121. Enlargement and induration of liver abdomen distended and soft, sore pain all over it, particularly around the naval; hectic fever, unquenchable thirst, when swallowing feels small, hard lump in throat; sensation as if a worm crept up from the pit of stomach into the throat, which makes him cough; frequent gagging and vomiting of a little bloody phlegm or thin blood, sometimes pus, of a saltish taste cough worse at night, with shooting in scrobiculum, a kind of weak but very deep cough; has to cough until he raises; cannot lie on left side; during the night a dull moaning; Zincum30.- C.HG.
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.