Geranium maculatum

Volume IV — Appendix

GERANIUM.

Geraniit/n ma(ulatum, L. Wild cranesbill. Nat. Ord., Gtramiacut,

I. ProviHgs. — :. Dr. E. C. Beckwith reports the following sjmptom» u okr served upon himself 1 — Slight pain in occipital region, low down j fulntu of rjci i dryness of mouth, extending outwards over lips to cuticle jiroper, followed by p*i> in 1. forehead and over 1. tar; tip of tong^ie dry and burning. The moM marked symptom noticed was a constant desire for 6tool, this attended each snempt it proving the drug (ind trit,) 4 I went to stool often, but each time inerT ihi»

went on for some time, and after effects of dnig passed off, bowels n lul

pain or tenesmus, stool natural and well lubricated, {pAia Mtd. ana ^ttrg. ijf^ IV, 127.)

3, I made an infusion of G. m., and took a teaspoonful. In a few rtiom«nii I became giddy, and saw double. When I would close my eyes and lie down 1 Ak comfortable, but I could not open them without the recurrence of the above.Dciw tioned symptoms. There was also ptosis and dilatation of the pupils, and mv wuatenance assiuned the appearance of one who had been indulging in strong iriok •

little too freeljr. I had great difficulty in walking with my eyes open, while I could do M> easily when they were closed.

I have tried the decoction on several persons, and five times on myself, with the same result. (E. A. Mvrphy, see Brit. Journ. iff Horn., xxxvi, 79.)