by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
Foul secretions. Pains go up and down. Crawlings. .................... Greenish, rainbow colors about light. Snuffling. Fluent coryza, with a sense of stoppage. Stomach feels full of broken stones or lumps. Spasmodic cough; with torn loose feeling and tenacious sputum. Sensitive air passages. Foul axillary sweat.
Related: Ars. Iod. Pho.
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Osmium Metallicum appears in 4 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Osmium, an element. Osmium tetroxide (Osmic acid), OsO4. Preparation , Dilutions, with absolutely pure water, of Osmic acid; or triturations of the precipitated metal. Authorities.”
“The Element. Os. (A. W. 190.3). Trituration of the precipitated metal. OSMICUM ACIDUM. Osmium tetroxide. OsO 4 . Dilutions with absolutely pure water. Asthma / Bronchitis / Cold, liability to / Coryza / Cough, spasmodic / Eczema / Erections / Glaucoma / Headache / Hernia / Herpes iris / Larynx, pain in / Penis, sores…”
“The Element. Osmium tetroxide (Osmic Acid) OSO 4 . The most refractory of all metals ; discovered by Vaucquelin, Tennant and Thenard, in 1804. Proved in 1850, by Hering, Neidhard and Raue. Triturations of the precipitated metal were used in the provings. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Spasmodic cough , Liedbeck, Analyt…”
