Ferrum Sulfuricum
Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. IV, p. 330
Ferrous sulphate; SOgFeO.H^O ; Iron or green vitriol. Copperas.
Preparation, Trituration with sugar of milk.
Authority. O. A. Moore, effects on a boy aged 14 years, of picking, for three days, the crystals from strings, in a vessel where it was placed to crystallize ; Lond. Med. Gaz., N. S. (1841-2), 2, 231.
Headache
Sickness, which continued for two hours, during which he vomited tw'o or three times.
Colicky pains in abdomen.
Contractions in arms, hands, and feet. Arms bent at elbows, and fingers drawn towards forearm by flexure of wrist.
Knees slightly flexed; toes drawn upwards rigidly towards ankle. Hands yield to forcible extension, but immediately return to same condition.
Limbs very painful, especially the feet and calves, where the pain was distracting.