Vol. 1 No. 1 March 1978 (the first issue of Homoeopathica)
Mr G. T. Curle
Four weeks after birth, young Mark developed a cold and an ear discharge. The doctor prescribed antibiotics which cleared the cold, but produced an eczema which failed to respond to further drugs. At four months, baby was in a sorry state - both eyes were red and swollen with pus exuding from the inner part of each eye. There was a yellow discharge from behind the ears, the hair was matted, the flexures of the elbows and knees were erupting a moist matter. The buttocks were in a similar condition. There was an offensive odour and a generally repulsive appearance.
8th August prescribed GRAPHITES 200 three doses only, six hours apart. 9th September, mother presented a new baby to me - a dramatic change had taken place. The awful discharge had stopped, the skin was’ now clear and healthy - only a slight, dry scale in the hair remained. No further remedy given. By 28th October the eczema had healed completely.
The following Repertory Analysis from Kent had selected the remedy:
Eruptions on lids, eczema: clem, GRAPH, hep, mez, THUJA.
Eczema behind ears: CALC, GRAPH, LYC, olnd, PSOR.
Gluey, sticy discharge: GRAPH, nat-m.
Yellow discharge eyes: graph, PULS, sep, SIL, thuja.
Redness of skin: AGAR, APIS, BELL, GRAPH, MERC, RHUS-T, STRAM.
Eczema behind elbow: cupr, graph, mez, PSOR.
Eczema hollow of knee: ARS, GRAPH, merc, nat-m, PSOR.
Head crusts and scales: ARS, CALC, CARB-S, GRAPH, HEP, LYC, PSOR, SULPH