; she often gave inappropriate answers, 6.
Hasty mood; nothing that she does can be finished quickly enough, though she makes unusual effort, 1. [10.]
Constant moaning, 78.
Moaning very deeply (after half an hour), 73.
Lachrymose without cause (first day), 6.
Very sad irritable mood, 1.
Melancholy and weary of life, 1.
Dull gloomy mood, in the morning, 3.
Despondent morose mood, 5.
Most excessive anxiety, and burning pain and heat in the stomach, 58.
Great anxiety, 17, 44.
Great anxiety, with restless tossing about, 38. [20.]
Extreme anxiety and nausea, followed by vomiting of mucus (immediately), 28.
Anxious, quarrelsome, averse to answering, 6.
Diminution of the anxious oppressed mood and of the despondency, alternating with exaltation, and therefore (as curative action) a quiet refreshed condition, 3.
Great apprehension, from morning till evening (thirteenth day), 6.
Apprehensive and grieving, with inclination to weep (second day), 6.
Depressed, 88.
Was in a state of great fright, 110.
Very fearful, despondent, fretful, 1.
Very fearful; extremely mistrustful, 1.
Ill-humor, fretfulness, 1.* [30.]

HEAD

Vertigo.
Vertigo, 24.
Vertigo, in the afternoon, while sewing, as if she would fall from the chair, 1.
Vertigo, while sitting; things turn about in a circle, soon, 6.
Vertigo, even to reeling; was obliged to lie down constantly, for as soon as she rose the vertigo reappeared, 1.
Vertigo in the house, which disappears in the open air, 6.
General Head.
Dull pain in the head, as if full, 6.
Pressive dulness in the head, 1.
Dulness and heaviness of the head, in the morning, 6. [50.]
Sensation of heaviness and fulness in the head; she was obliged to hold it forward, 6.
Heaviness and pain in the head, as if the brain fell forward and came up again, 1.
Weakness in the head, 2.
Headache, 24, 74.
Pain as if the head would burst, 1.
Pain as if the head were shattered, in the morning after waking, and yet great sleepiness, 6.
Drawing headache, in the evening, 1.
Drawing headache, especially in the right side, towards the forehead, 6.
Drawing and tension in the head, 1.
Tearing in the whole head, day and night, 6. [60.]
Stitches here and there in the head, when walking in the open air, 6.
Dull stitch deep in the brain, above the left frontal eminence, suddenly increasing then diminishing, and at last suddenly disappearing, 4.
Forehead.
Dulness and fulness in the forehead, the whole forenoon, 6.
Pain, as from a blow, near the left frontal eminence, first increasing, then suddenly disappearing, 4.
A feeling in the frontal region as if the brain were loose and fell back and forth, 6.
Painful sensation of soreness above the left frontal eminence, which is always more acute in isolated jerks, .

EYE

Objective.
Redness of the eyes, and constant lachrymation and photophobia, 1.
Eyes and face ghastly, 36. [100.]
Eyes protruding, 39.
The eyes fixed, and with the pupils slightly contracted, but not very sensitive to light (in two hours), 69.
Eyes sparkling, 11.
Eyes lustreless and watery, 22.
They immediately felt a severe burning sensation, especially in the eyes. On admission into the hospital, their eyes were much inflamed, the lids were swollen, and the right eye of the father looked dull and opaque. On the fourth day the conjunctiva of the right eye of the father acquired a jellylike consistence, and on the eighth day the cornea, which all along had been opaque, sloughed away, giving exit to the lens and a portion of the vitreous humor. For more than a week this eye continued inflamed, and it discharged large quantities of purulent matter. At the present time the eye is still suppurating and gradually wasting away, 72.
Eyes sunken and expressive of suffering (sixteenth day), 83.
Subjective.
Sensation of a foreign body in the right outer canthus, in the morning when walking , disappearing in the house, 6.*
Burning and lachrymation of the eyes, while reading in the commencing twilight, 4.
Frequent violent burning in the eyes (sixth day), 6.
Biting burning and lachrymation in the left eye, while reading during the day, 4. [110.]
Frequent biting in the right eye (first day), 6.
Orbit.
Tearing on the margin of the right orbit, extending toward the temples, as if under the skin, 6.
Pain as from a plug thrust in just above the left orbit, at first increasing, then suddenly disappearing, 4.
A dull thrust, from within outward, just above the margin of the right eyelid on every paroxysm of cough, 4.
Lids.
Eyes agglutinated, in the morning, 1.
Twitching in the right inner canthus, .

EAR

Violent tickling in the concha, 1.
Tearing in front of the left ear and up into the temple, 6.
Tearing deep in the left ear, followed by crawling in it, 6. [130.]
Jerking in the right ear, preceded by the exit of agreeable warmth, 6.
Tearing and sticking in the right ear, rather external, 1.
Drawing from within outward in the right meatus, 4.
Hearing.
Diminished hearing, as if a leaf were laid before the ear, 6.
Clear sounds of bells in the right ear, 5.
Rhythmical roaring in the ears, 1.
Roaring in the left ear on opening the mouth, as from a waterfall, during dinner, 6.
Roaring in the ears, in the evening, 1.
Roaring in the ears (fourth week), 104.
Great roaring in the ears, lasting four hours, 1.

NOSE. [140.]

Violent coryza, with sore eyes, 1.
Coryza, with loss of smell (fourth and fifth days), 6.
Fluent coryza (fourth day), 6.
Much water runs from the nose, with stoppage of one nostril, 6.
Obstinate dry coryza, 1.
Violent dry catarrh; at times he could get no air through one or the other nostril, 4.
Bleeding of the nose, in the evening, while sitting and standing, 5.
Dark-brown froth issuing from nostrils, 107.
Ineffectual inclination to sneeze, 6.
Fine stinging prickling in the right side of the nose, so that he was obliged to rub it, 4. [150.]
A vapor mounted through the nose, followed by incessant sneezing twenty times, and then stoppage of the nose, 6.

FACE

Incessant convulsions of the facial muscles; eyes sunken; clonic spasms of the upper extremities and dorsal muscles, 76.
Convulsions of the muscles of the face and of the lips, 9.
Face distorted, livid, 78.
Features distorted, 19.
Look unsteady, 78.
Expression of prostration and collapse (after two hours), 83.
Face hippocratic; features drawn and deathly pale, 43.
Face sunken (after four weeks), 104.
Face sunken, expressive of great anxiety; the patient frequently sprang from bed, and died in collapse, with an extremely offensive odor from the mouth and involuntary discharges, 65. [160.]
Countenance expressive of great pain; look fixed; eyes sunken; pupils contracted; pupils pinched, 33.
Gangrenous look, 16.
Countenance greatly altered, 54.
Face puffy, frequently changing color; the lips swollen, sore, 24.
Face pale, 52.*
Face very pale, with movement in the stomach (fourth day), 6.
Deathly pale, 19.
Countenance pale, dingy, and deathlike (in two hours), 69.
Face pale, puffy, 61, 70.
Countenance pale and expressive of great anxiety, 56. [170.]
Face pale, distorted, expressive of the greatest pain, 94.
Countenance pale and sunken, 109.
Face pale, restless, drawn, 21.
Face red, 58.
Face red and puffy, 11.
Their faces were covered with numerous red spots, which, in the course of a few hours, scabbed over and became brown, 72.
The face became dark blue, the eyes protruded, with danger of suffocation, 41.
Face cyanotic, 106.
Face blue, as from threatening suffocation, 24.
Face dark blue, . [180.]

SULFURICUM ACIDUM. MOUTH

Teeth.
The teeth presented a yellow and black fur, like the sordes of fever, 90. [210.]
The teeth were of a chalky-dead whiteness, and had completely lost their polish, 108.
Subsequently, all the teeth broke off and fell out in pieces, 19.
Teeth on edge at various times, 6.
Teeth on edge the whole afternoon (after four hours), 1.
Toothache, aggravated by cold, relieved by the warmth, preventing sleep all night, 6.
Toothache in the left lower row, in the evening after lying down, 6.
Gnawing toothache in the right lower row, in the evening, worse after lying down till 2 A.M., 6.
Gnawing pain in the back tooth and in the incisor, only when biting on something hard, 6.
Digging pain in a hollow back tooth during and after chewing something hard, 1.
Pain pressing inward in the right upper incisor, 6. [220.]
Frequent painful tearing in the teeth of the left side, 6.
Tearing in the left lower teeth, in the bed, in the evening till midnight, 6.
Tearing in the left eye-tooth and in the lower jaw, all night, during the menses, 6.
Gum.
Swelling of the gum of the right lower jaw; when pressed, pus exudes, 6.
Ulcerated gum, 1.
Gum and inner surface of the lips grayish white, thick, wrinkled, 78.
The gum has a furzy feeling; bleeds on the slightest touch, 3.
Tongue.
Tongue horribly swollen, 19.
Tongue swollen, covered with wrinkled white skin, 42.
Tongue and throat horribly swollen; swallowing impossible, 41. [230.]
Tongue, cheeks, and mouth swollen, 36.
The mucous membrane of the tongue and mouth was corrugated, thickened, and milky white, .

THROAT

The throat is swollen, as if there was a lump in it, 1.*
Constant hawking of tenacious masses of mucous membrane, 65. [320.]
Constant hawking, retching, and vomiting of bloody, reddish-brown mucus, which was so acid that it burnt holes in the linen, 94.
Frequent, but slight hawking or cough (second day), 36.
Tough mucus, in throat, 109.
Throat near the cricoid is swelled and painful (twenty-fourth day); tumor of neck very painful (twenty-seventh and following days), 36.
Redness and painful sensitiveness in the throat, continued for a long time, 9.
Intense constriction, in the throat, 82.
Throat sensitive, 16.*
Pain along the throat and in the chest, as far down as the stomach, aggravated by swallowing, talking, or even by turning the body, 21.
Most frightful pain was felt in the throat and along the œsophagus, and especially in the epigastric region, 94.
Violent pain in the throat and stomach, 114. [330.]
Burning pain in the throat and stomach, 52.
Burning in the throat and stomach, 19.
Burning in the throat along the œsophagus to the stomach, with icy coldness of the rest of the body, 9.
Violent burning in the throat and along the upper part of the œsophagus, 102.
Contractive sensation in the throat, especially in the right side, when swallowing and when not, 6.
Sore throat on swallowing, in the evening, worse on the left side, 6.*
Rawness in the throat , after almost every new dose, 6.*
Scraping and rawness, in the throat, 6.
Scraping in the throat, 1.
Feeling as of mucus in the throat, which neither comes up nor goes down, and does not provoke hawking, 6. [340.]
Sticking in the left side of the throat on swallowing; also in the evening, with pain externally on touch, 6.

STOMACH

Appetite and Thirst.
Great appetite and good taste to food; but qualmishness after eating, so that he is obliged to stop eating before he is satisfied, 4.
Distressing hunger; but the patient was unable to retain the smallest quantity of nourishment, 104.
Increased hunger and appetite (first day), 6.
She is hungry, but as soon as anything is taken into the mouth it nauseates her, 6. [380.]
She is hungry, and yet eats without appetite, with discomfort in the stomach after eating, for several days, 6.
Desire for fresh plums, 6.
Loss of appetite, 74.
Loss of appetite and discomfort; food has a natural taste, yet is disagreeable, 4.
Aversion to eating, which disappears towards evening, 6.
Thirst, 109.
Thirst, after vomiting, 6.
Constant terrible thirst, 23.
Thirst and dry tongue during the menses, 6.
Excessive thirst, 10, 24, 55 , etc. [390.]
Excessive thirst, with inability to drink, 24.
Burning thirst, 68, 103.
Eructations.
Frequent eructations, 34.
Eructations at first empty, then bitter, slimy, in the morning after coughing, 1.
Bitter eructations, frequently after dinner, 6.
Bitter eructations, 6.
Eructations like onions, 1.
Frequent long-lasting, empty eructations (soon), 6.
Uprisings of water, frequently disappearing after dinner, 6.
Rising of water from the stomach, 6. [400.]
Uprisings of salt-water in the mouth before vomiting, 6.
Sweetish gulping up of water, 6.
Sour eructations, .*

ABDOMEN

Hypochondria.
Left hypochondria distended, 47.
Burning in both hypochondria while sitting, all day, 6. [530.]
Stitch in the hepatic region, near the stomach, 1.
Stitch in the left hypochondriac region on leaning to the right side, 6.
Stitches in the left hypochondriac region, disappearing on pressure, 6.
Stitches in the left hypochondriac region, associated with stitches in the chest, 6.
Umbilicus and Sides.
Loud rumbling about the umbilicus, in the evening before lying down and the next morning after rising, 6.
Sensation of a sickly warmth, or as of heartburn, in the umbilical region, 4.
Pressure upon the navel, superficial but violent, 4.
Cutting and moving about in the umbilical region, 6.
Cutting in the umbilical region, worse when walking in the open air than in the house, 6.
Long dull stitches in the left side of the umbilicus, extending into the abdomen, 4. [540.]
Griping in the left flank, 6.
Bubbling pain in the right side of the abdomen, extending almost to the back, 4.
Burning in the right flank, with a hacking cough, 6.
Jerking in the left flank and a pressing outward as if with the finger, at first appearing and disappearing while sitting, then recurring while standing and disappearing while walking; occurring while walking, 6.
A stitch in the left flank on inspiration, followed by fine stitches in the upper part of the left side of the chest, in the evening after lying down, 6.
Stitches in the left flank, 6.
General Abdomen.
Muscles of the abdomen hard and rigid, and when the abdomen was pressed, he gave distinct indications of pain; he was observed, also, to place his hand on the pit of the stomach, with an expression of suffering and anguish (in two hours), 69.
Distension of the abdomen, with rumbling and still emission of flatus, 6.
Distension of the abdomen, , .

RECTUM AND ANUS

Moisture on the hæmorrhoids and pain when touched, 1. [600.]
Hæmorrhoids with burning and sticking, 1.
Violent itching of the hæmorrhoids, 1.
Rush of blood to the rectum, 1.
Pain as if the rectum would be torn asunder, during a stool, 1.
Ineffectual desire for stool, for two hours (first day), 6.

STOOL

Diarrhœa.
Diarrhœa, 34, 46.*
Dysenteric diarrhœa, 34.
In a few days the bowels became much disordered, the motions very frequent and green in appearance , and, if we can judge by the restlessness of the little sufferer, passed with pain. If the acid be persevered in, the health of the child becomes most sensibly affected, and death at last closes the scene. My attention was first directed to this subject by a man who asked me, "What I had given to his wife, as the child's napkins, upon being washed, went into holes," 30.
Diarrhœa till evening; the evacuation only fermented mucus, with burning in the rectum, flatulence, and rumbling, 1.
[Watery green diarrhœa], 7 . [Bracket. -Hughes.] [610.]
*Soft stool, followed by a feeling of emptiness in the abdomen (fourth day), 6.
Stool soft, pasty, accompanied and followed by pressing in the anus (after six hours), 5.*
Stool soft, preceded by sticking in the anus (second day), 6.
Stool of soft and very thin fæces (third day), 6.
Stools black, mixed with blood, 43.
Stools black, liquid, very fetid, relieving for the moment the great pain, 55.
Stool bloody, hard, only every two or three days (after twenty-five days), 6.
Stool colored with blood, 1.
*The child frequently has a stool, as if chopped, saffron yellow, stringy and slimy, 1.
Stool yellowish white, 1.* [620.]
Stool of a very offensive odor, partly solid, partly liquid, with much thin mucus and streaks of blood, 1.*
Stool very large, formed, 1.
Stool, in the morning; at first hard, then soft, 1.
Stool hard, in small connected black lumps, mixed with blood, and with such needlelike stitches in the anus that she was obliged to stand up on account of the pain, during the menses, .

URINARY ORGANS

Kidneys and Bladder.
Acute nephritis; during life the urine contained blood and albumen; in one case there were fibrinous casts and epithelia, and in the other cellular elements only. The microscopical examination of the kidneys after death afforded evidence of a recent inflammatory process (granular opacity and fatty degeneration of the epithelial elements, recent cleaving of the nuclei of the interstitial tissue, particularly along the course of the vessels). Both cases were of long duration, and it was observed that the quantity of albumen in the urine diminished from day to day, 96.
After the beginning of the third week the urinary symptoms commenced; the patient suffered from pain behind the symphysis, frequent desire to urinate, and cutting pains when urinating; the catheter met with an obstruction in the region of the neck of the bladder, which, on examination through the rectum, was found to be a swollen and extremely sensitive prostate, 105.
Violent pressure upon the neck of the bladder, as if everything would force out, especially violent while walking, standing, and sitting, obliging him to press the thighs together; relieved by coition (first ten days), 1.
Pain in the bladder if the desire to urinate is not immediately satisfied, 1.*
Urethra. [640.]
Burning in the urethra after coition, 1.
Micturition and Urine.
Constant desire to urinate; always before the last drops violent cutting in the urethra, for seven days; afterwards, there is every time a dragging in the groins and loins, 1.
She is obliged to rise at night to urinate (after two days), 6.
Frequent micturition of only a few drops, 34.
Increased evacuation of urine (after four to twelve days), 6.
Secretion of urine, in the morning, at first increased, then diminished, with burning (third day), 6.
Urine diminished, with burning during micturition (second day), 5.
Urinates only in the morning and evening, associated with burning (fifth day), 6.
No urine is passed (second morning), 6.
Suppression of urine, 84. [650.]
Diuresis, 71.

SEXUAL ORGANS

Male.
Warmth in the genitals and scrotum, 1.
Erections during the day without amorous thoughts, 1.
Itching pain in the upper margin of the glans penis, 1. [670.]
Relaxation of the scrotum, 1.
Emission without voluptuous sensation, 1.
Female.
Miscarriage (after some days), 12.
Discharge of bloody mucus from the genitals, as if the menses would come on (after two hours), 1.
Disagreeable burning leucorrhœa, 1.
Leucorrhœa transparent or milklike, without sensation, 1.
Frequent discharge of mucus from the vagina, with a corroding sensation (after sixteen days), 1.
Menses eight days late, without trouble, 1.
Menses six days too early, 6.
Menses five days too late, with pain in the abdomen and small of the back, 6. [680.]
Great desire for coition in a woman, the inclination to which was rather in the external genitals, yet she was not much excited by coition, 1.
Great desire for coition after the menses (after eleven days), 1.
Great aversion to coition after the menses (after thirty-eight days), 1.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

Violent bronchitis came on the second week; the patient became very prostrated, 86.
In most workers the mucous membrane of the air-passages first becomes affected; this is shown by hoarseness, cough, oppression of the chest, sticking pains; the cough is at first dry, without expectoration, afterwards loose, with improvement, 74.
Glossitis, 83.
Loud rattling of mucus in the larynx, 106.
Rattling of mucus in the trachea and bronchi, 94.
Constrictive pain in the larynx, 24.
Pain in the larynx; talking was irksome, as if the usual flexibility and mobility of the parts were wanting, 1. [690.]
Pains in the larynx, as if sprained, on talking and on external pressure, 104.
Sticking pain in the larynx, 1.
Larynx painful to touch, 47.
Larynx excessively sensitive, 106.
Larynx very sensitive to pressure, 103.
The larynx was very sensitive to pressure; swallowing difficult and painful, 87.
Voice.
Hoarseness, 46.
Hoarseness; inclination to coryza and cough, 1.
Hoarseness; dryness and roughness in the throat and larynx, 6.
Excessive hoarseness, 24, 35. [700.]
Voice hoarse, croaking, almost unintelligible, 94.
Voice hoarse, hollow, almost unintelligible (after four weeks), 104.
Voice hoarse and larynx painful to touch, 65.
Voice husky and hoarse, 105.
The voice was husky (after half an hour), 73.
Voice without sound, husky, 106.
Low muttering voice (sixteenth day), 83.
Voice very low, 21.
Voice feeble, 82.
Voice weak, croupy, followed by complete aphonia, 84. [710.]
Loss of voice, .

CHEST

Hæmoptysis when walking slowly, 2.
Great rattling of mucus in the chest and throat, with difficult respiration, great restlessness with pains in the larynx and chest, followed by death, 24.
Rattling in the left lung, followed by dulness, with bronchial respiration and pneumonia, from which the patient recovered, 100 . [It may be remarked, that Prof. Popel has noticed that many cases of poisoning by Sulphuric acid suffer from pneumonia.]
On the fifth day, there was noticed rattling at the base of both lungs, without any dulness on percussion; pulse 112; the cough continued; the sputa was tenacious on the sixth day. On the seventh day, the patient was frightfully pale, with circumscribed redness of the cheeks; the pulse 132; sputa very tenacious; no râles in the lungs were noticed. The eighth day, the patient complained of oppression of the chest; there were found bronchial respiration; in the right side some râles; on the left side moist and rattling râles; respiration 40; violent headache. The next day, the patient was pale, in a clammy sweat, and died towards evening, 98.
Rattling in the chest, rapid pulse, short breath, even in bed, 1.
Moist râles in the chest, 24.
Dulness at the base of the right lung, followed by pneumonia, collapse, and death, 99.
Oppression of the chest, 59.
Oppression of the chest, in the morning, with nausea, 1.
The chest is oppressed by catarrh, in the morning on waking; there is irritation to cough, without anything to be loosened; after several hours, easy expectoration of mucus, 1. [770.]
Painful spasms in the chest, 9.
Acute pains along the right lower portion of the ribs, in long paroxysms, especially at night, caused by deep inspiration (examination showed that the pain was due to intercostal neuralgia between the tenth and sixth ribs), 103.
Pain in the chest and abdomen, especially in the epigastric region, 43.
Constriction of the chest, 46.
Fulness in the chest, 1.
Such weakness of the chest that she can talk only with difficulty, 1.
Cutting pain in front of the left axilla, 6.
Stitches in front of and beneath the right axilla, 6.
Sticking pressure on the chest and in the throat, stopping the breath, equally violent while standing and walking, relieved in the open air, in persistent paroxysms, .

SULFURICUM ACIDUM. HEART AND PULSE

Præcordia.
Præcordial region very painful, 60.
Anxiety in the præcordial region, extending over the whole chest, with great anxiety, 24.
Many violent stitches through the heart, day and night, soon followed by sore pain, 1.
Heart's Action.
Palpitation, 24.
Palpitation, without anxiety, while the upper part of the body is pressed forward resting upon both arms, with inclination to take a deep breath, which was accomplished without difficulty, 4.
Beating of the heart and arteries scarcely perceptible, 22.
Pulse.
Pulse quick and feeble, 71.
Pulse rapid, 11. [810.]
Pulse rapid, full, and hard, 64.
Rapid intermittent pulse, 38.
Pulse increased by 10 beats, 6.
The pulse rose to 136 on the second day, gradually fell to 60 on the twenty-fifth day, then rose to 152 before death on the twenty-seventh day, 104.
Pulse 130 (after six hours), afterwards rose to 160 just before death, 94.
Pulse tense, full, too rapid, 47.
Pulse contracted and rapid, 42.
Pulse 108, feeble, afterwards 120, later 92, 36.
The pulse became very tense and hard, 24.
On the second day the pulse became hard, full, 22. [820.]
Pulse small, rapid, and hard, 76.
[ Pulse small, rapid ], 7 , [Omit Kinglake and bracket. -Hughes.], 24, 70.
Pulse small and quick, 107.
Pulse small, 23, 68.
Pulse 80 beats, small, 86.
Pulse exceedingly small, 64, in the minute (in two hours), 69.
Pulse small, irregular, scarcely perceptible, .

NECK AND BACK

Neck swollen, 60.
The left side of the neck is extremely painful on pressure, 64.
Drawing in the right side of the neck beneath the ear, 1.
Pain between the side of the neck and the left shoulder, as if from a pressing weight, 4.
Stiffness of the back several mornings, which disappearing during the day on motion, 1.
Pains in the back, 50. [850.]
Drawing pain in the back on motion and on stooping, 1.
Pain in the back as if sore and beaten, 6.
A fine stitch in the spine and, at the same time, in the left side of the nape of the neck, 6.
Pain in the small of the back, 1.
Pain in the small of the back, as if beaten, while standing and sitting, 6.
On movement, pain in the small of the back, like a soreness or like a spasmodic drawing, 1.
Burning pain in the small of the back, 1.

EXTREMITIES

Convulsive movements of the arms and legs (after one hour and a half), 28.
Extremities of a livid color, 33.
Extremities very sensitive, 82. [860.]
[Twitching of tendons], 7 . [Bracket. -Hughes.]
While asleep, she felt pain in the joints, which disappeared on waking, 1.
Tearing in all the limbs during the menses, especially in the evening, 6.
Inclination to cramp in the hands and feet, 5.
Wrists and other large joints painful and swollen, but not red, 54.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

Heaviness of the arm, 1.
Fine jerking tearing in the right arm, frequently extending from the thumb to the chest, while sitting, 6.
A drawing and spasmodic constrictive, paralytic pain in the right arm at times, while writing, 1.
Stitches in the joints of the arm, 1.
Shoulder.
Cutting pain in the shoulders, with burning, as if it would cut through, 6. [870.]
Tremulous sensation in the left shoulder at irregular intervals, 4.
The left axillary glands are painfully sensitive, 1.
A jerk in the right shoulder on writing, 6.
Pain, as from an ulcer, under the left arm, extending into the chest, especially on going upstairs, also on walking, so violent that she was obliged to sit down, 2.
Sticking tearing in the left shoulder, 6.
Stitches in the shoulder on raising the arm, 1.
Arm.
A painful tearing on the right upper arm posteriorly beneath the shoulder-joint, and extending up about it, 6.
Elbow.
Tensive pain in both elbow-joints, 1.
Smarting pain, as if bruised, on the outer side of the left elbow, 4.
Forearm.
Every three seconds a pain, as from a blow, in the left ulna close to the wrist; suddenly commencing with violence, then extending up into the arm with less violence where it disappears, 4.
Wrist. [880.]
Drawing and weariness in the wrists, 1.
Hand.
Tensive pain and heaviness on the right metacarpus, when walking in the open air with the arm hanging down, as if the blood accumulated in it, 4.
Fingers.
Spasmodic jerking together of the fingers, and doubling up of the fingers during sleep, so that he started up, 4.
Several small chilblains on the fingers, with acute pain, .

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

A large slough on the right buttock, close by the anus; a probe passes some distance into the pelvic cavity, and also some distance along toward the gluteal region (fourteenth day), 83.
Stretching and extending of the lower extremities, 1.
Weakness of the lower extremities and small of the back, so that he could scarcely stand alone, 1.
Heaviness of the lower extremities, 1.
The right lower extremity is very much inclined to numbness, 1.
Hip.
Cramp in the right hip, 1.
Thigh. [900.]
Pressure on the upper and inner portion of the right thigh, at intervals, 4.
Spasmodic, constrictive, paralytic pain in the right thigh and leg, 1.
Intermitting pinching in a small spot on the inner side of the left thigh, 4.
Constriction very low down on the thigh, at intervals, extending into the leg, 4.
Acute pain, as from a blow, obliquely above the left knee, in wavelike intervals, 4.
Tearing up and down deep in the left thigh, disappearing on rubbing, 6.
Tearing in the varicose veins on the right thigh and leg, in the morning in bed, 1.
Cutting pain in the thigh, 1.
Burning cutting crawling on the thighs, at irregular intervals, like a soreness from something corrosive, 4.
Dull sticking pressure externally in the middle of the left thigh, 4.
Knee. [910.]
Painful weakness of the knees while standing, with acute jerking in them, 4.
Painful jerks, like dull thrusts, in the inner side of the left knee, 4.
Burning pain in the hollow of the right knee, 4.
Burning stitches in the left knee, 4.
Dull stitches, like thrusts, in the middle of the right knee while sitting, followed for a long time by simple pain in it, 4.
Acute prickling stitches in the hollow of the left knee, 4.

GENERALITIES

Excessive emaciation (after the first week), 104.
Great emaciation, 87.
During nine days after the third week, the patient became excessively emaciated and weak, the pulse was small, soft, and rapid, 105.
After recovery from the acute symptoms, the patient became very much emaciated, with a small, feverish pulse, loss of strength, and inability to swallow even liquids, 37.
He gradually became more and more emaciated; after January 15th he rejected even liquid food, and on the 20th, nearly four months after he had swallowed the Sulphuric acid, he died in a state of extreme emaciation, 31.
Great emaciation, with a suffering expression (after the poisoning), 18.
Death in sixty days, in an advanced stage of consumption, 25. [940.]
The lower lip, the cheeks, the back of the hand, and the forearm partially swollen, red, and painful, as after a scald. The next day the cuticle of the hands, etc., was black, dry, and rough; no inflammation beneath it. The third day the pellicles of the tongue, lips, and cheek had fallen off, all the mucous membrane of the mouth being of a bright red, 27.
The skin on the left side of the face was partially removed, and the whole presented at first a white disorganized appearance; the eyelids of both eyes were much inflamed and swollen, and the left eyeball was also severely involved in the mischief, but the right eyeball was uninjured; the skin of the inside of the lips was also white and swollen, and on the back of the left hand, as well as between the fingers, there were white excoriated streaks. In the course of sixteen hours the white marks turned brown; the pain of the face and eyes, which was at first excruciating, became easier under the use of suitable applications. After twelve hours, the pain of the left eye extending to the head, evidently threatening a severe ophthalmia, he was bled from the arm. The inflammation and disorganization of the eye, however, went on increasing, and soon ended in the bursting of the cornea and discharge of the aqueous humor and crystalline lens. Towards the close of the fifth day, while apparently doing well, he had a shivering fit, and next morning complained of acute pain at the bend of the right arm where he had been bled. Inflammation immediately sprung up around the orifice, general swelling of the arm came on, and progressively increased for the three following days; severe febrile symptoms ensued, and afterwards also difficult breathing, with other signs of pulmonary inflammation. Under these complicated disorders, he gradually sank and died on the morning of the thirteenth day, 29.
Lying on right side, with the knees drawn up and body bent forward, .

SKIN

Objective.
Jaundice (in she employés in the oil of vitriol works), 1.
The skin became very dry, of a livid color, and desquamated in small scales (after four weeks), 104.
Skin pale and cold, covered with sweat, 106.
Skin dry, the forehead covered with drops of perspiration, 34.
Eruption of red patches on the forearms, they disappeared under pressure, and immediately reappeared on its removal (twentieth day), 29.
Bluish spots on the forearms, as from the settling of blood, 1.
Eruption on the hands and between the fingers, that itches worse after midnight, 1.
Small dark-red elevations on the back of the hand, with a scab, under which there seems to be matter, lasting four days, but painless, 2.
Boils on the back, 1. [1010.]
Horrible ulcers on the hands and feet, 93.
Subjective.
Stitches in the scar of a burn, 1.
Corroding sensation in an ulcer, 1.
Sticking sensation in the skin, as from woollen clothing, 1.
Itching, here and there, on the body, even on the head; after scratching, it reappears in another part, 6.
A general itching that had formerly been over the whole body disappeared (curative action), 3.

SLEEP

Sleepiness.
Frequent yawning, after dinner, 6.
Very sleepy, in the morning after waking, as if he had not slept at all, 6.
Disposition to doze (after ten hours), 53.
Sleep light and seldom, 21.
Sleeplessness. [1020.]
Could not fall asleep for a long time, in the evening, and slept well, 6.
Very restless night (first night), 90.
She falls asleep late, sleeps uneasily, and wakes frequently, 1.
Falls asleep late in the evening , and wakes easily, at night, 1.
Frequent starting from sound sleep, 6.
Wakeful all night, 1.
He woke at night after two hours, wide awake, as if he had slept enough, 1.
Woke, after midnight, without cause (second night), 6.
Woke, after midnight, with heat dryness of the throat, and thirst; she could not tolerate the covering, 6.
Jerking in sleep, causing starting up, and accumulation of saliva, 1.
Dreams. [1030.]
Anxious dreams, of fire, of dead persons, of dangers, 6.
Anxious dream, even to crying out, 1.
Frequent but unremembered dreams (first night), 6.
Dream by a woman that she had coition twice, and orgasm twice, at night, 1.
Dream in a woman of desire for coition, and on waking, a violent, tumultuous desire therefor, which was especially seated in the clitoris (after forty hours), 1.
Nightmare two days before the menses; something heavy seemed lying upon her; she could not speak, it seemed as though some one were holding her by the throat, and she woke in perspiration, 6.

FEVER

Chilliness.
Chilliness all day, 1.
Chilliness, in the morning in the house, less in the open air (after twelve days), 6.
Chilliness; she constantly wishes to sit by the stove (twentieth day), 6.
Momentary shivering, as from chilliness, with gooseflesh, immediately, 6. [1040.]
Constant shivering down the trunk, without chilliness, 4.
Icy cold, 19.
Whole body icy cold, 34.
From time to time, transient shivering through the trunk, rather internal, without affecting other parts of the body, 4.
Pale and cold (after two hours), 83.
Surface of the body cold and clammy (in two hours), 69.
Skin cold, 23, 28, 36.
Skin cold and perspiring, 108.
Coldness of the whole body, 17.
Surface of body cold and clammy, 107. [1050.]
Shivering fit, preceded by vomiting, and followed by continued, but ineffective retching, 54.
Skin cold, particularly that of the extremities, 56.
Feet and forehead perfectly cold (in two hours), 69.
Face and hands cold, 78.
Extremities cold, 37, 42, 47 , etc.
Extremities constantly cold, 21.
Extremities cold and nails livid, 108.
Extremities cold and cyanotic, 97.
The extremities and face became cold (after four hours), 94.
Hands and feet cold, 38.
Heat. [1060.]
Fever, 85.
Fever, with delirium and great excitement, 43.
High fever, with very small, rapid pulse, 64.
Excessive fever, with rapid, hard, small pulse, .

CONDITIONS

Aggravation.
( Morning ), Dull and gloomy mood; on waking, peevishness; dulness and heaviness of head; pain in head; on walking, sensation of foreign body in eye; eyes agglutinated; dimness of vision; rumbling about umbilicus; in bed, anxious feeling in abdomen; foreign outward in inguinal region; loose cough; oppression of chest; stiffness of back; in bed, tearing in varicose veins on right thigh.
( Afternoon ), Vertigo; toward evening, tearing in right temple.
( Evening ), Drawing headache; tearing and sticking in right side of forehead; roaring in ears; after lying down, toothache; clawing in stomach; rumbling about umbilicus.
( Night ), During menses, tearing in left eyetooth; hiccough; griping in abdomen; oppressed breathing; after midnight itching of eruption on hands.
( Open air ), Pain in eyeball; cough; the symptoms.
( Coffee ), Weakness and trembling.
( After coition ), Burning in urethra.
( Cold ), Toothache.
( After dinner ), The symptoms.
( After drinking ), Hiccough.
( After eating ), Qualmishness; discomfort in stomach; vomiting; colic; weakness.
( Going into house from open air ), Stitches in sternum.
( In the house ), Vertigo.
( Inspiration ), Stitch in left flank; stitches in right and left chest.
( Leaning to right side ), Stitch in left hypochondrium.
( Looking intently ), Pressure in eyeball.
( During menses ), Thirst and dry tongue; stitches in abdomen and vagina; tearing in limbs.
( Motion ), Stitches in left side of lower abdomen; pain in back.
( External pressure ), Pain in larynx.
( Rising from stooping ), Pain in right side of head.

Sulfuricum Acidum

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