HISTORY OF HOMîOPATHY
AND ITS INSTITUTIONS IN AMERICA
By William Harvey King, M. D., LL. D.
Presented by Sylvain Cazalet
CHAPTER IBy W. A. Dewey, M. D., Ann Arbor, Michigan.
HISTORY OF THE PERIODICAL LITERATURE
OF THE HOMîOPATHIC SCHOOL.
Editor of the Medical Century.
A profound study of the subject has convinced the writer that there is no more difficult task in historical research than that of compiling a history of the periodical literature of any branch of knowledge.
We have found this especially true in the history of homťopathic journalism. There is scarcely a periodical in our school, and we believe this condition exists everywhere, which, at some time of its existence, no matter how brief, has not changed either its name, its editorial staff, its policies ; its volume number or its publication office. To properly chronicle all these vicissitudes would take far more space than is allotted to this subject in this general history of homťopathy.
We have striven, in what follows, to be as exact as the data within our reach permits, and we crave the indulgence of our brother journalists for any shortcomings or inaccurate statements that may possibly mar this part of the work, assuring them that, if any such appear, it is the fault of the head, not the heart.
In considering the history of the periodical literature of the homťopathic school in America we shall follow as far as practicable the chronological order. The ever-changing features of some of our periodicals, their death and resurrection, their merging into others of a different name will, in a measure, prevent this order. Following the consideration of what may be termed the general periodical literature, we shall consider the special publications devoted to particular branches of homťopathic medicine, to the colleges, to the hospitals, concluding with a list of the current periodicals of the school.
The first periodical devoted to homťopathy published in the United States appeared in 1835, and bore the title ofThe American Journal of Homťopathia It was edited by Dr. John F. Gray and Dr. A. G. Hull. It was published in New York city, and the first number bears the date February. 1835. But four numbers were issued, the last bearing the date of August, 1835. It was intended for the profession and intelligent laymen, and contained articles on the characteristics and history of homťopathy. It contains many references to the early bibliography of the school, and number two mentions the proposed issuance of a German homťopathic journal. It gives the first intelligence of the starting of the "North American Academy of Homťopathia" at Allentown, and of the formation of the New York Homťopathic Society.
In October of the same year appeared a German periodical edited by Dr. Constantine Hering of Philadelphia, called theCorrespondenzblatt der Homťpathischen Arzte, the last number of which -and but fourteen were issued- contained a supplement called the Archivzettel, in which were short notes about various remedies, some of the reports of cases being published in England. It ceased to appear in 1837. Probably the only copy in existence is in the library of the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia.
An association of American physicians in 1838-39 issued six numbers of a periodical calledThe American Journal of Homťopathy, and a volume entitled Miscellanies on Homťopathy was issued about the same time. This was said to be one of the best books to put into the hands of physician or layman desirous of knowing something of homťopathy.
Perhaps the most important of the earlier periodicals of the school was theHomťopathic Examiner, which was issued monthly, edited by Dr. A. G. Hull, the first number appearing in January, 1840. It suspended publication in December, 1843, after three volumes had been issued. It reappeared in August, 1845, under the editorship of Dr. John F. Gray and Dr. C. J. Hempel. Two volumes of the new series appeared, publishing as appendices Rueckert's Therapeutics and Bťnninghausen's Intermittent Fever. It was a most valuable periodical, containing many useful articles, and the library that possesses the complete set is a fortunate one. In volume three may be found a popular lecture on homťopathy by William Cullen Bryant, who was then president of the New York Homťopathic Society. It chronicles the visit of the editor, Dr. A. G. Hull, to. Hahnemann in Paris, also the death of Hahnemann.
From 1845 to 1851 a number of periodicals appeared to have but a short life.The Homťopathic Pioneer was published in Syracuse, New York, with Drs. H. Hull Cator and L. M. Tracy as editors. Twelve numbers only were issued from July, 1845, to June, 1846. It was designed for a dissemination of popular views of homťopathic science. The South Western Homťopathic Journal and Review was the first periodical to appear in the west. It was edited by Dr. J. J. Temple, printed in St. Louis, Mo., and three volumes were issued. It began in August, 1847.
In 1848The North Western Journal of Homťopathia, with Dr. George E. Shipman, editor, appeared, with Chicago as the publication office. Four volumes were published. No journal did more to disseminate homťopathy among western physicians than this one. It must ever be regarded as one of the notable journals of the school. A single volume purporting to be a continuance of this journal appeared under the same name in 1858.
Wisconsin's first periodical was theMilwaukee Homťopathic Medical Reporter, edited by Dr. L. M. Tracy and J. Douglas. It was continued but a short time in 1848. It was criticized as being a medium for advertising the editors.
Photo : Current Homťopathic Periodicals.
The first homťopathic periodical appearing in the state of Michigan was calledThe Michigan Journal of Homťopathy. It started in November, 1848, with Drs. John Ellis and S. B. Thayer, editors. Publication office, Detroit. Not quite two volumes were issued.
In Ohio the first periodical of our school appeared February 8, 1848, in Cleveland, and was called theNorthern Ohio Medical and Scientific Examiner. Drs. A. W. Oliver and John Gilman were editors and publishers. After four issues its title was changed to The Ohio, Medical Examiner, and the publication office was changed to Columbus. It was the first journal of our school whose title did not bear the distinguishing name homťopathic or homťopathy.
The American Journal of Homťopathy, edited by Drs. S. R. Kirby and R. A. Snow, which was issued at first under the name of the New York Journal of Homťopathy, but was reprinted under the new title, was one of the notable journals in our early history. It began in 1846 and was discontinued in 1854. Eight volumes and four numbers of volume nine were issued. Its articles were crisp and fearless and breathed a loyal spirit toward homťopathy. It was first a bi-monthly, but finally became a monthly.
In 1850, Dr. Dio Lewis, the prominent hygienic reformer, started the first homťopathic periodical for the laity, under the title ofThe Homťopathist. It ran two years.
In Boston the first homťopathic magazine was a quarterly called theQuarterly Homťopathic Journal, and was edited by Drs. Joseph Birnstill and B. de Gersdorff, and was published by Otis Clapp. It ran through two series consisting of four volumes. The first number was published January, 1849. It recognized the existence of two parties in homťopathic ranks, those who accepted Hahnemann's theories of psora and the small dose, and those who did not.
The North American Homťopathic Journal was first issued in New York in February, 1851, with Drs. Constantine Hering, E. E. Marcy and J. W. Metcalf as editors. It was a quarterly periodical and ran for three years, when it was discontinued, to be revived two years later under the title of the North American Journal of Homťopathy, and under the editorship of Drs. E. E. Marcy, J. C. Peters, W. H. Holcombe and H. C. Preston. For fifty-four years this, the oldest of our periodicals, has fought the battles of homťopathy and recorded its history, and today its appearance is more vigorous than ever. The United States Journal of Homťopathy, a quarterly periodical which had an existence of two years and eight months under the editorship of Dr. E. E. Marcy, was merged into this journal in 1863. In its long life many editors have come and gone, but the name that shines out brightest of all, is that of Dr. Samuel Lilienthal of New York. He assumed the editorship with volume nineteen in 1871 and continued at the helm until 1885, when it was changed from a quarterly to a monthly, with Dr. G. M. Dillow as editor. He remained editor until 1892, when he was succeeded by Dr. Eugene H. Porter, the present incumbent.
The earlier volumes of the periodical contained many valuable studies on the materia medical publishing frequently as appendices complete pathogeneses of drugs.
To enumerate the various physicians of our school who have held subordinate places on its editorial staff would be to name a majority of the homťopathic physicians of prominence in the United States. During the last fifteen years just previous to 1886, while it was yet a quarterly, under the tireless and enthusiastic management of Dr. Lilienthal, it was the great, dignified and influential periodical of the homťopathic school. In his valedictory editorial, he called attention to the fact that the pages of the journal, owing to the few laborers, had to be filled with his own mental work and says : "Away with that lethargy which tolls the death knell to your journals." It was indeed and truly a "pathetic lay of an old worker."
The change from a quarterly to a monthly and the infusion of new business principles was largely forced by the growth of homťopathy and the appearance of other periodicals all over the country. There had been created a demand for a new order of homťopathic journalism. A more energetic form was demanded. On its change to a monthly and under the able business management of Dr. G. C. Sheldon, Dr. A. B. Norton, Dr. Irving Townsend and Dr. George W. Roberts, a new epoch in the popularity of the periodical was opened which has continued to the present time, and while the journal still retains its old dignity and conservativeness, it keeps in touch with the doings of the school. It has a good circulation and is uninfluenced by local periodicals. It has the unique distinction of being the oldest homťopathic periodical in the United States.
A large number of homťopathic periodicals have been devoted to the dissemination of homťopathy among the laity, and the usefulness of these is felt even today. Among the earlier ones we may mention, The Dayton Herald of Health, published in Dayton, Ohio ;The Homťopathic Advocate and Guide to Health, published in Keene, N. H., in 1851 ; The Homťopathic Medical News Letter, one year, 1851 ; The Carlisle Journal of Homťopathy, Carlisle, Pa., 1851 ; The Madison Homťopathist, Madison, Wis., 1854 ; The Family Journal of Homťopathy ; St. Louis, Mo., 1854 ; Humphrey's Journal of Specific Homťopathy, Auburn, N. Y., 1855 ; The Homťopathist, Vermont, 11, 1859 ; Home Papers, Chicago, Ill., 1866 ; The Homťopathic Expositor, Milwaukee, Wis., 1866 ; Popular Homťopathic Journal, Elgin, Ill., 1866 ; The Homťopathic Sun, New York, 1868 ; The Occidental, St. Louis, Mo., 1869 ; Family Medical Investigator, Kansas City, Mo., 1871 ; The Curopathist, Indianapolis, Ind., 1873 ; The Homťopathic Record, Chicago, M., 1878 ; The Investigator, Richmond, Va., 1879 ; The Homťopathic Expositor, Ithaca, N. Y., 1879 ; Health and Life, Philadelphia, Pa., 1880 ; Sanitary Gleanings, Philadelphia, Pa., 1884 ; The People's Health Journal of Chicago, 1885 ; The Popular Medical Examiner, New York, 1885 ; The Southern Journal of Health, Atlanta, Ga., 1885 ; The Health Record, Corning, N. Y., 1885 ; The Wayside, Nappanee, Ill., 1888 ; The Homťopathic Advocate and Health Journal or The Baltimore Family Health Journal, Baltimore, 1889-91 ; The Herald of Health and Homťopathy, San Francisco, Cal., 1890 ; The Homťopathic Guide, Louisville, Ky., 1895 ; American Climates and Resorts, Philadelphia, Pa., 1893 ; The North Western Sanatarian, Kenosha, Wis., 1894 ; The Medical Mission Herald, Chicago, Ill., 1895 ; American Health and Life, New York, 1903 ; Herald of Health and Homťopathy, Oakland, Cal., 1901.
All these had but brief lives, yet all served an excellent purpose and one can easily see from the places whence they emanated the wide field their usefulness covered.
In 1890, Mr. E. P. Anshutz, connected with the firm of Boericke & Tafel, the well known pharmacists, established theHomťopathic Envoy, a popular journal published monthly for propagating the true medical faith. It is still existent and is a most useful campaign magazine conducted with "the unanswerable logic that so grandly characterized the older homťopathic domestic journals."
Dr. Rebecca R. George, Indianapolis, Ind.
Dr. Julia C. Loss, Harrisburg, Pa.
Dr. Martha G. Ripley, Minneapolis, Minn.
Dr. Millie J. Chapman, Pittsburg, Pa.
Dr. Clara Barrus, Middletown, N. Y.
Dr. Annie S. Higbie, New York City.
Dr. Issie S. Powers, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Dr. Carrie B. Banning, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Dr. Anna D. Varner, Wilkinsburg, Pa.
The Philadelphia Journal of Homťopathy appeared in 1852, edited by William A. Gardiner, J. F. Geary and A. E. Small. It was continued four years. The best physicians of the school were contributors. It is a most valuable work of reference.
The Chicago Homťopath appeared in Chicago in 1854, conducted by Dr. D. S. Smith, Dr. S. W. Graves and Dr. Reuben Ludlam. Three volumes were issued. The best of its kind for the non-professional reader.
The Homťopath, a semi-monthly journal, appeared in 1858 with Dr. C. Hering and Dr. A. Lippe at Philadelphia in 1854, and was devoted chiefly to pointing out mistakes in the symptomen-codex. But few numbers were published. It was the first periodical issued by Boericke and Tafel as publishers. There was considerable controversy between the Philadelphia Journal of Homťopathy and this publication.
The Homťopath, a semi-monthly journal, appeared in 1858 with Dr. C. E. Blumenthal as editor. It ran one year.
The American Homťopathic Review, with Henry M. Smith, editor, appeared in New York in 1858. It was edited later by Drs. P. P. Wells and Carroll Dunham. Six volumes were published, and it was considered one of the best periodicals of the time and contained many studies on the materia medica. It was first issued as a protest to the mongrel homťopathy then appearing in the North American Journal of Homťopathy.
The American. Journal of Materia Medica began in 1860, under the editorship of Dr. George E. Shipman. Four numbers were issued, containing chiefly a record of provings of different remedies.
In March, 1860, appeared the first number of a periodical which was destined to have a long and useful career. It was called at firstThe Medical Investigator. It was started largely for advertising purposes, but in 1867 became a monthly journal of medicine and collateral sciences under the editorship of Dr. T. C. Duncan, who continued as editor throughout the life of the periodical. Former volumes were edited by Drs. Reuben Ludlam, E. M. Hale and G. E. Shipman, Eleven volumes were issued under this name. In 1875 it was re-issued under the name of The United States Medical Investigator, which was practically a consolidation of the United States Medical and Surgical Journal, a quarterly edited by Dr. George E. Shipman and later by Dr. A. E. Small, which had run through nine volumes from 1865 to 1875, and The Medical Investigator. Dr. Shipman's journal was one of the best in the school, publishing many articles by Ludlam, Hale, Dunham and Holcombe. It is a veritable Arcana of early homťopathic history in the west.
The new periodical became a weekly and was so continued until the end of 1884, after which it was issued monthly until 1891, when it appeared as a quarterly. Four numbers were issued monthly in 1892, with Dr. Charles H. Evans, editor. Throughout its existence it was one of the great periodicals of the school and wielded an influence that was far-reaching and beneficial to the cause of homťopathy.
In July, 1864,The American Homťopathist appeared in Cincinnati. Its editor was Dr. Charles Cropper. It became with volume two an adjunct to the Cleveland Homťopathic College, and at the end of volume four it was united with the Ohio Medical and Surgical Reporter, with Dr. T. P. Wilson as editor. The latter periodical was intimately connected with the college, having the faculty as collaborators. With volume six Drs. J. D. Buck and H. F. Biggar became associate editors, and with volume eight, Dr. W. A. Phillips was editor and Dr. H. F. Biggar surgical editor. It was continued until November, 1877, ceasing publication with volume eleven, number six.
Perhaps no journal in the homťopathic school acquired a greater popularity, was better edited, or had a wider respect than theAmerican Homťopathic Observer, which appeared in Detroit in 1864, with Dr. Edwin A. Lodge as editor, and which was continued to his death, when it ceased after an issuance of twenty volumes and four numbers. Although commonly known as "Lodge's journal," and to him belongs the credit of its editorial policy, yet much of its success was due to the able corps of workers with which he surrounded himself. Among these we find the names of Drs. Bushrod W. James, Samuel Lilienthal, E. C. Franklin, N. B. Delamater, Samuel A. Jones, H. P. Gatchell, C. P. Hart, E. C. Price, H. C. Houghton, G. S. Norton, Clifford Mitchell, Samuel Worcester, L. G. Van Scoyoc, J. W. Dowling and others equally well known to homťopathic fame. There is no periodical of what we may call "old times" which contains a greater mine of information as to homťopathic history and homťopathic materia medica than is to be found in the twenty volumes of the American Homťopathic Observer.
In 1865 the first number of theHahnemannian Monthly appeared, which may be considered as the second oldest of our homťopathic periodicals of the present day. Its first editors were Drs. J. H. P. Frost and Adolph Lippe. These were followed in order by Drs. R. J. McClatchey, W. H. Winslow, E. A. Farington, Pemberton Dudley, Clarence Bartlett and W. W. VanBaun. In 1901 it again came under the editorship of Dr. Bartlett, its present editor. It has always been one of the stalwart periodicals of the school. It was started as the organ of the Homťopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania and was conducted by the faculty of that college. The large alumni of the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia, with which institution it has always remained intimately connected, have been warm supporters of the journal. Its field is not, however, wholly confined to the alumni of the college, as its excellence and able management have caused it to earn much outside circulation and influence.
The New England Medical Gazette began publication in 1866. Its first editor was Dr. H. C. Angell. He was followed in order by Drs. I. T. Talbot, C. F. Nichols, Walter Wesselhoeft, H. A. Chase, Herbert Clapp, J. P. Sutherland, J. L. Coffin and Temple Lovering, its present editor. It is still current, and is a dignified periodical, conserving the interests of the publishers, Messrs. Otis Clapp & Sons, the Boston University School of Medicine, and homťopathy in general in New England.
In 1867 there appeared one number of theAmerican Homťopathic Record, edited by Henry M. Smith. This was the first periodical authorized by the American Institute of Homťopathy. Its publication met with such strong opposition that no more numbers were issued.
The American Journal of Homťopathic Materia Medica was the title of a publication appearing in Philadelphia in 1867, with Dr. Constantine Hering and Noah Martin as editors. During its life of nine volumes it added to its title page The Journal of Homťopathic Clinics and The American Journal of Materia Medica and Record of Medical Science. It was in reality a college periodical, being conducted essentially by the faculty of the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia. It contained many valuable papers and additions to our materia medica.
The first periodical devoted to the interests of what some called pure homťopathy appeared in Buffalo in 1869, with Dr. Rollin Gregg as editor, under the name ofThe Homťopathic Quarterly. It was devoted chiefly to the elucidation of Dr. Gregg's theory of phthisis pulmonalis. But two volumes were published.
The Medical Union commenced publication in New York in January, 1873, with Dr. Egbert Guernsey as managing editor. Two volumes were issued. About the same time the New York Journal of Homťopathy appeared under the auspices of the New York Homťopathic Medical College, with Drs. William Tod Helmuth and T. F. Allen as editors, followed in volume two with Dr. Samuel A. Jones as general editor. Two volumes were published, and in 1875 this, with the preceding publication, consolidated, becoming volume three of the Homťopathic Times, under the editorship of Drs. Egbert Guernsey, Alfred K. Hills and J. B. Gilbert. It had a successful career in the homťopathic school until 1881, when the name "Homťopathic" was dropped from its title, becoming The New York Medical Times. Homťopathy entirely disappeared from its pages and its entire homťopathic support left it. It was thereupon dropped from the American institute list of homťopathic periodicals. It was the first and we believe only periodical of our school that went over to allopathy. It is still there, but has little respect or support, at least, from our own school.
TheCincinnati Medical Advance appeared in 1873, with Dr. T. P. Wilson as general editor. It was published under this name for thirteen years, becoming then the Ann Arbor Medical Advance, and two years later The Medical Advance, with Dr. H. C. Allen, editor. It published with volume fourteen, as an appendix, The American Homťopathic Journal of Obstetrics. It continued to be published in Chicago, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and later again in Chicago until volume thirty, 1893, when its editor changed to Dr. H. W. Pierson of Chicago. Dr. Pierson issued it under its own name until 1895, when it was changed to The Hahnemannian Advocate, continuing under this name until it ceased publication in December, 1902. In July, 1898, though having sold the periodical to Dr. Pierson, Dr. Allen revived it under its own name, under which it is still published as the organ of Hering Medical College and high potency homťopathy. After a number of years in which its appearance was somewhat irregular, it appears in a regular monthly issue.
The California Medical Times was the first journal devoted to homťopathy on the Pacific coast. It was edited by Dr. D. A. Hitler and Dr. Sidney Worth. Four numbers were issued in 1877. This was followed in 1882 by The California Homťopath, with Dr. William Boericke as editor. The first five volumes were published bi-monthly. With volume six Dr. W. A. Dewey became co-editor, and with volume eight Dr. Charles L. Tisdale was added to the editorial corps. With volume nine Dr. H. R. Arndt became editor and its name was changed to the Pacific Coast Journal of Homťopathy, under which title it still appears, although in a larger form. It has ever been one of the important periodicals of the school, conserving its interests in that vast territory lying west of the Rocky mountains.
The American Homťopathist began publication in 1877, with Dr. J. P. Mills, editor, as a Chicago publication. With volume four the name became The American Homťopath changing back to its old title at the beginning of volume eleven, in 1885. Dr. C. E. Blumenthal succeeded Dr. Mills as editor. In 1879 the publication office was removed to New York. Dr. George W. Winterburn succeeded Dr. Blumenthal as editor. Following him came Dr. B. F. Underwood, and in January, 1888, Dr. Frank Kraft, the present editor, assumed charge. It was changed to a semi-monthly in 1892, and continued to be published twenty-four times a year until January, 1902, when it returned to its monthly form and dropped the name "Homťopathist," becoming the American Physician. It is gratifying, however, to state that its homťopathy was not dropped, and to feel secure that it never will be dropped while Dr. Frank Kraft remains editor. It ranks high in the list of homťopathic periodicals. Its editorial expressions are much prized, for the editor is one of those who has for a motto, "hew to the line ; let the chips fall as they may."
The Medical Investigator was the title of a publication appearing in St. Louis, Mo., in 1856. It was edited by Dr. D. White, and was published but a few months. The next periodical in that city appeared in 1859, and was called The Western Homťopathic Journal of Homťopathy, with Dr. E. C. Franklin as editor. Only five or six numbers appeared. In 1863 The Western Homťopathic Observer, conducted by Dr. William Tod Helmuth, appeared, and continued until 1871, seven volumes being issued. In 1868 Dr. John Conzelman edited and published The Homťopathic Independent. It was continued about one year, the faculty of the Homťopathic Medical College of Missouri becoming the ultimate publishers. Dr. Conzelman also issued a Homťopathic Semi-Monthly Magazine. The St. louis Clinical Review appeared in 1878, Dr. P. G. Valentine, editor. In 1884 it was united with the St. Louis Periscope of Homťopathic Medicine and Surgery, which was edited by Dr. E. C. Franklin, becoming The St. Louis Periscope and Clinical Review. Nine volumes in all were issued. Its editors, besides the above mentioned, were Drs. W. B. Edmonds, S. B. Parsons, Frank Kraft and J. M. Kershaw. The last issue appeared in December, 1886.
The Medical Counselor was first published in Chicago in 1879. Its first editor was Dr. J. P. Mills, who also was the first editor of the American Homťopathist With volume three Dr. H. R. Arndt became editor.
It was first published as a monthly, but with volume six it became a weekly. In 1882 it removed to Grand Rapids and was issued semi-monthly. With volume eleven the name was changed toThe Medical Counselor and Michigan Journal of Homťopathy. In 1887 it became a monthly, with Dr. D. A. MacLachlan as sole editor. It continued publication until December, 1889, when it became merged into the Medical Era. Another periodical of the same name was started in Detroit in 1896. Its chief object was to champion the cause of the removal of the homťopathic department of the University of Michigan to Detroit. This object having failed, the, journal continued to appear and is now current under the editorship of a board of editors, being practically the organ of the Detroit Homťopathic College. It appeared in new form January ; 1905.
A bi-monthly under the title of theChicago Medical Review was issued in 1880. But two numbers were given out.
ThePhysician's and Surgeon's Investigator appeared in Buffalo in 1880. It ran through ten volumes and had as editors Drs. A. A. Hubbell, S. N. Brayton, Asa S. Couch, F. Parke Lewis, George W. Lewis, Jr., Louis A. Bull and J. M. Lee.
The Homťopathic Physicians, which represented the extreme high potency branch of the homťopathic school, was established in 1882. It was issued in Philadelphia and continued until 1893. Its editors were Drs. E. J. Lee and Walter M. James. It was devoted to Hahnemannian homťopathy, and published a large number of valuable appendices.
Photo : Frank Kraft, M. D.
A number of smaller journals appeared about this time, most of them being doomed to a brief life ; such wereThe Medical Call, published at Quincy, Ill., edited by Drs. W. D. Foster and O. H. Crandall, commenced in 1881 and continued through three or four volumes ; The Medical Herald of St. Louis, of which but one copy was issued ; The Homťopathic Courier of St. Louis, of which two volumes were issued ; The Homťopathic leader of New York, Dr. Walter Y. Cowl, editor, two numbers only being issued.
The Texas Homťopathic Pellet was issued in 1883, "to familiarize the people of Texas with the truths of Homťopathy." Dr. C. E. Fisher was the editor. Two volumes were issued, when its name was changed to The Southern Homťopathic Pellet. Two volumes were issued under this name from the publication office at Austin, Texas. Its name was again changed to The Southern Journal of Homťopathy, under which it continued until September, 1897, when it became the American Medical Monthly, Dr. Fisher having been succeeded as editor by Dr. E. C. Price of Baltimore, to which place the periodical removed. Under this name it is still published in that city until recently, when it was suspended. The Southern Journal of Homťopathy, under the able editorship of Dr. Fisher, was one of the liveliest journals of the school, keenly alert to the needs of the profession, not only of Texas and the south, but all over the United States.
The Medical Era was started as a trade publication by Messrs. Gross & Delbridge, homťopathic pharmacists of Chicago, in 1883. Dr. T. D. Williams was editor, and was succeeded by Dr. Charles Gatchell. In 1889 it acquired the Medical Counselor, and continued publication until January, 1893, when its properties became vested in the Medical Century, and it was consolidated with that publication. Trouble over the consolidation having arisen, Dr. Gatchell revived the Era, and its publication as a monthly periodical was continued until December, 1902, when it was merged into the Clinique, Dr. Gatchell continuing as editor.
The Clinical Review was published in Cleveland, with Dr. C. L. Cleveland as editor. It ran from November, 1885, to August, 1887.
The Wisconsin Medical Record was published in the interests of the Wisconsin Homťopathic Medical Society in 1885. But one number appeared.
The Medical Current, which was a continuation of the Electro-Clinical Record, commenced publication in 1886, with Dr. Henry Sherry as editor. He was followed by Dr. W. E. Reed. The first numbers were issued irregularly, ceasing for two years from 1887 to 1889, when it was revived with Dr. Eugene F. Storke, editor, who was followed by Dr. Wilson A. Smith. The issue of 1887 was a quarto ; other volumes were in octavo form. The last issue was number three of volume twelve, March, 1896.
The Clinical Record was published for a few issues in Chicago in 1889. The Surgical Record of Omaha, Nebraska, commenced in January, 1888. Drs. E. F. Allen and D. A. Foote were the editors. Its name was subsequently changed to the Medical and Surgical Record, and was published under this name to its discontinuance in January, 1892.
The North Western Journal of Homťopathy was first published at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1889, with Dr. A. C. Cowperthwaite as editor. It was a well conducted publication and ran successfully until volume four, number nine, when its properties vested in the Medical Century, and its editor assumed charge of the materia medica department of that periodical.
The Journal of Homťopathics, devoted to the philosophy of homťopathy, commenced in April, 1889, in New York, with Dr. Harlyn Hitchcock as editor. It was discontinued after two volumes and eight numbers. In April, 1897, another periodical bearing the same name and devoted to high potency homťopathy was started in Philadelphia, with Dr. J. T. Kent as editor. It ran until volume seven, in 1903, when in December of that year it joined the Medical Advance. Dr. Harvey Farington was editor of the journal following Dr. Kent.
The New Remedies, edited by Dr. James E. Gross and Dr. E. M. Hale, appeared in Chicago in 1880. It gave a monthly epitome of progress in the homťopathic materia medica and therapeutics. It was published monthly, ending December, 1892, when it became a part of the Medical Century.
Two numbers ofMedical Topics were published in Chicago in 1890.
In Minnesota there appeared as early as 1854The Minnesota Homťopath, published in St. Paul, a few numbers only being issued. In 1886 appeared the Minnesota Medical Monthly, which was edited by Dr. W. E. Leonard of Minneapolis. It ran through two volumes and four numbers, discontinuing in April, 1888. The Medical Argus was published in Minneapolis in 1891 ; with Dr. F. F. Casseday, editor, about eight volumes being issued. The Minneapolis Homťopathic Magazine first appeared in 1892, with Dr. H. C. Aldrich as editor, and continued until December, 1903, running through ten volumes. These last three periodicals were well edited and did good work for homťopathy in the northwest.
In January, 1893, appeared the first issue of theMedical Century, the character of which was different from any other that had preceded it in our school. The growth of homťopathy and its institutions had made requirements that the publishers of the new venture did not think were fulfilled by the existing periodical literature, and the Medical Century was inaugurated as "an independent, high-minded, international medical newspaper." It occupied a field that had not previously been filled, and it has since made a place for itself. It sprang at once into popularity and soon acquired a large and widespread circulation. Its editor, Dr. C. E. Fisher, who was former editor of the Southern Journal of Homťopathy, and who was known throughout the profession, put all his energy into the building up of the periodical. It absorbed first, the New Remedies, which was a trade journal published by Gross and Delbridge of Chicago, and then the North-Western Journal of Homťopathy, whose editor was Dr. A. C. Cowperthwaite. Thus it had the advantage over new ventures in the journalistic field by starting into life with an established circulation. In March, 1893, it acquired by purchase the list and patronage of the Medical Era. Although some difficulty arose over this purchase, the Era brought to the Century a large support, which materially extended its field. In after years the Century combined with the Homťopathic Journal of Surgery, which had but a brief existence.
The Century was published in Chicago by the Medical Century Company, which was incorporated under the laws of Illinois, until January, 1896, when it removed to New York, whence it has since been issued, though still retaining its Chicago office.
The first volume was issued monthly, a daily edition appearing during the week of the combined meeting of the American Institute of Homťopathy and the International Homťopathic Congress in Chicago in June, 1893. The second, third and fourth volumes were published semi-monthly. With the beginning of volume five it returned to the monthly form in which it is still issued.
As before stated, it was edited by Dr. C. E. Fisher. At the beginning of volume two, January 1, 1894, Dr. W. A. Dewey's name appeared as associate editor. In 1900 Dr. Dewey acquired control of the property of the company, reorganized the same, and on January 1, 1901, assumed full editorial control, since which time no change has been made.
The Medical Century is looked upon everywhere in the profession with respect and favor ; it has no rivals, and so far as known, no enemies. It stands for the cause of homťopathy and its dissemination, and is ever willing to condemn those who are disloyal and disrespectful to it. While it is not the oldest of our periodicals, and while the writer would be too modest to call it the ablest, he has no hesitation in saying that it certainly is the widest read of all our periodicals.
The Medical Arena was established in Kansas City in 1892, with Dr. S. C. Delap as editor. It was first called The Medical Standard. One number was published under this name. It then became The Keynote of Homťopathy, the remaining issues of volume one being of this name. It then became the Medical Arena. It championed the new Kansas City Homťopathic Medical College. It was a good, staunch homťopathic periodical, exercising a good influence until 1903, when it abandoned the homťopathic camp, after twelve years of good service, going over to the eclectic school of medicine. It does not appear listed in the transactions of the American Institute of Homťopathy (1904) among the journals of the school.
The Medical Forum appeared in Kansas City January 1, 1904, and is still current. It is edited by Dr. Charles Ott, and is devoted to the interests of the Kansas City Hahnemann Medical College.
TheDenver Journal of Homťopathy, with Dr. S. S. Smythe and Dr. S. S. Kehr as editors, began publication in October, 1894, about the time of the establishment of the homťopathic college in Denver. It continued under this name until the end of volume three. Volume four opened under the name of The Critique, by which it is still known. With volume ten, number one, Dr. J. W. Mastin became the editor. It is now in its twelfth volume, and is one of the good local periodicals of the school.
In January, 1903, another periodical, calledProgress, appeared in Denver under the editorship of Dr. David A. Strickler. This periodical also is current, is well conducted, and is a credit to the school. The third volume opened with 1905.
The Medical Magazine was the name of a periodical edited by Dr. Harvey B. Dale, and which appeared in Milwaukee, Wis., September 1, 1901. It ran through three volumes, ceasing publication in 1903.
The first periodical to be devoted to a specialty in the homťopathic school was The Homťopathic Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women, which appeared in New York, with Dr. Henry Minton as editor. It first appeared quarterly. Dr. L. L. Danforth succeeded Dr. Minton as editor, and in 1886 its name was changed to Homťopathic Journal of Obstetrics, GynŠcalogy, and PŠdology, and it was issued bi-monthly. Dr. Phil. Porter succeeded Dr. Danforth as editor. He was succeeded by the publisher, who ran the editorial part for some years, and after him came Drs. "G. W. Winterburn, B. F. Underwood and G. F. Honan, the latter being its present editor. On January 1, 1905, the name "Homťopathic" was taken from its title page, and it became the Journal of Surgery, GynŠcology and Obstetrics.
A single volume of theMedico-Chirurgical Quarterly was published in New York in 1880. Drs. John Butler and G. M. Dillow were the editors.
The Journal of Ophthalmology, Otology and Laryngology was a quarterly publication founded by Dr. George S. Norton in New York in 1889. Dr. Charles Deady succeeded Dr. Norton as editor, and he was succeeded by Dr. J. L. Moffat. It continued publication until 1904, when it was discontinued.
The Journal of Electro-Therapeutics commenced publication in 1890 in New York. Dr. W. H. King was editor.
The Journal of Orificial Surgery, which was devoted to orificial philosophy, commenced publication in Chicago in 1892, with its founder, Dr. E. H. Pratt, as editor, and continued through nine volumes, ceasing in 1901.
The Homťopathic Eye and Ear Journal began publication in 1895. It is the official organ of the Ophthalmological, Otological and Laryngological Society, and publishes its transactions. Dr. A. B. Norton of New York was editor until the close of 1904. With the new volume of 1905, Drs. J. L. Moffat and A. Worrall Palmer are the editors.
The Homťopathic Journal of Surgery and GynŠcology was issued by the Medical Century Co. January 1, 1898. There were only two numbers issued, each finely illustrated. It then became a part of the Medical Century. The Journal of Pediatrics, published in Buffalo, New York, edited by Dr. J. G. Chadwick, appeared January 1, 1902, and ran until March, 1903, when it was discontinued.
A number of our foremost periodicals have upheld the interests of the local college in the place of their publication, as we have heretofore mentioned. In fact there are but three periodicals of the school that are absolutely without entangling influences.
The first periodical devoted particularly to college interests was calledThe College Journal, and was connected with the St. Louis Homťopathic College in 1860. But two numbers were published.
Four numbers of theMichigan Journal of Homťopathy, devoted to the interests of the Detroit Homťopathic College, were issued in 1872, with Dr. E. R. Ellis as editor and proprietor.
A few numbers of a periodical issued by the homťopathic association of Boston University in 1873 was called theRecord. It had "similia similibus curantur" as the motto.
In 1875 appearedThe Clinic, published by the faculty of the Cleveland Homťopathic College. Only a few numbers were issued.
The Northwestern Annalist was launched at Dubuque, Iowa, in 1876, with Dr. E. A. Guilbert as editor. But four numbers were issued and they were devoted to championship of the struggle to introduce a homťopathic department in the State University of Iowa.
In 1880The Clinique, the organ of the Hahnemann hospital and college of Chicago, started into existence. It contained a monthly abstract of the proceedings of the clinical society of the hospital, and under the able management of its editor Dr. Reuben Ludlam it became one of the valuable periodicals of the school. Dr. H. V. Halbert succeeded Dr. Ludlam as editor, and the periodical maintained its high place in our periodical literature under his energetic management. In 1904 it consolidated with the Medical Era under the editorship of Dr. Charles Gatchell. It is now published under its old name, with a new dress.
The Chironian was the first college periodical issued by the students of a homťopathic college. Its first issue bears the date October 22, 1884, and is connected with the New York Homťopathic Medical College and Hospital. Its first editor was Dr. Eugene H. Porter, now editor of the North American Journal of Homťopathy. Its editors and business managers are chosen exclusively from the student body annually. It was at first published during the college year, but now appears monthly in the interests of the college. Dr. Percy W. Shedd is the present editor.
The Medical Institute of Philadelphia, the student publication of the Hahnemann College, commenced in January, 1886. As with the Chironian, the editor is chosen from the senior class. Each volume is composed of six numbers. With number three of volume four it became The Medical Institute of The Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia. In 1893 it became simply The Institute, and in 1894, The Hahnemannian Institute, under which name it is still published. A Quarterly Bulletin of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia was first issued in 1904. It is devoted to the interests of higher medical education.
The faculty of the Homťopathic Medical College of Missouri established in 1888The Clinical Reporter. I. D. Foulon was editor. This continued until the end of 1894. In December of that year there appeared in St. Louis, under the editorship of Dr. W. A. Edmonds, The St. Louis Journal of Homťopathy. This ran through four issues until April, 1895, when the words "and Clinical Reporter" were added to the title page. In February, 1897, the words "St. Louis Journal of Homťopathy" were dropped, and it again became the Clinical Reporter, under which name it is still issued. Following Dr. Edmonds as editor, came Drs. J. M. Kershaw, I. D. Foulon and D. M. Gibson, the latter its present editor.
The Medical Student, the undergraduate publication of the Boston University School of Medicine, was established in 1888. Its editor is chosen from the student body. It is still issued.
The College Argus was a quarterly publication of the Cleveland Homťopathic Hospital College. It commenced in November, 1889, with Dr. Kent B. Waite as editor. With volume two it was called The Argus, Dr. Frank Kraft becoming the editor. It ceased publication after a few volumes.
The Pulte Quarterly, published in the interests of Pulte Medical College of Cincinnati, and edited by Dr. Thomas M. Stewart, appeared in 1890. It ran through three volumes and three numbers and was an excellent periodical.
The Ann Arbor Alumnus, edited by R. S. Copeland, appeared in 1890. It was devoted to the interests of the alumni of the homťopathic department of the University of Michigan. But three numbers were issued. In the winter of 1897 the regents of the university authorized the publication of a Bulletin to offset the attempt to remove the department of homťopathy from the university. But one issue was published. Since then an annual, the first number of which was published in 1900, has been issued by the student body of the department, under the name of Phials. In 1903 a quarterly was issued in the interests of the department, and was called The University Homťopathic Observer. It is still current and is edited by the faculty.
The University of the State of Iowa also has issued a Bulletin from time to time, reviewing the work of the homťopathic department.
The Argonaut was published quarterly, with Dr. Kent B. Waite as editor, in the interests of the Cleveland Medical College, in 1890.
The Bulletin of Medical Instruction was published first in 1894 in connection with the Boston University School of Medicine, Dr. W. I. Talbot, editor ; two volumes only appeared. The Hahnemannian Pulse was issued by the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago in November, 1892. Hering Medical College of Chicago issued a quarterly Bulletin in September, 1895. In October, 1895, the Chicago Homťopathic Medical College issued The Homťopathic Student. It ran through nine volumes and was succeeded in July, 1904, by The Chicago Homťopathic Medical College Bulletin, with Dr. C. A. Weirick, editor. It ceased publication on the consolidation of the Chicago Homťopathic College and Hahnemann Medical College, in December, 1904. It ran through three numbers. Dr. C. A. Harkness was assistant editor.
The Cresset is the name of the college publication of the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women. It appeared in 1887 and was issued during the college year.
A Post Graduate Bulletin was issued in Chicago in March, 1897. The Cleveland Homťopathic College issued a Bulletin in 1898. The Dunham Medical College of Chicago commenced in May, 1899, the publication of a pretentious quarterly which was short lived, only a few issues appearing. The Alumni News Letter was issued quarterly by the Chicago Homťopathic Medical College in 1901. Dr. T. E. Costain was editor. Three or four volumes were issued. There also was a Bulletin of this college, issued in 1899. The Chicago Homťopath commenced publication in October, 1894, in the interest of the Chicago Homťopathic Medical College. The Hahnemann Periscope is the name of the publication of the Hahnemann Medical College of the Pacific. It started in 1901, and is still issued at infrequent intervals. The Indicator was established in 1893 in Cleveland, edited by Dr. B. B. Viets.
It was the organ of the Cleveland Homťopathic Medical College. It ran through a few volumes.
There was alsoThe Student News Letter and Hospital Tidings, published by the Chicago Homťopathic Medical College.
In January, 1900, appeared theCleveland Homťopathic Reporter, a bi-monthly publication devoted to the interests of the Cleveland Homťopathic Medical College. It was edited by Dr. J. Richey Horner. It contained a history of the Cleveland college ably written by Dr. D. H. Beckwith of Cleveland, which ran through several numbers. In January, 1902, after two volumes had been issued under this name, it was changed to the Cleveland Medical and Surgical Reporter, desiring to be considered a redivivus of the old Ohio Medical and Surgical Reporter, which, as previously stated, ceased publication with volume eleven, number six, in 1877, the name being a combination of the two. An error was made, however, in the volume number, the first number of 1902 being called volume ten, number one. The periodical is a credit to the college and the profession, is still current and keenly alive to not only college interests but homťopathic interests in Ohio.
There have been two publications devoted to college fraternities,The Alpha Sigma Quarterly, which commenced in 1902 and is still issued, and The Phi Alpha Gamma Quarterly, which was first issued by that fraternity in 1901, and is still current.
PERIODICALS DEVOTED TO HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES.
Drs. J. M. Buzzell and D. White issued in 1859 as an advertisement for Dr. Buzzell's private hospital in Springfield, Mass., two numbers of a publication called The Homťopathist.
There was aHomťopathic Hospital Reporter published by the Cleveland Homťopathic Hospital in 1868.'
Faith's Record was the title of a journal published as an aid to the Chicago Foundling Home in 1871, by Dr. George E. Shipman.
The Periscope appeared in 1878 as the organ of the Remedial Institute Co. of Dubuque, Ia. Its editor was Dr. R. S. Gee.
A Monthly Record is published in connection with the Five Points House of Industry, which institution is under homťopathic control.
TheHahnemannian Advocate appeared in 1879 as the organ of the Hahnemann Homťopathic Hospital of Rochester, New York. It is a monthly publication and is still current.
The Keystone is the name of a paper published in the interests of the Buffalo Homťopathic Hospital in 1889, and the same year there was started The Hospital Leaflet, which is still current.
AHospital Leaflet also was started in the interests of the Rochester Homťopathic Hospital about 1889. It is still current.
The Compass, with Dr. S. H. Knight, editor, was published in Grace Hospital, Detroit, in 1890.
The Hospital Visitant was published in Portland, Me. Grace Hospital Gazette was published in Detroit as a continuation of the Compass, commencing January, 1895. The Denver Homťopathic Hospital Envoy appeared in January, 1896. The Fitchburg Homťopathic Hospital News appeared in April, 1896. Hospital Tidings was issued in Philadelphia in 1895, and The Hospital Messenger in 1898. The Brooklyn Homťopathic Hospital Bulletin and The Syracuse Homťopathic Hospital Record, which succeeded the Syracuse Clinic, which first appeared March, 1898, are the latest hospital periodicals.
PERIODICALS DEVOTED TO PHARMACIES AND PUBLISHING HOUSES.
While a number of the periodicals heretofore chronicled have been published by homťopathic pharmacies and doubtless conserved the interests of the same, there are a number of periodicals that deserve to be classed as exclusive trade journals. The line, however, cannot be made absolute, for many of them have exercised a far reaching good for the cause of homťopathy, independent of their trade affiliations. The classification is made more difficult and unsatisfactory from the fact that some have combined college and pharmacy interests.
A journal called theHomťopathic Journal of Materia Medical Chemistry and Toxicology was issued by Williams & Dwight, homťopathic pharmacists in Chicago, in 1867. It was discontinued after the issuance of a few numbers.
The Homťopathic News was the title of a publication put forth by Luyties homťopathic pharmacy of St. Louis in 1871, previous to which it had been a circular. It continued as a legitimate trade publication until about 1890, when it degenerated not only into a purely trade publication pirating upon all other publications of the school without credit, but also into a kind of a non-homťopathic sheet, in the field for revenue only. It was never listed in the American institute as a homťopathic periodical, and it died a natural death about 1901.
In 1871 appeared Boericke & Tafel'sQuarterly Bulletin of Homťopathic Literature. It was a most valuable publication and was issued gratuitously until 1885, when it was succeeded by The Homťopathic Recorder. This is a high-class trade journal, and was published bi-monthly until January, 1893, when it became a monthly publication. Its editors have been Dr. J. T. O'Connor, Dr. C. F. Millspaugh and Mr. E. P. Anshutz, its present editor. It is one of the best publications of the homťopathic school, has a large circulation, is ably edited and conducted, and now is in its twentieth volume. It avoids controversial matters and battles for the cause of homťopathy wherever found on the face of the globe.
The Munson homťopathic pharmacy of St. Louis issued a bulletin in 1872, which continued for a number of years under the name ofMunson's Homťopathic Bulletin. It appeared at irregular intervals.
The Kansas City homťopathic pharmacy published in 1876The Homťopathic News for trade purposes. Dr. H. C. C. Luyties issued a Bulletin in 1878. Duncan Brothers issued irregularly a Pharmacy Bulletin in Chicago in 1881. The Hahnemann publishing house of Philadelphia issued a circular as an advertisement in 1883. W. A. Chatterton, a publisher of Chicago, issued in 1883 a few numbers of The Publishers' Record. Boericke & Tafel issued at irregular times a Newsletter, and at present Jottings is published by them "occasionally."
The Medical Visitor was first started by Dr. Temple S. Hoyne in Chicago in 1885. It was a directory of homťopathic physicians, and was published in place of Dr. Hoyne's annual directory. Dr. Hoyne issued thirteen volumes of the Medical Visitor, and in 1890 it passed into the hands of Halsey Brothers, homťopathic pharmacists of Chicago, with Dr. Wilson A. Smith as editor. Under the able management of Dr. Smith it was a flourishing periodical. He continued as editor until December, 1903, after which it was editorless for several issues. Dr. Harvey B. Dale of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is its present editor. It is still published as the trade organ of Halsey Brothers.
PERIODICALS DEVOTED TO FAIRS AND BAZAARS.
It has long been the custom to issue a small publication in the interests of the various fairs and bazaars that have been held in connection with hospitals and dispensaries. The first of these, of which we have any record, was called the Globule. Three numbers were issued in aid of the homťopathic hospital fair in Philadelphia in 1869.
The Pellet was the name of a journal that was published in connection with the Massachusetts Homťopathic Hospital fair in 1872. Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the celebrated author, was its editor. It gives the daily history of the fair, and among other things records the visits of Henry W. Longfellow and Wendell Phillips, both adherents of homťopathy.
The Similibus was a paper published by the managers of the fair for the benefit of the homťopathic surgical hospital of New York. Mrs. Carroll Dunham and Mrs. Henry D. Paine were the editors.
Six or seven numbers ofSugar Pills were issued in 1874 in aid of the fair for the homťopathic free dispensary in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Hospital Bazaar was published in aid of the Hahnemann Hospital charity fair in 1874. Seven numbers were issued.
Thirteen numbers ofThe Echo were published in 1875 in aid of the New York Homťopathic Hospital fair.
The Doctor was the name of a paper published during a fair held for the Homťopathic Free Dispensary in Baltimore, Md., in 1876.
The Pellet was published in Brooklyn, New York, in the interest of the Brooklyn Homťopathic Hospital fair in 1876. It was succeeded by a regular hospital bulletin.
A paper called theH. H. H. Record was issued seven times in 1883 in aid of the Pittsburgh Homťopathic Hospital fair.
When the Ohio Hospital for Women and Children fair was held in Cincinnati in 1884, a paper was issued which bore the name ofThe Pellet.
Another paper calledThe Pellet was issued by the Chelsea, Mass., hospital association in 1886.
The Carnival Record was published by the Women's Homťopathic Association of Philadelphia in 1887. Seven numbers were issued.
The New York Amusement Gazette was the daily bulletin for the benefit of the Homťopathic Free Hospital in New York in 1888.
The Hospital News in aid of the Homťopathic Hospital of Minneapolis, Minn. issued a single edition of 10,000 copies in 1888.
The Donation was issued in aid of a fair held for the Children's Homťopathic Hospital of Philadelphia in 1891, and for the same cause a Santa Claus reception was held at the Hahnemann Medical College, at which a paper called The Mistletoe was issued.
The Charity Box was a daily issued in New York at the feast of lanterns in 1891.
MISCELLANEOUS HOMîOPATHIC PUBLICATIONS.
There have been many periodicals devoted to homťopathy and having associated with them other topics. Thus, in 1851, there was published The American Magazine Devoted to Homťopathy and Hydropathy, edited by Dr. J. H. Pulte and Dr. H. P. Gatchell. This magazine, which was published in Cincinnati, changed its name twice, becoming The American Magazine of Homťopathy, and finally the Quarterly Homťopathic Magazine.
In 1866 there appeared a journal bearing the title ofThe Hahnemann Monthly, published in Cleveland in the interest of the Hahnemann Life Insurance Company. Only a few issues appeared.
A publication calledThe Homťopathist was issued in the interests of the Homťopathic Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York from 1870 to 1874. E. B. Holmes was its editor.
A few numbers ofThe Regular Physician were issued at Havana ; New York, in 1884. It was the organ. of the Southern Tier Homťopathic Medical Society.
AnElectro-Clinical Record, which was of homťopathic genesis, was published by W. A. Chatterton of Chicago in 1885.
The Medical News, later The Medical News and Bulletin, and stilt later The Semi-Monthly Bulletin of the Western Exchange Bureau, was established at Orrville, Ohio, in 1889. It afterwards became The National Medical News, and upon its editor, Dr. H. A. Mumaw, removing to Elkhart, Ind., in 1891, it became The National Medical Exchange Monthly Bulletin, and finally The Medical and Scientific News.
The International Brief, of Philadelphia, commenced in January, 1895, and ran through six numbers. It was printed both in Spanish and English. The picture of Hahnemann on the title page is a fac simile of the one taken to Spain by Bťnninghausen when engaged to attend his friend, the late Marquis de Nunez.
Gentry's Record of Homťopathic Materia Medica was published in January, 1895. But few numbers were issued.
There was aMateria Medica Journal published in Chicago in 1896. Ten numbers were issued. Dr. H. C. Allen was editor.
Medical Debates was also a Chicago publication in 1899.
The Big Four was a bi-monthly publication issued by Dr. C. W. Pyle of Kansas City, Mo. It commenced January, 1897, and ran through two or three volumes.
HOMîOPATHIC PERIODICALS IN OTHER LANGUAGES.
[Printed in the United States.]
Besides Dr. Hering'sCorrespondenzblatt, already referred to, there appeared in 1852, Der Homťopath and Dietetischer Hausfreund. It was published in Buffalo, N. Y., by Dr. D. A. Lewis, and was, intended for circulation among the German laity. One volume appeared.
Le Practicien Homťopathique was the title of a journal published in New Orleans in 1857 in the French language. It continued about one year.
Der Homťopatischer Hausfreund was published a short time in 1857 at Herman, Missouri.
L'Homoion, a French publication, was published for a short time in New Orleans, La., in 1857. It reappeared in 1861 for a few issues.
Der Homťopatische Bote was the name of a periodical having a brief existence in St. Louis, Mo., in 1886.
Der Homťopatische Zeitschrift was started in Newark, N. J., in January, 1883.
Der Amerikanische Hausartz appeared in October, 1894, in Essex, Iowa. Dr. Staads was editor. Three numbers were issued, that of March, 1895, being the last.
Der Deutsche Amerikanische Homťopatische Zeitschrift was edited by Dr. K. Puscheck in Chicago. A few volumes were issued. It commenced about 1885.
LIST OF HOMîOPATHIC PERIODICALS CURRENT JANUARY 1, 1905.
The Alpha Sigma journal __________ New York
The American Physician __________ New York
The Chironian __________ New York
The Cleveland Medical and Surgical Reporter __________ Cleveland
The Clinical Reporter __________ St. Louis
The Clinique __________ Chicago
The Critique __________ Denver
The Forum __________ Kansas City
The Hahnemannian Advocate __________ Rochester
The Hahnemann Institute __________ Philadelphia
The Hahnemannian Monthly __________ Philadelphia
The Homťopathic Envoy __________ Philadelphia
The Hahnemannian Periscope __________ San Francisco
The Homťopathic Recorder __________ Philadelphia
The Homťopathic Eye, Ear and Throat Journal __________ New York
The Hospital Leaflet __________ Buffalo
The Hospital Leaflet __________ Rochester
The Journal of Surgery, Obstetrics and GynŠcology __________ New York
The Medical Advance __________ Chicago
The Medical Century __________ New York and Chicago
The Medical Counselor __________ Detroit
The Medical Student __________ Boston
The Medical Visitor __________ Chicago
The New England Medical Gazette __________ Boston
The North American Journal of Homťopathy __________ New York
The Pacific Coast Journal of Homťopathy __________ San Francisco
The Phi Alpha Gamma Quarterly __________
The Progress __________ Denver
The University Homťopathic Observer and Phials __________ Ann Arbor.
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