The Low Potencies of Homeopathy
The Low Potencies of Homeopathy
The Low Potencies of Homeopathy
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MONOGRAPH
RESEARCH ON
THE LOW POTENCIES
OF HOMOEOPATHY
(AN ACCOUNT OF SOME PHYSICAL
PROPERTIES INDICATING ACTIVITY)
BY
MEDICALUBRARY
Gift of
DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH
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MONOGRAPH
RESEARCH ON
THE LOW POTENCIES
OF HOMOEOPATHY
(AN ACCOUNT OF SOME PHYSICAL
PROPERTIES INDICATING ACTIVITY)
LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
(MEDICAL BOOKS) LTD.
1936
First published in 1936
FEB 1965
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Appendix AI . 24
All 25
A III 26
BI 26
BII 31
Bill 31
B IV 32
China 35
Nux Vomica 37
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SUMMARY
An account is given of the method of preparation
of the homoeopathic potency. Research methods are
described by which investigations were carried out
on :
1 An insoluble metal.
2. A salt.
3. A simple organic substance.
4. A radio-active salt.
5. Organic substances containing alkaloids.
on the white.
(From The Radioactivity of Radium Bromide Solutions for Internal
Medication by W. E. Boyd. Br. Journ. JOufiology, August, 1934.)
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REFERENCES
1. Bbagg. " X-rays and Crystal Structure." Bell &
Sons.
2. Martindaxe. " The Extra Pharmacopoeia." Lewis.
3. Appendix B.
4. Judd Lewis. " Mineral Constituents of certain Tinc-
tures and Drugs," Year-book of Pharmacy, 1914.
5. Boyd. " The Radio-activity of Radium Bromide Solu-
tions for Internal Medication," The British Journal
of Radiology, Vol. 12, New Series, Number 80,
August, 1934.
6. Bose. " Circulation and Assimilation in Plants,"
Proc. Roy. Soc. Med., xvii.
7. Leach. " Science in Therapeutics," Horn. Recorder,
March, 1929. Confirmed by letter from Bogert to
Leach.
8. Bbonfenbbenneb and Schlesingeb. Journ. Amer.
Med. Assoc, Ixxviii., p. 1521.
9. Walbum. Z. f. Krebs Forschung 31, Bd. 1930 ; Acta
Pathologica et Microbiologics, Supp. 11, p. 477, 1931,
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24 APPENDIX
APPENDIX A I
APPENDIX A II
APPENDIX A III
APPENDIX B I
APPENDIX 29
APPENDIX B II
F. W. Harris, F.I.C.
February \Uh, 1935.
APPENDIX B III
LYCOPODIUM
I have analysed spectrographically the mineral
constituents in the lycopodium mother tincture,
lx, 2x, 3x, and also in the absolute alcohol where-
with these preparations were made, and the results
32 APPENDIX
are very much as might be anticipated. There is
good evidence of calcium, magnesium, sodium and
aluminium in the ash from the mother tincture.
They appear again in the lx as they ought to do,
much less intense, and in the spectrum negative
they are just discernible by us here, although I
think it will be scarcely discernible by anyone not
practised, in the ash from 2x.
APPENDIX B IV
Report on the Absorption Spectra of Homoeopathic
Dilution of Certain Tinctures, on behalf of Dr.
W. E. Boyd, Glasgow
CHINA
Extinction
Wavelength.
Coefficient.
lx 2x 3x 4x
01 6750 4260
0-2 — 6180 — 3925
0-3 — 5875 4685 3730
0-4 — 5620 4160 3593
0-5 6975 5460 3905 3510
0-6 6725 5370 3700 3405
0-7 6500 5300 3600 3277
0-8 6380 5235 3530 3105
0-9 6300 5180 3490 2994
10 6200 5130 3455 2940
11 6150 5105 3435 2915
1-2 6100 5080 3405 2892
1-3 6050 5050 3385 2842 2643 2600
1-4 6010 5030 3365 2800 2745 2552
1-5 5960 5020 3348 2523
1-6 5940 4990 3260 2498
1-7 5890 4980 3200 2484
1-8 5830 4945 3185 2475
..
36 CHINA
CHINA
Extinction
Wavelength.
Coefficient.
5x 6x 7x
004 _ 3275
007 — — 2890
01 3760 4180 2605
013 — 3795 2470
016 — 3580 2428
0-2 3553 3222 2390
0-23 — 2940 —
0-26 — 2845 2616 —
0-3 3395 2572 —
0-33 3257 — —
.
0-36 3114 — —
0-4 3020 — —
0-43 2978 — —
0-46 2937 — —
0-5 2896 — —
0-53 2838 2700 2663 — —
0-56 — 2618 — —
0-6 — 2585 — —
0-63 — 2564 — —
0-66 — 2540 — —
0-7 — 2517 —
0-73 — 2488 —
0-8 — 2468 — —
NUX VOMICA 37
NUX VOMICA
Extinction
Wavelength.
Coefficient.
lx 2x 3x
NUX VOMICA
Extinction
Wavelength.
Coefficient.
4x 5x
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