Overview Hahnemann University’s long history began in 1848 with the founding of the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania. Over the years, the institution evolved in many ways, eventually becoming Hahnemann University and, later, the Drexel University College of Medicine. In the mid- to late-twentieth century, with the decline of homeopathy, Hahnemann re-invented itself as a nationally known academic medical center with prominence in cardiac surgery and cardiology, oncology, transplantation,...

Overview Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP) vault contents collection, 1886-1996. In 2010, the collection was re-housed from an MCP vault on Henry Avenue to the Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections at the Drexel University College of Medicine. This extensive collection consists of financial materials related to the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP), Medical College of Pennsylvania (MCP), Hahnemann University (HU), Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation (AHERF),...

Overview Naomi Rogers, PhD is a professor in the History of Medicine and of History at Yale University. In 1998, she published her book, An Alternative Path: The Making and Remaking of Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. Rogers carried out extensive research at the Drexel University College of Medicine’s Legacy Center and Archives during the 1990s with the help of archivist, Barbara Williams. Collection contains Rogers’ research materials for Alternative Path, including...

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,...