Overview Dr. Constantine Hering (1800-1880), born and educated in Germany, immigrated to Philadelphia in 1833 and devoted his life to the study, practice and education of homeopathic medicine in the United States. As such, he is considered the father of homeopathy in America. Hering founded several schools and organizations devoted to teaching homeopathy, especially the North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Arts, aka the Allentown Academy, in 1836, and the Hahnemann Medical College of...

Overview Records of 19th-century homeopathic societies including the Homeopathic Institute of Philadelphia, American Provers' Union, Hahnemann Society of Northampton, and the Philadelphia Postgraduate School of Homeopathics. The Homeopathic Institute of Philadelphia appears to be the Philadelphia branch of the American Institute of Homeopathy. The American Institute of Homeopathy was founded in 1844 as a response to the death of homeopathy’s pioneer, Samuel Hahnemann. The Philadelphia branch was...

Overview Christian Freidrich Samuel Hahnemann [1755-1843] was a German physician known to be the father of homeopathic medicine. His teachings, techniques and writings were the main basis of homeopathic medical practice, and he was seen and studied as a guiding figure by the homeopathic physicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Contains letters of Samuel Hahnemann with some translations, including Melanie [D'Hervilly] Hahnemann, his wife; Amalie Suss, his daughter; and Leopold Suss-Hahnemann,...

Overview Photo album and an "Excerpts Against Homeopathy" scrapbook, compiled by Dr. Thomas Lindsley Bradford. Dr. Bradford, [1847-1918] was a homeopathic physician and historian of homeopathy. He graduated from the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania (the forebearer to Hahnemann Medical College) in 1869 and studied under Dr. Adolphus Lippe. Dr. Bradford practiced homeopathic medicine for nearly 30 years but is best known for his work recording the history of homeopathy. His works include The...

Overview Dr. Thomas Lindsley Bradford [1847-1918] was a homeopathic physician and historian of homeopathy. He graduated from the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania (the forebearer to Hahnemann Medical College) in 1869 and studied under Dr. Adolphus Lippe. Dr. Bradford practiced homeopathic medicine for nearly 30 years but is best known for his work recording the history of homeopathy. This collection includes two albums of Samuel Hahnemann likenesses, a scrapbook of homeopathic history...

Overview Scrapbooks, compiled by Dr. T. L. Bradford, are on "Materia Medica Clippings", "Homeopathic Scrap Book" and a scrapbook on the Samuel Hahnemann monument in Washington, DC. Dr. Bradford [1847-1918] was a homeopathic physician and historian of homeopathy. He graduated from the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania (the forebearer to Hahnemann Medical College) in 1869 and studied under Dr. Adolphus Lippe. Dr. Bradford practiced homeopathic medicine for nearly 30 years but is best known...

Overview Dr. Thomas Lindsley Bradford [1847-1918] was a homeopathic physician and historian of homeopathy. He graduated from the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania (the forebearer to Hahnemann Medical College) in 1869 and studied under Dr. Adolphus Lippe. Dr. Bradford practiced homeopathic medicine for nearly 30 years but is best known for his work recording the history of homeopathy. His works include The Homeopathic Biography of the United States (1892), The Pioneers of Homeopathy (1898),...