Morphinum

An Alkaloid of Opium

Abdomen

William Boericke 1922

Distended. Acute pain in abdomen and along spinal column.

Back

William Boericke 1922

Pain along

Dose

William Boericke 1922

Third to sixth trituration.

Ears

William Boericke 1922

Left ear throbs painfully; better, heat. Seems to hear circulation all over body.

Extremities

William Boericke 1922

Staggering gait. Numbness.

Eyes

William Boericke 1922

Delusion of vision on closing

William Boericke 1922

Bluish, drooping lids. Itching of

William Boericke 1922

Staring, injected; diverging strabismus. Pupds unequally contracted. Look unsteady. Ptosis. Paresis of recti interni.

Face

William Boericke 1922

Dusky red or pallid lividity of face, lips, tongue, mouth or

Fever

William Boericke 1922

Chills. Icy coldness. Burning heat; profuse

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

Morphine bears the same relation to Opium as Atropine to Belladonna — i. e., represents its nervous side. It is less stimulating, less convulsant, and more decidedly hypnotic. Constipates less and aTects contractility of the bladder more. It is less diaphoretic and more pruritic.

Head

William Boericke 1922

Vertigo from the least movement of the

William Boericke 1922

Headache, with sensation of being “wound-up.” Bursting pain; head drawn

Heart

William Boericke 1922

Alternation of tachycardia and bradycardia. Cardiac muscular tissue is intact, even if severely exhausted. Pulse small, weak, dicrotic.

Male

William Boericke 1922

Impotency. Pain in right spermatic cord. [Oxal. ac.]

Mind

William Boericke 1922

Profound depression. Irritable, fault-finding, hysterical. Shock induced by terror. Dream-Uke state.

Mouth

William Boericke 1922

Very dry. Tongue dry, brown violet in middle. Thirst, Loss of appetite, with aversion to meat.

Nose

William Boericke 1922

Sneezing in paroxysms. Itching and tingling on end of

Rectum

William Boericke 1922

Diarrhoea watery, brown, or black with horrible tenesmus. Constipation ; stools large, dry, knotty, with tendency to bruise and fissure. Urinary, — Paresis of bladder. Strangury. Slow and difficult urination. Retention of prostatic hypertrophy. Urccmia, acute and chronic.

Respiratory

William Boericke 1922

Faint and struggling for breath ; diaphragmatic paralyv^- hiccough; dyspnoea, paroxysmal, on first falling asleep. [Lach.; GrindeL] Cheyne- Stokes respiration. Chest tight. Pain in middle of sternum. Dry, hard, teasing, exhausting cough, worse at night. Strangling cough, with viscid mucus sputum; thin, scanty, but sounds loose and abundant.

Skin

William Boericke 1922

Livid; purple spots; zoster-like herpes. Itching. Skin lost its elasticity. Urticaria appearing at climaxis. Nervous. — Restlessness and liyperacsthesia ; trembling, twitching, jerking, convulsions. Extremely susceptible to pain. Pain causes twitching and jerking of litnbs. Violent and sudden neuralgic pains and sudden MORPHINUM — MOSCHUS 511 fainting. Delirium, melancholic in character. Neuralgias intensely painful; left supraorbital; right intercostal, better from heat; multiple neuritis. Sore feeling all over. Bed feels too hard. Aggravation after

Sleep

William Boericke 1922

[iMch.] Neuralgia after zoster. [Me::er.]

William Boericke 1922

Yawning, drowsy; prolonged, deep

William Boericke 1922

Sleepless ; restless sleep, with frequent startings. Sleepy, but cannot

Spine

William Boericke 1922

Weakness of loins. Aching across lumbo-sacral region ; cannot walk erect. ICimicif.]

Stomach

William Boericke 1922

Nausea incessant and deathly, faintness, constant retching. Vomiting of green fluid. Nausea and vomiting on rising up.

Throat

William Boericke 1922

Dry and constricted. Pharynx paralyzed, swallowing almost impossible; better hot drinks, worse solids. 510

References

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