HYDROPHYLLUM.
Hydrophyllum Virginicum.
Natural order
, Borraginaceæ.
Preparation
, Tincture of the plant when in
flower.
Authority.
Dr. P. B. Hoyt, Am. Hom; Obs.
XI, p. 101, effects of gathering a handful of the flowers (the same
happened four years later, with addition of headache, and afterward
again).►
Dull headache. ►
Eyes began to water and burn, with slight itching (after fifteen or
twenty minutes); this continued until I reached my boarding-house. I was
suffering quite severely; my sister at once asked what was the matter
with my eyes, and going to the glass, my eyelids were swollen and the
sclerotica much injected, presenting fiery redness; there was some
sensitiveness to light. These symptoms continued through the afternoon
and evening, and kept me awake for some time; in the morning my eyelids
were agglutinated, and on opening my eyes they were quite sensitive to
the light; the burning and smarting were less, still my eyes discharged
water more or less for two or three days; the symptoms gradually
subsided, and in a week I was well again.® 2000
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