FRAGARIA.
Fragaria vesca, Linn.
Natural order
, Rosaceæ. Common names, Strawberry; (Germ.) Erdbeere;
(Fr.) Le fraisier.
Preparation
, Tincture of the ripe fruit.
Authorities.
1,
Schneider, effects of eating the berries, Frank’s Mag., 4, 888 (from
Allg. Med. Ann., 1819); 2, Grundel,
Eph. Nat. Cur. Ann., 5, Obs. 214, p. 439 (from Wibmer); 3, Linnæus, Diss. de Fragaria, 1757
(Wibmer); 4, Gruner, Progr. de Feb.
Urtic. a Cancer. Fluv. et Fragariæ, etc., 1774 (Wibmer); 5, Viridet, Bon Chyle, p. 141 (Wibmer); 6, Hildanus, Cent., 5, Obs. 38 (Wibmer).
FACE.
►
Face reddish blue, [1].
MOUTH.
►
Tongue swollen so that it hung from the mouth, [1].
STOMACH.
►
Vomiting, followed by relief, [1].
► Stomach and abdomen distended, [1].
ABDOMEN.
►
Violent colic, [1].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Attacks of suffocation like apoplexy, [1].
NECK.
►
Neck very much distended, with fine veins, [1].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Swelling of the whole body, [5]. ► Swelling of the whole body, with
faintness, [6].
SKIN.
►
Petechial eruption on the skin, [3].
► Erysipelatous eruption on the skin,
[2]. ►
Urticaria-like eruption on the skin, [4].
SUPPLEMENT: FRAGARIA.
Authorities.
7,
W. Fergus, Lancet., 1869 (2), p. 563, effects on a patient of eating
strawberries; 8, M. Garnier, Lyons
Médical (Med. Times and Gaz., 1875 (2)), p. 109, a girl, æt. fifteen
years, ate a cup of strawberries, death; 9,
Dr. Cutsem, Rev. Hom. Belge, 1877, effects of an infusion of the root on
two women who had nursed their children for fourteen months, and wished
to wean them, but could not on account of the large quantity of milk.►
Comatose, [8]. ► Livid
countenance, [8]. ► After these women had drunk a decoction
of the roots for a few days the breasts diminished in size, and the
secretion of milk ceased, [9]. ► Small, intermittent pulse, [8]. ► Failure
of the heart’s action and prolonged, leaving the patient weak and
languid, [7]. ► Complete prostration, [8]. ► Profuse
viscous sweat, [8].® 2000
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