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Naturopathic Medicine
HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL FORMATION TIMELINE
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
First known promotion of Australian materia medica after herbalist, George Blaker, reports to German colleagues his self-cure of rheumatism by sleeping under fresh gum leaves (eucalypt). First description of an Australian indigenous herb into the Western materia medica.
The Hydropathic Encyclopedia. (Russell T. Trall, MD). 1855
LEGISLATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
American Medical Association institutes aggressive application of the “consultation clause” in its code of ethics (1847) stating that orthodox physicians will lose AMA membership if they consult with a homeopath or any other “irregular” practitioner. ••
1856
ACADEMIC: INSTITUTIONS AND COUNCILS
Eclectic Medical College of Pennsylvania founded in Philadelphia, PA; closed 1880.
Eclectic College of Medicine and Surgery founded in Cincinnati, OH; first graduates, 1857. 1859, merged with Eclectic Medical Institute.
PRACTICE MODELS AND DELIVERY
(Leopold) Emanuel Felke (d. 1926) Protestant pastor, known as “the clay vicar.” Introduces loam baths to nature cure movement. Helps develop iridology and complex homeopathy. Student of Priessnitz, Kneipp, Hahnemann, Paracelsus. Felke Cure used nature (light, air, clay, etc.), health determinants to engage innate self-healing.
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HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL FORMATION TIMELINE
FOUNDATIONS OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
Eclectic Medical Journal of Philadelphia. (Ed., William Paine, later John Buchanan).
1857
ACADEMIC: INSTITUTIONS AND COUNCILS
Botanic Medical College founded in Memphis, TN. 1859, becomes Eclectic Medical Institute. Closed 1861.
New York Hygio-Therapeutic College, “hydropathic and physiological school” authorized to confer MD degree by state legislature; closed 1864.
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
The Epitome of the American Eclectic Practice of Medicine. (William Paine).
1859
ACADEMIC: INSTITUTIONS AND COUNCILS
Eclectic College of Medicine and Surgery formed by split from Eclectic Medical Institute.
Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital
of Chicago founded in Chicago, IL.; first graduates, 1861. 1904, merged with Chicago Homeopathic Medical College; closed after failed merger with Northwestern in 1921. ••
Homeopathic Medical College of Missouri founded in St. Louis, MO; first graduates,
1860. 1882, absorbed Hering Medical College and St. Louis College of Homeopathic Physicians and Surgeons. Closed 1909.
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