OXEODAPHNE.
Oxeodaphne Californica.
Common names
, Mountain Laurel of
California.
Authority.
J. Murray Moore, Month. Hom.
Rev., vol. xxii. 1878, p. 485.One morning I took 5 drops of this tincture (of the
leaves), and experienced no symptoms except a confusion in the head.
After six hours 10 drops more were taken, and dizziness, worse on
stooping or on moving about, came on, followed by a dull, pressive,
fronto-occipital headache. This headache passed off during the night’s
rest. The urine, etc., were unaffected. Olfaction of this tincture
produced on me a most intense headache of a similar nature. I next tried
the effect of olfaction on such of my friends as were willing. On almost
all occasions the following sensations were produced, immediately after
a few brief “sniffs,” indeed, in two sensitives one sniff was
sufficient: An intense aching, with pressure at the inner angle of the
orbit, right or left, generally the latter, but never in both
simultaneously, extending through the brain and across the scalp to the
base of the occiput. This headache lasted for half an hour to seven
hours, was aggravated by light, noise and moving, and relieved by
closing the eyes and by perfect quiet.® 2000
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