But does anyone ever discover anything without some other worker, unknown to him, hitting on the same thing ? Even in astronomy this has been so : rival synchronous claims everywhere ! You and I are deaf to the messages that fill the ether. In our ignorance we may say, “There is no sound-nothing !”-because we hear nothing. Yet, bring a receiver, tuned to the we desire to hear, and lo ! the music of all the world is ours for the hearing.
And for those of us who desire with all our hearts and souls to heal, the heavens, at times, have seemed to open, and new light in regard to this or that remedial agent to flood in, never till now recognized and appreciated. As when, some sixty years ago, an American doctor, Swan, pioneer in the use of disease products for the cure of like disease, received the inspiration, and prepared from among many such substances, potentized measles, with which he did some astonishing work. (See HOMOEOPATHY, Vol. 1, pp.50,461.).
And now, after all these years of dullness and neglect, we are receiving fresh impetus, and are already getting sudden astonishing results (some of which we hope to publish later on in detail-it is too soon as yet), but, already, in heart disease, in epilepsy (cases terrible and long treated with but a modicum of success) in rheumatoid cases; even in one case of urgent, hopeless, inoperable carcinoma, . . . It is not yet ready to be talked about :- but it is so suggestive, that we dare not refrain from passing the Whisper on.
Later, we may be in a position to dogmatize in regard to potency and dosage. Hitherto our tentative, yet effective method has been:- either the 200th potency, three doses on three successive mornings, or else (following Hahnemann;s newer method, set forth in the sixth edition of the Organon, in order to hasten amelioration) in three doses of daily raised potency such as 12th, 30th, 200th or 30th, 200th and 1m. This we are doing not only with Morbillinum, but with many other nosodes.
As a matter of fact, we have for years been making play with Variolinum, Tuberculinum, Lueticum, Medorrhinum, Influenzinum : only, as said, Morbillinum and several others have, till now, not entered into the picture, and Morbillinum threatens to become the most important of the lot.
“Everybody has had measles,” and not everybody has managed to “annihilate the disease” so that nothing latent, and threatening, has remained. in future we shall do well to take notice when told of an old acute sickness, never, or very tardily recovered from. . . . “Never well since diphtheria- scarlet fever-vaccination.” “She lost one of her e ars through measles.” Tonsillitis, followed by chorea, then rheumatism :- heart damaged in childhood by rheumatic fever” these put in a strong plea for that mighty remedy, Streptococcin. (See p. 192.).
Well, we have just attempted to pass on the Whisper, so that those with ears may hear, and those who catch on may pursue the matter to the advantage of humanity.
By the way, a word of warning. These disease-elements, used for healing of the like disease, are homoeopathic remedies, and here also the Laws of Hahnemann obtain, if they are to do their best work, without possibility of danger or damage :-i.e., they must be prepared after the homoeopathic manner; must be potentized; must be given by the mouth : in single dose, or single “divided” dose; with due regard for possible initial aggravation, followed by ameliorative reaction-which must not be interfered with.
Yesterday two Out-patients appeared opportunely to emphasize the above last words. For each, the prescription had been Streptococcin, and the report was, “No better : worse !” “In what way ?” “Ive been having pains again in my finger.” “But how are you, yourself?” “Oh, Im better ! My heart” (in the one case) “my stomach” (in the other) “is much better.” It is as well to ask, in what way are you worse ? because here the Homoeopathic Philosophy comes in. “Parts worse, yet patient better”; or again, the direction of cure, “from within, out”, demand always that we keep our hands off, and give the patient a chance.
