Homoeopathy For The First Aider

A beginners guide to homoeopathic first-aid treatment.

Dr. Dorothy Shepherd grew up in South India where her father was a missionary. She studied medicine at Heidelberg medical school and in 1906, and went on to study at the Hering Medical College in Chicago. Her teachers were Dienst and Tomhagen, both pupils of famous homoeopathic physician, James Tyler Kent. 
Dr. Shepherd wrote several books on homoeopathy based on her clinical experience including, Homoeopathy for the 1st Aider and Magic of the Minimum Dose. In the 1940s she established a homoeopathic center in Bramshott, England. Dr Shepherd passed away in November 1952 after 45 years of service to homoeopathy.

Dr Dorothy Shepherd offers a guide to the medicinal treatment of first aid. 
 
For years she followed obediently the recognised, well-troden paths of antiseptic and aseptic wound treatment, with little or no medicinal aid, other than those already mentioned. She then had the opportunity to study and apply first-aid methods in surgical outpatients, private practice and a munition factory in the First World War and the later a minor ailment clinic. 
 
She gave up entirely the old methods and with the help of a devoted staff applied these comparatively new homoeopathic ideas which have proved successful.

Homoeopathy In Epidemic Diseases

Here is a vital tool of reference that should always be at hand as it gives vital information for dealing with Epidemic diseases: information which can be followed by both the novice as well as the experienced practitioner. 
 
Homoeopathy can quickly overcome measles, scarlet fever, influenza, whooping cough, chicken pox, mumps, diphtheria and other ailments. Furthermore homoeopathic remedies have no side effects. 
 
Infectious diseases can also be aborted with homoeopathy when the early symptoms are dealt with promptly.

Further case histories by a world famous homoeopathic doctor

More Magic Of The Minimum Dose

Dr Dorothy Shepherd had wide experience both in Harley Street and in clinics in the poorer parts of London. 
 
Although she had leanings towards homoeopathy during her student years, it was not until she visited Dr J.T. Kent in the U.S.A., and experienced great benefit from this therapy that she fully adopted this method of treatment in her practice. Having embarked upon a career as a homoeopath she studied the subject deeply and the more she learned the more she became convinced that it is the finest method of dealing with every type of ailment. 
 
Being a true healer she believed that every sufferer should know of homoeopathy and in order to make it more widely known she began writing a much acclaimed series of books, the best known of which is Magic of the Minimum Dose and this book, More Magic of the Minimum Dose.

Dr Dorothy Shepherd

Impressive case histories by a world famous Homoeopath demonstrating the superiority of Homoeopathy

Dr Dorothy Shepherd had wide experience both in Harley Street and in clinics in the poorer parts of London. Although she had leanings towards Homoeopathy during her student years, it was not until she visited the world-famous Dr J. T. Kent in the USA, and experienced great benefit from this therapy that she fully adopted this method of treatment in her practice. 
 
Having embarked upon a career as a Homoeopath she studied the subject deeply and the more she learned the more she became convinced that it is the finest method of dealing with every type of ailment. 
 
Being a true healer she believed that every sufferer should know of Homoeopathy and in order to make it more widely known she wrote Homoeopathy for the First Aider which gives simple instructions for the treatment of injuries and common ailments. 
 
This book was an immediate success and she then decided to record her experiences in dealing with more serious illness and this book, The Magic of the Minimum Dose followed.

Dr Dorothy Shepherd

Books by Dr Dorothy Shepherd

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