Tannin

Digallic acid, C14H10O9.

Preparation , Triturations.

Authorities.

1 , M. Cavarra, Bul. Therap., March, 1837 (Boston Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 17, 1837, p. 204), took three pills, each containing 2 1/2 grains, for three successive days; two other healthy persons took same with similar results; 2 , Wien. Med. Woch., 1865 (Monart. Blatt., 13, p. 16), effects of large doses; 3 , same, a woman, æt. twenty-seven years, took a large quantity for diarrhœa.

MOUTH

• Tongue white, dry, 3.
• Leathery dryness of the mucous membrane of the mouth and intestinal canal, 2.

STOMACH

• Loss of appetite, 3.
• Thirst, 3.
• Vomiting, 2.
• Obstinate vomiting of bilious substances, 3.
• Symptoms of ileus and vomiting, 3.
• Indigestion, 2.
• Painful sensation in the epigastric region and abdomen, 2. [10.]
• Violent pressure in the stomach, 3.

ABDOMEN

• The intestines could be felt like cylindrical enlargements through the walls of the abdomen; over these parts percussion was sometimes dull, 3.
• Distension of the abdomen, 2.
• Abdomen sensitive to pressure but not distended, 3.
• Pains in the abdomen, 2.
• Symptoms of ileus, 2.
• Colic, 2.

STOOL

• Purulent and bloody discharge from the bowels, 2.
• Obstinate constipation, 2.
• Obstinate constipation for eight days, 3. [20.]
• An obstinate attack of constipation, which lasted for eight days, and was only dissipated on the ninth by 2 drops of Croton oil, 1.

URINARY ORGANS

• Urine scanty, dark-colored, 3.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

• Respiration 36, 3.

HEART AND PULSE

• Palpitation, 3.
• Pulse 108, 3.

GENERALITIES

• Weakness, 2.

FEVER

• Fever, 3.