Recent developments concerning homoeopathic materia medica: Bhopal, was it methyl isocyanate?

The disaster that occurred on 3 December 1984 at Bhopal in India will be remembered by all. Methyl isocyanate, a poisonous gas used in the manufacture of a pesticide, is reported to have leaked from a tank at the Union Carbide factory and killed between 15,000 and 20,000 people and a number of animals (based on statements received from residents of the town). At the time of reading this paper, thousands of people are still suffering from the poisonous effects of the gas. This was a crude proving on a number of individuals. With a team of assistants I went to Bhopal to collect sympatomatology from patients and to attend and alleviate the sufferings of the victims with homoeopathic medicines