LEADING INDICATIONS.
(1) Cachexia, anaemia, exhaustion, emaciation.
(2) Salivation; stomatitis.
(3) Increase and alteration of secretions, which become thin and excoriate.
(4) Ulceration of skin and mucous membranes.
(5) Perspiration which do not relieve and are foul smelling.
(6) Thirst, with moisture of mouth and tongue.
(7) Aggravation of all symptoms at night and from the warmth of the bed.
(8) Moist eczema and intertrigo.
(9) Nocturnal bone pains.
(10) Low-grade suppurations, which are acrid and blood- stained.
(11) Tremors of coarse character that tend to become convulsive.
(12) Green, bloody or mucous stools with tenesmus, “a cannot get done feeling.”
(13) Foul body smell (med., psor.).
(14) Mercurial symptoms occurring in syphilis.
(15) Catarrhs of mucous membranes, with increased mucus.
(16) Light-haired persons with lax skin and muscles (dark- haired, nitric ac.).
AGGRAVATION.
-From both heat and cold, warmth of bed, at night, draughts, bending forwards (stomach complaints), after eating, lying on the right side, touch and pressure, motion and exertion, sweat food, lamplight and firelight (eyes).
AMELIORATION :
From rest, weeping, coitus.
The salts of mercury have the same general therapeutic applications as the pure metal, but they are modified by the acid ion and are thereby made especially suitable in certain conditions. We will now consider them with regard to their particular provinces.