Mercurius Aceticus

Mercurous acetate.

Hydrargyrum aceticum oxydulatum. Hg2

O,C4H3O3. (It is not certain which acetate was used by Hahnemann. Mercuric acetate is in the form of soluble crystals).

Preparation for use , Triturations.

Authority.

Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 1, 425.

EYE

• (Inflammation of the canthi, with burning-itching pain, morning and evening).

THROAT

• Dryness of the throat that interrupts speaking, with a barking cough.
• Pressing sticking posteriorly in the throat, more when coughing than when swallowing.

URINARY ORGANS

• Urethra.
• Burning of the urethra when urinating and when not.*
• Cutting in the urethra during the last drops of the urine.
• Micturition.
• Frequent micturition.
• In the morning the urine passes in abundance, but slowly, with straining (stricture of the urethra?).

SEXUAL ORGANS

• Male.
• Swelling and inflammation of the anterior portion of the penis (with burning and fine sticking pains that wake him from sleep at night); the pains are aggravated by cold water, relieved by warm.
• Constrictive pain in the testicles.
• Female. [10.]
• Internal swelling within the labiæ.
• (Menstruation four days too early, at the time of the new moon).

CHEST

• Pain in the chest as if it were suppurating, as if raw and sore.
• A pressure on the sternum, just above the pit of the stomach, with oppression of breath while standing, also when he is not walking.

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL

• Drawing pains in the limbs and shivering, in the forenoon, without subsequent heat.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

• Tearing in the hands, so that the knuckles became red and thick.

SKIN

• Eruption of itching cracking pimples; after scratching they burn like fire.
• The margins of the ulcers became very painful.

SLEEP AND DREAMS

• Heavy dreams after midnight, for example, of drowning, robbers trying to kill him, dangers by water and by fire.

FEVER

• Chill without heat and without thirst, with a sensation as if he were perspiring, at night, especially after midnight.
• Much perspiration on moving about.