Platina 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.
“Adapted to women, dark hair, rigid fibre; thin, of a sanguine temperament; who suffer from too early and too profuse menses. Sexual organs exceedingly sensitive; cannot bear the napkin to touch her ; will go into spasms from an examination; vulva painfully sensitve during coitus: will faint during or cannot endure…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“An element. Preparation , Trituration of the metal precipitated on a steel rod, from a solution in Aqua regia. Authorities. Hahnemann's Chr. Krn.; 1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Gross; 3 , Dr. Musits, proving on a woman in perfect health, with one dose of the 200th dil. (MSS. to editor). Illusions of fantasy on entering the…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“The Metal (PLATINA) Is pre-eminently a woman's remedy. Strong tendency to paralysis, anæsthesia, localized numbness and coldness are shown. Hysterical spasms; pains increase and decrease gradually ( Stannum ). Tremulousness. Irresistible impulse to kill. Self-exaltation; contempt for others . Arrogant, proud. Weary of…”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“FEMALE ORGANS. Nerves: Vagus. Sensory. Trifacial. EMOTIONS: Sexual. Coition. Chagrin. TOUCH. Nerve exhaustion. Walking in cool air. Sunshine. A remedy of pains. For prim old maids. Oversensitive mind and nerves. Violent cramping, squeezing, thrusting or numbing pains, and then spasms. Neuralgia. Many and various…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“An Element. (Also called Platina.) Pt. (A. W. 194.3.) Trituration. Amenorrhœa / Chlorosis / Constipation / Convulsions / Delusions / Dentition / Depression of spirits / Dysmenia / Erotomania / Fear / Gout / Hæmorrhage / Hæmorrhoids / Hysteria / Lead poisoning / Masturbation / Melancholia / Menorrhagia / Menses…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Platinum. An Element. Introduced by Stapf. Proved by Hahnemann and Gross (Hahnemann's Chronische Krankheiten), and by Musits, Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 7, p. 574 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Melancholia , Hirsch, A. H. Z., vol. 95, p. 57 ; Times Ret., vol. 77, p. 56 ; Gross, B. J. H., vol. 18, p. 247, from Hom. V. J. S…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Platinum The Platinum proving represents the woman's mind perverted. It is especially suited to hysterical women such as have undergone fright, prolonged excitement, or from disappointment, shock, or prolonged hemorrhages. She becomes arrogant and haughty. One of the most striking characteristics of this drug is pride…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Dull stinging pains which press inwardly, as from a plug. Tension in the limbs, as if they were tightly bandaged. Numbness and sensation of stiffness of many parts mostly accompanied by sensations of coldness. Debility and tired feeling of the limbs, especially while at rest. Pains like constrictions in character. Bad…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Pride and over-estimation of oneself; looking down with haughtiness on others. Illusion; every thing around her is very small and everybody inferior to her in body and mind. Low-spirited, inclined to shed tears, worse in the evening. Anxiety, horrified by the thought that he would die soon. Great indifference. After…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: platinum. Is pre-eminently a woman's remedy (Ign., Puls.) (Br.). Hysteria, with much depression of spirits (Ign., Mosch., Nat-M., Puls., Sep.) (Bt.). Hysterical spasms, with full consciousness (Cina, Mag-C., Nat-M., Nux-V., Phos., Sep., Stram., Sulph.). Lead poisonings (Alum., Hep., Op.). Catalepsy…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Pride and over-estimation of one’s self; looking down on others; things look small to her. Genitals exceedingly sensitive, but excessive sexual desire; nymphomania, with ovarian troubles; prolapsus or profuse menses. Pains increase gradually and as gradually decrease (Stann.); sometimes attended with numbness (Cham.)…”
