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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865. Excerpt: ... 1. Homoeopathy is not a novelty. In a Sanscrit poem called Sringara Tilaka, written by Kalidasa, who was one of the ornaments (or gems as they were commonly called, ) of the court of Vikramaditya, king of Ujayin, whose reign, used as a chronological epoch by the Hindus, is placed about 56 years before the Christian Era, the following line occurs, which shews that the fact involving the principle of Homoeopathy, had, in the East, even at that early period of time, passed into a proverb: --Pa Q.1 d&i QtM filtfUftf It has been heard of old time in the world that poison is the remedy for poison. Hahnemann observes that the author of the book irepl T&Kuv Tuv Kut' dvdpbmov, which is among the writings attributed to Hippocrates, has the following remarkable words: --6la To, ofioia vovaog yiverai, nai dia ra ufioia Trpootpepo/ieva en voaevvTuv vyiaivovrai, &c By similar things disease is produced, and by similar things, administered to the sick, they are healed of their diseases. Thus the same thing which will produce a strangury, when it does not exist, will remove it when it does. These sentiments are thus expressed by Cornarius in his translation, in 1564--Per similia morbus fit, et per similia adhibita ex morbo sanantur, Velut urinaa stilicidium idem facit si non sit, et si sit idem sedat. The learned Dr. Francis Adams, in his Translation of the works of Hippocrates, published in 1849, by the Sydenham Society, thus comments upon this passage: -- The treatment of suicidal mania appears singular, --' Give the patient a draught made from the root of mandrake, in a smaller dose than will induce mania... He then insists, in strong terms, that, under certain circumstances, purgatives will bind the bowels, and astringents loosen them. And he further makes the imp...
| ISBN-13 | 9781151435811 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1151435813 |
| Weight | 0.31 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.21 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 88 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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