RUMEX ACETOSA.
Rumex acetosa, Linn.
Natural order
, Polygonaceæ.
Common name
, Sorrel (English.)
Preparation
(The leaves are used for
salads and soups; they contain a large quantity of Binoxalate of
potash).
Authorities.
(Dr. Henry Hawks, London,
Med. Gaz., 1847, p. 69). 1, a man
ate sorrel freely; 2, another man
ate a large quantity; 3, another man
ate sorrel freely for two days.
HEAD.
►
He stated his distress to be in the head and about an inch and a half
beneath the lower extremity of the sternum (first day), [1].
EYE.
►
Eyes sunken (fifth day), [3]. ► Lower eyelid puffed, and movements of
pupil impeded (sixth day), [1].
FACE.
►
Features collapsed (fifth day), [3].
MOUTH.
►
Tongue moist and furred (fourth day); white and furred and rather
swollen (sixth day), [1]. ► Tongue furred in its middle its tip and
edge red (fifth day), [3].
THROAT.
►
On inspection of the pharynx, its lining membrane was found congested as
far down as it was visible, the anterior part moistened by the
accumulation of a limpid secretion thereabouts, and the uvula greatly
lengthened. There was constant pain from the throat, throughout the
œsophagus, to its junction with the cardiac orifice of the stomach.
During swallowing, the pain was increased (sixth day), [1].
STOMACH.
►
Appetite failed, [2]; (fifth day),
[3]. ►
Great thirst, [1], [2]; (fifth day), [3].
[10.] ►
Vomiting; the ejecta were green and thin (third day); constant vomiting
of everything she swallowed, the matter being thicker (fifth day);
vomiting continued, with retching; the ejecta dark-green and pulpy
(sixth day); vomited a large quantity of green matter (seventh day), [3]. ►
At 2 P.M., he declined partaking of his usual meal; appeared to have
sickness at the stomach and heaviness of the head (first day), [1]. ►
The soreness of the epigastrium and fulness of the abdomen remain
(fourth day), [1]. ► Pain at the epigastrium, occasionally
exacerbated, being worse to day (fifth day); pain still severe (sixth
day), [3].
ABDOMEN.
►
Violent and universal pain ensued in the bowels, so intense that he
pressed them firmly and rolled, vociferated loudly, with a pallid and
haggard countenance, and, as it were, thrust out his eyes, [2].
STOOL.
►
Constipation (fifth to twelfth days), [3].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Deficient urinary and alvine evacuations (first day), [1]. ► Urine
increased in amount, and has the appearance of phosphatic (sixth day);
turbid and wheylike (ninth day), [1].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
►
Unremitting short cough, unattended with expectoration (first day);
cough persisted for ten days, [1].
► Perpetual groaning (first day), [1]. [20.]
► Moaned frequently (fifth day), [3].
PULSE.
►
Pulse feeble (fourth day); small and weak (sixth day), [1]. ► Pulse
small and frequent (fifth day), [3].
GENERALITIES.
►
Lay on his back in a paroxysm of general convulsions, with his arms,
elevated, reciprocally casting them forwards and bringing them
backwards, doing the same with his legs, opening and reclosing his
fists, and alternately throwing his head from right to left. His
eyeballs were glassy, fixed, and prominent; there were rattling and
grinding of the teeth, without any foaming at the mouth, and he was
absolutely senseless. In this fit he continued for a quarter of an hour
(first day), [1]. ► About 3 P.M., he suddenly fell from his
seat exhausted; he was lifted up and taken into the air. The inferior
extremities again lost their power; he feel, and vomited when down, a
diffluent, raw, greenish-colored mass. He was raised, but could only
feebly support himself (first day), [1].
► Bodily powers prostrated (fifth
day), [3].
SLEEP.
►
Sleeplessness (fifth day), [3].
FEVER.
►
Heat and rigors (first day), [1]. ► Linen saturated with cutaneous exudation
(first day), [1].® 2000
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