Ferrum 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.
“Iron. (The Element.) Persons of sanguine temperament;; pettish, quarrelsome, disputative, easily excited, least contradiction angers (Anac., Coc., Ign.); > mental exertion. Irritability: slight noises like crackling of paper drive him to despair (Asar., Tar.). Women who are weak, delicate, chlorotic, yet have a fiery…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“[Under this head are included symptoms from Ferrum metallicum pulveratum and Ferrum aceticum, since both were used by Hahnemann without distinction. (Ferrum carbonicum is also included; see authority, No. 23.] Ferrum, The element. Common names , Iron; Eisen. Preparation , Triturations of pure metallic iron; solutions…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Iron Best adapted to young weakly persons, anæmic and chlorotic, with pseudo-plethora, who flush easily; cold extremities; oversensitiveness ; worse after any active effort. Weakness from mere speaking or walking though looking strong. Pallor of skin, mucous membranes, face, alternating with flushes. Orgasms of blood…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“BLOOD SEPSIS, etc. BLOOD VESSELS. CHILLY, cold CLIMAXIS, Agg. COLD AND HEAT, Agg. CRACKING JOINTS CRACKS, fissures, chaps, etc. DIGESTION affected DIRECTION of sensations, Crosswise, across, side to side, etc. DISCHARGES, vicarious EATING, long after, Agg. EMACIATION EXERTION, Agg. HEMORRHAGE, bloody discharges LIE…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Iron. Fe. (A. W. 56). Including also symptoms of the acetate and the carbonate. Triturations of the pure metal and of the carbonate; solution of the acetate. The Protoxalate is also a useful preparation in the crude and in trituration. "Hensel's Tonicum," a liquid, is another serviceable form. Anæmia / Aphonia /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Iron. The Element. Triturations of pure metallic iron ; solution of the acetate and triturations of the carbonate. Provings by Hahnemann, Gross, the American Provers' Union, etc. See Allen's Encyclopædia, vol. 4, p. 303 . CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Hydrocephalus in anæmic children , Liedbeck, Rück. Kl. Erf., vol. 5, p. 43…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Iron: We will take up the study of Ferrum metallicum. The Old School has been giving Iron for anaemia throughout all tradition. They have given it in great quantities in the form of the tincture of chloride, and the carbonate. Whenever the patient became anemic, pallid, waxy and weak, Iron was the tonic. It is true…”
- Lippe (KN) — Solo i sintomi che Lippe considerava abbastanza affidabili da prescriverci sopra.
“Great emaciation. Weakness amounting to paralysis. Restlessness in the affected limbs. Cracking in the joints. Disposition to languor and rest on account of internal weakness. During the day-time, sudden spasms of the limbs are complained of. Rheumatic complaints. Contortion of the limbs. Varices. Chlorosis…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Anxiety as after committing a crime. Changeable disposition, one evening low-spirited and melancholy, the next excessively cheerful. Quarrelsome, disputative. Vertigo, particularly when descending and on seeing flowing water; with sickness at the stomach in walking; with the sensation as if the head would constantly…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: iron. Great emaciation (Ars., Bar-C., Calc., Chin., Graph., Iod., Lyc., Nat-M., Nit-Ac., Phos., Sil., Sulph., Tub.) Weakness amounting to paralysis (Ars., Caust., Gels., Kali-P., Nux-V., Phos., Plb., Sep.). Restlessness in the affected limbs (Rhus-T., Zinc.). Cracking in the joints (Calc., Caps., Kali-B…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Anæmia with great paleness of all the mucous membranes; with sudden fiery-red flushing of the face. Profuse hemorrhages from any organ; hemorrhagic diathesis; blood light with dark clots; coagulates easily. Local congestions and inflammations, with hammering, pulsating pains; veins full, flushed face, alternates with…”
