A Century of Homeopaths

Jonathan Davidson, MD Emeritus Professor Department of Psychiatry Duke University Medical Center Extensive record of publishing – over 400 peer reviewed scientific papers, over 50 book chapters. Sole author or co-author of The Anxiety Book (Penguin Putnam/Riverside, 2003), Downing Street Blues: A Historical Account of Depression and Other Mental Afflictions in British Prime Ministers (McFarland Publishing Co., 2011), Herbs for the Mind (Guilford Publications, 2000), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: DSM-IV and Beyond (American Psychiatric Publishing, 1993), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Diagnosis, Management and Treatment (Martin Dunitz, 2000) and other books on anxiety for clinical practitioners. Principal investigator of many federally- and pharmaceutically-funded studies. Over 800 talks and presentations. Dr. Davidson is a medically qualified author with extensive experience in the clinical practice of medicine, a productive academic teaching and research record. His qualifications and stature are established in complementary medicine, including homeopathy and herbal medicine.

1. Introduction.- 2. Samuel Hahnemann: The Founder of Homeopathy.- 3. The Trail Blazing Women of Homeopathy.-  4. Surgeons in the Homeopathic Community.- 5. Anesthesiology as a New Discipline: Leadership from Homeopathy.- 6. Cardiology: Hering, Boyd and Others.- 7. Psychiatry and its Homeopathic Hall of Fame.- 8. Infectious Disease: Conrad Wesselhoeft.- 9. Allergic Diseases: Blackley and Selfridge.- 10. Politics, Public Health and Presidential Care.- 11. Bioethics and the Influence of Otto Guttentag.- 12. Low Dose vs. No Dose Pharmacology: The Great Schism.- 13. A Miscellany: Pediatrics, Oncology, Radiology, Gerontology, Massage, Physical Education, Chemistry.- 14. Homeopathic Villains: From Bogus Licenses to Mass Murder.- 15. The Modern Evidence and Conclusions​.