Kali Oxalicum
Potassium Binoxalate (Salts of Sorrel), C2
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
HKO4 + 2Aq.
Preparation , Triturations.
Authorities.
1 , Dr. John Jackson, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1840, p. 480, a woman, aged 20 took about an once dissolved in hot water; 2 , Comptes Rend. d. Sc. de l'Acad. des Sc., 1842, a lady, recently confined, took inadvertently nearly half an ounce; 3 , Ann. d'Hygiène, 1842, a woman took a teaspoonful three mornings in succession; 4 , Dr. Worms, a lady poisoned by 15 grammes, Gaz. des Hôp., Jan. 20th, 1859; 5 , Dr. Webb, Med. Times and Gaz., 1859, p. 378, a man swallowed about a teaspoonful; 6 , Cattell, Br. J. of Hom., additional symptoms collected (Guy's Hosp. Rep., N. S., vol. 6, p. 192). [Original not accessible. -T. F. A.]
MIND
HEAD
- Swimming in the head (after seven days), 5.
- Heaviness and pain in the head (after seven days), 5.
- Throbbing pain in the head and great thirst, 6.
EYE
- Great soreness of eyes, with dimness of vision, 1, 6.
- Conjunctivæ much injected and pupils dilated, 6.
- The conjunctiva of both eyes were a good deal injected, and both pupils were dilated, though the eyes were exposed to a pretty strong light, as the patient was placed opposite to a window, 1. [10.]
- Pupils dilated, even in a strong light, 6.
- Great dimness of vision, 6.
FACE
- Countenance flushed (reaction?), 6.
- Face pale, anxious-looking, and covered with a cold sweat, 4.
- Face and lips pale, 1.
- Face and lips pale, with continual rigors over the whole body, 6.
MOUTH
- Tongue and fauces red and irritated (after ten days), 5.
- Very strong acid taste of the poison, lasting two days, 4.
THROAT
STOMACH. [20.]
- Great thirst and throbbing pain in the head, 6.
- Intense thirst, 5.
- Very sick, 1.
- Vomiting and faintness, 6.
- Vomiting (after two hours); continuing at intervals of from ten minutes to an hour, for nearly a week, 5.
- Severe vomiting, 6 ; after each dose, 2a.
- Vomiting of a frothy liquid, leaving a white deposit mingled with brown flakes, 4.
- Abundant vomiting (first day); vomitings bloody, blackish, and more abundant (second and third days), 3.
- Hard retching (very soon), 4.
- Great pain in the epigastric region (second day), 3. [30.]
- Severe pain in stomach (very soon), 4.
- It had scarcely reached the stomach when she was seized with excruciating pains, followed by violent convulsions, and death within ten minutes after swallowing the draught, 2.
- Very severe burning pain in stomach and bowels, 4.
ABDOMEN
- Violent pains in the abdomen, and convulsions, 6.
- Scalding sensation extended over abdomen, with tenderness on tolerably firm pressure, 6.
URINARY ORGANS
- Micturition, accompanied by a sensation of scalding (after seven days), 5.
PULSE
- Pulse full and quick, 6.
- Pulse 100 (after seven days), 5.
- Pulse so feeble that it could scarcely be felt, 1, 6.
- Pulse wretched, 4.
BACK. [40.]
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Spasmodic contractions in the hands (after seven days), 5.
- Nails and fingers blue, like those of a cholera patient, 4.
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Feeling of great weakness in the lower extremities (after two hours), 5.
- On walking a short distance from his house he found himself hardly able to reach his home on account of his legs failing him, 5.
- Cramps in the legs (after seven days), 5.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
- Convulsions and violent pains in the abdomen, 6.
- Violent convulsions, 2.
- Great muscular weakness (after seven days), 5. [50.]
- Could scarcely drag herself along, 4.
- She falls and utters loud cries, 6.
- Tendency to faint, 6.
- Faint and exhausted, 6.
- Lying on the floor quite faint (after one hour and a half), 1.