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Benoît Mure

1809–1858

A restless 19th-century reformer, he helped spread homeopathy from France to Brazil and left behind a life shaped by travel, idealism, and debate. His story moves from Lyon to Rio de Janeiro and finally Cairo, where he died in 1858.

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Dr. B. Mure's materia medica : or, provings of the principal animal and vegetable poisons of the Brazilian Empire, and their application in the treatment of disease

Dr. B. Mure's materia medica : or, provings of the principal animal and vegetable poisons of the Brazilian Empire, and their application in the treatment of disease

by Benoît Mure

About the author

Born in Lyon on May 15, 1809, Benoît Jules Mure became known as a French homeopath and naturalist. Sources also describe him as an anarcho-communist, reflecting the radical social ideas connected with his life and work.

After struggling with tuberculosis, he turned toward homeopathy and carried that interest across Europe. He later settled in Brazil, where he became one of the best-known early promoters of homeopathy and was remembered there as Bento Mure.

Mure spent much of his life traveling and trying to build institutions around his ideas. He died in Cairo on March 4, 1858. A clear photographic portrait was not available from the sources I could confirm, so no reliable author image is included here.