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A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

Cuprum Sulphuricum cupr-s.

John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1902 · 351 words · Cuprum Sulphuricum in every book →

General

Sulphate of Copper. Cu SO 4 5 H 2 O. Trituration.

Clinical

Alopecia. Diarrhœa. Dysentery. Eyes, granular lids; catarrhal and purulent conjunctivitis. Itch. Syphilis. Trachoma.

Characteristics

Sulphate of Copper is a well-known emetic and caustic. It causes forcible vomiting and much nausea. Paleness of face; or jaundiced appearance; pale skin generally; a peculiar diarrhœa; enlarged liver. J. D. Tyrrell ( Med. Adv ., xix. 14) mentions the case of a lady who could not use Cupr. sul . for "stamping" fancywork, because it "made her face hurt and swell so she could scarcely see, and her lips became everted, "turned inside out," she said." It is a well-known application in allopathic practice for stimulating flabby granulations, and it has cured itching eruptions, and manifestations of syphilis. Rest > pains.

Relations

It is antidoted by: Milk; eggs; pure yellow prussiate of potash. Compare: Kali bich. (cough) and Merc.

Mind

Anxiety; or great apathy. ─ Remarkable disturbance of mind, every utterance distorted.

Head

Bald spot over r. parietal bone, not depending on any discoverable cause.

Eyes

Twitching of closed lids. ─ Eyes stiff and dim.

Face

Lips pale, bluish, at corners and internal edges. ─ Face painful and swollen so she can scarcely see; lips turned inside out.

Mouth

Tongue cold; coated, bluish. ─ Greenish tint along free border of gums. ─ Burning in mouth and œsophagus in morning.

Stomach

Excessive nausea; forcible vomiting returning from time to time; vomits greenish-brown mucus. ─ Violent pain in stomach followed by faintness.

Abdomen

Tearing pains in hypochondria, on inspiration, painful to touch as if bruised. ─ Liver enlarged. ─ Abdomen drawn in.

Stool

Four pultaceous greenish-yellow stools, without the least trace of blood. ─ Stool pultaceous, brown-red, with streaks of blood and tenesmus during stool. ─ Constipation.

Respiratory Organs

Hacking cough which impedes respiration. ─ Croupy cough with very tenacious mucus.

Heart

Feeling as of a throbbing lump in heart internally, beating of heart seems louder; lasted five minutes and went away gradually.

Limbs

Limbs cold, nearly cyanotic. ─ Dull aching soreness in middle of tibia, when walking; > at rest; tenderness on pressure.

Skin

Pale, colourless. ─ Icterus. ─ Itching nodules on shoulders. ─ Itchiness; a kind of dry itch.