The great flu pandemic of 1918 and 1919 is estimated to have killed between 30 million and 50 million people worldwide. Among them were 675,000 Americans. (Photo courtesy CNN and Red Cross.)

Homeopathy in Epidemics

For over 200 years, homeopathy has proven its safety and efficacy in treating epidemics. Whether malaria, yellow fever, diphtheria, cholera or influenza, practitioners of the day report the success rate consistently far outweighed that of the traditional or allopathic physicians. 

• In 1849, Joseph Pulte became known for his homeopathic treatment of a severe cholera epidemic in Cincinnati, Ohio.  “In the Epidemic of 1849, people crowded to his door and stood in the street because the waiting room was full.” (Winston, Julian). 
• In Broome County, NY from 1862-1864, during a three year outbreak of Diphtheria, the reported mortality rate among those treated with homeopathy was 16.4 percent.  Among those treated with allopathy, the reported mortality rate was 83.6 percent.  (Bradford, Thomas L.)
• The most notable use of homeopathy during a major epidemic was during the Influenza (Flu) Pandemic of 1918.  “Dr. T A McCann, from Dayton, Ohio, reported that 24,000 cases of flu treated allopathically had a mortality rate of 28.2% while 26,000 cases of flu treated homeopathically had a mortality rate of 1.05%.” Dean W. A. Pearson of Hahnemann College in Philadelphia collected 26,795 cases of flu treated with homeopathy and recorded similar results supporting the above figure. (The Journal of the American Institute for Homeopathy, May 1921)
• In more recent times, homeopathy continues to be used around the world for epidemics ranging from Cholera to Chikungunya. 

​To learn more the history of homeopathy during epidemics, we recommend: 

• "Homeopathy During the Deadliest Epidemic Ever Recorded" Dr. Lisa Samet, ND 
• "Some history of the treatment of epidemics with Homeopathy” by Julian Winston,  Historian of Homeopathy