A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica

Anilinum anil.

Clarke (1902)In every bookSave

General

Amidobenzene. C 6 H 5 NH 2 .

Clinical

Anæmia. Cancer. Cholera. Eczema rubrum.

Characteristics

The symptoms of Anilinum have been observed on workpeople poisoned by inhalation of the fumes, and on persons who have worn aniline-dyed articles next the skin. The symptoms are in many respects like those of Arsenic . There are vomiting, purging, bursting headache, epileptiform attacks; cyanosis is very marked; swelling and irritation of the skin. In old-school practice injections of aniline blue have been used with some success to destroy cancerous growths, aniline having a marked affinity for cell nuclei, hence its use in staining microscopic specimens. In poisoning cases evacuants, the inhalation of oxygen, the free use of stimulants — brandy, ammonia, chloric ether — cold affusions to the head, and sinapisms on legs and thighs, have been used with success.

Relations

Compare: Antipyrinum, Antifibrinum, Phenacetinum, Glon., Ars.

Mind

Hebetude.

Head

Vertigo. — Bursting pains in head.

Eyes

Eyes irritated. — Burning, injected. — Lower lids puffed.

Mouth

Bitter taste.

Stomach

Intense burning in stomach and head, "could not get her breath"; later, vomiting, purging; extremities icy cold intense pain over stomach, which is very hard.

Male Sexual Organs

Pain in penis and scrotum, later, swelling, still later, impotence.

Generalities

Swelling of various parts. — Irritation of tissues. — Epileptic attacks. — Tetanic spasms.

Skin

Vesicular eruption forming a bracelet round wrist. — Eczematous eruption affecting both knees. — Swelling, redness, intolerable itching of skin; eczema rubrum.

Sleep

Somnolence.