Zincum Aceticum

Acetate of Zinc. Zn(C,H30a),3H,0. Solution.

Clinical

Diarrhoea. Erysipelas. Gastritis. Night-watching, effects of. Toothache.

Characteristics

Zn. ac. was proved by Hahnemann and others- The most Peculiar Symptoms were these : * Brain feels sore and as if sprinkled with salt." '' Throat seems too tight and tongue too short'' There was toothache < by touch. Shaking chill during and after vomiting. Empty, hungry sensation. Pain and paralytic condition of arms. The symptoms were < in evening. < By motion. < Walking in open air. The only clinical uses of Zn. ac. I am acquainted with I learned from Burnett. He used Rademacher's solution of Zinc in Acetic Acid, and gave 5-drop doses three times a day in water to nurses and others who were compelled to work on an insufficient amount of deep. I have verified the great utility of this. Another use to which Burnett put it was in erysipelas of old people. In the provers it produced a pustular eruption on forehead and knee ; and the latter was attended with voluptuous itching.

Causation p. 1596

Night-watching.

Mind p. 1596

Anxious, quiet, does not speak a word ; asked how she ieds, says, " Let me alone, I shall soon be better." •• Head«-Heaviness8 of head.— Throbbing headache, as if it would come out at forehead. — Frontal headache, as if brain sore and sprinkled with salt— Dull, sticking, painful sensation in forehead. — Stitches: in forehead; needle-like in l. temple.

Ears p. 1596

L. ear swollen internally, painful on inserting finger and on external touch.

Face p. 1596

Face pale ; look anxious.

Mouth p. 1596

Tearing pain in teeth, esp. when touched. — Blister on forepart of gum, painful as if burnt— Mouth feels burnt— Bitter taste in mouth.

Throat p. 1596

Throat feels too tight and tongue too short,

Stomach p. 1596

Eructations: empty; ineffectual; sour, with shaking chill ; tasting of food eaten three hours before. — Nausea followed by needlelike stitches in throat, then vomiting of bitter, sour mucus, whereby the sticking was < ; afterwards chilliness of back. — Vomit with salvation. — Sensation of a small swelling in pit of stomach, painful to touch, previous to menses.— Pressure ; and sticking in pit of stomach, < by motion, late in evening.— Empty, hungry sensation two hours after dinner. n. Abdomen. — Violent griping in abdomen, obliged to lie down.

Stool and Anus p. 1596

Urging to stool a few times at nit, followed by pasty stool — Diarrhoea every hour during day. — Diarrhoea of black colour after dinner.

Urinary Organs p. 1596

Urethra : contraction of ; biting in. — Frequent increased desire to urinate and irritation to urinate (like a burning). — Much watery urine.

Chest p. 1596

Much mucus comes from chest in afternoon, with a kind of

Neck and Back p. 1596

Back much affected, on stooping sudden shooting in it as if all strength had left him.

Upper Limbs p. 1596

Weakness in both arms. — Pain in L arm, heavy, wrist hurts, no position easy at night (from injection into urethra).— Drawing, trembling, loss of power in r. arm. — Pressing tearing, and stitches in muscles of r. arm during rest and motion. — Pressing psun in ball of r. hand.

Lower Limbs p. 1597

Pressive sticking in muscles of l. thigh while walking in open air. — Tensive pain in upper r. calf while walking in open air.

Generalities p. 1597

She wishes to walk, contrary to habit. — Frequent alternation between sitting and walking about. — Feels bad in afternoon.— « (Effects of insufficient sleep.)

Skin p. 1597

Papular eruption filled with pus on forehead and neck ; when opened it discharged pus and blood (from external application to urethra). — Red, papular eruption about both knees, which caused a tickling and voluptuous itching. — (Erysipelas of old people.)

Sleep p. 1597

Sleepy during day, frequent yawning.

Fever p. 1597

Shaking chill ; during and after vomiting. — Several times a day feels hot, as though throat had been burnt with alcohol. — Burning heat in face, evening, and heat over whole face and redness of cheeks without

Heart p. 1597

Nightsweats