Zincum Aceticum.
Acetate of Zinc. Zn(C2H3O2)23H2O.
Solution.Clinical.─
Diarrhśa. Erysipelas. Gastritis.
Night-watching, effects of. Toothache.
Characteristics.─
Zn. ac.
was proved by Hahnemann and others. The most Peculiar Symptoms
were these: “Brain feels sore and as if sprinkled with salt.” “Throat seems
too tight and tongue too short.” There was toothache <
by touch. Shaking chill during and after vomiting. Empty, hungry sensation. Pain and
paralytic condition of arms. The symptoms were < in
evening. < By motion. <
Walking in open air. The only clinical uses of Zn. ac. I
am acquainted with I learned from Burnett. He used Rademacher’s solution of Zinc in Acetic
Acid, and gave 5-drop doses three times a day in water to nurses and others who were
compelled to work on an insufficient amount of sleep. I have verified the great utility of
this. Another use to which Burnett put it was in erysipelas of old people. In the provers it
produced a pustular eruption on forehead and knee; and the latter was attended with
voluptuous itching.
Causation.─
Night-watching.
SYMPTOMS.
1. Mind.─
Anxious, quiet, does not speak a word;
asked how she feels, says, “Let me alone, I shall soon be better.”
2. Head.─
Heaviness of head.─Throbbing
headache, as if it would come out at forehead.─Frontal headache, as if
brain sore and sprinkled with salt.─Dull, sticking, painful sensation in
forehead.─Stitches: in forehead; needle-like in l. temple.
4. Ears.─
L. ear swollen internally, painful on
inserting finger and on external touch.
6. Face.─
Face pale; look anxious.
8. Mouth.─
Tearing pain in teeth, esp. when
touched.─Blister on forepart of gum, painful as if burnt.─Mouth
feels burnt.─Bitter taste in mouth.
9. Throat.─
Throat feels too tight and tongue too
short.
11. Stomach.─
Eructations: empty; ineffectual;
sour, with shaking chill; tasting of food eaten three hours before.─Nausea
followed by needle-like stitches in throat, then vomiting of bitter, sour mucus, whereby the
sticking was <; afterwards chilliness of back.─Vomit
with salivation.─Sensation of a small swelling in pit of stomach,
painful to touch, previous to menses.─Pressure; and sticking in pit of
stomach, < by motion, late in evening.─Empty,
hungry sensation two hours after dinner.
12. Abdomen.─
Violent griping in abdomen, obliged
to lie down.
13. Stool and Anus.─
Urging to stool a few times
at night, followed by pasty stool.─Diarrhśa every hour during day.─Diarrhśa
of black colour after dinner.
14. Urinary Organs.─
Urethra: contraction of;
biting in.─Frequent increased desire to urinate and irritation to
urinate (like a burning).─Much watery urine.
18. Chest.─
Much mucus comes from chest in
afternoon, with a kind of nausea.
20. Back.─
Back much affected, on stooping sudden
shooting in it as if all strength had left him.
22. Upper Limbs.─
Weakness in both arms.─Pain
in l. arm, heavy, wrist hurts, no position easy at night (from injection into urethra).─Drawing,
trembling, loss of power in r. arm.─Pressing, tearing, and stitches in
muscles of r. arm during rest and motion.─Pressing pain in ball of r.
hand.
23. Lower Limbs.─
Pressive sticking in muscles of
l. thigh while walking in open air.─Tensive pain in upper r. calf while
walking in open air.
24. Generalities.─
She wishes to walk, contrary to
habit.─Frequent alternation between sitting and walking about.─Feels
bad in afternoon.─(Effects of insufficient sleep.)
25. Skin.─
Papular eruption filled with pus on
forehead and neck; when opened it discharged pus and blood (from external application to
urethra).─Red, papular eruption about both knees, which caused a
tickling and voluptuous itching.─(Erysipelas of old people.)
26. Sleep.─
Sleepy during day, frequent yawning.
27. Fever.─
Shaking chill; during and after
vomiting.─Several times a day feels hot, as though throat had been burnt
with alcohol.─Burning heat in face, evening, and heat over whole face
and redness of cheeks without sweat.─Night-sweat.® 2000
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