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Abstract
Until recently, analysis of the Canadian Journal of Homoeopathy proved to be difficult; the possibility that this periodical was a bibliographic ghost was plausible. This discussion is based on a close reading of the publication, however, now that a complete run of it is readily and conveniently accessible. This account examines the social and intellectual contexts and also the content of this periodical devoted to mid-Victorian medical reform, in particular the medical sectarian practice of homeopathy in Canada West (previously identified as Upper Canada then later as Ontario), while situating its production and publication within other studies of print culture and medical journalism in Canada. Pivotal in this enterprise as founding editor and publisher were the efforts of homeopath Dr. W.A. Greenleaf of St. Catharines and Hamilton.
Keywords:
- Canadian Journal of Homoeopathy,
- homeopathy,
- bibliographic ghost,
- print culture
Résumé
Jusqu’à récemment, l’analyse du Canadian Journal of Homoeopathy s’est révélée difficile; la possibilité que ce périodique soit un fantôme bibliographique était plausible. Cette discussion se fonde toutefois sur une lecture attentive de la publication, maintenant que l’exercice est entièrement et aisément possible. Ce compte rendu examine les contextes sociaux et intellectuels ainsi que les contenus du périodique consacré à la réforme médicale au milieu de l’époque victorienne, en particulier à la pratique médicale sectaire de l’homéopathie au Canada occidental (autrefois le Haut-Canada, puis l’Ontario), tout en situant sa production et sa publication dans le cadre d’autres études sur la culture de la presse écrite et du journalisme médical au Canada. Les efforts du rédacteur fondateur et éditeur de W.A. Greenleaf, homéopathe à St. Catharines et à Hamilton, ont été déterminants dans cette entreprise.
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Biographical note
J.T.H. Connor is John Clinch Professor of Medical Humanities and History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland; he also holds an appointment in the department of History. He has published widely on the history of science, technology, and medicine in North America, as well as aspects of medical museums. He was senior editor for many years of the Canadian Bulletin of Medical History and is currently co-editor of the McGill-Queen’s University Press Studies in the History of Health, Medicine and Society series, which has published almost 60 volumes to date.