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    John R. Piper

    Birth: 1811

    Death: 3-19-1871

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    Alternate Surname: Peper

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"John R. Piper, M. D., tho first physician to introduce homeopathy into Washington, was born in Baltimore in 1811, and was educated in his native city, studying medicine at, and graduating from, the University of Maryland in 1839. After living in the South and West for some years, he returned to Baltimore, and embraced the principles of homeopathy. He located permanently in Washington, District of Columbia, in 1849, and, during a period of thirty years, was a most successful practitioner, despite the opposition which the new system of practice encountered here, as elsewhere, in the United States. During the latter years of bis life, he was afflicted with cancer in the face, and went to Europe with the hope of obtaining relief, if not absolute cure, being treated there by the most eminent homeopathic physician in Europe next to Hahnemann. Upon his return to America, he consulted a celebrated cancer physician in Philadelphia, but the treatment of this physician, if followed, failed to effect a cure, and on account of his disease Dr. Piper was compelled to confine himself to office practice after his return to Washington. His death occurred March 16, 1871. Dr. Piper was one of the first members of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and it is due to him that this system of practice was first recognized as a success in Washington."

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"John R. Piper, M. D., tho first physician to introduce homeopathy into Washington, was born in Baltimore in 1811, and was educated in his native city, studying medicine at, and graduating from, the University of Maryland in 1839. After living in the South and West for some years, he returned to Baltimore, and embraced the principles of homeopathy. He located permanently in Washington, District of Columbia, in 1849, and, during a period of thirty years, was a most successful practitioner, despite the opposition which the new system of practice encountered here, as elsewhere, in the United States. During the latter years of bis life, he was afflicted with cancer in the face, and went to Europe with the hope of obtaining relief, if not absolute cure, being treated there by the most eminent homeopathic physician in Europe next to Hahnemann. Upon his return to America, he consulted a celebrated cancer physician in Philadelphia, but the treatment of this physician, if followed, failed to effect a cure, and on account of his disease Dr. Piper was compelled to confine himself to office practice after his return to Washington. His death occurred March 16, 1871. Dr. Piper was one of the first members of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and it is due to him that this system of practice was first recognized as a success in Washington."
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