MENISPERMUM.

Menispermum Canadense, Linn.

Natural order , Menispermaceæ.

Common names , Moonseed, Yellow Parilla.

Preparation , Tincture of root.

Authorities. (Hale's provings, Trans. N. Y. State Hom. Med. Soc., 7, p. 125).

1 , Dr. J. D. Taylor took tincture, 35 drops (first day), 55 (second day), 150 (evening, third day), 220 (evening, fifth day), 200 (evening, eleventh day), 100 (evening, twelfth day), 150 (evening, thirteenth day); 2 , Dr. Graham took "Menispermin," 1/10th trit., 3 grs. in three doses (first day), 6 grs. in three doses (second, third, fourth, and fifth days), 6 grs. in two doses (sixth to tenth days), 8 grs. one dose (twelfth day).

MIND

• Emotional.
• Low-spirited, but attend to business with rapidity (thirteenth day), 2.
• Low-spirited, but absent-minded (fifth day), 2.
• Quick-tempered (twelfth day), 2.
• Quick temper, and irritable (thirteenth day), 2.
• Feel surly, ill-natured, and stubborn (tenth day), 2.
• Intellectual.
• Absent-minded, but thoughts clear (sixth day), 2.

HEAD

• Feeling of fulness in the head, during the night (twelfth night), 1.
• Headache, with pressure from within outwards (fourteenth morning), 1.
• Intense headache , with feeling as if it would burst , with pain the whole length of the back, at 4 P.M. (fourteenth day); the headache continued three or four days; Bryonia relieved the headache; it was also ameliorated by walking in the open air, 1. [10.]
• Headache , during the night (thirteenth night), 1.
• Intense headache , with stretching and yawning ; the headache lasting three or four days (after three hours, fifth day), 1.
• Dull, heavy headache, with a feeling of fulness (fourth morning), 1.
• Slight headache in upper frontal region, and through the temples (ninth day), 2.
• Headache through temples, extending to occiput (tenth day), 2.
• Headache in temples and occiput (eleventh day), 2.
• Severe headache through temples and occiput (twelfth day), 2.

EYE

• Eyes feel dry and swollen (after three hours, fifth day, and twelfth night), 1.
• Eyes feel as if swollen, during the night (thirteenth night), 1.

NOSE

• Objective.
• Sneezing (fifth day), 2. [20.]
• Much sneezing, and profuse flow of mucus from the nose (fourteenth morning), 1.
• Nose discharges but little mucus; nostrils feel dry (fourth day), 2.
• Nasal mucus thinner, but more copious (second day); thin, but less copious (third day), 2.
• Subjective.
• Nostrils feel dry (fifth day), 2.
• Nostrils feel dry, especially the left, and itch painfully; mucus excoriates (sixth day), 2.
• Painful soreness of inner nostrils (seventh day), 2.
• A feeling of itching and swelling of mucous membrane of left nostril (fourteenth day), 2.
• Itching of nostrils (twelfth day), 2.

MOUTH

• Objective.
• Tongue coated, thicker posteriorly, with raised papillæ; dry and parched (fourth morning), 1.
• Tongue coated yellowish-white (fifth day), 2. [30.]
• Tongue coated yellow (thirteenth morning), 1.
• Tongue coated all over with a yellow fur (twelfth morning), 1.
• Yellow coat on the tongue, thickest at the base; tongue swollen (fourteenth morning), 1.
• Slight milky coating on tongue (eighth day), 2.
• Subjective.
• Mouth and throat dry, during the night (twelfth night), 1.
• Burning on the tongue, soon (first day), 1.
• Tongue felt raw, as if burned (after one hour, second day), 1.

THROAT

• Throat feels dry and parched (twelfth morning), 1.
• No soreness of throat (curative), (after eight or nine days), 1.

STOMACH

• Increased appetite (fourth day), 2. [40.]
• Rather thirsty (fifth day), 2.
• Much thirst (eighth day), 2.
• Slight nausea on waking in the morning (eleventh day), 2.

ABDOMEN

• Pain in the umbilical region (fourth morning); increased (fifth day), 1.

RECTUM

• Slight tenesmus, with natural stool (first day); tenesmus continues (second day); occasional tenesmus, bowels regular (third day); occasional tenesmus (fourth day); tenesmus (sixth day); tenesmus, but bowels still regular (eighth day), 2.

URINARY ORGANS

• Urine high-colored, scanty, and hot (after three hours, fifth day), 1.
• Urine averages 30 oz. (before the proving); 34 oz. with white cloud near the bottom (second day); 32 oz., with white thready clouds floating through it (third day); yellowish, about 30 oz. (fourth and fifth days); yellow and cloudy (sixth day); dark yellow, rather scanty (eighth day); less dark (tenth day); still yellow (twelfth day), 2.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

• (Morning expectoration less, and of a lighter color, curative ), (second day), 1.
• (Very little expectoration, curative), (after eight or nine days), 1.
• Hurried respiration during the night (twelfth night), 1.

BACK. [50.]

• Pain the whole length of the back, with intense headache, with feeling as if it would burst, at 4 P.M. (fourteenth day), 1.
• Dull pain the whole length of the back, with yawning and stretching (fourth morning), 1.

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL

• Aching in thighs, elbows, and shoulders (ninth day), 2.
• Slight drawing aching in external muscles of the thigh and upper arm, also under left scapula (seventh day), 2.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

• Drawing in the brachialis anticus (eighth day), 2.
• Noticed once or twice a slight jerking near left elbow, probably in biceps muscle (seventh day), 2.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

• Aching in the bones of the legs, lasting three or four days (after three hours, fifth day), 1.
• Aching in upper part of left femur and left hip-joint (eighth day), 2.
• Legs feel sore, as if bruised, with pain in the bones, at 4 P.M. (fourteenth day); the pain in the bones continued for three or four days), 1.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS

• Objective.
• Stretching and yawning, at noon (fourteenth day), 1. [60.]
• Stretching and yawning , with intense headache (after three hours, fifth day), 1.
• Languor, laziness, mental and physical (eighth day), 2.
• Subjective.
• Aching-drawing pains in the muscles of the thighs, also in shoulder-joints and region of scapulæ (sixth day), 2.
• The pains resembled those caused by taking large doses of Quinine, and relieved by a few doses of China, 1.

SKIN

• A few pimples on the face (fifth day), 2.
• Itching all over the body, especially over the gluteal muscles and thighs, aggravated by warmth of the bed (after three hours, third day), 1.
• Thighs itch (ninth day), 2.

SLEEP AND DREAMS

• Sleepiness.
• Yawning and stretching, with dull pain the whole length of the back (fourth morning), 1.
• Disinclination to get up early in the morning, from unusual sleepiness (nineteenth day), 2.
• Slept late and heavy in morning (tenth and twelfth days), 2.
• Sleeplessness. [70.]
• Restlessness , during the night (thirteenth night), 1.
• Restlessness , with troubled and confused dreams and sudden starting from sleep , during the night (third night), 1.
• No sleep (sixth night), 2.
• Dreams.
• Sleep well, but inclined to dream pleasing dreams (fourth day), 2.
• Dream of innumerable rats, which creep under my clothing (a ludicrous but entirely new symptoms), (thirteenth day), 2.
• Dreams of hearing cannonading (twelfth day), 2.

FEVER

• Some chilliness (after three hours, fifth day), 1.
• Skin cold and dry, with some itching, at noon (fourteenth day), 1.
• Face hot, and the pimples bleed easily (ninth day), 2.

CONDITIONS

• Aggravation.
• ( Morning ), On waking, nausea.
• ( Night ), Headache; eyes feel swollen; dryness of mouth, etc.; hurried respiration.
• ( Warmth of bed ), Itching.
• Amelioration.
• ( Walking in open air ), Headache.