LUPULUS.
Humulus lupulus, Linn.
Natural order
, Urticaceæ.
Common names
, Hop, Hoppen, Houblon.
Preparation
, Trituration of the hops.
Authorities. 1
, Dr. Bethmann, A. H. Z.,
10, 72, proving in a girl aged twenty-three, took tinct. 8 drops first
day, 30 drops third and fifth days; 2,
same, a girl, aged twenty-one, took 45 drops, and subsequently 100
drops; 3, same, a boy, aged five,
took 25 drops of tinct.; 4, same, a
man, aged thirty-four, took 1 drops of 2d dil.; 5,
same, a man, took a teaspoonful of tinct.; 6,
same, a man, took two teaspoonfuls; 7,
Dr. Walter Jauncey, Lond. Med. Journ., 1858, p. 699, effects of large
dose of “Lupuline;” 8,
same, took repeated doses of Lupuline for six hours, 10 grains every
half hour; 9, same, inclosed myself
in a room where Lupuline was being distilled in an open retort; 10, same, effects in a man employed bagging
or treading dried hops; 11, Bauman,
Wurt. Corr. Bl., 1864 (S. J., 123, 165), poisoning of a child, aged
twelve, from being several days in a room where they were picking hops; 12, Fronmüller, experiments on healthy
persons, “Narkot. Arzneim.,” 1869, Geo. D., took 1/2 an ounce
of freshly powdered hops; 13, same,
Geo. X., took 1/2 an ounce; 14,
Schroff, “Lehrb.,” effects of the air in a close room in which
hops were stored.
MIND.
►
Frequent starting up from deep sleep, with violent delirium, from which
he could only be aroused with great difficulty, when he recognized the
bystanders, but immediately feel backward into stupor, [11]. ► The
mental functions remain indolent for several months, [11]. ►
Stupefaction, [14].
HEAD.
►
Confusion of the head, [14];
(third day), [1]. ► Vertigo, [12].
► Increased rush of blood to the head
and eyes, [4]. ► Heat in the head; with confusion and dull
headache, [2]. ► Heat of the head and face, with a dull
and confused condition of the head (fifth day), [1]. ► Pain in
the head, [7]. [10.] ►
Violent pain in the head (after half an hour); headache insupportable
(after one hour); the headache continued nearly two hours after
discontinuing the inhalation, [9].
► Headache, [14]. ►
Drawing pain in the head, [6]. ► Dull pressure in the forehead, as after
intoxication (after one hour), [5].
► Violent pulsating of the temporal
arteries, [11].
EYE.
►
Pupils remain dilated for several months, [11].
MOUTH.
►
Tongue thickly coated, with much inclination to be dry, [11].
THROAT.
►
Violent pulsation of the carotids, [11].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite. ► Loss of
appetite, [7]. ► Thirst. ►
Great thirst, no appetite, [11]. ► Eructations. [20.]
► Eructations, so that she became
nauseated (soon), [1]. ► Some eructations of air (soon), [1]. ►
Eructations tasting of the hops, [2].
► Nausea and Vomiting. ► Nausea, [7].
► Nausea continued nearly two hours
after ceasing the inhalation, [9].
► Nausea for two days, and a little
retching, [2]. ► Nausea and slight colic, [2]. ►
Inclination to vomit (after one hour), [9].
► Vomiting, [11]. ► Stomach.
► Sensation of increased warmth in
the stomach, soon, [2]; (third
day), [1]. [30.] ►
Sensation of turning in the stomach, with some nausea, without
diminished appetite, [2]. ► Sensation of turning in the stomach, and
a feeling as though she very hungry, without, however, having an
appetite (third day), [1].
ABDOMEN.
►
Fermentation and some dull pains in the abdomen, [6]. ► Pains
in the abdomen (third day), [1]. ► Dull griping in the lower abdomen, with
nausea (third day), [1].
STOOL.
►
Stool softer than usual, with so great urging that he could scarcely
reach the closet (after ten hours), [3].
► Stool retarded, [11].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Burning in the urethra during micturition, which was not relieved by
coffee, as were the other symptoms, [1].
► Urine retarded, [11]. ► In
full doses it acts as a diuretic, [7].
[40.] ►
Urine dark-brown and clear, [11]. ► Considerable quantity of clear urine, the
reaction of which was acid, and sp. gr. 1026; while that passed
previously the same day and that on the following day were respectively
1015 and 1020, [9].
SEXUAL ORGANS.
►
Diminishes and allays the venereal appetite, [7].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Respiration deep, almost stertorous, [11].
► Respiration 20 (before taking), 24
(after ten minutes), [13].
PULSE.
►
Pulse 64 (before taking); 80 (after five minutes); 78 (after fifteen
minutes); 74 (after twenty minutes); 92 (after twenty-five minutes); 86
(after thirty minutes), [13]. ► Pulse slow, rather full, [11]. ► Pulse
slow and intermittent, [10]. ► Frequency of the pulse reduced from 20 to
30 beats a minute (and Dr. Maton lowered it even 36 beats in the
minute), [7]. ► Pulse lower by 30 beats in a minute, and
intermittent, accompanied by such an uncomfortable sensation of
faintness, that I did not carry the experiment farther, [8]. [50.] ► Pulse 96 (before taking), 94 (after a
quarter of an hour), [12]. ► Pulse 84 (before the experiment); reduced
15 beats (after half an hour); fallen to 60, and occasionally
intermittent (after one hour); regular and of its usual rapidity (twenty
minutes after discontinuing the inhalation), [9].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Great twitching of the tendons of the
upper extremities, [11].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Paralytic weakness of the lower
extremities, [11].
GENERAL SYMPTOMS.
►
Objective. ► Movements of
the body were difficult and unsteady for several months, [11]. ►
Occasionally the smell made him so faint that he was obliged to go into
the open air; he described his feelings as a faintness and dizziness, [17]. ►
Subjective. ►
Uncomfortable sensation of faintness, [8].
► Drawing in almost all the muscles
in short paroxysms, mostly between the shoulders, and also in the
muscles of the arms and hands; these pains shifted from one place to
another, “just like rheumatism,” [5].
SKIN.
►
Scarlet-like erythema, especially over the face; with here and there
small pustules, [11].
FEVER.
►
Temperature 29.8° (before taking); 30° (after taking), [12]. [60.] ► Profuse perspiration with high
temperature, [11].
CONDITION.
►
Amelioration. ► (After coffee), Immediately, the symptoms, [1].® 2000
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