Solanum Tuberosum Aegrotans
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General
Solanum Tuberosum.
Solanum tuberosum. Potato. N. O. Solanaceae. Tincture of the berries. Tincture of green potatoes. Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical
Amaurosis. Cramps. Iritis, rheumatic. Stammering. Trismus. Tumours.
Characteristics
The poisonous properties of the berries and leaves of the potato plant are well known, and the tubers are popularly believed to have anti-scorbutic properties when eaten as food. Under some conditions the tubers have been known to contain poisonous quantities of Solanin. The symptoms of the Schema are the result of eating new potatoes, green potatoes, an extract, and the berries. The last proved fatal in a number of instances.
Sickness and diarrhoea with tenesmus, giddiness, dilated pupils and indistinct vision, a paralytic condition of the tongue, cramps, and tetanic spasms are the main features of the poisonings. Cooper relieved with a single dose of Sol. t. Ø a case of rheumatic iritis. Burnett cured a case of tumours feeling like masses of potatoes in the abdomen with Sol. t.; and it assisted him in the cure of a case of tumours all round the cervix uteri. Urt. ur. finished this cure.
Relations
Compare: Solanin. In paralysis of tongue, Dulc. Iritis, Bell. Stammering, Stram.
Mind
Almost lost consciousness.
Head
Vertigo; headache; stupor.
Eyes
Eyes deep in sockets
Staring look
Eyes for most part open
Pupils dilated
Vision indistinct.
Face
Hippocratic face.—Expression anxious.
Mouth
Constantly spitting through the closed teeth viscid, frothy phlegm
Tongue covered with brown, moist fur
Tongue heavy, difficult to move; hardly able to articulate
Speech thick
Speechless.
Stomach
Violent retching followed by vomiting and diarrhoea
Felt sick, a darkness over her eyes, skin cold, cramped all over
Epigastric region sensitive to pressure.
Abdomen
Violent colic and vomiting
Pain in bowels
Tumours.
Stool And Anus
Diarrhoea with tenesmus.—Tends to relax bowels.
Female Sexual Organs
(Tumours round cervix uteri.)
Respiratory Organs
Respiration: hurried; irregular; at times suppressed; usually short and incomplete, only seldom slow and sighing; difficult.
Heart
Pulse small, rapid, scarcely perceptible.
Limbs
Cramps, esp. in calves, with spasmodic contractions of fingers and thumbs.
Generalities
Tossing to and fro in bed.—General rigidity.—Patient exceedingly weak.—Faintness.
Skin
Skin livid.
Fever
Skin cold
Face, chest, and extremities cold
Skin bedewed with cold, clammy sweat.