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British Hornceopathic Journal October 1987. Vol. 76. pp. 239-243 Book reviews Studies of Homoeopathic Remedies. Dr Douglas Gibson MB, BS, FRCS, FFHom. Edited by Dr Marianne ttarling and Dr Brian Kaplan. Beaconsfield Publishers Limited 1987, ISBN 0-90 6584-17-5. Retail price s s postage paid from the publishers. This large, comprehensive and important text is based on articles appearing under the same title in this Journal between 1963 and 1977. Now more easily and permanently available, they will, I feel confident, be read by a large reader- ship over the English speaking world. The author was born in 1888, studied at St Thomas' Hospital, became a surgeon and served for twenty seven years as a missionary in China; a career which only ended consequent to the outbreak of the Second World War. He died in 1977. Fortunately a second career evolved when he was introduced to the homceopathic materia medica in 1936, blossoming when he came to work in the London Hommopathic Hospital a decade later. He subsequently became a mem- ber of staff and practised privately in London. Of an age when a classical education was con- sidered usual, his clinical acumen was honed amidst the panorama of the multiple acute and chronic pathology of the East; his acumen was also wide in homceopathy, including as it did National Health and private practice. Such learning shines throughout his writing and draws the reader unconsciously from one remedy to each succeeding one, with equal ease of assimilation. The book, printed at the University Press, Oxford, is 537 pages long with a soft binding in dark maroon, the main title in gold and subsidi- aries in white. Its considerable presence looks aesthetically pleasing both on desk and book- shelf. Content consists of a detailed preface, biographical and descriptive, one hundred remedies, an appendix and index of remedies. Each remedy is described under source, phar- macology, proving, appearance, psychology, physiology and symptomatology--general, also head, eyes, ears; the following systems: respira- tory, alimentary, cardiovascular, urinary, geni- tal, nervous, locomotor, skin; modalities and clinical notes. Sections on source and pharmacology are given in considerable detail, and this is helpful in comparing the remedy in material and poten- tized form. The author states 'These parallels and correspondence are sufficiently numerous and striking to deserve mention, as well as being an aid to the understanding and memorizing of the materia medica picture of each remedy'. Modalities include useful food aversions and desires; under proving, where the original is by Hahnemann, such is given, and edition where necessary; in clinical notes, relationships are given. Originally remedies were presented in groups, and these are given in the appendix. Four nosodes have been added, using the same method of presentation. These are Car- cinosin, Medorrhinum, Syphilinum and Tuber- culinum. The section on Carcinosin includes details of new varients, early provings and a bibliography. This is a classic text in which author, editors and publishers have proved equally worthy of each other. It will assist the neophyte and estab- lished homceopath equally in becoming more competent and reliable prescribers, thus further- ing the cause of hommopathy. CHARLES ELLIOTT Scientific Foundations of Homeopathy. Gerhard Resch and Viktor Gutmann. Berg am Starn- berger See: Barthel and Barthel Publishing 1987. ISBN 3-88950-047-1. Pp. 483. Price not stated. This is an important, wide-ranging and scholarly work. While the claim of its back-cover blurb that it '... introduces a new epoch of homeopa- thy!' contains a pinch of publisher's hyperbole, this is certainly the most original and stimulating book on homceopathy that I have read for a long time. The authors are both Austrian; Dr Resch is a hom~eopathic doctor and Professor Gut- mann, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Technical University of Vienna. 239
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British Hornceopathic Journal O c t o b e r 1987. Vol. 76. pp. 239-243
Book reviews
Studies of Homoeopathic Remedies. Dr Douglas Gibson MB, BS, FRCS, FFHom. Edited by Dr Marianne t tarl ing and Dr Brian Kaplan. Beaconsfield Publishers Limited 1987, ISBN 0-90 6584-17-5. Retail price s s postage paid from the publishers.
This large, comprehensive and important text is based on articles appearing under the same title in this Journal between 1963 and 1977. Now more easily and permanently available, they will, I feel confident, be read by a large reader- ship over the English speaking world.
The author was born in 1888, studied at St Thomas' Hospital, became a surgeon and served for twenty seven years as a missionary in China; a career which only ended consequent to the outbreak of the Second World War. He died in 1977.
Fortunately a second career evolved when he was introduced to the homceopathic materia medica in 1936, blossoming when he came to work in the London Hommopathic Hospital a decade later. He subsequently became a mem- ber of staff and practised privately in London.
Of an age when a classical education was con- sidered usual, his clinical acumen was honed amidst the panorama of the multiple acute and chronic pathology of the East; his acumen was also wide in homceopathy, including as it did National Health and private practice. Such learning shines throughout his writing and draws the reader unconsciously from one remedy to each succeeding one, with equal ease of assimilation.
The book, printed at the University Press, Oxford, is 537 pages long with a soft binding in dark maroon, the main title in gold and subsidi- aries in white. Its considerable presence looks aesthetically pleasing both on desk and book- shelf. Content consists of a detailed preface, biographical and descriptive, one hundred remedies, an appendix and index of remedies.
Each remedy is described under source, phar- macology, proving, appearance, psychology, physiology and symptomatology--general , also head, eyes, ears; the following systems: respira- tory, alimentary, cardiovascular, urinary, geni-
tal, nervous, locomotor, skin; modalities and clinical notes.
Sections on source and pharmacology are given in considerable detail, and this is helpful in comparing the remedy in material and poten- tized form. The author states 'These parallels and correspondence are sufficiently numerous and striking to deserve mention, as well as being an aid to the understanding and memorizing of the materia medica picture of each remedy' .
Modalities include useful food aversions and desires; under proving, where the original is by Hahnemann, such is given, and edition where necessary; in clinical notes, relationships are given.
Originally remedies were presented in groups, and these are given in the appendix.
Four nosodes have been added, using the same method of presentation. These are Car- cinosin, Medorrhinum, Syphilinum and Tuber- culinum. The section on Carcinosin includes details of new varients, early provings and a bibliography.
This is a classic text in which author, editors and publishers have proved equally worthy of each other. It will assist the neophyte and estab- lished homceopath equally in becoming more competent and reliable prescribers, thus further- ing the cause of hommopathy.
C H A R L E S E L L I O T T
Scientific Foundations of Homeopathy. Gerhard Resch and Viktor Gutmann. Berg am Starn- berger See: Barthel and Barthel Publishing 1987. ISBN 3-88950-047-1. Pp. 483. Price not stated.
This is an important, wide-ranging and scholarly work. While the claim of its back-cover blurb that it ' . . . introduces a new epoch of homeopa- thy!' contains a pinch of publisher's hyperbole, this is certainly the most original and stimulating book on homceopathy that I have read for a long time. The authors are both Austrian; Dr Resch is a hom~eopathic doctor and Professor Gut- mann, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Technical University of Vienna.
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