The publisher:

A selection and compilation of the thoughts, practices, prescriptions, philosophy, materia medica, debates, lectures, articles, book reviews and humour.

What you have in your hands is a book that reflects the experience of an internationally recognised contributor to the growth of homeopathy since the 1980s. The title My Journey in Homeopathy ~Much Ado About Nothing~ reflects Fran’s sense of humour – this book is his invitation to travel through the challenges of homeopathic living and being. It is an opportunity to benefit from the observations, contemplation and meaning-making of an accomplished homeopath who nurtured the flame of homeopathy in a world continuously challenged by the very notion of its existence.

The book reads like a novel in which the author speaks to us, sharing his nuances and experiences and some brilliant work done worldwide—

• One chapter, ‘Getting Stoned was not Fun’, is a very interesting one in which he shares his battle with kidney stones and how, on taking the remedy Calculus renalis (a remedy prepared from E.P. Anshutz’s own kidney stone), and after continuing the remedy for three months, he had not suffered from them since. This remedy can also be used for stones of the salivary gland.
• A chapter on Elizabeth W. Hubbard (a pupil of Pierre Schmidt and a well-known American homeopath) presents biographical elements of the physician, such as that for three years she edited the magazine The Homeopathic Recorder, and that she made house calls in her convertible Rolls-Royce. She had the privilege of being taught by Boger, Roberts, Gladwin, M.L. Tyler, J.H. Clarke and many more.
• A chapter on ‘The Rabies Miasm’ is written by someone who keeps Lyssin 200 in his first-aid kit. Here Francis has shared the Hahnemannian approach along with Tafel’s. More enlightenment on the rabies miasm is given by Dr S.P. Dey’s experience while treating cases. Some rubrics from the Complete Repertory regarding the miasm are also mentioned in the chapter.

Alongside this, the book contains many other intriguing and informative chapters.

Moreover, this book captures the innovation and creativity that ensured that future, in the context of the challenges many of us faced and continue to face in practising, teaching and promoting a wonderful, loving medicine. The book is a collation of interviews, articles, histories, characters, cases, remedies, practice audits, discussions and book reviews published by the author into a valuable single document. It is a unique book in the annals of homeopathic publishing, a record of part of one homeopath’s output.

You’ll unearth insights into how this inspirational and resourceful homeopath made a difference with clinics in the National Health Service and 25 years of acute and primary-care telephone prescribing on the Homeopathy Helpline.