Henry Bateman 1806 – 1880

Henry Bateman 1806 – 1880

Henry Bateman 1806 – 1880 LSA 1828, and MRCS 1829 at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, was an orthodox Physician and Surgeon, Surgeon to the Islington Dispensary, Surgeon to the Islington Cholera Hospital, who was also a supporter of homeopathy (George E Shipman (Ed.), The Northwestern journal of homeopathy. Volume first-IV, no. 8. April 1889-November 1892, Volumes 3-4 (Chicago, 1850). Page 262). [...]

John Le Gay Brereton 1827 – 1886

John Le Gay Brereton 1827 – 1886

John Le Gay Brereton 1827 – 1886 was a British orthodox physician, MD St. Andrews, MRCSE, LAC 1851, Medical Poor Law Officer for the township of Little Horton, Bradford (George Atkin, The British and foreign homœopathic medical directory and record, (Groombridge & Sons, 1853). Page 58) who converted to homeopathy, became a follower of Emanuel Swedenborg and [...]

Frederika Bremer 1801 – 1865

Frederika Bremer 1801 – 1865

Frederika Bremer 1801 – 1865 was a Swedish writer and a feminist activist. She had a large influence on the social development in Sweden, especially in feminist issues. Frederika Bremer was an advocate of homeopathy, and a patient of Beal P Downing and David Osgood (Laurel Ann Lofsvold, Fredrika Bremer and the writing of America, (Lund University [...]

James Outram 1st Baronet 1803 – 1863

James Outram 1st Baronet 1803 – 1863

James Outram 1st Baronet 1803 – 1863 was an English general who fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and is considered a British hero. In 1861, homeopaths Decimus Hands and James John Garth Wilkinson, travelled together to Spain with General Outram… ‘… who in these his last days is quite a picture and a study to [...]

James Speirs 1842 – 1912

James Speirs 1842 – 1912

James Speirs 1842 – 1912 was the publishing agent for the Swedenborg Society for 40 years, Speirs acted as publishing agent for the General Conference, and he was also a Secretary of the Swedenborg Society. His greatest service to the New Church was the weekly magazine Morning Light which he published from its inception in 1878 and edited [...]

John Spurgin 1797 – 1866

John Spurgin 1797 – 1866

John Spurgin 1797 – 1866, was a British orthodox physician and medical writer, Senior Physician to the Foundling Hospital from 1835 to his death, and Honorary Physician at St. Mark’s Hospital (see Frontispiece to Cure of the sick: not homœopathy, not allopathy, but judgment). Spurgin was the second Chariman of the Swedenborg Society, indeed, he was the longest [...]

A Brief History of Homeopathy in Malaysia

With thanks to Nik Omar Vice President LHMI Malaysia Although it is not easy to fix the date of advent of Homeopathy in Malaysia, most homeopathic practitioners here agree that around 1940 homeopathy was introduced in Malay States via India through British Army. The first Malay known to practice homeopathy was Dr Burhanuddin Helmy later came [...]

Llewelyn Ralph Twentyman 1914 – 2010

Llewelyn Ralph Twentyman 1914 – 2010

Llewelyn Ralph Twentyman 1914 – 2010 MB BCh Cambridge 1943, LRCP London 1943, MRCS England, FFHom 1959, was an English orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy to become a Physician at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital and the Tunbridge Wells Homeopathic Hospital, member of the Faculty of Homeopathy. Ralph Twentyman was the Editor of the British [...]

The Society of Homeopaths

The Society of Homeopaths

The Society of Homeopaths Founded in 1978, the Society of Homeopaths is the largest organisation of its kind in the United Kingdom. Its members carry the qualification RSHom and they are non medically qualified homeopaths, subject to registration, a Code of Ethics and complaints and disciplinary procedures - today there are thousands of members see The [...]

James John Garth Wilkinson an Introduction by Frederick Henry Evans

James John Garth Wilkinson an Introduction by Frederick Henry Evans

Excerpts from  James John Garth Wilkinson An Introduction by Frederick Henry Evans 1912 (1). I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of the After Life to spell: And by and by my Soul return’d to me, And answer’d “I myself am Heav’n and Hell.” Fitzgerald’s Omar