Lead Acetate.
CHARACTERISTICS.
Constipation with cramping of the intestines. Enteralgia with retraction of the abdominal walls. Tenesmus. Cramps in paralyzed limbs. Fibrillary contractions in atrophied muscles.
TOXIC EFFECTS.
Headache, disturbed vision, paleness of the skin, loss of weight. Blue line at edge of gums. Great prostration. Constipation. Cramping of the intestines with neuralgic pains. Abdominal walls contracted and rigid. Neuralgia pains in the chest, arms and legs. Great muscular weakness. Paralysis of the extensors of the fingers with spasmodic contraction of the flexors. Wrist drop. Cramps. Paralysis with atrophy and fibrillary contractions of the muscles. Delirium. Epileptoid convulsions.1.
DOSE.
Plumbi acetas, 1/2 -5 gr.
The first to the sixth decimal dilutions are usually effective.
Large astringent doses of this drug should be given with caution, almost the only field of usefulness being in the diarrhoea of tuberculosis and the summer diarrhoea of tuberculosis and the summer diarrhoea of children. The subacetate and other preparations should never be prescribed for internal use.
THERAPEUTIC USES.
Constipation, paresis and cramping of the intestines.1.
Enteralgia, usually with tenseness and retraction of the abdominal muscles.1.
Severe pain and muscular cramps in gastric ulcer.1.
Tenesmus of dysentery.1. (The acetate with opium per rectum).
Painful cramps in paralyzed limbs.1.
Weakness and atrophy with fibrillary contractions of the muscles.1.
Epilepsy with constipation muscular cramps and neuralgic pains.1.
Moist eczema. (One to two drams of the liquor plumbi subacetatis to the ounce of water).
Pruritus pudendi. (Equal parts of the liquor plumbi subacetatis and glycerin).
Erythema. (One to two drams of the subacetate to four ounces of water).
