The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica
Antimonium Arsenicosum ant-a.
General
Arsenite of Antimony. (Sb 2 O 3 ) As O 5 + 3 p. c.
Prepared first by Papilland and Mousnier and introduced in the Old School practice under the name of antimonial granulations.
Proved by Isnard and Used by Payr in emphysema.
Inner head
Rush of blood to head.
Pain in forehead.
Pressure in temples.
Sight and eyes
Pain in orbits.
Inflammation of eyes.
Upper face
Œdema of face.
Appetite, thirst. desires, aversions
Loss of appetite.
Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting
Nausea.
Stools and rectum
Slight diarrhœa, without pain in abdomen.
Respiration
(OBS :) Excessive dyspnœa. θ Emphysema.
Heart, pulse and circulation
Pulse 90.
Lower limbs
Wandering pains along sciatic nerves.
Nerves
General sick feeling.
Sense of weakness.
Relations
Similar to : other antimony salts ; Ammon. carb. ; Arsen. ; Aurum ; Laches. ; Merc. sulph. ; Phosphor. ; Pulsat . (ischias, wandering pains) ; Sulphur .