Asclepias tuberosa

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Asolepias tuberosa. I. Proving^. — i. Dr. Thos. Nichol, xt. 34, strong, sanguine temp. ; accustomed to proving, and susceptible to drugs. Nov. 9th, 1865, in excellent health, took at 11.45 a.m. 20 drops ist dec. dil. tinct. of root ; in 15 m. dry cough with constriction of throat } at 12, feeling of warmth in chest, with dull pain at base of both lungs, with feeling of tightness. At 12.30 p.m. sharp pains shooting from left nipple downward, with stiffness of left side of neck. Pulse was 64 at commencement ox proving, is now 88 and small. Warmth of skin. At 3 p.m. 30 drops ist dec. dil. ; at 3.30 return of pain beneath left nipple, with palpitation of heart. Throughout e. pains kept increasing, making respiration painful, especially at base of 1. lung, which is dull on percussion, while cough i& dry and spasmodic. At 10 p.m. 40 drops ist. dec. dil. Was awake about 4 a.m., found pain increased and cough worse. Towards e. unusual elevation of spirits. Nov. loth. — 40 drops at 11 a.m. At 12 m. dull aching headache in forehead and vertex, aggravated by motion and relieved by lying down. At 12.25 P*'"- rumbling and uneasiness in bowels with feeling of heat in umbilical region. Headache presses deeply on base of skull, and is very similar to the ipec. headache. Itching of skin of thighs, though no eruption visible. At 4.30 p.m. pain moved up to behind sternum and became more sharp and cutting; aggravated by drawing long breath and by motion of hands as in triturating. Chilly, with cold feet, though room was warm. At 5 p.m. 40 drops. Singing or loud speaking aggravates thoracic pain. At 10 p.m. 40 drops. Nov. nth, at 9.30 p.m., 50 drops. Swimming of heaa with dulness behind forehead. Continued itching of thighs and nates. Cough continues dry and harsh, and coughing causes pain in forehead and abdomen. Pain in lungs relieved by bending forward. Spaces between ribs close to sternum are tender on pressure, and pain, which is quick, darting, and more acute than at first, shoots over to r. side. At noon pain was shooting up to 1. shoulder, which was painful in motion. At 9 p.m. cheerful mood changed, and, without any exterior cause, became fretful and peevish. Nov. 12th. — Uneasy sleep during first part of preceding night, with friehtful dreams, which awoke him at 3 a.m. Found pain of 1. lune had abated, and left feeling of weariness, though pain returned on coughing or drawing deep inspiration. Pain is now very acute on r. side, and seems seated in pleura. Cough diy and hacking, though a little mucus is raised with great effort. 9 a.m., head feels dull and gloomy; sharp shooting pains in r. shoulder. 10 p.m., 20 drops 0. At 4 p.m. pressing pain in bowels and emission of foetid flatulence. At 5 p.m. pressive pain in stomach, with rumbline in bowels. Languor and disincli. nation for work. Awoke 3 a.m. by nimblins m bowels, accompanied by sharp cutting pains ; felt tranquil and calm, though pain very severe. Nov. 1 3th. — Soft and foetid stool at 1 1 a.m., preceded by rumbling in bowels. Thoracic pains easier to-day, though still felt in re^on of diaphragm and on motion. At 4 p.m. 30 drops 0. At

5 p.m. another stool similar to tnat in morning ; this is an unusual occurrence. At It p.ni. urging to stool. Slept all night, but gloomy and frightful dreams. On

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■waking at 6 a.Tn, rumbling in bowels with sorcnrss of peritoneum; duJl pain on jjressure, Nov. i4.th, at 7 am., 40 drops of mt dec. dil,, as I had noted raort decided ' symptoms from it than from mother tincture. Languid and duJl all d», both in body and mind. Felt precisely as if recovering from long, severe &ickness. Ajipctitc deficient^ disagreeable feeling of weight at stomach, Nov, 15th, — Aching pains in knees% and driving pains in thighs, and feci ^till more languid than on preceding d. Slept all n, till 5 a.m., when I was awoke by frightful dreamy which had haunted mc all 0 Chest feels weak and sore, without cough, though no pain felt on drawing iongbrcarh* (Hale, Nrvj Remedts^ md cd.)