Pothos

Symplocarpus foetidus, Salisb. (Ictodes foetidus, Bigelow; Pothos foetidus).

Natural order, Aracese.

Common name, Skunk-cabbage.

Preparation, Tincture of the root.

Authorities. 1, Bigelow, Amer. Med. Botany, 2, 48 (1818), effects of 30

grams of dried root; 2, Symptoms from Jahr’s New Manual or Sympto-

men Codex.

Head. -Vertigo,’. Headache,’.—Headache here and there, of short

duration,. Drawing from both sides of the forehead to the glabella, very violent in the region of the latter, as if drawn by a magnet,2.

Eyes p. 155

Temporary blindness

JSose. Violent sneezing, inducing a pain in the fauces, palate, pharynx, down to the stomach, and long-lasting after-pains in the region of the ounce of the stomach,2. The nose above the nasal bones is swollen and red, forming a saddle, painful when touched, particularly high up on the left side of the nose, the cartilaginous portion being cold and bloodless, with red spots on the cheeks resembling small pimples

Mouth. Numb feeling in the tongue; inability to carry it to the teeth ; red and sore on the edges and at the tip

Throat. Burning from the fauces down through the chest, A

[100 Swelling of the cervical and submaxillary glands

Stomach vomiting,’. Pain in the pit of the stomach on stepping firmly, as if something were breaking off

Abdomen p. 155

Sensation in walking as if the bowels were shaking2.

Stool p. 155

Soft stool

Sexual Organs p. 155

Painful voluptuous titillation around the corona gland is

Respiratory Organs p. 155

Disposition to take deep breath, with hollowness of the chest, afterwards with contraction of the chest and throat

Chest. Pain in the chest, with pain under the shoulders, which seems to be iu connection with burning in the pharynx

Aching pain on the sternum

Inferior Extremities p. 155

Bone-pain in the right border of the tibia

Generalities p. 155

* Sudden feeling of anguish, with oppression of breathing and sweat, after which he has an evacuation from the bowels, with relief of all the symptoms