HOMOEOPATHIC CONFIRMATIONS

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DR. A. W. HOLCOMBE [Kokomo, Ind.]: I dont want to take up too much of the time if these boys want to get home to their families, but I never consider constipation a disease, so- called. To me, constipation is just one phase of a constitutional condition. When you prescribe just on one symptom or one phase, you are very often fouled out. Some people are naturally constipated and are not diseased.

My office girl was with me for twenty-four years and her bowels moved every Sunday morning before she went to church, and no other time. I had an old man ninety-two years old that had what I called an acute mania. He didnt know anything. Now dont call me a liar, but his bowels went sixty-seven days without a movement. On the sixty-seventh day his bowels moved naturally and moved every day thereafter.

DR. J. W. WAFFENSMITH [New Haven, Conn.]: How was he eating during this time?. DR. HOLCOMBE: He was eating all right. He wasnt eating like our banquet, but he was eating three time a day.

I havent heard anybody mention Blatta orientalis for asthma. That gives in kids about the quickest result of any that I can get. Then, of course, there is Ipecac and Antimonium tart., which will give relief even in grown people. I give it in the 6x.

I dont know how it would work in a higher potency because I never thought it was a curative remedy but a quick ameliorative.

Another remedy I have thought of and used in constipation is Sanicula. It is a remedy, I think, that is very often too frequently overlooked, not only in constipation but in chronic troubles. It seems to be a combination of several of the mineral remedies that we use singly. It has had a very thorough proving.

DR. GRIMMER [closing]: I simply wish to thank the men who have added to the paper, for their kind remarks. Of course, Dr. Schmidts addition of Ipecac is a good one, especially in infants.

When I mentioned Antimonium tart. and Carbo. veg., it was mostly in cases of the young, but Ipecac is very closely related. Dr. Kent, in his writings, advised Ipecac first and Antimonium tart. afterwards, as a follow-up.

I am glad to get Dr. Holcombes suggestion about Blatta. I have always thought of Blatta more in the chronic forms, but if he has had experience in the acute forms, it is an addition. It is a good thing for us to have, and I thank him for bringing it forward.

Dr. Farrington spoke of the essential things to get hold of. It is very important. It does save a great deal of work. After the busy physician has gotten a number of our polycrests, knowing their aggravations, ameliorations and modalities well, he can make rapid and accurate prescriptions. Rarely will he have to make a second prescription.

I thank you all. [Applause].

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A. H. Grimmer
Arthur Hill Grimmer 1874-1967 graduated from the Hering Medical College (in 1906) as a pupil of James Tyler Kent and he later became his secretary, working closely with him on his repertory. He practiced in Chicago for 50 years before moving to Florida. He was also President of the American Institute for Homoeopathy.
In his book The Collected Works of Arthur Hill Grimmer, Grimmer spoke out against the fluoridation of water and vaccinations. Grimmer wrote prodigeously, Gnaphalium, Homeopathic Prophylaxis and Homeopathic Medicine and Cancer: The Philosophy and Clinical Experiences of Dr. A.H. Grimmer, M.D.
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