INTRODUCTION
The following symptoms are effects of large doses of the metal. [Merc-viv]
MERC. VIV.
Mercurius Regulinus, Argentum Vivum, Liquidum, Quicksilver, Noack and Trinks.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
Pain in the limbs on lifting or grasping anything. Debility. Languor. Emaciation. WIBMER.
SKIN.
Exanthemata, spreading from the pit of the stomach over the abdomen and chest; on the second day the red places become covered with small vesicles of the size of a millet-seed, filled with purulent lymph; the exanthema disappeared within from five to seven days, scaling off. Light-red, flat, small blotches, with violent itching in the region of the sexual organs.
EYES.
Staring eyes. Rolling about of the eyes.
EARS.
Hard hearing.
FACE.
Hippocratic with cold sweat in the face. Lead-colored bloated face. Dry, hot, cracked lips. The teeth are set on edge, loose, fall out, and frequently become yellow and carious. Swollen gums. Inflammation of the tongue, palate, fauces, gums, lips, and the whole buccal cavity. Ptyalism. Ptyalism, with ulcers in the mouth and paralysis of the extremities. Inflammation of the mouth, afterwards gangrene of the gums, tongue, and cheeks. Ptyalism, exhaustion, delirium, convulsions. Denudation and caries of the jaws. Fetid breath. Aphthous ulcers in mouth which frequently become gangrenous. Violent ptyalism, occasioning gangrene of the gums, chests, tongue, and every part of the mouth; the teeth fell out, parts of the tongue and gums became detached Ptyalism which became so virulent that the gums, cheeks, nose, and that portion of the face below the eyes were eaten away. Ptyalism of bloody saliva, with looseness the teeth, interstitial distention, separation, and bleeding of the gums, painful swelling of the tongue, the curtain and soft palate are covered with ulcers, from which blood oozes as from a sponge; muttering delirium, convulsions. Loss of appetite. Gagging and vomiting. Bad digestion. Violent pains in the abdomen, with writhing in bed, and anxious moaning.
