Antimonium Arsenitum

Arsenite of antimony.

Formula , (Sb2O3 ) AsO5 + 3 p. c. (For chemical preparation, see All. Hom. Zeit., 79, 76)

Preparation , Triturations.

Authority.

Isnard (A. H. Z., 79, 76, Review of Therap. Andw. des Arsen.) took daily increasing doses of .01 to 0.10 of centigramme; symptoms began on the sixth day.

• Congestion of the head.
• Pain in the forehead.
• Pressure in the temples.
• Pain in the orbits.
• Conjunctivitis.
• Œdema of the face.
• General sick feeling.
• Sense of weakness.
• Wandering pains along the sciatic nerves.
• Loss of appetite.
• Nausea.
• Diarrhœa slight, without pain in abdomen.
• Pulse 90.
• (Excessive dyspnœa in cases of emphysema) , Dr. Payr, A. H. Z., 79.*