Common names: Deadly Nightshade. (German) Tollkirsche.
Introduction
Atropa Belladonna, L.
Natural order: Solanaceae.
Preparation: Tincture of the whole plant, when beginning to flower.
Mind
Emotions, Rage, and Fury.
Anger, proceeding even to paroxysms of convulsive rage.
She tosses about in her bed in a perfect rage.
Rage; the boy does not know his parents. (*Made up of S.1409 and 42*).
(Rage; he injures himself and others, and beats about him), (Case 12).
He bit at whatever came before him.
Inclination to bite those around them.
(He tries to bite those standing about him, at night), (Case 18).
Instead of eating what he had asked for, he bit the wooden spoon in two, gnawed the plate, and growled and barked like a dog.
She attempted to bite and strike her attendants, broke into fits of laughter, and gnashed her teeth.
The head was hot, the face red, the look wild and fierce.
(Inclination to bite those about him, and to tear everything about him to pieces).
Inclination to tear everything about them to pieces.
She tears her nightdress and bedclothes.
(He strikes his face with his fists), (Case 12).
They stammered out violent language.
Fury.
Raging violent fury.
Furious delirium.
Fury; she pulled at the hair of the bystanders.
The forcible administration of fluid medicine makes her furious.
(Fury, with grinding of teeth and convulsions).
Such fury (with burning heat of the body and open, staring, and immovable eyes) that she had to be held constantly, lest she should attack some one; and when thus held, so that she could not move, she spat continually at those about her.
Mania.
Mania, in which the patient was often very merry, sang and shouted; then again spit and bit.
Madness; in his exceeding restlessness he jumped on the table, bed, and stove.
Violent madness; the children scratched themselves with their nails.
Insanity.
Insanity with various gesticulations.
He is beside himself, raves, talks much about dogs, and his arm and face swell.
Insanity; they stripped themselves, and, clad only in their shirts, ran out into the streets in broad daylight, gesticulating, dancing, laughing, and uttering and doing many absurd things.
Crazy fits, with great loquacity or absolute speechlessness or with absurd buffoonery, fantastic gestures, and improper behavior.
Left the house and stripped themselves naked; one woman went into the fields to work, at night; another went into the street before the house to dust and sweep; another, with excited singing, cut open the pillows, and scattered the feathers about the yard and street; another went naked to the neighbors to caress the men.
The paroxysms of madness were occasionally interrupted by loud laughing and grinding of the teeth; the head was hot, the face red, the look wild and grinding of the teeth; the head was hot, the face red, the look wild and staring; pulse small, and very frequent; pupils dilated; the arteries of the neck and head visibly pulsating; pulse full, hard, and frequent.
She did foolish things, tore her clothes, pulled stones out of the ground and threw them at the passers-by.
He took a piece of bread for a stone, and threw it far away, laughing violently and running about the room.
Ridiculous gestures; she feels after those about her; now she seats herself; now she acts as if she were washing or counting money, or as if she were drinking.
(He claps the hands, wags the head to either side, while stringy saliva hangs down from the lips), (Case 22).
(She claps the hands together over the head, with a short, very violent cough, which threatened suffocation at night), (Case 22).
He talks like a maniac, with staring, protruded eyes.
Delirium.
Delirium.
Delirium (mother and child, within an hour).
Continued delirium.
Constant delirium.
Rambling delirium.
Idle musing; raving; delirium, with illusions of the senses.
Delirium, returning by paroxysm. (*Not found*).
Delirium, either continuous or recurring in paroxysms, mirthful at first, but subsequently changing to fury.
Delirium; she lay upon one side, the head bent forward, and the knees drawn up, gesticulating violently and murmuring unintelligible words.
Very delirious; she would persist that there were very horrid monsters all over the room, staring at her.
Wildly delirious, but quite fantastic, almost hysterical, laughing, crying, and not at all conscious.
During the delirium, loud screaming, cries, and laughing.
Delirium; the boy jumped out of bed, talked a great deal, was lively, and often laughed; consciousness was entirely gone; he did not recognize his parents.
Delirium; the child is very restless, talks confusedly, runs, jumps, laughs convulsively; face purple; pulse accelerated; the look very much changed; he has fever (after one hour).
In the evening he was seized with such violent delirium that it required three men to confine him.
His face was livid; his eyes injected and protruding, the pupils strongly dilated; the carotid arteries pulsating most violently; a full, hard, and frequent pulse, with loss of power to swallow.
The delirium was of a busy, restless, vivid character, but generally rather pleasing than otherwise.
The patients appeared to think they were pursuing their ordinary occupations; one boy appeared eager in flying a kite, another pulled tables and chairs about, thinking he was working in a coal-pit, and a woman appeared to be remarkably busy with her household duties.
All their movements were of a quick excited character, strikingly resembling delirium tremens.
The delirium was attended with phantasms, and in this respect resembled that caused by alcohol, but the mind did not run on cats, rats, and mice, as in the case of drunkards.
Sometimes the phantasms appeared to be in the air, and various attempts were made to catch them or chase them with the hands; at other times they were supposed to be on the bed.
One patient (a woman) fancied the sheets were covered with cucumbers.
His delirium would now be of a merry, now of a quarrelsome character; sometimes he would see figures which he tried to catch etc.
The slight delirium that followed the action of the narcotic was of a strange, yet not unpleasant, kind.
The intellectual operations at times were very vivid.
Thoughts came and went, and ludicrous and fantastic spectacles were always upper most in my mind.
I was conscious that my language and gesticulations were extravagant, yet I had neither the power not will to do otherwise than I did; and, notwithstanding my bodily malaise, my mind was in a state of delightful exhilaration.
She complained first of “a sensation of madness in her brain,” then suddenly lost the power of speaking and swallowing, and fell into a comatose state.
The head was bent forward on the chest, eyes closed, breathing heavy and stertorous, pupils widely dilated, hands and feet cold, pulse scarcely perceptible, jaws firmly fixed.
After rousing, appeared conscious when spoken to, but could not answer.
Soporose throughout the day, speech gradually returning.
(Second day).
Has passed a restless night, sleep being much disturbed by frightful dreams; complains of intense pain in the head, and says that it feels enormously large; great intolerance of light and noise.
At noon, very delirious, and would persist that there were horrid monsters all over the room staring at her.
(Third day).
Head much relieved after leeching.
Passed a restless night, her sleep, she says, being disturbed by “miserable phantoms”. From this point gradual amendment took place.
Soon after the spasms, delirium (in which, however, the patient knew his doctor).
Delirium, with fierceness.
Delirium and heat.
Violent delirium, alternating with lethargy; the boy appeared very much heated.
Excited and delirious, with violent motion of the arms and legs, increasing to a raging delirium.
At times he is delirious, at times he answers rightly when questioned, and bemoans himself.
She mutters like one asleep.
Senseless talk. (Case 5).
Continual senseless chattering and laughter (after half an hour).
Speech loud, disconnected.
(*Delirious talking; obscene*), (Case 11). She spoke constantly and rapidly, talking nonsense.
Speaks in broken sentences and deliriously.
Her mind was disordered, so that speech did not correspond to thought, nor thought to sense, nor sense to the objects present.
Her heightened but deluded fancy conjures up before her a multitude of beautiful images.
The boy’s fancy was very active, but he passed quickly from one idea to another; they were mostly of a lively character, relating to his plays.
Hallucinations, with great restlessness; she did not know the bystanders; she laughed out.
He imagined he saw things not present.
Groped for thighs which did not exist.
He imagines he sees birds flying off through the chimney, and wishes to follow them by the same route.
Delirious talk of dogs, as if they swarmed about him).
Talks of wolves being in the room; with full pulse.
He looked about; he talked about mice and other dark-colored animals which he saw.
Visions of wolves, dogs, giants, and fire.
At the height of the poisoning, the woman was in a state very closely resembling that so often seen in delirium tremens.
Born in 1837in Westminster, Vermont. . He was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy
Dr. Allen compiled the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica over the course of 10 years.
In 1881 Allen published A Critical Revision of the Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica.