Silicea sil.

Sil. / (2d S-Sand.) / Silas.

Silicea,-Thou elf of pus!
Thou suppuration omnibus.
There is no ulcer or decay,
That indicateth not thy sway.
Thick yellow matter is thy style,
In every avenue and aisle.
Thou taketh thy catarrhal seat,
With purpose never to retreat.
Perpetual coldness is thy whim,
And hardness is thy synonym.
Thy head with coldness, truth to say,
Hath need of wrappings all the day.
Thy feet are icy cold-and back
Is not exempted from attack.
Embedded in thy hardened soil-
Lo! hard eruptions, gland and boil;
And hardened testes, and among
Thy hardened tissues-hardened tongue.
Hard pimples scalp, dry brittle nails,
And nostrils filled with crusty scales.
Eczema foul upon thy skin,
And crusty herpes on thy chin.
Thy eyes beset with sandy grit,
Whilst mists before thy vision flit.
Where'er Sensations are on hand,
Thou standeth ready on demand,
For itching, pricking, stitching, bruise,
For pinching, cutting; all we choose,
Of queer sensations; and among
Them, sense of hair upon the tongue.
A shocking odor is thy rule,
In scent of foot sweat-flatus-stool.
A scrotum sore, and damp, and foul,
A moist and feted rectal bowel,
An abdomen distended tense,
A stool that merged, slips back again,
Or passed extrudes blind piles with pain.
Thy drinks of water soon come up
From off thy stomach after sup.
Thou hast a state of gums all wrong,
A feeling as of teeth too long,
A headache rising from behind,
With pains that may upset the mind.
Relieved by wrapping warm and tight.
A nervous starting as from fright.
Debility and flushing heat,
A trembling of the hands and feet.
For open cancer, thou doest beg,
For vaccine and diphtheria dreg,
And even cataract and brag
On closing sutures when they lag.
Thou called out, Lascivious sprite!
Night sweats, and spasms in the night.
And faileth not in toils to drag.
The faint heart down with mental fag.
'Til webs of vagary it spins
And toys with needles and with pins.
By warmth thou findest some relief,
Whilst motion only brings to grief.

Silas,-Has hardness of tissue.

Silas Aur-ham and Flora are with the old Jo Kim-bel, in China.

This Silas,-Who is subject to fistula,-Is in a cot with Flora and Bertha.

Hardness- Induration of Tissues: Sil., Aur., Ham., Fl. a., Con., Iod., Kal. m., Bell., Chin. (After inflammation, Bell., Chin., Mag. m., Sil.)

Fistula: Sil., Cal. c., Thuj., Flu. a., Cal. f., Berb., etc.