Bombyx Processionea.
Procession Moth. N. O. Lepidoptera. Tincture of live caterpillars.
Clinical.─
Urticaria.
Characteristics.─
Contact with the caterpillars or
the emanations from a nest of them causes intense irritation, and hard, large, areola-formed
tubercles, with a red areola, so thick as to leave hardly any space between. Sometimes they
are linear-formed; most marked near joints. Sensation as if a foreign body were under the
skin. Itching of whole body. Itching, evenings; not relieved by anything. In one victim it
caused frequent waking at night, and dreams that his arms were being cauterised, and arrows
thrust into the muscles. Burning heat of skin. In one case, that of a boy who shook a large
number of the caterpillars from a tree into his naked breast, it caused an itching so severe
that the boy had to run home for assistance; then fever, somnolency, delirium, and finally
death ensued.
Relations.─
Compare:
Apis, Ast. fl., Rhus, &c.® 2000
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