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General
Formula, Bi 2 O 3 ,N 2 O 5 ,2OH 2 . (Magisterium bismuthi). Preparation , Triturations.
Authorities. 1 , Kerner, Heidlbg. Kl. Annal., 1829 (from Wibmer), took 2 drops for heartburn; 2 , Wernek, ibid., two girls, about 18 years old, took 6 grains in the morning, fasting; 3 , ibid., a boy, 6 years old, took 6 grains after supper; 4 , ibid., some men took from 6 to 12 grains at a dose; 5 , ibid., a man took 15 grains, and the next day 20 grains; 6 , ibid., a man took 15 grains; 7 , a man took 40 grains at one dose; 8 , Wernek, ibid., took 20 grains immediately after a meal.
Head
Head somewhat confused on rising, [8] .
Vertigo, [7] .
Vertigo (after two hours), [8] .
Vertigo on violent motion (after one hour), [2] . Slight, transient headache, [6] .
Headache, especially in the frontal region, [7] . Headache and vertigo (after first dose), [4] .
Headache and vertigo (after one and a half hours), [5] .
Heat and confusion of the head (after one hour), [2] . [10.] Slight transient pain in the forehead (after half an hour), [8] . Pressure in the frontal region , [5] . *Pressive pain in the frontal region (after one hour), [2] .
Eyes
Eyes red, sight somewhat dim, [7] .
Conjunctiva red, [5] .
Redness of the conjunctiva.
EARS AND NOSE.
Dry nose, [1] .
Roaring in the ears, [8] .
Mouth And Throat
Tongue coated, [7] .
Tongue furred, [5] .
Tongue coated white, [8] . [20.]
Offensive taste in the mouth, [1] .
Taste bitter, [7] .
The fauces and uvula were inflamed, with burning in the throat, difficult swallowing, and thirst, [1] .
Stomach
Appetite completely lost, [7] .
Thirst increased, [7] .
Much thirst and no appetite, [8] . Eructations of wind after drinking a glass of water , [8] .
Frequent empty eructations and feeling of discomfort in the stomach , soon followed by a liquid stool, but not bilious (after three hours), [2] . Violent eructations, gripings in the bowels, and sudden slight bilious vomiting (after one and a half hours), [7] . [30.] Nausea and slight bilious vomiting, [8] .
*Nausea, with pressure in the stomach (after one a half hours), [3] . Vomiting and diarrhoea, with retching and burning in the throat (immediately), [1] .
Passage of much flatus from the stomach (after four hours), [5] .
Passage of odorless flatus from the stomach, [3] . *Uncomfortable feeling in the stomach (after half an hour), [8] . *The pressure in the stomach changes to a burning (after one hour), [7] . *Pressure in the region of the stomach (after half an hour), [7] . *Pressure in the stomach (after one hour), [6] , [8] . *Distressing pressure and burning in the region of the stomach (after three and a half hours), [5] . [40.] *Some pressure in the region of the stomach, and empty eructations , [4] .
Abdomen
Rumbling in the intestines, and eructations (after one hour), [8] . Passage of much flatus, followed by a thin bilious evacuation, [6] .
Colicky pains in the bowels, [6] . Gripings in the abdomen, followed by two liquid bilious evacuations (second day), [2] .
Stool And Urinary Organs.
A liquid bilious stool (after three hours), [7] .
Two loose movements in the bowels, with gripings, at 6 P.M.
(second day), [8] .
Two liquid stools, with gripings, at 4 P.M. (third day), [8] .
During the poisoning he passed no urine, and the region of the bladder was not distended, [1] .
Respiration Apparatus And Pulse.
Difficult breathing, [8] . [50.]
Pulse spasmodic, [4] .
Pulse tense, spasmodic, [5] .
Pulse small, [1] .
Pulse small, tense, and spasmodic, [7] . Pulse accelerated, contracted, [2] .
Pulse somewhat accelerated, small and tense, [2] . Pulse rapid, hard, small, 97, [8] .
Pulse, at midnight, 95 and spasmodic, [8] .
Extremities And Sleep.
Cramps in the hands and feet, [1] . Night very restless, [8] .
Fever
[60.] Extremities cold, [1] .
Temperature somewhat increased, [8] .
Heat over the whole body, [8] .
Heat in the whole body (after two hours), [2] .
A feeling of heat over the whole body, [5] .
Aggravation
( After drinking water ), Eructations.
( On violent motion ), Vertigo.
( On rising ), Head confused.
SUPPLEMENT: BISMUTHUM SUBNITRICUM.
Authority. 9 , Dr.
Kerner (Heidelberger Klin.
Annal.), Lancet, 1829-30 (2), p. 349.
A middle-aged man swallowed a large quantity.
Hiccough, violent vomiting of brownish matter and profuse diarrhoea, the pulse was small and intermittent, the face pale and the whole body cold; the voluntary muscles, especially those of the lower extremities, were spasmodically contracted; the throat and pharynx were inflamed, he could not swallow, and complained of much pain in the throat, a nauseous metallic taste, and intolerable thirst (in eleven hours), [9] .