SOLANUM MAMMOSUM.
Solanum mammosum, Linn.
Natural order
, Solanaceæ.
Common name
, Apple of Sodom.
Authority.
Hering, Archiv. f. Hom., 13, 2,
p. 184.
MIND.
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He becomes exasperated at what he thinks may happen. ► Inability for continuous thought, though
with perfect comprehension of his subject; he could, when writing, only
express himself in short broken sentences.
STOOL.
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No stool (second day); stool occurred later than usual and after much
pressure (third day).
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
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The mucus hawked from the larynx contains streaks of bright blood (after
half an hour). ► Hawking of mucus
containing flakes of blood (third day).
BACK.
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Twitching of a large muscle below the right scapula, as if the flesh
were pinched up by the hand and shaken back and forth (third and fourth
days).
INFERIOR EXTREMITIES.
► Sticking pain in the left hip-joint, that
made him quite lame, frequently during and after walking, disappearing
after standing and sitting down (fourth day).
GENERALITIES.
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Uneasiness; inability to keep quiet. ►
Everything is seen as in a fever with a hard pulse. [10.] ►
Sensitiveness to tobacco.
SKIN.
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Causes blotches over the whole body (from poisoning; see Froriep,
Notizen, 1821).
SLEEP.
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Great weariness and desire to sleep without ability to sleep, followed
by slumbering without real sleep, and afterwards deep sleep for several
hours, from which he awoke and could not collect his senses for a long
time, and remained long in an irresolute condition (this condition
occurred at the time of the flood-tide, at the full moon; with the
ebb-tide a general refreshing, as after a crisis). ►
Even after a long sleep during the day he was sleepy in the evening, and
slept well all night. ► Dreams of
death, with violent weeping (fourth and fifth days).® 2000
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