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A Living Chronicle: A Tapestry of People, Events and Institutions
FOUNDATIONS OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE
1889
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
The Eclectic Medical Gleaner. (Eds., William Colby Cooper and W. E. Bloyer, later by Harvey Wickes Felter, and others). (Pub., Lloyd Library). Ceased 1912.
Harry Riley Spitler, DOS, PhD, MD, ND (d. 1961) Contributed to naturopathic education and professional associations, including codification; codified Basic Naturopathy. Developed Syntonics light therapy. ••
Thus Shalt Thou Live! (S. Kneipp). •• 1890
LICENSURE, EXAMINATIONS, REGULATORY, AND LICENSING BOARDS
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
Die Grundlehren der Naturheilkunde (The Basic Teachings of Naturheilkunde). (Arnold Rikli).
Koch’s Postulates published in final, refined version. Initially formulated by Robert Koch and Friedrich Loeffler in 1884, based on preceding concepts articulated by Jakob Henle. Mechanism of infectious disease postulated as primarily due to a “pathogenic” microbe. ••
1891
ACADEMIC: INSTITUTIONS AND COUNCILS
National Homeopathic Medical College founded in Chicago, IL; first graduates, 1892; 1900, becomes National Medical University; 1909, declared not in good standing by Illinois State Board of Health.
PRACTICE MODELS AND DELIVERY
August Reinhold opens a clinic in New York City, NY, practicing Kneipp treatment, Bilz’s methods and other therapeutic modalities.
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
Science of Healing without Medicine and without Operations. (Louis Kuhne). Published in Leipzig, Germany; later translated and published in US as The New Science of Healing (1899) and later (1917) by Lust as Neo-Naturopathy: The New Science of Healing or The Doctrine of Unity of Diseases. ••
Medical licensing law enacted in Washington
with irregular practitioners on board of examiners; includes “drugless practice”; in petition to governor WA Medical Society acknowledged that one-eighth of practitioners in state were irregulars.
ACADEMIC: INSTITUTIONS AND COUNCILS
Eclectic College of Physicians and
Surgeons founded in Indianapolis, IN; closed 1894.
Lincoln Medical College founded in Lincoln, NE; 1911, becomes Medical Department of Cotner University; 1915, renamed Lincoln Medical College, Eclectic; closure date unknown.
Southern Homeopathic Medical College founded in Baltimore, MD; 1907, renamed Atlantic Medical College; closed 1910.
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