South Pole of the Magnet

Hahnemann, Materia Medica Pura, 1846, Vol. III, p. 56

Head

Obtusion of the head. Unsteadiness of the mind ; he is unable to fix his ideas ; things seem to flit to and fro before his senses as if he could not appreciate or look at them with the necessary attention; his opinions and resolutions are wavering, which occasions a kind of anxious and uneasy condition of mind. (This mental disturbance is removed by touching the metallic zinc.) Vertigo as if intoxicated, as if he were obliged to stagger ; some vertigo even while sitting. Rush of blood to the head, without heat.

5. Heaviness of the head, with a sort of creeping or fine digging in the head. Fine crawling in the brain as of a number of insects, accompanied with heaviness of the head. Creeping in the vertex, as if something were running about there, and a sort of tearing. Shocks in either temple. Pain in the right side of the forehead, composed of tearing and beating, (a. J- h.)

10. A few beatings over the forehead, accompanied with a tearing pain. Tearing at a small spot of the left temple. Drawing-tearing pain in the left brain, resembling a slow, burning stitch, (a. 3 h.) Pressure in the occiput, in alternate places. Creeping, mixed with prickings, in the anterior and middle part of the forehead, in the evening, (a. 8 h.)

15. Passing, dull-stitching pain in the left side of the forehead, (a. 20 h.) Sharppointed, aching pain in the left side of the head, with pressure from within outward ; continuous stitch accompanied with pressure (a. 2 h.), (relieved by the north pole.) Simple and tensive pain over the whole brain, commencing while walking in the open air, and speedily going off in the room. (Headache, in the evening before retiring, with dry heat in the hands.) Beating in the right side of the head, like a pulsation, at. night, when lying down.

20. Jerkings in the head. Spasmodically contractive headache in the region between the eyebrows. A certain spot in the hairy scalp is painful as if bruised, still more so when touched. (Tension in the affected side of the face, when touching the south pole with the tip of the tongue.) (A glandular tubercle in the nape of the neck becomes suddenly inflamed, the skin all around was painful as if sore, and the least touch was unpleasant to it.)

[Headache : pressure on the top of the head, or in either temple (an intense violent pain), as is felt in a catarrh, being violent when sitting straight, more so when shaking the head or when reflecting, diminishing when walking, and disappearing almost entirely when bending the head over or backward (in the first hours). Headache in the occiput, most violent in the room, but disappearing in the open air (in the first hours). Creeping in the left side of the head, towards the upper part. Headache ; tearing pains behind the left ear.

5. Heaviness in the upper part of the head. Dull fancy, but the memory is good. The skin on the forehead feels as if dried fast to the skull.]

Face and eyes p. 57

25. Slow, burning stitch in the margin of the eyelid, (a. 2 h.) Lachrymation of the eye which is touched by the magnet. Lachrymation of either eye. Watery eyes from time to time. Erosive pain, morning and evening, especially in the outer canthus, and when touching the eyelids, as if a hair were lodged in the eye : a sort of inflammation of the margin of the eyelids, (a. 16, 24 h.)

30. Painful, smarting- dryness of the eyelids, especially perceptible when moving them, mostly in the evening and morning. Swelling of one of the Meibomian glands of the left lower eyelid, in the morning, as if a stye would form, but the pain was merely aching. Smarting in the inner canthus (in the morning), (a. 48 h). Pressure in the left eye, for a minute. Pressure and dull stitching in the left eye.

35. • Pricking in the left eye. (a. 4 h.) Spasmodic contraction of one of the eyes, in the morning.

[The skin around the eyes is sore. When holding the magnet to the eye, he feels a little coldness in the eve tor a short time, but a severe itching in the eyelids.

10. The eyes feel agglutinated in the morning. Beating and itching in the eye. Deficient sight : things looked dim, also double, when touching the nape of the neck. Faintish sort of cloudiness, with disposition to sit down ; the objects seem veiled ; afterwards they become much more distinct and much brighter than they appear while the eyes are in their natural condition ; accompanied with an ecstatic mood. Vividness of the eyes.

15. In the commencement the dilatation of the pupils is easier, and their contraction more difficult. Flushes of heat in the face. Sensation in the face (and in the rest of the body) as if cold air were blowing upon it.]

Ears p. 57

An almost painless drawing behind the ear from below upwards, and extending into the head, almost continuous, (a. 40 h.) Tearing pains in the cartilages of the outer and inner ear, extending very nearly as far as the inner cavities. Roaring in the ears, which he felt more ill the upper part of the head.

40. Noise in the ears, like the movement of a wing. Sensation as of the whizzing of the wind in the ears, early in the morning ; he feels it as far as the forehead, (Inflammation of the outer ear, the grooves of that portion of the ear assuming the appearance of sore rhagades. Ringing in the good ear. (a. 1 h.) Coarse stitches in the cheek.

45. Small pimples in the nape of the neck, burning and itching.

[Occasional stitches and ringing in the ear. Painful jerk in the ear as if its parts should be pressed asunder : a sort of otalgia.

20. Roaring before the ear. Sensation as if a cold wind were blowing upon the ears. Sensation as of warm breathing upon the outer ear. Two painful vesicles on the right side of the neck, below the ear.]

Jaws and teeth p. 58

Toothache, aggravated by warm beverage. Tearing jerking in the upper jaw towards the eye, in the evening, (a. 12 h.) (Pain of the submaxillary gland, as if it were swollen.)

[Eruption on the chin, painful to the touch.

25. The skin under the chin is painful, as if sore. Dull pain with intensely painful stitches in hollow teeth, (a. 1 h.) ]

Mouth and pharynx p. 58

Single stitches in the left margin of the tongue, (a. 5 h.)

50. Sore feeling in the throat during and between the acts of deglutition, (a. 3 h.) Putrid smell from the throat, early in the morning, the mouth being clean ; himself has neither a bad smell nor taste. Burning in the pharynx, a sort of strangulation from below upwards, with a feeling of heat.

[Heat in the organs of speech, with difficulty of speech ; sensation as if the tongue were swollen. A quantity of watery, tasteless saliva. Accumulation of a quantity of watery saliva from the mouth, flowing out of the mouth when stooping.

30. Tasteless, watery, copious saliva, which he spits out very seldom, (a. 3 d.) ]

Taste, and gastric symptoms p. 58

Slight appetite, without loathing or abnormal taste, the general health being good. (a. 24 h.) Indifference to eating, drinking or smoking ; he relishes the food, but he has no desire for it, and is satiated before beginning to eat. (a. 12, 24 h.)

55. Indifference to milk, bordering on aversion, early in the morning, (a. 18 h.) Although he wakes up cheerful in the morning, yet he relishes neither food nor coffee j on the contrary those things taste bitter to him. Food has no bad, but too little taste. Canine hunger, in the midst of his feverish chilliness. Canine hunger, noon and evening.

60. Excessive appetite for supper, (a. 10 h.) One very violent eructation. Inclination to vomit, early in the morning after waking, (a. 36 h.) Inclination to vomit, shortly after dinner. Fits of nausea when stooping forward, apparently in the stomach.

[Metallic taste, partly sweetish, partly sourish, now in the upper, now in the lower part of the tongue, with a feeling of coldness, as of saltpetre. Scraping sensation in the fauces, with a feeling of dryness in the mouth, without thirst. He loses his taste while eating warm food ; the taste returns after eating, (a. 3 d.) Want of hunger (immediately).

35. Food is disagreeable to him. White wine has an acrid taste to him ; after taking a swallow he feels a violent aversion to it. Eructations of mere air. (a. 3 d.) Motion in the abdomen after dinner, accompanied with grunting and followed by emission of flatulence.]

Stomach and abdomen p. 59

Pain in the stomach, as when one presses upon a bruised spot ; after eating, this pain gradually passes into the intestines, (a. 18 h.) A kind of violent aching pain in the pit of the stomach, occasioned by a continued exertion of the mind. (a. 6 h.) A kind of griping, directly over the umbilicus. Loud rumbling in the abdomen. Disagreeable, loud rumbling and grunting in the abdomen, towards evening, (a. 8 h.)

70. Flatulent colic, early in the morning when in bed. (a. 30 h.) Pinching in the abdomen, brought on by a draft of air. (a. 2 d.) The flatulence is pressed upwards, below the short ribs: flatulent colic in the hypochondria, in the evening, (a. 4 h.) Colic after supper : sharp pressure here and there all over the bowels ; during motion the colic becomes intolerable, and passes off suddenly while at rest without emission of flatulence, (a. 4 h.) Flatulent colic at night: portions of flatulence seem to spring from one place to another, this being painful and causing a disagreeable grunting sensation, or causing a sore pinching pressure from within outward in many places, depriving him of sleep; short, abrupt flatulence going off now and then with pain, afford no relief.

75. Flatulent colic early in the morning after rising ; the flatulence is pressed upwards toward the diaphragm, causing intensely painful blunt stitchings. (a. 16 h.) Drawing pain in the right side of the abdomen, scarcely permitting him to walk. Tearing colic occasioned by (reading?) and walking, and appeased by sitting, especially in the epigastrium (early in the morning), (a. 16 h.) Distended abdomen in the evening, immediately before going to bed, with colicky pains, (a. 2 d.) Feeling of repletion in the abdomen, while he is affected with shortness of breathing.

80. Emission of a quantity of flatulence directly before going to bed. (a. 3 d.) Emission of a quantity of flatulence, (a. 4 h.) A few stitches in the left side of the abdomen. Continuous stitch in the abdomen, toward the caecum, not going off till one turns to the opposite side. (a. 8 h.) Sensation as if the left abdominal ring were enlarged and as if hernia protruded ; every turn of cough causes a painful dilatation of the ring. (a. 1 h.)

[Jerking in the right side (when touching it with the magnet).

40. Agreeable feeling of warmth, extending from the umbilicus to the genital organs.]

Stool p. 60

85. (Frequent desire for stool, causing nausea ; but she is unable to accomplish any thing.) (Sudden desire for stool, which nevertheless is expelled with difficulty.) Cutting in the abdomen, with chilliness, followed by diarrhoea, (a. 5 h.) Two soft stools after the lapse of two days. Discharge of thin stool, supposing that nothing but flatulence was passed, (a. 14 h.)

90. Continual contraction and constriction of the rectum and anus, permitting scarcely the least flatulence to be emitted. The tough stool is mixed with mucous filaments. Itching of a haemorrhoidal tumor at the anus, (a. 6 h.) Itching creeping of the anus, while walking. A few long stitches in the region of the right kidney (immediately).

Genital and urinary organs p. 60

Stitch in the fold near the genital organs.) (Aching pain in the fold near the genital organs. Relaxation of the sphincter vesicae (immediately.) Incontinence of urine. The urine drops out involuntarily ; even while the dropping takes place, there is little desire in the bladder to void the urine.

100. (Increased involuntary flow of urine) (immediately). Emission of a quantity of urine, in the night and morning, (a. 10, 14 h.) He has to rise about midnight, for the purpose of emitting a large quantity of urine. Smarting pain in the forepart of the urethra, during an emission of urine, as if the urine were acrid or sour. (a. 2 h.) Drawing iu the spermatic cord.

105. Pain in the spermatic cord, early in the morning when the testicle is hanging down, as if it were too much pulled or distended ; the testicle is even painful to the touch, (a. 4 h.) Jerking in the spermatic cord. Slow, fine, painful drawing in the spermatic cord. Tearing in the spermatic cord. Spasmodic drawing up of the testicles, in the night.

110. Tearing, strangulating jerks in the testicles ; they swell on. (a. 6 h.) Fine itching of the scrotum. Pain in the penis, as if several fleshy fibres were torn or pulled backwards. Red spot, like a pimple, on the corona glands and on the internal surface of the prepuce, without sensation. The glans is red and inflamed, with itching and tension.

115. (Blood dropped from the sycosic condyloma.) (a. 48 h.) The temperature of the genital organs increases in the night. Creeping and tickling of the glans ; semen seemed to be emitted without the person being aware of it. Nightly emission (in a person affected with hemiplegia) ; it had not taken place for years past. (a. 48 h.)* Emissions two nights in succession, with much talking while sleeping.

120. During the first two days, the genital organs were greatly excited for an embrace ; after the lapse of several days the will became strong enough to control the sexual desire. Violent excitement of the sexual desire after dinner, (a. 4 h.) Impotence : embrace with the proper sensations and erection ; but at the moment when the semen is about to be emitted, the voluptuous sensation is suddenly arrested, the semen is not emitted, and the penis becomes relaxed, (a. 36 h.) The menses, which had already lasted the usual time, continue to flow for six days longer, only during motion, not when at rest ; every discharge of blood is accompanied with abutting pain in the abdomen.t The menses, which were to appear in a few days, appeared already four hours after the south pole had been touched, but the blood was light-colored and watery.

125. Heat and burning in the pudendum, with many fine stitches, (a. 3 h.)

[Frequent emission of a quantity of pale urine.]

Respiratory organs and chest p. 61

Sneezing early in the morning. Profuse coryza. Coryza and cough with expectoration of green mucus, and short breath. Several turns of fetid cough, at night when asleep, not occasioning a complete waking.

130. Oppression of breathing, along the lower rib. Deep inspiration, resembling a kind of sobbing, and accompanied with involuntary deglutition (as is generally the case when sobbing) (immediately). Shortness of breathing in the pit of the stomach. (Frequent attacks of shortness of breathing.) (In the evening, after entering the bed, he is scarcely able to recover from the shortness of breathing.)

135. Oppression of the chest, as if the breathing were tremulous, and as if the breath which he inspires were cooling (immediately). Pain in both sides of the sternum, consisting in pressure and drawing, accompanied with an anguish which does not permit him to remain any where, as if he had done something wrong. Palpitation of the heart (immediately). Sharp stitch in the right chest, arresting the breathing. Pressure in the left chest, making her feel nauseated.

140. Aching pain in the chest, afternoon and evening. Dull pressure in the left chest, during motion and rest. Itching stinging in both nipples at the same time. (a. 24 h.) Creeping in the muscles of the left chest. A few sudden stitches in the surface of the scapula.

145. Below the scapula she feels a fine, not entirely pointed stitch (immediately).

[Pressure in the region of the lower end of the sternum, with anxiousness and arrest of thought (immediately). Suffocative oppression of the chest. Difficulty of tongue, swelling of the tongue.

45. Oppression in the sternum. Dry and short cough (a. 5 h.)

Back and upper extremities p. 62

A heat commencing in the cervical vertebrae and extending through the whole of the spinal column, (a. i h.) Pinching in the muscles of the back. Heat in the back. Gnawing and smarting in the back.

150. Aching, and at the same time burning pain in the small of the back — (a. 6 h.) — lasting until night, during rest and motion. Dull stitches in the small of the back. Pain, as if sprained, in the sacro-iliac articulation, afterwards pain as if bruised in that part. After rising from his seat he feels stiff in the small of the back, hips and knees. Intolerable pain, as if bruised, at night when in bed, in the biceps muscle of the upper arm, upon which he does not rest, especially when lifting the arm upward and backward, going off immediately when turning to the affected side. (a. 32, 36 h.)

155. Crawling in the left arm, from above downward, resembling small shakes. Sense, as of rumbling and gurgling, down the left arm (immediately). Rumbling up and down in the veins of both arms, for several hours. Q,nick rumbling in the left arm, from above downwards. Quick, painful jerking in the arms, from above downward.

160. Stinging itching in the upper arm (between the joints), in the evening, before and after lying down ; he was obliged to scratch himself when in bed. Jerking in the affected arm (immediately). Sense of fullness and puffiness in the arm, as if the arteries in the arm were beating. Painful stiffness in the elbow-joint of the arm which is touched by the magnet, (a. 8 m.) Feeling of coldness in the left arm, as if ice were lying upon it ; nevertheless the arm had its natural temperature (immediately). — 165.* Coldness in the arm which is touched by the magnet, (a. several hours.) Drawing-paralytic pain, early in the morning ; first in the left arm when lifting it, then in the small of the back when bending forward, afterwards in the left hip, and in the muscles of the left thigh and leg when stretching the knee. (a. 10 h.) Great faintness in the right arm in the evening. Sense of heaviness in the fore-arm, or as if one had worked too much. Painful draw ng in the fingers, in the direction of the hand.

170. Drawing in the finger-joints. Jerking in the fingers which are touched by the magnet, (a. 4 m.) Pain of the lower joint of the thumb, as if sprained. (a. 3. h.) Jerk in the right indexfinger, occasioning a visible twitching. The tip of the finger which touched the magnet, became numb and insensible.

175. Creeping in the finger in contact with the magnet. Creeping in the tips of the fingers. Sense of heat and jerking in the finger touching the magnet. Beating in the finger in contact with the magnet. Beating in the tip of the thumb (immediately).

180. Ulcerative, beating-stinging pain in the root of the toes.

[Shuddering, extending from the nape of the neck down the back. Violent smarting and stitching over the os sacrum and between the lumbar vertebrae, arresting the breathing when stooping. Pain in the arms, as if the blood in the arms had been arrested ; now in one, now in another place.

50. Stiffness of the elbow-joints (immediately). The left arm is much heavier than the right, and requires a greater expenditure of strength when raising it; accompanied with creeping in the tips of the fingers. Sensation in the arm as if it had been to sleep. Sensation as if the hand had gone to sleep, with swelling of the veins and quicker pulse (immediately). Sensation as of a cold breath touching the hands.

55. Sensation of coldness in the hands, which, nevertheless, felt warm to others.]

Lower extremities p. 63

Paralytic and bruised pain in the hip-joints, when lying on the affected side. (a. 32, 30 h.) The thigh and leg go to sleep easily in the morning, when sitting ; not soon going off when rising, (a. 10 h.) Drawing, with pressure, in the muscles of the thighs; worst during motion. Drawing, with pressure, in the muscles of the thigh.

185. Paralytic drawing, in the evening, from the middle of the thighs down to the feet. Stinging itching in the thigh, in the evening, also when in bed, when he was obliged to scratch. Stinging jerking in the muscles of the thigh next to the perinaeum. Pain in the muscles of the thigh, when going up stairs. Sense of coldness in the light thigh.

190. Drawing pain in the outer surface of the bend of the knee. Compound pain in the tendons of the bend of the knee ; beating and jerking, the limbs being convulsively drawn crooked ; most violent during motion. Violent drawing jerking in the tendons of the bends of the knees, accompanied with a pain as if the parts had been beaten ; the legs were evidently drawn crooked by the pain, especially during motion. When walking she felt a stitching ill the knee. Tearing with pressure in the patella (worst during motion), and aggravated by feeling the part. (a. 3 h.)

195. Bending of the knees when walking, (a. 20 h.) Cracking of the knee-joint during motion, (a. 1 h.) Very painful drawing in the hamstrings, sometimes accompanied with painful jerkings in the calves. Compound pain in the knee after dinner, aching and tearing, aggravated by feeling the part. (a. 3 h.) Cramp-pain, extending from the left tarsal joint to beyond the knee ; stretching did not relieve the pain.-

200. Beating in die muscles of the feet, as he sat down after walking, (a. 5 h.) Drawing, or tearing, with pressure, in the tibiae. Drawing, with pressure in the calves. Cramp-like drawing pain in the calves. Cramp in the calf and the big toe, in the day-time.

205. Intolerably painful jerking in the calves, accompanied with painful drawing in the hamstrings. His feet ache when he lets them hang down while sitting ; beating in the feet all over. Itching-burning, slow stitch in the side of the calf. (a. f h.) Drawing, or tearing, with pressure, in both tarsal joints and ankles, (a. 5 h.) Stitching below the ankles, followed by drawing in the hamstrings and painful jerkings in the calves.

210. The tarsal joint is easily sprained when making a wrong step. (a. 20 h.) Pain as if sprained in the tarsal joint, when making a wrong step. (a. 20 h.) Cramp of the bottom of the foot, when bending the foot backwards, (a. 24 h.) Stitches in the bottom of the feet, especially during motion. Stitching in the dorsa of the toes, and in the sides of the feet (in the evening), as if they had been frozen, (a. 12 h.)

215. Soreness of the inner side of the nail of the big toe in the flesh, as if the nail had grown into the flesh on one side very painful, even when slightly touched, (a. 8 h.) Pinching of the shoes on top and on the sides of the toes, and near the nail of the big toe when walking, as of corns, (a. 18 h.) Drawing from before backwards, in the middle three toes, only when walking (in the open air).

[Sensation as if the foot and toes were going to sleep, (a. x h.) A sort of tearing in the calves, from above downwards (in the morning). Coldness of the feet, early nthe morning. Sensation of coldness in the feet, and soon after warmth in the feet.]

General symptoms p. 64

Creeping sensation in the left side and the left arm (immediately). Corrosive itching in the evening, when in bed, in the back and in other parts of the body.

220. Itching-stinging, tearing, here or there, in the evening, when in bed. Fine itching, here and there, in the evening, when in bed, and when waking up, easily going off by scratching. Itching here and there, (also in the nates) in the evening, when in bed, and soreness after slight scratching (a. 5 h.) A sort of anxiety in the limbs (immediately). Pinching in the flesh here and there.

225. Pinching in many outer parts of the body, in the afternoon. Pinching and squeezing in various parts of the body, in the afternoon. During slight coldness of the air, his nose, ears, hands and feet freeze ; in a warm they room feel hot, with creeping and itching in the parts (with pricking.) (a. 4 h.) Some pain in the limbs, as is felt when growing too suddenly. Single darting pains here and there; disappearing again immediately.

230. Jerking sensation in every part of the body, as when one has been running fast, and feels moreover anxious and fidgety. Darting pains here and there. 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 when rising, even in the articulations of the pelvis, with a feeling of weakness in both abdominal rings, as if hernia would protrude, (a. 18 h.)

235. Itching of the pimples when touching them. (A paralytic man became very cheerful after touching the south pole.) Speedy increase of mobility of all the muscles, and quickness in all the movements ; the mind being calm. Lightness of the whole body. (a. 4 h.) Weakness of the feet, when going up stairs, (a. 6 d.)

240. When walking in the open air the legs feel bruised, and he is suddenly attacked with sleep, obliging him to sit down in great hurry. He becomes faint while taking a walk, and the faintness increases 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, (a. | h.) He was unable to lie still in any position ; he knew not what was the reason. When waking he was lying on his back, with his left hand under the occiput.

245. Early in the morning, when in bed, he is unable to lie with his head low, howsoever much he was accustomed to it generally, owing to great rush of blood to the brain, without experiencing any heat in the head. (a. 17 h.)

[Stiffness of all the joints, (a. | h.) Painless cracking in all the joints, during motion, (a. 3 d.) Faintness in all the limbs : trembling and uneasiness in the limbs.]

Sleep p. 66

Frequent yawning, (with chilliness.) (a. -1- h.) Faintness of the eyes, in the evening when in bed ; they became closed involuntarily, but he was, nevertheless, unable to sleep. Did not sleep in the night, on account of restlessness ; slept only a little in the morning, (a. 12 h.) Sleepless and wakeful before midnight, and no disposition to go to sleep, (a. 12 h.)

250. He was unable to fall asleep before midnight. Great desire to sleep at day-break, without feeling able to sleep. He frequently turns from side to side, in the night when in bed. (a. 30 h.) Frequent loud talking while asleep, with a number of confused dreams, (a. 8 h.) He starts in a dream ; this wakes him.

255. Dreams about fires. He dreams that a horse is biting him in the upper arm, and is giving him a kick upon the chest ; when waking he felt a pain on the outer side of the chest. He quarrels and fights in a dream. He dreams about the same subject for a long time in succession, exerting his mind. Vexed dreams.

260. Slow, whizzing expiration while asleep, before midnight, (a. 5 h.) Slow, loud whizzing inspirations after midnight, (a. 12 h.) Quick shaking of the arms and hands during the siesta. Palpitation of the heart, (a. 4 h.) Unusual beating about the heart, not as if the heart itself were beating.

265. Violent beating of the heart, with great heat in the region of the heart.

[Drowsiness. Wakeful in the morning ; but when closing the eyes, he feels a desire to sleep.

65. Vivid dreams towards morning.]

Fever p. 66

Disagreeable feeling in the periosteum of the long bones as is felt at the commencement of an attack of fever and ague. (a. 5 h.) Seems to predispose one for colds. Short shuddering in the afternoon, (a. 30 h.) In the afternoon he is frequently attacked with a short shuddering all over ; when walking in the open air, her sight was obscured, and when standing still, she had a shaking and tossing of the muscles of the limbs, being unable to hold them still, for several minutes, without feeling chilly ; when sitting down he was attacked with heat in the head and face.

270. General shuddering, immediately. Chills in the room the whole day, especially after an evening nap. (a. 24 h.) Chilliness of the legs up to the knee, with ascension of heat and blood to the head. Shaking chilliness, with feeling of coldness, for two hours, without being either thirsty or cold ; followed by great warmth (even Awhile walking in the open air), with thirst, and sweat on the forehead and chest, especially in the pit of the stomach (immediately). Chilliness, in the afternoon, especially of the upper arms. (a. 3 h.)

275. Feeling of coldness in the left arm, as if ice were lying upon them (immediately). Feeling of coldness in the region of the knees (immediately). (Shuddering in the calves when drinking.) General shuddering (immediately). Sensation of coldness in both arms and the left side. A good deal of itching of the back, during chilliness. Sensation as of a breeze blowing into the ear, during the chilliness. (He had to lie down dining the chilliness.)

285. Feeling of coldness all over, in the evening, (without shuddering,) without thirst, (except at the commencement of the chilliness,) and without being cold ; at the same time he feels out of humor, every thing was disagreeable to him, even the meal ; two hours after he was covered with heat and sweat all over, without thirst. Internal coldness in the affected part. The left hand seems to him much colder, but has the same temperature as usual, or it is even increased (immediately). During the chilliness, the skin has the natural warmth ; the mouth being dry, with great thirst ; in a few hours a violent sweat breaks out all over, without any feeling of heat ; on the contrary, he felt a shuddering over the perspiring parts, while covered with the bed-cover, as if there were goose-skin. Internal dry warmth, a few hours after the sensation of coldness, during a walk. (a. 7 h.)

290. Increase of coldness of the thighs, with feeling of coldness to the prover, and heat of the genital organs. During the chilliness, or the feeling of coldness, he was quite warm, but he was obliged to lie down, and to cover himself well ; his mouth was very dry ; afterwards he was covered with a profuse sweat all over, without feeling hot ; on the contrary, he felt a constant shuddering over the perspiring parts, as if they were covered with goose-skin ; accompanied with a sensation as of a breeze blowing into the ears. (Wakes in the morning with a violent headache, heat and alternate chilliness, and was unable to leave the bed.) (a. 86 h.) Increase of internal warmth, without thirst. Heat in the face, after a meal.

295. Warm sensation in the region where the magnet was applied. Hot hands after midnight, while in bed. Warmth all over, especially in the back. (a. 6 h.) Sweat during sleep, two mornings in succession. General sweat in the night.

300. Thirst for two days, without heat. Great aversion to the open air ; even when not cold, it penetrates bone and marrow, accompanied with a weeping mood and ill humor, (a. 12 h.)

[Sensation as if cool water were poured over the head as far as the chest (immediately). Small, scarcely perceptible pulse. Uncomfortable, unusual warmth, accompanied with a peevish mood, (the first 36 h.) Flush of heat from one part of the body to the other, at different times, for instance, from the thigh down the tibia.

70. Sensation as if the blood were jumping in the veins, when lying down, in the evening when in bed.]

Moral symptoms p. 68

After walking in the open air he feels quarrelsome and peevish, (a. 20 h.) After an evening nap he feels exceedingly peevish and ill-humored, (a. 20 h.) He starts readily when touched.

305. Want of cheerfulness ; he is low-spirited, as if he were alone, or as if he had experienced some sad event, for three hours (immediately). Weeping (immediately). Despondency (the first hours). Great discouragement, dissatisfaction with himself. Want of disposition to work, and vexed mood.

310. Great quickness of the fancy.

[Peevish, vexed, (a. 3 d.) Taciturn, he is not disposed to talk. (a. 2 d.) He wants to be alone, company is disagreeable to him. Cheerful faces are disagreeable to him. (a. 3 d.)

75. Violent anger excited by a slight cause ; he becomes trembling and hurried, and uses violent language. Wild, vehement, rude, both in language and action (he does not perceive it himself) ; he asserts with violence, scorning others with disfigured countenance. Feeling of warmth, gradually increasing to heat (in a female in the magnetic sleep, after touching the south-pole of the magnet]

Notes p. 61

* After this emission the paralysis became worse ; the sick limb seemed dead to him. t This female held the south pole, touching at the same time the middle of the bar. The south pole appears to excite hemorrhage, and especially from the uterus, as its primary effect ; the north pole seems to act in the contrary manner. vol. in. 6

South Pole of the Magnet in the other books