10 FLORA HOMCOPATHICA. 
persuaded but that his face was swelled to twice its proper 
size. This tingling sensation spread itself further and further, 
till it had taken hold of his whole body, especially the 
extremities. He had unsteadiness in the joints, especially of 
the knees and ankles, with twitching of the tendons, so that 
he could scarce walk across the room; he thought that in all 
his limbs he felt a sensible stop to the circulation of his blood, 
and that from the wrists to the finger-ends, and from the ankles 
to the toes, there was no circulation at all; giddiness of the 
head ; eyes misty and wandering ; humming and hissing noise 
in his ears, followed by syncope; strength and spirits ex- 
hausted ; he must needs lie down (after vomiting produced by 
oil, etc., taken to eject the contents of the stomach); pulse 
interrupted and irregular, sometimes beating two or three 
strokes very quick together. (Philos. Trans., vol. xxviii. p. 287.) 
“If the leaves or the root are chewed, a tingling sensation, 
with numbness, is produced ; and if a rather larger quantity be 
taken, the palate and throat are affected. It appears as if the 
velum and soft palate were elongated, and rested on the dorsum 
of the tongue; to relieve this, frequent attempts are made to 
swallow.” (Pereira, art. Aconite.) It has been affirmed, also, 
that the effluvium of the plant has produced fainting fits. 
Dr. Fleming considers that the poison may cause death, “ either 
by producing a powerful sedative impression on the neryous 
system (as in the case of Dr. Male, of Birmingham) ; by paralys- 
ing the muscles of respiration and causing asphyxia; or by pro- 
ducing syncope. A poisonous dose produces—Ist, numbness 
and burning heat in the mouth, throat, and stomach 3; pain in 
the abdomen, with sickness and vomiting ; diminished sensibility 
of the surface, with sensation of weight and fulness of different 
ages of the body, especially the face and ears: 2nd, vertigo ; 
dimness of vision, or complete blindness; singing in the ears; 
deafness ; frothing at the ‘mouth ; sense of constriction of the 
Hewat 3 great sense of debility ; a trembling pulse, small, feeble, 
and irregular, and then imperceptible ; extremities and surface 
