by C.M. Boger — General Analysis
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Manganum appears in 6 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Manganum carbonate or acetate (Braunstein). Preparation , Triturations of the carbonate or solutions of the acetate (Hahnemann). Authorities. Emotional. Weeping mood, 3. Anxiety, with shortness of breath, and profuse perspiration all over, 2. Constant uneasiness, as if he apprehended something sad, 1. Ill-humor, 1…”
“Acetate or Carbonate of Manganese. Discovered in 1774, in the year Priestley discovered Oxygen. Introduced by Hahnemann and proved by himself and his provers (see Chronische Krankheiten) ; also proved by Nenning (Hartlaub and Trinks' Annalen, vol. 2, p. 201). CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Dysecoia , Times Retros, vol. 2, p…”
“General features : Manganum is pre-eminently a drug that causes a species of chlorosis, and it is suitable for chlorotic girls, in broken down constitutions, waxy, anaemic, pallid, sickly, threatening phthisis , with necrosis and caries of bone and organic affections. There is the history of a long period of scanty…”
“Violent tearing and drawing in the extremities. Violent, nightly, digging pains in the joints. After catching cold a red, shining swelling of the joints. Rheumatism in the joints, with stinging and digging, worse at night, often one-sided, or oblique, in association with which there is a glistening red swelling of the…”
“Common name: manganese. This is a close analogue of Iron, and will be found adapted to similar diseases (Bt.). Violent tearing and drawing in the extremities. Violent, nightly, digging pains in the joints. After catching cold a red, shining swelling of the joints Rheumatism in the joints, with stinging and digging…”
Kent's Repertory lists Manganum in 1,942 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (349), HEAD (296), GENERALITIES (193), EAR (115), SKIN (106).
