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Vol. 3
No. 2
APRIL—JUNE 1961
CONTENTS
1. Editorial :
Our Repertories.
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2. Cancer and the Iscador Therapy
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Dr. N. P. Sukerkar B.A. (Hons.)
LL.B., D.F. Hom. (Lond.) ... 33 -
3. Some Points for Consideration
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Dr. P. Sankaran, L.I.M.,
D.F. Hom. ( Lond.)
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4. Accidental Provings of Carbo
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Dr. Jugal Kishore, B.Sc., D.M.S.
5. Bed-side Notes—A Cardiac Patient
Dr. A. U. Sriram, M.B., B.S.,
M.F. Hom. ( Lond.) ...’’ 50
6. Some Cancer cases treated with
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Dr. P. Sankaran, L.I.M.,
D.F. Hom. ( Lond.) ... 52 ■
7- From Our Casb Books :
Clinical Notes
... Dr. A. P. Pereira
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8. Nux Vomica
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( Discussion )
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9. News and Notes
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10. Book Review
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11. A Chronic Case of Leucorrhea
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EDITORIAL
OUR REPERTORIES
Our homoeopathic materia medica comprising of over a thousand drugs
provides us with a vast array of symptoms of innumerable varieties and of dif
fering shades. Naturally, the homoeopathic practitioner finds it impossible to
keep in mind all the symptoms. As such, he has to frequently refer to the
books on the materia medica and in order to cut down the work further the
repertories have also been compiled. It is well known that even Hahnemann
in his later years had recourse to the repertory.
Our repertories, which are practically dictionaries, are extremely useful
but yet are all unfortunately incomplete. While the various steps in homoeo
pathy are so difficult and are so delicate that we are liable to slip up anywhere,
if we have to work with tools which are themselves imperfect, then the chances
of making mistakes are more. Among those available, Kent’s Repertory is con
sidered the most complete but this also is incomplete. In pointing out this
fact, no disrespect is intende’d to the m’aster, whose work represents his pro
digious labour. It is said that both his and his wife’s eyes became almost
ruined by reading the proofs of the first two editions. Yet even towards his
end, he would get up from his sick-bed for a few hours to complete his third
edition, which he felt would be quite complete. Notwithstanding this, Kent
himself had advised homoeopaths to continuously make additions to his reper
tory and had provided space in each rubric for such additions.
However, comparison of only a few rubrics from Kent’s Repertory with
corresponding rubrics in tire repertory sections in Boger’s Synoptic Key and
Boericke’s Materia Medica (since they are all unimpeachable authorities)
shows us that the following drugs found in the latter books are found to be left
out in the former. '
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Found in Boger’s Synoptic Key but not in Kent’s Repertory
Weeping ameliorates symptoms : Puls.
Exertion, amel. : Fl. ac., Kali sul., Lil. tig., Thlasp.
Food, Coffee, Odor of, agg : Fl. ac., Lach., Nat. m., Osm., Tub.
Food, sour, agg. : Carb v., Pul.
Food, sweets, agg. : Nat. sul.
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Found in Boericke’s Materia Medica but not in Kent’s Repertory
Coffee, agg. : Ast. r., Can. ind., Kali, c., Psor.
Sweets, agg. : Lyc., Med., Sang.
Tea, agg. : Ab. n., Lob., Nux. v., Pul.
It is also found that under the same rubric different repertories some
times give different drugs. Only last week we saw a patient with renal colic
describing a pain which he experienced. He felt the pain in his testes as if
they were being crushed or squeezed. The drugs given in the Kent’s Repertory
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under Genitalia, Pain, crushed, testes (p. 704) are : Arg. m., Calc., Caust., Con.,
Dig., Rhod., Thuj. In the same repertory under the rubric Genitalia, Pain,
squeezing testes (p. 707) : Silic., Spong. are given.
In the book Robert’s Sensations As if
under the rubric “squeezed,
testicles had been” (p. 34) : Bapt., Nux v. are given.
In Boenninghaussen’s Characteristics and Repertory under the rubric
“Testes squeezing” (p. 654): Caps., mar., men., petr., spo., are given. And
under Testes crushed, as if : Aco., arg. (r), Calc, c., Caus., Clem., Con., dig., .
mar., (nat. c.), (nit. acid), Ox. ac., Rho., Saba., Sabi., Spo., Thu. are given.
We have only quoted instances at random. Numerous others can be
brought out.
Excepting Dr. Boger who published substantial additions to Kent’s
Repertory no one else seems to have attempted this task.
Of course, one may say that repertories are only indices and are not ex
pected to pinpoint the correct remedy. They can only indicate the possibi
lities. This is true but a good repertory should indicate all the possible re
medies and not merely some, just as a good dictionary gives all the possible
meanings, not merely some. Therefore, a complete - repertory is' needed.
Since Kent’s Repertory is the most exhaustive, attempts must be made to make
it a complete one.
When different repertories give different drugs under the same rubrics,
an average practitioner is likely to be bewildered and may find it difficult to
select the proper rubric and the proper drug.
It therefore appears that in our effort to make homoeopathic prescribing
easier and more accurate we shall have to evolve a still more complete reper
tory with Kent’s Repertory as the basis. No doubt this will be a tremendous
task but it will be worth doing.
EDITORIAL NOTICES
Contributions in the shape of original arti
cles, case reports, extracts, news cuttings,
etc. of interest to the profession are invited.
All authenticated matter and articles of scien
tific interest will be particularly welcomed.
Contributions are accepted on the under
standing that they are submitted exclusively
to the Journal of Homoeopathic Medicine and
that they may be reproduced with permission.
All contributions shall be subject to Editorial
revision. Such contributions, books for re
views, etc., should be addressed to the Chief
Editor, Journal of Homoeopathic Medicine,
13-A, Station Road, Santa Cruz (West), Bom
bay 54, India.
All public and private homoeopathic institu
tions are requested to send us reports of their
activities for purpose of references and record.
The Journal is published quarterly on the
1st day of the month following the quarter of
publication, viz. the 1st day of, January,
April, July and October. Any complaints
from subscribers of non-receipt of copies
should reach us within one month of these
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dealing with subscriptions, advertisements
etc., should be addressed to the Business
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES
CANCER AND THE ISCADOR THERAPY
Dr. N. P. Sukerkar, B.A. (Hons.); LL.B., D.F. Hom. (Lond.); Dip.H.S.J. (Paris);
Dip. R.B.K. (Stutt), Bombay.
gest the genuineness of Steiner’s theory.
In “Problems of Cancer Research and the
Fight Against Cancer"1 a noted patholo
gist, Prof. W. Fischer, writes “Considering
the nature of cancerous growth, one comes
to the conclusion that it is not that the
growth potential of the cells concerned is
raised, but such growth tendency is not
checked by environment....”, a statement
which approximates with the views ex
pressed by Steiner, in 1920.
It is common knowledge that the inci
dence of cancer is on the increase today
resulting in a high mortality. As the di
sease increases and gains more attention,
new causes are being suggested almost
every day. The causes suspected range
from viruses, colouring materials in butter
and food-stuffs' tobacco chewing and
smoking, telluric and atomic radiations, to
cosmic rays. Thus the suspected external
causes are unbelievably numerous and be
wildering. Fear of cancer, Carcinophobia,
is itself assuming the proportions of
a disease.
Steiner’s Theory.
According to Steiner, proliferation of
cells occurs on account of two sets of causes
working together :
If, however, so many factors in man’s
daily life are capable of causing cancer,
then the question naturally arises, “Why is
that many more or all the people do not
develop cancer?” Since, we know that
they do not, we have to consider the pro
blem from a different and broader angle
than the one employed today.
On the one side are the inner and more
hidden causes connecting the course of
Man’s destiny which prevent the Soul and
the Spirit Being from finding the right con
nection with the physical body. These in
clude emotional shocks in childhood, an
inhability to unfold talent etc.2
The year 1961 is the year of the
centenary of the founder of Anthroposophy Rudolf Steiner. As a tribute
to his genius, it is proposed to restate
his theory as to the cause of cancer
and the Mistletoe therapy. The mistletoe
preparations have been developed from his
indications and are named Tscador’. In
those days, 40 years ago, it was even more
difficult than it is today to spread his theory
and therapy, as it was opposed by the opi
nion that any attempt at an internal therapy
would be hopeless. Today, there is ex
tensive record of experiences which sug
On the other side are those causes con
nected with the influences that a man re
ceives from his environment, including all
those which enter him through his food,
sense impressions, substances affecting him
during his work and spheres of activity.
THE FORM AND THE SUBSTANCE.
When we consider Man, we see that he
takes nourishment from the various Na
tural Kingdoms and that he is continually
casting substances out again. A flow of
substances goes through him and much of
the substances of the bodily organs is re
1. Fischer W., “Probleme der Krebsforschung Und Krebshekampung” ’54.
2. Dr. Suchante “Wert und unwert das Bergriffes der Krebspsyche” 1951.
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body emerges. From this stage onwards
the connection between the Formative
forces and the Cell material becomes
varied, between different parts of the body.
This variation takes place according to the
needs of various parts for their mainten
ance and growth, in different ages. In the
normal process of growing older there
must always be a state of equilibrium bet
ween the devitalization of cells and the
withdrawal of the Formative forces.
placed during the course of each year.
After a long period of years the bodily sub
stance is entirely renewed. Yet, in spite
of this, we still recognize a person, al
though we have not seen him for a number
of years and although he is a “new” man
as regards the substance in him. This
means that when we have to do with a liv
ing organism, it is the form that endures
and not the substance. It is, therefore,
desirable to distinguish between these two
factors in an organism :
EMERGENCE OF TUMOUR
The Formative, Plastic or the Ethe
ric forces, and
(b) The Substance or the Matter of
which the body consists.
(a)
It is when the connection between the
Formative forces and the Cell material be
comes loose, a flare-up takes place in the
Cell life leading to their uncontrolled
growth, that is, to cancer. In 1953, Pro
fessor Sigmund spoke of cancer as “A
catastrophe of Form and Shape”, showing
clearly the newer view that the main causes
of cancer are to be looked for, not in the
cell, but in the organism in which the
growth develops.
RELATION BETWEEN THE TWO
The Formative forces produce all the
varied manifestations of life. They me
diate between the Soul and the Spirit Be
ing of Man and the World of Matter.3
The organism of Formative forces, needs
substance as a foundation, if it is to build
up a physical body, but the substance must
bear a characteristic living imprint. In
plants it is found in the Seed and in ani
mals and Man in the Fertilized Egg.
After fertilization, the human egg begins
to multiply with extreme rapidity. This
living, formless, proliferating material is
taken hold of by the Formative forces and
is shaped internally and externally and
nerve, gland, muscle and bone tissues ap
pear. As the human form is gradually
built up, the cells become differentiated,
their rate of multiplication is reduced and
growth becontes slower and slower. About
twenty years after birth, a state of equilib
rium is reached between the Formative
forces and the Cell material. At about
this stage the full and the final size of the
CAUSES OF TENSION
BETWEEN
FORM AND
SUBSTANCE.
Earlier it was said that two sets of causes
combine to lead finally to the appearance
of cancer. Of the first it was said that
harm to the unfolding of Soul and Spirit,
often dating back to childhood, can pro
duce a tendency to the development of
cancer. This according to Steiner, is the
‘inner’ cause. The ‘outer’ causes include
the innumerable artificially produced sub
stances which are taken in today with food
stuffs, the use of cosmetics, impurities in
the air we breathe in and so on.
THE ROLE OF CHEMICALLY PROCESSED FOOD
STUFFS.
Amongst the ‘outer’ causes the chemical
stuffs play the biggest part. According to
3. Dr. Stenir — Dr. Itwa Wegman, “Fundamentals of Therapy”.
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Prof. Baur,4 one of the best known autho
rities on cancer, “The stuffs from which the
cancerogenous substances are derived, do
not contain any cancer producing material
in their natural state, but they arise mostly
as artificial products in technical transform
ing processes.”
The human organism and the natural
surroundings in which Man lives have a
common origin — they have developed
together through a long period of evolu
tion. Man is adapted to take in substances
from his surroundings, in his food, with Iris
breath and the finer influences by means
of his senses. If we take in substances
which do not originate from the natural
kingdoms, but those produced artificially
through technical processes, the organism
is faced with a fundamentally different
situation. As for example, Saccharin is
taken as a substitute for sugar. Although
it tastes sweet there is no sugar in it.
Juices are secreted by glands to digest
carbohydrate, but there is no carbohyd
rate, only saccharin. It is an upset for the
digestive system. Apart from this upset
the body has no means of digesting this
chemical, saccharin. The extent of such
upsets to the organism can well be imagin
ed when we consider that today in the pro
duction of food-stuffs over seven hundred
chemicals are used.
OTHER OUTER CAUSES.
Added to the above causes are the effects
brought about by means of the impure air
we breathe, polluted by exhaust gases of
automobiles etc., and the still finer in
fluences produced on the senses. These
include the effects of artificial lights, airconditioning, television, cinematographic
scenes etc.
Thus, a great variety of influences foreign
to the organism, penetrate the physical
body of Man, more and more, making it
increasingly difficult for the organism to
maintain equilibrium between the Form
and tire Matter of which it consists. In
such a situation, the loosening of connec
tion between the Formative forces and the
Cell life takes place earlier than the nor
mal time, i.e., at a period when cell life has
not become less active, as a result of age.
TESTS IN SUPPORT OF NEWER VIEW.
Steiner often pointed to the necessity of
studying these Formative forces and on his
incentive, two methods of making visible
the workings of these forces have been
worked out during the last 35 years. These
methods have been applied with valuable
results in the field of medicine, agricul
ture and nutrition. They are’:
(i) The capillary dinamolysis of L.
Kolisko, which has been developed and
applied as a special test for cancer by W.
Kaelin, and
(ii) The Copper Chloride Crystalliza
tion method of E. Pfeiffer.
I
The tests are a method of making for
mative force of blood, plant juices, metals,
salts etc., visible.
The experiments of Speemann and his
pupils throw interesting light on the rela
tionship between the Formative forces and
the egg material. If a salamander egg is
medially constricted at an early stage of
development so that two halves are made,
both parts develop further — not, as might
be supposed, into two half salamanders,
but into two fully developed ones. The
opposite is also true where two eggs are
fused at an early stage.
It is clear from these experiments that
life is planned as a unity and that Substance
is subsidiary to the Formative forces,
4. Prof. K. H. Baur “Das Krebsproblem”.
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which give it shape and size and control
its functions.
INSUFFICIENCY
OF
MODERN
METHOD
AND
NEED FOR NEWER APPROACH.
Modern methods of cancer treatment are
based on the cellular pathology of the last
century. In spite of the remarkable pro
gress and achievements of surgery and ra
diation therapy, it has become apparent
that the removal of the cancer tumour or
the direct destruction of the cancer cells
does not in itself effect a cure. This is
obvious from the frequency with which re
currences and metastases appear.
If, therefore, step is taken to seek for
causes of cancer in the organism and not
only in the cell, the whole problem as to
what conditions are necessary for a tumour
to appear takes on a new direction and
new ways open up for a better therapy and
a prophylaxis.
The number of known spontaneous cures
of cancer and the observed “self-healing”
of evident metastases, suggest that the
body does possess resistive forces. These
must be understood if new forms of cancer
therapy are to be studied.
Now that more attention is being paid to
the total organism in the search for the
origin of cancer, some American research
workers have gone a step further. They
have investigated the connection between
the development of cancer and the pa
tient’s psychological condition.5 They
claim that the course of the disease is very
often influenced more by the patient’s
psychological condition than by the histo
logy of the tumour.
A comprehensive medical science of the
future must therefore, aim to understand
Man as a physical, psychological and
spiritual being.
There are other reasons for seeking new
ways of treating cancer. A noted gynae
cologist,'Prof. Antoine, writes, “Operation
and irradiation will cure a proportion of
women, but it is evident that neither me
thod is entirely satisfactory in principle,
or in its effects. They must be resorted to
whilst nothing else is available, even
though in many cases sterility is the price
of the cure. It is most desirable that a
biologically correct method should be
found, which does not possess these side
effects.”
Rudolf Steiner, the founder of Anthroposophy, has indicated a way, based on
his spiritual scientific research, whereby
research workers may achieve this aim.
THE ISCADOR THERAPY.
Rudolf Steiner’s therapeutic indications
are being developed by a large group of
doctors and some remarkable results have
already been recorded in several branches
of medicine. Steiner suggested use of
Mistletoe (Viscum Album) in the treat
ment of cancer. The treament with Mist
letoe aims not merely to fight the develop
ment of the tumour itself, but also to
support the organism in its struggle against
the emancipating cell principle.
Biochemists are now beginning to re
cognize the organism’s resistance to cancer.
“More success can be hoped for from sup
porting tin’s power of resistance and help
ing the body in its effort to promote spon
taneous cure than from an incomplete
operation or irradiation, which may des
5.
troy other cells, besides those which are
specifically cancerous”, says Domagk, a
noted biochemist.
Blumberg, West and Ellis — “Psychosomatic Medicine??
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Mistletoe® is found to contain properties
of activating the Formative forces and
assisting the organism in its defence against
the Carcinoma.
Considerable research has been carried
out by the followers of Steiner during the
past 35 years to develop appropriate the
rapeutical doses of different types of Mistle
toe.
The preparations are available in diffe
rent potencies (Strengths) in the form of
ampoules and are injectable hypodermi
cally. They are :
Male patients, especially for tumours of
the digestive and urogenital systems and
for prophylaxis in these regions.
Female patients, especially for tumours of
digestive and urogenital systems and
breasts, and for prophylaxis in these re
gions.
Both sexes, for tumours of the lung and
*
their prophylaxis.
Both sexes, for tumours of the skin, the
mouth region and the breasts, and for gene
ral prophylaxis.
Male patients, for tumours of the neck,
naso-pharynx and for general prophylaxis.
Iscador Quercus :
(Mistletoe from Oak Tree)
Iscador Mali: (Mistletoe
from Apple Tree)
Iscador Ulmi: (Mistletoe
from Elm Tree)
Iscador Pini: (Mistletoe
from Pine Tree)
Iscador Abietis: (Mistletoe
from Fur Tree)
Lately a compound preparation contain
ing traces of a silver salt has been found
advantageous. They are:
Iscador QcAg :
(Quercus cum Argento)
Iscador McAg :
(Mali cum Argento)
The various Mistletoe preparations are
manufactured under the trade name, Isca
dor by Weleda in different countries and
in England by the British Weleda Com
pany.
The clinical experience so far gained
with tills therapy has, according to the
data available, now brightened the outlook
for cancer treatment.
for males.
Foremost amongst the research institutes
where these clinical advances are made is
the ‘Society for Cancer Research’, Arlesheim, Switzerland.
for females.
These preparations are used in all types
and stages of cancer such as actual tu
mours, pre-cancerogenous states, post
operative states, inoperable states and by
way of prophylaxis.
SOME PUBLISHED DATA.
The Anthroposophical theory approaches Homoeopathic philosophy in its
genus. The British Homoeopathic Asso
* Chemical analysis of Mistletoe showed that anions others the main active substance
it contains is viscotoxin, a protein containing 17 amino acids and a napthaline
ring with glucoronic acid in the side chain.
t Details regarding general indications on use of Iscador, sites for injections in diffe
rent types of cancer, dosages, frequency of injections etc. can be had from the manu
facturers, at Littlehurst, Grinstead, Sussex.
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ciation is closely associating itself with the
clinical experiences gained by Dr. Twenty
man and his colleagues with this therapy
and the data collected by them at the
Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital and
outside.
The British Homoeopathic Journal in its
issue No. 3 of July 1958 and No„4 of Octo
ber 1959, have published case histories of
post-operative carcinoma of breast and
cancer of bladder treated with Iscador,
which when compared with Radiumhemmet statistics, show the advantage of Isca
dor treatment as an aid to the orthodox
method, if not as an independent therapy.
Dr. A. Leroi, Dean of the Clinical and
Therapeutical Institute, Arlesheim, has
also published some series on recent cases
successfully treated at the Institute with
Iscador.
The following comparative data publish
ed by the British Homoeopathic Associa
tion” gives an indication of the potentiality
of Iscador.
A Comparison between the post
operative progress of the 89 pa
tients treated with Iscador, and
the statistics of the Radiumhemmet, Stockholm (483 patients).
TABLE I.
mortality/years of observation
Deaths.
Period of
observation
Iscador Therapy
Radiumhemmet
Statistics
Note :
1 Yr.
Oin 80
(0%)
2 Yrs.
3in67
(5%)
3 Yrs.
9 in 52
(17%)'
4 Yrs.
8 in 40
(20%)
5 Yrs.
9 in 28
(32%)
7%
22%
33%
39%
45%
This comparison between patients
who after the operation were
treated with Iscador, and those
not treated shows that upto 5th
year the post-operative treatment
reduces the mortality. Although
this is true for each of the 5 years,
the difference grows less from
year to year.
Regarding the occurrence of metastases
and recurrences, the situation is similar.
TABLE II.
metastases/recurrences
Years of Observation.
Period of
Observation
,Iscador Therapy
Radiumhemmet
statistics
1 year
8 in 80
(10%)
2 years
16 in 67
(24%)
3 years
14 in 54
(27%)
4years
11 in 40
(28%)
5 years
11 in 28
(43%)
14%
28%
38%
43%
47%
* Details of age-groups, records of patients and the types of Iscador used are
available in The British Homoeopathic Journal, Issue No. 3, July ’58.
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Note :
Revolutionary from the point of cellular
pathology is the fact that malignant tu
mour should become reduced in size dur
ing the course of internal treatment with
Mistletoe which is neither cytolytic nor
cytostatic. Prof. Dogmagk (Vienna, 1957)
sums up die present day situation by say
ing, “We must be satisfied with producing
a temporary balance between the body and
the abnormal cell growth.” With Iscador
treatment, this condition has been main
tained for surprisingly long periods, and
without any undesirable side effects.
Here too, recurrences and metas
tases occur later and less often in
patients treated with Iscador than
in those not treated.
Comparison between patients
operated and afterwards X-rayed,
and those only operated. Both
groups had Iscador after-treat
ment.
Post-operative X-ray therapy (80 patients)
Group Metastases
I and II
and/or
Recurrences
X-ray
No X-ray
Note :
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45
10(29%)
' 8(18%)
Deaths.
Considerable clinical experience is still
necessary to assess the potentiality of Isca
dor. However, die philosophical approach
and the experience so far gained with Isca
dor therapy certainly deserve the profes
sion’s support and trial, especially of the
homoeopathic fraternity.
8(23%)
4 (9%)
The result is better for the pa
tients who only had the operation,
but for these small numbers the
differences are too small for draw
ing any conclusion against radia
tion.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
1.
From the above figures one could expect
that used post-operatively, the Iscador
therapy would counteract the development
of recurrences and metastases.
2.
3.
Valuable results have similarly been
obtained from the use of Iscador in all
phases and types of cancer. Amongst the
benefits of Iscador therapy the following
clinical observations are made :
(a) Improvement of general health.
(b) Increase of appetite and weight.
(c) Less insomina.
(d) Disappearance of fatigue and de
pression.
(e) Better elimination.
(f) Retardation of tumour growth.
Occasionally tumour is reduced in
size.
(g) Less frequent occurrence of metas
tases.
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4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Leroi, A.: Cancer as the disease of
our time.
Leroi, A.: The Cell, the Human
Organism and Cancer.
Leroi, A.: A Medical Treatment of
Malignant Tumours.
Leroi, A.: Post-operative Iscador
Therapy for Breast Carcinoma.
Leroi, A. and Leroi, Von May :
Treatment of Malignant Tumour with
Iscador.
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Science and Medicine, 20 Lectures.
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matic Problem in relation to Cancer.
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Medical Treatment of Cancer.
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Pre-Cancerous State.
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Cancer.
SOME POINTS FOR CONSIDERATION’
Dr. P. Sankaban, L.I.M., D.F. Hom. (Lond.)
Hon. Physician Govt. Homoeopathic Hospital, Bombay.
we can detect in the light of modern know
ledge. They nearly all have one factor in
common—namely, overtreatment .... The
contemporary scene gives little cause for
complacency and the road we have travell
ed over the past few years is strewn with
discarded remedies, some harmful, some
harmless, and nearly all very expensive.
Yet we continue to believe in miracles
when rest and other inoffensive remedies
are far more likely to be successful.
Almost every homoeopathic physician
who looks back after some years of prac
tice finds good cause for satisfaction.
He has been able “to cure sometimes and
to relieve often,” more often than he
might have done otherwise. Many of the
patients had come to him after having
gone the merry-go-round from the general
physician to the specialist, and from one
specialist to another, and after having in
the end been either disillusioned by some
kindly physician or become disillusioned
themselves. Routine medical measures
having failed, some had been advised to
undergo surgery to remove the pathologi
cal product or even the offending (Poffended) organ, others had been advised a
change of air and yet others asked to for
get about it, for nothing more tangible had
seemed possible.
In spite of the striking advances in seve
ral fields, particularly in the treatment of
acute conditions, modern therapy seems to
fall back in the handling of subacute and
chronic disorders. It would seem that the
fundamental cause of disease is yet unre
cognized by the followers of that system.
“In this realm many of our disappoint
ments are the result of a mutual misunder
standing between ourselves and the drug
firms. When introducing a new therapeu
tic substance to the profession in general,
it is occasionally possible for the manufac
turer to cite reports of fully convincing
trials taken from the pages of a reputable
journal; it is reasonable for such a drug to
be brought to the practitioner’s notice and
little harm follows provided that the possi
ble toxic effects are emphasized to him.
But often the samples dispensed and the
literature provided should imply no more
than an invitation to practitioners to co
operate in a careful clinical trial; and to use
new remedies from the makers on any
other basis would do discredit to the out
patient department of an animal hospital.
In dermatology it is the cause of many
sensitization reactions and of much disap
pointment to all concerned.”
Dr. John Forbes,2 M.D. (London) F.R.
C.P., also writes in a similar vein. He
says :
“....Many of the false gods,that we
have worshipped in the past, such as Focal
We may quote Dr. R. E. Bowers,1 M.D.,
B.Sc. (Lond.), M.R.C.P., in his assessment
of the situation. Writing in the Lancet
under the heading “Disappointments in
Dermatology,” he says :
“But enough of this theorizing; practical
men such as ourselves want to know what
therapy is available. Disraeli defined a
practical man as one who practises the
blunders of his predecessors; and dermato
logical literature is full of blunders which
• Reprinted from The British Homoeopathic Journal, January 1961.
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feel indeed gratified for having chosen to
practise this system.
Sepsis, Intestinal Autointoxication, and
Vitamin Therapy, might never have achiev
ed the popularity that they did if more
doctors had been better trained in logic
and in the appraisal of scientific data.”
However, we must turn from recounting
the benefits and successes of Homoeopathy
towards our difficulties and failures for it
is from these that we may learn more.
.... “Most of us were full of enthusiasm
when we qualified, and tended to overin
vestigate and overtreat our patients, until
we came to appreciate the healing powers
of the uijs medicatrix naturae and the re
markable tendency of'patients to get better
whatever we did. Youthful enthusiasm is
certainly not to be discouraged, and even
when excessive is less harmful than sloth.
It becomes dangerous, however, when it is
not checked by experience and common
sense, and degenerates into crankiness.
Cranks are a menace; the scalpel-happy
surgeon with a pet operation, the physi
cian with a taste for amateur “research”
which involves puncturing his patients’
vital organs, the psychiatrist with a kink in
his own psyche, the specialist who sees all
disease in terms of his own narrow spe
cialty—these do harm to their patients, if
not by actual maltreatment then by wast
ing their time with useless therapy. Esta
blished cranks are deaf to logic and blind
to statistics. We must all watch ourselves
for the early symptoms and signs of mis
directed enthusiasm, and take steps to
treat them with large doses of sceptical
common sense.”
Every honest homoeopath will have to
admit that he meets with defeat now and
then, sometimes if not often; for in spite
of the greatest care on his part and co
operation on the part of the patient, some
times failure does result. Naturally, it is
puzzling because we know Homoeopathy
is capable of curing but it just fails to suc
ceed in particular instances. We may
rack our brains and try again but yet we
may fail. The causes of such failure as
well as several other aspects of Homoeo
pathy require dispassionate investigation.
In this paper, we shall discuss one or two
such points.
Clinical and Pathological Improvement
Certain experiences of ours may be des
cribed' to illustrate variations between
clinical and pathological improvement in
some cases.
“1. We had a patient aged 22 years who
had all the classical symptoms of an in
tracranial tumour. He had recurrent
headaches, projectile vomiting, vertigo,
diplopia, strabismus, tremors, exaggerated
jerks and asthenia. Fundoscopy revealed
papilloedema with minute haemorrhages
in tlie retina in both eyes. He had already
undergone all investigations which includ
ed X-ray studies of the skull and tlie tu
mour haying been located, he had been
advised to undergo surgical treatment. He
had refused and had opted for homoeopa
thic treatment. We were most reluctant to
take up tlie ease, but decided to keep him
under observation and treat him for a few
days. He gave a very dear history that
In the end these discarded patients come
to the homoeopath with hope or without,
and it is a pleasure to see them improve
and become their normal self under ho
moeopathic medication. Homoeopathy
indeed has won credit by relieving or cur
ing even intractable cases of which hund
reds of examples can be produced. So
when such results occur, results even be
yond our hopes and expectations, then we
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three years back he had been involved in
a minor train accident with consequent in
jury to the head. He had then been un
conscious only for a minute, but since then
he had lost interest in his studies and later
had developed the whole symptom-com
plex.
"On the basis of the history and other
symptoms present, we prescribed Nat.
sulph. 200, three doses, two hourly. Ima
gine our surprise when within twenty-four
hours he responded very well' and in two
or three days he felt perfectly well. All
his symptoms disappeared, except the papilloedema and retinal haemorrhages which
conditions were found absolutely unchang
ed. So we carefully watched the case.
“His symptoms relapsed three or four
times at intervals of one or two months
every time, but every time he was restored
(to all appearances) to a completely nor
mal state by a few doses of Nat. sulph.
In between the relapses, none would sus
pect that there was anything wrong with
his health. He used to travel a distance of
80 miles to and fro to attend the clinic
every week. But the unchanged papilloedema and the fact that at every relapse the
symptoms seemed‘more acute, suggested
that appearances were deceptive, though
the clinical improvement was almost magi
cal;
become too narrow), amelioration by mo
tion (while travelling, she felt very uncom
fortable whenever the vehicle halted), etc.
Her R.B.C. count was 1.2 millions and hae
moglobin was 252. We gave her Fer. met.
which seemed well indicated. There was
an immediate and gratifying improvement
with the result that all the symptoms, both
the general and the individualizing ones,
decreased and almost disappeared. She
felt completely well within a few days.
However, the blood examination repeated
ly showed status quo. We gave her Fer.
met. in varying potencies and intervals but
during the two month period of observa
tion and treatment, the blood picture re
mained absolutely unchanged. (Subse
quently she left the hospital and continued
the Fer. met. but in addition took Folviron
tablets which she had formerly taken
without any effect. Now there was a ra
pid rise in the haemoglobin and within
one month it reached 97%.)
“Ultimately after eight months the pa
tient succumbed suddenly, after a short
spell of unconsciousness with convulsions.
“3: We have treated several cases of in
testinal parasites, especially ascariasis, with
homoeopathic drugs which appeared well
indicated. We have found that in the ma
jority of cases, all the symptoms generally
attributed to the parasites, such as grind
ing of teeth, enuresis, boring into the nose,
bulimia, etc., disappeared but no worms
were expelled. Repeated stool examina
tions showed ova even after the patient
was apparently normal. Later, if some
allopathic anthelmintic was given, many
worms were expelled.”
“2. We had a case of a lady aged 28
•years with severe anaemia; who exhibited
all the symptoms associated with such a
condition such as dyspnoea, pallor,
amenorrhoea, anorexia, etc. In addition,
she had ^certain individualizing symptoms
such as extreme dryness of the vagina (the
husband complained that the vagina had
It will be noticed that in all the three
instances, there were clear cut pictures and
the selected remedies appeared to have
been the correct ones, as not only almost
all the symptoms abated but the sense of
well-being was also restored to the pa
tient. In fact, the patients desired to
know if it was necessary to continue the
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treatment since they felt quite well. How
ever, our own examination revealed (in
the first case by ophthalmoscopy, in the
second by haemoglobin estimation, and in
the third by stool examination) that the
improvement was only symptomatic and
there had been no proportionate improve
ment in the pathological picture. But
since tire patients felt so well, we naturally
expected that improvement in the patho
logy was certain to ensue. This expecta
tion, however, was not fulfilled even after
allowing sufficient time. In the first case
the patient stopped the treatment and died,
and in the second, the patient was restored
to normal only after supplementation by
other medicines.
Similarly, we have had other cases also,
as for instance, of biliary calculi, wherein
the patients presented a number of sym
ptoms such as anorexia, vomiting, abdomi
nal pain, agg. from fats, etc., all of which
disappeared under the appropriate homoeo
pathic remedy and the patients felt very
well. But the calculi disintegrated very
slowly, after several months of treatment;
sometimes they did not disintegrate at all.
So also, we have seen cases of pneumonia
get rid of their pain, temperatures, coughs,
etc., and feel very well but the pneumonic
consolidation, as revealed by X-rays, was
found to clear up completely only two or
three weeks after the patients had felt quite
well. From these experiences we are
forced to the conclusion that in every case,
symptomatic inprovement may not be ac
companied by simultaneous and corres
ponding improvement in the pathological
picture.
Therefore it seems necessary to assess
the improvement of such cases under two
separate headings (1) Symptomatic and
(2) Pathological (and radiological). It
might be wrong to assume that symptoma
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tic and pathological improvement are syno
nymous or simultaneous, to judge from
the experiences quoted above. Very often
the latter follows the former under appro
priate homoeopathic treatment. But it
would be an error to certify a patient as
completely cured until they are normal
under both headings, since it appears that
our remedies have die power to relieve
sufferings even when they are unable to
influence die altered pathology.. For in
stance, Dr. Franklin H. Cookinham,3 writ
ing about the homoeopathic treatment of
cancer of the breast, says : “I think very
frequently that our remedies will often re
lieve symptoms without affecting die pa
thologic process underlying such sym
ptoms.”
We must remember that padiological in
vestigations have entered the field only
comparatively recently and before they
were introduced cases had been diagnosed
and treated and the progress and cure
assessed solely on the basis of their clinical
appearances.
Now that we have a deeper knowledge
of the subject, we must make efforts to
verify all cases cured by us, applying
stringent criteria.
Pathological Symptoms :
The error in making pathological changes
the basis, of the homoeopathic prescription
was pointed out by Hahnemann himself.
Kent has also emphasized the point ade
quately and has warned against mistaking
the pathology for the disease, and forget
ting the much broader conception of
disease. But a reading of Kent’s writings
may leave one with the impression that
pathology is never to be considered in the
selection of the remedy and that a patho
logical symptom is not to be touched even
with a pair of tongs. Unfortunately, pa
thological symptoms do not deserve so
much discredit or condemnation. We have
to remember that a pathological symptom
is a definite evidence of the disease and
pathological knowledge today is much
more accurate than it was in the days of
Hahnemann, and even Kent. It was left
to Dr. Gibson Miller4 to point out in his
masterly thesis that the main consideration
against pathology is that it is sometimes
based on hypothesis.
He says:
"I stated at the beginning of this lecture
that Hahnemann insisted that we must be
guided in the choice of the remedy almost
exclusively by the symptoms, to the practi
cal exclusion of pathology; but I think
there is a good deal of confusion with re
gard to this matter. So far as I can see,
Hahnemann did not object to the use of
pathological changes as guides for theoreti
cal reasons, but for practical ones.
to ignore pathology; and, though our know
ledge of this subject has enormously ad
vanced since his day, Iris reasons still hold
good. But we cannot, even in the selec
tion of the remedy — to Say nothing of its
absolute necessity in all questions of diag
nosis and prognosis—ignore pathology, for
without it we cannot understand the true
course and progress of a disease. Only by
means of it can we know the symptoms
that are common to the disease, and hence
those that are peculiar to the patient. We
also thereby know, at certain stages of
some diseases, no matter how similar the
symptoms produced by certain remedies
may appear to those of the patient, yet
that, owing to the superficial character of
their action, it is not possible for them to
prove curative.”
Dr. Elizabeth Wright3 also writes “It
behoves us, therefore, even the strictest
Hahnemannians among us, to give the pa
thological symptom its due!”
“It is true that to a limited extent it is
practical to use pathology as our guide,
and we all do so use it. Whenever we
have to prescribe for eruptions or ulcers—
which are, after all, pathological changes—
we do not hesitate to be governed by any
thing that is peculiar or characteristic
about them, such as their colour, shape,
and position, because by means of these
peculiarities we can differentiate. But,
when we come to deal with gross patholo
gical changes in the deeper organs we meet
with two difficulties. In the first place, we
are unable in the living patient to deter
mine those minute differences—though
doubtless they do exist—which, if discerni
ble, would enable us to differentiate.
Dr. Grimmer, taking part in a disucssion
on a paper read by Dr. I. L. Farr,8 says :
‘‘We study the Organon and the writings
of Hahnemann. We find that he stresses
the totality of the symptoms. He did not
mean just the totality of the mental sym
ptoms alone; he included every symptom
that he could get. Hahnemann went over
his patients; he examined them. Every
thing that he could learn about his patients '
was recorded. That formed his picture.
Arid so it is with the use of pathology. Dr.
Kent says it has a place sometimes. As
the doctor here just stated, sometimes
there is nothing left for us. How many
unconscious cases of apoplexy are we call
ed to prescribe for, often very successfully,
only on what we can see?’’
“And in the second place, very few of
our remedies have had their provings
pushed far enough to cause corresponding
pathological changes. These, I take it, are
the practical reasons that led Hahenmann
So where definite pathology is known
arid is covered by a drug, there is no need
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to reject it completely as having absolute
ly no value in the selection of our remedy.
In the absence of other symptoms, or to
differentiate between drugs of identical
action, pathological data can be considered
as for instance cases of mastoiditis often
respond to Capsicum, cancers to Cadmium
salts, splenomegaly to Ceanothus, uterine
fibroids to Aur. mur. nat., warts to Thuja,
and so on. So pathological symptoms
should also be kept in view when prescrib
ing.
Objective Component of the Similumum
Where a patient has been observed and
is able to express In’s sufferings clearly and
accurately, we have little difficulty in
selecting the correct remedy for him, for
we have in our materia medica an abun
dance as well as an amazing variety of sub
jective symptoms. In fact, Dr. Linn Boyd7
describes ours as a “hyper-subjective mate
ria medica”. But we do meet with seve
ral cases, wherein the subjective symptoms
are either vague and indefinite or common
and useless. Sometimes we come across
patients who omit to disclose some essen
tial features, considering them incidental
and of no significance. In yet other cases
there is a plain paucity of symptoms.
Such a lack of subjective observation
and information on the part of our patient
may be due to the present-day speed or
stress of living, or due to variegated in-.
terests in life, met with in modem times.
But whatever may be the reasons, the situa
tion is there and has to be faced and solv
ed. I may quote an instance from my ex
perience :
“Once a middle-aged person, aged 36,
consulted me for hypertension. It appears
that he had had a desire to insure his life
but when he had gone for routine medical
examination, he was found to have very
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high blood pressure. Therefore his propo
sal had been rejected. Naturally, he want
ed to take treatment for the condition. He
had consulted some physicians and had
been prescribed Rauwolfia Serpentina and
other drugs. In spite of the medicines,
one day he got partial paralysis of the face
which, however, cleared up within a day.
Since the blood pressure did not come
down under those drugs, he opted for ho
moeopathic treatment.
In his case, but for the high blood pres
sure discovered by accident, I could un
cover no other symptoms. I questioned
him carefully and thoroughly but failed to
elicit any symptoms except a stuffiness of
the nose. His blood pressure reading then
was 220/140. Not being able to select
any remedy, I advised him to meet me
again after four days. Then, when I
questioned him again, I found that even
the stuffiness of the nose had disappeared
after the discontinuation of the Rauwolfia
so that he now felt quite well. Not know
ing what .to prescribe, I consulted other
homoeopaths. The aid of the Emanome
ter was also taken but none of the many
homoeopathic remedies prescribed effected
any difference in the blood pressure. So
he again reverted to an allopathic consul
tation and the consultant prescribed for
him die alkaloid of Veratrum viride. When
he showed me the prescription, an idea
struck me and I gave him Veratrum viride
in potency which brought down the pres
sure to normal, resulting in an accidental
success!”
That this problem has been met with
even in early days is known from our lite
rature. For instance, Dr. Farrington, tak
ing part in the discussion on a paper by
Dr. Guy Beckley Stearns, M.D., 8 read be
fore the International Hahnemann Asso
ciation in 1917, says:
“We should everlastingly damn the doct
rine of diagnosis as a guide to the selec
tion of a remedy. But as our president
(Dr. Houghton) has said, we occasionally
meet with cases where we get nothing but
common symptoms—symptoms that indi
cate only the name of the disease, as for
instance, sugar in the urine. What are we
going to do in such cases? Prescribe noth
ing? It seems to me, as thinking men and
women, we have a right to make use of
any factor whatsoever, even diagnosis, if
this is all we can get from careful examina
tion.
“I once had a case of marasmus in a
baby, with loose stools and a few other
nondescript symptoms. It was several
days before I could find the remedy. This
is the way I got at it: The mother said
something about two older children in the
family visiting the grandmother and eating
the salt that she had sprinkled between the
slabs of a little board-walk in front of her
house, to kill grass that grew there. On
the supposition that this baby would have
done the same thing if it had been old
enough to walk, I gave Natrum muriaticum and made a perfect cure. Back of it
all, we do right or wrong in so far as we
give these various factors their relative
importance.”
In these circumstances, our methods
may have to be a little modified. One of
the solutions seems to be to study in de
tail the objective symptoms (including the
pathological ones) so that when and where
subjective symptoms are very few, the ob
jective ones may compensate for their de
ficiency — so to say, to pick out and study
the objective component of the simillimum.
part in the record, for they are of little
value as curative symptoms." Many ho
moeopaths may disagree with this view for
in children, in the insane^and the mentally
retarded, as well as in unconscious pa
tients and malingerers, objective symptoms
are valuable. For in these cases, while
subjective sensations may not be available
or unreliable when available, objective
symptoms are clearly perceptible and de
finite and, therefore, more dependable.
One such good objective symptom is
better than three nondescript and unre
liable subjective ones. To give only one
example, the state of the pulse and tempe
rature are reliable objective symptoms. A
disproportion between the pulse and tem
perature is one of the most valuable indi
cations for Pyrogen and this drug prescrib
ed mainly on this indication has brought
remarkable relief in numerous cases.
One of the great homoeopaths who had
foreseen this difficulty was probably Dr.
C. M. Boger, for in his book, the Synoptic
Key of the Materia Medica, we find a mul
titude of objective (as also pathological)
symptoms emphasized.
With such a
materia medica and repertory, where ob
jective symptoms are given their true place,
we would also be able to treat cases like
leucoderma, warts, prematurely grey hair,
alopecia, numerous skin and other dis
orders, etc., in all of which there appears
to be no evidence of associated or corres
ponding general disturbance on which one
could prescribe with confidence. There
fore, it seems we shall have to work out
on these lines and also record numerous
objective symptoms met with in practice.
Neglect of Diagnosis :
Unfortunately, the study of these objec
tive symptoms seems to have been devalu
ed and discarded. Dr. Roberts” writes:
“Objective symptoms play but a small
The process of homoepathic prescribing
which includes keen observation and the
intelligent interrogation of the patient,
correct evaluation of the symptoms and the
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careful selection of remedy and its po Possibly she had had a fall while at play;
tency, is so interesting and engrossing that she was not sure. Constitutionally she was
it often monopolizes the complete atten • Calc. carb, and all the symptoms of her
tion and energies of the prescriber. As a foot were very nicely matched by Rhus
result, the physician, who should be more tox. I prescribed the drug very confident
than a mere prescriber, steadily and un ly and awaited to receive the thanks and
consciously tends to forsake the other as gratitude of the parent. However, he did
pects of his work, as for example, the diag not turn up. When two or three months
nosis, management, diet etc. No doubt, later I met him by chance and inquired
the consideration of a case purely from the about his daughter, he told me with a cold
diagnostic angle may, at times, obscure the look that since the pain became much
homoeopathic aspects, yet it sometimes worse the next day he promptly took an
helps the homoeopathic prescriber. Any X-ray which revealed a green-stick fracture
way, it would be a great error to neglect of the lower end of the fibula. When the
the diagnosis of the case (which includes foot was put in plaster, the pain disappear
the diagnosis of the cause). Such indiffe ed and the lesion healed.
rence is likely to result in indifferent re
“3. My next case was one of recurrent
sults.
headaches of some months’ duration in a
I may quote some instances from my own lady aged 28. The headaches were occipito-frontal, agg. by eye strain, etc. Some
experience I have already reported :10
"A child of three years was once brought drug seemed to match the symptoms well—
to me with a very offensive, tliick, yello I forget if it was Sang, or Onos — but did
wish-green discharge from one nostril. nothing at all to her. Having tried my
This discharge was of four days’ duration. powders for a week with no results, she
There were no constitutional symptoms. I, consulted someone else who suggested
therefore, prescribed some drug that having the eyes tested. This revealed a
covered the local symptoms very well — I gross error of refraction and was corrected
with suitable glasses, whereupon the head
think it was Puls.
aches vanished.”
“The child was brought the next day,
These cases taught me the lesson that
with no improvement seen. That day, be
sometimes
it would be better to be less of
ing less inert than usual, I looked into the
a
homoeopath
and more of a physician.
affected nostril and saw a white patch.
References
Bowers R. E., “Disappointments in
Dermatology, Lancet, 1, 43, 1958.
2. Forbes, John, “Danger: Doctors at
work” Lancet, 1, 1226, 1958.
3. Cookinham, Franklin H., “Cancer
of the Breast”, Hom. Rec., .72, 10-12,
1958.
4. Miller, Gibson, “On the Compara
tive value of symptoms in the Selec
tion of the Remedy”, Hom. Rec., Dec.
1929, p. 848.
When I picked this patch and brought it
out with a small forceps, I found it to my
surprise to be a strip of thin paper about
10" x 2" rolled into a small ball which the
boy had no doubt inserted into the nose
while at play.
“The foreign body having been remov
ed, the discharge ceased without any me
dication .
“2. A girl of 12 years, the daughter of
a doctor, came to me with a painful swell
ing of the left foot of one week’s duration.
1.
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Stearns, Guy Beckley, “Case-tak
ing”, Trans. Int. Hahn. Assn., p. 302,
1917.
9. Roberts, H. A., Priciples and Art of
Cure by Homoeopathy, p. 143, 1947.
10. Sankaran, P., “Tolle Causum”,
Madras. Hom. J., March 1957, p. 73.
8.
5.
Wright, Elizabeth, A brief Study
Course in- Homoeopathy, p. 69, 1959.
6. Farr, I. L., “Clinical Pathology—An
aid or a hindrance in prescribing”,
Hom. Rec., Feb. 1930, p. 109.
7. Boyd, Linn J. The Simile Principle
in Medicine, p. 178, 1936.
ACCIDENTAL PROVINGS OF “CARBO-ANIMALIS”.
By Dr. Jugal Kishore, B.Sc., D.M.S., New Delhi.
20-10-59
My assistants C.P. and A.P. were tritu
rating and converting Carbo Animalis
3x into 6x. (Hapco). While doing so
they developed the following symptoms.
This was on the evening of 20th October,
1959.
10-59
20(a) Mr. C. P. developed the folEvening
lowing symptoms :
(1) Sneezing.
(2) Felt irritation in the nose
and the sensation as if he
was feeling a cold in the
nose.
(3) Sensation of rawness and
irritation in the throat.
This feeling lasted till even
the next morning.
10-59
21He resumed the triturating
and developed the following
symptoms
(1) Pain in the temples; aching,
heaviness, aggravated on
bending the head down.
Worse on shaking it up and
•
down.
(2) Sensation as if there is cold
in the nose with ineffectual
desire to sneeze. The
throat is not raw as yester
day evening.
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Mr. A. P.: He triturated
only for a few minutes and de
veloped the following sym
ptoms
(1)
Irritation in the throat.
(2)
Sensation of scraping in the
throat. In the left nostril,
he felt the similar sensa
tion of scraping and there
was a pain and tenderness
on pressing the nose from
outside. Heaviness in the
forehead and temples.
(3)
He feels, he would be re
lieved of his heaviness in
the temples and in the fore
head above the eyes if he
could sneeze. There is
ineffectual desire to sneeze.
(4) He feels heaviness and
aching in the temples and
just above the eyes in the
forehead,. This is better
in the open air and worse
in a closed room. Pain in
the supraorbital region as
if bruised. All the sensa
tions persisted next day al
so. There is also a sensa
tion of beginning coryza.
21-10-59 He did not do any trituration.
In the evening he felt his appe
tite was increased. He took
more than double his food and
still asked for more. At night
he felt warm inside and slept
out in the open without any
covering. (He usually sleeps
indoors.) Heaviness of head
was relieved in the cold open
air; also relieved by cycling in
the open air.
10-59
22(1) Today also he feels heavi
ness in the nose. The rawness
and scraping sensations still
persisting. Both the throat and
the nasal symptoms are better
in the cold open air.
(2) In the evening he started
triturating again. It was 6-30
p.m. Felt irritation in the throat
and very frequent irritating,
dry cough while triturating.
Throat on examination showed
redness and congestion; sensa
tion in the throat as if burning
like pepper. Aching bruised,
feeling in the occiput.
(3) Sensation of heat in the
head and wants to remain in
the cold open air. As long as
he is in cool breeze he feels
better and the symptoms are
abated.
23-10-59
(4) His appetite is much better
(Previously he used to have
rather poor appetite). He has
noticed that urination is more
frequent and there is passage of
copious urine. At night while
cycling on the way in the cool
air he felt very much at ease as
if there were no symptoms. At
home, on reaching, he sat an
hour in the room, felt great
warmth or heat in the head. He
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felt relieved by washing his
head with cold water. Had a
cold bath. Felt better in the
cold atmosphere. Slept at 9-30
P.M. but wanted somebody to
fan him. He had hardly slept
for 15 minutes when he started
coughing again which lasted
about 10 minutes and felt pain
in the sides of the chest after
coughing. He slept again and
suddenly got up at 2 A.M. and
felt rather hot all over and went
out in the open and started
coughing again which lasted
about 10 minutes. Dry and
irritating cough. The cough was
hollow sounding. He went to
sleep again and woke up at 4
A.M. He felt very hot and im
mediately took bath in the cold
shower and went to sleep again.
He started coughing on waking
at 7 A.M. It was dry violent,
loud sounding cough, which
shook his whole body. After
coughing he felt pain all over
the body. The pain in the head
is still persisting. The pain in
the head is sore bruised, feeling;
worse on talking.
(5) Feels slight vertigo on
standing.
He ate better than usual. He
had bruised pain in the temples
and sides of the neck till he
went to sleep at 12-30 noon.
When he got up in the after
noon he felt relieved of all his
pain and symptoms at 3 P.M.
When he woke up he felt very
sad and depressed and did not
want anybody to talk to him.
Wanted to be alone; felt quite
depressed. This symptom last
ed about half an hour.
BED-SIDE NOTES - A CARDIAC PATIENT.
Dr. A. U. Sribam M.B., B.S., M.F. Hom. (Lond.), Tiruchirappalli.
The patient, sixty-one years old, presents
himself with congestive heart failure;
dropsy with oliguria; anorexia. No rheu
matic history. Percussion reveals a con
siderable enlargement of the heart. Aus
cultation reveals feeble sounds and missed
beats but no valvular damage. There is
sufficient basal congestion in the lungs to
justify the orthopnoea. Pulse is small but
quite forcible with the systolic blood pres
sure 140 and diastolic 90. That is about
the clinical picture.
Let us see the individual picture of this
particular case of congestive failure. A hot
patient who refuses to tolerate any stuffy
place. Feels happy in open air and always
better at sea-side. He cools his food, likes
cold water, with no marked craving or
aversion to either sweets, salt or milk.
Sweats on die face while eating. As he was
continuing to narrate his story, describing
how his complaint had started after his
wife’s death 4 years ago, how his body had
gone ‘fragile’ these days, he started crying.
Besides I learnt that he is highly emotional
and generally worries himself too much.
He has sometimes urgent stool in the
morning, but never any constipationWakes up easily from sleep from the slight
est noise, but is refreshed even after a little
nap and has marked fear of thieves.
He is irritable (shouts at others when
angry) impatient, is in a hurry and wants
others to hurry too when entrusting any
job and must be in company. Generally
chatty, likes sympathy and when confront
ed with any significant trouble he seeks
sympathy and even weeps over it. Diffi
cult situations upset him so much. He is
sympathetic to others and anticipates
events. Moderately fastidious; agg. by
contradiction. On the whole a lovable
man for all those who have anything to do
with him though he is not so ‘innocent1 as
to be deceived by others! Anyone can
easily make him weep by asking about his
difficulties.
Now, we consider the remedy that is
likely to fit the case. Remedies suited to
cases with cardiac involvement are Antim.
tart., Arsenic, Aurum, Cactus, Carb, veg.,
Digitalis, Ipecac., Kali c., Kahnia, Lach.,
Lauro., Naja, Nat. mur., Puls., Spig., Sulph.
and many others. He has been taking
digoxin with no benefit and has none of the
digitalis symptoms like slow pulse or pal
pitation from the least movement or nausea
or any chalk-like pasty stools. Since our
patient is a hot patient, positively chilly
remedies like Ars., Aurum) Kali, c., Kalm.,
and Spigelia are kept aside. The case is a
chronic one and there is no acute exacerba
tion to remind us of Ant. tart, Ars., Cactus.,
Carbo, veg., Ipecac, and Lauro., but the
other remedies which we are to consider
now (i.e.) the deep acting, long-acting re
medies that suit the chronic state, cannot
be neglected even if there were to be any
acute manifestation. A deep acting remedy
like Sulphur has been used for acute mani
festations like convulsions when the attack
is on, rapidly progressing pulmonary
oedema, pleuritic pains, coronary attacks,
or even headaches; the list is endless espe
cially when we talk of Sulphur. Sulphur
has sudden congestions, patient feeling too
much of blood in the heart or in the chest
as a whole, intense burning (Carb, veg.);
etc. A common description, as obtained
in Farrington’s Clinical Materia. Medica, is
that the patient feels as if the heart were
too large for the thoracic cavity. Sulphur
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Nat. mur. The effect of sea-side, as al
ready said, is both ways. The periods in
a woman may be delayed and protracted,
or frequent and protracted or even scanty’.
Nat. mur., has many such vagaries and is
aptly the similar remedy for fibrillation,
one of the vagaries of the heart. Angina
pectoris is another condition where Nat.
mur., has been found very useful in my
practice. The sodium or potassium or
calcium salt helping the heart is nothing
new to a physiologist.
attacks come on in the middle of the night.
Depending upon the severity of the acute
manifestation even these deep acting, long
acting remedies have to be repeated at
short intervals, a thing which should not
be contemplated in chronic cases. Com
ing back to our case, we will therefore limit
our discussion to hot remedies like Lach.,
Naja, Nat. mur., Puls., and Sulphur. His
loquacity reminds us of Lach, and pro
bably the other ophidian Naja too, but
Nat. mur., and Sulphur also have loquacity'
in the 3rd degree in Kent’s Repertory.
Lachesis patients are generally vivacious in
their talk and behaviour which is very much
unlike this patient. Lachesis has hot flush
ings, rush of blood to the head with cold
ness of the feet and a feeling of constriction
about the heart. The sleeping into aggra
vation is generally a prominent sign-post..
Episodes of hemoptysis or bleeding else
where are not uncomon.
Both the symptoms 'perspiration on the
face while eating’ and ‘fear of thieves’ are
under Nat. mur., as well as Sulph. Lach.,
Nat. mur., and Pulsatilla are the three
drugs which are highly emotional but
there is another point of interest here.
Since one of his sons quarrelled and left his
home at the time of his wife’s death, there
is a combination of grief and emotional
excitement; the latter of the two gives Puls.
a higher place than even Nat. mur. Drugs
for emotional excitement are Puls., Phos.
ac., Nat. mur.. Gels., Staphys., Coffea etc.
Lachesis too has ailments from grief com
peting well with Nat. mur. Naja too is
given a place, though small, in the reper
tory. Pulsatilla known for its shedding
tears is none the better for having given
vent to its emotions and is subject to ail
ments from grief! Pulsatilla is found in
the second degree and Nat. mur., is natural
ly in the first. I said naturally because
Nat. mur., ‘bottles up’ its worries and tins
might be responsible for some ailment.
Our patient craves sympathy and this
strong mental symptom will rule out Nat.
mur., though it has been all along coming
closely with Puls., and Sulph. A hot Nat.
mur., resembles the Pulsatilla so much that
we find it difficult to differentiate without
thorough scrutiny. We happily get this
confirmed in the column of collaterals in
Dr. Sankaran’s Clinical Relationship of
Feels better in open air: Lach., Nat. mur,
and Sulphur have it in second degree.
Amelioration at sea-side is Nat. mur which
has also the opposite. Medorrhinum is
also suggested here and since he was
weeping while telling symptoms Kali, c.,
Sep.,. Med., and Puls, are the ones that
come to our mind. Kali. c. and Sep. get
out because this patient is a hot patient.
Desire for cold food (ever since the on
set of the complaint) is Puls, in the first
degree, Nat. mur., in the third degree.
Urgent stool in the morning reminds us of
Sulph., but Nat. mur., also has that though
Nat. mur., is more often associated with
constipation. ' Nat. mur., is a great biphasic
remedy. Some Nat. murs' are sensitive to
cold and some others to heat or it may be
sensitivity to both heat and cold in the
same person. Some are extremely worried
and some others happy-go-lucky. We find
both aversion to and craving for salt in
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Homoeopathic Remedies. The above
case is an instance to impress it indelibly.
Pulsatilla is a grand.remedy for those
who cry for sympathy. Let us recapitu
late the common features between this pa
tient and Puls., namely, open air ameliora
tion, weeping while telling symptoms, cools
his food, emotional and is a subject for ail
ments from grief. With Nat. mur., being
jettisoned earlier, we find Pulsatilla (or is
it Sulphur?) heading to the victory stand.
We do not have favourites; we allow every
one to contest and he who wins all the
events is the one who tops the event of
individualisation. The superficial simila
rity between this patient and Lach., or
Naja keeps them very much away from the
winner. Probably if any nervous manifes
tations were to creep in Naja may find a
place or if he begins to lose his refreshed
ness after a nap, we may entertain the
ophidia.
Between Puls., and Sulph., his moderate
fastidiousness will push die ragged philo
sopher a little behind. The open air
amelioration is more marked in Puls., than
in Sulph. Sulphur has the opposite also
(i.e.) open air aggravation. In acute com-'
plaints Puls., also may have the opposite
state but in chronic cases Puls., is over
burdened with heat.
While Nat. mur., and Lil. tig., (so also
Sulphur) are known for the hurried nature,
Pulsatilla is not without-it.
In conclusion, what looked like a Nat.
mur., from the emotional element and from
the onset of die complaint coinciding with
the event of his wife’s deadi, ended up with
Puls., for the craving for sympathy and the
weeping. Hence Puls. 10M was given and
the report at die end of the fortnight was
that he is feeling generally very much bet
ter. That is the beginning of improvement
in any case. By the way, Nat. mur., sheds
tears in solitude and has lachrymation on
laughing. Therefore, the practice of the
law of similars will be futile without a full
study of the patient. The remedy selection
is not like reaching the heights on an esca
lator. One, has to ‘go up’ the way on this
stiff staircase of symptoms and once all the
steps are done the ‘totality’ is in view.
Missing a vital point will cause a misera
ble descent which could be as in an esca
lator! One has to be absolutely on guard.
SOME CASES OF CANCER TREATED WITH ISCADOR.
Dr. P. Sankaban, L.I.M., D.F. Hom. (Lond.),
Hon. Physician, Govt. Homoeopathic Hospital, Bombay.
During the past few years I have had
opportunities to treat numerous cases of
cancer — cases which had undergone sur
gery and had relapsed, cases which had
received irradiation and had relapsed and
cases with secondaries. Mostly the pa
tients had come after they had been de
clared as hopeless. I am sorry to confess
that very' rarely I have had real success in
the sense that the patient had been cured.
Even by prescribing carefully I have mere
ly been able only, to cut down the amount
of suffering and perhaps prolong the life
of the patient.
In this paper I propose to report only
such cases as had received Iscador treat
ment, combined with or without the simul
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taneous oral administration of the indicated
remedy in potency. The details of the
Iscador treatment could be found else
where in a paper by Dr. N. P. Sukerkar in
this issue of the Journal.
CASES
1. Mr. J. F. X. aged 69, male, suffering
from a very hard swelling below the right
ear, size of a big lemon, occupying the
angle of the mandible, of 2 years and 8
months in duration was seen by me on
3-11-1958. The biopsy revealed epider
moid carcinomatous origin secondarily de
posited in the lymph nodes. I gave him
Cad. phos., 200th potency, for a few days.
He seemed to improve. But Iscador was
ordered for him and he was put on Iscador
injection from 8-12-1958. Unfortunately
his condition became worse and before
four or five injections could be given, he
succumbed to the disease.
and other drugs. His condition gradually
improved so that by 10-10-1958 he seemed
to be much better. He was then put on
Iscador and by the time he finished sixteen
injections, his condition was considerably
better. He then stopped the treatment, as
he felt that he was perfectly normal. He
remained well for nearly one- year but un
fortunately he died in February 1960 due
to some other cause.
4. Mrs. M. A. aged 64 years, was seen by
me on 2-12-1958 with the following history
and symptoms.
2. Mr. M. H. M. aged 49, had a painless
intermittent hematuria in October 1956
which lasted for eight weeks. It recurred
in 1957. Routine investigations were then
done and it was found that he had malig
nancy in the kidney and X-rays showed
opacities in both lungs suggestive of metas
tatic lesions. He had a serious attack of
hematuria again which could not be con
trolled in the cancer hospital and he was
discharged. We gave him Phos. IM which
at once controlled the hematuria. Later
on Iscador was ordered for him and he
was given five injections but his condition
deteriorated and he died.
She had been having some abdominal
pain and was examined by a physician who
diagnosed it as a case of carcinoma of cer
vix of the uterus. She was given radium
treatment six months back. But in the last
two months she has developed hard swell
ing of the inguinal glands, size of a mar
ble on the right side which is painless.
She has slight pain on lower abdomen at
times, extending down to the foot. Within
one week she developed also enlargement
of the inguinal gland on the left side. I
put her on various drugs which included
Merc., Calc. fl. Formica rufa., Lap. albus.
etc. and also gave her a series of fourteen
Iscador-injections. The Iscador injections
could not be continued as she left Bombay.
However, though she did not show any
special response during the Iscador treat
ment she has shown some improvement in
general and she is still under my treatment
upto this time i.e., 14-5-1961. Both the
glands have completely subsided.
3. Mr. S. J. aged 45, had a carcinoma at
the base of the tongue'for two years. He
took deep X-ray treatment in 1957 and felt
some relief but the tumour recurred in the
same area. He also had profuse hemetemesis(?) He was declared incurable by
the hospital authorities and he was asked
not to come back. I put him on Cad. ars.
5. Dr. K. aged 58 years, saw me on 30-101960 with a big hard painless swelling size
of a large lemon, below the angle of mandi
ble on the: left side. He had also a big
cauliflower growth at the base of the ton
gue with pain in the tumour extending to
the temples and to the ear, apple core sen
sation in the throat etc. I put him on some
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developed a prominent oedema of the
tongue which persisted. His condition be
came worse gradually and he died in
March, 1961.
homoeopathic medicines orally and he was
also given a series of Iscador injections but
before ten injections could be completed,
he succumbed.
'6. Mr. W.K.T. aged 56 years, had a can
cer of the tongue. He was given X-ray
exposures and it subsided. But subsequent
ly there was a small glandular swelling in
the neck region and so the glands in the
neck were removed en masse, in 1959.
However, in October, 1960 he got a swell
ing again below the right ear, very hard,
affecting the periosteum of the mandible
He was advised to take Cobalt rays which
he refused. I put him on Cad. phos.
orally and gave him Iscador injections but
finding no improvement he stopped the in
jections and took Cobalt rays. This gave
him temporary relief and then he returned
and continued the injections. But, how
ever, before fourteen injections could be
completed, he expired.
SUMMARY.
I have reported some cases of cancer
treated by me with Iscador injections. I
am sorry to confess that the results have
been somewhat disappointing. However,
it must be noted that almost all these cases,
had received routine orthodox treatment,
had had relapses and metastases and had
been declared incurable, as they were all
in advanced stages.
Acknowledgements : I
have
to
acknowledge with deep gratitude, the
prompt, constant and kind guidance that
I always received from the Cancer Re
search Laboratories, Arlesheim especially
from Dr. Alexander Leroi and Dr. S. Satt
ler, to both of whom I feel personally in
debted. I may even mention one instance
when I sent them a cable seeking their ad
vice at 12 noon on a particular day and I
received their reply before 11 a.m. next
day.
7. Mr. N.T.S., aged 49, had a cancer at
the base of the tongue and received Cobalt
rays in March, 1960. There was a recur
rence in July with a hard swelling in tire
neck with appearance like a bull neck. He
was also put on Iscador injection but he
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CLINICAL NOTES
by Dr. Arthur P. Pereira, Bombay.
tion. As it was Saturday they promised
to report the result of the Widal test for
typhoid on Monday
Meanwhile a German S. V. D. priest
who practised Radiasthesia with the help
of a small brass pendulum was asked to
help. He found that the circulatory sys
tem was affected. From a list of remedies
College boy of 18 suddenly developed
high fever, complete collapse; no strength
even to move his arm; lips getting black.
No known cause. Had taken some cough
mixture (patent) which was many months
old. When several remedies failed, the
blood was sent for examination. The
Hospital reported- “septic fever” condi
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was diphtheria around and I was just a
beginner, I called an allopath friend to exa
mine the child’s throat. He found him
very drowsy and his tonsil purple. He
said, “This child has septic tonsils; if he is
not given an injection immediately, his
condition will become very bad by dawn.”
Usually, this allopath is very good at
diagnosis; but the child’s parents had full
faith in me. Bell. 30 had been given at
8 p.m. The fever was 99.6 at 8-30 p.m.
when the boy was examined. No further
dose was given. By morning 7 a.m. the
boy was going round the house on his tri
cycle. The allopath who had warned the
boy’s father that homoeopathy is a good
science but very slow in action, enquired
of some of his patients about this boy, my
nephew. But he never came to ask what
had cured the boy by dawn when he
should have been dead—as no further dose
was given after the allopath left. I men
tion this case more to show how the allo
path depends too much on objective sym
ptoms which may contradict the subjec
tive symptoms and can be very mislead
ing, if the homoeopath is inclined to panic.
in the Repertory his pendulum indicated
that Strophanthus 30 should be given to
help the heart and Echinacea 200 next,
every two hours.
Arguing that the septic condition was
affecting the heart, I gave the Echinacea
first, three doses. Four hours later, I
phoned to Dr. P. Sankaran for advice and
he suggested that I should give the drug
every ten minutes as the patient’s condi.tion was highly toxic. After the sixth dose
the patient was much better. His strength
returned, the fever abated, the extreme
sensitiveness over the abdomen vanished
after four doses.
By Monday, the patient was well and
eager to move about, though still weak.
On Monday evening, the hospital report
arrived : “Widal Test for typhoid strong
ly positive”.
Ten years previously, this patient had
had tonsil trouble after four days of feast
ing on syrup and ice. He was only 8
years old, but he gave detailed modalities
and Bell. 30 gave quick relief. As there
NUX VOMICA *
Nux means nut and vomica means eme
tic. It produces and cures vomiting. It
is also called Quaker buttons.
Dr. M. J. Havewala opening the dis
cussion explained why he chase Nux vom.
Nux vom. is a remedy for a variety of ex
citing causes found in modem city life e.g.,
irregularity in food, sleep, high living, ex
citement, etc. As the causation is very
important in all diseases, Nux vom. is very
useful. The highest irritability is found in
Nux. vom. The mind is overaetive but
physically he is dull'. There is hypersen
sitivity and also a reversal of normal
actions.
I may report the following as one of my
cases :
A child was brought to me with the com
plaint that there was retention of urine if
he strained whereas he would pass urine
involuntarily in sleep. He had been catheterised and treated with allopathic medi
cine, but with poor results. Nux vom. IM,
* Discussion held at Govt. Homoeopathic Hospital Clinical Society, March, 1961.
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3 or 4 doses were given half hourly and by
next day he was normal.
Dr. Pai: Nux vom. is a poisonous drug.
It has great chillness as a symptom.
I once saw a child, with pneumonia in
winter, face flushed, agg. least exposure.
Nux vom. helped. I have found Nux vom.
useful in undiagnosed fevers with no defi
nite history. It is also a remedy in some
cases of asthma.
Dysentery : A child was passing blood
and mucus on 4th day, with offensive stools
and prostration. Ars. failed. But as the
child was crying before stool, Nux vom.
IM, repeatedly given helped. For dentition
troubles Nux vom. may be useful. A pa
tient sleepless after 3 a.m., with impotency, Nux vom. helped. In cases of
biliary and renal colic without good sym
ptoms, I have given Nux vom.
failed to help. Then I gave Nux vom. 200.
Felt improvement. The same medicine
repeated cured her.
Dr. Shaikh : In Nux vom., some sym
ptoms are amel. by cold e.g., piles; asthma
is better in open air. But he does not
want to uncover in any stage of fever.
Weeps with music. In epilepsy, patients
are conscious during the siezure.
Dr. Karamchandani : Nux vom. is a re
medy for brain fag also.
Dr. Nadkami : Nux vom. is known as
Kajra in Bombay.
Dr. Pai: Convulsions with conscious
ness, is found in tetanus and not in epi
lepsy..
Mostly asthmatic patients feel hot and I
do not know if Ars. and Nux. vom. can be
given.
Dr. John Pereira : For patients drugg
ed with medicines, I have found Nux vom.
useful.
Dr. Wadia: (presiding). All of you
are aware of the symptoms of Nux vom.
Nux vom. seeds contain copper and, there
fore, it explains the occurrence of colic
and cramps especially in gastrocnemius
and soleus muscles, especially in women
before menses. It is a drug for modern
evils, for those who eat, drink and live
well. The patient is fastidious. Nux vom.
has strong sex desire but less power.
Dr. Amin : I shall deal with only one
symptom. I shall cite a case. A lady,
28 years old, had pain in back, around the
4th and 5th dorsal verbetrae; all types of
examinations had been done. It was sus
pected as tuberculosis of bone or as Osteo
arthritis. Pain was agg. sitting bent for
ward, amel. lying on back, and amel. mo
tion (of affected part). She was better in
cool open air. Pain was burning in nature.'
On repertorising no drug was clearly seen.
Further questioning brought out the fact
that she had two stools daily preceded by
slight discomfort. Previous history of dy
sentery; thirstless. I gave Puls. 200 on
22-8-1959. For- four days she felt better.
Then I gave her Puls. IM. Felt better
again and then felt worse again. Then I
gave Nux vom. 200. Felt improvement.
again and then felt worse again. Puls,
Dr. Sankaran: mentioned how often
Nux vom. is found useful in practice. One
of his first experiences was a case of a pa
tient who developed a pain in the chest.
This gentleman had consulted a homoeo
path as well as an allopathic doctor. The
homoeopath had given him some medicine
without relief and the allopathic doctor
had proclaimed it as a case of pleurisy.
The patient got much worried and came
running, accompanied by his homoeopa
thic physician. When I tried to find out
the modality of the pain, whether it was
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worse by breathing, worse by coughing
etc., the patient became very impatient
and irritated and snapped at me “Why
don’t you do something instead of asking
all these silly questions?” Not knowing
what do, I gave him two doses of Nux
vom. to be taken every one hour. But
within 5 minutes of the first dose, the pain
subsided.
Another unique case of Nux. vom. I
have already reported is that of an Engin
eer in a textile mill. He was sent to U.K.
for higher studies and there he developed
some gastric disorder which was diagnos
ed as gastritis. Much treatment was
given without any effect. From there he
proceeded to U.S.A, and there got admitt
ed in the famous Mayo Clinic where nu
merous investigations were. done. Over
two dozen X-rays-were taken and ultimate
ly it was again labelled as gastritis. Vari
ous prescriptions produced no results. He
came back to Bombay and consulted me.
He gave some beautiful symptoms such as
that the pain in the stomach was worse
after eating, amel. lying down, relieved
even by very short nap, was relieved by
perspiration and by passing urine. Nux
vom. worked out on these symptoms and
it gave him remarkable relief. I think he
required two or three doses in four months
and was subsequently completely well.
I remember the case very well because
he thanked me profusely but omitted to
pay my fees.
Another peculiar case was that of an old
man about 65-70 years old, who suddenly
developed attacks of shivering without
any temperature. He used to shake and
shiver for about half-an-hour in spite of
covering himself very warmly. We could
not make any diagnosis as there were no
other symptoms but Nux vom. relieved
him.
They say Nux vom. is an antidote for
several remedies but I wonder what re
medy antidotes Nux vom. in practice.
Dr. Karamchandaiii : Sulphur
Nux vom. antidote each other.
Dr. Wadia :
and
I thank you all.
NEWS AND NOTES
Homoeopathic Bill for Rajasthan
It is reliably learnt that a Draft Bill for
the recognition of Homoeopathy has been
already approved by the Rajasthan Cabi
net and that a Bill will be brought before
the next session of the Rajasthan State
Assembly.
BOOK REVIEW:
with reference to the drug Penicillium
Notatum. The author has taken great
pains to prove this well known drug and
has also undertaken great labour to pre
sent the records of the provings. At
a time when the homoeopathic profession
is mainly content to draw upon and uti
Penicillium Notatum In Homoeopathy,
by G. Subba Raju, published by the
Author, from Bhimavaram, W. G. District,
Andhra Pradesh; pp. 86.
Price not mentioned.
The book is mainly a record of the pro
vings and clinical experiences of the author
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lize the work of the previous generations
and when practically no one seems to take
any trouble to contribute to the treasury
of our Materia Medica through provings,
the author is to be congratulated for the
painstaking way in which he has done
the work. From the records of the pro
vings and the clinical experiences of the
drug it will appear that the Penicillium
Notatum will be a very useful addition to
our Materia Medica.
Coming to the actual publication we
may offer a few suggestions for its im
provement.
In a book of this sort the actual sympto
matology alone needs to be given along
with the clinical experiences'and all other
extraneous matter, such, as resolutions
passed, certificates given and also the dis
cussion of the germ theory etc., can be
safely excluded. Further, in the presen
tation of the symptoms also the author in
taking great trouble to present all details
has unfortunately brought in a certain
degree of confusion to the average reader.
In presenting the symptoms it would be
better to follow the presentation of new
drugs given in the British Homoeopathic
Journal. In describing the clinical cases
the author does not point out in each ease
what symptom of the patient guided him
to the particular drug viz. Penicillium
Notatum. After reading the various eases
one is likely to carry the impression that
the author merely experimented by giving
Penicillium Notatum to all types of the
cases and has reported the successful
ones.
The book will have considerably more
value if the provings had been conducted
under the guidance of some International
authority like “The International Provers’
■League’ or the ‘British Homoeopathic As
sociation’. This would have enabled an
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independent report on the provings. The
book also requires much editing to present
the substance in concise and clearer form.
There is also scope for improvement in the
printing and get-up.
• Besides one point is worth mentioning.
Dr. W. R. McCrae had stated once, and
probably there is great truth in the state
ment, that of all the drugs available those
found in natural states may prove the
most valuable additions to our armoury.
The synthetic drugs, which from time to
time appear on the allopathic horizon,
dazzle the eyes for some time and then
disappear, need not be given any extra
weightage regarding their claims to be
proved. Although, Penicillin Notatum
may not fall in this group, this point is
worth remembering.
Nothing that has been said above
should detract from the value of the work
done by Dr. Subba Raju.
Homoeopathic Aid In Emergencies, Me
dical & Surgical) by S. K. Kamthan, pub
lished by M. Kamthan Homoeopathic
Clinic, Mainpuri (U.P.) pp. 43,
Price Rs. 2.50.
This book is compiled by S. K Kamthan,
son of Dr. P. S. Kamthan who has brought
out some nice booklets. A practical book
let on homoeopathic aid in emergencies is
most essential at this stage. But unfortu
nately the booklet under review does not
fulfil this need properly and fully. For
instance, in this booklet treatment of nu
merous conditions have been included
which are not emergencies in the real
sense e.g., Coryza, Cough, Conjunctivitis,
Diarrhoea, Dysentry, Pneumonia, Labor,
Rheumatism etc., whereas several emer
gency conditions which we often meet
with in practice have been left out such
as Coma, Convulsions, Sunstroke etc.
Under the various headings also, we
feel some more drugs could have been in
cluded e.g., under Cholera one finds Cam
phor and Cuprum missing, drugs which
one would tliink of at once.
Another defect would be that no autho
rities are given for the various statements.
It would be better that in-all homoeopa
thic books either references or authorities
should be given.
Besides in this booklet there is also ex
traneous matter such as preventives and
prophylactics. It would be better .for
every book to confine itself strictly to its
own subject.
My Experience with 50 Millesimal Scale
Potencies, by Dr. Bamanlal P. Patel, pub
lished by author, A. H. Medical College,
Sachivothamapuram, Kottayam, pp. 76;
Price Rs. 3/-.
This booklet deals with the experience
of the author with 50 Millesimal Scale Po
tencies. It describes some of his expe
riences and is illustrated with case reports.
It is the product of the Research Dept, of
A. H. Medical College. The conclusions
of the author are given at the end of the
booklet.
Before the merits of such a work can be
reviewed, it is necessary to consider some
general points concerning research.
Research in the field of biology is a
most difficult task requiring the utmost
care, patience, circumspection and objec
tivity. Particularly in the field of medi
cine we are much handicapped because
the human being is susceptible to such'a
variety of influences, which are not all con
trollable or measurable, that it is very diffi
cult to conduct an experiment and come
to categorical conclusions. The require
ments of an experiment as stated by the
famous Claude Bernard are that in an ex
periment we shall have to prove that un
der such and such conditions, such and
such results occur and that under any
other set of conditions such and such re
sults do not occur. To apply this in the
field of medicine and particularly in the
field of homoeopathy involves a tremend
ous responsibility, for in homoeopathy we
deal with infinitesimal and immaterial en
tities. Therefore, the need for controlled
experiments has arisen.
When cortisone was first introduced it
was acclaimed jubilantly as a magic medi
cine for it restored to health hopeless cases
so that thoroughly crippled men and wo
men were able to dance in the hospital
ward. The proof of efficacy of medicine
seemed evident in front of our very eyes
and could not be doubted. But sometime
later controlled experiments were con
ducted by the double blind method viz.
one set of patients were given cortisone
and another set merely aspirin, neither the
patients nor the doctors knowing which
patients received the cortisone and which
the aspirin. When the results were talli
ed it was found that the percentage of re
lief with aspirin was more than with cor
tisone. This experiment opened the eyes
of physicians to the tremendous need for
objectivity.
Objectivity is something that is more
easily conceived than acquired. For we
are practically slaves to our original con
ceptions, our favourite theories and preju
dices, our convictions and beliefs. These
invariably intrude themselves into our
work and all that we do or see is uncon
sciously coloured by our concepts. Cases
have been known to improve by merely
being admitted in a hospital, for they have
been removed from their orginal environ
ment and put up under new conditions.
Cases have been known to improve mere
ly because of the personality of the phy
sician, for the personality of {he physician
enters to a very large extent in the treat
ment of the patient. All such factors will
have to be given their due weight.
Considering the tremendous care, pa
tience and observation1 necessary to draw
valid conclusions even from a single case
we are puzzled how valid conclusions have
been drawn so quickly from the results of
30,000 prescriptions made by the author.
The volume of cases and prescriptions is
very impressive and will no doubt gladden
the heart of a-statistician but the researcher
would prefer to have a few cases observed
with all their antecedents and concomit
ants. A dozen such cases might help us
to draw more valid conclusions than a
thousand other cases. An impartial critic
going through the booklet may come only
to the conclusion that homoeopathic po
tencies in the Millesimal potency scale
act very well. There is no scope for com
paring them with the action of centesimal
potency, for the author has not given any
experiments side by side. Further if case
A did not respond very well to centesimal
scale while case B responded very well to
a Millesimal scale potency this will lead
us to no conclusion, for the response in each
case would depend upon the nature of that
particular case, the nature of that disease,
the nature of that patient, the nature of
that drug, the correctness of the drug and
various other circumstances. The only
way to draw correct conclusions seems to
be to put the same patient on a particular
centesimal potency for some time arid after
securing a reasonable idea of his response,
to put him on a Millesimal scale potency
and to see if there is any marked difference
between the responses to the two. If a
number of such cases can be. treated in
this way and if every time; the response.
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to one potency seems to be markedly dif
ferent from the response to the other, then
we may come to a reasonable conclusion
that one of these two potencies seems to
be better than the other. We are assum
ing in all these cases that the drug select
ed has been perfectly correct which itself
is a very big assumption to make. But
instead of considering such experiments,
the author not only frowns upon them but
hotly disapproves those who would even
attempt them.
. From the cases given by the author we
are' unable to come to any conclusions,
for most of these cases have been treated
by more than one drug. Further details
would- have been welcome, for instance
the author omits mention of pulse and res
piration even in cases of fever. Even the
indications for the drugs might have been
clearer. For example, in case No. 2, a case
of Jaundice, the author says that Aconite
was prescribed because of the sudden on
set of the symptoms. Many homoeopaths
may consider this indication insufficient.
That the author has tremendous zeal,
enthusiasm, and devotion for the cause of
homoeopathy and that he has great admi
ration for Hahnemann is transparent
throughout the book but these excellent
qualities cannot substitute for thorough
ness and care in experiments. The fact that
these very characteristics may rob one of
all objectivity, is a possibility. When we
set out to do an experiment as suggested
by Hahnemann we shall have to set out
with an unbiassed mind so that we are not
prejudiced by the opinions of any one in
cluding Hahnemann himself. We shall
have to conduct the experiments impartial
ly and publish our results whether they
are for or against. But this objectivity
seems to be lacking in the author. For on
page 20, the author criticizes very harshly
certain homoeopaths whose experiments
or observations do not coincide with those
of the author. This spirit of intolerance is
not worthy in any person in the field of
research. Neither truth nor homoeopathy
is the monopoly of a single individual and
every one has a right to express the truth
and work for the advancement of the
science in the way he feels best.
Dr. Patel has a tremendous scope for re
search, for he has a very good institution
in his hands and has a band of qualified
and enthusiastic homoeopaths with him.
Further he is fully devoted to the cause of
homoeopathy and we are sure that he will
contribute enormously to the growth of
science both by his devotion and his pro
gressive ideas, provided he develops more
objectivity, circumspection and tolerance.
A CHRONIC CASE OF- LEUCORRHEA
Dr. M. N. Paranjpe, B.Sc. D.F. Hom. (London), Poona.
Patient—Mrs. G. age 31.
Fat, short with dark complexion.
This patient complained of leucorrhea
of 17 years’ duration. She had had diffe
rent treatments over this long period but
nobody would assure her of a cure of her
malady. Her menses started at the age of
14 and she has been suffering from leu
corrhea since then. The leucorrhea is
yellowish, sticky and itching. Worse be
fore menses and aggravated by exertions,
with pain in the back and abdomen.
Menses is very irregular. She complains
of pain in joints after exertions and heavi
ness and swelling of limbs after long
walks. Headache in the occiput worse
sitting, talking, and bathing. Occasional
shooting pain in chest. Her memory is
bad. There is formication of limbs during
rest and frequency of urine during day
time. Constant desire to sleep, with
dreams of water and difficulties. She is
chilly and yet aggravated by sun heat.
She is easily angered and is of the emo
tional type.
drugs Sulphur and Calc. Carb. On the
make up of the patient as well as the suffer
ing Calc. Carb was chosen.
2-1-61 Calc. Carb. 10 M. 1 dose Placebo
30 days. No result.
1-2-61 Calc. C. 6th. T.D.S. for 15 days
no improvement.
16-2-61 Carbo Veg. 30—3 doses for want
of reaction.
There is 10% improvement. Not being
satisfied with the result the case was repertorised again selecting the following
symptom cards—(1) Itching (2) Shooting
pain (3) Anger (4) Formication (5) Heat
of sun aggr. (6) Sitting aggr. (7) Urinary
organs (8) M. P. before aggr. These
symptoms brought out Sul and Sepia.
Sepia was chosen after reference to the
materia medica. It is also related to Car
bo Veg. the last remedy administered.
1-3-61 Sepia 1 M. 2 doses. Placebo 30
days—good improvement.
2-4-61 Placebo for 30 days as the patient
reported 60% improvement.
2-5-61 Placebo for 15 days.
With the above treatment the patient
was completely cured of her leucorrhea
and all other concomitant symptoms and
now enjoys complete health.
Working out tliis case on Dr. Sankaran’s
card repertory with the. following sym
ptoms—(1) Anger (2) exertions aggr.
(3) formication (4) Menses before aggr.
(5) Memory affected, brought out the
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OBITUARIES:
Dr. DOUGLAS M. BORLAND
Dr. HAROLD FERGIE WOODS
We regret to record the sad demise of
Dr. Douglas M. Borland on November 29,
1960, at the age of 75.
Dr. D. M. Borland joined the medical
staff of the London Homoeopathic Hospi
tal in 1930 and continued almost until his
death. He was one of the first to go to
the United States from the U.K., to study
under Dr. Kent and bring back to Eng
land the ideas of Dr. Kent.
He had an extraordinary knowledge of
the symptoms of the drugs and their
nuances. His booklet Children’s Types is
a masterpiece on tire subject. He has also
written an excellent book on the treatment
of Pneumonia and several papers includ
ing those on Influenza and Digestive
drugs.
We regret to report the death of Dr. H.
Fergie Woods.
Dr. Harold Fergie Woods who died on
14th January, 1961 was also a well known
figure in the homoeopathic field. In 1908
he had the opportunity to go to U.S.A.,
accompanied by Sir John Weir and study
under Dr. Kent. He had worked in the
Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital
from 1909 onwards. Due to his failing
eysight he had to retire from his work.
His books Materia Medica and Repertory
and Homoeopathy in the Nursery are well
known. He was an eminent teacher and
a respected senior consultant.
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