Materia Medica Of Nosodes With Repertory

Nosode is derived from Noso (Greek) that signifies the ‘disease products’ and Nosodotherapy’ means therapeutic use of organic reactional wastes or some ætiological factors which are the source of the ‘damage’ to the disease. This book By O.A. Julian is a collection of nosodes describing them starting from their provers, their preparation and symptoms under the organs they have action on.

The book is divided into three parts. The first part of the book, illustrates the basics of Isopathy, its concepts and history. The second part of the book enlists the therapeutics more than 60 remedies (nosodes) and the final third part illustrates the Repertory.

EDITIONS- 

1st Indian edition – 1980

2nd revised edition – 1985

Reprint editions – 1988, 1995, 1996

    TRANSLATION : Translated from the original French by Rajkumar Mukherji, MA, LHMS

Discussion of the 3 parts- 

- Part I – describes the Isopathic Concretology. After the introduction and part 1, there is an Index arranged alphabetically consisting of medicines, symptoms, clinical conditions, technical terms etc.

- Part II: this part lays down the Materia Medica of Biotherapic Nosodes, consisting therapeutic hints of 66 nosodes.

Part III: The last part is the Repertory Index [with Differential diagnosis, Clinical diagnosis & Posology] laying down 3 parts-

- List of Remedies with abbreviations 

 -Introduction – written by Ratnakar V. Patwardhan

- Index – in alphabetical order, from Abdomen to Zoster (Herpes) Zosterian.

It contains 35 nosodes. Only the available drugs have been included. Although this book is structurally similar to a repertory, it does not really constitute a repertory. Dr. Ratnakar said it is a ‘Word Index of Nosodes’. Here, medicines are not graded.  Rubrics are arranged alphabetically starting from ‘Abdomen’ and ending in ‘Zoster (Herpes) Zosterian’. Cross-references are given where needed.

This book is a great book on Nosodes to look upon with no necessity to wander here and there for the subject.