Minutus

> would prescribe e.g. "1 globule in so much carbonated water,

Carbonated water? Wouldn't that have its own chemicals that might interfere
with the remedies?
Cee

Hi Cee,
Well, you caught me out. Actually, I do not really know whether
carbonated water is the right translation.

The Paris casebooks are in French, and Hahnemann wrote something like
"water with coal" (avec charbon). Sometimes prescribed it in plain
water, sometimes in water with alcoohol. The coal and the alcohol were
probably added for preservation purposes.

Regards

Luise
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On Jun 30, 2008, at 10:47 AM, Luise Kunkle wrote:
But it's definitely not charcoal, e.g. maybe filtered??
Shannon

Hi Shannon,
I don't know what "charbon" means.

The editor translated it into German as "Kohle" which means "coal"

Regards

Luise
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What's the full phrase? (That was translated as "carbonated water"?)

Charcoal has immense adsorbtion properties as we now from filters, etc,....It was used in H's time to purify water, simply by putting a piece of it in the jar of water.
Charcoal also burns like mineral coal and is used for the same purpose, see barbecues.....
So no big mystery here, simple technology of that time for water purification, still valid today, and the use of a generic name.
Dr. J. Rozencwajg, NMD.
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So rather than "carbonated water" the phrase should be "charcoal water"
or "charcoal-treated water"--with the contemporary equivalent being
filtered or spring water??
Shannon

IMO, yes.
Dr. J. Rozencwajg, NMD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind".
Visit http://drjoesnaturalmedicine.blogspot.com for some articles and comments.

Charcoal as was written by Michael in a previous post where he provided an exerpt from Chronic Diseases mentioning it and its use.
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So rather than "carbonated water" the phrase should be "charcoal water" or "charcoal-treated water"--with the contemporary equivalent being filtered or spring water??
Shannon
Charcoal has immense adsorbtion properties as we now from filters, etc,....It was used in H's time to purify water, simply by putting a piece of it in the jar of water.
Charcoal also burns like mineral coal and is used for the same purpose, see barbecues.....
So no big mystery here, simple technology of that time for water purification, still valid today, and the use of a generic name.
Dr. J. Rozencwajg, NMD.
"The greatest enemy of any science is a closed mind".
Visit http://drjoesnaturalmedicine.blogspot.com for some articles and comments.

Hi JROZ, Shannon,
Mea culpa:-)

Just shows how things can go wrong by b bit of sloppy translatiion.
But I did own up to my error some posts ago:-)

Regards

Luise
--
One thought to all who, free of doubt,
So definitely know what's true:
2 and 2 is 22 -
and 2 times 2 is 2:-)
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