Anna,
Nice to meet you all be it over the net and thankyou for your comments.
You are quite right; almalgum fillings were not around in Hahnemann's time but mercury treatment for syphilis was and it was used qite extensively for lots of syphilis-related illnesses. I think it may have compounded the syphilitic miasm and rendered it so stubborn to shift.
I now feel waffle coming on so I'll shut up for now.

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Professional homoeopath interested in general discussion, ideas etc.