Aurum iodatum
Gold iodide · Mineral
Clarke
Aurum Iodatum suits elderly or constitutionally debilitated patients with syphilitic taint and signs of neurological deterioration. The remedy is indicated where characteristics of both Aurum and Iodium are simultaneously present. It is applied empirically on the indications of its component elements.
Key symptoms
- Laryngeal spasm
- Senile paresis
- Syphilitic paresis
- Syphilis with combined gold and iodine indications
John Henry Clarke
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1900
Iodide of Gold. Au I3.
Clinical
Larynx, spasm of. Paresis, senile; syphilitic. Syphilis.
Characteristics
This is another unproved gold salt brought forward by Hale, and used by him with success in cases of above-named diseases where symptoms of the components were present.
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