====== MERCURIUS DULCIS ======
<span tc1>{{anchor:s1}}Mercurius Dulcis.</span>

<span grade2>{{anchor:s2}}Calomel. {{anchor:s3}}Hg Cl.</span>

{{anchor:s4}}Symptoms toxicological and clinical.

====== CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. ======

{{anchor:s6}}- <span grade2>Ulceration of cornea</span>, Norton, Oph. Therap.; <span grade2>Phlyctenular conjunctivitis</span>, Newton, Raue's Rec., 1872, p. 68; <span grade2>Otorrhea</span>, Lobethal, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 369; <span grade2>Catarrhal inflammation of middle ear</span> (93 cases), Houghton, Times Retros., vol. 1, p. 24; <span grade2>Angina tonsillaris</span>, Hendricks, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 243; <span grade2>Gastromalacia</span> (3 cases), Bicking, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 607; <span grade2>Diarrhea</span>, Hofrichter, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 421; Kafka, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 422; <span grade2>Constipation</span>, Gerson, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 395; <span grade2>Prostatitis</span>, Gerson, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 545; <span grade2>Condylomata</span>, Syphilis, Battman, Rck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 562.

====== SIGHT AND EYES. [5] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s8}}Girl, aet. 6, light complexion, pale skin, muscles soft and flabby, glands enlarged, general strumous diathesis; a very deep ulcer on left cornea, so nearly perforated that membrane of Descemet has begun to bulge; small ulcers and pustules on border of cornea; pustules and maculae on right cornea; considerable redness and photophobia.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s9}}~</span> <span grade3>Strumous ophthalmia.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s10}}Irido-choroiditis, especially if dependent upon scrofulous diathesis and general cachexia.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s11}}Inflammations occurring in pale, flabby, scrofulous subjects.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s12}}Ciliary blepharitis associated with phlyctenular ophthalmia, and accompanied by eruption on face, soreness of nose and swelling of upper lip.</span>

====== HEARING AND EARS. [6] ======

<span grade4>{{anchor:s14}}Catarrhal inflammation of middle ear.</span>\\ <span grade4>{{anchor:s15}}Eustachian tube and mucous membrane of pharynx affected.</span> <span sbitared>{{anchor:s16}}~</span> <span grade4>Otitis media.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s17}}Closure of Eustachian tube; deafness of advancing years.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s18}}Catarrhal otorrhea occurring in scrofulous children, or accompanying scrofulous inflammation of eyes, occasionally hearing is affected.</span>

====== UPPER FACE. [8] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s20}}Pallid as a corpse.</span>

====== INNER MOUTH. [12] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s22}}Inflammation of lips and tongue.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s23}}Whole mouth filled with ulcers.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s24}}Salivation.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s25}}Whole inside of mouth, tongue and all had a very black appearance, emitting a constant flow of dark, putrid saliva, of intolerable fetor.</span>

====== PALATE AND THROAT. [13] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s27}}Angina tonsillaris.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s28}}Excessive ulceration of throat.</span>\\ <span grade2>{{anchor:s29}}Difficulty of swallowing.</span>

====== HICCOUGH, BELCHING, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. [16] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s31}}Vomiting.</span>

====== SCROBICULUM AND STOMACH. [17] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s33}}Bloated, hot, painful abdomen, particularly in region of stomach; frequent vomiting, vomited matter smelling very sour; milk rejected almost immediately, accompanied by much slime; every day about twelve passages of greyish green, stringy, chopped masses; constant restlessness; crosses legs and draws them towards abdomen; peculiar whimpering; irregular febrile attacks; emaciation; greyish color of face, which appears long and has an old look; distortion of mouth; dullness of eyes.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s34}}~</span> <span grade3>Gastromalacia.</span>

====== STOOLS AND RECTUM. [20] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s36}}Stools: watery, greenish; black, with great epigastric oppression, sinking, etc.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s37}}Diarrhea of children; stools grass green, coppery green, like chopped eggs, watery, very profuse, excoriating, causing soreness of anus; abdomen bloated; liver enlarged; skin pale; face bloated; mucous membrane of mouth pale; aphthae; foul smell from mouth; ptyalism; glands of neck and submaxillary and inguinal glands swollen; fever and thirst.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s38}}Symptoms thoroughly dysenteric.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s39}}Constant disposition to stool; small discharges consisting of mucus and blood, colored with bile.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s40}}Obstinate constipation.</span>\\ <span grade3>{{anchor:s41}}Burning pain in rectum.</span>

====== MALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [22] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s43}}Acute inflammation of prostate gland, particularly after maltreated gonorrheal stricture; both lobes enormously swollen, almost occluding rectum, with intolerably painful urinary symptoms; severe burning, pressing pains; scanty urine.</span>

====== FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS. [23] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s45}}Broad, moist, burning condylomata around external genitals, perineum and anus, of extremely offensive smell.</span>

====== REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] ======

{{anchor:s49}}Crosses legs and draws them towards abdomen; gastromalacia.

====== FEVER. [40] ======

<span grade2>{{anchor:s51}}Ill defined gastric disturbances during second stage; painful sensibility of whole abdomen; watery stools, colorless, or as if mixed with flocculent matter, or like washings of flesh, occurring most often at night.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s52}}~</span> <span grade2>Typhoid fever.</span>

====== ATTACKS, PERIODICITY. [41] ======

{{anchor:s54}}Every day: about twelve passages of greyish green, stringy, chopped masses.

====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ======

{{anchor:s56}}Right: pustules and maculae on cornea.\\ {{anchor:s57}}Left: a very deep ulcer on cornea.

====== SENSATIONS. [43] ======

{{anchor:s59}}Burning pain: in rectum.\\ {{anchor:s60}}Burning and itching: in condylomata around anus.\\ {{anchor:s61}}Soreness: of nose; of anus.\\ {{anchor:s62}}Painfullness: of abdomen.

====== SKIN. [46] ======

<span grade3>{{anchor:s64}}Eruption over whole body of round copper colored spots, in centre of which are dry papules, around which, from centre to periphery, skin exfoliates; broad, moist condylomata around anus, with severe burning and itching.</span> <span grade2>{{anchor:s65}}~</span> <span grade3>Syphilis.</span>

====== STAGE OF LIFE, CONSTITUTION. [47] ======

{{anchor:s67}}Child, aet. 3 mos.; diarrhea.\\ {{anchor:s68}}Three children aet. 1/2-1 1/2 years; gastromalacia.\\ {{anchor:s69}}Girl, aet. 6, light complexion, pale skin, muscles soft and flabby, glands enlarged and general strumous diathesis; ulceration of cornea.\\ {{anchor:s70}}XX, aet. 15; scrofulous diathesis, suffers frequently from sore eyes; phlyctenular conjunctivitis.\\ {{anchor:s71}}Girl, aet. 19, fat, strong; condylomata.

====== RELATIONS. [48] ======

{{anchor:s73}}Antidoted by: <span grade2>Hepar.</span>\\ {{anchor:s74}}Compare: <span grade2>Sulph. ac.</span> in stringy stools.

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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 07, 1888 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r585|Mercurius dulcis]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r585|Mercurius dulcis]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. |
^ Year: | 1888 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}