EDITORIAL

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One of the articles in this number Opium lumina are mentioned as successful remedies for an interesting constipation case but the writer omits the potency used,the number of doses, and the exact interval of administration. This example is but one of many from our archives,and in the interests of precision and scientific vellums well as interest,we would make a strong plea for all our contributors to give us such salient details. Wherever the source of a remedy is known,such as Skinners, Finckes Dunhams or Swans potencies,this should always be put after the dose and potency even if it is only B and K., or B.and T. All physicians should try to trace the original source of the remedies in their possession for this information is important to accurate prescribing and knowledge.

-E.W.

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Allan D. Sutherland
Dr. Sutherland graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia and was editor of the Homeopathic Recorder and the Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy.
Allan D. Sutherland was born in Northfield, Vermont in 1897, delivered by the local homeopathic physician. The son of a Canadian Episcopalian minister, his father had arrived there to lead the local parish five years earlier and met his mother, who was the daughter of the president of the University of Norwich. Four years after Allan’s birth, ministerial work lead the family first to North Carolina and then to Connecticut a few years afterward.
Starting in 1920, Sutherland began his premedical studies and a year later, he began his medical education at Hahnemann Medical School in Philadelphia.
Sutherland graduated in 1925 and went on to intern at both Children’s Homeopathic Hospital and St. Luke’s Homeopathic Hospital. He then was appointed the chief resident at Children’s. With the conclusion of his residency and 2 years of clinical experience under his belt, Sutherland opened his own practice in Philadelphia while retaining a position at Children’s in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department.
In 1928, Sutherland decided to set up practice in Brattleboro.
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