Mercurius Cyanatus compare in 10 dei 13 libri classici su Similia. Ognuno è stato scritto per svolgere un compito diverso — ecco cosa aggiunge ciascuno su questo rimedio, con l'inizio della relativa voce.
- Allen HC — I sintomi chiave che distinguono questo rimedio dai suoi rimedi più affini.
“Cyanide of Mercury. (Hg(CN2).) Malignant diphtheria with intense redness of fauces and great difficulty of swallowing; pseudo-membranous formation extends all over fauces and down throat; putrid, gangrenous diphtheria, with phagedenic ulceration; membranous croup. Great weakness; extreme prostration ; cannot stand up…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Cyanide of mercury, Hg(Cn)2. Preparation for use , Solutions. Authorities. Excitement, at night (second day), 2. Night sleepless; great excitement and incessant talking; is angry with the attendant, and raved furiously (first and third day), 2. Vertigo. Vertigo, 3. Vertigo, on sitting up, with loud ringing in the…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Cyanide of Mercury Acute infections, pneumonia, nephritis. Its action is similar to that of the toxines of infections diseases. Great and rapid prostration, tendency toward hæmorrhages, from the different orifices, of dark fluid blood, cyanosis, rapid respiration and heart action, albuminuria and twitching and jerking…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“COLLAPSE, sudden prostration, etc. MOUTH and THROAT RELAXATION (Comp. Inactive.)”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Bicyanide of Mercury. Mercuric Cyanide. Hg (CN) 2 . Solution. Trituration. Diphtheria / Dysentery / Enteric fever / Hæmorrhages / Kerato-iritis syphilitica / Phlebitis / Throat, sore / Varicosis The history of this remedy is a romantic one. When Dr. Alexander Villers was an infant he had diphtheria. Known remedies had…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Cyanide of Mercury. Hg (CN 2 ). Of this form of Mercury no regular proving has been made ; the symptoms are toxicological and clinical. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Keratoiritis syphilitica , Nunez, Norton's Ophth. Therap. ; Ulceration of tonsils , Richards, Raue's Rec., 1872, p. 100 ; Follicular tonsillitis , (2 cases)…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Given a Merc. base and diphtheria, when the membrane is greenish and inclined to spread through the nose and involve a large surface, the Cyanide of Mercury is needed. It has exudation more marked than any other form of Mercury . Malignant forms of diphtheria, rapidly forming, and with phagedenic ulceration.”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: cyanide of mercury. It seems to spread its action all over the buccal cavity (N.). Is of great value in that much dreaded disease-diphtheria (N.). MALIGNANT DIPHTHERIA, WITH INTENSE REDNESS OF FAUCES AND GREAT DIFFICULTY OF SWALLOWING (A.). Diphtheria of the larynx and nose (Br.). Pseudo-membranous…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Dr. Beck, of Monthey, in Switzerland (I think it was), first brought this remedy to notice as of great value in that much-dreaded disease, diphtheria. Von Villiers claimed to have had astonishing success with it in Germany, losing only two per cent. (if I remember correctly) of the cases treated with it. He…”
