Cuprum Nitricum

NO3

, 6H2 O. Blue, very deliquescent crystals, very soluble in alcohol.

Authority.

Chevallier and Bris de Loury, poisoning of workman by cleaning copper in dilute nitric acid, Ann. d'Hyg., 1843, etc., from Bull. de. l. Soc. Méd. Hom. de France, 2, 20.

HEAD

• Headache (soon).

EYE

• Protruding eyes.

FACE

• Tongue expressive of fearful distress.
• Bluish lips.

MOUTH

• Tongue enlarged and moist.
• Short and broken speech.

STOMACH

• Loss of appetite.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

• Cough (soon).
• Cough frequent, loose, easy, with expectoration of a stringy yellow fluid, coming by gulps, and so abundant that the patient had a vessel on either side of him.
• Respiratory sound feeble and dull, with a general moist, coarsely bubbling râle.
• Breathing short, hurried, difficult.

PULSE

• Pulse 98, small and regular.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS

• Gradually increasing sense of oppression, obliging him to lie down.

FEVER

• Skin moist, almost cold, especially of the extremities, with subjective chilliness.

CONDITIONS

• Symptoms aggravated at night.