Introduction
Ferrous sulphate; SO3 FeO7 H2O; Iron or green vitrol, Copperas.
Preparation, Trituration with sugar of milk.
General symptoms
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.”.