- Osmium is a metal of the platinum group in association with which it is always found.
- It is the heaviest of them all and the most refractory, having never been fused.
- It derives its name from the pungent odor of the fumes of osmic acid, which are evolved in the process of separating platinum from its ore.
- The odor of Osmium closely resembles that of chlorine, as also do its irritating effect on the respiration mucus membrane.
- The odor imparted to the secretions is various, it makes the urine smell like violets, the belchings like radishes, the axillary sweat like garlic.
- Triturations of the pure metal have been proved.
- The symptoms of the metal and of the acid are taken together.
- Osm affects the respiratory tract, especially the trachea.
- Irritation and catarrhInflammation of mucous membranes with dischargeExcessive buildup of mucus in the nose or throat, associated with inflammation of the mucous membrane. of respiratory organs.
- Pain in trachea.
- Pains go up and down.
- Crawling on back and shoulders.
- Increases and gives odor to local perspiration.
- Albuminuria.
- EczemaItchy, inflamed skin conditionAn inflammatory skin rash causing dry, red, itchy, and sometimes cracking or blistered skin patches..
- Causes adhesion of the nail fold.
- COMMENTS - The respiratory tract is irritated and pained from beginning to end.
- The nostrils and larynx are sensitive to cold air.
- Pain in larynx, trachea and in and under sternum on coughing.
- Talking causes pain in larynx.
- Cough convulsive in paroxysms, hollow sounding as if one coughed into an empty tube, caused by irritation in larynx or low down in chest.
- Violent headaches, affecting the base of the brain.
- Skin irritation, irritating eruptions, eczematous and herpetic.
- In the provings, the erections were severe almost to priapism and the ejaculations were longer-lasting and more copious than normal.
- A woman, 62 to whom Clarke once gave Osm.
- 2x for a spasmodic cough with pain in the head had a severe aggravationWorsening of symptomsAn increase in severity or intensity of symptoms, often caused by environmental factors or after taking a remedy., the headache taking this form: “Sharp pain in center of forehead going through to back, better by hard pressure on forehead.” She discontinued Osm and in two or three days that pain went away, leaving only an ordinary headache.
- The cough was not relieved.
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- Norton suggested that Osm may be a remedy in many cases of glaucoma.
- Cooper had a case of a girl of 14 with postnasal growths who improved rapidly under Osm., 3x, but was seized with exhaustion, then under Hydr-ac., got quite well.
- In one of Blackley's cases, a child born during the time that his father was under the influence of Osm developed eczema, though none of the previously born children were eczematous.
- The kidneys were affected in another of Blackley's cases, incipient nephritisInflammation of the kidneysAn inflammatory condition of the kidneys, affecting their filtering units, which can cause pain, blood in urine, or swelling. being set up.
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- Boger cured a case in which there was pain in both directions, “Stitching pain upward in left spermatic cord.
- Creeping sensation downwards in left spermatic cord.
- Weakness in calves, they give out while walking.” Shootings in the sternum are up and down.
- In another case of a man, 44, syphilitic was cured of “dull, steady pain in hypo - gastrium, sore to pressure.
- Steady aching in glans penis.” Temperature - Shivering, worse back.
- Fe ver, with difficult respiration, fever, with hot and dry skin.
- Sweat in axilla, smelling of garlic, worse evening and night.
- Distention of stomach and ab domen in evening, with difficul t passage of flatus.
- Rumblings.
- Pain in groins, on coughing the pain extended into testicles.
- Weakness in groins towards spermatic cords.
- Pressure on inguinal rings.
- Constriction in epigastrium before dinner.
- Aversion to cocoa, coffee and tobacco, disgust at their odor
