Bromium.
Bromine. Br. (A. W. 79.9). Solution in distilled water.
Clinical.─
Apoplexy. Asthma. Breast, cancer of.
Cancer. Cough. Croup. Diphtheria. Dysmenorrhśa.
Emphysema. Feet, pain in. Fistula lachrymalis. Glands,
enlargement of. Goître. Heart, disease of; hypertrophy of. Laryngismus. Migraine. Parotid
gland, induration of. Respiration, affections of.
Scrofula. Seaside, effects of. Testicles, induration of. Throat,
sore. Tonsils, enlarged; inflamed. Trachea, irritation
of. Tuberculosis. Tumour of breast. Ulcers. Uterus, air
in. Vagina, air in. Vertigo.
Characteristics.─
Bromine
forms a leading constituent in the mineral waters of Kreutzach and Woodhall. It is a
predominantly left-side medicine. It affects particularly the internal head, left side. It
is suited to blue-eyed, fair people (opp. Iod.),
especially children with thin, white, delicate skins, and very light hair and eyebrows
(patients with dark hair are not excluded); to scrofulous constitutions. The glands
(thyroid, testes, maxillary, parotid) are swollen and indurated. There is much anxiety of
mind; a fear of ghosts or visions when in the dark. Like the other Halogens, Bromine is a strong anti-scorbutic. It has > at the sea-side (opp. Nat. mur.);
but < in sailors when coming ashore. Migraine chiefly
left side, < from stooping, especially after drinking
milk. It has a peculiar vertigo: sensation deep in brain as if vertigo would come on;
tendency to fall backward; < at the sight of running
water; or if he put his foot on a bridge; < in damp
weather. Vertigo with nose-bleed. Soreness and crusts inside nose. Nose-bleed accompanies
many affections, especially of chest. There is a peculiar headache with coryza. In the cases
of diphtheria indicating it the disease begins in the larynx and runs up. In croup, with all
the croupy sound, there is much loose rattling in larynx with the breathing and coughing, but no choking in the cough, as there is in Hepar (Guernsey).
Tuberculosis, especially of right lung. Hypertrophy of the heart and palpitation. Pain in
heart going up to axilla. A very peculiar symptom is: loud emissions of air from the vagina.
Symptoms are < by cold air; cold water; cold diet;
cold damp weather; heat of sun. The cough is <
entering warm room. Headache < from drinking milk;
from stooping. Complaints are better at sea-side; sailors coming ashore suffer from asthma,
which is relieved when they go to sea again. Symptoms <
evening till midnight; when at rest; > riding on
horseback. After dinner feels he will have an attack of apoplexy. Exertion = oppression at heart.
Relations.─
Compare:
Iod. (but Iod. has < morning; dark hair and eyes);
Chlorum, Lach., Spong., Fluor. ac., Hep., Apis, Arg. n., Chi., Con., Coff., Cin., Cup.,
Lyc., Merc., Pho., Rhus (cardiac hypertrophy, also Spo.; Arn.─from
over-exertion); Sep., Sul., Ant. t.; Pul. (blondes. Fear of ghosts or visions; also, Aco.,
Ars., Carb. v., Pho., Sul.). Antidoted by: Camph., Am.
c., Mag. c., Op. Useful after: Iod., Pho., Spo. Compatible: Arg. n. (generally after
Bro.); Kali c. (emphysema).
SYMPTOMS.
1. Mind.─
Cheerful, desire for mental labour.─Low-spirited
and out of humour.─Crying and lamentation, with hoarse voice.─Anxiety;
originating in body (heart, lungs), patients expect to see things jump around the floor.─In
evening, when alone, feels as if he should see something if he should turn round; as if some
one were behind him.
2. Head.─
Sensation deep in brain (after dinner)
as if vertigo or fit of apoplexy would come on.─Vertigo with tendency to
fall backward; < stepping on bridge; from running
water; from rapid motion in front of him; with anxiety.─Peculiar
headache and coryza: pressure in forehead which seems to be pushing brain down and out at
root of nose.─Headache: deep in crown, with palpitation; over l. eye; < from stooping; from drinking milk.─Scalp
tender; malignant scald-head.
3. Eyes.─
Lachrymation (r.) with swelling of
tear-gland.─Darting through eye (l.).─Dilated
pupils.─Flashes before eyes.─Protruded eyes.
4. Ears.─
Noise in ears.─Swelling
and hardness of (l.) parotid gland; feeling warm to the touch.─Suppuration
of l. parotid, edges of the opening smooth; discharge watery and excoriating; swelling
remaining hard and unyielding; after scarlatina.
5. Nose.─
Soreness in (swollen) nose with scurfs;
pain and bleeding on wiping.─Bleeding of nose relieving chest.─Severe
coryza, r. nostril stopped up and sore throughout, later l.─Coryza, with
sneezing; margins of nose and parts under nose corroded, with stoppage (occurring annually).
6. Face.─
Greyish, earthy complexion; old
appearance.─Pale.─Heat in cheek, first r., later l.─Sensation
of cobweb.─Strong, hard swelling of glands, esp. on lower jaw and
throat.
8. Mouth.─
Ptyalism; much frothy mucus in mouth.─Burning
from mouth to stomach.─Heat in mouth and śsophagus.─Stinging
in tip of tongue.
9. Throat.─
With all the croupy sound there is a
good deal of loose rattling in larynx with the breathing and coughing, but no choking in the
cough as there is in Hepar.─Inflammation
of throat with net-like redness and corroded places.─Scraping in throat.─Swelling
of mucous membranes of fauces and pharynx.─The diphtheria begins in the
larynx and runs up.
10. Appetite.─
Desire for acids, which < and cause diarrhśa.─Water tastes
saltish.
11. Stomach.─
Vomiting bloody mucus.─Nausea,
retching, and pains in stomach; > after eating.─Feeling
of emptiness in stomach > after eating.─Heavy
feeling in stomach.─Inflammation of stomach.
12. Abdomen.─
Tympanitic distension of abdomen,
and passage of much wind.─Enlargement and induration of spleen.
13. Stool and Anus.─
Diarrhśa, stools yellow,
green, black; < after every meal.─Hćmorrhoids,
blind, painful, during and after stool < from
application of cold or warm water; > wetting with
saliva; (with black diarrhśic stools).─Intensely painful hćmorrhoids.
15. Male Sexual Organs.─
Swelling and induration
of (l.) testis, with sore pain or sensation of coldness.─Swelling of
scrotum (with chronic gonorrhśa).
16. Female Sexual Organs.─
Loud emission of
flatulency from vagina.─During menses pain in abdomen and small of back.─Menses
too early and too profuse; of bright red blood; flow passive, with much exhaustion; or
membranous shreds may pass off.─Violent contractive spasm before or
during menses, lasting hours, leaving the abdomen sore.─Membranous
dysmenorrhśa.─Dull pain in ovary (l.).─Stitching
pains from breast to axillć, cannot bear pressure (scirrhus).
17. Respiratory Organs.─
Hoarseness and aphonia < evening.─Soreness and roughness in
throat.─Cold sensation in larynx, with cold feeling when inspiring,
after breakfast; > after shaving.─Constriction
in the larynx; tickling, causing cough.─Tickling in trachea during
inspiration causing cough.─Stitch in posterior portion of larynx, with
feeling of constriction when swallowing saliva.─Scraping and rawness in
larynx, provoking cough, as if pit of throat were pressed against trachea.─Diphtheria.─When
the diphtheria begins in the larynx and runs up.─Croup.─When
with all the croupy sound there is a good deal loose rattling in the larynx with the
breathing and coughing, but no choking in the cough.─Dry, spasmodic,
wheezing cough, with rattling breathing.─Cough rough, barking, from
tickling in throat.─Inspiration very difficult; cannot inspire deep
enough.─Cough with sudden paroxysms of suffocation on swallowing;
respiration very short; obliged to catch for breath.─Sensation as if the
air passages were full of smoke.─Spasmodic closure of the glottis.
18. Chest.─
Stitches in r. side of chest.─R.
lung most affected.─Stitch (inflammation of lungs r. side).─Sensation
of weakness in chest.─Tightness (asthma); <
at night; in sailors when they come ashore.
19. Heart.─
Violent palpitation < lying l. side; (hypertrophy).
20. Neck and Back.─
Neck stiff.─Glands
of neck much swollen.─Goître.─Two encysted tumours
on both sides of the neck.─Aching at inner border l. scapula up to neck,
on moving l. arm, or sitting leaning to l.─Boring in spinous processes
of different vertebrć.
21. Limbs.─
Stiffness in all limbs, 11 a.m., > in afternoon.─Pains in limbs alternating
with chilliness and heat.
22. Upper Limbs.─
L. arm feels paralysed.─Eruptions
on l. elbow.─Icy-cold forearms.─Hands cold and
moist.
23. Lower Limbs.─
Paralytic sensation in one or
other leg.─Pains in one or both tibić.
24. Generalities.─
Excessive languor and debility
(worse after breakfast).─Great weakness and lassitude after all the
symptoms passed off; in diphtheria.─Shivering with yawning and
stretching; repeated every other day, as a chilliness and cold feet.─Tremulousness
all over.
25. Skin.─
Pimples and pustules (acne).─Boils
on the arms and face.
26. Sleep.─
Irresistible drowsiness while reading.─Continued
yawning and drowsiness with the respiratory troubles.
27. Fever.─
Pulse much accelerated.─Chill
every other day with shaking, yawning, and stretching; with cold feet.─Skin
cool, covered with viscous sweat.─Sweat on palms.─Perspiration
from the least exertion.® 2000
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