1. A little girl was accidentally wounded by a pistol. Her mother suffered mental shock, paleness, and faintness, especially on attempting to sit up; great concern for the result. Relieved after a dose of Aconite 6.- J.C. MORGAN
2. A boy, aet. 9, after scarlet fever, during desquamation, sudden agony, has to sit straight up, can hardly breathe, pulse thread-like, vomiturition, sweats with anxiety; abdomen and particularly under the short ribs swollen: Aconite tinct, in water.- W. WILLIAMSON.
3. Imagines she has to die, even after confinement, with violent congestion to the chest and constriction as if she would suffocate; pulse intermitting: Aconite – W. GROSS.
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.