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Amos Gerald Hull 1810 – 1859

pioneerAmos Gerald Hull 1810 – 1859 was one of the first students of homeopathy in America, and the first student of homeopathy to undergo a public recorded examination by the *Medical Society of the County of New York. Continue Reading »

Charles William Daniel 1871 – 1955

Charles William Daniel 1871 – 1955 was a publisher, an anarchist, pacifist and a supporter of homeopathy and vegetarianism and so much more. Continue Reading »

Johannes Helffrich 1795 – 1852

Allentown AcademyJohannes Helffrich (Helfrich) 1795 – 1852 was an early pioneer of homeopathy and was one of the founders of the Allentown Academy, the first homeopathic college in America. Continue Reading »

Sebastian Kneipp 1821 – 1879

Sebastien KneippSebastian Kneipp 1821 – 1879 was a German Catholic priest and is the source of a natural cure which is still operating today in German Kneipp-Kur. Kneipp was one of the founders of the Natural Hygiene Movement and for inventing Kneipp bread (Kneipbrød) and barefoot walking and many other natural healing techniques.

Kneipp was also an advocate of homeopathy. Continue Reading »

George MacDonald 1824 – 1905

George MacDonaldGeorge MacDonald 1824-1905 was a master of fairy tale and fantasy who wrote about homeopathy and was a great believer in homeopathy. He influenced some of the most famous people of his age and his influence today is profound and pervasive.

MacDonald is the father of British fantasy fiction.

George MacDonald was a patient of John Rutherford Russell (possibly introduced to each other by William Gregory), John Rutherford Russell’s views on homeopathy permeated much of George MacDonald’s work,

George MacDonald was also a friend of Alexander John Ellis, Octavia Hill,

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John Eberhard Freitag 1764 – 1846

Star of BethlehemJohn Eberhard Freitag (Freytag) 1764 – 1846 was a pioneer homeopath and pharmacist from the very early days of American homeopathy, practicing in Bethlehem in Pennsylvania. Continue Reading »

Lewis Carroll 1832 – 1898

Lewis CarrollCharles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) 1832 – 1898 was a convinced homeopath and carried his own remedy kit.

Lewis Carrol was a patient of James Compton Burnett and Robert Douglas Hale. He was also a close friend of Edward Barton Shuldham, and George MacDonald Continue Reading »

Joseph Hyppolyte Pulte 1811 – 1883

Joseph Hyppolyte PulteJoseph Hyppolyte Pulte 1811 – 1883 was one of the first pioneers of homeopathy in America and remains a widely influential homeopath today.

Joseph Hyppolyte Pulte was a colleague of Henry Thomas.

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Lydia Folger Fowler 1822 – 1879

Lydia Folger FowlerLydia Folger Fowler 1822 -1879 graduated from the Central Medical College of New York in 1848 and the Eclectic Central Medical College in Rochester in 1850, which actually makes her the first woman in America to qualify as a physician, one year earlier than Elizabeth Blackwell.

However, as her qualifications were from Eclectic Colleges, this apparently does not count!

However, Lydia was the first woman to hold a chair at a legally authorized school when appointed Professor of Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children at the Rochester Eclectic Medical College, and the first woman to address the New York Eclectic Medical Society. Continue Reading »

Nancy Talbot Clark 1825 – 1901

Nancy Talbot ClarkNancy Elizabeth Talbot Clark 1825 – 1901 sister of homeopath Israel Tisdale Talbot and the aunt of Marion Talbot was the fourth woman to graduate in medicine in America, and the first woman to graduate from the Cleveland Medical College Western Reserve (the second allopathic medical school to graduate a woman) in 1852.

Elizabeth Blackwell graduated in 1849, Lydia Folger Fowler graduated in 1850, Sarah Dolley graduated in 1851, Nancy Talbot graduated in 1852 and Emily Blackwell graduated in 1854. Continue Reading »

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