Opuntia Ficus

Opuntia vulgaris, Mill. (Cactus opuntia, L.).

Opuntia alba spina.

Natural order , Cactaceae.

Preparation , Tincture of flowers, No. 1; of stems, No. 2.

Authorities. 1 , Dr. Burdick, N. A. J. of Hom., N. S., 5, Aug. 1874, p. 48, effects of one or two deep inhalations of the tincture of flowers of O. vulgaris; 2 , Dr. R. E. Kunze, Trans. Eclectic Med. Soc. of N. Y., 1875, proving of J. H. Fitch, M.D., who took 10 drops of tincture of O. alba-spina at 6.30 P.M., 1 drachm at 11.45 P.M. first day, 1 drachm at 8 A.M. second day, same 6 P.M. third and fourth days; 3 , one symptom of O. vulgaris, from Murray, App. Med., 3, 343 (from A. H. Z., 19, 128).

Aberrations of mind, not entirely conscious of mental vagrancy (eighth day), [2] .

The mind appears to be much affected, and does not appreciate any of its morbid condition; much tempted to do things one should not do (eighth day), [2] .

Involuntary blasphemous mood (eighth day), [2] . In a few minutes, desire to be at prayer; go there, and in a minute or two desire to go out and "tidy" up; soon went out on an errand downstairs, then come up and go again to prayer (first day), [2] .

Fit of swearing at evening after coming home; praying in the morning, swearing on disappointment in plans; fit of rage, at 6 P.M., on thwarting of plans (third day), [2] .

In the afternoon, fit of petulance, angry at near relatives, swearing mood, not at all pleased, cannot get over the thought of injuries done by friends (eighth day), [2] .

Petulance and desire to be at work; very irritable; cannot stand the least trifle (eighth day), [2] . Very vindictive at night (tenth day), [2] .

Felt an intense desire to be busy; could scarcely give way to the wishes of the friends with whom I was associated (ninth day), [2] . [10.] Felt remarkable freedom in doing what I had to do; mind pretty clear (ninth day), [2] .

Stopped in the midst of my work as if by an irresistible power (thirteenth day), [2] . Neglect business all day (sixth day), [2] .

Lazy, diffident in transacting business (seventh day), [2] . Omits the first letter of a word in writing, transposes the first and second letters, writing the second first and the first second (second day), [2] .

Omit the first letter of the last syllable of a compound word (eighth day), [2] .

Transpose in writing the two final letters of a word unless writing very slowly (eighth day), [2] .

Head And Eye.

Headache of rather a mild form, a tensive feeling in the brain (fifth day), [2] .

Sensation as if the head were transfixed with a lance or spear (third day), [2] .

Pain in the globe of the right eye early, continuing (ninth day), [2] . [20.]

Towards evening pain through the globe of the eye (ninth day), [2] .

Burning smarting in margin of eyelids, with feeling of contractions in line of eyelashes, [1] .

NOSE, FACE, AND MOUTH. Left nostril bleeds on picking, a little blood and watery phlegm (eighth day), [2] .

Slight bloody mucous discharge from the left nostril (eighth day), [2] .

Pale face (fifth day), [2] .

Bite the inside of cheek on chewing on right side (eighth day), [2] .

The teeth appear sensitive (I may have taken cold), (eighth day), [2] .

Tea tastes very insipid (it is not very strong); yesterday strong tea was very agreeable (eighth day), [2] .

Saliva in the mouth (third and fourth days), [2] .

Throat And Stomach.

Great raising of mucus (phlegm from the throat), at 4 P.M. (seventh day), [2] . [30.]

Appetite not first rate at breakfast, restricted at dinner (fifth day), [2] .

Went without dinner (ninth day), [2] .

*Nausea, extending from the stomach down into the bowels, with sensation as if diarrhoea would set in , [1] .

Nausea, with dull heavy pain in stomach, with feeling as if cramps would set in, [1] .

Alternate nausea of stomach and bowels, [1] .

ABDOMEN, RECTUM AND STOOL. Bloatedness at the abdomen (eighth day), [2] .

Pain through the spleen and heart (after one hour), [2] . [40.] Sensation as if the contents of the bowels in lower portion of abdomen were very acrid; worse in median line, [1] .

Excoriating sick feeling in lower third of abdomen, with sensation as if the bowels had all settled down into lower part of abdomen, [1] .

Urgent desire for stool; evacuation rather loose (after one hour), [2] .

Loose stool, at 4 P.M. (eighth day), [2] .

URINARY, AND SEXUAL ORGANS. Not able to wait on urinating (ninth day), [2] .

Urine increased in frequency, much more copious (eighth day), [2] . [50.]

Urine increased in quantity, not in frequency, all day (eighth day), [2] .

Urine free (third day), [2] .

RESPIRATION, CHEST, AND HEART. Heaving respiration, which does not give relief of chest oppression (third day), [2] .

Single heaving respiration (second day), [2] .

Respiration with slight heave of the chest, followed by less marked heaving respiration, gradually becoming quick and natural, still chest feels at ease (eighth day), [2] . Oppression of the chest relieved by a single heaving respiration; single violent chest heave to the respiration, producing an agreeable feeling at chest (after twenty minutes, second day), [2] . [60.]

Cold strikes straight through the chest, upper portion (eighth day), [2] .

Sticking pain through the heart (after one hour), [2] .

Pain in muscles of neck, left side anteriorly, at 12.25 P.M.; later, pain in the muscles of the right side of the neck below ear, momentarily on the right side anteriorly of the neck; pain and ache on both sides of the neck below ears, coming on and passing off (fourth day), [2] .

Pain in the proximal ends of the first and second metacarpal bones of left hand (second day), [2] . Pain in left arm just below the elbow, palmar aspect (after one hour), [2] .

After kneeling or resting on lower limbs they become numb, with tingling or pricking (eighth day), [2] .

Arranged one of the drawers of my desk; after kneeling, lower limbs asleep, immovable (this is a two days' old symptom), (eighth day), [2] .

Pain in muscles on the inner side of left leg (second day), [2] .

Pain in head of left fibula (second day), [2] .

Pain in right little toe (second day), [2] .

GENERALS, SKIN, SLEEP, AND FEVER. [70.]

Have had for a few days an eruption of pimples on the neck just back of the left ear, covering the mastoid process and bleeding easily (eighth day), [2] .

At night dream of women (second day), [2] .

Feeling of coldness, [1] . Very cold and chilly (the day is cold and weather changing), (eighth day), [2] .

Cold feeling, with ache at the neck just below the ear, in the sterno-mastoid muscles, near their insertion (eighth day), [2] .

Cold feet, feel chilly in a cold room (eighth day), [2] . Cold feet; coldness of the body (ninth day), [2] . [80.]

Cold feet (eighth day), [2] .

( After kneeling on lower extremities ), Numbness. ( When writing ), Confusion of mind.