Materia Medica
Morphinum
An Alkaloid of Opium
Morphine bears the same relation to Opium as Atro- pine to Beliadonna -i. e., represents its nervous side. It is less stimulating, less convulsaint, and more de- cidedly hypnotic. Constipates less and affects contrac- tility of the bladder more. It is less diaphoretic and more pruritic.
Mind
Profound depression. Irritable, fault-find- ing, hysterical. Shock induced by terror. Dream-like
Head
V'ertigo from the least mozement of the Headache, with sensation of being “wound-up." Bursting pain; head drawn back.
Eyes
Bluish, drooping lids. Itching of eyes. De- lusion of vision on closing eyes.: Staring, injected; di- verging strabismus. Pupils unequally contracted. Look unsteady. Ptosis. Paresis of recti interni.
Ears
Left ear throbs painfully; better, heat. Seems to car circulation all over body.
Nose
Sneezing in paroxysms. Itching and tingling on end of nose.
Face
Dusky red or pallid lividity of face, lips, tongue, mouth or throat.
Mouth
Very dry. Tongue dry, brown violet in middle. Thirst. Loss of appetite, with aversion to meat.
Throat
Dry and constricted.: Pharynx paralyzed, swallowing almost impossible; better hot drinks, worse solids.
Stomach
Nausea incessant and deathly, faintness, constant retching. Vomiting of green fluid. Nausea and vomiting on rising up.
Abdomen
Distended. Acute pain in abdomen and along spinal column.
Rectum
Diarrhoea watery, brown, or black with horrible tenesmus. Constipation; stools large, dry, knotty, with tendency to bruise and fissure.
Urinary
Paresis of bladder. Strangury. Slow and difficult urination. Retention of prostatic hypertrophy. Urcmia, acute and chronic.
Male
Impotency. . Pain in right spermatic cord. [Oxal. ac.]
Respiratory
Faint and struggling for breath; diaphragmatic paralysis· hiccough; dyspncea, paroxys- mal, on first falling asleep. [Lach.; Grindel.] Cheyne- Stokes respiration. Chest tight. Pain in middle of sternum. Dry, hard, teasing, exhausting cough, worse at night. S Strangling cough, with viscid mucus sputum; thin, scanty, but sounds loose and abundant.
Heart
Alternation of tachycardia and bradycardia. Cardiac muscular tissue is intact, even if severely ex- hausted. Pulse small, weak, dicrotic.
Back
Pain along spine. Weakness of loins. Ach- ing across lumbo-sacral region; cannot walk erect. [Cimicif.]
Extremities
Staggering gait. Numbness.
Skin
Livid ; purple spots; zoster-Jike herpes. Itch- ing. S Skin lost its elasticity. Urticaria appearing at climaxis. Nervous.-- Restlessness and lhyperasthesia; trem- bling, twitching, jerking, convulsions. Extremely sus- ceptible to pain. Pain causts twitching and jerking of : limbs. Violent and sudden neuralgic pains and sudden 511 fainting. Delirium, melancholic in character. Neu- ralgias intensely painful; left supraorbital; right inter- costal, better from heat; multiple neuritis. Sore feel- ing all over. Bed feels too hard. Aggravation after
Sleep
[Lach.] Neuralgia after zoster. [Meser.] Yawning. drowsy; prolonged, deep sleep. Sleepless; restless S sleep, with frequent t startings. Sleepy, but cannot sleep.
Fever
Chills. Icy coldness. Burning heat; pro- fuse sweat.
Dose
Third to sixth trituration.