EDITORIAL

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We believe that the failure to graduate physicians who have been adequately trained in homoeopathy can be traced to the quality of the instruction received in that subject, rather than to the quantity. We believe that homoeopathy can be properly taught only by men who are thoroughly and enthusiastically conversant with the entire field, who understand fully the difference between it and general medicine, and who recognize the place homoeopathy should hold in relation to general medicine.

In addition to all this, the teachers of homoeopathy should be men of established ability in the practice of homoeopathy. Furthermore, we are of the opinion that the clinical side of homoeopathy is not enough stressed, or rather not adequately stressed. The real effectiveness of homoeopathic therapeutics can be shown only by the results obtainable at the bedside. The curricula of our medical schools surely can not be so crowded as to exclude clinical demonstration of pure homoeopathic cure.

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Eugene Underhill
Dr Eugene Underhill Jr. (1887-1968) was the son of Eugene and Minnie (Lewis) Underhill Sr. He was a graduate of Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. A homeopathic physician for over 50 years, he had offices in Philadelphia.

Eugene passed away at his country home on Spring Hill, Tuscarora Township, Bradford County, PA. He had been in ill health for several months. His wife, the former Caroline Davis, whom he had married in Philadelphia in 1910, had passed away in 1961. They spent most of their marriage lives in Swarthmore, PA.

Dr. Underhill was a member of the United Lodge of Theosophy, a member of the Philadelphia County Medical Society, and the Pennsylvania Medical Society. He was also the editor of the Homœopathic Recorder.
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