Preparation , Tincture of the flowers only (proving Nos. 2 and 3 ), or tinct. of stalks, leaves, and flowers, gathered in August (subsequent provings). Authorities. 1 , Dr. R. T. Warren, a little girl put an anther of a lily into her right nostril, after four hours paregoric and brandy were administered, death after fifty-nine hours ; Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1862, vol. 67, p. 279; 2 , Dr. S. P. Graves took at two different times 5 drops of 3d dec. dil. ( from Dr. William E. Payne's collection of provings, Trans. Am. Inst. of Hom., 1867, and 1870, p. 94); 3 , Dr. J. W. Savage ( Note: subject to nervous headaches but otherwise healthy) took 30 drops of tinct. at 3.30, 7.30, and 9.30 P.M. (first day), at 11.30 and 11.45 A.M. (second day), at 7.30 P.M. (fourth day), from Dr. Payne ; 4 , F. G. Barker, aged 30, took 6 drops of tinct. at 8 P.M. (fourth day), 8 drops twice P.M. (second day), same at 5.40 A.M. (fourth day), 12 drops at 6.30 A.M. (fifth day), from Dr. Payne ; 5 , Miss Y., aged 42 ( Note: had not menstruated for two years past, but had enjoyed uninterrupted good health), took 5 drops of tinct. at 8.30 A.M. (first, second and third days), 10 drops daily (fourth to thirteenth days), 25 drops (fourteenth day), 30 drops (eighteenth day), same (twenty-fourth day), from Dr. Payne ; 5 a , same prover took 1st dec. dil., 15 drops (first day), same twice (second day), 20 drops twice (third day), 5 drops (fifth to sixth days), 30 drops (tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth days), from Dr. Payne ; 6 , Miss F., aged 55, took 300th dil. (first, eighth, eleventh and fifteenth day), 5th cent. dil. (twenty-first, twenty-third, twenty-fifth, and twenty-ninth days), from Dr. Payne ; ( Nos . 7 to 12 , fide Dr. C. Dunham ); 7 , Miss N. W., took 3 drops 3d dil. twice daily (first to fourth days), 30th dil. (seventh to tenth days), from Dr. Payne's collection; 8 , Miss S. A. F., took 1/4 ounce (no symptoms for two weeks, from Dr. Payne ); 9 , Mrs. C. L. B., took 3d dil. two doses daily for six days, from Dr. Payne ; 10 , Mrs. B., took 5 drops (?) daily for five days then after a month took one dose of 12 drops, from Dr. Payne ; 11 , Mrs. J. F., took 3d dil., 5 drops twice (first day), 8 drops twice (second day), 16 drops three times (third day), 12 drops (fourteenth day), from Dr. Payne ; 12 , Mrs. L. B. C., took 3d dil., 5 drops night and morning for a week, then doubled the dose for a week, from Dr. Payne ; 13 , Dr. Samuel Lilienthal, took nearly an ounce of tinct. in a few days, and 1/2 ounce, fifth day; from Dr. Payne ; 14 , Dr. L. M. Kenyon, effects on Mrs. ---, aged 48 ( Note: Menstruation irregular for a year; has had for many years unpleasant pressure, fulness and palpitation of heart, much increased during the past year; symptoms now, dull pressing pain in region of heart nearly constant, increased by eating even lightly, frequent palpitation, constant apprehension of serious trouble; no valvular disease, impulse of heart over a larger space than normal, contractions seemed at times incomplete), took 30th dil., three doses a day, for four days; 15 , Mrs. M., aged 28, took 1st dec. dil., every two hours (first day), every six hours (second and third day), 6 drops (fifth day), 10 drops (sixth day); from Dr. Payne ; 16 , MS. proving of Dr. George C. McDermott, on Miss U. (doses not given).