Iris versicolor

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Iris *vers(colort L. Blue flag. Nat. Ord., IrUatete.

I. Provings, — I. a. Dr. W, A. BuRT, May 15th, 1865, took 3 gr, of green root at 3 and 8 p.m. No effect, save locally from acridity of substance, and an unwonted emission at n. with amorous dreams. 1 6th. — Mouth and tongue feel as if they had been scalded; natural stool, but anus feels sore as if sharp points were sticking in the part. At 8 a.m. 10 gr., so acrid that it was with difficulty he could get his breath ; much salivation (as yesterday) \ constant distress at anus, which felt as if prolapsed. At 1 p.m. 20 gr, of dried root; it was not acrid, but there was great distress in stomach \ h. after taking it, lasting 2 h. No other symptoms. 17th. — Took 30 dr. of a poor tincture. No symptoms, save that next m. he felt very irritable on waking. i8th. — Took 40 gr. of green root. In 15 m. profuse flow of saliva and tears ; mouth and stomach feel on fire ; almost impossible to breathe, it is so acrid ; pain and burning distress at stomach, for \ h. awful CO bear, continuing all afternoon and e., cold water does not touch it; profuse flow of saliva all d., constant eructations of tasteless gas ; sleep very restless all n., with bad dreams. 19th. — Awoke at 4 with great rumbling and distress in umbiltcal and hypogastric regions, and with great desire for stool^ followed immediately by a copious, thin, watery stool, which could not be retained a moment without much pain. Mouth feels as if it had been scalded ; tongue thick and rough. At 8 another thin watery stool, with great rumbling in bowels ; no appetite, loss of taste. At 1 1 took 40 gr. ; acridity not felt so much. I p.m., great distress in epigastric region, profuse flow of saliva. 2.30, epigastric distress still increasing ; very restless, could not be still a moment ; felt as if he could not live, very much frightened ; copious discharge of thin water from bowels gave no relief; inhaling chlorofom eased somewhat. 3>i5, another large stool, of water tinged with bile, running from bowels in a continuous stream till nearly 2 quarts had passed, with great rumbling but no pain. This gave great relief; felt quite well at bedtime, bleep very restless ; amorous dreams with emission. Very irritable during next d. ; otherwise quite well.

b. Took 50 gr. of green root, chewed it, and swallowed juice at 11.30 a.m. } immediately great burning distress as before in epigastric region, but not much in mouth ; profuse flow of saliva. At 2.30 p.m. large, yellow, papescent stool, with great rumbling and no pain ; in 5 m. more, another large, watery stool ; burning continues, it is fearful to endure. 2.45, flow of saliva abating ; another watery stool, with colicky pains in epigastric and umbilical regions, which lasted for some h. \ every few m. a copious watery stool, with great rumbling in bowels. By 6 began to feel very faint and exhausted, knees weak and trembling ; anus feels on fire. With stool at 7 some tenesmus ; food rises very sour. At 9, feeling much exhausted, was compelled to retire. At 4 a.m. great rumbling in bowels, with desire for stool ; had a profuse watery one, followed by great straining with passage of a

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little mucus. 5. another watery stool, followed by great straining, with passage of blood and mucus. 5*30, another stool of mucus streaked with blood, with great tenesmus. 7, stool of water and mucus with great straining ; mouth tastes flat, tongue feels thiclc. 9, another copious stool of water and undigested food, with great straining ; much exhaustion j eyes deeply sunken 5 teeth feel too long, and are very sore J dull, heavy headache ; very hoarse; urine very scanty, of deep reddish colour ; stomach very sour ; bowels tender on pressure ; loss of appetite. 10.30, another stool of mucus and water, with great tenesmus and rumbling ; calves pain much in walking ; thick flat taste. 1 245, small stool of mucus, with great tenesmus and rumbling ; almost impossible to walk, limbs are so weak and painful ; for last 6 h. mucous membrane of rectum has been prolapsed, with great smarting pains. 3, another small stool of mucus, with some tenesmus j urine very scanty, and burning when voided ; constant eructations of sour gas; flying pains all through bowels. lOth. — Dull, heavy, frontal headache; flat thick taste; quite hoarse; urine very scanty and red, causing burning all along urethra for ^ h. after voiding, glans penis swollen and red ; severe backache ; teeth all feel sore and elongated, nth. — Felt quite well; but for two weeks occasional severe pains would shoot through temples. No constipation followed the diarrhoea. £. Dr. Burt now proved Iridjn, the olco-resin obtained from the blue flag. May 26th, 1866, at^ii a.m., took 4 gr. of i, trit. At noon, dull, heavy, frontal headache ; by spells, sharp pain in temples; tight, constrictive feeling of scalp. 3.15 p.m., food rises very sour. 3.30, took 8 gr. 10, soft papescent stool without pain, but with .rumbling ; dull frontal headache ; very restless at n., dreams of 'fighting, Sec. 27th. — Much rumbling, with desire for stool; soft papescent stool without pain ; flat taste m mouth ; teeth feci elongated and sore, in back upper and lower molars dull heavy aching pain for 3 h. ; pain in forehead and 1. temple, latter very sharp by spells ; passed water but twice in d., very red in colour; restless n., emission with amorous dreams. 28th. — At q a.m. 10 gr. Frequent eructations of tasteless gas ; rumbling all afternoon in umbilical region ; pain in r. kidney for 3 h. ; teeth still feci elongated ajid sore ; great desire to sleep in daytime ; fell asleep while reading, and dreamed of dissecting a woman hanging up by the heels in his office, awoke very much frightened, made several inefl^cctual attempts to get up to shut the door, — it was a veritable nightmare. 4.30 p.m., 14 gr. Soft papescent stool at 9 p.m. ; hands hot and dry all U. ; restless n., dreams ot snakes and everything bad, emission, lyih. — At 9 a.m. 20 gr. Hands hot and dry all d. ; could not fix mind on study ; constant tasteless eructations; passed scanty urine m. and n. only, with great burning in urethra for 1 h. after ; dull, heavy headache in forehead and temples, in latter sharp shooting by spells ; dull, heavy pain in lumbar region all d. ; soft papescent stool at 2 p.m. 5, took 30 gr. Restless n., horrid dreams, great rumbling in bowels ; emission with amorous fancies. 30th. — Mouth tastes flat ; tongue coated white ; headache as before, also lumbar pain ; urine very scanty and high coloured -, very soft yellow stool, with great rumbling in bowels but no pain. 3ist.^

Toole 40 gr. at 3 a.m. Dull, heavy headache all d. ; great pain in lumbar and sacral regions, almost impossible to walk. At noon 18 gr. ; soft mushy stool in e., with usual concomitants ; restless n., bad dreams. June 1st. — Dull, heavy headache; back pains severely, very much worse on walking. At 8 a.m. usual stool and accompaniments ; constant eructation of gas. 2nd. — Took 5 gr. of the pure Iridin. A good deal of pain in forehead and temples. 5, severe umbilical colic every few m. for 2 h. ; great rumbling j papescent stool in e. ; restless n., dreamt of digging up corpses, and finally of falling into a grave, which woke him up in affright. 2nd.-— Top of head has 26 pustules on itj some of them as large as a three-cent piece, situated on inflamed base of rose-colour, with red streaks running from one to another ; they contained yellow matter, and were very tender to touch; gradually disappeared in 4 d. Took 10 gr. at 4 p.m. j headache as usual, also rumbling, and similar n. 4th. — Took 20 gr. at 9 a.m. Same symptoms. 5th. — Same; headache very troublesome. 6th. — Same, with profuse and frequent urination. 7th. — Backache gone, but this d. and next diuresis continued. On 8th felt quite well. (Halb, Amr Remedus^ 2nd ed.)

1. a. About 15 m. after taking 3X dil. uneasy feeling in scrob. cordis, with rumbling in hypogastrium, nausea, and eructations of wind. Dull pain in r. parietal eminence, which increases steadily till it becomes a hammering pain, so much aggravated at first by motion that for the moment it appears unbearable, but by continued movement It gradually abates, returning again when at rest. Rheumatic pain in r. shoulder, worse on motion, especially on raising arm.

b. Immediately after taking i^ sneezing, nausea, and slight vomiting of watery and extremely sour fluid. About 2 h. after, stitch in lower occiput, more on r. ; severe rheumatic pain in whole r. arm and in r. knee, worse on movement but continuing while at rest i acute and extremely severe boring pain in r. parietal eminence, causing him to bend down his head \ pain in 1. side, as though ribs were pressing hard on lower portion of lung, unable to take deep breath for the sticking and cutting pain it caused ; short dry cough, excited by tickling in larynx, headache much aggravated thereby ; slight toothache in a warm room ; rumbling and uneasiness in stomach, with diarrhoea but little pain, stools lumpy, brown, and very offensive ; sweat over whole body, particularly in groins j dry cracked lips ; sharp cutting pain in urethra when commencing to urinate. After taking medicine 5 d. several small vesicles appeared on r. wrist, which gradually formed into pustules, having depression in centre \ these dried up in n., leaving crusts, which remained 9 d. before disappearing.*

c. In \ h. after taking nearly ^ss of tinct., feeling of rawness in throat; general languor; ill-humour; inability to fix mind on any subject ; diarrhoea with colic ; nausea for i h., then several times vomiting of thin watery fluid of exceeding sour taste ; heat over whole body, then chilliness, with cold hands and feet ; head feels very heavy, with r. supra-orbital pain ; eyes dull, severe burning pain in r. internal

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canthus, eye filling with tears ; sense of heat and fulness of head, with flushed face -j whenever accempcing to laugh sensation as though a band was drawn tightly around forehead. Next d., sleepiness with great chilliness, only comfortable when near a hot fire, and even then chilly sensations are felt down back ; violent tearing pains in r. hip and knee, also in shoulders, very severe, when worst lasting only about 3 m. ; cutting and stitching in urethra when making water, with coldness and itching over genitals, itching being worse on scratching ; vomiting of sour matter as before. All n. chilly over whole body, though abundantly covered ; weakness and dependency, thinks he is going to be very sick, then laughs at his fears, which, however, soon return ; dreams of suffocation and hrc ; 6 dysenteric stools during n., with pain and rumbling in hypogastrium. After these symptoms had subsided, there remained sore-throat and slight headache. (l5r. J- G. Rowland's provings, in Uid.)

1. Provcr took, al difftrenc times, jx and 1, dils. and mother tincture, (No further information given.) Weakness and weariness in lower part of back for several d. ; when walking, pain in r. hvpocfaondrium and in several joints; sharp pain outside I. arm when moving it j swelling of gums inside under I. lower molan j redness of conjunctiva as from cold; for a d. or two much fetid flatulence, which relieves pain in abdomen j a number of shooting, shifting, aud momentary pains in joints of hands and feet, worke on motion j boils on back, face, and hands ; pain along posterior part of r, crista ilii; urine more copious; pul« accelerated. After increasing doses, taken more frequently, empty eructations and pain in iitomach j unu&ual restlrssncM at n,, steep disturbed by starting<ij tensive and sticking pain in r. shoulder during motion, particularly on raising aim (this set in soon alter com. mencing proving, and lasted 6 weeks after discontinuing medicine) ; fcclinjj of a greasy coating over mouth and tongue, early in in. j aching in stomach after drinking cold water; pains through d. in almost all limbs j same joint pains as before, worst in c. i in writing, pains in phalanges of r, hand and in end of r. index (obscired several weeks after proving); sharp pains in middle finger of 1. hand, succeeded instantly by similar pain in axilla of same side (occurring frequently during about 5 ra.) ; diarrhceic stool after breakfast and supper j vexed irritable mood, disposed to find fault. (IbLl)

2. As No, 3. Pulse somewhat accelerated ; headache for 1 d., with great depression of spirits and general debility,— on 3rd d. pain shot like an electric shock from r. temple to 1. occiput, and continued for about ^ h. ; crampy pains in r. lumbar region in e., continuing several h., and causing sweat to break out ; woke up unusually early, with dry mouth and general depression; headache occurred irregularly for several d. Pimple on I, middle finger; next d. inflammation had extended over hand} the d. after it became more violent, and occasioned great pain : swelling was lanced, no pus found, but it was subsequently formed, and discharged through opening, round whose edges a fungous growth took place, pain extending up arm. There was a disposition to a similar formation on the mdex nnger, but the inflammation soon subsided. During proving urine very copious, and of strong disagreeable odour; restlessnesD for 5 n. in succession, (IbU.)

3. This provcr (undescribed) took i, trit. (in what manner not stated). Colicky pains during c. and n., obliging him to bend forward for relief, and attended witn loss of appeute and great restlessness. Next d. colic continued, but was immediately removed by a doic of nux vomica ; no appente ; restless at n., with troubled dreams. Next d. constipation (lasting several d.) ; several pimples on lower extremities and other parts o( body, like mo^quitu bites ; languid and tcvcrish in afternoon, no disposition tn mental or physical exertion. On +Th d. flushed face, fever, drowsiness, lo^s of appetite; wealcncu ano languor, with rumbling in bowels; the m. after, thin, watery diarrhcea, continuing through d., debility and anorexia ; diarrhceic stools next d., succeeded by umbilical colic in afternoon, ceasing at n. (IftiJ.)

4. Dr. HoLcoMBE proved an " exceedingly strong " linct. of root, talcing 2 or 3 dr. 4 times a d. for 5 d. On 1st d. no symptoms but a good deal of hawking and clearing of larynx. On 2nd nothing but a slight, dull, stupid headache. On 3rd d. awolce with neuralgic pain in r. face, with darting stitches in two carious teeth ; pain affects chiefly infra-orbital nerve. No appetite at dinner. In afternoon, severe colic, first in r. then in 1. flank, with urging to stool. Very frequent, copious, perfectly limpid urine. Neuralgia passed off' in e., and n. was good. On 4th d. facial neuralgia again, involving all branches of trigeminus ; it began after breakfast, with stupid or stunning headache, and lasted several h. with great severity. Urine same. In afternoon a good deal of foetid flatulence ; twogreeni&h-black stools, with burning at anus. 5th d. — Neuralgia began again after breakfast, and continued with terrible severity for 20 h. ; violent headache accompanied it, and general malaise. Urine became less frequent and quite high coloured ; some disposition to stool, with burning at anus. Worn out by latigue and suffering, he inhaled chloroform to get sound sleep, and abandoned proving. 6th d.— Dull soreness where neuralgia had been. Violent call to second stool by sensation as if wind were forcibly distending rectum ; no wind was discharged, but he was relieved after passing a little greenish dark matter attended with severe burning in anus. On 7th and 8th d. no symptoms but frequent and painful hawking of tough mucus from larynx, and burning after stool, gradually diminishing. {Ibid.)

5. a. Dr. Conrad Wesselhoeft, while preparing tinct., chewed (June 19th, 1867) a slice of fresh root. It caused great burning in throat, with redness, lasting 2^ h. He was suffering from severe (habitual) headache at the time ; and this disappeared in ^ h., though hitherto ic had invariably lasted till he went to bed.

b. Oct. 29th, at 10 a.m., took 2 dr. of 5x dil. Immediate dizziness, with pressure in forehead, also toward and out at ears ; stiffness in trapezii ; pinching at pit of stomach. After 12 h., rattling of mucus in chest, not to be raised by hawking. Awoke at n. with severe tickling under top of sternum, and dry cough, distressing because nothing could he raised (though the mucus still rattled low down} nor the tickling reached. 30th. — Mucus at length ( 10 a.m.) expectorated, with sweetish offensive taste ; obstruction and catarrhal soreness of trachea, with frequent hawking and tickling cough. A.m., soreness of chest from nipple to nipple, with tender painful spot on r. border of sternum ; pain on inspiration. P'elt as if he had taken a cold, with lameness of trunk and lumbar region. While walking early, sudden lameness of posterior femoral region, causing a limp; in course of m. pain took direction of 1. sciatic nerve, could not walk without limping ; pain shooting from behind large trochanter down posterior part of 1. thigh into foot on every motion, particularly when walking, till 4 p.m., when it passed off^ (Never had anything of this nature before.) 31st. — Slept well at n., but immediately on rising had pain \n 1. sciatic, only in walking, but more acute and with more soreness than yesterday ; leg weak, cannot walk without limping; yet violent exertion, running or jumping, does not increase the pain more than moderate exercise.

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Slight hacking cough in m., without expectoration, and some soreness in larynx anteriorly.

f. On Dec. I St and again on 3rd, prover having a sore-throat such as ordinarily went on to severe coryza and cough, he took 10 dr. doses of 3x dil. with the result of speedily extinguishing the trouble ; but on e. of 1st he felt for an h. painful drawing and lameness behind 1. trochanter, extending down to popliteal space, causing him to limp. Pain recurred slightly next d. also. From r^th to i8th he took daily a dose of 3x dil. m. and e,, beginning witn 10 dr. and ending with 25. l6th. — In m., while writing, sciatic twinges behind I. trochanter, several times, quite severe, with lameness. On 19th and 20th took It dil. m. and e., from ro dr. to 20. Soon after taking first dose, nauseous feeling in abdomen, like beginning of sea-sickness ; a faintness as if intestines were being revolved in wrong direction, lasting several h. Same sensation recurred towards e, 20th. — In m. stiffness in back, increasing on sitting down j on rising, violent painful tearing in loins, making it impossible to straighten body for some moments ; could only gain erect position very gradually. Loins and back between shoulders remained stifl all m. Urine thick, of strong odour, and deep amber colour (owing to excess of uric acid) ; it flows without force, and even requires some effort to discharge it, but without pain. (A similar condition, with costiveness, had prevailed after taking med. for sore-throat early in month.) Sciatic pains — as if 1. hip-joint were wrenched or forced to remain long in awkward position — several times in d. In m., soon after taking medicine, acute pains in head, as if top of head would come off, felt chiefly in forehead and vertex, after having been in cold air, and on making quick movements. 2 1st. — Several times during d. neuralgic pains like severe constriction round 1. upper arm, forearm, and thigh ; several times neuralgic twinges in hip-joint, as if wrenched, followed by a burning ache.

(^. Jan. 26th, 1868, at 10 a.m. took to dr. of tinct. in a tablespoonful of water. In a few m., heat about fauces, soft palate and tonsils, soon changing into smarting and burning, relieved by inhaling cold air ; deglutition not painful but more difRcult ; burning lasted over 2 h. While walking in e., slight 1. coxalgia. After 8 h. still difBcult deglutition while eating ; food seems to stick in pharynx, requiring several efforts to swallow it. 27th. — At 10 a.m. repeated dose. Same local effects; heartburn several times in d. and frequent empty eructations. On Feb. 27th, took 30 dr., with usual but more prolonged local effects ; and thereafter at various intervals several doses of same, from 20 — 50 dr., without experiencing anything more than slight twisting pain in stomach, and very frequent spasms of [Oesophagus, with dysphagia — food sticking in throat with choking and ■gagging. The rheumatic and neuralgic symptoms were not developed by the tinct. (Trans, of Amtr. Inst. 0/ Hom.^ 1868.)

1. Mrs. N — took Iris (strength not stated) at 10.45 ^'^* At once felt sudden dizziness, soon passing off. In ^ h., slight pain in bowels with heat and soreness, as after a cold, and with premonitions of diarrhoea, — this for 3 h. After that, arms between elbow and shoulder became very lame, as after severe exercise, also sore to touch \

lameness soon extended to shoulders and back of neck, like rheutnatum after taking cold. Heat of palms ; in e. frontal headache with dizziness occasionally. During n. stiffness and lameness disappeared, but was followed by sore-throat, with slight soreness of chest. In m. raised some phlegm. Menses always regular and profuse, appeared 3 d. later than usual, and were scanty. On another occasion Mra. N — took 2 dr. of 5x dil. This also was followed by immediate dizziness, and subsequent stilFness of trapezius, causmg constant shrugging of shoulders and desire to twist head from side to side, lasnng all forenoon. (Ibid.)

1. Miss I — took, Oct. 29th, T867, 2 dr. of 5x dil. before going to bed, without elFect. Next d. at 5 p.m. repeated dose. Slight pain in forehead, changing from side to side ; heavy feeling in hands and elbows, as if prover had been drinking wine ; pain in back. On 3istj pain in small of back all d. while sewing, and in forehead at intervals. P.m., heaviness of elbows and hands, with pain in back between shoulders, which finally settled in r. arm, between elbow and shoulder. (Ibid.)

2. Dr. Squier took repeated doses of tinct.^ from x — 20 dr. Much local burning, with visible redness of throat, ensued, but no other symptoms save slight dulness of head. (Ibid.)

3. Dr. BuTMAN took same. Besides local irritation, as with No. 10, in 10 m. after iirst dose pulse, normally 72, was 89. After 3 dr., in 5 m. nausea and headache, latter soon subsiding (at other times felt chiefly in posterior fontanelle). After 12 dr., in 10 m. sleepy, with dulness and dizziness of head ; nausea ^ belching of much wind. After 20 dr., in 8 m. sharp neuralgic pains in bowels. (Ibid,)

4. Three persons, a woman and 2 men, took the 5x dil. m. and e. They were unused to describing their bodily feelings. In the first the drug caused slight giddiness, coming on suddenly while walking within doors, and followed by lightness in head ; weakness of memory (in 24 h.); and cramp in 1. side, as from a knife, lasting a few m., followed after a while by darting pains in bowels. The second had tightness across forehead ; nervous fretfulness, lasting all d. ; cramp in 1. side, under ribs. In the third the symptoms were toothache ; tongue or gums greasy or slimy in m. \ cracked lips ; rough throat; running saliva; bad taste; flatulence; looseness of bowels; pain in fingers. {Ibid.)

5. Mrs. — took 3 or 4 pilules daily of 6th dil. 2nd d., ii a.m., intense itching of face, worse when warm from exercise. 3rd d. — Great feeling of rawness of roof of mouth just behind front teeth, worse from hot or cold drinks, eating, touching with tongue, and especially from onions or cheese ; also feeling as if skin of that part were hanging loose. Feels irritable ; dislikes everyone. 4th and 5th d.-~ Symptoms all contmue. 6th d. — Feeling of loose skin same ; rawness extending backwards ; rugae of palate appear to sight enlarged and pale, and on r. side two are excoriated. Itching and disposition better. In e. rawness and feeling of loose skin have extended to throat ; rawness is constant, aggravated as before, in afternoon throbbing pain in both mastoid processes, for 15 m., followed by tingling there for 3 or 4 m..

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then ceasing for 15 m. ; warmth of hand slightly^ relieves pain ; neither pain nor rawness prevented sleep. 7th d. — No itching ; disposition natural J otherwise same as yesterday. 8th d. — On moving jaws tenderness of mastoid process extending half way down J4W along edge of bone. An additional dose of pilules to-day. loth d. — Itching of face. 13th d. — Rawness of palate without feeling of loose skin, after eating cherries in m. (Berriekie, North Amer. journ. of Homoeopathy ^ N.S., ii, 57.)

II. Poisonings. — A lady took 2 or 3 one-grain pills of Iridin for several d. for constipation without any effect. She felt some slight colic after each, but finally I was called to her in one of the most severe attacks I ever witnessed. The symptoms were — -facial and general appearance of anguish ; much prostration ; pulse feeble and frequent ; much mental depression ; frequent and violent efforts to vomit, resulting, however, in little more than an enormous discharge of air, which seemed to move off" the stomach in very great force. There was cutting pain in umbilical, passing, as it were, by electric shocks to epigastric region, followed or accompanied by nausea, straining, and belching of wind ; great commotion and rumbling in bowels above seat of pain, but little or none below, with no desire for stools. She vomited several of the pills before she was relieved. (Sanford, in Hale, op. cit.)

III. Experiments on animah.^i^ a. Dr. Burt gave decoction to a young female cat at 2 p.m. In 5 m. nausea and vomiting of frothy mucus; stares as if frightened. In 10 m. constant nausea, nothings but mucus vomited. In 15 m. lies on lounge, seeming quite herself. Gave ,'5ss of tinct. (a little wasted). In 6 m. very restless; crying fearfully ; nausea and vomiting. 4.20., retching, mewing, eyes half closed, breathing very rapid, restless. 4.30, mewing and efforts to vomit} lies btill. 4.36, running across floor with efforts to vomit j saliva runs from mouth constantly. 4.431 desperate but ineffectual efforts to vomit. 4.50, nausea and mewing, saliva running profusely. 5, retching; throws her head up and mews fearfully ; resp. 72 \ mouth wide open. 5.10, nausea and moaning. S.15> retching and sneezing j head hangs to floor. 5.30, nausea and vomiting ; very restless; resp. 56 ; does not notice anything \ mouth wide open and saliva running profusely \ mews, and appears in great distress. 6, nausea continues, with great efforts to vomit ; saliva runs from mouth constantly \ groans and appears in great distress ; nose rests on floor^ mouth wide open. 7, still sick at stomach ; saliva runs in large quantities ; resp. 46, Gave 3^3 more, and she died in 5 m. without a struggle.

b. P.M. I h. after death. — Pupils dilated ; lungs very much congested, upper lobes filled with dark venous blood ; heart filled with black blood ; stomach much distended with gas^ pyloric extremity covered with bile, as also duodenum \ liver much congested, of black colour, bleeds profusely when cut into gall-bladder half full of btle; pancreas very pale ; all other organs natural. [Ibid.)

1. a. Same gave a female kitten, xt. 4 mo., at 2 p.m., 40 gr. of Iridin (a good deal wasted). 2.30, profuse flow of saliva^ mouth wide open j wants to lie down all the time , breathing very rapid ; mews constantly. 3, mews most fearfully ; appears to be in great pain ; rolls

from one side to other ; mouth wide open ; great dyspncea ; appean to be dying ; secretion of saliva very limited. 3.15^5111! lying in same position, mewing at every breath ; mouth filled with froth ; walked 2 feet, staggering very much ; dropped on side -y resp. 48. 3>30, trici to walk, but falls ; mews at every breath. 4, cannot stand ; lies on its side; resp. 36; mouth open, filled with froth. 4.15, resp. 48. 5, gasping for breath, resp. 24; if spoken to mews fearfully^ but cannot get up j in 10 m. crawled 2 feet ; went into convulsions, which lasted I m., spasms were in forelegs and back ; resp. 18 ; pupils dilated. 7, on its side, gasping for breath, resp. 18; cannot stand when lifted; ears and legs cold -, mews fearfully by spells, as if suffering great pain ; kicks and scratches much. 8.30, appears in great pain ; mews at every breath. 9.30, went into spasms as before j had a watery passage* and died.

h. P.AI. 10 h. after death. — Upper lobes of lungs very much congested ; heart filled with dark venous blood ; liver very much congested, especially 1. lobe \ gall-bladder half full ) stomach almost bursting with gas ; whole of intestines filled with mucus, water, and gas; pancreas red with blood, more congested than any other organ (Dr. Ludlam examined a portion, and found intense congestion of minute vessels and extravasation of blood into tissue of gland). {Ibid.)