Homeopathy in Epidemic Diseases

Heritage

A collection of her writings on the subject, published posthumously.

Julian Winston writes:
One of the few works that discusses epidemic diseases, their treatment, and the concept of homeopathic prophylaxis.

From:
The Heritage of Homoeopathic Literature
copyright 2001 by Julian Winston
Reprinted with the permission of the author

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Author

Dorothy Shepherd, MD

c.1885  -   1952

Dr. Shepherd grew up in South India where her father was a missionary. She studied medicine at Heidelberg medical school and graduated from Edinburgh. She was raised with homeopathic medicine and as a child had access to a copy of Hering’s Domestic Physician.

Even though she grew up in a homeopathic household in England, at the age of ten she announced her intention to pursue allopathic medical studies. Only after her conventional medical training did she investigate the medicine of her childhood.

By her account, "I heard about the Hering College in Chicago. The name Hering conjured up memories of a tattered old book. I must go and find out the truth which so long had evaded me."

In 1906 Dr. Shepherd went to Chicago and began her studies at the Hering Medical College. Her teachers were Dienst and Tomhagen, both pupils of James Tyler Kent.

When she returned to Europe Dr. Shepherd put her new skills in to practice. "I must admit that homoeopathy has never let me down. Homoeopathy is a life-long study. It requires the burning of the midnight oil, but it is worthwhile."

Dr. Shepherd wrote several books on homeopathy, based on her clinical experience:

• Homoeopathy for the 1st Aider
• Magic of the Minimum Dose
• More Magic of the Minimum Dose
• A Physician’s Posy, and
• Homoeopathy in Epidemic Diseases

Some time in the 1940’s Dr. Shepherd established a homoeopathic center in Bramshott. Little is known about it. She spent long hours providing homoeopathic care to the poor in London and was well known for her service and staunch support of homeopathy.

On November 15, 1952, after 45 years of service to homeopathy, Dr. Shepherd passed on. Her contributions to homeopathy through her practice and published writings helped bridge the gap during the lean years of homeopathy in the 1900s.

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Contents

Foreword -- 7-8
Epidemics -- 9-13
Prophylaxis -- 14-19
How to Take Care of an Acute Disease -- 20-25
Diphtheria -- 26-34
Scarlet Fever -- 35-41
Measles -- 42-49
Influenza -- 50-57
Mumps -- 58-62
Whooping Cough (or Pertussis) -- 63-68
Rubella (German Measles) -- 69-70
Chickenpox -- 71-73
Poliomyelitis -- 74-79
Cholera -- 80-83
Typhoid -- 84-86
Typhus -- 87-96

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