Magnetis Polus arcticus – Medicine



Painful and almost burning itching in the dorsum of the middle phalanx of the little finger, as if the part had been frozen; the place was painful to the touch.

Fine, frequent prickings in the affected spot, and the tip of every finger; worst in the evening after lying down.

Drawing in the fingers from below upwards, with creeping in the fingers immediately; directly after he felt somewhat desponding.

Pain in the finger joints, as if they had been strained by bending them over.

Buzzing in the finger which is in contact with the magnet.

Twitchings in the finger in contact with the magnet, afterwards extending into the arm, with a kind of heaviness in the arm.

Stitches in the muscles of the hollow of the left hand, when walking in the open air.

The fingers go to sleep.

Creeping in the tip of the left index-finger.

Jerking in the thumb which is touched by the magnet, as if there were pulsation in the thumb.

Lower Extremities

      Bruised pain in the hip-joints, aggravated by contact.

Tearing, with pressure and a sensation of strangulation in some parts of the muscles of the thigh when walking or sitting.

Tearing with pressure in the outer side of the knee down to the outer ankle.

Painful sensation in the skin of the calf when walking.

Burning pulsative stitches in the calf.

Great languor of the lower limbs.

The left leg goes to sleep after sitting, when rising, and especially when standing.

Weariness and numbness of the lower limbs as if they had gone to sleep, without tingling.

Excessive weakness of the lower limbs, when walking, as if they would break.

Drawing in either knee and in the right lower limb.

Stitch in the anterior muscles of the right thigh, from above downwards.

Voluptuous itching of the left thigh, on the anterior and internal surface, but more on the former.

Stitches in the tendons of the left thigh, toward the bend of the knee.

Rigid tension in the hamstrings, when rising from a seat, as if too short.

Painless buzzing in the left leg, with sensation of heaviness, as if the leg had gone to sleep.

Pain in the upper part of the toes, as if they had become sore by walking.

Sore pressure in the corns, which had been painless heretofore, when pressing the feet ever so little.

Sore pain in the heel.

Occasional pain in the heel, like pressure.

Violent pressing around the ankle of the ulcerated foot.

Sudden lancinations in the heels, big toe and calf when sitting.

Painful crawling in the toes of the right foot.

Voluptuous itching under the toes of the left foot.

Sleep

      Excessive spasmodic yawning with pain in the articulation of the left jaw, as if it were on the point of being dislocated.

Sopor: several times he was attacked with a sudden sensation as if he ought to shut his eyes, and as if he were going to fall into a pleasant sleep, an irresistible sensation which threatened to deprive him suddenly of consciousness.

In the evening he fell into a deep sleep, all his limbs felt paralyzed or bruised.

Constant drowsiness in the day-time.

Deep sleep toward morning.

Slept on his back in the night.

She sings in the evening during sleep, wakes by her singing, recollects that she ought not to sing, falls to sleep again, sings a second time and is again waked by her singing.

Vivid, but innocent and impassioned dreams about events; he is unable to recollect them on waking.

Lascivious dreams the whole night.

She dreams about midnight that she is falling from a height; this startled her and caused her to tremble all over.

About midnight she dreams of murder, which causes her to weep and cry.

She saw a person in a dream, and next day she saw that person in reality for the first time.

He has vivid dreams the whole night about objects which are not disagreeable but have no connection with one another; on waking he is unable to recollect any of them.

He is unable to go to sleep before a couple of hours in the night.

At two o’clock in the morning he is half awake, his internal consciousness being very intense, his memory very vivid and his mind filled with ideas; he composes in the very best style in a foreign language which he neither spoke nor wrote fluently, as if he had been in a magnetic sleep, but is unable, when waking, to recollect distinctly what he had thought.

He suddenly wakes in the evening after going to sleep, with a violent jerk in the muscles of the head and neck, as if the head had been pushed back.

He wakes about midnight from a violent pressure across the abdomen, directly over the umbilicus, and remaining unchanged either by motion, or rest, or by changing one’s position.

Violent pain in the pharynx in the evening when in bed, as when one has swallowed too large a morsel; the pain went off when turning to the left side.

He tosses about in his bed in the night, half waking.

He wakes in the night with a good deal of troublesome heat of the whole body, and has to uncover himself from time to time, his mouth being dry, without any thirst.

Restless sleep; he tosses about and his bed feels too warm.

Warmth in the night as if sweat would break out.

Very vapory night-sweat, without heat.

He waked in the night, feeling very warm; he felt still warmer after drinking a glass of cold water.

Frequent shudderings in the night while in bed, and jerks in the arms causing them to start.

Frequent waking as if in a fright.

He frequently wakes in the night with a burning heat of the whole body, and is sometimes obliged to uncover himself.

Fever

      Chilliness with yawning, early in the morning. (Chilliness the whole day, over the whole body, but especially along the back.)

Sensation of coldness or coolness over the whole body, as if she were dressed too lightly, or as if she had taken cold, without shuddering; immediately after she had a small loose stool which was succeeded by pressing.

Shuddering all over at the moment when the north pole was touched by the tip of the tongue.

Sensation of coldness in the tip of the finger which was in contact with the magnet, accompanied with drops of sweat on the fingers of this hand and the dorsum of the hand (immediately).

Sweat in the palms of the hands, the hands being cool.

Cool sweat all over.

Towards morning he is covered all over with a strongly, but not disagreeably smelling, vapory, slight sweat.

Sweat about two o’clock in the morning, all over, even in the face, mostly on the chest, except the hair on the head and those parts of the hairy scalp on which he was resting; only while asleep; the sweat disappeared entirely on waking, and was not accompanied with thirst.

Heat in the face.

In the evening the blood rushes to the head and the face feels hot, accompanied with chilliness of the lower limbs, especially the feet.

Heat in one of the cheeks, accompanied with a feeling of internal heat, irritable disposition and talkativeness.

Sensation of warmth in the feet.

Feeling of heat over the whole body, with quick and strong pulse, without any external warmth; even the hands are cold, although they feel hot to him, without thirst.

Fiery redness of the face, oppression, stronger pulse.

Heat over the whole body in the evening, with anxiety driving him to and fro.

Heat, especially down the back and over the whole body, with an anxious, unsteady appearance. (Fever: chilliness in the small of the back, along the back, from noon till evening without any perceptible coldness and great thirst; at nine o’clock in the evening, he has a good deal of heat in the face, without thirst, after midnight she is covered with a profuse fetid sweat, lasting until morning and disappearing on waking.)

Fever: frequent flushes of heat in the afternoon, only in the head, with a red, hot face (for two or three minutes); accompanied with some drawing in the head.

Fever: at three o clock in the afternoon there came on a small burning spot on the foot for one minute, disappearing suddenly, and succeeded by a sudden heat in the head, with redness of the cheeks and sweat in the face, for some minutes.

Fever: frequent shudderings in the back lasting a few minutes, followed by an equally short heat spreading from the back over the head, the veins of the hands becoming distended, without sweat.

Flush of humid warmth over the whole body (immediately).

Skin

      Stitching in a steatoma.

Crawling over the skin.

Burning pain in the existing herpes.

Crawling itching, as of a fly or flea, terminating in a sensation of soreness, first in the inner, then in the outer side of the limbs, in the evening when in bed, and in the morning after waking.

Appetite and Taste

      Long continued rancid heart-burn.

He does not even relish the most palatable kind of food, at supper.

When smoking, he feels a scraping sensation in the throat as if he would have heartburn, or had it.

Sourish taste in the morning, as if one were fasting.

When smoking, he has a bitter taste on the posterior part of the tongue.

Tobacco is disagreeable to him.

She felt so replete at dinner that she was unable to eat.

Greedy appetite at supper.

Chocolate had a flat, disagreeable taste, as if impure water had been added to it.

H. C. Allen
Dr. Henry C. Allen, M. D. - Born in Middlesex county, Ont., Oct. 2, 1836. He was Professor of Materia Medica and the Institutes of Medicine and Dean of the faculty of Hahnemann Medical College. He served as editor and publisher of the Medical Advance. He also authored Keynotes of Leading Remedies, Materia Medica of the Nosodes, Therapeutics of Fevers and Therapeutics of Intermittent Fever.