Phallus

by Timothy F. AllenThe Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

Phallus impudicus, L.

Natural order , Fungi.

Common name , Stinkhorn.

Preparation , Tincture of whole fungus.

Authority.

Kaleniczensko, effects of an infusion, five or six spoonfuls, taken during twenty-four hours, for experiment, L'Union Méd., 1865, No. 34.

HEAD

  • Vertigo.

EYE

  • Difficult vision.
  • Obscuration of vision.
  • Objects seem colored gray, as in smoke.

THROAT

  • Great dryness of the throat, with irritation, as from black pepper.

STOMACH

  • Loss of appetite.
  • Devouring thirst.
  • Violent vomiting, with profuse salivation.
  • Gastroenteralgia.

ABDOMEN. [10.]

  • Painful sensitiveness of the whole abdomen.

STOOL

  • Watery diarrhœa.

URINARY ORGANS

  • Urine deep-red, depositing a sediment of urates of lime and soda.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

  • Dry, oppressive cough.

GENERALITIES

  • Great feebleness of the whole body.

SLEEP

  • Sleepiness.

FEVER

  • After a few days all the pores became opened; profuse viscid perspiration.

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