Magnetis Polus Arcticus
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General EN
Magnetis Polus Arcticus.
North Pole of the Magnet. Attenuations of saccharum lactis or water charged with the influence of this pole.
Clinical EN
Amenorrhoea. Clairvoyance. Hernia. Panaritium. Salivation. Sleep disturbed. Somnambulism. Toothache. Vertebrae, cervical, cracking in.
Characteristics EN
The symptoms of M. p. arct. were obtained by applying it in the region of the 4th to 6th dorsal vertebrae, at a distance of four or five fingers' breadth from the body. A number of well-characterised symptoms were experienced in the teeth and jaws. There was swelling, heat, and redness of one cheek. Swan reports this case cured by C.
M. Conant; Mrs. S.
C., 31, blonde, had pain in left lower jaw as if out of joint; < morning, on moving it; sensation as if head of bone were squeezed and crowded into socket. M. p. arct. 1m cured (Organon, iii. 343). Sensations of coldness are marked.
There is coldness where the magnet is applied. The eyeball feels cold, as if it were a lump of ice in the socket. On the other hand there is a sensation as if the blood was rushing towards the point touched by the magnet. One symptom of the proving, occurring in a half-waking state, suggests an approach to somnambulism.
He thinks out a "difficult subject in the best form in a foreign language"; but when awake he cannot remember distinctly the subject. Several provers complained of faintness. One had "sensation of dryness and lightness in the body with want of strength." Sensation as if scalp adhered to skull. Symptoms are > uncovering.
Headache is < lifting or moving arm. < On waking. Toothache < breathing through the mouth.
Relations EN
Antidoted by: M. p. aust., Ign., Zn. Compare: Sensation as if teeth being pulled out, Ipec. < Raising arm, Bar. c., Con., Cup., Fer. One cheek red, Cham. See also under Magnetis p. amb.
Mind EN
Peevishness, and inclination to weep, with shivering
Mildness, submission
Indolence when seated, as if power of moving were lost
Irresolution, followed by prompt execution, after a resolution has been once formed
Speaking loud while quite alone and engaged in business
Fickleness
Anxious hesitation and restlessness
Loss of sense
Loss of ideas
Weakness of memory
Tendency to make mistakes when writing.
Head EN
Vertigo, as from intoxication, with staggering, when walking in open air, and instability when standing
Semi-lateral drawing, with vertigo, from middle of head towards ears, like the oscillation of a pendulum
Cephalalgia when lifting or moving eyes
Depressing cephalalgia, as from a weight
Cephalalgia, as if brain were about to burst
Tension of integuments of head, as if they adhered too closely to the cranium.
Eyes EN
Eyes prominent and fixed
Icy coldness of (weak) eye, as if a lump of ice lay in orbit instead of the eye
Restless movements of eyes
Lancinations, itching, and jerking drawing in eyelids, with lachrymation
Painful sensation of dryness in eyelids, on awaking in morning.
Ears EN
Murmuring in ears, and internal heat, as from boiling water.—Deafness, as if caused by a band over ears.
Nose EN
Aberration of smell; smell of rotten eggs, or of fresh plaister, or dust
Epistaxis, preceded by pressive cephalalgia in forehead
Redness and heat in point of nose, followed by red spots, hot, and plainly circumscribed, on cheeks.
Face EN
Paleness in face
Tension in face
Painful squeezing in maxillary joint, with sensation, while moving it, as if it were dislocated
Swelling of one cheek only
Trismus.
Teeth EN
Odontalgia in carious teeth, at intervals, as if they were being extracted
Pains in carious teeth, with gums swollen and painful when touched
Pains in (carious) teeth, < after a meal, and by heat, > in open air, and when walking
Odontalgia, with red, hot, swollen cheeks
Odontalgia, with shocks, which traverse the periosteum of the jaw, or with drawing, pressive, or else tearing, digging, or burning lancinating pains
Incisors set on edge, when breathing through the mouth
Numbness and insensibility of the gums, on the cessation of the toothache.
Mouth EN
At night, collection of saliva in mouth, so profuse that every time he wakes the pillow is quite wet.—Itching in point of tongue, compels him to scratch it.
Appetite EN
Voracity in evening
Loss of taste
Acid taste in the mouth
Tobacco has a bitter taste.
Stomach EN
Frequent empty risings.—Continued pyrosis, esp. after supper.
Abdomen EN
Production and incarceration of much flatus
Flatulent, pressive colic
Shocks in abdomen, as if something in it were falling, or blows proceeding from abdomen, and passing upwards through chest, as far as the throat
Inflation of abdomen
Pressure and boring towards inguinal ring, as if preparatory to a rupture, with relaxation of the inguinal ring.
Stool EN
Obstinate constriction of abdomen, and constipation.—Hard faeces, of a large size, difficult to evacuate, often preceded by drawing, dysenteric pains in the hypogastrium.
Urinary Organs EN
Increased secretion of urine.—Deep-coloured urine.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Immoderate erections, with frequent pollutions.—Excitement of sexual desire.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Menses too feeble; suppressed.
Respiratory Organs EN
Dry, asthmatic, suffocating cough, < by walking in open air
Spasmodic, shaking cough, in evening, when going to sleep, and which hinders sleep
Spasmodic, suffocating cough, towards midnight, produced by irritation in bronchia, shaking the head and whole body, and exciting heat until a general perspiration ensues, with cessation of the cough
Constant want to cough, in evening, which is removed only by restraining the cough.
Neck And Back EN
Cracking in the cervical vertebrae during movement.—Pains in back, as if broken, on bending it backwards.
Upper Limbs EN
Inflammation of back of hand, with pulsative pain.—Heaviness in arms, hands, and fingers.
Lower Limbs EN
Pains, as of a fracture, in hip-joints and lower limbs
Great lassitude in lower extremities, which feel as if they would break when walking
Pain, as from excoriation in toes, and corns on the feet.
Generalities EN
Great lassitude, and painful weariness of the whole body, with dejection, esp. in morning and in open air, as during sultry weather Drawing sensation in periosteum of all bones, as at commencement of intermittent fever Digging lancinations, which are more painful the deeper they are, in different parts of body Lancinating shocks, throbbing, trembling, coldness, and sensation as if the blood were driven towards the parts touched by the magnet
Over-excitement, with trembling, uneasy restlessness in limbs, and great nervous weakness.
Skin EN
Tingling and lancinating itching in skin
Burning sensation, or burning tearing in tetters
Panaritium.
Sleep EN
Violent spasmodic yawnings, with wrenching pain in maxillary joint
Strong disposition to sleep by day
Coma
Profound sleep at night, during which the patient generally lies on the back
Many vivid dreams (sometimes lascivious)
Sings in her sleep, is wakened by it; falls asleep again, recommences to sing and again wakes up from it
Waking in evening, after going to sleep, in consequence of a violent shock in the head, and muscles of the neck
Tossing during sleep, with troublesome heat, and urgent inclination to be uncovered, without thirst
Imperfect waking in morning (2 a.m.), with perfect inner consciousness, vivid memory, great concourse of ideas, and reflections on some important subject
Almost as if in a zoomagnetic sleep-talking state; but when fully awake he cannot remember distinctly the subject of his thoughts.
Fever EN
Sensation of coldness, or of coolness over whole body
Chilliness
Cool hands, with cool perspiration upon them, and over whole body
Shuddering, followed by transient heat, and swelling of veins of hands
Sensation of heat over whole body, with coldness of hands and lower extremities
Cold sweat on hands and soles of feet.