[Omeo33] Art 1057 - eCAM, 2009

[Gino Santini]

The Curious Case of Charles Darwin and Homeopathy
Dana Ullman

In 1849, Charles Darwin was so ill that he was unable to work one out  
of every 3 days, and after having various troubling symptoms for 2–12  
years, he wrote to a friend that he was ‘going the way of all flesh’.  
He sought treatment from Dr James Manby Gully, a medical doctor who  
used water cure and homeopathic medicines. Despite being highly  
skeptical of these treatments, he experienced a dramatic improvement  
in his health, though some of his digestive and skin symptoms returned  
various times in his life. He grew to appreciate water cure, but  
remained skeptical of homeopathy, even though his own experiments on  
insectivore plants using what can be described as homeopathic doses of  
ammonia salts surprised and shocked him with their significant  
biological effect. Darwin even expressed concern that he should  
publish these results. Two of Darwin's sons were as incredulous as he  
was, but their observations confirmed the results of his experiments.  
Darwin was also known to have read a book on evolution written by a  
homeopathic physician that Darwin described as similar to his own but  
‘goes much deeper.’

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