Diarrhœa. Erysipelas. Gastritis. Night-watching, effects of. Toothache.

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.

Night-watching.

Anxious, quiet, does not speak a word; asked how she feels, says, "Let me alone, I shall soon be better."

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.

L. ear swollen internally, painful on inserting finger and on external touch.

Face pale; look anxious.

Tearing pain in teeth, esp. when touched.─Blister on forepart of gum, painful as if burnt.─Mouth feels burnt.─Bitter taste in mouth.

Throat feels too tight and tongue too short.

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.

Violent griping in abdomen, obliged to lie down.

Urging to stool a few times at night, followed by pasty stool.─Diarrhœa every hour during day.─Diarrhœa of black colour after dinner.

Urethra: contraction of; biting in.─Frequent increased desire to urinate and irritation to urinate (like a burning).─Much watery urine.

Much mucus comes from chest in afternoon, with a kind of nausea.

Back much affected, on stooping sudden shooting in it as if all strength had left him.

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.

Pressive sticking in muscles of l. thigh while walking in open air.─Tensive pain in upper r. calf while walking in open air.

She wishes to walk, contrary to habit.─Frequent alternation between sitting and walking about.─Feels bad in afternoon.─(Effects of insufficient sleep.)

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.)

Sleepy during day, frequent yawning.

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.