Mercurius Proto Iodatus



Chest

Sharp pain in chest, behind sternum. Throbbing pain behind sternum. Stitches through (right side of) chest. The pain in the chest appear left side, those which appear right side always proceed to left Sensation in left breast above nipple as if wind was in cellular tissue, frequent palpitation, a single kick and jump ( better by Lycopodium).

Heart

Stitching pain in heart. Sudden but lasting pain about heart, taking away breath. Sudden spasmodic action of heart, she thought it had jumped out of its place. Pulse weak, irregular.

Neck and Back

Neck stiff, soreness in occiput, worse when lying, when turning head. Soreness and numbness between scapulae. Throbbing pain between shoulders. Severe pain as if bruised over entire scapular region. Throbbing pain in right scapula. Excruciating, sharp, sticking pain in back.

Limbs

Bone pains. Tired feeling in all limbs, worse lying left side, better lying right side. Pain in right forearm and left hip simultaneously.

Upper Limbs

Numbness and wearied feeling in right arm, worse by writing. Lameness and stiffness of right shoulder. Rheumatic, laming pain in right arm, worse by writing. Soreness and lameness of left shoulder and arm at night when lying on the left side. Soreness and pain of right arm, worse from pressure, rubbing and passive motion. Sharp pain in right shoulder, obliging him to cease writing. Heavy feeling of right arm. Lame numbness of left shoulder and left arm. Rheumatic pain in right hand, at night, in bed. In fingers: numbness, stiffness, pricking pains.

Lower Limbs

Weariness in the legs, with dull pains and tingling. Heavy laming pains in the calves of both legs, with pain in left knee- joint. Pain in sole of left foot, with feeling of faintness through the whole body. Sharp pain in right big toe.

Generalities

Sticking pains: both scapulae, right temple, right side of chest, left ear, along outer borders of both hands and both little fingers. Heaviness of limbs, with laziness and drowsiness. Languid and sleepy. Faintness, wants to lie down. Excessive tired feeling of all limbs, especially when lying on left side, better by lying on right side. Glands swollen and indurated. Milk crust in children of a syphilitic taint.

Skin

Troublesome itching over whole body, not better by scratching, worse at night, especially in bed. Persistent itching spots over whole body, following each other in rapid succession. Itching of scalp.

Sleep

Sleeplessness without restlessness, before 1 a.m. Frightful dreams, of coffins and drowning, nightmare.

Fever

Pulse weak, irregular, and labouring. Chills with trembling all over body.

John Henry Clarke
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica