BELLADONNA.
Atropa Belladonna, L. Nat. order,
Solanaceæ. Common names, Deadly Nightshade. (German)
Tollkirsche. Preparation, Tincture of the whole plant,
when beginning to flower.
Authorities.
[All of Hahnemann’s authorities are given; others
are carefully selected.] (1 to 85,
from Hahnemann, R. A. M. L., 1.) 1, Hahnemann; 2, Baehr; 3, Gross; 4, Hbg.; 5, F. H—n; 6, Hartung; 7, Hrn.; 8, Htn.; 9, Kr.; 10, Ln.; 11, Lr.; 12, Mkl.; 13, Rkt. d. j.; 13a, Stf.; 14, Ws.; 15, Ackermann; [Not
accessible.] 16, Albrecht, poisoning of two adults and a
boy by the berries; 17, Baldinger, poisoning of four
adults; [By the berries understood always unless differently stated.] 18, Baylie; [Not accessible.] 19,
Boucher, poisoning of five children; 20, Buchave,
symptoms observed in hooping-cough patients after the administration of large doses of the
extract; 21, Bucholz, effects of two-grain doses of the
powdered root given to a boy, as prophylactic of hydrophobia; 22,
Buch’oz, poisoning of a young boy; 23, Carl, symptoms
produced by a decoction of the root in a chronic sufferer from rheumatic gout; 24, Cullen, effects of the infusion in a sufferer from cancer of
the lips; 25, De Launay d’Hermont, poisoning of an
adult; 26, De St. Martin, poisoning of a boy of four
years; 27, De Meza, effects of a five-grain dose of the
powdered leaves in a case of tumor of the breast; 28,
Dillenius, poisoning of a mother and six children; 29,
Dumoulin, poisoning of two little girls; 30, Eb. Gmelin,
poisoning of an old man; 31, El Camerarius, poisoning of
four children; 32, Elfes, poisoning, boy of seven years;
33, Erhardt, effect of berries in a boy of seven; 34, Evers, i, case of serous apoplexy, in which Bell. was given; 35, Evers, ii; [Not found.] 36,
Faber, general statement of effects of Bell.; 37, Grimm,
poisoning of child of three; 38, Gmelin, general
statement of poisonous effects; 39, Gœckel, poisoning
of child of five; 40, Greding, effects of Bell.
administered to epileptics and epilepto-maniacs, and in jaundice; i. man, æt. 29; iii.
woman, æt. 35; iv. man, æt. 24; v. woman, æt. 23; vi. woman, æt. 20; vii. man, æt. 35,
subject to raving in connection with his epilepsy; viii. man, æt. 20; ix. woman, æt. 25;
x. woman, æt. 40; xi. youth of 16; xii. man, æt. 33, an epilepto-maniac; xiii. man, æt.
28, a melancholio-maniac, in whom epilepsy supervened; xiv. woman, æt. 37; xv. woman, æt.
38; xvi. man, æt. 38, epilepto-maniac; xvii. woman, æt. 29, epilepto-maniac; xviii. woman,
æt. 32, epilepto-maniac; xix. man, æt. 23; xx. woman, æt. 34; xxi. man. æt. 34,
epilepto-maniac; xxii. woman, æt. 42, a violent epilepto-maniac, raging and convulsed
throughout; xxiii. a youth of 15; xxiv to xxvi. cases of jaundice; 41,
G—ch, effects of an infusion of Bell. leaves given as an injection for incarcerated
hernia; 42, Hasenest, poisoning of a young woman; 43, Henning, effects of grain doses of the powdered leaves given
for the cure of pemphigus; 44, Hochstetter, effects of
an infusion in an adult; 45, Hoffmann, statement of the
effects of soporifics in general, including opium; 46,
Horst, poisoning of an adult by the inspissated juice; 47,
Hoyer, poisoning of an old woman; 48, Hufeland; [Not
found.] 49, Justi, effects of a single full dose, in an
adult, given as a prophylactic of hydrophobia; 50,
Lamberger, a narrative of the five months’ treatment of some mammary indurations by an
infusion of Bell.; 51, Lentin, effects in a case of
mammary scirrhus; 52, Lottinger; [Not found.] 53, Manetti, poisoning of a puppy by the juice of the berries; 54, Mappus, fatal effects of a large quantity of the juice mixed
with wine; 55, Mardorf, poisoning of several persons; 56, May; [Not found.] “a baccis in infantibus,”
Hahnemann in Fragmenta de Vir.; 57, Med. Ch. Wahrn.;
[Not found.] 58, Moibanus, poisoning of a man; 59, Müller, effects of Bell. taken for angina faucium in a man
of 50; 60, Munch, effects of 4 to 14 grains of the
powdered root given as a prophylactic of hydrophobia; 61,
Ollenroth, effects in a case of mammary scirrhus; 62,
Porta effects of a strong infusion; 63, Rau, poisoning
of a man; 64, Remer, effects of full doses of the
powdered root, in a case of melancholia occurring at the climacteric; 65, Sauter, i, effects when taken in fully developed hydrophobia;
66, Sauter, ii, poisoning of a child; 67, Sauvages; [Not found.] 68,
Schäffer, effects when given to children for pertussis; 69,
Schreck, fatal poisoning of a boy; 70, Sicelius; [Not
found.] 71, Solenander, poisoning in an adult; 72, Timmermann; [Not found.] 73,
Vicat, an account of the general effects of the leaves and berries; 74,
Wagner, poisoning of two old women and some children; 75,
Wasserberg, proving on himself; 76, Weinmann, effects of
Bell., cited by Gmelin; 77, Wetzler; [Not found.] 78, Weinholt; [Not found.] 79,
Wierus, poisoning of an adult; 80, Wiedemann, effects
when given freely to children for hooping-cough; 81,
Ziegler; [Not found.] 82, Ray; 83,
Ware; 84, Wells; 85,
Struve; (86 to 140,
from Hencke’s résumé, Hom. v. j. Sch., vol. 16); 86,
Burkner, effects of 8 grammes of the extract; 87,
Commaille, took half of an infusion of 3 grammes of herb Bell.; 88,
Frank, proving (from A. H. Z., 32) of the 1st dil., 10 to 50 drops; 89,
Ibid., proving of a solution of the extract; 90, Ibid.,
proving by a girl, æt. 23, with 50 drops of the 1st dil.; 91,
Kluky, provings by 12 persons, with the extract, 1/8 grain to 1 dr. doses; 92, Purkinje, proving with 20 drops of an aqueous solution of the
extract; 93, Scheidtweiler, took a piece of the extract;
94, Schlosser, effects of a small dose of the extract; 95, ibid., effects of 1/260 gr. of the extract applied to the
eye; 96 and 97,
omitted; 98, Waltl, effects of 4 grains of the dried
root; 99, Wasserberg, effects of pills of Bell. extract;
100, Boulduc, poisoning of several children; 101, Buchner, chronic poisoning of a man; 102, Buchner, poisoning of a girl, æt. 3; 103, Lipp, Dissert., poisoning of children; 104, Caffarelli, effects of a clyster of herb. Bell.; 105, Couty, effects of a liniment of Bell. ext. and a clyster of
Bell. ext. for a periodic pain in the bowels; 106, Fink,
poisoning by berries, man, æt. 19; 107, Frank,
poisoning of an old man; 108, ibid., poisoning of an old
woman; 109, ibid., poisoning of a young man and woman; 110, Fritze, poisoning of a child; 111,
Gerson, poisoning of several persons; 112, ibid.; 113, Goldschmidt, poisoning of a boy; 114,
Gaultier de Claubry, poisoning of soldiers; 115, ibid.,
poisoning of a family by an infusion of herb. Bell.; 116,
Hirschman, poisoning of a child; 117, Jolly, poisoning
of a man by 46 grains of Bell.; 118, Köstler, poisoning
of two boys; 119, Koch, poisoning of a boy; 120, Krämer, poisoning of a boy; 121,
Kurtz, poisoning of two children; 122, Labbe, poisoning
of a man, 20 years old, by an infusion of herb. Bell.; 123,
Laurant, poisoning of a boy by 20 grains of ext.; 124,
ibid., poisoning of a child 1 1/2 years old, by 10 grains of ext.; 125,
Liedbeck, poisoning of a boy; 126, Melion, poisoning of
two children; 127, Pinard, poisoning of several
children; 128, Rosenberg, poisoning of a man; 129, Salzb., Med. Chir. Ztg., poisoning of a man by a clyster of
3 quarts of a decoction; 130, Seiler, poisoning of a
boy; 131, Teschemacher, poisoning of two women; 132, ibid., poisoning of two girls; 133,
ibid., of a woman; 134, ibid., of two children; 135, Trapenart, poisoning of a man; 136,
Vosnack, poisoning of a man; 137, Wenzel Huber,
poisoning of a boy; 138, Gazette d. Santé, poisoning of
two children; 139, ibid., of a man; 140, Zabri, from Kürner Wurt. Carr. Bl., poisoning of two adults
and five children; (141 to
176, are taken from Roth’s
résumé j. d. l. Soc. Gal. (Mat. Med.), 4, 402, where references are furnished, but no
details.) (On subsequent critical research, most of these additional authorities
given by Roth have been found to refer to the effects of Bell. when given to patients; they
are therefore omitted, though the subsequent numbering could not be changed without great
trouble.) (177 to 213, are taken from Hughes’s monograph
on Bell., Hahn. Mat. Med., Part III.) 177,
Hughes, case ii, poisoning of a child with 8 to 12 grains of ext.; 178,
Hughes, iii, Dr. Gray, effects of 8 to 10 grains of ext. on self; 179,
poisoning of an adult by half an ounce of liq. Bell.; 180,
poisoning of a boy by ext.; 181, ditto; 182, ditto; 183, ditto; 184, poisoning of a child of four by berries; 185, poisoning of a lady by a dr. of ext.; 186, poisoning of six persons; 187,
ditto of ten persons; 188, effects of Bell. plaster to
an abraded surface; 189, poisoning of seven persons by
berries; 190, poisoning of a boy of 14; 191, poisoning of a man of 75 by ext.; 192,
miscellaneous; 193, poisoning of a man; 194, effects, from Harley; 195,
Schneller, provings with 1/4 to 4 1/8 grains of ext.; 196,
Anstie; 197, Christison; 198,
Hempel; 199, Höring, poisoning by 25 grains of ext.; 200, Orfila; 201, Pereira; 202, Taylor; 203, Trousseau
et Pidoux; 204, Lancet, 1844, effects of ext. to
forehead; 205, Lancet, 1854, effects of 3 grains of
ext.; 206, B. J. of Hom., poisoning of a boy; 207, Teste, poisoning of girls by decoct. of leaves; 208, Aldridge; 209, Fuller, a
number of children treated with the ext., for chorea; 210,
Lond. Med. Rec., 1873; effects of 1/2 gr. of ext., three times a day, for 12 days, for
diabetes insipidus; 211, Boecker, Beiträge; 212, Ley, in Lancet, 1844; 213,
Schroff; (214 to 241, additional provings, and selected
poisoning cases); 214, Hering, symptoms from
Archiv., 13, 2, 181; 215, Houat, proving of the 15th
dil.; 216, L. B. Wells, provings, N. Y. St. Hom. Med.
Soc. Trans., 10, 129, Miss F. B., æt. 22, took 4th dil.; 217,
ibid, Miss C. E. C., æt. 19. took 4th dil.; 218, Dr.
Schenk, ibid., took 10 to 30 drops of tinct., repeated for several days; 219, Robinson, provings with the 200th and 30th, B. J. of Hom.,
25; 220, Voigt, in Summarium, 1835, poisoning of a woman
by a suppository of the ext.; 221, Goldschmidt, Casp.
Woch., 1838, poisoning of a boy; 222, Vierdier, Journ.
de Montpellier, 1844; poisoning of a girl by infusion of the leaves; 223, Evans, Br. Med. Journ., 1861, poisoning of a girl, æt. 9; 224, Woodman, Med. Jour. and Gaz., 1864; a man, æt. 24, took two
oz. of a liniment composed of ext. of Bell., glycerin and water; 225,
Asprea, Lo Sperimentale, 1870, poisoning of a woman by a clyster of ext.; 226, Rollet, Wien. Med. Woch., 1865, poisoning of two boys; 227, Smith, E. P. K., N. A. J. of Hom., 14, 553; poisoning by an
infusion of Bell. leaves; 228, ibid., poisoning by
teaspoonful doses of Tilden’s ext.; 229, Dufresne, Bib.
Hom. d. Genève, 1, 322; 230, Marsh, N. Am. J. of Hom.,
4, 122, poisoning by 17 grains of ext.; 231, Hollier,
Pharm. J., 16, 549, poisoning by decoction of Bell. roots; 232,
N. Am. J. of Hom., 1, 182, poisoning of four women by the herb in brandy; 233, Journ. Hebdom., 1834, poisoning of two children by 12 and 24
grains of ext.; 234, Hirschel’s Zeit. fur Hom., 12, 16,
poisoning of a boy; 235, A. H. Z., 85, 175, poisoning of
seven persons by eating beans cooked in a dish that had contained Bell. ext.; 236, Guarda, Quart. Hom. Journ., 1, 482, symptoms after 12 grains
of the ext. taken for sleeplessness; 237, Schleissteher,
effects of the root of Bell. mixed with the food, attempt to poison, Z. f. Hom. Kl., 1, 213;
238, Tardieu, Étude sur empois., effects of Bell.
plaster; 239, ibid., poisoning by infusion of the
leaves, three persons; 240, ibid., poisoning of a man
from eating without washing his hands, after digging Bell. roots; 241,
Macfarlan, proving with the 6m (Fincke).[Note: All the notes to Bell. (not Hahnemann’s) are by Dr Hughes, as well
as the illuminations of Hahnemann’s authorities.]® 2000
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