Kali (Hypo) Chlorosum

Potassium hypochlorite (formula variable, probably consisting of Potassium hypochlorite, Chloride, and some Carbonate).

Common names , Javelle Water, Bleaching Fluid, etc.

Preparation , solutions in water.

Authorities.

1 , Simonson, from Wibmer, a child took a teaspoonful by accident; 2 , Devergie, Méd. Légale, 3, p. 322, from Orfila, a girl aged 17 took a beerglassful for suicide; 3 , Barbette, Jour. de Méd. de Bordeaux, 1843 (A. H. Z., 28, 154), a girl aged 25 drank, probably, 700 grammes; 4 , Annal. de Hyg., 1876 (S. J., 171, p. 139), a woman drank two-thirds of a glass.

MIND

• Complete loss of consciousness for many hours, 2.

HEAD

• Slight headache, 2.

EYES

• Eyes watery, 3.

FACE

• Face red, 3.
• Pale and puffy look, 1.

MOUTH

• Tongue dry and whitish, 2.
• Lips and mucous membrane of the mouth pale, 2.

THROAT

• Feeling of constriction in the throat and œsophagus, 3.
• Violent pains, and a feeling of great heat in the pharynx and œsophagus, 2. [10.]
• Swallowing difficult and painful, 2.

STOMACH

• Nausea without vomiting, 4.
• Epigastric region painful to pressure, 2.

ABDOMEN

• Distension of the abdomen, 1.
• Abdomen painful, 1.
• Intolerable pain in the upper abdominal region; on putting the hand on the stomach or throat, most violently convulsive contractions in the stomach, 3.
• Violent colic pains, 4.

STOOL

• Copious watery diarrhœa smelling of the Chlorine, 1.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

• The larynx and whole anterior cervical region are painful to pressure, 2.
• Voice hoarse, 1. [20.]
• Paroxysms of cough from time to time, 1.
• Incessant cough, with difficult respiration, 4.

CHEST

• Chest pressed together, and watery froth exuding from the mouth, 3.

PULSE

• Pulse full and rapid, 3.
• (Pulse regular, 76 to 78), 2.
• Pulse soft, scarcely to be counted, 1.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS

• Cramps lasting half an hour (after a quarter of an hour), 2.
• Excessive restlessness, 3.

FEVER

• Coldness of the extremities, 4.
• Skin hot, somewhat moist, 2. [30.]
• Forehead covered with sweat, 3.