Anxious, frightened look. On rousing from sleep looks as if he had a horrible dream. The tongue is swollen, painful, offensive. Covered with black blood. Stiff and dry as leather.
Ulceration runs all through the remedy.
There may be diphtheritic exudations in the throat, but round about it there are those low, dark, offensive surfaces. The throat is greatly swollen, and it is with difficulty that he can swallow. Baptisia has been a very useful remedy in gangrenous sore mouth and sore throat. Cancrum oris . The ulcers spread rapidly and eat rapidly.