CLINICAL NOTES. 225 
The sanguineous sphere is most affected by Apis mell. and 
Theridion curassavicum, while the reproductive sphere is most 
powerfully affected by Bufo sahytiensis and Tarantella. One 
of the most important indications for Bufo s., and which I 
have never seen noticed in any work, is Impotency ! 
The “wise women” or “ midwives” in South America 
hang up a frog by the hind legs till a greenish saliva drools 
from its mouth; two or three drops of this is caught in a 
spoon, and furnished (for a consideration) to some jealous 
female, who administers it to her husband (unknown to any 
one but herself and the “old crone”) in a plate of soup or 
food of any kind. This produces a temporary impotency 
which continues for fwo or three months, and then gradually 
disappears of itself. 
Sometimes the dose given is larger, and the person to whom 
it is administered is nervous and susceptible; the result is 
permanent impotency. J have known several of these cases 
which I had the most powerful motives for attributing to the 
above causes. 
One of the most prominent symptoms of Elaps corallinus 
is deafness ; and its powerful action on the respiratory organs 
is similar to Lachesis. 
Dr. Mure reports having cured several cases of chronic 
deafness (without any existing organic lesion of the auditory 
organs) with this substance; and I have administered Elaps 
corallinus gall, 3d cent. and 6th cent., in two similar cases 
with perfect success. One case, of a man who had been deaf’ 
in both ears for ten or twelve years, was worthy of note. 
After putting the patient on diet for a week, prohibiting 
the use of tea, coffee, and tobacco, a dose of the gall 6th, was 
given, and a powder of Sacch, lact. daily for a week, then 
semi-weekly for three weeks more. For 32 days after the 
ingestion of the remedy no apparent effect had been produced 
