Brian Josephson 1940 -
1973 Nobel Prize winner for his Josephson Effect is currently a Professor at Cambridge where he is the head of the mind-matter unification project in the Theory of Condensed Matter research group. Continue Reading »
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C Everett Koop 1916 - had experienced homeopathy as a child, and this inspired him to become a doctor. He understands that the healing process begins with communicative interaction between patient and healer. Continue Reading »
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August Karl Gustav Bier 1861 - 1949 was German surgeon and the pioneer of spinal anaesthesia.
Bier was unusual for being very open minded in his support of homeopathy, even though he came across the same sort of ‘religious cult‘ in science we encounter today. As late as 1925, August Bier was censured by the Berlin medical profession for attempting to rehabilitate Samuel Hahnemann’s reputation.
Bier kept in close contact with Hugo Paul Friedrich Schulz and his work on hormesis, and Bier went on to found the Society for Examination of Homeopathic Drugs.
Bier wrote:
“I advise my colleagues who want to do the latter, not to start with Samuel Hahnemann’s writings, but first to study the excellent work by Richard Haehl, and at least a few works by Hugo Paul Friedrich Schulz…”
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Charles Frederick Menninger 1862 - 1953 founded the Menninger Clinic in Texas was a great proponent of homeopathy. Continue Reading »
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Almroth Edward Wright 1861 - 1947 was a British bacteriologist and immunologist. He is best known for advancing vaccination through the use of autogenous vaccines (prepared from the bacteria harboured by the patient) and also through typhoid vaccination with typhoid bacilli killed by heat.
Wright noted with concern how massive doses of vaccine in therapeutic treatment led to local infections. He called this the ‘negative phase‘, which Hahnemann had identified earlier and called an ‘aggravation‘. Continue Reading »
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John Davidson Rockefeller Senior 1839 - 1937
“Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.” and he was “a believer in homeopathy throughout his life.” “I am a strong homeopathist” Continue Reading »
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Time Online “Founder Hahnemann was given his historic due by no less a personage than Sir William Osler. “No individual,” said Dr. Osler, “has done more good to the medical profession than Samuel Hahnemann.” Continue Reading »
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Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882 was very interested in homeopathy and he received treatment from James Manby Gully over many years.
Darwin was also connected to John Chapman, a homeopathic colleague of James Manby Gully, and Charles Darwin was very interested in the work of homeopath Charles Harrison Blackley whose work on allergy, Darwin described as ‘ingenious and profoundly interesting’.
Charles Darwin was also a friend of homeopath John James Drysdale and his brother Charles Robert Drysdale, and Darwin was also a friend of Thomas Henry Huxley.
Charles Darwin also consulted homeopath James Smith Ayerst, and he also received treatment from Edmund Smith who was a homeopath and the proprietor of Ilkley Wells House, a homeopathic treatment facility.
Charles Darwin was also a close friend of Henry James Junior, who was also a close friend of William Darwin. Henry James Junior’s brother was named Garth Wilkinson James in honour of homeopath James John Garth Wilkinson. Charles Darwin was also a correspondent of Mary Everest Boole.
Also, Darwin’s wife Emma was taught to play the piano by homeopathic supporter Frederic Chopin.
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With thanks to the Society of Homeopaths Newsletter
Northern Ireland. Paul Goggins MP, Health Minister for Northern Ireland, announced a new fund to pilot the integration of complementary medicine into the NHS. He said that these therapies should be made available to all people, not just people who can afford to pay privately – sentiments that we share. Get Well UK will be operating the pilot project for 700 patients in 2007. If it is successful, with patients’ health improving and money being saved, then the service will be rolled out across all of Northern Ireland.
Support came from the government in February 2005 when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Department of Health, Melanie Johnson, said in the House of Commons, “I thank the hon. Gentleman for notice of the question in relation to Get Well UK. We understand the benefit that many people get from complementary therapies. Local commissioning is a matter for local discretion, but we can see the benefits to local practices of an intermediary pulling together a range of services in the area for alternative medical treatments.” Link to Hansard.
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