Jirah Dewey Buck (20 November 1838 – 13 December 1916) was an American homeopath, naturopath, theosophist and writer.

Jirah Dewey Buck
Born20 November 1838
Died13 December 1916
Occupation(s)Homeopath, writer

Biography

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Buck 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

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Kelly, Howard A; Burrage, Walter L. (1920). American Medical Biographies. Baltimore: The Norman Remington Company. p. 163
  3. ^ Claypool, James C; Tenkotte, Paul A. (2014). The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. p. 522. ISBN 9780813159966
  4. ^ Thomas William Herringshaw. (1909). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography. American Publishers' Association. p. 479
  5. ^ "Jirah Dewey Buck, M.D." The Ohio State Medical Journal. 13: 36–37. 1917.
  6. ^ Cannon, Walter B. (1914). "Some Characteristics of Antivivisection Literature". Scientific American. 78 (2012supp): 58–59. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican07251914-58supp. hdl:2027/osu.32436011272901.