Mercurius praecipitatus ruber

Authority. 15, F. S. Smyth, Brit. Med. Journ., 1878 (2), p. 101, poisoning of a woman set. twenty years.

Lying upon the bed in a state of stupor, with a weak, irregular, scarcely perceptible pulse; pupils dilated, but sensible to light; the surface of the body cold and clammy to the touch, and a copious discharge running from the mouth. Had vomited, and her bowels were very loose, and she complained of great pain across the abdomen. Later she complained of cramps in the lower limbs, and severe pain in the abdomen,