Erythrophlœum

Erythrophloeum guineuse, G. Don.

Natural order, Legurainosse.

Preparations, From the bark.

Authorities. 1, Drs. Mitchell and Hammond, Charleston Med. Journ. and Rev., vol. xiv, 1859, p. 734, took 4 drachms of the saturated tincture at 11 A.M., 2 and 5 p.m. ; 1 a, same, two days later took 1 ounce of the tincture at 10 a.m. ; 2, Bowditch’s Ashantee, p. 279 (Berridge’s Collection, New Eug. Med. Gaz., vol. xi, 1876, p. 306), infusion of the bark ; 3, New Eug. Med. Gaz. ibid. (Berridge), effects of the dust of the bark ; 4, Robert Christison, Pharm. Journ., vol. xiv, 1854-55, p. 471 (called here Filled), effect of 1 or 2 grains of the bark.

Head p. 516

Slight dizziness (in one hour),k

Headache

Face p. 516

Face flushed

Stomach p. 516

When inhaled by the nose it causes long-continued spasms of sneezing, with distress about the forehead and eyes

Abdomen p. 516

When a grain or two of the bark is tasted it causes slowly an intense numbness and tingling of the part of the tongue to which it is confined,k

Stomach p. 516

Slight nausea

It operates instantly and convulsively as a most violent emetic

Stool p. 516

Bowels slightly loose and some griping (after first dose); somewhat constipated (second day),k

Nose p. 516

Pulse 91 (before experiment) ; 83 (in one hour); 93 (in two hours); 80 (in four hours) ; 93 (in eight hours),k

[10-] A decline in the rapidity and force of the pulse

Generalities p. 516

Lassitude

A pleasant lassitude, a desire for quiet, and an indisposition for either mental or physical exertion