twitchings deep in the right hip, when standing (second day).-Twitching, with fine stitches, in the middle of the right thigh on sitting, ceasing on standing up (second day).—Violent tearing in the left thigh, as if in the bone, when standing, ceasing when seated (second day).-Violent tearing in the left thigh and knee, relieved by pressure, in the evening (first day). [170.] Tearings sometimes in the thigh, sometimes in the knee, relieved by walking and pressure, all day (sixth day).-Tearing at first in the left knee, as far as the middle of the tibia, then in the middle of the thigh, toward the hip-joint, relieved a little by pressure (first day).-Tearing over a hand's breadth above the left knee, extending into the knee-joint (first) day).—Shocks in the knee when walking, so severe that she is threatened with falling, during the menses; some painful tearings in the right tibia (first day).-Violent stinging, like the prick of a needle, repeated six or seven times, in the fatty portion of the right great toe, after dinner, when seated (second day).

Generalities.-Great indolence and sleepiness after dinner (seventh day).-Feeling of comfort (immediately).

Sleep and Dreams.-Yawning, stretching, dread of work, without sleepiness.

Fever.-Shaking chill, from 2 o'clock to 5 o'clock P.M., in the open air (first day).-Heat in the head, and even external warmth on the forehead.-[180.] Increased heat in the head, in the morning (first day).— Flushes of heat, not disagreeable, from the umbilicus to the stomach (first day).

Conditions.-Aggravation.-(Morning), On waking and after getting up, heaviness in head; headache, etc.; after rising, headache, etc.; after getting up, headache in occiput; after getting up, acid taste; scraping, etc., in throat; early, in bed, urging to urinate; stinging in left scapula; heat in head.—(Forenoon), Mouth full of water; loathing, etc; when walking, cutting around stomach; shootings in side of stomach, etc.; inflation in bowels, etc.; irritation to cough.-(Afternoon), Burning in eyes; biting, etc., in eyebrow; itching in left canthus; whirling, etc., in epigastrium, etc.; tension in abdomen; shooting in groin, etc.; rumbling, etc., in side; 2 to 5 o'clock, in open air, shaking chills.—(Evening), Tearing in side of head, etc.; when reading, dryness, etc., in eyes; tearing in root of nose, etc.; bleeding of teeth; blood from gum; burning over lower ribs; tearing in thigh, etc.-(Night), Emission of flatulence.-(Contact of food), Pain in left molar tooth.-(During dinner), Tearing in tendons of fingers. —(After dinner), Tearings in hollow tooth; tearing in lower teeth; hiccough; sensation below pit of stomach, etc.; sensation in right groin; burning in region of ribs; 5 P.M., tearing in hip-joint; when seated, stinging in great toe.-(Leaning to right side while sitting), Burning in region of left ribs.-(Laughing), Sticking in side of head.-(During menses), Pain in upper abdomen, etc.-(Rising after stooping), Heaviness in head; stinging under left chest.-(Entering room), Throbbing in sides of head, etc.; throbbing in side of head.—(Scratching), Itching in ear.-(Sitting), Pain in sacrum; twitching, etc., in thigh.-(Standing), Twitching in right hip; tearing in thigh. (Stooping), Tearing in head.—(After diarrheic stool), Soreness of bowels.-(During and after hard stool), Stupidity in head.—(Walking), Urging to stool; leucorrhoea; shocks in knee.

Amelioration.-(Biting on teeth), Pain in jaw ceases.-(After dinner), Throbbing in head disappears; loathing, etc., ceases.-(On emission of flatulence), Whirling, etc., in epigastrium, etc., ceases.-(During exercise),

Pain in sacrum ceases.-(Leaning head on hand), Stitching in parietal bone broken off. (On movement), Tearing in thumb ceases.-(Pressure), Burning in region of right ribs; pain in left breast; tearing in knee, etc.; tearing in thigh, etc.-(On rising after stooping), Tearing in head ceases.—( When rubbed), Burning in elbow; in walking, tearing in hip-joint ceases.-(When seated), Tearing in thigh ceases.-(After supper), Rawness in throat disappears.-(Standing up), Twitching in thigh ceases.-(Turning head), Pain in side of nape of neck.-(After using vinegar), Troubles in head, etc., cease. -(Walking), Tearing in thigh, etc.

TOXICOPHLEA.

Toxicophloa thunbergi.
Natural order, Apocynaceæ.

Arrow-poison of the Bushmen.

Preparation, from the bark.

Authority. George Grey, M.D., Brit. Med. Journ., 1874 (2), p. 169, effects of a decoction of the bark.

Convulsions; loss of muscular power; death in a few minutes.

Authorities. 1, Wm. Ingalls, Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 27, 1842, p. 170, a strong healthy man was bitten on the right ankle; 2, Wm. Stockbridge, Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. 29, p. 42, Mr.

was bitten on

the leg when he was ten years old; 3, same, a second case. Face.-Countenance somewhat anxious (after one hour),'. Inferior Extremities.-Right leg oedematous, considerably larger than the left (after one hour),'.-A few drops of a limpid fluid came from the wounds (after one hour),'.-The leg became painful and swelled rapidly, the swelling extending to the hip, attended with high irritative fever (after half an hour),.-For several years the pains were confined to the knee of the limb bitten; in a few years it left the knee and seized the hip, and finally it attacked the shoulder, the last attack being very slight,'.

Pulse.-Pulse accelerated, full, regular, easily compressible (after one

hour),'.

Generalities.-For the last eighteen years he has had an annual recurrence of symptoms, attended with severe pain, but not accompanied with swelling; it occurred at precisely the same time of the year, continued several days, but decreasing in severity every succeeding year,".-Every year the symptoms have returned with less intensity and with an absence of swelling,.-Skin rather dry (after one hour),'.

Common names, Great and lesser Weever, Sting-bull and Sting-fish. Authorities. 1, Prof. Allman, Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., vol. vi, 1840, p. 161 (Dublin Med. Press, 2d ser., vol. ix, 1864, p. 562), a wound on the thumb, from Trachinus vipera; 2, Tarenfeld and Landeberg, A. H. Z., 8, 136 (from the Swedish), effects of the stings of T. Draco.

Mind.-Raving,2.-Hydrophobia,2.-Anxiety,2.-Fear of death,3.

Head.-Vertigo,.-Violent headache,2.

Stomach.-Violent thirst,2.-Nausea,.-Green bilious vomiting,'. Respiratory Organs.—[10.] Paroxysm of suffocation,'. Heart and Pulse.-Palpitation,2.

Generalities.-Swelling of the whole body,.-Swelling of the wounded arm, then of the head and chest,.-A peculiar stinging pain occurred a few seconds after the wound, and this gradually increased during a period of fifteen minutes; the pain had now become almost intolerable, extending along the back of the thumb towards the wrist; it was of a burning character, resembling the pain produced by the sting of a wasp, but much more intense; the thumb now began to swell, and exhibited an inflammatory blush, extending upwards to the wrist; the pain was now distinctly throbbing and very excruciating; in this state it continued for about an hour, when the pain began somewhat to subside, the swelling and redness still continuing; in about an hour and a half the pain was nearly gone; next morning the swelling of the thumb had but slightly diminished, and was in some degree diffused over the back of the hand, the thumb continued red and hot, and painful on pressure over the metacarpal bone; in a few days the swelling had completely subsided, but the pain on pressure continued for more than a week,'.-The edges of the wound became thick, hard, tense, and insensible, black and gangrenous,.-Weakness,".Violent burning pain, extending from the wound into the chest,2.

Skin. The skin of the whole body becomes yellowish green,2-Gangrenous blisters on the arm,2.

Sleep.-[20.] Sleepless,2.

Fever.-Constant fever, with irregular pulse,".-Cold clammy sweat,'.

Urinary Organs.- Whitish discharge from the urethra.-Pain when urinating.-Thin stream of urine.-The urine has an acrid smell (second day).-Yellowish, copious urine, depositing at the bottom of the vessel an ash-colored, copious sediment (second day).

Sexual Organs.-Inflammation of the scrotum, which is painful and very red (second day).-The inflammation of the scrotum decreases since the twelfth day.-[10.] The testicles return by the inguinal ring.

Respiratory Organs.-The breathing is very painful.-The breathing is embarrassed, as when one is affected with catarrh (first day).—Difficult breathing, sighing, as from want of air (second day).

Chest.-Pain in the left side of the chest (first day).

Generalities.-The symptoms continue from the third to the fif teenth day.

TRIFOLIUM REPENS.

Trifolium repens, Linn.

Natural order, Leguminosæ.

Common names, White Clover; (G.) Kriechender-klee; (Fr.) Trefle

blanc.

Preparation, Trituration (provings), or Tincture of the heads of flowers. Authority. T. Cation Duncan, M.D., Trans. New York State Hom. Soc., vol. viii, 1870, p. 248, Dr. Douglass took a trituration of the flowers, one part to six of Sac. lactis; the effects were so speedy and marked that six other persons took it, with substantially the same results within a few minutes, in a number of cases.

A feeling of fulness or congestion of all the salivary glands; in some instances amounting to decided discomfort, and even pain, quickly followed by increased, sometimes copious flow of saliva. One of the provers placed her hands on the parotid gland and said she felt just as if she had the mumps coming on.

TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE.

Trifolium pratense, Linn.

Natural order, Leguminosa.

Common names, Red Clover; (G.) Wiesen-klee; (Fr.) Trefle.
Preparation, Tincture of the flower-heads.

Authorities. 1, T. Cation Duncan, M.D., Trans. New York State Hom. Soc, vol. viii, 1870, p. 237, took of mother tincture, prepared by macerating the blossoms in pure alcohol for five months, 10 drops at 4 and 8 P.M. (first day); same at 8 A.M. and 8 P.M. (second day); in morning and at noon (third day); at 11 A.M., 2 P.M., and on retiring at night (fourth day); 24 drops in morning, 65 at 10 P.M. (fifth day); 2, John Duncan, health always good, took 5 drops of tincture at 9 P.M. (first day); took the medicine about half an hour before eating (second day); took it regularly (third and fourth days); 10 drops (fifth day); 3, A. C. Thomas, æt. seventeen years, had been in good health for some time, except a little rheumatism in the limbs during damp weather, took 10 drops of 1st dil. at 6 A.M., and repeated the dose every four hours during the day, and so continued till 3 P.M., sixth day.

Mind.-Ideas confused in the morning (sixth day),'.

Head. I awakened with a great headache, in the morning (sixth day),'.-Great dulness of the anterior lobes of the brain (sixth day),'.— Head and perceptions very dull (seventh day),'.—At 9 A.м. felt a dull headache; in the evening the headache became very severe, as my headaches always do (first day); rose at 5.30 A.M. with severe headache; most

severe at 10 P.M. (second day); rose at 5.45 A.M. with the usual headache, accompanied by griping pains in the abdomen; headache very severe all day (third day); severe on rising (fourth day); rose at 5.15 A.M. feeling dull and heavy, and with a severe headache (fifth day); a slight headache continues (seventh day); the headache continued until the tenth day,3.Brain feels very dull (fourth day); has been very dull all day; could not think nor remember; brain feels as if full; head is hot and feels very large (sixth day),'.-Waked to-day with a headache (third day),.-Head feels full, especially the occiput (fourth day),'.-Head feels full of blood (fifth day),'-[10.] Intermittent headache, the attacks last but half an hour (third day); the same full feeling in the head (fourth day),'.—Frontal headache (second day),".-For a few moments a prickling sensation in the forehead (sixth day),'.

Eye.-Eyes feel dull and sore (sixth day),'.-Eyes feel heavy (second) day),2.

Nose. Some discharge of thin mucus from the nose (fourth day),'.Much mucus in the nasal cavity (fifth day),'.-Flow from the nasal cavity very much increased (fifth day),'.-Some discharge of mucus from the nose (second day); mucus secreted in great quantities in the nose (third day),'. -Nasal mucous membrane feels dry (second day),'.

Mouth.-[20.] Whole mucous tract sensitive (seventh day),'.—The taste of the medicine is very disagreeable, and is always in my mouth (fifth day),".

Throat.-Much mucus in throat at 10 P.M. (second day),3.—In the forenoon my throat began to feel dry and hard; at 8 P.M. it feels as if raw; it feels as if something were in it; I continually try to clear it (second) day); throat feels much irritated (third day); great soreness of throat (fourth day); throat all the way down feels as if scalded (fifth day),'.—(I have a slight sore throat and hoarseness this morning before taking the drug; has disappeared in the evening) (first day); slight difficulty in swallowing (second day),.-Throat feels dry and husky; I keep swallowing continually (second day); throat symptoms more severe (third day),'.-Great dryness of the trachea, causing me to clear the throat of some foreign substance at 11 A.M.; throat still dry at 2 P.M.; about an hour later (an hour after the second dose) throat began to feel worse, causing me to cough and try to clear it as much as possible; this irritation continued all day; I feel, while in a close room, as if I could not get air enough; feel much better while out of doors (fourth day); but little irritation of the throat in a cool room or in the fresh air; but the same as before in a close room, though not so much as last night, in the morning; throat felt dry in the afternoon, then after two hours it became quite moist, and there was great expectoration (fifth day); all the throat symptoms have gone at 4 P.M.; irritation of the trachea in a close room at 8 P.M., disappearing on going into the fresh air (seventh day),'.-Have had continued irritation of the pharynx and trachea, causing a continued short, hacking cough, with an accumulation of mucus, which I must expectorate (third day),'.-A sharp pain through the uvula, causing the tears to start (fifteen minutes after second dose),'.

Stomach.-Not much appetite (fourth day),3-[30.] Great thirst (fourth day),.-Hiccough for half an hour (fourth day),'.

Abdomen.-Rose at 5.45 A.M., with griping pains in the abdomen, with the usual headache (third day); pains in bowels continuous and severe; severe griping in the abdomen (fourth day); colicky pains all day (fifth day); gripings have ceased (seventh day),.

Stool. Very costive (eighth day); afterwards my bowels were very