OLEANDER.
ABDOMEN.
►
Umbilicus and Sides. ►
Rumbling and gurgling in the umbilical region, with a sensation of
emptiness in the abdomen, soon followed by emission of some flatus
(after half an hour), [5]. ► Painful sensitiveness about the
umbilicus, with a feeling of discomfort in the whole lower abdomen and
an uneasiness about the umbilicus, that a times became a pressure, at
times a gnawing, [3]. ► Pain, like needle stitches, below the
umbilicus (after fifty-eight hours), [4].
[200.] ►
A gnawing internally below the navel, [3].
► Gnawing pain in the left side, just
above the navel, [3]. ► A long-drawn sticklike pain, as if
winding out of the abdomen, near the right side of the navel, [3]. ►
Dull stitches or blows in the left side, below the navel, [3]. ► Itching
fine stitches in left side of the abdomen, just beneath the short ribs, [3]. ►
A kind of jerking pressive pain in the side of the abdomen, above the
left hip-bone, [3]. ► General Abdomen. ► Rumbling in the upper and lower abdomen, [3]. ►
*Rumbling in the abdomen, [3].
► *Emission of much very offensive
flatus, having the odor of bad eggs (after twenty-six, and
thirty hours), [4]. ► Profuse emission of flatus, [3]. [210.]
► Colic, followed by thin stools
(after two hours), [9]. ► Violent colic (followed by death), [14]. ►
Great emptiness in the upper abdomen, [3].
► Intermitting griping in the abdomen
at times, with indications of diarrhœa, [3].
► Griping in the bowels (after
twenty-four, and seventy-five hours), [4].
► He feels as if the bowels were
weakened by laxity, and as though he would have diarrhœa, [3]. ►
Pinching sticking in the abdomen, while walking (after sixty hours), [4]. ►
Transient jerking thrusts, that made him start, above the root of the
penis, very low down in the lower abdomen, [3]. ► Dull
stitches in the ileum posteriorly, that hurts on pressure, [3].
RECTUM, ANUS AND STOOL.
► Burning in the anus when not at stool; it also
precedes and follows the stool, [2]. [220.] ► Ineffectual urging to stool, [1]. ►
Ineffectual pressure and urging to stool, [2].
► Diarrhœa, [1]. ►
Involuntary evacuations of the bowels, [17].
► Soft stool (after forty-eight
hours), [4]. ►
Stool very thin and yellow, preceded by rumbling and gurgling in the
abdomen (after thirty-nine hours), [5].
► Bloody stools (after four hours), [9]. ►
Stool scanty, thin, watery (after six hours and a quarter), [6]. ►
The first portion of the stool is like diarrhœa, the last harder, so
that he is obliged to strain, [3].
► No stool (first days), [3]. [230.]
► Stool hard and difficult (after
thirty-one hours), [4]. ►► *The food eaten the preceding evening
passed rather undigested, and almost without effort; he
thought he had emitted only flatus (after forty-eight hours), [5]. ►
Stool only after twenty-four hours, the first part of which was hard and
crumbly, the rest thin, [3].
URINARY AND RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
► Frequent discharge of much urine (after
twenty-four hours), [4]. ► Involuntary emission of urine, [17]. ►
Frequent urging to urinate with scanty discharge (after twenty-seven
hours), [6]. ►
A kind of burning in the pharynx, extending to the stomach (after nine
hours), [4]. ►
Fine stitches in the thyroid cartilage, [4].
► Tickling in the larynx, that on
inspiration causes a short cough, shaking the whole body, [5]. ►
Tenacious mucus in the trachea; he was obliged to hawk very much, on
rising in the morning, [3]. [240.] ►
Stertorous breathing, [17].
CHEST.
►
External soreness of the right chest, as if pressed hard, [3]. ►
Oppression of the chest, in the pit of the stomach, while lying down,
and a quarter of an hour after lying down vomiting of mucus, water, and
small bits of bread previously eaten; the oppression of the chest was
relieved on rising up (after seven hours and a half), [5]. ► While
lying down the chest seems too tight; he is obliged to take long and
deep breaths (after six hours), [5].
► Sensation as though something heavy
were lying upon the chest that compresses it, causing deep anxious
inspiration, while walking, standing and lying (after ten hours), [3]. ►
Violent palpitation, with sensation as if the chest had become larger;
he then breathes with great heaving of the chest, without anxiety, [3]. ►
Stitches in the diaphragm, while lying down, during in and expression,
that ceases on rising up (after thirty-one hours), [4]. ► Dull
stitches in the chest, while walking, aggravated by expiration (after
eight hours), [4]. ► Great emptiness in the chest, as if it
were eviscerated, [3]. ► Front and Sides. ► A dull continuous stitch in the sternum
(after twenty-four hours), [4]. [250.] ►
Tensive stitches in the sternum, more violent on stooping (after twelve
hours), [4]. ►
Tensive stitch in the middle of the chest (after thirty-one hours), [4]. ►
Crawling stitches in the sternum, [1].
► Dull pressure on the upper part of
the sternum, [3]. ► Dull pain in the sternum (after ten
hours), [4]. ►
Some intermitting dull thrusts in the ribs of the left side, [3]. ►
Intermitting gnawing on one of the ribs of the left side, opposite the
pit of the stomach, [3]. ► Jerking in the right pectoral muscles
(after fifteen hours), [4]. ► A beating, like dull thrusts, on the
chest, below the right shoulder, [3].
► A burrowing aching in the costal
cartilages of the right side, with intermitting pressure upon a small
spot, aggravated by pressing upon it, [3].
[260.] ►
Dull stitch in the left chest, persisting during inspiration and
expiration (after twenty-nine hours), [4]. ► A
stitch, as with a knife, in the left chest (after forty-eight hours), [4]. ►
Fine stitches in the left chest (after one hour and a half), [4]. ►
Dull stitches in the left side of the chest, while walking, [3]. ►
Pinching stitch in the left side of the chest, coming out at the false
ribs (after six hours), [4]. ► Dull stitch in the right chest,
persisting during inspiration and expiration (after five hours and a
half), [4]. ►
Dull stitches in one of the false ribs, near the right side of the
sternum, where it hurts when pressed upon, [3].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Dull drawing pain about the heart, more violent on stooping and lasting
during expiration (after fifty-five hours), [4]. ►
Distress at the heart and anxiety, [8].
[Original revised by Hughes.] ►
Anxiety about the heart, without anxious thought, with trembling of the
whole body, lasting several hours (after seven hours), [6]. [270.] ► Several attacks of palpitation, [1]. ►
Pulse full and rapid, in the evening, [3].
► Quick pulse; later it sank to a
thread, [17]. ► Pulse slower than usual, in the morning,
after rising, [3]. ► Pulse small, irregular, periodically
intermitting, [9]. ► Pulse weak, very slow, [16]. ►
Intermission of the pulse every four or five beats; afterwards every ten
to twelve beats, then thirteen, etc. (second day), [13]. ► Pulse
very irregular, at one time rapid, at another slower; at one time full,
at another soft, small, and weak, [3].
NECK AND BACK.
►
Perceptible, violent and full, though slow, pulsation of the carotids, [3]. ►
A pressure, seeming to press from below upward, in the anterior cervical
muscles, so that he was obliged to loosen the neckband; a suffocating
choking sensation, [2]. [280.] ► A
dull tearing pain in the left side of the neck and in the left scapula,
alternating with tearing in the temple and second left molar, towards
evening and in the night, [2]. ► A burning stitch in the back, below the
left scapula, while sitting, that disappears on moving about (after
seventy-eight hours), [4]. ► Tensive stitches in the spine, when
walking and standing (after twenty-nine hours), [4]. ► Sudden
fine stitch in the right half of the back, deep internally, so that he
almost started up in fright, [3]. ► Pain in the right side of the back, as if
the hand were forcibly pressed against it, or as from a sprain, [3].
EXTREMITIES.
►
Excessive stiffness of the extremities, especially of the fingers of the
left hand; rising up in bed was difficult on account of stiffness of the
back, [16]. ►
Stretching of the limbs, associated with a general feeling of comfort
(after four hours and a half), [5].
► Some convulsions of the limbs, [10]. ►
Pain in the joints, [10]. ► Pinching pressure in several parts of the
body, and of the limbs, fingers, and toes, as if the bones were crushed,
[3]. [290.]
► Cramplike pain (a cramplike
drawing) in several parts of the limbs, as, for example, balls of the
thumb, soles of the feet, etc., [3].
SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Stretching of the upper part of the body
and of the arms (after nine hours and a half), [4]. ►
Twitching of the muscles of the left arm (after thirty-six hours), [4]. ►
Shoulder and Arm. ► If he
raises the arm high, or puts it under the head, when in bed, there is
pain in the shoulder-joint, as if dislocated, [3]. ► Dull
pressure on the top of the right shoulder, [3]. ► A
persistent stitch in the left axilla, relieved by rubbing (after
twenty-seven hours), [4]. ► A pinching pain, externally, in the upper
part of the left upper arm, [3]. ► Cramplike drawing in the humerus, by the
elbow, in rhythmical jerks, [2]. ► Itching, somewhat persistent, stitch in
the left upper arm (after thirty-one hours), [4]. ►
Sensation of jerking in the right upper arm, [2]. ► Forearm and
Hand. [300.] ► Dull pressure in the forearm, as if
caused by a hard blow, [3]. ► Dull pressure in the forearm, just below
the elbow, [3]. ► Drawing in the right forearm, above the
wrist, [3]. ►
Pulsating pain on the inner side of the right forearm, but the wrist, [3]. ►
Dull stitches, or thrusts, in the left forearm, near the wrist, [3]. ►
Intermitting pressure, in a small spot, on the outer side of the left
forearm, [3]. ► Burning stitch in the left forearm (after
twenty-eight hours), [4]. ► Trembling of the wrists, [9]. ► Veins
of the hands swollen, without heat, [2].
► Trembling of the hands, while
writing (before eating), [4]. [310.] ►
Cramp in the left hand (second day), [16].
► Intermitting dull pressure in the
palm of the hand, [3]. ► Fingers. ►
Sudden swelling of the ring finger, with burning pain; he could not bend
it, [1]. ►
Tensive burning on the tip of the left thumb (after two hours), [4]. ►
Pain in the last phalanx of the thumb, and as if he had received a hard
blow upon it, so that the thumb trembled, [3].
► Fine pinching of the finger, [3]. ►
Cramplike jerking tearing in the first phalanx of the left middle
finger, [3]. ►
Cramplike pain in the fingers (a cramplike drawing), [3]. ► Drawing
in the first (metacarpal) finger-joints, [3].
► A burning stitch in the last
phalanx of the right index finger, making the finger tremble, [3]. [320.]
► Burning stitches in the tip of the
left index finger (after twelve hours), [4].
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Weakness of the thighs and legs, and a sensation
in the forepart of the feet, mostly in the soles, as if they were
asleep, while walking (after twelve hours), [4]. ►
Whizzing, extending down through the lower extremities, [3]. ► Surging
sensation in the legs, while sitting, as after a journey on foot, [3]. ►
Thigh, Knee, and Leg. ►
Bubbling sensation in the right thigh, [4].
► (Burning tension in the right
thigh), [4]. ►
A constrictive pain in the gluteal muscles of one thigh, when walking,
as if sprained, [1]. ► A pain in the forepart of the thigh,
while walking rapidly, as if some one pressed upon a bruised spot, [1]. ►
Dull sticking pressure on the right thigh, [3]. ►
Benumbing pressure on the outer side of the left thigh, as if the part
were tightly bound up, and the circulation thereby arrested, [3]. [330.]
► Intermitting pressure on the upper
part of the right thigh, aggravated by pressing upon it, [3]. ► A
simple pressure on the thigh just above the knee, [3]. ► Pain,
like needle-stitches, in the muscles on the inner side of the left thigh
(after one hour and a quarter), [4].
► Drawing stitches in the right
thigh; unnoticed on standing or ascending steps (after thirty-seven
hours), [4]. ►
A stitch on the right thigh, just above the knee, with burning and fine
sticking pain, [2]. ► A painless jerk on the under surface of
the left thigh, as if a muscle were moving, [3]. ► Itching
stitch in the posterior muscles of the thigh, with burning after
scratching, [3]. ► Cramplike drawing in the right knee, that
was bent, [3]. ► Pulsating pain in the hollow of the knee,
while the leg was drawn up, [2]. ► Wavelike drawing in the bones of the leg,
[3]. [340.]
► Tearing in the left calf, while
walking (after thirty-four hours), [4].
► Painless cramp in the right calf,
while sitting, [4]. ► Twitching sensation in the right calf, [2]. ►
Painful pressure just above the right ankle, at long intervals, while
standing, [3]. ► Ankle, Foot, and Toes. ► Itching, somewhat persistent, stitch in
the right ankle, towards the forepart, continuing even during motion
(after twenty-nine hours), [4]. ► Painless sensation of weakness in the
feet, as after a long journey on foot, [3].
► After sitting for awhile with the
feet drawn up, he notices, while walking, a paralytic weakness in them, [3]. ►
The feet ached while sitting; at one time he was obliged to stretch them
out, at another to draw them up, in order to obtain momentary relief, [3]. ►
A simple pressure on the back of the forepart of the foot, [3]. ►
Weariness and pain in the soles of the feet, after a short walk, [3]. [350.]
► Intermitting dull pressure in a
small spot in the sole of the right foot, as if he had received a blow
upon it, [3]. ► Itching sticking sensation in the sole of
the right foot, during rest (after twelve hours), [4]. ► An
itching stitch on the right inner malleolus, that disappears on
scratching (after ten hours), [4].
► Burning in the tip of the right
great toe, while sitting (after thirty-one hours), [4]. ► Painful
throbbing above the ball of the left great toe, [3]. ► Tensive
stitches in the tip of the left great toe (after thirty-two hours), [4]. ►
A pain in the little toe and its ball, as if it had been pressed hard, [3]. ►
Dull stitches in the left fifth toe, during rest and motion (after three
hours), [4].
GENERALITIES.
►
Violent spasmodic contractions of the muscles of the entire body, but
more remarkably so in the superior than inferior extremities; during the
intervals of spasms the patient lay evenly upon his back, but when
action commenced, the superior contraction of the left side threw him
over on the right, in which position he remained during the paroxysm,
after the subsidence of which he fell back into the natural position of
exhaustion; the spasms were apparently produced by any attempts to move
or rouse him; towards evening they decreased, [17]. ► The
arms are drawn up against the chest, the lower extremities to the
abdomen, and the chin down towards the chest (after four hours), [9]. [360.]
► Sudden shuddering as in most
violent chill, or as from a violent fright, [3]. ► I found
the girl outstretched, stiff, very pale, the extremities cool, [16]. ►
She lay as in a slumber, though conscious and able to move, [7]. ►
Swelling, [1]. ► (The symptoms are more severe on the
second day than on the first), [3].
► Weakness of the whole body; he was
unable to walk alone, and was obliged to be carried home and put to bed,
where he lay and slumbered all evening, and even then slept well through
the night, [6]. ► Weakness of the body, [4]. ►
Weakness (third day), [17]. ► Weakness, worse on rising up, [16]. ►
Great muscular weakness, [13]. [370.] ►
Weakness and weariness of all the limbs; could scarcely walk across the
room because the knees were so weak, [5].
► General sick feeling and weakness
of the limbs, [13]. ► A bad feeling, and weakness in the
abdomen and chest; he did not feel at all well, [3]. ►
Faintness, [8], [11], [16].
► Exhaustion, as if every breath
would be his last, [3]. ► Great general prostration (after four
hours), [9]. ►
Very much prostrated and exhausted; general giving way, [3]. ► A
forcible pressing inward, in several parts of the body, gradually
increasing or diminishing, [3].
SKIN.
►
Red swelling below the eye, looking as if an eruption would break out, [1]. ►
Pustules on the right and left sides of the chin (after forty-eight, and
seventy-eight hours), [6]. [380.] ►
Itching vesicles on the nates, [4].
► Great sensitiveness of the skin of
the whole body; it becomes sore, raw, and painful from slight rubbing of
the clothes, as for example on the neck, from the neckband, on the
thighs from the rubbing of the clothes when walking, [3]. ► General
itching, [1]. ► *Itching, here and there, over the body, so that
he was obliged to scratch, [3].
► *Biting itching over the whole
body, as from an eruption, on undressing compelling him to scratch
(after forty hours), [6]. ► Burning itching on the forehead, left
cheek, and tip of the chin, whereupon small pimples appear, with hard
elevated margins, that are painless when touched and when not, [2]. ►
An itching biting on the right cheek, [3].
► Itching about the nose, all the
afternoon, [4]. ► Fine sticking itching on the root of the
nose and left malar bone near the eye, [2].
► Itching on the right scapula, [4]. [390.]
► Itching on the tip of the right
elbow (after thirty-four hours), [4].
► Sensation of itching above the bend
of the elbow, [2]. ► Fine sticking and itching on the first
phalanx of the middle finger, [2].
► Itching on the right thumb, so that
he was obliged to scratch, whereupon at first it disappeared, but soon
changed to a gnawing, [3]. ► Itching on the outer and anterior portion
of the right thigh, disappearing for a time after scratching, [3]. ►
Itching, that compels scratching, upon the nates, [3]. ► Fine
sticking and itching on the left heel, [2].
SLEEP.
►
Frequent yawning, always with shivering, running over the whole body,
causing all the muscles at first to shake and then to tremble
(immediately), [5]. ► Marked sleepiness, [12]. ►
Inclined to sleep (after four hours), [9].
[400.] ►
He went to sleep about the usual time and seemed to sleep quietly; but
when his father spoke to him he made no answer; he was lying with the
eyes open, face and body pale, pupils very small, the head another
portions of the body cold and insensible; pulse and respiration small
and irregular, and he could not be aroused; after emetics the child
vomited, but whenever aroused soon sank back into deep sleep, [13]. ►
No rest and no sleep at night, [2].
► Sleeplessness, [1]. ► Voluptuous
dreams, with emissions (second and third nights), [4], [6].
► Uneasy dreams, [4].
FEVER.
►
Chilliness. ► Shaking
chill all over, with cold hands and warm cheeks, without thirst, during
rest and motion (after three hours and a half), [6]. ► Febrile
shivering over the body, without thirst and without subsequent heat,
during rest and motion (after one hour and a half), [6]. ►
Shivering while yawning, [3]. ► General coldness, with cold sweat, [9]. ►
Feeling of coldness, as of a cold breath upon the right side of the
lower abdomen, [3]. [410.] ►
Sensation of coldness in the right side of the abdomen, [3]. ► Sudden
sensation of coldness on the left chest, [3].
► Extremities rapidly became cold, [17]. ►
Cold extremities (after four hours), [9].
► Heat and Sweat. ► Hot skin, [17].
► Sensation of heat, and at the same
time chilliness in the whole body, without thirst; wherewith he was
warmer to the touch than usual (after seven hours), [6]. ► Heat
forces itself out of the body while reading, [4]. ► Head
hot and perspiring, [17]. ► Heat commencing at one time on the top of
the right, at another on the top of the left concha, and extending over
the side of the head, and thence over the whole face, [2]. ►
Sensation of heat, and heat of the cheeks without redness, with dryness
of the palate and throat, [2]. [420.] ► A
sensation of heat in the side of the thigh, followed by a sensation of
coldness low down, [3]. ► Flushing of heat all over, especially if
he was doing anything eagerly (even while sitting); also if he walked
rapidly he became very warm, and the head caused a prickling in the
face, as from many needles, [3]. ► Cold sweat, [11].
CONDITIONS.
►
Aggravation. ► (Morning), After rising, face pale, blue rings
about eyes, cheeks sunken; on rising, tenacious mucus in trachea,
requiring hawking. ► (Afternoon), Lively; itching about nose. ► (Towards evening),
Face pale; pain in left side of neck and in left scapula; tearing in
temple and left molar tooth. ► (Evening), Pain in canthus; pulse full and
rapid; flat and nauseous taste to food. ►
(Night), Biting itching on scalp; in
bed, toothache; tearing in temple and left molar tooth; pain in left
side of neck and in left scapula; sleeplessness. ►
(While chewing), Pressive pain in
temple; toothache; sensitiveness of back teeth. ►
(During dinner), Dizziness; hearing
and vision vanish. ► (While eating), Ravenous hunger, with
trembling of hands; empty eructations. ►
(Exercise), Flushes of heat over
body. ► (Expiration),
Pressure beneath left short ribs; stitches in chest. ► (Looking towards
ground), On standing, double vision. ►
(Looking sideways), Black before
eyes. ► (Lying
in bed), After sleeping, qualmishness. ►
(Lying down), Oppression of chest;
tightness in chest; stitches in diaphragm. ►
(During and after motion), Pain in
lower lip. ► (Moving), After rising, slow pulse. ► (After
qualmishness), Great hunger. ►
(External pressure), Pressure
beneath left short ribs; aching in right costal cartilage; pressure in
thigh. ► (Raising
arm), Pain in shoulder-joint. ►
(While reading), Mind distracted;
tension in left eyelids; lachrymation. ►
(During rest), Itching sticking in
soles of feet. ► (Rising up), Vertigo; black before eyes;
weakness. ► (While
sitting), Surging sensation in legs; cramp in right calf;
sore feet; burning in right great toe. ►
(Standing), Compression of chest;
stitches in spine; pressure above left ankle. ►
(Stooping), Stitches in sternum;
drawing pain above heart. ► (While studying), Mind distracted. ► (Touching part),
Pain in right eyebrow. ► (Walking in open air), Vertigo. ► (While walking),
Pinching sticking in abdomen; stitches in left side of chest;
compression of chest; stitches in spine; weakness of thighs and legs;
pain in gluteal muscles of thighs; pain in forepart of thigh; tearing in
left calf. ► (After walking), Weakness of whole body; pain
in soles of feet. ► Amelioration.
► (Open air),
Pain in left temple. ► (Inspiration), Pain beneath left short ribs. ► (Lying down),
Headache. ► (Moving
about), Stitch in back. ►
(Pressure of hand), Pressure in the
left frontal eminence. ► (Rising from bed), Toothache. ► (Rising up),
Oppression of chest; stitches in diaphragm. ►
(Rubbing), Stitch in left axilla.
SUPPLEMENT: OLEANDER.
Authority.
18,
Dr. T. Murray, Indian Med. Gaz., 1877 (Lond. Med. Rec., Feb., 1878, p.
87) R. D., aged thirty-five years, took a strong infusion of 4 ounces of
the root for the cure of a Guinea-worm in his left leg, and died on the
fifth day.►
Insensibility, [18]. ► Eyes
turned up, [18]. ► Stiffness of the muscles of the jaws, [18]. ►
Bitter taste in his mouth, [18]. ► Vomiting, [18].
► Severe cramps in the abdomen, [18]. ►
Weak, thready pulse; afterwards barely perceptible pulse, [18]. [430.] ► Severe cramps in the extremities, [18]. ►
Fingers rigid, and the thumbs turned into the palms, [18]. ►
Convulsive spasms, with cold and clammy skin, and the pulse was barely
perceptible, [18]. ► Cold, clammy skin, [18].® 2000
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