RARE BUT REMARKABLE

Spotlight on BACILLUS NO.7 ( PATERSON )

Bacillus No.7 is one of the bowel nosodes by John Paterson.

The drug is named so since it was the 7th non – lactose fermenting type of bacillus to be observed in the laboratory.

The keynote of the drug is “ mental and physical fatigue ”.

Bacillus No.7 has some closer relationship to bromine and Iodine, often in combination with potassium.

MENTALS :

• Mental fatigue

• Feeling of unfitness for any mental labour

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM :

• Lack of nerve and muscle tone.

• Sense of fullness after food.

• Prolapse of abdominal organs ( enteroptosis )

GENITO – URINARY SYSTEM :

• Feeble urinary flow

• Loss of sexual function

• Premature senility

CIRCULATION :

• Slow pulse rate

• Lowered blood pressure

• Myocardial weakness

NEURO – MUSCULAR SYSTEM :

• Rheumatic nodules with relaxed fibrous tissue

• Tendency to syncope after sudden excretion

Ref : Allen’s keynotes

Worked by : Laxmi Murugan ( 4th year BHMS )