Variolinum
as H.C. Allen recorded it in Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica, 1899
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Keynotes
Variolinum
Pus from smallpox pustide. A Nosode
Only fragmentary provings.
Bears the same relation to small pox that Antitoxin does to diphtheria.
An extended clinical record by competent and resimple, confluent and malignant, — as well as in varioloid and varicella.
It has done splendid work in all. potencies, from the 6th cent, to the c.m.
As a preventive of, or protection against, smallpox, it is far superior to crude vaccination and absolutely safe from the sequelae, especially septic and tubercular infection. The efficacy of the potency is the stumbling block to the materialist. But is it more difficult to comprehend than the infectious nature of variola, measles or pertussis? Those who have not used it, like those who have not experimentally tested the law of similars, are not competent witnesses. Put it to the test and publish the failures to the world.
What the other books say about Variolinum
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Variolinum in Boericke — The concise clinical Materia Medica that most Indian colleges teach from, in full.
- Variolinum in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Cite this page. H.C. Allen. Keynotes and Characteristics with Comparisons of Some of the Leading Remedies of the Materia Medica. 3rd edition (1910). Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. Variolinum — Keynotes, pp. 298–299. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/allen/variolinum. Published 1910: public domain in the US (before 1931) and in India (author died 1909). Replaces B. Jain's 2005 "rearranged and classified" edition (© the publisher), per the owner's decision of 13 Sep 2026. Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.