Kousso

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General

Hagenia Abyssinica, Willd. (1799).

Synonyms , Brayera anthelmintica, Kunth (1823); Banksia Abyssinica, Bruce (1790, but Banksia had already been given by Linnaeus to another genus).

Natural order , Rosaceae.

Common names , Kousso, Kusso, Cosso, Koso (and Habbe).

Authority. Cattell, Br. J. of Hom., 11, 340, effects when administered for taenia.

Head

Cephalalgia.

Stomach

Thirst.

Nausea.

Vomiting.

Anus.

Prolapsus ani.

Stool

Watery diarrhoea.

Stools loose and dark.

Expulsion of lumbrici, of dead taenia solium, and of bothriocephalus latus.

Urinary Organs

Increased secretion of urine. [10.] Diuresis, followed by scanty urine.

Sexual Organs

Miscarriage.

General Symptoms.

Rapid prostration of strength.

Extreme prostration.

Fever

Slight sensation of heat.

SUPPLEMENT: KOUSSO.

Authorities. 2 , M.

Chomel, Ann. de Thérap.

(quoted by Pereira, in Pharm.

Journ., vol. x, 1851, p. 23), effects when used for tapeworm; 3 , Johnston's Travels in Southern Abyssinia (ibid., vol. ii, 1844, p. 272); 4 , Dr.

Courbon, Pharm.

Journ., Second Series, vol. iii, 1862, p. 20, effects of flowers reduced to powder, taken fasting, for taenia.

The whole of the remedy was rejected by vomiting, [2] .

It soon produces nausea, accompanied with great acridity.

An hour after taking the medicine, the patient has an ordinary solid stool; an hour or an hour and a half later a liquid stool; and at the end of three hours, or sometimes from four to six hours, the taenia solium is expelled in the form of a whitish ball or knot, [4] .

The operation is speedy and effectual; and to judge by the prostration of strength it occasioned in my servants when they employed this medicine, it must be dreadfully severe. I can answer for this, that it occasions frequent miscarriages, often fatal to the mother, and even men have been known, after a large dose, to have died the same day from its consequences, [3] .