Lincoln and homeopathy

Abraham Lincoln was a big supporter of homeopathy. Today, on his birthday, let us look at some more history related to homeopathy.

When Abraham Lincoln worked as a lawyer, in 1854, he prepared a state legislative proposal for the allotment of a homeopathic medical college in Chicago. This was not easy because of the dislike of the conventional medical doctors of that time, along with the antagonism of the newly formed American Medical Association. Lincoln and some other influential people persisted, and the Hahnemann Homeopathic Medical College opened in Chicago in 1860. It is interesting to note that the AMA campaigned against homeopaths because they were getting all the business!


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