Datura Stramonium

(Express the juice from the recent plant, and mix it with equal parts of alcohol.)

This stupefying plant does not produce any real pain primarily. The pain occasioned by Stramonium is the result of the secondary action of the organism. Stramonium, in its primary effect, occasions an excessive mobility of the voluntary muscles, suppression of the secretions and evacuations, being succeeded by paralysis of the muscles and excessive secretions and excretions as a secondary effect. Stramonium cures certain kinds of spasmodic muscular motions, and restores suppressed secretions in some cases when there is no pain.

The homoeopathic physician will never administer Stramonium in cases of complete paralysis or inveterate diarrhoea, or

' Incipient short-lasting reaction of the organism in a person of an apprehensive and desponding mood; afterwards the primary effect of the drug became again visible in the anxiety, which was again conquered by the reactive power of the organism, after which the mood remained cheerful.

2 Reaction of the organism in a man of the opposite temperament. when violent pain constitutes the chief part of the symptoms, or when the symptoms of the case are too much Hke the secondary symptoms of Stramonium, which are always more numerous in narcotic drugs than the primary.

But what powerful curative virtues does not Stramonium possess in cases of mental disorders, or convulsions, to which it is homoeopathic ! I know this from experience.

I have found Stramonium curative in some epidemic fevers, the physical and mental symptoms of which were similar to those of Stramonium.

Some kinds of hydrophobia are cured by Stramonium, others by Belladonna, others again by Hyoscyamus.

Violent primary effects are neutralized by citric acid, or by berries in which it is contained, such as currants, berberis, etc., much better than by vinegar. Smoking diminishes very much the cloudiness produced by Stramonium. According to Talck, it may be relieved by alcohol, and according to Pleheve, by a cold foot-bath.

(The following symptoms are by Hahnemann.)

Intoxication, (a. 8 h.) Stupid feeling in the head. Intoxication, and heaviness in the body. (a. 1 h.) Vertigo : the head feels drawn backward; he is moreover very drowsy. — 5. Disagreeable lightheadedness, with a feeling of weakness in the head. Diminished memory. The loss of sense seems to be accompanied with an internal uneasiness, and to proceed from it. Clawing headache.

The black letters seem to him gray, and as if a second letter of the same kind, and of a light-gray color, were placed sideways or above (a kind of diplopia), for example :

Fi etc., as if the eyes had but a small vision, and he was only able to see a small point at once. He imagines he sees a reddish-gray border around white things, for instance, aromid paper.

When reading, he was unable to distinguish a syllable ; the letters seemed to move and become blurred. Dullness of vision, like a fog before his eyes, as if he saw things through a glass of turbid water; the objects looked as if they had become diffused and were too distant. — 15. Almost complete blindness for six hours ; on the days following, he experienced a pressure as from the middle of the eyeball, at every change of light, either when going from a dark place into a lighter, or from a light place into a dark. Distinct vision, more so than usually. (Curative effect, after 24 hours.) Swelling and inflammation of the eyelids. Involuntary lachrymation.

Beating toothache, as if a portion of the teeth would fall out. — 20. Sensation as if the inner mouth were raw and sore, (a. 24 h.) Dryness in the throat. Great dryness in the mouth, so that white bread tastes to him like straw. Great dryness in the mouth, so that he is unable to spit, although the tongue looks moist. Ptyalism.

25. Strangulating sensation in the throat. The velum pendulum palate hangs down very low ; food and drinks went down with a good deal of difficulty, and with a scraping pain in the velum pendulum palate. Inability to swallow. Difficult deglutition, with stinging pain in the fauces. Difficult deglutition, with aching pain in the sub-maxillary glands.

30. Loss of appetite. Increased appetite. Nausea. Bilious vomiting, after the least motion, even after sitting up in the bed. Constant bitterness of mouth, the food tastes bitter. — 35. Pressure in the region of the heart. Colic, as if the abdomen were puffed up ; the abdomen was painful even when touching the side. Tearing pain in the abdomen, as if the umbilicus were being torn out, which afterwards retreats into the chest. Sensation as if the abdomen were extremely tense. Distention of the abdomen which is not hard. — 40. Discharge of coagulated blood from the anus. Haemorrhoidal flux for several days.

Constipation for six days, without any pain from repletion, or without any distention of the abdomen. Suppression of all the excretions.

Emission of urine without any power ; he was indeed able to retain the urine, but he felt all the time as if he had not the power to retain the urine and to close the neck of the bladder; accompanied with a sensation as if the urethra were too narrow and unable to be distended.

45. Tntnor in the groin. Increased menstrual flow ; the blood conies off in large pieces, and is coagulated. Excessive menstrual flow, metrorrhagia, with drawing pains in the abdomen, the thighs, and other limbs.

His nose feels obstructed and dry, although be is able to breathe through it. Difficult breathing. — 50. Oppressed breathing. Aching pain in the chest and sternum, excited by talking. Sensation as if something were turning about in the chest ; afterwards heat in the face.

Bruising pain in the back and abdomen, excited by motion, (a. 12 h.) Bruising pain in the back and shoulder, (a. 13 h.) — 55. A spot in the back which is painful when touched or no. Small spot in the back, occasioning a drawing pain when touched. Drawing-tearing pains in the back and epigastrium. (a. 1 h.) Drawing pain in the middle of the spine, with drawing pain in the opposite posterior fart of the stomachs Driving pain in the middle of the spine. — 60. Drawing pains in the small of the hack.

Trembling of the arms when eating. Drawing pains in the thighs. Vacillation of the limbs when walking or standing. Trembling of one and m,ore limbs. — 65. Trembling of one hand, when eating. Convulsions of the limbs. All the limbs ache. The limbs feel as if gone to sleep. Sensation as if one part of a joint were separated from another, and could not be joined to it again.

Pimples, like blotches, on several parts of the body, and also in the palm of the hands, occasioning a stinging-itching, increased by rubbing. Immobility of the limbs, she is unable to stir (a sort of catalepsy). Weakness of the body, weariness of the feet. Violent desire to lie down. Cutting pain in the sternum, after lying down in the night, disappearing after emission of flatulence, but returning afterwards.

75. Restless sleep. Vivid dreams about historical facts. He goes frequently to sleep, and, when waking, has a comically majestic appearance. Cold limbs. — 80. Coldness of the whole body.

Coldness and chilliness for eight hours. The feet were extremely cold early in the morning, and nevertheless they were extremely sensitive to every cold current of air. Heat in the face. Sensation of heat in the face, when the coldness and chilliness are passed.

85. He feels hot. He covers himself carefully during the heat ; but if he merely stretches a finger from under the cover, the pains become very violent. Fever : first heat in the head, afterwards coldness of the whole body, followed by heat of the whole body with anguish ; sleeps during the heat, and violent thirst after waking, so violent that he feels a stinging in his palate, until he drinks. Slight sweat at night. Heat and sweat all over, without thirst, (a. 5 h.) Red rash over the shin. (Irregular spots on the arm resembling flea-bites.) (a. 3 h.)

Loquacious dementia : he complains of a dog cutting and. tearing his breast with the teeth. He imagines he is dying and cannot live until evening; he rejoices at dying, makes preparations for his funeral ; his mind being other^ise in good order, and his health being good. He is very sad after lying down in the evening, has thoughts of death, and weeps violently.

95. Despair. Great ill-humor, even unto vehemence, followed immediately after by a disposition to laugh aloud.

Head p. 195

Vertigo. Vertigo, with redness of face. Vertigo, with pain in the abdomen, and a gauze before his eyes.

50. Vertigo, with diarrhoea. Vertigo, headache, dimsightedness, violent thirst, tenacious mucus in the mouth, rumbling in the abdomen, and pain in the epigastrium. Vertigo for eight days. Vertigo ; he staggers to and fro like one drunk. He becomes giddy while sitting or standing in a room; he staggers.

10. Vertigo, want of thought four mornings in succession after rising ; he has but a dull and distant recollection of things, (weakness in the memory,) and he sees as if through a gauze, for two hours. Staggering. He staggers about the room and looks as if he were seeking something.

15. He stumbles against the door whenever he goes through it. Intoxication. Intoxication, with thirst, and a profuse flow of a burning urine. Rush of blood to the head. Heat of the head, and sparkling eyes.

20. Apoplexy. Weakness of the head. Heaviness in the head. Stupefaction of the head. Stupefaction of the head, with dimsightedness.

25. Stupidity. She sits senseless and immovable like a wooden figure. Dulness of the head. Obscuration of all the senses. Obscuration of all the senses and anxiety, followed by a red rash on the back, and sweat.

30. Extreme insensibility of all the senses. Insensibility. Headache. Dull or violent headache.

35. Pain in the head and pelvis. Headache with anorexia. Headache and I

.i distention of the abdomen at times. Beating headache in the right temple, with dianhfra. Giddy, headache with fainting and thirst.

40. Headache and pain in the eyes. Violent headache and toothache, with profuse lachrymation. Convulsions of the head and arms, with hiccough. Spasmodic drawing, only in the head and eyes, with grinding of the teeth.

45. He frequently raises his head from the couch. Spasmodic drawing of the head to either side, with screaming and raising of the arms over the head. Early in the morning he moves his head to and fro, with excessive thirst. He moves his head to and fro ; this movement is only interrupted by hiccough. Swollen face, turgid with blood.

50. Swelling of the face.

Face and eyes p. 196

Swelling of the face and redness of the cheeks. Swelling of the face, eyes and tongue. Swellingand redness of the eyes and face

55. The skin on the forehead is wrinkled, the eyes stare, the whole face looks wild and frightful, (a. 3 h.) At first his face looks friendly, except the staring eyes ; at last it becomes quite disfigured by deep furrows from the inner canthus to the cheek, by folds running from the nasal wings across the angle of the mouth, and by knitting the eyebrows, and it looks frightful on account of the sparkling eyes; after the lapse of an hour the eyes look dim and the face has a dismal expression, (a. ^, 2 h.) At first his face looks quite friendly, except the dilated pupils, but afterwards it looks dismal, like that of a man who is anxious, with deep furrows and wrinkles. The cheeks are red and bloated, but the upper part of the face looks gloomy and contracted. Frequent redness of the face, with staring eyes.

60. Erysipelas on the right side of the cheek, nose and face. Pale face. Frequent sweat in the face and on the forehead. Contracted pupils ; they do not dilate in the dark ; all things appear to him smaller and at a greater distance, and like one dazzled by the light, (a. ^ h.) Dilatation of the pupils.

65. Extreme dilatation of the pupils, with obscuration of sight. The dilated pupils contract again after drinking vinegar. The pupils are dilated and immovable. Dim, sad look.

70. Sparkling eyes ; he complains of the rays of the sun dazzling him and of the loss of appetite. Glistening eyes. Staring eyes. Staring, somnolent eyes. Burning of the eyes, with dimsightedness and profuse sweat.

75. Pressure and tension in both eyes, for six days. (a. 2 h.) Pressure in the eyelids, as if swollen, which is really the case, or as if oppressed with sleep ; hence a great disposition to sleep, which he is however able to overcome, (a. y h.) Ulcerated eyelids. Agglutination of the eyelids, at night. Swelling of the eyes. Swelling of the eyes, with dilated pupils and contortion of the eyeballs in every direction. His eyes close, his eyes see black. The upper eyelid hangs down, as if caused by a spasm of the orbicularis muscle. Redness of the whites of the eyes and the margins of the eyelids ; the eyes run profusely. Extreme sensitiveness of the eyes to the light, (a. 24 h.)

85. Lachrymation of the left eye, of the right eye, and of both eyes together. He sheds tears without knowing it. Lachrymation of both eyes, with obscuration of sight.

90. He opened his closed eyes only when spoken to. Dimsightedness. Obscuration of sight, excessive.

95. Dimsightedness every morning, as if a gauze were before the eyes. Dimsightedness with great thirst. Dimsightedness with thirst and sweat. Blearedness after dimsightedness.

100. Vertigo and headache after dimsightedness. Presbyopia for a long time ; he was only able to read distant print. Contraction of the pupils occasioned by drinking vinegar after the pupils had been dilated by the stramonium : during this contraction all objects appeared to him extremely small ; as to the distant objects, he did not see them at all ; but on looking at the sun, the pupils remain staring, and his eyes became entirely black. The patient is unable to discern small things, such as the point of a pin. Indistinct, confused sight.

105. All things look as if in an oblique direction. Diplopia: he sees small things at the places where they are, but he sees a second representation thereof a little higher and to one side. The objects are multiplied and of various colors. Black things seem to him gray.

110. He sees objects in a room which do not exist. Fiery visions before her eyes. Disappearance of sight and hearing.

Ears p. 197

Wind rushes out of both ears. Shuddering about the chin.

Mouth and teeth p. 197

115. Trembling of the lips, hands, and feet. The lips have a yellow streak along the vermilion border, as in malignant fevers, and adhere hrmly together ; he fears lest they should grow together. Toothache. Grinding of teeth. Grinding of teeth, with shuddering over the whole body.

120. Grinding of teeth ; he raises his hands above his head, and he moves them as if he were winding a ball of thread. Grinding of teeth, with gloominess in the head. Grinding of teeth, contortion of the hands and shuddering- lock-jaw, with closed lips. Muttering.

125. Constant muttering. The patient screams until he is hoarse. He screams until he has lost his voice. Stuttering. Stuttering and uttering of inarticulate sounds.

130. He talks little, and utters single inarticulate sounds with a loud voice. His voice has not the usual sound ; it is much higher and finer than usual ; it is a mere sounding, he is unable to utter an intelligible word (he hears and feels it himself); this makes him anxious. A kind of paralysis of the organs of speech ; he has to exert himself a long while before he is able to utter a word ; he merely stammers and utters inarticulate sounds. He is mute and does not answer. Dumb, he expresses his wish by pointing to things.

135. He was mute, immovable, and pulseless for six or seven hours, and his limbs were paralyzed, without consciousness ; after that period he tossed about in his bed with great rage, made innumerable signs to those around him which were not understood, and then became quiet again. His tongue is paralyzed ; it trembles when he attempts to put it out, as in typhus fever. Swelling of the tongue. Swelling of the tongue all over.

140. The swollen tongue hangs out at the mouth. Bloody froth at the mouth. Hydrophobia (with other symptoms mentioned in their respective places, we have) : restlessness, violent convulsions, the patient being so violent that he had to be tied ; he rolled about in his bed sleepless and uttered crowing-screams : he was delirious without memory or consciousness ; his pupils were extremely dilated, violent desire to bite, and to tear every thing with his teeth ; extreme dryness of the inner mouth and fauces ; the sight of a light, mirror or water excited horrible convulsions ; irresistible aversion to water, Aith constriction and convulsions of the oesophagus, froth at the mouth, and frequent spitting. Dread of or aversion to water and any other liquid, with spasmodic motion. Aversion to watery liquids ; he became enraged when his lips were moistened.

Pharynx, esophagus p. 198

145. Inability to swallow, on account of dryness of the throat. Dryness of the tongue and palate, so that they feel quite rough, without any thirst at first, (a. ^ h.) Extreme dryness in the mouth and want of saliva ; he is unable to spit up any thing, although the tongue is pretty moist and clean. The palate feels parched, so that he is not able to eat a mouthful of bread.

150. Excessive dryness of the inner mouth. Extreme acidity of the tongue and mouth. Sensation of dryness on the tongue and in the throat. Feeling of great dryness in the mouth and want of saliva, although the tongue looks clean and moist. Great dryness of mouth and fauces.

155. Dryness of mouth, thirst ; dimsightedness, sparkling eyes, sweat and diarrhoea. Dryness of mouth and palate with violent thirst (a. 6 h.), and such an absence of taste that he drank a pound of vinegar at one draught, without tasting it. Tobacco has yet some taste, but the food tastes like sand, and forms a round lump in the oesophagus, so that he apprehends suffocation, (a. 3 h.) Bread and butter taste to him like sand ; on account of the dryness of the mouth, the things remain in the oesophagus and threaten to strangle him. Thirst with great dryness of heat.

160. His oesophagus feels constricted. She tries to eat bread and milk, but is unable to swallow either. Constrictive sensation in the fauces after a meal. (a. 2-^ h.) His throat feels constricted as if he should suffocate, or as if he were threatened with an apoplectic fit. Constriction and spasm of the oesophagus.

165. Thirst, violent, or with headache. Violent thirst with copious secretion of burning urine.

170. Troublesome thirst with the slaver hanging out in threads. Frequent spitting. Slaver hanging out at the mouth. Frequent ptyalism. Long continuing ptyalism and diuresis.

175. Profuse ptyalism with constantly increasing thirst. Copious ptyalism, day and night ; he loses from three to four pounds of saliva. Ptyalism with hoarseness. Tenacious ptyalism. Viscid mucus in mouth, with good appetite.

Gastric symptoms p. 199

180. Hiccough. Violent hiccough. Sour eructations- Constant bitterness in mouth, and the food has a bitter taste. Food has a spoiled taste.

185. Every kind of food tastes to him like straw. Diminished appetite. Undiminished appetite, with colic, diarrhoea and vomiting. (The limbs are convulsed, while an artificial vomiting is excited.) Inclination to vomit.

190. Inclination to vomit, with profuse ptyalism, in the evening. Nausea, with flow of an extremely saltish saliva. Vomiting at night. Vomiting of green bile at night. In the evening he vomits up bile with mucus.

195. Vomiting of green mucus, with thirst. Vomiting of a sour-smelling mucus. Vomiting of mucus in the evening.

Stomach p. 199

Biting pain in the stomach. Aching pain in the stomach.

200. Anxiety about the pit of the stomach. Anxiety about the pit of the stomach, before noon. Anxiety about the pit of the stomach, with dry heat of the body. Anxiety about the pit of the stomach, with difficult respiration.

Abdomen p. 199

205. Bloated abdomen, especially in the region of the pit of the stomach. In the evening the abdomen is bloated, with heat of the body and anxiety in the pit of the stomach. Bloated, but not hard abdomen. The abdomen of children becomes highly bloated from the seed of stramonium, with anxiety in the pit of the stomach, cold sweat, chilliness of the limbs, confusion of intellect, stupefied half-slumber, and anxious evacuations upward and downward.

210. Bloated abdomen, painless to the touch. The epigastrium is tense, hard and painful. Rumbling in the abdomen. Rumbling in the abdomen, with diarrhoea. Rumbhng in the abdomen with coHc.

215. Violent fermenting in the abdomen for 7 days. Rumbling in the abdomen, with obscuration of sight. He complains of rumbling in the abdomen, as if living animals were crying and moving about in all the bowels. Colic, rumbling and diarrhofia.

220. Colic, diarrhoea. Itching in the abdomen. Colic, watery vomiting and diarrhoea.

Stool p. 200

He has a desire to go to stool, but he has an evacuation only 24 hours after. Constipation. A writhing pain in the bowels, previous to every evacuation ; a blackish diarrhoea every hour. (a. 36 h.) Diarrhoea, six days in succession. Diarrhoea, ceasing after a profuse perspiration.

230. Diarrhoea, with increase of appetite. Diarrhoea, with paleness of face. Stools have a cadaverous smell. Emission of a large quantity of flatulence.

Urinary organs p. 200

He was frequently obliged to urinate, but the urine was retained a minute before it came, and although it came out merely in drops, yet a large quantity was passed in the forenoon, (a. 4 and 5 hours).

235. During micturition, no stream is formed in spite of all pressing and urging ; the urine is warmer than usual, but it comes out only in drops ; he is not able to hasten the emission or to press out the last drops, but without experiencing any painful sensation in the urethra, except the sensation as if a cylindrical body were pushed through the urethra.' Suppression of the excretions from the bladder and stool. Retention of urine. Diuresis, with shuddering and rumbling in the abdomen. Profuse, involuntary emission of urine.

240. Profuse diuresis. Profuse diuresis without thirst.

Genital organs p. 200

Lasciviousness. Complete inability to perform an embrace. Impotence.

245. During the menses the body sraelled as of semen. Excessive loquacity during the menses. Watery menses. Discharge of black blood from the uterus.

250. Metrorrhagia. Reappearance of the menses which had been suppressed for four years. Erysipelas of the left cheek immediately after the menses. Hiccough and moaning after the menses.

Catarrh and chest p. 200

Obstruction of the nose.

255. Sensation as if the nose were obstructed, although he breathes freely. Frequent sighs. Violent stricture across the chest. Hard pressure on the cartilages of the third and fourth rib, with difficult respiration ; he is unable to inspire a sufficient

' After drinking vinegar, the urine came out again in a thin stream, and the desire to urinate was not as frequent. quantity of air ; he does not feel any great anxiety, (a. J h.) Oppressive and unusual pains,

260. Difficulty of breathing, with anxiety about the pit of the stomach. His breathing becomes more and more difficult, and he becomes blue in his face. Feeling of dryness in the chest. Spitting of blood. Slow inspirations and sudden expirations.

265. Drawing (rheumatic) pain, extending from the side of the neck into the limbs.

Extremities p. 201

Fine, sharp stitches in the forearm and a rheumatic constrictive pain in the deltoid muscle. The sound hand trembles when eating. He grasps at a thing quickly, imagines he has seized the thing before touching it, and, if he does hold the object, he does not feel that he has hold of it. (a. 4—5 h.)

270. Spasmodic rigidity of the whole of the lower limbs, (a. 36 h.) Severe pain in the loins. Pain in the right thigh. A few sharp stitches in the outer part of the right tibia. Boils on the feet.

275. Burning and itching of the feet. Rheumatic drawing in the left tarsus, evening, (a. 36 h.) More or less violent burning in the dorsum of the foot. (a. 24 h.)

Fainting fits p. 201

He wants open air. He hurries off" too fast in going to a place.

280. Extreme irritability ; he moves about so fast in the first hour, that all motion is finally arrested and his eyes see black% He performs all his movements with great force and hurriedness, so that he feels anxiety if he cannot achieve them at once. Although he staggers, yet his limbs obey the will so readily, that he feels as if he had none ; they seemed to him much longer than they were, so that when walking, he thought he had already touched the floor, when the foot was yet half a foot away from it ; this makes him finally set down the foot very rapidly. When going down stairs he takes two steps for one, and is not aware of it till he stumbles. Fainting.

285. Fainting in the forenoon, with great paleness of face, and afterwards loss of appetite. Fainting, with great dryness in the mouth. Snoring during swoon. After the swoon there remains a spasm of the head to either side, Aith redness of face. Heaviness of the limbs.

290. Heaviness of the feet and weariness of the legs. Slow motion of the limbs, with creeping in the same. Heat over the whole body and sweat, during the least motion, (a. 24 h.) Difficult motion and creeping in the limbs, with lachrymation.

295. Sensation in the arms and limbs as if they were separated from the body in the joints. The limbs go to sleep. Difficulty of moving the limbs, the pulse being almost extinct. Immobility.

300. Loss of voluntary motion (catalepsis) a nd loss of senses ; deglutition remains uninjured. Stiffness of the whole body, (a 1 h.) Paralyzed limbs. Paralyzed legs. Paralysis of several parts of the body.

305. When rising, he threatens to fall (in the first eight hours). He is unable to walk alonn, he falls unless he is held. The lower limbs bend suddenly when walking. Weak when walking. He is unable to stand.

310. He has to lie down.

Sleep p. 202

Drowsy and staggering. Sleeps a few hours. Drowsiness in daytime.

315. He sleeps in the daytime, and he wakes with an important and solemn look. Quiet sleep. Q-uiet sleep after the convulsions had ceased. Sleeps twentyfour hours. Some sleep twenty-four hours ; they lie like dead persons.

320. After a deep sleep full of dreams (a. 24 h.), during which he has an emission of semen, he feels quite drowsy, and he sees as through a gauze. Deep, sound sleep ; he fetches breath with great trouble and snores during an expiration and inspiration. Deep sleep with snoring. Deep, snoring sleep, drawing up the leg rarely. Slumber, with snoring and a bloody froth at the mouth ; dark-brown countenance, death. ^

325. He lies on his back with open staring eyes. Restless sleep, violent headache and profuse diuresis. Restless sleep full of dreams, with tossing about in the bed. Restless sleep followed by violent headache, vertigo, lachrymation and ptyalism.

330. Sleep interrupted by* screams. Screaming and howling at night. Wakes from his sleep with a scream. Remained awake all night, tossed about in his bed, and uttered crowing screams. Sleepless.

335. The limbs of the child were quite stiff. Continual cramp in hands and feet. The hands are clenched (not the thumbs), but they can be opened. Violent motion of the limbs. Constant movement of the hands and arms, as if he were spinning or weaving, (a. 8 h.)

340. Convulsions. Violent convulsions in bed, during which he was like frantic, and had to be tied. (a. 6 h.) Frightful convulsions at the sight of a candle, mirror, or of water. The convulsions and the delirium could especially be excited by contact ; they were followed by great weakness. The convulsions ai]d the dilatation of the pupils remained when the pulse had already become slower and the abdomen relaxed, (a. 18 h.)

345. Spasmodic movements. Spasms in the left arm, afterwards in the right leg, followed by sudden spasms of the head in all directions. He moves his limbs to and fro. His hands tremble when seizing any thing. Spasmodic drawing up and inwards of the anterior muscles of the thigh, in paroxysms.— 3.50. Convulsions, jerks. Convulsions of the left lower limb ; they commence with a shock and the linib is drawn inwards and upwards. Spasmodic tossing up of the Hmbs. Alternate contractions of the hands and feet. Slowcontracting and stretching of the limbs, in paroxysms.

355. Trembling of the limbs. Trembling of the whole body. Constant trembling of the feet.

Fever p. 203

Tremulous, weak, unequal, sometimes intermittent pulse.

360. Small, quick pulse. Frequent, quick, small, irregular pulse. Small, quick, and at last scarcely perceptible pulse. Extinct pulse. Strong, full pulse of 80 beats.

365. Strong, fall pulse of 90 beats. Chill through the whole body, with single jerks partly of the whole body, partly of single hmbs, of the elbows and knee-joints, without any thirst. Whenever he takes a dose ot stramonium, he experiences a disagreeable, shuddering chill, as if he dreaded the stramonium, (a. 3, 4, 5, h.) The limbs and the trunk are cold all over. She lies on the floor, cold, senseless, and breathing feebly, (a. 2 h.)-370. Chilliness along the back, in the afternoon. Chilliness and shuddering of the limbs at night. In the afternoon he experiences a tremulous tossing of the knees and feet, as of violent chilliness, his mind being intact. Violent chill. Fever in the afternoon.

375. Violent fever at noon, returning with the same violence about midnight. After the vomiting, in the evening, he experiences a continuous, violent fever, with profuse sweat. Fever every day, after noon. Fever in the evening, for two days. Towards noon he experiences great heat, redness in the face, vertigo and lachrymation.

380. Great heat with quick and small pulse and bright-red vermilion-colored countenance. In the evening he feels a burning above the knee when walking, and heat through the whole body, with excessive thirst. (a. 12 h.) Heat of the whole body. Great heat, slight sweat, quick, soft pulse.

385. Great heat, and talking during sleep. Copious sweat. Sweat whh diminished appetite. Profuse sweat at night.

390. Sweat after severe thirst. Sweat in the back. Frequent sweat with good appetite, diarrhoea, distention of the abdomen and colic. Violent sweat, with great thirst. Profuse sweat, with colic

395. Great sweat, with increase of thirst. Cold sweat over the whole body. Eruption' over the whole body, with swelling, inflammation and itch-

' All the eruptions and the itching occasioned by Stramonium, seem to be secondary symptoms. ing. Blisters upon the skin, breaking out after the violent symptoms have made their appearance. Inflamed, painful pustules on the right leg, emitting an acrid water, (a. a few weeks.)

400. Itching eruption. Chest and back are covered with a red rash, pale in the morning, redder and more frequent in the afternoon, and perceptible in the warmth, for 11 days ; after the lapse of that period the scales drop off. Itching over the whole body, early in the morning, after waking. Tingling in all the limbs. Creeping under the skin.

405. Creeping, extending from the left side into the thigh, or into the toes of the same side, thence into the abdomen, whence the creeping descends again into the right thigh and foot.

Moral symptoms p. 204

Uneasiness, delirium. While slumbering he hears two persons talk, but he does not know who they are. He does not seem to notice the objects around him, and he really does not notice them.

410. Stupefaction of the senses ; some laugh all the time, but they neither hear nor see, although they have the thing constantly before their eyes ; they even talk and answer the questions put to them, as if they had their senses, although the whole is like a dream to them. After waking he does not recognise any thing around him ; he takes his book and goes to school, but he enters by the wrong door. After waking, all things appear to him as if they were new, even his friends, as if he had never seen them. He imagines he is very tall, but the objects around him seem to him very small. Absence of mind ; bland delirium (for 24 hours).

415. He apprehends the loss of his senses. Imbecility. Insanity.

420. Dullness of sense. Confusion in the head. Strange fancies. Loquacious delirium.

425. Delirious, he had no memory or consciousness. During the intervals of his half consciousness, he recollects his waking dreams, but not those things which he had done or said in his lucid moments. He talks with a person whom he does not know, and answers that person as if he were in his senses ; but, upon coming to his senses he does not recollect the conversation. He talks with absent persons as if they were present, accosting dead figures, such as chessmen, with the names of those persons, and not noticing any of the persons around him. He walks about the room taciturn with staring, sparkling eyes and blue margins around the same, but he does not notice the objects around him, and is interested only in the objects of his fancy.

430. He dreams with open eyes, talks nonsense, and if his friends tell him so, he excuses himself, saying that they had induced him to talk nonsense ; after that he is again absorbed in his dreams, and continues his nonsense. The patient is in a state of insanity, he is full of not unpleasant fancies, expresses his wishes by signs, and runs about for some days busy with his fancies, and cheerful. He dances on the churchyard, at night. Insane, he dances, gesticulates, breaks into a laughter, sings, (a. 3 h.) He sings and utters unclean things.

435. He is like one enchanted and beside himself. He grasps at the air with his hands, laughs, crawls about his bed. He shows by his gestures that his mind is confused : he kneels down and extends his arms as if he were looking for something. With his eyes staring, and his pupils dilated, he saw nothing, did not recognise any of his family, carried his hands about as if he would grasp at something, and stamped with his feet. He bends his knees, and kneels down, and stretches his arms as if he were looking for something.

440. Confusion of intellect, he laughs, moans. Paroxysms of constant talking, or of rage, or he breaks into a loud laughter, or he acts as if he were spinning. Senseless quarreling. Continued violent quarrel. He beats those around him with a terrible cry, and rages.

445. He bites a person's hand. Rage. Furious delirium. Indomitable rage. She has to be kept in her bed by force.

450. A strong man was scarcely able to hold him. He assails men, beats them, and endeavors to seize them. Great desire to bite, and to tear every thing with his teeth, even his own limbs. Alternation of convulsions and rage: he had such violent spasms that his mother was not able to hold him ; when the spasms abated he became furious, beat and bit those who attempted to hold him. Rage, he wants to murder men.

455. Rage, he wants to kill himself He imagines he will be slaughtered, roasted and eaten. He jumps out of his bed at night, and exclaims that the disease will break forth from his head. She sometimes exclaims about dogs, cats, and rabbits approaching her from above, from the side and in the middle of the room. Delirium, he is frightened as if a dog would bite him.

460. He imagines he sees ghosts. He starts up in affright. Sadness. His imagination is confused, and is disturbed with fear. Strange objects intrude upon his fancy, frightening him.

465. She imagines she sees a number of persons and grasps at them, and yet they were not present. Frightful fancies, his features show fright and terror. In his lucid moments he requested to be held lest he should fall. The things, and persons around him appear to be changed : although he knows at first that his friends are around him, yet he forgets it immediately after; he imagines he is quite alone in a wilderness, abandoned ; he is afraid ; figures of animals jump up out of the ground, side by side, causing him to fall to one side, where, however, similar forms start up, causing him to run forward. He sees more horrifying figures on his sides than before him (between three and four hours).

470. He imagines he is alone all the time, and he is afraid. He has no rest any where ; he is frightened by visions even with his eyes open, forms of dogs, cats, and other frightful animals growing out of the ground by his side, and causing him to start to one side in affright. Inclines to start. Alternate consciousness and rage.

Notes p. 192

— 10. Objects appeared to be in an oblique position. He saw things as if through coarse linen, only fragments of them, and as if cut through ; for instance, of a face he only saw the nose, ' When he attempted to draw this phenomenon on paper while he saw it, he drew but one F, and afterwards carried ihe pen over the same lines, imagining that he had drawn a second F. VOL. IV. 14 ' In the case of a child of eighteen months, six hours after swallow- ing the seed. The body was covered with a number of brown stripes, the abdomen was filled with a yellowish water, the bowels were dis- tended with air, the liver, spleen and lungs, were likewise covered with brown stripes, there was a good deal of water in the pericardium, the heart was flaccid, and it, together with the blood-vessels, was filled with a quantity of fluid thin blood.