Cuprum Arsenicosum

Authorities. 20 (Berridge), Echo du Monde Savant (Med. Times, 1840, vol. ii, 141), five persons drank water impregnated with Cup. ars.; 21 (Berridge), Dr. Mitchell, Dublin Med. Press, 1843, vol. ix, p. 52, fifteen children ate sweetmeats colored with Ars. and Cu.; 22, omitted; 23 (Berridge), Scheele’s green, from Encyclop. des Sci. Med. (Am. J. of M. S., 1846, vol. xi, p. 252); 24 (Berridge), Dr. Prosper de Petra Santa, L’Union ]\Ied., Sept., 1858 (Edinb. Med. Journ., 1860, vol. v, p. 961), diseases of workers in Schweinfurt’s green; 25 (Berridge), Dr. S. Griswold, N. Y. Journ. of ]\Ied., 1858, vol. v, p. 64, J. F., jet. thirteen years, was engaged in making paper in which Scheele’s green was used; 26 (Berridge), Dr. H. Cooper Rose, Lancet, 1859 (1), p. 237, poisoning of a child, set. nine months; 27, omitted ; 28 (Berridge), Dr. W. G. Blogg, Lancet, 1860 (2), p. 596, effects on workmen in Sclieele’s green ; 29 (Berridge), Dr. Vassal, Lancet, 1860 (2), p. 535, effect on manufacturers of Sciieele’s green; 30, ibid., effect on a man, set. forty-five years; 31, ibid., effect on a man, set. twenty-seven years; 32 (Berridge), Dr. J. B. Metcalfe, Lancet, 1860 (2), p. 535, case of poisoning; 33 (Berridge), Dr. Wintrebert, Bull. Med. du Nord. (Lancet, 1873 (2), p. 49), effect of local use of green paper; 34 (Berridge), Kittel, Allg. Wiener Zsit. (Lancet, 1873 (1), p. 174), conjunctivitis due to Schweinfurt’s green ; 35, Joseph Farrar, Brit. Med. Journ., Jan. 6th, 1877, a man, set. twenty-two years, was in the habit of holding his paint brushes between his teeth, and neglected to wash his bauds before eating.

Mind p. 502

Nervousness

Extreme depression of spirits

Constant feeble moaning

Semicomatose state

Lying on back in bed, partially comatose, writhing and twisting himself from side to side, but so prostrated in strength as to be unable to rise or sit up

Head p. 502

Headache

Eyes p. 502

Eyes sunken

Eyes dim and glassy

-Oedema about eyes

Eyes swollen, in morning

Several girls who worked with it were affected. It generally began with an intense pain in the eyes and photophobia. Acute catarrh then followed, accompanied by redness and desquamation of internal surface of eyelids. In some cases there was to be seen on the papillary body of the lower lid a small round grayish patch, which stuck to the surface, and on being removed caused slight haemorrhage. The conjunctiva of the upper eyelid never ^^resented this appearance. The inflammatory process caused some thickening of the conjunctiva, and consequently some swelling of the lid. There generally existed at the same time various inflammatory lesions round al(z nasi

Eyelids somewhat red and puffy

Nose p. 502

Soreness of and running from nose

Nose sore inside, and discharging freely,®h

Face p. 502

Paleness of the face

Countenance had a peculiarly pale grayish appearance

Pinched features

Convulsive twitchings of facial muscles

Lips and nose swollen to double their natural size

Mouth p. 502

Gums tender,®h

Tongue white,®h

Tongue raw-looking, with portions of its upper surface denuded of epithelium, sore to the touch, and somewhat enlarged in size

Throat p. 502

Soreness of throat and gums

Stomach p. 502

-Loss of appetite

Violent vomiting and purging during the previous half hour. He was now cold and clammy to touch, the pulse not perceptible at the wrist, and with all the symptoms of collapse

Vomited severely a green slimy substance mixed with solid material for upwards of an hour

Vomiting and purging, accompanied by pain in the abdomen of a colicky character, and so severe as to be best expressed by the word excruciating

Painful digestion

Abdomen p. 502

Abdomen distended and tympanitie

Almost continual colic

Rectum and Anus p. 502

Ulcerations of anus

Stool p. 502

Severe dysentery

Stools passed involuntarily, watery, bilious, and very offensive

Purgings, passed about two quarts of thin, yellow faices

Respiratory Organs p. 502

Breathing imperfect and irregular, being short and quick, aud more slow and gasping, by turns

Chest p. 503

Weight on chest and difficult breathing

Pain, especially on making pressure on lower part of sternum

Pain in chest and crepitation therein

Heart and Pulse p. 503

Great weakness and quickness of pulse (120)

Pulse very feeble and irregular; for a second or two it would be a succession of minute thrills, so small as to be scarcely perceived, and too rapid to be counted, and then would follow two or three more perfect pulsations

Total imperceptibility of the pulse

Inferior Extremities p. 503

Swelling and numbness of legs

Generalities p. 503

Convulsions

Alternations of repose and convulsions (amounting sometimes to perfect opisthotonos]

Completely col- Lapsed,^h

Universal lassitude

Debility

Faintness

Skin p. 503

Three had jaundice for more than a fortnight

Cloudy purpuric condition of skin, especially marked on anterior surface of the thighs,'■

Eruption began in four or five days in the form of greenish pimples on hands and face; these bursting left holes having eroded edges. Also eruptions on scrotum and groins

Ugly-looking soles on hands, face, and neck, and other parts to which the poison finds access

Sores on various parts of the body, presenting a dark and very unhealthy appearance

Vesicles, pustules, p/agnes muqueuses, and ulcerations of the parts exposed to the poison (fingers, toes, genitals, and especially scrotum )

The external application causes pustular eruptions on the skin, catarrh, and a painful swelling of scrotum, preceded by a puffiness of the countenance. The internal inhalation causes bloody stools, vomiting, cramps, and delirium

Sleep p. 503

Sleep disturbed and unrefreshing

Fever p. 503

Skin cool

Lips cold and livid

Cold extremities

Cold clammy perspirations of an intermittent nature