Stramonium

Thorn-apple

Eyes

William Boericke 1922

Seem prominent, staring imde open; pupils dilated. Loss of vision ; complains that it is dark, and calls for light. Sjnall objects look large. Parts of the body seem enormously swollen. Strabismus.

Face

William Boericke 1922

Hot, red; circumscribed redness of cheeks. Blood rushes to

William Boericke 1922

distorted. Expression of terror. Pale

Female

William Boericke 1922

Metrorrhagia, with loquacity, singing, prayirig. Puerperal mania, with characteristic mental symp-

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

sation as if limbs were separated from body. Delirium tremens.

Head

William Boericke 1922

Raises head frequently from the pillow. Pain in forehead and over eyebrows, beginning at 9 A. M, ; worse until noon. Boring pain, preceded by obscure vision. Rush of blood to

William Boericke 1922

staggers, with tendency to fall forward and to the left.

Male

William Boericke 1922

Sexual erethism, with indecent speech and action. Hands constantly kept on genitals.

Mind

William Boericke 1922

Devout, earnest, beseeching and ceaseless talking. Loquacious, garrulous, laughing, singing, swearing, praying, rhyming. Sees ghosts, hears voices, talks with spirits. Rapid changes from joy to sadness. Violent and lewd. Delusions about his identity ; thinks himself tall, double, a part missing. Religious mania. Cannot bear solitude or darkness; tnust have light and company. Sight of water or anything glittering brings on spasms. Delirium, with desire to escape. [Bell.; Bty.; Rhus.]

Mouth

William Boericke 1922

Dry; dribbling of viscid saliva. Aversion to Stammering. [Cannab. sat.] Risus sardonicus. Cannot swallow on account of spasm. Chewing motion.

Stomach

William Boericke 1922

Food tastes like straw. Violent thirst. Vomiting of mucus and green bile. Urine. — Suppressed, bladder empty.

Text

William Boericke 1922

The entire force of this drug seems to be expended on the brain, though the skin and throat show some disturbance. Suppressed secretions and excretions. Sen- 706

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