Sulphur iodatum

Volume I — Appendix

[Iodide of Sulphur.)

Description. — Iodine and Sulphur combine when heated together, even under water. The Iodide is a blackish-gray radio-crystalline mass, resembling native Sulphide of antimony. It decomposes at. higher temperatures, gives off Iodine on exposure to air, and is insoluble in water.

Preparation. — Triturations.

Head.

Sides of the head ached, with a sensation as if the head were

pressed in a vise. Inclination to close the eyes, as if to press out tears. ° Cataract cured. (Burnett.)

Singing in the ears.

Nasal coryza. Flow of "acrid serum" from the nose. Excoriation of the nostrils.

Erythematous breaking out in the upper lip, with yellowish pustules, painful, sore, and tender, quickly disappearing in dry scales.

Mouth and Throat.

• Tongue dry and hard, furred at the root, red at the point. Throat dry and painful to touch, feeling as if swelled.

• Sore throat in the morning. [Burnett.)

Constant disposition to swallow saliva; throat and gullet parched ; the saliva did not allay the dryness.

Stomach.

Anorexia ; desire for acids, pickles, lemonade, etc. Soreness and sinking in the epigastrium.

Respiratory Organs. Accumulation of dark purulent mucus in the windpipe, causing constant inclination to swallow saliva, which does not moisten it. Sensation of dryness in the trachea. Much troubled with cough during the early part of the night, accompanied by a nasty taste in the mouth and a fetid breath.

Chest.

Difficulty of expanding the chest on inspiration, with prostration of strength.

Boring pain, as if in the heart, with some difficulty of respiration.

Back.

Pain in the loins, as if bruised, with weakness of the spinal column.

Generalities.

Prostration of strength, with difficulty of expanding the chest on inspiration.

Faintness, much worse on waking in the morning, when stooping or leaning forward, when running or ascending the stairs. Skin.

Pustules on the upper lip. Erythema on the chin. Arms covered with an itching rash; like nettlerash.

° Barbers' itch. ° Acne. {Hale.)

Sleep.

Unrefreshed by sleep at night; confused dreams.

Volume II — Special Therapeutics

I have used a good deal in obstinate skin diseases, notably in barbers’ itch, for which it is almost a specific. I prescribe the 3° trituration internally, and the cerate rubbed in night and morning. The cerate should be made of the strength of one or two grains of the Iodide to an ounce of Cosmoline or some other vehicle.

It is also useful, used in the same manner, in large and painful suppurating acne of the face in young people.

Dr. Scudder, in his “Specific Medicine,” recommends the