GRAPHITES



BACK.

Violent pains in the small of the back. Pain, as from bruises, in the small of the back, especially when touching the part. Pressure in the small of the back. Violent griping and turning in the small of the back, succeeded by pains in the arms and feet. Violent drawing in the back. Contractive pain between the shoulders. Rheumatic pain in the scapula. Formication in the back. Violent pains and stiffness in the nape of the neck. A number of tumours about the neck. Swelling of the glands on one side of the neck.

ARMS.

Pain of the axilla. Rheumatic pain in the left shoulder. Lacerating in the shoulder-joint, when moving the arm. Stitches in the elbow and shoulder-joints. Burning in the shoulder-joints. Drawing in the arm. Sore feeling in the upper arm. Pain in the bend of the elbow. Paralytic pressure in the elbow-joint. Gnawing pain in the bones of the fore-arm. Cramp in the hands. Lacerating in the hands, like rheumatism. Pain as from a sprain in the wrist-joint. Emaciation of the hand. Erysipelas of the hands. Burning in the hands. Pain as if sprained in the joint of the thumb. Arthritic nodosities on the fingers. Miliary eruptions on the fingers. Herpetic soreness between the fingers.

LEGS.

Soreness between the thighs, during and after a walk. Painful soreness between the thighs, near the pudendum. Arthritic lacerating in the hips. Rheumatic pain in the lower limbs. Great uneasiness in one of the lower limbs. Heaviness of the lower limbs. Deadness of the lower limbs. Drawing pain in the thighs, apparently in the bone. Numbness and stiffness of the thighs, also of the toes. Pain, as from bruises, in the thighs. Numb and hot feeling in the thigh. Painful stiffness of the knees, when bending them. Drawing pain in the knees. Pain, as from bruises, in the knee, at night. Rigidity of the knees. Herpes in the bend of the knee. When walking, the legs feel tense, with pain as from bruises. Drawing, lacerating, or cramp-pain in the legs. Swelling of the leg. Great weight of the legs. Herpes on the tibia. Ulcers on the leg. The malleoli are painful to the touch. Arthritic lacerating in the feet and toes. Violent stitches in the heels, when stepping. Pain in the heel, as from subcutaneous ulceration. Ulcerative pain in the soles of the feet. Burning of the feet. Swelling of the sore foot. Cold feet. Lacerating in the toes, also arthritic lacerating. Swelling of the toes. Soreness between the toes, with violent itching. Spreading blister on the toes. Ulcer on the fourth toe. Ulceration on the borders of the big toes. Horny skin on the toes. The nails are thick and crippled.

Charles Julius Hempel
Charles Julius Hempel (5 September 1811 Solingen, Prussia - 25 September 1879 Grand Rapids, Michigan) was a German-born translator and homeopathic physician who worked in the United States. While attending medical lectures at the University of New York, where he graduated in 1845, he became associated with several eminent homeopathic practitioners, and soon after his graduation he began to translate some of the more important works relating to homeopathy. He was appointed professor of materia medica and therapeutics in the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia in 1857.