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and nails. This tissue ulcerates, and the ulcers eat are spread. All eruptions itch violently. He cannotrest until he Scratches the skin off, when the part becomes moist, bloody, raw and inflamed. There isalso itching, with no visible eruption. He scratches the skin until moisture oozes forth, and keeps onscratching until the skin bleed and the part becomes .(This word makes me remark here that is quite a feature of this remedy.Coldness in spots; coldness in the stomach, in the abdomen, in the uterus; coldness in a spot betweenthe scapulae; coldness in the heart---sensation as if the heart were cold.) Various forms of eczema.Eczema of the scalp, especially of the occiput. Herpetic eruptions about the mouth ,about the genitals, lips, face, and the patches become crusty and ooze much.The , or internal skin, has little patches of ulcers, with induration about thepatch, and hence Petr. is useful in syphilitic ulcers. Ulcerous patches in the throat; aphthous patches inthe mouth. There is inflammation of the mucous membranes everywhere, producing watery and finallythick yellow discharges. The nose is filled by tumefaction of the Schneiderian membrane. Old catarrhalcomplaints of the nose, crusts, thick yellow discharge; fetid odor from the nose. The nose, posteriornares and pharynx become thickened and there is an accumulation of thick mucus, especially in themorning. The larynx is involved and there is loss of voice, and the trouble extends to the chest, causinga catarrhal condition with cough.He coughs especially at night, and there is emaciation of the body with pain and soreness of thechest. Dry, hacking cough, alternating with copious expectoration; emaciation about the chest. Astriking feature of this drug is that the cough is worse at night, and the diarrhea is worse during the day.Catarrh of the stomach and bowels. Catarrh of the rectum, much mucus with the stools. , while the patient is quiet and at rest. He cannot eat withoutpain, but he has a gnawing hunger which drives him to eat There is an "all-gone"hungry feeling after stool, which drives him to eat. With the diarrhea there is constant hunger, yet hecannot eat without pain; emaciation, skin eruptions, unhealthy ragged fingers which never look clean;he cannot wash them as this causes them to chap.Catarrh of the bladder and urethra; chronic catarrhal discharge; chronic gonorrhea. Itching iscommon to the internal skin, and a striking feature in gonorrhea is the itching in the posterior half ofthe urethra with the discharge. It almost drives him wild, keeps him awake at night. He rubs andmanipulates the perinaeum to relieve this itching. The gonorrheal discharge is white or yellow. It isuseful in that "last drop".Also in the early stages of gonorrhea when the itching is troublesome.Sore bruised feeling all over the body, especially in the joints. Rheumatic pain in the joints onmotion; sore to touch; sensation as if bruised. It is analogous to in relation to bruises.Petroleum is suitable. in old stubborn is the routine remedy for offensive foot sweat and periodic occipital headaches.Petroleum has also offensive foot sweat; offensive sweats all over, and especially so in the axilla,where it is so pungent that it can be observed on the patient entering the room. The pain often remainsin the occiput, but when very severe it extends up over the top of the head to the eyes and forehead has that condition). Petroleum is not so closely related to as it is to and , which are carbonaceous substances; and all carbonaceous products affect the backof the head. "Pain from occiput over head to forehead and eyes, with transitory blindness; he gets stiff;loses consciousness". "Circumscribed pain in the occiput, aggravated on shaking the head". Thisremedy, unlike , has oversensitiveness of the senses, hearing, touch and smell.The Petroleum constitution produces a peculiar vertigo which comes on under regularcircumstances, when on ship-board, or riding in a carriage, or on the cars. It suits occipital headachefrom riding on the cars, or from such motions, with nausea like seasickness. Seasickness is a trouble wecannot always meet, yet most people, when constitutionally treated, can be directed into a better state,so that they will not be troubled under ordinary conditions, such as riding on the cars or in a carriage.To a great extent the above condition is due to a lack of accommodation, a visual trouble; coming on,for example, from focusing the eyes on the waves as they retreat from the rear end of the ship, or onpassing objects, the patient being relieved while in a dark state-room. Occipital headache, with thevertigo above mentioned, and an all-gone hungry feeling or pain in the stomach, driving him to eat, willbe mitigated by Petroleum. The most common form of seasickness I have found to be the following:Awful deathly nausea, great pallor, cold body, profuse sweat and exhaustion, ameliorated by fanning,by the open air, by closing the eyes, by quiet and darkness, and aggravated by warmth. is generally the remedy for such cases.In Petroleum there is much disturbance of vision, but the catarrhal state of the eyes is striking.Vesicular formations, ulcerations, inflammation, redness and copious discharge; granular lids,