FERRUM SULFURICUM.
Ferrous sulphate; SO3FeO7H2O, Iron or green vitriol,
Copperas.
Preparation
, Trituration with sugar of
milk.
Authority.
O. A. Moore, effects on a boy
aged 14 years, of picking, for three days, the crystals from strings, in
a vessel where it was placed to crystallize; Lond. Med. Gaz., N. S.
(1841-2), 2, 231.►
Headache. ►
Sickness, which continued for two hours, during which he vomited two or
three times. ► Colicky pains in
abdomen. ► Contractions in arms,
hands, and feet. Arms bent at elbows, and fingers drawn towards forearm
by flexure of wrist. ► Knees slightly
flexed; toes drawn upwards rigidly towards ankle. Hands yield to
forcible extension, but immediately return to same condition. ► Limbs very painful, especially the feet
and calves, where the pain was “distracting.”
SUPPLEMENT: FERRUM SULFURICUM.
Authority.
2,
M. P. Limousin, Lamothe, Annal. d’Hyg., Jan. 1851 (Pharm. Journ., vol.
xi, 1851-52, p. 84), a man named Matet was poisoned by an unknown
quantity.►
Groaning, [2]. ►
Vomiting, [2]. ► Complained of a pain in his side, [2].® 2000
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