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Dr. K. R. Sethna, m.b., B.S.,
Hon. Physician, Universal Health Institute Hospital, Bombay.
Dr. V. V. Athalye, A.v.p., Satara.
Member, Court of Examiners in Homoeopathy, Bombay.
Advisory Editors
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Member, Board of Homoeopathic Medicine, Bombay.
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JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE
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The physician’s high and only mission is to restore the sick to health
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EDITORIAL :
“Pure” Homoeopathy
No. 3
CONTENTS
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Precautions in Homoeopathic
Practice — III
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Dr. Fortier Beronville, m.d.
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Rawolfia Serpentina—
Repertory II
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Dr. Jugal Kishore, b.sc., d.m.s.
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Four Emergency Cases treated
by Homoeopathy
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Dr. Berndt, m.d.
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Some Serious Cases treated
by Homoeopathy
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Dr. P. Schmidt, m.d.
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Homoeopathic Successes in
Acute Pathological cases
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Dr. G. Dano, m.d.
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7.
Mental Symptoms in Homoeopathy
Dr. H. Laudenberg, m.d.
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Hypertension
Dr. S. R. Wadia, m.b.b.s., .
m.f.hom. (Lond.)
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FROM OUR CASE BOOKS :
a. Insanity
b. Varicose Veins
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Our Position
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News and Notes
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Homoeopathic Treatment of
Maharaja Ranjit Singh
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Dr. S. R. Phatak, m.b., b.s.
Dr. P. Sankaran, l.i.m.,
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Swami Athuradas
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Dr. J. M. Honigberger
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Book Review
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Letters to the Editor.
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EDITORIAL
“PURE” HOMOEOPATHY
, The homoeopathic profession in India is a heterogeneous body, the hetero
geneity being a natural result of the circumstance that there has been no single or
uniform standard portal of entry into its ranks. It consists of practitioners who. have
studied in regular homoeopathic institutions, practitioners who, though trained in other
systems of medicine, have become converted, and of the rest, which constitutes a majo
rity, consisting of untrained or self-trained practitioners. Considering the different
routes through which the practitioners have entered the field, it is natural that there
may be divergence of outlook and opinion on certain matters. But in considering
or discussing all questions, the welfare of. homoeopathy itself as a whole should not be
lost sight of, as against any transient advantage that may be gained by an individual
or a group. For instance, the slogan of “pure” homoeopathy is being raised by certain
individuals, and this merits an analysis.
We shall start from the point where homoeopathy was practised and propagated
by untrained practitioners. In the circumstances existing then, when homoeopathy
was not even recognized by the State, these tens of thousands of laymen have kept
the torch of homoeopathy alive by their signal and undaunted service. However, as
further evolution took place, and homoeopathy became recognized, it was necessary
to ensure that future practitioners be properly trained and that no further untrained
persons be allowed to enter the field. Such measures arc necessary for the orderly
growth and progress of homoeopathy. If homoeopathy is to flourish in the real sense—
not in mere quantity and in name but in quality and substance—;it is necessary that
the future generation of homoeopathic practitioners be trained thoroughly, both because
we want them to represent homoeopathy as it is and also because we want them to
make further advancements in our field which offers ample scope. We have already
discussed that the ideal, homoeopathic student should receive training not only in all
the basic subjects such as anatomy, physiology etc., but also in inter-allied medical
subjects like pathology, bacteriology, forensic medicine, hygiene, etc., so that he will
be in a position to understand the advances in the medical field and to interpret and
employ homoeopathy in the light of all available knowledge.
Those who raise the cry of “pure” homoeopathy, obviously desire that the
homoeopathic student should be taught merely the principles of homoeopathy “un
tainted” by any knowledge of basic medical subjects, or advanced medical knowledge.
Some of them even suggest that the homoeopathic student should discard the use of
the stethoscope and the thermometer. Such persons override the Master himself for
Hahnemann was known to examine each patient thoroughly using the stethoscope and
to take into consideration all available knowledge. Knowingly or unknowingly, inten
tionally or by accident, these persons are actively working for the retardation of homoeo
pathy. Is it expected that a student of Medicine without any knowledge of physiology
pathology and diagnosis should merely prescribe on the basis of symptoms and be
satisfied when the symptoms recede? Is he not to understand the natural evolution
of the disease and to know how far he is actually promoting health? When these
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persons try to decry the diagnosis they fail to understand the very nature and signific
ance of symptoms. For instance, without, diagnosis how is a homoeopathic physician to
understand what part of the symptomatology is natural to the disease and what part
peculiar to the individual? How is he to know whether the patient is really better
or is merely in a state of euphoria, to know or to predict the prognosis of each case,
to know how to manage the case, to prescribe the proper diet and to advise proper
auxiliary measures? How is he to know the limitations of medication itself? So
many such questions will arise.
Attempt is also made to compare homoeopathy with Ayurveda. In making
this comparison these persons show an ignorance of Ayurveda. Ayurveda, the ancient
Indian system of Medicine, is a complete science having its own anatomy, physiology,
pathology, hygiene, diagnosis, prognosis, management and diet; so that it is possible for an
Ayurvedic practitioner to treat a case practically without any knowledge of modern
sciences. But the homoeopathic practitioner has to depend upon the' symptomatology
which again emphasizes the need of a knowledge of physiology and pathology. There
fore, to compare homoeopathy with Ayurveda and to say that just as Ayurveda is
taught exclusively, homoeopathy also could be so taught, is to argue on fallacious
premises.
Therefore, such slogan-mongering must arise from ignorance about the nature
and scope of Medicine itself and of the basic and allied medical sciences; or possibly
these protagonists are fighting shy of any knowledge of which they themselves might
be devoid.
If this be the case, it would be a tragedy on the part of any person or
group to try to deprive wilfully the future generations of useful knowledge with which
they themselves may not have been equipped. In either case, such attempts are despic
able and must be resisted by all hard-thinking individuals.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
PRECAUTIONS IN HOMOEOPATHIC PRACTICE—III
*
Dr. FORTIER BERONVILLE, M.D., Paris.
(Continued from previous issues)
absorption of a high dilution. They should
be treated with still more care. The medicine
used should not be repeated; neither the method
of Nebel, taken up afterwards by Chiron, nor
the methods of Tyler afterwards taken up by
Renaud should be applied. In a word none of
the methods that we have proposed should be
applied.
Now remains for us the question of patients
who are aggravated by particular medicines. We
will speak specially of polychrests, ground re
medies and remedies of temperament.
5. Hypersensitiveness to such and such parti
cular medicine and medicinal aggravation.
We have said that the unicists look for an
aggravation while we try to avoid aggravations
by the help of drainage and canalisation. But
even after drainage and canalisation there is
aggravation. This aggravation is a beneficial
aggravation, which comes immediately after
taking the medicine, lasts for a very short
period and is followed by amelioration. For
instance, a patient who ha» taken Sulphur or
Natrum sulphuricum may have aggravation for
24 hours and then he begins to feel better on
the second and the third day. If the patient is
not pusillanimous, and does not abandon his
medicine after that aggravation, he will very
soon feel the good effects. The effect • will
continue and he will feel better and better.
But this aggravation, should be checked
specially in old' patients who cannot bear it.
There is besides a very characteristic point, viz.
that constitutional remedies do not cause aggra
vation in children. Aggravation in children is
rare. While in adults this aggravation is very
frequent I have not seen even two cases of such
aggravation in children in my practice. Old
patients have very frequent aggravation. In
advanced age, especially after 50, these tern*
porary aggravations are very dangerous, even
though durable amelioration follows.
The aggravation which lasts for a long time
after taking a high dilution does not become
dangerous if the medicines are repeated in
frequently. Whenever you have such an
aggravation, you should increase the interval of
the following doses and the patient will become
normal.
We are now going to study, the nature of
some particular remedies.
Sulphur: This is a remedy easy to under
stand. It is the centre of our materia medica.
It acts in acute as well as in chronic cas.es. It
has the characteristic of being at the border of
the acuteness and chronicity. We give it at
the end of an acute case and in the beginning
of a chronic case, sometimes also in the begin
ning of an acute case when the patient falls
back from a chronic state which had existed
before.
The aggravation of Sulphur, we may say, is
much more dramatic and evident than danger
ous. For example, when this remedy causes
an eczema to appear or augments an eczema
which already existed, the aggravation is not
dangerous because soon everything will
become normal. In these cases dp not apply
higher than 30. And when a very high dilu
tion, 200 or M, has caused an aggravation come
down to 30 and repeat it rarely.
There is another series of patients, more rare,
who react with persistent aggravations, as for
example from 8 to 10 or even 15 days after the
* Translated by Dr. Raj Kumar Mukerji, M.A., Dip. Lib., L.H.M.S.
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pneumothorax the effects of Phosphorus are not
dangerous, but it must be said that the aggra
vation of Phosphorus is dangerous in pulmonary
tuberculosis with caseation.
Silicia: This remedy follows almost the same
rule as Sulphur i.e. to say in all cases of pul
monary tuberculosis or when the patient has
a tendency to suppurations, it should not be
applied in high dilutions.
In arterial hypertension, Sulphur in high
dilution is sometimes dangerous in oxygenoid
and lean types and in young patients. But in
these cases there is also the question of dilution.
There are two cases where Sulphur may
really be dangerous and where one can really
make an error in not giving in .proper time:
(1) In Phthisis, Sulphur, should never be used
higher than 30 and (2) In suppurative patients
this medicine should rarely be repeated.
Last of all, Sulphur should not be trusted in
otitis in children. Sulphur is a medicine whose
action is like fire and which aggravates the
disease. It is a remedy which serves the
interest of the organism and deserts the local
interest. Therefore in children suffering from
adenoids, even if the nose alone is affected,
Sulphur 30 may, acting well on the general
health, be dangerous because it will cause an
otitis to appear. Chavanon goes still further
and says that Sulphur should be totally avoided
in children.
Phosphorus: This remedy is to be avoided
in some rare cases. First of all we must avoid
it in pulmonary or laryngeal tuberculosis. In
certain cases of asthma with undiagnosed tuber
culosis, Phosphorus 30 may be indicated but it
should be used very prudently.
On the contrary, when there is no tuberculo
sis, but you find sclerosis and septic tumors,
you will not get any effect if you do not use
Silicea in high dilutions.
Silicea, Aurum muriaticum natronatum and
Calcarea fluorica are in my opinion the trio for
uterine fibroma, to which are added Thuya,
Lachesis and other auto-infiammatory remedies.
In this case Silicea acts in 1000 like a ground
remedy with Calcarea fluorica 1000 and Aurum
muriaticum natronatum which we apply in 6x.
This last medicine acts remarkably well in 6x
dilution.
In the same way we must not be afraid of
applying it in high dilutions in. all sorts of cellu
litis, sclerosis etc. It is the best remedy that
we know of in all kinds of cellulitis with peri
aortic inflammation and in symptoms of pseudo
anginas. In the last case Cholesterium M and
Calcarea fluorica M are to be added to Silicea M.
On the contrary, Phosphorus is every useful
in hepatic cases and in cases of cholecystitis
where Phosphorus 200 and M should be applied.
In these cases this remedy is absolutely harm
less.
It may only cause a temporary
aggravation.
Summary:
Sclerosis — Silicfca M.
Cellulitis
which
is
a
torpid
infection:
Silicea M
Acute suppuration: Silicea 30
The aggravation of tuberculosis by Phos
phorus was a very disputed question. The
homoeopaths who really dispute over its action
are those who have had the chance of using this
medicine twice or thrice in 200 in lung phthisis
and confronted no aggravation. But they
change their opinion when they are confronted
by an aggravation. There are a number of
homoeopaths who have seen their patients die
rapidly with an extremely rapid caseation, after
a dose of Phosphorus 200. When there is
Pulmonary suppurations: Silicea 12 or 30
with care.
Natrum muriaticum: In high dilutions it
is a marvellous remedy for oxygenoid patients,
children, adolescents, weak and worn out
patients.
On the contrary it should not be applied in
hydrogenoid patients having nephritis. zWc
may use it in this case in a dilution not higher
than 6x.
74
It is a marvellous remedy for patients who
have suffered from malaria, who have not taken
quinine for a long time and who are suffering
from the consequences of malaria.
Whatever be the temperament and the age,
Natrum muriaticum produces always good
results in high dilutions in diabetic patients
and patients suffering from migraine even in
advanced age.
Lycopodium: It has a reputation for aggra
vation, but this is much exaggerated. It is a
marvellous remedy in all dilutions and as often
as one likes, it may be applied in children in
high dilutions. But in aged persons it must
be avoided or given with prudence. If at all
it is necessary to apply it in old persons, use
first of Liver 200 and then apply it. It will
give no bad results. Is it because it is antidoted
or canalised by Liver ?
On the contrary Lycopodium may cause tem
porary aggravation. Very frequently it gives
temporary shocks without danger and it may
play tricks with those homoeopaths who have
very little experience with it.
Thuya:. It resembles Lycopodium as re
gards the aggravation.t Very frequently it gives
temporary shocks like that of Lycopodium,
these shocks are not dangerous.. This is a
remedy which can be used to anaphylactics and
patients having cervico-brachial neuralgias.
Thuya is a kind of Sulphur of the central
nervous system; as for example, it cures the
kidney and the liver by causing or ameliorat
ing a sciatica. It will aggravate cervicobrachial neuralgia by curing the symptoms of
Angor. Therefore it will do some good to the
patients by provoking some disagreeable symp
toms, but it is not dangerous.
There is a way of checking aggravation
caused by Thuya. It is to give Cimicifuga at
the same time and in the same dilution or
Thuya 200 and Cimicifuga M.
Sepia:
It is a remedy very easy to apply.
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It is a ground remedy which is so to say very
well adapted to all patients.
In my practice I have never seen a clear-cut
aggravation by Sepia. Sometimes it does not
act when it is well indicated, particularly in
melancholics where it is very often indicated,
while in these cases Calcarea Carbonica M will
cause an amelioration of symptoms without
causing aggravation.
It acts marvellously in the tuberculosis of
the left apex in women,
(Monod gives Sepia 200 and Nux vomica 6
in tuberculosis, and he gets good results. I
have also tried this treatment with good results
in brunettes having hypotension with aggrava
tion during menses. It is a marvellous remedy
for congestive symptoms of tubercular patients).
What should be remembered of Sepia is that
it acts no more in confirmed melancholia. How
ever if you read the pathogenesis of Sepia you
will see that there is a desire for solitude, the
recoiling upon oneself etc... Sepia should be
applied just at the beginning of the state of
melancholia, if not Calcarea Carbonica M should
be given which will give good effect because it
follows Sepia.
Lachesis: This remedy is also easy to mani
pulate. However, there is one danger. In mania
or hypomania Lachesis may cause aggravation
and cause a state of acute mania to appear if
it is given in the beginning, because, when you
study well its pathogenesis you find that it is a
remedy of the type of mental disease which
serves as a refuge of the organism. The patient
who has some physical troubles takes refuge in
the mental sphere. The logorrhoea, the loqua
city of woman during menopause arc necessary
for the patients. You know that one of the
important symptoms of Lachesis is the aggra
vation of hallucinations which are normal in
the beginning of the sleep. This state of slight
hypnotic hallucination that almost all of us
have experienced before falling deeply asleep
is exacerbated in women of Lachesis type. All
these unfold in extraordinary rapidity, it is a
real succession of kaleidoscopic visions. The
patient has dreams during sleep, and during the
day he is liberated from them by falling into
loquacity. He is forced to talk much in order
that this flux of words may act like a real drain
age on the mental sphere. But in the maniac
state, this condition is at its height with absence
of sleep and if you give Lachesis in high dilu
tion you will aggravate the mania.
Therefore if you have to treat a case of hypo
mania do not give Lachesis. The remedies
suitable in such cases are Hyoscyamus 6, and
Cannabis indica 6. You must know how to
apply medicines having centripetal actions
when remedies having centrifugal action are
dangerous.
(It is because he considers Lachesis as an
important drainer of Luesinum).
Droscra: This remedy should be applied
with care. Dr. Curie, homoeopath, the grand
father of Pierre Curie, gave us the results of
his experiments with this drug. These results
are followed by the English school. Accord
ing to the English school, Drosera should be
very rarely or never repeated. It is sometimes
given only once in the lifetime of the patient
in chronic state.
This remedy is specially indicated in glan
dular tuberculosis but it is also used in pul
monary tuberculosis. It behaves like Phos. and
Tuberculines at the same time.
I have some cases that were marvellously
ameliorated by Drosera. On the other hand
I have observed that the 60th dilution is more
easily tolerated by the patient than the 200.
I will propose to Dr. Nebel the question why
he applies Lachesis and Lucsinum together
which he calls Lu-Lu.
(To be continued).
RAUWOLFIA SERPENTINA —REPERTORY II
by Dr. JUGAL KISHORE, B.Sc., D.M.S., New Delhi.
(Continued from previous issue)
Constriction, near apex beat area „
Constriction, upper part
Pains, come and go slowly
a
Pains, mammae, come and
go quickly
»
Pain, side right,
a
Pain, side, left
■.
Pain, side, right, relaxing on
a
Pain, sides, exertion
if
Pain, sides, right, lifting
»
Pain, lower chest, singing while »
Pain, aching, exertion, after
H
Pain, cramping in sternum
Pain, cramping lower chest
a
Pain, cramping, mammae, nipples
Pain, cutting (sharp) lower part, a
URINE
Rawf. S.,
Urine, colour pale
Urine, copious
Pain, cutting, spermatic cord, left „
*684
685
704
RESPIRATION
Rawf. S.,
Desire to breathe, deep
,,
Difficult
Difficult, evening
Difficult, ascending
it
Difficult, exertion, after
766
766
767
768
769
COUGH
Air, cold
Pain, larynx, in from
Rawf. S.,
781
798
Rawf. S.,
826
CHEST
Constriction, evening
* Numbers denote page numbers in Kent’s Repertory.
76
828
828
842
846
846
846
846
847
847
848
851
854
854
854
855
Pain, cutting, heart, exertion
after
Rawf. S.,
Pain, cutting, heart region
on bending
„
Pain, cutting, sides rt., ascending
when
„
Pain, gnawing, mammae, left
„
Prin, gripping, heart exertion
after
„
Pain, sore
„
Pain, sore, shock-like
„
Pain, cutting, nipples
„
Pain, stitching, mammae, left
„ *
Pain, stitching, mammae, nipple,
right
Pain, stitching, lower part,
left alt. to right,
„
Pain, stitching, lower part,
of right
„
Pain, stitching, heart
„
Pain, stitching, heart,
exertion, sudden after
„
Pain, stitching, heart,
extending to back
„
Palpitation, heart ascending steps „
Palpitation, heart, audible
„
Palpitation, heart, exertion
„
Palpitation, heart, throat,
extending to
„
Palpitation, heart, thinking of it „
„
Palpitation, heart, tumultuous
„
Pulsation, (exertion)
Pain, aching, lumbar region,
extending to bend of knee
Pain, aching, lumbo-sacral
region, sitting
n '
Pain, aching sacro-iliac region »
Pain, cutting, dorsal region, rt.
n
Pain, cutting, lumbar region,' rt. n
Pain, cutting, lumbar region
ft
Pain, cutting, sacral region,
bending forwards
>,
Pain, cutting, sacral region,
sitting when
Pain, cutting, scapula, left
,»
Pain, cutting sacral region,
bending forward when
n
Pain, stitching, dorsal region,
scapulae
Stiffness, lumbo-sacral, waking on
Stiffness, sacral region,
move, beginning to
Stiffness, sacral region,
pressure hard amel. after
Stiffness, stooping
>1
Stiffness, walking amel.
W
856
856
856
857
858
860
862
865
867
867
870
870
871
871
872
874
874
875
EXTREMITIES
Coldness, finger, tips
Coldness, foot, right
Coldness, foot, evening
,,
Constriction, leg, calf.
Constriction, leg, calf walking
,,
Cracked, feet, heel
Cramps, leg
» /
Cramps, foot
Cramps, foot, evening
»
Discoloration, fingers, redness 4th
Discolouration, fingers, thumb,
redness, left
n, '
Formication
Heat, upper limbs
»
Heat, hand, cold amel.
if
Heat, ankles
,,
Heat, fingers, 4th
Heat, fingers, joints rt. 4th
>>
Heat, thumbs, left.
Heat, foot, soles.
877
877
877
879
BACK
Pain, lumbar region
Rawf. S.,
Pain, lumbar region, motion, amel. „
Pain, lumbar region, pressure amel. „
Pain, (aching) lumbo-sacral
region, sitting in one position „
Pain, aching, lumbo-sacral
region, waking on.
„
Pain, aching, dorsal legion,
scapulae
„
Pain, aching, lumbar region
„
Pain, aching, lumbar region,
. standing
„
905.
907
907
909
9Q9
9^5
9^
917
77
918
918
918
923
923
923
923
923
923
925
937
947
947
947
947
947
960
962
963
965
965
970
974
976
976
980
981
1006
1010
1011
1012
1012
1012
1012
1013
Heaviness, shoulders
Heaviness, knee
Heaviness, legs
Heaviness, thigh, exertion after
Heaviness, walking while'
Itching, ankles
Numbness, fingers, 3rd
Numbness, fingers 4th
Numbness, finger, 3rd. morning
Numbness, foot right
Numbness, foot, toes, big, right
,,
»
„
»»
»
»
„
„
1015
1016
1016
1016
1017
1027
1040
1040
1040
1042
1043
Pain, shoulder, left
„
1052
Pain upper arm, ext. downward
into hand, thumb
„
1054
Pain, upper arms, elbow right
„
1055
Pain, upper arm, ext. downwards „
1055
Pain, hard, palm right
„
1060
Pain, thumb, left
„
1062
Pain, hip, left
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1067
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(To be continued)
FOUR EMERGENCY CASES TREATED BY HOMOEOPATHY
*
by Dr. BERNDT,
M. D. Edesheim, Germany
achievements of modern medicine
physico-chemico-technical field.
For the purposes of this brief lecture let us
first of all try to define what is meant by
“emergency case”. It must be assumed that
in each case the patient would most probably
have had to die within a very short time, un
less immediately effective external aid had
been administered to avert imminent death.
In addition, we are bound to assume that only
such patients will have been taken into con
sideration who under ordinary circumstances—
with regard to general condition ahd age —
would not have had to expect sudden death
before the emergency occurred. In all those
cases which I am about to relate the therapy
applied will have been of a purely homoeo
pathic nature, with precise justification of the
choice of remedy.
There is one pther factor, however, which
ought to be considered. It was Hahnemann
himself who, in a footnote to § 67, Organon,
rightly pointed out that in certain isolated
cases even so-called purely palliative methods—
in the nature of first life saving emergency
aid — might have to be given preference. We
only need to think of stomach flushing, arti
ficial heat, artificial respiration, and many other
in the
In each of the following cases we shall thus
have to examine in a critical spirit whether
any of the abovementioned palliative measures
might not have been indicated, rather than
the one that was actually employed.
Since the time which has been very kindly
allotted to me for this brief talk is rather limit
ed, and since it is necessary to give as precise
and detailed a description as possible, I shall
have to confine myself to quoting four cases.
CASE NO. 1:
After giving birth to her first child a young
farmer’s wife, aged 25, suffered a near-fatal
haemorrhage. On examination the placenta
was found to be complete. This was doubt
less a case of atonia uteri. The midwife was
practising manual compression and she injected
3 ccm. of extract of’secale. When I arrived
I found the haemorrhage to be of medium
intensity while the loss of blood that had occur
red amounted 2-3 quarts. Compression was
continued and the woman taken to a clinic
where she was given massive doses of secale
* Paper read at the International' Homoeopathic Congress, Montreaux, 1960.
Published by kind permission * of Mr. K. Haug, Editor, U.L.M., Germany.
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and hormones for two weeks. When the
haemorrhage had been reduced to a slight
trickle she was dismissed for treatment at home
with a prescription for liver and iron compo
sites, to be taken orally. On the day after
dismissal I had another emergency call: there
had been a sudden gushing of blood from the
uterus. Immediately on arrival I found that
just about 2 quarts of blood had been lost:
Atonia uteri. Violent compression of the ab
dominal wall did not reduce the bleeding.
In addition there was a very weak pulse of
high frequency. Hippocratic physiognomy.
Acute anxiety, semi-fainting condition, recum
bent position on right side. Lancinating back
ache. The patient had always had a pale
complexion, she was tall, fair-haired, thin,
sensitive to weather changes, touchy, subject to
frequent chills, with a tendency to nose-bleed
ing. On that basis she was given Phosphorus,
12th LM
*
orally. After a few seconds tetanus
uteri set in, the uterus contracted into an apple
sized lump, causing severe pain. Five minutes
or so later the pain ceased. The contraction
of the uterus was immediately followed by a
complete cessation of the haemorrhage. The
patient recovered completely after 4 weeks’
convalescence and without any further medi
cation. She has had no further trouble for
3 years and her general condition is excellent.
With regard to § 67, Organon a question
might arise whether homoeopathic treatment
was really permissible. The patient was un
fit for travel, so an operation was out of the
question. The previous allopathic treatment
having been unsuccessful, it had to be assumed
that resistance to haemostyptics had been built
up. Homeopathy proved a wonderful, life
saving alternative and, as was shown by the.
final result, effected genuine cure.
CASE NO. 2:
A desperate young father rushed up to me,
carrying a 2/2 year old boy in his arms. “Doc
* 50 Millisemal scale potency — Ed.
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tor, be quick, I think he’s already dead ! A
few minutes earlier the child had taken a drink
from a bottle containing an “all-dissolving”
kind of metal polish. There was deep un
consciousness, the whole of the skin was a
livid-blue colour, with tetanus-like cramp of
all muscles. Complete rigidity. Pupils small
beyond measurement, no reaction to light,
frothy mouth,, trismus, with cramp-like, con
vulsive but fruitless respiratory motion of the
thorax every 3 seconds (probably cramp of
larynx). Highly audible gurgitation periodi
cally running down the oesophagus. With
regard to this particular symptom, very typical
for Cuprum, and considering the other signs
(high-grade “blue” cramp) a subcutaneous
injection of Cuprum, D 30 was immediately
administered. A few seconds later there was
complete muscular relaxation, resumption of
breathing while the pulse slowed down to 120
p.m. Pupils widening, faint reaction to light.
Colour slowly draining from skin. Meanwhile
the ambulance, which had been summoned as
a precaution, had arrived and the child was
taken to the clinic. The drive took about 15
minutes, and on the way the child regained
consciousness. The clinic was at first going
to refuse admission because of shortage of
beds, but the child was finally admitted for
observation because he still showed a cramp
like urge to vomit. Some time later the child
was dismissed, accompanied by a rather noncommital report.
I don’t think that in this case a comment
is called for regarding § 67 Organon. There
was a desperate, premoribund situation to
begin with. Life or death was a matter of
seconds. This example may go to show that
there are some cases when a judiciously chosen
homoeopathic remedy will be effective in cir
cumstances where promising palliative means
of relief simply does not exist.
CASE NO 3:
A mother sow had no milk. So the fate of
a “mere” litter of 12 three days old piglets was
in the balance. But are not animals equally to
be counted among God's living creatures as our
selves and do they not obey the same living
laws which rule our own — supposedly im
measurably superior biped species ? The vete
rinary surgeon had been going into the pigsty
at intervals of a few hours, giving the sow
hormone injections. This had caused the milk
to appear, but each time for a few minutes only.
There was a fatal prospect of the whole litter
starving to death. Two piglets were already
dead, the remainder failing rapidly. There
was no time to be lost.
able results as are obtained for the flow of
milk by hormone injections to the mother
animal. In this instance homoeopathy is the
only form of therapy to offer really efficient
emergency aid. Beyond that, it achieves a full
healing effect by attaining restitutio ad integrant.
CASE NO. 4:
Early one morning I received an urgent call
to see a woman of 34 whoewas having terrible
difficulty in breathing. The previous night
there had been a sudden onset of pain in the
left side of the neck which overnight had spread
towards the right. Axillary temperature was
38.2° Celsius. No speech. Foetor ex orc, a
greasy-white coating covering the whole of the
gorge. High-grade oedema of the mucous
skin of the gorge. Inspiration incomplete and
jerkily arrested through the oedematous mucous
membrane bulging inwards towards larynx.
I insisted on immediate tracheotomy .at the
hospital — only 3 minutes away by road — and
I repeated this emphatically, several times. The
patient’s husband supported my insistent de
mand. She wept, shook her head, gave excited
signs of refusal, pointing at my medical bag.
Was she asking for homoeopathic treatment ?
At this advanced stage I felt completely at
a loss. But what was I to do, since the patient
herself was refusing to accept the palliative
treatment I had so urgently recommended ?
Kent distinguishes primary absence of milk,
with 30 remedies, and secondary milk failure,
with 42 remedies. In the primary case, first
step Calcarea and Zincum are indicated, with
Dulcamara and Urtica urens in the secondary
contingency. In this country the primary case
is found most frequently in those places where
farmers think fit to feed lime to a sow due to
litter. A high potency of Calcarea is usually
effective there. Urtica urens is equally reliable
where there has been only secondary milk
failure.
In the above case — to be quoted “pars pro
toto”— the farmer requested my assistance in
the middle of the night. The sow was given
one dose of globuli of Calcarea, C 30, dissolved
in water. A normal flow of milk began about
one hour later. Next morning the piglets look
ed well-nourished and remained in this condi
tion for as long as they were fed by the sow.
Incidentally, the very same thing usually hap
pens with Urtica cases.
At this stage I ought to explain that the
woman in question was a case of Lachesis par
excellence, constitutionally speaking as well as
judging by the acute symptoms. Keeping this
in mind, I gave up any further attempts at
persuasion. Instead, I gave the patient 2
globuli of Lachesis, C 200. Fifteen minutes
later breathing was practically unobstructed
while the oedema was visibly subsiding an hour
later. Thereupon I left the patient since it was
time to attend to my surgery. In the evening
I found the oedema and the pain, to have com
pletely disappeared. Next morning there was
no more fibrinous coating. The patient had no
temperature and asked me what she might be
In conclusion, it might be noted that this,
too, was a genuine “emergency.” If homeo
pathy had not been resorted to, the remaining
10 piglets wiuld most likely have perished, too,
perhaps even the day after. § 67, Organon is
not applicable here, because bottle-feeding of
piglets quo ad vitam will elicit the same miser
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allowed to eat. One day later she was out of
bed and went back to her housework. She
has felt very well ever since.
Woe betide any therapeutic practitioner who
should find himself mistaken in his diagnosis I
Homoeopathic knowledge and skill arc the most
essential elements of success in the treamtent
of such emergency cases, as well as deep and
unquestioning faith in the supreme value of our
homoeopathic science and art.
SOME SERIOUS CASES TREATED BY HOMOEOPATHY
*
by Dr. PIERRE SCHMIDT, M.D., Geneva.
It is the duty of the homoeopathic physician
to seize every possible opportunity offered to
him, and above all in very serious acute affec
tions, for proving the inestimable value of the
law of similars and the mighty, immediate and
efficient action of the minute potencies of
homoeopathic remedies.
It is intentionally that I use the term of
potency and not of doses, as a dose is a quantity
and homoeopathy deals essentially with the
notion of quality. In fact the question is not
to solely diminish more and more the active
substance of a medicament but in the same time
to potentize it, either by succussions or by
rubbing or by triturations.
Potency and succussion are represented by the
word dynamization for all our therapeutic pre
parations, but one must be aware of the fact
that if our results are sometimes so prominent
and so quick, it is especially due to the law of
similars under which they are applied.
The slight exacerbation which can sometime
be a real momentary aggravation of the morbid
manifestations furnish the indubitable proof
that we have “hit the ball” and this precedes
the amelioration and the cure that we are aim
ing at.
Many physicians may tell you that the super
acute affections such as peritonitis or an infec
tion of the appendix, an acute oedema of the
lungs, a myocardial infarction. may end either
by death or under very favourable circum
stances in recovery, all alone 1
I propose to present to you some very severe
cases where jokes or small ineffective pills
could not be considered and where really, only
very effective and proved means could be able
to get the poor suffering patient out of his mess.
CASE No. 1.
A boy of ten years comes with his parents to
the consultation of the city hospital for inter
mittent bellyaches.
The examination made by the assistants is
negative and he is let free to return home, his
actual state showing no operative indication,
but the parents are requested to come back at
the hospital in case of reappearance of the
trouble. Hardly 10 days after, at midnight the'
boy is brought to the hospital with high tempe
rature (39°C), a distended abdomen, tender
ness, strong pains, dilated pupils with a leadcoloured face. An urgent operation is at once
proposed and done. It reveals a perforated
appendix with a suppurated peritonitis, the
bowels bathing in pus which is at once drained
and treated with penicillin and sulfamides.
Within 3 days, the child is recovering, the fever
subsides, the abdomen is no more tense, the
drainage is going all right, the boy is consi
dered saved and the parents come to thank the
Professor for this result, as quick and as remark
able .... but ....
♦ Paper read at the International Homoeopathic Congress, Montreaux, July ’60.
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But two days after, the child begins to vomit,
he docs not retain the least food, the water,
even, is no more tolerated. The fever begins
again to rise, the child docs not urinate any
more and is subject to an involuntary diarrhoea
of a very putrid odor smelling like spoiled eggs.
He is dehydrating, emaciating, suffers again
from his abdominal pains and the spectre of
septicaemia reappears worse than before with a
temperature of 40° but this time without any
response either to the antibiotics or to the sulfa
mides. He has become sulfamido-penicilloresistant, the injections of it forming only a
lump under the skin, without any resorption !
Considering this situation which is increasing
in severity hour after hour the surgeon calls on
the parents and confesses to them the extreme
gravity of the case towards which he seems
powerless, the drugs having no more effect and
the infection gaining with heart-breaking pro
gression. Physician and family are in dismay.
It was 4 o’clock, the afternoon. One of
the assistants who had become very devoted
to this poor child having witnessed very acute
cases treated successfully with homoeopathy in
his own family, phoned to me and told me
his distress, as on his last visit, just now, the
Professor did not give any hope for the case
the boy being stuporose and he said to the
chief of the staff : “Try till this evening at
10 O’clock an intravenous injection of a new
penicillin.” This perspective did not at all
please him, to say the least and makes him
in an .utmost anxiety, first because of the
narrowness of the veins in such a young sub
ject, and due to his penicillo-resistance, thus
operation seems really hopeless, and this last
resort seems of no avail. He asked me if I
could eventually give him any piece of advice?
Surely, with pleasure was my prompt answer,
we are very efficiently equipped in homoeo
pathy for such cases. Put aside at once any
medication whatever it may be and get imme
diately Arnica 10,000 one single dose that you
should administer instantly, then, tomorrow
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morning on his waking give him Pyrogenium
10,000th potency, one dose too. This young
unprejudiced assistant bought at his own ex- .
pense those medicaments and gave it to the
boy.
At 10 p.m. as he went for the last visit with
the chief of the staff at his bedside, very
reluctantly for the intravenous injection of
Penicillin, they found the child peacefully
asleep. Then, they decided to postpone this
treatment till next morning.
On waking, the next day, die child talked,
saying he had a very good sleep, his tempera
ture is only 38°, he was able to pass some
water. Pyrogenium 10,000th potency is given
and at 9 a.in., at the visit of the Professor the
child is smiling, (lever 37.8° only) and beg
ging a glass of water. As formerly, he had
vomited everything taken at once, very cautious
ly he was allowed to try a sip of water. But
to the astonishment of all, he drank the full
glass with evident satisfaction and asked for
more......the" water was very well tolerated
and everybody was really disconcerted by this
great change.
Well, 3 days after, the drain was taken
away and 48 hours after the abdominal wound
was closed. Will you believe that 5 days after
the first homoeopathic prescription, the boy
was returning home, cured, although still weak,
but yet cured! No more pain, no fever, no
diarrhoea, he is urinating, can eat and drink,
he is able to sit up, the danger is averted!
Just here no one either could plead a - happy
coincidence or the tardy action of the former
injections of Penicillin, as till the very moment
of the administration of the homoeopathic
remedy the state was only going from bad
to worse and this very quickly. Why now
Arnica? First for the consequences of an
operating trauma (Kent’s Repertory P- 1422).
— “wounds cut’’.,. Then . at “zymotic fever”,
p. 1292, then “septic fever” p. 1290, next for
this involuntary diarrhoea, p. 621 and at last
for this stupor with fever p. 90, that is to say
5 very characteristic symptoms of Arnica!
Well then, why Pyrogcnium? As a nosodc
for the septicaemia — p. 615 and 1290 for this
fever with the septic diarrhoea.
The spectacular action of those 2 single
doses, given at very high attenuation saved a
moribund child. FI is parents and even the
patient itself had no idea how and by whom
this resurrection was effected. Since I never
saw the boy myself, any psychic influence is
excluded.
CASE NO. 2.
An old gentleman of 72, arteriosclerous,
with usually high blood-pressure at 233/140
with the tonoscillograph of von Pleach, calls
on me urgently at 9 P.M. He is sitting on
the edge of his bed, stooping, with a red and
swollen face, mouth open, with a besotted
countenance, limbs cold and clammy with a
blanket over his shoulders. He is looking very
anxious anoxemic and restless, tossing about,
cyanotic lips, can hardly utter any word. One
could hear a very rattling, noisy and panting
respiration with spells of painful coughs which
bring a foamy salmon-coloured secretion.
The patient is bewildered, roll’s his eyes
trying in this way to make me understand
his distress and the gravity of his state. Nume
rous rales, whistling, stridulous and rattling
to be heard even at a distance: gallop sound
at the heart, thready pulse at 130; he is really
looking moribund at death’s door! His
dyspnoea, extreme oppression, his profuse
perspiration, dropping over his face, his white
tongue with extreme weakness, his impossibi
lity to lie down, the collapse of his blood-pres
sure to 150-90 with this auscultation, reveals a
very serious situation. We are facing an acute
crisis of lung oedema in an advanced arterio
sclerotic subject with a failing left heart. I
at once administered some pellets of Anti
monium arsenicosum at the 30th potency in
a glass of water and ordered this to be taken
in coffee—spoon doses every 15 minutes, and
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less and less frequently as soon as he improves.
A few minutes after the first doses, the
patient is breathing more easily, then after
15 minutes, very quickly after his second dose
he sits erect, throw back his blankets from his
shoulders, raises his hand and with a large
smile say: “Ah! I feel better!” His heart
is beating at 110, the noisy rales arc much
reduced, there is no more foam at the mouth.
2 hours after, the. crisis is warded off, the
patient can recline and go to sleep peacefully.
The next day he feels so well that he asks
for a good meal and is walking around. His
tongue is still coated. But the quickness of
action of the remedy changing a tragic pic
ture in record time, demonstrates indubitably
the mighty elective and most brilliant achieve
ment of homoeopathic potencies when the
remedy really matches with the symptoms
shown by the patient.
The blood pressure has risen to 260-102 and
the next ^norning, 2 days after his crisis the
patient feels himself alright.
No morphine, no digitalis, no blood letting,
no oxygen....a very few insignificant small
pellets of the remedy selected according to the
law of similars, such is the balance of a very
serious situation leaving then a return to a
comforting and wellfare feeling.
CASE NO. 3.
Infarctus of the Myocardium
A 64 year old patient, also sclerotic is suf
fering from chronic coronary insufficiency
with a left branch block, a left ventricular
hypertrophy with deviation of his trachea due
to a thyroid enlargement. I am called urgent
ly at 1.30 a.m. and find him in full auricular
paroxysmal fibrillation, with an intense pre
cordial and throat pain. He is very oppressed,
anxious and restless. His blood pressure,
habitually at 220-105 has come down to 125-75.
He was just seized with one of his worse
spells of constrictive agonizing shooting pains
towards his heart, extending through the left
better!.... I continue the ifemedy every 10
minutes then every 20, 30 minutes. Fie asks
for a drink. The pulse is much stronger and
well marked, the cough is lessening, the op
pression has considerably subsided, no more
apnoea, no anguish, it is a resurrection!
arm to the tip of the little finger. Intermittent
slow pulse at 60 with a dry hacking cough;
worse by the least motion, suffers from nausea
with epigastric transfixing pains. Fear of
suffocation and death; small thready pulse,
irregular and slow; icy cold skin. Cannot lie,
must sit up.
I remain near him still 30 minutes and then
can go away as the sick patient is quieted and
transformed and is going to sleep. The next
day he tells me that he slept the rest of the
night very well. He is still coughing a little,
expectorates some rosy sputum, the ausculta
tion shows a great amelioration of the rales,
reduced at least 50%, the extremities ' are
warmed, no nausea, no intermittencies of the
pulse, and 48 hours after his crisis, he is stand
ing again.
In less than 8 days he has
recovered his strength and can resume his
ordinary life.
On auscultation the lungs are filled with
sibilant, and noisy rales, a stertorous breathing.
then suddenly he is apnoeic. The heart's
pains extending to his shoulder obliged him
to hold his left shoulder with his hand which
is clammy and cold, his left arm feeling numb.
The chilness pulse of the heart, reveals a tight
transversal string, characteristic of a posterior
infarctus of the heart. I put the diagnosis
of heart’s infarctus with lung oedema. (This
was verified one year later, by an allopathic
confrere, during my absence, at a very simi
lar crisis where an electrocardiogram confirmed
exactly my first diagnosis and where the pa
tient and his wife could compare the allopathic
classic treatment with the homoeopathic one,
his convalescence then needing 5 long weeks
instead of one only with homoeopathy!)
I did not judge necessary to make a dosage
of the serie glutamo-oxalacetic transaminase, a
test that one can do only in an hospital equip
ped for such researches, but the good clinical
examination can do without the very interest
sing tests, in no ways indispensable.
Before such a tragic picture where 2 reme
dies seem to be indicated, from which I was
unable to choose which one was the more
indicated the imminence of the danger, I asked
for 2 glasses of water and in the first one put
some globules of the venomous spider poison
called Latrodectus mactans at the 200th potency
and in the’ other Maja tripudians at the 1000th
potency—having no other dynamization in my
medicine case—this deadly cobra about which
one could say as well as for this villain spider:
Nagis venenum, magis remedium!
The alternating process with 2 remedies are
indicated only in very exceptional and rare
cases and must never be erected into a system
or as a lazy pillow to avoid the trouble to
search the real simillimum. But there are
cases where it could be admitted and I present
it here for the very happy result obtained, this
having been done with mature reflection, as
before such a grave stiuation, hours and even
minutes count and if the effect of the first
remedy is not almost immediate, one cannot
wait, longer.
I gave 1 teaspoon of the 1st remedy. The
state being unchanged I then go to Naja. Still
no apparent effect .
What a marvel to be able to alleviate such
a serious case with so minute doses and to
witness the transformation which is operating
cito, tuto9 jucundo of celerita as Celse put it,
as his convalescence when of only less one week
instead of 5 with the classical official treatment.
Glory to homoeopathy!
Then I repeat Latrodectus and suddenly the
patient raises his head a litde bewildered, looks
at me obviously ameliorated sighing with relief
and repeating many times: I feel better, I feel
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CASE NO. 4.
A case of uremic convulsions in a lady 87
years old—for homoeopathy acts as well in
new-born children as in very old people! She
was quite dyspneic, with dry mouth, both
urine and stool scanty, she was muttering alone
in a low voice. 'Since 2 hours she was sub
ject to irregular jerks now in the extremities,
now in the whole body, now in her arm, now
of the head a kind of choreic restlessness.
When a physician witnesses such reactions
he always must look at the face of his patient
and here the pupils were very enlarged and
she had this typical pale circle around the
mouth that is so characteristic of China, es
pecially in children. I remembered very clearly
the two remedies in the 3rd degree which
possessed this objective typical sign. This
distinctive restlessness urged me almost auto
matically to give this plant that you all know
of course, called the sleepy, the herb of the
magicians or the demoniac herb, the hunting
mole or the witch plant or devil apple or also
thorn apple.
Well, this medicament proved by Hahne
mann himself and by his proper son is our
great remedy for acute mania, for the delirium
tremens and for the rage.
of water from which the patient is to take
You all know that it is particularly indi
cated in children whose pupil dilates as soon
as they are reprimanded.
minutes only and since then they never came
back again.
CASE NO. 5.
Some weeks after this same lady is subjected
to involuntary eructations. Well, you may say
that this is a very minor trouble. In anybody
yes, but with her it is appalling really shock
ing, because it is so intensely noisy that it is
like a cannon shot, waking all those sleeping
in the same floor with doors closed, like an
hiccough in string terribly loud by violent
diaphragmatic contractions accompanied by a
scandalous tympanitis where everything was
passing “upwards”!
A few doses at the 30th centesimal attenua
tion of this lovely umbelliferous plant called
Narthex, whose mother tincture is made with
the resin flowing from the cut made over the
living root, stopped, to the astonishment of
everybody, the canonnade, which were disturb
ing the patient and the whole family since
many weeks, in spite of the generous use of
every kind of local preparation and all pos
sible absorbing remedies taken withput the
least result.
Some globules at the 30th dynamization
stopped instantaneously the very disagreeable
manifestation. You recognize at once that it
was of course Narthex Asafoetida.
Those few cases are aiming to demonstrate
without the possibility of criticism to invoke
a psychic influence, the undeniable power of
high homoeopathic potencies and the quick
ness as well as the mildness of this action.
Here, Stramonium at the 1000th potency
(Korsakoff) one single pellet put into a glass
of water from which the patient is to take
coffee-spoonful every 5 minutes. Soon after
the first dose the motions, subsided in intensity
and frequency -and after the second one they
stopped but recurred 8 hours after, but for a few
Happy are those who follow like the even
ing star, the law of similar, as they are fully
rewarded, rendering three times happy, as
Hahemann had already said: the family, the
patient and their physician.
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HOMOEOPATHIC SUCCESSES IN ACUTE PATHOLOGICAL CASES UNDEFINED
CLINICALLY AND THEIR SIGNIFICATION
*
Dr. G. DANO, M.D., Paris
It is a well known fact that, during the first
days of an acute illness a clinical diagnosis
can rarely be made with any certainty.
The waiting period where the appearance
of more characteristic signs are looked for,
where biological researches are put into prac
tice, various examinations may bring new
elements of information.
But what will the treatment be during this
“period of uncertainty?”
In recognized medicine the premature use
of antibiotics cannot always be retained and
besides they can be confirmed inefficacious
because unadapted and, in this way precious
days slip away during which one waits....
one waits... .‘for the evolution to bring at
last the elemens of a diagnosis. But now with
the homoeopathic method these precious hours
are used to the greatest benefit of the- patient
because very prematuraely outside any clini
cal diagnosis, these symptoms in appearance
confused and without link take on a signi
ficance if one considers them in the light of
the law of analogy: the morbid picture which
they present awakens in our minds the name
of the medicine capable of provoking similar
symptoms in a healthy subject. Experience
has taught us all the benefit which the patient
may draw from this medicine to which he
is subjected in the smallest doses. Amongst
these cases which we cannot label yet with
any diagnosis let us take a common example:
that of a chill caught by someone in good
health, who has just undergone a long exer
cise. Having divested his shirt he has cooled
off pleasantly and at length in a cool breeze.
At times he may have been subjected to rain
showers when in full sweat. If he is suscep
tible to chills the consequences of what one
might call imprudence will now develop.
After a latent period he will feel a vague sen
sation of stiffness: the muscles, the articulations
are stiff, anchylosed. He reacts instinctively at
the slightest movement, and feels bad tempered. "
Another day or two and the synovial and
watery reaction become evident: the articula
tions become painful even by a slight mobili
zation and a pain manifests itself in the side
like a corner which thrusts its way into the
ribs. He presses on it to obtain relief. His
bad mood has evolved. He is hot only
querulous but whining. He moans when he
moves, he moans even without reason and
clamours for a drink. From this moment the
homoeopath doctor is certain: his patient begins
to develop signs of Bryonia — without a de
fined clinical diagnosis having yet been taken.
If he gives the medicine at this moment,
regression will be rapid and no complications
will result. But if nothing comes to modify
the evolution, if the expectative period is pro
longed, the temperature will rise and serious
signs will not be long in showing themselves
which will, at last, permit a sure diagnosis.
During.this preclinical period, which may last
for several days the allopath colleague remains
alert but his diagnosis will remain in suspense
1
and consequently his treatment suffers.
Arthralgia may possibly mean articular rheu
matism? Pulmonary complication? Does not
a pleurodynia precede a pleurisy which may
«
evolve towards an exudate? He will hesitate
between “salicylate of soda” or “derived sali
cylates” or “phenylbutazone” “penicillin” if he
fears infection. He will only be really settled
when the signs as a whole or a definite locali
zation dictates the best therapy. This un-
* Paper read at the International Homoeopathic Congress, Montreaux, July ’60.
86
certainty in the diagnosis may lead to a badly
adapted treatment, or one even contra-indicated
or further to abstention. This attitude con
trasts with the precision of the homoeopathic
treatment: treatment which one can call
specific and which, often, makes everything fall
into place before the patient reaches the diag
nostic stage. Here is another example: that
of an illness which made many ravages, but the
nature of which was not established at the be
ginning of its manifestation. It was in MayJune 1918 when it became manifest. The
patient showed a general all-over stiffness, with
a sensation of deep bruising particularly pain
ful, foulness of the tongue, cephalalgy, great
weakness, and moderate temperature. No pul
monary sign. A very accentuated debility
followed it. Several diagnoses had been en
visaged, well before it had been pronounced
that of influenza. But the homoeopaths, with
out knowing more • than their colleagues on
the aetiology and name of this “syndrome”
identified this state with that of Eupatorium
which modified very happpily these signs and
their evolution. As to the asthenia which
followed with a sensation of trembling weak
ness, Gelsemium confirmed the exact medicine
adapted. What is true for the state Bryonia,
Eupatorium, Gelsenium is just as much for the
condition Aconitum, Belladonna, Mercurius,
Apis etc. for which the pictures so precise, so
alive are met at the beginning of many acute
illnesses and for which the prescription before
any definite clinical interpretation allows never
theless a favourable evolution, everything goes
back to normal even before knowing what this
evolution would have been. No clinical diag
nosis, meanwhile a well adapted treatment
confirmed by the results: is there not here a
real paradox ? By what means of reasoning
can the homoeopathic method realize this ? To
answer this question, we will set forth the res
pective methods of reasoning of the Allopathic
and Homoeopathic Schools. .
The first is in principle, analytic, etiological
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and deductive. It strives with the resources of
the modern techniques at its disposal, to go
back to the origin of the trouble observed, then
to bring the particular case into a common
frame that is to say, to make a clinical diag
nosis : from these directives will logically flow
the prescribed treatment. At first may we note
that this effort of investigation is general with
the two schools and often, our position is paral
lel for example, in certain surgical cases or in
etiology leaving no place for any ambiguity.
But when the diagnosis remains uncertain, and
the period called “expectative” is installed, we
have seen how much our therapy cduld be
effective. The use of antibiotics and corticoids
have given a new vitality to the allopathic
method, and we are the first to recognize the
great progress that these products have per
mitted to be realized for example, in tuberculo
sis, in the “Osler” illness and in many other
infections. But, let us here digress to bring
an appreciation on the quality of the improve
ments obtained by these prematurely employed
methods in acute illness whether the diagnosis
has been formulated or not. One may consider
an acute illness like a crisis, a reaction against
a “stress”—“auto” or “hetero-aggression”, some
times like a brutal manifestation of a latent
sensibility. If this clamorous manifestation
does not exceed certain limits it can be benefi
cial and even liberating. To strangle it some
times is a necessity but should not be a rule
because it is the improvements the disappear
ances of the symptoms which are just driven
back. It is not always without impunity that
one decapitates the normal rhythm of an evolu
tion. Following this therapeutics, what un
foreseen subsequent recurrences occur for those
who know how to recognize them, what un
ending convalescences I We have seen on the
contrary, the quality of the improvements ob
tained by the homoeopathic method in acute
cases, even undefined clinically, how this method
proceeds in the natural sense of defense of the
organism and not against it. It is quite the
contrary to a therapeutic driven back. These
reserves having been made on the value of the
allopathic therapeutic in acute cases, we can
then, consider it as connected in principal to
a deductive method. Quite different is the
method of reasoning in the case of the homoeo
pathic method. Whereas the allopath doctor,
when he believes he is “holding” his diagnosis,
knows that he knows, and in complete security,
prescribes the treatment; the homoeopath
doctor confronted with a morbid manifestation,
considers he is in complete ignorance of the
biological and physical phenomenon which have
provoked it, in a word he ignores all of the
principal causes of this trouble. He knows he
does, not know. Hahnemann had already
realized the impossibility of going back to the
principal cause and he expresses himself thus
in his Organon with the terms at his disposal
at this time I “How (that is to say by what
mechanism) the vital energy — which one calls
“dynamis” — determines the organism to pro
duce morbid manifestations ? That is to say
how does it create illness ? Such questions are
of no use to the therapeutics because they re
main eternally hidden.” And elsewhere: “The
pathological manifestations accessilbe to our
senses in reflecting the integrity of internal dis
turbances, express at the same time the
unbalancing of the “dynamis”, this interior
force is withdrawn from our vision”. One
hundred and fifty years after Hahnemann we
are hardly more advanced than him on this
intimate mechanism, and the electronic age
gives us only a distant view rather than an ex
planation of the physiological and pathological
“processes” on this scale: like Hahnemann we
.can but ascertain from outside the result of
this mysterious activity of this “dynamis” and
its disturbances of this vital energy in variance
as he designated it — that is — by the symp
toms he expressed. * One can therefore say with
him that we completely ignore all about the
deep causes of the wherewithal of the patho
logical manifestations and that on this problem
of life this unfathomable problem we know that
we do not know. Seen from this angle the
problem may appear insoluble. In the mean
time, there exists a possibility to go back to this
unknown source and act upon it. Hahnemann
furnishes us with it jn using the inductive
reasoning. The exteriorized symptoms follow
the proper means of each subject and if they
are observed carefully, noted with their charac
teristics their modalities, their time-tables, their
apparent paradoxical signs, have the value of
biological facts. This picture as exact as pos
sible, this visible reflection of an unknown
trouble, constitutes a solid basis of departure.
From it we can go back by an inductive reason
ing, right up to the medicine, which covers it
homoeopathically. That is to say one proceeds
directly from the personal syndrome observed
in the medicine without passing through this
intermediary, this classification, arbitrary and
impersonal such as the clinical diagnosis. Here
syndrome and medicine are one and designates
the first by the second, the patient was Bryonia.
Synthetic method now alive is the inductive
reasoning. Our ignorance is total concerning
the intimate process by which the organism
stretches out towards its equilibrium. Pheno
mena of resonance ? “Desensibilisation” ?
Acknowledging that we are ignorant of the
behaviour at this’ scale of our dilutions face to
face with that other enigma that of the biologi
cal sphere where it is practised. But consider
ed from this angle, is it not as complete a
mystery as that of explaining the simple action
of taking an aspirin ? This ignorance rejoins
that the first causes provoked by a morbid
disturbance. Hahnemann had Well set out this
problem. But we have seen, thanks to the
inductive method, the homoeopath doctor is
not disarmed. He can without knowing but
translating validly by an appropriate medicine,
the suffering which nature expresses in its own
language, that is to say, in its symptomatology
reacting efficaciously on the ifhknown cause
which provoked it. Aetiological therapeutics
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of a special kind,, how profound in its action.
Even| if| the pathological processes develop,
without the appearance of clinical signification
being clear, this does not modify its position:
the indication of the medicine which covers the
symptoms is an admirable guide and its value
is as good today as it was a hundred years ago,
not being governed by this or that publicity or
this or that fashion.
Conclusion
In this report the respective positions of the
two schools in front of this biological and phy
sical enigma which is that of a patient we have
voluntarily schematized their ways of reason
ing, diametrically opposed.
In practice, these two methods complete each
other, for we know the importance of a correct
diagnosis of etiology of physio-pathologic
mechanisms etc. briefly, we resort like our
colleagues, to analytical and deductive concepts.
But in pathological acute states which one
cannot define clinically—to speak of those only—
confirms the superiority of the inductive
homoeopathic method: its direct method in
translating a morbid syndrome by a medicine
permits the premature beginning of an exact
treatment adapted during the preclinical period
which is the expectative period.
Here is one of the immense services rendered
to suffering humanity, this precursor of genius
who was Samuel Hahnemann.
And this inductive method, which he created
out of many elements appears like a little part •
of eternal truth which weathers fashion and
time.
MENTAL SYMPTOMS IN HOMOEO PATHY
*
Dr. FI. LAUDENBERG, M.D., Solingen (Germany)
As an illustration of Para 211, 212 and 213
of the Organon I should like to bring to your
attention a quite small example of neurosis,
from which it is possible to gauge how im
portant the grasp of mental symptoms may
become for the whole spiritual existence of
a patient. A young man 23 years old had
been suffering for a year from heart trouble
with feelings of oppression, breathlessness and
finally also “heart attacks”.
As it was not possible to obtain any special
ly characteristic symptoms the patient received
some doses of Arnica D 30 and D 200 within
a period of four months. r A marked improve
ment with cessation of the heart attacks 4-5
days after the first dose of Arnica; further
improvement and apparently final cure in the
following weeks up to three months. Complete
absence of trouble during the two following
months. Then renewed heart trouble ap
peared accompanied especially by the follow
ing symptoms; at the moment when he wishes
to fall asleep, there pass through him as it
were electric shocks his arms jerk and he starts
up in bed full of fear. He cannot tolerate
the smallest quantity of.wine. I then received
from the mother of the patient further details
of an elucidatory character. The son is sus
picious, exacting indeed over exacting in every
thing. Especially very particular and taking
the greatest trouble over his clothes. He puts
on a clean white shirt every day indeed he
often changes his shirt after three hours. The
creases in his trousers have to be exactly right
Withal he has an immense fear that something
is dangerously wrong with his heart. He
* Paper read at the International Homoeopathic Congress, Montreaux, July ’60.
89
Concerning the existential situation of the
young man it may be further remarked that
the father’s cast of mind is that of the down
right positivist, whereas the mother is a sensi
tive indeed highly strung and very spiritual
woman. So perhaps the son found himself
an unresolved opposition a personified tension
between his two parents.
would very much like to smoke cigarettes if
only he were not in such terror of damaging
his heart. This, moreover the doctor only
discovered after long delay. In Kent’s Repertorium we find under the heading MIND:
Fastidious, carefullness, suspicious starting
on falling asleep.
Generalities: electric like shocks on going
asleep.
Extremities: jerking on going to sleep
wine agg.
jerking of the limbs on falling
'
to sleep.
Arsenicum 200 (Korsakof) at first produced
a decided worsening of the condition. After
a few days however, the shocks on going to
sleep entirely disappeared. For three months
the patient had no troubles whatever. Then
there appeared again a few heart troubles with
sharp pains during the day and in the even
ing. A single dose of Arsenicum M (Korsakof)
removed all symptoms. After more than three
months there followed another single dose of
Arsenic. XM (Korsakof). No subjective
symptoms since. But the astonishing thing
was (and I only learnt this very much later,
again from the mother) : There had taken
place a complete change in the character of
her son. The patient no longer showed the
least trace of any fear though he had all his
life been a person very much subject to anxiety.
His mother heard no more hard words what
ever. Hitherto she had only known him as
unhappy moody, obstinate and prone to answer
back. While he was formerly “gloomy and
oppressed” now he has become a “notably
happy and cheerful person”, who has no more
complexes. With his father he has established
an exceptionally good relationship, which had
never hitherto existed from his earliest child
hood.
Epicritical observation:
Where as Arnica at the most produced a
Simile Aresenicum was the Simillimum; it
entirely transformed the patient.
If we pay attention to the mental condition
of the patient, “this most important ingredient
of all illnesses” as Hahnemann says in the Para
212 of the Organon we are able completely
to change and transform a person, we are able
to effect cures which seem unbelievable and
astonishing.
Even as a Sage from the Far East says con
cerning the destruction of suffering “Suffering
is extinguished as the palm tree is torn up by
the roots”. So Hahnemann with unique
authority speaks in the very same words of
the final extinction, the destruction of disease
for ever.
In order to provide a comparison in this
matter of fear, if we consider Calcarea as the
remedy for the. fear of Humanity in its in
fancy—the fear which is great, primaeval, cyclo
pean, wild panic; then Arsenicum is the remedy
for the great, schizoid, religious fear, the fear
of death, the fear which brings distaste for
life, despair and the urge to suicide, in short,
Arsenicum is for the great metaphysical exist
ential fear of modern Man!
The ancient wisdom of the Far East teaches
us that “stillness is greater than storm”. We
say “it is the gentle power that is great.”
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*
HYPERTENSION
DISCUSSION
Dr. Pereira : Is Epson salt advisable ?
Dr. Wadia : Yes, as a temporary palliative.
Dr. Bhanu Desai : Is Serpina potentized
found useful ? Is leeching permitted ?
Are proteins to be restricted ?
Dr. Wadia : Yes, Serpina may be useful if
indicated; even leech application may
do good.
Initiating the discussion, Dr. S. R. Wadia
mentioned the fact that there is little mention
in our books about blood pressure whereas we
meet with numerous cases in practice. Some
cases come without symptoms and often the
high blood pressure is discovered by accident.
Of course there is much variation even in
normal but when the pressure is persistently
above normal limits, it should be taken as
pathological. Hypertension is actually a com
pensatory phenomenon. It is more in evidence
in modern times. Probably the tension of liv
ing is contributory.
Dr. Shaikh : I had a case with 210 systolic
pressure which Nux. v. brought down.
For a patient with high blood pressure
shall we give Glonoin or the indicated
remedy ?
Dr. Wadia : Of course, the indicated remedy
should be given always.
Dr. Karamchandani : Our Glon. is as good
as the allopathic Serpina, especially when
no drug is is clearly indicated.
Dr. Pai : We must avoid treating diseases
instead of patients. Disease or patho
logical conditions may only confuse us.
We must discuss the various diseases
which have hypertension as. a symptom.
In hypertension with no cause, homoeo
pathy may not help unless one gets some
extra symptoms.
Contributory factors may be:
Heredity; Obesity; Excess of food; Alcohol;
Anxiety and worry; Toxaemias of pregnancy;
Chronic nephritis; Climaxis etc.
As against symptomatic hypertension, essen
tial hypertension may show no apparent cause.
This again is divided into benign and malig
nant.
Apart from the treatment, the management
is also important.
Dr. Sankaran : In discussing blood pressure,
we must remember that it is influenced by
various emotions and drugs acting through
the autonomic nervous system. It is often
a symptom of disturbed personality.
Treatment
(a) Rest.
(b) Diet:
Meat eaters seem to get more
blood pressure; salt, spices alcohol
and smoking should be cut down.
(c) Drugs: Homoeopathic treatment
pends upon symptoms.
de
The following drugs have been found useful
in practice:
Besides bringing down the blood pressure
in cases of hypertension, it has been observed
that the simillimum normalises the blood pres
sure in any case whatsoever, raising it if it
is low and decreasing it if it is high. In fact
this observation has been suggested as a test
to find if the drug has been correctly chosen.
I have found remedies with nervo.usness,
fear and depression like Ign., Phos., Natan.,
Aur., Arg.nit., etc., help much in cases of
hypertension. These are often indicated.
Some of these drugs have aggravation from
salt and the hypertensive patient is often
worse from salt.
Glon., Aur. mef., Kali phos., Nat. m., Pul.
Sul.,. Ver.v.
Blood pressure
by Bannerji is a good book
published by Salzer & Co. of Calcutta.
* Discussion held a't the Clinical Meeting of the Government Homoeopathic
Hospital Clinical Society, Bombay, February, 1960.
91
In cases without symptoms, the so-called
“asymptomatic hypertension/’ we are really
cornered. I remember one case. He had no
symptoms whatsoever except a stuffiness of
the nose. Even this symptom was inciden
tally due to the taking of serpina and dis
appeared when he discontinued the drug so
that there was nothing left to prescribe upon.
I sent his eye secretion to U.K. but the drugs
chosen with the help of the emanometer also
failed. Ultimately he reverted back to allo
pathy and someone prescribed for him the
alkaloid of Veratium veride. When I saw
this prescripption, I got an idea and gave him
Ver.vir. in potency instead. This helped him
immensely. Since then I have used this drug
in several such cases and found good results.
Ver.vir. cases incidentally have giddiness on
raising the head after stooping.
FROM OUR CASE BOOKS
INSANITY
by Dr. S. R. PHATAK, M.B..B.S., Bombay
child resembled exactly the previous one, per
haps bringing back to her the forgotten
Some years back, I was consulted by a gentle
man for his wife who was behaving in an insane
manner. She would weep and laugh alter
nately without cause. She would also clap
* hands and sing suddenly. She was gene
her
rally incapable of looking after herself.
Fear of thunder being a mental symptom
relapse of the symptoms.
In treating, her, I took the cause as the first
symptom i.e., that she had suppressed her
grief. I referred to Kent’s Repertory under
“Sad, cannot weep” (p. 78) and found under
this rubric Gels, and Nat. m. only. Out of
these, Nat. m. covered the alternate weeping
and laughing. So I prescribed for her Nat. m.
IM, 2 or 3 doses and it cleared up the whole
trouble. For several years now she has re
mained normal.
He gave a history that 3 years back her child
had fallen ill and had died on her lap. This
had given her a shock but she could not and
did not weep. A few days later she had exhi
bited an abnormality of behaviour as described
above. Some physicians were consulted and
she had been relieved by Electro-convulsive
(Shock) therapy. Three years later i.e., now,
she has had another child born to her and this
VARICOSE VEINS
Dr. P. SANKARAN, L.I.M., D.F., Hom. (Lond.)
Hon. Physician, Govt. Homoeopathic Hospital, Bombay.
legs together; often painful, sometimes pain
less.
Pain and heaviness in leg, agg. motion, and
amcl. by rest and agg; when legs hang down.
Occasional pain in epigastrium piercing to
back.
Sweats on palms and soles even in winter
sweat offensive.
Mrs„,.L. C., aged 62 years, consulted me on
12-3-1958 complaining of the following:
Six years back she started having pain and
stiffness in the lumbo-sacral region which later
descended into the left leg. Now, there is
pain and swelling in left ankle which some
times disappears from the left and appears
in the right ankle; sometimes exists in both
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Feels hot in legs and body; wants to place
the legs on cold floor and also sleep on cold
floor; likes cold in general.
Dislikes noise made by children.
Recently has developed fear of thunder.
Nowadays nervous; fears every little thing;
fears something may happen, and trembles.
Nervousness has started after death of hus
band of heart-failure.
Constipation; no sensation for stool.
Prev. History: Menses were generally very
profuse; during menopause had much bleeding
and other troubles. Also had blood pressure
with headaches and vertigo; vertigo was agg.
looking up.
Family History: N.A.D.
Physical Exam: Has varicosities in both
legs; also oedema, more in left leg. Wt.: 115
lbs. B.P.: 150/100.
The symptoms were evaluated and repertorised as follows in Kent’s Repertory :
Fear of thunder being a meental symptom
and the latest to appear was taken first:
Fear, thunderstorm, of (p. 47) Bry., gels.,
hep., lach., nat. c., nat. m., nit. ac., phos., rhod.,
sep., sul.
This was combined with another mental
symptom, the fear that something may happen.
Fear, misfortune of: (p. ^6) : lach., nat. m.,
phos., sul.
Next came another mental.
Sensitive to noise (p. 79) : lach., nat. m.,
phos.
Then came a general symptom, the intoler
ance to heat.
Warm, agg. (p. 1412) : lach., nat. m., phos.
Now came the peculiar 1 symptom that
though there were varicosities in both the legs,
the oedema appeared more on the left and
travelled from left to right.
Side, left, then right (p. 1401) : Lach.
Lach, also covered the haemorrhagic ten
dency discovered in the previous history
“Perspiration offensive” (p. 1298), and the
“Varices, lower limbs, (p. 1223).
So she was given Lach : 30, on 13-3-1958.
There was an immediate and quick ameliora
tion without any initial aggravation. The
improvement continued and she became well
in 3 months. There were-one or two relapses
but every time the same drug in the 200th
potency put her all right. All her symptoms
have disappeared .and the varicose veins give
her no trouble. She is now well for last 2 years.
OUR POSITION
*
SWAMI ATHURADAS, Kottayam
First of all let me thank you for giving me an opportunity to speak at this
Congress.
If this is the 24th year of the Congress, it is also the 24th year of my experience
with homoeopathy after starting a dispensary. That dispensary has now grown up
into a medical college, one of the best in India. It is aided by the Government of
India as well as by Kerala State Government. The State Government has prescribed
a 4M years course, the diploma to be awarded by the Government. We have received
a grant of Rs. 2,20,000/- for the last year from the Central Government. The State
Government has sanctioned and also has taken steps to start a hospital with 100 beds.
These facts I describe here to give an idea to the Western countries how homoeopathy
is growing in India.
v
♦ Address read before the International Homoeopathic Congress, Montrcaux, 1960.
93
We have come over here not only to take part in the Congress but also to study
the developments of the system in its mother countries and to copy the ideal methods
of conducting teaching and clinical institutions. India, being a poor country, is in
creasingly recognizing the value of homoeopathic treatment and is encouraging it as
an economical system with excellent results. If the growing-up India is taking so
much interest in homoeopathy, why is the grown-up West not taking more interest?
Homoeopathy may not appear so advantageous and may not appeal so much to the
business minded persons as to the charitable minded ones. Men of charity like you
may come forward to open the doors of actual service. We hope our observations in
the homoeopathic institutions of European countries will give a mutual understanding
between the East and West and the knowledge we acquire shall help us to give more
relief to the suffering humanity of India. Rishis and Sanyasins from whom originated
the spiritual and moral culture in India were all trying their best to relieve the suffer
ing humanity. As a Sanyasin, I am privileged to follow the footsteps of my ancestral
sages. In my observation and experience I have found out that propagation of homoeo
pathy is one of the best methods of relief work among the suffering especially the
poor. Homoeopathy will not fail, but the applicants may fail due to wrong applica
tion. The foremost need for the propagation of homoeopathy is the establishing
of teaching institutions of good standard. Untrained and unknowing hands
dealing with homoeopathy have already created misunderstanding among the
public and the Government. I wonder why in the motherlands of homoeopathy the
teaching institutions are very rare. I come to know even the existing institutions are
only of a post-graduate type. I propose that homoeopathic teaching and training
should be given separately from the very beginning in its own exclusive institutions if
at all it is to develop. It is more difficult to forget than to study. So creating homoeo
paths out of allopathically trained graduate alone is a very difficult task and sometimes
dangerous too. There are only very few who can accept a new therapy and theory
and discard the theory already studied and accepted. Doctors may not come forward
like Hahnemann to renounce everything for a good cause. It is Dr. Hahnemann’s re
nunciation that attracted me more than anything to his system. Like Lord Christ,
he was prepared to bear any hardship for the relief of suffering humanity. So I request
the authorities of this Congress to take steps and organize committees to start homoeo
pathic colleges of good standard with a syllabus of five years’ course in all the Western
countries and influence the Governments for recognition and aid for the same.
May we hope Western countries leading in all modern sciences will come for
ward to give a lead in this line also. We also invite your good-selves to India to visit
our humble homoeopathic institutions. Thank you once again!
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NEWS & NOTES
E.S.I.S. In Andhra Pradesh:
The Andhra Pradesh Govt, has decided to
include one or two homoeopathic dispensaries
under' the Employees State Insurance Scheme,
as an experimental measure.
Homoeopathic hospital in Hyderabad :
The Andhra Pradesh Govt, has sanctioned
the establishment of a 10 bedded homoeopathic
hospital at Hyderabad.
International Homoeopathic Congress:
The 1960 International Homoeopathic Con
gress was successfully held at Montreaux in
Switzerland in July 1960. Swami Athuradas
and Dr. Ramanlal Patel from Kottayam partici
pated. The next International Congress will
be held in Holland in the middle of 1961.
Hahnemann Society:
Dr. Alva Benjamin of London writes to us
that the Hahnemann Society has been formed
in U.K. for the purpose of promoting the study
and practice of the Science and Art of Homo
eopathy and also for propagating and publi
cizing this science.
All Homoeopaths are invited to help in this
work. Full details are available from : The
Honorary General Secretary, The Hahnemann
Society, 78, George Street, London, W. 1.
ABSTRACTS
*
HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT OF MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH
by Dr. J. M. Honigberger
**
“Arrived at Lahore, I found my former
patron, the Maharajah Ranjit Singh, seated on
a chair, with swollen feet, and making him
self understood by gestures and signs with his
hands, his organs of speech being paralysed
to such degree that he was not able to utter
•a single articulate sound, and other means of
imparting his thoughts were not in his posses
sion, as he never had learned to write.
From time to time I had occasion to relate
many of the cures effected by the new method
' of homoeopathy, by the aid of which I had
-cured myself in Vienna of the cholera, and
lately in Hindostan of the plague. ’ Although
they did not doubt the truth of my assertions, it
was not without difficulty that they could pre
vail on themselves to trust me with the treat
ment of the Maharajah, because the favourable
season — it being spring — allowed the native
physicians to rely on other trials which they
had to make: meanwhile I succeeded in some
homoeopathic cures quite to my satisfaction.
But the greatest sensation produced, was by
•a cure which I undertook at the request of
the minister, Rajah Dhyan Sing. He com
mitted to my medical care a native of
Cashmere, Aboo Ibrahim, commander of his
jesails (camel artillery), in whose head, ten
years previously, a bullet had been lodged, at
an affair with the Afghans, and which no
native surgeon had been able to extract, and
in consequence he was paralysed on one side.
I trepanned him, and extracted the bullet,
which was stuck beneath the skull, arid press-
* Reprinted from Health and Homoeopathy, December, 1940, p. 432.
** Dr. J. M. Honigberger was the. first homoeopathic physician, who settled in
India, and remained in the East for thirty-five years, practising homoeopathy.
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ed the brain, without, however, affecting that
organ. My patient having been a drunkard,
and troubled with indigestion in consequence
of his weakened stomach, I administered to
him some physic, to accelerate his recovery;
and I succeeded in restoring him to perfect
health, in the short space of two months.
When relieved from his hemiplegy, I presented
him to the minister, and he introduced him
to the Maharajah.
“Meanwhile, the excessive heat had come
on. At this time the fakeer Aziz-oo-Din
came unexpectedly and called on me, as the
native physicians were unable to improve the
health of the. maharajah. This man, who had
formerly been pysician-in-ordinary to the
king, told me that the maharajah had never
taken any remedy prescribed by a European
physician, and that he used to give all the
remedies which had been ordered him by the
English doctors, Murray, Steel, and Macgregor,
to his servants, to try the effect on them; but
that he was now resolved to take my medi
cines, which I was to prepare in his presence.
This I promised to do. It was then midday,
the time when the durbar (assembly) leave
the place, so accompanied by the fakeer, I
presented myself to the king. I found with
him only the minister, Dhyan Sing. I had
brought with me the Tinctura dulcamara, and
empty corked little phials. First of. all, I ask
ed for a gudwai (water-carrier), and ordered
him to bring the spirit that the maharajah
was in the habit of drinking; this had been
distilled, in my presence, from Cabul grapes,
and it was rectified, because Ranjeet Sing pre
ferred strong spirits. I put the three empty
phials in the hands of the gudwai, and ordered
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them to be rinsed with the same spirit, and
afterwards each of them to be' half-filled with
spirit, about one drachm in each phial. When
this was done, I put just one drop of the essence
of Dulcamara (woody nightshade) into one of
those phials which the water-carrier held in
his hand and I ordered him to cork it and
shake it. Then I desired the fakeer to mark
it number ‘one’, and I put a drop out of it
into the second phial, causing it to be corked
and shaken like the first, and marked number
‘two’. In the same manner, the third dilu
tion was made, and number ‘three’ was marked on it. From this last, I ordered one single
drop to be let fall on a lump of sugar, which,
at my request, the maharajah put into his
mouth, where it was retained until dissolved.
I ordered the same dose to be administered
to the patient every morning and evening.
“During the preparation of the medicine,
some persons who were standing by could not
forbear smiling; and the fakeer himself was
of opinion that such a minute dose would not
be hurtful, should it even be supposed to be
poison. But what was the result? On the
first day there was no sensible amelioration in
the health of the .maharajah; on the second
day he felt somewhat better; and on the third
he was in such a . merry humour that, at five
o’clock in the afternoon, he ordered the minis
ter, Dhyan Sing, to put a pair of gold brace
lets on my arms, valued at five hundred rupees,
in his own presence and that of the durbar;
this present was accompanied with two
Cashmere shawls of the same value, and,
whilst I sat on the floor, the minister laid
them upon my shoulders, the maharajah telling
me that my physic had produced in him the.
best effect.
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BOOK REVIEW
V. N. Sundaram, and published by MohanNirmala Homoeo Publishing House, Salem 2.
1. Characteristic Materia Medica: 11 th
edition, pp. 915, Rs. 15/-. 2. Therapeutic
Hints: 7th edition, pp. 688, Rs. 12.50. Both
written by Dr. D. C. Das Gupta and published
by N. P. Das Gupta, 4A, Priyanath Mallik
Road, Calcutta 25.
The very fact that these two books should
have gone through so many editions is itself
ample testimony to their popularity and use
fulness. No further commendation is required.
There is no doubt that in course of time
the Indian languages will replace English even
in advanced studies and so there is a need for
the publication of Homoeopathic books in
various languages. Therefore all- such publi
cations are welcome.
Dr. Sundaram has published a number of
books dealing with common diseases. The
books are well written but we would suggest
to such writers that the original references
(authors) should be given at the end of the
book so that those who wish may go to the
original sources.
In the Materia Medica, the important
features and indications of each drug are given,
collected from the writings of eminent autho
rities. This book comes as near as possible
to an ideal materia medica for it deals to some
extent with physiological and clinical appli
cations also of all the drugs.
The Therapeutic Hints is also a very
valuable book giving the essence of the thera
peutic teachings of several well-known pres
cribers. A few improvements, however, are
possible in this book to bring it up to the
level of a standard book on therapeutics. For
instance, one misses certain drugs under certain
headings—Aphonia: Mang.; Cancer, Cadmium;
appetite increased: iodine; Concussion: Nat.
sul.; Prolapse of uterus: Helonias etc.
The chapter on Impotence could be more
1. The Physical Basis of Homoeopathy
And a new Synthesis by Dr. G. B. Stearns &
E. D. Evia, pp. 101, Rs. 2.50.
2. On the Comparative Value of Symptoms
in the Selection of the Remedy, by Dr. Gibson
Miller, pp. 38.
3.
All the above three books are published by
M/s. Roy & Co., Bombay 2.
M/s. Roy & Co. are responsible for steadily
and unostentatiously contributing to the growth
of homeopathic literature. The credit goes to
them for selecting and publishing some of the
best material from the old journals, material
which might otherwise lie buried and be lost
to posterity. They are to be congratulated for
such excellent work.
descriptive.
We must commend the frankness and
honesty of the author when he says “Whatever
may be said of the remedies for Cancer, it
must be understood that it is almost impossible
to cure this disease”.
One would also like to suggest that in
future editions better paper could be used since
these books are bound to be our life long com
panions. Further it must be so aimed that
not a single, spelling mistake will be met with.
1. Homoeopathy
Vaidya
How Not to do it, by Dr. M. L. Tyler,
pp. 16.
Dr. Stearns’s article represent a masterly
survey of the scientific advances in the homoeo
pathic field, especially in the field of the
elicitation of the simillimum by objective and
physical methods. Unfortunately, the homoeo
pathic profession is too little aware of the
tremendous significance of these experiments
and developments and) therefore, the publi
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value. The printing and get up of this booklet
are upto the usual high standards of the pub
lishers. This booklet deserves to be prescribed
in every Homoeopathic College.
Dr. Gibson Miller’s most erudite and
practical contribution on the value of symptoms
is now republished along with the equally
learned introduction of'Dr. Royal E. S. Hayes.
This booklet is worth reading several times.
Dr. Tyler deals with the mistakes done in
homoeopathic practice, and discusses the sub
ject with her usual clarity, in her direct and
inimitable style.
All homoeopaths must possess these booklets.
—P.S.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR:
Hyderabad :
4-6-60.
TAUTOPATHY
Dear Sir,
I have gone through the illuminating article
on this subject by Dr. Ramanlal Patel. How
ever, I was surprised to note that he has made
no mention of the original paper on this sub
ject read by Mr. Dudley W. Everitt in the
1956 International Congress at London and
later on published in the British Homoeopathic
Journal, January 1957. I believe in fact, that
it was Mr. Everitt who coined and introduced
this term with its homoeopathic Concept, for
which he deserves due credit.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Sd/- G. Bharat Reddy.
Hyderabad, 12th April ’60
BUREAU OF HOMOEOPATHIC
INVESTIGATION
Dear Sir,
At a meeting of homoeopaths gathered at
the residence of Dr. N. M. Jaisoorya, at
Hyderabad, it was decided to form a Bureau
of Homoeopathic Investigation to conduct
scientific investigations in the homoeopathic
field, with the object of advancing the science
and Art Homoeopathy^
The following Office-bearers were elected for
the first year:
Dr. N. M. Jaisoorya (Hyderabad;) Chair
man.
Dr. Sankaran (Bombay) Honorary Direc
tor.
Dr. T. V. Veera Raghavan (Hyderabad)
Hon. Secretary and Treasurer.
It was decided to undertake the following
programme of work in the first instance:
(a) Research in Family Planning
(b) Provings of Drugs
(c) Collection of Toxic effects of Drugs.
(d) Collection of Statistics and informa
tion about the effects of Coffee, Tea, Smoking,
Tobacco, Cosmetics, etc. on homoeopathic
treatment.
(e) Call for detailed reports of treatment of
diseases such as Cancer, Diabetes, Leukemia,
etc. from selected homoeopathic medical prac
titioners.
It was decided to form six centres for this
purpose at present in the following cities; viz.,
Hyderabad, Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Delhi
and Bangalore. Drs. T. V. Veera Raghavan,
S. K. Ghose, P. Sankaran, S. P. Koppikar,
Jugal Kishore and A. R. A. Acharya were
entrusted with the work of organizing the
work in their respective States, with the co
operation of interested homoeopaths.
We appeal to all persons interested to con
tact the Secretary or the regional organizer.
We welcome every kind of co-operation and
help, including all availabe information on th?
subjects taken up.
Yours truly,
Sd/- T. V. Veera Raghavan
3-4-813/3 Barkathpura, Hyderabad.
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