Chimaphila

Authorities. (2 to 4, Essay by John S. Mitchell, Philada., 1803.) 2, W. M. Walmsley took 40 grains of fresh leaves of P. mac. at 10.30 a.m. (pulse 80) ; 3, Dr. A. Gregg, Jr., took 55 grains of same plant, with no effect; 4 grains of fresh leaves of P. umbel., after twenty minutes 20 grains more, pulse 70,at 1.30 p.M.; 3a, same, took 25 grains at 11 a.m., pulse72 ; 35, same, took at 9 A.M. 30 grains, pulse 76; 4, Dr. Mitchell applied the bruised leaves of P. mac., wet occasionally with vinegar, to one arm, without result, as when given internally; at the same time applied P. umbel, in same way to the other arm ; 5, H. P. Mitchell, Am. Horn. Obs., vol. xiii. New Ser., 3, 1876, p. 73, proving of P. rotund. ; 6, H. P. Mitchell, Am. Horn. Obs., vol. xiii. New Ser., 3,‘1876, p. 75, proving of P. mac,; 7, ibid., another proving.

Mind p. 459

\ ’^erv nervous, cannot bear anything at all; hot, irritable, restless ; thinks diseased state of the blood irritates the skin, as before the eruption of erysipelas, scarlet fever, or measles; itches terribly

Melancholy

Stupid and sleepy

Becomes partially unconscious, feels like fainting, as if brain paralyzed, mind gone

Head p. 459

Some dizziness in the head (after seventy minutes)

Head heavy, feels as if he would fall down on it,l

Wants the head pressed

Slight headache (after forty minutes)

Headache, with pain in the bowels

Feeling of weight, as if in brain, along the brow

Sharp pains and heat in interior of head, unfitting for exertion

Pain in and above the forehead

Dull heavy pain in the \whole front and top of the head

Pain over right eye

Nose p. 459

At first eyes clear, now they burn; lids feel sore

Nose runs

Mouth p. 459

Hollow teeth ache

Tongue feels stiffened thick in the middle, cannot raise it

Mouth dry

Extremities in General p. 459

Slight nausea at the stomach (after fifteen minutes); nausea stationary after repeating the medicine (after twenty minutes)

Feels drunk, and as if stomach burnt up with liquor, as if hard, dry, and tough, aud as if rennet would be good for it

Burning in stomach

Abdomen p. 459

Sharp pain in right hypochondrium

Liver feels as if enlarged

Bowels hard and swollen ; thinks the glands are swollen ; bowels very painful, sore, and hard ; feels as if dropsy of abdomen

As if bowels were sore and swollen on right side

Coliclike pains between the pubes aud navel

Pain in bowels

Uneasy sensations in his bowels (after one hundred minutes)

Stool p. 459

After the colic pains a diarrhoea, not very weakening

SeJCtfffJ OvfffniS.

Aching in vagina, as if labia inflamed

Sensation of swelling in labia

Stinging in labia, as if boils there

Excitement of sexual system

Stool and Anus p. 459

In five minutes, pulse 80; ten, 80; fifteen, 80; twenty, 80; thirty, 79 ; thirty-five, 79 ; forty, 80 ; sixty, 80. No increase either in fulness or force

In five minutes, pulse 74 ; ten, 84; fifteen, 88 ; twenty, 75; twenty-five, 76 ; thirty, 79; thirty-five, 76 ; forty, 74; forty-five, 71 ; fifty, 71 ; fifty-five, 70; sixty, 65; sixty-five, 66; seventy, 69; seventyfive, 66 ; ninety, 64; one hundred and five, 64; one hundred and twenty, 60. Pulse somewhat weaker (after one hundred minutes)

In ten minutes, pulse 66; fifteen, 66; twenty, 64; twenty-five, 62; thirty, 62; forty, 60 ; fifty, 60 ; sixty, 62 ; seventy, 60 ; eighty, 57 ; ninety, 60. Pulse fuller (after ten minutes); weak (after seventy minutes)

In five minutes, pulse 76; ten, 76; fifteen, 78; twenty, 80; twenty-five, 80; thirty, 80; forty, 78; fifty, 76; sixty, 76; seventy, 72; eighty, 73; ninety, 72; one hundred and five, 76; one hundred and fifteen, 76. Pulse fuller aud harder (after twenty minutes)

Neck and Back p. 459

[^0.'\ Feels as if the neck were too small and tired

Needlelike pains in the sacrum

Lower Extremities p. 459

Limbs feel full, as if distended; feeling like that from erysipelas

Sensation of swelling in the arm-pits

Pain from armpit to scapulae

Right arm as if paralyzed

Pain in bones of forefinger

Needlelike pains in the hip-bones

Legs and arms weak

Generalities p. 459

Seems to run all through the blood as a stimulant

Thinks it a very penetrating medicine

Feels like fainting

Whole system utterly relaxed, no strength, no vigor

Pains as in all the bones

A great deal of inflammation, Avhich continued for six or eight days, accompanied with intolerable itching in the part, and succeeded by desquamation ; this was considerably different from the vesication produced by Cantharides ; for besides that the cuticle was very little raised with water, the inflammation extended to a much greater distance round the part, and the next day the blister was circumscribed with an eruption, which continued to increase for some time, having very much the appearance of a ringworm

Seep p. 460

Continued to be drowsy, with very weak feeling in head

Chill p. 460

Chill seems all over, flesh quivers

As if blood on fire

Exceedingly hot, as of blood boiling, but cannot sweat; skin feels dry

Blood as if heated, with prickling

Hot flashes

Feet burn