Gymnocladus Canadensis

Gymnocladus Canadensis, Linn.

Natural order , Leguminosae. Common names , Chicot, Coffee tree of Kentucky.

Preparation , Tincture of the fresh pulp in the pods around the seeds.

Authorities. Provings collected by Dr. C. Hering, N.

Am. J. of Hom., 1, 1851; 1 , Charles Sellers ate a small portion of the pulp; 2 , same, took two doses each of about 1/6 of a drop; 3 , Dr. Hering, effects of exhalations while preparing tincture; 4 , same effects of handling the moist pulp; 5 , F. Husemann, proving (dose not given); 6 , J.

Schmid; 7 , Schmid's son, Max; 8 , Dr. Daniel Jauncy took 3 drops of tinct. first day; 4 drops, second day; 4 drops, twenty-second day; 2 drops, twenty-third day; 6 drops, twenty-fifth day; 9 , Dr. J. R.

Coxe, Jr., took tincture daily for ten days, 3 to 25-drop doses; 10 , Dr. J. E. Gross took 5 drops of tincture, fasting in morning; 11 , Dr.

J. B. Munsey took repeated doses of tincture for four days, 3 to 30-drop doses.

Emotional. Indifferent to what happens (after second dose, second day), [11] .

Intellectual. Cannot think or study; forgets what he knew (after first dose, third day), [11] .

Cannot think quickly, compelled to gaze at an object some time to comprehend it (after first dose, second day), [11] . Cannot study (after second dose, second day), [11] .

Could not take an abstract of the lectures in the afternoon (fourth day), [11] .

Vertigo at times (ten hours after first dose, second day), [11] .

Dizziness (after first dose, second day), [11] .

Dizziness, with dimness of sight, [10] .

General Head. Head swelled, as in erysipelas, for several days; compelled to wash with Arnica to obtain relief (fifth day), [11] . [10.]

Head feels heavy and eyes dull (two hours after second dose, second day), [11] .

Fulness of the head, [10] (in morning, fourth day), [11] . Feeling as if the head would burst, [10] .

Head feels tight, as if bound up, [10] .

Headache, at 12 M. (twenty-sixth day), [8] .

Dull headache for two hours (after first dose); slight headache (after second dose, first day), [11] . Slight headache (fourth day); intense headache; never had headache in his life before (from fifth to tenth day), [9] . [20.]

Bruised feeling of head, mostly left side, in the morning (third day), [11] .

Forehead. Dulness in forehead and left eye (one hour after second dose, third day), [11] .

Dull pains in the forehead, mostly over the left eye, [10] .

Headache, fulness, and pressure in and over the eyes, in the forehead, and extending to the top of the head, with occasional shooting pains (after four hours and a half), [2] .

Temples. Pain in the left temple (after first dose, second day), (morning, fourth day), [11] .

Pain in left temple and head (fifth morning), [11] . Pain in temple to the ear and top of the head, sometimes shoots through to the right side (after three hours, fourth day), [11] . [30.]

Soreness in left temple (one hour after second dose, third day), [11] .

Vertex. Dull pain on the top and right side of the head, [10] .

Parietals. Pain in the left side of the head (two hours after first dose, third day), [11] .

Pain in the left side of the head and right breast, and in the arms (two hours after third dose, first day), [11] .

Eye.

Desire to rub the eyes, must rub them (after three hours, fourth day), [11] .

Sensation of agglutination of left eye, a desire to rub or scratch it externally, in the morning (third day), [11] .

Stinging pains in the right eye, [10] .

Eyes sore (fifth morning), [11] .

Brow and Orbit. [40.] Dull heavy pain between the eyes, [10] .

Violent throbbing over the left eye, [10] .

Pain in left eyeball and temple (two hours and a half after second dose, second day), [11] . Pressure in the eyeball and chest, in breast and sternum (fifth morning), [11] .

Frequent, violent sneezing, which originated very high up in the nose, [3] .

A peculiar sneezing, as if very soft, and each exhalation slow (second or third day), [7] .

Pain and soreness in the left malar bone, as if from a contusion, in the morning (third day), [11] .

Reappeared, a great sensibility of the teeth; more on the left side, and most in the upper teeth; the slightest draught of cool air sets the teeth aching; cold drinking hurts most severely (first day); much worse (second day); disappearing (third day), [4] . Pain in a plugged tooth (fifth day), [11] .

Tongue. [50.] Tongue coated bluish white (fifth morning), [11] . General Mouth.

Soreness in palatine arch (one hour after second dose, third day), [11] .

Accumulation of mucus in the mouth, and sticking in the throat (two hours after third dose, first day), [11] .

Taste of medicine in mouth and throat for two hours (after five minutes, third day), [9] . Bad taste in mouth (fifth day), [11] .

Bitter taste, very soon, [4] .

Objective. [60.] Mucus in throat, frequent hawking (second day), [11] .

Hawking shooting in throat (fifth day), [11] .

Burning in oesophagus, immediately (third day), [9] .

Squeezing pain on the left sterno-cleido-mastoideus, high up, of short duration, [5] .

Slight appetite for breakfast; bread tastes dry (fifth morning), [11] . [70.] Loss of appetite (fourth to ninth day); has not eaten as much in the last five days as at an ordinary breakfast, his principal meal (tenth day), [9] .

No appetite in the morning (fourth day), [11] . Eructation.

Eructations (fourth day); increasing to ninth day, [9] .

Eructations, slight burning in the scrobiculus cordis, at 11 P.M., continuing till midnight (second day), [9] .

Gulping of wind, [11] .

Heartburn, all day (fourth day), [9] .

Nausea. Nausea (second and third days), [11] .

Nausea, after eating, lasting three hours, [10] . [80.] Nausea, with unpleasant feeling in the stomach (fifth day), [11] .

Pain in the stomach (one hour after second dose, third day), [11] .

Heat in the stomach and sour watery eructations, the last continuing till 11 A.M. (thirteenth day), [9] .

Constant burning in the stomach, circumscribed, about the size of a dollar (eleventh day), [9] .

Sensation of fulness in the stomach, with slight nausea (after four hours and a half), [2] .

Pain in the left side, as though the spleen was swollen (fifth day), [11] .

Umbilical. Commotion in umbilical region (fifth day), [11] . [90.]

Pain in umbilical region (after second dose, first day), [11] . Pain in umbilicus, at 11 o'clock, lasting two hours (twenty-third day), [8] .

General Abdomen.

Flatulency and rumbling in the bowels (sixth day), [8] .

Frequent flatus in the abdomen, pressing on the bladder, [3] . Feels as if he had taken a purgative, in the morning (fourth day), [11] .

Feels as if diarrhoea would come on (two hours after first dose, third day), [11] .

Feeling in the abdomen as if diarrhoea would follow; hard stool, the last part somewhat softer (after three hours); and afterwards an aching fulness in the rectum, about five or six inches above the anus, all around; the whole sensation occupying a space of the size of the fist, [4] .

Pain in the bowels (after three hours, fourth day), [11] . Pain and uneasiness in the bowels and stomach (twenty-third day), [8] .

Pain in the bowels and flatulency (twenty-second day), [8] . [100.] Dull pain in the bowels (twenty-sixth day), [8] .

Pressing pain on the left side of the abdomen, disappearing after eructation, [5] . Stitches and pain in the bowels (second day), [8] .

Soreness of abdomen (two hours after first dose, third day), [11] .

Tenderness of abdomen (one hour after second dose, third day), [11] .

Hypogastrium. Pain in the lower part of the abdomen (after four hours and a half), [2] .

Pinching in the lower part of the abdomen, towards the left side, [5] .

Pain in the right inguinal glands, [5] .

Rectum And Anus.

Disposition to go to stool, with inability to do so, lasting for three or four hours, [10] .

Bowels relaxed, in the morning (fourth day), [11] . [110.] Bowels constipated (fourth day), [8] .

Itching of glans penis (ten hours after first dose, second day), [11] .

A long-continuing, increasing sexual desire, and erections at night, [4] .

Respiratory Organs.

Smarting in the larynx (after second dose, first day), [11] . Now and then a slight cough, not violent nor unpleasant, [7] .

In the left chest, in the middle, is a painful pressure, more the second and less the third day, [1] . Sharp pain in the right side, at 11 P.M.; continued about an hour (fourth day); returned again in the morning in the same place, [8] . [120.]

After walking a few squares, sharp shooting pain in the right side, in the intercostal muscles; the same pain in the left side of the face; walked home and was not able to go out any more that afternoon; slept in the chair from 2 to 4 P.M., then felt better, and had a good appetite for supper; can think and study some (fourth day), [11] .

Stitches in right breast, and in drawing a breath cannot think, comprehend, nor study; forgets everything (after three hours, fourth day), [11] .

Shooting in right breast (two hours after first dose, third day), [11] .

Pulse small and quick (ten hours after first dose, second day), [11] .

Pain in dorsal vertebrae and head, at 8 P.M. (twenty-fifth day), [8] .

Pain in the small of the back (after four hours and a half), [2] .

Extremities In General. Feels it in all his limbs, immediately (after second dose, third day), [11] .

Pain in left hand (one hour after second dose, third day), [11] . [130.]

Pain in ring finger of left hand (fifth day), [11] . Burning on the point of the left thumb, [4] .

Dull pains in the fingers, [10] . Pulsation in the left index, as if a panaritium were forming (two hours and a half after second dose, second day), [11] .

Sticking pain in the popliteal region of the left leg, in walking, in the forenoon (third day), [11] . Stinging pain in the left knee-joint, [10] .

Leg. Pain in the left leg, from the knee to the ankle (two hours after second dose, second day), [11] .

Pain in tibia (two hours after first dose, third day), [11] . Pain in the left calf, on walking (fifth day), [11] .

Foot. [140.]

Dull pains in both feet, [10] . The boots are uncomfortable; the feet ache; especially the left; most between the little toe and the external ankle (second day), [4] .

Repugnance to motion (after three hours, fourth day), [11] . Desire to lean on something (second day), [11] .

A peculiar feeling of numbness in the whole body, [10] . Feels badly for two hours (after one hour, fourth day), [11] .

Sensation as if flies were crawling over the right side of the face (third day), [8] . Itching of the prepuce (two hours after first dose, third day), [11] .

Drowsiness, at 12 M. (twenty-sixth day), [8] .

Slept badly (second night), [11] .

Chilliness. [150.] Feels as though cold had been taken, wants to be near the fire, cold, chilly (three hours after third dose, first day), [11] . Cold, chilly, and pains in the bowels, in the descending colon (two hours after second dose, second day), [11] .

Heat. Forehead hot to the touch (two hours and a half after second dose, second day), [11] .

Face hot and feels swollen (after three hours, fourth day), [11] .

Sweat. Perspiration of axillary region and palms of hands (two hours after first dose, third day), [11] .