Remedy
Kali tartaricum kali-t.
1 book on the shelf carries Kali tartaricum. Read them in the order a bedside reading goes: the short cards first, the long books after.
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
John Henry Clarke · A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1902
General
Tartrate of Potash. Cream of Tartar. K 2 C 4 H 4 O 6 . Trituration. Solution.
Clinical
Paraplegia.
Characteristics
A few symptoms of this well-known substance are collected in Allen, and among them pain in loins and paraplegia are very noticeable. There is vomiting of blackish green fluid; fæces like coffee-grounds; and pain in umbilical region with great thirst.
Relations
Compare: Ant. t., Tart. ac.
Mouth
Tongue brown and dry.
Stomach
Great thirst and pain in umbilical region. ─ Violent vomiting and diarrhœa. ─ Vomits a blackish green fluid. ─ Inflammation of stomach and intestines.
Abdomen
Pain in umbilical region with thirst. ─ Flatulence and griping. ─ Diarrhœa; and violent vomiting. ─ Fæces like coffee-grounds.
Heart
Pulse feeble.
Back
Pain in loins.
Lower Limbs
Thighs and legs paralysed.
Generalities
Emaciation. ─ Extreme weakness, can scarcely walk.