Urtica urens 0 in small material doses greatly lessened the enlargement of the leg in a few weeks. I cite this case thus quite shortly, to exemplify the usefulness of diagnosing the dam in cases of obstructive varicosis.
HAEMORRHOIDS.
Haemorrhoids are essentially varicose veins of the anus and rectum. Here the first point to elucidate in each new case is the place of the dam-a not always easy task-but the anal region is very apt to harbour piles of obstructive origin, but which at the same time have become a substantive disease, and the vicarious outlet for the divers constitutional taints to which man is liable.
There is no such a thing as primary piles,-they are all either hypostatico-obstructive or merely obstructive, or from constitutional ailments, which, all lumped together, constitute the haemorrhoidal diathesis, notably of German authors.
The frequent haemorrhages from the haemorrhoids are, in my judgment, all of constitutional treatment will cure such, but the constitutional cause must be got rid of before a radical cure can be effected either of the haemorrhoids or of the haemorrhoidal bleedings. To stop the bleeding by operation on the veins or on the part, is a proceeding that, in my judgment, should land the 3 operator into a medical court of inquiry. And quelling the bleeding with remedies without regard to the constitutional cause or causes, is not infrequently followed by constitutional disaster : anal bleedings are very often disease-outflows.
Now let any one of ordinary common-sense and understanding, whether medical or lay, tell me- How can it be seriously maintained that diseases of the veins are to be dealt with by surgery? The surgical aid in vein affections only comes in as a last resort where nothing else can be done, and even then it is but a sorry uncertain old crutch.
Burnett was one of the first to speak about vaccination triggering illness. This was discussed in his book, Vaccinosis, published in 1884. He introduced the remedy Bacillinum. He authored twenty books, including the much loved "Fifty Reason for Being a Homeopath." He was the editor of The Homoeopathic World.