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dorsum of the tongue, making it look like strawberry tongue. Again, the tongue is coated a thick brown.The provers seemed to be much annoyed by a sensation of a hair on the base of the tongue. It hasproduced and cured ulceration of the tongue; even when syphilitic it is a useful remedy. Ulcers deep asif punched out, with stinging pains.There is great dryness of the mouth; ropy saliva and mucus; ulcers anywhere in the mouth;aphthous patches; ulcers of the roof of the mouth; even when these are syphilitic it is a most usefulremedy; deep, punched out ulcers.The throat symptoms are very numerous. I will only mention a few of the most characteristicones. Inflammation of the throat in general, involving all the tissues in it, extending up into the nose,and down into the larynx, even with a high degree of ulceration with copious, ropy mucus. It has cureddiphtheria exudation in the throat when it is confined to the throat, and also when it has extended to thelarynx. A marked feature of the Kali bichromicum throat is its oedematous uvula. This symptom is alsofound in Apis, Kali-i., Lach., Mur-ac., Nitr-ac., Phos., Sulf-ac., and Tab. Deep ulcers in the throat andulcers on the tonsils. Ulceration so extensive that it has destroyed the whole soft palate. Inflammationof the tonsils when they are swollen and very red, when the neck is swollen; inflammation of the tonsilswith suppuration. In this sore throat there is quite commonly a shooting pain extending to the ears.There are also enlarged veins in the throat. Like the sensation of the tongue as if a hair in various placesin the fauces and nose. Dry, burning sensation in the throat is very common. Quite a characteristicsymptom of Kali bichromicum is the intense pain in the root of the tongue, when putting the tongueout. It has much exudation in the throat that is not diphtheria, but resembles it.The stomach symptoms are also very numerous. There is aversion to meat, and, strange to say,he craves beer, which makes him sick, diarrhea. Food lies like a load in the stomach; digestion seemssuspended; there is a pressure as of a load after eating and much foetid eructation. Nausea comes onvery suddenly, sometimes while eating, soon after eating; vomits all food and it is sour as if it hadturned sour very rapidly; so that there is vomiting of sour, undigested food, bile, bitter mucus, blood,yellow mucus and ropy mucus. It is a very useful remedy in nausea and vomiting of drunkards and beerdrinkers. When a beer drinker has arrived at a point where he can no longer tolerate his beer but itmakes him sick, Kali bichromicum is a useful remedy. In the-stomach there is also soreness andcoldness. It is a very useful remedy in ulceration of the stomach; and when such ulcer is cancerous itrelieves the pain, stops the vomiting, makes the patient comfortable for a long time. In other words, itpalliates him. There are some pains in the stomach that are ameliorated by eating; nausea some times isameliorated, but such is the exception. He has a faintness in the stomach which drives him to eat often.Chronic catarrh of the stomach is a strong feature and perhaps is a condition that is generally presentwith Kali bichromicum patients.There is pain in the liver, hard contracting pain extending to the shoulder, resembling Crot. h.Pain in the liver from motion.Dull, aching pain in the liver. It is a useful remedy in liver conditions associated with gallstones. It corrects the action of the liver so that healthy bile is formed and the gallstones arc dissolved.Stitching pain in the liver, and also in the spleen, on motion.The abdomen is very tympanitic, with tenderness. There are stitching, cutting pains. Sinking inthe abdomen with nausea after eating, then comes vomiting, then comes diarrhea. This is the order inwhich these symptoms generally appear. It is a very useful remedy in gastro-intestinal cases. Ulcers ofthe intestines in typhoid conditions. This remedy has also a morning diarrhea like Sulfur. It has diarrheain phthisis. It has diarrhea in typhoid fever. Watery stools. Stools are brown and watery, or may beblackish watery. There is often much tenesmus at stool. Chronic diarrhea in the morning. Diarrhea afterbeer like Aloe, China, Gamb., Lyc., Mur-ac., and Sulfur.Frequently there are clay colored stools. Again there are bloody stools, as in dysentery. It hasboth diarrhea and dysentery after rheumatism has disappeared. It seems rheumatic conditions areinclined to alternate with diarrhoeic conditions.In hot weather it has diarrhea and dysentery; in winter it has chest troubles and catarrh of the airpassages. There is pain in the abdomen before the stool; much pain during the stool, cramping andtenesmus. After stool it has tenesmus like Merc. It has constipation with hard, knotty stool, followed bysevere burning in the parts. Burning in the anus after stool. Prolapsus of the rectum. After dry hardstool there is burning in the rectum. Patient suffers from a sensation of a large plug in the rectum andthere is great soreness in the anus. He suffers much from hemorrhoids which protrude after stool andare very painful.Pain in the back with bloody urine. Shooting pains in the region of the kidneys, also aching inthe region of the kidneys with urging to urinate in the day time. There is suppressed urine with aching