Euonymus Europæus, Linn.

Natural order , Celestraceæ.

Common names , Spindle tree (Burning bush).

Preparation , Trituration of the seeds.

Authority.

Dr. Graeser; a man, aged 43, took eighteen seeds one evening, and as many more next morning, fasting, Med. Jahrb. f. das Herzog. Nassau, 15 and 16 Heft, 1859.

He was seized with frightful abdominal pains, profuse diarrhœa, eventually bloody (soon after last dose). He was not seen till evening, when he was in a state of profound collapse, with involuntary evacuations of blood and mucus. On lifting him up, tetanic convulsions were induced, which immediately preceded death.

SUPPLEMENT: EVONYMUS EUROPÆUS. Authority.

2 , Prakt. Mittheil. d. corresp. Gesellsch. hom. Ærzte, Jahrg., 1827 (Noack and Trinks.)

MIND

Morose mood, 2.
Peevishness, 2.
Fretful humor, 2.
Disinclination to work, 2.
Loss of ideas, 2.
Vanishing of thought on exerting the mind when reflecting about anything, and ill-humor thereat, 2.

HEAD

Great vertigo, whirling sensation in the head, especially in the forehead, aggravated while sitting, 2.
Headache with great chilliness, 2. [10.]
Pressing pains in the forehead, 2.
Violent pressure in the forehead between the eyes, at one time becoming ameliorated, at another ceasing entirely, 2.
Painful drawing from the left side of the frontal bone to the malar bone, 2.
Drawing pains in the forehead, 2.
Tension above the skin of the forehead, at times a convulsive drawing back and forth, 2.
Pressing pains in the temples, 2.
Pressure on the right temporal bone, 3.
Persistent and increasing pain in the left temporal bone, 2.
Feeling as if a nail were pressing into the head on the right side, near the vertex, 2.
Stitches in the head, now in the right, now on the left side, now in both sides at the same time, not aggravated by touch, 2. [20.]
Violent deep stitches at one time very low down in the occiput at the right side, at another in the left frontal eminence, now in the right temple, then in the right parietal bone, then in the left, then the right temporal bone, as far as the mastoid process, 2.

EYE

Pressure in the eye, aggravated by external pressure, 2.
Pressing pain in the eye, 2.
Excessive pressure upon the eyebrows, when most violent the eyeballs seem compressed, and are very painful, 2.
Benumbing pressure above the right orbit, 2.
Obscuration of vision, 2.
Mist before the eyes, seeming to be in a tremulous motion, with some vertigo, 2.
Dark spots before the eyes, 2.

EAR

Roaring in the ears, 2.

FACE

Drawing pain in the face, 2. [30.]
Tearing pain in the face, 2.
Tearing in the left side of the face, especially of the frontal bone, 2.
Paralytic pain in the right malar bone, 1.
Pressing pain in the malar bone, 2.
Painful pressure on the lower margin of the left malar bone, 2.
Drawing from the malar bone to the lower jaw, 2.
Sharp stitches in the left malar bone, 2.
Frightful intermittent sharp stitches beneath the right zygoma, 2.
Crawling on the left cheek, 2.

MOUTH

Tearing pain in the teeth, 2. [40.]
Tearing in the teeth of the right side, 2.
Cutting pains in the tongue, 2.
Cutting in the muscle under the tongue, 2.

STOMACH

Nausea and inclination to vomit (Viborg, from Wibmer), 2.
Vomiting and diarrhœa (De Candolle, from Wibmer), 2.
Sharp stitches in the pit of the stomach, 2.
Violent stitches near the pit of the stomach, now in the right, now in the left side, 2.

ABDOMEN

Pressing pain in the umbilical region, 2.
Pressure in the umbilical region, during and after eating, 2.
Pressure above the navel, near the pit of the stomach, 2. [50.]
Stitches beneath the navel, 3.
Cutting pains in the abdomen, 2.
Violent cutting and constriction in the lower abdomen, as if the abdomen would be cut off under the ribs, in the morning in bed, 2.
Acute pain in the whole lower abdomen beneath the diaphragm, at one time seeming like a pressure of the diaphragm up towards the thorax; at one time as a constriction of the whole lower abdomen, at another as a sticking as with many needles, or like sharp stitches in the intestines, again finally a drawing about in the intestines as from flatus, 2.
Stitches in the middle of the right side of the lower abdomen, 2.
Stitches as from several needles in the left half of the lower abdomen, on inspiration, 2.

SEXUAL ORGANS

Cutting in the penis, seeming to extend to the bladder, not hindering micturition, 2.
Cutting pains in the penis, 2.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

Sighing, 2.

CHEST

Fulness and tightness of the chest, obliging deep breathing, 2. [60.]
Sore and bruised sensation in the chest, 2.
Violent pain in the chest, aggravated by inspiration, relieved by expiration, 2.
Tension in the sternum, 2.
Burrowing pain beneath the sternum, without actual embarrassment of respiration, 2.
Stitches near the ensiform cartilage, 2.
A sensation of compression in the whole circumference of the left side of the thorax, with special pain in the region of the left nipple, and posteriorly beneath the left scapula, 2.
Benumbing compressing pressure beneath the left nipple, 2.
Slight painful drawing in the region of the left nipple, in the evening before going to bed, 2.
Burrowing about in the left side of the thorax, at one time beneath the scapula, and posteriorly near the spine, at another beneath the arm, at another beneath the nipple, manifesting itself by thrusts, stitches, and pressure, 2.
Pain in the left side on a line with the ensiform cartilage, 2. [70.]
Electric-like shocks towards the left side ot the thorax, 2.
Sharp stitches beneath the last left ribs, after eating, 2.
Sharp stitches in the right side above the nipple, 2.
Sharp stitches in the right side, somewhat below or on the last true ribs, and difficult respiration with every stitch, 2.
Some shattering sharp benumbing stitches in the region of the left nipple, 2.

HEART

Anxiety at the heart like an internal pressure, affecting even the spirits, 2.

BACK

Crawling like formication up and down the left half of the back, 2.
Needlelike stitches near the left side of the spine, about the middle of the body, 2.
A stitch like an electric shock in the small of the back, and extending upward in a zigzag along the spine to the scapular region, frequently repeated, 2.
Violent stitches in the first lumbar vertebra, 2. [80.]
Crawling, biting, itching, or paralytic pain in the left side of the posterior circumference of the pelvis, 2.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

Frightful tearing in the left shoulder, at the point where the arm joins the scapula, 2.
Tearing pain in the shoulders, 2.
Pain in the left humerus and shoulder-joint, gradually increasing, 2.
Paralytic pain here and there in the fingers, 2.
Pressing pain in the fingers, 2.
Drawing pain in the finger joints, 2.
Painful drawing at the articulation of the left index-finger with the metacarpus, 2.
Violent sticking at one time in both hips at the same time, at another alternating between them, 2.
Drawing pain in the thighs, 2. [90.]
Intermittent drawing in the upper part of the left thigh, beneath the joint, 2.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

Paralytic pain in the knees caused by walking, aggravated by standing, 2.
Constant pain in the forepart of the knee, 2.
Paralytic drawing on the inner side of the right leg, only while standing, 2.
Pressing pain in the feet, 2.
Painful sensation (pressure and sticking) beneath the outer malleolus of the left foot, more anteriorly, along the outer side of the foot, during rest and motion, with soreness and pain in bed, 2.
Pressing pain in the toes, 2.

GENERALITIES

Sticking drawing in all parts of the body, especially in the back, 2.
Sticking pains in various parts of the body, 2.
Symptoms oblige lying down, and then disappear, but reappear in other parts, 2. [100.]
After a meal the symptoms of the head, chest, and abdomen are always aggravated, 2.
Most of the troubles appear on the left side, 2.

SKIN

Small pustules (reddish spots) on the chest and back, without moisture, lasting several days, 2.
Biting, itching, crawling in various parts of the body, obliging scratching and rubbing, followed by burning, 2.

FEVER

Violent shivering chill over the whole body, 2.

Euonymus Europæus