Paris quadrifolia

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PARIS.

Paris quadrifaiia, L. Herb Paris, true. love. Nat. Ord., TriUia£ta.

I. Pra^in^i. — i. Gross.* After 5 ra. tension and pressure in I. cheek. After ID m. tearing in r. ear, as if it were torn out of head. After J h. sensation as if a thick fog lay before both ears, preventing him hearing well. After i h. sensation as if a sharp point were placed on the r. frontal protuberance (.superllcial shooting pressure). After 34 h. on I. parietal bone a very sore place, only when touched, as if after a hani blow, at n. After 1 d. rearing in whole of 1. index. — So time staled. Sudden whirling vertigo, especially when sitting. Stupid feeling in head. In 1. side of forehead, a stupefying headache, throbbing like a pulse. Tension in integument of forehead and occiput ^ it i^^X'!- as if the skin were firmly adherent to the bone, and could hardly be moved. Head heavy, the nape muscles cannot support it, it sinks forwards. Tension in muscles of neck and nape, so (bat the head u involuntarily

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drawn forwards. Sensation as if a groat weight tay on nape. Small drr papokft, with itching biting above L eyebrow j the biting i& aggravated by scratching, and it then fecU as if a iplinter were sticking in skin. Burning pain in inner canthi. In the daytime eye-gum in inner canthi and burning pain, especially on touc^iing. Watering of eyes, after rising, m. Itching red tpors on cheeks and rami of imcrior maxilla, like millet '»ceds, nhich are paintui wJieu rubbed or scratched. Uonibtc itching, biting and burning on 1. side of luwcr jaw and under its I. border, t, j after rising, m., there are on this spot M:ralched-olT, bloody papules t^'^ ^i^^ ^^ millet »ccd). Root of tongue brown, after rising, m. Mouth quire dry on waking, m. Hawkingup of mucus from fauces. A reddish, crooked stripe above navcT, wherr the ribt leave otF, with painful prcuive sensation, especially m its centre. Above and to I. of navel, on a small spot, pressure as if something hard lay there. Painless rumbling in hypogastrium. After ribtng, m., nose quite stopped up ; with difficulty be blows from nis nose mucus mixed with blood. Bloiving of ml and green na^l mucus. Fluent, alternating with stopped coryza. Trachea and mouth quite dry on waking, m., with hoarse voice. Roughneu m trachea, causing deep bass voice. Irritaiiuu to short cough in larynx, as from sulphur fumes, and he can bring up but little mucus; after which, in a few m., the irritation recur*^, and he must again cough. After rising, m., constant short cough, without expectoration 9 after | h. some green, viscid phlegm comes up. Very frequent short cough in order to bring up vi^id phlegm, that seems to be located at back of larynx. Coughs up vitrid green phlegm from larynx. Constant short cough, without expectoration ; as soon as he lies down in bed, he coughs so violently that sparks come betore eyes. Very violent cutting and shooting pains in r. side of thorax, near cmiform cartilage, as tf the pain were midway between l>ack and sternum, in the centre ot the thoracic cavity, but more to r. Palpitation of heart, when at rest and when moving, c. Pulsating sharp shooting in coccyx. In r. hip-joint painful sensation only when walking i when be puis down I. foot and the r. leg is stretched to its utmost just before being brought forward, he has drawing pain in r. hip-joint, as if the leg were powerfully torn back. Painful tension on r. knee only when it is flexed and supports a part Mf the weight of body, but not when he is standing, sitting, or lying. Oa 1. sole paralytic pain when treacling for several d, {JrcAsv, viii, i, 177.)

a. Hahnemann. — No timt ttateJ, Internal headache on waking at m.. like bubbling, he could not go to sleep again on account of internal restlessness. Pimples on forehead, with pressive pain when touched. No relish for tobacco-smoking, 'rhc abdomen becomes distended and uncomfortable after a meal. Pressive pain in xbdo« men. Uneasiiiess in abdomen. Very tetid stuoU, like putrid flesh. Urging to urinate every 10 — 15 m., and burning when it passes. Nocturnal emission ot semen. Cough when he lies on I. side in bcif. (ibid)

1. HaRTmaNN. After } h. thin, slimy stool. After 1 h, constant painful prcsaure deep In r. frontal protuberance. Fine needle. pricks in r. hip, frequently recurring. After 1^ h. chilliness in chest, abdomen, and lower extremities, with goose-skm ana yawning, with icy-cold fi;et. After t^ h. rumbling in bowels under stomach, as if from emptiness. After 2 h. pressive pain in r. temple, removed by pressing nith hand. After x\ h. slight chilliness on lower extremities and sensation of contraction of skin, whilst upper part of body and arms and feet are warm. After % h. painful pricking betwixt 4. last r. ribs, close to spine, worse on inspiration. After 3^ h. rramp-fike pain about r. palate. After 4 h. continual yawning. After 4I h. the whole r. half of body from head to feet is cold, whilst the other half ts warm. After 5J h. on inspiration prrstive shooting on 1. nipple. — No timt siaitd. PaintiU prcssuie over I. orbit, which seemed to press down the upper eyelid. Constant hiccup after eating. (]hy.)

2. Langka-MMER. After ^ b. dilatation ot pupils. Bitter taste, with dryness and roughness of tongue. After 4 h. a pastule in the middle of the upper lip beyond the red, with red areola. A vesicle on Inside of lower lip. After } h. hiccup. After each micturition, m., urinarj- tcne>mus Increased heat kA' all the body. After I h. stupefying stitches in I. side ol forehead externally. After i} h. pain of hairy scaJp when touched as if the hairs were painful. Tongue furred, white and rough, as if covered with millet seeds. Fine stitches at mouth of uirthra. Obtuse stitches on dorsum of r. foot. After i\ h., while sitting, violent sharp stitches on I. inner ankk. After a h„an standing, pain extending upwards in tendons of r. hough.

Vety painful stitches on sole across balls of toes. After i^ h., while sitting, violent burning at orifice of urethra. After 3 h. intL'rraittent drawing pain in muscles of r. side of occiput. After 3^ h. itching papule on metacarpal bones of r. index and middle iingers, the part pains after scratching. After 4 h. ringing in 1. ear. A pimple on upper lip under nose, with pus in its apex and surrounded by a red areola. After 4J h. violent tearing in r. forearm. After 4.J h. mucus in chest, without inclination to expectorate. After 5 h., when smoking, headache. After la h. pale face. Yawning, with drowsiness, p.m. After 15 h. several stools. After 24. h. an itching pimple on r. side of chin, paining when scratched. After zz and 48 h., on waking, m., general biting itching perspiration, making him scratch.— No time stated. Pain in forearms, as though he had been writing for a long time, worst when the arm hangs. Pain as if suppurating, or as if blood were extravasated, in tip of middle finger. Sleep at n. full or dreams. {Ibid.)

1. Staff. After i^ h. such great hoarseness that he cannot bring? out an audible word, periodically recurring in ^ and \ h. After z\ h., after a small dinner, he has a flush of heat with sweat over back and forehead, then rigor down back and cessa. tion of sweat and dry burning heat and redness of face. After 3^ h. hard, difficult stool. After 10 h. a rapidly developed pain in both ears, as if a wedge were forced into the meatus, which forced apart its turnings \ latterly only heard in r. ear j relieved for a short time by boring in 6nger, when walking in open air, e. — ^0 time itaied* Saliva rushes into mouth, which, though tasteless, draws the mouth together like astringent things. Far back on palate a rapidly developed dry and scrapy feeling, with efflux of a quantity of tasteless water into mouth, as when one is hungry. Hunger soon after a nourishing meal. For several d. very dark-coloured urine, without sediment. Constant hawking up of phlegm, a quantity of phlegm seems to lie in larynx, which he must hawk up ; it is white, viscid, and tasteless. For several d. there comes constantly ft-om upper part of trachea a lump of mucus, without much hawking. {Ibid.)

2. Tbuthorn. After 3 h. epistaxis. After 6 h. violent epistaxis. {Ibid.)

3. WisLiCENVS. After some m. formication on several parts of skin. After 10 m. shivering. After \ h. cramp-like tearing in all abdominal muscles up to scrob. cordis, worse when sitting bent forward than when walking. Feeling of weight in arms. After \ h. twitching and quivering of upper eyelid of r. eye. Biting, gnawing pain in sternum. After f h. scraping pressure under zygomata. After i n. cramp pam at back of 1. wrist. After i| h. formication on inner surface of I. hand, as if gone to sleep. After 10 h. pinching on dorsum of foot. After z| h. formica, tion on border of r. eyelid. {Ibid.)

4. Bethmann. After 4 h. must often spit out watery saliva. After iz h., in e. on lying down a very violent drawing cutting pain in I. side of thorax and abdomen (on which he lay), which began above the diaphragm, seemed to bore through it, and extend down into abdomen, then passed, more of a cutting character, through small intestines to entrance into true pelvis, where it disappeared, but almost at the same moment again began in thorax ; at same time respiration laboured and superficial ; lying on back gradually took away pain. After 1% h. drawing in anterior part of urethra. — ist d. Great appetite. — ist and znd d. Must go to stool oftener than usual, but the stools are generally imsatisfactory and pappy. — znd d. In m. as if a stone lay in stomach. — No timg stated. Disagreeable, disgusting irritation. Diges. tion not so good as usual. When urinating burning in urethra behind glans. Urine dilatory in coming away ; he has urging, but must wait some m. before it comes. Altered smell, milk and bread smell like putrid flesh. Drawing deep in middle finger. (Hartlaub and Trinks, R. A. M, L., iii, 249.)

5. Hartlaub.— ^0 time stated. Disinclination for mental work. Confused head. Fine stitches in 1, temple. Painful pressure in upper orbital border as if in bone. Tearing pressure on upper surface of r, eyeball. Ringing in 1. ear. Hot darts in I. malar bone, which is painful when touched. Drawing pain in a hollow tooth. Firm, almost painless, swelling on hard palate near backmost molar, size of a pigeon's egg. A sharp shoot in oesophagus. Belching. Painftil pressure in a small spot on 1. side of abdomen. Rumbling in abdomen and discharge of flatus. Violent sneezing. Must always hawk phlegm from larynx and trachea. Dull pres. sure in r. side of chest. Obtuse stitches in 1. side of chest. On bendine head to 1. side paralytic pain on I. side of nape. Burning feeling in 1. shoulder, as if in bone.

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Drawing in upper ami. Shooting in I. palm. Drawing in metacarpal bone*. J Drawing pain in thumb and index. Violent tcarinE in proKima! joint o( r. midiJIe | finger. Obtuse shooting on back of inden. Throbbing-^ooting in index, in bone. < Paralytic drawing in whole r. lower limb, when at rest and when moving. A stitch in I. natis. Tearing in I. knee. In bed, drawing in lower end of tibia. Slight drawing in outer ankle. Paralytic pain in 1. ankle-joint^ as if the bip.joint was relaxed. Numb pain on inner ankle. Dull drawing in heel-bone. Painful ihooting in fore pari of r, big toe. Wcarincs.-i. Itching all over head, after scratching it bum*. Violent itching in coccyx. Great itching of skin here and there. Single little Mrurfi on head. Day drowsiness. {U<iJ.)

1. Heiling. After i h. sensation in whole head as if it were blown out, or as if temples and eyes were forced outwards from within. — ist d. Disposition to get angry and discontented with others for a trifling cause, and to express himself in a few contemptuous words. Silly; he speaks much on every subject, passes quickly from one to another, speaks for the sake of speaking, and would even do so if he! were alone, has pleasure in his own frivolous and ridiculous chatter. Feeling in head as if the meninges of brain and brain itself were stretched, then a tenilvc feeling in paJpebral region as if the skin was tbickcrthere and could not t'orm wrinkles. Scraping m throat. Less urine than usual. Drawing in lower extremities. — No time jfatrd. Vertigo, everything goes round with him. Slight pressure in I. temple. After reading aloud, vertigo; speaking and looking closely at anything are difficult for him, and he feels as if he were going to have a violent headache j this is worse when walking i there occurs a pressure from within outwards in whole head, with feeling of intoxication. When going upstairs slight undulating and throbbing headache. The hair falls out, and is painful on crown. The eyes feel sunken and as if their orbits were too small ; at same time he can look at nothing fixedly, objects appear to move. Slight boring and smarting In eyes (from vapour of juice). Much muco-puis in eyes, m. Transient ciamp in 1. stemo-cleido>mastoid muscle. Pain in skin of palate, which exfoliates next d. Dryness and tickling-burning in hard palate. Bum'mg and then scraping in oesophagus. In m. white slimy foam on comer* of mouth. Fla^ slimy taste. Fiery urine, which after standing shows in its middle a flaky substance, but later a reddish sediment, and a thin iridescent film on the top. Urine after standing quite turbid, with a greasy film on top. Increase of iicxual desire, very stiff erections. Slight burning in larynx. After dinner drowsiness and sleep, with disagreeable dreams. Afternoon sleep, with many voluptuous dreams and seminal emissions with stiff erection. {IlruQ

II. Nenninc. After i h. shooting in r. side of head. While walking, cutting in 1. iliac region. After \ h. he.it and sweat on upper part of body, svith quick fill) pulse. After a h., stupid in head, like vertigo, going off in opm air. ru slower by a few beats. After 3 h. urine pale yellow. — jsl d. Lively, lalkativi Shooting and gnawing in 1. frontal region, then jawing in I. tide of lower jaw, ve painful. Pressure in stomach relieved by eructation. As if full in stomach. C^sir region distended, as from flatulence, and painful when touched. Urine increaseif, Heat and sweat on head, with nausea, after breakfast. — md d. Diarrhcttc stool. Cold on l>'ing down, e. After j d. painful drawing in a hollow molar, cold makes the pain jerking ; worst a.m., relieved by walking, lasting 5 d. Toothache like tickhng, chiefly p.m., worst n., aggravated by cold and hot things. Two diarrhalc Stools. — 4th d. Burning and watering of eyes. Half sleep alln.— A'is timr stateJ. Sharp stitches on 1. side of vertex. Headache aggravated by think'mg. Tearing tn I. ear. Feeling as if something burning hot carnc out of both car». Painftil tension under 1. eye. Tongue dcy anti rough. Tongue feels to her too large and too broad. Frequent flow of water into mouth after break fa-^t. Frequent empty eructation, wi'h pressure on cheM, a.m. Clear tasteless water comes up from stomach without naii-ii. m. Burning, like heartburn, and nausea, rising up from belly to chest, after break* fast. Violent pinching in stomach, going off by eructation, p.m. Buniing fV^ stomach into belly. Shooting in r. hypochondrium. Cutting and rolling 10 belM with 1 stools. After dinner, violent cutting in belly, and ineffectual call to stoS Pinching in whole belly, especially around navel, when sitting, p.m., relieved M walking. Audible rumbling from stomach up to throat. Ineffectual call to stodfl Twoordinary stools in rapid Miccession. Urine rather scalding. Menus j d. (oo sooq| Breathing rather oppressed. Frequent deep breathing. Shooting in r. lide of dic«t,

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which gor* thence into r. clavicle, then Into a r. molar, and finally Into r. caif. Tearing in muscles of neck and nape. Shooting betwixt sbouldcre as it in hone. Long-continued shooting beneath 1. scapula. Shooting into back, when fitting. Tearing in coccyx when sitting. Tearing io ]. shoulder. Tearing in shoulders down to fingen. Weight in r. ann. Tearing in r. elbow and ankle. Tearing in r, palm. Tearing in thumb. Gonc-aslcep feeling in finger;. Tearing in hip^joints. A severe sudden tear in r. hip, when sitting. Tearing in outer side of r. toigh Io heel. When sitting gnawing in posterior side of ihign. Tearing In calves. Tear, ing in r. outer ankle. Tearing in r. heel and thence to outer border of foot to little toe. Long-continued formication in heel. Tearing in bole. Twitching in r, big toe, when sitting, e. Such violent tearing in r. big toe, &he could cry out, when sitting. Feet as if beaten and trembling, when iralking. Frequent yawning, with sleepiness. Sleepy early in e. Re^tlcsi sleep for 3 n. Constant tossing about in bed, in half sleep. Anxious dreams all n. fur several n. On awaking at n, imagines she is in a fitrange and si)Iitary place. Oflrn warm and anxious all over body. Frequently heat and sweat all over body. Sweat on awaking at 3 a.m. (lifiJ.^ II. RUECKERT. — ifitd. Contractive presMve pain in forehead. His eyeballs feel too large. Cool feeling in r. eye. Gums fed loo^e. Ball-iikc pressure in throat while and while not swallowing, frequently recurring. — »nd d. All worse e,, headache involves whole sinciput, feels as if the skin of forehead were drawn together and the bone scraped raw ; the eyelids have a red border and are heated ; feels as if a thread were firmly drawn through eye to middle of head, very painful. Pain a.s if teeth were full of holes and the air blew cold into them, at same time gums feel corrugated and pain as if burnt. Trembling of hands. Constant feeling of coldness 35 if the inward parts were quite contracted by cold, and as if they trembled to and fro. — No time itaud. Frequent persistent pressure in head, especially in both temples. Pressure in occiput. Shooting pain in centre of head and in temples, later heary pre«mre on forehead, especially when stooping. Some stitches through middle of eye, the sight of which is misty. Swimming before eyes. Unsteady vision, as though ht had been weeping. Ringing in cars and earache. Hot face. Shoots in upper lip, nape, hands and feet as if beneath skin. Chapped and swollen upper lip, and tetter about mouth. Every ro. pain as it a knife cut into gums. Drawing and throbbing in teeth. Pain in palate as if excoriated. Pressure in r. tonsil. Pressure out. wards in throat on stooping and in c., as if a bait were continually growing bigger and would burtt the throat. Sharp shooting scraping in throat, mostly c. Nausea and sour taste. Sinking in stomach. Frequent sneezing. Some hoarseness, Fre. qtient stitches through lungs. Frequent pinching in heart and lungs % on stooping (eels a& if a stone lay on back. On turning round neck feels Ktiff and swollen. Stitches through and through on both side!! of back and nape. Paralytic pain in finger-joints, later in arm and other joints. The fingers arc sometimes hot, some, limes cold, death coloured and dying away. Fingers often as if gone a.'.lccp. Draw, ing in inner side of 1. thigh. Drawing burning under toes, especially c. Many trndons are painful when touched. Cramp. like pinching in joints almost always. Constant siitches in all limbs, especially e. On every movement, feeling as if joints were broken, and on stretching out as if they had been pressed in, on twisting and turning as if swollen and sprained. All the skin feels sore when touched. Great heavine»s in all limbs and increased cold, c. Short broken sleep. Chill as if be trembled inwardly, e. and also a.m. Feet always cold, especially n. Here and there icy cold spots, like finger-tips, on tkin. Sometimes of an e. heat from nape along back. {IhU,)

III. EjeberimtHts on affimab.~~i. Twen^ berries were given to a dog and the oesophagus ligatured ; soon the dog made efforts to vomit, and spat up the accumu* lated viscid mucus and uttered piteous cries. For 1^ h. no further symptom was obser'cd. Then the symptoms became wor^e, the effons to vomit recurred several times with renewed intensity for 4 h,, then the ligature was removed and the dog got quite well. (Schvbarth, Horn'i ArcMv, xlv, H. i, p. 67, 1814; also in FrankU Mag»i ii, 196.)