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Homeopathy San Diego - (North County) alternative, natural, holistic medicine
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HISTORY: Homeopathy was developed by a German doctor, Samuel Hahnemann, in the late 18th and early 19th century. Disillusioned with the cruel and ineffective treatments of his time (blood-letting, purging and poisonous drugs) Hahnemann looked for a more effective form of treatment. After years of research he discovered the homeopathic principles and developed the system of medicine. Homeopathy rose to prominence in Europe after Hahnemann's successful treatment of victims of the great typhus epidemic in Leipzig that followed the Napoleonic campaigns. The reputation of homeopathy increased in 1831 when cholera swept through central Europe. With cholera, mortality rates varied between 2.4% and 21.1% for homeopathy verses 50% or more with conventional medicine. Far ahead of his time, Hahnemann also stressed the importance of disinfection, cleanliness, ventilation and quarantine. (Pasteur's germ theory of disease had not yet been devised.) Homeopathy continued to out perform conventional medicine in epidemics. During the terrible Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 the mortality rate of conventional medicine was 25 to 30% and that of homeopathy was less than 1%.
Homeopathy arrived in the USA in the 1820s. It flowered in America in the 1860s through the 1890s. By this time, homeopathy had been perfected to the level a true system of medicine. It was being used to treat all forms of illness. During this period in the US there were 22 homeopathic medical schools, 56 homeopathic hospitals, 13 lunatic asylums, 9 children's hospitals and 15 sanatoriums. The first medical society in the US was the American Institute of Homeopathy founded in 1844. By the turn of the century, 20 to 25 percent of all the physicians in the US in urban areas were homeopaths. Most people are not aware that homeopathy had such prominence in the US.
So where did all those American homeopaths go to? Well, as you can imagine, there was great competition between homeopathy and conventional medicine. The AMA, which was founded in 1846, forbid its members to consult with homeopaths. Local and state medical societies were told to purge themselves of homeopaths and their sympathizers. The AMA and the Carnegie Foundation issued a study in 1910 on medical education called the Flexnor report. This report recognized modern medicine and did not recognize homeopathy. Modern medicine received the foundation funding and government support and homeopathy was left to it's own devices. It declined quickly. From 1910 to 1960 few homeopaths entered the ranks in the US or Canada. In Europe, however, homeopathy continued as a viable form of medicine.
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- Encinitas California
- United States 92024
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