Editorial – Practice Of Homoeopathic System



(8) Some of the most important books remain out of print. Arrangements are to be made for reprinting them.

(9) Cost of medical books should be cheap.

(10) Arrangement for supply of medicines of undoubted purity should be made.

(11) Every prominent Homoeopath should be compelled to give free service at least for two hours a day in his nearest charitable dispensary. The fee consultation or visiting, should not exceed Rs.10/- under any circumstances. Poor people can not consult the best Homoeopaths for their exorbitant charges. Spirit of sacrifice must prevail or success is doubtful. Poor people must be treated kindly.

(12) Homoeopathic doctors should receive their rightful shares in the health services of the country and in this matter no distinction is to be made between a Homoeopath and an allopath. They must enjoy equal rights and privileges.

(13) Homoeopathic chemists should be kept under close watch as a cure depends on the purity of medicine. Corruptions in dealers of medicine should be checked with a strong hand.

(14) Arrangement of post graduate teaching in Homoeopathy is absolutely necessary.

(15) Proving of new medicines according to the principles of Hahnemann or reproving of existing drugs will help Homoeopathy.

(16) Homoeopathic colleges should establish Health centers in different villages where the student should be taken for free distribution of medicine to the villages twice or thrice a week or if possible daily. This plan has a double blessing. The students will acquire Hospital experience and the village men will receive the benefit of Homoeopathic treatment. It will also spread the fame of Homoeopathy in the country.

(17) Every provincial Homoeopathic associations must have a journal of their own for publication of their activities and fresh experiences. Government should help these associations with liberal grant of sufficient quantity of paper. A journal is a very useful thing for medical associations for exchange of ideas.

(18) Homoeopaths should not be allowed to use allopathic or any other form of medicine. Practice of pure Homoeopathy should be enforced Using allopathic drugs in a Homoeopathic dispensary is to be tabooed.

(19) Every Hospital should be equipped with a library containing all important books.

(20) Special nurses are to be trained for working in Homoeopathic Hospitals. These nurses must undergo a preliminary training in elementary Homoeopathy.

N C Das
N C Das
Calcutta