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Homeopathy 2007; 96(01): 52-59
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2006.10.006
Social and Historical
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The history of MSM—homeopathy and natural medicines

A.E. Davies
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Received05 June 2006
revised23 October 2006

accepted30 October 2006

Publication Date:
13 December 2017 (online)

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Introduction

The idea for this article arose out of the Conference in London in January 2006, ‘Improving the Success of Homeopathy—A Global Perspective’—organised by the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital and Dr Peter Fisher. The display[ 1 ] at that conference depicting the Story of the Missionary School of Medicine (MSM) was only able to point to the highlights of its 100 year history as described in Touching the Ends of the Earth by Canon Philip Price.[ 2 ] Reading through the Annual Reports, there was much more of relevance to share about the needs in the under-developed world today where the impact of Tuberculosis, Malaria and HIV/AIDS is undermining health. There are still many other illnesses that could be helped by better nutrition and natural medicines including homeopathy.

I was appointed an MSM Lecturer in 1970. I spoke on common children's illnesses and homeopathy. Then I was asked to sit on the MSM Council in 1988 and have since visited Uganda and experienced some of the poverty and needs there. Common illnesses are still common, and although medicine has developed curative treatments for many diseases including those specific to the tropics, homeopathy and natural medicines continue to have much to offer. This account of the history of MSM has been selected from a perusal of all the available annual reports and some of the early correspondence with the British Homoeopathic Association.