Adolf zur Lippe-Biesterfeld-Weißenfeld

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Adolf zur Lippe-Biesterfeld-Weißenfeld (born May 11, 1812 in See bei Niesky ; † January 23, 1888 in Pennsylvania ) was a German-American doctor, pioneer of homeopathy .

origin

Adolf Graf zur Lippe-Biesterfeld-Weißenfeld was born near Görlitz in 1812 . His parents were Ludwig Graf and Edler Herr zur Lippe-Biesterfeld-Weißenfeld (1781–1860) and his wife Eleonore Auguste, née. Countess von Hohenthal (1795–1856). The Prussian Minister of Justice, Count Leopold zur Lippe-Biesterfeld-Weißenfeld (1815–1889) was his younger brother.

Life

As a young adult he went to Berlin to study law. In 1830/31, however, Adolf moved into the Dresden Military Academy on his own initiative . In 1838 he emigrated to the USA . There he studied under Hering at the North American Academy of Homeopathic Healing Art in Allentown Pennsylvania . In 1841 he received his doctorate.

He founded a practice in Philadelphia , where he worked for 46 years. In 1867 there was a dispute with Hering because Lippe thought it unnecessary to set up a chair in pathology at the homeopathic college . Thereupon Constantin Hering (1800-1880) founded the "Hahnemann College of Philadelphia". In 1876 the two were reconciled.

Lippe was an excellent expert on Materia Medica and gave lectures on it at the "Allentown Academy". In total, he wrote more than 500 papers on his clinical cases. He had extraordinary therapeutic successes and knew how to present the essential symptom. He died in Pennsylvania in 1888.

Marriage and offspring

On September 24, 1839 he married Theresia (Therese) Eichhorn (* May 12, 1815), who was three years his junior. Of his six children, three died in their first year of life.

  • Constantin (July 1, 1840 - January 1, 1885)
∞ George Anna Hood (1841–1895),
  • Louise (6 December 1842 - 1843),
  • Franz Ludwig (born June 29, 1845; † 1845),
  • Augusta Kamilla (February 27, 1847 - December 16, 1884),
  • Helena,
  • Wilhelm Alfons (January 2, 1850 - July 4, 1912)
∞ Elisabeth Amy Belknap (1852–1915).

In the meantime he had married for the second time, on June 4, 1860, Louise Augustine d'Arcy († December 19, 1890).

Works

  • Key to the Materia Medica, or, Comparative Pharmacodynamic. Duffield, Philadelphia 1854 ( archive.org ).
  • Text-Book of Materia Medica. Tafel, Philadelphia 1866 ( archive.org ; online ).

literature

  • Adolph Lippe: Handbook of homeopathic characteristics: a medicine theory for practice. Haug, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8304-7129-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book together with diplomatic-statistical yearbook for the year 1865 . 102nd year, Justus Perthes , Gotha, p. 42 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Lippe-Biesterfeld-Weißenfeld, Adolf zur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lippe, Adolph von; Graf zur Lippe-Biesterfeld-Weißenfeld, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American doctor and homeopath
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Lake near Niesky
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1888
Place of death Pennsylvania