ASTRAGALUS MENZIESII.
Astragalus Menziesii, Gray. Natural order,
Leguminosæ.
Authority.
J. M. Selfridge, Trans. Pacific Hom. Med. Soc.,
1874-76, p. 178. ► Ate some of the green leaves at 4.30
P.M. In fifteen minutes I experienced a slight burning sensation in pharynx, œsophagus, and
stomach. At 5 P.M. a feeling of fulness in right temple and superior maxillary bone; also
slight nausea, accompanied with shivering and chilliness, such as frequently precede or
accompany nausea; 5.20, experienced occasional attacks of dizziness, with fulness of the
head; 5.45, felt weak; arms felt as if trembling; 6.30, still felt weak, with a sense of
emptiness in the stomach; 7 P.M., ate a light supper, which did not remove the weakness,
although the feeling of emptiness was relieved. Had a pressive pain in both temples, which
lasted until 9 o’clock; 7.30, felt as if my nerves were all trembling; 9.15, had a slight
pain in left superior maxillary bone, followed by a feeling of pressure, which continued but
a minute or two; 9.20, aching in the right superior maxillary, with a sense of pressure in
both bones; also slight pain in the masseter muscles. Restless sleep after midnight.
Frequently disturbed sleep, with dreams of quarrelling. Had a stool at 7.15 A.M., an unusual
hour; loose, like diarrhœa, with burning and tenesmus; 8 A.M., slight burning at anus,
recurring occasionally; 9.15, occasional feeling of tenesmus.® 2000
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