LAUROCERASUS.
GENERALITIES.
►
Objective. ► Apoplexy, [23]. ►
Tremulousness of the whole body, [37].
► Convulsions followed by death, [35]. ►
Convulsions; staring eyes, closed jaws, frothing from the mouth,
followed by death, [32]. ► She fell down; after half an hour was
seized with convulsions and frothing from the mouth, followed in a short
time by death, [34]. [In a girl of
eighteen, who had taken two spoonfuls of Aqua Laurocerasi destillata.] ► Violent convulsions; with staring eyes,
tightly closed jaws, frothing from the mouth; followed by death (in a
young man), [33]. ► Paralysis and death, [36]. [Two men from taking an alcoholic infusion
of the fruit.] [910.] ► She fell into an asphyxiated, paralytic
condition of the whole body, in which she remained for eighteen hours,
apparently lifeless, with scarcely perceptible pulse of the heart,
barely 30 beats to the minute, [16].
► General indolence and inclination
to sleep (after 25 drops), [5]. ► Weariness; aversion to all work (after 20
drops), [5]. ►
Weary and sleepy, after eating, [37].
► Great weariness towards evening
(after 14 drops), [12]. ► Great weariness and inclination to sleep
very early in the evening (after 16 drops), [12]. ► He
became weaker every day, [37]. ► Great weakness (after 20 drops), [11]. ►
Weak, prostrated (after one hour and a half), [14]. ►
Generally very much exhausted (after 10 drops), [6]. [920.] ► Very much exhausted, and quite passive
all day (after 15 drops), [5]. ► Faintness; he fell suddenly to the ground
(in a man recovering from intermittent fever, who had just taken an
infusion of three or four leaves of Laurocerasus, and tea with milk), [30]. ►
He immediately fell stupidly to the ground (in a man who had taken a
glass of liquor infused with Laurocerasus), [31]. ►
Subjective. ► Sensibility
seems completely destroyed, [16]. ► While sitting, a healthy feeling as after
fatigue (after one hour), [14]. ► Feels very much relaxed in the morning, [13]. ►
Felt heavy and disinclined to work (second morning), [5]. ► He
feels sick, as if faint, in the morning, [37].
► Slight attack of illness, [37]. ►
Pinching-burning pains, now in one, now in another part of the body,
especially in the upper and lower extremities, [37]. [930.] ► Itching stitches in various part of the
body, [37]. ►
Feeling as of electric shocks, at 9 P.M., in bed, [14]. ► She
seemed better in the open air, though the roughness in the throat was
then worse (after one hour and a half), [14].
SKIN.
►
Objective. ► The skin was
very raw and rough between the index, middle, and ring fingers, and on
closing the hand in water, violent burning, which on becoming dry
disappears (after five days), [14].
► Eruptions, Dry. ► Itching pimple on the right upper arm,
above the bend of the elbow, not relieved by scratching, disappearing
after twenty-four hours (after one hour), [14].
► Itching pimple on right upper arm,
by the bend of the elbow, above the former eruption (after two hours), [14]. [See S. 934.] ► A small pimple between the chin and lower
lip, painful only on touch (after one hour), [14]. ►
Itching of the pimples between the chin and lips, disappearing on
scratching, at 2 P.M., [14]. ► Burning of the pimples between the lips
and chin, at 3 P.M., [14]. ► The pimples on the lips itch violently,
disappearing after scratching (after 4 hours), [14]. [940.] ► Itching on the left lower jaw; after
scratching some itching pimples appear, with burning after scratching a
long time (seventh and eighth days), [14].
► Eruptions, Moist. ► Itching near the lower lip on the left
side, as if an eruption were there; and there really were some vesicles
in the skin, not relieved by scratching, [14].
► Small vesicles on the margin of the
upper lip, without sensation (after one hour), [14]. ►
Redness, with small, barely perceptible vesicles, between the index,
middle, and ring fingers of both hands, itching violently, burning after
scratching; in the evening, only disappearing on the fourth day, [14]. ►
A clear vesicle on the left corner of the mouth (after four days), [14]. ►
Eruptions, Pustular. ►
Small boil in the right corner of the mouth, smarting when touched
(second day), [14]. ► A small red boil in front of the right
ear, with pain as if suppurating when touched (in the evening), [14]. ►
Subjective. ► Fleabite on
the outer surface of the left upper arm (after three hours), [14]. ►
A stitch like a fleabite in the nape of the neck (after one hour); in
right great toe, at 2.30 P.M., [14].
► Crawling between the left thumb and
index finger, disappearing on rubbing (after two hours), [14]. [950.] ► Crawling in the sole of the left foot
(after a quarter of an hour), [14].
► A feeling as if fleas or flies were
creeping on the forehead, obliging him to rub it, when it disappeared,
though not for a long time; 7.30 P.M. (second day), [14]. ►
Constant sensation as of the creeping of flies or as of cobwebs in the
right side of the face, so that she is constantly obliged to wipe it
(fifth, sixth, and seventh days), [14].
► Tickling on the left wing of the
nose (after five minutes), [14]. ► Tickling here and there in the face as
from a hair; he is constantly obliged to wipe it (after one hour and a
half), [14]. ►
Feeling in the right cheek as if a hair were moving on it; he is
constantly obliged to wipe it without removing it (after two hours), [14]. ►
Tickling in the left lower leg, not relieved by scratching (after one
hour), [14]. ►
Tickling posteriorly beneath the left heel, disappearing on rubbing, at
2 P.M., [14]. ► Itching on the forehead, not relieved by
rubbing, a long time (after ten minutes), [14].
► Itching on the left side of the
forehead (after half an hour), [14].
[960.] ►
Itching on the right frontal eminence (after one hour), [14]. ►
Itching on the right frontal eminence, and burning after scratching
(after half an hour), [14]. ► Itching on the left frontal eminence,
disappearing after scratching (after three-quarters of an hour), [14]. ►
Itching in the left eyebrow (after two hours), [14]. ►
Itching in the left upper eyebrow, relieved by scratching (after
three-quarters of an hour), [14]. ► Itching in the left lobule, not
disappearing on scratching (after one hour and a half), [14]. ►
Itching of the nose, especially of the tip (after five hours), [14]. ►
Itching in the right side of the nose, so that she was obliged to
scratch it till it bled, in the morning (fourth day), [14]. ►
Itching in the left nostril, not relieved by rubbing (after two hours), [14]. ►
Itching in the middle of the upper lip, disappearing after scratching
(after half an hour), [14]. [970.] ►
Itching between the chin and lips of the right side, not relieved by
scratching (after two hours), [14].
► Itching in the right groin,
disappearing on scratching (after two hours), [14]. ►
Itching between the shoulders, at 3 P.M., [14].
► Itching and crawling, as from
fleas, between the shoulders (after half an hour), [14]. ►
Itching behind the right shoulder, not relieved by scratching (after
half an hour), [14]. ► Itching on the back, near the right
scapula (after one hour), [14]. ► Itching on the coccyx, that disappears on
rubbing, [37]. ► Itching on the right upper arm, after
scratching pimples which burn (fourth day), [14]. ►
Itching in the bend of the left elbow, burning after scratching (after
half an hour), [14]. ► Itching on the external surface of the
left elbow, disappearing after scratching (after half an hour), [14]. [980.]
► Itching on the right forearm,
burning after scratching (after one hour and a half), [14]. ►
Itching on the left forearm, after scratching pimples, which soon
disappear (fifth day), [14]. ► Itching on the right natis after dinner, [14]. ►
Itching on the right lower leg, relieved by scratching (after two
hours), [14]. ► Itching on the left calf, which
disappears on scratching, but soon returns, [37]. ►
Itching on the inner margin of the right foot (after three hours and a
half), [14].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
►
Sleepiness. ► Yawning and
sleepiness, [14]. ► Yawning, without sleepiness, [14]. ►
Frequent yawning (after a quarter of an hour, and two hours, also second
afternoon), [14]. ► Frequent yawning, without sleepiness
(after a quarter of an hour), [14].
[990.] ►
Frequent yawning, with chilliness, [37].
► Frequent yawning, with shivering
(after three hours and a half), [14].
► Frequent yawning and shivering,
followed by gooseflesh, lasting two minutes (after half an hour), [14]. ►
Very frequent yawning, [37]. ► Sleepiness, [14]; (after 20 drops), [5]. ►
Sleepiness, immediately after dinner, [14].
► Sleepiness very early, at 6 P.M.;
he cannot keep sleep away, [14]. ► Sleepiness, yawning, and stretching
(after one hour), [14]. ► Great sleepiness in the evening; in the
morning it was difficult to rise (after 14 drops), [12]. ► Great
sleepiness, with burning in the eyes, in the evening, [14]. [1000.]
► Inclination to sleep (after 20
drops), [10]. ► Inclination to sleep as early as 11 A.M.,
so that he was obliged to lie on the lounge and sleep; after sleeping a
quarter of an hour, he found is almost impossible to rise and move about
on account of weakness (after 20 drops), [11].
► Very sleepy, weak (after two hours
and a half), [14]. ► So sleepy that he could not keep from
falling asleep while in the house, and it was only out of doors that he
was able to keep awake (after 20 drops), [5].
► Sleep irresistible after dinner,
after which he felt very well (after 10 drops), [5]. ► He was
unable to keep from sleeping in the evening; was awakened about 7
o’clock, for supper; he sat up and ate, but immediately fell asleep
again without speaking; after awhile he started in sleep, then jumped
high up, frightening those about him, stood up and walked to the middle
of the room, with staring eyes and red face; at last he lay down without
speaking and slept soundly till morning (first evening), [14]. ► Sleep
from noon till 3 P.M. (quite contrary to habit), though he had slept
well the night previous; and he also slept well on the succeeding night,
[5]. ►
Sleep sound and longer than usual, [14].
► Very sound sleep at night
continuing late in the morning; with some perspiration, [38]. ►
Sleeplessness. ► Very
difficult falling asleep, [13]. [1010.] ►
Constant tossing about in bed; she cannot sleep before 1 A.M., [14]. ►
Unable to sleep before 11 P.M., [14].
► He awoke about midnight and could
not fall asleep; was constantly obliged to toss about as if the bed were
too hard, [14]. ► Uneasy sleep, frequent waking, [13]. ►
Sleep prevented by unusual excitement and flushes of heat, [17]. ►
Dreams. ► Sleep sound;
full of lively and sad dreams, [14].
► Very vivid though unremembered
dreams, [14]. ► Confused dreams all night, [14]. ► A
dream of which he was perfectly conscious in the night could not be
recalled in the morning, [37]. ► Heavy, anxious dreams, [13]. [1020.]
► He dreamed that he was standing
upon a very high and not very secure ledge, or upon a high scaffolding,
without being anxious, [37]. ► Frightful dreams of fires, which wake
her, [14]. ►
Frightful dreams of dead men, or fires, [14].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► The
temperature of the body was far below the normal, [16]. ► Rather
cool than warm (after one hour and a half), [14]. ►
Chilliness (after taking the drug), [14].
► Chilliness in the house, at 9 P.M.
(second day), [14]. ► Chilliness in the afternoon; shivering
through the skin several times, [37].
► Chilliness after rising, about
midnight, so that she was unable to get warm in bed for a long time, [14]. ►
Chilliness for two hours, with a flat taste in the mouth, [37]. [1030.]
► Chilliness all over, the whole
forenoon, with a feverish taste in the mouth, [37]. ►
Chilliness all over, with pains in the back, [37]. ►
Coldness internally and externally, with warmth of the feet, from 2 to 4
P.M. (second day), [14]. ► Coldness in the open air, disappearing in
the room (after two hours), [14]. ► Coldness and shaking chill, in the house,
not relieved by the warmth of the stove; lasting several minutes,
without subsequent heat or thirst, in the evening, after walking in the
open air, [14]. ► Internal coldness, [39]. ► An
internal coldness extending over the whole body, [22]. ► Great
coldness, from 6.30 to 8.30 P.M., without subsequent heat or thirst, [14]. ►
Feeling of coldness in the open air, at 2 P.M., [14]. ►
Feeling of coldness in a warm room; the nose is icy cold, at 3 P.M., [14]. [1040.]
► Slight feeling of coldness over the
whole body, in the house (after one hour and a half), [14]. ► Almost
always chilly (after half an hour), [14].
► Chill, immediately on going out of
the house, in the afternoon, [14].
► Shaking chill in the house (after
two hours and a half), [14]. ► Shaking chill once, during the coldness, [14]. ►
Violent shaking chill, not relieved by the warmth of the stove; relieved
only by the application of warm cloths to the abdomen; it lasts for two
hours after going to bed, when she fell asleep, at 6 P.M. (sixth
evening), [14]. ► Shivering, with gooseflesh (after five
minutes); on going out of doors (after two hours and a half), [14]. ►
Agreeable coolness in the head, after the perspiration (after a quarter
of an hour), [14]. ► Coldness of the feet, and much thirst, at
7 P.M., [14]. ► Coldness on the sole of the left foot,
soon disappearing (after two hours), [14].
[1050.] ►
Feeling of coldness in the soles of both feet, in the open air,
disappearing in the room (after one hour), [14]. ►
Violent shivering in the face and hands, in the open air, going off in
the house (after a quarter of an hour), [14].
► Heat. ►
Warmth over the whole body, with a feeling as if it spread from the
shoulders (after one hour and a quarter, and one hour and a half), [14]. ►
Increased warmth of the skin before midnight, which she herself does not
feel, [14]. ►
Increased warmth over the whole body; the palms of the hands are hot and
dry, without thirst, [37]. ► Increased warmth all over in the
afternoon; the palms of the hands are burning hot, with some thirst, [37]. ►
Heat, with thirst, disappearing in bed (first evening), [14]. ► Heat,
with thirst, without previous coldness, even in bed, disappearing after
falling asleep (second evening, at eight o’clock), [14]. ► Heat
and perspiration all over, from 2.30 to 3 P.M., [14]. ►
Flushes of heat, with thirst, at 2 P.M., [14].
[1060.] ►
Flushes of heat; anxiety rising from the abdomen into the head, with
redness of the face and warmth of the forehead (after one hour and a
quarter), [14]. ► Warmth of the upper part of the body,
with cold feet (after three hours), [14].
► Warmth about the forehead, at 1
P.M.; afterwards all over, disappearing in the open air, [14]. ► Warmth
and perspiration on the forehead and hands, frequently (after a quarter
of an hour), [14]. ► Warmth in the whole abdomen; perspiration
stands in large drops on the nose after dinner, [14]. ► Warmth
extending from the abdomen into the shoulders, with perspiration on the
back and in the axillæ (after quarter of an hour), [14]. ►
Transient warmth and perspiration on the head and hands, at 4.30 P.M., [14]. ►
Great warmth under both axillæ (after half an hour), [14]. ► A
sudden sensation of warmth on the outer margin of the left hand, as if
it had been held by a warm stove, [37].
► Sensation as if a pleasant warmth
were creeping up the back (after one hour), [14]. [1070.]
► Heat in the head, without sweat
(after half an hour), [14]. ► Heat in the head, with perspiration on
the forehead, while the feet were cold; relieved in the open air;
frequently, [14]. ► Heat in the head, with indolence and
ill-humor (after three-quarters of an hour), [14]. ► Heat
and perspiration on the forehead (after one hour), [14]. ► Heat,
with perspiration on the forehead and warmth in the hands (after a
quarter of an hour), [14]. ► Heat of the face, with redness; also
warmth in the body (after two hours and a half), [14]. ► Heat
and burning in the face, with redness and warmth of the forehead; dull
headache; the heat extended down the back (after one hour), [14]. ►
Heat, with perspiration on the face, at 6.30 P.M., [14]. ► Heat
in the whole abdomen, in the evening, lasting till 1 o’clock, with loss
of sleep, without thirst; she was obliged to keep her hands out of bed,
where even she could not bear to have them a long time (third night), [14]. ►
Transient heat in the face, without thirst, during the coldness, [14]. [1080.]
► Transient, but frequently renewed
heat and sweat of the head and hands, always followed by coolness (after
three-quarters of an hour), [14]. ► Sudden flushes of heat in the head,
without perspiration, at 2 P.M., [14].
► Orgasm and stupefaction in the head
(after three-quarters of an hour), [14].
► Orgasm of blood extending up the
abdomen and back, with heat and anxiety (in the head), after breakfast, [14]. ►
Sweat. ► Perspiration over
the whole body, from 10 P.M. till morning, with weakness, [14]. ►
Perspiration and heat of the face, during dinner (second day, also about
1 P.M.), [14].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), In bed, pressive headache;
lachrymation; after beer, burning in stomach, etc.; in bed, pain in
thumb-joint; in bed, jerking in calf; sick feeling. ► (Afternoon),
While walking, cutting in abdomen; chilliness. ►
(Evening), In bed, tearing headache;
by the light, dryness, etc., of eyes; burning, etc., in eyes; in bed,
pain in left chest; pain in shoulder-joint; after walking in open air,
coldness, etc.; heat in abdomen. ► (Night), From 10 o’clock till morning,
perspiration. ► (Open air), Vertigo; pain in throat. ► (Walking in open
air), Heaviness in head; sticking in forehead; stitch in jaw;
pressure upon chest. ► (After dinner), Warmth in abdomen. ► (After eating),
Weary, etc. ► (In hot room), Headache, etc. ► (Laughing),
Stitches in breast. ► (Motion), Pain in leg. ►
(Rest), Boring, etc., between
shoulders; pains in metacarpal ligaments. ►
(In room), head heavy, etc.;
pressure in temple. ► (Sitting), Pressure in chest. ► (Spinning),
Heaviness in leg. ► (Stooping), Pain in forehead. ► (Walking),
Vertigo. ► (Writing),
Pain in small of back. ► Amelioration.
► (Open air),
Anxiety in head, etc.; tension in knee-bones; symptoms in general, [14]. ►
(Cold water), Tearing in back teeth.
► (After
dinner), The symptoms, [14].
► (After
eating), Gnawing, etc., in lower teeth; drawing downward in
throat. ► (Rest),
Pressure in forehead. ► (Stooping), Stitches in vertex. ► (Walking),
Weakness of feet; stiffness in feet.
SUPPLEMENT: LAUROCERASUS.
Authorities.
41,
Lond. Med. Gaz., Encyclop. des Sci. Méd., Sept., 1842 (Amer. Journ. of
Med. Sci., Second Series, vol. vi, p. 499), a child, aged about eight
months, was given 1/2 teaspoonful of a potion of which cherry-laurel
water was the principal constituent; 42,
Mr. Semple, Pharm. Journ., vol. ii, 1842-3, p. 31, Sir Theodosius
Boughton, was poisoned; 43, Dr.
Hayn, Hufeland’s Journ., 1843 (Woodman and Tidy’s Forensic Medicine and
toxicology, p. 423), fatal poisoning of an old man, by 1 1/2 ounces of
cherry-laurel water; 44, Med. Times,
May, 1845, p. 123 (ibid), a girl, aged five years, swallowed the kernels
of some stones of the sweet cherry, and died in forty hours; 45, Lancet, 1868 (1), p. 30, at Toulon, three
children, aged four to five years, ate the kernels of peach-stones.►
Intense coma; eyes closed; pupils
dilated; respiration hurried; urine and fæces involuntarily discharged;
convulsions, [44]. ► Hands and feet became paralyzed, but did
not lose sensation (after three hours); at length the respiratory
muscles became affected, and he then died, [43]. ► Very
severe convulsions; one died in less than an hour, the two others, who
had, perhaps, partaken less freely of the poisonous substance,
recovered, thanks to very active and persevering therapeutical measures,
[45]. ►
Eyes fixed upwards, his teeth clenched, and froth running from his mouth
(after about a quarter of an hour), and he died in about half an hour, [42]. [1090.]
► She had scarcely taken the mixture
when she shrieked, threw her head back, and was convulsed; death ensued
in ten minutes, [41].® 2000
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