The Encyclopedia of pure materia medica v. 8, 1878, Volume 8

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Boericke & Tafel, 1878
 

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Page 366 - ... parts of the wrists. The skin of the (upper) arms was natural. The face, though less affected than the forearms, and not vesicated, was swollen and erythematous, the eyelids being puffy and partially closed. The trunk of the body was untouched, but the skin of the penis and scrotum was red, oedematous and painful, and there were scattered spots of inflamed and slightly elevated skin on the inner surface of both thighs. The inflamed portions of the skin were the seat of pain, sometimes of a numbing...
Page 480 - Determination of blood to the head with whizzing in the ears, and a transitory feeling of heat ; then a sensation as if vomiting was about to take place, but instead of this there succeeded slight cutting drawings in the abdomen, and then a stool.
Page 389 - I felt no unpleasant effects for six or seven hours, when I perceived the backs of my hands were swollen and puffy, without pain or itching ; my forehead and upper lip were soon in the same state. The following...
Page 389 - I prefer lead. The parts began to itch; the tumefaction increased ; vesication began to take place on the swollen surface ; small pustules formed and ran into each other, and at last some were as large as nutmegs. Next day my eyes were nearly closed, from the swelling of my forehead, eyebrows, and cheeks. The...
Page 183 - Very little appetite, with great repugnance to butter. Eructations tasting of the medicine, with persistent nausea. Eructations tasting of rotten eggs. Sour eructations. Frequent bitter taste in the mouth, with dryness. Taste of brass on rising in the morning.
Page 132 - ... ascending to the throat ; sensation of suffocation when first lying down at night; palpitation of the heart, from exertion or mental emotion ; * palpitation of the heart, with a clucking sensation rising up to the throat, which obstructs respiration ; sticking pain in the region of the heart ; palpitation of the heart from physical exertion, in persons subject to rumbling in the ascending colon; heavy sleep, and a feeling of fatigue on waking in the morning, followed by drowsiness in the forenoon.
Page 250 - Great heaviness of legs, while walking (fifth day),^.—At noon, began to feel great weakness in the legs; could scarcely stand, and walking became difficult; it was a "trembling weakness...
Page 422 - This paroxysm lasted ten or fifteen minutes; after this he slept all night. A less severe paroxysm occurred in bed. in the morning, after waking, and at various times through the day. This state continued about two weeks, when there was a commencement of expectoration of adhesive mucus in small quantities, detached with difficulty. The whole duration was about a month. Some medicines were taken in the latter stages, but without obvious effects, 10 .—* Hacking cough (after twelve minutes), 1 4.—Jtespiration.
Page 499 - Five grains were taken at bedtime, and next morning an irresistible and almost uncontrollable desire to micturate was felt, the act being attended with some irritation and smarting. The urine was of a deep saffron yellow, staining the pot and linen precisely as bile. It was of specific gravity 1'028. The quantity was decidedly increased, and the urea was somewhat in excess. The diuretic action continued during the day ; and it was not until...
Page 362 - The swelling rapidly increased until it became of the size of a hen's egg, and on the second day from its appearance it had almost entirely vanished. " From the period that the swelling was at its height, to its entire disappearance, the itching was almost universal, and much more insupportable than it was before. I attributed this itching to the influence of the poison, which, I suppose, was conveyed into the system from the time that the axillary gland began to swell and inflame. Nevertheless,...

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