James Tyler Kent
American physician and forefather of modern homeopathy.
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Homeopathy, eclectic medicine
- Nationality
- American
- Known for
- Repertory of the Homeopathic Materia Medica
- high potencies
- vitalism
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Lore & Background
After his first wife died shortly after marriage, he practiced as an eclectic physician in St. Louis and became a professor of anatomy at American College. Richard Phelan, treated her successfully. Kent then studied with Phelan and converted to homeopathy.
Did You Know?
- He argued against the germ theory of disease, calling bacteria 'an innocent feller.'
- Kent was a follower of the mystical Christian sect headed by Emanuel Swedenborg.
- His Repertory of the Homeopathic Materia Medica remains in use by some homeopathic practitioners today.
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: James Tyler Kent (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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