1813 Typhus Fever
The 1813 typhus epidemic followed in the wake of Napoleon’s march through Germany to
attack Russia – followed by his calmitous retreat. When the epidemic hit Leipzig,
Hahnemann treated 180 people and lost only 2 (less than 1%) – Allopathic mortality rates
were >30%
Prompt treatment of the disease with antibiotics reduces the mortality rate to approximately
1%. When untreated, typhoid fever usually lasts for three weeks to a month. Death occurs in
between 10% and 30% of untreated cases.
1831 Cholera Epidemic
Dr Quin reported that the death in 10 homeopathic hospitals were 9%
Deaths under homeopathic treatment in Russia were <10% (Admiral Mordoinow)
Deaths under homeopathic care in Bavaria (Dr Roth reported) 7%
1831 Cholera Epidemic Austria
Dr Wild – an allopathic physician ‐ in the Dublin
Quarterly Journal and “on account of this extraordinary result, the law
interdicting the practice of homeopathy in Austria was repealed”
1854 Cholera Epidemic ‐ London
Historically important epidemic ‐ it was the first time a disease outbreak was traced to a
particular source – in this case a public water pump. The pump was closed & epidemic
ceased. All in all 10,738 people died. The House of Commons requested a report
regarding the various methods of treating the epidemic. When the report was issued,
no homeopathic figures were included. The House of Lords requested an explanation,
and it was admitted that if the homeopathic figures were to be included in the report, it
would "skew the results’ so it was suppressed. Upon examination, the buried report
revealed that under allopathic care the mortality was 59.2% while under homeopathic
care mortality was only 9%
1855 Cholera Epidemic ‐ Rio
388 cases were treated with homeopathy with a 2% death rate, while the allopathic infirmary
had a 40‐60% death rate. In 1878, Saturnino de Meirelles and others re‐created the old Instituto
Homeopatico do Brasil and in 1880, they changed the name to Instituto Hahnemanniano do
Brazil, which still exists. Homeopathy appears to be thriving in Brazil and is an important part of
national health care inititives.
1892 Cholera Epidemic ‐ Hamburg
In the 1892 outbreak in Hamburg, Germany, about 8,600 people died. Although the city
government was generally deemed to be responsible for this outbreak – their policies
went largely unchanged. This was the last serious European cholera outbreak.
Yellow Fever Epidemic
Memphis, Tennessee: 1878
The worst yellow fever epidemic in U.S. history occurred in 1878, with over 5,000
deaths in Memphis alone and 20,000 deaths in the whole of the Mississippi Valley.
Various yellow fever epidemics raged throughout the Deep South throughout the
mid to late 19th century.
From President's Address of Dr. A. L. Monroe of Louisville, Kentucky, given 8 PM
Friday evening, December 10, 1886, at the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Southern
Homeopathic Medical Association
“Yellow fever statistics showing average proportion of death losses during
yellow fever epidemic of 1878 in Southern United States. These statistics
represent the mean average of losses as calculated by a commission of
yellow fever experts visiting the infected districts immediately after the
epidemic: Allopathic, 15.50 per cent; homeopathic, 6 per cent.
Here we have a mass of statistics compiled by careful, conscientious
workers, representing in the aggregate of at least 1,000,000 prescriptions
given to 500,000 patients, and the work extending over a term of years of
practice of at least 1000 physicians of each school .”
Smallpox
Allopathic Av. Loss Homeopathic Av. Loss
Boston, 1870, '71 and '72 1735 885
New York,1870 and '71 1576 848
Philadelphia,'70, '71 1903 1287
New York ‘72, '73 2046 1124
Brooklyn ’72, '73 2280 1028
General average 1908 1034
From President's Address of Dr. A. L. Monroe of Louisville, Kentucky, given 8 PM Friday evening,
December 10, 1886, at the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Southern Homeopathic Medical Association
“The first set I desire to present to your notice was compiled by a reputable life
Insurance company in 1874, from the death reports of the cities of Boston for 1870,
1871 and 1872; Philadelphia for 1872, the year of the great epidemic of small-pox
there; Newark for 1872 and 1873. The table presents the average death loss to
number of patients treated during that time by the representatives of the two great
schools of medicine.”
1862 ‐ 1864 Diphtheria –
In the records of three years of Diphtheria in Broome County, NY from 1862 to 1864, there
was a report of an 83.6% mortality rate among the allopaths and a 16.4% mortality rate
among the homeopaths. (Bradford)
Diphtheria was difficult to treat as despite its periodicity, it rarely had the same
presentation. Practitioners needed to be able to quickly prescribe on an individual by
individual basis. Occasionally, the disease would throw up particularly definite symptoms
thus enabling the practitioner to prescribe a genus epidemicus.
1918 Spanish Flu
Dr. T A McCann, from Dayton, Ohio reported that 24,000 cases of flu treated allopathically had
a mortality rate of 28.2% while 26,000 cases of flu treated homoeopathically had a mortality
rate of 1.05%.
This last figure was echoed and endorsed by Dr Dean W.A. Pearson of Philadelphia
(Hahnemann College) who recorded 26,795 cases of flu treated with homeopathy with the
above result.
Dr Herbert Roberts from Derby Connecticut
requested mortality/survival data from
medical colleagues in his area. 30 doctors
responded. They reported 6,602 cases of
H5N1 had been treated with homeopathy
with 55 deaths – this is less than 1%.
• Dr Roberts worked on a troop carrier ship in
WW1. On the way over to Europe he had 81
cases of H5N1. “All recovered and were
landed. Every man received homeopathic
treatment. One ship lost 31 (not
homeopathically treated) on the way.”
Scarlet Fever
Homeopathic Prophylaxis:
It began with Scarlet Fever
Hahnemann’s initial foray into preventative use of remedies was the result of
inductive genius.
During an outbreak of scarlet fever, three children of four in
a family under his care
became ill. The fourth, who was usually the first to become ill, remained free from
disease.
Hahnemann reasoned that since the child had been taking Belladonna for an
problem with her finger joints, she was in some way protected from the infection.
Soon afterward, in
a family of eight children with three already infected with
scarlet fever, Hahnemann seized the opportunity to test the prophylactic powers
of Belladonna.
As he had hypothesized, all five escaped the disease despite ongoing exposure to
their siblings. Hahnemann continued to make frequent use of Belladonna during
scarlet fever epidemics with great success
Homeopathic Prophylaxis Adopted:
More on Scarlet Fever
So great was Hahnemann’s success that many allopathic physicians adopted his
treatment protocol and began singing the praises of homeopathic Belladonna.
Dudgeon (1820 – 1904) reports on ten allopaths of this time who used
prophylactic Belladonna on 1646 children and only 123 cases developed. These
were excellent results when the attack rates were ranging as high as 90% at the
time.
Hufeland, the great Protomedicus of Prussia at the time, reviewed all the results of
the prophylactic use of Belladonna for scarlet fever. It is generally felt that
Hufeland’s subsequent declaration of its efficacy would be akin to the Surgeon
General of the United States recommending the use of homeopathy in the
treatment of AIDS today.
Hufeland’s support of Belladonna as
a prophylactic carried so much weight that
the Prussian government made its use during scarlet fever epidemics obligatory in
1838.
1902 Smallpox
Homeopathic Prophylaxis:
Smallpox
Studies during smallpox epidemics have also given some
valuable information. In 1902, during
a smallpox epidemic in
Iowa, Dr. Eaton reported that 2806 patients were treated
prophylactically with Variolinum. Of the 547 patients who
were definitely exposed, only 14 developed the disease.
Overall protection rate was 97%
1974 Meningitis Prophylaxis
•
And in 1974, during a meningococcus outbreak in
Brazil, 18,640 patients were given Meningococcinum
prophylaxis while 6,430 received no treatment. The
treatment group reported 4 cases. There were 32
cases in the no treatment group (23 times more
effective than no treatment).(Ref. British Medical
Journal, 1987:294‐6)
1850 Polio Prophylaxis
With regard to polio, in 1850 Taylor Smith in Johannesburg, South Africa used
the nosode Lathyrus to protect 82 people against polio – no cases were
reported.
Arthur Hill Grimmer MD reported that over 5,000 children received
homeopathic Lathyrus sativa to prevent polio with 100% efficacy and no one
experienced any side effects to his knowledge.
There are reports of Heisfelder, in a study between 1956-58, homeopathically
‘vaccinated’ over 6,000 children with Lathyrus, none of which contracted polio.
In 1975, Lathyrus was given to 30,000 – 40,000 (the number varies
depending on the researcher reporting) individuals during a Buenos Aires
polio epidemic, and not one of these patients reported contracting polio.
(Reported by Eizayaga)
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