Samuel HAHNEMANN, MD
(1755-1843)
The Life and Letters of Dr Samuel Hahnemann
Samuel Hahnemann is the founder of homoeopathy. This outstanding scholar was born on April 10th, 1755, in Meissen, Germany. Hahnemann mainly conducted his studies in Leipzig and Vienna. Hahnemann had twelve children, one of whom he and his second wife adopted. He was credited with rediscovering the Law of Similars, in 1790. His motto "Let similars cure similars" grew in popularity. Also, in Hahnemann's lifetime, he and his proving group tested or proved over 100 new remedies. Hahnemann provided a base for homoeopathy and a wealth of knowledge through accurate documentation of provings. Hahnemann died on July 2nd, 1843, in Paris, France.

Dr. Clemens Von Boenninghausen, MD
(1785 - 1864)
Dr. Clemens Von Boenninghausen, MD
Dr. Boenninghausen was born to one of the oldest noble families of Westphalia, Germany. His full name was Clemens Maria Franz Baron Von Boenninghausen. He was Baron by inheritance, a lawyer by profession, and an agriculturist by natural inclination. As a Doctor of Law, Dr. Boenninghausen practiced as a lawyer for some time and later became a judge. Because of his interest in horticulture, he was made Director of Botanical Gardens at Munster. Here, he came to be known as the "Sage of Munster." It was in 1827 that he developed purulent tuberculosis.

When he did not find any relief from the best orthodox treatment, and the physicians gave no hope of his recovery, he wrote a letter to his friend, Dr. A. Weihe, expressing his hopelessness for life and bidding him his last goodbye. Dr. A. Weihe was a homoeopath and asked Boenninghausen to try homoeopathic treatment. Fortunately for Boenninghausen and for homoeopathy, Dr. Weihe cured him.

Being greatly impressed with his treatment Boenninghausen took deep interest in studying homoeopathy and devoted his remaining years to the cause of homoeopathy.

Henry Guernsey
1817-1885
Henry Newell Guernsey
Henry Newell Guernsey was born in Rochester, Vermont in 1817. He earned his medical degree from New York University in 1842, and in 1856 moved to Philadelphia and subsequently became professor of Obstetrics at the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania (which merged with the Hahnemann Medical College in 1869). His writings include The Application of the Principles and Practice of Homoeopathy to Obstetrics, and Keynotes to the Materia Medica.

James Compton Burnett
1840-1901
James Compton Burnett
James Compton Burnett was born on July 10, 1840 and died April 2, 1901. Dr. Burnett attended medical school in Vienna, Austria in 1865. Alfred Hawkes converted him to homeopathy in 1872 (in Glasgow). In 1876 he took his MD degree.

Burnett was one of the first to speak about vaccination triggering illness. This was discussed in his book, Vaccinosis, published in 1884.

William Boericke
1849-1929

He graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia in 1880. Soon afterwards he moved to San Francisco where he worked as a homoeopath for more than fifty years.

He was co-founder of the Pacific Homoeopathic Medical College of San Francisco and Hahnemann Hospital in 1881. This was incorporated into the University of California, where he became the first professor of Homoeopathic Materia Medica and Therapeutics, a post he held for thirty years.

In 1901 he published his Homœopathic Materia Medica. It went through nine editions ; his brother Oscar added a repertory to the book in 1906.

John Henry Clarke
1853-1931

He was editor of The Homoeopathic World for altogether twenty-nine years.

He was indeed an outstanding character, and if one can compare him with another, it is with him who was probably the greatest homoeopath that the United States has produced Dr. James Tyler Kent.

And each gave to the world of Homeopathy the greatest and most valuable book that their respective countries have produced, indeed, in our opinion, the two most indispensable works written since the days of Hahnemann - the Dictionary of Materia Medica and the Repertory of Materia Medica.

Cyrus Boger
1861-1935
Cyrus Boger
He received his elementary education in the public schools of Lebanon, Pa., then graduated in pharmacy from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and later in medicine from Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia. He settled in Parkersburg, W. Va., in 1888 where a long and very large practise was his, patients consulting him from neighboring states and from distant states and countries.

His ambition was to devote all his time to teaching and writing but he never reached the point of giving up his practise. However, he frequently lectured before scientific audiences at the Pulte Medical College in Cincinnati and was a teacher of philosophy, materia medica, and repertory study in the American Foundation for Homoeopathy Postgraduate School from 1924 until his death.

Boger, who was a german scholar, brought Bœnninghausen's Characteristics and Repertory into the English Language in 1905.

Herbert Roberts
1868-1950
Herbert A. Roberts, MD, was born May 7, 1868 and died October 13, 1950. He graduated from the New York Homoeopathic Medical College, practiced for a while in Vermont and then set up practice in Derby Connecticut.

Dr. Roberts worked as a medical officer on troop ships during World War 1. He was the president of the International Hahnemannian Association (IHA) in 1923 and editor of the much-respected Homoeopathic Recorder from 1927-1934.

Author of The Principles and Art of Cure by Homoeopathy, The Study of Remedies by Comparison, Sensations as If..., Roberts was an active writer, researcher, and teacher. Between the IHA transactions and the Homoeopathic Recorder he authored 117 articles and 27 editorials.

Herbert A. Roberts

Arthur Grimmer
1874-1967
Dr Grimmer practiced in Chicago from 1906 to 1963. For years, he shared his office with Dr. James Tyler Kent and learned a great deal from this well-known master whose books and Repertory have been used by the profession since 1897.
From 1925 - 1929 Arthur Grimmer, MD cured 150 cases of biopsy-diagnosed cancer.

Arthur Hill Grimmer
Homœopathic prophylaxis
Collection of books

James Tyler Kent
1846-1916

Prior to his involvement with homeopathy,
Kent had practiced conventional medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He discovered and "converted" to homeopathy as a result of his wife's recovery from a serious ailment using homeopathic methods.

One of his greatest contributions to the profession of homeopathy, and its teachings, was his completely unique style of repertory. Although others exist, Kent's famous repertory, The Great Repertory, is still the popular choice, and has been described as more complete, systematic and precise — with more well-described symptoms.

Margery Blackie
1898-1981

Dr. Blackie qualified in medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women in 1923, and in the following year joined the staff of the London Homoeopathic Hospital. Here she came under the teaching influence of John Henry Clarke, Charles Wheeler and Douglas Borland, himself a former student of James Tyler Kent.

Dorothy Shepherd
Dorothy Shepherd has the knack of presenting various homoeopathic remedies in an easy to assimilate form. She relates anecdotes that are remembered long after the book has been read.
1885-1952
Studied at the Hering College in Chicago, circa 1910.
Books:
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Homeopathy for the First Aider.
Magic of the Minimum Dose.
More Magic of the Minimum Dose.
Physician's Posy.
Homoeopathy in Epidemic Diseases.

Elizabeth Wright Hubbard
1896-1967

Elizabeth Wright Hubbard qualified in medicine in 1921 at Columbia University School of Physicians and Surgeons and interned at Bellevue Hospital, New York. From there she went on to study homoeopathy for two years under Dr Pierre Schmidt of Geneva, returning to the United States to pursue a career that brought her international acclaim and affection. She was the first woman to be elected President of the American Institute of Homeopathy. She also filled an important and influential role over many years as Editor of the 'Homoeopathic Recorder' and subsequently as Editor of the 'Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy'. She died in 1967.
Reprinted from Homeopathy As Art and Science.

Miranda Castro
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Author and respected homeopath, Miranda Castro began her career in healing and health with acupuncture and psychotherapy but quickly moved to the effective and gentle methods she found in homeopathy after the birth of her son in 1978.

Miranda is the author of several highly praised books: The Complete Homeopathy Handbook; Homeopathy for Pregnancy, Birth and Your Baby's First Year; and the Homeopathic Guide to Stress, as well as numerous articles for magazines and journals on all aspects of homeopathy .

Miranda is currently on the faculty at Bastyr University in Seattle, where she developed a Post Graduate Homeopathy Program. She is a Fellow of The Society of Homeopaths (United Kingdom) and executive director of the North American Society of Homeopaths, the organization that represents professional homeopaths in Canada and the United States.

Vassilis Ghegas
Biography of Vassilis Ghegas
Tapes of Lectures
Vassilis GHEGAS was born in Greece in 1948.
During his medical studies, he came in contact with George VITHOULKAS who aroused his interest in classical homeopathy. He started to specialize after obtaining his Medical Degree, but after a while he left the hospital to study homeopathy with George VITHOULKAS at the Athenian School for Homeopathy.

Vassilis GHEGAS was one of the first and best students at the Athenian School, and he also took an active part in the organization. He has been treating his patients exclusively with homeopathy since 1974, first in his teacher's centre and during the latter years in his own practice. As regards content, it can be seen that Vassilis has assimilated his teacher's experience and that he has meticulously tested everything by his own practice.

Paul Herscu
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Dr. Paul Herscu is an internationally sought-after public speaker. He has lectured extensively in most countries in Europe as well as the United States.

His interactive teaching style blends vivid descriptions of materia medica, differential diagnosis and homeopathic philosophy. Drawing upon his vast clinical experience, he expands an audience's knowledge of materia medica as he exposes facets of remedy pictures previously hidden.

The Homeopathic Treatment of Children, Pediatric Constitutional Types, Dr. Herscu's first book, has become the standard pediatric text for colleges in the United States and abroad. It is currently being translated into several languages. This book has served as a catalyst, encouraging and teaching practitioners to bridge the "prescribing gap" between children and adults.

Farokh Master
Biography of Farokh_Master
Health Centre Bombay
Besides his work as director of the the HHC, Dr. Farokh Master is teaching homoeopathy (advanced level) at the Bombay Homoeopathic Medical College, part of Bombay university.

He is also teaching at other homoeopathic colleges in India and abroad. He has given seminars in various countries like England, USA, Canada, Austria, The Netherlands, Poland, Greece, Norway etc.

Due to his outstanding medical career, at present Dr. Frarokh Master is the only Homoeopathic physician M.D. (Hom.) consulting at Asia’s largest allopathic Hospital (viz. Bombay Hospital, Institute of Medical Sciences, which is also attached to Bombay University
).

Some of the students that have passed through the Bombay Hom. Med. College during the time he was teaching there, are now international well know homoeopaths.

He has published more than 36 books e.g. The Homoeopathic Dream Dictionary, Cross References of the Mind, Perceiving Rubrics of the Mind, The State of Mind affecting the Foetus, Tumors and Homoeopathy, The Bedside Organon of Medicine, The proving of Mocassin Snake, etc.

Dr. Rajan Sankaran
Biography of Rajan Sankaran
A second generation Homoeopath, (son of the renowned Dr. P. Sankaran) graduated from the then called Bombay Homoeopathic Medical College in 1981 (now known as Smt. Chandaben Mohanbhai Patel Homoeopathic Medical College).

He had as teachers classical homoeopaths like Dr. S.R. Phatak, Dr. Sarabhai Kapadia & Dr. J.N. Kanjilal. He also had contact with original thinkers such as Dr. M.L. Sehgal (Delhi), Dr. Jan Scholten, Dr. Juregen Becker & Jeremy Sherr.

He is the Assistant Professor in the department of Repertory in Smt. C.M.P. Homoeopathic Medical College, Mumbai and is attached to its hospital as the Honorary Physician. He is the Editor of the Asian Edition of the "Homoeopathic Links" and is also the Vice-Chairman of the International Council for Classical Homoeopathy (Asian Region).

Jeremy Sherr
Biography of Jeremy Sherr
more Jeremy Sherr
Jeremy was born in South Africa and grew up in Israel. Homoeopathy found him 25 years ago, and he began his formal studies at the College of Homoeopathy, London, in 1980. He completed a degree simultaneously in Acupuncture at the International College of Oriental Medicine.

Though he practices homoeopathy exclusively, his knowledge of Chinese Medicine shines through his homoeopathic thinking.
Jeremy was first to re-develop the science and art of provings after a century of near silence.

He was awarded a fellowship from the Society of homeopaths in 1991 and a Ph.D. from Medicina Alternativa. he is a Member of the North American Society of Homoeopaths, and is an honorary professor of Yunan Medical College, Kunning, China.
Reprinted from Sunflower & Celery Families November 16 & 17 2002 edition

George Vithoulkas
Biography of George Vithoulkas
George Vithoulkas was born in Athens, Greece in 1932. He started studying homeopathy in South Africa in 1960. He continued in India at different homeopathic colleges, receiving a diploma from the Indian Institute of Homeopathy in 1966.

George Vithoulkas started teaching classical homeopathy in 1967. In 1971 the first Greek Homeopathic Society was established and a year later Vithoulkas started the Greek journal, Homeopathic Medicine.

In 1994, Vithoulkas opened the International Academy for Classical Homeopathy on the Greek island of Alonissos, its purpose being to provide post-graduate training for health practitioners from all over the world. Currently, as the Director of the Athens Center, Vithoulkas heads a team of 30 doctors who practice homeopathy while they study under his supervision. He has established homeopathy in Greece as a science respected by the medical profession, and has also made his country one of the leading centers for homeopathy in the western world.