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CROTALUS HORRIDUS

Poison of the rattlesnake

Clinical Picture:
Hemorrhagic diathesis; blood flows from eyes, ears, nose and every orifice of the body.
Severe jaundice (haemolytic rather than hepatic).
Severe prostration.
Eyes sensitive to lamp light.
Nausea and vomiting.
Right sided paralysis.

Modalities:
Worse:

Right side.
Open air.
Evening and morning.
In spring.
Onset or warm weather.
Yearly.
On awaking.
Damp and wet weather.
With jarring.

Relations:
In Lachesis the skin is cold and clammy; Croton tiglium, cold and dry; Elaps corallinus, affections of the lung; with expectoration of black blood.

Summary of Indications:
Hemorrhagic diathesis - jaundice (toxic hepatitis).

Antidotes:
Lachesis