The Best Of Burnett

The great thing about Burnett is that he is eminently readable. Since Burnett’s titles were not available all the time, the compiler of this book Dr. H.L. Chitkara painstakingly collected Burnett’s observations, notes on medicines and therapeutics and narratives of case reports in one place making it more approachable. This work includes the observation notes and therapeutic studies on Tumors and cancers, cataract, Gout, Female disorders, Dermatological disorders, Hemorrhoids, Sterility, Tuberculosis. Francis Treuherz (Editor of British Homoeopathic Journal ‘93) has urged the readers to study this piece and grasp the real significance of the genius of Burnett. The short write up on the factual details of Dr Burnett`s life presented here is a worth read. This book can be read for pleasure and profit. The second section on case studies makes a great reference book for practicing homeopaths.

It also encompasses Burnett’s observations on Allopathy poaching, comments on Jenner vaccine and its efficacy, relation of Organopathy to Homoeopathy. It puts forward description of different medicines along with elaboration on Bacillinum.

James Compton Burnett (1840 – 1901) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. The cure of his long standing after effects of pleuritis which no system of medicine could treat be it the orthodox medicines, Hydrotherapy, Turkish or Russian medicine but once while reading he came across Bryonia, he took in recommended doses and in a fortnight his chest was well and never troubled him again.

Burnett was one of the first to speak about vaccination triggering illness. This was discussed in his book - Vaccinosis, published in 1884. Along with other nosodes, he introduced the remedy Baccillinum.

 Some Interesting facts -

- James Compton Burnett was the homeopathic physician of the famous writer Lewis Carroll.

­-J.H. Clarke, Robert T. Cooper, and James Compton Burnett together formed the 'Cooper Club'. This regular meeting of leading British homeopaths was the source of many of the symptoms in Clarke's Dictionary of Materia Medica.