The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica
Morphinum morph.
General
Sulphate of Morphia. C 17 H 19 N O 3 .
No provings. Experimental and toxicological effects are numerous (Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 6, p. 378 ).
CLINICAL AUTHORITIES.
- Vomiting , Hall, Organon, vol. 2, p. 247 ; Nervous spasms , Young, Hom. Phys., vol. 5, p. 166 ; Thickness of speech in chorea , Underwood, U. S. M. J, 1871, p. 282 ; Antidote to poisonous effects of atropia and Extr. Bellad ., R. K., Raue's Rec., 1870, p. 90.
Sensorium
Vertigo.
Sight and eyes
Double vision and disturbance of accommodation often accompanied by lachrymation.
Weakness of vision.
Sight impaired and feeble.
Vision at times seemed obscured by a fog.
Conjunctiva injected.
The look becomes unsteady.
Paresis of recti interni.
Diverging strabismus of both eyes.
Slight ptosis.
Taste, speech, tongue
Thickening of tongue and inability to talk distinctly. θ Chorea.
Hiccough, belching, nausea and vomiting
Vomiting.
Abdomen and loins
Inspiration accompanied by sharp pain in abdomen and along spine.
Tympanitis.
Stools and rectum
Diarrhœa.
Horrid tenesmus, straining.
Inner chest and lungs
Great jactitation ; impossibility of sleeping from dyspnœa and extension of disease ; hyperesthesia of nerves ; changing pulse. θ Inflammation of diaphragm.
Nerves
Weakness.
Trembling before and during a thunder storm (occasioned by the electrical state of the atmosphere).
After being struck by lightning ; any exposure to heat set her into spasms, nervous, so that she had to go into a cool place.
Temperature and weather
Any exposure to heat sets her into spasms, she had to go to a cool place ; after being struck by lightning.
Sensations
Vision as if impaired by fog.
Pains so violent as to threaten convulsions, or cause twitching or jerking of limbs.
Sharp pain : in abdomen and along spine.
Trembling : before and during thunder storm.
Itching : on face, neck, loins and genitals.
Tissues
Extreme susceptibility to pain ; pains so violent as to threaten convulsions, or cause twitching and jerking of limbs. θ Cancer.
Touch. passive motion. injuries
After being struck by lightning ; any exposure to heat sets her into spasms.
Skin
Itching, particularly on face, neck, loins and genitals.
Conical blotches either red or skin color, more easily felt than seen.
Stage of life, constitution
Young lady, after being struck by lightning ; nervous spasms.
Relations
Antidoted by : Acon., Atrop., Bellad ., strong infusion of coffee, Ipec ., the first and last being especially useful to remove secondary effects.