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William Perkins 1813 - 1880

October 19, 2009

LancashireWilliam Perkins 1813? - 1880? MD was a British orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy,

William Perkins was on the Management Committee of the English Homeopathic Association alongside William Henry Ashurst, John Burnett, Edward Cronin, Paul Francois Curie, A O Deacon, Robert S Dick, George Napoleon Epps, John Epps, Robert Frith, Joseph Glover, Robert Grosvenor, George Hayes, Thomas H Johnstone, Henry KelsallJohn Miller, William MacOubrey, Henry P Osman, Charles Thomas Pearce, George K Prince, James Stansfeld, Peter Stuart, Allan Templeton, James Thomson, William Warne, James Wilson,

The English Homeopathic Association petitioned Parliament in defense of Charles Thomas Pearce, about the outrage of such false accusations, especially as there was no redress in law for the damage done to the defendant. The petition was seconded by John Epps, in the company of William Henry Ashurst, John Burnett, Edward Cronin, Paul Francois Curie, A O Deacon, Robert S Dick, George Napoleon Epps, Robert Frith, Joseph Glover, Robert Grosvenor, George Hayes, Thomas H Johnstone, Henry KelsallJohn Miller, Henry P Osman,, William MacOubrey, Charles Thomas Pearce, W Perkins, George K Prince, James Stansfeld, Peter Stuart, Allan Templeton, James Thomson, William Warne, and James Wilson.

William Perkins practiced in Manchester and at The Hulme Homeopathic Dispensary, 23 Great Jackson Street, Stretford Road, Lancashire alongside Matthews

Of interest:

D C Perkins was a homeopath in Brunswick, Cumberland in 1872,

E Perkins LRCP Edinburgh, MRCS England, Medical Director to Roy, Jannerian and London Vaccine Institute, was a homeopath at 1 Cavendish Place, All Saints, Stretford Road, Manchester in 1873,


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