Kousso

Hagenia Abyssinica, Willd. (1799).

Synonyms , Brayera anthelmintica, Kunth (1823); Banksia Abyssinica, Bruce (1790, but Banksia had already been given by Linnæus to another genus).

Natural order , Rosaceæ.

Common names , Kousso, Kusso, Cosso, Koso (and Habbe).

Authority.

Cattell, Br. J. of Hom., 11, 340, effects when administered for tænia.

HEAD

• Cephalalgia.

STOMACH

• Thirst.
• Nausea.
• Vomiting.

ANUS

• Prolapsus ani.

STOOL

• Watery diarrhœa.
• Stools loose and dark.
• Expulsion of lumbrici, of dead tænia solium, and of bothriocephalus latus.

URINARY ORGANS

• Increased secretion of urine. [10.]
• Diuresis, followed by scanty urine.

SEXUAL ORGANS

• Miscarriage.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS

• Rapid prostration of strength.
• Extreme prostration.

FEVER

• Slight sensation of heat.

SUPPLEMENT: KOUSSO. Authorities.

2 , M. Chomel, Ann. de Thérap. (quoted by Pereira, in Pharm. Journ., vol. x, 1851, p. 23), effects when used for tapeworm; 3 , Johnston's Travels in Southern Abyssinia (ibid., vol. ii, 1844, p. 272); 4 , Dr. Courbon, Pharm. Journ., Second Series, vol. iii, 1862, p. 20, effects of flowers reduced to powder, taken fasting, for tænia.

• The whole of the remedy was rejected by vomiting, 2.
• It soon produces nausea, accompanied with great acridity. An hour after taking the medicine, the patient has an ordinary solid stool; an hour or an hour and a half later a liquid stool; and at the end of three hours, or sometimes from four to six hours, the tænia solium is expelled in the form of a whitish ball or knot, 4.
• The operation is speedy and effectual; and to judge by the prostration of strength it occasioned in my servants when they employed this medicine, it must be dreadfully severe. I can answer for this, that it occasions frequent miscarriages, often fatal to the mother, and even men have been known, after a large dose, to have died the same day from its consequences, 3.