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Homeopathy in Canada: A Synopsis |
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Dr. Duncan Campbell was
elected vice-president of the Council in 1872 and again in 1877; however,
it was not until 1878, that Campbell was elected president of the
CPSO Council. Grievances between allopaths and homeopaths were notorious
in Canada between 1870 and 1873, and there was a particular uproar
when, in 1873, Campbell failed to become the president of the Council
as was customary after having served as the vice-president. |
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In 1873, Campbell and
other homeopaths attempted to create their own Homeopathic Council
and College (similar to the one in Montreal), with the aim of reenacting
the Homeopathic Act of 1859. Confrontations diminished with the amendments
to the Ontario Medical Act in 1874 which permitted homeopathic students
to enroll in full-time studies at colleges outside of the Dominion.
since there was no homeopathic school in existence here at the time.
Upon their consent, this act merged the eclectics with the allopaths.
This Act was approved at the 1874 meeting of the Canadian Institute
of Homeopathy. |
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Homeopaths were always
represented in the Council of the CPSO by five homeopathic physicians
until 1934 when there was a re-organization of Council, against the
will of the homeopathic members of the Council. The homeopathic representation
was reduced from five to one. Dr. R. W. Schnarr, a homeopathic physician,
who served on the Council from June 25, 1925 to 1956, was elected
its president for the 1935-36 term. The following is part of his presidential
address: |
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“The
election of a Homeopath, a representative of a small group of Physicians,
as President of the Council is an indication that the principle of
freedom in thought, speech and act is still respected to a remarkable
degree by this body. Evidence of this attitude is particularly gratifying
at this time, when the tendency to dogmatize and act arbitrarily is
everywhere the ruling motive. Freedom in matters pertaining to the
treatment of sick-ness in human beings is especially necessary, if
progress is to be maintained. Medicine is not an exact science and
to my mind never will be, as it has to deal with that mysterious force
called 'life' activating the material particles of the human frame”
(Schnarr, 1937). |
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