Constantine Hering

Constantine J. Hering was a Saxony-born, American physician who was a pioneer of homeopathy in the United States. In 1833, he co-founded the Hahnemannian Society in the United States dedicated to homeopathic medicine principles. In 1836, he founded the North American Academy of the Homeopathic Arts in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the first homeopathic school in the United States. In 1849, he co-founded the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He served as the chair of the institutes of medicine and materia medica at Philadelphia College of Homeopathy from 1845 to 1869 and as professor of institutes and materia medica at Hahnemann Medical College from 1869 to 1871. He founded and served as the first president of the American Institute of Homeopathy and served as editor of several scientific journals and published multiple books on homeopathic medicine.