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CICUTA VIROSA. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

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CICUTA VIROSA.


FACE.

► Objective. ► Anxious expression, [22].
► Redness of the face, [6].
[With S. 450. -Hughes.] ► *Face red, [22]. [170.] ► *With the spasms, the face became dark-red, lips blue, with
bloody froth from the mouth, [17]. ► Flushed countenance, [22].
► *Cadaverous paleness (two children), [19]. ► *Face pallid,
[21]. ► *Face pale and
drawn
, [18]. ►
Face puffy, [7]. ►
Face (and throat) swollen, [6]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ► Muscular movements of the face (in a boy of fourteen), [19]. ► Cheeks. ► Pressure beneath the right malar bone, [8]. ► Lower Jaw. ► Gnashing of the teeth, [6].
[180.] ► *Teeth clenched,
lockjaw
, [6]. ►
Lockjaw
, [6]. ►
Firmly closed mouth, with froth from it, [19].

MOUTH.

► Teeth. ► Toothache in the nerves of the lower row of teeth, [3]. ► Tongue. ► *A whitish sore (sore place) on the margin of the tongue, very
painful to touch
, [2]. ► General Mouth. ►
Sensation of dryness in the mouth, [2]. ► Saliva. ► Much
salivation, [8]. ►
Frothing at the mouth, [7]. ►
Froth in the mouth, [6]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ► Mouth full of froth, [6].
[Post-mortem. -Hughes.] [190.] ►
Water, tinged with blood, flowed involuntarily from his mouth, [23]. ► Speech. ► Tried to speak, but could not move the tongue, [15]. ► While speaking a few
words, he can articulate the first five or six words without hesitation, but while speaking
the rest of the words he is seized by slight jerking of the head backward, even noticed by
others, sometimes also the arms jerk, so that he seems compelled to draw backward and
swallow a syllable, and to articulate almost as in hiccough, [2].
► Completely dumb, [12].

THROAT.

► Dryness of the throat,
[7], [8], [12]. ► Dryness and
scraping in the throat, [8]. ►
Great dryness of the throat (after half an hour), [22].
► Fine stitches in the throat, [8]. ► Sensation in the throat and
chest, as if something as large as the fist were lodged there, and were pressing the throat
asunder, impeding respiration worse while sitting than while walking, [2]. ► The throat seems grown
together internally, and is painful externally, as if bruised, on moving or taking hold of
it, becoming worse for several hours, with eructations from noon till evening, [2]. ► Swallowing.
[200.] ► *Unable to
swallow
, [6]. ►
Entire loss of power of swallowing, [21].

STOMACH.

► Appetite.
► Constant hunger and appetite, even if he had just
eaten, [2]. ►
Appetite for eating at noon, but the appetite disappeared with the first mouthful, [1]. ► *Great longing for
coal; he swallowed it, [6]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ► Loss of appetite on account of a dry sensation in the mouth;
food has not a bad, but still not its complete, taste, [1].
► Does not relish his breakfast; it filled up his
abdomen, as if he had eaten too much, [1]. ► Thirst. ► *Thirst,
[7], [12]. ► Great thirst for cold water in the afternoon, [8]. ► Great thirst, (with the
cramps), [6]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ► Eructation and Hiccough. [210.]
► He raises, as by eructations, a very bitter yellow
fluid, while stooping in the open air; it rises from the stomach to the mouth, and causes a
burning in the throat, the whole forenoon, [3]. ► *Hiccough, [3], [6], [7]. ► Frequent hiccough, [7].
► Loud sounding hiccough, [6].
[Not found. -Hughes.] ► Nausea and Vomiting. ► Nausea, [19]; (after
half an hour), [3]. ►
Nausea in the morning, with sticking-tearing headache, [2].
► Nausea, while eating, [2].
► Nausea, with stitches in the forehead, the whole day, [2]. ► Vomiting, [5], [11], [13], [18], [23], [24]. ► Vomiting, without relief of the lockjaw, [6]. [220.] ►
Copious vomiting, [17]. ►
Difficult vomiting, followed by relief, [7]. ► Vomiting of blood, [7],
[16]. ► Stomach.
► Gastritis, [13]. ► Anxiety at the pit of the stomach, [6]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ►
Sensation of waterbrash rising up from the stomach; is qualmish and hot all over, and
accumulation of saliva rises from the stomach to the mouth (after nine and thirteen hours), [4]. ► *Burning in the
stomach
, [7]. ►
Sensation as of hot water in the stomach, [8]. ► Tightness in the pit of the stomach and anxiety, for eight
days, [1]. ►
Pressure in the pit of the stomach immediately after eating, which compelled her to take a
deep breath, with inclination to eructations, [1]. [230.] ► Burning pressure in the
stomach
, [3]. ►
Sticking pain and burning in the pit of the stomach, [6].
► Sudden tearing in the epigastric region, [8]. ► Scraping sensation in the
stomach, [3]. ►
Burning-scraping sensation, extending from the throat into the epigastric region, [3]. ► Throbbing in the pit
of the stomach, which was raised up, of the size of the fist
, [6]. ► Unusual throbbing in the
pit of the stomach, [6]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ► Shock in the region of the pit of the stomach, as with the
finger, immediately spreads, and then only he becomes collected and returns to his senses, [2].

ABDOMEN.

► Objective.
► Abdomen distended, [21].
► Abdomen distended by gas, with passage of much
flatulence, [8]. ►
*Rumbling and roaring in the abdomen
(after a quarter of an hour), [3]. [240.] ►
Much accumulation of flatulence; constant anxiety and fretfulness, [1]. ► Much persistent moving of
flatulence in the abdomen, [8]. ►
Frequent emission of flatus, [8]. ► Profuse discharge of flatus, [3].
► Subjective. ►
Sick feeling in the abdomen in the morning, and as this disappeared in the afternoon,
headache, sticking in the right side of the head, extending from the right eye and nose (in
both of which it was most violent) to the occiput, lasting three days, followed by running
from the nose and discharge of yellow mucus (after nine days), [1]. ► Dull, painful sensation in
the abdomen, [8]. ►
Pain in the abdomen, [18]. ►
Pain in the abdomen and sleepiness, immediately after eating, [1].
► Most fearful pains in the abdomen, [19]. ► Tearing pains deep in the
abdomen, increased by pressure, [8]. [250.] ► Most violent colic, [18]. ► Hypogastrium.
► Distension and painfulness of the lower abdomen (second
day), [19]. ►
Griping in the lower abdomen, immediately after eating, [1].
► Sudden, sharp stitches, extending from the navel to the
neck of the bladder, [8]. ►
A kind of sore pain in the right pelvic region, in the margin of the ilium, as after a
violent blow, a pulsating, drawing sensation, [3]. ► Sensation in the right groin as if an ulcer would break
through (while sitting), [3].

RECTUM AND ANUS.

►
Protrusion of the rectum, with thin stool, [8]. ► Sensation as of liquid stool in the rectum, [8]. ► Itching internally in the
rectum, just above the anus; after rubbing, pain as if burnt; the pain always causes
shuddering; after walking, while sitting still and during a stool, [1]. ► Swelling on the right side
of the anus, as from hæmorrhoidal tumors under the skin, whereby the orifice is contracted,
with annoyance during stool, [8]. [260.] ► Burning in the anus,
with soft stool, [8]. ►
Sudden urging to stool, without warning; he was scarcely able to retain it, together with
bruised pain in the back and general loss of strength; the stool was passed suddenly, and
was followed by urging, with great desire to urinate, [8].

STOOL.

► Diarrhœa, [5]. ► Stool almost
hourly, consisting of black offensive mucus in small portions, with urging at 2 P.M., [8]. ► Stool softer than
usual, [8]. ► *Thin
stool
(at 2 and 5 A.M.), with violent urging to urinate,
which could not be withstood
, [8]. ► Thin slimy stool at 7 and 8 P.M., with profuse urine, [8]. ► Constipation, [6].

URINARY ORGANS.

► Urethra.
► Sticking in the navicular fossa of the penis, [8]. ► Dull sticking pain
in the navicular fossa of the urethra, [8]. [270.] ► Stitches in the
urethra, [8]. ►
Dull stitches in the urethra, [8]. ► Tickling in the navicular fossa, with frequent erections, [8]. ► Violent itching in
the navicular fossa, [8]. ►
Urging to urinate, [8]. ►
Frequent urging to urinate, [4], [8]. ► Frequently repeated desire
to urinate, with difficulty in retaining the urine, [8].
► Micturition. ►
Frequent micturition, [8]. ►
Very frequent micturition, [2]. ► *Involuntary micturition, [6].
[Not found. -Hughes.] [280.] ►
Violent spurting out of the urine, [6]. ► Urine scanty and dark, [8].
► Urine more scanty than usual during the night, [8]. ► Difficult passage
of urine at night, [6]. [Not found. -Hughes.] ► Retention of urine, [6].
[With S. 266.]

SEXUAL ORGANS.

► Male.
► Erections, without desire, [8]. ► Frequent erections, without
desire, [8]. ► A
sore drawing pain beneath the penis, extending to the glans, which compels him to urinate
(after twelve hours), [3]. ►
Testicles drawn up against the abdomen, [8]. ► Testicles drawn up tightly into the abdominal ring, [8]. [290.] ► Emission, without voluptuous dreams, [4]. ► Three emissions in the
night, [3]. ► Female.
► Menstruation delayed, [2].

RESPIRATORY ORGANS.

► Larynx.
► Pressure below the larynx, while sitting (after four
hours), [3]. ► Voice.
► Hoarseness, [6].
[Not found. -Hughes.] ► Cough and Expectoration. ► Cough, with much expectoration, especially during the day, [2]. ► Respiration.
► Respiration stertorous, [23].
► Slow, difficult respiration, [19]. ► Respiration deep, labored,
[8]. ► Deep
inspiration, while sitting, [8]. [300.] ► Deep inspiration at
times, more while sitting than while walking, [8]. ► Respiration feeble and rattling, [21]. ► Respiration very weak and
scarcely perceptible, [18]. ►
Respiration uneven, stertorous, at times interrupted by hiccough, [18]. ► *Oppression of breathing,
[7]. ► *Want of breath
the whole day
(immediately), [2].

CHEST.

► Burning about the
nipple (after thee hours), [2]. ► *Tightness of the chest, so that she could scarcely breathe, the
whole day (immediately)
, [2]. ► Pressure upon the chest, with at times deep inspiration, [8]. ► Oppressed
sensation in the chest, with deep respiration, [8]. [310.] ► Jumping in the chest,
about the pit of the stomach (after one hour), [3]. ► Front. ► Pressure, as
after a blow, and sore sensation on the lower end of the sternum, while walking, [3]. ► Sides. ► Pressive pain in the right pectoralis major, while walking
slowly, afterwards in the left pectoral and intercostal muscles, without affecting
respiration then in the left knee, in the external malleolus, in the right pectoral, right
forearm, and radial side of the right wrist and dorsal surface at the base of the right
fingers, [8]. ►
Some needle-like stitches beneath the last false ribs of the left side, on inspiration and
expiration, which disappeared while standing and walking (after three hours), [4].

HEART AND PULSE.

► Præcordium.
► Sudden sensation, as if the heart stopped, while
walking, [8]. ►
Pain in the præcordial region, [7]. ► Pain in the præcordium, [7].
► Sticking and burning pains in the præcordial region, [7]. ► Pulse. ► Pulse 90, [22]. ► Pulse slow and full, [8].
[320.] ► Pulse small
and slow, [17]. ►
Pulse weak, [24]. ►
Pulse soft, small, and scarcely perceptible, [21].

NECK AND BACK.

► Neck.
► Swollen neck, [6].
[Not found. -Hughes.] ► Tension in the cervical muscles, [3]. ► Sore tension in
the left cervical muscles, on bending the head backward, [3].
► A kind of cramp of the cervical muscles; if he looks
around, he cannot bring the head back again, the muscles do not yield, and when he attempts
to force them it hurts very much, [1]. ► Drawing pains in the left side of the neck (after six hours),
[3]. ► Tearing
(immediately) in the muscles of the right side of the neck, [8].
► Back. ►►
*The back bent backward like an arch
, [6]. [330.] ► Painful stiffness in
the back, on stooping, [8]. ►
Peculiar sensation, extending through the back along the posterior surface of the legs,
similar to that experienced on lying down after a fatiguing walk; felt while sitting, [8]. ► Dorsal. ► Painful sensation on the inner surface of the scapulæ, [3]. ► Painful tension
across the right scapula, [8]. ►
Stitches in the muscles on the right scapula, [8]. ► Sensation as if there were an ulcer on the right scapula, [3]. ► Transient stitches
in the muscles of the back, in the region of the eleventh and twelfth dorsal vertebræ,
aggravated on deep inspiration, [8]. ► Shock in the dorsal vertebræ, [3].
► Pain in the lumbar muscles, [8]. ► Pain in the lumbar and
dorsal muscles, [8]. [340.]
► Frequent pain in the lumbar muscles, [8]. ► Sacral. ► *Tearing-jerking in the coccyx, [3].

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL.

►
Objective.
► *Trembling in the upper and lower
limbs
, [3]. ►
The limbs were tossed about hither and thither, [6]. ► He tossed his limbs now to one, now to the other side, [6]. ►► *Spasmodic
distortion of the limbs
, throwing himself to the
distance of two feet
, [6]. ► Great weakness in the arms and legs, after slight
exertion, [8]. ►
Limbs palsied, [21]. ►
Complete paralysis of the limbs; sensation was benumbed, but not completely lost; paralysis
of the arms was incomplete, [22]. ► Subjective. ►
Sensation of great weakness, now in the right shoulder, now in one or the other knee, or in
the ankle, [8]. [350.]
► Alternating painful pressure in various muscles of the
extremities, mostly in the lower legs, with prickling in the toes, [8]. ► Tearing in the extensor of
the left forearm and at the base of the three last toes of the right side, [8]. ► Bruised sensation of the
forearms and legs, [8]. ►
Painful bruised sensation, alternately in the arms and legs, with heat streaming through
them, making motion difficult, [8].

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.

►
Objective.
►► *Frequent involuntary jerking
and stitches in the arms and fingers
(lower limbs and head), [2]. ► Jerking in the left arm, so
that the whole body is jerked (after four minutes), [2].
► Loss of power of the whole arm and fingers, [3]. ► Subjective.
► Sensation as if there were no power in the left arm,
with a sticking-tearing pain in it, [2]. ► Arms felt numbed, and their movements were weak, [22]. ► The arm seems
very heavy on raising it, with sticking in the shoulder, so violent that she cannot raise
the arm to the head without crying aloud; she cannot even move the fingers, [2]. [360.] ►
Painful sensation beneath the right arm, [3]. ► Drawings in the left arm, [8].
► Pressive pain in the muscles of the right upper and
forearm, [8]. ►
Tearing pain in the whole of the left arm, as far as the fingers, [2]. ► Shoulder. ► Twitching in the left shoulder (after twenty minutes), [2]. ► Sensation of
cracking in the shoulder-joint, not audible, [2]. ► Tearing in the muscles of the left shoulder, [8]. ► Sore pain, as from a blow,
in the right shoulder-joint, [3]. ► Arm. ► Painful
weakness in the muscles of the lower portion of the left upper arm, [8]. ► Painful weakness in the
muscles of the right upper arm, on writing, [8]. [370.] ► Tearing in the inner
side of the lower portion of the right upper arm, [8].
► Elbow. ►
(Swelling on the inside of the left elbow-joint, as if an ulcer would form; on moving the
arm it pains as if one pressed on an ulcer), [1]. ► Painful sensation and heaviness in the left elbow, [8]. ► Forearm. ► Sticking-like tearing in the muscles of the right forearm,
while writing, disappearing during complete inactivity of the body (after one hour and a
quarter), [4]. ► A
sore pain, as from a blow or bruise, in the left forearm, [3].
► Wrist. ►
Sensation of cracking in the wrist, which is not audible, [2].
► Severe pressive pain in the ulnar side of the left
wrist, [8]. ► Hand.
► Veins of the hands distended, [3]. ► Drawing on the dorsal
surface of the left hand at the base of the fingers, [8].
► Pulsation on the hand, on straining at stool, [8]. ► Fingers. [380.] ► Dark color of the
fingers and thumb of the right hand, [2]. ► *Nails blue, [8]. ► Deadness (going to sleep, numbness, coldness) of the fingers,
[2]. ► Drawing in
the tendons of the dorsal surface of the left fingers, [8].

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