Antimonium Arsenitum
By Timothy F. Allen โ The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Arsenite of antimony.
Formula , (Sb2O3 ) AsO5 + 3 p. c. (For chemical preparation, see All. Hom. Zeit., 79, 76)
Preparation , Triturations.
Authority.
Isnard (A. H. Z., 79, 76, Review of Therap. Andw. des Arsen.) took daily increasing doses of .01 to 0.10 of centigramme; symptoms began on the sixth day.
- Congestion of the head.
- Pain in the forehead.
- Pressure in the temples.
- Pain in the orbits.
- Conjunctivitis.
- ลdema of the face.
- General sick feeling.
- Sense of weakness.
- Wandering pains along the sciatic nerves.
- Loss of appetite.
- Nausea.
- Diarrhลa slight, without pain in abdomen.
- Pulse 90.
- (Excessive dyspnลa in cases of emphysema) , Dr. Payr, A. H. Z., 79.*