KOUSSO.
Hagenia Abyssinica, Willd. (1799).
Synonyms
, Brayera anthelmintica, Kunth
(1823); Banksia Abyssinica, Bruce (1790, but Banksia had already been
given by Linnæus to another genus).
Natural order
, Rosaceæ.
Common names
, Kousso, Kusso, Cosso, Koso
(and Habbe).
Authority.
Cattell, Br. J. of Hom., 11,
340, effects when administered for tænia.
HEAD.
►
Cephalalgia.
STOMACH.
►
Thirst. ► Nausea. ► Vomiting.
ANUS.
►
Prolapsus ani.
STOOL.
►
Watery diarrhœa. ► Stools loose and
dark. ► Expulsion of lumbrici, of
dead tænia solium, and of bothriocephalus latus.
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Increased secretion of urine. [10.] ► Diuresis, followed by scanty urine.
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Miscarriage.
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Rapid prostration of strength. ►
Extreme prostration.
FEVER.
►
Slight sensation of heat.
SUPPLEMENT: KOUSSO.
Authorities.
2,
M. Chomel, Ann. de Thérap. (quoted by Pereira, in Pharm. Journ., vol.
x, 1851, p. 23), effects when used for tapeworm; 3, Johnston’s Travels in Southern Abyssinia
(ibid., vol. ii, 1844, p. 272); 4,
Dr. Courbon, Pharm. Journ., Second Series, vol. iii, 1862, p. 20,
effects of flowers reduced to powder, taken fasting, for tænia.►
The whole of the remedy was rejected
by vomiting, [2]. ► It soon produces nausea, accompanied with
great acridity. An hour after taking the medicine, the patient has an
ordinary solid stool; an hour or an hour and a half later a liquid
stool; and at the end of three hours, or sometimes from four to six
hours, the tænia solium is expelled
in the form of a whitish ball or knot, [4].
► The operation is speedy and
effectual; and to judge by the prostration of strength it occasioned in
my servants when they employed this medicine, it must be dreadfully
severe. I can answer for this, that it occasions frequent miscarriages,
often fatal to the mother, and even men have been known, after a large
dose, to have died the same day from its consequences, [3].® 2000
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