Arsenicum

(From vol. ii, 3^rd edit., 1833.)

(The semi-oxyde of metallic arsenic in diluted solution)

As I write down the word Arsenic, consideration the most momentous throng upon my mind.

When the beneficient Creator made iron he no doubt permitted the children of men to fashion it either into the murderous dagger or gentle ploughshare wherewith to kill or to feed their fellow-creatures. How much happier would they be did the employ His gifts only for the purpose of doing good! This should be aim of their life; this was His desire.

It is not to Him, the All-loving, we can impute the wickedness practised by men, who have misemployed the wonderfully powerful medicinal substances in enormous doses in diseases for which they are not suitable, guided only by frivolous ideas or some paltry authority, without having subjected them to any careful trial, and without any substantial reason for their choice.

If a careful tester of the uses of medicines and of their doses arise, they inveigh against him as an enemy to their comfort, and do not refrain from aspersing him with the vilest calumines.

The ordinary medical art has hitherto employed, in large and frequently repeated doses, the most powerful drugs, such as arsenic, nitrate of silver, corrosive sublimate, aconite, belladonna, digitalis, opium, hyoscyamus, & c. Homoeopathy can not employ stronger substances, for there are none stronger. When physicians of the ordinary stamp employ them, they evidently vie with another who shall prescribe the largest possible doses of these drugs, and make a great boast of increasing these doses to such enormous extremes. This practice they laud and recommend to their fellow practitioners. But if the homoeopathic medical art employ the same drugs, not at random, like the ordinary method, but after careful investigation, only in suitable cases and in the smallest possible doses, it is denounced as a practice of poisoning . How prejudiced, how injust, how calumnious is such a charge made by persons who make pretensions to honesty and rectitude!

If Homoeopathy now make a fuller explanation – if she condemn ( as from conviction she must) the monstrous doses of those drugs employed in ordinary practice – and if she, relying on careful trials, insist that very much less of them should be given for a dose, that where ordinary practitioners give a tenth, a half, a whole grain, and even several grains, often only a quadrillionth, a sextillointh, a decillionth of a grain is required and sufficient, then see the adherents of the ordinary school who denounce the homoeopathic healing art as a system of poisoning, see how they laugh aloud at what they call childishness, and declare themselves convinced (convinced without trial?) that such a small quantity can do nothin at all, and can have no effect whatever-is, indeed just the same as nothing. They are not ashamed thus to blow hot and cold from the same mouth, and to pronounce the very same thing to be inert and luidicrously small which they had just accused of being a system of poisoning, whilst they justify and praise their own monstrous and murderous doses of the same medicines. Is not this the grossest and most wretched inconsistency that can be imagined, perpetrated for the purpose of being shamelessly unjust towards a doctrine which they cannot deny possesses truth and consistency, which is borne out by experience, and which enjoins the most delicate cautiousness and the most unwearied circumspection in the selection and administration of its remedies?

Not very long ago a highly celebrated physician (MARCUS, of Bamberg) spoke of pounds of opium being consumed every month in his hospital, where even the nurses were allowed to give it to the patients according to their fancy . Opium, mind! A drug that has sent many thousands of persons to their graves in ordinary practice! Yet this man continued to be held in honour, for he belonged to the dominant clique to which everything is lawful, even if it be of the most enlightened cities ( To what a low depth of degradation as an art must not medicine have sunk in this quarter of the globe when such a state of things could exist in a city like Berlin, which yet in all other departments of human knowledge has scarcely an equal!) of Europe, every practitioner, from the betitled physician down to the barber’s apprentice, prescribed arsenic as a fashionable remedy in almost every disease and that in such frequent and large doses, one after the other, that the detriment to the health of the people must have been quite palpable; yet this was held to be honourable practice, though not one of them was acquainted with the peculiar effects of this metallic oxyde (and consequently knew not what cases of disease it was suited for.) And yet all prescribed it in repeated doses, a single one of which, sufficiently attenuated and potentized. Would have sufficed to cure all the diseases in the whole habitable world for which this drug is the suitable remedy. Which of these two opposite modes of employing medicines best deserves the flattering appellation of “system of poisoning”- the ordinary method just alluded to, which attacks with tenth of grains the poor patients (who often require some quite different remedy), or homoeopathy, which does not give even a droplet of tincture of the rhuburb is the most suitable, the only appropriate remedy for the case – homoeopathy, which, by unwearied multiplied experiments, discovered that it is only in rare cases that more than a decillionth of a grain of arsenic should be given, and that only in cases where careful proving shows this medicine to be the only one perfectly suitable? To which of these two modes of practice does the title of honour, “thoughtless, rash system of poisoning” best apply?

There is yet another sect of practitioners who mey be called hypocritical purists . If they are practical physicians they, indeed, prescribe all sorts of sustanses thath are injuious when misused, but before the world they wish to pose as patterns of innocence and caution. From their professional chairs and in their writings they give the most alarming definition of poison, so that to listen to their declammations it would appear unadvisable to treat any imaginable disease with anything stronger than quick-grass, dandelion oxymal, and raspberry juice. According to their account poisons are absolutely (i. e. under all circumstances, in all doses, in all cases) prejudicial to human life,an in this category they include, as suits their humour, a lot of substances which in all ages have been extensively employed by physicians for the cure of the diseases. But the employment of these substances would be a criminal offence had not every one of them occasionally proved of use. If, however, each of them had only been of use on one single occasion – and it can not be denied that this sometimes happened – then this definition, besides being blasphemous, is a palpable absurdity. Absolutely and under all circumstances injuriuos and destructive, and at the same time beneficial, is a self-evident contradiction, utter nonsence. They seek to wriggle out of this contradictory assertion by alleging that these substances have more frequently proved injurious than useful. But, let me ask, did the injury si frequently caused by these things come of itself, or did it not come from their improper employment? In other words, was it not caused by those more physicians who made an unskilful use of them in diseases for which they were unsuitable? These medicines do not administer themselves in diseases; they must be administered by somebody, and if ever they were benificial that was because they happened to be given appropiately by somebody; it was because they might always be beneficial if nobody ever employed them otherwise than appropiately. Hence it follows that whenever these substances were hurtful and destructive, they were so only on account of having been inappropiately employed. Therefore, all the injury they did is attributable to the unskilfulness of their employer.

These narrow-minded individuals further allege, “that even when we ato tame arsenic by means of a corrective, e.g. by mixing it with an alkali, it still often does harm enough.”

Nay, I reply, the arsenic must be blamed for this; for, as I before observed, drugs do not administer themselves, somebody administers them and does harm with them . And how does the alkali act as a corrective? Does it merely make the arsenic weaker, or does it alter its nature and convert it into something else? In the latter case the neutral arsenical salt produced is no longer arsenic proper, but something different . If, however, it be merely made weaker, then a simple diminution of the dose of the pure solution of arsenic would be a much more sensible and effectual mode of making it weaker and milder than leaving the dose in its hurtful magnitude, and by the addition of another medicinal substance endeavouring to effect some, but nobody knows what, alteration in its nature, as takes place when a pretended corrective is used. If you think a tenth of a grain of arsenic too strong a dose, what is to prevent you diluting the solution and giving less, a great deal less of it?

“ A thenth of a grain,” I hear some one say, “is the smallest quantity the etiquette of the profession allows us to prescribe. Who could write a prescription to be made up at the apothecary’s shop for a smaller quantity without rendering himself ridiculous?”

Oh, indeed! A tenth of a grain sometimes acts so violently as to endanger life, and the etiquette of your clique does not permit you to give less- very much less. Is it not an insult to common sense to talk in this way? Is the etipuette of the profession of the code of rules to bind a set of senseless slaves, or are you men of free will and intelligence? If the latter, what is it that hinders you to give a smaller quantity when a large quantity might be hurtful ? Obstinacy? The dogmatism of a school? Or what other intellecual fetters?

“ Arsenic,” they protest, “would still be hurtful, though given in much smaller quantity, even if we were to descend to the ridiculous dose of a hundredth or a thousandth of a grain, a minuteness of dose unheard of in the posological maxims of our materia medica . Even a thousandth of a grain of the arsenic must still be hurtful and destructive, for it always remains an incontrollable poison. So we affirm, maintain, conjecture, and assert.”

What if with all this complacement asserting and conjecturing you have for once blundered upon the truth . It is evident that the virulence of the arsenic cannot oncrease, but must decrease as the dose is reduced, so that we must at length arrive at such a dilution of the solution and diminution of the dose as no longer possesses the dangerous character of your regulation dose of a tenth of a grain.

“ Such a dose would, indeed, be a novelty! What kind of dose it would be?”

Novelty is, indeed, a capital crime in the eyes of orthodox school, which, settled down upon her old lees, subjects the reason to the tyranny of antiquated routine.

But why should a pitiful rule – why, indeed, should anything – hinder the physician, who ought by rights to be a learned, thinking, independent man, a controller of nature in his own domain, from rendering a dangerous does mild by diminishing its size?

What should hinder him, if experience should show him that the thousandth part of a grain is too strong a dose, from giving the hundred-thousandth part or the millionth of a grain ? And should he find this last act too violently in many cases, as in medicine all depends on observation and experience (medicine being nothing but a science of experience), what should hinder him from reducing the millionth to a billionth? And if this prove too strong a dose in many cases who could prevent him diminishing it to the quadrillionth of a grain, or smaller still?

Methinks I hear vulgar stolidity croak out from the quagmire of its thousand-year-old prejudices: “Ha ! ha ! ha ! A quadriollionth! Why, that’s nothing at all!”

How so? Can the subdivision of a substance, be it carried ever so far, bring forth anything else than portions of the whole ? Must not these portions, reduced in size to the very verge of infinity, still continue to be something, something substantial, a part of the whole, be it ever so minute? What man in his senses could deny this?

And if this (quadrillionth, quintillionth, octillionth, decllionth) continue still to be really an integral portion of the divided substance, as no man in his senses can deny, why should even such a minute portion, seeing that it is really something, be incapable of acting, considering that the whole was tremendously powerful? But what and how much this small quantity can do can be determined by no speculative reasoning or unreasoning, but by experience alone, from which there is no appeal in the domain of facts . It belongs to experience alone to determine if this small portion has become too weak, to remove the disease for which this medicine is otherwise suitable, and to restore the patient to health. This is a matter to be settled not by the dogmatic assertion of the student at his desk, but by experience alone, which is the only competent arbiter in such cases.

Experience has already decided the question, and is seen to do so daily by every unprejudiced person.

But when I have finished with the wiseacre, who, never consulting experience, ridicules the small dose of homoeopathy as a nonentity, as utterly powerless, I hear on the other side the hypocritical stickler for caution still inveigh against the danger of the small doses used in homoepathic practice, without a shadow of proof for his reckless assertion .

A few words here for such persons.

If arsenic in the dose of a tenth of a grain be, in many cases, a dangerous medicine, must it not be milder in the dose of a thousandth of a grain? And, if so, must it not become still milder with every further diminution of the size of the dose?

Now, if arsenic (like every other very powerful medicinal substance) can be merely diminishing the size of the doses, be nut rendered so mild as to be no longer dangerous to life, then all we have to do is merely to find by experiment how far the size of the dose must be diminished, so that it shall be must enough to do no harm, and yet large enough to do no harm, and yet large enough to effect its full efficacy as a remedy of the diseases for which it is suitable.

Experience, and that alone, not the pedantry of the study, not the narow-minded, ignorant, unpractical dogmatism of the schools, can decide what dose of such an extremely powerful substance as arsenic is, so small as to be capable of being ingested without danger, and yet of remaining sufficiently powerful to be able to effect in diseases all that this medicine (so invaluable when sufficiently moderated in its action, and selected for suitable cases of disease) was from its nature ordained to do by benificient Creator. It must, by dilution of its solution and diminution of the dose, be rendered so mild that while the strongest man can be freed by such a dose from a disease for which it is the appropriate remedy, this same dose shall be incapable of effecting any perceptible alteration in the health of a healthy infant. (A medicine homoeopathy chosen, that is to say, a medicine capable of producing a morbid condition very similar to that of the disease to be cured, affects only the diseased part of the organism, therefore just the most irritated, extremely sensitive part of it. Therefore its dose must be so small as only to affect the diseased part just a little more than the disease itself did. For thus the smallest dose suffices, one so small as to be incapable of altering the health of a healthy person, who has naturally no points of contact sufficiently sensitive for this medicine, or of making him ill, which only large doses of medicine can do. See Organon of Medicine, § 277-279, and Spirit of the Homoeopathic Medical Doctrine, at the beginning of this volume.)This is the grand problem that can only be solved by oft-repeated experiments and trials, but not settled by the sophistical dogmatism of theschools with its guesses, its assertions, and its conjectures.

No rational physician can acknowledge any such limitations to his mode of treatment as the rusty routine of the schools - which is never guided by pure experiment combined with reflection – would dictate to him. His sphere of action is the restoration to health of the sick, and the countless potent forced of the world are freely given to him by the Sustainer of life as implements of healing; nought is with-held. To him whose calling it is to vanquish the disease that brings its victim to the verge of corporal annihilation, and effect a kind of recreation of life ( a nobler work than most other, even the most vaunted performances of mankind), to him the whole broad expanse of nature, with all her curative powers, and agents, must be available, in order to enable him to perform this creative act, if we may so call it . But he must be at liberty to employ these agents in the exact quantity, be it ever so small or ever so large, that experience and trials show him to be most adapted to the end he has in view; in any form whatever that reflection and experience has proved to be most serviceable. All this he must be able to do without any limitation whaysoever, as is the right of a free man, of a deliverer of his fellow creatures, and a life – restorer, equipped with all the knowledge pertaining to his art, and endowed with a god-like spirit and the tenderest conscience.

From this God-serving and noblest of all earthly occupation let all hold aloof who are deficient in mind, in the judicial spirit, in any of the branches of knowledge required for its exercise, or in tender regard for the weal of mankind, and a sense of his duty to humanity, in one word who are deficient in true virtue! Away with that unhallowed crew who merely assume the outward semblance of health – restorers, but whose heads are crammed full of vain deceit, whose hearts are stuffed with wicked frivolity, whose tongues make a mock of truth, and whose hands prepare disaster!

The following observations are the result of doses of various strengths on persons of various sensitiveness.

For curative purposes, according to the homeopathic method, doses of very high delution have been found, by innumerable experiments, to be amply sufficient. The dose of the smallest part of a drop containingthe decillionth of a grain of white arsenic usually suffices for the cure. In order to prepare this dose, one grain of white arsenic reduced to powder is rubbed up with thirty – three grains of powdered milk – sugar in a porcelain mortar (unglazed) with an unglazed pestle for six minutes, the triturated contents of the mortar scraped for four minutes with a porcelain spatula, then rubbed a second time, without any addition to it, for six minutes, and again scraped for four minutes. To this thirty - three grains of milk – sugar are now added, triturated for six minutes, and after another four minutes of scraping, six minutes of triturating, and again four minutes of scraping, the last thirty – three grains of milk – sugar are added, triturated for six minutes, scraped for four minutes, again triturated for six minutes, whereby, after a last scraping, a power is produced which, in every grain, contains 1/100^th of a grain of uniformly potentised arsenic. A grain of this powder is, in a similar way, with three time thirty – three grains of fresh milk – sugar, in one hour (thirty – six minutes of triturating, twenty – four of scrapin (After this operation the mortar, together with the pestle and the percelain spatula, after being wiped with a dry cloth, should be rinsed three times with boiling water, between each rinsing rubbed dry with blotting paper, then gradually heated over a charcoal – fire to a red heat, in order that these articles mey be as good as new for future trituration of medicines.) ), brought into the state of a potntised pulverulent attenuation, one hundred times more diluted. Of this one grain (containing 1/10000^th of a grain of arsenic) is rubbed up for a third hour in a similar manner with ninety – nine grains of milk – sigar; this represents a pulverulent arsenic dilution of yhe million – fold degree of potency . One grain of this is dissolved in 100 drops of diluted alcohol(in the proportion of equal parts of water and alcohol) and shaken with two successions of the arm ( the phial by means of twenty – six more phials (always one drop from the previous phial added to ninety – nine drops of alcohol of the next phial, and then successed twice, before taking one drop of this and dropping it into the next phial), furnishes the required potency, the decillionth (X) development of power of arsenic.

In order to prepare this highly potentised medicine for administration about ten grains of the smallest globules, made of starch and canesugar, such as confectioners use for sprinkling (300 to the grain), are to be placed in a small round porcelain capsule, and six to eight drops of this spirituous liquid dropped on them, and stirred with a wood chip in order that the globules may be equally miostened. Then all are to be turned out on a piece of paper and spread out, and when quite dry kept in a corked phial with the name of the medicine on it.

It is much better to make a quantity of globules so saturated with the tincture for dispensing purposes than to moisten one globule every time it is required, for by this process the phial must be frequently inclined on one side, which causes it to become more highly potentised, almost as much as repeated shaking would do.

Such a globule is a sufficient dose for administration in every case of disease for which arsenic is appropriate, This dose may, if necesssary, be repeated at suitable intervals, in spite of the circumstance that its action lasts for several days.

In a similar manner are moistened and kept in store the globules the size of a mustard seed (twenty of which weigh a grain), each one of which, kept in a well – corked little phial, is sufficient for olfaction.

This is a mode of administering medicine which more recent very extensive experience teaches is greatly to be preferred in most cases to any administration of small globules by the mouth for the homoeopathic cure of all chronic as well as acute diseases, But this is not the place to give the reason why this is so.

A sensible homoepathic physician will not give this remedy, even in such a minute dose, unless he is convinced that its peculiar symptoms have the greatest possible resemblance to those of the disease to be cured. When this is the case it is to certain to be efficacious.

But if, owing to human fallibility, the selection has not been quite appropriate, one, two, or several olfactions of ipecacuanha hepar sulphuris, or nux vomica, according to the circumstances, will remove the bad effects.

Such an employment of arsenic has shown its curative power in countless diseased states; among the rest, in several kinds of quotidian fevers and agues of a peculiar kind; in varicose veins; in stitches in the sternum; vomiting after almost every article of food : excessive loss of blood at the menstrual period, and other disorders in connexion with that function; in constipation; in acrid leukorrhea and excoriation caused thereby; in induration of the liver; oppression of the chest when going up hill; fetid smell from the mouth; bleeding of the gums; haemoptysis; aching in the sternum; gastralgia; drawing shooting here and there in the face; drowsiness in the evening; shivering in the evening and stertching of the limbs, with timorous restlessness; difficulty of falling asleep and waking up at night; weariness in the feet; bruised pain in the knee – joint; itching tetters on the knee; pain in the ball of the big toe; as if excoriated, when walking; old ulcers on the legs,with (burning and) shooting pain; tearing shooting in the hip, groin, and thigh; nocturnal drawing tearing from the elbow to the shoulder; painful swelling of the inguinal glands, &c.

(The subject of poisoning with large doses of arsenic would be out of place here. It is to be relieved as much as possible by giving carbonatof potash shaken up in oil, by a solution of hepar sulphuris, and by copious draughts of rich milk; but the complete removal of the remaining nervous symptoms must be effected by other remedies appropriate to them.)

[HAHNEMANN was aided in this proving by:- BAEHR, GROSS, FR. HAHNEMANN. HORNBURG, LANGHAMMER, STAPF.

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The 1^st Edit gave 662 symptoms, the 2^nd 948, this 3^rd Edit. 1068. The CHr. Kr. Contains 163 additional symptoms.]

Vertigo, so that she must hold on by something, when she shuts her eyes, every evening. (Therefore recurring after the manner of an intermittent fever. Of such ague – like recurring symptoms, arsenic has several, v. SS. 265, 375, 868. 918.)

Vertigo when sitting.

Vertigo (aft. 12 h.) . [THOMPSON ( Poisoning of woman.) Edinburgh Essays, iv. (From the dust of sulphuret of arsenic .) – SENNERT, (From inhaling realgar.) (This symptom not found.)Prax. Med. lib. 6, p. C. 2. (Vide DR. C. L. KAISER, in Hartlaub and Trinks’ R. A. M. L., vol. I, p. 249(Poisoning of the whole family by A. (Quoted in H. and T. from Henke’s Ztsch., vii. Pt. 3. Amalgamated with pathogenesis in Chronsichen Krankheiten.)

Vertigo causing obscuration of vision. § [A. MYRRHEN, Misc. N. C., Dec. iii. Ann. 91. 10. Obs. 220 (From drawing a solution of A. into the nostrils for coryza.)

5. Giddy in the head. [ALBERTI, Jurisprud. Medic., tom. Ii, pp. 527 – 530.(Cases of poisoning in healthy adults . – This giddiness occurred during vomiting.)

He is attacked with violent vertigo and sickness when lying; he must rise up, in order to diminish it. [Stf.]

Vertigo; when he rises up, his thoughts go away. [Stf.]

Vertigo only when walking, as if he would fall to the right side (aft. 9.1/2 h.) [Lr.]

Vertigo and unconscious stupefaction. [EBERS, in Hufel. Journ., 1813, Octob., p. 8. (EFFECTS of arsenic of potash in ague patients.)]

10. Loss of sensation and consciousness, so that he know not what was going on. [PYL, (Poisoning of adult.) Samml. viii. pp. 98. 105, 108. (KAISER, l. c. Sympt. 5, ‘The distinct self-consciousness vanishes, or is observed in a slight degree.”)]

She lay on the bed completely devoid of sense, mutteres incomprehensible sounds, the eyes staring, cold sweat on the forehead, trembling all over the body, pulse small, hard, and very quick [EBERS, l. c., p. 9. (Ibid., S. 7., “The organs of sense seem to be in abnormal activity.”)

Loss of reason and of the external and internal senses; he did not see, for many days did not speak, did not hear, and understood nothing, and when one roared very loudly into his ears he looked at those around, like a drunken person wakened out of profound sleep. [MYRRHEN, l. c. ]

Delirium reccuring from time to time . [GUILBERT, (Poisoning of adult.) Med. – Chir. Wahrnehm., vol. iv. Alteb. (Ibid., S. 6, “Delirium.”)]

Diminution of memory.

15. Very defective memory for a long time. [MYRRHEN, l. c. ]

His memory leaves him; he is forgetful.

Stupid and weak in the head; towards noon (aft. 30 h.)

When walking in the open air, giddy in the head, which is increased on coming again into the room (aft. ½ h)

Head is confused. [PEARSON, in Samml. br. Abh. f. p. Aerzte, xiii. 4. (Effects of arsenic of potash in an epileptic.)

20. Empty in the head. [Hbg.]

Giddy in the head; he cannot think. [Myr.]

Chronic weakness of mind. (See note to S. 118.) [EBERS, l. c., Sept., p. 48.]

Weak reason. (From suppression of ague by A.). [EBERS, l. c., p. 56.]

From pains she got such a weakness in her head, and became so qualmish and weak in the scrobiculus cordis, that she was very ill.

25. Obtuseness in the head, without pain.

Great confusion of the head, in the evening (3^rd d.).

After sleeping he was very dazed in the head.

(From 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.) headache, is stupid, as if from insufficient sleep.

Internal uneasiness and a stupefaction of the head, such as arises from too hasty performance of an excessive amount of business (aft. 2 d.)

30. Head stupid and empty (like a lantern), as if he had a severe cold and is very cross.

While walking in the open air very stupid and giddy in the head, chiefly in the forehead, as if intoxicated, so that he staggered first to one side and then to the other, and feard to fall every instant (aft. 9.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

Dulness in the head. [BUCHHOLZ, Beitr. z. ger. Arzn. Iv., p. 164.]

Uncommon heaviness in the head with roaring in the ears, which goes off in the open air, but immediately returns when coming again into the room (aft. 16 h.).(Comp. 969.)

Heavy head and empty, so that he cannot easily rise up; he must lie down.

35. Excessive heaviness in the head, especially when standing and sitting. [BUCHHOLZ, l. c. ]

Headache. [G. C. GRIMM, Misc. N. C., Dec. iii, obs. 174.] (Frthe black oxide, in an adult.)

Pains in the head and vertigo for several days. (From the vapour of arsenic.) [G. W. WEDEL, Diss. De Arsen., Jan., 1719, p. 10.] (From arsenical vapours.)

Headache (for some days), which is immediately relieved by the applicationof cold water, on removing which it is worse than before. [VICAT, Observ., p. 197. (From powdering the hair with A.)]

In the morning immediately on rising from bed, a one-sided headache, as if bruised (aft. 12 h.).

40. Semilateral headache. {KNAPE, Annalen d. Staats-Arzn., i. I. (Effects of powdering hair with A) ]

Every afternoon headache for some hours, drawing under the coronal suture.

Uncommon heaviness of the head, as if the brain was pressed down by a weight, with roaring in the ears, in the morning after rising from bed (aft. 24 h.).

(Tearing in the head and at the same time in the right eye.)

Heaviness of the head, with aching pain, in the morning (aft. 72 h.)

45. Aching stupefying headache, especially in the forehead, in every position (aft. 2 h.). [Lr.]

Aching stupefying headache, especially on the right side of the forehead, just above the right eyebrow, which pains as if sore on wrinkling his forehead (aft. 8.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

Aching drawing pain on the right side of the forehead (aft. 2.3/4 h.). [Lr.]

Aching pain on the right temporal region, in all positons (aft. 3 h.). [Lr.]

Aching stitch-like pain on the left temple, which does not go off by touching (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

50. Aching stupefying headache (chiefly on the forehead), with fine stitches on the left temporal region near the outer canthus of the eye when walking and standing, going off when sitting (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

Stitch-like pain on the left temple, which went off by touching (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

As if beaten on the front of the head.

At night (about 2 a.m.), along with an outbreak of perspiration, a hacking (sharp hard beating) in the head, as if it would burst her skull asunder.

On moving, violent throbbing headache in the forehead. [Stf.]

55. In the whole head, especially in the forehead, on rising up in bed, a violent throbbing headache, with sickness. [Stf.]

Throbbing headache in the forehead, just above the root of the nose. (aft. ½ h.)

At noon and midnight, for half an hour, a hammering, like blows of a hammer, in the temples, very painful, after which, for a couple of hours, she is as if paralsed in the body.

A dull throbbing pain in one half of the head, to above the eye.

Pain above the nose and in the forehead, as if sore or bruised, which goes off for instants by external rubbing.

60. Periodical headache. [TH. RAU, N. C., ix., obs. 37. (From application of A. to the scalp.) ]

Horrible headache. [JOH. JACOBI, Acta N. C., vi, obs. 62. (From suppression of ague by A. in a young man.) –RAU, l. c. – (aft. 6, 7 d.) KNAPE, l. c.]

Headache in occiput.

Tearing shooting in the left temple.

Tearing pains in the occiput. [Bhr.]

65. A small boil on the left side of the forehead, with smarting pain, for eight days. (aft. 24 h.). [fr. H-n]

On moving he feels as if the brain moved and struck against the skull internally.

Transient, squeezing headache above the eyes.

Headache as if stretched.

A headache acompounded of weight and tearing, with sleepy exhaustion by day (aft. 4 d.).

70. Clicking sensation in the head above the ears, while walking.

The scalp pains as if the head when touched.

Extrenal headache as if bruised, which is aggravated ny touch (aft. 3 h.).

Touching the hair of the head causes pain.

Formication on the integuments of the occiput, as if the roots of the hair moved (aft. 1 h.)

75. Contractive pain in the head.

( Throbbing like pulse-beats in the eyes, and at each throb a stitch, after midnight.)

Sunken eyes, yellow complexion.

Drawing pains in the eyes, and quivering in the eye-lids.

Above the left eyelid and in the upper half of the left eye-ball an aching pain, increase by looking upwards (aft. 1.3/4h.).

80. (The right eye was painful quite internally, she could scarcely turn it, there came such severe stitches in its interior.)

Itching around the eyes and about the temples, as from innumerable red-hot needles.

Burning in the eyes.

In the eyes a tiresome tickling, owing to which he could not see well.

Twitching in the left eye.

85. While reading by candle-light, dryness of the eye-lids, as if they rubbed the eyes.

The eyes are dazzled by snow; they weep.

White spots or points hover before the eyes.

The eye-lids are stuck together in the morning.

Constant trembling in the upper eye-lids, with weeping of the eyes.

90. At night, under the right eye, for an hour, an aching pain, so that from anxiety she could not remain in bed.

The borders of the eyelids are painful on moving, as if they were dry, and rubbed upon the eye-balls (while walking in the open air and in the room.)

Red inflamed eyes. [Neue med. Chir. Wahrnehm., (Not accessible) vol. I, Altenb., 1778. (Vide KAISER, l. c., S. 11. “Inflammation of the conjunctiva.”)]

Aching in the left eye, as if sand had got into it (aft. 2. h.).

Itching and watering of the eyes; in the morning some matter in them. [Fr. H-n.]

95. Smarting eroding itching in both eyes, compelling him to rub them (aft. 3.3/4 h.).[Lr.]

Inflammation of the eyes. [HEUN, in Allgem. Med. Annal. 1805, February. (From application of A. to a cancerous ulcer of the check.) ]

Violent inflammation of the eyes. (Frequently recurring.) [GUILBERT, l. c.]

Swollen eyes and lips. [KNAPE, l. c.]

Swelling of the eyes. [QUELMALZ, Commerc. lit. Norimb. 1737, heb. 28. (Poisoning of a girl by the black oxide.See note to S. 139) ]

100. Swollen eye-lids. [Neue Med.- Chir. Wahrnehm., l. c.]

Burning in the eyes, nose, and mouth. [Neue Med.-Chir. Wahrnehm., l. c.]

Projecting eyes filled with tears; the acrid tears make the cheeks sore. [GUILBERT, l. c.] (See also KAISER, l. c., S. 12, “Projecting eyes.”

Constant severe watering of the right eye (from 2^nd to 10^th d.). [Fr. H-n.]

Painless swelling under the left eye which partially closes the eyes and is very soft (aft. 5 d.). [Fr. H-n.]

105. Contrated pupils (aft. 1.1/4, 5h.). [Lr.]

Sensitiveness to light, photophobia. (With headache and vertigo) [EBERS, l. c. Octob., p. 14.]

Sparks before the eyes. (With headache and vertigo) [EBERS, l. c., Octob., p. 14.]

(She sees everything indistinctly. As through a white veil.)

(Yellowness in the eyes, like jaundice.)

110. Wild look. [MAJAULT, in Abhandl. f. p. Aerzte, vii. 1, 2, (Poisoning of several subjects with different]

Staring (Rather, “wild”. ) look. [GUILBERT, l. c. (Ibid., S. 15, “Staring look, without dilatation of the pupils.”) ]

Frightfully staring (Rather, distorted.” ) eyes. [MYRRHEN, l. c.]

Distortion of the eyes. [J. MAT. MEULLER,(General statements) in Eph, Nat. Cur., cent. v. obs. 51 §]

The eye-lids are drawn to; he is tired. [Hbg.(Ibid., S. 14, “Dull eye.”]

115. Distortion of the eyes and cervical muscles. [Eph. Nat. cur., cent. x, app., p. 463.(Poisoning of a man with twelve grains of A.)]

He does not recognize those about him. [A. RICHARD, in Schenck, lib. vii, obs. 211.(Poisoning of adult)]

Obscuration of sight. [BAYLIES,(General statements of authors) in Samml. br. Abh. f. p. Aerzte, vii, 2.(Ibid., S. 17, “Darkness and glittering before the eyes.” ]

A weak-sighted person became almost quite blind, lost hearing for some time, and fell into a long-continued state of stupidity.Doubtful how much is ague an how much A.) [EBERS, l. c. Oct., p. 15.]

Obscuration of sight; it is black before his eyes ( in the 1^st h.), [RICHARD, l. c.]

120. During the nausea, yellowness before the eyes. [ALBERTI, l. c., ii, p. 527.]

Long-continued weakness of sight. [MYRRHEN, l. c.]

Pimples on the forehead. [Neue Med.-Chir Wahrnehm., l. c.]

Eruption on the forehead. [KNAPE, l. c.]

Red, bloated face and swollen lips. [Stf.]

125. Bloated face. [Fr. H-n.]

Pale face. [MAJAULT, l. c.(See also KAISER., S. 20, “Paleness of face and features strikingly distorted”)]

Pale face with sunken eyes. [J. G. GREISELIUS, in Misc. Nat. Cur., Dec. I, ann. 2, p. 149(Observations on minors in A.)]

Deadly paleness. [HENNING, in Hu. Journ. d. p. Arzn., x, 2. (From application of A. to a diseased breast.- With violent vomiting.)]

Deathly hue of the face. (During vomiting) [ALBERTI, l. c.]

130. Death-like appearance. [ALBERTI, l. c.]

Bluish, discoloured face. [MEULLER, l. c., and Eph. Nat. C., l. c.]

Earthy and leaden complexion, with green and blue spots and stripes. [KNAPE, l. c.]

Twitching in the facial muscles. [GUILBERT, l. c.]

Distorted features, as from discontent. (See also KAISER, l. c., S. 21, “Altered features.”)

135. Face full of ulcers. [Neue Med. –Chir. Wahrnehm., l. c.]

Swelling in the face § of an elastic character, particularly in the eye-lids, especially in the morning. [TH, FOWLER, Medical Reports of the Effects of Arsenic in the Cure of Agues. Lond. 1787.] (Effects of arsenic of potash in ague patients).

Swelling of the face and head. [SIEBOLD,(Effect of dressing pustular scalp with mixture of A. and cinnabar.) in Huf. Journ., iv.(Comp. KAISER, l. c., S. 19, “Face red and swollen,”- and Hartl. And Trinks, l. c.,S. 6,, “Swelling of the whole face (aft. 1 h.).” (From the external application of Cosme’s powder in a case of labial cancer) ]

Swelling of the face, syncopes, vertigo. [SENNERT, l. c., lib. 6, p. 237.]

Swelling of the whole head, (Should read- “Swelling of the veins of thw whole head, after violnet vomiting.”) [QUELMALZ, l. c.]

140. Swelling of the head. [HEIMREICH, in Act. N. C., ii, obs. 10 (Effects of A. sprinkled ) ]

Swelling of the face. (From internal use)[JENNER, in Simon’s Samml. d. neuest Beobacht. f. d. Jahr. 1788, Erf. 1791, p. 27. (Not accessible) ]

Enormous swelling of head and face. [KNAPE, l. c. ]

Cutaneous swelling of the head, face, eyes, neck and chest, of natural colour. [KNAPE, l. c.]

Eruption of pustules on the hairy scalp and face, with burning pain . [HEIMREICH, l. c.]

145. The hairy scalp to the middle of the forehead covered with an ulcerous scab. [KNAPE, l. c.]

Ulcerous scab a finger’s breadth in thickness on the hairy scalp, which fell off after some weeks. [HEIMREICH, l.c.]

On the hairy scalp innumerable very red pimples. [VICAT, l. c.]

On the whole hairy scalp eruption of pimples, which on being rubbed and touched pain as if festering, and the whole hairy scalp was painful as if blood was effused in it (aft. 11.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

Eroding ulcers on the hairy scalp . [KNAPE, l. c.]

150. Gnawing itching on the hairy scalp. [KNAPE, l. c.]

Gnawing itching on the whole hairy scalp, inciting him to scratch (aft. 8 h.). [Lr.]

Burning pain on the hairy scalp. [KNAPE, l. c.]

Burning itching on the hairy scalp. [KNAPE, l. c.]

Itching, with pain like ulceration, that incites to scratching, on the whole hairy scalp, which pains in every part, as if from effused blood, but mostly on the occiput (aft. 8.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

155. On the left parietal bone, on the hairy scalp, a pimple covered with scurf, which incites to scratching, and when rubbed pains as if festering (aft. 7 h.). [Lr.]

Two large pimples betwixt the eyebrows, which incite to scratching and discharge bloody water, the following day they are full of pus (aft. 2 h.) [Lr.]

Pimples on the left temple, in citing to scratching discharging bloody water, and after rubbing sore pain (aft. 3 h.). [Lr.]

Falling out of the hair. [BAYLIES, l. c.]

Stitches in the nasal bones.

160. Pain in the root of the nose in the bone.

(Alternately smell of pitch and sulphur in the nose.)

Aching in the left upper jaw.

Burning in the external ear, in the evening (aft. 5 h.).

External pain in the ears, like cramp.

165. Stitches in the ear (in the morning).

Tearing in the interior of the ear.

Behind the ear, down the neck to the shoulder, drawing tearing while sitting.

Drawing tearing pain in the lobe of the left ear.

Tearing shooting outwards, in the left meatus auditorious externus, more in the evening (1^st d.).

170. Shooting in the ear (in the morning).

The left meatus externus seems to be stopped from without.

Great roaring before the ears, as from a water- weir.

Hardness of hearing, as if the ears were stopped. (aft. 60 h.)

He does not understand what is said to him. [RICHARD, l. c.]

175. When swallowing the ears become closed internally, like deafness.

Roaring in the ears at each attack of pains. (The occurrence of other symptoms during the pains is quite peculiar to arsenic. See S. 970.)

Voluptuous tickling in the right meatus auditorius, that compeled him to rub (aft. 3.1/4 h.). [Lr.]

Agreeable crawling deep in both ears, for ten days (aft. 15 h.). [Fr. H-n.]

180. Ringing in the right ear (when sitting) aft. 1.1/4 h.). [Lr.]

Rushing noise in the ears. {THOMPSON, l. c. – BAYLIES, l. c.]

Pinching in the ears. [Bhr]

An ulcer eroding all around on the lip, with tearing pain and smarting as from slat, in the evening after lying down, in the day-time when moving worst when touched and in the open air; it prevents sleep and wakes him up in the night (aft. 14 .d.)

Itching as from innuremable burning needles in the upper lip to under the nose; the following day the upper lip swelled above the red.

185. (Painful lumps in the upper lip)

Round about the mouth red tettery skin.

Eruption (breaking out) on the lips at the edge of the red, painless (aft. 14 d. (Although in this observation the eruption on the mouth appeared very late, it is yet a primary action, and rapidly cures homoeopathically a similar morbid state, if the symptoms of the disease are not unsuitable for arsenic.))

(Eruption on the mouth with burning pain.)

A kind of pinching quivering on one side of the upper lip, especially when going to sleep. (Twitching on going to sleep are often observed from arsenic. Comp. 708, 889, 890, 891, 899)

190. A brown stripe of shrivelled epidermis, almost like a burnt part, extends through the middle of the red of the lower lip.

Eruption of ulcers about the lips. [ISENFLASMM – STEIMMIG, Diss. De REMED. Suspect. Et Venen., Erlang., 1767, p. 27(General statement)]

Black-spotted lips. [GUILBERT, l. c.]

Bluish lips and tongue.[BAYLIES, l. c. (See also KAISER, l. c. S. 23, “Bluish lips.”) ]

After eating, bleeding of the lower lip (aft. 1.1/4 h.). [Lr.]

195. Externally about the mouth blackish. [ALBERTI, l. c.]

Constant twitching toothache up to the temple, which is relieved or removed by sitting up in bed (aft. 8 d.)

Shooting in the gums ( in the morning).

Pain of several teeth (in the gums) as if they were loose and would fall out, but the pain is not increased by chewing (aft. 1 h.).

Toothache as from loose teeth; they are loose, and pain as if sore per se, and still more when chewing; touching the gums likewise causes similar pain; the cheek swells on that side.

200. Toothache, rather pressive than drawing.

Tearing in the teeth and at the same time in the head, at which she became so furious that she beat her head with her fists (just before the occurrence of the menses). (the 15^th d.).

A tooth becomes loose and protruding ( in the morning); its gum is painful when touched, but still more so the external part of the cheek behind which lies the loose tooth (when touched); the tooth is not painful on biting the teeth together.

Nocturnal (tearing) pain of the gum at the canine tooth, which is intolerable as long as he lies on the affected side, but is removed by the heat of the stove; the following morning the nose is swollen and painful when touched. ( It is a peculiarity of arsenic pains, that they are relieved by external warnth. Comp. 686, 687, 37.) (aft. 3 d.)

Convulsive grinding of the teeth. [Van EGGERN, (Not accessible) Diss. De Vacillat. Dentium, Duisb., 1787. (See also KAISER, l. c. S. 24, “Grinding of the teeth)]

205. All the teeth fall out. [VAN EGGERN, l.c.]

Itching on the neck under the jaw.

Swollen glands under the jaw, with pressive and contusive pain.

Great dryness in the mouth and great thirst.

Her throat feels dry; she must always drink, and if she did dot drink she felt as if she must die of thirst.

210. Wooden dry taste in the mouth.

Absence of thirst, so that he must drink much cold water every ten minutes, from morning till evening, but not in the night. [Fr.H-n] (See also KAISER, l. c. S. 26, “Violent thirst”- and S. 27, “Violent thirst; drinking does not afford the pstient refreshment ans alleviation)]

Slimy mouth, sliminess in the throat (aft. 2 h.).

The tongue eroded at the side of the lip with smarting pain (aft. 14 d.).

215. Pricking pain as from a fish-bone in the root of the tongue, when swallowing and turning the head.

Boring pain in the right border of the tongue, during half sleep.

He feels as if he had no taste, as if the tongue were burnt dead and were without feeling.

Pain on the tongue as if there were vesicles there with burning pain.

White tongue.[ALBERTI, l. c.]

220. He must spit often. [Hbg.]

Feeling of dryness of the tongue. [BUCHHOLZ, in Hufel. Journ., v, p. 378(Poisoning of several adults by black oxide. (Vol. v, part ii, p. 104.))]

Great dry feeling in the mouth, with frequent severe thirst, yet he drinks but little at a time. [Stf.]

Great dryness in the mouth. [THILENIUS, in Richter’s Chir. Bibl., v, p. 540(Effects of arsenic in a patient with mammary scirrhus)]

Dryness of the tongue. [GUILBERT, l. c. – MAJAULT, l. c.]

225. Quavering voice. [GUILBERT, l. c.](See also Hartl. and Trinks., l. c., S. 7, “Very unequal voice, sometimes strong, sometimes weak.”)

Speechlessness and insensibility. [Misc. N. C., Dec. iii, ann. 9, 10, p. 390. (Same case as Myrrhen’s (See S. 4)]

Bloody saliva. [Neue med. chir. Wahenehm., l. c.]

(A feeling in the throat as if a hair were in it.)

Sensation in the throat as from a lump of mucus, with taste of blood.

230. Behind the velum pendelum palati a scraping scratching sensation, when not swallowing (aft. 2 h.).

Tearing pain in the oesophagus and all up the throat, also when not swallowing.

A kind of paralysis of the fauces and oesophagus; the chewed bread could not be swallowed down, it only went down with difficulty with an uneasy pressure, as if the oesophagus had no power to swallow it; he heard it ratte down.

Burning in the throat .[RICHARD, l. c. – BUCHHOLZ, l. c.]

Long-continued rough feeling on the palate (aft. 10 h.). [Lr.]

235. Internal inflammation of the throat. [RAU, l. c.]

Gangrenous sore throat .(From the external application of the arsenical, so-called magnetic plaster.) [FELDMANN, in commerc. lit. Nor., 1743, p. 50.]

Difficulty of swallowing. [RAU, l. c.]

Painful deglutition. [Neue med. – chir. Wahrn., l. c]

Burning in the fauces. [RICHARD, l. c. – KNAPE, l. c. – KOPP, Jahrbuch. D. Staatsarzn., ii, p. 182.(Poisoning of a man of 56.)]

240. In the fauces and stomach a sensation as if a thread was rolled into a coil. [RICHARD, l. c.]

The oesophagus is as if constricted. [N. m.-ch. Wahrn., l. c.]

Constrictive sensation in the throat. [PREUSSIUS, Eph. N. C., cent. iii, Obs. 15 (Poisoning of a boy) ]

He complains that he feels as if the throat would be completely closed; as if nothing more could get through the oesophagus. [ALBERTI, l. c.]

Taste in the mouth sour; the food too tastes sour.

245. Putrid foetid taste in the mouth.

In the morning, taste in the mouth like putrid flesh.

In the morning the expectoration (But only what is hawked up from the fauces) is green and bitter.

He ejects mucus by hawking.

The saliva he spits out tastes bitter.

250. (The first morsel she swallowed in the morning scraped and scratched her afterwards in the throat, like rancid fat.)

Salt expectoration (sputum salsum). [RICHARD, l. c.]

Bitter expectoration (sputum amarum). [RICHARD, l. c.]

Bitterness in the mouth with yellow diarrhoea. [MORGAGNI, De Sed. Et Caus. Morb., lix, 6, 8.(Poisoning of several adults)]

She loathesall food; can relish nothing.

255. Absence of hunger and desire to eat, for ten days. [Fr. H-n.]

Anorexia. [STOERCK, Med. Jahrg., i, p. 107(Effects of arsenite of potash in ague patients). – Jacobi, l. c.] (See also KAISER, l. c., S. 25, “Extinct appetite”)

Complete anorexia. [BUCHHOLZ in Huf. Journ., l. c.]

Anorexia with violent thirst . [STOERCK, l. c.]

Loathing of food. [GORITZ, in Bresl. Samml., 1728. (Not found)– GRIMM, l. c.]

260. Insuperable loathing of all food, so that he could not think of eating without feeling sick.(See note to S. 118.) [EBERS, l. c., Sept., p. 56.]

Loathing of all food. [ALBERTI, l. c.]

He is unable to get the food down. [RICHARD, l. c.]

The smell of cooked meat is intolerable to him (aft. 5. h.).[RICHARD, l. c.]

He has no appetite, but when he eats it tastes well.

265. Along with proper taste of food, bitterness in the throat after eating, on alternate days (like a tertian fever) (aft. 2 h.)(Comp. 1.)

After eating, bitter taste in the mouth. (aft. 3,48 h.)(Alternating action with 269, 270).

After eating bitter eructation, and there comes into the mouth a greenish bitter mucus.

After eating and drinking repulsive bitter taste in the mouth.

Bitter in the mouth without having eaten anything.

270. Food has a salt taste.

The food tastes as if insufficiently salted.

Taste of beer flat.

Taste of unhopped beer bitter.

(Dislike to butter.)

275. Longing for acids.

Appetite for vinegar and water.

Great longing for acids and sour fruit.

Great longing for coffee.

Great appetite for milk, which she formerly loathed.

280. Qualmishness, in the forenoon about 11 a.m., and in the afternoon about 3 p.m.

Nausea. [PFANN, (Poisoning by cobalt (fly-powder,” a mixture of metallic arsenic with arsenious acid.) Samml. merkw. Falle, Nurb., 1750, pp. 129, 130. – Neue Wahrn., l. c.]

Anxiety with nausea. [ALBERTI, l. c.]

Frequent nausea, and at the same time a sweetish taste in the mouth, not immediately after eating.

Nausea in oesophagus and stomach.

285. Nausea, rather in the throat; at the same time water accumulated in the mouth.

In the open air she felt sick.

Long continued nausea, like faintness; she trembled all over, at the same time she became hot all over, afterwards shivering came on (aft. some h.).

On account of nausea and sickness he must lie down in the forenoon; at the same time tearing about the ankle and on the dorsum of the foot.(That symptoms of a not very important character (comp. 302, 605, 991, 823, 861) and otherwise trivial affections induce a sudden and complete sinking of the strength is a very important and characteristic peculiarity of arsenic.)

The child(An infant, whose mpther had taken arsenic, and was thereby cured of her ailments.) vomits after eating and drinking, and then will neither eat nor drink any more, but sleeps well.

290. Waterbrash (in the afternoon about 4 p.m.)

Incomplete excitation to flow of water from fauces and mouth, what is called waterbrash, shortly before and after dinner, with nausea (aft. 5 d.)

Frequent empty eructation.

Constant eructations. [GORITZ, l. c.]

Frequent empty eructation (aft. ½ h.). [Lr.]

295. Frequent hiccup and eructation. [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

After eating frequent hiccup, each time followed by eructation (aft. 3 h.). [Lr.]

Convulsive hiccup.[ALBERTI, l. c.]

Sickness. [MAJAULT, l. c.]

300. When sitting nausea; much water came into the mouth, as in waterbrash; when walking in the open air the nausea went off, and there ensued a copious pappy stool (aft. 7.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

Sour eructation after dinner (aft. 6 d.).

A quarter of an hour after breakfast and after dinner an aching in the stomach for three hours, with empty eructation, whereupon a relaxed condition of the body ensued, which produced nausea.

Much eructation, especially after drinking.

Flatulence rises upwards chiefly, and causes eructation.

305. Eructation after food.

Ineffectual efforts to eructate.

In the forenoon, a constant, severe, empty eructation, with confusion of the head (aft. 36 h.).

While eating, a compressive sensation in the chest.

At night on rising up, hiccup, with scraping, disgusting taste in the mouth.

310. In the hour when the fever should come on, a long-continued hiccup.

Vomiting. [MAJAULT, l.c. – GRIMM, and many others]

He vomits immediately after each meal, without nausea. [Fr. H-n.]

Vomiting of all food, for several weeks. [Salzb. M. ch. Zeitung.(From application of arsenic to a fungus on the head)]

Vomiting (immediately).(From arsenic sprinkled on an ulcer on the breast- after six days death.) [FERNELIUS, Th., lib. vi, cap. 18, p. 451. (From sprinkling arsenic on a cancerous ucler of the breast)]

315. Day and night constant vomiting with horrible cries. [HEIMREICH. l. c.]

On rising up in bed immediately uncontrollable qualmishness, nausea, and frequently rapid vomiting. [Stf.](See also Hartl, and Trinks, l. c., S. 8, “Nausea and several times violent vomiting (3^rd d.)”)

Vomiting of a thick, glassy mucus. [RICHARD, l. c.]

He vomits mucus and green bile.(Literally, “ Vomiting of green matter at night, of whitish stuff next morning )[ALBERTI, l. c.]

During the vomiting complaints of severe (internal) heat and great thirst. [ALBERTI, l. c.]

320. Internally severe burning, thirst, and heat, with violent vomiting. [ALBERTI, l. c.. iii, p. 533.]

Excessive vomiting, with greatest effort, of drinks, yellowish–green mucus and water, with veru bitter taste in the mouth, which remained long after the vomiting had ceased. [Stf.]

Frequent vomiting with fear of death. [ALBERTI, l. c.]

Vomiting of bloody mucus. [Neue Wahrn. l. c.](See also KAISER, l. c., S. 30, “Nausea and violent vomiting of a brownish mass, often mixed with blood, with great straining of the body.” –S. 31, “Vomiting of a thin or thick, brownish dark mass, produced by violent effort and increase of the pains in the stomach, without subsequent relief. “–S. 32, “Violent vomiting of a thin, bluish, dirty yellow mass, followed by great weakness and prostration.”

Vomiting of blood. [KELLNER, in Bresl. Samml., 1727.(Poisoning of a girl of 20)]

325. Passed blood upwards and downwards [GERBITZ, in Eph. N. C., Dec. iii, ann. 5, 6, obs. 137 (From orpiment, in a woman)]

Excessive vomiting and purging. [PREUSSIUS, l. c.]

Violent continued vomiting and diarrhoea. [MORGAGNI, l. c.] (Ibid., S. 38, “The vomiting declines, whereupon a copious very watery diarrhoea ensues.”

When the syncope goes off, diarrhoea and vomiting. [P. FORESTUS, i, xvii, obs. 13.(From orpiment, in a woman.)]

Spasm in the stomach; syncope; very violent pain in the abdomen; diarrhoea.(From yellow arsenic) [Low, in Sydenham, Opera ii, p. 324. ]

330. Empty retching. [RAU, l. c.]

Pains in the stomach. [QUELMALZ, l. c.- RICHARD and several others.].

The stomach very painful. [Neue Wahrn, l. c.]

Stomachache causing nausea. [RICHARD, l. c.]

Praecordial ahing; aching pain in the scrobiculucs cordis. [KELLNER, l. c. – GORITZ, l. c. – BUCHHOLZ, in Hufel. Journ., l. c.]

335. Pain in the stomach, as if it were forcibly distented in its whole extent, and would be torn. [D. H., in Kopp’s Jahrb. d. Staatsarzn., ii, p. 182.]

He felt as if the heart were pressed down. [Stf.]

Sensation of pressing weight in the stomach, without thirst and without fever. [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

Great oppression of the stomach as if it were troubled with flatulence, that seems, indeed, to be relieved by vomiting and diarrhoea, but afterwards becomes all the worse. [MORGAGNI, l. c.,§ 3.]

A very violent cardialgia with thirst. [BUCHHOLZ, in the last l. c.]

340. Burning pain in the stomach. [EBERS, l. c. Octob., 5, 8.](See also KAISER, l. c., S. 39, “Burning feeling in the scrobiculus cordis”)

Incessant burning and great oppression in the stomach and chest. [BORGES (Poisoning of an adult) in Kopp’s Jahrb., l. c., p. 222.]

Aching and burning pain in the scrobiculus cordis. [GORITZ, l. c.]

Pressive pain like a weight and burning in the stomach . [MORGAGNI, l. c. § 6.]

Burning in the stomach ilke fire. [RICHARD, l. c.]

345. Burning in the scrobiculus cordis. [BUCHHOLZ, in the last l. c.]

Eroding, gnawing pain in the stomach. [RICHARD, l. c.]

Uncommon pains in the region of the scrobiculus cordis. [J. PH. WOLFF, Act. N. C., v, obs. 29(Poisoning of two women. “Pains” shoul be anxietas.”)]

The region under the ribs (hypochondria) and the stomach aretense and distented before the bowels are moved. [RICHARD, l. c.](Ibid., S. 40, “Inconsiderable distention in the gastric region,” ahd. S. 41,”The stomach begins to rise, and is warmer than the rest of the body.”)

(Complaints and lamentations about indescribable Intheoriginal, ”inexplicabilis.” anxiety in the region of the scrobiculus cordis, without distention or pain in the stomach. [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

350. Great anxiety in the region of the scrobiculus cordis. [MORGAGNI, l. c. – BERNARD VERSACH, Obs. Med., obs. 66(Not accessible) – JACOBI, l. c.]

After a meal an aching at the mouth of the stomach and in the oesophagus, as if the food was retained up above; then empty eructation.

When speaking an aching in the anterior wall of the stomach (aft. ¼ h.).

A hard pressure above the scrobiculus cordis (immediately).(Ibid., S. 37, “Hot feeling, pain and pressure in the scrobiculus cordis,” and S. 38, “Hot aching sensation in the praecordia”)

Her heart feels pressed down.

355. In the evening, when sitting, drawing pain from the scrobiculus cordis around beneath the left ribs, as if something was forcibly torn away there.

Dull tearing transversely across the gastric region, when walking, in the afternoon.

Cutting pain in the stomach. [THILENIUS, l. c.]

Spasmodic pain in the stomach, two hours after midnight.(See also KAISER, l. c., S. 34, “Disagreeable sensation in the stomach, which soon afterwards changes into an aching, tearing, also spasmodic pain, and continues; “further, S. 35, “Periodical spasmodic pains in the stomach and bowels;” finally, S. 36, “Violent, tearing, boring pain, and spasm in the stomach and the rest of the bowels.”

When he eats anything it pressses in and about the stomach, so that he cannot bear it; the pressure occurs always some time after, not immediately upon eating.

360. Gnawing (Comp. 995.) and pecking (fine and sharp throbbing) pain in the scrobiculus cordis, with tense feeling.

Anxiety in the scrobiculus cordis, which rises up, all night.

Burning pain round about the scrobiculus cordis.

In the evening she disliked eating, she was so full; she had pain in the stomach when she ate.

Fulnessin the epigastrium, with pinching in the abdomen.

365. Pressing ache in the liver, when walking in the open air.

Before eating nausea, and after eating or drinking distension of the abdomen, also aching and cutting.

After a meal weight in the stomach, as from a stone. [Hbg.]

The abdominal pain is fixed in the left side of the abdomen.

After a meal great distension of the abdomen, without pain; he must lean his back on something in order to relieve himself.

370. After eating yawning and exhaustion, which compelled him to lie down and sleep.

He cannot keep himself warm enough, he has always an internal chilliness in the epigastric region, although that part feels warm to the touch.(Comp. 525)

A rumbling in the abdomen as from much flatulence, but without pain (aft. 1 h.).

Drawing pain in the umbilical region. (aft. 2 h.).

Frequently a spasmodic jerk, making him start, from the scrobiculus cordis into the rectum.

375. Every morning flatulent distension; the flatus is discharged only after some hours (aft. 14 d.).

Discharge of much flatus, preceded by loud rumbling in the abdomen (aft. 9 h.). [Lr.]

Discharge of putrid smelling flatus (aft. 11 h.). [Lr.]

In the evening, after lying down, like spasms and pinching in the abdomen, with an outburst of perspiration, followed by discharge of flatus, and then quite thin stool. (Many arsenic symptoms occur only in the evening and after lying down to sleep, some a couple of hours after midnight, many in the morning after rising, not a few after dinner.)

In the evening, after lyin down in bed, and in the morning after rising, violent colic, squeezing cutting pains in the bowels, which sometimes, also, shoot through the inguinal ring (as if they would force out a hernia) as far as the spermatic cord and perinaeum; when this colic ceases there occurs a loud rumbling and grumbling in the abdomen.

380. Tearing stitches in the left side under the short ribs, in the evening soon after lying down (aft. 3 h.).

Hypogastric pains, heat of face.

Cutting pain in the side of the abdomen, under the last ris, per se, but most severe when touched.

Only every morning, pinching increasing to cutting colic, deep in the , before and during diarrhoeic stools, which pains do not cease after each stool, although they do not excite the stool.

In the morning, first great rattling in the abdomen, then a cutting twisting together of the bowels, then thrice diarrhoea.

385. Uneasiness in the abdomen, but only when at rest.

Weakness of the abdominal muscles.

On stooping, shooting dislocation pain in the right iliac and inguinal regions.

Burning pain in the abdomen, at noon and in the afternoon, going off after stool.

Violent pain in the right epigastrium. [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

390. Pain in the right epigastrium and neighbouring lumbar region, whence it spreads sometimes through the hypogastrium, at other times into the right side of the scrotum and into the flank, like renal colic (at the same time, however, the urine appears healthy). [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

Jaundice. [MAJAULT, l. c.]

Cholera.(That is, constant vomiting and diarrhoea, with sharp nose, cold limbs, cramps, and death.) [WOLFF, l. c.]

Anxiety and complaints about pain, as if the upper part of the trunk were quite cut away from the abdomen. [ALBERTI, Jurispr. Med. t. iv, p. 259.]

Horrible pains in the stomach and abdomen . [WOLFF, l. c.- MAJAULT, l. c.]

395. Cutting (lancinates(In Chr. Kr., “Reissende” i. e. tearing) and gnawing pains in the stomach and bowels. [QUELMALZ, l. c.]

Swollen (“And painful,” the author says.)abdomen. [GUILBERT, l. c.]

Enormously swollen abdomen. [Eph. Nat. Cur., l. c.]

Distension and pains of the abdomen. {MULLER, l. c.]

Very disagreeable sensation in the whole abdomen, [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

400. Violent pains in the abdomen, with such great anxiety that he can nowhere get ease, he rolled about on the ground and gave up all hope of life. [PYL, Samml., viii, p. 98, 105, 108.]

After eating, great distension of the abdomen, without pain; he must lean with his back supported, in order to get relief. [Myr.]

Along with anxiety in the abdomen, fever and thirst. [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

The most violent pains in the abdomen. [DAN. CRUGER, Misc. Nat. Cur., Dec. ii, ann. 4. (Poisoning of an adult.) ]

Twisting colic. (See also KAISER, l. c. S. 43, “Twisting and curling up in bed.”) [RICHARD, l. c.]

405. In the rightside of the abdomen, a digging aching. [Hbg.]

Tearing in the abdomen . [PFANN, l. c. – ALBERTI, l. c.]

Tearing and cutting in the abdomen, with icy coldness of feet and hands, and cold sweat on the face. [ALBERTI, l. c.]

Cutting pain in the abdomen . [BUCHHOLZ l. c. – KELLNER, l. c.]

In the abdomen burning, shooting, and cutting. [BUCHHOLZ, Beitrage, l. c.]

410. Burning in the abdomen with heat and thirst. [ALBERTI, l. c.]

Burning in the flank . [Hbg.]

Colics recurring from time to time. [MAJAULT, l. c.]

Rumbling in the abdomen in the morning on awaking.

Noises in the abdomen . [THILENIUS, l. c.]

Here and there wandering pains in the abdomen, yellow diarrhoea and tenesmus, with burning pains in the anus and thirst. [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

415. After thte stool the colic is allayed. [RICHARD, l. c.]

After the palpitation of the heart, a rattling in the abdomen, and a pinching and twisting together of the bowels, before and during the fluid motions. [Myr.]

Dysenteric colic (Literally, “tormina”) in the umbilical region. [GRIMM, l. c.]

Constipation of the bowels.(In RAU’s case for four days.) [GORITZ, l. c.- RAU, l. c.] (Comp. Hartl. and Trinks, Arznei M. L., l. c., S. 9, “Pains in the abdomen, with constipation (TREVOSSO, The new Lond. Med. Journ., vol. ii, 1793)(From the vapour of wax lights rendered poisonous by arsenic.)

He has ineffectual urging to stool.

420. Burning in the anus, for an hour, which allayed after the evacuation of a hard, knotty stool.

Burning and pains in the rectum and anus, with constant pressing; a kind of tenesmus, as isn dysentery.

After the stool there was great weakness and burning in the rectum, with trembling in all limbs.

After the stool, palpitation of the heart and trembling weakness; he must lie down.

Spasmodic urging and pressing out at his rectum, with great pains (aft. 72 h.).

425. The faeces pass away from him unnoticed, as though they were flatus.

The faeces passed are enveloped in watery blood.

Dysentery. [CRUGER, l. c.]

Almost every moment a bloody discharge by stool, with vomiting and horrible pains in the abdomen. [GRIMM, l. c.]

Before the diarrhoea he has a feeling as if he would burst. [ALBERTI, l. c.]

430. Diarrhoea, alternating with constipation; there often passed a little yellow fluid, then urging came on as if more would come, with acute pains in the abdomen about the navel. [Stf.]

Evacuation of faeces, sometimes more, sometimes less pappy (aft. 6, 13 h.). [Lr.]

Diarrhoea. [MAJAULT, l. c. – KELLNER, l. c.](Comp. KAISER, l. c., S. 45, “Great evacuations by stool,” –S. 46, “Diarrhoea that often becomes very severe,” S. 47, “Involuntary discharge of faeces and urine.”)

Stools pass without his knowledge. [CHR, G. BUTTNER, Unterricht uber die Todlishkeit der Wunden, p. 197.(Poisonings. This S. not found.)]

Mucous and green evacuations by stool. [THILENIUS, l. c.]

435. Frequent discharge of a viscid bilious matter by stool, for two days. [PFANN, l. c.]

After much uneasiness and colic, discharge of a black fluid by stool, burning like fire in the anus. [RICHARD, l. c.]

Black, acrid, putrid faecal evacuations. [BAYLIES, l. c.]

Discharge by stool of a round lump, which appeared to consist of undigested fat mixed with fibrous parts (aft. 8 d.) [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

Diarrhoea, with violent burning in the anus. [THILENIUS, l. c.]

440. (Thin mucous evacuations, as if chopped up.)

Along with urging to stool, evacuation of masses of mucus, with cutting pains in the anus, as from blind piles.

After colic small evacuations with tenesmus, at first of dark green faeces, then of dark green mucus.

Constipation.

(Rumbling in the abdomen without stool.)

445. (Itching in the anus.)

Itching, scraping, or sore pain in the anus.

The anus is painful when touched, as if sore.

At the anus, haemorrhoids with shooting pains, when sitting and walking, not connected with the stool .

Haemorrhoidal lumps at the anus, which especially at night, burn(Burning is a main symptom of arsenic. Comp. 163, 362, 450, 471, 769, 777, 793, 794, 816, 819, 814, 789, 790.) like fire, and permit no sleep, but by day the pain becomes worse, and changes into violent stitches; worse when walking than when sitting or lying.

450. Blind haemorrhoids with pains like slow pricks with a hot needle.

During the stool painful contraction just above the anus towards the sacrum.

Burning in the anus. [MORGAGNI. l. c.]

Tenesmus with burning. [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

Eroding itching on the perinaeum, compelling him to scratch (aft. ½ h). [Lr.]

455. Itching on the perinaeum, especially when walking, that compels him to scratch (aft. 5.1/2h.). [Lr.]

Painful swelling of the haemorrhoidal veins with tenesmus. [MORGAGNI, l. c., § 8.]

Retention of stool and urine in spite of all internal feeling of wanting to pass them. [ALBERTI, Jurisprud. Med., tom. Iv. P. 260.]

Burning in passing urine. [Neue Wahrn.- MORGAGNI, l. c. § 6.]

Bloody urine. [O. TACHENIUS, Hipp. Chym., c. 24, p. 149. (From inhalingsublimed arsenic) ]

460. Suppression of urine. [N. Wahrn., l. c. –GUILBERT., l. c.]

Diminished flow of urine.(Sometimes.) [TH, FOWLER, l. c.]

Increased flow of urine.(Often.) [TH. FOWLER, l. c.]

Frequent urging to urinate, with copious flow of urine (aft. 2, 3, 4, 5.1/2, 16, 17 h.) [Lr.]

After urinating great feeling of weakness in the epigastrium, so that she trembled.

465. On passing urine contractive pains in the left iliac region.

Involunatry micturition; she could not get to the utensil; the urine ran away from her, and yet there was but little of it.

He must rise at night three or four times to pass urine, and each time he passes a great deal, for several successive days.

Burning in the bladder, and urging to urinate every minute.

In the morning burning in the anterior part of the urethra at the commencement of urination (aft. 24 h.).

470. Retention of the urine as from paralysis of the bladder.

But little water passes, and it during the flow.

(Urine almost colourless.)

Very turbid urine (aft. 5 d.).

(In the urethra smarting pain.)

Deep in the urethra frequent pain, like tearings (in the afternoon).

475. Single, severe, slow stitches on both sides of the pudendum in the flanks (aft. 3 h.).

(In the inguinal swelling) a burning and digging; even a slight touch (with the bed-clothes, for example) excites the pain.

(Itching of the pudendum.)

Severe itching on the glans penis without erection of the penis.

Nocturnal emission of semen with voluptuous dreams. [Lr.]

480. Nocturnal emission of semen without voluptuous dreams, followed by long continued erection of he penis (aft. 20 h.) [Lr.]

Erection of the penis in the morning without pollution. [Lr.]

The glans penis is bluish-red, swollen, and cracked with rhagades. [PFANN, l. c.]

On the penis, near the scrotum, eroding itching compelling scratching (aft. 5.1/4 h.) [Lr.]

Inflammatory swelling of the genital organs, going the length of mortification, with horrible pains. [J. H. DEGNER, Act. Nat. Cur. vi.(Effects of applying a solution of arsenic ror itch, in two men.)]

485. Extremely painful swelling of the genitals. [Neue Wahrn., l. c.]

Sudden occurrence of mortification in the male genitals. [G. E. STAHL, Opusc. Chym. Phys. Med. p. 454.(Poisoning of two adults, “Mortification” is “sphaecelatio.”)]

Swelling of the testicles. (For “testicles.” Read “scrotum.”)(From the internal use of arsenic.) {ALBERTI, Jurispr. Med., tom. I, p. 167.]

Lasciviousness in a woman; she desires coitus twice a day, and when it is not accorded a discharge takes place of itself.

Shooting pain in the hypogastrium down into the vagina.

490. Leucorrhoea, of a yellowish and thick character, about a cupful in the twenty-four hours, with smarting erosion where it runs, the parts on both sides of the vulva become excoriated by it, for ten days.

When standing the leucorrhoea drops away during a discharge of flatus (aft. 24 h.).

Menses too soon.

Excitation of too profuse menstrual flux.

During the menses sharp shooting in the rectum into the anus and vulva.

495. After the cessation of the menses bloody mucus passes.

During the menses pinching, shooting, cutting from the scrobiculus cordis to the hypogastrium, also in the back and sides of the abdomen; she must bend herself together, standing and cowering down, on account of pain, with loud groaning, complaints, and weeping and with loud eructation.

A profuse bleeding of the nose after severe vomiting. [HEIMREICH, Arsen. als. Fiebermittel.]

(During vexation) profuse flow of blood from the nose (aft. 3 d.).

Dryness of the nasal cavity.

500. Severe continued sneezing.

Frequent sneezing without coryza. (aft. 3, 6 d.). [Lr.]

Frequent sneezing with fluent coryza (aft. 11 h.). [Lr.]

Discharge of acrid fluid from the nose. [MYRRHEN, l. c.]

Stopped-up coryza combined with fluent coryza.

505. Every morning on waking sneezing and coryza, which each time goes off quickly.

Watery mucus flows from the nose, smarting and burning at the nostrils, as if they became sore from it.

Severe fluent coryza.

Excessive (There is scarcely any heroic remedy, which is not sometimes capable of producing this kind of crisis (a violent coryza, and, at other times, vomiting, diarrhoea, perspiration, salivation, diuresis, &c.) in healthy persons or in cases of disease in which it is improperly given, where nature endeavours to remove and, as it were, to eject what is prejudical to the life of the body; and thus suddenly destroys a large, often the largest, portion of the remaining medicinal power of the remedy. But yet these corporeal actions which destroy the other medicinal disease are, at the same time characteristic medicinal symptoms, and the coryza of arsenic remains very different in many essential and, as yet, not sufficiently accurately observed circumstances from that produced by the magnet, belladonna, nux vomica, mezereum, &c.) coryza with hoarseness and sleeplessness.

In the morning his throat is rough and hoarse (aft. 24 h.).

510. Dryness of the larynx.

Rough speech and hoarseness.

Palpitation of the heart. [MAJAULT, l. c.]

At night, about 3 a.m., an irregular but so violent palpitation, that he thinks he hears it, combined with anxiety. [Myr.]

Excessive, very troublesome palpitation of the heart. [Stf.]

515. When he lies on his back, the heart beats much quicker and stronger. [Stf.]

In the scrobiculus cordis, anxiety. [Hbg.]

Very viscid mucus in the chest, that can with difficulty be coughed up.(aft. 48 h.)

Streaks of blood in the mucus expectorated.

He hawks up mucus with blood streaks; then follows nausea.

520. Sensation of rawness and soreness in the chest.

Pains in the chest. [PEARSON, l. c.]

Much pain in the chest. [N. Wahrnehm., l. c.]

Internal pain in the upper part of the chest (aft. 5 h.)

Shooting tearing pain in the uppermost right rib.

(Formication in the left side of the chest).( a mis-reckoning here.)

525. Towards evening, a chilliness internally in the chest, also after supper. (Comp. 371.)

Tensive pain in the chest, especially when sitting.(Comp. note to 677.)

Stitches superiorly in the right side of the chest, especially felt when drawing the breath, like pressure, that ends in a stitch (aft. 1.1/2 h.).

Violent shooting on the left side of the chest only during expiration, which is thereby rendered difficult (aft. 7.1/2 h.) [Lr.]

Aching on the chest. [BUCHHOLZ, Beitrage, l. c.]

530. Burning in the chest. [STORCK, l. c.]

Burning in the right side of the chest extending to the flank, where it ached. [Hbg.]

After a meal, a sweet taste of blood, with a scraping shooting pain in the throat, as if he had swallowed a fish-bone, for a quarter of an hour, followed by short cough with haemoptysis, at first like coagulated blood; after the spitting of blood nausea, and after two hours anxiety. [Myr.]

Great heat in the chest of below the diahpragm. [Hbg.]

A long-continued burning in th region of the strenum. [STORCK. l. c.]

535. Violent morning cough.

Constant tickling in the whole wind-pipe, which excites him to cough, also independent of breathing.

In the morning, after the (accustomed) tea-drinking, a snort cough.

Dry violent cough. (aft. 2 h.).

When he drinks without thirst, it causes coughing.

540. Cough especially after drinking.

At night, when the cough comes on, he must sit up.

In the evening, immediately after lying down, cough; she must sit up, thereafter a contractive pain in the scrobiculus cordis and gastric region, keeping up the cough, which exhausted her.

In the evening, in bed, a cough lasting some minutes, with nausea and having to vomit.

Cough immediately after lying dowm.

545. Cough woke him up at night; severe bursts of it, so that he felt like to choke, and his throat swelled.

Deep, dry, short, incessant cough after midnight.

(The chest feels ilke to burst from the cough.)

On walking in the open air she feels such a smothering sensation that she must cough.

Hard cough, difficult to loosen, which causes sore pain in the chest.

550. Cough when she comes into the cold open air.

Dry cough during bodily exertion. (Which often makes him very quickly breathless.)

Twitching in the hip followed by dry cough, which seems to be excited by the former.

During the cough heat in the head.

With violent cough much water flows from the mouth, like water-brash.

555. During the cough bruised pain in the abdomen, as if crushed (aft. 2 h.).

During the cough shooting in the scrobiculus cordis.

When hawking, drawing shooting pain under the left short ribs up into the chest.

During the cough shooting, first in the side of the chest, then (two days afterwards) in the side of the abdomen.

During the cough shooting pain in the sternum upwards.

560. When drawing a deep breath stitches in the left side of the chest, which compel him to cough.

When stooping dull stitches in the chest.

Shooting in the side under the short ribs, he dare not lie on that side.(Comp. 621.)

By coughing increased stitches under the ribs and increased headache as from heat in it.

A constrictive sensation up in the wind-pipe ( in the region of the pit of the throat), as from sulphur vapour, which excites cough.

565. In the evening, after getting into bed as gently as possible and lying down very carefully, his breath goes immediately, and such fine whistling in the (contricted) wind-pipe as if a fine harp-string sounded.

Excitation to short cough in the wind-pipe, without expectoration (aft. 3.1/4 h.). [Lr.]

Dry tussiculation. [STORCK, l. c.]

Dry fatiguing cough. [STORCK, l. c.]

In the evening tightness of the chest and dry cough.

570. Great tightness of chest. (For a long time.) [PYL, Samml., viii, p. 98, &c.]

Constrictive sensation in the chest. [PREUSSIUS, l. c.(See also Hartl. and Trinks, A. M. L., l. c., S. 11, “The chest contracted, so that he could hardly speak a word and almost fainted (3^rd d.)”, and S. 12, “Constant tussiculation and contraction in th chest (3^rd d.).”) ]

Painful respiration. [N. Wahrnehm., l. c.]

Oppression of th chest. (In the original “anxietates pectoris.”) [RAU, l. c.]

Oppression of the chest, difficult breathing. [THILENIUS, l. c.]

575. Difficult respiration. [TACHENIUS, l. c.]

Anxious groaning respiration. (Literally “breathing difficult, and often interrupted by sighs.”) [GUILBERT, l. c.]

Piteous lamentation, that an intolerable anxiety and a very oppressive sensation in the abdomen hinders respiration. [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

Frequently recurring tightness of chest. [MORGAGNI, l. c. S. 6.]

Tightness of chest for an hour, which threatens suffocation. [GRIESELIUS, l. c.]

580. Long-continued tightness of chest. [TIMAEUS A GULDENKLEE, Opp., Lips., 1715, p. 280. (From the vapour.) ]

He feels like to suffocate; sticks his tongue out. [WEDEL, l. c.]

Choking rheum. (These two symptoms describe the same attack of suffocative bronchitis, brought on by drawing a solution of arsenic into the nostrils for coryza, and ending in convulsions and death.) [Misc. Nat. Cur., Dec. iii, ann. 9, 10, p. 390.]

On moving (walking) sudden tightness of chest and want of breath, weakness, and excessive prostration. (The original is simply “much lassitude and oppression of breathing in walking.”)( As the symptoms mentioned are not observed in the mass from any other known medicine, it is evident how arsenic is homoeopathic to inflammation of the chest, and that it can and does cure it specifically.) [MAJAULT, l. c.]

Nocturnal sudden catarrh, threatening suffocation. (These two symptoms describe the same attack of suffocative bronchitis, brought on by drawing a solution of arsenic into the nostrils for coryza, and ending in convulsions and death.) (I cured myself rapidly with arsenic of a similar suffocative catarrh that always came on more severely every evening after lyingdown, which brought me near to death, the dose I used aws of a minuteness that passes all belief. The other symptoms of my malady were certainly also met with among the symptoms of arsenic.) [MYRRHEN, l. c.]

585. First oppression of the chest, then pain in the chest with short cough and salt expectoration. (See Note to S. 118.) [EBERS, l. c., Oct., pp. 8 and 11.]

Great anxiety, as if all would be constricted, with anxiety in the scrobiculus cordis.

During the abdominal pains, difficult breathing, as if the chest were compressed.

Freuquent short, difficult respiration, and dry short cough, with ulcerative sore pain in the scrobiculus cordis up to the middle of the chest.

Frequent oppressive, anxious, short breathing in the chest, in all positions.

590. Oppression during the cough and on walking quickly, or on going upstairs.

In the evening, great anxiety and restlessness, and the chest as if contracted.

Dyspnoea for eight days, oppression in the region of the sternum, on breathing deeply.

Always immediately after coughing the breath is so short, as if his whole chest was contracted.

Frequent. Quite short, dry cough, excited by a suffocative sensation in the larynx, such as is apt to occur from sulphur fumes.

595. Pain under the scrobiculus cordis, which takes away the breath.

When he getsvexed he has tightness of the chest.

When he has fatigued himself he gets a tightness of the chest, such as is apt to arise from anxiety.

Eruption of yellow spots on the chest. [WEDEL, l. c.]

Distortion of the cervical muscles. (Not found.) [MULLER, l. c.]

600. Tensive stiffness of the neck. [Bhr.]

(At night and in the morning) stiffness in the nape, as if bruisedor strained, and a similar pain above the hips. (aft. 12 h.).

External swelling of the neck without pain. [Stf.]

In stooping low the artery of the left side of the neck swells outto an extraordinary degree. [Bhr.]

All round the neck, on the shoulders and in the sides, a kind of colourless smarting eruption. [Fr. H-n.]

605. Drawing pain between the scapulae, which compels him to lie down (aft. 5 h.) (See note to 288.)

Drawing from the sacrum up into the shoulders, and at the same time stitches in the sides, during which flatulence moves about in the abdomen, which, not being able to be discharged, presses upwards, as it were, then eructation ensues, and he gets relief.

(Stiffness in the spine, from the coccyx upward.)

The sacrum is painfully stiff all day.

Want of strength in the small of the back.

610. Drawing pain in the back (in the forenoon) (aft. 6 d.).

Drawing up and down in the back.

Along with pain in the back restlessness and attacks of anxietas. [BUTTNER, l. c.]

Only when lying on the right side strong clucking movements in the muscles of the left side of the back. (aft. 3.3/4 h.). [Lr.]

Bruised pain in the back and over the scapulae as if beaten (aft. 4 d.).

615. In the sacrum pain as if bruised (aft. 4 h.)

In the loins (renal region) stitches when breathing and sneezing.

Excoriation beneath the arms in the axillae. [KLINGE, in Huf. Journ. d. p. A., vi, p. 904. (Observation on minors in arsenic.) ]

Tearing shooting pain in the right armpit.

A painful lump on the arm. [Neue Wahrn. l. c.]

620. At night, in bed tearing in the elbow and wrist-joint (aft. 4 h.).

At night pain in the arm of the side lain on. (Comp. 562.)

(When he lies on the right side the right arm goes to sleep.)

Eroding itching on the left forearm near the wrist-joint, inciting to scratch (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

Great formication in the hands at night.

625. Painful swelling of the hands.[N. Wahrn. l. c.]

Stiffness and insensibility of the hands. (Lasting for a long time.) [Pyl, Samml., viii, p. 98, &c.]

Fine tickling in the left palm, causing to rub it (aft. 7 h.). [Lr.]

Cold hands. [Stf.]

Small lumps on the hands. [N. Wahrn, l. c.]

630. Always towards evening in both wrists a drawing pain.

Tickling itching on the inside of the right middle finger, compelling him to scratch (aft. 5 h.) [Lr.]

Tearing shooting pain in the bones of the hand and of the little finger (aft. 2 h.).

Drawing pain in the middle fingers.

Drawing tearing in the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones, in the morning.

635. Drawing and twitching (tearing) from the finger-tips up to the shoulder.

Cramp in the fingers of th right hand when he stretches them straight out.

Painful cramp in the proximal joints of the fingers of both hands.

From morning till noon a painful spasm in the finger-tips, calf, and toes (aft. 5 d.).

Inflexibility of the fingers, as if they were stiff.

640. Finger-joints painful when moved.

Discoloured nails. [BAYLIES, l. c.]

Paralysis of the lower limbs. (Not found.) [EBERS, l. c. Octob., p. 18.]

Gout in the hip (sciatica). (Worn as an amulet in the pocket. [The original is simply ‘sciatica.”]) [BORELLUS, Hist. Et Observ. Cent. iii, obs. 36.] (See also Hartl. and Trinks, l. c., S. 13, “In the morning after a rather sleepless night, violent, drawing tearing pain in the hips and left foot (3^rd d.).”)

Excoriation betwixt the thighs, with itching. [KLINGE, l. c.]

645. Eroding itching on the right thigh, near the groin, causing him to scratch (aft. 4.1/2 h.) [Lr.]

Eroding itching on both thighs, causing scratching, in the evening on undressing (aft. 13 h.). [Lr.]

Convulsions of the knees and thighs. (Shortly before death.) [ALBERTI, l. c., tom. i.]

Spasm (cramp) in the lower extremities (thighs). [PYL, Samml. i, p. 245.]

Pain and shooting in the knees (aft. 2 h.) [RICHARD, l. c.]

650. Paralysis in both knees. [J. B. MONTANUS, in Schenck, lib. 7, obs. 209. (Poisoning of a woman.) ]

In the hough tension, as if tendons were too short, when sitting and standing, but not when walking.

Paralysis of the legs, so that he can hardly walk. [PET. FORESTUS, lib 18. Schol. ad, obs. 28.]

Emaciated legs. [MAJAULT, l. c.]

Tearing pains in the bones. [Bhr.]

655. Cramp in the calf when walking, and in the hand on moving it (aft. 2 h.).

Tearing pain in the right calf (when sitting) (aft. 11 h.) [Lr.]

In the nakle and knee-joints tearing, only when moving.

A weakness in the knees, so that he can only sit down with difficulty.

At night profuse sweat on the lower extremities, especially the knees.

660. In the left knee dislocated and bruised pain, especially on rising up from sitting.

(In the right knee great want of firmness, it bends under him.).

Drawing tearing in the right hough down to the heel, as from a sprain.

Drawing tearing in the anterior side of the thigh down to the knee and ankle-joint when walking.

Sharp drawing in the tibia.

665. In the tibia single, violent tearings making him cry out.

A boring pain in the right tibia.

Tearing shooting internally, at the lower part of the leg, on a small spot.

Under the knees sensation as if the legs were tightly bound there/

Formication in the lower extremities, as if they were asleep.

670. In the morning spasmodic pain in the foot, which changesinto a vibration and tinglingin it. (aft. 96 h.).

Tearing in the lower extremitites from above downwards to the lower part; he could not tread, sit, or lie, either in bed or on a bench; day and night he must either keep the foot swinging to and fro or limpabout with it, and he could not rest upon it; worst at night. (From fever-drops which in Saxony the wandering pedlars lately used to sell to the country people in small four-sided bottles, and which I found to contain a very strong solution of arsenic.)

A tearing shooting, as if in the periosteum, down the thigh and leg as far as the tip of the big toe.(aft. 24 h.).

At night he often cannot lie, must lay the feet first in one place then in another, or must walk about to get relief.

Drawing in the foot; he cannot keep it still; at the same time he can walk gently with care, but not quickly.

675. In the afternoon, when sitting, a twitching in the feet.

On making a false step with the affected foot there occurs a jerk in it that gives a shock to the whole limb.

On the side of the knee a point that pains as if bruised, only when touched, as if the flesh was loose there, only when seated, not when walking. (The alternating action of arsenic, in which symptoms are produced or renewed by movement, is much rarer than that in which the symptoms are produced or increased when at rest, when (lying and) sitting, or are diminished by standing or moving; the latter alternating action is therefore much more important for homoeopathic curative action by arsenic. Comp. 526, 671, 675, 707, 776, 777, 779, 780, 821.)

(When the feet hang down perpendicularly when sitting they have drawing pains.)

Heaviness, fatigue, and drawing pain in the legs with knuckling (unsteadiness and weakness) of the knees, especially in the morning.

680. Weariness in the lower extremitites. (See also Hartl. and Trinks, l. c. S. 21, “Great weariness (aft. 1 h.)” – S. 22, “On going upstairs a sensation as if the legs would break down under him (7^th d.).)

Morning sweat on the legs (the first night).

Feet so heavy, he can hardly lift them.

Continual cold feet when he sits still; he can scarcely warm them in bed.

In the calves an aching pain.

685. The calf became hard and pressed flat with intolerable pain almost like cramp pain (but much worse), making her scream for an hour and a half; the whole limb was stiff, she could not move it at all, and quite cold and insensible; there remained tension in the calf and a kind of paralysis in the thigh (aft. 50 h.).

Feet swollen, the swelling extending up over the calves; previously tearing in the calf, which was removed by applying warm cloths.(Comp. note to 203.) (aft. 3 d.).

The ankles swell without being red, and have tearing pains, which are relieved by external warmth.

Shining hot swelling of the feet (dorsum and soles), to above the ankles, with round, red spots, which cause a burning pain (aft. 3 d.).

The swelling of the feet itches.

690. On treading, on the top of the instep, in the ankle, pain as if ricked or sprained (aft. 72 h.).

Shooting and tearing in both the ankle-joints; when treading and walking stitches in them, as if the feet were sprained, so that she is like to fall; the ankles are painful when touched. (aft. 12 h.). (See also Hartl. and Trinks, l. c., S. 18, “The ankles are painful to the touch.”)

A tearing in the ankles.

Coldness of the knees and feet, with cold sweat on them; they cannot be warmed.

695. (Cold sensation in the soles of the feet.)

Tearing in the heels. [Bhr.]

Tearing in the lower extremities. [PYL, l. c.]

Violent pains in the legs, especially in the joints. [MAJAULT, l. c.]

When she does not set down her foot straight, or when she makes a false step, she has a pain in it as if dislocated. [Bhr.]

700. The pains in the foot are aggravated by movement. [Bhr.]

After vomiting, paralysis of the feet. [CARDANUS, De Venen, i, iii, 1563. (General statement from authors.)

Coldness of the feet with contracted pulse. [MORGAGNI, l. c.§ 8.]

Swelling, stiffness, insensibility and numbness of the feet; occasionally they were full of great pains. [PYL, Samml., viii, p. 97, &c.] (See also Hartl. and Trinks, l. c., SS. 14-17, “Intolerable pains in the lower extremities, with swelling of one of them (aft. 8 weeks).” – “First on the right, then on the left foot a hard, reddish-blue, greenish-yellow, and very painful swelling (aft. 28 d.).” – Great pains, tearing and stiffness in the limbs, as if he could not move them (14^th d.).” – Stiffness of the limbs, especially of the knees and feet, alternating with tearing pains (28^th d.).”

On awaking the heels are painful, as if she had lain on something hard.

705. Under the left heel, on treading, single stitches up to the back of the thigh.

Several stitches in the sole (aft. ½ h.)

When lying he has nausea and tearing about the ankles and dorsum of the feet.

(In the evening, in bed, the toes are drawn backwards, and some muscular fibres in the calves and thigh are contracted with a spasmodic pain for three hours, whereupon he bacame very exhausted.)

Cramp in the calves and fingers frequently, especially in bed at night.

710. The whole of the left side of the body affected with a numb pain. [Bhr.]

The right foot has numb pains; when seated she can only lift it with the help of the hands. [Bhr.]

Tickling running itching on the right big toe, something like the healing of a wound, compelling him to the right side to the hips and left thigh. [THILENIUS, l. c.]

General anascara.(See note to S. 118.) [EBERS, l. c.]

715. Complete anascara (From suppression of ague by arsenic.) (aft. 4 d.). [EBERS, l. c., p. 56.]

Swelling of the face and feet, dry mouth and lips, distented abdomen, diarrhoea, colic, vomiting. (As S. 714.) [EBERS, l. c., Sept., p. 28.]

Great swelling of the face and the rest of the body. [FERNELIUS, l. c.]

Swelling of the feet. [JACOBI, l. c.]

Swelling on various parts of the body, of an elastic kind. [TH. FOWLER, l. c.]

720. Pain in the feet. [TIM, A GULENKLEE, Opp., p. 280.]

Violent pains in the soles, which sometimes bring on convulsions. [PFANN, l. c.]

Convulsive attack: at first she struck outwards with her arms, then she lost all consciousness, lay like a dead person, pale but warm, turnes the thumbs in, twisted the hands, which were shut, drew the arms slowly up and pushed them slowly down; after ten minutes she drew the mouth hither and thither, as if she waggled her jaw; at the same time no respiration could be detected; after this had lasted a quarter of an hour the fit ended with a jerk through the whole body like a single thrust forwards with arms and le, and then immediately full consciousness returned, only great exhaustion remained.

Twitching, like something alive (felt when touched), in some muscular parts of the thighs and legs, with spasmodic pain in them by jerks.

Attacks of tetenus. [Salzb. Med.- Ch. Zeitung.] (See also KAISER, l. c., S. 56, “Tetanus.”)

725. Spasms. [HENNING, l. c.- KELLNER, l. c.]

Convulsions. [FORESTUS, lib. 17, obs. 13. – CRUGER, l. c. – WEDEL, l. c.]

The most violent convulsions. [VAN EGGERN, l. c.]

(Before death) convulsions. [ALBERTI, l. c.- (aft. 4 d.) BONETUS, Sepulcr, Anat., sect. X, obs. xiii, part 1, l, c,] (See also KAISER, l. c., S. 59, “Death with and without spasms.)

Convulsions and miserable distortions of the limbs. (Shortly before death – just as most of the considerable convulsions from arsenic are nothing but secondary action and transition to death.)

730. Epilepsy. § [CRUGER, l. c. – BUTTNER, l. c.]

Trembling of the limbs. [N. Wahrn., l. c. – BUCHHOLZ, Beitrage, l. c. – BONETUS, l. c. – HEIMREICH, l. c. – GREISELIUS, l. c.] (See also KAISER, l. c., S. 55, “Trembling.” Also Hartl. and Trinks, l. c., S. 19, “Trembling in the limbs even after very moderate walking.”)

Trembling and shaking with perspiration on the face. [ALBERTI, l. c.]

Trembling in all limbs. [JUSRAMOND, On Cancerous Disorders, Lond. 1750.] (From arsenic given to a woman with cancer of the tongue.)

He trembles in every part. [Hbg.]

735. Trembling all over the body. [GUILBERT, l. c.]

After vomiting trembling of the limbs. [CARDANUS, l. c.]

Trembling in the arms and feet. [HEIMRECH, l. c.]

Paralysis; contraction. [PET. DE. APONO, in Schenck, lib. vii, obs. 214.]

740. Contraction of the limbs. [J. D. HAMMER, in Commerc. lit. Norimb., 1738, Heb. 24.]

Stiffness of all the joints [PET. DE APONO, De Venen., cap. 17.] (From sulphuret of arsenic, realgar.)

Immobility of all the joints. [PET. DE APONO, l. c.]

Paralysis of the lower extremities. [BERNARDI, in the Annalen der Heilkunst, 1811, January, p. 60 (Not accessible)]

Paralysis; inability to walk.[CRUGER, l. c.]

745. Paralysis of the lower extremities, with losss of sensation. [HUBER, N. Act. Nat. Cur. iii, obs. 100 (Statement that the author knows a woman so affected by arsenic.) ]

She becomes much emaciated, with earthy complexion, blue rings round the eyes, great weakness in all the limbs, disinclination for all work, and constant desire to rest (aft. 8 d.)

Emaciation. (See note to S. 118.) [STORCK, l. c. – JACOBI, l. c.]

Complete emaciation. [GREISELIUS, l. c.]

Gradual emaciation (and death within the year). [AMATUS LUSITANUS, Cent. ii, cur. 4, 65 (Poisoning of a youth .)]

750. (Fatal) marasmus. [Salzburger Med. – Ch. Zeit. ]

Wasting. [MAJAULT, l. c.]

Pthisical fever. (See note to S. 118.) [STORCK, l. c.]

Horrible pains in the limbs. [PFANN, l. c.]

In the morning in bed sudden tearing twitching or shooting, which changes into burning, in the thumb or big toe.

755. In the evening in bed drawing pain in the middle finger of the hand, and in the foot (aft. 7 d.)

(At night in the back, sacrum and thighs a drawing, shooting and throbbing pain (aft. 3 h.).

Drawing from the abdomen to the head, where there was throbbing and still moretearing; it then came into the left side, where one or two stitches came in jerks (aft. 8 d.).

Pain in the sacrum and back, especially after riding (in one accustomed to ride).

Gouty pains in the limbs, without inflammation.

760. During a sedentary occupation such peevish restlessness that she must rise up and walk about.

Drawing pain in the joints of the knees, ankles, and wrists.

Indesribably painful and extremely disagreeable feeling of illness in the limbs.

Severe tearing in the arms and legs, owing to which he cannot lie on the side, where it tears; it becomes most tolerable by moving about the part where the tearing pain is.

All her limbs are painful.

765. Throbbing in all the limbs, and also in the head.

All his limbs are painful, whether he walks or lies.

Extreme painfulness of the skin of the whole body.

Fine pricks all over the body.

Here and there slow pricks. As with a red-hot needle.

770. (The pains become slighter and leave off by compressing the part.)

Tearing pains in the hollow bones.

(On the occurrence of the pains, heat of face and body.)

The nocturnal pains only become tolerable when he walks about; they are unendurable when sitting, and articularly when lying still.

The pains are felt at night when asleep.

775. The pains are intolerable, they make the sufferer furious.

The pain of the affected part is even felt during (light) sleep, and wakes him up occasionally during the night, especially before midnight.

On the affected part a pain as if an abscess had passed into suppuration there and would burst; observed when sitting (aft. 4 h.).

On the affected part a pain as if the bone was swollen there; observed when sitting.

An ulcer that is particularly painful in the morning, which containsa dark, brown, bloody matter under a thin scab, with single stitches whilst sitting, which are relieved by standing, but most effectually by walking.

780. After the (midday) meal, whilst sitting, the pains increase, but they are relieved by standing and moving the body.

Conversation addressed to him by others is intolerable to him; it increases his pains enormously (aft. ½ h.).

Tearing pain in the ulcers.

On the affected part, in the ulcer, a burning as from a live coal.

(From dipping the hands in a cold solution of arsenic, a frightful burning pain in the fourth finger, as if the part were burnt with boiling fat (for 4 hours) (aft. 1/2h.).

785. The ulcer gets very elevated borders.

The old ulcers, hitherto painless, became painfully sensitive.

The ulcer discharges much black coagulated blood.

Ulcers on the heels with bloody pus. (In the original, “ichorose Stoff.”) [GUILBERT, l. c.]

Itching in the ulcer passing into burning. [HEUN, l. c.]

790. Burning pain in the ulcer [HARGENS, in Huf. Journ. d. pr. A., ix, i.] (From application of arsenic to a cancerous ulcer.)

Cancerous ulcer which rendered it necessary to amputate the limbs.(In a refiner of arsenic.) [HEINZE, in Ebers, l. c., Octob., p. 38.]

The ulcer becomes inflamed all around, bleeds on being bandaged, and gets a superficial dry scab. [HARGENS, l. c.]

An ulcer appears on the leg, which is covered with a grey scab, has burning pain, and an inflamed border.

Burning pain the the ulcers.

795. Around the ulcer (not in the ulcer itself) burning pain, like fire; it has a very fetid smell and discharges little; at the same time exhaustion and drowsiness in the daytime.

After th burning about the border of the ulcer, an itching in th ulcer itself.

A burning itching on the body.

Much itching on the right thigh and on the arms.

Itching running sensation as from fleas on the thigh up to the abdomen, also on the loins and nates, making him scratch.

800. Burning itching, and after scratching the part is painful.

Intolerable burning in the skin. [HEIMREICH, l. c.]

Burning eroding pains. [PREUSSIUS, l. c. – GABEZIUS, l. c.]

Burning pains. [QUELMALZ, l. c. – HENKEL, Act. N. C., ii, obs. 155.]

Needle pricks on the skin. [N. Wahrn., l. c.]

805. Inflamed measle-like spots over the body, especially on the head, face and neck. (After opium as an anitdote.) [THOMPSON, l. c.]

Spots here and there on the skin. [BAYLIES, l. c.]

Thick eruption of little white elavations the colour of the skin, of the size of a lentil and smaller, with smarting pain, which is usually worst at night. [Fr. H-n.]

Cutaneous eruption. (Not found.) [MAJAULT, l. c.]

Miliary eruption all over the body which falls off in scales 9aft. 14 d.). [GUILBERT, l. c.] (See also KAISER, l. c., S. 60, “Blue spots on the abdomen, genitals, and white of the eye.”) [GUILBERT, l. c.]

810. The whole body, even the hands and feet, full of small spots with white points, which resemble millet seeds. [DEGRANGE, in Phys. Med. Journ., 1800, April, p. 299. (From rubbing arsenic into the head).

Eruption of a copious red scorbutic miliary rash. [HARTMANN, Diss. Aethiop. Antim, et Arsenicalis, Halle, 1759, p. 49. (Notaccessible.) ]

Eruptions (Slight) resembling urticaria. [FOWLER, l. c.]

Very painful black pocks. (On the spot on which the suspended arsenical amulet hung.) [B. VERZASCH, l. c.]

Eruption of black pocks, which cause burning pain (aft. 8 d.). [PFANN, l. c.]

815. Pimples very difficult to heal. (The symptoms 815, 917, and 1031 were observed on patients affected with itch, that had been suppressed by an arsenical ointment (FRANK, Hygea, xix.) [AMATUS LUSITANUS, Cent. ii, cur. 34.]

Eruption of small pimples on several parts, also on the forehead and under the jaw, which cause burning pain and slight itching.

(On the appearance of small pointed pimples, itching which goes off on scratching, not followed by soreness or burning.)

With burning itching, as from gnat-bites, an eruption comes out on the hands, between the fingers (at the union of the fingers), and on the abdomen, consisting of whitish, pointed pimples, which contain watery fluid in their apices; scratching causes the fluid to escape, and the itching goes off.

In the eruption of pimples there is such burning that she can scarcely remain quiet from anxiety.

820. In the evening (from 6 to 8 o’clock ) great anxiety, with violent aching and pressing in the head, transient sweat, and extreme anorexia (aft. 106 h.).

Weariness and pain in the joints, an hour before dinner, more felt when sitting than when sitting than when walking.

She becomes quite stiff, cannot move or stir, she can only stand (aft. 72 h.).

After eating great weariness.

Astonishing exhaustion anxiety, she cannot recollect herself, she has a difficulty in giving her attention, and is at the same time very giddy.

825. During the depression, weakness; on returning cheerfulness, stronger.

Faintings. [BUCHHOLZ, Beitrage,l. c. – PET. FORESTUS, l. c. – HENCKEL, l. c. – [MORGAGNI, l. c. – VERZASCH, l. c. – TIM. A GULDENKLEE, Cas. Medic., Lips., 1662, lib. 7. Cap. ii.]

Frequent syncope with weak pulse (With vomitings.) (aft. 3 h.). [FERNELIUS, l. c.]

Severe faintings. [GUILBERT, l. c. – MORGAGNI, l. c.]

Profound syncope (from the smell of orpiment). [SENNERT, Prax. Med. lib. 6, c. 9.]

830. Commencing debility. [FRIEDRICH, in Hufel. Journ. d. pr. A., v, p. 172]

Exhaustion (aft. 6 h.) [BUCHHOLZ, Beitrage, l. c.]

For several days weakness of the whole body, weak pulse, must lie down for several days.[WEDEL, l. c.] (See also KAISER, l. c., S. 53, “General weakness in the body, especially in the legs, which can scarcely be moved,” and S. 54, “The strength becomes more and more lost.”)

Great weakness, especiallyin the legs. [PYL, Samml., viii, p. 98. &c.]

Weakness so that he could scarcely walk across the room. (See note to S 118.) [EBERS, l. c.]

835. He trembled from loss of strength, and could hardly leave his bed. [EBERS, l. c., p. 56.]

Extreme weakness. [GORITZ, l. c.]

Sinking of the strength. [STORCK, l. c. – GUILBERT, l. c. – RAU, l. c. – GRIMM, l.c. – HAMMER, l. c.]

So weak he cannot walk alone (before the vomiting) (aft. 3 h.) [ALBERTI, l. c., tom. I, app., p. 34]

On attempting to walk he falls down, though he retains his senses. [PYL, Samml., vi, p. 97.]

840. He cannot step properly; he is as if paralysed in all his limbs . [Hbg.]

Walking is extremely difficult for him; he thinks he will fall. [Hbg.]

Great exhaustion; he cannot walk across the room without sinking down. [Stf.]

Great exhaustion for several days, so that he can scarcely stand up. [Stf.]

Death- without vomiting, with only extreme anxiety and excessive sinking of the strength (aft. 16 h.). [SEILER, Progr. De venefic. Per Arsen., Viteb., 1806. (Not accessible) ]

845. Death- without vomiting or convulsions, only from sinking of the strength. [BONETUS, l. c.] (Case of poisoning.)

Death- more from rapid sinking of the strength than from the violence of the pains, or convulsions (aft. 12 h.). [MORGAGNI, l. c., § 3.]

Violent vertigo, complete exhaustion, continual vomiting, haematuria, and rapid extinction of life (without convulsions, fever or pain) (GEHLEN died thus from inhalation of arseniureted hydrogen. [Halle allg. Lit. Zeit., 1815, No. 181.)

Uncommon prostration and weakness of the limbs, which compels him to lie down. [GORITZ, l. c.]

He must lie down and becomes confined to bed. [Fr. H-n.]

850. Lying down. [ALBERTI, l. c., tom. ii.]

Sleeplessness. [BUCHHOLZ, Beitrage, l. c. – (aft. 14 d.) KNAPE, l. c. – DEGNER, l. c. – GRIMM, l. c.]

Yawning and stretching, as if he had not slept enough (aft. 2.3/4, 11 h.). [Lr.]

(Incomplete yawning, short yawning, he cannot yawn fully.)

Extremely frequently paroxysm of sleep, when sitting.

855. In the day-time, frequent paroxysm of sleep, when sitting.

After dinner excessive yawning and great fatigue (aft. 100 h.).

Exhaustion, as if suffering loss of strength from want of food.

The strength of the hands and feet as if lost, and they are very trembling, in the morning (aft. 12 h.).

He keeps lying down all day.

860. He can scarcely walk across the room without sinking down.

When he walks but little, he feels immediately an extraordinary weakness in the knees.

He wished to rise up, but when he rises he can hardly maintain himself.

In the morning he cannot get out of bed, he feels as if he had not had enough sleep, and is weary in his eyes.

When she gets out of bed she immediately falls in a heap on account of weakness and vertigo, the headache also is then worse.

865. In the morning faint and anxiously weak.

She emaciates much, with earthy complexion, blue rings round the eyes, great weakness in all limbs. Disinclination for all work, and constant inclination to repose (aft. 8 d.).

Emaciation of all the body, with very profuse sweats.

Paralytic weakness of the limbs, daily at a certain hour, like a fever.

Sleeplessness with restlessness and moaning.

870. He talks and scolds in his sleep.

From 3 a.m. she only sleeps interrupted and tosses about.

At night (about 3 a.m.) prickling pain in the left meatus auditorious as from within outwards.

For two successive nights, in sleep, feeling of illness.

The whole night much heat and restlessness, on account of which she cannot fall asleep, at the same time pulsation in the head.

875. Only at night much thirst, on account of great dryness in the throat, which ceases in the morning.

In the evening (at night) while lying in bed, some pricking tearing in a corn.

Sleepless tossing about at night in bed, with a crawling in the abdomen.

In sleep he lies on his back, the left hand supporting the head.

In the evening in sleep loud moaning.

880. During sleep, turning about in bed, with moaning, especially about 3 a.m.

Grinding of the teeth in sleep.

She cannot get warm in bed at night.

After midnight feeling of anxious heat, with desire to throw off the clothes.

In the morning in bed, at sunrise, general heat, sweat on the face and dryness of the front of the mouth, without thirst.

885. In the morning in bed a dull headache, that goes off on getting up.

In the morning in bed qualmish, sick up into the chest, then vomiting of white mucus, but with bitter taste in the mouth.

After waking, great peevishness; she knew not how to compose herself, owing to ill-humour, pushed and threw the pillowsand bed-clothes away from her, and would look at and listen to nobody.

In the evening in bed, immediately before going to sleep, she has a choking feeling in the throat like sulphur fumes, making her cough.

In the evening after lying down, at the commencement of sleep, violent twitching in the limbs.

890. Movements of the fingers and hands in sleep.

Twitching on going to sleep.

Sleep restless; she wakes up very early. [Bhr.]

Could not get to sleep, and occasionally fell into faints [TIM, A GULEDKLEE. Opp., p. 280.]

Great inclination to sleep; he falls asleep again immediately after having had a conversation (from the 6^th to the 10^th day). [Fr. H-n.]

895. Sleep full of the most violent startings and shudderings. (After opium had been given as an antidote.) [THOMSON, l. c.] (See also KAISER, l. c.,S. 64, “Sleepiness, which is interrupted by uneasy dreams and great anxiety.”)

Vivid vexations dreams (aft. 19 h.). [Lr.](See also Hartl. and Trinks, l. c., No. 25, “The night full of uneasy dreams.”)

Rambling at night. [SIEBOLD, l. c.]

Spasmodic starting of all the body. (aft. 36 h.) (As S. 895. Should be after 12, not 36 hours.) [THOMSON, l. c.]

In the evening, on going to sleep, startling twitches, like shaking blows on the affected part, which are excited by a slight ailment on a distant part, by a tearing, an itching, &c.. (aft. 4 d.).

900. Immediately after lying down he dreams that he was about to knock-his foot against a stone, whereupon he has a sudden jerk in the knee, and thereafter he is awakened as if by an electric shock.

When he is going to sleep an anxious dream, he would like to cry out, but can hardly bring out a word, and he suddenly wakes up by a call which he continues to hear.

He dreamed all night incessantly of storms, conflagration, black water, and darkness.

He sleeps disturbed by dreams full of care, distress, and fear.

At night anxious frightful dreams.

905. Dreams full of cares and dangers, from eah of which he wakes up, sometimes with a cry, and he always dreams something new.

In the morning slumber he hears every sound and every noise, and yet he dreams the same thing.

Dreams full of threatenings, and apprehension, or remorse.

Dreams accompanied by fatiguing reflections.

910. On awaking frequently at night she has burning in all the bloodvessels.

Towards evening drowsiness, with chilliness, with, at the same time, a disagreeable feeling of illness through the whole body, as in ague when the fit is quite or nearly over- recurring at the same hour two days later- after midnight profuse perspiration on the thighs.

Towards evening he feels evry uncomfortable in the body, like fever, and when he lies down his head becomes hot, especially the ears, but the knees are cold (aft. 36 h.).

Almost constant yawning.

Fever (See 815, note) [HEUN, l. c.]

915. (During the febrile attack) increased tension in the hypochodria, lying on the side is almost impossible. [EBERS, l. c., p. 68.]

Violent fever. [KNAPE, l. c. – DEGNER, l. c.]

(FATAL) fever. (See 815, note) [AMATUS LUSITANUS, l. c.]

Renewal of the same arsenical disease (More correctly in the Chr. Kr. “Arsenik-Beschwerden.” The recurrence only took place once.) in the quartan typr, at the same hour in the forenoon. [MORGAGNI, l. c. § 8.]

Thirst, fever. [MORGAGNI, l. c. § 6.]

920. Thirst. [PET. DE APONO, l. c. – RAU, l. c. – PREUSSIUS, l. c.]

Great thirst. [ALBERTI, l. c., tom. ii.]

He drinks much and often. [Stf.]

Incessant, great thirst. [BUTTNER, l. c.]

Sweat and excessive thirst; he is always wanting to drink. [Hbg.]

925. Violent thirst. [MAJAULT, l. c.]

He cries out about choking thirst. [FORESTUS, lib. 17, obs. 13.]

Burning thirst. [MAJAULT, l. c.]

He is thirsty, yet drinks but little at a time. [RICHARD, l. c.]

Unquenchable thirst. [BUCHHOLZ, Beitrage, l. c.- KELLNER, l. c. – GUILBERT, l. c. – CRUGER, l. c.]

930. Unquenchable thirst, with dryness of the tongue, fauces, and larynx. [TIM. A GULDENKLEE, Opp., p. 280.]

After the occurrence of diarrhoea thirst and internal heat (aestus). [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

Violent thirst not without appetite for food. [KNAPE, l. c.]

Violent rigor. [FERNELIUS, l. c.] (See also KAISER, l. c. S. 65, “Chilliness up to the greatest degree of cold.” - S. 66, “General coldness, with copious sweat on the skin.” – S. 67,” The body feels cold to the touch and dryness of the skin alternates with cold sweat.”)

Shivering. [BUCHHOLZ, Beitrage, l. c.]

935. Febrile rigor. [Med. Nat. Zeit., 1798, Sept.]

Febrile rigor through the whole body, with hot forehead, warm face and cold hands, without thirst and without subsequent heat (aft. 3 h.). [Lr.]

Rigor all over the body, with warm forehead, hot cheeks, and cold hands, not followed by heat (aft. 3.3/4 h.). [Lr.]

In the afternoon stretching and drawing in the limbs, with rigor in the integuments of the head, as in sudden shuddering from fear; thereafter chill, with goose skin. This was followed in th evening from 8 to 9 o’clock, by heat in the body, especially in the face, without sweat, with cold hands and feet.

After drinking a shudder as from disgust. [ALBERTI, l. c., tom. iii.]

940. The limbs are cold. [RICHARD, l. c. – FERNELIUS, l. c.]

External coldness of the limbs and internal heat, with anxious unrest and weak variable pulse. [ALBERTI, l. c., tom. iii.]

Chill, febrile rigor.

After dinner shivering.

A chilliness in the external skin over the face and feet.

945. After drinking, chill and shivering (immediately).

An attack of fever, which recurs daily at a certain hour.

Febrile rigor, without thirst (immediately).

By day much chilliness, after the chill thirst, in the evening much heat in the face.

Chilliness, with inability to get warm, without thirst, with crossness, and when she spoke or moved, a flush of heat ran over her, she became red in the face, and yet was chilly.

950. In the chill no thirst.

(In the forenoon violent rigor without thirst; he has at the same time spasms in the chest, pains throughout the body, and cannot collect his thoughts; after the chill heat with thirst, and after the heat persiration with roaring in the ears. (aft. 20 h.).

The rigor goes off after dinner. (A (rare) alternating action compared with more frequent one in which symptoms occur after dinner.)

Every afternoon about 3 o’clock chill attended with hunger; after eating the chill became still more severe.

(In the afternoon chill, cutting in the abdomen and diarrhoeic stool, and thereafter continued cutting in the abdomen.)

955. The rigor returns always about 5 p.m.

In the evening, immediately before lying down, rigor.

Towards evening chill with coldness.

Every evening a febrile rigor.

Chilliness internally, heat externally, with red cheeks, in the afternoon.

960. He was chilly, the feet were cold; he began to perspire.

In the evening coldness and chillinesson the legs, from the calves down to the feet.

She is either too cold in the whole body and yet is nowhere cold to touch; or she is too warm, and yet is nowhere hot to touch, except slightly in the palms.

In the evening, after lying down, great chilliness, in bed.

965. He cannot get warm in bed; thinks he has caught cold in bed.

During the febrile rigor tearing in the legs.

Shivering when out of bed.

When walking in the open air shiverring occurs.

When he comes into the room (Comp. 33.) from the open air there occurs chilliness followed by long-continued hiccup, then general perspiration, and then again hiccup.

970. During the pain, rigor, after the pain, thirst. (As, according to the characteristic peculiarity of the action of arsenic, another symptom occurs during the attack of the pain (See note to 176.), and here (970) chilliness and rigor in particular; so again, pains are associated with the arsenical febrile rigor, as we see in 960 and 995.)

At one time chilliness, at another heat. [ALBERTI, l. c., tom, iii.]

Internal heat. (See also KAISER, l. c., S. 69, “Great heat.” – S. 70, “Dry heat of the skin, after preceding chill.” – S. 71, “Skin dry and hot.”) [GORITZ, l. c.]

Heat all through the body, intenally and externally, as from drinking wine, with thirst for beer. [Myr.]

Anxious heat. (The original of both these symptoms is “Exuastuatio,” the real meaning of which is best rendered in 979.) [PET. DE. APONO, l. c.]

975. General anxious warmth. [Hbg.]

Sensation as if the blood ran too quickly and too hot through the blood-vessels, with small, quick pulse. [Stf.]

In the evening, at 10 o’clock, heat and redness all over the body; after the heat, sweat. [Stf.]

Violent palpitation in the night. [Bhr.]

Excessive ebullition of the blood. (The original of both these symptoms is “Exuastuatio,” the real meaning of which is best rendered in 979.) [GRIMM, l. c.]

980. After the febrile heat, sick feeling. (aft. 15 h.)

Nocturnal heat without thirst and without perspiration. (Characteristic for arsenic.)

At 7 p.m. heat of face lasting an hour.

In the evening after a short sleep she wakes with toothache.

At the commencement of sleep, in the evening after lying down, perspira, which goes off during subsequent sleep.

985. At the commencement of sleep (Characteristic) perspiration only on the hands and thighs, which goes off during subsequent sleep, and is not percieved any more after waking (aft. 6 h.)

About 2 a.m. increased warmth, sweat on face and between the legs, and colic-like painful tension in the epigastrium and the region beneath the ribs, which causes anxiety.

The perspiration each time comes on only when the fever has come to the end. (Characteristic, and to be met with almost only with arsenic.)

Morning sweat from waking until rising, all over the body.

Sweat in three successive nights.

990. Sweat only on the face, on waking in the morning.

(The perspiration exhausts him, as he lies in bed, almost to the production of syncope.)

During the perspiration his skin, and especially his eyes, acquired a yellow tinge. (See note to S. 118.) [EBERS, l. c., p. 69.]

Perspiration. (With vomiting) [MAJAULT, l. c.]

Cold clammy sweat. (Stated to be the effect of aniseed given as an antidote.) [HENNING, l. c.] (See also KAISER, l. c., No. 72, “Cold swea alternating with sold dryness of the skin.)

995. Along with febrile rigor and shivering and heat of the external ear, anxiety and gnawing (Comp. 360.) pain in the scrobiculus cordis, as from fasting long, mingled with nausea.

Fever every alternate day; the first afternoon, about 6 o’clock, chilliness and fatigue, and bruised feeling in the thighs; the third afternoon, about 5 o’clock, a first inclination to lie down, then rigor all over without thirst, then heat without thirst, with aching pain in the forehead.

In the morning rigor alternating with heat.

In the forenoon perspiration, heaviness of the head, roaring in the ears, rtembling.

Very slow pulse, only thirty-eight beats in the minute. [PEARSON, l. c.]

1000. Small, quick pulse. [N. Wahrn., l. c. – MAJAULT, l. c. ]

Quick, weak pulse. (Not found.) [MAJAULT, l. c.]

Very rapid, small, weak pulse. [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

Tense pulse. [KNAPE, l. c.]

Extremely quick, intemittent, (Rather, “irregular.” ) weak pulse. [GUILBERT, l. c.]

1005. Very febrile pulse. {KNAPE, l. c.] (The variations of the pulse are given thus by KAISER, l. c., SS. 73-78: “Small, quick, hard pulse.” – Pulse weak and small.” - Pulse small and intermitting.” – “The pulse becomes irregular, intermittent, small, and at last quite extinct.” – “Pulse frequent, not full, and irritated. The heart’s beat is very violent, tumultuous.” – “Absence of the pulse, with quick, very irritated, frequent beat of the heart.”)

After dinner a sad melancholy disposition with headache (aft. 80 h.).

The child is full of restlessness, cross, and whines.

He can find rest in no place, continually changes his position in bed, will get out of one bed and into another, and lie now here, now there.(Scarcely occurs so markedly in any other medicine.)

About 1 a.m. excessive anxiety; sometimes she is hot, sometimes as though she would vomit.

1010. She cannot fall asleep before midnight on account of anxious heat, for many days.

In the evening, afyer lying down, and at about 3 a.m. (after waking), anxiety. (Characteristic.)

Anxiety, anxietates. [ N. Wahrn., l. c. – Med. nat. Zeit., l. c. - MYRRHEN, l. c. – QUELMALZ, l. c.]

Anxiety so that he frequently fainted, besides a violent pain in the place, and black pocks on the spot. (When arsenic was worn in a bag on the bare chest for four days.) [BERN. VERZASCH, Obs. Med., obs. 66].

The most intolerable anxiety. (Not found.) [FORESTUS, l. c.]

1015. Talks little, only complains of anxiety. [ALBERTI, l. c.]

Deathly anxiety. (With vomiting.) [HENNING, l. c.]

Praecordial anxiety, interrupted by the occurrence of faintings. (See note to S. 1024.) [FRIEDRICH, l. c.]

Long-continued anxiety. (In the original “praecordiorum angustia.”) [TIM. A GULDENKLEE, l. c.]

Anxiety, trembling, and quaking, with cold sweat in the face. [ALBERTI, l. c.]

1020. Anxiety and restlessness in the whole body (aft. 1 h.). [RICHARD, l. c.]

On account of increasing pains he appeared to lie at the last grasp, with unspeakable anxiety. [MORGAGNI, l. c.]

Restlessness, with pains in the head, abdomen, and knees. [RICHARD, l. c.]

Sadness and restlessness and tossing about in bed, with unquenchable thirst § 9aft. 24 h.). [BUTTNER, l. c.]

Piercing lamentation, interrupted by the occurrence of faintings. (The attacks were of weakness (Schwachheiten), not faintings (Ohnmachten) [FRIEDRICH, l. c.]

1025. he wept and howled, and spoke little and but few words at a time. [Stf.]

Piteous lamentations, that the most intolerable anxiety, with extremely disagreeable sensation in the whole abdomen, took away his breath and compelled him to curl himself together now here now there, then again to rise up and walk about. [MORGAGNI, l. c. § 8]

Trembling, anxious, he is afraid that he cannot refrain from killing some one with a sharp knife. [A. F. MARCUS, Ephem. d. Heilk., pt. iii] (In a fever patient, after taking arsenite of potash.)

Driven by great anxiety he turns and twists about in bed. [BUTTNER., l. c. – TIM. A. GULDENKLEE, Opp., p. 280.]

He wants to get out of one bed into another. [MYRRHEN, l. c.]

1030. Great anxiety, trembling, and shaking, with severe tearing in the abdomen. [ALBERTI, l. c., iii, p. 533.]

He became furious, must be bound, and seeks to run away. (See 815, note.) [AMATUS LUSITANUS, l. c.]

Mania: first headache, horrible anxiety, noise before the ears, as from a number of large bells, and when he opened the eyes, he always saw a man who (formerly) hung himself on the ground-floor of the house, who incessantly beckoned him to cut him down; he ran thither with a knife, but as he could not cut him down, he became overwhelmed with despair and wished (as his friends assured him) to hang himself; but beingprevented from doing so, he became so restless that he could hardly be kept in bed, he lost the power of speech, though complete consciousness remained, and on attempting to express himself by writing, he could only put down unmeaning signs, whilst he trembled, wept, his forehead bedewed with the sweat of anxiety, and he knelt down and raised his hands in a supplicating manner. [EBERS, l. c.]

He despairs of his life. (Not found.) [RICHARD, l. c.]

Hypochondriac anxiet, suc as is wont to occur from sitting much in a room, just as if it came from the upper part of the chest; without palpitationof the heart (aft. some minutes).

1035. He is cold, shivers and weeps, and thinks, in his despair, that nothing can help him, and he must die; followed by general exhaustion.

In the evening, in bed, anxious sad fancies, e.g. that something bad must have happened to his relatives.

Easily startled.

When he is alone he is beset by thoughts about disease and other thoughts of an indifferent character, of which he cannot get rid.

Persistent anxiety, like a qualm of conscience, just as if he had failed to do his duty, but without knowing wherein. (See also KAISER, l. c.., SS. 1-3, “Internal anxiety,” – Great feeling of anxiety.” – High degree of anxiety, oppression of the chest and difficulty of breathing.”)

1040. Over-sensitiveness and excessive tenderness of disposition; dejected, sad, lachrymose, is distressed and anxious about the slightest trifle.

Very sensitive to noise.

Irritated state of the disposition, he vexes himself about trifles and cannot leave off talking about the faults of others.

Discomfort, he has pleasure in nothing.

Recurring fits of irresolution; he wishes something and when one attempts to gratify his wish the merest trifle will alter his resolution, and he wishes it no longer.

1045. Her desire is greater than her need; she eats and drinks more than is good for her; she walks further than she need do or can bear.

Having not the least appetite, she allows herself to be pressed to take something, but gets furiously angry about it (aft. 7 d.).

Very cross, irritable, whimsical, takes every word in bad part, and becomes angry when she should answer.

Cross about trifles.

Discontented with everything, finds fault with everything; everything is too strong and too irritating, all conver, all noise, and all light.

1050. Anxiously impatient.

Ill-humour in bed in the morning; he peevishly knocks the pillows about, throws off the bed-clothes and uncovers himself, he looks at nobody and does not ant to know about anything.

Variable humour; ill humour alternating with mild friendliness; in the ill-humoured state will not look at anyone nor hear about anything; he weeps also.

Weak in body and mind (down-hearted), he does not speak and yet is not morose.

(Talking nonsense, with open eyes, without being conscious of having fancies either before or after.)

1055. Great indifference and want of interest.

Life appears to him naught; he attaches no value to it.(See also KAISER, l. .c, S. 4, “Indifference to life.”)

Uncommonly tranquil disposition; quite unconcerned about their approaching death, they neither hoped nor wished to recover. (A seondary or curative action observed in two suicides, who in the most intolerable depression of mind took one a drachm the other about two scruples of powdered arsenic, and in a few hours died with the greatest clamness of mind.)

Religious melancholy and reserve. (Not found.) [EBERS, l. c., p. 18.]

Tranquillity of mind (in a despairing melancholic).[LABORDE, in Journ. de Medicine, lxx.] (LA MOTTE in Hahnemann. A woman taking arsenic for suicide. The calmness was rather mental, from her determination, than physical.)

1060. Tranquil serious mood; he remained undisturbed throughout all the events that occurred. [Lr.]

Good humoured; he had pleasure in entertaining himself with others. [Lr.]

More disposed to gaiety and inclined to be always occupied. [Lr.]

Sensitive peevish disposition; the least thing can annoy him and almost cause him to be angry. [Lr.]

All day long discontented with himself and very cross with himself; he imagines he has not done enough, and reproaches himself bitterly. [Lr.]

1065. The first minutes great calmness of mind and cheerfulness, In a despairing suicide, in whom the preliminery calmness of mind was a curative action.) after half an hour, however, extreme anxiety, restlessness; he had a great dread of the effects of the poison and desired to live. [Stf.]

Great seriousness.

After death, the lips and the nails of the hands and feet quite blue, as also the glans penis and scrotum quite blue; the whole body, and especially the limbs, quite stiff and contracted; the large intestine very much contracted. [PYL, Samml. v, p. 106.]

The corpse was still fresh and undecomposed after 16 days. [PYL, Samml., vi, p. 97.]

(For the sake of comparison I will here gibe the history of poisoning of a horse by arsenic from the Anzeiger der Leipziger okonomishcen Societat. Amid frightful symptoms there gushed streams of green water from the nose, the eyes stuck out of the head and were severly inflamed, the pupils of the eyes were round and preternaturally dilated; the nostrils widely opened, and on account of the rapid, short, difficult, and anxious respirationin constant motion; the gums, palate, and ongue swollen, dry, and bluish-red; the pulse excessively small and tremulous; the restlessness indsecribable; the abdomen extremely tense; the whole body covered with cold sweat.

If we had performed many similar (and still more careful) experiments on these useful domestic animals with several simple drugswe should then have for them a pure materia medica, amd should be able to cure them so rationally (homoepathically), quickly, permanently, and surely, in place of the present impotent quackery with a multitude of unsuitable mixtures.

ORPIMENT (Auripigmentum).

While walking in the opne air a severe giddiness in the whole head as from intoxication (aft. 5.1/2 h.) [Lr.]

Stupefaction of the whole head; too many irrelevant things occurred to himk (aft.8.1/2 h.) [Lr.]

Throbbing stitches on the right side of the forehead (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

Needle pricks externally on the right side of the forehead (aft. 5 h.) [Lr.]

5. On stroking the hair of the occiput, a tensive sensation behind the right ear, as if something was sticking behind the ear which pressed the ear forwards (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Lr.]

Eye gum in the canthi of the eyes (aft. 33 h.). [Lr.]

On chewing the food the teeth were painful as if they were loose (aft. 5 h.). [Lr.]

In the morning on waking violent cutting in the abdomen, as from a chill (aft. 25 h.). [Lr.]

10. Needle pricks from within outwards in the right side of the chest (aft. 6 h.)[Lr.]

In the evening on going to sleep a fright as if he fell out of bed. (aft.18 h.). [Lr.]

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