Cundurango

Condorplant. Asdepiadacese.

The bark of a climbing plant or shrub, found growing in a high altitude in Ecuador, South America. Provings by J. C. Burnett and J. P. Dinsmore.

The tincture is prepared from the dried bark, finely powdered.

Clinical Axjthokities Headache, etc., Dinsmore, Hah. Mo., v. 8, p. 67 ; Cancer on I. side of nose, on eyelid, Friedreich, B.

J. H., vol. 33, p. 188; Eruption on face, Burnett, B. J.

H., v. 33, p. 408 ; Oracks in angles of mouth, Burnett, B. J. H., V. 33, p. 407 ;

Organon, v. 3, p. 88 ; Carcinomatous ulcer of lip, CI. Miiller, B. J.

H., V. 30, p. 639 ; Fistulous ulcer on chin (greatly benefited), Farrington, Hom. Clin., V. 4, p. 127 ; Cancer of breast, face, nose, Humphreys, J.

T. Smith, N. E. M.

G., v. 6, p. 536; Disease of stomach, Fischer, B. J. H., v. 33, p. 551 ;

Cancer of stomach, Ssen- ger, N. A. J. H., v. 26, p. 132;

Friederich, N. A. J. H., v. 22, p. 555;

Bhagades at anus, Burnett, B. J. H., v. 33, p. 407 ; Incontinence of urine, Burnett, B.

J. H., V. 33, p. 408; Carcinomatous ulcer on thorax (2 cases), CI. Miiller, B.

J. H., v. 30, p. 647 ; Tumor in breast, Burnett, Organon, v. 3, p. 88 ; Scirrhus of r. breast (much improved).

Miller, Hah. Mo., v. 11, p. 353.

^ Mind. Feels miserable.

^ Sensorium. Great dizziness on stooping, or turning head. ^ Inner Head. Sensation as if forehead was very broad and high. Dull feeling in forehead. Slight heaviness in 1. half of forehead, while r. half is

clear; sensation as if 1. half were higher than r. half. I Violent pain in 1. temple.

iSharp; cutting pain in 1. temple, and through ball of h eye.

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A^iolent pain in 1. temple, spreading over upper part of brain to r. side of head; as if upper part of skull was being pulled up, with one-half of brain. * Outer Head. Large pimple on scalp.

^ Sight and Eyes. In evening, objects before r. eye resem- bling black serpents, jumping in all directions; could not see from 1. eye, seemed to be looking through a dense fog.

Appearance before eye like two black horns, with large black balls on upper ends, and a mound of crystals between them, their tops tapering off, and tipped with black.

On awaking in morning, pear-shaped obstruction before eye, with large end up ; looking towards light, it ap- peared red, on looking from light, it appeared purple.

As of curled hair before r. eye, and a blur before 1. eye, causing letters to run together.

Retina very much congested.

iSuperficial ulceration of cornea, with varying amount of redness, photophobia and pain, accompanied by sores or cracking of corners of mouth.

I Flat epithelial cancer (ulcus rodens) about as large as a

farthing on lower eyelid. "^ Smell and Nose. Slight pressive or full feeling on bridge of nose. Profuse discharge of glairy mucus from nostrils, alternat- ing with a sensation of great dryness of Schneiderian membrane. iFlat epithelial cancer about size of bean on 1. side of nose. ^Tipper Face, i Eruption on face, arising from angles of mouth; anatomical character of eruption obscured by dirt, saliva and scabs. • 1 I Carcinoma of lip, an unclean and sinuous ulcer, about size of a dime, with surrounding hardness and swelling; burning pains ; lip inverted ; emaciation. ^ Lower Face.

I Painful crack in r. corner of mouth. iSores or cracking of corners of mouth. iDeep cracks in corners of mouth, warty growths occupy- ing the edges, one as large as split pea, and the other as large as a three penny piece, both flat and exuding a dirty juice; tongue very tender.

I I Ulcer on chin, r. side, perforating to gums, so that fluids taken in the mouth, run out through the opening; pain in "the leaders" down the throat; lumps on chin; bleeding.

" Taste and Tongue. Slight pain in 1. half of tongue.

Small, painful pustule on r. side of tip of tongue, on upper surface towards edge.

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i Cancer of tongue.

12 Throat. Aching in throat extending to stomach, with great burning in stomach. Persistent sore throat.

Sore throat with burning and aching, and a husky feel- ing, which causes a dry hacking cough.

^^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea, Vomiting, i Vomits every- thing eaten ; hard lumps in 1. hypochondrium and epi- gastrium ; constant burning pain ; great emaciation.

^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach, i i Loss of appetite, epigastric pressure, especially after meals, sometimes so severe as to radiate towards 1. shoulder, stitching pains in 1. epi- gastrium, dyspepsia, < by use of vegetables, with vom- iting of a clear, watery, acid fluid ; anaemia and emacia- tion, cachectic features, dry, scaly skin ; between processus xiphoideus and umbilicus, especially towards left, hard, knobby, confluent tumors, sensitive to least pressure, percussion-sound dull over tumors, clear and tympan- itic over other parts of abdomen ; r. lobe of liver smooth, painless, can be felt reaching over arch of ribs ; 1. lobe cannot be separated from tumors; 1. fossa supraclavicu- laris fllled by a conglomeration of swollen, hard, but painless lymphatic glands; constipation. ^Carcinoma ventriculi with co-affection of epigastric and supraclavic- ular lymphatic glands. ■Severe pains in stomach ; vomiting of coffee-ground masses ; hard, knobby, large swelling in pyloric region ; complete loss of appetite; emaciation and cachectic look. ^Cancer of stomach.

^^ Hypochondria. Pain in r. hypochondrium.

^•^ Stool and Rectum. iRhagades at anus; terrible pains when bowels are moved ; cracks at angles of mouth. Painful foul-smelling flatus, i I Constipation. ^Carcinoma ventriculi.

^^ Urinary Organs. ■ Incontinence of urine ; cracks in cor- ners of mouth ; pustules on face. ^Incipient paralysis.

^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. Constrictive pain at heart. On rising in morning, sharp, distinct pain in heart, fol- lowed by passage of flatus.

^^ Outer Chest, i Ulcer on false ribs, as large as hand, carci- nomatous in appearance, with high, uneven edges, and deep, small islets of half destroyed cellular tissue and muscular fibre as base ; ichorous, acrid secretion ; severe pain. On r. wall of thorax, especially around nipple, several swellings, in size from a pigeon's to a hen's egg, two of which had suppurated and formed uneven, discolored, fetid ulcers, with elevated borders, the nipple itself lay

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upon a hard and painful swelling ; axillary glands swollen ; whole body emaciated and cachectic. iCrack in 1. angle of mouth, surrounded by warty excres- cences, the whole being covered with a nasty secretion (probably epithelioma), accompanying a very hard, often very painful, tumor in 1. breast (probably cancer). Scirrhus of r. breast; whole breast, skin and axillary glands involved; tumor very hard, incompressible, knobby, immovable, with severe lancinating pains ; nipple retracted ; skin purple in spots and wrinkled ; patient emaciated and cachectic; ulceration, with fetid, sanious discharge, and much sloughing.

^^ Neck and Back. Dull, heavy, continuous pain in 1. scapula. Dull pain across small of back.

^^ Upper Limbs. iPain in 1. shoulder, and through side, with burning under scapula. Tingling in fingers of 1. hand while writing.

^ Lower Limbs. Rhagades on hips and in bends of knees, discharging an ichorous fluid, irritating the surround- ing j^arts. Pimples on thighs.

^* Limbs in General. Soreness all over body, like rheuma- tism, < through 1. shoulder and under 1. scapula.

^^ Rest, Position, Motion. Turning head : dizziness. Stooping: dizziness.

^ Time. Morning: on awaking, pear-shaped obstruction be- fore eyes; on rising, sharp, distinct pain at heart. Evening: objects before r. eye resembling serpents.

**^ Fever. Vertigo and painful oppression of head, red face, violent pain in small of back, with nausea and fever.

^ Locality and Direction. Left : slight heaviness in half of forehead ; half of forehead feels higher than r. ; pain in temple; pain in eye; cancer on side of nose; pain in half of tongue ; hard lumps in hypochondrium ; pain radiates to shoulder; pain in epigastrium ; lobe of liver attached to tumors; fossa supraclavicularis, indurated lymphatic glands ; crack in angle of mouth ; tumor in breast; dull, heavy pain in scapula; pain in shoul- ders; tingling in fingers while writing; pimples side of nose. Right: objects before eye resembling serpents; as of curled hair before eye; painful crack in corner of mouth ; ulcer on side of chin ; painful pustule side of tip of tongue ; pain in hypochondrium ; swellings on side of thorax ; scirrhus of breast; pustules side of nose on cheek.

*^ Sensations. As if forehead was very broad and high ; as if 1. half of forehead were higher than r. half; as if

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upper part of skull was being pulled up with one-half

of brain. Pain : in 1. half of tongue ; in r. hypochondrium ; in tu- mor ; in 1. shoulder ; through side ; in leaders down

Terrible pains : when bowels are moved. Violent pain : in 1. temple ; spreading from 1. temple over

the cicatrization of ulcers. Open cancer, and cancerous ulcers; it effectually moderates

the severity of the pains ; it does not act so well on

scirrhous and indurated parts. ^^ Touch, Passive Motion, Injuries. Slight pressure : tumors

on abdomen sensitive to. ^^ Skin. Erythematous blotches on face and body.

Eczema,*^ especially when rhagades are present, oozing out

a fetid fluid ; cachectic or syphilitic dyscrasia. Pimples: on tip of nose, 1. side of nose; on chest; on

thighs. Pustules : between eyebrows ; on r. side of nose ; on border

of tip of tongue; on r. cheek; on abdomen. ■ Indolent ulcers, with hard callous edges, fetid sanious

syphilitic dyscrasia ; also some improvement in lupus.

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Scirrhus and open carcinoma ; open epithelioma ; sting- ing, burning pains.

Pustular eruption ; erj^sipelas ; salt rlieum ; rhagades dis- charging an ichorous fluid, irritating the surrounding parts ; scrofulosis, small-pox ; syphilis ; teleangiectasis. ''^ Stages of Life, Constitution, i Cachectic state of system,, ordinary wounds and ulcers tend to take on a bad ap- pearance.

Scrofulous girl, get. 3J, probably suffering from iodism ;. eruption on face.

Man, pet. 42 ; carcinomatous ulcer on thorax.

Miss W., set. 42 ; rhagades at anus.

Nurse, set. 45 ; cracks in corners of mouth.

Man, set. 48 ; cancer of stomach.

"Woman, set. 50, another, set. 80 ; epithelial cancer.

J. S., set. 54 ; carcinoma of stomach.

Woman, set. 65, ill for years ; disease of stomach.

Mrs. N., set. 65; incipient paralysis, incontinence of urine,, cracks in angles of mouth.

Woman, set. 50 ; cancer on 1. side of nose.

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