Morphinum Sulphuricum
By Constantine Hering — The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica
Sulphate of Morphia. C 17 H 19 N O 3 .
No provings. Experimental and toxicological effects are numerous (Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 6, p. 378 ).
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Vomiting , Hall, Organon, vol. 2, p. 247 ; Nervous spasms , Young, Hom. Phys., vol. 5, p. 166 ; Thickness of speech in chorea , Underwood, U. S. M. J, 1871, p. 282 ; Antidote to poisonous effects of atropia and Extr. Bellad ., R. K., Raue's Rec., 1870, p. 90.
SENSORIUM [2]
Vertigo.
SIGHT AND EYES [5]
Double vision and disturbance of accommodation often accompanied by lachrymation.
Weakness of vision.
Sight impaired and feeble.
Vision at times seemed obscured by a fog.
Conjunctiva injected.
The look becomes unsteady.
Paresis of recti interni.
Diverging strabismus of both eyes.
Slight ptosis.
TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE [11]
Thickening of tongue and inability to talk distinctly. θ Chorea.
HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING [16]
Vomiting.
ABDOMEN AND LOINS [19]
Inspiration accompanied by sharp pain in abdomen and along spine.
Tympanitis.
STOOLS AND RECTUM [20]
Diarrhœa.
Horrid tenesmus, straining.
INNER CHEST AND LUNGS [28]
Great jactitation ; impossibility of sleeping from dyspnœa and extension of disease ; hyperesthesia of nerves ; changing pulse. θ Inflammation of diaphragm.
NERVES [36]
Weakness.
Trembling before and during a thunder storm (occasioned by the electrical state of the atmosphere).
After being struck by lightning ; any exposure to heat set her into spasms, nervous, so that she had to go into a cool place.
TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER [39]
Any exposure to heat sets her into spasms, she had to go to a cool place ; after being struck by lightning.
SENSATIONS [43]
Vision as if impaired by fog.
Pains so violent as to threaten convulsions, or cause twitching or jerking of limbs.
Sharp pain : in abdomen and along spine.
Trembling : before and during thunder storm.
Itching : on face, neck, loins and genitals.
TISSUES [44]
Extreme susceptibility to pain ; pains so violent as to threaten convulsions, or cause twitching and jerking of limbs. θ Cancer.
TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES [45]
After being struck by lightning ; any exposure to heat sets her into spasms.
SKIN [46]
Itching, particularly on face, neck, loins and genitals.
Conical blotches either red or skin color, more easily felt than seen.
STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION [47]
Young lady, after being struck by lightning ; nervous spasms.
RELATIONS [48]
Antidoted by : Acon., Atrop., Bellad ., strong infusion of coffee, Ipec ., the first and last being especially useful to remove secondary effects.