An old Indian drug, first used by the eclectics until introduced into our school by N. L. Thompson in 1857. The first useful proving was given by J. S. Douglas and others, followed by Hadley, Burt, Harpel and Schenck, in 1871; by Wallace, in 1873; C. Wesselhoeft, in 1875. The most impor- tant symptoms from practice have been given us by Dr. J. B. Bell. ^ Mind. B Unconsciousness. ^Typhus. 11 Stupor; falls asleep while being spoken to, or answering; heavy sleep until aroused ; awakes only to again fall asleep in the midst of his answer, which he vainly endeavors to finish, d Typhus. 1 1 Confusion of ideas ; confused as if drunk. ■ Cannot confine his mind ; a sort of wild, w^andering feeling. 1 1 She cannot go to sleep, because she cannot get herself to- gether, d Orchitis. I iFeels scattered about, and tosses about to get the pieces to- gether, d Typhus. I He thinks his legs are holding a conversation with each other ; a man, set. 60. d Gout. Mind wanders as soon as the eyes are closed. I I Delirium, especially at night, or constant, low; stupor. d Typhus. ■ Delirium and incoherent talking. ^Typhus. I Delirious stupor or fierce delirium. ^Typhus. I Low muttering. ^Typhus. I I Indisposed to think, want of power; mind seems weak. 1 1 Aversion to mental exertion. 6 Spasmodic stricture of oeso- phagus. Perfect indifierence, don't care to do anything; inability to fix the mind on anything. ■ Hopeless of recovery, and certain of death. ^Typhus. ■ Mentally restless, but too lifeless to move. ■ Restless and delirious for three weeks. ^Typhus. ■ Want of mental force, d Typhus. Worse when thinking of pains in various parts of body. ^ Sensorium. ■ Vertigo and weak feeling of entire system, espe- cially of lower limbs and knees. Dizzy when stooping. Vertigo with paralysis of the eyelids. ■ Giddiness and severe nausea, d Typhus. 305 BAPTISIA TINCTORIA. Head feels heavy, as if he could not sit up. I Dull, heavy sensation in head with drowsiness ; unfit for men- tal labor. I Frequent fainting; tongue dry, brown, in the morning. ^ Inner Head. I Peculiar feeling in head, which is never felt except during fever, excitement of brain, such as precedes delirium. Head feels heavy as if he could not sit up, day and night, causing a wild feeling ; worse from noise. Dull, stupefying headache with fullness ; sensation as if a band were around the forehead ; confusion of ideas ; stupor; dull, heavy looking eyes, besotted expression ; feel as if had been drunk and were just recovering from its effects; general de- bility and nervous prostration. I I Head feels large and heavy, with numb feeling of the head and face ; stitches or shocks in various parts of head. Dull, heavy, pressive headache. A dull, heavy feeling in head, especially forehead and malar bones ; ears feel hot, yet cold to touch ; head feels swollen ; giddiness, as if had taken liquor, worse when walking. Dull, heavy feeling in the head with general languor; eyes pain while reading by gas-light ; 2d day. Dull, heavy, full feeling in forehead with slight frontal head- ache, with sensation as if temples were pressed by thumbs ; 1st day. Pain in forehead over left eye in region of supra-orbital fora- men ; darts of pain in different parts of body ; 2d day. Slight frontal headache after having been up a while ; forehead hot ; 4th day. I Frontal headache, weighty. ^Typhus. Dull, heavy headache, better from pressure on the nasal bones and worse from mental labor. Fullness of the head, with fluctuation when walking. Frontal headache : I with pressure at root of nose ; with feel- ing of fullness and tightness of the whole head. Pressive pain in forehead as if it would be pressed in, with sharp pains in both temples ; much worse from motion. I Sharp darts of pain in supra-orbital nerve at foramen. Dull pain in anterior lobes of brain and right frontal sinus ; afternoon. Severe pain passing from insertion of r. sterno-mastoid muscle through head into orbit, causing a dull, heavy feeling in head, especially the forehead, relieved by pressing below the mastoid process. Beating headache in forehead, with soreness in back of head, immediately below occipital protuberance, followed by hot stitches in temples. VOL. II.— 20. BAPTISIA TINCTORIA. 306 Frequent pain in right temple ; sharp pains by spells in both temples. Heavy pain at base of brain, with lameness and drawing in cervical muscles. Fullness in head with pain behind right ear ; better having lain quiet for a short time. Headache and pain behind right ear, > after dinner ; 1st day. Severe pain in occiput with dull, stupid feeling all over head ; sharp pain over the eyes. Dull feeling in occiput, with pain and fullness of the vessels. Throbbing in head, over the eyes, with weakness in the limbs on going up stairs. I Dull bruised ache in the head. 6 Typhus. I I Dull, bruised feeling in occiput, d Diphtheria. Soreness as if in the brain, frontal region, with pain, heat, ver- tigo; worse on stooping. * Outer Head. Top of head feels as if it would fly off. Great tightness of the forehead. Scalp feels sore. Sensation as if head was swelling (slowly growing larger and larger), with pain at insertion of sterno-cleido-mastoid mus- cle, accompanied by a sensation as if the head was swollen behind the ear, right side. I Dull, bruised ache in the head. 6 Typhus. Several sharp thrusts of pain in head over r. eye. Fullness of external vessels of head and face. Neck feels so tired, she can't hold her head easy in any position. ^ Sight and Eyes. I l Cannot bear light ; eyes burn, but do not water, d Chronic sore eyes. Eyes weak. I Occasionally delirium with confusion of sight. ^Diphtheria. Feeling as if eyes would be pressed into head; I eyeballs feel sore with great confusion of sight ; cannot place anything, until after looking at it a few seconds ; everything appears to move. Severe pain in eyes while reading, compelled to stop. Severe pain in left eye, worse from pressing on crown of head, with dull headache. lEyes dull, d Typhus. Left eye for a moment feels very weak, followed by stitches in upper eyelid. Stitches in right eye ; also in left as from needles. Sharp pain over right eye, then over left. - 1 Weight over the eyes, d Typhus. Bloated feeling of eyes, glistening ; disposition to have them half closed. Eyes feel swollen, slight lachrymation with burning. I I Eyeballs feel sore ; sore and lame on moving them. 307 BAPTISIA TINCTORIA. Soreness in front of head when moving eyes or turning them upwards. Vessels congested, eyes look red, inflamed. Eyes still injected with burning pain in them, causing running of the right nostril ; worse from reading and from the light of the candle. Eyes in the morning still injected and pain, and contain thick, yellow pus, which cause them to burn ; worse while reading. I Chronic sore eyes. Partial paralysis of lids ; diflBculty in keeping them open. Pain in region of supra-orbital nerve, >• from pressure. Pain in orbital plate of superior maxillary bone (left eye), re- lieved by pressure. ® Hearing and Ears. I Dull hearing. /? Typhus. Roaring in ears with mental confusion. I I Delirium with almost complete deafness. ^Diphtheria. Ears feel hot and barn, yet cold to touch. Right ear sore and neck tired. ■ Soreness in right ear, running down the neck. Pain below left ear, midway between mastoid process and angle of lower jaw. Slight pain in left parotid gland. ^ Smell and Nose. Soreness extends to posterior nares. Severe drawing pains along the nose. Right nostril stopped up. Nose stopped up as if had taken a bad cold ; when sneezing and blowing nose, slight bleeding from left nostril of bright red blood (thick) ; 2d day. Thick mucus from nose. ■ Dull pain at root of nose, d Catarrh. Sneezing and feeling as after taking cold. Crampy sensation at root of nose. Unpleasant sensation at root of nose (especially the left), as if water had passed through posterior nares while drinking; 1st day. I Epistaxis and oozing of dark blood from the nose for two or three days, d Typhus. I I Sensation of great fullness, oedematous swelling of the affected parts, especially in choanse. 6 Diphtheria. ^ Face. B Looked ill for two weeks. ^Typhus. ■ Anxious, frightened look. 6 Cough- I Yellowish cheeks; central deep flush. ^Typhus.