Note 917 — PART IX.—INORGANIC POISONS. (continued 4)

A case of mercurial tremor (in Bericht. des K. K. Allgem. Krankenhauses zu Wien im Jahre 1872, Wien, 1873) is interesting, as showing the influence of pregnancy. A woman, twenty years of age, employed in making barometers, had, in 1869, mercurial tremor and salivation. During a three months’ pregnancy the tremor ceased, but again appeared after she had aborted. She again became pregnant, and the tremor ceased until after her confinement in November 1871. The tremor was so violent that the patient could not walk; she also had stomatitis; but ultimately, by treatment with galvanism and other remedies, she recovered.