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NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2001 Jul / Aug VOL III NO 4.
My excitement knew no bounds!!
It was so thrilling to see my name in print in the NJH Jaundice issue and so unexpected.
It had happened so casually.
When Dr Vishpala came to Palghar, she told me to locate the Hep B case of Dr Dilip Dixit. When she got it in her hand, she saw I was the primary physician to take the case. So she told me, sit down and write out the details of the case on the computer and email it to her. I told her I have never written before. But she said she would edit it and help me in finalizing the article. So that night I sat and wrote till 2 am and mailed it to her. The same day, I got the corrected copy back, asking for some other inputs. Thus it traveled back and forth, 3-4 times till finally it came in print, I could not believe that the article looked so nice. Very kindly she put my name along with Dr Dixit's in the author box.
When the issue went to my college in my hometown and my professors saw it, they all praised me. It was so thrilling.
I then recalled my thrill when I saw Homoeopathy work for the first time. I want to share that experience during my internship period, when I was a novice and did not know much about Homoeopathy. My first internship posting was in surgery and I was so upset, that I couldn't see a drop of blood without getting severe giddiness and fainting for 30 to 40 mins. There was a well-known homoeopath, Dr K M Bhoyar practicing in Nanded. I went to him. He gave me some powders- just take 3 to 4 doses of this medicine and you will be all right. But I couldn’t believe this because I did not have much faith in Homoeopathy.
Still I took those 4 doses on subsequent days. On 5th day I went for my first surgical posting- an appendicectomy operation. Our surgeon was very strict - he would tell all students who get giddiness in the OT "you are not fit to be a doctor"! So I was very frightened. The operation started. Sir had opened the abdomen, I was looking at it but not fainting! I couldn't believe myself! To confirm I shook my neck; the surgeon scolded me- Is something wrong? Then I told about my problem of giddiness after seeing blood.
Later I went back to that Sir and told him Sir, you are so great then he told me I am not great, "Homoeopathy" is great. Since then I am totally dedicated to practice only Homoeopathy. Then I started practice with him. At the end of 6 months, he told me, Anil, it is better to go to such an institute where you can learn classical and scientific Homoeopathy. That is how I came to ICR! I have been here for 2 years and my faith in Homeopathy is now firmly entrenched.
These are 2 greatest experiences of my life, which I today felt emboldened to share with you.
Dr Anil, Rmo
I wanted to write and tell you that it is because of National Journal of Homoeopathy that I started treating Homeopathy seriously. The 'Potency' and 'Kali' issue are just too good. In fact, for every new case, I first repertorise it, refer the various Materia Medicas and then read the issue of NJH on that subject and only then I prescribe. Though sometimes even after all this, I do not get a positive feedback in chronic cases. Then I feel sad. But I get good results in acute cases.
In my town, getting a written history from the patient is very rare. There may be some lacuna in my mode of case taking. Sometime back also I had pressed my design to do a short course in ICR, but unfortunately I couldn't make it. But now my tickets to Mumbai are booked and I will reach Mumbai in October. I very earnestly want to improve my clinical expertise in Homoeopathy and need your guidance in this regard.
Dr B Durga Prasad
First of all let me congratulate you on a splendid job done. The 'Kali' issue is just great, especially your article.
For one who has just started to stumble along the vast sea of Homeopathy, the issue has helped greatly towards understanding the complicated 'Kali'.
Kasi Vishwanathan's LEARN A REMEDY SECTION is really good. Aethusa - an Evolution made it very clear.
Abbreviations are still a stumbling block. Please give the expansion either in the article or at the end, all together.
TORCH (Neonatal Jaundice) = Panel of tests to rule out Toxosplasm, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, Herpes
SWD = Short Wave Diathermy
DD = Differential Diagnosis
(These are accepted medical terms, which I am expanding here for you and will include in the Abbreviations on the last page of the NJH form now on- editor)
Can we devote 1-2 issues on miasms in 2002? So we can start attributing symptoms to miasms? Learn which miasm Common diseases belong to? Dr Mirza Anwer Baig says Hepatitis B has syphilitic-tubercular miasm. If the manifestation of each miasm in made clear, then understanding would follow.
Dr R G Menon
This is with reference to 'A Tribute to Dr S R Wadia' in the NJH Vol 4 , No 2 2001. I had the honor of meeting Dr Wadia, about 7-8 years ago in his clinic at Colaba.
We talked for about 15 minutes. Dr Wadia was a regular reader of my 'Quarterly Homoeopathic Digest' (QHD) and greatly appreciated it. Later, at his request conveyed through Dr S P Koppikar, I enlarged the print font size of my QHD for easy reading.
He also presented me with a copy of Paschero'S book in Spanish, which had been given to him.
Dr Wadia showed me his case Register and said "See, Srinivasan, I record the case in totality, as our Master directed. See for yourself."
When I told him that I was not competent to evaluate his work, he said "No, I know you and I value what you say". Such Nobility and Humility.
He said that present day young homoeopaths don't seem to be interested in taxing their mind.
May he bless us from his place in the heaven.
Dr K S Srinivasan
