Corrosive Sublimate

Hahnemann, Materia Medica Pura, 1846, Vol. III, p. 130

Weakness of mind

he looks at us with his eyes wide open, and does not understand what we say. (a. 2 h.) Headache, stitching and aching over the left eye, made worse by stooping.

A sort of buzzing in the left ear, synchronous with the pulse.

Inflammation of the eyes, protruding from their sockets.

5. Staring look. Distortion of the countenance.

Tearing in the antrum Highmoriannm, in the direction of the eye, occasioning a swelling. Burning pain in the gums and mouth.

Considerable swelling of the lower lip, the internal surface being turned outward, so that the edge of the border rested upon the chin.

10. Swelling of the lips, tongue, throat. Roughness of the throat, hindering speech, but not deglutition.

Saltish taste in the mouth, (a. 2 h.) Ptyalism. Unquenchable thirst.

15. Vomiting. Sensation of pressure in the region of the stomach and chest.

Pressing, from above downward, directly below the umbilicus, immediately after an evacuation, continuing for some time. Cutting in the abdomen (immediately), with chilliness in the open, although warm air. Painful burning from the mouth to the region of the stomach.

20. Distended, painful abdomen. Excessive distention of the abdomen, (a. 12 h.)

Tough fasces. Thin-shaped faeces. Frequent expulsion of a small quantity of bloody mucus, day and night, with almost constant colic, and intolerable, painful, almost ineffectual pressing and tenesmus.

25. Expulsion of faeces and mucus, mixed with dark, coagulated blood. Diarrhoea. Tenesmus of the rectum.

Tenesmus of the bladder. Itching in the forepart of the urethra.

30. Discharge from the urethra, first of thin, then thick mucus ; lastly a smarting pain when urinating, and stitches shooting through the urethra.

Leucorrhcea, pale-yellow and having a disgustingly sweetish smell. (Aching pain in the os tincae, when touching it during an embrace, followed by pressing.)

Excessive coryza. Dry cough.

35. Hollow, fatiguing, dry cough, (a. 2 h.) Nightly stitching pain transversely through the whole chest. Oppression of the chest. Painful glandular swellings around the nipples.

Stitching pain in the hip-joint during motion and rest.

40. Sensation as if the leg went to sleep. Icy-cold feet. (a. 2 h.) Disagreeable sensation in the periosteum of all the bones as is felt at the approach of intermittent fever, with a feeling of heat in the head. (a. 6 h.) (Painless blisters upon the arms and body, early in the morning, going offic daytime.) Stinging pain in the muscles here and there, in daytime.

45. Violent starting when falling asleep, the whole body shaking, (a. 8 h.) The head feels chilly. Chilliness and colic when making the least motion, when merely rising from a seat. Chilliness, colic and tenesmus brought on by the open, although warm air, which is very disagreeable to her. Heat when stooping, and coolness when raising the head again.

50. He is unable to lie still at night, owing to heat and anxiety.

Frequent alternation of cheerfulness and ill-humor, dissatisfaction with every thing that is done for him.

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