Argentum Metallicum compare in 11 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.
“The Metal. (Pure Silver) Tall, thin, irritable persons. Ailments from abuse of Mercury. Constitutional effects of onanism. Affects the cartilages, tarsal, ears, nose, Eustachian; the structures entering into joints. Seminal emissions: after onanism; almost every night; without erection; with atrophy of penis. Crushed…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Metallic silver. Preparation , The pure precipitated metal for trituration (Hahnemann used the leaf silver). Authorities. He is all the time in a kind of intoxication; he knows not how to define it, 3. Increased cheerfulness and disposition to talk the whole day (after three hours), (reaction), 8. When pleased…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Silver Emaciation, a gradual drying up, desire for fresh air, dyspnœa, sensation of expansion and left-sided pains are characteristic. The chief action is centered on the articulations and their component elements, bones, cartilages, and ligament's. Here the small blood vessels become closed up or withered and carious…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“BONES. EXHALATION. Agg. GRAYISH, dirty, etc. LAUGHING, Agg. LYING, on back, Agg. MUCOUS SECRETIONS, altered. RAWNESS SPOTS, pain, etc., in (Comp. Mottled.) THICK, discharges, etc. VAPOR, smoke, fumes, etc.., as of (Comp. Dust.) 12 NOON”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“NERVES. Cartilages, mucous membranes: LARYNX. Bones. Condyles. Joints. Genito-urinary. Left side; ovary. Testis (R). USING VOICE. Mental strain. Noon. Cold damp. 3 to 5 A.M. Motion. Coffee. Wrapping up. Slow, deep, low grade processes. THICKENED SECRETIONS, cartilages, tarsi, etc. Gray or tenacious mucus. Sore…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Silver Leaf and Precipitated Silver. Ag (A. W. 107.66). Trituration. Blepharitis / Brain-fag / Caries / Chlorosis / Cough / Diabetes / Enuresis nocturna / Epilepsy / Epithelial tissue, affections of / Exostosis / Heart, affections of / Hit-joint, disease of / Hysterical joint / Joints, affections of / Laryngitis /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Pure Metallic Silver. Hahnemann published in 1813, in the fourth volume of his Materia Medica Pura, the first proving made by him and his class, with the Argentum foliatum , or the silver leaf of the gold beaters, after having collected a few symptoms from the nitrate. But like he had experienced with the gold, and…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Generalities: We will take up the study of Metallic silver. No wonder that this remedy is a very deep acting remedy, for it has been used symbolically, and medically throughout all history. It has been a valuable substance throughout all history. It is an anti psoric and from its symptoms. I believe it to be an…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Restlessness, anxiety, which directs him from place to place. Ill-humor, with disinclination to talk. Pressing, tearing pain in the skull, principally in the temporal bones, renewed every day at noon, with soreness of the external head, aggravated by pressure and contact, ameliorated in the open air. Painful sensation…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: silver. Has strong effects upon the secretions of the mucous membranes (Hydr., Kali-B., Nat-M., Puls., Rhus-T.). Produces spasms, which simulate those of epilepsy. The attacks are followed by delirious rage (Stram.). The patient jumps about and tries to strike those near him (Bell., Canth., Stram.) (F.)…”
