Anrum Mariaticum

Chloride of Gold. Na CI, Au CI3, aH.O.

Clinical

Albuminuria. Amaurosis. Angina pectoris. Anus, fistula of. AsfhnEL Bubo. Cancer. Caries. Chancre. Condylomata. Dropsy. £eczema. Fistula. Gonorrhoea. Haemorrhage. Hair falling out. Heart, affections of. Indurations. Liver, affections of. Morvan's disease. Ophthalmia. Ozaena. Periostitis. Phthisis. Pudenda, over-sensitiveness of. Spinal sclerosis. Spleen, enlarged. Sterility. Syphilis. Uterus, tumours of; haemorrhage from. Vagina, heat, Iniming and itching of. Voice, hoarse. Warts.

Characteristics

This salt has been proved. The symptoms are in the main identical with those of the metal, but some are peculiar or more pronounced in the one than in the other. The Muriatic element is seen in the heart symptoms ; violent palpitations, sore aching, heaviness and sensation of rigidity in heart, hyperaemia from heart disease. Catarrhal and glandular affections are marked. Warts appear in various parts : on the tongue, on the genitals. Digestion is slow. Diarrhoea after eating. Aur. mur. is a sycotic remedy causing suppressed discharges to reappear. Halbert has given Aur. mur. 2x with much success in cases of sclerotic and exudative degeneration of the nervous system. He narrates a case of disseminated sclerosis, the result of a fall ; one of exudative localised meninjgtis ; and one of Morvan's disease greatly improved under its use. This patient, a man cook, had hypertrophy of all the fingers. In some of them this had progressed till painless whitlows appeared Analgesia and anaesthesia were present, and some atrophy of the muscles of the hand and arm. Brachial neuritis appeared to be the causative factor in the case. Remarkable improvement occurred under Aur. mur, 2X. Aur, tour. is particularly valuable in haemorrhages from the womb at climacteric and after, which are frequency of sycotic origin. Violent chill and fever. Hectic fever. Ascending stairs <. Cold washing and cold weather >. Warmth < ; throws off bed-covers. Suited to : Lymphatic, scrofulous constitutions. Gold salts, like mercury salts, dissolve organic tissues ; they stimulate the heart more, but act on fluid tissues less powerfully than mercury.

Relations p. 226

Compare: Aco., Am. c., Arg., Arg. n., Ars., Bell., Cannab., Per., Glon., Heel, Lye, Merc, Nit. ac, Pho., Plat, Sil., Sul. Sulphur springs are incompatible. Antidoted by: Bell., Cannab.| Merc.

Causation p. 226

Chagrin. Fright Vexation.

Head p. 226

Constant burning in whole head, < l. side. — Head hot ; limbs cold. — Pulling pains in forehead ; tingling itching in that part. 3. — Eyes. Sudden blindness in childbed. — Neuralgic pains in l. eye. — Scrofulous phlyctenular ophthalmia.— Chronic inflammation of margins of lids. — Fistula lachrymalis.

Ears p. 226

Music relieves. — Burning and itching behind ears < night — Tinkling sound in ears followed by deafness, as if interior of ears were large and empty.

Nose p. 226

Pressing pain in nose.— Ozaena scrofulosa.— Tingling, burning, and itching in nose ; redness and inflammation, with itching, followed by desquamation ; red swelling with ulcerated nostrils ; dry yellow crusts and sensation of stoppage ; yellow pus, sometimes below. — Deep crack in alae nasi ; lupus.

Face p. 226

Red face. — Hair falling out of eyebrows and head. — Exostosis of (r.) cheek-bone.

Teeth p. 226

Teeth loose.— Dental fistula.— Toothache with thrilling pains.

Mouth p. 226

Indurated tongue ; warts ; cancer ; ulcers. Q. Throat. — Frequent desire to swallow ; feeling of a plug in throat ; metallic taste ; increased saliva.

Stomach p. 226

Burning, cutting, stitching in stomach ; cramps. — Slow digestion.

Abdomen p. 226

Liver indurated. — Spleen enlarged. — Swelled abdomen ;

Chest p. 226

Stiffness in region of groins. — Swelling of inguinal glands.

Stool and Anus p. 226

Diarrhoea ; < night ; after eating ; with pain in bowels. — Haemorrhoids, bleeding during stool. — Condylomata. — Anal and inter-crural excoriation. — Fistula.

Male Sexual Organs p. 226

Diminished virility.- Increased desire- Exhausting erections.— Violent itching of glans penis wakes him at night. — Drawing along spermatic cord.— Painful drawing in L testis extends towards inguinal rinft recarrmg by parox3rsins.— Chancres. — Condylomata. — Excrescences from glans up to sacrum. — Warts on prepuce.

Female Sexual Organs p. 227

Constant running from vulva. — Burning stitching of vulva. — Heat and itching in vagina. — Haemorrhage at and subsequent to the climacteric — Leucorrhoea, light yellow, esp. mornings. — Leucorrhoea acrid, excoriating thighs, with itching of genitals. — Gonorrhoeal discharge with swellings in each groin.

Respiratory Organs p. 227

Hoarseness ; speaking difficult.— Dyspnoea ; sensation in larynx as if closed ; laryngeal affections in Syphilis and mercuriosyphilis. — Pressure under sternum. — Loud cough with thick yellow expectora tion.— Anxious contraction of chest.— Asthma < at night— Pleuritic pains 1. 9de of chest ; changing place.

Heart p. 227

Lancinating pains above the heart.

Upper Limbs p. 227

Swelling of the wrists, with tension on reversing the hand, and lancinations in grasping an object ; tearing pains in middle finger after meals. 43. Ixywer Limbs« — Legs swollen and very tender along inside of tibia.— Exostosis.— Periostitis ; after tj'phoid.

Generalities p. 227

Great restlessness; changes his position every moment ; his friends call him " the quicksilver man." — Laziness, aversion to all work. — Indescribable weariness in whole body. — Drawing pains in various parts, esp. the extremities.