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NOW I HAVE THE GREAT PLEASURE
AND PRIVILEGE OF INTRODUCING DR. PATRICIA PALMA, UNIVERSIAD
DE TARAPACA IN ARICA, CHILE.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS,
A SPECIALIST IN THE HISTORY OF
MEDICINE IN PERU, FOCUSING ON
THE CIRCULATION AND CONSUMPTION
OF NON-WESTERN MEDICINE IN THE
COUNTRY.
SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE -- HAS PUBLISHED
A NUMBER OF ARTICLES AND
CHAPTERS ABOUT CHINESE MEDICINE,
HOMEOPATHY AND HYPNOSIS IN PERU.
THESE .
HER CURRENT PROJECT STUDIES THE
PRESENCE OF THE CHINESE DIASPORA
IN PERU, AND THE NORTH OF CHILE,
STRESSING THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN UNWANTED IMMIGRANTS AND
EPIDEMICS.
SO I'M THRILLED TO WELCOME
DR. PAL MA MA TO THE NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF MEDICINE TO SPEAK ON
GEORGE DEACON AND THE
CIRCULATION OF HOMEOPATHIC
THERAPIES IN PERU, 1880 TO 1915.
SO DR. PALMA, A WARM WELCOME TO
YOU, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING US TODAY.
OVER TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
INVITATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY
SPECIFICALLY THANKING YOU FOR
THE -- THE LIBRARY HOLDS
IMPORTANT RESOURCES ON LATIN
AMERICAN HISTORY OF MEDICINE.
TODAY I WILL PRESENT FOCUSING ON
DR. GEORGE DEACON AND HIS
JOURNAL, HOMEOPATIA.
THIS IS PART OF A PAPER THAT I
PUBLISHED IN 2019.
IN FEBRUARY OF 1896, THE MEDICAL
CENTURY, THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF
HOMEOPATHY, MEDICINE AND SURGERY
PUBLISHED AN ENTHUSIASTIC LETTER
FROM THE FORMER STUDENT OF
PULTE -- WHO SETTLED IN PERU IN
THE 1880s, REPORTED THAT AFTER
A LONG BATTLE WITH LOCAL
PHYSICIANS, THE PERUVIAN
CONGRESS HAD ALLOWED HOMEOPATHS
TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN THE
COUNTRY WITHOUT SUPERVISION OF
THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF LIMA.
IT HAS BEEN A LABOR OF MANY
YEARS, AS YOU KNOW, A STRUGGLE
OF ONE MAN AGAINST A HUNDRED.
IN FORM OF DR. DEACON.
THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE ALMOST
10 YEARS OF LEGAL BATTLES
BETWEEN DEACON AND A DOCTOR FROM
THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF LIMA
DURING WHICH -- OF HOMEOPATHY
AND ITS PRACTITIONERS.
THE RULING THREATENED THE SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE'S ATTEMPT TO
MONOPOLIZE MEDICAL PRACTICE AND
RESULTS IN THE SCHOOL'S CONFLICT
BETWEEN THIS INSTITUTION AND THE
CONGRESS, CLAIMING THAT
REPRESENTATIVES HAD UNDERMINED
THEIR AUTHORITIES.
BY THE TIME READERS LEARNED
ABOUT THIS STRANGE VICTORY IN A
DISTANT COUNTRY IN SOUTH
AMERICA, HOMEOPATHY WAS A
MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE, A VAST
REPERTOIRE OF MEDICAL THERAPIES
WHICH COMPRISE OF EMERGENT
PROFESSIONAL MEDICINES, CHINESE
HERBALISTS AND -- PRACTITIONERS.
WHILE DOCTORS FROM SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE REJECTED THIS
METHODOLOGY AND REMAIN HOSTILE
TO HOMEOPATHS LIKE DR. DEACON,
IT LEAVES THE THERAPY AS A --
AND THEREFORE BEGAN TO USE THESE
MEDICINAL PRODUCTS.
LIMA -- KNEW IN CIVILIZED
COUNTRIES, HOST MANY
PRACTITIONERS AND EVEN A SCHOOL
OF HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE.
I HOPE THAT -- WOULD FOLLOW
SUIT.
FOR THEM, HOMEOPATHS WERE THE
SYMBOL OF THE PROGRESS OF
MODERNIZATION REQUIRED.
IN THIS TALK, I EXAMINE THE
CIRCULATION OF THE USE OF
HOMEOPATHY MEDICAL THERAPIES AND
MEDICINE IN LIMA FOLLOWING THE
PROFESSIONAL TRAJECTORY OF
GEORGE DEACON SINCE HIS INITIAL
MEDICAL PRACTICE IN 1880s
UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1950.
I STATE THAT DESPITE THE REDUCE
OF NUMBER OF HOMEOPATHS THAT
PRACTICE IN THIS COUNTRY, THIS
SYSTEM PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN
THE MEDICINAL MARKETPLACE, WHERE
PATIENTS FOUND A DIVERSITY OF
MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND
PRODUCTS.
BECAUSE OF THE THE INTENSE --
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND
PERU, PATIENTS AND PRACTITIONERS
WHO IN PART USE AND RECOMMEND
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT.
IN THE PUBLIC SPACE, GEORGE
DEACON UNDERMINED THE POSITION
OF THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF
LIMA, AND PROFESSIONAL MEDICINE
IN THE COUNTRY.
A DECADE OF DEBATES ABOUT THE
STATUS OF HOME HOMEOPATHY -- BETWEEN
VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE STATE WHO
HAD CONFLICTED -- OF PUBLIC
HEALTH AND THE ROLE OF
HOMEOPATHY SHOULD PLAY THERE.
THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE
DIVIDED IN TWO PARTS.
THE PART 1 ANALYZES THE
TRAJECTORY OF GEORGE DEACON, THE
RESPONSE OF -- DISCUSSION OF THE
RITE.
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN IN PERU.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS THE
ONLY ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL
PRACTITIONER THAT PLACED A
DEBATE ABOUT THE RELEVANCE OF
MEDICAL -- AND THE NEED TO BREAK
THE SUFFOCATING MONOPOLY OF THE
SCHOOL OF PED SIN IN
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN THE
PERUVIAN CONGRESS.
I'LL ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE
DEBATES BETWEEN THE SUPPORTERS
AND DETRACTORS OF HOPE YOP THEE
IN THE CONGRESS IN THE 1880s
AND 1890s.
FINALLY, I EXPLORED THE
CIRCULATION OF HOMEPATHIC -- AND
MEDICINE IN THE LATE 19TH
CENTURY.
EVERY YEAR, HUNDREDS OF
HOMEOPATHIC -- WERE IMPORTED
FROM THE UNITED STATE, ENABLED
PEOPLE TO TREAT FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN AN INFORMAL
PRACTICE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINE
OF AMERICAN HOMEOPATHS.
-- INTRODUCTION OF SUCH PRODUCT
IN THE LOCAL MARKET AND THE
PUBLICITY THAT FOSTERED THIS
CONSUMPTION.
AT THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY,
THE GENERAL PHYSICIAN
HAHNEMANN -- THE SIMIL -- IN
OTHER WORDS, COULD BE CURED BY
THE ADMINISTRATION OF REMEDIES
THAT PRODUCE EFFECTS SIMILAR TO
THOSE OF THE DISEASE.
THE GERMAN DOCTOR FOLLOWED THE
SIMILAR SYSTEM HOMEOPATHY FROM
LIKE AND SUFFERING, WHILE
PREFERRING TO THE INSTITUTIONAL
WESTERN MEDICINE AS -- FROM THE
ALLIED AND SUFFERING.
LIKE IN AMERICA, USE THE
HOMEOPATHIC, IN 1817, THE
REVOLUTIONARY GENERAL MARTIN
CROSSED THE ANDES, CARRYING HIS
OWN HOMEOPATHIC KIT THAT A
FRIEND OF HIS BROUGHT FROM
EUROPE.
IT ONLY TOOK A FEW YEARS FROM
HOMEOPATHY TO BECOME A COMPONENT
OF THE MEDICAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES OF LATIN
AMERICA.
IN PERU -- ARE STILL BARRED, IN
PART BECAUSE HISTORIANS OF
MEDICINE HAD PAID LITTLE
ATTENTION TO NON-INSTITUTIONAL
AND NON-WESTERN FORM OF MEDICAL
THERAPIES.
HOMEOPATHY ARRIVED IN PERU IN
THE 18' 1880s THROUGH THE MEARN
HOMEOPATH GEORGE DEACON.
RECORDS SHOW THAT HE WAS BORN OF
THE MARRIAGE OF A LOCAL WOMAN
AND AN AMERICAN MARINE.
IN THE 1870s, DEACON MOVED TO
OHIO, WHERE HE EARNED A DEGREE
IN HOMEOPATHY AT THE MEDICAL
COLLEGE IN 1877.
UPON GRADUATING FROM THE
UNIVERSITY, GEORGE DEACON MOVED
TO LIMA AND BEGAN HIS
HOMEOPATHIC PRACTICE, A
NAMEPLATE -- AND TAKING OUT
NEWSPAPER ALZHEIMER'S ADS.
AFTER SOME YEARS PRACTICING IN
THE COUNTRY, DEACON DECIDED TO
EDIT A JOURNAL IN ORDER TO
EXPAND THE KNOWLEDGE OF
HOMEOPATHY.
IN AUGUST 1888, THE MOST
IMPORTANT MEDICAL PUBLICATION IN
PERU AT THAT TIME ANNOUNCED THE
PUBLICATION OF THE HOMEOPATHY.
WHOSE GOAL WAS, QUOTE, TO
DISSEMINATE PANAMA'S -- IN THE
COUNTRY.
THE NUMBER OF PRINTED COPIES OR
SUBSCRIBERS IS UNKNOWN, BUT THE
MAGAZINE DEVELOPED EXCHANGE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT MEDICAL
JOURNALS SENT COPY TO THE ARMY
MEDICAL LIBRARY IN THE U.S.
IRONICALLY, ONE OF THESE WAS A
JOURNAL THAT REPRESENTED THE
DISCOURSE OF THE ALLOPATH'S
REGULAR DOCTOR AND INCLUDED
ARTICLES, ESPECIALLY DR. DEACON.
THE PRECISE NUMBERS OF
HOMEOPATHS PRACTICING IN LIMA
DURING THE 19TH CENTURY IS
UNCERTAIN, AND IN DOCUMENT OF
THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND
DEBATE IN THE CONGRESS IS ONLY
POSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY THE NAME OF
GEORGE DEACON.
THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE RAPIDLY
RESPONDED TO THE INCREASED
VISIBILITY AND POPULARITY OF
HOMEOPATHY, ASKING AUTHORITY IN
THE MUNICIPALITY OF LIMA TO
PROHIBIT DEACON FROM PRACTICING
MEDICINE IN THE COUNTRY.
DURING THE MID 19TH CENTURY, THE
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF LIMA, SAN
FERNANDO, BECAME AN EXCEPTIONAL
INSTITUTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND
IT WAS PERU'S ONLY MEDICAL
TRAINING FACILITY UNTIL 1961 THE
SCHOOL HAD IMMENSE POWER FOR
BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE
AREAS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN
ABSENCE OF THE MINISTER OF
HEALTH CREATED ONLY IN 1935.
THE SCHOOL NOT ONLY GRANTED
PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC DEGREES,
BUT ALSO OVERSAW PUBLIC HEALTH
AUTHORIZED FOR A DOCTOR TO
PRACTICE MEDICINE IN PERU --
OPENING AND -- PHARMACIES IN THE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY.
CLEARLY THE DEAN AND THE DOCTOR
ASSEMBLED IN THE SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE EXERCISED AN IMPORTANT
AMOUNT OF POWER AND INFLUENCE
UPON THE STATE.
USING THIS INFLUENCE, THE SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE DEVOTED TREMENDOUS
ENERGY TOWARD PERSECUTING
THESE -- HEALERS.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO -- IN A
DISCUSSION AND SAY THE SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE, DR. DEAN, THE MEDICAL
THERAPY -- THE FIELD OF WESTERN
MEDICINE AS SIMPLE QUACKERY
THEREFORE IT WAS NECESSARY TO
PROHIBIT THEIR PRACTICE.
IN 1884, THE MAYOR OF LIMA
THROUGH THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
SHUT DOWN DEACON'S PRACTICE
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HOLD A DEGREE
GRANTED BY THE SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE.
THIS EPISODE INITIATED A LEGAL
BATTLE THAT WILL LAST 10 YEARS.
DEACON -- DEFENDED THE FREEDOM
OF PRACTICE OF A DIFFERENT MODEL
OF MEDICAL TREATMENT, AS WELL AS
THE PATIENT'S FREEDOM TO USE IT.
THE MUNICIPAL RESOLUTION WAS A
RESPONSE TO SEVERAL REPORTS
PRESENTED BY DR. MANUEL -- THE
DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,
AND DR. TORRES.
BOTH AUTHORITIES -- ACCORDING TO
THE ARTICLE 132 OF THE EDUCATION
LAW, DEACON SHOULD HAVE TAKEN
THE MEDICINAL EXAM IN THE SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE BEFORE PRACTICING
ANY MEDICAL THERAPY.
DEACON COUNTERARGUED -- WAS VERY
IMPRUDENT BUT APPLICABLE ONLY TO
PEOPLE WHO PRACTICE UNDER THE
ALOEPATHIC SYSTEM.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE
LEGISLATION WOULD NOT INCLUDE
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE -- WHEN
AUTHORITIES APPROVE THE LAW IN
1856, THE PRACTICE WAS NOT IN
THE COUNTRY.
FINALLY, HE STATES THAT
ALLOPATHIC AND HOMEOPATHIC
MEDICINE WERE -- AND THEREFORE
THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE DIDN'T
HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO ASSESS
THIS KNOWLEDGE AND APTITUDE IN
HOMEOPATHY.
FINALLY, IN IN 1884, THE MAYOR
OF LIMA DECLARED DEACON HAD NO
RIGHT TO PRACTICE HIS PROFESSION
UNLESS HE SUBMITTED EXAMINATION
THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE
REGULATION OF THE SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE.
AS A RESULT, THE MUNICIPALITY OF
LIMA INFORMED DEACON HE HAD TO
REMOVE THE PLATE OF -- HOUSE AND
CEASE HIS ADVERTISEMENT IN THE
PRINTS.
IN ADDITION, THE OFFICE OF
STATISTICS REFUSED TO RECEIVE
DEATH CERTIFICATE FROM
DR. DEACON.
MEANWHILE, DR. DEACON CONTINUED
PRACTICING IN LIMA, THROUGH
WHICH THE MAYOR ORDERED THE
CHIEF OF POLICE TO IMPOSE FINE
FOR THE INFRACTION.
A YEAR LATER, IN 1885, DEACON
PUBLISHED A TEXT.
ENCOURAGING THE LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY TO PASS A LAW TO
PROTECT HOMEOPATHIC
PRACTITIONERS WHO, IN HIS WORD,
EMBODIED THE PROGRESS OF THE
SCIENCE.
SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, DEACON
OBTAINED HIS FIRST LEGAL VICTORY
WHEN PROSECUTOR -- RULED THAT
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE DID NOT
OPPOSE, QUOTE, MORAL AND PUBLIC
SECURITY, AND THAT EVERYONE HAD
THE RIGHT TO FREELY CHOOSE THEIR
MEDICAL SYSTEM.
-- CONCLUDED THAT DEACON ONLY
NEEDS TO PAY FOR THIS COMMERCIAL
LICENSE AND THEN HE COULD
PRACTICE IN THE COUNTRY.
WITH THIS FAVORABLE LEGAL
OPINION, DEACON ONCE AGAIN --
FROM THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
THIS TIME HIS REQUEST WHICH
HAD -- YET BY THE MUNICIPALITY
OF LIMA, THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
AND THE JUDICIAL BRANCH FOUND --
A NEW JUDGE.
IN 1886, THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE
DECIDED THAT THE CASE WAS BEYOND
THEIR JURISDICTION AND ASKED
DEACON TO SUBMIT HIS REQUEST TO
THE CONGRESS.
THE ONLY INSTITUTION THAT COULD
GRANT IT.
IN 1887, PROSECUTOR BUENO ISSUED
A NEW DECISION.
THERE WAS NO REASON TO MAKE
EXCEPTION FOR DEACON, BUT HE HAS
THE RIGHT TO BRING THE
DISCUSSION TO THE -- POWER,
WHICH MOVED THE DISCUSSION TO
ANOTHER AREA.
IN THE MEANTIME, ACROSS
CONGRESS, THE -- OF HOMEOPATHY
IN THE COUNTRY AND DEACON
EMPLOYED TWO STRATEGIES TO
OVERCOME THE -- BY THE SAN
FERNANDO AGAINST THE PRACTICE
AND THE PUBLICITY OF HIS WORK.
THE -- OF THE HOMEOPATHY -- IN A
SPACE -- OR INFLUENCED BY THE
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE THROUGH THE
PUBLICATION OF THE NEWSPAPER,
AND THE SUPPORT OF IMPORTANT
MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS AND THE
JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
HOMEOPATHS AROUND THE WORLD SAW
LEGAL -- OF THEIR TEACHING AND
PRACTICES -- FROM ALLOPATHIC
MEDICINES.
THROUGH THIS, THEY USED A
DIVERSE STRATEGY TO LEGITIMIZE
AND INSTITUTIONALIZE THIS
MEDICAL THERAPY.
THE MOST IMPORTANT BY THE
CREATION OF ASSOCIATIONS AND --
OF SPECIALIZED JOURNALS.
DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE
19TH 16
19TH CENTRIIN LATIN AMERICA --
WHILE PERU LACKED AN
ASSOCIATION, THE NEWSPAPER
ALLOWED DEACON TO PROMOTE THE
CIRCULATION OF HOMEOPATHIC IDEAS
IN THE COUNTRY.
DEACON RELIED ESPECIALLY ON THIS
NEWSPAPER TO THE METHOD OF
HOMEOPATHY AND SHARE INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS PRACTICE WORLDWIDE.
IN SEPTEMBER 1887, DEACON STATED
THAT BECAUSE AN HOMEOPATHIC
DOCTOR WILL NOT STOP -- ENEMIES
DECIDE TO SPREAD FALSE CLAIM
ABOUT THIS THERAPY.
ACCORDING TO DEACON, -- BY
SAYING THAT -- MEDICAL PRODUCTS
OF COMPRESSED -- WERE POISONOUS.
THE SAME DOCTOR -- THIS PRODUCT,
SO THERE THEY WERE NOTHING BUT
PLACEBOS.
TEE .
DEACON CLAIMED -- THREAT TO THE
HEALTH OF PATIENTS.
LIKE MANY OTHER DISCIPLINES --
GEORGE DEACON LASHED OUT AGAINST
THE DECISION FOR THE REMEDIES
AND TREATMENT.
HE ARGUED THAT MEDICINAL
INSTRUMENT WERE A FORM OF,
QUOTE, MODERN MEDICAL BUMPERS
THAT WILL --, REFERRING TO THE
USE OF ALLOPATHIC DOCTOR OF
NEEDLES -- AND LEASHES.
HE ALSO POINT OUT THAT
ALLOPATHIC TREATMENT HAD HIGHER
MORTALITY RATES THAN HOMEOPATHY.
DEACON USED -- IN CHILE AND PERU
TO EXEMPLIFY THE MORTALITY RATE
OF THOSE TREATED
ALLOPATHICALLY -- WHILE -- WAS
ONLY #%.
9%.
WHILE THIS NUMBER MAY BE
EXAGGERATED -- ALLOPATHIC
TREATMENT HAD HIGHER RATES OF
MORTALITY WHEN -- THE AMERICAN
HOMEOPATH AND THE UNITED STATES
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
FOR INSTANCE, IN 1870, THE
ALBANY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
NEW YORK GAVE A 10% DISCOUNT TO
THOSE MEMBERS WHO USE
HOMEOPATHY.
ACCORDING TO ITS OWN ES THEY TIS
TICK, 417 PERSON -- DIED AFTER
RECEIVING HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT
BEING, INSTEAD, 13.8 -- DIED
UNDER HOMEOPATHIC MODEL.
TO BOLSTER THEIR -- OF
HOMEOPATHY, DEACON EMPHASIZED
ITS USE AND PRACTICE IN
CIVILIZED COUNTRIES FROM EUROPE
AND AMERICA.
HE EVEN DISCUSSED IN HOMEOPATHY
IN CHILE, THE COUNTRY THAT --
PERU IN RECENT WORK.
PERHAPS DESON USED -- TO SPREAD
THE HOMEOPATHY AND KNOWLEDGE
THAT THE RIVAL NATION ALREADY
EMBRACE IT.
THE SECOND STRATEGY DEACON USED
TO OBTAIN SUPPORT OF IMPORTANT
MEMBER OF THE WEST -- TO OBTAIN
IMPORTANT SUPPORT OF MEMBERS OF
THE CONGRESS AND THE JUDICIAL
SYSTEM.
THROUGH THE CIRCULATION OF HIS
NEW SPACE THERE, DEACON BUILT
NETWORK, IMPORTANT MEMBER OF --
INCLUDING CONGRESSMEN AND JUDGE
WHO OFFER THEIR SUPPORT TO HIS
PRACTICE.
IN 1886, FOR EXAMPLE, TWO YEARS
AFTER THE PROHIBITION OF THE
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND THE -- IN
THE -- REPORTED THAT DEACON WAS
STILL INSISTING ON HEALING
PEOPLE.
UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS CASE, IN
THIS TIME, HE COUNTED ON THE
SUPPORT OF AN INFLUENTIAL JUDGE
IN PERU.
THE -- CARDINAL WROTE AN
ALERT -- DEFENSE ON THE FREEDOM
OF THE INDUSTRY AND THE FREEDOM
ON THE -- FROM WHATEVER THEY
WISH -- A VERY LITERAL DISCOURSE
OF THIS TIME.
ARGUMENT OF MR. CARDENAS AND
OTHERS PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN
THE CONGRESS' DISCUSSION OF THE
CASE.
SUPPORT RESPONDENT TO THE
ARGUMENT, CONTENDING THAT THE
DEBATE SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT IF
THE HOMEOPATHY WORKED OR NOT,
BUT TO SECURE FREEDOM AND
TOLERANCE OF SCIENCE OF ALL.
SEVERAL CONGRESSMEN AGREED --
DID NOT INFRINGE THE MODERN
ORDER OR -- OF PUBLIC HEALTH,
AND THAT CONSTITUTIONAL
INTERPRETATION OF THE LAW, BUT
IF THEY TO NOT ACCEPT THE
REGULATION OF THE HOMEOPATHY, A
SPECIAL LAW, THE SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE WILL RETAIN THE
MONOPOLY OF PUBLIC HEALTH
ENTITLED -- FOR POLITICIANS.
MANY SUPPORTERS OF -- OF
HOMEOPATHY BELIEVE THAT
GUARANTEEING PROFESSIONAL
FREEDOM WILL ATTRACT MORE WHITE
IMMIGRANTS TO THE COUNTRY.
ONE OF THE PRIMARY IDEAS OF
THE -- AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN
IMMIGRATION WOULD LEAD TO THE
PROGRESS OF MODERNIZATION TO --
IMPROVEMENT.
PERUVIAN INTELLECTS AND
POLITICIANS WERE WILLING TO
ENGAGE IN CIVIL LIBERTIES TO
APRACT AMY GRANT.
FROM THIS APPROACH, LIMITING THE
FREEDOM OF HOMEOPATHY WOULD
SCARE OFF POSSIBLE -- A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
REPRESENTATIVES -- BY ALLOWING
THE PRACTICE OF -- BY ALLOWING
THE PRACTICE OF HOMEOPATHY.
INSTEAD, THEY SAW THE POTENTIAL
OF -- IMMIGRANTS.
SUPPORT OF YOUR DEACON ARGUE
THAT IN A CONTEXT OF MEDICAL
PRACTITIONERS, THE SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE SHOULD BE MORE
FLEXIBLE, ESPECIALLY WITH
FOREIGN DOCTOR AS
MEDICAL DEGREE.
-- ARGUED A STATISTICS ABOUT --
AND MORTALITY IN LIMA SHOW THAT
TWO THIRDS OF THE POPULATION IN
1885 PERISHED WITHOUT MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE.
THIS SOCIAL AND MEDICAL PROBLEM
WAS EVEN WORSE IN TOWN AS MORE
VILLAGES, WHERE FEW DOCTORS WERE
AVAILABLE AND PATIENTS LACK
MONETARY RESOURCES TO PAY FOR
MEDICAL SERVICE.
ACCORDING TO PROSECUTOR CA RSM
CARDENAS -- THE SCARCITY OF
DOCTORS WOULD BE -- TO THE
COUNTRY.
FOR SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES, IT
WAS INKREE HENCIBLE TO
MEDICAL DEGREE FOR A FOREIGN
UNIVERSITY.
WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS IS MORE
DOCTORS WILLING TO PROVIDE FREE
OR LOW COST MEDICINE TO THE
CITIZENS.
TO SOME REPRESENTATIVE,
UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATE
WAS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION TO
PRACTICE MEDICINE IN THE
COUNTRY.
PROFESSIONAL DOCTOR MAINLY
CRITICIZED BOTH THE CONGRESS AND
THE GOVERNMENT FOR GETTING
INVOLVED IN ISSUES THAT THEY
CONSIDER TO BE OUT OF THEIR
JURISDICTION.
DOCTOR WHO TRAINS IN THE SCHOOL
OF MEDICINE -- CONSIDERING
THAT -- HAD THE CAPACITY TO
DELIVER A TOPIC REGARDING TO ANY
MEDICAL ISSUES.
IN THE SENATE DEBATE IN 1882,
THE DOCTOR ARGUED THAT --
REQUEST CERTIFICATION AND
BECAUSE NEITHER THE COMMISSION
OF INSTRUCTION NOR THE CONGRESS
WAS A -- PARTY, THEY COULD NOT
RESOLVE THE CASE.
DESPITE OF THIS AFFORDS, FINAL
LITTLE IN 1895 -- CHAMBERS
RULED -- DEACON TO PRACTICE IN
THE COUNTRY.
VIA A LEGAL RESOLUTION ISSUED IN
1897.
DEACON CAME TO BE A SYMBOL OF
THE MODERNIZATION THAT THE
COUNTRY NEEDED.
ARCHIVAL RECORDS PRACTICED
MEDICINE IN PERU AT LEAST UNTIL
1912, THE LAST YEAR WHEN HIS
NAME APPEARED PUBLIC IN THE
DIRECTORY.
HE DIED IN 1915 IN LIMA, AS A
RESULT OF THE HEART ATTACK.
WHILE DEACON WAS THE MOST
PROMINENT PRACTITIONER OF
HOMEOPATHY IN PERU, HIS DEATH
DID NOT INDICATE THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE PRACTICE.
IN 1888, CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE
REGARDING THE PROPOSAL FOR
REGULATING HOMEOPATHY BY A
SPECIAL LAW, -- ARGUED IT WAS
ABSURD TO TALK ABOUT TWO
DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE IN
PERU.
IN HIS MIND, THERE WAS -- THERE
WERE NOT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF
HOMEOPATHS.
QUOTE, THERE IS ONLY ONE, AND,
THEREFORE, WILL WE LEGISLATE ON
WHEN -- IN PERU?
OTHER CONGRESSMEN FOLLOWED THE
LOGIC OF DOCTOR OF SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE, ARGUING THAT THE
MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE WOULD BE -- IN
THE TRADITIONAL DOCTOR TO
PATIENT RELATIONSHIP.
THEY BELIEVE THAT WITHOUT A
DECENT PRACTICE, THE BASE OF
HOMEOPATHY WILL BE NUMBERED.
HOWEVER, THEY UNDERESTIMATE
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE'S EMPHASIS
ON SELF-TREATMENT.
WHILE THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
EMBARKED ON A PROJECT TO -- THE
PRACTICE OF HOMEOPATHY, BY THE
LATE 1880s, DOZENS OF
HOMEOPATHIC PRODUCTS, --
MARKETPLACE.
THUS, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO
UNDERSTAND THE RELEVANCE OF HOME
YOP THEEL IN
HOMEOPATHY IN PERU AND OTHER
PART OF THE AMERICAS --
HOMEOPATHY WAS A REVOLUTIONARY
THERAPY SYSTEM THAT BROKE THE
TRADITIONAL PATIENT-DOCTOR
RELATIONSHIP.
HOMEOPATHIC DOCTORS DIDN'T NEED
TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT TO MAKE
A DIAGNOSIS.
AS PATIENT OF THE -- THEIR
SYMPTOMS.
THEY HAVE NO REDUCED COST OF MED
SAL CONSULTATION AND INCREASES
PATIENTS' ACCESS TO DOCTORS.
THIS MODEL ALSO ALLOWED THE
THERAPY TO EXPAND BEYOND -- TO
RURAL AREAS WHERE PEOPLE HAD
LESS ACCESS TO PHYSICIANS BUT
MORE ACCESS TO MAIL.
FURTHERMORE, IN A LARGE NUMBER
OF CASES, THE PRESENCE OF -- WAS
COMPLETENESS SAIR EE IN THE
PROCESS OF HEALING.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THE
CIRCULATION -- ATTEND AGAINST
THE PRACTICE OF HOMEOPATHS IN
LIMA, BUT IN THE FEW WRITINGS
RECOVERED FROM GEORGE DEACON,
THERE IS NO MENTION OF -- OF
THIS SALE OF HOMEOPATHIC
REMEDIES IN THE COUNTRY.
CONSIDERING HIS OPINION ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF EXPANDING
HOMEOPATHY IN THE WORLD, WE
BELIEVE THAT DEACON WOULD COME
TO EXPANSION OF THE HOMEOPATHIC
MARKET.
BOOKS ON DOMESTIC MEDICINE
EMPLOY SIMPLE LANGUAGE AND
PROVIDE INSTRUCTION FOR --
MEDICINES.
WHILE DURING THE FIRST DECADE,
HOMEOPATHY TARGETS THE MIDDLE
AND UP CLASS FAMILIES WHO HAVE
ACCESS TO ITALY, GERMAN OR
FRENCH HOMEOPATHIC LITERATURE,
THE -- OF CLASSIC WORDS IN
SPANISH OPENED UP ACCESS TO THE
MONO LINGUAL PUBLIC.
PERU HAD A LONG TRADITION OF
BOOKS ON DOMESTIC MEDICINE.
MEDICAL -- SIMULATED BETWEEN
POPULATION WOULD ENTAIL
INSTRUCTIONS FROM HOMEMADE
MEDICAL TREATMENT, AND TO BE
ACCESSIBLE TO -- KNOWLEDGE OF
MEDICINE.
THUS, HOMEOPATHIC BOOKS WERE --
HOMEOPATHIC KIT INCLUDED
BOTTLES, READY TO USE REMEDY FOR
A SPECIFIC AILMENT, AND
COMPANION MANUAL FOR STEP BY
STEP DIRECTION.
IN PERU, THE PRODUCTS OF
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE COMPANY
RECEIVED FAVOR FROM THE LARGE
PUBLIC.
DR. FRED HUMPHREY, THE FOUNDER
OF THE COMPANY IN 1816, AND
GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN
WESTERN MEDICINE.
IN 1854 -- RELEASED IN A BOOK
WHAT HE CALL HARM FREE
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC TO PROVIDE,
QUOTE, REMEDY FOR EVERY MORBID
CONDITION WITH -- OR FAMILY TO
TREAT, AND ESPECIALLY FOR ALL
THESE AFFECTED SUDDENLY.
THE FOLLOWING YEAR, HE FOUND THE
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE COMPANY,
WHICH SOON BECAME ONE OF THE
LARGEST HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE
HOUSES IN THE WORLD.
500 THOWL BRANCHES OVER ALL THE
CONTINENT.
IN HIS BOOK THE MANUAL AND THE
MENTOR, HUMPHREY EXPLAINED THE
HEALING SYSTEM.
HUMPHREY AND THE HOMEOPATHIC
MEDICINE COMPANY SAW A SPANISH
AND ENGLISH -- AS EARLY 1990s.
THE CURE IMPROVED PEOPLE'S
HEALTH CONDITION THROUGH, QUOTE,
LESS SICKNESS, BETTER HEALTH,
BETTER -- LONGER --.
1888 -- ESTRADO REGULARLY
INCLUDED ADS FOR HOMEOPATHIC
PRODUCTS AS WELL AS ARTICLES
EX-PLANING HOWL THE PRODUCTS
WORK.
PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO ACQUIRE --
HAD TO SEND OUT REQUESTS BY POST
IN NEW YORK.
THE COMPANY WILL THEN SEND THE
PRODUCTS COVERED IN THE COURSE
OF SHIPPING THE SAME PRICE
AROUND THE WORLD AS THEY DID IN
THE UNITED STATE.
FOLLOWING THE COMMERCIAL SUCCESS
OF THE COMPANY, OTHER BUSINESS
PERSONS SOON BEGAN SELLING
HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES IN LIMA.
IN 1902, THE OLDEST PHARMACY IN
LIMA AND SUPPLIER OF MANY
PHARMACIES AND DRUGSTORES IN THE
COUNTRY, ANNOUNCED THIS SALE --
A GREAT VARIETY OF HOMEOPATHIC
REMEDIES.
AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS NEW
WAVE OF REMEDIES, THE MINISTRY
OF TREE TRADE AND THE SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE BEGAN TO RECEIVE MORE
PATENT -- OF HOMEOPATHIC PRO
PRODUCTS.
FOR INSTANCE, IN 1831, THE
ENGLISH COMPANY -- IN PERU --
FOR 10 YEARS.
IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THE
COMPLETE ABSENCE OF -- TO BLOCK
ON THE PART OF THE SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE TO THE SALE OF
HOMEOPATHIC PRODUCTS IN THE
LEGAL PHARMACY AND BY -- WHILE
IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND
DOCUMENTS, OFTEN REPORT -- FOR
LEGAL PRACTICE OF MEDICINE TO
FIGHT AGAINST HOMEOPATHY FOCUSED
ON THE -- OF DEACON, AND AS A
RESULT, HOMEOPATHIC -- AND
MEDICINE WERE COMPLETED.
THE MAIN GOAL OF THE SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE WAS TO ELIMINATE
PRACTITIONERS WITHOUT A
MEDICAL DEGREE FOR THE AMERICAN
MEDICINAL MARKET.
THIS CAN EXPLAIN ONE MEMBER OF
THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WERE SO
CONCERNED WITH POLICY, THE PRAK
PRACTITIONER OF HOMEOPATHY LIKE
DEACON HAD NO CONCERN AT ALL
WITH POLICY IN THE SALE OF
HOMEOPATHIC PRODUCTS.
-- IN THE UNITED STATES, THE
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE DID NOT RAISE
ANY OBJECTION TO HOMEOPATHIC
PRODUCTS, CONSIDERED THEN -- AS
THE HISTORIAN GAINS -- FROM THE
ALLOPATHIC VIEWPOINT, THE KIDS
WERE THE TROJAN HORSE.
WHEN THE REMEDIES WERE --
COUNTLESS PEOPLE BENEFITED FROM
DOCTORING THEMSELF AROUND THE
WORLD.
SUBSEQUENTLY THREATENING THE
PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL
DOCTORS.
AS AN ADVERTISEMENT INDICATED,
HOMEOPATHY ALLOWED, QUOTE, A
SAVING FOR FAMILIES THAT COULD
PRESERVE HEALTH WITHOUT SPENDING
ON VISITING DOCTOR.
HOWEVER, THE GREATEST DAMAGE OF
HOMEOPATHY WAS EVOLVING.
DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE
19TH CENTURY -- IN TRANSFORMING
MEDICINE INTO A PRESTIGIOUS
PROFESSION.
-- IN THE MODERNIZATION OF THE
COUNTRY.
BECAME PART OF THE PERUVIAN
ELITE -- BY REQUIRING MEDICAL
PRACTITIONER TO BE TRAINED IN
THE OFFICIAL SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
SAN FERNANDO'S DOCTOR --
LICENSED PRACTITIONER -- IDEA
THAT MEDICAL DEGREES WERE LESS
IMPORTANT AS SUCCESSFUL CURE.
HOME HOMEOPATHY PUT EXCLUSIVE
KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE REACH OF
ALL -- PATIENTS.
CONCLUSIONS.
THE HOMEOPATHIC PRACTICE OF DEAL
CON IN LIMA REBUILDS SOME
RELEVANT ASPECT HIGHLIGHTED
THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION.
FIRST OF ALL, THE ENDURING
PRESENCE OF HOMEOPATHICS IN PERU
DESPITE ITS MARGINAL POSITION
COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE
MEXICO OR BRAZIL.
HOMEOPATHY, IN PARTICULAR THE
PRESENCE OF GEORGE DEACON IN THE
MEDICINAL MARKET WAS A
DISRUPTIVE FORCE THAT CAUSED
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO --
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, --
AGENDA.
GEORGE DEACON'S REQUEST TO
PRACTICE HOMEOPATHY WITHOUT
APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE GENERATED HEATED
DEBATES BETWEEN ALLOPATHIC
DOCTORS IN SAN FERNANDO AND
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PERUVIAN
SOCIETY WHO SUPPORTED
HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT.
SECONDLY, THE CONTRADICTORY
ATTITUDE TO THE SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE TO PERSECUTE THE
PRACTICE OF HOMEOPATHY WHILE
IGNORING THE SALE OF HOMEOPATHIC
MEDICINE DEMONSTRATE AN
AMBIVALENT ANTITEUD TO ALLOW --
OTHER MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE.
THE ANTI-QUACK CAMPAIGN -- TO
LICENSE A DOCTOR AND CHARGING --
OF THE TIME.
IN THE LAST DECADE OF THE 19TH
CENTURY, PROFESSIONAL DOCTOR
TARGET PHARMACIES, CHINESE
HERBAL LIST, HOMEOPATHS AMONG
OTHERS, TO REMAIN ENEMIES OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND FINALLY, THIS PRACTICE HAS
BEEN COMPLETELY IGNORED IN THE
HISTORY OF MEDICINE IN PERU.
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME
LIMITATION BUT A VERY SMALL
NUMBER OF HISTORICAL SOURCES.
MY RESEARCH AIMS TO BE THE FIRST
APPROACH TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE
OF HOMEOPATHY IN THE COUNTRY.
MANY QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN TO
BE ANSWERED.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHY THE SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE PERSECUTED STRONGLY SO
MEDICAL PRACTICES LIKE
HOMEOPATHY, WHILE IGNORING
OTHERS, THE USE OF HOMEMADE
REMEDIES, OR -- IN THE 19TH
CENTURY, WHO WERE THEY AND WHO
WERE THEIR PATIENTS?
WE NEED TO KEEP STUDYING THE
COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
PERUVIAN DOCTORS WITH
NON-PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL
PRACTITIONER INCLUDING DOMESTIC
AND FOREIGN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> DR. PALMA, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
WHAT A WONDERFUL TALK.
THANK YOU.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS, AND I JUST WOULD LIKE
TO REMIND THOSE WHO ARE
WATCHING, IF YOU DO HAVE A
QUESTION, PLEASE USE THE LIVE
FEEDBACK BUTTON UNDER THE
LIVESTREAM, AND THOSE QUESTIONS
WILL COME DIRECTLY TO ME, AND
I'M GOING TO SHARE THEM WITH THE
AUDIENCE VERBALLY AND ALSO SHARE
THEM WITH DR. PALMA IN OUR CHAT
WITHIN THE ZOOM INTERFACE THAT
WE'RE USING.
SO DR. PALMA, THE FIRST QUESTION
HAVE, I'LL PUT IN THE CHAT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
FASCINATING TALK.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WRITES IN ON A
SUBJECT WHICH, AS YOU RIGHTLY
SAY, HAS RECEIVED VERY LIMITED
ATTENTION.
YOU NOTED THAT PUBLIC OPINION
WAS PART OF THE DEBATE BETWEEN
DEACON AND THE ALLOPATHS, AND
THAT MANY PEOPLE PREFERRED
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES,
HOMEOPATHIC OR OTHERWISE, OVER
19TH CENTURY ALLOPATHIC
MEDICINE.
THE QUESTION IS, DID DEACON MAKE
ANY EFFORT TO INCORPORATE THE
TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS MEDICINE
OF PERU IN HIS PRACTICE, OR DID
HE STICK EXCLUSIVELY TO THE
HOMEOPATHIC PRINCIPLES THAT HE
HAD LEARNED IN OHIO?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
QUESTION.
AS I MENTIONED IN THE
BEGINNING -- AT THE END, SORRY,
WE HAVE VERY FEW HISTORICAL
SORES TO KNOW SORE
SOURCES TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
HOMEOPATHY AND GEORGE DEACON.
IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF
MEDICINE, YOU, YOU HAVE ONLY
THREE NUMBERS OF -- OF THE
JOURNAL OF HOMEOPATHY.
IN THE JOURNAL AND IN THE OTHER
DOCUMENT THAT I PRESENTED, THIS
IS ANOTHER DOCUMENT BY
DR. DEACON, GEORGE DEACON
FOCUSED MORE IN THE CONGRESS
FIGHT ABOUT LEGAL STATUS OF
HOMEOPATHY.
AND HE WAS MORE -- HE HAS MORE
CONCERN ABOUT THE ROLE, WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH HOMEOPATHY IN THE
U.S., IN EUROPE, AND EVEN IN
OTHER COUNTRY OF LATIN AMERICA
THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN PERU.
SO IN THE THREE NUMBERS OF
THE -- SORRY -- IN THE MAGAZINE,
I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING ABOUT
OTHER KIND OF MEDICINE,
INDIGENOUS OR CHINESE
MEDICINE -- IN PERU.
SO SORRY, BUT I THINK WE DON'T
HAVE ANY -- TO INCORPORATE OTHER
KIND OF NON-WESTERN MEDICINE TO
THIS PRACTICE.
HIS PRACTICE.
>> THANK YOU.
SO ANOTHER QUESTION WE HAVE IS
ABOUT THE RARITY OR PERHAPS EVEN
THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS MAGAZINE.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO WHY THE
COPIES AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY
OF MEDICINE ARE LIKELY THE ONLY
COPIES, AS YOU'VE MENTIONED?
>>
>> WHEN I WAS DOING MY RESEARCH
IN PERU FOR MY DISSERTATION, I
READ IN THE ALLOPATHIC JOURNAL
OF THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE THAT
DR. DEACON PUBLISHED A NEW
JOURNAL CALLED HOMEOPATHY, I
TRIED FOR MONTHS OR MAYBE YEARS
TRYING TO FIND SOME COPIES IN
PERUVIAN LIBRARIES, THAT WAS
IMPOSSIBLE, IN THE NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF PERU.
AND THEN I FOUND IN THE NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF MEDICINE IN THE
UNITED STATES, YOU HAVE THREE
NUMBERS OF THIS JOURNAL.
I HAVE THE COPIES, TO SHARE WITH
THE PUBLIC, IF SOMEONE WANTS THE
PDF, I CAN SHARE, OF COURSE,
THIS IMPORTANT SOURCE.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE MOST
PART OF THE JOURNAL WAS DEVOTED
TO EXPLAIN THE HOMEOPATHY,
EXPLAIN THE WORK OF HAHNEMAN AND
THEN THE DISCUSSION WITH THE
CONGRESS.
HE REPRODUCED ALL THE DISCUSSION
BETWEEN 1880s UNTIL 1890s.
SO IT'S A FANTASTIC SOURCE, MORE
RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE
STATUS OF HOMEOPATHY THAN TO THE
OTHER LOCAL PROBLEMS ABOUT
PUBLIC HEALTH.
YOU HAVE MY EMAIL?
I CAN SHARE MY EMAIL IF SOMEONE
WANTS THE PDF, I CAN SEND THEM.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
YOUR EMAIL, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO
THAT.
YOU CAN POP IT UP ON THE SLIDE
FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH
YOU.
WONDERFUL.
THAT'S GREAT.
SO ANOTHER QUESTION WE HAVE IS
THIS ONE, AND IT'S RELATED TO
HAHNEMAN.
DO YOU KNOW IF PRESENT DAY
HOMEOPATHS -- OR ELSEWHERE IN
LATIN AMERICA STILL EXPLICITLY
CONSIDER HIM AS THEIR MAIN OR
PRO PEGSAL ANCESTOR OR IF THEY
ACKNOWLEDGE THE INFLUENCE OF
LOCAL TRADITIONS AS IMPORTANTLY.
AND A RELATED QUESTION IS, DOES
HOMEOPATHIC PRACTICE OR HERBAL
REMEDY HAVE A STANDING IN PERU
TODAY.
AND
>> I KNOW THE CASE OF CHILE AND
PERU MOSTLY WITH JOURNALS AND
DISCUSSION IN 18 -- ABOUT
HOMEOPATHY IN THESE BOTH
COUNTRIES.
IN GENERAL, THE PUBLICATION
FOCUSED ON THE HAHNEMAN, NOT THE
LOCAL INFLUENCE OF OTHER
TRADITIONS.
IN CHILEAN JOURNAL, FOR
INSTANCE, THEY REPRODUCED THIS
BOOK, SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER
THE NAME?
YEAH, THE ORIGINS OF MEDICINE,
THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK FOR
HOMEOPATH.
THE LOCAL JOURNAL MAGAZINE RYE
PETE'S A DIFFERENT PART REPEATS A
DIFFERENT PART OF THIS BOOK AND
TRANSLATES TO SPAPPISH.
SPANISH.
SO SADLY, THE LOCAL HOMEOPATHS
ARE MORE INTERESTED ON THE FEVER
OF HAHN HEMAN THAN OTHER LATIN
AMERICAN HOMEOPATHS.
AND ABOUT THE PRESENT, I THINK
IN THE 1990s, I DON'T KNOW,
THREE OR FOUR DECADES AGO, THE
PERUVIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH
ALLOWED LEGALLY THE PRACTICE OF
HOMEOPATHY AND CONTROL WHO CAN
PRACTICE THIS MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE.
SO WHILE IN OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE
CHILE, THE GOVERNMENT APPROVED
THE PRACTICE IN THE -- OF THE
20TH CENTURY.
I THINK THIS IS PERU -- IN PERU,
IT MORE PRESENT.
BUT I THINK IT'S --
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
ANOTHER QUESTION WE HAVE IS
ABOUT DEACON SPECIFICALLY.
DID DEACON LEAVE ANY DIARY OR
OTHER PERSONAL DOCUMENTATION,
AND THIS PERSON WRITE THIS
BECAUSE THEY NOTICED -- YES, IN
THIS SLIDE, I THINK THAT'S WHAT
THEY'RE REFERRING TO, OF COURSE,
IS THAT YOU CREDIT WHAT WE
ASSUME IS A RELATION OF HIS WITH
THE PHOTO.
>> YES, FIRST OF ALL, I NEED TO
THANK MARIA BROGGI FOR THIS
WONDERFUL PICTURE.
IT'S A FAMILY PHOTO.
AND SHE'S THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF
GEORGE DEACON.
AFTER I PUBLISHED THE PAPER IN
2019, I GOT AN EMAIL OF MARIA,
SHE LIVES IN THE U.S., TELLING
ME HE WAS THE GREAT GRANDFATHER.
AND SHE EXPLAINED ME ABOUT SOME
PERSONAL DETAILS OF HIS LIFE.
FOR EXAMPLE, HE WAS THE SON OF
AN AMERICAN MARINE AND ABOUT HIS
MOTHER, BUT THE FAMILY -- HAVE
ANY OTHER KIND OF DOCUMENT, THEY
DON'T HAVE ANY DIARY OR OTHER
KIND OF PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION.
AND IT'S VERY SCARCE, THE
SOURCES AVAILABLE ABOUT DEACON
IN PERUVIAN LIBRARIES IS MORE
ABOUT THE FIGHT AGAINST THE
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
AND MORE ABOUT HIS MEDICAL
PRACTICE THAN THE PERSONAL LIFE.
SO I COULDN'T FIND THE DEATH
CERTIFICATE IN FAMILY SEARCH, SO
I COULDN'T KNOW ABOUT WHEN HE
DIED AND THE REASON.
FOR INSTANCE, I HAVE A CONFUSION
ABOUT THE NUMBER -- THE NAME,
SORRY, THE NAME OF HIS PARENTS,
BECAUSE MARIA TOLD ME THE NAME
OF THE MOTHER WAS CECILIA
MOHICA, BUT IN THE CERTIFICATE,
IT SAYS THE NAME OF THE -- WAS
DONIA -- SADLY WE DON'T HAVE
MORE DOCUMENTATION ABOUT DEACON.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
FAMILY OF HIM TO SHARE THIS
PHOTO.
>> IT WONDERFUL, ISN'T IT, WHEN
SOMEONE READS YOUR WORK AND --
WHEN SOMEONE READS YOUR WORK
PERIOD.
OUTSIDE ACADEMIA.
WRITES TO YOU AND EXPRESSES --
>> I DID A LOT OF WORK AND
RESEARCH ABOUT DEACON FOR, I
DON'T KNOW, ONE, TWO YEARS.
I FEEL VERY CLOSE TO HIM.
WHEN I COULDN'T SEE THE FAMILY
TO SAY, WOW, THIS PERSON HAS A
FACE, WAS PART OF -- AN
IMPORTANT PART OF MY -- DURING
TWO YEARS SO I WAS VERY, VERY
HAPPY TO GET ACCESS TO THIS KIND
OF MORE PERSONAL SOURCES OF, FOR
EXAMPLE, THIS ONE.
WE HAVE THE SIGNATURE, WHEN HE
SIGNED A COPY OF HIS BOOK TO THE
MARINE LIBRARY IN THE UNITED
STATES.
SO FOR ME, A HISTORIAN, THIS
KIND OF DOCUMENTS ARE PRECIOUS.
I CAN'T PUT CAN PUT A FACE OF MY SOURCES.
>> UNDERSTOOD COMPLETELY.
SO YOU MENTIONED YOUR ACADEMIC
LIFE.
WE HAVE A FINAL QUESTION -- WE
HAVE MANY QUESTIONS THAT HAVE
COME IN THANKING YOU FOR A
WONDERFUL TALK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
INTEREST.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME, YES.
TO EVERYONE, THANK YOU.
OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE A FINAL
QUESTION.
WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU IN YOUR
RESEARCH ON THIS FASCINATING
SUBJECT?
SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN IN
TO ASK.
>> THIS WAS PART OF MY
DISSERTATION THAT I FINISHED IN
2017.
I'M WORKING ON MY BOOK, BUT I'M
TRANSLATING MY DISSERTATION FROM
ENGLISH TO SPANISH, SO IT'S
TAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME
THAN I SAW AT THE BEGINNING.
ONE OF MY CASE OF STUDY ABOUT
THE MEDICAL -- OF PERU.
OTHER PART OF MY RESEARCH ARE
FOCUSED ON CHINESE MEDICINE.
ANOTHER -- IT'S AMAZING, THIS
STORY OF CHINESE MEDICINE IN
THIS INDIAN COUNTRY.
BECAUSE IT WAS VERY SIMILAR, IT
LIKE HOW THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
IN THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY
IN PERU TRIED TO ERADICATE ANY
COMPETITIONS.
THE WEST PART OF --
MODERNIZATION OF THE MEDICINE IN
LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES IN 19TH
CENTURY AND 20TH CENTURY.
I USED PERU AS CASE OF STUDY.
SO SPECIFICALLY IN THE CASE OF
HOMEOPATHY, IT VERY DIFFICULT TO
EXPAND THE TOPIC, BECAUSE
REALLY, I SPENT TWO, ALMOST
THREE YEARS OF MY LIFE TO DO
THIS RESEARCH.
MAYBE IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN MOVE
TO ANOTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY.
I FOUND SOME VERY SMALL GROUP OF
SPANIARD HOMEOPATHS IN CUBA, IN
THE SOUTH OF PERU, BUT IN THE
1930s.
SO THEY ARE A SMALL ISLAND IN
THE COUNTRY DURING, I DON'T
KNOW, 10, 15 YEARS, BUT YEAH,
SOME YOUNG HISTORIAN IN PERU --
INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC,
PLEASE, I CAN HELP THEM GIVE
SOME SOURCES, I HAVE -- THIS
AMAZING TOPIC.
SO I'M TRYING TO MOVE TO ANOTHER
NORTHWESTERN THERAPIES IN PERU,
AND NOW MY RESEARCH INTEREST
MOVES TO THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN MIGRATION AND HEALTH.
SO ESPECIALLY WHEN THE EPIDEMIC
TIME, HOW DURING THE EPIDEMIC
TIME WE USED TO BLAME THE
IMMIGRANTS, LIKE, IT'S HAPPENING
TODAY, IT HAPPENED 100 YEARS AGO
IN PERU AND CHILE AND LATIN
AMERICA.
SO I'M TRYING TO DO THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN BOTH TOPICS.
>> WONDERFUL.
WELL, WITH REGARD TO OTHERS
BEING IN TOUCH WITH YOU ABOUT
YOUR RESEARCH, ALL OTHER ASPECTS
OF YOUR RESEARCH AND YOUR FUTURE
RESEARCH, WE SINCERELY HOPE THAT
MANY OF THOSE WATCHING WILL BE
IN TOUCH AND THOSE WHO WILL
WATCH THE ARCHIVED VIDEO STREAM,
WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE IN A
COUPLE OF DAYS, WILL LEARN ABOUT
YOU AND YOUR WORK AND BE IN
TOUCH, AS WELL AS BEING IN TOUCH
WITH US HERE AT THE NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF MEDICINE, AS WE'RE
ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE IN TOUCH WITH
RESEARCHERS WHO ARE USING OUR
COLLECTION.
SO DR. PALMA, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR FASCINATING TALK
TODAY.
GREAT TO MEET YOU, GREAT TO BE
IN TOUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
INVITATION, AND PEOPLE REMEMBER
THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
HAS THOUSANDS HUNDREDS OF
MATERIAL BEYOND THE U.S.
USE THEM, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS
TIME OF PANDEMIC, DIGITAL
RESOURCES ARE FANTASTIC.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
HAVE A GREAT EVENING WHERE YOU
ARE.