Carboneum Sulphuratum

Difficult thinking

Memory defective; cannot find the right word

Great loquacity, but frequent loss of memory for words

Sought for things lying before them

Childish and idiotic

Surly, morose; vehement, irascible

Exhilaration bordering on drunkenness

Indifferent to the surroundings

Irritability followed by indigestion

Laughter without cause

Delusions; heard voices and believed he had committed a robbery

Saw obstacles in front of him which did not exist

Sensation of a hole close by into which he was in danger of falling

Attacks of semi-unconsciousness with convulsive movements of the limbs lasting half a minute

Attacks resembling hysterical fits, with convulsive movements of the face

Sudden loss of consciousness lasting seven days, with complete right hemiplegia, total blindness of r. eye and great impairment of vision of l.

Sudden attacks of vertigo while sitting

Headache and vertigo

Dull, muddled feeling in forehead as if contracting

Frequent attacks of fainting

Pressure most in forehead

Headache of a compressive character with severe heavy pain in forehead and temples as if the head were compressed in a vice or supporting a heavy weight

Violent headache, increasing till the mind is affected

Very sharp pains in head, through temples, nearly every day, notably after dinner; numbness through to vertex

Headache in the temples and occiput

Severe pain in the occiput

Headache as if the head was opening and shutting

Penetrating pain < shaking head and heavy steps

Fluctuations in head < moving head

Painful, heavy feeling in head after breakfast

Brushing hair is painful

Itching on head; pimples sore to touch.

Dim sight; objects fade away

Vanishing of sight

Dimness of vision with vertigo

Dimness of vision as from a fog or mist before the eyes

Dimness of vision; objects appearing green, then red and foggy

Makes mistakes as to form of objects

Diplopia

Complete achromatopsia

Contraction of field of vision for white and blue; red and green totally absent

Central scotoma for red

Central scotoma for white and colours

Dazzled by bright light

Constant flashes and spots before the eyes

Muscae volitantes

Appearance as of a spider's web before the eyes

Reading brings tears to eyes

Slight insensibility of the conjunctiva to touch

Pupils dilated and sluggish

Fine, floating filaments and specks in the vitreous

Deposit of whitish, shining nodules in the macula lutea

Ischaemia of the optic papilla

Atrophy of the optic papillae

Optic disc pale, deeply cupped, less transparent than normal

Congestion of the optic discs

Retinal congestion, arteries and veins tortuous

Dilation of retinal veins; arteries too small

Small zone of circumscribed retinitis along the retinal vessels; blood-vessels have a double contour

Vision > in the twilight

Vision > by eating, < when fasting, could often read after a meal

Obliged to wink to see clearly

Vision > in the evening

Pustule on upper lid, itches and burns

Lids heavy; sore on moving; quivering.

Stitches in ears; after stool

Pain in l. ear when swallowing

Ears as if stopped up

Ringing lasting several days

Singing and buzzing like an Aeolian harp when walking in morning

Deafness.

End of nose burns, is pink red, burning as if raw

Tickling in tip with irritation to sneeze

Eruption

Diminution of sense of smell

Epistaxis.

Paleness of face

Bewildered expression

Eruption like the acne of drunkards on nose and cheeks

Lips dry and burning

Contractive feeling in muscles of lower jaw

Lockjaw.

Lisping, stammering speech like that of a child

Saltish taste of phlegm hawked up

Dry mouth with unquenchable thirst

Salivation with nausea; glutinous saliva

Accumulation of water of a sweetish taste in the mouth.

Tickling back of palate after lying down

Burning in throat extending to stomach

Sensation as if a hair had lodged in throat; as if a piece of bone had lodged in upper oesophagus

Swallowing difficult, causes pain in l. ear.

Voracious appetite

Hunger with aversion to eating

Loss of appetite and heavy satiety when eating

Great thirst, desire for beer

Many symptoms come on after eating

Acrid burning eructations after eating.

Sour belching with passage of much sour flatus;

> from belching

Inclination to vomit when entering a room or going into open air

Vomiting of bitter water

Vomiting followed by immediate relief

Pressing, stitching, burning pains in stomach

Feeling in stomach as if tied together

Extreme tenderness

Heartburn.

Vomiting; pains in the belly; painful cramps followed by such muscular weakness he could not stand

Liver complaint with dropsy of feet

Cutting in bowels

Navel drawn in with pain

Twisting, rolling, rumbling; distension; abdominal walls sore

Strangulated hernia.

Very offensive and frequent passage of flatus

Stools: thin, papescent, small; yellowish, frothy, sour-smelling, fluid, with tenesmus and colicky pains; navel drawn in; came on in night

Chronic diarrhoea coming on every four to six weeks and lasting one or two days

After stool: headache; stitches in ears; pressure in stomach; burning; weakness and trembling

Bright red blood with stool

Constipation: with belching; with hunger

Burning and itching at anus.

Stitch-like cramping pain in bladder and neck of bladder, through to urethra, at same time similar pain in anus and rectum.

(At midnight, on coming home and drinking a glass of wine.)

Frequent desire to pass water; tickling in fore part of urethra

Involuntary micturition.

Sexual excitement followed by complete loss of desire

Desire lost without previous sexual excitement

Burning in urethra: with erections; when urinating

L. testicle swollen and indurated

Impotence in atrophied testicles.

Menses five days early

Ovaries almost obliterated

Labour pains too weak.

Hoarseness, irritation to hawk; heat in larynx; scratching and scraped feeling

Breath hot

Breathing difficult; only > by breathing deeply in open air

Flying stitches in chest, quickly passing over, but frequently returning.—(Asphyxia from alcohol and from coal gas)

Cough from irritation in larynx or at bifurcation of trachea

Cough caused by heartburn.

Rheumatic pains and stiffness of neck

Goître

Feeling of heavy load hanging on back between scapulae

Pain in small of back and loins.

Crackling in joints

Tearing, jerking, stitching, flying pains, returning at regular intervals

Great weakening of the muscular forces of the limbs; beginning in the upper limbs, with cramps in the arms, calves and abdomen

Weakness of limbs

Pains in the limbs and joints

Painful twitchings in the limbs

Contracture of legs and arms, but nowhere complete.

Formication in the hands and arms

Gradual loss of sensation in the r. hand

Numbness of the fingers and inability to hold small objects

Weakness of the upper limbs to the elbow with considerable diminution of the sensibility and slight paresis

Marked atrophy of the thenar eminence of the thumb and of the interossei

Laming and pain in l. arm; arm goes to sleep.

Sciatica l. thigh, from taking cold, with entire inability to walk

Chronic sciatica r. thigh; movement impeded

Stiffness of lower limbs

Pains in lower limbs with cramp and trembling

Pain in lower limbs accompanied by cramps and formication

Cramps in calves of legs and in toes

Stabbing, piercing pain from metatarsal bones through toes while walking

Great difficulty in walking, l. leg more affected than r.

Very drowsy

Deep and prolonged sleep

Disturbed sleep

Nightmare

Sudden waking from bad dreams or nervous starting

Constant tossing about and throwing head about.

Unusual chilliness

Cold cheeks, hands, and feet

Chills 7 p.m

Skin hot and burning like nettles

Warmth rises up from pit of stomach through chest to head, and also goes down to navel

Absence of sweat

Perspiration checked

Dryness of skin and oppressive heat prevents sleep; head heavy.