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Discovery of Aconite napellus
The plant Akonite was known to the ancients, and mentioned by Nicander, Dioscorides, Theophrastus, Galen, Paulus Agineta, and others. It is referred to as a virulent poison; but there have been many doubts as to whether the Aconite of the Greeks is the same as that used by us at the present day. D
Aug 12, 2015 · 6 min read
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HOMEOPATHY IN TASMANIA
Homeopathy was established in Tasmania in 1867, by an English doctor, Mr T Atherton. At the height of its popularity in Tasmania, in the 1890s, homeopathy was practised by several doctors, two of whom were members of the Medical Council of Tasmania, and there were homeopathic hospitals in both the n
Aug 11, 2015 · 1 min read
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DANA ULLMAN
My father is a medical doctor, a pediatrician and an allergist. It is a tad ironic and even cosmic that he was an allergist because the specialty of allergy typically uses small doses of an allergen to reduce a person’s hypersensitivity. Even one of the three physicians to start the American Acade
Aug 8, 2015 · 3 min read
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DISCOVERY OF IGNATIA
The seeds of the Ignatia amara (Strychnos Ignatia) are, in all probability, identical with the Igasur or Nuces vomicae mentioned by Serapion. Alston {Lectures on the Mat. Med., vol. ii. p. 38) states that the seed came into the Dutch shops about the latter end of the seventeenth century. Lemery sa
Aug 7, 2015 · 1 min read
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Image of a Homeopathic Hospital in 1889 – UK.
An elaborate Victorian structure made of variegated brick with extensive verandahs, pinnacles, iron cresting and storeys separated by decorative banding. Hopefully we will have many beautiful modern Homeopathic Hospitals. Together we can!
Aug 7, 2015 · 1 min read
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Staff at the Hahnemann Hospital
A photo of staff at Hahnemann Hospital in New York in 1905. Long Live Homeopathy!
Aug 6, 2015 · 1 min read
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Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Curry
Please meet Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Curry, a Homeopath Doctor from New York. She graduated in 1894 from New York Medical College and Hospital for Women, a Homeopathic institution incorporated under the University of the State of New York in 1863. This was the first place in New York City where a woman c
Aug 4, 2015 · 1 min read
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Dr. Beatriz H. Hill
Her medical degree is from Instituto Guatemalteco de medicina (IGMAN), and she gained her Master Classical Homeopath (6 years) from Escuela Homeopatica de las Américas. Beatriz has a long list of impressive credentials, and she is a registered member of the ASOCIACION GUATEMALTECA DE PROFESIONALES
Aug 1, 2015 · 1 min read
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Presenting of a Homeopath medicine-chest in 1988.
Bobbie Hughes Forster (right) presents her mother’s Homeopathic medicine chest to Special Collections Librarian, Edwina Walls in the Robert Watson History of Medicine Room on March 14 of 1988. The medicine chest belonged to Dr. Emma Screeton Forster, M.D., a Homeopathic physician. The chest was give
Jul 30, 2015 · 1 min read
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Alfred Erwin Comstock (1872-1930)
Alfred Erwin Comstock (1872-1930), a homeopath physician, graduated with a master's degree from the Upper Iowa University in 1898, and from the Hahnemann Medical College in Chicago. He became a professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School from 1901 until 1909. Then he became professor of
Jul 27, 2015 · 1 min read
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Francisco Ignacio Madero González (1873 - 1913)
Francisco Ignacio Madero González (1873 - 1913) was a Mexican writer, an advocate for social justice, and a revolutionary who served as the 33rd president of Mexico from 1911 until his assassination in 1913. He also taught himself homeopathic medicine and offered free medical treatments to farm work
Jul 27, 2015 · 1 min read
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Geneology of Samuel Hahnemann
The Geneology of Samuel Hahnemann.
Jul 25, 2015 · 1 min read
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Dr. Bijoy Kumar Bose (1879 – 1977)
Please meet Dr. Bijoy Kumar Bose (1879 – 1977), one of the greatest, who was also known as the “Indian Kent” due to his ability for accurate mental repertorisation. He was a student of Dr. J.T. Kent in U.S. In Calcutta of India he was the backbone of the Calcutta Homoeopathic Medical College and
Jul 23, 2015 · 1 min read
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Dr. Valentine Mott on Hahnemann
Well before the American Civil War, without benefit of anesthetics and without antiseptics, Dr. Valentine Mott performed some of the first successful operations on the large human arteries, becoming best known for performing the first successful ligation of the innominate artery. A native of Long Is
Jul 23, 2015 · 1 min read
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Dr. Allen Neiswander (1914 - 2009)
Please meet Dr. Allen Neiswander (1914 - 2009), a devoted Homeopath veteran from Ohio. His father was a Homeopathic physician too, who greatly influenced him. Allen said: My dad received training in Cleveland Ohio about Homeopathy. It is interesting that his medical training was at Cleveland Pu
Jul 20, 2015 · 1 min read
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Dr. Jayesh Sanghvi
From childhood and I had heard stories about my father and about my great Grandfather who was a royal physician to most of the kings in Gujarat even though he was an allopath, he believed a lot in Homeopathy, during the great plague of the 1930's he has saved thousands of life's with Homeopathy I
Jul 18, 2015 · 1 min read
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MA: YIN & YANG
In 2900 BC - the Chinese Emperor “Fu His” made reference to Ma, the Chinese word for Cannabis, that was very popular medicine that possessed both yin and yang. The earliest document is found in the 15th century BC Chinese Pharmacopeia. In around the 5th century, people had carried knowledge of this
Jul 15, 2015 · 1 min read
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Dr. Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938), Dean of New York Homeopathic Medical College
Please meet U.S. Senator, Dr. Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938), Dean of New York Homeopathic Medical College, and Commissioner of Board of Health in New York City. He was a successful Homeopathic physician and politician who represented New York in the senate from 1923 until 1938. Dr. Copeland gai
Jul 14, 2015 · 1 min read
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HAHNEMANN:
Jean Paul Richter, the illustrious poet and novelist, best known for his humorous novels and stories. He was an intimate friend of Hahnemann. He used to refer to him as "that double-headed prodigy of genius and learning."
Jul 14, 2015 · 1 min read
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KEITH SOUTER
I first became interested in homoeopathy after using the Bach Flower Remedies many years ago, while I was still a medical student. Then when I qualified as a doctor I found that when I introduced them into my practice they hugely increased the range of things that I could help people with. I then s
Jul 11, 2015 · 2 min read
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ANTONIO NEGRO
The Homeopath community around the world lost a great Homeopath in spring of 2010, thus now in the last month of this year we wish to honour his memory. Please meet Professor Dr. Antonio Negro (1908-2010), a master Homeopath doctor, teacher and scientist from Italy. He was an expert in the knowledge
Jul 7, 2015 · 1 min read
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AMY LANSKY
My first true experience of its healing power was when my son Max was cured of autism! That process began over 20 years ago, in January 2005. Max was pretty much fully recovered by the time he was 9 or 10. He is now 24 and doing great; he graduated from USC’s top film school and currently lives
Jul 4, 2015 · 4 min read
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Dr. Schuessler
The Cell Salt remedies was developed by Dr. Schuessler, a German doctor in the late 1880’s. He analyzed the ash residue of human cells and found 12 inorganic mineral salts. He theorized that these 12 elements are critical to balancing cellular activity and health and made 12 homeopathic remedies in
Jul 4, 2015 · 1 min read
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Irene J. Reger . President of the Homeopathic Nurses Association
Please meet Miss Irene J. Reger (year 1933), Registered Nurse, a Homeopath advocate, and President of the National Homeopathic Nurses' Association of U.S.A. Miss Reger was a graduate from the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital Nurses' Training School. The West Jersey Hospital opened in 1885, for t
Jul 2, 2015 · 1 min read