Minutus

i recall a quote from the annals of the AMA, circa early 20c.
it was from meetings notes of the steering committee of that
organization. the quote had to do with homeopathy and the
reason for the hostility of the AMA--the statement clearly noted
that the reason for the AMA to fight homeopathy was because it
worked and therefore was the greatest competitor to allopathic
medicine.
does anyone have the reference to this statement or the exact
quote? i would love to use it in a letter to the guardian or
newsweek.
tanya

I think Dana quoted it in one of his writings, but it was something that was said to him verbally and not actually written down, if I remember rightly.
Christine
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what i recall is a written quote from the minutes of
a meeting that were uncovered. unfortunately it has
been over 10 yrs since i saw that quote and have no
way to find any reference to it in old notes. ugh!!
but maybe dana will be a resource for it.
tanya

http://www.homeopathic.com/articles/view,19#1
I found what he wrote in the above link, under Opposition to Homoepathy. It's a brilliant article and well worth reading.
Christine

Perhaps the most important reason that conventional physicians disliked homeopathy and homeopaths was well expressed at an A.M.A. meeting by one of the more respected orthodox physicians who said, "We must admit that we never fought the homeopath on matters of principles; we fought him because he came into the community and got the business." (17) Although most physicians, past or present, won't as easily admit it, economic issues play a major role in what is practiced and what is allowed to be practiced.

Hahnemann's principles therefore posed a philosophical, clinical, and economic threat to orthodox medicine.

Homeopathy began growing in the New World shortly after Hans Gram, a Dutch homeopath, emigrated to the United States in 1825. It expanded so rapidly that the homeopaths decided to create a national medical society. In 1844 they organized the American Institute of Homeopathy, which became America's first national medical society. (18) Partially in response to the growth of the homeopaths, in 1846 a rival medical group formed which then vowed to slow the development of homeopathy. (19) This organization called itself the American Medical Association.

Hello Tanya,

It is probably from Divided Legacy, The Conflict Between Homeopathy and the American Medical Association
Science and Ethics in American Medicine 1800-1914, by Harris Coulter
page 119-120

from the proceedings of the Connecticut Medical Society 1852
referring to Homeopathy as quackery
"occasions a large pecuniary loss to us...degenerate members of our own body, condescend from the desire of pecuniary gain, to embrace the trade of the charlatan"

from Journal of Gynocological Society of Boston VI 1871
When 8 Homeopaths were expelled from the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1871, the lay supporters of the New School used this as an opportunity to hold a triumphantly successful Homeopathic Fair.
The allopaths commented that public sympathy had diverted "some hundred thousand dollars or more of fees from the pockets of orthodox fellows"

from Detroit Review of Medicine and Pharmacy X 1875
In 1875 when the University of Michigan question was agitating the profession, the Dean of the medical dept. commented that all talk about the "honor and dishonor" was distracting attention from the issue which was whether the education of Homeopaths at the university was not "throwing discouragements in the path of the graduates in scientific medicine, and rendering the struggle for existence more arduous and unremunerative"

Lynn
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At 07:05 AM 12/11/2007, you wrote:
Imagine Peace

Dear Tanya,
Dana did write it down - in his latest book "The Homeopathic Revolution - Why Famous People and Cultural Heroes Choose Homeopathy". Before getting into the stories about famous people he provides a very good explanation of homeopathy and some of the history and all its intrigue to explain the position of homeopathy today. Gives you lots of facts and arguments to use.
Cheers, Elizabeth