Ailanthus Glandulosa

Tree of Heaven. Simaruhece.

" A very poisonous tree introduced from the Molucca islands, and culti- vated extensively as a shade tree, on account of its rapid growth, straight stem and shady leaves, until it was observed <bo make the month of June, the most healthy in the year, a sickly one, by the stench of its flowers. See 20 and 36. The opening flowers are used for a tincture. Introduced by Dr.

P. P. Wells, of Brooklyn, in 1864, as corresponding to Scarlatina, and proved by H. Minton and J.

T. Alley, 1861. Toxic observations were made by many.

^ Mind. Past events are forgotten, remembered as belonging to

some one else, or as matters read. Cannot concentrate mental effort; compelled to read a subject

several times to get even a dim understanding of it. I Great anxiety and restlessness. Stoical indifference to what happens. I Semi-conscious, cannot comprehend what is said to him.

d Scarlatina. 1 Low-spirited. ^Bronchial catarrh.

■ Continual sighing, with depression of spirits. Stupor ; mental indifference and weakness.

■ Great anxiety. Restlessness, with great anxiety.

■ Extremely irritable.

Confusion of intellect; found it almost impossible to add columns of figures correctly ; had to go over it several times to get it right.

Loss of memory.

Mental alienation.

Recklessness in regard to present and future events.

■ ■Semi-conscious, evidently cannot comprehend what is said

to him. d Scarlatina.

■ Stupor, delirium and insensibility, d After suppressed scar-

latinal eruption.

■ Muttering delirium with sleeplessness and restlessness.

d Typhoid scarlatina. ^ Seusorium. Since the poisoning all antecedents of her life are forgotten, or remembered as belonging to another or as matters she has read about.

■ Dizzy and throat dry.

Vertigo, with nausea, faintness and cold sweat.

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Vertigo when stooping.

1 1 Dizzy, face hot, cannot sit up; drowsy, yet very restless and anxious ; later insensible, with muttering delirium ; recognizes no one. 6 Scarlatina,

Staggers when rising or moving.

Drunken feeling in the brain, with fullness.

Thick, heavy feeling in the head ; figures look blurred.

Feeling as if an electric current were passing through the left side of the head or down to the extremities.

Apoplectic fullness of the head.

I Dizziness when rising up. ^Typhoid scarlatina. ^ Inner Head. Severe headache and giddiness ; face red and hot.

Headache, with nausea.

Dull headache : with burning in the eyes ; with great oppres- sion of the chest ; with heavy feeling in the sternal region ; with tingling in left arm and hand.

Dull compressed feeling, with confusion and pain in the fore- head.

I Dull heavy pressing in the forehead; disinclined to think or to act.

I I Darting through the temples and back part of the head, with confusion of ideas.

Darting pain in back of head, with beating in occiput.

Thick, heavy feeling in the base and right side of the head.

Severe pain through the temple on awaking.

Pain in the occiput, with dizziness and ringing pain in the forehead ; also swelling under the left eye from the cheek.

I Head burning hot, with piercing pains.

1 Severe headache, interrupted by delirium of a frightful kind, with fever and anxiety, d Typhoid scarlatina. ^ Outer Head. Beating in the occipital arteries.

Tender, bruised feeling over the parieto-frontal sutures. ^ Sight and Eyes. Uncertainty in seeing.

Figures and letters look blurred ; thick feeling in head.

■ Shunning light.

"Wild looking eyes with intolerance of light.

I Pupils widely dilated. 6 Scarlatina.

I I Eyes suffused and congested; startled look when aroused ; pupils dilated and sluggish, d Scarlatina.

Burning in the eyes.

Conjunctivitis, with redness and inflammation extending

around the external canthus. Purulent discharge agglutinating the lids in the morning. Smarting and aching in the eyes. Lachrymation in the open air or brilliant light. ® Ears. Pain in the ear when swallowing.

The ear, when touched or scratched, gets red all over.

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I Parotid gland sensitive and enlarged. 6 Scarlatina. ^ Smell and Nose. Loss of smell.

Copious thin, ichorous discharge without fetor, d Coryza.

Coryza, with rawness in the nostrils ; nose and upper lip cov- ered with thick gray-brown scabs ; ichorous pus discharged every forenoon.

iFluent catarrh, with sneezing.

I I Copious, thin, ichorous and bloody discharge from the nose. d Scarlatina.

Chronic catarrh, difficult breathing through the nose. Dryness of the nose : secretion suppressed. Itching and uneasy feeling around the nose. 1 1 Nostrils congested. ^Scarlatina. ^ Face. Face sallow, jaundiced ; pale ; blue circles around the

of the nose. Tearing in the face and head, with toothache.

I Chronic speckled, spotted face ; a sort of acne. Eruption miliary, more on forehead and face.

I I Great prostration and a countenance indicating much dis- tress, d Typhoid scarlatina.

^ Lower Part of Face. Lips cracked.

I Throat tender and sore on swallowing, or on admission of air.

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1 1 Throat livid, swollen; tonsils prominent and studded with deep ulcers, oozing a fetid, scanty discharge ; external neck swollen, sensitive. 6 Scarlatina.

Hawking of mucus, constant effort to raise hard lumps of whitish matter.

Thyroid gland enlarged and tender.

I Diphtheria, with extreme prostration.

■ I Refused to swallow anything for 12 hours, d Scarlatina.

I I Throat much swollen, dark red, almost purple in color. 6 Scarlatina.

■ I Tapeworm.

"' Urinary Organs. Urine suppressed or scanty ; passed uncon- sciously ; acid.

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^^ Male Sexual Organs. Sore on the prepuce looking like an

See 27.

Voice hoarse, failing ; 8 almost lost on awaking in the morning.

iCroupy choking.

Oppression of the bronchia, with dull headache. ^® Respiration. Il Breathing hurried, irregular, heavy. ^Scar- latina.

Equable oppression as if the chest was strapped ; feels as though the air cells were stuck together.

Sensation of. fullness and smothering before expectorating.

I I Wheezing, fluent coryza and sneezing ; asthmatic oppres- sion in the bronchi ; dyspnoea. 6 Bronchial catarrh. ^^ Cough. Cough deep, exhausting, with asthmatic expansion of the lungs; — (deep and painful; — IB dry, hacking; — I in violent fits before retiring and en rising until sputum is raised ; — dry, constant, with oppression, burning and pains in the chest.

Cough preceded by aphonia for a day or two.

I Cough with headache and congestion of the face. 6 Bron- chial catarrh.

Cough with breathing somewhat oppressed ; muco-purulent sputum ; free in the morning, sticky and scanty during the day.

I Sputa: blood-mixed; twice raised a mouthful of blood; bit- ter, yellow, more mornings. ^^ Inner Chest and Lungs. I Stitching and aching in the chest, under the clavicle, sometimes extending to the sternum.

■ Pressure on the chest and sense of fullness.

I I Lungs feel excessively sore and tender.

I I Burning in the right lung and under the left shoulder.

I Pain and contracted feeling especially through the centre of the left lung, sternal edge.

Tired feeling in the lungs, almost too much exertion to breathe. ^^ Heart and Pulse. iDull pain and contracted feeling in the region of the base of the heart and through the centre of the left lung.

Pulse : so rapid and small as scarcely to be counted, surface cold and dry; — I weak, frequent, irregular. 6 Scarlatina.

Pulse accelerated.

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Thickened swollen feeling of the muscles of the neck.

Constant aching between the shoulders.

1 1 Neck tender and very much swollen. 6 Scarlatina.

Constant sharp pain through the small of the back and hips. ^- Upper Limbs. Pain deep in the right scapula, hindering mo- tion of the arm.

Numbness of the left arm ; fingers feel as if asleep ; tingling of arm and fingers on awaking.

Large water blisters on the end of the thumb, with smaller ones at the side of the finger nails. ^^ Lower Limbs. Feeling of uneasiness and aching restlessness in the limbs.

Left leg feels numb, with tingling and pricking pain in foot and toes.

Limbs feel as if they were asleep.

Lying down : aggravates toothache.

Sitting up : vomits violently.

Cannot sit up : owing to dizziness.

Rising : siaggers ; cough.

Motion : staggers ; prevented by pain in scapula.

While walking : tension in foot.

Must walk about : with toothache.

Standing: debility. ^^ Nerves. I Jerking cramps of the limbs during sleep. ^Bron- chial catarrh.

Electric thrill from brain to extremities.

■ Great debility, I tottering gait, I cannot stand long. Heaviness of the limbs.

Limbs feel as if they were asleep.

General malaise, increasing weakness.

I In low, adynamic forms of disease, characterized by sudden

and extreme prostration, torpor, vomiting, pulse small and

rapid, purplish appearance of skin. Kills canary birds, if the cage is hung over night in the tree

while in flower. ^'^ Sleep. Sleep heavy or disturbed and unrefreshing.

Sleepy : morning and forenoon ; — after a glass of wine, with

fullness of the head. Drowsiness, followed by insensibility.

■ Restless and incoherent, most at night; kept with difficulty

in bed. 6 Scarlatina. ^^ Time. Night : itching of skin.

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Morning : eyes agglutinated ; throat worse ; voice lost on awaking ; free expectoration ; yellow, bitter expectoration worse ; sleepy ; dry hot skin.

Forenoon : ichorous nasal discharge ; sleepy ; skin dry and hot.

Day : sticky and scanty expectoration. ^^ Temperature and Weather. Air : throat more tender.

Open air : lachrymation. ^^ Fever. Chill preceded by a miliary eruption, worse on forehead and face.

During chill : hunger, empty feeling ; intolerable pain in back of neck, upper part of back and hip-joint.

After chill : flushes of heat, severe pain in the head and soreness of the lungs.

During heat : delirium, urgent thirst, longing for brandy.

Skin dry and hot, especially in the morning, until midday.

Cold sweat and nausea.

I Cold sweat. 6 Cholera. *^ Attacks. I Attacks characterized by fullness of head, with heat ; pains burning, darting in temples and occiput ; verti- go and nausea.

Every forenoon : ichorous nasal discharge.

Rash returns annually. *^ Locality and Direction. Right : heaviness of side of head ; tenderness over liver ; burning in lung ; pain in scapula ; pain in hip-joint.

Left : electric current through head ; tingling in arm and hand ; swelling under eye ; sore pain side of nose ; tearing in teeth and face ; burning under shoulder ; pain and con- traction in lung ; pain under scapula ; arm and fingers feel numb and as if asleep ; leg feels numb, foot and toes tingle and prick ; pain in foot ; tension in foot while walking ; itching around ear.

Above downwards : electric current from head to extremities ; stitching and aching in chest. *^ Sensations. Feeling of fullness everywhere.

Soreness, irritability, pricking and tingling.

Pressure : relieves heaviness in head, toothache ; pressure of clothes on chest uncomfortable ; — causes eruptions to dis- appear.

Scratching : reddens ear. *® Skin. Skin cold, dry, livid.

Itching around the left ear, face, back and neck at night ; felt as if she would go crazy.

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I Skin dry but not hot. d Scarlatina.

Rash returns annually when the Ailantus blossoms (after poi- soning).

I I Eruption of miliary rash in patches of a dark, almost livid color.

Rash looking like measles but without catarrh (looks like syphilis). See 22.

■ Irregular patchy, livid eruption, disappearing on pressure and returning very slowly ; interspersed with small vesicles ; worse on forehead, neck and chest, d Scarlatina.

1 1 Eruption appeared scantily for two days, with sore throat and mild fever. 6 Scarlatina.

Largre bullee filled with a claret-colored serum.

iPetechiae. ^Scarlatina.

1 1 Malignant scarlet fever.

Purple rash, with stupor. 6 Scarlet fever.

I A livid miliary eruption. ^Scarlatina.

1 1 Eruption plentiful, of a bluish tint. ^Typhoid scarlatina.

• Eruption is slow to make its appearance, remains livid, and even the forehead and face take on a rather purplish color. d Typhoid scarlatina.

1 1 Body and limbs covered with an irregular patchy eruption of a very livid color, disappearing on pressure and return- ing very slowly, d Scarlatina. *^ Stages of Life, Constitution. The odor affects the asth- matic ; also women and children more than men, and old people least of all.

Nervous, sensitive persons.

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