Sticta Pulmonaria

Lungwort Lichen. Lichens.

The tincture is prepared from the fresh lichen grown on the sugar maple.

Introduced by S. P. Burdick, proved by liim, N. Am. J. of Horn., vol. 12, p. 202 ; Lutes, Hale's N. E., p. 992 ; observations by Lilienthal, Am. Jour, of Horn. Mat. Med., vol. 2, p. 234,

Clinical Authorities Talkativeness, Carr, M. I., 1875, p. 245; Catarrh of head and chest, Burdick, N.

A. J. H., vol. 12, p. 203; Headache, Burdick, N.

A. J. H., vol. 12, p. 207 ; Nascd catarrh, Sweating of hands, Lippe, Org., vol. 2, p. 183 ;

Chronic nascd ccUarrh, Smith, Horn. Phys., vol. 9, p. 37 ; Coryza, Burdick, N. A.

J. H., vol. 12, p. 205; Pain in stomach, Carr, M. I., 1875, p. 245;

Influenza, Martin, A. J. H. M.

M., vol. 1, p. 234; Boyce, A. H. O., vol. 1, p. 117;

Hay fever, Dart, N. A. J. H., vol. 23, p. 532 ;

Lewis, B. J. H., vol. 34, p. 168 ; Affection of chest, Scheurer, A.

H. O., vol. 10, p. 596 ; Rheumatic pain in chest, Chase (see Hale's Therap.) ; Cough, Whooping cough, Blake, Horn.

Eev., vol. 16, p. 406 ; Cough, Mil- ler, Hah. Mo., vol. 7, p. 403; Conant, Org., vol. 2, p. 229;

Cough in consumption, Blake, H. M., vol. 10, p. 375 ; Cough cfter measles, Burdick, N. A.

J. H., vol. 12, p. 210; Affection of heart, N. A.

J. H., vol. 12, p. 208; Rheumatic bursitis, Has- brouck, Horn. Times, vol. 3, p. 94;

Price, A. H. O., vol. 9, p. 163; Bursitis, Price, A.

H.Z., vol. 102, p. 119, fromHom. Times, vol. 8, p. 249; Hasbrouck, M. L, vol. 6, p. 564 ;

Pott's disease, Moore, M. I., vol. 6, p. 344 ; Chorea and sleeplessness, Burdick, N. A.

J. H., vol. 12, p. 207 ; Rheumatism, Corliss, C. M.

A,, vol. 2, p. 459 ; Price, A. H. O., vol. 9, p. 162 ;

Burdick, N. A. J. H., vol. 12, p. 205.

^ Mind. General confusion of ideas, inability to concentrate

them. 1 I Great desire to talk about anything and everything, does

not care whether any one listens or not, she must talk ;

feels as if she cannot keep her tongue still. ^ Inner Head. Dull sensation in head, with sharp darting

pains through vertex, side of face and lower jaw. Darting in temporal region.

Dull heavy pressure in forehead and root of nose, increas- ing during day. ■ Catarrhal headache before nasal discharge sets in. I I Sick-headache; must lie down, < from light and noise;

nausea and vomiting, nearly to faintness. I I Headache, with severe pain in eyes, felt very sore on

closing lids or turning eyeball. ^ Sight and Eyes, l l Burning in eyelids, with soreness of

ball on closing lids or turning eyes. I I Profuse mild discharge ; catarrhal conjunctivitis.

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^ Smell and Nose. 1 1 Constant need to blow nose, but no dis- charge results on account of dryness.

lExeessive and painful dryness of mucous membrane; secretions dry rapidly, forming scabs difficult to dis- lodge. ^Influenza.

llNoseis stuffed up, nasal secretion drying up so rapidly that it cannot be discharged.

I I Almost incessant sneezing, with a feeling of fulness in r. side of forehead, extending to root of nose, tingling in r. side of nose. ^Coryza.

I I Desire to put finger in nose to clear out gluish secretion.

• Acute coryza with fever.

• Chronic catarrh of head.

I Influenza : excessive and painful dryness of mucous mem- brane; secretions rapidly dried and formed scabby con- cretions, requiring great effort to discharge them ; soft palate felt like dried leather, making deglutition pain- ful ; irritation in chest, more in evening and night.

I 1 Violent coryza, stuffed feeling at root of nose ; feels well in morning, much < in afternoon, > in open air. ^Influenza.

I 1 Catarrh of head for four years; sneezing mornings with green discharge; frontal headache and epistaxis.

I I Obstruction of nose, blows to no purpose ; interfered with breathing and changed his voice; < at night, de- priving him of sleep ; constant perspiration of hands so severe as to interfere with comfort; could not wear a pair of kid gloves a second tim«.

I I Chronic catarrh of fifteen years' standing; constantly blowing his nose, without secretion ; dry scales frequently formed upon mucous surface, which not only added greatly to his misery, but also prevented his smoking with any degree of comfort on account of obstruction of breathing.

I I Constant desire to blow nose without discharge. ^Ter- tiary syphilis. ^ Upper Face. Darting j)ains in side of face. ' Lower Face. Darting pains in lower jaw. ^* Throat, i Excessive dryness of soft palate, feels like dried leather, causing painful deglutition.

■ Dropping of mucus from posterior nares, throat feels and looks raw.

I I Soreness of throat; coryza from slightest cold; subject

to attacks for last ten to fifteen years.

^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach, i i Severe pain from sternum

to spinal column, and a feeling of rumbling, turning in

stomach, as if full of yeast.

^® Hypochondria. Dull pain in r.hypochondrium. ^Catarrh.

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Full feeling in 1. hypochondrium.

o^t mucous membranes. I I For last twelve years, annual attack of hay catarrh ■ slight Itching and tingling in anterior nares, followed immediately b}^ paroxysms of sneezing, frequently re- peated for first forty-eight hours ; mucous membrane of nose reddened and swollen, highly hyperc^mic; dull headache; stuffed up feeling in frontal sinuses; con- junc iva reddened, swollen, dry; pulse accelerated, tem- perature above normal; great thirst; during day pro- fuse, thin,_ excoriating discharge from nose; burning lachrymation ; hacking cough, preceded by tickling and burning in larynx; at night discharges almost cease, air passages become dry, paroxysms of sneezing more irequent, explosions seem to number more at eaoh'parox- vsm, until sneezing and coughing are almost incessant; very little sleep until toward morning; when hyner- £emia gradually subsides, air passages become moist, and at sunrise there is again a profuse discharge from eyes and nose, M^hich is hot and excoriating, causing rawness and soreness of cheeks, borders of nose and upper hp; throat and mouth burn as if scalded, sneez- ing and coughing continue, and considerable thin, glairy expectoration is coughed up during day; at night dry stage again comes on, breathing is more laboi^ed and diflicult, wheezing, whistling, sibilant sounds in chest with rhonchus sufficiently to be heard across a large room; obliged to breathe with mouth open; drinks often but_ not m large quantities; becomes weak and irritable, is worn out with sneezing and coughing and for want of sleep ; has a horror of night, for then he suf- fers most, may catarrh. I I Severe catarrh of head, obliging him to keep his room lor a week at a time; discharge of quantities of bloody pus from nose and throat; distressing cough and op- pression of lungs, causing sensation of a hard mass col- ectedm them; cough at first dry and hacking, from tickling m larynx, which finally extended to lungs- dur- ing day comparatively free from cough, but returned every evening about 6 o'clock, continued entire night a most incessant; could not sleep or lie down; com- pletely worn out.

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^^ Cough. I Cough: dry, < evening and night, can neither sleep nor lie down ; dry, noisy ; severe, dry, racking, caused by tickling in r. side of trachea, below larynx; splitting frontal headache ; loose morning, less free during day; pain 1. side, below scapula; tickling in larynx and bronchi; incessant, wearing or racking, in consumptives ; croupy ; incessant, at night, compar- atively free during day; hard, dr}^, barking; dry and noisy, spasmodic stage of whooping cough ; causing splitting headache.

I 1 During or closely following influenza, incessant, short, dry, hacking cough ; sputa scanty, w^hitish or frothy, or entirel}^ absent ; dull aching or heaviness in upper chest ; frontal headache, < from coughing.

I I Cough, < night and morning; diarrhoea, pain before each passage, < in morning ; emaciation ; restless sleep on account of cough. ^After measles.

I I After taking a severe cold, hard, racking cough, < at every inspiration ; considerable oppression of chest.

I Cough at first dry and hacking, from tickling in larynx, which finally extends to lungs.

I I Barking cough, like whooping cough, after catching- cold. ^* Inner Chest and Lungs. Oppression of chest and feeling of a hard mass there ; hard, racking cough, excited by inspiration.

1 I Sudden pain reaching through chest from sternum to spinal column ; constant, < on movement ; arms powerless from extreme pain, if an attempt w^as made to move them ; difiicult breathing and speaking.

I I A lady contracted a bad cold, characterized by a pulsation from r. side of sternum down to abdomen.

i 1 Every cold, damp spell brings on a cough, with expectoration of dark blood ; loose cough in morning, expectoration less free during day; pain in 1. side, below scapula ; foul taste in mouth ; tickling in larynx and bronchi; constipation; menses regular; nervous headache in temples; haemoptysis three years ago. ^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. Dull, oppressive pain in cardiac region.

I 1 Attacks of great anxiety about heart; very nervous; has had much mental trouble; awakes at night with a strange sensation about heart, and for a few moments after feels as if she were floating in air. ^^ Upper Limbs, i i Rheumatism in r. shoulder joint, deltoid and triceps, extending at times to forearm ; commencing at night; arm nearly helpless, could not put on coat; during day lameness nearly disappears; no heat or swelling.

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I I Rheumatism of wrist joints of three months' duration ;

wrists and hands swollen, little redness, very painful on

moving. ^^ Lower Limbs. ' l General confusion of ideas ; legs felt as if

floating in air; she felt light and airy, staggering gait. I I Rheumatism, larger joints principally affected; dull,

heavy pains; no appetite; steak tastes like sand, or

has no taste at all; restless at night, little or no sleep;

weak, debilitated, general feeling of malaise ; much

pain in head, catarrhal. I I Rheumatism in r. ankle joint, swollen and very painful ;

could not get about without help of cane. I I Severe rheumatic inflammation of knee in a boy set. 8 ;

pain, soreness to touch, redness, followed by an effusion,

patella being lifted up, with elastic swelling underneath

and around. ! I Two years ago fell upon knee, which has since been

painful and sensitive; several months after fall knee

began slowly to swell until there was a large collection

of fluid in patellar bursa ; swelling about an inch and

a half in diameter, and also projects forward about so

much ; distinct fluctuation. ^Bursitis. • i I Large swelling over r. patella; knee painful, especially

in joint, which is very stiff, particularly after having

sat a few minutes ; must stretch leg, or get up and move

about for relief; had applied some liniments, which

were followed by aggravation. ^Bursitis. llBursitis of knee joint, simple or diffused. ^' Limbs in General. ■ Darting pains in arms, fingers, joints,

thighs and toes. ■ Swelling and stiffness of hands and feet. iHeat, swelling and circumscribed redness of joints;

subsequent synovitis with exudation of serum. ^In-

flammator}^ rheumatism. I 1 Rheumatism affecting knee, ankle, toes, wrists and

fingers; on second day large collection of water in

knee joint. I I Sharp, darting, lancinating pain, first in knee joints,

then in elbow and shoulder ; finger-joints were next

involved, gradually extended to every joint in body ;

intense pain in neck and head ; joints swollen and

stiff; cannot sleep for pain, can scarcely walk ; of six

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Attempt to move arms : they are powerless from excessive pain. ^^ Nerves. Legs as if floating in air ; she felt light and airy, without any sensation of resting on bed.

■ General feeling of dulness and malaise, as when a catarrh is coming on.

■Hysteria: after loss of blood; strange sensation about heart; I hysterical chorea; migraine; she has to lie down ; light and noise aggravate ; nausea and vomiting with faintness.

I I After severe hemorrhage from bowel controlled by Hamam. : could not sleep for over a week ; as soon as night comes on feet and legs dance and jump around in spite of her, so that she is compelled to hold, or have them held to floor ; on lying down, limbs feel as if float- ing in air; as light as feathers. ^Hysterical chorea. "Sleep. I Sleeplessness: from nervousness; from cough; of children ; after surgical operations, e. g., setting fractured leg. ^^ Time. During day : pressure in forehead and nose < ; profuse thin, excoriating discharge from nose ; coughing up glairy mucus ; comparatively free from cough ; cough < ; pain before each passage < ; rheumatism of arms <.

Afternoon: influenza <.

Evening: irritation in chest <; cough <.

Second day after rheumatism : large collection of water in knee joint.

Three months : rheumatism of wrist joints.

Six months : rheumatism.

Two years ago : fell upon knee, swelling and painfulness.

For twelve years: annual attack of hay catarrh.

Fifteen-years' standing: chronic catarrh ; attacks of coryza. ^^ Locality and Direction. Right: feeling of fulness in fore- head ; tingling in side of nose ; dull pain in hypochon- drium ; tickling in side of trachea ; pulsation from side of sternum down to abdomen ; rheumatism of shoulder joint; rheumatism of ankle joint ; large swel- ling over patella.

Left: full feeling in hypochondrium; pain below scapulae; pain in side.

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*' Sensations. As if she cannot, keep her tongue still; as if stomach were full of yeast ; throat and mouth burn as if scalded; as of a hard mass collected in lungs; as if floating in air ; legs as if floating in air.

Pain : 1, side below scapula ; in head.

Intense pain : in neck and head.

Severe pain : in eyes ; from sternum to spinal column.

Splitting pain : in forehead.

Sharp darting pains : through vertex ; side of face and lower jaw; in temporal region; in side of face; in lower jaw; in arms, fingers, joints, thighs and toes; in knee joints, then elbow and shoulder and finger joints.

Sudden pain : through chest, from sternum to spinal column.

Rheumatic pain : in r. shoulder joint, deltoid and triceps; of wrist joint.

Dull aching : in upper chest.

Dull oppressive pain : in cardiac region ; in joints.

Dull pain : in r. hypochondrium.

Burning: in eyelids; in larynx; of mouth and throat.

Soreness: of eyeball; of throat; of cheeks; of nose and upper lip.

Tingling : in anterior nares ; in r. side of nose.

Tickling: in larynx and bronchi; in r. side of trachea, below larynx.

Dryness: of nose; of soft palate ; of mucous membranes.

Dull, heavy pressure : in forehead and root of nose.

Dull sensation : in head.

Strange sensation : about heart.

Pulsation: from r. side of sternum down to abdomen.

Stiff'ness : of hands and feet.

Heaviness: in upper chest.

Fulness: in side of forehead and root of nose.

Full feeling: in 1. hypochondrium.

Stuff'ed feeling : in nose ; in frontal sinuses.

Boy, £et. 7, after catching cold ; cough.

Boy, set. 7 to 8, had severe attack year before, followed by heart disease, was under treatment four months, present attack cured in nine days; rheumatism.

Boy, set. 8 ; rheumatic bursitis.

Girl, set. 10, nervous sanguine temperament, medium size, skin pale, transparent, freckled, hair auburn ; rheuma- tism.

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Boy, set. 12, suffering four years; catarrh of head.

Girl, set. 12, lively ; influenza.

Girl, set. 19, scrofulous, had haemoptysis three years ago;

Young lady, set. 20, married, nervous sanguine tempera- ment, slightly built, hair deep auburn, suffering six

months ; rheumatism. Woman, set. 30, after catching cold two or three weeks

ago ; pulsation in chest. Woman, set. 38, two years ago fell upon knee, since then

larent., in nervous phenomena.

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