Anthrakokali

A very absurd combination ; anthracite coal of a certain kind, dissolved in boiling caustic potash, invented by Joseph Polya, in Pest, in 1835; proved on many people, but in a very superficial way. Applied according to Old School notions, but seldom alone.

Polya was followed by several others, and in 1839 a thesis by one C. F. Linger; in 1840, an extract by our "Dr. G. Piper, in the A. H. Z., Val. XVIII., p. 235 and 253. It was mentioned as a " renal " remedy, by Reil, the forerunner of Sharp, of organopathic notoriety, and in 1849 Chapman mentions it as having been " useful," but says nothing but " herpes."

It has never been much regarded and was of very little use. The Old School made one of their experiments in 1841, and gave it to eight hundred patients with '"tetter," in the Vienna hospital, without success. θ Nose. I Chronic cracks and ulcerations of nostrils.

Tongue

Taste : unpleasant, nauseous, disgusting.

Dirty tongue, no appetite, nausea.

Dirty tongue, with retching and colic.

Inner Mouth

Dry mouth and pharynx.

Throat

Warmth and hot feeling in the pharynx, going down into the stomach.

Burning in pharynx followed by anorexia.

Burning in pharynx with some dysphagia.

Pain in pharynx with a dirty tongue.

Dysphagia with dry throat.

Sensation of gnawing and scraping in oesophagus, soon disappearing and going down to stomach.

Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions

Anorexia, nausea, vomiturition.

Increased appetite.

Burning thirst ; before sweat.

Insatiable thirst.

At first no appetite, but soon after it grew sharper.

Eating and Drinking

After eating nausea.

After an error in diet a gastro-bilious fever, with erysipelas.

Belching

Anorexia, nausea, vomiting, colic and flatulence. Nausea and vomiturition.

Vomiting and bilious stools.

Bilious vomiting, with black phlegm, followed by too fluid stools.

Stomach

Cramplike pain in stomach.

Y\^arm sensation in stomach.

Abdomen

Colic with flatulence.

Violent colic at night relieved by a warm poultice.

Violent burning deep in abdomen, in evening.

Griping bellyache without diarrhoea.

Tympanitic distension.

Stool p. 313

After colic and rumbling several mushy stools.

Copious diarrhoea with colic and rumbling.

Diarrhoea for several days with increased secretion of urine.

Three times during the day a brown stool with increased quantity of pale urine.

• Cholera.

Urinary Organs p. 313

Tickling and burning in urethra and at orifice, while the water passes.

Ischuria, urine pale.

Some diuresis.

▌ Copious evacuations of pale, clear urine, without a sediment.

Urine pale, acrid, increased.

Urine pale, honey-colored, of unpleasant odor, strongly alkaline reaction, rarely saturated and sharp, very seldom with a nubecula, never a sediment.

When urinating orifice of urethra itches.

Male Sexual Organs p. 313

Very often long lasting painful erections.

Frequent erections.

" Sycosis.

Female Sexual Organs p. 313

Catamenia appeared before the time.

Hearing and Ears p. 313

Orgasm with heat of skin.

Slight vascular irritation.

Pulse excited.

In the evening increased heat with frequent, full pulse.

Pulse and temperature feverish.

The beating of heart sometimes stronger, with oppression, pressing headache nightly, restlessness and no sleep.

Pulse quicker, frequent and more full.

Upper Limbs p. 313

Eruption on the hands.

Nerves p. 313

Debility of the whole body with restlessness and heavy head.

Complete malaise.

Time p. 313

Eruptions decrease with the full of the moon.

Evening : increased heat with frequent full pulse ; night sweats begin.

At night : colic, see V,) ; copious warm sweat ; skin itches.

Warmth and Cold p. 313

Colic at night relieved by warm poultices.

After baring skin night sweat.

Fever p. 313

Horripilation alternating with heat, followed by slight sweat and frequent pulse.

Heat and pressure in stomach.

Febris evanida, with disturbed digestion.

After baring of skin night-sweats, continuing for several days.

Skin moist for two successive days.

Evening copious sweat lasting till morning.

General night-sweat, returning every night.

││ Local cold or warm sweat on the parts affected by an eruption.

After a viscous night-sweat remission of fever.

Sweat viscous, the skin remains shining, glistening.

After heat and itching skin moist.

Often a general sweat commencing at night and continuing till morning hours.

Copious warm night-sweat with dizzy head.

Profuse night-sweat with headache and frequent pulse.

Night-sweat copious with sleeplessness and greatest restlessness, but less pain in bowels.

With the sweat restlessness, headache, debility and frequent pulse.

Moderate night-sweats beginning in the evening with sleeplessness and excited pulse.

Attacks p. 314

Sweats return every night.

Sweats continue for several days.

A reaction takes place always before the eighteenth day.

Tissues p. 314

: Chronic rheumatism, \ gout, • caries, • scrofulosis.

▌'^ Skin. Itching at night.

Eruptions increase with the general sweat, get more red and ooze out more.

Urticaria or erysipelas.

Scabies with ecthyma.

Scabies with prurigo.

▌ Scabies.

▌ Prurigo.

Eczema impetigonoides. *

Impetigo scabida.-

│ Lichenes.

▌ Useful in cases of chronic herpes.

Herpes circumscriptus.

Relations p. 314

Compare with the carbons.

Similar to : Aeon, (diarrhoea with copious flow of urine) ; Antim. crud. and Arsen. (thirst, burning and nausea, skin) ; Br7/on., Carbo an., Oarho veg., and Kali earh. (in flatulency, etc.); Rhus tox. (in skin symptoms); Veratr. (in nausea, vomiting, colic and diarrhoea).

Given in connection with Dulcam. in sycosis, scabies, prurigo, and impetigo; with Ferrum jod. in eczema impetigonoides.

Tapeworm has been removed by pulverized anthracite coal.