RHAMNUS CATHARTICUS.

Rhamnus catharticus, Linn.

Natural order , Rhamnaceæ.

Common names , Buckthorn; (G.), Wegdorn; (F.), Nerprun, Bourguépine.

Preparation , Tincture or fluid extract of the ripe berries.

Authorities.

1 , All. Zeit. f. Hom., 2, 139, 1850; 2 , Leopold, Casp. Woch., 1850 (S. J., 68, 180), effects of the berries, in a boy.

EYE

• Eyes glistening and injected, 2.

FACE

• Trembling of the lips, 2.
• Symptoms of commencing trismus, 2.

MOUTH

• Coated tongue, 1.
• Extremely bitter taste, 1.

THROAT

• Scraping in the throat, 1.

STOMACH

• Complete loss of appetite, 1.

ABDOMEN

• Violent rumbling and griping, especially cutting pains in the ileo-cæcal region and in the transverse colon, 1.
• The abdomen became hard and distended, 2. [10.]
• Abdomen tympanitic, 1.
• Colic, 2.

STOOL

• Diarrhœa, 2.
• Liquid stools, 1.

URINARY ORGANS

• Urine highly colored, 1.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

• Respiration short and anxious, 2.

PULSE

• Pulse variable, 2.

EXTREMITIES

• Weakness and prostration in all the limbs, 1.

GENERALITIES

• The boy was unable to rise, could not walk; he seemed to endeavor to press the head against the wall of the room, 2.

FEVER

• Violent chilliness, 1. [20.]
• Skin at one time warm, at another cold, 2.