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MORPHINUM SULPHURICUM

Morphinum Sulphuricum.

Sulphate of Morphia. C17 H19 N O3.

No provings. Experimental and toxicological effects are numerous (Allen's Encyclopaedia, vol. 6, p. 378).

CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.

- Vomiting, Hall, Organon, vol. 2, p. 247; Nervous spasms, Young, Hom. Phys., vol. 5, p. 166; Thickness of speech in chorea, Underwood, U. S. M. J, 1871, p. 282; Antidote to poisonous effects of atropia and Extr. Bellad., R. K., Raue's Rec., 1870, p. 90.

SENSORIUM. [2]

Vertigo.

SIGHT AND EYES. [5]

Double vision and disturbance of accommodation often accompanied by lachrymation.
Weakness of vision.
Sight impaired and feeble.
Vision at times seemed obscured by a fog.
Conjunctiva injected.
The look becomes unsteady.
Paresis of recti interni.
Diverging strabismus of both eyes.
Slight ptosis.

TASTE, SPEECH, TONGUE. [11]

Thickening of tongue and inability to talk distinctly. ~ Chorea.

HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16]

Vomiting.

ABDOMEN AND LOINS. [19]

Inspiration accompanied by sharp pain in abdomen and along spine.
Tympanitis.

STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20]

Diarrhea.
Horrid tenesmus, straining.

INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28]

Great jactitation; impossibility of sleeping from dyspnea and extension of disease; hyperesthesia of nerves; changing pulse. ~ Inflammation of diaphragm.

NERVES. [36]

Weakness.
Trembling before and during a thunder storm (occasioned by the electrical state of the atmosphere).
After being struck by lightning; any exposure to heat set her into spasms, nervous, so that she had to go into a cool place.

TEMPERATURE AND WEATHER. [39]

Any exposure to heat sets her into spasms, she had to go to a cool place; after being struck by lightning.

SENSATIONS. [43]

Vision as if impaired by fog.
Pains so violent as to threaten convulsions, or cause twitching or jerking of limbs.
Sharp pain: in abdomen and along spine.
Trembling: before and during thunder storm.
Itching: on face, neck, loins and genitals.

TISSUES. [44]

Extreme susceptibility to pain; pains so violent as to threaten convulsions, or cause twitching and jerking of limbs. ~ Cancer.

TOUCH. PASSIVE MOTION. INJURIES. [45]

After being struck by lightning; any exposure to heat sets her into spasms.

SKIN. [46]

Itching, particularly on face, neck, loins and genitals.
Conical blotches either red or skin color, more easily felt than seen.

STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47]

Young lady, after being struck by lightning; nervous spasms.

RELATIONS. [48]

Antidoted by: Acon., Atrop., Bellad., strong infusion of coffee, Ipec., the first and last being especially useful to remove secondary effects.


DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR

Source: The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica Vol. 07, 1888
Description: Clinical materia medica of Morphinum Sulphuricum
Remedies: Morphinum Sulphuricum
Author: Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C.
Year: 1888
Editing: errors only; interlinks; formatting
Attribution: Legatum Homeopathicum