1 . Strong, healthy, full-blooded person of quick, lively. sanguine temperament. 2 . Emotional, mental and physical tension ; hyperaesthesia, of the special senses. 3 . Onset of sthenic fevers , characterized by (a) intense anxiety with prediction and fear of death, causing restlessness and tossing about ; (b) strong, full, rapid pulse ; (c) dry , hot skin and great thirst ; (d) intolerance of warmth, bedclothes thrown off. 4 . Complaints from exposure to dry, cold winds and draughts, also from suppressed perspiration, mental emotions (especially fright), injury, shock, surgical operation, intense heat. 5 . Pains intense and insupportable ; tearing, stabbing, cutting ; often associated with : 6 . Local numbness or tingling. 7 . Sudden disturbances of the special senses, especially vision. 8 . Sudden spasmodic affections in children, especially croup . 9 . Haemorrhages of bright-red blood when the characteristic mental anxiety is present. 10 . Modalities ; < evening and night ; warm room, lying on left side ; > fresh air ; joint pain < motion > rest. Notes. Chronic : Sulphur . Keynote : Tension.