Johanna Kinkel 1810 – 1858
Johanna Kinkel (1810-1858) was a German composer, writer, and revolutionary. Kinkel was a patient of homeopath James John Garth Wilkinson (Rosemary Ashton, Little Germany: exile and asylum in Victorian England, (Oxford University Press, 1986). Page 285) (Anon, The English Woman’s Journal, (English Woman’s Journal Co., London 1859). Page 307),
Christian Albert Theodor Billroth 1829 – 1894
Christian Albert Theodor Billroth 1829 – 1894 was a German born Austrian orthodox physician and amateur musician, who converted to homeopathy in Vienna, As a surgeon, he is generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery. As a musician, he was a close friend and confidante of Johannes Brahms, a leading patron of [...]
Friedrich Tiedemann 1781 – 1861
Friedrich Tiedemann 1781 – 1861 was a German anatomist and physiologist. Tiedmann conducted studies into the effects of sugar, feeding animals an exclusive diet of sugar, effectively a proving of sugar. The Hahnemannian monthly, Volume 4 applauded his work in this area, noting how an exclusive sugar diet caused ulceration of the cornea of the [...]
Alexander von Humboldt 1769 – 1859
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt 1769 – 1859 was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist, Wilhelm von Humboldt. Humboldt’s quantitative work on botanical geography was foundational to the field of biogeography. Alexander von Humboldt was a profound influence on Charles Darwin, who was [...]
Albert Schweitzer 1875 – 1965
Albert Schweitzer 1875 – 1965 was an Alsatian German-French theologian, organist, philosopher, and physician, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953, Scweitzer was a close friend of homeopath Leon Vannier, and Professor Paulo de Lacerda recounts (see comments below) ‘I met in Paris the late Dr. Lea de Mattos and in accordance to her [...]
Otto von Schron 1837 – 1917
Otto von Schron 1837 – 1917, was a German orthodox physician, Director and Professor of Pathological Anatomy at the University of Naples from 1865, who converted to homeopathy, Schron was a friend of Wilhelm Richard Wagner, and the homeopathic practitioner of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche,
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1844 – 1900
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1844 – 1900 was a German philosopher and classical philologist. Nietzsche took homeopathic remedies in 1877 prescribed by Otto von Schron, a Professor at the University of Naples Pathological Institute, a therapist recommended to Nietzsche by Wilhelm Richard Wagner (who also recommended he try the Water Cure), and Nietzsche also used electrotherapy recommended [...]
Hans Heinrich Reckeweg 1905 – 1985
Hans Heinrich Reckeweg 1905 – 1985 was a German orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy and began to produce a range of remedies called Homotoxicology, GmbH Reckeweg was a friend of August Karl Gustav Bier,
Apollinaris Victor Jagielski 1853 – 1920
Apollinaris Victor Jagielski ?1853 – 1920 MD Berlin, was a German orthodox physician, Physician to the Prussian Army, who converted to homeopathy and practiced in Britain, where he was awarded MRCP, and FRCP, FBHS, MBMS, Physician at the Middlesex Hospital, Physician at the Margaret Street Infirmary, Governor of the London Homeopathic Hospital, and an advocate of [...]
Adolf Salis Schwabe 1800 – 1853
Adolf Salis Schwabe 1800 – 1853 was a German Jew who converted to Unitarianism, a calico printer and philanthropist, born in Berlin and an immigrant to Manchester, Chairman of the Manchester School of Free Traders, Salis Schwabe was a patient of Edward Phillips, and he was a Patron of the Manchester Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary [...]
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