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Collected Item: “Peter Gold Oral History, 2020/12/02”

Title

Interview with Peter Gold of the American Institute of Homeopathy

Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.

Kit Heintzman

Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.

Peter Gold

Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.

kheintzman@gmail.com

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#allelopathy, #bereavement, #biologist, #casestudies, #Connecticut, #COVIDpositive, #death, #family, #father, #fear, #forprofithealthcare, #health, #healthcare, #history, #historyofmedicine, #holistic, #homeopathy, #naturalmedicine, #hursinghome, #parent, #SamuelHahnemann, #treatment, #webinars

What is the format of your recording?

Audio

In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.

Avon, Connecticut

What is the gender of the interviewee? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their gender in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a gender identity to interviewees.*

male

What is the age of the interviewee?

55 to 64

How does the interviewee describe their race or ethnicity? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their race/ethnicity in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a racial or ethnic identity to interviewees.*

white

Describe the oral history.

Self-description:
“I am currently the senior staff person for the American Institute of Homeopathy. The American Institute of Homeopathy is the oldest medical society in the United State, predating the American Medical Association by approximately 3 years. I have served the homeopathic community in a variety of capacities over the past 15 or so years. Helping the National Center for Homeopathy, The Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy, The Canadian Academy of Homeopathy, and other organizations—particularly with respect to research, communications, and outreach. I’m a biologist by training. I have been involved with homeopathy since the late 1990s, very extensively. I’ve trained to better understand homeopathy. I actually spent 15 years training in the field. So, I understand the practice of homeopathy very well.”

Some of the things we discussed included:
Having anticipated a pandemic in his lifetime
Creating a data repository of homeopaths to log case studies and collect data on treatments practiced for COVID-19; data-sharing and algorithms for treatment
Determining which remedies are better than others, the individuality of the body in responding to treatment
Feeling confident that he could treat his own COVID
Comparisons between the USA and France’s management of the pandemic
Restrictions in Connecticut
Optimism in the early stage of the pandemic that homeopathy would become more widely accepted
Samuel Hahnemann and the origins of homeopathy; like-cures-like
Comparisons between today’s experiences of health care professionals and those during the 1918-1919 flu, and in cases of yellow fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and cholera
Allelopathic paradigms and their rejection of the principles and practices of homeopathy
Running webinars to teach allelopaths about homeopathic treatments for COVID-19
Connections between physical, emotional, and mental health
Mother dying of COVID in a nursing home, not being able to see or treat her

On what date did you record this oral history?

2020-12-02T14:08
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