Notes on the Mercurial Treatment of Chronic Dysentery, Cholera and Liver Complaints
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In the Campbell Hospital I have been observing the effects of Hydrarg37ri Sulphidum Nigrum and of Hydrargyri Sulphidum Rubrum in cases of chronic dysentery and chronic liver complaints for over two years. Hydrargyri Sulphidum Nigrum is prepared by rubbing together equal parts of mercury and sulphur. When this chemical compound is heated just to allow the sulphur to melt, the fused mass becomes superior to the black sulphide noted above in its therapeutic value. The red sulphide is formed by fusing and subliming mercury and sulphur. These two preparatious are considered by European writers as inert, because they are insoluble in water. From my personal observations I can assure the profession that the above sulphides, though apparently insoluble, are extremely efficacious in liver complaints, such as commencing cirrhosis ot the liver, chronic dysentery and .similar other allied diseases such as chronic diarrhoea where the stools are deficient in bile.
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