Iris Florentina
Allen, The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica, 1874, Vol. V, p. 147
Iris Florentina, L., and Iris Germanica, L.
Natural order, Iridaceae.
Common names. White flag. Orris root; (Fr.), Irisin; (G.), Schwert-lilie.
(Orris root is obtained from the above species, and from Iris pallid (all very closely allied botanically) without distinction.)
Aidhorities. 1, Dr. Aumont reported to the French Academy of Medicine (1825) the cases of two girls who put a considerable quantity of Orris root into their hair on going to bed ; 2, Amer. J. Med. Sc., 19, 260, 1836, a young lady, aged 18, used the powder on her hair (from Ann. d’Hyg. et de Med. legale, 1835).
Mind
Delirium, from which she did not fully recover for three months
Head
Giddiness, on waking in the morning
Violent headache, on waking in the morning
Throat
Pain and heat in throat similar to that produced by Cantharides
Stomach
Disposition to vomit
Stool
Diarrhoea
Urinary Organs
Difficult urination
Neck
Redness of neck
Generalities
Convulsions, from which she did not fully recover for three months
[lO-] Complete paralysis of the right side for five hours (in the younger of the two)/.
Sleep p. 148
A kind of sleepiness/.
Uneasy sleep/.
Footnotes
† Original revised by Hughes.