Dr. Cyrus Maxwell Boger - American Homeopath and Medical Educator

BURDWAN HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL BURDWAN HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL PRESENTATION ON PRESENTATION ON Dr. Dr. Cyrus Maxwell Boger Cyrus Maxwell Boger Name : Sneha Kar Name : Sneha Kar Roll no: 08 ,Batch: 1st BHMS Roll no: 08 ,Batch: 1st BHMS Subject: Organon of Medicine Subject: Organon of Medicine Assessment: 2nd Periodical Assessment Assessment: 2nd Periodical Assessment Session: Session: 2022 2022- -2023 2023 Submitted By :

Introduction Dr. Cyrus Maxwell Boger was an American Homoeopath of German origin. He was born in Annville, Western Pennsylvania May 1861. His long career in medical practice and research resulted in contributions to scientific medical books and articles journals. He is regarded as an author and physician of great eminence. on 13 for medical

Education Elementary education in Lebanon, PA Graduated in pharmacy from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1882 Medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia in 1888

Medical Practice At the age of 27 years, Boger started his clinical practice in a small town of Pennsylvania, Parkersburg. later became member of West Virginia Homoeopathic Society. In 1904, he became member and President of International Homoeopathy Association and was elected as Vice president of its Niagara Falls division. Known for successful treatment of incurable cases Expertise in prescribing medicine with marked common symptoms He was strongly against giving undue importance to a single symptom even if the symptom might be a characteristic or keynote. In his own words, It is far better to be able to see the general picture of the case and use the keynotes as a differentiating point, just as we would use a modality . Devoted follower of the Boenninghausen method

Contribution to Homoeopathic Education Lectured at Pulte Medical College, Cincinnati Teacher of philosophy, Materia medica & Repertory at American Foundation for Homoeopathic postgraduate College Notable Works:- Systematic Alphabetic Repertory of Homeopathic Remedies (1900) Boger's Synoptic Key (1915) BBCR (1905) Times of Remedies & Moon Phases (1935)

Further Contributions Continued Impact:- Boenninghausen's Antiposrics (1937) Card Repertory & General Analysis (1924) Boger's Diphtheria (Homeopathic Therapeutics) Studies in Homoeopathic Therapeutics of Healing (1931) His articles are published as C.M Boger Collected writings by Robert Bannan in 1993.

Authorship and Recognition Notable Achievements :- Author of several scientific textbooks Recognized as a physician of great eminence C.M. Boger Collected Writings published in 1993 His analysis and construction of a Repertory, his lively translation of several medical books from notable German authors and his indefatigable labour for the production of original works, like The Times of the Remedies and Moon Phases and his Provings of Samarskite made him universally recognized as an author and physician of great eminence

Legacy Small booklet titled as The Study of Materia Medica and Taking the Case is a compilation of four essays by a teacher having immense knowledge accumulated from deep study and comprehension of philosophy and materia medica. This booklet is resultant of the need to have an authoritative treatise on the study of homoeopathic materia medica and case taking from the Hahnemannian standpoint. The booklet is useful to the readers as it contains valuable information that is interesting and instructive. The current edition is the 3rd enlarged edition that covers 4 important essays written by Boger. In the world of homeopathy, where the wisdom of the past paves the way for the practices of the present, the legacy of Dr. C.M. Boger stands as a testament to the timelessness of this healing art.

Conclusion End of an Era Died on September 2, 1935, at the age of 74 from food-poisoning after eating a tin of home-preserved tomatoes. Legacy continues through his contributions to homeopathy

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