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toms it produces. A high dilution of the tincture is indis- 
pensable in many frequent diseases, in which the symptoms are 
analogous, particularly in some kinds of low, nervous fevers; 
in abdominal spasms; and in spasmodic pains in different 
parts of the body, which produce melancholy, particularly in 
females; in many cases of paralysis of the limbs, and in moral 
affections. 
CuintcaL Onservations.—Noack and Trinks: Amongst 
many other affections, Cocculus has been found chiefly bene- 
ficial in spasms of hysteric females from different causes, Sup- 
pression of the catamenia, etc. Total and partial spasmodic 
paralysis. Paralysis of the lower limbs, with insensibility of 
the parts. Paralysis of the larynx. Fainting fits of hysteric 
females. Acute arthritis, Fever, with gastric and bilious 
symptoms. Bilious fever after vexation. Inflammatory typhoid 
fever, particularly when characterised by predominant nausea, 
with tendency to produce fainting. Typhus, with giddiness 
and delirium. Febris lenta, with great nervous weakness, 
particularly after acute diseases. Typhus abdominalis, first 
stage, with great and constant nausea, producing a disposition 
to faint; second stage, characterised by heat. Erethism of the 
circulation. Debility and asthenia (in alternation with Rhus). 
Vertigo, with disposition to vomit, and actual vomiting. Megrim 
and hysteric headache, with nausea and vomiting. Spasm 
of the stomach. Bilious colic. Spasmodic and flatulent colic. 
Dysmenorrhea. Sudden spasms, from retention or suppression 
of the catamenia. Some cases of hernia. Spasms of the chest, 
and palpitation of the heart in hysteric females, etc. 
Antipotes.—Camphor. Nux Vomica. To poisonous doses : 
Emetics, emptying the stomach as soon as possible. Acetic acid 
has been supposed to act as an antidote. The treatment, after 
the poison has been got rid of, must be the same as for gastro- 
enteritis. 
