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Arsenicum Lodatum

Iodide of Arsenic

Compare

William Boericke 1922

Tuberculinum; Antimon. iod. In hay-fever,

William Boericke 1922

Aralia; Naphthalin; Rosa; Sang. nit.

Dose

William Boericke 1922

Second and third trituration.

Ears

William Boericke 1922

Scrofulous ophthalmia. Otitis, with fetid, corrosive discharge. Tickening of tympanum. Burning, acrid coryza.

Fever

William Boericke 1922

Recurrent fever and sweats. Drenching night-szveats. Pulse rapid, feeble, weak, irregular. Chilly, cannot endure ‘cold.

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

It seems probable that in Arsenic iod., we have a remedy most closely allied to manifestations of tuberculosis. It will be indicated by a profound prostration, rapid, irritable pulse, recurring fever and sweats, emaciation ; tendency to diarrhoea. Chronic pneumonia, with • abscess in lung. Hectic; debility; night sweats. This remedy is also to be remembered in phthisis with hoarse, racking cough and profuse expectoration of a purulent nature, and attended with cardiac weakness, emaciation and general debility; in chronic, watery diarrhoea in phthisical subjects; in cases of emaciation with good appetite; in amenorrhoea, w’th anaemic palpitation and dyspnoea. In chronic pneumonia, when abscess is about to form. Great emaciation. Threatened pyaemia. [Pyrog.; Methvl, blue.]

William Boericke 1922

Is to be preferred for persistently irritating, corrosive discharges. The discharge irritates the membrane from which it flows and over which it flows. The discharge may be fetid, watery, and the mucous membrane is always red, angry, swollen ; itches and burns, ^nfluenza, hay-fever, old nasal catarrhs, and catarrh of tniddle ear. Swelling of tissues within the

Head

William Boericke 1922

j^ertigo, with tremulous feeling, especidly in aged.

Nose

William Boericke 1922

Thin^ zvatcry, irritating^ excoriating discharge from anterior and posterior nares; sneering. Hayfever. [Pollanin.] Chronic nasal catarrh; swollen

William Boericke 1922

profuse, thick, yellow^ discharge ; ulcers ; mcm~ hrane sore and excoriated. Aggravation by sneezing.

William Boericke 1922

.Hypertrophied condition of eustachian tube and deafness. Senile heart, myocarditis and fatty degeneration. Pulse shotty. Chronic aortitis.

Respiratory

William Boericke 1922

Slight hacking cough, with dry and stopped-up nostrils. Pneumonia that fails to clear up. Broncho-pneumonia after grippe. Aphonia. 98 ARSEN. lOD. — ARSEN. MET.

Skin

William Boericke 1922

Dry, scaly, itching. Marked cxfoliatio7i of fkin in large scales, leaving a raw exuding surface beneath. Ichthyosis. Enlarged scrofulous glands. Venereal bubo. Debilitating night-sweats. Eczema of the beard ; watery, oozing, itching ; worse, washing. Emaciation. Psoriasis.

Stomach

William Boericke 1922

Pain and pyrosis. Vomiting an hour after food. Nausea distressing. Pain in epigastrium Intense thirst; water is immediately ejected.

Throat

William Boericke 1922

Burning in pharynx. Tonsils swollen. Thick membrane from fauces to lips. Breath fetid, glandular involvement. Diphtheria. Eyes and

References

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