This book documents many famous people of the past 200 years who have been known to use and/or advocate for homeopathic medicine. I am not simply talking about "celebrities." In fact, I have already uncovered the following amazing facts (the book contains specific quotes and/or documented stories about each person listed below and his or her experiences with homeopathy).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Dr. Peter Fisher, Physician to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Introduction
Why Homeopathy Makes Sense and Works: Nanopharmacology at its Best
Why Homeopathy is Hated and Vilified
Literary Greats: Write on for Homeopathy
Henry David Thoreau, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriett Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Emily Dickinson, Henry James, William James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Cullen Bryant, Washington Irving, Mark Twain, Goethe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles Dickens, WB Yeats, William Thackeray, George Bernard Shaw, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Rabindranath Tagore, Norman Cousins, Barbara Cartland, JD Salinger, Jeanette Winterson
Sports Superstars: Scoring with Homeopathy
David Beckham (soccer), Martina Navratilova (tennis), Boris Becker (tennis), Jose Maria Olazabel (golf), Paul O'Neill (New York Yankee), Kelly Slater (surfing), Arnie Kander (Strength and Conditioning Coach, NBA Detroit Pistons), David Moncoutié (cyclist), Pat Riley (basketball coach, Miami Heat), Nancy Lopez (golf), Hermann Maier (skiing), Misty Hyman (swimming), Marie-Hélène Prémont (mountain biking), Elvis Stojko (figure skating)
Physicians & Scientists: Coming out of the Medicine Closet
Charles Darwin, Sir John Forbes, Valentine Mott, MD, Sir William Osler ("father of modern medicine"), Harvey Williams Cushing, MD, Emil Adolph von Behring, MD ("father of immunology"), Sidney Ringer, MD, Charles Frederick Menninger, MD, August Bier, MD (the "father of spinal anesthesia"), Royal S. Copeland, MD, Grant Selfridge, MD, William J. Mayo, MD and Charles H. Mayo, MD, C. Everett Koop, M.D., Brian Josephson, PhD.
Film, Television, & Stage Celebrities: Starring in Homeopathy
Edwin Booth, Sarah Bernhardt, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Grace Kelly, Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Catherine Zeta- Jones, Lesley Ann Warren, Naomi Watts, Pamela Anderson, Jane Seymour, Suzanne Somers, Lindsay Wagner, Julia Sawalha , Nadia Sawalha, Susan Jameson, Susan Hampshire, Cher, Priscilla & Lisa Marie Presley, Ben Vereen, Ashley Judd, Naomi Watts, Jennifer Aniston, Jade Jagger, Tobey Maguire, Orlando Bloom (more to be added!)
Musicians: Singing Out for Homeopathy
Nicollo Pagainini, Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, Samuel Barber, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Cher, Tina Turner, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Pete Townshend, Sting, Annie Lennox, Bob Weir, Paul Rodgers, Axl Rose, Jon Faddis, Dizzy Gillespie, Shirley Verrett
Artists and Fashionistas: Homeopathy in Style
Vincent van Gogh, Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, Pierre Renoir, Paul Gauguin, Jackson Pollock, Antoni Gaudi, Karl Lagerfeld, Vidal Sassoon, Diane von Furstenberg, Jerry Hall, Jhane Barnes, Cindy Crawford
Politicians & Peacemakers: Voting with their Lives & Health
U.S. Presidents Lincoln, Tyler, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison, McKinley, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Clinton, William Lloyd Garrison (abolitionist), Jacob H. Gallinger, Mark A. Hanna, San Martin ("father of Argentina and Peru"), Benjamin Disraeli (British Prime Minister), Mahatma Gandhi and other politicians of India, Muhammad Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan), Karl Carstens (President of Germany), Tony Blair (British Prime Minister)
Women's Rights Leaders and Suffragists: Pro-Homeopathy
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Florence Nightingale, Mary Coffin Ware Dennett, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton Lydia Folger Fowler, Melanie d'Hervilly Hahnemann, Clemence Sophia Lozier, Julia Ward Howe, Lucretia Mott, Julia Holmes Smith, MD, Rebecca Lee Crumpler, MD, Susan Smith McKinney, MD, Florence Nightingale Ward, MD, Coretta Scott King
Corporate Leaders and Philanthropists' Support for Homeopathy: A Rich Tradition
General Motors, Montgomery Ward, General Electric, National Cash Register, John D. Rockefeller, Hiram Sibley (Western Union), George Eastman (Kodak), Charles F. Kettering (General Motors), Wealthy People of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Europe.
The Royal Medicine Monarchs' Longtime Love for Homeopathy
British Monarchs, European Continent Monarchs, Other Monarchs, Attacks on Homeopathy, Royal Homeopathy Today
Clergy and Spiritual Leaders: More than Prayer for Homeopathy
European Support from Leading Clergymen, American Clergy, Biblical References to Homeopathic Principles, Jewish Support, Muslim Clerics Support, Eastern Spiritual Leaders, Clergy Support for Colleges and Hospitals, Mary Baker Eddy, Mother Theresa, Emanuel Swedenborg
AFTERWORD: Predicted Responses to this Book: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Homeopathic Medicines Discussed in This Book