Lycosa Tarentula.

Animal kingdom.

Class , Myriopoda.

Order , Araneideæ.

Common name , Tarantula.

Preparation , Tincture of the living spiders.

Authorities. ( 1 to 8 , from Georgius Baglivi, Dissertatio de Anat. Morsu et Effectibus Tarantulæ, Romæ, 1695, Antwerp, 1715, cap. 6).

1 , general statement; 2 , a woman was bitten on the right leg in 1689; 3 , case of another woman; 4 , bite of black scorpion on the bare leg, death in a few hours; 5 , a young man ate a melon in which a scorpion had been lying, death on the third day; 6 , Franciscus Mustellus, was bitten on the left hand by a tarantula, in July; 7 , Epiphanio Ferdinando, ex obs. sua 87, Petrus Simeon Messapienfils, was bitten in the left hypochondrium by a tarantula; 8 , a physician in Naples was bitten in the left forearm in Aug., 1693, by tarantulæ brought from Apulia; 9 , Stephen Storace, Med. Museum, vol. 2, 1763, p. 350, a ploughman was bitten; 10 , Dr. Francesco, Mazzolani Observatore Medico (Lancet, 1826, p. 129), a boy, æt. fifteen, was bitten on the second toe of the left foot; 11 , M. Rinzi, Journ. Hebdom. (Lond. Med. Gaz., 1833, p. 848), general effects; 12 , Dr. Ferramoson, Obs. Med. de Napoli, 1834 (A. H. Z., 8, 297), effects of swallowing a tarantula with grapes; 13 , Dr. Nunez (translated by J. A. Terry, M.D., from the original work, and its French translation with notes and additions by Dr. J. Perry, North Am. Journ. of Hom., New Ser., vol. 2, p. 387), provers, physicians, Messrs. Saurez Monge, Fernandez del Rio, Tejero, Tejedor, Cuesta, Dubost, J. Perry, and Hernandez Ros; under direction of Dr. Cuesta, two girls, æt. eighteen and twenty-two years; under Dr. Iturralde, two girls, æt. thirteen and fifteen years; under Dr. Alvarez Gonzalez. a woman æt. forty years; under M. Chatagnier, a woman, æt. thirty-three years, and another of fifty years, passing through the change of life, dilutions used, 3, 6, 12, 200; duration of action, from six to eight weeks; 14 , Prof. J. Gross., Gaz. Med. Ital. (Am. Obs. vol. 7, 1870, p. 32), effect of bite on the hand; , M. O. H. Hardenstein (Am. Journ. of Hom. Mat. Med., vol. 4, 1870, p. 106), a negro girl, æt. eighteen years, was bitten a little to right of left patella; , J. Heber Smith (New Eng. Med. Gaz., vol. 10, 1875, p. 241), reported from letters by Dr. J. T. Sherman. Dr. Sherman killed tarantula by immersion for twenty-four hours in alcohol; after removing and drying it, he noticed at the end of a leg a drop of liquid, which he wiped off with a wooden tooth-pick; a few minutes later he discovered himself rolling the tooth-pick between his thumb and forefinger, on the latter of which was a recent scratch.

MIND

Emotional.
Paroxysm of insanity ; she presses her head and pulls her hair; rests about six minutes, and then she begins again, with restlessness, complaining, and threatening; strikes her head with her hands, scratches herself, does not answer when questioned; threatening manners and speech; restlessness of the legs ; strikes her body, continues threatening; deep anguish, her clothes annoy her; continual restlessness, threatening words of destruction and death; she believes she is insulted; general trembling; pain in abdomen, relieved by pressure with her hands; she seems to listen, and answers with words and gesticulations; a mocking laughter, and joy expressed in her countenance. She comes out of this attack with a severe headache, eyes staring and wide open; she sees small figures hovering before her eyes, and moves her hands, 13.*
Insanity on account of an unfortunate love, 13.
Great agitation, 10.
Great excitement caused by music; one hour after it, general and copious perspiration, 13.*
Dementia, with individuals inclined to sadness, and of a gloomy disposition, 13.
*Hysteria, 13.
Severe attack of hysteria, lasting half an hour; increased by moaning; relieved by sighing, 13.
Hysteria, with bitter belching. Repeated yawning, which lasted from a quarter to half an hour, 13.
Beginning of insanity; they sing, dance, and cry, without fever, 13. [10.]
Ludicrous and lascivious hysteria in a woman of twenty-nine years; the patient had to be restrained by force, 13.
Visions of monsters or animals, that frightened him, 13.
Vision of different things not present, as faces, insects, ghosts, etc. The colors, red, yellow, and green, and particularly black, produce heavy mist before the eyes. Hallucinations, sees strangers in the room, 13.
Nervous crisis, more intense with women and girls, 13.
Feigned paroxysms; a girl simulating fainting and insensibility, looks sideways to watch the effect produced on those around her, 13.
Hysteria, with crossness, .

HEAD

Vertigo.
Giddiness, 11.
Vertigo on walking, 13. [80.]
Vertigo after breakfast, with a bad taste in the mouth, 13.
Sudden vertigo, in the air, on coming downstairs; repeating several times, 13.
Transient vertigo during the night, 13.
Vertigo, preceded by gastric symptoms, aggravated by carrying anything heavy on the head, 13.
Vertigo, rush of blood to the head, which feels heavy; sickness at the stomach, 13.
Different kinds of vertigo, and so severe that it makes him fall down to the ground, without losing consciousness, 13.
Vertigo in the evening, with cloudiness of the head, 13.
Vertigo, dizziness, malaise, belching, nausea, bloating of the stomach, gagging, and efforts to vomit, with vomiting of food, 13.
Dizziness, with severe pain in the cerebellum, 13.
Dizziness, accompanied with incomplete erection of the penis, and formication on the soft palate, 13. [90.]
Cloudiness of the head, with severe pain in the occiput, 13.
General Head.
Contortions and extraordinary movements of the head and hands, with rage of nervous agitation, 13.
Necessity of moving the head from right to left, and to rub it against some object, with crossness, 13.
Heaviness in the head, particularly in the evening, 13.
Great heaviness of the head, and when waking up in the morning, preventing somewhat the opening of the eyes, and at the same time, pyrosis, 13.
After some fever, heaviness of the head, lasting eight days, 13.
Weakness of the head, 4.
Headache, with giddiness, when fixing the sight on any object, 13.
Headache when waking up, which compels to lie down again; sensation as if a hammer was striking the head, and the blows resounding in the throat, 13.
Headache, with burning heat, and general perspiration; oppression at the chest, and palpitation of the heart; sadness and desire to cry, . [100.]

EYE

Objective. [170.]
Blue circle around the eyes, with a sad countenance, 13.
Blue circle around the eyes, with a pale face, 13.
Redness of the sclerotica, particularly at the internal canthus, with sensation as of a foreign body, as dust or sand, 13.
Inflammation of the eyes, the conjunctiva much ejected; right pupil much dilated , the left one contracted; this symptom was noticeable for several days; complete loss of vision in the right eye until the dilated pupil contracted; objects seen with the left eye appeared bright red, 16.
Eyes glaring, red, 15.
Subjective.
Heaviness of the right eye, in the night, 13.
Heaviness of the left eye, 13.
Pain in the eyes and sockets, as produced by a spark, with burning heat, 13.
Pain in the eyes and temples, in the morning, 13.
Pain in the right eye, 13. [180.]
Pain in the left eye, as if cold water was poured into it, 13.
Pain as of something striking the interior of the eyes and their sockets; feels as if a splinter was introduced, with sensation as if the eyes were full of sand, 13.
Pain in the right eye, in the evening, with impaired vision; appearance of small stars before the eyes, 13.
Burning pain in the eyes, particularly at night; agglutination of the lids, in the morning (one hundredth day, in a person who never suffered before from the eyes), 13.
Shooting, lancinating pain in the right eye, in the morning, 13.
Shooting, lancinating pains in the left eye, in the evening, 13.
In the night, shooting, lancinating pains in the left eye, extending to the left parietal bone; relieved by pressure, 13.
Stinging pain in the eyes on waking, as if pricked with pins; the sight is weak and the eyes tired, as with presbyopic persons; feeling as though an eyelash was in the left eye, causing him to rub it, 13.
Light irritates and tires the eyes; company and conversation annoys him, 13.
Itching of the eyes and very thick tears, .

EAR

External.
Profuse mucous secretion from right ear, 13. [210.]
Pain at the entrance of external meatus, worse by touching, and producing the same sensation as if a nail were driven through the head, 13.
Violent pain at the entrance of external meatus, increased by the slightest touch, which produces a general shaking, 13.
Stinging pain in the right external meatus, 13.
Internal.
When getting up in the morning, a snap in the right ear, followed by a thick and brownish discharge, 13.
A snapping or cracking in the right ear, with pain and hiccough, 13.
In the evening, snapping and noise in the affected ear, hearing a little with it, 13.
Dull pain in the right ear, with increased secretion of ear-wax, 13.
In the morning, severe pain in the right ear, temple, and teeth, with burning in the right external ear, lasting until evening. The pain was worse by spells, locating itself at last in the right temple the right cheek was somewhat swollen, with sensation of formication, and worse by touching. General broken down or bruised sensation, 13.
Severe pain at intervals in the ears; a deep and dull pain during the remission 13.
Pain in the right ear, lasting all day; increasing in the afternoon, and during belching; towards evening the pain ceases, when running, 13. [220.]
Lacerating or tearing pain in the right ear, 13.
Stinging shooting pain in the internal ears and Eustachian tubes, 13.
Lancinating pains under the left ear, 13.
Lancinating pains in the left ear, early in the morning, 13.
Lancinating pain on one side of right ear, 13.
Tearing pain in the right ear, with heat; sometimes a buzzing sound, ringing of bells in others. Impaired hearing, 13.
Pricking in the right ear, 13.
In the evening, pricking in the right ear, 13.
Hearing.
Deafness of both ears for eight days, with buzzing, wheezing, and vertigo, .

NOSE

Sneezing and coryza, 13.
Coryza of the right nostril, and shooting sensation, radiating to the top of the head, 13.
Slight epistaxis, 13. [240.]
While washing the face, some drops of blood from the left nostril, 13.
Profuse hæmorrhage from the nose, the amount of blood lost measuring over one pint; the blood discharge was almost black, each drop coagulated, and sank at once, like a bullet, to the bottom of a vessel partly filled with water, and formed a large black clot (third day), 16.
Sensation of constriction in the nose, 13.
Two hours after taking the medicine in the morning, great itching in the left nostril and frequent sneezing, as after taking snuff, 13.

FACE

Countenance expressive of terror, 10.
Face pale, earthy color, in strong contrast with the nearly purple neck, 16.
Bruised pains in the bones of the face, 13.
(Cancer on the cheek, lower lip, or nose, in the beginning?), 13.
Flushed cheeks, with burning heat in the head; burning heat and sweat in the palms of the hands, 13.
Burning, scorching sensation in the lips, as after a fever, 13. [250.]
Pains in the right or left angle of the inferior maxilla, and so severe as to think he is going crazy, 13.
Pain in the direction or the right inferior maxillary nerve, with a tickling sensation in the stomach, dizziness, vanishing of sight, and buzzing in the ears, of short duration, 13.
Pain in the inferior maxilla, as if all the teeth were going to fall out; neither cold or heat relieves, 13.

MOUTH

Teeth.
Toothache, with sensation of formication, as if an insect were running in them, 13.
Pain in the teeth, with hiccough, without being carious, 13.
Pain in all the teeth, as if they were loose, and momentary sensation as if an electric spark passed through them; at the same time constrictive pain in the nose, with throbbing in the eyes and orbits, 13.
In the evening, pain in the teeth and right cheek, as after a very cold sensation or impression, 13.
Dull pain in all the teeth, with smarting in the mucous membrane of the buccal cavity, 13.
Tearing pain in all the teeth, as if they were pulled, with burning heat and perspiration, which falls in drops from the face, 13.
Tearing pain in the upper teeth, as if pulled; more intense in the right side, 13. [260.]
Slight pain in all the left upper teeth when coming in contact with the air, in the morning (in a girl 24 years old, of a nervous constitution), 13.
Slight pain in the roots of the incisors and molars, increasing when coming in contact with each other; gastric symptoms, 13.
Slight pulsating pains in the right superior canine during the night, 13.
Pulsating toothache, causing involuntary distortions of the countenance, 13.
Convulsive throbbing pain in all the teeth, with weeping and sadness, 13.
Gum.
The gum of the incisors and first molars continually bleeds, 13.
Tongue.
(Cancer of the tongue, in the beginning, with or without fetid breath?), 13.
Very painful aphthæ on the tongue, 13.
A spot or patch at the base of the tongue, a kind of aphthous ulcer the size of a lentil, 13.
A patch on the tongue near the uvula; a kind of small aphthous ulceration, with a fetid breath, 13. [270.]
Tongue coated dark brown, edges and tip fiery red, 16.
Tongue moist, 10.
Dryness and roughness of the tongue from the evening until breakfasttime the next morning, .

THROAT

Sore throat when swallowing, at the same time shooting in left eye, 13.
Sore throat on right side, when coughing, during the whole day, 13.
Sore throat when coughing, with slight redness of the mucous membrane, 13. [290.]
Pain in the throat when talking, yawning, coughing, and swallowing, 13.
Slight itching in the throat, with a dry cough, 13.
Painful constriction of the throat when swallowing, with aggravation of the mouth symptoms, when smoking, 13.
Sensation on swallowing of constriction in the throat, 13.
Sensation in the throat as if cold water was constantly dropping down; also a taste of cream of tartar in the mouth, tongue, and palate, 13.
Severe throbbing sore throat, as if striking on it, 13.
Tonsils.
Painful swelling of right tonsil not interfering with deglutition, 13.
Painful constriction in the right tonsil, extending to the ear, and aggravated by swallowing, 13.
Pressing pain in the tonsils, with yawning; necessity of stretching, with cutting pain in the left lung and heart, 13.
Pain in the tonsils and throat, with great heat, uneasiness, and movements of the head, 13. [300.]
Painful shooting in the right tonsil, radiating through the cerebrum and left side of head, 13.
Fauces.
Fauces inflamed, swollen, purplish hue; deglutition very difficult, as if from partial paralysis; on attempting to swallow, was obliged to make several unsuccessful efforts, 16.
Swallowing.
Painful swallowing, 13.
External Throat.
Throat commenced to swell externally (after eight hours), 13.
The finger became somewhat inflamed, with intolerable burning and itching in the vicinity of the scratch (after twenty-four hours); the symptoms continued to increase from this time, and on the third day they became fully developed; slight enlargement of the axillary glands, which were sensitive to touch; submaxillary and cervical glands much swollen and very sensitive, the least pressure causing intense pain; the neck was swollen anteriorly in a line from the chin to the sternum, and posteriorly in a line from the occipital protuberance to the scapulæ, dark red, nearly purple. I can convey no better ideas of the rapidity with which the swelling progressed than by mentioning that on the morning of the third day after inoculation, I had on a fourteen and a half inch collar, my usual size; at 10 A.M. I replaced it with one an inch larger; at 12 M. I again changed for one still an inch larger, which I was obliged to remove at 3 P.M., as the neck was so swollen that I was in danger of choking; the swelling continued to increase until evening, when it was much relieved by a profuse hæmorrhage from the nose, .

STOMACH

Appetite and Thirst.
Appetite soon satisfied, with great thirst, 13.
Ravenous appetite, at night, 13.
Some appetite, but indigestion and bilious symptoms after grief or a difficulty with somebody, 13. [310.]
Loss of appetite (after three hours), 2, 16.
Loss of appetite, craving for raw articles, disgust for meat, and general wasting away, 13.
Loss of appetite, with general prostration and intense thirst, followed by vomiting after eating, 13.
Loss of appetite and great thirst, but he dare not drink, being afraid of getting sick, 13.
Loss of appetite, disgust for meat, and great thirst, 13.
Loss of appetite; aversion to food; great thirst, with fear to drink, 13.
Loss of appetite, with slight pain in the stomach, heaviness of the head, sleepiness, and tendency to vomit after eating, 13.
Entire loss of appetite at breakfast, with intense thirst; this symptom lasted all through the proving, 13.
Entire loss of appetite; disgust for all kinds of food, even for bread; lacerating pain in the stomach, and painful flatulence in the abdomen, before and after eating, 13.
Thirst, loss of appetite, disgust for roasted meats, progressive debility, and prostration, 13. [320.]
Constant thirst; indescribable malaise, 13.
*Great thirst (after three hours), 2.
Constant thirst; malaise; desire for raw articles, 13.
He is obliged to eat, with intense thirst, 13.
Intense burning thirst; constant desire for large quantities of cold water, 11.
Inextinguishable thirst, 13.
Great thirst, with dryness of the mouth, 13.
Eructations.
Bitter eructations, 13.
Hiccough.
Hiccough, with toothache, without being carious, 13.
Hiccough, at 2 P.M.; sensation of pain and snapping in the right ear, as if scratching it with force, . [330.]

ABDOMEN

Hypochondria.
Swelling of the hypochondriac regions, with general weakness; difficult digestion, 13.
Swelling of the hepatic region and of all the abdomen, with paleness and a yellow tinge of the skin, 13.
Gas in the hypochondriac regions; loss of appetite; constipation; pain in the limbs; manifest impossibility to digest, with fear of eating, 13.
Pain in one or the other hypochondrium, worse from breathing heavily, when running, and eating, 13.
Pain in the hypochondriac regions, in the morning while in bed, renewed several times after getting up, 13.
Pain in the hypochondriac regions, as with some women before menstruation, from 3 to 5 P.M., frequently occurring till the appearance of the catamenia, but the pain diminished during menstruation, although the medicine was continued, 13.
Acute pain in the hypochondrium and umbilical region, 18.
Pain in both hypochondria, repeating several days, 13. [390.]
Constrictive pains in both hypochondriac regions, 13.
The hepatic region is painful to touch ; pain in the middle of the right side of the back; difficult digestion, increasing every day, and extreme languor, 13.*
Acute pain in the hepatic region, with alternation of heat and cold, 13.
Cramplike pain in the liver, with necessity of stretching, 13.
Pain in the right hypochondrium; lancinations in the epigastrium, with painful malaise, 13.
Shooting and lancinating in the right hypochondrium, in the morning, 13.
Pain in the left hypochondriac region, back, and arm of the same side, 13.
Lancinating pain in the spleen, with pain in the stomach and uterus, 13.
Pain in the left hypochondrium, and in the shoulder and arm of the same side, 13.
Umbilicus and Sides.
Pain in the umbilical region, with a sensation of anguish, 13. [400.]
Sharp acute pain in the umbilical region, with pain in the calves, preventing free movements when walking, 13.

RECTUM AND ANUS

Pain and burning in the anus after stool, 13. [460.]
Repeated shooting in the anus, 13.
Violent efforts to have a passage; hard stool with blood; pain and smarting in the anus, 13.
Unsuccessful efforts to stool; tenesmus, followed by three scanty passages, 13.
Tenesmus and colic; pressure in the abdomen and uterus, 13.

STOOL

Diarrhœa.
Profuse diarrhœa with prostration, 13.
Profuse diarrhœa, with great prostration, sadness, complete indifference, and little inclination to speak; the diarrhœa lasted from two to three days, 13.
Stools three or four times daily, very dark, fetid, partly formed, containing much mucus, expelled with difficulty, and followed by smarting and burning at the anus, but no tenesmus; stools always occurred immediately on having the head washed, 16.
Liquid passages, 13.
Bloody stool, followed by pain and smarting in the anus, 13.
Constipation.
Constipation, 13.* [470.]
Constipation, with a difficult passage; burning pain after passing some blood, 13.
Constipation, with involuntary emission of urine when coughing, laughing, or making any bodily effort whatever, 13.

URINARY ORGANS

Kidneys.
Weakness in the region of the kidneys, preventing standing; hollowness of head; prostration; forgetfulness, 13.
Indescribable derangement in the kidneys, bladder, and genital parts, ceasing after the passage of a brown fetid urine mixed with small calculus, 13.
Pain in the kidneys, caused by vesical calculus, with desire to urinate, which cannot be satisfied, 13.
Pain in the kidneys; the bladder seems swollen and hard; difficult urination; emission by drops, with burning, 13.
Pain in the kidneys; renal colic, ceasing after urinating, 13.
Dull pain in the kidneys; the legs give way suddenly, and feel as if detached from the body, 13.
Pain in the kidneys, with a debilitating sensation; pain in the legs, necessitating sitting down, 13.
Pain in the region of the kidneys, 13. [480.]
Pain in the kidneys all the day, 13.
Pain in the kidneys and hips, in the evening, 13.
Pain in the kidneys, with a very disagreeable sensation, during the forenoon, 13.
The kidneys are painful, even to touch, with sensation of soreness, debility, prostration, and dulness, 13.
Intermittent pain in the left kidney, in the morning, 13.
Shooting in the right kidney, 13.
Shooting pain in the kidneys late at night, 13.
Shooting in the right kidney, in the night while in bed, 13.
Shooting and gnawing pains in the kidneys (sixteenth day), renewed every twenty-four hours for fifty-six days; these pains lasted sometimes one or two hours, but generally a quarter or half an hour; particularly in the afternoon and night, 13.
Sticking pain in the kidneys; general debility without any apparent cause (the appetite and digestion normal); the strength gives way suddenly, 13. [490.]
Trouble in the kidneys without any appreciable cause, 13.
Bladder.
Cystitis, 13.
Swelling of the bladder, reacting on the uterus, as if this organ was violently displaced; general debility, particularly of the legs, when walking; yellow complexion, .

SEXUAL ORGANS

Male.
Painfulness of the genitals; testicles relaxed and painful to touch; pain in the groins and stricture of the urethra, 13.
Swelling of the penis, with pain in the groins, fatigue, weakness of the legs, and stricture of the urethra, 13. [510.]
Erections, with sexual appetite, 13.
Erection when awake, without erotism, only ceasing when violently exercising the whole body, 13.
Erection without erotism, 13.
Erections, disappearing easily when moving or fixing the attention on any other object, 13.
Incomplete erection, with dizziness and formication, 13.
After taking the medicine for eight days, an indolent tumor, the size of a filbert, was developed in each testicle, 13.
Heaviness and pain in the testicles; considerable swelling of the right one; is obliged to stay in bed; sexual excitement; seminal emissions, 13.
After having felt, when taking the medicine, a slight pain and swelling of the spermatic cord and right testicle, the latter became as large as a lemon, with adhesion to the scrotum in some parts; uneasiness and restlessness, with aggravation in the night and when moving, 13.
About the second day, increased pain in the spermatic cord, with heaviness of the left testicle, and great sleeplessness without cause (better by riding in a carriage), 13.
Drawing-pulling sensation in the left spermatic cord, with borborygmus and constant expulsion of gas, for six minutes, 13. [520.]
During the emission of semen, a sensation of heat is felt in its passage, and it is of a rose color, due to some blood mixed with it, 13.
Increased sexual appetite, though moderate, 13.
Sexual excitement, and continued seminal emissions on account of onanism, followed by imbecility, stupid laughter, and progressive wasting away, 13.
Excitement of the sexual appetite, 13.
Constant sexual excitement, which nothing can control; sufferings of the prostate, debilitating sweats, unconquerable sadness, and stupidity; erotism, 13.
Constant sexual excitement in a virtuous man, followed by hypochondriasis and unhappy mood, 13.
Lasciviousness in a man thirty-five years old, reaching almost to insanity, .

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

Larynx.
Roughness in the larynx and trachea, with some dry cough, and smarting in the eyelids, 13.
Sensation of roughness and scraping in the larynx and trachea, with smarting in the eyelids, and indifference, 13.
Dryness, scraping in the larynx and trachea, with frontal headache, 13.
The patient was unable to speak a word, and pointed to the larynx as the seat of the trouble, 12.
Voice.
Aphonia, with increased difficulty of breathing, 2.
Hoarseness, 13.
Cough and Expectoration.
Cough, shortness of breath, oppression, and prostration until 9 A.M., 13. [580.]
Painful cough, and sensation of dryness in the chest; laziness, languor, sadness, and fear of running into consumption, 13.
Cough, with gagging; cough produces distensive pains in the head, chest, and uterus, with sadness and anxiety; but when walking in the open air, a sensation of happiness (tenth day), 13.
Cough, when getting out of bed, with vomiting, and involuntary emission of urine, 13.
Cough, with pain in the left side of chest, extending to the arm of the same side, 13.
Cough, with desire to raise something, but without succeeding, 13.
Cough, excited by smarting in the throat, and bronchiæ; worse at night, 12.
Cough, when getting up from bed, and nausea, on account of the efforts to raise the mucus in the chest; pain in the false ribs of the left side, 13.
Cough, when waking, with retching, and pain in the head and heart, 13.
Dry harsh cough, with oppression in the chest, followed by two soft and burning stools, with pain and smarting in the anus, 13.
Dry cough, in the morning, as in the beginning of phthisis, 13. [590.]
Dry cough, with a slight smarting in the throat, 13.
Dry, fatiguing, and convulsive cough, with retching, in the night, in bed, relieved by smoking; when waking up, hoarseness, with sensation of roughness in the chest and throat, 13.

CHEST

Murmurs in the chest, and palpitation of the heart, with alternate acceleration and suspension of the movements of the heart, 13.
Cutting pain in the left lung and heart, with pain in the tonsils, and necessity of stretching, 13. [610.]
Painful feeling at the base of both lungs, when coughing or inhaling, 13.
Chest expands with difficulty, 13.
Constriction of the chest, 4.
Oppression of the chest, with rheumatic pains and debility; these pains flew from the chest to the stomach, from the uterus to the limbs, etc., and vice versâ , with weakness in the arms, preventing work. (Bovista relieved), 13.
Oppression in the chest, with headache, burning heat, general perspiration, sadness, with palpitation and desire to cry, 13.
When waking, after a quiet sleep, oppression, with pain in the left side of chest, 13.
Oppression in the chest, with cough and prostration, till 9 A.M., when the headache increases extending to the neck and throat, with stiffness of the muscles of these parts. (These symptoms appeared in the morning, when waking, preceded by sadness, trembling, and headache), 13.
Great oppression in the chest; panting respiration , palpitation, and prostration, 13.*
Pain and oppression in the chest, worse when raising the arms, with the sensation as if a blow was received at the base of left lung. Repeated coughing, with desire to raise sputa, which was bloody. Oppression and panting respiration at the slightest movement. Lying on the left side is unbearable, and produces suffocation, and necessity of sitting up in bed. A the same time an exaggerated resonance is detected by percussion, at the anterior part of the base of the left lung. (The symptoms resembled much those produced by a cavity. Relieved by Bovista), 13.
Muscular pains in the whole chest, particularly on the left side; becoming worse and pressive, when touched in the left mammary region, 13. [620.]
Constrictive pain in the chest and head, as if a blow was received there, 13.
Rheumatic pain in the anterior and middle part of the chest, extending to both sides, with acute pain in the hypochondrium and umbilical region, 13.
Acute pain in the anterior and inferior part of the chest, towards the left side, with crossness, and fixed ideas, 13.

HEART AND PULSE

PRÆCORDIAL.
Diseases of the heart and particularly of the circulatory system, become worse after wetting the hands, in cold water, 13.
Inability to lie down on account of the extreme anguish it caused in the præcordial region; did not retire to bed nor sleep for four nights, 16.
Præcordial anxiety, tumultuous beating of the heart, 13.* [640.]
Præcordial anxiety; the movements of the heart are not felt (after a moral shock), 13.
Violent anguish of the heart, 2, 4.
Oppression and pain in the heart, as if a misfortune had happened, with weeping and moaning, followed by cramps and coldness in the inferior extremities, 13.
Pain in the heart, as if squeezed or compressed, also in the aorta, under the left clavicle, and carotids; with violent throbbing of these arteries and heart, 13.
Pain, as if the heart and aorta were torn, with a tingling sensation, 13.
Severe pain in the aorta, extending to the subclavian, as if it was going to burst, with slight beating of the heart, 13.
Sensation as if the heart turned or twisted around, with pain in the chest, and general perspiration. (Relieved by Bovista), 13.
Painful compressed feeling in the heart, with severe headache, bitter mouth and thirst, 13.
Pressive pain in the heart and aorta, with violent throbbing, 13.
Pressive pain in the whole region of the heart, with severe headache, and a great deal of moaning in the night, 13. [650.]
Pressive pain in the region of the heart, worse by touching, 13.
Shooting pain in the heart and arteries of the left side of the chest, extending to the left arm. The sensibility of these parts is so increased, that the contact with the dress is very painful, 13.
Heart's Action.
Palpitation, with sadness, inclined to tears, oppression, headache, with general perspiration and burning heat, 13.
Palpitation of the heart, without any known cause, 13.
Palpitation of the heart, with great oppression, panting respiration headache, and prostration, .

NECK AND BACK

Neck.
Rigidity of the neck, being so painful that he cannot move without screaming from pain, 13.
Rigidity of the neck, with a great deal of pain, and inability to turn the head; violent pain in the forehead, as if encircled by a band of iron, 13.
In the morning, when turning the head, pain in both sides of neck, and from that time until night pain in the left side of neck when turning the head to the right, 13.
Neck felt sore, 15.
All the muscles of the neck and back are so painful, that movement is impossible, 13.
Pain in the neck and back, followed by general paralysis, 13.
Back.
Distortion of the vertebral column (result of rachitis), with commencing paraplegia, 13. [670.]
A swelling, kind of a tumor or rheumatoid prominence on the vertebral column, with labored respiration, pain in the limbs, and sleeplessness (in a person of 14 or 15 years), 13.
A tumor near the middle of the vertebral column, with numbness of the inferior extremities, 13.
Narrowing of the vertebral canal, the result of venereal and scorbutic affections, 13.
Pain in the back, from morning till next day, 13.
Dorsal.
Pain in the scapulæ, 13.
Shooting pain under the scapulæ, 13.
Shooting pain in the scapulæ and abdomen, 13.
Towards evening, sharp shooting pain under the left scapula, causing him to scream, and leaving a dull pain; movement brought on the shooting pain; after some hours the pain descended under the false ribs; the pain and shooting reappeared during the night, when moving or turning, but did not interfere with sleep, 13.
Pain along the middle of the back, as after receiving a lash, 13.
Lumbar.
Shooting in the left side above the hip, at 9 P.M., 13. [680.]
Acute convulsive pains in the left inferior part of the vertebral column at the appearance of the catamenia, ceasing with it, 13.

EXTREMITIES

Swelling of the joints, relieved with Tarantula, followed by a pain on the right side, with anxiety; sometimes increasing so much as to stop breathing, 13.
Weakness of all the limbs, staggering when walking, general numbness and dulness, 13.
The necessity of moving the legs is extended to the hands, with desire of taking something and throwing it away, followed by general fatigue, 13.
The necessity of moving the legs extends to the hands, with an uncontrollable desire to take something and roll it between the fingers, followed by general fatigue, 13.
Pain in all the limbs of a rheumatic character, 13.
Lancinating pains in the arms and legs, 13. [690.]
Great pain in the knuckles and toes, and on account of the intensity of the pain, could scarcely bear the lightest weight of linen, 2.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

Heaviness in the superior extremities one hour after taking the medicine, 13.
Pain in the right arm, 13.
Pain in the left arm, 13.
In the forenoon, pain in the left arm and hand, as if strongly squeezed, 13.
Slight pains in the middle and external parts of the arms and forearms, on the inferior surface of the wrists, and superior part of fingers, 13.
Shoulder.
Pain in the shoulder-joint, as if its ligaments were relaxed, with slight tickling in the stomach, 13.
Arm.
Painful and burning sensation in the upper part of the arms, their internal aspect; in the middle of the forearms; in the left knee and calf, with anxiety, restlessness, and crossness, 13.
Forearm.
At noon, shooting in the flexure of the left arm, 13.
Pain from the flexure of the arm to the hand, at noon, 13. [700.]
Pain in the anterior and inferior parts of the left arm, increased by carrying the hand to the left shoulder, 13.
Wrist.
Pain and swelling of the wrists, 13.
At night, pain in the left wrist when pressed, or when making use of it; continued several days, 13.
Towards noon, shooting in the right wrist; renewed in the evening, 13.
Hand.
Restlessness of the hands; movements as if knitting, followed by a marked general shaking, particularly of the inferior extremities (Arsen. 8000th checked these symptoms), 13.
Necessity of moving the hands and fingers, together with general malaise (relieved by Cocculus), 13.
Painful sensation on the palmar and dorsal surfaces of both hands, with pain in the head, burning in the abdomen, sadness, and indifference, 13.
In the night, lancinating pain in the external border of the right hand, 13.
Shooting, lancinating pains in border of left hand, 13.
Fingers.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

Paralysis of lower limbs; violent pain in the back, that the least movement makes unbearable, 13.
Complete paralysis of the lower limbs; inability to move them on account of the pain. Hard and frequent pulse, 13.
Great restlessness and agitation, particularly of the inferior extremities, with desire to cry and restlessness, 13.*
Weakness of the lower limbs, dulness of mind, general prostration, obscuration of sight, and immobility, 13.
Since sunset, great fatigue and pain in the lower extremities, particularly in the left thigh and hip, as after a very long walk, or like the rheumatic pains felt before a change of weather, 13.
Numbness of the inferior extremities, followed by paralysis, 13.
Numbness of the lower extremities, changing to a conclusive retraction of the muscles, 13.
Hip. [720.]
Pain in the hips and kidneys during the night, 13.
Pain in the hips and coccyx in the evening, disappearing when sitting, 13.
Bruised pain in the right hip when rising up, when standing, and walking, disappearing when sitting; followed by an uncontrollable desire to jump, 13.
Thigh.
Severe pain in the buttocks, lasting from 6 A.M. till night; increased by ascending or descending stairs, or making any oblique movements with the trunk. This pain was accompanied with toothache, 13.
Pain in the thighs when walking, as if strapped, 13.
Pain in the right thigh and hip, 13.
Shooting pain in the left thigh, 13.
Knee.
Trembling of the knees when standing or walking; the joints felt stiff and sore, 16.
Pains, with slight swelling of one or both knees, which are so sensitive as to make any pressure unbearable, 13.
Pain in both knees, 13. [730.]
When beginning to walk in the morning, pain in the left knee, for several hours, even when at rest, 13.
Convulsive shaking or twitching of the right leg, 13.

GENERALITIES

A few hours after the bite the patients have great anguish of the heart, great dejection, but greater difficulty in breathing; they complain in a mournful voice, roll their eyes, and when asked by bystanders where they suffer, they either do not reply or point out the affected region by placing the hand upon the chest, as if the heart were affected more than all else. The symptoms observed after the bite of a tarentula are not constant and common to each person, neither are they all produced by each tarantula, but they vary according to the variety of the tarentula, the temperament of the diseased person, and the greater or less summer heat. It has been observed that tarentulas in the more northern region of Apulia are fiercer; the bitten people suffer severe symptoms; especially they are charmed by various colors, green, blue, etc., but rarely by dark colors. And if approached by people dressed in a strong color, which is unpleasant to them, they must retire; for at sight of the annoying color they are immediately seized with anguish of heart and renewal of the symptoms. Different symptoms are produced by different varieties of tarentulas. The tarentula subalbida causes slight pain, followed by itching, sharp pain in the abdomen and diarrhœa. The tarentula stellata causes more severe pain and itching, stupor, heaviness and pain in the head, trembling of the whole body, etc. The tarentula uvea causes, besides the above symptoms, swelling, great pain in the bitten part, spasm, chill, cold perspiration over the whole body, aphonia, inclination to vomit, tension of the trunk and chest, distension of the abdomen, etc. There are numerous and incredible symptoms of tarentula, many of which seem dependent on a depraved imagination; it will not be far from the truth if we report that after the intense severity of the symptoms apparent on the first days has declined, there is a peculiar melancholy, a bending forward of the neck, until either by dancing, or music, or by change of age the poisonous characteristics are eliminated from the blood and nervous fluids, which fortune is rarely attained, for having once been bitten, it is certainly evident that they cannot be restored to health. Many symptoms confirm this assertion of the nature of the depraved fancy; for many have sought the sepulchre and lonely places, and even extended themselves upon the bier. Desperate, they court dissolution. Maidens and wives, otherwise virtuous, the restraints of modesty being loosed, sigh deeply, howl, make indecent gestures, expose their sexual organs, are fond of pensile movements, etc., some at length twist about in their own garments, and take excessive delight in such movements. Others like to strike with whips on the buttocks, heels, feet, back, etc. Others have a great desire to run. Also strange fancies in regard to colors are observed; for people bitten by tarentulas are charmed by some colors, and on the contrary, greatly repelled by others, and according to the degree of the perverted fancy in turn, refreshed and made miserable by various colors, 1.

SKIN

Eruptions, Dry. [840.]
Ecchymosed spots on the skin, limbs, and on fleshy parts, varying in size from two to five inches in circumference, with uterine discharge of a pale blood; gastric complaint and debility, 13.
Hepatic spots on the body; after using the medicine they disappeared, but the above uterine symptoms reappeared, 13.
Hepatic spots on the body, here and there; when cured with medicine the uterine symptoms reappear, 13.
Spots and aphthous abrasions in different parts of the body. Hepatic spots; spots on the skin, oozing a pale and impoverished blood, 13.
Reddish spots on the neck and sometimes on the cheeks; delicate, weak constitution on account of frequent uterine discharges, and symptoms of hysteria, 13.
It produces at first a little inflammation, like that from the sting of a bee, 11.
Ringworms (herpes) on the forehead, and also on the face, with stinging, like pins, under the chin, 13.
Furfuraceous herpes on the forehead and the face, with bluish or dark circles around the eyes, and spells of general debility, 13.
A very confluent eruption of pimples on the whole body, except on the hands and feet; with a marked increase of heat, itching and burning when scratching in the evening. (This eruption lasted twenty-seven days), 13.
Eruption of small pimples over the whole body, mainly on the head and temples, together with pricking and itching, ending with a slight suppuration, 13. [850.]
An eruption of small pimples on the forehead, similar to miliaria (after three hours), extending on to the face and superior part of neck under the inferior maxilla. As a forerunner of this eruption, general debility, frontal headache, vertigo, and burning itching of the whole face. The eruption disappeared on the third day, but the burning itching on face and the impaired vision persisted two more days, with sneezing and coryza, 13.
Confluent eruption of pimples on the face, neck, and other places, except the hands and feet; with marked increase of heat, pricking, and itching when scratching, and aggravation towards evening for two days, 13.
Eruption like miliaria on the face; general scorching heat during three days, accompanied by a happy mood, and loss of memory, 13.
An abundant eruption of pimples on the whole face, more on the right than on the left side (after sixty hours). (Lasted thirty days), .

Crusta lactea ; five ulcers formed on different parts of the scalp, which discharged a thin greenish ichorous pus, very offensive; vesicles appeared on different parts of the body, soon becoming pustular and turning to ulcers; the eruption on the scalp and body remained about three weeks before its final disappearance, 16. [860.]

Small tumor, or callosity, the size of a ten-cent piece, whitish and indolent, on the palmar surface of the right hand, between the middle and index fingers, near their metacarpal articulation. The next day the callosity increased in size, with heat and severe pain, causing the patient to wake up several times in the night. The callous tumor continued to extend to the base of both fingers on their internal side, till the third day, when it broke, leaving an ulcer with callous borders, of a good character, and covered with whitish pus. The ulceration lasted twenty days, and left a slight scar. During all this time there was poor memory and happy mood, 13.
A small and painful callous tumor at the end of the right thumb, that fell off on the seventh day, 13.
A small, hard, and shining callosity, or wartlike tumor on the left index finger, with increased heat and shooting pain in it; worse by pressure; dry cough; sexual excitement, and poor memory. After two days the tumor fell out, but the cough remained for eight days longer, 13.
Slight inflammation of the ball of the right thumb, which is hard and shiny, with lancinating pains. The inflammation lasted eight days, extending to the hand, with shooting and smarting pain all the time, and passed to suppuration. During these eight days there were observed as concomitant symptoms, a right-sided headache; itching and smarting of the eyelids; swelling of the right axillary glands, chills, etc. The suppuration lasted about fifteen days, and the ulceration healed, 13.
He felt a prick, similar to that of an ant or fly, and at the same time experienced pain in the joint of the left ring finger. The next day the affected part became red and surrounded by a livid areola of a golden color; on the third day the golden areola was swollen, with continuance of the pain; on the fourth day the swelling disappeared, the bitten part remained suffused with a red and livid color, but in the meantime the pain was hardly felt no new symptoms appeared for fifteen days. A black scab, which covered the spot, was removed, formed again and again, until on the fifteenth day the former yellow circle appeared, 8.
Each year there was the most intense pain in the toes from the reopened wound; they were inflamed and during the course of the inflammation a thin and very acrid ichor exuded from the nails, deeply corroding the neighboring part, 3.
An indolent boil between the scapulæ, which disappeared without any inconvenience on the second day, 13.
An indolent boil, the size of a large pea, in the superior part of the left breast, lasted two days, and disappeared without giving any trouble, 13.
Painful conical boils on the posterior and upper part of the right thigh, interfering with a free movement of the limb, .

SLEEP

Sleepiness.
Yawning, with uneasiness in the legs, need of moving them constantly, with dryness and bitterness in the mouth and throat, 13.
Yawning, with need of moving the legs, 13.
Yawning, with transient stinging pains in the region of false ribs, alternating with gayety and crossness, 13.
Yawning, with tears, and goneness at the pit of the stomach, 13.
Yawning, spasms, nervous excitement, aggravated by trifles; particularly with women, 13.
Yawning as a forerunner of the evening quotidian fever (relieved by alum), 13.
Frequent yawning, stretching, with desire of crying, in the morning, 13.
Yawning and stretching, with muscular debility and malaise, sadness, bad taste in the mouth, coated tongue, heaviness of the head, and inclination to sleep without feeling like it, 13. [890.]
Spasmodic yawning, the jaw feels tired, spasms, need of stretching, cramps in the stomach followed by nausea, general malaise, cold, paleness, chills, and violent fever, 13.
Irresistible yawning, followed by spasms, hiccough, regurgitation, moaning and crying, restlessness, chill and fever, 13.
Excessive yawning, shaking chill, horripilation and thirst, worse by drinking; severe pressive or squeezing pain in the heart; the chill is short; general heat felt more internally than externally; tearing pain in the stomach, uterus, and abdomen, with borborygmus; sweat and absence of mind, 13.
Great drowsiness and heaviness of the body, in the evening and night, as during the severe hot days of summer, 13.
Irresistible tendency to sleep, 10.
Quiet sleep until 2 A.M.; then sad dreams, followed by gay ones; when waking up is in good mood, full of fun, and with a better disposition to work, 13.
Quiet sleep, during which he talks for three hours, 13.
Quiet sleep for intervals, with sad dreams of insult and contempt, 13.
Prolonged sleep, with gloomy dreams, 13.
For three months after the proving the sleep continued to improve, 13. [900.]
After four days of taking the medicine, better sleep, particularly in the morning; happy feeling on waking, does not like to leave the bed; about the eighth day of taking the medicine, and the six following, this happy feeling was accompanied with drowsiness, which lasted more or less until the thirty-first day, .

FEVER

Chilliness.
After an access of insanity, general chill, severe shaking, horripilation, chattering of the teeth, compressive headache, burning thirst, with fear of drinking water, which he craves afterward, 13.
After a new attack of insanity, the chill and yawning of the preceding fevers repeated (checked by Alumina), 13.
*Chills and shivering during several hours; gnawing stinging pains in the kidneys; lancinating pains in the limbs; headache, with buzzing in the ears; at 7 P.M., severe chill, compelling to lie down, to get warm, getting warm with difficulty at the end of two hours; fever during all night, and the next day feels chilly; easy vomiting of bile, in the morning. This fever also appeared at the end of the proving, 13.
*Constant chill and coldness during four days, except in the nights, when she sleeps; feels broken down, as if bruised all over, particularly when moving; the first two days, pains in the legs and head; the second, bilious vomiting, in the morning; the fourth day, at the same hour and lying down, slight sweat. This fever was complicated besides with coryza and cough, and repeated at the end of the proving; after this fever, the woman felt heavy and dejected for eight days, during which time she had the eyes inflamed and the eyelids agglutinated, in the morning, 13.
When waking up, severe chill and general shaking, chattering of the teeth, bruised feeling all over, particularly in left side of chest, followed by a burning heat and sour perspiration afterwards; then sleeps and dreams he was at a river border looking at the flowing water, but when looking up to the sky he became sad; seminal emissions, 13.
Rigors were among the first symptoms noticed; chills began in the lumbar region and spread over the whole body, aggravated by the slightest draft of cold air; coldness of the whole body; increase of artificial heat produced chilliness; could not keep warm, though sitting beside a hot stove or over a register almost constantly, 15.
Shivering, increased heat, frequent pulse, stupefaction and headache, smarting in the eyes, thirst for cold water, but the stomach refuses it; anorexia and heat in the abdomen, 13.
Shivering, horripilation and general shaking, icy coldness, yawning, violent thirst, with need of stretching; compressive headache; symptoms like the first stage of intermittent, lasting one hour, followed by pain in the heart, as if it would jump out of its place; pain in the left arm, followed by muscular weakness, heat, and cough; fever, with a scorching heat, intense thirst, pain in the left arm, dryness of the mouth, oppression, panting, and dyspnœa, 13. [930.]

CONDITIONS

Aggravation.
( Morning ), On waking, heaviness of head; headache; lancinations in left side of head; pain in eyes and temples; pain in right eye; lancinating pain in left ear; on waking, pyrosis; pain in left kidney; on getting up, cough; dry cough; pain in right foot on waking.
( Afternoon ), Indifference; desire to cry; 3 to 7 P.M., pain in forehead; pain in right ear; pain in stomach; 3 to 5 P.M., pain in hypochondria; the symptoms.
( Evening ), Sadness, etc.; vertigo; heaviness in head; headache; shooting in temple; pain in right eye; pain in teeth; colic and borborygmus; pain in kidneys and hips; leucorrhœa; pain in hips and coccyx.
( Night ), Headache; lancinating pain in head; pain in temple and side of head; lancinations in temple; weakness and faint feeling in stomach; gastralgia; shooting pain in kidneys; pain in spermatic cord and testicles; leucorrhœa; cough; pain in border of right hand; pain in hips and kidneys; the symptoms; sweat.
( Ascending or descending steps ), Pain in buttocks.
( Bodily effort ), Involuntary emission of urine.
( Breathing heavily ), Pain in hypochondria.
( Carrying heavy weight on head ), Vertigo.
( Cold ), Itching on feet.
( Cold air ), Pain in bones; the symptoms.
( Change of weather ), The symptoms.
( Coughing ), Pain in temple; side pain in occiput; sore throat; pain in abdomen; tearing pain in groin; pain in lungs.
( Depressing moral emotion ), The symptoms.
( Drinking ), Yawning and chill.
( Drinking cold water ), Pain in stomach.
( Eating ), Pain in hypochondrium.
( Fixing sight on any object ), Headache.
( Inclining head forward ), Frontal pain.
( Inclining head sideways ), Pain in corresponding side.

SUPPLEMENT: TARENTULA.

J. Heber Smith, M.D., New England Med. Gaz., New Ser., vol. i, 1879, p. 139. The tarentula by which Dr. Sherman was poisoned, came through the mail, and decomposition had undoubtedly commenced at the time the virus was imbibed into the system, and hence the symptoms in his case were such as might come from the scalpel or any other kind of animal poisoning, and therefore the symptoms reported cannot be reliable. (See authority, No. 16, in Vol. IX, of the Encyclopedia).

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