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GEE, R. S. (Toronto, Canada, Oct. 2, 1822--Unknown). Gee grew up and attended school in Toronto. At the age of seventeen, he taught school and then came to the United States in 1844 and attended Albion College, Michigan. He was a businessman until 1853 when he settled in Detroit and began the study of medicine. | GEE, R. S. (Toronto, Canada, Oct. 2, 1822--Unknown). Gee grew up and attended school in Toronto. At the age of seventeen, he taught school and then came to the United States in 1844 and attended Albion College, Michigan. He was a businessman until 1853 when he settled in Detroit and began the study of medicine. | ||
In 1857, Gee left Detroit and began lecturing through the country on the subject of | In 1857, Gee left Detroit and began lecturing through the country on the subject of homoeopathy. He delivered an estimated twenty-five hundred lectures and published over thirty thousand pamphlets. He was especially interested in treating chronic disease. | ||
Gee came to Dubuque and in April 1874 established the Remedial and Surgical Institute at 970 Main Street to treat patients | Gee came to Dubuque and in April 1874 established the Remedial and Surgical Institute at 970 Main Street to treat patients homoeopathically. In addition he used thirty-four different kinds of baths fitted with "the most improved appliances." The honorary degree of M.D. was conferred upon him by Cleveland Homeopathic College. (1) | ||
On June 24, 1876, Dr. Gee was elected to membership in the Northwestern Iowa Homoeopathic Society. | |||
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Oldt, Franklin, '''History of Dubuque County, Iowa.''' Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, P. 792 | 1. Oldt, Franklin, '''History of Dubuque County, Iowa.''' Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, P. 792 | ||
2. '''The United States Medical Investigator'''. Chicago: The United States Medical Investigator Press, 1876, p. 228 | |||
[[Category: Health Care]] | [[Category: Health Care]] | ||
Revision as of 03:02, 19 February 2014
GEE, R. S. (Toronto, Canada, Oct. 2, 1822--Unknown). Gee grew up and attended school in Toronto. At the age of seventeen, he taught school and then came to the United States in 1844 and attended Albion College, Michigan. He was a businessman until 1853 when he settled in Detroit and began the study of medicine.
In 1857, Gee left Detroit and began lecturing through the country on the subject of homoeopathy. He delivered an estimated twenty-five hundred lectures and published over thirty thousand pamphlets. He was especially interested in treating chronic disease.
Gee came to Dubuque and in April 1874 established the Remedial and Surgical Institute at 970 Main Street to treat patients homoeopathically. In addition he used thirty-four different kinds of baths fitted with "the most improved appliances." The honorary degree of M.D. was conferred upon him by Cleveland Homeopathic College. (1)
On June 24, 1876, Dr. Gee was elected to membership in the Northwestern Iowa Homoeopathic Society.
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1. Oldt, Franklin, History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, P. 792
2. The United States Medical Investigator. Chicago: The United States Medical Investigator Press, 1876, p. 228