Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873)
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) ‘… was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era…’ Le Fanu was an advocate (W. J. McCormack, Sheridan Le Fanu, (Sutton Pub Limited, 1997). Page 287) of homeopathy ‘… You, [...]
Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952)
Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952) ’… was an actress, playwright, novelist, and suffragette…‘ Elizabeth Robins was a patient of James John Garth Wilkinson (Angela John, Elizabeth Robins: Staging a Life ; 1862 – 1952, (Routledge, 1995). Page 197). James John Garth Wilkinson saw her in 1891 and advised her that she was overwrought and should go abroad for some weeks for a change. Elizabeth Robins also experimented with [...]
Samuel Arthur Jones (1834-1912)
Samuel Arthur Jones (1834-1912) (*photo used courtesy of Homéopathe International by Sylvain Cazalet at PHOTOTHÈQUE HOMÉOPATHIQUE) MD 1860 practiced in New Jersey from 1863 until 1875, and who was a Professor of Histology and Pathology at New York Homeopathic Medical College, and Chair of Materia Media in 1875 (John S. Haller, The history of American homeopathy: the academic years, 1820-1935, (Pharmaceutical Products [...]
Herman Melville (1819-1891)
Herman Melville (1819-1891) ‘… was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick…’ Herman Melville was an advocate of homeopathy, and his writings were ‘… suffused with spiritualist and phrenological concepts…(Robert Baker, The American Medical Ethics Revolution: How the AMA’s Code of Ethics Has Transformed Physicians’ Relationships to Patients, Professionals, and Society, [...]
Thomas Watson 1st Baronet (1792-1882)
Thomas Watson 1st Baronet (1792-1882) ’… was a British physician who is primarily known for describing the water hammer pulse found in aortic regurgitation in 1844. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians from 1862 to 1866…‘ Thomas Watson 1st Baronet was greatly influenced by homeopathy and he read Samuel Hahnemann’s description of the use of Strychnine in homeopathic doses (Henry Turner, The Homeopathic [...]
Paulina Jermyn Trevelyan (1816-1866)
Paulina Jermyn Trevelyan (1816-1866) ’… was an English painter, married in May 1835 to Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, 6th Baronet. She is noted for having single-handedly made Wallington Hall in Northumberland a centre of High Victorian cultural life, and enchanting by her intellect and art, John Ruskin, Algernon Chales Swinburne, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Christina Georgina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, Thomas Carlyle, and John Everett Millais and other [...]
George Frederick D’Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl of Durham (1828-1879)
George Frederick D’Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl of Durham (1828-1879) ’… styled Viscount Lambton from 1831 to 1845, was a British peer…’ George Frederick D’Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl of Durham was a patient (Thomas Moore, Wilfred S Dowden (Ed.), The Journal of Thomas Moore: 1831-1835, (Associated University Presse, 1 Oct 1987). Page 1663) and advocate of homeopathy,
William Francis Cowper Temple 1st Baron Mount Temple (1811-1888)
William Francis Cowper Temple 1st Baron Mount Temple (1811-1888) ‘… PC known as William Cowper (pronounced “Cooper”) before 1869 and as William Cowper Temple between 1869 and 1880, was a British Liberal Party politician and statesman…’ Just before his death on 16th October 1888, William Francis Cowper Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple wrote to James John Garth Wilkinson from Broadlands in Romsey: ‘… We shall be too happy to see you whenever you [...]
James Keir Hardie senior (1856-1915)
James Keir Hardie senior (1856-1915) ‘… was a Scottish socialist and labour leader, and was the first Independent Labour Member of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Hardie is regarded as one of the primary founders of the Independent Labour Party as well as the Labour Party of which it later was a part…’ Anon, The Parliamentary Debates (official Report).: House of Commons,Contains the 4th session of [...]
Henri Boiron (1906-1994) and Jean Boiron (1906-1996)
Henri Boiron (1906-1994) and Jean Boiron (1906-1996) (*photos used courtesy of Homéopathe International by Sylvain Cazalet at PHOTOTHÈQUE HOMÉOPATHIQUE) wer French homeopathic pharmacists who founded the famous Boiron Company. From http://boiron.ca/en/about-boiron/who-are-we/ ‘… Boiron was founded by twin brothers Jean and Henri Boiron, both pharmacists with keen scientific minds and an indomitable entrepreneurial spirit. Here are a few milestones that have shaped Boiron’s history over the years: [...]
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