John Paterson

John Paterson 1890 – 1954 was an orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. John Paterson was a Microbiologist, who was married to Elizabeth Paterson, also a Microbiologist. They both worked at the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital and at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital. John Paterson was President of International Homeopathic Medical League in 1939. John Paterson wrote The Bowel Nosodes, and he was responsible for introducing them into British homeopathy n the 1920s.

THE BOWEL NOSODES

THE BOWEL NOSODES. The role of the intestinal bacteria. B.Coli can be isolated from the intestine of all warm blooded animals and have been found on grasses outside the body. Where there seemed to be no possibility of faecal contamination. Most workers consider the B.Coli to be a harmless saprophyte and to be non-pathogenic in the healthy bowel.

Bowel Flora

Paterson gave this presentation to the British Homoeopathic Congress in Glasgow (September 1948). Experience has shown that where a specific non-lactose organism has been identified, a remedy from that group has given evidence of clinical action. …

Faecalis Bach

Faecalis Bach is a Bowel nosode very rarely used but is very similar to Sepia….

Introduction to Bowel Nosodes

Introduction about the concept behind Bowel nosodes. Paterson compiled a list of bowel organism with their related homoeopathic remedies and to associated a clinical picture, i.e. to offer a “proving” for each type of bowel organism. In this case the word “proving” is not used in the strict Hahnemannian sense-experiment on the healthy human-but on clinical observation of the sick person….

Morgan Bach

B. MORGAN is the type of non-lactose organism most frequently found in the stool, Paterson desribed its symptom picture in his book on Bowel nosodes….

Proteus Bach

Explanation of pathogenesis of B. Proteus, bowel nosode and its therapeutic utility in the affection of central and peripheral nervous system….

Bacillus No 7 Paterson

therapeutic indication of BACILLUS No. “7” (Paterson), bowel nosode by Paterson in his book on Bowel Nosodes….

Gaertner Bach

Role of Gaertner, a bowel nosode in the cases of Malnutrition, especially suitable to hypersensitive children….

Dysentery Co Bach

Dysentery Co.- This is the nosode prepared from B. Dysenteria and the keynote for its use is nervous tension of a peculiar type and best described as ” anticipatory”….

Sycotic co Paterson

SYCOTIC CO. (Paterson)- The keynote for the nosode is “irritability” and this has special reference to mucous and synovial membrane….

Mutabile Bach

Mutabile, its associated remedy is Pulsatilla and the nosode Mutabile (Bach) is likely to be of value of treatment where there is alteration of symptoms, e.g. where skin eruption alternates with asthmatic symptoms….