Sulphur hydrogenisatum
Hydrogen sulfide · Mineral
Sulphur Hydrogenisatum is indicated in conditions resulting from inhalation of the gas — asphyxia, acute mania with religious excitement, convulsions, and typhoid-like states. The type is one of sudden prostration and excitement following toxic exposure.
Key symptoms
- Wild delirium with violent excitement after exposure to gas
- Religious mania; shouting and gesticulating incoherently
- Asphyxia with laboured spasmodic breathing
- Tetanic spasms sometimes preceded by delirium
- Sudden weakness and loss of motion and sensation
- Face pale with lips blue; sunken eyes with dark rings
- Low continued fever with delirium
- Painful vomiting and diarrhoea
Worse (aggravation)
- From inhaling the gas or foul odours
- On exposure to the substance
Better (amelioration)
- Fresh air away from the gas source
Hydrogenium sulphuratum. Sulphuretted Hydrogen. H2S. Solution of the gas.
Clinical
Asphyxia. Asthma. Convulsions. Delirium. Mania. Tetanus. Typhoid fever.
Characteristics
Sul. h. is a colourless, inflammable gas, having a sweetish taste and an exceedingly fetid smell resembling rotten eggs. It is extremely poisonous when inhaled. It is evolved when animal or vegetable tissues containing Sulphur decays; and it also occurs in mineral springs, being liberated by the reduction of gypsum or other sulphates through the action of a microbe (Cent. Dict.). Sul. h. is one of the agents which give rise to "blood poisoning" when bad smells are encountered. Asphyxia, tetanus, delirium, low continued fever have been observed as resulting from the gas J. Wiglesworth (B. M. J., July 16, 1892) has recorded two cases of insanity, one certainly, and both probably, due to inhaling the gas: R. H., 32, engineman at chemical works, had been kept at home with an attack of bronchitis for ten days. A few days after his return …
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