Dr. JAMES TYLER KENT M.D. (1849-1910)
Dr. James Tyler Kent was a medical philosopher born in Woodhul in New York in the year of 1849 on 31st March.
Education and Early Practice
He graduated from the Electic Medical Institute of Cincinnati; he underwent instructions in allopathy, Homoeopathy and other orthodox medical system like neropathy and chiropathy. Being trained thus the student developed a spirit of tolerance to all system and later chose what he liked best. A Homoeopathic teaching here was only superficial; he was not much impressed by it.
Conversion to Homoeopathy
He became interested in Homoeopathy in 1878 when his wife’s illness failed to respond either to Electic or allopathic treatment. Since her condition was becoming worse at her request he sent for Dr. Phelan, a homoeopath of repute. This method of questioning appeared to Dr. Kent to be quite nonsensical. When he gave a few sugar pills with the instruction that a few of these are to be dissolved in a cup of water and a teaspoonful to be given every two hours till she fell asleep. Dr. Kent could only smile at this absured treatment. However in deference to wife’s wishes, he gave her a teaspoon full of medicine and forgets to give the second dose. After some time when he remembered to give the second dose he was surprising to find her sleep, which was a miracle to as all the previous treatment had failed to cure her insomnia. This made a deep impression on Dr. Kent and he took up the study f Homoeopathy under Dr. Phelan.
Reading every book available in Homoeopathy he was convinced about the truth in Homoeopathy and began practice as a pure Homoeopath.
Contributions
As a Teacher
1881-1888 Dr. Kent was an expert teacher in Materia Medica at Homoeopathic Medical College, St.Louis.
1890-1899 He was a teacher of Materia Medica at School of Homoeopathy Philadelphia.
1903-1909 He worked as a senior lecturer in Materia Medica of Hahnemannian Medical College Hospital, Chicago.
As a Doctor
Ø Use of Higher potencies. He advocated the use of 200th, 1M, 50M, CM, DM, MM potencies.
Ø Dr.Kent introduced the doctrine of series in degrees in the treatment of chronic diseases. He found that one potency not sufficient t cure chronic cases.
Ø Dr. Kent discovered that just as there are octaves of musical knots, so there are octaves in simple substance. When the action of 200 exhausted patient needs 1M etc.
Dr. Kent introduced ‘Law of Vital Action and Reaction’.
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