KALI SULFURATUM.
Potassium sulphide (Hepar sulfuris Kalinum). A
dark-brown mass resulting from the fusion of Sulphur and Potassium
carbonate, consisting of the pentasulphide and the hyposulphite of
Potassium.
Authorities.
1,
Chantourelle, Lucé a l’Acad. Roy. de Méd., 1825 (from Wibmer), a woman
took a portion of a solution of 1 1/2 oz. in two cups of chiccory-water;
2, Lafranque, Ann. de la Méd.
Phys., 1825 (from Wibmer), a man took about two ounces of a solution.
MIND.
►
Stupid and unconscious, with small, contracted, irregular pulse,
deathlike paleness and sunken face, [2].
FACE.
►
Redness of the face gradually came on, at first momentary and partial,
afterwards persistent and general, with symptoms of violent inflammation
of the stomach, etc., [1].
MOUTH.
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Great heat in the mouth, throat, œsophagus, and stomach, [1].
THROAT.
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Throat and fauces dry and reddish-brown, with burning pain, [1]. ►
Constriction in the throat, [1],
(soon), [2]. ►
The œsophagus was painful to pressure in the neck, [1].
STOMACH.
►
Thirst, [1]. ►
Hiccough, [2]. ► Constant inclination to vomit, without
being able to do it; followed by vomiting of the contents of the
stomach, and afterwards of white frothy substances mixed with some
streaks of blood, and afterwards clots of blood and even purulent pieces
of membrane two inches and a half long, seeming to have been detached
from the walls of the stomach, [1].
[10.] ►
Constant efforts to evacuate upwards and downwards, [2]. ► Violent
vomiting, soon, [1]. ► Convulsive vomiting, soon, [2]. ► Violent
pain and heat in the stomach and around the navel, [1]. ► Burning
pain in the stomach, [1].
STOOL.
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Copious stools, [2].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
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Suffocation; could not expand the chest, [1].
► Pulse. ►
Pulse irregular, very small, almost suppressed, slower than natural, [1].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Great weakness, with paleness, [1].
FEVER.
►
Whole body cold, [1]. [20.] ►
Skin and limbs extremely cold, [2].
► Fever developed only after several
hours, when the patient became restless, with all the symptoms of
violent inflammation of the bowels, [2].
► Violent fever, soon, [2]. ► General
profuse perspiration, with burning skin, very strong and rapid pulse, [2].® 2000
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