Homeopathy

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This is a volume of notes taken by Alonzo West from lectures by Dr. John Sanders, Dr. A. O. Blair, Dr. S. R. Beckwith, Dr. G. W. Barnes, Dr. Wilson, and other lecturers at Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College, 1865-1866. Topics include obstetrics, surgery, practice, materia medica, and physiology. The volume includes an index.

Scope and Contents The collection contains letters sent and received, 1819-1887, by members of the Forster family of Dauphin County, Pa., particularly General John Forster (1777-1863); his second wife, Margaret S. Forster (1804-1891); Mrs. Forster's son, James H. Stuart (1828-1854); and Benjamin L. Forster, the second son of John and Margaret Forster.Although the content of the Forster family letters is personal in nature, there are many observations concerning matters of individual and...

Scope and Contents Replies to inquiry concerning Mary C. Cash’s experience with homeopathic treatment for pain in her side and shoulder during the "prevailing epidemic". Her children also underwent treatment. Mrs. Cash continued eight weeks under the treatment of Constantine Hering, who visited her several times, but did not improve. She treated herself covertly with balsam of wild cherry for one week and her symptoms abated. Hering’s treatment proved beneficial to the Cash children, however. Mrs. Cash did not...

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Notes taken by William H. McPherson at Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania [Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia] on lectures of Charles J. Hemple, 18571858. Notes include listing of substances, generally poisons or acids, with relevant symptoms and effects on various anatomical groups (cerebral, nervous, inflammatory, cutaneous, gastric, etc.) and antidotes. Volume 1 contains entries A through R; volume 2 contains S through Z and alphabetical listing of other substances.