Cuprum 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.
“Copper (CN) Spasms and cramps : symptoms disposed to appear periodically and in groups. Mental and physical exhaustion from over-exertion of mind and loss of sleep (Coc., Nux); attacks of unconquerable anxiety. A strong, sweetish, metallic, copper taste in the mouth with flow of saliva (Rhus). Constant prostration and…”
- Allen TF — Il resoconto grezzo della sperimentazione patogenetica — i sintomi così come gli sperimentatori li riferirono, senza modifiche.
“Preparation , Triturations of the metal. Authorities. [Note: Symptoms from Hahnemann's provers are here included (as in the chronic diseases), with instructions to prepare the pure metal. Hahnemann, in his Fragmenta, 1805, gives symptoms under the heading of "Cuprum vitriolatum," included here under C. sulf., and in…”
- Boericke — La lettura clinica rapida — sintomi chiave, modalità e condizioni per cui viene effettivamente prescritto.
“Copper Spasmodic affections, cramps , convulsions, beginning in fingers and toes, violent, contractive, and intermittent pain, are some of the more marked expressions of the action of Cuprum; and its curative range therefore includes tonic and clonic spasms, convulsions, and epileptic attacks. Chorea brought on by…”
- Boger (GA) — Sotto quali rubriche generali rientra questo rimedio — l'impalcatura analitica.
“ANGINA PECTORIS BLUISH, PURPLE, LIVID, ETC. BONES. CALF CHEST, backward in COLLAPSE, sudden prostration, etc. CONGESTION COUGH, incessant CRAMP, COLIC, ETC. DIRECTION of sensations, Ascending. DIRECTION of sensations, Backward DIRECTION of sensations, Radiating DRINKING, Amel. GRAYISH, dirty, etc. GURGLING LYING, on…”
- Boger (Syn) — Sintomi generali e modalità in un breve ritratto analitico, più che in un elenco di sintomi.
“NERVES: Cerebro-spinal axis. Digestive tract. Epigastrium. Abdomen. Muscles. Blood. Emotions: Anger. Suppressions. Overtax. Motion. Hot weather. Vomiting. Loss of sleep. Touch. Raising arm. Cold drinks. Pressure over heart. Sub-oxidation, affecting the centers of the medulla. Violent effects; in recurring symptom…”
- Clarke — La voce più ampia — fonti, sperimentazioni patogenetiche, usi clinici, relazioni e antidoti in un unico luogo.
“Copper. Cu. (A. W. 63). Trituration. After-pains / Angina pectoris / Asthma / Asthma millari / Cardialgia / Catarrh / Chlorosis / Cholera / Chorea / Convulsions / Cough / Cramps / Croup / Cyanosis / Dentition / Dyspnœa / Emissions / Epilepsy / Eruptions / Erysipelas / Fainting / Gastric disturbance / Gout /…”
- Hering — Sintomi graduati, ciascuno ponderato in base alla frequenza con cui gli sperimentatori e la pratica lo hanno confermato.
“Copper. Cu. A substance little known as a remedy before Hahnemann, although used by Mediæval physicians, after its introduction by Hohenheim (called Paracelsus) in the sixteenth century, and later (1845) in an empiric way by the Rademacherian School, in which it ranked as a polychrest. A comprehensive monograph…”
- Kent — Il quadro mentale e generale — chi è il paziente, prima ancora di ciò che il rimedio cura.
“Convulsions: Cuprum is pre-eminently a convulsive medicine. The convulsive tendency associates itself with almost every complaint that, Cuprum creates and cures. It has convulsions in every degree of violence, from the mere twitching of little muscles and of single muscles to convulsions of all the muscles of the…”
- Lippe (MM) — La rigorosa lettura hahnemanniana — il quadro sintomatologico senza interpretazione clinica.
“Craziness; attacks with savage malice, with proud bearing, and at times interrupted by clonic spasms. Great anguish, like fear of death; restlessness, groaning, and desire to escape. Attacks of rage (wants to bite the bystanders). Convulsive laughter. Incoherent, delirious talk. Vertigo while looking upwards, when…”
- Lippe (Red) — Sintomi chiave, con quelli più attendibili contrassegnati come sintomi a linea rossa.
“Common name: copper. Contact renews and aggravates the ailment (Nux-V.) Giddiness accompanying almost all ailments, the head falling forward and on the chest. Metastasis to the brain from the other organs (N.). Coldness and blueness of the surface of the body (Lach.) (D.). Mania in attacks followed by perspiration…”
- Nash — I confronti — il rimedio accostato a quelli con cui viene più spesso confuso.
“Spasm is the one word characterizing this remedy. Cramps or convulsions, in meningitis, cholera, cholera morbus, whooping cough, scarlatina, etc. Spasms begin in fingers and toes and spreading from there become general. Mental or bodily exhaustion from over-exertion of mind or loss of sleep. Affections arising from…”
