Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-12
THE INSTITUTE or HOMEOPATHY.
A National Medical Organization TO Meet
Here I'm june

A National Medical Organization to Meet
Here i'm June
In Juno the American institute Of Home
opathy will meet in this city. the sessions con-
tnuing for a week, and already the homeopa-
thists in this city are preparing for the many
visitors expected. This organization claims to
be the oldest national medical body in the
world The history of the organization covers
pretty nearly the whole history Of homeopathy
in this country. This history. as given 10 q
STAR reporter by = homeopathic physician,
vas as follows:
About the close Of the revolutionary war
Dane named Gram came to this country
married an American wife and became a citi-
Zen: he was highly educated man and Of a
very respectable family. He died in few
years leaving several children. the eldest OF
whom. Hans r. Gram. q lad Of fourteen years
went tJaSbenmark Bv his relatives he WAS
given q thorough classical and scientific eiuca-
ton. He studied medicine in the ROYAL Medi-
cal and Surgical Institution OF Denmark and
enjoyed the best advantages of the medical
schools and of the hospitals of northern
Europe. lie was officially connected with the
Royal Military Hospital near Copenhagen
during the last seven years of the Napoleonic
wars, much of the time as resident assistant
IN surgery
Sin 1909 he began practice in Copenhagen
and at forty years OF age hid achieved a COM
potency which had enabled him to help the
younger children lett ho;e. During the wears
1923 and 1924 he tested the method of Hahne-
mann upon his own person and on patients
and demonstrated the truth of the Law Of ho-
meopathy-similia s!mllibus cUraEtur-which
may be more fully stated thus: Substances
which will upon healthy persons pToauce Ger
taIn symptoms will cure the sicR when they
present symptoms which are similar. IN The
hn .l,grs . To raj
where be could introduce the new method 10 a
people untTammoled bv official influence This
was tie t.st effort to carry the new doctrine
beyond the confines OF Germany and Scaadi-
navla- Broken III heart ana fortune 6y family
atnicton aud death. he died of apopleXy in
iSiO. but not until he had converted
against their will. several of the ablest
physicians in New York. These men were
ostracioed and persecHted by their former
Oretnien, both socially and professionally. but
convinced OF The truth o. tho new method they
held on. Driven ont of medical associations
they naturally drew together, supported each
otptr Ehd hnaiy. when increase of numbers
would warrant it. formed the New York
homeopathic Physicians Society which in
July, loi5. cent to the homeopatnIc pAysiciaus
IN the Caited States an invitation to a couyeu-
ton which was held in New York ap.ii TO- 1874
the anniversary OF the birth Of the founder OF
the system. preamble and resolutions were
adopted as follows: Whereas a majority of the
aiiopatnlc physicians continue 10 doride and
oppose the contributions TO the nlateria medica
that have been made by the houeol al ic school
and "nereGs the state of the materia medics
in both schools Is such as TO imperati-ely
demand "a more salts! factory arrangement and
greater purity OF observation. which can only
be obtained by associate action on the part Of
those who seek diligently fo- tru IA alone: and
lnasmuch as the state of the public inforna-
non respecting the principles and practice of
homeopathy as SO detective as 70 make az easy
ior mere pretenocrs 10 this very difficult
branch of the healing art to acquire credit as
prohcients IN the same:
Therefore resolved, That il is deemed ex-
pedient TO establish a society entitled the
American Institute of Homeopathy, and the
following are declared to be the essential pur-
poses of said institute:
L, The reformation and augmentation of
the materia medca.
-. The restraining of physicians from pre-
tending to be competent 10 practice homeop-
athy who have not studied Il in a careful and
sAiihul manner
Thus was organized the first national med
zeal body IN the United States and the first OF
the klnd IN the world. Seven OF those who
took part in that organization are Sill MEM
bers or u. From small beginning the mem
bership has grown to more than 200 From
the single practitioner in 1926 the number in
the United states has reached upward OF 5OO0
besides those who still NAV be found trading on
practice.
The institute has had yearly meetings since
Its organization, with the execution of n few
years during the war. and this wear will meet
as stated. in this city on June Is for one week
These meetings have been found TO helm the
Cause In every way, as anticipated by the
founders, ana there are now supported bv he
homeopathlsts IN the United States three ma
honai societies, two sectional societies. TWENTY
nine state societies eighty three local societies,
twenty-one medical clubs and the Penns lyauia
Pharmaceutical Association. These all look 10
the institute as the mother society. There ara
thirty general hospitals, with 2 3ii beds: thirty
seven special hospitals, with 2.lfi beds, includ-
ing -FOUR state insane asylums, and fifty-one
dispenearies.
There are twenty-nine homeopathic Journals
ana sixteen homeopathic colleges. As If TO
verify the faith of DIR. Gram il NAV be said
that there are no homeopathic colleges exceDt
In the United States because OF allopatl.ic on
position through the government boards of
control, although there are beginning 10 he
some chairs of homeopathic materia medica
and practice In German schools but only after
most persistent fighting. backed by statistics
IN aispensaties and hospitals. In the spring
OF 1881 there graduated 400 persons from the
homeopathic colleges, which were the first 10
provide an optional three-year course after
ward made obligatory, extended now 10 fonr
years. as recommended BY the institute. From
the time that Hahnemanr was driven from
town 20 town by the apothecaries under the
law forbidding physicians from dispensing
their own medicines. they having refused to
prepare his medicines as he desired. TO the
present the program Of homeopathy has been
made against much opposition. and it is to
strengthen and encourage the local combatants
that the institute meets in cities"
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MEETING.
The resident members have been appointed
q committee to provide for the entertainment
OF the session and hope to enlist all
those interested in the cause. A trim
to Mi. Vernon and a supper at Mar
shall Hall Is to be given the visiting raem-
bers and other entertainment provided at the
hotels where they will be quariered. Subcoln-
mittees on finance. press, hotels, excursions.
&c, have been appointed. but no public appeal
will be made for help, the committee relying
on their own and the voluntary contributions
OF the friends of homeopathy for means to
bear the expense.
The trst meeting Of the institute will be
held IN the National Thea.er on the evening of
june Is, on which occasion there Will be inter-
esting addresses interspersed with music by
the Marine Band
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