Homeopathic History Part 2 - Dr. James Compton Burnett

Ah! My good fellow, I thought you would say that you also use Aconite for fever, and that it is not necessarily Homeopathy. But do you not know of a certain French gentleman who spoke prose all his life without realising it?

My most recent post introduced Dr. James Comptom Burnett and his delightful book: Fifty Reasons for Being a Homeopath . In that blog I outlined the circumstances leading to the writing of thses 50 "missives" which were sent as letters to a young allopathic doctor. 

HOMEOPATHIC STORIES – OUR HISTORY

 I have come across many precious stories from our homeopathic history which will be including them in this blog from time to time. There are many great masters of this art and science who have had the courage and tenacity of their beliefs to carry the torch for this powerful system of medicine down through the centuries.

HOMEOPATHY AND NUTRITION

How many times have you wished you could hand your patient a nutritional protocol along with a remedy to help heal their illness? Students and practitioners of homeopathy, are all familiar with Aphorism 3 from Dr. Hahnemann’s seminal work Organon of the Medical Art where he address “maintaining causes” by stating “...the physician must know the obstacles to recovery in each case and be aware to clear them away so that the restoration of health may be permanent”.

The Brillance of Homeopathy

“There have been two great revelations in my life. The first was bebop, the second was homeopathy.” Dizzy Gillespie, jazz musician

When my brother John was at our farm, a bee stung him on his eyelid causing pain and rapid swelling. Based on past experience he fully expected his eye to be swollen shut for the next few days. I gave him the homeopathic remedy Apis and within 20 minutes the pain and swelling had completely disappeared and there was no sign of the bee sting. This is an example of the remarkable efficacy of homeopathy.