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Thomas Hahnemann Hayle 1808 – 1886

RochdaleThomas Hahnemann Hayle 1808 – 1886 LRCS Edinburgh 1829, MD Edinburgh, 1837, FASL, was a British who converted to homeopathy to become Physician at the Derbyshire Homeopathic Dispensary, the Durham Homeopathic Dispensary, the Northumberland and Newcastle Homeopathic Dispensary, the Sunderland Homeopathic Dispensary, member of the British Homeopathic Society, member of the Northern Homeopathic Society, member of the Hahnemann Medical Society,

Thomas Hahnemann Hayle was the Vice President of the British Homeopathic Society, and the President of the British Homoeopathic Congress in 1876,

Thomas Hahnemann Hayle knew Samuel Hahnemann personally, and he was the homeopathic physician of John Bright, and he was the family doctor of Ethelbert Petrie Hoyle, Continue Reading »

The Manchester Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary

ManchesterThe Manchester Homeopathic Dispensary at Great Ancoats Street Manchester,

Founded 1842 Continue Reading »

William Hitchman 1817 – 1889

Liverpool Hahnemann HospitalWilliam Hitchman ?1817 – ?1889 MRCS London 1844, MD *Erlangen 1851, FLS, was a British orthodox physician, member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Physician at the London Sanitarium, Regent’s Park, London, District Medical Officer at the Cirencester Union and the Workhouse Infirmary in Cirencester, who converted to homeopathy to become a Physician and Surgeon at the Liverpool Homeopathic Dispensary,

William Hitchman lived at 36 Brunswick Road, Liverpool, 2 Daulby Street, London Road, Liverpool, and at the Glastonbury Homeopathic Dispensary, Continue Reading »

John Hitchman 1805 – 1867

LeamingtonJohn Hitchman 1805 – 1867 MRCS, was a British orthodox Surgeon, Surgeon at the Leamington Hospital, who converted to homeopathy late in his medical career  in *1865, member of the Midland Homeopathic Society,

John Hitchman lived for over 40 years at 10 Euston Place, Leamington, and was one of the most renowned doctors in Leamington, and he also practiced at the Hydropathic Establishment, the Arboretum, Leamington, Continue Reading »

John William Hayward 1833 – 1918

slum dwellingJohn William Hayward ?1833 – ?1918 MD, MRCS, LSA, was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, to become a Surgeon at the Liverpool Homeopathic Dispensary, President of The Liverpool Medico Chirurgical Society, member of the British Homeopathic Society,

In 1878, John William Hayward visited the The Royal London Homeopathic Hospital,

John William Hayward lived at Vernon House, Liverpool, Continue Reading »

William Gwynn 1827 – 1869

SouthamptonWilliam Gwynn ?1827 – 1869 Surgeon 1854, MB 1857 Dublin, was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a Physician at the Southampton Homeopathic Dispensary, a Physician at the Liverpool Homeopathic Dispensary,

In 1860, William Gwynn was refused his registration at the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians on the grounds that he had ‘adopted a particular theory of medicine’ and his appeal was summarily dismissed.

The fact that he was a homeopath singled William Gwynn out for discipline, despite the fact that he had completed his medical studies and passed all his examinations.

William Gwynn practiced in Ipswich, and he lived at Holly Lodge Hants (retired in 1868),

Gwynn’s Obituary is in The British Journal of Homeopathy in 1869,

William Gwynn submitted cases and articles to various homeopathic publications,

Of interest:

Charles A Gwynn – 1869, son of William Gwynn, was also a homeopath,

Peter Proctor 1814 – 1886

080421LiverpoolHospitalPeter Procter senior ?1814 – ?1886 MD, was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a House Surgeon at the Liverpool Homeopathic Dispensary,

His ?son Peter Proctor junior was also a homeopath,

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The Liverpool Homeopathic Hospital

300px-Liverpool_Pier_HeadFrom the Liverpool Record Office (which contains all the records of the hospital from 1852 – 1972 and included the Liverpool Branch of the British Homeopathic Society):

The Liverpool Homeopathic Dispensary had been a Free Medical Charity from at least 1842 and consisted of the following dispensaries. The South End Homeopathic Dispensary was established in 1841 at 41 Frederick Street by John James Drysdale, later moving to a house in Benson Street, then to 2 Harford Street. Continue Reading »

The Birmingham Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary

Great Charles Street

The Birmingham Homeopathic Dispensary 1845 – 1859

A homeopathic dispensary was opened in Great Charles Street in 1845, and this was fully established by 1847, Continue Reading »

Charles Corfield 1819 – 1890

Simiia Similibus curantorCharles Corfield 1819 – 1890 was a British homeopathic chemist at 26, Bennetts Hill, Birmingham, and at the Birmingham Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary,

Charles Corfield’s brother Richard Corfield, attended Shrewsbury School with Charles Darwin, and Charles Darwin stayed in his home in Valparaiso in 1834 and in 1835,

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