Constantine Hering and Calvin B. Knerr family papers Bulk, 1820-1940 1820-2003

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Constantine Hering and Calvin B. Knerr family papers Bulk, 1820-1940 1820-2003

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_DUCOM_HU100

Dr. Constantine Hering (1800-1880), born and educated in Germany, immigrated to Philadelphia in 1833 and devoted his life to the study, practice and education of homeopathic medicine in the United States. As such, he is considered the father of homeopathy in America. Hering founded several schools and organizations devoted to teaching homeopathy, especially the North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Arts, aka the Allentown Academy, in 1836, and the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia in 1848. Hering’s pupil and eventual son-in-law and professional assistant, Dr. Calvin B. Knerr, also practiced homeopathy. Knerr was integrally involved in the editing of two of Hering’s books and also devoted much time and effort to writing Hering’s biography, . This collection primarily houses papers of Dr. Constantine Hering and his son-in-law, Dr. Calvin B. Knerr from 1820 to 1940. To a significantly lesser extent, the collection documents the North American Academy of the Homoeopathic Healing Arts, as well as the Hering, Knerr and Husmann families. The collection is comprised of correspondence; printed materials and publications, especially articles written by Hering; manuscripts; notes; diaries; medical school notebooks; family photographs; and other records; which evidence the life and work of Hering, Knerr and their families, as well as the practice and education of homeopathic medicine in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Life of Hering

7.0 Linear feet; 12 document boxes, 4 half-size document boxes

Drexel University: College of Medicine Legacy Center

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6327980

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Knerr, Calvin B. (Calvin Brobst), 1847-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g73h6m (person)

Constantine Hering, M.D., the father of homeopathy in America, was born on January 1, 1800 in Oschatz, Saxony, in Germany, the son of Magister Karl Gottlieb Hering who was both a musician and an author, and known for developing a “simplified system of teaching music to children, which was adopted by the schools in Germany,” (Eastman, p. 2). Hering’s earliest education was in classical studies, though he began his education in medicine at an early age at a surgical academy in Dresden...

Hahnemann, Samuel, 1755-1843

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj2x7f (person)

Founder of homeopathy. From the description of Letter, 1828, Aug. 25 : Köthen, to Dr. Albert Troppaneger, London. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35090463 Epithet: Homoeopathist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000074 ...

Paracelsus

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cv4ptd (person)

German physician, born Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim. From the description of De tartaro et eius origine in corpore humano, et quod ex eo podagra, calculi in renibus et vesica et quamplurime aliae aegritudines oriu[n]tur : ms., [between 1561 and 1572]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122442930 ...

North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Art.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68b4h65 (corporateBody)

Hering, Constantine, 1800-1880

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62n5h5b (person)

Constantine Hering, M.D., the father of homeopathy in America, was born on January 1, 1800 in Oschatz, Saxony, in Germany, the son of Magister Karl Gottlieb Hering who was both a musician and an author, and known for developing a “simplified system of teaching music to children, which was adopted by the schools in Germany,” (Eastman, p. 2). Hering’s earliest education was in classical studies, though he began his education in medicine at an early age at a surgical academy in Dresden...