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Survival- The Mollusc


Rajan Sankaran and
Sudhir Baldota

Homoeopathic medical
publishers

453

ISBN 9788190631648


This book is the result of meticulous efforts to find the link between the
patient and their related remedies in whole with the in-depth study of the nature
of the source material( medicine) especially in the animal kingdom..
Dr Sankaran has developed this art of case taking so that one can
visualise the song of a particular kingdom in patients on the deepest level. The
phrase aude sapere has been translated by a German philosopher Immanuel
Kant as dare to use your own mind, think by yourself, think uniquely or
allow yourself to think differently and Dr Sankaran seems to have imbibed
these lines to a great extent.
This book is dealing with the mollusc and provides a deeper
understanding of the source and substance of these soft bodied invertebrates
and also teaches us how to identify the relatedness between patient --his
gestures , mannerisms, expressions to that of a particular kingdom .
This is a very interesting account of an aspect of marine biology, with systematic
thorough background research into the classes and subclasses of the mollusca.
There is very interesting description of bivalvia, gastropodia, cephalopoda. This
information is very intricately incorporated with clear illustrations of cases in
which the sensation method was successfully applied.
In order to avail full benefit of this technique , the reader must go
through his previous books The system of Homoeopathy and The Sensations
in Homoeopathy. In his series of books on animal kingdom the author has used
established taxonomic classification as guideline to study the qualities of each
animal with the classes and subclasses.
Regarding the availability of medicines used or mentioned in the book the
author has very categorically stated that the remedy may not exist in the
pharmacy ,so one should have to procure that particular source potentise it, as
he has been doing.
There are exhaustive case studies from various homeopaths to help us
understand the subject. Book is concluded with an explanation of important
words, phrases and rubrics, and their association with the group and subgroup under
consideration.
MOLUSCA is the first of his series on exploration of animal kingdom. This book is
a very useful addition to the Homoeopathic literature which broadens our
understanding of classical remedies ie SEPIA , MUREX ,CONCHIOLINUM etc.
-Reviewed by Dr Sudha Banerjee, Chief Medical
Officer, Dte. of AYUSH