EUONYMUS EUROPÆUS.
Euonymus Europæus, Linn.
Natural order
, Celestraceæ.
Common names
, Spindle tree (Burning bush).
Preparation
, Trituration of the seeds.
Authority.
Dr. Graeser; a man, aged 43,
took eighteen seeds one evening, and as many more next morning, fasting,
Med. Jahrb. f. das Herzog. Nassau, 15 and 16 Heft, 1859.He was seized with frightful abdominal pains, profuse
diarrhœa, eventually bloody (soon after last dose). He was not seen
till evening, when he was in a state of profound collapse, with
involuntary evacuations of blood and mucus. On lifting him up, tetanic
convulsions were induced, which immediately preceded death.
SUPPLEMENT: EVONYMUS EUROPÆUS.
Authority.
2,
Prakt. Mittheil. d. corresp. Gesellsch. hom. Ærzte, Jahrg., 1827 (Noack
and Trinks.)
MIND.
►
Morose mood, [2]. ► Peevishness, [2]. ► Fretful
humor, [2]. ►
Disinclination to work, [2]. ► Loss of ideas, [2]. ►
Vanishing of thought on exerting the mind when reflecting about
anything, and ill-humor thereat, [2].
HEAD.
►
Great vertigo, whirling sensation in the head, especially in the
forehead, aggravated while sitting, [2].
► Headache with great chilliness, [2]. [10.]
► Pressing pains in the forehead, [2]. ►
Violent pressure in the forehead between the eyes, at one time becoming
ameliorated, at another ceasing entirely, [2].
► Painful drawing from the left side
of the frontal bone to the malar bone, [2].
► Drawing pains in the forehead, [2]. ►
Tension above the skin of the forehead, at times a convulsive drawing
back and forth, [2]. ► Pressing pains in the temples, [2]. ►
Pressure on the right temporal bone, [3].
► Persistent and increasing pain in
the left temporal bone, [2]. ► Feeling as if a nail were pressing into
the head on the right side, near the vertex, [2]. ►
Stitches in the head, now in the right, now on the left side, now in
both sides at the same time, not aggravated by touch, [2]. [20.] ► Violent deep stitches at one time very
low down in the occiput at the right side, at another in the left
frontal eminence, now in the right temple, then in the right parietal
bone, then in the left, then the right temporal bone, as far as the
mastoid process, [2].
EYE.
►
Pressure in the eye, aggravated by external pressure, [2]. ►
Pressing pain in the eye, [2]. ► Excessive pressure upon the eyebrows,
when most violent the eyeballs seem compressed, and are very painful, [2]. ►
Benumbing pressure above the right orbit, [2].
► Obscuration of vision, [2]. ►
Mist before the eyes, seeming to be in a tremulous motion, with some
vertigo, [2]. ► Dark spots before the eyes, [2].
EAR.
►
Roaring in the ears, [2].
FACE.
►
Drawing pain in the face, [2]. [30.] ►
Tearing pain in the face, [2]. ► Tearing in the left side of the face,
especially of the frontal bone, [2].
► Paralytic pain in the right malar
bone, [1]. ►
Pressing pain in the malar bone, [2].
► Painful pressure on the lower
margin of the left malar bone, [2].
► Drawing from the malar bone to the
lower jaw, [2]. ► Sharp stitches in the left malar bone, [2]. ►
Frightful intermittent sharp stitches beneath the right zygoma, [2]. ►
Crawling on the left cheek, [2].
MOUTH.
►
Tearing pain in the teeth, [2]. [40.] ►
Tearing in the teeth of the right side, [2].
► Cutting pains in the tongue, [2]. ►
Cutting in the muscle under the tongue, [2].
STOMACH.
►
Nausea and inclination to vomit (Viborg, from Wibmer), [2]. ►
Vomiting and diarrhœa (De Candolle, from Wibmer), [2]. ► Sharp
stitches in the pit of the stomach, [2].
► Violent stitches near the pit of
the stomach, now in the right, now in the left side, [2].
ABDOMEN.
►
Pressing pain in the umbilical region, [2].
► Pressure in the umbilical region,
during and after eating, [2]. ► Pressure above the navel, near the pit of
the stomach, [2]. [50.] ►
Stitches beneath the navel, [3]. ► Cutting pains in the abdomen, [2]. ►
Violent cutting and constriction in the lower abdomen, as if the abdomen
would be cut off under the ribs, in the morning in bed, [2]. ► Acute
pain in the whole lower abdomen beneath the diaphragm, at one time
seeming like a pressure of the diaphragm up towards the thorax; at one
time as a constriction of the whole lower abdomen, at another as a
sticking as with many needles, or like sharp stitches in the intestines,
again finally a drawing about in the intestines as from flatus, [2]. ►
Stitches in the middle of the right side of the lower abdomen, [2]. ►
Stitches as from several needles in the left half of the lower abdomen,
on inspiration, [2].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Cutting in the penis, seeming to extend to the bladder, not hindering
micturition, [2]. ► Cutting pains in the penis, [2].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Sighing, [2].
CHEST.
►
Fulness and tightness of the chest, obliging deep breathing, [2]. [60.]
► Sore and bruised sensation in the
chest, [2]. ►
Violent pain in the chest, aggravated by inspiration, relieved by
expiration, [2]. ► Tension in the sternum, [2]. ►
Burrowing pain beneath the sternum, without actual embarrassment of
respiration, [2]. ► Stitches near the ensiform cartilage, [2]. ►
A sensation of compression in the whole circumference of the left side
of the thorax, with special pain in the region of the left nipple, and
posteriorly beneath the left scapula, [2].
► Benumbing compressing pressure
beneath the left nipple, [2]. ► Slight painful drawing in the region of
the left nipple, in the evening before going to bed, [2]. ►
Burrowing about in the left side of the thorax, at one time beneath the
scapula, and posteriorly near the spine, at another beneath the arm, at
another beneath the nipple, manifesting itself by thrusts, stitches, and
pressure, [2]. ► Pain in the left side on a line with the
ensiform cartilage, [2]. [70.] ►
Electric-like shocks towards the left side ot the thorax, [2]. ► Sharp
stitches beneath the last left ribs, after eating, [2]. ► Sharp
stitches in the right side above the nipple, [2]. ► Sharp
stitches in the right side, somewhat below or on the last true ribs, and
difficult respiration with every stitch, [2].
► Some shattering sharp benumbing
stitches in the region of the left nipple, [2].
HEART.
►
Anxiety at the heart like an internal pressure, affecting even the
spirits, [2].
BACK.
►
Crawling like formication up and down the left half of the back, [2]. ►
Needlelike stitches near the left side of the spine, about the middle of
the body, [2]. ► A stitch like an electric shock in the
small of the back, and extending upward in a zigzag along the spine to
the scapular region, frequently repeated, [2].
► Violent stitches in the first
lumbar vertebra, [2]. [80.] ►
Crawling, biting, itching, or paralytic pain in the left side of the
posterior circumference of the pelvis, [2].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Frightful tearing in the left shoulder,
at the point where the arm joins the scapula, [2]. ► Tearing
pain in the shoulders, [2]. ► Pain in the left humerus and
shoulder-joint, gradually increasing, [2].
► Paralytic pain here and there in
the fingers, [2]. ► Pressing pain in the fingers, [2]. ►
Drawing pain in the finger joints, [2].
► Painful drawing at the articulation
of the left index-finger with the metacarpus, [2]. ► Violent
sticking at one time in both hips at the same time, at another
alternating between them, [2]. ► Drawing pain in the thighs, [2]. [90.]
► Intermittent drawing in the upper
part of the left thigh, beneath the joint, [2].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Paralytic pain in the knees caused by
walking, aggravated by standing, [2].
► Constant pain in the forepart of
the knee, [2]. ► Paralytic drawing on the inner side of
the right leg, only while standing, [2].
► Pressing pain in the feet, [2]. ►
Painful sensation (pressure and sticking) beneath the outer malleolus of
the left foot, more anteriorly, along the outer side of the foot, during
rest and motion, with soreness and pain in bed, [2]. ►
Pressing pain in the toes, [2].
GENERALITIES.
►
Sticking drawing in all parts of the body, especially in the back, [2]. ►
Sticking pains in various parts of the body, [2]. ►
Symptoms oblige lying down, and then disappear, but reappear in other
parts, [2]. [100.] ►
After a meal the symptoms of the head, chest, and abdomen are always
aggravated, [2]. ► Most of the troubles appear on the left
side, [2].
SKIN.
►
Small pustules (reddish spots) on the chest and back, without moisture,
lasting several days, [2]. ► Biting, itching, crawling in various
parts of the body, obliging scratching and rubbing, followed by burning,
[2].
FEVER.
►
Violent shivering chill over the whole body, [2].® 2000
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