SPIGELIA



BACK.

Stitches in the small of the back, worse during an expiration and inspiration. Twitchings in the dorsal and intercostal muscles. Stitches in the back, opposite the heart. Painful pricking in the upper dorsal vertebrae. Bruised sensation in the spine, even during rest. Feeling of lameness in the nape of the neck, without hindering motion. Painful sensation in the nape of the neck, as if gone to sleep. Red pimples on the neck, sore to the touch.

ARMS.

Itching in both axillae, especially the left. Pain as if sprained in the shoulder-joint Trembling of the upper limbs Cutting drawing across the deltoid muscle. Pressure, with lacerating in the middle and the external surface of the upper arm, more violent when touched. Aching above the wrist-joint, during rest. Violent lancinating pains above the wrist-joint. Drawing pain through the metacarpal bones. Cold hands, with clammy sweat, especially in the palms. Involuntary drawing in the tendons of either hand. Lacerating pain in the joints of the thumb.

LEGS.

Creeping in the calves. Drawing in the legs, from above downward, with a feeling of warmth. Heaviness of the lower limbs. Great lassitude of the lower limbs, especially the thighs. Bruising pain in the groin. Itching in the skin. Continual corrosive itching of both thighs. Lacerating, with pressure, in the outer parts of the thigh. Lacerating pain, as if sprained, in the knee-joint, only when walking. Compressive pin in the knees, mingled with drawing and striking. The knee is painful when touching it, as if bruised. Bruising pain in the interior of the knee-joint, when bending the knee. Short-lasting feeling of heaviness in the leg, when sitting. Creeping in the calves. Sticking in the calf, accompanied with jerking and pulsations in the patellae, when the knees are stretched. Smarting drawing in the tarsal-joint, with a feeling of soreness. Darting lacerating in the dorsum of the foot.

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.