29/12/2024
Homeopathy got its start in the U.S. following the emigration in 1825 of Dutch homeopathic physician Hans Gram. Upon arriving in New York City, Hans began to practice and write about homeopathy. Interest rapidly spread.
Physician followers of Hahnemann soon founded America’s first homeopathic medical school in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1835, called the North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Arts. This landmark moment was followed soon thereafter by the formation of the American Institute of Homeopathy in 1843 – America’s oldest medical society (four years before the American Medical Association – an association formed in large part as an attempt to thwart the rising popularity of homeopathy). Some of the true giants in the field of homeopathy lived and practiced during this time period such as Adolph Lippe, Constantine Hering, P.P. Wells, E.B. Nash, Henry Guernsey and others (for those seeking to learn more about how to practice homeopathy well, the writings left by these great homeopaths are a truly invaluable resource).
