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suitable remedy. All of these cases coming on from the circulatory conditions should be cured withremedies. They should never be sent to the surgeon. Though they remain some time, even months, theywill be cured by well-selected remedies, while those that come on gradually, and those that are born so,will not be relieved by remedies. Only those spasmodic ones that are associated with, and come onfrom, congestion of the brain. In connection with congestion of the liver and duodenal catarrh there isyellowishness in the eyes.In inflammations of the ear which go on to suppuration Bell.is rarely useful. We have to look to deep acting remedies. We may have the pain, tenderness,oversensitiveness, all inflammatory conditions; but cases requiring Bell. rarely go on to suppuration.Now we come to the mucous membranes, the nose, mouth throat larynx, chest, the mucousmembrane extending into the ear through the Eustachian tube, and we have another strong feature ofBell.which characterizes most of its conditions. Great dryness; a sensation of dryness. Dryness in thenose: mouth; of the tongue; in the throat; in the chest and such evidences as dry cough and spasmodicconditions. These are so general that with the nose symptoms, the coryza, the throat symptoms, thecough this is intensified; dryness of mucous membranes will generally be found.It is that way with Phos. When Phos. has a sore throat it will have dryness of the mouth, tongueand air passages. This is general as to the respiratory tract. Then there is coryza with much sneezing."Pricking, burning in the nose". Hot sensation in the nose. The general states present much redness ofthe face, much heat with the coryza; hot head, cold extremities; marked headache, because theredryness. The very dryness itself is sometimes causative of pain, because the natural flow from themucous membranes is dried up. Whenever we have checked secretions we have fever, and in Bell. thisis marked. Checking of the discharge with fever, with heat, redness and burning; red face burning face;heat in the face and head, and cold extremities.It says in the text; "maddening headache, with suppressed catarrh".Now, in such a climate as this most people during winter and cold weather and the changes havemore or less mucous flow from the nose, and eyes, and air passages. They are better when this takesplace. All at once it stops, and all the parts become dry; then look out. An awful, maddening, throbbingheadache comes on.It is not so suitable for those old catarrhs where there is a copious flow of thick yellow mucus.The catarrhal state wherein Bell. is useful is simply the exaggeration of the whitish mucous flow..Where it has been thick and yellow, and then stops suddenly from a cold, and a coryza comes on, Bell.is worthless.Always bear in mind that you select for suppressed catarrh a medicine that is within the sphereof the symptoms that have been suppressed. Hence, the medicine for thick, yellowish-green dischargesmight be Merc., Sulfur, or Pulsatilla; then you are within the range of medicines capable of reestablishingthe flow, and at the same time beginning a curative effect on the state of the tissue, leavingthe patient in a much better state.Violent faceaches. Rending, tearing pains in the face; throbbing pains in the face. Pains in theface worse on the right side; worse from a jar; with much heat; throbbing parotids; hot head; brought onfrom exposure to cold wind, and riding in the cold wind. Bell. has cured paralytic conditions, butCausticum is generally the remedy for paralysis of the face from riding in a cold wind. Spasms of themuscles of the face. Extraordinary twitchings of the face. Erysipelas in the face; a bright red graduallybecoming purple if there is a fever accompanying it. In the neuralgic pains there is always more or lesscongestion of the face with violent pains, and the face will be bright red.With the zymotic state, as the febrile condition becomes more profound, and as the bloodbecomes more zymotic, the face grows from duskiness into a mottled state, as you will see in Baptisia,more marked in Baptisia than in Bell. "Red face, with burning heat". The teeth are full of pains,congestions, and aches of a similar character. Very sensitive teeth.The tongue should be a dry tongue, as that is general with its mucous membranes. Dry mouth;dry tongue; swollen tongue; protruding tongue, dry and hard, feels like leather. Loss of sensation, lossof taste, loss of power of the tongue and loss of speech are all Bell. features. "Paralytic weakness of thetongue; trembling of the tongue when it is protruded". It comes out weak.In a very few days the Bell. fever patient is greatly reduced, is greatly exhausted, has almost aparalytic weakness. When he raises the hand and holds it a moment it trembles in the same way. Thatwhich is found in the tongue is only a part of the general state. Trembling from congestion of the nervecenters.The papilla of the tongue are erect, and the tongue is bright red. Bright red tongue in scarletfever. Bright red tongue in congestion of the brain, with the erect papilla. When going over Arum