Materia Medica
Radium
Radium Bromide
An important addition to the Materia Medica, espe cially since the provings by Diffenbach have precision- ized its use. Radium brom. of 1,800,000 radio-activity was employed. Found effective in the treatment of rheumatism and gout, in skin affections generally, acne rosacea, n2vi, moles, ulcers and cancers. Lowered blood pressure. Severe aching pains all over, with rest- lessness, better moving about. Marked increase in the polymorphonuclear neutrophiles. Great weakness.
Mind
Apprehensive, depressed; fear of being alone in the dark; great desire to be with people. Tired and irritable.
Head
Vertigo, with pain in back of head, left when in bed. Occipital and vertex pain, accompanying severe lumbar aching. Severe pain over right eye, spreading back to occiput and to vertex, better in open air. Head feels heavy. Frontal headache. Both eyes ache. Itch- ing and dryness of nasal cavities, better in open air. Aching pain in angle of right lower jaw. Violent tri- facial neuralgia.
Mouth
Dryness of mouth. N Metallic taste. Prick- lmg sensation on end of tongue.
Stomach
Empty feeling in stomach. Warm sen- sation in stomach. Aversion to sweets, ice-creain. Nau- sea and sinking sensation, belching of gas.
Abdomen
Pain, violent cramps, rumbling. full of gas, pain over McBurney's point, and at location of sigmoid fexure. Much flatulence. Alternating con- stipation and loose movements. Pruritus ani and piles.
Urinary
Increased elimination of solids. particu- larly of chlorides. Renal irritation, aibuminuria, granu- lar and hyaline casts. Nephritis with rheumatic symp- tomis.
Female
Pruritus vulve. Delayed and irregular menstruation and backache. Aching pains in abdomen over pubes when flow coimes on.I Right breast sore, relieved by hard rubbing.
Respiratory
Persistent cough with tickling in suprasternal fossa. Dry, spasmodic cough. Throat dry, sore, chest constricted.
Back
Aching in back of neck. Pain and lame- n1ess n cervical vertebra, worse dropping head forward, letter standing, or sitting erect. Lumbar und sacrui backache, pain appears to he in bone, continued motion relieves. Backache between shoulders and lumbar-sacral region, better after walking. :: Extremities.- Severe pain in all the limbs, joints, (espocially in knee and ankles, sharp pains in shoulders, 627 arms, hands and fingers. Legs, arins and neck feel hard and brittle, as though they would break on moving. Arms feel heavy. Cracking in shoulder. Pain in toes. calves, hip-joint, popliteal spaces. Muscles of legs and hips sore. Arthritis, aching pains, worse at night.
Skin
Small pimples. Erythema and dermatitis, with itching, burning, swelling and redness. Necrosis and ulceration. Itchiny all over body, burning of skin, as if fre.
Sleep
Restless. Sleepiness with lethargy. Dreams vivid, busy.
Fever
Cold sensation internally. with chattering of teeth until noon. Internal chilliness followed by heat of the skin, associated with bowel movements and flatu- lence.
Modalities
Better. open air, continued motion, hot bath, lying down, pressure. IV'orse, getting up.
Relationships
Compare: X-Ray; Rhus; Sepid, Uranium; Ars.; Pulsat.; Caustic. Artidotes: Rhus vcn.; Tellur.
Dose
Thirtieth ar:d twelfth trituration