Calcarea muriatica

Volume I — Main text

Calcarea muriatica. Calcium chloride, CaCI^.

1. ProviHgs. — K Dr. August Wjmmer, act, 57, experimented in Oct,, 1876, for 3 vpeeks, and in April, 1877, for 4 weeks* For ist week of each period he observed his body in health ; for 2nd week he took daily O'S grm., for 3rd week i grm. of salt in a glass of water. Following are results of second experiment, but are in perfect harmony with those of first.

<7. Appetite, tongue, heart and pulse were unaffected. During 3rd week there was increased thirst. The drug has a decided diuretic effect. In 2nd week urine increased daily by 68 grms., beginning from 4th d. ; in 3rd week by 29 grms. In 4th week, though thirst required an extra 75 grms. of fluid, urine increased by 60 grms. only*

h. Stool remained of normal consistence till 4th week, when it became more pappy. In 3rd week it increased daily by 6 grms, and in 4th by 19 grms.

c. Discharge through skin and lungs hardly changed at all in and week ; in 3rd it fell by a daily average of 13 grms. ; in 4th it rose by 40 grms,, but this increase is probably to be ascribed to higher temperature of this period, causing increased perspiration,

d. Notwithstanding diuretic effect there was increase also of solid matters in urine. Sp. gr. increased regularly from 10125 in 1st week to 1 0232 in 4th. All constituents participated in this increase save uric acid, which in 4th week was less by 0704 grm.perSem^ urea being more by 542 grms., sulphuric acid by i '69 grm., chlorine by 226 grms,, and phosphoric acid by 079 grm. Regular decrease of weight of body corresponded with increased oxidation, so that during 3 weeks it lost 1700 grms. (17 kilo.). State of health also changed for worse about middle of 4th week. A feeling of exhaustion, weakness, and disinclination for work began to be felt ; and though from the increased oxidation a demand for more food might have been expected, there was actually an indifference to it. {The Saline fVaters of Krtuznach^ 1878: from Allen.)