Introduction
Nitrate of Copper, Cu2NO3, 6H2O. Blue, very deliquescent crystals, very soluble in alcohol.
Head
Headache (soon).
Eye
Protruding eyes.
Face
Face expressive of fearful distress. Bluish lips.
Mouth
Tongue enlarged and moist. Short and broken speech.
Stomach
Loss of appetite.
Respiratory organs
Cough (soon). Cough frequent, loose, easy, with expectoration of a stringy yellow fluid, coming by gulps, and so abundant that the patient had a vessel on either side of him. Respiratory sound feeble and dull, with a general moist, coarsely bubbling rale.
Breathing short, hurried, difficult.
Pulse
Pulse 98 small and regular.
General symptoms
Gradually increasing sense of oppression, obliging him to lie down.
Fever
Skin moist, almost cold, especially of the extremities, with subjective chilliness.
Aggravation
Symptoms aggravated at night.