Ranunculus acris

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SammculllB acriSi buttercup, upright meadow crowfoot.

I. Provings. — I. Lembke took, Sept. 6, 9 p.m., 30 dr. aq, herba Ran, acrisy and again at 9.30, 30 dr. Persistent scraping taste in throat from each dose. At 10.30 p.m. i teaspoonful. — 7th. 9 a.m., I teaspoonful, and the same at 4 p.m. — 8th. 8 a.m., i teaspoonful, and Che same at 9 a.m. Yesterday and to-day wandering pains in

• " A few doses of »nd dil. given to my wife, suffering from pleurodynia but otherwise well, produced fluor albus of a mild kind, but so profuse and attended with so great depression and weaknc» that she refused to take any more " (Dr. Oehme, in IbU).

limbs, also in joints of hands, knees, feet, and toes, heat in head, tearing in forehead and face, 2 loose stools m. 7 p.m., 9.30 p.m., and 10.30 p.m., I tcaspoonful. When walking, repeated heaviness and weakness of lower limbs, aho on 9th, m., in bed. In n. of 9th Sept. urinated several timcs.^-9th. Repeated tearing in 1. ankle-joint when walking and when at rest. — 13th, 8 a.m., 1 teaspoonful. Tearing in wrists and ankle-joints, in thumb and forehead. 5 p.m., copious liquid stool without pain, and again at 7 p.m. In e. tearing in r. cheek to temple. — 14th, 7 p.m., I teaspoonful. 8 p.m., t teaspoonful. Tearing in r. pectoral muscles below nipple, increased by inspiration, boring in forehead, drawing in r. tibia and elbow, much eructation of tasteless air, nausea, drawing in ankle-joints, head hat and heavy, forehead moist. 9 p.m., I teaspoonful. Nausea and much saliva in mouth. In skin of r. cheek a peculiar sensation as if it were touched here and there by a cold thin body, lasting some time, and then a similar sensation in 1. check. Pressure in elbows, anklcsj and knees when sitting, relieved by moving. Urinated 3 times at n. — 15th. S a.m., skin moist, tearing in tibiae and temples. Pain in r. side of chest as yesterday. — i6th. Tearing in hip, shoulder^ and ankle-joints. 7 and 8 p.m., 1 teaspoonful. Severe nausea. In lumbar muscles when bending body and turning, pain several times, also in joints named, — l/th., m., same pains several times during d. when sitting and when moving. — i8th, 9 a.m., 2 teaspoonfuls. Tearing in wrists, ankles, and shoulders, in forehead and in r. pectoral muscles. [N. Xeitsch./", horn. KL^ xii, 26.)

II, Poisonings, — I, Applied to the temple, it has caused headache, intolerable heat, and fainting. Applied to the joints, soreness and obstinate ulcers. (Archiv^ vii, 3, a 18.)

1. A robust woman, xt. 70, who suffered from pains in limbs, boiled a i{iw handfuls of R. a., washed her legs with the decoction, and applied the boiled plant as a cataplasm, e. At n. woke up with violent pains, removed the poultice, and washed herself with water. Next m. the doctor found her with violent erethic fever, intolerable pains in legs and feet, which appeared as if burnt up to knees. Skin hot, red, very painful, and in parts raised up in blisters. On 3rd d. mortification had set in in several parts, she trembled, fainted on rising up \ anxiety, restlessness, with small rapid pulse and red face. On the nth d. there was fever and sweat, with critical urine, and the sores improved. (Krebs, Med, Annaien^ Heidelbtrg^ i, pt. 3, p. 440, in Frank^s Mag.y iii, 312.)