(1853-1931)
Dr. John Henry Clarke was
born in 1853.
He had exceptional brains –
He took his degree at Edinburgh University in 1875 as gold medalist in several
subjects followed it up with the M. D. and furtheracademic successes and appointments
in 1877. His work in the homoeopathic field commenced almost immediately.
He became a keen follower of
Dr. Compton Burnett who was himself in the direct hierarchy of Ruddock. In
April 1885, Dr. Burnett edited his last number of The Homoeopathic World and
the next month, May 1885, Dr. Clarke commenced as editor. He was editor of ‘The
Homoeopathic World’ for twenty-nine years.
He was a prodigious worker,
as his published works testify, to say nothing of the hosts of private patients
from all parts of the world.
At that time Homoeopathy was
fighting a very uphill battle. If it had not been for Dr. Clarke it would never
have won.
John Henry Clarke with his
brilliant brain saw even further, that the science needed exposition, which
would teach the subject and bind it down to scientific principles. It was not
done hurriedly and he had been gathering notes and putting them down long after
midnight for many years.
Clarke was in touch with the
center of the science, he was instrumental in carrying it into Brazil and his
works were translated into Spanish and German. He resigned as editor of The
World in 1908 because of his opposition to official vaccination for smallpox,
which was then rampant in England and returned again as editor in 1923.
He was also appointed as
Consulting Physician to the London Homoeopathic Hospital.
Dr. John Henry Clarke passed
away on Tuesday, 24 November 1931.
CONTRIBUTION
v
Dictionary of Practical
Materia Medica, 3 volumes
v
The Prescriber – A
Dictionary of the New Therapeutics with an essay on ‘How to Practice
Homoeopathy’
v
Clinical Repertory to
the Dictionary of Materia Medica with Repertories of Causation, Temperaments,
Clinical Relationships and Natural Relationship
v
A Dictionary of
Domestic Medicine
v
A Bird’s Eyeview of
Hahnemann’s Organon
v
The Principles of Cure
v
ABC Manual
v
Constitutional Medicine
v
Homoeopathy Explained
v
Decachords
v
Revolution in
Homoeopathy
v
Diseases of the Heart
and Arteries, their Causes, Nature and their Treatment
v
Rheumatism and Sciatica
v
Indigestion – Its Causes
and Cure
v
Cholera, Diarrhoea and
Dysentery
v
Catarrh, Colds and
Grippe
v
Whooping Cough
v
Non-surgical Treatment
of Diseases of Glands
v
The Cure of Tumours
v
Therapeutics of Cancer
v
Haemorrhoids and
Habitual Constipation
v
Gunpowder as a War
Remedy
v
Therapeutics of Serpent
Poison
v
Radium as an
Intercurrent Remedy
v
He introduced
Pertussin, Carcinosinum, Epihysterinum, Morbillium, Parotidinum, Bacillinum
testicum, Scarlatinum, Scirrhinum into Materia Medica.
DR. SUMIT GOEL M.D. (Hom)
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