Monera - Kingdom Bacteria & Viruses

Overview

Spectrum Materia Medica, Volume 1

WOW!!! How does Frans Vermeulen do it? From the mind and pen of modern homeopathy's foremost scholar comes a monumental resource that will be an instant classic.

Details

This is a book that will make you question your very DNA. It also provides the reference you seek when working in the realm of Miasmatic prescribing, or Family and Sensation.

It is an informative tool regardless of which methodology is used to effect the keenest prescription.

From the Book

As in The Prisma, there is a lot here to read and to ingest. The material answers some questions, but raises many much deeper questions about the roots and philosophy of disease. Controversial matter is made available, and Vermeulen, seldom commenting, offers websites for further searches.

Some of the language is impenetrable, old fashioned, and some is new because this book charts the history of the microscopic world of the Monera from four billion years ago to the present — and that needs a new language. The glossary helps out by elucidating obscure language from many "-ologies" and "-opathies"!

What is subtly distilled is the essence of bacterial and virus 'sensation'. These groups are coming to light as a difficult and dysfunctional family. There are the glimpses of brilliance and egocentricity that we associate with particular remedies — Tuberculinum and Syphilinum.

And we see in a flash, familiar fingerprint in the Lyme nosode and Brucella melitensis pictures. We understand that bacterial life exists at the extremes, creating both genius and mind-numbing dullness; euphoria and prostration; dehydration and inundation. The book contains Classification of all the bacteria and viruses that have made their way into the homeopathic pharmacopoeia. The history of disease, vaccines, medicine and religion is charted here.

We see how disease and religion walk hand in glove; how the evolution of man mirrors that of the microbe. We see the myths attendant on disease — and the unbelievable power of the pathogen. Our language is riddled with the language of disease — this is shown in the many anecdotes and myths that lighten and balance the dry and sometimes statistical medical and scientific language.

There is often more than one remedy per bacteria (for example one remedy made from the disease product and another from the vaccine). The history and genealogy of these makes fascinating reading, and Vermeulen has implemented his sleuthing skills to unravel many irregularities.

Contents

Naming of Parts -- xxxi
Orderly systems -- xxxi
Classification in homeopathy -- xxxii
The kingdoms -- xxxii
The necessity of classification and categorization -- xxxiii
Homeopathic remedy abbreviations -- xxxiii
Why more remedies? -- xxxiv

Without going outside, you may
know the whole world... -- xxxv
Bacterial benefits -- xxxviii
Hubris versus humus -- xxxvi
Nosodes and vaccines -- xxxvii
The dose makes the poison -- xxxviii
Many questions, different answers -- xxxix
Building blocks -- xxxix
Bacterial nomenclature -- xl
Acknowledgements -- xli
Classification kingdom Monera -- xlii


Biology of Bacteria -- 1

PHYLUM PROTEOBACTERIA -- 6

Group Alpha Proteobacteria -- 8

I. Order Rhizobiales -- 9
IA. Family Brucellaceae -- 9
   Brucella melitensis -- 9
      Features -- 9
      Brucellosis -- 10
         Prevalence -- 10
         Clinical manifestations -- 10
         Key symptoms -- 12
         Tuberculosis -- 13
         Worldwide burden of brucellosis -- 14
         Biological warfare -- 15
      Neurobrucellosis -- 15
      Materia Medica Brucella melitensis -- 16
         Clinical characteristics -- 17
         Symptoms -- 17
         Cases -- 22

II. Order Rhodospirillales -- 25
IIA. Family Acetobacteriaceae -- 25
   Acetobacter xylinus -- 25
      Features -- 25
      Kombucha -- 25
      First encounter -- 26
      Preservation -- 28
      Benefits and risks -- 29
      Comparison with Aceticum acidum -- 32

III. Order Rickettsiales -- 36
IIIA. Family Rickettsiaceae -- 36
   Rickettsia -- 36
      Rickettsiosis -- 36
      Epidemic typhus -- 39
      Symptoms of typhus fever -- 40
      Materia Medica Typhus nosode -- 41
         Sources -- 41
         An emerging picture -- 41

Group Beta Proteobacteria -- 44

I. Order Burkholderiales -- 45
IA. Family Alcaligenaceae -- 45
   Alcaligenes faecalis -- 45
      Features -- 45
      Materia Medica Faecalis -- 45
   Bordetella pertussis -- 47
      Features -- 47
      Clinical features -- 47
      Crowd versus individual -- 48
      Materia Medica Pertussis vaccine -- 51
         Sources -- 51
         Hypoglycaemia -- 52
         Allergies -- 52
      Materia Medica Pertussinum -- 55
         Sources -- 55
         Symptoms -- 55
         Clinical pathogenesis -- 55
         Cases -- 57

IB. Family Burkholderiaceae -- 60
   Burkholderia mallei -- 60
      Features -- 60
      Clinical features -- 61
      Materia Medica Hippozaeninum -- 62
         Sources -- 62
         Affinities -- 62
         Melting away -- 62
         Destruction -- 62
         Nasal catarrh -- 62
         Additional symptoms -- 63
         Case -- 67

II. Order Neisseriales -- 68
IIA. Family Neisseriaceae -- 68
   Genus Neisseria -- 68
   Neisseria gonorrhoeae --- 69
      Features --69
      Disseminated gonococcal infection -- 69
      Materia Medica Medorrhinum -- 70
         Sources-- 70
         Symptoms -- 71
         Cases -- 75
      Materia Medica Medorrhinum Americana -- 80
         Sources -- 80
         Symptoms -- 81
Neisseria meningitides -- 86
      Features -- 86
      Meningitis -- 86
      Materia Medica Meningococcinum --88
         Indications -- 88
   Neisseria subflava -- 89
      Features -- 89
      Clinical picture -- 89
      Materia Medica Flavus -- 90
         Sources -- 90
         Symptoms -- 90
   Neisseria catarrhalis / Neisseria mucosa -- 92
      Sources -- 92
      Materia Medica Sycotic Compound -- 94
         Symptoms -- 94
         Case -- 99

Group Gamma Proteobacteria -- 101

I. Order Enterobacteriales -- 102
IA. Family Enterobacteriaceae -- 102
   Family features -- 102
   Bowel nosodes -- 103
   Bacillus No. 10 - Materia Medica -- 106
      Sources -- 106
      Symptoms -- 107
   Bacillus No. 7 -- 108
      Origins and names -- 108
      Citrobacter freundii -- 108
      Enterobacter cloacae -- 109
      Hafnia alvei -- 109
      Materia Medica Bacillus No. 7 -- 109
         Sources -- 109
         Symptoms – 109
   Escherichia coli -- 112
      Features -- 112
      Clinical features -- 113
      Materia Medica Colibacillinum --117
         Sources -- 117
         Symptoms -- 117
      Materia Medica Serum Anti-colibaccilum -- 122
         Sources -- 122
         Symptoms -- 123
   Escherichia coli mutabile -- 124
      Mutations -- 124
      Materia Medica Mutabile -- 125
         Sources -- 125
         Symptoms -- 125
         Associated remedies -- 125
         Cases -- 125
   Klebsiella pneumoniae -- 128
      Features -- 128
      Friedländer -- 128
      Materia Medica Mucotoxinum -- 129
         Sources -- 129
         Symptoms -- 129
   Morganella morganii -- 130
      Features -- 130
      Fish poisoning -- 130
      Materia Medica Morgan pure -- 131
         Sources -- 131
         Synopsis -- 132
         Symptoms -- 134
         Cases -- 138
      Materia Medica Morgan gaertner -- 141
         Sources -- 141
         Symptoms-- 141
   Proteus [vulgaris & mirabilis ] -- 144
      Features -- 144
      Proteus - the shape-shifter -- 145
      Materia Medica Proteus -- 148
         Sources -- 148
         Symptoms -- 148
         Cases -- 158
         More cases -- 162
   Salmonella -- 169
      Genus -- 169
   Salmonella enteritidis -- 171
      Features -- 171
      Materia Medica Bacillus Gaertner -- 171
         Sources -- 171
         Symptoms -- 172
         Cases -- 176
   Salmonella paratyphi -- 184
      Features -- 184
      Materia Medica Paratyphoidinum B -- 184
         Sources -- 184
         Symptoms -- 184
   Salmonella typhi -- 186
      Features -- 186
      Typhoid fever --186
      Materia Medica Eberthinum -- 189
         Sources -- 189
         Symptoms -- 189
         Cases -- 190
   Shigella dysenteriae -- 192
      Features -- 192
      Shigellosis -- 192
      Materia Medica Dysenteriae Co. -- 195
         Sources -- 195
         Symptoms -- 195
         Cases -- 202
   Yersinia -- 204
      Genus -- 204
      Yersiniosis -- 204
         Yersinia enterocolitica -- 204
         Yersinia pseudotuberculosis –-206
   Yersinia pestis -- 208
      Features -- 208
      Black Death -- 208
         Clinical manifestations -- 208
         The plague throughout history -- 209
         Social breakdown -- 211
         The whip of God -- 211
         Absolution and abandonment -- 213
         Dance of Death -- 214
         Changing times -- 217
      Materia Medica Pestinum -- 218
         Sources -- 218
         Symptoms -- 219
      Tuberculinic miasm -- 221
      Materia Medica Serum Yersiniae -- 221
         Sources -- 221
         Indications -- 222

II. Order Pasteurellales -- 224
IIA. Family Pasteurellaceae -- 224
   Haemophilus influenzae -- 224
      Features -- 224
      Hib vaccination -- 225
      Materia Medica Haemophilus influenzae B vaccines -- 226
         Sources -- 226
         Symptoms -- 226

III. Order Pseudomonadales -- 228
IIIA. Family Pseudomonadaceae -- 228
   Pseudomonas aeruginosa -- 228
      Features -- 228
      Clinical features -- 229

IV. Order Vibrionales -- 231
IVA. Family Vibrionaceae -- 231
   Vibrio cholerae -- 231
      Features -- 231
      Cholera -- 232
      Patterns and carriers -- 234
      Miasmatic theories -- 235
      Koch’s Postulates -- 236
      Choleraic paranoia -- 237
      Materia Medica Choleratoxin -- 238

Group Epsilon Proteobacteria -- 240

I.Order Campylobacterales -- 241
IA. Family Campylobacteraceae -- 241
   Campylobacter jejuni -- 241
      Features -- 241
      Campylobacteriosis -- 242
      Guillain-Barré syndrome --242
      Homeopathy -- 243

IB. Family Helicobacteraceae -- 244
   Helicobacter pylori -- 244
      Features -- 244
      Homeopathy -- 245

PHYLUM SPIROCHAETAE -- 247

I. Order Spirochaetales -- 248
IA. Family Leptospiraceae -- 248
   Leptospira interrogans -- 248
      Features -- 248
      Leptospirosis -- 249
      Clinical features -- 250
      Materia Medica Leptospira -- 251
         Sources -- 251
         Symptoms -- 251

IB. Family Spirochataceae -- 252
   Borrelia burgdorferi -- 252
      Features -- 252
      Lyme borreliosis -- 254
      The imitator’s new clothes -- 255
      Tick-stricken -- 257
      Syphilitic miasm -- 259
      Materia Medica Borrelia -- 260
         Sources -- 260
         Symptoms -- 260
   Treponema pallidum -- 274
      Features -- 274
      The good …275
            and the bad -- 276
      Psora … or syphilis? -- 279
      Tracing the syphilitic miasm -- 281
      Locomotion -- 283
      The fine line between survival and destruction -- 285
      Stages of syphilis -- 287
      General paresis -- 291
      Materia Medica Syphilinum -- 296
         Sources -- 296
         Symptoms -- 297
         Cases -- 303
   Treponema pertenue -- 311
      Features -- 311
      Yaws --311
      Materia Medica Framboesinum -- 314
         Sources -- 314
         Differential diagnosis -- 314

PHYLUM CYANOBACTERIA --315

I. Order Chroococcales -- 317
IA. Family Chroococcaceae -- 317
   Microcystis aeruginosa -- 317
      Harmful algal blooms -- 317
      Microcystin318
      Materia Medica Microcystis aeruginosa -- 319
         Sources -- 319
         Symptoms -- 319

II. Order Nostocales -- 322
IIA. Family Nostocaceae -- 322
   Anabaena flos-aqua -- 322
      Cyano-HABS -- 322
      Saxitoxin and brevetoxin -- 323
      Mussel poisoning -- 325
      Alzheimer’s disease and algal blooms -- 327
      Materia Medica Saxitoxinum -- 329
         Sources -- 329
         Symptoms -- 329

III. Order Oscillatoriales -- 332
IIIA. Family Phormidaceae -- 332
IIIB. Family Pseudanabaenaceae -- 332
   Spirulina --332
      Microbial mats -- 332
      Food supplement -- 333

DIVISION FIRMICUTES -- 336
[Gram-positive and protein-walled bacteria] -- 336

PHYLUM ENDOSPORA -- 336

CLASS Bacilli -- 338

I. Order Bacillales -- 338
IA. Family Bacillaceae -- 338
   Bacillus anthracis -- 338
      Genus Bacillus -- 338
      Bacillus anthracis ---340
      Anthrax -- 341
      The fifth and sixth plagues -- 342
      Materia Medica Anthracinum -- 344
         Sources -- 344
         Symptoms -- 344
         Cases -- 347

IB. Family Listeriaceae -- 349
   Listeria monocytogenes -- 349
      Features -- 349
      Listeriosis -- 349
      Materia Medica Listeriosis nosode -- 351
         Sources -- 351

IC. Family Staphylococcaceae -- 352
   Staphylococcus aureus -- 352
      Features -- 352
      Food poisoning -- 353
      Clinical manifestations -- 355
      Materia Medica Staphylococcinum -- 356
         Sources -- 356
         Symptoms -- 356
         Coccal co -- 359
         Staphylotoxinum -- 359

II. Order Lactobacillales -- 360
IIA. Family Enterococcaceae -- 361
   Enterococcus faecalis -- 361
      Features -- 361
      Aetiological factors -- 362
      Clinical features -- 362
      Materia Medica -- 363
      Materia Medica Enterococcinum -- 363
         Sources -- 363
         Symptoms -- 364
      Materia Medica Strepto-enterococcinum -- 365
         Sources -- 365
         Symptoms -- 365

IIB. Family Lactobacillaceae -- 368
   Lactobacillus acidophilus -- 368
      Features genus Lactobacillus -- 368
      Lactic acid -- 368
      Benefits of lactobacilli -- 369
      Homeopathy -- 370
         Two sour lacs -- 370
         Lactose and lactic acid -- 372

IIC. Family Streptococcaceae -- 374
   Streptococcus pneumoniae -- 374
      Features -- 374
      Clinical manifestations -- 374
      Meningitis -- 379
      Pneumococcal vaccines -- 380
      Materia Medica Pneumococcinum -- 381
         Sources -- 381
         Aetiological factors -- 381
         Symptoms -- 382
         Cases -- 384

   Streptococcus pyogenes -- 387
      Features -- 387
      Clinical manifestations -- 388
      Sequelae -- 389
         Chorea -- 389
      Epidemiology -- 391
      Other streptococci -- 392
         Group A -- 392
         Group B -- 392
         Group C – Viridans -- 392
      Tumours and streptococci -- 394
         Coley’s toxins -- 394
         Use and effects -- 395
         Adverse effects -- 396
         Current use -- 397
      Immunotherapy -- 397
         Tumour necrosis factor -- 397
         Endotoxins and Serratia -- 399
      Therapeutics -- 4 00
         Streptokinase -- 400
         Adverse reactions -- 401
      Scarlet fever -- 402
         Scarlatina -- 402
         Scarlet fever, antibiotics, streptococcal resistance and the enforcement of health -- 402
      Materia Medica Scarlatinum -- 403
         Sources -- 403
         Aetiological factors -- 403
         Clinical pathogenesis -- 403
         Sequelae of scarlet fever -- 404
         Cases -- 404
      Materia Medica Streptococcinum -- 409
         Sources -- 409
         Aetiological factors -- 409
         Symptoms -- 410
         Cases -- 413

CLASS Clostridia -- 417

I. Order Clostridiales -- 417
IA. Family Clostridiaceae -- 417
   Clostridium -- 417
      Features -- 417
   Clostridium botulinum -- 419
      Features -- 419
      Categories of botulism -- 420
      Food-borne botulism -- 422
      From bioweapon to biodrug to cosmetic craze -- 425
         Adverse effects -- 427
      Materia Medica Botulinum -- 429
         Sources -- 429
         Indications -- 429
         Individual symptoms -- 430
      Proving Symptoms -- 432
         Themes -- 432
         Generals -- 435
         Locals -- 437
      Cases -- 439
   Clostridium difficile -- 441
      Features -- 441
      Clinical manifestations -- 441
   Clostridium perfringens -- 442
      Features -- 442
      Clinical manifestations -- 442
   Clostridium tetani -- 444
      Features -- 444
      Tetanus -- 444
         Clinical forms -- 444
         Generalized tetanus -- 445
         Wounds -- 447
         Fluctuation -- 448
         Biting -- 448
         Loganiaceae -- 449
      Materia Medica Tetanotoxinum -- 449
         Sources -- 449
         Symptoms -- 449
      Materia Medica Tetanus vaccines --450
         Sources -- 450
         Tetany -- 450
         Immunisation -- 451
         Adverse effects -- 452

PHYLUM PIRELLULAE -- 455

I. Order Chlamydiales -- 456
IA. Family Chlamydiaceae --456
   Chlamydia trachomatis -- 456
      Features -- 456
      Subgroups -- 457
      Chlamydia trachomatis infections -- 457
         Trachoma -- 457
         Non-gonococcal urethritis -- 458
         Lymphogranuloma -- 459
         Neonatal -- 459
      Other chlamydias -- 460
      Materia Medica Chlamydia trachomatis 00 461
         Sources -- 461
         Clinical experience -- 462
         Symptoms -- 462
         Case -- 466

PHYLUM ACTINOBACTERIA -- 469

I. Order Actinomycetales -- 471
IA. Family Actinomycetaceae -- 471
   Actinomyces israelii -- 471
      Features -- 471
      Actinomycosis -- 472

IB. Family Corynebacteriaceae -- 474
   Corynebacterium diphtheriae -- 474
      Features -- 474
      Clinical features --- 475
      Immunisation -- 477
      Materia Medica Diphtherinum -- 479
         Sources -- 479
         Applications -- 480
         Symptoms -- 480
         Cases -- 481
      Materia Medica Diphtherotoxinum -- 486
         Indications -- 486
         Symptoms -- 487
      Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis [DTP] vaccine -- 488
         History -- 488
         Post-vaccination syndromes -- 489
      Materia Medica DTP vaccine -- 489
         Sources -- 489
         Symptoms -- 490
         Behavior and personality changes -- 495
         Cases -- 496

IC. Family Micromonosporaceae -- 498
   Micromonospora purpurea -- 498
      Materia Medica Gentamicinum 00 498
         The drug -- 498
         Rare adverse effects -- 499

ID. Family Mycobacteriaceae -- 501
   Mycobacterium avium -- 501
      Features -- 501
      Mycobacterium avium complex -- 502
      Materia Medica Tuberculinum avis-- 503
         Sources -- 503
         Symptoms -- 503
         Generals -- 505
         Locals -- 505
         Cases -- 505
   Mycobacterium avium subsp. Paratuberculosis -- 510
      Features -- 510
      Crohn’s disease -- 511
      Crohn’s disease and intestinal tuberculosis -- 514
      Cervical lymphadenitis followed by terminal ileitis-- 516
      Johne’s disease -- 518
      Materia Medica Johneinum -- 519
         Sources -- 519
         Symptoms -- 519
   Mycobacterium bovis -- 525
      Features -- 525
      Milk-borne transmission -- 525
      Differentiating the Tuberculinums -- 526
      Materia Medica Tuberculinum bovinum Kent -- 527
         Sources -- 527
         Tubercular meningitis -- 528
         Sequelae -- 531
         Cases -- 532
   Bacillus Calmette-Guérin -- 535
      History -- 535
      BCG -- 535
      BCG and pertussis -- 537
      Cancer treatment -- 538
      Puberty -- 539
      Materia Medica Vaccin atténué bilié -- 540
         Sources -- 540
         Symptoms -- 540
   Mycobacterium leprae -- 543
      Features -- 543
      Clinical manifestations -- 544
      Leprosy and TB -- 546
      Holy and sinful -- 547
      The stigma of sin -- 549
      Rejection from normality -- 551
      Materia Medica Leprominium -- 554
         Sources -- 554
         Symptom -- 555
         Comparisons -- 560
   Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- 562
      Features-- 562
      Taming the beasts -- 563
      Clinical manifestations -- 565
      Hope and optimism -- 566
      Voyages for health -- 568
      Seeking fortune -- 571
      Unleashed yearnings -- 573
      A perplexing plethora of preparations -- 575
      Keynotes -- 578
      Materia Medica Bacillinum -- 579
         Sources -- 579
         Purulence -- 579
         Proving Clarke -- 581
         Proving Boocock -- 581
         Proving Sankaran -- 582
         Proving Swan -- 584
         Symptoms -- 584
         Cases -- 585
      Materia Medica Tuberculinum Denys -- 589
         Sources -- 589
         Symptoms -- 589
      Materia Medica Tuberculinum Koch -- 591
         Sources -- 591
         Koch’s tuberculin -- 591
         Effects of tuberculin injections -- 592
         Symptoms -- 593
         Difference with Bacillinum -- 595
      Tuberculinum Marmorek-- 596
         Sources-- 96
         History -- 596
         Type -- 596
         Symptoms -- 597
      Tuberculinum residuum Koch -- 598
         History -- 598
         Sources -- 599
         Symptoms -- 599
      Tuberculinum Rosenbach -- 601
         Sources -- 601
      Tuberculinum Spengler -- 601
         History -- 601
         Sources -- 601
         Indications -- 602

IE. Family Nocardiaceae -- 603
   Nocardia asteroids -- 603
      Features -- 603
      Nocardiosis -- 604

IF. Family Streptomycetaceae -- 606
      Genus Streptomyces -- 606
      Antibiotics -- 606
   Streptomyces albus -- 607
      Drug: Salinomycin -- 607
      Uses -- 607
      Adverse effects -- 608
   Streptomyces ambofaciens -- 608
      Drug: Spiramycin [Rovamycine] -- 608
      Uses -- 608
      Adverse effects -- 609
   Streptomyces aureofaciens -- 609
      Drug: Chlortetracycline [Aureomycin] -- 609
      History -- 609
      Uses -- 609
      Adverse effects -- 609
   Streptomyces caespitosus -- 610
      Drug: Mitomycin -- 610
      Uses -- 610
      Adverse effects -- 610
   Streptomyces erythreus -- 611
      Drug: Erythromycin -- 611
      Uses -- 611
      Adverse effects -- 611
   Streptomyces fradiae -- 611
      Drug: Neomycin -- 611
      History -- 611
      Uses -- 611
      Adverse effects -- 611
   Streptomyces garyphalus -- 612
      Drug: Cycloserine -- 612
      History -- 612
      Uses -- 612
      Adverse effects -- 612
   Streptomyces griseus -- 612
      Drug: Streptomycin -- 612
      History-- 612
      Uses -- 612
      Adverse effects -- 613
      Materia Medica Streptomycinum sulphatum -- 615
         Sources -- 615
         Symptoms -- 615
   Streptomyces nodosus -- 616
      Drug: Amphotericin B. -- 616
      History -- 617
      Uses -- 617
      Adverse effects -- 617
   Streptomyces noursei-- 617
      Drug: Nystatin -- 617
      Uses -- 617
      Adverse reactions -- 617
   Streptomyces peucetius var. caesius -- 618
      Drug: Doxorubicin-- 618
      Uses -- 618
      Adverse effects -- 618
   Streptomyces venezuelae -- 618
      Drug: Chloramphenicol [Chloromycetin]618
      History -- 618
      Uses -- 618
      Adverse effects -- 619
      Materia Medica Chloramphenicolum -- 619
         Sources-- 619
         Symptoms -- 619


PART 2: VIRUSES

Kingdom’ Viruses -- 626

Classification and taxonomy viruses -- 628

RNA Viruses -- 633

CLASS I - DOUBLE STRANDED DNA -- 633

a. double stranded DNA; naked; polyhedral capsid -- 633

Adenoviridae -- 633
   General -- 633
   Homeopathy -- 634
Papillomaviridae -- 634
   General -- 634
   Homeopathy -- 634

b. double stranded; circular DNA; enveloped; complex -- 635

Poxviridae -- 635
   Plenty of pox-- 635
   Inoculation, scarification, variolation -- 636
   Vaccination or equination? -- 637
   Horse-grease -- 638
   Malandrinum -- 640
   Materia Medica Malandrinum -- 641
      Sources -- 641
      Clinical manifestations of horse-grease infection -- 641
      Symptoms -- 642
      Case -- 646
   Materia Medica Vaccininum -- 647
      Cowpox -- 647
      Sources -- 647
      Symptoms -- 648
   Variola – Smallpox-- 650
      Clinical manifestations of smallpox-- 650
      Adverse effects of smallpox vaccination -- 652
   Materia Medica Variolinum --- 654
      Sources -- 654
      Symptoms -- 657
      Common symptoms of Variolinum, Vaccininum and Malandrinum -- 661
   Cases -- 662

c. double stranded DNA; enveloped; polyhedral capsid -- 664

Herpesviridae -- 664
   General -- 664
   Alphaherpesvirinae -- 665
      HHV 1 & 2 - Herpes simplex -- 665
      Herpes simplex nosode -- 665
      HHV-3 - Varicella-zoster virus -- 665
      Varicella nosode -- 666
      Herpes zoster -- 666
      Herpes zoster nosode -- 667
   Betaherpesvirinae -- 667
      HHV-5 – Cytomegalovirus -- 667
      Cytomegalie nosode -- 668
      HHV-6 – Roseolovirus -- 668
      Herpes virus type 6 nosode -- 669
   Gammaherpesvirinae --669
      HHV-4 - Epstein-Barr virus - Infectious mononucleosis -- 669
      Homeopathy-- 670

d. double stranded DNA; with a RNA intermediatein replication -- 671

Hepadnaviridae -- 671
   Hepatitis B -- 671
   Hepatitis B vaccine -- 672
   Homeopathy – 672

RNA Viruses

CLASS IV - POSITIVE SINGLE STRANDED RNA -- 674
a. positive single stranded RNA; naked; polyhedral capsid -- 674

Picornaviridae -- 674
   General -- 674
   Genus Enterovirus -- 675
      Enteroviruses – general-- 675
      Coxsackieviruses -- 675
      Homeopathy -- 675
      Poliovirus -- 675
      Polio and carbohydrates -- 678
      Susceptibility to polio679
      Homeopathy and post-polio syndrome -- 680
         Key symptoms -- 684
      Proving polio nosode -- 684
         Sources -- 684
         Symptoms -- 685
   Genus Hepatovirus -- 686
      Hepatitis A -- 686
      Homeopathy -- 686
   Genus Rhinovirus -- 686
      Common colds -- 686

b. positive single stranded RNA; enveloped; polyhedral capsid -- 687

Coronaviridae -- 687
   General -- 687
   Homeopathy -- 687
Flaviviridae -- 688
   General -- 688
   Dengue fever-- 688
   Yellow fever -- 688
   Hepatitis C -- 689
   Homeopathy -- 689
Togaviridae--- 690
   Rubella -- 690
   Complications -- 690
   Congenital rubella syndrome -- 691
   Homeopathy -- 691

CLASS V - POSITIVE SINGLE STRANDED RNA
with a DNA intermediate in replication; enveloped; bullet-shaped
or polyhedral capsid -- 693

Retroviridae -- 693
   HIV and retroviruses -- 693
   Conservative views and conspiracy theories -- 694
   Misconceptions -- 697
   Clinical manifestations -- 698
      Neurologic -- 699
      Wasting -- 701
      Dermatologic -- 701
      Endocrine -- 701
      Gastrointestinal -- 702
      Head and neck -- 702
      AIDS-defining diseases -- 702
   Materia Medica AIDS nosode -- 703
      Sources -- 703
      Major themes -- 704
      Issues -- 706
      Repertory rubrics -- 708
   Materia Medica Virionum -- 710
      Sources -- 710
      Symptoms -- 711

CLASS VI - NEGATIVE SINGLE STRANDED RNA 713
a. negative single stranded RNA; enveloped; pleomorphic -- 713

Bornaviridae -- 713
   General -- 713
   Neuropsychiatric disorders -- 714
   Homeopathy -- 716
Filoviridae -- 717
   General -- 717
   Homeopathy717
Paramyxoviridae -- 718
   General -- 718
   Canine Distemper Virus -- 718
      Features -- 718
      Homeopathy -- 721
   Measles -- 721
      Features -- 721
      Clinical manifestations -- 722
      Sequelae of measles -- 723
      Measles vaccine and adverse reactions -- 724
   Materia Medica Morbillinum -- 725
      Sources -- 725
      Indications -- 725
      Symptoms -- 727
      Cases --    727
   MMR-- 730
      Adverse effects of MMR -- 730
      MMR and autism -- 730
      MMR cases -- 733
   Mumps -- 735
      Features -- 735
      Clinical manifestations -- 735
      Complications of mumps -- 736
   Materia Medica Parotidinum [Ourlianum] -- 736
      Sources -- 736
      Indications -- 736
      Symptoms proving -- 737
         Suggested repertory rubrics -- 737
         Hypothetical drug picture of Parotidinum [Ourlianum] -- 737
Rhabdoviridae -- 739
   Features -- 739
   Clinical manifestations of rabies -- 739
   Materia Medica Lyssinum -- 741
      Sources -- 741
      Symptoms -- 741
      Repertory additions -- 747

b. segmented negative stranded RNA; enveloped -- 748
Orthomyxoviridae-- 748
      Influenza-- 748
   Materia Medica Influenzinum -- 750
      Sources -- 750
      Prophylaxis-- 750
      Post-influenzal sequelae -- 750
      Flu shots -- 753
      Cases -- 754
   Materia Medica Influenza vaccine 97/98 -- 758
      Unclear remedy picture -- 758
      Cases -- 759
   Materia Medica Oscillococcinum -- 763
      The microbe -- 763
      Cancer treatment -- 763
      The duck -- 764
      Symptoms -- 766

Bibliography -- 768
Glossary -- 777
Index -- 784
Bits and Pieces -- 798

Frans Vermeulen

(1948 - )

Frans Vermeulen was born in July, 1948 in Den Helder, Holland. He graduated from teachers training college in 1970. He worked as a schoolteacher until 1978 and had already started to study homeopathy at Stichting Klassieke Homeopathie in Den Haag. He continued to study homeopathy until 1983 although he had been running his practice since 1979.

Frans started to translate homeopathic books for work and pleasure. Between 1983 and 1996 he translated English and German homeopathic books, including Kent, Allen, Hering, Boericke, Borland, Tyler, Vithoulkas, Voegeli, Whitmont, Miles, Morgan and Koehler.

In 1985 he wrote 'Kindertypes in Homoeopathie' (Children's Types in Homoeopathy), based on his experiences as both a teacher and a homoeopath.

In 1990 he was appointed managing director, teacher, and administrator of 'The School of Homeopathy' in Holland. In 1992 he wrote 'Synoptic Materia Medica 1' which originally emerged from remedy summaries made for the students in Holland, Ireland and Finland.

He followed this one up with the 'Concordant Materia Medica' published in 1994. Followed by a second edition of the Concordant, including Hering's Guiding Symptoms in 1997; a third edition was printed in 2000.

Out of his special interest in the small remedies, Frans wrote 'Synoptic Materia Medica 2'. In the completely revised edition of Synoptic 1, entitled 'Prisma', he introduces us to data from numerous non-homoeopathic sources as both reference material for the homoeopathic materia medica and as the source of potential symptoms. The significance and potential of such external data has been the subject of his numerous seminars in Europe, Israel and Australia.