The New Synoptic One

by Frans Vermeulen

Synoptic Materia Medica, affectionately known as the Silver Book, dawned with a shimmer of light that pierced the darkness of prescribed materia medica reading in 1992. Until this time, student and practitioner alike had to face the dense impenetrability of 19th century Latinate language to understand their late 20th century homeopathic medical art. Synoptic One lightened this lugubrious penumbra with a shimmer of hope as lambent as its silver cover. The book had originally grown out of Frans Vermeulen's need to structure the vast amount of homeopathic data into simple, straightforward remedy pictures for students of the Dutch, Finnish and Irish Schools of Homeopathy. He found it dismayingly difficult to compose a coherent picture from fragmentary and often contradictory information. However, the man is a luminary, and he has a mission. We homeopaths and our patients are the beneficiaries of his task. After 9 reprints in 12 years, the Silver Book was in need of revitalization. The New Synoptic One was born, some 300 pages longer, looking remarkably like its sister, but more mature. The remedies are the same, with the inclusion of Bambusa. The Repertory throughout is generated from Radar, MacRepertory and Cara/Isis computer systems. In this updated book Frans Vermeulen has as ever aimed to give homeopaths a clear, concise materia medica that can be used as handy reference, while containing all the key characteristics, essences and nuclei of the chosen remedies. He has maximised the information and sources available in as few precise words as possible. This synthesis is a concentration of information from many sources - the ancient and the modern, and including material from the late Pierre Schmidt's extensive library. However, to fully understand the works of modern authors, you are encouraged to follow up their ideas in their own books and lectures.

626 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Marla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating way to read remedies!