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Kali Tartaricum. – A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL MATERIA MEDICA By John Henry CLARKE, M.D. Presented by ®

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Kali Tartaricum.

Tartrate of Potash. Cream of Tartar. K2C4H4O6. Trituration. Solution.

Clinical.─

Paraplegia.

Characteristics.─

A few symptoms of this
well-known substance are collected in Allen, and among them pain in loins and paraplegia are
very noticeable. There is vomiting of blackish green fluid; fæces like coffee-grounds; and
pain in umbilical region with great thirst.

Relations.─

Compare:
Ant. t., Tart. ac.

SYMPTOMS.

8. Mouth.─

Tongue brown and dry.

11. Stomach.─

Great thirst and pain in umbilical
region.─Violent vomiting and diarrhœa.─Vomits a
blackish green fluid.─Inflammation of stomach and intestines.

12. Abdomen.─

Pain in umbilical region with
thirst.─Flatulence and griping.─Diarrhœa; and
violent vomiting.─Fæces like coffee-grounds.

19. Heart.─

Pulse feeble.

20. Back.─

Pain in loins.

23. Lower Limbs.─

Thighs and legs paralysed.

24. Generalities.─

Emaciation.─Extreme
weakness, can scarcely walk.

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