Osmium

The Element. Osmium tetroxide {Osmic Acid) OSO4.

The most refractory of all metals ; discovered by Yaiicquelin, Tennant and Thenar, in 1804.

Proved in 1850, by Hering, Neidhard and Kane.

Triturations of the precipitated metal were used in ihe provings.

Clinical Authorities. — Spasmodic cough, Liedbeck, Analyt. Therap. vol. 1, p. 197 ; Cough, Burnett, A. H. Z , vol. 3, from Horn. World, 1885.

Mind

││ Weeping mood, screaming, with the cough.

Anxious, fidgety.

Very impatient, with itching.

Thoughts of accidents having happened ; later of doing injury to others.

Misplaces words.

Weak, gives up.

Sensorium

Dulness, with 'heat in head.

Inner Head

Tearing in upper r. side of forehead.

Aching like a band around head above ears ; in temples, with hoarseness.

Outer Head

Hair falls off.

Sight and Eyes

│ ' Weakness of sight, could not tell night from day. θ Glaucoma.

Flame from candle larger, confused ; large rainbow ring around it.

Feels a short motion back and forward in ball, with closed eyes.

Eyes water, burn and itch.

Pains around 1. eye on bone.

Hearing and Ears p. 229

' i Ringing in r. ear.

Severe pains in 1. petrosum.

Smell and Nose p. 229

After sneezing, phlegm in larynx looser.

Sneezing and running at nose with tickling in larynx, difficult breathing.

Discharge of mucus from change.

Nasal catarrh; coryza ; sneezing as from snuff; nose and larynx sensitive to air ; small lumps of phlegm easily loosened from posterior nares and larynx.

Lower Face p. 229

Aching from base of brain into jaws.

Cooling jerks in 1. upper jaw and front teeth.

Chewing causes aching in muscles.

Teeth and Gums p. 229

Gums swell above 1. eyetooth.

Taste and Tongue p. 229

Taste : corroding ; burning ; cloverlike ; sweetish.

Red sore stripe in middle of tongue, edges rough and pimply ; most sensitive to slight touch when eating or drinking.

Tongue coated.

Appetite, Thirst. Desires, Aversions p. 229

││ Aversion to cocoa.

Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting p. 229

Chronic vomiting, with pressure in stomach.

Scrobiculum and Stomach p. 229

In stomach : uneasiness ; pressure; contracting after food, more by stimulants; weakness at 6 P.M., amounting to nausea; all evening distension; feeling as if he had swallowed a lot of broken stones.

Abdomen p. 229

Bowels distended in afternoon and evening.

Pressure on both inguinal rings.

Stool and Rectum p. 229

Stool : dry, is full of wind ; small ; hastily passing, with burning in anus ; thin, bilious ; urging, but only wind passes.

Urinary Organs p. 229

Urine: dark brown, scanty; suppressed; in evening strongly scented like violets.

Male Sexual Organs p. 229

Erections earlier in morning and firmer ; ejaculations lasting longer.

Violent pain on tip of glans and in foreskin.

Pain in r. testicle and 1. spermatic cord; weakness in both groins towards cord.

Voice and Larynx. Trachea and Bronchia p. 229

Voice hoarse, weals, soundless.

▌ Hoarseness: after singing; < riding or walking in open air.

Tickling in larynx.

Irresistible tickling causes short bursts of cough.

▌ Severe pain in larynx, < coughing or talking; hoarseness.

▌ Larynx dry with cough.

Mucus : increased ; hangs in larynx like a string, hawks, coughs, strains to vomit ; sneezing loosens it.

Respiration p. 230

Chronic d,yspiioea.

▌ Heaves in horses.

Cough p. 230

Cough : short, irresistible hacking, caused by an irritation low down in chest ; with tearing pain in sternum ; on rising, violent, without phlegm, returning during day; severe, disturbing sleep until midnight; spasmodic, fingers twitch ; sounds as if one coughed into an empty tube, or as if caused by resonance of contiguous parts ; dry, hard, shaking whole body.

After sneezing, a little round lump loosens but has to be swallowed.

▌ Paroxysms of convulsive cough.

Inner Chest and Lungs p. 230

Soreness in whole sternum, sensitive to touch ; pain independent of cough.

Iln sternum, shooting upward and downward.

A dull stitch near 1. lower rib.

Heart, Pulse and Circulation p. 230

Anxious palpitation of heart.

Outer Chest p. 230

▌ Sore sternum, painful to touch, independent of cough.

▌ Tearing pain in sternum with cough.

• Shooting up and down in sternum.

Neck and Back p. 230

Itching on back and shoulders as from crawling insects, < evenings going to bed.

Upper Limbs p. 230

Sweat in axillte smelling like garlic, < evening and at night.

Pulsating dull stings, inside of r. shoulder joint.

Very severe pinching pain, often repeated, in 1. upper arm above elbow.

Sensitive pain in middle of 1. humerus, then in fingers.

In 1. elbow bone pains ; in r. forearm pinching ; drawing inside of r. forearm, burning pressure outside, red spots on dorsum.

Aching in metacarpo-phalangeal joint of 1. thumb, pain in first phalanx of r. forefinger; burning in 1. ring finger; like fire on inner border of nail.

Stabbing on tips of fingers.

▌ Twitching of fingers, with spasmodic cough.

Lower Limbs p. 230

Violent itching above crest of 1. ilium towards abdomen, the place red with many small pointed spots.

Sore pain in 1. gluteus and leg.

Itching and rash on thighs and on ankle.

Legs and feet feel too full.

Restless in legs, quite unbearable, has to lie down at 9 P.M.

Pains in r. ankle, pinching, flying, cutting in bones and joints of r. foot.

Pain in bones of heels.

Drawing, aching in tendon each side of top of patella ; occasional shoots below external malleolus and on instep.

Scarlet rash on thighs and ankles.

Limbs in General p. 231

Pain deep in bones, same as in head.

Aching of limbs and body all day.

^^Rest. Position. Motion. Chewing: causes aching in muscles.

Nerves p. 231

Weak, easily tired for a long time.

Sleep p. 231

Itching and cough disturb sleep.

Restless nights, dreams of painful events; arose jaded.

│▌ Less sensitive to disturbance of sleep, arose very tired ; muddled head, aching limbs and body.

^^Time. Morning: erections earlier ; violent cough.

Day: aching in limbs and body.

Afternoon : bowels distended.

6 P.M. : weakness in stomach.

9 P.M. : has to lie down from restlessness in legs.

Evening: headache, eyes and ears worse ; cough ; sweat in axilla; restless in legs; weakness; itching; distension in stomach ; urine scented like violets ; itching on back < ; sweat in axillse; smelling of garlic <.

Till midnight: cough disturbs sleep.

Night: sweat in axillae smelling like garlic < ; restless.

Temperature and Weather p. 231

││ Less subject to taking cold, in November.

Air: larynx sensitive; hoarseness < walking.

Attacks, Periodicity p. 231

Cough : in attacks.

Locality and Direction p. 231

Right: tearing in upper side of forehead; ringing in ear; pain in testicle; pulsating, dull stings inside of shoulder joint; pinching drawing in forearm ; pain in first phalanx of forefinger ; pain in ankle ; cutting, pinching, flying in bones and joints of foot.

Left: severe pain in petrosum ; cooling jerks in upper jaw and front teeth ; gums swell above eye tooth ; pain in spermatic cord ; dull stitch near lower rib ; pinching oft repeated in upper arm; sensitive pain in middle of humerus; bone pains in elbow; aching in joint of thumb ; burning in ring finger.

Upward and downward : shooting in sternum.

"Sensations. As of a band around head ; sneezing, as from snuff; as after having swallowed broken stones; cough, as if caused by resonance of contiguous parts; as of crawling insects on back and shoulders ; legs and feet as if too full.

Pains: around 1. eye; in r. testicle and 1. spermatic cord; in bones of 1. elbow ; in first phalanx of r. forefinger ; in bones of heels ; in r. ankle ; deep in bones.

Violent pain : on tip of glans and in foreskin.

Severe pains : in 1. petrosum ; in larynx.

Very severe pinching pain : in 1, upper arm above elbow.

Pinching, flying, cutting in bones and joints of r. foot.

Stabbing : in tips of fingers.

Tearing : in upper r. side of forehead ; in temples ; in sternum.

Pinching drawing: in r. forearm.

Shooting: in sternum; below external malleolus and on instep.

A dull stitch : near 1. lower rib.

Pulsating dull stings: inside of r. shoulder joint.

Sore pain : in 1. leg.

Sensitive pain : in middle of 1. humerus, then in fingers.

Aching: around head above ears; from base of brain into jaws ; in muscles of jaw ; in metacarpo-phalangeal joint of 1. thumb ; in tendon each side of top of patella ; of limbs and body.

Burning pressure : outside of forearm.

Burning: in eyes; in anus; in 1. ring finger; on inner border of nail.

Heat: in head.

Soreness: in whole sternum.

Pressure : in stomach ; on both inguinal rings.

Irritation : low down in chest.

Restlessness : in legs.

Uneasiness : in stomach.

Weakness : in stomach ; in both groins towards cord.

Tickling : in lar^^nx.

Dryness : in larynx.

Dulness : in head.

Sensation of short motion back and forward : in eyeballs.

Cooling jerks: in 1. upper jaw and front teeth.

Itching: in eyes; on back and shoulders; violent, above crest of ilium towards abdomen on small spots.

Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries p. 232

Touch : tongue sensitive to slightest; sternum sensitive.

Riding: hoarseness <.

Skin p. 232

Itching on small spots. •

Burning stitches on many places.

Prickly heat going to lower limbs.

││ Syphilitic tetters.

Stages of Life, Constitution p. 232

Girl, set. 1| years; spasmodic cough.

Relations p. 232

Antidoted by: sulphuretted hydrogen, Phos. ac ; Silic. (swollen gums); Hepar and Spongia (pain in larynx); Bellad. and Mercur. (laryngeal catarrh).

Compare : Argentum, Arsen., Iridium, Manganmn, Selen., Sulphur, Tellurium, Bromine (eyes and lungs).