Indium Metallicum

Metallic indium.

Preparation, Trituration of the pure metal.

Authorities. Bells collection of provings in MS., as follows: 1, J. U. W., took 30th dil., 2 drops at one dose; 2, J. S. H., took 30th dil., 10 drops at one dose; 3, D. C. P., took 30th dil., 8, 10, 15, and 20 drops in five days, later 3d trituration ; 4, W. K. K., took 50th dil., 1000 Fincke ; 5, C. H. B., two/doses 30th dil.; 6, T. L. B., 3d trit.; 7, T. C. F., 2d and 3d trit.;| 8, C. H. F., 3d trit.; 9, J. B. B., 30th and 50th dil.; 10, Lady, 30th dil.; 11, M., 30th dil.; 12, K. G. W., 3d trit.; 13, Arthur de Noe Walker, M.D., 100,000 Fincke, one dose; 14, “A healthy farmer,” 1000 Fincke, one dose.

Mind p. 108

Depression of spirits without cause

Depression of spirits

Restless, cannot sit still, must walk about

Feel almost crazed when attempting to study (with dull, heavy nervous headache)

Cannot fix the thoughts on anything

While reading, mental dullness with full feeling in front of the head

Head p. 108

Dizzy disagreeable sensation in the head on rising from a seat

After retiring, nausea and dizziness, and pain in region of liver

When sitting, and stooping slightly, sensation of vertigo and fulness in the front part of the head

Awoke between 3 and 4 a.m., with vertigo, worse on turning the head on the pillow, much w^orse on rising, and then attended with faintness and nausea; forced to lie down several times while dressing; at half past eight, being unable to sit up, took a dose of Bryonia 200 and was soon relieved

[lO-] Head felt crammed full

Headache as though it would crack off, from temple to temple, and passing backwards as low as the bottom of the ears

Every motion jars the head and increases the pain

Headache all night with fever, restlessness, and desire to stretch

Headache relieved by pressure

Headache at night

Headache night and morning

Dull headache in the forehead on waking, passing away during the forenoon; never had a headache like it before

Dull headache in the evening; high up in the border of the hair a pressing aching pain, and on stooping feeling of fulness and expansion of the aching part, as though it grew larger

Dull headache every afternoon

* Dull headache in the temples and forehead, with sleepiness and nausea.

Thirst followed by great headache in the frontal region, low down, with pressing over the eyes, hot palms of the hands and dry mouth and lips

Headache over the whole forehead, extending to the external angles of the eyes, with dull stupid feeling

Headache with slight nausea

Headache in the evening

Headache extended to the eyes, with sharp pain in the eyeballs, from before backwards, worse from turning or raising them

Pain in the head over the left eye, and in the right upper molar teeth, with nausea, dizziness, and pain in the region of the liver

Slight feeling of heat and fulness in the forehead, continuing through the day

Sharp pressing pain in the right temple when firmly closing the teeth

Heat in the forehead, with slight throbbing pain in the temples

Headache on the left side

Diarrhoea with headache on the right side

Momentary pain as from pressure behind right temple

Severe attack of headache in right temple lasting several days, with lachrymation of right eye, obstruction of the nose, and constant desire to spit

Headache in frontal region after walking

Sharp aching pain in left parietal region

Sharp throbbing pain in right orbital region extending to the eye

Nervous headache, with fever and nausea after eating

Dull heavy nervous headache and dizziness

Hard dull feeling in the head

Seemed as though straining at stool would take off his head

After a restless night woke with a dull heavy headache in the temples, lasting till afternoon, and accompanied with sleepiness and irritability

Dull headache, on rising, passing off after breakfast

Dull headache before dinner, relieved by eating

Dull headache before supper, better after eating

Dull headache, worse after supper, with red face; severe chills on moving, nausea, and sleepiness

Slight headache before breakfast, relieved by eating

Slight headache with drowsiness

After a dreamy night, the contents of the cranium felt bruised

Eyes p. 108

Sharp pain in eyeball from before backward, worse on turning or moving the eyes

Eyeballs feel hot and pressed

People and things looked ghastlyand pale, or saffron-colored, followed by headache, fever, and sore throat

In the evening, a peculiar dry mist passed over the eyes ; after looking at an object for a little time could see it more distinctly, while other objects remained indistinct

Sleepy irritation in the eyes, in the evening

All day, a sense of irritation in the left eye, as when the eyes are heavy with sleep, coming and going, not affected by daylight, worse from artificial light, and from closing the eye, with a desire to close it

In the evening, the right eye began to be affected in the same way as the left

After using the microscope, considerable irritation in the eyes; feeling as of an eyelash in left eye

Irritation in the eyes lasting three days

Slight tendency to lachrymation

Lachrymation with headache

Smarting and dryness of the eyes, on waking in the morning

Smarting in the eyes through the day when looking steadily

While reading fine print, burning in the eyes

Eyes dull and glassy during fever

Spasmodic twitching at the outer angle of the left eye

Place over left eye, about an inch long, fiery red, without sensation

Ears p. 109

Throbbing in the ears, in the evening

Nose p. 109

Increase of catarrh from the nose

Discharge of green and bloody matter from the nose

Sudden and violent attack of sneezing, several times in succession

Very disagreeable tingling irritation high up in the nasal passages, like an urgent desire to sneeze, but without sneezing,S

When sneezing, seems as though he would tear himself in pieces, wrenching the abdomen, followed by pain and soreness there

Obstruction of nose, with thin watery discharge

Feeling of slight cold in the head, with some obstruction of the nose

Sensation of weight across the nose and cheeks while lying on the back, relieved by turning the head to one side

Obstruction of the nose

Stoppage of left nostril, frequent sneezing; running of the nose, discharge thin and yellowish

Nose obstructed in the morning

Watery discharge from the nose, with weakness and thirst

Face p. 109

Place over left eye, about an inch long, fiery red, without sensation

Pressure across the nose and cheeks when lying on the back, relieved by turning the head to one side

Cervical glands below the angle of the jaw very sensitive to pressure

Skin sallow

Lips dry and parched,’I

Lips dry

Dryness of the lips, with headache

Mouth p. 109

Pain in right upper molar teeth

When firmly pressing the teeth together a sharp pressing pain was felt in the right temple

Smell from the mouth very offensive, as from fever

Tongue pale, coated yellowish-white on back part, moist, pale, and clean on the edges; papillae on the tip elevated and reddened

Soreness of small spot on tip of tongue,h

Tongue moist, with fever and sore throat

Tongue coated white

Tongue red, papillae raised and blood-red

Small pimple inside, on right side of tongue, sore to touch or motion; all gone the next day

Dryness of the mouth with headache and hot palms

Mouth full of water, with dry sore throat

Bad taste in mouth on waking

Mouth tastes flat and nasty (with fever)

Throat p. 109

Uvula became swollen to the size of a chestnut, ’.- Throat reddened, uvula enlarged, and back part of pharynx covered with thick yellow mucus; a band half an inch wide, thicker at the upper part, extends up and down as far as can be seen ; the mucus is very tough, can be moved but not removed by the probe

The mucus became thicker and could be picked away with forceps the next day

Mucus could neither be hawked up nor swallowed

Destructive ulceration of the uvula, soft palate, and tonsils, with thick yellow secretion in the ulcers

On waking, hoarseness, inflammation, and redness of the fauces, worse on first rising, better after eating

Hoarseness and difficulty of swallowing

Throat sore on the right side,h

Sore throat, felt when swallowing saliva, and slight raw full feeling

Throat more sore in the evening

Throat sore many days

[HO.] Dry throbbing stinging soreness of the throat

• Swallowing painful on account of dryness, although mouth was full of water

Throat relieved by eating, or by drinking cold water

Dryness of throat on inspiring

Stomach p. 110

After eating lobster, at noon, taste of iodide of potash all the afternoon, in the open air; all through the proving; never before or since

No appetite; can eat, but no relish for food

Much thirst, but too weak to go and get water

Thirst, with coryza and weakness

Faint feeling before meals, and unusual appetite

Nausea, with headache, and fever after eating; all better out of doors

After retiring at night, nausea, with dizziness, and pains in the liver

During breakfast, sudden nausea and loss of appetite ; obliged to leave the table; later, in forenoon, hungry

Nausea, with headaches

Nausea and faintness at 11 a.m.

Eructations, with stitches in the liver

Fulness and pressure at the stomach, with soreness

Eructations, with dizzy, disagreeable sensation on rising from a seat

Nausea and faintness on rising

Abdomen p. 110

Stitches in the liver

Stitches through the lower portion of the liver

Colic disappeared

Abdomen sensitive when laughing

Sneezing causes pain in the abdomen

Slight pain in the bowels

Nausea and faintness at 11 A.M., felt mostly in umbilical region

Moderate pain in left side of limbs, relieved by lying on the stomach

Transient, rather sharp griping pain in left lower part of abdomen

Colic in the lower part of the abdomen from the umbilicus downward

Feeling as if diarrhoea would set in, with sore, sharp, continued pain around and below the umbilicus

Pain in lower part of the abdomen

Sensation of impending looseness of the bowels

Uneasy feeling in the bowels before pappy stool

Pressing as far as the navel, with diarrhoea

Stool p. 110

Sensation of impending looseness

Pasty stool, brownishyellow, very fetid, with particles of undigested food, preceded by colic below the umbilicus

Involuntary slight stool when urinating, after the colic

Pain in bowels, followed by dark pappy stool

Small hard stool, followed later by uneasy feeling in bowels and pappy stool

Diarrhoea

Diarrhoea, with pressing as tar as the navel

Diarrhoea, with headache on the right side

Hard stool, with blood, and violent pain in the head when straining

Burning in the anus and rectum after stool

After stool, burning, tenesmus, and pain in the anus

Urinary Organs p. 110

When urinating, loss of power over sphincter ani, and a small portion of fseces escaped

Urine flows away without any effort

Woke at midnight with urgent desire to urinate

Urine which had stood over night had a reddish pellicle on it, with a reddish deposit in the bottom of the vessel

Urine hot and high-colored, with fever

No appreciable change in the urine, as shown by an observation of every evacuation, time of day, amount, reaction, specific gravity, and microscopical appearance, for some time before and during the proving

Urine at 4 p.m. of light straw-color and very thick

Sexual Organs p. 110

JKale. Increase of sexual desire

Two emissions first night, one second night

Lascivious dreams three nights

For several mouths under the influence of repeated doses, the sexual desire and power was diminished; emission during coition too soon, and thrill deficient

Itching of glans penis

Fetucile. Slight pains, as though preceding menstruation

Respiratory Organs p. 111

Habitual expectoration from the bronchia in the morning is freer, and a little blood appeared in the mucus

Hoarseness on rising

Hoarseness, with sore throat

When lying down, frequent desire to take a deep breath; worse when lying on left side, so that could not sleep on that side

Craving for air, for a deep inspiration, without any oppression of the chest; worse when lying down; much worse when lying on the left side; better when lying on the back ; yielding to the desire for deep breathing increases it; breathing gently and regularly relieves it

Chest p. 111

Dull pain in left pectoral region disappeared

Severe pain behind the lower right portion of the sternum

Dull pain in left axilla

Sharp pains through upper part of chest

Neck and Back p. 111

Continuous pressing pain for some minutes in the upper scapular region; after sitting still for some time, considerable stiffness, and sharp pressing pain across the shoulders on beginning to move

Drawing through side of head and neck to clavicle, first on the right side, next day on the left

After sitting awhile, much stiffness under lower angles of both scapulae on moving the body

Rheumatic drawing sensation across the shoulders up to the head, afterwards more in left side; worse from any jerking motion in riding or in turning over in bed, from extreme flexure or rotation of the head, and mornings and evenings

Dull pain under right shoulder-blade

Pressure around point of left shoulder, as if firmly grasped, while sitting, relieved by motion of the arm

Pain worse when standing, riding, or stretching the part

Stiffness of neck and shoulders continued two months

* Stiffness of neck and shoulders.

Neck stiff

Dull aching pain in the back and lumbar regions

Aching lameness in the back

Severe backache

Aching of the back in the morning, as if it had lain unsupported

Superior Extremities p. 111

Hands and arms tremble

Pains in the left arm, as if he had struck himself, from the elbow down into the fingers, for two days

Drawing in the left arm from the elbow down into the fingers

Painful pressure in left shoulder and arm, with twinges of pain, relieved by pressure

Lower Extremities p. 111

Tired feeling, especially in the lower extremities

Less weariness of the limbs than usual

The aching in the back passed down the next morning into the legs and feet

Suddenly, when sitting, a narrow streak of severe pressing pain in back of left thigh

Severe pain and lameness in muscles of lower portion of right leg

While walking, drawing, strained feeling of muscles of inside of right thigh

Peculiar hot tingling in the legs

Dull boring pain in left great toe-joint, almost unb^earable, must move the foot to relieve it, for three evenings, from 8 to 9 P.M.,®.

The legs from the knees downward, including the whole foot, feel quite heavy, as if loaded

Decided feeling of weakness, and tremor of the thighs and knees, after a short walk

Generalities p. 111

Felt as though he wei’e twice his natural size, during fever

Frequent pressing pains here and there all over the body

Less fatigue and faintness than usual on being obliged to walk at an early hour in the morning

Tired feeling

Inferior Extremities p. 111

Restlessness in the legs at 3.30 a.m. till morning

Decided feeling of weakness and tremor of thighs after a short ■walk/

Felt very weak, especially od walking.

Indium brought back symptoms in two cases which had long before been cured with Sulphur *. «

Bryonia antidotes many symptoms of Indium

Sleep and Dreams p. 112

Almost constant inclination to stretch

Sleepy and irritable with the headache

Sleepy in the evening, obliged to retire early, with headache and nausea

Very sleepy from 4 to 6

Drowsiness on sitting in a warm room; cannot keep awake

Great sleepiness during the afternoon

Great and unusual sleepiness mornings

Sound sleep until long after usual hour

Sleepiness, with headache and nausea.

Wakes at 3.30 a.m., with great restlessness, especially in the legs, preventing further sleep

Awoke between 3 and 4 for four mornings in succession, the last time with vertigo, worse on turning the head on the pillow, much worse on rising

Vivid dreams of that which had most occupied his mind during the day

Troubled sleep and constant dreams of annoying accidents, of being in foreign countries

Awoke quite early not refreshed

Sleep constantly disturbed by dreams of foreign travel, chased by mad bulls, lost in mountains; when chased made desperate efforts to run, but could only walk at a slow pace

On account of difficulty of breathing obliged to lie on the back, which caused sevei’e nightmare

Great and fruitless efforts to escape impending danger during sleep

Lascivious dreams

Fever. Sensitive to cold

High fever with chilliness on moving, great weakness, sore throat, thirst, stretching, bad odor, violent backache and headache

Hot tingling in the legs

Easy perspirations

After eating, fever and nausea

Fever better out of doors

Conditions p. 112

Aggravation.

(Morning'), On waking, headache in forehead; on waking, smarting, etc., in eyes; obstruction of nose ; on waking, bad taste ; on first rising, hoarseness ; stiffness in angles of scapulae ; aching of back.

(Afternoon), Headache.

(Evening), Headache ; throbbing in ears; sore throat; stiffness in angles of scapulae.

(Night), Headache.

(Closing eye). Irritation in eye.

(When firmly closing teeth), Pain in temple.

(After eating). Fever, etc.; dull headache; nausea, etc.

(Artificial light). Irritation in eye.

(Looking steadily). Smarting in eyes.

(Lying down). Especially on left side, craving for air.

(Motion), Headache ; pains through chest.

(Reading), Mental dulness.

(Reading fine print). Burning in eyes.

(Deep respiration). Craving for air.

(Rising), Nausea, etc.

(Rising from bed). Vertigo.

(Rising from seat). Sensation in head.

(Sitting), Pressure around shoulder-joint.

(Stooping), When sitting, sensation of vertigo, etc., in front part of head; feeling of fulness in head.

(Turning head on pillow). Vertigo.

(Walking), Frontal headache; feeling of weakness.

Amelioration p. 112

( Open air). Nausea, etc.; fever.

(Drinking cold water). Sore throat.

(Eating), Headache ; hoarseness, etc.; sore throat.

(Ij'ing on back). Craving for air.

(Lying on stomach), Pain in left side of bowels.

(Moving arm). Pressure around shoulder-joint.

( Pressure), Headache ; pressure in shoulder.

(Gentle and regular respiration). Craving for air.

(Turning head to one side). Sensation of weight across nose, etc.

Footnotes

† Wholly prepared for this work by Dr. Bell. j This prover had many headaches during the proving, but as he was subject to them he did not consider them genuine, and they have been omitted.—B.