Materia Medica
Iridium
The Metal
Intestinal putrefaction and septicemia. Anemia, in- creases red corpuscles. Epilepsy; lupus. Rheumatism and gout. Uterine tumors. Spinal paresis. Exhaustion ajtcr disease. Children who are puny, weak-limbed, and grow too fast. Nephritis of pregnancy.
Head
Difficult concentration of thought. Sensation , s no a m feeling in right side of head. Right side of scalp sen- sitive. Profuse, watery coryza, better indoors. Ozzena.
Respiratory
Hoarse cough, worse talking; posterior nares feel raw, inflamed, profuse, thick, yellowish dis- charge. Chronic laryngeal catarrh. Back and Extremities.-- Weakriess in the kidney re- gion. Spinal paresis, especially for the aged and after disease. Pressing in groin and left thigh. Tension in both thighs, especially left. Dislocated feeling in left hip-joint and dull pain toward left gluteal region.
Relationships
Compare: Iridium chloride. (Pro- duces salivation and stiffness of jaws followed by head and nervous symptoms. Couigestion of nares and bron- chi. Dragging pain in lower back. Headache worse right side, heavy feeling as of liquid lead.) Compare: Platina; Palladium; Osmium.
Dose
Sixth and higher.