Agaricus Phalloides
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General EN
Agaricus Phalloides.
A. bulbosus. Amanita bulbosa. (A small stinking fungus common in Europe and U.S.) N. O. Fungi. Tincture of fresh fungus.
Clinical EN
Cholera. Chorea. Cramps. Diarrhoea. Gastritis. Trismus. Urine, suppression of. Vomiting.
Characteristics EN
Symptoms observed in poisoning cases give a complete picture of Asiatic cholera. There is extreme prostration and chilliness; the sweat is cold; the hippocratic face is marked; the tongue is cold; and there is violent thirst. Very frequent bilious vomiting. Incessant cramps in stomach.
Hard, tense abdomen. Frequent whitish watery stools; or bilious, bloody stools. The urine is suppressed; the voice is hoarse. Pulse small, intermittent, hardly perceptible.
The extremities are cold, and there are violent cramps in legs, feet, and calves. Convulsions are another prominent feature. There is mental excitement, which has in some cases lasted for three days. Sometimes there is stupor, at other times consciousness remains till death.
The effects do not come on till ten or twelve hours after taking the drug (in this it is like Colchicum). At times the development of choleraic symptoms saves the patient. General cholera symptoms are developed as with A. muscarius. Chilliness also predominates. Agaric. Phal. is a poison of great intensity and fatality.
Head EN
Vertigo always on rising up.—Frightful pains in head.
Eyes EN
Pupils much dilated.—Eyes sunken, weak, and lustreless.
Face EN
Deathlike pallor; face sunken; cyanotic
Anxious countenance, hippocratic
Nose and mouth dry
Tetanic closure of jaws, with at times grating of the teeth.
Mouth EN
Teeth and gums black
Cold tongue
Breath cold
Trismus
Speech slow, difficult
Stammering.
Throat EN
Dry throat.
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Stomach and Abdomen
Violent thirst; nausea; vomiting; then diarrhoea
Very frequent mucous and bilious vomiting
Vomiting of an offensive greenish-coloured fluid; of blood
Pains in stomach and hypogastrium followed by anxiety and vomiting
Incessant cramps of stomach
Violent pains in epigastrium, which spread rapidly over the whole abdomen; greatly < by pressure
Abdomen tense; swollen; painful
Unendurable pain in hypogastrium and lumbar region.
Stool And Anus EN
Anus inflamed.—Stools: frequent, bilious; whitish as in Asiatic cholera; frequent, watery; bloody.
Urinary Organs EN
Suppression of urine.
Respiratory Organs EN
Voice hoarse.—Respirations short.
Heart And Pulse EN
Pulse: small and intermittent; hardly perceptible; slow and somewhat irregular; hard and frequent.—Pulse full and rapid (later action).
Limbs EN
Cold extremities
Skin of extremities lost its elasticity
Upper extremities swell and become livid; finger-tips livid
Cramps of the legs; of the calves; of the feet with drawing back of the limbs.
Generalities EN
Violent convulsions.—Slight convulsive motions in the legs and arms, which generally extend to the muscles of the trunk and cause irregular distortions of the whole body.—Constant restlessness.—Debility; prostration.—Malaise.—Staggers as if intoxicated, and, with odd gesticulations, labours to express his sufferings but cannot articulate a syllable.
Skin EN
Body covered with livid spots.
Sleep EN
Somnolence.
Fever EN
Marked chilliness
Sweat cold
Skin cool, afterwards hot.