Mercurius

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Stabbing pain, with chilliness. Boring pain in right groin. Flatulent distention, with pain. Liver enlarged; sore to touch, indurated. Jaundice. Bile scecreted deficiently. Stool. — Greenish, bloody and slimy, worse at night; unth pain and tenesmus. Never-get-done feeling. Dis- 496

William Boericke 1922

Whooping-cough with nosebleed. [Arnica.] Cough worse, tobacco smoke.

William Boericke 1922

Bruised pain in small of back, especially when sitting. Tearing pain in coccyx; better, pressing on

William Boericke 1922

pityriasis); Lolium temuelentutn (in ircmbling of hands and legs) ; Mercur. cum kali (inveterate colds, acute facial paralysis).

William Boericke 1922

Capparis coriaccca (polyuria, glandular affections, mucous diarrhcea; influenza) ; Epilobium — Willow herb — (chronic diarrhoea with tenesmus and mucus discharges; ptyalism, dysphagia); Knli hyd. (in hard chancre) ; Mercur. acet. (Congestion with stiffness, dryness and heat of parts affected. Eyes inflamed, burn and itch. Lack of moisture. Throat dry, talking difficult. Pressure in lower sternum). Mcrcurius nitrosus — Nitrate of Mercury — (especially in pustular conjunctivitis and keratitis; gonorrhoea and mucous patches, with sticking pains; syphilides) ; Mercurius auratus (psoriasis and syphilitic catarrh) ; Mcrcurius bromatus (secondary syphilitic skin affection) ; Mercurius phosphoricus (nervous diseases from syphilis ; exostoses) ; Mercurius prcecipitatus ruber (suffocative attacks at night on lying down while on the point of falling asleep, obliged to jump up suddenly, which relieves ; gonorrhoea ; urethra felt as a hard string; chancroid ; phagedaenic ulcer and bubo ; pemphigus, mucous patches, eczema with rhagades and Assures, barber’s itch; blepharitis, internally and ex- 498 MERCURIUS — MERCURIUS SUL. — MERC. CYAN. ternally ; leaden heaviness in occiput, with otorrhoea) ; Mercurius tannicus (syphilides in patients with gastrointestinal diseases, or, if very sensitive, to ordinary mercurial preparations) ; Erythrinus — South American Red Mullet Fish — (in pityriasis rubra and syphilis; red rash on

William Boericke 1922

Mes.; Phos.; Syph.; Kali mur. Different Mercurial Salts; ^thiops. Antidote: Hep.; Aur.; Mes. Complementary: Badiaga.

William Boericke 1922

Second to thirtieth potency.

William Boericke 1922

Thick, yellow discharge; fetid and bloody. Otalgia, worse warmth of bed; at night, sticking pains. Boils in external canal. [Calc, pic.]

William Boericke 1922

Weakness of

William Boericke 1922

Lids red, thick, swollen. Profuse, burning, acrid discharge. Floating black spots. After exposure to glare of fire; foundrymen. Parenchymatous keratitis of syphilitic origin with burning pain. Iritis, with hypopyon.

William Boericke 1922

Pale, earthy, dirty-looking, puffy. Syphilitic pustules on

William Boericke 1922

Menses profuse, with abdominal pains. Leucorrhoea excoriating, greenish and bloody; sensation of rawness in parts. Stinging pain in ovaries [Apis.] Itching and burning; worse, after urinating; better, washing with cold water. Morning sickness, with profuse salivation. Mammae painful and full of milk at menses. Respiratoiy. — Soreness from fauces to sternum. Cannot lie on right side. [Left side, Lycop.] Cough, with yellow muco-purulent expectoration. Paroxysms of two; worse, night, and from warmth of bed. Catarrh, with chilliness ; dread of air. Stitches from lower lobe of right lung to

William Boericke 1922

Generally gastric or bilious, with profuse nightly perspiration ; debility, slow and lingering. Heat and shuddering alternately. Yellow perspiration. Profuse perspiration imthout relief. Creeping chilliness; worse in the evening and into night. Alternate flashes of heat in single parts.

William Boericke 1922

lymphatic system, with all the membranes and glands, and internal organs, bones, etc. Tremors everywhere. Weakness with ebullitions and tremblings from least exertion. All Mercury symptoms are worse at night, from warmth of bed, from damp, cold, rainy weather, worse during perspiration. Complaints increase with the sweat and rest; all associated with a great deal of weariness, prostration, and trembling. Sensitive to heat and cold. Parts are much swollen, with raw, sore feeling; the profuse, oily perspiration does not relieve. Breath, excretions and body smell foul. Tendency to formation of pus. A human “thermometer.”

William Boericke 1922

Copious discharge of corroding mucus. Coryza, with sneezing; sore, raw, smarting sensation; worse, damp weather ; profuse, fluent.

William Boericke 1922

charge accompanied by chilliness, sick stomach, cutting colic, and tenesmus. Whitish-gray stools. Urine. — Frequent urging. Greenish discharge from urethra; burning in urethra on beginning to urinate. Urine dark, scanty, bloody, albuminous.

William Boericke 1922

shape, edges undefined. Pimples around the main eruption. Itching; worse from warmth of bed. Crusta lactea ; yellowish-brown crusts, considerable suppuration. Glands swell every time patient takes cold. Buboes. Orchitis. [Clemat.; Hamam.; Puls.]

William Boericke 1922

Stinging, burning, fetid eruptions on scalp. Loss of hair. Exostosis, with feeling of soreness. Scalp tense ; oily sweat on

William Boericke 1922

Vertigo, when lying on hack. Band-feeling about

William Boericke 1922

One-sided, tearing pains. Tension about scalp, as if bandaged. Catarrhal headaches; much heat in

William Boericke 1922

worse, night. Patient very sensitive to cold. Oily perspiration. Trembling extremities, espe» cially hands; paralysis agitans. Lacerating pain in joints. Cold, clammy sweat on legs at night. Dropsical swelling of feet and legs.

William Boericke 1922

Bone-pains and in

William Boericke 1922

Vesicles and ulcers; soft chancre. Cold genitals. Prepuce irritated; itches. Nocturnal emissions, stained with

William Boericke 1922

Slow in answering questions. Memory weakened, and loss of will-power. Weary of life. Mistrustful. Thinks he is losing his reason.

William Boericke 1922

Worse, at night, wet, damp weather, lying on right side, perspiring; warm room and warm bed.

William Boericke 1922

Sweetish taste. Salivary secretions greatly increased; bloody and viscid. Saliva fetid, coppery. Speech difficult on account of trembling

William Boericke 1922

can smell it all over room. Alveolar abscess, worse at nighty Great thirst, with moist

William Boericke 1922

Quinsy, with difficult swallowing, after pus has formed. Sore, raw, smarting, burning

William Boericke 1922

Much sneezing. Sneezing in sunshine. Nostrils raw, ulcerated: nasal bones swollen. Yellowgreen, fetid, pus-like discharge. Coryza; acrid discharge, but too thick to run down the lip ; worse, warm room. Pain and swelling of nasal bones, and caries, with greenish fetid ulceration. Nosebleed at night.

William Boericke 1922

Almost constantly moist. Excessive odorous viscid perspiration; worse, night. General tendency to free perspiration, but patient is not relieved thereby. Vesicular and pustular eruptions. Ulcers, irregular in

William Boericke 1922

Putrid eructations. Intense thirst for cold drinks. Weak digestion, with continuous hunger. Stomach sensitive to touch. Hiccough and regurgitation. Feels replete and constricted.

William Boericke 1922

Bluish-red swelling. Constant desire to swallow. Putrid sore

William Boericke 1922

worse right side. Ulcers and inflammation appearing at every change in weather. Stitches into ear on swallowing; fluids return through

William Boericke 1922

Complete loss of voice. Burning in throat, as from hot vapor ascending.

William Boericke 1922

Gums spongy, recede, bleed easily. Whole mouth moist. Crown of teeth decay. Teeth loose, feel tender and elongated. Furrow in upper surface of tongue lengthunse. Tongue heavy, thick; moist coating; yellow, flabby, tecth-indented; feels as if burnt, with ulcers. Fetid odor from