Dr.S.P.Koppikar passes away
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:18 am
Dear Friends-
On April 15th Dr.S.P.Koppikar, that doyen of Indian
homeopathy,passed away at Chennai, India. A leader and teacher of
homeopathy, unsurpassed in his approach to homeopathy as well as to
life itself, full of practical wisdom and desire to learn from each
and every one of his cases, he happened to be the best role model
for any one starting out in Homeopathy - including myself.
He was one of the oldest practising homeopaths in India. He started
his homeopathic practice in 1937 and was still practising last year
when I visited his clinic- he had practised for more than 70 years!
He was the editor of Homeopathic Heritage published by B Jain
Publishers for many years. He was a close friend of Sankaran (
Rajan's father), Sarabhai Kapadia and other stalwarts of Indian
homeopathy.
His approach was mostly key notes complemented by etiological,
constitutional and nosodal prescriptions. The success of his
prescribing methods proved the aptness of his approach. He had a
huge collection of homeopathic literature dating to the 1870s and
was an avid reader.
His book Koppikar's clinical experiences 70 years in homeopathy
published by B Jain Publishers is a collection of some of his
speeches and writings on homeopathy.
His death is a huge loss to the homeopathic community as a whole.
Though I have not been in touch with him for a few years till last
year, it is such a personal loss.
On April 15th Dr.S.P.Koppikar, that doyen of Indian
homeopathy,passed away at Chennai, India. A leader and teacher of
homeopathy, unsurpassed in his approach to homeopathy as well as to
life itself, full of practical wisdom and desire to learn from each
and every one of his cases, he happened to be the best role model
for any one starting out in Homeopathy - including myself.
He was one of the oldest practising homeopaths in India. He started
his homeopathic practice in 1937 and was still practising last year
when I visited his clinic- he had practised for more than 70 years!
He was the editor of Homeopathic Heritage published by B Jain
Publishers for many years. He was a close friend of Sankaran (
Rajan's father), Sarabhai Kapadia and other stalwarts of Indian
homeopathy.
His approach was mostly key notes complemented by etiological,
constitutional and nosodal prescriptions. The success of his
prescribing methods proved the aptness of his approach. He had a
huge collection of homeopathic literature dating to the 1870s and
was an avid reader.
His book Koppikar's clinical experiences 70 years in homeopathy
published by B Jain Publishers is a collection of some of his
speeches and writings on homeopathy.
His death is a huge loss to the homeopathic community as a whole.
Though I have not been in touch with him for a few years till last
year, it is such a personal loss.