Mercurius sulphuricus


James Tyler Kent describes the symptoms of the homeopathic medicine Mercurius sulphuricus in great detail and compares it with other homeopathy remedies. …


(Sulphate of Mercury. Turpeth mineral.)

Mercurius sulph. will sometimes help, when you have a case of hydrothorax with quick, short breathing, etc., and burning of the chest.

If you go to an old case of hypostatic congestion, with dropsy, or a case of dyspnoea from hydrothorax, when the Mercurius base is present. you will be astonished at the action of this sulphate.

James Tyler Kent
James Tyler Kent (1849–1916) was an American physician. Prior to his involvement with homeopathy, Kent had practiced conventional medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He discovered and "converted" to homeopathy as a result of his wife's recovery from a serious ailment using homeopathic methods.
In 1881, Kent accepted a position as professor of anatomy at the Homeopathic College of Missouri, an institution with which he remained affiliated until 1888. In 1890, Kent moved to Pennsylvania to take a position as Dean of Professors at the Post-Graduate Homeopathic Medical School of Philadelphia. In 1897 Kent published his magnum opus, Repertory of the Homœopathic Materia Medica. Kent moved to Chicago in 1903, where he taught at Hahnemann Medical College.