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Category Archives: Philosophy of Medicine
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Covid queries: theory and practise
? Questioning the Pandemic, in Theory and Practise • “Long covid”. It has been said – although I believe greatly […]
homeopathy and pandemics
Pandemics: What Dr Hahnemann Knew (pp. 131. €15) Contents Preface 1 Enlightening the Homeopathy Witch Hunters 5 Science Fraud and […]
news and new book on homeopathy and medicine
New homeopathy book available You might like to know of 2 developments: first, my book Medicine That Makes Sense: Selected […]
What Cartesian witch hunters can’t explain
Why Homeopaths Can’t be Burned at the Stake This is one of a number of learned articles (as well as […]
Repeal reveal ironies
Revealing Repeal Ironies I love irony, as you might have noticed from previous articles. Listening to and watching campaigners on the […]
“Entrenched” science, subjective experience and vitalism
Steven Pinker, the experimental psychologist, commented in a Financial Times interview when asked if he believed in an afterlife: No. […]
Miasmatic prescribing: Ghatak’s cases
Miasmatic Prescribing Dr N. Ghatak worked in Calcutta 100 years ago. A great prescriber, he understood the need to address […]
Deducing or inducing the law of cure
Induction, Deduction, Medicine and Scientific Method It has been argued recently that the HPV vaccine is safe because so many millions […]
Gardasil safety and the game of thrones
Gardasil Safety, Bishop Cullinan and Minister McGrath The Gardasil vaccine continues to raise controversy. Recently in Ireland a junior health […]
The unprejudiced observer
The Objective Unprejudiced Observer “But surely you need to be objective?” Miriam O’Callaghan asked Colin Davidson, the Belfast portrait painter, during an […]
Ethically withholding and refusing treatment
Ethical Reasons to Withhold and Refuse Medical Treatment One might agree that a doctor should withhold medical treatment in certain situations. […]
Treating pathology is mistreating
The Limits of Pathology “When we couldn’t help a patient anymore and we had got as much money as we could […]
Chronic Diseases – Hering’s overview
Chronic Diseases: Their Specific Nature and Homeopathic Treatment, by Samuel Hahnemann Medicine cannot explain why some symptoms resolve quickly of […]
Homeopathy doesn’t work, it…
Does Homeopathy Work? Homeopathy doesn’t work, but it does work in a particular way. It doesn’t work by treating or […]
Practical homeopathy, practical nonsense
Practical Homeopathy Background The term “practical homeopathy” has finally got the better of my curiosity. I first came across it […]
Nature uses homeopathy not isopathy
Isopathy v Homeopathy Have you ever wondered how measles can prevent whooping cough (par 46 of the Organon), cowpox prevent […]
Don’t treat cradle cap
The Crowning Treatment for Cradle Cap “Oh you have to get rid of that, it looks awful,” said a pharmacist to […]
Taking a case means taking sides
Spot the Difference Ok, apart from the size, what is the difference between the two? This is important for […]
Assisted suicide, euthanasia and Homeopathic medicine
To get through life without harming another is a great achievement Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist Only Irish and Africans cope […]
Aristotle through Aquinas to Hahnemann
Aristotle, Aquinas and Hahnemann Why did the great Dr Hahnemann call his remedies potencies and powers? From where did he […]
3 faulty models of medicine
What drives medicine? What influences the practice and outcome of medicine? It’s interesting to hear a nun, who is also a doctor, […]
Pox cures moles and warts: sycotic link
Pox Viruses, Moles, Warts and Sycosis What’s the connection between pox viruses and moles and warts? The connection was first raised […]
Metaphysics reveals limits of scientism
“The four philosophical limitations of modern science make it crystal clear why we need metaphysics.” Scientism Undermined by Metaphysics The […]
No metaphysics no medicine
Metaphysics and Medicine What has metaphysics got to do with the practise and theory of medicine? Well, as soon as […]
Does IVF induce a certain state of being?
A link between IVF and autism and psychiatric problems is presented in today’s Daily Telegraph I often think that being conceived in a […]
Catholics and homeopathy 3: doctor/monk defends homeopathy
Modern Science, the Church and Homeopathy On Catholics and homeopathy, religion and science, who better to refer to than a […]
Catholics & homeopathy 1: four popes
The Catholic Church has a tradition of establishing hospitals and working in health care but an overlooked part of its […]
Philosophy and case management
Achieving and Maintaining the Similimum by Dr Luc De Schepper (I wrote this in Nov. 2004 for the Homeopathic Times) […]
Syphilis and destructive diseases
Dynamic Materia Medica: Syphilis: A Study of the Syphilitic Miasm through Remedies, By Jeremy Sherr Considering its relevance to Hahnemannian […]
Irony and pathology interchangeable
Enjoy this irony! This letter to the editor appeared in the Daily Telegraph in May (year?) sent in by a reader […]
Sea remedies and minerals of support
Praxis: Notes From The Second Three-Year International Postgraduate Course In Bologna, Italy. Dr Massimo Mangialavori Dr Massimo has been running […]
Miasmatic Prescribing by Dr Banerjea
Miasmatic Prescribing: its philosophy, diagnostic classification and clinical tips. Miasmatic repertory & miasmatic weightage of remedies, By Dr. Subrata Kumar Banerjea. […]
Treating who not what
Treating Who not What, the Whole Person not Disease Treating the problem (a disease name) in medicine does not cure […]
Neurobiology: consciousness and intelligence revealed in plants
Plant Intelligence, Neurobiology and Consciousness John McKenna, writing in The Irish Times, says, “A video [of Prof Mancuso’s work] and […]
Homeopathic medicines contain nothing but information
Remedies as Information to be Read The Dutch doctor, philosopher, chemist and homeopath, Dr Jan Scholten put forward this idea […]
Doctor/homeopath/biochemist/philosopher examines medicine
This was originally a talk subsequently published in the American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine, by Dr Richard Moskowitz (http://www.doctorrmosk.com/ with thanks […]
Medicine needs a science free from ideology and ignorance
Science Blinded by Ideology A recent debate in The Irish Times showed a bias and prejudice regarding science. Having a particular […]
What causes acute, sub-acute and chronic diseases?
Cause of Chronic, Acute and Sub-acute Diseases In his Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy (view for free on Archive.org), Dr James Tyler Kent […]
What causes disease? What is a cause?
What Causes the Cause? To attempt to answer the question: What causes disease, cancer, tonsillitis, etc.? Let me begin with my […]
Suicidality and a child psychiatrist’s own pathology
Suicidality and Homeopathy During the discussions and debates on Ireland’s Heads of Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, 2013, campaigners wished […]
Atheistic, materialistc reductivistic science is on the ropes
The above category of science and philosophers who try to support it is also a description of conventional Allopathic medicine. This […]
Atheists don’t own science
A history of Catholicism and science is given in an introduction and video here by physicist and Catholic priest, Andrew Pinsent. An interesting tour […]
David Robert Grimes’s ignorant “Opinion” in Irish Times
“An empty vessel makes most noise, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.” Plato Sceptics and […]