PROSTATIC SURGERY OR HOMOEOPATHIC TREATMENT



Then again I wish to mention a remedy that I have had very good success with in the old prostates that were hard and knotty. According to urologists in school, in these with this appearance were either carcinomatous or bordering on carcinoma. A few of those repertorized to Phosphorus. Some of them had bloody urine. Every time they catheterized themselves, they drew a great deal of blood. In fact, sometimes it was hard to draw urine because of the blood clots which would clog the catheter.

So working on the assumption that they might be cancerous, I combine Cadmium with the Phosphorus, give them Cadmium phosphate instead of the straight Phosphorus, give them Cadmium Phosphate instead of the straight Phosphorus.

The haemorrhages stopped and, as far as I know, the men are symptom free. They are passing the urine without the use of the catheter. In one instance, the gland had gone down considerably after examination after a period of a years time.

I just leave that one thought with you-the use of Cadmium phosphate instead of Phosphorus in suspected carcinomas of the prostate.

DR. HARVEY FARRINGTON [Chicago, Illinois]: I dont to talk too often. It seen as though we are discussing the subject of homoeopathic geriatrics, which is quite considerate and apropos of the paper.

I thought you might be interested in hearing a confirmation of Dr. Bonds remark that sometimes we surprise ourselves. This is the case of an old gentleman of eighty-eight years of age, well preserved and having very little the matter with him except a recurring dysuria and the peculiar symptoms with it. He would get spells of intense pain, sometimes in the region of the bladder but mostly in the neck of the bladder and with frequent urination and very scanty discharge, and every time he got these he got palpitation with anxiety. In other words, the concomitant of the vesicle irritation was a palpitation.

He was mild and gentle and thirstless and in spite of his age he did not want to be covered much. he liked to be out in the open air and of course I gave him Pulsatilla which relieved him each time he took it, at intervals of say four weeks, five weeks, relieved him almost instantly.

Then came a time when he had a spell which was terrific, and he bled like a stuck pig but he was game and kept right at it and finally he began to pass bits of urinary calculi. This kept on for several days.

I had to go away on an important errand and left him in charge of an other physician who did not watch the diagnosis. He let the bladder become entirely stopped and so inflated that when I got back it was as large as a childs head and hard as ebony. In fact, I wondered that it didnt burst.

We took him to the hospital and there was an emergency operation over the pubis. I had asked for an x-ray but he seemed to be improving each time he got the remedy, and the family was poor. They didnt want to pay for it. Then they had the x-ray and found what they thought was a tumor in the bladder and operated and got out absolutely a half a tumbler of stones. They varied from the size of a hickory nut down to a small pea but there were many scraps and pieces, all of them concave. I have cured two or three cases of just the calculi with remedies, and I have noticed that as soon as the remedy begins to act, they come apart like an onion and peel off and if they arent too large they will pass.

I have had only one case where two stones the size of marbles disappeared and nobody knows what happened to them. The two surgeons that diagnosed it were absolutely nonplussed and they could not tell what happened. One said, “They must have become encysted”.

That was a rather weak alibi. As to the history, on account of his age, this old gentleman could not be operated on all at one time and he had three successive operations. The prostate was removed through the abdominal opening and he finally made a perfect recovery and has not needed any medicine at all for three years. Now he is ninety-one and in good shape, a poor patient for me because I dont get anything more out of him.

DR. ENSTAM [Closing]: I must again tell you that the highest compliment you pay the essayist is to teach him something before you let him go.

You know how little I knew; it didnt take me long to tell you.

First, I want to thank my good friend Dr. Seaver Smith who knows a little bit about the way we work, and I happen to know a little bit about the way we work, and I happen to know a little bit about the way he works surgically and combines his homoeopathic skill with his surgical treatment. The observation he made about the homoeopathic surgeon was the one I had in mind. I want to thank you.

Now we come to Dr. Grimmer. Dr. Grimmer made a rather serious and important contribution to my personal and medical life, and to have ones preceptor get up and speak as well of you in public as he did just now is a rather rare experience for some of us, and it is for me. I came to him as a patient, as a matter of fact. In fact, I went along and took a ride with another patient, didnt I?

DR. GRIMMER: That is right.

DR. ENSTAM: This man was suffering from a problem and he said, “Do you want to go along and see a real doctor?”.

I said, “That is what I am looking for.”

I sat in on the consultation. After I got through, I turned to Dr. Grimmer and said, “I have got a big problem”.

He said, “Share it with me. Why not go to work now?.

We started in and it took him a year or two, and I have this gentleman to thank for health. Prior to that, diagnosis had been made that indicated that probably real health was not to be expected but rather semi-invalidism, something of that sort would be something I should be very grateful for and settle for Dr. Grimmer and I proved that to be wrong. I want to thank you again from the bottom of my heart. DR. GRIMMER: It is a privilege.

DR. ENSTAM: Dr. Bellokossy always offers a new point of view. His sincerity is apparent. Any of us who know him know that he means what he says. Dr. Bond, I wish to thank you for your comment. Apparently, we share the old men between us. I know exactly how you feel, so if you have any trouble, either send them to me or call me up.

Dr. Farrington, we treat the old people. Some of the midwestern doctors like to send them out to us to retire. We insist with the aid of California sunshine and some orange juice and the indicated homoeopathic remedy form the constitutional standpoint, we can help them. We try. Thank you very much.

Carl H. Enstam