ACETIC ACID

This acid, more positively than other organic acidproduces
a profound anæmia followed by
general malnutrition, emaciation,
cough, night sweats, etc. It seems also to produce an immediate
inflammation of some mucous
membranes characterized
by
a membranous (or plastic) exudation (larynx, bronchi, uterus).


General aggravation by cold drinks. Epigastrium sore.

Third to thirtieth potency. Not to be repeated too often, except in croup.

Acetic acid has the power to liquefy albuminous and fibrinous deposits. Epithelial cancer, internally and locally. Sycosis with nodules and formations in the joints.

Irritable, worried about business affairs.

Nervous headache, from abuse of narcotics.

Eyes sunken, surrounded by dark rings.

Epithelioma of lip.

Diabetes.Intense burning thirst. Cold drinks distress.

Vomits after every kind of food.

Hyperchlorhydria and gastralgia.
Violent burning pain in stomach and chest, followed by coldness of skin and cold sweat on forehead.

Frequent watery stools, worse in morning.

Ascites.

Large quantities of pale urine. Diabetes, with great thirst and debility (Phos ac).

Ammon acet (Profuse saccharine urine, patient is bathed in sweat).]

Nausea of pregnancy. Breasts painfully enlarged, distended with milk.

Cough when inhaling.

Pain in back, relieved only by lying on abdomen.

Œdema of feet and legs.

[Liatris (General anasarca in heart and kidney disease, dropsy, and chronic diarrhœa)]

Burning, dry, hot skin, or bathed in profuse sweat.

Diminished sensibility of the surface of body.

Useful after stings, bites, etc. Varicose swellings. Scurvy; anasarcaBruises;
sprains.

Hectic, with drenching night-sweats. Red spot on left cheek. No thirst in fever. Ebullitions. Sweat profuse, cold.

Acetic acid is antidotal to all anæsthetic vapors. Counteracts sausage poisoning.

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