Anthrax

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Dear Colleagues

I am indebted to my colleague and friend Angie Metzger for this.

The remedy Anthracinum made from the spleen of infected sheep seem to hold the picture.

Pls see details in Vermeulen's Synoptic MM 2. page 83-86.

This nosode was made & used during the days of Hn by a vet surgeon called Lux.

However, as it has been mentioned already, KENT's instructions on how to treat an epidemic is ABSOLUTELY valid.

Let us hope we do not have to deal with an outbreak.

Rgds
Soroush
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[Ahmed N. Currim]

Reminder Kent's instructions: James Tyler Kent: Lectures on Homeopathic
Philosopy Lecture III paragraph 5: In perceiving what is to be cured in
disease...

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Dear Colleagues

This morning I was listening to BBC Radio 4 and they were interviewing a scientist from Porton Down (British Government's Germ Research Labs). He was in fact the person who had isolated the toxins from anthrax.

He said the fact that people have anthrax in their nasal passage is not relevant.
They have all sorts of other bacteria there too, but it does not mean that they have the diseases related to those bacteria etc.

In fact he said if you go to any wool processing factory the workers probably have anthrax up their noses!!

So we get back to susceptibility!

Have a good day and heal some more.

Soroush
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[Soroush Ebrahimi]

From Soroush
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[Didi Ananda Rucira]

Greetings all
There has been an epidemic outbreak of Anthrax at a (Kenyan) village. I plan to go there next week.

Now, of course, I have my repertory and I have resources to study, no doubt, BUT..

I'm wondering if anyone out there has had practical experience with this and might be able to advise what they found to be most effective.
Sincerely,
Didi Ananda Ruchira
Director, Abha Light
visit: www.abhalight.org
tel: +254 20 445-0181 / cells: 0733-895466 / 0723-869133

[AH]

on 1/7/06 10:56 AM, Didi Ananda Rucira at a.ruchira@abhalight.org wrote:

Didi,
I doubt many, if any contemporary homeopaths have treated a case even in
veterinary practice. Maybe homeopathic vets in Mexico, and South America,
both places where homeopathy is prevalent. Maybe there are cases in a
homeopathic journal in spanish language. Wherever there are sheep, there is
an occasional human case, for they must be sheared; and the wool processed.
Certainly other ruminants including wild ones carry the disease. But
economic herds --in other than rural countries with no access to veterinary
allopathy - are mostly treated with antibiotics routinely and will not be
carriers. Anthrax is a bacterial disease, and most people or herdsmen do
not think of alternatives because antibiotics are effective.

The disease is rare in humans outside of bioweapons labs from which it
occasionally issues. And when it does appear, it rarely makes it to a
homeopath. You might be better off trying to make a query on a veterinary
homeopathy list if more modern personal experience is desired. Maybe
someone on this list has access to such a list and can repeat your query
there and report back to us?

Here is an overview from a veterinarian from the prestigious alternative
farming journal Acres USA. There is no personal experience here but maybe
the closest thing you will get to it from a practicing homeopath today. (Dec
2001):

Reprinted from
December 2001 - Vol. 31, No. 12 - Page 38
by C. Edgar Sheaffer, VMD
Most veterinarians practicing in the
United States have never seen a case
of anthrax in animals. Until recently, the
total number of cases reported annually has
been very low, but currently there is widespread
concern that this dangerous disease
which runs a rapid course may become a
threat to both the human and animal populations.

SCIENTIFIC FACTS
Anthrax is an acute febrile disease of virtually
all warm-blooded animals, including
man. It is caused by the bacteria named Bacillus
anthracis, which is stored in long-living
spores capable of maintaining the disease
on a farm for many years. The spores
release bacteria into the host (patient) when
conditions are optimal. Most commonly, it
manifests as a septicemia characterized principally
by a rapidly fatal course. It occurs
worldwide and is irregularly distributed in
districts where repeated breaks occur. In the
United States, there are recognized areas of
infection in South Dakota, Nebraska, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and California;
small areas exist in a number of other
states. In endemic areas neutral or alkaline
calcareous soils serve as an incubator for the
bacterial organisms. Spores revert to the vegetative
form (independent growth like plant
roots) when environmental conditions are
optimal.

PERSONAL MEMORY
As a veterinary student I was taught that
a human case of anthrax had occurred in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about 50
years earlier. A farmer had noticed that a cow
was not looking well, so he quickly killed
and butchered it. The meat was frozen in
the home freezer. The farmer became ill several
days later with symptoms of the cutaneous
form of the disease. Fortunately, a
quick diagnosis led to proper therapy.
After extensive history-taking that included
questioning of the entire family, the
investigative team became suspicious of the
carcass in the freezer. Samples of meat tested
at the Clinical Pathology Laboratory of
the University of Pennsylvania School of
Veterinary Medicine were positive for anthrax
spores and bacteria. The entire carcass
had to be properly disposed of, as with any other
biohazardous substance. The freezer and the
entire premises were then properly cleaned
and disinfected.

Anthrax would be more prevalent except
that most farmers and livestock owners act
responsibly, caring for sick animals and disposing
of dead animals. It is not healthy for
anyone to leave dead carcasses lying in the
fields for the vultures. When an animal has
been sick and then dies, the body should be
immediately transported to a rendering plant.
Proper rendering and cooking is designed
to destroy all infective bacteria, including
anthrax spores.

Farmers giving care to suspected cases
should wear protective masks, clothing,
boots and gloves. If not properly protected,
do not contact the patient. When medications
are being administered, they may be
given in the drinking water.

FROM THE ARCHIVES
Veterinary homeopaths in the past did not
have access to any vaccine or antibiotics and
hit this illness head-on with their various
homeopathic medicines and nosodes. Research
into the old texts, many of which are
out of print and only found in the archives
of universities, has produced information
which may be of value today.
In the 1830s veterinarian Dr. Wilhelm
Lux was called to attend a flock of sheep
that were dying of anthrax. This German
scientist had previously experienced success
using nosodes to prevent and treat
other diseases in livestock. Lux prepared
an alcoholic extract from the spleen of the
sheep that had just died. Soon, a number
of physicians and veterinarians were employing
this new homeopathic medicine
for their patients suffering with serious illnesses.
The lives of both sheep and their
shepherds were being spared by Lux¹s gift
of anthracinum.

SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS
Anthrax will infect all
domestic animals, especially
cattle, sheep, goats
and swine ‹ less frequently horses and
still less frequently dogs ‹ especially in
the months of June, July and August. The
blood is altered, and there is a disposition
to gangrene, especially in the spleen. Anthrax
disease is characterized by acute
septicemia, so that no matter where it begins
in the body (mouth, tongue, stomach,
lungs), it rapidly spreads throughout. It is
only the skin form that gives grace because
it spreads more slowly. Skin lesions consistently
have a black center to a dark nonhealing
ulcer.

ACUTE ANTHRAX
(ST. ANTHONY¹S FIRE)
Acute anthrax destroys animals in a few
minutes, and never lasts beyond 24 hours.
The precursory symptoms ‹ such as cold
feet and cold tips of ears, dragging of the
hind quarters, and vanishing of milk ‹
are easily overlooked, while the appetite
is unaffected. All at once, trembling, hurried
breathing, anxiety, and restlessness
with stupefaction set in. At the approach
of death a bloody mucus flows from the
mouth, nose or anus, and after tumbling
down several times death takes place with
a rattling noise amid convulsions, especially
in cattle, sheep, goats and swine.
The above is typical when the anthrax
bacteria are ingested by animals. Often the
bacteria are contracted from old carcasses
improperly buried in alkaline calcareous
soils.

CHRONIC ANTHRAX
Chronic anthrax seldom lasts beyond a
week, sometimes a little longer; it generally
commences with debility, loss of appetite
and vanishing of milk. (This form is
called chronic because the animals live
longer than 24 hours.) After the disease has
fully set in, the appetite is entirely lost; ears,
nose and horns feel alternately hot and cold;
trembling or a twitching of the skin is perceived
over the whole body or only at the
hindquarters; the back part of the body is
drawn forward from time to time; and
breathing is anxious, intermittent
and sometimes
accompanied with a short
cough. The eyes fill with
tears, and sometimes a
bloody mucus flows from
the mouth. The manure is
scanty, hard and streaked with blood; afterward
the discharges become less frequent,
and various tumors breaks out on
the neck, head and chest as well as on the
ribs and in the groin. In sheep and swine
affected with the chronic form of anthrax,
red streaks and spots appear, soon becoming
blue and gangrenous, after which death
takes place. Sometimes the tongue becomes
covered with vesicles that become gangrenous,
break, and discharge an acrid ichor
‹ a burning, thin, pus-like discharge from
an ulcer ‹ that destroys the adjoining parts
of the tongue, which falls out in pieces; the
disease thence travels downward, destroying
the tissues and organs of the body within
a few days.

WOOLSORTERS¹ DISEASE
Woolsorters¹ disease is most frequently
seen in humans. It generally takes two
forms: the most common being the cutaneous
form, contracted when a wound on
the skin comes in contact with contaminated
wool or hair; the other less common was
the pulmonary-mediastinal form, which has
a more rapid course. In all cases of the disease
early therapy is the key to survival.

HISTORIC
HOMEOPATHIC THERAPY
J. C. Schaeffer¹s New Manual of Homeopathic
Veterinary Medicine (1863) states,
³In all forms of Anthrax, aconite, arsenicum,
nux vomica and mercurius vivus are
to be given in the above enumerated order.
Dosing is recommended every 15 minutes
until the patient shows obvious improvement,
and then every half-hour day and
night. On day two, dosing should be hourly;
on day three, every two hours; on day
four, every three; on day five, every four;
on day 6, every five; and on day seven, every
6 hours, even though the animal should
seem perfectly healthy.²

Veterinary Homeopathy (1896), by John
Sutcliffe Hurndall, MRCVS, offers the following
recommendations: ³Lachesis is a
most efficient remedy for the treatment (of
anthrax) and should be kept at hand for immediate
use. Ten drops or 10 pellets (cattle
dose) should be given hourly at first and
then every 3 hours as the patient improves.
Immediately all sick animals should be
quarantined (isolated) from the well animals.
. . . Sick animals should be fed soft
wet mashes made of boiled linseed or barley
(or oats) carrots and finely chopped
grasses.² When there are any neurologic
signs such as any trembling or delerium,
the nosode anthracinum CM is reported to
be useful. A CM potency is high potency:
1-to-100,000.

All dead animals should be carefully and
immediately removed from the premises. At
no time should the bodies be necropsied on
the farm. All secretions and excretions
should be considered infective. Dead carcasses
do not undergo rigor mortis.
In the United States, anthrax is a reportable
disease. Veterinarians are obligated to
report any suspected cases to state and federal
authorities. Quarantines, disposal of
carcasses, cleaning and disinfectant of premises
will be carried out by the same authorities
and under their supervision.

In the 21st Century several antibiotics
are reported to be effective. Those used
most frequently are Ciprofloxacin and the
tetracyclines. In livestock, penicillin in high
doses may be effective if begun early in
the course of the disease. A vaccine is available
for livestock to help prevent anthrax
in endemic areas.

Since the homeopathic approach generally
works quickly to support the patient
without side effects, it is prudent to begin
early until a proper diagnosis can be made.
If the diagnosis is positive for anthrax, then
antibiotic therapy should be instituted, as
well.

ANTHRAX BASICS
1. Anthrax is an acute septicemic disease
in man and farm animals requiring therapeutic
intervention as soon as possible.
2. Anthrax spores live in the soil of endemic
areas for a long period of time. Neutral
or alkaline soils can harbor the anthrax
organism.
3. With acute anthrax, animals may live
as long as 24 hours. Chronic cases in animals
except for the cutaneous form generally
live from three to seven days.
4. Cutaneous anthrax, although potentially
serious, allows more time for proper
therapeutics.
5. Any suspected cases of anthrax must
be reported to the State Department of Agriculture
and the USDA.
6. Where antibiotics are not immediately
available to treat a suspected case, the
homeopathic simillimum should be dosed
frequently in the drinking water.
7. Contact with the patient should be at
avoided until the test result is confirmed
negative.
8. Once the diagnosis of anthrax is confirmed
positive, antibiotic therapy is indicated.
The authors wish to acknowledge the assistance
of Chris Davis, who obtained copies
of homeopathic textbooks from the medical
archives of the University of Michigan Library.
Edgar & Bonnie Sheaffer operate a Pennsylvania-
based veterinary practice that is built
predominantly on holistic, natural methods.
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[Saleem Baig]

Dear Didi,
You can find information about anthrax at
www.phrc.homeoweb.net in artical pages. I think it
would be helpful for you
Dr M S Baig

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Remember those guys that died in the USA (I think) after they opened letters with a white powder - Anthrax? Just coincidence?
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