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“Flu” Work in New Mexico - Fischer
(Reference: Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy Jan 1919 Vol XI No 7 pp 721-724) *Dr C.E. Fischer, MD, Sterling, Colorado* Dr Fischer was sent to New Mexico ‘where the pandemic raged with violence and where the death rate was appalling’. He introduced quarantine... more »

Homeopathy and the flu epidemic of 1918
(Reference :Winston, J "The Faces of Homeopathy" Great Auk Publishing 1999, pp 237) *Raymond Siedel* In reading accounts of the epidemic it seems many deaths were caused by a virulent pneumonia that was especially devastating to those who depressed their system with analgesics, the most common... more »

Homeopathy In Influenza – A Chorus Of Fifty In Harmony - Dewey
(Reference: Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, May 1921, pp 1038) *Dr Frank Wieland, MD, Chicago* In a factory in Chicago, Dr Wieland reported influenza in 8000 workers with one death. Most were treated with Gelsemium. He reports no Aspirin was used and no... more »

Influenza among the insane - Senseman
(Reference : Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy Jan 1919 Vo XI No 7 pp 724-725) *Dr Mary I. Senseman MD, Elgin, Illnois* In a state institution for the insane, Dr Senseman reports 49 in bed with influenza. Sixteen in one ward. “I... more »

Influenza: Brief Comments - McCann, Hayes, Dyment, Hawes
(Reference: The Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, Feb 1919, Vol XI, No 8 pp 845-846) *Dr T.A. McCann, MD, Dayton, Ohio* Dr McCann treated 1000 cases of influenza. He wrote “I have the records to show my work. I have no losses.... more »

Influenza: Brief Comments - Williams, Wolcott, Dewey, King, Schantz, Young
(Reference: Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy March 1919, Vol XI, No 9 pp 1003-1007) *Dr Dudley A. Williams, MD, Province, Rhode Island* Dr Williams wrote “With all the population panic stricken in this section, with the death rate very high and no “specific... more »

Influenza: Clinical Report - Gier
(Reference: Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, April 1919, Vol XI, No 10, pp1099-1100) *Dr W.J. Gier, MD, Independence, Kansas* “Lost one patient to the influenza – a thin woman who was probably suffering from tuberculosis” he wrote. In three pregnant patients, one aborted... more »

Influenza: Grave Sequelae - Johnson
(Reference: Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy April 1919, Vol XI, No 10 pp 1096-1098) *Dr J.A. Johnson, MD, Borado, Michigan* Johnson treated 427 cases but reported more sequelae including nine cases of lobar pneumonia which died and three of severe lobar pneumonia, two... more »

Influenza: A Favourable Mortality and Publicity - A Discussion
(Reference: Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy Dec 1919, Vol X1I, No 6) *Dr Carleton Harkness, MD, Chicago* At Camp Lee, we had at the time an epidemic of 60,000 men. In the first 4-6 weeks it was not known what it was.... more »

Influenza: A Notable Success Among the West Virginia Hills - Andrews
(Reference : Journal of American Institute of Homeopathy Jan 1919 Vo XI No 7 pp 718-720) *Dr W.A. Andrews, MD. Mannington, West Virginia* Dr Andrews was the Doctor in a small town of 5000. The disease was epidemic in Oct 1918 thru the winter.... more »

Summary of Epidemic of Influenza - Pearson
(Reference: Journal of The American Institute of Homeopathy, July 1919, Vol XII, No 1 pp 11-13) *Dr Dean W.A. Pearson, MD, Philadelphia* Dr Pearson collated the results from 88 homeopathic doctors who treated 26,795 influenza patients, with 273 deaths or a 1.056% mortality rate, while... more »

The Action of the Minimum Dose in Acute Epidemics
(Reference : Shepherd D. Dr., “The Magic of the Minimum Dose” Health Science Press, England, 1938, pp 14-15) “We have mild epidemics every year, and every thirty years or so a virulent type of influenza arrives and sweeps over the four quarters of the... more »