Adolph Lippe
(1812-1888)
Adolph Graf zur Lippe-Weissenfield was born
May 11, 1812 near Goerlitz, in Prussia, and died on January 23, 1888 in
Pennsylvania. Dr. Lippe was educated in Berlin and came to the United States in
1838. He first settled in Reading (Berks County), PA and set up practice.
To further his knowledge, in the fall of 1838
Lippe registered in the first and only homeopathic medical college in the
world, the North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Art in Allentown,
Pennsylvania, also known as the Allentown Academy.
On August 28, 1841 Lippe passed his final
examination in front of Drs. Wesselhoeft, Detwiller, Freitag and Romig and
graduated with a Doctorate in Homœopathic Medicine. Lippe said that "the
possession of an Allentown diploma is an honor to its holder, as it was only
obtained by worthy applicants. Many who tried to pass were rejected as
incapable." The Allentown Academy closed soon after this and Lippe was
their last graduate.
After this rigorous training, Lippe moved from
Reading to Pottsville, PA in 1841 where he practiced with success and growing
ability until 1844 when called to a larger field in Carlisle, PA. J. C
Guernsey, the son of H. N. Guernsey, wrote in his rendering of the history of
homeopathy in Pennsylvania that "by Dr. Lippe's labors in Carlisle and the
neighboring counties where homeopathy was unknown, he opened a large field for
our school."
Throughout this time, Dr. Lippe made a name
for himself with his treatment of various epidemics common in the Cumberland
Valley. Then in 1850 Lippe moved permanently to Philadelphia and took two
gentlemen from Carlisle with him to pursue the study of homeopathy.
Dr. Lippe held the position of chair of
Materia Medica at the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania from
1864-1869. He helped launch several of the best homeopathic journals ever to be
published, including the Organon, the Hahnemannian Monthly, and the Homeopathic
Physician. His unswerving commitment to pure homeopathy was unparalleled, even
in his day!
Considered by many to be one of the most
clinically successful homeopathic physicians in our great legacy, Dr. Lippe's
multitudinous publications provide a blueprint for homeopathic practice. From
his suggestions on how to study Materia Medica to his exposition of
Hahnemannian homeopathy, Dr. Lippe gives us incontrovertible evidence of a
highly successful homeopathic method.
Selected writings of Adolph Lippe are now available in a new,
soon-to-be-published book, The Lessons in Pure Homeopathy,
edited by André Saine, ND. An excerpt from the book is presently available on
this Timeline, under the year 1848 in the article .
André Saine's work will be indispensable for
any homeopath wanting to comprehend effective, exceptional homeopathic
practice.
For more information about Adolph Lippe
Books by Adolph Lippe:
1.Keynotes &
redline symptoms
2.Textbook of matreia
medica
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