KALI BICHROMICUM.
Potassium bichromate.
Preparation
, Triturations.
Authorities.
1,
Dr. Drysdale, Br. J. of Hom., App. to vol. 1, and “Hahn. Mat.
Med,” part 1, provings with repeated doses of 1st, 2d, and 3d
dilutions; 2, Dr. R. Dudgeon, ibid.,
took saturated solution, 5 drops, half an hour after dinner; 10 drops at
11 P.M., first day; 15 drops at 11 A.M. and 1.15 P.M., second day; 3, Dr. Edward Hamilton, ibid., took, of a
solution of 4 grains to 1 ounce of water, at various times during a
month, 10, 20, 60, and 100 drops; 4,
Dr. R. Russell took, of solution of 5 grains to 1 ounce of water, at
different times, 20 to 40 drops, ibid.; 5,
John Wright, two provings, took from a few drops to 20 drops of the
solution, ibid.; 6, M. J., aged 21,
[Subject to slight attacks in region of heart, particularly during warm
weather.] took of the solution (5 grains to 1 ounce), 5 drops at
bedtime, first day; 5 drops at 7 A.M. and 4 drops in evening, second
day; 4 drops at 6 A.M., third day; 15 drops, evening, seventh day; 15
drops, 6 A.M., eighth day; 20 drops, morning, ninth day, ibid.; 7, Dr. Neidhard took 3d trituration twice a
day, ibid.; 8, Dr. Norton took crude
drug, 1/100th grain, four times a day, one to sixth days; 1/50th grain
doses eight to fourteenth days; rubbed trituration on inside of thighs
fourteen to sixteenth days; took drug internally nineteen to
twenty-sixth days; took of solution (4 grains to ounce) twenty-ninth
day; took 4 drachms of solution (equal to 2 grains of pure salt)
thirtieth day, and continued the drug two days longer, ibid.; 9, Dr. Walker took 3d dilution for a week,
then 1 to 30 drops of strong solution, ibid.; 10,
J. Taylor took, five to six times a day, a few to 20 drops of the
solution (5 grains to 1 ounce), ibid.; [No symptoms recorded.] 11, H. Turner took doses of 1 to 6 drops of
the same solution, ibid.; [No symptoms recorded.] 11a, H.
Turner, Jr., aged 4, took 2 to 4 drops of same solution, ibid.; [No
symptoms recorded.] 12, A. B., a
woman, aged 23, took 20 to 40 drops of the solution sveral times daily
for four days, ibid.; 13, Mrs. F.,
aged 32, took doses of 1 to 6 drops of same solution, ibid.; [No
symptoms recorded.] 14, X. Y., a
woman, aged 30, took doses of 10 to 60 drops of same solution for ten
days, ibid.; 15, Robert Bowers, aged
35, took 1st trituration for weeks for a chronic eruption, ibid.; 16, J. W., a woman, aged 36, took 30 drops,
ibid.; 17, S. J., female, [Affected
with lepra vulgaris, but otherwise in good health.] took 1 to 5 drops
several times daily for several weeks, ibid.; 18,
“Ngt.” took 45 drops of “1st dilution,” ibid.; 19, “—,” took 4 doses of 1 grain
on four successive days, ibid.; 20,
“K.,” took 10 to 20 drops of “1st dilution” daily
for ten days, ibid.; 21, omitted; 22, general effets on workers in “chrome
works” (between sixty and seventy individuals), ibid.; (Nos 23 to 36, Austrian provings, Oest. Zeit. f. Hom., vol.
3); 23, Arneth, took 100 drops of
12th cent. dilution (first day), 60 drops of 12th dilution A.M. and 60
to 10th dilution P.M. (second day), no symptoms, 60 drops of 7th
dilution A.M. and 100 drops P.M. (third day), 100 drops of 7th dilution
A.M. and P.M. (fourth day), same (fifth day), 100 drops of 3d dilution
A.M. (sixth day), same P.M. (seventh day), same P.M. (tenth day), same
A.M. (eleventh to fifteenth days), 100 drops of 2d dilution P.M.
(seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth days), 130 drops of 2d dilution
(twentieth and twenty-first days), 15 drops of 5 grains to 1 ounce of
solution (twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh days), 30 drops of same
solution (thirty-fourth day); 24,
Kæstler, took daily a drop of 1st dilution; 24b, same, took daily 2 grains of 2d
trituration for about ten days; proving repeated after a week, and five
days after last dose took 1 grain of 1st trituration; 24c,
same, took 10th dilution in various doses; 25,
Lackner, took daily for nine days 1 grain of 1st trituration, then for
several days 2 grains of 2d trituration, afterwards 2 grains of 2d
trituration, repeated fourth, eighth, and seventeenth days, afterwards 1
grain and 2 grains of 1st trituration repeatedly; 26, Marenzetler, took 10 grains of 2d cent.
trituration (first day), 20 grains (second day), 40 grains (third day),
5 grains of 1st cent. trituration evening (fourth day), 6 grains (sixth
day), 7 grains (seventh day), 9 grains (seventeenth day), 10 grains
(eighteenth day), 12 grains (twenty-second day), 15 grains (twenty-third
day), 20 grains (thirty-first day); 27,
Dr. Mayerhofer, took 1 grain of 1st dec. trituration (first day), 2
grains (second day), 3 grains (fifth day); in a subsequent proving took
4, and afterwards 5 and 6 grains; 28,
Dr. Muller, took 1 grain of 1st trituration (first day), 2 grains
(second day), 5 grains (sixth day); 29,
“N.,” a lady, took 3 grains of 1st trituration (first day), 5
grains of 1st trituration (second day), 10 grains (sixth day); 29b,
same, subsequent proving, 10 drops of 3d dilution (first day); 30, “K. K.,” a lady, took 2 grains
of 1st trituration (first day); 31,
Reisinger took 10 grains of 2d trituration (first day), 10 grains
(second day), 20 grains (fourth and fifth days), 4 grains (seventh day),
5 grains of 1st trituration (ninth day), 10 grains (thirteenth day), 20
grains (sixteenth, twentieth, and twenty-second day); 31a,
same, took 15 grains of 1st trituration, a week after last proving; 31b,
same, took 80 drops of 1st dilution (first day), afterwards 50, and on a
subsequent day 80 drops; 32, Dr.
Schlesinger, took 10 drops of a solution of 20 grains to an ounce
(first, second, and third days), a small spoonful daily from five to
nine days, after four days took 2 spoonfuls (first and third days), 3
spoonfuls (fourth, seventh, ninth, fourteenth, and sixteenth days), 4
spoonfuls (eighteenth day), afterwards took 1st dilution (50 drops of a
solution of 5 grains to 1 ounce, diluted with 1 ounce of water), 1
teaspoonful (first day), 2 teaspoonfuls (sixth day); 33, Dr. Schwarz, took repeated doses of 2d
and 3d triturations, subsequently 1 drachm of 2d trituration, afterwards
1st trituration repeated; 34,
Wachtel, proving with 12th dilution, 3 ounces (first day); 35, Zlatarovich, took 1st trituration, 1
grain (first, second, third, fourth, and fifth days), 3 grains (sixth
day), 4 grains (seventh day), 5 grains (eighth day), 2 grains of 2d
trituration (eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth,
nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, and twenty-third
days), 2 grains of 1st trituration (twenty-fourth day), 2 grains of 2d
trituration (twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh, twenty-ninth,
and thirtieth days), 2 grains of 1st trituration (thirty-third to
thirty-eighth day), 2 grains of 2d trituration (thirty-ninth to
forty-first day), 4 grains (forty-second and forty-fifth days), 5 grains
(forty-sixth and forty-seventh days), 7 grains (forty-eighth day), 10
grains (forty-ninth to fifty-first day), 15 grains (fifty-second,
fifty-third, fifty-fifth, fifty-seventh, fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, and
sixty-first days), 20 grains (sixty-third day), 2 grains of 2d
trituration (sixty-fourth day), 1 grain of 1st trituration (sixty-sixth
day), 2 grains of 1st trituration (sixty-seventh day), 2 grains of
fourth trituration (sixty-ninth day), 2 grains of 1st trituration
(seventy-first, seventy-fifth, seventy-ninth, eighty-fourth,
ninety-first, ninety-third ninety-ninth, one hundred and twelfth, one
hundred and seventeenth, and one hundred and twenty-first days); 36, Zoth, took various doses of 2 to 4 grains
of 2d trituration; 36a, same, took 1st trituration, 10 grains,
afterwards 3 grains, 5 grains, and 6 grains; 37,
Berridge, N. Am. J. of Hom., 1875, p. 380, a lady, took 2 doses of
“cm” (Fincke); 38, same,
Mr. —, “a patient,” took repeated doses of 200th (Leipzig); 39, same, N. Y. J. of Hom., 1874, p. 460,
Miss —, “a patient,” took 1 dose of “cm” (Fincke);
40, Schelling, effects noticed from
inhaling dust while triturating crude drug, A. H. Z., 83, 189; 41, Dr. G. Oehme, effects noticed from
pulverizing crude drug, Hahn. M., 11, p. 58; 42,
Schindler, poisoning of dyer by a piece dissolved in water, Hygea, 2,
501; 43, Dr. William Cumin, effect
on two dyers and others from having arms immersed in the solution, etc.,
Edin. M. and S. J., 28, p. 309; 44,
Chevalier and Becourt, Annal. d’Hyg., 1863 (Br. and F. Med.-Chir. Rev.,
Oct. 1863), effects on workmen; 45,
Phila. Med. Times, 1875, p. 528 (Br. Med. J.), a photographer drank a
strong solution; 46, Dr. Wickens,
West. Prov. Med. J., 1851, p. 700, a man swallowed a teaspoonful or
less; 47, Dr. Ogston, Br. and F.
Med.-Chir. Rev., 1861, p. 351, a girl swallowed “a good
piece;” 48, same as 44; 49, Br. J. of Hom., 11, p. 139, a man aged 34
took 3 doses, probably a third of a solution of one-quarter of an ounce
in a pint of water; 50, Dr. C.
Alexander Gurnsey took inadvertently 1 to 1 1/2 grain of the 1/10th on
tongue at midnight for slight sore throat, Am. Hom. Obs., 1868, p. 468; 51, Dr. Nankivell; a lady, aged 76, took 1 or
2 drops of 1/10th solution for hiccough, M. Hom. Rev., 14, p. 419; 52, Cattell, Br. J. of Hom., 11, 351 (Guy’s
Hosp. Rep., 7, p. 217); 53, Green,
effects on workmen from exposure to dust, Bost. M. and S. J., Jan. 1874;
54, Dr. Heathcote, Lancet, 1854, p.
152, effects on a workman; 55,
Schrader, Viertlj. Ger. and Off. Med., 1866, case of poisoning; 56, Jaillard, Gaz. Méd. de Strasburg, 1861,
general effects of various doses; 57,
same, effects of increasing doses of .01 to .05 gramme in secondary
syphilis; 58, Dusterberg, same
journal; a young man poisoned by bread and butter that had lain in the
dust of the drug.
MIND.
►
Emotional. ► Very
good-humored, and constantly inclined to laugh (first day), [34]. ►
Low spirits (during dyspeptic attacks), [22].
► Great melancholy in the evening
(without physical cause), [25]. ► Very gloomy (thirty-eighth to
forty-second day), [23];
(fifteenth day), [32]. ► Discouragement, amounting to ennui
(fourth day), [26]. ► Anxiety, rising from the chest (third
day), [29b]. ►
Anthropophobia (fourth day), [26].
► Ill-humor (eighth day), [26]. ►
Great ill-humor and irritability (twenty-third day), [26]. [10.] ► Ill-humor; disinclination for the usual
business (fourth day), [26]. ► Irritable humor (after first dose), [2]; (first day), [26]; (fifth day), [2].
► Excessive irritability and
ill-humor (sixth day), [26]. ► Irritable, peevish mood, [26]. ►
Peevish mood, [26]. ► Complete indifference, with distress in
the stomach (twenty-sixth day), [23].
► Intellectual. ► Disinclination for mental work (ninth
day), [26]. ►
Total aversion to all mental work after dinner (without physical
indolence), [25]. ► Unable to attend to his usual business;
he was obliged to rest, and after sleeping and hour felt relieved,
though the ill-humor and intolerable feeling of distress and sickness
remained (twenty-third day), [26].
► (She found herself talking nonsense
to herself, constantly repeating “Tulips and rhododendrons;”
felt as if she was losing her reason, but was conscious of all that was
going on all the time, lasting about an hour), (after one hour), [39].® 2000
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