Sabadilla

Volume III — Main text

SABADILLA.

Asi^raa i^cinalis, L. Cevadilla, Nat. Ord., Melanthacta.

1. Provings, — I. Hahnemann.* — Painful pressure at r. temple from within outwards (10 h.) ; burning itching within lobules of ears, without external redness or heat ; burning in stomach ; bruised pain in anterior muscles of thighs while walking, worse when touching parts ; creeping sensation in limbs. (Staff's Beitrdgt.)

2. Gross. — Painful pressure, with dizziness, in sinciput and temples, with occasional painful stitches, followed by drawing sensation, in back ; painful beating in I. temple ; pain in 1. occiput, as if a sore place were strongly pressed ; flying heat with redness of face ; painful

• Of this and the following provings we are simply told that the symptoms " were obtained upon perfectly healthy persons by means of a tincture prepared from i part of the powdered seeds and 20 parts of alcohol." It would seem that single doses of a few drops each were taken.— £ds.

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drawing from below upwards in r. eye and temple to vertex; pressure on eyeballS) worse on looking up \ copious epistaxis, twice (quite unusual). Rawness and scraping in throat, he must hawk continualJy (J h.) J feeling like heartburn (lo m.) ; nausea, relieved by somewhat bitter eructations ; feeling of nausea and distress with languor, she feels as though sinking and must sit down j pain below scrob. cordis on pressure and especially during inspiration, as if a sore place were pressed upon ; internal slightly digging pain above scrob. cordis to 1., for several d. the spot resents frequent handling ; great burning in stomach and up chest as high as throat-pit ; sudden constriction of breathing at scrob. cordis, with anxictas ; painful boring in hypogastnum, especially at a spot on r. hip ; digging up in r. lobe of liver, extending to I., and therewith paroxysmally a painful transverse drawing, also similar digging in forehead, pressure relieves latter, but liver feels sore under it. Towards e. she has constant urging to micturate, only a few drops coming, after which urging becomes more violent, therewith drawing and burning in urethra (relieved by pulsatilla). Tosses r. arm upwards with sudden and painful jerk ; tearing at r. side of knee at each step i her knees feel weary, as if they would give way ; painful drawing in all limbs, heaviness in legs, so that walking becomes troublesome to her. Suddenly great lassitude, so that her eyes irresistibly close ; lassitude in all limbs, he sweats on making any exertion, also at n. in bed, which is quite unusual. Very restless sleep, tossing about in bed and much dreaming. Vexation at every trifle. (Ibid,)

1. Hartlaue. — Prcssive tensive pain in forehead (| h.) ; corrosive burning at spot on vertex ; burning creeping over eyebrows ; redness of face, which is hot without feeling so; painful boring behind 1. car, in parotid glands, lower jaw and submaxillary glands (3 h.) ; burningcreeping shooting sensation behind ear ■, itching-creeping on nose. Burning-crawling shooting sensation in palate ; feeling of constriction deep in throat, as after an astringent drink ; repulsive burning-sweetish taste in mouth, aggravated during his accustomed smoke, but going off while eating (3 h.) j corrosive burning stomach-ache (3 and 7 h.) ; in gastric and hepatic regions internal painless warmth ; feeling as if hepatic region were scraped with back of knife, crampy drawing together of abdominal muscles, I. side, with burning pain, he bent double towards 1. with it ; abdomen, hands, and chest covered with red pin'shead spots, redder in open air, not raised. Burning in urethra, independently of micturition, but with urging to micturate. Burning pin in 1. chest (5^ h.) \ burning-creeping shooting sensation between scapulae ; red patches on 1. arm, occasionally also red points, not raised, causing no itching but only a hot sensation, and remaining even when exposed to air (2 h.) ; red elevated streak transversely across 1. forearm; redness of one hand and red spots upon it; both hands arc dotted with red spots, especially 1. ; fine burning stitch in tips of I. fingers, followed by glowing heat there, while rest of hand was very cold (8 h.) ; shooting sensation in both thighs at same time ; in front of 1. knee a white blister with red border and burning pain ; tremulous sensation and actual trembling in all limbs (1 — 2 h.). Yawning and stretching j burning-creeping sensation here and there. Drowsiness,

which weighed down his eyes (5 h.). The spots and streaks mentioned became redder in the cold. [Ibid.)

1. Hering. — Head is oppressed and heavy, as if he must hold it constantly, — for some d. ; thinking is diiBcult and gives her a headache,— save for this she has a strong inclination to laugh at everything, but afterwards feels indifferent, almost apathetic ; intellect seems greatly stimulated, even strained, but emotions are dull and cold, — after a few d. opposite condition supervenes ; continued attention causes headache ; throbbing headache in r. forehead, afterwards higher up (j h.), — it lasted f h., then decreasing gradually, but head remained painful all d. ; slight pressive pain in forehead over 1. eye, then also in temple (10 h.) ; slight headache in 1. vertex (2 h.) ; painful heaviness, first only in r. forehead, then extending to l.,and finally affecting whole head continuously, it increases during movement and then becomes vertiginous (ist d.) ; constant headache, like a weight, ist d. only in forehead, following d. in whole head^ less violent when staring or reflecting; dull feeling in forehead (not exactly a pain), as if she had received a blow, therewith heaviness of limbs (2 h.) ; slight jerking frontal headache, first r., then 1. ; fine slight pricking stitches in skin of forehead when becoming warm and going upstairs quickly (2nd d.) ; heat in face after warm drink (fst d.) ; heat and pricking itching here and there on face (11 h., e.) ; redness of face and hands; reddened edges of lids, and feeling in eyes as if inflammation would set in : burning feeling in 1. eye, as if something corrosive had got into it, going off* and recurring (1 h.) ; lachrymation for several d. when going into open air, looking at bright light, coughing, or yawning, also at least pain elsewhere ; aching pressing otalgia (internal) ; crackling in ear, and humming on pressing air into it \ violent itching on 1. cheek, with spots on face like herpes, not disappearing till after some d. (ist and 2nd d.) ; contractive biting sensation in nose, as from mustard. Lower jaws, when touched, are painful like swollen glands (for several d.) ; cracking in both maxillary articulations (especially r.) on opening mouth in m., as if they were quite loose, — not painful or disagreeable (2nd d.) ; slight beating and drawing in teeth, not continuous, generally during a walk ; small stitches from above downwards in r. upper teeth ; intermittent pressive pain inside 1. cheek where teeth meet, not affected by contact (10 h.) ; pinching dull stitches on tip of tongue, mostly to r., coming and going (6 h.) ; tongue thickly coated, mostly whitish-yellow, especially in middle and behind (several d.) ; tongue white-coated, but tip (as also gums) bluish (2nd d.) ; throat feels inwardly swollen (8 h.) ; he is constantly obliged to swallow, in doing so has pain behind larynx as if something was lodged there, — also scratching and roughness, so that he is continually hawking (3rd d., worst in m., but lasting all d., especially after eating) ; much mucus in throat first thing in m. ; thirst for cold water, especially e. (ist d.) ; increased thirst, he has, contrary to custom, to drink even early in m. ; no appetite for dinner, but in e. canine hunger (ist d.) ; he eats breakfast with avidity for several d. \ frequent painful eructations, which frequently reach only to middle of chest, as if impeded (several d.) ; sour eructations, rare, but lasting some d, ; great aversion to all food, VOL. 1x1. 48

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and yet hunger (ist d.) ; nausea before dinner, ceasing alter it ; some nausea, inclination to vumit, and anxious feelings immediately after a meal ; burning in stomach and along whole gullet (immediately^ lasting 10 m., and then gradually subsiding) ; intermitting pinching pressure deep in epigastrium (5 m.) j pinching stitch behind heart, worse on inspiration (6 h.) 1 while sitting, p.m.j he is suddenly seized with violent stitch-like pain in r. side below last rib, bringing tears to his eyes, on twisting himself for relief pain suddenly attacks I. side, and then the two pains seem to meet in mid-abdomen, — they lasted altogether 20 m. (1st d.) ; paroxysmal borborygmus ; intermittent, slow, blunt stitches, as from a blow, in I. lumbar region (ist d., e.). Violent urging to stool, with little result, therewith increased headache (5 — 7 h. after a strong dose) ; during moderate urging to stool flying jerking drawing in genital region, as tf in spermatic cords (3rd d.) ; after a large dose several stools in a d., then after several small ones no stool for 4 d. i transient pinching-tearing in rectum (immediately). Little unne, although he drinks more than usual ; scalding in urethra during micturition; dragging sensation along urethra to outlet while micturating (10 h.) ; drawing, pulsaiive-shooting, intermitting pain in penis down to tip (6 h.) ; slow undulating motion in testes all d., at times fine tingling extends from thighs to testes, aAer which undulation becomes more active j intermitting bruised pain in I. testicle (10 h.) ; no sexual desire for 5 d., then much with little power (5th — 7th d.) ; some painfully tensive erections in m., without desire. Violent sneezing from time to time, concussing abdomen, followed by lachrymation (3 h.) ; occasional sneezing, with shooting-contractive headache over eyes and red edges of lids, as if catarrh would set in, which, however, it does not ; dryness and sensitiveness high up in nose ; obstruction of one or other nostril for several d. ; copious nasal mucus, at first thin, whitish, and transparent, then viscid and yellowish-grey; short breach for whole d. (ist d.} ; some short cough, with lachrymation. After walking sweat on chest and in axilla, violent itching on nipple ; pain in neck on moving it (12 h.) ; pain from r. shoulder into chest, as if circulation was arrested by a tight bandage, not relieved by loosening clothes, lasts nearly all d,, increased by cold and in open air, sometimes it is felt in 1. shoulder (3 h.) ; simple pain, as of weariness, but more intense, in whole back, going£ and coming at short intervals for most of d., coming on while walking, not relieved by twisting body, but yielding when sitting with back supported (ist d.) ; intermittent pinching in flesh of r. upper arm, inner side (1 h.) ; jerking pain on inner side of forearm, more towards hand ; r. wrist is almost painfully affected, and constantly, but worse during movement (4th d.) ; beating tearing within ). metacarpus on inner side ; beating pain in r. middle finger as if in bones (2 h.) ; fugitive itching tearing in 1. ring-finger (i h.) ; hangnails form; skin of hands dry and rough a.m., smooth again p.m. ; paroxysmal stitch-pain on inner r. thigh near genitals ; knees are so weak that she is unable to stand long; sweat on soles; feet somewhat swollen and very painful in walking, she would like to walk on soft ground only, feels every little stone and cannot get along (ist days). Intense pain in all bones, especially in joinlSj as if their

interior were scraped and cut with a sharp knife (r, arm was specially affected), — it continued uninterruptedly all d., now worse, now better, was increased by cold, relieved for a short time by moving arm very fast, but for longer time by warmth and in n. ; a sort of slight Jerking^ once only, in upper lip, then in hands, fingers, or thighs, especially of ]. side, and always from r. to I. ; kind of hot feeling and slight painfulncss at spots in skin, especially of face, more obvious when stooping,— washing with cold water relieves it, and afterwards a slight tension replaces it, especially on 1. face (2 h.) ; heaviness with lassitude of whole body, recumbent rest is very welcome (for 3 d.) ; he feels so weak that he comes near to falling all the time ; paralytic weariness in all limbs, late 1st c., on waking in m. feels more weary than before, all body aching as if it had lain on blocks of wood ; after a short walk he is suddenly attacked in the street with unaccustomed weariness and oppression of head, almost as if he had taken spirits, his eyes half close, and he is almost unable to get upstairs (i h.) ; legs feel as if bruised, especially about knees ; she feels so bruised she would like constantly to lie down, walking and standing become extremely irksome, weariness and heaviness in all limbs, feet especially heavy, arms hang down strengthless (2 h., lasting some time) j continuous heaviness in all limbs, compelling lying down, especially towards noon and e. (for 5 d.) ; staggering gait (ist d.) ; frequent weary yawning, with lachrymation (1 h.) i she is constantly obliged to yawn and stretch, which causes cracking in shoulders and back. During Hrst days he feels general discomfort towards e., he gets half-sleep only with sensible straining of mind on all kinds of thoughts, but feeling is dull, and there is no vividness in his dreams ; ideas crowding upon his mind prevent his falling asleep for several n. ; pulsation all over before falling asleep at n. ; very heavy dreamless sleep; while sitting, a.m., ever-increasing lassitude till he falls axleep, disturbed after | h. he starts up as if in affright, then head is heavy (3rd d. after a large dose) \ he is waked after midnight by itching in skin ; a very vivid dream of aiding people and gladdening them. Sensitiveness to cold (ist d.) j cold increases his malaise and pains ; chilliness all d. ; general chilliness, followed by a kind of warmth and as if tingling would set in, especially in thighs (1 h.) ; he is shaken and waked up from sleep about I p.m. by a momentary chill, — he then becomes warm without sweat, and has fine prickling on forehead (2nd d.) ; chilliness at 9.30 p.m. so that he went to bed, then shaking chill, so that his usual covering did not suffice, after ) h. alternately hot and cold for 30 m., then he became oppressed, and sweated so profusely that he had to change his shirt,— with the sweat continued chilliness (ist d.). He imagines alt sorts of strange things about his own body, — knowing that it is all fancy, yet seeming to perceive it actually. {Ibid.)

1. a. Hromada, — Immediate effects of drug were local, — burning in tongue, throat and gullet, salivation, nausea, retching, borborygmus j flatulent emission, urging to stool, then some diarrhoea ; with this there was vertigo, and weight and pressure in head. After 3 h. head was as after being fuddled, without vertigo or pain, but he felt cheerful ; n. was very restless, with pressive pain in r. thigh and r, upper arm (same

continued for 5 following n.). On 2nd d., and lasting 6 d., burning in anus before stool, as if a fiery coal were there ; urine somewhat copious, and slightly tinged with blood ; itching as from lice on vertex, obliging him to scratch incessantly (lasting 2 d.). On 3rd d. vertigo while getting into bed, so that he had to support himself; at n. excessive itching all over body, compelling scratching, which causes a burning (for I h.). On 5th d. furious itching in fingers and toes, waking him from sleep and obliging him to scratch, which causes burning (for i h.) ; violent pains in both thighs, as if compressed, abating somewhat while legs are stretched, increasing at first but diminished afterwards by movement (lasting 4 d.). Without note of time, — dulness of head without vertigo or real aching ; after-taste of ingesta ; burning in abdomen and rectum for an h. after every stool ; itching of anus, with violent burning after scratching, for 5 d. ; great oppression of chest, making him feel as if he would collapse, with great anguish at heart (for i h.) ; a sort of scabies between r. fingers, itching much, but only at n. in bed, nothing visible by d. ; much drawing pain in whole r. lower extremity (lasting 8 d.).

b. The following symptoms, accredited to Hromada, belong to a female prover, who also may have supplied some of the above: — violent itching of scalp, followed by burning, compelling scratching till blood came (in 5 h., lasting 5 d.) ; frightful burning in stomach immediately on waking, mounting up to throat, making her feel as if suffocating ; for 3 n. in succession furious itching on hands and feet, as if she had scabies (from 2nd n,) ; for 5 h. on 3rd d. very lively mood, which was not natural to her. (Ibid,)

1. Langhammer. — [Dose seems to have been taken early in d.] In 4 h., burning itchmg creeping and prickling on upper and under lips, as if parts were burnt, obliging him to scratch ; febrile shudder through whole body. In J h., trembling of r. hand while writing, as from weakness ; some borborygmus. li\ l h. hiccup, several times ; some stitches in muscles of I. forearm from within ouiward, going off on least movement. In 2 h. same in upper arm, with sense of pressure near wrist, and much trembling of hand when holding or lifting anything. In 2^ h. some external stitches in 1. knee, while sitting. In 3 — 4 h. same on 1. temple; beating and twitching in muscles of 1. upper jaw ; during inspir;ition stitches externally on I. chest, and same on r. back in rapid succession ; painful pressure in 1. sole while standing. In 5 h., feeling of burning heat, heat and redness of face and heat only in forehead, without thirst. In 6 — 7 h., tearing stitches externally on 1. forehead; pricking boring pain within outwards in r. chest during expiration, while sitting, which soon goes off on slight movement. In 9 — 10 h. painful pressure from above downwards on 1. temple near ear; again stitches in 1. forearm. In 10 — 12 h. stupefying oppressive sensation in forehead, causing sense of reeling which makes him stagger from side to side as if drunk; painful pressure on I. temple ; while writing, creeping pricks from r. thumb to index finger; pressive pain on 1. index, going off on movement; intermitting stitches in muscles of r. thigh, while sitting. In 13 — 15 h. some stitches in I. abdomen, while sitting; pressive pain under elbows when

bending arms ; when moving arm pressive pain in upper muscles ; crampy, painless drawing together of 1. little and ring fingers, while at rest i pressive pain in I. hip, while sitting ; sudden burning heat of cheeks, with coldness of forehead, without thirst. The whole d. he was absorbed in reverie ; n. was disturbed with complicated but unrc* merobered dreams j in m. he woke suddenly as from fright. [Ibid.)

1. RucKERT. — Vertigo as if everything were turning, especially on rising after being seated ([ h.) ; vertigo as if he would faint, with obscuration of vision (3rd d.) \ pressive headache on vertex, rising up from skin of forehead, where a sort of whirling movement is experienced {2nd d.) i headache, especially after cvcTy walk -, on entering room she is attacked with a turning screwing pain, commencing in r. head, affecting both temples very acutely, and extending over whole head after going to bed (recurring every d.) ; tension of scalp, especially during fever; shootings in temple and scalp (2nd d.) j blue rings round eyes for several d. j otalgia with crackling before cars; humming and buzzing in cars, and sometimes sound as if something heavy had fallen on the floor and burst, after which the ears ring for a long time ; dulness of hearing, feeling as if something were in cars. Drawing in jaws and cheeks ; frequent painful jerkings in gums, recurring daily ; swelling of uvula y burning and aching in throat, between as well as during deglutition ; throat feels internally swollen ; throat feels as if tied round with a string (3rd and 4th d.) ; nausea while eating, several times. Hoarseness ; short difficult breathing, especially p.m. ; wheezing in larynx on inspiration if she lies down ; oppression of chest while sitting and lying, as if a large heavy stone lay on it ; palpitation, and therewith sense of throbbing in all vessels of body. Pain in spine as if bruised, while sitting j cramp-like jerking in elbows ; yellow spots on fingers; during whole action of drug great dryness of hands ; trembling of arms and hands ; burning of knees ; prickling in toes, as if *^ gone to sleep i" cold feet ; pain in limbs, especially lower, a peculiarly painful drawing in middle of bones, compelling their stretching out, better at rest, each movement evoking feeling of weight and stiffness ; in movement and walking his joints crack ; bruised pain at various spots, now here, now there, acutely felt but transient. Considerable pricking under skin all over, lasting some d., especially in toes ; great weariness and heaviness in all limbs, especially legs; relaxation of whole body ; violent tremor of body, especially 3rdd. Constant desire to sleep, even in daytime. Chill with goose skin and moderate thirst ; flying heat all d., most a.m., alternated with chilliness ; febrile condition, he feels ill, anxious, restless, starts readily, breath short and hot, tremor, strong ebullition of blood, eyes languid and unsteady ; ic is as if everything — • even the air — quivered before her, there is irresistible desire for sleep, with yawning, icy-cold shudders without shaking, constant nausea; heat only at n. and on rising in m., mostly inward — hands, forehead, lips and cheeks only being hot to touch, hands always dry and rough, mouth in m. very dry and sticky, thirst moderate but appetite for savoury food, no sweat (this for two weeks, daily the same), Fearfulness, starting at least noise. (Ibid.)

b. ScHONKE. — Flush of heat over face, checks are red and buni ;

shooting in r. auricle (2 h.). Shooting pain in an anterior 1. lower molar, extending towards ear, lasting some m. (4 h.) j scraping in throat with confluence of saliva (later, sweetish) in mouth {immediately) ; he feels as if a soft body had stuck in his throat, felt most on swallowing -, scraping in throat, when swallowing he feels as if uvula were resting on tongue, and this troublesome feeling causes him to hawk, which brings up a sweet flat-tasting mucus; burning and pressure in throat which feels during empty deglutition as if a plug were fixed there (20 h.) ; dryness and roughness in throat on swallowing (2 h.) ; tensive clawing sensation in parotid, with increased flow of saliva on that side (I h.) ; sweetish taste in mouth, as if he had chewed liquorice (i h.) ; empty tasteless eructations with shuddering feeling over body, after which a preceding qualmishness goes off; nausea and inclination to vomit, he spits up insipid water all the time {i h.) ; feeling of warmth in r. hypochondrium (soon) and (i h.) in pra;cordia ; dull shooting pain to I. ofscrob. cordis; shooting in r. side, especially in hepatic region (6th d.). Oppression on chest (7 h.) ; violent cough (immediately) ; nightly dry cough, which allows him no rest, — he is hot with it and sweats ; short dry cough, brought on by scraping sensation in throat ; shooting in mid-chest, r., in front, during inspiration and coughing, it wakes him several times in n., he cannot lie on that side, — therewith cough with expectoration, frequently recurring during n. ; shooting in 1. side, at first more in upper than in lower part, worse when coughing and inspiring deeply. Violent pain about sacro-iliac symphysis while bending; pain in sacrum, with shivering ; pain near ant. sup. spinous process of ilium, relieved by walking about and pressing upon it, worse when sitting (i h.). Sudden cramp in r. hand, he is unable to grasp anything with it (2 h.). Shuddering runs over back, he feels chilly through whole body (3 h.) ; frequently recurring shuddering and shaking, soon passing off, without immediately following heat and without thirst, he then feels hot all of a sudden, especially in face — as if hot breath were coming out of mouth and nose and warming all the neighbouring parts, no thirst, body generally feeling comfortable and head bright (the shudderings recurred 8 — 10 times within a short space, the attacks of heat came seldomer, but lasted longer) ; during burning heat in face a chill runs over whole body, especially extremities (2 h.) ; violent chill at 5 p.m., coldness runs through back as if cold water had been poured there, and teeth chatter with the internal chilliness, — the stove brings some relief, and after 2 h. the chill goes gradually off, and body becomes warm with some sweat on forehead (during following n. shooting in chest with cough). {Ihid,)

1. ScHULz. — 1st d., violent shooting in I, ear. and d., vertigo, as if he would fall. 3rd d., stitches in r. hand ; drawing through alllimbs, and feeling as if paralysed. 4th d., shooting in r. chest, between 3rd and 4th ribs (recurring 6th and 7th d.) ; erysipelatoid inflammation over r. tibia, with violent burning pain ; flying stitches in whole body, now here, now there. 5th d., weariness in legs. 6th d., vertigo, everything goes round ; shooting in r. knee. 7th d., vertigo, more while sitting than while standing ; shooting pain in headj especially in forehead. Without note of time, — cramp in r. hand, especially in

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fingers, and so violent that hand is quite stiff and fingers crooked ; shooting in r. index. (Ibid,)

1. Staff. — On rising in m. vertigo, worse in sitting than in moving, he feels stupid in head j he had to rest head upon table whole forenoon till after dinner to keep off the vertigo and constant nausea (2nd d.) ; gloomy in head. Painful scratching sensation in throat j thirst, which can only be quenched for a short time \ aversion to all food and to coffee ; he eats, but without appetite ; continual desire to vomit \ internal shudder through abdomen ; violent creeping in rectum, as from thread-worms. Tension on chest about epigastrium, especially in breathing. From soon after midnight, very violent tearing-tensive pain in calves, going off almost entirely on rising (8 d. in succession). Lassitude for several d. Restless, unrefreshing sleep. Complicated dreams. Chilliness without thirst or subsequent heat, but itself followed by thirst ; profuse sweat after midnight. Dislike to work; vexed, inclined to be vehement, out of humour. (Ibid.)

If. W. [described as " a young physician"]. — Painful pressure in r. hemisphere of brain, extending as far as 1. lower molars j pre&sivc pain about r. temporal bone-, itching (sic) pressive headache, most violent in forehead; e. while reading, pains in head, as if single parts of brain were pressed against sharp corners j burning of lips as if they had been scalded. Shooting pain in a r. lower molar, extending into submaxillary gland {\ h.) ; tongue smarts as if sore and full of vesicles ; tip of tongue and buccal cavity felt sore and scalded ; disgust for meat ; slight indications of heartburn ; dull shooting pressure in 1. abdomen, as if it were somewhat sore ; diarrhcea, stool looking fermented and brown. Urine becomes thick and turbid, like loam-water (5 h.). Strong, painful oppression on middle of chest ; burning in r. chest as if he had swallowed hot water. Painful drawing in r. elbow-joint; on both forearms small burning-itching pimples ; paralytic drawing painful rigidity in 1. thumb and index ; very painful jerking in r. thumb, relieved by grasping it ; pressive drawing on outer side of 1. knee (5 m.) ; pressive pinching as alone; marrow of r. tibia, while walking; tension at r. calf, in walking. Weak all over, as before a severe illness. Sleepy all d., eyes constantly closing, as if He had not slept on previous n. {Ibidy

1. Poisonings, — I. Rosalie K — , aft. 20, cook, took on the morning of April i8th, 1842, for headache and pain in stomach, which she thought was caused by worms, a quantity of powdered sabadilla seeds. Seen at noon, she was suffering from great prjecordial anxiety, was tossing about in bed, and groaning and eructating. She did not answer when spoken lOj lay speechless and unconscious, or jumped up to run about the room, plucking at her dress over the region of the scrob. cordis. Her face was haggard and deathly pale, her features distorted with an expression of extreme anxiety ; she ap[>eared drowsy,

• There are also symptoim in this pathoeene&U referred to " S. G, " and " Nn.,'* and Mine quite anonymous ^ but as no mention u made of these sources in the preface, we have thought it better to omit the symptoms belonging to them, lest they should prove as worthier as those citcl from Hartlaub and Trinks, which were ob»rvcd m a boy suffering from tape-worm tej9rf he took Sabadilla 30, and which (naturally) dj»ppcared after 46 cll of the worm had been passed. — Eds.

her eyelids were iirmly closed, livid rings around the eyes, forehead covered with cold sweat, breathing free and quick, pulse irregular and quick, heart's beats strong, gastric region sensitive to touch and feeling as if a heavy stone lay there. For more than i h. nausea, flow of saliva, and vomiting of a clear, slimy fluid. Everything that was given her, such as camomile tea, Tokay wine, eau de Cologne, was immediately vomited. The extremities were cold ; she had drawing and shooting pains in both thighs and great dryness of hands. On giving her a few spoonfuls of clear soup, it was immediately ejected from the stomach. Some almond milk was then given, which was retained, and she gradually recovered. The great thirst persisted for a few hours, but she felt very exhausted and prostrated. When seen again in the e. she was enjoying refreshing sleep, had taken a little beef-tea without sickness, and had passed a hard stool. She passed a quiet n., and next m. was able to return to her ordinary duties. (Weitenweber, Prager Menatschrifi^ i, 33.)