Zincum Aceticum

Zinc acetate, Zn. (C2H^O.^')2-

Authorities. (1 to 3 from Franz, Archiv. f. Horn., 6, Part 2, p. 192.) 1, Hahnemann ; 2, Fr. Hahnemann ; 3, Langhammer (Patrick Diiguid, Med. and Phil. Comment., vol. v, 1777, p. 84, a girl, set. nine years, took Zinc flowers for fits, omitted); (4 and 5 from Both, Journ. de la Sac. Gall., Mat. Med. Pure, vol. i, p. 491); 4, Devaux, Proces-verbal de la seance pub. de la Sac. de Liege, 1813; 5, Henry, Med. and Phys. Journ., 1803, p. 396.

Mind

Anxious, quiet, does not speak a word, and to the question how she feels she only answers Let me alone, I shall soon be better

Head

Heaviness of the head

Throbbing headache, as if it would come out at the forehead,^t

Headache in the forehead, as if the brain were sore, and were sprinkled with salt

Dull sticking, painful sensation in the forehead (after two hours)

Sharp stitches in the frontal region (after thirty-three hours)

Needlelike stitches in the left temple (after three hours)

Ears

The left ear is swollen internally, and painful on putting the finger into it, and on external touch

Fever

Paleness of the face

[10-] Looks very anxious

Mouth

Tearing pain in the teeth, especially when touched

A blister on the forepart of the gum is painful, as if burnt

The tongue seems raw

Feeling in the mouth as though she had eaten something very hot, and had been burned, but not a burning sensation,®.|

Her mouth feels burnt,®.j

Bitter taste in the mouth, in the morning, after waking

Can recognize no taste to drink or food

Throat

The throat seems too tight, and the tongue too short

Stomach

Very frequent empty and at times ineffectual eructations

Sour eructations, with shaking chill over the whole body

Eructations tasting of the food, three hours after eating

Nausea after eating (after six hours),h

Nausea (after ten minutes), followed by fine needlelike stitches in the throat, then vomiting of bitter sour mucus, whereby the sticking was more violent, afterwards chilliness in the back, which he sought to relieve by shrugging the shoulders; the shivering lasted eight minutes/.

Nausea in the morning, feeling of griping in the abdomen, as if he were distressed by indigestible food

Great nausea, as if he would vomit, with salivation, like waterbrash (after half an hour)

Vomiting

Vomiting and diarrhoea,f

Vomiting, with much retching, with rising up of acidity and shaking chill, during and after vomiting,I

Sensation of a small swelling in the pit of the stomach, painful to touch, previous to the menses

Pressing pain beneath the pit of the stomach

Pressure and sticking in the pit of the stomach, aggravated by motion, late in the evening

Disagreeable sensation in the stomach and abdomen, as of emptiness and hunger, tw'o hours after dinner

Abdomen p. 214

Violent griping in the abdomen, so that she was obliged to lie down

Rectum and Anus p. 214

Urging to stool a few times at night, followed by a pasty stool

Diarrhoea every hour during the day

Diarrhoea of a dark color, after dinner

Urinary Organs p. 214

Contraction of the urethra (immediately after the external application)

Biting sensation in the urethra

Frequent, increased desire to urinate and irritation to urinate (like a burning?)

[40.1 Much watery urine (after four hours)

Chest p. 214

Much mucus comes from the chest in the forenoon, with a kind of nausea

Heart and Pulse p. 214

The back is very much affected, on stooping a sudden shooting in it, as if all strength would leave him

Superior Extremities p. 214

Weakness in both arms,l

Pain in the left arm, which seems heavy like a weight, the wrist hurts on moving it, and at night he does not know where he shall put his arm, many positions cause pain in the arm, at times a sticking,'./

Drawing in the right arm several times a day, with trembling and loss of power in it

Pressing tearing in the muscles of the right upper arm, during rest and motion (after a quarter of an hour)

Stitches in the muscles of the right forearm, shooting upwards, during rest and motion (after ten hours)

Painful tension above the wrist, in the left forearm (after six hours)

Pressing pain in the ball of the right hand (after one hour)

Inferior Extremities p. 214

Pressing sticking in the muscles of the left thigh, while walking in the open air (after ten hours)

Tensive pain in the upper part of the right calf, while walking in the open air (after four hours)

Generalities p. 214

wishes to walk, contrary to habit

Frequent alternations between sitting and walking about

Feels bad in the afternoon

Weakness and weariness on going upstairs

Skin p. 214

Papular eruption filled with pus on the forehead and neck; when opened it discharged blood and pus,'./

Red papular eruption above both knees, which caused a tickling and voluptuous itching

Sleep p. 214

Sleepiness during the day, frequent yawning

Fever p. 214

Shaking chill

Shaking chill during and after vomiting

Several times a day he feels hot, as if the throat had been burnt by alcohol

Burning heat in the face in the evening, and heat over the whole face and redness of the cheeks, without thirst (after eleven hours)

Nightsweats

Conditions p. 215

Aggravation.

(Motion), Pressure in pit of stomach.

Footnotes

† From external application to the urethra, J From injection into the vagina.

† From injection into the urethra. X From external aiiplieatiun to the urethra.