STRYCHNINUM.
An alkaloid, obtained from several species of
Strychnos, especially from Strychnos nux vomica, L.
Formula
, C21H22N2O2.
Preparation
, Trituration of the alkaloid,
or solution of its salts.
Authorities.
(1
to 18, from Noack and Trinks.) 1, Andral, in Magendie, Journ. de Physiol.,
July, 1823; 2, Hirl, in Dierbach’s
Neuesten Entd., 2, p. 536; 3,
Richter, Preuss. Med. Vereins-zeitg., 1834, 36, vom salpeters Strych.; 4, Blumbach, Würtemb. Med. C. Blatt., 1837,
1, bei einem 17 Jähr Burschen v. 2 scrupel Strychn. pur.; 5, Burdach, Preuss. Med. Vereins-zeitg.,
1837, p. 115; 6, Weyland, Casp.
Wochenschr., 1840, 24, vom Strychn. nitr.; 7,
Behrend, Preuss. Med. Vereins-zeitg., 1840, vom Strychn. nitr.; 8, Beck, Würtemb. Med. C. Blatt., 1844, Nr.
25; 9, Provinc. Med. and Surg.
Journ., 1845, December; 10, Schmidt,
Preuss. Med. Vereins-zeitg., 1845, 9; 11,
Sichel, Annal. d’Oculist, 1846; 12,
Theinhardt, Casp. Wochenschr., 1846, Nr. 9; 13,
Huss; 14, Civinni; 15, Oppler; 16,
Pritzou; 17, Trousseau and Pidoux; 18, Carron de Villard; 19, Dufresne, Bibliothèque Homéopathique
(Lond. Med. Gaz., vol. 10, 1832), a lady, æt. 40 years, took for facial
neuralgia a hundred millionth of a grain of Strychnine; 20, Philalethes, Lancet, 1834-5 (1), p. 256,
a woman took five pills containing an unknown quantity of Strychnine; 21, Dr. Epps, Lancet, 1836-7 (1), p. 133; 22, Dr. Wegeler, Casper’s Med. Woch., 1840
(A. H. Z., 19, p. 222); 23, same,
Nitrate of strych.; 24, Wehand,
Casper’s Med. Woch., 1840 (A. H. Z., 19, p. 223), a woman, æt. 35
years, subject to epilepsy, took 3 grains; 25,
Ludicke, Journ. für Pharm., 4, p. 199, a woman, æt. 40 years, took
1/24 grain Nitrate every three hours, then 1/12 grain six times in
succession; 26, Schmied, Schweizer’s
Zeit. für Nat. und Heilk., vol. 6, 1841 (Journ. für Pharm., 4, p.
199); 27, Scheible, Annal. des
Staats-arzneik., etc., 1843 (Brit. Journ. of Hom., 3, p. 61), death of
an apothecary; 28, Fohr, Zeit. Für
Rat. Med., 1844 (Journ. für Pharm., 4, p. 199), a man, æt. 60 years,
took of a solution of 2 grains Acetate to 1 ounce, 15 drops three times
a day, increasing by 2 drops daily, until at last he took 40 drops at a
dose; 29, Wimmer, Neue Med.-Chir.
Zeit., 1844 (A. H. Z., 28, 158), effect of inunction of a much as 1/4
grain Strychnine in the temporal region; 30,
James Watson, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1846, fatal poisoning of a girl, æt. 13
years, by three pills, each containing 1/2 grain; 31, Prov. Manchester Courier, abridged in
Dublin Med. Press, 1846 (Month. Journ. Med. Sci., vol. 6, p. 141); 32, Comach’s Month. Journ., February, 1846,
p. 141 (Guy’s Hosp. Rep., 1856 (2), p. 348), a woman, æt. 35, took 3
grains of powder in tea, death in three-quarters of an hour; 33, Cattell, Brit. Journ. of Hom., vol. 11,
p. 173, Nitras; 34, Report of Drs.
Allen, D. Warner, and Russell, on death of Dr. William Cullen Warner,
Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 36, 1847, p. 209; 35, Hampshire Independent (Lancet, 1848 (2),
p. 543), Mrs. S. swallowed some Strych., death in an hour and
three-quarters; 36, Dr. Thomas
Anderson, Am. Journ. of Med. Sci., 1848 (1), p. 563, a man took 3 1/2
grains for tic douloureux, and five hours later a second dose; 37, Pharm. Journ., vol. 8, 1848-9, p. 298, a
woman took 3 grains in liquid, death in an hour and a quarter; 38, A. B. Shipman, Bost. Med. and Surg.
Journ., vol. 41, 1849, a medical gentleman took 1/4 grain of Sulphate; 39, A. W. Munson, Bost. Med. and Surg.
Journ., vol. 42, p. 43, Mr. G., æt. about 40 years, swallowed probably
1 or 2 grains of Strych.; 40, George
Bennett, Lancet, 1850 (2), p. 259, Amelia H. took 5 drachms of a
solution of 10 drachms of cinnamon-water and 3 grains of Strych.; 41, Jahrbuch für Prakt. Pharm., 1850, vol.
21, a boy, æt. 7 years, having worms, was given Strych. instead of
Santonin; 42, Dr. Dresbach, Western
Lancet, 1850 (Am. Journ. Med. Sci., New Ser., 19, 1850, p. 546), a man,
æt. 24 years, took 3 ounces of a solution containing 1 grain to the
ounce; 43, Edward G. Bartlett, M.D.,
North Am. Journ. of Hom., vol. 1, 1851, p. 469, a man, æt. 22 years,
took 3 grains dissolved in water; 44,
J. C. Foster, M.D., Lancet, 1852 (2), p. 33, S. S., æt. 52 years,
swallowed a solution containing 1 grain; 45,
I. Pidduck, M.D., ibid., p. 80, a man took two doses of 1/6 grain in
sugar; 46, T. Hillier, Med. Times
and Gaz., 1854, p. 316, A. B., æt. 18 years, took 2 grains; 47, Henry Lonsdale, M.D., Lond. and Edinb.
Month. Journ., 1855, p. 116, death of a man, æt. 59 years, in an hour
after 1 1/2 grains; 48, Pharm.
Journ., vol. 15, 1855-6, p. 478, poisoning of a woman æt. 28 years; 49, G. J. Hinnell, Med. Times and Gaz., 1855,
p. 413, T. M., æt. 33 years, ate 4 to 5 grains on bread; 50, J. J. Lescher, M.D., Am. Journ. of Med.
Sci., New Ser., 29, 1855, p. 269, E. W., æt. 30 years, took 4 grains
after a hearty breakfast; 51, F.
Ryland, Assoc. Med. Journ., 1856, p. 500, a man took 1 1/2 grains, death
in five hours; 52, Dr. Geoghegan,
Dublin Med. Press, June, 1856 (Guy’s Hosp. Rep., 1856 (2), p. 352), a
man took 5 grains, death in twenty to twenty-five minutes; 53, A. S. Taylor, M.D., Guy’s Hosp. Rep.,
1856 (2), 352, John Parsons Cook took an unknown quantity, death in one
hour and a quarter after last pills; 54,
Drs. Lawrie and Cowan, Glasgow Med. Journ., July, 1856 (Brit. and For.
Med.-Chir. Rev., 1856 (2), p. 407), a man, æt. 22 years, took 3 grains;
55, Dr. Stevens, ibid., a man in the
habit of taking 1/8 grain in solution twice a day took more than the
usual quantity; 56, Dr. Bruce,
ibid., a man took 4 grains in solid form; 57,
G. M. Jones, Esq., Lancet, 1856 (2), p. 302, Jane D. took 1/2 grain
commercial Strych; 58, Times,
February 18th, 1857 (Pharm. Journ., vol. 16, 1856-7, p. 485), William
Gummow took 3 grains; 59, T. W.
Craster, Lancet, 1856 (2), p. 107, a woman took 1/4 grain; 60, R. W. Martyn, ibid., p. 117, a lady, æt.
45 years, took 1/4 grain; 61, James
Campbell, ibid., p. 695, Mrs. M. took an unknown quantity; 62, same, a man, æt. 30 years, took about 10
grains; 63, Morse Stewart, M.D.,
Peninsular Med. Journ., October, 1856, p. 186, a man, æt. 45 years,
took a quantity; 64, same, Mrs. E.
A. P. took from 5 to 15 grains in water or ice-cream, death after five
hours; 65, Lewis H. Steiner, M.D.,
Trans. Am. Med. Assoc., vol. 9, 1856, p. 755; 66,
same, Dr. George A. Gardiner swallowed a paper package containing
commercial Strych. or a mixture of Strych and Brucia; 67, James Kirk, M.D., Med. Times and Gaz.,
June 14th, 1856, p. 609, a young man took, it was supposed, 6 grains; 68, Med. Times and Gaz., August 23d, 1856,
poisoning of a child; 69, R. Adams,
ibid., Mr. D., æt. 65 years, took 20 grains; 70,
ibid., p. 274, Mrs. Harriet Dove, æt. 28 years, took Strych. in jelly; 71, S. A. Gus. Shaw, M.D., Am. Journ. of Med.
Sci., New Ser., 31, 1856, p. 547, a woman, and a child 2 years old, ate
the Sulphate on dried beef; 72,
Tarchini-bonfanti, Gaz. Lomb., 1856 (S. J., 91, p. 300), poisoning of a
man, æt. 45 years; 73, Palmer,
Arch. Gen., July, 1856 (ibid.); 74,
Perini, S. J., 91, p. 302, a person took 3 grains; 75, Gaz. Med. Italian, from Gaz. Méd. de
Paris, 1856 (Zeit. für Verein Hom. Aust.), poisoning by an indefinite
amount; 76, Hencke’s Zeit. für
Staät, 1856 (Zeit. für Verein Hom. Aust.), case of poisoning; 77 and 78,
same, others cases; 79, Rochester,
Am. Journ. of Med. Sci., October, 1856 (Brit. and For. Med.-Chir Rev.,
January, 1857), a man, æt. 32 years, took 4 grains; 80, John H. Claiborne, M.D., Virginia Med.
and Surg. Journ., 1857, p. 460, a man, æt. 30 years, took a quantity in
water; 81, G. W. Arnett, M.D.,
Charleston Med. Journ. and Rev., vol. 12, 1857, p. 86, a man, æt. 28
years, took a quantity; 82, H. O.
Jewett, M.D., Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 56, 1857, p. 491, a boy
æt. 15 years, took probably 2 grains; 83,
Dr. McClintock, Dublin Med. Journ., 1857 (2), p. 215, a boy, æt. 16
years, took 11 grains spread on bread and butter; 84, H. L. Givins, M.D., Am. Journ. of Med.
Sci., 1857 (1), p. 63, a young man took 10 or 12 grains; 85, George Hodgetts, Pharm. Journ., vol. 16,
1857, p. 389, Mr. M. took 4 grains; 86,
Ernest P. Wilkins, Lancet, 1857 (1), p. 551, Mr. G., æt. 23 years, took
3 grains on a biscuit, death in six hours; 87,
J. R. G., New Orleans Med. News and Hosp. Gaz., 1858, p. 451, Mrs. L.
G., an elderly woman, took a large dose; 87a, same, a few days later took another
dose; 88, J. F. Ogilvie, M.D., Med.
Times and Gaz., October, 1858, p. 443, M. C., æt. 21 years, took 4
grains, after drinking largely of pure brandy the previous evening; 89, Thomas O’Reilly, M.D., Med. Times and
Gaz., January, 1858, p. 600, Mr. Johnson took 6 grains in beer; 90, Douglass A. Reid, Med. Times and Gaz.,
December, 1859, p. 663, Mr. S. allowed the mouth of a bottle containing
Strych. to touch an abrasion of the cuticle of last phalanx of thumb; 91, Douglass Bly, M.D., New York Med. Journ.,
1859 (2), p. 423, a man took 4 grains; 92,
Mr. T. Orton, Pharm. Journ., 1859, p. 245, a girl, æt. 16 years, died
from effects of Strych.; 93, Dr.
Davies, ibid., p. 247, Robert. G. Visick died from Strych.; 94, Dr. S. S. Harris, Am. Med. Times, vol. 1,
1860, p. 100, Thomas W., æt. 28 years, took 6 or 8 grains; 95, J. B. Dunlap, M.D., Med. and Surg. Rep.,
1860, p. 227, Miss S. R., æt. 24 years, swallowed 4 grains; 96, Pharm. Journ., July, 1860, a girl, æt.
11 years, took Strych., death; 97,
J. R. Smith, Am. Journ. of Med. Sci., New Ser., vol. 40, 1860, p. 278, a
man took an unknown quantity; 98, L.
A. Lawrence, Lancet, 1861 (1), p. 571, a woman, æt. 30 years, took an
unknown quantity; 99, George Harley,
M.D., ibid., p. 480, W. B. Carleton describes the case of a boy, æt. 12
years, who took 3 grains in a pill, death; 100,
George Harley, M.D., ibid., p. 397, a girl, æt. 11 years, took an
unknown quantity of pure Strych.; 101,
Dr. Henrie, Brit. Med. Journ., 1861 (2), p. 400, a child, æt. 4 years,
took the powder in preserves, death in half an hour; 102, Dr. M. Schuppert, New Orleans Med. Times
(Med. Times and Gaz., 1861 (1), p. 499), poisoning of a man; 103, Dr. Langenbeck, Gaz. de Paris, 1861 (S.
J., 112, p. 171), 6 milligrams were injected into lachrymal gland, in a
man suffering from amaurosis; 104,
Schüler, Gaz. de Paris, No. 6, 1861 (Syden. Year-book, 1861, p. 427),
1/10 grain was introduced, without result, at various times into the eye
of a man æt. 50 years, who had suffered from amaurosis, then 1/20 grain
was injected into lachrymal canal; 105,
Martius, Memorabilien, 1862, p. 67 (S. J., 131, 235); 106, Lancet (Brit. Journ. of Hom., vol. 20,
1862, p. 173), poisoning of a woman, æt. 28 years; 107, J. B. Wilmot, M.D., Med. Times and Gaz.,
March, 1862, p. 250, poisoning of a girl æt. 18 years; 108, Blumhardt, Wurt. Corr.-Blatt., vol. 7,
No. 1, 1863 (Journ. für Pharm., vol. 4, 199), a boy, æt. 17 years,
took about 2 scruples; 109, Dr.
Laukester, Pharm. Journ., 1863, p. 378, George Heimsath, æt. 43 years,
drank beer containing Strych., death; 110,
same, Collis drank a small quantity of same, recovery; 111, W. D. Buck, M.D., Am. Med. Times, vol.
7, 1863, p. 205, Mary Ann Gibney took a quantity of Strych.; 112, Dr. Frankel, Vjs. für Ger. Med., 1864
(S. J., 131, 235), a man took 5 or 6 grains; 113,
Genets de Serviere, Gaz. Heb. Dom., 1864 (S. J., 131, 235), a woman was
poisoned; 114, same, second case; 115, Joseph Wilson, M.D., Am. Journ. of Med.
Sci., New Ser., 48, 1864, p. 70, a man, æt. 22 years, took probably 40
grains; 116, George T. Barker, Am.
Journ. of Med. Sci., New Ser., 48, 1864, p. 399, poisoning of a woman; 117, Bertholle, Am. de Hyg., 1865 (S. J.,
131, 235), poisoning of a man; 119,
Norman Cheevers, M.D., Indian. Annals of Med. Sci., 1866 (Ranking’s
Abstract, 1866 (2), p. 225), a girl, æt. 11 years, swallowed an unknown
quantity; 120, Dr. Tracy E. Waller,
Phila. Med. Reporter (Pharm. Journ., 1866, p. 533), Dr. — swallowed 4
grains in water, taking several drinks of whisky before and two
afterwards; 121, S. A. McWilliams,
M.D., Chicago Med. Exam., 1866, p. 726, Mrs. T., æt. 31 years, took 5
grains; 122, Dr. Maschka, Prag.
Vjs., 1867 (S. J., 137, 293); 123,
Holmes Coote, Brit. Med. Journ., 1867, p. 513, a woman, æt. 40 years,
took 3 minims; 124, Julian S.
Sherman, M.D., Chicago Med. Exam., 1867, p. 138, Charles W., æt. 23,
took 2 grains; 125, omitted; 126, Stacy Hemenway, M.D., Chicago Med.
Exam., 1867, p. 528, James G., æt. 28 years, took a quantity in milk; 127, Henry Robinson, Month. Hom. Rev., vol.
12, 1868, 252, R. R., æt. 29 years, robust and very healthy, took in
all about 7 1/2 grains of Liquor strych. (off. prep.), 20 drops in a
tumbler of water, in two doses, one in the morning, one in the evening
(first day), 30 drops in three doses (second day), three doses of 12,
15, and 10 drops (third day), four doses of 10 drops each (fourth,
fifth, sixth, and seventh days), 48 drops in four doses (thirteenth,
fourteenth, and fifteenth days), 60 drops in four doses (sixteenth day),
60 drops in three doses (seventeenth day), 60 drops in four doses
(eighteenth to twenty-second day), occasional doses of laxative medicine
as required (after twenty-three days), took Camphor and Gum arabic
(forty-first day), 1/6 grain of Morphia twice, 20-drop doses of
Hyoscyamus, and a large quantity of Linseed tea (forty-sixth day); 128, same, A. F., a woman, æt. 34 years,
very healthy, took 15 drops in a wineglass of water (first day), 20
drops as before (fifth day), 25 as before (eleventh day), 30 as before
(fourteenth, seventeenth, twenty-first, twenty-fourth, twenty-seventh,
thirty-first, thirty-fourth, and thirty-seventh days), 35 as before
(forty-first day), 30 as before (forty-third and forty-seventh days),
445 drops in fifty-three days; 129,
Most’s Denkwurdig., 1, 147 (Hom. Exam., vol. 3, 1844), a boy, æt. 4
years, took 4 grains every three hours; 130,
Med. Times and Gaz., 1868 (1), p. 499, poisoning of a child; 131, James T. Newman, M.D., Med. and Surg.
Rep., vol. 20, 1869, p. 234, Miss Kate Pindar took two pills of Strych.;
132, Tardieu and Roussin, Ann.
d’Hyg., 34, p. 128 (Syd. Year-book, 1869-70, 461), a woman survived 15
grains for eighteen hours; 133, Dr.
Keyworth, Glasgow Med. Journ. (Pacific Med. and Surg. Journ., 1869, p.
569) a woman took 3 grains; 134,
James J. Rooker, M.D., Cincinnati Lancet and Obs., vol. 12, 1869, p.
333, poisoning of Mr. A.; 135, Med.
Times and Gaz., 1869 (1), p. 613, poisoning of a man; 136, Dr. Cameron, Med. Times and Gaz., 1869
(2), 491, M. A. B., æt. 17, took probably 3/4 grain; 137, J. H. Grimshaw, M.D., Pharm. Journ.,
Second Ser., vol. 11, 1869-70, p. 45, a child æt. 1 1/2 years, was
poisoned by a powder; 138, omitted; 139, C. B. Gillespie, M.D., Am. Journ. of
Med. Sci., 1870 (2), p. 420, a man swallowed 2 1/2 grains; 140, W. W. Hewlett, M.D., New York Med.
Journ., vol. 13, 1871, p. 297, a man, æt. 30 years, swallowed 5 grains;
141, Cephas L. Bard, M.D., Phila.
Med. Times, June, 1871, p. 316, a man ate cakes made from flour
containing Strych.; 142, Brighton
Daily News (Pharm. Journ., Third Ser., vol. 2, p. 16), Mr. Miller ate
sweetmeats containing Strych.; 143,
same, S. A. Baker, æt. 4 years, died from effects of eating same; 144, Thomas Moore, Lancet, 1872 (1), p. 431,
a young man took over a grain; 145,
S. Haughton, M.D., Brit. Med. Journ., 1872 (1), p. 660, a man, æt. 19
years, ate an egg in which some Strych. had been placed; 146, S. A. Turner, M.D., Med. and Surg. Rep.,
vol. 26, 1872, p. 529, a Sioux Indian, æt. 45 years, took a quantity of
Strych. in food; 147, E. H. Coover,
M.D., Med. and Surg. Rep., vol. 26, 1872, p. 520, Mr. E. R. Burke took 1
grain; 147a,
same, account of same as reported by Mr. Burke himself; 148, Schmid, Memorabilien, 1873 (S. J., 163,
131), poisoning of children; 149, G.
W. Copeland, M.D., Brit. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1873 (2), p. 450, a man
swallowed 5 grains; 150, G. D.
O’Farrell, M.D., Phila. Med. Times, February, 1873, p. 311, J. W., æt.
50 years, took 2 grains; 151, Report
of Brooklyn City Hospital, Med. Rec., vol. 9, 1874, p. 345, a person
took 5 grains; 152, Dr. Carbert,
Canada Lancet, vol. 7, 1874, p. 10, George Finlayson took 3 1/4 grains; 153, Dr. C. Bivine, Phila. Med. Times, 1875,
p. 720, poisoning of a girl æt. 16 years; 154,
J. B. Sim, Lancet, 1875 (2), p. 310, a woman swallowed 6 drachms Liquor
strych.; 155, J. C. Ogilvie Will,
M.D., Edinb. Med. Journ., 1875, p. 907, G. S., æt. 18 years, swallowed
not less than 4 grains probably 5 or 6; 156,
W. W. Hays, M.D., Pacific Med. and Surg. Journ., January, 1875, p. 389,
a woman took a dose; 157, H. P.
Cole, U. S. Med. Invest., New Ser., 2, 1875, p. 432; 158, W. F. McNutt, M.D., ibid., November,
1876, p. 251, a middle-aged woman took 14 grains; 159, Dr. Hippel, Hom. Times, vol. 4, 1877, p.
86, effects of doses of 2 to 4 milligrams; 160,
H. G. Landis, M.D., Phila. Med. Times, October, 1877, p. 6, a man, æt.
29 years, took over 2 grains; 161,
O. G. Shelden, M.D., Med. Rec., vol. 14, 1878, p. 87, A. Manning, æt.
44, somewhat insane, took, it was alleged, between 7 and 8 grains.
MIND.
►
Emotional. ► Delirious;
she however, possessed sufficient lucidity to state that a certain
person had given her a white powder in a glass of wine (after eighteen
hours), [132]. ► She was much like a mad woman all night, [19]. ►
Shouted out, “They are coming for me,” [63]. ► A
species of imbecility arising from an excessive acuteness to
impressions, [21]. ► A peculiar nervous erethism, almost
resembling what I had seen in a case of hydrophobia several years
before. The patient was very much alarmed and excited, slightly
delirious, answering questions correctly when asked, but wandering when
left to himself, and begged most piteously that I would not hurt him. I
was forcibly struck with the very marked resemblance of the delirium in
this case to that which I had often seen in mania
a potu. The same nervous restlessness and fear of being
injured, the same hyperæsthesia and shrinking from currents of air,
made the similarity very striking (after seven hours), [161]. ►
Nervous agitated feeling, with sensation of stupor and headache
(twenty-first night), [128]. ► Extreme nervous excitability, ugly face
passing before the eyes (twentieth night), [128]. ►
Extreme nervous excitability; she felt light and nonsensical
(thirty-seventh day), [128]. ► Mental condition agitated, but
consciousness perfect throughout, [63].
[10.] ►
Excessively nervous and alarmed (after two hours and a half), [36]. ►
Painful nervousness (fiftieth day), [128].
► Involuntary idiotic-like chuckle
(seventeenth day), [127]. ► Immoderate fits of laughing
(thirty-fourth day), [128]. ► Fits of laughing, with the light swimming
sensation and giddiness (after one hour, forty-first day), [128]. ►
Extreme nervous excitability (forty-first and forty-seventh days), [128]. ►
Screaming, [96]. ► Loud groans, convulsive sobbing (after
fifteen minutes), [167]. ► Moaning (in fifteen minutes), [52]. ►
Loud moaning (after one hour), [69].
[20.] ►
Constant moaning, with complete consciousness, [77]. ►
Exceedingly low-spirited (eighth day); very low-spirited and gloomy
(thirteenth day); low spirits, gloomy, and desponding (twenty-seventh
day); extremely low and gloomy (twenty-eighth day); low spirits,
gloominess (thirty-fifth day), low spirits, gloomy, and desponding
(forty-first day); low-spirited and gloomy (fifty-second night), [128]. ►
Rather morose and wholly uninclined to answer any questions in
explanation of his symptoms, [43].
► Anxiety, [71]; (after second powder), [129]. ► Great
anxiety of mind, [21]. ► Great anxiety and restlessness, [108]. ►
Anxious and agitated, [47]. ► Excessive anxiety and uneasiness, [4]. ►
General depression of spirits, [65].
► A tendency to despondency, [21]. [30.]
► He had a feeling of dread, and
begged he might not be left alone, [56].
► A fear of something about to occur,
[21]. ►
Great fear, and anxiety for relief, [30].
► Mind harassed with dread; he is
afraid, and sheds tears all the while; when asked why, replies, “I
don’t know,” [43]. ► Irritability of temper (forty-third and
forty-ninth days), [128]. ► Short, irritable temper (fifty-fourth
day), [128]. ► Intellectual. ►
Mind active and anxious, [43]. ► Muddled, confused feeling, in the morning
(seventh day), [128]. ► Slight confusion of ideas (second day);
considerable (after second dose, third day); slight (seventh day), [127]. ►
Confusion of ideas, [132]. [40.] ►
His answers to my inquiries were rapid and unconnected (after three
hours and three quarters), [50]. ► Peculiar muddled vacant feeling,
forgetfulness; she felt disposed to sit still and sleep (first day), [128]. ►
Vacant feeling, forgetfulness (second day), [128]. ► Loss
of memory, with a confused giddy feeling, at intervals (thirteenth day),
[128]. ►
Loss of memory and drowsiness, with extreme giddiness (seventeenth day),
[128]. ►
Feeling of stupor and drowsiness, with the severe pains in the head, at
8 P.M. (second day), [128]. ► A feeling of stupor and great weariness,
with dull pains in the head and eyes (fourth day), [128]. ► A
feeling of extreme stupor, at 10 A.M. (seventh day), [128]. ► A
feeling of extreme stupor (eighth day), [128].
[50.] ►
Feeling of intense stupor (twenty-seventh night), [128]. ► A
feeling of stupor and giddiness (after forty minutes, forty-third day), [128]. ►
Consciousness perfect, till death, [3]. ► During
every violent paroxysm there will be temporary loss of consciousness,
accompanied by a cessation of the act of respiration, the wide opening
of the eyelids, and extreme dilatation of the pupils, [65]. ►
Unconsciousness, [3], [147]. ►
Stupefaction, with complete loss of consciousness, body stretched out
stiff upon the bed, the paroxysm recurring at short intervals, followed
by death, [4]. ► The patient suddenly fell down
unconscious, [25]. ► Insensibility ensued and lasted three
hours, although the convulsions hardly ever ceased, [152].® 2000
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