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Thallium


PREPARATION.--Triturate the pure metal in the usual way.



(The following is from the Homoeopathic World, 1893):



In the "French News" column of the Chemist and Druggist we came across

a note on the effect of Thallium, which we have no doubt homoeopaths

will soon turn to good account. Here is the paragraph:--





CURIOUS EFFECT OF A REMEDY.



"Dr. Huchar
read a paper at the last meeting of the Paris Academy of

Medicine on Acetate of Thallium, which was formerly advocated by Dr.

Combemale, of Lille, as a medicament against profuse perspiration in

certain cases of serious illness. It appears, however, that its useful

influence is counterbalanced by the fact that it causes the hair to fall

off with great rapidity. Dr. Huchard exhibited at the meeting several

photographs of patients who had become quite bald in several days. He

was consequently very emphatic against the use of the remedy."



There is all the difference between the two schools in this note. To the

allopath this is a "curious effect" merely, and serves to condemn the

drug. To the homoeopathic it brings to light a new remedy for a

troublesome affection which is by no means too well provided for.



Thallium is a rare metal, whose atomic weight is 204.2, its symbol

being Tl. It receives its name ([Greek: thallos], a green shoot) from

the green line it gives on the spectrum, through which it was discovered

by Crookes in the residuum left from the distillation of selenium.

Thallium has a bluish white tint and the lustre of lead; is so soft

that it can be scratched by the finger nail. Specific gravity, 11.8. It

belongs to the lead group of metals, but has peculiar reactions of its

own. It is used in the manufacture of glass of high refractive power.



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