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• Bismuth – shogun has lost power and responsibility and commits ritual suicide
The different attitude of the remedies as they appear as we cross the the row is best explained by Scholten’s analogy of a man wan- dering through the countryside and coming across a river, which he realises needs to be crossed. A bridge is built, which eventually col- lapses.
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ropes, stone, helpers
Build, construct, work hard
Nearly finished is the time to test it, correct little faults, walk carefully over it
It’s ready, good – it works.
Maintaining the bridge over the years – takes effort
It’s getting weak and rotten, the insects are attacking it – it’s hard work to keep it OK
I can still go over it, but it is weak, and we are not going to be able to keep it intact.
Wow–it’sariver Ohgod–whatshallIdo?
ShallIswim,buildabridge,goback? I’m building a bridge
How shall I build it?
Come on – lets prove we can do this
remove his faeces, which comes as large, hard balls. Generally when he is poorly he with- draws, taking himself off to a cupboard where noone can find him. Gingivitis developed at this time too. It is painful and requires steroids and antibiotics on an ongoing basis.
As a kitten he was very lively – playing – wrestling with lots of cats in the house. When he was a kitten and the owners went away he went wandering for 5 days, and was eventually found at the top of a tree.
He can be jealous and chase another cat away – he is top of hierarchy and moves other cats away from the food – he can frighten them. He plays strongly, and when other cats turn on him her seems surprised – he didn’t mean to be nasty. He loves to entertain – make the owners laugh. Visitors he is wary of until he gets to know them. He likes attention and fuss and follows the owner around. He loves a lap.
Every time he comes to my consulting room I write ‘serene’. Often he wouldn’t relate to me in any way at all, as if I didn’t exist.
He ‘struts around his territory like a lord’. He was an abandoned kitten with three others, and was the bold explorer of the group.
I tried plumbum, bellis, lachesis, lac-del, mag- m, sulphur, cocculus, lac-leo, mur-ac, nux-v, falco-p, sepia, sarsaparilla, palladium and mer- cury with little success over two years.
The owner was often ill, and suffered from depression regularly. Georgie was very atten- tive to her at these times, and seemed con- cerned – which is one reason I had tried mur-ac and cocculus.
We found that using Ignatia (bladder) and Opium (rectum) helped considerably, but they had to be continually given. The gingivitis required regular steroids and antibiotics.
The outstanding features of Georgie were his self-possession and serenity in the consult- ing room, and the way he loved to entertain the owners.
His demeanor was very like lac-leo, which had not helped. Based on his desire to entertain I prescribed lac-rhesus. The monkey is mis- chievous and an entertainer. Giving lac-rhes LM 5 proved to be a useful but not curative remedy.
He remained on this with regular Ignatia and Opium for 8 months, before he took another downward turn and his steroids needed to be increased.
I then re-assessed the case.
I did not think he required an animal remedy. He did not relate to me at all, and even though he strutted like a lord, he did not seem to be vital or competitive enough.
I did not think he required a plant – no particular sensitivity or reactivity seemed present. Hence where in the periodic table could he be placed?
His appearance as a ‘lord’, being top of the hierarchy and seemingly possessing supreme ‘lac-leo’ confidence suggested the gold series –Row6.
His serenity, seeming spirituality and con- cern for the owner could suggest a lanthanide. He was so sure of himself. He was dominant, but not in an overtly bullying or powerful way.
I chose Lutetium from column 17.
Scholten describes it beautifully:
“Its most striking quality is playfulness. They play with life and people in a lovely way. But with it they are also out of connection, unbound. Outcast to be free. They place them- selves out of the normal order of society. They do this in order to be free to follow own pursuits and goals. Always stay open, humorous, smil- ing, whatever happens. They look at things with a playful interest.
“Let’s see what happens now.” No intention of making a great effort, they prefer to let things go. They want to be outside of normal society, but in such a way that no-one sees it. They feel a loner, going their own way.”
It can be seen that Georgie’s playfulness, yet also his detachment fit this admirably.
To cut too long a story short – he is off steroids, off metacam, eats well and has no uri- nary problems and infrequent constipation. He has had an occasional dose of Lutetium 200c over the last two years.
I now have 4 lanthanide veterinary patients of at least 6 months duration – 3 cats and one dog. All were very ill and responded partially to other remedies. All share the strong ‘self’ that one would expect in a lanthanide case.
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Bridge crashes down
Ruins are lying there
Destroyed completely
The bridge is gone – what bridge?
If you understand the attitude (column) of your patient to his issue (row), then a remedy can be chosen fairly easily.
Georgie the urine retaining, consti- pated cat with gingivitis
Georgie sat in his basket very serene – closed eyes – dignified and quiet. When I called him he just gazed at me. This reminded me of the con- fidence of a lac-leo cat. I pulled him on his towel out of the basket, and initially he just sat there – then he went and sat behind a chair – he ignored me.
Owner’s words: If he sees a suitcase we get a sad face - ‘I can’t believe you are leaving me’. We went away 14 months ago and on our return he didn’t greet us. His tail was dragging, and he kept trying to wee but couldn’t. The vet found he had lots of blood in his bladder and full bowels. It was presumed he had had an accident. Initially at the vets he was very grumpy and just sat and wouldn’t do anything, but after his bladder and bowels were emptied he became very cuddly – Mr Charming. Of all the animals he was the sweetest they said. Generally he likes fuss.
Now he has great difficulty emptying blad- der and bowels. He continually strains. Once he starts peeing he can continue. Often the owner has to express his bladder and manually
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