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Homeopathy in Canada: A Synopsis |
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In the west, the British
Columbia Homeopathic Act, 1889, permitted homeopathic doctors to register
as practitioners in B.C. without being subject to the jurisdiction
of the Provincial Medical Council. The homeopath had to pay a ten
dollar registration fee and was able to practice (Wade, 1890). |
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It is known that Dr.
John Hall moved to Victoria from Toronto for health reasons. Hall
graduated from the Western Homeopathic College of Cleveland, Ohio
in 1857. Hall and Campbell were responsible for the opening of the
Homeopathic Dispensary and Homeopathic Hospital in Toronto. Hall was
president and honorary member of the Hahnemann Club and an honorary
member of the Lippe Society of Philadelphia and the International
Hahnemann Association. In 1888 Dr. John Hall was succeeded in his
practice in Toronto by W. J. Hunter Emory, M.D., M.C.P.S. who studied
at Homeopathic Hospital College, Cleveland and Missouri Homeopathic
College, St. Louis. |
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J. B. Hall lived at "Hahnemann
Villa" at the comer of Jarvis and Carlton. Emory was an attending
physician and surgeon of the Toronto Homeopathic Hospital and member
of the International Hahnemann Association. By 1884, an estimated
80 homeopaths were practicing in Canada. It seems, however, that from
that point on, homeopathy commenced its decline in Canada. By 1925
only 40 homeopaths were practicing in Canada, 32 in Ontario (Godfrey,1979).
One of the reasons for its decline may have been the lack of a well-founded
teaching institution, not to mention other factors contributing to
homeopathy's decline internationally. After 1960, homeopathy was not
represented in the CPSO and it was not until the 1980's that homeopathy
returned, strongly supported by the general demand for complementary
approaches in health care. |
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