NATRUM SULFURATUM.
Sodium sulphide, Na2
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
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Preparation , Triturations, or solution in distilled water.
Authority.
Chantourelle, Acad. Royal. de Méd., 1825 (Orfila's Toxicologie), effects of 45 grammes, given by mistake for
Natrum sulfuricum , to a girl of twenty-five.
- Great heat of the mouth, fauces, œsophagus, and stomach.
- Sensation of constriction in the throat.
- Swallowing painful.
- Thirst.
- Great efforts to vomit (immediately).
- Constant ineffectual efforts to vomit; she vomited some whitish liquid, with streaks and clots of blood, and a thin semitransparent piece of membrane, which seemed to come from the lining of the stomach.
- Burning pains in the epigastrium.
- Frequent colic pains.
- Sensation as though she would suffocate.
- Pulse strong and rapid (after some hours).
- Pulse irregular, small, and slow.
- Patient very weak and pale.
- Skin cold.