Ultra High Dilution

Physiology and Physics

Edited by

P.C. ENDLER
Ludwig Boltzmann Institut fur Homoeopathie,
Graz, Austria

and

J. SCHULTE
National Superconducting Laboratory,
Michigan State University, U.S.A.

With contributions by:

Georgos Anagnostatos, David Auerbach, Madeleine Bastide, Alexander

Berezin, Jacques Benveniste, Jean Cambar, Massimo Citro, Peter Fisher,
Emilio del Giudice, Christian Endler, Max Haidvogl, Franz Moser, Menachem
Oberbaum, Fritz Popp, Bernard Poitevin, Waltraud'Pongratz, Marco Righetti,
Jiirgen Schulte, Cyril Smith, Harald Walach, Roeland van Wijk and
colleagues

KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS

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 CONTENTS

Contents V
Prefatory Word
P.Fisher r VII
Preface DC
Contributors XI
INTRODUCTION 1
PART 1: PHYSIOLOGY
Hormesis: Dose Dependent Reverse Effects of Low and Very Low Doses
M.Oberbaum and J.Cambar 5
Reappraisal of a Classical Botanical Experiment in UHD Research.
Energetic Coupling in a Wheat Model
W.Pongratz and P.C.Endler 19
Immunological Examples on UHD Research
M.Bastide 27
Further Biological Effects induced by UHDs.
Inhibition by a Magnetic Field
J.Benveniste 35
A Zoological Example on UHD Research.
Energetic Coupling between the Dilution and the Organism
in a Model of Amphibia
P.C.Endler, W.Pongratz, R.van Wijk,
F.A.Wiegand, K.Waltl, M.Gehrer and H.Hilgers 39
Scientific Proving of an UHD on Humans
H. Walach 69
Physiological Effects of Homoeopathic Medicines in Closed Phials;
A Critical Evaluation
R.van Wijk and F.A.Wiegant 81
PART 2: PHYSICS
Outline of Experimental Physical Methods to
Investigate Specific Structures of UHDs
J.Schulte and P.CEndler 99
Conservation of Structure in Aqueous UHDs
J.Schulte 105
Is the "Memory of Water" a Physical Impossibility?
E.Del Giudice 117
Small Water Clusters (Clathrates) in the Homoeopathic Preparation Process
G.S.Anagnostatos 121
 Mass, Fluid and Wave Motion During the Preparation of UHDs
D.Auerbach 129
UHD Effect and Isotopic Self-Organisation
A.A.Berezin 137
About Quality and Standards in UHD Research and Research on Homoeopathy
J.Schulte 171
P A R T 3: BIOPHYSICS
Some Biophysical Elements of Homoeopathy
F.A.Popp 177
Electromagnetic and Magnetic Vector Potential Bio-Information and Water
C.W.Smith 187
Resonance Phenomena of an UHD
C.W.Smith and P.C.Endler 203
Transfer of Information from
Molecules by Means of Electronic Amplification
M.Citro, C.W.Smith, A.Scott-Morley, W.Pongratz and P.C.Endler 209
Effects of Typical Thyroxine Related Frequencies on Amphibia
K.Spoerk, W.Pongratz and P.C.Endler 215
P A R T 4: THE HISTORICAL AND MEDICAL CONTEXT
Glossary
PAndersch and P.CEndler 221
Characteristics and Selected Results of Research on Homoeopathy
M.Righetti 223
Homoeopathy with Special Regard to
Immuno-allergological Research
B.Poitevin 229
Clinical Studies of Homoeopathy. The Problem of a Useful Design
M.Haidvogl 233

PROSPECTS
Preliminary Elements of a Theory on UHD
J.Schulte and P.C.Endler 245
EPILOGUE
Alternative Research or Research on Alternatives ?
F.Moser, M.Naradoslawsky and J.Schulte 255
SUMMARY 263

INDEX 265

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