A Century of Homeopaths (eBook)

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.

A Century of Homeopaths: Their Influence on Medicine and HealthChapter 1. IntroductionA Brief History of HomeopathyDefining a HomeopathSynopsisChapter 2. Samuel Hahnemann: Rebarbative GeniusPersonality and RelationshipsHahnemann as Medical PioneerChapter 3. Women, Reform and Medical LeadershipProfessional Barriers, Social Reform and the Role of Women in HomeopathyNew York Medical College and Hospital for WomenClemence Lozier Elizabeth BlackwellHarriet ClisbyEmily StoweMary Safford BlakeAlice Boole CampbellSusan Smith McKinney Steward (Also Known As Susan Smith McKinney) Florence Nightingale Ward (1860-1919)Maria Augusta Generoso Estrella Geraldine Burton-Branch Boston Graduates and StudentsMercy B. JacksonMary H. Thompson Lucy WaiteRebecca Lee Crumpler Esther Hill Hawks Julia Holmes Smith Leila Gertrude BedellMartha George Ripley Anna Howard Shaw Rebecca Lee DorseyClara BarrusEliza Taylor Ransom Cleveland GraduatesCaroline Brown Winslow Susan Edson OthersLaura Matilda Towne ConclusionsChapter 4. The Homeopathic Scalpel: Contributions to Surgery from the World of Homeopathy Dental SurgeonsJosiah Foster Flagg Gynecology and ObstetricsGeorge TaylorRebecca Lee DorseyGeorge SouthwickJames WoodJames Ward and Florence Nightingale WardLucy WaiteWalter CrumpGeraldine Burton-BranchUrologyBukk CarletonSprague CarletonGeorge NagamatsuLeonard P. WershubGeneral SurgeryEdward C. Franklin William Tod Helmuth (1833-1902)Israel Tisdale TalbotJohn Mallory LeeOphthalmology and Oto-laryngologyEdwin Sterling MunsonL. Grant SelfridgeCardiac SurgeryCharles Bailey OthersChapter 5. Homeopaths and the Dawning of AnesthesiologyHerbert Leo NorthropThomas Drysdale BuchananWalter M. BoothbyEverett A. TylerHenry RuthHarold Randall GriffithRolland WhitacreWilliam NeffBrant Burdell ("BB") SankeyKenneth K. KeownCaleb MatthewsThomas SkinnerAugust BierSummaryChapter 6. Homeopathy and the Mind: From Alienists to NeuroscientistsHahnemann's Attitude Towards Mental IllnessKinship of Homeopathy and PsychiatryInfluential IndividualsCharles Frederick Menninger: An Ambassador-at-Large from the Court of NatureRudolf ArndtSelden Talcott Samuel WorcesterBayard HolmesEmmons PaineFrank C. Richardson Henry M. PollockClara BarrusHenry I. Klopp Psychiatrists at Fergus Falls State HospitalThe Life and Career fo Solomon Carter Fuller: America's First African-American PsychiatristWinfred Overholser (1892-1964): The Dean of Forensic PsychiatryOswald Boltz: From Psychiatry to HomeopathyJames CockeConclusionsChapter 7. Public HealthTullio S. VerdiCharles SumnerEugene PorterCharles V. ChapinRebecca Lee Dorsey Hills ColeJames W. WardRoyal CopelandPedro OrtizMarcus KogelGeraldine Burton-BranchThe Domestic Sanitation MovementJohn James Drysdale and John William HaywardChapter 8. The Early Days of Radiation: Homeopathic ShadowsEmil Grubbe: First to Use X-Rays in Medicine or Teller of Tall Tales?The Discovery of X-Rays and Its Impact on GrubbeFrancis BensonWilliam DieffenbachOther ActivitiesJohn Mallory LeeChapter 9. Heartbeat, Heart Failure, and HomeopathyConstantin Hering and His ContributionsHering's Law of CureThe Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) at Hahnemann Medical CollegeOther Contributors to CardiologyMilton RaisbeckMeasuring Cardiovascular Physiology: 19th Century British StudiesRobert Dudgeon and the Dudgeon SphygmographThe SphygmographExperimental Physiology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM)Arthur WeysseChapter 10. Allergy and Allergic Disorders: Homeopathic LeadersIntroductionCharles BlackleyGrant L. SelfridgeHomeopathy, Immunology and Allergy: Other ConsiderationsCharles Frederick MillspaughChapter 11. Academic Homeopaths ReinventedRoy Upham: Promoter of International HomeopathyConrad Wesselhoeft: Physician in Search of an IdentityHomeopathic CareerCareer in Regular MedicineLinn J. Boyd: From Homeopathic Philosophy to CardiologyThomas H. McGavack: Embracing Homeopathy, Endocrinology and GerontologyChapter 12. OncologyOncologyOscar AuerbackCharles CameronHoward W. NowellIta WegmanEdward Cronin LoweChapter 13. Other Stars in the SkyGymnastics, Education, Temperance and Social ReformDioclesian LewisSwedish MassageMatthias Roth, George TaylorChemistry and AdministrationIra RemsenPediatricsCarl FischerThe First Native American Indian in Modern MedicineCharles EastmanPathologyEdward Cronin LoweChapter 14. Congress, Parliament, Presidents and MonarchsCharles E. SawyerJoel BooneWillis DanforthJohn Weir: The Monarch's DoctorHomeopaths in Elected OfficeJacob H. GallingerRoyal S. CopelandJ. Dickson MabonThe Royal London Homeopathic HospitalChapter 15. Bioethics and the Contributions of Otto GuttentagPersonal Background and TrainingAcademic CareerGuttentag as HomeopathContributions to Bioethics and Medical HumanitiesChapter 16. Less is More: Finding the Right DoseRudolf ArndtHugo SchulzHormesisLimitations of the Arndt-Schulz LawDrugs: To Be Given Every Day or Intermittently?Time Dependent Sensitization Does the Label Tell the Truth? How Much Medicine Is Really There?Chapter 17. A Homeopathic Rogues' GalleryThree CharlatansEdwin Hartley PrattAlbert AbramsWilliam KochLicense FraudRobert ReddickGregory MillerPower and Betrayal: George SimmonsHomeopaths in Nazi GermanyKarl KoetschauOther Transgressors: Hans Wapler and Gerhard MadausOther Events Relevant to Homeopathy in Nazi GermanyHomeopathy and MurderHawley Crippen and James MunyonLuc JouretChapter 18. Concluding Thoughts Persecution Against HomeopathsThe Evidence for Efficacy: Does Homeopathy Work?Basic Rules of Medical EvidenceMajor Reviews of HomeopathyHow Might Homeopathy Work?