| The history of homeopathy is littered with eminent | | | | one effect of vaccination. To properly and |
| medical doctors who, in their desire to debunk it, | | | | scientifically understand vaccination, the morbility |
| have become some of its most ardent supporters. | | | | (those who 'take' the disease) and the morbidity |
| Constantine Hering was the father of homeopathy in | | | | (those who suffer ill health as a consequence) also |
| America. He was born in Germany in 1800 and | | | | need to be considered. |
| migrated to the US in the 1830's. He first approached | | | | He mentions latent vaccinosis, or a vaccinate. This is |
| homeopathy as a debunker, having been asked by | | | | someone who is suffering from vaccinosis, but is not |
| his medical colleagues to write a paper condemning it. | | | | ill in the ordinary sense. More, he is in a 'subdued |
| His research led him to become one of homeopathy's | | | | morbid state, he has been blighted'. |
| most ardent supporters. | | | | When a vaccine has not 'taken', it is generally |
| He wrote "My enthusiasm grew. I became a fanatic. I | | | | assumed that the individual cannot have any adverse |
| went about the country and got on tables to speak | | | | reaction to the vaccine. Burnett thought otherwise. |
| enthusiastically about homeopathy." | | | | 'Close and minute observations teaches me that such |
| Another sceptic who later became one of the | | | | is by no means necessarily the case, for not a few |
| greatest homeopaths was James Compton Burnett. | | | | persons date their ill health from a so-called |
| He was a British homeopath in the late 1800's and | | | | unsuccessful vaccination.' |
| was among the first to notice that vaccines trigger | | | | He asks the question 'wherein does the protective |
| chronic disease. | | | | power of vaccination consist?' When a perfectly |
| He ultimately wrote 24 books on homeopathy. He | | | | healthy person is vaccinated, it is considered he will |
| likened his own conversion experience to that of St | | | | be immune to the disease he was vaccinated against. |
| Paul on the road to Damascus: he instantly resolved | | | | Since the vaccination has created a 'diseased' state, |
| to "fight the good fight of homeopathy with all the | | | | he claims that 'the protective power of vaccination is |
| power I possess. Were I to do less, I should be | | | | due to the diseased state'. |
| afraid to die." | | | | As he states, no one can be more than perfectly |
| Burnett was a phenomenal doctor. He saw more | | | | healthy. He struggled to find the logic behind the |
| patients in a day than seems possible. He kept | | | | medical idea of creating protection by inducing a |
| copious notes and patient history. Just his case notes | | | | diseased state in a perfectly healthy individual. Others |
| alone are a legend. | | | | continue to struggle with the concept. |
| His book 'Vaccinosis and its Cure by Thuja' is part of | | | | This little book presents case after successful case, |
| every homeopathic student's essential reading. In it | | | | often where he was at a loss to know what to do |
| he describes the term vaccinia (vacca means cow) | | | | until he discovered the patient had been recently |
| as 'the febrile reaction which occurs after vaccination | | | | vaccinated. |
| with special reference to the point where the pus is | | | | Although the homeopathic remedy Thuja has an |
| inserted'. In other words, this is in most cases, a | | | | outstanding reputation is resolving many cases of |
| short term or acute reaction. | | | | vaccinosis (especially that created by smallpox), |
| However, he goes on to talk about vaccinosis, which | | | | homeopaths the world over know that it is by no |
| he calls 'the profound and often long lasting morbid | | | | means the only remedy. Good though it is, Thuja is |
| constitutional state engendered by the vaccine virus'. | | | | not able to resolve every case. Thankfully, there are |
| His extensive research into vaccinosis led him to | | | | other, equally effective homeopathic remedies for |
| discover that in many cases it was fatal and in other | | | | the condition. |
| cases it created chronic symptoms. He believed that | | | | Burnett was talking about cowpox/smallpox, more |
| the upsurge in neuralgia was caused by vaccinosis. | | | | than 100 years ago, but you can't help to wonder if |
| Burnett discusses that when vaccinations are | | | | the world has since made any medical progress in this |
| advocated, the only ill effects under consideration are | | | | area. |
| the fatal ones. Yet, as he points out, mortality is only | | | | |