Cinnamomum Ceylanicum

Cinnamon. Lauracese.

The symptoms marked — are from the Cinnamomum Cassia (from Eastern Asia), the variety in general use as a spice in this country. The genuine Cinna- momum Zeylanicun (from Ceylon), was very rarely found in the apothecary shops of Philadelphia.

Authorities. — Allen's Encyclopedia, v. 3, p. 333; E. Darwin Jones Albany, N. Y., poisoning of a child ; Ersch and Gruber; Strumpf, v. 1, p. 666; Frank, v. 2, p. 695, V. 4, p. 110; Tanner, Lancet, Oct., 1853; Hirschel's Archiv., v. 1, p. 195 ; Chaumier, Br. Quart., v. 14, p. 693.

^ Mind. — Anxiety.

— Child screams and weeps until midnight.

I 1 Forgetfulness. ^ Sensorium. i Great stupor. ^Hysteria.

Vertigo with weakness and oppression of breathing.

Fainting. ^ Inner Head. iHead severely affected, with oppression of chest. ^Hysteria.

—Complained bitteo-ly of headache; child, £et. 18 months.

Headache and apoplectic attacks. * -Outer Head. — Head and face hot as an oven ; feet cold. ^ Sight and Eyes. • Improves weakness of vision.

— Pain from 1. eye up to vertex in a line along the middle.

Itching of the eyes. " Hearing and Ears. — Heat around 1. ear. ''' Smell and Nose. Frequent attacks of nosebleed; child set.

3; t. ; tough mucus from nose. ^ Upper Face. — Whole face turned red. ^^ Teeth and Gums. Toothache. " Taste and Tongue, i Nothing brought on the attacks more

surely than talking. ^Hysteria. ^^ Inner Mouth. Offensive taste in mouth.

Ptyalism, particularly with pain in back. ^^ Throat. Sore throat.

^^ Appetite, Thirst. — Canine hunger, with nausea and de- bility when passing the meal hour.

Want of appetite, with diarrhoea and acidity of stomach. ^•^ Hiccough, Belching, Nausea and Vomiting, i i Belching, with colic.

■ Each attack subsides with a dozen eructations, soon, however, returning. ^Hysteria.

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— Nausea while riding, with gagging and vomiting of

mucus. — Nausea with weakness and vomiting of mucus, 2 to 3 p.m. — Nausea and retching every day at same hour for four

days. Chronic vomiting.

■ Paroxysms subside as soon as vomiting sets in. ^Hysteria. ^^ Scrobiculum and Stomach. Hiccough witli diarrhoea;

want of appetite and acidity of stomach, i Has a tonic effect upon stomach. Pressure and cramps in stomach. ^^ Hypochondria. • Obstructions or induration of liver. ^^ Abdomen. Much flatulence, with colic and pain in uterus.

Metastasis of gout to stomach and intestines. ^'^ Stool and Rectum. Diarrhoea: always < after drinking; with acidity of stomach; long continued constipation with fever and urging to stool. — Stool first of hard balls, then soft and easily evacuated. Hemorrhage from bowels, occurring especially after any physical exertion, even running across the room; blood bright red and clear ; child, a^t. 3 ; t. ^^ Urinary Organs. Retention of urine.

^^ Male Sexual Organs. Excessive irritability of sexual or- gans; causes erections. Impotence; sensation of weakness in legs. ^ Female Sexual Organs. Uterine pains.

iMenses regular every four weeks, each period, however, lasting eight days longer than usual, and followed by leucorrhoea.

I Menses too early and too profuse, particularly in females

troubled with itching of nose and nightly restlessness, profuse flow of red blood. Irregular menstruation.

■ Menorrhagia depending upon chlorosis or ansemia.

■ After a false step or a strain in loins, profuse flow of

bright red blood.

I I Chronic metrorrhagia.

■ Chronic leucorrhcea.

^ Pregnancy. Parturition. Lactation. Vomiting of preg- nancy.

■ Hemorrhage during or after gestation from lifting, strain-

ing, overstretching the arms, or taking a false step.

■ Hemorrhage during pregnancy, threatening abortion. Weak, ineffectual or false labor pains, spasms, twitchings,

or syncope during labor. Complete cessation of labor pains. Mitigates the severity of labor. ■Severe metrorrhagia in primipara after the first few pains,

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when the os had dilated about an inch; placenta de- scended with the head.

llRepeated small hemorrhages during the puerperal state.

1 1 Metrorrhagia some days after delivery, unaccompanied by plethora.

■Three hours after birth convulsions followed the tearing of the cord; after subsidence of the spasms, violent hemorrhage.

To lessen the severity of after-pains. ^ Voice and Larynx. Hoarseness, with cough.

i It clears the voice when muffled by secretions, scatters the phlegm, and is useful for tickling in larynx. ^® Respiration. Oppressed breathing with vertigo and weak- ness. ^® Inner Chest and Lungs, i i Pain in shoulders and side. ^Rheumatic catarrh.

Pain in chest.

■ Anxiety and oppression in precordial region, causing

constriction of chest. ^Hysteria. ^^ Heart, Pulse and Circulation. ■ Great cardiac anxiety with the attacks. ^Hysteria, i Heart affections ; strengthens the heart.

■ Loss of pulse during the attack. ^Hysteria.

^^ Neck and Back. Pains in small of back, with ptyalism. ■^'^ Lower Limbs. Sensation of weakness in feet. ^Impotence. Pain in muscles (myalgia). Erysipelas with ruptured vesicles on r. leg. ^^ Rest. Position. Motion. Hemorrhage from bowels after any phj'sical exertion; even running across room. After a false step or a strain in loins, profuse flow of bright

red blood. Hemorrhage during or after gestation from lifting, strain- ing, overstretching arms, or taking a false step. ^^ Nerves. Nervous weakness without fever; syncope, hysteri- cal attacks after loss of fluids. Trembling of limbs.

1 I Insensibility occurred with each attack. ^Hysteria. Spasmodic nervous affections; epilepsy; paralysis.

^^ Sleep. Profound sleep with the attacks. ^Hysteria. ^^ Time. Canine hunger with nausea and debility when pass- ing the meal hour.

2 to 3 P.M. : nausea, with weakness and vomiting of mucus. In evening : great fever. " Child screams and cries until midnight.

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Every day at same hour for four days, nausea with retching. Menses regular every four weeks, each period, however,

ISilic.

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