Penthorum Sedoides

Head, Vertigo.

On closing the eyes, felt like floating, could not read.

Mueb annoyed by little noises.

Dull, heavy headax'he with heat and soreness in the sacrum.

Catarrhal aching in fore- head.

Ringing and singing in both ears.

Nose,

* Catarrhal feeling repeated itself.

Nose felt stuffed, as if swollen.

Seiiae of fulness of the nose and ears.

A secondary symp- tom, a drawing, or contractile feeling of the nmscles of the side of the nose affected with catarrh.

Itching in the narea.

Prickling, burning sensation on the tongue, as if scalded.

In- creased flow of saliva.

Bloody sputa.

A crawling sensation in lower rectum.

Burning in the rectum at stool, continued during the afternoon.

Itching of the anus.

Hffimorrhoids with aching in the sacrum.

Dull aching in kidneys.

Bladder sore on pressure.

Burning in the urethra when micturating, continued for a week.

Urine clear, passed more frequently, actively acid.

Sediment thrown down when boiled with sulph. acid, ammonia, nitrate of silver, and nitric acid.

Next day the urine was alkaline, slightly cloudy and caloric.

Increased in quantity.

Sexual oi^asm.

Erethismus of the sexual system, almost a satyriasis; a slight varicocele of long standing was appar- ently cured.

This condition was succeeded by a corre- sponding depression of sexual function approaching impo- tence, returning to the norma! condition only after months.

Respiratory Organs.

Neck and Back.

Aching through basilar region.

Aching in the sacrum, with itching of anus, hEemorrhoids.

Bxtreroities.

Arm went to sleep.

Hand felt swollen.

A trembling of legs for several days, with soreness of knees.

While on the lounge the muscles of the leg were suddenly contracted, jerking up the foot as in stepping.

A long-cured impetiginous eczema reappeared on both legs.

A few hot prickings in the skin.

Itching of face and fore- head.

Fantastic dreams.

Voluptuous dreams and increased sexual ■ desire, sympathetic and urinary excitement.

A few cold chills rush in succession up the spinal column.

DEaCMPTlON

It belongs to the Loranthaccte family.

A shrubby plant,

DESCBiPTiON.^The name Jaborandi is applied in South America to several plants possessing diaphoretic properties.

The Pilocarpus jaboj'andi Ja a slimb growing in Brazil.

It is about five feet high ; the root is cylindrical and slender; the leaves alternate and resemble those of the cherry-laurel,

PiiBPAaATiON

Tincture of the leaves.

Triturations of the alkaloid pilo-

Confusion of mind.

Vertigo sliglit.

Headache alra'ost every day just about noon, for over two weeks after taking.

Head- ache returned about noon, duU aching pain same as before hurried breathing, pressure on the chest, great anxiety, pal-

pitation of the heart, and pain in the region of the heart.

Thiobbing pima m the forehead and top of tlie head ; next came pains in cht&t and around tlie heart; pain in the tbre- heid becime las, but increased in severity in the chest and abo\e the heirt Dull pain iu the occiput, extending over left bide ot liead to the forehead.

Eye.

Eyelids stiff and heavy.

Augmentation of the lachrymal secre- tion.

Eyeballs feel sore on naoving them.

Contractioa of the pupil.

When the perspiration and flow of saliva were at their height, sight became so dim that objects held near the face were imperceptible.

Sight became blurred; at a distance of four feet could see a person, but could not dis- tinguish the eyes.

Impaired vision continued but only affected the sight of distant objects, near objects were dis- tinctly seen.

Swimming of distant objects.

During the sweating and salivation, appearance as of numerous white spots before the eyes like flakes of snow.

Dimness of vision returns.

The state of the vision is constantly changing, becoming suddenly more or less dim every few minutes.

Slight increase of color.

Redness and heat of face.

Tlirobbing of the temporal arteries, and increased warmth of face, but skin still dry.

Flushing of the face, ears, and neck.

In those instances in which sweating took place the face l>ecame- flushed, and was most marked when the perspiration was-

Primarily.

Increased secretion of saliva, for a time requiring constant ejection; the secretion of this from the glands in. the cheeks caused a kind of collapsed feeling in them ; saliva, distinctly alkaline; measured sixteen ounces in addition to- that which flowed on the pillow while asleep.

Salivations commences, and iu a few minutes the month is literally

flowing with water; this continues for four or five hours, during which period teu to sixteen ounces can be collected.

Free salivation, with profuse sweating.

Salivation and sweating continued to be profuse until the sight became blurred.

The salivation, when it occurred to a marked ex- tent, began siraultaneousiy with the sweathig, was greatest when the sweating was most profuse, and lasted as long as the sweating.

Salivary secretion extremely active.

Sub- maxillary gland especially enlarged; on pressing it there wa-s a gush of saliva under the tongue.

Sat with forehead resting on edge of table, and let saliva run into a vessel on the floor.

Tried to sleep, but had to clear the mouth of saliva every two or three minutes.

Secondarily.

Great dryness of the mouth.

Speech so affected that articulatiou was both difficult and indistinct.

Throat dry and inflamed.

Quite a sore throat, smarting pain.

Moderate swelling of the submaxillary glands.

Eructations and vomiting.

Hiccough.

Was sick and vomited a quantity of saliva which was swallowed.

Dull, heavy distress in the pyloric portion of the sfcnniacli, as though some hard, indigestible substance was lying there, relieved by eating a full meal.

Empty, gone feeling in the bowels.

Primarily.

Diarrhoea for several days, very loose; came with a gush; thin, watery, and yellow.

Gone, empty feeling from the diarrhcea, but no pain whatever.

Eleven copious, watery, undigested stools since 7 a.m.

Continues to have from five to teu yellow, watery, painless stools a day.

Pains in the chest, around the lieart.

Pressure on the chest; great anxiety, with palpitation of the heart and pain in the cardiac region.

Sense of heavy pressure on the chest, hur- ried breathing, and great prostration.

Heart and Pulse.

glands of the back-throat, trachea, and bronchi.

All these effects reach their maximum of mterisity in about three- quarters of an hour after talking the drug, continuing thus for thirty or forty minutes.

Lying jan one side, that the saliva may run more freely, the patient spits ten or fifteen times a minute; the flow is so rapid that he can scarcely speak; the salivary glands are enlarged, and the mouth be- comes hotter.

From time to time the mucous accumulations in the bronchi are cleared away by a slight cough ; the sight is dimmed by the flow of tears.

Tlie body is bathed in per- spiration ; a shirt is wet through in a few minutes.

Now a feeling of comfort or of weakness, as the case may be, is experienced.

Thirst is intense.

The pupils are slightly eontraeted.

By degrees the excessive activity of the secre- tory processes is diminished; in an hour and a quarter, or an hour and three-quarters, the lachrymation, the nasal dis- charge, the bronchial expectoration, and, finally, the flow of saliva and the perspiration are sensibly lessened, and the parts involved gradually return to their norma! condition.

When the perspiration and flow of saliva have ceased, the subject is prostrated and drowsy.

Tiie parts which secreted so copiously are now very dry, espeeiaHy the mouth and back-throat.

There is also much thirst.

Chilliness.

A decided fall in temperature occurred.

At the moment the sweat was produced, there was an increase of