1796 HAHNEMANN, Christian Friedrich Samuel (1755 – 1843)
Versuch über ein neues Prinzip zur Auffindung der Heilkräfte der Arzneisubstanzen, nebst einigen Blicken auf die bishberigan.
Hahnemann's first presentation of his new system of medicine. English translation in The Lesser Writings of Samuel Hahnemann, Collected and Translated by R. E. Dudgeon, London: W. Headland, 1851, 195-357.
GMN 6849 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9013
1805 HAHNEMANN, Christian Friedrich Samuel (1755 – 1843)
Fragmenta de viribus medicamentorum positivis sive in sano corpore humano observatis. 2 vols.
Hahnemann's first published homeopathic book, his first title on Materia Medica and Repertory, and the first collection of drug provings on the healthy body. The book lists the health effects of 27 drugs in common use…
GMN 6850 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9014
1805 HAHNEMANN, Christian Friedrich Samuel (1755 – 1843)
Heilkunde der Erfahrung.
Also published as a monograph, Berlin: In commission bei L. W. Wittich. 1805.
GMN 6851 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9015
1810 HAHNEMANN, Christian Friedrich Samuel (1755 – 1843)
Organon der rationellen Heilkunde.
Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, embodied his theories in the Organon. The minute doses set down by him did much to correct the evils of the polypharmacy of his time, in which overdosage was pervasive. Hahnemann …
GMN 1966 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3745
1811 –1821 HAHNEMANN, Christian Friedrich Samuel (1755 – 1843)
Reine Arzneimittellehre. 6 vols.
Known as the Materia Medica Pura. Second edition, 6 vols, 1822-27. For the third edition, Hahnemann only wrote vols. 1 & 2 (1830-33).
GMN 6852 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9016
1825 GRAM, Hans Burch (1786 – 1840)
The characteristics of homoeopathia. From Hahnemann's "Geist der Homöopathischen Heil-lehre."
The first publication on homeopathy issued in the United States— a translation of Hahnemann's essay. The 24-page pamphlet was dedicated to David Hosack of New York, and gratuitously distributed to leading physicians t…
GMN 6861 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9025
1828 –1830 HAHNEMANN, Christian Friedrich Samuel (1755 – 1843)
Die chronischen Krankheiten, ihre eigenthümliche Natur und homöopathische Heilung. 4 vols.
Second edition, 6 vols., 1835-39.
GMN 6853 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9017
1833 BÖNNINGHAUSEN, Clemens Marie Franz von (1785 – 1864)
Systematisches Alphabetisches Repertorium der antipsorischen Arzneien mit Einschluss der antisyphilitic und antipsorischen Arzneien.
Foreward by Hahnemann. Translated into English from the second German edition by C. M. Roger, as A Systematic, Alphabetic Repertory of Homoeopathic Remedies. Part First. Embracing the Antisporic, Antisyphilitic, and A…
GMN 6855 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9019
1834 QUIN, Frederick Hervey Foster (1799 – 1878)
Pharmacopoeia Homoeopathica.
The first systematic work on homeopathy published in England. A rather late work to be published in Latin.
GMN 13091 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15343
1835 –1838 HERING, Constantine (1800 – 1880)
The homoeopathist, or domestic physician. 2 vols.
The first book on domestic homeopathy published in the United States. The names of the medicines are not given, but are referred to by numbers. Digital facsimile from the National Library of Medicine at this link.
GMN 6864 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9028
1837 HERING, Constantine (1800 – 1880)
Wirkungen des Schlangengiftes, zum aerztichen Gebrauche vergleichend zusammengestellt. Mit einer Einleigung über das Studium der homöopathischen Arzneimittellehr.
An early American homeopathic title on The Effects of Snake Poison Comparatively Arranged for Therapeutic Use. Hering assumed an analogy between snake venom and bacterial toxins. He drew his work from provings and tes…
GMN 6865 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9029
1842 HOLMES, Oliver Wendell Sr. (1809 – 1894)
Homoeópathy, and its kindred delusions; Two lectures delivered before the Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
GMN 11260 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13457
1846 BÖNNINGHAUSEN, Clemens Marie Franz von (1785 – 1864)
Therapeutisches Taschenbuch für Homöopathische Aerzte.
Frequently reprinted. "Bönninghausen's Therapeutic Pocketbook of 1846 was the first homeopathic repertory to grade individual remedies by their strength of relationship with each symptom, and each other. This so-calle…
GMN 6856 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9020
1852 –1853 HAMILTON, Edward (1815 – 1903)
The flora homoeopathica: Or, illustrations and descriptions of the medicinal plants used as homoeopathic remedies. 2 vols.
Hamilton detailed the symptoms of poisoning, records of successful use of the plant, and a description of its homeopathic uses. Finely illustrated with hand-colored plates, mostly by Henry Sowerby and his sister Charl…
GMN 10129 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12318
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1984 ROZET, Claude
Bibliographie de l'homéopathie: Publications en langue française de 1824 à 1984.
GMN 14078 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16389
1989 HAHNEMANN, Christian Friedrich Samuel (1755 – 1843); SCHMIDT, Josef Maximilian (1954 – )
Bibliographie der Schriften Samuel Hahnemanns.
GMN 11235 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13432
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
1996 ENGELHARDT, Dietrich von (1941 – )
Internationaler biographischer Index der Medizin : Arzte, Naturheilkundler, Veterinarmediziner und Apotheker. 3 vols.
GMN 11063 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13259
1998 ROGERS, Naomi (1958 – )
An alternative Path: The making and remaking of Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital.
"When Hahnemann Medical College was founded in Philadelphia in 1848, it was the only institution in the world to offer an M. D. degree in homeopathy, a therapeutic and intellectual alternative to orthodox medicine. Th…
GMN 10332 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12524
1999 WINSTON, Julian
The faces of homoeopathy.
"The history of homeopathic medicine as seen through the people who contributed towards its development. Focusing on homeopathy in the USA and in the UK, it traces the development of the practice through the 1800s, th…
GMN 14077 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16388
2001 WINSTON, Julian
The heritage of homoeopathic literature: An abbreviated bibliography and commentary.
"... an abbreviated bibliography of 915 of the best and the worst of homeopathic literature from 1810 to 2000.... the book presents the work by category (Materia Medica, Repertory, Domestic Manuals, etc.) and in chron…
GMN 14076 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16387
2002 FALTIN, Thomas
Homöopathie in der Klinik: die Geschichte der Homöopathie am Stuttgarter Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus von 1940 bis 1973.
GMN 13427 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15699
2005 HALLER, John S. Jr. (1940 – )
The history of American homeopathy: The academic years, 1820-1935.
GMN 9406 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11589
2013 HALLER, John S. Jr. (1940 – )
The history of American homeopathy: From rational medicine to holistic health care.
GMN 9405 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11588
2017 KUZNIAR, Alice Ann
The birth of homeopathy out of the spirit of romanticism.
".... Kuzniar argues that Hahnemann was a product of his time rather than an iconoclast and visionary. It is the first book in English to examine Hahnemann’s unpublished writings, including case journals and self-test…
GMN 12796 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15042
2023 KIRTSOS, William E.; KIRTSOS, Florence A.
The Kirtsos historical library of homoeopathic medicine: An annotated bibliographical catalogue.
The definitive bibliographical catalogue of the historical literature of homeopathy.
GMN 14221 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16538
