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

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Natrum Lacticum.

Sodium lactate. Na.C3H5O3, Solution.

Clinical.─

Gout. Gouty concretions. Rheumatism.

Characteristics.─

Allen has collected a few
observations on the effects of large doses, which I have schematised below. Skinner has
removed with it, in potencies, gouty or rheumatic concretions (“chalk stones”) in
fingers.

Relations.─

Compare:
The Lacs, Lact. ac. In “chalk stones,” Lyc., Calc.

SYMPTOMS.

11. Stomach.─

Unusual hunger and thirst.─Vomiting
(from very large doses).

23. Lower Limbs.─

Great weakness of lower limbs,
analogous to anxietas tibiarum after great physical exertion.

24. Generalities.─

Rheumatoid pains.─Abnormal
sense of fatigue, yawning and sleepiness.

26. Sleep.─

Sleep more prolonged and sounder.─Yawning
and sleepiness.

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