Solanum Mammosum

General

Solanum mammosum, Linn.

Natural order , Solanaceae.

Common name , Apple of Sodom.

Authority. Hering, Archiv. f. Hom., 13, 2, p. 184.

Mind

He becomes exasperated at what he thinks may happen. Inability for continuous thought, though with perfect comprehension of his subject; he could, when writing, only express himself in short broken sentences.

Stool

No stool (second day); stool occurred later than usual and after much pressure (third day).

Respiratory Organs.

The mucus hawked from the larynx contains streaks of bright blood (after half an hour). Hawking of mucus containing flakes of blood (third day).

Back

Twitching of a large muscle below the right scapula, as if the flesh were pinched up by the hand and shaken back and forth (third and fourth days).

Inferior Extremities. Sticking pain in the left hip-joint, that made him quite lame, frequently during and after walking, disappearing after standing and sitting down (fourth day).

Skin

Causes blotches over the whole body (from poisoning; see Froriep, Notizen, 1821).

Sleep

Great weariness and desire to sleep without ability to sleep, followed by slumbering without real sleep, and afterwards deep sleep for several hours, from which he awoke and could not collect his senses for a long time, and remained long in an irresolute condition (this condition occurred at the time of the flood-tide, at the full moon; with the ebb-tide a general refreshing, as after a crisis).

Even after a long sleep during the day he was sleepy in the evening, and slept well all night. Dreams of death, with violent weeping (fourth and fifth days).