Homeopathic Materia Medica

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke

Phosphorus pentachloride. PCl5. Solution.

Clinical.─Asthma. Coryza. Ophthalmia.

Characteristics.─J. Meredith (H. W., xxxiii. 127) has recorded the effects observed on a science student from grinding up this salt and inhaling the fumes. Eye-soreness, coryza, sore throat and chest with difficult breathing, were the main symptoms. They lasted fourteen days from the exposure; and were cured by Bell. 3x internally and a one per cent. Iodine lotion locally as a compress at night.

SYMPTOMS.

3. Eyes.─Great soreness of mucous membranes of eyes and nose, with copious intermittent runnings; lasts all night.─Shades eyes from light reflected from tablecloth at dinner.─Whites of eyes congested.

5. Nose.─Irritation and copious intermittent running.─The intolerable smell of the fumes cannot be forgotten at night, and sleep is impossible.

9. Throat.─Throat and chest sore.

17. Respiratory Organs.─In morning breathing difficult; lungs wheezy; chest and throat sore.

26. Sleep.─Symptoms kept him awake all night.