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Harris Livermore Coulter 1932 – 2009

Harris Livermore Coulter 1932 – 2009 was an American homeopathic historian, the leading homeopathic historian of the 20th century, Director of Publications for the American Foundation for Homeopathy, a Member of the editorial board of the Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and Advisory Board Member of the Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research, Continue Reading »

Archibald Richard Shaw 1822 – 1899

Archibald Richard Shaw 1822 – 1899 MD Cleveland USA, was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, Physician at the Hahnemann Homeopathic Dispensary, Physician at the St. Mary’s Homeopathic Dispensary,

Shaw practiced in America, but came to the UK in 1864 during the American Civil War when he practiced at 1 Carlton Terrace, St. Andrew’s Road, Hastings, and at 32 Marina, St. Leonard’s on Sea,

Shaw is buried in Richmond Cemetary,

Genevieve Ward 1837 – 1922

Dame Genevieve Ward DBE 1837 – 1922, born Lucy Genevieve Teresa Ward, was an American born soprano and actress. She was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1921.

Genevieve Ward was a patient of James John Garth Wilkinson (who signed himself ‘your old doctor‘), and a friend of Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin, the the great grand daughter of James John Garth Wilkinson, who often used to visit her with her mother Emma Marsh Wilkinson, and she knew Henry James Junior and his family, who were also great friends of James John Garth Wilkinson,

Genevieve Ward was also a friend of Edward VII, Charles John Keen, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ignaz Moscheles, Charles Reade, Adelaide Ristori, Elizabeth Robins, Fanny Stirling, Oscar Wilde, and of course a great many other famous people from her time. Continue Reading »

Robert MacLimont 1825 – 1863

Robert MacLimont ?1825 – 1863 MD University Medical College New York, MRCS 1852, was an American orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy,

MacLimont was a student of John Pattison, a famous British orthodox physician and cancer specialist, affiliated with New York University, who converted to homeopathy, and had over thirteen years and 4000 cases of cancer to report on when he began to publish his reasearch,

MacLimont practiced in Guernsey, where he was in partnership with John Ozanne, and after several years of travel abroad in Rome, Nice and Madeira, he settled in Bath where he was appointed as a Physician at the Bath Homeopathic Hospital,

MacLimont was a colleague of Charles Henry Marston,

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Jerome David Salinger 1919 – 2010

Jerome David Salinger 1919 – 2010 was an American author, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as his reclusive nature. His last original published work was in 1965; he gave his last interview in 1980.

Salinger was an advocate of homeopathy, and in a typed letter signed by J. D. Salinger dated March 28, 1981 he describes his successful use of homeopathic powders to heal his knee, and his daughter Margaret Salinger, wrote a book about her family, Dream Catcher, noting that her father typically spent several hours each day studying homeopathic medicine, ‘his beloved homeopathy‘,

Salinger often used homeopathy to treat his own family and friends,

Salinger worked for counter intelligence during World War II and saw a concentration camps for himself.

Salinger’s experiences in the war affected him emotionally. He was hospitalized for a few weeks for combat stress reaction after Germany was defeated, and he later told his daughter: “You never really get the smell of burning flesh out of your nose entirely, no matter how long you live.” … After Germany’s defeat, Salinger signed up for a six month period of “Denazification” duty in Germany for the CIC. Continue Reading »

James Hawley Stephenson 1919 – 1985

James Hawley Stephenson 1919 – 1985 (for photo see the website of Homeopathe International by Sylvain Cazalet) MD Cornell University 1951, was an American orthodox physician, Trustee and Director of Research at the American Institute, who converted to homeopathy, Editor of the Journal of International Homeopathy from 1958-1968, Editor of Acta Homeopathica in 1968, Member of the International Hahnemannian Association – he revived this Institution in 1983, and he was one of the first Diplomates of the Board of Homeopatherapeutics,

James Hawley Stephenson was a patient of Elizabeth Wright Hubbard, who cured him of longstading right lower quadrant pain, and he became one of her many students. Stephenson had many interests, in astrology, yoga, rolfing, cranial sacral massage, homeopathic research, Continue Reading »

Homeopathy A – L

Many people in the last two hundred years have discovered the wonder of homeopathy.

There are most probably over a hundred thousand American homeopaths, millions of Indian homeopaths, hundreds of thousands of South American homeopaths, and tens of thousands of European homeopaths.

This list does not include the many hundreds of thousands of homeopaths from other countries, including Iran, the Far East, the Middle East – in fact homeopathy has spread to every country in the World – and this list does not include any of the many millions practicing homeopathy today.

This homeopathic history project is focused on the hidden history of Europe, as told by the homeopathic journals and publications which are, to some extent, only now coming to light with the advent of Google. Continue Reading »

Henry van Wart 1784 – 1873

Henry van Wart 1784 - 1873Henry van Wart 1784 – 1873, an American (Dutch by descent) who became British by special act of Parliament, founded the Birmingham Stock Exchange, he was a Magistrate, and served as one of Birmingham’s first Aldermen and a director of the Birmingham Banking Company.

Henry van Wart was a Trustee of the Birmingham Homeopathic Hospital, and the brother in law of Washington Irving,

Henry van Wart purchased goods extensively from the Birmingham area and shipped them back to America, and he also brought goods on exclusive commission for British purchasers, establishing himself as a most wealthy man.

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Thomas Alva Edison 1847 – 1931

Thomas Alva Edison 1847 – 1931Thomas Alva Edison 1847 – 1931 was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long lasting, practical electric light bulb.

Edison was an advocate of homeopathy, and he kept a store of homeopathic remedies at Menlo Park, which he often dispensed to various employees,

Edison was a friend of Sarah Bernhardt, John Burroughs, Emile Herman Grubbe, Warren G Harding, and he knew Alfred Lord Tennyson,

Robert Bosch was one of his employees,

Edison believed that mortals sleep too much eat many times more than they should, famously said:

The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.”

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Ernest Albert Farrington 1847 – 1885

Ernest Albert Farrington 1847 - 1885Ernest Albert Farrington 1847 – 1885 MD 1868 Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, and the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia, he became a Lecturer in Forensic Medicine, Professor of Materia Medica and Chair of Pathology and Diagnosis at the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia, Chair of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Pennsylvania, member of the American Institute of Homoeopathy, and Editor of the Hahnemannian Monthly,

Farrington was a colleague of Henry Clay Allen, Edward Bayard, Edward William Berridge, Carroll Dunham, Henry Newell Guernsey, Constantine Hering, Benjamin F Joslin, Constantine Lippe, Eugene Beauharnais Nash, P P Wells, William A Yingling, and many others,

Farrington was a devout Swedenborgian, Continue Reading »

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