Sulphate of Copper is a well-known emetic and caustic. It causes forcible
vomiting and much nausea. Paleness of face; or jaundiced appearance; pale skin generally; a
- peculiar diarrhea; enlarged liver.
- J.
- D.
- Tyrrell (Med.
- Adv.
- , xix.
- 14) mentions the case of a lady
who could not use Cupr. sul. for "stamping" fancywork, because it "made her face hurt and swell
so she could scarcely see, and her lips became everted, "turned inside out," she said." It is a well-
known application in allopathic practice for stimulating flabby granulations, and it has cured
itching eruptions, and manifestations of syphilis. Rest > pains.