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Amos Henriques 1812 - 1880

Amos Henriques MD (BSL Paris 1833 MRCS Eng. 1832) 1812 - 1880 Knight of the Order of Charles III of Spain, Honorary Physician to the Spanish Embassy in 1848, member of the Philosophical Society of Jamaica, Fellow of the Medico Chirurgical Society, member of the Hahnemann Medical Society, member of the Homeopathic Academy of Rio Janeiro, member of the Homeopathic Institute of Turin, Physician Accoucheur to the Hahnemann Medical Insitution and Dispensary, Surgeon to the Hahnemann Hospital at 39 Bloomsbury Square.

Amos Henriques practiced at 67 Upper Berkeley Square, Portman Square in 1849. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Oct.10.2008 :: British History, European History :: No Comments »

Henry Victor Malan 1817 - 1879

Henry Victor Malan 1817 - 1879 was a student of Samuel Hahnemann in 1840, Surgeon and Obstetrician Tubingen 1839, MD Aberdeen 1845, Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Medical Societe of Geneva, a member of the Societe Hahnemanniene Gallicane Paris, a member of the Hahnemannian Society and Physician to the Hahnemann Hospital at 39 Bloomsbury Square. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Oct.09.2008 :: British History, European History :: No Comments »

Mathias Roth 1818 – 1891

Mathias Roth 1818 – 1891 MD Pavia 1839 was a Hungarian refugee who converted to homeopathy in Hungary. He was an Orthopaedic Surgeon and a homeopath who practiced at 16a Cavendish Street and in Wimpole Street and Brighton.

Mathias Roth was a Physician at the Hahnemann Hospital at 39 Bloomsbury Square, and a member of the Hahnemann Medical Society. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Oct.08.2008 :: British History, European History :: No Comments »

Aristocracy and Homeopathy

In the British and Foreign Homeopathic Directory compiled by Frederick Hervey Foster Quin and George Atkins, there are lists of patrons of Homeopathic dispensaries and hospitals.

They read like an extract from Burke’s or Debrett’s, and include Royalty, minor Royalty, the Aristocracy, the Gentry and the Clergy. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Oct.05.2008 :: British History, European History :: No Comments »

Victor Massol 1808 - 1870

Victor Massol 1808? - 1870? was listed in The British Journal of Homeopathy and The British and Foreign Homeopathic Medical Directory and Record in 1845 and 1855 when he is listed as a member of the British Homeopathic Society. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Sep.29.2008 :: British History, European History :: No Comments »

Joseph Severn 1793 – 1879

Joseph Severn 1793 –  1879 was an English portrait and subject painter and a personal friend of the famous English poet John Keats.

Joseph Severn exhibited portraits, Italian genre, literary and biblical subjects and a selection of his paintings can today be found in some of the most important and renowned museums in London including the National Portrait Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Tate Britain.

Joseph Severn was a ‘mutual friend‘ of Frederick Hervey Foster Quin and Thomas Uwins. Joseph Severn painted the famous portrait of Frederick Hervey Foster Quin, Richard Westmacott and William Etty playing cards in Naples in 1823. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Sep.27.2008 :: British History, European History :: No Comments »

Thomas Uwins 1782 - 1857

Thomas Uwins 1782 - 1857 was an English painter.

Thomas Uwins claimed to be the oldest lay homeopath in England, and he was an active campaigner for homeopathy and a friend of Frederick Hervey Foster Quin, the first President of the British Homeopathic Society, and Marmaduke Blake Sampson, the Chairman of the British Homeopathic Association, and many other homeopaths.

Thomas Uwins was active in the foundation of the London Homeopathic Hospital, which was established at 32 Golden Square in 1851. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Sep.27.2008 :: British History, European History, homeopathy abroad, research :: No Comments »

Gustav Ludvig Baden 1764 – 1840

Gustav Ludvig Baden 1764 – 1840 was a Lawyer and historian and a Copenhagen high court judge.

Gustav Ludvig Baden demanded that homeopathy should be tested without prejudice in Denmark. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Sep.26.2008 :: European History :: No Comments »

David MacNish and Homeopathy

David MacNish MA, MB, CM Edinburgh practiced from 4, Leinster Square, London, W and also at 10, Harley Street, London, W, and he was Camille Pissarro’s London homeopath, and he was the Assistant Physician to the London Homeopathic Hospital in 1897. Continue Reading »

Sue :: Sep.26.2008 :: British History, European History :: No Comments »

Edouard Manet 1832 – 1883

Edouard Manet 1832 – 1883 was a French painter. One of the first nineteenth century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.

Manet consulted homeopath Paul Ferdinand Gachet.

Camille Pissarro complained in a letter to his son Lucien “Our poor friend Manet is terribly sick. He has been completely poisoned by allopathic medicine…” Continue Reading »

Sue :: Sep.24.2008 :: European History :: No Comments »

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