Sara Josephine Baker and Homeopathy
Sara Josephine Baker 1873 - 1945 was an orthodox doctor who happily worked alongside homeopaths. Continue Reading »
Sue :: Jun.30.2008 :: American History :: No Comments »
Archive for June, 2008
Charles Babbage and Homeopathy
Charles Babbage FRS 1791 – 1871 born in Marylebone, London, England was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer.
From 1828 to 1839 Babbage was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge. He contributed largely to several scientific periodicals, and was instrumental in founding the Royal Astronomical Society in 1820 and the Royal Statistical Society in 1834.
Charles Babbage was a close friend of homeopaths and homeopathic supporters, and he was married to the daughter of a famous homeopath. Continue Reading »
Sue :: Jun.29.2008 :: British History :: No Comments »
The Ward Surname and Homeopathy
The Ward surname contributed five jobbing homeopaths; one eclectic physician; one Consulting Physician at the Binghamton City Hospital; a social reformer and activist; the first woman ever elected to membership of the American College of Surgeons, Vice President of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and Professor of Obstetrics at Hahnemann Medical College in San Francisco; an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy to become Chair of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and of Medical Jurisprudence in the Homeopathic Medical College of Philadelphia, one of the founders of the New York Homeopathic College, a second Chair of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and of Medical Jurisprudence in the Homeopathic Medical College of Philadelphia; a Professor of Theory and Practice in the New York Homeopathic Medical College; a Dean and Professor of Abdominal and Pelvic Surgery at the Hahnemann Medical College of the Pacific and Resident Physician to Ward’s Island Homeopathic Hospital; and another orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy to become Professor of Physiology in the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania. Continue Reading »
Sue :: Jun.28.2008 :: American History :: No Comments »
Margaret Lucy Tyler and Homeopathy
Margaret Lucy Tyler 1875 - 1943 was an English homeopath who was a student of James Tyler Kent. Margaret Tyler has become one of the most influential homeopaths of all time. Continue Reading »
Sue :: Jun.27.2008 :: British History :: No Comments »
Reuben Ludlam and Homeopathy
Reuben Ludlam 1831 - 1899 was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy to become one of the founders of the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, where he was Dean and Chair of Physiology, Pathology, and Clinical Medicine, Physician in Charge of the Woman’s Department of the Scammon Hospital, President of the American Institute of Homœopathy, associate editor of the North American Homœopathic Quarterly, editor in charge of the obstetrical department of the United States Medical and Surgical Journal, editor of the Chicago Homeopath and and the Clinique. Continue Reading »
Sue :: Jun.26.2008 :: American History :: No Comments »
William Makepeace Thackeray and Homeopathy
William Makepeace Thackeray 1811 – 1863 was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.
Thackeray was an advocate of homeopathy and a friend of numerous homeopaths and homeopathic supporters. Continue Reading »
Sue :: Jun.25.2008 :: British History :: No Comments »
Walter Williamson and Homeopathy
Walter Williamson 1811 - 1871 was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy to become one of the founders and a Professor of the Homeopathic College of Pennsylvania, the first institution in the country to teach homeopathy. Continue Reading »
Sue :: Jun.24.2008 :: American History :: No Comments »
Robert Koch and Homeopathy
Robert Koch 1843 – 1910 was a German physician. He became famous for isolating Bacillus anthracis (1877), the tuberculosis bacillus (1882) and the vibrio cholera (1883) and for his development of Koch’s postulates.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his tuberculosis findings in 1905.
The claim that Robert Koch ‘borrowed’ his groundbreaking ideas from homeopathy is not new. It was made at the time by homeopaths who criticized him for taking certain parts of their method and then misapplying them, and by allopaths who viciously attacked him for ‘being a homeopath’, and Koch was condemned with outrage because of this ‘incredible humiliation’.
Sue :: Jun.23.2008 :: European History :: No Comments »
The Roosevelt Family and Homeopathy
The Roosevelt Family were homeopaths and supporters of homeopathy, and this family also provided two American Presidents. Continue Reading »
Sue :: Jun.22.2008 :: American History :: No Comments »
The Battle over Homeopathy in Wikipedia
With thanks to the Integrator Blog 15.1.2008:
Summary: According to this fascinating and eerie account from homeopath and author Dana Ullman, MPH, “anti-homeopathic fundamentalists have hijacked the Wikipedia information on homeopathy.” Ullman asks if anyone else in the complementary and integrative medicine world has encountered similar issues. (Do you know what is being said about your field?)
In a time when more of us are relying on quick searches for information, the virtual battleground of Wikipedia is a place where many hearts and minds are being formed, if not won and lost. Take an inside look at Ullman’s account of this battle over homeopathy in the Wikipedia world. Do you know who your definition is hanging out with tonight?
Sue :: Jun.21.2008 :: defend homeopathy! :: No Comments »