- Allen TF — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Mercuric sulphate (in part) SO4Hg2 HgO. Hydrargyrum oxydatum sub-sulfuricum. Præcipitatum flavum. Turpeth mineral. Preparation , Triturations. Authorities. Emotional. Delirium at times (after two nights), 3. Depression of spirits (first day), 4. Intellectual. Increased clearness and vivacity of mind, in evening (first…”
- Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Turpethum Minerale--Yellow Sulphate of Mercury (MERCURIUS SULPHURICUS - HYDRARG. OXYD. SUB-SULPH.) Watery stools, burning in anus. Sore tip of tongue. Œdema of legs. Sneezing from direct rays of sun. Diarrhœa early in the morning; stool bursts out in a hot stream of yellow matter. Intense evacuations, like rice-water…”
- Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Hydrargyrum oxydatum sub-sulphuricum. Yellow precipitate. Turpeth mineral. HgSO 4 2 HgO. [There is not a little confusion about the identity of this drug in the books. Turpeth is correctly given by Allen as HgSO 4 2 HgO. Hering, who proved and introduced it, calls it Turpethum and Turpeth mineral , but gives the…”
- Hale — The introduction story — early pathogenetic and clinical evidence for medicines new to Hale's generation.
“(Mercurius Protosulphide.) Pharmacology. — This is known as the -Black sulphide of mercury, Black Sulphuret of mercury, and the Subsulphuret of mercury. It is a black, impalpable powder, having none of the metallic lustre of mercury, and in its combination loses the characteristic appearance of the mercurial particles.”
- Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Sulphate of Mercury. Turpeth Mineral. Hg SO 4 . Introduced by Hering, proved by himself, 3d trit. (MSS), Neidhard (App. N. A. J. H., p. 281), Raymond, Dake (N. A. J. H., vol. 3, p. 180), Berridge, Croker (N. Hom. Rev., vol. 14, p. 108). CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Hydrothorax , Lippe, Miller (Montreal). Low spirited, with…”
- Kent — The mental and general picture — how Kent organizes the remedy’s historical symptom portrait.
“Mercurius sulphuricus (Sulphate of Mercury. Turpeth mineral.) Merc. sulph. will sometimes help, when you have a case of hydrothorax with quick, short breathing, etc., and burning of the chest. If you go to an old case of hypostatic congestion, with dropsy, or a case of dyspnoea from hydrothorax, when the Merc. base is…”
- Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Low-spirited; with chilliness and yawning. Ill-humor after eating. Sensation of giddiness while standing, after headache. Fulness in the head with occasional stitches. Soreness and heaviness through the head (after breakfast and when walking about). Burning in the ears and in the face, after a chill. Swelling of the…”
- Lippe (Red) — Keynotes with the most-trusted ones marked as red-line symptoms.
“Common name: sulphate of mercury. It is as important, as Arsenicum, in hydrothorax. When it acts well it produces a profuse, watery diarrhœa with great relief to the patient). Hydrothorax, occurring from heart or liver diseases (Dig., Phos.) (A.). DYSPNOEA: HAS TO SIT, CANNOT LIE DOWN (Ars., Lyc., Sulph.) (A.). Short…”
