Tartaricum Acidum

Convulsions just before death—Extreme weakness.—In evening feels very

tired, can scarcely drag himself along —General bruised sensation, esp. of lower limbs.

Face instantly became red as fire, and having exclaimed that he was poisoned, became

speechless; died on tenth day (drank 2 oz. in solution).—Lips turn brown and blackish on their

inner edges.—Constant dryness of lips, must moisten them continually.—Burning of lips.

Teeth set on edge.—Brown and dry tongue.—Taste, pasty, in morning, ceases on

eating.

Excessive thirst, continued vomiting burning in throat and stomach. Dyspepsia with copious secretions of mucus.

Very urgent thirst—Eructations —Nausea.—Vomiting, repeated and almost

continuous.—Vomited matter, deep green.

Pain around umbilicus and region of loins. Stool color of coffee-grounds (worse at night), with brown and dry tongue, and dark-green vomiting.

Pain in umbilical region —Pinching below navel with emission of flatulence;

cold feeling in abdomen.

Hoarseness and scraping in larynx.—Respiration: accelerated; then

laborious and slow.

Paralysis of thighs and legs.—Tearing pains at soles, near the heel, which

prevents him setting his foot on the ground, after luncheon.

Gastritis. Heels, pain in.

Characteristics——A proving by Nenning and some poisonings have furnished the pathogenesis

of Tart. ac. One of the most marked symptoms was intense burning in throat and stomach,

feeling "as if on fire." Tongue brown and dry. Almost constant vomiting; vomited matter of deep

• ▸green colour.
• ▸Féces coffee-ground colour.
• ▸Difficult respiration.
• ▸Paralytic debility: "Weakness in

the evening, can scarcely drag himself along." This should prove useful: "Tearing pain on the

soles of the feet, near the heel, which prevents him putting his foot on the ground, after

luncheon." All the symptoms were > in open air. The pasty taste is > after eating.

Third trituration. The pure acid 10-30 grains dissolved in water.