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SULFURICUM ACIDUM. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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SULFURICUM ACIDUM.

Sulphuric acid, H2SO4.


Preparation

, Dilutions with water.

Authorities.

(From Hahnemann, Chronische
Krankheiten). 1, Hahnemann; 2, Fr. Hn.; 3,
Franz; 4, Gross; 5, Langhammer; 6,
Ng.; 7, Jacobson, in Hufeland’s
Journal (XIX, 2, 164, observations on fever patients, -Hughes); 8, Kinglake, in Phys. Med. Journ. (IV, 484,
of English original, observations on patients with cutaneous disease,
-Hughes); 9, Desgranges, Recueil.
Period, 1799 (Frank’s Mag., 3), a man drank a glassful; 10, Menminger, Hufeland’s Journ. (Frank’s
Mag., 2), poisoning of a woman; 11,
Fleischmann, Horn’s Archiv, 1817 (Frank’s Mag., 2, 17), poisoning of a
girl, æt. twenty-two years; 12,
Lunding. Acta. Soc. Med. Haven., 1821 (Frank’s Mag., 2), poisoning of a
pregnant woman; 13, 14, same, poisoning of two girls; 15, London Courier (Edinb. Med. and Surg.
Journ., 1824, p. 222), fatal poisoning of a child, æt. three months; 16, Rust, Rust’s Mag., 1824 (Frank’s Mag.,
1), poisoning of a girl; 17,
Tendering, Horn’s Archiv, 1825 (Frank’s Mag., 2, 12) poisoning of a
girl; 18, Dr. Puchelt, Heidelberg
Ann., 1825 (Frank’s Mag., 3), poisoning of a man; 19, Kleim, same Journ., poisoning of a
pregnant girl by 1 ounce; 20,
omitted; 21, Lebidois, Archiv. Gen.,
1827 (Frank’s Mag., 3), poisoning of a girl, æt. twenty-two years; 22, Dr. Martini, Rust’s Mag., 1827 (Frank’s
Mag., 1); 23, Robert, Bull. de la
Soc. de Anat., 1828 (Tardieu), poisoning of a man, æt. twenty-two
years, by 1/2 ounce; 24, Carus,
Deutsch Zeit., 1828 (Frank’s Mag., 3, 354), poisoning of a person, æt.
twenty-six years, by the concentrated solution; 25,
Hospital Report of Hôtel Dieu, Lond. Med. Gaz., vol. 1, 1828, poisoning
of a woman, æt. Twenty-two years, by a glassful of Sulphuric acid mixed
with water; death in sixty days, in an advanced stage of comsumption; 26, J. Orr, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1828-9, vol. 3,
p. 253, poisoning of a girl, æt. Nineteen years, by about 2 ounces of
concentrated Sulphuric acid; 27,
Hôtel Dieu, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1828-9, p. 687, poisoning of a boy, æt.
nine years, who swallowed one mouthful, and as he was about to swallow a
second, threw it out upon his chin, arms and hands; 28, same, Louis F., æt. nineteen years,
swallowed a mouthful, death in twenty days; 29,
Robt. Christison, M.D., Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1829, p. 232, a
man had Sulphuric acid thrown on him; death on the thirteenth day; 30, Thomas Bevan, Lond. Med. Gaz., vol. 1,
1828, effects on suckling infants, whose mothers have taken from 5 to 10
drops three or four times a day, in conjunction with infusion of roses; 31, Dr. Thorer, A. H. Z., 3, 98, a woman,
æt. thirty years, ten days after confinement, took 20 drops every hour
for twelve hours, on account of metrorrhagia, omitted; 32, Lond. Med. Gaz., vol. 7, 1830-1, p. 27
poisoning of a woman, death on the fifth day; 33,
Martyn Sinclair, Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1831 (2), p. 99, a man,
æt. twenty-seven years, swallowed 3 fluid ounces of concentrated
Sulphuric acid, death in fifty-five hours; 34,
Hohnbaum, Hencke’s Zeit., 1833 (Frank’s Mag., 3); 35, Behr, Casper’s Woch, 1834 (Frank’s Mag.,
1), poisoning of a child, æt. two years, by nearly 2 drachms; 36, W. Corbet, Dublin Med. Journ., vol. 8,
1835, p. 283, Anne Taylor, æt. eighteen years, took probably 1 1/2 or 2
ounces, death on thirty-third day; 37,
Schurmayer, Heidelberg Annal., 1836 (Frank’s Mag., 3), a man, æt. forty
years, took a teaspoonful; 38,
Barkhausen, Med. Zeit. für Verein Preuss., 1866 (Frank’s Mag., 1, p.
2), poisoning of a man; 39, same,
another case; 40, Braun, Hencke’s
Zeit., 1836 (Frank’s Mag., 3); 41,
Med. Zeit. Verein Preuss, 1836 (S. J., 15, 16), poisoning of a man; 42, Dr. Lowenhardt, Med. Zeit. Verein Preuss,
1836 (Frank’s Mag, 1), poisoning of a man; 43,
Evers, Rust’s Mag., 1837 (Frank’s Mag., 1), poisoning of a woman by 1
ounce; 44, same, second case of a
woman; 45, same, a third case, took
a spoonful; 46, Tott, Hufeland’s
Journ., 1837 (S. J., 15, 282), poisoning of a woman; 47, Chaulant, Beitrage zu Prat. Heil., 1837
(Frank’s Mag., 4), a man drank some; 48,
Dr. Hilsenberg, Rust’s Mag., 1837 (Frank’s Mag., 1); 49, Reder, Rust’s Mag., 1838 (Frank’s Mag.,
1), a child; 50, Dr. Michælsen,
Pfaff’s Mittheil., 1838 (S. J., 23, 118), a woman drank some; 51, Moller, Nord. Med. Arch. (S. J., 170,
23); 52, Fritz, Wurt. Corr. Blatt.,
1838 (Frank’s Mag., 2), a man, æt. forty-five years, drank some; 53, John Wilson, M.D., Med.-Chir. Trans.,
1838, p. 274, a young woman swallowed 2 or 3 ounces strong Sulphuric
acid; 54, same, a woman swallowed a
part of two pennyworth of oil of vitriol, death in forty-five weeks; 55, Tardieu, a man took 80 grams, and died in
twenty hours by perforation; 56,
Alfred S. Taylor, Guy’s Hosp. Rep., 1839, p. 297, a man, æt. forty
years, took a wineglassful; 57,
Geisler, Rust’s Mag., 1839 (Frank’s Mag., 1); 58,
Luther, Hufeland’s Journ. (Frank’s Mag., 2); 59,
Dr. Pachur, Med. Zeit. Verein Preuss, 1841 (S. J., 32, 152), a man drank
some; 60, Dr. Bergmann, Hanover
Annals., 1841 (Frank’s Mag., 1); 61,
Dr. Claudi, Œst. Wochenschrift, 1841 (Frank’s Mag., 1), a girl æt.
twenty-one years; 62, J. Scoffem,
M.D., Lond. Med. Gaz., vol. 30, p. 352, a girl swallowed a quantity,
death on the second day; 63,
Thierfelder, Summarium, 1842 (S. J., 35, 31), a woman, æt. twenty-eight
years, took 1/2 ounce; 64, Kerster,
Rust’s Mag., 1843 (Frank’s Mag., 1); 65,
same, another case; 66, omitted; 67, Pharm. Journ., vol. 5, 1846, p. 189,
extract from Hampshire Journ., an infant took 2 or 3 drops; 68, Bouvier, Bull. Royal Acad., 1847 (Frank’s
Mag., 4), a girl swallowed 2 spoonfuls; 69,
David Craige, M.D., Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1849 (1), 407, a man,
æt. forty-nine years, swallowed 2 ounces of specific gravity 1840,
death in less than four hours; 70,
Œst. Med. Woch. (A. H. Z., 21, 379), a girl, æt. twenty-one years,
took 2 spoonfuls, recovery; 71, H.
Letheby, M.D., Med. Times, N. S., vol. 1, 1850, p. 58, James Ross, æt.
six years, drank about a tablespoonful; 72,
same, oil of vitriol of the density of 1316, and containing 42 per cent.
of free Sulphuric acid, was thrown on two men; 73,
John Walker, Month. Journ. Med. Sci., vol. 10, 1850, p. 538, a man, æt.
thirty years, swallowed 15 1/2 drachms; 74,
Wibmer, Zeller. Würt. Corr. Blatt., Hirschell’s Archiv, vol. 2, p. 44,
effects on workers; 75, Dr. Trier,
Hosp. Med., vol. 5, pr. 1, 1852 (S. J. 76, 309); 76, Benzi, Gaz. Sarda., 1855 (S. J., 88,
175), a man swallowed 10 to 15 grams; 77,
Sebregondi, Preus Verein Zeit., 1855 (S. J., 88, 300), a boy drank a
swallow; 78, Cless, Wurt. Corr.
Blatt., 1856 (S. J., 93, 295), a girl, æt. twenty-six years, took an
indefinite amount; 79, Dr. Schüz,
Wurt. Corr. Blatt., 1856 (S. J., 91, 302), a boy, æt. two and a half
years, took an indefinite amount of the fuming acid; 80, Dr. Schüz, Med. Corr. Blatt., 1856, case
of a child, æt. three years; 81, M.
Laboulbène, Lond. Med. Gaz., vol. 5, p. 77, a man, æt. fifty-nine
years, swallowed some mouthfuls of Sulphuric acid of 66 degrees
strength; milk administered at once brought on vomiting; treatment, milk
with lime, water, and magnesia; 82,
Thirion, Journ. de Chim., 1857, No. 6; 83,
Dr. Jenner, Med. Times and Gaz., 1857 (2); 84,
Pellischek, Œst. Zeit. für Prakt. Heil., 1858 (S. J., 99, 290); 85, Dr. Winn, Lancet (Pharm. Journ., vol. 17,
1858, p. 385), a child, æt. four years, took a quantity, recovery; 86, Howitz, Hosp. Tidende (S. J., 111, 306); 87, same, another case; 88, Guy’s Hosp. Rep., 1859, p. 134, a man,
æt. fifty-six years, swallowed about a dessertspoonful; 89, same, a woman, æt. fifty-five years,
drank about 3 ounces of the strength of 1 of acid to 4 of water, death
in eleven days; 90, same, a man,
æt. fifty-six years, took about a tablespoonful into his mouth and spat
it out; 91, Times (Pharm. Journ.,
vol. 18, 1859, p. 485), of six men engaged in baling out a chamber used
for condensing the gas, two were unaffected, though longer at work than
the others; one slightly affected; one died the second morning; 92, Ogle, Trans. Path. Soc., vol. 11, p. 294
(Syden. Yearbook, 1860, p. 437); 93,
Attomyr, New Archives, vol. 1, part 1, p. 178, effects of internal use; 94, Reil, Z. für H. K., 2, p. 35, a man took
1/2 lb. of raw Sulphuric acid; 95,
D. R. Haldame, M.D., Edinb. Month. Journ., vol. 7, 1862, p. 739, a man
swallowed an unknown quantity, death; 96,
Leyden and Munk, Virchow, vol. 22, p. 237 (Syden. Yearbook, 1862, 427),
two fatal cases of poisoning; 97,
Bamberger, A. H. Z., M. B., 6, 40, a girl, æt. twenty-five years, took
a spoonful; 98, Dr. Smoller, A. H.
Z., M. B., 8, 9, a woman, æt. twenty-nine years, took rather small
quantities; 99, same, a man took
some; 100, same, case of a girl,
æt. twenty years; 101, Geissler, S.
J., 100, 294, a boy drank 1/2 ounce; 102,
Drs. Frerichs and Mannkopf, A. H. Z., M. B., 6, 40, a girl, æt. sixteen
years, was poisoned by the diluted acid and recovered; 103, same, another girl, æt. sixteen years; 104, same, a girl, æt. twenty-four years,
took an indefinite quantity; 105,
same, another case, took the concentrated acid; 106,
same, a girl took 1 1/2 ounces; 107,
Edmund Higinbotham, Med. Times and Gaz., 1863 (1), p. 183, a man
swallowed 3 ounces of spirit of vitriol, death in two hours and a half; 108, Joseph M. Drake, M.D., Canada Med.
Journ., vol. 4, 1867, G. W. took about a glass of oil of vitriol; 109, Dr. Wardell, Brit. Med. Journ., 1869
(2), p. 325, a woman swallowed 2 1/2 ounces Sulphuric acid, mixed with
an equal quantity of water, death in three hours; 110, Dr. Fripp, Lancet, 1869 (1), p. 192, a
man, æt. forty years, swallowed a large mouthful of the concentrated
Sulphuric acid, recovery; 111,
Malmsten, Svenska läk sälloh, förh, 1870, Nord. Med. Ark., 3, 1871
(S. J., 155, 19); 112, Thomas
Bryant, Lancet, 1872 (2), p. 816, a woman, æt. thirty-one years,
swallowed a quantity; 113, Dr.
Burder, Med. Times and Gaz., 1873 (2), p. 92, a man, æt. thirty-four
years, swallowed 2 ounces of strong Sulphuric acid, death; 114, Dr. Græffner, 1877, effects of crude
acid; 115, same, another case of
swallowing the acid.

MIND.

►
Delirious shortly before death, [94].
► For two nights, delirious and
recognized no one, [54]. ► Uneasiness (after twelve hours), [1]. ►
Nervous excitement, [43]. ► He was roused with difficulty, and when
roused, resisted fiercely, saying in a hoarse muffled voice, “Let
me alone, let me die,” [107].
► Excessively jocose, [1]. ►
Exaltation of mind and disposition, [1].
► Great distraction of mind; she
often gave inappropriate answers, [6].
► Hasty mood; nothing that she does
can be finished quickly enough, though she makes unusual effort, [1]. [10.]
► Constant moaning, [78]. ►
Moaning very deeply (after half an hour), [73].
► Lachrymose without cause (first
day), [6]. ►
Very sad irritable mood, [1]. ► Melancholy and weary of life, [1]. ►
Dull gloomy mood, in the morning, [3].
► Despondent morose mood, [5]. ►
Most excessive anxiety, and burning pain and heat in the stomach, [58]. ►
Great anxiety, [17], [44]. ►
Great anxiety, with restless tossing about, [38]. [20.] ► Extreme anxiety and nausea, followed by
vomiting of mucus (immediately), [28].
► Anxious, quarrelsome, averse to
answering, [6]. ► Diminution of the anxious oppressed mood
and of the despondency, alternating with exaltation, and therefore (as
curative action) a quiet refreshed condition, [3]. ► Great
apprehension, from morning till evening (thirteenth day), [6]. ►
Apprehensive and grieving, with inclination to weep (second day), [6]. ►
Depressed, [88]. ► Was in a state of great fright, [110]. ►
Very fearful, despondent, fretful, [1].
► Very fearful; extremely
mistrustful, [1]. ► *Ill-humor, fretfulness, [1]. [30.]
► Ill-humor all day; she avoids
speaking to every one, [1]. ► Extremely peevish, in the morning on
waking, [1]. ►
Very peevish, even during the day, [1].
► It frets her to talk, [6]. ►
Aversion to talking, [21]. ► *Fretful, peevish, impatient, is his work is not
done to suit
, [6]. ► Sedate, earnest condition of mind, [1]. ►
So irritable and sick that she started violently at everything, [1]. ►
Unconsciousness, [40], [113], [114].
► Paroxysms of stupefaction, [79]. [40.]
► (Stupor), [7]. [Revised by Hughes.] ►
Inclination to coma, [82].

HEAD.

►
Vertigo.
► Vertigo, [24]. ►
Vertigo, in the afternoon, while sewing, as if she would fall from the
chair, [1]. ►
Vertigo, while sitting; things turn about in a circle, soon, [6]. ►
Vertigo, even to reeling; was obliged to lie down constantly, for as
soon as she rose the vertigo reappeared, [1].
► Vertigo in the house, which
disappears in the open air, [6]. ► General Head. ►
Dull pain in the head, as if full, [6].
► Pressive dulness in the head, [1]. ►
Dulness and heaviness of the head, in the morning, [6]. [50.] ► Sensation of heaviness and fulness in the
head; she was obliged to hold it forward, [6].
► Heaviness and pain in the head, as
if the brain fell forward and came up again, [1]. ►
Weakness in the head, [2]. ► Headache, [24],
[74]. ►
Pain as if the head would burst, [1].
► Pain as if the head were shattered,
in the morning after waking, and yet great sleepiness, [6]. ► Drawing
headache, in the evening, [1]. ► Drawing headache, especially in the right
side, towards the forehead, [6]. ► Drawing and tension in the head, [1]. ►
Tearing in the whole head, day and night, [6].
[60.] ►
Stitches here and there in the head, when walking in the open air, [6]. ►
Dull stitch deep in the brain, above the left frontal eminence, suddenly
increasing then diminishing, and at last suddenly disappearing, [4]. ►
Forehead.
► Dulness and
fulness in the forehead, the whole forenoon, [6]. ► Pain,
as from a blow, near the left frontal eminence, first increasing, then
suddenly disappearing, [4]. ► A feeling in the frontal region as if the
brain were loose and fell back and forth, [6].
► Painful sensation of soreness above
the left frontal eminence, which is always more acute in isolated jerks,
[4]. ►
Constriction in the forehead, at first increasing, then suddenly
disappearing, [4]. ► Pressure, as from a blow, in the right
side of the forehead, first increasing then suddenly disappearing, [4]. ►
Frequent pressive and burning headache in the forehead and eyes, [1]. ►
Tearing and sticking in the right side of the forehead, relieved by
pressure, in the evening, [6]. [70.] ►
Sudden painful jerking above the left frontal eminence, [4]. ► A
violent jerk from time to time beneath the left frontal eminence,
suddenly disappearing, [4]. ► Painful tearing in the middle of the
forehead, towards the left side, [6].
► Acute pain beneath the right
frontal eminence, as if the brain were loose and knocked against the
skull, painful on shaking the head, [4].
► Sticking pain, now in the forehead,
now in the occiput, [1]. ► Dull stitches in the forehead, now in the
right, now in the left side, extending deep into the brain, [4]. ►
Stitches, sudden, dull, and very sensitive, like thrusts, above the left
frontal eminence, extending into the brain, [4]. ► Temples.
► Grumbling from time to time in the
temporal bones, [4]. ► Pressing inward in both temples, [4]. ►
Drawing in the left temple, rather external and in a small spot, [6]. [80.]
► Thrust in the right temple, as if a
plug were sticking in and constantly pressed deeper, [4]. ► Single
shooting-thrusting jerks in the right temple, [4]. ► A
burning pain in the temples, as from a thrust or bruise, in wavelike
intermissions, [4]. ► A painful tearing in the left temple,
while sitting during breakfast, [6].
► Tearing in the right temple,
towards evening, [6]. ► Vertex and Parietals. ► Pressive pain in the vertex, while
standing, [6]. ► Sudden confusion in the right side of the
head, as from smoke, while sitting, [6].
► Sensation of heaviness in the left
side of the head, [6]. ► Sensation as if the left side of the
head, before the ear, were screwed in, [6].
► Stupefying throbbing pain in the
right side of the head, on rising after stooping, [6]. ► Occiput.
[90.] ►
Compressive pain in the sides of the occiput, relieved by even holding
the hands towards the head, without touching it, [6]. ►
Pressure and sticking in the left side of the occiput, [6]. ► External
Head.
► The hair becomes
gray and falls out, [1]. ► Much eruption on the head, face, and nape
of the neck, [1]. ► Small pimples on the forehead and side of
the nose, [6]. ► External pain over the whole head, as from
suppuration, also painful to touch
, [1]. ► Violent
itching on the head, [6]. ► Violent itching on the scalp, [1].

EYE.

►
Objective.
► Redness of
the eyes, and constant lachrymation and photophobia, [1]. ► Eyes
and face ghastly, [36]. [100.] ►
Eyes protruding, [39]. ► The eyes fixed, and with the pupils
slightly contracted, but not very sensitive to light (in two hours), [69]. ►
Eyes sparkling, [11]. ► Eyes lustreless and watery, [22]. ►
They immediately felt a severe burning sensation, especially in the
eyes. On admission into the hospital, their eyes were much inflamed, the
lids were swollen, and the right eye of the father looked dull and
opaque. On the fourth day the conjunctiva of the right eye of the father
acquired a jellylike consistence, and on the eighth day the cornea,
which all along had been opaque, sloughed away, giving exit to the lens
and a portion of the vitreous humor. For more than a week this eye
continued inflamed, and it discharged large quantities of purulent
matter. At the present time the eye is still suppurating and gradually
wasting away, [72]. ► Eyes sunken and expressive of suffering
(sixteenth day), [83]. ► Subjective. ►
*Sensation of a foreign body in the right outer canthus, in the morning
when walking
, disappearing in the house, [6]. ► Burning
and lachrymation of the eyes, while reading in the commencing twilight, [4]. ►
Frequent violent burning in the eyes (sixth day), [6]. ► Biting
burning and lachrymation in the left eye, while reading during the day, [4]. [110.]
► Frequent biting in the right eye
(first day), [6]. ► Orbit. ►
Tearing on the margin of the right orbit, extending toward the temples,
as if under the skin, [6]. ► Pain as from a plug thrust in just above
the left orbit, at first increasing, then suddenly disappearing, [4]. ►
A dull thrust, from within outward, just above the margin of the right
eyelid on every paroxysm of cough, [4].
► Lids. ►
Eyes agglutinated, in the morning, [1].
► Twitching in the right inner
canthus, [6]. ► The eyelids sink down and he cannot open
them, [1]. ►
Pressure in the outer canthus, [1].
► Sticking itching on the lower lid;
he is obliged to rub it, [4]. ► Lachrymation. ► Lachrymation, [6]. ► Ball.
[120.] ►
Burning pressure in the anterior portion of the left eyeball, in the
open air; in the house the pain ceased, and there was pain only on
looking intently, so that she was obliged to abstain from using the
eyes, [1]. ► Pupil. ►
Eyes mostly closed, but pupils were small and piercing, [109]. ►
Pupils greatly dilated, with lustreless eyes, [38]. ► Pupils
contracted and not obedient to the stimulus of light, [56]. ► Vision.
► Photophobia (fourth week), [104]. ►
Dimness of vision, in the morning, [1].
► Twitching sensation before the
vision, with weakness, [1].

EAR.

►
Violent tickling in the concha, [1].
► Tearing in front of the left ear
and up into the temple, [6]. ► Tearing deep in the left ear, followed by
crawling in it, [6]. [130.] ►
Jerking in the right ear, preceded by the exit of agreeable warmth, [6]. ►
Tearing and sticking in the right ear, rather external, [1]. ► Drawing
from within outward in the right meatus, [4].
► Hearing. ► Diminished hearing, as if a leaf were
laid before the ear, [6]. ► Clear sounds of bells in the right ear, [5]. ►
Rhythmical roaring in the ears, [1].
► Roaring in the left ear on opening
the mouth, as from a waterfall, during dinner, [6]. ► Roaring
in the ears, in the evening, [1]. ► Roaring in the ears (fourth week), [104]. ►
Great roaring in the ears, lasting four hours, [1].

NOSE.

[140.]
► Violent coryza, with sore eyes, [1]. ►
Coryza, with loss of smell (fourth and fifth days), [6]. ► Fluent
coryza (fourth day), [6]. ► Much water runs from the nose, with
stoppage of one nostril, [6]. ► Obstinate dry coryza, [1]. ► Violent
dry catarrh; at times he could get no air through one or the other
nostril, [4]. ► Bleeding of the nose, in the evening,
while sitting and standing, [5]. ► Dark-brown froth issuing from nostrils, [107]. ►
Ineffectual inclination to sneeze, [6].
► Fine stinging prickling in the
right side of the nose, so that he was obliged to rub it, [4]. [150.] ► A vapor mounted through the nose,
followed by incessant sneezing twenty times, and then stoppage of the
nose, [6].

FACE.

►
Incessant convulsions of the facial muscles; eyes sunken; clonic spasms
of the upper extremities and dorsal muscles, [76]. ►
Convulsions of the muscles of the face and of the lips, [9]. ► Face
distorted, livid, [78]. ► Features distorted, [19]. ► Look
unsteady, [78]. ► Expression of prostration and collapse
(after two hours), [83]. ► Face hippocratic; features drawn and
deathly pale, [43]. ► Face sunken (after four weeks), [104]. ►
Face sunken, expressive of great anxiety; the patient frequently sprang
from bed, and died in collapse, with an extremely offensive odor from
the mouth and involuntary discharges, [65].
[160.] ►
Countenance expressive of great pain; look fixed; eyes sunken; pupils
contracted; pupils pinched, [33]. ► Gangrenous look, [16]. ►
Countenance greatly altered, [54].
► Face puffy, frequently changing
color; the lips swollen, sore, [24].
► *Face pale, [52]. ► Face
very pale, with movement in the stomach (fourth day), [6]. ► Deathly
pale, [19]. ►
Countenance pale, dingy, and deathlike (in two hours), [69]. ► Face
pale, puffy, [61], [70]. ►
Countenance pale and expressive of great anxiety, [56]. [170.] ► Face pale, distorted, expressive of the
greatest pain, [94]. ► Countenance pale and sunken, [109]. ►
Face pale, restless, drawn, [21]. ► Face red, [58].
► Face red and puffy, [11]. ► Their
faces were covered with numerous red spots, which, in the course of a
few hours, scabbed over and became brown, [72].
► The face became dark blue, the eyes
protruded, with danger of suffocation, [41].
► Face cyanotic, [106]. ► Face
blue, as from threatening suffocation, [24].
► Face dark blue, [39]. [180.] ► Jerking several times in the face, about
the left ear, also on moving the head; afterwards, also, during rest, [6]. ►
Tearing in the left facial bones, then in the right side of the head, [6]. ►
Some violent tearings, so that she started up, in front of the left ear,
extending into the cheek, where it became a crawling, [6]. ► Cheek.
► Swelling of the left cheek, [6]. ►
Cheeks livid (sixteenth day), [83].
► Redness and sensation of heat in
the right cheek, [1]. ► Bruised pain in the left malar bone, at
first increasing, then suddenly disappearing, [4]. ►
Pinching in the skin of the cheek, beneath the right eye, first
increasing, then disappearing, [4].
► A violent stitch frequently
extending upward in the right cheek, [6].
► Sensation as if the cheeks were
puffy, and as if albumen had dried upon the skin, [6]. [190.] ► A cooling burning in the left cheek, [4]. ►
Lips.
► Great swelling of
the lower lip and tongue, the margins of which were black; the mucous
membrane of the whole mouth swollen, with burning in the mouth, pharynx,
and stomach, [76]. ► Dark-grayish sloughs were observed across
the upper lip, descending down the angles of the mouth; similar, but
slighter, marks were on the forepart of the neck, chest, and on the
right arm, [36]. ► Corners of mouth sore, as if the seat of
superficial ulceration; surface white (after half an hour), [83]. ►
Lips swollen, red, painful to touch, [104].
► The skin on the upper and lower lip
was scorched by the acid, and was of a reddish-brown color, [110]. ►
The mucous membrane of the lips was thickened and white, [108]. ► The
lips were white and shrivelled and had small blisters on their inner
surface, and there were also similar appearances on the mouth and
tongue, [13]. ► Lips and tongue blanched, [23]. ► Lips
violet, [55]. [200.] ►
Lips smooth, dry, brownish, [103].
► Epithelium of the lips, mouth, and
fauces white, [102]. ► Lips white, [113]. ► The
lips became cracked and scaly, [1].
► Lips, tongue, and mouth swollen,
and covered with white aphthous spots, exuding offensive bloody ichor, [44]. ►
Peeling of the inner surface of the lips without pain, [6]. ► Chin.
► Chin and lips excoriated, [71]. ►
Trismus, [17]. ► Tearing here and there in the lower jaw, [6].

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