SECTON I
HISTORY OF MEDICINE
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SECTON II
UNDERSTANDING THE CANADIAN MEDICAL MONOPOLY
The battle for control of our health system began long before confederation.
Allopathic (conventional) physicians began accruing power as early as 1759,when
legislation was drafted to protect an unsuspecting public against quacks or "snake
oil peddlers." Since many physicians sat on government benches, the precedent was
set. Doctors set the rules. Unfortunately, lumped into the category of quacks along
with the snake oil peddlers were bona fide health practitioners such as herbalists
and later, homeopaths.
By 1839,the College of Physicians and Surgeons was well established in Canada.
The College held the mandate to determine who could enter the profession, to
establish the content of the curriculum, and to set standards of practice.
However, by this time, another branch of medicine had established itself in Europe:
Homeopathy.
Unlike allopathic medicine, which proposed the use of drugs to quell symptoms of
disease, homeopathy used minute traces of natural substances to encourage the body
to fight the disease using its own remarkable resources.(To this day, homeopathy
remains a major treatment modality in Europe and India. Its most celebrated adherents
are the British Royal family, most of whom are well recognized for their good
health and longevity.)
By 1859,Canadian homeopaths had their own board of examiners, and a training
program. The profession was equal in every way to all allopaths.
But it was not to remain this way for long. Homeopaths and eclectics (similar to
today 's naturopaths) had begun to make serious inroads to the allopaths ' earnings.
Moreover, these nature-based practitioners were threatening their very business by
advocating proper diet, fresh air and sunshine, plenty of rest and gentle medications
to maintain good health. Allopathic doctors of the time were relying on bloodletting,
blistering, cleansing bowels with large doses of mercurous chloride and tartrate of
antimony (both of which are highly toxic), and prescribing arsenical compounds and
opium as tonics.
Unable to dismantle their competitors, the allopaths instead prevailed upon the
government to encourage homeopaths to join them in one college with one board and
one training facility. It was proposed that each modality have representation on the
board, develop its own curriculum, and examine its own candidates.
As logical as this may have appeared to the homeopaths, in entering this
agreement, they had unwittingly signed themselves into oblivion. In a classic
example of "Step into my parlour said the spider to the fly," the homeopaths and
eclectics were gradually squeezed out of key positions and their treatments and
theories dropped from the curriculum. By1928, it was illegal to practice homeopathy
in Ontario.
Osteopathy, a modality involving manipulation and massage, was also banished
from Canada, although it flourishes today in the US, throughout Europe and in the
UK. Only the chiropractors have managed to evade the many attempts made to discredit
their profession.
Sadly for all, this tradition of slamming practitioners of natural health
persists today. But one thing has changed: Today we are better educated and
better informed. We read, we think, we challenge. We are capable of making
decisions for ourselves and for our families. We no longer need the government
to protect us from charlatans and snake oil peddlers. Ask yourself, do you
believe that the handful of men and women who run the Colleges of Physicians and
Surgeons in Ontario and other provinces have the right, the wisdom or the
qualifications to decide for YOU which health modalities best protect your well
being? Do they know how YOUR body will react to the powerful and often damaging
drugs their members have no choice other than to prescribe for you? These are
questions that MUST be addressed if we are to claim back our right to the safe
and credible health care we truly deserve - our right to choose the health
supplements and services that can assist in preventing sickness and help us
heal.
Trueman Tuck
SECTON III
UNDERSTANDING THE
VARIOUS NATURAL HEALTH MODALITIES