Aching in the eyes as from a grain of sand, especially in the forenoon; the white of the eye is red and inflamed; the tears forced out make the eyelids smart.
Burning on the inner surface of the eyelids.
Long continued, pricking itching in the right cheek and down the left side of the face, which only goes off by repeated scratching (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Fz.]
55. A fine stitch darts through the right side of the face, near the zygoma (aft. 2.1/2 h.). [Ws.]
Fine stitches dart through the right cheek, towards the commissure of the mouth (aft. 56 h.). [Ws.]
Swelling of the face. [LANDEUTTE, Journal de Medicine, xv. (Symptoms observed in patients taking conium. This, with S. 146, 172, 200, 234, 336, occurred shortly before death in a man convalescing from suppurative pneumonia, and treated by conium for splenic cancer. ) ]
Bluish swollen face. [STOERCK, Lib. de Cicuta, Cap. 6. (See note to S. 58.) ]
Blue colour of the face. [SIM PAULL, Quadrip. Botan., Cicuta major. (Not found.)
60. Behind the ears and on the mastoid process, painful tension of the skin, even when not removed (aft. ½ h.). [Ws.]
Stitches behind both ears, especially in the mastoid process, followed by obtuse pains in that part (aft. 5 h.).
Sharp blows outwards in the inner ear, especially and more severe when swallowing (aft. ¾ h.). [Ws.]
Violent itching in the external ear (aft. 1 h.). [Ws.]
In the external ear, pain partly drawing, partly tearing.
65. Noise in the ear, as if the blood rushed through the brain.
When she blows her nose, she feels a dart in the ears, and then they seem to be stopped up.
Sensation as if the inner ear were forced asunder.
Twitching in the nose.
Formication on the dorsum of the nose (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Ws.]
70. Itching formication on the point of the nose and in the nostrils (aft. 3.1/2 h.). [Ws.]
Itching formication in the nose (aft. 1.1/2 h.). [Ws.]
Frequent bleeding of the nose.
Haemorrhage from the nose. [EHRHARDT, Diss. de Cicuta, Argent., 1763 (A list of symptoms from authors.) – LANGE, l. c., p. 15.]
Trembling of the under lip. (See note to S. 58.)[STOERCK, l. c.]
75. Itching on upper lip (aft. ½ h.).
Ulceration of the lips after fever. (See note to S. 58.) [GREDING, l. c.]
On the chin, fine stitches up through the jaw (aft. ½ h.). [Ws.]
Soon after drinking a drawing from the jaws towards the ears and head, not exactly painful.
Lock-jaw (trismus). [EHRHARDT, l. c.]
80. Grinding of the teeth. [Medic. Obs. and Inq., iv, Lond., 1771, p. 44. (Symptoms occurring after the application of conium to a cancerous breast. The patient had attacks of this, with S. 175 and 360, till she died. The reporter has no thought of ascribing them to the conium.) ]
On moving the lower jaw, boring needle-pricks between the left teeth rows (aft. 42 h.). [Lr.]
When eating cold food (not when drinking cold fluids) drawing in the hollow tooth and through the temple (aft. 3 h.). [Fz.]
Impeded swallowing. [EHRHARDT, l. c.]
Spasms in the oesophagus. [EHRHARDT, l. c.]
85. Pain in the tongue. [SIM. PAULLI, l. c.]
Stiff, swollen, painful tongue. (From touching the tongue with the juice of the root.) [STOERCK, l. c., cap. i.]
Difficult speech. [ANDREE, l. c.]
Speechlessness. (In Stoerck’s case. As with S. 86.) [STOERCK, l. c. cap. i.]
Dry tongue. [BAYLIES, l. c.]
90. Dryness of the mouth. [STOERCK, l. c., cap. ii.]
Thirst. (According to Fothergill, with S. 121 and 346.) [BAYLIES – FOTHERGILL, l. c.]
Excessive thirst, without heat, all day (aft. 74 h.). [Lr.]
Ptyalism. (In cases of cancrum oris.) [BIERCHEN, l. c.]
Great flow of saliva. [VALENTINI, in Hufel Journal, xxix, iii. (Symptoms observed in patients taking conium.) ]
95. Immediately diminished appetite for food and tobacco-smoking.
Loss of appetite. [ANDRY, – Pharm. Helv. – Lange, l. c., p.25. – LANDEUTTE, l. c.]
Complete loss of appetite and great weakness of stomach. [LANGE, l. c., p. 9.]
Frequent eructation.
Incomplete eructation, which causes pain in the stomach.
100. Putrid eructation. (Not found.) [SCHMUCKER, l. c.]
Eructation and inclination to vomit. [GREDING, l. c.]
Inclination to vomit and eructation, with exhaustion [GREDING, l. c.]
Nausea, inclination to vomit. [STOERCK. – FOTHERGILL, – SCHMUCKER, l. c.]
Frequent nausea and total loss of appetite. [LANGE, l. c., pp. 14, 37.]
105. Inclination to vomit. [CULLEN, l. c.]
Violent vomiting. [EHRHARDT, l. c.]
Frequent vomiting with total loss of appetite. [LANGE, l. c., p. 33.]
Sometimes there occurs spontaneously a bitter taste in the throat (aft. 11 h.). [Fz.]
After eating, inclination to vomit and hiccup thereafter, yet he has a proper taste and good appetite.
110. After eating, the drawing in the head and the numbness of he brain diminishes (aft. 4.1/2 h.). [Fz.]
After eating (in the evening), pain in the umbilical region, as if the bowels were bruised (aft. 12 h.). [Fz.]
Half an hour after eating, drawing pain in the abdomen, in the umbilical region. [Fz.]
Every time after eating, pinching deep in the hypogastrium, with goo appetite.
115. After dinner drawing pain in the hypogastrium when sitting (3rd d.). [Fz.]
After drinking, a drawing sensation in the abdomen.
In the morning, after eating, belly-ache, and all day a great fullness in the stomach and on the chest (4th d.) [Fz.]
Cardialgia. [Pharm. Helv., l. c.]
A pressure in the scrobiculus cordis, like a drawing about in it, and then in the side of the chest some stitches, also in the morning.
120. Fine stitches in the scrobiculus(aft. ½ h.). [Ws.]
Spasmodic pinching in the stomach. [FOTHERGILL, l. c.]
Shooting in the epigastrium, in the morning on awaking, aggravated by movement.
Pinching pain in the abdomen, but not immediately before, and not immediately after, the stool.
Cutting pain deep in the hypogastrium, with appetite and sleep at night.
125. Belly-ache. [Zurcher Abhandlungen, tom. ii.(Not accessible.) ]
In the morning, after rising, drawing pain in the umbilical region (3rd d.). [Fz.]
Oppression in the abdomen.
Pressure and clawing in the abdomen.
When walking he has pains above the hips.
130. When laughing he has pain in the abdomen.
When walking drawing pain in the abdomen (aft. 3 h.). [Fz.]
Pain in the abdomen: drawing bruised pan in the bowels when sitting (aft. 9.1/2 h.). [Fz.]
Violent pains in the abdomen with chilliness. (A patient under treatment by conium for a mammary scirhus had a chill in the streets; got this and S. 144; and died with dysentery.)[STOERCK, l. c.]
The most violent colic pains.[STOERCK, Lib. de Colchico, p, 89. (A woman could not take more than four grains a day (of the extract) without having this.) ]
135. Extremely violent pains in the abdomen. [KALTSCHMIDT, Progr. De Cicuta., Jan., 1768, p. 5. (Not accessible.)]
When not eating, constant pressure deep in the hypogastrium as from something heavy.
In the morning when sitting, drawing in the hypogastrium and pressure up to the epigastrium.
In the abdominal muscles, on the left of and below the navel, sharp stitches dart upwards in short fits (aft. 3 h.). [Ws.]
Fine pinching in the abdominal muscles above the navel on bending the body forwards (aft. 3 h.). [Ws.]
140. Tearing in the pubes, when. [Fz.]
Immediately slight discharge of flatus.
Constant call to stool; but he can only evacuate twice daily, and the motion is thin.
Diarrhoea. [LANDEUTTE – EHRHARDT, l. c.]
Weakening diarrhoea. (See note to S. 133.) [STOERCK, de Cicuta, cap. ii.]
145. Constipation. (In the original, “irregular stools, attended with griping.” [ANDREE, l. c.]
Swelling of the abdomen. [LANDEUTTE, (See note to S. 57.) – EHRHARDT, l. c.]
Swollen mesenteric glands. (Observed after death from a short employment of hemlock in large doses.) [KALTSCHMIDT, l. c.]
(Burning in the rectum during stool.)
150. Red urine. [BAYLIES, l. c.]
(Burning in the urethra, in the morning, immediately after urinating; for half an hour.)
(Violent stitch in the urethra, extending forwards to its orifice.)
Burning in the urethra. [STOERCK, l. c.]
Suppression of urine, ischuria. [BAYLIES, l. c.]
155. Strangury. [LANGE, l. c., p. 16. – EHRHARDT, l. c.]
Diuresis. [BIERCHEN, – GATAKER, l. c.]
Cramp-like pressure in the region of the neck of the bladder, from which lasts many hours, worse when walking than when sitting (aft. 48 h.). [Ws.]
Great pains in the urethra when urinating, which always brings along with it turbid, viscid mucus. [LANGE, l c., pp. 28, 30.]
(A sharp pressure on the bladder.)
160. Diuresis with great pains. [LANGE, l. c.]
After urinating, a smarting urging to urinate (aft. ½ h.). [Fz.]
Haematuria. (In a gouty subject.) [HALLER, in Gotting. Anzeigen, 1775, p. 62.]
Frequent haematuria with tightness of chest. [LANGE, l. c., p. 15.]
When not urinating, tearing through the penis (4th d.). [Fz.]
165. Itching on the penis, mostly on the glans.
Pain as if a knife were cutting through the middle of the scrotum, between the testicles up to above the root of the penis, often returning for a short time (aft. 50 h.). [Ws.]
Uncontrollable sexual desire. [LIMPRECHT, (Poisoning by “cicuta” root, but of what species is doubtful. – Inordinate excitement was present, but nothing is said as to its being sexual.) Acta Nat. Cur. I, Obs. 52.]
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