Edwin M. (Edwin Moses) Hale

Born in Newport, New Hampshire, in 1829, Edwin Moses Hale built his career as a physician, educator, and medical author. He is most closely associated with homeopathy, and his name appears on a long list of medical works from the late 1800s.

Hale wrote and edited books that focused on materia medica, therapeutics, and the study of newer remedies. Among the works linked to him are The Characteristics of the New Remedies, a title that helped establish his reputation as a careful compiler and popularizer of medical knowledge.

For listeners interested in historical medical writing, Hale offers a window into how physicians of the 19th century organized symptoms, treatments, and clinical experience. He died in 1899, leaving behind a body of work that continued to circulate long after his lifetime.