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[[File:James Tyler Kent.jpg|thumb|right|James Tyler Kent (1849-1916)]] '''James Tyler Kent''' (1849–1916) was an American physician best remembered as a forefather of modern [[Homeopathy|homeopathy]]. In 1897 Kent published a massive guidebook on human ailments and their associated homeopathic remedies, a so-called repertory of homoeopathic medicines, which has been translated into a number of languages. It has been the blueprint to many modern repertories used throughout the world and even remains in use by some homeopathic practitioners until today.

== Life and career ==

=== Early years ===

James Tyler Kent was born on March 31, 1849 in Woodhull, New York, the son of Steven Kent and his wife Caroline Tyler.<ref name="Lectures">[http://www.minimum.com/p7/engine/biopage.asp?n=241 </ref> Kent was raised as a staunch Baptist.<ref name="HPathy">{{cite web|url=http://hpathy.com/homeopathic-biographies/james-tyler-kent/ |author=James Tyler Kent|title= Homeopathy for Everybody|website=hpathy.com}}</ref>

Kent attended secondary school at the Franklin Academy of Prattsburgh, New York before enrolling at Madison University (today's Colgate University), from which he was graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1868.<ref name="Lectures" /> He earned a Masters degree from the same institution in 1870.<ref name="Lectures" />

Kent attended the Institute of Eclectic Medicine at Cincinnati, Ohio, where, in addition to standard medicine, he studied [[Naturopathy|naturopathy]], [[Homeopathy|homeopathy]], and [[Chiropractic|chiropractic]].<ref name="HPathy" /> Kent graduated from the Institute in 1873.

=== Career ===

In 1874, Kent married Ellen<ref name="Homoeoscan">Life History of James Tyler Kent [http://www.homoeoscan.com/2015/09/life-history-of-J-T-kent-james-tyler-kent.html ''Life History of James Tyler Kent'']</ref> and settled in St. Louis, Missouri, where he took up medical practice.<ref name="HPathy" /> His wife died shortly after marriage at the age of 19. He set up practice as an eclectic physician in St Louis, Missouri and soon became a distinguished member of the Eclectic National Medical Association.<ref name="Homoeoscan" /> He took a post as a professor of anatomy at American College in St. Louis two years later.<ref name="HPathy" />

In 1878, Kent’s second wife, Lucy, became ill. In spite of Lucy’s symptoms of "nervous weakness, insomnia, and anaemia" being treated by both orthodox and eclectic physicians, her condition continued to deteriorate and she was bedridden for months. On Dr.Kent's wife’s request Dr Richard Phelan a homoeopathic physician, was called in to see Lucy. Following his prescription, she made a dramatic recovery. As a result, Kent elected to study with Phelan and changed from eclecticism to homoeopathy.<ref name="Homoeoscan" />

It was at this time that he became a fervent adherent of the precepts of [[Homeopathy|homeopathy]], a branch of [[Alternative_medicine|alternative medicine]] that treats patients through the administration of "remedies" containing massively diluted forms of substances that, if given to a healthy person undiluted would cause symptoms similar to the disease. It is believed by homeopaths that the introduction of such "similars" into the body effectively stimulates it to defeat the ailment or disease.

In 1881, Kent accepted a position as professor of anatomy at the Homeopathic College of Missouri, an institution with which he remained affiliated until 1888.<ref name="HPathy" /> During this period, Kent’s second wife died.<ref name="Homoeoscan" />

In 1890, Kent moved to [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] to take a position as Dean of Professors at the Post-Graduate Homeopathic Medical School of Philadelphia.<ref name="HPathy" /> He remained in that position until 1899.<ref name="HPathy" />

Clara Louis Tobey, a doctor turned homoeopath, was treated by Dr. Kent and she later on became his wife and she helped him in completing his famous works which were published.<ref name="Homoeoscan" />

In 1897 Kent published his magnum opus, ''Repertory of the Homœopathic Materia Medica.'' This guidebook to ailments and their associated "similars" remains the [[Homeopathy#Repertory|repertory]] on which much of the modern practice of homeopathy is based.

Kent edited the ''Journal of Homeopathics'' from 1897 to 1903, producing seven volumes of the journal.<ref name="BritInfluence">Peter Morrell, </ref>

Kent moved to Chicago in 1903, where he taught at Hahnemann Medical College.<ref name="HPathy" /> Kent remained at that post until his departure in 1909 to become professor and Dean of Hering Medical College and Hospital, an institution also located in Chicago.<ref name="HPathy" />

In November 1910, Kent was instrumental in the establishment of the Society of Homeopathicians as a means of disseminating the principles of homeopathy promulgated by Hahnemann.<ref name="Austin">A. Eugene Austin, </ref> The group published its own journal, ''The Homeopathician.''<ref name="Austin" />

Kent wrote voluminously and his works were published into several non-English languages during the course of his life.<ref name="Austin" /> He gained a significant number of adherents in India,<ref name="Austin" /> a country in which several publishers of his work of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries are located.<ref>See the [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AJames+Tyler+Kent&fq=yr%3A1990..2011+%3E&qt=advanced&dblist=638 list of Kent's publishers between 1990 and 2010] at WorldCat.</ref>

=== Ideas ===

[[File:Rep1.JPG|thumb|right|Cover of a recent Indian edition of the ''Homeopathic Repertory'' by James Tyler Kent.]]

Kent is remembered for his arguments against the [[Germ_theory|germ theory]] of [[Infectious_disease|infectious disease]]:

"The microbe is not the cause of disease. We should not be carried away by these idle [[Allopathic_medicine|allopathic]] dreams and vain imaginations but should correct the Élan vital." {{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

"The bacteria is an innocent feller, and if he carries disease he carries the Simple Substance which causes disease, just as an elephant would." {{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}

As a follower of a [[Mysticism|mystical]] Christian religious sect headed by [[Emanuel_Swedenborg|Emanuel Swedenborg]],<ref name="BritInfluence" /> Kent believed that illness had [[Spirituality|spiritual]] causes:

"You cannot divorce medicine and theology. Man exists all the way down from his innermost spiritual, to his outermost natural."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Hahnemann & Homoeopathy|last=Morrell|first=Peter|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=320}}</ref>

=== Death and legacy ===

Kent died of [[Bright's_disease|Bright's disease]] on June 5, 1916, in [[Stevensville,_Montana|Stevensville, Montana]].<ref name="HPathy" /> He was 67 years old at the time of his death.

Not long after his death, Kent was [[Eulogy|eulogized]] by one contemporary as
<blockquote>
"Genial, gentle, devoted friend to his patients and pupils; jealous guardian of pure Homeopathy against the criticisms of those whom he considered his enemies; sensitive, embittered, retiring man in later years as he thought one after another did him wrong...; most of his patients and pupils were devoted to him and he basked in the sunshine of that devotion."<ref>Julia Minerva Green, </ref>
</blockquote>
British scholar of homeopathy [[Francis_Treuherz|Francis Treuherz]] has characterized James Tyler Kent as "the ultimate homeopath of the period when homeopathy flourished in America."<ref name="Francis">Francis Treuherz, [http://www.homeopathyhelpline.com/content/Origins%20Kent's%20Philosophy.pdf </ref> Treuherz has noted Kent's pioneering use of extremely high dilutions (called "high potencies" by adherents of homeopathy) and "meticulous scholarship in the creation of his repertory" as among Kent's primary attributes as the homeopathic exemplar of his generation.<ref name="Francis" />

== Works ==

*[https://archive.org/stream/sexualneuroses00kentgoog#page/n1/mode/2up ''Sexual Neuroses.''] St. Louis, MO: Maynard and Tedford, 1879.
*[https://archive.org/details/pamphletshomoeo00mcmagoog ''Address before the International Hahnemannian Association at Its Seventh Annual Meeting.''] 1887.
*''Repertory of the Homœopathic Materia Medica.'' Lancaster, PA: Examiner Printing House, 1897.
*[https://archive.org/details/lecturesonhomoe00kentgoog ''Lectures on Homoeopathic Philosophy.''] [1900] Memorial Edition. Chicago: Ehrhart and Karl, 1919.
*''Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica.'' Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel, 1905.
*''New Remedies, Clinical Cases, Lesser Writings, Aphorisms and Precepts.'' Chicago: Ehrhart and Karl, 1926.

== Notes ==

{{reflist|2}}

== Further reading ==

*Glen Irving Bidwell, [https://archive.org/details/howtousereperto00kentgoog ''How to Use the Repertory: With a Practical Analysis of Forty Homeopathic Remedies.''] Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel, 1915.
*Amir Cassam, "Was Kent a Hahnemannian?" ''British Homeopathic Journal,'' vol. 88, no. 2 (April 1999), pp. 78–83.
*John S. Haller and Michael A. Flannery, ''The History of American Homeopathy: From Rational Medicine to Holistic Health Care.'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2009.
*Francis Treuherz, [http://www.homeopathyhelpline.com/content/Origins%20Kent's%20Philosophy.pdf "The Origins of Kent's Homeopathy,"] ''Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy,'' vol. 77, no. 4 (1984).

== External links ==

*Peter Morrell, [http://www.homeoint.org/morrell/articles/index.htm#American%20Homeopathy "Essays on American Homeopathy,"] www.homeoint.org/
*[http://www.materiamedica.info/en/materia-medica/james-tyler-kent/index Materia Medica by James Tyler Kent, full book]

 

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 === Early years ===
-James Tyler Kent was born on March 31, 1849 in Woodhull, New York, the son of Steven Kent and his wife Caroline Tyler.<ref name="Lectures">http://www.minimum.com/p7/engine/biopage.asp?n=241 </ref> Kent was raised as a staunch Baptist.<ref name="HPathy">http://hpathy.com/homeopathic-biographies/james-tyler-kent/ James Tyler Kent: Homeopathy for Everybody on hpathy.com</ref>
+James Tyler Kent was born on March 31, 1849 in Woodhull, New York, the son of Steven Kent and his wife Caroline Tyler.<ref name="Lectures">http://www.minimum.com/p7/engine/biopage.asp?n=241 Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica. Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel, 1905.</ref> Kent was raised as a staunch Baptist.<ref name="HPathy">http://hpathy.com/homeopathic-biographies/james-tyler-kent/ James Tyler Kent: Homeopathy for Everybody on hpathy.com</ref>
 Kent attended secondary school at the Franklin Academy of Prattsburgh, New York before enrolling at Madison University (today's Colgate University), from which he was graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1868.<ref name="Lectures" /> He earned a Masters degree from the same institution in 1870.<ref name="Lectures" />
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 === Career ===
-In 1874, Kent married Ellen<ref name="Homoeoscan">Life History of James Tyler Kent [http://www.homoeoscan.com/2015/09/life-history-of-J-T-kent-james-tyler-kent.html ''Life History of James Tyler Kent'']</ref> and settled in St. Louis, Missouri, where he took up medical practice.<ref name="HPathy" /> His wife died shortly after marriage at the age of 19. He set up practice as an eclectic physician in St Louis, Missouri and soon became a distinguished member of the Eclectic National Medical Association.<ref name="Homoeoscan" /> He took a post as a professor of anatomy at American College in St. Louis two years later.<ref name="HPathy" />
+In 1874, Kent married Ellen<ref name="Homoeoscan">http://www.homoeoscan.com/2015/09/life-history-of-J-T-kent-james-tyler-kent.html ''Life History of James Tyler Kent''</ref> and settled in St. Louis, Missouri, where he took up medical practice.<ref name="HPathy" /> His wife died shortly after marriage at the age of 19. He set up practice as an eclectic physician in St Louis, Missouri and soon became a distinguished member of the Eclectic National Medical Association.<ref name="Homoeoscan" /> He took a post as a professor of anatomy at American College in St. Louis two years later.<ref name="HPathy" />
 In 1878, Kent’s second wife, Lucy, became ill. In spite of Lucy’s symptoms of "nervous weakness, insomnia, and anaemia" being treated by both orthodox and eclectic physicians, her condition continued to deteriorate and she was bedridden for months. On Dr.Kent's wife’s request Dr Richard Phelan a homoeopathic physician, was called in to see Lucy. Following his prescription, she made a dramatic recovery. As a result, Kent elected to study with Phelan and changed from eclecticism to homoeopathy.<ref name="Homoeoscan" />
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 In 1897 Kent published his magnum opus, ''Repertory of the Homœopathic Materia Medica.'' This guidebook to ailments and their associated "similars" remains the [[Repertory|repertory]] on which much of the modern practice of homeopathy is based.
-Kent edited the ''Journal of Homeopathics'' from 1897 to 1903, producing seven volumes of the journal.<ref name="BritInfluence">Peter Morrell, </ref>
+Kent edited the ''Journal of Homeopathics'' from 1897 to 1903, producing seven volumes of the journal.<ref name="BritInfluence">Peter Morrell, “Kent's Influence on British Homeopathy," in: ‘Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy’, Vol. 92 (1999-2000). Republished on the internet as part of ‘Articles on Homeopathy by Peter Morrell’, www.homeoint.org/</ref>
 Kent moved to Chicago in 1903, where he taught at Hahnemann Medical College.<ref name="HPathy" /> Kent remained at that post until his departure in 1909 to become professor and Dean of Hering Medical College and Hospital, an institution also located in Chicago.<ref name="HPathy" />
-In November 1910, Kent was instrumental in the establishment of the Society of Homeopathicians as a means of disseminating the principles of homeopathy promulgated by Hahnemann.<ref name="Austin">A. Eugene Austin, </ref> The group published its own journal, ''The Homeopathician.''<ref name="Austin" />
+In November 1910, Kent was instrumental in the establishment of the Society of Homeopathicians as a means of disseminating the principles of homeopathy promulgated by Hahnemann.<ref name="Austin">A. Eugene Austin, "James Tyler Kent: An Appreciation," Alpha Sigma Semi-Annual, vol. 2, no. 1 (May 1917), reprinted in ‘Lectures on Homoeopathic Philosophy’. [1900] Memorial Edition. Chicago: Ehrhart and Karl, 1919; pp. 8-9.</ref> The group published its own journal, ''The Homeopathician.''<ref name="Austin" />
 Kent wrote voluminously and his works were published into several non-English languages during the course of his life.<ref name="Austin" /> He gained a significant number of adherents in India,<ref name="Austin" /> a country in which several publishers of his work of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries are located.<ref>See the [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AJames+Tyler+Kent&fq=yr%3A1990..2011+%3E&qt=advanced&dblist=638 list of Kent's publishers between 1990 and 2010] at WorldCat.</ref>
-As a follower of a [[Mysticism|mystical]] Christian religious sect headed by [[Emanuel_Swedenborg|Emanuel Swedenborg]],<ref name="BritInfluence" /> Kent believed that illness had [[Spirituality|spiritual]] causes: "You cannot divorce medicine and theology. Man exists all the way down from his innermost spiritual, to his outermost natural."<ref>Hahnemann & Homoeopathy in: Morrell, Peter, p.320</ref>
+As a follower of a Christian religious group headed by [[Emanuel_Swedenborg|Emanuel Swedenborg]],<ref name="BritInfluence" /> Kent believed that illness had spiritual causes: "You cannot divorce medicine and theology. Man exists all the way down from his innermost spiritual, to his outermost natural."<ref>Hahnemann & Homoeopathy in: Morrell, Peter, p.320</ref>
 === Death and legacy ===
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 Kent died of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright's_disease Bright's disease] on June 5, 1916, in Stevensville, Montana.<ref name="HPathy" /> He was 67 years old at the time of his death.
-Not long after his death, Kent was praised by one contemporary as "Genial, gentle, devoted friend to his patients and pupils; jealous guardian of pure Homeopathy against the criticisms of those whom he considered his enemies; sensitive, embittered, retiring man in later years as he thought one after another did him wrong...; most of his patients and pupils were devoted to him and he basked in the sunshine of that devotion."<ref>Julia Minerva Green, </ref>
+Not long after his death, Kent was praised by one contemporary as "Genial, gentle, devoted friend to his patients and pupils; jealous guardian of pure Homeopathy against the criticisms of those whom he considered his enemies; sensitive, embittered, retiring man in later years as he thought one after another did him wrong...; most of his patients and pupils were devoted to him and he basked in the sunshine of that devotion."<ref>Julia Minerva Green, "James Tyler Kent," February 1919. Published in Kent, ‘Lectures on Homoeopathic Philosophy’, Memorial Edition, pg. 11.</ref>
 British scholar of homeopathy [[Francis_Treuherz|Francis Treuherz]] has characterized James Tyler Kent as "the ultimate homeopath of the period when homeopathy flourished in America."<ref name="Francis">Francis Treuherz, [http://www.homeopathyhelpline.com/content/Origins%20Kent's%20Philosophy.pdf </ref> Treuherz has noted Kent's pioneering use of extremely high dilutions (called "high potencies" by adherents of homeopathy) and "meticulous scholarship in the creation of his repertory" as among Kent's primary attributes as the homeopathic exemplar of his generation.<ref name="Francis" />

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 <p style="text-align: right">in deutscher Sprache: [[:de:James_Tyler_Kent|James Tyler Kent]]</p>
 {{Wikipedia|James_Tyler_Kent|James Tyler Kent|18.8.18}}
 [[File:300px-James Tyler Kent.jpg|thumb|right|James Tyler Kent (1849-1916)]] '''James Tyler Kent''' (1849–1916) was an American physician best remembered as a forefather of modern [[Homeopathy|homeopathy]]. In 1897 Kent published a massive guidebook on human ailments and their associated homeopathic remedies, a so-called repertory of homoeopathic medicines, which has been translated into a number of languages. It has been the blueprint to many modern repertories used throughout the world and even remains in use by some homeopathic practitioners until today.
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 === Early years ===
-James Tyler Kent was born on March 31, 1849 in Woodhull, New York, the son of Steven Kent and his wife Caroline Tyler.<ref name="Lectures">[http://www.minimum.com/p7/engine/biopage.asp?n=241 </ref> Kent was raised as a staunch Baptist.<ref name="HPathy">http://hpathy.com/homeopathic-biographies/james-tyler-kent/ James Tyler Kent: Homeopathy for Everybody on hpathy.com</ref>
+James Tyler Kent was born on March 31, 1849 in Woodhull, New York, the son of Steven Kent and his wife Caroline Tyler.<ref name="Lectures">http://www.minimum.com/p7/engine/biopage.asp?n=241 </ref> Kent was raised as a staunch Baptist.<ref name="HPathy">http://hpathy.com/homeopathic-biographies/james-tyler-kent/ James Tyler Kent: Homeopathy for Everybody on hpathy.com</ref>
 Kent attended secondary school at the Franklin Academy of Prattsburgh, New York before enrolling at Madison University (today's Colgate University), from which he was graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1868.<ref name="Lectures" /> He earned a Masters degree from the same institution in 1870.<ref name="Lectures" />

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 <p style="text-align: right">in deutscher Sprache: [[:de:James_Tyler_Kent|James Tyler Kent]]</p>
-{{Wikipedia|James_Tyler_Kent|James Tyler Kent|18.8.18}} [[File:300px-James Tyler Kent.jpg|thumb|right|James Tyler Kent (1849-1916)]] '''James Tyler Kent''' (1849–1916) was an American physician best remembered as a forefather of modern [[Homeopathy|homeopathy]]. In 1897 Kent published a massive guidebook on human ailments and their associated homeopathic remedies, a so-called repertory of homoeopathic medicines, which has been translated into a number of languages. It has been the blueprint to many modern repertories used throughout the world and even remains in use by some homeopathic practitioners until today.
+{{Wikipedia|James_Tyler_Kent|James Tyler Kent|18.8.18}}
 == Life and career ==
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 In 1897 Kent published his magnum opus, ''Repertory of the Homœopathic Materia Medica.'' This guidebook to ailments and their associated "similars" remains the [[Repertory|repertory]] on which much of the modern practice of homeopathy is based.
-Kent edited the ''Journal of Homeopathics'' from 1897 to 1903, producing seven volumes of the journal.<ref name="BritInfluence">Peter Morrell, "Kent's Influence on British Homeopathy," Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy, vol. 92 (1999-2000). Republished on the internet as part of Articles on Homeopathy by Peter Morrell, http://www.homeoint.org/</ref>
+Kent edited the ''Journal of Homeopathics'' from 1897 to 1903, producing seven volumes of the journal.<ref name="BritInfluence">Peter Morrell, </ref>
 Kent moved to Chicago in 1903, where he taught at Hahnemann Medical College.<ref name="HPathy" /> Kent remained at that post until his departure in 1909 to become professor and Dean of Hering Medical College and Hospital, an institution also located in Chicago.<ref name="HPathy" />
-In November 1910, Kent was instrumental in the establishment of the Society of Homeopathicians as a means of disseminating the principles of homeopathy promulgated by Hahnemann.<ref name="Austin">A. Eugene Austin, "James Tyler Kent: An Appreciation," Alpha Sigma Semi-Annual, vol. 2, no. 1 (May 1917), reprinted in Lectures on Homoeopathic Philosophy. 1900 Memorial Edition. Chicago: Ehrhart and Karl, 1919; pp. 8-9.</ref> The group published its own journal, ''The Homeopathician.''<ref name="Austin" />
+In November 1910, Kent was instrumental in the establishment of the Society of Homeopathicians as a means of disseminating the principles of homeopathy promulgated by Hahnemann.<ref name="Austin">A. Eugene Austin, </ref> The group published its own journal, ''The Homeopathician.''<ref name="Austin" />
 Kent wrote voluminously and his works were published into several non-English languages during the course of his life.<ref name="Austin" /> He gained a significant number of adherents in India,<ref name="Austin" /> a country in which several publishers of his work of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries are located.<ref>See the [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AJames+Tyler+Kent&fq=yr%3A1990..2011+%3E&qt=advanced&dblist=638 list of Kent's publishers between 1990 and 2010] at WorldCat.</ref>

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+<p style="text-align: right">in deutscher Sprache: [[:de:James_Tyler_Kent|James Tyler Kent]]</p>
 {{Wikipedia|James_Tyler_Kent|James Tyler Kent|18.8.18}}
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 Kent died of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright's_disease Bright's disease] on June 5, 1916, in Stevensville, Montana.<ref name="HPathy" /> He was 67 years old at the time of his death.
-Not long after his death, Kent was praised by one contemporary as
+Not long after his death, Kent was praised by one contemporary as "Genial, gentle, devoted friend to his patients and pupils; jealous guardian of pure Homeopathy against the criticisms of those whom he considered his enemies; sensitive, embittered, retiring man in later years as he thought one after another did him wrong...; most of his patients and pupils were devoted to him and he basked in the sunshine of that devotion."<ref>Julia Minerva Green, </ref>
-<blockquote>
 British scholar of homeopathy [[Francis_Treuherz|Francis Treuherz]] has characterized James Tyler Kent as "the ultimate homeopath of the period when homeopathy flourished in America."<ref name="Francis">Francis Treuherz, [http://www.homeopathyhelpline.com/content/Origins%20Kent's%20Philosophy.pdf </ref> Treuherz has noted Kent's pioneering use of extremely high dilutions (called "high potencies" by adherents of homeopathy) and "meticulous scholarship in the creation of his repertory" as among Kent's primary attributes as the homeopathic exemplar of his generation.<ref name="Francis" />
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 == Notes ==
-{{reflist|2}}
+<references />
 == Further reading ==

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 In 1881, Kent accepted a position as professor of anatomy at the Homeopathic College of Missouri, an institution with which he remained affiliated until 1888.<ref name="HPathy" /> During this period, Kent’s second wife died.<ref name="Homoeoscan" />
-In 1890, Kent moved to [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] to take a position as Dean of Professors at the Post-Graduate Homeopathic Medical School of Philadelphia.<ref name="HPathy" /> He remained in that position until 1899.<ref name="HPathy" />
+In 1890, Kent moved to Pennsylvania to take a position as Dean of Professors at the Post-Graduate Homeopathic Medical School of Philadelphia.<ref name="HPathy" /> He remained in that position until 1899.<ref name="HPathy" />
 Clara Louis Tobey, a doctor turned homoeopath, was treated by Dr. Kent and she later on became his wife and she helped him in completing his famous works which were published.<ref name="Homoeoscan" />
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 Kent wrote voluminously and his works were published into several non-English languages during the course of his life.<ref name="Austin" /> He gained a significant number of adherents in India,<ref name="Austin" /> a country in which several publishers of his work of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries are located.<ref>See the [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AJames+Tyler+Kent&fq=yr%3A1990..2011+%3E&qt=advanced&dblist=638 list of Kent's publishers between 1990 and 2010] at WorldCat.</ref>
-=== Ideas ===
+As a follower of a [[Mysticism|mystical]] Christian religious sect headed by [[Emanuel_Swedenborg|Emanuel Swedenborg]],<ref name="BritInfluence" /> Kent believed that illness had [[Spirituality|spiritual]] causes: "You cannot divorce medicine and theology. Man exists all the way down from his innermost spiritual, to his outermost natural."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Hahnemann & Homoeopathy|last=Morrell|first=Peter|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=320}}</ref>
 === Death and legacy ===
-Kent died of [[Bright's_disease|Bright's disease]] on June 5, 1916, in [[Stevensville,_Montana|Stevensville, Montana]].<ref name="HPathy" /> He was 67 years old at the time of his death.
+Kent died of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright's_disease Bright's disease] on June 5, 1916, in Stevensville, Montana.<ref name="HPathy" /> He was 67 years old at the time of his death.
-Not long after his death, Kent was [[Eulogy|eulogized]] by one contemporary as
+Not long after his death, Kent was praised by one contemporary as
 <blockquote>
 "Genial, gentle, devoted friend to his patients and pupils; jealous guardian of pure Homeopathy against the criticisms of those whom he considered his enemies; sensitive, embittered, retiring man in later years as he thought one after another did him wrong...; most of his patients and pupils were devoted to him and he basked in the sunshine of that devotion."<ref>Julia Minerva Green, </ref>
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 *Peter Morrell, [http://www.homeoint.org/morrell/articles/index.htm#American%20Homeopathy "Essays on American Homeopathy,"] www.homeoint.org/
 *[http://www.materiamedica.info/en/materia-medica/james-tyler-kent/index Materia Medica by James Tyler Kent, full book]