thumb|right|220px|james tyler kent (1849-1916) james tyler kent (1849&ndash;1916) was an american physician best remembered as a forefather of the modern homeopathy movement. in 1897 kent published a massive guidebook on human ailments and their associated homeopathic remedies which has been translated into a number of languages and remains in use by adherents of homeopathy today. ==life and career== ===early years=== james tyler kent was born on march 31, 1849 in woodhull, new york, the son of steven kent and his wife caroline tyler."james tyler kent," lectures on homoeopathic materia medica. philadelphia: boericke and tafel, 1905. kent was raised as a staunch baptist."james tyler kent," homeopathy for everybody, www.hpathy.com/ kent attended secondary school at the franklin academy of prattsburgh, new york before enrolling at madison university (today's colgate university), from which he was graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1868. he earned a masters degree from the same institution in 1870. kent attended the institute of eclectic medicine at cincinnati, ohio, where, in addition to standard medicine, he studied naturopathy, homeopathy, and chiropractic. kent graduated from the institute in 1873. ===career=== in 1874, kent married and settled in st. louis, missouri, where he took up medical practice. he took a post as a professor of anatomy at american college in st. louis two years later. it was at this time that he became a fervent adherent of the precepts of homeopathy, a branch of alternative medicine that treats patients through the administration of "remedies" containing massively diluted forms of substances that, if given to a healthy person undiluted would cause symptoms similar to the disease. it is believed by homeopaths that the introduction of such "similars" into the body effectively stimulates it to defeat the ailment or disease. in 1881, kent accepted a position as professor of anatomy at the homeopathic college of missouri, an institution with which he remained affiliated until 1888. in 1890, kent moved to pennsylvania to take a position as dean of professors at the post-graduate homeopathic medical school of philadelphia. he remained in that position until 1899. in 1897 kent published his magnum opus, repertory of the homÅopathic materia medica. this guidebook to ailments and their associated "similars" remains the repertory on which much of the modern practice of homeopathy is based. kent edited the journal of homeopathics from 1897 to 1903, producing seven volumes of the journal.peter morrell, "kent's influence on british homeopathy," journal of the american institute of homeopathy, vol
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