Cuprum Sulphuricum cupr-s.

Sulphate of Copper. Cu SO 4 5 H 2 O. Trituration.

Alopecia. Diarrhœa. Dysentery. Eyes, granular lids; catarrhal and purulent conjunctivitis. Itch. Syphilis. Trachoma.

Sulphate of Copper is a well-known emetic and caustic. It causes forcible vomiting and much nausea. Paleness of face; or jaundiced appearance; pale skin generally; a peculiar diarrhœa; enlarged liver. J. D. Tyrrell ( Med. Adv ., xix. 14) mentions the case of a lady who could not use Cupr. sul . for "stamping" fancywork, because it "made her face hurt and swell so she could scarcely see, and her lips became everted, "turned inside out," she said." It is a well-known application in allopathic practice for stimulating flabby granulations, and it has cured itching eruptions, and manifestations of syphilis. Rest > pains.

It is antidoted by: Milk; eggs; pure yellow prussiate of potash. Compare: Kali bich. (cough) and Merc.

Anxiety; or great apathy. — Remarkable disturbance of mind, every utterance distorted.

Bald spot over r. parietal bone, not depending on any discoverable cause.

Twitching of closed lids. — Eyes stiff and dim.

Lips pale, bluish, at corners and internal edges. — Face painful and swollen so she can scarcely see; lips turned inside out.

Tongue cold; coated, bluish. — Greenish tint along free border of gums. — Burning in mouth and œsophagus in morning.

Excessive nausea; forcible vomiting returning from time to time; vomits greenish-brown mucus. — Violent pain in stomach followed by faintness.

Tearing pains in hypochondria, on inspiration, painful to touch as if bruised. — Liver enlarged. — Abdomen drawn in.

Four pultaceous greenish-yellow stools, without the least trace of blood. — Stool pultaceous, brown-red, with streaks of blood and tenesmus during stool. — Constipation.

Hacking cough which impedes respiration. — Croupy cough with very tenacious mucus.

Feeling as of a throbbing lump in heart internally, beating of heart seems louder; lasted five minutes and went away gradually.

Limbs cold, nearly cyanotic. — Dull aching soreness in middle of tibia, when walking; > at rest; tenderness on pressure.

Pale, colourless. — Icterus. — Itching nodules on shoulders. — Itchiness; a kind of dry itch.