- Cobalt has been known since ancient times and it was introduced for used in the manufacture of blue china, Dutch delftware, Moutier and Gien’s crockery and Sévre porcelain.
- A great deal of research is carried out on it in industry and agriculture, including experiments concerning the toxicity of cobalt and its salts.
- In 1899, Pettini and Messina, by administering cobalt chloride in the food of dogs, cats and rabbits, noticed an increase in the level of hemoglobin.
- More recently, Polonowski, Sutter and Briska, showed an increase of red corpuscles due to cobalt.
- Canjolle pointed to the com plaints of pulmonary ventilation with a fall in arterial tension.
- According to Zarone, this hypotension is linked to a toxic attack on the myocardiumHeart muscle tissueThe muscular wall of the heart that contracts to pump blood throughout the body..
- In occupational medicine, Desoille, Merk- len and Cotteril reported cases of poisoning of workers in which the clinical symptoms noted respiratory complaints and an increase in the level of red corpuscles.
- A lack of fertility and miscarriage due to bleeding under the placenta.
- Emaciation, bl uish-red coloring of the muscles and viscera, serous effusionFluid accumulation in a body cavityThe escape of fluid from blood vessels or lymphatics into a surrounding body cavity (e.g., pleural effusion)..
- The thyroid gland is the location for pseudo -carcinomatous changes.
- The homeopathic provingTesting a remedy on healthy volunteersThe systematic method of administering a substance to healthy subjects to observe and record the symptoms it produces. was re -evaluat- edby G.
- Maring in 1955 with fifteen provers, seven men and eight women.
- He used the 3x, 6x, 12x, and 30x potencies.
- Symptoms included general fatigue in the morning, immediately on waking, lasting through the day with the feeling of being sleepy and heavy.
- General lassitude.
- Face pale, discolored.
- Frontal headache, vertigoSensation of dizziness or spinningA feeling of movement or spinning of oneself or the surroundings when there is no actual movement..
- Nervous.
- General emaciation.
- Irregular appetite, diarrheaFrequent, loose, and watery stoolsA state of having three or more loose or liquid bowel movements per day..
- Better during the afternoon.
- Trem bling hands.
- Loss of libido.
- Heaviness of the limbs.
- Pains in the bones.
- Pleurodynia on the left side.
- Cardiac pain.
- Metrorrhagia.
- Syphilitic hemiplegiaParalysis of one side of the bodyParalysis affecting only one vertical half of the body, usually caused by a brain injury or stroke. and paraplegiaParalysis of the lower half of the bodyParalysis that affects all or part of the trunk, legs, and pelvic organs, usually due to spinal cord injury..
- Syphilitic radicular neuritisInflammation of a nerveInflammation of one or more nerves, causing pain, tenderness, numbness, or tingling in the affected area..
- Tabes.
- Diffuse meningitis and encephalitis or general paralysisLoss of voluntary muscle functionThe loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body..
- Spasmodic dorsal tabes.
- Thyroid problems.
- Every morbid manifestation de veloping either from hereditary or acquired syphilis.
- Hardening processes