Lacerta

Lacerta agilis, L.

Natural order, Reptilia.

Common name, Gieen Lizard (widely diffused throughout Europe; not venomous).

Preparation, (?)

Authorities. 1, Symptoms from Archiv f. Horn., 14, 2, 202; 2, Baldini, A. H. Z., 67, 74, experiments on self; he swallowed a whole lizard cut into small pieces; 3, same, second experiment; 4, same, two lizards taken.

Mouth

Large vesicles under the tongue

Constant accumulation of saliva in the mouth,k

Stomach

Violent eructations and some distress in the stomach

Nausea and a feeling of weight in the stomach, immediately

Great nausea,f

Violent pressure in the stomach,k

Abdomen

Pains in the intestines, relieved by frequently drinking water and vinegar (after one hour),f

False

Pulse rose 8 beats

The pulse, which before the proving was 70, rose to 80,®.

Pulse 80 when taking, fell 14 beats (after one hour)

Generalities

All the symptoms disappeared during the subsequent night after a profuse sweat

Skin

Moist, white eruption in several parts of the body, especially on the inner canthus of the eye

Ulcerated places on the female genitals

Fever

The temperature rose 6°

The thermometer applied to the pit of the stomach before taking was 26°; 32“ after one hour

Thermometer, when taking, 34° ; it fell 8°, after an hour