290 FLORA HOMCOPATHICA. 
amination, the stomach, cesophagus, and intestines were inflamed, 
but not violently in any part; the whole cerebrum was soft 
(Morgagni de Sed. Morb., vol. i. 1x.) 
Mepicat Usss (Hommoratuic).—Hahnemann’s observations : 
“The symptoms of this plant, which have been observed by 
myself and my pupils, are but few in number; nevertheless, 
one may consider them as a first step made in a new path. It 
appears that Helleborus niger may be useful in certain kinds 
of fevers, in those diseases characterised by swellings, and in 
certain affections of the mind. When the morbid conditions 
that this plant occasions have been more completely studied, we 
shall know what were the diseases for the cure of which many 
places in Greece were so celebrated; for the plant that the 
ancients employed was a species of Hellebore very similar to 
this, but with flowers of a pale red colour.” 
CuinicaL OpsErvations.—Schron says that Helleborus niger 
appears to exert its specific action on serous membranes; it 
increases the action of the circulatory organs, and especially of 
the heart, in a most extraordinary manner. It also appears to be 
especially serviceable in fat, plethoric constitutions, and in the 
phlegmatic and choleric temperaments. General dropsy. Acute 
dropsy, with swelling of the face and whole body, etc. General 
_ anasarca, especially after scarlet fever. Knorre recommends large 
and frequent doses in chronic dropsy. Mullenbein recommends 
it in dropsy after ague, the ague having been cured by Arsenicum. 
Helleborus niger and Scilla maritima seem to be especially 
serviceable in the dropsy of children, more than in grown-up 
persons. Retroceded measles, with metastasis to the membranes 
of the brain. ‘Tinea capitis, with swelling of the cervical 
glands. Hydrocephalus acutus in the second stage; when 
the child screams, throws the head backwards, with convul- 
sive movements of the limbs, especially the right arm and 
left foot. Aconite, Belladonna, Rhus, Arnica, and Helleborus, 
in the high potencies, had failed in giving relief in this case. 
Tincture of Hellebore, ten drops, in 3} of distilled water, given 
