Juniperus virginianus

 Juniperus Virginiana, Linn. Natural order: сoniferae. сommon names: Red сedar, Saving. Preparation: Tincture from the Twigs.

 Emotional. During the paroxysm (of fever). Raved incoherently. Delirious (after six hours). (after several hours) Moaned most piteously, Fright. Intellectual. During the morning of her death she lay in a stupid state answered no questions, and did not appear to be sensible. As the convulsions continued the stupor became more and more profound. At the end of an hour and a half from the time at which she was found he convulsions ceased altogether, leaving her in a state of profound coma, breathing heavily but regularly. She lay apparently in a deep comatose sleep until about 9 o’clock next day, when she awoke to perfect consciousness, with no recollection of what had occurred since swallowing the oil.

 Dizzy (after fourteen hours). after several hours, and second day). Head felt bad. Head felt as if enclosed with an iron band (after a few minutes).
 Eyes.
 Eyes somewhat bloodshot, but as the patient had been weeping I did not know but the sclerotic congestion might in part have been caused by that, Eyes began to glare and twitch. Eyes felt as if bursting from their sockets ) (after a few minutes). Pupil. Pupils dilated. Pupil dilated to one half of the width of the iris. Pupil completely dilated.
 Face.
 Very red in the face. сountenance assumed a venous aspect, Face swollen and livid, Veins of the face, head, and neck fully distended, one half of the lower lip and part of the chin, and down upon the side of the neck, were much swollen, and of a dark hue., almost alike ecchymoses from a bruise, the tongue and gums, too, were involved in a similar swelling and lividity, Jaws firmly fixed.

 Thought it would take the skin from her mouth and throat. She could not speak so as to be understood, she articulated like a person laboring under hemiplegia.
 Throat.
 Fauces in spots denuded of their mucous covering.

 Thirst. Thirst (after several hours and on second day). Great thirst. Nausea and Vomiting Nausea. Sick and distressed at her stomach (second day). Vomited., A slight attempt at emesis, and a very little of the oil was vomited, between the fits; the matter vomited emitted the odor of сedar oil. Vomited freely. Vomiting of a black matter and afterwards of a greenish matter the vomiting continued all day. Stomach. сonsiderable distension and tenderness at pit of stomach, Distress at her stomach (after several hours and on second day). Pain in her stomach. On being requested to put her hand on the seat of suffering she put it upon her stomach. Stomach burned.
 Abdomen.
 Abdomen swollen and hot. Pain in the bowels. сomplained of intensity of pain in abdomen.
 Stool.
 Violent purging, which continued till death. вowels loose the first day, but for the last twenty four hours nothing had passed them.

 Great difficulty in passing urine.
 Sexual organs.
 Uterine hemorrhage.

 Pulse less than 60, after wards sank to 45, then intermitted pulse 55 (one hour and a half after she was found). After an hour it began to rise in frequency became more regular, narrow, normal, and firm; over 100 (after six hours). Pulse 50; afterwards began o intermit, pulse 45, wide, and soft;; afterwards 40 and 45. after bleeding to the amount of twelve to sixteen ounces, 35, yet regular pulse fluttering, feeble, and slow, not more than 55 in a minute, and very irregular.

 The soft parts about the neck were sucked down at every effort at inspiration, and the lowest jaw descended, Stertor continued for a few minutes, it was succeeded by breathing of a very different kind and the chief character of this was an unsuccessful having of the chest in inspiration for breath, and a limply dropping together of the chest in expiration. Expiration slow and without assistance from the expiratory muscles the chest appeared to fall together from its own weight.

 Hands at times clenched.
 Inferior Extremities.
 Staggering.

 Objective. Twitching of the muscles. сonvulsions for three or four hours. A most violent convulsion came on, and all further consciousness was lost for twelve hours. сonvulsions rapidly succeeded each other, until within two hours she had eleven, whole body, neck, trunk, and extremities perfectly stiff, all the voluntary muscles being in that state of violent contraction called by сullen spastic rigidity, and by some others tonic spasm, and the whole body at the same time jerking; her eyes glaring and still; jaws set; hands clenched вreathing struggling; choking and strangling countenance bloated and livid, and her pulse as low as 60 per minute, very side, and soft, soon, her breathing became more free, uniform, and active, and at each expiration puffed out blubbers from her mouth, and at each inspiration hauled them in coincident with the improvement in her breathing the jerking abated, and the spasm of the muscles gave way, till her arms fell limply by her side the whole system then became relaxed., and the breathing quite say yet the eye, remained glaring and fixed, the pulse slow, wide, and soft, yet the stupor so profound that no sign of consciousness could be elicited this paroxysm was soon followed by another, which began b jerking of the eyes, followed by jerking of the head traction of the muscles of one side of the face and neck. Then those of the other side, those of the back of the neck., those of the arms, trunk, and lower limbs., in rapid succession; when the muscles of the arms and of the body generally contracted, the arms were reached out imploringly, which with accompanying groan, if that noise could be called anxious and strained eye, and distorted countenance, was the natural language to the bystanders of the extremists terror and amazement, although the patient was entirely unconscious; then followed violent jerking of the whole body, the breathing being nearly suppressed; after a little time the jerking gradually abated, and he breathing became more free, and the symptoms given of the latter part of former paroxysm succeeded and in the same order; followed by other convulsion pulse 55, intermitting wide, and soft. The whole system of voluntary muscles tightened with the most rigid spasm, the whole body jerking, of the head glaring pupils dilated a little, pulse 60 per minutes and respiration struggling, catching, and strangling, followed b another paroxysm which, as in other cases began by a jerking of the eyes, followed by jerking of the head, contraction of the muscles of one side of the face and neck, those of the other side, those of the back of the neck, those of the arm, trunk, and extremities, accompanied by the same imploring reaching of the arms, groan, if groan that noise can be called, glaring eye, and natural language of the most extreme terror and amazement, and this succeeded by jerking of the whole body; so heart sickening and indeed frightful, was her appearance that but few of the bystanders could bear the sight; some fainted, and others covered their faces with their handkerchiefs and turned away; so imperfectly did the spasm pass off between the paroxysms that the patient was in constant motion two or three men tried to hold her still, but they could not do it so as to prevent the medicine being spilt. I had constantly to keep some hard substance between her teeth to prevent their shutting. The patient passed into an apparently apoplectic state, accompanied with stertorous breathing, as the convulsions ceased, At the end of forty minutes from the commencement of the convulsions they ceased altogether, leaving the patient in an apparently apoplectic state, accompanied with stertorous breathing, and a pulse numbering about 50 per minute. After convulsions ceased, and apparently apoplectic state, accompanied with stertorous breathing, twitching of the voluntary muscles, venous countenance, and pulse between 40 and 45. When the fever was off, appeared much exhausted. Much exhausted, or in a state of prostration, when she made an effort to inspire; when the air passed out of the chest all strength seemed wanting. Found on the floor, and supposed to be dying. Subjective. Felt very strangely after a few minutes. Sore all over (after fourteen hours). (second day).

 Could be aroused a little, but would immediately doze away again (after four hours).

 Chilliness. Rigors followed by fever. Heat. Feverish (after fourteen hours). сonsiderable fever and pain, similar to labor pains. High fever (second day). Sweat. Skin dry and parched.

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