BROMIUM.
UPPER EXTREMITIES.
[630.] ► Great restlessness and jactitation of the arms (in three
hours), [24]. ►
Great loss of power and weakness of the arms, [1]. ► Weakness in the left arm, [1].
► The whole left arm feels paralyzed, [4]. ► Constriction in the upper
extremities, [11]. ►
Drawing in the right arm from above towards the hand, together with a paralytic sensation in
the left arm, [2]. [In a person who had disease of the
heart, he often experienced the last sensation, with palpitation and sounds in the heart
which denoted changes in the valves of the left side of the heart. C. Hg.] ► Pain in the right shoulder (first day), [6]. ► Pain below the shoulder
(from 5th), [3]. ►
Painful paralytic sensation in the left shoulder, soon disappearing; afterward paralytic
pain in the right shoulder-joint (from 8th), [3]. ► Sensation of heat in the forepart of the right
shoulder-joint, [21]. [640.]
► When walking in the street a severe rheumatic, dull,
constricting pain; it extends into the right shoulder and thence into the arm, where it
disappears (second day), (from 1st), [2]. ► Pressure in the right shoulder-joint, [21]. ► Pressure and weariness in
the left shoulder-joint, [21]. ►
Sharp stitches in the right axilla, [18]. ► Burning stitches on the top of the right shoulder-joint, [21]. ► Bruised pain in
left shoulder, afterwards in the right elbow-joint, [18].
► Cracking in the left elbow-joint, [2]. ► Sticking in the inner
condyle of the right elbow, [18]. ► In the afternoon a paralyzed feeling in the left arm, as
after a blow, on holding the left arm bent, when walking, together with ill-humor, [12]. ► Sensation in the
forearms, from the wrists to a little below the elbows, as if they were in a vice;
afterwards a sticking pain in the fingers, which extends towards the head (seventy-five
minutes after ten drops), [13]. [650.] ► Tearing in the arms
in the evening, especially in the hands and fingers, [6].
► Pressure in the left wrist, [21]. ► Violent pain in the right
hand; once it shoots into the middle finger, with throbbing pain, [6]. ► The fingers of the right
hand become so stiff that she is afraid she will let the dish fall she is holding in her
hand, [5]. ► Dead
pain in all the finger-joints of the left hand; the pain extends hence to the elbow and
shoulder, and pain in the upper and lower part of the arm, [4].
► Hot bromine (thirty-six to forty degrees R.) placed
upon the dorsal surface of a finger caused more violent burning pain than on the flexor
surface; in the latter case the yellow spot soon easily disappears; in the former it remains
yellow for more than fourteen days, and gradually disappears in fine scales, [9]. ► Pressure in the root of the
left fingers, [21]. ►
Pressure in the metacarpal bone of the right index finger, [21].
► Pressure on the back of the joint between the first and
second phalanges of the right fourth finger, [18]. ► Severe compression at the basis of the left fourth and fifth
fingers, [18]. [660.]
► Tearing in the fingers, [11].
► Tearing in the first phalanges of the right fourth and
fifth fingers, [21]. ►
Tearing through the left fourth finger and in the right third and fourth fingers, [21]. ► Tearing in the
middle joint of the middle finger of the left hand, which obliges one to extend the fingers,
[4]. ► Tearing
asunder pain between the metacarpus and the first phalanx of the right finger, [20]. ► Jerklike tearings
through the left thumb, at 6 P.M., in the frontal bone very frequently, through the right
great toe, in the lower part of the right leg, in the right knee, with bruised pain when
sitting, in the evening, [18]. ►
Severe cutting on the back of the whole of the left fourth finger, [21]. ► Stitches in the fingers, [13]. ► Stitches on the
back of the joint between the first and second phalanges of the left fourth finger continue
the whole forenoon, [20]. ►
Severe burning stitches in the tip of the left index finger, [20].
[670.] ► Fine
stitches on the back of the right little finger, when some bright-red small spots appeared
and lasted the whole day, [21].
LOWER EXTREMITIES.
►
Weakness of the left leg, [2]. ►
Paralytic sensation in the right leg, [3]. ► In the evening on going out a throbbing pain in both legs,
especially in the right, with stiffness in the limb as far as the foot, and with stiffness
and pain in the right great toe and in the middle toes, [5].
► Stiffness in front of left thigh on walking (seventh
day), [26]. ►
Twitching in the inner side of the right knee (from 8th), [3].
► Pain in the right knee and downward, with a feeling of
heaviness in the right leg, [18]. ► Pain in the left knee and hip, worse on motion (second
morning), [12]. ►
Rheumatic pain in the left knee (from 5th), [3]. ► Burning pain in the left knee, [4].
[680.] ► Pressure in
the left knee, [21]. ►
In the right knee a dull pressive pain in the bone, [18].
► Pressive pain in the bend of the right knee (from 5th),
[3]. ► Pressure in
the forepart of the left knee, [21]. ► Throbbing in the forepart of the right knee while sitting,
lasting several minutes, [18]. ►
A pain in the forepart of the leg, extending to the right side, like gnawing or sawing,
sudden, severe, and transient, [21]. ► Dull pain deep in the left, then in the right leg, while
sitting, [18]. ►
Dull pressive, fatiguing pain in the bones of the left leg (second day), [18]. ► Pressure deep in the left
leg, [21]. ►
Pressure in the head of the right tibia, [21]. [690.] ► Boring in the left
tibia (half an hour), [20]. ►
Boring pain in the right tibia (after nine hours), [18].
► Boring in the right tibia several times, [19]. ► Boring in the lower part
of the right tibia, [18]. ►
Violent boring pains at times in the left tibia, [19].
► Pressure in the right tibia, [21]. ► Pressure with a sensation
of weariness deep in the left leg, which extends through the left ankle into the foot, [21]. ► Pressure in the
right internal malleoli, [21]. ►
Pressure in the right ankle, especially in the inner malleoli, [21]. ► Pressure in the left ankle
and in the bones of the right metatarsus and the bones on the back of the right foot, [21]. [700.] ► In the evening, when stepping, violent pain in the middle of
the ball of the left foot, as if one stepped upon a hard body, with paralyzed sensation of
the knee-joint and also somewhat in the hip; immediately afterwards, as this becomes better,
a pressive pain in the left side of the throat near the thyroid cartilage, [12]. ► Tension in the tendons on
the back of the right foot on bending the ankle when walking (after four hours), [20]. ► Drawings in the
tendons on the back of the right foot, [20]. ► Pressure on the back of the right foot, [21]. ► Tearing in the tendons on
the back of the back of the right foot, [19]. ► Cold sensation in the left great toe, [1]. ► Pain in the right toes
(from 8th), [3]. ►
Almost constant pain in the fourth toe of the right foot (in the evening of second day), [3]. ► Pain in the tip of
the right fourth toe, together with tickling on the forehead and pain in the inner side of
the right knee, [3]. ►
Cutting in the flesh near the nail of the great toe, [18].
[710.] ► Waking at
night with crawling and coldness of the left great toe, [1].
► A corn on the right little toe becomes painful and
grows rapidly, [1]. ►
Slight burning and pain in a corn on the fourth toe of the right foot, and beneath the ball
of the foot (first day, repeated second day in the afternoon, and evening of eleventh day,
after repeated doses), [3].
GENERALITIES.
► Embonpoint
increased, [13]. ►
If introduced into a cut it becomes unhealthy-looking, and a green decay forms about it,
with an offensive odor, [11]. ►
Cracking in the joints, in the morning after rising (second day), [3]. ► In the afternoon the
throat, neck, arms, and legs become stiff, so that she is afraid that she would not be able
to walk, with a headache extending from the occiput towards the forehead, shooting and
dragging as if everything would press out in the forepart of the head, [5]. ► General trembling (first
and second day), (from 3d), [1]. ►
Feeling of weakness, [18]. ►
Great weakness and loss of power, [1]. [720.] ► If she wakes at
night, a sensation of trembling weakness as though she could not rise (sixth day), [1]. ► Weak and sleepy
the whole afternoon and evening (second day), [18]. ► Great weakness after breakfast as if bruised; she is scarcely
able to make the bed, [5]. ►
Great weakness when walking, which compels her to sit down, [6].
► Great exhaustion; she cannot work any more, and must
lie down, [5]. ►
The whole body is very much affected and weak, continuing a long time after all the other
symptoms had disappeared, [5]. ►
Great indisposition, [2], [3]. ► Physical and mental
indisposition during the whole proving, [18]. ► Sensation as of fasting; feeling of heaviness in the head,
with some stiffness in the muscles of the neck, [18]. ► Sensation as if the flesh were loose and bruised on touch,
especially on the left side of the chest, [1]. [730.] ► The right side
suffers most, [5]. ►
The whole left side is most affected, [4]. ► Many symptoms on the left side, [1]. ► A glass of stimulants did
not relieve him, [3].
SKIN.
► Colors the skin
yellow, [15]. ► It
destroys the skin very rapidly, with severe burning and consequent inflammation, [15]. ► Several small red
spots on the back of the left hand, more towards the thumb and index finger; they sometimes
itch, sometimes not, soon disappearing, and then again reappearing; several of them change
to small vesicles, which dry up within twelve to twenty-four hours, and leave a small red
spot, [21]. ►
Papulous eruption above the right inner canthus; pains on touch; a watery discharge on
pricking (from the 3d), [13]. ►
Pimples on the nose, and at the same time on the back part of the right side of the tongue, [2]. ► Pimples on the
right ring finger, on the ulnar side of the third phalanx, without pain, only disappearing
after eight weeks (first day), [3]. [740.] ► On the anus a small
pimple, painful when rubbed, which he never had before (after twenty-four hours), [18]. ► The pimple by the
anus is not a hæmorrhoid, but is seated directly in the suture just before the anus, and
can be felt with the finger as a pimple seated on or beneath the skin; it pains only on
strong pressure, but more on rubbing, even with soft paper, [18].
► Boils on the arms and in the face (later
action), [5]. [Noak and Trinks have furuncles, but in
a case in which they were produced from the bromides. The thirtieth potency, however, is
decisive. It is now seen that they are produced by Bromine itself. C. Hg.) ► Severe cutting in the skin of the ball of the right great
toe, [18]. ►
Stitches in the skin on the malar bone, [21]. ► Stitches in the skin on the larynx, [21]. ► Feeling as if something
living in the skin, especially in the arms and legs, [1].
► Slight prickling in the skin, with a sensation of
warmth, changing to a burning, and dryness of the part after external use, [11]. ► Tickling over whole body,
easily relieved by scratching, [3]. ► Tickling on the right side of the forehead, on the left side
of the occiput (from the 8th and also from the 5th), [3].
[750.] ► Tickling on
the right shoulder (from 8th), [3]. ► Tickling on the legs, [3].
► Tickling on the outer side of the left thigh (in the
afternoon of second day), [3]. ►
Tickling below the right knee-cap, disappears on scratching (from 8th), [3]. ► Itching soon relieved by
scratching, [3]. ►
Itching in various places in the skin that causes scratching, whereby the itching ceases,
but soon reappears, [18]. ►
Itching, now here, now there, mostly in the right side of the face, [3]. ► Itching between the
fingers, soon disappearing on scratching, [18]. ► Tickling-itching soon disappearing, always in a small spot,
now in the right side, now in the left (second day), [3].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Yawning, early in the morning; great yawning the whole day; full inspiration causes yawning
(from 3d), [3]. ►
*Continued yawning, with the respiratory troubles (twelfth day), (after repeated
doses), [3]. ►
*Continual yawning the whole day, with difficulty of breathing (from 30th), [3]. [760.] ► Yawning and heat in the face and nose (from 6th), [3]. ► Very sleepy (from
3d), [3]. ► *Very
much inclined to sleep, [18]. ►
Great inclination to fall asleep, [18]. ► Even after eight weeks, irresistible sleepiness during the
day and also the whole evening; every exertion to throw it off is ineffectual, [4]. ► Great sleepiness
and weakness; can scarcely keep on the legs; great inclination to side down, yet he feels
better when moving about, [3]. ►
In the evening, when writing, almost irresistible sleepiness, with confusion of the head; it
seems as though the scalp were too tight, or as though a band were tied around the head,
with some pain in the shoulder, [4]. ► When reading in the evening, he became sleepy at an unusual
time, but as soon as he put out the light and tries to sleep he cannot; he lies awake for
hours without cause (after the fumes), [2]. ► Very sound sleep (two nights), [18].
► Prolonged unrefreshing sleep in the morning, [1]. [770.] ► In the morning he sleeps very long, as if stupid; is
unusually sluggish; he will not rise until 10 o’clock (from fumes), [2]. ► Insufficient sleep in the
morning; he always falls asleep again, and when he wakes it seems almost impossible for him
to rise (in four persons), (after the 30th), [1]. ► Decided sopor at night, early in the evening and late in the
morning; one is obliged to make great exertion to rise, [18].
► Sleep very light; he is easily awakened (two nights), [18]. ► He awakes bright
in the morning, at 5 o’clock (curative action), [4]. ► Wide awake in the evening, cannot sleep, [1]. ► Starting in sleep, [1]. ► Startings and
twitchings in sleep, [2]. ►
She lies asleep with her mouth open, [1]. ► Dreamy night (one night), [19].
[780.] ► Night full
of dreams, [4]. ►
Restless dreams sleep, [1]. ►
Starting from sleep the second night, on account of restless dreams he sprang out of bed,
and only came to his senses by putting his feet on the cold floor, [18]. ► Vivid dreams, and wide
awake on waking, [12]. ►
Vivid dreams at night; he is ascending a height, [4]. ► A vivid dream in the second night, as if one were climbing a
steep place, etc., and moving about in the bed without waking from sleep (two nights), [18]. ► Vivid dreams of
journeyings, climbings, quarrels, and fightings, with distinct recollection on waking, [6]. ► She dreams of
nothing but dying, coffins, and funerals (tenth day), [1].
FEVER.
► Chilliness.
► Sensitiveness to cold air, especially when walking;
immediately a cold sensation runs through the back into the legs, [18]. ► Sensitiveness to cold air,
and chilliness on motion in the evening (second day), [18].
[790.] ► Sensation of
coldness at times (after one and a half hours), [18]. ► Very chilly, with confusion of the head; with headache
extending into the left eye (from 5th), [3]. ► Shivering through the whole body; very chilly, with external
coldness, which is somewhat relieved by the warmth of the stove (from 3d), [3]. ► Violent shiverings, with
yawning and stretching, as in intermittent fever, which she had ten years before;
with this the head is confused; drawing in the left tibia down to the ankle, whereby the
foot becomes quite cold; this is repeated every other day, as a
chilliness with cold feet (from 30th), [2].
► Coldness in the back and limbs in a warm room, at 3
P.M. (second day), [18]. ►
Creepings down the back (from 5th), [3]. ► Creeping coldness over the back, [18]. ► Now and then coldness over
the back, with cold hands and feet (after one hour), [18].
► Cold drawings down the back (from 8th), [3]. ► Cold shivering drawing down
the back (from 8th), [3]. [800.]
► Chilliness in the back when sitting, several times
(after five hours), [18]. ►
*Hands cold and moist, [18]. ► Cold tips of the fingers, [18].
► Cold, exceedingly unpleasant drawing, through the whole
body, with rapid alternations of warmth, at first in the left hand and side (from 8th), [3]. ► Heat. ► Sensation of internal burning; it seems as if she were in a
hot vapor, though without sweat, in the forenoon, [5].
► Burning sensation in the whole body, while performing
moderate manual labor; a clammy sweat breaks out in the evening, twelve hours after the
burning in the ear (from 80th), [4]. ► At 9 A.M., an internal burning; afterward it seems beneath
the skin an flesh, [4]. ►
Heat rises into the head, now and then, [19]. ► Increased warmth in the forehead and chest (soon), [18]. ► Heat of the face,
[11]. [810.] ► Heat in the nose and on the left cheek (from the 7th), [3]. ► Heat in the back,
which extends into the head and face, [18]. ► Frequent heat, extending over the body from the back, [18]. ► Heat of both
hands (from 7th), [3]. ►
Heat of both hands and heat of the head, with coldness in the rest of the body, [3]. ► The right hand is
hot and full, as if distended (from 8th), [3]. ► Heat in the feet (from 3d), [3].
► Heat in the feet, in other respects he feels quite
cold, [3]. ► Sweat.
► Sweats easily on slight movement, [1]. ► Sweat in the palms, [18]. [820.] ► Profuse sweat in the palms (after three hours), [18]. ► Sweat in the
palms, with increased warmth (after one and a half hours), [18].
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (Morning), On
waking, dizzy, headache, etc.; pain in forehead; gum pains; fasting, water tastes salt;
throat stiff; cough; erections; dry cough; difficulty of
breathing; pain in right chest; after rising, cracking of the joints; 9 o’clock, internal
burning. ► (Forenoon),
Pain in forehead; 11.30 o’clock, cramp in stomach; 11 o’clock, stiffness in limbs. ► (Afternoon),
Blood-streaked mucus from nose; tickling on malar bone; hoarseness; when walking, feeling in
left arm, etc.; throat etc., become stiff. ► (Toward evening), In rather damp weather, pains of head; burning
in left ear; scraping, etc., in fauces; nausea. ► (Evening), Apprehensiveness, etc.; vertigo; pain in frontal bones,
etc.; when sitting, reading, vanishing of sight; before going to sleep, earache; cutting in
both hypochondria; pulsation in right hypochondrium; cutting in left side; pain in penis;
scraping in larynx; pain in right chest; palpitation; tearing in anus; on going out, pain in
legs; when stepping, pain in ball of foot; on motion, chilliness. ►
(Evening till midnight), *Symptoms
in general. ► (Acids),
Aggravate the symptoms and cause diarrhœa. ► (Bending shoulders forward), Pains in left side of chest. ► (Lying bent), Pain in
left side. ► (After breakfast),
Sensation in larynx, etc. ► (Coughing),
Pain in forehead; pain in chest. ► (Crossing running water), Vertigo. ►
(Damp weather), Vertigo. ►
(Drawing in abdominal walls), Pain in region of navel. ► (After dinner),
Apoplectic sensation; pain in forehead. ► (After eating), Pain in region of navel. ►
(Hawking up mucus), Pain in throat. ► (In heat of sun), Headache. ► (On deep inspiration), Pressure on chest. ►
(Lying down), Vertigo. ►
(Before menstruation), Sticking in abdomen. ► (After drinking milk), Headache. ► (Motion), *Stitches in upper lid; pain in right side; tension in
lumbar, etc., muscles; pain in left knee, etc. ► (On moving eyes), Pressure. ► (Moving nose), Sensation in face.
► (When moving thorax),
Pain in side of chest. ► (After
eating oysters), *Diarrhœa returns, [°]. ► (Pressure), Stitches in
left upper lids; pressure in stomach; pain in stomach; cutting in hypochondria; pain in
region of liver; pain to left of navel; pain in left side. ►
(Deep pressing), Pain in pit of stomach; pain in right
side. ► (When reading),
Sensitiveness of eyes; stitches in eyelid. ► (Rest), Pain in forehead. ► (Riding), Pain in region of liver. ►
(In room), Pressure in frontal bones. ► (When sitting), Symptoms
seem to increase; deep inspiration; throbbing in right knee; pain in legs; chilliness in
back. ► (Stooping),
Headache; *stitches in upper lid. ► (Swallowing fluids), pain in throat. ►
(Swallowing saliva), Stitch in larynx. ► (Tobacco smoking), Causes
nausea, etc.; pains in abdomen. ► (Turning head to left side), Throat stiff, etc. ► (Turning thorax on its axis),
Pains in left chest. ► (After
urinating), Burning in urethra. ► (On waking), Pain in side chest. ►
(Walking), Pressure in prostate gland; palpitation;
stiffness in front of thigh; weakness. ► (Walking rapidly), Stitches in right
chest. ► (In warm
room), Symptoms seem to increase. ► Amelioration.
► (Afternoon),
Stiffness in limbs. ► (Evening),
Difficulty of breathing. ► (Night),
Difficulty of breathing. ► (Motion
in open air), Symptoms in general. ► (Alcoholic stimulants), Cured. ►
(Vapor of alcohol), Most of the symptoms. ► (Ammonia), Most of the
symptoms. ► (Black coffee),
Diarrhœa. ► (Cough),
Pain in inguinal canal. ► (After
eating), Symptoms disappear, etc.; nausea emptiness in stomach; cramp in stomach.
► (When fasting),
Pain in right side not noticed. ► (Lying bent), Sticking in abdomen. ►
(Lying on right side with arms over head), Headache. ► (Motion), *Most of the
symptoms. ► (External pressure),
Toothache; pains in abdomen; pain in inguinal canal; pain in right side. ► (Rest), *Stitches in left
upper lid. ► (When riding),
Symptoms disappear. ► (In shade),
Headache goes away. ► (After
shaving), Cold sensation in larynx, etc. ► (Stooping), Pain in right side. ►
(Walking), Mental and bodily conditions; pain in
inguinal canal; difficulty of breathing; pain in right side of chest.
SUPPLEMENT: BROMIUM.
Authority.
27,
Heimerdinger, die Wirkung des Broms. und ein Brom. Präparate, Inaug. Diss., Tübingen,
1838.►
Took in morning fasting, 5 drops in 1/2 ounce distilled
water; after an hour there was a slight nauseous reminiscence of the taste of the drug. At
another time took 8 drops in 1 ounce water, holding the nose while swallowing; rough cough.
After an hour repeated eructations. The appetite was diminished. The disgusting taste of the
drug lasted all day. In the afternoon there was thirst, [27].® 2000
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