Other names and synonyms
ars-h.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Arseniuretted Hydrogen. As H3. Solution in distilled water.
Nosology
Collapse of cholera. Hiccough. Suppressed menses. Yellow fever.
Typical features
Arsen. hydro. was used by Drysdale as a substitute for Arsenic in the collapse stage of cholera. The symptoms set in suddenly but develop slowly. In poisoning cases death often took place in the second week, and one person, who recovered, suffered seven weeks. Though like Ars. alb. in general symptoms, the gas has symptoms of its own. A striking case of sudden suppression of menses was cured with it after failure of Ars. a.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Arsen. alb. antidoted by: Am. acet. (breathing); Sinapisms (breathing); Nux v. (fever); drinks containing sulphuretted hydrogen.
Head, face, and ears
Stupefying feeling in the head as if a load were there.
Face looks old and has an expression of pain.
Face looks old and has an expression of pain.
Gastrointestinal tract
Loss of appetite. Tormenting hiccough with oversensitive epigastrium.
Abdomen burning outside; cold feet. - сonstipation, with a feeling of heaviness and stiffness like a weight in the abdomen.
Frequent flying pains in perineum to anus or upwards in anterior wall of rectum.
Abdomen burning outside; cold feet. - сonstipation, with a feeling of heaviness and stiffness like a weight in the abdomen.
Frequent flying pains in perineum to anus or upwards in anterior wall of rectum.
Urogenital system
Pressure in kidneys extending to shoulder-blades. Discharge at times of large quantities of pale urine. Haematuria.
Foreskin and glans covered with numerous pustules leaving round superficial ulcers.
Sudden suppression of menses with internal chills for three days, followed by tearing pains in hands and feet, confused head, ringing in ears; red diarrhoea; dry, red, cracked tongue; night cough, causing retching (Ars. h. cured immediately after failure of Ars. a.
Foreskin and glans covered with numerous pustules leaving round superficial ulcers.
Sudden suppression of menses with internal chills for three days, followed by tearing pains in hands and feet, confused head, ringing in ears; red diarrhoea; dry, red, cracked tongue; night cough, causing retching (Ars. h. cured immediately after failure of Ars. a.
Chest organs
Ammoniacal breath. - сonstriction of chest.
Limbs and spine
Pain as if something sticking behind right shoulder-blade.
Common symptoms
Coldness of limbs. Great prostration and malaise.
Skin
Dark-brown, sallow look of skin. Deadness from hands up to middle of forearm, and feet to knees, then nose and region of eyebrows, with cessation of pulse. Hair becomes white over the deadened parts.
Fever
Much heat and burning in different parts of the body, particularly over renal region.
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