Agaricus Phalloides

Deathlike pallor; face sunken; cyanotic.—Anxious countenance, hippocratic.—Nose and

mouth dry.—Tetanic closure of jaws, with at times grating of the teeth.

• ▸Teeth and gums black.
• ▸—Cold tongue.
• ▸—Breath cold.
• ▸—Trismus.
• ▸—Speech slow,

difficult —Stammering.

Dry throat.

11, 12. Stomach and Abdomen.—Violent thirst; nausea; vomiting; then diarrhcea—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.

Anus inflamed.—Stools: frequent, bilious; whitish as in Asiatic cholera;

frequent, watery; bloody.

Pulse: small and intermittent; hardly perceptible; slow and somewhat

irregular; hard and frequent.—Pulse full and rapid (later action).

• ▸Cholera.
• ▸Chorea.
• ▸Cramps.
• ▸Diarrhoea.
• ▸Gastritis.
• ▸Trismus.
• ▸Urine, suppression of.

Vomiting.

Characteristics——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. Jncessant

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.

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.

24. Generalities—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.