Alphonse Beck

Alphonse Beck (born October 9, 1822 in Naples , † November 6, 1902 in Monthey ) was a Swiss physician and politician .

biography

Alphonse Beck was born in Naples in 1822 as the son of the surgeon and major in the Swiss Regiment of Naples, Charles and Marguerite (née Darbella). At first Beck was a student at the College of Saint-Maurice . In 1839 he moved to Naples as a student of surgery, where he received his diploma in 1844 and did his doctorate . In 1846 he moved to Saint-Maurice . From 1859 to 1868 he stayed in St. Petersburg , where he drew attention to himself with his homeopathic treatment methods. He then moved to Monthey and died there on November 6, 1902.

Beck's first political function was that of a parish council of Saint-Maurice in the years 1853 to 1858. After his return from St. Petersburg he was from 1873 to 1901 a free-minded Valais Grand Councilor.

Beck is one of the pioneers of homeopathy in Switzerland. In addition, he published as a member of the Valais Society for Natural Sciences La Murithienne in 1858 a treatise on the sources of Morgins . Furthermore, in 1885 he proposed the creation of botanical alpine gardens . He also compiled a directory of the birds in the Valais.

Honor

• 1889: Honorary presidency of the international congress for homeopathy in Paris .

Web link

• Maurice Terrettaz: Beck, Alphonse. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .