Diagnosis

Pain in the back, with convulsive paroxysms in the internal body, or in the organ in relation with the affected portion of the spinal marrow. When the disease is in the upper portion of the marrow, it may affect the head, causing severe pain there, dizziness, amaurosis, buzzing in the ears, deafness, delirium, and stiffness of the neck. If the affection is in the lower cervical portion, its effects are felt in the chest, arms, and throat, producing serious pain and paralysis, spasms of the throat, hiccough and oppression, or palpitation of the heart. If the upper dorsal portion be affected, we have spasmodic cough, palpitation of the heart, fainting fits, moaning and pains below the false ribs. If the lower dorsal portion is diseased, there may be pain in the stomach, derangement of the digestive functions, and difficulty in urinating. If the lumbar portion is affected, we may have colic, almost paralysis of the limbs, and drawing in the testicles.

As this disease may be somewhat complicated in its character, it will always be best to consult a physician. Among the prominent remedies, we may enumerate Belladonna, Rhus, Staphysagria, Conium, Veratrum, Sabina Colocynth, Aurum, and Nux-v. See Neuralgia of the face, also Materia Medica.