Aurum metallicum compare in 12 dei 13 libri classici su Similia. Ognuno è stato scritto per svolgere un compito diverso — ecco cosa aggiunge ciascuno su questo rimedio, con l'inizio della relativa voce.
- Allen HC — I sintomi chiave che distinguono questo rimedio dai suoi rimedi più affini.
“Gold (The Element) Sanguine, ruddy people, with black hair and eyes; lively, restless, anxious about the future. Old people; weak vision; corpulent; tired of life. For constitutions broken down by bad effects of mercury and syphillis. Pinning boys; low-spirited, lifeless, weak memories, lacking in "boyish go;" testes…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Aurum foliatum, metallic gold. Preparation , Triturate pure gold with sugar of milk. Authorities. Religious excitement, 15. In a reverie he says something absurd, 1. The child woke after three o'clock, early in the morning, and spoke rapidly in a strong voice, and with red face, thus: "Mother, thou art my jewel of a…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Metallic Gold Given full play, Aurum develops in the organism, by attacking the blood, glands, and bone, conditions bearing striking resemblance to mercurial and syphilitic infections; and it is just for such deteriorations of the bodily fluids and alterations in the tissues, that Aurum assumes great importance as a…”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“MIND. Nerves. VASCULAR SYSTEM. Heart (R). Bones: NASAL. Skull. Patellæ. Joints. Glands. Liver. Kidneys. Emotions: Depressing. Disordered affections. Mental exertion. Cold. Night: Sunset to sunrise. Abuse of Merc. or Kali-iod. Cloudy weather. Cool; open air. Cold bathing. Becoming warm. Music. Walking. Vaso-motor…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Aurum foliatum (metallic gold). Au (A. W. 196.8). Trituration. Alcohol, effects of / Amenorrhœa / Angina pectoris / Asthma / Bone affections / Breath, offensive / Corpulency / Depression / Ears, affections of / Erethism / Erysipelas / Eye, affections of / Fevers / Gonorrhœa / Hæmorrhages / Hæmorrhoids / Hemiopia /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Gold. Au., the element. Gold, the common metal, proved and introduced by Hahnemann in 1818, in Materia Medica, vol. iv (95 and 138) ; 2d ed., 1825 (151 and 201) ; in Chronic Diseases, 2d edition, 1835, 404 symptoms. The last proving was made by J. C. Burnett, in 1879. No preparation ought to be used except such as has…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“The general features of the remedy are such as relate to the mind and such as relate to the tissues of the body in general. If you run through the mental symptoms, taking them all in as one great whole, you will see that all the affections, natural to healthy man, are perverted. So great in extent is this that one of…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Melancholy. Fear, even to suicide. Paralytic drawing in the limbs in the morning, when awakening and on getting cold. Pain in the bones at night. Great ebullition and palpitation of the heart. Oversensitiveness to all pain and to the cold air. Desire for the open air. Hysterical spasms, with laughing and crying…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Melancholy mood, dejected, inclined to weep, and longing to die. Excessive anguish, increasing even to self-destruction. The least contradiction excites his wrath. Alternate peevishness and cheerfulness. Congestions to and heat in the head, with sparks before the eyes, and glossy bloatedness of the face, aggravated…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: gold. GREAT HOPELESSNESS; HARASSED, WITH A DESIRE TO COMMIT SUICIDE; WEARY OF LIFE (N.). Peevish and vehement; wrath at least contradiction (Bry., Nux-V., Sulph.) (R.). MELANCHOLY (Ign., Nat-M., Puls., Stann.). QUARRELSOME (Anac., Bell., Bry., Hyos., Nit-Ac., Sulph.) (R.). Imagines that he is not fit for…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Wants to commit suicide; thinks he is no good in the world. Nodes and bone pains, caries and necrosis with great depression of mind. Abuse of Mercury, in syphilis, in massive doses. “Looks on the dark side, weeps, prays, thinks she is not fit for this world, longs for death, strong inclination to commit suicide.”…”