ERYTHROPHLÆUM.
Erythrophlæum guinense, G. Don.
Natural order
, Leguminosæ.
Preparations
, From the bark.
Authorities.
1,
Drs. Mitchell and Hammond, Charleston Med. Journ. and Rev., vol. xiv,
1859, p. 734, took 4 drachms of the saturated tincture at 11 A.M., 2 and
5 P.M.; 1a,
same, two days later took 1 once of the tincture at 10 A.M.; 2, Bowditch’s Ashantee, p. 279 (Berridge’s
Collection, New Eng. Med. Gaz., vol. xi, 1876, p. 306), infusion of the
bark; 3, New Eng. Med. Gaz. ibid.
(Berridge), effects of the dust of the bark; 4,
Robert Christison, Pharm. Journ., vol. xiv, 1854-55, p. 471 (called here
Fillœa), effect of 1 or 2 grains of the bark.
HEAD.
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Slight dizziness (in one hour), [1].
► Headache, [1a].
FACE.
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Face flushed, [1a].
NOSE.
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When inhaled by the nose it causes long-continued spasms of sneezing,
with distress about the forehead and eyes, [3].
MOUTH.
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When a grain or two of the bark is tasted it causes slowly an intense
numbness and tingling of the part of the tongue to which it is confined,
[4].
STOMACH.
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Slight nausea, [1a]. ► It operates instantly and convulsively as
a most violent emetic, [2].
STOOL.
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Bowels slightly loose and some griping (after first dose); somewhat
constipated (second day), [1].
PULSE.
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Pulse 91 (before experiment); 83 (in one hour); 93 (in two hours); 80
(in four hours); 93 (in eight hours), [1].
[10.] ►
A decline in the rapidity and force of the pulse, [1a].
GENERALITIES.
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Lassitude, [1a]. ► A pleasant lassitude, a desire for quiet,
and an indisposition for either mental or physical exertion, [1].® 2000
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