SUPPLEMENT 224
HAHNEMANN’S MEDICINE CHESTS.
(These three medicine chests of Hahnemann are now in the possession of Dr. Richard Haehl, of Stuttgart.)
List of the remedies they contain with special reference to the degrees of potency.
(A) CENTESIMAL POTENCIES.
These are placed in two polished wooden boxes. The larger one is 48cm. long and 30 cm. wide, and contains altogether 600 small glass bottles filled with globules. The smaller box is 26 cm long and 22 cm. wide and contains 288 small bottles. The degrees of potencies are indicated in Hahnemann’s own way.
II means one billionth part = 6 cent. = 12 D.
VI means one sixtillionth part = 18 cent. -36 D.
VIII means one octillionth part = 24 cent.= 48 D.
X means one decillionth part = 30 cent.= 60 D.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE CENTESIMAL POTENCY.
Acidum benzoicum 6 18 30 – Acidum hydrocyanicum 6 18 24 30 Acidum muriaticum 6 18 24 30 Acidum nitricum 6 18 24 30 Acidum phosphoricum 6 18 24 30 Acidum sulphuricum 6 18 24 30 Acidum tartaricum 6 18 24 30 Aconitum 6 18 24 30 Actea spicata 6 18 – – AEthusa cynapium 6 18 – 30 Agaricus muscarius 6 18 24 30 Agnus castus 6 18 24 30 Aloe 6 18 24 30 Alumina 6 18 24 30 Ambra 6 18 24 30 Ammonium carbonicum 6 18 24 30 Ammonium muriaticum 6 18 24 30 Anacardium 6 18 24 30 Angustura 6 18 24 30 Anisum stellatum 6 18 – 30 Anthrax 6 18 – 30 Antimonium crudum 6 18 24 30 Antimonium tartaricum 6 18 24 30 Aranea diadema 6 18 – 30 Argentum 6 18 24 30 Arnica 6 18 24 30 Arsenicum 6 18 24 30 Artemisia vulgaris 6 18 – – Asafoetida 6 18 24 30 Asarum europaeum 6 18 24 30 Aurum 6 18 24 30 Badiaga – 18 24 30 Baryta acetica 6 18 – 30 Baryta carbonica 6 18 24 30 Baryta muriatica 6 18 24 30 Belladonna 6 18 24 30 Bismuthum 6 18 24 30 Borax 6 18 – 30 Bryonia 6 18 24 30 Caladium seguinum 6 18 24 30 Calcarea carbonica 6 18 24 30 Camphora 6 18 24 30 Cannabis 6 18 24 30 Cantharides 6 18 24 30 Capsicum 6 18 24 30 Carbo animals 6 18 24 30 Carbo vegetabilis 6 18 24 30 Cascarilla 6 18 24 30 Castoreum 6 18 24 30 Causticum 6 18 24 30 Chamomilla 6 18 24 30 Chelidonium 6 18 24 30 China – – 24 30 Chininum sulphuricum 6 18 – 30 Chininum muriaticum 6 18 24 30 Cicuta 6 18 24 30 Cina 6 – 24 30 Cinnabaris 6 18 – – Cinnamonum 6 18 – – Clematis 6 18 24 30 Coccionella 6 18 24 30 Cocculus 6 18 24 30 Coffea 6 18 24 30 Colchicum 6 18 24 30 Colocynthis – 18 24 30 Conium 6 18 24 30 Copaiva 6 18 24 30 Corallium rubrum 6 18 – – Cortex sambuci – 18 – – Crocus sativus 6 18 24 30 Cuprum aceticum 6 18 – 30 Cuprum metallicum 6 18 24 30 Cyclamen 6 18 24 30 Dictamnus 6 18 24 30 Digitalis 6 18 24 30 Drosera 6 18 24 30 Dulcamara 6 18 24 30 Eugenia jambosa 6 18 – 30 Euphorbia officinalis 6 18 24 30 Euphrasia 6 18 24 30 Euonymus europaeus 6 18 24 30 Ferrum aceticum 6 18 – 30 Ferrum carbonicum 6 18 – 30 Ferrum metallicum 6 18 24 30 Ferrum muriaticum 6 18 – 30 Filix mas 6 18 24 30 Graphites 6 18 24 30 Gratiola 6 18 24 30 Guaiacum 6 18 24 30 Helleborus niger 6 18 24 30 Hepar sulphuris 6 18 24 30 Hepar sulphuris 6 18 24 30 Herculinum 6 18 – 30 Hydrophobinum 6 – – – Hyoscyamus 6 18 24 30 Ignatia 6 18 24 30 Ind. 6 18 – – Iodium 6 18 24 30 Ipecacuanha 6 18 24 30 Jacea – – 24 30 Jalapa 6 18 – – Jatropha curcas 6 18 24 30 Kali carbonicum 6 18 24 30 Kali hydroiodicum 6 18 24 30 Kali sulphuricum 6 18 – 30 Kreosotum 6 18 – 30 Lachesis trigonocephalus 6 18 24 30 Lactuca virosa 6 18 30 Lamium album 6 18 – 30 Laurocerasus – – 24 30 Ledum 6 18 24 30 Lolium temulentum 6 18 24 30 Lycopodium 6 18 24 30 Magnesia carbonica – 18 24 30 Magnesia muriatica 6 18 – 30 Magnesia sulphurica 6 18 – 30 Manganum carbonicum 6 18 24 30 Menyanthes trifoliata 6 18 – 30 Mercurius corrosivus 6 18 24 30 Mercurius solubilis 6 18 – 30 Mercurius vivus 6 18 – 30 Mezereum 6 18 – 30 Millefolium 6 18 – 30 Morbillin – 18 – 30 Morphium 6 18 – 30 Moschus 6 18 – 30 Murias Magnesiae – – – 30 Natrum carbonicum 6 18 – 30 Natrum muriaticum 6 18 – 30 Niccolum oxydatum 6 18 – 30 Nigella sativa 6 18 – 30 Nitrum 6 18 – 30 Nux moschata 6 18 – 30 Nux vomica 6 18 – 30 Oleander 6 18 – 30 Oleum animale 6 18 – 30 Oleum terebinthinae 6 18 – 30 Oniscus asellus 6 18 – 30 Opium 6 18 24 30 Ozaena 6 18 – 30 Paeonia 6 18 – 30 Paris quadrifolia 6 18 – 30 Petroleum 6 18 24 30 Petroselinum 6 18 24 30 Phellandrium 6 18 24 30 Phosphorus 6 18 24 30 Platina 6 18 24 30 Plumbum aceticum 6 18 – – Plumbum metallicum 6 18 24 30 Prunus laurocerasus 6 18 – 30 Prunus spinosus 6 18 – 30 Psorinum 6 18 24 30 Pulsatilla 6 18 – 30 Quassia 6 18 – 30 Rana bufo 6 18 30 Ranunculus bulbosus 6 18 – 30 Ranunculus sceleratus 6 18 24 30 Ratanhia 6 18 24 30 Rheum 6 18 24 30 Rhododendron 6 18 24 30 Rhus toxicodendron 6 18 24 30 Ruta 6 18 24 30 Sabadilla 6 18 24 30 Sabina 6 18 24 30 Sal Glauberi 6 18 – 30 Sambucus 6 18 24 30 Sarsaparilla 6 18 24 30 Scarlatina 6 18 – 30 Secale cornutum 6 18 24 30 Selenium 6 18 24 30 Senega 6 18 24 30 Senna 6 18 – 30 Sepia 6 18 24 30 Silicea 6 18 24 30 Solanum mammosum 6 18 – 30 Solanum nigrum 6 18 24 30 Spigelia 6 18 24 30 Spongia 6 18 24 30 Squilla 6 – 24 30 Stannum 6 18 24 30 Staphisagria 6 – 24 30 Stramonium 6 18 24 30 Strontium carbonicum 6 18 24 30 Sulphur 6 18 – 30 Tabacum 6 18 – 30 Tanacetum vulgare 6 18 – 30 Taraxacum 6 18 24 00 Teucrium marum 6 18 24 30 Thea 6 18 24 30 Theridion curassavicum 6 18 – 30 Thuja 6 18 24 30 Tinctura sulphuris 6 18 24 30 Tongo 6 18 – 30 Uva ursi 6 18 – 30 Vaccininum 6 18 – 30 Valeriana 6 18 24 30 Veratrum 6 18 24 30 Verbascum 6 18 24 30 Vinca 6 18 30 Viola odorata 6 18 – 30 Viola tricolor 6 18 30 Zincum metallicum 6 18 24 30
(B) MEDICAMENTS AUX GLOBULES.
A large polished wooden case inlaid with ivory, 63 cm. long and 342 cm. wide affords room for 1716 glass tubes. The remedies contained therein are prepared by the new method of potentising and designed as medicaments aux globules with 0/1, 0/2, 0/3. etc. Most remedies are kept in stock in ten different degrees of potency (I to 10); only a few, as for instance, Mercurius solubilis, Sulphur, and a few others are potentised up to the 30th degree. The case also contains a large number of full glass tubes with an altogether different kind of designation which has not yet been understood. Unfortunately a large part of the contents seem to have been lost.
The following remedies are still intact:
Agnus castus Coffea Opium Aloe Colocynthis Petroleum Alumina Copaiva Petroselinum Ambra Crocus Phosphorus Ammonium carbonicum Cuprum aceticum Platina Ammonium muriaticum Cuprum metallicum Plumbum Angustura Epilobium Ranunculus sceleratus Antimonium crudum Euphrasia Ratanhia Antimonium tartaricum Graphites Rheum Argentum Guaiacum Rhus toxicodendron Arsenicum Hepar sulfuris Selenium natrium.
Asafoetida Ind. Sepia.
Aurum Iodium Silicea Baryta carbonica Ipecacuanha Spigelia Baryta muriatica Jalapa Spongia Bryonia Kali carbonicum Stannum Calcarea Ledum Stramonium Cantharides Lycopodium Sulphur.
Carbo animalis Mercurius solubilis Teucrium.
Carbo vegetabilis Mercurius vivus Thuja.
Castoreum Mezereum Valeriana Chamomilla Natrum muriaticum Veratrum China Niccolum Zincum Cinnabaris Nitrum Cocculus Nux vomica.
SUPPLEMENT 225
ON THE PREPARATION OF TRITURATIONS.
Hahnemann gives us, in the second volume of the first edition of “Chronic Diseases” of 1828, page 5, a fairly detailed description of the preparation of triturations, which we follow, in the first volume of the second edition of 1835, page 182ff: For this preparation which is peculiar to homoeopathy you take anyone of the substances either those contained in the six volumes of Materia Medica Pura, or especially those anti-psoric medicinal substances which are mentioned as follows: Silica, Baryta carbonica, Calcarea carbonica, Natrum carbonicum, and Ammonium carbonicum, Magnesia carbonica, Carbo vegetabilis, Carbo animalis, Graphites, Sulphur, Antimonium crudum, Antimonium metallicum, Gold Platina, Ferrum, Zinc, Copper, Argentum and Stannum (lumps of those metals and not the foil are triturated upon a hard fine grinding stone under water or sometimes under alcohol (like the iron). Of these pulverised substances one grain is taken (Mercury may be used in the liquid state and one grain taken; of Petroleum one drop instead of a grain is taken) etc. pour this grain into an unglazed porcelain mortar (or the bottom of which has been rubbed rough with moist sand) to which has been added thirty-three grains of sugar of milk powder and mix the medicinal substance and sugar of milk for a little while with a porcelain spatula and triturate the mixture for six minutes with some force. Having triturated the mass it is again stirred after four minutes by scraping it up from the bottom of the porcelain mortar, and also that which adheres to the pestle (which also ought to be unglazed or roughened so that the triturated substances is equally intermixed) then this scraped up mass is again triturated without addition, for a second time for six minutes with equal strength. This mass is again scraped up and after four minutes another thirty-three grains of sugar of milk is added, the new compound is then stirred for a moment with the spatula, triturated again for six minutes with equal force, then after four minutes it is scraped up and triturated a second time for six minutes duration and with force, without adding anything to it, and when after about four minutes it has been again scraped up, the last third of sugar of milk is added: it is then well stirred with the spatula to combine it and then the whole mixture after six minutes strong trituration is scraped up after an interval of four minutes and then for the last (and second) time triturated for six minutes and then scraped up. This powder is enclosed in a well-corked glass, marked with the name of the substance and the figure 100, to show that this is the one hundredth potency of the substance.
Richard Haehl was also an editor and publisher of the homeopathic journal Allgemcine, and other homeopathic publications.
Haehl was responsible for saving many of the valuable artifacts of Samuel Hahnemann and retrieving the 6th edition of the Organon and publishing it in 1921.
Richard Haehl was the author of - Life and Work of Samuel Hahnemann