Jirah Dewey Buck (20 November 1838 – 13 December 1916) was an American homeopath, naturopath, theosophist and writer.
Jirah Dewey Buck | |
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| Born | 20 November 1838 |
| Died | 13 December 1916 |
| Occupation(s) | Homeopath, writer |
Biography
editBuck was born in Fredonia, New York.[1] He was educated at Belvidere Academy, Hahnemann Medical College in Chicago and the Western Homeopathic College in Cleveland, Ohio where he graduated in 1864.[1] He was professor of physiology and microscopy at Cleveland Homeopathic College in 1866–1871. From 1880, he was professor of physiology at Pulte Medical College.[2] In 1882, he was elected dean and professor of theory and practice of medicine.[1] In 1876, he became President of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio and was President of the American Institute of Homeopathy in 1890.[1]
Buck was a freemason and theosophist.[3] He was vice-President of the Theosophical Society of America and vice-president of the Cincinnati Literary Club.[4] He married Melissa M. Clough in 1864. They had three daughters and three sons.[1] He formed the Cincinnati Theosophical Society in 1886.
Buck died in his home in Walnut Hills, Cincinnati after a long illness.[5]
Buck was an opponent of vivisection.[6]
Selected publications
edit- The Nature and Aim of Theosophy (1889)
- A Study of Man and the Way to Health (1904)
- Mystic Masonry (1911)
- New Avatar and the Destiny of the Soul (1911)
- Soul and Sex in Education (1912)
- Modern World Movements (1913)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e King, William Harvey. (1905). History of Homoeopathy and its Institutions in America, Volume 3. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 360-361
- ^ Kelly, Howard A; Burrage, Walter L. (1920). American Medical Biographies. Baltimore: The Norman Remington Company. p. 163
- ^ Claypool, James C; Tenkotte, Paul A. (2014). The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. p. 522. ISBN 9780813159966
- ^ Thomas William Herringshaw. (1909). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography. American Publishers' Association. p. 479
- ^ "Jirah Dewey Buck, M.D." The Ohio State Medical Journal. 13: 36–37. 1917.
- ^ Cannon, Walter B. (1914). "Some Characteristics of Antivivisection Literature". Scientific American. 78 (2012supp): 58–59. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican07251914-58supp. hdl:2027/osu.32436011272901.