L i fe an d

.
Wo r k o f

J m
aes C o m to n Bur n e tt
p ,

MD . .

WI TH AN A CCOUN T OF

TH E BURN E TT M E M ORIA L

Co m m » n!

DR L A R KE
.
J . H .
C

L ON DON Pvnu sn m t on T n : BURN E TT M t uo wu Comm n

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37 TH !

H O M QE O PA T H I C PU B L I S H I N G C O M PA N Y
x z, WARWICK L AN E ,
PA TE RN OSTE R R OW, E C . .

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 PR E FA C E

T H E o bj ect o f this little vo l ume is two fo l d .In the

fi r s t p l ace i t i s in ten d e d to p ut i n to se pa rate an d
p e r m a n e n t s h ape a s k e tc h o f th e li fe an d wo r k o f
o n e o f the mos t rema r ka b l e H ea l e rs o f mo d e rn

ti mes an d i n the se co n d
p l a ce i t i s d es i r e d to g i v e

a n a cco un t o f the mo v eme n t wh ic h has tak en l

p ac e

to raise a fi tting memo r ial i n h is h o no ur .

T he fo r m wh ich th is me mo r ial i s to tak e has

bee n appro ved o f by a l arge n umber o f the late
Dr B urn ett s frien ds an d patien ts who hav e ge n er
.
’

o us l co n tr i b uted to the fun d ; b ut i t i s fe l t th at

y
man y mo re wo uld li k e to ass is t i f the d es i gn an d
the effo rts alread y mad e to war d s ca rryi n g i t o ut

were bro ught to t eh ir k n o wle dge .

T he fo ll o wi n g pages wi ll gi v e th is in forma tio n .

T h e fo rm o f the me moria l d ec i d ed upon i s the

fo un din g o f a pro fessors hi p i n con nec ti o n wi th
the B r itis h H o moeo pathic Ass ociatio n recen tly
es tab l is h e d
“
fo r the ex te n s io n an d d e v elo p men t
o f H o moeo ath
p y i n G rea t B r i tain T h e c h ai r
.
”

whic h wi ll carry the n ame o f Dr B urne tt wi ll .

in

6
W PR EF A C E

be d ev o ted to the teachi n g o f H OMCE OPA TH I C

PRACTI CE It was as an o ri ginal an d reso urce ful
.

PR A CT I T I ON E R o f the H o moeo a th ic A r t th at D r
p .

B ur n ett was pr e emin e n tly dis tin guis h ed an d i t i s

-

fe l t th at to es ta blis h a c hai r d e v o te d to the i n s tr uc

tio n o f s tud en ts in th is mos t es s en ti al d epartme n t
o f th e H eal in g A r t wo ul d form a l i vi n g me morial
i n h is h o n o ur, an d a t the same ti me s pread a br o ad
the fr uits o f h is o ri gi n al l a bo urs .

R ea ders o f this vo lume ar e i n vi ted to assis t this

mo v emen t by s end in g co n tr i b ution s to the H onorar y
Secre tar y o f the B urn ett F un d, Mrs H elen C larke .
,

0 C lar es S treet W o r to M r Fre d eric k Ki n g

3 , g ,
. .
,

S ecr etary o f the Britis h Ho moeo pathic A sso ciatio n ,

Regen t Ho use Regen t S tr ee t W markin g th ei r

, ,
.
,

co n tr i b utions B ur n ett F un d A n y pro fi ts acc r u

.
”

i n g fro m the sal e o f th is vo l ume wi ll be d evo te d to

th e same u
p p
r os e .

I n ci den tally this broc h ure wi l l serv e a thir d

u r Th e r e is n o ho mmo pa thi c wri ter wh os e
p p os e.

clin ical wo r k is mo re frequen tly quo te d at the

e n t da th an i s th at o f D r B ur ne tt d th r
p r es y an
. e e

i s no n e whos e i n fluenc e i s mo re con s tan tly vis i b l e

i n the wri ti ngs o f o th ers But wh i ls t this i s the
.

c as e th er e a r e man wh o h av e n o t c l ear l
, y y ap p r o

h e n d ed the wo rking o f Dr B urn e tt s min d an d

.
’
,

many who h ave fai l e d to mas ter the me th o d s by

wh ich he Ob taine d h i s en ds By mean s o f the data
.

giv en i n the fo ll o win g s ke tc h med ical me n wi ll I ,

 PR EF A C E

t h in k be a ble to put the mse lves in Dr B urnett s

,
.
’

s tan d o in t a n d to wo rk o ut fo r th e ms el
p v es p r o b l e m s

s uc h as thos e he so lv e d Studen ts o f Dr B urn ett s ’

. .

wr i tin gs — an d ev e r me dica l man an d ev ery me d ical

y
s tud en t o ugh t to s tud th em — w i ll fi n d i n th is
y
vo lume a key to simpl i fy their s tudies .

I n co mpilin g the bio graph ica l portion o f th is

v o lume ad vantage has been ta k en Of the Obi tuary
,

n o tice o f D r B ur n e tt wh ich a d in t h e H amazo

.
pp ear e

p a thi c W or l
d o f M a
y 91 0 1,
an d a c k n o w l e d g m en t

i s due to the publis h ers p f that j o urn a l fo r permis

s io n to us e the
p l ate fo r th e fro n tis pi ec e w h i c
,
h
g iv es o n e Of the mos t c haracteris tic portraits o f D r .

B ur n e tt we posses s I t is taken fro m a pho to graph

.

by B assano .

J . H C . .

D ecember ,

PS —It would
. ight to pass wi thout men
n o t be r

tio n the r ecent l amen te d d ea th o f D r B urnett s ’

.

greates t friend D r Ro bert Tho mas Coo per whic h

, .
,

o cc ur r e d o n S e te mb e t 1
p 4 r o
g g
—
,
less th an two

y e
ars an d fi v e m o n th s f ter t haat o f D r B urn e tt. .

Th ey were a n o ble pai r o f b ro thers geni uses -

bo th an d therape utis ts o f the hi ghes t ord er

,
.

Thes e two great prac titio ners he l d a kin d o f

mutu l th erape utic ex ch an ge i n wh ich the i deas o f
a ,

eac h were s pe ed i l u t t o pr ac ti enl tes t an d c o r

yp ,

r ec te d o r re ec te d i f th e l d o s tan d the tes t

j y fa i e t ,

o r perman e n tl y es ta b l is h e d i n d ai l y use i f th ey gav e

fl PR EF A C E

i c ry res ponse
s at s fa to . A clos e in timacy Of many
d rati on w r d l b r o ke n w h en D r
’

y ea rs u as u e
y .

Bur nett pass ed away T he s ho c k o f the se paratio n

.

well nigh o v erwh e l me d D r C oo per at th e ti me

- .
,

an d he ne v er c eas e d to fe e l i t un ti l the ti me came

fo r th eir re un io n
.
 C O N T E N TS

Pa e r Ac z

PA R T I .
—B I OGR A PH I C A L .

C HA PT I R

I . E A RL Y LI F E AN D G BN E AOL OGY

II . H ow D R . BU R N E T T BE CA M E A H OMCB OPATH

III . DR . Bua n s r r ' ’

s E D r r oa s n rp or Té e H ome o
p W or l
d atbze
’

I V D R Bua n a r r s Boo k s ' ’

. .

D R BU R N E TT S H E R OE S
’
.

V I D R BU RN E TT A s FA n uE n
. .

V II L As r DAYS
.
'

V III SOM E N OTE S o r A PPR E C IATI ON

.

PA R T II .
—C R I T I CA L .

Da . BU RN E TT S M E THODS
’
or WOR K
II I L L U STRATION S
.

III C o uc w sro n
.
v iii C ON T E N TS

PA R T III . TH E B U R N E TT M E M OR I A L .

CH A PT E R

I . H I S T O RI C A L

II . TH E S to n v
'
OF A SI LVE R SA L E

III . h er or D ON ATI ON S
 CHAPTE R I

E A RL Y L IF E AN D G E N E A L OG Y

No o ne who ever came in ntact with Dr

co .

Bur nett co uld fail to be impres sed wi th the

fact that he was in the pres ence o f an un
co mmo nly p otent per s o nality Po ss es s ed o f .

a r are i ns ight int o the realities o f li fe an d ,

of a lar geness o f hear t that extended a

wo rldwide char ity to all human inter es ts ,

Dr Burnett was never deluded by the

.

aflectati o n s an d c o nventi o n alities o f m o dern

'

s o ciety o r o f the ac ademie s Whils t m o s t

.

medical men o nly s ee what they have been

to ld to l oo k fo r an d s ee it o nly in the
,

light the y h ave been to ld to see it in Dr , .

Burnett was able to thrus t as ide all the

academic s caffo lding ( s o to s pe ak ) o f kn o w

3
 L IFE OF D R BURNE TT
.

ledge an d use h i s o wn faculties to o btain hi s

,

in fo rmatio n fro m N ature at firs t hand It .

was thi s independence an d o riginality which

gave him his unique power o ver co mpli
cated pr o blem s an d which made h i s patients
,

feel that here was a man wh o was n ot co n

tent to fo rm o pini o ns o nly b ut who really
,

knew .

It i s s o metimes n o t witho ut interes t to

trace the heredit y of talent an d s o me may ,

s ee in the geneal o gy o f Dr Burnett the .

s o urce whence h i s o wn ment al vig o ur was

derived James Co mpto n Bur nett des cended

.

fr o m an o ld Sco tch family the yo unger ,

bran ch o f which came s outh A no table .

member o f thi s branch was Gilbert Burnet ,

Bis ho p o f Sali s bury a well kn o wn writer o f

,
-

eccles ias tical hi s t o ry who fl o uri s hed fro m

1 64
3 to 1 71
5 F. ro m him J ames C o mpt o n

directly des cended .

The n ame C o mpto n was taken abo ut the

year 1 770 o n the marri age o f James s grand
,
’

father with a Mi s s Co mpt o n o f Ha mps hire ,

a l ady o f l arge fo rt une at wh os e des ire the

,
 E A RLY L IFE AND GE N E A LO GY 5

a dditi o n was made Ther e were s everal s o ns

.

o f thi s m arri age o n e o f wh o m

, Charles by ,

n ame marri ed a Mi ss Sar ah Wilso n an d

, ,

James Co mpto n B urnett was their s o n On .

July 2 0 1 8 4 0 he firs t saw the light H i s

, ,
.

birthpl ace was Redlynch near Sali s bury hi s , ,

father being a c o ns ider able l an d o wner in the

neighbourho od .

James was a dark eyed dreamy bo y who -

,

gr ew r apidly perhaps m o re rapidly than was

,

co ns o nant with s trength o f c o nstituti o n B y .

the age o f twenty o n e he had attained the s ize

-

an d weight which he afterwards alw ay s m ain

tai n ed — bo th being much ab ove the average .

B ro ught up in the c o un tr y in early li fe he ,

was left much to hi s o wn devices an d was ,

always th o ught ful bey o nd h i s ye ars He had .

an o rdin ary E ngli s h ed ucati o n until he

reached the age o f s ixteen when he was s ent ,

to s choo l in F r ance where he remained fo r a

,

term o f abo ut three years After thi s he .

travelled for s everal years principally o n the ,

Co ntinent s tudying philo lo gy the l o ve o f

, ,

which in him amo unted almos t to a pass i o n .

 L IF E OF D R BURN E TT
.

At o n e time he even had s eri o us tho ughts o f

dev o ting hi s li fe to th at s t udy . The effect
o f thi s i s s een in the vivid l i terary s tyle o f

which he was mas ter H i s unerri n g percep

.

ti o n o f the v al ue o f words i s o n e o f the

man y charms which make hi s b o o ks n o less
delight ful reading than they ar e ins tructive
an d ins piring . But neither wo rd s n o r the
s t udy o f wo rd s c o u ld l o ng s ufii ce to abs o rb
the energies o f the yo ung Burnett an d he ,

fi n ally decided to make medicine h is p r o

fes s i o n
. He c o mmenced hi s s t udies in the
great medical s cho o l o f Vienna being ,

tho ro ughly at ho me with the German

to ngue Anato m y was the s ubject which
.

fas cin ated him m o s t an d he devo ted to thi s

,

s cience two e ars mo re o f hi s time th an the

y
o rdin ary c urric ul um dem anded He pre
.

pared m any val uable s pecimens fo r hi s

pro fes s o rs d uring th at term an d mo s t ,

o f thes e ar e n o w pre s erved in the Path o

l ogical M us e um o f Vienna It was d o ubt

.

les s this l o ng co urs e o f s t udy t ogether with

,

hi s o wn great p o wers o f percepti o n which ,

 E A RLY L IF E A N D GE N E A LO GY 7

enabled him in after li fe to di agn os e co mpli

cated c as e s o f di seas e with alm os t abso l ute

certainty .

Having t aken the Vienna M B in 1 8 69 . .

,

he entered Glas g o w Univers ity an d s tudied

there until in 1 8 72 he t o o k the M B o f that . .

Univers ity .

Pass ing thro ugh a brilli ant examinati o n in

anat o my ,
las ti n g o n e ho ur an d a hal f ,

the pro fess o r s hoo k hands with him s aying ,

that he had never examined a s t udent with

s o brilli ant an d tho r o ugh a kn o wledge o f

an at o my . After taking the Glas go w M B Dr . .

, .

B ur nett s aw s o mething o f ho s pital practice ,

an d as was always the c as e with him where

, ,

ever he might be he c o uld n o t res t co n tent

,

with o rdinary methods an d the res ult s o f the

,

r o utine he fo und aro und him It was then

.

that he became acq uainted with ho moeo pathy ,

an d determined to tes t i ts merits The s ame

.

pro fess o r who had co ngrat ulated him o n hi s

an at o my examin ati o n , o n hear ing l ater t h at
’

he had decided to beco me a ho moeo path ,

entreated him to alter hi s mind sayi ng he ,

8 L IF E OF D R BURN E TT .

was co nv i nced th at he wo uld reap all

ho n o urs in the medical wo rld an d that he ,

was thr o wing h i s li fe away He repl y was .

,

that he c o uld n o t buy wo rldly h o n o urs at

”
the co s t o f hi s c o ns cience an d he c o ntinued ,

to fight the go od fight o f h o m oeo p athy to the

las t day o f hi s li fe .

Dr Burnett did n o t take hi s M D degree

. . .

till 1 8 76 fo ur ye ars after grad uating M E

, . .

The re as o n was thi s It i s req uired o f c andi

dates fo r the M D degree that they s hall
. .

have been in practice two years after t aking

the M B an d s hall s end in a thes i s o n s o me
. .
,

medical t opic Dr Burnett chos e fo r the

. .

”
s ubject o f h i s thes i s S peci fi c Ther apeutics
“
.
,

The ho moeo pathic fl avo ur o f thi s thes i s was

to o s tr o ng fo r the ex aminers an d they ,

rejected it in s pite o f i ts merits After .

w aiting a year o r two Dr B urnett s ent in a ,

.

s ec o nd the s i s which av o ided s uch danger o us

,

gro und an d thi s was dul y accepted

, .

The cause o f B urnett s di s s atis facti o n with ’

all o p athy an d hi s co nvers i o n to ho m oeo p athy

ar e rel ated in Reaso n N o 1 o f his F z

fyt .
 CHAPT E R II

HO W DR . BURN E TT E AME A
B C H O M CE O PA T H

IN the previ o us chapter I have s o ught to

p ortray B urnett the s t udent an d the man .

The his to ry o f Burnett the phys ici an i s writ

large in the lives o f tho usands who o we
health res tored o r health impro ved to hi s
geni us ; an d in the preci o us clinical reco rd
o f hi s p ubli s hed w o rks Of thes e wo rks the
.

or bei n a H omo / lre dy

F ifty R ea s on s f g e o at
p z a a ,

all uded to i s o n e o f the be s t kn o wn

, No .

better pro pagandis t bo o klet was ever pub

lis hed ; an d it i s at the s ame time crammed
with invaluable clinic al matter A s Reas o n
No 1 . an d Reas o n N o 2 ar e bo th in a
.

me as ure auto bi o graphical I will trans cribe

,

them . Dr Burnett was pr ovo ked to write

.

10
H OW H E BE CAM E A H OM CE O PA T H 1 1

this wo rk by s o me remar ks made by a yo ung

all o p athic medic al man w ho had been as ked ,

unkn o wn to him to meet him at dinner at

,

the ho us e o f a patient o f Dr B urnett s ’

.

Over the walnuts an d the wine di s c uss i o n

waxed s o mewhat warm an d the wh ole bo dy o f
ho me o paths were s tigmatis ed as quacks by
thi s yo un g medical pers o n th o ugh he co n ,

des cendingly exempted present co mp any

fr o m th e s tigma Precisely . replied ,

Burnett ,the o ld o ld s to ry o f abus e an d

,

s l an der of the abs ent b ut n o r eas on ,

.

Why he added I could give fifty reas o ns

,
”

for be ing a ho me o path that i f n o t s ingly at

, ,

”
le as t co lle ctively wo uld c o nvince a s to ne
, .

The all o path challenged B urnett to prod uce

the fifty reas o ns which he did i n due co urs e
, .

Here ar e the fir s t two Reas o ns

R eas on tb e F i r st.

D EAR —
D O C T OR A n umber o f years ag o
, ,

on a d ull dreary aftern oo n which I had

, ,

partly o ccupied at B H os pit al with .

writi ng death certi ficates I s uddenly ros e an d ,

1 2 L IF E OF D R B URN E TT
.

felt so mething co me o ver me fo r the fi ftieth

,

time at that peri o d I h ardly knew what

.
,

b ut it gre w ess enti ally o ut o f my un s ati s fac

t o ry clinic al res ults I had been an e n thu
.

s i as ti c s t udent o f medicine o rigin all y b ut an ,

arr antl s ceptic pr o fe ss o r q uite kn o cked the

y
bo tt o m o ut o f all my faith in phys ic an d ,

o verm uch ho s pit al wo rk an d re s p o n s ibilities ,

grave beyo nd my age an d experience ,

h ad s q ueezed a go o d deal o f the enthus i as m

o ut o f me . After p acing up an d do wn the
s urgery I threw my s el f b ack int o my chair
,

an d dre amily th o ught mys elf b ack to the

green fields an d the earl y birds nes ting an d -

fis hing d ays o f my childh o o d J us t then a

.

c o rps e was carried b y the s urgery windo w ,

a n d I t urned to the o l d di s pen s er an d i n ,

quired in a petul ant t o ne Tim who s that, ,

’

dead n o w! L ittle Ge o rgie s i r , .

”

N o w little Ge o rgie was a wai f who b e

lo nged to no bo dy an d we had liked him an d
,

h ad kept him abo ut in o dd bed s as o n e ,

might keep a pet animal E verybo dy liked

.

little Geo rgie the mos t hardened o ld p auper

H OW H E B E C A ME A H O M CE O PA T H 1
3

wo uld do him a goo d turn an d n o o n e was ,

ever mo re tr ul y regretted than he .

It all c ame abo ut in thi s way On e day I

wanted a bed fo r an ac ute c as e an d I o rdered ,

little Geo rgie o ut o f hi s bed in a warm s n ug ,

co rner to ano ther that was in fro nt o f a co ld

,

windo w ; he went to it caught co ld had , ,

pleuris y an d Tim s reply gi ves the res ult

,
’
.

Said I to my s el f : If I c o uld o nly have

s to pped the initi al fever that fo ll o wed the

chill by the wind o w Ge o rge had pro bably

,

lived . But three medic al men bes ides my

s el f h ad tre ated Ge o rgie — all i n uni s o n — an d

al l ho s pit al men s till ple uri s y fo llo wed the

febricul a dro ps y fo ll owed the p leuri s y an d

, ,

po o r little Ge o rgie died Old Tim was a .

hardened man an d I never s awhim s ho w an y

,

feeling o r s entiment o f an y kind o r regret at ,

anyb ody s death b ut I verily believe he was

’

very near drop ping j us t o n e wee tear o ver

Ge o rgie s memo ry fo r I n o ticed that h i s
’

attenti o n was needless ly an d unwo ntedly

fixed o n the s ur face o f the bo ttles he was
was hing Be that as it may Geo rgie was n o
.
,
I4 LIFE OF D R BURN E TT .

mo re an d I F E L T SU R E T H A T H E N EE D N OT
,

H AV E DIE D an d thi s
, c o ns ci o us ness nearly
pres s ed me d o wn int o the ear th .

That evening a medical friend fro m the

Ro yal In fi rm ary t urned up to dinner with
me an d I to ld him o f my tr o uble an d o f my
, ,

half determinati o n to go to America an d turn

farmer at leas t I s ho uld be able to lead a
who les o me nat ural li fe
, .

He pers uaded me to s tudy home o pathy

fi rs t an d re fute it o r i f apparently true to
, , , ,

try it in the hos pit al .

After many do ubts an d fears very much —

as i f I were c o ntemplating a crime I —
pro cur ed H ughes s Pbar maeody nami es an d
’

Ther ap euti cs which my friend s ai d were a

,

goo d introd ucti o n to ho me o pathy .

I mas tered their main po ints in a wee k o r

two an d came fro m a c o n s ider ati o n o f thes e
,

to the c o ncl us i o n either that h o me o pathy was

a very grand thing i ndeed o r thi s Dr

, ,
.

Hughes mus t be a very big N o the ,

word i s unparliamentar y Yo u do n t like the .

’

wo rd Well I do it express es my
,
H OW H E B E CA M E A H o Me o PA T H 1 5

meaning to a T On s uch an impo rtant

s ubject there i s fo r me n o middle wa it
y
mus t be either good clear Go d s truth o r
,
’

black lying A foo l the man co uld n o t

.

po s s ibly be s ince it wo uld be quite i m

,

po s s ible fo r a fo o l to wr ite the bo o ks And.

as he s eemed to s pe ak s o el o uently fr o m a
q
no ble s pirit it li fted me right o ut o f the
,

s l o ugh o f de s p o nd — fo r a little while b ut

,

then came a reacti o n had I n o t o ften tried

v aunted s peci fics an d plans o f treatment an d ,

been direfully di s app o inted ! S o my o ld

s keps i s t oo k po s s es s i o n o f me . What ,

s aid I can s uch things be ! No ,

impos s ible . I had been nurtured in the

s cho o l s an d had there be en t aught by g o o d
,

men an d true that ho me op athy was thera

peuti e N ihi li s m N o I c o uld n ot be a
.
,

ho me o path I wo uld try the thing at the

beds ide pro ve it to be a lying s ham an d
, ,
,

e xpo s e it to an admi r ing pro fess i o n

I was full o f febricul a o n acc o unt o f
Geo rgie s fate s o s t udied th e s ay o f the
’

home o paths thereo n an d found that they

,
1 6 L IF E OF D R BURN E TT .

claimed to h o rt Si mple fever with

cut s

Aeon i te . Ah th o ught I i f that be true

, , ,

Aeoni te wo uld have s aved little Geo rgie i f ,

given in time at the very o ns et .

Well feve r i s h c olds an d chills were

,

c o mmo n en o ugh j us t then an d I had mo re , ,

o ver ,
a ward whe r e children th us t aken ill

were put till their di s eas es had declared

themselves an d then they were drafted o ff
,

to the vari o us wards fo r th at purpo s e ,

provided with pne umo ni a pleuri s y rheu

, , ,

matis m gas triti s meas les as the c as e

, , ,

might be .

I had s o me o f F lemin g s Ti netn r e of ’

Aeon i te in my s urgery an d o f thi s I p ut a

,

few dr o ps into a l arge bo ttle o f water an d

gave it to the nurs e o f s aid children s ’

ward with ins tructio ns to adminis ter it to

,

al l the cas e s o n the o n e s ide o f the ward

as s o o n as they were br o ught in Thos e o n .

the o ther s ide were n o t to have the A eon i te

s o l uti o n b ut were to be tre ated in th e
,

auth o ri s ed o rtho d o x wa as was thereto fo re

y ,

cus to mary At my next mo r ning vis it I

.
1 8 L I FE OF D R BURN E TT .

I had to ld the nurs e no thing abo ut the

c o ntents o f my big b o ttle but s he s o o n ,

’ ”
baptized it Dr B urnett s F ever Bo ttle
. .

F o r a little while I was s imply dum

fo unded an d I S pent much o f my night s
,

s t udyi n g h o m e o p athy ; I had n o time during

the day .

On e day I was un able to go my us ual

ro unds thro ugh the wards — i n fact I thi n k ,

I was abse nt two d ays fro m Sat urday to ,

Tues day— an d o n entering the s aid child r en s ’

ward the next time in the early mo rning the ,

nurs e s eemed rather q uiet an d in fo rmed me , ,

with a certain fo rced duti fulness th at all the ,

cas es might s he tho ught be dis miss ed

, , .

”
“
Indeed I s aid
,
ho w s th at
,
’

Well D octo r as yo u did n o t co me

, ,

ro und o n Sunday an d yes terday I g ave yo ur ,

fever medicine to them all; an d indeed I , ,

h ad n o t the heart to se e yo u go o n with

yo ur cruel experiments an y l o nger ; yo u ar e
like all the yo ung do ct o rs that c o me here
”
o u ar e o nly trying experiments !
y
I merely s aid Very well nurs e give the
“
, ,
HOW H E B E C A ME A H o Me o PA T H 1 9

medici n e in future to all that co me in .

Thi s was d o ne till I left the place an d the ,

res ult o f thi s A ooni te medic ati o n fo r chills

-

an d febric ul a was un us ually r apid defer v e

s cen ce , fo llo wed by co n vales en ce But when .

the s to mach was much i n vo lved I at times ,

fo und the A eon i te us eles s unles s vo miting ,

o cc urred ; an d s o in s uch cases I admi n i

, ,

s te r e d a mild emetic where up o n de ferves cence

,

at o nce se t in an d th o ugh a h o me o path n o w

,

fo r a goo d man y years I s til l think a mild ,

emetic the right treatment when the s to mach

i s l aden an d cann o t unb urden its elf b y n at ural
v o mit .

But s till thi s i s o nly by the way I enter

int o allthes e preliminary incident al an d co n ,

co mit ant circ ums tances merel y to put yo u o n

the same ground whereo n I mys elf s t and
they ar e n o t es s enti al fo r the y o nly lead to
,

this : Aconi tum i n f ebr i cula rims a nd i s my , ,

fi r s t r ea s on
f or bei ng a b omeeopa tlz .

Have yo u as goo d a reas o n fo r bei n g a

regular
 L IF E OF D R BURN E TT .

Iy S econ d R ea s on
JV
w
.

AH my g o o d fello w I th o ught yo u o uld

,

sa th at yo u al s o use A eon i te fo r fever an d

y ,

that therefo re it i s n o t necess arily ho me o

, ,

pathy But do yo u n o t kno w o f a certain

.

F rench gentleman who s po ke pr o s e all hi s li fe

witho ut kn o wing it
A man that gives Aeon i te fo r febricula i s a
ho me o path ma lg r é ln i But to my s eco nd .

reas o n .

When I was a lad I had pleuris y o f the left

s ide an d with the help o f a vi l
, ,
l age apo the
c ary an d half a hogs head o f mixture nearl y
- -
,

died tho ugh n o t quite F ro m th at time o n I

, .

had a d ull uneas y s en s ati o n in my s ide abo ut

, ,

which I co ns ulted many eminent phys ici an s in

vari o us parts o f E uro pe b ut n o o n e co uld ,

help me All agreed that it was an o ld

.

adhes ive s o mething between the vi s ceral an d

cos tal layers o f the ple ura but no one of my ,

ma ny emi n ent a dv i s er s could car e i t And yet .

my faith in them was big eno ugh to remo ve

mo untains s o faith as a remedy did n o
go o d .
H OW H E B E CAM E A H O MCE O PAT H 2 1

When rthod o x medicine pro ved un

o

helpful I went to the hydro paths ( they were

,

called q uacks then !) an d had it ho t an d ,

co ld an d lo ng ; but they als o did me n o

,

goo d Packs c o ld an d the revers e ; co ld

.
,

co mpres s es wo rn fo r mo nths together ;

s lee ping in wet s heet s ; n o end o f s weatings

u s an —
T rki h d Russ ian all left my o ld ple u
titi e tro uble i n s ta tu n o a n t
e
g .

The grape cure the bread an d wine cur e ,

did n o better N o r did diet an d change help

.

me .

Ho wever when I was s tudying what the

,

peculiar peo ple called ho me o paths have to

, ,

sa ab o ut their B ry on i a a lb an d i ts afli n i ty
y a ,

fo r s ero us membranes I What ! , ,

abus ed them an d c alled them q uacks No

I b o ught s o me B ry on i a a lba an d t o ok it ,

as they rec o mmend an d in a fo rtnight my,

s ide was well an d h as never tr o ubled me

,

s ince !

There friend i s my s eco nd reas o n fo r

, ,

being a ho me o path an d when I ceas e to be ,

grateful to dear o ld H ahnemann fo r hi s

22 L IF E OF D R BURN E TT .

may my
'

B ry on za , ol
pleural tro uble ret urn
d
to r emind me o f the truth o f hi s teaching .

What yo u an d the wo rld in general may

think o f it I care n o t o n e s traw : I s peak well
o f the bridge th at c arried me o ver .

F o r my part I m ake b ut o n e dem and o f

medicine an d o n e o nly viz : tb a ti t s ha ll cur e!
, , .

The pathy that will cure i s the pathy fo r me .

F o r o f yo ur faires t pathy I can b ut s a y

What car e I ho w fai r s h e b e,

If she b e n o t fai r to me P
 CHAPT E R III

’
DR . B uR N E T T s E D IT O RS H I P OF TH E

H O M CE O PA T H I C WOR L D

TH E F if t
y R ea s ons fr o m which the
bo ve a

i s taken was p ubli s hed in I 8 8 8 b ut the

incidents reco rded re fer to the early part Of
’
D r B urnett s c areer as a practiti o ner the d ates
.
,

being i n the earl y s eve n ties B urnett was .

never the man to let a practic al tr uth lie idle .

There ar e plent y o f pe o ple in the wo rld ,

an d es peci ally in the medic al w o rld wh o ar e ,

read y to ackn o wledge the truth an d beauty o f

a new ide a b ut ar e q uite c o ntent to re s t wi th
,

the ackno wledgment They will frame it

.

hands o mely an d l o ck it up in a beauti ful

cabinet an d wo rs hip it ; b ut they will n o t
,

r un an
y r i s ks by p utting it to the tes t Of
2 3
24 L IFE OF DR . B UR NE TT

practice N o t s o B urnett N O o n e s o q uick

. .

as he to gr as p a truth in i ts practical bearing s ,

an d n o o n e s o q uick to di s cern h o w to ut it
p
to pro fi t able us e .

Thus it came abo ut that within a fewyears

Of h i s entering h o m e o p athy he had wo n a

pro minent place am o ng i ts leading prae

ti ti o n er s an d in 1 8 79 was ch o s en to edit o n e
,

Of i ts repres entative j o urnal s .

And it s ho uld be bo rne in mind that Dr .

Burnett was n o mere s tudent l addie when he

to o k hi s firs t Briti s h degree He was a man .

Of wide c ult ure an d expe rience a n d in h i s ,

thirty third year He had already t aken the

- .

M D Of Vienna when he was twenty nine

. .
,
- .

S O that he was able to bring a r ip e j udg me n t

to be ar o n h i s wo rk fr o m the o ut s et .

In the mo n th Of Augus t 1 8 79 Dr , , .

S h uldham who had three years be fo re s uc

,

ceede d D r Ruddo ck retired fro m the edit o r

.
,

s hip Of the H o me o pathic Wo rld then in ,

”

i ts fo urteenth vo l ume in favo ur Of Dr , .

Burnett Dr B ur nett was already favo ur

. .

ably kn o wn by h i s highly o rigin al wo rks o n

2 6 L I FE OF D R B URNE TT
.

an d thus s ubs e r ve o ur great Object—

viz to .
,

s pre ad a kn o wledge Or H o m e o p athy far an d

wide .

F o r us Ho me o pathy mean s the law Of

S i mi li a i n therapeutics Thi s i s the o n e
.

bo nd that will bind to gether the writers in ,

an d the read ers o f the H oma op a t

, lzi e Wor ld
thi s o nly i s o ur cardinal do ctrine All tho s e
.

who ho ld that d o ctrine O P E N L Y ar e with us ,

an d we with them The crypto ho me o

.
—
paths we des pi s e ; the ho nes t haters o f
H o me o path y we may at leas t res pect But .

we canno t res pect the me an men th at have

crawled i n to pro fes s i o n al chairs with the ai d
o f p url o ined p o rti o n s o f the h o m e o pathic

M a ter i a M edi oa an d s imult ane o us abj urati o n s

thereo f Thes e creeping thi n gs ins pire dis
.

g us t .

F o r us H ahnemann i s a bles s ed ben e facto r

o f o ur race a s tar Of the fi rs t magnit ude in
,

s cienti fi c medicine ; we l o ve a n d h o n o ur hi s

name in deed we will l o ve an d ho n o ur it in

,

wo rd let it ple as e o r di s pleas e who ms o ever

, .

While S i mi lia s i mi li bus cur a ntur i s thus

E DIT S “
H OMCE O PAT H IC WORL D 2 7

o ur o n e car dinal do ctrine we do n o t co ns ider

,

that all medicine was a blank be fo re Hahne

mann tho ught it o ut an d wo rked it o ut o r ,

that all medical progres s was interred with

,
—
h i m ; fo r us it i s neither the i n all n o r the ,

b e all n o r the end all Of pr actic al medicine

-
,
-

-
i t i s the truth b ut it i s n o t all the tr uth
,
.

We ar e n o t believers in autho rity hence

we do n o t accept Ho me o pathy o n the ip s e
di x i t o f i ts fo under Hah n em ann an d a
, , ,

f or t i or i we
, d o n o t pr o p os e to as k an
y o n e

to accept it o n o ur s b ut o n the evidence o f

,

s cienti fi c experiment : it i s tr ue n o t bec a us e ,

he s aid s o but bec aus e s uch experiment

,

pro ves it to be true We s hall ho pe to .

fill o ur pages m ainly with m ateri al tending

to s uch e x pe r imental pr o o f .

S o als o o f the H ahne manni an d o ctrine o f

drug dynami s ati o n it i s true n o t becaus e ,

the mas ter taught it b ut becaus e ex per i ,

ment demo ns trates it We do n o t pro pos e

.

to weary o ur s elves o r o ther s with s uppos ed

explanati o ns o f this d o ctrine ; we do n o t

pro fes s to under s tand it b ut the fact i s ,
2 8 L I F E OF D R BURN E TT
.

demo ns trably there an d we accept it as s uch

, .

We pro pos e to bring fro m time to time as

, ,

much experimental pro o f Of the exis tence o f

thi s fact as we may be able N o t h o wever .
, ,

as an a olo i a o domo o r fr o m the s t and

p g p r ,

po int Of the already c o nvinced b ut merely as ,

s o m any e X er i men tal fact s

p .

We s hall try to keep c o ns tantly before us

th at theo ries an d hypo thes es ar e the curs e o f
o ur ar t an d the b o nd s an d fetter s th at make
,

free minds s laves .

Inas much as we have s atis fied o urs elves Of

the truth o f the do ctrine o f drug dyn amis ati o n ,

it fo llo ws that we believe in the e ffi cacy Of

the s mall dos e an d o f the in fi nites imal d os e .

But we als o believe in that o f the l arge d ose

an d o f the medi um cl o s e ; the acti o n s Of the

diff erent d o s es Of the s ame drugs wo uld ,

ho wever appear to be n o t always identical

, .

This i s a great ques ti o n an d lies as the

,

underwo rk Of a great b uilding that i s to be

we can o nly h o pe to help to bring up a few
bri cks . The great architects an d builder s
ar e few an d far between .
E D IT S “
H OM CE OPA T H IC WORL D 2 9

H ahn eman n trip artite patho log y i s a s ub

’
s

j cet that we have n o t yet been able to

appreci ate ps o ra s yphili s an d s yc o s i s we
, , ,

indeed see every day b ut o nly thro ugh a

, ,

glas s dark ly— L a in a H ahn eman n i c s en s e

, .

Sti ll we have hereto fo re co ns tantly fo und him

right where we have bee n able to tes t him .

The epidemic geni us o f di s eas e c o ns titutes ,

we think an almo s t t o tally neglected branch

,

o f practical medicine we s ho uld be s pe ci ally

p leas ed to s ee e ar nes t wo rkers in this great
field an d c o ntributi o ns o n thi s s ubject wo uld
,

be very welc o me .We s hall never cur e

fever s un til we kn o w m o re ab o ut the epi
demic co ns tit uti o ns o f dis eas e .

We do n o t pro pos e to o cc upy too much

s pace o n mere co ntro vers y o n weari s o me
,

barr en s ubjects s uch as the n ame o f the

s cho o l that s plit us up int o petty cliq ues
an d facti o n s s til l a due di s c us s i o n O f al
l
q ues ti o ns Of interes t will be aimed at .

The H omoeop a thi c Wor ld will c o n tin ue to

be for the peo ple an d fo r the pro fes s i o n we
have yet to learn that j udgment an d intel
3o L I FE OF D R . BURN E TT
li ge n ce res ide either peculiarl y o r excl us ivel y
with the o n e o r the o ther It will als o
c o ntin ue to be excl us ivel y a ho me o pathic
publicati o n nevertheles s we will willingl y
,

o pen o ur pages to all thos e r ea l tr uth

se ekers who ma h ave s ati s fied themse lves
y
experimentally an d who may he there fo re
, , ,

des iro us Of pro ving either the s upe ri o rity

Of A llo pathy of an o ther p ath y
or , y ,

the fals eness o f Ho me o pathy in part o r

who ll y o r the fals enes s Of the do ctrine Of
,

dr ug d ynami satio n or the unreliability Of the

-
,

in finites imal d os e .

We do n o t mean mere s ubjecti ve o pini o ns

clo thed in the ro bes Of s uperlative s apience
an d do gmatis m an d clo aked in ps eud o
,

s ci e n ti fi c verbi age b ut act ual e x periment

,
.

Als o o nly o n e q ues ti o n at a time

, .

Prej udice igno rance autho rity a p r i or i

, , ,

tall talk we will leave as fi t fo o d fo r the

,

perenni al babes o f the L ancet et lzoc g en us ,

omne tho s e who never att ai n mental

maj o rity wo uld get as tray witho ut the apro n
s trings Of M r s L ancet . .
E DIT S “
H OMCE O PA T H IC WO RL D 3:

Thos e who can bear a little s tro nger fo o d ,

duly an d s p i cedly prepared to s uit depraved

appetites ma s t udy a new kind o f ev o l uti o n
, y
—
in the crypto ho me o pathic Pr acti ti oner where ,

in po r ti o ns o f o ur OL D literature ar e being
cauti o us ly s ilentl y an d tacitly evo lved o ut
, ,

Of the tenebro us depth s o f the h o me o p athic

writings o f the pas t fi fty years b ut very

,

j udici o us ly mi xed with Old s tubble an d chaff

to avo id detecti o n .

In the Pr acti ti on er o n e may als o o cca

ly meet with an Old ho me o path o r two
s i o n al

trying to palm Off Old co ins fo r new 0 .

a si
s a nct mpli ci ta s
It may als o be n o t amis s to s ay a friendl y
wo rd o r two to thos e o f o ur pro fes s i o n al
f
con r er es w,
h o fr o m time to time m a
y feel
di s pos ed to co mpl ain that man y articles
appe aring in thi s o urn al ar e to o s imple an d
J
untechnic al an d te ach tlzem n o thing o r that
, ,

the edito ri al s ci s s o rs ar e to o s harp an d that

,

there i s to o little o riginal m atter o r that ,

the edito r airs his o wn peculi ar views to o

o ften 8 cc
, .
32 LIF E OF D R
. B UR NE TT

I .This Jo urnal i s als o an d principall y

fo r the intelligent p ublic having fo r i ts prime
,

o bject the di s s emin ati o n o f a kn o wledge o f

H o m e o pathy amo ngs t them ; i ts o bject i s

n o t to furni s h a m o n thly d o mes tic ph s ici an
y ,

b ut to teach as ma ny a s p os s i ble wh at
Ho me o p athy re all y i s We believe pr o
.

fe ss i o n al an d pro fes s ed h o me o path s ar e the

cus to di ans o f a great an d impo rtant medical
tr uth that the wo rld in gener al an d the ,

medi cal pro fes s i o n in partic ul ar ar e as yet

,

incap able Of appreci ating .

We maint ain th at thos e who percei v e the

truth ar e in h o n o ur bo und to proclaim it ,

an d n o t withh o ld it as cr afty m s tery l o ving -

y,

pries ts .

2 .The furnis hing o f o riginal matter lies

largely with yo u s uppo rt us with yo ur co n
tr i b uti o n s an d we will re ali s e o n the be fo re
,

menti o ned us eful ins trument as Old metal .

Thi s do ne the third po int we pro mis e yo u

,

s h al l be n o grievance we s hall be o nly to o

happy to co nfi ne o urs elves to arranging the
materi al yo u s end an d to writing o ut the
34 LIF E OF D R . B UR NETT

j us t the oppos ite view an d fin d that Acon i te

,

q uell s s imple fever B ry an i a puts an end to

,

pleuris y an d Colocy nth c ur es the co lic s aid

, ,

medical po wers n o twiths tandi ng We ar e .

free men an d we r e fus e to allo w o ur rights

,

to free th o ught an d free acti o n to be tr ampled

under foo t by a y earthly p o wers wh at

n
s o ever. It i s us eless to prate abo ut peace ,

there i s n o peace but the peace Of the

m an acled an d o f the fettered .

Unless we o mit the w o rd Ho me o path y ,

an d als o the ho n o urable n ame o f i ts fo under ,

fro m o ur writings the trades uni o nis t

,
-

j o urnals Of medicine re fus e to p rint them .

N o w we will n o t o nly n o t o mit them b ut ,

WE WI L L have them WR I T L A R G E becaus e o f ,

the impo rt an t tr uths t hey s ymbo li s e .

Thi s i s the r a i s on d étr e o f all o ur

’

j o urnals .

D o es a hyper pro fes s i o n al conf r er e s ay

-
,

But keep medical m atters fo r medical

men
D a li eg t der H und begr a ben S O M E thi rd .

p art y M U S T be made j udge an d the only ,

E D IT s “
H OMCE O PA T H IC WORL D 35

third party that remains i s the public And

wer e it n o t fo r the pub lic y ou o ur hype r ,

pro fes s i o nal ho me o pathic confr er e wo uld be ,

b y law fo rbidden to practi s e h o me o pathi

call y o r even i f yo u es caped the law directly
,

y our colle e g would ta ke a way y our dip loma ,

an d th us o utlaw yo u .

This is p utting the matter fro m an

intra pro fess i o nal an d s elfis h s tandpo int
-
.

N o w let us widen o ur field a little ,

an d inq uire Who is the public ! We o ur

,

s elves an d o ur o wn
, immedi ate bl o o d te
lati o n s ar e fact o rs in that s um
,
While .

living in health an d vigo ur we ca n treat o ur

s elves o n e an o ther
,
o ur wives an d children
,

ho me o pathic ally but let health an d vig o ur

depart an d where ar e we an d our s
, Away
back in p o lypharmaceutic chao s ! Our ch il
dren get the cho lera but in fallible phys ic ,

has n o faith in Ca mp hor , o r Cup r um o r ,

A r s eni cum o r Ver a tr um then where ar e the y

, ,

an d the t o il o f se ven dec ades o f s cienti fi c

medicine ! Buried .

We were bo rn free we will live free , ,

36 L IFE O F DR
. B UR NE TT

we will die fi ee an d freedo m s hall be o ur

'

children s heritage TO those who wo uld

’
.

fo rge fetters th at they may lead us int o

bo ndage we declare war to the bitter end .

Ho me o paths may n o t res t till due h o n o ur

i s acco rded to Hahnem ann they may n o t ,

res t till Ho me o pathy i s O PE N L Y taught in

al l o ur medic al s choo ls they ca n n ot res t till
,

a ll di sabilities affecting them have been

s wept aw ay .

Th us wro te Burnett in 1 8 79 H i s wo rds .

ar e as tr ue t o d ay as o n t he day he penned
them — an d as m uch nee ded N o w s o me .
,

twenty odd years after he s ent his mess age to

the wo rld the Briti s h Ho me o pathic Ass o ci a
,

ti o n has ari s en to carry fo rward the pr o

gramme o f advance he des igned an d it i s
b ut jus tice that in the Co l lege o f H o me o pathy
that i s to be o n e o f the pro fes s ori al chairs i s
,

des tined to bear hi s n ame .

In M ay 1 8 8 5 I too k o ver fro m him the

, ,

edito rs hip o f the j o urn al ; b ut the edito ri al

c hange made n o alterati o n in the po licy o f
the H omoeopathi c Wor ld .
 C HAPT E R IV

’
D R. B uR N E T T s Bo o x s

As
~
every writer i s hi s o wn bes t bi o gr apher it ,

will be us eful to give in chro no logical o rder

a c o mplete li s t o f Dr
’
B urnett s s eparate
.

wo rks The fi rs t editio ns al o ne ar e indi

.

cated b ut many o f them h ave p as s ed thr o ugh

,

s everal The wo rks ar e n amed in the o rder

.

i n whic h they were publi s hed an d und er the ,

date o f their public ati o n s o that it will be ,

eas y to fo ll o w the progress o f their auth o r s ’

mind It wi ll be s een that n o t m any years

.

pass ed by unfr uit ful an d the preparati o n o f

,

later editi o ns o ccupied s o me o f the year s

when n o new wo rk appeared .

1 8 78 .

1 . N atrum M ur i ati cum ; Tes t as o f th e

Do ctr i n e o f Drug D ynami sati o n . 1 2 mo .

37
38 LI F E OF D R BURN E TT .

1 8 79 .

2 . Go ld as a Remed y in Di s e ase . 1 2 mo .

1 8 80 .

On the Preventi o n o f H are li p Cleft -

,

pal ate an d o ther Co ngenital Defects

,
.

E cce Medic us o r Hahnemann as a M an

,

an d as a Phys ici an an d the L es s o ns o f

hi s L i fe .

Curabilit y o f Catar act with Medicines .

1 2 mo .

Di s eas es Of the Veins . 1 2 mo .

I 88
S up er s ali n i ty of the B lo o d an A ccele
rat o r of Senility an d Cause Of C ataract .

1 2 mo .

8 . Valv ular Dis eas e Of the Heart . 1 8 mo .

1 886 .

Di s eas es of the S kin . 1 2 mo .

1 8 87 .

D iseas es Of the Spleen . I2 mo .

1 888 .

F i fty Reas o n s fo r being a Ho me opath .

 D R BURNE TT S BOOKS
.
’

F ever s B loo d Po i so n ing an d Their

an d ,

Tr eatment with Speci al Reference to

,

the Us e o f Pyr ogeni um 1 2 mo . .

T umo urs o f the B reas t 1 2 mo . .

1 889 .

On Neuralgi a i ts C aus es an d i ts
Remedies .

Cat aract Nature ,

C aus es , an d C ure .

1 2 mo .

1 8 90 .

F ive Years
’

!
’
l ater editi o n E ight Y e ar s
! ,

E xperience in the C ure o f C o n s umpti o n

by i ts own Virus ( Ba ci lli n um) 1 2 mo . .

On Fi s t ul a an d i ts C ure by Medi cines

,
.

1 2 mo .

1 89 1 .

Greater Di s e as es of the L iver . 1 2 mo .

1 8 92 .

Ringwo rm C o ns tituti o nal Nat ure an d

Cur e .

Vacci n os i s an d i ts Cure by Thu

j a, with
Remarks on H o me o
p ro h
p ylax i s .

1 2 mo .
 L IFE OF D R . B URNE TT

1 893 .

2 1 . C ur ability of Tumo urs by Medicines .

I 2 mo .

1 895 .

Gout an d i ts Cure . 1 2 mo .

Delic ate Backward Puny

, ,
an d Stunted
Children F o o ls c ap 8 vo
. .

1 896 .

24 . Org an Dis eas es of Wo men . F oo l s cap

8vo .

1 89 8 .

2 5 . The Change o f L i fe in Wo men an d the ,

Ills an d Ailings Incident Thereto .

1
9 0 1 .

2 6 E nlarged To ns ils Cured by Medicines .

Thi s lis t o f Dr Burnett s bo ok s c o nveys

.
’

but a parti al idea o f h i s liter ary activity .

N o t o nly h i s o wn j o urn al the H ome op a thi c ,

Wor ld b ut the B r i ti sh your nalof H ome op athy

,

an d o ther ho me o pathic j o urn als c o nt ain

many o f his writings .

Amo ng these writings n o t the leas t impo r

4 2 L I F E OF D R BURN E TT .

nos o de of t ubercle is
menti o ned in hi s
,
as

Cur e of Cons ump ti on But he pro ved the

.

virus es Of o ther di s eas es als o an d thes e he ,

wo uld have p ubli s hed i f hi s li fe had been

pro l o nged It s ho uld be the dut y o f every
.

Ho me o pathic practiti o ner to fo llo w this

example s et by all the pi o neers o f ho me o
pathy an d add by their o wn pe rs o nal
,

experience to the general treas ury Of ho me o

pathic medicine .

It may be mentio ned that N o 4 Of the .

”
ab o ve li s t E cce Medicus
, c o ns tituted Dr , .

Burnett s H ahneman n Orati o n fo r the year

’

1 8 80 . This was d uring the active career Of

the L o ndo n Schoo l Of Ho me o pathy Dr , .

Burnett h olding fo r a brief peri od the

lect ures hip o f Materi a Medica in s uccess i o n
to D r H ughes
. .
 CHAPTE R V

’
DR . B U R N E TT s H E R OE S

IT i s of n o little interes t in r eviewing the

,

character o f a man to kn o w who were the

,

pe rs o ns who ar o us ed in him the highes t

admirati o n . I am here dealing with Burnett
the phys ici an an d the medical writer In .

the wo rld o f medicine who were they who

,

excited his highes t res pect ! We may fi n d

the ans wer to so me extent in the dedic ati o ns
o f h i s w o rks .

The s ec o nd American editi o n of Burnett s ’

Cur a bi li ty fo Tum our s by M edi ci nes be ar s

thi s dedic ati o n To the me mo ry o f the

Father Of S cienti fi c Ho me o path y in Great
Britain J o hn J Drys dale M D this little
,
.
, . .
,

vo lume i s Dedicated in Affecti o n Admit ,

43
44 L IFE OF DR
. B UR NE TT

a ti o n an d Gratit ude b y The Autho r

, .

It may fairl y be s aid t hat Jo hn D rys dale

was Burnett s chie f her o amo n g hi s co ntem
’

p o r ar i es There
. w as n o o n e better able to

appreci ate— o r mo re re ad to expres s genero us

y
appreci ati o n Of — hi s co ntempo r aries than
B urnett b ut the affecti o n an d almo s t rever
,

ence wi th which he always s po ke o f D rys d ale

were bey o nd anything the writer has heard
him say Of o thers L iverp oo l has been a
.

fertile n urs ing gro und o f h o me o paths an d it

-
,
’
i s largel y to Dr D rys d ale s infl uence in
.
,

general medicine as well as in h o me o pathy ,

that it was s o H is high attainments an d

.

hi s l o fty character m ade him a n at ural leader

in the r anks o f H ahn eman n s fo ll o we rs ’

an d , like B urnett hims elf Dry s dale was ,

e n tirely free fro m an y o f the littleness es

an d p altry je al o us ies that n o t un freq uently

ari s e in pr o fes s i o n al c o teries .

An o ther L iverpo o l h o me o path to wh o m

Burnett has dedicated o n e o f hi s wo rks
i s Dr Al fred E
. Hawkes
. Thi s i s the
.

dedicatio n o f the F ifty Reas ons To

 DR . BU RNE TT
’
S H E RO E S 45

Alfr ed E Hawkes M D for having

.
,
. .
,

ind uced him to put the H o me o pathy Of

Hahnemann to the tes t in beds ide exper i
ence thes e F i fty Reaso ns ar e grate full y
,

dedicated by The Autho r Dr Burnett .

i s n o t the o nly o n e who o wes hi s intr o

ducti o n to h o me o pathy to Dr Hawkes . .

The pres ent edito r o f the H ome opathi c

Wor ld is equall y indebted to Dr Hawkes .

for the like ines timable s ervice .

Dr Burnett s Gr eater D i seases of the L i v er

.
’

i s ded icated thus To the memo ry Of

Radem acher the Res us cit ato r o f Par acels ic
,

Organ o pathy thes e pages ar e grate full y

,

dedicated by The Autho r That was in .

”

1 89 1 . But s o me year s be fo re B urnett had ,

dev o ted a boo k m ore o r les s to the prais e

o f Rademacher to Wi t hi s D i s eas es of the
,

Sp leen Thi s was wri tten by B urnett in

.

co ns equence o f s o me remarks in dis p ar age

ment o f Radem acher which had been made
at o n e o f the an n ual meetings In thi s .

work mo re th an in an y o ther will be

, ,

found explained the principles o f Rade

4 6 L IFE OF DR B UR NE TT

macher s ther ape utic metho d whi ch Bur nett

’

regar ded as ho me o pathy in i ts fir s t degree .

To Henry Go ullo n M D o f Weimar ,

. .
, ,

Ge rman y by hi s faithful friend The

, ,

Autho r i s the dedicati o n o f the wo rk o n

,

Tumour s o
f the Br eas t

With excepti o n the per s o n al element

one ,

appe ar s i n thes e dedicati o n s : they ar e to

men who m Bur n ett knew an d l o ved per
s o n ally as well as admired The chief hero .

Of B urnett as Of al l ho me o paths was the

, ,

mas ter Hah n em ann

,
H i s trans cendent
.

geni us aro us ed in Burnett an admirati o n that

was nearly allied to awe hi s who le pr o fes
s i o ual li fe was devo ted to an ex e m l i fi cati o n
p
Of the s cience H ahnemann revea led an d the ar t

he taug ht Butthis was n o s lavis h admirati o n

.
,

eit her as may be s een fro m the Mani fes t o

,

q uo ted i n Chapter IV .

Yet an o ther mighty geni us the thera Of

’
euti c wo rld c o mmanded Dr B urnett s un
p .

s tinted ho mage an d that i s Paracels us

,
.
 DR
. BURN E TT S ’
HE RO E S 47

Paracels us he regarded as a forerun n er o f

Hahnemann travelling o n the same lines in
,

the dis co very Of s peci fi cs He so ught an d

.

fo und s peci fi c c o rre s po ndences an d was able

, ,

thr o ugh hi s k n o wledge o f what Burnett has

termed fi r s t grade ho me o pathy to effect
-
,

mos t s tartling cures .

Burnett reg arded Paracels us as a man far in

ad v ance o f hi s ti me who ad o pted a s t yle o f
,

writing calc ulated to c o n ceal hi s meaning fro m

igno rant readers whils t at the same time
,

ma king it s uffi ciently plain to the initi ated .

Certainl y Burnett fo und many therapeutic

gems amo ng the wrappings as d o ubtles s als o
did Ha hnemann hims elf Burnett s admira
.
’

ti o n o f Paracels us wi ll be in c o ns t ant eviden ce

thro ugho ut the remaini n g po rti o n o f thi s
wo rk It may be fai rly said that he ran ks
.

s ec o nd o nly to H ahneman n hims el f in Bur

nett s Calendar o f Medical Hero e s

’
.
 CHAPTE R VI

DR . BU R NE TT A S FA R M E R

IN Reas o n NO . 1 o f the
R eas ons Dr B urnett has t o ld o f h is half
.

deter minati o n to go to America an d tur n

”
farmer , in his des pair at the res ults Of
regular medicine The fact i s B urnett had
.
,

a p ass i o n ate l o ve o f the c o untry in which ,

he had been bro ught up an d Of farming ,

an d gardening purs uits Tho ugh he prae .

ti se d in L o nd o n he never li v ed in L o nd o n
,

fo r an y lengt h o f time D uring much Of the

.

time hi s home was in the co untry an d when ,

the o ppo rtunity Offered he farmed hi s o wn

land raised s to ck an d plan ted was te places
, ,

with trees . It gave him in fi nite delight

to s ee hi s n urs eli n gs gr o w N o t lo ng .

48
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half a mile fro m hi s own doo r to fi n d a

r emedy fo r an
y m alady that might a fflict
him pro vided he knew how to read the
,

pl ant s that grew all aro und .

Dr Burnett lo o ked upo n the phys ici an s

.
’

wo rk as clo s el y analo go us to that o f a

gardener In o n e o f hi s bo o ks he wo rked
.

o ut thi s idea with so me fulnes s The .

do cto r s pos iti o n he said i s like that

’

, ,

of a gardener who fo r ins tan ce wants , ,

to gro w apples Only Nat ure can gro w

.

apples ; but then it i s c r ab apples that -

s he gro ws unaidedl y n o t edible apples , .

N O gardener can gr o w apples or cr ab s o f

hims el f ; that has to be do ne by Nature
her s el f o rganically But altho ugh n o gar .

den er can gro w ei ther crabs o r apples o f

hims elf yet guided by h uman wi t an d
, ,

exper ience the garden er can co mpel N at ure

,

to gro w apple s Of the fi nes t s o rts an d

varieties ; he need n o t as k Nat ure s per ’

mi ss i o n at all he merely arranges Nature s

,
’

fo rces s o that s he prod uces the apples

required T his I take it i s the tr ue
.
, ,
 D R B URN E TT A S F A R M E R
.
5 1

po s iti o n Of the phys ici an . It i s o nl y

Nature that can heal anything reall y an d ,

e t N ature c ann o t heal m any things at al l

y
ti ll the phys ician gardener arranges her
fo rces s o as to c o mpel Nat ure to gr o w
’
apple s in lieu o f crabs ; the phys ici an s
pos iti o n is like an apple gro wer s further
-
’

in that N ature req uires ti me to gro w

’
apples s o als o i s it with N at ure s he ali n g

ways Nat ure req uires time an d an y attempt

,

to c ure in les s ti me than s he needs fo r her

o rganic pro cess es res ults in a failure — ab s o

l ute failure ( E nla r ged Tons i ls pp 1 8

,
.
,

To this it may be added th at very m uch Of

’
Dr Burnett s great s ucces s in practice lay in
.

the fact that he demanded p lenty of ti me be

fo re he wo uld undertake the treatment o f a
chro nic cas e Mos t p atients o nly expect
.

pres ent allevi ati o n an d mo s t d o ct o rs ar e

,

co ntent i f they can bring this abo ut But .

ho me o path y i s capable Of much greater

work than thi s an d thi s greater wo rk
,

was B urnett s c o ns tant ai m ; an d he de

’

man ded the c o nditi o ns neces s ary to i ts

5 : LIFE OF DR . BURN E TT
acco mpli s hment I call him the three
.

years do cto r s aid o n e Of hi s patients

’

,
”

who m he cured o f as th ma ; I as ked him

“

ho w l o ng it wo uld take to cure me an d ,

he s aid two years i t t o o k him thr ee

- .
”
 CHAPTE R VII

L A ST DA YS

T H E RE was a directness abo ut Burnett

which led him to the centre o f a s itu
ati o n mo re q uickly than mo s t ; a fund
o f h um o ur , a merry twinkle in hi s eye
an d a laugh that will l o ng live in the
memo ry of all who knew him The ab .

so rbing nature o f h is wo rk gave him

little time fo r phys ical exercis e an d

tho ugh his play fulnes s o f di s po s iti o n did

n o t des ert h i m up to the l as t ho urs Of hi s

li fe there had n o t been wanting s o me s igns

,

o f the appro ac h ing end tho ug h they were

,

n o t i n t hems elves s uch as to c aus e und ue

appre h en s i o n. So me year s be fo re h e had had

attacks o f v o miti n g wh ich gave hi s friends
,

53
54 L IF E OF D R . B URN E TT
une as ines s , b ut thes e pas s ed c o mpletely away .

Of late it had been n o ticed th at he was

un us ually deliberate in g o ing ups t airs an d ,

the night be fo re h e died s o me patien ts o n

who m he called no ticed that hi s hands were
i cy c o ld— a thing m os t un us ual with him
-

in the c o ldes t weather hi s h an ds were us ually

warm He dined as us ual at hi s h o tel
.
,

an d as he retired to h i s r o o m s eemed in

exactly hi s us ual s tate It was o n l y in the

.

m o rni n g when hi s break fas t an d cab were

,

kept waiting that the s ad dis c o ver y was

,

m ade that he mus t have pas s ed away j us t as

he was retiring to res t The h o liday he .

h ad denied hims el f s o l o ng h ad c o me at
las t b ut in a way that pr o s trated all hi s
,

l o ved o nes with grie f The great heart

.

had wo rn its elf o ut .

Was Dr Burnett aware o f hi s appro aching

.

end ! F ro m o n e o r two s ayings cas ually let

dro p it wo uld almo s t appe ar that he was
b ut o n the o ther hand i f he was the co n
, , ,

s ci o us n es s did n o t abate hi s n at ur al cheerful

nes s o n e i o ta So me three or fo ur weeks

.
 L A S T DA YS 5 5

be fo re th e end a friend who m he met as ked

him ho w he was keeping ! Well he “
,
”

“ ’
replied yo u can t wo rk an Old ho r s e to o
,

l o ng b ut it will fall
,
”
A patient h ad as ked
.

him i f he did n o t get tired by s eeing s o many

”
peo ple .
“
NO he replied ; I l o ve it ; it
,
“

i s fuy li fe My o n ly ho pe i s th at I may die

i n h arnes s The de ath o f a bro ther abo ut
.

a fo rtnight be fo re h i s o wn s eems to have

aE e cted him deeply ; an d j us t a fo rtnight

befo re his death he made a new will The .

day preceding hi s death being S unday after , ,

walking half the dis tance he us ual ly walked ,

he turned back as he felt s o me pain at the

,

ches t . In res po ns e to the anxiety Of hi s

famil y he s aid he tho ught it was o nly a little
”
indiges ti o n tho ugh
, he added i n a ,

cas ual way hal f s peaking to hims elf i t s

,
“
,
’

”
rather like angina pecto r i s He pers i s ted .

in go i n g to to wn the fo ll o wing day an d n o ,

o n e n o ticed an y falling OE in hi s wo rk .

Obituary no tices appeared in the Ti mes o n

F riday, April 5 th an d in the Wes tmi ns ter
,
5 6 L I FE OF D R . BURN E TT
Ga z ette OfThurs day April 4 th an d in o ther , ,

news papers S ubj Oi n ed ar e the two n amed

.

in the o rder given

By dd en d eath o f D James C o mp to n Bu
th e s u r. r

n e tt o f 8 6 Wi mpo l e S tr e t an d z
, ,
Fi n b ur y C i r c u e , ,
s s,

Lo n d o n l os es o n e o f i t mo t p o mi n e n t p hys i c i an an ds s r s,

h o me opathy a l eadi n g ex po n en t D r B u n e tt wa an . . r s

M D o f Gl asgo w Un i ver i ty an d al s o o f Vi en n a at
. . s ,

whi c h c i ty h e p e n t s ever al y ea b o th as a s tud en t

s r s,

an d as ass i s tan t to th e c e l e b at d P o fesso S k od a He r e r r .

b egan p r ac ti c e i n C h e te r an d e mo ved l ate o n to s ,

r r

B i r k e n head wh e n ce h e came to L on d o n H e wa fo r
,
. s

s eve r al y ear ed i to Of th e H me p thi

s W ld whi c h
r o o a c or ,

p o t h e eli n qui s hed i n 1 8 8 5 owi n g to th d e man d

s r e s

mad e upo n hi s ti me by hi s i n c ea i n g p ac ti ce D r r s r . .

B ur n ett wa a i p e s c ho lar an d a ver y p o l i fi c w i te o n

s r r r r

med i cal s ubj e c t H i s fami l i a i ty wi th th e me di cal

s. r

l i te atu e of Ge man y an d Fr an c e en abl ed h i m to d aw

r r r r

o n s o u c e o f i n fo r mati o n n o t Op e n to all
r s Amo n g hi . s

b e t k n o wn wor k s a e The C u e of C ons umpti n by i ts w

s - r r o o n

Vi r us , Gout, an d D i s eas es f
o the Sp leen . T h e fo r c e of

h is pe l i ty wa fel t by all who came i n co n tact wi th

r s on a s

h i m an d h i p ati e n ts wer e attac h ed to h i m i n a mo e

, s r

th an o r d i n a y d e gr e e H i d e vo ti o n to h i s p r o fe i o n
r . s ss

was th e ab o r b i n g p as i o n o f h i s l i fe
s For ma y y ear s . n s

h e h ad ta k en n o ho l i d ay l o n ge r th an fi e d ays at a ti me v ,

an d i t i p r o b ably to th i s e x ces i v e s t ai n that th e udd en

s s r s

fai l ur e o f h i s p o wer s i s due T h e caus e Of d eath wa . s

d i s ea e of th e h ear t H e l eave s a wi d ow an d fami ly

s . .
”
5 8 L I FE OF D R BURN E TT
.

thies go forth to hi s wi fe though I do n o t

,

kn ow her an d Of Burnett I knew b ut little ,

tho ugh hi s bo o ks were my co mpan i o ns fo r

m any years He was an ho nes t heart an d
.

an uniq ue s tyle o f hi s o wn alway s m ade hi s

boo ks a r ea l enj oy ment to me they gave me

new lines o f tho ught an d i f for no thing les s
,

I am deep ly i n debted to him fo r hi s Vacci n osi s

,

li n um
”
an d th e deep wo rth o f B aci l .
 CHAPTE R V III

SO M E N O T E S O F AP P R E C I A TI O N

IT may be well to pres ent in a ch apter to

thems elves s o me o f the n umero us appr eci a
t o ry articles which were c alled fo rth by Dr .

B urnett s death
’
.N at urally the j o urnal
whi ch he hims el f at o n e time edited was
mo re keenly aE ected by hi s l o s s than an y
o ther ,
an d therefo re the le ading article Of

the H ome op athi c Wor ld o f M ay I 1 9 0 1 , ,

s hall t ake th e fi r s t place amo ng them .

B URN E TT .

So me great men tlive their rep utati o ns

ou ,

an d,
when they die the chief s entiment
,

aro us ed b their dep art ure i s o n e o f mild

y
as t o ni s h ment th at they h ave bee n s o recently

59
60 L IFE OF D R BUR N E TT
.

alive It was n o t s o with B urnett : in the

.

very height o f his fame an d activity he leaves

the s cene o f his labo urs — an d the wo rld o f
ho me o pathy ; the numbers who had learned
to l o o k to him fo r their health res to r ed o r
,

pres erved the friends who m hi s genero us

heart an d brilli ant q ualities had dr awn abo ut
him with im peris hable bo nds an d above all
, ,

hi s o wn bel o ved family circle int o which it

was hi s delight to retire fro m the b urden o f
—
h i s L o ndo n pr actice all ar e s hocked bey o nd
meas ure by the great vo id left by hi s s udden
departure .

“
It was B urnett s ho pe express ed n o t lo ng
’

,
’

g
a o , th at he might die in h arne ss . Thi s

ho pe i s fulfilled he paid hi s las t pro fess io nal

vis it within a few ho ur s o f the end Burnett
.

was n o t the man to s hrink fro m hi s lo t

wherever it might fi n d him ; an d we may
gather s o me s mall c o nso lati o n fro m this that ,

n o o n e will remember him in anything b ut

the height o f hi s po wers . There was n o

peri od o f decadence ; n o tedio us time o f
par tner s hip o f a great intellect with cri ppled
SO ME NO T E S OF APP RE C IATI ON 61

bo dily po wers The B urnett o r o ur poss es

.

s i o n i s the man we s h o uld mo s t wi s h to h o ld

in o ur remembrance .

“
It i s n o t too much to s ay that during the
las t twenty years Burnett has been the
mos t po wer ful the mos t fruitful the mos t
, ,

o ri in al fo rce in ho m e o athy S oo n after hi s

g p .

appear ance in L o nd o n he s ucceeded Dr .

Shuldham in the edito r s chair o f the H ome o

’

th i H ’ rld which he linq ui hed e x actly

p a c o ,
re s

s ixteen year s a o ( it was in M ay

g ,

under the s tres s o f hi s increas ing practice .

In those s i x teen years he has do ne an amo unt

o f c ur ative wo rk s uch as few have ever
ac co mpli s hed in a li feti me . It was o nly by
s tr ict adheren ce to a wel l th o ught o ut s ys tem
-

t hat he was able to get thro ugh the mass o f

wo rk which his s uccess bro ug ht to hi s co n
s ul ti n g ro o ms
- . B urnett believed in the pos s i
b i li ty o f cur e an d he made hi s patient s
,

believe In I t als o Buto n e thing he demanded

.

o f hi s patients an d th at was
,
— time in which
to cure them . A mas ter o f his ar t he knew
,

the co nditi o n s es s enti al to s ucces s an d

,
62 L I F E OF D R BURN E TT .

refus ed to give hims el f an y tro uble abo ut a

cas e unles s tho s e co nditi o ns were lo yally
c o nceded by the patient N o man ever .

p andered to p atients less than Burnett an d ,

n o man ever wo n the co n fi dence o f patients

mo re co mpletely He leaves a rich herit ag e

.

in the gratit ude o f th o usands very many o f ,

who m had been c o ndemned to death o r to a ,

chro nic invalidis m wo rs e than death by ,

academic medicine be fo re they c ame under

the infl uence o f hi s ar t .

Unlike many practiti o ners who with a ,

gr eat po pular reput ati o n leave no thing b ut

,

the memory o f their reputatio n behind them ,

Burnett has left a permanent an d vital reco rd

o f hi s wo rk in the n umer o us b oo ks that have

i ss ued fro m hi s pen It was a s aying o f his

.

If yo u want to keep a bit o f pr actice to

H i s meaning appa
’
yo urs elf publi s h it
,
.
,

r en tl
y
,
w as
,
th at to advance s o mething

o rigin al an d o ut o f the beaten track ar o us es

o p o s iti o n in the o rdin ary pr o fess i o n al mind

p ,

an d leaves the o rigin at o r a m o re c o mplete

mo no po ly o f the method than i f he had

SO M E NO TE S OF APP RE C IATI ON 63

endeavo ured to make a s ecret o f it There .

was m uch tr uth in thi s par ado x tho ugh like , ,

mos t parado xes it did n o t c o ntain all the

,
’
truth But certain it i s B urnett s writings
.
,

have n o t pro duced an ything like the eff ect

their intrins ic value warr ant s ; tho ugh they
wi ll have thei r due efi ct s ome day B urnett .

was a little ahead o f hi s generati o n that i s ,

al l he has le ft hi s rec o rd an d it i s alive

,

with a li fe which will gro w as the year s go

by If he had left no thi ng behind him be
.

s ides hi s des cripti o n Of the po wer an d pl ace

o f the n os o de o f tubercular co n s umpti o n ‘

,

named by him Ba ci llin um he wo uld have left

,

an imperi s hable cl ai m to the gr atitude o f

po s terity ; b ut he has left much mo re an d ,

he has left it in a g er mi nals tate S O that o thers

, ,

i f they wi ll take the tr o uble may apply the ,

kn owledge in an in fi nity o f analo gous ways .

Burnett s kno wledge was the very o ppo

’

s ite Of that which he s o aptly an d fo rcibly

de fi ned in hi s reply to the yo un g allo p athic

do cto r to who m hi s F ifty Reasons for bei ng a
1
The Cur e of Cons umpti on by i ts own Vi r us .
64 LI FE OF D R . B URNE TT
H ome op ath wer e addres s ed : My dear
fello w, s aid
’
Burnett o ver the dinner t able -

at which they met to the y o ung man who s e

,

ins o lent academici s m had provo ked the

s leeping li o n yo ur mind i s as full o f
,

s cho l as tic c o nceit as an egg i s full o f me at ,

an d o u ar e there fo re a d o o med man s o far

y ,

as s cienti fi c medicine i s co ncerned yo ur cup

o f kno wledge i s full b ut full Of kn o wledge
,

Of the wro ng s o rt o ur kn o wledge i s like

y
thos e Neapo litan walnuts there which have ,

been dried in a kiln an d thereby rendered

,

s terile pl ant them an d they will n o tger

min ate an d it is j us t thus with yo ur s cho las tic
,

learni ngs : all yo u kn o w was fi rs t dr ied in

the kiln o f the s choo ls an d has been r en
,

der ed s terile— inc apable o f germinating .

K iln dri ed waln uts h ave a certai n v alue as

-

foo d b ut they ar e dea d ; yo ur kn owledge has

,

a cer tain val ue as mental foo d for o ther

s t ude n ts i f yo u like to t urn teacher b ut it i s ,

s ch o l as tic ally dried up an d s terili s ed Yo u

.

have n o living faith in livi n g phys ic S O far —

as the r e ally direct hea lin g o f the s i ck i s co n
66 L I F E OF DR . B URNE TT
o f peci fi ci ty
s o f se at — the
co r r es po ndence
between certain dr ugs an d cer tain o rgans
the o rgano pathy o f Paracels us an d Rade
macher Thi s he regar ded as the fi rs t grade
.

o f h o m e o athy an d in this he us ed chiefl

p , y
crude preparati o ns On the o ther han d he
.
,

made free use o f high atten uati o ns an d

n os odes H i s little wo rk o n N atr um mur i
.

at i cum (c o mmo n s alt ) in the higher atten ua

ti o ns has led many to perceive the po wer
which atten uati o n may develop H i s o wn .

per s o nal pro clivi ty was fo r the lo we r attenua

tio ns an d mo ther ti n ct ures ; b ut h e never
all o wed hi s per s o n al prej udices to blind him

to fact s whi ch t o ld agai ns t them H i s use o f

.

the n o so des fro m the s t an dpo int o f di a theti c

home op athi ci t y in a dditi
, o n to their use o n

their fi ner indicatio ns i s little les s than a new

,

r evel ati o n in the ho me o pathic ar t Tho s e .

who have mas tered the principle o f B urnett s

’

use o f Ba ci lli n um di s cl o s ed in hi s Cur e o

, f
Cons ump ti on wi ll have n o di fli culty in ad apt
,

ing it to the us e o f all the n os o des .

N o w that the mas ter is n o l o nger with

SO ME NO TE S OF APP R E C IATI ON 67

us to c ultivate the rich therapeutic fi eld s

which h is geni us h as o pened up it beho ves ,

us wh o remain to s ee th at the m o s t i s made

'

o f the legac y beq ueathed to us The future

o f h o m e o p athy will be infl uenced fo r alltime

by the w o rk o f him wh o s e pers o n al abs ence

we n o wdepl o re b ut the wo rk has in it living
germs which can never die .

Dear o ld friend an d predeces s o r ! We

ca n fi n d n o m o re fi tti n g w o rd s to in s cribe

o n y o ur to mb th an the title o f the wo rk

u wr te in th M as ter s r ’
i e—
y o o e
p a s E C C E

ME D IC U S

The next pas s age is an extract fro m an

o bituary n o tice by Dr F rank K r aft edit o r o f
.
,

the A mer i ca n H ome op athi st It appeared i n

.

the n umber o f that j o urn al dated J uly 1 5 ,

1 9 0 1

Dr B urnett was truly a remarkable man

. .

He had abo ut him that mag n eti s m that ,

witchery that individuality which held h i s

,

audito r fro m the firs t mo ment Tho s e who .

68 L IFE OF D R BURN E TT .

have read hi s little boo ks mus t have no ted

the s pirit o f who le heartednes s an d s incerity
-
,

th e wi s h to help every o n e el s e that perv ades ,

the printed page And th at was B urnett all

.
,

o ver in act ual li fe

,
He was n ot an Old man
.
,

recko ned in years Of living n or even i n ,

—
learning as learning i s es timated by many
peo ple The eno rmo us ran ge o f his kno w
.

ledge his s kill an d hi s reputatio n did n o t

, ,

b ear do wn upo n hi s vi s ito r All thes e wer e .

extraneous and never o btruded He was .

s imply a grand man a l o ver o f hi s kind a

, ,

faithful phys ici an the impe r s o n ati o n o f kind

,

ness an d s weetness devo ted to the wo rk in ,

which he was enli s ted He was mo re nearly

,
.

an American than m os t men we have met o n

that s ide o f the water an d there ar e s everal ,

o ther s in an d ab o ut L o nd o n He was ap .

p r oachabl e He. w as gener o us He w as .

who le s o uled He was genuinely helpful

- . .

H i s gras p o f hand left a feeling Of heartines s

an d g oo dwi l l Tho s e in s orro w an d afflicti o n
.

fo un d in him ever an d always a friend a ,

a tient li s tener an d an effi cient helper H

p , e .
SO M E NO T E S OF APP RE C IATI ON 69

was indefatigable wo rkman an d an ho nes t

an ,

o ne . He was s ucces s ful n o t o nly as the ,

maddi n g wo rld views s ucces s — fin an ci ally

b ut as an d fo r hims elf an d his labo urs He .

was l o gical an d broad i n hi s c o ncl us i o ns .

H i s ho me o pathy came to him upo n co nvi e

ti o n as it did to o ther s o f the giants o f a
,

generati o n or two ago who had entered upo n

,

i ts inves tigati o n wi th purpos ed s co fli ng an d

deriding but had s tayed to prais e H is was
, .

a fir m belief in s i mi li a He had el abo rated

.
,

additi o n ally the Rademacher o rgan o pathy

, ,

carrying it to a high degree o f s ucces s .

The M onthly H ome opa thi c Rev i ew o f M ay

I, 1 90 1 thus wro te o f Dr Burnett
,
.

H is
perso nality an d char acter were very
unc o mm o n an d we had alm os t s aid un iq ue
, .

He was a remarkably s tr o n g character o f a

rugged mass ive type s traightfor war d an d
,

direct to a degree He co uld s tand n o half

.

meas ures an d s po ke freely what he felt n o t

, ,

car i n g what o th er s tho ught o f what he s a id ,

70 L I F E OF D R BURN E TT .

so lo ng as he was s ure he was r ight H i s .

mas s ive head an d keen po werful express i o n o f

face fully b o re o ut hi s ment al an d m o ral
ch aracter He had an immens e po wer with
.

hi s patient s a magneti c pers o nali ty which

,

impres s ed all who co ns ulted him an d gave ,

them the utmo s t co n fi dence in him He had .

n o t o nly thi s gi ft o f ins piring c o n fi dence b ut ,

al s o o f eliciti n g re al att achment an d admira

ti o n the mos t valuable gift that a phys ici an

,

co uld pos s es s He was pre eminently a

.
-

s tro ng man in the highe s t s ens e Of the term ,

an d what br o ught o ut hi s full p o wer an d

s treng th was hi s enth us i as tic dev o ti o n to h i s

pr o fes s i o n an d es pecially to h o me o pathy

,
.

Thi s was we might s ay the li fe o f his li fe an d

, , ,

o n e c o uld s ee h i s patients e s pe ci ally h o w

an
y , ,

s t aunch was hi s belief in h o m e o pathy an d in ,

”
i ts w o nderful c urative p o wers .
 CHAPTE R I

’
DR . B UR N E TT S ME T HO D S OF WOR K

DR . BU R N E TT o nce to ld the writer that when

he to o k o ver the Ches ter practice hi s pre
deces s o r s aid to him It is of n o use yo ur
“
,

giving thes e pe o ple Acon i te Bry oni a B ella , ,

donna Ar sen i cum an d the r es t o f the Old

, ,

s tagers becaus e they ha ve had them all ou

, y
will have to s trike o ut a line o f yo ur own
”
.

A s may be suppos ed Dr Burnett was quite , .

equal to the o ccas i o n It i s poss ible to pr ac

.

tice ho me o pathy o n many di fferen t lines ,

an d it i s n eces sary to be able to do thi s whe n

circ ums tances demand Bemus e one remedy .

wi ll n o t go o n doi ng the s ame thing fo r a

patient inde fi nitel y after a time the po wer o f
,

75
76 L I FE OF D R BURN E TT
.

reacti o n to that remedy i s exhaus ted an d

an o ther m us t be s o ught .

Wi th this friendly warn ing be fo re him Dr , .

B urnett did n o t mi n ce matters In hi s big .

,

who les ale way he drew into h is s ervi ce the

treas ures explo ited by Par acel s us by Rade ,

macher an d by Schii s s ler All o f thes e he

, .

rightly co ns idered as withi n the field o f

ho me o pathic acti o n an d the w o rk he has
,

do ne with them c o ns titutes a grand endo w

ment fo r practic al ho me o pathy .

In an article publis hed i n the Ca lcutta

7 our n a l f
o M edi ci n e in M a 1
y 9 0 1 the,edit o r , ,

’
the venerable Dr Mahendra L al Sircar r e
.
,

viewed the s eco nd American editi o n o f Dr .

Burnett s Cur a bi li ty of Tumour s by Medi ci nes

’

an d the review gives s uch an excellent

es timate o f the autho r s wo rk th at s o me parts
’

o f it may well fi n d a pl ace in thi s chapter .

Dr Sircar s ays
.

A true fo llo wer o f Hahnemann Dr , .

Burnett was a phys ici an par ex cellence He .

kept be for e his eye the Mas ter s defin i ti o n’

 H IS M E T HO DS OF WORK 77
’
the phys i ci an s high an d only mi ss i o n i s to
res to re the s ick to health to cur e as it i s ,

termed He was pos s es s ed with the tho r o ugh

.
’

co nvi cti o n that all di s eas es are amenable to

cure i f pro perly treated an d in s tages n o t to o
,

far advanced an d th at even i n the l atter cas e

,

they may be arres ted i n their progres s an d

bro ught d o wn to a l o wer level Phys ici ans .

mus t be fir m says he an d n o t all o w them

,
’

s elves to b e s neered o r jeered away fr o m their

duty but always try to cur e everythi ng I do

,

pretend b ut try U nder thi s

’
n o t mean , .

co nvicti o n he purs ued hi s calling an d bo ldly , ,

vigoro us ly an d s ucces s fully attacked dis eases

,

which it was the mo n o po ly o f the s urgeo n to

deal with by the kni fe Catar act fi s t ula .
, ,

tum ours whi ch acco rdi n g to o ld s choo l

, ,
-

practiti o ners were n o t curable by medicines

, ,

an d which in thei r eyes it wo uld be

, ,

charlatan ry and even heres y to tr eat o ther

wi s e than by the kni fe an d which members ,

o f the new s ch o o l wo uld but timidly under

t ake to palli ate Dr Bur nett wo uld n o thes itate

, .

to tr e at with the ho pe o f a c ure an d the ,

78 L IFE OF D R . BURN E TT
ho pe was Often realis ed M an y a clinical .

battle s ays he with j us t pr ide I have

,
’

,
‘

fo ught and won alth oug h the wi n n ing had

,

been previ o us ly pro ved to be i mpos s ible .

’

“
It is a fact that s ince the d awn o f ,

h o me opat hy thes e an d o ther incurable

,

diseas es were cured by ho me o pathic medi

cines lo ng befo re D r Burnett came into the .

field . We have o urs elves even in the early ,

days o f o ur con vers i o n effected se ver al cures ,

o f the abo ve me n ti o ned di s eas e s an d s ucceeded

-

i n ins pi r ing c o n fide n ce i n the s ys tem in the

minds o f many intelligen t di s pas s i o n ate an d , ,

imparti al laymen an d have thus been an ,

humble ins tr ument in the s pr ead o f i ts caus e

in o ur c o untry Butit mus t be ackno wledged
.

that s uch ho me o pathic c ures o f incurables

t hro ugho ut the wo rld were so litary s cattered ,

c ases n o t becaus e ho me o pathy was altogeth er

,

uneq ual to the t as k but chiefly becaus e i ts

,

practiti o n ers did n o t s eem to have been

actuat ed by the neces s ar y earn es tnes s an d

zeal to co mmand an d se cure the patience o f

atients It h as been D r Burnett s merit to
’

p . .
 H IS ME T H O D S O F WORK 79

have had in a pre minent deg ree thi s e arnes t

-e

ness an d zeal He wo uld n o t give up inc ur

.

able c as es b ut he wo uld n o t un der t ake their

,

treatment unless the p atients s ubmitted to

undergo a p r olonged tre atment .

“
In the cas e o f o n e o f the s o called incur
-

able di s eas es — the t umo urs — Dr B urnett as ks

.
,

Why i s it that o dd cas es o f tumo ur have

been c ured by remedies her e an d there fo r
many years n otably by ho me o pathic p r acti
,

ti o n ers an d yet the sys tema ti c medi cati on fo r

,

t umo urs i s n o n exi s tent

- A n d he ans wers ,

I ta ke it that t he di ffi c ulties o f the tas k the ,

co mplexities Of the clinical pro blems to be

s o lved
, the i n cap acity o f mankind to v al ue

an d un de rs tand the wo rk do ne all te n d to

,

prevent it And even s till mo r e t h e veno

.
,

mo us hatred o f those who can n ot It i s .

’

the third reas o n here as s igned the incapacity

,

to appreci ate the wo rk t hat has to be d o n e ,

which makes patients an d their fr iends i m

patient Of the len gth o f time required to
effect a cure an d urges them to r us h headl o ng
,

to certai n death as will be s een fr o m the

,
80 L I FE OF D R . BU RN E TT
fo ll o wing narr ative by the autho r : I had ‘

c ured a lady o f a tiny t umo ur in her n os e

She was pleas ed an d grate ful an d s ubs eq uently
,

bro ught to me her niece o n who m the do ct o rs

,

wer e about to o perate fo r a s mal l o varian

t umo ur ; I c ured this tumo ur also b ut it ,

o ccupied two years o r thereab o uts an d then ,

aunt an d niece bo th pers uaded a friend to

co me to me H owlo ng did I think it wo uld

.

take to cure her o varian tumo ur ! At leas t

two year s .I prefer the o perati o n s aid s he
,

that will o nly take s i x weeks But it t oo k

.

les s She died under o r s h o rtly after the

.

o perati o n . The s ame aun t an d niece

pers uaded a l ady fro m Chatham to co me to
me for a t umo ur Of the br eas t the lady s ’

hus band declined as I tho ught it wo uld ta ke

,

two years at the very leas t She was s uccess

.

fully o per ated o u an d tho ro ughly c ur ed

,

thereby o f her mammary tumour ; nine

mo nths later s he was again tho ro ughly cured
o f ano ther t umo ur by a perfectly s uccess ful
,

o per ati o n a fe w m o n th s thereafter s he was

agai n s ucces s fully o perated o n fo r an o ther

 82 L I FE OF D R BURN E
. TT

Old choo l ar e fully cogni san t o f thi s b ut

s ,

l acki ng drugs to eff ect the des ired Object an d ,

lacking a guide to fi n d o ut s uitable d rugs ,

they ar e o bliged to have reco ur s e to extirpa

ti o n o f the vis ible an d tan g ible di s eas e Wi th .

reference to cancers J o h n Hunter who m the , ,

auth o r has q uo ted wi s ely s aid N O c ure has ‘

, ,

yet been fo und fo r what I cal l a cure i s an

,

alterati o n o f the di s p o s iti o n an d the eE e ct o f

that dis pos iti o n an d not the des tructi o n o f the

,

’
c ancero us p arts The s ame view has been
.

express ed by o thers in di fferent wo rds Th us .

Dr Creighto n s theor y o f cancer i s that it i s

.
’

an acquired h abit o f the ti s s ues a habit that ,

might be bro ken i f we o nly knew Virch o w .

’

believes in the po s s ibility o f a proces s Of

i nv oluti on in t umo urs tending to their di s
appe ar ance an d
, hence he deprecates to o
great s ceptici s m as regards their drug
therapeutics
ls h o me o path y an y g o od in t um o ur
curing ! Where ar e the healthy people to
‘

be had who will eat drugs l o ng eno ugh

,
’
to gro w tumo urs in their bo dily parts ! as ks
 H IS ME T H O D S OF WO RK 33

Dr Burn ett an d ans wers Clear ly they ar e

.
, ,

n o t fo rthc o ming
’
He admits Thi s has
.
,

rendered h o me o pathy almos t helpless in

’
medicin al tum o ur c uring but all the same
-
, ,

s ays he the chapter o f accidents pro ves

,

theo retically i ts abs o lute s o undnes s as d oes ,

als o pure s ympt o matic tre atment wi th o ut an

y
regar d to mo rbid anato my at all It has been .

pro ved that the ho me o pathic tr eatment o f

s ympt o m s d o es s o metimes re s ult in the c ure

o f the t um o ur c aus ing s uch s ympto m s ; thus

Colocynth given fo r i ts p ains has s everal times

c ured n o t o nly s uch pains b ut als o the entire
, ,

s tate t um o ur an d all
, But here the di ffi c ult y
.

o f fi nding a remed y which s hall be h o me

o path i c n o t to the s ympto ms due to the

pres ence o f the t um o ur s but to their c aus a ,

ti o n— that i s to s ay to tho s e s ympto ms which

,

co ns titute the di s eas e pict ure an d which lead

-
,

up to an d end in the fo rm ati o n o f tum o urs

,

thi s di ffi culty i s in the pres ent s tate o f o ur

,

kn o wledge well nigh ins urmo un table ; hence

,
-

I have learnt to hang my hat O n an y peg I

”
co uld fin d .
84 L I F E OF DR . B U RN E TT
Ought we to blame Dr Burnett co n .
,

tinn es Dr Sirca r fo r n o t s ticking to the

.
“
,

letter o f H o me o pathy when the Materi a

Medica Pura i s yet s o inco mplete an d ,

when he co uld Sho w s uch brilli ant cures

as ar e r ec o rded in thi s b o o k bro ught abo ut

by remedies which had never been pro pe rly

o r at al l pr o ved ! Fo r tho s e o f o ur readers
to wh o m the b o o k i s new we give the ,

fo ll o wing extracts fr o m the fir s t editi o n

)
’
s ho w wh at the th or s view
( 1 893 to au s

o n h o me o p athy were which righ tly under,

sto o d wo uld be fo und n o t to be in

di s agreement with thos e o f Hahnemann
hims elf who did n o t hes itate to r eco m
,

men d mass ive do s es o f Camphor in the fir s t

s t age o f ch o lera an d me s meri s m in o ther
,

di s eas es Says Dr Burnett

. .

Th e p l q ues ti on wi th me i s thi : I i t n o t
i
r ac t ca s s

ti me to wi den o u d e fi n i ti o n o f h o me op athy i n
r egar d r

to th e c h o i c e o f th e e medy r an d wh i l e l eavi g th e
, ,
n

c h oi c e o f th e e me dy acc o di n g to th e total i ty o f th e
r r

s y mptoms i n full fo r c e an d d i gn i ty d aw i n to i t l
, l th er a

ai d s th at may l ead to th e r i gh t c ho i c e o f th e r emed i e s

 H IS M E T H O D S OF WORK 85

mor e par ti cul ar ly the n atur al hi to r y o f th e mor bi d s

pr ocess es th emselves P
I n o th er wor d s I mai n tai n that c hoos i n g th e r e
‘
,

medi es acc o r di n g to th e to tal i ty o f th e sy mp toms i s o n ly

on e w
y of afi ndi ng the r i ght r emedy ; a n d m o r e o v er s o me , ,

ti mes to tally i n ad e q uate .

Yo u may fi nd th e r i gh t e medy o n c e i n a way s e

‘
r

cor d i n g to th e Ol d d o ctr i n e o f s i gn atur es ; an d e ven

h h s o fo un d i t acts
t o ug ,
home opa thica lly th e way o f
c h oos i n g i s p oo r an d c r ud e b ut i t i a w
,
s a
y .

Yo u may fin d th e rig ht re me dy by or gan -tes ti n g

after th e man n er of Par ac e l s us , an d th e r e medy acts

home op a thi ca ll alth o ugh fi n d h

t at way
y .

Yo u may fi nd th e r i gh t .
re me dy p ur ely
hypo the
ti ca lly , afte r th e man n er of Vo n G r auvo glan d S ch tls s le r ,
th e mo d e o f acti on re mai n s th e sa me , i . e. , home o

pathi c .

Yo u may us e dyn ami zed sal t—N atr um mur iaticum

— to c ur e mar i n e cach e x i a s e a i d e n eur algi a s ea s i d e
,
-s
,
-

h eadach e an d th e l i k e an d S ti ll th e ac ti o n o f th e r e
, ,

medy i s ho me opathi c Yo u p r ove o r as s ume as p ur e

.
,

th e or y th e d o ubl e an d Opp os i te ac ti o n s o f l ar ge a d
,
n

s mall d o s es o f th e s ame r e me dy a n d tr eat ch o n i c ,

r

a s en i c i m wi th A r s eni um an d i t i
r s c s ti ll h ome opath y
,
s .

Yo u may th eor i s e cl i n i cally as I do i n N ew C ur e o,

C on um ti d r eac h n o me an d egr e e o f s uc c es s
s
p on an ,

fu th er than ever b efo r e eac h ed —an d I mai n tai n i t i s

r r

ho me opathy all th e ti me .

T h e fact i s we n e ed an y an d ev er y way o f fi n d i n g
th e r igh t r eme dy th e s i mpl e s i mi l e the s i mpl e sy mp ,

to mati c S i mi ll i mum an d th e f r the t r ea ch o f all— t

ahe s

pa th ol g i c s i m
o i lli m um a n d I m ai n tai n that we ar e ti ll s
86 L IFE OF D R BU RN E TT .

well wi thi n th e l i n es Of the home opa thy that i s ex p a ns i ve,

p r og r es s i ve, s ci ence- ts ter ed,

fi f
s ci ence- os ter i n ,
g and wor ld
con
ouer i ng .

Thus far Dr Sircar s ar ticle A favo urite

.
’
.

quo tati o n o f Dr Bur nett s an d o ne whic h he

.
’

u t the title p age Of hi s Cur a bi li t

-
y f
o
p on

Tumour s was J o hn Hunter s de fi niti o n o f

’

a c ure What I call a c ure wro te ,

”

Hunter i s an alterati o n o f the di s p os iti o n

“
,

an d the e ffect o f th at di s po s iti o n an d n o t ,

”
the des tructi o n o f the cancerous parts .

Hahnemann was the firs t to di s co ver a

s cie n ti fic method o f meeting the perfectly
s o und req uirement O f J o hn H unter s de fi
’

n i ti o n H ah n e man n s fo ll o wers h ave always

’
.

i n s o me degree car ried o ut hi s meth o d s in

dealing with co n s tituti o nal s tates But it .

mus t be c o n fes s ed that hi s immedi ate dis

ci p l es were mo re enthus i as tic an d mo re
s ucces s ful in thi s br anch o f w o rk than the

pres en t ge n erati o n .

M odern ho me o paths have gro wn S O

”
liber al min ded an d s o s cienti fic that
-
,
”
,

they have hardly an y time left in which

 H IS ME TH O D S OF WO RK 87

to be ho me o pathic The co ns equence i s

.

that they ar e ap t to fly to s urgery an d o ther

adj uva nts i ns te ad o f attempting the mo re
di ffi cult mo re artis tic an d les s s peci o us wo rk
, ,

o f the h o m e o p athic c ure

”
But it i s s o me
.
,

times urged ,
patients ar e to o i mpatient ;
an d i f we d o n t o perate the y will pr o mptly
’

’
o OE to s o mebo dy el s e Dr B urnett s
g . .

wo rk s upplies the an s wer to thi s plea Dr . .

Burnett kept hi s patients as l o ng as was n e

ces s ar t alter their di s p o s iti o n an d the
y o

effect o f that di s pos iti o n The reas o n why

.

Burnett was able to do thi s was that he kn ew

the p ower of home op a thy H o me o pathy i s
.

not a f aith ,
i a i —
it s s c en ce a kn owledg e .

Tho se who kno w little o f it can do little with

it an d ar e n o t likely to c o mmend it much to
,

their en viro nment And n o amo unt o f

.

faith in h o me o pathy will m ake up for the

lack o f kn owledge .

Acco rding to Hahnemann two years was ,

s ufli ci en tl s h o rt a time in which to wo rk a

y
radical co ns tituti o n al change Burnett mo re .
,

than an y o n e els e has reali s ed an d demo n

,
88 L I FE OF D R BURN E TT
.

s tr ated the po wer o f ho me opathy pers is tently

,

fo ll o wed o ut to ch ange co ns tituti o ns

, an d i t

was hi s s ucce ss in thi s which enabled him to

keep hi s patie n ts faith ful to him l o ng eno ugh
for them to be c ured .

With o rdinar y ho me o pathy the cure o f a

t umo ur by medici nes i s an interes ting medic al
freak to b e repo rted in the j o urn als ,

cackled o ver a little an d then dr o pped

,
.

Wi th Dr Burnett the cure o f tumo urs an d

.

the cure o f dys cras ias likely to ultimate in

t umo urs or o ther undes irable mani fe s tati o ns
was the b us ines s o f hi s li fe And he tackled
.

it in the s ame way as a man o f bus ines s

tackles an y o f hi s pro blems He knew the
.

po wers at hi s co mman d an d he es timated the

,

c o nditi o ns neces s ary fo r their due applic ati o n

.

Thes e he demanded an d rarely failed to o btain .

Thi s i s o n e o f the mo s t impo rt ant less o ns

which Dr Burnett has taught his generati o n
.

the p oss ibilities o f co ns tituti o nal treatment ,

an d the c o nditi o n s neces s ary fo r i ts s uccess.

The main thing o f cours e given the right

, ,

c o nditi o ns i s the kno wledge o f the materi a

,
9 0 LIFE OF D R BURN E TT .

—
den ey inher ited or n ot—
the c ur e o f
fo r
co n s umptiveness as he termed it it was
,
”
,

n o t likely that h i s geni us w o uld let him s t o p

there N o r did it Thro ugho ut his l ater

. .

wo rks the key to many o f hi s prescripti o ns will

be fo und i n the kno wledge o f the underlying
p r i n ciple o f thi s di athetic ho me o pathy .

Once apprehe n ded the applic ati o n o f the

,

pr inciple i s n o t di ffi cult Mo reo ver it Sim

.

p li fi es the w o rk o f pres cribing to a m os t

des irable extent N o t t hat it in an y way

.

abro gate s the c ardi n al neces s ity o f fi ndi n

g
the exact co rres po ndence b ut by revealing ,

the mo s t vital facto r in a cas e it wi ll o ften ,

s ave the p r es criber m uch time an d tr o uble in

hunting up s ympto ms by at o nce indicating

,

a remedy which c o vers the m os t impo rtant

part Of the gro und .

In o rder to achieve s ucces s in the use o f

—
di athetic r emedies which ar e n o t necess arily
alway s n os o des — the ar t o f di agnos ing dia
thes es mus t be c ultivated Care fully taken .

family his to ries will be the bes t g uide b ut

those who keep their eyes o pen fo r causes
 H IS M E TH O D S OF WORK 9 1

will Often be able fro m the s ympto ms them

,

s elves to s pell o ut the di athes i s they ari s e fro m

,
.

’
—
H ahn eman n s three mi as ms ps o ra s y ,

—
phili s an d s ycos i s have been clearly depicted
,

by hi s mas ter hand but they do n o t by an y

mean s e xhaus t the s ubject they do little
mo re than o pen it up The cancero us dia .

thes is i s n o t co vered by an y o ne o r by all o f

thes e : it can be met by i ts o wn nos o des .

M any have written o n the pre cancero us -

s t age i n ca ncer an d n o ne i n a m o re practic al

,

way than Dr Arth ur Cli fto n o f N o r thamp

.
,

to n. It i s n o t neces s ary to wait until act ual

new gro wths have fo rmed be fo re begi n ning
to tre at a per s o n o f ca ncero us antecedents fo r

the p urpos e o f c ur ing hi s di athes i s Dr .

Burnett taught that co ns umptiveness can

be c ur ed an d s ho wed ho w the c ur e might be
,

acco mpli s hed In hi s wo rk o n Tumo urs he

.

has S ho wn how cancers an d o ther t um o urs

may be c ured b ut he did e ven mo re i m
po rt an t wo rk than this in treating pers o ns
o f c an cero us habit an d Of o ther s peci fic
di seas e tendencies
- .
 C HAPTE R II

I L LUS T R A TI O N S

It will I think be us e ful to let Dr

, ,
.

Bur n ett s peak fo r hims el f in ill us tr ati o n o f

the fo rego ing chapter The prefaces to hi s.

bo o ks ar e full o f illuminati o n an d I will ,

ther e fo re reprod uce pas s ages fro m s e veral o f

hi m os t impo rt ant wo rks
s — to wit D i s eas es ,

o
f h
t e S l
p een G r ea ter
, D i sea s es
f
o the L i v er ,

The N ew Cur e of Cons ump ti on an d On ,

Gout a nd i ts Cur e .

“
I .
- F RO M TH E P R E FA C E To DI S E A SE S
”
OF TH E SP L E E N .

’
Dr B urnett s wo rk o n the Spleen i s o n e o f
.

extreme impo rtance to the s tudent o f h i s

methods an d o f a certain grade o f ho me o
,

92
94 L I FE OF D R BURN E . TT

The e ngth o f a chain i s eq ual to that

str

o f i ts wea kest link an d s imilar ly the value

,

o f a pers o n s li fe may be eq ual to that o f

’

hi s wea kes t vital o rgan here the partic ular

o r an i eq ual in imp o rt ance to th at o f
g s

the entire o rga ni s m .

E ven where the ti ss ue s t ate o f the entire

o rgani s m i s everywhere eq ual ly bad it may ,

be a li fe savi n g act to relieve the particular

-

o rg an that fi r s t gives wa s o th at time may

y ,

be gained to alter the entire cras is o r the

quality Of the s tro ma .

Death its elf i s o fte n at the s tart in a par

ti cular o rg an i e , loca l an d i f the part be
. .
, ,

s aved in time li fe ma be pre s erved In the

y .

ac ute pro ces s e s the v al ue of a partic ular

o rgan s trikes o n e o ften ver y fo rcibly there ,

may be n o n eed o f an y c o ns tit uti o nal treat

me n t ; the o n e s uE er i n g part may be the
who le cas e . A n d in many chro nic c as es
certain o rgans claim an d mus t have s peci al
, ,

attenti o n. Thi s i s my s t an dp o int i n the fo l

l o wing pages On D i s eas es of the Sp leen A s .

F o rget says , E ntr e la na tur e médi ca tr i ce et la

 I LLUS T R A T IO N S 95

homi ci de, i l n y
’ ’
na tur e a souv en t ue lepa i s s eucr
g
’ ’
d une ap onév r os e .

“
I deem it neces s ary to g uard mys elf
again s t mi s apprehe ns i o n in o n e o r tw o p ar

ti cular s In the fi rs t place I unders tand by

.
,

o rg an remedy n ot a dr ug
- that i s to picall y ,

applied to a s uffer ing o rg an fo r i ts phys ic al

o r chemic al eE ects b ut a remedy that has an

,

elective afii n ity for s uch o rgan by reas o n Of ,

whi ch it will fin d the o rgan its el f thro ugh the

bloo d Fo r ins tance an as tringent applied
.
,

to a muc o us s urface to get r i d o f a catarrh

i s n o o rgan remedy in my meaning it i s n o

-
,

example o f Rademacher s o rg an o pathy ’

.

Then I do n o t p ut fo rward o rgano pathy

as an ide a o f my o wn o r as s o mething new , ,

b ut as that o f Ho henheim an d o f hi s co ,

do ctrinaires as res us cit ated extended elabo

, , ,

r ated ,an d s y s temati s ed by Rademacher in ,

the early part o f thi s century Ho henheim .

has been malici o us ly befo uled an d mean l y

ro bbed lo ng eno ugh an d it i s high time he
,

s ho uld h ave th e credit o f hi s o w n geni us as ,

well as o f hi s o wn fo lly .
 L I FE OF D R B U RN E TT
.

The mo dern father Of o rgano pathy is

Jo hann Go ttfried Rademacher who was bo rn ,

on Aug us t 4 1 772 an d died o n the 9 th o f

, ,

F ebruary 1 8 5 0 , H i s great li fewo rk bears

.

thi s title : RE C H T F E R T I O U N O der vo n den

Gelehrten mi ss kan n ten v er s tan des r i chte n

E R F A H R U N O S H E I L L E H E R E der A L T E N S C H E I
D E K UN S T I O E N GE H E I M A E R Z T E un d treue
Mi ttheilun g des E rgebni ss es einer 2 5 j ah r ige n -

E rpro bung dies e r L ehre am Kr an ke n be tte ,

’
v on Jo han n Go tt fried Rademacher The .

preface to the firs t editi o n i s d ated April 1

1 84 1

Thi s i s the wo rk I s o Often refer to

herein an d fr o m which I tr ans late the part
,

on di s eas es o f the s pleen th o ugh Slightly

,

c o ndens ed .

F urther I do n o t regar d o rgan o pathy as

,

s o mething o uts ide h o me o p athy b ut as being ,

emb raced b y an d included in it tho ugh n o t ,

identical o r co— exte n s ive with it I wo uld s ay .

— Or a no ath i s home o a thy i n thefi r s tde r ee

g p y p g .

And, fi nally , I wo uld emph as i s e the fact , that

where the ho me o pathic s i millimal gent
a
9 8 LIFE OF D R . BURN E TT
eff o rts at independen t tho ught in medicine
it was i n thi s wi s e : A s tudent was wo rking
with Pro fess o r H with the micr o s c o pe
while he had a b ad co ld in hi s head i n the —
ho t tickling dewdr o p s tage an d fi ndi ng
, ,
—
that mi cr o s co pi s i n g under the circ ums tances
was n o t an eas y matter he s aid to hi s pr o fes
s or i al friend What s go o d fo r a co ld i n the
,
’

head
Oh s aid he s n iE up c o ld water i nto
’

, ,

s —
yo ur no trils that ll c ure it qui ck ly
’
.
’

St udi os us se t hi s micro s c o pe as ide went ,

ho me Once there fo rthwi th s n iE ed co ld

.
,

water mo s t d i ligently int o h is n os trils an d ,

cur ed the said c o r za the r e an d then A

y .

s weet c ure as the s eq uel Sho wed .

The next day he had the beginning o f

catarrhal j aundice an d in two days the aE ec
,

ti o n was well es tabli s hed .

Pro fes s o r H was again c o ns ulted an d

.
,

s aid he m us t give u h os pital wo rk at o nce

p ,

an d take a h o lid ay in the hill s .

Bei n g c o nvers ant wi th all the facts o f

the c as e it o cc ur red to me that as catarrhal
,
 I LLUST R ATI ONS 99

j aundice was due to a catarrh Of the g all duct s -

,

j us t as the co ryza was a c atar rh o f the n os e ,

s o i f we c o uld o n ly get at the gall d ucts as

-

readily as at the n o s trils we might was h

,

them o ut als o an d thus cur e the j aundice as

, ,

the cor yza had bee n c ured

“
I have had a certain number o f c o lds i n
the head to treat d uri n g the years that have
s ince el aps ed but I have never rec o mmended
,

Pro fes s o r H s plan Of s ni ffi n g co ld water

.
’

into the nos trils believing a catar rh o f the

,

nos e to be les s b ad than a co rres po nding s tate

of the gall ducts
- Thi s s imple n arrati o n
.

reall y to uches at the very fo undati o ns Of a ll

c uri n g
. The yo ung man was n ot well ;
Nat ure so ught to rid hi s or gani s m o f s o me
thing harmful to hi s o r gani s mic s elf ; s he
se ts u a water di s ch arge fr o m a s m all p o rti o n
p y
Of the m uc o us lining Of the bo dy near the
,

s ur face an d n o t o therwi s e too m uch functi o n

ally o cc upied This ho t r unning fro m the

.

nose was really a curative ex press i o n o f the

o rg ani s m
.
( The y o un g m an ha d bee n l o ng

livi ng an d wo rking in the mo s t fo ul

 I OO L I FE OF D R B U RN E TT .

at mo sph ere o f dissecting-roo ms and hos pital

wards ) The co ld water stopp ed it ( the
.

flux n o t the di s eas e ) an d then Nature fell

, ,

back upo n the liver as s he S O o ften do es

,
.

Centr lfig fl
c a l ux es a n d di s cha r
ges s hould not

be lig htl y s to
pp e d .

Why the flux ! Whence the discharge '

L et the q ues ti o ns o f the why an d whence !

he ans wered as we go alo ng Here I merely .

ins i s t upo n the elementary truth that a

mo r bi c pro ces s havi n g a perhaps time , ,

ho n o ur ed n ame may be nevertheless n o

,

dis eas e at all but merely a means o f c ure

, .

set u by N at ure he rs el f an d that t here ar e

p ,

dis eas es whi ch it i s di sadv antageo us o r

dangero us to c ure that is to cure in the
,

s ens e in whic h the verb to c ur e i s c o mmo nly

used i n E ngli s h by the tho ughtles s Of .

co urs e to effect a r ea lly r adical c ur e o f an y

p r i m a ry di s eas e can never be o t her than a
”
g ain to the i n dividual .
102 L I F E OF D R BURNE TT
.

befo re all o thers in us ing the vir us o f co n

s umpti o n wherewith to c ure c o n s umpti o n its elf
.

But a n umber Of ye ars ag o the leaders o f the

d o min ant s ect Of the medic al pro fes s i o n
rai sed a hue an d cr y agai ns t tho s e o f the
ho me o paths who were S O uns peakable as
to use the vir us o f c o n s umpti o n again s t the

dis eas e its el f ; an d fo r fear o f an unbearable

am o unt o f o ppo s iti o n an d ign o rant pre udice
j ,

the practice was di s c o untenanced an d almo s t

—
di s co ntin ued a few o nly publi s hing here
a n d there a S triki n g cas e o f the c ure o f

c o ns umpti o n by the virus o f the pro ces s

it s el f
.

“
I am o n e o f tho s e o n who m the
o ppo s iti o n an d ridic ule have acted as an
incentive to further Obs ervati o n an d te
s e arch , an d fo r the pas t five years have
regul arly us ed the baci llic virus as a part
o f my daily practice an d that in the
,

aggregate with gre at s ati s facti o n . Th us it

i s that the materi al that m akes up thi s s mall
treati s e has bee n s lo wl y accumulating an d,

was inten ded to form part o f a greater wo rk

 ILLUS T R ATI O NS 1 0 3

on the general s ubject o f the cur e o f grave

fo rms o f di s eas e by the vir use s o f the di s eas e
pro ces s es thems elves ; b ut here Dr K o ch .

breaks in with hi s great epo ch making -

di s c o very o f a new c ure fo r co ns umpti o n ,

an d which t urns o ut to be n o ne o ther than

o ur O ld h o me o pathic ally admini s tered vir us ,

again s t which the hue an d cr

y w as l o ng a o
g
rai s ed by the very men who n o w lie pro ne at
Dr K och s feet in abject ado r ati o n
.
’
The
.

di E e r e n ces between o ur Old friend T uber

culi n um which I h ave vent ur ed o c all
( t

Baci lli n um as the bacilli were pro v ed to be

,

i n my prep ar ati o n by an expert in practic al

—
bacteri o l o g y) I s ay the di fference between
o ur o l d frie n d Tub er culi n um or Baci llin um
an d th at o f K o ch lies in the way it i s

o btained ; o ur s i s the virus o f the n at ur al

dis eas e its el f while Ko ch s i s the same vir us

,
’

arti fi ci ally O bt ained in an inc ub ato r fro m

c o lo nies o f bacilli thriving in beef jelly ;
o ur s i s the chick hatched under the hen ,

K o ch s i s the chick hatched in an inc ubat o r

’
.

’
The arti fi ci al h atchi n g i s K o ch s dis co very ,
1 04 L I F E OF D R B URN E TT
.

not the remedy it s el f o r i ts use as a cure fo r

c o ns umptio n .

“
I thi n k very highly o f K och s remedy as ’

the wo rld will n o do ubt call it an d I kno w ,

that he i s o n the right track I am mo re s ure.

than K o ch can he hi ms elf becaus e I used it

,

five years be fo re he knew it an d he has yet ,

to plo w that hi s res ult s ar e s ati s facto r y .

There i s o n e o ther di E er en ce i e the mo de ,

. .
,

o f admi n i s tering it to the ati ent I use the

p
remed y in high po tenc y which is n o t fraught
,

with the palpable dangers o f K o ch s method ’

o f in ecting m ateri al q antities nder the

j u u
Skin or in o ther wo rds s tr aight into the
, ,

bl ood Of co urs e i f Dr K o ch s dos age an d

.
,
.
’

m ode Of adminis trati o n sho uld give better

’
res ult s than we have o btained then K o ch s ,

method will have to be ado pted But my .

pres ent o pini o n tends to the o ppo s ite co n

el us i o n Still we will leave that till K och s
’
.

method h as been pro perly t r ied Meanwhile .

here i s my own
1 06 L IFE OF D R BURN E TT .

co ndi ti o ns which ar e a remo te o utcro po f the

tendenci es an d ar e devo id Of an y pr i ma fitci e
,
‘

se mbl an ce to the o rigin al di sease I let my

imaginati o n play abo ut a cas e s aid D r , .

Burnett an d n o o n e knew better than he o f

,

ho w great v al ue the s cienti fi c use o f the

i maginati o n may s o metimes be The fo llo w .

i ng q uo tati o n m us t be my i ll us trati o n Of the

co ncluding remarks Of the fo rego ing chapter ,

those namely o n D i atheti c H ome opa thy ( pp

, ,
.

89 9 1 )-

“
HE MO RR H O I DS IN TH E PH T H I S IC A L L Y

D I S P OS E D .

By p h thi s i cally di s po s ed
I mean thos e
who m the experienced eye eas ily di agnos es as
pr o ne to c o ns umpti o n tho ugh as a m atter Of , ,

fact they cann o t be s a id to h ave co ns umpti o n

,

at all an d very pos s ibly they ma never get

, , y ,

i t They ai l in vari o us w ays s o me Of them

.

have hay fever an d s o me piles The phthis ical

, .

an d the h t hi s i call —d i s p os ed ar e very pro ne

p y
to piles no tably thos e who ar e dark an d
,

d us ky ; an d indeed I have o ften fo und the

, ,
 ILLUST RATI ONS 10 7

piles in s uch mo re tro ubles o me an d painful

than the phthis i s pro per .

Simple unco mplicated cases exempli fy

,

bes t thus
“
In the mo nth o f June 1 8 9 1 a married
, ,

man o f abo ut 30 year s o f age kn o wn to me ,

fr o m hi s bo yhoo d almos t c ame to me fo r

,

chro nic piles o f a mos t di s tress ing n ature that

were making him almos t an invalid He had .

att acks o f pain a bout a n hour after stool he ,

was also a chro nic s uE er er fro m hay fever ,

an d hi s teeth were tuberc ul ar indented in

(
!gener ally bl ack
! d o ts
)
, an d the pains were

greatly aggravated by co ughing an d s neezing ,

bo th o f which he indulged in very freely .

Ba ci lli num 1 0 0 0 cured him right OE in a

fo rtnight bo th o f the piles an d o f the j us t
,

des cribed pains after s too l an d to day ,

-
,

December 7 I 8 9 1 he co ntinues q uite well

, , ,

an d h as had n o r el aps e H i s hay fever was

.

als o s eemingly c ured in the s ame rapid way

! ,

b ut hay fever has an ugly kn ack o f re t urning

ag ain an d ag ain after yo u have c ured it !

Two o r three s ucces s ive s ummer s mus t pas s

10 8 L I F E OF D R BURN E TT
.

befo re we can rely upon a c ured cas e o f hay

fever being really c ured to ret urn n o mo re .

F r o m the remedies I have fo und use ful an d ,

also us eles s in the ther ape utics o f ha f ever

, y ,

I have co me to the c o ncl us i o n clinically that

what nos o l ogis ts an d clinici ans c all hay fever
includes s everal e ti o l o gic ally an d path o
l o gi cally t o tall y di fferent ailments o r di s eas es .

In so me I think hay fever very di s tinctly a

,

—
mani fes tati o n o f a phthi s ic al taint abo ut the
o ther s I h ave n o t yet m ade u my mind
p .

The pro blem o f gras s es has the s ame relati o n

S hip to hay fever as the no rth wind has to a
phthis ic al c o ugh— the co ugh i s hardly a
n o rth wind c o ugh in a path o logic al s ens e
- .

PR E - P H TH I S IC A L D YS P E PS I A .

A m arried gentleman 2 4 year s o f age, ,

came under my care o n the 2 n d o f M arch ,

1 891 to be treated fo r mo s t di s tres s ing an d

,

inveterate dys peps i a Of three years s tandi ng ’

.

He had the char acteri s tic s ympto m as i f a

tight ro pe were bo und r o und hi s s to mach .
’

Debility palenes s acidity nerv o us a kind

, , ,
I IO L I F E OF D R B URN E TT .

three mo nths I put it in thi s way as I have

”
n o t seen him he livi n g so far away
, .

C O UGH WI T H H RO N I C
C UL M O N A R Y
P

C A T A RR H .

A L o nd o n gentleman j us t turned 5 0 ,

years o f age came under my pro fess io nal

,

care in the fi rs t days o f J an uary 1 8 9 1 He , .

was s ubject to a chro nic co ugh with much ,

catarrh o f bo th the l ungs hi s co ugh was very

dis tres s i n g indeed an d n o wo nder co ns ider
, ,

ing the awful fog then o n But tho ugh the .

,

c o ugh was much aggrav ated by the fog it ,

was by n o means due to it There was so me .

wheezing all o ver the ches t much wo r s e o f ,

the left s ide an d patient gets feveris h att acks

,

which he terms hi s heats an d s weats .

’

Co ugh wo rs e at night wakened by it Said

,
.

he : I was always a co ughing man ; my

‘

father died at my pre sent age o f co n s ump

ti o n an d I have los t a bro ther an d als o a
,

s i s ter fr o m c o n s umpti o n .

Two mo nths o f the Baci lli num C q uite .

c ured him an d he was really a di fferent man

, ,
 I LL US T R ATI ONS 1 1 1

an d h is friends hardly knew hi m wi tho ut hi s

’

freq ue n tly had it been to the fo re

”
co ugh , so .

INCI PIE N T GE N E R A L A T R O PH Y .

A b o y Of ten year s o f age was bro ught to

me by hi s mother at the beginning o f the
year I 8 9 1 fo r was ti ng weakness Rather .

tall fo r h is age he pres ented the fo llo wing

,

pict ure : a gl um ancient face ; thin almos t

, ,

cheekles s ho llo w eyes ; neck lo ng thin

, , ,

’
s tudded with wax en kernels i e peripheral , . .
,

hypertro phic glands tho rax almo s t like a,

s kelet o n an d i ts c utane o us c o vering very full

,

o f we veins abd o men thin an d yet p o t like -

,

—
the s o called drum belly extr emities lo n g
-

an d thin ; gr o in s full o f fe el ab l indurated

y
ver y small glands He is mum always gives
.
,

n o rep l ies to my inq uiries an d hi s mo ther ,

tells me he will hardly ever talk he takes n o

interes t in s trangers o r in general s urro und
ings an d s eemingl y h as n o very s peci al des ire
,

fo r anything o r anybo dy an d hardl y ever ,

’
wants either to eat o r dr ink And yet .
,

exclaimed hi s mo ther he is n o t ill ! ,

1 1 2 L IF E OF D R BURN E . TT

mo nt hs under o ur Baci lli num C

Fi ve .

an d C C f
( in. i n r e q.uent d os e I will ag ain
reiterate ) with an inter c urren t mo nth under -

Thu j 3
a 0 an d f o ll o wed by a n o ther m o nth
unde r Calc Phos 3x an d n o w he i s bright
. .
, ,

chatty near ly a s to ne heavier enj o ys his foo d

, , ,

an d i s full Of interes t for hi s s urro undings ;

the o ld s hrivelled up j oyles s nes s has go ne -

an d given place to cheerful thr i vi ngnes s .

I o rder ed n o alter ati o n either in diet o r place

o f abo de The b o y lived befor e the treat
.

ment an d dur ing the tr eatment an d n o w

, ,

after the c u r e in the s ame h o us e in a L o nd o n

,
”
s ub ur b .

“
CE P H A L I C S UF FE R I N O S IN L A TE R L I F E
PR I M A R I L Y D U E To O U TO R OWN HY

D R O C E PH A L U S .

This par t bject may be co nof my su

s i der ed a s new an d des e rves m o re tha n a ,

pas s i n g co ns iderati o n In the fi rs t editi o n .

o f thi s w o rk I n arr ated a c as e in po int

,

( C as e xxiii ) L e t us enter up o n the s ubject

.

s o mewhat .
1 1 4 L IFE OF D R . BU RN E TT
of
’
Dr Bur nett s tho ughts an d Obser vati o n s
. .

Those who wis h mo re detai l will be able to

fi n d it in the bo o k fro m which I ha ve made
the quot ati o n At the time Of his lamented
.

death D r Burnett had in co ntempl ati o n a

.

wo rk dealing with o ther diseas e tendencies i n -

the way in whi ch he des cribed co ns umptive

“

nes s an d ho w to remedy it It i s the

,
”
.

wo rld s los s that this was never carr ied o ut

’

b ut in hi s wo rk o n Cons umpti on he has s up

plied the key by w hic h o the rs may s olve fo r
thems elves the pro blem he had s olved fo r
hims elf .

V —GO U T .

No less or iginal than practical was Dr .

Bur n ett s reading o f the pro tean mal ady

’

kn own to the wo rld as go ut I wi ll co n .

el ude thi s c hapt er o f illus tr ati o ns with u

q o

tati o n s fro m the wo rk o n Gout a nd i ts

Cur e

the
F or success ful treatme nt o f Go ut i t
is necess ary to h ave a clear idea o f wh at
 ILLUSTR ATI ONS I I 5

c o ns titutes i ts v ar i o us p ar ts ; no t ably mus t

we di E e r en ti ate between i ts pre depo s it -

s ympt o ms an d i ts p os t depos i t s ympto ms

-
,

fo r much o f the want o f s ucces s in i ts

c ure i s due to a mixi n g up o f the two se ts
-

o f s ympt o ms The s ympto ms that precede

.

an d lead u to the uric acid retenti o n s in the

p
bloo d ar e a s eries by thems elves ; those
due to the uric acid in the blo o d an d ,

whi ch lead up to the go uty depo s it as an

attack o r as chro nic depo s its
, ,
ar e a s ec o nd

s eries. The fo rmer really s pell arthritic

caco e s i a while the l atter ar e s yn o nym o us
p p ,

with uric acid po iso ning ; in the o n e we

deal with the pro ducing po wer in the ,

o ther with the pr o d uct .

Thi s differentiati o n being m ade we p r o ,

ceed o n two lines with the tre atment — the

o n e to get rid o f the go uty attack an d
the dep os its an d the o ther the mo re i m
, ,

por tant to deal with that which leads to

,

the pro d ucti o n o f the uric mater i al .

The fo llo wing pages ar e intended to set

fo r th the writer s method of procedure
’ ”
.
1 1 6 L I FE OF D R BURN E TT .

In his o wn mas terl y fas hi o n Dr Bur .

nett analys es the var i o us pro blems pres ented

by go ut in i ts acute and co ns titutio nal
fo rms ; an d he tells ho w he came to di s
co ver i n Ur ti ca ur ens a po tent remedy fo r
the acute attack Incidentally he tells
.

o f o ther uses o f the N ettle an d o n e o f

,

thes e I will quo te becaus e it i s n o les s

,

valuable biog r aphically than it i s thera

e uti call A ll unc n s ci o us ly Dr B urnett
p y o
. .

draws a vivid pict ure o f hi mself in his

S T OR Y OF TH E N E TT L E A S A ME D ICIN E .

Altho ugh no thing to do with my present

thes is exce pt in so far as it gives an acco unt
,

o f my fi r s t acq uaintance with the nettle as a

medicine I am nevertheles s c o n s trained to

,

give a hi s to ry o f the nettle as a medicine in

,
—
go ut ague cake an d gravel ; I mean o f
, ,

c o urs e my hi s t o ry o f the nettle

,
.

Twenty years ago I was treating a lady

fo r intermittent fever o f the mild E ngli s h
type when o n e day my patient came tri pping
,

s o m ewhat j auntil int o my c n s ulting r m -

y o o o
 1 1 8 L IF E OF D R B URN E TT
.

nettles an d c ured it s traight away an d my ,

next cas e als o an d my next an d almo s t every

, ,

c as e s ince an d with very nearl y un i fo rm

,

s uccess So me Of my cas es o f ague c ured

.

with nettle tincture were m os t s evere o nes

-
,

invalided h o me fro m Indi a an d B urmah .

And quite lately a p atient living in Si am to ,

who m I had se nt a big bo ttle o f nettle tinc -

t ure wro te me
, The tincture yo u s ent us
has very greatly mitigated the fever we get
’
here Pleas e o rder us ano ther bo ttle
. .

Here we s ee Dr Burnett at work We

. .

s ee the e arnes t practiti o ner carefully n o ting

—
the s alient features o f hi s cas e the indicati o ns
fo r hi s remedy the remedy pres cribed
,
We .

s ee him eagerly t urn to hi s n o tes t o see wh at

remedy had achieved the res ult an d to credit ,

a s ucce s s fo r fut ure g uidance We see him

.

enj o ying to the full the h umo ur o f a Situatio n

—
turned ag ains t hims e l defeated by a char
f
wo man ; ackno wledging with frankes t can
do ur hi s o wn di s co mfi tur e an d t urning hi s
,

defeat to future tri umphs .

 I LLUSTR ATIONS 1 1 9

A medical s tudent o n e s aid to the wr iter ,

s peaking of o n e o f the pr o fes s o rs o f h i s

s choo l Sir X Y i s a very liberal minded

. .
-

man he says he do es n t care where a remedy

’

c o mes fro m even i f he gets it fro m an o ld

’ ”
wo man he wo uldn t Object to us e it .No ,

s aid I I can quite believe that b ut wo uld

“
,

Sir X Y be l i beral minded eno ugh to give

. .
-

the o ld wo man the cr edit o f it ! I very

much do ubt it i f the o ld wo man happened ’

” ’
to be a ho me o path Burnett s liberal
.

mindednes s was of an entirely di fferent o rder ;

he was always ready to give credit where
credit was due . H o mage to the char
wo man s aid he .
 CHAPT E R III

C O N CL USIO N

WIT H thes e extracts fro m the work o n go ut

I will co nclude thi s s ketch of Dr B urnett s .
’

wo rk an d metho d It will be s een thatI have

.

fo r the mos t p art let Dr B urnett des cri b e

.

it for hims elf b ut I think by bringing to ge

ther extr acts in the way I have do ne the ,

medical reader will be better able to s ee the

mai n s pring as it were of the methods than
, ,

it has been po s s ible heretofo re Dr Burnett. .

cl aimed fo r ho me o p athy unlimited s co pe o f

development . H i s geni us led him into fields
o f gre at fr uitfulnes s which had never been

c ultivated befo re ; b ut as Co lumbus s ho wed

h i s co lleag ues ho w to m ake an egg s tand o n
end s o D r Burnett has Sh own hi s co lleagues
, .
1 22 LI FE OF D R BURN E TT
.

who knew . A patien t o f his who had bee n

the weary ro und o f all the c o ns ultan ts o f
the o ld s choo l befo re he came to Dr B urnett
.

said o f him : H e was the o nly d o cto r I

ever co ns ulted who reall y s eemed to know
what he was talking abo ut .
”
The reas o n o f
this was that Dr B ur nett had ac cepted the
.

liberty Hahnemann o E e r ed him ; he r eco g

n i se d that h i s t as k was to deal with actual

s tates an d n o t merely o n the n ames o f s tate s

,

an d the names o f medici n al acti o ns

.
1 26 L IFE OF D R BURN E TT .

memory a Ho me o pathic Schoo l o f Medicine ,

S O th at the fut ure s t udent s o f medicine might

h ave the s ame advan tages they have i n

America o f q uali fying as ho me o pathic do cto rs ,

ins tead o f having to go thro ugh the cr uder

teaching o f the Old s ys tem ”
This pr opos al
.

met with a go od deal o f favo ur b ut the ,

practical di ffi culties were at the time i n s ur

mo unt able an d the pr o po s al remained i n
,

abey an ce . S ince then h o wever events o f

, , ,

great impo rt ance h ave happened in the affairs

o f Briti s h Ho me o pathy an d the pro pos al to
,

fo und a s choo l in Dr Burnett s mem o ry has

’
.

crys talli sed into the fo unding o f a ho me o pathic

pro fes s o rs hip in a Co llege o f Ho me o p athy
which i s to exis t in the near fut ure The .

chief event to which allus io n was made j us t

n o w i s the fo unding o f the BR ITI SH H O M cE O
,

PA T H I C A S S O C I A TI O N as the o utco me o f Dr ;
Bur fo rd s pro po s al fr o m the pres iden ti al chair
’

o f the Briti s h H o me o pathic S o ciety to rai s e ,

a Twentieth Century F und o f n o t les s than

fo r the fur theran ce o f the interes ts o f
”
h o me o pathy .
 CHAPTE R II

TH E ST O R Y OF TH E S I LV E R S A LE

TH E fo unding of
the B riti s h Ho me o pathic
Ass o ciati o n pro ved to be the o ppo rt unity the
friend s o f Dr B urnett des ired
. Amo ng the
.

primary o bjects o f the As s o ci atio n ther e is

o n e es peci ally des ign ated for the creati o n
”
an d endo wment o f L ectures hips .

The circula r i s s ued by the exec utive co m

mittee o f the As s o ci ati o n co ntains the fo llo w
ing claus e expres s ing o n e Of the method s in
,

which it pro po s es to attain i ts o bjects

C l aus e
II F o r the permanent endo w
.

ment o f the wo rk a Twentieth Century

F und o f at leas t has been i n augu
rated by the As s o ci atio n All do nati o ns
.

1 37
1 28 L I F E OF D R BUR N E TT .

over £ 2 5 ar e inves ted Benefacto rs endo w

.

ing in full a L ectures hi p o r Travelling o r ,

Res earch Sch o l ar s hip o r an y o ther part o f

,

the wo rk have the right to a permanent

,

seat o n the g o verning b o dy as well as to ,

’
have the do no r s name permanently inco r
o r ated o n the title o f the end o wment The
p .

do nati o n o f a c apital s um fo r endo wment

may at the bene facto r s Opti o n be s pread
’

, ,

o ver a peri o d o f three ye ar s

”
.

Thi s claus e s ugges ted to s o me o f Dr .

B ur n ett s friends that the intenti o n o f Mr

’
.

Walfo rd s pro pos al might be carried o ut by

’

r ai s ing a fund fo r endo wing o n e o f these

’ ’
c hairs in Dr Burnett s n ame Dr B urnett s
. . .

fr iends there upo n g uaranteed to r ai s e the

neces sary amo unt to end o w a chair to be
called the B ur nett Tr qfi ss or ship of H ome o ’

a th i c Pr a cti ce an d the C o mmittee o f the

p ,

As s o ci ati o n co rdi all y accepted the res po ns i

b i li ty o f admini s tering the trus t .

The firs t mo ve taken to rai s e the des ired

1 30 L IF E OF D R BU RNE TT .

The card o f invitati o n was acco mpan ied by

the fo llo wing Circ ular
“
J AM E S C OM PT O N B UR N E TT M E MO R I AL .

“
E ver s i n ce th e lame n ted d eath of th e late Dr .

James Co mp to n B ur n e tt, th er e has b e e n a feel i n g

amon g h i s fr i e n d s an d pati e n ts th at s o me p e r man e n t

me mor i al S ho uld be r ai s ed i n h i s ho n o ur T he d i f c ul ty . fi
hi th er to fe l t h as b een i n d e ci di n g upo n th e fo r m whi ch
th e M emo r i al s ho uld ta e k
be en s ugges ted that
. I t has
th e fo un d i n g o f th e B i ti h H o m o path i c As s ociati on
r s e

a r d s a fi tti n g so l uti o n o f thi s d iffi cul ty .

“
D r B ur n e tt l eft ho me o pathy far r i c he i n h eal i n g
. r

powe than he foun d i t an d i t has oc c urr ed to so me

r

o f h i s f i en d r that n o mo e ade q uate me mo i al o f h i

s r r s

g r e a tn e s s o f h ea r t an d m i n d c o uld b e ai s e d th an th e r

fo un dati on o f a pe man e n t s o ur ce f i n s tr uc ti o n i n
r o

ho me o pathi c p racti ce .

T h e teachi n g o f h o me o pathi c prac ti c e i o n e Of the s

mai n o bj ec ts Of th e B r i ti s h H o me opathi c A s oci ati o n s ,

an d th e As s oci ati o n has un d er ta k e n to ad mi i ter fun d s n s

c o ll ec te d fo r th i s p ur p os e I t h as th e efo e be e n d eci d ed
.
,
r r ,

by D Bur n ett f i e n d to rai s e a fun d to fo un d a Pr o

r.
’
s r s

fes so rs hi p o f H o me opathi c P ac ti ce to b ear h i s n ame r .

I t i i n fur th er an ce o f thi s o bj ec t th at M rs J H
s . . .

C l ar k e i s h o ldi n g a Sal e o f Si lve r Ar ti cl es .

“
If an y fri en d s o ad mi r er s o f th e l ate D r B ur n e tt
r .
,

who may n o t b e abl e to atte n d th e s al e wo uld wi sh to ,

c o n t i b ute to th e M emo r i al M rs C l ar k e wi ll b e hap p y

r , .

to r ec ei ve an d ac k n o wl edge an y co n tr i b uti o n s s en t to
h er fo r th i s o bj e ct .

0
3 , C lar ge s S treet, W N OV . 1 , 1 9 0 2 .
TH E ST ORY OF THE S ILV E R SA LE 1 31

The res po nse to thi s Cir cular was ver y

gr ati fying Many to uching letter s wer e
.

r eceived fro m Dr B urnett s fo rmer patients

’
.
,

enclo s ing do n ati o ns the amo unts o f which ,

will be found in the lis t s given belo w .

Cards o f invitati o n were s ent to an d

ackn o wledged fo r Her M o s t Graci ous
Majes ty the Queen an d Her Ro yal Highness
the Princess o f Wales .

The invitati o n to Her Majes ty the Queen

was acco mpanied by a le tter o f which the ,

fo llo wing i s a c o py

en !
! L ett

“
30 , C LA ROE S ST R E E T,

PIC CA DI L L Y, W .

Mr s J ohn H C l ar k e
. . pr e s en ts h er co mpli men ts to
M i ss Kn o llys an d wi ll b e d e eply g ateful to h er i f s he
,
r

wi l l ki n dly s ub mi t th e e n cl o s ed car d to H er MOS t

Graci o us Maj es ty th e Queen Mrs C lar k e b el i e ves
. .

that H er M aj es ty has tak en an i n te es t i n h o me opathi c r

pr ac ti ce an d tr usts that th e fo un dati o n o f the Br i ti s h

,

H o me opathi c As soci ati o n un d e r th e p r es i d en cy o f

,

E ar l Cawdor fo r es tabl i s hi n g a S c hoo l o f H o me o path y

, ,

s o muc h n e ed e d i n L o n do n wi ll mee t wi th H er ,

Maj es ty s sympathy
’
.

N ovember 6, 1 9 0 2 .
1
32 L IF E OF D R . BURN E TT
In due co urse M r s C larke received . th e

fo ll o wing reply
S A N D RI N OH A M,
N O R FOL K .

7th N ovember , 1 9 0 2 .

M i ss Kn ollys wr i tes to ac k n owl edge the r ec ei p t o f

M rs J oh n H C l ar k e s l e tte r an d en clos ur e an d to te ll
. .
’
,

h er th at s h e wi ll have muc h pl eas ur e i n s ub mi tti n g th e

sa me to th e Que en .
”

The s ale in which M r s Cl arke had the

,
.

invaluable as s i s t an ce o f Miss Jo pli n Mi ss ,

Bax Iro ns ide

- Mi ss C C Darby Mi ss , . .
,

Bevan an d Mr an d M r s H S yn yer was

,
. . .
,

eminently s uccess ful an d as an immedi ate ,

r es ult M r s Cl arke was able to h and o ver

.

to the Bur nett Mem o ri al F und a s um o f

6d But m any o f Dr Burnett s

’
1 75 . . .

Old patients an d admirers se nt d o nati o n s to

the fund which b y the end o f De cember
, , ,

1 90 2 am o un ted to
,
the addi ti o nal s um o f
1 1 8 2S 4 d Thi s s um has been gr ad uall
£ . .
y
increas ing Since th at date an d it i s ho ped that ,

the i ss ue Of this vo lume will acceler ate the rate

o f increas e .
1
34 LIF E OF D R . BURN E TT

Br o ugh t for war d

M i ss Qui n cey
Th e Rev V er n o n L Gui s e an d M r s G ui s e,
. . .

o f S to p ham Rec tor y "

W
A E K . . .

T h e M i s es L eaf, o r th i n g

Mr . an d Mr s James C hes te r
.

A E ll i sto n Fox E s q
.
, .

J P . S ti l we ll.E s q JP , , . .

M rs Po l e .

T S H all E s q
. .
, .

T h e M i s es B er n ey
M rs Dudl ey Batty .

M r an d M rs H Wood h i ll
. . .

Maj o r Li ter s

M rs M i ll er .

Mi ss C ummi n g
Mr s H y S G lads to n e
. . .

M r s E dmo n d e s .

G As h l ey D odd E s q
.
, ,

M r s Bad er .

M r s E S i n gl eto n
. .

Maj o r Li s ter ( eco n d do n at1 o n ) s

M r s Ki ver .

Ro b H eath, E s q
d
. .

M i ss J ul i a Ber n ey ( s ec o nd o n ati o n )
J . M a un d e r
H .
, E sq .

M i ss T ho mas
M r s Ros e .

M r s R o us e .

R owl an d H o l t Wi l so n , E s q .
 L I ST OF D ON ATI ONS 1 35

Br o ugh t for war d

M rs . E l izabeth B utl er D ubl i n (an n ual s ubs ) , .

M rs . Sadl er
J F r an k l i n
.
, E sq .
,
Wo r thi n g
Bar o n ess
H D Woo d er s o n E s q
. .
, .

A T Coo k E s q L o n d o n
. .
, .
,

M r s B e van .

M r s B ur n i n gham .

Mi s s Sull i van
EL Vi n de n , E sq
. . .

W B eal e, E sq . .

M i ss H ar r i e t C o p e man
M r s E mi ly . Whi te
Miss T hor n hi ll
Mi ss B uss
Mrs . Bai ldon

Pao r ass xo m x L x sT . .

Dr .
J . H . C l ar k e ( th e a mo un t of Le ctur e
fee s ) .

D r Pull ar "

CV S
.

J S.H ur n dall , E.s

q, . M . R . . . .

D r H en r y B e n n e tt
.

D r R S wall ow,. . of N i n gp o

33 5 0

L ay Li s t 4 37 4
1 0

£4 70 1 9
 1 38 IN DE X

Bur n etts, ’
Dr .
, d eath, 54 C o llege of H o me o pa thy, 36
fe ver bo ttle, 1 8 coug ars cures co li c, 34
fun d of humour , 5 3 tumours, 83
n so illness, 5 4 Co lumbus an d the egg, 1 2 0

lo ve o f the coun tr y
, p
C o m ton , C har les , 4
4 8 -
49 d
C on fi en ce o f atien ts, D r p . Bur
Bur n etts '
, Dr .
, her oes , 4 3 nett gai ns , 6:
0’ 99 lo ve of wor k, 5 5 C on clus ion, 1 20

C oo per , D r . R ober t Th o mas , d

ea th

C
C r e igh ton, Dr .
, hi s theor y o f
Cele p in s 31 , 1 1 1
82
. . .
can cer ,
Calcutta j ourna l o f M edi ci ne, 76
Cr y pt o -ho me o paths , "
2 6
Conquer for cho l 35 , 8 4
er a,
Ca s da r angu, p r o vi n g o f, 4 1
C an cer ous di athes is , tr eatmen t of,
Cyp r u s for h
c ol
er a, 35
9 1
Cur abi li q gf Ca ta r a ct wi ni M a li
Ca se s of tu mour , 8 0 , 8 1 ei nes ,
38
C atar act, 77
Cur abi li q g
"
Con sump i
t on , 66,
N a tur al Causes and Ca r e,
76, 8 6, 10 1
39 Ca u ti li t "
T a m a r : wi td M edi
y y
C atar r h of lun gs cure d with B ‘
aa l
'

at
'

ms 43
li nmn, 1 10
Cur e of dy s cr as ias, 8 8
C atarr ha lj aun i ce, 9 6 d
C en tr ifug al flux es , an ger d o f arr es t

in g, 1 00 D
p
Ce h alic s uffer in gs , due to out D an ger of Ko ch ’
s metho d of ih
w yd
gr o n h roce halus, 1 1 2 p j e ctin g Tuber culin , 1 0 4
Cha ng e of if
L e i n Women , 4 0 Deli ca te, Backwar d, Pansy an d

C ho i ce o f the r eme , 8 4 , 8 5 dy S tun ted C‘i ld r en, 4 0

C hr on i c co ugh, Bas i l/m m in , De ter min ati on to tur n far mer , D r .

1 10 Bur n ett s, 1 4 , 4 8
’

C hr o n i c pi l es cur e d by B l
aci l i nu , m D i ath etic h o ma o path icity, 66, 8 9
1 0 7 D i s eases of Me S kin, 38
k
Clar e, M rs .
J . H .
, or gan i s e s the n so SPM 8
31 45 s

S
i lver ale, S 3-
9 94
C lifton, A thur r, tr e ats pr e can cer D i sea ses o
f M e V a n s , 38

o us s tage o f can cer , 9 1 D r ug tes tin g, 4 1

C lin i cal wor k of Dr . Bur nett, i v p
D r ug ther a euti cs v er sus s ur ger y ,

Co l sd an d chi ll
s, A wai ts cur es , 1 6 82
 I N DE X I 39

-
Dr y dalc, Dr 1m
J J 9. 4 3 4 4
0 - C owa rd i ts Ca r e, 4 0 , 9 2 , 1 1 4
Dy p p is e s a, pre p
- hth is i cal 1 0 8
, p
Gr a e cur e, the, 2 0
Gr a vl e an d gout, 1 1 5
E Gr ea ter D i s ea ses f
o tbe L i v er ,
E ar l y li fe an d ge n ea logy o f Dr . 9 31 9 7
Burnett, 3
E cce M edi a s , 8 6
3 , 7&c .
,

E d it or s hi p of Hm
p
o atfii c Wo ld, r
H
Dr Bur nett s, ’
3 H mo rr ho i ds
. 2
e i n the phthi s i cally
E igkt Tea r s E x per i en ce i n Me Ca r e
'

" Cm ns ti oss b i ts m a Vi r us
di p d
s os e , 1 06
9 p y ,
Hh ma —6
ne an n , 2 1 2

E
39
nl dt o n s ils cur e d by m d i cin e,
H li p P
ar e-ti f 38 , r e ven on o ,
ar ge e
H wk D Alf d E d di
a es , r. re .
,
e catio n
40
to,
44
E n tr an ce to Glasgo w U iv n er s i t y ,
H ay fever , 1 0 6
Dr Bur n etts ’

, 7 H er M o st Gr acio us M aj es ty the
.

E meti cs, use o f, 1 9

Queen , 1 30

F H er R y l H igh
o a ness th e Pr in cess
of Wales 1 30
F ault o f th e o ld s c ool o f t h he r a H d i ty f T l t 4
ere o
,

a en ,

pe uti cs , 1 2 1
H h h im id 9 5
o en e
’
s ea,
Fv e er s an d bloo dp o is o n in g, 39 H m p th i p ti i
o e o a c r ac ce, v.
F ifq Reas on s fi bei ng H ome
r a o
H m p thi p f
o e o a hip i c r o es so rs n a
‘ t‘s 8
P 9 3
s
C ll g of H m p thy
e e o 6 o e o a 1 2
Fi n an cialr es ul
t of Si l S l
ver a e, 1 31
H m p thi S i ty f L iv
o e o a c oc e o
,

er
Fi rs t-gr a e d H o me o p th y 4 7
a ,
p oo l
,
65
Fi s tula a nd i ts ca r e 6
} M edi ci ne, 39 H ome opa th Wor ld
s 2 3
Fi tul u
s a c r abl
e by me d icine, 77 H o me o pathy n ot a
,

fai th, 8 7
Fi Y ve ear s
’
E x p er i en ce, D r Bur .
a k w d
n o le ge, 8 7
’
ne tt s, 1 0 5 a sc ie n ce, 87
F or ge t, s a yi n g o f, 94 99 h
t er a pe utic N ih i l
is m l 1 5
0 H ow Dr . Bur n ett be ca me a

Gilber t Burn ett, B i s ho p of S a ls i h ome o path 1 0 ,

H ughes s Pum a od aa mes

'
’
an d
j
Gold as e Remedy i ts D i sea se, 25 3 8 , Tder ap euti es , 1 4
Gon llo n, H en r y, MD . dd
e ication Hu t J n er , ohn, his i d ea of a cur e,

to, 46 82 , 86
1 4 0 I NDE X

I L d
on o n H o me o pathi c H o spi tal,
I llnes s wh en a la d, D r . Bur ne tt s , ’
57
20 M
I llus tr ations of Dr . Bur ne tt s ’
Main s pr in g o f D r Bur n ett s '

w k 9
.

or , 2
metho ds , 1 2 0
In c ipi t gen en eral atr o ph y , B aci l M an ifes to Dr Bur ne tt s 2 5 - 4 6 ’
, .
,
li mts s in , 1 1 1
M D Glasgo w U n i vers i ty, D r
I u bl d
. . .

nc r a e D ise as es 77 cur e ,
Bur n ett takes the, 1 8 76, 7
I d p d
n e en en ce an d o r igin ali t , D r y .
M D , V ie n n a, D r Bur ne tt takes
. . .

Bur nett s , ’
4 wh en 2
9, 7
I n volutio n, p r o ces s o f, i n tumour Mammar y tumour cure d, 8 0
cur in g, V ir ch o w ’
s v ie w, 82 M a ter i a M edi ca Pa r a, 8 4
Is ho me o p th y
a an
y g oo d in M ean in g o f H o me opath y, 2 6
tumo ur cur in g ! 82 M eas les n ot cur e d b y Acon ite, 7
M is s C ompton , 4
M o d er n H ome o p a th y, 33, 69
J
Jm a es C o m ton p Bur n ett Me mo Dr Bur n e tt 86
w ith d
.
,
r i al o f in v itation , 1 2 8
, car
Mo r b i d an ato my, i n atio n
rel to
J a mes C o m ton p Bur n e tt s '
de
scen t, 4
J u di 9 7
a n ce. N
J h Hu t
o n n er , 82 , 86 N atr um mur i ati cum, 2 5 , 37 66
,

N tu
a re s
’
for ces , 5 0

K
N ttl
e e as a me i ci n e,d 1 1 6
N ttl
e e ti n ctur e, 1 1 8
Kn o le ge w d o f an ato my, D r Bur .
N ttl tea, 1 1
'
e e 7
n ett s s 7s 9 3 N eur alg i a : i ts Caus es and Remedi e s ,
Ko ch, D r o n Tuber culi n , 1 0 3
‘

Kr aft s, D r r an , a reci ati on

’
. F k pp of
N e w C ure of p
C o n s um tion , 8 5 , 9 2
Dr . Bur n ett, 67 N d
o so e of tuber cular con s ump
ti on , 63

L O
L as t dy a s of Dr . Bur n ett, 5 3 Obitu ar
y n oti ces of Dr . Bur nett,
L ittl e Geor g ie, 1 2
”
55
Li t s o f D on ati o n s to Bur n ett Obj ect o f th e w k or , i ii .

M emor i al (lay an d pr ofess ion al), ou Fi s tula an d i ts Car e by M ed i

1 2 ci nes , 39
3
1 4 2 INDE X

Baci lli num, dif

'

I a kr eulin uns
‘
or

S car latin a, 1 7
fer e n ce bet w ee n Bur nett s ’
an d

S ci en tifi c use of imagin atio n , Koch

’
s p p ti
re ara ons an d

Dr . B ur nett s, 1 0 6
'
meth o d of a dmi i t tin s ra o n, 1 0 3
S chiiss le r , 76 Tumo urs . 77
S h uldham, Dr d D r Rud mour s
Tu f
o hi s br ea s t, 39 , 4 6, 8 0
.
, succee s .

d k
oc , 2 4 -61 Tu ki h r s an d R
uss ian s weatin gs ,

Sil ver Sa le, the, in ai d of the 2 1

Burnett Memor ial Fun d , 1 31

Tw en ti e th C en tury Fu d n , 1 2 6

Si r car , Dr hi s Opi n io n s of Dr
U
Ui dp
. .
,
r c a ci o is o n in g, 1 1
Bur ne tt, 7 6-86 5
Ur ti ca ur ens , me dy for go ut,
Si x teen
y e ars o f cur ati ve w or k,
1 1 6
as re

D r Bur n ett s, 61
'

S o me
.

n o tes of a pp r e ci ati o n on
U s es o f the n e ttle, 1 1 6

D r Bur nett s life

’
an d w o r k,
U ss her , Dr .
, on Dr . Burn ett, 5 7
.
59
Sp ifi th p uti
ec c era e cs,
”
8
V
St y f th Si lv S
or o e er al
e, 1 2 7
Stud i u d hi
os s an s co l d , 97
Vacci n os i s an! i ts Ca r e, 39 , 5 8

Super sa li n i t ni e bl
Valv ul
ar Di seas e g Me H ear t, 38
"
ygf ood, 38
Sycos is , 2 9 , 9 1
Ver atr uss, 35

Sy lgi na a
”
93
V ien na, M e i cal d Sh c o o lo f, 6
v
.

Syph ili 2 9 s,
Vi r us ln , on in o luti o n in tumo ur s ,
, 9 1

Sy t m ti
s e a c me d ica tio n , 79 82
V ir us o f co ns u mptio n , 102

v
a a i lab le fo r th er a euti c p
T pu p r os es , 89
Ti e Cla nge f
s L ife in Wom , 40 V i r us es of di s eas es a ai l
ab le v for the
p
The gr a e cur e, 2 1 cur e o f di s ease d
ten en ci es , 1 0 6
The T
hr ee e ar s D o ctor , 5 2
’ ”
Y V ital facto rs in cases , 9 0
Tlej a , 30 , 1 1 2
‘
V on Gr auvogl, 8 8
T h eor ies an d h othes es, 2 8 yp
T ime fo r tr eatmen t of chr on ic W
cases , 5 1 Walfor d Re v , 12 5 . W Stewart
.
,

Tr ipatr i te p atho logy, H a hne Wh at H ome opathy really is , 32

man n '
s, 2 9 Wor k of changin g co n stitutio ns ,

Tub er cular teeth, 1 0 7 89

vn wn s 1111 0 1 11 3 11 3, 1 m , r un GRE SH AM mass wa n na . s un co s mos .

 JBri tis b
h o me op athi c a s s oci ation
F OUND E D 1 9 0 2

F OR THE E X TE N S I ON AN D DE VE L OPME N T
OF H OI G OPATHY IN GRE AT BRITAIN

p res lceut .

TH E E A R L C AWD O R .

UlCC’ DtCBIM Ifi .

TH E E ARL OF D YS ART COLON E L C L I FTON

. BRO WN .

TH E L R
O D CA T ORPE L H CA PTA I N C UN D Y . .

AL D E RMA N S IR GE ORGE WYATT T RUSCOTT .

t rus tees .

JOSE PH H OWARD E s q M P , .
, . .

J P S T
. I LW
.E LL E sq L P , .
, .

WM W I LLE TT E S Q
.
, .

t reas urer .

JOS E PH HOWARD , E sq .
, MP . .

rm
abat an or General commi ttee .

J . P. ST I LWE LL , E sq .
, JP . .

HE N RY MAN F I E LD , E sq .
, MP . .

s ecr etary .

MR . F RE D K . KI N G .

mus es .

RE GE NT H o us e . 333A. RE GE N T STRE E T, L ON DON . W .