====== IRIDIUM METALLICUM ======
<span tc1>{{anchor:s1}}Iridium. {{anchor:s2}}(Iridium Metallicum.)</span>

<span grade2>{{anchor:s3}}The metal. {{anchor:s4}}Ir.</span>

{{anchor:s5}}One of the metals of the platinum group, among the heaviest of known substances and almost indestructible.

{{anchor:s6}}Introduced by Hering in 1853.

{{anchor:s7}}The precipitate made by Genth was triturated by Boericke; one ten thousandth part of it produced a vivid black.

{{anchor:s8}}Twenty grains of the 3d trituration were taken by A. J. Tafel when in a state of perfect health. {{anchor:s9}}It is the only proving of Iridium and not contained in Allen's Encyclopaedia. {{anchor:s10}}All the symptoms were experienced within two hours.

====== OUTER HEAD. [4] ======

{{anchor:s12}}Pain in middle of occipital bone.

====== SIGHT AND EYES. [5] ======

{{anchor:s14}}A feeling as if the eyes were being affected from below upward.

====== HEARING AND EARS. [6] ======

{{anchor:s16}}Feeling of numbness in ears and throughout the body, lasting but a short time.

====== UPPER FACE. [8] ======

{{anchor:s18}}Pain in left malar bone, a kind of stinging; from this place a kind of warmth spreads over the whole face; the pain is also felt in right malar bone like a pressure.\\ {{anchor:s19}}Feeling as of a triangle in face, the base is formed by the two malar bones, the apex in the vertex.

====== INNER MOUTH. [12] ======

{{anchor:s21}}Increased saliva with sensation in malar bones which is more perceptible on left side.

====== UPPER LIMBS. [32] ======

{{anchor:s23}}A transient pain on inner side of wrists, particularly the left, also in bend of knee joint.

====== LOWER LIMBS. [33] ======

{{anchor:s25}}Pressing in anterior portion of left thigh in middle of upper half, followed by pressing in groin.\\ {{anchor:s26}}While walking, feeling of tension in both thighs, particularly in left; then a dislocated feeling in left hip joint, and a dull pain tending toward left gluteal region.\\ {{anchor:s27}}Cramp-like contraction in right calf and middle of sole of foot.

====== REST. POSITION. MOTION. [35] ======

{{anchor:s31}}While walking: feeling of tension in both thighs.

====== LOCALITY AND DIRECTION. [42] ======

{{anchor:s33}}Right: pain in malar bone; cramp-like contraction in calf.\\ {{anchor:s34}}Left: pain in malar bone; sensation more perceptible in malar bone; transient pain in wrists, agg. left; pressing in anterior portion of thigh; feeling of tension in thigh; dislocated feeling in hip joint; dull pain tending towards gluteal region.\\ {{anchor:s35}}From below upward: eyes affected.

====== SENSATIONS. [43] ======

{{anchor:s37}}As if the eyes were being affected from below upwards; as of a triangle in face, the base formed by the two malar bones, the apex in the vertex.\\ {{anchor:s38}}Pain: in middle of occipital bones.\\ {{anchor:s39}}Stinging pain: in left malar bone.\\ {{anchor:s40}}Cramp-like contraction: in right calf and middle of sole of foot.\\ {{anchor:s41}}Pressure-like pain: in right malar bone.\\ {{anchor:s42}}Dull pain: tending toward left gluteal region.\\ {{anchor:s43}}Transient pain: on inner side of wrists; in knee joints.\\ {{anchor:s44}}Pressing: in anterior portion of left thigh, in middle of upper half; in groin.\\ {{anchor:s45}}Dislocated feeling: in left hip joint.\\ {{anchor:s46}}Feeling of tension: while walking, in both thighs.\\ {{anchor:s47}}Numbness: in ears and throughout whole body.

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====== DOCUMENT DESCRIPTOR ======
^ Source: | [[en:mm:hering:start|The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica]] Vol. 06, 1888 |
^ Description: | Clinical materia medica of [[en:rem:r213|Iridium metallicum]] |
^ Remedies: | [[en:rem:r213|Iridium metallicum]] |
^ Author: | Hering, C.; Raue, C.G.; Knerr, C.B.; Mohr, C. |
^ Year: | 1888 |
^ Editing: | errors only; interlinks; formatting |
^ Attribution: | Legatum Homeopathicum |}