Oniscus

Oniscus asellus. O. armadillo. Armadillo officinalis. Sow-bug. Sow-louse. Cellar-worm. AT. 0, Isopoda (Class Crustacea of the Articulate). Tincture of living animals.

Clinical

Colic. (Epilepsy.) lisemoptysis. Straiury. Toothadie.

Characteristics

In Germany Onis. has a popular reputation as a remedy for epilepsy. Hering proved a tincture, and Wolfif recorded the effect of swallowing three " cellar- worms " in a glass of brandy before an attack of fever. This experience has provided the most characteristic symptoms of the remedy, showing it to be related to Cantharis Apis, and their cognates. These symptoms were noted : Pe face, wild expression, constant vomiting. Very severe colic with meteorism and tension of abdomen. Tenesmus of bladder and rectum. Cutting burning in urethra. The symptoms of Bering's proving showed pains in the head, over the eyes, and down the nose. Constriction of gullet and stomach. Burning m anus. Many erections with disinclination to work. Hawking up of blood-streaked mucus. The last two symptoms again recall Canth, Frequent yawning and desire to stretch. 8THAT01I8.

Head p. 657

Dull heaviness of the head. — Boring pain from behind r. ear on mastoid process, with violent pulsation in the arteries. — Painful pressure above eyebrows and on margin of nose, first l. side, afterwards r. — Painful pressure above the root of the nose.

Ears p. 657

Boring behind the r. ear, with increased arterial action.

Face p. 657

Pale face ; wild expression.

Mouth p. 657

Toothache, which had disappeared, returned. — Pressure on soft palate, posteriorly as if it would close.

Throat p. 657

Cramps in the gullet, as if it were about to close. — Hawking up of mucus streaked witii blood.

Stomach p. 657

Nausea, with continued pressure at the orifice of the

Stomach p. 657

Continual vomiting.

Abdomen p. 657

Very severe colic, with meteorism and tension of abdomen.

Stool and Anus p. 657

Urgent and sudden want to evacuate, with prompt and liquid evacuationw — Burning pain in anus.

Urinary Organs p. 657

Tenesmus of bladder and rectum, with absence of stool and urine. — Cutting t)boring in urethra with excessive bodily restlessness.

Male Sexual Organs p. 657

Frequent erections, with aversion to labour.

Generalities p. 657

In young patients haemoptysis is induced by the salt with which these insects abound. — Inclination to stretch.

Sleep p. 657

Frequent yawning.