CASSADA.
Manihot utilissima, Pohl (Jatropha manihot, L.) [The bitter variety is
poisonous, differing from the sweet, as bitter from sweet almonds (the difference probably
due to the presence of hydrocianic acid); botanically, the two varieties are alike.] Nat. order, Euphorbiaceæ. Common name,
Sweet or bitter cassada or cassava.
Preparation
, Tincture of the root.
Authorities.
1, 2, 3, Reil, Journ. f. Pharm.,
Tox., and Therap., 1, 586; review of Michiel de Keyzer, Inaug. dis., “Bydrage tot de
Kennis van het Blauwzuur,” 1856, poisoning of two boys and a girl, aged respectively 3,
4, and 6 years; 4, ibid., poisoning of a negro by the
juice; 5, Dr. Barham, general statement of symptoms of
poisoning, Pharm, Journ., 5, 29, 1846; 6, Mure,
Pathogénésie Brésilienne, effects from an ounce dose of the expressed juice of the root,
by J. V. Martins.
MIND.
► Emotional. ► At times, painful weeping, with grinding of the teeth, [3]. ► Sadness, [6]. ► Wakes in bad humor
(second day), [6]. ►
Intellectual. ► She seemed to have some
consciousness, as was shown by the look of her eye when her name was called aloud, [3]. ► Senseless and
unconscious, with ice-cold hands and feet, pale, sunken face, half-closed eyes, dilated
pupils, half-opened mouth, full of saliva, respiration very slow, almost imperceptible,
action of the heart intermitting, scarcely perceptible, anus relaxed, wide open, limbs
relaxed, [1], [2].
► He fell to the ground unconscious, with loud cries and
convulsions, [4].
HEAD.
► Dizziness
(second day), [6]. ►
Giddiness of the head, [5]. ►
Weight in the head, especially the top of the forehead, at 4 P.M. (second day), [6]. ► Pain in the
forehead and nasal fossæ (fourth day), [6].
EYE.
► Pain within the
orbits, [6]. ►
Dimness of sight, [5]. ►
Optical illusions (fourth day), [6].
EAR.
► Noise in the ears,
extending to the occiput, like letting off steam (third day), [6].
MOUTH.
► Clammy mouth, with
bad breath (third day), [6]. ►
Bitter mouth (fourth day), [6].
THROAT.
► Sense of swelling
in the left tonsil (second day), [6]. ► Pain at the velum palati, [6].
► Slight feeling of dryness in the œsophagus, [6].
STOMACH.
[20.] ► Appetite when beginning breakfast, but it suddenly ceases
after taking a little milk (second day), [6]. ► Thirst, [6]. ► Eructations at 6.30 A.M., [6].
► Violent vomiting and purging, [5]. ► Heaviness in the stomach
all night, relieved by applying the hands (fourth day), [6].
► Slight weight in the stomach, [6]. ► Pain and sickness of the
stomach, [5]. ►
Slight dull pains in stomach and bowels, with borborygmi (second day), [6]. ► Vague and transient, but
very acute, pains in the stomach (third day), [6].
ABDOMEN.
► Swelling of the
whole abdomen, [5]. [30.]
► Vague pains in the hypogastrium, when urinating, at 6
A.M. (second day), [6].
RECTUM AND ANUS.
► Tenesmus
and pressure in the sphincter ani, with pricking, at 3 P.M., (second day), [6]. ► At 8 o’clock, renewed, but
ineffectual urging to stool (second day), [6].
STOOL.
► Diarrhœa in the
morning (sixth day), [6]. ►
Unusually easy stools, [6]. ►
Watery, greenish, fetid stools (second day), [6]. ► Copious, light-colored, watery, fetid stools (second day), [6].
URINARY ORGANS.
► Sudden
pain, with lancination, in the urethra, above the fossa navicularis, for two minutes (second
day), [6]. ► Slight
heat in the urethra (third day), [6].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Respiration intermitting, at times almost ceasing, [3].
CHEST.
[40.] ► Pain within the chest, [6].
► Pain in the side of the chest and in the shoulders,
aggravated by movement (second day), [6].
HEART AND PULSE.
► Pulse
very weak, [3].
BACK.
► Pain in the back
(third day), [6]. ►
Pain at the loins (sixth day), [6].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Acute pain in the left arm at night, [6]. ► Pain in the left elbow (third day), [6].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
►
Pain at the inside of the thigh (fifth day), [6]. ► Rheumatic pain in the right thigh (eighth day), [6]. ► Trembling of the
knees and of all the limbs with violent emotion, when hearing others talk about the disease
he is afraid of having (second day), [6]. [50.] ► Weakness of the knees
when going upstairs, [6]. ►
Swelling of the ankles, rather less at night (third day), [6].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
► Slight
cramps, with staring look, [3]. ►
Debility, [6]. ►
Moral and physical prostration (third day), [6]. ► Faintings, [5].
SLEEP AND DREAMS.
► Sleepiness.
► Drowsiness (sixth day), [6].
► Drowsiness in daytime, [6].
► Sleep at 4 P.M. (second day), [6]. ► Falls asleep late, [6]. [60.] ► Distressing dreams, about wanting to save an asphyxiated
child, whose parents will not let him treat it (second day), [6].
► Dreams about a conflagration, with small flames, like
those presented by the 10th attenuation of Crotalus cascavella, when examined under the
solar microscope, at the Homœopathic Institute of Rio Janeiro (fifth day), [6].
FEVER.
► Coldness and
shrinking, [5]. ►
The whole head, especially the nape of the neck, is cold (eighth day), [6]. ► Face and limbs cold, [3]. ► Icy coldness under
the shoulder-blades, in bed, even when well covered up (seventh day), [6]. ► Icy coldness of the arm,
even to the marrow of the bone (eighthday), [6]. ► Icy coldness of the knees (sixth day), [6]. ► Cold feet and hands
(seventh day), [6]. ►
Profuse sweat during sleep, ceasing on waking (second day), [6].
[70.] ► Very fetid
sweat under the axillæ and on the scrotum (third day), [6].
CONDITIONS.
► Aggravation.
► (Morning), 6.30
o’clock, eructations; 6 o’clock, when urinating, pain in hypogastrium; diarrhœa. ► (Afternoon), 4 o’clock,
weight in head; 3 o’clock, tenesmus, etc. ► (Night), Pain in left arm. ► (Movement), Pain in chest. ► (During sleep), Sweat. ►
Amelioration. ► (Night),
Swelling of the ankles. ► (Applying
hands to part), Heaviness in stomach.® 2000
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