MERCURIUS.
MOUTH.
►
Teeth. ►► *Teeth black,
loose, [45]. ► Teeth turn yellow and become loose, [28]. ►
Thick gray coating on the teeth (after working fourteen days), [20]. ►
Teeth dirty-gray, loose, [68].
► Teeth foul, [55]. ► Teeth
thickly covered with tartar, [21].
►► *Carious teeth, [18]. [170.]
►► *Decay of the teeth; they become
loose in succession, and at the age
of thirty she had lost six; they fell out at the slightest shock
(after six years); most of the teeth,
especially the molars, were gone; those that remained were blackened, laid bare, loose and carious
(after thirty-eight years), [70]. ► *After a time, the teeth decay, become lose, of
a grayish color, and fall out, [23].
► Since going into the works, he been
obliged to have several teeth removed, [18].
► All the teeth were loose, [18]. ►
*Teeth loose, discolored, [75].
► *Teeth loose; at last drop out,
[49]. ►
The teeth especially the anterior back ones, are loose, and would fall
out, [20]. ► *Looseness of the teeth, especially of the
molars; they become denuded of the
gum and turn black, with nightly pains in the teeth, jaws, and head,
[2a]. ►
Teeth very loose (after ten days), [58].
► Falling out of teeth, [6], [21].
[180.] ►
Falling out of the teeth, [21]. ► Loss of nearly all the teeth; gum-boils
formed close to their roots, and they soon after dropped out, [16]. ►
*All the teeth except the incisors have been lost, at least the crowns
of the teeth, leaving only the roots, with very red gums, which are very
soft, [21]. ► Disagreeable sensation in the teeth, [28]. ►
Aching in right lower molar (decayed) at 4.30 P.M. (second day), [81]. ►
Violent pain in the teeth (after six years), [70]. ► Aching
in left lower molar (sound), passing to upper molar (sound), at 6 P.M.
(second day), [81]. ► Slight aching in left lower molar tooth
(sound), (after two hours and a quarter), [81].
► *Violent toothache, [18]. ►►
*Violent toothache, with swelling of the gum and salivary glands,
[29]. [190.]
► Toothache (drawing) in left lower
molar (sound); (not experienced for several years), (after a few
minutes), [82]. ► Gums. ►
Gums much affected, [50]. ► *Gums red, but without yellow coating on free
border (eighth day), [60].
► *Gums red, swollen, and covered with
thin white patches, easily removed from a non-ulcerated surface;
to the left of an behind the second molar tooth, a red patch which has
been covered by a white film. Gums much worn away, and coated of a dirty
yellow (after ten days), [58]. ► Gums red, swollen, and covered on their
free border with a dirty yellowish-white substance, which extends up to
the tooth-cavities. On removing this, the subjacent surface is seen to
be spongy and bleeding, without ulcerations, [57]. ►►
*Gums red, and bleeding at the slightest contact, sometimes
spontaneously (after six years). Of
a deeper red, and slightly swollen (after eighteen years). Red, bleeding in spots, but do not seem swollen;
small ulcers on them at intervals
(after thirty-eight years), [70]. ►► *The gum has a bright-red margin,
[79]. ►
The margin of the gum shows a bluish-gray color and seems inflamed, [80]. ►
Gingival line, [76]. ► *Gums swollen and of a livid-red color,
[18]. [200.] ►
Gum swollen, with a light violet margin, [18].
► *Gums swollen, separated from the teeth,
[28]. ►
Gums swollen painful, [45]. ► In 1822, two “élèves
externes,” at the Venereal Hospital, were affected with a
considerable swelling of the gums, which lasted all the time they were
employed there. Merely with drawing from the hospital sufficed to cure
the complaint. I myself was troubled in the same way, while serving in
the same capacity at the institution. After residing there for about six
weeks, my gums swelled so badly that they were
very sore, and bled at the least touch. I could not eat bread without
pain, and my food was bloody when chewed. Nothing gave entire
relief until I left the hospital, [47].
► *Gums frequently become soft and
bleeding, [69]. ►► *Gums spongy and bleeding, [29]. ►
*Gums spongy, and covered with pultaceous exudation, [74], [77].
► *Gum very spongy, and partly destroyed,
[75]. ►
*Gums ulcerated, [49]. ► *Gum ulcerated, loose, spongy, offensive,
[31]. [210.]
► *Suppuration between the teeth and gum,
[18]. ►
Gums somewhat worn away, red, swollen, covered with white films; free
edges entirely coated of a yellowish-gray (after nine days), [59]. ►
His gums, without much sponginess, had been gradually absorbed, and most
of his teeth had fallen out; ptyalism had never occurred, [64]. ► *Atrophy
of the gum, especially of the lower anterior portion, [18]. ►
*The gum atrophies, especially on the roots of the lower teeth, leaving
the necks of the teeth bare, [23].
► *Gum atrophied and retracted below the
alveolar process, [18].
►► *Bleeding from the gums,
[16]. ►►
*Gum bleeds easily, [18].
► Gum painful, [18]. ► Gums
and mastication painful (second day), [59].
[220.] ►►
*Gums sore, [15]. ► Tongue. ►►
*Tongue black, with red edges, [31].
►► Tongue red, swollen, [23]. ►
*Tongue not swollen; gray patches on edges, and a thin dirty-yellow coat
on upper surface (after nine days), [59]. ► *Tongue
pale, [32]. ► *Tongue white, [15], [31].
► *Tongue white, tremulous, [18]. ►
*White-coated tongue, [31].
►► *Coated tongue, showing the
impress of the teeth upon the margin, [23]. ► *Tongue
thickly coated, [18]. [230.] ►►
*Tongue swollen, and its movement difficult (second day), [58]. ►
*Tongue much swollen, and difficult to move (eight days), [60]. ►
Tongue much swollen, especially on the left side; its upper
surface covered with a dirty-yellowish coating, and with gray patches on
its edges; its movements are difficult, [57].
► *Tongue very much swollen, painful, and
covered with foul ulcers, with constant oozing of blood as from a spongy
tissue; these ulcers made swallowing very difficult, [44]. ►
*Tongue so much swollen that its movements are difficult and very
painful; it is very red, with a dirty-yellow coating on upper surface;
shows marks of teeth, and has large gray patches on edges
(after eight days), [60]. ► Great swelling of the tongue, especially
of the right side, which was covered with superficial ulcers; the
swollen portion of the tongue and mouth were hard to touch, the tongue
and palate bright-red, extremely painful, submaxillary and cervical
glands swollen and sensitive to pressure, [18].
► Tongue very large, especially on
right side; its edges show gray patches; in front it bears the marks of
the teeth its upper surface present the dirty-yellow coating
characteristic of mercurial poisoning; its movements are difficult
(after ten days), [58]. ► *Trembling of the tongue, [21], [34].
► *Constant trembling of tongue,
[55]. ►
*Great trembling of the tongue, [21]. [240.] ► Tongue looks healthy, and is not coated;
but almost as soon as it is put out it begins to vibrate like a
pendulum; at first in small arcs, which rapidly enlarge if the organ is
kept protruded (after thirty-eight years), [70]. ► Tongue
difficult to move, [24]. ► Tongue cracked, with a dirty-white
coating, [68]. ► Ulcers on the tongue, [18]. ► Long,
pale ulcers on the edges of the tongue near its tip, [74], [77].
► The patches on the edges of the
tongue begin to disappear, and the red elevations to show themselves
(after twenty days). The ulcers on the edges of the tongue, which are 4
1/2 centimetres in length, are cicatrized in their anterior third. The
posterior two-thirds of the left ulceration shows a granulated surface 3
millims. in breadth. The right ulceration has a granulated surface
rising above the healthy mucous membrane, and about 3 millims, in length
(after twenty-two days). The ulcer on the left border of the tongue has
cicatrized; a white line marks the boundary of the cicatrix. The ulcer
on the right edge of the tongue is not more than 3 millims. in length;
it forms a raised granulated surface, with a white border, which cuts it
transversely in several places, so as to divide it, as it were, into
islets. This granulated surface projects above the white border, which
is a true cicatrized edge (after twenty-five days), [60]. ► On the
right border of the tongue, instead of the gray patch, a granulated
surface stands out plainly upon the healthy mucous membrane, which
bleeds on the slightest touch, and has the white edging of a true
cicatrix. There is a similar appearance on the left border (after
sixteen days), [58]. ► Pain in the tongue, with blisters on the
margin developing into ulcers, [18].
► General Mouth. ► Mucous membrane of the mouth very much
affected, [21]. ► Mucous membrane of the palate red, with
an ulcer to the left of the uvula, [21].
[250.] ►
*The mucous membrane of the palate is intensely red and œdematously
swollen, [80]. ► *The mucous membrane assumes a bluish-red appearance in one or more places, and becomes spongy; next
day these spots become whitish, and the dissolution of the mucous
membrane becomes evident; in a few hours the whitish-gray substance
changes to a fetid ichor, flows off, and exhibits and irregular, shaggy,
flat ulcer, with an almost spongy base, and sharply indented edges; the
ichor is discharged in profuse quantity, the ulcer spreads rapidly in extend, without penetrating
into the flesh, and is very painful;
if the use of the metal be continued, and the ulcers left to themselves,
they assume a dirty, foul appearance, and become rapidly phagedenic;
blood is now discharged from the ulcers, not actively, but oozing out as
from a sponge, and evincing a state of great debility; the bottoms of
these ulcers often present unequal elevations and depressions, as if it
had been corroded by insects; the breaking out of these sores is often
accompanied by irregular and quick pulse, sleeplessness, restlessness,
profuse night-sweats, great nervousness, and impatience from the
slightest cause, [14]. ► Copper-colored redness and swelling of
the gum and mucous membrane of the mouth, followed by excoriations of
the inner surface of the lips and gums, and moderate salivation (after
working fourteen days), [20]. ► Mucous membrane of the mouth livid, with
moderate salivation, especially in the morning; gum red, elevated, with
a grayish-red margin, [21]. ► *Mucous membrane of the mouth pale, with
numerous erosions, [18].
► The mucous membrane of the lower
lip, especially on the left side, is covered with large yellowish
patches, which cannot be detached by the finger-nail. Buccal mucous
membrane swollen, red, thickened, and covered on the cheeks, gums, and
palate, with white patches are easily detached from a non-ulcerated
surface. The gray patches on the lower lip and inside the cheeks, and on
the edge of the tongue, were bordered by a red line (after four days).
On removing with a cloth the patches which extended from the lower lip
over the inside of the cheeks, the mucous membrane was laid bare, and
was seen to be rough and uneven, staining the cloth with a good deal of
blood. Severe pain was thus caused (after six days). The gray patches
have disappeared, leaving red spots. On the right cheek, near the labial
commissure, is a reddish-gray surface, as large as a half a dollar,
raised above the healthy mucous membrane. The red spots are true granulations, indicating ulceration of
the mucous membrane; the gray places are remnants of the previous white
patches (after thirteen days), [57].
► Buccal mucous membrane swollen and
painful (second day). Mucous membrane of inside cheeks swollen,
especially on right side, where is a red patch which has been covered by
a white film. The palate also shows some of these films. The mucous
membrane of the lower lip presents thinnish white patches, bordered with
red (after ten days). The white patches on the lower lip are replaced by
a surface covered with small red elevations, having a thin gray coating
between them. This granulated surface stands out in bold relief upon the
healthy mucous membrane, and leaves blood on the cloth when touched;
contact is very painful (after eleven days), [58]. ► Buccal
mucous membrane lining the upper lip presents, near the right
commissure, a thick white patch, bordered with red; the inside of lower
lip is entirely covered with moderately thick, gray patches, also
bordered with red. Mucous lining of cheeks swollen, especially on right
side; it, as wheel as the palate, shows thin white films (after nine
days), [59]. ►
Palate almost entirely covered by a thin false membrane, which can be
removed from a non-ulcerated surface. Buccal mucous membrane partly
covered with thin white patches, but in some places there are thick
layers which cannot be wholly removed by the nail (after eight days).
Patches on inside cheek, bordered with red (after ten days). Patch on
right cheek has gone off, and is replaced by a prominent grayish-red
surface; the red points are evidently granulations; the gray points are
remains of the false membrane (after eleven days). Granulations on the
above places in left cheek; more apparent in right cheek (after twelve
days). In right cheek a granulated surface, 1 millimetre in breadth and
5 millimetres in length; around it the mucous membrane is red to the
extent of 6 millimetres (after twenty-five days), [60]. ►►
*Bad odor from the mouth, [23],
[75]. ►
*Mouth extremely offensive, [44].
[260.] ►
Fetor from the mouth, [80]. ►► *Fetid odor from mouth, [74]. ►
Mercurial odor very strong (after eight days), [60]. ► *Odor from
the mouth disagreeable, sweetish,
[68]. ►
Swelling of the gum, lips, and cheeks, [2a].
► Mucous membrane of the mouth
swollen, elevated, [21]. ► Spongy swelling of the mucous membrane of
the lower lip, with numerous pustules looking like swollen mucous
glands; also the mucous membrane of the cheek and upper lip has a
peculiar spongy appearance, [80]. ► Stomatitis in two-thirds of all the
cases, sometimes with swelling of the cervical and submaxillary glands;
in about one-half of the cases there were mercurial ulcers in the mouth;
in one case, inflammation of the tongue; in another case, inflammation
of the tonsils, and formation of an abscess, [33]. ► *Acute
stomatitis, [73]. ►► *Violent stomatitis and salivation,
[18]. [270.]
► Violent stomatitis; deep mercurial
ulcers on the inner surface of the right cheek descending as far as the
tonsil; as the mouth healed she was attacked with fearful tremor, so
that she could not leave her bed nor speak a word, [18]. ►
Frightful stomatitis, [18]. ► Soreness and sense of swelling in mouth, [13]. ►
Pimples and swelling in mouth (second day), [60]. ► A
breaking out, similar to the ulcers in diphtheritis, upon the right side
of the mucous membrane of the mouth and tongue; swelling of the right
submaxillary glands, and profuse secretion of fetid saliva, [73]. ►
*Ulcers in the mouth, [18].
► In 1821, Mm. F. and B., then
students in the Hospital de la Pitié, and attending to the treatment of
prostitutes, were both attacked with inflammation of the gums, which
could only have arisen from the discharge of their duties in the
venereal wards. In M. B.’s case, there were even ulcers in the back of
the mouth; they did not seem to him to be important, and he paid little
attention to them until he perceived them to grow worse. He then
consulted a distinguished practitioner, who pronounced the disease
venereal, and prescribed a course of Mercury. As M. B. had never had
syphilis, and had never been even exposed to
the contagion, he declined to follow this advice. His
complaint lasted several months, and disappeared finally after he had
left off treating venereal patients. In the same year, M. P., another
élève externe at the same hospital, was likewise affected with a
swelling of the gums, and also had ulcers on the mouth and back of the
mouth, which, as fast as they were cured in one place, reappeared in
another. Her was finally relieved only by staying at home for some time,
[47]. ►
Numerous ulcers in mouth, [10]. ► Ulcers on left margin of tongue and on
right cheek, [18]. ► Ulcers on the mucous membrane of the
cheek, [18]. [280.] ►
Superficial ulcers in the angle in front of the arch of the palate,
sometimes left, sometimes right, [18].
► Deep ulcers developed on the inner
surface of the lips and cheeks, with elevated, eroded margins, with
swelling of the tonsils and cervical glands (after working fourteen
days), [20]. ►
Inner surface of the cheeks deeply ulcerated and inflamed, [31]. ►
On the mucous membrane of the lips were small whitish, deep, easily
bleeding ulcers, with somewhat elevated margins, and of a livid color, [68]. ►
Foul ulcers in mouth, from which a copious and most offensive sanious
discharge was constantly dropping, [5].
► Small pigmented scar on the right
side, between the hard and soft palate, with a mercurial ulcer, [18]. ►
Saliva. ► Saliva increased,
[23], [68]. ►
*Salivation, [21], [24], [28],
etc.; (third day), [58], [59], [60].
► Slight salivation (after nine
days), [59]. ►
Long-continued slight degree of salivation, [49]. [290.] ► Moderate degree of salivation, [51]. ►
Frequent salivation, [16]. ► An alarming illness broke out among the
crews, all of whom were more or less salivated. The surgeons, pursers,
and three petty officers, who were nearest the place where it was
stowed, felt its effects the most, their heads and tongues having
swelled to the most alarming degree. Every rat, mouse, and cockroach on
board has been destroyed, and the symptoms of general salivation have
appeared in a strong degree, [46].
► Great salivation, [21]. ►
Abundant salivation, [57]. ► Salivation very abundant; almost at its
height (after eight days), [60]. ► Profuse salivation, [18], [31],
[63]. ►
Very violent salivation, [21]. ► Salivation, which caused the loss of all
his teeth, [65]. ► Thirty-nine out of the forty-three
patients were attacked with mercurial salivation; in some cases it
assumed a severe from, [62]. [300.] ► *Very offensive salivation, [31]. ►
*Ptyalism; has to spit a great deal (after thirty-eight
years), [70]. ► Ptyalism, which wasted her to a skeleton,
[11]. ►
Smoking caused unusual profuse salivation, [18]. ► *Bloody
saliva, [44]. ► Taste. ►
Bad taste, [78]. ► Bitter taste, [31]. ►
Metallic taste, [5], [21], [29].
► *Strong metallic taste
(after thirty-eight years), [70]. ► Unable to take soup, on account of a very
salt taste which it seemed to have, [78].
► Speech. [310.] ►
*Speech tremulous, [21];
for years, [18]. ► Speech slow, [18]. ► Speech
impeded, [69]; (second
day), [58]. ► Speech greatly impeded, [15]. ►
Speech difficult, [31];
(after eight days), [60]. ► *Difficulty in speaking and masticating,
[73]. ►►
*Speech difficult on account of the trembling of the mouth and tongue,
[23]. ►
*The masseter muscles became contracted, so that speech was at times
very difficult and almost impossible, [79]. ► Inability
to speak plainly, [64],
[74]. ►
Speech only partially intelligible, [1].
[320.] ►
Speech scarcely intelligible, [1].
► Could scarcely speak intelligibly,
from the constant state of agitation into which they were thrown the
moment they were addressed, or attempted to articulate, [49]. ►►
*Speech stammering, [2a],
[18], [21], etc. ►
Stammering (since the tremor began), (after thirty-eight
years), [70]. ► Speech stammering and usually very difficult,
[79]. ►
Speech stammering; at last unintelligible, [30]. ►
Stammering, speech slow, difficult; entirely unable to speak on any
excitement, [18]. ► Stammering like a child, [1]. ►
Stammered badly, [1]. ► Dreadful stammering, [10]. [330.] ► Articulation somewhat indistinct (one), [51]. ►
*Difficult articulation, amounting to stammering; he could hardly be
understood, [1]. ► Utterance embarrassed, indistinct, and
hurried, [55]. ► *Psellismus (Paresis tremens of the
organs of speech), [18]. ► Loss of speech, [7].® 2000
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