Kolkata: Prof. Dr. Parimal Banerji, 89, one of the greatest and most prolific practitioners of homeopathy, passed away at his home in Kolkata on July 7. He is survived by his son and two daughters.
Dr. Banerji’s work had humble beginnings almost 69 years ago in 1951 when he started practicing under the aegis of his father, the late Dr. Pareshnath Banerji, in Mihijam, a small town in Jharkhand. He considered his father, his mentor, teacher, and guide. Dr. Parimal Banerji was the grandnephew of the great social reformer, Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
His pioneering research led him to develop a completely new approach in homeopathy. He was the founder of ‘Advanced Homeopathy’ and introduced the world to a system of medicine which revolutionised the practice of homeopathy. The great intellectual has authored several books on Advanced Homeopathy, the origin of life force and other areas of scientific interest. He was a regular speaker at innumerable…