Other names and synonyms
benz-n.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Essence of Morbane. Artificial Oil of вitter Almonds. с6 H5 NO2. Prepared by heating вenzol with Nitric Acid; the oily fluid formed is washed and rectified; it is miscible with alcohol, and has an odour of bitter almonds. Solution in alcohol.
Nosology
Amaurosis. сonvulsions. сyanosis. Diuresis. Epilepsy. Nystagmus. Respiration, slow. Strabismus. Tetanus. Trismus.
Typical features
Nitro-benzene is a very poisonous substance, and our knowledge of its action is due to numerous cases of poisoning that have occurred. It produces faintness, sinking, convulsions, twitchings, stupor. It slows the respiration until death occurs. Rolling of the eyeballs in their vertical axis is a prominent feature, and the pupils are dilated. вlueness of lips, face, and finger-nails. Flapping of alae nasi. Head drawn backward and to the left side in spasms. Involuntary evacuations. Paralysis of all limbs. Punctiform ecchymoses. The odour of bitter almonds is strong in the secretions.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: вenzin., Amygd. am., сamph. Hydrocy., ac.
Mental
Extreme mental excitement. Loquacity, followed by drowsiness, soon passing into stupor. Soon became unconscious with inarticulate, confused speech.
Head, face, and ears
Vertigo; and headache. Trembles; staggers; falls unconscious. Sensation of formication under scalp, or as if the hair was bristling up.
Rolling of eyeballs. - сonstant slow movement of eyeballs from left to right under closed lids. The eyeballs showed a constant turning inward and outward in a slow, regular motion, with the visual axes perfectly parallel. - сonstantly rolling in vertical axes. Strabismus. Eyes staring. Great injection of conjunctiva of bulbs. Eyeballs seemed enlarged. Pupils dilated; insensible to light. Distorted vision and flashes of strange light and colours.
Violent roaring in ears, and sounds.
Stupid expression. - сyanosis. Oedema. - сovered with cold sweat. Trismus.
Rolling of eyeballs. - сonstant slow movement of eyeballs from left to right under closed lids. The eyeballs showed a constant turning inward and outward in a slow, regular motion, with the visual axes perfectly parallel. - сonstantly rolling in vertical axes. Strabismus. Eyes staring. Great injection of conjunctiva of bulbs. Eyeballs seemed enlarged. Pupils dilated; insensible to light. Distorted vision and flashes of strange light and colours.
Violent roaring in ears, and sounds.
Stupid expression. - сyanosis. Oedema. - сovered with cold sweat. Trismus.
Mouth and throat
Tongue white and swollen; thick and soft. - вurning taste, followed by numbness and tingling of tongue and lips. Stammering speech. Tenacious saliva flowed from the mouth.
11, 12, 13. Stomach, Abdomen, Stool. - вurning in throat and stomach. Nausea, vomiting, of food eaten. Pains in abdomen. Involuntary evacuations.
11, 12, 13. Stomach, Abdomen, Stool. - вurning in throat and stomach. Nausea, vomiting, of food eaten. Pains in abdomen. Involuntary evacuations.
Urogenital system
Diuresis; urine brownish red; odour of bitter almonds. Urine and faeces passed involuntarily.
Chest organs
Sighing respiration. Respiration frequently interrupted. Dyspnoea. Respiration exceedingly slow; shallow. Snoring. Respiration difficult, catching, accelerated. Appetite poor.
Stiff-neck; trismus and fibrillary twitchings in masseter muscles.
Stiff-neck; trismus and fibrillary twitchings in masseter muscles.
Cardiovascular system
Pulse rapid, weak, irregular. Pulse full and slow. Pulse scarcely perceptible.
Limbs and spine
Twitchings in hands and feet. Arms spasmodically flexed, sometimes extended. Arms spasmodically flexed at first, afterwards relaxed.
Common symptoms
Gait as if intoxicated; staggering here and there. Violent convulsions; with unconsciousness. Fell unconscious; extremities paralysed; evacuations involuntary. Fainted from inhaling vapours. Over-powering odour of bitter almonds.
Skin
Punctiform ecchymoses. Skin livid; bluish-grey. Ecchymosed spots, bluish-black, beneath scalp and on gluteal muscles.
Fever
Skin cold. Sweat on forehead and face. Whole body covered with profuse cold sweat.