Ranunculus Glacialis

R. Glacialis, Linn.

Natural order , Ranunculaceæ.

Common names , Carlina or Cacline (mountaineers of Viq.).

Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant.

Authorities.

Dr. Coddé, of Spoleto, Journ. de la soc. gal, 1855, vol. 6, p. 729; 1 , Mon. F., took tincture; 2 , Dr. Coddé, took 1 drop of the 3d dil., at 10 P.M.; 2 a , same, took a month later a drop of the 9th dil., at 11 P.M.

HEAD

• Towards 9.30 A.M., when walking in the open air, enormous weight in the head, vertigo; it seems to me that I an seized with an incipient fit of apoplexy. A cup of café au lait caused this sensation to cease, and the dizziness did not return, 2.
• Headache, 1.
• Behind the head, in the region of the cerebellum, sense of tension, 2.
• Just before daybreak, drawing headache, more on the right side than the left, which ceased on my getting up, 2.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

• When lying in bed, breathing becomes difficult, 2a.

CHEST

• When turning in bed, slight internal pain in the infero-posterior portion of the chest, 2a.
• After three days, in the evening, feeling of compression in the whole chest, 2a.
• A little before midnight I could not endure the weight of the corverlet on the chest, 2a.
• Stitches in the right side, 1.

SLEEP. [10.]

• Sleeplessness at night, 2.
• Broken sleep, at night, 2a.

FEVER

• Coldness even on the thighs, 2a.
• General perspiration, 1.
• General and copious nocturnal sweat, more abundant on the thighs, 2.
• At day-break slight perspiration all over, 2a.