Carl_Fischer_(homeopath)

Carl Fischer (homeopath)

Carl Fischer (homeopath)

Doctor, homoeopath, viticulturalist (died 1893)


Carl Frank Fischer (year of birth unknown – 23 June 1893) was a New Zealand doctor, homoeopath and viticulturist. He was born in Germany.[1]

Fischer established his successful practice in Auckland after saving a woman who was buried after a store collapsed.[1][2]

Between 1855 and 1856 he published 12 issues of the Homeopathic Echo the first medical journal in New Zealand.[3]

He was awarded the Great Gold Medal of Science and Art by the Emperor of Austria for services to natural history and medicine.[4]

Fischer died in 1893 in Chicago where he went to attend a medical congress and exposition and present a paper on the 'Progress of Homeopathy in New South Wales.[5][2][6]

Further reading

References

  1. [1]
    Belgrave, Michael. "Carl Frank Fischer". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Pars about people". Observer. 26 August 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Papers Past.
  3. [3]
    Moore, Christopher (2 November 1987). "Medical journal centenary". Press. p. 22. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Papers Past.
  4. [4]
    "Untitled". Taranaki Herald. 20 August 1878. p. 2. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Papers Past.
  5. [5]
    "Untitled". Auckland Star. 14 August 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Papers Past.
  6. [6]
    "Conference of Medical Men at the World's Fair". Auckland Star. 19 August 1893. p. 4. Retrieved 27 April 2024 – via Papers Past.


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