by James Tyler Kent — Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica
Mercurius Iodatus Ruber (Bin-iodide of Mercury.)
Again, if in a Merc. patient with diphtheria, tonsillitis, etc., the inflammation and pain begin on the left side, and incline to remain there or spread to the right, the bin-iodide is indicated.
These two iodides have more rapid and greater induration beneath ulcers and chancres than Merc ., and in old syphilitics the iodides are sometimes more useful.
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Mercurius iodatus ruber appears in 9 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Biniodide of Mercury. (HgI2.) Diphtheritic and glandular affections of left side ; fauces dark red; solids or liquids painful when swallowing; exudation slight, easily detached; cases attending epidemic scarlet fever, ulcers on fauces or tonsils; glands enlarged; greenish tough lumps from pharynx or posterior nares…”
“Mercuric iodide, HgI2. Biniodide of mercury (Hydrargyrum biniodatum). Preparation for use , Triturations. Authorities. Amer. Provers' Union, 1856, revised by Dr. Hering in monograph, in which the authorities are noted after the symptoms, provings with 1st to 30th dils.; 1 , Dr. Armor; 2 , Mrs. A; 3 , Dr. Cowley's…”
“Bin-iodide of Mercury Diphtheria and ulcerated sore throats, especially on left side, with much glandular swelling. Chronic suppurating buboes. Hard chancres. Old cases of syphilis in scrofulous patients. Early stages of cold, especially in children. Fauces dark red ; swallowing painful. Phlegm in nose and throat…”
“MOUTH and THROAT SIDE, left to right”
“THROAT. Glands. Left side. Cellular tissue. Empty swallowing. After sleep. Swellings. .................... Painfully heavy occiput. Granulated eyelids. Aching, sore malar bones. Slimy, sticky lips on waking. Dark, red fauces. Wrinkled tongue. SORETHROAT (l. to r.); tonsils or glands greatly swelled, yet little…”
“Mercurius iodatus ruber. Mercuric iodide. HgI 2 . Trituration. Antrum, pain in / Asthma / Coryza / Diphtheria / Eczema / Eyes, inflammation of / Hæmorrhoids / Laryngitis / Liver, syphilis of / Malaria / Nose, polypus of; diseased bones of / Parotitis / Post-nasal catarrh / Quinsy / Rheumatism / Spleen, enlarged /…”
“Biniodide of Mercury. Hg I2. Introduced and proved by the American Provers' Union in 1856, monograph revised by Hering. Provings were made with 1st to 30th. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Diphtheritic conjunctivitis , Von Tagen (Arg. nit. externally), Raue's Rec., 1874, p. 75 ; Nasal polypus , Spranger, B. J. H., vol. 24, p…”
“Common name: red iodide of mercury. It is useful in chronic syphilitic lesions in scrofulous subjects (Bl.). Early stages of cold, especially in children (Acon., Bry., Rhus-T.) (Br.). Phlegm in the nose and throat (Br.). Tubercular pharyngitis (Arg-N., Bar-C., Calc., Hep., Iod., Kali-B., Lach., Lyc., Merc., Nat-M…”
Kent's Repertory lists Mercurius iodatus ruber in 430 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (55), HEAD (55), THROAT (39), NOSE (29), ABDOMEN (25).
