Cuprum Nitricum
Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. IV, p. 34
Nitrate of Copper, Cu^NOj, GH^O. Blue, very deliquescent crystals, very soluble in alcohol.
Authority. Chevalier and Bris de Loury, poisoning of workman by cleaning copper in dilute nitric acid, Ann. d’Hyg., 1843, etc., from Bull, de. 1. Sac. Med. Horn, de France, 2, 20.
Head
Headache (soon).
Eyes
Protruding eyes.
Face
Face expressive of fearful distress.
Bluish lips.
Mouth
Tongue enlarged and moist.
Short and broken speech.
Stomach
Loss of appetite.
Respiratory Organs
Cough (soon).
Cough frequent, loose, easy, with expectoration of a stringy yellow fluid, coming by gulps, and so abundant that the patient had a vessel on either side of him.
Respiratory sound feeble and dull, with a general moist, coarsely bubbling rale.
■ Breathing short, hurried, difficult.
Raise
Pulse 98, small and regular.
Generalities
GvndviWij increasing sense of oppression, obliging him to lie down.
Fever
^\\n moist, almost cold, especially of the extremities, with subjective chilliness.
Conditions
Symptoms aggravated at night.