Lupulus

Humulus lupulus, Linn.

Natural order , Urticaceæ.

Common names , Hop, Hoppen, Houblon.

Preparation , Trituration of the hops.

Authorities. 1 , Dr. Bethmann, A. H. Z., 10, 72, proving in a girl aged twenty-three, took tinct. 8 drops first day, 30 drops third and fifth days; 2 , same, a girl, aged twenty-one, took 45 drops, and subsequently 100 drops; 3 , same, a boy, aged five, took 25 drops of tinct.; 4 , same, a man, aged thirty-four, took 1 drops of 2d dil.; 5 , same, a man, took a teaspoonful of tinct.; 6 , same, a man, took two teaspoonfuls; 7 , Dr. Walter Jauncey, Lond. Med. Journ., 1858, p. 699, effects of large dose of "Lupuline;" 8 , same, took repeated doses of Lupuline for six hours, 10 grains every half hour; 9 , same, inclosed myself in a room where Lupuline was being distilled in an open retort; 10 , same, effects in a man employed bagging or treading dried hops; 11 , Bauman, Wurt. Corr. Bl., 1864 (S. J., 123, 165), poisoning of a child, aged twelve, from being several days in a room where they were picking hops; 12 , Fronmüller, experiments on healthy persons, "Narkot. Arzneim.," 1869, Geo. D., took 1/2 an ounce of freshly powdered hops; 13 , same, Geo. X., took 1/2 an ounce; 14 , Schroff, "Lehrb.," effects of the air in a close room in which hops were stored.

MIND

• Frequent starting up from deep sleep, with violent delirium, from which he could only be aroused with great difficulty, when he recognized the bystanders, but immediately feel backward into stupor, 11.
• The mental functions remain indolent for several months, 11.
• Stupefaction, 14.

HEAD

• Confusion of the head, 14 ; (third day), 1.
• Vertigo, 12.
• Increased rush of blood to the head and eyes, 4.
• Heat in the head; with confusion and dull headache, 2.
• Heat of the head and face, with a dull and confused condition of the head (fifth day), 1.
• Pain in the head, 7. [10.]
• Violent pain in the head (after half an hour); headache insupportable (after one hour); the headache continued nearly two hours after discontinuing the inhalation, 9.
• Headache, 14.
• Drawing pain in the head, 6.
• Dull pressure in the forehead, as after intoxication (after one hour), 5.
• Violent pulsating of the temporal arteries, 11.

EYE

• Pupils remain dilated for several months, 11.

MOUTH

• Tongue thickly coated, with much inclination to be dry, 11.

THROAT

• Violent pulsation of the carotids, 11.

STOMACH

• Appetite.
• Loss of appetite, 7.
• Thirst.
• Great thirst, no appetite, 11.
• Eructations. [20.]
• Eructations, so that she became nauseated (soon), 1.
• Some eructations of air (soon), 1.
• Eructations tasting of the hops, 2.
• Nausea and Vomiting.
• Nausea, 7.
• Nausea continued nearly two hours after ceasing the inhalation, 9.
• Nausea for two days, and a little retching, 2.
• Nausea and slight colic, 2.
• Inclination to vomit (after one hour), 9.
• Vomiting, 11.
• Stomach.
• Sensation of increased warmth in the stomach, soon, 2 ; (third day), 1. [30.]
• Sensation of turning in the stomach, with some nausea, without diminished appetite, 2.
• Sensation of turning in the stomach, and a feeling as though she very hungry, without, however, having an appetite (third day), 1.

ABDOMEN

• Fermentation and some dull pains in the abdomen, 6.
• Pains in the abdomen (third day), 1.
• Dull griping in the lower abdomen, with nausea (third day), 1.

STOOL

• Stool softer than usual, with so great urging that he could scarcely reach the closet (after ten hours), 3.
• Stool retarded, 11.

URINARY ORGANS

• Burning in the urethra during micturition, which was not relieved by coffee, as were the other symptoms, 1.
• Urine retarded, 11.
• In full doses it acts as a diuretic, 7. [40.]
• Urine dark-brown and clear, 11.
• Considerable quantity of clear urine, the reaction of which was acid, and sp. gr. 1026; while that passed previously the same day and that on the following day were respectively 1015 and 1020, 9.

SEXUAL ORGANS

• Diminishes and allays the venereal appetite, 7.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

• Respiration deep, almost stertorous, 11.
• Respiration 20 (before taking), 24 (after ten minutes), 13.

PULSE

• Pulse 64 (before taking); 80 (after five minutes); 78 (after fifteen minutes); 74 (after twenty minutes); 92 (after twenty-five minutes); 86 (after thirty minutes), 13.
• Pulse slow, rather full, 11.
• Pulse slow and intermittent, 10.
• Frequency of the pulse reduced from 20 to 30 beats a minute (and Dr. Maton lowered it even 36 beats in the minute), 7.
• Pulse lower by 30 beats in a minute, and intermittent, accompanied by such an uncomfortable sensation of faintness, that I did not carry the experiment farther, 8. [50.]
• Pulse 96 (before taking), 94 (after a quarter of an hour), 12.
• Pulse 84 (before the experiment); reduced 15 beats (after half an hour); fallen to 60, and occasionally intermittent (after one hour); regular and of its usual rapidity (twenty minutes after discontinuing the inhalation), 9.

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

• Great twitching of the tendons of the upper extremities, 11.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

• Paralytic weakness of the lower extremities, 11.

GENERAL SYMPTOMS

• Objective.
• Movements of the body were difficult and unsteady for several months, 11.
• Occasionally the smell made him so faint that he was obliged to go into the open air; he described his feelings as a faintness and dizziness, 17.
• Subjective.
• Uncomfortable sensation of faintness, 8.
• Drawing in almost all the muscles in short paroxysms, mostly between the shoulders, and also in the muscles of the arms and hands; these pains shifted from one place to another, "just like rheumatism," 5.

SKIN

• Scarlet-like erythema, especially over the face; with here and there small pustules, 11.

FEVER

• Temperature 29.8° (before taking); 30° (after taking), 12. [60.]
• Profuse perspiration with high temperature, 11.

CONDITION

• Amelioration.
• ( After coffee ), Immediately, the symptoms, 1.