Life and work of James Compton Burnett : with an account of the Burnett memorial / [John H. Clarke].

  • Clarke, John Henry, 1852-1931.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Life and work of James Compton Burnett : with an account of the Burnett memorial / [John H. Clarke]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be devoted to the teaching of Homceopathic Practice. It was as an original and resourceful PRACTITIONER of the Homoeopathic Art that Dr. Burnett was pre-eminently distinguished ; and it is felt that to establish a chair devoted to the instruc- tion of students in this most essential department of the Healing Art would form a living memorial in his honour, and at the same time spread abroad the fruits of his original labours. Readers of this volume are invited to assist this movement by sending contributions to the Honorary Secretary of the Burnett Fund, Mrs. Helen Clarke, 30, Clarges Street, W. ; or to Mr. Frederick King, Secretary of the British Homoeopathic Association, Regent House, Regent Street, W., marking their contributions “ Burnett Fund.” Any profits accru- ing from the sale of this volume will be devoted to the same purpose. Incidentally this brochure will serve a third purpose. There is no homoeopathic writer whose clinical work is more frequently quoted at the present day than is that of Dr. Burnett ; and there is none whose influence is more constantly visible in the writings of others. But whilst this is the case, there are many who have not clearly appre- hended the working of Dr. Burnett’s mind, and many who have failed to master the methods by which he obtained his ends. By means of the data given in the following sketch medical men will, I