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The Dependence of Homoeopathy Upon its Materia Medica

Dr. Guernsey exhorts us to study and improve our Materia Medica, a cornerstone of homeopathic...

Joseph Guernsey

Joseph C. Guernsey was a physician and the son of famous homeopath
Henry N. Guernsey. Born in Frankford, Philadelphia, 1849, he was educated & graduated from Princeton College in 1870; received degree of A. M. 1873; became a medical student in his father’s office and was graduated from Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia. In 1872 he was quiz master of Materia Medica at Hahnemann Medical College; Provisional Secretary of the American Institute of Homeopathy 1876 and 1881. In 1893 President of the Homeopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania. He was Vice President of the Philadelphia County Homeopathic Medical Society, and served on the Bureaus of Materia Medica, Obstetrics and Sanitary Science. In 1872 he established the North Eastern Homeopathic Free Dispensary at Kensington. He edited "Transactions of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Pennsylvania," 1874 to 1879, and the “Transactions of the American Institute of Homeopathy," of 1879 and "Guernsey's Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children." From notes taken upon his father's lectures on Materia Medica, he compiled and published "Guernsey's Keynotes," and was co-editor of the "Repertory to Hering's Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica."

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