Other names and synonyms
ant-ar, stibium arsenicosum.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Arseniate of Antimony. (Sb2 O3) As O5 + 3 p.c. Trituration.
Nosology
Catarrhal pneumonia. Emphysema. Ophthalmia. Pericarditis. Phthisis. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Sciatica.
Typical features
Antim. ars. is said to affect preferably upper left lung. Emphysema where the dyspnoea is excessive. Haarer is the chief authority for this drug. Mattes, who used it after him, says it is equally effective in right-side cases in old pneumonias and catarrhal pneumonias in children; in old pleuritic effusions, and in pericardial exudations. The cough is.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Other antimony salts, Ars., Aur., Laches., Puls. (wandering pains), Sul.