Helleborus Foetidus

Helleborus foetid us, Linn.

Natural order, Ranuuculaceie. Common name, Stinkender-Niesswurz.

Preparation, Tincture of the root. 333, “poisoning,” from Hahnemann’s Hellebore; 2, Gesuer; Entcleckungen, 1, p. 167, “statement;” from Hahnemann; 3, Dr. Demeures, effects of one drop, and of inhaling fumes while pounding it, Journ. d. 1. Sac. Gal., 1st ser., vol. iv, p. Ill; 4, Oxford Magazine, 1779 (Hempel’s Mat. Med., 1, p. 505), effects on various individuals of eating it; 5, Cattell, symptoms compiled (?), B. J. of Horn., 11, 343.

Mind p. 547

Dreadful anxiety, which, however, is relieved after vomiting,h

Eyes p. 547

Great difficulty in reading, in the evening, by candlelight, lasting four days. The sensation is that caused when the light flickers in a draught of air; he has difficulty in following the lines (after two days),l

Ears p. 547

Thumping pain below and behind the left ear; this feeling soon passes off,I

Nose p. 547

Smarting at the tip of the tongue

My wife, who assisted in triturating this plant, experienced a painful sensation in the mouth, like aphthjB

Excoriation of the mouth and throat

Taste of manure in the mouth; tongue yellow in the middle

Stomach p. 547

Nausea and vomiting of food, which, an hour before, had been taken with relish and in moderation

Several turns of nausea, without vomiting, nineteen hours after, ®.- Sickness

Constant inclination to vomit,l

When pounding the plant, it seems that the epigastrium with difficulty keeps time with the inflation of the chest on inspiration

Frightful painin the pit of the stomach

Abdomen p. 547

Colic

Stool p. 547

Violent purging and vomiting, with pain in the stomach

Abundant and liquid stool during the night; next day, two liquid and whitish stools, with colic; again a liquid stool forty-eight hours after

Chest p. 547

Tightness of the chest; he can scarcely half draw his breath

Week p. 547

Numbness in the muscles of the neck (the sensibility of the part to touch is blunted); it becomes stiff eighteen hours after

Generalities p. 547

Fatal convulsions

Swooning

Same general feeling as if he had come out of a severe sickness

Skin p. 547

They lost not only the epidermis, but their hair and nails besides,k

The hair falls off, also the nails from the fingers and toes

The scarf skin peels off the whole body

Profuse discharge from the ulcerated surface (from application)

Sleep p. 547

During the night the prover stirs a great deal (in his sleep)