STRAMONIUM.
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Datura stramonium, L.
Natural order , Solanaceæ.
Common names , Thorn-apple, Jamestown-weed, Stink-weed; (G.), Stechapfel; (F.), Pomme épineuse.
Preparation , Tincture of herb in flower and fruit.
Authorities. ( 1 to 30 , from Hahnemann, R. A. M. L.)
1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Fr. Hahnemann; 3 , Franz; 4 , Michler; 5 , Alberti, Jurisp. Med. 1, p. 206 (vol. 2, "effects of eating seeds," -Hughes); 6 , Brera, Harles in Bemerk, üb. d. Behandl. d. Hundswuth, Frft. A.M., 1809, 4 ("not accessible," -Hughes); 7 , Büchner, Bresl. Samml., 1727 ("not found in volume mentioned," -Hughes); B. Busch (see No.
33 , T. F. A.); 8 , Commentarii de rebus in med. et sc. nat. gestis, vol. 2, p. 241 ("not found in volume mentioned," -Hughes); 9 , Cph. a Costa, in Schenk, lib. 7, obs. 139, p. 851 ("as Alberti," -Hughes); 10 , D. Crüger, in Misc. Nat. Cur. Dec. III, Ann. 2, obs. 68 ("from the fruit," -Hughes); 11 , Döderlin, Comm. lit. Nor., 1744, p. 15 ("from cooked plant," -Hughes); 12 , Van Ems, in H. Boerhaave prælect. de morb. nerv., 1, p. 237 ("nothing about Stramonium here," -Hughes); 13 , Garcias ab Horta, de Plantis, cap. 24 ("Lib. II, statement," -Hughes); 14 , Gardane, Gaz. de Santé, 1773, p. 143 ("effects when given in mania," -Hughes); 15 , Greding, in Ludw. Advers., 1, p. 285 ("symptoms occurring in patients taking the extract, I-XVIII maniacs and melancholics, XIX-XXXV epileptics, XXXVI-XLVI epileptic maniacs"); ["I have not thought it necessary to indicate the cases to which Greding's symptoms belonged. I have brancketed all the mental and moral symptoms of the maniacs, and all the spasmodic and convulsive symptoms of the epileptics. The doses given are not sufficient to induce such phenomena." -Hughes.]
16 , J. C. Grimm, Eph. Nat. Cur. Cent IX, obs. 94 ("observation," -Hughes); 17 , Heim, Selle's neuen Beiträgen z. Nat. u. Arzn., 2, p. 126 ("from seeds in a child," -Hughes); 18 , Kaaw Boerhaave, Impet. fac. Hipp. L. B., 1745, p. 282 ("as Du Guid," -Hughes); [See No.
31
, T. F. A.]
19 , Kellner, Bresl. Samml., 1729 ("as Büchner," -Hughes); 20 , Kramer, Comm. lit. Nor., 1733, p. 251 ("p. 252, observation," -Hughes); 21 , M., Baldinger's neuen Magaz. B. I., p. 35 ("as Heim," -Hughes); 22 , J. L. Odhelius, Mem. sur l'us. du Stramonium, par. 4, 1773 ("not accessible," -Hughes); 23 , Pfennig, Hufel. Journ. XIV, 1, p. 158 (vol. 19; "as Johnson," -Hughes); [See No.
36
, T. F. A.]
24 , Ray, histor. plantar, tom. 1 ("from root," -Hughes); 25 , Sauvages, Nosolog. 2, s. 242 ("observation," -Hughes); 26 , Sauvages, Epist. ad Haller, 3 ("not accessible," -Hughes); 27 , Schroer, Hufel. Journ. 11, p. 195 ("as Heim," -Hughes); 28 , Unzer, Med. Handbuch, 2, s. 28 ("not accessible," -Hughes); 29 , Vicat. plant, venen. de la Swisse, p. 248 ("observations of poisoning," -Hughes); 30 , A. F. Wedenberg, Diss. de Stramonii usu in morbis convulsis, Ups., 1773, 4 ("statement," -Hughes), ( 31 to 40 , quoted by Hahnemann, not taken from Hahnemann, but from the original, by me, for this work, T. F. A.); 31 , Du Guid, Journ. Med., 1757 (Frank's Mag. 1), a man, æt. 68 years, ate the seeds cooked in milk; 32 , Dr. Storck, Med. Museum, 1763, p. 450, effects on the author from working over the plant, and sleeping in the same room, with closed windows; 33 , Benj. Rush, M.D., Trans. of Am. Phil. Soc. Philad., 1769, p. 384; a child æt. between 3 and 4 years swallowed over 100 dried seeds; 34 , Dr. Abraham Swaine, Essays and Obs., Edinb., 1770, p. 272, Robert Bulmer, æt. 69 years, boiled three thorn-apples in a pint of milk, and drank the decoction; 35 , Prof. Lobstein, Diss. de Veg. Venen. Alsatiæ, Strasburg, 1776 (Med. Facts and Obs., Lond., 1794), two children, æt. 6 and 9 years were poisoned by the seeds; 36 , James Johnson, Med. Facts and Obs., Lond., 1794, p. 78, Miss S., æt. 20 years, swallowed some seeds; 37 , Thos. Fowler, Med. and Phil. Comment., 1797, p. 161, a girl, æt. 6 years, ate three-quarters of the seeds of a ripe thorn-apple; 37 a , same, Grizzle Bruce, æt. 9 years, swallowed a fourth part of the seeds of a thorn-apple; 38 , Dr. Alex. King, Med. and Phys. Journ., 1799, p. 278, effects of the extract in small doses; 39 , same, effects in large doses; 40 , Benj. De Witt, M.D., Med. Repos., 1805, p. 27, a girl, æt. 2 years, ate some seeds; , same, a young woman took a decoction of more than a tablespoonful of the dried seeds. ( to , from Hering); , Kurzak; , Wendt; , Thompson, a child, æt. 2 years, ate the seeds, and died in twenty-four hours; , Brandt Ratzeburg, p. 180, effects of inhaling odor of fresh leaves; , Traill, effects of extract; , Duffee; , omitted; , Newbeck; , Wiggers; , Harder; , Murray, App. Medic. 1, 907; , Cammerer in Bishop, Mat. Med., p. 238; , Helbig, effects on a young married woman, without children; , Meyerstein, decoction of seed, in milk; , Brande; , Richter; , Mich. Dœring, on use of Opium, Jena, 1620, 12, p. 77; , Gross, C. M. M.; , Ruseberg, a girl, æt. 4 years, ate the seeds; , N. N.; , Taylor; , omitted; , C. Hg., a case of poisoning; , Waitz gavan remedies, Datura Tatula; , Wm. Williamson, a case of poisoning; , Zumbrock, a case of poisoning; , Nouveau Journ. de Méd.; , Casper; , Med. Gaz., 8, 605, a woman, æt. 36 years, took an infusion; , Amelung; , omitted; , Ernest, in Museum der Heilk., 1792 (Helbig's Heraclides, vol. 1, pr. 1, p. 61), poisoning; , Moses Bartram, M.D., Trans. Coll. Phys., Phil., 1793, p. 198, a child swallowed some seeds; , Dr. De Witt, Med. and Phys. Journ., vol. 1, 1799, p. 84, effects of the seed; , Dr. Samuel Brown, Med. Repos., vol. 5, 1802, p. 36, a child, æt. 2 years, ate the seeds; , Puihn, Mat. Ven. Reg. Veg. (Helbig's Heraclides, vol. 1, pr. 1, p. 61), poisoning of children; , Hamilton, Aromat. Hist., vol. 1, pr. 2, chap. 24 (Wibmer), general effects of poisoning; , Seiler, Horn's Archiv., vol. 27, 1815, Frank's Mag., 2, 230, a boy, æt. 5 1/2 years, ate some seeds; , Thos. Young, M.D., Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 15, 1819, p. 154, a boy ate a whole thorn-apple; , Benj. Granger, Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 16, 1820, p. 155, a girl, æt. 2 1/2 years, ate some thorn-apples, death in twenty-one hours; , Vady, Journ. Complement., vol. 11, p. 176, 1821 (Wibmer); , Williamson, New Eng. Journ. of Med., vol. 12, 1823, p. 253, T. B., æt. 27 years, took half a gill of the tincture; , Dr. Kunze, Rust's Mag., vol. 17, 1824 (Frank's Mag., 1), a child ate the seeds; , Heun, Rust's Mag., 17, 1824 (Frank's Mag., vol. 1), a woman suffering from pain in the side took Stramonium, cooked in water; , Rust's Mag., 16, the leaves were eaten by four persons; , Velsen, Rust's Mag., 18, p. 124 (Wibmer); , Med.-Chir. Rev., New Eng. Med. Journ., vol. 14, 1825, p. 375, a suppository containing 1/3 gr. of extract was introduced into the rectum; , Orfila, Med.-Chir. Zeit., 26, p. 355, 1825 (Hartlaub and Trinks, vol. 1); , Dr. Greuling, Rust's Mag., 18, 1825, a girl, æt. 3 years, ate the seeds; , Chas. D. Meigs, M.D., N. A. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1827, p. 33, a girl, æt. 2 1/2 years, ate an unknown quantity of seeds; , Truman Abell, Am. Med. Rec., 1828, p. 203, the author, while preparing an extract of the leaves, kept his right hand and wrist soaked in the narcotic juice; , Dr. Amelung, Hufeland's Journ., 1828 (Am. Journ. of Med. Sci., vol. 6, 1830, p. 235, effects of the internal administration; , R. E. Griffith, M.D., Am. Journ. Med. Sci., vol. 5, p. 251, Chas. Lambert, æt. 3 years, ate a few seeds; , James Marsh, Lancet, 1830-1, p. 560, a woman, æt. 36 years, swallowed a teacupful of the infusion; , Bechhaus, Hufeland's Journ., 1832 (Frank's Mag., 2, p. 870), a young woman took two cups of infusion of the seeds; , W., Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 9, 1833, p. 10, Mrs. S. R. drank some herb tea, made partly of the leaves of Stramonium; , same, Miss E. F. drank tea made of the leaves; , same, Mrs. W., æt. 40 years, took for piles an injection of an infusion of the leaves; , Rohrer, Oest. Med. Jahr., vol. 7, 1834 (A. H. Z., 7, p. 261), two children ate the seeds and ripe capsules; first child æt. 5 years; , same, second case of a girl, æt. 6 years; , E. W. Duffin, Lond. Med. Gaz., vol. 15, 1834-5, p. 194, a girl, æt. 2 1/2 years, swallowed over 100 seeds weighing about 16 grs., death in twenty-four hours; , Dr. Schulze, Casper's Woch., 1834 (Frank's Mag., 1, p. 282), a man and woman took the seeds in beer, for pain in the side; , Dr. Barton, Lond. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 8, 1835, p. 704, two soldiers ate the plant; , same, effects of 30 grs. of the powder; , Asiatic Journ., 1835, quoted from Meerut Abs. (Brit. Journ. of Hom., 1873, appendix), about sixty persons ate the seeds in food about midnight; , Oest. Med. Jahr., 10, p. 3, 1836 (Archiv. für Hom., 16, p. 102), a girl, æt. 20 years, ate several seeds; , Dr. Braun, Hencke's Zeit. für Staat., 15, p. 177, 1836 (A. H. Z., 9, p. 303), a girl, æt. 4 years, ate some of the green fruit and seeds; , Chas. Hooker, M.D., Boston Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 15, 1836, p. 60, five persons ate the plant; , Beverley's History of Jamaica, Lancet, 1836-7 (2), p. 819, some young soldiers ate plentifully of the herb as a salad; , Prof. A. Thompson, Lancet, 1836-7 (2), p. 819, a woman took a cupful of strong infusion on going to bed; , same, a man took a similar quantity; , Geo. G. Sigmond, M.D., Lancet, 1836-7 (2), p. 328, Hein gives account of two infants who swallowed some seeds; , same, Blancard states the case of a girl, æt. 18 years; , Sir Geo. Gibbs states the case of a man who smoked the leaves for asthma; , Dr. Jonas, Med. Zeit. Preuss, 1836 (Frank's Mag., 1, p. 133), Stramonium in milk; , same, four children were poisoned by the seeds; , same, another case; , Hornung, Med. Jahr., 10, 1836 (Frank's Mag., 1, p. 819), a girl, æt. 20 years, ate the seeds; , Hœring, Med. Corres. Würtem., vol. 7, p. 97, 1837 (Frank's Mag., 2, 230), a woman, æt. 22 years, ate two unripe capsules; , Dr. Danzeger, Casper's Woch., 1839, a boy was poisoned by the seeds; to , M. J. Moreau, Gaz. Med., No. 43 (Prov. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 3, 1841-2, p. 126), effects in treatment of hallucination; , Emanuel P., æt. 31, took 20 grs. extract night and morning; , Louis R. took a mixture containing 5 grs. extract; , effects of 2 grs. daily; , same, suspended use of medicine and then took 10 grs. at once; , another patient took 1/2 gr. extract every half hour, symptoms of poisoning appeared after ninth dose; , Dr. Schrön Hygea, 13, p. 193 (Brit. Journ. of Hom., vol. 11, p. 292), a robust man, æt. 33, for facial neuralgia, was given 1/2 gr. extract, to be taken at 2, 4 and 6 P.M.; , a girl, æt. 16, took 6 drops tincture, in two hours 9 drops, followed by 6 drops more in two hours; , same, a very sensitive woman, æt. 42 years, for facial neuralgia, took 1/4 gr. at 4 P.M., 1/8 at 6 P.M., and 1/4 gr. next morning; , same, a man, æt. 37 years, for facial neuralgia, took 1/4 gr. extract at 4 o'clock, and repeated the dose at 6; , Prov. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 3, 1842, p. 210, 3 grs. were taken at bedtime; , Dr. Reiseberg, Casper's Woch., 1842 (Frank's Mag., 1), a girl ate the seeds; , M. Eitner, Encyc. des Sci. Med., 1843 (Am. Journ. of Med. Sci., 1844 (1), p. 231), general effects; , Schlesier, Casper's Woch., 1843 (Frank's Mag., 1), a boy æt. 4 years, ate the seeds; , Dr. Schueller, Wien. Zeit., 1846 (Frank's Mag., 2, 533), 1st dose of 5 drops tincture, irregularly increased to 120, afterwards 200 drops; to , John Spence, M.D., Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 31, p. 361, three women drank 1/2 oz. steeped in water; , M. L., æt. 60 years, previous health feeble and delicate; , J. L., æt. 30 years, constitution good; , E. B., æt. over 80, naturally vigorous, had suffered a short time previous from bronchitis, but was nearly convalescent; , Robert Allan, Lancet, 1847 (2), p. 298, an Indian ate some Stramonium, and died in seven hours; , A. Stobo, Med. Times, vol. 16, 1847, p. 650, a boy, æt. 5 years, ate a drachm of the seeds; , Nœckher, Preus. Verein. Zeit., 1847 (S. J. 55), a boy, æt. 7 1/2 years, swallowed the seeds; , Dr. Van. Hasselt, Nederland Lancet, 1851 (Z. für H. K., 1, 89), nine persons were poisoned; , H. P. Lawrence, Lancet, 1851 (1), p. 599, a man ate some seeds; , John Le Gay Brewster, M.D., Prov. Med. Journ., 1851, p. 699, two children, æt. 3 and 5 years, ate some seeds; , C. L. Mitchell, M.D., New York Journ. of Med., May, 1857, a young woman drank some Stramonium tea; , Dr. Kraus, Med. Corr. Blatt., 1852, vol. 22, p. 78, a boy, æt. 4 years, was poisoned by the dried extract, probably about 10 or 12 grs.; , Gould and Thurston, Med. Times and Gaz., 1852 (1), p. 197, four persons were poisoned by the seeds; , Leonard Pratt, Inaug. Thesis, at Penn. Hom. Med. Coll., 1852, took 5 drops mother tincture, at 7 A.M.; , same, a dose every morning, about 1/2 hour before eating, beginning with 3 drops per dose, and gradually increasing to 20 drops; , Wheeling Argus (Virg. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1853, p. 225), a boy and girl, æt. about 5 years, ate the seeds, the boy died; , same, a child, æt. three years, was poisoned; , C. B. Faust, M.D., Charleston Med. Journ. and Rev., vol. 9, p. 743, a child, æt. 1 year and 8 months, ate some seeds; , Dr. Schönheit, Zeit. für Nat. und Heilk., in Hungary (Prag. Monart., 2, 1854, p. 173), a boy, æt. 4 years, ate some seeds; , Henry C. Preston, M.D., Phil. Journ. of Hom., vol. 2, 1854, p. 608, a boy, æt. 6 years, was poisoned; , Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 52, 1855, p. 85, six persons were poisoned by the powdered leaves cooked with meat instead of sage; , Dr. Gruenberg, Zeit. für Verein Aust. Hom., 1, 378 (Zeit. Klin. für Med., vol. 7, 1856), a boy, æt. 7 years, ate the seeds; , Dr. Watson, New York Journ. of Med., July, 1856, p. 66, a woman took an injection for piles; , Geo. T. Elliott, Jr., M.D., New York Journ. of Med., Nov., 1856, p. 358, a boy, æt. 4 1/2 years, ate some seeds; , D. Calkins, Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 54, 1856, p. 398, a boy, æt. 4 years, ate some seeds; , Dr. Henry Earley, Aust. Med. Journ., 1857, vol. 2, p. 241 (Berridge's Collection, Brit. Journ. of Hom., 1873, Append.), a child, æt. 2 years, was poisoned by the seeds; , same, case of a girl, æt. 3 1/2 years; , same, cases of children from 2 to 9 years of age; , T. K. Chambers, M.D., Brit. Journ., 1858, p. 824, Joseph Miller, æt. 7 years, ate some seeds; , same, John Wilton ate the seeds; , same, James Wilton, æt. 7; , Lichtenfels, Wien. Zeit., 1858 (S. J. 100, 293), a man was poisoned by the seeds; , Dr. A. F. A. Greeves, Aust. Med. Journ., 1859, p. 186 (Brit. Journ. of Hom., Append., 1873), Mrs. ---, æt. 40 years, swallowed a teaspoonful of the seeds; , T. L. Maddin, M.D., Nashville Med. Rec. (South. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1859, p. 831), a girl, æt. 4 years, ate some seeds; , Dr. Bell, New York Journ. of Med., 1860, p. 341, an old negro woman drank an indefinite quantity of an infusion of the leaves; , John G. Johnson, M.D., Am. Med. Times, 1860, p. 22, a boy, æt. 7 years, ate some seeds; , Dr. Flöegel, Vien. Med. Halle, 1861 (A. H. Z. M. B., 5, 27), a man, æt. 61 years, suffering from cramps in the calves took some seeds in brandy, a few drops daily; , Dr. Larquet, Gaz. des Hôp., 1861, No. 109, a girl, æt. 4 years, ate some of the flowers and fruit; , A. G. Emory, M.D., Med. and Surg. Journ., 1861, p. 45, a boy, æt. 5 years, ate some seeds; , Geo. T. Elliot, M.D., Am. Med. Times, vol. 2, 1861, 128, Mrs. ---, æt. 22, injected into her rectum 1/4 pint of infusion made from 4 ozs. leaves; , C. E. Buckingham, Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 65, p. 261, a boy, æt. 6 years, ate a large quantity of the unripe seeds; , J. H. Harriss, ibid., p. 311, a woman and two children ate the plant; , Dr. Liegey, Journ., de Chim. Med. and Pharm. (Dublin Med. Press, 1862 (2), p. 374), a child, æt. 2 years and 4 months, ate the seeds and died in twelve to fourteen hours; , same, another child ate the seeds; , Bernhard, Preuss. Med. Zeit., 1862 (A. H. Z. M. B., 6, 31), a boy, æt. 7 years, ate the seeds; , Chas. C. Lee, M.D., Am. Journ. of Med. Sci., 1862 (1), p. 54, a child drank some whiskey containing the seeds; , same, a man, æt. 31 years, drank a cupful, and a woman, æt. 58 years, drank about a gill of same; , same, a woman, æt. 34 years, drank only one or two mouthfuls of same; , Mad. Quart. Journ. of Med. Sci., vol. 5, p. 320 (Brit. Journ. of Hom., Append., 1873), a woman had taken some leaves of Datura (? Stramonium); , a man took an infusion of Datura leaves for dysentery; , Dr. Shortt, ibid., vol. 6, p. 286, a man, æt. 41 years, took the leaves; , same, a girl, æt. 14, ate one-third of the seeds of one of the apples, recovery after use of stomach-pump; , same, a girl, æt. 18 years, ate Stramonium early in the morning, death at 10 A.M.; , same, a woman took Stramonium; , Albert Corvisart, Journ. de Méd., vol. 23 (Hempel's Mat. Med. vol. 1, p. 770), three children were poisoned; , Wm. H. Cuthbert, M.D., North Am. Journ. of Hom., vol. 13, p. 68, Emma Meyers, æt. 18 months, was poisoned by the seeds; , Dr. C. Hering, a fragmentary proving by Dr. J. R. Coxe, Jr., æt. 57, Am. Hom. Rev., vol. 4, p. 559, took 10 drops 1st dec. dil. at 8 A.M., 2 and 10 P.M. (first, second, and third days), and at 8 A.M., 2 and 11 P.M. (fourth day); , Charles Chauncey Coxe, æt. 11 years, took 12 drops of 3d dec. dil. at 2 and 9 P.M. (first day), same at 9 A.M., 2 and 9 P.M. (second and third days); , omitted; , Dr. Carroll Dunham, ibid., a man, æt. about 44, whose health had suffered greatly in consequence of bilious remittent fever and heroic doses of calomel, applied the bruised green leaves to large irritable ulcers on both legs; , Dr. Bengel, Med. Corr. Blatt., 1864, vol. 34, p. 79, a boy, æt. 2 years, ate some pieces of the seeds; , A. P. Turner, M.D., Am. Journ. of Med. Sci., April, 1864, p. 551, two boys, æt. 8 and 10, ate some seeds; , Alfred S. Taylor, M.D., Guy's Hosp. Rep., vol. 11, p. 293, a student swallowed about 5 or 6 grs.; , same, 4 milligrams of Datura applied to the eye; , same, seven milligrams administered by the stomach; , M. Kuborn, Bull. Gén. de Thér., 1866 (Brit. Med. Journ., 1866 (1), p. 522), four persons were poisoned; , H. Y. Evans, M.D., Am. Journ. of Med. Sci., July, 1866, p. 278, seven children were poisoned by the seeds; , Sauvages, Dublin Med. Journ., 1867 (2), p. 11, effects of wine drugged with the juice of the seeds; , Henry Robinson, Brit. Journ. of Hom., vol. 25, p. 37, a young woman took every third morning a dessertspoonful of 1/200 in 8 ozs. water; , C. P. Blake, M.D., St. George's Hosp. Rep., 1868, p. 159, a man, æt. 70 years, took 1 1/2 drachms of tincture for asthma; , J. W. Mallet, M.D., New Orleans Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 21, 1868, p. 550, a young man died from the effects of Stramonium in his food; , D. McGillivray, M.D. Canada Med. Journ., vol. 4, 1868, p. 485, a boy, æt. 2 years and 3 months, ate some seeds; , C. D. Fairbanks, M.D., Am. Hom. Obs., 1869, p. 366, a girl, æt. 4 years, ate some seeds; , J. J. Hilliary, Dominion Med. Rec. (New Orleans Med. and Surg. Journ., 1869, p. 365), J. P., æt. 40 years, drank a cupful of Stramonium tea; , Dr. J. F. Treuman, Chicago Med. Journ. (Med. Press and Circular, 1869 (1), p. 261), a mother and two daughters ate the seeds; , W. F. Cheney, M.D., Pacific Med. and Surg. Journ., 1870, p. 305, a girl, æt. 5, ate the seeds; , Dr. Crispell, Eclectic Med. Journ., Sept., 1871 (North Am. Journ. of Hom., N. S., vol. 2, p. 293), two cases; , Dr. Chevers, Med. Times and Gaz., 1871 (1), p. 164; , E. W. Berridge, M.D., Month. Hom. Rev., vol. 15, 1871, p. 298, proving of tincture of British (allopathic) Pharmacopœia, prepared from seeds, took 8 drops in water at 1.35 P.M., 20 at 4.30 at 6 P.M. (first day), 40 at 8.40 A.M., 50 at 10.25, 60 after 1.50 P.M. (second day); to , same, North Am. Journ. of Hom. N. S., vol. 2, 1871, p. 62; , Miss ---, took 10 glob. of 43,000 (Fincke) at 5.15 P.M.; , Miss ---, took 10 glob., of same; , Miss ---, took 1 glob. of same; , Miss, æt. 11-12 years, suffering from chorea, took repeated doses of 30th and 200th (Lehrmann), had new symptoms while taking 200th; , Dr. Berridge, took 10 glob. 43,000 (Fincke), at 4.15 P.M.; , same, took 20 glob. 1000 (Jenichen) at 11.40 A.M.; , same, took 30 glob. 200 (Lehrmann) at 10 A.M.; , same, took 50 glob. 1000 (Fincke) at 9.45 A.M.; , same, took 20 glob. of 3d at 8.30, 11 A.M., noon, 12.55, 2.10, 3, 4, 5, 7, 7.55, 9 P.M. (first day), 20 glob. at 8, 9.50 A.M., 1 P.M. (second day), 30 glob. at 8, 40 at 11.40 A.M., 1/2 drachm of glob. at 7.15 P.M. (third day), 30 glob. 6th dil. at 10 A.M., 40 glob. at 1 and 7 P.M., 50 glob. at 11.30 P.M. (seventh day), 50 glob. at 7.30, 9.40, 11.5 A.M., 6.45, 7.45 P.M. (eighth day), 50 glob. at 7.20, 11.10 A.M., 100 glob. at noon, 9 P.M., 300 glob. at 11 P.M. (ninth day), 50 glob. 12th dil. at 8. 15, 10 A.M., 12.15 P.M., 70 glob. at 3.10, 100 glob. at 4.30, 8.30, and midnight (fourteenth day), 100 glob. at 8, 10 A.M. 200 glob. at noon (fifteenth day); , same, took several glob. 5000 (Fincke) at 10 A.M. (first day), 60 glob. 10,000 (Fincke) at 10 A.M. (fifth day), several glob. 30,000 (Fincke), (eighth day), had to take Alumina and ceased proving; , same, took 10 glob. cm. (Fincke) at 10 A.M.; to , same, Month. Hom. Rev., vol. 16, p. 34; , same, took 100 drops tincture, prepared from the seeds, in water at 9.15 A.M.; , Mr. R. M. Theobald, took 10 drops of same (first day), 20 (second day), 30 at 11.30 A.M., 20 at 2 P.M. (third day), 20 before breakfast and 1.30 P.M. (fourth day), 20 to 30 drops two or three times a day (fifth and sixth days), 30 before breakfast, at noon, and bedtime (seventh day); 30 at 8 A.M. (eighth day), 40 early in the morning (ninth day); , same, chewed 6 or 8 seeds in the afternoon; , same, took 10 drops 3d cent. (first, second, and third days), 5 drops before bedtime (fourth day); , Mr. ---, took 5 drops tincture of Hom. Pharmacopœia (first and second days), 10 drops (third day), 15 (fifth day), 5 (seventh and eighth days), 5 (ninth day); , same, took 5 drops tincture for four days; , same, took 5 drops tincture (first, second, third, fourth, fifth, ninth, eleventh, and twelfth days); , F. Brunning, M.D., Philad. Med. and Surg. Rep., vol. 27, 1872, p. 20, a boy died from effects of the seeds; , A. W. Rogers, M.D., ibid., p. 211, a child, æt. 3 years, ate the seeds; , F. H. Bailey, ibid., p. 283, a girl, æt. 4 years, ate the seeds; , Dr. Wittmann, Jahrbuch für Kinderheilkunde, vol. 6, 1873, p. 178, a girl, æt. 6 years, ate the seeds; , Buckner, A. H. Z., 86, 1873, p. 18, a boy, æt. 3 years, ate the fruit; , Wm. H. Cook, M.D., Hahn. Month., vol. 9, 1873, p. 35, Mr. T. poured boiling water over two pods and drank when cold; , Dr. Berridge, North Am. Journ., New Ser., 3, 1873, p. 504, Miss ---, took 1 glob. cm. (Fincke) two or three times daily, for five days; , B. M. Wibble, M.D., Rich. and Louis. Med. Journ., August, 1873, p. 186, a woman drank half a glass of ale from a bottle containing a large amount of the seeds; , same, a man drank two-thirds a glass of same; , Chas. G. Polk, M.D., Phil. Med. and Surg. Rep., 1873 (1), p. 395, a boy, æt. 4 years, ate a large amount of the seeds; , Hesse, Schweiz. Corr. Blatt., 1873 (S. J., 160, p. 240), a girl, æt. 3 years, ate the seeds; , W. H. B., Am. Hom. Obs., vol. 11, 1874, p. 263, a girl, æt. 3 years, ate the seeds; , Dr. J. Kemberling, Ohio Med. and Surg. Rep. (Am. Journ. of Hom. Mat. Med., New Ser., 4, 1875, p. 387), poisoning, recovery on fifth day; , same, another case in same family; , Dr. Jules de Soire, Gaz. des Hôp., 1865, No. 42, a woman, æt. 50 years, took an infusion of the leaves; , W. G. Smith, Dublin Med. Journ., 1870 (1), p. 213, an elderly man was in the habit of smoking Stramonium with a small quantity of tobacco, for relief of asthma. [The effects were so charecteristic of Stram, that we have admitted it, though, perhaps, open to censure - T. F. Allen.]
MIND
- Emotional.
- *Delirium, 23, 33, 78 , etc.
- Violent delirium, 87.*
- Foolish delirium, 73.*
- Delirium, furious, 20.*
- Joyful delirium, 107.*
- At times delirium with open eyes, 27.*
- Delirium with sexual excitement, 107.*
- Almost constant delirium, 107, 119.*
- Sudden delirium, with ridiculous gestures, 86.* [10.]
- Became quite delirious recognized no one, 79.
- Delirium; an unceasing disposition for motion in all the muscles, weeping, screaming, laughter, and rapid incoherent exclamation, 76.
- Symptoms closely resembling delirium tremens, 88.
- [Insane delusion that he was killed, roasted, and being eaten], 15.
- Maniacal delirium supervened, symptoms resembling hydrophobia, 44.*
- The mother and one daughter were raving like maniacs, while the other was rapidly sinking into coma, 206.
- Delirium with incoherent talking, 242.*
- Grew violently delirious, and died comatose, 182.
- Maniacal delirium, 209.
- In a state of delirium, he dances, gesticulates, shouts with laughter, and sings (after three hours), 16. [20.]
- He was delirious, and without memory or recollection, 6.
- *Delirium of fear, as though a dog were attacking him, 15.
There are those bugs, help me to catch them!
" " What bugs?" I asked . " There," he replied, "a long train of bedbugs, and after them a procession of beetles, and here come crawling over me a host of cockroaches. "He shrank back in alarm. Then suddenly he turned to me, saying," I believe I know they are not really bugs; but, except once in awhile, they seem real to me!
" This scene was many times repeated, 191.
- It was in a state of wild delirium. It was with great difficulty that the mother could hold it in her lap. It would forcibly throw out its legs and stiffen them, and at the same time throw then wide apart from each other. The arms were being constantly thrown out, as if trying to reach and get hold of something; and sometimes it seemed as if some object had been secured, and was for a moment fumbled in the fingers. The pupils were dilated and the eyes looked wild. Its cry was a kind of scream; a little froth was in the mouth; the surface of the skin was hot; the restlessness was very great, 230.*
- Began to look stupid, seemed to forget herself, and gave incoherent answers (after one hour); seemed to sit like a perfect idiot, for two and a half hours (after two hours and a half); began to grow worse, biting a man's hand, sometimes crying out that she saw cats, dogs, and rabbits, at the top, sides, and middle of the room; at other times, with great eagerness, catching at imaginary objects with her hands, and declaring that she saw many people who were not present . She suffered a continuance of these symptoms with little variation, and totally without rest for nine hours, being all this time restrained in bed by force in a raving and maniacal state, 37.*
- In about five minutes he became "wild, and didn't know any one." In ten minutes I found him seated in a chair, leaning forward on his knees, staring wildly, countenance bathed in perspiration, pupils largely dilated, talking vaguely, and perfectly unconscious of surrounding objects, pulse 90 and full, hands and arms convulsed, every few moments legs unable to support his body, and dragged after him when we tried to get him to walk, 205.
- Although he changed postures a little, yet he remained stupid for six or seven hours; then he raged furiously, requiring two persons to hold him in bed; notwithstanding which, he raised himself up, tossed greatly, and seemed to catch at the bystanders with his hands, uttering incoherent sentences; at last he became sensible and more quiet, restless, and delirious by turns, 34.
- She is all the time inconsolable; much affected by trifles; makes much fuss about trifles; disposed to weep, and sometimes also very easily vexed; now and then neglects her duties; now and then thinks she is not fitted for her position; after the fall equinox; from the darkness, being alone, and in the morning her state is aggravated; she wants light (sunshine) and company, 54.
- , .* [50.]
She manifested a great aversion to fluids of every kind. When a cup of water was brought to her lips, she would instantly start from it, and sometimes relapse into her paroxysm; so great was her aversion to it, that it was with the utmost difficulty a teaspoonful of any fluid could be forced down her throat, 40.
- The appearance of the family was extremely ludicrous. The children were laughing, crying, singing, dancing, and playing all imaginable antic pranks.
They had no correct estimation of distance, or the size of objects; were reaching their hands to catch hold of objects across the room, and again running against persons and things which they appeared to view as distant . The nail-heads in the floor were pieces of money, which they eagerly tried to pick up. A boy, apparently fancying himself undressed, caught a hat belonging to a student, thrust his foot into it, pulled with both hands on the brim, and began to fret that he could not "get on his trowsers." The parents frequently called on the children to behave themselves; but their own actions being equally eccentric, they afforded a ridiculous exhibition of family government, 109.
- They turned natural fools upon it for several days. One would blow up a feather in the air, another would dart straws at it with great fury; another, stark naked, was sitting up in a corner, like a monkey, grinning and making mouths at them; a fourth would fondly kiss and paw his companions, and sneer in their faces, with a countenance more antic than a Dutch doll. In this frantic condition they were confined, lest in their folly they should destroy themselves. In eleven days they recovered, unconscious of anything which had passed, 110.
- He became delirious, and knew nothing of himself until he was relieved; during this time he performed many queer antics; one time he was off to hitch up his team; again he gathered up sticks and placed them together to build a fire; then he would motion as though he would scrape lice and bugs together, shake them out of hats; pull the paper off the wall to get them out; pick them off himself and tramp them, etc.; see rats running and try to catch them; he was very talkative; did not know even his wife, nor where he was; wanted to go home, etc. (after fifteen to thirty minutes), 234.
- Screaming, catching at imaginary objects in the air, or rather striking at them, for it was evident that these spectra were of a frightful nature, since at the moment of darting out the hand in the direction where the eyes were fixed, she always suddenly, and with great vehemence, withdrew herself, expressing the utmost terror in her look; at the same time screaming and sobbing violently . Her eyes would, to appearance, follow the imaginary object for a moment or two, before she made the effort to escape from its supposed approach.*
She rapidly became furiously delirious, struck at, pushed, or attempted to bite, every person who came near, or any object that was offered to her . In two and a half hours she knew no person, and had been wholly insensible to surrounding objects for above an hour and a half. She remained in this condition for about three hours, when a stage of coma supervened, lasting two hours. There was a return of the excitement, but not so severe as that which first presented itself; neither was it attended by ocular spectra, or tetanic spasm, 102.
- The first symptom was a high degree of exhilaration, in which she caused much merriment by her extravagant gestures and speeches. This soon became alarming, and when I was called to see her, she was laughing, crying, and singing, by turns, proceeding from one to the other state with the greatest rapidity. She occasionally started with great force and alarm, crying out that she was going to fall, when she would cling to her mother with as much desperation as if she were about to be thrown from a precipice. She would next become calm, then whistle, and afterwards point with her finger at muscæ volitantes, which she followed with the eye and hand, at last clutching at them, with an appearance of disappointment at want of success, 91. [60.]
- The child was to all appearance happy, talking all the incoherent nonsense that can be imagined, laughing, and in constant motion; but labored under so great a debility, that it could not stand or walk without tottering, and several times in attempting it fell down; it was a perfect delirium mite, 74.
- The unfortunate, after swallowing the powder (of Stramonium), remains for a long time out of his mind, laughing or crying or sleeping, for the most; even speaking to another and answering, so that you might think sometimes that he was in his right mind, although he is not in his senses, nor recognizes the one to whom he is speaking, and does not recollect the conversation when he returns to consciousness, 58.
- After sleeping a few hours he suddenly sprang up with most remarkable jumping about on his hands and feet, and talking animatedly; eight hours after this he became conscious, *with trembling of the limbs, which were in constant motion; the face was red and puffy, with violent throbbing in the arteries; the pupils were extremely dilated, respiration short, rapid, abdomen meteoric and painful to pressure, tongue white and dry, 139.
- On becoming warm in bed, I felt a host of new sensations creeping over both body and mind. My whole frame was affected with a tremulous vibration, but most sensibly felt through my abdomen, attended with a prickly sensation over the whole body. My mind became extremely timid and restless, which rendered all attempts to compose myself to sleep fruitless. After a teaspoonful of elixir of paregoric, I felt every symptom getting worse; the surface of my body was bathed with a clammy perspiration; whenever I attempted to close my eyes I was assailed by imaginary spectres, in the most hideous forms and menacing attitudes; and what was still to my torment, my bed was suspended and tantalized like a feather between two floors, 92.
- A clouded state of faculties, horrible obfuscation. A patient twice told me he was quite alarmed at seeing how bewildered and incapable I was; I upset everything I touched; he seemed to me to be talking out of a cloud, or as if he was a figure in a vision and not a reality, and when he ceased talking, I subsided into a sort of bewilderment, from which I could with difficulty rouse myself to attend to his case; my writing was almost an unintelligible scrawl; I lay down again till evening, dizzy and incapable, with dull headache on vertex, but not much pain; I could not realize anything; my wife sitting by my bed seemed like a phantom, and I put out my hand occasionally, to feel if she were a real existence. Before this extreme condition of bewilderment came on, I was excessively forgetful; would begin a sentence with a perfectly clear idea of what I intended to say, but forgot all about it before I had completely expressed myself; also I used wrong words, and expressed my meaning badly. My speech was thick, as if my tongue were too large for my mouth, though I felt nothing wrong in my tongue, but only a sort of globbering articulation (ninth day), .
of the arms and lower extremities, accompanied with low mutterings, then sudden and furious screaming, biting, scratching, and tearing with the hands, and kicking (after six hours), 187.
- When allowed to get up she staggered, and appeared quite blind, 171.
- He hurries off too fast, with all his might, if he wants to go to another place, 3.
- Great exertion of strength; a strong man could scarcely restrain him, 23.*
- [He jumps out of his bed, at night, and exclaims the disease will break forth from his head], 15.
- Constantly springing up in haste, restless, twitching, grasping about with hands and beating the air, 132.*
- He grasps at things quickly and in a hurry, and thinks he has seized a thing before touching it, and if does hold the objects, he does not feel that he has hold of it (after four and five hours), 3.*
- *He makes all motions hastily, with great force and hurriedly, so that he feels an anxiety if he cannot finish them at once, 3. [110.]
- *From the expression of his face and movements, he seemed at times to be chasing, or fleeing from imaginary objects, 135.
- He can nowhere obtain rest, he is terrified by fanciful delusions (even though his eyes are open), *they appear to him to grow out of the ground at his side, in the form of large cogs, cats, and other horrible beasts, from which he springs away to one side, with signs of terror, and cannot get rid of them, 3.
- *Continually strange objects intrude upon his fancy, frightening him, 3.
- [Frightful fancies, he sees ghosts], 15.
- [Frightful delirium, as if a dog took hold of her], 15.
- *He sees in general more horrifying images at his side than in front of him, and they all occasion terror (between three and four hours), 3.
- Wonderful fancies, 24 . [Add, in his sleep. -Hughes.]
- *The boy seemed to see black objects, spoke of black people and black clouds, and grasped at the air, .
HEAD
- Confusion and Vertigo.
- Confusion in the head, 22, 120.
- Head confused and befogged for many days, 73.
- Vertigo, 15, 29, 78.*
- Vertigo, with diarrhœa, 15. [280.]
- Vertigo, with redness of face, 15.
- Slight vertigo, with feeling of falling to the left when standing after sunset, at 9 P.M. (sixth day), 216.
- Slight vertigo, or rather an exhilaration of spirits, 92.
- Vertigo, with staggering gait, 168.
- Vertigo, and flickering before the eyes, 71.
- Vertigo when standing (after four hours), 240 ; (eighth day), 220.
- Vertigo; staggered as if drunk; feared he should fall on his head, and that he was about to lose his senses (soon), 34.
- Vertigo; the head feels as if drawn backwards, at the same time he is excessively sleepy, 1.
- Vertigo, want of thought, four mornings in succession, after rising from bed; he has but a dull and distant recollection of things (weakness of memory), and he sees as if through a gauze, for two hours, 3.
- Vertigo, headache, dimness of vision, violent thirst, viscid mucus in the mouth, rumbling in the bowels, and pain in the epigastrium, 15. [290.]
- Vertigo, with pain in the abdomen and obscured vision, like a veil before the eyes, 15.
- Vertigo, so that he staggers hither and thither, as if drunk, 10.
- Vertigo almost immediately; he went into the open air, but had walked only a few paces when he reeled like one intoxicated, and almost lost his senses, 31.
- In middle of day, while reading in open air and walking sudden dizziness, staggering, as if he would fall forward and to the left (fourth day), 225.
- Grew giddy and fell to the ground, 182.
- She became giddy and staggered, 184.
- Some giddiness during the first two or three days, .
EYE
- Objective.
- Swelling of the eyes, with much dilated pupils, and contortion of the eyeballs in every direction, 35.
- The whites of the eyes and margins of eyelids red; profuse lachrymation, 3.
- Eyes injected with blood, 106.* [410.]
- Sclerotic coat of the eyes of a pink color, left eye most discolored, at 9 P.M. (after two hours), 98.
- Redness and swelling about right eye, 200.
- Eyes inflamed and weep much, particularly the right eye (second day); right eye weeps very much, left eye a little (third day), 183.
- Cornea very bright, 183.
- Dark color around his eyes (third day), 66.
- Blue margin around the eyes (second day), 64.
- Eyes close, and it becomes black before them, 3.
- Eyes half closed and listless (after fourteen hours), 66.
- Eyes closed, with pupils dilated, 163.
- *Eyes wide open, prominent; pupils exceedingly dilated, insensible, with injected conjunctiva, as if the vessels were filled with dirty liquid, 120. [420.]
- Eyes open; pupils dilated to the utmost (after one hour), 203.
- The eyes were open, but he took no notice of anything or anybody about him, and when objects were held before his eyes, he could not see them, 151.
- Eyes open; pupils widely dilated and fixed and insensible to the strongest light, but the patient was unconscious of everything going on around him, vision being quite lost, 150.*
- Squinting of the eyes, 108, 117.*
- Eyes protruding; lids half-closed. 88.
- Staring eyes, 23, 30, 130, 192.
- Eyes have a staring look at one time, at another are unsteady, wavering, 232.
- Eyes staring stupidly, 171.
- Eyes staring, swollen, and sparkling; pupils greatly-dilated and immovable (after six hours), .
F,
F ;" writing an F, to show it, he went with the pencil the second time over the same line, supposing to have drawn a second one, 1. [560.]
- Black things seem to him gray, 2.
- He seems to see a reddish-gray border around white things, for instance, around a piece of paper, 1.
- Smoking appearance of the atmosphere, 92.
- The first sensible effect is in the sight; there appears a preternatural dilatation of the pupil of the eye; vision is rendered indistinct and confused; objects appear multiplied, diversified, and variously colored; the patient complains that he cannot see clearly; he cannot discern a small object, such, for instance, as the point of a pin or needle; he sees in the room objects which do not exist, and complains of a numbness of the head attended with vertigo, 22a.
- Hallucinations of vision, with dilated pupils, 232.
- After dark, when walking in open air, transient dark-blue spot before the eyes, at 9 P.M. (eighth day); lilac-colored spots before eyes, when looking at the nearly white paper of wall, in the evening (tenth day), 218.
- Transient bright-blue spot before left eye by gaslight, when lying, at 8.10 P.M. (first day); at 8.30 A.M. (sixth day); dark-blue spot before eyes in a dark room (eighth day); bright-blue spot (thirteenth and twenty-seventh nights); bright-green tremulous spots before closed eyes low down in field of vision (twenty-seventh night), 219.
- Transient blue spot before left eye, while lying in bed on right side in dark room (first, fifth, and seventh nights), 220.
- Transient blue spot before eyes twice when in a dark room (first night); bright-blue spot when looking down, at 10.40 P.M. (twentieth day); large blue spots, twice by daylight, in the morning (twenty-fourth day), 221.
- A transient bright spot before left eye, apparently a long distance off, when looking into air, sitting indoors, and turning head to left (after four hours and five minutes); in a gaslighted room (second day); at 12.10 P.M. (seventh day); in a dark room at 11.30 P.M. (eighth day); at 11.50 A.M. (ninth day); on looking at nearly white wall-paper, at 5.10 P.M. (sixteenth day); at 12.30 P.M. (nineteenth day); in the morning (twenty-fifth day); before left eye in a dark room (twenty-fifth night), 221. [570.]
- Transient bright spot before left eye, while lying in bed in dark (eighteenth, twentieth, twenty-fourth, and twenty-seventh days), 219.
- Whenever I looked up to the sky, saw in the sky a large bright spot of various forms, once a crescent, once a vertical long bar, several times repeated, at 1.50 P.M. (second day); bright spot before eye on suddenly turning head to , while lying in bed in the dark a little before midnight (third day); bright spot before eye on turning head to , while lying in bed in the dark before daybreak (fifth day), .
EAR
- Slight feeling of dryness in right Eustachian tube (first day), 219.
- Wind rushes out of both ears, 15.
- Pains in the ears, 130.
- Pain in the left ear, pressing down to the left side of the cheek, 68. [590.]
- Complained of shooting in ears, 60.
- Tearing pain in right ear, with shooting through the forehead and top of head (after five hours), 146.
- Hearing.
- His hearing was very acute, and his eyes followed the direction of the sound, 161.
- Sense of hearing appeared very acute, 162.
- (Hardness of hearing much better; hear better to-day than for a long time), (third day), 188.
- Power of hearing lessened, 68, 143.
- Deafness (after four hours), 198.*
- The senses of hearing and sight cease, 19.
- Hearing obtuse at times, at others natural, 170.
- Hallucinations of hearing, 232. [600.]
- Continual ringing in ears, worse on left side, 146a.
- Ringing in the ears, 107, 119.
- Violent ringing in the ears (after two hours), 124a.
- Loud roaring in the ears; hearing was nearly lost; the patient could only hear when spoken to in a very loud voice; she then understood very well what was said to her, though she at the same time assured me it seemed as if she could not hear another word (after third dose), 127.
NOSE
- Objective.
- Frequent sneezing (after fourteen hours), 146.
- Frequent sneezing from dryness of nostrils (third day); rather violent sneezing from dryness of nostrils (sixth day), 223.
- From 10 A.M. to noon violent coryza, sneezing, nostrils stuffed, but not much flow (seventh day), 223.
- Blowing of offensive yellow mucus, becoming fluent, from the nose, with relief (after 120 drops), 133.
- Diminished secretion of nasal mucus in the morning, increased in the evening (after 100 drops), 133.
- Black hæmorrhage from the nose (third day), followed by warm perspiration and general relief, 120.
- Subjective. [610.]
- Nose stopped up, 3.
- Feels as if the nose were stopped, although he can get air enough through it, 2.
- His nose feels obstructed and dry, although he is able to breathe through it, 1.
- The nose was dry and redder than usual; she could not smell anything (after third dose), 127.
- Great itching of the nose, 162.
- There seemed to be an intolerable itching in the nose, 160.
FACE
- Objective.
- Face swollen and very red (after six hours), 187.*
- Swelling of the face, 37.
- Faces and cheeks swelled, 35.
- Swollen face, injected with blood, 19. [620.]
- Face slightly swelled and eyes puffed (the skin below them), (second day), 188.
- Face somewhat swollen, 149.
- Face puffy and purplish-red, 89.
- Face puffy and red, 79.*
- Face puffy, 117.
- Besotted appearance of the face (after fifteen to thirty minutes), 234.
- At first his face looks friendly, except the staring eyes, at last it becomes quite disfigured by deep furrows from the inner corner of the eyes to the cheek, by folds running from the nasal wings to the corner of the mouth, and by knitting the eyebrows, and it looks frightful on account of the sparkling eyes, but after an hour it looks disturbed, with dim eyes (after half to two hours), 3.
- At first his face looks quite friendly, except the dilated pupils, but afterwards it looks distorted, as from anxiety, with deep furrows and wrinkles, 3.
- Maniacal expression, 102.
- Countenance wild, 185.* [630.]
- *Wild, staring look (after fifteen to thirty minutes), 100, 234.
- A peculiar wildness of the look, 80.
- Countenance had a wild, idiotic expression, 109.
- Countenance wild, exhibiting anxiety and alarm, 97.*
- Conscious, though there is a wildness in her looks (after a few hours), 134.
- Wildness of countenance was very striking and almost startling, 136.*
- Expression of countenance wild and staring, 155.*
- Vacant, bewildered expression, .*
MOUTH
- Teeth.
- Grinding of teeth, 18, 19.
- [Grinding of teeth; raises his hand above his head and moves them as if he were winding a ball of thread], 15.
- Grinding of teeth, with shuddering over the whole body, 15.
- Grinding of teeth, with obscuration in the head, 15.
- Grinding of teeth, contortion of the hands, and shuddering], 15. [700.]
- Constant grinding and gritting of the teeth (after six hours), 187.
- Toothache, 15.
- Toothache and severe headache, with profuse flow of tears, 15.
- Throbbing toothache, as if some teeth would fall out, 1.
- Throbbing pain in molar teeth of left side in lower jaw, and in the submaxillary glands of same side (after nine hours), 146.
- Throbbing in teeth and lower jaw, left side (second day), 146.
- Tongue.
- Tongue clean and moist, 101.
- The tongue is swollen all over, 13.*
- Tongue swelled and protruded out of the mouth, 25.
- Tongue immovable; the patient could not utter a loud sound, 85. [710.]
- Boys scratch their tongues with their finger-nails, 67.
- Tongue swollen, stiff and moved with difficulty, 143.*
- The tongue protruded from the mouth, 90.
- Tongue occasionally thrust from the mouth, 142.
- Tongue flabby and hanging out of the mouth, 99.
- Tongue furred, 41, 157.
- Tongue tremulous, dry, except on the margins, 168.
- Tongue furred and dry, 40, 160.
- Tongue redder at the apex than at the base, and dry, 149.
- Tongue red on the edges and thin; slightly white in centre (after six hours), . [720.]
THROAT
- The throat, which appeared to be the only sensible seat of discomfort, was grasped and torn by the hands, as if the patients imagined it to be oppressed by some foreign body, 142.
- (Frequent grasping of the throat and moaning), 120.
- Choking in the throat, 1.* [820.]
- Choking so that the child could scarcely vomit, 117.
- Feeling of mucus at the back of the throat, causing hawking and hoarseness (after third dose), 210.
- Feeling of mucus at the back of the throat, causing me to hawk, which relieved it (five minutes after second dose, second day); causing me to swallow (three hours and a half after second dose, second day), 210.
- Feeling of mucus in throat, causing hawking, with hoarseness; once the voice almost failed; after sunset, at 9 P.M. (after nine hours and twenty minutes), 236.
- Feeling of mucus at back of throat requiring hawking, with hoarseness, after rising from bed in the morning (second day); at 9 P.M. (third day); brought on by talking, at 10.20 A.M.; some hoarseness when talking, in the evening after sunset (fourth day); feeling of mucus at back of throat, causing hoarseness and hawking, after rising from bed in the morning (sixth day); when talking in morning (tenth day), 216.
- Immediately feeling of mucus at back of throat, 222.
- Feeling of mucus at back of throat, causing hawking, after sunset, at 9 P.M. (third day), 217.
- Feeling of mucus in throat, causing hawking, in the afternoon (fifth day); with hoarseness, in the morning (sixth day), 215.
- Feeling of mucus at back of throat (five minutes after second dose, first day), 219.
- Feeling of mucus at back of throat, in the evening after sunset (seventh day), 219. [830.]
- On attempting to swallow the first bite of food he felt a choking sensation in the throat, which he described as feeling like a broad dry stripe, extending down through the chest, from the mouth to the stomach, which he was trying to swallow but could not get down (after fifteen to thirty minutes), 234.
- *Dryness of the throat, 1, 46, 82 , etc.
- Dryness of the throat and fauces, 145, .*
Eustachian tube (first day), 219.
- The throat was dry, though the patient had no impediment in swallowing, but an immoderate thirst, which induced her to drink, in a few hours, large quantities of water, which did not, however, in the least diminish the thirst; the throat burnt as if a hot stone were lying in it (after third dose), 127.
- Back of throat dry (ninth and tenth days), 218. [840.]
- Throat bean to feel intensely dry, which increased to that state that I could not swallow, and with great difficulty breathe (after two hours), 194.
- Throat very dry, and not benefited by any sort of drink (after four hours), 128.*
- *Constriction about the throat, 124, 124a.
- Constrictive burning pain in the throat, with a sensation as if a ball were sticking in it, 73.
- The throat seems to him tightly drawn together, 10.*
- *Spasmodic constriction of the throat, and a kind of paralysis, so that swallowing was very difficult and almost impossible; this sensation of constriction of the throat seemed to be the cause of the frequent pulling at the mouth and throat with the hands, 233.
- Sore throat (second day); during the whole time (third to ninth day), 189.
- Complains of soreness in the throat and fauces (after a few hours), 134.
- Complained of great soreness and dryness of the throat (second day), 136.
- Scraping in the throat, 121. [850.]
- Pain in throat, 174.
- Burning in the throat, 117, 238.
- Feeling as of boiling water rising in throat, 200.
- Intolerable burning of the throat (after three hours), 164.
- Some uneasiness about the throat, with general shivering, 123.
- Fauces.
- Fauces almost white and dry, 149.
- Fauces were so constricted that respiration was performed with difficulty, 35.
STOMACH
- Appetite and Thirst.
- Increased appetite, 1.
- A kind of hunger was associated with the tearing in the abdomen, but still the patient was unable to take any food (after third dose, 127.
- Felt hungry too soon after a meal (second and third days); in the morning (fourth days), 219.
- Undiminished appetite, with colic, diarrhœa, and vomiting, 15.
- Poor appetite, at breakfast (fifth day), 219. [890.]
- In large doses it diminishes the appetite, 93.
- Diminished appetite for breakfast (second day), 68.
- Loss of appetite (after 120 drops), 133.
- Loss of appetite, with oppression at pit of stomach, 200.
- *Thirst, 22, 78, 98.
- Thirst with the headache, 15.
- Thirst, with great dryness of the throat, 15.*
- Thirst, drinking much at a time (first day), 227.
- With the headache, considerable thirst; drank much more water than usual (second day); drank a great deal (third day), 188. [900.]
- Thirst and drunkenness, with headache, 13.
- Long-continuing thirst, 15.
- Violent thirst, with copious secretion of burning urine, 15.
- In spells of restlessness he would drink when water was offered him, but did not ask for it, 66.
- Extremely troublesome thirst, with drooling, 8.
- Great thirst, attended with considerable constriction of the muscles of the throat in attempts at swallowing, 157.
- Thirst intense and unallayed by water, 143.*
- *Violent thirst, 15, 71, 111, 120 , etc.
- Thirst for acids (after 120 drops), 133.
ABDOMEN
- Pain in the hepatic region, lasting half a year after the poisoning, in one man, 140.
- Abdomen tense, neither touch nor pressure painful, 23.
- Abdomen soft, not distended, 101.
- Abdomen hard, but not much swollen (after six hours), 127.
- Abdomen tense and hard, 79.
- Bellies tumid but not hard, 35. [980.]
- Bloated abdomen, especially in the region of the pit of the stomach, 23.
- Much bloated abdomen; not painful when touched, 28.
- In the evening the abdomen is bloated, with heat of the body and anxiety in pit of the stomach, 15.
- With children, abdomen becomes highly bloated, with anxiety in pit of stomach; cold sweat, chilliness of the limbs, confusion of mind, stupefied half slumber, and anxious evacuations, upward and downward, 5.
- Distension of the abdomen, 73, 77, 84 , etc.
- Abdomen distended, painless, 100.
- A distension of the abdomen, not hard, 1.
- Upper abdomen tense and painful, 15.
- Abdomen tympanitic, 157, 158, 172.
- A tympanitic state of the bowels, belly extremely tense, 102. [990.]
- Abdomen retracted and tense, 163.
- Abdomen spasmodically retracted, 85.
- Increased sensitiveness of the abdomen, 90.
- Rumbling in the abdomen, 132.
- Rumbling in the abdomen, with obscuration of vision, 15.
- Rumbling and growling in the abdomen, 19.
- Rumbling in the abdomen, with colic, 15.
- Rumbling in the abdomen, with diarrhœa, 15.
- During micturition rolling in abdomen; rigors, 50.
- He complains of rumbling in the abdomen, as if living animals were screaming and moving in all the intestines, 15 . [Words from "as if" not in original. -Hughes.] [1000.]
RECTUM AND ANUS
- Hæmorrhoidal flux, for several days, 1.
- Coagulated blood passes from the anus, 1. [1030.]
- A desire for stool, but nothing passes off till twenty-four hours after, 3.
STOOL
- Diarrhœa.
- Violent purging, with and followed by pain in rectum, shooting downwards, for two hours (after two hours, fifth day), 226.
- Next night a smart attack of diarrhœa, lasting all next day; the stools were exactly like those in the former attack, pappy, feculent, dark brown, with dull griping across hypogastrium before stool, some straining during stool, and a straining with the urine at the same time, 224.
- Diarrhœa, six days in succession, 2.
- Diarrhœa, ceasing after a profuse sweat, 15.
- Diarrhœa, with increase of appetite, 15.
- Diarrhœa, with paleness of face, 15.
- Watery diarrhœa, preceded by violent crampy pains in bowels; this lasted three days (after eleven days), 221.
- From 3 to 7 P.M., several diarrhœic stools, brown, watery, sometimes brownish yellow and frothy, preceded by pain in the abdomen; during the passage of stools, scalding at the anus; rectum feels filled, but on straining, only pass liquid stools (second day), 210.
- Looseness of bowels, with flatulence and borborygmus, and occasional sharp pains; it continued nearly a week after vomiting the medicine, 146a. [1040.]
- Several brothlike evacuations, which gave much relief, followed the tearing in the bowels (after three doses), 127.
- Two natural stools instead of one (sixth and seventh days); while straining on the bladder, a slightly relaxed stool (seventh day); stool this morning rather relaxed, a darker brown than usual (eighth day), 222.
- Several discharges from the bowels, thin and watery, 151.
- Stools have a cadaverous smell, 15.
- One or two dark-chocolate-brown relaxed stools (ninth day), 223.
- (Bloody stools), (after two days), 90.
- In afternoon, painful and difficult stool, requiring much straining; the last part could not be evacuated by straining, but came easily after the straining ceased (fourth day), 225.
- Bowels were moved, the fæces very hard and dry (third day), 241.
- She seemed to have a motion to stool, and passed a living lumbricus teres, fourteen inches long, with a little water, but without any fæces or relief of symptoms (after six hours), .
URINARY ORGANS
- Bladder.
- Sphincter of the bladder paralyzed, permitting the urine to dribble away more or less, for forty-eight hours, 241.
- Paralysis of the bladder and consequent incontinence of the urine from the repletion of the viscus, 102.
- Bladder empty, 163.*
- Great irritation of the urinary passages; in two children incontinence of urine, 140.
- Micturition and Urine. [1060.]
- Copious evacuation of thin, almost watery urine, 87.
- The most astonishing amount of urine was passed, clear, like spring water, 73.
- Large and involuntary discharges of urine, 75.
- Profuse micturition, 15.
- Profuse micturition, without thirst, 1.
- Passed involuntarily large quantities of urine, 41.
- Involuntary evacuations of urine and bloody fæces, 118.
- Obliged to void urine four times during the night, 146.
- Often obliged to urinate but the emission was delayed for a minute before it came, and although it came out merely in drops, yet during the forenoon a large quantity was discharged (after four and five hours), 3.
- Urine passed only after twelve hours, 153. [1070.]
- Unusual straining required to empty the bladder; the stream stops before it is emptied, and then the ejection has to be completed by several successive efforts, the flow being stopped as soon as the effort is discontinued; quantity of urine increased; more frequent and copious at a time than usual (seventh and ninth days), 223.
- It is moderately diuretic, and impregnates the urine pretty sensibly with the smell of the seeds, 38.
- Diuresis, with shuddering and rumbling in the abdomen, 15.
- The urine would only pass while the effort was continued strongly, and stopped as soon as the bearing-down was withdrawn, e. g ., to take breath (second day), 224.
- Micturition dribbling, 233.*
SEXUAL ORGANS
- Male.
- Constant uncovering of the genitals, 121.
- Priapismus of several hours, 42.
- Scrotum œdematous, 63.
- Testicles retracted, penis erect as in chordee, 153.
- Temporary loss of sexual energy after convalescence from poisoning, 25 . [Revised by Hughes.]
- Complete inability to perform coition, 26.
- Excitement of the genital organs with salacity, 131. [1090.]
- Excitation of the genital organs, 196.
- Sexual excitement, 119.
- Lasciviousness, 18.
- Extraordinarily increased activity of the sexual organs, 116.
- Female.
- Discharge of black blood from the uterus, 15.
- Reappearance of the menses after four years' cessation, 15 . [The woman was only forty. -Hughes.]
- Too great menstrual flow, menorrhagia, with drawing pains in abdomen, in the thighs, and other limbs, 1.
- Increased catamenia; blood passes in large coagulated masses, 1.
- Catamenia excessive, 15.
- Catamenia rather more copious, 15 . [Revised by Hughes.] [1100.]
- Dilute menses, 15 . [Revised by Hughes.]
- Insatiable sexual desire in women, 43.
RESPIRATORY ORGANS
- Pain in the region of the larynx, after the poisoning, 153.
- The local organs were partly paralyzed; the boy often attempted to speak hastily, but could not utter a word, it was only a bellowing or stammering; at times he managed to sing a few notes, or to whistle, or at times to laugh; the voice was hoarse and croaking, 233.*
- Voice.
- *Voice high, squeaking, and out of tone; speech unintelligible, 79.
- *In his voice the usual modulation is entirely wanting; it is much higher and finer than usual; it is a mere sound, he is unable to utter an intelligible word; he hears and feels it himself, and is anxious about it, 3.
- Voice a little hoarse, 93.
- Voice hoarse and unintelligible, 103.
- Hoarseness of voice, and cough (after some days), 136.
- Voice hoarse, with the difficult swallowing, 64. [1110.]
- Voice hoarse, with difficult speech (after 120 drops), 133.
- Voice hoarse (after one hour and thirty-five minutes), 222.
- When talking, hoarse voice; it almost fails me now and then, causing me to hawk, in order to set it right (second day), 210.
- Some hoarseness when talking, in the evening after sunset (fourth day), 216.
- Next morning the voice indistinct, hoarse, swallowing very difficult and painful, 69.
- Voice weak (after one hour), 203.
- Cough and Expectoration.
- Cough immediately on drinking cold water (tenth day), 215.
- *Spasmodic cough, worse in the evening (second day), and again in the morning (third day); dry cough, 55.
- Rasping, loud, violent dry cough, caused by the dryness of the throat; nothing seems to effect the cough (seventh day), 223.
- Loose rattling cough, with some expectoration, next morning, 134. [1120.]
CHEST
- During night, tightness of chest, as if I could not get air enough into lungs, obliging me to take frequent deep forcible inspirations; the same whether lying on back or sides, or standing, for several minutes (eighteenth night), 219.
- Feeling of tightness across chest, with oppressed respiration, 200.
- Aching pain in the chest and sternum, excited by talking, 1.
- Feeling as if something turned around in the chest, afterwards heat in the face, 1.
- An odd sensation of dryness in, and violent girding across the chest, 34.
- Uncomfortable sensation in middle line of chest (? in œsophagus, E. W. B.), with a feeling of nausea (ninth day), 226.
- Sharp pain in chest about junction of middle and lower third, first on left side, then on right , worse on walking; entirely disappearing when in a warm place (eighth day), 226. [1160.]
- Cutting pain in the sternum, after lying down, in the night, ceases on emission of flatus, but returns, 1.
- Hard pressure on the cartilages of third and fourth ribs, with difficult breathing; he is unable to inhale breath enough without great anxiety (after half an hour), 2.
- Rheumatic pain in sides and back, 15.
- For an hour she had very fine, but sharp stitches in the vicinity of the fifth and sixth ribs, on a very circumscribed spot of the size of a fourpenny piece (after third dose), 127.
- Aching pain in breasts, worse on walking, first in left, then in right (after two days), 235.
HEART AND PULSE
- Præcordium.
- Pressure near the heart, 1.
- Uneasy feeling in the region of the heart, with a sense of faintness, 196.
- During the afternoon, palpitation of the heart on every slight exertion (second day), 210.
- Heart's Action.
- Palpitation (after 200 drops), 123.*
- During cough, palpitation, anxiety, constriction of the chest, convulsions, 59. [1170.]
- Heart beating very violently; the boy said anxiously he would have that beating taken away, 64.
- Beating of the heart weak, 68.
- Pulsation of the heart very slow, 96.
- Arteries beating rapidly and hard, 79.
- Heart's action excessively feeble and intermitting (after seven hours), 201.
- Heart's action feeble, but not increased in frequency (after two hours and a half), 187.
- Action of the heart irregular; pulse small, rapid, 103.
- Pulse.
- Pulse rapid, 157, 169, 180, 194, 151 , etc.
- Quick intermitting pulse, 18.
- Pulse more rapid than I could count, 135. [1180.]
- Pulse rapid, so as scarcely to be counted, and very feeble, 97.
- Pulse very rapid and feeble, numbering at least 150 beats per minute, 238.
- Pulse very rapid, small, 54, 168.
- Pulse fluttering, and 140, 179.
- Pulse 130, compressible and small, 153.
- Pulse full, strong, about 120 to the minute (after three hours), 234.*
- Pulse 120, small and soft, 96, 99.
- Pulse, during the attack, rapid, 120, on the third day remarkably slow, 56, associated with prostration, .
NECK AND BACK
- Neck.
- Neck swollen (after three hours), 187.
- Stiffness of neck (second day); gradually wearing off (third to ninth day), 189.
- Pain, first on right , then on left side of back of neck on moving head (fourteenth day); on bending head back, pain in left side of back of neck; afterwards on bending head forwards, pain in left side of neck (fifteenth day), 215.
- Great rigidity of the muscles of the neck and back, 134, 135, 138.
- Drawing (rheumatic) pain, extending from the side of the neck into the limbs, 15.
- Back.
- Back very stiff, but not painful (third day), 180.
- Small spot in the back pains (drawing) when touched, 1. [1250.]
- A spot in the back pains when touched or not, 1.
- Pain, as if beaten, in the back and abdomen, excited by motion (after twelve hours), 1.
- Pain, as if beaten, in the back and shoulder (after twelve hour), 1.
- Drawing tearing pain in the back and upper abdomen (after one hour), 1.
- Remarkable sensitiveness along the spine in the cervical region, the slightest pressure caused the most violent outcries and raving, 232.
- Dorsal.
- Pain between the shoulders during the act of coughing (seventh day), 223.
- Drawing pains in the middle of the spine, with drawing pain opposite, in the posterior portion of the stomach, 1.
- Drawing pain in the middle of the spine, 1.
- Lumbar.
- While playing the piano in the evening, two severe stitching pains simultaneously in both lumbar regions, midway between hypochondria and iliac crest (fifth day), 223.
- Pains in lumbar region, like rheumatism (third day), 188. [1260.]
EXTREMITIES
- Swelling of the hands and feet, 145.
- Violent convulsions of the extremities, 73.
- Convulsions of the extremities, 1, 6, 18, 101.
- (During artificial vomiting, jerking of all the limbs), 18.
- His limbs were very rigid, and remained so, except when the convulsive twitchings would come on, which was about every ten minutes at first; half an hour later he could not stand; the convulsive movements of the limbs increased, intermittent in character, induced at times by external impressions, such as touching the skin, but coming on also spontaneously, 160.
- The voluntary power of the extremities was gone, and the limbs were violently agitated by spasmodic twitching and jactitation (not by regular convulsions), alternately with short paroxysms of tetanic spasm (opisthotonos). During the coma she still continued to be affected with convulsive twitching and jactitation of the limbs, alternated with short paroxysms of rapid, vibratory, spasmodic motions of the hands and forearms, of a peculiar, though I believe diagnostic, nature as regards the effects produced by poisons of this class, 102.
- Violent motion of the limbs, 23.
- He moves his limbs to and fro, 19. [1270.]
- Limbs especially the hands, in excessive motion, as in swimming, flying, etc., 140.
- Slow contracting and stretching of the limbs, repeatedly in paroxysms, 18.
- Hands and feet up to the knees were affected with slight spasms or jerks, especially the fingers of the left hand, which jerked repeatedly, and without pain (fourth and fifth days), 188.
- [Spasms, first in the left arm, afterwards in the right leg, followed by sudden spasms of the head in all directions], 15.
- Paroxysmal twitchings of the limbs every five minutes were very marked, and more so in the arms than in the legs; but the limbs were not so rigid as in the other boy, 162.
- Spasmodic jerking of the limbs, 3.
- Jerking of the extremities, 107.*
- Constant motion of hands and arms, as if he were spinning or weaving (after eight hours), 23.
- Irregular movements of all the limbs, 169.
- The arms and lower limbs were tossed about, screaming and crying (after three hours), . [1280.]
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Choreic trembling of the arms, 197.
- Violent jerking of the arms, 90. [1310.]
- Jerking of the muscles of the arms; followed immediately by darting pains through the forehead (after three hours), 146.
- Shoulder.
- Pain as if beaten in the shoulder and back (after twelve hours), 1.
- Arm.
- Sharp twinging pains near the external condyle of the os humeri (after six hours), 146.
- Aching-drawing pain in right arm above the elbow, 200.
- Forearm.
- Jerking-twinging pains in muscles and tendons of back side of left forearm, extending to the index finger (after six hours), 146.
- Fine sharp stitches in the forearm, and a rheumatic constrictive pain in the deltoid muscle (after thirty-two hours), 3.
- Hand.
- There were such violent movements of the hands and subsultus tendium that it was impossible to count the pulse (after two hours and a half), 167.
- Trembling of the hands while eating, 1.
- The hands tremble when he seizes something, 3.
- Trembling of the unaffected hand when eating, 1. [1320.]
- The unaffected hand trembles when eating, 2.
- After drinking, the hands continued to clasp convulsively the glass, though she wished to set it down, 100.
- He could not close his hand to make a fist, 64.
- The hands are clenched (not the thumbs), but they can be opened by others, 18.
- Slight tingling in back of left hand for a few minutes (after one hour and forty minutes), 215.
- Slight transient tingling in the back of the left hand (almost directly after second dose, second day), 210.
- Fingers.
- Peculiar twitching of the fingers, and a movement of the hands like a patient with chorea (after half an hour), 187.
- Finger-nails purple; extremities cold, .
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES
- Convulsions of the left lower limb; they commence with shocks, drawing the limb inward and upward, 3.
- Difficulty in walking, 145, 209. [1330.]
- Could not walk, 64.
- Step and gait tottering and convulsive, and he had partially lost the use of his lower extremities, 160.
- Gait unsteady, with inability to walk a few steps without falling, 87.
- The lower limbs bend suddenly when walking, 3.
- Paralysis of the lower extremities, 20, 113.
- Spasmodic rigidity of the whole of both lower limbs (after thirty-six hours), 3.
- When placed on his legs, he would kick them forwards, but could not stand on them, and they did not remain quiet one minute, 162.
- Both lower extremities were rigid, so that on attempting to stand he fell over, 176.
- Feet and whole lower extremities were cold and palsied, and hung powerless over the father's lap, in marked contrast to the rest of the body, which was so much agitated (after two hours and a half), 187.
- Sense of weakness in the lower extremities (after some hours), 124a.
- Hip. [1340.]
- Pain in the muscles of the outer side of the right hip-joint on walking, for a few minutes (after third dose), 210.
- Thigh.
- In the afternoon, while walking, had a sudden shooting pain in outer part of right thigh, which felt numb on rubbing it with the hand (fourth day), 223.
- Drawing pains in the thighs, 1.
- Spasmodic jerking and drawing upward and inward of the anterior muscles of the thigh, in paroxysms, 3.
- Pain in the right thigh, 15.
- Knee.
- Could not stand; knees gave way; feet staggering as if drunk, 60.
- Inability to stand, the knees seemed to give way, and she tumbled about as if intoxicated, 130.
- In the afternoon a tremulous tossing of the knees and feet, as in a violent chill, his mind being intact, .
GENERALITIES
- Belly, tongue, face, and eyes were obviously swelled, and the two latter were also very red (after three hours), 37.
- During the menses, voluptuous odor of body, 15.
- *Suppression of all the excretions, 1, 160, 161, 182, 187.
- Lying upon their backs, 123.
- Lying prostrate and helpless (after one hour), 203.
- He lay upon the stomach, boring the head into the pillow, 121.
- He lies on his back with open, staring eyes, 18.
- Voluntary muscles in a state of great relaxation (after two hours), 81.
- Continued to droop gradually, and died apparently without any suffering next morning, 134. [1370.]
- She sat upright on a lounge, being supported by an assistant on either side, and refused to be placed recumbent (after three hours), 236.
- Muscles hard (after six hours), 187.
- The voluntary motion ceases (catalepsis), with loss of senses, but ability to swallow remains, 18 . [Author says nothing about catalepsy. -Hughes.]
- The whole nervous system is disordered; various parts of the body become paralytic, 39.
- Left side totally paralyzed, 68, 89.
- In all there was more or less temporary muscular paralysis, accompanied by retention of urine in different degrees, 159.
- Entire loss of power of directing the motions of the limbs (after four hours), 126.
- Entire loss of voluntary motion, 151.
- Inability to perform co-ordinate movements, 232.
- Body and limbs motionless, 208. [1380.]
- Stiffness of the whole body (after one hour), 28.
- Stiffness all over; not a limb could be moved; a child of eighteen months, an hour after swallowing the seed. In the evening, after the stiffness lessened, repeated vomiting, deep sleep; towards midnight, rattling, bloody froth came from the mouth; face dark brown, and soon after death, six hours after the poison, 17.
They now rejected every kind of liquid, and seemed to labor under hydrophobia, for on offering a cupful of drink to them, the moment it touched their lips the spasms returned with great violence, 35.
- The torpor gave place at irregular intervals to severe convulsive fits, during which the child shrieked violently, and the voice was particularly hoarse, 81.*
- The motion of the body and limbs resembled those which mark the highest grade of chorea sancti viti , but were much more convulsive and violent, and excited in the spectators rather a painful than ridiculous emotion, 76.
- *The action of the muscles of the trunk was very great; the boy was several times bent backward as in opisthotonos; the muscles of the extremities also were very active; he also grasped at the mouth and face with his fingers and tried to get out of bed, and constantly seemed to make efforts to grasp small objects, though he had no spasms, 153.
- There seemed to be general contraction of the whole muscular system, excepting the sphincter of the bladder, 241.
- Contraction of the muscles, 145. [1430.]
- Uneasiness, 6, 34, 197.*
- Excessive uneasiness, 107, 119, 140.*
- Constant excessive restlessness, 79.*
- *The child became restless, tossed about, called for water; could swallow with great difficulty, 239.
- He appeared very restless and agitated, stretching himself at full length, throwing his arms and legs about, and sometimes seizing his neck with both hands (after one hour), 203.
- There was a great deal of restlessness with itching of the skin (after a few hours), 66.
- Extremely restless; not at all disposed to sleep, 27.
- *Constant restless movements of the limbs and of the whole body, 233.
- Tossing about, complaining to be hot, 64.
- Restless, with moaning, tossing about the bed, throwing about the arms and legs, but most the arms, with frequent opening and shutting of the hands, and many motions of the fingers, 56. [1440.]
- Great desire to lie down, .
SKIN
- Objective.
- Skin of a leaden hue, cold and clammy, 206.
- Surface pale and cold, 99.
- Turned red; reddish-brown, like some cherries; all over, even the buttocks down to the knees, not further, 64.
- Turning dark red-brown, like Indians, all over, the one suddenly; two boys of three and four years, 57.
- Face and front of his chest of a coppery red color, somewhat mottled, similar to the color of the skin of the North American Indians (half an hour after eating some seeds), 66.
- When the (copper-colored) eruptions began to decline, the alæ nasi and space around the mouth, and a spot on each temple were white, 66.
- Copper color visible on the left knee, not on the right, at 9 P.M. (after two hours), 65.
- Skin of the whole body red, 140, 237.* [1480.]
- *Scarlatinous redness of the skin, 131.
- Whole cutaneous surface of his body intensely red, as crimson, 151.*
- The whole surface became fiery red , and remained so for eight hours, 108.
- Red appearance of skin, 237.*
- Skin had the peculiar "boiled lobster" hue of scarlatina, 207.*
- Color of skin a bright scarlet, extending over the face, body, and limbs, 156.*
- Skin scarlet, and burning hot, 179.*
- Scarlet red spots over the whole body, 150.*
- Skin very red, very hot, and moist, 155.
- Body covered with an erythematous, or rather scarlatiniform blush, 111.* [1490.]
- Whole surface of a bright crimson; but the skin was not dry, and the redness disappeared on pressure, returning very rapidly, 172.
- All had roughness and redness of skin, especially on face and trunk, .
SLEEP
- Sleepiness.
- Frequent yawning, with inclination to sleep, with great restlessness (after 200 drops), 133.
- Drowsy and staggering, 6.
- Drowsiness in daytime, 15. [1530.]
- Drowsiness succeeded by coma (immediately), 83.*
- After a deep sleep, full of dreams, during which he has an emission, he feels quite dizzy, and he sees as through a gauze (after twenty-four hours), 3.
- Sleepiness, but scarcely had she fallen asleep when she woke, and began to prattle and laugh in a senseless manner, 232.
- Unusually sleepy on waking (eighteenth day), 219.
- Sleepiness, in the evening (seventh day), 213.
- Sleepiness all evening, on and off (after fifteen minutes), 212 ; (after five minutes), 211.
- Sleepy in the evening, after dark (first day), 222.
- Excessive sleepiness, at 9.30 P.M. (sixteenth day), 219.
- Complained of being tired on waking up, in the morning; got up and went to bed again two or three times (next morning), 120.
- Great desire to lie down and sleep, 161. [1540.]
- In half an hour felt sleepy, ate a part of a sour apple and slept a short time, but soon started up in a fright, with flushed face and mild delirium, 204.
- Sleep, 27.
- He often falls asleep, and when waking, assumes a comically majestic appearance, 1.
- Sleeping in the daytime; he wakes with an important and solemn look, 2.
- Slept later than usual (seventeenth day), 219.
- Quiet sleep, 15 . [Curative effect. -Hughes.]
- Sleeps a few hours (after some minutes), 25.
- Sleeps twenty-four hours, 15.
- Awakes with difficulty, in the morning, 1.
- Deep sleep, with snoring, 28.* [1550.]
- Deep sleep and various dreams; one full of different apparitions, 77.
FEVER
- Chilliness. [1580.]
- Chilliness and shivering in the limbs, at night, 15.
- Coldness and chill, for eight hours, 1.
- Shaking chill through the whole body, with single jerks, partly of the whole body, partly of single limbs, of the elbows and knee-joints, without thirst, 3.
- Chilliness along the back, in the afternoon, 15.
- Whenever he takes a dose, a disagreeable, shuddering chill runs over him as if he dreaded it (after three, four, and five hours), 3.
- From 6 to 7 P.M. felt chilly (second day), 210.
- General shivering, with the uneasiness about the throat, 123.
- Shivering sensation on the chin, 12.*
- She lies on the floor, cold, senseless, and weak, and breathing feebly (after two hours), 23 . [Earliest effects. -Hughes.]
- Coldness of the whole body, 1.* [1590.]
- Temperature diminished, 103.
- Affected with a "sudden coldness in a very extraordinary manner," 157.
- Temperature diminished, skin cold, covered with cold sweat, 153.
- Skin cool, 153.
- Skin rather cool, but no more than could be attributed to an hour's exposure in the wind, 166.
- Skin icy cold, and covered with clammy sweat, the hands and feet livid (after seven hours), 201.
- Skin cold and moist, 98.
- Skin cold, and covered with sweat, 97.
- Face, hands, and feet blue and cold, 118.
- Extremities and trunk cold, 34. [1600.]
- Extremities cold, almost immovable, 31.
- Coldness and paralysis of the limbs, 78.
- *Coldness of the limbs, 1, 81, 98 , etc.
- Hands and feet cold, 153.*
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Morning ), Mental state; vertigo; frontal headache; dim vision; cough; itching.
- ( Forenoon ), The symptoms.
- ( Noon ), fever.
- ( Evening ), When walking, unsteadiness; in dark-room, blue spots before eyes; eructations; cough; fever.
- ( Night ), Pain in sternum; sweat.
- ( When alone ), Mental state.
- ( Cough ), Pain in chest.
- ( Coffee ), Stupor, anxiety, etc.
- ( Darkness ), Mental state.
- ( Eating ), Trembling of hands.
- ( Light of a lamp ), Convulsions.
- ( During menses ), Loquacity; voluptuous odor of body.
- ( After menses ), Sobbing and whining.
- ( Motion ), Vomiting of bile; pain in abdomen and back.
- ( Pressure ), Pain in stomach.
- ( Sitting ), Giddiness.
- ( Standing ), Vertigo.
- ( Swallowing ), Dryness of throat; spasm of throat.
- ( Talking ), Pain in chest and sternum.
- ( Walking ), Giddiness; pain in right side of head; pain in chest; pain in breasts; pain in right hip-joint; pain in thigh.
- ( Walking in open air ), Frontal headache.
- Amelioration.
- ( Indoors ), The symptoms.
- ( Imbibing liquid ), The symptoms.
- ( Leaning head to right ), Pain in right side of head.
- ( Rubbing ), Itching in eye; feeling and sand in eye.
SUPPLEMENT: STRAMONIUM. Authorities.
244 , J. E. Chancellor, M.D., Virginia Med. Month., March, 1879, p. 962, a child, æt. two years and a half, drank an infusion of the seeds; 245 , F. H. Underwood, M.D., Pub. Mass. Hom. Med. Soc., vol. iv, p. 355, Miss A., æt. twenty-two years, in good health, except occasional attacks of nervous restlessness, with a sensation of fear, took a gobletful warm, of a strong decoction made with boiling water.
MIND
- Intoxication, with a feeling of heaviness in the body. Diminished memory; she would begin to speak of something, and before finishing would forget what she was talking about. She does everything in great haste. Her movements are all hurried. Stupefaction of the senses. All things appear to her as if they were new; even her friends appear to her as if she had never seen them before. She apprehends the loss of her senses, ot that she is becoming imbecile. She has strange fancies. Frightful fancies. Her features show fright and terror. She does not dare to walk without assistance, lest she should fall. Great anxiety and fear. Restlessness and nervousness beyond description. Constant fear of sudden death. At times believed herself dying, and could not be convinced to the least contrary. Great fatigue from the least exertion; when going from her bed to the door of room, only a few steps, she was obliged to sit down twice. Her whole body was sensitive to touch, and every motion aggravated. Frequent attacks of gloomy fancies, accompanied with tears, 245.
HEAD
- Head feels empty, hollow, and sensitive to every sound; it is confused, and she is unable to think much or reckon. Stupid feeling of the head. Vertigo; the head feels drawn backward. Great dislike to move about, and an inability to sit up straight any length of time. Vertigo when raising the head from the pillow. Her voice, to her, did not seem to have its usual sound; it seemed higher and finer than usual. Great heat of the head: Cold face. A disagreeable lightheadedness, with a feeling of great weakness in the head. Red rash on the face, neck, and back, which resembles that accompanying scarlet fever. Giddiness while sitting or standing in a room. Giddy headache, with faintness. Frequent inclination to raise the head from the pillow. Moves her head to and fro. Redness of the face and eyes. Frequent redness of the face. Her nose feels obstructed and dry, although she is able to breathe through it, 245.
EYE
- A sensation as of sparks of fire rushing from the stomach to the eyes. Obscuration of sight; things looked blue and smoky, and at times could see only half an object at once. Redness of the eyes and face. Eyes are staring. All things look smaller, and at a greater distance than they are. Dilatation of the pupils. Extreme dilatation of the pupils. She complains that the rays of the sun dazzle her eyes. Eyes glisten. Dimness of sight; she is unable to discern small things, such as the point of a pin. Indistinct, confused sight. Fiery visions before the eyes. With staring eyes and dilated pupils she saw nothing; did not recognize any of her family. Every one's face looked to her as clear and as smooth as a piece of satin; and small spots like freckles, on a person's face, were not discernible for ten days after taking the poison, 245.
MOUTH
- Tongue.
- Tongue felt stiff, dry, and parched to the very root, and felt as if edges rolled up as hard and stiff as sole-leather. Tongue is paralyzed; it trembles when she attempts to put it out. Swelling of the tongue, which hangs out of the mouth. Dryness of the tongue and palate, so that they feel quite rough, with no thirst at first, 245.
- General Mouth.
- Sore lips; they parch up and chap, then peel. Grinding of the teeth. Bloody froth at the mouth every morning. Feeling of great dryness in the mouth, with want of saliva, 245.
- Taste.
Water tasted like leather for three weeks. Eggs tasted like Sulphur. Food tastes bitter. Constant bitter taste in the mouth. Loss of appetite, 245.
THROAT
- Dryness of the throat, with a saliva like stiff froth, mixed with cotton-wool. Dryness of the throat. Strangulating sensation in the throat. Food and drink were swallowed with great difficulty, and with a scraping pain. Inability to swallow, on account of dryness of the throat, 245.
STOMACH. [1690.]
- Loss of appetite. Great desire for acid drinks. Sickness at the stomach, with a desire to vomit, but an inability to do so; followed by dizziness, faintness, and a difficulty in swallowing and breathing. Indescribable feeling at the stomach, followed by partial loss of consciousness. Weak feeling at the stomach, as if everything were gone. Weakness from the least exertion, vomiting of sour-smelling mucus. Sour stomach. The first food taken, which was rice-water, had no taste, and felt apple-cores in the stomach. Stomach smarted and felt ragged, as if full of sores. Vomiting of mucus at night. Anxiety about the pit of the stomach. Anxiety about the pit of the stomach, with difficulty of breathing. A sensation of weakness so great that she could not describe it. Nausea. Bilious vomiting after the least motion, 245.
ABDOMEN
- Abdomen bloated, but not hard. Rumbling in the abdomen. Feeling in the abdomen, as if living animals were moving in it. Emission of large quantities of flatus, 245.
CHEST
- A feeling of great faintness, as there were no air, or, as if the air did her no good. Difficult breathing. Sensation as if something were turning about in the chest. She is unable to inspire a sufficient amount of air. Feeling of dryness in the chest. She has paroxysms of fainting; says she wants more air, 245.
HEART AND PULSE
- A sudden sensation of weakness, and violent beating of the heart. She would wake from a deep sleep with violent beating of the heart. Pulse full and strong. Pressure in the region of the heart, 245.
EXTREMITIES
- Trembling and shuddering of the limbs. Limbs were paralyzed for eight hours. Hands and feet numb, or like wooden ones, or as if they did not belong to the body. Trembling of the arms when eating. Trembling of one hand when eating. Trembling of one limb. Convulsions of the limbs. The limbs feel as if gone to sleep. Drawing pain in the thighs. Sensation as if one part of the joint were separated from another. Immobility of the limbs. Creeping in the limbs. Tingling in all the limbs. Creeping extending from the left side into the thigh. When walking, although she staggers, her limbs obey the will so readily that she feels as if she had none; they seem much longer than they are, 245.
GENERALITIES
- After thirty minutes I saw her; she was lying on the bed, with her face very red, the pupils dilated; pulse full and strong; great trembling of the limbs, and frequent unsuccessful attempts to vomit. From evident paralysis of the throat she was unable to swallow enough of a mustard emetic to cause emesis. She exhibited great inclination to go to sleep, which she was prevented from doing by the attendants walking, or, I should say, dragging her about the room, her limbs being so paralyzed that she could not walk, or even stand; and she presented a most perfect picture of intoxication. The severity of the narcotism lasted about an hour, and was followed by a state of wakefulness, which lasted about twenty-four hours. During the first two weeks of her sickness, I gathered from her the symptoms, which she assured me were entirely new to her, and many of them, she has since informed me, continued her frequent companions for more than a year. The first effect of the drug she noticed about ten minutes after she had taken it, 245.
- Spasmodic twitchings of the muscles of the upper and lower extremities, unsteady gait and inability to stand erect, with restlessness and incoherence of speech, alternately laughing, crying, and singing; some nausea and disposition to emesis; pupils widely dilated; difficult deglutition; tumultuous action of the heart; expressions of alarm and dread of falling, 244.
SLEEP
- Very drowsy. Restless sleep. While slumbering she heard two persons talk, but did not know who they were, 245.
FEVER
- Cold feet and hands. Slight sweat at night. Chills through the whole body, with single jerks, at times, of the whole body, and at other times of single limbs. Cold limbs. Chilliness and shuddering of the limbs at night. Fever in the afternoon. Sweat on the back. Frequent sweats. Profuse perspiration of the limbs, 245.