Hydrocyanic acid (Hydrocyanii acidum)
di Adolph von Lippe — Text Book of Materia Medica
Mind and Disposition
Despondency; oppression.
Anguish in the pit of the stomach.
Inability to think.
Head
Dizziness with feeling of intoxication.
Vertigo with reeling.
Headache with giddiness.
Stupefying headache.
Pricking in various; parts of the head.
Eyes
Protruded eyes.
Distorted, half open eyes.
Pupils dilated immovable insensible to the light.
The lids immovable they seem paralyzed.
Dimness of sight; gauze before the eyes.
Ears
Roaring and buzzing in the ears.
Hardness of hearing.
Nose
Enlarged, bluish wings of the nose.
Dryness of tine nose.
Face
Face bloated.
Pale-bluish face, looks old.
Sallow and gray complexion.
Distortion of the corners of the mouth.
Distortion of the facial muscles.
Lock-jaw.
Mouth and Throat
Increased secretion of saliva.
Tongue coated white.
Cod feeling of the tongue.
Burning on the tip of the tongue.
Lameness and stiffness of the tongue; tongue protruded.
Loss; of speech.
Spasm in the pharynx and œsophagus.
Heat and inflammation of the throat.
Stomach and Abdomen
Taste acrid, sweet or fetid.
Absence of thirst, with heat of the whole body, or violent thirst.
Vomiting of a black fluid.
Cold feeling in the abdomen with stitches.
Spasmodic contraction of the stomach.
Inflammation of the stomach and bowels.
Coldness in the abdomen alternating with burning.
Urinary Organs
Retention of urine.
Copious emission of watery urine.
Stool and Anus
Involuntary stools.
Respiratory Organs
Sensation as if the larynx were swollen.
Scraping and burning in the larynx.
Short, backing cough, caused by a pricking in the larynx and trachea.
Rattling, moaning, slow breathing.
Arrest of breathing caused by stitches in the larynx.
Tightness in the chest, sensation of suffocation.
The heart beats irregular, feeble.
Sleep
Irresistible, constant drowsiness.
Sleeplessness.
Generalities
Languor and weakness of the limbs.
Paralysis first of the lower then of the upper limbs.
Nervous weakness.
Irregular pulsation of the heart.
Fever
Coldness within and without.
Heat in the head with coldness of the extremities.
Heat and perspiration over the whole body.
Skin
Dryness of the skin.
Paleness with a blue tinge.