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French Furious As Rabies
Outbreak Threatens Border
By Bojan Pancevski in Munich
The Telegraph - UK
6-20-5
Germany has been accused of negligence and incompetence by France for
failing to tackle an outbreak of rabies that is threatening to spread across
Europe.
The outbreak, which began in the state of Hessen, has reached almost
epidemic proportions with dozens of rabid foxes - the main carriers of the
disease - reported in recent months.
To the fury of the French, who have spent millions of euros on an
eradication programme, German health officials announced last week that the
first cases could turn up in France this month.
The news has alarmed France's tourism chiefs as they gear up for the summer
influx of visitors. About 75 million tourists visited the country last year,
nearly 15 million of them Britons.
In humans, rabies affects the central nervous system. It is typically spread
through a bite from an infected animal. From initial flu-like signs and
symptoms, the illness progresses to convulsions, hallucinations, paralysis
or breathing failure. Once established, it is almost always fatal.
French officials have laid 80,000 fishmeal briquettes baited with a rabies
vaccine along the German border.
In Germany's worst-affected state, Rheinland-Pfalz, which borders Belgium,
France and Luxembourg, 25 rabid foxes have been killed this year.
With the exception of Poland, all Germany's neighbours have invested heavily
in vaccination programmes. They are now concerned that rabid animals will
cross their borders and re-introduce the lethal disease.
Germany first admitted that it had lost control of rabies at the start of
the year, two months after the first reported case in Hessen in November.
Birgit Straubinger, a disease prevention officer for the local ministry of
environmental affairs and forestry, said: "We wrongly considered the Rhine
to be a natural border that wouldn't be crossed by the foxes. This was a
mistake."
Dr Florence Cliquet, head of the French rabies laboratory at the Agence
Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, said that it was only one of a
series of mistakes. She said that unlike France, the Benelux countries and
Switzerland, all of which are rabies-free, the Germans were using a vaccine
which was not approved by the World Health Organisation, and was so
temperature-sensitive that it easily became ineffective.
"It has also been known to cause vaccine rabies cases, in which the animals
actually get the virus from the vaccine," she said.
"Secondly, they drop the vaccine-baits from aircraft or use hunters to
distribute them by hand, which has proven very inefficient in other
countries.
"We use helicopters that are much more precise and allow for bait to be
spread even in suburban areas, which is essential. As for the hunters, we
stopped relying on them as long ago as 1986. They were more likely to be
enjoying a beer in the pub than carefully laying vaccine baits over a
designated area," she said.
Despite French concerns, the Germans are persisting with their approach.
Only last week, they dropped a further 100,000 vaccine baits from the air
and distributed 30,000 more by hand in Hessen alone. Yet Ms Straubinger
admitted that the French were right to be worried. "Their caution is fully
justified but we are doing our best to fight the disease spreading," she
said.
"A large-scale vaccination programme is being carried out every six weeks.
We are trying to make sure as many foxes as possible in the affected areas
are shot. Rabies has a long incubation period, meaning that infected animals
carry the virus long before it breaks out."
Critics accuse Germany of being too slow to co-ordinate its anti-rabies
efforts. Its strategy is now being supervised by Dr Thomas Mueller, head of
a WHO laboratory at the German Research Institute for Animal Health in
Wusterhausen. He had admitted that German officials "simply forgot" to
distribute vaccine by hand in Hessen.
He also conceded that only after EU inspectors went to Hessen was it
discovered that the expensive vaccine was not being stored properly,
rendering it useless.
While Mr Mueller is optimistic that the disease can be contained, Dr Cliquet
believes France needs to brace itself for infection: "I really don't believe
they will be able to either eradicate or fully contain the disease this
year."
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Has the rabies symptoms been succefully treated homeopathically? Does someone has any experience with rabies amongst humans?
Thank you for yuor reply
Lucy De Pieri

AH wrote:
French Furious As Rabies
Outbreak Threatens Border
By Bojan Pancevski in Munich
The Telegraph - UK
6-20-5

Germany has been accused of negligence and incompetence by France for
failing to tackle an outbreak of rabies that is threatening to spread across
Europe.
The outbreak, which began in the state of Hessen, has reached almost
epidemic proportions with dozens of rabid foxes - the main carriers of the
disease - reported in recent months.
To the fury of the French, who have spent millions of euros on an
eradication programme, German health officials announced last week that the
first cases could turn up in France this month.
The news has alarmed France's tourism chiefs as they gear up for the summer
influx of visitors. About 75 million tourists visited the country last year,
nearly 15 million of them Britons.
In humans, rabies affects the central nervous system. It is typically spread
through a bite from an infected animal. From initial flu-like signs and
symptoms, the illness progresses to convulsions, hallucinations, paralysis
or breathing failure. Once established, it is almost always fatal.
French officials have laid 80,000 fishmeal briquettes baited with a rabies
vaccine along the German border.
In Germany's worst-affected state, Rheinland-Pfalz, which borders Belgium,
France and Luxembourg, 25 rabid foxes have been killed this year.
With the exception of Poland, all Germany's neighbours have invested heavily
in vaccination programmes. They are now concerned that rabid animals will
cross their borders and re-introduce the lethal disease.
Germany first admitted that it had lost control of rabies at the start of
the year, two months after the first reported case in Hessen in November.
Birgit Straubinger, a disease prevention officer for the local ministry of
environmental affairs and forestry, said: "We wrongly considered the Rhine
to be a natural border that wouldn't be crossed by the foxes. This was a
mistake."
Dr Florence Cliquet, head of the French rabies laboratory at the Agence
Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, said that it was only one of a
series of mistakes. She said that unlike France, the Benelux countries and
Switzerland, all of which are rabies-free, the Germans were using a vaccine
which was not approved by the World Health Organisation, and was so
temperature-sensitive that it easily became ineffective.
"It has also been known to cause vaccine rabies cases, in which the animals
actually get the virus from the vaccine," she said.
"Secondly, they drop the vaccine-baits from aircraft or use hunters to
distribute them by hand, which has proven very inefficient in other
countries.
"We use helicopters that are much more precise and allow for bait to be
spread even in suburban areas, which is essential. As for the hunters, we
stopped relying on them as long ago as 1986. They were more likely to be
enjoying a beer in the pub than carefully laying vaccine baits over a
designated area," she said.
Despite French concerns, the Germans are persisting with their approach.
Only last week, they dropped a further 100,000 vaccine baits from the air
and distributed 30,000 more by hand in Hessen alone. Yet Ms Straubinger
admitted that the French were right to be worried. "Their caution is fully
justified but we are doing our best to fight the disease spreading," she
said.
"A large-scale vaccination programme is being carried out every six weeks.
We are trying to make sure as many foxes as possible in the affected areas
are shot. Rabies has a long incubation period, meaning that infected animals
carry the virus long before it breaks out."
Critics accuse Germany of being too slow to co-ordinate its anti-rabies
efforts. Its strategy is now being supervised by Dr Thomas Mueller, head of
a WHO laboratory at the German Research Institute for Animal Health in
Wusterhausen. He had admitted that German officials "simply forgot" to
distribute vaccine by hand in Hessen.
He also conceded that only after EU inspectors went to Hessen was it
discovered that the expensive vaccine was not being stored properly,
rendering it useless.
While Mr Mueller is optimistic that the disease can be contained, Dr Cliquet
believes France needs to brace itself for infection: "I really don't believe
they will be able to either eradicate or fully contain the disease this
year."
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on 6/23/05 2:26 PM, Lucy De Pieri at lucydepieri@yahoo.com wrote:
(((( Andre Saine (1988):

Homeopathy has cured several recorded cases.

5 powders for treatment of Rabies (the different Stages):
stages 1,3,5-Belladonna 200C
stage 2 -Hyoscyamus 200C
stage 4 -Stramonium 200C
other stages-Lyssin 200C

(see also other remedies listed for hydrophobia)

IFH Conference
And also under Xanth, a reference to and IFH Conference with this remark by
Eric Sommerman: "Boenninghausen made some claims about treating bites from
rabid animals with 50M potencies repeated over and over for days, using
remedies such as Belladonna, Stramonium, and Hyoscyamus. I think he
alternated doses. But I'm not saying it's confirmed. I just saw it in one
of the books somewhere.
"Lawrence Galante: I was speaking with Dr. Banerjee from India. He
said rabies is relatively common in India because there are a lot of street
dogs. In every case of hi where rabies had taken effect, the patient had
died. And he has had quite a few cases. But in cases where the patients
had received allopathic vaccinations he was able to treat them
homeopathically, get them back to "normal," and then remove whatever
undesirable effect of the vaccination.
...
"In El Siglio Medico 1890, Dr. Fernandez Villa reports that a boy of age
8 had been bitten by a supposedly mad dog on Feb. 18;. The wound healed up,
but on July 7 the boy developed all the symptoms of rabies and on the 17th
was so violent that he had to be tied and had not tasted food for 72 hours.
As all remedies failed to produce any effect, the doctor, having read that
Agave americana was efficacious in such cases and having none of the
tincture at hand, gave the boy a piece of the plant, which he greedily ate;
it was given to him as long as he would take it. On the 25th his symptoms
had all abated. The source of this quote is Anschutz's New, Old, and
Forgotten Remedies."

Clarke's, The Prescriber discusses what to do , but no cases

Hydrophobia Immediately after the bite suck the wound, and whilst
sucking,press the parts around in the direction of the wound. After
everything possible has been drawn from the wound, the best remedy is heat -
whatever is handiest - red-hot iron or coals, or alighted cigar, to be
brought as near the wound as possible without causingviolent pains and
without burning the skin - as close, in fact, as thepatient can bear it.
Several pieces should be put in the fire so that one can be used as another
cools. The skin around the wound may be smeared with oil, or fat, or soap,or
saliva to protect it. All that oozes from the wound should be wiped away.
The applications should be repeated three or four times a day, for an hour
each time or until shuddering appears, and this should be repeatedseveral
days. Afterwards the patient should take daily one or more Turkish orRussian
baths for a fortnight. Hydrob. 30 should be taken three times a day for a
week, and then Bell. 3 night and morning for six months at least. If, in
spite of all precautions, the disease should show itself, thepatient should
at once be removed to a Turkish bath, or placed in a russian bath and kept
in it . Bell. 1x should be given hypodermically every half-hour, and
afterwards, should Bell. not succeed, Stram. 1x - 12,every half-hour in the
same way. If there is excessive sensitiveness and the patient wants to tear
theclothing away from his throat, Lach. 6, 1/2h. If the characteristics
spasm of the throat at the sight or sound ofwater, bright objects or draught
of air is marked, Hydrob. 30, 1/2h. Other remedies are (1) Agave f ; 2h. (2)
Hyo. 1 - 30, 2h.(3) Canth. 3, 2h. (4) Fagus 1, 2h.

Lilienthal lists therapeutics, but no cases
Hydrophobia/rabies: bell., 2canth., hyos., lach., 2lyss., scut., stram.,
tanac., vip.

Hydrophobia/rabies:
bell.,
[MENINGITIS, ENCEPHALITIS.] Simple meningitis; boring with the head into the
pillow; sensitiveness to light and noise; or for violent burning and
stitching pains in the head; red sparkling eyes, with furious look; red and
bloated face; sopor, with distorted and half - opened eyes; heat in the
head, with violent throbbing of the carotids; swelling of the veins of the
head; head hot, body and extremities cold; loss of consciousness and speech,
or muttering; violent delirium; convulsive movements of the limbs; spasmodic
constriction of the throat, with difficult deglutition and other hydrophobic
symptoms; vomiting; involuntary discharge of urine and feces.
[RABIES CANINA.] Throbbing headaches from within outward, stabbings in
brain; pains over scalp, as after violently pulling the hair; distorted
features; pale face, with thirst, sweat only on face; sensitiveness of
hearing; spasmodic distortion of mouth; head drawn backward and bruised
buried in pillow; dysphagia for water; violent, small, frequent, anxious
respiration; convulsive movements of limbs, with lassitude and anxiousness;
extreme sensibility to cold air; delirious prattle about dogs which surround
him; desirous of dying when free from rage, wants to bile those around him,
bites, spits.
[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Throbbing headache from within
outward, stabbings in the brain; pain externally over whole head, as after
violently pulling the hair; distracted features; paleness of face, or bright
- red face with throbbing carotids, with thirst; sweat only on the face;
increased sensitiveness of the meatus auditorius; spasmodic distortion of
the mouth; the head is backward, burying the head in the pillow; great
trouble in swallowing water; violent, small, frequent, anxious respiration;
convulsive movements of the limbs, with lassitude and anxiousness; extreme
sensibility to cold air; delirious prattle about dogs, which swarm around
him; desirous of dying when free from rage; he wants to bite those around
him, bites and spits.

2canth.,
[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Alternate paroxysms of rage and
convulsions, excited by touching the larynx, by making pressure upon the
abdomen and by the sight of water; face pale, yellow and wrinkled, with a
constant frown and expression of great suffering; burning and dryness of the
mouth; excessive desire for sexual intercourse, with constant painful
erections and continual itching and burning of the internal sexual parts;
inflammatory symptoms more present than convulsive ones; dyspepsia.

[CONVULSIONS OR SPASMS DURING AND AFTER LABOR] Convulsions, with dysuria and
hydrophobic symptoms; bright light, drink, sound of falling water, or the
mere touch causes a renewal of the spasms; face swollen and puffy; urine
scalding, dark and scanty, with frequent desire; albuminuria, cylindrical
casts, mucus and shreds in urine; vulva swollen and sensitive; convulsions
with retained placenta or membranes, eyes bright, pupils widely dilated;
face pale and yellowish, bearing an expression of deep - seated suffering.

[RABIES CANINA.] Alternate paroxysms of rage and convulsions, excited by
touching larynx, by making pressure upon abdomen, by the sight of water;
burning and dryness of mouth; excessive sexual nisus with constant painful
erections and continual itching and burning of internal sexual organs;
inflammatory symptoms prevail over convulsive ones.

hyos.,
[RABIES CANINA.] Posterior part of throat affected; frequent hawking up of
mucus; thirst and dryness in throat; constriction of throat and inability to
sallow; unquenchable thirst; violent sweat after thirst; mental derangement
with occasional muttering; horrid anguish, fits of anxiety; moves about from
one place to another; concussive startings; alternating with trembling and
convulsions; strange fear that he will be bitten by animals.

[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Posterior part of throat affected;
hawking up of mucus; thirst and dryness in throat; constriction of throat
with inability to swallow; unquenchable thirst; violent sweat after thirst;
mental derangement with occasional muttering; horrid anguish, fits of
anxiety; moves about from one place to another concussive startings,
alternating with tremblings and convulsions; strange fear that he will be
bit by animals; excessive sweat.

lach.,
[RABIES CANINA.] Deep stinging throughout the whole head; tearing
lancinations in forehead, above eyebrows; distortion of face; hurried
talking with headache; red face, mental derangement and constrictive
sensation in throat; difficulty of swallowing food or drink or saliva;
dryness of pharynx and esophagus, preventing deglutition; convulsions and
spasms, with violent shrieks; sopor after cessation of pains.
2lyss.,
[RABIES CANINA.] Slight dizziness and nausea; severe headache with stiffness
of jaws and numb hands; twitching of face and hands; face pale, yellow,
nearly brown; mouth full of saliva and total disinclination to drink; saliva
viscid with constant spitting; sensation of inability to swallow, but can do
so when trying; violent spasms of throat with sense of suffocation;
constrictive sensation in throat, much worse when swallowing liquids.
scut.,
[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Depression of the nervous and vital
powers; spasmodic or constricting closing of the jaws, tightness of the
muscles of face; nervous agitation from pain; sleeplessness; frightful
dreams; tremulousness and twitching of muscles (Hale).

stram.,
[RABIES CANINA.] Afraid to be alone; great desire to bile and to tear
himself with his teeth; wants to bile those around him, with screams and
rage; fancies full of fright and terror, staring eyes, pupils dilated,
turgid swollen face, bloody froth at mouth, excessive restlessness; aversion
to water and liquids; frequent spitting, slaver hanging out of mouth;
horrible convulsions; stiffness of the whole body.

[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Afraid to be alone; great desire to
bite and tear himself with his teeth; wants to bite those around him, with a
terrible cry and rage; fancies full of fright and terror, staring eyes, and
pupils dilated, turgid swollen face, bloody froth at mouth, excessive
restlessness; aversion to watery liquids; frequent spitting, slaver hanging
out of the mouth; stiffness of the whole body; any bright object causes
furious delirium, spasms of throat and horrible convulsions.

tanac.,
[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Great weakness of legs, with general
prostration of strength; tendency to bite; voracious depraved appetite;
frothy mucositis of respiratory organs; convulsions followed by long -
lasting coma; consciousness preserved during convulsions; ears hot; veins
swollen and turgescent; opisthotonos; spasms of the muscles of pharynx,
larynx, of the whole thorax; abundant salivation; asphyxia; harsh,
characteristic cry; diminution of sensibility and of motion; momentary
paralysis; sub - pleural hemorrhages and hemorrhagic infarcts of the liver
(P. Jousset).

vip.
[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Raving delirium, wandering as if
drunk; great mental depression, finally loss of consciousness with swelling;
staggering with vertigo and falling forward; raging pains in head, jaws and
abdomen, with general spasms; eyes red, inflamed, watery, later on sunken;
loss of vision; epistaxis with vertigo (Crotal.); face expressing terror,
pale; edema of face; salivation, with deathly faintness; speech thick and
inarticulate; difficult deglutition; hunger and craving for cold drinks;
pain in abdomen alternating with pains in navel; oppression in chest, with
great precordial anxiety; pulse irregular, small, rapid; limbs swollen,
painful; gangrene.

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PROPHYLAXIS OF HYDROPHOBIA (RABIES)

Hydrophobia/rabies [sen] prophylaxis/protection/prevention: acet-ac., anag.,
arg-n., bell., camph., canth., hyos., 3Lyss., scut., stram., tanac.

acet-ac.,
(Jones) Mad Dog bite. - "Bathe the wound with hot vinegar and wipe dry, then
pour into it several drops of nitric acid; this is an unfailing preventive
of Hydrophobia. "

anag.,
(Marcy)The ancients esteemed it a counter - poison, and in modern times it
has been used as a preventive of Hydrophobia; but at present no faith is
placed in its alexipharmic powers. It is, nevertheless, not wholly inactive,
as Orfila found three drachms of it sufficient to destroy a dog, with marks
of inflammation of the bowels. Another species considered by Linnaeus as a
mere variety of the A - arvensis, is A - coerulca, distinguished by its blue
flowers. The medicinal properties of the two, as far as is known, are the
same. (7.)
The expressed juice of the whole plant is used. (51.)

arg-n.,
(Marcy) As a preventive against hydrophobia, Mr. Youatt, a most competent
authority, extols the Nitrate of Silver, Immediately on the bite being
discovered, the caustic should be freely applied to the wound; an eschar
forms, and the ulcer should be allowed to discharge freely for some weeks.
Mr. Youatt states that he has employed it four times on his own person when
bitten by rabid dogs, and that by the early and free use of remedy he has
experienced no ill consequences. Others, however, have not been so
successful in its use, and it appears on the whole that excision of the part
is the safer plan. When, however, the Nitrate is used, it should be
sharpened to a point, and applied freely to every recess and sinuosity of
the wound. The same remarks apply to the bites of the cobra and other
venomous snakes. (44. 46.)

bell.,
(Hahnemann in Tyler) Hahnemann says that a study of the symptoms of
Belladonna shows that it corresponds in similarity to a number of commonly
met with morbid states, and is therefore frequently applicable for curative
purposes. That the small - souled persons who cry out against its poisonous
character, and let their patients die for want of Belladonna, because they
"have mild remedies for these diseases" only betray their ignorance, "for no
medicine ca be a substitute for another. "
And he teaches that the most violent poisons will become the mildest of
remedies, "provided that they are given in appropriate smallest doses." He
says, by a hundred - fold experience at the sick bed during the last eight
or ten years, the could not help descending to the decillion - fold dilution
(the 30th potency). Besides its prophylactic powers in scarlet fever, he
finds it the best preventive of hydrophobia, given at first every third or
fourth day, and then at longer intervals. And indeed Belladonna has many of
the symptoms of hydrophobia: the fear of water, the attempts to bite: the
spasm of the throat that prevents swallowing, the mania, the delirium, in
which he is "in terror of dogs" - "surrounded by dogs", and so on.

camph.,
(Hamilton Flora) Schmucker praises Camphor as a prophylactic of hydrophobia
(Schneider's Warnh. aus d. Wund. Arz., vol. ii. p. 114). Selle makes it an
ingredient of his potio antilyssa. G. A. Richter (l.c., p.375) remarks that
it appears likely to be of great service in symptomatic hydrophobia; and
Alix asserts having cured a declared hydrophobia with Camphor (Obs. Chir.,
Fasc. iii. p. 177; E. Krugelstein, Die Gesch. d. Hundwuth, etc., p. 555).
Brumwell relates of a dog evincing signs of hydrophobia after having Camphor
given him (Med. Observ. and Inquir., vol. vi.p. 229; Murray, l. c., p. 476).
The animals on which Carminati and Menghini experimented with Camphor were
taken first with giddiness, then with rage, stupor, dread, rattling in the
throat, sighing, screaming, foaming at the mouth, sobbing, trembling,
convulsions, and even epilepsy (Comp. Murray, l.c., pp. 475, 480, 487, 504,
517, 519, etc.).

canth.,
(Boericke) Prophylactics for: hydrophobia. 0>4>0

hyos.,
(Boericke) Prophylactics for: hydrophobia. 0>4>0

3Lyss.,
(Hering) It may be a prophylactic to hydrophobia, but never without at the
same time applying radiate heat to the part bitten, and frequent sessions in
hot room of Turkish bath, during the attack remedies are to be applied
according to symptoms.

In June, 1831, Hering published a letter in Stapf's Archives, Vol. 10, which
was dated June 18th, 1830, in which he says: "The proving of snake poison
might pave the way to the prevention of hydrophobia and variola by the
proving of their respective morbific poisons."

(P. Sankaran) HYDROPHOBINUM (LYSSIN)
This nosode is prepared from the saliva of a rabid dog. The interest
here is that Hering's work with this virus preceded Pasteur's discovery by
some fifty years.
It is used as prophylactic in cases of bites from rabid animal, dog,
wolf, bat or other. It is, nevertheless, of vital importance in as such as
the disease once developed in invariably fatal. This nosode should be given
after any dogbite whether the dog is mad or otherwise.
Gibson says "Any steps available should, therefore, be taken without
delay in the event of such a bite or even a slight scratch or abrasion. As
an additional precaution this nosode could also be given. "
A peculiar aggravation is that all complaints are made worse by the
sight or sound of running water. Mentally there is a fear of becoming
insane. Convulsion may be induced by dazzling light or light reflected from
water or a mirror, or even by light touch or a current of air. The sight of
running water causes a desire to urinate.
The heat of the sun is not tolerated.
It is said to be of value in long - standing cases of uterine prolapse.
Berridge reports a case of hydrophobia in which the nosode produced
euthanasia.
Woodbury says "In sex difficulties of women at the mid - century, Med.
or Syph. may be needed. Or if spasms are present and the patient wakes in
the night with lascivious thoughts, consider Lyss. "References
Berridge E. W.: Hom. W. 16, 207, 1881.
Woodbury B. C.: Hom. Rec.: 93, 786, 1928.

scut.,
(Clarke) Rafinesque cites cases of prevention of hydrophobia,
(Millspaugh) About the first introduction of this plant into medicine was
the experiments of Dr. Vandesveer, in 1772, who claimed to have found it
curative and prophylactic in canine rabies, his reported cases being
fourteen hundred; this seems a large number to fall to the lot of one
physician; his son after him claimed the cure of forty cases more in three
years. On account of the apparently slight properties inherent in this
species by physical examination its worthiness was greatly doubted and the
plant much railed against, even by many who never tried it. Following
Vandesveer, many empirics and regulars used the remedy with success, while
many others wrote essays against its being relied upon as an
antihydrophobic. Dr. White, of Fishkill, assured Rafinesque that the plant
preserved him from rabies after being bitten by a dog from whose bite others
died. Rafinesque states his full belief in the prophylactic prowess of the
plant, and adds that many laymen and physicians claim that the plant never
fails to ward off or cure the disease. The dose given was a gill of the
infusion four times a day, and the plant applied to the wound. Dr. S. W.
Williams, whose cry of "charlatan" and "quack" was always raised upon the
slightest pretext, lends his support to the probable virtue of the plant.
Mr. Youatt, a distinguished veterinary surgeon, spoke highly of its virtues
in this direction, but omitted it entirely from his treatise on canine
rabies. The natural order Labiatae yields species of many of its genera that
are valued by the aborigines of countries in which they grow as
antihydrophobics. Some value should at least be considered under these
circumstances, as native medication is always the result of long and more or
less successful experiment.

stram.,
HUGHES (Pharmacodynamics): "Stramonium is, as Hahnemann points out,
exquisitely homoeopathic to hydrophobia, even more so than Belladonna." He
says that in China, the different species of Datura, among them the D.
Stramonium, are in popular use as prophylactics against hydrophobia. It is
said that enough of the plant should be taken to provoke an attack of
'rage', the patient is then safe. "

tanac.
(Hart) Tanacetum vulg. HYDROPHOBIA - Therapeutic Indications: - M. Hayem, in
the name of M. Peyraud, of Libourne, has shown the resemblance which exists
between true rabies and what he calls tanacetic rabies, that is to say,
rabies caused by the essence of tansy. "If rabbits," says M. Peyraud, "on
whom one has previously practiced the injections of tansy for a period of
six, seven or eight days, be submitted to the action of rabic virus, it will
prevent these animals from developing rabies. All of those to which I have
given this preventive treatment, during the past eight months, have not been
attacked by rabies, while two rabbits which I had inoculated with rabic
virus without having previously submitted them to the preventive tanacetic
injection, have both of them succumbed to the true rabies, one very rapidly,
the other more slowly." This is true homoeopathy, and therefore a great
improvement on Pasteur's method, even if all that is is claimed for the
latter is true, which is very far from being the case.

While a resident during my medical studies I was in charge of the
rabies ward. I do not know how many of you have seen a full blown
case of rabies but I saw about 5 cases. Even if you see one you will
not forget it in a hurry. I still remember the extreme fear of just
about everything, the hydrophobia, fear of air, spasms and the cries
of the family and the pathetic hopelessness in nurses and doctors.
It was 100% fatal and I had to write the death notes for all of them…

I almost cried when such a charming 10 year old girl died after such
suffering and the whole family was in total denial till the last
moment…expecting that our diagnosis was just wrong and she will
recover…and I prayed with the family were that true…

I have seen local homeopathy doctors try out homeopathic medicines
in cases which could have responded to vaccines (the patients also
were deep believers of homeopathy and amateur homeopathy
practitioners) and lost 2 lives. This is a condition where we can
treat the patient supportively if possible but never should attempt
homeopathy as the first line of defense. The attempt could be costly
not just in money but as the weight on our conscience.
--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, Lucy De Pieri
wrote:
Does someone has any experience with rabies amongst humans?
for
spread across
almost
carriers of the
that the
the summer
last year,
typically spread
signs and
paralysis
a rabies
Belgium,
invested heavily
animals will
start of
November.
ministry of
the Rhine
was a
Agence
only one of a
countries and
a vaccine
the animals
hunters to
to be
hunters, we
to be
over a
approach.
the air
Straubinger
is fully
spreading," she
six weeks.
affected areas
infected animals
rabies
Mueller, head of
Health in
forgot" to
it
properly,
Dr Cliquet
don't believe
this
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Thank you for sharing your experience. It was very valuable to me to read you input. My experience with rabies was observing a dog with rabies when I was a little girl. I can still remember the foam at the mouth of the dog and those eyes...
Lucy De Pieri

hahnemannian2002 wrote:
While a resident during my medical studies I was in charge of the
rabies ward. I do not know how many of you have seen a full blown
case of rabies but I saw about 5 cases. Even if you see one you will
not forget it in a hurry. I still remember the extreme fear of just
about everything, the hydrophobia, fear of air, spasms and the cries
of the family and the pathetic hopelessness in nurses and doctors.
It was 100% fatal and I had to write the death notes for all of them…

I almost cried when such a charming 10 year old girl died after such
suffering and the whole family was in total denial till the last
moment…expecting that our diagnosis was just wrong and she will
recover…and I prayed with the family were that true…

I have seen local homeopathy doctors try out homeopathic medicines
in cases which could have responded to vaccines (the patients also
were deep believers of homeopathy and amateur homeopathy
practitioners) and lost 2 lives. This is a condition where we can
treat the patient supportively if possible but never should attempt
homeopathy as the first line of defense. The attempt could be costly
not just in money but as the weight on our conscience.
--- In minutus@yahoogroups.com, Lucy De Pieri
wrote:
Does someone has any experience with rabies amongst humans?
for
spread across
almost
carriers of the
that the
the summer
last year,
typically spread
signs and
paralysis
a rabies
Belgium,
invested heavily
animals will
start of
November.
ministry of
the Rhine
was a
Agence
only one of a
countries and
a vaccine
the animals
hunters to
to be
hunters, we
to be
over a
approach.
the air
Straubinger
is fully
spreading," she
six weeks.
affected areas
infected animals
rabies
Mueller, head of
Health in
forgot" to
it
properly,
Dr Cliquet
don't believe
this
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Thank you so much for the very valuable information. I really appreciate it.
Kind regards
Lucy De Pieri

AH wrote:
on 6/23/05 2:26 PM, Lucy De Pieri at lucydepieri@yahoo.com wrote:
(((( Andre Saine (1988):

Homeopathy has cured several recorded cases.

5 powders for treatment of Rabies (the different Stages):
stages 1,3,5-Belladonna 200C
stage 2 -Hyoscyamus 200C
stage 4 -Stramonium 200C
other stages-Lyssin 200C

(see also other remedies listed for hydrophobia)

IFH Conference
And also under Xanth, a reference to and IFH Conference with this remark by
Eric Sommerman: "Boenninghausen made some claims about treating bites from
rabid animals with 50M potencies repeated over and over for days, using
remedies such as Belladonna, Stramonium, and Hyoscyamus. I think he
alternated doses. But I'm not saying it's confirmed. I just saw it in one
of the books somewhere.
"Lawrence Galante: I was speaking with Dr. Banerjee from India. He
said rabies is relatively common in India because there are a lot of street
dogs. In every case of hi where rabies had taken effect, the patient had
died. And he has had quite a few cases. But in cases where the patients
had received allopathic vaccinations he was able to treat them
homeopathically, get them back to "normal," and then remove whatever
undesirable effect of the vaccination.
...
"In El Siglio Medico 1890, Dr. Fernandez Villa reports that a boy of age
8 had been bitten by a supposedly mad dog on Feb. 18;. The wound healed up,
but on July 7 the boy developed all the symptoms of rabies and on the 17th
was so violent that he had to be tied and had not tasted food for 72 hours.
As all remedies failed to produce any effect, the doctor, having read that
Agave americana was efficacious in such cases and having none of the
tincture at hand, gave the boy a piece of the plant, which he greedily ate;
it was given to him as long as he would take it. On the 25th his symptoms
had all abated. The source of this quote is Anschutz's New, Old, and
Forgotten Remedies."

Clarke's, The Prescriber discusses what to do , but no cases

Hydrophobia Immediately after the bite suck the wound, and whilst
sucking,press the parts around in the direction of the wound. After
everything possible has been drawn from the wound, the best remedy is heat -
whatever is handiest - red-hot iron or coals, or alighted cigar, to be
brought as near the wound as possible without causingviolent pains and
without burning the skin - as close, in fact, as thepatient can bear it.
Several pieces should be put in the fire so that one can be used as another
cools. The skin around the wound may be smeared with oil, or fat, or soap,or
saliva to protect it. All that oozes from the wound should be wiped away.
The applications should be repeated three or four times a day, for an hour
each time or until shuddering appears, and this should be repeatedseveral
days. Afterwards the patient should take daily one or more Turkish orRussian
baths for a fortnight. Hydrob. 30 should be taken three times a day for a
week, and then Bell. 3 night and morning for six months at least. If, in
spite of all precautions, the disease should show itself, thepatient should
at once be removed to a Turkish bath, or placed in a russian bath and kept
in it . Bell. 1x should be given hypodermically every half-hour, and
afterwards, should Bell. not succeed, Stram. 1x - 12,every half-hour in the
same way. If there is excessive sensitiveness and the patient wants to tear
theclothing away from his throat, Lach. 6, 1/2h. If the characteristics
spasm of the throat at the sight or sound ofwater, bright objects or draught
of air is marked, Hydrob. 30, 1/2h. Other remedies are (1) Agave f ; 2h. (2)
Hyo. 1 - 30, 2h.(3) Canth. 3, 2h. (4) Fagus 1, 2h.

Lilienthal lists therapeutics, but no cases
Hydrophobia/rabies: bell., 2canth., hyos., lach., 2lyss., scut., stram.,
tanac., vip.

Hydrophobia/rabies:
bell.,
[MENINGITIS, ENCEPHALITIS.] Simple meningitis; boring with the head into the
pillow; sensitiveness to light and noise; or for violent burning and
stitching pains in the head; red sparkling eyes, with furious look; red and
bloated face; sopor, with distorted and half - opened eyes; heat in the
head, with violent throbbing of the carotids; swelling of the veins of the
head; head hot, body and extremities cold; loss of consciousness and speech,
or muttering; violent delirium; convulsive movements of the limbs; spasmodic
constriction of the throat, with difficult deglutition and other hydrophobic
symptoms; vomiting; involuntary discharge of urine and feces.
[RABIES CANINA.] Throbbing headaches from within outward, stabbings in
brain; pains over scalp, as after violently pulling the hair; distorted
features; pale face, with thirst, sweat only on face; sensitiveness of
hearing; spasmodic distortion of mouth; head drawn backward and bruised
buried in pillow; dysphagia for water; violent, small, frequent, anxious
respiration; convulsive movements of limbs, with lassitude and anxiousness;
extreme sensibility to cold air; delirious prattle about dogs which surround
him; desirous of dying when free from rage, wants to bile those around him,
bites, spits.
[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Throbbing headache from within
outward, stabbings in the brain; pain externally over whole head, as after
violently pulling the hair; distracted features; paleness of face, or bright
- red face with throbbing carotids, with thirst; sweat only on the face;
increased sensitiveness of the meatus auditorius; spasmodic distortion of
the mouth; the head is backward, burying the head in the pillow; great
trouble in swallowing water; violent, small, frequent, anxious respiration;
convulsive movements of the limbs, with lassitude and anxiousness; extreme
sensibility to cold air; delirious prattle about dogs, which swarm around
him; desirous of dying when free from rage; he wants to bite those around
him, bites and spits.

2canth.,
[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Alternate paroxysms of rage and
convulsions, excited by touching the larynx, by making pressure upon the
abdomen and by the sight of water; face pale, yellow and wrinkled, with a
constant frown and expression of great suffering; burning and dryness of the
mouth; excessive desire for sexual intercourse, with constant painful
erections and continual itching and burning of the internal sexual parts;
inflammatory symptoms more present than convulsive ones; dyspepsia.

[CONVULSIONS OR SPASMS DURING AND AFTER LABOR] Convulsions, with dysuria and
hydrophobic symptoms; bright light, drink, sound of falling water, or the
mere touch causes a renewal of the spasms; face swollen and puffy; urine
scalding, dark and scanty, with frequent desire; albuminuria, cylindrical
casts, mucus and shreds in urine; vulva swollen and sensitive; convulsions
with retained placenta or membranes, eyes bright, pupils widely dilated;
face pale and yellowish, bearing an expression of deep - seated suffering.

[RABIES CANINA.] Alternate paroxysms of rage and convulsions, excited by
touching larynx, by making pressure upon abdomen, by the sight of water;
burning and dryness of mouth; excessive sexual nisus with constant painful
erections and continual itching and burning of internal sexual organs;
inflammatory symptoms prevail over convulsive ones.

hyos.,
[RABIES CANINA.] Posterior part of throat affected; frequent hawking up of
mucus; thirst and dryness in throat; constriction of throat and inability to
sallow; unquenchable thirst; violent sweat after thirst; mental derangement
with occasional muttering; horrid anguish, fits of anxiety; moves about from
one place to another; concussive startings; alternating with trembling and
convulsions; strange fear that he will be bitten by animals.

[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Posterior part of throat affected;
hawking up of mucus; thirst and dryness in throat; constriction of throat
with inability to swallow; unquenchable thirst; violent sweat after thirst;
mental derangement with occasional muttering; horrid anguish, fits of
anxiety; moves about from one place to another concussive startings,
alternating with tremblings and convulsions; strange fear that he will be
bit by animals; excessive sweat.

lach.,
[RABIES CANINA.] Deep stinging throughout the whole head; tearing
lancinations in forehead, above eyebrows; distortion of face; hurried
talking with headache; red face, mental derangement and constrictive
sensation in throat; difficulty of swallowing food or drink or saliva;
dryness of pharynx and esophagus, preventing deglutition; convulsions and
spasms, with violent shrieks; sopor after cessation of pains.
2lyss.,
[RABIES CANINA.] Slight dizziness and nausea; severe headache with stiffness
of jaws and numb hands; twitching of face and hands; face pale, yellow,
nearly brown; mouth full of saliva and total disinclination to drink; saliva
viscid with constant spitting; sensation of inability to swallow, but can do
so when trying; violent spasms of throat with sense of suffocation;
constrictive sensation in throat, much worse when swallowing liquids.
scut.,
[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Depression of the nervous and vital
powers; spasmodic or constricting closing of the jaws, tightness of the
muscles of face; nervous agitation from pain; sleeplessness; frightful
dreams; tremulousness and twitching of muscles (Hale).

stram.,
[RABIES CANINA.] Afraid to be alone; great desire to bile and to tear
himself with his teeth; wants to bile those around him, with screams and
rage; fancies full of fright and terror, staring eyes, pupils dilated,
turgid swollen face, bloody froth at mouth, excessive restlessness; aversion
to water and liquids; frequent spitting, slaver hanging out of mouth;
horrible convulsions; stiffness of the whole body.

[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Afraid to be alone; great desire to
bite and tear himself with his teeth; wants to bite those around him, with a
terrible cry and rage; fancies full of fright and terror, staring eyes, and
pupils dilated, turgid swollen face, bloody froth at mouth, excessive
restlessness; aversion to watery liquids; frequent spitting, slaver hanging
out of the mouth; stiffness of the whole body; any bright object causes
furious delirium, spasms of throat and horrible convulsions.

tanac.,
[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Great weakness of legs, with general
prostration of strength; tendency to bite; voracious depraved appetite;
frothy mucositis of respiratory organs; convulsions followed by long -
lasting coma; consciousness preserved during convulsions; ears hot; veins
swollen and turgescent; opisthotonos; spasms of the muscles of pharynx,
larynx, of the whole thorax; abundant salivation; asphyxia; harsh,
characteristic cry; diminution of sensibility and of motion; momentary
paralysis; sub - pleural hemorrhages and hemorrhagic infarcts of the liver
(P. Jousset).

vip.
[HYDROPHOBIA, Rabies Canina, Lyssa.] - Raving delirium, wandering as if
drunk; great mental depression, finally loss of consciousness with swelling;
staggering with vertigo and falling forward; raging pains in head, jaws and
abdomen, with general spasms; eyes red, inflamed, watery, later on sunken;
loss of vision; epistaxis with vertigo (Crotal.); face expressing terror,
pale; edema of face; salivation, with deathly faintness; speech thick and
inarticulate; difficult deglutition; hunger and craving for cold drinks;
pain in abdomen alternating with pains in navel; oppression in chest, with
great precordial anxiety; pulse irregular, small, rapid; limbs swollen,
painful; gangrene.

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PROPHYLAXIS OF HYDROPHOBIA (RABIES)

Hydrophobia/rabies [sen] prophylaxis/protection/prevention: acet-ac., anag.,
arg-n., bell., camph., canth., hyos., 3Lyss., scut., stram., tanac.

acet-ac.,
(Jones) Mad Dog bite. - "Bathe the wound with hot vinegar and wipe dry, then
pour into it several drops of nitric acid; this is an unfailing preventive
of Hydrophobia. "

anag.,
(Marcy)The ancients esteemed it a counter - poison, and in modern times it
has been used as a preventive of Hydrophobia; but at present no faith is
placed in its alexipharmic powers. It is, nevertheless, not wholly inactive,
as Orfila found three drachms of it sufficient to destroy a dog, with marks
of inflammation of the bowels. Another species considered by Linnaeus as a
mere variety of the A - arvensis, is A - coerulca, distinguished by its blue
flowers. The medicinal properties of the two, as far as is known, are the
same. (7.)
The expressed juice of the whole plant is used. (51.)

arg-n.,
(Marcy) As a preventive against hydrophobia, Mr. Youatt, a most competent
authority, extols the Nitrate of Silver, Immediately on the bite being
discovered, the caustic should be freely applied to the wound; an eschar
forms, and the ulcer should be allowed to discharge freely for some weeks.
Mr. Youatt states that he has employed it four times on his own person when
bitten by rabid dogs, and that by the early and free use of remedy he has
experienced no ill consequences. Others, however, have not been so
successful in its use, and it appears on the whole that excision of the part
is the safer plan. When, however, the Nitrate is used, it should be
sharpened to a point, and applied freely to every recess and sinuosity of
the wound. The same remarks apply to the bites of the cobra and other
venomous snakes. (44. 46.)

bell.,
(Hahnemann in Tyler) Hahnemann says that a study of the symptoms of
Belladonna shows that it corresponds in similarity to a number of commonly
met with morbid states, and is therefore frequently applicable for curative
purposes. That the small - souled persons who cry out against its poisonous
character, and let their patients die for want of Belladonna, because they
"have mild remedies for these diseases" only betray their ignorance, "for no
medicine ca be a substitute for another. "
And he teaches that the most violent poisons will become the mildest of
remedies, "provided that they are given in appropriate smallest doses." He
says, by a hundred - fold experience at the sick bed during the last eight
or ten years, the could not help descending to the decillion - fold dilution
(the 30th potency). Besides its prophylactic powers in scarlet fever, he
finds it the best preventive of hydrophobia, given at first every third or
fourth day, and then at longer intervals. And indeed Belladonna has many of
the symptoms of hydrophobia: the fear of water, the attempts to bite: the
spasm of the throat that prevents swallowing, the mania, the delirium, in
which he is "in terror of dogs" - "surrounded by dogs", and so on.

camph.,
(Hamilton Flora) Schmucker praises Camphor as a prophylactic of hydrophobia
(Schneider's Warnh. aus d. Wund. Arz., vol. ii. p. 114). Selle makes it an
ingredient of his potio antilyssa. G. A. Richter (l.c., p.375) remarks that
it appears likely to be of great service in symptomatic hydrophobia; and
Alix asserts having cured a declared hydrophobia with Camphor (Obs. Chir.,
Fasc. iii. p. 177; E. Krugelstein, Die Gesch. d. Hundwuth, etc., p. 555).
Brumwell relates of a dog evincing signs of hydrophobia after having Camphor
given him (Med. Observ. and Inquir., vol. vi.p. 229; Murray, l. c., p. 476).
The animals on which Carminati and Menghini experimented with Camphor were
taken first with giddiness, then with rage, stupor, dread, rattling in the
throat, sighing, screaming, foaming at the mouth, sobbing, trembling,
convulsions, and even epilepsy (Comp. Murray, l.c., pp. 475, 480, 487, 504,
517, 519, etc.).

canth.,
(Boericke) Prophylactics for: hydrophobia. 0>4>0

hyos.,
(Boericke) Prophylactics for: hydrophobia. 0>4>0

3Lyss.,
(Hering) It may be a prophylactic to hydrophobia, but never without at the
same time applying radiate heat to the part bitten, and frequent sessions in
hot room of Turkish bath, during the attack remedies are to be applied
according to symptoms.

In June, 1831, Hering published a letter in Stapf's Archives, Vol. 10, which
was dated June 18th, 1830, in which he says: "The proving of snake poison
might pave the way to the prevention of hydrophobia and variola by the
proving of their respective morbific poisons."

(P. Sankaran) HYDROPHOBINUM (LYSSIN)
This nosode is prepared from the saliva of a rabid dog. The interest
here is that Hering's work with this virus preceded Pasteur's discovery by
some fifty years.
It is used as prophylactic in cases of bites from rabid animal, dog,
wolf, bat or other. It is, nevertheless, of vital importance in as such as
the disease once developed in invariably fatal. This nosode should be given
after any dogbite whether the dog is mad or otherwise.
Gibson says "Any steps available should, therefore, be taken without
delay in the event of such a bite or even a slight scratch or abrasion. As
an additional precaution this nosode could also be given. "
A peculiar aggravation is that all complaints are made worse by the
sight or sound of running water. Mentally there is a fear of becoming
insane. Convulsion may be induced by dazzling light or light reflected from
water or a mirror, or even by light touch or a current of air. The sight of
running water causes a desire to urinate.
The heat of the sun is not tolerated.
It is said to be of value in long - standing cases of uterine prolapse.
Berridge reports a case of hydrophobia in which the nosode produced
euthanasia.
Woodbury says "In sex difficulties of women at the mid - century, Med.
or Syph. may be needed. Or if spasms are present and the patient wakes in
the night with lascivious thoughts, consider Lyss. "References
Berridge E. W.: Hom. W. 16, 207, 1881.
Woodbury B. C.: Hom. Rec.: 93, 786, 1928.

scut.,
(Clarke) Rafinesque cites cases of prevention of hydrophobia,
(Millspaugh) About the first introduction of this plant into medicine was
the experiments of Dr. Vandesveer, in 1772, who claimed to have found it
curative and prophylactic in canine rabies, his reported cases being
fourteen hundred; this seems a large number to fall to the lot of one
physician; his son after him claimed the cure of forty cases more in three
years. On account of the apparently slight properties inherent in this
species by physical examination its worthiness was greatly doubted and the
plant much railed against, even by many who never tried it. Following
Vandesveer, many empirics and regulars used the remedy with success, while
many others wrote essays against its being relied upon as an
antihydrophobic. Dr. White, of Fishkill, assured Rafinesque that the plant
preserved him from rabies after being bitten by a dog from whose bite others
died. Rafinesque states his full belief in the prophylactic prowess of the
plant, and adds that many laymen and physicians claim that the plant never
fails to ward off or cure the disease. The dose given was a gill of the
infusion four times a day, and the plant applied to the wound. Dr. S. W.
Williams, whose cry of "charlatan" and "quack" was always raised upon the
slightest pretext, lends his support to the probable virtue of the plant.
Mr. Youatt, a distinguished veterinary surgeon, spoke highly of its virtues
in this direction, but omitted it entirely from his treatise on canine
rabies. The natural order Labiatae yields species of many of its genera that
are valued by the aborigines of countries in which they grow as
antihydrophobics. Some value should at least be considered under these
circumstances, as native medication is always the result of long and more or
less successful experiment.

stram.,
HUGHES (Pharmacodynamics): "Stramonium is, as Hahnemann points out,
exquisitely homoeopathic to hydrophobia, even more so than Belladonna." He
says that in China, the different species of Datura, among them the D.
Stramonium, are in popular use as prophylactics against hydrophobia. It is
said that enough of the plant should be taken to provoke an attack of
'rage', the patient is then safe. "

tanac.
(Hart) Tanacetum vulg. HYDROPHOBIA - Therapeutic Indications: - M. Hayem, in
the name of M. Peyraud, of Libourne, has shown the resemblance which exists
between true rabies and what he calls tanacetic rabies, that is to say,
rabies caused by the essence of tansy. "If rabbits," says M. Peyraud, "on
whom one has previously practiced the injections of tansy for a period of
six, seven or eight days, be submitted to the action of rabic virus, it will
prevent these animals from developing rabies. All of those to which I have
given this preventive treatment, during the past eight months, have not been
attacked by rabies, while two rabbits which I had inoculated with rabic
virus without having previously submitted them to the preventive tanacetic
injection, have both of them succumbed to the true rabies, one very rapidly,
the other more slowly." This is true homoeopathy, and therefore a great
improvement on Pasteur's method, even if all that is is claimed for the
latter is true, which is very far from being the case.
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