The following drug picture has been extracted from Boericke’s Materia Medica. This is provided here for doctors’ and students’ easy and instantaneous reference.
FERRUM MAGNETICUM
Loadstone
General.–Marked symptoms in intestinal tract. Pain in nape of neck. Paralytic weakness. Small warts on hands.
Stomach.–During a meal, flatulence; afterwards lassitude taciturn and hot, pain in epigastrium, especially on breathing.
Abdomen.–Movements and grumbling in abdomen. Loose evacuations with much flatulency, especially left side with pullings in legs. Abundant and frequent emission of fetid flatus.
Dose.–Third potency.