by James Tyler Kent — Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica
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 present. you will be astonished at the action of this sulphate.
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Mercurius sulphuricus appears in 8 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.
“Sulphate of Mercury. (HgSO4.) Hydrothorax, if occurring from heart or liver diseases; dyspnoea, has to sit, cannot lie down. Extremities swollen; stool loose, watery, causing severe burning and soreness; burning in chest. "When it acts well it produces a profuse, watery diarrhoea with great relief to the patient; it…”
“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…”
“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…”
“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…”
“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…”
“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…”
“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…”
Kent's Repertory lists Mercurius sulphuricus in 121 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (24), MOUTH (23), STOOL (9), SLEEP (8), CHEST (7).
