TRACHINUS.
Animal kingdom
.
Class
, Pisces.
Order
, Teloster.
Trachinus Draco and Vipera.
Common names
, Great and lesser Weever,
Sting-bull and Sting-fish.
Authorities.
1,
Prof. Allman, Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., vol. vi, 1840, p. 161
(Dublin Med. Press, 2d ser., vol. ix, 1864. p. 562), a wound on the
thumb, from Trachinus vipera; 2,
Tarenfeld and Landeberg, A. H. Z., 8, 136 (from the Swedish), effects of
the stings of T. Draco.
MIND.
►
Raving, [2]. ►
Hydrophobia, [2]. ► Anxiety, [2].
► Fear of death, [2].
HEAD.
►
Vertigo, [2]. ► Violent headache, [2].
STOMACH.
►
Violent thirst, [2]. ► Nausea, [2].
► Green bilious vomiting, [2].
RESPIRATORY ORGANS.
[10.] ►
Paroxysm of suffocation, [2].
HEART AND PULSE.
►
Palpitation, [2].
GENERALITIES.
►
Swelling of the whole body, [2]. ► Swelling of the wounded arm, then of the
head and chest, [2]. ► A peculiar stinging pain occurred a few
seconds after the wound, and this gradually increased during a period of
fifteen minutes; the pain had now become almost intolerable, extending
along the back of the thumb towards the wrist; it was of a burning
character, resembling the pain produced by the sting of a wasp, but much
more intense; the thumb now began to swell, and exhibited an
inflammatory blush, extending upwards to the wrist; the pain was now
distinctly throbbing and very excruciating; in this state it continued
for about an hour, when the pain began somewhat to subside, the swelling
and redness still continuing; in about an hour and a half the pain was
nearly gone; next morning the swelling of the thumb had but slightly
diminished, and was in some degree diffused over the back of the hand,
the thumb continued red and hot, and painful on pressure over the
metacarpal bone; in a few days the swelling had completely subsided, but
the pain on pressure continued for more than a week, [1]. ► The
edges of the wound became thick, hard, tense, and insensible, black and
gangrenous, [2]. ► Weakness, [2].
► Violent burning pain, extending
from the wound into the chest, [2].
SKIN.
►
The skin of the whole body becomes yellowish green, [2]. ►
Gangrenous blisters on the arm, [2].
SLEEP.
[20.]
► Sleepless, [2].
FEVER.
►
Constant fever, with irregular pulse, [2].
► Cold clammy sweat, [2].® 2000
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