THE HOMOEOPATHIC THERAPEUTICS OF DIARRHOEA

By James Bell

Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera, Cholera morbus, Cholera infantum and all other loose evacuations of the bowels was written by Dr. James B. Bell.

Part 1 – Remedies and their indications

Part 2 – Repertory

This formed the basis of many regional repertories

1^st edition – published in 1869 – contained experience of 10 years of practice of author – published by Tafel

2^nd edition – published in 1881 – edited by Laird

Laird talked of 4 classes of medicines

- Thoroughly proved and repeatedly verified

- Well proved, but lack clinical confirmation

- Imperfect pathogenesis

- Symptoms derived ab us in morbis

3^rd edition – published in 1888 – Four remedies - Cactus, Opuntia, Euphorb and Castoreum were deleted and 5 remedies were added – Acetic acid, Crotalus, Angustura, Carbolic acid and Valeriana.

4^th edition – published in 1896

CONSTRUCTION

Part 1 – contains remedies and their indications – 141 medicines

Each remedy is described under the following heads:

Stool – Aggravation – Amelioration – Before Stool – During Stool – After Stool – Accompaniments

Part 2 – contains Repertory – 141 medicines

1. Pathological names

2. Character of stools

3. Aggravations and Ameliorations

4. Accompaniments – Before, During, After Stools

5. General Accompaniments

TYPOGRAPHY

4 – Bold

3 – Italic

2 – Roman

1 – Brackets

This repertory is useful in treating all kinds of loose evacuations of bowels.

The cases are worked out by arranging the symptoms as follows –

1. Pathological names

2. Character of stools

3. Modalities

4. Concomitants

5. General accompaniments

DR. SUMIT GOEL M.D. (Hom)

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