John Weir (physician)
John Weir | |
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Born | 19 October 1879 |
Died | 17 April 1971 |
Occupation(s) | Physician, homeopath |
Sir John Weir
Early life and education
Weir was born in the town of
Career
Weir was appointed Consultant Physician at the
Weir became Physician Royal to
Weir reputedly first learned of homeopathy through his contact with Dr Robert Gibson Miller (1862–1919) head of the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, who had an important influence on the future Physician Royal, who he treated for boils and converted to homeopathy [Bodman, 1971]. "It was Dr Gibson Miller who advised Sir John Weir to go to the United States." [Stewart, 1967, p. 260] This influence tended to be passed on: Dr Douglas Gibson (1888–1977) "became interested in homeopathy in 1936 through a meeting with Sir John Weir," [Gibson obit, 1977, 225].
He spoke on homeopathy before the Royal Society of Medicine in 1932, and was knighted by King George V that same year. The renovated Manchester Homoeopathic Institute and Dispensary was opened in Oxford Street by Sir John Weir in May 1939. Weir said in an "address: homeopathy…is no religion, no sect, no fad, no humbug…remedies do not act directly on disease; they merely stimulate the vital reactions of the patient, and this causes him to cure himself." [Sir John Weir, 1931, 200-201] Having advanced through all levels of the Royal Victorian Order he was, as a rare distinction, awarded the Royal Victorian Chain in 1949,[4] possibly as a mark of the medical care he gave to the ailing King George VI.
Publications
- Homeopathy and its Importance in Treatment of Chronic Disease, (1915)
- The Trend of Modern Medicine, (1922)
- The Science and Art of Homeopathy, British Homoeopathic Journal (1925)
- The Present Day Attitude of the Medical Profession Towards Homeopathy, British Homoeopathic Journal XVI, 1926, p. 212ff
- Homeopathy: a System of Therapeutics (1928)
- "The Hahnemann Convalescent Home, Bournemouth", British Homoeopathic Journal 20, 1931, 200-201
- Homeopathy: An Explanation of its Principles (1932)
- "British Homeopathy During the Last 100 Years", British Homoeopathic Journal 23, 1932: II, pp. 603–5
- "Samuel Hahnemann and his Influence on Medical Thought", Trans. Roy. Soc. Med., (1933)
- Hahnemann on Homeopathic Philosophy (1935)
References
- ^ Sir John Weir, 91, Queen's Physician. The New York Times. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Dr Harold Fergie Woods (1883-1961) - Presented by Dr Robert Séror".
- ^ "No. 38640". The London Gazette. 14 June 1949. p. 2947.
Sources
- The Medical Directory 1948
- Nisbet's Medical Directory, 1913
- T Fergus Stewart, Dr Tom Paterson, Brit Homeo Jnl, 56, 1967, pp. 257–60
- Obituary, The Times 19-4-1971
- Dr Margery Blackie, Obituary to Sir John Weir, Brit Homeo Jnl 60, 1971, pp. 103–4
- Dr Frank Bodman, Obituary to Sir John Weir, Brit Homeo Jnl 60:1, 1971, pp. 224–8
- Anonymous, Obituary to Dr Douglas Gibson, Brit. Homeo. Jnl 66, 1977, p. 225
- Weir's entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography