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HOMOEOPATHY

Reports the Journal of the Bvmsh Iiomoeopalluc Soczety, and the Brmsh Homoeopathzc Rewew, the last being issued by the BFIUSII Homoeopath1c Assoc1at1on, which was founded 111 1902 for the pur ose of deyclopiug a11d extending homoeopathy 1n Great Britain [The Bf'lf7.S'II fourual of Ilomoeopathy was first published 1n 1843, and was edited by Drs Dr sdale, Russell and Black For many years it was the foremost homoeopathic journal 1n the world Its motto was In tems um/us, 'Ln dubus Izbertas, zu ommbus chamlas. One reason why honiocopathy has not advanced as rapidly in the Br1t1sh Isles as 1n - 1er1<a ls said to be the discrimination exercised a ainst It by the (general I€(lIC£l (, ounc1l, and another is want of coiesion amongst the homoeopaths themselves.

Luz/cd States ~Hom0eopathy was introduced into the United States by Dr Hans Birch Gram, who was born in Boston His father being Danish, Gram in his eighteenth year went to Copenhagen, where he graduated 1n 1814 In 1823 he became acquainted with homoeopathy. and brought a knowledge of It to AIHGFICH 1n 1825 w l1en he settled 1n New York. The first homoeopathic association was formed 111 1833 1n Philadelphia, the second 111 New York, 1834 and homoeopathy beean1e known in the d1Fferent states somewhat 1n the following order. New York, 1825; Pennsylvania, 1828, I ouisiana, 1836, Connecticut, 1837, Massachusetts, 1837-1s38, Ia1-yland, 1837, Delaware, 1837, Kentucky, 1837; Vermont, 1838, Rhode Island, 1839, Ohio, 1839; New jersey, 1840; Nlame, 1840, New Hampshire, 1840, Michigan, 1841; Georgia, 1842, W1scons1n, 1842, Aabama, 1843, Ill1no1s, 1843; Tennessee, 1844, I1ssour1, 1844, Texas, 1848, Minnesota, 1852; Nebraska, 1502, Colorado, 1863, Iowa, 1871 After 1871 the spread of the s stem was rapid throughout everv state 111 the Union, and It is 1n the I l'lIt€(l States that homoeopathy principally flourishes There are thousands of homoeopathic phys1c1ans, and their clients number su cral uulhons It may be noted that departments of homoeopathy are connected with the un1vers1t1es of Boston, I/I1Cl'11gZ1I1, Iowa, IIIll'l(1UIZ and Kansas City.

Canada -The early history of homoeopathy can be traced back nearl to 1850 in the province of Quebec In the Dominion of (anada the ar1ous provinces control the l1cens1ng of physicians, ecept1ng in Quebec, which IS the only province having a separate houiocopatluc bc ard of examiners This IS under the control of the lont1c1l homoeopathic Association, and is known as the College of Homoeopathic Physicians and Surgeons of Montreal. Three examiners are annually appointed by the association. Successful candidates rece1e the diploma of the college, and are entitled to add to their degree the letters M C H P S A certificate of successful <an11nat10n IS forwarded to the lieutenant-governor at Quebec, who, if satisfied of the loy altv,1ntegr1tv a11d good morals of the applicant, 1na grant him a hcense to prac t1se surge1 y, phys1c and midwifery, or either ot them, 1n the pronce of Quebcc.' The word “ loyalty ” has betn decided by the prov111cial secretary to mean a British subject I his Is the only gox ernment medical license now issued 1n the Br1t1sh empire, the others being by provincial boards or colleges of physicians and surgeons in 1894 there was no homoeopathic institution IH the province, at present the Montreal Homoeopath1c Hospital 1s 1n actu e operation. Tw o homoeopathic papers are published 1110nthlythe IIOYIZDEUPLUIZTC Rerord 1n Montreal, and the Ilomoeopalhzc Mesxenger 1n Toronto In 1870, III the province of Ontario, the three schools, allopathle, homoeopathic and eclcctlc, united for examining purposes into one board called the medical council, seventeen members represcuting the old school and fiye the other two systems Finally the et lectlcs were merged in the old st hool, the board appointing live of Hahnemann! followers for examining purposes Grace Hospital at loronto terectecl 1892) was begun as a dispensary in 1887 Germany -In 1810 Hahnemann published his Organon, which “ds the starting-point of homoeopathy in Germany In 1811 an end: av our w as made to found an institution 1n Lc1p7ig in wh1ch prac IIIIOIIQFS might learn the new methorl of treatment theoretically and prat ticallv but It was not a success, as the ent1re t1de of pro-I1 s-ional opinion was against the system. In 1829, at the celebration ot the fiftieth annivcisary of Hahnemann's doctorate, the (, c|n1.1v1 (cntral Society was organwed, holding 1tS first meeting in 1830 In the university hospital of Munich some experiments werf made to test the efficacy of homoeopathic medicines, but these were not successful In 1831 the government prohibited lionioeopathists from dispensing their own medicines, this was a severe blow to the s stem In 1834 there was a div1sio11 among the liomotopathists themselv es which much retarded the progress Of the school . homoeopathic hospital was established about this time (January 1833) in Lcip/ig, but there was such constant wrangling aiuong the phy sicians connected with It that 1ts sphere of usefulness was curtailed and It was finally converted into a dispensary. lhe Baden liomocopathic Society was established i11 1834 The homoeopathic hospital in Munich was established In 1836, but suffered a similar fate to that ot Leipzig, and was converted 1nto a dispensary The rather equivocal success of these hospitals in § Z1()Yl and Ba ma was Ill direct contrast to the fate of two newly established hospitals in Aust ria, one in Vvenna and the other 1n Linz, which were very successful, and aroused great interest both among phy s1('1dIIs and laymen During the political confusion of 1846 and 1849 there was complete stagnation of every thmg medical in Germany But during all these years, though the public institutions were few, the literature on l1omoeopathic subyects became very extensive, a11d exercised a significant influence upon the system 1n all parts of the world. Hahnemann d1ed in 1843, and on the 10th of August 1851 a bronze monument to him was unveiled at Leipzig The Leipzig dispensary l1ved th1rty-three years From 1842 to 1874 thele were treated 1n th1s 1nst1tut1on 65,106 patients In 1901 there were about 250 homoeopathic phys1c1ans 1l'1 (sermany, they appeared to be strongest at Berlin, 'n the province of Brandenburg, 1n Pomerania and Westphalia, Saxony, Hcssen and 1n Wurttemberg Auslna-Hungary -Homoeopathy was introduced 1nto Austria about 1817, and 1n 1819 1tS practice was forbidden by law Shortly afterwards the phys1c1an attending the archduke John became a homoeopath. In 1825 the doctrine was 1ntroduccd 1nto Vienna To test the efficacy of the system Francis I. ordered that experiments be made with homoeopathic mcd1c1nes, and for th1s purpose a warn furnished w1th twelve beds was allotted The results were satisfactory to the new system, and It madc gigantic strides 1n Vienna During the cholera ep1dem1c of 1836 an 1ncreased impetus was given to the new school by the reported br1ll1ant successes of the treatment Societies were founded and Journals published In 1846 a second hospital was founded In 1850 a tl11rd hospital was opened, and c11111cal lectures upon the system were delivered In 1873 the Society of Homoeopath1c Physicians was for1ned Between the years 1873 and 1893 homoeopathy declined In 1901, 1n thirty-seven cities and tow11s there were to be found about fifty physicians and two hospitals, and It was estimated that about seventy-live more were scattered 1n Moravia, Bohemia, Tirol, Sal7burg and the coast provinces There IS a professorship of homoeopathy at the University of Budapest, and homoeopathic cl1n1cs are held at the new Rochus Hospital 1n Ull01 Street, and also 1n the homoeopathic department of the Hospital Bethesda of the Reformed Communitv. l'he Elizabeth Hospital, exclusively homoeopathic, has existed for many years

Russza — The homoeopathic system was 111troduced 1nto Russia 1n 1823 In 1825 great impetus was given to the new doct1111e by the conversion of Dr Bigel, phys1c1an to the grand duke Constantine In 1829 the grand duke ordered a ser1es of experiments to be C011ducted to prove the truth or fallacy of homoeopath, and they demonstrated the success of the new school In 1841 a hospital was established 1n Moscow, and 1n 1849 s1m1lar 1l'lSt1tl1t10l'lS were founded in N1ZhHIy-NOVg0f0d. Since then homoeopathy has been steadily practised, and has penetrated to the re1110test parts of Russia In 1881 the C1V1l engineers proposed to commemorate the virtues of the emperor Alexander II. by the erection of a hospital; a committee for collecting funds was created, and 58,064 roubles were handed to the Char1ty Society of the followers of homoeopathy at St Petersburg for the erection and founding of a ho1noeopath1c hospital. The foundation stone of the edifiee was laid on 19th June 1893, the emperor Alexander III. giving 5000 roubles. The mauguration of a new dispensary and a pharmacy took place on the 19th of LAQFII 1898 and the hospital 'tself, intended originally for fifty beds, was opened on the 1st of November 1898 There are sixteen free beds, three of them being 1n the name of the e1nperor Nicholas, the empress Maria Fcodorovna, and the emperor Alexander III On the 28th of January 1899 an 1mper1al edict was issued granting the r1ghts of public service to the doctors of the hospital and dispensaries of the (har1ty Society, thus placing them on an equality w1tl1 the doctors of the prevailing medical school

France -Homoeopathy was first 111troduced 1nto France i11 1830 by Count de (.1u1:l1, doctor of med1c1ne, doctor of science, and inspector of the university, who practised 1n Lyons About the same year Dr Antoine Petroz, w1delv known by his Grand dzclwnnazre des sczenfes médzcales, began practising homoeopathy 1n Paris, and his establishment became the headquarters of the new system there. In 1835 Hahnemann himself came to the capital In 1832 the homoeopathic method of treating disease was introduced into the Hospice de ('ho1sy, and 1n 1842 1nto the hospital of Carentan Tessier practised the new doctrine 1n h1s wards 1n the Hospital St Marguerite, and 1n the ClIIl(.lI'€1IiS Hospital up to the year 1862, when l1e retired The Iii st homoeopathic society was established 1n 1832 (the Société Galhcain), Hahnemann becoming president 1n 1835, in 1845 the Société de Médecine Homéopathique was organized. and 1n 1860 the two were united for the better interests of the school. In 1901 there were at Paris three hospitals-the Hospital St Jacques with fifty five beds, the Hahnemann Hospital W1th thirty-five beds, and the new Protestant Hospital for Children with twenty-five-beds At Lyons there 15 the Hospital St Luc. The medical Journals inclllde L'/lr! médzcal, La Revue homeopathzgue beige, Journal belge d'homeopathze, La Therapeulzquz I ulégrale, La Revue homéopazhzque fraugazse. In the year 1900 the medical officers of the republic having supervision over the medical department of the International Ex 1bit10n officially rec0gni7ed the members of the homoeopathic school, and arranged for the proper accommodation and reception of the International Congress of HOIIIOQODQKIIIC Phy s1e1ans held 1n June On the 30th of that n1onth, w 1th appro riate ceremonies, the remains of Hahnemann were removed from the cemetery of Montmartre and deposited 1n Pere-la-Chaise, and a monument beaiing a sultable inscription was erected to the memory of the founder of homoeopathy I/aly — The Austrians when they entered Naples in 1821 brought

homoeopathy into Italy, the general 111 command of the army being

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