Lectures On Homoeopathic Philosophy - Softcover

Kent, James Tyler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1428604901 ISBN 13: 9781428604902

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

Lectures On Homoeopathic Philosophy is a book written by James Tyler Kent, a renowned homeopath and teacher. This book is a collection of lectures on the principles and philosophy of homeopathy, a system of medicine based on the principle of ""like cures like."" Kent's lectures provide a comprehensive understanding of the principles of homeopathy, including the law of similars, the vital force, and the concept of cure. The book is divided into various chapters, each covering a different aspect of homeopathic philosophy, including the role of the physician, the selection of the remedy, the importance of the case-taking process, and the principles of cure. Kent's lectures are based on his extensive experience as a homeopath and teacher, and his insights and observations are invaluable to anyone interested in the practice of homeopathy. This book is an essential resource for homeopaths, students of homeopathy, and anyone interested in alternative forms of medicine.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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About the Author

James Tyler Kent, A.M., Chicago, Illinois, Professor of Materia Medica in Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago physician and author of several valuable medical works, is a native of the town of Woodhull, Steuben county, New York, born in 1849, son of Stephen Kent and Caroline Tyler, his wife. His elementary and secondary education was acquired in Franklin Academy, Prattsburg, and his higher education in Madison (now Colgate) University, Hamilton, New York, where he came to his degree, Ph.B., in 1868; A. M., 1870. He was educated in medicine in the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating there in 1871, and the Homoeopathic Medical College of Missouri, St. Louis, where he was awarded the diploma of that institution in 1889. Dr. Kent began his professional career in St. Louis as a physician of the eclectic school at the same time being actively connected with several eclectic journals in the capacity of writer and also took an earnest part in the councils of the Eclectic National College, St. Louis, 1877-78, about which time his attention was forcibly directed to homoeopathy, through the serious illness of his wife, whose case refused to yield to the treatment either of his own eclectic or the allopathic school practitioners, but was subdued by homoeopathic treatment. He then became a careful student of Hahnemann's Organon and other works of the new school, with result in his complete conversion to homoeopathy, his resignation from the Eclectic Medical Association in 1879 and his appointment to the chair of Anatomy in the Homoeopathic Medical College of Missouri, which he held from 1881 until 1883, and Professor of Materia Medica from 1883 until 1888. Later on he was dean and professor of Materia Medica in the Post-Graduate School of Homoeopathics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; dean and professor of materia medica in Dunham Medical College, Chicago; dean and professor of materia medica in Hering Medical College, Chicago; and in 1905 he held the same chair in Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago. Thus for more than thirty-five years Dr. Kent had been a conspicuous figure in medical circles, and for more than twenty-five years in teaching and practice under the law of similia; and he is looked upon as one of the ablest teachers and exponents of the homoeoapthic school in America. His contributions to the literature of the profession are known by their strength rather than their length, and include, more prominently, his "Repertory", "Homoeoapthic Philosophy" and "Lectures on Materia Medica". Among the various professional associations of which he was a member, the more prominent of them, were the Illinois State Homoeopathic Medical Society, the American Institute of Homoeopathy and the International Hahnemannian Association, besides which he held a honorary corresponding membership in the British Homoeopathic Medical Society.

Kent died, on June 6, 1916 at Stevensville, Montana. Reprinted from Lectures on Homeopathic Materia Medica.

Review

"There are three great epic works in the English language prior to the twentieth century: the translations of Homer, Melville's Moby Dick, and Kent's Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy."
- Theodore Enslin --Kent's Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy

Edition details

• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1428604901
• ISBN 13: 9781428604902
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 292