Words: Dr Julian JONAS It’s been a number of years since I first met the two brothers, Jordan and Samuel. They were as different as two persons could be. Samuel, age three at the time, was a gentle, cheerful fellow — easy to smile and easy to talk to. Jordan, six years his elder, was
Words: Dr Julian JONAS A patient I’ve worked with for a number of years reported that he had gum surgery, because there was no alternative to repair the erosion of the gum line in his mouth. I suggested that even though it was after the fact, before submitting to the knife, he might have considered
Words: Dr Julian JONAS Herpes, or shingles, can be one of the most painful illnesses. It begins somewhat innocuously with a general malaise of fever, headache and fatigue, but is soon followed by intense stinging and burning pains arising on the skin. This is usually accompanied by local itching, skin hypersensitivity, or tingling. The outbreak
Words: Dr Julian Jonas A few weeks ago a call came into the office from a patient whose wife was in the grips of a bad case of sciatica. He was hoping I could prescribe a remedy by speaking with his wife over the phone since they lived about five hours away. It was evening
Words: Dr Julian JONAS Angela was a bubbly, sensitive and anxious eight-year-old whose parents first sought out homeopathic treatment for her about a year ago. A half-year earlier, she suddenly developed a throat clearing tic one evening while attending a children’s theatre programme. Over the next month, other tics, like eye blinking, mouth movements, high-pitched screams and
Words: Dr Julian JONAS The outbreak of measles in California, USA, was reported with great alacrity in the mass media. This was a useful punctuation point for a campaign of the national medical and pharmaceutical industries to force multiple mandatory vaccinations nationwide as well as stigmatise those who withstood the pressure to participate. People are
