UVA-URSI.
Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi, Spreng.
Natural order
, Ericaceæ.
Common name
, Bearberry.
Preparation
, Tincture or trituration of
the dried leaves and fruit.
Authorities.
1
to 3, from Noack and Trinks. 1, Hahnemann; 2,
Heberden, Comment.; 3, Sauvauges,
Nosol.; (4 to 6, from John S. Mitchell’s Essay on the
Arbutus, Uva-ursi, and Pyrola Umbellata, and Maculata of Linnæus,
Philad., 1803); 4, I took, at 11
A.M., 10 grains of the dried leaves reduced to powder; 4a, same,
at 10 A.M., took 15 grains of powder in water; 4b, same, took 30 grains of powder in
water, at 12 o’clock; 4c, same, took 40 grains in same way, at 11
A.M.; 4d,
same took 8 grains resin, at 9.30 A.M.; 5,
Mr. Bartram took 10 grains gum, at 11.30 A.M.; 6,
B. S. Barton reports effects on a gouty patient, who is liable to be
affected in a similar way by Peruvian bark.
HEAD.
►
Slight vertiginous affection of the head (after thirty minutes), [4d]. ►
Slight headache continued till near the close of the experiment (after
twenty minutes), [4b]. ► Slight headache (after twenty minutes), [4d]. ►
A slight headache, which went off in the course of half an hour (after
twenty-five minutes), [4c].
FACE.
►
Flushing in the face (after twenty-five minutes), [4c]; (after fifteen minutes), [4b]; (after thirty minutes), [5].
URINARY ORGANS.
►
Urinary troubles, [1]. ► Burning after the discharge of slimy
urine, [3]. ►
Involuntary discharge of urine, [1].
► Bloody urine, [3]. [10.] ► Green urine, [2].
CHEST.
►
Uneasy tightness, with a sensation of weight at the chest, [6].
PULSE.
►
Pulse 69 (before the experiment); 70 (after five minutes); 69, and
continued smaller through the experiment (after ten minutes); 70 (after
fifteen and twenty minutes); 68 (after twenty-five minutes); 69 (after
thirty minutes); 66 (after thirty-five minutes); 65 (after forty and
forty-five minutes); 62 (after fifty minutes); 64 (after fifty-five
minutes); 63 (after sixty minutes); 62 (after sixty-five minutes); 64
(after seventy minutes); 62 (after seventy-five and eighty minutes), [4]. ►
Pulse 78 (before the experiment); the same (after five minutes); 73
(after ten minutes); 75 (after fifteen and twenty minutes); 72 (after
twenty-five minutes); 73 (after thirty minutes); 74 (after thirty-five
minutes); 73 (after forty minutes); 72 (after forty-five, fifty, and
fifty-five minutes); 74 (after sixty minutes); 73 (after sixty-five
minutes); 72 (after seventy minutes); 73 (after seventy-five minutes);
69 (after eighty-five, and ninety minutes); 71 (after ninety-five
minutes); 68 (after one hundred minutes); 72 (after one hundred and five
minutes). In the forepart of the experiment, there was a small increase
in the fulness of the pulse, which afterwards became smaller, [4a]. ►
Pulse 66 (before the experiment); 69 (after five minutes); 72 (after ten
minutes); 74, and fuller (after fifteen minutes); 69 (after twenty
minutes); 68 (after twenty-five and thirty minutes); 67 (after
thirty-five minutes); 67, and much reduced in force (after forty
minutes); 63 (after forty-five and fifty minutes); 64 (after fifty-five
minutes); 63, weak and flowing (after sixty minutes); 63 (after
sixty-five minutes); 60 (after seventy and seventy-five minutes); 63
(after eighty minutes); 65, and fuller (after eighty-five minutes); 63
(after ninety minutes); 64 (after ninety-five minutes); 66 (after one
hundred minutes), [4b]. ► Pulse 73 (before the experiment); 78, and
considerably fuller (after five minutes); 74, and much harder (after ten
minutes); 73 (after fifteen minutes); 68 (after twenty and twenty-five
minutes); 66 (after thirty minutes); 67 (after thirty-five minutes); 68
(after forty minutes); 65 (after forty-five minutes); 66 (after fifty
minutes); 65 (after fifty-five minutes); 67 (after sixty minutes); 66
(after sixty-five minutes); 65 (after seventy minutes); 68 (after
seventy-five minutes); 72 (after eighty and eighty-five minutes); 73
(after ninety minutes); 70 (after ninety and one hundred minutes); 72
(after one hundred and five minutes), [4c].
► Pulse 76 (before the experiment);
78 (after five minutes); 78, and not so full (after ten minutes); 74,
irregular and small (after fifteen minutes); 72 (after twenty minutes);
70 (after twenty-five minutes); 76, and very small (after thirty
minutes); 74 (after thirty-five minutes); 73 (after forty minutes); 71
(after forty-five minutes); 68, and much fuller (after fifty minutes);
68 (after fifty-five and sixty minutes); it remained at 68 for an hour
afterwards, [4d]. ► Pulse 73 (before the experiments); 77,
and somewhat fuller (after five minutes); 75 (after ten minutes); 76
(after fifteen minutes); 73 (after twenty minutes); 75 (after
twenty-five and thirty minutes); 74 (after thirty-five minutes); 77,
weak and soft (after forty minutes); 78 (after forty-five minutes); 76
(after fifty and fifty-five minutes); 77 (after sixty minutes); 76
(after sixty-five minutes); 77, and much fuller (after seventy minutes);
78 (after seventy-five minutes); 76 (after one hundred minutes), [5].® 2000
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