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STRONTIUM. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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STRONTIUM.

Strontium carbonate.


Preparation

, Triturations.

Authorities.

(From Hartlaub and Trinks, R.
A. M. L.). 1, Ng.; 2, Schreter; 3,
Seidel; 4, Trinks; 5, Woost.

MIND.

►
Very violent and quarrelsome for a long time, [2]. ►
Apprehensive and anxious, as from a bad conscience (thirteenth and
fourteenth days), [1]. ► She is very ill-humored and quarrelsome, [1]. ►
Fretful, thoughtful, and not inclined to talk (fifth day), [1]. ►
Very fretful; is inclined to beat everything that comes in his way, [2]. ►
Great forgetfulness (first day), [3].

HEAD.

►
Vertigo.
► Vertigo and
nausea, in the morning, [1]. ► Vertigo, at noon, with pressive headache
in the left side, [1]. ► Excessive vertigo, at noon, [1]. [10.]
► Vertigo, in the afternoon, with
sticking headache in the forehead, [1].
► Vertigo with weariness, in the
evening, [1]. ► Vertigo, with a pressing sensation from
within outward in the temples, [3].
► Dizziness in the head, as from
drinking wine (after one hour), [5].
► General Head. ► The head covering causes dulness of the
head (first day), [3]. ► Heaviness of the head, with discomfort of
the whole body (first day), [3]. ► Tensive pain in the head as if the whole
skin on the vertex were drawn up (first day), [2]. ►
Headache at first tensive, then pressive drawing extending about the
head, in the evening (after twenty-five days), [2]. ►
Headache as if the whole head were made tense, from within outward, when
lying in bed, especially when lying with the head low, several evenings
in succession (after twenty-six days), [2].
► Tensive pain in the head extending
from the vertex into the upper jaw, in the evening (after twenty-eight
days), [2]. [20.] ►
Spasmodic drawing from the head through the eyeball, frequently
recurring (after four hours), [3].
► A sudden painful jerking from time
to time, here and there, in the head (eighth and ninth days), [1]. ►
Sticking and tearing, ulcerative pain and heaviness in the whole head,
in the morning after rising (tenth day), [1].
► Transient stitches in the head, [5]. ►
Forehead.
► Heaviness of
the forehead, with frequent fine stitches, wherewith the whole head
feels shattered (second day), [1].
► Violent pressive pain in the
forehead, as if everything would press out, [5]. ►
Pressive headache, commencing in the forehead and extending over the
whole head, in the afternoon, [1].
► Two painful tearings in the middle
of the forehead (fourth day), [1].
► Violent sticking headache in the
left frontal eminence, which extended into the side of the head (third
day), [1]. ►
Burning in the forehead (first day), [3].
[30.] ►
Pressive pain in the sinciput, especially in the frontal region and in
the orbits (after a quarter of an hour), [3].
► Temples. ► Pressing feeling in both temples and
towards the forehead (after twenty minutes), [3]. ► Dull
drawing pain in the right temple (after half an hour), [2]. ► A
violent dull stitch in the right temple, which extended to all sides
(ninth day), [1]. ► Sticking pain in the right temple, in the
afternoon, [4]. ► Sticking pain in the left temple, towards
evening, [4]. ► Tingling in the temples, in the evening
(sixth day), [1]. ► Vertex and Parietals. ► Thrusts like stitches in the vertex and
occiput (after six days), [1]. ► Sticking and tearing in the upper part of
the right side of the head, [1]. ► Occiput. ►
Dull pain in the occiput, [5]. [40.] ►
Pressive pain in the occiput, in the evening (first day), [3]. ► Violent
compressing pain in the middle of the occiput (after eight hours), [3]. ►
Violent boring pain in a small spot in the right side of the occiput, at
night (first day), [3]. ► Violent tearing in the right side of the
occiput (fifteenth day), [1].

EYE.

►
Burning in the eyes aggravated by moving them; followed by sticking in
them, during which the whites were injected with red vessels (after nine
days), [1]. ►
Violent burning in the eyes, with profuse lachrymation and redness of
the white of the eye on exerting the eyes (after five days), [1]. ►
Biting in the right eye, relieved by rubbing, followed by pressure as
from sand in the eye, wherewith he saw blue and red rings (fourth day), [1]. ►
Itching of the left eye, [1]. ► Orbit. ►
A sudden pressure above the left eye, with a feeling as if everything
internal moved somewhat (sixth day), [1].
► A sudden pressure as with the ball
of the finger above the right eye (sixth day), [1]. [50.] ► Very frequent painless jerking or
twitching above the left eye (eighth day), [1]. ► Lid.
► Visible twitching of the left upper
lid (ninth day), [1]. ► Violent jerking in the left upper lid as
if it were forcibly shaken (third day), [1].
► Violent burning in the outer
canthi, in the morning, [1]. ► Painful itching sensation in both inner
canthi (after ten hours), [3]. ► Ball. ►
Pressive pain on the upper surface of the left eyeball (after half an
hour), [3]. ► Vision. ►
Great weakness of the eyes, for several days, [1]. ►
Flickering before the eyes, [5]. ► On looking away from her work and to one
side, long green spots appeared before the eyes in the dark, and also
appeared to go before her when walking in the dark; frequently repeated
(third day), [1].

EAR.

►
Tearing in front of the right ear as if in the bone (fifth day), [1]. [60.]
► Sticking in front of the left ear,
extending into it (second day), [2].
► A painful boring and tearing in the
right ear (third day), [1]. ► Roaring and tearing in the right ear in
frequent paroxysms (after twelve days), [1].

NOSE.

►
Frequent sneezing (second day), [1].
► Nosebleed (fifteenth day), [2]. ►
Frequent blowing of bloody crusts from the nose (after fourteen days), [1]. ►
Twitching in the left side of the nose, [1].
► Transient griping at the tip of the
nose (after three days), [3]. ► Frequent itching sensation in both
nostrils and on several parts of the face (first day), [3].

FACE.

►
Twitching in the left malar bone, extending into the frontal eminence
(third day), [1]. [70.] ►
Violent boring pain in the right cheek-bone (after half an hour), [3]. ►
Frequent tearing in both cheeks (sixth day), [1]. ►
Frequent tearing in a small spot on the right cheek (sixth day), [1]. ►
Transient tearing in the left zygoma three times in succession (ninth
day), [1]. ►
Sensation in a small spot on the right cheek, as if a cold substance had
fallen upon it, with tickling, [1].
► Violent transient tearing in the
right upper jaw, several days in succession, at 5 P.M., [1]. ► Sharp
intermittent stitches in the right cheek (sixth day), [1]. ► Lip.
► Violent jerking in the upper lip, [1]. ►
Very transient prickling pains in the left half of the upper lip and in
both cheeks (after nine hours), [3].
► Feeling as if there were a blister
on the right side of the upper lip, [1].
► Chin. [80.] ►
Violent stitch in the left side of the chin, extending into the
articulation of the jaw, where it seemed as if it would be pressed
inward, without, however, hindering its motion, [2]. ► Tearing
in the right lower jaw (fifth day), [1].

MOUTH.

►
Teeth.
► The front teeth
feel on edge (first day), [3]. ► Violent clawing in the teeth, so that he
scarcely knew what to do; preceded by accumulation of much water in the
mouth, [2]. ►
A screwing-together sensation in the teeth (second day), [1]. ► Jerking
pain in the lower back tooth, [1].
► Transient jerking in the roots, now
of the right, now of the left teeth, in the evening, [1]. ► Painful
jerking in the right eyetooth, [1].
► Tearing in the roots of the
incisors, [1]. ► Tearing in a sound back tooth, [1]. [90.]
► Tearing and sticking in the stump
of a tooth, in the evening, [1]. ► Sticking toothache, [4]. ► Fine
crawling and drawing in the front teeth (after half an hour), [3]. ►
Gum.
► The gum of the
right eyetooth and right cheek were swollen up as far as under the eye
and painful to touch, [1]. ► Burning in the whole gum and a feeling as
though it were swollen, [1]. ► A transient stitch in the upper gum
(ninth day), [1]. ► Tongue. ►
The tongue is coated with mucus, with a feeling of dryness upon it
(fourth day), [1]. ► The tip of the tongue is painful as if
eroded (after twenty-six days), [2].
► General Mouth. ► Bad odor from the mouth (second day), [2]. ►
Mouth slimy, in the morning on waking (after four days), [1]. [100.] ► A painful pimple internally on the left
cheek, [1]. ►
Dryness of the mouth, in the morning on waking, [1]. ► Feeling
of dryness in the mouth with the usual secretion of saliva (after one
hour), [3]. ►
Feeling of numbness in the mouth, in the morning on waking (seventh
day), [1]. ► Taste. ►
Bitter taste in the mouth, in the morning, with dryness on the palate
(after twenty days), [2]. ► Dry earthy taste in the mouth with a
thickly-coated tongue (tenth day), [2].

THROAT.

►
Rawness of the throat, which provokes hacking cough, [1]. ► Rawness
and dryness in the throat, in the morning, [1]. ► Sudden
rawness in the throat, which provokes hawking, and is relieved thereby,
in the evening (fourth day), [1]. ► Pain in the left side of the throat on
swallowing (seventh day), [1]. [110.] ►
Fauces inflamed and painful on swallowing (after twenty-four days), [2]. ►
Some itching in the pharynx on swallowing, [1].

STOMACH.

►
Appetite and Thirst.
►
After dinner, hunger again, which, however, soon disappears without
eating anything (first day), [1]. ► Loss of appetite, [5]. ► No
appetite; as soon as he ate a few mouthfuls of meat it disgusted him;
black bread tasted the best, for three weeks together (after four days),
[2]. ►
Loss of appetite; nothing had a natural taste except milk and black
bread (first day), [1]. ► Much thirst (first days), [1]. ► Very
great desire for beer, for eight days in succession (after six days), [2]. ►
Eructation and Hiccough.
►
Empty eructations, [1]. ► Violent long-continued hiccough, which
caused pain in her chest (fourth day), [1].
► Nausea. [120.] ►
Nausea, with a sensation of burning heat in the face (after a quarter of
an hour), [3]. ► Constant nausea, with diminished
appetite, [5]. ► Stomach insipid and nauseated, with
weakness and ill-humor, [1]. ► Qualmishness with retching (after two
hours), [5]. ►
She is qualmish in the pit of the stomach (after half an hour), [5]. ►
Stomach.
► The stomach
feels oppressed, with, on inspiration, a sensation in it like a slowly
spreading stitch, in the afternoon, [1].
► Pressure in the pit of the stomach,
[5]. ►
Pressure in the stomach, worse on walking, relieved by eructations; it
disappears on eating but returns after a few hours, with a feeling of
fulness in the whole abdomen, [5].
► Constriction in the stomach,
followed by uprisings of clear water, [1].
► Burrowing in the stomach and upper
abdomen (soon), [1]. [130.] ►
Twinging feeling in the stomach (after half an hour), [1]. ► Cutting
feeling in the epigastric region, in the afternoon, [4]. ►
Stitches in the stomach, now in the right, now in the left side (fourth
day), [1].

ABDOMEN.

►
Hypochondria.
► Pressive
bruised pain in both hypochondria (after three-quarters of an hour), [5]. ►
Umbilicus and Sides.
►
Pain about the umbilicus, with rumbling in the umbilical region (after
ten hours), [3]. ► Cramplike pain in the umbilical region,
with some nausea (soon), [3]. ► Unable to stoop on account of a
distressing tense sensation above the navel, [1]. ► Griping
about the navel with flatulent distension, almost all day (eighth day), [1]. ►
Painfulness of the left flank when touched and on certain movements of
the trunk (after eight days), [1].
► Extremely painful burning cutting
in the right side of the abdomen, in the morning (ninth day), [1]. [140.]
► Cutting in the right side of the
abdomen (after twenty-four hours), [3].
► Violent stitches in both flanks,
worse on inspiration, [1]. ► Many sharp stitches in the last right
ribs, in the afternoon on stooping, [1].
► Sticking pain in the right flank on
blowing the nose, [5]. ► General Abdomen. ► Great flatulent distension and tension in
the abdomen with emission of flatus, in the afternoon (second day), [1]. ►
The abdomen seems full and distended as after flatulent food, [5]. ►
Emission of flatus, several evenings, [3].
► Emission of intolerably offensive
flatus, in the evening (first day), [3].
► Rumbling in the abdomen, soon
followed by a semifluid stool, towards morning, [4]. ► Violent
rumbling in the abdomen with emission of offensive flatus (fourth day), [1]. [150.]
► Great gurgling in the abdomen
(after eight days), [1]. ► Griping movements in the abdomen after
breakfast (first day), [3]. ► Griping in the abdomen with a semiliquid
stool, during the menses, [1]. ► Slight griping in the upper abdomen after
eating, for several days, [3]. ► Pinching pain transversely across the
upper abdomen, [3]. ► Pinching in the abdomen at night,
whereupon she woke; this was twice repeated towards morning, followed by
diarrhœa and succeeded by tenesmus and burning in the anus (after three
days), [1]. ►
Acute drawing extending from the abdomen through the hypogastric region
and groin thence to the rectum, followed by inclination to stool, [3]. ►
Cutting colic with chilliness, after supper (after twenty-eight hours), [5]. ►
Cutting pain in the whole abdomen, in the evening (seventh day), [1]. ►
Cutting pain in the upper abdomen, after which, flatulence distended
both sides of the abdomen like lumps, in the afternoon (first day), [1]. [160.]
► Wandering cutting in the abdomen,
with desire for stool, followed by diarrhœa four times, the last time
with tenesmus and burning in the rectum (tenth day), [2]. ►
Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions.
►
Incarceration of flatus in the lower abdomen, followed by a very soft
stool (second day), [1]. ► Tension in the lower abdomen, [1]. ►
Tensive pain in the lower abdomen and a bruised sensation in the small
of the back, as if the menses would come on, in the evening, [1]. ►
Violent cutting in the lower abdomen, with semiliquid stool; the pain
disappeared only on rubbing and warming the abdomen, in the afternoon
(second day), [1]. ► A pressing-out pressure in the right
inguinal region, as if a hernia would appear, immediately after dinner, [5]. ►
Violent tension, burning, and throbbing in the right groin (seventh
day), [1]. ►
A painful tearing in the left groin on rising from a seat, [1].

RECTUM AND ANUS.

►
Long-continued constrictive movements in the rectum after a normal
stool, [3]. ►
Hæmorrhoidal pain within the anus, [5].
[170.] ►
Burning in the anus for a long time after the usual stool, [1]. ►
Violent urging to stool, followed after great effort by the evacuation
of only a hard scanty stool, with much flatulence (second day), [1]. ►
Tenesmus in the anus after the diarrhœa-like stool (fourth day), [1].

STOOL.

►
Diarrhœa.
► Diarrhœa
twice (first day), [2]. ► Purging five times, with burning in the
rectum (thirty-third day), [2]. ► Purging preceded by pain in the abdomen
(third day), [1]. ► Diarrhœa of yellow water four times, and
afterwards another white evacuation like meal-broth with rumbling in the
abdomen (fifteenth day), [1]. ► The stool is passed in lumps like
sheep-dung, and only with great effort, so that she thought she would
faint, and with most frightful pain, followed by burning in the anus
(seventh day), [1]. ► Hard stool with burning in the anus,
several days, [1]. ► Constipation. ►
Some constipation (third day), [3].
[180.] ►
The stool omits (first day), [1], [5]. ►
Stool delayed a few hours, without being hard (second and third days), [3].

URINARY ORGANS.

►
Desire to urinate, in the morning (first day), [3]. ►
Increased evacuation of urine, [2].
► She was not obliged to rise at
night to urinate, she usually was, [1].
► Obliged to urinate at night, less
than usual, [2]. ► Diminished evacuation of urine (third
day), [1]. ►
Urine scanty and pale, [2]. ► Urine pale and of an ammoniacal odor
(first day), [3]. ► The urine is dark yellow and more copious
than usual (first day), [2]. [190.] ►
Urine of a normal appearance, has a strong odor of iodine, [5].

SEXUAL ORGANS.

►
Male.
► A very transient
pressive pain in the right spermatic cord while urinating, [5]. ►
Female.
► Leucorrhœa,
while walking (fifth and eleventh days), [1].
► The menses that were already
flowing became more profuse, but soon again ceased, [1]. ► Menses
seven days too early, of short duration, and with forcing pains in the
abdomen, [1]. ► Menses two days late, first like
meat-water, on the third and fourth days large clots of blood were
passed; with colic, [1]. ► Menses six days too late, [1].

RESPIRATORY ORGANS.

► Voice. ►
Hoarse voice (fifth day), [1]. ► Cough. ►
Constant cough, though worse at night, for several days (after thirteen
days), [1]. ►
Short cough, now and then, with pressive pain in the chest after
walking, [5]. [200.] ►
Dry hacking cough, in the evening, [1].
► Frequent hacking cough, as if
caused by irritation in the trachea (third day), [1]. ►
Respiration.
► Dyspnœa,
while walking, with uneasiness and burning in the face during the
headache (fourth day), [1].

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