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Volume86, April 1997 Numerous clinical works were reported, showing the progress of materia medica knowledge. Research was not forgotten, with talks f r o m P r o f e s s o r M. Bastide and B. Poitevin. At the end of the congress, A. Sarembaud, J. Echard, J. Gregoire and J. J. Veillard stressed the risks of fratricidal struggles: 'To understand the other ...', 'It is courageous to fight, but mistake the enemy ...'. Some pluralists were bothered by the unicist organizing team, the Dauphine Savoie Hahnemann Society, but every school was allowed to express itself, in a spirit of friendly conviviality. Editorial. L'Homdopathie Europ~enne 1996; 2: 3. H u r a brasiliensis
D. GRANDGEORGE The author briefly describes this Amazonian plant and reports some clinical cases cured by Hura Brasiliensis. 3 patients had rheumatoid arthritis since the death of a child or fear of a child's death. The 4th patient was a desperate mother nursing her dying child. Her mental state was transformed after a dose of Hura brasiliensis 30CH.
After reviewing Hura brasiliensis in the homoeopathic literature (Clarke, Guermonprez, Loutan) and in Kent's Repertory, Dr Grandgeorge studies the spirit of the medicament, from cases of leprosy (described by Clarke) and rheumatoid arthritis and suggests that it may help in bereavement, particularly over the death of a child. Hura brasiliensis et la mort du ills. Les Echos de Centre Likgois d'Hom~opathie 1996; 53:4-11 Plastieum, a n e w m e d i c i n e
F. BERNAERTS At a seminar in May 1996, Rajan Sankaran described a new medicine: Plasticum. The following main symptoms had been collected from a case of coeliac disease: - - l a c k of interest in life, lack of emotion, lack of involvement, no opinions. --frightening dreams, dreams of lights or electric arcs, strange dreams without emotion. A new remedy to try. 'J'ai glanr!' Sankaran, Munich-du 16 au 19 Mai. Les Echos du Centre Likgois d'Homdopathie 1996; 54: 4-8.
English-language journals reviewed by Dr C. Scott-Moncrieff, French-language journals by Dr P. Colin, German-language journals by A. R. Meuss.