Kali Sulfuricum

Potassium sulphate, K 2 SO 4 .

Common names , Sal catharticum.

Preparation , Triturations or solutions in water.

Authorities. 1 , Bayard, Ann. d'Hyg., 27, p. 397 (from Am. J. Med. Sc., 1844), effects of forty grammes taken in six doses at intervals of one-quarter of an hour; 2 , Merat and Delens (same reference), effects, of one ounce in a woman; 3 , Greusellius, Mem. Acad. Nat. Cur., 1672 (Frank's Mag.), effects of half a drachm; 4 , Sobaux, Journ. de Med., 62, effects of two drachms in a woman after parturition; 5 , Marchand, Journ. Univ. Med. Sc., 1824, poisoning of a child by a small quantity.

Face red, [5] . Features and eyes distorted, [5] .

Lower lip swollen, [3] .

Lips, gum, and tongue white, [5] . Burning heat in the mouth, stomach, and abdomen, [1] .

Burning thirst, [5] . Nausea and vomiting, [1] .

Vomiting, [2] . Repeated vomiting of a whitish substance (after two minutes), [5] . [10.]

Violent pain in the stomach and bowels, [2] .

Purging; the nurse declared that much of the medicine passed undissolved, and was found at the bottom of the night stool, [1] .

Violent purging, [3] .

Pulse scarcely perceptible, [5] .

Cramps of upper and lower extremities, [1] .

Heat, [2] .

Cold sweat (after two minutes), [5] .

SUPPLEMENT: KALI SULFURICUM.

The first dose was rejected by the stomach; the second dose brought on sickness, vomiting, purging, and cramps; on taking the third dose all the symptoms of cholera were manifested, and the patient died.