Mercurius sulphocyanatus
Mercury(II) thiocyanate · Mineral
The Mercurius Sulphocyanatus picture is primarily toxicological, derived from ingestion of the scientific toy compound. Patients present with prostration, anxiety, and intense mucous membrane irritation of the throat and oesophagus. The remedy has been considered in diphtheria and oesophageal stricture.
Key symptoms
- Extreme redness of throat with white membrane on tonsils
- Violent burning in fauces
- Heat and constriction in oesophagus with difficulty swallowing
- Constant salivation with disgusting metallic taste
- Excessive anxiety
- Vertigo on attempting to rise
- Pallor with cold skin and frequent shivering
- Bloody stools
- Pulse intermitting every three beats
Sulphocyanide of Mercury. (Pharaoh's Serpents.) Hg(SCN)2.
Clinical
Diphtheria. Œsophagus, stricture of.
Characteristics
The well-known scientific toy called "Pharaoh's serpents" is composed of the sulphocyanide of mercury. A boy ate one "serpent," and a man took one in water. The symptoms were observed on these two.
1. Mind
Excessive anxiety.
2. Head
Vertigo on attempting to rise.
6. Face
Pallor, great weakness, cold skin, and frequent shivering.
8. Mouth
Constant salivation.─Disgusting metallic taste.
9. Throat
Extreme redness of throat, with white membrane on tonsils.─Most violent burning in fauces.─Heat and constriction in œsophagus, with difficulty in swallowing and burning in epigastric region and nausea.
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