Stramonium

Authorities. 244, J. E. Chancellor, M.D., Virginia Med. Month., March, 1879, p. 962, a child, mt. two years and a half, drank an infusion of the seeds; 245, F. H. Underwood, M.D., Pub. Mass. Horn. Med. Sac., vol. iv, p. 355, Miss A., set. twenty-two years, in good health, except occasional attacks of nervous restlessness, with a sensation of fear, took a gobletful warm, of a strong decoction made with boiling water.

Mind

Intoxication, with a feeling of heaviness in the body. Diminished memory ; she would begin to speak of something, and before finishing would forget what she was talking about. She does everything in great haste. Her movements are all hurried. Stupefaction of the senses. All things appear to her as if they were new ; even her friends appear to her as if she had never seen them before. She apprehends the loss of her senses, or that she is becoming imbecile. She has strange fancies. Frightful fancies. Her features show fright and terror. She does not dare to walk without assistance, lest she should fall. Great anxiety and fear. Restlessness and nervousness beyond description. Constant fear of sudden death. At times believed herself dying, and could not be convinced to the contrary. Great fatigue from the least exertion ; when going from her bed to the door of room, only a few steps, she was obliged to sit down twice. Her whole body was sensitive to touch, and every motion aggravated. Frequent attacks of gloomy fancies, accompanied with tears

Head

Head feels empty, hollow, and sensitive to every sound ; it is confused, and she is unable to think much or reckon. Stupid feeling of the head. Vertigo; the head feels drawn backward. Great dislike to move about, and an inability to sit up straight any length of time. Vertigo when raising the head from the pillow. Her voice, to her, did not seem to have its usual sound; it seemed higher and finer than usual. Great heat of the head. Cold face. A disagreeable lightheadedness, with a feeling of great weakness in the head. Red rash on the face, neck, and back, which resembles that accompanying scarlet fever. Giddiness while sitting or standing in a room. Giddy headache, with faintness. Frequent inclination to raise the head from the pillow. Moves her head to and fro. Redness of the face and eyes. Frequent redness of the face. Her nose feels obstructed and dry, although she is able to breathe through it

Head p. 634

-^ sensation as of sparks of fire rushing from the stomach to the eyes. Obscuration of sight; things looked blue and smoky, and at times could see only half an object at once. Redness of the eyes and face. Eyes are staring. All things look smaller, and at a greater distance than they are. Dilatation of the pupils. Extreme dilatation of the pupils. She complains that the rays of the sun dazzle her eyes. Eyes glisten. Dimness of sight; she is unable to discern small things, such as the point of a pin. Indistinct, confused sight. Fiery visions before the eyes. With staring eyes and dilated pupils she saw nothing; did not recognize any of her family. Every one’s tace looked to her as clear and as smooth as a piece of satin ; and small spots like freckles, on a person’s face, were not discernible for ten days after taking the poison

Mouth p. 634

Tonffue.

Tongue felt stiff, dry, and parched to the very root, and felt as if edges rolled up as hard and stiff as sole-leather. Tongue is paralyzed ; it trembles when she attempts to put it out. Swelling of the tongue, which hangs out of the mouth. Dryness of the tongue and palate, so that they feel quite rough, with no thirst at first,'

(xenercit Bloutll.

Sore lips; they parch up and chap, then peel. Grinding of the teeth. Bloody froth at the mouth every morning. Feeling of great dryness in the mouth, with want of saliva

Tfiste

Water tasted like leather for three weeks. Eggs tasted like Sulphur. Food tastes bitter. Constant bitter taste in the mouth. Loss of appetite

Throat p. 634

Dryness of the throat, with a saliva like stiff froth, mixed with cotton-wool. Dryness of the throat. Strangulating sensation in the throat. Erod and drink were swallowed with great difficulty, and with a scraping pain. Inability to swallow, on account of dryness of the th roat

Stomach p. 634

Loss of appetite. Great desire for acid drinks. Sickness at the stomach, with a desire to vomit, but an inability to do so; followed by dizziness, faintness, and a difficulty in swallowing and breathing. Indescribable feeling at the stomach, followed by j)partial loss of consciousness. Weak feeling at the stomach, as if everything were gone. Weakness from the least exertion, vomiting of sour-smelling mucus. Sour stomach. The first food taken, which was rice-water, had no taste, and felt like apple-cores in the stomach. Stomach smarted and felt ragged, as if full of sores. Vomiting of mucus at night. Anxiety about the pit of the stomach. Anxiety about the pit of the stomach, with difficulty of breathing. A sensation of weakness so great that she could not describe it. Nausea. Bilious vomiting after the least motion

Abdomen p. 634

Abdomen bloated, but not hard. Rumbling in tbe abdomen. Feeling in the abdomen, as if living animals were moving in it. Emission of large quantities of flatus

Chest p. 634

A feeling of great faintness, as if there were no air, or, as if the air flid her no good. Difficult breathing. Sensation as if something were turning about in the chest. She is unable to inspire a sufficient amount of air. Feeling of dryness in the chest. She has paroxysms of fainting; says she wants more air/

Heart and Pulse p. 635

A sudden sensation of weakness, and violent beating of the heart. She would wake from a deep sleep with violent beating of tbe heart. Pulse full and strong. Pressure in the region of the heart

Edclvcm if ies.

Tied)ling and shuddering of the limbs. Limbs were paralyzed for eight hours. Hands and feet numb, or like wooden ones, or as if they did not belong to tbe body. Trembling of tbe arms when eating. Trembling of one hand when eating. Trembling of one limb. Convulsions of the limbs. The limbs feel as if gone to sleep. Drawing pain in the thighs. Sensation as if one part of the joint were separated from another. Immobility of the limbs. Creeping in tbe limbs. Tingling in all the 1 limbs. Creeping extending from the left side into the thigh. When walking, although she staggers, her limbs obey tbe will so readily that she feels as if she had none; they seem much longer than they are

Neck and Back p. 635

After thirty minutes I saw her; she was lying on the bed, with her face very red, the pupils dilated; pulse full and strong; great trembling of the limbs, and frequent unsuccessful attempts to vomit. From evident paralysis of the throat she was unable to swallow enough of a mustard emetic to cause emesis. She exhibited great inclination to go to sleep, which she was prevented from doing by tbe attendants walking, or, I should say, dragging her about the room, her lindis being so paralyzed that she could not walk, or even stand; and she presented a most perfect picture of intoxication. The severity of the narcotism lasted about an hour, and was flowed by a state of wakefulness, which lasted about twenty-four hours. During the fust two weeks of her sickness, I gathered from her the symptoms, which she assured me were entirely new to her, and many of them, she has since informed me, continued her frequent companions for more than a year. The first effect of the drug she noticed about ten minutes after she had taken it

Spasmodic twitchings of the muscles of the upper and lower extremities, unsteady gait and inability to stand erect, with restlessness and incoherence of speech, alternately laughing, crying, and singing; some nausea and disposition to emesis; pupils widely dilated; difficult deglutition ; tumultuous action of the heart; expressions of alarm and dread of falling,‘''*k

Sleep p. 635

Very drowsy. Restless sleep. While slumbering she heard two persons talk, but did not know who they were,''^^l

Fever p. 635

Cold feet and hands. Slight sweat at night. Chills through the whole body, with single jerks, at times, of the whole body, and at other times of single limbs. Cold limbs. Chilliness and shuddering of the litnbs at night. Fever in (he afternoon. Sweat on the back. Frequent sweats. Profuse perspiration of the limbs