Essence of Vitality Nutrition and Homeopathy
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Homeopathy in History: From 1891 to 1895, Dr. David A. Strickler, professor of History of Medicine at the Denver of Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, w...as in charge of collecting comparative vital statistics from public-health offices of large U.S. cities for the American Institute of Homeopathy. In 1895, the population represented in the last collection of statistics was 4,607,066, or about 1/15 of the population of the United States at that time. Dr. Strickler summarized the results of his exhaustive labors for the year 1895 as follows: The results in 151,259 deaths reported show that for the same number of cases treated, the old school lost from measles, 499 to our 100; from scarlet fever, 180 to our 100; from typhoid fever, 149 to our 100; from obstetrical cases, 246 to our 100; from acute stomach and bowel diseases, 195 to our 100; from acute respiratory diseases, 192 to our 100; and from all causes, 181 to our 100. Source: David A. Strickler. Homoeopathy in Medicine. Denver Journal of Homoeopathy 1896; 3: 11-20.