Whitney, Jerome (1934 – 2018)
Jerome Whitney Source: Homeopathy in Practice Jerome Warren Whitney (13 August 1934 – 5 August 2018) was an American-born professional homeopath and Druid who spent much of his career in London. Whitney was [...]
Fisher, Charles Edmund (1863 – 1932)
Charles Edmund Fisher Source: Southern Journal of Homoeopathy Charles Edmund Fisher M.D. (7 March 1863 – 25 August 1932) was an American homeopathic physician who served as president of the American Institute of [...]
Huson, Richard (1798 – 1881)
Richard Huson (12 August 1798 – 23 October 1881) was an American orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. Huson was a pioneer of homeopathy in Yates County, New York State, and was acknowledged as the [...]
Pascalis, Felix Ouvière (1762 – 1833)
Felix Pascalis Source: NYAM Library Felix Alexander Ouvière Pascalis (1762 – 20 July 1833) was a French-born “renaissance man,” a scholar, physician, cleric, naturalist, and horticulturist, who settled in Philadelphia, and later New [...]
Sherrill, Hunting (1783 – 1866)
Hunting Sherrill M.D. (3 April 1783 – 16 January 1866) was an American orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. Sherrill practiced in Hyde Park and Poughkeepsie, and later New York City, at 513 Hudson Street. [...]
Wilson, Abraham Duryea (1801 – 1864)
Abraham Duryea Wilson Source: John F. Gray, Homoeopathy in New-York Abraham Duryea Wilson M.D. (20 September 1801 – 20 January 1864) was an American orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become one [...]
Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811 – 1896)
Harriet Beecher Stowe (14 June 1811 - 1 July 1896) was a famous American author who was active in the Cleveland lecture circuit and well known for her support of homeopathy, her abolitionist stance, and [...]
Reichhelm, Gustavus (1807 – 1861)
Gustavus Reichhelm. Image credit Sylvain Cazalet Gustavus Reichhelm (30 January 1807 – 22 November 1861) was a German-born, American homeopathic physician and one of the pioneers of homeopathy in the United States. He [...]
Sawyer, Benjamin Edward (1811 – 1879)
Benjamin Edward Sawyer M.D. (11 August 1811 – 1 August 1879) was an American orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. Sawyer was an American delegate to the International Homeopathic Congress in London in 1881, and [...]
Gregg, Samuel (1799 – 1872)
Samuel Gregg Image Source: Rob Gregg Samuel Gregg M.D. (1 July 1799 - 25 October 1872) was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy to become the pioneer of homeopathy in New England. [...]
Sawyer, Alfred Isaac (1828 – 1891)
Alfred Isaac Sawyer Image Source: Lavonia Marie D’Arpini Alfred Isaac Sawyer M.D. (31 October 1828 – 7 May 1891) was an American homeopathic physician who practiced in Ohio and Michigan. He was a [...]
Bauer, William J. (1821 – 1886 )
William J. Bauer (1821 - 6 November 1886 ) was of Quaker parentage and since 1850 had practiced as an homeopath in New York City. William J Bauer of New York city, was born in [...]
Dake, Jabez Philander (1827 – 1894)
Jabez Philander Dake M.D. Image credit: "Dr. J. P. Dake - A Memoir," by R. A. Halley, in The American Historical Magazine, Vol. 8 No. 4 (Oct 1903). Jabez Philander Dake M. D. [...]
Williams, Mary Jane Hall (1845 – 1932)
Mary Jane Hall-Williams M.D. (22 June 1845 – 22 January 1932) was the first qualified woman homeopathic physician to practice in the United Kingdom. In 1880, Hall graduated M.D. from the homeopathic Boston University School [...]
Cullis, Charles (1833 – 1892)
Charles Cullis M.D. (7 March 1833 – 18 June 1892) was a Boston homeopath who “… was on the Board of the Massachusetts Homœopathic Medical Society, which would establish a New England Homœopathic Hospital and [...]
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (1867 – 1941)
Image credit Archives of American Art Journal, 1919 John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was a Danish-American artist and sculptor famous for creating the monumental presidents’ heads at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, [...]
Robins, Elizabeth (1862 – 1952)
Elizabeth Robins (6 August 1862 – 8 May 1952) was an American actress, playwright, novelist, and suffragette. She wrote under the nom de plume C. E. Raimond. Elizabeth Robins was a patient of James John Garth [...]
MacLimont, Robert (1823 – 1865)
Robert MacLimont M.D. M.R.C.S L.M. (c.1823 – 8 February 1865) was a Scottish-born orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy. In his early career MacLimont was physician to the New York Dispensary and Physician Accoucheur to [...]
Pattison, John (1818 – 1876)
John Pattison M.D. F.R.M.S.L. (21 April 1818 – 18 February 1876) was a British orthodox physician and cancer specialist, affiliated with New York University, who converted to homeopathy. John Pattison had over thirteen years and [...]
Nash, Eugene Beauharnais (1838 – 1917)
Eugene Beauharnais Nash (8 March 1838 – 6 November 1917) was an American graduate from the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital in 1874. Nash taught at the New York Homeopathic Medical College, and was the President of [...]
Bradford, Thomas Lindsley (1847 – 1918)
Thomas Lindsley Bradford M.D. (6 June 1847 – 3 December 1918), Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, was a Lecturer on the History of Medicine in the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia, and one of the [...]
Lutze, Arthur Ernst (1813 – 1870)
Arthur Ernst Lutze M.D. (1 June 1813 – 11 April 1870) was a German lay practitioner who practiced for many years as a mesmerist and homeopath before becoming an orthodox physician. Arthur Lutze founded a [...]
Zaren, Ananda (1946 – 2008)
Ananda Zaren Source: Hpathy.com Ananda Zaren (23 January 1946 – 20 September 2008) was an internationally renowned American homeopathic practitioner, author and teacher. Ananda Zaren practiced in Santa Barbara, California at her Family [...]
Haehl, Richard M. (1873 – 1932)
Richard Haehl M.D. (15 December 1873 – 7 February 1932), a German orthodox physician from Stuttgart and Kirchheim who converted to homeopathy, traveled to America to study homeopathy at the Hahnemann College of Philadelphia. He [...]
Storer, John Hudson (1861 – 1933)
John Hudson Storer (5 December 1861 – 9 May 1933) was a homeopathic ENT Physician and Professor of Ophthalmology, Otology, Laryngology and Rhinology, and Dean of The Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago. In 1899 he [...]
Heurtley, Richard Walter (1816 – 1891)
Richard Walter(s) Heurtley M.D. (7 April 1816 – 30 March 1891) was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy and was a patron of the British Homeopathic Society alongside John Epps, Marmaduke Blake Sampson [...]
Bauer, Adolphus (1806 – 1867)
Adolphus Bauer M.D. (March 1806 - 13 October 1867) Adolphus Bauer was born and educated in Germany. He became a citizen of Cincinnati about 1848. He soon acquired a large practice among the best citizens, [...]
Neidhard, Charles (1809 – 1895)
Charles Neidhard (1809 – 1895). Image credit: Egbert Cleave, Cleave’s Biographical Cyclopaedia of Homoeopathic Physicians and Surgeons. (Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1873) p. 58 Charles Neidhard M.D. (1809 – 17 April 1895) was [...]
Sturm, William (1796 – 1879)
William Sturm (1796 – 1879) was an early pioneer of homeopathy in Cincinnati, practicing in that city from 1839 to 1876. […]
Helffrich, Johannes (1795 – 1852)
Johannes Helffrich. Image credit: Northwestern Lehigh County (2006), p.124. Johannes Helffrich (Helfrich) (17 January 1795 – 8 March 1852) was a Reformed Church pastor and an early pioneer of homeopathy in America. Helffrich [...]
Freytag, John Eberhard (1764 – 1846)
John Bernard Eberhard Freytag (Freitag) M.D. (20 April 1764 – 14 March 1846) was a pioneer homeopath and pharmacist from the very early days of American homeopathy, practicing in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In 1834 he became [...]
Pulte, Joseph Hyppolyte (1811 – 1884)
Joseph Hyppolyte Pulte M.D. (6 October 1811 – 24 February 1884) was one of the first pioneers of homeopathy in America and remains a widely influential homeopath today. Joseph Hyppolyte Pulte was a colleague of [...]
Vanderburgh, Federal (1788 – 1868)
Federal Vanderburgh M.D. (11 May 1788 – 23 January 1868) was the pioneer of homeopathy in New York State when he treated his first case in 1837. He was also credited with introducing homeopathy to [...]
McClellan, George Brinton (1826 – 1885)
George Brinton McClellan (3 December 1826 – 29 October 1885) was a Major General during the American Civil War. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac, and served briefly (November 1861 to March 1862) as [...]
Boone, Joel Thompson (1889 – 1974)
Vice-Admiral Joel Thompson Boone (29 August, 1889 – 2 April, 1974) was an American homeopath, surgeon, naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient who was the homeopathic physician, alongside Charles Elmer Sawyer, of U.S. Presidents [...]
Sawyer, Charles Elmer (1860 – 1924)
Brigadier General Charles Elmer Sawyer M.D. (24 January 1860 – 23 September 1924) was the White House Physician to President Warren G. Harding and his wife Florence. President Harding appointed Sawyer as Chairman of the [...]
Hempel, Charles Julius (1811 – 1879)
Charles Julius Hempel M.D. (5 September 1811 – 24 September 1879) was a major translator of homeopathic books into the English language, and Chair of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the Homœopathic Medical College of [...]
Dunham, Carroll (1828 – 1877)
Carroll Dunham M. D. (29 October 1828 – 18 February 1877) was an influential American homeopathic physician who was Dean of Faculty at the New York Homeopathic Medical College and also served as President of [...]
Kent, James Tyler (1849 – 1916)
James Tyler Kent M.D. (31 March 1849 – 5 June 1916) was a highly influential American homeopathic physician. J. T. Kent held an appointment as Professor of Anatomy in the American Medical College, St. Louis, [...]
Seward, William Henry (1801 – 1872)
William Henry Seward Sr. (16 May 1801 – 10 October 1872) was a Governor of New York, United States Senator, and United States Secretary of State under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Seward’s wife, [...]
Booth, Edwin Thomas (1833 – 1893)
Edwin Thomas Booth (13 November 1833 – 7 June 1893) was an American actor and founder Booth’s Theatre in New York City. His brother was John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in [...]
Lippe, Adolph (1812 – 1888)
Adolph Graf zur Lippe Biesterfeld Weissenfeld M.D. (11 May 1812 – 23 January 1888) was a singular homeopath and one of the first graduates of homeopathy in America. Lippe taught alongside Constantine Hering at the [...]
Romig, John (1804 – 1885)
The North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Arts, aka the Allentown Academy. Founded in 1835, the Allentown Academy was the first homeopathic medical school in the world. Image credit: Drexel Medical Archives [...]
Campbell, Alice Boole (1836 – 1908)
Alice Boole Campbell M.D. (3 March 1836 – 31 December 1908) was a homeopathic physician. In 1863 she was one of the first women to graduate from Clemence Lozier’s New York Homeopathic College, where she [...]
Allen, Henry Chileab (1836 – 1909)
Henry Chileab Allen M. D. (2 October 1836 – 22 January 1909) was Professor of Diseases of the Skin and Miasmatics and founder of the Hering Medical College, City Physician at the Baptist Hospital and [...]
Hering, Constantine (1800 – 1880)
Constantine J. Hering (1 January 1800 – 23 July 1880) was the ‘father of American Homeopathy’, known for his “Law of Cure” which remains a guiding principle for modern homeopathy. Hering originally set out to [...]
Swan, Samuel (1814 – 1893)
Samuel Swan M.D. (4 July 1814 – 17 October 1893) was an American musician who, after being introduced to homeopathy, subsequently changed careers to become a noted homeopathic medical doctor. Swan was responsible for proving [...]
Comfort, Anna Manning (1845 – 1931)
Anna Manning Comfort Image source: wikimedia Anna Manning Comfort M.D. (19 January 1845 – 12 January 1931) was in the first class of graduates from the New York Medical College in 1865, and [...]
Wild, Edward Augustus (1825 – 1891)
Brigadier General (Dr.) Edward Augustus Wild (1825 – 1891) was the son of homeopath Dr. Charles Wild (1795 – 1864). Edward Wild studied at Harvard College and at Jefferson Medical College and joined the Massachusetts [...]
Zakrzewska, Marie Elizabeth (1829 – 1902)
Marie Zakrzewska (6 September 1829 – 12 May 1902) was a German born physician of Polish descent who made her name as a pioneering female doctor in the United States. Zakrzewska confessed to Elizabeth Blackwell [...]
Bickerdyke, Mary Ann (1817 – 1901)
Mary Ann Bickerdyke (19 July 1817 – 8 November 1901), born Mary Ann Ball in Knox County, Ohio, was a trained herbalist and homeopath and became a noted hospital administrator for the Union during the [...]
Bayard, Edward (1806 – 1889)
Edward Bayard M.D. Image credit: National Library of Medicine Edward Bayard M.D. (5 March 1806 – 28 September 1889) was a lawyer for eighteen years, who converted to become a homeopath, and continued [...]
Angell, Henry Clay (1829 – 1911)
Henry Clay Angell MD (27 January 1829 – 28 May 1911) was a noted Boston ophthalmologist. Angell graduated from the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1852, briefly setting up in practice with German homeopathic [...]
Ricker, Marcena Sherman (1852 – 1933)
Marcena Sherman Ricker M.D. (23 July 1852 – 18 January 1933) of Rochester, New York, was a practicing homeopath who was a friend and the personal physician of noted suffragist Susan B. Anthony. Ricker was [...]
Gage, Matilda Electa Joslyn (1826 – 1898)
Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage (24 March 1826 – 18 March 1898) ‘… was a suffragist, a Native American activist, an abolitionist, a freethinker, and a prolific author, who was “born with a hatred of oppression” Gage’s [...]
Wright, Martha Coffin Pelham (1806 – 1875)
Martha Coffin (Pelham) Wright (25 December 1806 – 4 January 1875), President of the National Woman Suffrage Association was, like many of her peers, a vocal proponent of improved health care and human rights. Wright [...]
Anthony, Susan Brownell (1820 – 1906)
Susan Brownell Anthony (15 February 1820 – 13 March 1906) was a prominent supporter of homeopathy, forming the National Women Suffrage Association and supporting abolitionism and she spoke out forcefully on behalf of homeopathy all [...]
Mott, Lucretia Coffin (1793 – 1880)
Lucretia Coffin Mott (3 January 1793 – 11 November 1880) was an American Quaker minister, a social reformer, abolitionist, and women’s rights activist. It was not simply a coincidence that a large number of leading [...]
Dearborn, Frederick Myers (1876 – 1960)
Lt. Col. Frederick Myers Dearborn Image source: Sylvain Cazelet Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Myers Dearborn M. D. (13 July 1876 – 25 January 1960) was an orthodox doctor who converted to homeopathy. Dearborn was [...]
Coolidge, John Calvin (1872 – 1933)
Calvin Coolidge. Image source: wikimedia John Calvin Coolidge Jr., (4 July 1872 – 5 January 1933) was the 30th President of the United States (1923 – 1929). He was born in Vermont, the [...]
Helmuth, William Tod (1833 – 1902)
William Tod Helmuth M.D. (30 October 1833 – 15 May 1902) was professor of surgery, dean of the faculty and a trustee of the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital. Helmuth wrote one of [...]
Garfield, James A. (1831 – 1881)
James A Garfield (1831 – 1881), twentieth President of the United States, was surrounded by support from homeopaths and he was an advocate of homeopathy all his life. Garfield’s first cousin Silas A. Boynton was [...]
Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822 – 1885)
Ulysses Simpson Grant (27 April 1822 – 23 July 1885) was an American general who became the 18th President of the United States (1869 – 1877) following his success as military commander in the American [...]
Hayes, Rutherford B. (1822 – 1893)
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (4 October 1822 – 17 January 1893) was an American lawyer, Brevet Major General, and Republican politician, who was elected as the 19th President of the United States. Hayes was in office [...]
Fuller, Solomon Carter (1872 – 1953)
Solomon Carter Fuller, M.D. (1 August 1872 – 16 January 1953) was a Liberian neurologist, psychiatrist and professor who was educated at the Homeopathic Boston University Medical College. Fuller spent much of his career working [...]
Steward, Susan McKinney (1847 – 1918)
Susan Maria McKinney Steward M.D. (March 1847 – March 17, 1918) was the first African American woman physician in New York state and only the third in the country, qualifying just seven years after the [...]
Lincoln, Abraham (1809 – 1865)
Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) was a lawyer, politician, abolitionist, and the 16th President of the United States, in office from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Although born into poverty [...]
Menninger, Charles Frederick (1862 – 1953)
Charles Frederick Menninger MD (1862 – 1953) founded the Menninger Clinic in Texas. Menninger originally trained as a homeopath and in 1889 graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College in Chicago. After receiving a second MD [...]