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ful boils. Scurfy eruptions. Loose rattling cough. Croup. 

 Unhealthy skin, slight injuries suppurate. Ulcers discharge 

 bloody pus. Sweats day and night without relief, or first he 

 cannot sweat, then profusely. Promotes suppurative process as 

 in abscess, boils, sty, gumboils, "run-rounds" and whitlow; for 

 " ripe colds " and effects of abuse of mercury. 



Ignatia Amara. Useful in hysteric affections ; also con- 

 vulsive and spasmodic disorders, especially when occasioned by 

 grief ; great excitability of the nervous system ; pain from the 

 least touch ; headache as if a nail were driven into the head, 

 better from eating ; chronic nightly cough ; concussive spasmodic 

 cough, especially on walking. Pain and pressure in the throat 

 between the acts of deglutition, as if a ball were lodged there. 

 Sciatica recurring during cold weather. Sciatica in general. 



Ipecacuanha. Heat and throbbing in head, with red 

 cheeks. Loss of smell; catarrh with nausea. Nausea constant 

 with all complaints. Vomiting, bile, dark-colored substance 

 with or without blood, sour fluid, always with nausea. Inde- 

 scribable sick feeling in the stomach. Diarrhoea, fermented, 

 greenish, slimy, bloody followed by straining. Diarrhoaa from 

 unripe fruit. Urine scanty, dark red ; unsuccessful urging. 

 Profuse menstruation with constant nausea. Nausea with attend- 

 ing ills ; chiefly of mucous membranes and stomach. 



Merc. Subl. Corr. Ophthalmia with profuse discharge. 

 Inflammation of the bowels. Dysentery, if accompanied by 

 retention of urine ; stools of blood and mucus. Bloody micturi- 

 tion ; inflammation of the urethra with yellowish discharge. 

 Fever, with burning heat, cold sweat. Nightly bone-pains. 

 Bloody flux. In general similar to mercurius but more violent. 



