Hering, Const An Tine

physician, was born in Oschatz, Saxony, Jan. 1, 1800; studied medicine at Leipsic and Dresden, and received his degree from Würzburg in 1826; became a convert to the homœopathic system through study and a close acquaintance with Hahnemann. He was sent by the King of Saxony to Dutch Guiana, on a scientific mi ion, after the performance of which he went to Philadelphia (1833) and there established the first homœopathic school in America, filling the chairs of materia medic a and medcine in that institution (Hahnemann College) from 1845 to 1869. Dr. H. was a man of great ability and force, whose efforts bore fruitful results. He was a copious contributor to the literature of homœopathy, his books being published both in English and German. Died July 23, 1880.