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Naturopathic Medicine
HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL FORMATION TIMELINE
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
1788 Isaac Jennings (d. 1874) Founder of Orthopathy. 1822, states “right action or right suffering, that disease was the right action of the body functioning under lawful and orderly conditions at all times”, gave insight into the theory of enervation. Debated Trall on theory of disease. Orthopathy renamed “Natural Hygiene” by Herbert Shelton.
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
1790 Hahnemann verifies curative action of Cinchona bark using homeopathic methodology of clinical provings.••
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
1794 Rev. Sylvester Graham (d. 1851) Health reform leader in early 1830s movement known as Grahamism; asserted that right living and proper hygiene can prevent illness, enhance health, and improve longevity. Carried his interpretation of Christian theology into moral and behavioral implications for health and disease. ••
1794 Wooster Beach, MD (d. 1868) Author, educator, and early leader of Reform Medicine and founder of the Eclectic medical
movement. Developed his own botanical medical system as an alternative to Regular medicine and the Thomsonians; founded Reformed Medical College of New York.•••
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
1796 Makrobiotik oder Die Kunst, das menschliche Leben zu verlangern (Macrobiotics, or the Art of Extending Human Life). (Christoph Hufeland). Focuses on moderation in all aspects of healthy living.
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HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL FORMATION TIMELINE
FOUNDATIONS OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE
PRACTICE MODELS AND DELIVERY
1798 Johann Schroth (d. 1856) Introduces moist heat therapy, light diet, and fasting treatment; opposed to Priessnitz’ cold water treatments and hearty diets. “Schroth Cure”, i.e., wet sheet packs, thirst, light diet, rest.
1798 William Alcott (d. 1859) Pioneered and advanced Hygienic tradition; collaborated with Sylvester Graham. Publications include Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men and Experience in All Ages; Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders.
PRACTICE MODELS AND DELIVERY
1799 Vincent Priessnitz (d. 1852) Major pioneer, renowned developer of hydrotherapy, with emphasis on cold water therapy. Broad long-term influence.
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HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
1800 Constantine Hering, MD (d. 1880) Father of American homeopathy; educator. MD graduate of University of Wuerzburg; highest honors; thesis “De Medicine Future” (The Medicine of Future). Originator of Hering’s Rule (Hering’s Law of Cure). Proved 72 substances including Lachesis. Published Guiding Symptoms, 10-volume materia medica. Co-founder, Allentown Academy (PA), Nordamerikanische Academie der Homoeopathische Heilkunst, first US homeopathic medical school.•••
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