ARGENTUM CYANATUM.
Silver cyanide. AgCy.
Authority.
Poison case, Hirschels Zeit., 19, 128. Effect of
inhaling fumes while silvering with “Argentine.”►
Vertigo. ► Violent
headache in the vertex. ► Itching in the nose, with
profuse secretion of mucus. ► Face very red. ► Tongue very red. ► Taste
pungent, gaseous. ► Scraping in the throat. ► Toothache. ► Sense of
constriction and burning in the throat. ► Violent pain in
the suprasternal fossa, and under the manubrium sterni, every time she turned to one side. ► Nausea, with such general discomfort that she had to lie
down. ► Vomiting, with retching. ►
Suffocating attack. ► Respiration difficult and short. ► Cough constant, dry, spasmodic, allowing her to articulate
but one word at a time. ► Pulse 90. ►
Painful cramps in the feet. ► Great weakness. ► Profuse sweating through the night. ►
Slept scarcely any.® 2000
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