KALI CHLORICUM.
Potassium chlorate, KClO3.
Preparation for use
, Solutions in water
(triturations).
Authorities.
(1
to 16, from Martin’s provings,
Archiv f. Hom., 16, 1, 181). 1,
Blaufuss took 1 grain (first and second days), 3 grains (fourth day), 10
grains (eighth day); 2, Graefe took
one dose of 1 grain; 3, Hilpert took
various doses, 1 to 5 grains; 4,
Horn, various doses of 1 to 5 grains; 5,
Kunzmann, various doses, 1 to 5 grains; 6,
Martin, various doses, 1 to 5 grains and 3d trit.; 7, Oehler, doses 1 to 5 grains; 8, Reichmann, 1 to 5 grains; 9, Vulpius, 1 to 5 grains; 10, Werther, 1 to 3 grains; 11, Wilken, repeated doses of 4 grains; 12, Chisholm, in Hufeland’s Journ., ii, p.
84, effects of 30 grains daily for twenty-one days for faceache; 13, Rollo, from the English of Jugler, ii, p.
131, effects of 64 to 120 grains within a week; 14,
Swediaur, Maladies Syphilit., 1801; 15,
Wendt, Mat. Med., 2d ed; 16, Ferrier
Samml., etc.; 17, Dr. Tully’s
provings, Bost. Med. and Surg. J., 1832, vol. 6, p. 327, E. J. D. took a
scruple at one dose; 17a, same, took 1/2 ounce; 17b,
same, took 1 ounce; 17c, same, took 1/2 ounce; 17d,
same, 1 ounce; 18, a gentleman took
1/2 ounce, from Tully; 18a, same, took 1 ounce; 19, William Stevens, “On the
Blood,” p. 156, general effects; 20,
Hutchinson, Lancet, 1858, effects of 15-grain doses every four hours for
two days in case of carbuncle; 21,
same, boy, aged 8, took 8 grains three times a day for four days for
ophthalmia; 22, same, effects in a
little girl with ophthalmia; 23, Dr.
Henry Osborn, Lancet, 1859, p. 364, took a dose of 5 grains, after a few
weeks 10 grains, and after a few months 15 grains, also effects of
solution used for cleaning teeth, symptoms similar to former but less
severe; 24, Isambert, effects of 1
to 20 grammes, Bost. Med. and Surg. J., 1860, p. 32; 25, John S. Tuttle, suffering from phthisis,
effects of daily doses of 3/4 ounces, Br. Med. J., 1861; 26, Dr. Ferris, effects of “a large
spoonful” taken by accident, Phil. Med. Times, 1873; 27, Chevallier, fatal poisoning by a dose of
20 grammes, repeated the next day, Gaz. Méd. de Paris, Aug. 28th, 1875.
MIND.
►
Slight acceleration of spirits for two days (after 15 grains), [23]. ►
Sad, without desire to live, apathetic mood, with chilliness, in the
evening; recurring several evenings, [6].
► Ill-humor without cause, following
great liveliness, [3]. ► Ill-humored, anxious, hypochondriac
condition of the ganglionic nerve, persisting until relieved by twice
repeated bleeding of the nose, [4].
► Almost complete loss of
consciousness, suddenly after a glass of wine, [1].
HEAD.
►
Confusion and Vertigo. ►
Confusion of the head, [1], [9], etc.; without headache, [5]; on walking in the open air, [6]. ►
Confusion in the occiput, with a peculiar sensation in the muscles of
the nape of the neck, [11]. ► Vertigo, with congestion of blood to the
head, after violent motion, [5]. ► A small drink of beer intoxicates very
easily, [1]. ► General Head. [10.] ►
Congestion of the brain to such an extent that one-half of the head,
face, and nose felt paralyzed; for two days (after 15 grains), [23]. ►
Sense of congestion of the head, accompanied by pain in the forehead
(after 5 grains); continuing about two days (after 10 grains), [23]. ►
Headache, [3]; with vertigo, [7]. ►
Constant headache, [3]. ► Quite violent headache, [3]; in evening, relieved next day, [9]. ►
Cutting pain in the head, extending into the malar bones, [4]. ► Forehead.
► Tension in the forehead, [3]. ►
Tension across the forehead, followed by sneezing and catarrh, [4]. ►
Headache in the frontal region (“S. “?). ►
Drawing in the forehead, recurring, [6].
[20.] ►
Frequently-recurring jerking in the upper and lower portion of the
frontal bone, [1]. ► Temples. ►
Pain in the temporal region, [4]. ► Headache in the left temple, [6]. ►
Sticking pain in the right temporal region, now appearing and now
disappearing; returning again very violently after six days, [9]. ►
Parietals. ► Headache in
the left side, [4]. ► Occiput. ►
Pain in the occiput in the evening, at times extending down into both
jaws, [9]. ►
Headache in the occiput, [11].
EYE.
►
Redness of both eyes in the evening, with some pain, [3]. ►
Tendency to rush of blood to both eyes, [3].
► Feeling of strength in the eyes, [3]. [30.]
► Cramp in the left eye, [8]. ►
Twitching in the canthi, [3]. ► Violent pressure in the eyes, [4]. ►
Some stitches in the eyes, [11]. ► Jerking in the inner canthi, [3]. ►
Pain in the upper lid, in the evening, [3].
► Detected in the tears, [24]. ►
Appearance of light before both eyes, when coughing or sneezing, [5].
EAR.
►
Roaring in the ears, with a painful bloody stool, [3].
NOSE.
►
Objective. ► Sneezing, [8]; with violent catarrh, [9]; followed by catarrh, [4]. [40.] ► Frequent sneezing, [3], [6]. ► Slight increase of secretion from
pituitary membrane, [24]. ► Violent catarrh, [3], [9]. ► Violent catarrh, with much sneezing and
profuse secretion of mucus, quite unusual, [6]. ►
Bleeding from the right nostril, [8].
► Nosebleed twice, [4]. ► Violent
nosebleed, [3]. ► Detected in the nasal mucus, [24]. ►
Nosebleed at night, [4]. ► Subjective. ►
Drawing at the root of the nose, [6].
[50.] ►
Irritation at the root of the nose, [3].
► Irritation in the nose, frequent
sneezing, with increased secretion of mucus; this occurred also next
day, with jerking in the masseter muscles, which also recurred
subsequently, [3].
FACE.
►
Tension in the face, with pressure towards the eyes, especially on the
right side, [8]. ► Drawing and tension in the right half of
the face, [6]. ► At times sticking in various parts of the
face, [9]. ►
Increased sensitiveness of the whole face, [3]. ► Cheeks.
► Tension in the right cheek beneath
the eye, extending thence to the ear, afterwards on the left side, [6]. ►
Drawing tension in the right cheek, followed by an inclination to
sneeze, [6]. ►
Drawing in the right cheek and in the gum, with a kind of cramp in the
muscles of the right cheek, [6]. ► Drawing in the right cheek, with pain in
the lobule of the right ear, at one time more beneath the orbits, at
another more in the masseter muscles, [6].
[60.] ►
Violent drawing in the right cheek, [6].
► Tensive drawing in the left cheek
near the orbital margin, [6]. ► Cramplike drawing in the cheeks,
extending into the joint of the lower jaw, at times with slight tearing
in the upper jaw, [9]. ► Drawing pain in the right cheek until he
sneezes, [6]. ► Pressive pain in the right malar bone
beneath the margin of the orbit, followed by tension in the whole cheek
and temple, [6]. ► Lips. ►
Blue lips, [26]. ► Swelling of the upper lip; of the lower
lip, [8]. ►
Chin. ► Cramplike pressure
in the articulation of the lower jaw, with some stitches in both the jaw
and teeth, especially of the right side, [9].
► Jerking in the nerves of the lower
jaw at the foramen maxillare posticum, [3].
MOUTH.
►
Teeth. ► The teeth become
blunted, [12]. [70.] ►
Toothache in the upper jaw, [4]. ► Pain extending from the temporal bone to
the eye teeth, [4]. ► The gum becomes bright-red, [12]. ►
Gums. ► Reddens the gums
much faster than mercury, [19]. ► The gum bleeds easily when brushing the
teeth as usual, [6]. ► Tongue. ►
Tongue white, [12]; in the middle,
[13]. ►
Tongue coated, [14]; with the
diarrhœa, [2]. ► Back of the tongue coated, [6]. ► Two
symmetrical ulcers on the sides of the tongue, each about the size of a
four penny piece, [20]. ► Feeling of coldness on the tongue,
immediately, [6]. [80.] ►
Coldness on the tongue and in the throat, lasting five minutes;
immediately, [6]. ► Fine sticking-burning on the tongue, [6]. ►
General Mouth. ► Mucous
membrane of the mouth and throat appeared tanned, as if this had been
effected by tannic acid (after 15 grains), [23]. ►
[“Mr. Hutchinson has recently drawn our attention to some
interesting cases illustrative of the power of the chlorate of potash to
produce a form of stomatitis exactly resembling one over which it
possesses specific curative powers”], [20]. ►►
*Most acute ulcerative and follicular stomatitis. The whole mucous
surface was red and tumid, and in the cheeks, lips, etc., were numerous
gray-based ulcers, [21].
► Stomatitis, not so severe as in the
preceding, [22]. ► Muscles of the palate felt contracted
(after 15 grains), [23]. ► Saliva. ►
Traces of it are detected in saliva (after five minutes), [24]. ►
Increased secretion of saliva, [6].
► *Profuse secretion of acid saliva,
[7]. ►
Although less powerful than a mercurial salivation, the results of
over-stimulation were apparent in a weakness of action of the salivary
glands for five or six succeeding days; the intensity of the salivary
excitation was proportioned to the dose administered, [24]. [90.] ► Increased secretion of mucus in the
mouth, [11]. ► Taste. ►
Sourish taste, [9]. ► Disagreeable, saltish, sour taste, [8]. ►
An acid taste remains, [6]. ► Sticking-burning, acid taste, [7]. ►
Very transient, bitter, sourish taste, [3].
► Persistently bitter taste, with
coldness on the tongue, immediately; returning after breakfast and again
after dinner, immediately after the drug; expectoration of mucus removes
the disagreeable taste, [6]. ► Burning, alkaline taste, [9]. ► Saline
taste, [24]. ►
Taste as of blue vitriol, immediately, [1].
[100.] ►
(Taste like laurel-water with salt), [6].
► Loss of taste, being scarcely able
to distinguish different kinds of meat (after 15 grains), [23].
THROAT.
►
Dryness of the throat, [3]. ► Dryness in the throat and chest with
violent cough, as after inhaling sulphur vapor (occurring after every
dose of 1/4th or 1/5th grain, in a girl suffering from faceache). ► Scraping in the throat, [6]. ►
Pressive pain in the throat and stomach, with inclination to eructate, [6]. ►
Rawness in the throat, [6]. ► Difficult swallowing, [9].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. ► Increase of
appetite, [24]. ► Great hunger at an unusual time, [4]. [110.]
► Paroxysms of ravenous hunger,
disappearing after a drink of fresh water; afterwards loss of appetite, [4]. ►
Deficiency of appetite (second day), continuing (fourth day), [17c]. ►
Considerable diminution of appetite for several days, [17a]. ►
Appetite much diminished (second day), lasting three or four days, [18]. ►
Loss of appetite, [6]. ► Thirst. ►
Thirst, after large doses (in several syphilitic patients), [13], [14].
► Eructation. ► Eructations, [4]. ►
Eructations and nausea, [6]. ► Violent eructations, with alternating
pains in the thorax and abdomen, [7].
► Eructations of air, [6]. [120.] ► Sourish eructations, [8]. ► Slight
pyrosis (after large dose of too concentrated solution), [24]. ► Nausea and
Vomiting. ► Nausea, with
slight shivering, immediately, [5].
► Nausea and three or four attempts
to vomit, though nothing but air was ejected (about the time the Opium
was taken), [18a]. ► Incessant vomiting (fourth day), and
finally death, [25]. ► Stomach. ►
Feeling of warmth in the stomach, [6].
► Warmth in the stomach, [4]. ►
(Gastralgia), [15]. ► Cardialgia (within an hour), [18a]. ►
Moderate degree of cardialgia, [17b].
[130.] ►
Pressure in the epigastric region, [1].
► Pressure in the stomach with a
feeling of emptiness, [6]. ► Pressure in the pit of the stomach with
an apathetic mood and chilliness, [6].
► Sensation of weight and oppression
in the stomach almost amounting to pain, accompanied with slight but
constant cardialgia, and considerable flatulence (within an hour),
increasing so much as to nearly prevent sleep at night, continuing in a
diminished degree (second day), [18].
► Sensation of weight and oppression
in the stomach (within an hour), increasing to a steady and uniform
gravative pain (after three hours), which at last was so urgent that a
grain of Opium was taken, [18a]. ► Sensation of weight, fulness, and
distension of the epigastric region, which regularly and gradually
increased and was attended with a sensation of twisting, continuing
about six hours, soon; repeated second day, but subsiding at night;
recurring (third day), [17b]. ► Strong sense of weight and distension in
the region of the stomach, in the morning (second day), continuing
(fourth day), [17c]. ► Severe, heavy, and oppressive pain and a
sensation of sinking in the stomach, after a walk of one-eighth of a
mile (after four or five hours), [17d].
► Cutting in the stomach, [4]. ►
Pressure in the left hypochondrium, [3].
[140.] ►
Pressure in the right hypochondrium, extending to the umbilicus, [3].
ABDOMEN.
►
Tensive pressure in the right hypochondrium, disappearing after the
emission of flatus, [5]. ► Sensation of weight and tension in the
umbilical region, with considerable pain, which resembled the
commencements of colica ileus, or common colic (first night), relieved
by Opium; returning for three or four days, [18a]. ►
Frequent moving about in the abdomen, with inclination to diarrhœa, [6]. ►
Flatulence (second day); lasting (fourth day), [17c]; (within an hour), [18a]. ► Much
flatulence during the day, [6]. ► Much flatulence for several days, [17a]. ►
Troublesome degree of flatulence, all the afternoon, [17b]. ►
Inability to sleep on account of flatulence and epigastric distress
(first night), returning for three or four days; relieved by Opium each
day, [18a]. ►
Pain in the abdomen, [1]. [150.] ►
(Pain in the abdomen and diarrhœa), (after 232 grains in seven days, in
a syphilitic), [13]. ► Pain in the bowels became very severe
(fourth day), [25]. ► Griping in the abdomen, [8]. ► Violent
colic (first dose), [27]. ► Pain in the pelvic region recurs after
repeated doses and continues with diarrhœa for ten days, [7].
RECTUM AND ANUS.
►
A troublesome degree of proctica marisca took place immediately, and was
not subdued for ten days, [18a]. ► Persistent pain in the rectum, [3]. ►
Urging to stool, [8]. ► Constant desire for stool, with a normal
evacuation, [6].
STOOL.
►
Diarrhœa. ► Violent
diarrhœa, always liquid, at last after six days consisting only of
mucus, continuing till the ninth day, [2].
[160.] ►
(Painful diarrhœa), [15]. ► Copious alvine evacuation, which
resembled the operation of a full dose of a refrigerant purging salt
(after three hours), [17d]. ► Fæces soft, without pain during the
evacuation, [3]. ► Stool somewhat thinner than usual, [3]. ►
Liquid stool the next morning, [6].
► Liquid stools with pain in the
pelvic region for ten days, [7]. ► Thin liquid stool, [6]. ► Fæces
lighter colored than natural for then days, [18a]. ►
Fæces often tinged with green, [24].
► Stool very dry, at last mixed with
mucus and blood, [3]. [170.] ►
Stool harder than usual, [4]. ► Stool hard and dry, [3]. ► Stool
very indolent, delayed; only occurring at 11.30 P.M., [6]. ►
Constipation. ► Torpor of
the intestines, indicated by costiveness, which was immediately attended
with a moderate degree of proctica marisca, continuing third day, [18]. ►
The usual evening stool is omitted, [1].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Itching in the urethra, [3]. ► Micturition. ►
Unusual desire to urinate, [7]. ► Frequent urging to urinate, [6]. ►
Frequent micturition (after 20 grammes daily), [24]. ►
Frequent micturition and a discharge of nearly double the quantity of
urine, with considerable of that sort of irritation about the bladder
and urethra which the experimenter remembers having formerly experienced
not only from Nit. of Potassa, but from Carb. of Potassa (during
urinating), [18a]. [180.] ►
Inability to empty the bladder, [21].
► Urine. ►
(It acts as a diuretic, especially in dropsy), [16]. ►
Obvious increase of urine in the evening and night, [17c]. ►
Urinary secretion nearly doubled at night (first night), [18]. ►
Hæmaturia, [26]. ► (The urine which was previously turbid
became clear; it had become turbid after doses of 1 grain); this
followed a subsequent 5-grain dose, [5].
► Urine very turbid, [4], [5], [6], [9].
► Urine strongly acid and deposits
urates abundantly, [24]. ► Traces of it in the urine (after fifteen
minutes), [24].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Violent erections with emissions, [3].
[190.] ►
Continued violent erections, with itching on the scrotum, [3]. ► Very
much depressed sexual desire, with chilliness and apathetic mood, [6].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Irritation to cough in the larynx, [6].
► Hoarseness, [3]. ► Cough, [9]. ►
Violent cough with catarrh, [7].
CHEST.
►
Rush of blood to the chest, [1]. ► Constriction in the chest as from sulphur
fumes (in a girl suffering from pain in the face), repeated three times
(after 1/4th gr. of 5th trit.). ►
Tightness of the chest, [6]. ► Painful pressure in the left costal
region, superiorly, [6]. [200.] ►
Oppression of the chest, with violent beating of the heart, [1]. ►
Oppression of the chest, with a sensation as if the lungs were
constricted with a fine thread; this continued till the next morning
when a new dose was taken; in the afternoon the pain in the chest
returned with renewed violence, and in the evening without farther cause
had become exceedingly annoying; this continued three days, but entirely
disappeared on the fourth day, so that a new dose was taken, which also
caused oppression of the chest, lasting two days, [11]. ►
Detected in the milk of two nurses who were taking it as a medicine, [24].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Heart’s Action. ►
Distinctly perceptible (to the touch) though not accelerated beating of
the heart, with coldness in the præcordial region, [6]. ► Violent
but regular beating of the heart (80), [5].
► Violent, almost audible beating of
the heart, oppression of the chest and cold feet, [1]. ► Pulse.
► Pulse increased in frequency, [1]. ►
Accelerated pulse, [14]. ► Pulse accelerated to 80, [1]. ► (Pulse
90 in a syphilitic after taking 116 grains in seven days), [13]. [210.]
► Pulse accelerated, 86 (usually 65),
[9]. ►
Pulse 70 (usually 64 to 67), (soon after 5 grs.); even after sixty to
seventy hours it was still beating 72, [3].
► Pulse 74 (usually 70), [8]. ►
Pulse 78, after twenty-four hours 74 (usually 70), [4]. ► The
pulse which before taking the drug was usually 65, rose within three
hours to 80 and then to 90 for several hours together, [9]. ► Obvious
and unequivocal diminution of the pulse, both in fulness and force,
commencing within an hour and continuing through the evening and night, [18a]. ►
Pulse 96, which was an accidental increase of 24 beats, before taking;
80 (after half an hour), 68 (after one hour), which was 4 beats less
than natural, [17]. ► Pulse 80, before taking; 64 (after one
hour), varying from 56 to 65, a slight exertion or motion raising it to
the latter number, and quiet for a time reducing it to the former, at
the same time it was considerably smaller and weaker (after two hours);
64 (after three and four hours), [17b].
► Pulse 76, before taking; diminished
considerably in force, and also reduced about 10 beats in frequency
(after one or two hours), [17]. ► Pulse 76, before taking; 56, small and
weaker (after one hour); 56 when perfectly quiet, but by a slight
exertion or motion it would rise to 64 (after two hours); still smaller
and weaker, 48 (after four hours); 36 (after four or five hours), [17d]. [220.]
► Pulse in the right hand full, soft,
slow, 68, intermitting every 25 to 30 beats, not harmonious with the
beat of the heart (80 to the minute); in the left hand it was small,
soft, very compressible, lasting two hours, [5].
NECK AND BACK.
►
Slight sense of pain and weight in the lumbar region (after 20 grammes
daily), [24].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Drawing in the forearms, [3]. ► Drawing
and tearing in both wrists, [6]. ► Slight tearing in the right wrist and
along the ulna, [6]. ► Greatly inflamed hang-nails, quite
unusual, [6]. ► Cramp in the index finger of the right
hand, [8].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Drawing in the thigh, [3]. ►
Violently sticking pains in the right knee-joint, [9]. ► Cramp
in the lower leg, [8].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Objective. [230.] ► Terrible convulsions, followed by death;
next day the body had turned slate-color, [27].
► Great weariness and desire to
sleep, returning after every dose, [3].
► Weakness, [5]. ► Great
weakness, with the diarrhœa, transient, [2].
► Subjective. ► Feeling of discomfort, [11]. ►
Rheumatic pains in different parts of the body, [9].
SKIN.
►
Objective. ► Congestion of
the surface, [26]. ► Eruptions, Dry. ►
Numerous small red papules, [1]. ► Pimples on the forehead, [3]. ► Pimples
on the lower lip, with great rush of blood to the eyes, [1]. [240.] ► Pimples between the lip and chin, [3]. ►
Pimples on the thigh and on the right corner of the mouth, [7]. ►
A pimple with unusual burning on the left cheek, [6]. ► Itching
in the skin at night; on the next morning there appeared small red
pimples on the legs and shoulders, not on the joints; they dry up after
forty-nine hours, and are followed by the appearance of some pimples on
the face, [8]. ► Rash, with some painful pimples on the
left shoulder, for ten days, [4]. ► Eruptions, Moist. ► Itching vesicles on the back of the right
hand, [6]. ►
Pimples itching very much, with small vesicles on the back of the left
hand, disappearing in the course of the day, but returning the following
morning, [6]. ► Eruptions, Pustular. ► Several pustules filled with matter,
surrounded by a red areola, not itching very much, [3]. ► Subjective.
► Itching over the whole body (first
day); on the next day more in the face, [7].
► Itching over the whole body in the
evening in bed, [1]. [250.] ►
Much itching on the head and other portions of the body, [6]. ► Violent
itching over the whole body, [10].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Sleeplessness. ► Uneasy
sleep, [3]. ►
Uneasy sleep, wakes towards morning, quite contrary to habit, from an
anxious dream, lying on the back, with loud snoring and great difficulty
of breathing, [6]. ► Sleep restless, frequently interrupted by
heavy dreams, [1]. ► Sleep restless, full of vexing dreams,
very unusual, [6]. ► Dreams. ►
Many dreams of the occurrences of the day previous, [7]. ►
Voluptuous dreams, with profuse emissions, [3]. ► Quiet
dreams of prophecies of death, [6].
► Quiet dreams of death from nervous
fever, [6].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. [260.] ► Chilliness, [4]. ►
Chilliness over the whole body in the evening, [3]. ►
Chilliness in the open air, very unusual, lasting three days, [1]. ►
Chilliness, with stiffness of the hands, [6].
► Continued chilliness, [7], [8].
► Great chilliness, [6]; in afternoon, [9].
► Remarkable chilliness for several
days, [4]. ►
Great chilliness, even to shivering, [6].
► Shivering sensation, immediately, [6]. ►
Shivering over the whole body, [5],
[6]. [270.]
► Coldness in the præcordial region,
[6]. ►
Remarkable coldness in the right arm, [8].
► Transient internal coldness in the
right forearm, [6]. ► Cold feet, with palpitation of the heart,
[10]. ►
Cold extremities, [26]. ► Cold shivers over the back and neck, with
warm feet, [1]. ► Heat. ►
Intolerable heat in the bed, [1]. ► Febrile condition, with violently
throbbing pulse and heart, [1]. ► Flushes of heat in the face, [3]. ►
Sweat. ► Detected in the
perspiration, [24].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Afternoon), Chilliness. ►
(Evening), Sad, etc.; headache; pain
in occiput; redness of eyes, etc.; pain in upper lid; chilliness. ► (Night),
Nosebleed. ► (Walking in open air), Confusion of head. ► (After violent
motion), Vertigo.
SUPPLEMENT: KALI CHLORICUM.
Authorities.
28,
Dr. J. Lewis Smith, Med. Record, vol. xiii, 1878, p. 397; 29, Dr. Hall, ibid.; (30 to 38,
A. Jocobi, M.D., ibid., vol. xv., p. 240, collection of cases); 30, Seeligmüller reports fatal case of a
boy, æt. six years; 31, Lacombe, a
man took 1 ounce instead of Sulphate of magnesia; 32, Jacobi took single 1/2 ounce and 6-drachm
doses; 33, Dr. Fountain experimented
on himself, taking over 1 ounce; 34,
Dr. Krackowizer, a young lady was told to use a mouth-wash and gargle of
1 ounce, but she swallowed the whole; (35
to 38, Conrad Küster, D. Zeit. f.
prak. Med., 1877, No. 33); 35, a
woman, æt. twenty years, vigorous, for mild angina had a strong
solution for gargling and internal use; 36,
a man, æt. thirty years, for trifling maculated diphtheritic angina,
had a strong solution as a gargle, and took lime-water internally; 37, a boy, æt. three years, for same
disease, gargle and administration of the Chlorate; 38, a girl, æt. four years, for mild angina,
gargles and administration of the Chlorate.
[280.]
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Appears nearly well, both locally and generally, within two days; but in
the afternoon very suddenly vomiting, yawning, apathy, bluish-white
complexion, accelerated compressible pulse, skin cool. In the evening
some urine, black, with greenish hue, albuminous, contained hæmatin. On
the following days the color became more normal, and albumen less. On
the fifth day the danger was over, but the pulse remained frequent a
long time. No dropsy. A slight return of albumen on the sixteenth day, [38]. ►
The doctor found her dying at daybreak the following morning. Relatives
said that vomiting and diarrhœa commenced in the evening, but that they
all slept, and were awakened in the morning by the laborious breathing
of the patient. The skin exhibited a peculiar dusky hue, [35]. ►
Copious greenish discharges, obstinate vomiting, and collapse, [30]. ►
A child, three or four years old, took 3 iij within twenty-four hours.
When he saw the child it was unable to pass any urine, except a few
drops of bloody urine, its face was livid, and death occurred within the
following day, [28]. ► An infant, under one year of age, took
about 3i during a single night, with fatal result. There was suppression
of the urine, and the face was livid, [29].
► Some malaise all the time. Urine
albuminous; the urine was peculiarly black on the third or fourth day.
Urine albuminous a year and a half after, [36].
► Urine black, a little greenish hue,
moderately albuminous, the surface bluish white; the child dying. A good
deal of vomiting, [37]. ► Heaviness and dragging in the lumbar
region, and increased renal secretion, [32].
► He hied in convulsions after having
purged very freely, [31]. ► She died within three days of nephritis, [34]. [290.]
► Died within four days of nephritis,
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