CUPRUM NITRICUM.
Nitrate of Copper, Cu2NO3, 6H2O. Blue, very deliquescent crystals, very soluble in alcohol.
Authority.
Chevallier and Bris de Loury, poisoning of workman
by cleaning copper in dilute nitric acid, Ann. d’Hyg., 1843, etc., from Bull. de. l. Soc.
Méd. Hom. de France, 2, 20.
HEAD.
► Headache (soon).
EYE.
► Protruding eyes.
FACE.
► Tongue expressive
of fearful distress. ► Bluish lips.
MOUTH.
► Tongue enlarged
and moist. ► Short and broken speech.
STOMACH.
► Loss of
appetite.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
► Cough
(soon). ► Cough frequent, loose, easy, with expectoration
of a stringy yellow fluid, coming by gulps, and so abundant that the patient had a vessel on
either side of him. ► Respiratory sound feeble and dull,
with a general moist, coarsely bubbling râle. ►
Breathing short, hurried, difficult.
PULSE.
► Pulse 98, small
and regular.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Gradually increasing sense of oppression, obliging him to lie down.
FEVER.
► Skin moist, almost
cold, especially of the extremities, with subjective chilliness.
CONDITIONS.
► Symptoms
aggravated at night.® 2000
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