VALERIANE #:. 235 
; it renders the mind tranquil, disposesto good humourand 
Y, produces sometimes a lively formication in the hands 
eet, anda sensation about the head and spine which 
been compared to the aura epileptica. Sometimes, on the 
ary, there is a sense of embarrassment in the head, with 
heaviness and pain. In states of morbid nervous excitement ° 
7 without fever, when through exhaustion the pulse has become 
all and frequent, valerian lessens its frequency and increases 
ts force and volume. 
iven to rabbits in doses of from 1 to 3 drachms, valerianic 
eencers the heart’s action more ayo but feebler; the 
Tf death occurs speedily, the gastric mucous 
brane i is pale, but if delayed it may be ae sere the 
ul 
even to paralyze it, since two Cgm (4 gr.), injected under 
skin of frog, have been found capable of preventing tetanic __ 
after a like injection of 5 Mgm. (75 gr.) of strychnine, 
“eee to these animals a oe it impair 
n aa, produces a white spot, followed by irritation and 
s,and upon the tongue it may cause the epithelium to 
Maediciid valerian is not acure for hysteria, but it is a most 
ble palliative when employed to avert or mitigate hysterical 
sms shires by some accidental cause. Especially is 
i ceahices of a disordered fancy, whereby — 
tive | goeptions : -and various disordaned C oo 
