1854 DUDGEON, Robert Ellis (1820 – 1904)
Lectures on the theory and practice of homoeopathy.
A series of lectures given at the London Hahnemann Hospital between 1852 and 1853, presenting an early account of Hahnemann’s life and the development of homeopathy. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this…
GMN 6860 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9024
1867 GUERNSEY, Henry Newell (1817 – 1885)
The application of the principles and practice of homoeopathy to obstetrics, and the disorders peculiar to women and young children.
Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library at the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 6862 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9026
1873 CLEAVE, Egbert
Cleave's Biographical cyclopaedia of homoeopathic physicians and surgeons.
The first biographical encyclopedia of American homeopathic physicians and surgeons. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 11444 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13643
1874 –1879 ALLEN, Timothy Field (1837 – 1902)
The encyclopedia of pure materia medica. A record of the positive of effects of drugs upon the healthy human organism. 10 vols.
With contributions by Richard Hughes of England; Constantine Hering of Philadelphia; Carroll Dunham of New York; Adolph Lippe of Philadelphia and others. This massive work is almost a complete record of all provings a…
GMN 6854 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9018
1875 EDDY, Mary Baker (1821 – 1910)
Science and health.
Includes an exposition of the system of faith healing that holds a significant place in Christian Science.
GMN 6643.9 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7763
1879 –1891 HERING, Constantine (1800 – 1880)
The guiding symptoms of the materia medica. 10 vols.
Hering was called the “father of American homeopathy.” His 10-volume work is a record of confirmed symptoms that Hering and his colleagues observed over 50 years of practice.
GMN 6866 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9030
1879 BURNETT, James Compton (1840 – 1901)
Gold as a remedy in disease, notably in some forms of organic heart disease, angina pectoris, melancholy, tedium vitae, scrofula, syphilis, skin disease, & as an antidote to the ill effects of mercury.
Burnett, a homeopath, provided an excellent summary of the history of gold as it was used in medicine, with extensive references to the historical literature. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
GMN 8852 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11030
1880 MATTEI, Count Cesare (1809 – 1896)
Principles of electro-homoeopathy. A new science discovered by Count Cesar Mattei, of Bologna.
"Electrohomoeopathy (or Mattei cancer cure) is a derivative of homeopathy invented in the 19th century by Count Cesare Mattei. The name is derived from a combination of electro (referring to an electric bio-energy con…
GMN 13279 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15545
1881 VERENIGING TEGEN DE KWAKZALVERIJ
Nederlands Tijdschrift tegen de Kwakzalverij. Vol. 1- .
Founded in 1881, this Dutch organization is the oldest skeptical organization in the world investigating alternative medicine and quackery. It has published its periodical since 1881. The archive of the periodical may…
GMN 11416 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13615
1886 ALLINSON, Thomas Richard (1858 – 1918)
A system of hygienic medicine, or the only rational way of treating disease.
"In place of orthodox medicine, he [Allinson] promoted health through diet, exercise, fresh air and bathing. He advocated a vegetarian diet and the avoidance of alcohol, tobacco, coffee and tea. He especially promoted…
GMN 12417 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14647
1887 MILLSPAUGH, Charles Frederick (1854 – 1923)
American medicinal plants; an illustrated and descriptive guide to the American plants used as homoeopathic remedies: Their history, preparation, chemistry and physiological effects. Illustrated by the author.
Plates printed by chromolithography. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 8716 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10894
1887 PRATT, Edwin Hartley
Orificial surgery and its application to the treatment of chronic diseases.
Pratt's bizarre orificial surgery emerged from the the practice of homeopathy. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 9623 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11810
1887 KNEIPP, Sebastian (1821 – 1897)
Meine Wasser-Kur, durch mehr als 30 Jahre erprobt und geschrieben zur Heilung der Krankheiten und Erhaltung der Gesundheit.
Kneipp was a Bavarian priest and not a physician. He learned about hydrotherapy and other methods of treatment later called naturopathic during the time he suffered from tuberculosis. Digital facsimile of the 1889 10t…
GMN 13259 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15525
1889 CROOKSHANK, Edgar March (1858 – 1928)
History and pathology of vaccination. 2 vols.
This very full history of the subject caused a good deal of controversy; see the review of it in Lancet, 1890, 1, 470-72. Crookshank was an opponent of vaccination.
GMN 5435 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7431
1889 CREIGHTON, Charles (1847 – 1927); JENNER, Edward (1749 – 1823)
Jenner and vaccination: A strange chapter of medical history.
Creighton, one of the founders of epidemiology, disputed the germ theory of infectious disease, and became "one of the anti-vaccination movement's 'most ardent and distinguished spokesmen.' Creighton argued that vacci…
GMN 12348 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14572
1892 BRADFORD, Thomas Lindsley (1847 – 1898)
Homeopathic bibliography of the United States, from the year 1825 to the year 1891.
Of particular value for researching homeopathic literature, societies and institutions in America from 1825 to 1891. Digital facsimile from the Hathitrust at this link.
GMN 6764.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8236
1896 JUST, Adolf (1859 – 1936)
Kehrt zur Natur zurück! Die wahre naturgemäße Heil- und Lebensweise. Wasser, Licht, Luft, Erde, Früchte und wirkliches Christentum.
Translated into English from the 4th enlarged German edition and published by the translator, Benedict Lust as: Return to nature! The true natural method of healing and living and the true salvation of the soul. (New …
GMN 10052 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12241
1897 BRADFORD, Thomas Lindsley (1847 – 1898)
The pioneers of homoeopathy.
Brief biographies of about 500 homepathic physicians from all countries who were practitioners prior to 1835. In the first part Bradford docmented the lives of those who assisted Hahnemann. Digital facsimile from the …
GMN 6719.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7833
1897 KENT, James Tyler (1849 – 1916)
Repertory of the homoeopathic materia medica.
1349 pp. In his Divided Legacy: the Bacteriological Era (1994) Harris Coulter commented, “The most remarkable contribution to Homoeopathic practice since the death of Constantine Hering (1880) was the Repertory of J. …
GMN 6867 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9031
1898 BRADFORD, Thomas Lindsley (1847 – 1898)
History of the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania; The Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia
Now Drexel University College of Medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 13222 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15486
1900 BRADFORD, Thomas Lindsley (1847 – 1898)
The logic of figures, or comparative results of homoeopathic and other treatments.
A comparison of mortality rates in institutions and private practice between homeopathic and other modes of treatment. Digital facsimile from The Medical Heritage Library at the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 6881 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9045
1905 KING, William Harvey (1861 – 1942)
History of homoeopathy and its institutions in America: Their founders, benefactors, faculties, officers, hospitals, alumni, etc., with a record of achievement of its representatives in the world of medicine .... 4 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 6868 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9032
1906 PALMER, Daniel David (1845 – 1913); PALMER, Bartlett Joshua (1882 – 1961)
The science of chiropractic. Its principles and adjustments by Dr. D. D. Palmer, discoverer and developer of chiropractic, and B. J. Palmer, D. C.
D. D. Palmer founded chiropractic; his son B. J. developed the practice. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 6989 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9155
1910 PALMER, Daniel David (1845 – 1913)
The chiropractor's adjuster: A textbook of the science, art, and philosophy of chiropractic for students and practitioners.
GMN 6991 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9157
1914 MERCIER, Charles Arthur (1852 – 1919)
Astrology in medicine.
GMN 6625 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7701
1914 PALMER, Daniel David (1845 – 1913)
The chiropractor.
Digital facsimile from the National Library of Medicine at this link.
GMN 6990 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9156
1915 BOGER, Cyrus Maxwell (1861 – 1935)
The synoptic key.
Used as a reference work for the general practice of homeopathy. Digital facsimile of the second edition (1916) from the Hathitrust at this link.
GMN 6857 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9021
1921 HAHNEMANN, Christian Friedrich Samuel (1755 – 1843); HAEHL, Richard (1873 – 1932)
Organon der Heilkunst. 6th edition.
Hahnemann completed his work for the 6th edition in 1842, a year before his death. After Hahnemann’s death in 1843, his widow, Mélanie Hahnemann, had a hand-written copy made of Hahnemann’s volume and notes. In 1920, …
GMN 12254 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14469
1922 HAEHL, Richard (1873 – 1932)
Samuel Hahnemann, sein Leben und Schaffen. 2 vols.
A standard work on the development of homeopathy and the life of Hahnemann. Digital facsimile of the 1922 German edition from the Hathitrust at this link. The work was translated into English as Samuel Hahnemann, His …
GMN 6863 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9027
1923 DEARBORN, Frederick Myers (1876 – 1960)
American homeopathy in the world war. Edited by Frederick M. Dearborn.
Reflective of the extent to which homeopathy remained in mainstream American medicine in the period immediately after World War I. Reproduces at the front of the book a letter from President Warren G. Harding congratu…
GMN 9077 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11256
1925 FISHBEIN, Morris (1889 – 1976)
The medical follies: An analysis of the foibles of some healing cults: Including osteopathy, homeopathy, chiropractic, and the electronic reactions of Abrams, with Essays on the antivivisectionists, health legislation, physical culture, birth control, and rejuvenation.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
GMN 13849 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16139
1927 FISHBEIN, Morris (1889 – 1976)
The new medical follies: An encyclopedia of cultism and quackery in these United States, with essays on the cult of beauty, the craze for reduction, rejuvenation, eclecticism, bread and dietary fads, physical therapy, and a forecast as to the physician of the future.
GMN 13850 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16140
1932 –1939 TISCHNER, Rudolf (1879 – 1961)
Geschichte der Homöopathie. 4 vols.
A comprehensive history, particularly for homeopathy in Germany. Includes extensive bibliographies.
GMN 2056.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2299
1952 ZIMMELS, Hirsch Jakob (1900 – 1974)
Magicians, theologians and doctors: Studies in folk-medicine and folk-lore as reflected in the rabbinical Responsa (12th-19th centuries).
GMN 13306 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15572
1967 WEISS, Harry Bischoff (1883 – 1972)
The great American water-cure craze: A history of hydropathy in the United States.
GMN 13258 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15523
1971 KAUFMAN, Martin (1940 – )
Homeopathy in America: The rise and fall of the medical heresy.
A history of homeopathy in America, including its demise during the early to mid-20th century.
GMN 6880 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9044
1973 COULTER, Harris L. (1932 – 2009)
Divided legacy: A history of the schism in medical thought: Volume III, science and ethics in American medicine: 1800-1914.
The history of homeopathic medicine in America, covering the difficulties within the homeopathic ranks and teachings.
GMN 6859 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9023
1975 SCHIÖTZ, Eiler H.; CYRIAX, James Henry (1904 – 1985)
Manipulation past and present, with an extensive bibliography.
GMN 2068.17 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2464
1977 IMPERATO, Pascal James (1937 – )
African folk medicine: Practices and beliefs of the Bambara and other peoples.
GMN 13369 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15640
1980 NEEDHAM, Joseph Terence Montgomery (1900 – 1995); LU, Gwei-djen (1904 – 1991)
Celestial lancets: A history and rationale of acupuncture and moxa.
A section of Needham’s Science and civilisation in China series, separately published. Includes the best bibliography of early Western treatises on acupuncture.
GMN 6374.9 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8335
1983 GALL, Franz Joseph (1758 – 1828); HEINTEL, Helmut; HEINTEL, Brigitte
Franz Joseph Gall Bibliographie. Mit einem Porträt und 13 Abbildungen
GMN 11238 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13435
1984 ROZET, Claude
Bibliographie de l'homéopathie: Publications en langue française de 1824 à 1984.
GMN 14078 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16389
1988 GEVITZ, Norman (1948 – )
Other healers: Unorthodox medicine in America. Edited by Norman Gevitz.
GMN 6956 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9121
1988 COOTER, Roger (1948 – )
Studies in the history of alternative medicine. Edited by Roger Cooter.
GMN 11170 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13367
1988 PORTER, Roy Sydney (1946 – 2002); PORTER, Dorothy
The politics of prevention: Anti-Vaccinationism and public health in nineteenth-century England.
Digital facsimile from semanticscholar.org at this link.
GMN 12349 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14573
1989 HAHNEMANN, Christian Friedrich Samuel (1755 – 1843); SCHMIDT, Josef Maximilian (1954 – )
Bibliographie der Schriften Samuel Hahnemanns.
GMN 11235 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13432
1991 O'BOYLE, Cornelius
Mediaeval prognosis and astrology: A working edition of the [anonymous] Aggregationes de crisi et creticis diebus, with introduction and English summary by Cornelius O'Boyle
This pre-Galenic astrological text by an unknown author from the later part of the 13th century concerns astrological prognostication. It was based upon Book III of Galen's De diebus criticis, but provided a "handy sh…
GMN 8298 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10474
1991 CORDASCO, Francesco (1920 – 2001)
Homeopathy in the United States: A bibliography of homeopathic medical imprints, 1825-1925.
GMN 13177 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15437
1992 WARDWELL, Walter I. (1918 – 2005)
Chiropractic: History and evolution of a new profession.
GMN 6993 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9159
1994 BOYLE, Wade; KIRCHFELD, Friedhelm (1940 – 2011)
Nature doctors: Pioneers in naturopathic medicine.
GMN 10051 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12240
