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Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkeDescription
Phosphoretted Hydrogen. Phosphine. PH3. Solution.
Nosology
Amblyopia. Diarrhoea. Hyperaesthesia. Locomotor ataxy. Stammering. Teeth, crumbling.
Typical features
Breunar (quoted by Allen) relates the effects of inhaling this gas, given off in the preparation of some hypophosphites. The symptoms began to appear after three months in visional disturbances, diarrhoea, paralysis, and a complete state of locomotor ataxia,.
Dif. diagnostics
Electricity antidoted the effects. сompare: Locomotor ataxy, Arg. n., Alm., Helod. Visional defects, вenz. din., сarb. s.
Head, face, and ears
Flickering points in field of vision, rapidly enlarging and rendering it impossible to fix vision on any object, especially in reading. Optic nerves very irritable to reflex stimuli.
Auditory hyperaesthesia.
Auditory hyperaesthesia.
Mouth and throat
Teeth, both healthy and carious, crumble, without pain. Ataxia of muscles of articulation, great effort of will required to form the word.
Swallowing somewhat difficult.
Swallowing somewhat difficult.
Gastrointestinal tract
Shooting pains in limbs and abdomen.
Diarrhoea with weakness and unsteadiness of arms.
Diarrhoea with weakness and unsteadiness of arms.
Limbs and spine
Weakness and unsteadiness of arms, making difficult to write.
Limbs unsteady; gait tottering; associated with undercurrent shooting pains in limbs and abdomen.
Limbs unsteady; gait tottering; associated with undercurrent shooting pains in limbs and abdomen.
Common symptoms
Complete expression of ataxia stood with limbs separated; walking wholly impossible when eyes closed would stagger and fall. No anaesthesia; electric irritability of muscles greatly increased.
Analogs by action
- 16% 1.6€ Salix purpurea
- 16% — Saxitoxinum
- 15% — Octopus maculosa
- 14% — Picrotoxinum
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