THE GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA
Cadmium sulfuratum
Discovered in 1817 by Stromeyer and Herrman as a constant associate of Zincum, especially in the Silesian ores. The best solvent is nitric acid.
Recommended in 1820 by Grµfe in eye diseases in the place of Zincumá; afterwards by Tott in 1833. Experiments by Schubarth on dogs were published in Hufeland’s Journal about 1821.
H. J. Burdock made an insignificant proving on himself in 1827. The first real proving was made by Petroz in 1854 and published in the May number of Journal de la Soc. Gallicane, including cured symptomsá; it appeared in the October number of the Allg. Hom. Zeitung, and in 1856 in Hirschel’s Archiv, vol. ii. These were not followed by any other reports until 1878, when Dr. Hardenstein, of Vicksburg, used the remedy successfully in one of the most murderous epidemics of yellow fever, the application of the remedy proving him to be a master in prescribing. Cadmium is no doubt a so-called antipsoric of high rank.
Mostly unconscious. ?áCholera infantum.
Horror of solitude and of work.
Apprehension at approach of anybody.
Anxietyá; also before going to stool.
Vexation, or a fit of passion < symptoms in general.
Vertigoá; room and bed seem to spin around. ?áYellow fever.
Tingling, digging and drawing in head.
SIGHT AND EYES. [5] [Cadm. s.]
Looking steadily, symptoms in general < Rending pain in eyes.
Lancinations in eyes from within outward.
Dilatation of one pupil and contraction of another.
Blennorrheic affection of eyes.
Idiopathic chronic torpid conjunctivitis.
Swelling of conjunctiva remaining after blennorrh£a.
Scrofulous inflammation of eyes.
Macula corneµ (after removal of a fragment of iron which caused inflammation) covering half the pupil, bluish, much impeding sight. ?áBoy, µt. 10 years.
Macula corneµ covering pupil after a conjunctivitis and keratitis traumatica. ?áGirl, µt. 6 years.
Opacity of cornea connected with slow inflammation and blennorrh£a.
Inability to close eyes. ?áParalysis of face.
HEARING AND EARS. [6] [Cadm. s.]
Abnormal hearing, alternating with abnormal vision.
SMELL AND NOSE. [7] [Cadm. s.]
Ulcerative or cancerous smell.
Tightness at root of nose, and tension in nose.
Obstruction of nose by swelling.
Erysipelatous inflammation of nose.
Boils on nose, and ulceration of nostrils.
Pain with cold sweat in face. See 16. ?áYellow fever.
Painful drawing in face. ?áParalysis of face.
Yellow spots on cheeks and nose.
Chronic eruption of forehead, on nose, and around mouth.
Distortion of mouth to side. ?áParalysis of face.
Spasmodic motion of upper lip.
TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE. [11] [Cadm. s.]
Peculiar metallic taste after taking it.
Tongue shows traces of black vomit, dirty brown or black. ?áYellow fever.
Difficulty in talking and swallowing. ?áParalysis of face.
Symptoms of mouth are < during deglutition. ?áSalivation.
Frequent running together of saliva in mouth, has to spit it out often, and with much straining and retching brings up a tough phlegm.
PALATE AND THROAT. [13] [Cadm. s.]
Deglutition aggravates symptoms in general.
APPETITE, THIRST. DESIRES, AVERSIONS. [14] [Cadm. s.]
In bed, at night, thirsty and hot.
EATING AND DRINKING. [15] [Cadm. s.]
After drinkingá: horripilation.
Getting drunk, symptoms < in general.
HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16] [Cadm. s.]
Salty, rancid belching. ?áYellow fever.
Rancid eructations, especially at noon.
Deadly nausea. ?áCholera infantum.
Intense retching and distressing nausea.
Nausea in mouth, chest and abdomen, often with pain and cold sweat in face. ?áYellow fever.
Nausea in chest, mouth and abdomen, generally accompanied by red face and trismus.
Gagging and retching up of tough mucus, every few minutes.
Excessive vomiting of yellowish-greenish semifluid masses, almost gelatinous. ?áCholera infantum.
Vomiting of sour, yellow and black matter, with pain in abdomen. ?áYellow fever.
Excessive nausea, gagging, retchingá; so sensitive that least touch of lips will bring on vomiting. ?áYellow fever.
Deadly nausea, must lie quiet, to ward off black vomit, which is already in stomach and can he smelt. ?áYellow fever, early part of second stage.
Nauseaá; or black vomit, when other medicines fail. ?áYellow fever.
Vomiting brown fluid after drinking cold waterá: dog.
Vomiting of food, bile and mucus.
Vomiting of acid matter, of black or yellowish matter, accompanied by cold sweat in face, and griping.
Violent pains in stomach, in region of navel, and tenesmus with urging to stoolá; vomiting of all food taken and much phlegm and bile.
SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH. [17] [Cadm. s.]
Burning and cutting pains in stomach. ?áYellow fever.
Useful after cramps in stomach. ?áYellow fever.
Gastric symptoms < : during pregnancyá; in drunkardsá; after cramps in stomachá; after drinking beerá; in forenoon.
Intense burning in stomachá; also burning from £sophagus to stomach. ?áYellow fever.
Coldness in stomach and hypochondria.
Violent pains in stomach and navel, and urging to stool.
Lancinations in left hypochondrium. ?áYellow fever.
Symptoms of stomach and hypochondria < by walking, or carrying burdens.
ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19] [Cadm. s.]
Pain in abdomen, with vomiting. ?áYellow fever.
Pain and pulsation in sides of abdomen. ?áYellow fever.
Cutting pain in bowels and kidneys. ?áYellow fever.
Compressed feeling in abdomen.
Lancinations, bruised pain, or pulsation in abdomen.
Feeling of inertia in abdomen.
STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] [Cadm. s.]
Alvine evacuations, almost gelatinous, of a yellowish-green semi-fluid character. ?áCholera infantum.
URINARY ORGANS. [21] [Cadm. s.]
Cutting pain in region of kidney and bowels. ?áYellow fever.
PREGNANCY. PARTURITION. LACTATION. [24] [Cadm. s.]
Acts well during pregnancy. ?áYellow fever.
Gastric symptoms during pregnancy.
Interrupted breathing during sleep.
INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28] [Cadm. s.]
Feeling of dilatation of chest.
Feeling as if lungs adhered to chest.
Chest symptoms are considerably aggravated by a squatting posture.
HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29] [Cadm. s.]
Palpitation of heart, with constriction of chest.
Rheumatic pain in external chest.
NECK AND BACK. [31] [Cadm. s.]
Pain in muscles of neck, as from efforts to vomit.
Suppuration of axillary glands.
Sensation of swelling of arms.
Tearing pain in metacarpal joints.
While asleep, feet are agitated by shocks.
Digging and boring in lower limbs.
Pressure, pain as if sprained, trembling, or cramps in knee.
Lancination in joints of lower limbs, and in toes.
LIMBS IN GENERAL. [34] [Cadm. s.]
REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] [Cadm. s.]
He lies with his head low and hands under it.
Squatting postureá: chest symptoms worse.
Walkingá: symptoms of stomach and hypochondrium < ; coldness.
Sittingá; chest symptoms from squatting postureá; drowsy.
Ascending stairsá: symptoms < in general.
Jactitationsá; starting of limbs.
Very uneasyá; changing his position oftená; dog.
Weakness of affected parts, with horripilation.
Great exhaustion after vomitingá; next morning, pain in muscles of neck and throat from great exertion in vomiting.
Child can hardly move a limb. ?áCholera infantum.
Somnolence, with broken dreams.
Moaning and smiling during sleep.
After sleepá: symptoms < in generalá; coldness.
Can hardly sleepá; sleep, if at all, with open eyes. ?áCholera infantum.
Nightá: in bed, hot and thirstyá; itching of skin.
Morningá: gastric symptoms < ; pain in throat and neck muscles from vomitingá; sleepyá; after sleep, symptoms in general <.
Forenooná: gastric symptomsá; sleepiness.
TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER. [39] [Cadm. s.]
Sunshineá: symptoms < in general.
Airá: sweat checked after exposure.
Useful if any of the grave symptoms appear after being exposed to a draught of air, or when sweat is checked. ?áYellow fever.
A man after riding in a sharp northeast wind (in France) had a half-sided rheumatic paralysis of face, apparently suddenlyá; treated by the old school four weeks without success, got well in eight days after two doses of 12th.
Cool airá: symptoms < in general.
Horripilationá: after drinkingá; with hot hands.
Coldnessá: even when near fireá; after sleeping, and after walkingá; with heat in hands.
When sweat is checked after exposure to a draught of air. ?áYellow fever.
LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] [Cadm. s.]
Within outá: lancination in eyes.
Leftá: lancination in hypochondriumá;
Sensation of inertia in abdomená; as is lungs adhered to chestá; as of painful blows in chest.
Lancinationá: in headá; in eyesá; in earsá; in left hypochondriumá; in abdomená; in joints of legs and toes.
Cuttingá: in stomachá; in bowels and kidneysá; in joints.
Tearingá: in metacarpal jointsá; in legs.
Laceratingá: in earsá; in nose.
Diggingá: in headá; in lower limbs.
Drawingá: in headá; in faceá; in external chest.
Crampingá: in stomachá; in kneeá; in calf.
Gripingá: with vomiting and cold sweat in faceá; in lower bowelsá; in kidneys.
Crampsá: in stomachá; in kneeá; of calf.
Pulsatingá: in templesá; in sides of abdomen.
Pressureá: above eyesá; behind earsá; in sides of abdomená; in lower limbsá; in knee.
Burningá: lachrymationá; in stomach.
Painá: in vertexá; in faceá; in stomach and navelá; in abdomená; rheumatic, in external chestá; in necká; sprain-like, in kneeá; in muscles of neck and throat from vomiting.
Tensioná: in eyebrowsá; in noseá; in forearm.
Constriction or contractioná: of chestá; of £sophagus.
Tinglingá: in headá; in chest.
Numbnessá: of noseá; of thighs.
Coldnessá: in stomach and hypochondria.
TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES. [45] [Cadm. s.]
Itchingá: at night, in bedá; when touched, and during coldá; ameliorated by scratching, which excites a voluptuous feeling.
Scaly, cracking, damp, suppurating herpes.
STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47] [Cadm. s.]
Acts well with drunkards. ?áYellow fever.
Child, µt. 15 months, teething. ?áCholera morbus.
Cadmium has a strong resemblance to Zincum, the former acting more powerfully.
Compatibleá: Bellad. after Cadmium removed rolling of head with open eyes in cholera infantumá; Carb. veg.á; [Obs. I could give hundreds of cases of yellow fever where Cadmium relieved the most dangerous symptoms, but no case of that disease in its graver forms can he safely treated without Carbo vegetabilis. –HARDENSTEIN.]
Lobel. infl. after failure of Cadmium in yellow feverá; Nitr. ac.
Aletris relieved nausea of pregnancy after failure of Cadmium.
Cadmium 30 hourly, for fourteen hours, helped where Ipec., Arsen. and Bellad. failed. ?áCholera infantum.
Compareá: in constriction across chest, with palpitation, Kali chlor.á; in weakness, nausea, vomit and burning, Arsen.á; in nausea and retching, Asar., Bryon., Crot. tigl., Cuprum, Nux vom., Podoph., Tart. emet.á; in deathly nausea, Ipec., Tabac., in greenish, gelatinous vomit, ãthus., Arsen., Bryon., Ipec., Veratr.á; in gelatinous stools, Aloes, Colchic., Cubeb., Helleb., Kali bich., Podoph., Rhus tox., Sepia (green).