Ranunculus Repens.
Ranunculus repens. Creeping Buttercup. N. O. Ranunculaceć. Tincture of
whole plant.Clinical.─
Back, pulsation in. Eyes, smarting of;
inflammation of. (Feet, weakness of.) Sleep, short but refreshing.
Characteristics.─
Franz reports a number of
symptoms experienced from preparing the juice of this plant. The symptom of phantasmagoria
appears in brackets as though there were a doubt about it, and I therefore leave it so.
There is quoted in Jahr an account of the effects of eating R. rep.
observed in a flock of sheep. Several fell down as if struck by lightning; eyes rolled;
breathing hurried. Some reeled and died with their heads bent towards left groin. Mucous
membranes of eyes injected; mouth dry; abdomen slightly distended; ruminations ceased. Some
raised themselves, reeled, fell down again, bleated piteously; most were in profound coma.
Bleeding <; ether in milk gave much >. Great weakness in feet remained behind. R. rep. has furrowed flower-stalks like R.
bulb., but it has a spreading calyx and creeping scions.
SYMPTOMS.
1. Mind.─
(In evening, in bed, he dreams while yet
awake that he is in a large city, and sees well-dressed people, masquerades, Turks,
&c.).─Profound coma (sheep).
2. Head.─
Evening in bed, crawling sensation on
forehead and region of hair, > sitting up.
3. Eyes.─
Smarting in eyes; profuse lachrymation.─Eyes
rolled; conjunctiva injected (sheep).
8. Mouth.─
Mouth dry (sheep).
12. Abdomen.─
Abdomen sligthly distended (sheep).─Reeled
and died with heads bent towards l. groin (sheep).
20. Back.─
Evening in bed, beating like full,
strong pulsation in sacral region.
23. Lower Limbs.─
Great weakness of feet remained
behind (sheep).
24. Generalities.─
Fell as if struck by lightning
(sheep).─Died with heads bent towards l. groin (sheep).─Raised
themselves, reeled, fell again, bleated piteously (sheep).
26. Sleep.─
Wide awake and feeling extremely well
in morning, though he slept only a few hours.® 2000
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