The introduction and progress of homoeopathy in the United States : an inaugural address before the Homoeopathic Medical Society of the County of New York, delivered April 11th, 1864 / by Stephen R. Kirby.

  • Kirby, Stephen R.
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1864
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    past, and by it in the present, we judge of the soundness of our faith. By it, we justly judge every man who claims allegi- ance to the homoeopathic school of medicine. Soon con- verts multiplied in Pennsylvania,—I have already recorded the names of a few of them. In addition were Drs. William Schmoele, Henry Schmoele, Charles Neidhard, Samuel Freedly, Richard Gardner, George Lingen, C. B. Mathews, A.Lippe and G. Reichhelm. With but few exceptions these were good and true men, always faithful to the standard. These men, I borrow the words of Dr. Gray, with Chan- ning went up promptly with Hahnemann in his doses, fully believing in the potentizing process and faith of the master, and even after the death of Hahnemann, they proved that it was not going out of the roof of all scientific observation to respect the enthusiast Jenichen of Hanover. The publication of the Organon and a Materia Medica and Ilepertory was soon followed by many accessions to the school. As soon as possible I procured a copy of the works, and through them perceived I had an imperfect knowledge of Homoeopathy. I had with the rest observed a silence on the subject, for the reason, that I did not know enough to defend myself against my old school education. I was tinder conviction, but not fully converted. There went out from the Allentown college many true Homoeopathicians. Dr. Reichhelm, from the University of Halle in Germany, arrived in this country in the Autumn of L834. He was associated with Hering and Wesselhceft in their college. He was a strict disciple of Hahnemann, rarely if ever using drugs lower than the thirtieth attenuation. A clergyman in Pittsburgh wrote to Dr. Hering in 1837 fo?' a physician for that city. Reichhelm consented to go, and went. The clergyman alone gave him a hearty welcome. Soon Dr. R. was employed as the attending physician to the Pittsburgh Orphan Asylum. The success of his prac- tice in the Iron city for nearly twelve years was almost without a parallel. Dr. R. sternly refused countenance to