John- It must be my aging or vanishing brain cells - I find understanding your responses more difficult now a days- it is like a beginner in English reading Dudgeon's translation of the Organon without a dictionary- I am pretty sure much of what you say is definitely worth understanding - except tha...

All this blubbering and whining about whale blubber ... Talk about making mountains out of molehills and whales out of moles there are so many other agendas going on here -Give a rest to all of your high horses, don't ride them too hard and kill them in your zeal to save the whale I do not know if t...

I have treated many cases where the side effects of allopathic medicines were ameliorated or did not occur even when the medicines were still being used; I admit that probably not all such medicines or not all symptoms may be antidoted by potencies but I believe many could be. I am not talking about...

It is better to understand different cultures before showing your feet ;-) Assessing a patient within a cultural context is important - In India there used to be a belief - and even now in some circles - that the medical profession is so noble that doctors should literally be venerated - look at how...

Theresa -

There are some rubrics in Knerr on Age Old people

Also Urination involuntary and Stool involuntary etc.

I came across Kali.phos, Kali carb, Causticum

Secale has both incontinences -

--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, "Theresa" wrote:

Pain, stiffness and adhesions, yes, but lots of times they create a feeling of paralysis and paresis- Sensations need to guide us and it is more the sensation created by these adhesions that would guide us rather than the adhesions themselves --- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, "shannonnelson tds.n...

I forgot to mention Ferrum met and Ferrum phos and Aurum

Ferrum helps a lot in these cases. Read the MM for indications
--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, "Rochelle Marsden" wrote:

Rochelle- As Joy suggests it is the regular case taking again- Give particular attention to the location, modalities, extensions and sidedness... Causticum, Rhus, Ruta are very common to come across... I have used Chel, Sanguinaria, Syphilinum, Strontia carb for this... Consider Helonias for this as...

and I commented that the picture was a hyperbole !!!

Do you think this picture is appropriate for your purposes? Is the perceived brutality of 1857 the same now and do you think that will resonate with your theme? I would think that is some thing more factual or looking at the bodily mechanisms would be more appropriate...it might be the allopathic ba...