Crotalus Horridus crot-h.

Characteristic. Is indicated in strumous, debilitated, hemorrhagic, brokendown constitutions; durnig zymotic diseases; in inebriates; tendency to carbuncles or blood boils (Anthr.).

Diseases caused by a previous low state of the system; low septic, typhoid or malarial fever; chronic alcoholism; exhausted vital force; genuine collapse.

Apoplexy; apoplectic convulsions in inebriates, hemorrhagic or broken down constitutions.

Hemorrhagic diathesis; blood flows from eyes, ears, nose, and every orifice of the body; bloody sweat.

Yellow color of conjunctiva; clears up vision after keratitis or kerato-iritis.

Malignant jaundice ; hematic rather than hepatic.

Purpura hemorrhagica ; comes on suddenly from all orifices, skin, nails, gums.

Prostration of vital force ; pulse scarcely felt ; blood poison-ing (Pyr.).

Vomiting : bilious, with anxiety and weak pulse ; every month after menstruation ; cannot lie on r. side or back with-out instantly producing dark, green vomiting ; black or coffee ground, of yellow fever.

Diarrhœa : stools black, thin, like coffee-grounds ; offensive ; from six hours in afternoon; creeping chills up and down the back, chilliness alternating with heat or sudden cold sweat; skin dry and cold, especially of extremities.

In first onset intense, burning heat; skin hot and dry; pulse, 130–150; temp., 104–106; face red, flushed; epistaxis.

Hardenstein gives following in yellow fever: Delirium, eyes open; confused, disconnected answers with cold skin and rapid pulse; severe headache; face red, puffed, yellow or pale leaden hue; hemorrhage from every orifice of the body, even bloody sweat; acrid sour eructations; intense thirst; nausea and vomit- ing of bile, of blood, on least exertion; bloody, involuntary stool; abdomen tympanitic; swelling of inguinal glands; urine scanty or retained; pulse weak and slow, or rapid, intermittent and scarcely perceptible; intensely yellow skin; ecchymosis or purple spots; great prostration of vital force; spasms, convulsions, syncope, death.

Cold, in sudden attacks; dark colored of axillæ; bloody sweat (Cur., Lach., Lyc.).

Tongue; firey red, smooth and polished (Pyr.); intensely swollen; dry and cracked; dark brown streak down the centre with deep red edges; yellowish brown, dry in centre; protruded.

Breath fetid; mouldy odor. Hemorrhage.

Rapid, feeble and quick, then slow; feeble, fluttering, frequent, quick, small, thready, trembling, scarcely perceptible; in waves, irregular.

Hemorrhage from every outlet of the body; black, fluid, non-coagulable, offensive. Low types, septic, malignant.

Lachesis, the skin is cold and clammy.

Crotalus, the skin is cold and dry.