Sycoccus Co. Anhang = Moraxella
Catarrhalis & Neisseria
Mucosa
[Frans Vermeulen]
SPECIES: N mucosa Syc-co
GENUS: Neisseria
from
"MONERA" - Frans Vermeulen
Sources
John
Paterson described the bowel nosode Sycotic Compound as Gramnegative
non-lactose fermenting diplococci. Julian thinks it
is Streptococcus [= Enterococcus] fecalis,
whilst according to Gaier it concerns Diplococcus [= Streptococcus] pneumoniae,
Neisseria gonorrhoeae +/o. Neisseria meningitidis.
Julian's
and Gaier's conceptions conflict with the
bacteriological characteristics of the organisms. Both Enterococcus
and Streptococcus are Gram-positive and lactose positive [i.e. they ferment
lactose], whilst Neisseria spp. are Gramnegative and part of the normal flora of the oropharynx, nasopharynx, and
genitourinary tract rather than being intestinal bacteria. What does fit with Gaier's suggestion, on the other hand, is that gonococci
and meningococci are positive for glucose and/or
maltose, but negative for lactose [non-lactose fermenting]. They also have
been isolated from the stools of patients with proctitis.
However,
both the gonococcus and the meningococcus can be
excluded given Paterson's remark that "this nosode
is prepared from an organism closely related to the meningococcus."
And: "It will be evident that this coccal
organism of the intestinal tract is related morphologically and clinically to
the Gonococcus. H. related what he called 'The Sycotic
Miasm' to the disease, Gonorrhoea, but this disease
is only one form of catarrhal infection of the mucous membrane of the urinary
tract. There are many other non-gonorrhoeal organisms associated with the
symptom picture of'catarrh' and I suggest that the miasm 'Sycosis' may be considered
synonymous with 'Catarrh'. Gonorrhoea is an infection of mucous membrane [i.e.
it is a sycotic manifestation] but catarrhal
manifestations [Sycotic] are not all due to
gonorrhoeal infection."
Two
other species suggested by their very names: Neisseria
mucosa Veron et al. 1959 [= Oiplococcus
mucosus von Lingelsheim
1906] and Moraxella catarrhalis
(Frosch & Kolle 1896) Bovre 1979. The former is a normally saprophytic diplococcus, the latter is a member of a separate genus o.f cocci in the family Neisseriaceae. The dimorphic Moraxella
appears as either rods or cocci. These organisms are
normal inhabitants of the human nasal cavity and nasopharynx,
occasionally associated with meningitis, conjunctivitis, otitis
media, sinusitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia. Speculative by definition,
attempts to accurately determine the origins of Sycotic
co. are bound to fail since bacterial cultures in the 1920-30s were performed
with non-selective media, which neither inhibited the growth of other bacterial
species nor permitted differentiation between colonies of Neisseria
and related species. MacConkey agar, as used by Paterson,
is employed to detect Salmonella and Shigella from
stool specimens, but is less selective for the recovery of enterococci.
The
division into cocci and rods appears to agree with
Paterson's observation that the diplococcal organism isolated from stool cultures
of 22 cases, together forming the basis of the nosode
Sycotic co., is pleomorphic.
In the words of Paterson: "By variation of media it was found possible to
change the morphological appearance under the microscope from diplococcus to bacillus [rod] and vice versa." Paterson's
finding that "each agar plate yielded a bacillus and each MacConkey culture yielded a diplococcus"
is
more likely to have its explanation in the change of media - each allowing the
growth of different organisms - rather than demonstrating the pleomorphism
of
the "sycoccus."
Any
doubts about the involvement of Neisseria spp. in Sycotic Co. will be taken away by the following:
His
[Paterson] success in gonorrhoea, using his own bowel nosode
Sycotic Co., caused him some embarrassment. He
remarked that during the war, where he lived, was not
so
much a bacteriologist's consulting room, as a v.o.
[venereal disease] clinic. At all hours of the day people, usually from the
Foreign Forces he added, would present at the door, and Mrs. Paterson would
show them in. He used to tell ruefully how on one occasion he lost his temper
and sent one away, amid the reproaches of Mrs. Paterson, who said, characteristically,
you could not treat suffering humanity so. Half an hour later there was a
telephone call from a senior Medical Officer of one of the Foreign Forces Contingents,
asking for an appointment, and along he came with precisely the man who had
been turned away. We recall him saying, "He had all the pain an acute epididymitis can give, and all the inflammation."
When
Or. John still refused to treat, the Medical Officer stated they did not know
what Or. Paterson gave, but his cases were cured and gave no more trouble, whereas
their practice merely suppressed. Or. John gave him a supply of Sycotic Co. [one would assume in high potency because it
was an acute attack] and information as to where he could get as much more as
he wanted. Thereafter, he told us, his house was no longer a VD. clinic.
He
did not use Sycotic Co. for this purpose alone. He
regarded it as an all purpose remedy where there was a background of catarrh,
whether of the respiratory, intestinal or sexual systems. It has been remarked
that he appeared to pay more attention to sycosis and
psora than to the third miasm.
He certainly used Sycotic Co. a great deal, and two
of his rather surprising prescriptions were of its near relative Medorrhinum. Both came from his days in the Children's
Department, where he used it in the infantile diarrhoea that runs through such
places. He regarded it as specific for both this disease and Pink disease.
[Knee chest posture and the pink colouring, and the foot symptoms.]
...
In human diseases where the subject was Grauvog1's Hydrogenoid
type, Sycotic Co., Thuja
and Natrum sulphuricum were
the foremost in mind .... He frequently used the nosode
high, and the related everyday remedy low. He would give Sycotic
Co. 1M a single dose and Natrium sulphuricum 6, 2x daily.
[Geoffey Brown, Drs. John and Elizabeth
Paterson; British Horn. Journal, Ocr. 1967]
Materia Medica Sycotic Compound
[l]
The drug picture of Sycotic Co. is based on clinical
observations. The symptoms come from John Paterson's The Bowel Nosodes and Elizabeth Paterson's summary of 53 cases [43
females, 10 males] in A Survey of the Nosodes. [EP]
[2]
Louis Klein, Clinical Focus Guide to Homeopathic Remedies, Vol. 1. [LK]
Symptoms
Keynote:
Irritability & irritation of mucous and synovial membranes.
Mind [EP]
· Nervous irritability. Bad-tempered. Blinking of eyelids; twitching of facial muscles. Bites nails.
· Excitement = loose stools.
·
Fear
of dark; of being left alone; of animals and dogs.
· Dreams of dead people.
·
Cannot
sleep till 3 h. Insomnia.
Fear of obscurity [LK]
·
"One
of the key rubrics is 'fear of obscurity.' In understanding this remedy it is
important to make some subtle distinctions concerning Sycotic-co.
individuals. They have a nature driven by the desire to be in the limelight and
to create a distinct and conspicuous personage. Inversely, you could describe
this, as so me authors have, as a 'fear of obscurity.' This fear drives the
child or adult to be a 'star' or to stand out.
·
It
is not so much a question of ego as in Platinum, but they have a great fear
they're going to be obscured by other people around them. Their conspicuous
presence is not necessarily related to how they look but more through their
actions ...
·
As
older children and young adults, they may choose to participate and perform in
competitive sports such as tennis, swimming, gymnastics or in the entertainment
field with activities such as singing or playing a musical instrument. The key
is that the activity requires individual excellence and the ability to attain
distinction. Ir is not so much the competition that
drives them, but the need to be the best and excel in order to maintain attention
and distinction.
· This desire to be in the limelight and be distinct can start at a young age, particularly if they have a great deal of sibling rivalry similar to Hyoscyamus. Children feel that their sibling 'obscures' them and then they demand attention. They are frequently, but not always, the first-born and desire to maintain a leadership role. It comes more from not wanting to be obscure then a fear of loss of social position as in Veratum. It may be more subtle m some individuals, even to the extent that they are not into sports or entertainment. In any case, they will feel that they are not 'seen' and will therefore take pride in and protect something that makes them distinct. If they loose this, they are devastated.
·
On
the surface and in the interview, they appear and maintain a subdued and polite
element. They may even seem to want to please. Underlying this can be some
contemptuousness and irritable touchiness along being very demanding. They can
be tense and nervous perfectionists like Nux-v., but
there is the 'sycotic' changeability and extremes.
They weep when irritable [which is much of the time] and they can have quite a
wild side like Medorrhinum."