Squilla hispanica squil.

Key-Notes to the Materia Medica

Henry N. Guernsey · Key-Notes to the Materia Medica · homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML text (Guernsey d. 1885; public domain)

General

Whooping cough, when accompanied with sneezing, watering of the eyes and nose, and the child rubs the eyes with the hands; in all catarrhal affections, and coughs, also troubles of the lungs with the above symptoms; profuse mucous nasal secretion. Cough with expectoration in the morning and none in the evening. Deficiency of blood. Heat, with aversion to undress or uncover. Respiration anxious. Sweetish taste.

Copious discharge of urine; too frequent micturition (these latter may occur separately or together). Dropsy; dropsy of outer parts, dropsy of chest, all with profuse urination. Symptoms generally appearing in the left upper extremity; on left side generally; in lower belly; lower part of the chest.

Worse

In the morning; during inspiration; from undressing.

Better

While lying in bed; after lying down; from wrapping up warmly.

Remedies following

Ignat., Nux vom., Rhus tox., Silic. Sometimes, Arsen.

Antidote

Camphor.

Homœopathic Materia Medica

William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition

Common name

Sea-onion

General

A slow acting remedy. Corresponds to ailments requiring several days to reach their maximum. Persistent, dull, rheumatic pains permeate the body. A spleen medicine; stitches under left free ribs. Important heart and kidneys medicine. Broncho-pneumonia.

Acts especially on mucous membranes of the respiratory and digestive tracts, and also upon the kidneys. Valuable in chronic bronchitis of old people with mucous rales, dyspnœa, and scanty urine.

Eyes

Feel irritable; child bores into them with fists. Sensation as if swimming in cold water.

Stomach

Pressure like a stone.

Respiratory

Fluent coryza; margins of nostrils feel sore. Sneezing; throat irritated; short, dry cough; must take a deep breath. Dyspnœa and stitches in chest, and painful contraction of abdominal muscles. Violent, furious, exhausting cough, with much mucus; profuse, salty, slimy expectoration, and with involuntary spurting of urine and sneezing. Child rubs face with fist during cough (Caust; Puls). Cough provoked by taking a deep breath or cold drinks, from exertion, change from warm to cold air. Cough of measles. Frequent calls to urinate at night, passing large quantities (Phos ac). Sneezing with coughing.

Heart

A cardiac stimulant affecting the peripheral vessels and coronary arteries.

Urinary

Great urging; much watery urine. Involuntary spurting of urine when coughing (Caustic; Puls).

Skin

Small, red spots over body, with prickling pain.

Extremities

Icy cold hands and feet, with warmth of the rest of the body (Menyanthes). Feet get sore from standing. Tender feet with shop girls.

Modalities

Better, rest; worse, motion.

Relationship

Compare: Digit; Strophant; Apocyn can; Bry; Kali carb. Squilla follows Digitalis, if this fails to relieve water-logged cases.

Dose

First to third potency.

Leaders in Homoeopathic Therapeutics

E. B. Nash · Leaders in Homoeopathic Therapeutics · homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML text (Nash d. 1917; public domain)

Leaders

Has been found useful in cough, with sneezing; watering of the eyes, and involuntary micturition. There may also be pleuritic stitches in the chest, with or without effusion. The cough is generally loose and rattling, with expectoration of such mucus, and the loose cough in the morning is more fatiguing than the dry one in the evening.

Verbascum thapsus. Cough, deep, hollow, hoarse, with sound like a trumpet. I have cured many cases and always used it low. I have never used the remedy for anything else.

Senega. Cough with great accumulation of mucus, which seems to fill the chest, with much rattling, wheezing and difficult breathing; especially valuable with old people, but works well with others. Have also cured many cases of this kind and always use it low; no success with the high.

Illustrations. -Several years ago I was called to an old asthmatic, who was having a terrible paroxysm. After several days of intense suffering, which ordinary remedies did not relieve in the least, I gave him Senega three or four drops of tincture in one-half glass cold water, dessertspoonful doses once in two hours until relieved, with a promise to call again in the evening. Imagine my surprise when I called as he ushered me in with a smile and bow, for he was perfectly free from hard breathing and cough, and remained so for a long time after.

During September, 1900, I was called again to a lady 50 years of age, suffering the same way. She had been suffering for over a month, at times very severely, but this paroxysm was worst of all. The dyspnœa was very great; had to sit propped up in bed; chest rattling and wheezing; filled with mucus which she could not raise; face and hands purple from unoxygenized blood. Ipecac., Arsenic and Antimonium tart. were of no benefit. One evening after their failure I dropped seven drops of the tincture of Senega into one-half glass water, with directions to give teaspoonful once an hour until relieved, then at longer intervals. The next A. M. as soon as she saw me exclaimed, "Oh, Doctor, I wish you could just realize how I slept. In one-half hour after the first dose I went right to sleep, and I have had a beautiful night." I give these two cases to impress the value of this remedy upon the reader. I have used it many years in obstinate coughs with dyspnœa and difficult expectoration of mucus which seemed to fill the bronchial tubes.

Myrtus communis. Obstinate cough, mostly dry, with pain in upper portion of left chest, right through to left shoulder-blade. this is a gem and has, I believe, cured more than one case of incipient consumption for me. Sulphur, Pix liquida, Anisum, Arum tri., and Theridion have a similar symptom, but Myrtus leads, unless there is decided psoric taint, when Pix liquida or Sulphur would lead.

Drosera rotundifolia has a deep sounding, hoarse, barking or trumpet-toned cough, something like that of Verbascum, but there is more laryngeal trouble with Drosera, for the voice in talking has a deep base sound. Drosera is also one of our leading remedies in spasmodic coughs, whooping cough. With the cough there is great constriction of the chest and abdominal muscles, so that the patient holds them with the hands. The cough is worse after midnight.

Text Book of Materia Medica

Adolph Lippe · Text Book of Materia Medica · homeoint.org / Médi-T HTML text (Lippe d. 1888; public domain)

Mind and Disposition

Great anxiety of the mind, with fear of death. Angry over trifles.

Head

Vertigo (in the morning) with nausea. Headache in the morning on waking, with pressing pains. Painful sensitiveness of the vertex every morning. Pulsation in the head when raising it. Stinging headache.

Eyes

Staring look with the eyes wide open. The left eye is much smaller than the right eye ; the upper eyelid is swollen. Contraction of the pupils.

Nose

Nostrils painful as if sore, with violent coryza (in the morning). Humid eruptions under the nose, with stinging-itching.

Face

Changeable expression and color of the face. During the heat redness of the face, followed by paleness, without coldness. Distorted countenance, with reel checks, and without thirst. Humid, spreading eruption on the upper lip. Black, cracked lips and black teeth.

Mouth and Throat

Open, dry mouth. Accumulation of much viscid mucus in the mouth. Burning in the mouth and throat. Dryness in the throat.

Stomach and Abdomen

Insatiable appetite. Longing for acids. Thirst for cold water, but the dyspnœa compels her to take but a sip at a time. The food tastes bitter, especially the bread or it tastes sweet, especially soup and meat. Constant nausea in the pit of the stomach, alternating with pain, as for diarrhœa in the abdomen. Pressure in the stomach, as from a stone. Nausea during the morning cough. Cutting pain in the abdomen, as from flatulence. Painful sensitiveness of the abdomen and the region of the bladder. Frequent discharge of very fetid flatulence.

Stool and Anus

Painless constipation. Diarrhœa, stool very offensive ; watery (during the measles) or looking black.

Urinary Organs

Frequent urging to urinate, with profuse discharge of pale (limpid) urine. Continuous, painful pressure on the bladder. Inability to retain the urine.

Respiratory Organs

Moaning breathing, with the mouth open. Wheezing breathing. Shortness of breath from every exertion, especially when ascending. Difficulty of breathing, with stitches in the chest when breathing and coughing. Heaviness on the chest ; congestion of blood to the chest. Pneumonia or pleurisy. The pain in the chest is worse in the morning. Cough in the morning, with copious expectoration of thin, frequently reddish-colored mucus. Dry cough morning and night. Cough caused by tingling in the chest ; from drinking something cold ; from every exertion. Cough with stitches in the sides of the chest ; pain in the abdomen ; sensation of internal heat ; dyspnœa ; headache ; pressure on the bladder and involuntary spirting out of the urine. The morning cough, with even difficult expectoration, is much more severe and causes more suffering than the dry evening cough. Especially suitable in pneumonia after blood-letting.

Back and Neck

Stiffness of the neck. Perspiration in the arm-pit.

Extremities

Upper. Convulsive twitching of the arms ; cold hands. Lower. Convulsive twitching of the legs. Cold foot-sweat. Perspiration only on the toes.

Generalities

Dull rheumatic pains ; worse when exercising, relieved while at rest. Convulsive twitchings and motions of the limbs ; convulsions. Frequent yawning without sleepiness. Restless sleep, with much tossing about.

Fever

Pulse small and slow, slightly hard. Chill internally at night, with external heat. Chilliness towards the evening when walking, not while sitting. Heat, dry, burning, internally predominates. Heat of the whole body, with cold hands and feet, with aversion to be uncovered. Great sensation of heat in the body in the afternoon and evening, generally with cold feet. Whenever he uncovers himself during the heat he suffers from chilliness and pain. Perspiration wanting, even during the violent burning heat.

Skin

Soreness in the bends of the joints. Eruptions like itch, with burning-itching. Gangrene.

Conditions

Most complaints are worse in the morning and from motion.

The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica

Constantine Hering · The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica · 1879–91

General

Squills, Sea Onion. Liliaceæ.
A bulbous plant, bearing a long spike of whitish flowers, found on the sandy shores of the Mediterranean.
Introduced by Hahnemann, proved by himself, Becher, Hartmann, Hornburg, Mossdorf, Stapf, Teuthorn, Walther and Wislicenus, Mat. Med. Pura, vol. 3, p. 265.
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Affection of eye , Sawyer, Med. Adv., June, 1889, p. 398 ; Phlyctenule of conjunctiva , Deady, Norton's Ophth. Therap., p. 171 ; Enuresis nocturna , Blaisdell, Stitson, A. H. O., vol. 12, p. 390 ; Asthma , Frank, N. A. J. H., vol. 9, p. 257 ; Bronchitis , Knorre, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 27 ; Neidhard, Hah. Mo., vol. 20, p. 27 ; Pertussis , A. R., Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 729 ; Whooping cough , Wesselhœft, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 4, p. 3 ; Pneumonia , Deschere, T. A. I. H., 1886, p. 323 ; Dropsical affections , Hahnemann, Hartmann, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 355.

Mind

Great anxiety of mind, with fear of death.
Angry about trifles.
Aversion to mental or bodily labor.

Sensorium

Vertigo in morning, with nausea.
Head beclouded and dizzy.

Inner head

Drawing lancinating headache.
Pulsation in head when raising it.
Headache in morning on waking, with pressing pains.
Contractive pain in both temples.
Quickly passing pain in occiput, from left to right.
Stitching pain in right side of forehead.
Affections of brain : child rubs its face and eyes a great deal, especially its eyes, as if to relieve itching ; profuse or scanty urination.

Outer head

Painful sensitiveness of vertex, mornings.

Sight and eyes

Staring look, eyes wide open.
Left eye looks smaller than right ; upper eyelid swollen.
Contraction of pupils.
The eyes feel as if swimming in cold water.
For two weeks a large phlyctenule of conjunctiva on outer side of cornea ; sensation as of cold water in eye, when in a cold wind.

Hearing and ears

Tearing pain back of left ear.

Smell and nose

Sneezes during cough ; eyes water ; rubs eyes and nose. θ Measles.
Acrid, corrosive, fluent coryza, in morning ; a regular general snizzle ; coryza ; mucous cough, with spurting of urine, and even of watery stools.
Nostrils painful as if sore, with violent coryza.
Humid eruptions under nose, with stinging itching.

Upper face

Changeable expression and color of face.
During heat, redness of face, followed by paleness, without coldness.
Distorted countenance, with red cheeks, no thirst.

Lower face

Lips : twitch and are covered with yellow crusts ; black and cracked.
Humid spreading eruption on upper lip.

Taste, speech, tongue

Food tastes bitter, especially bread ; or sweetish, especially soup and meat.

Inner mouth

Open, dry mouth.
Much viscid mucus in mouth.
Burning in mouth and throat.

Palate and throat

Burning in palate and throat ; dryness in throat.
Irritation in throat, with heat and tickling, causing constant cough.
Irritation to cough in pit of throat, in upper part of trachea.

Appetite, thirst. desires, aversions

Insatiable appetite.
Desire for acids.
Thirst for cold water, but dyspnœa allows her to take but a sip at a time.

Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting

Empty eructations.
Nausea : during morning cough ; continuous in pit of stomach, alternating with a pain in abdomen, as with diarrhœa.
Excessive nausea.
Nausea in back of throat, almost constant accumulation of saliva in mouth.
Nausea in pit of stomach, alternating with pain in abdomen, or sensation as if diarrhœa would set in.

Scrobiculum and stomach

Pressure in stomach as from a stone.

Abdomen and loins

Cutting pain in abdomen as from flatulence.
Painful sensitiveness of abdomen and region of bladder.

Stools and rectum

Frequent discharge of very fetid flatus.
Diarrhœa, stool very offensive, watery, during measles, or looking black.
Stools : dark-brown or black, slimy, fluid, in frothy bubbles ; very offensive ; painless ; involuntary (when coughing, sneezing or passing urine).
Painless constipation.

Urinary organs

Continuous, painful pressure on bladder.
Tenesmus of bladder after micturition.
Frequent calls to urinate, especially at night, with scanty or profuse discharge of pale urine.
Sanguinolent urine with a deposit of red sediment.
Violent urging to urinate, with frequent emission of pale, limpid urine, looking like water. θ Diabetes insipidus.
Involuntary micturition, especially when coughing.
Continuous painful pressure on bladder and inability to retain urine. θ Enuresis nocturna.
Unable to retain urine, because the amount is too large.
Urine : increased, pale, with frequent urging ; involuntary, scanty, dark-red. θ Hydrothorax.
When urinating feces escape.

Female sexual organs

Atony of cervix uteri.

Respiration

Moaning, with open mouth ; wheezing ; rattling, with pleurisy, must sit up ; short, with least exertion.
Dyspnœa, cannot drink ; child seizes cup eagerly, but can drink only in sips.
Difficult or embarrassed respiration.
Frequently obliged to take a deep breath, which provokes cough.
Dyspnœa and stitches in chest, most distressing on inspiration.
Oppression across chest, as if it were too tight.
Shortness of breath from every exertion, especially when ascending.
Difficulty of breathing, with stitches in chest when breathing and coughing.
Dry asthma for three years, and persistent panting respiration, no actual loss of breath at first ; finally was obliged to get out of bed and sit at open window ; could not lie on right side without bringing on oppression ; drawing pain through both hypochondria ; urine scanty, reddish-yellow and neutral.

Cough

Cough : dry, night and morning ; short, rattling, disturbing sleep ; spasmodic, from mucus in trachea, or tickling creeping sensation in chest ; with headache, dyspnœa, spurting of urine, stitches in chest or pain in abdomen ; caused by cold drinks ; during measles ; after eating ; from every exertion ; by changing from warm to cold air.
Frequent irritation to a short dry cough in four or five shocks caused by tickling beneath thyroid cartilage.
A violent sudden cough in morning, with stitch in side with every cough, with expectoration.
Cough, in morning, with profuse slimy expectoration.
Constant expectoration of mucus.
Cough in morning, with copious expectoration of thin, frequently reddish-colored mucus.
The loose cough in morning is more fatiguing than the dry in evening.
Cough seems to proceed from lowest ramifications of bronchial tubes, with wheezing in lower part of lungs. θ Bronchitis.
Every fit of coughing winds up with sneezing and involuntary urination.
Sputa : white or reddish mucus ; sweetish, or empyreumatic or offensive in odor ; in small round balls, very difficult to expectorate.
Dry spasmodic cough, brought on by taking a deep inspiration, causing pain in abdomen as from a shock and sensation as if intestines would burst out through abdomen, with retching, stitches in sides, pressure upon bladder and involuntary escape of urine ; white, slimy, often sweetish-tasting expectoration in morning ; none in evening ; rattling of mucus before onset of paroxysm. θ Pertussis.
Cough less troublesome in daytime, yet somewhat spasmodic and with whooping, but every night at 11 o'clock, or between 11 and 3 o'clock she has a sudden attack of suffocation ; it is very severe and compels her to spring to her feet and stand on tiptoe on her bed, stretching her body and arms upward in her agony ; she cannot gain her breath for many seconds ; anxiety and fear is extreme ; at length the breath returns, with a whooping sound on inspiration ; this is soon followed by a milder attack ; the rest of the night is comparatively quiet ; but drinking of cold water always brings on severe cough.

Inner chest and lungs

Stitches in chest, especially when inhaling and coughing ; in sides of chest ; pleurisy.
Compressive pain in right side of chest, ending in a stitch.
Broad pressive stitches beneath last ribs of both sides.
On inspiration, jerking stitches in right and left sides of chest, not far from sternum.
Stitches in left and right true ribs, at same time.
Drawing stitch from last true rib to shoulder.
Broad blunt stitches in last ribs of left side, in morning in bed, that awakened him.
A contracting stitch in left side, just beneath last ribs.
Drawing pain in chest.
Sharp stitches in scapular end of clavicle during inspiration and expiration.
Severe stitches near sternum, extending downward so that he could with great difficulty get his breath.
Pains in chest < in morning.
Heaviness on chest ; congestion of blood to chest.
Chronic catarrh, profuse secretion of tenacious white mucus, which is only expectorated after severe cough ; especially in children.
Circle of size of palm of hand, dull on percussion, in chest of a young lady.
Pneumonia right side ; cough very painful ; high fever ; breathing short and anxious, with general anxiety ; dulness over right lung on percussion, fine whistling breathing on auscultation ; in some places no respiratory murmur ; excessive dyspnœa, suffering during cough making child almost frantic ; could take no nourishment on account of cough not allowing him to swallow ; during fits of coughing, in his agony would rub his face all over briskly with his fist.
Especially suitable in pneumonia and pleurisy, after bloodletting.

Heart, pulse and circulation

Pulse small and slow, slightly hard.

Neck and back

Stiffness of neck.
Painful jerking above left scapula.
Painless drawing in left scapula.

Upper limbs

Sweat in armpits.
Convulsive twitching in arms ; cold hands.

Lower limbs

Convulsive twitching of legs.
Cold foot sweat.
Sweat only on toes.
Soles red and sore when walking.

Limbs in general

Tearing and restlessness in upper and lower extremities.
Convulsive twitching and motions of limbs, < morning and evening and during motion.
Soreness in bends of joints.
Dull rheumatic pain ; < when exercising, > while at rest.

Rest. position. motion

Rest : rheumatic pains >.
Could not lie on right side without bringing on oppression.
Raising head : pulsation in it.
Must sit up : pleurisy.
Sitting : chilliness ceases.
Motion : twitching of limbs <.
Least exertion : short respiration ; cough.
Ascending : shortness of breath.
Walking : soles red and sore ; chilliness.
Exercising : rheumatic pains <.

Sleep

Frequent yawning, without sleepiness.
Restless sleep with much tossing about.

Time

Morning : vertigo and nausea ; headache ; painful sensitiveness of vertex ; fluent coryza ; nausea during cough ; dry cough ; violent sudden cough in morning ; cough, with profuse expectoration ; loose cough, very fatiguing ; stitches in ribs ; pains in chest < ; twitching of limbs <.
Daytime ; cough less troublesome.
Afternoon : great heat in body.
Toward evening : chilliness.
Evening : dry cough ; sweetish expectoration ; twitching of limbs < ; great heat in body.
Night : frequent calls to urinate ; dry cough ; internal chill.

Temperature and weather

From warm to cold air : cough.
Aversion : to being uncovered, with heat.
Must get out of bed and sit at open window.
Cold wind : sensation as of cold water in eye.
Cold drinks : caused cough.

Fever

Chill internally at night, with external heat.
Chilliness toward evening when walking, not when sitting.
Icy-cold hands and feet, with warmth of rest of body.
Icy-cold feet.
Heat dry, burning, mostly internally.
Heat of whole body, with cold hands and feet, with aversion to being uncovered ; face pale after heat.
Sensation of great heat in body, in afternoon and evening, generally with cold feet.
Whenever he uncovers himself during heat, he suffers from chilliness and pain.
Sweat wanting.

Attacks, periodicity

Alternating : nausea in pit of stomach, with pain in abdomen.
Every night at 11 o'clock or between 11 and 3 : sudden attacks of suffocation.
For three years : dry asthma.

Locality and direction

Right : pain in forehead ; compressive pain, side of chest ; blunt stitch in last ribs ; pneumonia, dulness over lung.
Left : eye smaller than right ; pain back of ear ; stitch in side ; jerking above scapula ; drawing on scapula.
From left to right : pain in occiput.
Right and left : stitches in side of chest ; stitches in true ribs at same time.

Sensations

Eyes as if swimming in water ; nostrils as if sore ; as if diarrhœa would set in ; as if chest were too tight ; as if intestines would burst through abdomen.
Pain : in abdomen ; in chest.
Tearing pain : back of left ear ; in upper and lower limbs.
Cutting pain : in abdomen.
Drawing lancinating pain : in head.
Severe stitches : near sternum.
Sharp stitches : in scapular end of clavicle.
Jerking stitches : in right and left side of chest.
Stitches : in chest ; in side ; in left and right true ribs.
Contracting stitch : in left side.
Drawing stitch : from last true rib to shoulder.
Broad pressive stitches : beneath last ribs.
Broad blunt stitches : in last rib of right side.
Stitching pain : in forehead.
Contractive pain, in both temples ; in occiput.
Compressive pain : in right side of chest.
Drawing pain : through both hypochondriæ ; in chest.
Pressing pain : in head.
Dull rheumatic pains : in limbs.
Painful jerking : above scapula.
Painful pressure : on bladder.
Painful sensitiveness : of abdomen and region of bladder.
Soreness : of soles ; in bends of joints.
Burning : in mouth and throat ; in palate.
Great heat : in body.
Dryness : of mouth ; of throat.
Pulsation : in head.
Painless drawing : on scapula.
Stiffness : of neck.
Pressure : in stomach, as from a stone.
Heaviness : on chest.
Tickling creeping sensation : in chest.
Stinging itching : under nose.
Icy-coldness : of hands ; of feet.

Skin

Eruptions like itch, with burning, itching.
Excoriation in bends of limbs.

Stage of life, constitution

Boy, æt. 9, negro ; pneumonia.
Miss H., æt. 15, fleshy, light complexion, blue eyes, large for her age, recovering from varicella ; affection of eye.
Man, æt. 25, suffering two weeks ; phlyctenule of conjunctiva.
Widow, æt. 63, suffering three years ; asthma.

Relations

Compatible : after Bryon .

Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica

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Lecture

Squilla was given in the olden times by the old school in all lung, bronchial, and kidney affections; pneumonia, asthma, scanty urine and dropsical affections.

Cough

Has a loose morning cough and a dry evening cough (Alum., Carbo veg., Phos. ac., Sep., Stram., Puls., Squilla).

Puls. and Squil, being strong here, but Squil. has a hard cough; coughs, gags, sneezes; urine escapes and quite frequently faeces; the patient coughs until be is covered with sweat; he gags and coughs and finally succeeds in raising two or three little lumps of white, tenacious mucus; it is a spasmodic cough caused by mucus in the trachea or a tickling, creeping sensation in the chest.

The loose morning cough is worse than the dry evening cough. Patient chilly cannot have the least draft; wants plenty of clothing and is very sensitive to cold; not so in Puls. Urine is generally copious, watery, colorless.

About 11 A.M. to 12 or 1 P.M. there is the most dyspnoea from filling up of the chest with mucus; this same feeling returns during the hour, but it is from cardiac weakness.

Copious, colorless urine is one of its important symptoms and resembles Ign., but Squil. is not a hysterical patient like Ign.

Quite similar to Can. Ind. or Gels . in brain affections, but Squil. has not many brain affections nor many febrile symptoms. Phos. has inflammation of the brain and when the dangerous turn comes this increase of urine is a bad sign.

Puls, tearful, then copious urine. Squil. copious colorless urine in diabetes; when this seems to disappear and chest symptoms appear, these troubles disappear and kidney troubles appear, these would disappear and dropsy comes up; when the urine would get copious again these dropsical symptoms would disappear and Squil. acts a long time.

There is a copious, colorless flow from the nose, more especially in the morning; the cough is similar to Tart. emet.

Squil. in its internal nature is quite like Thuja in regard to its spurting urine and its spasmodic cough; with the escape of urine there is more or less of escape of faeces of a dark brown or black fluid in frothy bubbles, very offensive, painless, involuntary.

Respiration difficult with stitches in the chest when breathing and coughing. Great dyspnoea, the child cannot drink; seizes the cup eagerly, but can drink only in sips; frequently obliged to take a deep breath which provokes a cough; shortness of breath on every exertion.

Chest

Pains in the chest aggravated in the morning. Dull rheumatic pains aggravated when exercising; ameliorated while at rest. Evening dry cough with sweetish expectoration. Great heat in the body. Follows well after Bry. Absolute lack of sweat is a characteristic.

Dry cough at 11 P.M. worse from cold water and cold air ( Rumex). Bell. has cough at 11 P.M. worse from uncovering, red face, congestion in head. Lach. soon after going to sleep, which may be 11 P.M.

Nasal discharge acrid, corroding, worse in the morning; violent sneezing. Stool dark brown or black.

Seldom much cough during day.

Pneumonia: Stitches when inhaling, jerking pains; always right side; catarrh of the chest and threatened pneumonia after hemorrhage from the lungs. Soreness in the chest, worse from motion. Bry. will often palliate and the case will go into Squilla.