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Vol. 4
JANUARY—MARCH 1962
No.’l
CONTENTS
1.
Editorial :
The Attributes of a Physician
2. Appendicits
Colic
and
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Appendicular
Dr. V. V. Athalye, A.V.P.
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3.
Some Hints on Case Taking
Dr. P. Sankaran, L.I.M., F.C.E.H.,
D.F.Hom. (Lond.)
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For the Less Informed
Dr. A. R. A. Acharya,
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5.
Homoeopathy and
Medicine
Dr. K. T. Zachariah
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6. Why the Indicated Remedy Fails ..
Dr. M. C. Batra, B.A., LL.B., D.M.S.,
D.F.Hom. (Lond.)
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7. Practical Utility of Chronic
Miasms
Dr. Subash Shah, D.M.S.,
D.F.Hom. (Lond.)
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Homoeopathy in India
Dr. K. G. Saxena, B.M.B.S.
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9. Homoeopathy in Argentina
Dr. Jacobo Gringauz, M.D.
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Dr. S. Kapadia, B.Sc., D.M.S.,
Dr. P. Sankaran, L.I.M., F.C.E.H.,
D.F.Hom. (Lond.)
Dr. M. N. Paranjpe, B.Sc.,
D.F.Hom. (Lond.)
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10.
Modern
FROM OUR CASE RECORDS :
(i) Clinical Notes
(ii) A case of Conium
(iii) A case of Spondilolisthesis
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Dr. Samuel Swan
12. The Founder of Homoeopathy
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News and Notes
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Book Review
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Dr. D. N. Chatterjee
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EDITORIAL
THE ATTRIBUTES OF A PHYSICIAN
Dr. B. K. Sarkar, whose illuminating lectures we had the good fortune to
attend some time back, dropped a hint in one of his lectures and and mentioned
that the object of the homoeopathic education should be not merely to train up
and produce good prescribers but also to produce good physicians. It would
be worth our while to ponder over this distinction.
First we have to recognise that a physician is more than a mere prescri
ber. A physician not only prescribes but makes sure that the patient becomes
well and remains well at all levels viz. physically, mentally, emotionally and
spiritually. This is a very responsible task; a fact we realise more and more
as we go on practising. The medical profession is considered a noble profes
sion because it deals with life which is a most valuable and irreplaceable entity
on the earth. Therefore the duty automatically evolves on us that we develop
the greatest sense of responsibility and that we subordinate all other thoughts
and emotions in the pursuit of relief of suffering. Such a sacrifice is accepted
and recognised by the public which calls this the noble profession. Any lack
of care or indifference is inexcusable in tins profession.
The second thing that is expected in a physician is confidence. The
patient is ill and requires help and support. When he comes to us with faith,
we have to increase this faith by our behaviour and attitude. Hope and faith
are most powerful forces in the world and we should do nothing to destroy
these. Any words carelessly uttered in the presence of the patient can do
utmost harm. In the words of Osler, the words of the physician uttered in the
presence of the patient are like copper coins given to a child. The coins may
be of very little worth to the man who gives, but to the child who receives they
seem to have immense value. Just as the child turns the coin round and round
and gazes at it over and over again, so the patient and his relatives repeatedly
ponder over the words of the physician, trying to read into them new mean
ings and interpretations.
The third quality required is sincerity. Every patient who comes to us
shall be like a dear little child to us and we shall have to bestow upon him the
same tremendous attention and care that we may bestow upon our own dearest
ones. If at any time the physician feels he is not able to help the patient, he
has to be frank enough to admit this and guide the patient towards a better
treatment. This naturally involves a recognition by the physician of his limita
tions in practice. The sincerity of tire physician is something that cannot be
measured by the patient. There is no instrument or mechanism by which the
patient can discover whether the physician is sincere or not. And yet strange
to say, the patient recognizes it sooner or later.
As already mentioned, the medical profession deals with irreplaceable
entities and therefore no amount of labour should be spared in this task of
saving life and restoring and maintaining health. Hahnemann has clearly
stated that no amount of effort is too great in this line. Therefore, the physi
cian should always be a medical student and should always endeavour to read
and keep in touch with the literature; and wherever possible he should be upto
date with the advances in basic medical knowledge. He should exchange his
thoughts freely by • reading papers, discussing and contributing to medical
journals.
The question of fees is necessarily discussed at last because in the medi
cal profession only secondary importance can be given to monetary considera
tions. The ability of a patient to pay or not to pay, should not decide the
treatment. Provided the physician is sincere in his work sooner or later he
is bound to be appreciated by his patients and such appreciation will also take
a material form. Further our work in this profession cannot at all be assessed
in material terms. The returns in material form are but a fraction of what we
may receive in various other forms and the gratitude of the patients and their
goodwill will form the major, invisible but invaluable part of this return, a com
pensation which will provide us infinite satisfaction.
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APPENDICITIS AND APPENDICULAR COLIC
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by Dr. V. V. Athalye, A.V.P., Satara.
Pains located in right iliac fossa includ
ing the appendicular one have been cured
by Plumb, met., in many of my cases.
Every pain in this location is not neces
sarily one of the nature of appendicitis. It
may be a referred pain originating some
times in the case of women in the right
ovary or fallopian tube, or in right kidney
or even in right lung in the early stage of
pneumonia especially in children or it may
be due to intestinal obstruction. The
physician should never omit a careful
examination of the lung in cases where
pain is situated in the iliac region. In well
marked cases of appendicitis the symp
toms are quite typical such as pain, ten
derness, fever, rapid pulse, vomiting,
constipation, abdominal rigidity and per
haps swelling. The physician must be
able to decide whether the pain is or is not
due to appendicitis. For if he diagnoses
the pain to be one related to appendicitis,
he meets with a most serious responsibi
lity. In such • cases, if surgical interven
tion is a necessity in his opinion, its exe
cution must be advised without any loss
of time. If his judgment is faulty, that
is, if he is unable to diagnose correctly a
case of appendicitis, the patient is exposed
to the risk of death. The physician must
always be able to consider such matters
intelligently and to render appropriate
advice to his patient quite in time.
Many of the cases that were cured by
me with Plumb, met., had tenderness at
McBurney’s point. The drug is well
known for tenderness or painfulness of the
ileo-coecal region; and the vermiform
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appendix (it need not be told) springs
from the postero-medial wall of the
coecum.
I shall refer to a few cases treated with
Plumb, met.
A boy of 10 who had been given San
tonin by his father for worms that were
supposed to be the cause of his intestinal
pain passed no worms and the pain per
sisted. The pain was in the right iliac
fossa. It was cutting and contractive and
was better with hard pressure. Plumb.
met., was given for a fortnight on alter
nate days. It was found sufficient to cure
the boy completely.
Another boy of 17 had had intestinal
pain with tenderness at McBurney’s point,
recurring after every 2 or 3 months. The
pain was every time accompanied by
vomiting of blackish substance and by
great weakness. Pulse was sometimes
found accelerated. The boy had a feeling
of constriction in the abdomen. Plumb.
met., cured him in due course of time.
A young woman who suffered from the
intestinal pain had swelling in the ileocoecal region, constipation with hard
lumpy stools and lame feeling in legs. She
was given Plumb, met., for a week in
medium potency and then only one dose
of the same drug in high potency. The
pain never recurred afterwards.
Another woman, quite young, had the
pain with tenderness at McBurney’s point.
She did not give out any other symptoms
•that could be covered by any drug. Yet
Plumb, met., administered for a week put
* Extracted from the forthcoming book "Forty-four years of Homoeopathic
Practice” by the author.
a stop to her troubles. Two more cases
of the same type were cured by the drug.
An elderly woman had the pain with
black hard stools and a feeling in the ab
domen as if it was pulled in by a string
towards the spine. She was better for a
week with Plumb, met., in medium
potency. But there was soon a recurrence
and the same drug in high potency stopped
any further recurrence.
In one case of chronic appendicitis,
Plumb, met., though it was indicated by
the symptoms, could not alone achieve a
complete cure in any potency. But Rhus
tox. came to my aid as guided by a new
experience narrated by the patient, name
ly, that the pain, the severity of which had
been much reduced by Plumb, met., was
found ameliorated while walking and as
cending when he had gone to a hill station
for a change of climate. This modality is
covered both by Plumb, met., and Rhus
tox. But as the former was not acting fur
ther, I tried the latter which very quickly
made an end of the pain. Rhus tox is also
a recognised remedy for typhlitis and
.appendicitis. Now I shall turn to other
drugs.
A lady, aged 21, had severe pain in the
right iliac fossa with sour eructations,
spasmodic contraction, aggravation bet
ween 4 P.M. and 8 P.M. and amelioration
by drawing up the legs. She was satisfac
torily cured by Lyc. given first in medium
and then in high potency.
A young man of 28 had been suffering
from attacks of chronic appendicitis. He
vomited food and drink, had gaseous dis
tension of the abdomen, constipation, urg
ing to stool and spasmodic pain with or
without meals. He was much benefited by
Nux. vom. in medium and high potencies
administered in my usual way.
One case of acute appendicitis was cured
with Bry. where the pain was stinging,
burning and aggravated by motion and
standing and the patient vomited food
immediately after eating.
Another case of acute appendicitis was
benefited by Bell, where the painful region
could not bear the least touch, not even
that of the bed-cover; the patient could
have some relief only if he lay motionless
on back, and he had daily temperature
which was very high with extremely hot
abdomen. The drug was given daily for
one week and then on alternate days for
the next two weeks. It brought about a
complete cure.
I had to advise one patient to undergo
an operation for acute appendicitis when
in spite of the use of a carefully selected
remedy tire patient’s condition became
more and more unsafe as indicated by the
symptoms and by the increase in the
number of leucocytes found in the blood
examination.
Drugs that deserve to be studied for the
treatment of intestinal pains including that
due to appendicitis are Aeon., Ars., Bapt.,
Bell., Bry., Coloc., Crotal., Dios., Ipec.,
Lach., Lyc., Mag.phos., Merc.viv., Merc.
cor,. Nux vom., Opium, Plumb.met., Puls.,
Rhus tox., Sil., Sulph. and Ver.vir.
SOME HINTS ON CASE TAKING
Dr. P. Santkaban, L.I.M., F.C.E.H., D.F.Hom.(Lond.)
Hon. Physician, Govt. Homoeopathic Hospital, Bombay.
The first and most important step in
homoeopathic practice is the taking of the
case and much of the success of the prac
titioner depends upon the accuracy and
thoroughness with which the case has been
taken. It is said that a well taken case is
half cured and this statement is indeed too
.true. Though apparently case taking is
a simple and easy procedure, in practice,
however, it requires all the intelligence,
alertness and care on the part of the physi
cian.
The object of the homoeopathic case
taking is of course to record faithfully the
picture of suffering of each individual
patient. Almost every master from Hah
nemann downwards has given us lucid
directions for taking the case and it is in
deed difficult to add anything new on the
subject. And yet every physician and in
fact every generation approaches each
problem in his or its own way and has some
modifications or improvements to suggest.
The following hints are, therefore, offered
in this spirit, and are intended more to re
emphasise certain well known aspects for
the benefit of beginners.
The very first precaution to observe in
taking the case is to start with a blank
paper and a blank mind. The blank
mindedness which is easier conceived than
achieved should continue throughout the
period of case taking. It is possible that
the first few symptoms of a patient may
suggest to the mind of the physician a par
ticular drug but he should not allow him
self to be biased and should think of drugs
only after the whole case has been taken;
otherwise objectivity in taking the case,
which is so essential, disappears.
As the case taking progresses it would.
be wise on the physician’s part to allow the
patient to express his sufferings without
any interruption. His should be an atti
tude of ‘watchful expectancy and masterly
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All that should be asked in
the beginning is ‘What is troubling you’
or some such question and the patient
should be allowed to detail in his own
words the description of his sufferings. If
he is too garrulous and his statements are
quite irrelevant, then he should be tact
fully brought back to the main points. In
formation provided by the patient volun
tarily and spontaneously is of maximum
value. To the extent a physician cuts
down questioning and gets a picture of
tire case without much questioning, he
will get more valuable information. There
fore, merely prompting the patient on and
on the maximum information should be
thus gathered, encouraging him to describe
his troubles in his own words, till he runsdry so to say. Care should be taken never
to interrupt the patient since as a result
of such interruption of the line of thought,
what the patient was about to say might
remain unsaid. All questions should be
asked and doubts clarified only at the end
without disturbing the patient’s trend.
During the process of the questioning,
the physician should pose only such ques
tions which are not leading in nature, viz.
those that do not suggest any answer.
Questions may suggest only the sort of
answer required. In case the patient does
not follow a question and finds it too vague,
a more specific and slightly leading ques
tion can be put but a number of alterna
tives should be placed before patient. For
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should try and visualise what the patient
must be doing at that particular hour and
how far the aggravation has to do with
the circumstances then. For instance, if
a patient says he is worse at night we
want to know whether he is actually worse
at night, worse lying down or worse by
heat of bed etc. If he is worse in the
afternoon we want to know whether he is
worse in the afternoon or worse while sit
ting in the office or worse after lunch, etc.
Thus in dealing with his symptoms we try
to find out as many circumstances as pos
sible which modify that symptom. For
this purpose the physician must use his in
telligence and not merely consult charts.
To the extent each symptom becomes com
plete with its location, sensations, modali
ties, causation, duration, extension etc., the
case becomes clearer and easier.
•example, we may ask “What kind of pain
•do you suffer from ? Is it burning, press
ing, pricking, shooting, stitching, tearing,
etc.?”
After the case recording is completed it
would be advisable to verify the more im
portant symptoms again by putting the
same questions but in different ways to see
whether the patient repeats and sticks to
his original answers.
The case taking may take sometimes
two or three or even more sittings to be
completed. Very often the patient in the
first sitting merely comes to know what
sort of symptoms we expect from him and
it may be only by the second or third inter
view that he may observe and offer volun
tary information about those symptoms
which he had formerly ignored and omitted
to observe or describe. Here there is often
need'fox greatest patience. Sometimes, I
have spent the full hour of consultation
looking at the various reports and X-rays
and listening to the various treatments the
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patients
had taken, without eliciting even
a single symptom of homoeopathic signi
ficance.
In recording the case, it is advisable to
note down all the relevant information as
the patient describes his sufferings, prefer
ably in his own words. The patient may
be requested to detail the symptoms a little
slowly in order to keep pace with him.
After noting down quickly, each symptom
can be enquired into leisurely after the
patient has exhausted whatever he has to
say.
In taking the symptoms, we attempt not
to record merely a lifeless list of symptoms
but to draw a picture of the suffering of
.a living individual and to try and under
stand the whole circumstances that has
given rise to these symptoms. In other
words we try to get at the background of
the patient’s symptoms and in so doing we
;go through his fears and doubts, dis
appointments and emotional feelings and
also 'his social, economic, domestic and
other circumstances so that we get a better
understanding of the patients' difficulties
as a whole. Further we should also ac
tually try to define and delineate each
symptom. When a patient says that he has
an aggravation at a particular time we
Even the interrogation of the patient can
be carried out more like a conversation or
discussion than as a question and answer
business.
I have always found it easier to start
with the present complaints and then to
trace their origin or cause and then after
dealing with each symptom to fill up de
tails of other tilings like appetite, urine,
stool, etc., then complete the previous his
tory, family history’ and past treatment.
Then I examine the patient and I always
find it easier to bring out his mental symptoms, during or after the physical exami6
*
“
2S, L:H means 2 brothers, 2 sisters living
and healthy. Each physician can use his
own symbols or abbreviations.
Our case taking becomes so personal and
intimate and covers so much of the suffer
ings of the patient about which other doc
tors have not enquired or .to which they
have not listened that the patient is al
ready much influenced and many of them
actually feel better by the time the case
taking is completed; for in relating many
of their symptoms including their hidden
fears and doubts they have felt better by
a process of psychological ventilation. ’ It
is a good measure of our success in case
taking when the patient says that he al
ready has felt better by the end of the
interview.
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nation, since by this time we have deve
loped a rapport. Even otherwise, by the
time we have completed half the case, the
patient becomes more relaxed and co-ope
rative and is ready to tell us all his inner
feelings, doubts, fears etc. Whenever he
repeats any symptoms, I underline those
since they become confirmed. If he places
greater emphasis on a particular modality,
I write < < or > > to indicate the degree
of aggravation or relief. When a symptom which is recorded proves on later
enquiry to be doubtful I enclose it in
brackets.
I use a number of abbreviations to keep
pace with the patient during his narration.
For example, I write F.L.H.55 to indicate,
father living, healthy and aged 55. 2B,
FOR THE LESS INFORMED
Dr. A. R. A. Acharya, Bangalore.
Formerly Editor, Karnatak Homoeopathic Journal.
“
•
A general survey of Homoeopathy and
statistics of Homoeopathic practitioners in
pur country was made by the Homoeo
pathic Enquiry Committee more than ten
years ago. According to its report there
were then ’tliree hundred thousand
Homoeopaths spread all over India. Since
then the number of practitioners has increased; standards also have been im
proved, because a number of colleges and
hospitals have been started and many
coaching centres have started working.
Homoeopathic Journals, old and new, have
spread the true knowledge of the science,
especially the practical and clinical side
of this system of medicine. Let us say
that there are at present more than three
hundred thousand homoeopaths in our
country. 90% of them have had no insti
tutional training or even a high standard
of general education. In spite of these sub
standard levels, it is to be admitted that
homoeopaths all over India are rendering
yeoman service to the suffering humanity,
thanks to the blessing of homoeopathy.
The writer is one of the many thousands
in the category of the unqualified. For die
last 25 years I am studying and also prac
tising this fascinating healing art. It has
been my good fortune to have come
across stalwarts like Drs. T. S. Iyer
(Mayavaram), Savoor, (Madras), N. M.
Choudhry (Calcutta), N. M. Jaisooriya
(Hyderabad), V. V. Athalye (Satara),
H. K. S. Rao (Bangalore), S. R. Wadia and
P. Sankafan of Bombay. Such contacts and
long discussions with them have helped
* This number includes full-time and part-time, trained and untrained practitioners.
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remedy. The individuality of the drug is
well observed in the highest potency and
in the highest plane of the prover. This
is clearly the mental plane. Hence wellmarked mind symptoms are of highest
rank. So after selecting the remedy, if
mentals are equally marked both in the
materia medica and in the patient our
choice is for and in favour of high potency.
If the patient receiving a dose of remedy
in a suitable potency reacts according to
the direction of cure i.e., from above down
wards, from more important organs to less
important organs or. in the reverse order
of the onset of symptoms, then we can say
it is the similimum and the case is curable
provided the life-principle or the bio
energy is capable of adj'usting its devia
tions and establishing the harmony or
health in the economy.
In remedies we have long acting, me
dium or short acting remedies. All these
depend on the nature of the drug and the
constitution of the patient. It is the man
that reacts and not the remedy that acts on
him. His individuality is asserted in
everything.
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me in understanding the spirit of homoeo
pathy. Besides the interesting and in
structive talks with friends in the field,
constant study of text books on materia
medica, therspeutics, science and philoso
phy and repertories (including card
repertory) has emboldened me to write
and tell my brethren the thrilling expe
riences of mine in tackling sickness of man.
To start with let me state the pre-re
quisites of a real homoeopath. As there is
nothing new under the sun, I do not claim
to mention here anything original. One
should read and admire the life history of
Dr. Hahnemann, the founder of homoeo
pathy. Homoeopathy takes you to law of
similars, single remedy, similar remedy
minimum dose and rules for repetition of
dose. Clear understanding of potentization or dynamization of drugs will enable
one to grasp the philosophy of homoeo
pathy. Drug proving on healthy people
gave us the homoeopathic materia medica.
Remedy action and directions of cure are
next points to know. The most intelligent
but. painstaking job for us is the case
taking. It is actually a detective’s work.
The capacity of the doctor lies in his
evaluation of symptoms, or summing up of
the essence of symptoms, called the Tota
lity of Symptoms, a definite disease-picture,
so that with this photo on hand he can find
out the similar pictures or the drug-pic
tures by comparing similar remedies.
Symptoms are styled as characteristics,
generals, peculiars, concomitants, parti
culars or common symptoms. Clear know
ledge of these terms is necessary. Each
symptom has a location, sensation and
modality. It is the modality or the con
ditions of aggravation or amelioration of
the suffering, felt and expressed by the
patient that gives the clue to fix the indi
viduality of the patient and also of the
Sources of remedies are as follows:
Vegetable origin, animal products, poi
sons, minerals, disease-products (nosodes)
and bowel-nosodes. Also imponderables
like electricity, magnetism, X-ray, have
been proved and potentised as homoeo
pathic remedies. There are nearly 2000
remedies. Grouping under various head
ings is necessary. After working and
studying the nature of various acute and
chronic diseases, Hahnemann has pro
pounded the theory of chronic diseases.
According to him there are three miasms:
viz. Psora, Sycosis and Syphilis. Remedies
are grouped under these miasms. Tuber
culosis and vaccinosis and drug diseases
are included and remedies suggested. One
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I will not enter into the less knbwn fields
of Biological urges, Physiological functions
and Pathological results. Man is an indi
vidual. He will exhibit his individuality
in his physical feature, mental make up
and behaviour. Thus he has a personality.
Adaptability to environment and adjust
ability to circumstances are man’s natural
tendencies to get along with the struggle
of life. He cannot be less individualistic
when he falls ill due to lack of resistance
as we now talk of, or due to the deranged
vital force or life principle as Hahnemann
would put it. Special feature of homoeo
pathic therapeutics is one of individualisa
tion. To get at tins all aspects of sickness
are' observed. Man as a whole or as an
unit of complex parts is studied and identi
fied- Sometimes his longings or loathings
might indicate his remedy in homoeopathy.
Even his dreams might throw light on the
case. So there is nothing trivial or un
important about the symptoms in a case.
can also find a few children’s remedies,
women’s remedies and men’s remedies.
(Old age and menopause have their special
drugs). For an easy working base there
are seasonal remedies, (Time factor, Moon
phases etc.), epidemic remedies, consti
tutional remedies and preventive reme
dies.
Remedies have their affinities to sides of
the body or special organs. Remedies
have their complementaries, antidotes and
inimicals. In other words, we study the
relation of remedies by comparison. Al
ways symptoms and their modalities must
be our guide. As causation is the root, a
prescription can be based on well-defined
causation, such as a fall, fear, disappoint
ment, overindulgence etc. This takes us
to the previous history, heredity, environ
ment, occupation and to the harmful effects
of wrong treatments for a case in question.
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HOMOEOPATHY AND MODERN MEDICINE
Dr. K. T. Zachabiah, Palai.
“There is so much good in the worst of us.
There is so much bad in the best of us.
■ That it ill becomes anv of us.
To speak ill of the rest of us.”
Modern medicine is catering to the medi
cal and surgical needs of the vast majority
of the patients of the world. Most of the
work done in the field of public health and
hygiene is being controlled by the system
of modern medicine. In referring to health
or disease, it is always in terms of-modem
medicine that we speak and think. All
the civilized Governments of- the world
think, confer and act only in terms of
modem medicine in questions of public
health. Viewed in the light of the privi
leges enjoyed by modem medicine, it is no
wonder that it has been able to show
wonderful progress in the last few years.
It is said that the progress made in the last
twenty-five years is even more than that in
the preceding twenty-five centuries. This
may be true. And if we are truly of a
scientific turn of mind, prejudgment and
prejudice shall not stand in our way to
investigate if there is anything good in
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modern medicine. It would be foolish to
think that the wonderful progress and wide
popularity enjoyed by modem medicine is
solely due to the patronage it enjoys at the
hands of the Governments of the world.
Unless there is some tangible good in it,
it would not have stood the test of time.
The story of homoeopathy is different.
From the very beginning it had only oppo
sition and repression to face. The Apo
thecaries who controlled the Medical
Industries of tire time mobilised all their
influence and power to nip in the bud the
new system of medicine. Viewed in the
light of the scientific principles and philo
sophy of life then accepted, the members
of the medical profession could not appre
ciate the soundness of and the logic behind
the teaching of Dr. Hahnemann. Hahne
mann was born ahead of his time, it is no
wonder that it took nearly two centuries
for the scientists to withdraw at least par
tially the accusing finger they had pointed
towards tire teaching of Hahnemann. In
the face of opposition from every comer
wielding, some power or influence, Hahne
mann worked his way steady and deter
mined like a martyr to the cause he so
convihcingly believed. And homoeopathy
has now gained world recognition and is
mostly patronised by the educated and the
intelligentsia. The popularity and pro
gress that homoeopathy has gained all the
world over even without due patronage
from the Government, is really wonderful.
And if tire members of the systems of mo
dern medicine are really of a scientific turn
of mind, prejudgment and prejudice shall
not stand in their way to investigate if
there is anything good in homoeopathy.
Unless there is some tangible good in it,
homoeopathy would not have stood the test
of time against such powerful opposition
and repression from the system of medi
cine in power.
In the interest of medical science and
the suffering humanity, it is high time that
the' “so-called champions of the various
systems of medicine withdraw the accus
ing fingers they have pointed towards one
another. The homoeopath who criticises
allopathy, basing his knowledge about that
system only on the criticisms advanced by
Dr. Hahnemann and his contemporaries
without caring to study and appreciate the
great advances and reformations they have
made on the basis of scientific discoveries
and inventions thereafter, is playing the
part of a fool. The allopath also is in the
fool’s paradise, if he still bases his opinion
on ignorance and prejudice and retains his.
old opinion that homoeopathy is unscienti
fic. Neither over-estimation nor under
estimation is of any practical value in the
realm of science where we have to deal
with hard facts that must stand any test
applied, including that great test of time.
It is often heard even from people in
very high and responsible positions that
Homoeopathy deserves recognition be
cause of its cheapness. This is very poor
reason. Cheapness alone should not be
the reason why a system of medicine
should be recognised. It is high time for
the Allopaths, especially those in respon
sible position directing the destinies of the
health of tire country to put away the glass
es of prejudice and try to understand the
language of homoeopathy. It is also high
time that the homoeopaths withdraw from
the field of blind accusation. The merit
of a system is to be established by proving
its capacities, and effectiveness; not by
accusing and discrediting other systems
blindly. Time is ripe that both discuss the
•merits and demerits of each system and
see if there is anything acceptable to the
one in the; other system. If that is pos
sible, it will be a bold step in the interests
of both systems of medicine and more es
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pecially in the best interests of the suffer
ing humanity.
Who will take the initiative ? Homoeo
pathy is proud’of so many Allopathic, con
verts as its advocates. It is they who are
best suited to take the initiative, for they
know the climate in both “the States.”
And it shall be the duty of the Central
Ministry of Health to patronise such a
venture.
A Medical Bulletin, with a board of Edi
tors consisting of Allopaths and Homoeo
paths of eminence may be suggested as a
first step towards securing acceptance of
the principle of co-existence for mutual
advantage. With due consideration for
various aspects of. the question, I wish to
suggest that Bombay or Calcutta should
come forward to act in this line.
Organising hospitals and Nursing Homes
where homoeopathic and allopathic treat
ment are available under the control of
team ofi doctors of both systems may be a
good idea. This can be successful only if
doctors of a strictly scientific turn of mind
having no prejudice for any system of medi
cine and having only the alleviation of
suffering as their sole motive and aim, take
up the task. It will be in the interest of
the general public if some of the doctors
in every State come forward with open
heart to work in this line.
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WHY TME INDICATED REMEDY FALLS 0
Dr. M. C. Batra, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B.,D.M.S., D.F.Hom. (Lond.)
Principal, Bombay Homoeopathic Medical College, Bombay.
ber or the patient or some other extraneous;
factors or causes. .
The physician may out of his negligence
or carelessness not take up the case pro
perly, not developing the peculiar and in
dividual nature of his patient and in that
case tlie choice of medicine dependent
upon such faulty case taking, even after
repertorial analysis, would be equally
faulty. It is because of such instances that
the proverb “that a case well taken is half
cured” came to be popular. Secondly, be
sides being negligent the physician may be
impatient and be satisfied by a key note or
two without proper regard to the totality
of symptoms. Prescribing on key notes
after all is a gamble specially in the face
of other peculiar constitutional symptoms
which may contradict the prescription.
Let us first take up the causes of pseudo Obviously in such cases, the fault lies with
failures. They may relate to the prescri prescriber and not with the law.
I am grateful to you for giving me this
opportunity to meet you all and to speak
to you on a subject which is more thought
provoking than learned — “Why the indi
cated remedy fails”. On the face of it,
the subject seems to be a challenge to the
accepted beliefs that the Law of Similia
is infallible. We all share that belief but
there are occasions which we will present
ly enumerate and discuss when, in spite of
our best efforts, we are frustrated with the
results from the indicated medicine. Ac
tually, some of the so-called failures of the
Law of Similia are not failures of the Law,
but the failures of those that are concern
ed with its application. I have therefore,
classified these failures into two groups
namely pseudo-failures and the true fai
lures of the Law.
* Talk given at the Govt. Homoeopathic Hospital Clinical’ Society on 10-12-1962.
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And how often the patient is to be blam
ed for the defective results! He may hide
and conceal some of the vital factors of his
life and health leaving the physician in the
dark or he may innocently be ignorant of
such important facts. In either case, the
results are bound to be disappointing.
Then there is also a possibility of his ex
aggerating his complaints which may comletely misguide the physician. Lastly,
there may be the language barrier. He
may not be able to explain all that the phy
sician is interrogating him for. It would
be therefore unfair to blame the law for
the failures that will naturally follow.
Lastly any amount of massive and
powerful medication may result in the
complete obliteration and modification of
the original and natural symptoms of the
disease.
It will be more so when the patient has
been so accustomed to the medication
that it is not possible for him to do with
out it even for a day or an hour. In all
such cases when a patient has been accus
tomed to some kind of palliative treatment
with toxic or habit forming drugs, it is very
difficult to wean him away from such arti
ficial aids. In the case of a diabetic tak
ing insulin for a long time and for majny
years it is impossible for the curative ho
moeopathic medicine to take roots in him
so that he would be permitted to give up
his so-called beneficial dose abruptly. In
all such cases, although the continuation
of such non-homoeopathic doses and medi
cines interfere with the action of the Ho
moeopathic medicine, they have to be
tolerated for some time as a necessary evil,
and their dose has got to be reduced gra
dually instead of abruptly. The chances
of similia’s success are then poor. In any
case they are bound to be slow. Akin to
these are instances in which the original
symptoms have got to be brought back
much to the chagrin of the patient who is
horrified at tire prospect of getting back
a complaint which he had been able to get
rid off after so much suffering and loss of
time and money. He will not let you un
lock his case or let you bring back the old
suppressed complaints. It may be the
non-co-operation of the patient or the im
patience of the physician instinctively in
him or caused by the non-co-operation of
the patient, that the case once started on
the right lines, gets mismanaged by pre
mature and improper medication. With a
little co-operation of the patient and Iris
willingness to suffer and with a little more
judicious choice of the second medicine,
your efforts would result in the ultimate
relief and cure of the patient. But very
often the patient either does not co-operate
to bear the suffering involved or the phy
sician in his haste to give him so-called
relief prematurely interferes with the case
instead of awaiting the complete return of
his original symptoms. In all such cases,
similia has not been put to the test. The
similia‘medicine has not been allowed to
work. In fact, along with the miasms the
heroic drugging with non-homoeopathic
medicines has been acknowledged by Mas
ter himself to be the biggest obstacle in
the way of cure.
Before closing down this long list of
factors responsible for failures which may
wrongly be attributed to the Law, we
must not forget the vast and unknown
store of medicines yet to be proved. One
of these may be the simillimum for the un
fortunate case, you have on your hand.
We have also to take into account the pos
sibility of the difference between the
alkaloid constituents in the strength of the
drugs as was originally proved and as is
now being supplied to you by your Phar
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macists. The name is the same but the
symptomatic properties of each would vary
according to the soil, climate etc. of each
sample of medicine. Incidentally, there
fore, it would be wise to ponder over the
need for reproving the old drugs from time
to time and verifying their description
given in the materia medica.
So much about pseudo-failures. Now
we shall take into consideration, the causes
where the similia lets us down for no fault
of either of us or our patient. That hap
pened to Hahnemann liimself, has happen
ed to his followers in the past and will
happen to them in future. When the
Similia failed in the master’s hand, he pro
pounded the theory of chronic diseases
and introduced the classification of antimiasmatic and the non-miasmatic remedies,
and thereafter the aphorisms cropped in
namely “when the seemingly indicated
medicine failed to act, think of a anti-miasmetic medicine or a nosode etc.” Nosodes
by the way are instances of new drugs that
have come to be introduced later on in our
Materia Medica. We have already re
ferred to this unknown and unproven me
dicine.
Thus we see, that the Law may fail
either due to over-medication or due to
Miasms which may put obstructions about
which we were warned by Hahnemann
liimself. Similia may also fail when the
disease is far beyond recuperation or is
mechanically impossible to be get rid of.
However, no hard and fast rule can be set
between what is possible and what is not
possible for homoeopathy to achieve. Al
though, homoeopathic medicines have
done the impossible many a time, yet the
element of impossibility must be borne in
mind.
Last of all, the patient may be indulging
in prohibited articles of food which may
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damage his health. For example, a dia
betes patient may be having excessive
carbo-hydrates, or a patient may not be
able to take the food he is required to take.
There may still be something else for ex
ample, as when the patient starts the
treatment in adverse weather. Most pa
tients like to do that. The effect can be
damaging to the patient. In any case, the
effect of similia will be neutralized or in
hibited. Lastly, there may be some men
tal factors having disturbing effect on the
patient. A melancholic and over sensitive
patient may get a stinker from his office or
may be unhappy about the conduct of his
wife or a daughter-in-law, may be sulking
under the rigid control of a domineer
ing mother-in-law. In all these instances,
which can be multiplied, the feeling of
well-being which is incidental to the effect
and action of similia will not be forthcom
ing and proportionate to the damage done
by the extraneous circumstances and en
vironment, the similia will be less effec
tive. These are the instances of the fai
lure of similia even when truly and
correctly applied. Thank you.
Discussion
Dr. John Pereira : For modern antibio
tics, the same antibiotics in potency
are found to neutralise the ill-effects.
So I do not think that new medicines
will have to be discovered.
Dr. Batra : The antidote may not always
be the same medicine.
Dr. Subhash Shah : Dr.' Batra has out
lined beautifully most of the salient
points. I tliink that the articles of
diet which aggravate the drug (effect)
may be avoided e.g. Onions in Thuj.,
Oysters in Lyco. and so on.
Dr. Batra : Dr. Shah is correct. I was
only mentioning that the traditional
taboos are not accepted by me.
Dr. Pai: How much well selected is a re
medy? I do not know what is the
definition. There is some confusion.
There is no standardization. I had
once a case of typical Calcarea but the
prescription failed and on retaking the
case I found many symptoms given by
her were wrong. When a patient is
under allopathic treatment, even then
they may give in the symptoms, a mix
ture of the disease and drug symptoms
Sul., Op., Carb. v. may help in cases
with no symptoms. In acute condi
tions, the symptoms are more clear cut
and there is less difficulty. About
the diet, I perfectly agree with Dr.
Batra. What is habitual to a patient
may not affect him. The diet may
depend upon the disease. The pres
cription may also fail if the potency
is wrong even though the drug is well
selected.
Dr. Batra : There is no test for a well
selected remedy except by seeing
whether it acts. There may be hy
persensitive patients. Emotional dis
turbances such as unfavourable cir
cumstances in office or home may in
terfere. Purely surgical cases may
also fail to improve.
Dr. Havewala : Dr. Baba’s lecture was
very nice. Instead of saying ‘indicat
ed remedy’ he should have said ‘seem
ingly indicated remedy”. I would like
to know if crude medicine like Insulin
can be used alongside Homoeopathic
drugs. Another important point is
that the drugs administered previous
ly might have developed their own
certain symptoms.
Dr. Sankaran : I have to thank Dr. Batra
for a very nice paper. I am glad to
find that he is very progressive and
logical in his views. The discussion
has also been very enlightening and
I wish to add my own contribution to
this.
As regards coffee I have repeatedly
stressed at every opportunity that in my
experience, coffee does not necessarily
antidote the effect of the homoeopathic
medicine. I have already mentioned once
about a case that I treated and which was
an eye-opener. The lady suffering from
deep cracks in the palms and soles of 22
years’ duration, worse every winter, once
consulted me and I prescribed for her
Psorinum. As it is mentioned in Boerick’s
Materia Medica that Psorinum patient does
not improve if she takes coffee, I told her
that she must avoid coffee entirely. She
promised to do it though for a South Indian
it is very, difficult to avoid coffee. In the
course of a month or two, she was com
pletely cured. After waiting a sufficiently
long period and finding no relapses; I con
gratulated her on her will-power in abstain
ing from coffee, for she was known to
have been addicted to 4 or 5 cups of coffee
a day, to which she replied to me that she
had never abstained from coffee even dur
ing the treatment and the fact that she was
cured shows beyond doubt what little I
knew about my own system of medicine!
From that time I allowed all my patients
to take coffee and to my surprise there was
no change in the results of my treatment.
As regards the administration of other
medicines, I think, drugs which are purely
palliative can be adminisetred but not
those which are suppressive. For example,
a patient who comes with a headache
which does not improve on homoeopathic
prescription can be allowed to take some
sedative but a ease of Malaria should not
be allowed to take Quinine for Quinine
is known to be suppressive except where
it is the simillimum. Here again I may
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quote a case that I have already reported.
Once I was called to treat a lady suffer
ing from Osteoarthritis of the lumbar
spine. She was mother of the Medical
Officer in a Govt. Hospital. In order to
relieve her agonising pains, tire doctor had
to give her injections of Pethidin and he
discovered after some time to his conster
nation that she could not carry on without
the Pethidin so that not only she now suf
fered from the original disease but also
became an addict to Pethidin. So when
I was called upon to treat her, the doctor
told me that certainly he would follow my
instructions but if his mother suffered for
want of Pethidin he would have to give
it to her. She had all the symptom’s of
Sulph. When I gave her Sulphur, within
a short time her pains became considera
bly less and the doctor was able to with
draw the Pethidin without any withdrawal
effects. So that in this particular case, the
homoeopathic medicine acted inspite of
the Pethidin being given side-by-side. I
may quote another case also. Recently I
saw a young diabetic patient with a high
blood sugar curve. He was regularly tak
ing Insulin for over 20 years. When he
approached a homoeopath, the homoeo
path insisted that Insulin should be dis
continued forthwith before starting the
homoeopathic medicines, but the result
was that the patient went into diabetic
coma and had to be revived with great
difficulty.
There was also a discussion about phar
macies. I want to mention that while
those who have established the pharmacies
may be sincere and genuine and above re
proach, many of the smaller employees
who handle the medicines do not have any
idea of their responsibility and are known
to be most careless and sometimes unscru
pulous. Since we have no test to find
out the genuineness of our medicines, we
are at the mercy of our chemists. I can
give many instances but I think that is not
necessary. Concerning Dr. Havewala’s re
marks, I personally think that the distinc
tion between the indicated remedy and
the seemingly indicated remedy is more
an academic than a practical one. Every
remedy seems to be indicated. There is
no positive proof that it is the indicated
remedy.
Now I come to a very important point.
Owing to several reasons our drug selec
tion may be faulty. We must therefore
have a standard method of drug selection
or atleast a method of confirmation
whether the selection has been correct. I
believe that there are several possible ways
which can be developed for such confirma
tion or test. For example, the Lipoid
Flocculation test, Pfieffer’s copper crystal
lisation test, the pulse test, the Emanome
ter etc. can all be developed. Of course
the development of these tests will require
a body of intelligent and hard working
homoeopaths and scientists besides some
financial support. Our college has ho
moeopaths on its staff who are intelligent
and enthusiastic and I therefore appeal
to the Principal to■ form at least a
nucleus of a research body from amongst
these as well a’s from other interested and
able homoeopaths from outside.
Dr. Wadia (summing up) : I thank
Dr. Batra for a very educative talk. I
think in practice the side effects of antibio
tics can be antidoted by Sulph. in potency.
In fact I think Sulph. antidotes the effects
of several allopathic drugs just as for the
ill-effects of sera and vaccines, Thuja is
useful. Thank you all.
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PRACTICAL UTILITY OF CHRONIC MIASMS®
Dr. Subhash Shah,
d.m.s.,
Before discussing the utility of chronic
miasms, we must have a look at the back
ground. Hahnemann found that even
after applying the law of similars, he did
not sometimes find cures. Many condi
tions recurred again and again. So he
studied the history of thousands of cases,
and also referred to the medical literature
of all the languages he knew (He could
understand 18 languages.) He found that
at the origin or root of the present symp
toms, there had been some condition which
had been mismanaged or improperly treat
ed. He classified these thousands of cases
in 3 great groups.
Miasms can be acute or chronic. Acute
miasms disappear even without treatment.
The chronic tends to become worse
and worse ending only in death. Exclud
ing those diseases that arise from bad
living conditions and due to drugging, he
classified the rest into 3 great miasms.
The patients revealed that either they
themselves or their parents had suffered
from the psoric condition. The original
lesion was an eruption accompanied by
voluptuous itching. This eruption had dis
appeared either by itself or by some local
treatment, giving rise to some internal dis
order. Tire resulting manifestation, he
called Psora. He. found that Psora had
prevailed even 15 centuries back. In the
15th century, during the crusades, the in
vaders had brought back the psoric infec
tion to Europe, from Asia. Leprosy was
the most widespread disease then. Be
cause lepers were completely isolated
outside the villages, Leprosy did rfet
spread as fast as now.
d.f.
Hom. (Lend.), Bombay.
The other original disease was the Fig
wart disease with the sweet-smelling dis
charge. The third was the syphilitic
Chancre.
Infection takes place at once. Before
the external manifestation occurs, the
patient is thoroughly infected and so there
is no use treating the local manifestation,
alone.
Under each of these conditions, Hahne
mann gave a list of diseases.
For the primary manifestation of Psora,
one or two doses of Sulph. may suffice.
For the primary manifestation of Syphi
lis, one or two doses of Merc, may suffice.
For the primary manifestation of Sycosis,
Thuja or Nit. acid is enough. Hahnemann
permitted the external application of Thuja
for the warts.
In combined miasms, first give Antipsoric then Anti-Sycotic and last the Anti
syphilitic remedy.
All the symptoms of the three miasms
are given in Alien’s, Robert’s, and other
books.
Many people including Hering have
questioned that as long as we cover the
symptom totality properly with the simila,
what is the necessity of knowing the theory
of chronic disease. Kent has replied that
to arrive at the proper similar, you must
know the miasmatic background. Otherwise
you may cover the superficial symptoms
only and give palliative relief. We must
also know the depth and range of the reme
dies. For example, in asthma and also
other relapsing condition, each individual
* Discussion at the Clinical Society of Govt Homoeopathic Hospital, Bom
bay, on 14-11-1962.
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Dr. Shah: To know that, we shall have
to go to the birth of the organisms.
j-)r Pai: As the speaker pointed out, to
day’s is a controversial subject. Re
cently we had a feast of lectures by
Dr. B. K. Sarkar, but even then we
found it difficult to understand what
is a miasm. It is only a theory and
not well proved. A miasm can be
called a birth-stigma.
I have also found this theory very valu
able, when I am unable to decide the cor
I feel miasms are only congenital or
rect dnig from among a number of possible
inherited conditions which affect the
drugs; a knowledge of chronic miasms
body.
helps greatly.
Coming to the theory, we can recog
nise by the symptoms what miasms are
Also in cases with paucity of symptoms,
at tile background. Conversely we
the miasmatic background may solve the
select the remedy by the symptoms;
situation.
the reaction of the individual through
Even in purely acute miasms, e.g., Small
the modalities may also reflect the
pox, Typhoid etc which are merely acute
nature of the miasms. But without
explosions of chronic miasms, the apparent
any knowledge of miasms, we may
remedy may not help. For e.g. I may
still prescribe successfully. When a
refer to a case of burns in a child treated
well-selected remedy fails, we give
by my friend Dr. Sarabhai Kapadia. We
a nosode or Sul. How can an illtreated with several remedies such as
selected nosode not covering the
Canth., Ars., etc. but only when Syph. was
symptom-totality ameliorate when a
given, it was cured.
well-selected indicated remedy fails
In one place Dr. Boger says that when
to act ? This is a difficult matter to
people come to you with an undeveloped
explain. A knowledge of miasms, in
picture, we have to infer what is not appa
my opinion, has a limited use. How
rent. We may not see every thing of a
the miasmatic nosode acts when not
unit in the clinical unit (diseases). We
indicated is a problem.
have have to infer what is hidden or un
Dr. Sankaran: The theory of chronic dis
developed.
eases has been discussed by practically
every generation and still we are not
Discussion
very clear in our mind. Some great
Dr. Mirchandani: • Can every remedy be
homoeopaths have criticised it, for
a miasmatic remedy ?
e.g. in .the International Homoeo
Dr. Shah: Nd. Theoretically many reme
pathic Congress of 1896, it was men
dies may be indicated but it must be
tioned that when Dr. Dudgeon, who
. practically correlated to the disease
had translated so well the fifth edition
picture.
of the Organon was requested to
translate the book Chronic Diseases
A member: How did the first patient con
of Hahnemann he declined to do so
tact Syphilis ?
attack is only a fragment of the whole and
unless the whole picture is put together
in all its pifeces, the patients will not be
cured. Otherwise, we may merely pal
liate. Further when treating a child, if
you can diagnose the miasms involved, you
may even foresee what type of diseases he
may suffer from in future. We can thus
prevent several organic diseases.
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example, in the same family, the diffe
rent people may suffer from diffe
rent symptoms, e.g., Asthma, Diarr
hoea, Skin diseases etc., but they are
all found to become worse by damp
ness. So the greatest generalisation
was done by Hahnemann. We can
also take hereditary tendencies. Allo
pathic doctors say that tuberculosis is
not a hereditary disease but we know
well from our experience that children
of tubercular parents show a definite
tubercular dyscrasia or constitution.
I shall now quote a case from my ex
perience. A child was brought to me
with extensive bums in one hand
which was suppurating and the child
had remittent temperature. When
Cant, was given the offensive dis
charge stopped but child started roll
ing the head and grinding its teeth and
and was worse 4 to 8 p.m. I prescrib
ed Hell. The child felt better but
discharge again started. Temp, was
less. I again gave Cant. Again Hell.
symptoms came up. I investigated
and found that the mother had erosion
of cervix and suffered from leucorrhoea. I gave Sy ph. IM (which also
covered the aggravation 4 to 8 p.m.)
In 24 to 36 hours there was total re
lief. The peculiarity in this case was
that the discharge from the ulcers was
of the same smell as the leucorrhoea.
which the mother was suffering from.
I have used antimiasmatic remedies
in a number of cases with good results,
where the present symptoms may be
sometimes very flimsy and the drugs
indicated by present symptoms may
not act well.
For example, Asthma, where they
were often palliated by drugs like
Merc.iod. rub., Arsenic, Ip. etc., but
the patient is not cured.
because he was not convinced of the
usefulness of the theory. Whereas
other great physicians have emphasis
ed that the greatest discovery of
Hahnemann, even greater than the
simile principle, is the idea of chronic
diseases. Even most recently, Dr.
John Paterson had in a long paper
confirmed the ideas of Hahnemann
with most practical and pathological
proof. For instance, he had observed
that mutation of the normal harmless
bacillus coli in the bowels into patho
genetic variety follows after the per
son falls ill and develops symptoms.
This shows that the change of the
bacillus from a harmless to a harmful
type, follows the disease and so it
may not be the cause of the disease.
I personally think that homoeopathy
can be practised without any idea of
the chronic diseases theory with good
results as is being done by a majority
of homoeopaths, but if it is practised
in a background of the theory, much
better results can be obtained.
Dr. Kapadia: If you look broadly, into
our materia medica, for example, into
Sulph., all the symptoms of Sulph.,
were not found in one prover. It is
a collection of symptoms found in
various people and the materia medica
is a generalisation. Different people
may produce one or two or more
symptoms alone. The generalisation
of the idea of chronic diseases is a
similar process. Individual diseases
were collected from various people
and then generalisations were made,
Hahnemann practised with symptom
complexes but was disappointed, .But
he had noted down the symptom year
by year and at the end noticed that
there were some general trends. For
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By the way, Barber’s itch is consi
dered to be a primary manifestation of
Sycosis.
With the theory of chronic disease,
‘we are studying the diseases of the
human race on a very broad basis.
The idea of giving Sulphur when indi
cated remedy does not act, is based
on general knowledge. We must
have a proper miasmatic evaluation of
all drugs, e.g. we find that for Sycosis
only a few drugs are recorded.
Ars. fails in Asthma because it is
not an antisycotic.
We must have a systematic under
standing of the cases and the causes'of
failure and then select drugs again on
a miasmatic basis. I have prescribed
. Syph. in teething troubles and found
much better results. Or you; may
prescribe a remedy which is found
indicated in other members of the
same family.
I have great respect for the theory of
chronic miasms because we are going
outside the symptom-totality and are
antedating the illness.
Miasm is some influence like virus,
Bacillus, etc. whose effects are cap
able of multiplying and progressing
without limitation as against a drug
whose action is limited and receding.
This view is borne out by Burnett
who never talked of symptom-totality
but prescribed much on miasmatic
basis. Take the case of a patient who
is vaccinated often; unless you anti
dote that systematically, you are not
going to succeed. Unless we treat
on this basis either on chronological
order or on symptoms, we shall not
succeed.
The theory of chronic disease gives
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us a solid rock on which the practice
of homoeopathy can be based.
Dr. Pai: Dr. Burnett was using more
mother tinctures and low potencies.
How can we follow him ? Secondly,
how can we select a proper antimiastic remedy other than through
the symptom-totality ? Unlike the
miasmatic theory of homoeopathy, the
Vath-pith Kaph theory of Ayurved is
so closely related to practice in that
system that one cannot prescribe
without the knowledge of those princi
ples.
Dr. Sarabhai: I have never suggested the
exclusion of symptom-totality. In
fact it should be included. For
example, the case of burns, I gave
Syph. because of it covered the time
modality also. I also feel that in
routine cases, routine remedies may be
used. For example, in burns, Canth.,
Ars., Lach, are found quite enough
by me.
Dr. Havewala: I should like to put for
ward my experiences. The law of
similars never fails. Similar includes
similarity in range and depths also.
The theory of chronic diseases is also
included.
Dr. Shah: In prescribing on symptom
totality also, we have to select the
symptoms of the prominent miasms.
In cases of paucity of symptoms also,
we can prescribe the proper mias
matic nosode.
Dr. Kapadia: I am reminded of another
case, a case of burns. In such cases
if I do not find improvement within
24 to 48 hours, I think there is a
deeper background. This patient had
a leucorrhoea and menstrual stains
which were unwashable. She im
proved after a dose of Medo.
He also says that without a dose of
Nat. Sul., no case of asthma will be
cured. I may also mention a peculiar
case cured by Syphilinum. A child
was once brought to me for non-stop
crying of 17 days’ duration. Except
for the few minutes' while the child
was feeding and for a few hours when
the child went to sleep out of sheer ex
haustion, the child went on crying, in
fact screaming. No possible reason
could be found. I tried Chamo., Mag.
carb., Cina., and other remedies and
failed but with one dose of Syph.lM,
the crying ceased within an hour.’ I
thank you all.
I remember also another case o£ burns
which improved by Nat.m. because she
had great craving for salt.
Dr. Z. Moolji: Does the constitutional
remedy and miasmatic remedy vary ?
Dr. Shah: The miasmatic background
and symptoms must decide the consti
tutional remedy.
Dr. Sankaran : (summing up) We have
had a most interesting discussion. I
am glad Dr. Sarabhai Kapadia got
provoked and vigorously contributed
to the discussion. Incidentally as re
gards Asthma, Dr. Kent mentions that
Ars. may only palliate and may not
cure asthma as it is not an anti-sycotic.
* Clarke quotes a case in his Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica under
Syphilinum “Swan says he gave crying infants when they developed the propensity
immediately after birth and did not cease, one dose of Syph. CM and it was difficult
to make them cry after that”.
HOMOEOPATHY IN INDIA ’
Dr. K. G. Saxena, B.M.B.S., Delhi.
Hon. Physician to the President of India.
thy is recognized by 13 States where Ho
moeopathic Boards are functioning and a
very large number of homoeopathic
practitioners have been registered. The
Central Government has constituted a
Central Advisory Committee which is ad
vising the Government on all homoeopa
thic matters, particularly the financing of
homoeopathic institutions and hospitals.
During the Second Five-Year Plan the
Government spent more than 15 lakhs of
rupees on research and upgrading of Ho
moeopathic Institutions. During the Third
Five-Year Plan period, which has started
from April, 1961, the Government propose
It is really a great pleasure for us to re
ceive a foreign visitor and a Homoeopath
from a foreign and very distant land in
our country. As Dr. Harish Chand said,
we had on another occasion the pleasure
of receiving Dr. Pierre Schmidt of Geneva
a few years ago. It is very interesting to
learn from the distinguished doctor his ex
periences and the situation of Homoeopathy
in his country. He will be interested to
know that in our country also some pro
gress is being made as far as homoeopathic
system of Medicine is concerned. The
latest situation I would like to tell him is,
that out of 16 States in India, Homoeopa
Speech given at reception to Dr. Jacobo Gringauz of Argentina.
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to spend about Rs. 3 crores on homoeopa
thy.
You will be interested to learn that re
gular homoeopathic colleges have been
established in Bombay, in Lucknow, in
Gudivada, in Kerala and of course five in
stitutions in the State of Bengal. In Delhi
also the Central Government proposes to
start a Central Research Institute with an
attached Hospital of 100 beds. The Cent
ral Government also has a keen desire to
start a Postgraduate Institute somewhere
in India. As I have told you, we have
been spared a lot of funds for homoeopa
thy. Especially during the Third FiveYear Plan period, we will be able to make
much more progress in homoeopathy
than has been done before. It may
also be of interest to you that the
Planning Commission has got two homoeo
pathic doctors on its Health Panel, and the
special achievement of these two doctors
has been that they have been able to per
suade the Government to utilize the ser
vices of homoeopathic practitioners in their
village schemes. In the primary health
centres and in the secondary health centres
the Government proposes to utilize the ser
vices of homoeopaths during the Third
Plan period. It may also be of interest
to you that our President has a very soft
comer for homoeopathy. It was on hisinitiative that the Government of India
appointed a homoeopath in 1950, when
our Republic was formed. Since then a
homoeopath is serving the President and
his family and a large number of Cabinet
Ministers. This is more or less a recogni
tion of homoeopathy by the head of theState. Of course as my friend has said,
homoeopathy has not yet been recognized
by the Government, but I can assure you
that the time is very near when the Cent
ral Council of Homoeopathic medicine and
Central Directorate of Homoeopathic me
dicine will be constituted by the Central
Government and that will be what the ho
moeopaths of India are aspiring for, for
the last many years. Now on behalf of
more than three lakhs of homoeopathic
practitioners of this country, we welcome
you and hope that a friendship will ensue
between our two countries as well as in>
our homoeopathic fraternity that is enlarg
ing every year.
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HOMOEOPATHY IN ARGENTINA ’
by Dr. Jacobo Gringauz, M.P.
Personal Physician to H.E. the President of Argentina.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
tant a country such friendship and such
comprehension among Homoeopaths. I
have been at the hospital and have seen
what you are doing and I told the doctors
there that we are speaking the same lan
guage. That means that Homoeopathy
has developed comprehension about the
This is my most difficult task. I never
had to make a speech in English. I never
did it and I suppose you will execuse me
all the faults in my English.
It is truly amazing to find in so far dis
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necessity of working not on a basis of face
but on a scientifical basis. We should take
measures to make all things that are pecu
liar to our discipline comprehensive or
understandable to all physicians, who will
approach us, if we are able to find a com
mon language with them. To find a com
mon language does not mean in any way
• to take steps backward in Homoeopathy,
but to free our minds of some prejudices,
to free our minds from some established
rules, which are not the real laws but mere
rules to work. I think that we need to
establish our Homoeopathy on a clinical
basis. It is no longer possible to work as
before ignoring totally the importance of
diagnosis and saying we treat cases with
no diagnosis and making from that absence
of diagnosis a key or a significant charac
teristic of Homoeopathy. With no diagno
sis we cannot spread Homoeopathy, we
cannot approach other physicians and we
will not leave anything behind us.
In our country, I am making in a private
clinic an experiment since 10 years which
I will relate to you. All the pateients that
come in the ch’nic have to go through three
departments. The first is the questioning,
which is made by a homoeopathic physi
cian according to our pecularities of ques
tioning. Afterwards he has to go to the
Diagnosis Department where another Phy
sician, who is specially trained in semio
logy and in diagnosis, asks further ques
tions but for the sake of diagnosis only and
makes a thorough somatic examination of
the patient. The third step is through the
dietological section in order to know how
is his regime, what he is (his occupation
and living conditions) and what are his
eating habits. The diagnosis department
makes all necessary examinations, X-Ray,
electrocardiography and other necessary
things to arrive at a diagnosis. The first
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physician who has made the Homoeopathic
questioning will pick up all the charac
teristic symptoms of the patient and after
wards he will also take into consideration
some characteristic signs of the patient
found through the somatic examination
and we repretorise the case by means of
the Kent’s Repertory. After the patient
has been * examined in this way i.e. after
having a diagnosis if possible and after
getting directions about diet then I see the
patient. I question him further and give
him the prescription. Moreover the pa
tient takes along a little booklet contain
ing a resume of his history, diagnosis, direc
tions about diet, and all the X-Ray findings
and the laboratory findings and the pres
cription that he should get dispensed and
the way he must take the remedy. That
means that the booklet has a common lan
guage for all physicians. The only differ
ence is that on the first page he will
find the name of a Homoeopathic remedy,
which may be he does not know of if he is
an allopath. I see the patient on all his
subsequent visits. That means that
team work does not interfere in any way
with the personal relationship between
the
physician
and
the
patient.
When in the evolution of that case a
new situation appears and it becomes ne
cessary to review or to confirm the diagno
sis I send him for another examination to
the Diagnosis Section. That means that
that team work aims at obtaining a history,
a record for the physician who will follow
that patient, as'1 is necessary in other sys
tems of medicine. All our physicians are
full-time workers in our Institute. That
means that they have no private practice
at all. My experience after so many years
of such way of working is that there is no
other possibility of spreading Homoeopa
thy among physicians if it is not by such
a way. Therefore, I stress that in the Hos
pital you have now at New Delhi, you
have the opportunity and possibility to
make such an experiment. This is in rela
tion to my clinic.
In Argentine, Homoeopathy is not offi
cially recognized. We have our Homoeo
pathic Association constituted only of qua
lified physicians. That Association has
been in existence for the last 20 years. We
are conducting Postgraduate Courses of
two years. In that Postgraduate Course
they learn about clinical semiology in rela
tion to Homoeopathic Materia Medica and
the lectures are made in some cases with
p'atients, who are questioned in front of
the trainee physicians (clinical training).
The Pharmacy — the Homoeopathic
Pharmacy is widespread and we have very
good ones. In our Capital, Buenos Aires,
which is a' very widespread city with four
million inhabitants, we have atleast one
hundred of those pharmacies. Kentian
Homoeopathists are not in large number
as all over the world. May be we are
thirty. We have all kinds of homoeopa
thists as in all other countries. But ho
moeopathy is well recognized by the peo
ple. In general our patients are well-todo persons. Poor patients are being
treated by homoeopathy in some private
clinics which have a large clientele and are
popular (out-patient type of practice).
I do not know if I have answered all
your questions. But I am sweating be
cause of the difficulty of speaking in Eng
lish. So you must allow me to finish and
tell you how grateful I am for your recep
tion. I will never forget it.
Au revoir.
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FROM OUR CASE RECORDS
CLINICAL NOTES
♦ Dr. S. Kapadia, B.Sc., D.M.S., Bombay.
Hon. Lecturer, Bombay Homoeopathic Medical College.
I. I once treated a case of fever. The
patient had had continuous fever of several
days’ duration and I was called upon to
see him. The parents were anxious to
know the cause of die fever. I suspected
it to be a ease of typhoid but in order not
to frighten them I told them that the fever
was probably due to worms. This fell into
the ears of one of their friends, an allo
pathic physician, who thereupon strongly
disputed the statement that the fever could
be caused by worms. However, I went on
treating the boy homoeopathically and in
two or three days, to everybody’s surprise,
including mine, he passed a number of
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worms and then the fever subsided con
firming unexpectedly the statement that I
had made without basis!
2. Somebody fell down on a child and by
chance hit die child’s head with his elbow;
as a result the child had severe convulsions.
I gave the child first Arnica and then Nat.
Sulph., followed by Hypericum. Then all
the head-injury remedies were given one
by one but the child instead of improving
became worse and had more convulsions
and later on developed unilateral paralysis
also, so that one side of the body was con
vulsed and flie other paralysed; I took
4. This was a case treated by a friend of
mine. The young man had a sinus in the
right leg which went on for 8 months. The
doctors had taken X-rays of the leg. They
did not find any lesion in the,bone but
they suspected that it was tubercular
Osteomyelitis. My friend who was treat
ing the case suspected that something must
have happened to that leg to produce such
a long-lasting sinus and asked him specifi
cally whether he had ever had any injury
on that leg. The patient then recollected
and replied that he had indeed been kick
ed by a horse on that leg 18 years earlier.
Thereupon my friend prescribed Bellis.p.
which cured the condition entirely.
this as a bad sign and then prescribed Zinc.
met. for the child.. After this remedy the
paralysed side also became again convuls
ed and gradually the child improved and
became normal.
3. I was once called upon to treat a child
with fever. The child had a desire to
cover itself and was intensely restless phy
sically, moving the head to and fro. I gave
the child Rhus tox and asked the parents
whether the child had taken anything cold
or sour. Thereupon the parents recollect
ed and admitted that in the morning the
child had taken 4 big pieces of Avia (sour
gooseberries). The child improved and
became well.
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A CASE OF CONIUM
Dr. P. Sankaban, L.I.M., F.C.E.H., D.F.Hom.(Lon.)
Hon. Physician, Govt. Homoeopathic Hospital, Bombay.
back, just prior to the onset of the dis
orders.
Family history: Is married for 10 years,
but has no children. Parents are liv
ing and healthy;
Physical Examination: No tenderness or
redness in the swelling. Wt. = 120
lbs., B.P. 130/80. Otherwise N.A.D.
All the symptoms marked above in italics
were found under the drug Conium. She
was therefore given on 10-5-50
Con: IM, 3 doses in one day.
Next month she reported that she had no
swelling of the breast before the menses.
The third month it recurred again but one
more repetition of Conium: IM, set things
right and she has been quite well now for
over two and a half years; neither the
swelling of the forearm nor that of the
breast having recurred.
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Mrs. M.K. aged 28 years turned up with
the following disorder on 10th May 1959.
She gets a cold swelling of the Rt. fore
arm before every M.P. during the last two
years. The swelling is painful and she
describes the pains as cold pains.
Formerly for 5 years she used to have
painful nodular swelling of both breasts be
fore every menstrual period.
This is now replaced by the present dis
order. If she gets swelling in the forearm,
she does not get the swelling of the breasts.
She now desires more salt. Fears being
alone, yet dislikes company. Must drink
water in order to swallow solid food.
Vertigo on rising from sitting. Is afraid
of robbers.
Prev. history: She gives a history of a
mild injury 'of the breasts some years
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A CASE OF SPONDILOLISTHESIS
Dr. M. N. Paranjpe, b.sc.,
d.f.
Hom. (Lond.),
Member, Court of Examiners in Homoeopathy, Bombay.
The patient was a college girl aged 16
with some pain in the right leg which
made her weep after exertion. The pain
had started 4 months ago. She was Xrayed at a wellknown hospital and the
surgeon gave diagnosis of “Spondilolisthesis (i.e. a deformity of the spinal column
produced by the gliding forward of the
lumber vertebrae in such a manner that
they overhang and obstruct the inlet of
the pelvis; especially the separation of the
last lumbar vertebra and its slipping for
ward on the sacrum).
relieved the pain as also rubbing and ly
ing on back.
The patient was fair, short, chilly and
slightly obese, with a history of rickets
and whooping cough in childhood, M.P.
late 30-37 days with pain in abdomen.
The following symptoms were taken for
repertorisation. .
(1) Pain, ascending.
(2) Exertion, aggravates.
(3) Lying on back, ameliorates.
(4) Rubbing, ameliorates.
(5) Formication.
(6) Chilly.
Since all types of treatment had been
of no avail in alleviating the pain, she had
been advised by her brother, a doctor, to
consult an orthopaedic surgeon in Bom
bay. But before sending her to Bombay,
her uncle decided to try Homoeopathy.
These symptom-cards brought out Calc.
carb, as the remedy which looked a well
suited drug for the ailment as well as the
patient. So I gave her :
In a little over 2 months of treatment, the
patient was completely free of all pains
and she has remained for the last one year
with no recurrence. .
“How does the relief fit in with the dia
gnosis?” this question posed to her doctor
brother elicited no reply.
On examination I elicited the following
symptoms from her :
Sore pain in the right calf ascending to
the pelvic region and coccyx with formi
cation of the affected limb. The pain was
definitely aggravated by exertion; warmth
on
Calc. c. 200 1 dose. .
Placebo for 16 days.
7-10-’60
on 25-10-’60 .. The report was that the
pains were slightly
better and bearable.
So she received.
Calc. c. 200.1 dose.
Morgan pure 6 TDS.
By 15-ll-’6O .. There was further in
ment, slight relapse.
Calc. c. 1000 1 dose.
Morgan pure 6 TDS.
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LIVES OF THE MASTERS
DR. SAMUEL SWAN
Dr. Samuel Swan so widely known for
the numerous nosodes which he introduc
ed into homoeopathy from time to time,
was born at Medford, Mass, U.S.A., on
July 4, 1815. The first half of his life was
spent in active business pursuits, which
he was finally compelled to relinquish on
account of ill health. He then went
South in the company of his devoted wife,
and there met Dr. Uhlrick through whom
he became interested in Medicine, and
under whose direction he studied it. He
then returned to the North, entered as a
student in the Homoeopathic Medical Col
lege, of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia,
(later merged into the Hahnemann Medi
cal College) and graduated in 1866. His
diploma bore the signatures of such dis
tinguished men as Adolph Lippe, Con
stantine Hering, and Henry N. Guernsey.
He settled in New York, and went into
the active practice of medicine, which he
continued until incapacitated by the ill
ness of the last few months. The first
five years of his medical career were spent
almost entirely in gratuitous practice. He
was a kind man, and none who appealed
to him for aid ever went away unsatisfied.
The writer of this sketch himself owed
Dr. Swan a large debt of gratitude for
valuable professional services rendered to
his mother under the following circum
stances :
The patient had been suffering for years
the most excruciating agony from head
ache. The pain was so violent as to cause
loud screaming and a desire to run wildly
from one room to another. No remedies
prescribed seemed to have any effect, and
there seemed to be no hope of procuring
relief.
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In June of 1876, Dr. Adolph Lippe gave
a dinner party, at which were assembled
Dr. Edward Bayard, Dr. Henry N. Guern
sey, Dr. Constantine Lippe, Dr. Samuel
Swan, two or three others whose names
it is impossible now to recall, and the
writer. This case of violent heaache was
incidentally mentioned to Dr. Swan in the
course of a conversation in which experi
ences had been mutually recounted.
He became much interested and offered
to prescribe. A detailed statement of the
symptomatology was furnished him, and
after two or three remedies had been
given, with but. indifferent success, Lacfelinum was administered. The scream
ing ceased and the headache slowly dis
appeared. The disease energy was driven
to the surface with the production of an
extremely annoying eruption upon the legs
of a decidely erysipelatous character,
which has continued from that time. The
relief from the intense agony of the head
ache, however, was as complete as it was
remarkable.”
In January, 1878, he joined Dr. Thomas
Skinner, then of Liverpool, and now of
London, Dr. Adolph Lippe, of Philadel
phia, and Dr. Berridge, of London, in the
publication of a new journal devoted to
pure homoeopathy. It was called The
Organon, and was issued quarterly. It at
once took a prominent position in medical
journalism, and promised to be a great
success. It ceased after three years of
publication, however, and pure homoeo
pathy was without a representative. It
was then that Dr. Lippe, deploring the
loss of the journal, determined to start
another journal in its place. The Homoeo
pathic Physician was thus established, and
was successor of the The Organon. Dr.
Swan became much interested in this latest
venture, and was a frequent contributor
to its pages.
Dr. Swan did not confine himself to
pure homoeopathy, and he soon became
widely known for his endorsement of isopathy. This was considered to be an in
vasion, and a nullification of the doctrine
of Hie law of similars, and it brought upon
him a storm of denunciations and criti
cisms, in which this journal sometimes
participated. It .would be out of place
here to rekindle the fires of that contro
versy, but without affirming or denying
the injurious effect upon homoeopathy that
if is claimed to have caused, the one prac
tical result has been the bringing to pro
fessional notice of a large number of new
and singular remedies. Among these may
be mentioned the various “milks” wliich
'were, with one exception, introduced by
Dr. Swan. That one exception was Laccaninum, wliich was originated by Dr.
Reissig; by him communicated to Dr.
Bayard, who, in turn, transmitted the in
formation to Dr. Swan.
Dr. Swan introduced Tuberculinum to
medicine years before the same remedy
was discovered by Professor Koch, of Ber
lin, who made such a tremendous sensa
tion with it in the ranks of the dominant
school. He also introduced Syphilinum,
Medorrhinum, and other remedies of like=
character, now known under the general
name of nosodes.
The profession were not opposed to the.
use of these nosodes, but the demand was.
frequently made that they be proved like
the “polycrests.” To this Dr
*.
Swan ans
wered that these remedies had already
produced provings which could be found
in tlie phenomena and symptoms of the
disease of which they’were the products.
This answer did not satisfy the strictly
logical Hahnemannians, and thus a gulf
was formed between them and him, wliich
continually widened.
Whatever might be the academical pros'and cons, the homoeopathic profession will
vouchsafe for the enormous help these
remedies have provided in actual practice,
often stepping in to save situations when
the practitioners were at their wit’s end.
In fact it is difficult to imagine how homo
eopaths would have managed without:
these wonderful remedies.
Dr. Swan died on the 18th of October1893, bringing to a close a long and Useful
career.
— Based on an article printed in Homo
eopathic World, January 1, 1894.
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ABSTRACTS AND EXTRACTS
THE FOUNDER OF THE HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT OF DISEASE9
Samuel Hahnemann was oho of tlie
great revolutionaries of the nineteenth
century. It MS he who, towards 1835,
began a revolution in medical science,
wliich still lasts. I am not discussing the
system; I am simply stating the fact. Anaccident, for which I could not be suffi
ciently grateful, brought me in contact
with him at the moment when his reputa
tion was fast changing into fame. I eontri-
* A pen-picture of Hahnemann by his contemporary and friend, Earnest
Legouve. Reprinted from Health and Homoeopathy, Aug.-Sep., 1940.
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ted, perhaps something to this and the
•story of the intimate friendship that sprang
up between us may aid the reader in gain
ing an idea of that extraordinary and
superior human being.
of the night in making his sketch, the poor
fellow furtively wiping his eyes now and
then, lest his tears should drop on the
paper. Towards morning his drawing was
finished, and influenced by his own emo
tion, he had simply drawn a masterpiece.
He was just going, accompanied by our
affectionate and heartful thanks, when all
of a sudden he stopped, “Look here” he
said, ‘‘seeing that your doctor has declared
the case to be hopeless, why not call to
your aid that new system of medicine ’
which is beginning to make so much noise
in Paris; why not send for Hahnemann?”
“He is right” exclaimed Goubaux, “Hah
nemann is my neighbour, he lives in the
Rue de Milan, opposite my place. I do
not know him but that will make no dif
ference. I am going to him and will bring
him back with me.” When Goubaux got
to Hahemann’s there were at least twenty
people in the waiting room. The servant
explains that he must wait for his turn.
“Don't talk about waiting,” shouts Gou
baux. “My friend’s daughter is dying;
the doctor must go back with me imme
diately.” “But, monsieur — ” protests the
servant. “Yes, I understand, I understand”
says Goubaux. “I came in last. What
does that matter? The last shall be the
first, says the gospel.” Then turning to
those around him, he added, “Is it not so,
mesdames? Am I not right in supposing
that you will give me your turn?” and
without waiting for an answer, he makes
srtaight for the doctor’s consulting room.
“Doctor,” says he to Hahnemann, “I know
I am acting in defiance of all regulations
and conventionality, but you must put
aside everything and come with me. I
want to take you to a little girl of four,
who will surely die if you do not go to her;
you cannot let her die, can you?” and his
irresistible fascination produces its usual
effect; an hour afterwards, Hahnemann
My little daughter, then about four
years old, lay dying. Our family physician,
who was attached to the Hotel Dieu, Dr.
"R., had told one of our friends in the
morning that her condition was hopeless.
’Her mother and I were watching, perhaps
‘for the last time, by her bedside. Schoel'cher and Goubaux were with us, and in
the room was also a young man in evening
•dress, who three hours before was a stran
ger to us. His name was Amaury Duval,
■one of the most promising pupils of M.
Ingres. We had wished to preserve at
least a visible remembrance of the dear
little creature we were already bewailing
as lost, and Amaury, at the urgent request
•of Schoelcher, had left a reception, in
•order to paint that sad portrait. When
the dear and charming fellow (who was
•only twenty-nine then) entered the room,
deeply moved by our despair, neither we
nor he'suspected that a few hours later
he should render us the greatest service
anyone could render us and that we
should be indebted to him for more than
the image of our daughter, namely —for
her life.
He took up his position at the .foot of
the cot; the light of a lamp which had
been placed on a high piece of furniture
fell on the face of the child. Her eyes
were already closed, the dishevelled hair
was falling on her temples, the small face
and hands were almost as white as the
pillow on which her head reclined; but
childhood itself is invested with such
charms, that her approaching death seem
ed to shed an additional grace on her
features. Amaury spent the greater part
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and his wife enter the sick room, accom
panied by Goubaux.
In spite of all my trouble and grief, in
spite of my brain racking with pain for
want of sleep, I could not help comparing
the man who entered the room to one of
the characters from the weird tales of
Hoffman. Short, but well-knit, and walk
ing with firm step, wrapt in a fur coat from
nape to heel, and leaning on a thick cane
with golden knob, he walked at once to
the bedside.' He was close upon eighty,
then with an admirable head of long and
silky hair combed backwards, and care
fully arranged into a roll round the neck;
eyes of a dark blue in the centre, with an
almost white ring round the pupil; a
proud, commanding mouth, with protrud
ing lower lip and aquiline nose. After
having cast a first look at the child, he
asked for particulars of her illness with
out taking his eyes off her for an instant.
Then his cheeks flushed, the veins in his
forehead stood out like whipcord, and in
an angry voice exclaimed “Fling all those
drugs out of the window: every vial and
bottle that’s there. Take the cot from the
this room, change the sheets and pillows,
and give her as much water as she will
drink. They have lighted a furnace in
the poor child’s body. We must first of
all extinguish the fire. After that we’ll
see.” We timidly objected that this change
of temperature and linen might prove very
dangerbus to her. “What will prove fatal
to "her,” was the answer, “is this atmos
phere and the drugs; Carry her into the
drawing room, I’ll come back tonight; and
above all give her water, as much water
as possible.” He came back that night;
he came back next morning and began to
give her medicines of his own. He ex
pressed no opinion as to the final issue,
but merely said each time. “We have
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gained another day.” On the tenth day
the danger grew all at once imminent.
The child’s knees had almost become rigid
with the chill of death. At eight o’clock
at night he made his appearance and re
mained for a quarter of an hour. Appa
rently he was in a state of intense anxiety,
and having consulted with his wife, who
always accompanied him, he handed us
some medicine, saying “Give her this, and
be careful to note whether between
now and one o’clock her pulse becomes
stronger.” At eleven o’clock I was hold
ing my daughter’s arm, when I fancied
I felt a slight modification in the pulsation.
I called my wife, I called Goubaux and
Schoelcher. Let the reader picture to
himself the four of us, looking at his
watch, counting the beats of the pulse,
not daring to affirm anything, fearing to
rejoice until a few minutes elapsed when
we absolutely flung ourselves into one anothers’s arms; the pulse had gone up.” To
wards midnight Chretien Urban entered
the room. After looking at the child Ke
drew to my side saying with an air of pro
found conviction, “My dear M. Legouve,
your daughter is safe.” “She is a trifle
better,” I answered, scarcely knowing
what I said, “but as for her being out of
danger, let alone on the way to recovery”
......... “I tell you she is safe,” he insisted;
then bending over the cot by which I was
sitting alone, he kissed her on the fore
head, and went away. A week later the
patient was, in fact, on the road to re
covery. This cure assumed the import
ance of an event in Paris, I might almost
say that it created a scandal; I was not
altogether unknown, and people freely
used the words “miracle”, and “resurrec
tion”. The whole of the medical faculty
showed itself intensely annoyed and poor
Dr. R was taken to task by all his col
leagues. Very animated discussions took.
place both in society and at the Faculty.
One physician was not ashamed to say
aloud in M. de Jouy’s drawing room, “I am
very sorry this little girl did not die.” The
majority of the doctors confined them
selves to repeating the parrot’s cry: “Its
not the quack who has cured her, but
nature; he simply benefited by the allo
pathic treatment left to him by his prede
cessors.” • To all of which objections I
simply made the same answer I still make.
What does it matter to me whether he
was the cause or the means of saving her?
What does it matter to me whether she
was saved at his hands or between his
hands? Was she as good as dead when
he entered my house? Was she cured
when he left it? I wish to know no more
than that, in order to be everlastingly
grateful to him. Though I may prove
faithless to his doctrine, I will not be faith
less to his memory, and to me he will al
ways remain one of the most potential men
I ever met. The very way in which he
cohceived his doctrine is in itself a-por
trait. Was it calculation, self-interest,
desire for fame that led to the conception,
did he arrive at it by purely scientific re
search? Not at all. The system sprang
from his heart. A physician of the highest
rank numbering among his patients the
most powerful and wealthy in Germany,
he claimed one day the co-operation of
one of his colleagues for his youngest
child. The case was very serious, and the
most drastic treatment resorted to. All
at once, after a terrible night of suffering
on the part of the little one, Hahnemann,
beside himself with pity and grief, ’ ex
claimed “No, it is not possible that God
should have created those dear and inno
cent beings for us to inflict such tortures
upon. No, a thousand times, No; I will
nbt be the executioner of my children;”
and aided by his profound knowledge of
chemistry begotten from long study, he
rushed as it were in quest of new reme
dies, and built up a complete medical
system, of which his fatherly affection was
virtually the foundation.0 Such was the
man, and as he was then, he had always
been. The powerful structure of his face,
his square jaws, the almost incessant
quiver of his nostrils, the constant twitch
ing of the mouth, the comers of which
had dropped from age, everything attested
conviction, passion power. His language
was as original as his character and figure.
One day I asked him why he. always pres
cribed water even to people in good
health? “What is the use of crutches to
people who have got sound legs, and wine,
is after all no better than crutches.” It
is also from his lips that I heard that
strange sentence which, taken in its ab
solute sense, is apt to puzzle one, but
which, if properly understood, goes to the
very foundation of medical science.
“There are no diseases, there are people
who are ill.” His religious faith was as
intense as his medical faith. I had two
striking proofs of this. One spring day,
on entering his room, I said, “Oh monsieur,
what a beautiful day.” “'They are all
beautiful days,” he replied in his calm and
grave voice. Like Marc Aurelius, he
lived in the bosom of a harmonious uni
verse. When my daughter was quite re
covered, I showed him the charming
drawing of Amaury Duval. He looked for
a long while, and with intense emotion,
at the picture of the dear little creature
he had snatched "as it were from the jaws
of death, as the little creature such as he
had seen for the first time when she was
on the brink of the grave; then he asked
me to give him a pen, and he wrote at
the bottom,
“God has blessed her and saved her.”
‘Samuel Hahnemann?
He simply looked upon himself as a
minister who countersigns the orders of
his master.
NEWS AND NOTES
Db. Jacobo Gringauz.
Dr. Jacobo Gringauz, Personal Physician
to his Excellency the President of Argen
tina had come over to India along with the
President. The opportunity was taken by
the homoeopaths of Delhi to give him a
reception at Delhi on 6th December 1961.
The reply of Dr. Gringauz to the wel
come address is printed elsewhere in this
issue.
First Homoeopathic Convocation in Bombay.
The first homoeopathic convocation of
Maharashtra State was held on the 10th
February 1962 under the auspices of the
Maharashtra State Homoeopathic Board
and Biochemic Systems of Medicines.
Shri Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan, Minister of
Health, Maharashtra State presided and
gave the convocation speech. Mrs. Tale
yarkhan gave away the Diplomas. Four
candidates received the F.C.E.H. diplomas,
11 received the L.C.E.H. Diploma and
over 25 D.H.B. Diplomas. Dr. S. R. Wadia,
President of the Board thanked the Minis
ter and the guests.
First L.C.E.H. Batch.
This is the realization of great dream
of the homoeopaths of Maharashtra State.
We welcome these new entrants into the
profession and wish them all success.
We are glad to announce that out of 23
students in the first batch which has ap
peared for the final L.C.E.H. Examination
in December last, 11 students have passed
out.
Db. K. R. Sethna for U.K.
We are glad to announce that Dr. K. R.
Sethna, M.B., B.S., member of the Edito
rial Board of the Journal of Homoeopathic
Medicine, has left for U.K. to attend the
Postgradute course at the Royal London
Homoeopathic Hospital.
We wish him all success.
Delhi Homoeopathic Board.
of this Journal have been elected as mem
bers of the Delhi Homoeopathic Board.
We offer them our felicitations. •
We are happy to learn that Dr. Diwan
Harish Chand and Dr. Jugal Kishore,
members of the Advisory Board of Editors
Db. Ramanlal P. Patel.
is the Prinicipal and also with the building
up of the Government Homoeopathic Hos
pital attached to the College. We, there
fore, do not wish to burden him further.
Dr. Ramanlal P. Patel who has been an
Advisory Editor since the inception of this
Journal is retiring after three years of ser
vice. He is extremely preoccupied with
the organization of the Homoeopathic
College of the Athurashram Homoeopathic
Medical College at Kottayam of which he
We are grateful to him for all services
rendered.
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Db. R. K. Mvkhebji.
With the publication of this issue
Dr.R. K. Mukherji, M.A., L.H.M.S., one of
the Advisory Editors of the Journal and
who has been useful to us in translating
French papers has retired for reasons of
health.
We wish him a speedy recovery from his
illness.
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BOOK REVIEW.
The Pocket Repertory compiled by
Dr. P. Sankaran, and published by The
Homoeopathic Medical Publishers, 13-A,
Station Road, Santa Cruz (West), Bombay
54; pp. 66 + xvi. Price Rs. 3.50 (3rd edi
tion).
Also the Card Repertory (3rd edition)
Price Rs. 50/It is indeed a time consuming task to
find the correct homoeopathic remedy,
even in an acute case presenting a few out
standing symptoms. Tire task is still more
difficult in finding a curative remedy in
chronic cases which generally present a
mass of symptoms. This difficulty and
the unavoidable slowness of spotting the
similimum has been greatly’ solved by the
Card Repertory compiled and published
by Dr. P. Sankaran. This task must have
cost Dr. Sankaran a tremendous expendi
ture of time and energy and it is being
improved upon at each succeeding edition.
The cross-references are very useful for
the quick interpretation of a rubric in the
language of the repertory and the time
spent on a careful study of these will never
be wasted.
Going through the rubrics one finds that
the rubric ‘Descending, Agg.’ is not in
cluded. Under the rubric ‘Neurasthenia’,
Thuja can be included. It might improve
the utility of this repertory to add the rub
ric ‘Dysentery’ though it is more of clinical
value; or a cross reference may be given
for the symptom. The rubric ‘Coryza’
may be added or cross reference given.
Moon phases can be separated as new
moon and full moon with advantage.
The small very useful book is made
available to the profession at a moderate
price and can be used with vast advantage
by those who cannot afford the card re
pertory.
-M.N.P.
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Obituary
Da. D. N. Chattebjee, M.D.C.H.
He joined the Bengal Allen Homoeo
pathic Medical College, where he came
into contact with two Homoeopathic
savants, late, Dr. N. M. Choudhury and
late Dr. D. N. De. Soon after graduation
he helped Dr. D. N. De to found the Dun-
The sudden demise of Dr. D. N. Chat
terjee on November 29, 1961 at the age
of 58, has cast a gloom in the homoeo
pathic world.
Dr. D. N. Chatterjee was bom in 1903
in Vikrampore now in East Pakistan.
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hum College and joined the institution as
a Professor. In 1927, he founded the
Bengal Homeo Stores. In 1928, he started
the publication of his wellknown Homoeo
pathic Journal “Homoeopathic Bulletin”
While sticking to the basic principles of
homoeopathy, he was always alive to the
discoveries of modern science, and he
spared no pains to inspire the new gene
ration of homoeopaths with a spirit of re
search for re-orienting homeopathy in
terms of new discoveries, but without de
tracting from the fundamental philosophy.
Dr. Chatterjee has written a number of
books amongst which may be mentioned
Family Physician, Drugs of India, Bio
chemistry, Treatment of Female Diseases,
Materia Medico (Bengali). He introduc
ed many Indian drugs into the homoeo
pathic Materia Medica, notable among
which are Terminalia Arjuna, Aswagandha,
Colear Aromaticus, Cynadon Dactylon etc.
Pradesh Homoeopathic Medical Confer
ence held at Rajamundry, and in 1950 over
All-India Homoeopathic Medical Confer
ence held at Hyderabad.
Besides all these activities, he took
active interest in many humanitarian
works. His contributions of free medicine
to many charitable dispensaries started by
various Missions evoked the admiration of
such Institutions as the Ram-Krishna Mis
sion, the Bharat Sevasram etc. The Jitendra Memorial Homoeo Charitable Dispen
sary for free treatment of the poor people
was practically maintained by him during
these thirty years of its existence. He was
a member of the Executive Committee of
several educational institutions.
Every inch a sportsman, he faced the
battles of life with a smiling face, inspir
ing all around him with hope and confi
dence. Love, and sympathy came natu
rally to him and it is not surprising that
In 1932 he worked with late Dr. J. N. his patients found in him not only a doctor
Majumdar, inaugurating first All-India but also a friend, guide and philosopher.
Homoeopathic Conference which was held He was a good talker, talking freely on
in Calcutta under the Presidentship of Dr. many lively subjects, particularly the
Younan with himself as the chairman of problems of fhodern life. Laughing and
the Pharmacopoiea section. In his speech joking at this moment and turning grave
he stressed the need of an Indian homo And serious at the next, he, indeed pre
eopathic pharmacopoiea. He was one of sented a very fascinating figure. He was
the founders of the State Homoeopathic the very model of a gentleman with digni
Faculty of West Bengal. He was some fied manners and charming disposition
time the Vice-President of the Indian that attracted others like a magnet.
Homoeopathic Medical Association and
During the last few years of his life he
International Hahnemannian Society of developed some of the rare qualities of
India. At the time of his death he was a mother, administering solace and com
a member of the Executive Committee of fort not only to the sick and the distressed
the State Homoeopathic Faculty, and the but also to those who came to him in
Principal of D. N. De Homoeopathic Me hundreds for solution of many difficult
dical College and Hospital (formerly problems of life in confidence. He often
Dunham College).
used to say that he had no hatred against
In 1957 he presided over the All-India anybody, but he could not help being
Homoeopathic Medical Conference held at angry, particularly with those who were
Amritsar, in 1958, over the Andhra nearest and dearest to him. Another
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with greatest respect and affection for Dr.
Chatterjee. It is a great pity that just
when he was endeavouring to bring order
out of chaos in the affairs of Homoeo
pathy in West Bengal, he was so cruelly
snatched away.
-P. S.
feature which recently attracted the atten
tion of his close associates was his soft
corner for the poor dumb animals. He
often spoke of his domestic animals in
very touching terms. All these virtues
show the real man in Dr. Chatterjee, and
it is no wonder that none who came in
touch with him, can resist his or her tears
at his sad demise. May his soul'rest in
peace!
In the sudden death of Dr. D. N. Chat
terjee, Homoeopathy has lost a great
fighter in its cause at a very critical time
when his presence was most needed.
Dr. Chatterjee, in his quiet, unassuming
way has moulded Homoeopathic thought
over a number of years. Through the
Homoeopathic Bulletin, he introduced and
popularised many Indian drugs and enrich
ed our materia medica.
May His Soul Rest In Peace.
—Dr. S. P. Koppikar, Madras.
Tributes
Dr. D. N. Chaterjee was a most charm
ing gentleman with most enlightened and
broad views on Homoeopathy and in a
few minutes of talk he would turn people
into his admirers. I had the opportunity
to come into close contact with him during
the 60th birthday celebration of Dr. N. M.
Jaisoorya at Hyderabad and I came away
+ + +
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.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The following journals were received :
The Homoeopathic World (Eng.), London.
The Homoeopathic Bulletin (Eng.), Calcutta.
The Pakistan Journal of Homoeopathy (Eng. & Bengali), Dacca.
The Torch of Homoeopathy (Eng. & Hindi), Jaipur.
The Indian Journal of Homoeopathy (Eng.), Bombay.
.Homoeopathic Magazine (Eng. & Urdu), Lahore.
The Hindustan Medical Magazine (Eng. & Hindi), Bihar.
The Homoeopathic Sandesh (Eng. & Hindi), Delhi.
The Madras Homoeopathic Journal (Eng.), Madras.
Saludy Vida (Spanish), Barcelona.
Homoeopathy (Tamil), Kumbakonam.
Homoeopathy (Eng.), Kumbakonam.
Athurashram Homoeopathic Medical College Magazine (Eng.), Kottayam.
Khassisghe Homoeopathic (German), Ulm/Donau.
Homoeo Darishan (Hindi & Eng.), Rajasthan.
Homceo-Doot, (Marathi & Eng.), Nasik.
The Indian Homoeopathic Gazette (Eng.)
Chowghat.
The Pakistan Journal of Homoeopathy (Eng.), Dacca.
Samuel Hahnemann (Eng. & Malayalam), Quilin.
The Homoeopathic Magazine (Eng.), Lahore.
Homoeopatia (Spanish), Rio De Janeiro.
The Australian Naturopath (Eng.).
The Homoeo Biochemist (Eng.), Bombay.
The Hahnemannian Gleanings (Eng.), Calcutta.
Homoeopathic Herald (Eng.), Calcutta.
Homoeo Sudha (Hindi), Bikanir.
Homoeopathic Vikas (Eng. & Hindi), Gwalior.
Organon (Tamil), Madurai.
Homoeo Mitran (Tamil).
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