CANNABIS SATIVA.
EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.
►
The weariness of the limbs lasted several weeks, [17].
► Immediately after eating, all the limbs are tired, with
tearing pressure in the left side, beneath the short ribs; the spot is painful to pressure, [3]. ► Rheumatic drawing
in the periosteum of the long bones of all the limbs, on motion, as if they were bruised, [2].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Shoulder. ► A severe pain on pressing between
the end of the clavicle and the head of the humerus, which extends into the fingers, [3]. ► Tearing pressure
upon the top of the shoulder, intermitting, [3]. ► Sensation in the shoulder, as if it were bruised, on
stretching out the arm, [3]. ►
Arm. ► Sticking in the upper arm and bones of
the little finger; this condition lasted three days, diminishing daily, [15a]. ► Wrist. ► (The wrist feels dead; he is unable to move it), [1]. ► Hand. ► Heaviness and going to sleep of the right hand; relieved by
motion, writing, for instance, [15]. [360.] ► Sudden lameness of
the hand; he was unable to hold the fork with the fingers while eating; the whole hand
trembled on taking hold of anything; it seemed helpless, with painful loss of power in it, [7]. ► Cramplike
intermitting contraction of the right hand, [3]. ► Cramplike contraction of the metacarpal bones, [3]. ► A dull stitch in the hollow
of the hand, over the carpal bones, [3]. ► Fingers. ► Cramp in
the joints of the thumb, while writing, [2]. ► Stitches in the third finger of the right hand, as if with a
needle (after three hours), [15]. ► Crawling in the tips of the fingers, as if they had begun to
go to sleep and were numb (immediately after taking), [5].
► Later in the afternoon, sensation as when severe cold
causes tingling under the nails, [15].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Weariness in the limbs, which disappeared when walking (after 40 drops), [17]. ► He feared that he should
sink down, such sudden weariness attacked the lower limbs especially; he staggered on the
slightest motion of the body, though when walking he seemed to be more steady (after three
hours), [2]. [370.]
► [The right leg is very difficult to move; afterwards
paralyzed, with greater loss of motion than of sensation], [11].
[See note to S. 180.] ► Hip. ►
A pinching jerking-digging pain in the right hip, which almost one cry out, [1]. ► Thigh. ► When stooping, cramp in the buttocks; must stand erect at
once; on repeated stooping, repeated cramp in the same place (after 10 drops), [15]. ► Sitting causes a
pain in the right buttock, as if from strong pressure, with going to sleep of the right
foot, [15]. ►
Painless cramplike sensation in the posterior portion of the right thigh, as if a muscle
would begin to twitch, [2]. ►
Continued pressure in the middle of the forepart of the thigh, when sitting, [3]. ► In the flesh of the upper
part of the thigh, near the groin, sensitive, sharp, needle-like stitches, [8]. ► In the bend of the thigh,
at first some jerking shocks, followed by a sensation as if the region of the abdominal ring
as of distension, and a sensation as of the ring itself were pressed outward, [2]. ► Knee. ► When going upstairs, the patella snaps sideways, [2]. ► Prickling-burning
in the left knee intermitting, [3]. [380.] ► When walking, a
drawing-like cramp in the hollow of the knee, which extends along the inner muscles of the
thigh, [2]. ►
Tearing constrictive pressure in the left knee, in the forehead, and over all parts of the
body, [3]. ► Leg.
► A burning in the right tibia, when standing, [2]. ► Beside the left
tibia, in the flesh, a pain from outward, as if after a severe bruise, and then sticking in
the whole left extremity, [15a]. ►
Cramp in the calves, when walking, [1]. ► Ankle. ► Sticking and
sore pain in the left ankle-joint, relieved by washing with cold water, [15a]. ► Foot. ► Heaviness in the feet when ascending stairs, so that he feels
them as he lifts them, [15]. ►
After eating, the feet felt very heavy, [3]. ► Drawing to and fro in the left foot, from the toes to the
ankle, [3]. ►
Painful throbbing on the back of the feet, [2]. [390.] ► Painless tensive
stretching in the instep, [3]. ►
Drawing and pressure in the heel, when sitting, [2]. ► Toes. ► Like a cramp
in the right toe, [15]. ►
A prickling sensation under the left great toe, as when severe cold settles, so to speak,
under the nails, [15]. ►
Drawing in the ball of the right great toe, [2]. ► Stinging-itching in the ball of the left great toe, [2]. ► A
sticking-pressing pain in the little toe of the left foot, where he formerly had a corn, [15].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Secretions generally increased, [17]. ► [Hysterical attacks], [12].
[In those predisposed to them.] ► [Cataleptic spasms of
the upper limbs and trunk from time to time, which lasted a quarter of an hour, during which
he vomited a yellow fluid, which was followed by some delirium], [11]. [Paralysis and death followed this; the post-mortem showed pus
in the kidneys, thickened mucous membranes in the bladder, congestion of the bloodvessels of
the diaphragm, water in the convolutions, but none in the ventricles of the brain. See note
to S. 180.] [400.] ►
Indolence and weariness in the whole body, [4]. ► He is indolent and weary, yawns much, and stretches as if he
desired to sleep, [3]. ►
Weariness, tottering of the knees, and a dull pain in them (after one hour), [6]. ► Great weariness after a
slight motion; after going upstairs he lay upon the sofa quite exhausted and unable to move
or talk freely, [7]. ►
He is more weary in the morning, after waking from an almost unbroken sleep, than he was the
evening previous, on lying down, [3]. ► After eating, he was weary and indolent; everything affected
him, even talking and writing, [3]. ► Weakness, [16]. ► [Loss of power of the body], [11].
[See note S. 180.] ► He felt very uneasy directly after
taking; what he wished to write was suddenly effaced from his memory, [15]. ► Subjective. ► She felt sick in her whole body, could not endure it, must
lie down on account of weariness and heaviness of the limbs, [8].
[410.] ► An hour
after breakfast, discomfort in the whole body, especially in the abdomen, as if inflated,
with sticking-cutting pains there, chilliness all over at the same time, [15]. ► Superficial pinching here
and there in the flesh, as if the parts were pinched with the finger, [3]. ► Tearing pushes and tearing
deeply penetrating stitches in many parts, especially in the limbs, [3].
SKIN.
► Eruptions, Dry.
► Large pimples on the nose, surrounded by red swelling,
like acne rosacea, [1]. ►
Eruption on the red portion of the lips and in the corner of the mouth, [1]. ► Pimply eruption, that
itches and pains, on breast and back, [15]. ► Itching pimples on the neck, nape of the neck, and breast, [15a]. ► Itching pimples
(urticaria?) rise on the arms and nape of the neck, that, however, soon pass away (evening),
[15]. ► Eruptions,
Moist. ► Eruptions on head and chest of
vesicles filled with white serum, surrounded by a red areola; vesicles burn on touch, [16]. ► Papulous smooth
border, which burned like fire, especially when lying upon them or touching them; they left
brownish-red spots after two days, which were very painful to touch, [2]. ► Eruptions, Pustular.
[420.] ► An inflamed
pimple in the right ear, very painful to the touch, with swelling of the inner ear; matter
gradually forms that discharges after four days, mixed with blood, and it heals (after four
days), [15]. ► A
mattery pimple on the nape of the neck, painful at night (sixth day), [1]. ► Sensations. ► A very obstinate fine sticking, as with a thousand
needle-points, over the whole body, so that he is unable to endure it, at night, in bed,
when he became sweaty from warm coverings; at first it began in a few places, and when he
scratched them it suddenly changed, and extended to several other places; with this he had
great anxiety of the heart, and a sensation as if hot water were thrown repeatedly over him;
this was relieved on uncovering himself, [3]. ► Crawling itching-biting, as from salt, on the face, [1]. ► Itching here and
there on the face, [1]. ►
Itching on the chin and tip of the nose, [15]. ► Almost sore, painful itching about the navel, for several
hours, which pained as if sore, and was sensitive after rubbing, [1]. ► Itching in the perineum, [1]. ► Itching on the
hands and fingers, without visible eruption, [15]. ► Itching around the knee, [1].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
► Sleepiness.
[430.] ► Constant
frequent yawning for a quarter of an hour (after one and a half hours), [6]. ► Sleepiness, [17]. ► Sleepiness during the day,
[7]. ► Sleepiness
the whole day, [2]. ►
Overpowering sleepiness during the forenoon, [1]. ► Sleepy after dinner for a quarter of an hour; after the
sleepiness passed off he began to yawn and grew sleepy again, [15].
► Sleeplessness. ►
Sleeplessness after midnight, [1]. ► (Loss of sleep), [11].
[In subject of S. 311. Much serum found in the brain, post mortem.] ►
Uneasy sleep, [1]. ►
Uneasy sleep at night, frequent waking; confused, and, at times anxious dreams; emissions,
followed by light sleep, [2]. ►
Dreams. [440.] ►
Dreamy in the head for several days, as if the room were turning round with her, [15a]. ► Very vivid
dreams, of a rather agreeable kind, [15]. ► He had confused dreams every night, which continued even
after waking, and were recollected, [3]. ► Dreams of mishaps to others, [1].
► *Disagreeable and frightful dreams; he is disappointed in
everything, and is filled with great anxiety, [3].
► *He awoke at night from slumber with frightful dreams,
without knowing where he was, [1]. ► Very vivid, horrid dreams, which, however, did not make him
anxious, but he always retained a kind of presence of mind, [3].
FEVER.
► Shivering
frequently creeps upward from the soles of the feet, [3].
► Shivering creeps over the whole body, but also reaches
the head, and seems to draw the hairs together, [3]. ► [Febrile chill], [11].
[See note to S. 304.] [450.] ►
Chill with thirst, without subsequent heat and without sweat, in the afternoon (after
fifty-two hours), [1]. ►
Chilly for several hours (immediately), [9]. ► Evenings, chilliness, yawning, stretching of the limbs, and
indolence; goes to bed early without being exactly sleepy, [15].
► Fever, shaking chill, with excessive thirst and
shuddering after drinking, together with cold hands, knees, and feet; accompanied by
hurriedness, trembling, distortion of the face; at one time weeping, at another joyous, at
another raging mood; everything angered him so that he got into a rage about it; during the
chill some warmth in the back and in the feet, which perspired, but were not warm to touch, [2]. ► Shivering in the
right thigh, as if goose-flesh would form, [2]. ► Creeping shivering in the thighs (immediately), [3]. ► Creeping shivers
over the trunk, with a sensation of a kind of discomfort, at short intervals, [3]. ► The whole body is cold, but
the face becomes constantly warmer and warmer, [6]. ► The limbs are cold to the touch, and he trembles from
chilliness, [3]. ►
Coldness and cold sensation of the hands, [6]. ► Heat. [460.] ► Warmth, with warm sensation in the face, [6]. ► Excessive heat and fever;
she glowed in the face, but was cold at every motion, with violent pains in the throat
swollen inside and out, with difficulty in swallowing; very much prostrated; she was obliged
to lie down all day, and the stitches in the head continued, [15a].
► He is very hot during the night, and begins to perspire
slightly towards morning, [15]. ►
Violent burning of the whole skin, especially feet, hands, abdomen, also in the palms;
afterwards itching, that compels him to scratch all night, also early the following day (six
days), [15]. ►
Orgasm of blood, [12]. ►
Sweat. ► Sweat on the forehead and neck, at
night, [1].
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (Morning),
Throbbing of temporal artery; on waking, white points before eyes; dryness of palate; in
bed, pain in throat; hiccough; pressure in stomach; from 8 to 10 o’clock, sensation below
navel; passage of flatus; urine whey-like, etc.; in bed, erections, etc.; early, sensation
in chest. ► (Forenoon),
Despondent; feeling in stomach; sleepiness. ► (Afternoon), Fretful. ► (Evening), Burning in eyes; pain in hollow tooth; dryness of
mouth, etc.; excessive appetite; in bed, stitches in sides of abdomen; burning while
urinating. ► (Night),
Heat; sweat on forehead, etc. ► (After
midnight), Sleeplessness. ► (Towards morning), Perspiration. ►
(Contact with acids), Drawing in hollow tooth. ► (When ascending stairs),
Heaviness in feet. ► (After
breakfast), Eructations, etc. ► (While chewing), Stitches in external meatus. ► (At dinner), Desire for
wine. ► (After eating),
Feet feel heavy; weary, etc. ► (After
an embrace), Itching, stinging in vagina, etc. ►
(During erections), Tensive pain. ►
(Exertion), Pain in small of back. ►
(Inspiration), While bending forward, pinching under
sternum. ► (On lying down),
Difficult breathing. ► (Lying on
right side), Nausea, etc. ► (On motion), Beating at heart; drawing in periosteum of long
bones. ► (While sitting),
Pressing in rectum, etc.; erections; pain in buttock, etc.; pressure in thigh; drawing,
etc., in heel. ► (When standing),
Vertigo, etc.; stitches in urethra; pressive sensation in testicles; pain in spermatic cord;
burning in tibia. ► (Before
stool), Slight pain. ► (After stooping), Cutting across stomach. ►
(Walking), Sticking in rectum, etc.; penis painful; pain
in testicle; cramp in hollow of knee; cramp in calves. ►
(Warmth), Nausea. ► (When writing), Congestion to head; cramp in joints of thumb. ► Amelioration. ► (Afternoon), Lively. ► (Bending backward), Pinching under sternum. ►
(Bending trunk backward or forward), Stitches near pit
of stomach. ► (Coffee),
Nausea. ► (Drinking cold water),
Pain in abdomen. ► (After eating),
Pain in stomach disappears. ► (Lying
on left side), Nausea, etc. ► (Moving the part), Heaviness, etc., of hand. ►
(Keeping quiet), Nausea, etc. ►
(After scratching), Stitch in side disappears. ► (Sitting down), Oppressed
breathing. ► (On stooping),
Dragging in ear disappears; beatings at the heart, etc.; cramp in buttocks. ► (When walking), Weariness
in limbs disappears. ► (Washing
with cold water), Sticking, etc., in ankle-joint. ►
(After wine), More excited, etc.
SUPPLEMENT: CANNABIS SATIVA.
Authorities.
19, Andrew
Robertson, Pharm. Journ., vol. vi, 1846, p. 72, quotes Mr. Bartlett, a young man took a
small dose of the extract; 20, Wm. F. Daniell, M.D.,
Pharm. Journ. vol. ix, 1850, p. 364, effects of smoking Dakka; 21,
Obs. sur Le Chanvre Indigène, by Prosper Albert, Strasbourg, 1859, the author took 3 grams
of the alcoholic extract of the leaves an hour after eating; 22,
ibid., a girl, aged twenty-five years, took 200 grams of the extract of the leaves; 23, ibid., the author, at another time, took 3 grams of the
extract; 24, ibid., M. L., took the extract; 25, ibid., M. L., took 2 grams; 26,
ibid., M. L., took 6 grams of the alcoholic extract; 27,
ibid., the author took 4 grams of the extract.
MIND.
► First seemed very
animated with a congested face, with great loquacity, inclining the head to the right and
left, [24]. ► Great
agitation, [26]. ►
Became almost violent, when he assumed a very sad, preoccupied air, [26]. ► Gesticulations, [23]. ► Spasmodic
gestures, [20]. [470.]
► She rose up and spun around on one foot and began to
walk, [22]. ►
Disposition to laugh, [21], [27]. ► Constant laughter mingled
with cries, [22]. ►
Whistling and singing, [21]. ►
Great loquacity, [26]. ►
Constant murmuring of unintelligible words, [22]. ► At first she seemed very much preoccupied, [22]. ► Great sadness after the
experiment, [21]. ►
Upon the subsidence of temporary excitement, the party experiences all those soothing
sensations of ease and comfort, with that pleasing languor stated to constitute the potent
charm that renders it in such universal request. If the inhaling process is carried beyond
this stage, inebriation shortly supervenes, [20]. [480.] ► The action was that
of a powerful narcotic. He felt all the symptoms of intoxication, [19]. ► I seemed to lose
consciousness of the existence of my limbs, a sensation compared to that when under the
influence of chloroform, without complete loss of consciousness, [21]. ► She went into a comatose
state, which lasted four hours, [22].
HEAD.
► Vertigo was the
first symptom, [23]. ►
My head seemed to describe a circular movement, which propagated itself to the whole body,
so that I fell to the ground, [21]. ► Whirling in the head, [26].
► Head heavy, [27].
► Great heaviness of the head, [27]. ► Heaviness of the head, and
headache after the experiment, [26]. ► Sensation of dulness in the head like pressure, [21]. [490.] ► Tension in the head, [23].
► Pains on the top of the head, [27]. ► Compression of the
temples, [27].
EYE.
► Eyes injected, [22], [25]. ► Eyes injected and very brilliant, [27]. ► Heat and prickling in the
external angles of the eyes, [27]. ► Suffused eyes, [20]. ► Pupils dilated, [22]. ► Pupils greatly dilated, [27].
► Pupils dilated, sensitive to light, [27]. [500.] ► On attempting to write, I found that the characters made with
the pen were exceedingly fine, [27]. ► Sense of flame playing in front of the eyes, [27].
EAR.
► Loud singing in the
ears, [27].
FACE.
► Became very pale,
and fell down prostrated, [22]. ►
Flushed face, [20], [26].
► Stupid expression, [26].
► Grimaces, as in chorea, [21].
► Efforts to laugh, [23].
► Contractions of the muscles of the face, [26]. ► Spasmodic contraction of
the jaws, [27].
MOUTH.
[510.] ► Mouth dry, [22]. ► Mouth and throat dry, [26].
THROAT.
► Dryness of the
pharynx, [27]. ►
Swallowing became difficult on account of absence of saliva; it was impossible to eat, [21].
STOMACH.
► Ate with unusual
avidity, in fact, like a glutton; after the meal she had an appearance of astonishment, and
looked at persons about her with a strange expression, [22].
► Nausea, [27]. ► At last nausea and profuse vomiting, [26]. ► Heaviness in the
epigastrium, [27].
URINARY ORGANS.
► Frequent
efforts to urinate, [27]. ►
Difficult, profuse micturition, [27].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
[520.]
► As the too frequent employment of this plant must
induce considerable bronchial irritation, with repeated attacks of pulmonary congestion and
inflammation, emaciation as a necessary sequence gradually ensues, while a premature
decrepitude of frame, conjoined with serious organic affections of the lungs, insidiously
steals onward, and under the mask of phthisis finally terminates the existence of the
victim, [20]. ►
Violent paroxysms of coughing, [20]. ► Respiration rapid, [23],
[26], [27]. ► Respiration very difficult, [22].
► I breathed with great force, with a sensation of heat, [21]. ► Dyspnœa, [26].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Palpitation, [21], [27].
► Pulse rapid, [23].
► The pulse became very rapid and small, [22]. ► Pulse very rapid and
irregular, [27]. [530.]
► Pulse 75 (before the experiment); rose to 140, and
became very irregular, [26]. ►
Pulse 80 (before the experiment); rose to 140, and then varied from 130 to 140 for some
time, [27]. ► Pulse
120, [25]. ► Pulse
100, [24]. ► Pulse
small and irregular, [21].
NECK AND BACK.
► Beating in
the nape of the neck, [27]. ►
Pains at the base of the cerebral column, extending along the sciatic nerve, and in the
hip-joint, [27].
EXTREMITIES.
► Contractions
of the limbs, as in chorea, [21]. ► Stiffness of the limbs, [22].
► Heaviness of the limbs, [27].
GENERALITIES.
[540.] ► When walking, seemed affected with chorea, [23]. ► General stiffness, [27]. ► Tendency to
immobility, [27]. ►
Great feebleness after the experiment, [21], [26], [27]. ► Great fatigue, [27]. ► Great lassitude, [27]. ► After the experiment great feebleness and desire to sleep, [25]. ► Sensation of
indolence in the whole body, [27]. ► Frequent remissions, during which I said the attack had
passed off, but I had no sooner said it than the attack returned anew, [21].
SKIN.
► Vague sensation of
tingling, like a beginning of anæsthesia of the skin (after half an hour), [21].
FEVER.
[550.] ► Extremities cold, [26],
[27]. ► Sensation
of great heat, [25]. ►
Heat of the skin, [27]. ►
Heat of the head, [27].® 2000
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