Morphinum Sulphuricum

Sulphate of Morphia. Cn H^q N 0^.

No provings. Experimental and toxicological effects are numerous (Allen's Encyclopedia, vol. 6, p. 378).

Clinical Authorities. — Vomiting, Hall, Organon, vol. 2, p. 247; Nervous spasms, Young, Horn. Phys., vol. 5, p. 166 ; Thickness of speech in chorea, Under- wood, U. S. M. J., 1871, p. 282; Antidote to poisonous effects of atropia and Extr. Bellad., E. K., Raue's Rec, 1870, p. 90.

^ Sensorium. 1 1 Vertigo.

^ Sight and Eyes, i Double vision and disturbance of ac- commodation, often accompanied by lachrymation.

■ Weakness of vision.

I Sight impaired and feeble.

i Vision at times seemed obscured by a fog.

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I Conjunctiva injected.

1 8 The look becomes unsteady.

I I Paresis of recti interni.

I I Diverging strabismus of both eyes.

■ Slight ptosis.

" Taste and Tongue, i Thickening of tongue and inability to talk distinctly. ^Chorea.

^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting, i Vomiting.

^^ Abdomen. Inspiration accompanied by sharp pain in ab- domen and along spine. Tympanitis.

^ Stool and Rectum. 1 1 Diarrhoea. I I Horrid tenesmus, straining.

^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. 1 1 Great jactitation ; impossibility of sleeping from dyspnoea and extension of disease ; hypersesthesia of nerves ; changing pulse. ^Inflamma- tion of diaphragm.

^^ Nerves, i i Weakness.

1 I Trembling before and during a thunder storm (occa- sioned by the electrical state of the atmosphere).

■ After being struck by lightning; any exposure to heat

set her into spasms, nervous, so that she had to go into a cool place. ^^ Temperature and Weather. Any exposure to heat sets her into spasms, she had to go to a cool place : after being struck by lightning. *^ Sensations. Vision as if impaired by fog.

Pains so violent as to threaten convulsions, or cause

twitching or jerking of limbs. Sharp pain: in abdomen and along spine. Trembling : before and during thunder storm. Itching : on face, neck, loins and genitals.

" Tissues. ■ Extreme susceptibility to pain ; pains so violent as to threaten convulsions, or cause twitching and jerk- ing of limbs. ^Cancer. *^ Touch. Passive Motion. Injuries. After being struck by lightning : any exposure to heat sets her into spasms. *" Skin.

Itching, particularly on face, neck, loins and genitals. Conical blotches either red or skin color, more easily ftlt than seen. *^ Stages of Life Constitution. Young lady, after being

struck by lightning ; nervous spasms. ^^ Relations. Antidoted by: Aeon., Atrop"., Bellad., strong infusion of coffee, Ipec, the first and last being especially useful to remove secondary effects.

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