Materia Medica
Arsenicum Iodatum
Iodide of Arsenic
Is to be preferred for persistently irritating, cor- rosive discharges. The discharge irritates the mem- brane from which it flows and over which it flows. The discharge may be fetid, watery, and the mucous mem- brane is always red, angry, swollen: itches and burns. Influenza, hay-fczcr, old nasal catarrhs, and catarrh of middle e ear. Swelling of tissues within the nose. ness. Senile hicart, myocarditis and fatty degeneration. Pulse shotty. Chronic aortitis. 97 It seems probable that in Arsenic iod. we have 3 remedy most closely allied to manifestations of tuber- culosis. It will be indicate
Head
I'ertigo, with tremulous feeling, especiclly in aged.
Nose
Thin, watery, irritating, excoriating discharge from untcrior and posterior nares; sneesing. P Hay-
Throat
Burning in pharynx. Tonsils swollen. Thhick membrane from fauces to lips. Breath fetid, glandular involvement. Diphtheria. Eyes and Ears. — Scrofulous ophthalmia. Otitis, with fetid, corrosive discharge. Tickening of tympanum. Burning, acrid coryza.
Stomach
Pain and pyrosis. Vomiting an hour after food. Nausea distressing. Pain in epigastrium Intense thirst; water is immediately ejectcd.
Respiratory
Slight hacking cough, with dry and stopped-up nostrils. Pneumonia that fails to clear up. Broncho-pneumonia after grippe. Aphonia.
Skin
Dry, scaly, itching. Murked cxfoliation of skin in large scales, leaving a raw exuding surface be- neath. Ichithyosis. Enlarged scrofulous s glands, Venereal bubo. Debilitating night-sweats. Eczema of the beard; watery, oozing, itching; worse, washing. Emaciation. Psoriasis.
Fever
[Pollanin.] Chronic nasal calarrh; swollen nose; profuse, thick, yellow discharge; ulcers; mem- brane sore and exccriatcd. Aggravation by sneezing. Reciirrent fever and sweats. Drenching night-srweats. ] Pulse rapid, feeble, weak, irregular. Chilly, cannot endure 'cold.
Relationships
Compare: Tuberculinum; Antimon. iod. In hay-fever, compare: Aralia; Naphthalin; Rosa; Sang. nit.
Dose
Second and third trituration.