ŒNANTHE.
Œnanthe crocata, Linn.
Natural order
, Umbelliferæ.
Common names
, Drop-water,
Safran-rebendolde.
Preparation
, Tincture of the root.
Authorities.
1,
Ray, Philos. Trans., 1699, effects in boys, from eating the root; 2, Stalpaart Van der Wiel, Observ. rarior.,
1727 (from Bloc, Monograph on Œ., 1873), effects of eating plant; 3, Smetius, 1593, from Stalpaart, effects of
eating stems and leaves in a salad; 4,
same, effects in a woman, of eating stems cooked with parsnips; 5, Christ. Rost. Miscell., from Stalpaart,
effects of eating stems, in several persons; 6,
Baldassar, Timœus on Poisons, took 7, chap. 4, p. 310 (from Stalpaart),
effects in a man, of eating stems; 7,
Simon Paullus, Traité des fièvres malignes (from Stalpaart), effects
of eating leaves in order to cure fever, in three persons; 8, Arnatus Lusitamus (from Stalpaart),
effects of eating stems, in a child, aged eleven; 9, Watson, Phil. Trans., 1746, p. 127 (No.
460), effects of eating root, in eleven French prisoners; also, Phil.
Trans., 1748, No. 238, effects on soldiers; 10,
Allen, Synops. Med., effects in four children; 11,
Ehret, Phil. Trans., 1759, p. 856, effects of five spoonfuls of
expressed juice of root, in a man, aged fifty-eight; 12, Pulteney, Med. and Philos. Comment, 1784,
effects, after every dose, of the juice of the root mixed with wine,
taken for the cure of a chronic scaly disease of the skin; 13, Wilmers, Obs. on Poisonous Vegetables of
Great Britain, 1781, statement of Christ. Ehret, as to the effects of
the effluvia when sketching the plant; 14,
Dr. Robert Graves, Med. Facts and Obs., 1797, Vol. III, p. 308 (from
Berridge, Pathogenetic Record), effects of two tablespoonfuls of juice
of root, in a woman, aged twenty-four; 15,
Duval, Inaug. Thesis, 1806, effects of plant, on three soldiers (from
Bloc); 16, Parise, Journ. Gén. de
Méd., 1823 (Bloc), effects of eating plant, prepared as a salad, on
five persons, three of whom died; 17,
Dr. Charles, Archives Clin. de Montpellier, 1814, effects of eating soup
containing the plant, in a woman and child (Bloc); 18, Godefroy, Journ. de Pharm., etc., 1822,
effects of eating plant, in three sailors; 19,
Journ. de Pharm., 1822, effects of eating plant, in three women; 20, Bry, Arch. Gén. de Méd., 1823, effects
of eating plant, in a man; 21,
Joseph Fraysell, Lancet, 1833, 1, 860, effects of eating root, in a
woman; 22, Thompson, Lancet, 1836,
2, 850, effects of crushing plant, on a man; 23,
same, effects of eating a small piece of the root; 24, Bossey, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1844, p. 289,
effects of eating roots, on Wilkinson (one of a number of convicts); 25, same, on Knight; 26,
same, on Wilson; 27, on others,
same; 28, same, on Chamberlain; 29, same, on Williams; 30, same, on Jeffs; 31,
same, on Salt; 32, same, on Burgess;
33, Unger, Gaz. des Hôp., 1846,
effects of eating leaves, on a woman and some children; 34, Pickells, Edin. Med. and Surg. Jour.,
1847, p. 435, Vol. LXVII, effects of eating the root, in three boys; 35, same, in two other boys; 36, same, effects in a woman; 37, same, in five children; 38, same, in a boy; 39,
same, in two boys; 40, same, in a
boy; 41, same, from Cork Southern
Reporter, 1827, effects in four children; 42,
same, in a boy; 43, same, in a
child; 44, same, in two girls; 45, same, effects of applying a poultice of
the plant to a scrofulous ophthalmia, in a woman; 46, same, effects of eating some, in a
elderly woman; 47, Nichol, Assoc.
Journ., 1854 (Schmidt’s Jhb., 86, 316), effects of a strong infusion of
plant, taken for erythema, in a woman; 48,
Med. Times and Gaz., N. S., 13, 1856, p. 205, effects of root, in three
sailors; 49, Friedrich’s Blatt. f.
Ger., Aug. 1856 (A. H. Z., 54, 152), effects of the expressed juice of
the root; 50, Grahame, Med. Times
and Gaz., 1858, N. S., 16, p. 241, effects of eating root; 51, Appleton, Brit. Med. Journ., 1861, March,
p. 293, effects of eating plant; 52,
same, report of another case; 53,
same, quoted from Dr. Hooper’s Med. Dict., effects of eating root, in
several persons; 54, Baume, Med.
Times and Gaz., 1862 (from Archives des Mal-mentales, 1861), effects of
eating root, in a man; 55, same,
another case; 56, Vacher, Journ. de
Méd., 1863, effects of a soup containing the leaves and roots, in
seventeen soldiers (from Bloc); 57,
Vincent, Gaz. de hebdom. Méd., Paris, 1864, effects of eating the herb;
58, Popham, Brit. and For.
Med.-Chir. Rev., 1866, p. 544 (Dubl. Quart. J. of Med., 1865), effects
in some boys; 59, same, effects in
one boy; 60, Dr. Kimball, Am. Hom.
Obs., 1867, p. 70, effects of eating the root, in a boy; 61, Kane, Med. Times and Gaz., 1869, 2, 379,
effects of eating the leaves, in a child; 62,
Bloc, effects of eating root, in several persons; 63, Nevins, Assoc. Med. J., Vol. II, effects
of eating roots, in a young boy; 64,
Pharm. Journ., 3d ser., Vol. I, p. 1110, effects of eating the root, in
a man; 65, Journ. de Chim. Med.,
1870 (Bloc), effects of getting the alcoholic solution of the extract on
the hands; 66, Gayet, Essai sur l’Œnanthe,
1870, poisoning of several persons by eating the herb; 67, same, effects of eating the root, in a
soldier; 68, Journ. of Botany, 1870,
Vol. VIII, p. 255, effect of eating root, in a man; 69, Pharm. Journ. and Trans., 1875 and 1876
(Manchester Guardian), effect of eating the root, in several persons
(from Berridge, Pathogenetic Record); 70,
same, additional effects, 1871, Vol. I, p. 110; 71,
Foss, Practitioner, 1876, p. 248, effects of eating root, in nine
children; 72, Taylor’s Med. Juris.,
Vol. I, p. 422, two laborers ate some of the roots; death after about
three hours.
MIND.
►
*Furious delirium, [4].
► Delirium, [7], [16], [23], [49].
► Very marked symptoms of maniacal
delirium, [3]. ► Delirium and insensibility; restless, and
with difficulty kept in bed; when roused he did not speak, but stared
vacantly, and seemed in a state of madness (after seven hours and a
half); still restless and insane (after twenty-four hours); delirious
(ninth and tenth days), [31]. ► *Delirium like delirium tremens; the
patients constantly moved from place to place, talked without cessation,
and without knowing what they said; they grasped at imaginary objects, [33]. ►
Excessive excitement; she talked to herself, swore and blasphemed, while
at the same time she was seized with convulsive laughter, [33]. ► The
patients refused everything that was offered, and constantly endeavored
to escape, so that it was necessary to keep constant watch over them, [33]. ►
One ran mad, but his reason returned next morning, [1]. ►
Semi-delirium in almost all, [30].
[10.] ►
Approaching delirium (twelfth day), [32].
► In one the most prominent symptom
was extreme restlessness, approaching to mania, [50]. ► Lost
control of myself and was unconscious of what I was doing or saying, [3]. ►
When slapped on the cheeks he bounds up indignantly, stammering out in
pitiful remonstrance, “Wisha, don’t, then,” and covers his
head impatiently; he is immediately buried in unconsciousness again
(after four hours), [59]. ► It seemed to her as if she were flying, [4]. ►
Depression of spirits (second day), [58].
► It seemed to her as if she were
flying, [4]. ►
Depression of spirits (second day), [58].
► Great oppression, with extreme
anxiety, [3]. ► Moans (second day), [31]. ► Temper
irritable (third day), [59]. ► General malaise, [15], [33].
[20.] ►
Much confused in intellect, and vacant in expression (second day);
consciousness has quite returned, but all is a blank since he ate the
root up to this morning (third day), [59].
► She thought that she was
transported to a very great elevation, [4].
► They were all absolutely
unconscious, [71]. ► Loss of sensibility, [23]. ►
Complete insensibility, [61]. ► In a state of insensibility (after one
hour and a half), [21]. ► Insensible, [25], [63],
[72]. ►
Lies in a state of stupor, sleeping much, in the evening (third day), [31]. ►
Slight stupor (after six hours and a half), [28]. ► Stupor
for several days, [40]. [30.] ►
Lay for some hours in a stage of stupor, [38].
► Slight symptoms of coma (after six
hours and a half), [30]. ► Coma, [23].
HEAD.
►
Vertigo. ► Vertigo, [2], [12],
[15], [43], [49],
[50], [67]. ►
Vertigo like intoxication, [5]. ► The first attacked was seized with
vertigo and fell; the other, while placing him on his back, fell also, [35]. ►
Dizziness in the head (one case), [53].
► Felt dizzy and strangely (after
twenty minutes), [60]. ► Dizziness in his head for some time, [9]. ►
Giddiness, [27], [51]. [40.] ► Great giddiness, with vast uneasiness and
sickness at stomach, but no vomiting (after ten or fifteen minutes), [14]. ►
Complained of giddiness, and immediately fell to the ground, [36]. ►
Giddy, in one case, [50]. ► Giddiness (second day), [58]. ►
Giddiness (eleventh day), [30]. ► Giddy, so that several times he was
obliged to quit the room and walk out in the fresh air to recover
himself; but when the doors and windows of his room were opened, he
could finish his work without giddiness, [13].
► General Head. ► Headache and giddiness (seventh day), [30]. ►
Headache, [58]. ► Violent pain in the head, [57]. ► Pain
in the head (second day), [32]. [50.] ►
Pain in head (fifth day), [28]. ► Complained greatly of pain all over him,
but particularly in the head (after one hour and a half), [11].
EYE.
►
Eyes very much sunk (ninth day), [31].
► Eyes full and projecting, pupils
dilated, [72]. ► It inflamed the eye much, and caused the
other eye to swell and inflame, [45].
► Injection of the eye (seventh day),
[39]. ►
Lid and Ball. ► Eyelids
spasmodically closed (after four hours), [59].
► Eyelids half closed (after six
hours and a half), [28]. ► Eyeballs drawn upward and inward and
firmly fixed, [61]. ► Pupil. ►
The pupils of the eye in all cases were widely dilated; the eyes
themselves were fixed, and were never moved, the retinæ being
apparently insensible to light, as the children never manifested any
sign of recognizing those who were attending to them, [71]. [60.] ► Pupils very much contracted, [67]. ►
Pupil of eye contracted to the size of a pin’s head (after one hour and
three-quarters), [21]. ► Pupils first contracted, afterwards
dilated, [63]. ► Pupils dilated; expression uncertain and
haggard, [33]. ► Pupils dilated and insensible, [59]. ►
Pupils dilated, [25], [26], [27],
[38], [55]. ►
Dilatation of pupils, for several days, [40].
► Much dilatation of the pupils, and
redness of the eyes, [34]. ► Vision. ►
Vision impaired, [49]. ► Disturbance of vision, [57]. [70.] ► Obscuration of vision, [6]. ► Saw
nothing on awaking, [8].
EAR AND NOSE.
►
Heard nothing on awaking, [8]. ► Tip of the nose very red (second day), [31]. ►
Hæmorrhage from the nose (in one case), [2].
FACE.
►
Swelling of the face, [22]. ► *Rapid convulsive twitching of muscles of face,
[61]. ►
Face swollen, flushed (second day), [32].
► Face flushed up during his
struggles, livid when quiet, [59].
► Face flushed (second day), [31]. [80.]
► Face congested (after seven days), [31]. ►
Face black (after one hour), [64].
► Face swollen and livid, [25]. ►
*Face livid and turgid, [63].
► Face livid (sixth day), [31], [72].
► Face pale and cold, [61]. ► Pallor
of face, [27]. ► The face immediately became very pale,
and he said he felt as though he had eaten some tobacco, [57]. ► Pale
face, [25], [55]. ►
Features very pale, [33]. [90.] ►
Ghastly pallor of the cutaneous surface of the face, with blackening
round the eyelids, [71]. ► Looked pale, [26]. ►
Countenance anxious (after eleven days), [32].
► Countenance anxious, depressed
(after six hours and a half), [28],
[32]. ►
Lips. ► Lips livid (after
seven hours and a half), [31]. ► Lips blue (seventh day), [30]. ► Jaws.
► An emetic was with great difficulty
forced down, on account of his jaws being, as it were, locked together, [9]. ►
Jaws closed fast, so that very little could be given him, [11]. ► Jaws
rigidly closed, [63]. ► Jaws locked (in one case), [53]. [100.] ► Two boys, aged five and eight, were
lockjawed, and after writhing in pain for some hours, died, [69]. ►
Jaws closed spasmodically, [61]. ► Impracticable to introduce emetics by the
mouth, notwithstanding the use of a dilator, in consequence of spasm of
lower jaw, [40]. ► In one instance, owing to the spasm of
the jaw, no emetic could be introduced, [34].
► *Muscles of mastication in rigid
spasm, [61].
MOUTH.
►
Tongue. ► Convulsive
movements of the teeth, [72]. ► Tongue half bitten through about an inch
from the vertex, [61]. ► Tongue sore and swollen (second day); raw
at tip and edges (third day), [59].
► Tongue swollen and protruded, [72]. ►
Tongue protruded with difficulty, swollen, white, blistered (second
day); white, its edges ulcerated (third day); coated, moist, red at the
tip (fifth day), [31]. [110.] ►
Tongue swollen (after six hours and a half); red at the tip (second
day); white (fourth day); moist (sixth day); coated, moist (after seven
days), [32]. ►
Tongue slightly coated (second day); white (third day), [28]. ► Tongue
moist, slightly furred (seven day), [30].
► Tongue slightly coated (sixth day),
[29]. ►
Tongue clean, moist, and trembling, [32].
► General Mouth. ► Foaming at the mouth, [38], [51];
(after one hour), [64]. ► He foamed considerably at the mouth, [11]. ►
Frothy mucus, with blood about their months, [72]. ► Bloody
mucus oozed from the mouth, [63]. ► Mouth dry and parched (second day), [28]. [120.]
► Mouth parched (third day), [31]. ►
Speech. ► Loss of speech, [59]. ►
Speechless (after one hour and three-quarters), [21]. ►
Speechless, [25], [72].
THROAT.
►
Much mucus in the throat (second day), [32].
► Pressure on the throat gives pain;
it is sore when he swallows (fifth day), [31].
► Inflammation of the throat and
pharynx, [19]. ► Inflammation of the throat and
œsophagus, [18]. ► Constriction of the throat, [58]. ►
Sensation of burning and constriction in the larynx, [49]. [130.] ► Burning heat in the throat, [16]. ►
Burning heat in the throat and stomach, [2].
► Heat in throat, [23]. ► Great
heat in the throat, [20]. ► Violent heat in throat and stomach, [10]. ►
Great heat in the throat and stomach, [3],
[18]. ►
Loud rattles in the trachea (after six hours and a half), [32]. ► To
make him swallow was impossible, [25].
► She had lost the power of
deglutition (after one hour and three-quarters), [21].® 2000
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