MERCURIUS BROMATUS.
By Timothy F. Allen â The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
- Mercurous bromide, Hgbr (white, insoluble). "Bromuret." 2. Mercuric bromide, HgBr2 (crystallizable, soluble). "Bromide."
Preparation , Triturations.
Authorities.
1 , Dr. Hoering, Inaug. Diss., 1838, Hygea, 8, 547, effects of 1/4 to 1 grain of Bromide, and 3 to 4 grains of Bromuret of Mercury; 2 , Wernek, from Hoering, effects of 1/4 to 1 1/2 grains of Bromide and 4 to 6 grains of Bromuret; 3 , Heimerdinger, Inaug. Diss., from Hygea, 10, 439, effects of 1/3 of a grain and larger doses of the Bromide of Mercury.
MOUTH
- Increased salivation, 3.
- Increased secretion of saliva, 1.
- Very nauseous taste, 1.
- Very disgusting metallic taste, 3.
THROAT
- Disagreeable sensation in the pharynx, 1.
- Very raw, scraping sensation in the pharynx, provoking cough, 1.
STOMACH
- Eructations, 3.
- Nausea, 1, 2.
- Vomiting, 2. [10.]
- Vomiting with painful effort and most violent griping pain in the abdomen, 1.
- Violent efforts to vomit and obstinate vomiting of tenacious, and afterwards of bloody mucus, 3.
- Violent painful vomiting (after half an hour), 2.
- Burning pains in the stomach and pharynx, 3.
- Pressure in the stomach, 1.
ABDOMEN
- The abdomen is drawn back to the vertebral column, very sensitive to touch, 1.
- Griping in the abdomen, 1.
- Slight pressure and pains in the intestines, 2.
- Coliclike pains, 2.
- Most violent colic and painful tenesmus, 1.
STOOL. [20.]
- Frequent stools, with colic and rumbling in the bowels, 1.
- Thin stools repeated four times in a few hours, quite watery, 1.
- Pasty stools, 1.
- Several pasty stools, 2.
URINARY ORGANS
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Difficult respiration, 1.
CHEST
- Heaviness in the chest, 1.
PULSE
- Slow small pulse, 1.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS
- Great weakness, 1.
SKIN. [30.]
- A large number of boils on various part of the body, especially in the left axilla and left arm, where he had rubbed in the drug; they were very painful and would not heal; when one of these boils heals other appear in its place; he had not rest day or night, 1.
FEVER
- Perspiration over the whole body, with great apprehensiveness during the violent pains, 1.