Phytolacca Decandra - Appendix symptoms - T.F. Allen

APPENDIX

Authorities

1, Schultz, Inaug. Thesis, effects of large quantities of the root (from Bigelow, Med. Botany); 2, Bigelow, Am. Med. Bot., effects of large doses; 3, same, effects of scruple doses in Dr. Geo. Hayward; 4, Jahr's New Manual, by Hemptel, symptoms, from Trans. Am. Inst. of Hom., vol. ii (original not to be had); 5, Dr. S. Rosa, Am. Mag., 1, p. 329, 1851, effects in two young women of taking about 3 ounces of an infusion of 4 to 5 ounces of root in cold water; 6, Flumiani, Journ. de Chimaphila Umbellata ^Chim. Méd., 1858, p. 458, effects of eating the stems, in three boys; 7, Dr. Donnelly, effects of powdering the root, from Griffith's Med. Bot. (Hale's New Remedies, 2d ed.); 8, Burt, provings with Phytolacca and "Phytolaccin," Hale's New Remedies, 2d ed.; 9, Dr. C. H. Lee, Hale's New Remedies, effects of eating a lot of the berries, in a boy; 10, Paine, "Concentrated Medicines, 1865" (electric), from Hale, effects of 1 to 1 1/2-grain doses in healthy persons; 11, H. Barton Fellows, from Hale, proving with small doses (1 to 1 1/2 drops) of tincture; 11a, same, 12 pellets 2d dec. dil., first day, 15 pellets, fourth day; 11b, same, 8 drops of 2d dec. dil.; 12, Dr. Marshall, proving with the tincture, repeated doses for four days of 10 drops to 4 drachms, from Hale; 13, J. Lester Keep, effects of inhaling the powder of the root while grinding it, from Hale; 14, Dr. ---, proving, from Hale, effects of fumes from slicing the green root; 15, Griggs, from Hale, effects of 2 or 3 drachms of tincture in a boy six years old; 16, Warren, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc. of St. of N. York, 1865, effects of chewing and swallowing small bits (3 or 4 grains) of the fresh root; 17, Bahrenburg, Western Hom. Obs., 3, 126, 1866, effects of eating a small piece of the root; 18, Cooley, Trans. Hom. Med. Soc. of State of N. Y., 1870, proving with 5 grains, 4 P.M., first day, 10 grains, 8 A.M., third day; 19, Gilman, Med. Invest., 1871, p. 19, effects on a family of eating the fresh root grated with horseradish; 20, Rawlings Young, American Practitioner, 9, 380, three children ate the root at 11.30 A.M., and at 12 ate a hearty dinner; 21, Grasmuck, Ohio Med. and Surg. Rep., 8, 289, a woman suffering from a slight pain in the right hip took, three times a day, a small swallow of an infusion of 3 ounces of P. in a pint of whisky; 21a, same, effects of smaller doses of same in a man; 22, C. H. Lee, Bib. Hom., 1874, p. 182, effect on a child of eating the berries; 23, W. S. Searle (MSS. to editor of this work), effects of eating grated root (by mistake for horseradish), in a man about sixty years old; 24, same, in another, aged twenty-one; 25, omitted; 26, Williamson, Trans. Penn. State Hom. Med., Soc., 1871, p. 179, effects of chewing and swallowing small pieces of the fresh root; 27, Whipple, Electric Med. Journ., 35, p. 560, a woman suffering from inflammation of right breast took of a solution of 10 drops of tincture in 3 ounces of water, a teaspoonful and in an hour a tablespoonful; 28, Libby (MSS. to editor), effects of eating the root for a trivial complaint; 29, Craig, Richmond and Louisville Med. J., 1869, p. 237, a man aged twenty-nine ate half at root six inches long.

Preparation

Phytolacca decandra, L.

Natural order, Phytolaccaceae.

Common names, Poke, Garget-weed.

Preparation, Tincture of the root.