Bismuthum bism.

Dulness, heaviness of head.
Solitude is unbearable; desire for company.
Unstable minded: begins now this, again that, holds but a short time to any one thing.
Surly and dissatisfied with his condition, complains.

Vertigo, sensation as if the anterior half of the brain were turning in a circle.

Pressure and sensations of heaviness in the forehead; at times also in occiput; worse from motion.
Dull, cutting pain in the brain, begins above the right orbit and extends to the occiput.

Pressure in the right eyeball, from before backwards and from below upwards.
Thickened mucus in both canthi.

Nosebleed, dark blood.
Pressive heaviness at the root of the nose.

Earthy complexion, blue around the eyes; features changed, as if he had been very sick.
Pressure in the region of the malar bones; better running about and holding water in mouth.

Toothache relieved by taking cold water in the mouth; worse when it becomes warm.

Taste: sweetish, sour, or metallic, on the back part of the tongue.
Tongue: red; coated white, evenings.

Desires for cold drinks in the evening, but no fever.

Water is vomited as soon as it reaches the stomach.
Pressure like a load in the stomach after eating.

Eructations fetid, cadaverous.
Nausea at the stomach after eating or nursing.
Vomiting of bile without effort.
Vomiting: convulsive gagging and inexpressible pain in the stomach; after operations on the abdomen.
Vomits: only at intervals of days when food has filled the stomach; then vomits enormous quantities, lasting all day; all fluids.

Pressure as from a load in one spot.
Crampy, spasmodic pains in stomach; burning alternating with pressure; pressure in spine, must bend backwards.
Intense malaise in the stomach, with burning; red or white tongue, restlessness, prostration; after blood-letting.

Flatulence.

Stools: papescent, foul; watery, cadaverous smelling.

Copious, frequent, watery.

Seminal emissions, with lascivious dreams.

Menstrual blood dark, pitchy.

Sputa dark, bloody or blood-streaked.

Crampy, pressive pain through the chest, in the region of the diaphragm, when walking.
Boring and burning in the chest; backache.

Strong heart-beat.
Pulse: contracted, somewhat spasmodic, and at times intermittent.

Fine stitches in the centre of the sternum, not affected by breathing.

Paralytic weariness and weakness in right arm.
Laming, tearing pressure on right forearm; more toward outer side; passes off by motion and touch.
Tearing in metacarpal bones of right fore and middle fingers.
Fine tearing in finger-tips of right hand, particularly under the nails.

Tearing pain below the external malleolus of right foot, terminating at the tendo-achillis.
Tearing: in the toes; in the heels, more left.

Screwing, boring, tearing pressure in the bones of the hands and feet.

Motion: 3, 32. Walking: 28. Running: 8. Must bend back: 17. After rising: 40.

Restless, moving about; anxiety.
Languor; prostration.

Cannot get his accustomed morning nap.
Frequent waking at night: as from tire.
Restless sleep, through lascivious dreams, sometimes without, more frequently with seminal emission.

Morning: 37, 40. Evening: 11, 14. Night: 37. All day: 16.

Cold water: 8, 10.

Chill, with deathly coldness of the whole body.
Flushes of heat over whole body, mostly on head and chest, after rising in the morning.
External, dry, burning heat.

Right: 3, 5, 32, 33. Left: 33. Before backwards: 3, 5. Below upwards: 5.

Sensation of heaviness in internal parts.

Has been given in cancer of stomach.

Touch: 32. Scratching: 46. After operations on the abdomen: 17.

Ulcers gangrenous, bluish; or dried, parchment-like.
Corrosive itching aside the tibia and on back of both feet near joints, worse from scratching; must scratch till it bleeds.

Antidotes to Bismuth: Calc. oster., Capsic., Nux vom.
Bismuth. isomorphic with Arsen., Phosphor., Antim., and resembles them in symptoms.