Arum Dracontium

Green Dragon. Aracece.

Proved by Dr. C. P. Hart, of Wyoming, Ohio. Published in the Am. Horn. Observer, 1875 ; afterwards by E. M. Hale, in United States Medical In- vestigator, Vol. IX., No. 3, p. 103. Also by Dr. M. McFarlan. The re- markable cure of Asthma Millari was communicated by Dr. F. F. Frantz, of Lancaster.

^ Mind. Great languor and depression of spirits, with asthma at

night. ^ Inner Head. Head feels heavy and aches slightly in occipital and r. parietal regions ; next morning dull, heavy aching in head and chest, with asthma at night.

Had one of the characteristic pains in the 1. side of head ; be- gan in 1. occipital region, gradually subsided, reappeared successively in 1. temporal and 1. frontal regions. ® Sight and Eyes. Aching pain over 1. eye, pain transient ; con- junctiva highly injected.

Eyelids dry, stiff, and slightly agglutinated at their edges, which burn and smart.

Heat, dryness and smarting of lids ; 3 p.m. ® Hearing and Ears. Shooting pains in r. ear at 8 a.m., half an hour after breakfast, transient, but frequent, leaving a I I feel- ing of fullness and slight aching in middle ear ; next day changed to 1. ear.

Feeling of warmth and fullness in ears, one or other side, sel- dom in both at once ; swallowing renews it temporarily.

Aching pain behind r. ear.

I I Shooting pains in r. ear, sometimes very severe ; deep shoot- ing frequently, and for ten, fifteen minutes, only occasionally in left.

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Mucus in 1. eustachian tube. See 13. A pressure below the ears, behind lower jaws. ^ Smell and Nose. I Sneezing. ^Asthma Millari.

Eruption of pimples ; lichen. ^ Face. Slight aching in r. malar region ; next morning, 9 a.m.

Flushing of hands and face. ^^ Taste, Speech, Tongue. Aphthous ulcer on the tongue ; next day mouth and throat become very sore. Bad taste in mouth in the morning.

Tongue and mouth coated with a foul, slimy mucus, having a putrid taste. ^^ Inner Mouth. I l Peculiar, acrid sensation in mouth and throat.

Bad taste in the mouth. " Palate and Throat. Swallowing develops a slight soreness in muscles of throat and renews temporarily the feeling of warmth and fullness in the ears, sometimes in one sometimes in another. Disposition to swallow, arising from an excess of mucus ; with- out the unpleasant, acrid sensation as expected. A slight uneasiness in throat, and disposition to cough. Accumulation of mucus in the throat. Dry soreness, most when swallowing.

■ Dryness and smarting in throat, rawness and fullness, not

painful, but annoying, attracting constant attention. I Hawking.

■ Continual disposition to clear the throat by swallowing and

coughing.

I Throat raw and tender.

1 I Constant rawness of the throat ; constant coughing, with mucus in the morning.

Rawness of throat and purulent sputa.

Throat feels somewhat raw, and there is a rattling of mucus.

Rawness in throat present on retiring, but disappeared when asthmatic attacks began.

Soreness of throat, with loose cough ; closely simulating a mild attack of catarrhal angina, soreness most when swallowing.

1 I A feeling of dryness and smarting, kind of rawness, with a sense of fullness, not really painful, but suflBciently annoying, it attracts constant attention, and produces a continual dis- position to clear the throat by swallowing, coughing or hawk- ing. ^® Belching. Eructation of flatus tasting of the drug. ^"^ Stomach. Sinking feeling in pit of stomach. ^^ Abdomen. Pain in bowels from incarceration of flatus.

Rumbling in abdomen. ^** Rectum and Stool. Escape of flatus from stomach and bowels.

Copious, semi-liquid stool, with much flatus.

Bilious passages, attended with aching in abdomen and burn-

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ing in rectum ; borborygmus and escape of much flatus from bowels. ^^ Urine. Irresistible desire to pass urine, which is diminished in quantity, very highly colored, and has a burning or smarting effect on urethra.

Frequent, copious emissions of limpid urine; 2d day.

Inclination to urinate every hour or so during the day.

Urine increased to four or five times the normal amount.

Tenderness and slight smarting or burning of orifice of urethra, especially during micturition. ^^ Male Sexual Organs. Great diminution, mostly an entire ab- sence of sexual desire.

I I Penis flaccid and relaxed.

Fine shooting pains in course of 1. spermatic cord.

B Chronic pruritus scroti of twelve years standing. ^^ Voice and Larynx, Hoarseness on awaking in morning.

■ Hoarseness; expectorates thick mucus.

Rattling of mucus in larynx at every full expiration, which

disappears in moving. Excess of mucus in larynx (see 13); increased I I soreness of

larynx and great disposition to cough. Rattling of mucus in larynx during expectoration, ceasing on

rising, except expiration are prolonged by voluntary effort. Very much annoyed by the gravity and persistence of laryngeal

symptoms ; its influence is deep-seated and permanent on the

I As if larynx were partly obstructed. ^Asthma Millari. ^^ ^® Respiration. About midnight great oppression of breathing,

soon passing off, leaving considerable rattling of mucus in

larynx and upper part of trachea. 1 1 Paroxysms of dyspnoea, sometimes with much aching in chest,

I always with much mucus in larynx and trachea. I I Awakes about midnight with great oppression of breathing,

a kind of asthmatic attack, soon passing off. 1 I Paroxysms of dyspnoea occurring sometimes, with much ach- ing in chest, and always with considerable secretion of mucus

in larynx and trachea. 1 I Violent asthmatic attack at night; after a full dose on the

19th day, lighter each preceding night for a week.

■ Asthmatic attacks at night, from a cold, which had resisted

Colchic. and Ant. tart.

1 Oppressed asthmatic breathing, as if larynx were partly ob- structed, d Asthma Millari.

I At midnight suddenly seized with labored breathing, followed in 15 or 20 minutes by croup-like cough ; coughs until ex- hausted (about 3 minutes), then violent inspirations and no expirations until lungs are expanded to their fullest extent ; when breathing ceases, feces would be expelled, cold sweat

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breaks out all over body ; this breathless condition lasts from 1 to 12 minutes, and is followed by an interval of from half 10 three quarters of an hour, in which there is considerable rattling of mucus in larynx and some in lungs ; three or four attacks up to 2 or 3 a.m. 6 Asthma Millari. ^^ Cough, Disposition to cough. See 13.

Loose cough, with dry soreness of throat, like catarrh; for a week troubled with an annoying cough and rattling of mu- cus ; worse at night lying down.

I I Expectoration thick, heavy, yellowish-white, with continua- tion of a violent cough.

i I Annoying cough, with rattling in larynx.

Cough from laryngeal irritation, worse at night and when lying down.

iCroupy cough, with hoarseness and rawness of throat, during an epidemic influenza.

I Hoarse, croupy cough, with sore throat, rattling laryngeal respiration, and considerable swelling of the air passages, threatening suffocation ; child set. 3. ^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. Pulse 80, full, hard, some- what jerking, which soon becomes small and irregular.

Artery seems to roll under the finger, requiring considerable pressure in order to be correctly counted.

Pulse becomes feeble after a large dose; 3d day, 84, small, somewhat irregular.

Heart beats, so violently as to shake the walls of the chest (after 5 minutes).

With increased heart's action aching in prascordial region and down the 1. arm ; flushing of hands and face.

Slight aching pain in preecordial region and down 1. arm. ^^ Neck and Back. Shooting pains in 1. anterior inferior trian- gle of neck, near clavicle.

Aching along the spine, most between shoulder-blades and in lumbar region.

Great weakness across the loins ; feeling of extreme prostration continuing to increase, had to retire early. ^" Upper Limbs. Tingling, or slight stinging sensation in fingers, as when circulation is impeded.

Fine tingling sensation all over the r. hand, which is warmer and redder than the 1., and appears somewhat swollen.

Aching pain in 1. forearm, 1. hand, and r. humerus; r. hand remains red and swollen.

Shooting and aching pains in 1. brachial plexus of nerves.

Sharp, shooting pains at the styloid process of r, ulna. ^^ Lower Limbs. Tingling, or slight stinging sensation in toes, as when circulation is impeded.

Shooting pain down the r. thigh.

Burning of the soles of the feet ; 3 p.m., 2d day.

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^® Nerves. Feeling of extreme prostration.

^^ Sleep. Awakes about midnight with asthma.

^^ Time- Morning : dull headache ; bad taste ; coughing ; hoarse- ness ; rattling of mucus better.

8 A.M. : pains in ears.

9 A.M. : face and hands flush.

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^^ Relationship. lAqua chlor. relieved the spasms of glottis, but prolonged the attacks. ^Asthma Millari. Useful after Colchic. and Ant. tart, in asthma.

Calad. in skin affections.