Mercurius corrosivus

Characteristic symptoms

Spasm of the oesophagus, total suppression of the urine, bloody stools, hmmatemesis, coma, gangrene; ptyalism is rare; herpetic eruptions and boils; fever, with burning heat, cold sweat; hypochondriac disposition ; headache, with rush of blood to the head; falling off of the hair on the head and on the pubes ; contracted pupils, dimness of sight ; paleness of the face ; tearing in the upper maxilla ; burning pains in the teeth ; inflammation of the mouth and of the salivary glands ; bleeding of the gums ; mercurial fetor from the mouth ; difficulty of deglutition ; red eruption over the whole body ; vomiting of pus, blood and bile ; gastritis and enteritis, with tendency to gangrene ; bloody stools, with colic and tenesmus ; suppressed or increased secretion of urine ; bloody micturition ; inflammation of the urethra, with discharge ; swelling of the testicles ; pains in the mammae ; leucorrhœa ; constriction in the throat, hoarseness, dry cough ; hectic fever ; sciatica, nightly borie-pains.