Impression of the 27th Triennial Congress of the I.H.L.: Brussels, 19–24 June 1972
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Impression of the 27th Triennial Congress of the I.H.L. Brussels, 19-24 June 1972 The tragedy of the Staines aircraft disaster in which so many of our friends and colleagues were killed overshadowed the congress. Moving tributes were paid to their memory by Dr. Schepens, the President, Dr. Twentyman and many others during the course of the conference. The paper by Dr. Stewart, full of his irrepressible wit, was read by Dr. Twentyman, and Dr. Raeside's paper on his 15 years of provings was read by Dr. Fergie Woods. Approximately 400 doctors attended, together with a number of pharmacists and dentists. Dr. J. Meuris of France, a dentist who has interested a great number of his colleagues in Homceopathy, was elected President of the newly organized International Dental League. Those attending the congress had travelled from as far afield as the Argentine, Brazil, New Zealand, the U.S.A., Ceylon, and Greece. The inaugural session took the form of a public meeting graced by the presence of Queen Fabiola. This took place in the Palais des Congrbs, a large modern building packed with delegates and friends. The theme expounded by the President, Dr. Schepens, was "Homceopathy confronts pollution", a pertinent subject for the centenary of the Belgian Royal Society of Homceopathy. The scientific sessions were held in the auditorium of the Bibliotheque Royale, a well appointed room with facilities for simultaneous translation; but even this broke down on occasion because of the tremendous pace of delivery of some of the delegates! A restaurant near by in the same building proved to be a haven when we needed sustenance. Three charming girls acted as hostesses during the congress and were always on hand when language and other problems arose; I wonder how we would have managed without them? Various social functions were held, including a visit to the Hotel de Ville, a reception at the Chateau du Karreveld, a luncheon at the Westbury Hotel, a reception at the Martini and Rossi buildings, and a reception at the Baron Benoit's residence. The congress ended with a banquet at the Royal Museum of Art and History, followed next day by a trip to Antwerp. You will have gathered that there was ample time for us to meet each other and it was good to see old friends and make new ones.
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Impression of the 27th Triennial Congress of the I.H.L.
Brussels, 19-24 June 1972
The tragedy of the Staines aircraft disaster in which so many of our friends and colleagues were killed overshadowed the congress. Moving tributes were paid to their memory by Dr. Schepens, the President, Dr. Twentyman and many others during the course of the conference.
The paper by Dr. Stewart, full of his irrepressible wit, was read by Dr. Twentyman, and Dr. Raeside's paper on his 15 years of provings was read by Dr. Fergie Woods.
Approximately 400 doctors attended, together with a number of pharmacists and dentists. Dr. J . Meuris of France, a dentist who has interested a great number of his colleagues in Homceopathy, was elected President of the newly organized International Dental League. Those attending the congress had travelled from as far afield as the Argentine, Brazil, New Zealand, the U.S.A., Ceylon, and Greece.
The inaugural session took the form of a public meeting graced by the presence of Queen Fabiola. This took place in the Palais des Congrbs, a large modern building packed with delegates and friends.
The theme expounded by the President, Dr. Schepens, was "Homceopathy confronts pollution", a pertinent subject for the centenary of the Belgian Royal Society of Homceopathy.
The scientific sessions were held in the auditorium of the Bibliotheque Royale, a well appointed room with facilities for simultaneous translation; but even this broke down on occasion because of the tremendous pace of delivery of some of the delegates!
A restaurant near by in the same building proved to be a haven when we needed sustenance.
Three charming girls acted as hostesses during the congress and were always on hand when language and other problems arose; I wonder how we would have managed without them?
Various social functions were held, including a visit to the Hotel de Ville, a reception at the Chateau du Karreveld, a luncheon at the Westbury Hotel, a reception at the Martini and Rossi buildings, and a reception at the Baron Benoit 's residence.
The congress ended with a banquet at the Royal Museum of Art and History, followed next day by a trip to Antwerp.
You will have gathered tha t there was ample time for us to meet each other and it was good to see old friends and make new ones.
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The congress dealt with the following subjects:
1 Paragraphs 153 and 154 of the Organon 2 Studies on Thuja and Medorrhinum
Other, unrelated papers were also read. Dr. P. Schmidt gave a fascinating review of 50 years of homceopathic prac-
tice. He laid particular emphasis on the speed of action in certain cases, and poured cold water on those who said Homoeopathy was slow.
This was followed by a group of papers on research. Mlle Wurmser made many interesting observations on the mixture of different potency strengths. Dr. Gibson suggested a method of measuring homceopathie drugs in the body using immunological methods of assay. Professor Netien showed tha t the oxy- gen uptake in plant tissue treated with growth hormone was a function of the potency, in this case 2cH and 5cH of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid.
Dr. Schoeler demonstrated a method of measuring changes in electric poten- tial in the skin which varied according to the potency of Veratrum alb. given. Dr. Anaya-Reyes and Mr. Boiron spoke on similar themes and discussed how information could be transferred from the potency to the body. Mr. Jearmes, using immunological techniques of assay, showed tha t it was possible to pro- duce measurable responses in rabbits by using 4c potencies of liver. Messrs. Jaminet , Smal and Danze demonstrated methods of assaying substances derived from animals.
Dr. Jenner described the effect of potentized DNA and ~ N A in the t rea tment of cancer and leukaemia. Two members of the audience pointed out that in their experience repetition of this substance was dangerous. Dr. Clerbaux gave a useful proving of Thioproperazine and its value in colitis and Parkinson's disease. Dr. v. Keller gave an interesting account of the original language of the provings, and how he would often meet a patient who would express his symptoms in identical language. Dr. Meuris, a dentist, gave a useful review of buccal lesions and their relation to the similimum.
There were a number of fascinating papers on Thuja, Medorrhinum and Sycosis. Among the speakers were Dr. Twentyman and of course the paper by Dr. Stewart. Dr. Paschero, Dr. Saxena, Dr. Kennedy and others gave us an insight into how to take a case properly. Dr. P ra t t made a valuable contribu- tion in the form of a design for a standardized form which would be of inter- national use. Clinical papers were read by Drs. Vannier, Newport, de Mattos, Denis and many others, each full of interest and value.
Among the suggestions made were Baryta carb. for post-E.C.T, symptoms, Xanthoxyllun~ for pain in the left ovary extending to the left groin, Nitric acid in a case of prostatic cancer, Alumina for a ease of gastric pain in tabes, Medor- rhinum for enuresis.
All in all this was a memorable congress. I t left me with a strong resolve to improve my understanding of German and French, so tha t I could take a fuller par t in the thriving international field of Homceopathy.
R . G . G .
