Tarentula

Oppicinai. Preparations,— Triturations of the wliole spider.

AMAtOsuBS.— -IffaritMis {?), Ciraieifuga{f), Oroiatm (f),2faja(f),Lae&- e»is {?), Mygale {?), Slramomum (f).

[TUe extraordinary paUiQgenesis of this remedy, publiaiied in tlie SforlA American, Journal of EomtBopalhy, is one of the creations which I am not ready to accept. I would call atlention to the criticism of Dr. S, A. Jones, in the Amerioan Homaopafhte Obasroer, which I fully endorse. — Sale.} " Chorea, according to the testimony of several physicians., who assert it has been useful in some of the more aggra- vated forms.

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616 THASFItlM AUEEUM.

THASPIUM AUEEUM.

(Meadow Parsnip.) Botanical DEacBiPTiou This is a perennial herb, growing Ly moist riTer banks, flowering in June. SUni branched, one to two ternately (Hvided or parted (or rarely some of the ropt-ieaves simple and heart- shaped), the divisions or leaflets oblong-laneeolale, veij sharply cut, ser- rate, with a wedge-shaped, entire base. Flowers deep yellow ; fruit oblong, oval, with ten-winged ridges.

The whole plant is glabrous. The root ia from two to four inches Ions, "ot lai'ger than the llttlo finger, distinctly aod rather deeply yellow internally; externally brown. It has, when fresh, a strong, unpleasant, and rather nauseating odor, not unlike that of Coniuni. It has an aromatic, pungent taste, remaining long in the mtnith, and is disagreeable and loathsome to the stomach.

In the Transactions of the New York State Horn. Soc. is a careful com- parison of the botanical differences of the Zizea and Thaspiura, which prove quite conclusively that the pathogenesis published nader Zizea really belongs to Thasplum aureum. Dr. J, S.

Douglas, the author of the paper, contends that the Z, integerima could not have caused the sjmp. toma said to belong to ZiEea. Moreover, tlie plant once knownto botauista as Z. aureum, is now removed to the genus Thaspium. I have, therefore, taken the liberty to place the pathogenesis under that name,

Ofitcimal PsEPARATiONB. — Tincture of Ihe fresh root with strong alco- hol ; dilutions. ANAix)ecB8. — Agaricus, .Mthiua, Belladonna, Oicuta, (Eaanthe, 8tra- I, Solarium.

Mental Sphere. Bseion of spirits, witli disgiiBt of life. Depression of spirits, followed by great exhilaration. Laughing and weeping moods in alternation.

Head, Sensation of tightness around the head. Acute aching pain in the whole left side of the head. Rush of blood to the head and face, with feeling of fullness. Pressure upon the top of tlie head. Severe pain in the right temple with nausea. Headache, with nausea; inclination to bilious vomiting. Light, noise and jarring aggravate,

fain perTnanent on the right side, associated with back-ache. ° Migi'aine with acid and bitter vomiting, {Mtwey^ ^ Neuralgia of the head. (/5.)

Eyes, Kedness of hoth eyes, wliich are sensitive to light.

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THASPIUM AnREDM, 617

Sharp pains in tlie right orbit, iiicreased by moving the balls,

stooping and stepping. " Shooting pains tlirough both orbits.

yellowisli, muco -purulent secretion, glueing the lids together, Kight eye is more particularly affected.

14'ose. Burning and smarting aensafcion in the nostrils and eyes. Discharge of nmeus. Obatraction and soreness of the right nostril, -which is painful

to the touch. " Cold in the head, with sneezing and watery discharge. " Olironic catarrh, with yellow and f(etid discharge.

at the tips and sides. Unusual sensitiveness to cold or warm drinks.

rh(ea. ° Leucorrhcea, with retarded and suppressed menses. " Intermittent neuralgia of left ovary.

Dry cough, with shooting pains in the chest. Pleuritic stitches in the right side, increased by coughing, oP

taking a long breath. Pressure excites pain in intercostal muscles.

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618 THASVIOM ATTBEUM.

Sharp pains extending from the sides of the chest to both

shoulder blades. Asthmatic respiration with inability to retain a recumbent

" Cough which ia tight, with stitches in cliest, worse in the

evening and during the night.

Dull, aching pains under the right scapula. Severe shooting pain extending from front part of the thorax

Upper Extremities. Lameness in the muscles of both arms.

exertion.

Nervoos System. Convulsions. ° Epilepsy.

Exhilaration of all the faculties, followed by strong desire to

Spasmodic twitcliing daring sleep.

Feverish symptoms, accompanying severe stitching pains in

the chest. Fever, with headache, pain in back, thirst, dryness of tho

Chilliness and heat alternating with faintness, nausea, and pain

in right temple. Redness of the eye-balls, dry and red tongue, and thirst for

muscles of the lace and upper extremities, followed by

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THBKIDION CUEASSAVICIIM. 6

Flushed cheeis, hot head, visible pulsations of the carotid a temporal arteries.