Hering, Constantine, 1800-1880

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Name (Latin)
Hering, Constantine, 1800-1880
Other forms of name
Wisent, Dr., 1800-1880
Hering, C. (Constantine), 1800-1880
Hering, Constantin, 1800-1880
Date of birth
1800
Date of death
1880-07-23
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 56659468
Wikidata: Q76495
Library of congress: no 88005873
Sources of Information
  • British journal of homeopathy, viewed Aug. 24, 2011(Hering published pamphlets under the pseudonym of Dr. Wisent)
  • Eastman, A.M. Life and reminiscences of Dr. Constantine Hering, 1917.
  • Einige Worte über Nothwendigkeit und Nutzen der Homöopathik, 1835:t.p. (Constantin Hering, MD)
  • His Condensed materia med., 1894:t.p. (C. Hering) p. iii (Constantine Hering)
  • Vorschlag zur voelligen Vertilgung der sogenannten Homöopathie auf wissenschaftlichem Wege, 1860:t.p. (Dr. Wisent)
  • DAB(Hering, Constantine)
  • NUC pre-56(hdg: Hering, Constantin, 1800-1880; usage: C. Hering; Constantin Hering; Constantine Hering)

Wikipedia description:

Constantine J. Hering (January 1, 1800 – July 23, 1880) was a Saxony-born, American medical doctor who was a pioneer of homeopathy in the United States. In 1833, he co-founded the Hahnemannian Society in the United States dedicated to homeopathic medicine principles. In 1836, he founded the North American Academy of the Homeopathic Arts in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the first homeopathic school in the United States. In 1849, he co-founded the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He served as the chair of the institutes of medicine and materia medica at Philadelphia College of Homeopathy from 1845 to 1869 and as professor of institutes and materia medica at Hahnemann Medical College from 1869 to 1871. He founded and served as the first president of the American Institute of Homeopathy and served as editor of several scientific journals and published multiple books on homeopathic medicine.

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