Ferrum Sulfuricum
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Ferrous sulphate; SO3 FeO7H2 O, Iron or green vitriol, Copperas.
Preparation , Trituration with sugar of milk.
Authority.
O. A. Moore, effects on a boy aged 14 years, of picking, for three days, the crystals from strings, in a vessel where it was placed to crystallize; Lond. Med. Gaz., N. S. (1841-2), 2, 231.
- Headache.
- Sickness, which continued for two hours, during which he vomited two or three times.
- Colicky pains in abdomen.
- Contractions in arms, hands, and feet. Arms bent at elbows, and fingers drawn towards forearm by flexure of wrist.
- Knees slightly flexed; toes drawn upwards rigidly towards ankle. Hands yield to forcible extension, but immediately return to same condition.
- Limbs very painful, especially the feet and calves, where the pain was "distracting."
SUPPLEMENT: FERRUM SULFURICUM. Authority.
2 , M. P. Limousin, Lamothe, Annal. d'Hyg., Jan. 1851 (Pharm. Journ., vol. xi, 1851-52, p. 84), a man named Matet was poisoned by an unknown quantity.