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John qualified in 1964 from the
Royal Veterinary College, London. He spent 5 years in mixed practice
and then set up his own companion animal practice. In the late 1970s
he saw the clinical benefits of homeopathy and became interested,
attended the courses at the Faculty of Homeopathy in London,
obtaining his Membership qualification in 1988 and being elected to
Fellowship in 1996. He has taught with the Homeopathic Professionals
Teaching Group since 1995, becoming a partner in 2001, and as such
is involved with the teaching both in the UK and abroad.
Over the years John has taught doctors, veterinary surgeons, human
and veterinary nurses. In addition he continues to speak regularly
at conferences and conducts seminars and master classes by
invitation worldwide, as well as contributing to various homeopathic
journals as appropriate. He is a recognised Examiner in veterinary
homoeopathy for the Faculty of Homeopathy and has undertaken the
duties of Veterinary Dean on a temporary basis due to the
unavoidable absence of the incumbent. He is also a recognised
Examiner and Teacher for the International Association for
Veterinary Homeopathy. He is a past treasurer and president of the
British Association of Homoeopathic Veterinary Surgeons. He was
president of the UK Faculty of Homeopathy from 2005 to 2008, the
first non doctor to hold the position.
He was co-ordinator of the IAVH
Education sub committee from 1999 to 2005, and is currently the
veterinary secretary for the Liga Medicorum Homoeopathica
Internationalis. He left his general practice in 2003 and now runs a
homoeopathic referral practice, plus teaching and writing on
homeopathy. He is the co-author, with Peter Gregory, of ‘Textbook
of Veterinary Homeopathy’ (2005). His second
book ‘Miasms as Practical Tools’ was
published in 2006 and his third, ‘Bowel Nosodes in Homeopathic
Practice’ in 2008.
In spite of his books, his
approach is very much grounded in the practical aspects of the
subject. He regards himself as a clinician first and foremost and
considers the description ‘veterinary scientist’ as a term of
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