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One day while in the university and doing an autopsy he received a laceration to his finger, which became a gangrenous wound. The wound was treated and did not avail to the leeches, calomel and multiple rounds of medicine and he was advised to amputate his hand to stop the spread of infection to the rest of his body. Since the amputation of his hand meant the death of his career but with ridicule he turned to Homeopathy and used the Homeopathic dilutions of Arsenicum Album (Arsenic) which cured the gangrenous wound and saved his hand. Having experienced the power of Homeopathic medications he vowed his allegiance to Homeopathy, quit writing the article against Homeopathy and became one of the leading physicians and forces of Homeopathy.
Hering: “The last veil that blinded my eyes to the light of the rising sun was rent and I saw the light of the new healing art dawn upon me in all its fullness. I owed to it far more than the preservation of a finger. To Hahnemann, who had saved my finger, I gave my whole hand and to the promulgation of his teachings not only my hand, but the entire man, body and soul.”
Next hering entered the University of Wurzburg and in 1826 received his degree of Doctor of Medicine. His Thesis for graduation was “De Medicina Futura,” “The Medicine of the Future”. After graduation he was appointed instructor in mathematics and natural science in the Blochman Institute in Dresden.
He was appointed by the king of Saxony in South America for the next six years to be a researcher in Zoology and Botany. Hering continued writing on Homeopathy and practicing it until he was summoned by the king to exclusively attend to his duties. That made him resign his position and to continue research and practicing Homeopathy. He did research on medical conditions namely Leprosy and Homeopathic symptomatic treatment of this disease.
In January 1833 his journey brought him to Philadelphia where he started practicing medicine with a big vision for the medicine of the future. At the time there was no formal education in Homeopathy and the very few practitioners were scattered. What followed was many accomplishments for Homeopathy, especially in America.
Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, named after the founder of Homeopathy.
In 1835 he founded the first Homeopathic Institution in Pennsylvania, North American Academy of the Homoeopathic Healing Arts, which later merged with the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia. There Hering and his students treated over 50,000 patients a year and trained a total of 3500 homeopaths.
Hering's motto was:
"The force of gentleness is great."
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