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The Nursing clinics of North America, 1977
A paucity of literature exists on the experience of children in pain: however, its study is most ... more A paucity of literature exists on the experience of children in pain: however, its study is most relevant to the pediatric nurse who must care for the child. It is necessary for the nurse to understand the influential factors that affect the perceptions and expressions of children who have pain before she can intervene in a comfort-producing and health-promoting manner.
European Journal of Integrative Medicine
Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, 1980
Homeopathy, 2014
Background: Homeopathic Pathogenetic Trials (HPTs) are a pillar of homeopathy, a key source of th... more Background: Homeopathic Pathogenetic Trials (HPTs) are a pillar of homeopathy, a key source of the symptoms characteristic of a particular homeopathic medicine. Homeopaths choose homeopathic medicines by comparing these remedy pictures with the symptoms the patient is presenting. Thus, recognition of these symptom sets underpins the clinical practice of homeopathy. Objective: To test whether HPTs generate consistent and recognisable sets of symptoms in consecutive trials. Design: Practising homeopaths, blinded to the homeopathic medicine under investigation, were given the set of symptoms generated during an unpublished HPT and asked to identify the homeopathic medicine used. Homeopathic trial substance: Ozone, prepared by homeopathic method to the ultramolecular dilution of 30c (10 À60 dilution), was chosen at random from twenty potential medicines. Results: Seven practising homeopaths were asked to make three guesses as to the identity of the remedy. Initially from the full list of possible remedies (N = 2372). Two of the seven homeopaths guessed the identity of the remedy correctly (p < 0.0001). Subsequently, when their choice of possible medicines was restricted to a list of 20, the same two homeopaths selected the correct medicine, however none of the other practising homeopaths did so (p = 0.2). Discussion: The selection of the correct homeopathic medicine from the unrestricted list (N = 2372 medicines) by two homeopaths is noteworthy given that the homeopathic medicine used during the HPT was diluted well beyond Avogadro's number and would not be expected to produce any detectable or recognisable symptomatology. Possible reasons why the remaining five homeopaths did not guess correctly are discussed. Conclusion: The results show that practising homeopaths may be able to correctly identify a homeopathic medicine from the set of symptoms generated during an HPT. This suggests that such symptom pictures generated by taking an ultramolecular homeopathic medicine are recognisable and specific to the substance taken. Since identi
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1978
... pH: All - 7.35-7.45 7.32-7.42 Adapted from Meggeson, CA ed. Clinical Laboratories Handbook, B... more ... pH: All - 7.35-7.45 7.32-7.42 Adapted from Meggeson, CA ed. Clinical Laboratories Handbook, Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center, July 1976 and from Burrell, Zeb Jr. and Burrell, Lenette O. Critical Care 3rd Ed., St. ... 11. Rosenthal, Amnon, and others. ...
Homoeopathic Links, 2014
The American Medical College of Homeopathy, Centre for Homeopathic Education NYC, Homeopathy Scho... more The American Medical College of Homeopathy, Centre for Homeopathic Education NYC, Homeopathy School UK and Northwestern Academy of Homeopathy have prepared guidelines for the translation of raw proving data into repertory rubrics in order to improve the quality and reliability of homeopathic repertories. By publishing these national guidelines in LINKS homeopaths from other countries are invited to also use them, as repertories are international.
Homeopathy, 2014
The recurrence, resistance to vaccines and medicines and the rise of infectious diseases is quite... more The recurrence, resistance to vaccines and medicines and the rise of infectious diseases is quite alarming in India. One among them is Japanese Encephalitis (J.E.), an endemoepidemic acute encephalomyelitis accompanying a viral infection. The first case of J.E. was detected in 1979 in Andhra Pradesh state. Initially Belladonna was administered in a small way with good results, but the Government did not take any effective steps. Since 1990 it had become an unmanageable problem. Between 1993 and 1999 recorded J.E. cases were 5308, and 1511 children died. In spite of vaccination it continued unabated. The Government sought the help of homeopaths in combating this epidemic in 1999. As prophylactic drugs, Belladonna 200 on 1, 2, 3 days one dose each, Calcarea Carb 200 on 10th day and Tuberculinum 10 M on 25th day were administered in a phased manner to
Journal of Nurse Midwifery, Sep 9, 1979
The Nursing clinics of North America, 1977
A paucity of literature exists on the experience of children in pain: however, its study is most ... more A paucity of literature exists on the experience of children in pain: however, its study is most relevant to the pediatric nurse who must care for the child. It is necessary for the nurse to understand the influential factors that affect the perceptions and expressions of children who have pain before she can intervene in a comfort-producing and health-promoting manner.
European Journal of Integrative Medicine
Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, 1980
Homeopathy, 2014
Background: Homeopathic Pathogenetic Trials (HPTs) are a pillar of homeopathy, a key source of th... more Background: Homeopathic Pathogenetic Trials (HPTs) are a pillar of homeopathy, a key source of the symptoms characteristic of a particular homeopathic medicine. Homeopaths choose homeopathic medicines by comparing these remedy pictures with the symptoms the patient is presenting. Thus, recognition of these symptom sets underpins the clinical practice of homeopathy. Objective: To test whether HPTs generate consistent and recognisable sets of symptoms in consecutive trials. Design: Practising homeopaths, blinded to the homeopathic medicine under investigation, were given the set of symptoms generated during an unpublished HPT and asked to identify the homeopathic medicine used. Homeopathic trial substance: Ozone, prepared by homeopathic method to the ultramolecular dilution of 30c (10 À60 dilution), was chosen at random from twenty potential medicines. Results: Seven practising homeopaths were asked to make three guesses as to the identity of the remedy. Initially from the full list of possible remedies (N = 2372). Two of the seven homeopaths guessed the identity of the remedy correctly (p < 0.0001). Subsequently, when their choice of possible medicines was restricted to a list of 20, the same two homeopaths selected the correct medicine, however none of the other practising homeopaths did so (p = 0.2). Discussion: The selection of the correct homeopathic medicine from the unrestricted list (N = 2372 medicines) by two homeopaths is noteworthy given that the homeopathic medicine used during the HPT was diluted well beyond Avogadro's number and would not be expected to produce any detectable or recognisable symptomatology. Possible reasons why the remaining five homeopaths did not guess correctly are discussed. Conclusion: The results show that practising homeopaths may be able to correctly identify a homeopathic medicine from the set of symptoms generated during an HPT. This suggests that such symptom pictures generated by taking an ultramolecular homeopathic medicine are recognisable and specific to the substance taken. Since identi
AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1978
... pH: All - 7.35-7.45 7.32-7.42 Adapted from Meggeson, CA ed. Clinical Laboratories Handbook, B... more ... pH: All - 7.35-7.45 7.32-7.42 Adapted from Meggeson, CA ed. Clinical Laboratories Handbook, Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center, July 1976 and from Burrell, Zeb Jr. and Burrell, Lenette O. Critical Care 3rd Ed., St. ... 11. Rosenthal, Amnon, and others. ...
Homoeopathic Links, 2014
The American Medical College of Homeopathy, Centre for Homeopathic Education NYC, Homeopathy Scho... more The American Medical College of Homeopathy, Centre for Homeopathic Education NYC, Homeopathy School UK and Northwestern Academy of Homeopathy have prepared guidelines for the translation of raw proving data into repertory rubrics in order to improve the quality and reliability of homeopathic repertories. By publishing these national guidelines in LINKS homeopaths from other countries are invited to also use them, as repertories are international.
Homeopathy, 2014
The recurrence, resistance to vaccines and medicines and the rise of infectious diseases is quite... more The recurrence, resistance to vaccines and medicines and the rise of infectious diseases is quite alarming in India. One among them is Japanese Encephalitis (J.E.), an endemoepidemic acute encephalomyelitis accompanying a viral infection. The first case of J.E. was detected in 1979 in Andhra Pradesh state. Initially Belladonna was administered in a small way with good results, but the Government did not take any effective steps. Since 1990 it had become an unmanageable problem. Between 1993 and 1999 recorded J.E. cases were 5308, and 1511 children died. In spite of vaccination it continued unabated. The Government sought the help of homeopaths in combating this epidemic in 1999. As prophylactic drugs, Belladonna 200 on 1, 2, 3 days one dose each, Calcarea Carb 200 on 10th day and Tuberculinum 10 M on 25th day were administered in a phased manner to
Journal of Nurse Midwifery, Sep 9, 1979