New homœopathic pharmacopæia & posology; or the mode of preparing homoeopathic medicines and the administration of doses / Compiled and translated from the German works of Buchner and Gruner, and the French work of Jahr. With original contributions by Charles J. Hempel.

  • Hempel, Charles J. (Charles Julius), 1811-1879
Date:
1850
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Credit: New homœopathic pharmacopæia & posology; or the mode of preparing homoeopathic medicines and the administration of doses / Compiled and translated from the German works of Buchner and Gruner, and the French work of Jahr. With original contributions by Charles J. Hempel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tions* * * § in the various degrees may be obtained by dissolving these triturated substances in alcohol or water. Chemistry is not acquainted with the fact that all substances, after having been triturated up to the millionth degree, can be dissolved either in alcohol or water. Sugar of milk cannot be dissolved in pure alco- hol ; this is the reason why the first dilution should be composed of one half water, and one half alcohol.* To one grain of the millionth trituration you add fifty drops of distilled water, and turn the vial several times around its axis. By this means the sugar of milk becomes dissolved. Then you add fifty drops of good alcohol,f and shake the vial twice, first carrying the arm up and then down. Only two thirds of the vial ought to be filled with the solution. J This vial is then marked with the name of the medicine, and the number 100 I. Of this solution you take one drop, and mix it with 99 or 100 drops of pure alcohol, shaking the vial twice after it has been corked. This vial is marked ioooo I. Of this solution you again take one drop, mixing it with 99 or 100 drops of pure alcohol. Then shake the vial twice, and mark it ioooo I. Of this potency you again take a drop, and mix it with 99 or 100 drops of pure alcohol, shaking this third vial twice, and marking it n. In the same way you continue the preparation and marking of the higher potencies 100 II, IOOOO II, m.§ The intermediate vials are puCin perpendicular * In the beginning of my practice I gave a small portion of a grain of the millionth trituration at a dose. But the uncertainty of this mode of exhibiting the remedy, led me to the discovery of preparing the dilutions, and to the use of the globules, any definite number of which may be moistened with the dissolved drug. Homoeopathy being based upon a law of nature, it should avoid and exclnde all uncertainties. t These quantities are measured by means of vials which contain ex- actly fifty drops. It would be too tedious to count fifty drops of water, especially when the water does not flow easily out of the vial. t It is well to provide the vial with a mark stating the number of shakes, and the date when the solution was prepared. § Frequent observation has convinced me that it is better UTshake the