CHELIDONIUM MAJUS, L. By Dr. O. BUCHMANN, of Alvensleben. (Continued from p. 50.) May 20th. The pustules disappeared within four days; also the yellow tinge of the skin and eyes. 25th, 5 a.m.-Took thirty drops; in half an hour violent pains in the head, with throbbing in both temples for two hours; then flashes before the eyes for three hours, followed after their cessation by diarrhoeic stool. 1 p.m.-Three drops; in one hour after, anxiety, lasting till evening. Drinking water causes weight and pressure on the stomach; seltzer water does not cause flatulence. Uneasy sleep, with dreams of death and a funeral and a wedding. 26th. I have taken no more, on account of fluent coryza. 28th, 7 a.m.-Thirty drops; soon hunger, which can hardly be appeased. afterwards great 11 a.m.-Three pappy stools before 12. Oppression of the chest, ceasing gradually at 12. 10 p.m.-Twelve drops; immediately after, drawing in the calves and knees, up to the thighs. Very restless sleep; lassitude next morning. 29th, 8 a.m.-Twelve drops; in one hour oppression of the chest for three hours; drawing in the right shoulder; itching of the skin. At Noon ten drops. At 1 o'clock great weariness and sleepiness; at 5 chilliness. 10 p.m.-Ten drops; continued chill; weariness; restless sleep. At 4 next morning, awoke with gentle perspiration. 30th, 9 a.m.-Ten drops; in one hour great anguish, and jerking in all the limbs; burning in the soles of the feet. At Noon ten drops. No symptoms but chill, which I ascribe to the circumstance of having, against orders, eaten salad. 9 p.m.-Nine drops; in one hour nausea, which went off on lying down; quiet sleep; about 4, awoke with gentle perspiration. On account of various hindrances, I had to give up the proving till July 2nd. July 2nd, 7 a.m.-Two drops in a cup of water; in one hour, pain in the upper part of the chest; stiffness of the neck, especially in the nape. In four hours, violent beating in both temples. In six hours, drawing and tearing from the knees down to the feet. 1 a.m.-Two drops in a cup of water. In one hour, pain in the left shoulder; in three hours, drawing in the left testicle, up to the hip, for an hour. 8 p.m.-Three drops in a cup of water. restless sleep; at 5, awoke in perspiration. Before 12, 3rd, 7 a.m.-Three drops in a cup of water. At 8, burning in the palms of the hands; angry irritability; capriciousness; terror at the least noise, as when one has not got a good conscience and cannot but feel alarmed. At Noon three drops in a glass of water. In three hours, heat in the face; stiffness in the nape; burning in the urethra; anxiety at every little noise. 10 p.m.-Three drops in a glass of water. Restless sleep; dreams about enlisting in the army, with great misery, so that my wife was induced by my crying to awaken me. 4th. I took nothing, because in the morning I was troubled with anxiety and beating in the temples. 7th, 7 a.m.-Four drops in a glass of water. In one hour, pain in the back, on rising from a stooping posture; drawing in the legs, from the knees to the great toe; in three hours, weariness and paralytic feeling in the thigh. At Noon, four drops in a cup of water. In half an hour, great weariness; pains in the intestines; drawing upwards to the chest for two hours, then rumbling, with discharge of flatus; chill about 6. 8 p.m.-Four drops as before. In one hour, violent chill, so that I had to light the fire to warm myself. 8th, 6 a.m.-Four drops as before. In two hours, heat and redness of the cheeks for an hour; then shivering and stitch in the right side of the chest for two hours; burning in the urethra on passing urine. At Noon, four drops as before. In two hours, heaviness in the head, especially the forehead, as if it would fall out; heaviness in the eyes; when reading, the letters run into each other; at 4 p.m., stiffness in the nape of the neck; forced to attempt eructation, without succeeding; chilliness; drawing in the right testicle throughout the day. 9 p.m.-Three drops in a cup of water. Phantasies unmeaning and incoherent, whilst half asleep, till midnight; fear of death, and of serving in the army. 4 a.m.-Awoke with pains all round the sternum, as if it were pressed in, till about 5; from 5 to 6, strong perspiration, which removed the pains in the chest. 9th. After rising at 7, I was so peevish, weary, and exhausted that I was obliged to discontinue the doses. This day's sufferings continued for three days, and then quickly disappeared. 11. EXPERIMENT ON MR. H., A TEACHER. November 24th, 9.45 a.m.-I took the medicine sent for proving by Dr. X., one hundred drops at once. In three quarters of an hour, nausea set in twice, but very slight; then pain in the right side of the forehead, and at noon pain on a small spot behind the left ear, as if from a slight blow, only for a short time. At 1.45, pain on the left shoulder, as if I had lain too long on it; sleepy in the evening. 25th. In the evening, sleepiness. 10 p.m.-Pain in the right side of the forehead, as if from a blow, only for a short time; drawing and stiffness in the nape. 27th. The pain in the shoulder shows itself also in the arms, especially the left; all afternoon, comfortable warmth all over. 28th, p.m.-Warmth increased; pulse feeble. 29th.-Pain in the shoulders, nape of the neck, and arms, down to the wrist. These pains particularly affect the left side, and either commence p.m. or become more continuous and sharp then, whilst the other sensations soon disappear. December 3rd and 4th.-In the evening, drawing pains in the parietes of the abdomen; spirits in general good. [N.B.-The person above alluded to is slender, thin, with a sickly look, very sensitive and excitable, but soon comes to himself; in early youth suffered from dysentery, which brought him to the brink of the grave; ever since looked pale; whether mercury was the cause he cannot say positively. Subsequently, about nine years old, he took by infection an itchy eruption; it was, as far as he can remember, treated with a white salve. At about twenty-four the eruption set in again, between the fingers, but very sparely, and after a time disappeared of itself. At present he is fiftyfive, and had, about twenty-seven years ago, inflammation of the liver; afterwards, in 1848, he took a fever, to which his medical man could give no name. He is now quite well.] December 9th, 1861.-From this date, 7.30 a.m., I took the same medicine again, but only about six drops in a cup of water twice a day, morning and evening. After 9, pain in the penis and testicles; dull headache in the forehead; head heavy; stiffness and paralytic pain in the nape; then pains in the anus and perinæum, which soon ceased. P.M. The pains of the nape, left shoulder, and left arm increased considerably; besides, I still had drawing pains in the back and chest. In the evening all the pains were gone, except in the head. 10th.-Nape stiff and painful; the pain increased in the left shoulder and left arm; pressive pain in the chest and back, which draws between the shoulders. In the evening, pains in the parietes of the abdomen on the left, increased by contracting the abdomen; also, pains again in the genitals, of short duration. 13th.-About noon, strangury; p.m., drawing in both hips; on the left side of the spine, where the ribs cease, a pain, as if from a blow, for a short time, in a small spot; then the same pain in the right side of the spine: moreover, on the right ischium, pain, as if from a blow, and lastly, a similar pain in the left cheek bone. Pressive pain in the liver, about an inch from the scrobiculus cordis; pain in the middle of the right thigh, as if from a blow. In the evening, insulated stitches, like the pricking of a pin, in different parts of the skin; pressive headache. 14th.-Stomach-ache, and a sense of distension, with a slight pain in the lower bowels; pain as before in the left arm; feeling of cold in the stomach, and some distension, as if cramp were commencing; at the same moment, pains drawing in all directions in the back, up between the shoulders. In the evening, stitches in the skin in individual parts; when in bed, pain in the little toe of the left foot and the one next to it, as if from a blow; pain in the left thigh, three fingers' breadth from the hollow of the knee, as if from a blow. In the morning, pain in the forehead, especially at the root of the nose. 16th.-Pains in the chest and back, strangury, and some abdominal pain; pain in the arm and nape, as before; likewise the head pains. 17th.-Pain as from a blow, in the second phalanx of the ring finger of the left hand; pains in the region of the liver and spleen, in the neck, back, and chest; pain in the left metatarsus beneath as from a blow; a pricking once beneath the skin, dull pain in the forehead. 19th. In the forenoon a feeling as of sand in the eyes, with tears; headache continues. As the pains in the arm, neck, back, chest, and region of the stomach were too unpleasant and lasting, I ceased taking the doses, after which the pains gradually disappeared, and were quite gone by the 29th of December. January 2nd, 1862.-This morning at half-past 10 I recommenced the medicine, taking only three drops in half a cup of water. In the evening pain in the forehead. 3rd. On account of the trifling effects of yesterday's dose, I took six drops in a cup of water at 10 this morn |