Trimesterum Primum
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1999 May / Jun VOL VIII NO 3.
Dr Manu Kothari
Dr Lopa Mehta
An ovum cooed to a sperm, handsome
Shall we have, my dear, a rendezvous?
So did they meet, in cozy retreat,
In the narrow cavity of Fallopi tube
Yoni met lingam, Yin embraced Yang
Perennial polarity - let cell divisions start
Morula blastula gastrula did arise
Ectoderm mesoderm entoderm in great style.
The conceptus, that would-be embryo was told
By the spaceless timeless chanceless Cosmos
"All that you fashion is only right
Provided you don't copycat in the slight".
All embryonic processes look very alike
To beget fetuses and babies always unlike
Be it usual normal or the rarely abnormal
Individualization-n-uniqueness is never denied.
Oh! Embryo! You've 3-trimestered 40 weeks
THE FIRST TRIMESTER being of the greatest feats
In that mela of marvels, miracles-n-wonders
You ought not to be disturbed by any drug.
For during that time, hormones-n-organisers
Cannot afford to fail or go berserk
Lest we have a baby more of a freak
Through agents called teratogenic.
In the late 50's was floated a sedative
Called Thalomide- an ideal hynoptic
Given to many women in the First Trimester
Spawning amelia, phacomelia-n-allied disasters.
Thalomide Disaster turned a beacon of light
To teach medicos-n-mothers of rules very tight:
As a rule do not be an assertive drugger
Much less in the First Trimester
Embryology began with the right concepts,
With Aristotle 2 millenia-n-300 years ago
Alas, till today, embryologists only know
That events occur under their very nose.
Doctors as an afterthought know the What
But never, who, when, where, why- n-how!
Countless animals have been sacrificed
Without adding an iota to medical insight
Homoeopathy, astrology, allopathy, any pathy
Know nothing of the mysteries of embryopathy
All they can, in their minds, firmly register
Is to treat a woman most carefully in her First Trimester
Now close to the end of a scientific 2nd millennium
We humbly need to know: we really do not know
Much of medicine in trans-science trans-technique
Most of practice is kindness, decency, n- humility.
May it be known to all mankind
The First Trimester treats all mammals alike:
Be you whale or weasel, mammoth or mouse,
Embryologically you occupy 2.5cm house.
