Magnetis Polus australis – Medicine



Itching here and there (also in the nates), in the evening, when in bed, and soreness after slight scratching.

During slight coldness of the air, his nose, ears hands and feet feel chilly and benumbed; in a warm room they feel hot, with creeping and itching in the parts (with pricking).

General symptoms

      Creeping sensation in the left side and the left arm (immediately).

A sort of anxiety in the limbs (immediately).

Pinching in the flesh here and there.

Pinching in many outer parts of the body, in the afternoon.

Pinching and squeezing in various parts of the body in the afternoon.

Pain in the limbs, as is felt when growing too rapidly.

Darting pains here and there, disappearing again immediately.

Jerking sensation in every part of the body, as when one has been running fast, and feels moreover anxious and fidgety.

Stinging-burning pains here and there, in the body, especially in the tips of the fingers.

Bruised pain in all the limbs, so that he imagined he was lying on stones, on whatsoever side of the body he lay.

Bruised pain in all the joints early in the morning, when in bed, and on rising, even in the articulations of the pelvis, with a feeling of weakness in both abdominal rings, as if hernia would protrude.

Stiffness of the joints.

Cracking of the joints during motion.

Speedy increase of mobility of all the muscles, and quickness in all the movements; the mind being calm.

Lightness of the whole body.

Weakness of the feet, on going up stairs.

When walking in the open air the legs feel bruised, and he is suddenly attacked with sleep.

He becomes faint while taking a walk, and the faintness increased while sitting.

Laziness and heaviness of the whole body, accompanied with a feeling of anxiety, as if he were threatened with paralysis, and as if he would fall, accompanied with a feeling of heat in the face and the whole body, mingled with shuddering.

He was unable to lie still in any position.

Great rush of blood to the brain, early in the morning, in bed.

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.