(1836 - 1902)
Dr. Richard Hughes was born
in London in 1836.
He received the title of
M.R.C.S. (Eng.) in 1857 and L.R.C.P. (Edin.) in 1860.
The American College conferred the title of
M.D. a few years later.
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Hughes was a great writer
and scholar.
Inspite of deepest
admiration and respect for the founder of Homoeopathy, he examined minutely
each and every symptom in Hahnemann’s record going to the very original sources
in the effort to separate the wheat from the chaff.
He wrote ‘Encyclopaedia of
Drug Pathgogenesis’ [5 volumes], ‘The Principles and Practice of Homoeopathy’
and ‘The Knowledge of the Physician’.
He actively cooperated with
Dr. T. F. Allen to compile ‘Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica [12 volumes].
He rendered immeasurable aid
to Dr. Dudgeon in translating Hahnemann’s Materia Medica Pura into English.
In 1876, Dr. Hughes was
appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the Organisation of the International
Congress of Homoeopathic Physicians in Philadelphia.
In 1889, he was appointed
Editor of the British Homoeoparthic Journal and continued in that capacity
until his demise.
He presided over the
International Congress held in London.
Dr. Hughes died in April
1902.
DR. SUMIT GOEL M.D. (Hom)
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