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OurNobleandBelovedCarrollDunham
byDr.AndrSaine,D.C.,N.D.,F.C.A.H.

Hislifewasgentleandtheelementssomixedinhim,thatNaturemightstandupandsaytoalltheworldTHISWASAMAN!"

Not only can it be very profitable to study the writing and practice of the great homeopaths, but it is truly necessary for anyone attempting to
master the science and art of homeopathy as our knowledge is cumulative and never outdated. Carroll Dunham was certainly one of the most
brillianthomeopathsever.Hiswritingsareessentialmaterialforanyseriousstudentwhilehislifecanbeaprofoundsourceofinspiration.Athis
memorial,itwassaidthat"CarrollDunhamhasdonemorefortheinterestsofhomeopathythananyothermansincethetimeofHahnemann."
Curiously,Dunhamhasyettobediscoveredbythepresentgenerationofhomeopaths.

Dunhamdedicatedhiswholelifesefforttothegoodofallthroughthepromotionofhomeopathy,thescienceoftherapeuticswhichhadsavedhis
own life on at least three different occasions. Dr. Helmuth said that "his life was one of truth and goodness. His name can never be mentioned
withoutawakeningfeelingsofloveandreverence.Hisactioninallmatters,greatorsmallwaspromptedbypurityofheartandloveofright."It
wassaidofMarcusAureliusthathewashumanitysmostnoblesoul.WecouldsayofCarrollDunhamthathewashomeopathysmostnoblesoul.
The death of Dunham was felt like a cold shower throughout the whole homeopathic profession. Dr. Kellogg who had been his friend since his
youth wrote: "When the death of Dr. Dunham was announced, so general and profound was the sense of irreparable loss, that the whole
homopathicprofessionroseupasoneman,bothinthiscountryandinEurope,togiveutterancetotheirsorrow,todohonortohismemory,
andtocommemoratehischaracterandservices.Everyonefeltthatwehadlostourbestman.NoteventhedeathofHahnemannstirredupsuch
depthsofgrief."P.P.Wellswhoattendedhimuntiltheendsaidthathe"diedofnodisease"butofexhaustedvitalityinducedbyexcessiveand
protractedlabor.LaterWellssaid:"Icouldwillinglyhavediedforhimhecouldhavebeenofsomuchmoreuseintheworld."

AlthoughDunhamneverwroteabook,hiswritingsarevoluminous.Fromeachoneofhisessaysemergestheexcellence,clarityandoriginalityof
his perception. Soon after his death some of his best writings were assembled by his wife and published in a book called Homopathy, The
Science of Therapeutics. Here one can follow Dunham's master mind discussing the place of hygiene in homeopathy, alternation of remedies,
primaryvs.secondarysymptoms,theuseofhighpotencies,relationofpathologytotherapeutics,thebaseofthetreatment,etc.

OnthepoliticallevelCarrollDunhamwasapeacemaker.Itwassaidofhimthathehadnoenemies.Hisliberalandgenerousmindmadeiteasier
for him to accept compromise. Unfortunately compromise on the search for the truth leads to error. In 1870 he made a notable presentation
beforetheAmericanInstituteofHomopathy(AIH)calledFreedomofMedicalOpinionandAction:aVitalNecessityandaGreatResponsibility.
Hebelieved,contrarytohispredecessors,thatlibertyofopinionandpracticeshouldprevailwithintheAIH.Hesaidthathewassurethat"perfect
liberty will sooner bring knowledge of the truth and that purity of practice which we all desire." His speech provided license to the pseudo
homeopathstopracticeastheywantedandbestillidentifiedashomeopaths.Subsequenttohisaddressknowledgeofhomeopathywasremoved
in 1874 as a requirement for membership in the AIH. Dunham died in 1877 and did not witness the disastrous effect his noble but nave vision
eventually had on the course of homeopathy in the U.S.A. as most of our institutions disappeared after its members had adopted practices at
variancewiththeteachingsofHahnemann.

Whatmadehimagreatteacherwasthat,likeHering,hetrulyunderstoodthestrictinductivemethodofHahnemann.HestudiedunderHeringand
BnninghausenamongothersandexchangedwithWells,Joslin,LippeandGuernsey.Hesaidthatthechiefdutyoftheprescriberisto"basethe
treatmentonfacts,indisputable,unmistakable,theresultsofpureobservation."Onthethencontroversialuseofhighpotencieshewrotethat"the
questionispurelyapracticalandexperimentalone."Thereaderisreferredthereadertothestoryonhow,withhisfather,hemadewithinaweek
hisfamousremediesinthe200thpotencyusingthejiggerofanoldsawmilltosuccusstheremedies(seethearticleentitled"MyfirstCasewitha
200D").In1864,onprofessionallife,hewrites:"Theobjectofourprofessionallifeistofindoutthetruthandtoshapeourpracticeaccordingly.
Consistency to this object is true consistency." The clarity of his perception comes through when he says that "the significance of a fact is
measuredbythecapacityoftheobserver."

His Lectures on Materia Medica are a posthumous publication of the notebook used to give his lectures. Here you will find delightful lectures
preceding and following his classes on materia medica. By careful recording of cases and also by conducting provings himself, Dunham added,
like Lippe, many original verifications and has numerous uses of our remedies. For instance, he cured three cases with epithelial cancer of the
lower lip in pipe smokers as he had found that the pain described by the sick was similar to the one experienced during the proving. These
lecturesarehighlyrecommendedfortheadvancedstudentwhencapableofappreciatingthesubtlenessofDunham'sperception.Attimesheis
poetic, as when he compares Aconitum to a storm disturbing a luxurious and fertile valley in midsummer. About the disposition of Carbo
vegetabilis,hewritesthat"indifferenceisthecharacteristicsymptom.Theirritabilitynoticedseemstobeaprotestagainstdisturbanceofthequiet
which the patient desires and the sensibility and peevishness of disposition to be another phase of the same protest." About Platina, he writes
"the prover displays a most exalted and overweening selfesteem, overesteeming herself beyond all reason and entertaining a correspondingly
low and contemptuous opinion of all surrounding objects and persons, even the most venerable and respectable nay, this opinion is more
depreciatingthenoblerandmoreworthytheobjectsofit."

WecansummarizeDunham'slifebyquotinghislastwordstohisdepartingstudents:"Andatthecloseoflongandbusycareers,mayyouhave
the pleasant consciousness, not only that you have made some permanent additions to the common stock of knowledge for the common good,
butalsothatmanymenandwomenhavebeenthehappierforyourlives."

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