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Christian Albert Theodor Billroth 1829 – 1894 was a German born Austrian orthodox physician and amateur musician, who converted to homeopathy in Vienna,

As a surgeon, he is generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery.

As a musician, he was a close friend and confidante of Johannes Brahms, a leading patron of the Viennese musical scene, and one of the first to attempt a scientific analysis of musicality, Continue Reading »

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Sue :: Jun.04.2010 :: German History :: No Comments »

Friedrich Tiedemann 1781 – 1861 was a German anatomist and physiologist.

Tiedmann conducted studies into the effects of sugar, feeding animals an exclusive diet of sugar, effectively a proving of sugar. The Hahnemannian monthly, Volume 4 applauded his work in this area, noting how an exclusive sugar diet caused ulceration of the cornea of the eye,

Tiedmann was a colleague of Charles Darwin, an abolitionist after Charles Darwin‘s own heart, and challenging the racial theories creeping into phrenology at this time,

Tiedmann was an advocate of Georges Cuvier, a contemporary of Samuel Hahnemann in Paris,

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Sue :: May.06.2010 :: German History :: No Comments »

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt 1769 – 1859 was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist, Wilhelm von Humboldt. Humboldt’s quantitative work on botanical geography was foundational to the field of biogeography.

Alexander von Humboldt was a profound influence on Charles Darwin, who was given a copy of Alexander von Humboldt’s Personal Narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions as a parting gift when he set off on his travels on the Beagle by his friend John Stevens Henslow. Charles Darwin said of Alexander von Humboldt ‘… like another sun’ Humboldt ‘… illumines everything I behold’.

Alexander von Humboldt was a friend of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, Constance Marie Theis Princess de Salm Dyck (a close friend of Melanie Hahnemann), Joseph Hyppolyte Pulte (one of the first pioneers of homeopathy in America who remains a widely influential homeopath today), Continue Reading »

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Sue :: May.05.2010 :: German History :: No Comments »

Albert Schweitzer 1875 – 1965 was an Alsatian German-French theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953,

Scweitzer was a close friend of homeopath Leon Vannier, and Professor Paulo de Lacerda recounts (see comments below)

‘I met in Paris the late Dr. Lea de Mattos and in accordance to her report she told me that Leon Vannier and Albert Schweitzer had been mutual friends for long time in Paris since his studies on organ music, and they exchanged correspondences, and that Albert Scwietzer ordered homeopathic remedies several times from Leon Vannier to supply his small jungle hospital in Africa with homeopathic medicines from the Lab. Homeopathique de France founded by late Leon Vannier, for nosodes to treat malaria and other tropical diseases’. Continue Reading »

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Sue :: Apr.22.2010 :: German History :: 1 Comment »

Otto von Schron 1837 – 1917, was a German orthodox physician, Director and Professor of Pathological Anatomy at the University of Naples from 1865, who converted to homeopathy,

Schron was a friend of Wilhelm Richard Wagner, and the homeopathic practitioner of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Continue Reading »

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Sue :: Apr.16.2010 :: German History :: No Comments »

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1844 – 1900 was a German philosopher and classical philologist.

Nietzsche took homeopathic remedies in 1877 prescribed by Otto von Schron, a Professor at the  University of Naples Pathological Institute, a therapist recommended to Nietzsche by Wilhelm Richard Wagner (who also recommended he try the Water Cure), and Nietzsche also used electrotherapy recommended to him by Otto Eiser 1834- 1898,

Nietzsche’s friend Malwida von Meysenbug was governess to Adolf Salis Schwabe‘s children (Adolf Salis Schwabe was a Patron of the Manchester Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary, and it is possible the Schwabes also knew Samuel Hahnemann),

Nietzsche’s sister Elisabeth Forster Nietzsche was a close friend of Rudolph Steiner, and she introduced them in 1896,

Nietzsche was a close friend of Carl von Gersdorff, whose father Baron von Gersdoff was a close friend of Samuel Hahnemann,

Nietzsche was a close friend of Hippolyte Taine, who was an ardent advocate of homeopathy,

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Sue :: Apr.14.2010 :: German History :: No Comments »

Hans Heinrich Reckeweg 1905 – 1985 was a German orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy and began to produce a range of remedies called Homotoxicology, GmbH

Reckeweg was a friend of August Karl Gustav Bier, Continue Reading »

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Sue :: Mar.12.2010 :: German History :: No Comments »

Apollinaris Victor Jagielski ?1853 – 1920 MD Berlin, was a German orthodox physician, Physician to the Prussian Army, who converted to homeopathy and practiced in Britain, where he was awarded MRCP, and FRCP, FBHS, MBMS, Physician at the Middlesex Hospital, Physician at the Margaret Street Infirmary, Governor of the London Homeopathic Hospital, and an advocate of electrotherapeutic baths, Superintendant and Resident Physician to the Royal York Bath Company,

Jagielski practiced at 8, Weymouth Street, and at 14 Dorset Square, and at York Place Regents Park,

Jagielski was present at the 8th International Homeopathic Congress in 1911, Continue Reading »

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Sue :: Jan.31.2010 :: German History :: No Comments »

Adolf Salis Schwabe 1800 – 1853 was a German Jew who converted to Unitarianism, a calico printer and philanthropist, born in Berlin and an immigrant to Manchester, Chairman of the Manchester School of Free Traders,

Salis Schwabe was a patient of Edward Phillips, and he was a Patron of the Manchester Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary in 1851,

Salis Schwabe was married Julie Salis Schwabe 1819 – 1897, who founded a number of elementary schools in Naples, and she also managed the Garibaldi Schools for orphans in Naples and Turin, no doubt she discovered homeopathy there, as Cosmo Maria De Horatiis‘s famous scientific trials into homeopathy caused such a storm. Salis Schwabe and his wife also lived in Paris, so it is possible they also knew Samuel Hahnemann. Continue Reading »

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Sue :: Nov.04.2009 :: German History :: No Comments »

Alfons Beck 1808? -1894? was a German orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy

Alfons Beck was a colleague of Carl Bojanus, Anton von Hubbenett, Osip Lensky, Carl Frantz Dominik von Villers, Continue Reading »

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Sue :: Oct.09.2009 :: German History :: No Comments »