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The 100th Congress of the
Faculty of Homeopathy Conference, Edinburgh 2024
Peter Gregory and Malene Jørgensen
Veterinary Report
Following on from the successful event in Liverpool in 2018, the Congress was again held jointly with BAHVS, Geoff Johnson taking the role of organiser for the veterinary content.
There has always been a symbiotic relationship between the two organisations, and we were pleased to welcome members of one, the other or both, from as far afield as Australia, Japan and USA. We also welcomed the president of the International Association for Veterinary Homeopathy Don Hamilton and treasurer Mirjam Blatnik together with several other European members, emphasising the close relationship between all our professional bodies.
The veterinary programme was given a grand beginning, on Friday appropriate to the rather grand venue of the Playfair Hall, by Tim Couzens, who spoke for an hour on the constitutional remedy pictures of horses. Tim has
equine patients with their homeopathic histories and invited the audience to identify their constitutional remedies, then highlighting the relevant features, such as the narrow build and long neck of the ‘snake remedy’ horse. For me two of the most striking images were those of the ‘ Gaertner-Bach patients’, exhibiting the malnourishment consequent on digestive problems. This was a truly comprehensive review, and while many of us may not have scored highly in the quiz, I’m sure we will all be more confident in using homeopathy in an equine patient as a result.
to Lac suis was
memorable and will
ensure none of us
will look at French bulldogs in the same way again.
In the afternoon, we moved to the main venue, Wolfson Hall where Geoff Johnson spoke on ‘Testosterone: the perfect protector’. Geoff first summarised the issues for the sarcode patient generally as ‘I must be useful- I have a job to do , otherwise I will feel guilty’ ; the speficic job depends on the sarcode. For testosterone the ‘job’ involves water, aggression, facing danger or protection and provision, and there may be issues with the father. Geoff
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Tim Couzens
This presentation provides an up to date summary of the characteristics and uses of the majority of the commonly used Lac remedies and is the first to my knowledge to provide such a comprehensive review. It is good to know that this will be available to Faculty members to help them in their studies and the development of their practices. In particular Emily’s description of patients who responded
BAHVS President Brendan Clark then took the podium to talk about Sustainable Future of Holisitic Medicine. This was particularly relevant coming from someone who runs a multi person general veterinary practice. He reminded us of the importance of Hahnemann’s ‘Obstacles to cure’ from paragraph 3 of the Organon. One important issue for
huge experience in equine homeopathy from his work from his practice in Sussex and he emphasised the value of close observation of the patient, taking note of their posture, physical appearance and facial expression. He displayed several
Emily McAteer
group and individually.
Tim was followed by Emily McAteer from Dublin, with a deep and engaging talk entitled ‘Mammals to mammals: The Lacs and their use in Veterinary Homeopathy’. Emily provided an in depth description of the Lac remedies as a
provided two interesting human cases, one of whom couldn’t get pregnant, the other with hyper- thyroidism; the first had been had been profoundly affected by her father’s sudden death, the other bullied by her father.
Geoff Johnson