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A Living Chronicle: A Tapestry of People, Events and Institutions
FOUNDATIONS OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE
emotion; later summarized in Bodily Changes in Pain, Hunger, Fear and Rage (1915). Advanced understanding of chemical neurotransmission complexities, “homeostasis” (term coined by Cannon in 1926). In 1928, Cannon increased attention to clinical implications of his physiological discoveries. “All that I have done thus far in reviewing the various protective and stabilizing devices of the body is to present
a modern interpretation of the natural vis medicatrix.” ( (1987) “Walter B. Cannon, L. J. Henderson, and the Organic Analogy”, S. T. Cross and W. R. Albury. Osiris). ••
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ACADEMIC: INSTITUTIONS AND COUNCILS
Pulte Medical College (Homeopathic) founded
in Cincinnati, OH; first graduates 1873. 1910, merged with the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College to form the Cleveland-Pulte Medical College.
DEFINITIONS, ETHICS, PRINCIPLES, AND THEORY
Benedict Lust, MD, DO, DC, ND (d. 1945) Born
in Michelbach, Germany; founder, leader, and champion of naturopathy as a distinct medical profession. Visionary, publisher, and social activist. Envisioned NDs as ‘new’ physician-level profession practicing a traditionally-grounded innovative synthesis. Core role as US leader
from naturopathy’s emergence through early professionalization into midcentury crisis. Espoused “Natural Living Laws” and therapeutic universalism, integrating therapies from all schools of thought based on core naturopathic principles. Founded American School of Naturopathy (1901), American Naturopathic Association (1919); publisher of Naturopath and Herald of Health. Honored as “One of the five great
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Naturopaths of America” in 1947 at the Golden Jubilee Convention of the American Naturopathic Association. ••••
1873
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Medical Society of Washington Territory formed with one of seven physicians being an “irregular,” soon excluded.
ACADEMIC: INSTITUTIONS AND COUNCILS
American Medical College; Eclectic. 1910, dropped Eclecticism; merges with Barnes Medical College in 1911.
Physio-Medical College of Indiana founded in Indianapolis, IN; closed 1909.
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
Dinshah P. Ghadiali (d. 1966), inventor of
the Spectro-Chrome system, focusing light
beams through colored glass of specific frequencies. Through extensive documented research published in Visible Spectrum
Researcher he claimed that his instrument «acts upon the Physical Body, not by absorption or penetration, but by a process of Reinforcement
or Interference on the Radio Emanations of the Chemical Body, called the Aura or the Auric Vehicle.» Significant influence on contemporary and later color therapy and light therapeutics used by G.S. White, M.B. DeJarnette, P. Wendel, and other practitioners in the mid-20th century. Subject to attacks based on race and therapeutics, he was often arrested and had his research facility burned down by arson.
Fredrick W. Collins, MD, DO, ND, PhC (d. 1948) Embraced the eclectic aspects of naturopathic medicine. Educator and activist, influential in
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