The seeds of Strychnos Nux Vomica ; a tree native to Ilindostan and the East Indies. The alcoliolic tincture is prepared from the finely pulverized seed. Introduced by Hahnemann and proved upon himself, liis son Frederick, Stapf, Wahle and Flaeming. Later provings by Kobinson, Berridge and Wilson, with high potencies. Clinical Authorities. — Hypochondriasis, Martin, Horn. CI., vol. 2, p. 169 ; Effects of disappointed ambition, Hartlaub, Analyt. Therap., vol. 1, p. 109 ; Agora- phobia, Lilienthal, Hom. Times, 1875, p. 35 ; Insanity, Watzke, B. J. H., vol. 25, p. 557; 3Iania (2 cases), Diilac, Hom. CI., vol. 3, p. 56 ; Butler, N. Y. S. Trans., 1875 ; Mania 'puerperalis, Stern, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 8 ; Delirium tremens, Knorre, Link, Hartmann, Hartlaub, Riick. KL Erf., vol. 1, p. 144 ; 3Iental dis- turbances, Hartlaub, Schultz, Aegidi, Hartmann, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 33 ; Widemann, B. J. H., vol. 12, p. 464, from A. H. Z., vol. 4; Apoplexy, Schiiler, Riiclc. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 92 ; Pommerais, Elb, Riick. Kh Erf., vol. 5, p. 29; Nichols, Hom. Times, 1876, p. 32 ; Syncope, Hartmann, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 4, p. 583 ; Vertigo (2 cases), Diez, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 73 ; Griesselich, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 74; Elwert, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol 1, pp. 76, 78; Altschul, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol 5, p. 22 ; Hofrichter, B. J. H., vol. 11, p. 575; Skinner, Hom. Phys., vol. 6, p. 194 ; Headache, Schriin, Knorre, Hering, Tietzer, Lobethal, Schreter, Diez, Wislicenus, Griessel, Plegel, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, pp. 183-90 ; Haustein, Kasemann, Wood, Riick. Kl.' Erf, vol. 6, p. 91; Ker, B. J. H.,'vol. 5, p. 433; Hale, N. A. J. H., vol. 10, p. 70 ; Nichols, N. E. M. G., vol. 8, p. 108 ; Wessel- hoeft, Hom. CI., vol. 4., p. 41 ; Cushing, Hom. Times, 1875, p. 114; Youmans, Hahn. Mo., vol. 10, p. 213 ; Hemicrania, Eidherr, B. J. H., vol. 27, p. 33 ; Migraine, Knorre, B. J. H., vol. 21, p. 10, from A. H. Z., vol. 5, p. 272 ; Atrophy of optic nerve, Norton, Ophthal. Therap., p. 134; Paralysis of third pair of nerves, Norton, Ophthal. Therap., p. 135 ; Dysecoia, Diez, Rentsch, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 1., p. 370 ; Rentsch, Hom. Times, 1876, p. 67, from A. H, Z., vol. 38 ; Segin, Hom. Times, 1876, p. 67, from Hygea, vol. 18, No. 1 ; Tobacco amaurosis, Norton, Ophthal. Therap., p. 135; Amblyopia potatorum and atrophy of optic nerve, Norton, Ophthal. Therap., p. 134 ; Blurring of sight, Woodyatt, Raue's Rec, 1874, p. 86 ; Keratitis pust., Nor- ton, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 52, from N. Y. S. Trans., 1873-4, p. 432; Ophthalmia, Schreter, Hartmann, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 237 ; Jachim, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 133 ; Trinks, Schwartz, Schreter, Hartmann, B. J. H., vol. 6, p. 504 ; Extra- vasation of blood into conjunctiva, Altschul, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 142; Pain in eyes, Jackson, Organon, vol. 1, p. 293 ; Hypercesihesia of auditory nerve, Zwingen- berg, B. J. H., vol. 34, p. 164 ; Itching along the eustachian tube, Rittenhouse, Raue's Rec, 1874, p. 88, from H. M. S. Penna., 1873 ; Coryza, Kafka, Hering, Tietze, 107 NUX VOMICA. Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 127 ; Rosenberg, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 167 ; Facial neu- ralgia, Kafka, Kasemann, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 187 ; Jousset, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 291, from A. H. Z., vol. 78, p. 192; Wesselhoeft, N. E. M. G., vol. 9, p. 99; Toothache, Kreuss, Hrg., Knorre, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 469; Berridge, Horn. CI., vol. 4, p. 98 ; Glover, Horn. Phys., vol. 8, p. 618; Ulcer on gum, Eush- more, Horn. Phys., vol. 2, p. 145 ; Swelling of gums, Mschk., Sclinieber, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 511 ; Tumor of gum, Pemerl, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 207 ; Pain in tongue, Elwert, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 502 ; Aphthous stomatitis, Hirsch, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 223 ; Affections of uvula, Hofrichter, Hirsch, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 249 ; Influenza, Hahn., Gross, Sollier, Croserio, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 46 ; Sore throat, Kreuss, Tietze, Hrg., Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 537; Diphtheria, Lippe, Organon, vol. 1, p. 363; Parsons, T. H. M. S. Pa., 1882, p. 197; Wells, Trans. World's Horn. Conv., 1876, p. 552 ; Desire for liquor, Nichols, N. E. M. G., vol. 8, p. 108; Alcoholism, Kent, Horn. Phys., vol. 7, p. 377 ; Nausea from riding, Eobert, Horn. CI., vol. 2, p. 219 ; Vomiting, Haustein, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 261 ; Periodical attacks of vomiting, Eiickert, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 646; Hcematemesis, Hartmann, Heichelheim, Frank, Holeczek, Fielitz, Bethmann, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 570 ; Affections of stomach (40 cases), Hofrichter, B. J. H., vol.. 11, pp. 452-581 ; Cardialgia, gastric disturbances, vomiting, etc., Bonninghausen, Lobethal, Knorre, Diez, Bosch, Kammerer, Heichelheim, Weber, Nenning, Hirzel, Hart- mann, Hoffendahl, Jahr, Eiickert, Bethman, Elwert, Frank, Eichhorn, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, pp. 642-652; Cardialgia, Hesse, A. H. Z., vol. 110, p. 156; Bojanus, Hom. CI., vol. 4, p. 23, from A. H. Z., 1870, No. 24; Nankivell, Horn. Eev., vol. 15, p. 135; Gastralgia, Heyberger, Times Eet., 1877, p. 93, from Hom. Kl., vol. 12, p. 117 ; Hencke, Hom. Eev., vol. 1, p. 270; Sherman, N. E. M. G., vol. 8, p. 549 ; Pratt, T. A. I. H., 1888, p. 340; Goullon, Hom. Times, 1875, p. 73; Gastro- dynia, Smith, B. J. H., vol. 25, p. 506 ; Traumatic cardialgia, Eobinson, Hah. Mo., vol. 23, p. 747, from N. Y. Med. Times, Sept., 1888; Irritable stomach, Benham, Hom. CI., vol. 1, p.' 49 ; Gastric disturbance, Hartman, Hughes' Phar., p. 579 ; Han- sen, A. H. Z., vol. 113, pp. 20, 29 ; Digestive disorder, Clarke, Hom. Eev., vol. 22, p. 156; Dyspepsia, Pope, B. J. H., vol. 12, p. 486; Benham, B. J. H., vol. 26, p. 493 ; Stens, Eaue's Eec, 1873, p. 116, from A. H. Z., vol. 85, p. 157; Chronic dys- pepsia, cardialgia, Meyer, B. J. H., vol. 18, pp. 256, 262 ; Gastritis, Diller, N. A. J. H., vol. 7, p. 244 ; III effects from overloading stomach, Hencke, Hom. Eev., vol. 1, p. 273; Ulcer of stomach, Perutz, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 318; Gallstone colic, McLaren, Hom. Phys., vol. 8, p. 238 ; Bilious colic. Porter, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 157, from Med. Inv., vol. 8, p. 251 ; Bilious attacks, Gee, Hom. Phys., vol. 6, p. 447 ; Congestion of liver, Martin, Hom. CL, vol. 2, p. 191 ; Inflammation of liver, Hrg, Kreuss, Hartmann, Schron, Schreter, Schubert, Hartlaub, Thorer, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 680; Affection of liver, Wood, N. A. J. H., vol. 4, p. 342 ; Hofrichter, B. J. H., vol. 11, pp. 454, 550, etc.; Frank, Linz, Haustein, Elwert, Miih- lenbaum, Tietze, Thorer, Euck. Kl. Erf, vol. 1, p. 700 ; A. E., Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 341 ; Bloating of abdomen, colic, Molinari, Battmann, Huber, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 367 ; Enteralgia, Huber, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 293; Packard, N. E. M. G., vol. 5, p. 560 ; Colic, Hartmann, Bandiss, Diez, Frank, Elwert, Pleyel, Helbig, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 756 ; Bruckner, N. A. J. H., vol. 19, p. 416 ; Pain in abdomen, Bullard, B. J. H., vol. 33, p. 567 ; Pain in hypogastrium, Berridge, Hom. Kl., vol. 3, p. 116; Hernia, Hrg., Kreuss, Hartmann, Schron, Traub, Gauwerky, Heichelheim, Ohlhauth, Elwert, N. in B., Fielitz, Genzke, Haustein, Schweikert, Tietze, Miiller, Schultz, Stapf, Seidel, Schiiler, Schonke, Mschk., Bethmann, Schu- NUX VOMICA. 108 bert, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, pp. 785-92; Schelling, Engelhardt, Theuerkauf, Perutz, Ellinger, Leydet, Huber, Walter, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 381 ; Gilchrist, Surg. Therap., p. 434; Sberbhurne, Helmutli, Horn. Times, 1875, p. 152; Wor- cester, Eaue's Eec, 1874, p. 201, from Trans. A. I. H., 1872, p. 341 ; Gale, A. H. O., vol. 6, p. 43 ; Jameson, Organon, vol. 1, p. 470 ; Manson, Organon, vol. 2, p. 376 ; Ostrom, Organon, vol. 3, page 205 ; Gallupe, Organon, vol. 3, 362 ; Cox, Hom. CI., vol. 3, p. 114; Cserno, Szontagh, Eaue's Eec, 1872, p. 150; Diarrhoea, Schelling, Hartman, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 841 ; Kafka, Euck. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 425 ; Underwood, Hom. CL, vol. 4, p. 23 ; Colburn, Times Eet., 1887, p. 95 ; Morning diarrhaa, Farrington, Hom. KL, vol. 1, p. 51 ; Dysentery, Hrg., Hart- mann, Kidd, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 877 ; Gauwerky, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 446 ; Preston, Hah. Mo., vol. 4, pp. 17-18 (5 cases) ; Preston, Hah. Mo., vol. 9, p. 9; Colburn, N. E. M. G., vol. 12, p. 357; Cholera, Engelhard, Wittmack, Tiilff, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 478 ; Kurtz, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 951 ; Cholera and Dyszniery, Drysdale, B. J. H., vol. 8, p. 157 ; Constipation, Knorre, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 817 ; Goullon, Hom. Times, 1875, p. 82, from A. H. Z., vol. 91, p. 61 ; Knorre, Malaise, Linder, Goullon, Bernard, Guernsey, Bernard and Strong on Con- stip , pp. 79-83 ; Guernsey, Hah. Mo., vol. 5, p. 62 ; Frost, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 150 ; Piersons, Organon, vol. 1, p. 325 ; Impaction of feces, Elb, A. H. Z., vol. 110, p. 11 ; Prolapsus of rectum, Hirsch, Miiller, Verwey, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 491 ; Prolapsus ani, Lobethal, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 1, p. 994; Hemorrhoids, Hrg., Hartmann, Knorre, Lobethal, Diez, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 1001 ; (2 cases) Sher- bino, Hom. Phys., vol. 7, p. 387; Nephritis, Cystitis, Hcematuria, Strangury, Penal colic, Calculus, Gravel, Inactivity of bladder, Hartmann, Kreuss, Goullon, Matlack, Hartlaub, Weber, Bredenoce, Schelling, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 24 ; Nephritis, Hencke, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 505 ; Heyne, Times Eetros., 1877, p. 101, from A. H. Z., vol. 95, p. 116; Diabetes melL, Erie, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 516; Penal colic, McLaren, Hom. Phys., vol. 8, p. 239 ; Hematuria, Hesse, A. H. Z., vol. 110, p. 156; Cystitis, (with Sulph.) Brisken, Hom. Times, 1875, p. 88 ; Paresis of detrusor vesicce, Ide, Allg. Hom. Ztg., vol. 104, p. 117 ; Paralysis of bladder, Mc- George, Eaue's Eec, 1875, p. 14; Incontinence of urine, Eosenbach, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 91 ; Enuresis, Johnson, Hah. Mo., vol. 16, p. 595 ; Metcalf, N. A. J. H., vol. 3, p. 339 ; Vesical calculi, Bahrenburg, Organon, vol. 3, p. 367 ; Affection of urinary organs, Berridge, N. A. J. H., vol. 22, p. 194 ; Urinary difficulty, Hencke, Hom. Eev., vol. 1, p. 272; Pollutions, Hartmann, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 60; Koch, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 1, p. 15; Spermatorrhoia, Pasi, Hom. Times, 1876, p. 113; Z7?'ei/i?'t^i'.s, Knorre, Eiick. Kl. Erf , vol. 2, p. 91 ; Orchitis, Hartmann, Schre- ter, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 208 ; Nymphomania, Kafka, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 535; Uterine neuralgia, Wesselhoeft, Hom. CI., vol. 4, p. 21 ; Metritis, Hartmann, Kreuss, Knorre, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 448; Hartmann, Hughes, Hughes' Phar., p. 57 ; Newton, B. J. H., vol. 28, p. 245 ; Chronic metritis, Pratt, Hom. Times, 1876, p. 126, from M. I., 1876, p. 132; Prolapsus uteri. Gross, Tietze, Holeczeck, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 343 ; Uterine fibroid, Gregg, T. A. I. H., 1881, p. 530 ; Uterine hemorrhage. Frost, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 99 ; Hendricks, A. H. Z., vol. Ill, p. 119 ; Uterine affection, Bojanus, Hom. CI., vol. 3, p. 137 ; Menorrhagia, Starke, A. J. H. M. M., vol. 3, p. 133 ; Koeck, Hom. Times, 1876, p. 133, from H. P., vol. 7, p. 271 ; Amenorrhoea, Retroversion, Gorton, Hah. Mo., vol, 7, p. 463; Menstrual disturbances, Hahnemann, Hering, Hartmann, Lobethal, Schwarz, Wer- ber, Schreter, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 237 ; Kafka, Eaue's Eec, 1870, p. 253, from A. H. Z., vol. 78, p. 6 ; Prolapsed vagina, Fischer, Times Eetros., 1887, p. 109 NUX VOMICA. 106; Ciimaieric affections Lulac, Horn. CL, vol. 3, p. 129; Disorders of pregnancy, Hartmann, Diez, Eichhorn, Heichelheim, Schiiler, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 384; Gastric dif^turbances during pregnancy, Spalding, N. E. M. G., vol. 10, p. 29; Threatened abortion, Hartmann, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 319 ; Abortion, Woodyatt, Organon, vol. 3, p. 105 ; Ineffectual labor pains, Ballard, Horn. Phys., vol. 7, p. 378 ; False labor pains, Haustein, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 656 ; Dystocia, Knicker- bocker, Eaue's Eec, 1873, p. 180, from N. Y. S. Trans., 1871, p. 310; Puerperal convulsions, Wielobicky, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol.2, p. 408; After-pains, Hartmann, Eiick Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 393 ; After-pains in rectum. Potter, Hom. Phys., vol. 7, p. 386 ; Puerperal fever, Hartmann, Kreuss, Knorre, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 2, p. 448 ; Affec- tions of b7'easts, Gross, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 666 ; Pain in nipples, Kretschmar, Hartlaub, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 2, p. 418 ; Hay fever, Gream, N. A. J. H., vol. 2, p. 395; Bronchitis, Gorton, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 515; Asthma, Hartmann, Kreuss, Stapf, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 193 ; Eussell, B. J. H., vol. 14, p. 387 ; Parker, Hah. Mo., vol. 6, p. 291 ; Frost, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 149 ; Potter, Hom. Phys., vol. 7, p. 385; Strupp, Hom. Times, 1876, p. 84, from H. K., vol. 21, p. 57 ; (2 cases) Peters, from Frank's Mag. ; Cough, Miiller, Schleicher, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 689 ; Berridge, Hom. CI., vol. 4, p. 92 ; Gushing, Hom. Times, 1876, p. 83, from Mass. Trans., vol. 4, p. 667; Cough and dyspncea, Dunham, Hom. Phys., vol. 6, p. 21 ; Whooping cough, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 726 ; Ha;moptysis, Kreuss, Jahr, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 3, p. 220 ; Catarrhal affection of chest, Hering, Hartman, Kammerer, Schron, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 3, p. 20; Wurmb, B. J. H., vol. 11, p. 49 ; Infantile chest diseases, Morgan, Hom. CI.,' vol. 4, p. 77 ; Pneumonia, Kreuss, Hartmann, Miiller, Wiirm, Watzke, Schneider, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 308 ; Haustein, B. J. H., vol. 24, p. 671, from A. H. Z., July, 1866 ; Pleurisy, Berridge, Hom. Times, 1875, p. 69; Angina pectoris, Jousset, A. H. Z., vol. 107, p. 127; Torticollis, Squier, N. E. M. G., vol. 4, p. 126; Backache, Hartmann, Pulte, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 3, p. 475 ; Pains in back, etc., Dixon, B. J. H., vol. 28, p. 375 ; Back- ache and vertigo, Eushmore, Hom. Phys., vol. 2, p. 319 ; Pain in back and gastric disturbances, Hupfield, A. J. H. M. M-, vol. 1, p. 13 ; Lateral sclerosis of cord, Lutze, A, H. Z, vol. 105, p. 132; Chronic myelitis. Stern, Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 3, p. 470; Whitloiv, Berridge, Hom. CL, vol. 4, p. 110 ; Paresis crurum, Huber, B. J. H., vol. 16, p. 295; Bheumatism, Ischias, Kreuss, Hartmann, Knorre, Goullon, Kam- mierer, Fielitz, Mschk., Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 3, p. 527 ; Pain in leg, Gregg, Hom. Phys. vol. 5, p. 168; Boils on thigh, Mschk., Eiick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 184; Frozen limbs, Gross, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 4, p. 176 ; Tetanic emprosthotonos, Davies, Organon, vol. 2, p. 232; Tetanic convulsions, Berretti, Hom. Times, 1875, p. 123; Traumatic tetanus, Conant, N. E. M. G., vol. 9, p. 29 ; To7iic spasm. Smith, B. J. H., vol. 29, p. 815 ; Spasms, Smedley, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 59 ; Epilepsy, Tonic spasms, Spasms, Twitching of muscles. Cramps, Hartmann, Tietzer, Hoffendahl, Bethmann, Lietzau, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 4, p. 583 ; Hysteria, TheuerkaufF, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 5, p. 612 ; Chorea, Bethmann, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 4, p. 513 ; Epilepsy, Bender, Hah. Mo., vol. 8, p. 73 ; Emmett, Eaue's Rec, 1871, pp. 190-1, from Med. Inv., vol. 7, p. 530, vol. 8, p. 14 ; Thayer, Hom. Times, 1876, p. 152, from Mass. Trans., vol. 4, p. 12; Neuralgia, Clarke, N. E. M. G., vol. 5, p. 561 ; Paresis of ai-ms and hands, Paresis crurum,. Facial paralysis. Left-sided paralysis. Paralysis after apoplexy. Paral- ysis of I. arm, Paralysis of foot. Paresis of fingers, Hartmann, Knorre, Kopp, Son- nenberg, Arnold, Eiick. Kl. Erf, vol. 4, p. 472 ; Paralysis, Goodno, A. J. li. of M. M., vol. 4, p. 60; W. J., Hom. Times, 1876, p. 152; After diphtheria,'^ eviton, Hom. Eev., vol. 14, p. 403 ; Hemiplegia, Frost, Hah. Mo., vol. 10, p. 149 ; Locomotor NUX VOMICA. 110 ataxy, Bojanus, Raue's Eec, p. 812; Ague, Hrg., Knorre, Gastfreund, Tripi, Nagel, Escalier, Liedbeck, Griessel, Biirkner, Hartlaub, Baertl, Miiller, Seidel, K. in L., Haustein, Sonnenberg, Mschk., Thorer, T., Szontagh, Kiisem., Ruck. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, pp. 953-969 ; Baertl, Analyt. Therap., vol. 1, p. 320 ; Powell, Eaue's Rec, 1873, p. 214, from N. Y. S. Trans., 1871, p. 265 ; Partridge (5 cases), Raue's Rec, 1874, p. 280; Preston, Hah. Mo., vol. 4, p. 17 ; Hoyne, Horn. CI., vol. 2, p. 251 ; Greenleaf, Horn. Times, 1876, p. 158, from N. Y. S. Trans., 1876-7, p. 149; Swan, Allen's Int., p. 193 ; Of children, Higgins, Allen's Int., p. 192 ; Gastric fever, Krenss, Griessel, Bojanus, Hartmann, Seidel, RUck. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 645; Typhoid fever, Knorre, Strtcker, Kidd, Hartmann, Miiller, Riick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 759 ; One- sided sweats (3 cases), Eggert, Horn. CL, vol. 4, p. 40; Anasarca, Peterson, Elick. Kl. Erf., vol. 4, p. 354 ; Hom. Times, 1853, No. 193 ; Ulcerations, Hartmann, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 4, p. 288 ; Erysipelas of face, foot or knee, Hartmann, Reisig, Riick. Kl. Erf, vol. 4, p. 145; Nux moschata poisoning, Martin, Hom. CI., vol. 4, p. 7 ; Opium poisoning, Raue's Rec, 1875, p. 26 ; Tobacco poisoning, Thomson, Hom. Pliys., vol. 3, p. 106 ; Strychnine poisoning, Hullhorst, Oi'ganon, vol. 2, p. 113. ^ Mind. ' ■ Defective memory ; manner shy and awkward. ■ Becomes dizzy and faint in a crowd, or where many gas- lights are burning. ^Agoraphobia. ■ Slow train of ideas; chooses expressions which are not suitable. 1 1 Cannot read or calculate, for she loses the connection of ideas ; thinks she will lose her reason. iVer}^ easily bewildered; everything goes wrong. I Ennui ; the time seems intolerably long, j^asses slowly. I bLoss of energy. I I Suits very particular, careful, zealous persons, inclined to get angry or excited, or of a spiteful, malicious dis- position. 1 1 Irritable, morose, sullen ; quarrelsome if disturbed. . I lOversensitiveness to impressions upon the senses ; noise, smell, light and music, and the most trifling symptoms are unbearable; every harmless word offends, every little noise frightens, anxious and beside themselves, cannot bear even the least suitable medicine. liCannot bear reading or conversation; irritable and wishes to be alone. Ilnclined to find fault and scold; morose ; stubborn ; an insane desire when alone with her husband, whom she adores, to kill him. ■ Irritable, angry disposition, anxious concern about little things. ^Chlorosis. iFiery, excited temperament; violent; sensational. ■ Very much inclined to violently reproach others for their faults. I Ull-humored, resists obstinately the wishes of others. Ill NUX VOMICA. I I He quarrels, reproaches, scolds, insults, from jealousy, mingled with unchaste expressions; soon afterwards howls and w^eeps aloud. I I Is put out of patience when spoken to ; gets angry and violent without any provocation ; headstrong and self- willed. ^Menorrhagia. llDelirium tremens: with oversensitiveness, nervous ex- citability and malicious vehemence; indescribable anx- iety ; finds no rest in any place ; sees different images ; trembling of limbs; cannot bring glass to lips with- out spilling contents ; terrifying illusions while awake ; terrible dreams causing him to start from sleep in fright; sleeplessness; imagines himself surrounded by persons who carry on all sorts of pranks, or ply him with questions which he thinks he is compelled to an- swer ; violent, seeks to escape ; answers questions ra- tionally and is conscious of his condition; on third day of attack fell to floor, stiff", cold and unconscious ; shak- ing of knees, can hardly keep erect without support; stuttering, thick speech ; cannot keep any of his limbs quiet; frequently answers questions incorrectly; ap- pears to be haunted by a great fear. I I Desire to talk about one's condition, with anxious re- flections about it. 1 1 Anxiety with irritability and inclination to commit suicide, but is afraid to die. ■ Despondent and buoyant alternately. I I Great anxiety of mind without particular cause ; thinks she will not be able to get along in life; caducity ; chill- iness; sleeplessness; stool infrequent, hard, although appetite is good; frequent and quick urination, at times involuntary. I I Gets frightened easily and is almost beside herself from least thing that may happen ; shuns the fresh air. ^Menorrhagia. I I Hypochondriasis : with studious men sitting too much at home, with abdominal complaints and costiveness ; after all kinds of quack medicinfes, for dyspepsia ; irri- table temper; arising from liver or gastric troubles, especially in drunkards; < after eating, with sensi- tiveness. I I Melancholic in consequence of losing his position, morose, capricious, irritable, hasty ; the least contradic- tion puts him out entirely; remains for hours without wishing to take part in conversation. I I Melancholia after extraction of carious tooth ; speaks of nothing but his tooth; retires to his room and unlocks door only after much entreaty ; on entrance of physi- NUX VOMICA. 112 cian withdraws timidly to farthest corner of room, with his eyes cast down ; of many questions answers but few and speaks of nothing but his tooth ; intolerance to slightest noise and great aversion to labor; sits idly about whole day, crying, and complaining of his anxiety. 1 1 Disinclination to work and great lassitude or weakness in morning. I He has no patience for work, I I Ailments after continued mental exertion; indisposi- tion to it, particularly to that form which involves elaboration and connection of subjective ideas inde- pendently of external objects. ■ Easily errs in speaking and writing; manual clum- siness. 1 1 After anger: chilliness alternating with heat; vomit- ing of bile and thirst ; great laziness and aversion to occupy oneself. ■ Mental disturbance, patient tortured with a fixed idea. I I Lies awake in bed in a stupid state, sometimes with a friendly expression, sometimes staring right before him; cannot speak a word, yawns, groans and sighs occasion- ally ; often puts hand to forehead and frowns. ^Effects of wounded honor. 1 I From disappointed ambition, bewildered, talks inco- herently; does everything he attempts to do wrong; heaviness of head, pain in stomach and small of back; feels weak, cannot sit up ; face now pale, with sharp, pointed nose, then red, with irritated pulse. 1 1 Is sullen and obstinate ; would not eat nor speak ; eyes large, congested ; urine high colored, with mealy sedi- ment. ^Mania. I I For hours together sits still and absorbed (generally in forenoon), betraying great moral and physical lan- guor, looking before him with disturbed mien, and dull, sunken eyes, as if he felt no interest in anything, and answering questions, if at all, incoherently ; some- times falling into a restless slumber for ten or fifteen minutes, out of which he returns to full consciousness with difficulty and gradually ; in afternoon and espe- cially in evening is much excited, becomes talkative and even chatty, but jumps from subject to subject; eyes then have a peculiar brilliancy, face wears an ex- pression of deep earnest; launches into high-flying, fantastic plans, fancies himself rich and wants to make presents of thousands, and makes large useless pur- chases; does not consider himself ill; has not slept for nearly a fortnight, brooding all night long over a law- 113 NUX VOMICA. suit, by which he may gain or lose a million ; head hot, skin dry, complexion yellowish, pupils contracted, tongue coated, pulse hard and small, slightly accele- rated ; constipation ; replies reluctantly and slowly to physician's questions, and takes it in bad part if not allowed to read indictment for said lawsuit, a confused, irrational piece of work, on which he has been working all night. ^Insanity. I I Three months ago mental shock, since then fears to be alone, and menses, formerly regular, have not appeared; in morning as if stupefied ; starting in sleep, nocturnal sweats ; pain in pit of stomach when touched or pressed ; frequent risings in throat and feeling as if she would choke; roaring in ears; shooting headache from crown to poll, with rigor; inclination to sleep; fear of knives and the like, lest she should kill herself or others ; attacks commence with palpitation, the fever rises to brain and she is a prey to anxiety ; thoughts distracted; heat breaks out and yawning closes attack. I Mania puerperalis from excitement, sleeplessness and prostration ; had menorrhagia, and for the subsequent weakness drank much whisky and strong coffee ; cachectic appearance; large, dim, languid eyes; lies in bed half uncovered, sits up and then lies down again ; constantly complaining, criticising or explaining, at times words are well chosen, at others uses high-sounding phrases ; as soon as she recognized physician she spoke of the imperfection of medical knowledge and declared it an error that one could not live without a heart, in- asmuch as she felt very well without one, it having come away with the afterbirth to which it had grown fast, the nurse having separated the two before her eyes ; complains of her husband, says he wishes to con- vince her she is sick, although she is able to dance and sing; makes grotesque- motions and wild leaps, but soon sinks down breathless ; nymphomania ; often en- raged; frequently sips at a bowl of warm sugar- water, declaring it will form her a new heart ; bloating of ab- domen ; epigastric, hepatic and uterine regions sensi- tive to pressure ; stool absent five to six days ; very frequent and profuse discharge of pale, watery urine; white mucous discharge from vagina. I Dementia paralytica. ^ Sensorium. ■ Fainting sort of giddiness. I I Intoxicated confusion in head. 1 1 Intoxication or drunkenness of previous day, with van- ishing of sight and hearing; < after dinner and in sun ; heaviness of head in morning. VOL. VIII. — 8. NUX VOMICA. 114 lA stupid feeling in head if he holds it erect; if he bends it down a sensation in forehead as if something heavy fell into it, ■ I Stupefaction, confusion as from nightly reveling; dul- ness of head. I iSensation as if his head were immensely larger than his body, as large as a church. I I Vertigo : on rising from seat, or bed, or on raising head; with vanishing of sight or loss of hearing ; preceded by tensive headache, with heat in forehead ; comes sud- denly like an electric shock ; at night awaking him from sleep ; < from tea or coffee ; after stooping or when looking up, she must clutch something to keep from falling; objects seem to move around him; from abdominal complaints, with digestive disturbances, flatulency, constipation, portal stasis ; in hemorrhoidal subjects; after suppressed hemorrhoidal flow; with in- ability to think ; loss of consciousness ; falls forward ; as if he would fall to one side or backward; when stoop- ing; as if brain were turning in a circle; as if room were whirling; reeling, in morning and after dinner; with pains in forehead, heat and redness of face; with, ob- scuration of vision and staggering; while eating and immediately after eating; when walking and even when lying down in bed; from sedentary habits, alcoholic drinks, smoking, coffee, opium, smell of flowers, gas, etheric oils, etc.; with nausea; after typhoid; from night watching and mental overexertion. ■ Syncope: in morning, at night, or soon after dinner; in open air ; congestion to head and chest ; in pregnancy ; in persons worn out by mental labor or addicted to ex- cessive use of spirits; nausea, pale face, scintillations before eyes, or obscurations of sight, pains in stomach, anguish, trembling. 1 1 Apoplexy: falls to floor- unconscious ; tendency to fall backward ; face pale ; head hot ; pulse quick, hard ; automatic motions of r. hand towards mouth; whole 1. side completely paralyzed and motionless; mouth distorted; loss of speech; stertorous breathing; drop- ping of jaw, paralysis; attack preceded by vertigo, buzzing in ears, nausea and urging to vomit; legs cold and without sensation ; after a hearty dinner, or abuse of liquor or coffee ; of high livers, leading an easy life ; with ptyalism ; paralysis, particularly of lower limbs; when spoken to opens eyes, stutters and sinks again into sleep ; eyes muddy, lustreless, with purulent matter in canthi ; organs of deglutition and lower limbs completely paralyzed ; maxilla on r. side relaxed ; pulse full, sluggish ; grasps at head with 1. hand. 115 NUX VOMICA. ^ Inner Head. 1 1 In forehead : tensive headache; as if it were pressed in, at night and in morning, < on exposing head to cold air; pressive pain as if he had not slept enough; sensation as if eyes would be pressed out; lacerating pains ; > when leaning head against some- thing or when Ij'ing on back ; burning on awaking and after eating; heat, with morning headache; headache, with large, difficult stools; periodical headache, sore as from ulceration, with constipation; pain, above eyes, with fainting spells ; pain, extending through base of brain to occiput. I Pressive headache over 1. eye, and pain in bones as if he received a bruise; could not open eye. I I Drawing pain, first in temples, then in forehead, then in occiput. iSemilateral headache: as if from pressing a nail into brain ; from excessive use of coff'ee. I Violent jerking or dull stitches in 1. hemisphere of brain, extending from orbit towards parietal bone and occiput, soon after eating. I Stitches and pressing on one side of head, commencing early in morning and increasing in severity until patient becomes unconscious or half delirious. I I Bruised sensation of brain, generally one (r.) sided ; > lying on painless side. I I Tearing headache after eating, with a feeling of heat in cheeks and a chilly sensation over bod}'-, at least in hands. I I Drawing-tearing, jerking or burning pain in head in morning. I I Pressing headache, as if skull were pressed asunder. ■ Head feels as if it would split and scalp is sore to touch, pressure on head with hands > pain. ^Pregnancy. ■ I Stunning or stupefying headache in morning, after eat- ing, and in sunshine. I Brain : as if beaten or cleft with an axe ; as if a pin were sticking in it ; contusive pain ; feels shattered when walking ; seems bruised and beaten ; excessive sensi- tiveness to motion and walking ; as if dashed to pieces ; seems to shake when walking or running in open air; as if revolving rapidly on an axis. I I Headache in morning, a constant picking (dull sticking, throbbing) ; < on stooping, when it seems as if a piece of forehead would fall out. I I Throbbing pain in head. ^Haematemesis. I I Pinching headache. I Pressive, boring pains in head, beginning in morning, > by evening ; dim sight, sour vomiting and palpita- NUX VOMICA. 116 tion ; < from mental exertion, light, noise, coffee and after eating. ■ Pressing as if something heavy were sinking down into