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The Use of Homeopathic medicines in the 1918 Influenza
Epidemic
There has been much discussion about the merits or otherwise of Avian Flu
anti-viral medicines in the media but no discussion of the effectiveness of
homeopathy in the treatment of influenza. History shows us that homeopathy was
used by homeopathic physicians in USA to treat patients during 1918-1919
influenza epidemic. From information recorded by these doctors, homeopathic
treatment was highly successful. In most cases one or two homeopathic medicines
were needed. These are known as the “Genus epidemicus” in an epidemic and become
known through the careful observation of a number of influenza cases. It is
difficult to speculate exactly what homeopathic remedies will work best in the
possible Avian flu epidemic. However there are a number of known ‘flu remedies
that may be useful eg Gelsemium, Bryonia, Arnica, Eupatorium perfoliatum,
Arsenicum etc . In the 1918 epidemic Gelsemium and Bryonia were most commonly
indicated according to the following extracts.
In 1921 W.A. Dewey MD., published a paper in the Journal of the American
Institute of Homeopathy entitled “Homeopathy in Influenza – A Chorus of
Fifty in Harmony”. The following extracts are from this paper.
• In Philadelphia 26,795 cases of influenza treated by homeopathic physicians
had a mortality rate of 1.05% compared with the conventional mortality rate of
30%.
• In Connecticut 30 physicians reported 6,602 cases with 55 deaths, (<1%).
• Dr Roberts in Connecticut also reported 81 cases in the transport service all
treated with homeopathic treatment and all recovered.
• In a factory in Chicago, Dr Wieland reported influenza in 8000 workers with
one death.
All were treated with Gelsemium. He reports no aspirin was used and no
vaccines.
• Dr Williams in Rhode Island reported no losses from influenza and a 2.1% loss
in those that developed pneumonia. He observed that Drs using aspirin as the
main treatment were having a 60% mortality in those patients that developed
pneumonia.
• Dr Sappington reports that from 1500 influenza cases recorded by the
Homeopathic Medical Society of the District of Columbia only 15 died. Recoveries
in the National Homeopathic Hospital was 100%
• In Ohio, Dr McCann treated 1000 cases of influenza and had no losses. He says
all credit must be given to homeopathy.
• Raymond Siedel decided to become a homeopathic doctor when he was a 10 year
old delivery boy for a local homeopath. He said “ I saw that people who were
taking Aspirin were dying, about half those who were drinking a lot of whiskey
were dying, and those that received homeopathic remedies were living.”
• It was generally observed by homeopaths in the US at the time that the use of
Aspirin was a major cause of deaths during the influenza epidemic. Its indirect
action came through the fact that aspirin was taken until prostration resulted
and the patient developed pneumonia.
• In Kentucky Dr Huff wrote “ I almost invariably gave (homeopathic medicines)
Gelsemium or Bryonia. I hardly ever lost a case if I got there
first, unless the patient had been sent to a drug store and bought Aspirin, in
which event I was likely to have a case of pneumonia on my hands.”
Reference - courtsy: Winston, J “ The Faces of Homeopathy” Great Auk Publishing
1999
And Ms. Angela Hair, NZ representative,
WHAC.
See more reading at
www.homeopathy.co.nz
Compiled
by Dr. Abdul Gafar
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References
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/en/index.html
http://www.fluwikie.com
http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/birdflu
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/
http://www.birdflu.gov.sg
Other related links
http://birdfluhype.com
http://www.helios.co.uk/bird_flu.html
http://ww.homeopathy.co.nz
http://www.homeoweb.com/sars.htm
http://www.homeoweb.com/bird_flu_more.htm
http://www.homeoweb.com/bird_flu_d&qhtm
http://www.avian-bird-flu-crisis.com
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