Oniscus

Oniscus asellus, Linn., and O. armadillo, L. (Armadillo officinalis, Cuv.).

Order , Isopoda.

Class , Crustacea of the articulate animals.

Common names , Sow-bug; (Fr.), Cloporte or Porcelet.

Preparations , Tincture of the living animals. [See valuable article on chemical analysis, medical history, etc., of these animals, by Dr Mehu, Bull. de Thérap., p. 304, 1877.]

Authorities.

1 , Hering, Archiv. f. Hom., 13, 1, 168, effects of the tincture; 2 , Wolff, Med. Zeit. v. Ver. d. Heilk. in Preussen, 1833, No. 47, p. 2211, effects of the three "cellar-worms," taken in a glass of brandy before a paroxism of fever; 3 , Lange, Misc. Ver. Fasc. 1, p. 56 (Am. Hom. Obs., 1872, p. 312), general statement of effects of O. armadillo.

HEAD, FACE, AND MOUTH

• Dull heaviness of the head, 1.
• Boring pain behind the right ear, on the mastoid process, with violent pulsation in the arteries, 1.
• Painful pressure above the eyebrows and on the margin of the nose, first on the left side, afterwards on the right, 1.
• Pale face, wild expression, 2.
• (The toothache that had disappeared returned), 1.
• Pressure on the soft palate posteriorly, as if would close, 1.

STOMACH AND ABDOMEN

• Thirst, 1.
• Somewhat nauseated, followed by persistent pressure, as if in the cardiac orifice of the stomach, 1.
• Continued vomiting, 2. [10.]
• Very severe colic, with meteorism and tension of the abdomen, 2.

RECTUM AND ANUS

• (Sudden desire for stool, followed by a sudden thin stool), 1.
• Burning pain in the anus, 1.

URINARY AND SEXUAL ORGANS

• Tenesmus of the bladder and rectum, with absence of stool and urine, 2.
• Cutting burning in the urethra, with excessive bodily restlessness, 2.
• Many erections, with disinclination to work, 1.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

• The mucus hawked up is streaked with blood, 1.

GENERALITIES AND SLEEP

• In young patients an hæmoptysis is induced by the salt with which these insects abound, 3.
• Inclination to stretch, 1. [20.]
• Frequent yawning, 1.