Magnetis Poli Ambo

Characteristic symptoms

Gen eral symptoms of the magnet, produced by touching either pole indiscriminately while handling the magnet, or by laying the whole of the magnetic surface flat upon the body ; pressing, tearing, drawing pains in different parts of the body ; jerking pain and feeling of heat in the limbs without thirst ; bruised pains in the joints, better on motion ; angry and vehement ; vertigo after lying down ; whizzing in the whole head ; transitory headache ; dryness of the eyelids ; dilated pupils; strong whizzing in the ears ; illusion of the smell ; metallic taste on the tongue ; darting, lacerating pains in the facial bones ; violent grumbling in the teeth, toothache aggravated by cold drinks and mastication ; swollen gums ; ptyalism with pains of the submaxillary glands; foul breath; hunger without taste of the food ; eructations; flatulence; diarrhœa without colic ; constipation, as if the rectum were constricted ; severe hemorrhoidal pain in the anus after stool ; nightly pollutions; retraction of the prepuce behind the gland ; accumulation of mucus in the trachea ; painful stiffness in the back.