Salix Purpurea

Salix purpurea, Linn.

Natural order, Salicaceae.

Common names, Red or purple willow.

Preparation, Tincture of the hark.

Authorities. 1, Dr. T. C. Duncan, Trans. Horn. Med. Sac. State of N. Y., 1870, p. 328, chewed the hark ; 1 a, same, took twice, a drachm of an infusion ; 2, same, Mrs. D., took (for haemorrhoids) about a drachm of an infusion.

Mind

Very nervous and despondent, all day (second day)

Nervous and very irritable all day, until evening (third day)

Dulness of the intellect (second day)

Head

In a few minutes I felt a full dizzy feeling in the head, commencing just in front of the ears and passing up to the vertex, like a wave; this giddy feeling lasted for a few minutes; I had to sit down and keep quiet until it passed off (after first dose) ; the same, full, giddy feeling in the head, hut in a less marked degree (second day),1* 2.

Mouth

It has a peculiar astringent taste, puckering the mucous membrane of the buccal cavity and closing Steno’s duct

Taste of undigested food (second day)

Throat

Swelling of the right parotid gland (second day)

Abdomen

Flatulence (second day)

Pain in the abdomen (second day)

Stool

Bowels loose; two stools to-day (second day)

The bowels moved twice, with gripings in the abdomen (third day)

Urinary Organs

Urine slightly acid ; excess of the triple and earthy phosphates and epithelium ; less uric acid crystals (?) (second day)

Tacit

Aching in the right acetabulum (second day)

Heart and Pulse

Circulation torpid (second day)

Pulse feeble (third day)

Sleep

Rested poorly, waked often ; first too hot, then chilly; and at last, towards morning, in a profuse perspiration (first night)

Fever

First too hot, then chilly, and at last, towards morning, in a profuse perspiration (first night)