Mandragora officinarum, Mill. (Also M. vernalis, Berthol.) Atropa mandragora, Linn.

Natural Order , Solanaceæ.

Common name , Mandrake.

Preparation , Tincture of plant without the root (Dufresne).

Authorities.

1 , Dr. L. C. Dufresne, Bib. Hom. de Genève, 2, 498, 1834, effects on self and another from smelling repeatedly at short intervals of the expressed juice of the plant (which has a nauseating odor like reptiles' (adders') flesh); 2 , Dr. Benjamin W. Richardson, Brit. and For. Med.-Chir. Rev., 1874, p. 242, vol. 53; also vol. 51, effects of the tincture to 20 minims.

HEAD

Heaviness and confusion of the head, 1.
A sense of fulness in the vessels of the brain, 2.

EYE

Mandragora causes dilatation of the pupil, 2.
A peculiarly enlarged and confused vision, 2.

EAR

Exaggeration of sounds, 2.

NOSE

Coryza, 1.

MOUTH

The tincture benumbs the tongue when a little is placed upon it, 2.
Singular taste, and sensation of acidity and dryness, which last for several days, 2.

STOOL

Inaction of the bowels, with white had fæces when the bowels are induced to act, 2.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS. [10.]

Hoarseness, 1.
Slight cough, with expectoration, 1.
Difficult breathing, 1.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS

A curious restless excitability, akin to hysteria, perhaps we might say essentially hysterical, 2.
Lingering uneasiness and coldness after the removal of other symptoms, 2.
Bodily weariness, 1.
All the unpleasant symptoms go off night in bed, and are succeeded by a gentle perspiration, 1.
Great irregularities in diet, such as the use of wine, coffee, and cigars, caused all the symptoms to disappear in three days in one prover; with a careful diet they lasted eight days, and were then removed by

Nux vom . and Belladonna , followed by Camphor, 1.

SLEEP

Desire for sleep, 2.

FEVER

Lingering coldness and uneasiness after the removal of other symptoms, 2. [20.]
Shivering sensation in the afternoon, 1.

Mandragora