North Pole of the Magnet

Hahnemann, Materia Medica Pura, 1846, Vol. III, p. 41

Head

(Vertigo, sensation as if she would fall in every direction). Vertiginous motion in one side of the head. (a. 10 minutes.) After having gone np-stairs, she feels a motion from the centre of the brain towards either ear, like the pendulum of a clock. He is not clearly conscious of himself, is unable to think correctly ; sensation as if his understanding had become arrested, and as if something were pressing his brain down, and were pressing the eyes out; a sort of fainting turn.

5. When walking, he felt like one intoxicated. Sensation of intoxication, like a humming in the head. (a. 15 min.) Obtusion of the head with desire for open air. Weak memory, but he feels cheerful, (a. 1 h.) Two days in secession he wakes from his siesta with a violent headache, as if the brain were bruised and obtuse ; the headache decreases after he is fully awake, and disappears gradually after rising, (a. 3 and 23 h.)

10. Headache, consisting in a sore and bruised pain in the surface of the brain, in the sinciput and in one of the temples. The head feels bruised and dashed to pieces in one of the hemispheres, (a. half h.) A shock in one side of the head in the morning while in bed. Sensation as if the head were being pressed down by a load. Pressure as o/ something hard in several parts of the brain.

15. (A good deal of heat in the head.) Disagreeable, compressive sensation in the the head, and as if one part of the brain were pressed in. The head is concussed by the sound of a hammer. Headache when walking ; pressure over the orbits. Headache, especially when raising or moving the eyes.

20. Tensive sensation in the brain behind the forehead, extending down to the root of the nose. In the morning after rising, he has several stitches in the upper part of the forehead, until afternoon. Headache, as if the temples were being pressed asunder. Violent headache the whole afternoon, as if the brain were being pressed asunder, (a. 3 d.) Large tubercles on the hairy scalp, (painful only when touched).

25. Smartingitching in the hairy scalp.(a. \ h.)

[Vertigo, as if intoxicated, obliging him to change the position of his feet for the purpose of supporting his body (a. 5 minutes.) Vertigo, when walking in the open air, he was obliged to stagger, (a. 26 h.) He staggers to and fro and when walking in the open air. (a. 22 h.) Obtusion of the head.*

5. Rush of blood to the head, and suffusion of heat in the cheeks. Drawing headache in the left side of the head. (a. 21 \ h.) Drawing-boring pain in the right temple ; accompanied with a spasmodic pain below the right molar bone. Pressure in the right temple, when walking in the open air, causing a dulness of the head. Aching pain over the left temporal region, externally, (a. 27 h.)

10. Tearing in the head behind the right ear, with a sensation as of a shock, gradually moving to the front of the head, when walking in the open air. (a. \ h.) Pushing tearing in the head behind the left ear when sitting, (a. -§- h.) Tension of the scalp as if it were too firmly adhering to the skull, causing an obtusion of the head (for several hours). Pressure in the articulation of the condyles of the occiput with the atlas from within outward, obliging him to bend the head forward all the time. Aching pain in the left side of the forehead, (a. 22 h.)

15. Aching pain in the outer parts over the right eyebrow. (^ 28 h.)

Face and eyes p. 42

Tension across the face. Paleness of face. Cold movement as of cold breath in the eyes. The eyes protrude, (a \ h.)

30. Staring look. Fine prickings in the left eye. (a. 24 h.) Burning, continuous stitch in the upper eyelid, (a. 3 m.) Vesicle on the margin of the upper eyelid, pressing upon the eye. Painful sensitiveness of the eyelids when reading, (a. 12 h.)

35. Itching in the inner canthus and the margin of the eyelids, (a. \ h.) Painful feeling of dryness in the eyelids in the morning when waking, (a. 14, 20 h.) Lachrymation early in the morning. Excessive lachrymation ; the light of the sun is intolerable. Dilatation of the pupils ; they contract but little in the light (immediately).

40. Contraction of the pupils during the first hours.

[Itching over the right eye, inducing one to scratch. (The magnet being held near the weak right eye.) Jerking and. drawing in the eyelids. Drawing in the eyelids with lachrymation.

20. Itching of the eyelids. Pricking in the eyelids. In the evening, prickings of the left eyelid, with dryness of the same. The eyelids are strongly agglutinated in the morning. Gum in the outer canthus.

25. Stinging in the canthus and the left cheek. Sensation as of sand in the eye. Itching in the eye. Burning, redness and lachrymation of either eye. Burning in the weak rigid eye ; it became red and filled with water (the magnet being held in contact with the weak right eye for a quarter of an hour).

30. Coldness in the weak eye for three or four minutes (the magnet being held in contact with that eye for two minutes). Coldness of the weak eye, as if the eye were a piece of ice ; as the coldness passed off a long-continued pricking was felt in the eye. Coldness in the eye, followed by heat. Pricking in the left eye. Pricking sensation in the eye, resembling the tick of a watch (for 25 minutes).

35. Uneasy motion of the eye. Great motion of the eyeball ; a good deal of water accumulates in either eye. Sensation as of a cobweb in front of the eyes. Shine in the eye as of a shooting star. Formication between the two eyes.

40. Strong drawing over the eye, in the surface of the cheek, ear, extending into the upper maxillary bone (the magnet being in contact with the eye.) Intensely painful tightness in the face, extending as far as the tonsils. Drawing in the left cheek. Innumerable prickings in the cheek, with feeling of heat, without any heat being perceptible to others, (a. 2\ h.)]

Ears p. 43

Stitch darting from the Eustachian tube to the interior of the ear (when stooping). Fine ringing in the opposite ear (immediately). A few tearings in the interior of the right ear, resembling otalgia, (a. 18 h.) Whizzing and a drawing sensation in the ear.

45. Tightness of the tympanum. Tubercle in the face, near the nose, feeling sore when touched ; when not touched, a few rare slow stitches are felt in it.

[Crackling in the ear as when burning dry wood, when holding the magnet in the ear.

45. Warmth and roaring in the ear, as when water is boiling and bubbling (when holding the magnet in the ear). Ringing in the ear of the same side. Heat and pecking sensation in the ear, when holding the magnet in the ear. A kind of deafness, as if a pellicle had been drawn over the right ear, after which heat is felt in the ear.]

Nose p. 43

Illusion of smell : he imagined the room smelled of fresh white-wash and dust. Violent bleeding at the nose, for three afternoons in succession, increasing every afternoon, and preceded by an aching pain in the forehead (a. 4 d.) Sore pain in the nostrils, even without touching or moving them, (a. 26 h.)

50. Redness and heat of the tip of the nose, followed by hot, red, circumscribed spots upon the cheeks.

[Bleeding from the left nostril, at two oclock in the afternoon, (a. 46 h.)

50. Bleeding of the nose for three-quarters of an hour, in the afternoon when walking in the open air, after blowing the nose. (a. 23 h.) Pimples on the right wing of the nose, with a stinging-itching sensation. Illusion of smell : he imagines the room smells of rotten eggs, or of the contents of a privy, (a. 27 h.)]

Mouth, jaws and teeth p. 44

Ela wing-aching pain in the left submaxillary gland, (a. 2 h.) Crushing-aching, or pinching pain in the submaxillary glands, without the glands being either touched or moved, as is felt in acute swellings of the throat, (a. 4 h.) Tearing pain in the cervical muscles, as if they were too weary. Painful cramp in the cervical muscles, from one ear to the other.

55. Cramp in one of the cervical muscles, when yawning; the parts were afterwards painful to the touch. Sore pain in the left corner of the mouth, when moving it, as if an ulcer would form. Slow, extremely sharp and painful prickings in the lower lip. Small pimples on the inner surface of the upper lip. Cramp like toothache in the right lower jaw.

60. Toothache as if the tooth were being torn out ; it becomes worse after a meal, and when sitting or lying down, but improves when walking. Toothache in the direction of the eye, a very quick succession of peckings in the hollow tooth, with swollen inflamed gums and a red and burning cheek; the toothache increased very much immediately after a meal, improved when walking in the open air, but was aggravated in a smoky room. Throbbing in the hollow tooth (immediately), followed by a pressure in the tooth as if something had got into the tooth, with drawing in the temples. Throbbing in the tooth, with burning in the gums, and swollen, red, hot cheeks, with burning pain and beating in the cheeks, in the afternoon. The toothache ceases when walking in the open air, and returns in the room.

65. Numbness and insensibility of the gums of the tooth which had been affected with pain. Drawing pain in the hollow tooth and fore teeth. increased when eating something warm ; with redness of the cheek during the pain. Swelling of the gums of a hollow tooth, painful when touched with the tongue. Toothache, as if the gums were sore or cut, increased by the air entering the mouth. Itching in the forepart of the tongue, obliging one to rub and scratch.

70. Accumulation of saliva in the mouth (immediately).

[Crackling-pricking pain in a pimple near the corner of the mouth, which had already existed some time ago (immediately). Drawing in the left jaw and the left cheek.

55. Tensive pain in the left upper jaw, early in the morning when waking, (a. 36 h.) Painful drawing in the articulation of the lower jaw when moving it, as it were being dislocated by force, (a. ih.) Drawing-aching pain coming from the temple, below the mastoid process, between the sterno-cleido-mastoideus muscle and the ramus of the lower jaw. Tensive pain in the left submaxillary gland, (a. 19 h.) Pain in the left upper incisores, as if something hard were pressing upon them, breaking them.

60. Toothache when eating ; all the teeth feel as if they were loose, and as if they would bend over. The teeth of the upper jaw feel as if they were loose, (a. 28 h.) Painful humming in the hollow teeth of the lower jaw ; it is worse on the right side ; the toothache ceases while one is eating, (a. 3 h.) When waking, the mouth is full of a thick, almost dry, white mucus, (a. 18 h.) Copious accumulation of saliva in the mouth.]

Appetite and gastric symptoms p. 45

Heart-burn. (a. -J- h.) Long-continued rancid heart-burn. He does not even relish the most palatable kind of food, at supper, (a. 10 h.) When smoking, he feels a scraping sensation in the throat as if he were to have heart-burn, or had had it.

75. Sourish taste in the morning, as if one were fasting. When smoking, he has a bitter taste on the posterior part of the tongue, (a. 2 h.) Tobacco is disagreeable to him. (a. 2 h.) She felt so replete at dinner that she was unable to eat.

180. Greedy appetite at supper Chocolate had a flat, disagreeable taste, as if impure water had been added to it. (He relishes his supper, but soon after he has a flat taste in the mouth, and feels a heat in the lobules.) Eructation, with a sort of a painful jerk. Frequent eructations of mere air.

85. The magnet seems to favor acidity of the stomach. The tongue is very much coated and covered with mucus; aversion to milk. The stomach feels as if spoiled ; food weighs heavily in his stomach. Heart-burn after supper, (a. 24 h.)

Stomach and abdomen p. 45

She is waked in the night by a pressure in the abdomen as of a stone.

90. Pressure in the abdomen as of a stone. Sudden griping in the pit of the stomach, (a. I h.) (Throbbing in the pit of the stomach) (immediately). Sensation in the epigastric region and in the stomach, as if the walls of the stomach were sensitive to pain. Drawing in the pit of the stomach, extending into the right chest.

95. Drawing pain in the abdomen, (a. 4 h.) Drawing colic. (a. a few hours.) Warmth in the umbilical region, causing an anxiety, followed by a sensation as if vomiting would come on. Coldness in the abdomen (immediately after touching the magnet). Shocks and jerks coming out of the abdomen and extending through the chest into the throat (immediately).

100. A few jerks in the abdomen, like a sort of rumbling, as if something were falling down in the abdomen at intervals (immediately). A few stitches in the side of the abdomen, and movement in the abdomen as if diarrhoea would come on. (a. 10 h., on the following morning.) Spasmodically contractive sensation of the hypogastrium, externally and internally, early in the morning. Pinching, especially in the epigastrium, directly after supper. Violent, continuous pinching, as of incarcerated flatulence, at a small place in the left side of the abdomen.

105. Flatulent colic immediately after supper ; sharp pressure in all the parts of the abdomen from within outward, as if the abdomen would burst ; relieved when sitting immoveable, (a. 30 h.) Flatulent colic early in the morning, immediately after waking ; the flatulence was pressed upward toward the hypochondriac region, with tensive pains in the whole abdomen, causing a hard pressure here and there, accompanied with a qualmishness and nausea which arose from the abdomen, and was felt both in motion and when at rest. Continuous aching-pinching pain in the whole of the hypogastric region, like a sort of colic, but without any perceptible flatulence ; it disappears neither by motion nor rest, or eating and drinking, but is excessively increased by reflection and mental exertions, and is in that case accompanied with nausea ; the colic is somewhat diminished by strict rest, but it disappears entirely in the space of an hour by touching the zinc. In the evening and morning he feels a pressure as of flatulence in various parts of the bowels, resembling a pressure upon a bruised spot, accompanied with a similar pressure in various parts of the brain ; both the headache and colic disappear immediately after the emission of flatulence ; the headache and colic return with the return of flatulence, which makes one moreover feel ill-humored; the flatulence has a fetid smell. (The south pole removed the painful uneasiness in the abdom men, and the headache, within the space of an hour.) (Painful sensitiveness of the abdominal muscles.)

110. Suppression of the emission of flatulence for twenty-four hours. He wakes in the night with a violent colic ; it is a sort of continuous, intolerably hard pressure in the pit of the stomach and the hypochondria, rising higher and higher in the chest, and increasing in violence up to the pit in the throat, where the breathing threatens to be arrested. (This condition was soon relieved by the hands being imposed upon the chest with a strong will (a sort of self-mesmerism) ; the spasm abated, and rest and sleep were restored by a strong but easily emitted flatulence.)

[65. Gurgling in the abdomen as if a quantity of flatulence were incarcerated, causing a writhing sensation, which rises up to the pit of the stomach, and causes eructations.^ (a. 24 h.) Pinching and grunting in the abdomen, disappearing by the emission of flatulence, (a. 25 h.) Severe cutting stitches, when walking in the open air, in the middle of the hypogastrium, from below upward, (a. 3|h.) Stitches in the right lumbar region. Stitches in the left groin from within outward, in the region of the superior spinous process of the ilium (immediately).

70. Boring pain over the left abdominal ring, from within outward, as if hernia would protrude.]

Stool p. 47

Drawing, almost dysenteric pain in the hypogastrium, early in the morning, followed by difficult expulsion of very thick fasces, (a. 24 h.) Blood comes off with stool twice a day. (a. 4 d.) Difficult and rare expulsion of hard, thick fasces (in a few days).

115. Sharp pressure in the rectum, (a. 1^ h.) Stinging pinching in the rectum. Aching-pressing pain in the rectum (not in the anus) after midnight, while in a slumber lasting for hours, and disappearing after being wide awake. Cutting pain in the left groin, in the region of the abdominal ring, with a feeling of weakness in that region. Relaxed condition of the abdominal ring increasing from day to day ; hernia threatens to protrude, especially when coughing, (a. 48 h.)

120. Sore pain in the abdominal ring, when walking, (a. 8 h.)

Urinary and genital organs p. 47

Dark urine. The secretion of urine decreases in the first hours, but increases after the lapse of twenty-four hours. Copious emissions of urine, (a. 18 h.) (Relaxed condition of the neck of the bladder from one oclock at noon until eight oclock in the evening ; the urine dropped out involuntarily.) (a. 3 h.) Continuous smarting pain in the raphe of the prepuce, after urinating. Itching smarting in the inner surface of the prepuce, obliging one to rub at night when in bed. Painful itching of the inner surface of the prepuce (after waking at midnight). Nightly involuntary emission without erection, rousing him with a feeling of anxiety.

130. Nightly involuntary emission. Excessive erection, with excessive desire for an embrace and an emission of semen. Violent erections in the morning. Relaxation of the penis and diminished desire for an embrace, (a. 36 h.) Strangulating pain in the right testicle, (a. 3 h.)

135. Sharp drawing^and cutting in the testicles. Moderate desire for an embrace. He is able to control it. (a. 64 h.) The menses which ought to have appeared immediately, appeared after the lapse of twenty hours, increased within twenty-four hours beyond the quantity in which they usually appeared, and which was less than ought to have been, until the quantity became normal, without any secondary symptoms. (Curative effect.)

[Frequent pressure upon the bladder, (a. 18 h.) Sharp stitches in the left testicle when laying the thighs across one another, (a. 18 •£• h.)]

Respiratory organs and chest p. 48

Obstruction of one of the nostrils with cold, the other nostril secreting a thin mucus. Rapid discharge of thin mucus from the nose early in the morning.

140. Fit of sneezing and coryza. (a. 2 h.) Breathing is difficult for her. He was obliged to breathe spasmodically in deep and intermittent inspirations, as if his breathing became arrested, while he felt a desire to inspire as much air as possible ; he was at the same time covered with sweat over and over (immediately). Momentary violent turns of cough ; three or four. When walking in the open air the cough becomes much worse, and assumes a suffocative character,

145. Sudden oppression of the chest. Sensation in the throat and trachea as after a violent cough, meaning a sensation as is felt in the throat after laughing, and causes the saliva to accumulate in the mouth. Oppression of the chest, with anxiety. Itching of the nipples, (a. 1 h.) A few violent beats of the heart.

150. Burning stitches in the region of the heart. Burning stitches, first in the region of the dorsal muscles, afterwards in the side of the chest, and lastly in the forepart of the right chest. Pressure in the region of the heart (immediately). Several sharp stitches in the region of the heart. Sharp stitches in the left muscles of the chest, when moving the arm.

155. Stitches in the left side of the chest, (a. \ h.) Frequent dry hacking cough in the evening when in bed, previous to falling asleep. (Dry cough causing a painful rawness in the chest, especially in the night after getting warm in the bed, having been chilly first.) The smoke of tobacco excites his cough. In the midst of falling asleep, a racking and spasmodic cough sets in, hindering sleep.

160. Suffocative, spasmodic cough about midnight. The desire to cough is seated in the finest and most remote bronchial ramifications, where nothing can be got loose by the cough ; the mucus which is thrown off, is secreted in a higher region, the titillation remaining the same, inasmuch as it has its seat lower down ; hence the cough is very fatiguing and racking ; even the head is concussed, and the whole body becomes warm, after which a general exhalation sets in until morning, the cough abating in this case. Unceasing (not titillating) irritation, inducing cough, in the evening, when in bed, immediately after lying down, the cough being short and dry ; the irritation is not momentarily diminished by the cough, as is the case in other kinds of cough ; this unceasing irritation can only be removed by suppressing the cough, even by a firm, determined will.

[Sneezing and fluent coryza, with obstruction of the nose. (a. 38 h.) Coryza and sneezing.

75. Violent coryza in that side of the nose which is nearest the eye where the magnet had been applied. Discharge of an acrid fluid from the nose. Acrid discharge from the nose, causing a burning pain in the nostril. Discharge of water from either nostril. Violent dry coryza ; both of his nostrils being obstructed, and breathing being very difficult, (a. 20 h.)

80. Complete obstruction of the left nostril at night, the right nostril being open, but entirely dry, as in dry coryza. After rising, the nose, which had been obstructed over night, opened, but the dryness remained. Shortness of breath, when going up stairs. Clawing-contractive pain transversely through the chest, causing a tremulous anxious breathing, especially the inspirations, when leaning over or upon the arms and looking out at the window, (a y h.) Anxiousness and qualmishness about the chest, (a. 6 m.)

85. Oppression of the chest. When walking in the open air he imagines that heat is entering the chest, passing through the pharynx. When walking in the open air, he feels a pricking in the left side of the chest, (a. 10 m.) Continuous stitch in the left side of the chest in the evening. Intermittent stitches in the right side of the back. (a. 26| h.)]

Back and upper extremities p. 49

Crackling or cracking in the cervical vertebra), especially in the atlas, during motion, (a. 3 h.) Pain as if bruised in the middle of the spine, when bending the spine backward, (a. 36 h.) Gurgling and creeping sensation between the scapulae.

165. Twitching in the posterior lumbales muscles. Pain as if bruised in the left shoulder-joint both during motion and in rest, painless when touching it, from noon till four oclock in the morning, (a. 3 h.) Trembling of the arm, the hand whereof is touched by the magnet. Cramp-like sensation in the arm, and as if it had gone to sleep. The left arm is much heavier than the other.

170. That upper arm which is not touched by the magnet, is very heavy. Itching above the elbow, consisting in fine stinging and smarting, not diminished by scratching, as if a mosquito had bit him there ; the scratching causes a burning. Weight in the upper arm (immediately). Several times he perceives a jerking in the affected upper arm ; (the arm and loot seemed to him dead.) Sensation of stiffness in the elbowjoint.

175. Audible cracking in the elbow-joint during motion (immediately). Pleasant feeling in the arm-joint, as if it enjoyed rest after great weariness. Stiffness and rigidity in the right tarsal and carpal joints, at night when in bed. Trembling of the hand which touches the magnet, and of the foot of the opposite side. 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, (a. 4 h.)

180. Fine, frequent prickings in the affected spot, and in 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 ringer in contact with the magnet, afterwards extending into the arm, with a kind of heaviness in the arm.

185. (Pain in the fingers, drawing them from before backward, accompanied with creeping.)

[Continuous pain in the back, when standing, walking, or sitting, as if he had been stooping for a long time. (a. 28i h.) Heaviness in the upper limbs, as if the veins contained lead (immediately). Feeling of heaviness in the arm which touches the magnet. Considerable feeling of heaviness in the left upper and lower arm. (a. } h.) Violent coldness in the arm over which the magnet had been moved (in a female in magnetic sleep, after being touched with the north pole of the magnet).

95. Prickling pain in the arm as far as the shoulder, especially in the long bones of the fore-arm. Sore pain in the right shoulder when walking in the open air. Sensation in the arm and hand as if they had gone to sleep (immediately). Stitches in the fore-arm near the wrist-joint, (a. 251 h.) Pressure in the left radius, in the evening, as after a blow.

100. Pressure and drawing in the wrist-joint, with uneasiness in the fore-arm (as is the case in joy and expectation), obliging him to bend the arm continually. Sensation in the hand as if it had gone to sleep. Trembling in the left hand, and stiffness of the index-finger, (a. 9 m.) Stitches in the muscles of the left hollow hand, when walking in the open air. (a. 2 h.) The fingers go to sleep.

105. Creeping in the tip of the left indexfinger, (a. 4 m.) Jerking in the thumb touched by the magnet, as if there were pulsations in the thumb. Great heaviness in the finger touching the magnet (immediately).]

Lower extremities p. 50

Bruised pain in the hip-joints, aggravated by stooping. Tearing, with pressure and a sensation of strangulation in some parts of the muscles of the thigh when walking or sitting, (a 24 h.) Tearing with pressure in the outer side of the knee down to the outer ankle, (a. 3 h.) Painful sensation in the skin of the calf when walking. 190. Burning pulsative stitches in the calf. Great faintness in the lower limbs, (a. 24 h.) The left leg goes to sleep after sitting, when rising, and especially when standing, (a. 3 h.) While walking, the foot feels as if going to sleep, (a. f h.) Weariness and numbness in the lower limbs as if they had gone to sleep, without tingling.

195. Pain in the upper part of the toes, as if they had become sore by walking. Laceration in the big toe. Sore pressure in the corns, which had been painless heretofore, when pressing the feet ever so little. Pain in the upper part of one of the toes, as of a corn. Severe stitch in the heel.

200. Sore pain in the heel. (a. •£ h.) (Occasional pain in the heel, like pressure.) (Violent pressing around the ankle of the affected ulcerated foot.)

[Faintness of the lower limbs.

110. Great weariness of the lower limbs from four until eight oclock in the evening, (a. 1 h.) 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, (a. 27 h.) Voluptuous itching of the left thigh, in the anterior and internal surface, but more in the former, (a. 18 h.)

115. Bruised pain over the knee when sitting. Stitches in the tendons of the left thigh, toward the bend of the knee. (a. 19 h.) Rigid tension in the hamstrings, when rising from a seat, as if too short, (a. 3 h.) Painless buzzing in the left leg, with sensation of heaviness, as if the leg had gone to sleep, (a. 4 h.) Pressure in the outer region of the tibiae, when standing.

120. Sudden lancinations in the heels, big toe and calf, when sitting. Stitches in the right big toe. Painful crawling in the toes of the right foot. (a. 27 h.) Voluptuous itching in the bottom of the toes of the left foot. (a. 27 h.)]

General symptoms p. 51

(Stitching in the steatoma.) Crawling over the skin.

205. 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. Continuous digging-up stitches in various parts, becoming sharper and more painful, in proportion as they penetrate more deeply into the flesh. Slow, continuous, very painful stitches in various parts ; for instance in the dorsum or in the sides of the fingers and toes. Stitching jerks in the part touched by the magnet (immediately). Jerks in the part touched by the magnet (immediately).

210. Tremulous, vibrating, numb sensation. Sensation as if the blood were rushing to the place touched by the magnet, as if the blood would come out there, (a. -J- h.) Twitching in the neighboring parts. Twitching and beating near the part touched by the magnet, (a. £ h.) Tensive sensation in the neighboring parts.

215. Bruised pain in the neighboring parts, and as if one had carried a heavy burthen. Creeping in the neighboring parts as if they were going to sleep. Tremulousness through the whole body, especially in the feet, (a. 2 h.) Tremor in the fart touched by the magnet (immediately). The hand which was touched by the magnet soon became colder.

220. Cool sensation in the part which was touched by the magnet. Sensation of coldness in the part which was touched by the magnet, (a. -£ h.) Warm sensation in the neighboring parts. Burning pain in the existing herpes, the whole day. Smarting, almost tearing and burning pain in the existing herpes.

225. Drawing in the periosteum of all the bones, as is felt at the commencement of an intermittent fever (but without chilliness or heat), (a. 2 h.) Painless drawing sensation. In the right side of the tongue, in the neck and across the foot he feels a sudden drawing, or a movement to and fro, and jerks resembling stitches. Heaviness in single limbs (with a sensation as if their strength had increased), (a. 24 h.) Sensation of dryness and tightness in the body, with want of strength.

230. He is very faint, had to rest himself while walking in the open air, and was melancholy and desponding. The faintness, the bruised and painful sensation in the limbs were worse in the open air. In the morning there was a general faintness with a sweat as of anguish ; want of appetite at dinner ; he had to lie down ; afterwards diarrhoea, (a. 48 h.) Weariness in all the limbs, (a. | h.) In the morning she felt so faint that she was scarcely able to drag herself along, as if oppressed by a sultry atmosphere.

[Stinging itching of the skin, all over the body, disappearing after scratching, but appearing again in some other place, (a 4f h.)

125. Great, unusual weakness when going up stairs.

Sleep p. 52

235. Excessive spasmodic yawning with pain in the articulation of the left jaw, as if it were on the point of being dislocated. Frequent yawning without drowsiness. Sopor : several times he was attacked with a sudden sensation as if he ought to shut up 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.

240. Constant drowsiness in day-time. Deep sleep toward morning ; he could not get sleep enough in the morning. Slept on his back in the night. She sings in the evening while asleep, 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 impassionate dreams about historical events ; he is unable to recollect them when waking.

245. Lascivious dreams the whole night, (a. 8 h.) Sleep full of dreams, and nevertheless very sound ; the dreaming commences when falling asleep. She dreams about midnight that she is falling from a height ; this started her and caused her to tremble all over. About midnight she dreams of murder, which causes her to weep and howl. She saw a person in a dream, and next day she saw that person in reality for the first time.

250. He has vivid dreams the whole night about objects which are not disagreeable but have no connection with one another ; when waking he is unable to recollect any of them. He is unable to go to sleep under a couple of hours in the night, (a. 3, 4 d.) At two oclock in the morning he wakes up half, his internal consciousness being very intense, his memory very vivid and his mind being 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, (a. 16 h.) 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.

255. 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 however any thirst. Restless sleep ; he tosses about and his bed feels too warm. (a. 48 h.) Warmth in the night, as if sweat would come on.

260. Very vapory night-sweat, without any heat. He waked in the night, feeling very warm ; he felt still warmer after drinking a glass of cold water, (a. 16 h.) Frequent shudderings in the night while in bed, and jerks in the arms causing them to start.

[Great drowsiness ; he was obliged to gape. Stupefying sleep in the night; in the morning he slept on his back, dreaming of deformed men, monsters, etc. He was occupied with his literary labors in a dream. Sleep interrupted by vexed dreams which he is unable to recollect.

130. Tossing. about in the night, while asleep, with vivid dreams ; the bed felt to him too warm. Frequent waking from sleep, as if started by fright, (a. 34 h.) He frequently wakes in the night with a burning heat of the whole body, and is sometimes obliged to uncover himself. The mouth felt very dry, without thirst.

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Chilliness with yawnings, early in the morning. (Chilliness the whole day, over the whole body, but especially along the back.) (a. 48 h.)

265. Coolness of the whole body. 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, (a. £ h.) Shuddering all over at the moment when the north pole was touched by the tip of the tongue. Cold hands. Sensation of coldness in the tip of the finger which was in contact with the magnet, accompanied with drops of sweat upon the fingers of this hand and the dorsum of the hand (immediately).

270. Sweat in the palms of the hands, the hands being cool. Cool sweat all over. (a. ^ h.) Towards morning he is covered all over with a strongly, but not disagreeably smelling, vapory, slight sweat. Sweat about two oclock 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 upon which he was resting ; only while asleep : the sweat disappeared entirely when waking, and was not accompanied with thirst. Heat in the face.

275. In the evening the blood rushes to the head and the face feels hot, accompanied with chilliness of the lower limbs, especially the feet. (a. 4 h.) Heat in one of the cheeks, accompanied with a feeling of internal heat, irritable disposition and talkativeness, (a -1- h.) 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, (a. 3 h.) (Fever : Chilliness in the small of the back, along the back, from noon till evening without any perceptible coldness and great thirst ; at nine oclock 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 when waking.)- -280. 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 oclock in the afternoon he had a small burning spot on the foot for one minute, disappearing suddenly, and being succeeded by a sudden heat in the head, with redness of cheeks and sweat in the face, for some minutes. Fever : general shuddering at four oclock in the afternoon, a quarter of an hour. (a. 4 d.) 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 any sweat. Flush of humid warmth over the whole body (immediately).

[Suffusion of redness over the whole face in the evening, without thirst, (a. 28 h.) Feeling of warmth.

135. Excessive heat of the whole body, especially of the back and forehead, even while the windows are open, without sweat or thirst, (a. 2\ h.) Heat spreading over her whole body, especially the abdomen and face, causing sweat to break out in the face. (a. 8 m.) Feeling of heat over the whole head, the face being hot, but not red, with thirst, (a 5aL h.) Sudden heat and redness of the right cheek, the left cheek feeling cold. (a. 26 h.) Fiery redness of the face, oppression, stronger pulse.

140. 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.]

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285. Out of humor and weary, (a. 24 h.) Weeping mood, with chilliness and a chilly feeling, (a 1 h.) Sadness, in the evening ; he had to weep contrary to his will, after which his eyes felt sore. He felt in the evening as if it were difficult for him to commence the execution of his designs, and it was long before he made a beginning ; but as soon as he had commenced, he carried out his designs with great promptness. Indolent fancy ; he sometimes felt as if he had no fancy at all.

290. When sitting, he felt as if he had lost all powers of motion, and had grown fast on the chair ; when in motion, however, he perceived that he was perfectly capable of moving. Indolent mind. Anxious, desponding, inconsolable, self-reproaching mood. (a. 1 h.) Sleep ceased at three oclock in the morning, and he became anxious ; he became solicitous about his health, as if he were dangerously sick ; he became gloomy ; he grudged every word which he was obliged to utter.

295. Anxious solicitousness, exaggerated, over-scrupulous solicitude. Irritated and vexed mood ; he does not like to be interrupted in his work, and, nevertheless he does not accomplish any thing. While doing his business, he talks aloud to himself. He makes mistakes easily when writing, (a. | h.) He would like to work a good deal, and does not satisfy himself ; he thinks he does things in a slow manner.

300. He is alternately sad and cheerful. Acts as if he were frightened and timid (immedi-

ately). Despondency. Anxious scrupulousness (immediately).

Hastv, bold, quick, firm.

305. Calm, composed mood, devoid of care. (a. 1£ h.) Calmness of mind, passion. Calm, but not bold.

[Alternately cheerful and sad, the whole day. (a. 30 h.) Cheerfulness and feeling of great strength, alternate with want of courage and weakness.

145. Calm and composed mood, the whole day. (a. 48 h.) Boldness of mind, as after drinking wine.]

Notes p. 42

* In this case the magnet was held in the region of from the fourth to the sixth dorsal vertebra at a distance of from four to five fingers' breadth from the body. VOL. III. 5

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