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Auguste Charles Joseph Comte de Flahaut de La Billarderie 1785 – 1870

Auguste Charles Joseph Comte de Flahaut de La Billarderie 1785 – 1870 was a French general and statesman, aide de camp to Napoleon Bonaparte,

Charles de Flahaut was given homeopathic remedies as a young child. Flahaut and his mother Adele were also patients of Richard Verity,

Flahaut was the supposed illegitimate son of Talleyrand, and the father of Charles Auguste Louis Joseph Demorny Duc de Morny (who contracted cholera in 1854 and was saved by homeopathy),

Flahaut was the father in law of Henry Charles Keith Petty Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, and he was a friend of Granville Leveson Gower 1st Earl Granville and his wife
Harriet Cavendish Granville (the daughter of William Cavendish 5th Duke of Devonshire who married Elizabeth Christiana Hervey Duchess of Devonshire, the presumed mother of Frederick Hervey Foster Quin), Continue Reading »

Charles Mondain 1851- 1943

VihiersCharles Mondain 1851?- 1943? MD was a French orthodox physician, physician at the Université de Paris, who converted to homeopathy to become one of the founders of the Laboratoires Homéopathiques Modernes,

Mondain was a colleague of Rene Baudry, Bernay, Mauritius Fortier Bernoville, Jean and Henri Boiron, Chiron, Miguel Balari Costa, Roger Douris, Jean Pierre Gallavardin, J A Lathoud, Augusto Vinyals Roig, Rouy, Leon Vannier, and many others.

Mondain practiced in Vihiers, and at 41, rue Joinville, La Havre,

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Daniel Parenteau 1858 – 1938

ParisDaniel Parenteau 1858?- 1938 MD was a French Ophthalmologist, Physician to the Hospital St. Jacques in Paris, Chief of the Board of Ophthalmology, member of the Societie d’Ophthalmologie de Paris, who converted to homeopathy, member and Secretary of the Societe Francaise d’Homeopathie,

Parenteau was the homeopathic physician of Camille Pissarro, and he was a colleague of Francois Cartier, Conan, Escalle, Faure, Faute, Guinard, Marc Jousset, Pierre Jousset, Love, Nimier, Leon Francois Adolphe Simon, Leon Vannier, and many others,

Parenteau practiced in Paris, at 73 Rue de Rocher, Continue Reading »

Jean Jarricot 1877 – 1962

Jean JarricotJean Jarricot 1877 – 1962 MD was a French orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, Chief Physician of the laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine in Lyon, Director and Founder of the Dispensaire Rene Quinton de Lyon, physician at the medical research in pharmodynamics at St. Rambert I’lle Barbe, Rhône, Honorary President of the Rhône Homeopathy Society, Honorary member of Barcelona Medico Homeopathic Society, Associate member of the Hahnemanian Institute of Brazil, Laureate of the Académie Française, and developer of Quinton Marine Plasma,

Jarricot was a student of Antoine Nebel, and he was a colleague of Daniel, Henry Duprat, Heurtault, Charles Pahud, Quenot, Rouy, Vidouze and many others, Continue Reading »

Paul Degrais 1874 – 1954

St. Louis Hospital, ParisPaul Degrais 1874 – 1954 was a French orthodox physician, Professor at the St. Louis Hospital, Paris, who worked on the principles of afterloading and crossfire, cornerstones of modern brachytherapy, to more clearly define the principle of this technique, which underlies most radiotherapy treatments (including brachytherapy, X-ray therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery).

Degrais was a friend of homeopath Leon Vannier, as homeopaths had been deeply involved with radium treatment since Emile Grubbe began his experiments in 1896.

Degrais was a colleague of Hermann Strebel (who should be given priority for first performing afterloading and crossfire), Frank Edward Simpson, Louis Wickham, Continue Reading »

Antoine Imbert Gourbeyre de la Touche 1818 – 1912

NiceAntoine Imbert Gourbeyre de la Touche 1818 – 1912 MD was a French orthodox physician, Professor of Therapeutics and Materia Medica at the Medical School of Clermond Ferrand, who converted to homeopathy, to become President of the International Homeopathic Congress in Paris in 1867,

Gourbeyre first began to investigate homeopathy in order to refute it, but his studies convinced him instead to convert to homeopathy,

Gourbeyre was a colleague of Jose Nunez Pernia Marquis de Nunez,

Gourbeyre practiced in Nice, Continue Reading »

Bernay 1854 – 1931

LyonBernay 1854? – 1931? MD was a French orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, a member of the International Homeopathic Congress,

Bernay was a colleague of  Rene Baudry, Mauritius Fortier Bernoville, Jean and Henri Boiron, Jean Pierre Gallavardin, J A Lathoud, Charles Mondain, Rouy, Leon Vannier, and many others.

In 1929, several homeopathic physicians in Lyon (Drs. Lathoud, Bernay, and Jean Pierre Gallavardin) asked Rene Baudry to found a laboratory pharmacy specialized in homeopathy. The Laboratoire Général Homéopathique Rhodanien [Rhodanian General Homeopathic Laboratory] was opened on August 1, 1930, at 38, rue Thomassin in Lyon and was taken over by Jean Boiron in 1932.

Bernay submitted cases and articles to various homeopathic publications.

Charles Francois Gounod 1818 – 1893

Charles Francois Gounod 1818 – 1893Charles Francois Gounod 1818 – 1893 was a French composer

Gounod was a friend of Pauline Viardot García, the homeopath Gaston Hoffmann, Fanny Mendelssohn, Adelina Patti,

Thomas R Mackern was the homeopath of Georgina Weldon and her husband, and he was also called to treat Charles Gounod during his illness (as was his colleague Wilberforce Smith), when he was staying with Georgina Weldon,

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Talleyrand 1754 – 1838

Talleyrand 1754 - 1838Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Perigord 1st Sovereign Prince of Beneventum 1754 – 1838 was a French diplomat. He worked successfully from the regime of Louis XVI, through the French Revolution and then under Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis XVIII, Charles X, and Louis Philippe.

Known since the turn of the 19th century simply by the name Talleyrand, he is widely regarded as one of the most versatile and influential diplomats in European history.

Talleyrand was a contemporary of Samuel Hahnemann, and Talleyrand would have been aware that the Bonaparte Family were close friends and benefactors of the Hahnemann’s.

Talleyrand was a patient of homeopathy, and his case of constipation is written up in The British homoeopathic review, Volume 33 in 1889,

Talleyrand knew Tsar Alexander I, Francois Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand, Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix, Fanny Mendelssohn, Henry William Paget Marquess of Anglesey, James de Rothschild, and many of the high political movers and shakers of his age.

Tallyrand was also a frequent visitor at Holland House, Continue Reading »

Paul Joseph Edmond Carton 1875 – 1947

Paul Carton 1875 – 1947Paul Joseph Edmond Carton 1875 – 1947 MD was a French orthodox physician who became the founder of the Hippocratic Foundation after he recovered from tuberculosis,

Carton was a colleague of Robert Dufilho, Continue Reading »

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