Life History of J T Kent

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 31^st 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

• Use of Higher
  potencies. He advocated the use of 200^th, 1M, 50M, CM,
  DM, MM potencies.

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• 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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