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General
(MilkPardey.)
Debchiption. — This epedes poaseaaes widely d ff at, \ p rt ea al though belonging to tlie same genus. The jui n f I tating 1 t
Bstringeat, of a aweetiah taste. It ia an annual, ac thbanhdl n g with small, white, niimerous flowers, disposed ntnnl sUj
coiymbs. It grows in moist, rich aoil. The leav a wl h d a m Ik ]uice, should be gathered in July.
OFFicisiii Preparations.— Tincture of the firesli leaves (infuston.)
Ahalootjes. — ( ?)
{See TkerapmUct, Vol. II.)
FORMICA.
(Formic Acid^Tke Poison ofAntt.) PHAnMACOLo&T.— Dr. Constantine Herring, in N. A. J, of H., Vol, XX, pp. 13, says; "The name Formica was used by Linneus as a generic name for a large number of species, all of which appear to common peo- ple to be ants." Later entomologists had to separate the species and arrange them under ditferenl names, as different genera.
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804 FOEMICA.
The genus to which the old name, Formica, was left by LatrieUe, ia the one from which we hare report of cures, and from which we made our proviiigs. Ants belonging to the genus Formica, aaLatrielle has it, when attaekeil, defend themaelves by biting with tlieir mandibulsB, or jaws, and bending, at the same time, their abdomen downward and forward, they eject from the anus a sharp, sour fluid towards the place wJiich they tried to wound with their pincers.
This fluid reddens Litmus paper, and contains the Fomyl acid, (Formica or Formic acid,) C Ha O3.
Opficojai. Pbeparationb. — Triturations of the Insect; tincture; dilutions. Anaiosubs.— Jjiis, Ehus, Urtim, Croton, etc Mental Sphere. Indisposed, forgetful, morose, fearful and apprehensive. Exhilarated condition after the pain in the vertex had abated Giddy on attempting to rise,
Dul], sleepy feeling, with heaviness of the eyelids, and inability to study.
Head
Dullness and pressure on both sides between temples and ears.
Severe pain in the vertex, like a stitch from a dull instrnment.
Headache in tlie posterior upper and inner part of the head, increased by drinking cofiee,and aggravated during wash- ing with cold water.
When waking in the morning headache, with vomiting, stitches in tlie chest.
Eyea. Spasmodic twitching of upper lid of right eye.
Face
Entire let\ side of the face and cheek feels as if
Ifose. Sneezing and fluent eoryza.
Ears
Stitches in the left ear (frec[uent), followed by a small a
in tlie external portion of the meatus auditorius. Pressive pain in both ears (with heat).
Pains in the eyes mornings when awaking, better on washing.
Stomach
t pressure at tlie cardiao end of the stomach, and a hurnhig pain there.
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, with headache, and vomiting of yellowish, hitter mUGus. Burning pain in the stomach, with oppression and weight.
Abdomen and Stool. In the morning difficult passages of small quantities of flatna;
afterwards dia/rrhcea-like urging vn the reaPum.
Dia/rrh<Ba, with tenesm/us; fain m bowels before stool.
Dnll pain in the region of the spleen.
Severe pain in the bowels, with sh/tiddering chillvness.
Sensation of constriction in th-e am/us.
Pressure in the rectum, worse in the evening and in bed.
Loose diarrhceic stool, which left a desire for another stool.
Painful desire in the anus and rectum for stool, which, how
ever, will not pass. " Constipation, with sensation of constriction of sphincter ani.
Generative Organs.
Male
Itching on the scrotum; during coition insufficient
erection; jerking pain in the left half of the penis. Long lasting erections tn the morning in bed on returning
from urination.
F&male
Menses soanty and pale, with bearing down in the
Back
Menses appear eight days too soon.
Chest
Violent priclditig, pressing atitehes in region of left nipple; later on the left side of the baek, but more molent; stilt' later, the same sensation on other parts of the body.
Yiolent pe/nei/rating itching at the right nipple.
Palpitation of the heart; fluttering of the heart.
Upper Extremities.
Severs pain above t/ie right elbow.
Itching in the armpits in the morning.
Yiolent itching on the left shoulder-blade.
Kheumatie pain in tlie right elbow joint, and along the course-
of the ulna. Violent pain in left side of the nape of the neck, extending:
down the left arm. Pain leaves the left arm and goes to the right.
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Neck is very stiff and painful, worse from motion.
Burning stitches in the finger ends.
Lower Estremeties.
Pains in the hips (bruised) at night in bed.
Pains in tlie knee joints (rheumatic) increased by walking.
Lancinating pain in the left knee joint.
General weakness of the wliole muscular system.
Severe pain across the sacrum aud dorsum of ea<Ji ham, worse on motion.
Sensation as if the muscles were strained and being torn from attachment.
Cramp in both feet, especially in the soles near the toes. GeneralitiSB.
Dr. Hering {Sahnemannian Monthly, Jan., 1871), gives the following indications for the use of FotTtvica:
"Affections of the spinal cord, paralysis, spasms.
" Hhettmatism appearing suddenly, mostly in the joints, with the character of restlessness; the patients desire motion, although it makes pain rnore acute.
" Pressure relieves the pains.
" Sweat without amelioration,
" Eye disease, especially the so-called rheumatic infiammatione of the eyes, with their sequelie; but still more in diffi- culties of hearing and many diseases of the ear.
" Lack of milk in narsing women.
" Seminal emissions.
" The predominant time of day is from 2 to 4 a. m.
"The burning pains are removed by washing in cold water.
" Consequences of cold and wet, cold bath, or damp weather,
" It often helped when VhamomAlla only ameliorated, and when Belladonna did not agree.
Formica, therefore, like Apis, belongs to the claae of acids with ethereal oils, to which the aromaties are complementary.
Formica eeeras to be as great an enemy to the narcotics as Apia is to the acids {Ehua).
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FEEBOCTANURET OF POTASSIUM. SOT
FERUOCYANUEET OF POTASSIUM.
{Kali-feTrocyanwretum)
PHAitMACOLO&y
This salt may be obtained, by boiling purified Prussian blue in a solution of Potassa until tlie blue color disappears, filtering 'he liquor, evaporating, and crystalizing several times to render it pB'fc, II occurs in broken or entire crystals of large size, whose form is uaually a rectangular prism, truncated on the ends and edges.
Tlie crystals are large, of a honey-yellow color, Iranspatent.
Sp. gr. 1.833.
Have at first a sweet- ish-bitter, but afterward a saline taste, permanent in tlie air; soluble in tbur parts cold water and two of boiling; insoluble in alcohol, which pre- cipitates tiiem from their aqueous solution in brilliant yellow flakes.
OrFioiNAL PRsa'ARATioNS.— .iqueous solution Ji to J is; dilutions with water.
Amalogues. — (Kali.
Garb., Ferrvm, Bigilalis, I^eopus, OolUinonia, Hy- drooyanie acid and ill salln.) " Fatty heart, with weak, irregular pulse.
" Fatty degeneration of the heart.
" Hypertrophy, with dilatation.
"Functional disorders of heart, witli ansemia.
" Chlorosis, with cardiac dehility.
(See Therapeutics, Vol. II.)