Minerals



Confusion of place; patient forgets where he lives; well known places seem strange.

Give the general difference between Glonoine and Belladonna.

The difference are these: Glonoine is relieved from uncovering; the headache is worse from bending the head backwards; is relieved in the open air; cannot keep still; must walk about; no flushing of the face. Belladonna is worse from uncovering; better from bending the head backwards; worse in the open air, and better by holding the head still; face flushed.

Give symptoms of Glonoine in sunstroke.

Face pale, full, round pulse, labored respiration, eyes fixed, cerebral vomiting, white tongue, sinking at the pit of the stomach.

What are the heart symptoms of Glonoine?

Feeling of fulness in the region of the heart; palpitation with pulsation over the whole body; violent beating as if chest would burst open; radiating pains.

How is Amyl nitrite prepared?

In the same manner as Glonoine.

What is the principal use of Amyl nitrite?

In angina pectoris; during the attack there is oppressed breathing and constriction about the heart, and the slightest thing causes flushing.

W.A. Dewey
Dewey, Willis A. (Willis Alonzo), 1858-1938.
Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Michigan Homeopathic Medical College. Member of American Institute of Homeopathy. In addition to his editoral work he authored or collaborated on: Boericke and Dewey's Twelve Tissue Remedies, Essentials of Homeopathic Materia Medica, Essentials of Homeopathic Therapeutics and Practical Homeopathic Therapeutics.