North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Art records
Overview
The North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Art, known as the Allentown Academy, was a short lived, yet influential homeopathic medical school in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Opened April 10, 1835 by several prominent homeopathic physicians, Allentown Academy was the first homeopathic medical school in the United States, and educated the first generation of American homeopaths that would go on to bring homeopathy to new heights in the country. Due to low enrollment and financial troubles, Allentown Academy was only open for six years, and closed in 1842 when one of its founders moved to Boston, Massachusetts. The Allentown Academy/North American Academy of Homeopathic Healing Art Collection contains material dating from 1834 to 1836 pertaining to the founding of Allentown Academy, as well as several reprinted copies of materials. These include stocks, drafts and the final copy of the academy’s constitution and bylaws, the academy’s act of incorporation by the Pennsylvania Senate, and a handwritten draft of Dr. Constantine Hering’s opening address.There is also the first volume of a work published in German by the academy titled Correspondenzblatt der Homöopathischen Aerzte, and it is available digitally here. This collection would be extremely useful for any researchers studying the founding of Allentown Academy or the history of homeopathy in the United States.
Dates
- 1835 - 1840
Creator
- North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Art (Organization)
Extent
0.5 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Art (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Drexel University: College of Medicine Legacy Center Repository