Antimonium Chloridum
Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica, 1879, Vol. I, p. 315
Antimonious chloride. Sh 01^.
The old and famous butter of antimony. Not proved. Poisoning symptoms collected by Cattell. Given in cancer. See 9.
Mind
Stupor, but from which he could be aroused by questions.
Stupor and cold feet. See 8.
Sensorium
Insensibility.
Nerves
││ Pupils dilated and inactive.
││ Eyes sunken, lustreless.
^ Face. I I Features set, pale and collapsed.
Stupor, face pale, collapsed. See 1.
Lower Face p. 316
Cancer of the lower lip.
Taste and Tongue p. 316
Unable to speak for some minutes.
Tongue dry in centre.
Inner Mouth p. 316
full of thick, tenacious, transparent mucus.
Throat p. 316
Great pain in his throat.
││ Severe pain in throat and fauces.
Sense of burning in throat.
Fauces inflamed.
Heat and uneasiness in mouth and throat, with pain on swallowing.
Severe burning pain in throat, increased by deglutition.
Bright scarlet patches in throat, with difficulty in swallowing.
Numerous abrasions on mucous membranes of mouth and fauces, with slight fever.
Belching p. 316
Nausea and vomiting.
Incessant vomiting.
Vomiting for two hours, followed by prostration.
Scrobiculum and Stomach p. 316
Burning pain in epigastrium, and tumefaction of abdomen.
Severe burning pain in stomach.
Abdomen p. 316
Tenderness of abdomen to the touch, with sensation of burning.
Excruciating griping pains in abdomen.
Incessant efibrt to vomit, and frequent abortive desire to defecate, with cold skin.
Stool p. 316
Frequent abortive efforts to defecate.
Relations p. 316
Seems choked.
Respiration very slightly apparent ; heavy.
Pulse p. 316
Pulse 80, small. '
Pulse small, accelerated, very feeble or hard.
Pulse rises to 120, with sleepiness.
Nerves p. 316
Great or complete prostration of strength.
Restlessness.
Faintness, general weakness.
40 Jever. I l Cold skin. See abdomen.
││ Surface of body cold and clammy.
Slight feverishness.
Tissues p. 316
From mouth to jejunum, black.
Mucous membranes destroyed, and the submucous tissue and peritoneum covered with flocculent matter easily scraped off; they are soft and readily torn.
Skin p. 316
Skin cold and mouth full of mucus.
Skin cold and clammy.
Relations p. 316
Similar to other salts of antimony, and to the acids (typhus), also to Arsen., and Carbo veg. (in prostration, stomach and abdominal symptoms) ; Conium (cancer on lower lip and ineffectual urging for stool).