RESUMO
Paterson demonstrates that drugs homoeopathic to a patient can induce a mutation of E Coli to non lactose fermenters associated with clinical relief, after a latent period of 10 to 14 days. This change may last from a few days to many months. He was the first to provide experimental evidence of the effectiveness of the homoeopathic remedies. (An altered diet may change the flora, but this is only for the duration of the diet.) a definite relationship was demonstrated between homoepathic remedies, non-lactose fermenting organisms and clinical syndrome. It is ironic that this clinico-pathological hypothesis, which is now being confirmed, has been so neglected by his homoeopathic colleagues. I have attempted to show that so far it provides the only rational grounds for the management of our present-day difficult clinical problems. It is time that homoeopathic physicians and bacteriologists combined to review his work. May I remind you that to date homoeopathy provides the sole solution to the two pharmacological barriers to the cure of patients - toxic side effects and tolerance?
