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Of Homeopathy and Modern Medicine

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Samuel Hahnemann  Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was in India. Just as we ordinary garden NRIs do, great men also like to spend the winter in India. Anyway while he was here, he was invited to opine on many things, and among many things, he mentioned that homeopathy is bogus. Venkatraman Radhakrishnan This is something that I believe. I have no great passion or am not passionate in my denunciation of homeopathy; if anything, I have a sneaking sympathy for the art as my Dad was a passionate believer. After his retirement, he got himself an online qualification, studied large numbers of texts and had quite a clientele for his Free Homeo clinic that he ran from home. In deference to his views and to avoid volcanic eruptions for which both he and I are well known, I used to lie low and say nothing when he proclaimed its benefits. My wife and some doctor friends, who could not get away had to listen to him declaiming the merits of homeopathy. Be that as it may, this blog ...