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Committee – BAHVS
President – Chris Day chrisdayvet@hotmail.com
Senior Vice-President – Jane Keogh j.keogh5@btinternet.com
Junior Vice-President – ilse Pedler ilse.pedler@zen.co.uk
Hon. Secretary – Stuart Marston sec@bahvs.com
treasurer – wendy McGrandles wendy@glenbrae-vet.co.uk
Publications editor – Malene Jørgensen malene@laforcevitale.eu
iAVH representitive / Faculty Veterinary Dean – Peter Gregory pg.ahimsa@virgin.net
Faculty veterinary representative – Barbara Jones barbjones570@gmail.com
Committee Member –
Mark elliott homeopathicvet@btinternet.com
Committee Member – Geoff Johnson somersetvet@yahoo.com
The British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons (BAHVS) was formed in 1981, to advance the understanding, knowledge and practice of homeopathy. It aims to stimulate professional awareness of homeopathy and to encourage and to provide
Board – iAVH
President – edward de Beukelaer 12edb3@gmail.com
treasurer – Sara Fox Chapman sfc.holistic@gmail.com
General Secretary – Patricia Cayado patricia.cayado@gmail.com
Political subcomittee – Petra weiermayer petra.weiermayer@gmx.at
Coordinator subcommittee
for education – Stefan Kohlrausch stefan.kohlrausch@arcor.de
newsletter subcommittee – Malene Jørgensen malene@laforcevitale.eu
LiGA contact – Marc Bär info@homeopatte.ch
for the training of veterinary surgeons in the practice of homeopathy.
This publication is copyright. No part of it may be reproduced without the permission of the Editor. Material published does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the BAHVS or the Editor.
It is an open forum for differing approaches to the subject of veterinary homeopathy and it’s application, allowing for constructive interchanges of ideas.
The BAHVS does not necessarily endorse products or the companies advertised.
President’s letter
“if we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research,
would it?”
― Albert Einstein
Your poor editor has had to chase me for copy, as I have been laid a bit low with a chest infection and I have not been able to attend to paperwork as I should. However, things aren’t too bad and we plug on.
I took a look back at January 2018, when the rCVS Position Statement was fresh in our minds and one could be forgiven for thinking that we are no further forward, one year later. The RCVS is still adamant that the statement is not up for review, despite the fact that the Council relied upon seriously flawed and allegedly fraudulent ‘evidence’ in arriving at its decision.
Vice-President ilse Pedler and myself met with the new President, Ms Amanda Boag, on 21st November to make representations but we sadly met with intransigence, along with the oft-repeated remark from the RCVS President ‘I am a scientist’. When asked about the cutting-edge research into the ill-understood properties of water, which were aired very extensively at the symposium: ‘New
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