EUPHORBIUM.
Gum Euphorbium. The resinous exudation or juice of
Euphorbia resinifera, Berg., exported from Morocco.
Preparation
, Tincture.
Authorities.
1,
Hahnemann, Chr. K.; 2, Hartlaub and
Trinks, ibid.; 3, Langhammer, ibid.;
4, Wislicenus, ibid.; 5, Alston, Mat. M., II, 431, local effect of
juice of E. cyparissias, ibid.; 6,
Alex Benedictus, Pract., 12, 117, poisonings, ibid.; 7, Erhardt, Pflanzenhist., vii, 293, general
summary from authors, ibid.; 8,
Mayerne, Syntagma Prax. Observations, ibid.; 9,
Rust’s Mag., xix, 3, 498, from application of Euphorbium (from
Euphorbium peplus) for freckles, ibid.; 10,
Scopoli, from external application, ibid.; 11,
Siegesbeck, in Bressl. Samml., 1792, II, p. 192 (not found), ibid.; 12, Spielmann, Instit. Mat. Med., p. 483,
observations, ibid.; 13, Tragus,
Hist. des Plantes (not accessible), ibid.; 14,
Stapf, effects of application to freckles, ibid. (possibly the same case
as No. 9); 15,
Pyl. Aufsätze, etc., effects of external application to the abdomen,
ibid.; 16, Veitch, effects of
repeated doses of from 3 to 10 grains, Edin. Med. and Surg. Journ., 49,
p. 487, 1838; 17, Tim., a
Guldenklee, a woman took some of the powdered gum in order to kill
herself, Opera Med. Libr., vii, cap. 7, p. 312 (1677), from Wibmer; 18, Claudi, a woman rubbed the juice of
Euphorbium “vulgaris” (esula?) on a wart near the external
canthus of the eye, Med. Jahrb. Oest., 1839, p. 480, Frank’s Mag., 1,
743; 19, Kerner, effects of juice of
E. “vulgaris” on the face, Wurt. Corres. Bl., 1844, p. 188,
Frank’s Mag., 2, 80; 20, Dr. E. H.
Spooner, a lady got juice of E. cyparissias on her hands, and
transferred it to her face, N. Eng. Med. Gaz., 4, p. 317, 1869; 21, Dr. S. A. Merrill, effects of juice
externally, Am. Obs., 1866, p. 550.
MIND.
►
Quiet, reflective; seeks quiet, though with inclination to work, [3]. ►
Earnest and quiet mood, even while in company with others, [3]. ►
Melancholy, [13]. [From Euphorbia
lathyris, Archiv, 6. 3, 182.] ►
Anxiety, [7]. ► Anxiety, as if he had taken poison, [4]. ►
Apprehensive, solicitous mood, though not unfitted for work, [3].
HEAD.
►
Vertigo. ► Vertigo while
standing; everything turned about, therewith he threatened to fall to
the right side, [4]. ► Violent attack of vertigo, while walking
in the open air, even to falling to the left, [3]. ► General
Head. ► Screwed-in
sensation in the whole of the brain and in the zygomata, with toothache,
[1]. [10.]
► Headache, as from disordered
stomach, [1]. [From the dust of
the powder, Archiv f. Hom., 6, 3, 164.] ►
Violent headache, [18]. ► Headache, as though the head would be
pressed asunder, [4]. ► Tensive pressure in the head, especially
in the forehead and cervical muscles, in every position, [3]. ►
Sticking headache, especially in the forehead, [3]. ► Forehead.
► Pressure in the right side of the
forehead, [3]. ► Dull pressure in the forehead above the
left orbit, [2]. ► Pressive pain in the forehead (after
twenty-four hours), [4]. ► Pressive pain externally in the forehead
above the left eye, with lachrymation, and inability to open it on
account of pain, [3]. ► Dull, stupefying, pressive pain in the
forehead, [2]. [20.] ►
Sticking pain in the left side of the forehead, [3]. ►
Vertiginous tearing in the left side of the forehead, on moving the
head, [3]. ► Temples. ►
Pressive sticking pain externally in the temples, [3]. ► Parietals.
► Stupefying pain in the forepart of
the right side of the head, which then extends into the forehead, [2]. ►
Pressure in the left half of the brain, [1].
► Pressive-sticking headache beneath
the right parietal bone, [4]. ► Occiput. ►
Pressive pain in the occiput, [4].
► Bruised pain in the left side of
the occiput; he was unable to lie upon it, [3].
EYE.
►
Objective. ► The white of
the eye covered with deep fine vessels, so that it looked a pale
rosy-red, and slightly puffy; the cornea was somewhat dim; the pupils
very small, somewhat drawn upward, insensible; the inner vascular zone
of a dark brownish-red; vision was prevented by photophobia and
lachrymation, [18]. ► Glutinous sensation in the right eye, as
though it were full of matter, [3].
► Subjective. [30.] ►
Pressure in the eyes, as from sand, [2].
► Sticking pains, extending into the
inner portion of the eye, [18]. ► *Biting in the eyes, with lachrymation,
[1]. [From the dust of the powder,
Archiv f. Hom., 6, 3, 165.] ► Brow and
Orbit. ► Left eyebrow and
temporal region were swollen, red and hot, not very sensitive to touch,
the upper lid hanging down over the lower, œdematous, and immovable;
the eyes were watery, with sticking in them, and frequent vision of
sparks, [18]. ► Tearing-sticking pain in the orbit,
extending across the eyebrow and lids (after two hours); both lids much
swollen, the upper hanging down immovable; both were hot, [18]. ► Lids.
► Pale-red inflammation of the
eyelids, with nightly secretion of matter which agglutinates them, [2]. ►
Swelling of the lids, with tearing above the eyebrows, on opening the
eyes, [3]. ►
Agglutination of the right eye in the morning, on waking, so that it was
difficult to open it, [3]. ► Heaviness of the eyelids; they close
irresistibly, with reeling in the head, [4].
► Feeling of dryness of the lids;
they press upon the eye, [4]. [40.] ►
Hardened mucus in the right external canthus, [3]. ►
Pinching in the left external canthus, [4].
► Itching in the left external
canthus, disappearing on rubbing, [4].
► Lachrymal Apparatus. ► On raising the lid, which was very
difficult, a gush of tears, [18]. ► Pupil. ►
Dilated pupils (after six hours), [3].
► Vision. ► Short and dim vision, so that he only
recognizes his acquaintances when very near, and even then only as
through a veil, [1]. [From
applying the juice of Euphoria dulcis to the lids. Archiv f. Hom., 6, 3,
165.] ► Photophobia, [18]. ►
Intolerance of light and noise, [21].
► Double vision; on looking at any
one walking, it seems as though a second person were walking just behind
him, [4]. ►
Everything seems too large, so that he lifts his legs too high, as
though he had to step over mountains, [2].
[50.] ►
All objects appear in variegated colors, [2].
EAR.
►
Earache, in the open air, [4]. ► Roaring in the ears, at night, [1]. ►
Ringing in the ear, also when sneezing, [3]. ► Noises
in the right ear, as from crickets, [3].
NOSE.
►
Sneezing, [1]; (from smelling the
powder), [4]. ► Frequent sneezing without coryza, [3]. ►
Increased discharge of mucus from the nose, without trace of the coryza,
[4]. ►
Profuse discharge of mucus from the nose, without sneezing, with
suffocative biting therein, extending to the frontal sinuses, so that
she could draw no air through the nose, [1].
[From the dust of the powder.] ►
Fluent coryza, without sneezing, [2],
[3]. [60.]
► Violent ineffectual irritation to
sneeze in the left nostril, [1].
FACE.
►
Paleness of the face, sickly look, [4].
► Swelling even of portions of the
face not touched by the juice, [9].
► *Erysipelatous inflammation of the face
and external head, [12]. ► Violent burning in the face (from the
application of the juice), [9]. ► Swelling of the left cheek, with tensive
pain, and when touched a bruised pain, [4].
► White swelling of the cheeks,
feeling œdematous to the touch, lasting four days, [4]. ► *Red
inflamed swelling of the cheek, with boring, gnawing, and digging from
the gum into the ear, and with itching and crawling in the cheek when
the pain is relieved, [3].
► *Excessive red swelling of the cheek,
with many yellow vesicles upon it, which open and discharge a yellowish
moisture (from the application of the juice), [14]. ►►
*Erysipelatous inflamed swelling of the cheek, with vesicles as large as
peas filled with yellow liquid (from the application of the
juice), [9]. [70.] ►
Tensive pain in the cheek, as if it were swollen, [3]. ►
Jerking-like tearing in the muscles of the left cheek, almost as in
toothache, [3]. ► Sore pain in the vermilion border of the
lower lip, as if he had bitten it, [3].
MOUTH.
►
Teeth. ► Toothache,
aggravated by touch and by chewing, in the next to the last left upper
back tooth, [3]. ► Pressive toothache in a left lower back
tooth, disappearing on biting the teeth together, [4]. ► A dull
pressive pain in the two last back teeth of the left upper jaw, [4]. ►
*Toothache, as if screwed in, in a hollow tooth, with jerking
in it, as if it would be torn out, [3].
► Sticking pain in the first back
tooth of the left lower jaw, [4]. ► Dull sticking pain in the last back tooth
of the left upper jaw, [4]. ► Toothache, on beginning to eat, with
chilliness; a gnawing-tearing, together with headache, as if shattered
by the toothache, with a screwed in sensation in the brain and in the
zygomata, [1]. [From the dust of
the powder.] [80.] ► Pain in the tooth like a boil, when
touched, [1]. ► Tongue. ►
Coated tongue and almost all the usual concomitants of high nervous
erethism, [21]. ► General Mouth. ►
A membranous pellicle peels off the upper part of the palate, [3]. ►
Sensation of dryness in the mouth, without thirst, [4]. ► Burning
on the palate, as from glowing coals (after five minutes), [4]. ►
Saliva. ► Accumulation of
saliva follows frequent shuddering in the skin, [4]. ►
Accumulation of saliva, with nausea and shivering, [4]. ► Much
accumulation of saliva in the mouth, [3].
► Excessive accumulation of saliva,
with salty taste in the mouth on the left side of the tongue, [4]. ►
Much tenacious mucus in the mouth, after the midday sleep, [2]. ►
Taste. [90.] ► Flat taste in the mouth, after breakfast,
with a white-coated tongue, [4]. ► Bitter, sharp taste, [3]. ► Very
bitter taste, [1]. ► Foul, bitter taste in the mouth, after
drinking beer that he relished, especially on the back part of the
tongue, [4]. ►
Taste in the mouth as if it were covered internally with rancid fat, [3].
THROAT.
►
Profuse discharge of mucus from the posterior nares, [2]. ► Burning
in the throat, [5]. ► Burning in the throat and stomach, as if
a flame streamed out of it; was obliged to open the mouth, [4]. ►
Burning in the throat, extending to the stomach, as from Spanish pepper,
with accumulation of mucus in the mouth, [4].
► Burning in the throat, extending to
the stomach, with trembling anxiety and heat in the whole upper portion
of the body; nausea, flowing of water from the mouth, and dryness of the
cheeks, [4]. [100.] ►
Scraping and rawness in the throat, the whole day, [4]. ►
Inflammation of the œsophagus, [7].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. ► Great hunger,
with a lax stomach hanging down and a sunken abdomen; he ate much with
the greatest appetite (after two hours), [4].
► Thirst. ► Thirst, [17].
► Thirst for cold drinks, [3]. ►
Eructations and Hiccough. ►
Incessant eructations, [1]. ► Empty eructations, [2]. ►
Frequent empty eructations, [3]. ► Profuse empty eructations, [1]. [From the dust of the powder.] ► Hiccough, [17].
[110.] ►
Frequent hiccough, [3]. ► Nausea and Vomiting. ► Nausea, in the morning (after twenty-four
hours), [4]. ►
Nausea, with shuddering, soon, [2].
► Vomiting, [8]. ►
Vomiting, with diarrhœa, [7]. ► Stomach. ►
Relaxation of the stomach; it hangs down loose, [4]. ►
Inflammation of the stomach, [7]. ► It caused a very severe pain at the pit
of the stomach, [16]. ► Agreeable sensation of warmth in the
stomach, as after spirituous drinks (after three-quarters of an hour), [4]. ►
Burning in the stomach, [17]. [120.] ►
Burning in the stomach, as if he had swallowed pepper, [4]. ► Burning
in the stomach, as from glowing coals, [4].
► Burning sensation in the pit of the
stomach, after eating, combined with pressure, [1]. ►
Contraction in the stomach from all sides towards the middle, as if
constricted, with accumulation of saliva in the mouth and nausea, [4]. ►
Spasmodic contraction in the stomach, with eructations of air, [4]. ►
Spasmodic pain in the stomach, [4].
► Griping and clawing in the left
side of the stomach, followed by constriction of the cardiac orifice,
with increased secretion of salty saliva and shuddering in the skin, [4]. ►
Painful griping in the stomach, as if it would be compressed, followed
by accumulation of saliva and nausea, [4].
► Pressure on the left side of the
stomach, [4]. ► His stomach is painful to touch, as if he
had received a blow upon it, [4].
ABDOMEN.
►
Flank. [130.] ► Sore painful pressing outward in the left
flank, and after micturition also in the right, [2]. ► General
Abdomen. ► The abdomen is
sunken, as if he had none at all, with great hunger, [4]. ►
Rumbling and much moving in the abdomen, [2].
► Loud rumbling in the left side of
the abdomen, as from incarcerated flatus, followed by emission of
flatus, [3]. ►
Much emission of flatus, [2]. ► Uneasiness and heat in the abdomen, [2]. ►
Sensation of emptiness in the abdomen, as after an emetic, in the
morning, [4]. ► Slight pains in the bowels, confined to
one spot, but never with either purging or vomiting, and the pains when
produced soon went off, [16]. ► Most violent pain in the abdomen, [7]. ►
Agreeable sensation of warmth through the whole intestinal canal, as
after spirituous drinks, [4]. [140.] ►
Griping through the whole intestinal canal, followed by thin stool, with
burning itching about the rectum, [4].
► Excessive colic and tympanites, [7]. ►
Most violent colic, [17]. ► Spasmodic flatulent colic, in the
morning, in bed; the flatulence accumulates in the hypochondria and
thorax, causing spasmodic pressing asunder and constriction, which is
relieved by turning about, but immediately returns on lying quietly, [4]. ►
The flatulent colic was not relieved until he rested the head upon the
elbows and knees, after which some flatulence was passed, [4]. ►
Hypogastrium and Iliac Regions. ►
Anxious sore aching in the lower abdomen, [2].
► Pinching pain on the posterior
portion of the ilium, [1]. ► Pressive pain in the inguinal region, [4]. ►
Violent sprained and lame pain in the left side of the pubis, extending
to the thigh, on stretching the limb after sitting, [2]. ► Tearing
pain in the left groin, as from a sprain, while standing, [3].
RECTUM.
[150.]
► Burning sore pain about the rectum,
[4].
STOOL.
►
Diarrhœa. ► Diarrhœa
several times a day, with burning in anus, distension of the abdomen,
and colic, as from internal soreness, [1].
► Profuse diarrhœa and vomiting, [17]. ►
Fatal dysentery, [6]. ► Stool diarrhœalike, profuse, preceded by
itching in the rectum, with urging, [4].
► Stool at first natural, then as if
fermented, and thin like water, [4].
► Thin stool after some pressure, at
last three hard lumps without difficulty, [4].
► Pasty stool (after three, ten, and
twenty-three hours), [3]. ► Pasty yellowish stool, [4]. ► Clayey
stool, preceded by itching in the rectum, with urging, [4]. ►
Constipation. [160.] ► Constipation of the bowels, [21]. ►
Constipation for two days, [18]. ► Constipation for two days (secondary
action?), [1]. ► Hard stool, difficult to pass, [1]. ►
Stool scanty, soft, mixed with small lumps, about fifteen hours too
late, [4].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Discharge of prostatic fluid from the relaxed penis, [3]. ► An
itching stitch in the forepart of the urethra, when not urinating, [4]. ►
Urging to urinate; the urine was passed by drops, with sticking in the
glans penis, followed by a natural discharge, [4]. ►
Frequent desire to urinate, with scanty discharge, [3]. ►
Strangury, [12]. [170.] ►
Much white sediment in the urine, [4].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Erections without cause while sitting (after half an hour), [3]. ►
Erections at night, without emissions or lascivious dreams, [3]. ►
Intermitting, sharp, cutting stitches in the glans penis when standing, [3]. ►
Pinching, burning pain in the left side of the scrotum, [1]. ► Tearing
pain in the testicles, [1]. [From
Euphorbia lathyris, Archiv f. Hom., 6, 3, 173.]
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
► Larynx. ►
Violent irritation to a short cough in the upper part of the trachea, [3]. ►
Cough. ► Cough, caused by
burning tickling in the upper part of the trachea, [4]. ► Hacking
cough, excited by slight crawling in the throat, [4]. ► Almost
uninterrupted dry cough, [1]. [180.] ►
Dry, hollow cough from tickling within the chest during rest, [4]. ►
Cough day and night, as from dyspnœa and shortness of breath, followed
in the morning by much expectoration, [1].
► Respiration. ► Dyspnœa, as if the chest were not wide
enough, with tensive pain in the right pectoral muscles, especially on
turning the upper part of the body to the right, lasting ten hours, [4].
CHEST.
►
Deep inspiration is hindered by a sensation as if the left lung was
adherent, [4]. ► Feeling of warmth in the middle of the
chest, as if he had swallowed hot food, [4].
► Spasmodic pressing asunder in the
lower portion of the chest, [4]. ► Front. ►
Stitchlike pressure upon the sternum while sitting and standing, [3]. ►
Sides. ► Tensive pain in
the left side of the chest, especially on turning the upper part of the
body to the right (second day), [4].
► Constant sticking in the left side
of the chest while sitting, disappearing on walking, [3]. ►
Stitches in the left side of the chest while sitting and standing, [3]. [190.]
► Intermitting fine stitches in the
left side of the chest while reading, [3].
► Stitching pain in the left side of
the chest while walking in the open air, so that he is obliged to stop
still, [3].
PULSE.
►
Pulse 78 in the morning (third day).
BACK.
►
Pain in the back, a pressure in the muscles, [4]. ►
Jerking-sticking pain in the back, [4].
► Intermitting violent stitches,
always in one place in the middle of the back, while sitting, [3]. ►
Pinching pain in the left scapula, [4].
► Spasmodic pain in the dorsal
vertebræ, in the morning, in bed, while lying on the back, [4]. ►
Nightly pain in the ischia, [1].
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
► Rheumatic pains in the limbs, [15].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
[200.] ►
An internal painful drawing in the arm, as if associated with weakness,
especially in the radius, humerus, and wrist, [2]. ► Shoulder.
► Stiff pain in the right shoulder,
especially if he stretches toward the left side, [4]. ► Tension
in the shoulder-joint like a paralysis, in the morning after rising,
aggravated by motion, [4]. ► Tensive pains in the right shoulder did
not allow him to raise the arm very high, [4].
► Tensive pains in the right
shoulder, disappearing after walking, but immediately returning with
greater violence during rest (third day), [4].
► Painful drawings in the right
shoulder, [2]. ► Arm. ►
Pressive pain in the upper arm, on the outer side above the elbow, in
the morning, in bed, [4]. ► Pain as from a sprain in the right upper
arm, near the elbow, on moving the arm, [3].
► Forearm. ► An acute drawing pain in the ulna, [2]. ►
Wrist. ► Paralytic pain in
the wrist on moving it, [3]. ► Hand. [210.]
► Spasmodic drawings in the right
hand when writing, [4]. ► Pinching pain in the muscles of the right
hand near the wrist, especially on moving it, [3]. ►
Intermitting tearing in the muscles of the left hand, [3]. ► Fingers.
► Pressive pain in the ball of the
right thumb, relieved by touch and motion, [3].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Weakness of the limbs on walking in the
open air; walking is very irksome, [3].
► Feeling of deadness and coldness of
the left limb, as if it would fall asleep, while sitting; not relieved
by motion, and on walking about an acute, cold sensation internally in
the limbs remains, especially in the leg and foot, [2]. ► Hip.
► Painful lameness in the right
hip-joint on stepping, [2]. ► Burning pain at night in the bones of
the hip and thigh; he is frequently
awakened thereby several nights in succession, [1]. ► Pain as
if crushed in the forepart of the hip, only on moving the body while
sitting, not on sitting quietly, or while walking or when touched, [2]. ►
Pressive pain in the muscles about the left hip, [3]. [220.] ► Pain as if sprained in both hip-joints, [1]. ►
Painful tearing in the muscles about the right hip-joint while sitting, [3]. ►
A pressive tearing in the muscles of the left hip, [3]. ►
Intermitting, stitchlike tearing in the muscles of the left hip while
sitting, [3]. ► Thigh. ►
The limbs above the knees frequently go to sleep, with painful crawling
in them and inability to continue moving them, [2]. ► Tensive
pain in the thigh on stepping forward, extending from the left gluteal
muscles to the hollow of the knee, as though the tendons were too short,
[4]. ►
Pain as if sprained in the left thigh, high up near the bend of the
thigh, while walking in the open air, disappearing while standing, [3]. ►
Tearing pain in the anterior muscles of the left thigh while sitting, [3]. ►
Painful tearing in the muscles of the right thigh while standing and
sitting, [3]. ► Intermitting tearing in the muscles on
the outer side of the right thigh while sitting, not while standing,
indeed relieved by walking, [3]. [230.] ►
Pain, as from a blow, in the left gluteal muscles on motion, [4]. ►
Knee. ► Stitching pain in
the inner knee while sitting, [3].
► Tearing in the knee from within
outwards, [1]. ► Leg. ►
Great weakness of the leg as far as the knee, as if it would break down
and could not support the body, [1].
► Sticking pressure in the right leg,
[3]. ►
Acute, hot stitch, as from a knife, in the left calf, [2]. ► Tearing
in the upper part of the left tibia, just below the knee, while sitting,
[3]. ►
Tearing in the muscles of the right leg while walking in the open air, [3]. ►
Tearing in the forepart of the left leg while sitting; immediately
disappearing on walking and standing, [3].
► Violent gnawing tearing in the
right calf while sitting and standing, [3].
[240.] ►
Violent sticking tearing in the muscles of the leg near the ankle (while
sitting), [3]. ► Pain as from a blow on the outer side of
the left calf, [4]. ► Ankle. ►
Tearing, burning pain about the ankle, so that he was obliged to cry
out, lasting two hours, with heat of the parts, [1]. ► Foot.
► The feet frequently fall asleep
while sitting, with inability to move them, and painful crawling in
them, [2]. ►
Cramplike pain in the foot, more towards the external malleolus, while
sitting and standing, disappearing on walking, [3]. ► Violent
pain, as if sprained, in the left heel, uninterruptedly for several
days, and then appearing from time to time; worse on walking, [2]. ►
Sore pain in the right heel, as though it was suppurated, while walking
in the open air, [3]. ► Cramp in the metatarsus, which draws the
toes together, for half an hour, [1].
GENERALITIES.
►
Objective. ► General
swelling, inflammation, cold gangrene, death, [11]. [From external application, Archiv, 6, 3,
179.] ► Inflammation of the external
parts, [10]. [250.] ►
Great tendency to faint, [16]. ► Faintness, [17].
► Subjective. ► The whole body seems relaxed and tired, [4]. ►
I gave it to others, but never more than six grains. Some said that it
caused pains, others that it had no effect, and others that it purged;
this was slight, and did not appear to be caused by the medicine, [16]. ►
The action of Euphorbium seems to be late in appearing, [2].
SKIN.
►
Objective. ► Scarlet red stripes on the left forearm, which itch when
touched with the fingers, but disappear on rubbing with the fingers,
with a sensation as if thin cord were under the skin, for several days
(seventh day), [4]. ► Eruptions, Dry. ►
A reddish pimple on the chin, that, when touched, has a pressive pain,
and is like a boil, [3]. ► Right wrist somewhat inflamed and
abundantly covered with miliary eruption on my next visit, [20]. ►
Eruptions, Moist. ► It is
irritating to the skin, especially in irritable subjects, producing
large vesicles filled with yellowish serum. This eruption is accompanied
by more or less diffused redness of the skin of the affected parts. It
seems to have special affinity for the face and head, producing in many
cases, where the poison has been carried to these parts, violent
phlegmonous inflammation, simulating very closely and attack of
erysipelas, with great tumefaction, violent throbbing pains in the head,
especially in the forehead and vertex, [21].
► Erysipelas bullosum, with violent
fever, [19]. [260.] ►
Right cheek much inflamed, and covered sparsely with fine vesicles
filled with thick white lymph; the erysipelatous inflammation was most
marked in the malar region, being of a livid or dark-red hue, and
extending along the outer and lower margin of the orbit at 10 A.M.
(second day); felt slight roughness on my next visit, [20]. ► Eruptions,
Pustular. ► Pustules above
the right eyebrow, itching, provoking scratching, and after scratching,
exuding bloody water, [3]. ► One case that came to me after the poison
had become fixed, had to be treated with Sulphur and Mercury. The skin
broke out in ulcerating, boil-shaped elevations, [21]. ►
Gangrene, [10]. [Original revised
by Hughes.] ► Violent itching, with
urging to stool, followed by stool five hours too soon, [4]. ► Violent
itching of the left lower lid, obliging him to rub it, [3]. ► Fine
itching on the back of the left hand obliges him to rub it, [3]. ►
Voluptuous itching on the prepuce that obliges rubbing, with discharge
of prostatic fluid, [3]. ► Corrosive itching, provoking scratching,
on the right thigh, close to the hip, [3].
► Corrosive itching on the left
thigh, [3]. [270.] ►
Corrosive itching on the left leg near the knee, obliging rubbing; in
the morning, [3]. ► Burning itching on the outer side of the
left forearm, [4]. ► Burning itching, as from nettles, on the
middle knuckle of the index finger, with desire to rub it, [3]. ►
Sticking itching on the arm, near the elbow, [3]. ►
Tickling itching on the sole of the right foot, provoking scratching, [3].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Sleepiness. ► Frequent
yawning, as from insufficient sleep, [3].
► Great sleepiness after the midday
meal, [2]. ►
Great inclination to sleep after the midday meal, [2]. ► He
cannot keep from sleeping during the day, [1].
► Stupid slumbering in the afternoon;
he is unable to rouse himself, and desires to continue slumbering, [1]. [280.]
► He slept at night with the arms
stretched far above his head, [4].
► Sleeplessness. ► Sleeplessness, with tremulous tossing
about the bed before midnight, and roaring in the ears; he was unable to
close the eyes, [1]. ► Awoke frequently and easily from sleep, [1]. ►
He is frequently wide awake at night, but he falls asleep again, [3]. ►
Sudden starting up as from an electric shock at night while lying awake
in bed, [3]. ► Dreams. ►
Dreams about the transactions of the two days previous; after 3 A.M., [4]. ►
Vivid lascivious dreams, without emission, [3]. ► Anxious
vivid dreams at night, which cause him to cry out, whereupon he awakes, [3]. ►
Anxious, confused dream, without any end, [1].
[From the dust of the powder.]
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► Chilliness of
the whole body in the morning, [4].
[290.] ►
Chilliness while walking in the warm open air, [1]. ►
Frequent sensations of chilliness, which induced her to put a shawl on
her shoulders, although it was midsummer, [20].
► Constant chilliness, with constant
sweat, [1]. ►
Sensation as though he was lacking in warmth and had not slept the whole
night, and was completely washed out, wherewith all the veins on the
hands had disappeared, [4]. ► Shivering, [7].
► Shivering over the whole body,
[4]. ►
Shivering over the whole back, with glowing cheeks and cold hands, [3]. ►
Heat. ► Heat (secondary
action?), [7]. ► Great heat the whole day; all the clothes
seem burdensome, as if even his whole body was too heavy for him, as if
he had carried a great load, [1]. ► Fever, [15].
[Sympathetic of S. 56. -Hughes.] [300.]
► Fever, pulse 86, [18]. ► High
fever, [21]. ►
Feeling of heat over the whole face, with warm forehead and cold hands,
without thirst, [3]. ► Sweat. ►
Sweat in the morning, extending from the feet over the whole body, with
great heat, without remarkable thirst, [1].
► Cold sweat, [17]. ► Sweat
on the neck every morning in bed and on rising, [1]. ► Sweat
in the morning on the thighs and legs, but not on the feet, [1]. ►
Cold sweat on the legs in the morning, [1].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), Nausea; sensation in abdomen; on
lying quietly, colic; in bed, while lying on back, pain in dorsal
vertebræ; in bed, pain in upper arm; itching on leg; chilliness; sweat. ► (Night), Roaring in ears; pain in hip, etc. ►
(Open air), Earache. ► (Walking in open
air), Vertigo; pain in left chest; weakness of limbs; pain in
thigh; tearing in muscles of leg; chilliness. ►
(After breakfast), Flat taste. ► (Chewing),
Toothache. ► (Motion), Tension in shoulder joints; pain in
gluteal muscles. ► (Moving head), Tearing in side of forehead. ► (Moving body
while sitting), Pain in hip. ►
(Reading), Stitches in left chest. ► (Rest),
Pains in shoulder. ► (Sitting), Sticking in left chest; stitches in
back; tearing in hip-joint; tearing in thigh; pain in knee; tearing in
tibia; tearing in left. ► (Standing), Vertigo; pain in pubis. ► (Touch),
Toothache. ► (Turning upper part of body to right), Pain in
left chest. ► (Walking), Pain in heel. ►
(Writing), Drawings in hand; pain in
heel. ► Amelioration. ► (Biting teeth
together), Toothache. ► (Motion), Pain in thumb. ►
(Standing), Pain in thigh. ► (Touch),
Pain in thumb. ► (Turning about in bed), Flatulent colic. ► (Walking),
Sticking in left chest; pains in shoulder; tearing in thigh; pain in
foot.
SUPPLEMENT: EUPHORBIUM.
Authority.
22,
Mr. Furnival, Journ. of Sci., vol. iii, p. 81 (Lancet, 1836-7 (2), p.
739), Mr. F. swallowed a teaspoonful; death.►
On swallowing the poison a sensation
of burning heat in the throat and fauces, afterwards communicated to the
stomach; incessant vomiting of watery fluid took place almost
immediately; the tongue was covered with thick mucus; the pulse very
irregular, and at least 150; the patient was in a cold perspiration and
unable to speak intelligibly, [22].® 2000
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